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Show THE GRANT8VILLE NEWS, GRANTSVILLE, UTAH, charged In New York In order to tain the same speed. WAR SPEEDS UP COALING SHIPS transferring coal from cars to barges. Huge steel dumping machines now take up a n car bodily, elevate it ped as and empty Its contents into the barge dle Work. by tilting the entire car on the side a great Improvement over the process of unlocking a trapdoor In the bottom SAVING iH TIKE IS SHOWN of the car and letting the coal slide through. These machines have a capacity of 9,000 tons each a day. Saving of time to the shipowner High Speed Coal Dumpers and Light here Is shown by comparison with Work 10,000 Tons era Simplify Cardiff, the English jiort where the Can Bo Loaded in Sixlargest tonnage of English coal Is teen Hours. loaded for export. In loading a vesNew York. War has speeded up sel, for example, the English shipper uses a railroad car of ten or twelve coaling of ships In the port of New tons, while the American uses one of world York until no other port In the to ninety tons capacity, so that at the present time is as well equip- fifty the Cardiff docks must discharge from ped to handle this Important task. five to ten carloads to every one dis-So fast has become the couling of big vessels that enormous liners like tltf Imperator can have their bunkers filled to their capacity of 10,000 tons In 16 hours. The reason for the Increased speed coal dumpers Is largely high-spee- d and fuel lighters. Each one of the Blow Up Their Boats in Waters latter is able to give a ship 1,000 tons Around the Emerald of coal In eight hours, an achievement due mainly to speclul coal eleIsle. vating machinery. But ships requiring 1,000 tons or less are In the big majority, whether transatlantic or coastwise trade Is THREATEN COAST VILLASES considered. And It Is not essential that for such ships there should be a loading device separate from the coal To Remark, "We Thought You Liked the Irish," They Retort, "Ah, You barges to enable a continuous stream of barges ty.ply to .and from coal Dont Know Us Yet To dumping stations. Cut Food Supply. In a 8lngle Day. Sklbbcreen, County Cork. German For the average vessel a total of 800 tons Is usually sufficient, and this submarines have been actively enmeans that a ship of this sort may gaged In the destruction of the Irish discharge a cargo and take on a new fishing fleets in the waters around one all In the course sA a single day. these coasts. Of course it Is impossiWith the adoption of the modern ble to designate here the exact locallighter It Is an easy matter to load ities where or the dates when the Pruscoal while the cargo is being unload- sian pirates did their cowardly work. ed and a new one taken on. One mod- But tbclr purpose Is plain to all the ern high-spee- d lighter can coal three world to cut off part of Ireland's and such ships In an eight-hoEngland's food supply, for mackerel day. This development of modern light- teem In these waters. ers Is equalled by better facilities for The submarines were busy many miles outside from Kenmare In Kerry to Ilowth on Dublin bay. Many flailing craft are at the bottom of the sen, and the men who owned them and the ABOUT 5,000,000 DEAD fishermen who worked on them are IN BATTLINGARMIES ruined financially. Affixed Bombs on Boats. New York. From a careful On a certain evening about seven study of what has been made o'clock the fishing fleet put, out from In casualties public regarding on Baltimore bay, near Baltimore, the three years of war, it appears The first numbered about Sklbberecn. combatants about 5,000,000 that of all classes and embouts eighty have lost their lives and about braced several boats from Arklow, 5,000,000 have been killed, capCounty Wicklow. A few hours after tured, reported missing or so of the fleet set out a German canwounded that badly they tlio latest pattern, about 300 feet In This not return to the front length, appeared. The submarine did takes no account of the millions not waste torpedoes or shells on the of gllghtly wounded men. defenseless fishing bonts; the crew the below The table gives simply placed bomb? on 13 of them losses of all the fighting nations and so destroyed them. in kliied and in men put out 62 Only three minutes were allowed the struggle by death, wounds, the hapless fishermen to get Into their sickness or capture: boats ; then all their belongings, small ENTENTE ALLIES. In many casea Included conwhich Total Killed siderable sums of money, were sent to captured or permanently the bottom. Had It not been for the Incapacitated Killed, for fighting. appearance of a British patrol, which 7(2.000 Great Britain.... 