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Letters should be addressed to Dr. Andrew I£. Soule, president State Agri
cultural College. Athens. Ga.
Do Mot Nefbct the Garden
The first flush of spring growth has I
passed, and the long heated period of
the summer is upon us. The tendency
under suqji conditions is to neglect the
• garden and to overlook its possibilities
as a source of food during the balance
of the season and particularly through
out the autumn. It *s. of course, more
difficult to grow crops successfully in
warm weather when the land is likely to
be dry than in the spring or autumn.
There is so much at stake, however, in
the matter of food production at this
time that special effort should be put
forth to make the garden do its full
duty In many places can be used
to advantage. Some are so situated that
they might spray small areas by the
overhead method or irrigtate the land
with the hose after laying it off in open
furrows. The cost of the water used
will be trifling compared to the food re
turned which it is possible to obtain
through irrigation. The irrigating
should be done in the evening or at
night. In the morning fresh earth
should be worked over the furrow in
which the water has been run to pre
vent the baking and crusting of the land ,
and also to conserve the moisture as I
well. The frequent cultivation of the
soil at this season of the year is a mat
ter of the utmost importance. The gar
den should be worked over at least once
a week, and oftener if the water is un
usually hot and there are frequent
showers. There is nothing so impor
tant as to keep a dust mulch working
effectively at all times for the conser- |
vation of moisture. Those of us who ■
live in humid climates overlooW and
forget frequently that the most forbid- |
ding dessert on the American continent j
can be made to blossom like the rose if
water is applied consistently to the land.
A word now as to the use of fertilis- |
ers. At this season of the year there
are certain garden crops which will be
benefited by side applications of ferti
liser. For this purpose nitrate of soda
is the best. In its absence, however. I
would not hesitate to use blood, tankage ■
or cottonseed meal. Rather shallow
rooted, rapid-feeding crops like most of
those grown in our gardens are bene
fited by the use of quickly available car
riers of nitrogen, apd all of the mate
rials mentioned will become available
with sufficient rapidity to meet the re
quirements of such crops. It is good
practice, for instance, to put on several ,
light applications of nitrogen for cu- i
egg plants, sweet peppers and j
tomatoes. Sweet corn is also helped by '
such applications. As a rule, the nitro- j
gen should seldom be applied to these I
crops at the rate of more than twenty
five pounds per acre at one time, but
should be put on once every two weeks
scattering it alongside the drill row but (
not in contact with the plans and cov
ering very lightly in the soil in all ■
cases except where nitrate of soda is
used, and this should be applied strictly
as a top dressing
this* season of the year certain
crops should either be planted or pre
parations made to that end. This Is
the time to get the land ready and plant .
second crop Irish potatoes, corn, beans. |
onions, carrots, cowpeas, soy beans,
peanuts. dullards. cabbage. turnips,
beets and tomatoes. To this endnthe
land intended for these crops should be
prepared and cultivated with the highest
degree of skill possible What is needed
is to obtain a proper degree of fineness
and friability together with sufficient
content of water to insure quick and
rapid germination: If a stand can be
obtained most of these crops will do
fairly well with only a limited amount
of water. They, may not make a very
rapid growth during the extremely hot
weather of July and August, but they
will at least become well established in
the soil ready to give a good account
of themselves as scon as a little moist
ure falls and the nights become slightly
cool as they frequently do in August
and almost certain to do in early Sep
tember. V
Where the garden is of any consider
able size. it onay be plowed, cultivated
and harrowed. In case of small lots
spading will probably be about the only
effective method to pursue. Even if
the planting of these crops is to be de
layed for as much as thirty days, it
is good practice to break up the soil
as soo;. as possible, and then harrow
and work over the surface frequently
to hold such moisture as is already in
the soil or which may be made to ac
cumulate therein to a considerable ex
tent through the preservation of a dust
mulch.
The fertiliser to be used is best ap
plied under the drill row at the time
all of these crops are planted. Any |
formula mav be used can be ob
tained Our experience and observation
leads to the conclusion that probably
a mixture of cotton seed meal and acid
phosphate' is as satisfactory as any
thing. Indi vidua is will be more likely
to secure this fbixture than almost any
thing else under the existing conditions,
and will probably be as reasonable as
to cost, and from long experience we
know as satisfactory as many other
formulas which could be obtained with
ease in less strenuous times. Os course,
the writer is not wedded to this mix
ture. It will be equally satisfactory to
use blood, tankage, nitrate of soda, sul-
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better known carriers of nitrogen along
with acid phosphate. When carriers of
nitrogen containing a higher per cent
of this element than cotton seed meal
are applied, a less amount will naturally
be needed.
