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KEEP CHIEF OF ARMY PollCc BUSY mpnran Trnnnc Wnt llnmlw tuif - -. i - ... j y - Full of Mischief. FROLIC LKE COLLEGE BOYS Cigart, Eggs, a Baseball and a Dottle of Wine Among Missing Articles to Be Traced One Day Escapades No More Than Reaction From the Heavy Strain of Very Active Army Maneuver. V.'!. n the whole story of tbla war shall have been written n win ba in otnplcte without n chapter about how Hie Aincrtcnn boya he ha red in ft . The historian should tret the material for ihiii chapter from the proven nor mA He is the chief or gelloa, so far as the Americana are coneenied. I urn nt present living with 11 regi ment itotloned in little French vil lage where from time to Una are an ear the booming of I ha suns aa the spttl front, beeping the hoys olwayi NUrinded of the direction In which the.v are beaded, writes n correspond ent of the New York Tinea, There or few French folk in tha place the.v moved to where It Is safer. And So the Americana are pretty much In 'nil IM of I hi nu n nm ! 1 1 1 ' i 1 1 1 r 1 1 i I I there lire llllollt lio tlioiw ,i4 nninv American soldiers here as there ever were civilian Frenchmen and Flench- ' . 1 1 1 1 ' M I ll(V lire i i i i ' i r I i ' i ' i ' I ii . , -1 i available house, nm! In some that Willi it out n iivilllnli wort, ll nut ll, it they had to be. In one that falls In the latter cnte nrj I am living. Myself, this type v l iter, and some blankets are the only furniture it has. To gal out of my l'milll I have to fo Ihrolo'h Ibo riinin : r in . Mis room is i it has a lied. Ho wns n hed until the. Tionse nut In a charge tor I'nder tlh' armv nlan. n miau 'Mh n lied In it Costs one franc a day, : lit If there Is no lied the charm Is , only IK) cent lines. And so the provost j marshal knows he has a bed to sleep on and not n box. It says so in the Official records of the wnr department I of the Cnlted States. We were In- I spooling the room of the provost mar shal the other day and noticed a part of the all at one end was corrugated Steel. We pushed it up, and lo, there was a fireplace. We immediately call- ed the owner of the house and demanded a fire. It was very dilli- cult, he said, because he had no wood, nnd never used lire except for cook- iii' Threat to Burn Bed. When we convinced him that unless ... MA ........1 HMllwl. .1... MMMMi .,,.,. jal s lied was going to lie sacrificed chanced his mind about the difli- f,.., ,rtar '',m Kht be that someone had OomeKood Ifc-taH, He got the five francs and two hoTTrV .Vter reappeared with three bundles of fagotti? evphiln- Ing his delay by saying that on the way he hud stopped to milk three Cows. We got the fire started and quickly saw that at the rate the fagots burned we were soon going to be cold i again. We explained to the man of the house that we must have bis pieces of wood. He r .ilied that only the cure had such wood, ami that It was Impossible to buy wood from the cure, and besides It was Sunday. The pro vost marshal gave him ten francs and told him to bring the wood. And he did. I was sorry I didn't go along to see how he got the wood from the cure Mm mm Ml hn tlllllll iMlillf WHS till ,s I 11.11, ,111, ' . . . . M l.. nMIINllll Nells 111 iui ne mn ii. me none of our affair how the man got the wood. f . . . . ... Imur fiinq provost marshal Is a very ill Her man. He Is a young nrsi neui-u- and his home Is In New YorK He lias told BM that after the hasn't said what he Is going to hut I think lie is training to be a a - M i . it. .... T UltPtlU llf hits I in t 1 1- iiiiii t. ' i L- ii.ita.t vi vnrK. i Hll'rll ll II nwiwn ' . ,.n Imivm In IV like ll mm in t . v -.iMiii hut t Is a. u ..... chut rhev don t L't.. i ki u tinit's And bt- lll iv i tirrtr u van .i j.. i.r.ivnsi innrshiil hus ur inr.v ut 1 1 ' i" . i.. i i.. ...... w.HM.' IIIH'S 111 HH IV- .. t, Ii. till SI r . . .... . ror ine . j . .1.. ... ii muter lu Tor . , . , .I..T...-, ,. I I n I U I In. It whs eight o'clock in ua nose The provost marshal wub sieep- n i, vimr mat lo bed at one . i,i,l. he loiinii ne- . ...... .Ill I' I i ' 1 1 . 1 I i - " .... .,.,,,1.1,. makers are ealleil. mere " loud nipping a. his door ami. he "V" a en.ered.o.iy -hat "irlv In the morning the Y. M. f . A. Jut had been sntered ami one box of . ,', ,, one baseball taken, ami the damage was 3T. francs. He ,lu" 1,1 not hiililien again. asked Mia. " . 