100,000 caused the submarine to submerge at 175,000 2,060,000 France 1,660,000 4,500,000 Russia once, it Is certain that all the fleet 120,000 250,000 Italy Those would have been destroyed. 53,000 120,000 Belgium .000 100,000 Serbia that escaped returned to port with an 100,000 360,000 Roumanla abuudnnce of fish, but are not ventur30,000 6,000. Montenegro Small Small ing out again, so that In one night Portugal United States e has been the fishing fleet of Small Small Japan the action of out by Germans, put ' 8,175,000 3,178.000 Totals which means a loss of many thousands CENTRAL POWERS. of pounds to the poor fishermen and 1.120,000 4,560,000 Germany their families. I Among the fishing 620,000 2,000,000 Auetria boats sunk were two line motorboats 145.000 350,009 Turkey 8,000 34,000 Bulgaria belonging to the Baltimore Piscatorial schools, a. motorboat the property of Totals for both 5,072,000 16,099,000 sides John Beamish, Sklbbereen, and two motorboats owned by Mr. Cottrell, No FOUR oclock on the of AuguBt 28, 1914, the Germans took possession of the city of St Quentin on the Somme. Owing to the Incredible swiftness of the enemy advance the tiny garrison and the population were taken completely by surprise, and no resistance could be offered. The city being, surrounded on all sides, the enemy stormed in at every point. Without a siege, without a battle, St Quentin was overwhelmed by the countless hordes of the Germans, who were carrying all before them In that great resistless westward movement towards Paris that seemed to promise complete and dazsling victory to their arms. Through the changes and chances of centuries of war, St. Quentin has seen heroes In all generations lay down their lives In her streets and about her walls, from the dawn of history till present times, says E. Maztone Graham In Country Life, A prosperous manufacturing town with 180,000 Inhabitants engaged in modem Industries does not seem suggestive of historical associations. The St. Quentin of today has spread over a large acreage, and has grown to be one of the main centers in France for railway communications' and for cotton and mnny otjjer useful, if unpicture sque, indus- AT gathered threateningly on the one side of St. Quentin that was unprotected by the marshes. Some of the Inhabitants of St Quentin told Collgny that through the shallow marshes a strenm flowed, deep enough to carry large boats. Collgny made a rapid plan to food and muniget tions Into the city by this means from La Fere. The constable thought well of the Idea. live boats were hurriedly constructed, and dAudelot younger brother of Collgny, was charged with the task of carrying out the scheme, but it failed, and only 4G0 men of the tiny expeditionary force led by dAudelot got through to the relief of the city. Defeat of the Constable. The aim of the constable was to engage the Spanish forces while the operation from La Fere was carried out Unfortunately, he lost too much time, und had no opportunity to draw up his men In battle array. Savoy and Eg-- ' munt charged his troops too quickly. In less than half an hour they were thrown Into disorder with great loss. Retreat was difficult and ultimate disaster seemed Imminent The constable asked an old officer : "What must we do?" I knew an hour ago, but I do not kngw now," was the reply. "And I," exclaimed Comte dEnghlen, "f tries. know where to find not safety, but an f To visualize St Quentin In old days, honorable death, and flinging himself imagination must clear away all but a upon tlie Spanish lines, folind the few old streets and buildings, retaining death he desired. The old constable the exquisite Hotel de Ville and the fought like the hero he was, till at last glorious Gothic church begun In the taken prisoner, with all his leading twelfth century, with its double transept and arches soaring to lncredlhle height St Quentin lny always in the fiery path. of war, and, like all other cities of the Somme, even In early days could never count on any lasting peace. The pages of the old French chroniclers of the fifteenth century are almost entirely taken up with records of the wars between the crown and the powerful dukes of Burgundy, one unending list of personal feud and foray, the seizing and sacking of small towns, the skirmishing of small forces. Was 8trong Frontier Town. St Quentin was for centuries considered