Garden crops should be fertilized at
the rate of 50U. pounds per acre. This
we regard as the minimum application.
The importance of having the land
thoroughly prepared and ready for plant
ing lies in the fact that the season in
which the satisfactory germination of
garden crops can be obtained comes al
most invariably at some time between
June and September. If one has to wait
to prepare the land until this season
arrives, it is often difficult to get the
planting done at the proper time, hence
the importance of being prepared for
the opportunity when it arrives.
As for potatoes, they should be plant
ed in three-foot rows in deep furrows.
l*ut the fertilizer under the drill row
and plant whole potatoes from the first
crop, if you have to buy seed, plant
the Red Bliss, Lookout Mountain or
Green Mountain. Cover deeply and
mulch if possible. Tomatoes should be
planted in three-foot rows and about
two Vo three feet apart in the drill. They
may be trellised or allowed to spread
out on the ground. If some straw is
available and could be put around the
nills, it would not only help to mulch
them but will prevent the fruit from
coming directly in contact with the
ground. The dwarf varieties afe the
best to plant at this season of the year.
Cabbage and collard plants should be
started now with the idea of setting
them out about the first to the fifteenth
of August. They may be set on rich
land in drills 15 to 20 inches apart and
IS inches apart in the row’s Onio.*
carrots, beets and turnips may be sown
in drills 15 inches apart. If there is
an abundance of ground available,
they may be put in wider rows, say 24
inches. Successive plantings of turnips
should be made so they may be used
for greens and also for the develop
ment of the roots to be used as a vege
table during the winter months.
Most of the crops mentioned are
hardy and will stand a great deal of
severe weather. A number of them
will stand out all winter. Os course,
with an unusually severe spell of weath
er as happened last winter some of them
may be destroyed, but it is not often
that such weather occurs, and there is
so much at stake in the matter of food
production that it is worth while tak-,
ing a chance. A comparatively small
garden may be made to provide practi
cally all the perishables needed by
southern people. Under war emergency
conditions, it represents one of the most
highly important contributions the aver
age householder can make to the cause
Vegetables enable us to save meat, and
fats and sugar as well. They provide
us with mineral salts, of which the
hurrlan being needs very considerable
amounts. The surplus vegetables pro
duced can either be dried or canned
without very much trouble and without
the Use of sugar and so made available
throughout the winter season. Do not
neglect your garden, therefore, under the
impression that the growing season has
passed and that there is little you can
do from now on until the late autumn
when seasonal conditions as the average
individual imagines become more favor
able.
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These Hogs Meed a More Varied Hatton
8. C. 8.. Castleberry. Ala., writes: I
would like to know what is the trouble
with my hogs. They take the thumps and
get weak and thin, but eat heartily. They
lie around and pant as if they had been
running. I lost two brood sows last sum
mer with the same trouble. I am feeding
ear corn now; last year I fed velret beans.
. The trouble you describe as affecting
your hogs is commonly met with. The
name, no doubt, originates from the pe
culiar spasmodic contraction which takes
place when this trouble develops. As a
rule, thumps result from some disturb
ance of the digestice tract. This disease is
likely to’occur when pigs are fed on
one kind of food. You, of course, are
following this practice when feeding
ear corn for a long period of time. As
a result, your hogs are not receiving the
variety of food nutrients the system re
quires and which must be provided in
order to insure rapid and uniform
growth and development and prevent the
occurrence of troubles of this character.
Thumps may also be caused by lack of
exercise, constipation. irregular feed
ing. overfeeding or the use of an im
properly balanced ration. In treating
this disease the first thing is to rem
edy the cause. You should provide a
good range for your hogs, vary the ra
tion materially and afford them an op
portunity to obtain green feed and
plenty of mineral matter as well.
