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RESULTS OF GERMAN AIR RAIDS OVER PARIS A li r3 $vs ii! 1 tiV rTvvS 'I I The upper photograph shows a view of several of the houses which were wrecked Uy the bombs dropped by the Germans. These places of "military Import mce" to the Germans were the homes of the people who live in the poorer section of Paris. The lower photograph shows the results of bombs droppel ou the dormitory of a children's hospital, which fortunately had been vacated in time by the 200 children, and none were injured there. The building is a mass of wreckage. If the children had not been removed doubtless every one of theui would have been killed.

SS mSESJMABLE BY DEATH IN UNITED STATES ARMY Sentence of Sleepy Sentries With the Army in France Calls Attention to Offenses Which May Be Punished by Hanging or ShootingDeath Sentence Is Mandatory Only in Case of Spy Many Touching Stories. Washington Four American soldiers, sentenced to death for sleeping on sentry duty in the front line trenches in France, may be saved from the law's extreme penalty by General Pershing's action in sending the records of their cases to Washington for review. General Pershing has authority carry out the sentence of the court 'martiii, but it is only on foreign soil that such power lies in the commanding general's hands, for by an order of December 20 the war department, at suggestion of the president, ruled no death sentence in the army forces in this country could be executed before review of the case by the So far as is known here, the only execution of an American soldier in France up to the present time 'has been that of Private F. Cadue. hanged in November for assault and murder of a French girl.

Punishable by Death. Under the laws of the American military organization, 11 offenses are pun ishahle by death, although are 'variously subdivided. Spies muat suffer the death penalty, and theirs is the only blfense for which the death sentence is mandatory. For murclfer and rape, punishment must, according to the ruling, be either death or life lui Xrlsouioent if the death sentence is Imposed it is by hanging. Spies are usually hanged, also, because, to quote FOOD FOR FRANCE FUND The collection of non perishable foodstuffs In jar and canned form un jdertaken by the food for France fund 'to be used for the wounded soldiers Jin the French hospitals is going on with unabated success In New York.

The photo shows a fund worker sort 'tag some of the contributions. OLD DEBT IS WIPED OUT 'United States Squares Accounts With South Dakota Widow After I Many Years. Selby," S. D. Mrs.

George, a widow lof Selby. recently; received from the ipost office department at Washington ia sulia of money which her husband nearly, sixty years ago. I jngt preceding the Civil war Mr. iCeorge was a mail carrier In Virginia. ''VVith the war and the separation of Nwpapr Union the manual of regulations, "death by hanging is considered more ignominious tlum death by shooting." Hanging, the rule continues, "is the usual method of execution designated in the case of spies, of persons guilty of murder in connection with mutiny, or sometimes for desertion in the face of the enemy; but in the case of a purely military offense, such.

as sleeping on post, such sentence, when Imposed, Is usually to be shot to death with musketry." For the sake of example, and to deter others from committing like offenses, the death sentence may, when deemed advisable, be executed 'in the presence of the troops of the At Discretion of Court Martial. The other eight offenses, or groups of offenses, listed as punishable by death leave the penalty to the discretion of the court martial. "Death or such other punishment as the court martial may direct" is the usual wording of the army regulation. The offenses are cowardice, in any one of a variety of ways; sleep or drunkenness on sentry post; desertion or the incitement to or assistance in desertion; attack upon a superior officer or insubordination; mutiny or sedition; making known the countersign; forcing safeguard; relieving the enemy with ammunition "or any other thing," or harboring or giving Intelligence to the enemy. In the offense of "neglect of sentry which is a betrayal of respon sibility whose seriousness has made it an almost unforgivable crime against military law, the letter of the regulation recognizes no difference between being asleep and being Intoxicated.

