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Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16
BY FREDERICK PALMER.
international News service.)


British Headquarters, France.-lt
farm where chosen soldiers brought
back from the trenches were being
trained in the use OF the anarchists 8
weapon which has now become as
respectable as the rifle. Specialism
develops as the war goes on. There
are no NJ. B. degrees for Master Bomb
ers yet; but that may come, any day
Present was the chief instructor. a
young Scotch subaltern with blue
eyes. a pleasant smile and a cock OF
the north spirit. He might have been
twenty years old. though he did not
look 1t. On his breast was the purple
and white ribbon of the new order of
the military cross which one gets for
doing something in this war which
would have won q Victoria cross in
one of the little wars
Also present was the assistant in
structor. sergeant OF regulars-and
very much of a regular-who had
three ribbons which he had won in
previous campaigns. He too had blue
eyes, bland blue eyes. These two un-
derstood each other.
IT you don't drop II. why it's all
right" said the sergeant. "Of course.
IL you do"
He did not drop it.
And when you throw 1t. you must
lookout and not hit the man behind
and knock the bomb out of your
hand. That has happened before now
to an absent-minded fellow who was
about to toss one at the Boches-and
II does not do to be absent minded
when you throw bombs"
They say that you sometimes pick
up the German bombs and chuck them
back before they explode" II was
suggested.
Yes sir. I've read things like that
In some OF the accounts Of the report
ers who write from Somewhere in
France, You don't happen to know
where that is. sir? All can say is
that IL you are going to do 1t you must
be quick about II. shouldn't advise
delaying your decision, sir. or perhaps
when you reach down to pick II m
neither your hand nor the bomb
would be there. They'd have gone
of together. sir"
Must Treat Them Right.
Have you ever been hurt in your
handling OF bombs?" one asked. Sur
prise in the bland. blue eyes.
oh. no. sir! Bombs are well be.
haved II you treat them right It's
all in being thoughtful and consider.
ate OF them!"
Meanwhile he was jerking at some
kind OF patent fuse set In a shell OF
high explosive.
This is poor kind. sir. It's been
discarded. but thought that you
might like to see It, Never did like
It Always making troubled"
More distance between the nudi.
ence and the performer
Now I've got 1t. sr-get down.
sir!"
The audience carried out instruc.
tions TO the letter as army regula.
tfons require We got behind the pro.
lection OF one of the practice trench
traverses. He threw the discard be.
yond another wall of earth There
was a sharp report. burst OF smoke
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16

and some fragments of earth were
tossed into the air
In a small affair of two hundred
yards of trench the other day it was
estimated that the British and Ger
mans together threw about five thou
sand bombs in this fashion. 1t was
enough to sadden any minister of mu.
nitions. However, the British kept
the trench.
do your men like to become bomb.
ers?' one asked the subaltern.
II should say so. 1t puts them up
in front. II gives them chance to
throw something they don't get
much cricket in France. you see. We
had pupil here last week who broke
the throwing record for distance. He
was pleased as Punch with himself
A first-class bombing detachment has
a lot OF pride of corps"
To bomb has become as common q
verb with the army as to bayonet
I'VE bombed them OUT" means a
section of trench taken. AS you know
trench is dug and built with sand
bags in zigzag traverses. In follow
ing the course of trench it is as II
of checker board up and down and
across on the same tier of squares
The square itself is bank of earth
with the cut on either side and in
front of it. When a bombing party
bombs their way into the possession
of a section of German trench there
are Germans under cover of the trav
erses on either side OF them. The
German is waiting around the corner
to shoot the first British head that
shows itself.
Its important that you and moi
the Boches chuck the bombs ovel
first" explained the subaltern. "Alsc
that you get them into their traverse
or they may be as troublesome to you
as to the enemy"
With the bombs bursting in their
faces the Germans who are not pu,
out OF action are blinded and stunned
In the moment when they are thus
of guard the aggressors leap around
the corner.
And them"
Stick 'em, sir" said the matter
offact sergeant. Yes. the cold stee
is best And do it first. AS Mr.. Nc
Pherson said. it's very important tc
do it first
1t has been found that something
short is handy for this kind of work
In such cramped quarters-a ditch six
feet deep and from two to three feel
broad-the rifle is an awkward length
to permit of prompt and skillful use
of the bayonet.
Yes. sir, you can mix 1t up better
with something handy. sir-to think
British soldiers would come to fight
ing like assassins. SIR said the ser
geant.
You must be spry on such occa
sions. It's no time for wool gather
ing"
Not smile from him or the sub
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16


