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II I I THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. ?i iir i k i ' a ' 1 I I GUI FIRE IS AWFUL British Officer Describes Deadli- ness of Artillery. Tells of Harrowing Experience Facing German Lines to Rescue Wounded Captain Has Sword Hilt Shot Away. London. Tho awfulncss of modem artillery fire Is described In a thrilling story told by a British olllcer Just re turning from FlnnderH. Ho says: "I took eight men to find out what happened to Captain I J. and a platoon who were sent to support the llrlng lino. Throe hundred yards out I saw the lino of our Infantry lying Hat on the ground nnd mado toward them. "I shall never forgot traversing those threo hundred yards. Tho Ger man guns, which wore only 800 yards away, fired with extreme accuracy. It Hoemcd Impossible that my littlo party could escape. Three wero hit almost immediately, but we others kept on nnd reached tho line. 'To my horror I found all dead or wounded except threo men, who were keeping perfectly still. I found a subaltern on his knee with one hand resting on tho ground Just in tho at titude of a runner who Is waiting for tho signal for tho start of a race. He was stono dead. A shrapnel bullet had plorced his head. I again crept forward another hundred yards, wheie I found our firing line under Captain H. They were lying, every man killed or wounded within about four hundred yards of tho German guns, which wo rould not oven see. "In tho center u bunch of 25 men lay In a heap, having massed as they ndvanccd for mutual protection. I never have seen such wounds at this short range. "I found Captain B. still allvo with bis thigh shattered and another wound in his neck. "As long ns wo lay quiet tho Ger man guns did not fire, but directly any ono moved wo got nnothor shell right on top of us. "I saw that unless Captnin H. re ceived speedy attention ho would die. I took two rifles nnd mado a stretch er out of a groat coat. Wo carried Captain B. almost to tho edge of a wood heforo tho Germans noticed us. Then thoy opened fire, but wo reached covor. "I got Bomo moro volunteers from my platoon nnd four stretchers, and these bravo follows crawled up to tho firing lino nnd carried tho others out under heavy flro. Soveral of tho wounded wero agnln lilt on tho wny. "I was on tho cxtromo right of tho lino to cut a pack from a man who was badly wounded. I hoard a shell coming and Instinctively put up my arm to guard my faco and tried to throw myself on tho ground. But It was too late. I folt a terrific blow, just as If somo ono had hit mo with n giant red hot pokdr. I was spun around nnd scorned to go on spinning and then fell to tho ground. "I thought I had been klllod. as I folt a violent blow In tho abdomen. I then discovered my right arm was broken and useless. It was bleeding frooly. I looked at my stomach, whoro I felt tho greatest pain, but to my great rollof saw no blood. Thou I found tho bullet had cut tho ring on my belt nnd carried away tho hilt of my sword. "I lay on tho ground a fow mln utoB; then tho Germans commenced to shell us ngnlu. Finally wo reached tho field hospital, where wo woro given morphlno, then put In a train with hundreds of other wounded. This is all I know of war, nnd I lmvo not tho least ldua whether wo won or i wero beaten on tho day I was hit." FEEDING ARMY ON MOVE pMBit;EWattaas'a Food for tho uoldlors is propared in portable kitchens, which accompany tho army. In tho plcturo a tomporary halt has been mado to examine tho food being cooked on tho march. Attaches to Observe War. Bordeaux. Tho military attaches of neutral countries have been au thorized by tho French government o proceod for tho theater of war op erations. They may visit particularly tli j battlefields on tho River Murno. LORD HOWARD mam m ? wimmmf m Ej Br 1& $ij&$e&3 Or M m Lord Howard do Waldcn, ono of the richest peers In England, his In come being about three million dollars a year, has raised and equipped a cav alry regiment for service with tho British forces on tho continent. wherheroesIell Mad Tumult of Death in Man-to-Man Battle. Writer Gives Graphic Picture of Bayo net Charge