THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
AMERICAN CAMP BEHIND A STONE WALL
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View of a small part of tho camp of
WANTS GIRLS TO
TAKE TO FLYING
Girl Who Loops the Loop Says
Aviation Is Woman's
Profession.
NOT THE LEAST BIT AFRAID
Catherine Stlnson, Southern Maiden, a
"Gypsy," Thrlllo Spectators With
Slants High In tho Air HnnQB
Head Downward.
Now York. A gypsy girl, brown
skinned and with curls flying froo, a
girl who weighs only 104 pounds and
Is a trlOo over flvo feet In height, and
not yot twenty-ono years old, lias Just
looped tho loop In hor own aoroplano
at Shoopshcad Bay speedway. It is
tho first tlmo any woman has per
formed this feat In Now York city, and
Catherine Stlnson probably Is tho only
woman on earth who can porform it.
It was at twenty minutes to eight,
long after sunaot, that Miss Stlnson's
biplane, with a vicious spurning of tho
gravel bonoath It, soared into tho air
soared up, up, till It seemed nothing
moro than a dark dragon fly playing
aerial tag with tho moon and tho eve
ning star. Tho buzzing beat of tho on
glno camo to mo moro and moro faint
ly as I shaded my oyos from tho crim
son flaro bosldo mo, which was to keep
tho aviatrlx from landing on hor spec
tators. Bhe Hangs Head Downward.
Sho mado two long, looao clrclos of
tho speedway. On tho third timo
around, when sho was about 2,000 foot
so sho told mo aftorward abovo tho
earth, sho mado a Bwallow's smooth
Mlis Catherine Stlnson.
downward curve, then shoorod up and
back over hor own path, hor hoad und
tho upper part of hor machlno down
ward toward tho ground.
For a moment tho onglno stopped.
Then tho tuno of it began again. Cath
erine Stlnson, for tho sovoral hun
dredth timo, had looped tho loop, and
throo minutes later sho landed with
out ovon a Jolt. Sho had boon in tho
air not moro than ton minutes.
Tho kcon wlud had sent tho tears
trcamlng down her chooks, but sho
waa smiling nud utterly unconcerned,
She's Not a Bit Afraid.
"What in tho world ltiducod you to
attempt looping tho loop?" sho was
asked.
"I didn't want tho men to bo gottlng
ahead of mo all tho tlmo," sho said
HMvely, "I Just thought that I could
do what thoy could. When I first tried
the loop last July I had never ovon
been passengor with anybody who was
attempting it. I lost my seuso of di
rection entirely for a fow minutes.
But nothing happened and tho next
sUkS ' $i f '&"i
tho American troops at Esplu, Mexico,
tlmo it was easier. Now I don't mind
it at all."
"You're not afraid?"
"Not u hit. That tlnnn no mod. And
If you hnvo a nronor machine test It
before you go up and know how to run
it, you'ro as safo In tho air as you
would bo on a train or in nn automo
bile."
"How old woro you when you began
to fly?"
"Sixteen. I was In my last year at
high school. I lived in Jackson, Miss.
I read everything I could find about
airsmps and aviators.
"I teased for a Ioiik time beforo I
could induco my mother to lot mo fly.
I!d get hor to tho point whero sho was
almost willing, and then somo aviator
would bo killed nnfl I'd lmvo mv work
to do all over again. I tised to wish I
could hldo tho nowspapcrs.
"Finally sho said yos. and I went nt
It in earnest and learned all I could
about tho businoss."
Miss Stlnson is thorounhlv con
vinced thnt aviation is a woman's pro
fession and hopes to soo moro girls
icarn to ny.
DEDICATES ACRES TO BIRDS
Commodoro Benedict Piano "Sanctu
ary for Feathered Tribe on Con
necticut Estate.
Greenwich. Conn. Plans for cnn.
verting his beautiful cstato of moro
than 100 acres into a model "bird
sanctuary," havo been mado by Com
modoro B. C. Benedict, who nt tho ago
of eighty-two attributes his good
health to his lovo of tho great out
doors and its wild crenturcs.
