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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
The Germans In Sight.

And for the better part OF week
one had skirted miles Of such a frieze.
The loopholes not in use were plugged
rather like old fashioned hives. Said
the colonel, removing a plug:
Here are the boches Look and
you'll see their sandbags."
Through the tumble Of riven trees
and stones one saw what might have
been bit OF green sacking.
They're about seven meters dis
tant here" the colonel went on. That
was true too.
We entered little fortallce with n
cannon In 1t In an embrasure, which
at that moment struck me as unneces-
sarily vast, even though II was partly
closed by frail packing case lid. The
colonel sat him down in front of II and
explained the theory OF this sort OF
redoubt.
by the way" he said to gunner
at last. cant you find something bet
ter than that? think it's too light"
He twitched the lid aside. Get log
Of wood or something"
l loved that colonel. He knew his
men, and he knew the bOches had them
marked down like birds. When he said
they were beside dead trees or behind
boulders sure enough. there they were;
but, as have said. dinner hour Is al
ways slack. and even when we came
TO a place where section of trench
had been Dashed open by trench sweep
ers and 1t was recommended to duck
and hurry nothing much happened.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
Didn't Tell Of Past Battles.

He never told me how all that coun-
try had been fought over as fiercely
as Ypres in the west nor what blood
had gone down the valleys before his
trenches were pushed over the scalped
mountain top. No. he stretched out
new endeavors In earth and stones and
trees for the comfort Of his men on
that populous mountain. and there
came a priest who was sublleutenant
out Of wood of snuff brown shadows
and half yelled trunks.
Would IL please me to look at a chap
ELF II was all open to the hillside.
most tenderly and devoutly done In
rustic work with readings Of peeled
branches and panels of moss and
thatch-st. Hubert's own shrine.
saw the hunters who passed before Il
going to the chase on the far side OF
the mountain where their game lay.
Alan carried me OF to tea the same
evening IN a town where he seemed to
know everybody. He had spent the
afternoon on another mountain top In
specting gun positions whereby he had
been shelled-"a little marmite." Is
slang for it-and he had spotted
boche position which was marmitable.
"And we may get shelled now" he
added hopefully. They shell this town
whenever they think Of It. Perhaps
they'll shell us at tea"
1t was quantity beautiful little
place with Its mixture OF French and
German ideas, its old bridge and gentle
minded river between cultivated hills.
The sandbagged cellar doors. the ruin
ell houses and the holes in the pave
ment looked as unreal as violence OF a
cinema against that soft and simple
setting.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
GIVES LIFE FOR
ONE OF HIS CREW
Survivors Tell Of Thrilling
Wreck on BeTmudian Coast.
CAUGHT IN A HURRICANE.

Captain eoothe Sought Life Preserver
For Fireman and Was Only Ore Lost.
eermvdian Also Brings In Thirty.
three Survivors Of Wreck In Mid.
Atlantic Ocean.
The Quebec liner Bermudinn arrived
In New York from bermuda with sixty
shipwrecked sailors among her pas
sengers and brought the story OF how
Captain Ernest Boothe of the British
steamship Pollokshield. caught of the
Bermudian coast In hurricane and
fog, ran his vessel ashore bead-on and
sacrificed his life while trying to In.
sure the safety OF one OF his crew
This story has added interest because
the Pollokshield was. up to the out
break OF the war, the Hamburg Amer
lean liner Graecia. plying between New
York and West Indian and Central
American ports.
The Graecia slipped out OF New York
harbor with n cargo of coal for the
German cruiser Karlsruhe. was cap
tured by the British taken to Gibrnl-
tar and sold Her name was changed
TO the Pollokshield. and she was used
by the admiralty as supply ship.
nso S~'s0 o' sNP''S
Inc fohokshleld. with crew oil
thirty-two men. left Cardiff. Wales. for
l Dei uua on Aus. - WIN saisv u
40 sho anaa,,n,as'', ~, -, a',,, ,nr
r,cano and sonoh, ,,tnd Co. "a saas
Co.. Az - Can,atr poo,ha ri
Ios, his hoar,r,,s 49,, n, . ,,,c,r..,,- A.,
the morning ~ sent tho fo,, IIf,od
and mo ,oupd bimsels oI,nos, asher, ON
EIho hoacb ON nm. sop,b coas, ~ por.
mnda
He tried I'm vain IN 90, his v.sseI
awav from tho r..afs hut ,h., ,,o,e was
too strong Noth,ng remained 10 no
done but run ashore Cantoin Roothe
ordered the fires banked. called all the
men nm from below and Assembled
them on deck. tied down his whistle
cord and headed his shin for the corol
shore,
The Journey was not a long one. and
the Pollokshield soon struck. buryiug
her nose In a great smother OF waves
beating over the reefs She beached
herself in such a way that she rested
ON shelf Of coral. and in a few hours
she began TO break In two Just forward
Of the mainmast
CAPTAIN Give. LIN Nj. Liz.
C,n,a,n Roo,hs discovered Tho, an.
NJ his ar.mep d,d no, have n nc nro-
serxer The brennan said he had NOT
heen ahle N And ono The can,a,n
,tarte,, M, for n nreservsr ,us, as tho
min broke I'm two and the Iast b,s
mon saw az him no was holm, carried
wav ON the eros, of a w,v.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07

