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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1918)
THE ARMY and THE NAVY Communications will be answered promptly. Interest ing news each week. CORBETT LOSES THE FIGHT! Many May Think Pugllltt'a Defeat by Fittalmmona Was In the Nature of a Judgment. TO DAD (Coporal K. T Dawson. Company (', Fourth Knglneers, Franco.) They tl lnk of HI soldiers as horoos, And praise our names up to the skies; They've tears for the one who Is wounded, And prayers for the one who dies; They write songs of our pals and our sweetheart, And mothers so hrave anil so sad; nut name e grnt singer or poet Whos mentioned a word about, dad ! Poor d:.d, with his eheekhook and troubles, He hasn't a look-in at all It's mother, and pal, and sweetheart, And Sammy who answers the rail; Hut dnd must he thinking and wroklng, In a store, or a mine, or a mill. To get the old round iron dollars To pay the big family bill. He buys the new hondB b" th dozen. Though his shoes are run down at the Tieel, And his overcoat's old and looks shabby, Hut you never hear old daddy squeal. He doesn't Write much of a letter To his boy who is going to France. Hut sends him a crisp five or ten-spot, Whenever he has a good chance, And evenings, when reading his paper, A-smoklng his pipe or cigar. He thinks of his boy clad In khaki Says, "I hope It Is well where you are." Now I think Just a lot of my mother She's written each day I've been gone, And my pals and my friends and my sweetheart Have all helped to cheer me along; Hut my dad is as gool as as human, And sometimes I certainly feel That as dad has to pay and work every day, I don't think he gets a square deal. 52.000 Mil I i s ARK IjOADKI) .PBR DAY Quantity if not capacity shipments rill start soon from a new govern in e n t shell-load ing factory in New Jersey, one of four such government plants each of which Is larger than any similar plant in the world. When turning out 52.000 loaded hell a day under full operation the plant will use 2.000 tonB of shells and explosives daily, the products f some 75 factories. More than 5,000 workmen will be required. Plans contemplate the employment of a large number of women. The mark ing of shells to designate size, load and range will require 250,000 oper ations each day. The plant has a total are.-, of ap proxlmitely 2,500 acres. More than 100 buildings, wl-ih an aggregate floor space of 1,300,000 square feet, Will provide storage for shells and parts and for material. A small city, with heating and lighting plants, water an dsewage systems, hospitals. Are fighting plant, and restaurants, was built to house the employes. There is equipment to protect the health of those who work with pois onous gases, and a school ror instruc tion In the loading of artillery am munition with high explosives. The operating plant consists of 13 hell loading units, each Independent of the other, with equipment for load ing 13 sizes of shells, ranging from the recently developed 37-millimeter to 16 Inches. On two sizes of shells the propelling charge also will be loaded, the shell and cartrige case being assembled at the plant. All other shells are assembled In France. In the construction of the shell loading units the problem was far greater than one of mere building. Immense fanB have been installed to dispose of the poisonous fumes from he high explosives When a unit is in operation the air in the loading room Is changed every few minutes. Specially designed suits will be worn during work with the explosives. BWRKTARY OF NAVY OOMMKNDS , TWO MEN FOR I1RAYK CONDI T I HOLLAND HAILOIltt . HOMK AFTMIt WAIT OF FOUR MONTHS Secretary Daniels has commended Thomas Olsen, chief boatswain's mate, formerly on board the U. S s Waklva, for the coolness, initiative and resourcefulness he displayed ut the time of the collision which result ed, in the sinking of the Wakiva May 22nd. The commanding officer reported that Olsen took a prominent part in rigging out the motor boats, getting men out from blow, getting boats lowered and cleared, and that he stayed on board until every one else waa off the ship. Olaen enlisted at New York December 11, 1915. Hia wife, Mrs Matilda Olsen. resides at Brooklyn, N. Y. Secretary Daniels also has com mended Ensign Elwood L. Houtz, United States naval reserve force, for hia presence of mind and bravery while serving on the U. S. S. Corsair as a coxswain, December 17, 1917. During a heavy storm on that day two depth charges were washed over board. Houtz discovered a depth charge cable leading down into the lazaretto Knowing that if a charge was rolling around below deck It might exjlode any moment, he grip ped the cable and followed it until he found the explosive. Houti enlisted at New York. April S, 1917, giving as his next of kin his father, Daniel Daily Houtz, Salt Lake City. Utah. The United States shipping board Uthortses