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Designing Great Field Howitzers for Our Army
WASHINGTON. —Army ordnance experts are at work on Ciosigns for huge
field howitzers as large as or larger than the German 42-centimeter guns
which wrecked Belgium and French forts early in the war. They will he at
least 16-inch caliber, •with a range of
2/1 12 to 15 miles, hurling a projectile
weighing more than a ton and carry
c /“ ing a large amount of high explosive.
\ , —J « In addition to placing several of
r-' these mammoth weapons along the
v _ naval attack, army officials are now
u considering the creation of a special
? * * regiment, equipped with six howitzers,
:j y to work as a unit of the mobile army.
” The problem confronting the design
ers in that regard Is to distribute the
enormous weight of the gun and carriage in such a way that It can be
moved over any good road.
That difficulty is a determining factor In heavy artillery designs. Around
n few of the largest cities well-ballasted roads which would support the
weight of the huge guns can be found, but even such a highway as the post
road from Boston to New York, it is said, has many sections so lightly built
that the great weight would crush through.
How Four Girls From Ohio Got Coveted Tickets
OUT in Cleveland, 0., there are four young women who are telling how they
saw the president deliver his railroad strike message to the joint session
of congress. The day the senate and house met together there was the usual
scramble for seats in the galleries.
This privilege is as valuable us u gold- \rs t
bearing claim in the Rocky mountains. ? |
Each senator gets one ticket for the C{ *
galleries; each representative gets m
one, and there are a few favored ofti- '' 'tO/l Alv wY) 6' : ’> \ ,< SsffJri
ctals of congress who get from five to r lf(^y
ten apiece. Upon this occasion there
were the usual number of visitors in f
tow n, each one of whom believed \ ' / \ kHaUdC '
fervently that all he had to do was TfT sJ j /
to dpscxfid upon his representative or
seufftor and) ask for the gallery privi- *°
leife and receive it. This might be true if the galleries held 10,000 people
j/istead of 000.
I The four young women from Cleveland, luckier than most visitors, re
ceived one ticket, to be parceled among the quartet. They were seated in the
restaurant of the house of representatives at lunch planning to draw lots to
see which one should take the prized ticket, anil just as they hud settled this
point one of them shrieked aloud and jumped from her chair with a brand
new silk dress soaking with coffee.
At the same moment, Theodore Tiller, president of the National Press
and veteran of the press gallery of the house, arose with confusion covering
him from head to foot. lie felt, he said, as if he was about to be hnhged.
Apologies dripped from him, and he resembled the last rose of summer and
other sad spectacles.
There was no question about the dress being spoiled. Tiller had upset
a large cup of coffee, and every bit of it had fallen into the young woman’s
lap.
Suddenly she said:
“Are you a member of congress?”
Mr. Tiller resented the accusation.
“Because if you are,” continued the coffee-stained one, “if you would get
Us a ticket to the gallery today I would forgive you.”
She said that Representative Gordon of Ohio had promised to get one for
her, but that he had not shown up.
“Tickets are hard to get,” said Tiller, "but I will see what I can do.”
He then left the restaurant. In ten minutes Mr. Tiller appeared again
with three gallery tickets. Where he got them no one knows, but the lady
with the coffee in her lap is understood to have said, just before leaving
the capitol:
“Oh, Mr. Tiller, if you get us tickets every time the president speaks,
you can pour coffee on me all you want.”
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Old Civil War Veteran Seeks Small Navy Berth
AN OLD man in his eightieth year, who ran ammunition down the Potomac
river during the Civil war and piloted transports that brought the dead
und wounded of the battle of the Wilderness to Washington, cams to the navy
department the other day looking for
I I fl ONLY WANT I 11 3°b
t| m JOhlF LITTLe “I’ve done too much for my eoun
mo ju»t w,,. try to be left to sturve,” he told naval
NAVY | ifW'L kPPP srmi ano officers to whom he made his applica
mT t \ B , nv t/v-ctucr tion. “My $24 a month pension is just
TOGEfnEoJ encmgh to starve on »
The old man was William Key,
Ypw who bas lived alone in Southwest
_ —All Washington since his wife died a year
He was unable to see Secretary
Daniels, but other officers at the de
partment told him all the civilian navy positions were under the civil service.
