THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 5, 1917.
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NAME FRENCH CAMP
FOR UNITED STATES
Encampment Behind Fighting
Front Christened in Honor
of Visit of Abram I.
Elkus.
(By Associated Tim.)
French Front. Aug. 1. "Camp des
Etats-Unis," is the name of one of the
organized encampments, immediately
behind the fighting front of the
French army somewhere between La
Fere and Saint-Quentin, but the name
does not imply the presence of Amer
ican Soldiers. It was thlie hanitiH in
honor of the visit of Abranl I. Elkus,
formerly American ambassador to
Turkey, traces of whose passage
throngh these devasted regions may
be found in the names given on roads,
bridges and group of huts.
One of the bridges over the Saint
Quentirt canal wears the appellation
"Brooklyn suspension bridge," and
evidently some of the engineers who
helped to construct it had seen the
original bridge over the East river,
"for wires have been hung in imitation
of that structure. The length naturally
bears no comparison with that of its
namesake.
The correspondent of the Associ
ated Press, while passing through on
the way to inspect the "Camp des
Etats-Unis," had witnessed many
scenes of desolation, but nothing more
complete than that of the little town
of Jussy itself. Before the war the
place Had been a very flourishing cen
ter in an agricultural district. It pos
sessed 1,266 inhabitants, whose dwell
ings were all substantial constructions
of stone and brick. Now not a ci
vilian is to be found there nor a sol
dier either, for before evacuating the
town under the strong pressure of
the French and British troops the
Germans had taken care not to leave
a single building standing.
All Houses Detroyed.
It is not like other villages which
have suffered at the hands of the
Germans, since in most of them at
least one or two shells of habitations
are still to be seen. Here every house
as systematically demolished, a great
high-explosive bomb having been
placed among the foundations of each
one and all connected by wire to an
electric center, from which the cur
rent was turned on a quarter of an
hour after the last detachment of Ger
man troops had passed through the
streets in their hurried retreat. In a
moment Jussy was gone. A cloud of
dust and small blocks of brick and
stone settled down on what has been
its location ahd now from a short
distance nothing can bo discerned to
indicate the former position of the
village.
Even today, although the Germans,
know there is no possible lodgment
for troops among the ruins, they fire
Into the rubbish heaps very fre
quently from their position on the
opposite of the marshes bordering the
Oise, the only result of this waste
of ammunition being to cover the sur
face of the canal waters with brick
dust.
Proud of Troops.
The French general commanding
the division holding the line along
the Oise in this vicinity is very proud
f- his troops, all of them veterans
of many battles further north on the
bomme and also around V erdun. He
looks after their personal comfort I
with the greatest care, whether they
are' in the trenches or in their rest
camps behind the lines. He is a great
oenever in encouraging me spirit 01
sport, and when the men go into can
tonments for their period of repose
from the hard life of the front line
they spend most of the time while
they are not practicing the latest tac
tics in playing field games. Foot ball
is one of their favorite pastimes, and
some of the battalions have several
teams which play inter-company and
inter-battalion games.
The general has his headquarters
in what was a stable. His tables are
plain white wood and the seating ac
commodation is composed of rough
benches'. All around the walls are
hung flags of the various allied na
tions presented by visitors, and the
largest of them is a silken American
flag given him by the former Ameri
can ambassador to Turkey.
SAILORS IN FRANCE
FIT UPGLUB HOUSE
Navy Department Authorizes
Equipping of House for the
Sailors; Athletics Big
Part of Club.
Persistent Advertising is the Road
to Success.
l"orrspondnce ot Th Asiorlatfd PreM.1
Base American Flotillas in British
Waters, July IS. Authorization to
spend all the money necessary prop
erly to equip their new club house with
athletic apparatus and musical in
struments has just been received by
the American saiiors from the Navy
department in Washington. The news
was received with the greatest en
thusiasm by the men. It gives them
what amounts to carte blanche in the
matter of providing for their shore
amusements over here.
The first step upon receipt of the
welcome news was to dispatch an
order to the United States for $1,000
worth of musical instruments to aug
ment the string orchestra which en
tertains the men every Saturday night
in their new club house. Their order
also calls for a plentiful supply of the
latest ragtime and other typical
American music, which has made a
big hit with native population.
The next order will be for athletic
apparatus to equip the gymnasium
feature of the club now Hearing com
pletion. This equipment will include
wrestling mats, punching bags, box
ing gloves, weight machines, horses,
rowing machines and other fixtures
essential to an up-to-date gymnasium
floor. The gymnasium will be ready
about August 1. Besides six shower
baths there will be a tea room and a
place where the men can purchase
tobaccos and light refreshments at
pre-war prices.
