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Show THE TIMES-NEW- NEPHT. UTAH. S. "9 NEED SUNNY PLACE The Confessioes of a Gemmae Deserter Ravaging and Pillaging of Ooprrlfkt by Ds troll Tr GERMAN SOLDIERS ARE PUNISHED SUFFERING FOR GIVING AID TO REFUGEES The author of these confessions, an officer in the pioSynop! neers' t'orjiH of the (icrmun army, a brunch of the service t'orresimnd Ing to (lie engineers' corps of the United States anny, Is sent Into Belgium wllli tin first Herman forces Invading tlmt country. Igno-run of llielr destination or of the reasons for their actions, the soldiers cross the border and attack the Belgian soldier defending their froittler. Civilians men, women and children are driven from their burning homes as the Zeppelin and giant guns of the Germans razed the strongest fortifications. The Gerinaus sweep on across Belgium, slaying und burning under order of their ollleer to allow nt Uer-iiiii- no mercy. r- CHAPTER , 111 Continued. As we were marching we suddenly received an order to surround a certain house at the left of us. Our capliiln idiot fired from that declared that house hud killed a soldier. None of II hud heard anything, however. The house from which the shot was alleged, to have lieen fired was soon surrounded and hand grenades thrown Into It through the wludows. In a minute all the mums were nllaine. The air pressure from the exploding grenades was so great that doors In the house flew from their hinges and the walls of sev-einmiiis were crushed. Almost at the same time live civilian!, ran Into the streets with raised hands. They were seized at once and e hefore the olliccrs, who constituted themselves Immediately Into a Ten minutes Inter sentence had lieen executed, and five men lay on the ground with eye bandaged, rlddU'd with bullets. In each case six of our men were always culled upon to execute one nan's sentence. I am Horry to say that I was one of the thirty called upon at this occasion. The condemned man who It was out dut to shoot was ahout forty year old, tall and straight, lie never blinked as the bandage was put on. lie wii led to the garden of the house near by and his back placed to the house. After our captain sold to us that it was onr duty to aim true and end thiwtragedy quickly, we took our (Hisitlotia six pnees In front of the condemned man. The sergeant us previously gave us Instruction that we were to shoot the con-J- l mned men through the breast. Now we formed Into two row, one behind the other. The order sounded to loud and aim and we each put fire cartridge Into our rifles. "Prepare to tire" the men in the Brst row knelt down and the second row took their places. Our guns were now held so that the barrels were forward and the butts were hip high. "Aim" and hiowly we aimed, holding our gun tightly with the butt agalnt our shoulder and our finger on the. trigcourt-martia- l. g - liot the worst, for the Inhabitants of the town had to endure lunch from our tucn who had become drunk. There were open nud secret robberies of gardens, siul.les and houses here and no restriction whatever were put on the soldiers. There was no Improvement lu their general conduct, despite tunny complaints. One family reported that the French had treated them very well, but that our highly trained soldier plundered and stole. It was therefore not surprising that the population auflfered want and hunger. I often (diared my bread with these suffering people. With two comrades, one day, I cave my portion of meat, vegetable and preserves and also a woman with eight bag of onions to children. Ilecause the Iron was missing In our blood.Nve three were sentenced to extra watch duty for n week for the offense of displaying a love of humanity. Our leader. Lieutenant of Iteaerve F.I m. declared that such a thing a pity was Insanity. He said If the woman had eight children! Iit was her business. Then he concluded by a!ng with great emphasis : "In war everybody looks out for themselves, even If everything around him perishes." Another soldier wa sentenced to aerve H day at hard labor, lie wa bringing bread to a hungry family and had aix small loaves In Ins arms, which lie had gathered from among the soldiers. The same lieutenant met him, accompanied by several noncommissioned ofilcera. To the question a to where he wa going, he replied that he wa on hi way to assist poor family The sergeant paused a half minute and then ordered us to fire. I do Hot know to this day whether our victim died at once, nor was there ever an ipMiitutilty to learn how many of the All day MX bullets found their mark. I went around like a man In a trance, reproaching myself bitterly for having acted the part of executioner. For a long (line I could not bear to spesk about It to my comrades, for I felt guilty, and yet what could we soldier do otl.er than execute the order given tt h-- s e M-.