Empty the stomach and bowels through
the agency of a good purgative. Then
feed sparingly on laxative, nutritious
food. To accomplish the end in view,
two teaspoonfuls to two tablespoonfuls
of Epsom salts or Glauber salts, de
pending on size of hogs. wi|l be found
satisfactory. When vidlent spasmodic
contraction of the diaphragm occurs,
from one to four drops of laudanum
with one or two teaspoonfuls of aro
matic spirits of ammonia in one-half
cup of hot water will in most cases
arrest the contraction of the muscles.
* * *
Handling Carefully Matured Corn
E. I>. H.. Mansfield. Ga.. write*: I have
a small patch of corn now in the roasting
ear *t».ge. an«t wish to cut thia corn <inwn.
allowing it to enrr in the ahock. and uae
this ground for another crop. Please advise
i at what stage I n>ay safely do this, that is,
when the cut corn will properly cure with
«Mit rotting, to be used fur chicken feed
later.
One situated as you are had best pro
ceed as follows: On the morning of some
I clear, bright day cut down your corn,
using any convenient implement for the
purpose. If the area is not large you
may cut with a sickle. If it Is of a good
size you might cut with the mowing
machine. We would not attempt to bind
’his corn up at the stage of develop
ment in which you describe it to be at
this time. We would allow it to lie
on the ground in the run all day and
:*ossibly the next day: long enough. In
tact, to quite thoroughly dry it out;
but not sufficiently long to cause the
j leaves to be so dry that they will crum
ble as soon as an attempt is made to
gather up the fodder. After it has been
handled in this manner, we think you
can bind together in sheaves and shock
: it up as is ordinarily done with this
i crop by many farmers in the fall of
I the year. You will find that corn cut at
I the stage you indicate contains more
nutriment in the leaves and stalk rela
tively than in the grain and ear. It
makes a very excellent type of food for
various classes of stock. It is particu
larly valuable for dairy cows and beef
cattle. When properly cured and stored
it may be run through a cutting box.
moistened with water containing a little
salt and fed during the winter months
with great satisfaction. It should, of
course, be fed along with a proper ra
tion of concentrates. What I have said
above, of course, applies to the preserva-
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, JULY 19, 1918.
POINCARE Plliffi MS
IN MESSAGE TO WILSON
President of France Says that;
Americans Are Proving
Military Quality
WASHINGTON July 17. —American
troops "are already giving on the bat- I
tlefleld striking evidences of their mili
tary quality,” President Ponicare today I
cabled President Wilson in answer to
the latter’s Bastile day greeting to :
France.
The message follows:
"The French national holiday follow- !
ing the American Independence day has I
afforded th • two people another occa- ,
ston to bind their sentiments and hopes. ,
The message you were pleased to send 1
to me in honor of the Fourteenth of
July has reached the heart of France.
Once more Paris has acclaimed General
Pershing’s magnificent troops which are
already giving on the battlefields such
striking evidences of their grand mill- I
tary quality.
“The great memories that united' our I
two countries are drawing from the war j
we are waging together a strength and
vividness that nothing can impair. Right
and liberty have obliterated space and
the ocean to bring even nearer together
our two beloved nations in the splendor
of the same ideal.”
Secretary of War Baker today charac- I
terized the situation on the Marne as
"very satisfactory,” and declared that
American troops had shown "unspeak
able gallantry in their first great bat
tle." The German blow was struck
where allied military men had expected.
Secretary Baker said. Both sides are
using huge naval guns mounted on
railroad trucks, he said. This is the
first indication that large American na
val guns have been put into action be
hind American fighting men.
President Agrees to
Enlistment of His
Personal Stenographer
WASHINGTON. July 17.—President
Wilson has agreed to the enlistment of
his personal stenographer, Charles
Sweni, and the young man will join the
army aviation service August 1, Sweni,
who has reported the president’s
speeches and written his letters for more
than five years, has been eager to get
into the service ever since the war
started, but until now the president
would not approve. Secretary Tumul
ty's stenographer, Warren Johnson, also
is about to join the army with his chief’s
consent.
Miss Juliett Hunt to Be
• Vets’ Maid of Honor
TULSA, Okla., July 17.—Miss Juliett ,
Hunt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan i
Hunt, of this city, today received the
appointment of maid of honor in chief
for the entire south for the Confeder- !
ate veterans' reunion to be held here in
September. The three’members of ner ■
staff have not yet been named.
This is the first time in history that
the maid of honor in chief has been ap
pointed from the entertaining city.