Germans, Scots and Britons Fall Side by Side in Bloody Charge. In the North of Franco. Tho initial effort of tho massed German Btrength to tear their way through U10 allies' lines nt Ypres and thus drive In tho opening wedgo by which their sweep of tho French coast was to bo mado posslblo was brokon by ono- of tho moBt superb and self-sacrlllclng dis plays of heroism over attempted by a body of soldiers. Tho attack opened with a terrlfto ennnoundo ngalnst tho British posi tions. Shells toro In, shrieking and bursting In a mad tumult of death, Bcnrrlng tho British trenches, blasting through bomb-proofs and making an Inferno of tho allies position. Under cover of tho furious artillery lire tho Oormau columns started to advanco at tho double. Ilank upon rank, regiment upon regiment, tlioy loomed tbrorigh tho Binoko hold low ns a screen by tho donBO fog thnt pre vailed. TJ10 word passed along the BrltlBh trenches that this was tho su premo offort of tho Germnn advanco. Whllo tho first lino was sotting It boU firm to withstand tho shock of tho ilerco impact thoy know was com ing, a great wave of Britons boiled up and over tho edgo of tho British ditches. Thoy rolled pell moll down the approach to tho tranches and when thoy scrambled to their feet thoro wero two regiments of them ono Scottish and a reglmont of tho guards. They formed quickly, with bnyonots ilxcd, and went down Into tho center of tho gray lino or advancing Germans, yelling a battle cry that was blood stirring. Thoy charged llko demons. Tho artillery of tho allies opened flro behind them to glvo them covor, but soon they had advanced past tho rango of safety at which tho French gunners might lire without hitting the charging lino of Britons. TJ10 Germans enmo on at a steady tread, In numbers that it seemed must engulf tho two lines charging down upon them. Then camo tho clash. It was cold steel from tho moment thoy struck Thrusting, recoiling, pnrrylng, coun terlng and thrusting again, tho Scots and tho guards fought their men hnnd to-hand, giving back boforo tho stead) press of Teutons, but lighting all the way Thoy fell side by side, tho Germans the Scots and tho gallant Britons, thou behind trampling them, but still they roso and fought ngnlu until the "dressed" German lino resembled a mob Confusion spread through the German ranks. Panic seemed to have seized them and thoy "milled," losing nil sense of direction, knowing only that a horde of demons had been turned loose In their midst and had mndo It a mnnto-mnn tight. Tho Germnn chargo was broken, for no front could extricate Itself from such a turmoil in tho faco of tho trenches, nnd the Gennans woro forced to retire to re-form regiments. Reserves woro hi ought up to 1111 tho gap where tho bravo Scots and tho gallant BrltonB hnd gono out to their mission of death, nnd thu Hue ngnlu wns In n position to hold. In scattered twos and throes shat tered twos nnd threes tho Guards and tho Scots found their linen. But tho two lOglmentB woro done. If they had binkou tho Gorman udvauce thoy had given their lives to do It Not a small company was left of the two DE WALDZN COSTS $40,225,000 A DAY Russia's Bill for War Is Almost Dou ble That of Any Other Power. Paris. Tho wnr bill which Europe Is meeting daily Is now figured up as follows: HusbI.t, $14,000,000 Germany 7,225,0W Franco : 7.000,000 UtiKlund 5,000,000 Austria 4,000,000 Various 3,000,000 Total J10,2-J3,000 Tho French appropriation is from official figures as announced by M. Rlbot, minister of flnanco; tho Eng lish estimate by tho London StatlBt; tho German total from "an nuthorita tlvo sourco" in a Genova paper, and tho other sums from various conserva tive estimates which havo appeared In ono placo or another. Tho Items "various" represents tho probablo ex penso to which Sorvla, Belgium and tho neutral countries of Switzerland, Italy, Roumanla, Turkey, Greece, Hol land and Denmnrk havo been put. This vast total does not Includo tho destruction of pioperty where fight ing Is tnklng placo nor the wellnlgh Incalculable losses to Europo of 20, 000,000 men under nrms being taken from production. There nro no lndl cations In Franco that