7" , T- lleuieniii," - .. , .iiiiiikt'O nun i--. iliforiiiatioii in... - - . . L.in ror u . i.i mi-. u. i nun'". , . -k...... i ,,1,1 nut him on military pom...-, uu- -- e vcuse. in Bottle of Wine. Ten minutes later a large French ...in, tli.. information that bottle of vln ordlnulre naa aisap- trom her siiop uuu iuui mum Suspected the Ainericsns. The lieu tenant (talked her nnd not up and started ahavtng. In a v. rjr few minutes the M. I, corporal come In and reported that he had found Private ot bal- taiion lu the com pa ay barber simp noting a Cigar ftal had a hand like those taken from the Y. M. V. A. "(iood." says the provost marshal. "(In back and ask him where he yot It." The corporal departed nnd ns he went out of the door a private entered in a bedraggled state. Re explained that be had got lost the Right before and WlMM he located himself he had tool a hundred francs and that the Mat of his Irousors bad been cut out. He didn't remember Just what time It was done. Noticing his Insignia, th- lieu tenant said sharply "tio hack to your own regtnent, Slav home and stay soher and yop enn keep your money," and turning to me he said, "that was gond dope for me In New York; it ought to work here." Here tile It, IV corporal retuni-1. "I came to report to the lieutenant," he said, "that I naked Private where he got his eljrar, and he said It was irlven him by a friend and he can't remember who." "All right." said the provost marshal ; "stick on the case nnd you might watch out for any hnseball games." Then came In (lie large French wom nn to say that she had five Witnesses who saw an American take her bottle of wine. The lieutenant thanked her. Then the Y. M. C A. man entered and said he didn't want any one punished for taking the cigars and baseball, nnd that he was glad they laid not taken more. He had had his breakfast. A moment later an M. V. sergeant entered to say that he had arrested a private on suspicion of having taken the bottle of wine, and that be bad been Identified by the large French Woman! gee witnesses as the culprit On the other hand, the sergeant added, the private had live other privates who would swear five different sorts of alibis for him. Six Eggs Missing. "Lock him up and we'll see about It," said the lieutenant, and he finish ed shaving In time to receive a French shopkeeper, w ho reported that six ,--:;s, for which he had been charging the Americans 11 cents each, had disap peared, and that since he. Monsieur Iemtel, and his father before him. bad kept shop in that Very place for gen erations and had never before missed so much as six egg., it must be the Americans who tool; them. The lieutenant thanked him. Bf this time there was another caller Who had an empty cartridge that had once been In the belt of an Ameriean sol dler. She tad found it in front of her hOUe and was sure it was OOi right for it to be there. The lieutenant thanked her. He was about to start to a tainted breakfast When a French farmer came In to say excitedly that some Americans were "mixing it up" with several C.ernian prisoners of war who were being worked on a road a short distance away. "Well, that damage, tit least, won"; matter," said the lieutenant: "I'm go ing to breakfast." And be did. It is not to be supposed from these Incidents of an hour or two of the life of a provost marshal that the Ann i i cans are an unruly lot. Far from it; they ure the best behaved of righting men. These incidents represented per haps the twelve hours' devilment of some 2,5(Kl men, most of them under twenty-seven years old, and their es capades were no more than the reac tion from the heavy strain of very ac tive maneuvers. When the bugle call tells them at 9 :,'I0 o'clock at night to get off the streets, he who refuses to obey Is the rarest exception, and gen erally a new man in the army. And here comes the provost marshal from breakfast. He is followed by two French civilians with some tale of woe, hut he Is whistling. Is the chief of the provost guard, and I have heard the same tune used for a certain verse from Gilbert and Sullivan when De Wolf Hopper tried to sing the "Pirates of Penzance." BURIED BARREL OF PORK Found in Good Condition After Be ing Hidden Five Years. A barrel of fresh pork, government Inspected, was unearthed on the fane of former C ounty Commissioner Henry Bergman In Rice township, near Fre mont, O., by Mr. Bergman, as he was plowing In the field. The pork was found to be In good condition. It is believed the barrel containing