New Britain Herald Newspaper, July 26, 1917, Page 5

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1017, ‘SAMMYS’ KNOCKING AT DOOR OF HELL Going nght Through {0 Berlm‘ to Visit Kaiser British Headquarters in France, 4July 4—(Staft Correspondence of the Associated Press).—The arrival of the first contingents of the American army in France serve to recall the fact that the United States is enter- ing a war already old and wise—wis2 with the dearly bought three long adventurous years—an:l ateeped in all the diabol 1 wicked- ness that incessant delving into the " deviltries of destruction can bring to it. Having escaped the first terrors of weapons which German science hasz evolved through toiling years of mil itary preparation, the American divi- sions will nevertheless plunge every- thing into a seething cauldron which has grown from the unavoidable p icy of “fighting the devil with fire They will have quickly to learn ®nly to make the awful frightfulness with calm but to return it with an ever increas ing measure. In doing this man nerve-tecting and soul-searching e periences undoubtedly lie them, but there are already thou- sands of youngz Americans in the Canadian and British ranks who have ved themselves traditionally wor- ¥ in the scorching flames of mod- ern War. The American forces are fortunate indeed to be able to base their edu- cation upon the bitter lessons learned by the French and British soldiers in all the eventful days that have fol- lowed that first rush of battle in 1914. Marvellously complete boolks of instruction have been builded upon those experiences and out of these the American soldiers will glean the last-word knowledge that will fit them for the forejiost trenches. Learning the Time of Shells. First of all. when they take their place, will come the baptism of fire from the noisy black high-explosive German shells that scream in from hfar and burst with terrifying re- ports—sometimes in most unexpected places. The Germans are great be- lievers both in noise and high- plosive. They even mix their adored “H-E" with their shrapnel shells which break high in the air and send their bullets ehowering down with the | whine of an angry winter wind. The “Americans soon will learn to distin- guish the individual songs of the vari- ous shells for there is not the slight- est doubt that the moment he dis- covers they are in the “line,”” the German will turn every acailable cal- ibre of weapon against them in a wisdom of | not | German | endurance. | before | OF FURIOUS ALENTRTS ENTTV =R pon VAUXA'LIDN = T eAuDES SO PARG! DN ng».m vy AVES ] shnev NANTEUIL Ih EossE e AFFAUX Sttt RAILROADS MAP of “CHEMIN DES LADIES" BATTLE SECTOR. Military observers in America, France and Great Britain have been speculating on the purpose behind the incessant German attacks on the sec- tor of the French battle line shown in the accompanying map. One recent account of the fighting said that no fewer than forty attacks were made by the Germans in this regian, but in spite of the terrible sacrifice of men in their futile attempts to retake the plateaus north of Craonne the Ger- mans were forced back to the posi- tions whence they launched their first attacks several weeks ago. The French launched a vigorous counter attack with the purpose of c¢riving the crown prince’s troops from the positions of the French first line H “ROAD OF THE LADI ES” IS OBJECT GERMAN ASSAULTS SCALE OF MILES ROADS > > > DAMES"("QOAD OF t’l&« - on the Casemate and Californie pla- teaus. The attack was a brilliant suc- cess. The war office announced that on the Californie plateau the French troops tecaptured all the ground lost with the excepton of a small salient in the northwest, which was abandoned by both sides after being completely destroyed. The Germans set up a stubborn defense. It has been asserted that the object of these furious German attacks is the breaking of the French line and the defeat of the French beforé American power makes itself felt in France. /The map shows the famous Chemin des Dames, or ‘“Road of the Ladies," | while 20 years ago. in 1896, we pro- | AMERICA LARGEST SILVER PRODUCER Passes Mexico Which Once Gave Most to World New TYork, July 27.—The recent changes in the world's demand for silver and consequent advance in | ! prices are of special interest to the | United States, which is now the lar- gest producer of silver. Prior to 1914 Mexico, produced more silver than | did the United States, but at present our preduction of the white metal [is double that of Mexico, and much greater than that of any other coun- try. A compilation by the National City’ Bank of New York shows that ' the | silver production of the United States is now double that of Mexico and three times that of Canada, which | holds third rank among the snverl\ producing countries of the world. Of | the 172,383,000 ounces of silver pro- | duced in the world in 1516 the United ' States produced 72,833,000 ounces or 42 per cent. of the world's total, | duced but 37 per cent. of the world | production, which in that year was 157,061,000 ounces. In that 20-year . period, 1896 to 1916, the productian ot the Uhited States bas, increased about 14,000,000 ounces, while that of other parts of the world has in- creased but about 1,000,000 ounces. ‘Worl Chief Producers. The world's chief producers of sil- ver are the United States, Mexico, Canada, Peru, Japan, Spain, Aus- tralia and Chile, in the order named, the United States having produced in 1915, for which figures of all coun- tries are available, 74, 961,000 ounces, Mexico, 39,570,000. Canada 28, 401,- 000, Peru 8,420,000, Japan 5,080,000, Spain 4,565,000, Australia 3,327,000; world total 179,674,000. In 1916, for LEADING CLUBS IN AMERICAN LEAGUE HIT BY CALL TO COLORS the war. Meantime, however, t mands of the Orient are also ap ently increasing, since our OWH ports of silver to the Orient in fiscal year 1917 will probably 7 gate $16,000,000 against approximat ‘Washington, July 26.