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The broad ax., 1915-07-31

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FRENCH SOLDIERS IN A FIRING TRENCH.
permit the batteries to be placed on the
reverse slopes of hills from one to six
miles in rear Of the advance lines.
Here the guns are safe from obserya-
ton except by aeroplane scouts, and
the gun crews are further protected by
parapets. So important is cOncealment
that even In these protected locations
the guns are screened by being placed
In woods or orchards or by being COW
cred with branches or with hay.
The man at the gun does not see his
target. Information is telephoned in
to the battery and calculation Is made
Of the change in azimuth or elevation
needed to correct the landing point OF
the shots. In this way the objective
Of the gunfire may be changed from
point to point as the action dictates.
The close contact Is maintained by
the infantry, which depends upon the
firing trenches for its effective work.
These are deep narrow trenches with
a steep bank on the side toward the
enemy.
To give the man in the firing trench
a still better chance TO stop an attack
ing force the ground In front Il cover
ed with obstacles that win delay the
enemy without affording any protec-
tiOn. Any device is used, but the best
Of all Is barbed wire. II cannot be shot
away. Even II cut II coils up and en-
tangies the feet As chance offers,
barbed wire is crisscrossed between
the posts until a formidable entangle-
ment Is obtained
The trench guard cannot stay IN the
trenches during bombardment az the
protection Is so slight that the losses
would be excessive This object Is Sc
cured by having a cover trench close
By, a deep narrow trench from which
entrance Is obtained into underground
shelters
In these cellars, or bombproofs, the
trench guard sleep. eat and live during
their forty-eight hours at the front.
New detachments are then brought up
to the front line, while the old guard
goes back to the reserve for four days
rest
Troops for assault are gathered N
the most advanced trenches during
heavy bombardments concentrated In
the vicinity Of the point selected fcr
attack When the enemy's infantry
and artillery seem 70 be driven 10 COW
=. a.. -4o,,o1 for the ADVANCE A RfTen
The attackers scramble up cut OF their
trenches. Selected groups rush for
ward to cut the enemy's wire entangie-
ments or 10 blow up the obstacles IN
front Of his parapet The rest follow
elose behind with bayonets hxed Tor
the hand TO band struggle with a.
enemy.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
MODERN WARFARE
IN The TRENCHES
Armies Are Driven Underground
to Escape AnRihlIatiOn.

TINE wonderful accuracy and
power Of modern artillery have
driven armies underground as
the only salvation from annihi-
lation. At the same time the enor-
nous numbers Of men engaged extend
the TANKS so far that turning move
ments are often impossible, and bat
ties must be decided by frontal opera
tons.
In the wars up to the Russo-Japa-
nese war in 1904-5 the campaigns
consisted largely In maneuvering the
armies so as TO threaten the enemy's
flank. Now the important advantages
are gained by maneuyering the heavy
artillery so as TO bring a preponder-
ance Of fire to bear upon a definite
length OF the enemys front
The SCATTERING power OF high explo-
sive shells can reduce to a rubble
mound any structure on which they
are brought to bear. Consequently the
military engineer recognizes this phys
ical Limitation Of the defense and adj
tusts his structures by utilizing mounds
Of sand or earth for parapets. The
energy Of the shell Is largely used up
In raising a cloud Of earth, most OF
which falls hack In place.
Instead Of the dash and glory OF his
torical warfare the soldier OF today
has the prosaic task Of devoting over
ten hours to trench work for every ten
minutes spent in firing his rife.
The principle Of trench warfare con-
sists in providing a number Of lines Of
trenches 50 that II one is captured the
next succeeding line can be held By
delaying the enemy at each successive
trench time is gained to bring up re-
endorsements Of men and artillery.
The artillery is depended upon for
bombardment and for action against
groups. Its long range and accuracy
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Echoes of the War.

1t seems to be millions for munitions,
but not one cent for peace pacts.-
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Even the Swiss are running deeper
into dept to pay the cost OF their neu-
trality.-BOston Herald
Reflections as to the causes OF war
have lost interest In the contempla-
ton Of the efrects.-Washington Star.
mo change" In the military situa-
tion is beginning to evoke a heartfelt
echo from hollow war chests.-Wash-
ingtOn Post
The war win do one thing for the
men who die in the trenches. 1t viii
relieve them OF the burden OF helping
TO pay the war debt This Will be a
heritage to their children to the third
and fourth eratiOns-Houston Post
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
PTTH AND POINT.

