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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28
GERMANSARE
HARASSING
SUEz CANAL
Little Force. Hiding Away in
Desert Keeps British Force
in Turmoil.
REMNANT OF AN ARMY
It's Part of Attacking Force
Almost Annihilated by
British Artillery.
~ HENRY WOOD

coNSTANTINoPLE. July Ia
tDy courier 20 Dedeagatch and
thence by mail 60 New York -
Somewhere down In the interior OF
Syria are several thousand German
officers and men who must remain
there either until the war ends or
until Kaiser Wilhelm changes his
mind.
1t Is their duty to annoy the
Suez canal.
With neither sufficient men nor
sufficient war material at their dis
posal TO do any damage. they must
nevertheless make enough showing
to force the English at all times
TO keep large contingents OF troops
in Egypt for the defense OF the
canal
They must hold themselves back
In the desert out OF harms way.
subslsting as best they can. until a
favorable moment presents itself
Harass Canal Traffic
Then they must swoop down on
the canal. and By capturing some
lone vessel or In some other way
ohstruct navigation. even n only
for n few hours. Then they must
dash back into the safety OF the
interior OF the desert
These are the orders.
These men are the remnants of
tho tragic TurkoGerman cxpedl-
ton which was sent last January
against the canal.
AS reeompense for their faith
fulness. an officer or n soldier ~
occasionally given permission TO
come mp to Constantlnopic for a
renewal OF contact with civillxa.
ton.
From these officers and men |
learned a few still unpublished de-
tails OF the disaster OF last Jan.
uAry.
Meet No Resistance
When the expedition finally ap.
preached the canal. after having
rushed It's way across the desert
for weeks. carrying pontoons for
crossing the canal and transporting
the bulk OF It's water In tin cans.
the plan OF attack decided upon
was that usually employed by the
Austrians.
Simultaneous attacks were 20 be
begun by the right and left wings
In order 10 distract and engage the
enemy. and then the main body OF
troops. comprising the center. was
TO make the dash for crossing the
canal.
To the surprise OF all. the attacks
met with such little resistance that
the center. In it's mad rush 10 get
across. did not stop TO build n pom
toon bridge. but leaping into the
pontoons themselves. rowed to the
other side.
There the mystery was CT
planned.
Along the front Of the canal were
found whole lines OF trenches
which the English evidently hac
abandoned In haste NJ tho mp
proach OF the expedition.
Artillery Opens Up
Into these trenches the Turks
piled and began at once TO cstab
lish their position. when suddenl,
the English artillery. stationed
miles away. but having the precise
range OF the trenches. poured int
them a terrible fire.
A mad rush was made for ths
other side OF the canal. where tbs
survivors. gathering up theii
wounded and loading them onts
csmeis. pushed back into the deserf
TO a point where DIR. Ward. head oi
the surgical department OF the
American Protestant college n
Beirut. had come down with Red
Cross unit
There the wounded were takcr
care OF until II was possible foi
them TO return north.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28
SCOUT ATHLETIC MEET

Arrangements are being made
for a field day and rally to be held
at Scottsville, n. Y, on September
6. The rally will be held under the
direction OF Scoutmaster Philip
lie Boutillier, of Troop No. /.
Scottsyille
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28
Mary Lee Gets 81
With Essay on
Mary Pickford

The winner OF the dollar In this
weeks movie contest is Mary Lee.
sol 34th ave. S. Her fayorite act
ress Is Mary Pickford. Here is her
essay:
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28
SOLDIERS OF
FRANCE HAVE
OWNTROUBLE
Troops OF Southern France
Accused of Turning Tail
Under Fire.
EXPLAINS
Tells How Men, Fresh From
Home, Were Unloaded From
Train on Battlefield.
BY William Philip Simms


