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Dr. Philip S. PhyBlck, often called
"the father of American surgery," was
one of the moat eminent physicians of
his day, ranked very high as a practical
surgeon and was exceedingly popular
as a lecturer. His father, an Eng
lishman, had charge of the estate of
the I'enn family. The son was born in
Philadelphia, July 7, 1788, was educated
for the medical profession partly In
that city and partly in Edinburg,
Scotland, where he was graduated with
high honors. On his return to the
United States he began to practice in
Philadelphia and soon won professional
honors. In 1831 Dr. Physick won a
national reputation by the successful
performance of a surgical operation on
Chief Justice Marshall, followed by a
perfect cure. He died in Philadelphia
December 16, 1837.
With the growth of anti-German
feeling in Russia early in the war there
was developed a dislike for the name
St. Petersburg, which was of German
origin and termination. The czar, In
opening the duma, said: "The German
empire and later Austria-Hungary
have declared war on Russia. The tro
mendous outburst of patriotic senti
ment, of love and loyalty to the throne
—which, like a tempest, traversed our
entire land--—is to me as it Is to you, a
pledge. I hope that the great Russia
will conduct to a happy conclusion the
war which the Lord has Bent." One of
the first things the duma did was to
change the German-sounding name St.
Petersburg to the Slavic word Petro
grad.
The different colored hat cords show
what branch of service each private
haa entered. Light blue signifies in
fantry, scarlet artillery yellow, cav
alry buff, quartermaster corps scar
let and white, engineer corps orange
and white, signal corps scarlet and
black, ordnance block and white, field
clerk maroon, medical corps black
and gold, officers silver and black, ad
Jutant general's clerk green, lnstruc
tor home guards green and white,
home guards. These cords are worn
only on service hats. Cadet aviators
wear as hat bands inch and a half
white ribbons and on coat collars In
signia representing the aviation branch
of the signal corps, propeller blades.
In England and in Canada "leften
ant" is the common pronunciation of
the word denoting army work so much
so that an American is thought to be
wrong when he is heard to eay "lieu
tenant." This may be explained by
the fact that the ancient English spell
Ing was "lieftenant." The American
pronunciation is better suited to the
true derivation. The final syllable,
tenant, is the same as the word tenant,
as, the tenant of a house. It is from
the Tatin tenero, to hold. A tenant is
one who holds possession of a house or
.land a lieutenant is one who holds a
place in lieu of another one who is to
'act In lieu of the captain when the cap
'tain cannot. I
The question of what an enlisted man
In the American army does with alL
his money has been answered at Alex
andria, La., by a disclosure of the
financial affairs of one member of a
machine gun company at Camp
Beauregard. The soldier receives $33
a month. Of this $15 is sent to his
mother. $5 is paid on a Liberty bond
and M-60 is deducted for insurance,
leaving a balance of $6.60. or approxl
mately SI cents a day. As Uncle Sam
provides him with everything he de
cree, and the SI cents is idle wealth,
he has decided to open a savings ac
count.
Canned goats' milk Is /indlng an in
creasing market all over the world,-and
la said to be a profitable Industry. In
the course of the year the goat will
produce IS times Its weight In milk,
.: while a cow will yield only three times
It* weight, but the goat Is not so rella
ble.as an all year round scource of sup
,, ply. Goats' milk Is very rich, and Is
demand as a food for Invalids and
many children, and the goat Is said
further to be free from tuberculosis.
The law of the presidential succes
sion, passed In 1866, expressly states
that In case of the death of both pres
ident and vice president the succession
shall go to the members of the cabinet,
beginning with the secretary of state,
but only "such as are eligible to the
office of president under the const!tu
tlon." If the secretary of state was
foreign born, therefore, the succession
would ptM gvsr him and go to the sec
littry ait the treasury.
The Japanese Industry of making
buttons, scarf pins, shirt studs, cuff
links and the like from sea shells
brought from1 the Indian ocean, the
Philippines and the South sea islands
has made mighty strides the last few
(rears. Millions of the shells are gath
tred from the ocean bottom by women
divers, who work without the aid of
any diving apparatus whatever.
