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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-05-24

GLOOM DISPENSERS.

N1HAT IS MORE DIsAGREEABLE THAN A DIS
wv penser of gloom? Ever meet man who thinks
the whole world is on toboggan slide, and that
ne has been picked out by providence the special
cplent OF all that unfortunate? Cheerful companion
isn't he?
Nearly three years ago the British government tried
this method in connection with the European war; and still
wonders why it hasn't licked the Germans have been
handed only the pleasant news by their rulers.
Down at Washington the United States Government,
acting probably under the misguided advice of the British
and French visitors who here represent their gov
emments is trying the tactics If fight the Ger
mans going to get licked, and if we don't fight
them we are going to get licked if several billions
OF dollars we will have to raise twice much more and
If we don't raise any money will have to raise three
times as much we will if do. Get the drift? We
don't either, but it's compendium of what is being said
If successful war is to be fought against Germany
and the United States has never lost war-s time for
somebody to put the soft pedal the gloom and insti
little joy into the situation It's time to Americanze the
American government instead of trying to mold it to
British Standards which have always failed and fail
ing now, else why the desparng cry for American ad
little common sense, suitable to people living under the
Stars and Stripes, would go far to relieve the situation
THEODORE G. KITCHIN.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1917-05-24

Red Cross news on inside pages.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06

and sinking. Her periscope shot
through the waves, the only target,
and in the coming tower Donald sat
with his eyes fast on the mirror.
Ten feet below the surface the F55
plunged on toward the monarch of the
sea.
The sound of the guns was vastly
louder under the waves. A single shot,
sent home, would smash through the
thin plates as II they were Of paper.
But Donald knew that 1t was the su-
preme moment when danger must be
ignored. He seemed to sense the ship,
the crew, as single entity, devoted
to single purpose. He aimed his
bow directly into his enemy's port
flank. Sc was less than mile away.
At that distance 1t seemed miracle
that her shells failed to strike home.
Down in the torpedo room three
men bore n torpedo from the rack and
placed 1t in the slings. They swung
1t forward into the breech Of the tube.
One man at the pump rapidly filled the
breech chamber with the compressed
air that was to send the missile upon
its course.
Donald, in the coming tower, still
held the cruiser within the mirror. He
saw the smoke coil from her guns, he
heard their dull reverberation, and
knew that at any moment the blinded
F55 might be sent staggering to her
death through the wake of her wash.
But he was animated by the single
minded purpose which inspired all and
made the steel and human mechanism
u bolt forged for death.
Clouts, at the wheel, did not allow
the little craft to deviate hairs
breadth from her course.
"Stand by"
The hiss of the oxygen apparatus
dominated all other sounds. At her
45-knot speed the missile left the
launching tube with heavy thud, and
the ship qulvered as she shook herself
free.
And Donald knew that his shot had
gone home.
The whir grew less, but all listened
until the end of the mile-long journey.
On board the enemy ship everyone
could see the air bubbles that came up
from the speeding missile and Its
white, foaming wake. There was no
time to maneuver the giant ship. They
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
Diary Exposes CareIessness Of
Teuton Gunners With Their
Own Men.
REHEARsE FOR Big BATTLES
Realism Carried to the Extreme by
Germans in Preparing for Trial Of
New Strategy-Says Human
Strength is Powerless.