The concert hall feature of the club
has been playing moving pictures and
concerts to crowded houses for " a
month. It is generally patronized not
only by the men but their officers. The
British commodore of the port, was
the honored guest at the show the
other night, the feature of which was
a lecture on flying at the western
battle front, delivered by a Cana
dian major in the Royal Flying cerps
from Toronto. The major cut short
his lecture tour in a nearby city to
come over to entertain the American
boys. His pictures took the blue
jackets up and down the British and
French lines in France.
The major's active service at the
front was cut short last year by a
drop from 12,500 feet. He was able to
regain control of his machine when
near the ground and escaped with a
severe shaking up. He is now lec
turing for recruits to the flying corps
and expects to shortly visit the United
States to instruct young aviators.
Don fim PhuIIu.
It'i peculiar thin that Oormnn social
ism should b a extremely nstlotis.1 In
Germsny and so ntl-ntlonl Id the United
States. Chicago Herald.
German Food Officials
Make War on Porkers
Berlin, August 1. German food
experts have come to the conclusion
that a dead pig is better than a live
one, at least in war times. Intimate
and exhaustive studies of the porcine
appetite have disclosed that the pig
is man's chief competitor in consum
ing valuable foodstuffs. Consequently
about half the pigs in Germany have
been killed.
The War Food bureau told a cor
respondent of the Associated Tress
that while the number of swine within
the empire was diminishing census
tigures of the last quarter showed
that the nation was richer by a hun
dred thousand head of cattle than it
was on March 1. On June 1 it was
said there was within Germany a total
of 21,400,000 head of cattle while on
December 1, 1912, there was 21,
100,000. The German bureau also claims that
the killing off of pigs has not jeop
ardized the future resources of the
nation as pigs are rapid breeders and
females have been spared to a large
extent.
The experts who recommended the
wholesale killing of pigs pointed out
in their recommendation that the pig
in peace times was liberally fed
grains, potatoes, cabbage and beets,
which just now form some of the
principal articles of the German diet.
The feeding of grains to pigs was re
garded as being especially deplorable,
it being found that in 'the case of
barley, for instance, four-fifths of the
nutritive value of the grain was lost
when so expended. Barley now has
been diverted to other consumers,
where, it is declared, it will prove 100
per cent efficient.
Close Treasurer's Office that
Mexican House May Meet
Mexico City, Aug. 1. -Not long ago
it was discovered that while an im
portant bill was being discussed in the
Mexican house of deputies, there was
not a quorum. When messengers
were sent to seek the missing con
gressmen, they discovered a line of
deputies extending far down the cor
ridor in front of the national treas
urer's office. It was pay day and they
were collecting their sixteen and a
half pesos a day. It was necessary
for the presiding officer of the cham
ber to request the treasurer to close
his office for the day before a quorum
could be obtained.
Armament Business
Done For After the War
(Correspondence ot The Associated Press.)
Birmingham, England, July 15.
The armament business after the war
will be "done for," in the opinion of
Arthur Chamberlain, who presided at
the annual meeting of the explosives
and armament firm of "Kynochs." He
also stated that firms similar to Ky
nochs had concluded certain agree
ments which they believed would en
sure their mutual prosperity when
more peaceful lines had to be followed.
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As a National character, performing a great public service, I am known from the Atlantic to the Pacific as the founder and chief surgeon of the largest and most) successful orgaiiizaRb&tf
dental specialists a man who originated an idea that is revolutionizing dentistry for both dentist and patient, 'Miiw I
I appeal to thinking men and women those capable of absorbing an idea even if it is new. I ask nothing more, and shall be satisfied with nothing less,: than a cax$tf! qfi$
..cpnsiderationf this subject, which affects you individually, the public health and suffering humanity, y' K : c0ik&&& i-
i do not blame you if prejudiced against a dentist who advertises, because I onee held that prejudice myself.
But I have thought much about this, and I am going to ask you in all fairness if you believe that this advertisement
in, The Daily News today can in any way impair my skill as a dentist! An advertisement cannot make a good
dentist out of a poor one, nor a poor dentist out of a good one. This paper today contains advertisements of mer
chants, bankers, colleges and even churches. Does advertising make these men incompetent or dishonest in their
business t Do you honestly believe that simply because I selected dentistry as my vocation in life I am deprived
of any legitimate rights I would have had if I had become a merchant or a banker!
