ARMY BASE IS CONSIDERED
THE HEART OF BIG AGGREGATION.
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BEHIND THE BRITISH LINES IN FRANCE, July!
15—( Correspondence of The Associated Press ) As
“General Headquarters” is the brains ot the army from
which all orders eminate, so “The Bass’ is in a very large
measure the heart, whence the blood circulates to the re-j
' motest part of the body.
A visit to a Base shows that it is something far bigger
and more comprehensive than a camp; it is a district. Its
• center is a town of size and importance; a town whose
church spires and towers render it visible from a long dis
tance, while its railways and street car lines present a
busy scene during all hours of the day and night. There
is a large civilian population, carrying on business as us
ual, through airraids are frequent, and demolished houses
are constant reminders of ever-present danger. The Town
Hall has been badly damaged, and a shot hole t rom a long J
range gun can be seen in the tower.
In the streets of the town, People of all five continents
.jostle each other. There are the French, civilian and mili
tary; there are British troops of all ranks and descriptions
even the Khaki-clad women of the Auxiliary Army Corps, i
'there are Australians, Canadians, Americans, Belgians,!
Chinese, East Indians, and African Negroes; The latter
make excellent transport drivers, while the Chinese are j
employed on ordinary labor of various kinds.
The sight of two Chinamen bathing in a small puddle
in a busy square, using their soap by turns and drying
themselves on strips of rag with true oriental unconcern
as to all that is going on around them, is becoming famil
iar. Their camp is some distance from the town, and their
nearest neighbors are the inhabitants of a German pris
onor-of war camp, who can be seen daily at work in leis—
urelv manner on a militarv railway. Their work in the
open has tanned them to an almost African brown and the
slender size of their guard suggests that they are well con
tented with their lot and not at all anxious to attempt es
cape.
In the town itself can be seen guns by the hundred,
packed as close as they can possibly be packed. Outside the
town are other packs of artillery- and wagons and dumps
of munitions and engineering materials. There are camps
everywhere. Some for men waiting to go Up the line, oth
ers for those who are employed more or less permanently
at the Base on transport and other duties. Hospitals are
situated here, too, always on the sites most favorable for
fresh air and sunlight. The quarters of the Base Comman
dant, the Base Cashier, the Ordnance Officer and other
important officials are situated in the town itself.
Notices in both French and English are posted every
where about the place and polite military police are on du
ty at cross roads and other points of importance.
The End
BY BEATRICE GOLDIE
“Somewhere in France,” the papers say,
Men are fighting night and day,
Dying there in the gloom of night,
Giving their lives for God and the Right;
Led by the hand of Justice they went
To defend the cause of the innocent,
To crush the tyrant on land and seas,
And give to the world a lasting Peace.
Somewhere at home, many miles away,
Women are weeping night and day, i
Weeping with hearts that sting and ache
Beneath their burden, but do not break; i
Dark are their lives as the robes they wear,
For loved ones who perished “over there.” !
God’s gift to woman through all the years
Of grief and courage is but her tears. ; I,
Somewhere in Hell there is a place J |
Waiting and waiting night and day, * u
For those who plunged the human race
Into this cruel and bloody fray; ) ' jj
Who sought to drag all nations down, S *
To gratify a degenerate crown, *{
And Satan’s mission will be complete
When he sees them writhing at his feet, (j
Somewhere in Hell. T
(This poem has been read on the battlefront— No Man’s
Land.) | ;ft
PHILADELPHI A IS CRABLESS.
PHILADELPHIA, July 15— The hard shell crab, a
much appreciated summer dainty hereabouts, has become
extinct as far as Philadelphia is concerned. Transportat
ion delays,high prices and the shortage of labor are given
as the cause. Many of the younger fishermen have entered
the army, navy, and the munition plants.
Tiie greater part of the supply formerly came from
the Virginia capes, an overnight run under ordinarf condit
ions. It now requires from four to six days to get the crabs
here. Delayed shipments kill the crabs and there are often
not more than a dozen left alive in a barrel, bringing the
cost to near a dollar each. Soft shell crabs are on the mar
ket, but they are not plentiful. Curiously, the soft shell
variety, considered far less hardy, stand the journey from
the sea better than the hard shells.
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PROMINENT JAPANESE DECORATED.
TOKIO, July 15— Baron Tanetaro Megata, who was
chief of the Japanese financial mission to the United
Why be satisfied with the wear you
get Iron: ordinary boots
when you get so much more from “Hi-Press?”
This is no idle claim, but a fact proven by miners,
farmers anJ construction workers from Alaska to
Mexico. “ITi-Prcss” is made by a new and better
method—thegreatc t advance in footwear in fifty years.
We use the toughest rubber ever evolved—actually the
same kind that goes into Goodrich Auto l ires. 1 here
seems to be no wear-out to it. And the boot is molded
Can’t leak or come apart—and
it’s wonderfully comfortable.
