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Don't Cry Over Sour Millc.
At this season sour milk is often n
source of umreeessary household
waste. Though sour milk has not as
many uses as sweet milk, there is no
good reason for throwing it away,
since there are at least one hundred
delicious dishes in the making of
which sour milk is better than the
sweet. When these dishes are wanted,
if there is no sour milk on hand,
sweet milk is often sourced by the use
of ,rennet.
In the Southern States, where hot
biscuits are found on every breakfast
table, only families who keep no cow
or are unable to get sour milk use
balcing powder. These sour milk bis-
cuits, when made by a good 'cook who
knows how to handle soda, are not
only lighter, flakier and more tasty
when hot than those made with bak-
ing powder, but when cold there is an
even greater difference. A baking
• powder biscuit will be dried and more
tasteless two hours after getting cold
than the sour milk biscuit in two
days. Besides, the biscuit made with
sour milk may be split and toasted,
and so made to taste just as good as
when first taken from the oven.
Besides biscuits there are numerous
kinds of griddle cakes and batter
breads, including those utilizing cold
hominy or cold rice, for which sour
milk and the proper proportion of
soda is to be preferred to sweet milk
and any brand of baking powder.
There are also two varieties of sour
milk pies and two kinds of sour milk
raised bread. In one of these corn
meal is used, and it is called corn light
bread. Doughnuts and gingerbread
are almost exclusively made with
sour milk.
In the genuine johnny cake baking
powder, is not to be thought of. Only
sour. soumilk with the cream well beaten
In should be used for mixing the meal
before the beaten eggs are stirred in.
Such a johnny cake will be eatable at
the end of seven days if kept in a dry'
receptacle. Of course it must be thor-
oughly cooled before being set away.
For waffles the Southern cook re-
fuses any substitute for sour milk
with a pinch of soda, which, being
measured, means an even teaspoonful
of soda to each pint of thick sour milk.
To get the best results, waffles both
light and crisp, the eggs must first be
beatenlight, then the milk in which.
the soda has been thoroughly dis-
solved beaten in; after this comes the
flour, also beaten in until the batter is
light both in color and weight.
Sour milk salad dressing when
properly mixed and cooked cannot be
distinguished from that in which sweet
milk is used. The same is the case
with sour milk ice cream and of fruit
cake. Chocolate gingerbread, choco-
late crullers and coffee squares are
all improved by the use of sour milk.
So are sugar coolies and all of the
fruit breads in which Graham flour
Is used.
The one and only secret of using
sour milk in cooking is getting the
soda in the right proportion. For,
thick sour milk an even teaspoonful
of soda is sufficient for a pint of milk.
Where the milk is thin, which means
that more of the curd has been eaten
up by the whey, slightly more soda
should be allowed.
For whitening the hands and face
there is nothing better than milk suf-
ficiently sour to bite the tongue. This
applied to the face, hands or neck
with a soft cloth every three or five
minutes is a sure cure for tan, and
for sunburn where the skin is not blis-
tered. For removing tan and for
cleaning silver the milk should have
the cream removed.
Graham bread made with sourmiik
in this way is delicious: Sift together
a cupful and a half. of graham flour
and one of white. Add a cupful of
broken not meats and a teaspoonful
of salt. Then stir in half a cupful of
mills and a cupful and a half of sour
of 'one egg to every cupful of cream.
Hot soapsuds with ammonia is ad-
mirable for cleaning gold jewelry,
Cornmeal will remove lamp smoke
from a wall blackened by kerosene.
To make sure that the bread pud-
ding will be light,, add a little baking
powder.
If a glose is desired on linen add
a teaspoonful of salt to the starch
when malting,
Never leave milk standing in a
tin can, but empty it at once into ' a
croolcery vessel.
If cold coffee is used in mixing
stove blacking, the stove will keep
bright much longer.
When eggs crack in boiling, add a
teaspoonful of salt to the water, The
white will not come through .and be
wasted.
All cupboards and wardrobes need
frequent airing to be healthy. Remove
all clothes and open wide on a sunny
day, and leave so for several hours
each week.
To renovate black kid gloves at
small cost mix a few drops of black
ink with a teaspoonful of olive oil.
Apply thi$ with a feather and dry in
sun.
