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Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
TELLS Of A TRIP THROUGH DEs0LATED
AND DEVASTATED VILLAGES Of FRANCE
Edward B. Clark Gives Simple and Uncoored Story Of Condons
As He Found Then-Responsby for the Destruction o.
Many Fair Places Of France One Of the Things 10 Be
Considered When Final Day Of Reckoning Comes.
hold that the absence of shell holes in

hold that the absence Of shell holes IN
the walls and the roofs of houses
standing aloof, and whose interiors
are scorched and blackened ruins
proves beyond cayil that the fires were
set by hand. The Germans say that al
this place some Of the inhabitants
were caught with firearms in theil
hands. This plea will probably enter
later when all. these acts are brought
to the bar Of mans adjudication. A
1t Is, HURON virtually has disappeared
from the face of the earth.
This village was proud Of its Gothic
Catholic church of st. Martin, which
has stood here for centuries. The
church is not beyond repair, but to-
day it is literally riddled with shot and
she'll Within is an unchanged shrine
of Mary the Virgin, and before 1t WON
en- were praying for the success of the
arms Of France.
Not far from HURON stands the vii
lage of Glennes, or, again let me say
what once was Glennes. This village
was destroyed utterly by shell fire, ex
cept in the cases of few of the larger
buildings. The church is badly dam
aged, but, like the sanctuary at HURON
it can be restored. went into the
churchyard at Glennes, drawn thither
l think by a somewhat Swallowed form
of curiosity. The shells had fallen
thick and fast into this place where
the villagers for centuries have buried
their dead. The church and cemetery
are pictures Of gray and black desola-
ton. Images and monuments are shat
tered almost to dust. Barely one of
the smaller tombstones in the GENE
terry is left untouched. Here, however,
one sees the frequent freak of war. A
great tomb stands almost in the cen
ter of the churchyard. 1t dominates
the scene. All about it trees and head.
stones and footstones have been spin.
tered and smashed, and yet the great
tomb stands unmarried. Its escape is
one of the mysteries of the chances OF
war;. Within the tomb, as the inscrip.
ton tells us, rests the family of lesson
Boilleau. lesson and his family still
sleep undisturbed.
Soldiers SepuIehers Everywhere.
After leaving Glennes, the country
is nothing but great graveyard
Soldiers sepulchers are everywhere
Single graves are the exception. Ger
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
.PERISCOPE ON LAND BOTH BAR AND LOCK.
Invention Designed to Foil Bur.
glars Activities.
From Description Il Would Seem "a
Be Admirably Adapted for the
Purpose-operates From
the Outside.

A lock that ID virtually unpickabls
and proof against burglars jimmy,
besides being simple in construction
and inexpensive to make, has just been
patented by julius Grossmann of New
York. 49,
The inventor got his idea when drop
ping a bar over store door on clos
ing one night. 1t occurred to him that
if such a bar could be dropped inside
the door by the mere turning Of a key
outside, it would furnish greater Sc.
curity than any other method Of lock.
ing. This is just what his lock does.
The diagram that accompanies this
is of the lock as seen from the inside
of the door. On the outside 1t is the
ordinary Yale lock. In this ! is the
bolt that drops into the slots 6 and 7.
It is pivoted at 2 and raised or lowered
by the tumblers 4 and 5, which re.
volve on the bolt 8. This bolt is the
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

