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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-07

20 past. and an officer Of the Royal
naval division came up and began
talking to our officers. He was telling
! them how he and his men had landed
at "x" beach, and how they had to
wade ashore through barbed wire.
"And. you know" he said In n sur
prised way, as II he himself could
hardly believe II, "the beggars were
actually firing on us" That Is Just
like the LImeys, though. Their idea
is not to appear excited about any
thing at any time, but to act as though
they were playing Understanding
around on lawn with paddles In their
hands, half asleep. The Limeys are
certainly cool under fire, though, and
I think that because the Anzacs did
80 well at Galllpoli people have not
given enough credit to the British
regulars and II. N. DIS, who were
there too, and did their share Of the
work. and did II as well as any men
could.
After a while this officer started on
his way again, and as he cut across
the road a French officer came up.
The Llmey wore monocle, which
caused the French officer to stare at
him a minute before he saluted. After
the Engllshman had passed him the
Frenchman took large French penny
out of his pocket, screwed II into his
eye and turned toward us so that we
could see It, but the Limey could not.
That vas not the right thing to do,
especially before enlisted men, so our
officers did not laugh, but the men did,
and so loud that Limey turned around
and caught sight of the Frenchman.
He started back toward him and 1
thought sure there would be a fight,
or that, more likely, the Llmey would
report him. Our officers should have
placed the FrenchmaE under arrest,
at that.
The Frenchman expected trouble,
too. for he pulled up very straight and
stiff, but he left the penny In his eye.
The Llmey came up to him, halted a
few PAGES Off and, without saying
a word. took the monocle out of his
eye, twibbled It three or four feet in
the air and caught 1t In his other eye
when 1t came down.
''Do that. you blighter." he said and
faced about and was on his way down
the road. They had 1t on the French
man after that.
This Philippe Pierre. Of whom
have spoken, told me a story about
two Llmey officers that / hardly be-
iieved, yet Philippe swore It was the
truth. He had been in America before
the war. and he said he mad seen one
OF the officers that the story is about
many times in New York.
He said there were two Limey off, |
GERS going along the road arguing
about the German shells which the
Turks were using. One Of the officers
said they were no good because they
did not burst. Just about that time |
shell came along and they picked
themselves up quite distance from .
where they had been standing. An
other shell whizzed by and landed fiat
on the side of the road. The officer .
walked over. dug 1t out Of the ground,
and took away the detonator and fuse
to prove that they did not explode
The only thing that would make
me believe that story is that Philippe
Pierre said they were Limey officers.
No one but a Limey would remem-
Der such an argument after being
knocked galley west by shell con-
cussion. 1 do not doubt that Limey
would do 1t II 1t could be done. though.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-07

said we had been forgotten and that
the rest Of our troops had either re-
tired or advanced and that we and
the men In the trench who had tried
to signal US were the only detachments
left there.
Pretty soon another man and I
relieved the two men who were out
side on watch. and as he went down
into the dugout the sergeant shouted
to us that he thought the Turks were
afraid to attack. He also ordered one
Of us TO keep a live eye toward our
rear In case any of our troops should
try to signal us. When I looked
through a little gully at the top of
the hole. toward the other trench, all
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-11-07

i could see was barbed wire and
smoke and two or three corpses. ]
began to SILVER little, and l was
afraid I would get shell shock, too
SO began to think about Murray and
how he looked when they took him
off the wall. But that did not stop the
shivering. so thought about my grand
mother and how she looked the last
time l saw her. was thinking about
her. l guess, and not keeping a very
good lookout, when a man rolled over
the edge and almost fell on me. He
was from the other trenches. l carried
him into the dugout and then went out
again and stood my watch until the
relief came. We were doing half-hour
shifts
Evening star., 1918-08-17
MAYOR HYLAN DEMANDS
ADEQUATE CAR SERVICE
New York Executive Expresses Be
lief Interborough Is Not Keep
ing Faith With People.