A petition recently was filed with
the AtehiniOn (Kansas) city cleric to
change the name of Ahseiger street, in
Atehinson, to Quentin boulevard, in
honor of Quentin Roosevelt. The street
was named IS years ago in honor of
the Btaats Anselger, a Germs* news
paper published her at that time. The
petition was filed by several men who
JMTO pons fighting over seas.
evidently a great national struggle
•Mkoe for mental steadiness. For the
last two years thero,has been a de-
IS Si Si
ofover S.M0 in the'number of
taaane persona oared for in England
aai Wales, -. says Popular Science
This teat Is thought-provok
igg- "|Bonwss before the war the yearly
ata&ticsshowed constantly lacreas
vte* •naafeisref lunatloo.
Sngland
,4,4*4 ., i*turne
in Jufi
lest than
ainoe
acres.
—1 with per
KEROSENE EXPLOSION
IS FATAL TO WOMAN
Her 7-Year-01d Daughter In
.Serious Condition—The
Home Destroyed.
Rloux Falls, S. D.. Aug. 23—Mrs
Robert O. Coon, aged 30. who was
seriously burned as the result of an
explosion of kerosene oil which she
poured on a lagging kitchen fire, has
succumbed to her burns. Her 7-year
old daughter, who also was burned,
continues in a serious condition. The
home was completely destroyed. Both
were enveloped In flames when the
kerosene exploded. "v
PREPARE TO SECURE
VOTE8 OF THE SOLDIERS
Mitchell, S. D„ Aug. 23.—A stren
uous effort Is being made by Adjutant
General Morris and the county audi
tor's throughout South Dakota to se
cure before September 1 the name
and present address of every soldier
boy who is in the service. Every South
Dakota soldier of voting age is en
titled to vote and the state laws were
so amended at the special session held
in March that it is easy to exercise
their Vight of franchise. The only
thing that will prevent is the fact that
their addresses may not be known.
Every relative or friend of a soldier
boy is asked to write or 'phone his
name and present address at once to
the county auditor in which said soK
dier boy lived at the time of his going
Into the service. When the soldier
boy receives his ballot, all that is nec
essary is to go before an officer and
have him certify to the soldier boy's
signature.
CHARGES WOMAN
STOLE HER DRESS
£al,s'
S- D- AuS-
23.—Mrs. T.
J. Vail of this city, wa-s walking along
a street when she thought there was
something familiar In the gay silk
dress that Emma Fallos, who passed
her was wearing. Mrs. Vail took a
good long look and then called the po
lice and had the wearer of the dress
arrested. A charge of grand larceny
was Placed against the alleged offen
„frI. The defendant has been lodging
at the Vail home.
DAKOTA STATE NEWS.
HtlRON-Because he said that he would
burn threshing outfits In the state, Fred
Smith was arrested here by the police.
On examination it was found that Smith
is an enemy alien registered at Dayton.
His home formerly was in Frankfort
Germany. He is now being held In the
county jail her6 awaiting the arrival of
federal officials who will take charge of
the case. 'Smith's alien enemy registra
tion card showed that he had left Dayton
without the necessary permit from the
authorities.
GRINDSTONE—M. Dockendorf, who
saw much active service with the French
army In.the present war, has arrived In
6outh Dakota and will make this state
his future home. He will go to Ree
Heights in a few days, where he has ac
cepted a position. He was permanently
injured in an airplane fight and honor
ably discharged from the French army.
He originally came from Luxemborg, and
in 1915 volunteered for service in the
French army.
LEMMON—Friends and relatives here
of Elmer Priebe, a Lemmon boy who Is
serving In France and who was a member
of old Company F, state national guard,
have been advised that lie has been suc
cessful In winning a commission as sec
ond lieutenant in the regular army.
ALEXANDRIA—Mrs. W. C. McMaster,
of this city, has received from a friend
who Is serving with the American army
in France en interesting souvenir of the
world war. It Is an envelope opener, the
handle being a German rifle shell, with a
raised decorative engraving lettered with
the German legend "Gott mit us." The
souvenir was sent by Judge Frank Vhw
cent, who is serving with the expedition
ary army.
MOBRIDQE—Answering the call of the
government for competent railway em
ployes, Roderick Weir, former editor of
the Mobrldge News, has commenced work
In the roundhouse of the Milwaukee rail
way company as a boiler maker. He will
retain his Interests in the ranch, which
will be looked after by subordinates until
his return.
BIOUX FALLS-Mrs. Robert Conn, of
Sioux Falls, was perhaps fatally burned
as the result of using kerosene to hurry
up a lagging fire, and her 7-year-old
daughter was seriously burned. Both
were rushed to a hospital, where strenu
ous efforts are being made to save the
woman's life. The Conn home was
wrecked.