exhaustion has Bet in, but It is evident that tho ac cumulated treaauro of oven tho richest country on tho continent Is being poured out at a rato that adds 200, 000,000 a month to the national debt. REFUGEES FLEE ON BICYCLES Fvory mode of ehiclo was used, by tho vnst nrm of refugees which fled from Belgium through northern Frnnce. Tho picture shows the Ube of the bicycle In tho (light. Stops Extortion. Berlin. To husband tho resources of tho omplro nnd prevent extortion when tho supplies diminish ns an in ovitablo result of tho war, tho federal council, or bundosrnt, has fixed a scale of maximum prices for nil cereals Tho price of wheat Is highest, with rye next. Wilde's Sons nt Front. London. Both sons of tho Into Os car Wilde aro sorvlng with tho British army. Tho oldest son is with tho Indian expeditionary forco, whllo tho youngot one is ncting as an Interpreter. fj JW iJlllwm iJfJffl W Mw i 1 UM&ft iSwm Jn .-29wt;0?tkl4 " f m '. t. " ' M',Miunia)l'-i4-'a miBMii! tt'.rtt mct'Kissk .s-...-'niw "mmgmt ' r ' l!JlJi4 - mMl-jKilxwiu.in mbmmmmb. i Washington Society Looking Around for a Leader WASHINGTON Wanted For tho coming winter season, a society leader Must be of best American stock, with wealth and attainments. Apply to Washington society, Immediately, ready for work. That is tho "help wanted" ad , . WAHTCft lFAnern G& 7mJS,-?V Etf&j?&K AV cVm XM35-VJ rv PcS many reasons. First, the society women of Washington are on such good terms they do not caro to generate a spirit of rivalry for the position. Second, most of them have homes elsewhere and nro content to let women who are permanent residents of Washington havo tho honor. Then, again, there are so many different sets to bo led in tho Capital City that the social leader who would undertake tho entire Job would necessarily Iirvo to work overtime. For the first tlmo sinco President Harrison's administration tho national capital Is without a first lady of tho land. Tho death of Mrs. Wilson has cast gloom over tho social situation. Usually tho mistress of tho White House plays an Important rolo in bringing tho various "sets" together. That in itself is no mean task. Whllo Now York has Its four hundred, Washington has these: The dlplo matlc set, tho congressional circle, southern society, the army and navy con ttngent, the native inhabitants, anil others too numerous to mention. President May Select a New Summer White House HAT to do for a summer White House next year is a problem which Presi dent Wilson must soon face. Ills Cornish, N. II., pines expires this year, it is a secret which he alone shares. His closest friends believe ho will se lect somo other place. Moreover, in various sections of tho country there r.ro movements nfocrt to erect or se lect 11 permanent summer White House. As far as President Wilson is con cerned tho problem of getting such a plnce causes him littlo concern. But next year, with only a short session of congress in sight, he may havo moro opportunity than heretoforo for vacationing. This season ho has been able to take only a piecemeal vacation On these occasions ho has elected to go to Harlakenden house, where his fam ily has sojourned for several months And tho trips havo done him good brief though they were. ' But it is possible that ho will prefer a change of scene for his next year's vacationing. If ho does, he will havo plenty of room for selection. The latest proposal for a summer White House is "Monticello," Thomas Jefferson's old homo In Virginia. Representative Levy's willingness to sell this placo tc tho government for a half million dollars has suggested tho Idea that It would make an excellent plnce for presidents to sojourn in their off moments. Per haps tho chief advantage of such n scheme would bo tho accessibility of the placo from Washington. In times when tho president was not thero It could bo a Mecca for tourists as It has been under private ownership. Then another suggestion for a summer resldcnco or tho presidents is the construction of a home at Mount Weather, Va., a government reservation only a short distance from tho capital. This spot would be ideal either as 0 Bummer homo or as week-end