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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER QP GUNS ON THE FRONTIER 10 AT THE FRONT Portrayed By Dutch Journalist Who Has Just Returned from a Tour Through Alsace-Lor raine Lines and Before Ver dun. The Hague.—A well-known Dutch journalist who has just returned from a tour through Alsace-Lorraine and right through, to the German lines be fore Verdun, gives in Het Leven some Interesting pictures of the position on the German frontier and at the front Particularly significant is what he writes regarding the admitted super iority of the French artillery and the clever ruses they adopt. He writes ‘l proceeded by train to Metzland thence set off by motor, with an Ober lieutenant as an escort, to visit the fighting line. Across the French frontier and on past Latour and \\ oevre we met an ever-increasing number of infantry, artillery, and transport columns and the further we went the busier the scene. “German officers to whom J spoke in this neighborhood were by no means satisfied over the progress of affairs; there was no progress to be noted, principally because the French artil lery had proved itself superior to the German. The French seem to have dragged their heavy guns out of the fortress and to have placed them in (the open field. Moreover, it is as serted that the French artillery can reach at least two kilometres farther than that of the Germans. Austrians. “We passed on by St. Hilaire and Butgneville to Harville, where we were only 12 kilimetres from the great for tress of \ erdun, whose guns were sending out their terrible messengers of death. Not far from that point was a magnificent battery of 30 centime tre motor howitzers. I was not al lowed ta approach it, but German of ficers told me that the Austrians had suffered terrible losses. The French shells raked even the best sheltered positions—a fact which gave the Aus trians much food for thought. At last they found the solution. In a tree close to their battery, they found a Frenchman armed with a field tele phone who promptly informed Verdun of any change in the position of the Austrian guns. The brave French man was given short shrift. Pocket Telephones. But the instance does not stand alone. Repeatedly have the Germans found country people in trees and in cellars, all with pocket telephones. “The Germans have made such act ions almost impossible now, but still they admit they are not by a long way where they would like to be Everywhere I heard in Germany of ficers and soldiers alike speaking with great joy of the fall of the Fort de Camp des Romains. Now at last there -Vas a gap in the line of sorta At the fighting line itself I heard a very different story. Yes. they had taken the fort and the Bavarian sol diers had acted magnificently, but whether they could hold the fort was another question. The French guns In the forts of Paroches and Leonvllle were so excellent that they completely coverd th Camp ds Romains and the gap was no gap at all.” MADE U. $. CITIZEN DURING CIVIL WAR One of Most Curious Cases Yet Confronted By American Em bassy, London, Has Now Come Up. London.—The American embassy here has examined many curious claims to American citizenship during the war but none more unusual than a moidly oath of allegiance dated 1563 It was presented by Charles Engels’ now a resident of London, but at the time of the taking of the oath a pris oner of war in the hands of the Fed eral forces in Alabama. Engels went to America from Ger many as a boy of 18 in 1856, and set tled in Brooklyn, N. Y. At the out break of the civil war he was in Ala bama and joined the Confederate army ehere. One of the first Union forces penetrating that state captured En gels and promised to parole him if he w r ould take the oath of allegiance to the United States. He did so and. re turned to New York, subsequently coming to London where he'has been keeping a small shop in Bloomsbury. At the outbreak of the war he claimed citizenship, but the author ities compelled him to register as an alien enemy. Engels made no protest until the recent attacks on German shops caused him to fear the same fate for his establishment and he has now asked the embassy to decide whether or not he is entitled to the protection of American citizenship. The embassy has been unable to find any precedent for Engels’ case and has submitted the question to the State Department at Washington for a rul ing. The Oath. The oath reads as follows: “United States of America, State of Alabama, County of Jackson, I, Char les Engels, of the County of Kings and State of New York, do solemnly swear that I will bear allegiance to the Unit ed States, and support and sustain the Constitution and laws thereof; that I will maintain the national sovereign ity paramount to that of all State, County, or Confederate powers; that I will discountenance, discourage and forever oppose secession, rebellion and disintegration of the Federal Union: that I disclaim