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The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
ENEMY PERPRCTs CAMOUFLAGE
Roads, Villages and Factories Painted
to Deceive Airmen.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
LONDON, July LA British air off,
Ger writing from the western front
says that the Germans have, this
spring, brought camoufage to state
of artistic perfection that is almost
incredible. "The most expert and
highly experienced airrnen are often
deceived even when flying low" he
writes. CAS- first step, the German
military authorities sought sugges-
tions from the most distinguished Ger
man artists in color. AS a next step,
every available man was turned on
to the business of carrying out the
artists ideas.
miles Of canvas made to look like
roads were constructed, under which
regiments could march without be-
ing seen. Paper encampments were
improvised, and aerodromes, woods,
villages and factories Of a purely fic-
titious character were set up merely
to distract observers and to cover the
movements Of troops and guns. Moth
ing on so vast a scale has ever been
attempted before"
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
Crime Wave i'm Germany.

Crime begets crime everywhere, and
among a people educated to regard the
state as an exemplar and the deposit
tory of all wisdom, the influence OF
state example must necessarily be
peryading. Much has been written of
increase of crime in Germany since
the beginning of war. Lately we have
the official statement of Herr Won
Ewald, minister of justice for Hesse-
Darmstadt, made before the Diet at
Darmstadt, justifying these evil re-
ports and their possible premonitfons.
According to the report of that official
statement, the Hessian minister OF
Justice said that "the effect of the war
upon German morality is causing the
gravest anxiety and that, particular
ly the increases of crime among the
young is terrifying" He cited official
statistics showing that among prison
ers not yet nineteen years OF age,
while only 2S5 were sentenced in 1915,
this number was increased to 347 in
1916 and to 46S in 1917. The total
number OF convictions OF cnlldren IoF
minor offenses was 5S5 in 1914, 1145
in 1915, 2s95 in 1916 and 4012 in 1917.
The figures are appalling In their
evidence of the progressive demoraliz-
alton in but one part Of Germany since
the beginning of war. The dedication
of the state can never produce moral
ity in a people, but in Germany state
authority in peace had been ruthless
ly. although not undiscriminatingly,
used to curb immortality. Among the
common people "verboten" had sim
lister meaning of power to punish vio-
lation. The relaxations If not COM
parative disintegrations incident to a
state of war, might have produced
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
Summertime In washington.


Soldier boys in khaki, sailor boys in
blse,
Strolling up and strolling down along
the Avenue,
Soon there will be stern days and grim
days for you;
We look into your faces, and know
that you are truei
You behold the sunlight where the
statues stare,
The trees in the Circles with their en-
erald wear,
And, fair as the magic of dream is
fair,
The Capitol's dome like a bubble in
the air.
Soldier boys from Kansas, sailor boys
from Maine,
All the way from Oregon and the Tex
as plain,
Valiant young Americans, whatever be
your strain,
Duty lies before you. and we feel that
you are faini
Fain to meet the, call of it, fain to SEE
it through,
Marking the great Monument rise be-
fore your view,
Hearing how the Nations heart pulses
here anew,
Soldier boys in khaki, Sailor boys In
blue.
Clinton Scollard of the Vigilantes
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
U.BOAT WARFARE ON DECLINE
French Traffic I'm Mediterranean Ii
Not Hindered.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
PARIS. July 1.-The growing in
effectiveness of the submarine warfare
is indicated by official figures just
published by the French government
relating to the French traffic in the
Mediterranean.
According to these figures, no less
than 1850 vessels, chiefly merchant
men, with a total tonnage of $500, 900,
CROSSED the Mediterranean between
February "a and April 1, under escort.
The average number Of ships under
way, coming to or going away from
France was 240.
The submarine attacks, nevertheless,
had so diminished in force that only
one in four resulted in damages to the
ships. The result has been that the
water traffic has steadily increased.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

next sixty or ninety days they are lia-
BILE to spoil or to be eaten by bugs
And they can not be turned back into
wheat -four.
To avoid any waste Of food, F. b
Mumford, federal food administrator
for Missouri. urges that macaroni and
spaghetti, wheat fakes, wheat cereals
and similar products be used more
freely during the next two months and
has announced that they need not be
included In the allowance Of six
pounds of wheat products q month for
each person in a household. These
products. Of course, may be bought
without substitutes.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
U.BoATs USE OIL CAMOUFLAGE
Germans Scheme to Deceive Allies
Submarine Destr0yers Discovered.