Brooms will last twice as long if
they are given an occasional soaking.
Dry in the open air and always stand
with the heads upward.
A good summer dessert is made by
lining a pudding dish with sponge
cake and filling the dish with stewed
fruit. Put more sponge on the top,
press till cold and coat the whole
with boiled custard.
Tea water is found an excellent
cleanser for varnished woodwork. To
obtain this, pour water on used tea
leaves, and strain through a cloth or
muslin. The tea water removes the
dirt quite easily.
One way of lessening housekeep-
ing cares in summer is to do away
with window curtains and use only
shades. It saves both washing and
trouble when sudden storms come and
curtains are apt to be soaked.
A faded carpet can be much im-
proved at little expense. Add a pint
of vinegar to a pan of fairly hot
water, and after having given the
carpet a thorough brushing, rub this
well into every part of it with a
clean cloth.
GEN. JOFFRE SUPERSTITIOUS,
Says His Star Was in Ascendant on
March to Tlmbuctoo,
Hardheaded, unsentimental soldier
though he le, i,t is one of the ourious
traits In Joffre's character that he is
a firm believer in luck. He will tell
you that his star was in the ascendant
on that memorable mash to Timbue-
too in January, 1894, when he avenged
the murder of General Bonnier and his
men and achieved the distraction of
being the first French army officer to
reaoh Timbuotoo.
It should be remembered at that
time Timbuotoo was a sort of Lhassa
of the tropics. Only four white risen
had set foot within its walls. Joffre
himself has related in lids. story of Oho
expedition how he set out from Segou
on Christmas Day, 1893, to the con.
quest of Timbuotoo, then in the hands
of the Tuaregs, the terrible "veiled
men" of the western Soudan, who had
the worst reputation of any brigand
race on the Pace of the earth.
The expedition was divided into
three pants. Colonel Bounder went up
the Niger by water, preoed,ed by
Lieutenant Bolbeux in a gunboat,
while Joffre commanded the land
column, a small faros of some 30
Europeans and 300 natives, who took
au arduous route along the Niger
batiks.
Bonnier and Bolteux reached Tlm-
buotea and occupied the citadel. But
un4ortunsetely, Bonnier himself, setting
out a day or two afterward against
tine Tuaregs, was surprised by night
and massacred with all his men,
Meanwbdle Joffre was pushing ahead
with hie little force, and although har-
ried by the Tuaregs, who hoped to
surprise him as they did Bonnier, they
shirk, and lastly, add a teaspoonful of never caught him asleep,
soda. The soda can be sifted, into a Through deadly swasnps and water -
little of the white flour and added last, less desemt, uudedr a blazing tropical
if adding it with the dour is easier- slay which caused the death of many,
Cake with sour cream is verymon and horses, they steadddy pushed
good ahead, and Joffre relates how he not
according to this recipe; Beat an egg only took the precaution of making
and add it to a cupful of brown sugar. friends with the local chiefs but he
Then add a quarter of a cupful of brought them along with. him when.
butter and three-quarters of a cupful ever possible, even at the price of
of sour cream. Sift half a teaspoonful mwchregratted delay, due to droving
of salt and the same amount each of to "sit up all night" in friendly pale.
Mace and cassia, with a cupful and
ver'
two-thirds of flour, and add to the
other ingredients, and then add half a NEW GERMAN TORPEDO.
teaspoonful of soda.
Can You Can Corn?
No?
Here's how.
Have it fresh.
Have it very fresh.
• Gut it orf the cob raw.
Begin with six cups of the corn.
Then add four tablespoonfuls of
water,
Next put in a half -cup each of salt
and sugar.
Boil this mixture 20 minutes and
put it in hot jars.
The jars and the glass covers
should be standing in hot water.
Ueda' Hints.
To wash a Shetland shawl, use
bran and warm water,
Enemy Using a Lighter One With
Shorter Range.
According to the latest information,
the .Getman torpedoes have a range of
from 1,000 to 1,500 yards, Instead of
carrying 250 pounds or 300 pounds of
guncotton or other high explosive, the
instruments have a charge of but 100
pounds or less. Because of the shorter
range and lighter weight, the ordinary
intricate mechanism Is simplified. In-
deed, some of the propelling parts
neceesary in the greater torpedo are
omitted, Probably the most valuable
saving is lu lite time of construothen.