“Why don’t you go to the Soldiers’ home?” one of the naval officers asked
him.
“I'm a sailor man from tip to toe,” the patriarchal Key replied, “and
soldiers and sailors don't agree.”
The veteran brought with him to the navy department his record, as pub
lished by the United States Army and Navy Historical association, and which
showed he had been active in the Union side all during the war after he
escaped from the Confederate navy, into which he had been conscripted for
three months.
“I’ve never asked the government for anything before,” the veteran said
when he eaine to the navy department. “And now I only want some little
job that will enable me to keep soul and body together.”
The veteran left the navy department disappointed, but not yet ready to
give up his quest for a job.
Capitol Employee Posed for Pediment Statuary
JOHN A. MARTIN, electrician employed at the capitol, is the original of the
Ironworker in the group of statuary recently placed on the pediment of
the house wing of the capitol. This fact became known when a letter of the
sculptor, Paul Bartlett, and one of
Superintendent Elliott Woods of the a Wv VW I
s »„, show, t „ by M, J\ A. feA Wvj|| g
The ironworker in the group of
statuary is an important part of the \'ll
whole figure, which represents Pence m t S’ yv )j I
protecting Genius. He is a compan- n A/
ion piece to the character in the group t s '7 *v)raK
which represents agriculture, the .k ; /y]\ [pi
sculptor explaining in his address at 1 : : (//_SijLsy l M
the unveiling that agriculture and the »— <
iron industry form the fundamentals
of the country’s prosperity. Mr. Martin, who became acquainted with Paul
Bartlett some time ago, was asked by the sculptor to pose for this part of the
group. Later Elliott Woods, superintendent of the capitol, wrote the follow
ing letter to Martin:
“I am requested to extend the thanks of Paul Bartlett, sculptor, for your
KiDdness in posing for some portions of the modeling for the statuary to be
installed in the pediment of the house wing of the capitol. It is a compli
ment to you that a great artist like Mr. Bartlett should so approve of year
physical development as to want you to pose for one of these figures. It
ought to he a source of some further gratification that you have contribute'
In this inunnur to one of the great pieces of art for the nation’* ca^itoL’
EPITOME OF THE
WEEKS EVENTS
In a Condensed Form the Happenings of
All Nationalities Are Given
For Our Readers.
WEEK’S NEWHT A GLANCE
Important Events of the United States
and Particularly in the
Scuth.
Washington
Samuel Gomper, president of the
American Federation of Labor, is one
of the members named by President
Wilson for the national defense com
mission.
No decision has been reached anent
the policy of the United States gov
ernment regarding the recent subma
rine raid, and no action will be taken
until all the naval phases of the raid
have been digested by the president.
The war department has announced
itself prepared to receive applications
for reimbursement of civilians who
attended authorized military training
camps at their own expense during
the present year, for which purpose
congress at. its last session appropri
ated two million dollars.
Submarines of belligerent powers
visiting American waters will be ac
corded the treatment which is their
due as warships under international
law. This is the announcement di
rect from the state department.
It is announced by the state depart
ment that responsibility for failure of
a warship to distinguish between sub
marines of neutral and belligerent
neutrality must rest entirely upon the
negligent power.
In answer to the implied claim of
(he allies that submarines of bellig
erent nations are outlaws and that
(here is a possibility of the United
States being sued if she allows them
to make a base in any of her ports,
it is held by the state department
that a warship has a right to enter
a neutral harbor, and it is stated that
the U-53, over which the controvery
arose, in no way attempted to make
Newport a base.
Ambassador Gerard, who has arriv
ed from Berlin on a vacation, declines
to either affirm or deny the published
reports that he is back in the United
States on a peace mission on behalf
of the emperor of Germany. He mere
ly observes that he is “glad to be
home again.”
