P«*e Two

CAPE FAY comm- TIMES SaA I3L>: CITY. W. J:

GOI IRiy INS BEFBRE RE DIED

SCOTTY. YOUNGEST SOLDIER IN PERSHING'S FORCES. IS MOURNED BY ARMY.

HIS HEROIC DEATH RELATED

Cnptsrrd Amfriasn anny and n.n7 oftlccr* are res Chins «MTraan I'ri^in cnmjw wiilioul rlothiuc and ahof*. The Ameriran l:*il Oro** ha* estibUMied n | tullnr ahop la Herne to f-upply <h. m ] with proper uiilfortn«. aeeonllnc to In1 (nnnclii'n jONt rra.-hins the hureac of

I prlwmerV relief.

The ofllcer*. it seem*, in being hu»tl.il Illicit from the fntit by their ea|»t<>ra low their overcoats, blouses and 1 c\en trousers. Kntjuently their leiithei ;-|hh-s. wilicii are greatly coveted by tin- tjcmianv. an- taken from Ihem. and ] they are forced to wear wooden slioes. j ’1 lie clothing of others Is so dnnmg'-d | In stn inious lightlnj; ns to need rc-

Red Cress Establishes Tailor Shop Berne to Supply Captured American Officers With Uniforms—New Plan

fer Training Flyera.

place

icnL

ClYoni Coirn-Jttr* on Public Intortn.-.'i'm > Wariitngton.—Private Albert K. Seolt. the youngest soldier in C-iiernl Pershing's array In FYance—he was but fifteen years of age and it Itrookline. Mass., high school U.j when he enllsioii—U dead, shot through the bead hy a German snl|M-r after be had laid thirty foe* to rest, atnl the array mount* its boy hero. A soldier writer for The Ftars and Strlpi*. the A. II y. pa|>er. tells Ibis

story:

“In the regiment they are talking there days of all tlie good pals they luM in it* fierce, ucfortgettnble chaw they gate the Germans in the great retreat from the Marne. Pul most of all—a little oftener and a hit more fondly—they talk of Scotty. "He was a good kid. they my. and be died on hi* gun. "His great chance came when on that historic July IS hi* regiment got the order for which, through many a month of dream*. It had longed—the order to advance. It went IS kilomeUrs witliout stopping, chaslngthclloehe up bill and down dale, fighting It* w-ay through j*atoh after patch of Inviting wood* that would prove treacherous with bidden nia<-lilnc guns. "In the first day* of that liattlr. the ■KiTcmi'tit was so swift tluit nmn- than once * small Gemuin rear guard and an advance Tank platoon would meet In the forest ami fight out then and there a complete and separate battle all their own So It wxs with the Indian*, a* Rcntty'* regiment wa* nicknamed, one aXtemi-on, as they were making their way last the bitterly woo town of

Epled*.

“At the cm«s road they saw troops approaching ihem In eolemn of gtiuad*. The officer In charge caught (%em In tlie fmu* of hl« field glasses. They were Bodies, coming on. The Tank* waited. Itching to open fire, but biding their time. Suddenly tlie Roches doaerted the road and came on Ihem through the forest. “The lieutenant placed Ids men along a roadside ditch. He placed Scotty end Ids *ho*hn beside a tree and squarely opposite a narrow woodland path tliat opem-d across tlie way. He could see straight down that patH. ami the Bodies were l-mnd either lo come along It or to cross It. •' 'S4-c that lath. 8co*tyr said the lieutenant. Tliat's your target. Not

luifit the forty comml**l**r.ed Ann-ri* i.n* known to he In the German rt mp* and others who may Ik- cupiured later, the Red Cron* purchased a tailor shop In I'nri* and moved tailor* nnd out!'.! outright to Switzerland. Tlu* shop Is now turning out each e et k 12 tiiilforms made to mec*nrem<-m* supplied by mail by tha various prlsooera In the various camps. The men are supplied also with underclothing, shoes, toilet articles, towel* ijnd food. The food la particularly necesaary to supplement the meager prison fere for which the German* make the captured

olbeee* pay in mouey.

Tlie strip|ilng of prinoncr* Bf>p»r>-n:-1y take* place only at the front in the h* at and confusion of battle. Camp committees, apisiinted by the prisoners thimselve*. see that American prisoners receive supplies sent them.

