BRITISH ARTILLERY IN ACTION NEAR LILLE j
ITT?I i <si* " n
,?n?- i,,, Him,,. ,1?1 ? r
The efficiency of the Brttiab artillery la now flrat real tied after their remarkable exploit of driving the Ger
man* out of four miles of trenchea In the region of Lille by their concentrated Are. It la believed In military clrclea
that the promlaed onslaught of the allies In the spring has started and tbat the gains Just made by the British
are only the beginning of a well-planned drive at the German Hues where there are now l.OOO.hOO British troops
yn the allied Bring line. The picture shows a British battery that was active In. the Lille flgbtlng. The men are
sighting the gun for action.
FIRST OF AMERICA'S SUBMARINES
, The Whale, the first submarine built In the United States, la now an exhibition 7ITth?^rSo5!y^nav^ard^It
^ ?ai built In 1864 by C. S. ftuahnell and Auguatua Rice, and la about twenty-nfae teet lone and nine feet deep. The
'Whale ?>? designed to carry 13 men and *ai propelled by hand power. It caat 360,000, and waa given a trial and
condemned In 1873. _
DOG WON THE IRON CROSS
Heroic and praiseworthy service In
the German army la rewarded so mat
ter whether the performer Is a private,
a corporal, a general or ever an or
dinary dog of the kaiser's "canine
eorpe." Tell has the distinction and
honor of being the only dog In the
German army who has been honored
by having the Iron cross bellowed
upon him He Is seen heire proudly
wearing his decoration pfBnefl on his
collar. The service for which Tell
has been so signally honored was the
saving of an entire troop of German
soldiers from a Russian amouscade
toward which they were proceeding
Tell discovered one of the Russians
In hiding and at once gave the alarm
FOR NEW FORESTS IN CHINA
Movement Under Direction of Ameri
cano It'Expected to Accomplish
Much Good.
During the past /ejv years much at
cention has beeD given by foreigners
in China, as well as by many thought
ful Chinese, to the question of affores
tation. A very practical movement
in this direction, is being considered
by the Nankin university under the di
rection of Prof. Joseph Bailie, an
American cltlsen.
In reviewing the wort- Professor
Bailie says that the co-operation of the
.director of forestry in Man'la has been
secured In the establishment of a
school of forestry in the University of
Nankin. The director has offered to
the University of Nankin the services
of two experts sent by the United
States to the bureau of forestry In
Manila to lay out the course of study
investigate conditions, put the school
in working order and deliver lectures.
It Is also understood that the head of
the bureau of forestry in Peking has
enthusiastically indorsed the project.
The forestry fund committee of
Shanghai has sent six students to the
School of Forestry In Manila by the
scholarship method, some of whom
have graduated, and has shown its ap
proval of the School of Forestry at the
University of Nahkln by awarding
three scholarships to that institution
this sprints.
WHERE MRS. ROCKEFELLER MAY REST
Though no definite decision bee as yet been made by John D. Rocke
feller. It is understood that the body of Mfs. Rockefeller will be laid
temporarily In the Archbold family vault, which adjoins the plot In Sleepy
Hollow cemetery owned by the Rockefellers. As soon as the Rockefeller
tomb Is completed tbe body will be transferred to that, unless the family
decides that she be burled In. Cleveland. John D. Archbold was formerly
John D. Rockefeller's partner In the Standard Oil business.
GERMANY'S YOUTH TO THE FRONT
The great gaps In tbe rank* o( Germany's armlet have to be filled op.
and tbe youtb of the country It being called to the colore. K regiment, tbe
majority of which It compound of boya under twenty, It hern aekn marching
through a Berlin etreet en route to the front
HAD A SPIRIT OF KINSHIP
Choc* Meeting About Decided New
tiorker That All Women Really
Are Sister*.
Caught downtown umbrellalese on a
rainy afternoon, I waited in one of
the Broadway hotel* for two hour*,
then, deriding to risk my) beet bonnet
In the slightly slackened shower. 1
started serosa to a Sixth arena* shop.
to pui-shsse an embroils. As I stood
under the elevated getting what pro
tection I could and waiting for a hold
up In the traffic, a young girt stepped
up beside me. With her skirt silt to
the knee, t^er hair forming "ear Hope"
dowff over her too pink cheeks, end
blue, Mue eyes peering through a
fringe of flaxen yellow, above which
was a bow three times as big as the
hat It adorned, she was In every de
tail the latest cry of her type.