President Wilson issued a statement
anent the submarine warfare near the
three-mile limit in which he stated
that Germany would be held strictly
accountable to her promise, but said
he had no right whatever to ques
tion Germany’s intentions. An inves
tigation will be made, and the presi
dent will then speak.
President Wilson and government
officials, who are at Long Branch, N.
J., express deep concern over the
sinking of the four British and two
neutral steamships off the American
coast by a German submarine, but no
action will be taken until the presi
dent is fully advised of the facts and
an investigation made.
It is announced that no official com
munication from the German govern
ment was in the dispatch sent to
Count von Bernstorff by the comman
der of the German submarine U-53.
Virtually a house-to-house campaign
throughout the nation is being plan
ned by the war department to obtain
the one hundred thousand regular
army recruits it will be necessary to
enlist annually hereafter in order to
keep the army up to the strength
authorized by congress in the reor
ganization and appropriation bills.
Figures that will delight autoists
and gratify farmers and business men
have just been compiled by the office
of public roads and rural engineer
ing. They show an expenditure for
roads and bridges iu 1915 of $282,-
000,000.
European War
Northwest of Seres the British have
taken the towns of Kalendra and Ho
mondos from the Bulgarians.
In the fighting south of the Somme
river, the French have taken twelve
hundred prisoners.
King William of Wurtemberg, tele
graphed the emperor of Germany that
his subjects wish for "a speedy and
honorable peace.”
The Teutonic forces have evacuated
the towns of Chavdar Man, Ormanli
and Haznatar, in Greek Macedonia.
A Copenhagen dispatch announces
that the Danish submarine Dykkeren
was sunk after a collision with a Nor
wegian steamer. •
Newport, R, 1., reports that four de
stroyers of the American flotilla
steamed into the harbor there bring
ing 216 persons recued from the ship
sunk off Nantucket October 8 by a
German submarine. The Ericsson, one
of the destroyers to arrive, brought
81; the Drayton, 68; the Benham, 36,
and the Jenkins, 31.
One of the largest Austrian war
ships blew up at Pola, Refugees from
Dalmatia took the news to Switzer
land, but did not know the cause of
the explosion.
A great battle in Volhynia. east of
Vladimir-Volynski, is continuing, and
it is stated that the Russian, at some
places, have succeeded in entering the
Teutonic lines.
In Dobrudja heavy fighting contin
ues along the line south of the Con
stanza-Bucharest railway, with Buch
arest recording progress for the Rus
sians and Roumanians in the center
and on their left wing.
The Italians have again taken the
offensive in their endeavor to reach
Triest, Austria’s chief port on the
Adriatic.
The Italians claim to have taken
6,000 prisoners southeast of Gorizia,
sind claim also that they have mado
important progress.
The Austrian line between Tobar
and Vertorba, in the Austro-Italian
theater, has been broken.
The Austrian town of Novavilla and
a strong position around the northern
part of an enveloping hill has fallen
into the hands of the Italians.
Five hundred and thirty Austrian
prisoners have been taken in the
Trentino region, in adidtion to the
capture of salient trenches.
The Germans are continuing their
victorious onrush in Transylvania,
and the Roumanians are in full re
treat before the avalanche.
Bavarian troops are reported to
have invaded Roumania, and reports
are that they are rushing on almost
unimpeded.
The allies have demanded that the
Grecian monarchy relinquish control
of its navy to them, which, it is re
ported, will be granted.
The last demand on Greece was
made, according to the allies, as a
precautionary measure to protect
themselves from the possibility of an
unexpected attack.
The allies have demanded that
Greece relinquish control of the Pi
raeus-Larisas railway to them, which
Grecian dispatch say will be granted.
Premier Asquith, speaking in the
English commons, says this is no war
of aggression, but that it will be con
tinued until the central powers pay
for what he ternls their cruelty and
inhumanity.
The food supplies of the American
Red Cross Commission operating in
Serbia are practically exhausted, and
it is stated that the commission’s re
lief work will cease by the end of
November.