UNITED Press Staff correspondent)
PARIS, Aug. 3.-(By
Mail)-Northern France
accuses Southern France
OF lacking courage, OF
possessing yellow streak.
OF talking a whole lot and
doing little in the way Of
slaughtering Germans.
Since the very COM
mencement Of the war
stories have been going
the rounds concerning the
behavior OF certain regi-
ments, said regiments be-
ing recruits in the Midi
Southern France.
Boiled down, these sto-
ries have IL that these reg
iments turned and fled in
disorder Immediately they
found themselves under
fire; that this happened
more than once. but that
the guilty regiments had
been badly punished.
Between Northern and Southern
France there has always been q
fcud not unlike that which exists
or did exist-between the North
and the South In the United States
Both claim TO be the real and true
French. both the speakers OF the
purest language. both claim chiy
airy as their own particular birth
right, and no on up and down the
line.
Says All Have Done II
I asked n highly educated soldier
belonging to one OF the regiments
which are said 20 have dlstin
guishcd themselves by bad NOR
ais" under fire. what was In the
story. lie replied:
We are blamed for what ha,
happened in every war since war;
began. we ran. but we only die
what the best soldiers In the worlC
have done. and would have don.
again. under similar circumstances
Tho war broke out suddenly
Almost without n warning We wer,
hustled out OF offices. from benin,
counters. from desks and studies
into uniforms and rushed Int,
trains.
Our trains went directly upol
the battlefield and we we're de
trained actually under heavy fire
We did not have time to assemble
TO get our bearings. anything.
Got or Trains Under Fire
I'VE got off the train 20 be sho
down Somebody ran. Somebod
else followed. The others. seeinI
some running away. followed suit
II Ia psychological fact that thi
is what happens always unde
these Circumstances.
We should have halted a mil
TO the rear. assembled and marched
In orderly fashion. into the firm
line. In that way we would hav
had time TO look around. TO Sc
where We were. to catch courage
one from another"
The story that soldiers from III
South OF France lack courage is. NJ
doubt. a SANDER.
Gen. Joffre comes from Rivesalts
In the Pyrenees: Gen. Gailien
from the Saint-Beat. also In thes
mountains: Gen. Foch from the vi
lage OF Valentine. likewise OF tn
mountains between France an
Spain: while Gen. Castelnau call
Garidech his home. this little tow
being on the plains about Toulouse
These soldiers have already woi
places in history by their iroi
courage.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28
Circleite Suggests
Contest; See Belolr

Uncle Jack will follow Edith
Barstow's suggestion, which 10
herewith printed, and the next con-
test will be on why We Should
Be Eager to Start TO School," As
school is only 10 days off, tho
thoughts OF 1t are occupying the
minds OF all children more than
anything else.
Write your story on one side OF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28

the paper only, and do not let your
essay run over $50 words.
Send it to Uncle Jack. care OF
The Star. Be sure and mail II be-
fore Friday. as the contest closes
at p. m. of that day. The age
limit Is 16 years.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28

Editor The stasf Being . reader Of
yous psp~r Z notice that tho sport shirt
/. undergoing some criticism ] think
that the spsrt shirt h . decent and com
Portable shirt. For this resson ! do not
understand Why Mr.. ttshev should bar
u from the Hippodroms danrinx PAVILION.
was greatly Furprised ~ the reason
st,en ~ Mayor OH for disiikinG tho
sport shirt n appears that he disiikes
IL lust h-raHsr the young man VIII"
DANE fn an Indecent mannev wore .
suort shirt do not think that the
sport shirt eaased the young man Co
dance %. for ! have s~~n many men
srrpvt shirt over enlisted.
I was no Ices surprised st Mrs. Minnie
n Frnsiers statement That the sport
shivt IL -siiIy and immodest." ] eoufess
I do not agree with her on this point
Al any rate. "a IL not nesr as silly and
immodest - some dresses worn ny inc
opposite sen.
what about the transparent gowns.
the iow-eoIissed waists. x-rsy skirfs.
summer furs, str.f n 10 my opinion that
the ssyiss for women's elothisg src far
more sadly In n~ed Of modifying than
those for me"' - ,.
Editor The Start I think 10 IL far bet
ter for . man IN wear sport shirt than
10 49, . woman with only half enough
clothes on.
I thinh that women's dre~s and public
dance halls arc more cf ruinaticn 70
young girls than = dozen sport shirts
Attic my husband docs not wear n
srogt sbirt, Z say, let the men have com
4 YOUNG GREEN LAKE MOTHER.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28

o.--Is music In rank with fine
arts, or do the fine arts consist only
OF sculpture. painting. architecture
and enpravlnp7 READER.
A.-f1ne Arts is the generic term
for those arts intended primarily to
affect the emotions. such as sculp-
ture. painting. music, etc. as dis
tinguished from tho useful arts
which serve the physical needs of
life. Art in general may be defined
as the exercise OF the creative fac.
ulty thru some form OF material nc.
tivlty controlled and inspired by the
intellect.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28