PIERRE—The horse market appears to
be picking up In the western part of the
state, and Indications are for heavy ship
ments of horses for the next few months.
The market has been oft for the last
year, but appears to be looking better,
and there will be a lot of stock marketed
this fall.
HITCHELL—A special city election will
be held here next Tuesday August 27.
when a proposition to Issue municipal
bonds to the amount of 9100,000 for the
purpose of enlarging and improving the
.city water plant, will be voted upon.
MITCHELL—William N. Sparrow, of
'Mount Vernon, 47 years old and the fath
er of a soldier. has enlisted In the army
at the Mitchell recruiting station, under
the new orders which permit the enlist
ment of men of his age.
LAKE ANDI8—Mrs. Mary Venter, of
this place. Is one of the tireless workers
of South Dakota for t$e Red Cross and
the soldier boys. To date she has knit
ted IB pairs of socks. II sweaters, hel
mets and seven wristlets.
DIXON—Arrangements have beenoom
pteted7for UnantaUaTplcnfe andeelebrs
Uon of the old settlers of Gregory county,
which will .be held In Dixon on Au
gust M.
Wl(*t fttSUMC POST
'"~1 Luis
I jaWs, will
postof secretarybf the trseaurffiirhlch'
portfolio he resigned last winter ac
cording to an ennouncement made her*
CROP ACREAGE IN
S. DAKOTA SHOWN
Statistics Gathered By County
Assessors Show Increase of
Over 600,000 Acres.
Pierre, S. D., Aug. 22.—Under a new
law passed by the last special session
of the legislature, county assessors
this year for the first time report to
the tax commission, the actual acre
age of every grain crop in South Da
kota. The report now complete shows
the following acreages for 1918:
Wheat, 3.316,074 acres corn, 3,127,404
oats. 2,111,761 rye. 5S5.153 barley. 1,
366.363 alfalfa, 459,876, and potatoes,
63,872.
Actual acreage comparison cannot
be made with 1917 but 1915 actual
acreage was taken in the census and
the total acreages Increase now Is
shown to be over 600,000 in these
products. Big increases are found in
rye, oats, barley, alfalfa and potatoes
with less acreage In wheat and corn.
Crop conditions in Hughes county
now are splendid. Threshing is in
progress with good yields. Cattle are
In fine condition and are being ship
ped in larger numDers this year than
other seasons. Wild fruit is about
ready In tremendous quantities
throughout the county, especially
along the Missouri river.
FLANDREAU INDIAN
8CHOOL GET8 BOOST
Flandreau, S. D., Aug. 22.—Because
of the abolishment of the government
Indian school at Carlisle, Pa., Rlggs'
Institute, a government Indian school
situated near here, is expected to be
come one of the leading Indian schools
of the country. About 40 pupils who
have been attending the Carlisle Insti
tution will at once be transferred to
Rlggs' institute. Superintendent Peirce
of the school states that a proposition
now is being considered by the Indian
department for extending the opening
of the Flandreau Indian school to Oc
tober 1 Instead of September 1, and
continuing the school session the qom
ing year to July 15, 1919. If this plan
is adopted it will be because of the
fact that pupils attending the Flan
dreau school come largely from In
dian families which are extensively en
gaged in agriculture, and because the
pupils can be better spared from the
farms during the months of June and
July than during the busy month of
September, when the crops are being
threshed and there is much other farm
work to do, including fall plowing.
NEAR BEER DEALERS
ARE BEING WATCHED
l,v ——_ ,,
State Sheriff of South Dakota
Getting Line on Offenders
Against the Law.
Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 22.—StatQ
Sheriff. Shanks while in Sioux Falls in
timated that consumers and sellers ol
"near beer" which contains more than
the permitted amount of alcohol ot
other intoxicant are due for a surprise
The state sheriff came to Sioux Falls
from Yankton, where he had seized twe
barrels of home made wine 'Which some
Mennonltes were endeavoring to tak«
out of the state with their household
(roods. The contents of the barrel*
were discovered by some boys whll
swimming near where the boat had
tied up for the night and the state
sheriff was notified. The state sheriff
declared that some of the so-called
near-beer which is being shipped intc
South Dakota is in reality beer, and
promises to become interesting for
those responsible for shipping thli
beverage Into the state.