and denounce all faith and fellowship with the so-called Con federate armies, and pledge my honor, nay property and my life to the sacred eprformance of this .tr.y solemn oath of allegiance to the Government of the United States of American. “(Signed) „ WM. JN WILES, "Lt. Col. A P. M " Engels is * firmly convinced that •uch a binding oath made hlm*k citi zen of the United Statesr and Is con fident that the State Department will tustaln his contention. BRAVERY OF TRE ALLIES TROOPS Many Narrow Escapes and Deeds of Worfderful Bravery Made By British and Belgians Recuperating. London,—Many narrow escapes and deeds of wonderful bravery have been made by the injured British and Bel gian soldiers now recovering in Eng lish hospitals. A young lance corpo ral of the King’s Royal Rifles, who is recovering from a bullet wound in his knee owes his life to a crucifix which he picked up in a? enemy house where he was billeted. A strange impulse compelled him to pick up the crucifix and put it in his haversack. During an engagement a few days later many of the corporal’s comrades were killed by bullets which were al most spent. The young corporal was hit in the knee and later found when taken to a hospital that one of the spent bullets had also passed com pletely through his knapsack, but had been deflected from his body by the crucifix, one of the arms of which had been broken off by the bullet. Private W. Hinton of the First East Lancers poses as the luckiest man in the army. He was hit by three bul lets within a mimite without serious injury. One bullet flattened five rounds of ammunition in his belt. An other smashed the magazine of his rifle and a third passed through his cap. A Letter. A letter from one of the Royal En gineers describes the remarkable pluck of Lieutenant R. Pottinger of Tedmouth. Pottinger and his section were attempting to blow up a brigade under fire. They laid the charge and the section retired. Lieutenant Pot tinger and p sapper remained behind to light the fuse. The charge did not explode. Th sapper then fired ten rounds of ammunition at the charge without success. Pottinger then said, “I’ll make the thing go off.” He shook hands with the sapper and walked to the bridge. There he put the muzzle of his revolver into the charge and fired ail six cartridges. Even then the charge did not go off and the men had to flee leaving the bridge intact. If the charge had gone off the young lieutenant would have disappeared completely, but the ap proaching Germans would have been robbed of an easy entry into the al lies' territory. One of the officers on the 111-fated Cressy which was sunk by the Ger man submarines was severely injured on the head, had both his legs broken and his feet crushed as he was thrown into the air by the explosion. His body was sucked under the water by the sinking cruiser, but was picked up by one of the rescue ships. Down-Hearted. Twenty-four r.ours afterwards the injured officer regained consciousness and his first words were, “Are we down-hearted? No!” A sergeant of the line was made ad jutant for liis coolness and bravery in one of the engagements in Lor raine. With three men the sergeant was sent across an open field to at tract the fire of the Germans so the colonel could tell where the enemy’s trenches were and what their probable strength was. A hail of bullets was directed at the four men. They made their way to a small farmhouse where they climbed up on a tile roof and from the shelter of a chimney began firing at the Germans. Angered by the imprudence of the four soldiers the Germans directed one of their bat teries on the house and razed it. “My smartest patrol leader Is gone,” the colonel remarked, as he. saw the building crumble. The three privates were no more, but the little sergeant was soon seen running across thd field toward his command. When the sergeant arrived breathless at headquarters the colonel asked with 1® — I—©4. 1 —©4. f©— — l —^@l I® ©i ■ Union Increases Service TWO connected telephones make the simplest form of tele phone communication. * « * Three segregated pairs give three lines for telephone talk. Unite the three pairs by means of a central office and an intercommunicating exchange system is formed, giving fifteen talk tracks. V ' I Five pairs thus connected give forty-five lines of communi cation, and so on, in regular mathematical rule. Millions of such groups are thus connected in the Bell System. \ (®) DYSPEPSIA GONE! NO INDIGESTION GAS, SOURNESS-MS DIAPEPI Time it! In five minutes your sick, upset stomach feels fine. When your meals don’t fit comfort ably, or what you eat lies like a lump of lead iu your stomach, or if you have heartburn, that is a sign of indi gestion. Get from your phnrmaoist a fifty cent case of Pape’s Diapepsin and take a dose Just as soon as you can. There will be no sour risings, no belching of undigested food mixed with acid, no stomach gas or heartburn, fullness or heavy-feeling in the stomach, nausea. mock severelty