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Yerington times., 1918-05-11
YOUTH AT A DISADVANTAGE
Younger Men Are Ineffective In OBJ
taInlnp Credit as Well as In the
Control Of Workmen.

Christian Girl. president OF the
Standard Parts company of Cleveland.
o.. says in the American Magazine;
when a man OF noticeably youthful
appearance goes to cautious banker
seeking to finance even the soundest
kind OF q proposition, his line OF nrgu-
ment is discounted before he says a
word. by his youthful looks. Ths
banker Ia afraid OF being carried away
by mere boyish enthusiasm and IL on
his guard II ! were much under thlr-
ty-nve and had uptop business
scheme 20 finance. ! would get nm old
er man OF established reliability and
conservatism to present II for me to
the bankers
Youth is not always so good, either.
IN the production end OF big busi-
ness-handllng force OF men ana
getting the work ont Of them. In the
first place. the man who IL bossing the
Job should have occupied all the lesser
Jobs between him and the bottom rung
OF the ladder. This requires time
And. furthermore. men do not like to
work under n boss who looks too mucn
like mere boy. no matter how smart
or capable or experienced he may be-
II isn't necessary that he he ms old as
most OF them. hut he should be oiu
enough To give an impression OF ma
turity. The average workman doesn't
care much whether the boss Is thirty
or forty. hut II might make diner
ence whether he Is thirty or only
twenty"
Yerington times., 1918-05-11
Agriculture Stands First.

At the head of all sciences and arts,
at the head of all civilization ana
progress. stands not militarism. the
science that kills. nor commerce. the
science that accumulntes wealth. but
agriculture. the mother Of all indus
try and the maintniner Of human life.
james A. Garfield.
Yerington times., 1918-05-11
Her Chance to Get Even.

Mr. Wise-Why did you stand right
next to Mrs. De Ms>~e oil through the
reception? know you can't abide her,
Mrs Wise-I know. my dear. hut
didn't You notice how my black net
gown killed her brown dress2
Yerington times., 1918-05-11
Something Better Than Words.

Election Agent-Thnt was a GOOD
long speech our cnpdidate made on the
farming question. wasn't III
fnrmer-Ob, ave, 4 wasn't bad: irlt.
q couple O. nights good rain I'D o.
done \ sight more good.
Yerington times., 1918-05-11
Hun Plane Crashes.

On the way German airplane came
down and crashed near the road. but
neither the pilot nor observer were
hurt. They were couple of rather
neat looking lads about 10 years old.
And so II went for three days more.
open n dressing station. retire tsome-
times on the run), long marches. very
little TO eat except what we foraged
from abandoned camps and dumps,
dog tired. sleeping when and where we
could, and finally the division was re-
lleved. We now saw our first civilians.
and last night ! slept In a bed. II
wasn't much OF bed. and the mattress
was full of humps, but to get my
boots Off my sore and aching feet. to
stretch out, and know l wouldn't be
routed out In fifteen minutes-well,
you couldn't have bought that bed
from me for 500.
Did you ever read Robert w. Serv-
Ices description Of the retreat from
Mons? Well. that's the way felt:
Tramp tramp. the grim road the road
from Mons to WiperS.
I've 'ammered out this ditty with me
bruised and bleeding feet;
Tramp. tramp. the dim road
We didn't ave no pipers-
All bellies that were 'oiier was the
drums we 'ad to beat.
The ninth day. sitting around the
fire In our mess after the best dinner
we had had In days. the commanding
officer handed me some papers and
said. "Here is something that will in
terest you, Petit. want to say we
shall be sorry to lose you"
end this IL what II was: Lieut..
Ros-'ell T. Petit. M. r. c.. is relieved
from duty with the British army ana
will proceed to the 4. e. F., where he
will report for duty"
| leave for Paris in the morning.
This has been long tale. but the half
OF II hasn't been told. I hope I haven't
strung II out too much.
have just been informed that all
my kit had to be burned 10 prevent II
falling into the hands OF the enemy.
shall probably want you to send me
some things from home. but will see
what I can get here erst, Your son.
] ROSWELL.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29