- i n-- n cers at the oint of guns to give up their entire supply of tobacco for worthless requisition paper. These "gentlemen" luter sold their tobacco at half a mark for small packets. Toward evening we murched off and brought the howitzers to a new position, from where the enemy' diVenae on the Meuse could he bombarded. After a short inarch we encountered and fought a French army northeast of Iioiichery. Only the enemy'a rear guard was on our side of the Meuse. To It was given the duty of covering the crossing of the main body of the French armies over the Meuse, which was done near Ponchery. The few bridges left standing were not sulllclent, for the enemy to erosa as speedily as he should huve. Aa a result there developed In Ponchery a terrible fight. The French made an enormous effort. There was a terrible slaughter ns man fought against ninn. It was one of the most fearful battles I have ever witnessed. No one knew afterwards how ninny he had killed. Sometime stronger meh, then weaker ones attacked. The glare from burning houses turned Into red the whites of the fighters' eyes nnd revealed men battling one another frothing nt the SIRUP OR MOLASSES IS USED Riddled With Bullet. which had actually uT"rd hunger. The lleiit-nnn- t at once ordered him to return the bread to bis coniiny. Then he rsged and mged at the so'dicr. calling him fool. Idiot. Hottentot, etc. l'.ut th soldier nevertheless 'ld not obey and when the lieutenant thundered a econ l command to halt, the soldier tumml around and threw the bread before the lieutenant's feet. Then be said quietly, "I do not wish an) body any barm, but If you and four autre crntlc family, and the whole (iertnsn tmllon bad to endure what the poor are obliged to suffer, H would be a bitter but Just lesson." This man wa sentenced to arve 14 days for ta'klnr back to his npeilr officer. It nrprird na a'l ttist he wa let off so easilv. Hut bitterocus In th rt. gre and at lat the msny hard punishment that were pronounced created s murtt that the soldiers refused to tie any of their comrades. We left Ungny the next morning anr! Hie hour later crossed the Franco border. Ilre again we were ordered to give three cheers a we did when onr trooji first crossed tfermany Into IWdgtum. At noon we arrived at Vlrler An fV.urt. we remained In the village until evening and were permitted to go about without resfric lions. In the afternoon nine men of my company were arrested for assaulting a woman but were soon released. At this time there was a great scarcity of toliflcco among our soldiers and I knew tbsit a msrk or more was paid whenever one we offor a cigref fered for sa'e. llre. In Vver-Ai-fonr- t there ws but on government how rn-fobsreo stall. I have w ere forced ty noncommissioned Ci , s . (Prepared by the United State meat of Agriculture.) Depart Most garden vegetables will not Bran I Most Desirable, make a satisfactory growth whore Although Ordinary Middling or they are shaded during even a part of the day. It Is extremely difficult to Alfalfa Meal May Be Substitutlnd space In the city back yard where tedSow Broadcast. there Is not Rome shade at least a portion ( the daylight hours. Such plants (Prepared by the TTnlted States Department of Agriculture.) as lettuce, onions and plants raised for Poisoned bait has proved to be a their leuves can be grown In considersimple, reliable and cheap method of able shude, but beans, tomatoes, beets. destroying grasshoppers. It Is made up us follows: Wheut bran, twenty-flv- e pounds; purls green or crude . .1- one pound; lemons or orunges, six finely chopped fruits ; ft J ? molasses, auch aa refuse from sugar factories., or cuttle molasses, known ns "black strap," two quarts; water, two to four gallons. The bran and poison are thoroughly .mixed while dry, the chopped fruits are then added, and lastly the Molasses, und wuter are poured over the bait nnd the whole thoroughly kneaded. A course-flake- d bruu Is most desirable, although where this cannot be obtained eusliy ordinary middlings or alfalfa meal tuny be Coarse-Flake- d tyr v v low-grad- e Sirup or Molasses Essential. sirup or mouth. molasses Is essential to the entire suc Without any headgear, unkempt cess of the undertaking. Crushed ripe hair, uniforms open or mostly torn. tomatoes, watermelons or limes may It was bayonettltiR, hitting, scratching be substituted for the lemons or orand plunging like wild beasts for life anges. If necessary. In California and or