One glance and she seised me by
the arm to draw me benaalb her um
brella |
"Coma Id out of the rata, glrlte," she
said.
Even It my mind had not bean 01
my very extravagant hat. 1 ahoulc
have mat halt way hay spirit of friend
llnaas. Attar thirty "girlie" has a ran
and soothing sound, anyway.
Chatting aa to an old comrade, she
sheltered ma to my shop door and
with a bright nod, passed on whence
aha had come?Into the unknown.
New York Evening Poet
Put snap and vigor Into feu work
Mumtional
stmrsomn
LESSON
(Br E. O. SELLERS. Actln* Director of
Sunday School Coufte. Moody Bible In
stitute. Chicago.)
1 LESSON FOR APRIL U -
f .
OAVID ANOINTED KINO.
LESSON TEXT?I Samuel IS:4-11
GOLDEN TEXT?Man looketh on the
outward appearance, but Jehovah looketh
on the heart.?Samuel 15:7 R V.
After the events recorded In last
Sunday's lesson Samuel retired to
Ramah never again to tee Saul's face.
Samuel "mourned" (16:35) 1. e., be
wailed and lamented the deposed king.
It was noble for Samuel thus to be
grieved over 8aul's sin; still, God bad
work for him to do. There is a sor
row that "werketh repentance" which
is pleasing In the sight of God, but
that Idle sorrow which spends Itself
In unprofitable mourning Is detrimen
tal to man and a hindrance to the
kingdom of God (ch. 8:7; 16:1). Men
may fall but the 'kingdom goea for
ward. We do not Interpret verse 2
as suggesting any subterfuge on God's
part but rather that God refused to
pay any attention to Samuel's fear.
God autwers fear by giving us duties
to perform and In their performance
we are delivered from our fears.
I. David Chosen to Be King, vv. 4-10.
Saul, the clamorous choice of the peo
ple, was not succeeded by David?"the
man after God's own heart"?for sev
eral yeara after this lesson. God's
will In this matter was shown to
Samuel progressively: '(a)-In chapter
13:14 Samuel le Informed that God
hath sought "a man after his own
heart;" (b) In 16:1- b^ la told to go
and find the king whom God had pro
vided; (c) In verse 12 Samuel
Is at last definitely told whom God
has selected. This selection Is in ac
cordance'with the prophecy made cen
turies before regarding the kingly
scepter (Gen. 43:10). Of course It
was high treason, this act Samuel was
about to perform, and Baul ypt bad
many friends and supporters (v. t).
God seems to have permitted Samuel
I to use one avowed purpose to con
ceal the real one, but "such a course la
one to use but sparingly" (Maclaren)
God can and does protect those whom
he sends (Ps.' 34:7) and "man la Im
mortal till his work Is done." Just
what or how did not concern Samuel
Wr he had God's promise (v. 3). A
step at a time was sufficient and In
taking each step Samuel was to tell
the exact truth.
inus uoa guides ana testa his
Samuel ... a judgeaswe"..
<Ch 7:18) 4nd tbe People
alrifal B *,1Uted ? ?'?
elrfir! m*T ? t0?- th"' these
e ders were fearful of Incurring the
displeasure of Saul. There
occasion for fear, a. Samuel's purpose
1"'? "Crt<loe ,nd bl* mission one of
peace even aa the angelic messengers
meMu <"^,h6 "hepherds with their
???, tribe ? j.jbb. ?t ...
hr to hi ,0me wealUl' certain
ly In his children. After the ?crl
Ace and before the feast Samuel la
nmde acquainted with the sons of
JeMe The first, El.ab, was ?\nd
good to look upon and at once Samuel
fnr LUPO?b " th? certain choice
for Jehovah. Samuel made this choice
In spite of his disappointment In Saul
likewise of attractive Phg.lque Th.?
Btole ihm0r*uel0QUent words lD the
Bible than those found In verse 7
We have only to read of lTliab's sub
sequent unjust treatment o, krid,
(17.28) to see that Ood was amniv
Justified In his judgment t(f this candi
date. social rank, lineage, fortune!
be ? wiT"*?" ?r *ge W,U never
Bt ,ub"t'tute for.charac
ter. It is a subtle snare to be de
Ttoke eby ?"tW4rd "PPearances. "If |
take care of my character mv ri.ru.
