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Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
owns Copper Mines.
Smallest "Yy in Camp.

The z. N. c, A. tent which has been
erected by. the B Block for extension
work at the rife range is considered
by all who have seen 1t to be the
smallest Y. M. c. A. in the camp. Sec
rotary Warrick has been giving some
splendid service in and around his
dog tent. 1t seems, however. that. re-
CARELESS of the size, the red triangle
implies entertainment and service,
for, since the range has opened, Mr..
Warrick has had his hands full in the
way of serving stamps and stationery,
promoting base ball and leading sing
ing among the boys.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
'Delightful Social Event

One of the most delightful social
events of last Saturday was the dance
and luncheon given by the 315th AM
bulance Company. S04th Sanitary
Train. The soldier boys proved hosts
of the first water and nothing was
omitted to make the occasion one
that would not soon be forgotten.
The dance program was especially at
tractive. music being furnished by the
154th Depot Brigade Orchestra. Plan
list Gross. leader. The orchestra
played with snap and spirit and was
a big factor in making the dance such
a success. The luncheon served. fol-
lowing the afternoon dancing. proved
q decided treat
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
PROGRAM was 4 WINNER.
But sBox Of Monkey Was Not
What the Name Implies.

"a Box Of Monkeys sounds novel
and interesting. doesn't it? Well it
was. Not the kind one sees on the
top of q hand organ, and 1t wasn't
a zoo. And, really, the box wasn't
in evidence. or the monkeys. either.
But there was just as much fun as II
the monkeys had been right on the
stage in the box, sQuealing. hanging
by their. tails. eating. peanuts, and
going through all sorts Of other
stunts.
The 'Box of Monkeys was moth
ing more or less than the name of
a. two-act farce which was pat on at
s'sEy' Y. H. C. A. last Thursday even
ing by representatives OF the Girls
Club OF st. Johns parish, Baltimore.
The play was worked up few weeks
ago under the direction of Miss Prem
tiss for a benefit performances. and
the affair was such very marked
success that when the Maryland war
recreation committee asked the club
to give a performance here, The
Box of Monkeys" was chosen as the
play which would be of greatest In
terest to the soldiers
A better choice could not have been
made, it Is conceded The play was
silly and funny-but therein lay one
of its merits, Tor after naru uay OF
drill it is real rest to sit down and
have good laugh. And that is what
the soldiers were able to do last
Thursday evening.
The attendance was unusually
large for an entertainment of this
character, and the attention which
was paid throughout the performance,
as well as the size Of the crowd.
demonstrated that the play fitted in
perfectly with the. spirits of the men:
Whenever the dramatic members of
st. Johns Club come to &c" again
they are sure of an enthusiastic re-
ception.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23

Chaplain p. d. Whitman of the SO4th
Sanitary Train is fast winning fame
as an impresario. This is due in
part to the fine entertainments he ar
ranges for 'his boys" Wednesday
night 10 big night. when ali hands
get together and forget the WEAKNESS
that comes from daily tasks anu en-
low Chaplain Witman's fine programs.
The units talent is very willing to
lend a hand. as are performers from
other sections.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
Lutheran Services Scheduled.

Lutheran services will be held SUM
day morning at 1880 O'Clock at the
Y. M. c. A. auditorium. The sermon
will be presched by Rev. r.. d. Glare.
pastor Of st. Marks Lutheran
Church, Baltimore. Music will be
furnished BY the choir OF sc. Marks.
Communion service will follow the
regular service.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
Adopted Them At. liverpool.

When the greatest of the Cunarders
was sent beneath the waves by q
sab of the Germans In 1915. Tom,
as one Of the stewards. jumped among
the last Of the crew, into the Atlantic
and twenty ninutes. later was picked
up by q Nfeboat. That German explo-
sion did more than cause Tom an un-
expected swim. 1t made him despise
kaiserism and he. determined :. to do
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
DYNAMITE CHAMBERS
owns POTENT NAME
J Knows Yukon Trail, Holds Copper
Mines, Races Alaska Dogs and
Promises Terror to Hun.