altern all the time. They were the
kind you would like to have alone III
tight corner whether you had to
fight with knives or fists or seventeen
inch howitzers.
The sergeant took us into the store
house where he kept his supply OF
bombs
What if German shell should
strike your storehouse?" it was sug-
gested.
Then. sir. expect that most OF
the bombs would be exploded. Bombs
are very peculiar in their habits.
What do you think, sir?"
1t was no trouble to show stock. as
the clerks at the stores say. He
brought forth all the different kinds
of bombs which British ingenuity has
invented-but, no, not all invented.
These would mount into the thou
sands. Every British inventor who
knows anything about explosives has
tried his hand at new kind of bomb.
One means all the kinds which the
British war Office has considered
worth the practice test.
The spectator was allowed to handle
each one as much as he pleased.
There had been occasions. that boyish
Scotch subaltern told me without a
twinkle in his eye, when the men who
were examining the products of Brit
ish ingenuity-well. the subaltern had
sandy hair. too. which heightened the
effect of his blue eye
Bombs Of All Kinds.
There were yellow and green and
blue and black and striped bombs.
egg-shaped, barrel-shaped. conical and
concave bombs: bombs that were ex-
ploded by pulling a string or pressing
a button-all these to be thrown by
hand. without mentioning grenades
and bigger varieties which we're
thrown by mechanical means which
would have made Chinese warrior
of Confucius' time or a Roman legion
airy feel at home.
This was the first born" the sub
altern explain-''the first thing we
could lay our hands on when the close
quarters trench warfare began"
1t was as out of date, now. as
grandfather's smoothbars-the tinpot
which both sides used early in the
winter. A wick was attacked to the
high explosive wrapped in cloth and
stuck in an ordinary jam can.
Quite homemade. as you see, sir"
remarked the sergeant Used to ix
them up ourselves in the trenches in
odd hours-saved burying your refuse
jam tins according to medical corps
direction-you threw them at the
Boches. Have to use a match to light
it-very old-fashioned. sir | wonder
If that old fuse has got damp. No it's
going all right" and he threw the jam
pot which made good explosion
Later when he began hammering
the end of another he looked up in
mild surprise at the dignified back
stepping of the spectators
rs that fuse out?" someone asked.
Yes. sir: OF course. SIR" he re-
piled. IT'S safer. But here is the
best: we're discarding the others" he
went on as he picked up another
bomb.
It was pleasure to throw this
crowning achievement of the expert.
ments. 1t fitted your hand nicely; it
threw easily; It did the business: 1t
was foolproof against man in love
or war poet.
we saw as soon as this style
came out" said the sergeant. that
1t was bound to be popular. Every
body asks for it-except the Boches
SIR"
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16
Now, Girls, Don't Rush.

Topeka. Kan.-An appeal received at
the Office of Governor Capper recently
asked that the executive use his in.
fuence to direct husbandless young
women to Sitka, Clark county.
The governors correspondent, who
signed himself "A Sitka Bachelor" as
serted that many prosperous farmers
in that section join him in his request.
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16
In Style.
"fd like a stylish loan"
What kind is that?"
"One which is V-shaped."
Easily Settled.

What's the trouble about the pro-
gram"
This prima donna insists that her
name be in larger letters than that OF
the trained chimpanzee"
Let her have it that way" direct.
ed the vaudeville manager. "The monk
is intelligent, but he hasn't arrived at
the point where he is going to kick
about the way we print his name
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16
Blow Saves HoIdup Victims 50.

Portland. Ore.-When one of three
holdup men struck Cyrus MARQUIS on
the nose the other morning it saved
the latter nine dollars. MARQUIS used
his handkerchief to stanch the flow OF
olood. The money was concealed with.
in its folds and was overlooked by the
robbers.
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16
TRAINING MEN
IN THE ART OF
I BOMB THROWING
Anarchists Weapon in Warfare
Has Become as Respect
able as the Rifle.
FINE POINTS OF THE GAME

The Absent-Minded Fellow Makes
TroubIe-sombs Well Behaved II
You Treat Them Rieht-First
Chuck Is Really What's
important.
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16
II1H
Too many people are like cider
they become sour with age.

Makes the laundress happy-that's Red
white clothes. All good grocers. Adv.
Gilpin observer., 1915-09-16
WESTERN
MINING NEWS
IN 3 r ! E r

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Metal Market Values.
Spelter, ST. Louis-$14.46.
Copper, casting-$16.75.
Lead, New York-$4.90.
Bar silver-$0.4S%.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
THAW TO ENJOY OUTINGS.
Court Orders Sheriff to Allow Rea.
sonable Exercise.