the pork has been burled In the ground since the flood of March, 1013. It was discovered In a low spot, along the Saudusky river, and covered with sev eral feet of dirt. The barrel contuiued 000 pounds. Empyema Cure Found. Medicine has found a cure for empyema cases, or pulmonary troubles which usually are an uftermath of pneumotila. The Carrel-Heakln meth od, which has been found so success ful In the tn atiiienl of wounds. Is the new cure. It has been tried out among National army soldiers at ('amp Meadi-, Md., and cures have been effected lu a few days In cases deemed almost hopeless under old methods of treat ment. Quick Sentence for Fritz. "To hell with Uncle Sum. He never did anything for me, und I am for the kaiser, anyway I" Fred Esser, a Ger man ot Hedalia, Mo., Is alleged to have said. Fifteen minutes later Fred be gan serving a Id-months' sentence in the county jail for his unpatriotic re marks. He la married and baa a fain-Ujr. FLYER SPENDS 80 I0U8S ON WRECK Rescued Man Gives Thrilling Story of His Perils. ALMOST GONE mil SAVED Ensign Ston: and Companion Cling to Wrecked Seaplane for E0 Hours In English Channel Without Food or Water One of Most Remarkable In cidents ef Seaplane Patrol Co-operating With Conveys. A full rrport of the rescue of Fn slgn F. A. Slone. F. S. naval reserve force, who. with I napaiilon. clung to n wrecked seaplane for M hours in the Fngii Mi Channel without food and water before being picked up by a trawler, was received by the commit tee on public Information from Its rep resentative in London. Ensign Sfono was given lip for drowned several Weeks ago, hut after five weeks In n hospital he has re turned to London. The perils through which the two iiem panned safely con stitute one of the thrilling lucid' nts of the seaplane patrol co-operating with the Meet convoys. "T left our station in a British sea plane as pilot," said Ftislgn Stone, "with Sub-Lieut. Brie Moore of tho Roy al naval air service, as observer, at 0 a. m. Our duty was to convoy pa trol. When two hours out. having met our ship coming from the westward, we thought We sighted a porlnCope ahead and turned off In pn fault, We lost our course. Our engine 'dropped dead' and at half -pa Ot eleven o'clock forced us to land on the surface in n rough sea. Wtlq good Carrier Pigeons. "We had no kite or radio aero to call for nasi Stance, so We released our two carrl-T pigeons. We tied a mes sage with our position and the word sinking on each. Th" first, the hloo haitod one. tiew straight off and reached home. But the other, which was white checked, lit on our machine and would not hedge until Moore threw our navigation clock at him. which probably upset him so that lie failed us. "Heavy sens smashed our tall planes, which kept settling. I saw that they were pulling the machines down by the rear, turning her over. At half pnst tWO p. la. we capsied, climbing I up the nose and 'in er-t he-top' to the Underside of the pontoons. "Our emergency ration had been In tile observer's seat at the hack; hut we had been so busy trying to repair the motor and save ourselves from turn in " over that we did not remember this Until too late. From now on for near ly four days, until picked up by a tnr.vbT. we were continually soaked and lashed hy seas, and with nothing to eat or drink. We had nothing to cling to, nnd so to keep from being washed overboard we got upon the same pontoon and hugged our arms about one another's bodies for the whole time. "We suffered from thirst. I had 0 craving for canned peaches. Twice a dftaale came on. wetting tile pontoon. We turned on our stomachs and lapped up the moisture, hut the paint came off with salt and nauseated us. Tins of Biscuit Float By. "Our limbs grew numb. From time to time the wreckage from torpedoed ships would pass. Once two full bis cuit tins came close enough to swim for, but then. In our weakened state. We knew that we would drown If we tried to get them. We did haul In a third tin and broke It open. It was filled with tobacco. "We sighted n trawler nbout six o'clock on Tuesday evening. We waved at her for half an hour before she changed her course. We were both too weak to stand up and signal. We could only rise on our knees. Moore's hands were too swollen to hold a handkerchief, hut I had kept my gloves on and was able to do so. The The trawler moved warily around us, hut finally threw life preservers at the end of a line. I yelled that we were