These torpedoes are built and cant-
pletely tested .in five months, while
ten months or a year ie required to
perfect a lnangiango instrtuncnt. The
new torpedo oasts about $2,250. This
duos not include the explosive charge,
The German long-range torpedo, 10,.
Vinegar will remove the stain of 000 yards, costs $1,500, while the 'in -
shoe polish on clothing. termediate range torpedo, 4,000 to
In whipping dream,' add the white 7,000 yards, costs about 30,500,
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SMART SCHOOL DRESSES.
With the approach of the opening
days of the fall semester, the young
ladies will have to turn their atten-
tion to the provision of their ward-
robes with appropriate school clothes.
The two Ladies' Home Journal de-
signs ,.here shown are excellent for
school use, for they are simple and
practical, yet very smart and up-to-
date. No. 8908 has a slightly long
shoulder and waist with vest effect,
having roll collar and full length or
shorter sleeves. Skirt in four gores
with belt and pockets. Sizes 14, 16,
18, 20. Size 18 requires 5% yards
86 -inch material, with 1,4 yc:t1 18 -
inch or wider lace.
Pattern No. 8985 has a raised
Waistline, tucked waist with shoulder
yoke, pointed collar attached to a
chemisette and full-length sleeves
With band and turn -back cuffs. Eight -
gore plaited skirt with hip yoke and
deep draped girdle. Sizes 14 to 20.
Size 18 requires 6% yards 36 -inch
material, % yard 30 -inch organdie for
chemisette and collar, and % yard 40 -
inch contrasting material for girdle.
Patterns, 15 cents each, can be pur-
chased at your local Ladies' Home
Journal Pattern dealer, or from the
Home Pattern Company, 183-A George
Street, Toronto,- Ontario.
THE ANNIVERSARY
A year of war has re -discovered th
world. It has above all revealed th
spirit of British freedom. By the of
old method many accumulations
o
dusty stupidity have been blown clea
away and we are back again in th
Age of Heroism and the Cycle
Sacrifice. The final test of nation
hood has been applied and this grea
free federation of self-governin
States which we call the Empire ha
held firm and stood steady before th
blast of cannon.
The year ends with a passionat
protest from Emperor William th
he did not will this war. Yet he i
the responsible Governor of Germany
the final authority for every natibna
act. He is as much an absolute mon
arch as any Oriental in the history of
Islam. In the face -of facts that wil
damn Germany for generations, i
the face of records which cannot b
denied, the Emperor is willing to li
to the world and, worst of all, to li
to himself. Ile will find out the mean
ing of the old Carlyle creed "That a
lie is unbelievable."
In .emphasizing the extraordinary
moral flight of Germany down the
steeps which Lead to Avernus there is
no desire to minimize the bravery of
her soldiers. The German troops
have fought with a sustained energy
which has proved not only their dis-
cipline but their spirit. And yet we
pay them no tribute of admiration,
for their bravery has not been touch-
ed by gallantry or chivalry.
History does not record any exploits
of savagery which approach the rape
of Belgium. They talk still in Ant-
werp of the Spanish Fury, but it was
rapine and murder confined to a
single city. The German Fury swept
from Vise to Louvain, from Aerschot
to Dinant, from Dinant to Ypres. It
touched at Scarborough and off Kin-
sale, where the Lusitania took her
plunge. By these acts of hellish lust
and infernal cruelty, utterly divorced
from the business of fighting, the
German army is dishonored for all
time, and the stain on the name of
Hohenzollern is fixed forever.
We find after a year of war a tem-
per in the Allies which prevents any
inconclusive peace, a determination to
strain every nerve to bring this Chaos
to a satisfactory end. It is already
apparent that only by 'wholesale
slaughter can this end be achieved.
The price is appalling, but it must be
paid for the sake of generations to
come and for the sake of the genera-
tion still living. The world cannot be
delivered to the mercies of deter tyr-
anny and of remorseless murder. The
Allies have thoroughly digested the
scriptural motto,' He that endureth to
the end shall be saved.
it is not fitting yet to prophesy the
duties of the day following the end
of the struggle. Yet 'one may con-,
fidently xpect a wider freedom, a
better u derstandin of the
g real re-
quirements of Government. One may
look fora better coordination of the
powers and aspirations of this Em-
pire. One may anticipate a better lot
for the average num both in peace
and war. Best of all, one may find a
diminution of the evils. of materialism
which have been too apparent in tato
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450 HORSE -POWER ZEPPELIN.
