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THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. GREAT TRIUMVIRATE NOW RULES THE KAISER'S MILITARY MACHINE pemlonre. could not stuy his further program. At tlio beginning of the wur lie was beaten, ns lie lnul foreseen, for he had been ordered to hold the lino Unit wiih unteiinblc. When ha lnul been sev eral tlmcH seriously defented, ho In formed the general stuff that tio re quired no further instructions, but Into the Hands of Von Hindenburg, Von Mackensen and Ludendorff, would fight In nccordunco with his own Masters of War Proved in the Awful Fire of the Last Two Years, the German Emperor Has Committed the Con duct of the War-Anecdotes of the Three Chiefs. Berlin. Hindenburg, Mnckcnsen, Ludendorff these nro the nnmcs to conjure with In Germany today. Into tho linnds of Uiroo musters of wur, tried in tho awful flro of tho last two years, tho kulser has committed tho greatest military machine in the world and nil lesser chlcftnlns now bow down, before them. There comes a time in titanic strug gles when dlctutors becomo Impcrn live. Great leaders give way to tho greatest A Grant or n Napoleon of In exorable will curbs the mighty and fuses all the vast forces of a nntlou Into united effort. That is Germany's situation todny. Encircled by the "Iron band" of ene mies the kaiser has sacrificed even the nstuto Von Fnlkenhayn, who himself juccecded tho clover Von Moltko In tho curly days of the war and for two. ycurs had been head of tho greut gen eral staff. Now ho In turn must yield place to n more splendid genius, Hln denburg. Xllndenburg is the great rock on which tho formidable armies of Ger many and her ullles center. Luden dorff Is his "alter ego," his second self, his understudy, who stands by his sldo wutchlug with euglo eye ready to polish and round off his chief's plans. Mackensen la tho thunderbolt, tho master of offensives, the mail-clad fist with which Lllndenhurg strikes. lie Is now in charge of the desperate situa tion around Houmnnln, whero ho Is at tempting to shock Germany's latest en emy by such a smashing blow from the south that tho Itoumunlan attacks on other sides will weaken. German soldiers often cull Macken sen "tho Archangel Michael with a (laming sword." Teuton oiilcers taken prisoner In llussln recently told "Po- troff," tho famous war correspondent of the Ilusskoo Slovo, how ho made a scoro of Austrian generals cower be fore him and how ho Burned a message from the kaiser. Petroff describes two war councils neld by Mackensen this summer. Tho first took place at Kovcl, 10 Austrian generals of high rank being present "At tho opening of tho sitting." says Petroff, "Prince Leopold of Bnvurln, especially sent by tho kaiser, handed to Von Mackensen a letter from the kaiser. Von Mackensen roso to his feet and began to read tho Important document Prlpce Leopold ulso stood up. Von Mackensen rent) in silence, becoming pensive, often frowning. It was evident that the letter contained numerous questions, and that Prlnco Leopold knew their order and char acter. While von Mackensen was reading Prlnco Leopold wus actually, as It were, counting every expression on tho faco of tho Carpathian ar changel. As ho read, Von Mackensen sometimes paused to think over the question dealt with In tho letter, re plying with determination and, reso lution, 'Yes.' At other moments ho nttered a rcsoluto 'No. Priuco Leo pold marked theso down. No Answer to Kaiser. 'Having finished reading, Von Mack tnsen again becamo pensive, closed his eyes, and shook his head. Then he rolled tho letter up and lighted It at a gas burner used for tho pur- self,' answered Mackensen, 'nro tho two hnnds of Emperor William, and our action Is dictated solely by tho head of the kulser. Wo aro not limit- plnns. It wns then that he began to clour tho province, and finnlly, by the crushing defeat nt the Masurian lakes, ho smashed Russia's military activity for nt least twelvo months. Gets Crown Prince's 8uppllcs. lie has never bowed tho kneo to the Camnrlllu. According to tho calcula tions of tho gcnernl staff, the German troops wero to hibernate In tho large cities of Russia, but their winter quar ters proved to bo the frozen fields. No ed In nny other way.1 "At the conclusion of tho offlclul do- nrovlsion for skin coats had linen liberations Muckenscn frankly told tlie made, and. in snlto of tho heavy de- Austrian generals It was In their in- liveries thnt wero being sent to the icrests to obey the German general Camarilla generals on tlio western Stair. front Hilldenhuri; olitnlnnd no