Germans Scheme to Deceive Allies
Submarine Destroyers Discovered.
Correspondence Of the Associated Press-)
LONDON, June 6.-Tricky German
U-boat commanders have conceived a
new plan designed to deceive crews of
the Allied submarine destroyers in
the game OF hide and seek in Euro
pean waters. When a depth bomb is
discharged and does not cripple or
destroy the German under-sea boat,
as some times happens, quantity Of
oil is released by some device of the
submersible and quickly rises to the
waters surface.
The hope Of the German U-boat cap
tain is that the commander OF the de-
stroyer will see the oil, believe that
the submarine has been wrecked and
drop no more depth charges. Mean
time, the German is endeavoring to
escape.
American and British commanders
OF destroyers and submarine chasers
discovered the scheme of the Germans
some time ago and since them have
been dropping depth bombs in greater
numbers than previously, using the
oil as guide to the general location
of their target.
"0il camoufage" the American and
British navy men call this latest Ger
man submarine trick.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
O,REAR DEATH INVESTIGATED
Bolivian Government Clears Up Ru.
NOR Regarding Minister.

BUENOS AIRES. July 23.-The Gov
ernment of Bolivia has concluded its
investigation into the circumstances
of the death on July Is of John Davis
0'Rear OF Missouri, the American min
lister at La Paz.
According to dispatches received
from the Bolivian capital. the official
investigation followed rumors that the
funeral was a ruse of the minister to
escape making explanations of reports
that he had been aiding the Germans.
The investigation confirmed the
death of the minister. and proved false
the rumor that an empty coffin had
been buried.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
IRELAND MORE PROSPEROUS
Decrease I'm Pauperism-Birth and
Death Rate Below Average.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press-)
DUBLIN, June 2.-The Irish regis
trar generals return for first quarter,
this year shows a drop in the Irish
birth-rate Of 3.6 below the average
for the previous ten years. The mar
riage rate is practically stationary.
The death rate is 3.3 below the aver
age.
The general prosperity of Ireland is
reflected by the fact that the returns
on Irish pauperism show a decrease
Of 3.122 in the average number OF
workhouse inmates.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
EATING OF MACARONI URGED
Large Stocks of This and of Break
fast Cereals Might Spoil.

The patriotism of Missourians in
conserving wheat -four and other
products in the last year has resulted
in the accumulation in grocery stores
of macaroni, spaghetti, wheat fakes
and wheat breakfast cereals.
Unless they are consumed in the
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

Not all of conservation is in eating
less and using substitutes. Probably
our greatest source of waste is whai
is thrown out the back door. Would
we be more careful if there were in
spectors to investigate such waste?
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

eggs are in storage. This Is practical
" the high water mark Of last year.
Thousands of additional cases will be
stored before the summer is over.
Think what this means in terms OF
food for the winter season.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

Evidence of success of the anthem
killing regulation is shown by the
fact that already 100000 cases of
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

Iron crosses may signify cruelty but
a Liberty Loan button when rightly
worn is a badge of honor.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
CLASSIFIED ADS.
Half O Cent . Word o Day

Terms, cash In advance. The amounts in
yolved in want ads are too small to be
charged. When received over the phone
It Is with the understanding that the
ads will be paid for at once.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

In other words, every man.
ufacturer and merchant
should begin NOW to lay the
foundation of a vantage point
upon which to fight the sales
Battles that peace will event
ually bring. Gigantic read
justments are inevitably COM
ing. The business of the
world is not going back to its
former relation and channels.
We shall be confronted with
increased production on ev-
cry hand. While that increas-
ed production may for a time
be taken up by newly develop
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
In Time of War
Prepare for Peace

