Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 153, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1918 — Page 3

TREAT CAPTIVE GERMANS KINDLY

French Generous, to Prisoners De- ' spite Brutal Course of Enemy. ME GLAD TO BE OUT OF IT Sight of Long American Columns Destroys Hun Hopes of Victory—Live Like Happy Family In Prison Camp. With the American Forces in France. —France knows that her prisoners in Germany are treated badly, but German prisoners are treated humanely and even generously in French prisons just the same, writes Don Martin in . the . New York Herald. I asked ah officer in charge of a French prison camp why this is, and he shrugged his shoulders and said merely: “Ah!” Unless one could see the gesture accompanying the monosyllable ,he would hardly know what meaning to attach to it It really meant: “Oh, what’s the use of being brutal to individuals just because some one else is? We wish we could, but we can’t” I hav6 Inspected several prisons, some large and some small, and in every one I have found the Germans treated quite as well as civil prisoners in normal times and in many Instances better. Officers are not humiliated in 'any way. In fact they receive better treatment, a stranger would /think, than they are really entitled to. Prisoners Live Happily. On a low hill about 1,000 feet from a main road of France stands a prison —five low wooden buildings surrounded by two barbed wire fences, with armed pickets always patrolling outside. Here are 200 Germans, many of them prisoners taken in the early battle of the Somme, but some taken more recently. They are all privates and constitute as happy a family as one could find where personal liberty is the one thing desired and denied. The Germans stood at their barbed fenced hours at a time and watched the endless line of soldiers. When It was the blue of France that was moving past the Germans were not particularly interested’. They had seen that for years. They know France always has had an endless line of everything needed for war. But when they saw the khaki of America filing or rolling by for a whole day and then for another, and heard the muddy shuffle of feet through the night, there was a change in the dull expression of those German eyes. It was at this time that I went to the prison to learn what they thought of what they had seen. First it should be stated that these prisoners see little of recent developments in the war. They must form their opinions from ruch fragments of conversation as they hear from their keepers

READY FOR A CHARGE

These French grenadiers are preparing for a raid on the German lines.

WHY GUYON FIGHTS

This French Poilu Is Regular Fire-Eater. Bride Taken Prleoner and Horribly Abused by Huns, Escapes to Tell Story. Paris. —Guyon’s a regular fire-eater. He has been cited six times. He wears a croix de guerre and a medaille d’honneur. He captured a German mitrailleuse single-handed. He went out alone tn No Man’s Land to bring back a wounded comrade. He’s been wounded himself four times. When he is back of the lines, off duty, he helps a ¥. M. C. A. secretary hand out writing paper to his comrades in a foyer du soldat But it Isn’t active enough for him. gince August, 1914, he doesn’t seem to need to rest When he isn’t in the trenches he works off his surplus energy cussing out the way the war is run be-

and from what they see, as, for instance, from the long, long line of Americans, the first they had seen. In this particular prison the new* comers had brought the news situation up to early spring, but as for the big offensive the prisoners knew only that there probably would be one. Americans Surprise Germans. When I asked if there was a German among the two hundred who could speak English, a good looking young man, with a typical Teutonic mustache, red cheeks, a glow of health, was called out He stepped into my presence like an automaton, clicked his heels together and saluted the French captain. He told me he was a private; that he has a home in Lucerne, Switzerland; that he fought eight months, but was never wounded; that he is in the wholesale dry goods business In Berlin, and that he does business with John Wanamaker, Marshall Field and Stern Brothers. “What do you think of all the Americans you have seen pasr ng here recently?” I asked him. “I have seen many Americans,” he