the strongest frontier town of marsh Picardy. The of the Somme formed a protection on three sides. The city lay In the direct road of all northern invasions. Whoever held St Quentin held the key to Paris. Yet in 1557 the Spanish war found the ramparts In ruinous condition and the defenses neglected. The resources of Spain Included 60,000 men under Manuel Philibert duke of Savoy, and the Flemish Count d'Egmont. Against these forces were opposed the finest chivalry of France, hopelessly outnumbered. Gaspard de Collgny, admiral of France, and Anne de constable of France, one of the Illustrious veterans of Francois I, both men full of wisdom, courage and, greatness of soul, are the outstanding names In the story of the battle and siege of St Quentin, which was destined to be for France one of those defeats which add luster to her name. At the outset Collgny forced the Spanish lines and got into St. Quentin with 900 men, before the first qttpek could be delivered. Once Inside; he realized the desperate condition of affairs, the ruined ramparts, the lack of Unless provisions and of munitions. help could be got from outside, the place could not hold out for a week. The constable was at La Fere with the Fiftuch army. Hie Spanish host was wide-spreadi- Mont-moren- generals. ' The town 'of St Qentin held out for 17 days after the loss of the battle. Under the brilliant leadership of Collgny, who must have known the Impossibility of driving off the besiegers, the little garrison, stubbornly resisted. But with the flags taken from the conquered French army floating before the ramparts, the hearts of the citizens failed them at last. When 11 huge breaches had been made In the walls, through which the Spaniards might surge into the streets, he yielded. The city was given over to the usual horrors of fire and pillage, while the Inhabitants fled Into the open country. Collgny was taken prisoner. Boulevards on Ramparts. Doubtless In the modern city of St. Quentin little thought Is given to such g and histories, as her prosperous citizens enjoy their leisure on the large shady boulevards. These walks are situated on the site of the old ramparts, once the scene of so much passionate euort. They were demolished by Napoleons order in 1810. Could be have thought that the tide of war would never Burge round the dty'8 walls again? Sixty years after she had thus been rendered defenseless, the Germans took possession of her on their way tq Paris. In January, 1871, General von Goehen routed the army of General Faldlierbe, after a prolonged and glorious resistance. The Germans claim that In the battle their forces numbered 80,000 against 40,000 of the French. They paid dearly In killed and wounded victory. But von Goeben took 10,000 prisoners. When, In the last days of August-191the mighty hordes of the Germans moved forward and forced back the French army for a hundred miles, pouring on towards Paris, they swept over St. Quentin, engulfing her prosperities and robbing France of Industries very vital to her needs. - old-wor- ld Well EquipNew York to Han- 60-to- ur at . Carried by 8teel Colliers. Steel colliers ply between Boston and Hampton Roads, a distance of GOD miles. Each one of these ships Is capable of making a round trip every week and transporting 350,000 tons of coal a year. A vessel of the same tonnage, however, carrying a cargo of coul from Cardiff to a port CU0 miles away would take a week at Cardiff to load Its cargo and another week at its destination to discharge It. Thus New York ludon ships can make three trips to one for a Cardiff Indeu vessel. Such tilings as these are wlmt places New York us the greatest port in the world and makes American coal operators feel that there Is a great opportunity for exporting American coal. Five different companies wltliln recent mouths hnve established fleets of specially designed carriers on tlio theory that with our tremendous coul supply and superior port facilities it will only be a question of. time before America Is shipping her coul to ull purts of (lie globe. worth several Baltimore, hundred pounds each. The pirates did not spare even llie smallest craft, for they bombed two With a great hammer open bonts. they smashed to hits the engine of n little boat belonging to John Donovan of Custletownsheud and left it to drift about. No lives were lost, but for thut tho Iluns deserve no thanks, for they refused the fishermen permission to take oars Into their punts. One Cnpc Clear man, resenting this refusal, ventured to remark to the