sntls '"If you hnvo failed to defend your 1 factory answer to his repented renul country from Invasion,' said ho, 'you sltlons. should nt least obey those who have, already saved you.' "When the Austrlnns had left. Mack- onsen remnrked of tho Austrian com manders : " 'In tho discussion of plans every ono of them is n Machlavelli, but when it comes to the execution they have but straw minds and hands of clay.' "At tlio second council of wnr Mack ensen ncted ns tlio complete nlnster. Ho frankly said a number of tlio high er Austrian generals would bo re- General Von Mackensen. moved from actlvo servlco ns they wero not capable enough. Some of tho Austrian commanders asked If there wua any hope of clearing tho Ho went In person to Berlin, and in tho store depot ho found a large con signment which he ordered to bo railed to his supply hcndotinrters. which wero then at Thorn. Tho horrl- tied official Informed him that the skins were for the army of tho crown prince, and therefore could not be taken nway. nindeuburg sworo n volume of oaths, and In tho end oh tuincd them. Some of tho great character trults of Illudeuburg are his piety, his love for tho fatherland and his faithful ness to tho kaiser. When ho was a young lieutenant ho used to carry the New Testament In his breast pocket. This saved Ills life during tho Franco German war. A bullot struck tho book but did not penctrnto ull tho pages. It is a well-known fact that In the church of Glauwltz Hindenburg prayed aloud for victory. Illndenburg's pri vate llfo is absolutely clean. Ho nev er played cards or drank excessively and ho hardly ever smoked. Hindenburg nover speaks of futo or luck. He does not talk about genius, but ho believes that God helped him, "God helped mo to gain n victory, and tho kaiser gavo mo tlio soldiers, ho mndo mo commander, ho trusted me. Bo grateful to God and tho kaiser, do not thank mo," is what ho told the pcoplo of East Prussia when they camo to thank and praise him as their deliverer. As professor of the "Krlegs Aka- dcmle" (Bent there by tho order of tho general staff) Hindenburg found the best occasion to educate tho young officers in tho most Important sub ject "applied military tactics." Fred erick tlio Great Invented for tho bene fit of his army officers the "Krlegs Spiel" (war game) and Hindenburg followed In tho footsteps of the Prus sian king by improving this wnr game. Cut Imposing Figure. When Hindenburg was studying iq tho "Krlcgs-Akadcmlo" (1878-70), ho became u pupil of Prof. Pochhammcr, who tells us thnt Hindenburg cut an Imposing figure. He called this isoldler, over six feet tall, with broad shoul ders, short-cropped hair, and big mus tache, broad forehead, "tho living per sonification of the war god." When Professor Pochhammcr in his lectures MnONAL OPITAL AFFAIRS When You Speak of Preparedness REMEMBER, Uncle Sam's Lights That Signal Storm Warnings HUbltl IfcK d Stomach Bitters WASHINGTON, Uncle Sam's lighthouse service Is not tho only one of his agencies that display lights at night for tho information and welfare bf the mariner. Whenever a storm is brewing along the coasts or over the inland waterwuya colored lights twin kle forth from hundreds of special storm-warning stations of the weather bureau, combined lrr such a way as to furnish navigators with specific infor mation thnt will forearm them. One interesting fact is that tlio mushroomllko growth of many lake ports, bringing Into existence cities with their myriads of lights, obscured numbers of the stations that when es tablished were the most outstandlnf features of the night view. In such enscs the stations are being relocated at points easily seen by the officers of apprdachlng or passing ships. The new stations are being installed in tall, specially constructed steel towers, dozens of which are being erected along the shores of tho five lakes and their connecting waterways. The taller towers will make possible the establishment of the new signal system in which three lights, ono above tho other, will be used Instead of the two lights in n vertical plane heretofore employed. The new system was worked out after experiments carried on by the Instrument experts of tho weather bureau on tho Potomac below Washington under various weather conditions. These experiments brought out the fact that lights, to be seen by tho naked eyo as separate bright objects, must be approximately four feet apart for each mile the observer is distant. This information was made use of In designing the new towers and in arranging tlio placement of the signal lamps. At the sumo time