BLASTS KAISER’S HOPE OF VICTORY

Italian Invents Canned Lightning Capable of Destroying Trenches of Enemy. TERRIBLE ENGINE OF DEATH Claimed Invention Could End War In Thirty Days and Allies Could March Unchallenged Into Berlin. Tests Prove Its Value. Rome.—The kaiser’s dream of victory and world supremacy may be blasted out by “canned lightning,” a terrible death engine invented by an Italian scientist Dazzling swords of lire, more deadly than are highest explosives, followed by annihilating explosions, are capable of destroying enemy trenches with one blinding flash, according to his claims. Mine sweepers equipped with this device could fire mines thousands of yards distant. On the land, “canned lightning” could be used to form a most successful barrage and could wipe out the defenders of German trenches with unerring certainty. The scientist is credited with having discovered a means of concentrating and reflecting electric rays in such a manner as to produce the results described. It is reported that this inventor has proved to representatives of his government that electric current can be concentrated and directed In rays. Tests Held on Banks of Tiber. In describing the results of these tests, held on the banks of the historic Tiber, F. H. Randall, writing in the Illustrated World, says that the scientist was asked to burn through a three-inch plank Of hardwood. In an Instant, the writer says, the plank was seared and broken as if it had been broken by lightning. Officials then asked the scientist to explode two bombs, one hidden along the bank of the river and the other In the bed of the stream. Within ten minutes the bomb along the bank exploded. It required a much longer time to explode the other bomb, but this, too, was finally accomplished. The entire outfit used by the Inventor was placed on a single small barge. An approximate idea of the power of the arcing electricity may be obtained by watching an electric furnace at work. It will cut the hardest steel like putty. To flash such a flame through an aeroplane, submarine, battleship or a trench would leave a total wreck. Mines placed in the North sea by the Germans could be eliminated, and mine sweepers could destroy all of these hidden terrors of the sea located within thousands of yards of the ship. In a graphic description, Mr. Rand-

cause he isn’t in active service every minute. There are a lot of pollus like Guyon. Get them ten kilometers back of the front and they growl and roar all day. Put them in the trenches and you simply can’t hold'them in. Probably a story lies back of most of them Just as one explains Guyon. When the war broke out Guyon had Just married. He and his wife were living In a little town up near the Belgian border. Of course he was called and left for the front For more than a year he did not hear from bis wife — not a word. At last he received a letter from her, mailed in Paris. She had been taken prisoner at the time of the invasion and deported into Germany. After a year of horrible suffering and abuse, she escaped into Holland and got, back to France by way of London. At last she reached Paris and went to work in a munitions factory, where she is still working. Guyon told his story to the American Y. M. C. A. secretary with typical French calmness. His fury against the Bocbes he puts into action in the front line.

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said. “I was surprised that you have ao many in France.” Another prisoner, less prepossessing in appearance than the first, was asked about things in general. He spoke English poorly. ‘ r “I live in Berlin and work in a bank, but was in the war for two years. When the war is over I am going to Switzerland to live. I would go to America, but they don’t like Germans over there any more.” "Why are you going to leave Germany?” For an answer there was a shrug of shoulders and a half scowl, half smile. “Are you satisfied here?” "It’s a lot better than being in a grate where a lot of them are.”

TAXICAB DRIVERS KNIT BUT THEY ARE WOMEN

Cleveland, O.—One of the least surprising thing to be seen on the streets of 'Cleveland now is a taxicab driver calmly sitting In a taxi at Its stand, purling and dropping/while sox and. sweaters develop before your eyes. But the drivers are girls, for Cleveland is rapidly getting a large proportion of its day drivers from the other sex.

all paints a picture of what would happen with this machine In action. Every enemy airplane or any fleet of them would fall to earth, a crumpled wreck. At the touch of a button, a bolt of electricity would suddenly shoot forward with Incredible speed. A few scarred parts would be all that was left of what had been a soaring airplane a few minutes before. A scout could lurk with bls deadly weapons, connected with the generat9rs and concentrators behind the lines, in shell holes or craters In “no man’s land.” When charged he could sweep line as it passed, annihilating each successive wave of advancing Germans. Mr. Randall says that he can’t say that this has been done or will be done, but he don’t dare to suggest that it cannot be accomplished. Light, heat and rays of other kind can be reflected. He concludes by saying: « “Once this problem Is solved there will be no war. If the allies were possessed of equipment that would permit the arcing at a distance of powerful electric currents, the war would be won in 30 days and allied troops would be marching unchallenged into Berlin.”