MERCHANTS and manufacturers must not permit
IA the public to forget their their products,
lest in the stress of competitive conditions after the war;
the public will not care to remember.
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

wANTED-Furnished rooms for light
Phone 1041. D-264
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
MISCELLANEOUS

wANTED-An experienced seamstress to
sew at the house. Phone eS7 Black. C-264
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

ed export business, domestic
competition will increase a
hundredfold.
Facts and tendencies which
those facts reflect, point in
evitably to enc conclusion
we must prepare industrially
for peace. Washington's AK
iom, On time of peace prepare
for warl" might be paraphras-
ed for the business man of
this country.
And preparing for peace
means newspaper advertising
now to hold the markets that
are vital to the situation. ?
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Furnished rooms for girls
during regular session. Phone 5S4 Green.
Mrs. A. NJ Fellows, 605 Sanford place.
Feet
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23

FOR SALE-Modern seven-room home.
landscaped, fruit and garden.
I. Haseman. Phones 1046 White or 10s2
White. H-266
The Evening Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1917-1920, 1918-07-23
LOST AND FOUND

LOST-Jeweled fraternity pin, Alpha
Zeta, Friday morning. Reward for return
to W. W. SWEET, 140s Rosemary or phone
1888 Black. S-264
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-06
FRENCH BOY SCOUT PROUDLY
FACES GERMAN FIRING SQUAD

LONDON. May 5.-Lieut. Gen. Sir Rob-
ert Baden-Powell. addressing central
meeting of tho Boy Scouts at Guild
Hall. told Of work done by french Boy
Scouts in the neighborhood of tho fight
ing line. A heroic deed by one French
Boy Scout was described in a letter
found on the body of dead German.
Gen. Baden-Powell read the letter.
which follows:
"A traitor has just been shot-a little
French lad belonging to one OF those
gymnastic societies which wears the
tri-color button. The poor little fellow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-06

in his infatuation wished to be hero.
"a German column was passing along
a wooded deflle and the boy was caught
and asked whether the French were
about. He refused to give information.
Fifty yards further on fire was opened
from the cover Of the wood.
The prisoner was asked in French II
he had known that the enemy was IN
the forest, and he did not deny 1t. He
went with firm step to a telegraph post
and stood up against 1t. with green
vineyard behind him. and received the
volley Of the firing party with a proud
smile on his face.
Infatuated boy: it was a pity to see
such wasted courage"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-06

her efficiency. however tardy it may have
| beer Already she is sending up pilots.
| young and ardent, who arouse our admira-
| ton and soon she will send up machines.
| May she do SO soon a 8 possible 10 this
| aerial strategy must be added an i'm
| plaza BILE will. We now have an inter-
| allied generalissimo. Cannot We find IAN
nteralied general OF the air to obtain
| aerial victory
The careers of various French ace-chas
! ing pilots continue to be interesting. Lieut..
F'onck. always leader. destroyed his thr-
| ty-SiXth German machine on April 30. He
encountered his latest victim flying within
| the French lines. and with one shot sent
! him crashing to the earth Lieut. Guerin.
| another wonderful young pilot, shot down
! his twenty-first and twenty-second VIC
Tins in the last week, and lieut.. Chaput
| his sixteenth.
| Belgian Ace a Prisoner.
/ News comes from Germany that the
Belgian ace of aces, Lieut. Thieffry,
who; after shooting down ten German
| machines. disappeared during an aerial
| combat, il a prisoner. but is unhurt.
Two German bombardment aeroplanes
flew over Paris Friday morning last
week. These machines were lombard
| ing craft. One was obliged to land
near Meaux and the other in the re-
/ gion of Estree St. Denis, both being
! forced to do so by French pilots. They
! landed intact and the crews were made
prisoners. Both machines will be taken
! apart and examined by French spe-
cialists. Following are their charac-
J teriSticS:
! Constructed in 1916 they were re-
! built in 1917. They measure about
| fiftysiX feet, wings spread. and about
twenty-nine feet in length and nearly
six feet between the planes. Accord
! ing to the opinion of experts it is this
which enables the Germans easily to
raise enormous weight. The support
ing surface is about ninety square
| yards, operated by two six-cylinder
Mercedes motors Of 260 horsepower,
| cooled by water. The fractions screws
| in front ire about ten feet in diameter,
with six and a half feet expansion.
What Plane Carries.
The aeroplane carries 500 quarts of
gasoline divided into three tanks, of which
two are feeders in the pilots compart-
ment. They can fly approximately four
hours at an average speed Of eighty-four
miles per hour. The consumption of gaso-
line is about seventy-five quarts per hour.
| The motors of these machines are sup
| Piled with silent frame catchers. This
/ tends to stifie the noise of the motors and
prevents the machine from being exposed
to view, which ordinarily escape from the
motors. The aeroplane also has lights
aboard three at the foremost and one at
the extreme end of the rear to avoid COL
| lisions.
| 1t has two controlling wheels 1t is also
provided with a swinging and three verti-
cal bomb throwers for six bombs of 264
pounds each. Further, it has eight bomb
throwers for 11e-pound projectiles, making
approximately 1920 pounds Of explosives
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-06

