SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1917
PAGE EIGHT
THE ASHEVILLE TIMES.
AMERICANS PRACTICE
: HANDLING BIG GUNS
ArtiUerymen Training With Guns From the "155" Up
to the M400's Accuracy and Not Speed Is Essential
Reserve Officers From Plattsburg Completing Their
Study One of Largest Guns Named "Monstique"
' After New Jersey
American Training Camp In France,
Oct, 10 (Delayed), (By The Associ
ated Press). Not far behind the
American field artillery which has
been in training In a rugged section
of France for the past two months.
have cnrnn the men of the "heavies."
Thev are veteran firnnnerx and mnnv
are famllLir with the hit euns at
home and they greeted almost as com-
, radee tho monster French weapons
which they are now grooming for
' eventual use against the Germans.
' Some ot the guns with which the
' American artillerymen are training.
. are wonderful and ponderous exam-
pies of the French gun makers' skill
and daring. They range from the
modest but marvellously effective
"155" up to the staggering "400" that
" hurls a high explosive missile weigh
ting just short of a ton. The "400's"
are more potent than the big Berthas
ever were in their days of great de
structlveness, , In calibre the guns range from the
short, squat mortars, which sit upon
. their haunches like giant frogs up the
; various members of the howitzer fam
; tly to the truly sinister naval rifles
with their long tapering barrels.
Delighted With Big Guns.
The Americans are delighted with
their French weapons and are busy
studying every detail and adapting
themselves to the use of French ma
terial. ' Most of the heavy gunners are
men of long achievement and do not
need much actual firing practice be
fore taking their place in line against
the enemy. They have been a little
surprised o find that with the big
land guns used here speed is not a
great factor. These heavy weapons
are used for destructive purposes and
there is no special need ,f or haste when
dealing with concrete dugouts and
other enemy defenses that cannot run
way. Accuracy is the great goal of
all heavy gunners.
Asked if his men would not find it
difficult 'to shoot without direct ob
servation, the general commanding the
heavy -- artillery contingent replied:
"We' will have direct observation. The
only difficulty will be that of the ob
server, instead of standing beside the
gun will be sitting aloft in an airplane.
You can depend upon it that each shot
we fire at the enemy will be watched
and recorded,"
Wireless Branch important.
The wireless branch of the heavy ar
tillery service is of great importance.
At schools already established radio
pupils are being specially trained in
communication with airplanes and ob
servation balloons. . ''
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Plattsburgh and other training camps
are completing their technical edu
cation in the artillery schools here,
These officers, individually selected
for the artillery sen-ice because of
their education in higher mathematics
and engineering are proving a great
Joy to their commanders and instrue
tors. It is predicted that they all will
make splendid officers.
The gunners have been interested In
the big "240's" which are hauled by
caterpillar tractors but the real pets
I with the gunners from over seas are
those aristocrats among the heavies
which command special railroad cars.
Some of these rulers of the cannon
world" are so important and so valu
able that an entire artillery train is
devoted to them. These trains are
strange looking affairs in their fantas
tic war paint, resembling at a distance
a mammoth rattlesnake. Even the
engines are included in the camou
flage and may resemble anything
from a brick house to a giant hedge
hog.
French Sense of Humor.
The French sense of humor cannot
be suppressed by thre' yei y and more
of war. French officers imt'e named
one of the largest guns turned over
to the Americans "mouscique," which
means mosquito.
"It is a compliment to any of your
artillerymen who have come from New
Jersey," said the French commandant
who said he had spent ten years on
the eastern coast of the United States.
The French guns although large
and apparently unwieldy are balanced
easily, one man being able to elevate
and deflect a weapon weighing 50
tons or more.
DANISH ATHLETE, 51 YEARS
E
London, Sept. 16. (By mail)
What is probably an athletic record
for a man 51 years old was recently
made at Putney by Lieut. J. P. Muller,
of the Danish army. He walked, ran,
cycled, sculled, paddled and swam a
half mile each in slightly less than
half an hour. "
His times were: cycling, 1 minute 58
1-5 second; walking, 5 minutes 38 1-5
seconds; running, 3 minutes 10 sec
onds: sculling, 4 minutes 7 seconds!
paddling, 6 minutes 39 4-5 seconds;
swimming, 8 minutes 58 1-5 seconds;
totaling 29 minutes 19 3-5 seconds.
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SUFFRAGE
NOTES
Woman's Day at the Fair.
For nearly a score of years the of
ficials of the state fair have dreamed
of a woman's building for the fair
grounds that would meet the demands
ot the rapidly developing woman
work in North Carolina.