villages of France which lay in the line
Of advance and of retreat of a great
srmy. In the days to come. when there
Is a final reckoning to fix responsible
ity for the destruction of these fair
places Of France and for the killing Of
more than few noncombatants,
there will be controversy as bitter as
that which has marked the battling
from the Marine, the high point Of the
German advance, to the Aisne, where
the German now. is .entrenched, with
the Frenchman on the offensive and
striking daily and boldly at his front.
Included technically within the field
Of war operations today is large part
of France. Virtually all the scene of
the battle of the Marine Is forbidden
ground to all persons except those. who
60 with proper credentials. h.+--@
1t Is my intention to take my read
ers through some Of these desolated
places Of France; Ito, tell q simple and
uncolored* story Of their condition to-
day as my, eyes saw them, and to re-
peat OCCASIONALLY the words of men and
of women who saw the acts of destruc-
ton and who have formed their own
opinion as to the reasons therefor.
One day the truth underlying all this
raVsge will be known. The world
probably will continue TO withhold its
Judgment, but the fact remains that
score or more Of thriving French vii.
lagos have persisted from the earth
after manner that seemingly will not
admit Of the excuse or the explanation
that it is simply the result OF the acts
Of ordinary and so-called civilized war.
fare 'z5 5
Was Fired by lncendiaries.
From Vitry-le-Francois, where left
the train and took a military motor, i
went first to HURON, or rather to the
place where HURON once stood. The
French declare that this place was
burned by German incendiaries. They
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
He's Champion Mean Thief.

Babies in the vicinity of the Violet
street playground were not weighed
recently.
" The new champion "meanest man
crept into the welfare station conduct
ed by the city health department at
the Fairgrounds and stole the scales.
To the welfare station came 20
mothers with their babies, but they
could not get any orders for milk at
the supply station because no one
could tell how much the babies
weighed. Twenty mothers were dis
appointed and 20 babies hungry, but
those who came later in the day were
accommodated upon a borrowed set Of
scales.
The welfare station is maintained
in the interest of underfed and scan
tily nourished babies. - Los Angeles
Times. -
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
"Ratmen" In Military Service.

The County Palatine engineers ask,
among other things, for POI drivers
and batmen. What is batman? The
term seems to be only a military one.
It apparently means the driver or
manager OF packhorses. A bat horse
is a packhorse which carries officers
luggage. BAT" is pack saddle, and,
like SO many military words, it is
French. There is a common French
proverb. "C'est la que lie bat lie blesse''
-or THAT is where the saddle hurts
or, as we say, where the shoe
pinches. Manchester Guardian.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
.PokEs HIS OAR INTO WHALE
New York Tourist Has Surprise and
Barely Escapes Death at n
Santa Barbara. . 3.

Santa Barbara. Cal.--When Frank
Hamer, New York tourist, poked his
oar on to what he thought was a Shiny
black rock protruding above the waves
In the channel, he turned loose a gey..
ser, and rowed Tor HIS life to escape
from what for time looked to him
Ike certain death, u prove to ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
Copenhagen ADVANCING.

Copenhagen has shown its capabil.
ity Of maintaining the title of the
London of Scandinavia" 1t has the
only free harbor in the north OF Eu.
rope. The city has a sufficiency Of
banks, and American merchants who
formerly had agents and branch Off.
ces in other large ports on the cont.
nent are beginning to move there.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

inside of the main bolt of the lock and
is turned from the outside by the key;
from the inside it may be turned by
the small handle upon it. At 8 is
shown a knob by which the mechan-
ism may be disconnected from the or
binary latch If desired.
With this lock on a door ones goes
out, closes the door and turns the key.
This not only locks the latch as usual,
but drops the bolt over the hasps on
door and jamb. This cannot be lifted
with jimmy, nor can it be raised by
anything but the key.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

a vii ! a g e I q g
ground Is shaken
by the tran 8 .
mitted tremor i'm
parted to the earth
by the shock OF
the great guns
which are below
ing all along the
battle front from
st. Mihiel to the
forest Of Argonne.
Sommeilles is
beyond the pres
ent in d ! c "a t e d
range OF the big
rifles, but an ele-
walton of an inch
or two to the muz.
zles of the siege
pieces would re-
suit in a rain OF
shells falling on
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