NEW YORK, August 1.-THE time
has passed for Investigations with re-
gard to subway service in New York
and radical action must be taken to
give the people the transportation
facilities for. which they are paying
millions. Mayor HyIan declares in
letter to the public service commits
sion.
The high salaries paid to INTERIOR
ough Rapid Transit Company officials
and the high rates of interest on the
stock of subsidiary companies con-
stitute, according to Mayor Hylan,
The chief obstacles in the way Of ef-
ficient operation of the subways.
1t is Mayor Hylan's conviction that
the Interborough is not keeping faith
with the people, and he declared that
its excuse that it lacks equipment
falls to the ground in the face of the
fact that the years which have gone
to subway construction afforded ample
opportunity to have the necessary
equipment ready. Nor can he see why
any Interborough official should re-
ceive $4,000 a year, pointing out
that 1T represents the fares OF TO-
100000 passengers.
AS cure for conditions as they
are he proposed that the Interborough
demand for increased fare be granted,
but that the excess over the present
fare be put into a fund with which
ultimately the people can buy the
subways outright.
Evening star., 1918-08-17
PARIS IS viewed FROM
BUTTE OF MONTMARTRE
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
LONDON. July 10.-The Paris cor
respondent of the Daily Express
the Butte of Montmartre the other
day and looked down over Paris be-
meath a pail of smoke
He trod the paths followed by the
pre-war tourists. traversing the
Montmartre they knew. with its gild-
ed. mirrored night restaurants.
Would you could see these places
now" he continues. THE Rat Mort
and the Abbaye look like dilapidated
Irish homesteads: the sails of the
Then left the Montmartre the tour
lists knew, crossed the Place Blanche
and began steep climb up the Rue
LEIPZIG There are no signs Of panic
not afford the luxury Of flight, Sc
they carry on.
Three-quarters of the way up the
hill stands the Moulin de Galette, a
famous old mill which became q danc-
their sweethearts Saturday night
Now the young men are in the
trenches and young women in the
munition factories. and the old mill
"One turns to the left on passina
the mill and suddenly plunges into
q different atmosphere. The goatherd
shepherds his flock across the cobble-
stones and makes strange sounds or
his flute, and those who would buy
come out and purchase goats milk.
premier C1emenceau was once
mayor of Montmartre, and there are
still living on the heights old people
who helped to put him there. Today
they cit in the sun and smoke and
talk quietly--anyi wait. They are toe
old to do anything else. We have
confidence, we of the Butte; trust In
Clemenceau.' said m old man to whom
spoke.
THAT 10 what everybody 10 doing
trusting in the tiger to see thai
things are done well
Evening star., 1918-08-17
TRAINING CAMPS WILL
SOON BE ENLARGED
Nearly 10000 to Be Instructed In
Machine Gunnery at
Hancock.

Plans for enlargement of several Of
the big training camps are announced
by the army general stan. Camp
Hancock. Ga, designated as a center
for the training Of machine gunners,
will be enlarged to accommodate be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 men. An Of
ficer's training school. housed in tents
there now. will be given barracks and
quarters. The total cost Of new work
will be about 100000.
The capacity Of Camp Grant. Ill.
which has been created an infantry
replacement cantonment, will be in
creased from $4,000 to 10000 men.
Field artillery firing centers are to
be located at West Point, KY. Camp
Jackson, S. c., and Fayetteville, N.
c., with six brigades OF artillery To-
Gated at each Of them. except Camp
jackson, which will have four.
Officers training schools with tent
accommodations at Camps Lee. Va.
Gordon, Ga. and Pike. Ark, are to
be given permanent housing at a cost
Of 100000 each.
Evening star., 1918-08-17
SPECIAL PERMITS FOR ALIENS
LEAVING u. S. AFTER SEPT. Is

Under an executive order based on
the provisions Of the alien control law.
aliens in the United States will not be
allowed to leave the country after
September Is without special permits
issued by the State Department. and
none will be allowed to enter except
under special conditions. Attempts to
evade the draft through leaving the
country, which officials believe will
increase with passage of the bill ex-
tending draft ages. will be rendered
less easy Of accomplishment by the
new restrictions.
Heretofore American citizens have
been required to make applications
for passports in order to go abroad
and to explain to the satisfaction Of
the Department of State the neces-
sity Of their trips, while aliens have
been permitted to depart freely with
Evening star., 1918-08-17
''Fake" Raids Throngs
Combed for Labor IN Ice