Tells of Being Gassed
DALTON. Ga.. July 17. —Edward Teas
ley, a Dalton boy with the American
army in France, has written home from
a Red Cross hospital telling of his ex- I
perlence with Hun gas. After being
gassed he was in the hospital for sev
eral weeks, but is now able to be back
on the firing line.
tion of fodder. You could, of course,
snap the ears off the corn and grind and
uSe in combination with other foods
as chicken feed. This would lessen Its
value for the purposes Intended. We
are disposed to think ft would be bet
ter to handle and f the crop as sug
gested rather than to attempt to use 1
the grain from it as chicken feed. There'
are other foods and combinations of
materials that you could use more eco
nomically for chickens than the crop in
question.
* * *
Thia Cow Evidences Symptoms of Milk
Fever
J. N. N.. Evergreen. Ala., writes: I have
a cow that brought a calf a month ago. As
far as I know she did all right until the
calf was nine days old and then she com
menced to having fits. She would begin
trembling and turning around until she
would fall to the ground and would lie there
for half an hour and then in two or three
hours the same thing would occurr again,
and now she is almost blind. Would like
to know what caused the trouble and what
to do for ft.
It is difficult to determine from the
symptoms contained in your letter just
the trouble from which your cow is suf
fering. but we imagine that it was due
to an attack of what Is known as milk
fever. This is a disease not uncommon
ly associated with reproduction. It is
rather remarkable that your cow made
a recovery at all. as this disease is quite
generally fatal unless promptly and ef
fectively treated. The best remedy when
such cases occur is to pump filtered air
into the uddor. Tn one or two hours
after such injection the cow frequently
gets up. A bicycle pump may be used
for this purpose, but it should contain
a plug of cotton through which to filter
the air. To the end of such an instru
ment should be attached a short piece of
rubber tubing and a glass tip. It Is very
important that the udder be thoroughly
distended. In such cases It Is very good
practice to give a purgative, say a
pound and a half of Epsom salts in
warm water. There is little you can do
for your cow except to give her an
abundance of la.xat.ive and easily di
gested food. She should be turned in a
good paseture and fed chiefly on bran,
rather than cottonseed niyal and other
I concentrates for some time. The
! chances are that In the course of time
her general health will improve and she
I may never have another attack of this
| trouble.
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The Best Type of Cans For Home Use
8. A. L., Fort Pierce. Ixt.. writes: I
would like to know if the compressed cover
syrup cans would !»■ suitable for canning
such fruit as grapes, and if so. would it be
necessary to apply some kind of preparation
to the inside?
It does not seem it would be practi
cal to use cans of the character mention
ed in the manner you have Indicated. It
seems to me that it would be infinitely
more desirable to purchase new cans
for this purpose, and that this would be
the wise and safe policy to pursue tn
any event. With new cans there ’.s no
danger of infection, as they should come
to you practically sterile. If not, you
can boil and handle them so as to render
them absolutely clean and sanitary. As
a matter of fact you can handle new
cans with expedition, whereas cans of
the character mentioned. It seems to me,
could only be utilized with a good deal
of trouble. Then. If the fruit put up In
such cans were to spoil. It would more
than offset the cost of purchasing new
cans.
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The Mission of the Church. Today
There is manifest decadence in the
! desire of the masses to listen to preach
' ing. It has to be a well-advertised min
| ister. and a popular one, to draw a
I crowd. Since automobiles have become
Iso common, Sunday is the day of all
days to take long drives in motor cars,
ilt is presumable that a good many
j church members have no other day to
I make such trips, and they generally go
with those who are at leasure. The
church attendance has been dwindling
for a considerable time* and the craze
I for automobiling has decreased it. In
I this strenuous war time nobody Is sur
pri.-ed that pulpit speakers talk mostly
of war. They sing “The Star Spangled
Banner,” an innovation that is based
on war excitement. In years gone by
there would have been surprise and an
tagonism if anything but religious songs
were heard in Protestant churches. But
every Sunday’s exercises take in "Amer-
■ lea,” "Hail Columbia,” and “The Star
Spangled Banner.” Further north they
: also sing Julia Ward Howe’s “Battle
| Hymn of the Republic.” Years ago this
i battle hymn was tabooed in the Confed
erate states, but it will get here after
a while.