BREAKING INTO JAIL
18 COSTLY OPERATION
Dimock, S. D„ Aug. tt.—It coat thred
young men living In Dimock ths sum
of. $100 and costs each for breaking
into Jail. The sheriff bad seized and
stored in the Dimock Jail a quantity
of a so-called temperance drink, whlcn
was seised because it contained more
than the permitted amount of alcohol
The three young men became aware
of,the storage place of the beverage
and broke into the jail and secured
quantities of it. They entered plea*
of guilty when taken into court.
80CIETY OF AMERICAN
INDIAN8 TO MEET
Pierre, S. D„ Aug. 22.—The annua?
conference of the Society of American
Indians .will occur in Pierre September
25, 26 and 27. This society is a national
organization of persons of Indian blood
who have acquired more or less dis
tinction, Its membership Includes men
.of all of the tribes from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and its annual gather
ings are affairs of some magnitude and
bring together many men of ability
and reputation.'*
WANTS HARVEST HANDS
IN DE 8MET COUNTRY
Mitchell, 8. D., Aug. 22.—Richard
Llewellyn, county agent of Kingsbury
county, is in Mitchell endeavoring to
secure 200 harvest hands for work
near De Smet. The local situation, is
well in hand, but calls continue to
come in from other counties and there
is no surplus of labor in Davison coun
ty. There is need of 20 laborers at
woonsocket. according to a message
from that place.
SMALL ORAIN CROPS
NEAR KIMBALL POOP
Kimball.
S.
#nrbring
D., Aug. 22.—Farmers are
Very busy with their threshing. Barley
to running from 40 to 45 bwhels to the
•®ro- Oats all the way from 40 to 70
bushels and so far on wheat from 40:
bushels.Fla* Is a wonderful crop'
tj*ta year. One farmer living north
WMtoCJwre hM a fleld of 60 aeree that'
him in around $4.000.:&ocal
IMM the past week has retarded the
wruhlap business* somewhat.
OFFICIAL LIST OF
STATE CANDIDATES
South Dakotans Whose Names
Have Been Properly Certi
1 fted at State Capital.
Pierre. S. D., Aug. 1".—Following Is
a complete list of candidates for state
and Judicial office at the November
election:
United States Senator Thomas
Sterling, Vermilion, republican Or
vMle V. Rinehart, Rapid City, demo
crat John C. Knapp, Slsseton, social
ist W. T. Raffety, Watertown, in
dependent.
Representatives in Congress.
First District—C. A. Christoptierson,
Sioux Falls, republican Robert E.
Dowdell, Artesian, democrat O. F.
Carlson, Lesterville, socialist J. D.
Wlpf, Freeman, independent.
Second District—Royal C. Johnson,
Abdrideeli, republican James W. Mc
Carter, Bowdle, democrat E. Francis
Atqrood, Slsseton, socialist.
Third District—Harry P. Atwater,
Sturglq, republican Harry L. Gandy,
Waata, democrat J. E. Basford,
PtiiHp, socialist Tom Ayres, Zeona,
independent.
Governor—Peter Nocbeck, Redfield,
republican James E. Bird, Water
town, democrat Orville S. Anderson,
MlleeVtlle, socialist Mark P. Bates,
Letchec independent Knute Lewis,
Lake Preston, independent.
Lieutenant Governor—W. H. Mc
Master, Yankton, republican C. C.
Sideritfs, Lemmon, democrat Fred S.
McDonald, Lake City, socialist Abra
ham Lincoln Putnam, Timber Lake,
Independent.
Secretary of State Charles A.
Burkhart, Dixon, republican Daniel
Healey, Miller, democrat Joseph A.
Hofer, Freeman, socialist Gilbert
Gronseth, Brltfon^s independent.
Attorney General—Byron S. Payne,
Pierre, republican Joseph J. Conry,
Aberdeen, democrat Setb Teasdale,
Aberdeen, Independent.
State Auditor—Jay E. Reeves, Gro
tou. republican: Frank J. Murphy,
Sturgis, democrat C. D. Hinds, Vernal,
socialist Henry B. Anderson, Mitchell,
.independent.
State Treasurer—G. H. Helgerson,
Mt. Vernon, republican Robert Peter
son, Centerville, democrat W. T.
Shaw, Vale, socialist Charles E.
Ware, Aberdeen, independent.