the following: After a wait In this country of nearly four months, 3,000 Holland officers and seamen who manned the Dutch ships taken over by the Ulited StateB last March have been sent home, transportation for them being finally available. These seafarers were guests of the nation during their long wait. Chairman Edward N. Hurley, of the United States ship ping board, has written Netherlands Consul General Spakler thanking him for his assistance In helping care for and repatriate his countrymen, and also speaking In terms of praise of the Holland sailors. "We have been much impressed with the high c aracter and admira ble conduct of the Netherland officers and seamen during their sojourn in the United States." says Mr. Hurley in his letter to the Dutch consul gen eral. "Under peculiarly trying cir cumstances they have made us appre ciate vividly how valuable an asset to a great commercial nation is the ex istence of a class of stalwart, sober and self-reliant seafaring men." tot Paper thread is a Denmark war substitute for use in binder twine. Wheat is selling for $50 a bushel in Turkey, reports the American and Syrian relief commission n TurXey. Before the war the normal price was 50 to 60 cents per bushel. The postal censorship board, post office department, announces that translators of Spanish are in demand at New York and other port cltieB. These positions are open to women who can translate accurately and quickly. The army medical department has developed a mobile X-ray outfit to be carried on the standard army ambu lance to the front line trench for the benefit of wounded soldiers. ' It Is de sired by army surgeons to lose no time in ascertaining the extent and conditions of wounds. The outfit is made up of the Delce gas-etectrtc set. the high-tension transformer, and the special type of Coolidge tube. io i MAKING IU; MONEY QUICK Potash is not the only western ven ture which is making big money quickly, although it probably leads them all. The Wyoming oil fields are making some quick millionaires these days. Joe Cook, M. A. Kent, and L. E. Baird, of Worland, are said to be re ceiving checks on the tenth of each month for approximately 13,000 each repreBentlng their proportion of roy alties from the Elk Basin field. These royalty checks in varying amounts have been issued regularly on the 10th of each month for the past twen ty months. The original Elk Basin field was lo cated by eight men who put up $150 each. The lands were leased Ty the Elk Basin Petroleum company and are operated by the Midwest Refining company. The eight locators receive one-eighth royalty. Five of them. J T. Hurst, Mary E. Hurst. C. C. Wor land. C. D. Markham and Warren J. Jones sold their royalty right last year to the Grass Creek r.-i r,,t. .,, company for $100,000 each. The others retained their one-eighth of me one-eiguth interest each and It is this share which is now r,n each of them $3,000 a month. If I were a superstitious man I might give undue weight to the follow ing incident ns bad omen. Just be fore Corbett had met Sullivan and rbilt lie was In training he bought n collie for $10 a wonderfully pugna cious dog, which would tackle any thing. There was one thing on enrth that Ned loved, and only one, and that was Corbett. And Jim loved the dog for his bravery. Med always slept at the end of his mnster's bed nnd If any body approached the room he would give a terrible growl. In a word, he was Corbett's protector. Ned was Corbett's constant companion during training for the Sullivan fight nnd went with him to New Orleans. Then he traveled everywhere with his vic torious master and made his appear ance on the stage with hltn In the training scene in "Gentleman Jack." It was Ned's growls that aroused the camp one night when Corbett was training for the Mitchell fight to the fact that some persons had climbed up next to Corbett's room. It looked as If they were there to malm or hurt Corbett. In fact, when they were dis covered and shot at, they shot back. Of course, Ned was the hero of the af fair. When we went to Europe Jim lent (fed to John W. Norton nnd he re mained with that man until Norton died. When Corbett went to Cnrson he forgot all about Ned, portly from the fact, I suppose, that his brother Harry bad brought from San Francisco a beautiful full-blooded collie for whom Jim had now conceived u deep affec tion. Not knowing this, I thought It would be a good Idea to take Ned with me when I should Join Corbett at Cor son. I paid Ned's expenses across the continent In the baggage car, took good care of him and ontlclpated great pleasure In Introducing him to Corbett again. I found Jim sitting with the beautiful collie dog In his lap. Ned. furiously jealous, sprang at the throat of the dog who hod supplanted him in his old master's affections, and they had a terrible row until Corbett sav ogely pulled them apart and kicked Ned out