Dynamite" Chambers, sentIeinen!
just think Of what name like that
would mean to q. regiment OF boches.
announced across no mans land in all
the characteristic forcefulness OF the Ear
Western tongue, accent and enunciation.
Why thsy'd beat it. that's all. the
whelps.
At present. Dynamite or Frank
Chambers Is reading In N block Of the.
recruits. 9Th Engineers, and he Ii well
placed, as the 27th's particular business
is blowing up Germans by means OF nm
expected mine explosions. ''.Dynamite''
knows this game. u.
He has never tackled the kaiser's clan.
but UP in Alaska and the arctic circle.
where In winter one seldom .sees the
sun and the sight Of mother earth 10 o.
rarity, he has bIawn out good old mug.
gets Of the yellow metal out of wlaRch
liberty bonds grow During thirty years
ne did this and knows the trail NOf the
Yukon lke-a ave-year-old does the way
to the movies.
~ Wears His Hair Long.
Dynamite" wears his hair long. and as
It Is very black he is quite conspicuous.
Parts it in the middle. He 10 lean and
lanky, typical nOuntaineer.
Now. Chambers most famous stunt
was the winning OF a SIS. 900 dog race in
Alaska over q 400-mile course. To him
that was q small matter. Two hundred
and forty miles are the order Of the day
out that way, he says, and the dogs 20
: otter the ground 80 rapidly thatgit takes
an expert to tell that they haven't
wings.
The truth, according to .:Dynamite,"
Is that these dogs cover twenty miles
an hour at top. speed. and when g0img
at an ordinary gait in a long race make
about twelve to- fourteen per hour.
The dogs are more than three+fOurfhs
wolf The teams average about foWr-
teen to sixteen animals, and wlh&m a
lace 10 started every contestant llms. to
guarantee TO bring home his entire team
IN order to Be In on the money. IL a
dog Ii injured II must be carried back
on the sled. Second and third men in
these races sometimes get q rake-of
= of $1,000 or $4,000. The drivers never
sleep during the contest, which takes
about two days.
owns Copper Mines.
Copper mines to the extent OF two or
three stand In the name Of Frank Chars4
bers. and. he and his pals who came
here from Alaska paid their own fare
for about 1,40O miles to get to the near
, est recruiting station OF Uncle Sam.
These hot days? Well, Dynamite" is
not digging any mines and he makes
frequent use of his pocket handleer-
chief, the perspiration flowing copiOusly.
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23
SENDS MONEY MONTHLY TO
ADOPTED ONES IN ENGLAND
Tom Nichols, Lusitania Survivor, Has 2
Belgian Children for His Own Whose
Care Is Part Of His Military Life.

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his bit in putting down forever. such
When the Lusftania's saved reacehd
Liverpool. Toms opportunity for serv-
ice %, humanity arrived. Three thou
sand poor, starved. Belgian orphans
had just reached England. He went
through the, crowd OF homeless
youmgstere and saw two-a Girl seven
years old and . boy two years old
that he liked quite bit. He adopted
them at once.
T. Made Allotment for Them.
Through these years Tom Nichols
has stood by the kids and when he
came into the Army he made an al
lotment for them to which the United
States government adds just a. much
as he gives. SO that he total sRmOunt
going to England for the children
each month Is SIS.
Tom does not think. he il, doing any
thing unusual and says there are
plenty OF other soldiers who are do
ing the same thing However, he 10
the FIRST of the kind to be heard OF
In Meade and his friends gaN that
! his example will be followed by
Troy. Asia Minor, is the birthplace
Of Tom and he Is q. Greek. He knows
at first hand some of the hings
the Germans have done with the aid
OF the Turks and he believes, like
hosts Of others, that those cruelties
are inspired and encouraged by the
higher authorities. ~ ~
Trench and camp. ([Admiral, Md.) 1917-1919, 1918-05-23

Tom Nichols loves his children
from Belgium. and well he might he
does what many an American father
fails to do - he sends them money
every month of-his life.
Now. Toms children. as may be
surmised. are mot his own flesh and
blood relations" but he came by
them in the greatest crisis of his life.
the sinking Of the Lusitania.
Up in the eth Company, 154th- Depot
Brigade N block. Tom Nichols is a
sort OF doubie-brewed hero. the sort
that makes fellows say. "You don't
mean to say that you haven't met
Toni Why, he is the most famous
man in the company outside the COM
mander," I'M
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19
Reading Them the Riot Act