—Among the baseball players who have drawn low numbers in the draft and whose chances are strong that they will have to fight for Uncle Sam are: Davy Robertson of the Giants, Sherrod Smith, Jeff Pfeffer and Leon Cadore of the Robins; Ray Schalk and Buck Weaver of the Chicago White Sox, Elmer Miller of the Yan- kees: Jack Barry, manager of the champion Red Sox; Severoid, the voung catcher of the Browns; Heinie Groh of the Reds, Hoe Evans of the Cleveland Indians and Evans, a pitcher of the Pirates. The Chicago White Sox may lose both Ray Schalk and Buck Weaver. Schalk was drawn among the first hundred,, while Weaver's number came out in the first seven hundred. the objective point of much of the | Which returns are not yet available Chick Gandil is down about the fif- furious battling. Germans have seen weapons of their own invention turned against them, and turned with a steadily increasinz intensity. Their prisoners speak «f the terror these weapons have caused and declare the German higher com- mand . is realizing all too late the Frankensteins it brought into being. While the Entente allles are multi- | plying these terrors on the lines laid down by Emperor Willlam himself, the Germans, isolated so long from the world, fiInd their resources and materials constantly failing both as to means of carrying on this style of warfare and, what is more important | to them, combatting the retributive measures undertaken by British ard French. | flourieh of introductory “hate.” They ‘will come over in order—these shriek- {ng, srumbling missiles—ranging in size and noise all the way from the nasty little pip-squeaks or whiz- bangs, up through the four-point- twos, the five-point-nines and then on to what the British Tommies la- | conically call ‘‘the big stuff'—the eight and eleven-inch howitzers and the projectiles from heavy calibred long range naval guns, known with- out affection as ‘“Whistling Percys." + There will be little opportunity to hear a “‘Big Bertha,” for those fa- mous old 42-centimeter howitzers are seldom used nowadays. It is. be- lieved that the Germans planned to bombard Arras with them, using prussic acid shells, but the British advance on Easter Monday last put a stop to that particularly nefarious scheme against the already sadly bat- *tered little Artois cathedral city. There is also awaiting the new American army bounteous baptism of bombs and hand grenades and the still more dismaying introduction to the ghastly rattle of the machine- gun and its sinister swish of spraying bullets—sounds well calculated to ‘ztah with a moment of fear the heart of the bravest man. But above all the American soldiers muet equip themselves to endure the lethal gas that will be sent over against them in polsonous, vaporish clouds, or showered upon them in a deluge of heavily charged clvinders and shells. They must prepare to feal also with the treacherous lach- rymatory gas which while not dan- gerous to life irritates the tearducts until one cries with blinded, smart- ing eyes for hours. The surprise of both these .gases is their altogether pleasant smell. the lethal variety sug- gesting the clean odor of a sanitary hospita} ward, while the so-called tear gas has the appetizing scent o? *rushed ripe apples. or cider. Not Forgetting the “Flamenwerfer.” There is also the terror of the ‘“flamenwerter,” with its roaring stream of liquid fire flar- ing with the velocity of a high pres- sure fire nozzle and with an offpour- ing of smoke rising like a black cy- clone cloud to the heavens. 3 The first day of their stay in battle trenches the Americans will make the scquaintance of a very old, but ecarcely cherished. friend of the Tommies and Poilus—another mem- ber of the Werfer family known as “Minnie.” This is the German mine thrower or minenwerfer, which flings over at short range great heavy pro- jectiles known as ‘“flying pigs” be- causs of their wabbly, ungaini flight. They go off with a deafeni roar, expending more enerzy noise. however, than on @amage. A notable development of the war hag been the dread with which the 5 on material i waves reason-shaking | Giving 'Em the Gas. Asph¥xiating gas may be taken as! a striking example. The whole world was shocked when Germany first re- leased these poison clouds during their second attack on Ypres when the Allies, little suspecting such weapon, had no protection whateve against it. The horror of those day: when men engulfed by the lethal died agonizing deaths will | never be forgotten. But the manner fn which the Canadian troops rallied and prevented the Germans breaking | through in what they hoped would be a victorious march to Calais and Boulogne, will ever be one of the most thrilling stories of the world war. Nowadays the British fairly bathe the Germans in every form of gas whenever the slightest