try. But his hobby was his trenches.
lie had tapped mountain streams and
dug out laundry where a man could
wash his shirt and go up and be killed
In Il all In a morning. had drained
trenches so muddy that to stretch In
them was an offense, and at the bot
tom Of the hill II looked like a hydro
puthic establishment ON the stage lie
had created baths where half bat
TALON at time could wash
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
Tea During Bombardment.

The cellar was a hospital with its
beds and stores. and under the electric
Light the orderly waited. ready for
cases to be carried down out Of the
streets.
"Yes. they are all civil cases" said
be. They come without much warn
ing-a woman gashed by falling tim
Der. a child with its temple crushed
by a flying stone. an urgent amputa-
ton case, and 50 on. One never
knows"
Bombardment. the boche textbooks
say, is designed TO terrify the civil pop
ulation so that they may put pressure
on their politicians to conclude a peace.
In real life men are very rarely sooth-
ed by the sight OF their women being
tortured.
We took tea in the house upstairs
with a propriety and an interchange Of
compliments that suited the little &C.
casion. There was no attempt to dis
guise the existence Of the lombard
ment but It was not allowed to over
weigh talk OF lighter matters. | know
one guest who sat through It as near
as might be inarticulate with wonder,
but he was English. and when Alan
asked him whether he had enjoyed
himself he said "Oh. yes. thank you,
very much"
nice people. aren't they?" Alan
went on.
"Oh. very nice-and such good tea"
He managed to convey n few Of bis
sentiments TO Alan after dinner.
But what else could the people have
doneT said he. They are French"
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
POST e D

The undersigned hereby g'ye warn.
ing to all persons not to trespsss upon
our lands for any purpose whatever as
we will prosecute all offenders to full
lest extent Of TIE law Hunters and.
Fishermen especially take notice.
I'd q n Price Il. l.. Elkin
W. x. Cook. Mrs. Rebecca J. West.
II. Z. Arnold. James G.. Conn.
j. c. Morgan, J. Z. Bland.
J. II. and w. s. Weaver
We will add other names for rs cent.
cash.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
Shots Are Exchanged.

A machine gun loosed a few shots In
the fumbling style of her kind when
they feel for an opening. A couple of
rifle shots answered. They might have
been half a mile away or a hundred
yards below.
An adorable country! We climbed
up till we found once again a complete
tea garden; little sunk houses almost
invisible In the brown pink recesses OF
the thick forest. Here the trenches
began, and with them for the next few
hours life in two dimensions-length
and breadth.
You could have eaten your dinner
almost anywhere of the swept dry
ground, for steep slopes favored drain
ing. There was no lack Of timber. and
there was unlimited labor. II had made
neat, double length dugouts, where the
wounded could be laid during their
passage down the mountainside; well
tended occasional latrines, properly
fined dugouts for sleeping and eating,
overhead projections and tool sheds
where needed and, as one came nearer
The working face, very clever cellars
TO protect against trench sweepers.
Men passed ON their business--a
squad with captured machine gun.
which they tested In a sheltered dip:
armorers at their benches busy with
sick rifles, fatigue parties for straw ra
lions and ammunition. long professions
Of single blue figures turned sideways
between brown, sunless walls. One
understood after awhile the nightmare
that lays hold OF trench stale men un-
III the dreamer. watching seemingly
forever In those blind mazes. finds him
self after agonizing centuries out again
10 the white blaze and horror OF the
mined front
There were no trees above us now
Their trunks lay along the edge OF the
trench. built IN with stones where nee
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
His consei.nes Relieved.