The ruling reads: "Any sentinel who is found drunk or sleeping upon his post, or who leaves It before he Is regularly relieved, shall. If the offense be committed in time of war, suffer death or such other punishment as a court martial may decree." It Is further provided that "the fact that the accused had been previously overtaxed by excessive guard duty is not a defense, although evidence to that effect may be received as extenuation of the offense." The point is distinctly made that the sentry who neglects his duty has Jeopardized no one knows how many thousands of his fellowsT and it may, be a crucial position to his country's cause. Whether he was intoxicated or merely asleep is, In the letter of the law, a minor matter. Insubordination. The rule regarding Insubordination is very strict It reads "Any person subject to military law who, on any pretense whatever, strikes his superior officer or draws or lifts up any weapon against him, being In the execution of his office, or wilfully disobeys any lawful command of his superior officers, shall suffer death or such other punishment as a court martial may direct.

It Is explained, however, that this does not apply to the striking of an officer "In legitimate self defense," and, of course, an officer who strikes a man under him is liable to severe punishment. Rules regarding punishment for mutiny or sedition are Inclusive. The death penalty may be Imposed at the West Virginia from Virginia, accounts became badly inixed, and Mr. George's pay was lost track of. Recently some inquisitive clerk in the department ran across the account, an Investigation was started, and the long delayed compenslon was forwarded to Mrs.

George, Buys Indian Council House. Okmulgee, Okla. The Old Creek Indian council house, which from 177S until 1006 was the seat of government for the Creek tribe of Indians, Is about discretion of th court martial npon anyone who "attempt to create, begins, causes, excites, or joins In." tlny or sedition, bat the liability to the extreme punishment does not' stop there. Anyone who, being present at a mutiny or seditious outbreak, does not "do his utmost to suppress it," may be punished by the execution of the death sentence, as If he had been an organizer of the sedition Also, unyone who has reason, to believe that a mutiny. Is about to occur or that sedition Is being stirred up must report the matter in full to his superior officer on pain of incurring the same punishment as an actual mutineer, i I "Making known the countersign" and "forcing safeguard" are purely military offenses fr which the death penalty may be Imposed.

"Relieving the enemy" may cover a number of military crimes against one's country, and "harboring the enemy" or "directly or giving him any sort of intelligence is punishable by death sit the discretion of the court martial. Many Touching Stories. 1 The tragedy of sleeping on post has furnished some of the most famous and touching stories in the history of our own and other lands. Everyone" lias heard the story of Lincoln's forgiveness of the country boy who, tired by a long campaign, slept at his sentry post. An English soldier, writing of his experiences in this war, tells how he found a young sentry asleep in an important point of watch, and of the agony of mind that preceded his decision that he must report the youth whose neglect of duty might have had terrible consequences for his comrades and the army's position.

Apropos of the war department's order that death sentences passed upon soldiers in this country be referred to it for review, It is recalled that Lincoln in 1861 ruled that no army death sentence should be executed until he had personally examined all the circumstances and facts in the case. CUT DOWN ON STAR BOARDED Boston' Committee Plans for Special Boarder's Pledge Card in That City. Boston. A special boarder's pledge card may soon be In circulation In this city as a means of food conservation in boarding bouses. This is not a new boarding house joke, but a plan ol the woman's committee of the Council of National Defense.

Of course the boarding house patron will protest against conservation of food he always has but without results. Here is the card the woman's committee would have boarders sign: at present a boarder in this city, hereby accept membership in the United States food administration, pledging myself, as a patriotic duty, to co operate with the proprietor in the conservation of meat, wheat, sugar and fats, according to the di rections and advice of the food ad ministrator. THINKS IT'S A CATALOGUE Greek Returns Questionnaire Saying There Was Nothing on List He Cared to Buy. Tulsa. Okla.

Mistaking his questionnaire for a catalogue, Ysidore Or tado, a Greek, living at Escale, returned It to his exemption board with a note, written In Greek, saying there was nothing in the list he wished to purchase. Another questionnaire, returned by a Mexican, was accompanied by a note which stated, that the man could not read United States, but knew it was to help the war, so inclosed a $5 bill. TO SPEED THE KNITTING The comfort committee of the. Navy league of the United States has Installed In its headquarters several knitting machines for making sweaters, mufflers, socks and other wearing apparel for "our boys" "over here and "over there." The immediate need of these necessities and In anticipation, of the enormous amount of these articles which will be needed by. tie boys in the next call is responsible for the action taken by the Navy league.