NEW YORK. April 1o-Harry x.
'rhaw. held In the Tombs prison await
ing decision of the appellate division
of the supreme court on his appeal
from an order of Justice Page to send
'iH back to Matteawan Asylum. may
enjoy today his first stroll about the
streets of New York in many day.
Under order of Supreme Court Justice
Insraham. obtained by Thaw's counsel,
Sheriff Grifenhagen was permitted
within his discretion to allow Thaw to
take "rea asonable exercise at reasonable
hours. The nature of this exercising
depends upon the Sheriff's judgment.
Reports that Thaw would be seen in
places he formerly visited here were
denied by Abel l. Smith of ,Thaw's
counsel. who also said that there will
be no parties or JOY rides, theaters or
ANYTHING of that kind
Thaw. as far as the law is concerned.
is an innocent man, and he has right
10 proper care and should not have his
health impaired. That is the reason
the justice signed the order to allow
him exercise.
Evening star., 1915-04-11

casion. SO some of the cards were
swelled up like gingerbread.
Teach me a new game of solitaire.
begged the steel man.
In one of the trenches III front of
scissors the water had been standing
for days. The men hailed il out rs best
they could with the dishes OF their camp
Kits Then the kindly housewives al
Berlin sent out Il consignment of straw
mats. Zach mat is perhaps an inch
thick. Two are sewn together and
the combination is put in the bottom
of the wet trench. IL alleyiates the
misery of the men inside. .NlonS with
the straw mats another thoughtful
woman had sent 500 mouth organs,
These had been diStrihut d along the
line. One day an AID reached the
soaked trench.
Well have straw mats for YOU ~
an hour. he called ch.crily to the
men inside. They hurrahed. as in duty
hound. Then one asked if there wasn't
some sort of an outside chance to get q
mouth organ. The aid shook his head.
There are just mats enough for one
trench and one mouth organ left. said
he. You can't have both" a shout
went up from every man in hearing.
Give US the mouth organ. they beg
Evening star., 1915-04-11
MAYOR-ELECT ON TOUR.
William H. Thompson of Chicago to
Take Trip on Houseboat.

CHICAGO. AplIl tn.-In house
boat built to accommodate thirtN per
sons, MaNor-eiect William Hale Thomp-
son Will leave Feoria, Ill. Monda y
night. accompanied hT the men who
are cNpettcd to bt lfis closc advisers
during his administration. and he
plans To float down tile Illinois river 70
the Mississippi. thence to Memphis,
Tenn. where the party viii abandon
the houseboat The party expects to
he gone two weeks.
Four branch offices are to be opene !
IN different parts of Chicago, If Mr.
Thompson present plans are carried
out. according TO James y. Pugh, an
intimate friend and adviser of Mr.
Thompson
The elder Carter Harrison was en-
tremeIy popular with Chica goans be-
cause he rode about the city on horse
back and everybody learned to know
him Mayor Thompson viii spend i
few hours each week in the offices on
the north. south, west and northwest
sides OF the city. People will get to
know him and he VIII learn municipal
needs, said Mr.. PuGh
Evening star., 1915-04-11
PANAMA NAMES DELEGATES.
Twelve Of Twenty Pan-American
Republics Accept Invitation.

Inc secretary of finance and treasury
Arlstides Arizona; the manager of the
National Bank of Panama. Ramon F.
.Acevedo and the vice president of the
bank of the Canal Zone, Ramon Arias,
Jr-. have been chosen by Panama as
delegates to the proposed Pan-Ameri-
can financial conference to be held in
Washington May "a. Announcement
was made by the Treasury Department
yesterday.
Formal acceptances have SO far been
received from twelve of the twenty
Latin American republics of Central
and South America. They are: Chile,
Argentina. Peru Honduras. Nicaragua,
Ecuador, Salvador. Bolivia. Guatemala,
Panama, Cuba and Uruguay.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
..Hello. Bill" Said He.

Another American officer was making
his WAY along the trenches on one foggy
morning Back of the .;crman line ne
stumbled across dog tent. Inside
the dog tent sat a hlasc man He was
forced to lean forward so that ms head
would not touch the canvas OF the TINY
shelter. The man in the dog tent looked
at the American. Then he said. Hello.
Bill.
where did you come from asked
the American.
The other fellow was a doctor at a
German cure. Between seasons he al
ways spends his winters in America
He used to do two weeks shooting on
big estate in the carolinas. Then:
u run up to Washington" said he,
''and put In the rest of the time sitting
about with the fellows in the Metro
politan Club.
The cure doctor complained of the
frightfu1 monotony of his life. He just
sat there in the dog tent. waiting for
something to happen. From time to
Evening star., 1915-04-11
NAVAJO IN PRIZE COURT.
Cargo Of Cotton Detained by British
Order in Council"