death. F.veryhody fought for his other Kemiarld regions water should life. There was no quarter. Only be added to the bait at the rate of four moaning and gasping could be heard. gallons to twenty-fivpounds of bran, Each man thought only of his own as In these climates the bitit dries out life, of death or bis home. Old memo- very rapidly nnd the extra moisture Is ries raced through the mind, pursuing necessnry In order to attract the grassone another feverishly and yet men hoppers. Five to aeven pounds of the grew wilder, for they now battled a mixture should be estimated per acre. new enemy exhaustion. Another Good Bait. Hut there could not yet be any letAnother effective . halt of similar up. Again ami again there Is nothing Is character the modified Crlddle mixto do but strike, stab, bite, fighting without guns or other weapons except ture. This Is prepared as follows: barthose provided by nature for life or Fresh horse droppings, one-ha- lf rel; parls green or crude arsenic, one death. The exertion becomes more super- pound finely chopped oranges or lemhuman. Vou bite and you are a victor. ons, six to eight fruits; water sufficient to make a moist but not sloppy mash ; Hut victor only for second, for the, next antagonist la already upon you. mix thoroughly. As most people object to handling this mixture with the He has Just killed one of your comrades. Vou auddenly remember that you still have a dagger. After a hasty search you find It In Its regujar place. one, iwo. inrce ami it sinks to me mil GRASSHOPPERS In the breast of your enemy. On. on. where there are new enemies. Too auddenly see your next antagonist before yon. lie I after your life, lie bites, stab, acratche. to get you down, to pierce your heart with hi dagger and again you use yours. Thank Ond. he lies on the ground ; you are saved. Hut stop; you must have that dagger BRAN BAIT 0 back. Vou pull It from the breast of yonr Inte enemy. A stream of warm blood shoot from the open wound In your face. Unman blood, warm human blood. Yon ehnddcr, terrified only for a few seconds, for there I another adversary. It I again necessu sary for yoo to defend yourself. Agnla orfyraoperj hatch in sprr""""rA V , and again the murder commence new. Always, and always again, through the whole nlgat. At last, toward four o'clock In th fall ca- - late) jimcr morning, the French retired across the "..Vf .S." Meuse with the Oertnan storming after thm. When the bridge was full bare hands a pair of cheap rubber of Oermnn soldiers. It wss blown up by gloves or a smiill wooden paddle may the French and hundreds of (lennnna be used for the purpose. found their death lu the Meuse. I'olsoncd baits are distributed over the Infested fields by sowing; broadcast, cither on fisit or from a light Th German pioneer build wagon or buggy. In applying the serosa the pontoon bridge bait In orchards, avoid distrlle Meu in th face ef a murderUtlng It close to the tree bocnUe seous fire from the French. Th vere injury to fruit trees occasionally next Installment give a vivid results from heavy applications of description of thl perilous undertaking. Distributing Baits. The lime of day chosen for distributing the poisoned bait Is Important, ITO II K CU.NTIM'Kti) lu scmlnrhl regions the bait should be distributed In late Afternoon or early Th Bridge ef Sigh. the grftsbopHT evening. Just The Hrldge of Sih Is not without ascend the on which they usualplants reason culled by Howell "a pethetr ly pass the night. Apparently they are Indie," and Its greatent Interest Is hungry and at this time and thirsty much-worfmtn line of that perhaps greedily take the bait If It be availHyron'a, " stood In Venice on the able. In the moist er portions of the Rrldge of S'ghs." It is a commonplace country, such as 5ev F.uglnnd and fnicture. which connects the due! Florida, the halt Is best applied in the a'ac. with the cs rcerl. or the public early morning. prison, nd spans the canal known a the Itio jc!ia Faglin. It wa not built GRAPE PEST IS CONTROLLED tjnf II the end of the sixteenth century, and no romantic of political Imprisonment and pnnihment (except Two Thorough Application ef Ac aenat cf Lead Ara Satisfacthat of Antonio Foacsti) occura In Venetian history later than that period. tory, Say Specialist. None but commonplace criminal ever the VnltM ftti-crossed It when taken ont of the (From Depart ment of Aarlcullur ) to suffer death. Hence tta sigLarge-scal- e spraying experiments nificant name, given by the people moth. In progfront that opulence of compassion against the gmpe'-berrIn northern Ohio vineyards In coress which enable the Italian to pity evea operation with the Ohio agricultural