El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-02-22

ser IN motion the manmOln MANNER
which began to beat and mould with
blows. each Of which was equivalent
&c i20 tons, this scorching mass Of
metal
Sees Gerat Hammer.
He was taken TO another huge ham
n'er. which at the moment was not in
use. and was told by the kaiser that
50 exact was the adjustment that the
striking force could be regulated to
( the fraction OF an ounce While the
greatest force was 120 tons. yet il
could strike so gently as to just crack
the shell Of a nut.
Come" said the kaiser. you shall
test this for yourself. Place your
hand under the hammer"
The proposal startled the sultan.
who could not be induced to try the
experiment unless the kaiser partici
pated.
With evident amusement the kaiser
placed his hand under the hammer.
and the sultan, even then with some
hesitancy, followed suit. The hammer
was adjusted and descended with
rapid stroke.
The sultan WINGED. but the ham
mer flew upwards again. after barely
tapping the back Of the two mon
archs' hands.
Now" said the kaiser. when the
laughter had subsidized. I'VE will see
the turning and boring OF some Of
the smaller guns"
The Queer Blue Tint.
But Mohammed was i'll at ease in
the machine shop, for the noise wor-
ried him.
Frankly, I don't think that the Wis
itor was so interested in the wonders
Of the drilling and turning shop as
he was in the curious blue tint which
was over everything. Every few mo-
ments he would glance at the glass
roof, and then at the kaiser's face,
which looked almost uncanny in that
peculiar tint Wilhelm soon observed
that his guest was not too interested
and SO cut the tour short.
Once outside in the open I saw the
sultan look closely at the kaiser's
face, and then heard him ask: why
is it that We have changed color
again?"
Wilhelm laughed loudly.
I saw his majesty deliberately wink
at our superintendent and then he
said 10 the sultan: I'VE are obliged
to have a blue light there; that is
part OF the process Of the manufac-
ture- 1t is one of our secret methods"
But" aid the sultan. = cannot see
how blue light can affect the steel"
1t has very great effect" replied
the war lord OF course, 1t is a high
y technical matter; perhaps you
would like Herr Won Bohlen to ex-
plain IL to you, but / warn YOU il
NO, no." he said I am not fond Of
engineering problems"
To See Women Workers.
The next shop the kaiser took his
guest TO visit was one in which near !
" 1000 women were employed in the |
making Of nickel bullets and car !
fridge cases. There was avenue upon /
avenue OF lathes all of them working /
at the highest pressure which con- I
veyed some idea of the enormous pro-
ductive Capacity Of the works.
The women were dressed in blue !
overalls, with closely cropped hair, /
and many Of them bore distinct signs 4
Of strain and overwork. They ap- /
peared to be all of them dull and /
apathetc and were going about their /
work in a mechanical sort Of way. /
Hair for U-BOats.
IN the case OF German women the I
sacrifice of their hair had been made /
voluntarily. after an appeal from the |
authorities to the effect that WOm- /
ems tresses were needed for the max I
ing Of driving belts These belts, ]
learned, are largely used in the u
boats.
Among the women employed in the
Of bullets and cartridge cases /
was large number Of Belgians and /
Poles. Very naturally they objected 1
to having their tresSes cut, but the \
authorities soon found a way Of en- 4
forcing their requirements. If a !
woman refused she was at once put /
on the shortest Of rations and given 4
extra work This had provoked a 4
streng feeling Of irritation.
Just as the two monarchs were /
leaving the shop there was a piercing 1
shout and above the noise OF the |
lathes I heard the words. "'Vive la 1
Evidently it was intended by a Bel
Trlm woman q nrOrpEr inst the
ravaging Of her country.
The kaiser's eye flashed savagely /
and he bit his lip, but apparently
made no comment on the matter to the /
members of the party.
2O-Ineh Guns Dipped in Oil.
A big and impressive spectacle had
been arranged for the benefit Of the \
sultan at the next shop. This was the
place where the big 20-inch guns were
submitted TO the hardening process
by being dipped into deep oil baths.
-Four of these monsters had been got
ready for the operation, which in
volved the bringing into action Of gi-
santic cranes, each capable of carry
ing 300 tons To prepare the guns for
submersion in the oil, they had to be
in furnace for IS hours TO
be headed right through
Their majesties took their stand on
q specially erected platform, from
which they had a clear view of the
mouth of the four subterranean wells.
which were situated Just below the
raised cylindrical furnaces
The foreman Of the shop was sent
for, and both the kaiser and sultan
him upon the perform
ance after the guns were dripped.
Push on with the work. my man."
the kaiser said These big guns are
urgently needed"
SuItan's Narrow Squeak.
The sultan was interested in the
Of the great cranes. and the
PARTY strolled along the workshop
10 watch the machinery at work.
Above the heads Of the royal party.
IN the iron platform near the roof OF
he building, quite a small army Of
men were TO be seen working
As the party were passing beneath
)ne Of the cranes. there was a dull
-hud, and I saw that a hammer had
fallen from above and had narrowly
missed the sultan.
Almost at the same moment that
he hammer struck the ground. A re-
Folver shot rang out, and the body of
\ workman came crashing down from
1ne Of the overhead platforms.
The incident threw the shop into a
state OF great connection. The kaiser
went deadly pale, and the sultan be-
tame livid- There was a hurried con-
sUltaUOn, and the two monarchs were
quickly sheperherded out OF the shop.
After their maJesties had left. at
tention was paid 20 the body of the
who hal been killed by a
bullet wound in the head
Seruunizing those who had gath
cred round, 1 saw through the disguise
of one dressed as a foreman
1t was Nine. Nebrikoff. and I had