opportun- ity offers, and prisoners all say their losses in these attacks have been alarmingly heavy. Gas is sent over in creeping banks of fog, is shot over in bombs that suddenly explode ia trenches and at entrances to dugauts,, while no billets or sleeping quarters . for troops in rest miles back of the fighting line are safe from the gas shells which are ever knocking at their doors. The bitterness of it all to' the Ger- mans, however, is the fact that daily they find they have less and less rub- ber with which to construct their gas masks, many of which are very In- ferior and offer but poor protection to the fighting men against gases that constantly are becoming more power- ful. Boiling and blazing oil drums which they find exploding about them in scalding and incendiary fury, heavy shells which break over them spurting streams of melted lead, are other species of the dread chickens of frightfulness that are daily flying home to the German roost. Tt is small wonder that half-finished letters found on Germans in the front lines dwell upon the terror of the war, or th® some go so far as to speak a desperate envy of the dead. t A MYSTERY. Death Toll in New Waterford Mine Disaster Is 62, Sydney, C. B., July 26.—Officialls of the Dominion Coal company today said that they had been unable to de- termine the cause of the explosion in the company’s mine at New Water- ford yesterday which caused the death of 62 men. Forty-six bodies had been located early today, of which 30 had been brought to the surface, When the explosion occurred 260 men were under ground. Rescue parties today were making as rapid investigations of the workings as possible. EXPLOSION $1.50, $2.00, $2.50 and $3.50 SHIRTS $1.00 NOW. PARCELS FOR “SAMMY.” Washnigton, July 26.—Parcel post packages may be sent to soldiers of the American expeditionary force at the rate of 12 cents a pound, but may not be registered, insured or sent charged c. o. 4., the post office depart- ment announced today. The wrapper should bear the name and address and the name of the addressee should be | dustries. followed only by the name of the unit to which he belongs with the words “American Expeditionary forces.” COUNTRY CALLS FOR SKILLED MEGHANICS Trade Schools Expected to Far- nish Big Quotas Washington, July - 27.—Training skilled mechanics and high-grade helpers is the next step in national preparation, according to the depart- ment of the interior, which has sent broadecast, through the bureau of _ education, an appeal to trade schools, to prepare to meet the demands that will come for semi-technical work- ers in the metal trades and other in- President Wilson, Secretary of Commerce Redfield and other gov- ernment officials are also vigorousiy behind the effort to enlist vocational schools and classes everywhere in the establishment of this second line of industrial ‘defense. “It is impossible,” says the depart- ment’s statement, ““to forecast defin- itely the numbers of mechanics and operatives of various kinds that will be required. Officers of the army, navy and civil service commission are agreed, however, that during the next few months there will be an unusual demand for capable foremen, me- chanics and high grade helpers in a number of important occupations.” The following are some of the work- ers who will be most urgently needed: Automobile mechanics, bakers, black- ‘smiths, boat builders, chauffeurs, cooks, draftsmen, electricians, engin- eers (steam), engineers (gds), ma- chinists, motorcycle mechanies, paint- ers, pipefitters, riveters, saddlers, shipfitters, shipwrights, tentmakers, textile workers, wheelwrights, stenog- raphers and typewriters. It is pointed out that the demands for these workers will come from the regular enlisted corps of the army and navy, from the enlisted reserve corps of the army and navy, from the eligible registers of the civil service commission, and from privats om- ployers whose workers are called into Bovernment service. After the war there will also be a continued demand for similar workers in the reorganiza- tion and rchabilitation of industry. Maintaining school throughout the summer months, encouraging s'u- dentg between 16 and 20 years of age now already enrolled to continue their training, and discouraging pre- mature entrance into industry, are urged as necessarv. The bureau warns particularly against any re- laxation of standards, pointing out that half-baked mechanics will in the end inevitably impair the efficiency of any branch of the service. “Young persons now enrolled in technical courses should be urged to compleie their courses, even at the cost of some temporary sacrifice, if neces- sary, in order that they may ultimata- Iy contribute the maximum of ser: ice when needed,” say bureau offi- cials. Schools are urged also to offer spe- cia] intensive courses through the summer months to train mechanics and machine operatives of various types. There are over 500 special schools available for service of the kind in- dicated now on the lists of the bu- reau of education, according to the department’s statecment, and these schools have been asked to notify the commissioner of education at once as to the plans that will be adopted for carrying out the suggestions of the government. for many of the smaller countries, the production of the United States was 72,884,000 ounces, Mexico 35,- 000,000, Canada 25,500,000, and