to weak to grasp It. She finally hove to, lowered a boat and lifted us on board. "Moore lost sir toes from gangrene In hospital. My feet turned black, hut decay didn't set In." Every machine from the seaplane base and those from a station on the French const had searched continuous ly for the aviators after the blue pigeon arrived, as did all the patrols and destroyers In the area. Knslgn Stone Is a native of Norfolk, Va., born July 10, 1891. His mother. Mrs. Clara Stone, lives at the Red Onto apartments, Norfolk. National Acre Plan. Here is the "National acre" plan, the newest plan for farmers to help fight the Huns : Set aside one acre of your furm to be planted and cultivated us the "Na tional acre," the proceeds of which are to be used In buying thrift stamps. The Idea Is spreudlug over Georgia and South Carolina. Cows Drunk on Apple Pulp. Apple pulp shipped from a cider mill at Yakima, Wash., and fed as an exper iment to dulry cows on a Tieton ranch n few days ago made the animals so di auk that few of them were able to stand up and many of them stag gered about like lntuxlcuted men. British superior !' KITTir "Lt Enemy Land Ships Flee, Badly Beaten, After Rough Fight in Picardy. Herman tanks which made their first appe.ii an in the western front dur ing tta recent Ocrman offensive came off MCMMl goal In Ihelr encounters with the more powerful and better managed BrttM tanks. Full accounts have just reached the I'.rilMi general stall' in London of the first pitched tattle between Oennan and Itriti-di tanks. In which a oqundron of six Oerman hind ships was routed completely by the MthVk. The battle Occurred on April I near Viiliers-llre-tonneux, south of the ftWH In Pi cardy. Six Herman tanks appeared In fruiit of tile Brttlih line shortly before BOM mid started to roll up the Hanks of the Itrltlsh infantry positions. A cull for help was sent to the nearest British tank camp and a BgajadToa, including both "male" nnd "female" tanks short' ly appeared on the s, cue. A roiigh-and-tnmbie combat ensued. The British female tanks, which ap peared first, were outfought, but the arrival of the heavier male tanks com pletely changed the situation and the Germans lied after receiving a had beating. Meanwhile the British had brought up seven of the new fast cruiser type, called "Whippet tanks." which de bouched and attached the enemy's in fantry pool Hons on a ridge, rolling up the German line from the north. It developed that this ridge was held by a line of tm. chine gun posts, while be yond the crest a large Herman force was massing in the open for an at tack. The Whippet! ran fi I shell hole to shell hole, Inflicting terrible casualties and Completely disorganiz ing the enemy's preparations for at tack. These seven tanks, each with n full crew of tweiny Ben, Intllclcd more than four hundred casualties on the enemy in this engagement, while the casual ties on bonfd the tanks were only live men. The tanks left their base shortly before noon and were hack at their base again by Ihree o'clock lu the afternoon. BROTHERS REUNITED AFTER MANY YEARS The war has brought together lu New York city two French brothers who had not seen each other for ten years. One Is Itene Humbert, a mem ber of Pershing's army In France, now home on furlough, and the other is Marcel Humbert, a member of the division of the famous French Alpine chasseurs, now visiting the United States. Both Itene and Marcel Hum bert were han in France. Ten years ao)i the Humbert family emigrated to America, Marcel remaining behind. He Joined the famous "Blue Hevils" at the outbreak of the war ami has been in many battles. Meanwhile Bene joined the regular American urmy and went to France with Pershing's tlrst troops, rot arising two weeks ago with a detachment of Americans who were sent to the Hutted States to aid tta Liberty Loan drive and also to boost army recruiting. Tta two brothers were attcndliiK un outdoor meeting In New York city a few days ago when they raOOflnhsOd each other, und the reunion begun right then nnd there. River "Soaked" With Liquor. The Leavenworth police emptied more tlui.i live hundred quarts of beer and whisky into the Missouri river In I one day. The bottles were broken on the bridge railing before the liquor , was consigned to the muddy waters. The liquor was seized in raids and from bootleggers bringing it Into the state from Missouri ami was used as "wet" evidence In trials In court. Invents Flying