Commissioner of School and Public
Lands—N. E. Knight, Thomas, repub
lican W. C. Hicks, Java, democrat
Peter Frederickson, Howard, inde
pendent.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion—Fred L. Shaw, Huron, republi
can T. J. Markey, Edgemont. demo
crat Olive Knowles, Deadwood, so
cialtetr Ralph E. Nichol, Aberdeen, in
dependent.
Railroad Commissioner—John J.
Murphy, Parker, republican J. A.
Churchill, Hurley, democrat Oscar
Larson, Valley Springs, independent.
Judiciary.
First Supreme Court District— Sam
uel C, Polley, Dead wood, non-party.
Second Supreme Court District—
John Howard Gates, Sioux Falls, non
party.
Third Supreme Court District
Charles S. Whiting, De Smet, non
par^
Circuit Court.
First Judicial District—Robert B.
Tripp, Yankton, non-party.
Second Judicial Circuit—L. L.
Fleeger, Parker, Turner county, non
party Joe Kirby, Sioux Falls,, Minne
haha, non-party John T. Medln, Sioux
Falls, Minnehaha, non-party.
Third Judicial District—W. N. Bin
ner, Wittertown, non-party.
Fourth J%liclal District—Frank B.
Smith, Mitchell, non-party.
Fifth Judicial District—J. O. An
drews, Slsgeton, non-party Thomas L.
Bouck, Milbank, non-party.
Sixth Judicial Circuit John F.
Hughes, Fort Pierre, non-party John
H. McCord, Pierre, non-party.
Seventh Judicial Circuit—Walter G.
Miser, Rapid City, non-party.
Eighth Judicial Circuit—James Mc
Nenny, Deadwood, non-party John R.
Russell, Deadwood, non-party.
Ninth Judicial Circuit—Alva E. Tay
lor, Huron, non-party.
Tenth Judicial Circuit—J. H. Bot
tum, Faulkton, non-party.
Eleventh Judicial Circuit—William
Williamson, Oacomm non-party.
Twelfth Judicial Circuit—Raymond
L. DUlman, Umber Lake, non-party.
NO-MODIFICATION OF
LANGUAGE .RESTRICTION
Hjiroiv S. D, Aug. 17—The executivd
committee of the state council of dei
fenfe had decided to make no modifica
tion of the council orders No. 4 and Not
1$, both restricting the use of the Ger
map language In South Dakota. That
PM* of order No. 4 regarding the is
suance of pecmlte for using the Ger
man language under certain condition*
for holding religious services has been
considered by the executive committee
and it has been decided that where
every part of the church services, in
cluding the sermon, ritual, prayers,
songs, scripture readings and response!
is carried out in the English language)
the, minister may be permitted to glv4
a UHninute resume of his sermon 1st
the Herman- language for the benefit
of the old people who are unable to
fully understand the English language!
The permission for such, however,
will be granted only after the loyalty
ot the minister has been attested"to
by the authorities of the community
in. which he preaches and by the execu
tive committee of the county council
In the county in which bis church is
located.
INVESTIGATE CHARGES
IN WIGHT SESSION
Aberdeen. & D„ Aug. 17.—A mid
night court was held at the offices of
United States Commissioner Wallace
the piirpose of arraigning Ed
bevtsow, of Orient, on the charge of
having uttered "seditious statements
Inciting the public against the govern
ment of the United States, and fav
oring a country with which the said
government is now at war." The re
matfcv area aid to have been utteivd
on July IS, and there are a number
Sf Hli trial will be held
the November term of flsdira!
grt He was placed under I1MM
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BOATS BEING BDILT
BY FORD DESCRIBED
New Type of Craft Expected to
Be of Great Service Put
in
Detroit.—With the launching of Eagle
I, the first of the fleet of submarine
destroyers being built by Henry Ford
for the United States navy, detailed in
formation concerning the construction,
purposes and possibilities of this new
est naval weapon became public for
the first time. The general belief that
the boats were little more than exag-.
gerated launches, equipped with light
guns, was dispelled when the ves
sel, 204 feet long, larger than the olds'
type of United States destroyers, was,
dropped into the waters of River Rouge
by a {Treat mechanism operated by
hydraulic pressure. Tabulated by
dates the story of the Eagle is this:
December 22, 1017—Henry Ford Of
fered to build boats for the navy.
December 27—Discussed plans with
Washington officials.
January 15, 1918.—Navy department
awarded Ford company contract for
Eagles.