This dream for years promised to
end in a dream: but dreams come
true sometimes, and those who have
one state work, and watched the pro
gress that covers the state from Cur
rituck to Cherokee have at last come
in sight ot a realized dream.
On the right of the fair ground as
you drive through the big entrance
gate, stands a commodious, attractive
modern building, complete in detail.
beautiful In architectural proper
tion, the newest and most attractive
building on the fair grounds. .
This is the long hoped for woman's
building, standing as it were, with
wide open arms to welcome the wo
men of North Carolina, for whom the
building was erected and for whose
use and inspection it shall stand for
ever.
In some measure the people of
North Carolina in the past have been
inclined to look upon the state fair
as a Raleigh fair, possibly because
the officers mostly live there, and be
cause many state workers who have
done so much to make the fair what
it is, hold offices in Raleigh, but that
is far from the fact, and should never
have been so regarded.
The president of the fair of 1917,
B. O. Everett, and the other officers
desire especially to bring the fair be
fore the people as a North Carolina
institution In which every man, wo
man and child in the state have part
and Interest.
. The beautiful woman's building
will be dedicated and formally pre
sented to the women of North Caro
lina, October 17. 'This day will be
memorable day in the hostory of the
state. Miss Jeanette Rankin, mem
ber of congress from Montana, will
deliver the address and speak on wo
man's place in the progress of the
world today. It is hoped that 10,000
women from all over the state will
be present to hear this remarkable
woman who comes with a n essage for
the people of North Carolina.
It is easy to imagine the influence
woman's day and the woman's build
ing will exert" on Miss Rankin, and
how the soul of this splendid woman
will be kindled by the vision of a big
ger and grander future for the women
of North Carolina, who on that day
receive into their keeping the sacred
trust of a building, conceived and
erected for their use, where their
highest development and best work
may be placed and exhibited to an
admiring public from year to year.
Women of North Carolina this is
no mean gift. In actual money the
building represents an expenditure of
more than $10,000. In work and
achievement its value may not be
told. -
It comes to the women of the
state as does every other privilege,
rich with opportunities, weighty with
responsibilities. It can make it a
stepping stone to higher things, and
entrance door to opportunities scarce
ly now dreamed of.
Suffragists in Parartr.
There will be a section of the par
ade on woman's day of the state fair
devoted to woman suffrage. The
state organization will have a float
and the president desires each equal
suffrage league in the state to have a
float or decorated car. In the car, of
course, will ride the officials of the
suffrage league. They will be admit
ted to the fair free and invited to at
tend all the ceremonies.
If you desire to do so, you can com
pete for the prizes which will be of
fered. The first prize $75.00, second
prize $50.00 and third prize $25.00.
If you do not care to compete for the
prize, you can simply decorate your
car to the expense of $5.00.
Annual Convention.
Mrs. John S. Cunningham, presi
dent of the North Carolina Equal Suf
frage league, held a meeting of the
executive committee October 2 to ar
range the program for the annual
convention in Uoldsboro to be held
October 30-31 Raleigh's beautifully
equipped Woman's club being the
place of meeting for the committee.
Chairman . Pou, of the rules com
mittee, an administration leader,
sponsored the resolution creating a
committee on woman's suffrage in the
house.
In case Salisbury's "Pete" Murphv
is elected to that body, great suffrage
activity is expected rrom him, late
converts, being eventually the most
rampant agitators In the cause. They
have to make up for lost time.
A Biurr That Has Been Called.
The. Federation of Woman's clubs
in North Carolina, an organization of
eooo among the most intelligent and
influential women in this state, have
often passed resolutions requesting
recognition by appointments on the
boards of several state Institutions. It
could not be denied that there was
justice In the demand. Though all
the students at the State Normal and
the Eastern Training school were
girls, there was not a woman held
of sufficient Intelligence to be a mem
ber of the board of trustees of those
institutions. Though there were
girls In the Institutions for the deaf
and dumb and blind, at the Caswell
Training school, at Cullowhee, and
the Appalachian Training school and
in the state hospitals, which made it
eminently proper that at these Insti
tutions there should be members on
the board who would look Into the
management from a woman's stand
point, women were religiously exclud
ed, as much so as If It were Turkey.
It is true that there are very few
girls at the university or the A. & E.
college but women raised all the boys
sent to those Institutions and their
care should not have stopped short
of some representation among the
trustees. In the atate penitentiary
there are 10 men to every woman,
but if one woman had been on the
board we would have been spared the
tokening details brought out in the
recent legislative investigation of that
Institution.