The more excuses a man makes the
less he gets out OF It
The dictates Of conscience are never
recorded by a typewriter.
Since getting into the war little San
Marine seems TO have been lost
Originality is a thing we constantly
clamor for and instantly quarrel with
Actions may speak louder than
words, but most people prefer OratOry
to pantomime-
Work is terrible to some men and
loafing Is terrible to others, showing
what habit win do.
War dispatches announce another
gain Of 200 yards, but fail to state
who carried the ball
Don't wait too long for your ship to
come In. Better take a canoe and
paddle out and meet it
Speaking Of infant industries, that
OF the home tourist finds better prOtec-
ton in war than in the tariff.
Short steps attained at terrific cost
In blood and treasure is the monot-
OnOus story OF the European hostii-
ties.
One OF these days there is going to
be a great battle at SzeZebrzeszyn, and
then half a dozen compOsitOrs will COM
NIT suicide.
A New York woman aged ninety
nine attributes her longevity to having
always had a good appetite. The eat
less campaigners will please note.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
FIippant filings.

The old Liberty bell. at least, is all
that it is cracked up 10 Decision
Record
as any mans love worth $2.OO0.OO0T
asks Clara Morris. Well, that's for
the courts to decide later on.-Wash-
ington Post
Some ingenious Yankee ought to turn
an honest penny during this war by In
venting meters for the gas bombs
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
officials in the California State Insane
asylum assert that baseball cures In
sanity. One had supposed 1t caused
1t, but maybe this is a homeopathic
principle
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Science Siftings.

It has been estimated that the earth
can maintain a population Of 5000, OOO,-
900, a total which win be reached
about A. d. 200 at the present rate Of
Increase
The brain is divided into two parts.
II you are right handed you think with
the left side Of your brain, while II you
are left handed you think with the
right side Of It
The velocity Of a star seems to be q
factor Of its effective age. Unlike our
ordinary human experience, the speed
Of a star increases with its advancing
years, and In the world Of spheres
above rs II is the young who cannot
keep the pace
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Wireless Whispers.

Regular wireless business is daily
handled between Long Island and Ger
many and between Boston and Nor
way.
Massachusetts, students Of wireless
have had good success with expert
ments in sending and receiving mes
sages with aerials laid on the ground
The United States navy viii estab-
lish wireless station on Cape Cod es-
pecially equipped to guide vessels
along the Atlantic coast In time OF fog.
Within a few months wireless mes
sages have been sent from a station In
this country to Paris They are sent
direct and not relayed from ships at
sea.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Educational Notes.

There are 100000 pupils in United
States public schools
A million and a quarter Of dollars Is
on deposit in school savings banks In
the United States, according to the ma
tional bureau OF education. This
money is distributed among 217,OOO
pupils, who thereby learn lessons OF
thrift for use in later life
Two out OF every thousand public
high school boys receive military in
structiOn in school as compared with
five In every thousand fifteen years ago.
While the total number Of boys in pub
lie high schools has increased since
1900 from 216.2O7 to 81. 4S6. the num-
Der Of boys taking military drill has
decreased from 1O.455 to 9.5S2
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Current Comment.

America is now the richest Of ma
lions Can we keep our peace and our
ducats f-Douisville CourierJournal.
A rise in the price Of beef used to
be accompanied by an interesting ex.
PLANTATION. Now IT simply takes place.
Washington Star.
Almost any man with personal mag.
netism, some guns and a few boxes of
soda crackers can get up revolution
in Mexico.-LOs Angeles Express.
The crank is capable Of much worse
mischief than the criminal, and the pity
Of it is that he should be so much
harder to detect-Philadelphi Led
ger.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Shot and Shea.

German soldiers carry small tin wits
ties to blow for medical aid should they
be wounded.
Il b claimed that half an hour Of the
goose step does as much for the mus
eIes Of the legs a. half q days rOute
marching.
When shells are filed with shrapnel
bullets there Is poured In about a pint
Of boiling resin. which keeps al fixed
until the discharge.
Guns with a bore Of Twelve inches or
more can only IRE ninety fulI charges.
They ars then considered 70 be worn
out and have to be sent to the fomdEy
% have q new core inserted
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
The Jitney Bus.