mans and Frenchmen alike rest under
the newly sprung May flowers in these
fields of the republic. Nature is cele-
brating it's own memorial day and is
decorating the resting places Of the
brave with daisies and dandelions, vio-
let's. forget-me.nots and the while val
ley lilies.
Cour-de-Manges is a village not far
from Glennes. In 1t only few houses
escaped fire or shot. Into the desola-
ton of this place the people are begin
ming to enter. They scattered to the
four parts Of France when the storm
broke, but this was their home, and
here few by few they are coming back
and are seeking the means to build
again their houses as they already, in
the retreat OF the enemy, have built
again their hopeA.
The mayor Of Cour-de-Manges dwelt
In handsome house with OUTLYING
grounds closed in by an iron fence Of
fine workmanship. Today there Is
nothing left OF the official home but
Its foundation stones. Shell and fire
took their toll. The outlying garden,
however,, seemingly knew nothing Of
the ravage Of battle. 1t had been un.
tended since last autumn, but nature,
the restorer, today is making It to bios.
som with springs rare coloring, War
showed. ). no ,favoritismr at Cour.de.
Manages. The houses of the poor and
the house Of the rich alike were
swept to swift destruction.
It Is only, a few miles from Cour.de.
Manages to Frignicourt, but the Jour.
ney Is from Desolation to Desolation.
All the way between the villages. how.
ever, there Is land Of beauty. The
peasants, following on the heels Of
the French army in its forward move.
ment, are cultivating every possible
patch Of ground leaving untouched
nothing but the graves Of friend and
foe The grace OF enjoyment is not to
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

an immense whale. and Hamer barely
got beyond range in time to escape the
powerful flashing Of the monsters tall
as It Owed into the deeps Of the chan
mel mel. The waterspout thrown up
soaked Hamer to the Skin and water
logged his boat He was rescued by
fishermen WHO caught his frantic sig
nails for help. ,-G
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
Bossy Has Twins.

1I.1E. $4,000 oVovy 4EVIdU wins. -I-I ~
Hibbing, Minn.-M. CARRIER, cattle
buyer here, who is the owner OF the
Hibbing COW which set a new record
by giving birth to a 185-pound calf, an.
nounced that sone Of his cows gave
birth to twin calves. The twins are
white and brown, with colorings mixed
In such a way that their coats differ
from those Of other calves. K
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
AFRO-AMER|CAN cULLNCS

In the fall OF 1879, when a little
group Of colored folk were seeking
place for themselves to worship, II
was the. very kind and good Doctor
4 Locke of Grace church who helped
them get hall in which to begin
the work o. an unorganized mission
In this humble way the first congrega'
ton u colored people of our church
in Chicago began. In 1881 Rev.
James Thompson was appointed as
/ their first colored priest in charge.
In 1883. largely through the munifi'
eence OF Mr.. and Mrs. Tolman Wheel
or, st. Thomas church was built on
South Dearborn near Thirtieth street.
Mr.. Thompson was man OF rare
good judgment and affability, anc
when he retired, in 1896, was succeed
ed by Rev. A. HI. Lealted. Mr.. Lealted
did faithful work for nine years, and
when he left in 1905 there were three
hundred communicates in st. Thomas.
I The present priest in charge, Rev. j..
B. Massiah, came to Chicago from De.
troit In 1906, and found loyal con-
gregation which had grown too large
for It's quarters on Dearborn street.
Mr.. Massiah's first plan, which Bishop
Anderson heartily endorsed, was to
get q building that would meet the
demands Of the growing ingress of the
colored people into Chicago from the
South. Just year utter Mr.. Massiah's
coming the present church building
at Wabash avenue and Thirty eighth
street was bought from the Calvary
Baptist congregation for $4,000. Since
then the gains made by this congrega.
ton of colored people, all Of whom
are poor, have been remarkable. Very
large confirmation classes have been
presented during the last eight years,
the aggregate being 63l persons, CT
an average of nearly so persons a
year. The number confirmed by Bishop
Anderson at his last visitation was
101. The communicates have in.
creased to 900; the Sunday school
has an enrolment Of ESQ; the guild
las $50 members in its different de-
partments. Few churches nave larg-
or contributing list in proportion to
the size Of the congregation than this
church. The current demands are
promptly met, the church is kept in
splendid condition, and generous con-
tributions made to missions.
There are 10000 colored persons in
Chicago, and st. Thomas is the only
church Of our communion to minister
to this large and ever growing num-
Der. The total present Indebtedness
ON the church property is $1,000, and
this sum must be raised by May l..
The Church League for Colored Work
In the diocese is acting as the agent
for the board Of missions in asking
Aid for the work. In commencing
the work OF the league to the public,
Bishop Anderson refers to the needs
5of the colored people, and Of the ef-
forts being made at St. Thomas to
meet them, and says: 1t will be
seen that this church is not only a
beneficiary Of missionary enterprise,
but also q contributor towards it.
They have done we'll. Let us help
those who have shown a willingness
and ability to help themselves" Con.
,tributions may be sent to the treas
urer, Mr.. E. P. Bailey, Chicago Saw
ings bank; or to Rev. J. B. NASSAU,
1917 Wabash avenue.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
Comedy In One Brief A.