January 18—Work on design of
Eagles completed.
January 26.—First piece for boat was
completed.
February 7.—Keel for first Eagle was
laid. ?,
February 20.—Construction of the
shipbuilding plant began.
March 1.—Hull of the first Eagle was
completed.
May 10.—Work on the construction
of Eagles was begun in shipbuilding
plant.
June 15.—Several boats were as
sembled.
July 11.—First completed boat
launched.
The Eagles are within HO foet of ap
proximating the length of the standard
3.500 ton wooden ships being built for
the emergency fleet corporation.
'i ''-nTri -hove. dpck. the Eagle
is much more like a flounder than a.
midship cross-section',
bear.--, strong likeness to the lines of.
a canal barge. Its stern is square
and blunt. The remainder of the
ship is built generally in straight
lines and plane surfaces. The bow.
however, tapers to a knife-like edge,
emingly sharp enough and strong
enpugh literally to cut a submarine in:
two.
Except for the high deck house and
the bridge a little 'forward amidships,
the deck of the Eagle is unbroken.
Utility has been the ruling considera
tion, with low cost production second
in importance, and with beauty and
comfort only incidentals.
The Eagles are built to pass easily"
through the Welland canal and the
boats' draught and beam are also small
enough to permit the boats' passing
through the New York state barge
canal. The boats will have a draw of
eight feet when fully equipped and,
ready for sea. A steam turbine, geared-.
to the propeller shaft on which is
mounted a single three-blade screw of
rather deep pitch, furnishes the motive
power. Crude oil will be used as fuel.
The tank capacity Is easily sufficient
for a steaming radius equal to the dis
tance across the Atlantic.
There is not a forging or rolled beam
in the entire ship. Everything Is
iir'swl from sheet metal, cold, by
means of automatic machinery that
cuts every piece to an exact pattern,
then bunches the rivet holes and bends
every part to Its required shape.
After the launching of the first Eagle
Mr. Ford said: "I am, of course, de
lighted at this Initial success, but I
knew it would be all right. When you
have a task like this, entrusted to men
knew their business, it can't go
wroi:?. I left them alone—but watched
all of the time.
"There's no use making unnecessary
ft'ss over a little launching. We've
get a lot more back in the shops nearly
rcudy to follow Eagle I."
Mineralized Battlefields.
From the Minneapolis Journal.
France should have a new industry
after this war, especially if the expendi
ture of shells continues another year or
two. Each side, it Is said, has used since
March 21, over 3,000,000 tons of steel in
various sorts of shells. The .aggregate of
steel buried in the battle zone almost
might make that strip a Mesaba mine.'
And the metal to be reclaimed would not
be raw ore, or even pig iron, but finished
steel.
France, of course, for 100 years to come
will be entertaining tourists of all na
tions curious to behold the historic scenes
of the greatest of military struggles. Inns,
transportation, guidance, will afford the
French an Income from all the earth,
which will flock to see Uhelms, Noyon,
Verdun, Solssons, Bapaume, Vlmy ridge,
the Chemin Des Dames, and the
connecting line. Americans will
WIwholetoMI
see the fields where our soldiers dis
tinguished themselves and to lay wreaths
upon the graves of our heroes who died
for France, for civilisation, for democracy
and for the Stars and Stripes.
But the battle rone, if lost for decades
to agriculture, ought to prove valuable
as a mine and a storehouse. Literally the
major portion of the steel produced by
fou» Industrial nations will have been
sown in that sone for a term of years.
Th« dead weight of the stuff is simply
stupendous, enough, in fact, to mineralise
every acre that has been fought over.
Drenched In steel those square miles of
battlefield have been, until the reclama
•tton of the metal should amount to mil
lions of dollars in worth. The Germans
whtr have exploited the captured mines of
Brley are transferring the product in a
refined shape to the Picardese country
side. Rfceims, perhaps, can be rebuilt
from the price of the metals shot Into her.
Munitions From Sea Weed.
From the Little Journal.
The Hercules Powder company obtained
a great contract for explosives provided
they bought no acetone, which Is scarce
and needed for munitions. Under Intense
research they found they could make it
by fermenting kelp. Now they have their
H.MO.OOO plant In full operation. Besides
acetone, the kelp yields potassium chlor
ide and new solvents greatly needed In in
dustry.
Congressional Latin.
From the Kansas City Journal. •.:?
'Is Latin hard to learn?"