C4re ?f i?iT<?T
Moody). The Lord looks upon the
heart; what does he see In yours*
(I. David Anointed Kfn9, w. 11- I
13. Seven sons are set aside and yet
Samuel did not hear the voice ol !
God s approval. In seeming dismay he
' Are bere an thy chiMren?
Jesse seems to have made a careless
tat awar^' """ the yo???st
There.r o ?m8 tend'n? Sheep.
Thereupon Samuel asserts that "we
SL"? d?*n ^e sacrificial
feast) till he be brought hither." It is
from such lowly positions that Ood" I.
constantly promoting men to positions
of responsibility and prominence
C'arey' Livingston. Moody and
a hundred others past and nresent
David at this time was about fifteen
year, old (Beecher). Hi. name
darling," significant of the affecrion
of his mother, whose name is un
known, but to whom David twice
makes reference (P.. 86:ig. ,16;16) ,
David was short, compared with his
brothers, but h.d bright eye. (v 12
??rg.) and a fair face-. "^,e
person" (v. 18). David was agile and
l[f0bn*"ndth*J,?h seemingly scoffed
bro,her? *od neglected by
hip father it did not pervert his good
nature nor turn him from the perform
STt %EdUr
greet David as he had greeted Saul
, ?4y h*an dispappolnted. This
gives emphasis to the word, in verse
It. Arise anoint him; for this
is of8' ??W 00,1 ,poke t0 8?muel
la of small moment. The man who
doe. no, believe God u able to cT,
htoVni . "~turM?nd communicate
his will to them might as well not b^
lleve in God at alL
David ta anointed, set apar* for to*
kingship, but Is not equipped nor does
he enter upon his offices till later
Saul had been thus set apart when
none were present f*:ZT; l"i
fa^?lJl ? P?*,lb'e J?s., ,.d hlt
f^nlly connected this ceremony with
i Qod tw wiu.
I MACHINE HUN MEN CREEP INTO POSITION
This picture, an actual acene on tbe western battle line, shows a German light artillery and
tacbment moving closer and closer to the enemy's lines in an effort to (tain a position from which the allies'
trenches can be swept with gunfire preparatory to a charge. So effective Is the fire of these light machine guns
that the few men seen In the picture could withstand an entire regimest If tbe latter charged them across an
open field
TRENCHES ONE TURN
? #?-?
Hospital Next for Some of Cana*
dian Soldiers.
Could Neither 8!t Nor Stand In Mud
Filled Ditches Under Heavy Fire
for Three Weary Nights
and Days.
London.?The discomfort and even
actual suffering caused by doing only
one turn In the trenches Is described
by a Canadian soldier In Princess Pa
tricia's Light Infantry in a letter writ
ten at the front. Such was the condi
tion of (he troops that some of the
men hardly were able to crawl from
the trenches when the relief hour ar
rived. With too much mud to sit
down and the trench too shallow to
stand up straight, the troop was In a
difficult position. The letter, which
was printed In the London Times,
says:
"We left the place from which I last
wrote, marched 15 miles and billeted
in a barn. The following day we
marched 12 miles to within about three
miles of the trenches, which we en
tered late at night, relieving some
French troopm We stayed 48 hours In
the trenches, or rather ditches, as
they're little better, and such a* time
I never experienced In my life.
"It was ralr.lng most of the time,
sniping was going on all night, and In
The daytime Ws were subjected to a
most awful bombardment, especially
on the first day, shells exploding near
my trench sometimes In bunches of
six. Hud and pieces of shrapnel fell
quite clise several times. The shells
from the German big guns burst with
a terrible din and fairly made the
earth quake, our trenches caring in In
many places from the severe concus
sions.
"We of my platoon consider our
selves very JuchT Indeed, as we suf
fered the hottest shell fire along the
line occupied by the battalion, but for
tunately the German gunners had too
?much elevation, which resulted In the
shells, with two or three exceptions,
falling over and clear of the trenches.
The German trenches'opposite our po
sition were only 120 yards away, but
very little rifle fire was Indulged in.
everyone on both sides keeping well
under cover.