east or to the west 1 could hear
family the striking of village bells,
and / knew that If 1 changed my
course 1 would undoubtedly strike
farms and vegetables, but the North
Star seemed to plead with me to fol-
low it and would not turn aside.
When daylight came, the conse-
quence was was empty handed and
had to find hiding place for the day.
/ thought would approach the first
peasant / came to and ask for food,
but that day 1 had misgiyings-a
hunch-that 1 would get into trouble
if did, and decided to 20 without
food altogether for that day.
1t was foolish thing to do, found,
because 1 not only suffered greatly
from hunger all that day, but it inter-
fered with my sleep. i would drop off
to sleep for half an hour, perhaps,
and during that time / would dream
that l was free, back home, living a
life of comparative ease, and then l
would wake up with start and catch
a glimpse of the bushes surrounding
me, feel the hard ground beneath me
and the hunger pangs gnawing at my
sides, and then 1 would realize how
would lie there and wonder whether
L would ever really see my home
| again. Then would fall asleep again
and dream this time, perhaps of the
days i spent in COurtrai, or my leap
from the train window, of the Bava-
rian pilot whom sent to eternity in
my last air fight, of my tracer bullets
getting closer and closer to his head,
and then 1 would wake up again with
a start and thank the Lord that was
only dreaming 1t all again instead of
living through i'll
That night 1 got an early start be-
cause knew had to have food, and
decided that rather than look for
vegetables / would take a chance and
apply to the first Belgian peasant
whom 1 came to.
1t was about 8 o'clock when 1 came
to small house. 1 had picked up q
heavy stone and had bound 1t in my
handkerchief and 1 was resolved to use
1t as weapon If it became necessary
After all 1 had gone through, i was
resolved to win my liberty eventually
at whatever cost.
AS it happened. found that night
the first real friend / had encountered
in all my travelling. When / knocked
timidly on the door, it was opened by
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29
CHAPTER XII.
/ Encounter German Soldiers.

What the Belgian told me about
the need of passport gave me fresh
cause for worry. Suppose should
run into a German sentry before 1
succeeded In getting one?
decided that until 1 reached the
big city which the Belgian had mem
Homeland which l cannot name for
fear of identifying some of the people
there who befriended mel would
proceed with the utmost precaution.
Since had discarded my uniform
and had obtained civilian clothes, /
had not been quite as careful as was
at first. While had done my trav-
cling at night. / had not gone into
hiding so early in the morning as
before and had sometimes started
again before IL was quite dark, rely
ing upon the fact that / would prob
ably be mistaken for a Belgian on his
way to or from work, as the case
might be. From now on, resolved,
however, would take no more
chances.
That evening came to river per-
haps seventy-five yards wide and ]
was getting ready to swim 1t when !
thought 1 would walk a little way to
find, IL possible, better place to get
to the river from the bank. / had not
walked more than a few hundred
yards when saw boat. 1t was the
first time / had seen a boat in all my
experiences.
II was firmly chained, but as the
stakes were sunk In the soft bank II
was not much Of job to pull them
out. / got In, drank to my hearts
content, showed over to the other side,
got out, drove stake into the ground
and moorcd the boat. 1t would have
been a simple matter to have drifted
down the river, but the river was not
shown on the map and had no idea
where II might lead me. Very reluc
family, therefore, / had to abandon
the boat and proceed on foot.
made several miles that night and
before daylight found a safe place In
which to hide for the day. From my
hiding place could see through the
bushes a heavy thick wood only q
short distance away. I decided that
would start earlier than usual, hurry
over to the wood and perhaps. In thai
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fttm u TITS Onum, Lieutenant nancy
scribe my feelings. / thought that
the jig was up-that all / had gone
through and all had escaped would
now avail me nothing, mingled with
the feeling of disgust with my
self because of the foolish risk /
had taken in going through the vii
lage, combined to take all the starch
out Of me, and I codld feel myself
whiting as the soldier advanced to the
spot where I stood rooted in my
tracks.
had bottle Of water in one pocket
and a piece of bread in the other, and
held the bottle up in one hand and
the piece of bread in the other so that
he could see that was all i had.
1t occurred to me that he would
''frisk' me-that is, feel me over for
arms or other weapons, then place
me under arrest and march me off to
the guardhouse. i had not the slight
est idea but that was captured and
there didn't seem to be much use in
resisting, unarmed as was and with
two other German soldiers within a
few feet of us.
Like flash 1t suddenly dawned on
me, however, that for all this soldier
could have known was only a Bel
gian peasant and that his object In
searching me, which he proceeded to
do, was to ascertain whether 1 had
committed the common "crime" of
smuggling potatoes.
The Belgians were allowed only a
certain amount of potatoes, and 1t is
against the laws laid down by the
Huns to deal In vegetables of any
kind except under the rigid supervi-
sion of the authorities. Nevertheless,
IL was one of the principal vacations
of the average poor Belgian to buy
potatoes out In the country from
peasants and then smuggle them into
the large cities and sell them CLAN
destinely at a high price.
To stop this traffic In potatoes, the
German soldiers were in the habit of
subjecting the Belgians to frequent
search, and 1 was being held up BY
this soldier for no other reason than
that he thought I might be a potato
smuggleri
He felt OF my outside clothes and
pockets, and finding no potatoes
seemed to be quite satisfied. Had he
but known who was he could have
earned an iron crossl Or, perhaps. In
view of the fact that had heavy
water bottle In my uplifted hand. II
might have turned out to be wooden
cross
He said something in German,
which. OF course. did not understand,
and then some Belgian peasants came
along and seemed to distract his atten-
! ton. Perhaps be had said: "It's all
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29
give away my nationality. I figured I