Kx|H-ricnccd flying officer* are Ik-Idk returned from abroad to act a* «i>ccIb1 Instructors In the more advanced rourses of aviation training which Is being developed by the air service. Recent practice in elemental training now give* the candidate more time It- the nlr with hi* ln*tructor than heretofore. Tlie new jdnn is known a* the GoKjmrt system or “All Thru." as It I* popularly called here, and insure* closer contact between the cadet and 111*1 ructor. When the cadet* arrive at • r, flying field from the ground school, where they have learned much of the theory of flight, engine control and re- ; |iair. radio, signaling ami other kindred subjects, sine ml of them arc assigned to an Instructor who stay* with them | until they are qualified in eh-nicntal i flying. They are then *ent to I he spe- ! Hal school* for final work -.nd training In tlielr particular line, a* pursuit, n-connalssanee. artillery control, or l-omhing pilot*. Tlie old practice of ' giving a cadet so much time In fhe air under Imctructlon and Him turning him j loose for hi* first solo flight. In a “sink ; o,- swim" fn*ho«. I* heltig discontinued, and what I* believed to he a more safe and *anr system I* belog adopted. Organization of forty air squadrons lia* been authorized. Four will be located at Houston, Tex., and 3d. or a training brigade of three wings, on Icong Island. N. Y. The law of tbl* I»tig Island training brigade, as now planned, will lie Huzrlliurwt field, near Mlneola. The squadrons will be quartered In groups oi four or nine outlying field*. These squadrons arc to aerie under field condition* simulating, a* nearly as practicable the conditions Uhlnd the lines

In France.

GEMNSICOI DINDENBDRG LINE

Indications of a Purpose to Make Stand There.

BATTLE ENTERS NEW PHASE

Germans Doubling Their Rear Guardi And Seeking By Counter-Attacks To Slow* Up The Allied

and dropped I branrlies of I

InformatioL

red hy

chn-

m-elilng .'..illy dut

than

Paris.—The GermxtJ* have markedl.' aUlfenrd th»:r re»j«:ance against tb> Allied armies from tbe region of Arr:>to Rheims. but their efforts to warn off further i-ncroachmeg:* uuo the territory they are holding have failed All along the front the German blr the Allies are endeavoring to gala chine guns in vast number* ire bein. used In front of strategic points which the Allies aer endeavoring lo gain Nevertheless tbe Ilriiish have dug more deeply Into tbe sector *outhwei: o' Cambria, capturing important po suions on the four-mile front between the Havrincourt Wood and P|pxiert regaining their old trench positions dominating Gouzraucourt and capturing Gouzeaucourt. To the south the French are only * abort distance west of at. Quentin, and are at the gates of 1** Fere. On this last-named sector the French daily arc enlarging their turning moiement against the St. Gobain fores;, the conquest of which would remote tbe greater barrier to an A1 l:« a advance la force eastward toward Laon In an outflanking movement against both the Alsne and chemln de» Dames poalticnr of the enemy. The Germans here end northeast of Scjuons are also offer;ca most determined resistance against tbe French, nalizing that should General Macgln * strategy prove successful*the entin German llae eastward to Rheims nec isianly would be compelled to under go marked readjustment. Thousands of machine guns and gun* of larger caliber are roaring away agalnat tbe French, both from the St. Gobain forest and the plateau above the AUette River, northeast of Solssonr Along the Alsne the Germans are rtlll endeavoring to retard the advance of the French in further rroaaings of tbe stream probably in order to give their main army a chance to make It* way unimpeded northward in caae of a quick rash by the French toward Laon. a maneuver which seems la the making by Marshal Koch's forces. Large numbers of reinforcement* bare been rushed up by the Germans her* and also along the Alsne front, where the Americans ar> fighting alongside

the French

Particular atten'ion is being given by the Germans to the thr** hinge* of thi .r line -in Handers, noriheast of Fois'ona and around Rheims. A break thtocch at either point b> the Allies would spell disaster to the enemy. Therefore the Gcman high rommaad 1* buttrisrlng them for evcntuaiit.es in Fiandi

BEER BREWING STOPS DECEMBER I

Food Administration Announces Drastic Move.

AFFECTS OTHER BEVERAGES

The Breweries Msy Bt A'lowed T Open Between December 1 And The Effective Operation Of Nation-wide Prohibition.