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, August
1S-For several days past ice
consumers in Indianapolis have
been seriously fneonvenienced
by q shortage Of this product.
Thursday County Food Admin
fstrator Stanley Wycko6 sought
from ice manufacturers a rea-
SON for the condition and was
told II was due to a shortage of
labor.
Mr.. WyckoH conferred with
, Chief of Police C0fIln and a Sc
rfes OF raids resulted, the raids
being conducted in places where
the actions of the police were
likely to attract a crowd. When
crowds collected they were sur
rounded and persons fin them
were querfed to determine IL
they were employed. Men who
were employed were not mo-
Tested. Those who did mot
have employment were offered
places In local ice factories.
Men who were mot employed
and refused syprk in the fnc-
tories were arrested on charges
of vagrancy.
The raids netted more than
thirty men for work in the ice
plants. Fifteen men were lodged
I'm the city prison.
Evening star., 1918-08-17
GERMAN PROPAGANDA AT
COAL MINES ALLEGED
Two Men Arraigned in Anthracite
Field Are Accused Of
Disloyalty.

Information has been received by
the United States Fuel Administration
that German propaganda is still to be
found in the anthracite coal fields.
Dfsloyal utterances. verging on
treason and calculated to fpment
trouble among the mine workers, are
said to have been made by men who
are believed to have been In the en-
ploy Of the Hun.
Gus Miller and Frank Yackinmosick,
miners. employed at the Loomis mine,
were arrested by special agents,
charged with trying to stir UP trouble
at the mines at Nartfcoke, Pa. and
with pro-German utterances. They
were arraigned before United States
Commissioner Hunt at wilkes-Barre.
Yackinmosick is said to have de-
clared the Germans will kill all the
American soldiers who go to France
and then come to this country and
hang the remaining Americans. Mil.
lers wife is said to be German and
to have a brother now fighting with
the Huns.
Evening star., 1918-08-17
TEUTON USES PARACHUTE
UNDER AMERICANS FIRE
By the Associated Prets.

By the Associated Prets.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Thursday. August 15.-Dur-
ing the aerial fighting on Wednesday.
which was the busiest day. American
aviators have experienced in some
time, an American airman attacked a
German balloon. His gun tanmed
when he tried to fire incendiary bull
let's, but he was able to fire fifty OF
the other kind. The German aeronaut
then jumped with his parachute.
An enemy airplane attacked an
American balloon, but was driven of
by fire from the ground without fore
ing the balloonist to jump.
Confirmation has been received OF
the victory of Lieut.. Edgar c. Tobin
OF San Antonio. Texas. in an air COM
bat on August 10.
Evening star., 1918-08-17

out making applications for or ex-
planning their tripa." said an ex-
planatory statement issued by the
State Department. THE new law
now places aliens in this respect on
basis similar to that Of citizens.
TT is believed that many aliens
have been leaving the United States
as German agents. carrying informa-
tion abroad for the use Of the enemy.
The new law is designed to prevent
the departure of all such enemies OF
the United States. There have been
numerous instances of the operations
of such German paid agents and
spies who have left the country be-
cause there was no law to prevent
their departure"
The State Department statement
pointed out the freedom with which
such persons as Robert Fay, organ
izer of German bomb plots; Franz Won
Rintelen and Fay's associate. DR..
Walter r. Scheele. have been able to
eSCaDe
Evening star., 1918-08-17
GIRL DEAD IN PANIC
IN CAR "BL0W-0UT'

NASHVILLE. Tenn. August 17.-In
a panic that followed a blowout OF
the motorman's controller stand on
a Fairfield street car at S O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, one girl was
killed and a number of persons were
injured.
The car was an open one and when
the blowout came the passengers
Jumped from the car to the ground.
Ambulances were rushed to the
scene from two hospitals and a score
of persons were hurried to the insti-
tutions The girl. who fell from the
car on her back, died in few mo-
ments and was taken to the city hos
pital. where she is still unidentified.
Evening star., 1918-08-17