give away my nationality. I figured
would be tolerably safe.
AS marched along felt so happy
I couldn't help humming an air of one
of the new patriotic songs that we
used to sing at the airdrome back i'm
Ypres.
In this happy frame of mind COW
cred the next three miles In about an
hour and then came to another little
village. My usual course would have
been to go around it-through fields,
back yards, woods or whatever else
lay in my way-but 1 had gained so
much time by going through the last
village instead of detouring around
it and my appearance seemed to be so
same stunt again.
I stopped humming and kept very
much on the alert, but apart from
that. walked boldly through the
main street without any feeding of
alarm.
i had proceeded perhaps a mile
along the main street when 1 noticed
ahead of me three German soldiers
standing at the curb.
Again my heart started to beat fast
1 must confess, but l was not nearly
so scared as 1 had been an hour oil
SO before.
1 walked ahead, determined to fol
low my previous procedure N every
particular.
had got to about fifteen feet away
from the soldiers when one of then
stepped onto the sidewalk anC
shouted:
"Haltl"
My heart stopped beating fast--fOl
a moment. believe. it stopped beatin,
altogether can't attempt to de
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29

from Washington. The prosecutions
for car robberysare to be carried into
the federal courts instead of into the
state courts, wherever possible.
Land Pirates Worst Of Criminals.
"These car robbers are the worst OF
criminals; they are land pirates and
vandals, without a vestige of patriot
ism or conscience. who seize upon war
conditions to plumber the needed re-
sources OF the nation" Manager Do
herty says. "They always go armed.
ready and willing to murder guards,
and generally use bribery also to win
the connivance and betrayal of rail-
road employees, who are the trusted
custodlans of property. The courts
should not deal with these as ordinary
offenders, whose misdeeds are due to
weakness Of character"
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29
CARS LOOTED BY
DARING BANDITS
Millions of Dollars Worth OF
Goods Are Stolen in
Transit.
FREIGHT LOSS HEAVY
Head Of Protection Bureau Plans
Campaign to Run Down Men
Whose Plumber Reaches
Enormous Figure.

