Tins ALLIANCE BtEALD, JULY 18, 1918
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THE ARMY
and
oglat assigned to the mobile labora
tories were formerly connected with
municipal water works and Alteration
planta.
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THE NAVY
Communications will bo answered promptly. Interest
ing news each week.
Till: SOMHKH'H CIIANCKS
GKKAT ms tlir dang"!' and large us the Inwtea In the aggregate,
Iho Individual soldier haw plenty of chance of coming out of
the war nn- ut hed, or at least not hndly Injured.
Hated on tin- mortality statistics of the nllled armies, a soldier's
tin in i v are as follows:
Twenty-nine chances of coming home to one chance of
being killed.
Forty-nine chances of recovering from wounds to one
chance or dying from them.
One chance in GOO of losing a limb.
Will live five years longer because of physical train
ing, is freer from disease In the army than in civil life, and
has better medicnl care at the front than at home.
In other wars from 10 -to 15 men died from disease to
1 from bullets; In tins war 1 man dies from disease to
every 10 from bullets.
For those of our lighting men who do not Vtmn- HcntlileMs, the
government under the soldier and sailor Insurance law gives protec
tion to the wounded and their deNndeut.H and to the families and
dependents of those wno make the supreme sacrifice for their
country.
Il rolling Station I . S. inn .
lOI Ho Untie Avenue
Alliance, Nebraska.
The following is a correct lis of
men forwarded from this II. S. army
recruiting station for voluntary en
listment in the regular IJ. S. rmy,
for the week ending July 14, 1918:
William J. Trrgossor, Tipton, Indi
ana, F. S. white engineers.
Waldo Orlfflth. Rushville, Neb.. F.
8. white engineers.
Irvln E. Dover, Kirksvllle, Mis
souri, F. S. white engineers.
Crete F. Lemons, Belmont, Neb.,
F. S. white coast artillery.
Earl B. Miller, Belmont, Neb., F.
8. white coast artillery.
Wllber J. Ellsworth. Belmoni, Neb.
F. S. white coast artillery.
Alh, m I Light, Morrill, Neb., F.
8. white infnntry.
Clifford L. Preston, Morrill, Neb.,
F. S. white infantry.
Floyd C. Musgravo, Scottsbluft",
Neb., F. 8. white Infantry.
Daniel J. Fossey, Morrill, Net)., F.
8. white infr.ntry.
Harlow V. Larsen, Ell, Neb. M. S.
white field r.rtlllery.
Victor H. Golden. Crawford. Neb..
ntlnHormiistor rr-ro
RUBIN TRAMEL,
Sergeant, O. 8. Infantry.
ARMY RANDS (.now
Acting on the suggestion of Gen
eral Pershing, an order has been Is
sued increasing each regiment's band
from 28 to 50 members. Band lead
era having had more than five years'
military experience as band leaders
will be made first lieutenants; those
with less than five years' experience
will be made second lieutenanrs. Be
side enlarging the hands, a bugle and
drum corps will be added to each
regiment. Each corps will include
the company buglers of Its regiment,
and no; more than thirteen drum
in era.
SOI.DIKR INSURANCE
Secretary McAdoo has culled upon
all local draft boards to acquaint
drafted men with the provisions of
the soldier-insurance law and to urge
every drafted man to -take out this
Insurance. The hoards have been fur
nished with literature to aid them in
this educationul work.
The law affording insurance to our
fighting forces has well been called
the most Just and humane provision
ever made by a nation for its soldiers
and sailors. The government and the
EveryoneShould
DrinkHot Water
in the Morning
Wssh away all thetomach, liver,
and bowsl poisons before
breakfast
To feel vour bast dav in nnd rinv mil
to feel clean inside; no sour bile to
coat your tongue and sicken your
breath or aull your head, no constipa
tion, bilious attacks, sick headache,
colds, rheumatism or gassy, acid stom
ach, you must bathe on the inside like
you bathe outside. This ia vastly more
Important, because the skin pores do
not absorb impurities Into the blood,
while the bowel pores do, says a well
toown physician
To keep theae poisons and toxins
well flushed from the stomach, liver,
kidneys and bowels, drink before break
fast each day. a glass of hot water
with a teaspoonful of limestone phos
phate in it. This will cleanse, purify
and freshen the entire alimentary tract,
before putting more food into the
stomach.