I have no admiration for customs simply because they are hoary and bewbiskered. I do not appeal to your
prejudices; I appeal to your intelligence and your sense of fairness. I ask yon to lay aside any prejudice you may
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A trained dental nurse is always In attendance In each operating room In my offices as a protection and assistance
to women patients. Children requiring attention are looked after by a nurse while mothers are In the operating
chairs.
have against me because I advertise my business like other successful men, and think over this proposition for
yourself. In all justice, why should the Ethical Dentist Trust be permitted to brand me a "quack" because I ad
vertise! I come to Omaha from the neighboring state of Utah, where, in a successful practice of six years, I have built
up the largest dental business in that state. I came because I believe Omaha is destined to be one of the leading
cities of An irica, and because I like the looks of the people I see here on the streets and feel they will appreciate
my kind of dentistry. I have taken a lease on rooms on the fourth floor of the Securities Building, corner Sixteenth
and Farnam streets, and invested thousands of dollars in remodeling and equipping my offices. "I have here
graduated, licensed dentists of experience, who will make their homes and rear their families in this city.
In ihis, my opening announcement to the people of Nebraska, candor and fairness demand a plain statement of
facts about Painless "Withers dentistry:
I do not belong to the Ethical Dental Trust. I was educated as an ethical dentist, but my honor would not
permit me .to beloag to a secret organization, whose object is to take advantage of humanity when suffering with
the toothache, and also to keep people in ignorance of tooth knowledge, so they would surely have toothache and
be forced to consult a dentist who could then charge big fees for telling them what the pople should already
know.
I believe in preventive dentistry, and have spent my entire professional life trying to educate the people against
the dangers of tooth neglect. Because I do this, contrary to the Ethical Dental Combine, in every city where I estab
lish an office, the anvil chorus starts up. But evidently the puMlc appreciates my'KbJtjf fltoflsfr fojrw&
ethical dentists have been swinging their hammers I have built up one of the largest dentaJ gpr4ratlp$a in J&e
world-this they, must admit. . ' .. . w'iMlv
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Operations in My Office Are Performed Without Pain
To do this I originated a local anaesthetic, which Is made and used exclusively in my offices. It $ perfectly
harmless to the most delicate of health, and leaves no bad after effects, bat permits us jfa def on? ypatk better
and more rapidly than under the "old school" methods.
I do dentistry by specialization. There are six distinct branches in dentistry, each reqiiiring a different kind
of skill. It is impossible for one man to be superlatively skilful in more than one branch. The 4old school" way
is for one man to run an office and attempt all six branches, charging the same price for the poor as for the good
work. And right, here is the cause of so much poor dentistry, because five-sixths of his work is necessarily poor
or indifferently done. In my offices there is a specialist in each branch of dentistry. Men do those things best
which they like to do, and when a 'dentist shows skill at extraction work, he does nothing but take out teeth in a
Painless Withers office if skillful at filling and inlaying he does nothing else. Specialization is the modern way
in all arts, sciences and trades. Why not in dentistry! Specialization means efficiency. The specialist is surer
and more rapid than the "old school hit-and-miss" dentist
In this way each case is given careful, personal attention. A record is kept of each case so that if you ever
have any trouble with work done in any Painless Withers office, you can go into any of my offices the nearest one
to you, even if you have removed across the continent the original chart of your mouth is looked up and the
work made right without charge. Is not such a
guaranty worth something!
We make no charge for consultation and ex
amination. I think it a dishonest practice for any
dentist to do so. The temptation is too great to
do much talking over a simple case in order to
get a big fee. We do not work by the hour, nor
do we regulate our fees by the patient's bank
account. We have a fixed price for all work
done in the same way. We tell you what should
be done with the affected teeth and how much
we will charge to do the work in a certain way.
We are not "cut-rate" dentists. Cheap dentistry
is never good; good dentistry is always cheapest.
We use only the best materials, including 22k
gold, which has a fixed value like a $5 gold piece.
Office hours are from 8:30 to 6 o'clock week
days, 9 to 1 Sundays.
Dentistry, as I practice it, is a serious pro
fession, involving skill, education and experience
and most of all, old-fashioned honesty. There
is no profession in the world in which deception
and dishonesty are so easily practiced. I have
built up my large practice by giving the public
real, painless dentistry at prices within the reach
of all. The names of thousands of persons in all
parts of this country are on my dental register.
I have convinced these patients that I can do
what I advertise good, painless dentistryand
I can convince you.
Respectfully,
PAINLESS WITHERS, Dentist.
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where my office Is located on the fourth floor. You are Invited to Inspect
a modern dental office, different from any you have ever seen before.
Dentists and Physicians are always welcome and specially Invited.
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