Tho first step in tho creation of tho
"sanctuary" will bo to drivo out tho
English sparrows, tho "gangsters" of
tho bird world, and tho hundreds of
crows which havo been attracted by
tho food to bo found on tho estate at
low tldo.
Nesting boxos will bo provided for
such birds as will uso thorn, from tho
smallest for tho house wren to tho
HOW TWO
Old Whaler and Recently
Launched Submarine Lie
Side by Side in Docks.
OBJECT LESSON IN PROGRESS
Ancient Bark Recalls Romantic Days
In Sea History Her Neighbor
Man-Made Whale No Tar
Ever Dreamed Of.
Bridgeport, Conn. Mado fast to tho
dock of tho Lake Torpodo Boat com
pany nro two boats brought together
by tho caprice of circumstances, yet
furnishing a most striking and sugges
tivo contrast. Each represents an era
of American sea history ono that la
already past und another that Is just
oponlng.
Tho bark Morning Star of Now Bod
ford, over half a century n whaler,
wIiobo ovory yard and plank recall tho
romantic days when Now England sea
men brought homo their cargoes from
ovory sou, when voyngos woro throo
and four years long and wind tho only
motlvo power, Btamls for tho past.
Tho L-5, In its frosh coat of gray
paint, tho nowost wbmarlno Just off
tho ways, n mnu-mado whnlo such as
no tnr over dreomod of, stands for tho
now seamanship,
It is nearly seventy years ago that
tho, Morning Star sailed out ot Now
Bedford harbor carrying a crow of 31
on her roatdon voyage. It Is less than
two years ago thnt sho camo in from
her Inst crulso for whales bringing GOO
barrels of oil In hor hold. And It was
only tho other day that with her can
vas and rigging stowed under hor
deck, with bara yards banging llko
roversod muskots, Bho was towed down
tho sound, to bo pulled out and over
hauled, lira fow woekB stripped and
nltercd, hor dayB ot cruising and ro
mance over, sho will commenco to
fsorvo out tho balauco ot her llfo in
soma menial occupation, cither as a
tendor or frolghter.
Used for the Movies.
Last summer sho was used In pro
ducing sovoral "inovlo" features. Had
It not boon for tho war it is probable
that tho Morning Star would havo rot
ted tho balanco ot her llfo away at
Bomo out ot tho way docks, but the
demand for "anything that will float"
la so great at present that even tho
protected by a stono wall.
largest box for tho wood ducks. Tho
big fresh water lake on tho cstato will
bo rnado attractive to ducks by plant
ing sultnblo food, with tho hopo that
now ivfid again mated pairs will re
main to nest.
Of tho many big estates In Greon
wlch, thnt of Commodoro Benedict of
fers tho greatest natural advantages
for scientific conservation work and
prominent Audubon workers are ccor
orating with tho commodoro In carry
ing out tho plans for tho project.
Ono of tho scientific advantages tc
bo gained by carrying out this plan,
it is pointed out, is that tho birds will
rid tho boautiful gardens of tho es
tato of their insect enemies.
Tho unusual intoreBt in birds in
Groonwich and vicinity Is duo in large
measure to tho fact that tho Green
wlch (Conn.) Press has a bird conser
vation editor and publishes bird stories
and notes in each issue. It is probably
tho only weekly paper In tho United
States that prints a regular featuro of
this kind.
WARRING ON LAZY HUSBANDS
Charities Organization Forcing Habit
ual Loafers to Work or Serve
Terms on Penal Farm.
Martinsville, Ind. Tho executive
committeo of tho Associated Charities
is making war on lazy husbands. John
Gourloy has been fined $10 and sent
to tho penal farm for 30 days un
der tho lazy husband law. Charity
will bo given his family whllo ho le
away. Charles Konworthy, when bo
foro JudBO Whitakor, charged with
bolng a lazy husband, wns permitted tc
go on his plcdgo to obtain work. He
has left tho city. James Padgett,
when charged with falling to Bupport
his family, promised to lcavo town II
pormlttod to go. Tho opportunity was
given him. Tho charity association
is willing to give assistnnco to all
families in need of help, but It is not
willing to encourago laziness of bus
bands.