Get a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from your pharmacist. It
is inexpensive and almost tasteless,
except a sourish twinge which la not
unpleasant. Drink phosphated hot
water every morning to rid your sys
tem of these vile poisons and toxins;
also to prevent their formation.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became saturated with an ac
cumulation of body poisons, begin thl
treatment and above all, keep it up
As soap and hot water act on the ski'
cleansing, sweetening and purifying.
limestone phosphate and hot water I
fore breakfast, act on the stoma
liver, kidneys and bowels.
American people recognise the justice
Of affording this protection to the
men who riRk their lives for their
country and to their families and de
pendents ;it home. It Is only Just to
themselves and to their families and
dependents that our fighting men
avail themselves of thn opportunity.
Kvery American enlisting should
take out this insurance and carry
with him into danger the heartening
knowledge that whatever happens,
himself and his dependents are pro
tected by his government.
MORE SMALL ARMS FOK SOI..
DIHRS.
German timidity before American
plst.oI fighters armed with American
.45 caliber automatic pistols has brot
aboul a change In the equipment of
the American expeditionary forces by
Ihe war department and the ordnance
department is rushing production of
these weapons. About 11,000 are turn
ed out daily and production is in
creasing. The impression exists that
a shot from an American .4f taxes a
man out of action completely. Men
hit form the amnlW r. prmun nlctnla
- - vu IMPH I'iniuiD
frequently continue in action effec
tively. The .45 caliber was adopted
by the United States army in 1911.
Despite the heavy Increased de
mand for these pistols the ammuni
tion branch of the ordnance depart
ment has effected a saving during
the past two calendar months of near
ly $2,000,000, mostly on small arms
smmunition, such as .45 caliber ball
cartridges, 30 shells, and on clips and
bandoleers.
MILITARY INSTRUCTIONS FOR
STUDENT.
Military Instruction under officers
and non-commissioned officer.- or the
army will be provided in every Insti
tution of college grade which enrolls
for the instruction 100 or more able
bodied students over the ape of 18.
beginning September. 1918. The nec
essary military equipment will bo far
as possible be provided for the gov
ernment. There will tie created a
military training unit in each institu
tion. Enlistment will be purely vol
untary, but all students over the age
of 18 will be encouraged to enlist.
The enlistment (rill constitute the
student a member of the army of the
United States, liable to active duty at
the call of the president. It will,
however, be the policy of the govern
ment not to call the members of the
training units to active duty until
they have reached the age of 21. un
less urgent military necessity compels
an earlier call. Students under 18.
and therefore not legally eligible for
enlistment, will be encouraged to en
roll in the tralnine units. Provision
will be made for co-ordinating the re
serve officers' training corps system,
which exists in about one-third of the
collegiate institutions, with this
broader plan.
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FRESH WATER FOR SOLDIERS
The American soldier in France
gets pure drinking water from mobile
water trains. The trains are under
the Jurisdiction of the army medic.il
department. They are miniature wa
ter works, which chemically treat,
l Iter and sterilize water, making It
fit for consumption. What municipal
water works do to insure healtVul
water to the people of a "ity the?e
trrlns do for the soldier
A number of purification units
with attached motor-tank trucks con
stitute a train. Eah unit is a com
plete filtration plant Including labor
atory. Arriving at a stream it sets
hose into the water and pumps the
water thru a pressure tank. Before
the water passes thru a sand filter It
is treated chemically to rid It of dis
ease germs. The pure water Is pump
ed into tanks mounted on -trucks,
which carry the water to the soldiers.
Each mobile water unit carries an
expert chemist, bacteriologist, and
pump man. There ia a complete
laboratory in the front of the ma
chine for testing of the water. Tests
are made every two hours or more
often when it is thought necessary
The water is lifted into the filter by
a gasoline pump engine, and a com
plete supply of extra pipes and tools
are carried so that all repairs, either
from accident or shell fire, can he
made on the spot. The trucks are
equipped with electric lights so that
the work can be carried on at night.
Many of the chemists and bacteriol-
Cnslpn Stephen Potter. United
States naval reserve force, killed in
action with German planea April 2 5,
last was the first American naval
n viator to shoot down and destroy a
German seaplane, according to a navy
depstrtsseat statement.
The report atates that on March 19,
1918, a long-distance reconnaisance
of the German coast was made by
large American flying boats operating
from a BrltlBh royal air force station.
Ensign Potter was one of CTm Ameri
can naval aviators accompanying this
expedition, and Potter was success
ful in shooting down a German sea
plane which attacked the reconnais
ance formation. A second enemy sea
plane found safety In running away.