rcatty In difficulties. experiment station, have confirmed earlier results obtained at North Fast, Whin Themtt Yal Meet. I'a to the annual report of In the new American army there ara the according; bureno of entomology, Fnited taunt officers whose alma mater Is States department of agriculture. The Yale college, and some of them regard eonclnslon from the exiwrlmentsj Is Wrexhsm, In North Wales, as a place .hat the pest can tie controlled by Iwo of almost personal Interest. For It la thorough application of arsenate of there that Thomas Yale, who Inangq-rnte- lead (preferably In bordeaux mUtnre) the great seat of Ameren learn-.nby the "trailer method," the first ws burled, and It Is Interesting made Immediately after the falling of the to rerli that In the early nineties a blossoms and the second two weeks root of Ivy from bis grave wss aeot Is held to be an Important Tills to Professor 'helps, f'.mier'y the Improvement over Schedule requiring American minister In Ixindon, to plant late spraying, wbbtl nsun'ly reu!t In the college building London tlscolored fruit at picking time. Chronicle. I.ow-gra- de, 5S POUNDSl Doan7i Kidney Pills EHected Von give this testimony if it weren't for Doan Kidney 1'ills, say Mr. Julia Missouri East A. Thomai, 1125-"I wa in At., a serious fct, Louia, 111. condition wuo aiuney trouble; my feet and were ankle terribly wollen and the kidney accretion caused sgony in passage. 1 had terrible rheumatio pain and often Bat ma dizzv I dared not walk for fear Of falling. I felt a if I tie. I Mrs. Thor-n- would grew weak a a baby and often hadto grasp something to keep from fulling. My nerve were all unstrung and the least noise startled me. Nothing benefited me and I wa discouraged. A neighbor happened to recommend IJoan Aiilney Pill and I began using them. The swellings and soon eased up and it wa pain a were short time before niv kidney but were in good shape again. They hav never bothered me since nor have I had sny backache or other kidney trouble. I hav gained 69 pound since I wa cured and can do all my own vurk v without uffering." "Sworn to me." FRANK YV. CLOVKR. Notary Public. Cat Doaa' at Aar Store, 60c a Boa jC. DOAN'SV FOSTER MILBURN CO, BUFFALO, N.V. Cuticura Promotes Hair Health SMa2Sc Oiatuert ?Sc50e strong-smellin- - J: i, .. '' DON'T CUT OUT A Shoe Boil, Capped " lock or Bursitis FOR e DESTROY dZ- fnj ' imI-aon- In the evening we went Into rump In an icn field, pitching tctits. and the day continued our mnr h. The country through whiih we j ncd was uninteresting and offered nothing In the way of variety. The few tiny villages through which we passed had all been abandoned, and poor load ing liriie tnotly f ftigltl loni IrMn 1 hee tieopie passed us contlnun-lyre 1,1 H nj t,vp who had escaped the French army retreated and fere returning now-- to find their Iioiik-destroy ei by the rough band of ar. After a ton marh. Interrupted 'y by halts and short bivouac, we Bp I ron li'd the large fviglan French lor-ite- r town of ;:tii-r,y-. located on the side of the border. It was atuit noon, and a the thunder of cannon constantly grew stronger, which Indl-fstthat a new battle was developing, we ho(xd to be able to remain in I he town overnight. A'xoit one o'clock We entered and were billeted in big f hnrn. of the ld!ers refused to est from the field kitchens, and requl-ai'on- d el eggs, ebb kens. geese young piKs, Jon every bod w tas imf nz. I atn nrry to say that loo-sr.f Iho-- e foraged had refnsed to f.sy for !, they bad tfc?n. Sev;--- , Hoi, er now arrived with barrel of wine and alo nany Ixrttles. which were Instantly opened and emp-tl-The obvious resnlted, and aoofi and rnsny noneorimion1 offv-e- r Inen were lieiplessty rtrnnk. Tlie res r f our bsrn had possess-,tliree large bogs, (toe of the drunken noncojn-rniloofficers tried to kill one of these hogs with dull pock1 knife, lie hsd tortiirad the or bent lrrot mercito death wbeo Hie animal s fully killed by a h'jriet. A f- -r afierwr4 the offler went to !e'p. Thla wat cn'y exsrrple and Avoid Corn and Carrot North Sldo of Houe. y OS? Mln-tite- Most Crops Will Not Thrive If Planted in Shaded Spot. Poisoned Bait Distributed Over Infested Fields Proves EfFair Amount of Sunshlna la Essential to Beans, Tomatoes, Beet, Peas, fective Remedy. GAINED derful Recovery After Other Medicine! Had Failed. "I don't believa I would be aliva to f ZAfSk ger. n OF GRASSHOPPERS Vrittcn by a Prussian Officer Who Participated in the Belgium Pun GARDEN VEGETABLES PLAN TO GET RID cpd will reduce them and leave no blemUhe. the Sun." Stop lament! promptly. Doe not blister or remove the hair, and horse ran be peas, corn and carrots must have a fulr worked, f 2. SO a bottle delivered, looklltrt. ABSORBINE, JR- - tat wakla. 