tho instrument experts experimented with various lights and decided to mnko uso of electric bulbs of the new gas-filled type to Increase still further the efficiency of the newly equipped stations. stands out very ef fectively as a bulwark against liver or diges tive troubles, general weakness and malaria Don't Experlment.Get Hostetler's Tho United States in 1014 produced 42,800 organs, valued at $0,378,012. A GRATEFUL ACKNOWLEDGMENT. llusslans from Austrlnn territory, ns beenmo tedious and tlresomo Hluden- General Von Hindenburg. pose of lighting cigars, holding tho paper in tils hand until it burnt to ashes, Then ho raised his eyes to Princo Leopold, who evidently had been waiting for soma statement. Hut Mackensen remained silent " 'You did not answer tho Inst qucs lion of the emperor,' remurked the prlnco nt last "1 did not,' slowly retorted Mack ensen. frowning. "It' seemed that tho Austrian gen erals present know what tho question was, because they all beenmo anxious ly uttentivo and regurded each other with nn uir of distress, At last, paus Ing at each syllable, tho Held murshal replied : " 'Becuuso 1 nm too old and because I havo my reputation as u soldier, 1 am aot going to unswer anything. "All sut quiet nnd depressed. Prince Leopold grasped Ills throat as If It was difficult to breathe. Ono of tho feuerals, utter a pause, asked with what power tho field marshal had been wvested. '"General von Hindenburg nnd my had previously been dono, Work In- Perfect Accord '"Our emperor,' unswercd Macken- sen, 'Is not carrying on war merely for military glory. Neither Is war being waged for gaining pieces of territory, but solely for tho defense of our fa therland. You must leavo it to us to decidu what must and what can bo done.' " This would lndlcnto that Hinden burg and Mackensen work In per fect accord at present Of lllnden burg, who became famous early In tho war by winning tho two great buttles in East Prussia and twlco throwing back tlio Itusslan tuvadcrs, moro is known than of Mackensen nnd hun dreds of reams havo been written about him. Ho has always shown himself qulto Independent of the great general stuff, of which ho Is now tho head Ho wns ever n man of mystery and scarcely known outside iallltnry cir cles when tho war began. In army circles ho was called "dcr verruclcto Hinter den Burg" (tho in sane ono behind tho burg) a sportlva ptay on his ntimo. It Is oven hinted tho supposedly omniscient great gen oral staff once printed behind his nnmo in the secret army list tho blue cross that denotes incompetence and Is tho precursor of au curly relegation to the despised reserve, On ono point Hindenburg wns de cidedly mad, aud that was his study of East Prussia, In order to bo free from military restriction ho requested his dismissal, Unit ho might tho moro con v How Oscar Underwood Folds and Stamps a Letter "vNK of tho funny sights of Washington is Scnntor Oscar Underwood in the v act of folding up a letter. Underwood is a man greatly prejudiced in tavor or neatness, not only in his personal appearance but In everything ho does. Ho would no moro be a party to a letter carelessly folded than he would wear the same collar all week. First he folds tho sheet over, matches tho corners right down to an infin itesimal fraction of a hair's breadth, and carefully creases tho paper In tho middle. Then comes the most difficult part He must determine, just with his eyo, how to mnko three additional folds, each ono of exactly the samo size. Having done that Underwood stares at tho finished product n mo ment to make certain it is spotless and free from the slightest Imperfection If ho discovered ono edge protruding even nn ecntsy-teentsy bit beyond tho others it would make him unhappy. But if his workmanship seems to be all right, ho carefully licks tho flap of the envelope, taking pains to see that every particle of the mucllago is moistened. Ho seals tho envelopo with great care and that brings him to the dellcatf task of putting on the stamp. None of your lopsldedly 'stamped envelopes for Oscar. He takes enough tlmo to insure having the stamp In perfect plumb-lino with tho- end of thi envelopo and then proceeds painstakingly to the folding of the next letter. If ho is free from Interruptions Underwood can fold from 10 to 15 letter! nn hour. His letters aro usually dono up by others, however, and In that way he gains a great deal of time for affairs of state. Neatness Is Jqst ns much a part of the Underwood make-up ns his calm ncss. And the only thing that might ever ruffle that calmness would bo a lack of neatness. Once In