Three Motors Are Installed and High
Speed is Possible.
A Zeppelin has a rigid framework
of reinforced aluminum and eighteen
` napkin.rin.g" sectleme, each contain-
ing a gas -bight bag -a total gas ca-
pacity of 681,600 cubic feet. Over the
framework is stretched a heavy cloth
covering that is impervious to rain cr
snow. Upper and lower decks furnish
surfaces that serve the same purpose
as do the wings of an aeroplane when
it ie desired to drive to a higher or
lower air level.
The individual gasbags are not fully
inflated before the ship starts on a
voyage. Slack Is left to accommodate
the expansion of the gas in the upper
air. Safety -valves with inddcators on
the pilot's desk make k ahnest im-
passible for any one of the gasbags
to explode, but six of them might
toms to gnlef atone time without en-
dangering the airship, so great is the
sustaining power resulting from speed.
The "Viktoria Luise" is just short
of 486 fest in length and has a
breadth of 46 feet. It has three 6•
cylinder Diesel motors with a com-
bined horse -power of 450. A speed of
fifty miles an hour has been made
with atmospheric conditions normal. 1 y en, and only seven, functions which a
LITTLE SLIP&
Seale of the Tragedies They Have
Caused,
"I tUite forgot all about the local
train,,'
In this tragic sentence a young sig-
nalman named James Tinsley admit-
ted at the Board of Trade inquiry Lesson VIII. -Ana's Good Reign, '2
that he was responsible for the great-
est railway disaster o4 modern times, Chian, 15. 1-15. Golden Text;
when,recentlyat Gretna 162
lost 'their lives, and over 200 others . James 4. $"'.:
were injured, It was a little thing,. 1. The lsrophecy ofAzariahthis act of forgetfulness on the part (Verses 1.7),
of the signalman, but on it hung a
terrible issue. Verse 1. Spirit of God -See Num,
In many walks of life trifles lead to 24. 2; 2 Chron. 20. 14; 24, 20.
tragedies. Oded-The father of Azariah was
Some years ago a young man of Iddo (or Oded), the prophet and his -
twenty -two was tried for murder, torian of the two preceding reigns,
While out walking with his sweetheart 2. If ye seek him -Finding God is a
he suddenly turned round and stab- self-evident fact if he is sought after
bed her, Tho wound proved fatal, (see 1 Chron. 28, 9; Jer, 29, 13),
and he was convicted and sentenced 3. Without the true God -Israel
to death. became disobedient and repudiated
The arming man had been employed their God several times (Judg. 3. 7,
at a big brewery, and had left at his 12; 4. 1; 0. 1; 8. 33; 10. 6).
own discretion. When applying for Without a teaching priest -Israel
another berth he gave his previous always had priests and prophets, but
employers es a• reference. His old sometimes these were false. The ex -
firm telegraphed him an excellent: pression here, "a teaching priest,"
character. A grievous mistake, how-, means a true priest or prophet.
ever, was made by someone, as the Without law -See Judg. 17. 6; 21.
word "honest" in the telegram, on 25.
arrival at its destination, read as 5. No peace to him -See Judg. 5. 0.
"lowest." This completely ruined his This refers to the time when lawless -
chances, and drove him to his mad nest reigned supreme, "when every
act. man did what was right in his own
When the head clerk of a Parisian eyes"; that is, what he *anted to do
jeweller arrived at the shop one and could do by force of his own
morning, he discovered to his horror strength.
that a window was broken, and the Of the lands - The district into
whole place in confusion. He was which Palestine was divided, such as
running to the telephone to call up Galilee, Gilead, the Jordan valley,
the police when he stumbled over a Mount Ephraim, Sharon, etc.
man lying flat on the floor. Beside 6, Nation against nation -The other
hint was a bag containing a huge tribes against Benjamin (Judg. 20.
quantity of jewellery which had been 33-48).
stolen. City against city-Judg. 9. 45.