LONDON. April 10.-The cargo of cot
ton on the American steamship Navajo
from Galveston for Bremen was or
dered to a prize court today under the
order in council cutting off all trade
to and from Germany. This is the first
cargo avowedly detained under the
order The Navajo has been held at
kirkwall since April Z.
The Swedish steamship Bia, from
Savannah for Gothenburg. with car
go of cotton. also is being held pending
investigation of the destination OF
her cargo. The vessel arrived at Kirk
wall March 80. and was taken to Liver
pool today.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
ANALYzEs LYNCHING IDEA.
Counsel for Negro Says Fair Trial Is
Impossible in South Carolina.

The release on habeas corpus OF
Frederick Brown. negro held III PHIL
adelphia for cXtratlition to South Caro-
lima to answer to Il murder charge.
was sought i'll the supreme Court yes
tc"day on the ground thai constitu-
tional guarantee of = fair trial ls q
dead letter i'll South Carolina So tar
as negroes are concerned.
Public sentiment is such III the state
of south Carolina that negroes may
he lxnched in the most horrible man
ner and >.their bodies distributed as
souvenirs the brief filed with the
court declares These atrocities go
unpunished for the reason that no jury
could be found TO convict those guilty
of the offense. 1t is the unwritten law
that if a negro is so unfortunate AS to
Kill a white man he may be killed or
lynched as an outlaw by any one who
has the time to indulge in the diver
SION
Brown was denied a writ in the
Pennsylvania courts.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
AFTER ALLEGED EMBEZLER.
Officers Board Steamers at San Fran
cisco Seeking Burton Arnold.

SAN FRANCISCO. April io-ActinS
on instructions from New Haven, Conn,
detectives today boarded the steamer
Northern Pacific on her arrival here in
search of Burton Arnold, alleged en-
bezzler They failed to find Arnold.
and it is believed he may have left the
Northern Pacific at San Diego.
Telegra phic instructions from Police
Chief Philip T. Smith of New Haven
said Arnold was charged with the en-
bezzlement of $1,000 from the Smedley
Trucking Company of New Haven. Ar
mold was a bookkeeper with the firm.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
SEEKS DR.. HEYN'S RELEASE.
University of Utah Wants Professor
Detained in English Camp.

SALT LAKE CITY. Utah. April TO-
Members of the Utah congressional
delegation have been appealed to by
the authorities of the University of
Utah to aid in obtaining the release
of DIR. Ludwig Heyn, a German pro-
fessor, held under surveillance in an
English detention camp
DIR. Meyn has been recommended for
the position formerly held in the uni
yersity by Prof. Torild Arnoldson. who
resigned DIR. Arnoldson was asked by
the university regents to recommend
a successor and chose Heyn, who has
been personal friend for years
The university authorities have guar
anteed Heyn's expenses if he can be re
leased by the English authorities.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
TO AID CHICAGO GIRLS.
Sixty Woman Lawyers of That City
to Defend Destitute.

CHICAGO. April 1o-Sixty woman n
lawyers of Chicago have placed their
services at the disposal of Judge Ar
mold c. Heap of the municipal court.
who is privileged to call any Of them
to defend girls brought before him. The
woman lawyers today organized the
Public Defenders. League for destitut,
girls. and they plan To appear for pen
nIless young women Wno are arrested
and brought into the morals court.
Cn April I. prominent Chicago law :
yerS volunteered to defend poor boys
brought before Judge Harry Dolan in
the boys branch of the municipal court.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Harry NJ. Boland Is Dead.
respondence Of The Star.

Special Correspondence Of The Star.
BOYDS, Nd. April 10.-H.rry VI. Bo-
land. farmer of Germantown. died at
CatonsvilIe Baltimore County Santa
rum last night. He had gone there
for treatment for a complication of
diseases. He was forty years old. His
wife, formerly a Miss Dorsey. and his
father, also Of Germantown. survive
him.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
EXPECTS STREET CAR STRIKE.
Union Organizer at San Francisco
Threatens Early Tie-Up.

SAN FRANCISCO. April 1o.-A strike
of platform men of the United rail-
roads within forty eight hours was
predicted here today by B. X. Bootber.
4 vice president of the Amalgamated
Association of Street and Electric
Railway Employees, who said half of
the 1.soo men doing platform work has
been organized. Company officials said
there was no danger of Il strike.
About thirty men who Joined the
newly organized union we're discharged
recently
City owned lines are uuionlzed and
are not involved.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Evening of German Readings.