When we think of the millions of
men who have gone from American
homes across the seas to France, it
would seem as if the times called for
j constant gaspel When we think
of the carnage “over there,” it would
also seem as if they would crave more
than ever a powerful ministry. In the
very nature of the case such an anx
ious congregation will not accept a weak
gospel. If the pulpit holds the pew in
this day and in the critical days yet to
come, the message from the preacher in
the pulpit must come from a man, not
only of purity and prayer, but of
vigorous and life-giving thought.
If the preacher confines his sermons
to only war thoughts, then he should
follow the boys over seas, and do his
best preaching in or near the trenches.
The demand for a powerful ministry to
talk to men who are obliged to face the
enemy's guns, should have a response
, frdm the preachers “over here.” I am
I surprised that thousands do not go.
for the ministers are said to be few,
one in many thousands, for these soldier
boys do need preachers who can mighti
ly grasp gospel truths and present the
Word of Life to men, literally dying
men, and give them such gospel min
istrations as are manifestly needed every
minute in the day. These preacher
who are so anxious for the boys to go.
should certainly say, “I’ll go with you ”
Wearing Furz in Hot Summertime
1 Rev. W. F. Crafts Urges Women to
Standardize Dress During War).
HERSHEY, Pa.,' June B.—Rev. Dr.
Wilbur F. Crafts. of Washington, D. C.,
superintendent of the international re
form bureau, at the meeting of the
Church of the Brethren last night, urg
ed that the nation adopt a standardiza
tion of dress as a war measure. He
1 denounced the wearing of furs by wom
en in the summer months and the ever
changing of fashions. He would have
a standard of dress for women in busi
! ness, high school girls and other classes
■ just as policemen and soldiers.
The committee on dress reform will
i not make recommendations until next
■ week. Conference on missions and Sun
day school work will be held tomorrow.
Visitors to New York and Washing
ton will see that the fashionables,
dressed in strict costumes, are wearing
fur capes and neckpieces when the
thermometer ranges in the 70s and 80s.
I wondered how they could endure the
feel \of fur when one was obliged to
use an umbrella and sport a fan. Such
is the case, nevertheless.
About, every third woman and grown
' girl that I noticed in those two cities
was wearing a fur piece over her very
thin chiffon and georgette waists. It
looked very uncomfortable, to say the
least of it.
I was not. therefore, surprised to
find the clipping taken from a Wash
ington City paper.
Perhaps this is a proper place to say
I think there is a reform needed with
very thin waists, and nothing else on
the body of extremely fashionable
women and girls. It has been only a
few days ago that I saw a very expen
' sively dressed women wearing the very
; thinnest sort of a waist and I could
see under her arms very plainly, the
corset cover being only a sort of body
bandage a few inches wide.
The wearing of furs is not indecent.
The exposure of that woman's body
to the public was simply not decent.
As I overheard a big-mouthed mar.
say, “These women know the men like
to see these low-necked bodies.” and I
felt like blushing for my own sex. Dr.
Crafts certainly has a sure-enough text
to preach from, and T am sorry that
the need of reform on this line is so
painfully apparent.
The girl or woman who takes the risk
of wearing her clothes in such away
as to display her bust in a nude way
. need not be surprised if she is criti-'
cised.
Dogs Versus Sheep
It has been all of nineteen years ago
since T made a journey to Quitman. Ga.,
to address the State Agricultural society
on the subject of worthless dogs, and
the Impossibility of sheep culture where
dogs held the right of way.
The Agricultural society gave me a
rising vote of thanks, and passed a reso
lution to memorialize the next legisla
ture to pass a stringent dog law. look
ing toward a revival of the sheep indus
try. .
They carried out the program and the
legislature passed the dog law, allow
ing the owners to pay a small tax on
their good dogs, and giving the police
liberty to kill the worthless ones.
Alas and lackady! Before the new
, law could go Into effect, another leg
islature assembled and they repealed
I the dog law before the date set for the
dogs to be taxed.
j Now the necessity for wool Is press
. ing. The necessity for mutton as
1 healthful food is pressing, and I am
writing these few lines to invite our
! Semi-Weekly readers to discuss the
subject, and make A real effort to re
duce the worthless canines and to give
I the sheep a chance in old Georgia.