tacks on and destruction of the enemy's
vital centers, namely, munitions fac
tories, mining localities. blast furnaces.
large railway depots. bridges. military
establishments, and so on. and second
Generalization of populations heliev-
ing themselves safe from the danger
of invasion. Regarding Germany, our
aerial tactics should comprise invasion
of enemy territories in reciprocity for
our invaded and devastated countries.
But it would he great error to con-
slider these solely in the light of re-
prisals. 1t is not question OF re-
spending to Germany's barbarous pro-
ceedings. We have been compelled to
oppose poisonous gas with poisonous
gas.
Must Look at War as It Is.
1--WE must 1oAfS at war as it is ac-
cording to the nd Ethods of German mill
tarism Armed Germany is an entirely
belligerent natl n. Labor outside OF
the zone Of mi Hilary operations con.
the combatants. Whether in the fac
tory or on the land every one fights:
The blockade starves both civilians and
soldiers. Aerial warfare must COM
plete the combined work of blockade
and battle. If one wants to reach an
end he must not stick at the means.
Our end is to disarm Germany and
make it impossible for it to resume
it's policy of conquest. The first duty
of aviation is to cover the entire zone
of operations and contribute to the
battle by the destruction of enemy
requirements and supplies. The
second is to aim at the enemy coun-
try.
'This strategy of attack and invasion
consists of intensive commandments.
continued day and night. Bombardment
is the final object of aviation.
Gen. Mallelerre describes the neces,
sary conduct of aerial warfare and
mentions some of the objective points
within the enemy territory which may
be effectively bombarded. namely, the
Lorraine mining regions between the
rivers Moselle and Rhine, which have
often been raided in past months by
Franco British squadrons; the Rhine
valley. so teeming with populous and
industrial cities; the Main valley. with
Frankfort. Carlsruhe and Stuttgart:
the Bavarian plains. with Munich, and
also Cologne, Wilhelmshaven. CuX-
haven. Kiel and other points accessible
to allied hydro-aeroplane souadrons.
The writer concludes:
Terror in Rhenish Region.
zone may judge Of the immense result
of this aerial strategy by the emotion. not
to say terror, created in the Rhenish re-
gion by the recent .bombardments exc
cuted by Franco-British squadrons. When
the sauadrons necessarily renew their at
tacks and transform the Rhine valley into
an inferno other cries of distress will be
heard from the enemy. Germany will
then feel the effects of this iron fire which
it wished to make an instrument Of its
domination. Such a program requires
thousands Of machines. We must and will
have them.
ut is therein that America will show
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-05-06
ALLIES AIR CONTROL
CHECKS OFFENSIVE
German Filters Find Worthy
Foe Over BattIefieIds of
France.
ONE COMMANDER URGED
BY fAun ArREs ROCKWELL.
CableKr4m to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.