With the French Armies.-It is now
pretty well known that both the
French and Germans frequently re-
hearse their battles, under conditions
as realistic as possible on specially
prepared maneuver grounds. But,
whereas the French on these occasions
take great care that no men shall be
Injured, the Germans have carried
realism to such point that each exer-
else of this kind costs them number
Of wounded. The fact Is attested by
the following extract from the note
book Of German of the 21Sth regl-
ment of infantry:
"The exercise was to represent
new method of attack used by the
French, and was to take place on the
21st, in the presence of the duke of
Wuerttemberg, and other personages.
"On the 18th our artillery regulated
Its fire preparatory to the exercise.
Men Wounded in Drill.
ION the 21st we were put In place
At S:15 a. IN. From $3.50 to 10 80 the
artillery and the trench mortars fired.
We were given each fifty explosive
cartridges, while the men of the first
and second waves were given each,
respectively, six and two loaded gren-
ndes. From the start, during the fir
Ing of the trench mortars, men were
wounded by splinters. At 10:30 the
business began, and toward 80 p. m.
our cOmpaaies were assembled for the
goose step parade on the Hochwalsch-
Walderystal road. This parade also
took place before the duke of Wuert-
temberg. The exercise, 1t appears,
satisfied these gentlemen entirely. So
II will not be long now before we en-
ter into the hell. Unhapplly, several
men were wounded, one seriously. II
Is really sad to see exercise Of this
kind carried out with real artillery
and trench mOrtars. Aside from the
fact that il costs great deal of
money, men are wounded almost regu-
larly. So it is not enough that we
should risk our lives when we are at
the front, we must even be exposed
TO danger when we are supposed to
be at rest"
And here are some extracts from the
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
SUBMARINES NOW HAVE A HARD Time
charges cause serious commotion over
n considerable radius.
Surface Signs May Be Missing.

The correspondent was told Of three
cases in the last fortnight In which
submarines were thus destroyed. In
many instances, no doubt, submarines
are destroyed without any visible indl-
cation above the water of their loss.
Still others are badly crippled, as in
the casesof the damaged German u
boat which was recently interned In
Spain.
Another submarine which will never
return to Germany was sunk under pc
cuiar circumstances n short time ago
This U-boat torpedoed n ship bound
from the United States. It is extreme
ly unwise and unsafe to fire torpedo
at such close range, but the U-boats
must take their targets as they get
them these days. The torpedoed ship
was loaded with cargo of heavy war
material and the explosion was so for
chile that 1t blew large piece Of
heavy material through the deck of the
ship and dropped 1t on the submarine
as the latter was submerging. The hull
of the submarine was crushed like an
eggshell and she sank with all on
board.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
Activity Of Destroyer Conveys Is
Producing Most Satisfac-
tory Results.
S MOST effective WEAPON
Diaries Taken From Captured U-6oat
Commanders Furnish Documentary
Evidence of Effectiveness Of De-
stroyer's Perfect Convoy Work.

Base Of the American Flotilla in
British Waters.-Diaries taken from
captured U-boat commanders furnish
documentary evidence that the de-
stroyer is the most effective of present
weapons against the submarine.
avoided destroyer" is the oft-repeated
entry. In fact, these logs show con-
cluslvely that the submarines are hav-
ing a hard time of it.
The result of the destroyer activity
during the last four weeks has been
not only q decrease In casualties Of
merchant ships but also still more
satisfactory increase In the number Of
submarines sunk.
Conveying as an Offensive.
The conveying Of merchantmen has
now reached stage almost of perfec-
ton, after many months work In train
ing both the officers of merchant ships
and the personnel of the patrol flotil-
las. While systematic conveying was
ulucl luhcu pliihuiiiy 40 q NNANhS'' y
measure. it has now developed that
conveying is Mt the same time the best
offensive measure yet devised against
the U-boat.
The offensive side Of conveying may
best be shown by an illustration !:
When Il submarine tries to torpedo n
conveyed ship-as submarines are now
compelled to do owing to the infre-
quency of unconvoyed shipping-there
Is always destroyer on the scene, and
the chances of the Sestroyer's "get-
ting" that particular submarine are
correspondingly increased. The wake
of torpedo is generally seen by the
destroyer's lookouts, and 1t gives a
good line on the direction where the
submarine is lying. The destroyer i'm
mediately steers course full speed
In the line shown by the wake Of the
torpedo and drops repeated depth
charges along this course.
In considerable proportion Of cases
this proves effective, for these depth
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Paget, attempting to rescue his
sweetheart, encounters a horde
of nolsome creatures and finds
himself In desperate plight.
Gro BE CONTINUED
PRISONERS WENT ON STRIKE
Refused to Go Back to Jail Until One
of Their Number Was "Fired" by
Workhouse Superintendent.