The limerick contest Is opening
up well. Already three or four
sweii ones. three enthusiastically for
the Cert garment" and one bitterly
antagonistic to II. are on the ). s.
Editors desk.
In Q day or two The Star Will
begin printing samples Of the
best ones.
The contest closes next FRI
day night. tremendously for
the best one: 81 for the NEXT
best. Both Of them will be
printed, a. we'll ~ several cred
table "aIso rams"
Andrew Simpson OF the Y. NJ. c
A. writes TO disclaim authorship
OF letter printed two days ago In
The Star. In which announcement
was made OF an anti-sport shirt so
cie,y. and TO which his name was
signed.
The so-calied sport shirt IL. In
my opinion. a proper garment wher
worn In the proper way. with tins
collar inside the coat" comments
Simpson.
Meantime the stormy warfare ol
words wages 10 and fro around the
head OF the poor Sport Shirt Editor
Missiles are shot az him from gentle
readers here. there and elsewhere
Hour after hour the office boy. re
turning from the postoffice. swati
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28

remaining sober. industrious and
studious. Companions. good and
bad. may be found. and u Ia up TO
each individual TO choose just about
VIVA, he wants and he will find Il.
Drunkenness 10 dealt with sum
marily, and few "sea parties" GER
orally put the offender on the beach
with bad discharge. This 10 an
historic stain that 10 often brought
before the militant mariner. and
altho some may still be seen now
and then about the streets. they
generally see that they are sober
before they return TO their ship. A.
for the drunken sailors seen on the
earbary Coast. ! have been down
there. and have seen them also. but
have seen an equal number. In pro.
portion. OF civilians there a; ali
times The uniforms, however
bring out the mariners and soldiers
more conspIeuously.
Men who are discharged prems.
turely for reasons that were due 70
their own lndiseresIons drunken.
ness, ete.). will always find
Thousands OF things 20 say against
the service, such az the orphan boy
was told. and as such statements
never before enter the minds OF an
ordinary civilian. they bear a last
ing Impression until the Informed
10 dlsabused Of such statements BY
clean, sober and industrious enIlste d
men who know better. would ad.
wise the boy. n he wants AccU.
RATE information on the subject,
to approach a sergeant OF the army
or q chief petty officer OF the navy
men who made their way I'D In
both branches OF tho service, ra.her
than some individual who has, per.
hsps. a half dozen summary courts.
martha! against his record for OF.
fenses OF various kinds, and has
been. or 10 about to be. kicked out"
Of the service with nothing more
than q useless and disaracefuI
scrap OF paper"
EXPERIENCED.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28

Dear Uncle Jack: Not know
ing about moving pictures l did.
not enter this contest. but am
sending a suggestion. The best
best story on why We Should
Be Eager to Start School,"
EDITH BARSTOW,
1924 Tenth Ave, Age Q.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-08-28

They nickname you "FlossIe" or
"Myrt"
N you wear a cool. roomy shirt.
let 'em laugh all they please,
You can capture . breeze,
When you're sanely logged out
"a Ia Cert"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
GRAY HAIR BECOMES
DARK, THICK, GLOSSY
Try Grandmother'S Old FaVorite
Recipe of Sage Tea and
Sulphur. ssZ

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre TO the hair wnen faded. streak
ed or gray; also ends dandruff, itching
scalp and stops falling hair. Years
ago the only way TO get this mixture
was TO make II at home. which is
mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply ask at any,
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sui
phur Compound" You viii get a
large bottle for about 90 cents. Every
body uses this old. famous recipe, be-
cause no one can possibly tell that you
darkened your hair. as Il does IL so
naturally and evenly. You dampen a
sponge or soft brush with IL ana draw
this through your hair. taking one
small strand at a time: by morning
the gray hair disappears. and after
another application or two your hair
becomes beautifully dark, thick and
glossy and you look years younger.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
URIC ACID
SOLVENT
For Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble
SO Cent Bottle (32 Doses)
FREE

Just because you start the DAY worried
and tired, stiff legs and arms and muscles
an aching head. burning and bearing down
pains in the back-worn out before the day
begins. do not think You have 10 stay i'm
that condition.
Those sufferers who are fn and ont Of
bed half q dozen times at night viii an
preciate the rest comfort and strength
this treatment gives. For any form Of
bladder trouble ct weakness. its action is
really wonderful
Be strong, well and vigorous. with no
more pains from Stin joints. sore muscles,
rheumatic suffering. aching back or kid
uey or bladder troubles
To prove The Williams Treatment con
quers kidney and bladder diSeas oS. -heu-
matism end an uric acid troubles no
matter how chronic or stubborn. III YOU
have never used The Williams Treot1reu-
we viii give one SOC bottle fy3 dose
free if YOU viii cut out this notice ana
send it with your name and address. with
To- 10 help pay distribution expenses. 20
The DR. ID. A. Williams Comnauv DEM
2O47, New =. O. Building. East Hamptslt
Conn send ar once aud you will receive
by parcel post a regular 5Oe bottle 80
dosesf. without charge and without in
curing any obligations One bottle only
to a family or address
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
Vanaduin and its Uses