W. CoH1csHco NoIIeVsd-
Conscience fund increased $500 BY
Maine woman. who writes Washing
ton she Struggled in clothes. duty on
which was sd7. twenty years ago.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
Bursting Shells Are Warnings.

The people were abroad in the streets,
and the little children were playing. A
big shell gives notice enough for one
to get shelter II shelter is near enough.
That appears to be as much as any one
expects In a world where one Is shelled.
and that world had settled down to IT.
The peoples lips are little firmer. the
modelling OF the brows is a little more
pronounced, and maybe there Is a
change in the expression Of the eyes,
but nothing that the casual afternoon
caller need particularly notice.
The house where we took tea was
the big house Of the place. old and
massive. n treasure house OF ancient
furniture. 1t had everything that the
heart Of moderate man could desire
gardens. garages. outbuildings and the
air Of peace that goes with beauty In
age. 1t stood over n high cellarage,
and opposite the cellar door was a
brand new blindage Of earth packed
between timbers.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
chamnian snar.r L.sr..

Els snoring disturbed the peace OF
Far Rockaway. so carpenter was held
In $500 bail. and he was only taking
a nap!
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
Government a aIinnsr. .

Uncle Sam has 20. KID" tips by al
lowing IS ;fficial pail as tips to steam
ship stewanis.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
Devastation Everywhere.

We met the colonel at the head OF
an indescribable pit Of ruin. full OF sun.
shine, whose steps ran down very
steep hillside under the lee Of an al
most vertically pIunglng parapet. To
the left Of that parapet the whole hill
side was one Cruel of smashed trees,
split stones and powdered soil. 1t
might have been a ragpicker's dump
heap on colossal scale. Alan looked
at II critically. think he had helped
make it not long before.
I'VE are ON the top OF the hill now,
and the bochcs are below" said he.
I'VE gave them very fair sickener
lately"
This" said the colonel. lis the front
line"
There were overhead guards against
hand bombs. which disposed me to be-
lieve him, but what convinced me most
was a corporal urging us IN whispers
not to talk so loud. The men were at
dinner. and good smell of food filed
the trench. This was the first smell
had encountered in my long travels up
hill-a mixed, entirely wholesome tia.
vor OF stew. leather. earth and rifle oil.
A proportion Of men were standing 70
arms while others ate. hut dinner time
is slack time even among animals. and
IL was close 10 noon.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
Near the German Positions.

HALT" said Alan at last, when she
had done everything except initiate the
mule.
The road continues" said the demon
driver seductively.
"Yes, but they viii hear you IL you
20 on. Stop and wait. We've noun
tain battery to look at"
They were not at work for a mo-
ment. and the commander. grim.
forceful man, showed me some details
Of their construction. When we left
them In their bower It looked like
hin priests wayside shrine. We heard
them singing through the steep, de-
scending pines. They, too. like the
TO" men, seem to have no pet name
In service.
II was a poisonously blind country.
The woods blocked all sense Of direc-
ton. Above and around the ground
was at any angle you please. and all
sounds were split up and muddled by
the tree trunks, which acted as ST.
lencers. High above us the respecta-
BILE, all concealing forest had turned
Into sparse, CHASTITY blue sticks Of tim
ber-an assembly OF leper trees around
q bald mountain top.
That's where we're going" said
Alan. isn't 1t an adorable countryT
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07

hlpltNOs unONF N0e NtHeFai NNNiN W
~France al War on the Frontier OF
Civilization" describing the i'm
pressions Of a visit TO the fighting
line in France.
By RUDYARD KIPLING.
Copyright. 1876. by the Sun Printing and
Publishing assoclation.l
u VERY early in the morning | met
W Alan Breck with half healed
bullet scrape across the bridge
Of his nose and an Alpine cap
over one ear. Ills people n few hun
dred years ago had been Scotch. He
bore a Scotch name and still recogniz-
ed the head Of his clan. but his French
occasionally ran into German words.
for he was Alsatian on one side.
This" be explained. rs the very
best country In the world to fight In.
II Is picturesque and full of cover.
I'm a gunner I've been here for
months. It's lovely"
II might have been the hills under
Mussoorie, and what our ears expect
ed to do I'm it | could not understand,
Uul NlI hAANtAs NhV btth
road racer. took the seventy horsepow.
er Mercedes and threaded the narrow
valleys as well as occasional half Swiss
villages full of Alpine troops at a re-
strained thirty miles an hour. He shot
up a new made road more like Mus
soorie than ever ard did not fall down
the hillside even once. An ammuni-
ton mule Of mountain battery met
him at a tight corner and began to
climb tree.
There isn't another place in France
where that could happen" said Alan.
II tell you this is a magnificent coun-
try"
The mule was hauled down by his
tail after he had reached the lower
branches and went on through the
woods, his ammunition boxes linking
on his back for all the world as IL he
were rejoining his battery at Jutogh.
One expected to meet the little hill
people beat under their loads under
the forest gloom. The light. the color.
the smell of wood smoke. pine needles,
wet earth and warm mule were all
Himalayas. Only the Mercedes was
violently and loudly a stranger.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07

