The Detroit times., 1915-02-13

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the way that man might almost have
gone the whole length Of II by jump
Il ing from one car TO another.
when a car Is struck, or wheef
breaks. OF the machinery gives way,
LIT is stripped, pushed to the side OF
the road and turned over. II Is then
soaked with gasoline and set on fire.
Il don't know what the armies
would do without the automobiles and
the telephone. One German general
moved 10000 troops 80 miles in 10
hours by motor cars. Without them.
/ don't know how long it would have
taken-perhaps a week. He was able
In a very short time to bolster up q
weak place in the line.
1.-THE spectacular side of war has
disappeared. One no longer sees
charges OF large bodies Off troops.
couriers dashing about. The nearer
one is to the firing line. the less one
lees. Ten or Is miles to the rear.
there Is considerable movement OF
troops, motor cars, ambulances; but
I'm the trenches, at the very front, all
one sees Is lot OF tihed. dirty, lousy,
men, stepping up to fire and dropping
down again to wait Occasionally one
says OUGHT, or grunts, or gives q
yell as he drops. hit by bullet; but
that is all one hears OF the victims
suffering. He lies In the trench, and
Is stepped upon or climbed over until
some one drags hi maway.
THE motor ambulances have saved
thousands of lives by the quickness
with which they have been able to
take men to the hospitals In the rear.
Wooden crates have been built on
them, with shelves, and the wounded
are placed on these shelves like pies
In a pie-wagon, one above another.
have seen ambulances the bottoms OF
which were brown with blood.
IL got one good look at the ground
from captive balloon. After one
OF my lectures, when I invited the
audience to ask questions, a man In
quired II didn't take big chance
by going up In this balloon. | said:
Look at me; don't you think 1t was
insisted on an answer. He said:
Didn't Frenchman try to shoot
your / said: Yes. very likely: but
ne COulQu Jtu WHICH was tOOD anu
which was the balloon
Mr.. Cobb does not agree with 'Ce-
Gil Chesterton. who said. Friday, that
1t would not be surprising II the south
German states. tired OF hunger and
taxation, deserted Prussia.
"Oh, no." cried Mr.. Cobb emphati-
cally. "All Germany Is just like this. =
shaking his clenched fst. There isn't
a bit OF division. There are no Prus-
SLAMS. Bavarians or Saxons; they are
all Germans"
Nor does he think that there is
much danger OF Germany being starv-
ed into submission.
They will take good care to see
that their crops are planted and har-
vested" he said. Leave Il to the
Germans to look after every little de
tall. | myself have seen school chill
dren In the fields, harvesting the
crops, under the direction OF men too
old to fight. They would harvest one
field one day. and move onfto anoth-
er the next. The German system Is
wonderful"
Mr.. Cobb is accompanied by Isl"
Goodfriend. who accompanied Spald-
ing's championship Chicago team on
its trip around the world In 1888, re-
porting for the New York Sun, and
who, since that time. has been adj
vance man for Richard Mansfield and
other theatrical stars. He told many
good stories; and perhaps there is
space for this one:
"One of the New York papers Of
fered prizes for funny stories on DIFF
ferent topics each week. One week
the story was to be about an umbrella.
Mr.. Mansfield sent in this one: Il
once purchased an ambrella-Richard
Mansfield He was very much dis
gusted because he wasn't given the
prize"
Mr.. Cobb will leave for Cincinnati
after his Saturday evening lecture. He
may proceed TO the Pacific coast, but
he hopes 10 leave for Europe again
In April.