IT may prove a fortunate thing for the ma
l tons war efficiency that the Bridgeport
machinsts, in their blindness, forced issues
with the government. BY rejecting the award
of the war labor board and by declaring Il
strike as their ultimate remedy. those mis-
guided workmen brought forth declaration
from the President which not merely served
as a warning to the machinists, but will give
recalcitrant war workers from end to end Of
the country to understand that the govern
ment will not temporize with strike sackers
any more than it will temporize with mill
tary deserters or draft dodgers. {
The war work which this co6ntry has I'M
dertaken must be done. Five millions Of
men are about to place themselves in the mill
tary establishment itself. Other millions
must take their places behind the army and
give it loyal and effective support. II they
fail in their part of the great venture, there
is grave danger that the whole works will
prove failure. None but an utterly spine
less government would tolerate a break in
the ranks behind the line merely because
there are a few hundred of men who are
dissatisfied with the money they receive.
1t is not demanded of war workers that
they shall give their time and labor without
fair compensation 1t is not demanded of
them that they shall accept the dictum of any
employer as to those wages. On the contrary
the government has created an arbitration
board Of acknowledged ability and integrity
to which an appeal be made by either
party or any party. And organized labor the
country over has agreed, in writing, to ac-
cept the verdict Of this board that OF an
independent umpire to be named If the board
itself fails to agree.
The adjustment machinery has worked in
practically every case Of dispute that has
arisen between employers and employees since
the creation of the board. One employer
however. refused to abide by the decision ron
dered and without hesitation the War De-
partment. under orders from the President
communicated the plant and placed an army
officer in charge of it. That was a drastic
thing TO do, but it shows that the President
means to exercise his powers with respect TO
capital in exactly the same degree that he
exercises them with respect to labor.
The striking machinists in Bridgeport
either had to return TO their jobs-the best
paid jobs in their plant-or find themselves
industrially ostracized. And had they been
without work when the draft boards reached
their cases, they would have been deemed
Immediately available for service in the army,
and between the horns of this dilemma they
wisely chose to return to work. That was
the pronouncement of the President and it
is a decision in which organized labor, as a
body. will concur
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19
News of Fifty Years Ago
(From the Richmond Dispatch, Sept. 10, 1869

The party OF New York capitalists whose pur-
chase of land in King William County in and
about West Point chroniced in this paper
some time ago. arrived in this city yesterday
party of Richmond gentlemen. They expressed
themselves being greatly gratifed their
investments, and sad they contemplate increas-
ing their purchases in King William to about
5000 acres on tho Mattaponi and Painunkey
Rivers
We were shown yesterday a valuable relic
that escaped Butler when he wearing war
paint in these parts. 1t a pair Of hand
some silver mounted duelling pistols made by
old, These weapons are now owned by A. Noise
of this city, TO whom they presented by
Colonel George Washington Bassett, of Hanover
County.
There are now only five licensed rectifying es-
Establishments in sRi:hmond, but that ia said to
be = plenty
Women who good weavers get from 81 to
Persons of good character can get employment
there at these prices
4 million pounds ot manufactured tobacco are
in this city awaiting action of the Washington
authorities in RECORD to the payment OF taxes
before shipment.
Several Seminole Indians from Florida passed
through Richmond yesterday going North They
not painted.
Old Trinity Church on Franklin Street is to he
ftted up as an opera house, and will be run Ar
such on the cheap order.
The paymaste generals report for the fsea,
year ending with June, just made public. shows
the cost OF reconsti uction for that year to have
beer SI,S42,006.
Tho Comn,issioner of Agriculture at Washing
OF seeds with nearly all tho cuvernrn ents Of the
world. st4
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19

A dozen different beasts and birds
adorn the arms and banners OF the
States and nations; yet the dog. having
earned a place on the banner OF the
Turk. was set aside and the place given
to the crescent. and thereon hangs a
tale of superstition that is significant
When Constantinople was young
Philip OF Macedon tried long TO cap
ture the city. Time and again the
gallant defenders defeated his efforts
and beat his forces back from the
walls.
Finally Philip abandoned the as
saults, but closely besieged the city
and watched for favorable opportu-
nifty to force it to surrender. After
some weeks he discovered that the
scntinels at one point on the wall were
in tho habit OF going to sleep toward
IA furious assault against this unpro-
tccted portion OF the defenses Of the
city. In that darkest hour which pre-
cedes the dawn his men crept UP and
wall unobserved and were climbing TO
the top when the crescent moon came
up over the sosporus; The dogs In the
city began to bark; the sentlneis
They hurled the Macedonians from the
walls and saved the city.
The grateful people. emblazoned the
crescent OIL their banner and gave the
than 1900 years dogs were its semi
sacred scavengers.
No city in the world ever granted
such privileges to dogs Three years
imprisonment was the penalty imposed
for killing one. Thousands of the man
gy ours slept on the narrow sidewalks
during the day and made The night
lideous with their howls; yet no one
dared TO disturb them, not even when
tho narrow. dirty streets ran thick with
liquid sewage. In one time one was
nconvenienced there by having TO step
rather than risk disturbing the army
iof sleeping dogs.
When the Young Turk party came
into power few years ago Parliament
passed an cdict for the gradual eatcr-
mnation of the dogs in Constantinople.
They began by killing thirty dogs
week, but after a time some cnterpris-
ing official discovered that tho dogs
were actually increasing at the rate OF
ninety a week This fact was reported
Grafton an edict of exile was Issued.
All of the dogs in the city were col
lec;ed boats and taken to small
conical island in the Sea of Marmora.
no, far from the city, They were fed
awaited the action of Allah concerning
tho beasts.
During those dreadful days OF slow
starvation the thousands OF dogs made
night hidcous with their hows. In
cries swept over the water. sending
shudders through the supcrstitious peo-
pie OF Consta ntinoplc. Theh mournful
bowls suggested TO many the doom of
the city.
for the skins OF the dogs as fast as
they died. looking to the European
glove makers for market. AS he Wis
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19