Texas Company, the site of whose
yard was a waste Of land. The yard
has turned out three steel ships. Of
almost 10000 deadweight tons. There
are also four wooden shipyards in Bath.
At Boothbay and East Boothbay six
shipbuilding concerns expect to turn
ing from 500 to 1000 tons each. At
Rockland a 1.600-gross-ton schooner
was launched recently. Camden and
Thomaston yards also expect to COM
plete several vessels this year. South
Freeport and Belfast also are bus
Ting with shipbuilding activity.
The rigors Of the Maine winter
will not deter the workers. as evil
denced by many sub-zero days Of last
December. when in one yard more
than $4,000 rivets were driven daily.
an average Of more than 200 rivets a
day for each group of workmen.
Evening star., 1918-08-17
MILITARY DISPATCH RIDERS
DEPENDABLE COMMUNICATION
Knit Units of Army Together, Carrying
Messages, Dispatches and Orders Over
All Sorts of Roads to Destination.

weather conditions shell IRE or
enemy raids must not stay him in the
completion of his schedule rounds.
The military dispatch riders are q
service of the Signal Corps. They are
attached by units of varying num-
bers to the headquarters of an army,
corps, division and brigade under the
command Of the chief signal ofiicer of
the organization. Routes are estab-
lished between the points at which
the various organizations are located.
and schedule of trips between these
points Is made up in the same way
that a railroad schedule is arranged.
and this schedule is strictly adhered
to. trips being made regularly in all
sorts Of weather and under all condi-
tions.
Work in Pairs.
Many riders work in pairs so that
when a route is arranged between
two towns at a distance of $50 miles
or thereabouts quarters can be estab-
lished for both at each town, and
each rider alternates in occupying
schedule be maintained. The army
commander fixes his routes to cover
his divisions. the commanders OF the
division fixes the routes to cover his
brigades, and the brigade commander
establishes routes to cover his regi.
ments. In this way a complete net
work of dispatch riders covers the
front.
So dependable are these modern
couriers and so rigidly are the sched-
ules maintained that the need for
special motor cycle messengers for
service between units Is hardly ever
felt, as organization commanders and
stan officers have learned to know
that a military dispatch rider will be
at headquarters at a certain time to
deliver messages and to take others
back. The development of the dis
patch service is a high point in the
tionary forces. and it is strictly a
product of American readiness and
quickness in adopting all means that
will help the Army to act as fast as
It thinks,
Evening star., 1918-08-17
Sentry Kills in Dark.

Three Germans were heard one dark
night in front of American troops
near Verdun, hard at work cutting
the wire. Maybe there were more Ger
mans. The night was too dark for the
sentinel on duty to make sure. He just
turned his rifle loose in the general
direction of the noise he heard out
there in the dark and went on shoot
ing. In the morning a salvage party
collected one dead German on the
wire, one dying German and one
slightly wounded German.
"I'll tell you all I know" said the
slightly wounded German, but I can:
not tell you as much as could the man
who is dead. He was very finely edu-
Gated Alsatian."
So an inspecting officer inspected in
accordance with the system, and this
was his report:
'It is regrettable that the soldier
killed this finely educated Alsatfan.
He not only destroyed a good source
of Information, but deprived the army
of the honor of having taken another
German prisoner"
That inspector was decorated with
the Order of the Boot as soon as that
report reached headquarters. The
mills of the H. Q. gods may grind
slowly. but they grind exceeding small
Evening star., 1918-08-17
WAR BRINGS A REVIVAL OF
ST1IPBUILDING IN MAINE

Ship Ceiling Company. July, 1917, the
site was a mudhole. but at thst time
the Ceiling Company, which had been
making stalls and bins for cattle and
grain ships. turned to shipbuilding.
Three wooden vessels have already
been launched from this yard. One Of
the forges in this yard bears the le-
gend: Roast the KAISER"
In Bath. $4,000 deadweight tons Of
ships are under construction by the
Evening star., 1918-08-17
A1sAcE HOMES SOLD.
German Prince Snaps Up Two at
aRareaiun Prices.