Captain eoothe Sought Life Preserver
For Fireman and Was Only Ore Lost.
eermudian Also Brings In Thirty.
three Survivors Of Wreck In Mid.
Atlantic Ocean.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
BY RUpYARD KIPLlNo.

Copyright. 1915. by the Sun Printing and
Publishing assoclation.l
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1915-10-07
KIPLING TELLS OF
STRIPPED BY
Smashed Trees, SPLIT Stones
and Powdered Soil on
Alsatian Heights.

We present below Tire ffth OF six
articles from the pen Of Rudyard
kipling. under the general title OF
~France at War on the Frontier OF
Civilization" describing the i'm
pressions Of a visit TO the fighting
line in France.
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19

have temporary for money is evident that this makes large in the
cc ngn Eu much ACCOMPLISHED than the use of the
notes the efficiency money is multiplied several times large
business
cale payments labor
II there community everybody a
bills by
dately
would
the
the checks they receive other which practically themselves
although small balances
in large city there Clearing House where representatives OF the
bank constantly receiving from its particularly those that
shipping products localities
in other cities which usually sends deposit correspondent
the cities which
credits consolidated
a
his credit credits
he
This
cash"
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19

broke the worlds record for range cat
tie on the Kansas City market. A
few weeks ago he sold 100 three year
old range COWS to a PlainvieW, Texas
breeder at $12500 per head, which was
new record for the southwest. His
herd of registered Herefords has won
many blue ribbons in the show rings
of the central states.
During the past year he has sold
many car loads of young bulls to the
big ranchers of Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona, who realize that the
world is looking to the southwest for
its beef supply and who are grading
up and increasing the feeding adapta
bility of their herds by the use OF
high class bulls.
The Great Southwest will soon moi
only be the greatest breeding section
of these United States, but will also
be classed as the greatest feeding ter
ritory.
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19
Prosperity On the Flirt.

Who said prosperity was not
flirting with Uncle Sam?
If you are doubling Thomas,
or a pessimist, or a whatnot, just
listen to this and then buck up"
: and work for up.
Statistics just issued by the
department of agriculture at
Washington state that the pro-
duct of the soil in the United
States this year will beat al
world records.
Here are just a few Of the fig
ures:
Wheat, 966,OOO,OOO bushels;
Corn, 2,918, 900, 900; Oats, 1,4O2,
600, 600; Barley, 217, 900, 900; Rye,
1000, 600; Buckwheat, 18,O00,- :
900; White potatoes, 431, 900, 0C0;
Sweet potatoes, $4,000, GOO; To-
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19

Hamburg of the three German ranks the second
$6000000 under that of
financial
international
this
natural
will this becomes clearing house
world created by
reny wealth financial expansion
the
the
recaptulatng
the advantages Mr. Howe brings the Importance the port in
and then concludes:
"The important America 1t will cheaper
commodities by bringing great quantities Of goods our doors
exporting
houses which hold goods for indefinite period without payment Of
the article ITSELF disposal
the world upbuid international credit
shift America
Finally of world
this be nesided
credit balances paid
only be paid by exchange of wealth"
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19

of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona,
where cheaper lands are to be found
which raise an abundance of kafir,
maize and sorghum, which have proven
their high feeding qualities on the
Kansas City market.
C. o. Keiser, of Canyon, Texas, in
the Panhandle district, has fully DEM
onstrated the truth of the contention
of the superiority of the southwest
over the older sections of the United
States. Last week with eight car
loads of two and three year old Here
ford steers he topped the Kansas City
market at $925 per hundred with
steers that averaged 1914 and 1858.
Other lots averaging 1850 sold at $9,15
and 1405 at 1910. The cattle were
fed on kafr corn and sorghum silage,
ground kafir corn and milo maize, and
kafir fodder, all products of the south
west. They were on full feed only
90 days. The price paid for the cat
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19
State Fair.