At least the bus OF that name has
lived long enough TO make the Jitney
famOus--Chicago News
So far as Is known, with ali her trou-
bles, Europe doesn't have to grapple
with a Jitney bus problem - Detroit
Journal
One thing the jitney certainly has
done-it has enabled the street car mo-
torman 10 see q prospective passenger
sooner than formerly.-Dallas News.
With the coming OF the word aft
neur" to denominate the driver Of the
titney bus there should no longer be
any curling the demand that this We
hicle must go.-New York Post.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Photo by American Press Association
IN CAMP AT FIEHKILL PLAINS.
played an important part in the drills.
There were pontOon building and Cross
ing streams under fire. The men were
taught how to advance under artillery
fire and were hurled against barbed
wire entanglements. The mounted
forces were instructed how to perform
services OF screening and reconnOiter-
ing. The hospital units were practiced
In the rescue and care OF the wounded.
Sham battles were fought, and a mill
tary aeroplane participated in the ma
neuvers-
After fighting a sham battle on the
morning OF July y the national
guardsmen and regulars proceeded to
the reviewing grounds, where they
were reviewed by Governor Whitman,
in whose honor the camp was named.
The review was the biggest military
spectacle ever seen in that part Of New
York state and was witnessed by about
10000 persons Every man In the
camp, regulars as well as militia, ap-
peared In the reviewing line.
The national guard Of New York
state is unusually active this season,
and not day will pass until the end Of
August without a portion OF the guard
being engaged in field service. The
training has been arranged along new
lines adopted from lessons learned
from the grim warfare in Europe
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Short Stories.

Biscuit comes from the Latin words
IBIS coctus" twice cooked.
Perfect eyebrows are found IN no
animals other than mankind
OF the 1900 or more islands compris-
ing the Philippines only about 400 are
inhabited
Costa Rica Is nOminaIly on gold
basis. but nearly all its gold has either
been collected by a few hnanciers or
shipped out Of the country.
The Italian government has made
strict regulations concerning the width
OF wheels on wagons and carriages.
The breadth OF its wheel depends on
the gross weight OF the vehicle
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
BRIGHT BRIEFS.

Walk fast until you get there-ther
stand fast
There is always room at the top OF
an argument-f0r more talk.
Courage Is the yeast that causes 6
man to rise to the occasion
An men are equal the day they an
born and the day they are buried
Theory looks good. but IT doesn't al
ways go when you try to crank It
Every young man should be taught
that there Is something better than lueh
to trust to.
Many a man has sense enough TO gel
q good wife. but hasn't sense enough
10 know IL
An optimist f. a man who smiles a
kicks, and a pessimist Is a man Whd
kicks at smiles
A Chicago physician says that hu-
mans may grow fat by eating hay
thus making # a pleasure to remain
skinny.
The respirators make q soldier Of the
trenches look Ike a deaths head But
that's what war Is trying to make Of
al Of them
Automobiles may have decreased M
demand far horses. but military stafs
tics show that the mule Is as highp
priced as ever.
ItIsto be hoped that some statsu
elan has been keeping count Of the
number OF times the worlds Creates
battle has been fought since last Al
gust
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Mrs. Laura Jones who until recently
resided at $3.50 Vineennes Ave-, who
has been engaged in selling eorsets to
ladies on the easy payment plan, was
arrested last week charged with OBJ
tanning money under false pretenses,
1t appears that she secured five dollars
from Mrs. Sarah Harris, 1888 South
Dearborn Street, with the understand
inc that she would deliver the eorsets
the next day and collect the other five
dollars as Mrs. Harris was to pay ten
dollars for the eorsets, but Mrs. Jones
never delivered the eorsets to her then
Mrs. Harris had her arrested as Mrs.
Jones had failed to return the money
to her and last Saturday morning
Judge Edward T. Wade at the Stock
yards Station, after sitting in judg-
ment on Mrs. Jones ordered to refund
the five dollars to Mrs. Harris, which
she did then he fined her twenty-five
dollars and costs and being unable to
raise the money she was sent to the
bridewell, where she viii be compelled
to remain for 6S days unless some
of her friends obtain her release, only
a short time ago Mrs. Jones was very
prominent in the best Colored Society
on the South Side and her late husband
is a successful business man on South
State Street .-
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Il was CharIey.s first game Of go1f
BIS patient friend had taken him sadly
srUmd the eighteen hOAes and watched
him hack the ban futo small hts and
cut up the green a. though It had been
ploved by GhrapnsL Afbsr the game
Charlay and HIS patient friend were
tzIksng % a few a a. eOlfe8 On ths
Clubhouse vsrsndA
That was q bssucienl shOt pa msos
this afternoon, Char1aTS" sd hlS p
tient friend
Charley bE1ghtansd up and nuhed
happily, while ths young woman box
Cd at him admfr1nS3y. "Wh1cn o0e1'
be ashsd eagerly.
Why" said ths patent trend -ths
time you hit ths hal-chi7gO I'D
una
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