GENEVA, Switzerland. August IL
Under forced conditions and at nomf-
nal prices the Germans are selling
many beautiful French chateaux and
homes in Alsace- Prince William Of
Hohenzollern has just bought the
chateau of Baron de Bussiere, near
Mulhausen.
The German crown prince already
has bought two places at ridiculous
ly low prices, and is said to be ne
gotiating for another. 49,
Evening star., 1918-08-17

Eighty-four members Of the Ste
vens railroad commission. sent from
the United States to Russia, in May.
1917, to assist in the rehabilitation of
Russian railroads, have arrived at
Vladivostok and will begin work ON
the Siberian railroad.
Evening star., 1918-08-17

'QUENCHEs THE THIRST
Horsford's Acid Phosphate
A teaspoonful in q glass Of water is very re-
freshing to the mouth and thfpat. Buy Z bottle.
Advertisement.
Evening star., 1918-08-17

Modern warfare has evolved an
other Improvement in the method of
transmitting communications in addi-
ton to the three more widely known
groups. wire. wireless and visual, now
in use by the allied troops.
The newest development. and in
many ways the most picturesque. Is
the result of the experience of the
American expeditionary forces in
France. Its gradual perfection and
expansion have served to knit the
Army more closely together by the
actual physical transmission of Of
fetal orders and communications.
The military dispatch riders. sue
iers and brothers in spirit of the
pony express riders Of the western
plains, are the complement to the
mail. telegraph. telephone. radio and
carrier pigeon means Of communfca-
ton. To these messengers are in
corps in touch with the division. the
division with the brigade and the
brigade with the regiment. for de-
tailed orders. letters and important
packages Of papers cannot be trans
mitted promptly and safely any other
way.
100 Miles in Three Hours
Mounted on motion cycles and bur-
dened only with a pouch or KNAPP
sack In which the papers are carried.
the military dispatch riders can and
do cover distances of 100 miles in
three hours over the smooth French
roads. Each rider is carefully chosen
for his expertness in driving a motor
cycle. his ability to repair his ma
chine under all conditions, and his
in emergencies.
His route may take him over shell
swept roads and the darkness of
night may bring him near the enemy
positions. The messages he carries
must be delivered, and distance,
Evening star., 1918-08-17

The first woman historian in the
United States was Hannah Adams,
whose History of the Jews" is both
valuable and famous.
Evening star., 1918-08-17

Mattresses who have taken the
places of men in New Yorks exclu-
sive clubs are reported to be giving
excellent satisfaction
Evening star., 1918-08-17

The war has brought a revival OF
shipbuilding in Maine. Once known
throughout the world for its wooden
ships. then falling into long period
of inactivity. that state again has be-
come a center Of production. Less
than a year ago there remained but a
handful Of yards, and most Of them
were relics Of the past Today. thirty
nine yards, extending from one end Of
the coast to the other. and larger and
buster than ever in the past, are
turning out vessels for the Shipping
Board.
Within the last year the Maine
yards have been engaged in building
116 vessels, many of which have been
launched. Forty-one of the 116 were
wooden freight steamers of a total
deadweight tonnage Of 10000: forty
seven were schooners Of $1,000 tons;
eight were steel trawlers.
In Portland alone, which before the
war only repaired boats, $500 men are
employed on vessels worth $10.500. 900.
Shipbuilding and operation is sort OF
a hereditary possession among some
Maine families. One Of these was the
Hamlen family. known by the firm OF
j.. n. f1am1eu q oou 6OILlduO, OF
ganixed in 1S45, and which had dis
continued its shipbuilding in 1889.
Few Knew About shipbuilding.
when the United States called for
ships, James C. Hamlen, aged sixty
six. organized the Cumberland Ship
building Company, and transformed q
swamp near Portland into shipyard
He launched his first ship in July.
Most OF the workers in the Hamlen
yard are natives Of Maine, and az a
remarkable evidence Of American
ladaptability and quickness at learning
! is the fact that less than per cent
| Of the 1,76o men In the yard knew
anything Of shipbuilding before they
began work there.
Another modern shipyard at Port.
Hand occupies the site Of the old Rus
rel yard It is that Of the Portland