old "squaro riggers" aro bolng pressed
inio service
Built in tho shipyards of Dartmouth,
Mass., in tho days whon boats wero
built on honor, whon nothing but sea
soned timber was used. mni
sldos filled with rock salt to presorvo
jiur iimnors, winch havo been soaking
whalo oil for over half a century, it
Is no wonder that thero is "not a drop
of water In hor," although her pumps
hnvo not been touched for a year and
a half. ,
On tho way down Bho was visited
by two men who shippod in hor as
cabin boys, ono ovor thirty and the
other ovor fifty years ago. Boltod to
tho floor of tho cabin, which la
reached by means ot a llttlo crooked
stairway, is tho tablo; on olthor side
of it a long bench, and swinging ovor
head a wooden rack for glasses and
cups. It wob hero that tho "aftor
mosB" gathorcd to oat their "salt
horso" and biscuits, to drink tholr
grog and swap yarns. In tho cap
tain'B cabin is tho onlv rnnrnnalnn tn
comfort, in tho form of a bod hung
on pivots nt either end so that it
would stay level as tho vessel rolled.
House About Whwl.
Tho wheel which was built on the
arm of tho rudder tmvnimi rm
Bido to sido ub it moved tho rudder.
u ib nousoa in so thnt the man at
tho wheel could only soo that part
of tho dock whore thp mato paced
back and forth giving him orders, and
n glimpse of tho sails, through an
opening in tho roof for that purpose,
In order that ho could koop them
stoady.
Abovo tho main dock of tho Morn
ing Star aro two "boat docks" on
which woro nested tho whale boats,
an extra supply of which was al
wayB carried, as eomotimcs an oxtrn
lively whalo succeeded In destroying
ono or, moro. Amidships undor ono ot
theso Is tho kottlo for trying out tho
oil.
Away forward down through a llt
tlo oponlng is tho "fo'c'Blo." It is
dark and small, with rows at bunks
on olthor uldo, rcaonibling bins in a
stock room. No light, no ventilation,
it Is small wonder that rum and to
bacco woro in demand hero. But gone
aro tho days ot whalo cruising and
along with them tho men and thq
stories of tho whalers. Even ns we
peer Into the dark and try to ropeo
plo In Imagination tho old "fo'c'slo"
wo aro called Bharply back to tho pres.
out by tho rising unto of tho hammurs
rlngiug on tho plates of tho now hulls
ERAS IN SHIPBUILDING
CANADA TO MARDI GRAS CITY
Ribbon of Concrete, Rock and Gravnl
Unrolling Between Winnipeg
and New Orleans.
(By FREDERICK J. -WRIGHT, Presi
dent of Jefferson Highway Association.)
In Now Orleans on November 1G and
1C of last fall, after six months of sys
tematic agitation, moro than 400 good
roads enthusiasts from cloven states
west of tho Mississippi river met and
organized tho Jefferson Highway asso
ciation. Now a ribbon of ccncrcto and
rock and gravel la rapidly unrolling be
tween Winnipeg, Canada, and Now Or
leans, La., which latter city aspires to
bo known as tho winter capital of
America.
In loss than six months of its official
oxistencc, tho Jefferson highway has
becomo second in importance among
America's great now national high
ways. Tho Lincoln highway is natural,
ly and rightfully given first place, con
necting ub it does Now York and San
Francisco, and spanning the cntlro con
tinent from east to west. Tho Jeffer
son highway, on the other hand, tra
verses tho great agricultural center
and connects the Dominion of Canada
nt Winnipeg with tho Gulf of Mexico
at Now Orleans. It crosses tho rich
agricultural states of Minnesota, Iowa,
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
and Louisiana, with a possible branch
through tho Ozark mountains In Arkan
Baa Thomas Jefferson Is Justly entitled
to tho honor which tho Jefferson high
way is expected to confer upon hla
name. Tho great north and south
highway traverses tho Louisiana pur
chaso territory with tho exception of
a short dip into Texas, mado to provido
a level route around tho mountains of
Arkansas. This diversion makes tho
Jefferson highway a farm land, lovol
country routo from beginning to end.