Perhaps the queerest strike on rec
ord was that of workhouse prisoners
In Delaware county, Indiana, recently,
when they refused to return to Jail un-
less one Of their number received his
freedom. And 1t was not that they de-
sired him to be free, either, but be-
cause they wished to be freed of his
presence.
81 had my gang Of prisoners way out
by Yorktown, working on a country
road that needed repairing" said
james Cole, workhouse superintendent,
according to the Indianapolis News,
"when l noticed, about time to load
them into the automobile and bring
them back, that the prisoners were
hanging back and talking among them
selves. Finally one Of them came to
me with the story and his demands.
"'The boys here won't 60 back to
jail with you unless you fire Danny,
there said the spokesman. They won't
ride back In the machine with him be-
cause he has vermln In his hair and
on his body. You either let him go or
no more Jail for us. We've agreed to
make q run for 1t If you don't, and
you can't catch all Of u.s.
"Of course, had no right to allow
the man his freedom" Cole continued,
"but the fellow jumped up and ran
away Just then and I'm bound to admit
we didn't try very hard to catch him.
Anyway, that broke the strike"
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prayed-they could do no more-that
the torpedo might not have been shot
true; that 1t might deviate from Its
imminent path.
1t came on lnexorably. The firing
became wilder. The gunners, alb
sorbed as they were in their task,
seemed permeated with the contagious
terror caused by that white, ripping
pencil line that was extending toward
their ship.
The missile struck the battle cruiser
amidships, blowing out section of
her hull, single water-tight compart-
ment. The cruiser hardly staggered
from the blow.
The torpedo had struck glanclng,
and missed the full force of It's deliv-
cry. The wound was in itself too
small to sink or even badly cripple the
great Ship n triumph Of shipbuilding,
aud calculated to withstand just such
an impact.
Unfortunately for her, the maximum
OF the shock was received beneath the
powder room, adjacent to the ammu'
milton chamber, whose doors were
open at that moment for the removal
of the 12-lnch shells by the ammunl'
ton hoist.
The shock was followed by an inf.
mite suspense. Perhaps 1t lasted fol
two seconds. The cruiser drove
through the waves like some sea mon
ster that had received a deadly thrust
unscathed.
Then, with a detonation that was
heard from Sumburgh to Sutherland
she went sky-high in tumbling ruin
Donald, within the coming tower, saw
| a blur frost the mirror Of the peri
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Another second passed. Then the
F55 went reeling under the terrific
force Of the explosion. She spun
round under the waves and thrilled as
If she herself faced disruption.
The bilge-pumps cleared her diving
tanks. She rose, nose upward, scent
ing the air; her stern followed, and
she lay awash in the water once more.
The matches were removed.
Not vestige of the cruiser was to
be seen. She had sunk in less than
three minutes.
But hard by, not three-quarters OF
mile to port, pillar of smoke, lit
up by flame, curled out Of the Beotia's
matches. Deeming her the submarines
decoy, the cruisers gunners had rid
died her with shells from the two II
inch guns at the bow.
She seemed to stagger through the
smoke that wreathed her. She was
dying by fire and water, too, and the
twin elements, in their eternal conflict,
rocked nothing of her human freight.
And Ida was there-Ida, doomed to
perish, II She were not already dead,
unless help speedily camel
Donald took the helm. The F55
rushed through the waves In the d.
rection of the Claude liner, which list
ed hard to starboard. Two boats had
already been launched, and bobbed
ridlculously beside her; others re.
malned high up in the air, impotent,
because the list prevented their being
lowered, and dashed themselves to
pieces against the hull as they swung
from the shattered davlts.
AS the F55 drew near the ocean
seemed to open. Silently, softly, the
convexlty Of the hull slipped down and
was lost to view as the suns edge
goes into the horizon. A swirl and
eddy In the sea, and nothing remained
except the two boats and some tiny,
doll-like figures that bobbed in the
water.
A gasp Of horror went up from the
throats Of the seamen. clustered upon
the deck Of the F55, as the swirl
sucked down the boat that was the
nearer to the maelstrom of the wreck.
1t sucked down with all its living
freight, and spewed 1t forth into the
air again, end on-empty.
The engines stopped. The subma-
rine glided in. The single boat
seemed empty. No! There was
woman aboard, and a man pulling
wildly upon one oar.
Donald took in the situation Instant
ly. He turned to his aid, Davies, a
little, keen-faced MILDLY who was max
ing his first voyage in command of
men.
"Tow us, or run for Fair islandw
he cried. Then, flinglng Off his coat,
he leaped.
A few strokes carried him to the
whirllng boat. And now he realized
that he had known all along that the
girl in 1t was Ida, miraculously saved
out of the great company of those who
had died. His heart beat pean Of
joy; at the sight Of her his love awak-
ened, and he knew that this was no
transient passion, but an enduring one.
But just as he reached the boat he
saw the sailor at the oar stagger blind
ly toward the edge. 1t seemed as If he
were being dragged overheard against
his will He whirled his arms and
plunged into the deep with hoarse
cry that rang out far above the waters.
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GERMANS INJURED IN PRACTICE FIGHT
notebook Of German captured lately
at Hill 304, near Verdun:

notebook Of n German captured lately
at Hill 30i, near Verdun:
Yesterday just after midnight we
went up to the first line. The march
was terrible. We were shelled. from
every side and the night was black.
We got lost and had to wander two
and n half hours In the open. After
difficulty Of every description we
finally reached our shelter. And what
a shelter! The entrance and the exit
were half caved In. l hope the shells
won't finally block them, for escape In
such circumstances Is not to be
thought OFFS Our safety depends only
on divine aid; human strength is pow
erless.
Next day, 9:30 n. nj have just
got up. In spite of the violent bonn
bardment of shells and torpedoes I
succeeded In getting more or less
sleep. But we have gone without eat
Ing or drinking, as the supply men
have not been able to get through the
barrage fire. I still have piece Of
bread and little to drink; l will re-
tain myself as long as possible. Who
knows when we shall be revictualed?"
Why He Could Not Write.
On the day following the same SOL
dier wrote letter which was found
on him when he was captured. l give
this extract:
"Thou hast been waiting n long time
for news. of me, my dear Gertrude, but
| can send thee nothing because the
artillery fire is generally so intense
that the supply men who take our let
ters cannot get to us. Last night, or
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
BARON Won STEUBEN
FRENCHMAN, IS CLAIM

indianapolis, Ind.-That Ba-
ron won" Steuben of revolu-
tionary war fame was properly
named Baron "de" Steuben and
was Frenchman and not
Prussian, Is the claim of A. b.
Gardiner, secretary general Of
the Society Of Cincinnati. In
statement made public here.
Baron "de" Steuben was of
German birth, but renounced
Prussia and owed allegiance to
France when he came to Amer
ica to help the revolutionary
cause, according to Gardiner.
He asserts that Steuben ex-
patriated himself after making
a glorious record in the seven
years war, but says the full
reason for his expatrlating him
self probably will never be
known.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
CUT OFF HAIR AS SHE SLEPT
Story OF seventeen.Year.old Girl Con.
fuses Detectives Of Brooklyn
Police Department.

New York.-Detectives of the Sixth
branch bureau are confused by the
case Of Miss Anita Brown, seventeen
years old, 10l4 Fortleth street, Brook.
lyn, who told story of person en-
tering her room at night and cutting
IS inches from the end Of her long
black hair. The hair was found lying
on her pillow. The doors Of the
House had been bolted and her par
ents were certain that no one es-
capped through the basement. The
girl said she did not see anyone in
the room.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
BRINGS IN PRISONER
Mires Down Between the Battle
Lines on French Front, but
Takes Wandering German.

LondOn.--This Is the way a Brit
lsh tank crew took prisoner. "Our
tank mired down In the mud between
the lines" said the lieutenant, "and
we skipped out into nearby aban.
doned trench. We saw n Fritz wan
dering around all alone. apparently
dazed, and yelled to him to come In.
There was such row of the guns he
couldn't hear so one Of the men went
out to bring him in out Of danger. He
was In an awful state-trembling all
over-but we gave him some cigarettes
and he buckled up"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
A Powerful Thing
Temnoral and Esefna' =,

We love things tenlpol%% We
have them, more than N" "on she
them, because the soul N", rth D
them cannot be sntlSh'" ,ne, an 1
but things eternal, when ~ "lT llToyvi /
nlly possessed, are more rneIths 4
when but desired ior - ,w~j
could believe, nor "Ur sad Nher \
much as charity shall ln" 'Oo Ipd]
nitle comes into POSSESSES 'or mp@I
no., no soul in the world, n% l.s pd
ever II thinks itself ',shat y
It's prehensIons beyonu
sesses here.--St. Aus0'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
HOW GERMAN SAYS "TANK"
rs ehutzengrabenver nvernichtungsautom
bile" Is Fritz Word for
English Monster.