The French newspapers, speaking
of the raid of the German U-53, say
it is a challenge to the Americans to
“find out where they stand.” They
say that Germany is convinced, too,
that the challenge will not be accepted
and has absolutely no fear of Ameri
can participation in the war.
in the Somme sector the French
have captured the village of Bovent,
the north and west outskirts of Ab
laincourt and also the greater part of
the Chauines wood.
All attacks by the allies along the
Cerna river have been repulsed by
the Germans.
Nothing but artillery bombardments
is reported in the Austro-Italian the
ater.
The submarine arm of the imperial
German navy has ravaged shipping off
the eastern coast of the United States.
Four British, one Dutch and one Nor
wegian steamers were sent to the bot
tom or left crippled derelicts off Nan
tucket shoals. So far as known there
was no loss of life, though the crew of
the British steamer Kingston was not
accounted for.
A submarine held up the American
steamer Kansas, bound from New York
for Genoa, with steel for the Italian
government, but, later on establishing
her identity, allowed her to proceed.
The Kansas then made her usual call
at Boston harbor.
The sensation created when the U-53,
a German submarine, quietly slipped
into Newport, R. 1., harbor and as
quietly slipped away three hours later,
was less than the shock in shipping
circles when wireless reports of sub
marine attacks began to come into the
naval radio stations. Within a few
minutes the air was literally charged
with electricity, as wireless messages
of warning were broadcasted along the
Atlantic coast.
Mexican News
Reports that Mexican bandits had
again appeared in the valley of the
Rio Grande, caused a general tighten
ing of the armed forces protecting that
section.
A detachment of Oklahoma infan
trymen was sent out from San Bonito
in pursuit of men believed to be Mex
ican outlaws. It is reported that one
United States soldier was killed, but
there is no confirmation of the report.
Strong protests have been made
to the United States state department
by the British and French embassies
against the action of the Carranza gov
ernment in Mexico in seizing the as
sets of British and French banking
institutions in the Mexican capital.
Domestic
Cotton is being picked as fast it
opens in Alabama, Mississippi, Arkan
sas, Louisiana and Texas, and satis
factory progress is reported in North
Carolina and Oklahoma.
It is the concensus of opinion of
the experts that the 1916 cotton crop
is practically picked, and is now- on
its way to the ginneries.
The wheat crop for 1916 is estimat
ed at 609,557,000 bushels, a drop of
3,500,000 bushels from the amount
forecasted in September, 1916.
Corn production prospects, as a re
sult of favorable conditions during
September will probably be 2,717,932,-
000 bushels.
Cotton picking in the South made
splendid progress during the last fort
night, due to the favorable weather.
In South Carolina ginning of cotton
is reported as far advanced, and the
warehouses are becoming congested.
The white potato crop is the small
est since 1911. The production will
probably be around 300,563,000 bush
els, a decrease of 17,929.000 bushels
from the September, 1916, estimate.
Tobacco prospects are that 1,203,-
077,000 pounds, somewhat less than
the September, 1916, forecast, but at
any rate it is shown that the crop this
year will be a record one.
iNTOifinONAL
SIiNMIfSOtOOL
Lesson
(By E. O. SELLERS. Acting Director of
Sunday School Course, Moody Bible In
stitute. Chicago.)
(Copyright, 1916, Western Newspaper Union )
LESSON FOR OCTOBER 22
PAUL'S DEFENSE BEFORE
AGRIPPA.
LESSON TEXT—Acts 26 (w. 1, 24-32).
GOLDEN TEXT—I was not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision.—Acts 26:19.
It is possible to use the Bible either
as a music box or a telephone. We
should let it speak the words of the
Lord Jesus to us and our pupils. This
lesson occurred probably A. I). 59, per
haps in August, the day after last Sun
day’s lesson. This was the same hall
where Agrippa had heard the people
calling him a god (Acts 12). Paul,
the center of all interest, is chained
to his Roman guardians. The prisoner
lias been vehemently accused as one
worthy of death and had appealed to
Caesar, but Festus, not being well ac
quainted with Jewish laws and cus
toms, could not make any definite
charge against him before the Roman
court. Hence he turns him over to
Agrippa, who was well acquainted
with matters of Jewish law.