GOT 84 LETTERS FROM HOME

They AH Came at Once to a United States Soldier Now Serving In France. Dallas, Ore. —Mr. and Mrs. L N. Woods' received a letter from their son, Laird Woods, recently, and in it he stated that he had just received his first mall since arriving in France. The mall consisted of 84 letters and six packages. Young Woods together with several other Company L boys of this city, were left behind in a hospital in New York when the Oregon troops sailed for France, and he sailed on a later date but never caught up with' the regiment. He was finally assigned to a company In the old Montana National Guard and is serving with that regiment somewhere near the fighting front in France now.

“NO CHILDREN’” RULE BANNED

Landlords In Seattle Are Appealed to to Remove Signs From Their Buildings. Seattle, Wash. —“No Children Allowed” signs must be removed by Seattle landlords from their properties, according to J. W. Spangler, vice president of the Seattle chamber of commerce. He has issued an appeal to rooming house proprietors, hotel men and owners of rental properties, declaring that owing to the scarcity of quarters for shipyard workers and others engaged in war work the situation in this city is becoming alarming.

KEEPSAKE GOES FOR BONDS

Oklahoma Man Gives Up Gold Piece He Has Carried for Thirty* Seven Years. Tulsa, Okla.—“l have Carried this gold piece with me for thirty-seven years, and I have resisted hunger and temptation to spend it, and have always kept It as a treasure. However, Uncle Sam needs it now, and I willingly let it go so it will help to bring victory to the American arms.” This was the statement of W. H. Martin of this city as he deposited a $lO gold piece at the post office window and asked for some baby bonds.

Fine Cotton Crop.

New Orleans, La.—Reports from practically every section of the South indicate .the yield cotton will be heavy this season. The staple selling at around 30 cents a pound in the seeding season stimulated planting, notwithstanding the fact that in many localities a plea was made for the pHnting of more food and feed crops.

When Germany Tells the Truth

Pace Tenn* Gras Her Own People Vady Diferaat Fran Those of the Rest of the Woiti

When Germany is talking for publication —through the kaiser or his hand-picked chancellor—she speaks a great desire for a “liberal peace." fconquest and tribute are the farthest things from her mind, she says. When Germany is talking to her own people she tells the truth about the sort of peace she wants. Her real terms of peace—the terms the kaiser and his chancellor promise the soldiers they are going to get when they win the war—were found in a trench taken by the allies the other day, and they are quite different from the terms advertised. They were all written out plain and emphatic, and among other things they proclaim that Belgium must remain under German military, economic and political domination. Of course that isn’t conquest. Courland, Lithuania, Livonia and are to be “colonized" by Germany. Neither is that conquest Liberty of the seas is to be established, a “made in Germany" liberty by which the limit of the world’s shipping is to be established, giving Germany and her friends—Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria, 17,800,000 tons, and all the rest of the world —America, Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan and all—a total of 10,900,000 tons. Nothing like world domination in that; just “liberality." Boumania must “place at the disposal of Germany 1,800,000 tons of petroleum." Certainly that isn’t tribute; just friendliness. , And for America and the other allies this: “Those nations which attacked peaceful Germany must pay all war charges in raw materials, ships, ready money and territorial concessions, leaving Germany with only five billions national debt" Tribute? Certainly not Juki a testimonial of appreciation of Germany’s greatness and goodness—a forty or fifty billion dollar testimonial. And there are still people in this country who pretend to believe Germany wishes to make peace on “liberal" terms.

