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GRENADIER GUARDS MARCHING PAST ROYAL FAMILY
BURIAL OF SOME OF WAR'S FIRST VICTIMS
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Grenadier guards on their way to tho front after marching In review past
Valos, tho quoon mother and other members of tho British royal family, who
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Tho Japanese crulsor Idzumo Just
tsninyo junru irom possibio attack by
ADMIRAL GREGOVITCH
Commander of tho naval forces of
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Admiral Boue do lu Poyrero is the
head of the French navy.
AFRICAN POSSESSIONS
Washington. Tho African possos
licea and protectorates of tho Euro
jmn powers now a war are moro than
tlweo times as !re as tho Ufiltod
States, says tho National Gnographlo
iety bulletin. They occupy 9,067,'
Bil of Africa's 11.113,000 squuro miles.
"Th largest individual holder of
African territory is Trance, with 3,'
812,000 square miles, more than a mil
jlou and a half of which is the Sahara
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CRUISER LEAVING SAN FRANCISCO
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after it paused through the Golden Gate.
tho Gormnn cruisers Leipzig and Nurnberg.
' ISLAND THAT PROTECTS KAISER'S FLEET
Tho Island of Helgoland has beon
Its acquisition from England, and now
of Germany's part of tho North sea
fleet is bolloved to bo sheltered.
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OF THE WARRING NATIONS
deBert," says tho society's etatomout,
"England controls 3,618,245 squaro
miles; Belgium, with Bolglan Kongo
as Its solo possession, 802,000 squaro
miles, and Germany, 1,035,080 Bquaro
miles. Thoso flgurea make surprising
contrasts with those of tho European
holdings of those countries. European
Franco consists of 207,051 square
miles; England, 121,801 square mllus;
Belgium, 11,378 square miles, and Ger.
the king, the queen, the prlnco oi
are shown In tho Inset.
It Is believed to bo protecting th
powerfully fortlflod by Germany since
Ib a practically impregnablo guardian
and tho Kiel canal, where the kaisor'i
many, 208,780 squaro miles.
"Tho natural resources of many ot
thoso African possessions are among
tho richest In tho world. Tho Union
ot South Africa, under British control,
exported In 1910 ?1G4,E03,00Q jn gold
and 140,100,000 In diamonds. Tho Im
ports and exports ot Algeria, a French
possession, exceeded $233,000,000 In
1912. Belgian Kongo's oxports now
pass the $15,000,000 nnrk aunually,
whllo Germany's colonics am minding
to othor countries about A(000,000
worth ot produco annually
, English sailors firing a salute over tho graves of four English and four German sailors who perished when tho
British cruiser Amphlon and tho German steamer Koenlgen Lulse were destroyed In the North sea.
BARRICADE ON THE SWISS - GERMAN FRONTIER
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This photograph shows some of the barricades which have been erected
Switzerland Into Germany along the International frontier. Tho Swiss and
apart all along the border.
GERMAN PRISONERS IN ENGLAND
Two hundred Gorman reservists being marched through tho streets of
Folkstono by English troops. They were captured as they were about to
leave for tho continent.
FRENCH SKIRMISHERS IN FLANK ATTACK
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B'ronch skirmishers advancing to
fighting In Lorraine Inset Is Gen.
troops In that vicinity.
WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY OUTFIT OF THE GERMAN ARMY
Berlin. So far at least as tho Ger
man army Is concorned, it is appar
ent that tho old Hold telegraph, which
played such un Important part In pre
vious wars, has boen cutircly supplant
ed In this great European war by tho
wlroloss. Tho laborious and lengthy
process of laying wires betwoeu dis
tant polntB to OBtabllBh. communica
tion, is now obsolete. Tho Hold equip
c ' the Gerxa&Ji army consists al
take tho enemy In the Hank during tho
Paul Pau, commander of tho French
most entirely of portable wireless out
fits. Tho great advantage of tho wlro
Iob over tho old wire method Is that
tho enemy cannot cut off an army's
communication, and If a code la used,
the enemy cannot "tap" tho messages.
In the warring countries other than
Germany, portablo wireless equip
ments havo beon used, but thoy are
cumbersome, and far from being eas
ily handled. Tho Hormrn engineer has,
across all tho roads leading from
German troops are only a few paces
WAR'S PATHETIC SIDE
Member of the British royal naval
reserve volunteers fondly carrying his
infant child as he makes his way to
the mobilization point.
GEN. VON KROBATKIN
Chief of tho Austro-Hungarlan min
istry of war.
One Bullet In 5,000 Fatal.
A regular army officer is authority
for saying that during a battle only
one bullet out of ovory 5,000 fired kills
an enemy. Two armies each of 50,
000 men might go into action with 100
rounds of ammunition. These armies
could discharge at each othor 10,000,
000 bullets. If only one shot In 1,000
took effect, 5,000 men on each sldo
would bo killed or wounded. That
would bo a heavy casualty, but, ,as
tho army officer says, tho artillery fire
is moro destructive than rille Are.
howovor, worked hand inhiand with
tho service man, and tne Kaisers
forces are now equipped with a means
of communication which is so light
and portable that a motorcyclist with
a sldo car can easily transport one of
tho outfits a dlstanco ot 200 miles in
ouo day. Tho short range instru
ments which are used mainly will send
and recolve over an average dlstanco
ot 35 miles. In addition to theso, tho
Germans havo larger sizes of portable
wireless, capoMa ot sending and re
ceiving 150 i
4 sfefl -o. $&
Adornment of Either Large or Small
Areas Should Be Made Matter
of Careful Consideration.