tied the island from day to day he
discovered that oogs, eat dogs when
they are ,, starving Wing and that their skins
with him IA plentiful supply OF poison
conceaicd In fresh meat which was
mnrket.d he skins ana ihe ,s uoss me re
more became desolation.
Soon after this a series of misfor-
eminent. disastrous fire swept
houses. Above the roar Of the great
heard The howls from the ghosts of the
dead dogs, who were taking flaming
ven, on the city. They declared
OF huge dogs with wide open mouths
on the clouds ovcrhanging the city,
threatening urea, with doom the terror
houses Again the supersti;ious saw
INC avenging army of dogs on the
clouhs overhanging the doomed city.
People naturally superstitious seize
any terrifying event as an i'll omen.
Tor more than 1000 years the dogn had
were shrieking from the clouds its
doom.
The disastrous war with Italy fol.
lc wed. resulting in the loss of Tripoli.
Close on this came the bloody Balkan
war Everywhere the Turkish armies
were defeated and driven back. Moro
tran $4,000 refugees swarmcd into
,ricts forming tho Balkan battle
ground. Men, women and children dy-
inG by the hundred daily added to the
terror in the city. AS the smoke OF
cattle and the burning districts swept
southwark II hung In fantastic forms
over the city. The superstitious again
saw the dogs OF doom on the clouds.
foresha dowing the city's fall
ON March 20 1913. the victorious Bull
Snrian and Serbian armies entered
AdNanopic. one Of the sacred cities OF
the Moslcms. They had held this city
for more than $50 years. Turkish
soldier said: Some days before the fall
evening. two huge flaming dogs with
" idc-open mouths on the clouds over
hanging the city. We know from this
omen that the city was doomed"
The evening before the assassination
OF Shcfket Pasha. tho Grand Vizicr.
Arab soldiers claim they saw at sun
set A fantastic cloud in the form OF
and blood-rcd tongue. reaching put
over Constantinoplc as II about TO de-
YOUR the guilty city.
Again they say that in November.
1914. soon after Turkey entered tho
present war. tho people saw Oh rhSH
clouds whole army of dogs sur.
rounding Constantinoplc. foreshsdow-
ing its doom.
\ mighty. terrifying superstition
grips whole people Back of this isl
an agc-long tradition that tho Turks
stay in Europe was only temporary
They have always believed that some
day they were doomed to be driven
Erusa in Asia Minor. from whence
their ancestors set out TO add Europe
TO the dominions OF tho prophet
Copyright. 1915.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19
Books and Authors