New YOrk.-Freight car rObberieS
have become so frequent since the out
break of the war that the railroad ad-
ministratlon, which has undertaken
the task of suppresslng the spread
of such crimes, Is launching a national
campaign to put TO an end the prop
erty loss which, in 1917 alone, amount
ed to $30,000,000. Many Of these rob-
berries have been accompanied by MUIR
der. Acting on information that the
New York city district is "Mecca
for freight car robberies," Phillips ].
Doherty, manager of the property pro-
lection section of the law division OF
the railroad administration, is con-
Quoting personal "clean up" from the
metropolis.
DOherty announces that the cam
paign is national and that concerted
action already had accomplished i'm
provement in big centers, such as Chi
cago, st. Louis and Memphis. Accord
Ing to Doherty, however, "the most
difficult and most important situation
exists in New York"
Enormous Increase in Robberies.
The work of breaking up the
freight thieves involves, besides the
coordination of the police forces or
the railroad organization, the thorough
and active cooperation of peace Of
ficers in all the cities, towns and vii
lagos, as we'll as of railroad employees.
Manager Doherty, who has made
close study of freight stealing, de-
clares that the robbery of freight cars
has increased enormously in the last
few years. He cites an official report
that 1916 losses amounted to more than
S10,O00,00O, increasing to fully $3O,OOO,-
900 in 1917. 1t is his opinion that the
losses for 1918 may reach $3S,OOOOOO.
Corrective measures have moved
rapidly In a few months more than
300 individuals have been indicted and
several long penitentiary terms have
| been imposed. Among those found
| guilty were two policemen in a West
! ern city, who were arrested in full
uniform while conniving at the rob-
! berry of freight cars. In 81 convic-
tions during the last two months the
penalties have ranged from $50 fines
to 21-year prison sentences.
The new plan which the railroad
administration will put into effect
will enlist directly the active serv-
ices of more than 1900 officers of the
law, whose efforts will be directed by
bureaus acting under the authorities
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29
(To BE Continued
Wood crappIe Saves Work.

The handling of logs by means Of q
crane equipped with good grappls
is not only more spectacular than the
old method, but II effects an immense
saving in labor and has made II pos
sible TO pile logs to great height
Similar outfits are used in handling
ties, posts. pulp wood, etc. The crap
pie is made like clamshell bucket
except that the scoops are replaced By
curved steel tines, I'm the grasp Of
which a large number OF logs can b
held at once.-Popular Mechaniei
Magazine.
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potatoes and several slices of stale
bread, and he warmed me some milk
on a small oil stove.
/ ate ravenously and all the time i
was engaged l knew that he was eye
ing me closely.
Before 1 was half through he came
over to me. touching me on the shout
der, and STOPPING over so that his lips
almost touched my ear, he said in
broken English. 'You are an Eng
lishman-I know it-and you can hear
and talk If you wish-am not right?"
There was a smile on his face and
a friendly attitude about him that told
me instinctively that he cauld be
trusted, and / replied: you have
guessed right-only i am an Ameri-
can, not an Engllshman."
He looked at me pityingly and filed
my cup again with warm milk.
His kindness and apparent willing
ness to help me almost overcame me,
and felt like warning him of the
consequences he would suffer If the
ulSCONCICu llC llttu
me. / had heard that twenty Belgians
| had been shot for helping Belgians
TO escape into Holland, and / hated
to think what might happen to this
good old Samaritan IL the Huns ever
knew that he had helped an escaped
American prisoner.
After my meal was finished, / told
him in as simple language as could
command of some of the experiences
1 had gone through and / outlined my
future plans.
"You will never be able to get to
Holland" he declared, without a
passport. The nearer you get to the
frontier the. more German soldiers
you will encounter, and without q
passport you will be a marked man."
asked him to suggest way by
which 1 could overcome the difficulty
He thought for several moments
and studied me closely all the time
perhaps endeavoring to make abso
lutely sure that 1 was not a German
spy-and then apparently deciding ir
my favor, told me what he thought II
was best for me to do.
"If you will call on this man
mentioning the name of a Belgian in
-, city through which had t.
pass), he advised, "you will be able t.
make arrangements with him to Sc
cure a passport, and he will do every
thing he can to get you out of Bel
GUM"
He told me where the man in ques
ton could be found and gave me some
useful directions to continue my jour
ney, and then he led me to the door
thanked him a thousand times ant
wanted to pay him for his kindness
and help but he would accept nothing
He did give me his name and you ma!
be sure / shall never forget it, but t
mention 1t here might, of course, re
suit in serious consequences for him
When the war is over, however, or tn,
Germans are thrown out of Belgium
shall make 1t my duty to find tina
kind Belgian If have to go through
again all that have suffered alread,
to do 1t.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29

Belgian peasant, about fifty years Of
age. He asked me I'm Flemish what l
wanted, but shook my head and
pointing to my ears and mouth init
mated that was deaf and dumb, and
then opened and closed my mouth
several times to show him that !
wanted food.
He showed me inside and sat me at
the table. He apparently lived alone,
for his ilLfurnished room had but one
chair. and the plate and knife and
fork he put before me seemed to be all
he had. He brought me some cold
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29
AFTER WEEKS or HARDSHIP 0'BRIEN MEETS A FRIEND
WHO OFFERS TO HELP HIM ON HIS WAY.