It could not be denied that women
being taxpayers and intelligent, it
would be to the public interest, and a
matter of Justice to that half of our
people, to have the benefit of their
presence on all these state boards.
But every time the suggestion was
made, there was the hackneyed reply,
"it ia un-con-sti-tu-tlon-al for a wom
an to hold office." This was a solemn
ultimatum which bluffed off all com
plaints. It ao happens that there ia a clause
In the constitution of North Carolina
which provided that no -person shall
hold two offices or placea of trust or
profit. There ia another clause in the
constitution that no person ahall be
eligible (i. e. capable of being elected)
to a aeat in either house of the gen-
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eral assembly who at the time of his
election held any office or place of
trust or profit. During the session of
the late general assembly there was
a meeting of the trustees of the uni
versity in which It appeared that
more than a dozen members of the
legislature were then trustees of the
university or members of other state
boards at that time and were such
when elected. It also appeared that
the attorney general, the auditor and
the secretary of state were also !
these boards and that the former
clerk, of the Supreme court, to the
knowledge of the court, was a promi
nent trustee of the university while
clerk of the court.
When these farts came out, the
women very naturally asked how It
was that If these positions on the
various state boards of public insti
tutions were officers, these officials
could be elected to the legislature or
hold other positions while holding the
so-called offices, and If they were not
offices, how it waa that women were
disqualified for appointment
There waa no answer to iin riddle.
The result waa and Is, that today there
are probably a dozen women filling
positions on these boards In just rec
ognition of their ability and patri
otism and who will render moat ex
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Helpless Hospital Patients
Brave During Air-Raids
London, Sept. 26. (By mall)
Bravest of all the millions of London
ers who remain calm under showers
of air craft bombs are the helpless
patients lying in hospitals within the
zone of bombardment.
To be able to duck to cover or go
into the streets and watch the air raid
spectacle, is a relief to the feelings of
the well person. But the wounded
aoldier, or the civilian recovering from
an operation, can't move from his
cot. He must take his nerves In a
firm hand and "play the game."
Every hospital in London reports
that the helpless patient does play
the game with a smiling contempt for
death.
Here are extracts from hospital re
portsam the conduct of their patients
during the terrific bombardment of
London July 7:
Charing Cross Hospital. Two girls
cried from nervousness. Otherwise
every one was calm.
Guy's Hospital: . The men casualty
patients were allowed to smoke and
they greatly appreciated the aedatlve.
The only manifestation of uneasinesa
by an ordinary patient waa the crying
of a woman. She waa soon reassured.
One man who had had his leg ampu
tated on the occasion of the raid of
June 13, cried like a child for four or
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five hours. Hla case, however, ia an
unusual one, for he suffered a severe
nervous shock at the time of his in
jury. , ''
St. Mary's Hospital: All patients
behaved excellently. Women, chil
dren and men patients were calm and
perfectly submissive to the arrange
ments for their safety.
Westminister Hospital: The only
persona affected were the "nervous"
cases and patients with heart trouble.
They were somewhat upaet. The wo
men nurses went at once to the assign
ed emergency poets and their example
doubtless-accounted for the coolness
with trtiich the patients regarded the
danger.
London Fever Hospital: There was
no cowardice. One little , boy In the
Hcarlet fever ward took to crying but
the others called the raldera "fat
heads" and square-heads." Some of
the girls went to the wlndowa to
watch the passing air fleet.
St. Bartholomew's Hospital: There
waa no panic and no lasting Ill-effects
of the aevee strain were noticed.
In addi n to caring for the pa
tients already within their walls every
hospital in London had to face the
prospect-of a flood of emergency cases
wounded during the raid. The ar
rangements for moving the regular
patlenta to make room for more, work
ed perfectly in every case ai d the cas
ualties were given prompt attention.
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GOVERNOR ASKS
TO ATTEND A
Sheriff E. M. Mitchell will leave
here today for Raleigh, in answer to
a message he received last night from
Governor T. W. Bickett, In which the
chief executive of the state request
ed the county official to attend a meet
ing at Raleigh Monday.
The message stated that at the
meeting the governor will "lay before
you a matter of vast and vital im
portance to state and nation." It Is
presumed that other county officials
have also been requested to attend
the meeting. ,
Up to 2 o'clock thia morning the
police had not made an arreat amce
early Friday evening. At that hour
thia morning only four arrests had
been made since Thursday night
Yesterday and last night were the
quietest here for aometime, the pa
lice atate. ,