Torpedo. Thomas O. Aultmun, u mechanical genius of Fairmont, W. Va., hus per fected a flying torpedo wilch may he the auswer to the German 75-mlle gun. Thy torpedo, the lnveutor claims, can be sjent any distance and dropped at any Ueslred point. It Is controlled by wireless. The torpedo Is propelled by it small gasollue engine and has a lift ing canuclty of 1,200 pouuda. HIDES IN SHELL HOLE 7 WEEKS British Soldier Survives Most Thrilling War Experience. IS DECGRATED FOR VALOR Subsists on Tins of Bully Beef Collect ed at Night From Dead Bodies Feigns Death to Avoid Capture When Huns Visit Shell Hole and Finally Succeeds in Crawling Back to His Own Lines. If yon have I n thinking that "dis tinguished service" on the haltletleld means one grand dash and then a unlet room, an attentive nurse and pleasant recuperation, consider the case of Pri vate j. Taylor, whose valor is briefly recited In a late loOM of the official supplement to the London GaaottO, This official list of soldiers cited for decorations always carries a short de scription of the act of valor for Which the citation Is made. These two paragraphs accompany announcement of tta award of the dis tinguished conduct medal to Private Taylor. "Having been cut off with his com Onny, he received ll bullet in the thigh. Causing a compound fracture. To avoid capture be crawled Into a shell hole, where he remained for a period of over seven weeks, during the whole of which lime the .surrounding district was subjected to a severe bom bardment hy our artillery. He subsist ed on tins of bull I eef collected at night from di ad bodies, and water Which he obtained in a waterproof cap. "After some Weeks three of tin- en Ony visited his shell hole, but by feign ing death he avoided capture and even tually succeeded in crawling back to our lines a distance of some 1HHI yards." in a taapHal near London. 'where he is recuperating. Taylor diffidently am plified tie- story of his terrible experi ences. Robbed Dead for Fcod. "It was daring one of our attaek llpon the Hndanhnrg line." he said. "We had gone over the top. two com panies of us. Vi e were inel by a ter rific enemy tire and the follows weri dropping like ninepins. I wits knocked out. It must have been a couple ol lays before I recovered eousc! nsi, . I found myself In a shell hole with another man who was wounded hut could move freely, inning the djnyi und part of the nights the bombard ment kept up. Shells fell all around hut none happened to ilmp hi out stall hole. Al night Peters crept out and foraged among the dead for scraps of I f. line rations and their watei bottles, rained, caps. That over fln After two or Ihree days il We collected water in OU sort of existence lasted fot weeks. I was getting weakei and weaker. One night Peters craw lei! out and did not come hack. That left me without aid. Plays 'Possum; Fools Huns. "Next day a party of Germans cane Into my Shell hole. Hue lifted in.v leg luckily not the broken one or I'c have yelled but they thought I wa dead. I was covered with mud ami looked like the other bodies coverlllt the ground. During Ihe next fortnight I managed to live on the reserve heel Peters had collected. Then, feeMai that mulling worse could happen, I reoolved to try to get into our lines It was an Inky night. First I CTawlad by mistake right into a Herman line They didn't bear inc. so I turned bad and inched along for an hour. The.; I got into some barbed wire. I win u mass of rata, blood and rags hefnri I got through. Just then a VoTO) light shot up. I saw a man peering over a trench. He was ahotit to shoot when I shouted. Three of them eamt out and dragged me Into our own trenches. Before the war Taylor was a factory hand. He Is recovering rapidly uml looking forward to his return to the trenches. Remove Teutonic Eagles. Because they too nearly resemble the Oerman eagle sometimes used as a Teutonic military emblematic Hp ure, four eagle ornaments ut the foot of two grand s.nlrwas in the State Capitol at Salt Lake City have been removed. As soon as his attention was called to the resemblance of the ornaments to the emblem of Prussiaulsm, Gov ernor Bamberger ordered their remov al ...id their substitution with figures of reul American eagles. Indian Coat Valuable. A curio dealer at Steuhenvllle, O., hus a coat covered with .'i.iKHI elk teeth which he values at SliliHkl. Th,. coat was made gf an Indian in Mnnltohn, Canada, and Is sinew sewed. I. weighs 