Potters' death reflects credit on
his courage. He was killed in a fight
with seven enemy single-sweaters. He
was second pilot to a British air force
captain, who was with him when he
shot down the German plr.ne in
March. Two British planes had
flown to a point six miles from Hin
der Light, when two enemy planes
headed toward them. The British
planes closed on the nearest German
and opened fire. Two more hostile
planes then appeared overhead and
attacked vigorously, while three
other enemy planes passed astern.
The two British planes dived and
speeded westward under continuous
volleys trom the rear. One of the
Germans disappeared.
Of the seven Germans In netlnn
Tour were attacking Potter, who fell
behind his companion and began to
ligsag. Potter dodged, but was
broadside to all the enemy machine
and under their lire only 50 feet from
the water. His companion. 250 feet
above, saw Potter's machine burst in
to flame, come down part or the way
under control, then crash on the port
wlnir tip. Potter was seen last on
the surface of the water amid flames,
which turned suddenly to a Tinge
cloud of smoke. When the pall had
cleared not even wreckage was vis
ible and the circling enemy disap
peared. SHORTAGE OF WAR WORKERS
INTERESTING STORY OF
USES OF GAS IN WAR
Wealeyan Man. hem 1st With Exie.
dltJonary Fortes. Tells of Hnrri.
ble Results Achieved.
Every community will be combed
for war workers. War industries are
short nearly 400,000 common labor
ers, and lack of workers in the coal
mining industry is imperilling all war
production. There is also a serious
shortage of skilled labor. One or (tie
largest munition plants, turning out
heavy caliber guns, is short 2.000 ma
chinists. The war plants of Connec
ticut and Maryland are undermanned
35.000 machinists.
The United States employment ser
vice will begin an intensive recruit
ing of workers for war work from the
non-essential industries. Employ
ment offices will be increased and the
force of local agents and traveling
examiners will be enlarged and Bent
into every community that roller muv
be given before the ban againsfjiri-
vate labor recruiting goes into effect
on August 1.
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WARRING NATIONS DEBTS.
The treasury department has made
public the following:
The London Economist for Feb
ruary places the total gross debt of
Great Britlan at 5,678,600,000
($27,636,000,600).
The French minister of finance in
presenting the budget for 1918 esti
mated the public debt of Fiance on
December 31. 1918. at 115,166,058.
000 francs ($22,227,000,000).
The public debt of Italy at the end
of 1917 is estimated at about 35,
000.000.000 lire ($676,000,000).
The debts of the central powers
are estimated as follows: Germany,
$25,408,000,000; Austria, $13,314,
000,000. Our public debt is now around $8,
000.000,000. but more than half of
this amount has been loaned to our
allies and will be repaid us. It is es
timated that of the net expenditures
of the United States for the fiscal
year of 1918. exclusive of our ad
vances to our allies, more than one
half will be defrayed by taxation.
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5.0OO GERMANS ARE INTERNED
IN THE UNITED STAT FN.
One hundred and thirty-three
American soldiers have been located
at German prison camps, according
to the latest records of the war de
partment. There are also 216 Ameri
can civilians, including sailors, who
are interned in Germany.
About 5,000 Germans are interned
in this country. This includes 1,310
prisoners of war at Fort McPheraon,
Ga., moat of whom were seamen on
German Bhips; 839 alien enemies at
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. ; 432 alien ene
mies at Fort Douglas, Utah, and be
tween 2.000 and 2,500 prisoners
taken from German merchantmen, at
Hot Springs. N. C. at present under
the department of labor.
Five hundred Germans interned in
this country are being sent to army
camps to aid in cultivating gardens.
One hundred of them go to Camp De
vens, Ayer. Mass.. 100 to Camp
Grant, Rockford, 111., 100 to Camp
Sevier. 100 to Camp Wadsworth, N.
Y.. and 100 to Camp Sherman.
GIVE IN
Arthur Train, the novelist, put
iOWl a German newspaper at the
Century club in New Yortt wttn an
impatient grunt.
"It says here." he explained, "that
it is Germany who will speak the last
word In this war."
Then the novelist laughed angrily
and added:
"Yes, Germany will speak the last
word in the war, and that last word
will be Kamerad'."
Buy War Saving Stamps.
Roscoe T. Sill, alumnus of the Ne
braska Wesleyan university writing
to friends in this state from France,
where he is a chemist with the ex
peditionary forces, wrote as follows:
"I shall write you a few lines about
the gas problem at the front which Is
playing such an Important part in the
present strutrgle for rlgnt. Gas ia
comparatively new in modern war
fare, altho It has been used extensive
ly and effectively and continually
since the first time in the beginning
of this war. The modern war gas is
defined as 'any chemical substance
which can be transported ny aerial
means to the enemies' territory.' A
war eas must have certain proporties
auch as:
Easily obtainable in large quanti
t ies.