of the door into the deep snow. That night Corbett. who slept In a cottnge opposite the little hotel where we were training, took the cob He and went to bed, and the next morning, outside of Corbett's door, with his nose on the sill, wos Ned frozen stiff! And Corbett lost the fight! From "The Fighting Man." by William A. Brndy. This Prevents Seasickness. Encouraging tests have recently been made by an eastern inventor with a self-adjusting berth for steamships. In Its present form the device has somewhat the appearance of a lawn or porch swing set In a reclining posl tlon, hut although It might be erja ployed In such capacities It is prima lly intended to provide a level, vlbra tlonless bed for steamer passengers. The bunk is suspended at the head ond foot from an angular beam, which in turn, is hung from the cross bar of the supporting frame. The arrangement permits the bed to re main level at all times, regardless of either the longitudinal or lateral mo tions of a vessel. Furthermore, the vibrations of the engines and pro pellers are not transmitted to the oc COpaat of a suspended berth. The ap paratus was tried out and commended by passengers and officers aboard a steamer plying between New York and Norfolk. The device Is protected by patents. Popular Mechanics' Magazine. Make Night DrivingljSafe BY USING THt NSTW SCOOD LENS C a A V A T H IONO DISTAMCf TYU CR" "The other night at Fort Sheridan the glare of the bright lights of an oncoming auto so blinded the driver of an army auto conveyance, in which there were a number of ladies, that it was ditched with serious, if not fatal, results." There is a law against glaring head lights, but some motorists, because of thoughtlessness or indifference, have not equipped their lamps with lenses. 1F To encourage the use of a non glaring lens, we are offering the following cut prices in Osgood Lens: 8 in. 8 in. 834 in.- -$2.65 -$2.65 -$2.80 10 in. 9 in, 9lA in. 934 in.-$3.15 -$2.80 $2.80 $3.15 Blowing Up a Gun Position There had been moderate firing all through the day, but, as often hap pens, there was now a complete calm. An officer, staring through his perl scope binoculars, called my attention to a group of Germans. They were some distance back of their own front lines and were working under a screen of green branches. They were evi dently laylnc steel plates for a machine-gun protection. The artificial hushes were almost a sufficient blind, but not quite. At that second there was the hurst of a gun back of our lines. The next instant I saw a tree crash down at the exact spot where the Germans were working. A wave of black dirt rose, mixing Its color Into the white puff of the exploded shell. There was no more machlne guu parapet repairing that afternoon. Luclan Swift Kirtland in Leslie's. "Daylight Saving" Works Well. "Daylight saving" was a success in Austria-Hungary, reports United States Consul General Albert Halstead from Vienna. Commenting on the results of the "daylight saving" experiment, which began April 30 and finished Sep tember 30 last, he says that It proved most beneficial to the health of the Viennese due to the extra sunlight in working hours, and also did much to save expense for lighting. It is cal culated, he reports, that in Vienna alone the people consumed 158,000,000 cubic feet of gas less and saved Ml:. 000. The city of Vienna required 14, 000.000 cubic feet of gas less for street lighting. Cocoa From the Enemy's Country. A cargo of 400 tons of cocoa re cently arrived In London from the former German colony of Cameroons. Before the war the colony was Ger many's chief cocoa-producing colony, and from Cameroon and Togoland she derived something lik 4,000 year. WHEN YOU WAKE UP DRINK GLASS OF HOT WATER Wash the poisons and toxins from system before putting more food Into stomach. Says Inside-bathing makes any one look and feel clean, sweet and refreshed. Wash yourself on the Inside before breakfast like you do on the outside. This is vastly more important because the skin pores do not absorb impuri ties into the blood, causing Illness, while the bowel pores do. For every ounce of food and drink taken into the stomach, nearly an ounce of waste material must be carried out of the body. If this waste material is not eliminated day by day it quickly ferments and generates poisons, gases and toxins which are absorbed or sucked into the blood stream, through the lymph ducts which should suck only nourishment to sus tain the body. A splendid health measure is to drink, before breakfast each day, a glass of real hot water with a tea spoonful of limestone phosphate In it, which is a harmless way to wash these poisons, gases and toxins from the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels; thus cleansing, sweetening and freshening the entire alimentary canal before putting more food into the stomach. 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