We have millions of acres of land in
' the south that sheep could find a living
upon and the droppings would fertilize
the poor soil, while the sheep would
■ keep down the weeds and wild growth
to permanent advantage, and the woo’
would be immensely profitable, not to
mention the mutton, which makes the
I finest of hot weather meat, especially
for delicate stomachs, that cannot di
gest rank bacon. How many will join
tn a crusade to get rid of chicken-eat
i Ing. egg-sucking, sheep-killing, night
prowling bad dogs, so that farmers can
: raise sheep for a profit?
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Slaughter Results in Germans
Being Thrown Back, Gen
eral Pershing Reports
WASHINGTON. July 17. —American
troops, fighting on the Marne July 15,
completely annihilated one German bat
talion, killing, wounding or capturing
every man of the force. General Persh
ing reported today.
This slaughter, accomplished when
the Americans counter attacked, result
ed in the enemy being thrown back on
the river and the counter blow was a
"complete success,” Pershing added.
In his communique of the 16th which
continued reports on the fighting of the
15th, Pershing added:
"American troops east of Rheims co
operated with the French in repulsing
the enemy attack. They maintained
their positions at all points and captur
ed a number of prisoners and machine
guns. In the Vosges the enemy at
tempted after artillery preparation, to
attack our line on a front of 1,000 yards.
The attack broke down under our artil
lery fire.”
The communique for Tuesday reports
the co-operation of American troops
with French east of Rheims in success
fully repulsing enemy attacks at all
points.
The Tuesday communique follows:
“Section A: Tn the course of yester
day’s battle American troops east of
Rheims co-operated with the French in
repulsing the enemy’s attack. They
maintained their positions at all points
and captured a number of prisoners and
machine guns. Yesterday morning in
the Vosges the enemy attempted, after
artillery preparations, to attack our
lines on a front of 1.000 yards. The at
tack broke down under our artillery fire.
"Section B: The counter attack made
by the American troops south of the
Marne on July 15, was a complete suc
cess. The enemy, who had crossed the
river near Fossoy and had forced back
a part of our line, was thrown back on
the river wtih severe losses. One bat
talion was thought to be annihilated
those wjio were not killed or wounded
being captured by our forces. French
officers commanding French troops near
this point as well as others belonging
to the higher command have expressed
great satisfaction concerning the con
duct of our forces and the result which
they achieved.
"Section C: On July 15, in the Hi) l
sentirst region of the Vosges, the enemy
attempted to attack our lines on a front
of 1,000 yards. After artillery prepara
tion. which included the use of trench
mortars, they left their lines at 7
o’clock in the morning and cornpienced
t oadvancc through their own wire. A
barrage put down promptly by our ar
tillery soon drove them back.”
Generals Pershing and
Bliss Awarded Crosses
LONDON. July 17. —General Pershing
has been awarded the grand cross of the
Order of the Bath, and General Bliss,
American represetnative at the supreme
war council, has been given the grand
cross of the Order of St. Michael and
St. George. This was officially announc
ed today.
The elevations of Generals Pershing
and Bliss to the knighthood of England
is concrete evidence of the recognition
given their services in the great war by
the British government.
The Most Honorable Order of the
Bath is one of the oldest of the
knightly organizations in Great Britain.
It was established in 1399. fell into de
cay during the reign of Charles II and
was revived by George I. It consists
of fifty-five military and twenty-seven
civil merh*bers, exclusive of the soer
eign, prinpes of the blood royal and dis
tinguished foreigners who may be nomi
nated to the honorary distinction.
The Most Distinguished Order of St.
Michael and St. George is confererde,
exclusive of honorary members, on nat
ural-born subjects of Great Britain who
may hold, or have held, high and confi
dential office within the British terri
torial possessions, and is the reward for
services in relation to the foreign af
fairs of the empire. The knights Grand
Cross are limited to 100, exclusive of
honorary members. The order was in
stituted in 1818.
Jews Executed in
Ukraine for Hiding
Grain From Germans
WASHINGTON, July I«.—A number
of Jews have been executed at Kherson,
tn the Ukraine, for hiding their grain
from the Germans, according to cir
cumstantial state department • reports
this afternoon.
Some Jewish merchants have been
hanged because they refused to reveal
names of peasants who were secreting
grain or with whom they had had deal
ings.
Other advices said it was reportea
the Finns were daily executing Red
guards, and that in the firing squads
were German soldiers.