Washington.—Manufacture of beer In tlie I'nlted States will be prohibited after December 1 next as a war meas-

ure.

r tutik. It la the p.-ur*-kt {niuilli-* that Lave Imiji fur*'-U to uaik*- the cnati-st r<*luH|..n In th,- amount of n.Ilk puri-lm*«-d. Rut thut r.-.lmil'.o vi-uld pi-rhuj.* not !«• wo CT.tl. the

If all tniifbiTs

obDta

This arnouncement was mid* by the Food Administration, which said tbe dt-rlslon had been mached at conferences between President Wilson and representatives of Fuel. Food and Railroad administrations and the War Indostrles Board. Faciora which Influenced the decision to prchbit tbe manufacture of beer after December 1. the food administration announcement said, were “the further necessity of war Industrie* for the whole fuel productive capacity of the country, the considerable drouth which baa materially affected tha tupply ol feeding-stuff for next year, the strain upon liansporiation to handle necaaaary industries and the shortage ol Labor caused by enlargement of the army program." Warning also was Issued lo manu facturers of all beverage and mineral waters that for tbe same reasons there will be “further great curtailment lo fuel lor the manufacture of glaaa con taln-A*. of tin plate for caps, of tiansportal.on and of food products In auch

brveraget

Action along this line, it was aald. bad been expected by the brewing Interest- in view of tbe Fuel Administration's order ot last July 3 raduc ing coal consumption of breweries &t< per c< ni and a w araing that they might not be able to continue In bust-

NEAR MILLION R1

McAdoo Boosts Wage of the Lower-Paid Classes

AU Fffi STORE OF ESEI

Took Froock Leave 0 ; German Guard.

WALKED A HUNDRED Hid

Unuaua' Experience Of Lieut, i Hitchcock. Jr, Of The U(»] Flying Corpa—Treatment i, German Hoapitni.

Parts.—LleuL Thos. Hitchcock.! ol Westbury, N. Y„ the > outbid a* her of tbe Lufayeve ! lying c. who waa cagrured by tl.. c^, tome time ago. but ei^^ reached Switzerland. Au;u.-: a. 1 scribed his experienc* while i

and his Sight to neatral :

which was accomplish' :

evading his guard on a irate 1 guard was taking a nap at th* \. m Hitchcock was fqixrd to w»li ■

than a hundred mllea

In eight consecutive nights, during the day time Hr lived « food he had waved from nls a

rations in tbe prison camp entirely Ignorant of th*

through which he passed, but |

hlmrelf hy a small porti-

on tbe eighth day of his trasgd lound himself in a small vi'.hti jr

NOT IN ON FIRST BOOST of a amall girl whether

Basic .Minimum of «750 a Month j »° Berne where he niTtved Augatj

Established In Order effective September 1—Merit 8y*-

tem Adopted.

and called at the Amertcar. Hitchcock aru capturrd Match | when he was forced m tend sftfr aerial combat with three Gcrau ■

j chines. He was wounded in th- in Washington —Nearly a mlillon ral' and hU machine bscame difibleU:^ road employes of the lower paid darsc i ijtitmje of a thousand mi ft nat covered by the first big wage In-| to Unfl'salete Inside L granted ralses m pay by i Unr Hc

seised by several Germans sed u

to a dressing station From thin H

the Railroad Administration.

In substance the Increases are flC a month over the January 1 rate for those on monthly time, and 12 cents an hour for those on the hourly basis. Tbe Increase affects mainly clerks, station employes, boiler washers, etanonary engineers, power transfer and turntable operators, common laborers, painters, masons, concrete workers, water supply men. plumber* and other

malclf-nacde of way employe*.

Director McAdoo'* general order on the subject provided for a system of promotion based on ability and

iori^. the latter applying where

He

■ent lo a hospital at S: Later be waa trajufetied to

brucken.

It took two months for thr *

in Hitchcock’s ler to heal tte be was not maltreated by tbe 0 man*, but -that there was plesty 4 suffering among the prisouitf ’ were barely existing. He said Lt h been saved by tbe arrival of picki|i

containing food from Fran - “After landing Inside the Gelt lines.” said Hitchcock,

twice. Tbe second time I did * come to my senses until I had rt

the drttalag station In the I I received fair treatment oal-

ee one doctor for tbe ISO i-atM

nd the food was not very good ' I escaped while being t with two other American' from feld to Rastadt. There was o

dirt

>*1 '

i .be

««.g child

•pile of It* Iiutii form. It i* cMlni

U»- baste of its nutnt k ruitipan-d ulth steak «

j tlon of po.nt- vulnerable to sharp aai •salt*. Particularly i- thl* not .re-able j along the Lye Rivei. south of Yprtw, j mhi-:e the Onnant are reported to I bar#- removed all the:r artlilirj to the ■ east side of the rivr . and a I tt'.e to ‘ the roith. atound \ iriiatc when- the Br.u*h li*.advam*-*! their line ntarty a null-, rod apiarccti) «Hb slight

i Of position

Tbt ■ "-icentration of artillery of all ra'.it*':-. inrludlng machine gun» and U:r- bojtlr* of nun In the n ilon of

and c

onta!