Use More Hominy

Several Kind, of Dm Real American Food

Americansl Have we forgotten some of the best foods we once knew? Are you using hominy? Why not follow the example of our forefathers and use much of this good corn product? The first settlers of America learned from the Indians how to prepare the Indian corn for use. They removed the hulls from the dry grain by pounding it in a mortar with a pestle. The cracked corn they called by the Indian name “hominy.” Hominy became one of their staple foods without which they would often, have gone hungry. They cooked it in huge iron kettles hung over the blazing logs in the open fireplace. They also learned to remove the germ and hull from the corn by boiling the grain with lye and then washing thoroughly. They sometimes called this product “hulled corn” but it is now more often called “lye hominy.” There are several kinds of hominy on the market. If you do not know how good they are, try them and find, out, advises the United States department of agriculture. h?he coarse hominy, samp, or pearl hominy.—This is much like the hominy the pioneers used. The grain is split to remove the germ, hulled and polished by machinery. It is much used, particularly in the central and eastern states. It is worth using everywhere. The fine hominy or hominy grits.— This is made by grinding the coarse hominy. Grits are excellent served as a vegetable much as rice is used. Grits are also used in many parts of the country as a breakfast food. Lye hominy.—Lye hominy is made at home by many and also made commercially by boiling the grain in lye or potash until the germ will come out and then washing out the lye. In many places it may be bought in bulk, and is also sold canned. It may be dried for future use or canned at home. All varieties of hominy are good nourishing food. Like wheat, rice, and other cereals they give both body fuel and body-building material at a comparatively low price. Let them have a larger place in your diet.

Author of “Blest Be the Tie.”

The hymn known by its first line as “Blest Be the Tie That Binds” was written by Rev. Dr. John Fawcett, an English Baptist preacher, who was born in 1740 and died in 1817. He was noted as a religious worker and wrote many other good hymns, but none so famous and popular as this one, which has been used by different denominations. Tradition says that the author wrote It under a sort of religious inspiration which made him refuse to exchange the pastorate of a small provincial church for that of a strong and rich one in London. The hymn has been sung on many historical occasions as peculiarly expressive of Christian fellowship.

Eat Enough; No More.

The sane standard, “Eat enough food, and no more,” rigidly followed,would reduce greatly food bills in many homes and, at the same time, tend to improve the physical condition of all members of the household, advises the United States department of agriculture. Some families take pride in serving lavish and overbountiful meals, and over-generous service of food. This leads Inevitably to waste of food on the table and is a temptation to overeating, which often Impairs health and efficiency.

Cravath’s Grudge Justified— Benny Kauff Pulled Down His Long Fifty-Dollar Fly

Gawy Cravath holds a well-defined grudge against Benny Kauff of the New York Giants. When a fellow virtually reaches right in a ball player’s pocket and extracts 50 slmoleons therefrom, he’s no friend of said ball player. Benny Kauff didn’t do that exactly, but he might just as .well have done It The alleged misappropriation happened in Philadelphia, the other day. Cravath, some walloper when he gets hold of the ball, crashed the sphere to right center on this particular day and the ball was headed straight for a big sign. As is well known, the reward

G. Cravath.

for rapping this board is SSO. No one in the park thought Kauff had a chance to intercept the speeding sphere, but that is just what Benny did. He got under it, braced himself against the sign and stretched both arms far above his head. He caught the pellet an inch from the fence. •

Fiber Containers May Take Place of the Tin Fruit Cans.

The annual report of the department of commerce sets forth the dire need of tin cans and the efforts the government is making to conserve them. During the early days of last summer's campaign for the preservation of perishable fruits and vegetables, government experts tested the possibility of utilizing once used tin cans, but investigation proved the advisability of abandoning this plan in favor of “detinning” process, whereby most of the steel and tin is recovered for further use in manufacture. The government is now persuading factory owners to substitute paper or fiber containers for all nonperishable articles heretofore put up in tin. This, it is expected, will to a certain extent offset the tin cans shipped to the army in France. The balance of the loss will be made up by salvaging used cans.—Leslie’s. 1

Tons of Free Seed Sent by Government the Past Spring.