Great excitement. Voices Of "I,m
killed, I'm killed" rent the air. Whole
police force summoned. Building sur
rounded. Answer: Amateur theatri.
calls being rehearsed for church en-.
tertainment. Curtain. Good night
Salem News. yg 4, II
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
Federated Malay states.

a recent estimate shows that the
Federated Malay States have a popu-
lation OF 1ll7, 900. The chief Indus
trial enterprises are the cultivation Of
rubber and the mining Of tin. Vast
territories are still wild and open to
exploitation BY capital,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

a hollow wooden ball, six feet in al.
sameter, which is moved by the flow 81
the sewage, Is used to remove obstruc.
tons from sewers Ia Paris.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

The American sewing machine, oil
and tobacco companies that have sue
cessfully entered the Chinese market
have agents all through the interior.
The sewing machine company has
even established schools In which Chi
nese women are taught to embroider
ON machines.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

The Negroes are making progress,
probably faster than is realized by
themselves or their white fellow
citizens. IA bulletin recently issued by
the United States census bureau
shows notable advance in many ways
The bulletin itself is the work Of Ne
groes. The Negro population in 1890
was 757,20S, or 1913 per cent Of the
total population Of the nation. In 1910
the Negro population was 9,827,763, or
10.7 per cent Of the total. The in
crease has not kept pace. in proper.
ton. with the white growth, for the
reason that SO many millions Of the
latter races have come in by immigra-
ton. There has been gratifying
growth In religious organization and
profession. In 1906 there were &c.
no Negro church organizations with
1856, 097 communicates or members.
Between 1890 and 1906 the number of
Negro church organizations increased
ny SGT per cent and the number Of
communicates or members by 37.S per
cent, the increase IN Negro population
during the same period being 26.1 per
cent. A
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

Floating mines, under various
names, have figured In naval warfare
for nearly 350 years, but they were
first used with really deadly effect in
the Russo-Ja panese war OF 1904-5.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

Sweden's waterfalls are estimated to
contain about 100000 horsepower, OF
which only about sixteen per cent 10
being utilized.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

SO many imitation affairs are com
Ing In style; jewelries, engagements
and matrimonial happiness.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

Diagram re Peri a spherical ,
scope "a, Glass cover. In tn
co " err o. e prlsn n; ner tube is tn
Revers ed Tele- teal syst
scope; l. = e which can b
Tube: h, and j, tated to fac
Le1nseens OF sec9 Rs any direction
versing Prism; /, eyepiece, how
n ana r n, Lenses, OF remains fixed
Prism: r. and 5; The optical
POINTER ana scale; tenn, which
nism, lows in it's
eral principles Sir Howard OR
original design, consists of:
% A reversed telescope, givi
reduction of about one-quarter.
(2) A telescope, giving a ma
cation of about two.
90 An erecting prism which c;
rotated so that the image given b
system is correctly oriented.
(4) A telescope giving a mag1
tion of about three.
This telescope includes fixed
piece and prism, so arranged tina
observer looks horizontally at tn
ject. At the focus of the eyepiec
placed a scale and pointer to sho'
bearing of the object sighted, a
ruling to allow the distance to be
mated when the size Of the objt
known.
BY the aid of the subsidiary, S.
special parts of the field can b,
Their magnified to allow of objec
ing examined in more detail.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
Simple Arrangement Found OF
Advantage.
Diaoram Shows How System works
out-Allows Special Parts OF Field
to Be Brought Under Accu.
rate Observation.