Tho actual work of graveling, rock
ing, macadamizing or surfacing with
concreto is now bolng arranged for
with surprising energy. Single coun
ties In Texas and Louisiana havo
voted $300,000 and $400,000 bond is
sues. Counties and road districts in
which it would not havo been supposed
that ten per cent ot tho voters would
approve of bond issues for building
roads have won their bond issues eas
ily because ot enthusiasm for tho Jef
ferson highway.
Highways must bo built on tho
ground as well as on paper beforo they
.WINNIPEG . ADA
r ia r . .
Jefferson Highway.
nro satisfactory for purposes of traf
fic. Tho Jefferson highway was a
dream in men's minds for a fow
months, then it becamo a highway on
paper for a matter of a fow weoks.
Rapidly now tho ribbon of gravel and
rock and concrete Is unrolling through
Winnipeg, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Dos
Moines, KanBaB City, St. Joseph, Jop
lln, Muskogee, Denlson, Shreveport,
Baton Rougo and Now Orleans, tra
vorslng tho agricultural heart of Amor
lea, tho most broadly devolopcd agrl
cultural country In tho world. In less
than thrco years' tlmo tho great high
way not morely ought to bo but will
bo transferred from men's mind nnd
from paper to tho ground, a 2,000-mllo,
hard-surfaced, 3Cu-day road from Win
nipeg to Now Orleans.
Social Advancement.
Good roads always contribute to tho
social advancement of tho community,
Town and city folks aro greatly bono
fltcd, but farmers nro real bonoflclarlcs
on account of tho saying in tlmo and
labor In marUotlng farm products.
Encouragement to Birds.
Woro our highways bordered with
trees, wo should And such feathered
visitors as our bluebirds, robins,
thrushes, catbirds, song sparrows,
bluojayn and orioles living within our
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ylow.
Two Sons of a Cabinet Member Learning a Trade
WASHINGTON. "Joo and Jim? Oh, thoy'ro good fellows. Both of thout
work 'on tho floor,' and work hard, too. Thoy seem to llko It. They'll gol
hotter Jobs soon, If they stay around hero." This from a veteran out at the
Washington Steel and Ordnanco com
cabinet member does not disturb them
ono bit, as in overalls, thoy carry steel bars around and "do anything that
comes handy."
That is about tho most deflnito description of their present work obtain
able. Officially thoy aro classified bb machinists' helpers, and thoy aro working
to bo full-fledged machinists.
Thlfl Is not tho first "Job" for olthor of tho young men. Tho older, Josoph(
was graduated from Central high school in 1914, nnd slncq then has "carried
a chain" for surveyors in the geological survey, and has worked with an auto
mobllo magazine. Ho has been attending Georgetown Law school in the
ovonlng.
James, aged eighteen, felt tho call of his father's farm, up at Blossburg.
Pa., oven befbro he quit Contral high. Ho is an expert in boos, and had a lot
of hives on his father's farm. But ho wanted to "learn a trado," so he one
hto brother both Bet out to do so.
Tho oocrptary is delighted. Ho is a believer in vocational education and
bollevos that such education, at times, can be acquired outside ot school. Both
boys likewlso hold tho opinion that a union card is about as valuable as a
diploma.
Tho boys aro only following in tho footsteps of their father. Ho was a
worker in tho coal mines of Pennsylvania, and later becamo secretary-treaB-urer
of tho United Mlno Workers of America.
White House Chief Usher Talks of Presidents
(ij KE" HOOVER, chiof usher at tho White House, is now serving his sixth
I administration.
terms it
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Ho began as an usher during
retained
by Grover Cloveland and
ovory succeeding nrosldont.
Hoover s Drescnt nost la an im-
portnnt ono, ns all Whlto House visi
tors will agree, particularly those fa
vorod with nrlvato audiences with tha
president in the executive mansion
proper. Perhaps no man living has
had a bettor onnortunltv to.ohBRrvn
tho characteristics and tho human
side of presidents during tho last
quarter ot a century.