Observation-Disclosures letters are
required to spell one word which, in
German. is the equivalent Of the four
letter English tank" or land battle.
ship, which has worked such havoc In
the present war. The German word,
as 1t appears in official dispatches re-
ceived here, is 'schutzengrabenver
nichtungsautomobile," which, freely
translated, is "a machine for suppress
ing shooting trenches"
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Triumph Of Justice.

When we attack only injustice, soon
er or later we must triumph. In order
to insure triumph, then, wish nothing
but what is Just. Respect the rights
even Of those who have trampled your
rights under foot. Let the safety Of
liberty. the property Of all, without ex-
ception be sacred in your eyes, for
duty extends equally to all.-Lamen-
nails.
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cl Of Schellville. was gored by q bull
the other evening. The child was sit.
ting by the side Of fence watching
her father drive stock when the ami.
'ma made lunge at her. The bull
split open her lip and threw her vic.
lently to the ground. She may be in.
jured internally. The little girl wore
red dress, which was ripped com.
pletely off. Her frantic mother wit
messed the attack and assisted the ia.
ther In driving the infurlated animal
awav. N ~ f..|......
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TO BAKE PERSHING'S PIES
Appeal From General for Pastry Cook
ls Heard by the Salvation
Army.

Mary Sheldon's making
pies for Pershing."
This is the expression common at
Salvation Army headquarters here.
When General Pershing landed In
France, Maj. d. w. Agnew, in charge
Of the Salvation Army here, cabled
asking him what the Salvation Army
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-12-06
Sneeze Breaks Glasses.

Rochester, N. Y.-Dr ID. j. Corrigan
of Webster is in st. Mary's hospital,
where efforts are being made to save
the sight of one Of his eyes. He was
returning home from Fairport early
in the night when, In sneezing. his
face came in contact with the steer
ing wheel of the automobile he was
driving. His eyeglasses were broken
and piece of glass entered the eye
ball.
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rather today, we went to gather what
the others threw away when they ran,
and had some success, otherwise wd
would have had nothing to eat or
drink. To suffer hunger and thirst,
thou seest, is terrible. Every one
says: If the French come now It's all
up Thou seest In what a state we
are"
And then the French did come
Paul Scott Mowrer In the Chicago
News.
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PAGET SINKS A GERMAN CRUISER AND IDA KENNEDY
ENTERS THE STORY.

Donald just given command of sub
Washington old friend and distinguished though
scientist Captain Maseman Maseman has Just
exploring expedition bringing with him member OF
whose
the human family club the March Hares Maserman
plains theory The recital interrupted by the arrival Of
lifelong Macl'eard and the former Is
parac stroke From Mastermans body Page
bearing the discovery and proceeds the
home of the proceeds his the
F55 n German cruiser
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Naturally.

Motorists never have q good word
IT, say for pedestrians"
"Of course not. II is the nature Of
things for them to be continually rum
ming nedestxiaus down.
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Safety by
Surrender
BY REV. B. B. SUTcLIppp
Extension Department. MOODY Raj.
Institute, Chicago w"

TEXT-Let him take hola :,
strength.-Isa. H:5.
The passage from which M, ).
Is taken Is q call from the Io,, v
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could do that would be most appre-
ciated by the commander of the Amer
lean forces in France.
"Send me someone who can make
an apple pie" was General Pershing's
request, and Ensign Mary Sheldon
forthwith was dispatched Ensign
Sheldon gained fame here showing
mothers of Chicago slums how to
cook.
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his enemies, bo|
the ungOdly aa
also his bad
slidden people, |
turn to him beio|
his judgmentfnl|
lie declares |
will come amoI
them as a aI
among brlers. 4
offers than 80
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chIid With Red Dress oored.
Sonoma, Cal.--Antoinette Marcucci,
five-year-old daughter Of Tony Maruc-