t altoul :

j Under national prohibition legtala- ' lion pa**«-d by the Senate and seat to tbe Heuri which enacted similar leg islatlon la»t May. manulacture of beer and wine would be prohibited after May 1 Today'a order w ill move up six munthe the time for discontinuance of the manufacture ot beer, although tbe brew rile* may be allowed to re [ eume operation between that dale and 1 tbe vffxt .ie operation of the dry legislation. if finally enacted, since today * i order waa "until further order*." The rnanulaclurer of whisky v as pro- , hibited last year and there have been | rwp< «led demand* In Congress thut the ! president exercise bis war-time powet lo slop the msnufacture of beer as a ' food conservation meakuie. The House i last Mai In adopting thi Lu.ergrncy j Agricultural Appropriation Bill attached a rtd' r wbiii. provided that none ot i tbe funds appropriated by the measure jabouid be u-ed until the manulacture lot beer was dtscoetlnued.

case* of equal ability presented, also offered s method whereby griev-

ances could be adjusted.

A basic minimum of 387.64 a month I* given chief clerks, foremen, cuts foremen end other supervisory worker*; boy* receive a minimum of 145 a month; switchboard operator*. Janl- i tor*, watchmen and elevatonnen. 870: (

stationary engineer*. 1110: stationary ! man guard for the three of u firemen and power-house oilers. |I0; | “While the train stopped *t •

boiler washer*. 28 cents an hour, with tlon near Dim the guard fell it's '■ a 50-cent maximum: power transfer dose. I snatched the rail**.' “Nm and turntable opeiators. 88 to 4S cents which was near him and alte £ ' ■ an hour; ahop. station and warehouse money. We were not allosrd - J

employes. 31 to 43 cents en hour; com handle our money, mon laborer*. 38 to 40 cents. \ "iTeemlly the guard a*' L

Building, bridge, painting, maaor.. missed the money. Pickl::; . - comrete, water supply, and kindred package of food which had beer Fit* I worker*, get a basic minimum of 1115 from my rations, but leavii>- ““

per month; assistant worker* of the behind. 1 rushed out of thsamc class, together with coal wharf, posit*, and ran aa fast a» coal chute, fence gang, pile driver, away from the railroad ' ditching and hoisting engineers and gnard yelled after me bu< 1 • bridge Inspector*. 8106; track foremen, could not follow becauv of : tU»>; assistant track foremen. 8 cent* on,,, prisoner* he hao la cbsi an hour more than their laborer*; b>< -j jc.b , n d t rhamca In m.Irt.nance of way sad W|UI , t<iw . r4 lh# tnuxirr I - building and branches.63 cents an hour 1 ^ llm# j a ] wmy , hid in th- »

I

.-' I

helper* to theae men. 43 cents; track

laborers, 26 to 40 cents.

and at night I evaded town -r'- I I, WkISInu unritlR* Lha-U: 1 *

Non*, of the employes In the classes on B noted shall have a monthly rate in j mM1 , f or j

Isgea. walking around then

excess of 1354 a month.

with prorata overtime of time and a half on the actual minute basis. The Increases become effective Sep tember 1 with back pay in Jauuxiy 1 based on the new scale If it baa not already been paid.

MAY BRING HUN$ TO U. ».

Corot Of Intarpretef* In Army Ordered

HUNS ABANDON PEACE DRIVE.

Increased.

l the people working during »- | When they left tbe Held In tb« ! Inc I would begin my tranit' j “1 made escelleU progf. ' now and then when I r ■ marshes, fences and hedgeduring the day time, aft* j made sure of tbe safety of ;

ing plarw

Arriving at what 1

.. .TC*»« „„nstef*^

I

Teutons Agree Present le No Time Far It. W«»hlngT<-n Gt-ncany and Austr.s

; the Rwlsa frontier.

Washington —Publication ®f orders I trap* euch aa •lactrirsl’' proildlna for a substantial increase In ! w.rr* and abtomallc sixes - the corps of Interpreter- ->f the army ! ently. 1 evaded all aurb thin, revtrid reports of plans for bringing j “One morning I fel* *tR' ' lo America large numbvr* of (ietaian* ' In Switzerland, but befotcapiurtd on tbe aestem front jf add'd a few extra r. Ur The new order* provide that la add! ! tramp and found myself lion to the oommlMlon'd personnel of village There I asked a the interpreters' co-r* a'ready author i *ju,ke Prearh. where 1 re,i. there will t..- one flret lieutenant, j |B pwiixerlsad. i one .ee«.nd lieutensnl an* one sangeaat

for iwch

r u n i

In

YANKS NEEDN'T SK^MP

DECLARES WAR ON CHINA.

i front T instating (