Still a young man. Hoover nrhb-
ably will see many more presidents como and go. As might be supposed, he Is
not talkative and rarely does he reveal even In tho slightest degree the
opinions ho has formed of the nation's rulers ho has been privileged to prosent
to thousands of distinguished callers. Ho was In an exceptional mood the
other day, however, when ho camo upon a friend studying tho oil painting of
President Wilson, which hangs with those o McKinley, Roosevelt, and Taft
In the main hall of the Whlto House. Asfced if ho thought tho painting did
x iuuiuuiiL vviiBon jusiico, Hoover ropilea:
"It did when ho nosed for It Th
tho president in oil as soon after his Inauguration as possible. The features
of Woodrow Wilson in that frame aro not those of tho "Woodrow Wilson ot
today. Nearly four years havo elapsed since that painting wob finished. He
has a stronger face now than ho had then. That has been true of overy presi
dent I havo known. Thoy all grow on the Job, and as tho years pass their
faces show it."
Water Supply of Washington Was Threatened
PRECAUTIONS wero taken by tho war department recently to guard Cabin
John bridgo from attacks threatening tho city water Bupply, and then
placed strict censorship on tho news thereof. Tho only admission officials
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threatening letters. Colonel Flaglei
denied positively that holes had been found at the four bases of tho bridgo,
indicating that plans had been made to dynamite the structure. An investiga
tion, ho said, Bhowed that this Btory was without foundation.
Widespread interest wns aroused in tho reported threats against Cabin
John bridgo because of its vulnerability and tho realization that any attack on
tho bridgo would wholly cut olf Washington's only water supply. Such an
attack would not only cause lnconvenlenco to tho people, but would result
In tho almost complete suspension of governmental activity until the damage
could bo repaired. It is tho realization of this, water department officials
declaro, that prompted tho oxtra precautions to guard the bridgo and conduits.
Efforts havo been concentrated toward protecting tho bridge, it is under
stood, because it is tho on point In tho piping system from Great falls at
which an attack might cause serious damage and result In long delays In
restoring a cut-off In tho water supply.
Army Could Not Feed Its Six Red Cross Dogs
CAPT. GORDON JOHNSTON of the Eleventh cavalry recontly presented to
tho army medical department six dogs of a breed used In foreign nrmiea
for Red Cross work, but it is found that tho war department has no funds at
Its disposal thnt aro available for
maintaining tho dogs.
Tho dogs woro sent to Fort Ethan
Allen, Vt., and tho commanding officer
of ambulanco company No. 1 at that
placo was dlrocted to caro for and
train them. Then was presented tho
question of drawing rations for tho
iogs, It being found that thoy required
six quarts ot milk and four loaves ot
bread dally. An effort was mado by
tho medical officer to obtain an al
lowance of 20 cents a day per dog to
bo provided for out of the appropriation for horsos and other draft animals.
Tho accounting officers of tho treasury hold that this cannot bo dono, and also
that tho contingent fund of tho army was not available for tho purpose. It was
thought that perhaps tho medical department appropriation might be used,
nlnco that had been given a very liberal Interpretation ns authorizing "tho
purchase of anything noccssary far tho medical and hospital service for which
no moro specific provision has been mado clsowhoro," but tho comptroller
decided that tho maintenance of tho dogs had too remoto a bearing upon
medical caro and treatment or tho miscellaneous expense ot tho senico to
warrant an extonslon of such a principle to tho purpose
Tho secretary of war approved tho recommendation of tho general staff
that, unless tho medical department can maintain tho dogs without expense to
tho government which tho comptroller now says Is impossible thoy be
returned to tho donor.
pany, at Glcsboro Point, concerning
Joseph B. Wilson and James Wllsoa
Thoy would have no troublo getting a
recommendation from tholr "section
boss" any timo thoy wanted another
Job.
Thoy do not need In fact, have
never availed themselves of an
"pull" from their father, Josoph Bau
chop Wilson, secretary of labor.
Tho fact that they aro sonB of b
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the term of Bcnlamln HnrrlRnn. wna
would make was that extra civilian
guards had been employed to patrol
thp bridge and tho nine miles of con
duit road along which tho pipes sup
plying Washington with water aro
placed.
Secretary of War Baker said he
had never heard that letters had been
received threatening to dynamite the
bridge. Col. C. A. P. Flagler, engineer
officer in chargo of the Washington
aqueduct, also denied', knowledge of
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