a while ono of his office force will hurriedly crumple up n piece of waste paper and Are It at the waste basket and miss. II Underwood happens to bo nt his desk and sees tho pieco of crumpled paper on tho floor, ho will quietly and unostentatiously go and pick it up and place it in the basset. Mr. F. C. Caso. Mr. P. C. Caso of Welcome Lake, Pa., writes: "I suffered with Back acho and Kidney Trouble. My head ached, my sleep was broken and un- refrcBbing. I felt heavy and Bleepy after meals, was always nervous and tired, had a bitter tasto in my mouth, was dizzy, had floating: La specKs neroro my eyes, was always thirsty, had a dragging sonsatlon across my IoIbb, difficulty .in collecting my thoughts and was troubled with short ness of breath. Dodds Kidney Pilte havo curod mo of theso complaints. You are at liberty to publish this let- tor for the benefit of any sufferer who doubts tho merit of Dodds Kidney Pills." , Dodds Kidney Fills, 50c. per box at your dealer or Dodds Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Doddo Dyspepsia Tab lets for Indigestion havo been proved. EOo. per box. Adv. WOULD HEAL BY COLOR'S AID denburg used to tnko out his mnps, pencils and compuss and commence to work on a plan for uu Imaginary buttle, without paying any attention to tho professor. In 1870 ho fought against tho French In the bnttlcs of Bt Prlvat and Scdun and was decorated with tho order of tho Red Cross and the Iron Cross. In 1011 ho retired from actlvo serv lco until tho war of 1014 broke out when ho again returned to tho army aud was appointed commander In the East, Of Ludendorff even Germans todny know little. But high nrmy officers say he deserves n largo share of lllu- denburg's fume. He has been Illn denburg's chief of staff since August, 1014, nnd bus worked out tho splendid bits of strategy which tlmo nnd again havo baffled tho Itusslan hordes. Now that Hindenburg has become chief of the great general staff nnd only second to tho knlser, Ludendorff has been made quartermaster general. His nuino Is signed to tho brief dally official bulletins In which tho general stun.' chronicles tho progress of tho wur. And his Is tho first namo that has been appended to them. He Is the friend, nuvlser and con-. stnnt companion of Hindenburg, aud they aro said to work together Hko, two parts of a smooth-running machine. Bees In Express Shipment Cynthlnnu, Ky. A stnek of bee- gums at the Adams Express offlco In. this city furnished n mnde-to-order, enlcntly study tho topography of tho up-to-dnto homo for n swarm of bees, Good Hunting Ground for the Amateur Botanisl T HE environs of Washington are nn excellent hunting ground for th amateur botanist, for they are full of varieties of plants trees, shrubs wild flowers, mosses and ferns. To hold even tho commonest of theso varie ties in one's mind is a stupendous feat but once accomplished, it leads evei onward. Most people havo a good nucleus for plant knowledge nround "which In accumulate more. Tho Iov of nature sedms Implanted within th human heart There is no denying thai things out of doors call Irresistibly. And tree students, it is snld, become ns enthusiastic as bird students. The streets of Washington nre the rightful places for beginners. Border ing almost every capital thoroughfare is a lino of trees, somo common, other Imported varieties. By noticing these ono soon acquires a deeper interest And then the real holidays come when mo woous aro sought and truly inspiring lessons aro learned in the real out-of- uoors of nature. JLho treo fumllles nro well represented hero. Tho deciduous varieties, meaning those which shed their leaves, are especially abundant Of course, the oaks are In manifold numbers tho Spanish, pin, shingle, black Jack, swamp white, red, black, bur, post and white. These nre everywhere and they havo a vencrnblo history. The maples havo taken n hold on Washington's fancy, and elms, gums, anu many less rnmiiinr trees aro numerous here. To many pcoplo tho chief chnrm of tlio woods and fields lies in the multi tudes of wild flowers that aro to be found. Washington may deem itself fortunato in having a bountiful supply. Their names are legion, nnd it is an impossible task to cover tho list. One of tho difficulties of such a list Is that many of tho flowers found In tho woods have escaped from somo garden, and though they are found apparently uncultivated they cannot be called wild llowers; on tho other hand, many of tho originals of the perfected garden (lowers nro trailing thero In their slmplo loveliness and tho list is about evened. Collection of Meteorites