I. Paul, the Preacher (vv. 1-23).
This was one of the great occasions
in the iife of this great man. Paul
was preaching to a king and a woman
of great influence (a sermon which
little changed their lives evidently),
and also to the coming ages. This
king and queen were wedded to their
infamy. God had in mind on that
day an audience in comparison with
which that which Paul saw faded into
oblivion. Notice his argument. (1)
He begins with his own experience.
In these verses there are over forty
personal pronouns.
Men do not need so much light as
they do need heat, and Paul was
speaking out of the hot throbs of his
personal experience. Paul stood be
fore them a living miracle, an incar 7
nate argument. We might tremble at
the doctrine of the resurrection. He
knew it was a marvelous thing that
God should raise the dead, but that
change had been wrought in him
which was equivalent to the miracle
of raising one from the grave.
Paul’s plea was for the Roman as
well as the Jew. Considering his per
sonal testimony, he declares that he
is a true Jew of the strictest sect (vv.
4-8), and as such he lived in the
“hope of the promise” as predicted by
Isaiah and Daniel. That promise has
been fulfilled in Jesus, the crucified,
who rose ugain from the deud, and
Paul adds, “I have seen him, for
which hope’s sake, King Agrippa, 1
am accused of the Jews.” (2) (vv. 9-
15) Paul tells the audience that he,
himself, was once a zealous perse
cutor of the Christians, more so than
those who are now persecuting him,
“being exceedingly mad against
them.” He then relates his Damascus
journey and the conversation held on
the road with the risen Lord.
The gospel Paul preached was to
lead men into the kingdom of God
that they might receive forgiveness
of sius and an inheritance among
those who were fitted for that inheri
tance, who were the sanctified. For
this cause the Jews went about to kill
him.
11. Agrippa, the Doubter (vv. 24-32),
Five ways are suggested as to the
reception of Paul’s message. The
high priest's way was to. hate him and
oppose. Felix’s way was “go thy way
this time. When I have a more con
venient season I will call.” Festus’
way (vv. 24-26) was to charge Paul
with madness. Much learning (literal
ly, many writings) was turning him
| mad, making him a lunatic, a dreamer,
one who lived in the atmosphere of
| wild imaginings. Paul’s reply was
: not harsh. “Most noble Festus” (Am.
j R.) “I am not mad, but speak words of
soberness,” words of eternal life and
spiritual life (of sound sense) that
i were true and earnest. Paul thereupon
| appeals to King Agrippa to confirm
I his statements (v. 2-G). The crazy
man is he who lives for this world
rather Gian for eternity. The devil
has cheated many a man out of eter
nal life by the method which Festus
I followed. He has also cheated many
i a Christian out of the larger life in
j the same way. Paul’s appeal to Agrip
| pa (vv. 27-29) is very suggestive.
Some people believe that the con
j tents of the prophecies are of no pres
j ent day value, and some are trying to
I break their force. Some declare they
cannot be true, yet these prophecies
are the ones that declare that “Jesus
is the Christ, the Son of God.” The
literal translation of Agrippa’s answer
is, “In a little thou persuudest me to
be a Christian.” It is said that Agrip
pa said this in sarcasm, but, like many
another attempted jest, it revealed the
real state of the heart.
Agrippa saw the cost of farther con
sideration of the claims of Christ and
was unwilling to pay the price (vv.
80-32). Thus Agrippa’s soul was lost,
and yet he was within one step of
eternal ,life. Paul with great diguity
took ud\ antage of Agrippa’s ambigu
ous expression, and said: “I would to
God that whether with little or with
much, not only thou but also all that
hear me this day might become such
as I am except (raising his fettered
hands) these bonds.” (Am. R.).
Paul was willing and glad to suffer
anything for the sake of Jesus Christ,
his Lord (II Cor. 12-10).
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