PARIS. France. May 4-The allied
control of the air becomes more and
more marked from day to day. 1t had
. great part in checking the German
offensive plans. 1t is not, however,
the first time the Franco-British avia-
ton cofps has held the supremacy of
the air.t This so important superiority
has changed hands many times in the
course Of the forty-five months of war
fare. Fhe Germans are making and
will continue to make every possible
effort tP reconquer the atmosphere.
Now shat the allied aerial forces are
80 muGh stronger than those of the
enemy This superiority must be main
tanned The best way. to accomplish
this, it} is suggested, is to make an
experienced and capable man commander
Of all the allied aviation organizations,
Just as Nen. Foch commands all the al
lied land forces. Gen. Mallelere, writ
ing in the Paris Temps on the various
offensive arms. speaks at length of the
future role Of aviation, saying, in part:
Fliers Play Salvation Role.
ut does not seem as II the Germans
obtained from aviation what they ex-
pected for their offensive. Perhaps
know that at least on the battlefield
Franco-Rritish aviation played almost
the role of salvation. In cooperating
with the rapid Intervention of French
troops in the breach caused by the re-
treat OF the 5th British Army and in
retarding the advance of the enemy
columns by means of its machine guns
and bombs it confirmed the part which
the aerdYlane can play in battle even
at a low latitude over the combatants
But Aviation. whose role has been
and is so, great in this war, is marked
for much greater and more efficacious
action. 1tl Is not only today that voices
like mine. have announced that aerial
warfare would be one of the decisive
factors in victory. They made them
selves heard before. but were not suf-
ficiently | needed. Throughout these
days of warfare after remedying the
danger we were in at the outbreak of
hostilities tby Germany's superiority in
aviation apd heavy artillery we have
studied particularly aerial tactics.
Forms of Cooperation.
Aviation has co-operated in the war
of attritipn and also in various Of
fensive operations in the following
forms: Reconnaissance, chasing and
bombarlmeht. Within measure these
were at tho disposal of the commanders
at the beginning. but there was GER
tain amount of uncertainty to the
conduct and Importance of aerial war
fare. Until the end of 1917 there was
no aerial strategy. Yet aerial war
fare to play the decisive war incum-
bent thefeon must be conducted both
strategicAlly and tacticaIly.
Aerial etrategy comprises. first. at
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-14
BLACKWELL & THOMAS

ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Ws beg to announce that we have
Ananed an Office at Lexington, s. c.,
N The Eome National Bank Building
AnA IN the future will practice at both
NesEmbia and Lexington.
Lexington dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1917-1919, 1918-08-14
FROM THE BOYS OF LEXINGTON
WITH THE STARS AND STRIPES

In behalf of our many friends
whom we left in civilian life on Nav
25th. as we marched away to Join
the colors of our dear old nation to
fight the worlds battle to victory. and
who we have been unable to send a
token Of remembrance. We wish to
extend to you our wishes which we
know will be acceptable. that each
and every one Join US, if not in ranks
to face the shot and shell. it may bl
done Els gloriously at home behind
the plow. the hoe. in the factories or
the railroads. or whatever else may
be your vocation.
AS We left dear old Lexington. we
ioyously. and as one. went to Camp
Jackson. where under Capt. McEn-
tyre and his body of efficient nom
commissioned officers we began our
lessons as a soldier. Just as a child
begins his first lessons at school.
At first. and due to being accus.
toned to the life of a civilian. it
seemed as though this first lesson
was a very hard one to learn. But
by their ever tireless efforts and thu
bent determination. las all Lexing-
tonians have on the part of tho
new soldier this first lesson was
learned and one We sped with one
new lesson after the other. When we
had reached several rounds of the
ladder by four weeks training we
were transferred to Camp Sewer.
Here we were very much divided
up some in one company some il,
another. and still others with their
highly skilled vocations. to other
work. Here We soon received our
old .trusty friend 1.-THE rifle) when an
other grade in school was . reached
and all the more diligently the boys
sprang to it. With not only our new
officers and non-coms.. but our
brother soldiers with a more trained
mind than ours with all untiring ef-
forts taught US through the many
moves that were to be learned by a
skilled soldier. With this was a
ten days rifle practice to teach each
one to use and familiarity of his old
trusty friend after a three weeks
training and practice at this point we
with our very efficient officers and
non ocmmissiond officers) were trans
ferred to- camp Upton. Long Island
N. Y. But here the cordiality with
which we were received is worthy of