4 number of prominent Prof, men
and politicians had a conference Tues
day night at George Hollis 35th and
State St. OF course it was politics you
know Republican politics. There is an
awful rumbling going on and the poll
teal manipulators are humping their
heads together, you know that it is
Mayor William Hale Thompson V. The
Roy o. West for National Committee
man, and Gov. Dunno V. Colonel Frank
A. LOwden and our friend Dwight L.
Smith, or the Hon. Andy Russell. And
the boys are not waiting for 1916,
every body is getting busy.
The Job holders, of course, there are
exceptions, are like the cows tail al
ways behind, they viii sit on the stool
of dO-nothing, have a good time with
their special sets, until the time, comes
around for another job, then they viii
make all the White folks in town be-
lieve that they are the "Big I Ans,
with a capital l." and ''I did it."
1t is very strange how some Negroes
can fool some White folks all the time
isn't it. The fellow who does nothing
politically gets the job, and the fellow
who does the real work gets starved
or put in Jail, or the poor house. Well
guess this sdage is true, "To him
that hath, to him more shall be given
but to him that hath not, that which
he already hath shalt be taken away
from him" Cheer up you political
gum shOers cold father time" win
bring bread to you
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Facts From France.

Building the best Of roads In the
world has cost France about 1912 co.,
600.
A hollow wooden ball six feet In di-
ameter, which is moved by the flow Of
the sewage, is used to remove obstruc-
lions from sewers in Paris
In billiard room in Paris Is a table
made of glass 1t is much more diff
cult to make a shot on it than on the
ordinary baize covered table
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

II 4 a pity that incomes don't m
crease IN the same ratio as automobile
eyIinders.-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
Life has many mysteries. one Of then
being why motorists keep right on TAX
ing chances at railroad erosSingA-De-
troit Free Press
The Long Island railroad b testing
-anfo PROOF gates 10 prevent accidents
e erade crossings. They must b fool
psoof too.-Nev xork sun
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
Town Topics.

As summer resort all that Chicago
lacks Is an ablebodied sea serpent
Chicago News.
Baltimore Is boasting that the gov
eminent reports show It costs less TO
eat in that town But life Is not all
eating. except to the giuttOns.-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch
Minneapolis. too, b making rapid
strides as one Of our foremost Amer
lean cities. one Of her judges reporting
that there Il one divorce IN that city
for every eight ma1iages.-Detroit
News
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
VIVIAN NIcKALLS ENLISTS.

Well Known College Rowing Coach 70
Become an English Soldier.
Vivian Nickalls, who Is wen known
as a college coach and who Is at pres
ent the coach Of Pennsylvania univer-
sity's crews. has declared his intention
Of abandoning his profession to join
the British army. Mr.. NickaIls Is an
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Before 1eSS. Whm wooden mEtch@
VIM phosphorm VIE made IN Vienna,
people were deDendaut upon mt and
steel 10 secus q nghE ne art pat
ent tor q phosphorB match IN tns
uRfsd States vas tEhen out IN 1eS6
pa d. Phnpps a. Springfield. Mss
R~ many ysan people reruBsd b ~
@@ but b. 1eB shs 81 smelling md
elmsy on t1ndar hox8 wsEs gE19rzLy
@searasd ana ne p1sssrved me mua-
h~ - euElositaa
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
ALPHA SUFFRAGE CLUB.