28 pounds. The owner of the coat Is a member of the Order of Klks and wears the coat at all conventions. With the coat the owner wears un or dinary necklace .nude of (he largest of the elk hngh In his collection. Italians Show Patriotism. To show their patriotism, Italian grocers at Wheeling, Va., an nounced that they will mil handle wheat flour, selling wheat substitutes Instead. This action meets with espe cial approval alnce Italians lu their native land know nothing ot wheat flour substltutea. PLAN TO GET RID OF GRASSHOPPERS Poisoned Bait Distributed Over Infested Fields Proves Ef fective Remedy. SIRUP OR MOLASSES IS USEO Coarse-Flaked Bran Is Most Desirable,' Although Ordinary Middlings or Alfalfa Meal May Be Substitut ed Sow Broadcast. (Prppnrcrt by th" tatted gtatet rnirt ment of Agriculture.) Poisoned liait has pTOTOd to be a slmpl". reliable and dcip method of destroying groqghuppern. It is mad' up as follows: Wheat bran, tweuty tive pounds; paris green or tfwda ar senic, one ponndj lemons or ornogeo, six finely chopped fruits; low grade molasses, such ns refuse fn;n sugar factories, or cattle n olasses, known us "black strap," two quarto water, two to four gallons. Tta bran and poison are thoroughly mixed while dry, th; chopped fruits are then added, ami lastly the molasses and water are poured over the hull and the whole thoroughly kneaded. A coarse flaked bran Is most desirable, although where this cannot he obtained easily ordinary middlings or alfalfa meal may be sub stituted. Sirup or Molasses Essential. Low-grade, strong-smelling .sirup or molasses Is essential to the entire OttC1 cess of tta undertaking. Crushed ripe tomatoes, watermelons or Una may he substituted for the lemons or or anges. If necessary. Iii California and other semiarid regions water should lie added to the bait al tta rutaof four gallons to twenty-live pounds of tirnn, as in these climates the bait dries out very rapidly and tta ex.ra moisture Is necessary in order to attract the grass hoppers. I'ive to seven pounds of tin; mixture should he estimated per ncre. Ancther Gocd Eait. Another effective halt of similar character Is the modlfl d diddle mix ture. This Is prepared as fillows: Kresli luuse droppings, one-lialf bar rel ; paris green or crude arsenic, one pound; finely chopped ornngoa or lem ons, six to eight fruits; water sufficient to make u moist but not sloppy HMUsh mix thoroughly, As most poopta ah Ject to handling this mixture with the DESTROY cii GRASSHOPPERS A r7i : s, vm wiui or. POISONED BRAN BAIT grasshoppers hatch in spnny trom egs lnidhv yjjround PR.. the (Jt previous r3r fll nr late summer bare hands a pair of cheap rubber gloves or u small wooden paddle may he used for tta purpose. Poisoned baits are distributed over the Infested iields by sowing broad cast, oittaf on foot or from a light wagon or buggy. In applying the poi soned halt in orchards, avoid distrib uting It close to the trees because se vere injury to fruit trees occasionally results from heavy applications of nr henicals. Distributing Baits. The time of day chosen for distrib uting the poisoned bait is important. In SOOsiarld regions Ihe tin 1 1 should be distributed in late afternoon or early evening, Just before the grasshoppers ascend the plants on which they usual ly puss the night. Apparently they are hungry and thirsty ut this time and greedily take the bait If It he avail able. In the molster portions of the country, such ns New England and Floridu, the halt Is best applied In the early morning. GRAPE PEST IS CONTROLLED Two Thorough Applications of Ar senate of Lead Are Satisfac tory, Say Specialists. (From the United 8lu.es Department of Agriculture.) Lurge-scale spraying experiments against the grape-berry moth, in prog ress in northern Ohio vineyards In co operation with the Ohio agricultural experiment station, have confirmed curlier results obtuiued ut North Kust Pa., according to the annual report of the bureau of entomology, United Slates department of agriculture. The conclusion from the experiments la that the pest can he con. rolled by two thorough applications of arsenate of lead (preferably In bordeaux mixture) made hy the "trailer method," the first Immediately after the falling of til -blossoms and the second two weeka la ter. This la held to be uu Important improvement over schedules requiring late spraying, which usually result In dUcolored fruit at plcklug lime. SI I taunMgig l' Y t" ta