MiBt be heavier than air.
Must be volatile at ordinary lem
perat ure.
Must be easily liquified.
"It must be obtainable :n irrge
commercial quantities because It can
not he used effectively unless used in
I very sreat amount. It must be
heavier than air so it will, when re
leased, settle In (he trenches where it
is exclusively used. It must be vola
tile at ordinary temperature, that is
' !i nice from a liquid to a gas, be
"m "lie ui me nes: ways to trans
pwn n is in me liquid form. A gas
wnen liquified, that is. Changed rrom
a gas to a liquid, takes up very much
less space, so i is easier to transport
in me liquid form, than as a cas
'There are two kinds of gas, with
reference to the way they are sent
over irom one line to the enemy
i neae are known a3 'shell gas' and
'cloud gas.' Shell gas is .any gas sent
over in a nhell which has been shot
over and explodes. The gr.s is lioni
fled in the shells and evaporates when
tne shell hursts.
" 'Cloud gas,' as the name shows
is sent over in the cloud form. Con-
dhlons must be Just rijrht to send
over cloud gas, but shell gas can be
sent any time. The wind must be to
ward the enemy, not too strong, and
atmospheric conditions must be Just
right. Two alarms are used, one
called a strombus horn, for cloud gas.
and any call for shell gas. The Hun
seems to be able to secure a gas
known by the name of 'mustard gas'
in larger quantities than we, and it
is used principally by the clever Hun.
Chlorine and various otne- -r.-ies are
used. I shall, however, describe the
'mustard gas' and its effects, as it is
used more than any other on our
boys, right now. This mustard gas
is really no gas at all as one sees it
in a bottle, but Is an oily reddish
brown liquid, which has an odor of
garlic or mustard from which it gets
its name, and which odor no one can
forget once he has smelleff of It. The
liquid vaporizes slowly and is not
very irritating to the mouth and nos
trils, but produces a deadly effect on
the lungs, and death results when
breathed in sufficient concentration.
"I shall tell you of an actual exper
ience which was experienced by the
French when the gas was first used
on them by the Hun. One cold day, a
shell exploded near a dugout :n the
front line trenches. No one paid much
attention to it, except to notice that
an oily liquid ran out of the broken
shell and lay on the grothM. The
matter was dropped and no more at
tention was paid to the peculiar look
ing shell. Seventeen days later a sen
try entered the dugout in the morn
ing to call the twenty soldiers. He
noticed a garlic or mustard fixe odor
in the closed dugout, and foun every
soldier in bed gassed. On inspection
by a doctor, all were found dead.
This is what happened. One soldier
in the duirout not knowing the nature
of the reddish oily liquid, whsen lay
on the ground by the shell, tracked
thru it while doing some work. In
the evening he went into the dugout
where a warm fire burned. The liquid
had warmed up and vaporized and
after all were in bed asleep it did its
deadly work, without disturbing the
soldiers from their sleep.
"The Hun is clever and deceiving,
and sends over cloud gas in the fol
lowing manner. A cloud of smoke
(harmless) is sent over. Everyone
puts on his gas mask and it is then
found that the gas is harmless. This
is repeated after every few minutes
until the patience is worn out, and
the allies become careless and Indif
ferent. Then a deadly gas is sent
over, and before gas masks can be put
on. many are casuals.
"Every American soldier Is issued
two masks. One, copied after the
British box respirator, is a rubber fa
bric piece held on the face by three
rubber bands around the head. This
face piece contains two eyeglasses
and covers from the forehead, down
in front of the ears and under the
chin. The respirator is a metal box
filled with chemicals, a hole in the
bottom thru which the air ia sucked,
and a rubber tube from the top which
leads to the mouth. A clamp on the
nose makes it necessary to breathe
thru the mouth and exhale thru a
valve below the chin. Imagine how
comfortable a hot sweaty fabric cov
ering the face, eye glasses misty, a
big piece of rubber in the mouth, and
a clamp on the nose. But the gas
mask is a soldier's best friend and at
the front he guards it as he does his
life, for his life depends on it in case
of a gas attack. There are six counts
allowed to put a mask on. and one
must be able to put it on in six sec
onds. There are several things
which cause gas casualties:
First. Insufficient training.