When next you hit the trail try the
Shupac—shown here. The White
llip is best for the sluices, and there
are many other styles. Ask for the
footwear with the Red Line ’Round
the Top—that’s “Hi-Press.’*
40y0Cd Dealny
THE B.F.EQSflRICii R2IESER
AKRON
OHIO
FAILS TO FIND
HUSBAND-KILLED
ON BATTLEFIELD
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LONDON, July 15 — Three years
ago Lady Robert Sheffield Stuart
qualified as a hospital nurse and went
to France, firm in the belief that her
husband, missing since the battle of
Neuve Chappelle, was alive, and hope
lul that she might learn some news of
him. He was a captain of the Royal
Scots Fusiliers and with four brother
officers was severely wounded. Cap
tain Stuart insisted that his comrades
should be removed before he was taken
from the field, and when the stretcher
bearers returned for him he hai disap
peared.
I^ady Stuart made eager inquiries
wherever her duties led but her patient
quest thus far has been unrewarder,
and the missing officer is now presum
ed to be dead. He was the heir of the
Lari of Castlestewart, his elder broth
er, Viscount Stuart, having falen at
Loos.
NOT RECOGNIZE FINLAND
LONDON, July 15 — Great British
refuses to recognize the'present Fin
nish government.
“COP” DISMISSED
VANCOUVER, B, C. July 15 — One
officer was dismissed from the focre
and it is ^pected that others will be
let out, because of their actiity in try- j
ing to organize a union among the
... .jattn
States, has been decorated with the First Class Order of
the Sacred Treasure in recognition of the distinguished
services rendered by him,
EAT MORE FISH.
Eat fresh fish if you are near the sources of fresh fish
mt pay for fish rather than long distance transportation.
Consume your locally caught fish.
Eat salt fish wherever you are. If you eat meat for
u-eakfast, make it salt herring, salt mackerel, or other salt
fish. Salt fish are good eating if properly prepared by this
old-fashioned method. Smoked herring, smoked eels,
smoked bowfin, smoked shark, smoked carp. The last thi*ee
mentioned are just being introduced. Make them go. - . .
Do not let Friday be the only day. Don’t stand back
on disagreeable names or ungainly appearances.
Prejudice is an expensive luxury. A shark would not
taste any better if called by another name—it tastes good
as it is. Carp is good eating and nutritious.
Look out for new fish. They are coming. Bowfin Gray
■fish Burbot, Goosefish, Shark, Skates, Sablefish, Grou
per. ft ft t $ft||flfV|
Preserve fish. Small pressure canners are already in
use by thousands of people. Put up a supply of fish when
you can get them cheap. Can the roes, too— they az-e es
pecially nutritous.
Eat fish—cultivate the taste—get the habit!
COST OF LIVING HIGH >,
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When the high cost of living has become so high that
it seems as though you could not live any longer, buy a
pound of rice and live high.
The “very best” costs not over 15 cents a pound. With
its comparative cheapness and good food value, and the
many ways it can be served, rice is hard to beat.
A pound is practically two cups of uncooked rice, boil it
and your stock goes up about 400 per cent, a good invest
ment on your money, the two cups of unboiled rice become
eight cups of boiled rice and that will go a long way to*
i, nourishing way.
FROM LEAGUE OF RUSSIANS WHO
ARE FAITHFUL TO THEIR COUNTRY.
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PARIS, July 15— ( Correspondence of the Associated
Press )—Twelve of the most prominent Russians who re
side in France are founders and backers of a new organi
zation, the “League of Russian Faithful To Their Country
and its Alliances”. The organization is pledged to work for
the establishment of order, to defend the vital interests of
Russia, and the economic regeneration of the eountrv
Leaders of the organization are such men as M. Efre
mof, once chief of the Progressive Party in the Russian
Duma and former Minister of Justice of the Provisional
government; M. Iswolskv, former Minister of state and
former Ambassador to France; General Lokhvitsky, form
er commander of the Russian troops in France and now at
the head of the Russian volunteer forces; M. Nelidof, Russ
ian Minister to Belgium at Havre; and M. Stakhovitch,
former governor of Finland under the Provisional gov
ernment and later Ambassador to Spain
They have detached themselves from the “Union of
Patriotic Russians” with the following announcement of
their aims:
“The reestablishment, in an indivisible and sovereign
Russia, of order and legality on strictly constitunal bases
guaranteeing the rights of citizens as well as those'of
other nationalities on the basis of extensive local liberty
(local self government.)
“Defence of the vital interests of Russia bv the con
servation of political, intellectual and economic ties of the
strongest sort with the Allied countries, and by the recre
ation of the military and naval strength of Russia.
“Regeneration of the economic life of Russia and of
the state’s credit on the basis of respect for private pro
ps’tv. recognition of engagements contracted by Russia,
.r od +he free development of the productive forces of the
ic™ntry”- »'■
GERMAN WOMEN WORKERS MAY STRIKE
COPENHAGEN, July 15— All German women me'
tal worker’s trade organizations have united in a demand
for higher wages, says a Hamburg newspaper. The ship
wrights at Samburg have also filed demands for higher
pay and shorter hours.
LONDON, July 15— Dr. T.J. Schollick, a pioneer of
cycling, recently died at Streatham, aged eighty-three.
Manny years ago ,he made a wooden triele, which he used
in paying professional calls as a doctor at Guildford. The
, machine weighed 145 pounds.
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