Freyja. the Morse Venus. belonged.
Is Silver White Metal.
Yanadium is a silver white metal
which readily oNidizes. it. has an
atomic weight OF 51.2, is non mag
netic. has a very high electrical resist
ivity. and melts at ABOUT 1850 degrees
e.. AS an alloy of iron, however, its
melting point is about 500 degrees
lower. II is one of the most widely
disseminated elements. although COM
mercially available deposits are com
paratiVeIy rare. IT has been found IN
several OF the western states of the
United States, in Sweden, Australia,
Spain, England, Argentina, Chile and
in Peru. IL is upon the last named
country however. that the worlds
commercial supply depends. The as
phaltic deposits from which the Peru
Wan vanadium is obtained are located
at YaUH, Matucan. Casalapca, Huari,
HuancayO, and largest at Minas
Ragra. The ore from the Ragra mines,
which looks like a hard slaty coal,
contains about 40 per cent Vanadlum
suiphide. 80 per cent free sulphur, IA
per cent SILICA, four per cent iron sui
phide, etc. and after burning out the
free sulphur the ore contains about
% per cent vanadium oxide.
Commercial Uses.
Until the recent development of
vanadium in the steel industry its
commercial use was largely confined
TO ink making and colOring fabrics
and leather. The ink is made of a
mixture of a neutral solution of anon
ium vanadate, gum water, and a solu-
ton Of gallo acid. Neither acids nor
alcalies can destroy ii, nor can it be
bleached out with chloride. About
1905 the supply of vanadium, owing
TO the development of the Minas
Ragra and other mines in Peru, began
TO increase. From having been a rare
metal. il became available in quaint
ties claimed to be unlimited as
steel making metal. The claims of its
users are that it has accomplished
wonders in crucible and in open hearth
steel, that it gives cast iron greater
strength and endurance, and that cop
per and aluminium are remarkably
improved for certain purposes by its
addition 1t is used in steel for engine
axles and frames, in transmission
shafts and gears, in wire springs, pis-
ton rods, hydraulic cylinders, tires,
tools, boiler plates. gun shields. pro-
iectiles, armor plates, gun barrels,
watch springs, and in castings and
forgings generally. one of the great
advantages Of the use of vanadium
steel in the future will no doubt be In
enabling the steel factors to reduce
weight in such constructions as loco
motives, cars, machinery, etc, its
greater durability being another i'm
portant feature.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11

IF an irresistible force strike an
immOvable object, what viii happen o.
That may be an ancient trap for the
youthful logician and philosopher.
but the developments of modern war
rare have almost made 10 "a practical
question. The efforts TO produce an
irresistible steel projectile have. an
least until very recently. been pretty
well countcrbalanced by those seeking
20 produce an indcstructibie armOr TO
resist tnem out OF this situation first
SreF the Importance Of what a few
years ago was comparatively little
known substance This substance is
the metallic element known as vana-
uum. In 1896 Vanadium steel was
used IN the production OF some armor
plates In France Tests Of these plates
demonstrated that they were much
tougher and more highly resistant
than like plates made without the use
OF vanadium. At once the element
became important and the demand for
II grew, further uses for il were dis
covered and now vanadium steel is
one Of the most important products
Of the iron industry
Not Recent Discovery.
According TO an instructive article
IN the March number Of the monthly
bulletin Of the Pan American union.
Washington ID. c., Vanadium is not
such a recent discovery as many per
sons think. II seems that had he not
himself repudiated his own discovery,
the honor of finding tn new element
would have been accorded 10 Andres
Manuel Del Rio, a professor Of min
eralogy in the Royal School OF Mines
Of the City Of Mexico. In 1901 the
professor. in examining some brown
lead ores from the mines of Zimapan,
in what is now known as the state of
Hidalgo. believed that ne had discOv-
cred a new element different from
chromium and uranium, and this he
named eritrOnium. 1t was in reality
what we now know as vanadium. This
discovery was a genuine one. but I'M
fortunately the Mexican professor was
a little too much under the glamour
of the French school, and when Col
let Descostils published an article in
which he stated that Del Rios eritrOn-
ium was nothing more than impure
chromium, Del Rio accepted the
French professors judgment and in
1904 disavOwed his claim of discovery
and admitted that the substance was
a lead chromats. Subsequent events
showed that Del Rio had originally
been right and that the element does
group. 1t was not until 1880 that the
Swedish scientist. y. G. SefstrOm, re-
discovered the element among the
slags Of the Taberg iron ores and gave
it the name of vanadiUm, a name
probably derived from what might be
termed a family name in Morse myth
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
A SIN OF COMMISSION.