While the periscope Of the subma-
rine is developing in the direction OF
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

1--WE Negroes are under a great
handicap" recently declared Jesse
Rees Europe. musical composer Of
note. For The Castle Lame Duck l
receive only one cent copy royalty
and the monograph royalties in like
proportion. A white man would re.
ceive from six to twelve times the
royalty receive, and compositions far
less popular than mine, but written by
white men, gain for their composers
vastly greater rewards. / have done
my best to put asstop to this discrim-
ination, but have found that it was no
use. The music world is controlled
by trust, and the Negro must submit
to Its demands or fail to have his com.
positions produced. am not bitter
about 1t. 1t is, after all, Dut slight
portion OF the price my race must pay
in its at times almost hopeless fight
for q place In the sun. Some day 1t
will be different and justice VIII pre-.
vail" r. ~ ,:. ~
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
A Journalistic Color Sch. !, I. #

w Journalistic Cosor Scheme. 90 Nh
The great editor sat In a brown
study, being a bit blue. b a
why is y that some papers are ne
read, ne mused, while others are
;yellow?-Phil Philadelphia Ledger.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
~ ! rule gray horses live the long.
est and roans next.

About sixty-five per cent Of the
Swiss Federal railways rest on steel
tires. \, til s7F 81
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

California is unusual among the salt
producing states in that the great bulk
Of her salt comes from sea water, be-
ing obtained by solar evaporation on
San Francisco bay, near Long Beach
and near San Diego. ...-...s.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

Railroads Of the United States an
nually consume more than 2,700,00O
gallons OK water for each mile Of line.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11
Nv EDWARD 3. CLARK.

tstan Correspondent Western Newspaper
Union)
Sommeilles, Francois ] make a
few notes In this place which once was
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

The noted Order Of the Golden
Fleece is a military one instituted by
Philip the Good, duke Of Burgundy, in
1929, on the occasion Of his marriage
with the Portuguese Princess Isabella.
The order now belongs to both Spain
and Austria.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

Many Of the Arabian peasant popu-
lation of Palestine have emigrated to
North and South America, and the Mo-
hammedan population from the en-
virons Of Jerusalem is beginning to
emigrate. The lack Of suitable employ.
ment is the cause of this exodus.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

IA field marshal never retires, but re-
mains on the active list and draws full
nv TIL the day OF his death. s5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

sS Massachusetts has the largest Portu.
!; gsuless population ofsany state, Rhode
Isiand ranking next. 55s.s 3sl
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

More than !, 900 motorcycles have
lust been ordered by the Russian
army from England. n.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

Al kite soaring out q. sight can still
distinguish lizards and field mice on;
8the ground and can often swoop down
tlMA III catch then1.s Ess5
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

Ii the fiscal year ending March IA,
1914, Canada welcomed 100000 new
settlers.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

The city of Pekins VIII ~ encircledB
by I sAilroad It'll ygill hsg IN hisss
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

About 0ne-third Of the textile goods
made In France Is the product Of fe-
] male labor.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-06-11

greater optic ca ]
perfection a n d
liberation, there
has been q return
to the simplest
and earliest types
of periscope for
use in land war
fare, writes s. d.
Chalmers in Ma.
ture. These are
little more than
two mirrors with
t h e ir rejecting
surfaces parallel
to each other and
inclined at a n
a n 81 e of As de.
grees to the direc-
ton of the Incl.
dent light. These
mirrors are mount.
ed in tubes or on
long rods.
The periscopes
of submarines are
m ore elaborate.
They consist In
principle of two
or hire e tele.
scopes mounted
end to end. That
illustrated h ere .
with is made from
information sup
piled by Messrs.
GOerZ of Berlin.
An outer tube has
a spherical glass
cover. In the in
ner tube is the op'
teal S y S t e m ,
which can be 70.
tated to face in
any direction, the
eyepiece, however,
remains fixed.
The optical sys'
Is-l 81