They have found that a pair of socks can be turned out on a mat chine in 35 minutes. An appeal has been sent out to' our patriotic knitters to operate machines instead of knitting by band and thereby speed up the work. to be purchased by the city of Okmulgee. Private citizens have agreed to furnish the money. It will be used as a post office and municipal building.

Negro Women in Lumber Mills. Little Rock, Ark. Negro women are coming here from all parts of the South and North, donning bloomers and going to work In the lumber mills. The women receive $1.50 and $2 a ay for nine hours' work. They "pick out," feed plane, work In the dry kiln and do other light work around the mill.

fci'O Western Newipapw Union BURIAL OF AMERICAN VICTIMS OF THE TUSCANIA SINKING If a iniwiiiH(imnBrwimmmfflii air 1 rgrri Jii i rr fi ft rf ftni a ii'm rwi vm fi jmwi rtn 1 Ail i ill Til SaM i LiJ i i Nil wjifi" lit: lihi iiwrmiM ii iniiiii iLumiijajriTmuaiL nimwi xiMiijijL aijiiiilaixiLiL.uLiU ie Jn'rr i in mi One hundred "and fifty nine American soldiers He burled along a bleak stretch of Scottish coast. They are those who died when the British transport Tuscania was sunk. Their graves are at the water's edge close to the base of rocky cliffs. These photographs show the funeral procession leaving the' morgue at Port Charlotte In the rain, the pipers leading, and the mourners viewing the burial ceremonies from the top of the cliff. WHERE AMERICAN TROOPS ARE NOW FACING THE ENEMY w' irrT.

frr 'iat Tu. The pictures above show sections by Uncle Sam's soldier boys. At the right, French troops clearing a trench AMERICA'S MERCANTILE on left Jtt 'I 'j I lil'IIIMllll IHI I (tJMt wii i The grea, mercantile fleet needed to arry our soldiers overseas and the enormous quantities of supplies needed to keep" these and our allies supplied with food and other necessities, is being rapldlysomplet'ed. This photograph taken in one of the many shipyards working to capacity shows a vesaei ou uiv ways almost reauy 10 un Where Cat and Gate Are. Unlike.

The neighbors' back gate and the cat sound very much alike 'on windy nights and there Is little choice between them on this score, but we don't suppose the back gate can have any little back gates every once In so often. Ohio State Journal. ii. A Horse's Musical Sense. The musical acuteness of horses Is shown by the rapidity with which cavalry horses learn the significance of (trumpet calls.

tr Vx 4 the Chemin des Dames front In the Aisne sector which Is now being held Is the entrance of the captured German fortress of Malmalson, and at the captured from the Germans and now being occupied by American troops. FLEET GROWING FASTI tauuww. Hoe Your Own Row. If you, are Indifferent If yon think hard work beneath you, then yon are a hopeless proposition. Influential friends may indeed answer your call and do their utmost, to keep you retained in the position you longed to secure, but If you have not developed or tried to develop the talent" you were so sure you possessed, your time is short In the place and the quickly you awaken, to this fact the better it will be for yon and all concerned, watching enemy planes This marine, one of a large contingent of our soldiers of the sen somewhere in Lorraine training to take their part in the fight, has sighted the approach of Teuton airplanes, and after passine the word of their mm ing to headquarters watches their flight aDove tne ciouas Origin of an Antipathy.

"Blieelns savs that when ha boy he wrote the proverb. HoneRtTr ia the Best Policy, over and over again in lls copybook." "Maybe thaj's how he got bis dislike lor iw 8o Much Tlma Wariaii One morning Mary's mother teiv phoned to a 'friend and little son, Richard, to come' and play wiin aiary. wnen iticnard mamma asked him if he wanted to go he re piled, 'Toor child, she could Jiave had me au tms time," Alcohol From Sawdurt. Experiments have shown that a ton oi oxy sawausi wiu yield with proper treatment twenty to Jwenty flve gallons of 95 per cent ethyl or grain alco nou if WOMAN'S PLACE IN INDUSTRY According to Observations Made by an Expert, It Bids Fair to Become Permanent. Woman's invasion of industry bids fair to put a crimp in the marriage lists, according' to some information which has recently been gathered by the department of labor.