Investigation showed that the pro-
strata man, who was the burglar, II. Asa is Converted (Verses 8-15).
had, in climbing over some cases, in-
advertently grasped an electric wire.
The shock had upset his balance. He
had crashed to the floor, and been
stunned by the fall. And this little
thing led to a long term of imprison -
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON;
AUGUST 22,
8. The Prophecy of Oded-Or Iddo,
Azariah's father. A prophecy not re-
corded, but what Azariah doubtless
remembered having been uttered by
his father.
10. Tile third month -That is, Si -
Some years ago the manager of - a van, our month of Juno.
large tea-garden in Bengal was brut- 11. Seven hundred , . . seven thou -
ally murdered. The assassin disap- sand -The number seven appears of-
peared completely, and for may ten (Num. 29. 32; 1 Chron. 15. 26; 2
weeks the crime remained a mystery. Chron. 29. 21; Job 42. 8; Ezek. 45.
The heir of the murdered man went 28). In the larger sacrifices the num-
out from England and examined his ber seven is not prominent (1 Kings
papers. Among them he found on 8. 63; 2 Chron. 30. 24; 35. 7-9).
the binding of an atlas a dark stain. 12. Entered into the covenant -
This proved to be a thumb -mark: That is, they renewed the covenant
traced in blood. It was sent to the established in Exod, 24. 3-8. Three
police bureau, where the thumb im-1 hundred years afterward, it was again
prints of criminals are kept according renewed, following a backsliding (2
to the French system, and was soon Kings 23. 3; 2 Chron. 34. 31). It was
discovered to correspond with that; again renewed in Nehemiah's time
(Neh. 10. 28-39).
13. Be put to death -This was one
of the commandments of the law
(Exod. 22. 20; Dent. 13. 9-15; 17, 2-7).
15. Rejoiced - Because of a free
conscience and a full surrender.
"They had sworn with all their heart,
and sought him with their whole de-
sire."
of a noted criminal then at large. He
was tracked, tried, and eventually
hanged.
A well-known London business man
went for his annual holiday, and the
fact that he had left negotiable bonds
worth £13,000 in his safe, easy of ac-
cess, quite slipped his memory till
his holiday had nearly ended. Hurry-
ing back, he found the bonds missing,
as was also a dishonest clerk. His
holiday brought him to the verge of
ruin.
Truly trifles lead to tragedies.
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LUXURY ON WHEELS.
Some Railway Carriages are Veritable
Palaces.
You have surely never seen an
If, by same rare accident, two of its
railway -train which could boast of a fleet can perform:
motors should be rendered useless, compartment devoted solely to beauti- It may drive the enemy's commerce
the third would be sufficient to give ful statuary! Even on our finest lux- off tht'e sea.
headway against a twenty -seven -mile mrious Pullman car such an apartment It may protect its awn commerce.
ivied. would be regarded as quite unneces- It may render the enemy's fleet int.
Captain Haecker, who commanded sary and superfluous. But the Ger- Potent.
the "Viktoria Luise" in the trip from man Emperor always has this addi- It may make the transfer of enemy
Dusseldorf to Berlin., has little fear.of bion to his special train in times of troops across the sea impossible,
storms while his ship is in the air, whether for attack or defense.
peace; for his royal carriages con -
though Germany's excellent weather It may transfer its own troops where
forecast service makes it possible for tain a large vestibule, whose sole de -,it wild,
flights to be so thned as to avoid the corations consist of most charming It may secure their supplies and (in
ordinary wind -storm, Bach Zeppelin statues. - fitting circumstances) it may assist
carries a wireless outfit, and from Several of the expresses which tra- their operations.
land stations obtains reports of tveabh- verse the Siberian Railway, from Mos- All these functions have so far been
er conditions. cow to the Pacific coast, are fitted up successfully performed by the, British.
,I.with one carriage built as a chapel I fleet. No German merchant ship is to
10,000,000 JEWS IN WAR, for divine service. There are an altar,I be found on the ocean. Allied corn ---
reredos pulpit, pews, &c., all in due' legit mate and illegitimatee is more secure from than acit
Zangwill Says Only Those in America order, and a priest of the Greek I was after Trafalgar. The German
Have Escaped Conflict. Church travels with the train to con- high sea fleet has not as yet ventured
duct the services at the appointed beyond the security of its protected
ties. waters.