Swedish press reports said the Rus
sian government is moving to Murtnom,
east of Moscow.
McAdoo Plans to Issue
Universal Script Book,
Similar to Mileage
SAN FRANCISCO, July 18.—William
G. McAdoo, director general of railroad.-,
will he back at his desk in Washington
August 5, he announced today.
McAdoo will travel slowly, inspect
ing railroads as he goes.
About August 1 a universal script
book containing fmm 1.000 to 5.000 miles
transportation, will be issued, he said
It will be goon on any road in the Unit
ed States to pay for any form of travel.
A plan of compensation insurance m:>;
be Instituted for the railroad emplo't*
he Indicated.
McAdoo declared that as a result <•
his conferences with rail directors hero
he believed there soon would be notice
able improvement in railroad service.
450 New American
Battle Planes Shipped
Up to July the Fifth
WASHINGTON. July 16.—Over 450
battle planes equipped with Liberty mo
tors have been shipped abroad up to
July 5, Secretary of War Baker said
today.
He also declared that 2.514 Liberty
motors had been completed up to the
same time. The airplanes shipped are
of the Haviland type, and are probably
engaged in meeting the new German
drive.
Mr. Baker did not indicate the num
ber of finished motors sent abroad.
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(Continued from Last Issue)
Stilts Would Be Easy
Another plan that seemed half way
reasonable was to build a pair of
stilts about twelve or fourteen feet
high and walk over the barriers one
by one. As a youngster I Jiad ac
quired considerable skill in stilt
walking and I have no doubt that
with the proper equipment it would
have been quite feasible to have
walked out of Belgium as easily as
possible in that way, but whether or
not I was going to have a chance to
construct the necesary stilts re
mained to be seen.
There were a good many bicycles
in use by the German soldiers in Bel
gium and it had often occurred to
me that if I coqld have stolen one,
the tires would have made excellent
gloves and insulated coverings for
my feet in case it was necessary for
me to attempt to climb over the elec
tric fence bodily. But as I had never
been able to steal a bicycle this ave
nue of escape was closed to me.
I decided to wait until I arrived
at the barrier and then make up my
mind how to proceed.
To find a decent place to sleep
that night, 1 crawled under a barbed
wire fence, thinking it led into some
field.- As 1 passed under, one of the
barbs caught in my coat and in try
ing to pull myself free I shook the
fence for several yards.
Instantly there came out of the
night the nerve-racking command,
“Halt!”
Again I feared I was done for. I
crouched close down on the ground
in the darkness, not knowing
whether to take to my legs and trust
to the Hun missing me in the dark
ness if he fired or stay where I was.
It was foggy as well as dark, and
although I knew the sentry was only
a few feet away from me, I decided
to stand, or, rather, lie pat. I think
my heart made almost as much noise
as the rattling of the wire in the
first place, and it was a tense few
moments to me.
Z heard the German say a few
words to himself, but didn’t under
stand them, of course, and then he
made a sound as if to call a dog, and
I realized that his theory of the noise
he had heard was that a dog had
made its way through the fence.
For perhaps five minutes I didn’t
stir, and then figuring that the Ger
man had probably continued on his
beat, I crept quietly under the wire
again, this time being mighty care
ful to hug the ground so close that
I wouldn’t touch the wire, and made
off in a different direction. Evident
ly the barbed wire fence had been
thrown around an ammunition depot
or something of the kind, and it was
not a field at all that 1 had tried to
get into.
I figured that other sentires were
probably in the neighborhood, and I
proceeded very gingerly.
A Belgian Lady’s ,Gift
After I had got about a mile away
from spot I came to an humble
Belgian nouse and I knocked at the
door and applied for food in my
usual way, pointing to my mouth to
indicate I was hungry and to my ears
and mouth to imply that I was deaf
and dumb. The Belgian woman who
lived in the house brought me a
piece of bread and two cold potatoes
and as I sat there eating them she
eyed me very keenly.
I haven’t the slightest doubt that
she realized I was a fugitive. She
lived so near the border that it
was for that reason I ’ appreciated
more fully the extent, of the risk she
ran, for no doubt the Germans were
constantly watching the conduct of
these Belgians who lived near the
line.