OBrien, resident Momenc Ill., after seeing
the Mexican border in 1916
joins Flying Canada and after brief train
He squadron in active
with German
victorious Finally, fight with four
falls 5000
himself prisoner German
his mouth After days in the
Coura After short
placed
for liberty He through
the while the travelling 80 miles
His reopened by the fall OBren almost literally
Luxembourg,
sleeping day. garbage vegetables
desperation by reaching
he risks detection by the middle of the night the
Belgian family where he obtains the first cooked food he
tasted in Is days.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29
His Dream Came True.

Steubenville, Outward Nicholson
dreamed that Charles Swearingen'
night watchman at nearby plant.
had been shot by robbers. He leaped
ont Of he'd and rushed TO the building.
he was relating HIS dream to swear.
;neeu when rife bullet crashed
through a window and wounded the
night Waterman.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29

o'Brlen is promised help In
getting across the frontier to
Holland, but Just as he is re-
joieing over the prospect Of
early freedom, he is rudeIy
awakened from his dream.
Read about II inthe next INSTALL
ment.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1918-08-29

The Roman catacombs are $50 mileI
In extent, and It IL estimated ths.
something like 1AooAooO dead ara
there inferred.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-09
Around The Corner.

Around the corner | have a friend
In this great city that has no end
Yet days go by and weeks rush on
And before I know it a year is gone,
And | never see my old friends face
For life is a swift and terribl. race.
He knows | like him just as well
AS in the days when | rang his bell
And he rang mine. We were young
er then:
And now we are busy, tired men
Tired with playing a foolish game,
Tired with trying 10 make a name.
Tomorrow" | say, Il will call on
Jim,
Just to show that Pm thinking of
him."
But tomorrow comes-and tomorrow
goes;
And the distance between us grows
and grows.
Around the corner!-yet miles away,
Here's a telegram sir"
Jim died today"
And that's what we get-and deserve
in the end
Around the corner, a vanished friend.
Hanson Towne.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-09
Contrary Wise.

Do you get up in the morning witt
a CROUCH Do your Fine, keep il
up.
Do you pass the buck to get some.
body else in trouble? Beautiful
spirit. Hold it.
Do you bawl 'em OUT Lovely
Cultivate your voice.
Do You try to make your asso-
ciates feel bad? Perfect. Don't for
get how.
Do you enjoy neglccting your work
TO interfere with somebody else'q
work? Very efficient. Advertise IT
Do you like to fight and squabble
and argue and gossip and knock ?
Your are a jewel. Keep in practice.
Collect all Of that meanness and
your other mean capabilities.
Cultivate them, fertilize them
make them strong and full of pep.
Study them carefully.
Figure put how you car best use
all your and use it. Use
it every minute.
Robert H. Marriott.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1918-08-09
SCOTTISH RITERS EXPECT
ANOTHER LARGE CLASS At
AUGUST REUNION 1871

As usual before reunions, our
local membership are specializing on
the number that will be in the class.
Some of these speculations go no
further than mere guesses, but others
involve cigars. The outlook for a
large attendance is SO flattering that
even our prize pessimist places the
number to be present to take the de-
grees at three score. and one or two
of our optimists predict another
Century Class. Already, over l2O
new petitions have been received and
a good percent of the more than a
hundred h~old-overs have repeated
their former promises about coming
and receiving what is coming to
them.
In addition to the class, quite a
number of our OUT of town members
are expected to be present to IRE
new the covenants" and enjoy an
outing here in the Capital City of our
State.-Scottish Rite Bulletin.