cap-tui- u of the submarine : I thought ye Germans would do nothing tp the Irish thut ye liked usr Ah, my dear fellow, you dont know the Germans yet, was the commander's curt reply. The Germans lntlmnted that they had sunk nil the Kinsale fishing bouts us they hud come along to Baltimore, and that off Dunmore they had destroyed the Waterford fishing fleet. They made no secret of the fact, hut on the contrary bqusted ubout It and declared that they would hnve every Irish fishing boat at the bottom of the sea before a month. Furthermore one of the submarine crew suld tliey intended shelling villages on this coast shortly. "Its All Up Now." Consternation and despair have seized our unfortunate fislierfolk. "It Is all up now, sir, said a Baltimore skipper, "when they are sinking When I told him our fishing boats. I would exLtose the Iluns' deviltry ho Joyously exdulmcd : Oh, then, do, sir! Tell nil America the Germans are the worst savages on earth, and that tills Is their jnost cowardly blow yet, and that we hope and trust thut with the nbl of nnr kith and kin over there the urchth-ndwill soon be swept from the fuce of the ' earth. s Auto Turns Turtle. Wright, ICau. L W. Sicinmatc of Macksvllle was traveling nlong a road west of here In his new auto and smoking a corncob pipe, when a rear tire on the car exploded. Tho machine turned turtle, burying the driver beneath. When Stelnmute crawled out he still held his pipe la his mouth. Bal-lmor- PIE WILL NOT ENTER WAR TRAIN MAIMED FOR NEW Bathing de Luxe for Soldiers. Fort Oglethorpe, fSa. Bathing do luxe will he furnished the men of (ho officers training enmp here by llie American Red Cross. At the suggestion of the wife of Mnj. Gen. Leonard Wood, a big stone quarry Is being converted Into a swimming jwtol, which will accommodate GOO men at a time. JOBS ROPE FAILS; STEW DOES IT fast-fadin- for-thei- r 4, i Port in World as main- With War SubstiStarts Movement to Fit Suicide Uncertain tutes, Is Experience of Holland Artist Vocations. New England Lada Must Fight Without Pastry, Declares Womans Organization. Red Cross The war welfare work of the Massachusetts Womans Temperance union does not Include the establishment and operation of a pie factory at Ayer, where part of the drafted army from New England will e trained, Mrs. Katherine L. Stevenson, president of the organization, announced. . "We do not expect to start such a factory, she said, "nor shall we serve the thousands of men assembled there with dally and hourly slices of pie, gratuitously or on a financial basis. The pie will not be a weapon agalnat Germans If left to tbls organization to furnish It In sufficiently large quantities to render It effective. The Bed Cross will start licre without delay a plan whereby men maimed in the war and ordinary occupations will be trained and fitted for new vocations. A big building in the business part of the city lias been turned over to tbe organization by llie central council of the New York Charity OrganizaThe only provision In tion society. the gift Is that preference shall be given to the helping of permanently crippled soldiers and sailors to become The organization on the enterprise Is under the direction of Hr. Edward T. Devine, director of the New York School of Philanthropy. The Investment in the electrical Industries of this country is equal to the assessed valuation of real property and Improvement In Greuter New For one battalion to win six Victoria crosses in a single action is surely a record, yet the Lancashire Fusiliers, on whom the honor has been bestowed, have won lasting distinction In every battle they have fought. Boston. - York. War Victims for New New York. Amsteriliim. A Prague newspaper relates the slory of an artist there who found It impossible to kill himself with poison or a rope, but succeeded In his aim by eating a restaurant stew. The newspaper's account of the tragedy Is as follows: Tired of life at forty-fivthe artist procured u portion of a violent poison und tried to poison himself with It In vain he nwnltcd u fatal effect, and on the following day had the remains of the vlnl analyzed. It was n wur substitute poison. He then procured nsrope and hanged himself, but the rope was made of paper pulp,, and It broke. The twofold failure of his attempt at suicide the man regarded as a sign of fate, and a fresh Joy In life Inspired, him. Proceeding to a certain restaurant he ordered and consumed an alleged meat stew. It was a war substitute stew, and two hours later he was dead.' e, well-kno- . |