6 aatlMsils amount of sunshine If they are to Salmcvl fat Suits. anilOTh tsras, &wrUiMr. VmIcom Vvioa, amount to anything. A.ur ris m4 iMbnmsthM. rrtctll.U boawai m aclwor. W1U uU r man it torn ns, It would be a waste of costly seeds to plant most garden crops on the W. F.TOUNfl. P.O. F..JII Talttt,tprlaoll. Mast, north side of the house or near a high A Paper Controller. board fence that would effectually Great Itrllaln now has Its Paper shut out the sunlight Those who can not provide a plot of ground In the Controller, concerning whose Identlly sunshine are advised to confine their there has been a flutter of excitement gardening to the few crops that will In the publishing and newspaper make a fulr growth In partial sliade. worlds. There Is, however, very much less talk and less fuss about the adOF PEACH TREE vent of this new official than there was over the atlbject of the Introduction of food rationing, although the InnoOne to ef Another hange Variety May vation Is capable of having much Be Dona by Shield Budding or greater effects on the life of the coun.. by Grafting. try than the mere reduction of tha consumption of certain food supplies. (Prepared by th Fnited State DepartII. A. Vemet. on whom It has dement of Agriculture.) Sometime It Is desirable to change volved. Is a director of the I'nder-groun- d the top of a M'iich tree from mis vaKlecttic Ilailways company. riety to another. A grower may find after Ills orchard begins to boar that Reflector, he has a larger number of trees of Mica hn been found an excellent somo variety than he wants; a Mock material for concentrating mirrors for of trees may iwte to be some other tJlass will not do, because, variety than the one ordered ; or, rmootti as It Is, It Is too rough for th for some other reason, a variety la not extremely minute which are well adapted to the needs of the ownmuch smaller than light waves. Glass er. In such cases he may k the diffuses the much as a rough tree cither by budding; or by grafting surface diffuses light waves, but It waa to a desirable variety. found that the surface of mineral crysThe ordinary meihod of shield bud- tals were of the requisite smnothncsa and of them mica ding la most commonly used for this for reflecting Is the most adaptable, being readily purpose. If the tree to Im Is not more than two or three years apllt Into sheets. old It Is usually practicable to Insert the hud directly Into the tnnin limbs Th Gulf 6tream. well clown toward the point where The Culf stream I more rapid than the Amazon, more Impetuous than the they leave the trunk. If the tree to be has Mississippi, and It volume more than reached the age when the bark on the 1.000 time greater. main limb has become IM thick and Heaven helps those who pretend firm to Ite manipulated readily for g. It Is necessary first to bead It they are happier than they are. back somewhat, as when the top la to t i be rcplno-with ner growth of tha same variety, and Inter Insert huda awr on the new branches) that develop nfler the tree has been dchcaded. When this cotire Is followed the buds should be Inserted In the new growth as near the trunk as Is practicable. In order to have as large a portion of the top as polh!e of the new variety. This Is also desirable on account of the snhseqncnt management of the tree. Is eoroetJmc done t.y crafting instead of budding, the ordinary cleft graft being generally ncd. However, budding Is to le preferred. cpeciiilly as the wounds made In grafting do not heal readily In the case of the peach, though when properly done the union of stock and don Is generally strong enough to make a fairly serviceable tree. Int trouble resulting from difficulties In the ben tig of the wnnnd are likely to occur. the Garden a "Place Give In n-g- G y s. top-wor- top-work- bnd-dln- d BetterOff if .you drink Top-worki- INSOTT POSTUM 1 prt--o- BELGIAN y d g. la-t'- ertnt HARE IS SUPERIOR Mora Than Other Breed, Develop Rapidly and Quality ef Meat I Excellent. Weigh bv the Tnitd Ptu'es Depart-roeof Agriculture Tlie Helgian bare Is one of the best rabbit for table use. If weighs mora (Prepared than nt mof breeds, develops rapidly and the qualify of the meat Is superior to all the others. Tlie Flemish giant Is a Belgian hare bred enclnslvely for with the result that the large lz meat Is courier and less delicate In flavor. These characteristics are con- sidered by some person as desirable, htit this Is largely a matter of Individ Dal taste. instceid?of coffee. Postum is nutritious, lcaltrifUl , economical, delicious and American. TRY IT TOR EVERY COOP REASON |