in National Museum Avoid Red, Green and Brown In Hos pitals, Is the Advice Given by Artist H. Kemp Prosser, wh'o designed the two interiors in the French piny "La- bergetto" at the Garrlck theater, thinks persons who wish to retain their vitality and normality In war time should avoid certain colors, says a London correspondent of the New York Herald. "Cardinal red," he snld, "Is tho sym bol of murder, hnte and cruelty. Sngfr green means vlleness, and brown de cay. "Lemon yellow, on tho other hnnd. suggests to persons who arc sensitive to color influence, light and life. Thnt Is why I suggest this color should dominate color schemes in hospitals and homes for wounded soldiers. "In my rest room at Chelsea for sol diers tho symbolical colors used were lemon yellow, mauve, sapphire, tur quoise and blue. A golden piano was draped with n lemon yellow curtain on which were embroidered a dove bearing the emblem of peace, nn Egyp tian symbol expressing the keys of life and a white rose, emblem of power and silence. Beautiful lamps repeated the colors blue, mauvo and turquoise." X-rnys aro now used by dentists to determine whether root cnnnls have been properly filled. frontier. dcrlng lonesomely along some by-puth, tmy- . . ..... . r- ' I N CONSmT3riTNn tlio n-nmlnca tf thn unlvnpcn linvn -mf nvn vonlli.n1 I Oftun ho could ln soon wan- that Happened 10 po puBBiiiK over aum- - ; - ' . w ..wv, u MUUn 110 COUIU OO SICU Willi- ' . , . consnlcnnns nmnnn- thorn nrn hn mntnni- fna Umsa wnnilarfiil mn... J.I1U aniiriii irauoo luia - - ' " i wuppcu ironi no say, xor one to wonacr at anu stuciy7 They are the only J como to tho ,......, i ... , nn ton,. nnssossiou. vow eurui irom tno vast outer world. ho uovoiou years in nis oeiovou , ' unsafe by reason of boTder smugglers from beyond the stock pens nnd, dls- JJgJJ 'SJte 5&T u towering, masterly, brooding figure covering the bee-gums nt tho express- m"1 objects which u wweriiu,, innHiLriy, oroouiiik UKurt. nnssosslou. Now rth from tho vast outc ...! n,l .1... I,lu nlnna ... mm. I IllC Pttrtl' lO WIHHI1 U1U KUIIia WJJfU pleted ho retired to Karlsbad, whero M"i'iu " ' ho wrote it little red book entitled "Tho Collnpse," which was circulated only among the members of the wur council mid his 'ow prlvnto friends, In this book ho wrote: "Our East Prussian frontier seems strong but is weak. No army cun hold It The natural boundaries aro either from Danzig through Poseu to ltutt bor, oi the present Ilussluu fortltlcd lino, that Is from Klgu to Kracow. It Is for you to decide." Bluco then tho grout general staff finding ono of them already loaded; day. The swarm swept across lota with busy workors, who will no doubt have n nlco lot of honey In stock for him. Liberate! Raccoons. 'Media. Pn. Deputy Sheriff William M. Mnthues hns liberated In the coun- IT U UU&UI1 (limn V u.tkvv.. jviu.ii ty coons for breeders. Mr. Mnthues pur chased the animals In Tennessee and had them shipped hero at his own ox- bus made known Its decision. Od tho Dense In tho hope of Increasing the publication of his booklet, Hlndenbuig hunting in tho County. He hns or- cntno Into his owu, and even tho Cu- derett us intiny more, anu nopes 10 goi mnrllln, who hated him for his lnde- them shortly. In the collection shown in the now oulldlng of tho National museam in this city Is n remarkably lino exhibit of meteorites. It iucludes complete me teorites ranging in size from the merest pobbles to great bowlderllko masses, and casts reproducing giant forms like that of Bacublrlto, whteh has been estimated to weigh 25 tons, and still, rests whero it fell In Mcxlcq. ThoVNatlouul museum has recently Issued a handbook and descrlptlvo catalogue of the meteorite collection in tno museum, written by Dr. Georgo P. Merrill, bend curator of ceolocv. Although meteorites havo presumably fallen since time Immemorial", u great aeiu or sKcpticlsm was felt at first by both the popular and scientific minds regarding tho possibilities of stones falling from snace. So creat was this skepticism that tlio examples preserved In tho public museums were onco hlddcq or discarded, the custodians fearing to make laughing stocks of themselves. "Another Article ' Against Coffee"- In spite of broad publicity, many people do not realize the harm the 2 grains of caifeine in the average cup of coffee does to many users, until they try a 10 days change to POSTUM Posrum satisfies the der sire for a hot table drink, and its users generally sleep better, feel better, smile oftener and enjoy life more. A fair trial off coffee and on Postum chows "There's & Reason"