It has long been an accepted fact about women as workers that their average working life is only five years, and seldom exceeds seven. This working period was considered to be merely an Interlude between school and marriage. These late investigations have put a decidedly new face on the matter. Whether it Is because women are becoming more fond of freedom or because the rewards of industry are for them becoming higher, or because of the rising price of keeping house or the growing reluctance of the male to marry, the fact 'remains' that many women are found who have had ten or more years of industrial experience and still show no tendency to wed. Then, too, that versatile woman who both marries and holds her job is on the Increase.

It is to be hoped that she, rather than the bachelor working woman, lsvthe coming type. But, the significant thing is that the majority of women now entering industry are entering to stay. Since the war women have been pouring into industries that formerly employed only men the number of women In Industry has Increased by one million during the past year. Women are running elevators, clerking in drug and grocery stores, carrying telegrams, operating wireless Instruments, driving trucks, making munitions, and handling freight in railroad yards. All these things they are performing efficiently, albeit so complacently, that people are already, beginning to consider the industrial status of woman after the war.

As an important and permanent figure in our industrial life, she requires special study. Frederic J. Harkin, in Rochester Union and Advertiser. OUR SOLDIERS WELL BEHAVED Little Story That Speaks Volumes for the Morality of the Boys "Over There." Of all that has happened over here so far, and beyond every tribute paid ns for our work in training and In the trenches, I am proudest of a Kttle In cident that occurred the other night. George Patullo writes In the Saturday Evening Post I was at division headquarters, which is In a town of about 11,000 pop ulation.

It was fairly late and dark as the mischief. The alerte had sounded for an air raid and consequently even the few lights which are usually permitted in the streets were doused. All the windows were carefully curtained none of the people moved about and our own men had long since gone to bed In their barracks and bil lets. Well, I started from the chief of staff's office to my billet along a deserted, stone paved, echoing street. It was dark as a tomb I had to feel my way for fear of tripping.

From somewhere in the sky came an angry hum, and looking up I perceived a tiny light winking amid the black clouds. One of the French airmen who had gone up to tackle the invader was signaling to the others. Suddenly somebody emerged from a side street and bumped into me, and I made out two dim, shawled figures. One was a woman, the other a young girl. They screamed and ran.

"Don't be frightened I shouted. Instantly they stopped. One of them gave a nervous laugh of relief. "It's all right, child," she said In French. "He's American." "Let 'er Go." It was midday at the orphans' home.

An Italian woman had just said good by to her little three year old Marie. An attendant took the child to the dining room and placed her in a high chair at a table. Three hundred pairs of strange little eyes looked her up and down. Verily this was a new and strange world to her and she had to remark about It A teacher told her she must. not talk out loud, and she muttered "No talk?" The teacher as sented.

Well, she must have reasoned. she couldn't talk, but she could eat for there was a plate of food set before her. She began at once to eat The teacher reproved her, explaining 8be must wait until all the others were served and the gong sounded. "No eat?" she Shortly the gong (as the children referred to It), at. which Marie cried out witn delight: i "Let 'er go!" United States Weather Proverbs.

How many proverbs there are in ex istence no man could say. To Solomon alonq are attributed no fewer than 1, 000 proverbs, and though It Is noted that Americans have few proverbs of their own, owing to the newness of the country and the fact that people from every land enter into the national life, thelrc weather proverbs alone, collected by the United States government some years ago, made a book of no fewer than 148 pages. Beat Bloodhound Weather. A properly trained bloodhound should follow a city trail if the tracks are not over ten hours old In the country from three to twenty four The atmosphere has much to do with it Hot dry weather is bad. A moist day Is the best as the scent of the trail Is stronger on damp ground tban on dry.

Conserve the Birds. Today every one Is awakened to the necessity of forest conservation. Birds In the United States weekly kill millions of insects which destroy tree growth. Qf the vast sums of money now. being spent for forest conservation much of it Is set aside to kill the Insects which birds destroy.

Word From Br'er Williams. T5f de wort wuz ter run my way It would, a bumped into de moon" an got burnt up In de sun too long ago ter talk "bout! Atlanta.