The 1915 New Mexico State
Fair has already outgrown the
dreams of its most ardent sup
porters. Arrangements are now
being made to move the fences
of the fair grounds to take in a
sufficient number Of acres upon
which to place the immense ex-
hibits and amusement features.
1t has been necessary to petition
the county commissioners to close
one of the roads to the south of
the grounds that the fair grounds
may cross the road and take in
an adjoining field.
The county exhibits alone will
require a large space. Up-to-
date, twelve counties have been
visited by the fair officials, and
in every instance from $500 to
$1,000 has been appropriated for a
county exhibit which will COM
pete for the $3.50 offered by the
fair for the best county exhibit.
1t is now believed that nearly
every county in the state will! be
represented and that the great
est showing of New Mexico's re-
sources ever gotten together will
be seen at the fair.
The stock show is going to be
immense. National exhibitors
are interesting themselves in the
fair this year, induced by the
larger premiums. Some of the
stock department which in the
past have secured but few exhibit
ors will be large and complete.
The Indian exhibits alone will
be a great feature. They are
securing the cooperation of the
Indian office at Washington, and
authority has been given to every
Indian reservation and school in
the state to make exhibits of
agricultural products, stock, in
dustrial pursuits and arts and
crafts.
Themanufacturers hall will con-
tain exhibits from fifty of the larg-
est concerns in the country. In
the machinery hall there will be
silos, tractors separators, farm
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19

machinery and appliances of all
kinds. The Mitchell wagon COM
pany has given the fair associa-
tion a wagon valued at $100 which
will be given away during the
fair. Albuquerque dealers are
also taking a large amount of
space in this department.
The poultry show will be the
largest ever held in New Mexico.
A thousand bids will be shown
from all sections Of the country.
There are other exhibit features,
such as weaving, the better ba-
bies contest and the domestic
science and arts departments.
Amusement features galore
have been contracted for. Not
the least of these is the Kitties
Band which will cost the fair
$4,000 for the week. This band
has toured the world twice and
has played all of the big exposi-
tions. 1t will bring it's Scotch
dancers, bagpipers and singers.
A $4,000 fireworks display has
been arranged for four nights of
the fair. There will also be a
horse show on two nights, spec
tacular free acts, band concerts
and other features. The best
wire and high dive acts have
been secured, balloon races and il
Illuminated ascensions at night and
high class vaudeville.
A troop of U. S. Cavalry with
a mounted band will furnish hip
podrome and hurdle races. The
army polo teams will give the
people of New Mexico the first
opportunity they have had to see
this most exciting sport. There
will also be roping and riding.
All Of the horse races have fill
led for the fair, and one horse
will race for the $40, 900 in purses
hung up. The greatest bunch
of horse flesh ever gotten to-
gether in New Mexico will be
seen at the fair and every race
will be hotly contested.
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19
CATTLE FEEDING MOVES TO SOUTHWEST
Cattle Fed on Maize and Kafir Break all Texas
Records and Topped Market at Kansas City.

Cattle from the range territory top
ping the fed steer market in Kansas
City simply shows that cattle feeding
is no longer confined to the corn belt,
as has generally been supposed. Steers
from the Southwest which never had
any Indian corn topping the market
against several big consignments from
the west central states show that the
feeding industry is losing its pres
tige in the Mississippi Valley and is
moving rapidly toward the Panhandle
Belen news. (Belen, N.M.) 1912-1947, 1915-08-19
Issask
. AS The EDITOR Sees Sees IT -

Mayors, bank presidents and
other men Of prominence in the
commercial and political world
are taking a course of military
training at Plattsburg, N. Y,
and are serving as privates in
the ranks. It is one OF the new
methods adopted by the gov
ernment for the national defense
in the event Of a foreign inva-
sion, and should appeal to eve
ry man who has the slightest
degree of reverence for his flag
and his country. A like move
ment on the part Of the business
and professional men of this
community would not be amiss,
for while other places may make
a more spectacular showing,
there is no section of the country
in which true patriotism is more
pregnant in emergency than
right here among our own peo-
pie.