To comparatively few of us has it ever occurred that the United States government is one of the world’s largest buyers of garden and flower seed. The few ounces of seed carried to us by the postman give no impression of the acres upon acres of land devoted to their propagation, or the care taken in determining their fitness for planting. But these small envelopes represent tens of thousands of pounds of the beat seed procurable. illuminating to know that the aggfeeTate weight of the free seed circulated from Washington this spring amounted to 499.06 tons, or, for the sake of Juggling figures, 15,969,920 ounces. Of this amount it is also interesting to know, corn seed predominated, 850,000 pounds of it being mailed to various sections of the country. Machines are used which automatically proportion the seed by weight, fin the individual packages and seal theme— Popular Mechanics Magazine,

Jerusalem Blooming Again Like a Rose, Says Writer In Letter to London Times

The Rose of Jericho, writes a Jerusalem correspondent to the London Times, when one buys It In the shops, is a queer little withered ball of shriveled fibers, which the inexperienced think fit only for the rubbish heap. But put it in water and the thing revives, turns freshly green, and begins to sprout anew with life that has been always dormant but never dead. This strange plant is .symbolical of Jerusalem. The more rapid recovery from condl ti ons of misery was delayed by the maneuvers of certain speculators whose object was to hinder the British advance into Palestine, bringing with It a vivifying tide of honest Egyptian notes and silver. z Scenting profit, rascally speculators went about among the more ignorant, cunningly representing Egyptian notes to be only worth in gold the value ot discredited Turkish paper, and thea» thu» succeeded in buying up a quantity at the average price of Bs. 6d. Such chicanery caused great distress to the mass of the people and considerable inconvenience to the military; administration by shaking public confidence in the Egyptian bank notea But the good names of Britain and of Egypt are helping things to right themselves, and trade is now being done in goods coming from Egypt daily. Jerusalem had become Uke the Rose of Jericho, which had withered and was seemingly dead. To us is It given to watch the Holy City revive and renew her youth.

CHEAPER POULTRY RATIONS

(Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) The demand for wheat for humant consumption necessitates that it bo used as economically and sparingly as possible for feeding animals and chickens. Some “just as good” rations which contain no wheat have been tried out in egg laying tests by the United States department of agriculture, and excellent results have been secured. Thirty laying hens, to which wheatless rations were fed, produced in the two years covered by the test on an average of 1473 eggs for the pullet year, and 121 eggs during the second year. This compares favorably with egg yields secured on other rations containing wheat, and therefore more expensive. The wheatless ration is also being tried on a pen .of Buff Orpington pullets and during the past ten months they have laid on an average of 1113 eggs, a very good yield for this period. The wheatless ration used was re follows: Scratch mixture —Two pounds of cracked corn, one pound of oats. Dry Mash—Three pounds of cornmeal, one pound of beef scrap. The scratch mixture was fed sparingly, the hens being permitted to eat about as much of it as of the dry mash. During the two-year test the hens were provided with free range where they could pick a variety of green feed. Leghorn pullets were used and it was found that it took 4.6 pounds of feed to produce a dozen eggs. Fifty-two pounds of grain was consumed by each pullet annually, and of this amount twenty-six pounds was from the scratch mixture. When wheat is omitted from the ration it is advisable to feed more beef scrap. Laying hens should have a good supply of protein, and the additional beef scrap supplies this essential in one of the cheapest forms. Cotton seed meal used to replace half the beef scrap in the mash has given good results on the government poultry farm and has had no bad effect on the quality of the eggs. Where cotton seed meal replaced all the beet scrap the results were unsatisfactory both in number and quality of eggs. Mussel meal has not proven as good a substitute for beef scrap as fish meal, which, to the amount of 25 per cent of the mash, has affected the flavor or the taste of the eggs. -

Much in Little.

The Presbyterian Board ot Foreign Missions has 14153 missionaries on Its vqHaA RTnca the discovery of tin In Alaska in 1902 nearly 1,000 tons of the metal have been produced. The Methodist church In Japan has gained about 12 per cent In membership during the last year. An East Concord (N. H.) farmer has been offered S2B a bushel for his Golden Bantam seed corn.

Pay Employees to Exercise.

For the last few months the office employees of a large manufacturing concern have been paid to exercise an hour a day, says Popular Mechanics Magarine. The company feels that the best possible physical condition of its men is so desirable that it has fitted up a gymnasium for them and placed an experienced physical instructor in charge. Executives, superintendents, manager* and others are all urged to spend one hour of the company’s time each day in the gyn» asae®*iA*sAo