Tho first essential in the adornment
of a home area 1b the formation of a.
suitable plan. In making this plan
tho principal things to bo considered
aro tho size of the area, tho amount
which tho owner feelH able to expend
for tho purpose, tho climatic condi
tions, tho soil, tho oxposure, tho pe
cularitles of tho site, and the stylo of
treatment, whether' formal or natural.
Small places, consisting ot an aero
or less, situated amongst others of like
dimensions, can only bo appropriately
improved in a formal stylo. On the
other hand, large suburban places or
country seats should, In order to main
tain unity and harmony with their sur
roundings, bo treated in the natural
ityle.
It is impossible to develop a Wrest,
& park, or oven a grove. on an area
loss than an acre in extent; and it 1
equally impossible to maintain foun
tains, terraces, sheared trees, hedges,
ind carpet bedding over an area of
leveral acres.
Before a tree or shrub is placed In
Its permanent location an outline map
of the area to bo treated should be
made. This map should locato all ex
isting structures, Indicate the direc
tion in which most pleasing outlooks
aro to bo had, and also the contour ot
tho ground to be beautified. The aim
ihould be to hide by means of troes
md shrubbery all objectionable build
ings or portions of the place, and also
to shut from view all unsightly ob
lects maintained by neighbors.
To harmoniously arrange trees,
ihrubs, and herbaceous plants, and at
the same time adjust thorn to the con
tour of tho place, to tho architecture
Df tho buildings, and to tho conven
ience of tho walks and drives, is the
ilm of the landscape gardener. Every
luccessful attempt to adorn a city lot,
suburban place, or a park has a
valuable Influence upon the commun
ity In which It is situated. It fur-
alshcs an object lesson which others
will attempt to follow, and In this way
It serves the useful purpose of stlm
alatlng in others a love for the beau
tiful in nature.
NEWSPAPER HAS RIGHT IDEA
Omaha Bee Points Out Necessity for
Preserving Civic Improvements
When Once Made.
Why not put the stress on "keeping""
Instead ot "making" Omaha a city
beautiful? We have a beautiful, a.
very beautiful city, as, of course, our
"city beautiful" advocates realize.
Omaha is made beautiful In tho llrst
olaco bv its natural toDOsrawhy. its.
broad, well lald-out, paved and richly
Bhaded streets; Us nttractlvo uomoB
and their artistic surroundings and Its
lovely parks.
Tho combined efforts of public au
thorities and privato citizens to pro
moto the beauty and attractlvenoss or
tho city aro indeed commendable, but
tor the sake ot doing ourselves full
Justice and avoiding false impressions
abroad, would it not be better to em
phasize tho idea of keeping this the
boautlful city that it is? Omaha Bee.
Properly Placed Monuments.
The submission of ready-mado mon
uments causes embarrassment, not
only to the art commission, but to the
donors who have contributed the
funds, usually a large number of Inter
ested persons who have boen Induced
to glvo money with the expectation of
seeing the monument erected. Pre
sumably they have had nothing to do
with business details of tho matter,
and they have but a faint conception
of what a properly placed monument
means in a city, and consequently, in
case of rejection, are unable to under
stand why the city refuses to accept
the monument. While the commission
mnv be in entire sympathy with their
desire to honor a distinguished person.
or to commemorate an important,
event, nevertheless a city charter may
impose on the commission the duty
of accepting for the city only monu
ments of meritorious character, to ba
orocted on suitable sites.
New York's Babies.
Over two-thirds of the babies bora
In New York city during 1910 had foreign-born
mothers. Putting aside the
duestlons of the physical and moral
Qtness of babies of foreign-born moth
ers at birth, we are JustMed in aeking:
whether the majority of thoso children
ire born uudor conditions which are
eonduclvo to the roaring of healthy
mri officiant members ot a democratic:
loclcty. Is it any wonder that the lead-
rs in the lnrani weuuru cumpuign
ipeak of Ignorance as their greatest
abstaclo? A majority of the births to
foreign mothers aro taking placo dur
ing a period when thoy are becoming:
adjusted to a now environment. The
facta which have boon presented aro
a warning to the community to tako
caro that a favorable opportunity be
afforded to tne immigrant and ills cull
dren. Otherwise. It wore better to
check Immigration. Independent.
Hearing Heart Beats.
It you bear your heart beat in one
oar, as many persons do, it Is no proor
of anything wrong with tho heart. It
Is much moro likely to bo a local de
foot such as a chronlo catarrh ot the
middle ear or stiffnesr and retraction
of tho drum. This ie on tho authority
of a leading physician of Chicago.
In the Wake of Great War.
A great war leaves tho country with
threo armiesan army of cripples, an
army of mournera and an army of
rMnes, German Proverb
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