Ti.he famous Diaz, as President of No invasion bas been attempted of
Mexico, possessed a special carriage these islands. British troops, in nun. -
on the railways there for his own bars unparalled in history, have moved
use. This carriage had not only one bto and fro across the seas and Have
of its parts beautifully aa -ranged as eenr effectively supported on shore,
The greatest of militarypower's has
wrested drawing -room, but on each side of s
seen its colonies from it one
this room was a verandah decorated by one and has not been able to land a
with flowers. Thus the President man or a gun in their defense,
could sit outside and enjoy the open Of a fleet which !las done this we
air when travelling, being at the same may not only say that it has done
time protected from dust and smoke manclt, but that no flest has ever done
by overhanging wreaths of roses and more, And we citizens of the British
then lovely plants. empire can only hope that the second
"'One celebrated railway carriage year of the war will show .no falling
can boast that it is a regular auto- showin niots rellaxatnaof iitt. sweltt oarsturedly
COMMAND OF THE SEA.
What the British Fleet Has Done in
the Year of War.
If any one wishes to know whether
the British Fleet has during the last
year proved itself worthy of ifs tra-
ditions there is a very simple method
of arriving at the truth, writes Mr. A.
J. Balfour, First Lord of Admiralty, in
the New York 1Vorid, There are sev-
Israel Zangwill, historian of the
Jewish race, points out that only the
Jews who are in America have es-
caped the war. Ten million Jews are
engaged in the war, three nnillion of
them in Poland alone,
Twenty thousand Jews are fighting
for England, 50,000 for Germany, 170,-
000 for Austria., 350,000 for Russia, and
2,500 for Serbia.
The French Zouaves are twenty per
cent. Jews. Jewish soldiers and sme-
ars also come from Morocco and Tri-
poli, Australia, New Zealand,Canada
and South Africa.
"For the Jew," says Zangwill, "his
country can do n0 wreng."
In England the Load Chief Justice.
who saved the financial situation for
the allies, is a Jew, and the late Lord graph album. This carriage is now
Rothschild presided over the Red in Denmark, and belongs to one of the
Cross fund. royal trains of Europe. On its win -
Herr Bailin, a Jew, is the creator dews the various kings, queens, and
of the great German merchant marine.
Ernst Lissauer, a Jew, • sings "The
Song of Hate."
General Heymann, Grand Officer of
the Legion of Honor, commands a
French atony tarps, and Dreyfus, an-
other Jew, commands a French bat.
royalties of the continent have
scratched their names -usually their
"pet" names -with a diamond when
they were travelling in it. You can
find there the names of most of our
English royal personages; also those
Y. of Gorman, Danish, Russian, Norweg-
Tho racially Jewish Enver Bey is ran, Swedish, and Spanish kings,
Turkey's than of the hour, Baron princes, and other notable people.
Seriatim, the son of a Jew, helped to
persuade
rs ate Italy to join the allies,
the tespitals of Turkey are in
charge of a Jew, Hecker.
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Veritably those windows are worth
their weight in gold.
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"What crib Rastus get married for?"
King Charles's statue at Charing asked one negro of another, "Lawd
Cross, London, was the first equos- only knows, shile. He keeps right
trian statue in England. on workiii"
BAVARIAN PRINCE DOUBTFUL
Thinks Now That German Victory is
Not Possible.
A French news agency is authority
far a statement that Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria is no longer
hopeful of German victory The
Crown Prince while conversing with
a member of the Reichstag who Is vis-
iting the German lines in Artois, said;
"'I must confess immediately that I
dais no longer an optimist It will take
soma time before the allies can aoi•.
iousey affect our positions in France,
but tete roles will undoubtedly be re-
versed in the end, The enemy's
strength and resources are now too
well organized, He Is in a posdtien
to hold the balance in his favor. ,
SPIES ACTS IN
EVERY COUNTRY
THE GERMAN SYSTEM WAS*
VERY EFFECTIVE-•
Five German Agents -Rave Met Meati}
in England Since the'
War Begun.