"The bottom of the trenches In most
places Is Just ankle deep In mud. We
sat on our equipment, which was soon
smothered In wet, cold mud, and in a
deplorable state. But It saved us from
actually sitting In the mud, and one
could not stand upright, as the trench
was not deep enough. Of course sleep
was practically Impossible, though
most of us negotiated 40 winks at in
tervals when not on 'watch.
"Our feet were wet through the
whole time, also our nether garments.
During the long nights we Just Jonged
for daylight, although we knew it
would bring a renewal o' the bombard
ment. Some of our men were hardly
able to crawl out of the trenches
when our turn came to be relieved.
"I hardly think human flesh could
possibly stand the conditions prevail
ing more than three days at the most.
The night we came out and Into bil
let* I put on dry socks. I had the most
peculiar sensations in my feet all that
night?a kind of pins and needles.
This, I suppose, was the returning of
circulation. ,
"My hands were also, much swollen,
but two days' rest soon pu't me all
right again. I feel absolutely none the
worse for my experience, but some of
the men had to go to hospital, and
others were unfit to march and had to
ride in transports. I myself have been
able to stay with the best of them, al
though I am the oldest man In the sec
tion.
"We occupied the trenches on the
night of the fifth and were relieved on
the night of the eighth. Twenty of us
are billeted In what you would call a
country public house ond sleep In the
kitchen on the floor, by far the most
comfortable digs we have had so far.
"I was much struck by the behavior
of the boys who had never been under
fire before; In fact. 1 was surprised.
Of course we all realise that we carry
our lives In our hands and I think'the
most of us don't worry. We found
time to laugh and Joke while the shells
i were bursting overhead and quite a
TO WALK 500 MILES A YEAR
Thirteen Minnesota Girls Sat 8tranu
oua Athletic Task for Themselves
?Banquet far Winners.
Fort Dodge, lllnn.?Fire hundred
'miles e Tear la the goal 13 Fort Dodge
girls, who ere not superstitious and
aim to be athletic, base set for them
selves. Thar do not plan to cover the
distance In ? '?totnobtlea, but os foot.
To make the task more pretentions
the rules are rigid tt^l they should
few uncomplimentary remark* were
add reused at the German gunners on
their Indifferent marksmanship.'*
DOCTOR WRONG BY 54 YEARS
War Vstsran, Tagged "Mortally
Wounded" Recently Dies "Natural"
* Death" for All That.
Fulton. Mo?Left on the battlefield
dying -dth the surgeon's notation,
"mortally wounded," written after his
name, only to live fifty-four years and
die a natural death, was the ex
perience of the late John W. Davis, a
Confederate veteran of Fulton. A let
ter received here from Joseph A.
Mudd. another Confederate veteran of
Hyattsvllle, Md., tells the story as fol
lows:
"1 have lust seen mention of the
death In Fulton of John W. Davis
He was a member of a grand com
pany of brave boys, commanded by
Capt. D. H. Molntyre, afterward at
torney-general of Missouri?Company
A, Rurbrldge's regiment. Ours whs
Company B, and we stood side by side
In battle. Comrade Davis was ]ust my
age.
"At Wilson's Creek, nearly fifty-four
years ago, I saw him shot, so badly
hurt that the surgeon wrote 'mortally
wounded' after bis name."
PATIENT SPOUSE WAITS LONG
But After Keeping Coffee Hot for
Her Nine Years, Concludes She
lent Coming Back,
La Crosae, Wis.?Abdolla Saad,
most patient husband in La Crosse,
has been_franted a divorce by Judge.
Higbee. One day In 1906 the wife
stepped over to a neighbor's. She
told her husband to keep the coffee
hot Abdolla was a faithful husband.
He kept the coffee hot nine years. He
went about his work aa usual and said
nothing. Than It cam* to him that ha
had been deserted, and so ha made
application for divorce. /
The court heard his story."" The
woman had not written since leaving
home. Neighbors had seen her take
a train. The husband did not know
where she went. The Judge granted
an Interlocutory degree of divorce un
der which Saad will have to wait at
feast another year before he remar
ries. He was so informed by lite
court He replied: "Walt only one
year? Oh, one year Is nothing, notb
ing at all."
CAST BOTTLE ON THE WATER
After Many Days It Came Back Filled
to the Neck With Choice
Whisky.