why he did not stay to continue the fire. “Sorry, sir, but the pigs knocked my house down,” was the reply. Antwerp, one of the four largest ports in the world, is 53 miles from tile sea. GIRES! CLEAN AND BEAUTIFY HAIR NO DANDRUFF —25 CENT BE Stop washing hair! Try this! Makes hair glossy, soft and abundant. Surely try a “Danderine Hair Cleanse" if you wish to immediately double the beauty of your hair. Just moisten a cloth with Danderine and draw it carefully through your hair, tiiking one small strand at a time, this will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or any excessive oil —in a few minutes you will be amazed. Your hair will be wavy, fluffy and abundant and possess an incomparable softness, War Will Cause High Poultry Prices Food values In many lines have already advanced as the result of the European war. Canada will need poultry to make up her short age. There will be a general increased demand in this country, due to greater shipments of meats to Europe. In fact, Europe will become largely dependent on America for her food supply, which fact will raise the prices of food in general. Poultry foods will have to he re lied on largely to ipake up the deficiency here. It is really the poultryman’s opportunity. Read next week’s article on the subject. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY • w • THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA, GA. debilitating headaches, dizziness or intestinal griping. This will all go, and, besides, there will be no sour food left over in th© stomach to poison your breath with nauseous odors. Pape's Diapepsin is a certain cure for out-of-order stomachs, because it takes hold of your food and digests it just the same as if your stomach wasn’t there. Relief in five minutes from all stom ach misery is waiting for you at any drug store. These large fifty-cent. cases contain enough “Pape's Diapepsin” to keep the entire family free from stomach disor ders and indigestion for many months, it belongs in your home. WITHIN HIS RIGHTS. Employe—Mr. Brown, I should like to ask for a rise in my wages. I've Just been married. Employer—Very sorry, my dear man, but for accidents to our employes out side of the factory we are not respon sible.—London Opinion. lustre and luxuriance. Besides beautifying the hair, one application of Danderine dissolves every particle of dandruff; invigorates the scalp, stopping itching and fall ing hair. Danderine is to the hair what fresh showers of rain and sunshine are to vegetation. It goes right to the roots, exhilarating, stimulating and life-pro ducing properties cause the hair to grow long, strong and beautiful. You can surely have pretty, soft, lustrous hair, and lots of It, If you will Just get a 25-cent bottle of Knowlton’s Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter and try it as directed. w A Ti V > f 1— Augusta Made Articles Will be on display in the prominent re tail shop windows of Augusta during the week of November 16-21. It will be worth your while to inspect carefully these displays. Familiarize your self with Augusta Made Goods, and ask for them in your future trading. 2 Trade at Home Week The week of November 16-21 will be Trade at Home week for the people of this city. All organizations are endorsing the idea and pledging their members to the principle of Trade at Home. What helps the manufacturers and Mer chants of Augusta helps all the people of Au gusta. It means bigger wages, more employ ment, larger pay rolls, more prosperity for all Augusta. ■ > 3 Augusta’s City Market Demonstration In order to encourage the farmers to bring their country produce, poultry, etc., to Augusta, to test out the demand for a city market, The Herald will open up for the week of November 16-21 on the 600 Block of Broad street, headquarters for a City Market. No charge will be made for its services. Farmers who wish to avail themselves of the service of the Headquarters are invited to do so without cost to them of any kind, y < T •» 5 On Saturday, November 21, a cordial in vitation is extended to all fanners in South Carolina and Georgia to send wagons to the Herald’s Open Air City Market, on the 500 and 600 Blocks of Broad street. f*: H'* * f V\ >, > rr- *. ,/ >, > ■: ' 7 / The housekeepers of Augusta are invited to visit Augusta’s Open Air Market on the 500 and 600 Blocks of Broad street on Saturday, November 21, to make purchases and to give orders for future supplies to the farmers of this section who are ready and willing to sup ply the housekeepers of Augusta. t Make your plans to visit Augusta during the week of November 16-21. , v If you have anything to sell, you can sell it in Augusta during the week of Nov. 16-21. ■ „ : n Mr. Farmer, talk the plan over with your and be represented with one or more wagons at the Open Air City Market on the 500 and 600 Blocks of Broad street, Novem ber 21st. fa i— . Address for further particulars, The Herald’s City Market 1 AUGUSTA HERALD J AUGUSTA GEORGIA SEVEN