The German Readers Club is to hold
its next public meeting in the Public
Library, Wednesday, at SIS pm. An
program is promised. Among
the speakers of the evening are DR.
Paul Gleis. Prof. II. Schumacher. Prot.
A ". Spanhoofd and Ernest Gichner.
Students and lovers of the German
language and literature are invited.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Italian Consul Weds St. Louis Girl.

ST. LOUIS, April 10-Gustavo di
Rosa, Italian consul at Boston. and
Miss Maude Cupples Scudder. grand
daughter and heir of the late Samuel
Cupples, millionaire manufacturer.
were married at the Scudder home here
today.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Her Interpretation,

;au He iost5n I-snSerap.
husband Here's = SIraa-, Ncf-r n
Isaiah :, ease We FROM tuam whose hr,t.,fn
is in his nostrils.' Wonder what il moan.
Wife-l should call il = command fo-
wives to leave husbands who Snors
Evening star., 1915-04-11
T|RESOME TRENCHES
BORE THE GERMANS
Talk Themselves Out. Then
Just Sit. Look and Do
Nothing.
ONE BEGS TO BE TAUGHT
NEW SOLITAIRE GAME
English-Speaking Teutons Acqualnt-
ed in United States Are
Numerous
BY HERBERT COREY.

BERLIN. March 3O.-Thcy're bored IN
the nches-frig ghtfully bored. BE
tween times they are frozen ana
drenched and stabbed by rheumatism
and sometimes starved and often shot
at. But mostly they are bored. They
have nothing to do--nothins at all.
They just sit in a hole in the ground
and talk BY and by the man in the
middle has heard all the man on the
left and the man on the right can tell
him. Then they just sit. A stranger
is a godsend to them.
How do you like it" soldier asked
an American officer at the front the
other day. The soldier used perfect
English. The officer stared.
''Where'd you come from was hls
counter question.
That's the formula. At least. that $
the formula when the stranger Is Il
foreigner. The foreigner naturally
wants to know how the other fellow
learned to talk United States. In this
instance the private proved 10 be d
steel-welI. perhaps not king. but GER
tanly one of ducal family of pig
iron. He spent about half his time
in the United States. he said. On one
of his recent visits tU~>\eW York he
was a dinner guest at Carnegles home
He told an interesting story about a
fierv conference with Frick.
Evening star., 1915-04-11

II is claimed that no other people IN
the world are so prodigal IN the use OF
perfumes as Americans. A well known
perfume manufacturer estimates thAA
the amount of perfume consumed an
nuaIly in this country represents an
average expenditure of ten dollars lot
every family of five persons OF course,
this expenditure is not evenly diS'ilo
uted. but the demand IS increasing.
Physicians advocate the use OF peri iui'fe
as sanitary and heaIthful. 1t is be
lieyed to he useful in surgery. \ dis
tineuished New York surgeon places
small plug of cotton dipped in perfume
in the noStrilS of person emerging
from ether after an operation ihls
lessons the attendant nausea. ferlu
is almost as good as carboiic acid 10
disinfect the handkerchief.
The blending of different extracts IS
the triumph of the perfumers art. II
is only acquired by careful practice ana
long experience. The sense OF smell IS
Il most valuab asset TO them rms Is
cultivated by the science OF 'osphresl-
oIogy." originated by German chem
ent groups, and taught his pupils 10
distinguish between them by cont1iu-
Gus trials y number of perfumes were
placed in ass-stoppercd bottles, ana
the young perfumer. who usually
thought of lilac or rose IN connection
with tie blossom. was seldom able. AT
first test, to recognize its odor without
the mental suggestion of sight Inc
tests were always of short DURATION
because the olfa.tory nerves are among
the most sensitive iu the body. ami ne
come impaired If oyertaNed ny 100 ionS
usage.
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Dr.. Claxton to Talk at Chevy Chase.

DR.. P. p ClaSton, United States COM
missioner of education. is scheduled to
make an address before the Home and
school Association of Chevy Chase. Md,
tomorrow night in the school on Rose
mary street, Chevy Chase, Md
Evening star., 1915-04-11

time, q wounded man was brought -
him and was given first aid. and wa7
then takcn to the rear. rhcu he sas
some more aud waited.
You can't get Z thrill here" said tha
cure doctor Not a flicker OF iHterrSf.
Id .siHt .t.N tRIu,, tnr 4 s.t,s-,tiotl.t
Evening star., 1915-04-11
Steel Millionaire's Wish.

Il wish / could do something for
you,'' said the American. They had
been sitting In the bottom Of the trench
during the o'clock shelling. The steel
duke said he had wish. He pulled a
thick and greasy pack of cards out Of
his pocket He-and they-had been
out in the rain for two days on one oc-