Virginia, Minn.?A. B. Coatee, a well
known mining man, got a surprise In
the express the other day. It was a
bottle of whisky from* a Kentucky
distillery that be had not ordered The
odd thing about the gift was that the
liquor was in a bottle that Mr. Coated
emptied with a party of friends while
steaming down the River Nile la
Africa about a year ago and threw
into the murky stream. In the bottle
he had placed a slip of paper bearing
his name and address. Someone
found the bottle and forwarded It to
the distillery, where It was filled end
sent to Mr. Coatee with the liquor fac
tory's compliments. The original bot
tle was presented to Mr. Cos tee by a
local friend when he started on hie
African trip.
One Doctor's Bill In Century.
Blalrstown, N. J?Mrs. Sabllla Bell,
one hundred, suffering from a mere
cold, is attended by a doctor for the
first time in her life.
Pardons Woman Spies.
Paris.?Several woman spies, sen
tenced to death by court-martial,
have been pardoned by President
Pptncare of Frhnce.
EDISON THE WIZARD
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Builds Benzol Plant Complete in
Twenty-Nine Days.
First In Unltsd Stats* Sine* War Be
gan, Turns Out 800 Gallon* Dally
?Supply Was Formsrly
From Gsrmany.
Orange. N. J."?Completion of the
first benzol plant built In tbe United
States since tbe war has been an
nounced by Thomas A. Edison. It
was finished In the record "time of
20 days, from six to eight months
usually being required.
Benzol Is used In making aniline
dyes and synthetic carbolic acid.
Practically the entire supply always
has come from Germany, and the war
had not been long In progress before
there was a scarcity.
Edison uses a ton of carbolic acid a
day In making phonograph records.
When the war made carbolic ackl
scarce he decided to make it synthet
ically. But he needed benzol, and ben
sol was even more scarce. Bo first
he had to make the benzol
With characteristic directness, Edi
son gathered the latest information
on benzol manufacture. He decided
on the method of extracting it from
coal gas In preference to the petro
leum system of Prof. Walter Rlttman
of Columbia university. Then he de
signed a system of apparatus that
would combine cheapness and speed
of construction.
So well did he succeed that the
first plant, which is in Johnstown, Pa.,
and on which work was started twen
ty-nine days ago, now Is turning out
800 gallons of benzol a day. Edison
is planning another plant in Sydney,
Nova Scotia, and still another at a
yet unknown location. The total ben
zol production thus is expected to be
brought to 2,000 gallons dally.
Tbe benzol apparatus devised by
Edison, if easier to build, is some
what less permanent than the usual
type. It is, however, serving Its pur
pose. Edison is getting all the ben
zol he needs and has had a little left
over for his friends. There is not
much prospect. however. It vu Mid
at the Edison laboratory yesterday, ,
that there will be much (or public
sale.
The Edison plant In Silver Lake, N.
J, is said to be the llrst synthetic
carbolic acid plant In the country. It
Is turning out one and one-half tons
of acid a day.
BORN BLIND; NOW SEES
B??P??
Miss Mtud Emerson Lincoln of
Marblehead, Hub., after 21 years In
almost total darkness, has suddenly
gained full u >e of her eyes. Practi
cally blind since ber birth, one after
noon she felt something snap In ber
eye and normal tight came Instantly -
to that eye, thei to the other. The
miracle almoet inserted her. The
sight of people scared her; the sight
of food sras strange she could not
eat; everywhere she turned a new
world met her. She plans to make up
for her enforced lack of education and
rejotces In the miracle of fust plain,
everyday "seeing."
not attach their pedometers while
"running around the house, attending
tango teas or shipping." .
At the end of the year those who
have failed to tramp 600 miles are to
banquet the others.
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Horrors of War.
Parts?Clever French revues are
being played regularly In the trenches
and some hare had long runs, al
though produced la excavations only
a utile and a half from the Oonnaa
lines.
,v He Triad to Plea**.
New York.?Because she bad al
ways expressed a wish to And a pearl
In an oyster, a well-known physician
had a (100 pearl placed In m plate ot
oysters ordered by his wife at the
Hotel As tor However, she failed to
chew the gem-laden oyster, and un
knowingly swallowed the pearl.
The Leader I
A leader .of men Is oae who seas
which way the crowd Is going la Him
to get In ahead of K.?Atchison Otoha