the world’s total 172,384,000 ounces, In the distribution of our surplus ' silver a very large proportion goes to Europe, the remainder chiefly to the Orient. In the fiscal year 1916 the latest for which complete figures are now available, we exported $53,172,- | 000 worth of silver of which $41,032,- | 000 went to England, 38,240,000 to ' China and Hongkong and 1,385,000 | to South America. We also exported in that year $6,420.000 worth of for- eign silver, out of a total of $34,154,- 000 worth sent to us ehiefly from our near neighbors, Mexico, South Amer- ica and Canada, part of it coming in the form of ore and a part as refined ' bullion. Most of this is sent to us| because of our superior smelting and | refining facilities, and also because | the United States as the world's lar- | gest producer of silver has special facllities for marketing that product in other parts of the world. In the fiscal year 1917, for which 11 months' —— - teen hundred mark, lins, Willlams, Wolfgang, Linn and T.eibold are near the bottom. Death | Valley Jim Scott has already applied { for admission to the second officers’ reserve training camp and will leave the team shortly. Jack Barry is, so far as he knows, the only member of while Eddie Col- | ly $9,000,000 in 1916 and $6,000, in 1915. BIRTH RECORDS IN GERMANY D DEGLININ Dectease I Infant Mortality not Offset Population Loss Amsterdam, Netherlands, June | —(Correspondence). — Apart frd the inroads made upon Germanj male population by the war, check to the natural renewal of people is making itself very sha felt. The provisional birth statist] for 1913% show very clearly wha shrinkage will be evident in the G man army levies for these Yyear war, assuming that the emperor.," at least his military system, have 3 disappeared from the German emj before the time for their calling { comes round. g The officail statistics which rel to German towns of 15,000 and inhabitants, show that the number infants born alive in such towns 4 creased by 131,068 in 1915 as co pared wit® 1914, and that in 19 they again declined by 114,557, ing a total decrease betwesm th ginning of 1915 and the end of of 245,625, or 39.5 per cemt. of number of living birth recorded the year 1914. This percentdge most entirely accords with ‘the crease percentage in the .absol number of such births recordedy] the 26 largest German cities, are separately tabulated. It is.clear that such a decling the number of births can. by means be counterbalanced by simultaneous decrease shown in mortality rate of infants under vear old, although this is rela; somewhat greater than the shrin shown in the number of births. mortality rate of infants under vear old, measured by compa with the number of births, has eg tinually declined since the year 19 the Red Sox whose number has been drawn near the top. Cut shows Weaver, Barry. Schalk and | the value $76,- value ex- figures are now available, of silver exported was about 000,000, slightly exceeding in that of any earlier year. The ) ports of 1917 are thus about $25,000,- 000 in excess of 1916, about one-half of this increase having gone to Eur- ope and the rematnder to the Orient. Production Declines Since, World-production ot silver has ma- terally declined since the beginning of the war. The total output in 1913, the year immediately preceding the war, was 223,900,000 ounces, but dropped to 160,626,000 in 1914, 179,- 574,000 in 1915 and 172,238,000 1916, the decline occurring in coun- tries other than the United State: our own production having been FATIMA A Sensible in | dn In the 26 largest German cities' rate of such infant mortality, as co [ pared with births, fell from 15.3 | the year 1914 to 13.0 in 1916, wh in all German towns of 15,000 | more inhabitants it declned in § | same period from 15.5 to 13.% As the German Press emphas with legitimate satisfaction, the rd | of infant mortality in the war | 1916 was lowdér even than. in 4 vear 1912, when it stood at 14 hitherto a record low rate. Such] comparative mortality decrease, hol ever, can naturally have but very slightest effect on the shrinkaf in the actual number of birth in Gi many in the past two years of [ 1913, 66.802,000 ounces, in 1914 72,- 455,000, in 1815 74,961,000, and in 1916, 72,884,000 ounces, Nearly one-half of the world’s pro- duction of silver prior to the war was used in the arts and industries, the director of the mint having estimated the consumption for arts and indus- | tries, in 1912, 97,000,000 ounces, out { of a total production in that year of 224,000,000 ounces. At present, ac»' cording to current reports, the coun- | tries at war are increasing materially { { ) their coinage of silver, partly to take ] j place of gold being withdrawn from | circulation for other purposes, and in | | part to accompany the issues of non- | and the next population statistics | | metallic currency which have been | the country must show evidences made necessa the demands of | the check which war has impo: IGARBTTE ALKS BACK If it smokes hot—or makes your mouth taste “tinny”—or if it ever leaves you feeling “over-smoki —then try Fatimas. ‘Thousands of men are choosing Fatimas for taste and comfort—for that balanced Turkish blend that never calls your attention to the number you smoke. Comfort. Delicious Taste. These make Fatimas sensible. You’ll find this:true as sure as you try a package. Lget o MyamIbaeco O Cigarette