tables are going TO soar TO the skies
this winter II the warnings received
tories arc to be believed Tho reason
is not that-there are insufficient crops
TO can. but that the government is
canning factories only very much
reduced supply. based on a percentage
OF what they received last year. This
means one OF two things: Either IL
largo surplus OF fruits and vegeta bIes
Will be allowed to rot this summer or
the housewife must step in and pre-
pen:!ve method. Frederick Frye Rock
well. in Save IT for Winter" tStokes),
describes the method which has proved
the most practieal-,hat OF dehydrat-
recommended by the roSernment. n
empioyed at the present time. it will
perishahlc foodstuns. as we'll as In al
saving OF money later on. Mr. Rock
we'll tells exactly how. when and
where TO market for the various fruits
and vegetables. how to secure them att
the lowest prices. and how TO preserve
them by other inexpensive methods be
sides that OF dehydrating.
The Bugle,- Reveille in the Lid
assisted by DR.. Betsy b Hicks iGeors
II. Doran Coz. purports to have beea
dictated TO pr Hicks by means OF au!s r
physician who was killed in an auto
mobile accident in August, 1916? THEY'D
were classmates in college. but not in.
m asse of w6"h and the
for psychicsl research. came to the
writer as a CONFLICT, surprise, The
so0%ed ooJeGt OF the book is 10 bring
loved ones in the war, and 10 assure
d dhose who make the supreme sacr!
i Iife i bnxon there is reyeIlle in The
bits OF ethical philosophy, accounts OF
the conditions in the other world. as
done there Aas s fesee Dr. work to Be
ports that he is engaged in teaching
a little girl. and that he even helps
ihose who are Ill on this earth by his
influence, in accordance with his oc-
cupation before death. The keen in
terest displayed in earthly afairs-the}
War tho SEASONS ms the doings of his
very real and close TO the reader
Many Mansions" by Sarah. Warder
MacConnell, is one OF Houghtop Mi
nm Company's latest issues. The HON
ahg instinct. persistent and unconquer
even as a small child, and Il Was ana
ironical fate which forced her to grow4
h up In gloomy New York boarding
rator,, to earn her living making beau
flfn homes nso Tor other people. Terence
and adda tsev |9 Ssd hep Like
happiness. Then came a quarrel antid
Perdita. turning in desperation taa
social diversions. found other mend
ready TO love her. There was tina
worldly youth. Tommy. whom ANAL
tried to help. and 1'ommy's father. who8i
onered her marriage and a homo withH
the architect. but the way he tooisA
with Perdita did not lead to the homs1
OF her dreams. So Perdita suffered IND
being young and proud and fooiisI,s
and very much in love. they mighba
nave gone on indefinitely, had Tiota
gether again. Miss MacConneIi is ths4
author Of why Theodora!" which the
New Republic called the best kind OIL
light Action, also, in that 1t entertaIns@
without effort. but at the same time / t#
Is faithful picture OF a phase az
can womanhood. M
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19
Health Talks by DR.. VIM. Brady
Home From the Hospital
tcopyriRht. 1918. by National Nowsp,per s.rv,e,,

that they almost as a much % ans ths famg
Of disease in general. And when a patient has
eeen under nr h the care OF specialist,
sanatoriun. when he has been through the
routine TO TN Of CLINIC and then back home
fun of the Importance of having been hobneb
conscious than ever of the f. BIS pickeroslty as
and knowledge. -'"' an
J.. remember how it in the hospital we
a nag an an indehnable assurance that the family
P waxs punE as compared with the hghfaiutn
The family Doctor was sne @ard Is OF The hospital
especially esp when he happened to be one Of those
roqsh ana ready fellows without any outward
a shock that the family doctor lid know a thing
s%N ABOUT his business We realized that
truths are brought to light but not necessarily
and laboratory methods and S-ray helps W yesrs
not enough to prove the family doctor wrong
PATIENTS returning from hospitals where plain
and fancy surgery is performed" in a whole
certain routine principles are in vogue are often
difficult inni TO manage. They know. or think they
tor knows about the recent deyelopments of
medicine and surgery.
Assume that your favorite specialist has thirty
patients There they sit. all in sight. waiting
yo ef e e make E,ea and
The specialis, plays his part. too
,ien ask hone Fnt ne family doctor has thirty
to his Office. You are one of them You de-
duce that he hasn't very large practice. The
The doctor. You 20 in for quantity. not quality.
Inc rest OF his practice is sickabed, and wait
~" But t0l there s' are
100 many of them born. not made.
TENTS all ono time. how in the world can he
ever find time to study and keep posted the
progncss of the art? lie can't. He is much too
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-19

den reversal Of attitude for the accomplish
ment OF the unalterable American purpose is
simply inexplcable. BY what line Of reason
ing 1t could have persuaded itself uncondi-
tionally to surrender virtually to everything
involved in the ambitious scheme Of enemy
diplomacy is too deep for ordinary mind to
fathom. 1t is incomprehensible in sane think
ing in the light Of the Timess unwavering
devotion to principle in the past. The entire
American press will join it's contemporary,
the World, in confessing to "amaZement, be-
wilderment and sorrow" at the Times's plunge
from it's high pedestal of sound American
thinking