The Alpha Suffrage Club win meet
wednesday evening, August 4th at sOO5
S,,ts street. Members and friends are
urged to attend. Business Of impor-
lance to be transacted.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

The Liberty ben has a crack In Il,
but fortunately its ring Is no longer
needed
The easiest way to commit suicide
involuntarily is to walk upon a rail-
road track.
Safety first is a good motto, but
too many people wait until it's too late
to be careful.
A lot Of men expect the bread they
throw on the water to come back to
them In the form Of cake.
During lulls in the fighting the bel
hgerents ought to be able to think Of
some good excuse for quitting.
II Uncle Sam ever has occasion to do
so he viii issue a red, white and blue
book, and 1t Is likely to be the final
word.
The changed national boundaries an
nounced in Southwest Africa are mani
festly subject to confirmation by the
treaty OF peace.
When one notes how much food has
been exported to Europe during the
last eleven months one wonders what
would have become OF It all II there
lad been no war.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31
SHORT AND SHARP.

When you undertake to study human
nature begin on yourself
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

A man can always find time to do a
thing II he has the inclination
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Some people who ask for a crust In
variably want it over a pie.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Hope is all right In its way, but men
who try to live on 1t are hopeless.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

The Liberty ben has a crack In II,
but fortunately its ring Is no longer
needed.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

uVAE E1cxALLA
Englishnan and Il the brother OF Guy
NickaIls, rowing coach OF Yale. whose
varsity eight won a notable victory
over Harvard this year. Vivian NiekaIll
has accepted q commission IN a hnszaE
regiment and WIN san for England
about the middle Of August
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Courage is the yeast that causes
man to rise to the occasion
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

There is always room at the top {
an argument-f0r more talk.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Walk fast until you get there-then
stand fast
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

The easiest way to commit suicide
involuntarily is to walk upon a rail-
road track.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

An men are equal the day they an
born and the day they are buried
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Automobiles may have decreased On
demand for horses. but military stans
tics show that the mule Is as hghn
priced as ever.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

A New York woman aged ninety
nine attributes her longevity to having
always had a good appetite. The eat
less campaigners viii please note
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Safety first is a good motto, but
too many people wait until it's too late
TO be careful.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

The respirators make soid1er OF "a
trenches look Ike a deaths head Bu
that's what war Is trying to make o
al Of them
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Theory looks good, but It doesn't al
ways 90 when you Try to crank It
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-09-15
LOYALTY PAYS A DIVIDEND

1t is we'll, for if any IA o earth has reasont to feel loyal to his
country for benefits conferred, that is the American citizen.
But there is another loyalty which ranks side by side with that
of country, and that is loyalty to home and home people"
We have d community here in which any people might feel a just
pride, and we have a people wholly on a par with the community,
though there are times when W are neg1ectfu1 Of II interests and IN
mindful of the disintergrating consequences whihc invariably ensue.
Loyalty always pays its dividend, but loyalty to home and home
people pays a double dividend
Let us be loyal to country by all means, but let IS be doubly loyal
to IL home peope and our home institutions, for it is by this NEAR
only that we may thrive, and flourish, and grow as a collective unit.
Dear old Senior General Don Ventustano Carranza, etc., etc, first
chief of something or other, etc, etc, and that is about the best W
can say of the cuss, etc, etc.
In any event, Russia has saved her whnkers.
The tombtone business is looking up o the border.
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THE HIGH SPOTS OF WAR

If this a has demonstrate any n thing forcb1y than
another, it is the ingenuity and ability displaced by the contestants in
hitting the high spots in the campaign of death.
Time ws when the destruction of a regiment would command a
conspicuous position o n the front page. Now it receives a inch o r
two in IN obscure corner.
Once the capture OF a thousand prisoners would have been n event
in a campaign. Now it is but an incident.
In the days OF our fathers the cannon, the rifle and the saber were
the principal instruments OF warfare. Now they are but toys compared
with the powerful engines of destruction.
In those days fighting ships ranged up side by side and bazed
away until one hauled down its flag in surrender. Now the most power
fr, az battleships arr sent to the bottom by the tiny wasps of the seas
Where thousands fought before, millions are struggling and
walowing in the carnage OF blood.
In Sherman time "a vas he'll Today language fails of It's
mission.
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