Immediately uponthe outbreak of
the European war there developed in
all the belligerent countries a .fever-
ish spy mania. Thousands of harm-
less citizens of neutral countries were
arrested "on suspicion," their baggy
gage was searched and in many oases
they were subjected to maltreatment.
On November 6, 1914, Karl Hans
Lody, an officer in the German naval
reserve and for years employed in an'
American firm promoting travel, was
shot in the Tower of London, having
been convicted of communicating im-
portant m�il1itary information to the
Germanovernment, He refused to
the las o say a single word concern-
ing his activities and took the secret
of his espionage career with him to
the grave.
The second execution in the.. Tower
was attended by much mystery, the
name of the condemned man never
having been revealed. He was shot
on March 5. Shortly after this three
Germans were arrested by Scotland
Yard men, Their names were Muel-
ler, Hahn, and Kuepferle. All were
convicted by a court-martial of hav-
ing sent military secrets to a German
espionage agency in Holland. Muel-
ler was executed on June 23, Hahn
was sentenced to seven years of penal
servitude, and Kuepferle was sen-
tenced to death, On May 20, the day
before he was to be put to death, in
the Tower, Kuepferle hanged himself.
in his cell.
Tells of Passport Frauds.
Found guilty by a court-martial of
having sent details about the move-
ments of the British fleet to the Ger-
man Admiralty, Robert Rosenthal was
shot in the Tower on July 16 last.
Rosenthal was caught red-handed. He
had in his possession what appeared
to be a genuine American passport's -
sued by the embassy in Berlin. In a
full confession he is said to have as-
serted that Capt. von Prieger of the
German Admiralty had a complete
outfit for the issuing of fraudulent
American passports. Many incrimin-
ating documents, including a cipher
code, were found in Rosenthal's bag-'
gage.
In the first month of the war a ,
German spy was convicted in Paris
of obtaining data concerning the Eiffel
Tower wireless connections for the
purpose of sending it to Germany.
In Petrograd a court-martial on
April 3 last sentenced to death Col.
Miasoyedoff as a German spy. The
Russian officer was hanged. To him
was attributed the disaster in the
Mazurian Lakes to the Tenth Russian
Army Corps. He had several accom-
plices, who were caught.
Belgians Shot as Spies.
The German authorities in Belgium
early in June arrested seventeen Eng-
lishmen and Belgians who were said
to have communicated information re-
garding the movements of troops on
the Belgian railways to France.
Eleven of the prisoners were shot and
six were sentenced to long terms of
penal servitude.
It was the German information ser-
vice along the coast of South America.
that was able to keep Admiral von
Spee, commanding the German squad-
ron, informed of every move made by
the British squadron that the Scharr-
horst and her companion later de-
stroyed.
To meet this thoroughly organized
system of the German information
service successfully Great Britain has
exerted immense efforts in building up
a similar system. It was cabled on
the authority of a high British officer
recently that the British Admiralty
knew in advance of the proposed Ger-
man raid on Scarborough, and even
the name of every German ship in
the expedition.
The mysterious explosion on the
French liner La Touraine, resulting
in a fire imperilling hundreds of pas-
sengers, was ascribed to the work of
a German spy. Arrests were made
and the inquiry is still under 'way.
A NEW DECORATION.,
Military Cross is Awarded Ohly by the
Secretary of War.
A5 ar reward for bravery and die
tinguished service in the present weal
the British Government has issued
new decoration to 'which only come
misoloned and warrant officers of the
British army, Indian and Colonial
forces are eligible It is known as the
Militaryy Cross, le an entirely new pat.
tern 1s%s inches square, and is woa•u
euscpended on a punpie and white tib„
boil woven withthere s'tripea of equal
i width. In the centre the erase hears
I the letters "G. It 1.," the 'initials Of
the Latin' words meaning "George,
; Iring Emperor," and et the exlmetnity
of each aria tilts Imperial mown.
iIt is awarded only upon. the r•eeotre
,mandation of the Secretary of State.
for War. An lnonoiary award is al-
lowable to foreign °nieces aseoolated
with the British in the present Mane.
atioas,.providdng they are of the prof
'per rank. Na individual preeendoncei
norright to n addition to a personal
description or title is oonterred Upok
the recipient of the elecoratloat;