Second. Bad fitting masks
Third. Removal of masks to soon.
Fourth. Failing to hoJd breath
when the gas alarm Is given.
Everything, presence of mind, and
peed are essential, but in a gas at
tack there are only two classes of sol
diers, namely: the 'qulcka' and the
dead,' the quick being those who get
their gas masks on in six seconds.
'Hold your breath' when a gas alarm
is given means to hold wnai you
have.'
ARE YOU NERVOUS ?
Maybe There Is a Cause for It That
You Oan Correct.
Many who suffer from backache
and weak kdneys are unnaturally Ir
ritable, fretful and nervous. Not only
does constant backache "get on the
nerves." but bad kidneys fail to
eliminate all the uric acid from the
system, and uric acid Irritates the
nerves, keeping one "on edge," anil
causing rheumatic, neuralgic pains.
When suffering so, try Doan's Kidney
Pills, the medirine so well-recommended
by Alliance people. Read this
Alliance resident's statement:
Mrs. J. M. Scott, 714 Missouri St..
says: "Though it has been some
time since I have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills, I gladly recommend them.
I have known of many people who
like myself have found them good.
I suffered from kidney disorders for
quite awhile. I had bacsacne, reit
tired and languid and often was very
nervous. Then, too, my kidneys act
ed arrigeularly. Doan's Kidney Pills
gave me relief from these ailments."
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy gel
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Scott had. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
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Supple at Sixty
Age and ripe experience mean hap
piness and usefulness when mental
and bodily powers are preserved
by keeping rich blood in the veins.
narore rare nonrtthment In Scott B
EmnUinn create rich blood, warn
the body and alleviate rheumatic
tendencies. It oil-food Impart
SSiaglli to both body and brain.
It U NoaHthmmnt - not Alrohnt.
URIC
ACID IN MEAT
CLOGS THE KIDNEYS
Take a glass of Salts if your Back hurts
or Bladder bothers you Drink
more water.
Habit to Be Avoided.
The habit of onklnd rittcisn or pro
miscuous criticism, if you prefer the
word, grows by leaps nnd bounds if
permitted to nourish at all. We nave
ideas in which we take n certain
s mount of pride, snd those who do
not live by them fall under the ban
of our displeasure. We have no rea
son for believing that our ways are
better, we merely assume It. and ex
pect others to take the same line of
thouirht. You see we demand freedom
of action that we are not willing to nc
cord to others. Exchange.
If you must have your meat every day,
sat it, but flush your kidneys with salts
occasionally, says a noted authority who
telle us that meat forms uric acid which
almost paralyzes the kidneys in their ef
forts to expel it from the blood. Tlicy
become sluggish and weaken, then yen
suffer with a dull misery in the kidr.cv
region, sharp pains in the back or sich
headache, dizziness, your stomach sour ,
tongue is coated and when the weatl.i r
is bad you have rheumatic twinges. !
urine gets cloudy, full of sediment, the
channels often eet soro and irriijit. ,i
obliging you to seek relief two or thr.a
, timn jIit.-.,.,. M,., ;..!,
I To neutralize these irritating acids, to
cleanse the kidneys and flush off the
1 i i , . . . .
wu) urinous waste get lour ounoca m
Jad Salts from any pharmacy here:
take a tablespoonful in a glass of
water before breakfast for a few, dyu
and your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
1 it !na. and has been used for genarstions
to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys,
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
so it no longer irritates, thus ending
bladder weakness.
4 Jad Salts ia inexpensive; sannot in
jure, and mokesva delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink. a
Buy War Saving Stamps.
Special price on best grade barn
paint, farmers' Colon.
How France Has
Been Fed
"Before the war, a distin
guished French Officer, General
Maitrot, wrote a series of ar
ticles in the 'Echo de Paris' to
warn France, that in case of
war, the French meat industry
would be unable to supply the
French army in the field with
fresh meat, owing especially
to the lack of modern refriger
ating plants and of refrigerating
transportation, and too, owing
to the deficiency in the national
herd."
"Since the war began the
French army has never been
short of fresh meat, thanks
mainly to the prosperous condi
tion of the American meat in
dustry, and too, to the American
live stock breeders."
The foregoing state
ment was made by a
representative of the
Allies now in the United
States.
Another representative
of the Allies said recently:
"that the American packers
have been of the greatest pos
sible assistance to the Allies
and have, by their efficient co
operation, contributed in the
utmost degree to the successful
prosecution of the war."
Swift & Company, U.S. A
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