My theory that she realized that I
w'as not a Belgian at all, but prob
ably some English fugitive, was con
firmed a moment later, when, as I
made ready to go, she touched me
on the arm and indicated that I wag
to wait a moment. She went to a
bureau and brought out two pieces
of fancy Belgian lace which she in
sisted upon my taking away, al
though at that particular moment I
had as much use for Belgian lace as
an elephant for a safety razor, but I
was touched with her thoughtful
ness, and pressed her hand to show
my gratitude. She would not accept
the money I offered her.
I carried that lace through my sub
sequent experiences, feeling that it
would be a fine souvenir for my
mother, although as a matter of fact
if I had known that it was going to
delay my final escape for even a
single moment, as it did, I am quite
surd she would rather I had never
seen it.
On one piece of lace was the
Flemish word, “Charite” and on the
other the word “Esperage.” At the
time I took these words to mean
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’’Charity” and “Experience,” and all
I hoped for was that I would get as
much df the one as I was getting o*
the other before I finally got i
through. I learned subsequently that
what the words really stood for were
“Charity” and “Hope,” and then I
was sure that my kind Belgian friend
had indeed realized my
that her thougthful souvenir was in
tended to encourage me In the trials
she must have known were before
me.
I didn £ let the old Belgian lady
know, because I did not want to
alarm her unnecessarily, but that
night I slept in her back yard, leav
ing early in the morning before it
became light.
Later in the day I applied at an
other house for food. It was occu
pied by a father and mother and ten
childdren. I hesitated to ask them
for food without offering to pay for
it, as I realized what a task it must
have been for them to support them
selves without having to feed a hun
gry man. Accordingly I gave the
man a mark and then indicated that
I wanted something to eat.
Shares a Family Meal
They were just about to eat them
selves, apparently, and they let me
partake of their meal, which consist
ed of a huge bowl of some kind of
soup which I was unable to identify
and which they served in ordinary
wash basins. I don’t know that they
ever used the basins to wash in as
well, but whether they did or not did
not worry me very much. The soup
was good and I enjoyed it very much.
All the time I was there I could
see the father and the eldest son. a
boy about seventeen, were extreme
ly nervous. I had indicated to them
that I was deaf and dumb, but if
they believed me it didn’t seem to
make them any more comfortable.
I lingered at the house for about
an hour after the meal and during
that time a young man came to call
on the eldest daughter, a young
woman of perhaps eighteen. The
caller eyed nje very suspiciously, al
though I must have resembled any
thing but a British officer. . They
spoke in Flemish and I did not
understand a word they said, but I
think they were discussing my prob
able identity. During their conver
sation, I had a chance to look
around the rooms. There were three
altogether, two • fairly large and
one somewhat smaller, about four
teen feet long and six deep. In this ,
smaller room there were two dou
ble-decked beds, which were appar
ently intended to house the whole
family, although how the whole
twelve of them could sleep in that ‘
one room will ever remain a mys
tery to me.
From the kitchen you could walk
directly into the cow-barn, where
two cows were kept, and this, as I
have pointed out before, is the
usual construction of the poorer
Belgian houses. >
Caller’s Suspicion Aroused
I could not make out why the
caller seemd to be so antagonistic
to me, and yet I am sure he was
arguing with the family against
me. Perhaps the fact I wasn’t wear
ing wooden shoes—l doubt whether
I could have obtained a pair big
enough for me—had convinced him
that I was not really a Belgian, be
cause there was nothing about me
otherwise which could have given
him that idea.
At that time, and I suppose it is
true today, about ninety per cent of
the people in Belgium,were wearing
wood shoes. Among the peasants
I don’t believe I ever saw any»other
kind of foqtwear and they are more
common there than they are in Hol
land. The Dutch wear them more
as a matter of lack of leather. I
was told that during the coming
year practically all the peasants
and poorer people in Germany, too,
will adopt wooden shoes for farm
work, as that is one direction in
l which wood can be substituted for
I leather without much loss.
When the young man left I left
shortly afterward, as I was not at
all comfortable about what his in
tentions were regarding me. For all 4
I knew he might have gone to no
tify the German authorities that
there was a strange man in the vi
cinity—more perhaps to protect his
friends from suspicion of having
aided me than to injure me.
At any rate, I was not going to
take any chances and I got out of
that neighborhood as rapidly as I
could.
That night found me right on the
frontier of Holland.
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