vacation place. Uncle Sam Now Conducts HE first literary society organized, under Uncle Sam's auspices is ready to start work. Dr. P. P. Claxton, commissioner of tho United States bureau of education, has sent letters to all high MU IflN A 1 P,!AiittmttEPA AUSPices OF UNCLE SftK Jtek education division of tho Uniteo States bureau of education, Washington, D C, and ask to be furnished in for mation about the reading courses which havo boon planned under the direc Hon of n group of tho best known educators of tho United States. Persont desiring to benefit by joining tho reading circle aro merely asked to give their names, post cll'co addresses, agC3 and a cry brief statement of their education and occupation When this brief Information is given members of the government's Na tional Reading Clrclo will bo furnished 11 reading course Including tho best works in tho world's literature. Only sorlous-rnlnded young men anil women nro invited to Join tho government's new organization. The members will undertako to read each of the books which aro listed nt least twico within the next threo years from tho time of Joining the circle, and to each person giv lng satisfactory evidence of having rend .til the books on the list will be awarded a government certificate bearing the n?al of tho United States bureau of education and signed by tho coinmisslour nf education. Historic Warship Constellation Attracts Thousands THOrsAKDS of residents of tho national cnpltnl nnd visitors go every day to Inspect tho historic old naval fiigato Constellation, now on exhibition at tho navy yard, and nro Intensely Interested In tho old-tlmo manner of life aboard her, In her guns, mado In fac- slmllo of tlioso used a century ngo, and In her towering masts and yards, llko thoso that years ago spread many hundred yards of white canvas to the ocean breozos as sho sailed from port to port all ovor tho world, proudly showing tho Hag of the young Ameri can republic. Standing on lior quarterdeck, tho visitor could mentally plcturo tho day In 1703, whon tho ship, ono of tho lleetost vessels of tho navy, was In tho West Indies, nnd hor crew of several hundred ofllcors and men weie moung nbout tho ship perfounlng their dally duties. From aloft comes the cry, "Sail, ho," and tho course of the ship Is ehnnged to meet the stranger, which proves to ho L'lrisurgont, a Frenchman, and nt that time nu enemy. Tho call to quarters is sounded and the guns of tho ship are loadrd and fired as tho gunners on American warahlpB havo always known how to do For an hour and forty mlnutoa the fight la kept up. Thon down come, il.r II UK of tho French ahlp and she la a prize to the Constellation, which !. rwo killed and th:ee wouuvhd U t fight, whllo the LI:.b :i ..:'.. 1 ji 'illed tml 41 Mitmdud. :..,,. j,. , . , ... ''mwi:aiiMmji''-'"r; mnnnruraMrVinnn ' uiELDQUttL ' 5 T3r "agtwia 22aS2XK&Ki thrown out by Washington society which finds Itself without a leader foi tho approaching senson. "Such a tor rlblo state of affairs!" say tho society people of tho nation's capital. "Who will lead us during tho coming season?" It seems like a paradox. With a wonderful wealth of material from which to select, this city must be de prived of somo woman to lead it in Its social whirl. This comes from lease on Hnrlakenden houFe, In the and whether he will see fit to renew a Great Reading Circle school principals and officials of the smaller colleges throughout tho Unit ed States telling them of a plan tc interest all young men and women who want to know the best there Is in tho Hteraturo of tho world and whe wish to gain the inspiration given by reading tho best books. Undo Sam's new literary societj will bo known as the National Read lng Circle, and for admission to thh clrclo Doctor Claxton says that it ii only necessary to writo to the homt -1AX-4, L-l J . - LMJ; - ( , it- 7- muiz -v.-. ' --rr 1 ' S m.'lw ' n HAVE YOU A CHILD Many women lonR for children, but because of some curable physical derangement are deprived of this nreatest of all happiness. The women whoie names follow were restored to normal health by Lydia E. 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