jerks had been invited to Welsh
rarebit party by a number of Bo-
hemian young ladies across the hall.
The rarebit did not seem to be a COM
plete success, a fact speedily recog-
nized by the young woman presiding
at the chatting dish Somehow"
said she. lit doesn't taste just as
Maries did the other night. 1 thought
/ remembered the recipe. but l think
1 must have left something out"
jerks, who is a sententious young
man, tasted reflectively. My dear
young woman" said he, there
nothing you could leave out that
would make it taste like that. It's
something you put in
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
Various Forms
Of Headache

10 IS necessary in order TO treat head.
egaes properly 20 understand the cause
Mnlch produce the affection says DR. J. VI
10y OF biockton. Ala. Continuing. he savst
Ehy csana cannot even begin the treat
AehJ OF n disease without knowing what
causes give rise 90 g.. and We must reuaua-
- mat headache a. 70 be treated accordina
tome same rule. We must not only be rar-
ucular 70 give remedy intended TO com
teIact the cause which produces the head
acne, put we must also give n remedy -
relieve the pain until the cause OF the trouble
has been removed. To answer this purpose
Anti-Samnia Tablets VIII be found 2 most
convenient and satisfactory remedy on.
tablet every one 20 three hours gives coufort
ana rest IN the most severe cases OF headache
neuralgia aud particularly the headaches
OF women"
When We have patient sub ect 70 regular
attacks OF sicS headache, we should caution
MIN 70 keep his bowels regular. for which
nothing A. better than "Actoids- and when
he feels the least sign OF an oncomfnr
attack, he should take two AK Tablets
such patients should always be Instructed
TO carry Few Anti-kamnia Tablets so arro
nave them ready for instant use. These
tablets are prompt IN action. and can be
depended on. 10 produce relief a. very
lew minutes. q skfor AK Tablets.
Anti-kamnia Tablets can be obtained atalI
1rTCCfgtg-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
o. ME sAFE sInE-

Miily-lf YOU kiss me TN scream.
Billy-Well. SO long as YOU don't
scream first it's al right-Life.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
furnishings of all kinds to please the

furnishings of all kinds to please the
most fastidious.
Mr.. Thos. II. Brandon, assisted by
Mr. Edward Hagey deserve much
credit for the way in which they have
developed theis great store. A great
factor in their success is their pleasing
personalities and being surrounded by
genial employees which means so much
in pleasing the public. This firm hav
ing the location of the city and the
best values in its merchandise is sure
to become the greatest store of
Northern Indiana. -AdVt.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
EASILY

Young Hibbard was exhibiting his
picture TO a charming girl.
This one" he said handing her q
picture, lis my photograph taken with
two French poOdles. Can you recog-
nize me?"
Why, yes, certainly" she replied.
looking at it intently "You are the
one with the hat on."-Youth's Com
panion.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11
CHALLENGE is ISSUED
Cigarmakers' Bowling Team Anxious
TO Get Opponent.

The Cigar Makers. a bowling ag-
gregation. through their manager.
Harry Kramer OF the Engeldrum fac
tory. issue a challenge 10 any bowling
team composed of mechanics in the
city. Their lineup includes Hugh
and Harry Morrison. Melvin Crepeau.
Charles Schmidt and r. keene.
Frank Otolski is extra man.
This team prefers 10 arrange a
contest with the Printers the games
20 be played on either the Orpheum
or Bardeen & Dice alleys. The
challenge is issued In spirit of
friendly rivalry. according 20 Kramer,
and Is 20 0s PLAYED merely for the
sport 10 be derived from such a con-
test.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-03-11

The angry citizen puffed into the
office of the city editor.
See here, sir" ne yelled. what
do you mean by publishing my resig-
nation from my political office in this
way?"
you gave the story out yourself,
didn't you?" asked the editor.
"Of course 1 did" replied the angry
citizen. But your fool paper prints
it under the head Of public improve
ments."