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THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. SOLDIERS CAME WITHIN ACE OF GETTING VILLA n Imlf ycnra on tho border, crossed March 15 nt Columbus, where It had been attacked Mnrch 0 by Vliln. Two squadrons of tho Fifth left Columbus on March 20 and were Joined by tho third Squadron April 10 at tho Mor mon takes, near Dublnn. Tho first de tachment of the Eleventh entered Mexico Mnrch 17 via Columbus. Tho marches of tho Fifth may be summarized as follows: Namlqulpa, April 10; San Ocronlmo, April 23; Bandit Was Isolated When Order Lnk0 nnscute, Apm 21 ; son Antonio! for Movement to North Was Given. MOST OF RAIDERS ARE DEAD Of the 485 Men Who Invaded Colum bus 400 Are Dead, Wounded or Captured Record Marches Made by Troops Story of Hard Luck. May it. About tho tlmo of tho Scott Obrcgon conference the regiment wan given n district, with Satevo as head quarters, which It was ordered to search Intensively for bnndlts. Each cavalry regiment was allotted a simi lar sector of southern Chlhuahun. Tho bcntlng of tho brush for Villlstns, how- over, wnt never fully done. Tho Fifth, on May 10, was made purt of a pro visional cnvalry brigade to cover the withdrawal of the expedition north wurd at a tlmo when 4,500 Cnrran zlstas wero reported to bo within 80 miles of tho Americans. Since Car- riznl It has been encamped at EI Valle. Tho Seventh, nfter completing its dnsh to Colonln Dublnn with General Pershing's column, proceeded post ffj (ttiarijfySjl -m III BBTKUEJ (M)ssinp NITROGEN FROM AIR TOO COSTLY Dr. H. 0. Porter Asserts United States Can Produce Inough From Coal. WASHINGTON. Tho latest "engine" of military defenso has been born In niOC UfiT HUP nmUfl &IVIP " vvnsningion. it is u combination steei neimes mm ircuwi u IfflAt Kill Lint lirnmANT . slencd bv Leonard D. Mnhnn. formerly In the United Stntcs nrmy, now n member of the local pollco der War Department Considers a Novel Steel Helmet THE Field Headquarters, American Puni tive Expedition In Mexico. Iteglmen tnl narratives of tho cavalry regi ments thut participated in tho search haste to Sun Miguel, where Villa wns tor villa, which liavo Just been brought reported. Poor guides caused delay up to date and submitted to hendquur- and tho bandit escaped. It then start tcrs, show in detail how near tho ed townrd Guerrero. That town wns American troopers camo to acconi- reached by forced marches 12 dnys pllshlng tho full purposo of their ex- out from tho border, with a dnlly aver- pcdltlon. Tlioy show that Just after ago of 02 miles. Tho longest duy's tho Parral light, on April 12, less than march was on Mnrch 17, when 53 n month after tho expedition hud en- miles wero covered. Tho routo chnrt torcd Mexico nnd Immediately prior shows that tho regiment nnd detach to tho order to withdraw northward mcnt on reconnolssancea covered C,' from tho Parrnl district, tho Amer- 500 miles, leans had run Villa, sorely wounded, Mention Is mndo that during Col- to earth, nnd had cut off every nvo- onel Dodd's historic rldo his men mnny nuo or his cscnpo to tho south icto tlmo hnd only parched corn to sst Durnngo. Nenrly threo hundred miles wns made When MaJ. Frank Tompkins' huu- la single tile, tho troopers lending areu men were atfnckcd ut Parral, thrir mounts, nnd n number pi them viiin, uisnulcd, hud hidden nt Santa leaving stnlned footprints on '.ho rocky 'Uruz. aiaj. It. L. Howze. with bin linrl. trail, for their shoes had worn out, riding squadron of tho Eloventh cav- Officers and men lent their own money airy, close on tho hnndlt's trail, had to buy food and forage, but it was not run by his qUnrry. General Fcrshlng until tho end of April that clothing was at Satovo, directing operations, could b(j obtained. By that tlmo tho Col. W. C. Brown, with Uvo troops of men wero in n pitiable state. Two mo vrentn cavalry; Col. II. T. Allen, lights stand to tho record of tho Sov wuu two picKcu troops of tho Elov- enth Guerrero and Tomanche. cnth cavalry: Major Tomnklns and Tho Thirteenth, which arrived at Co Major IIowzo, four cavulry columns In Ionia Dublan on March 17, furnished nil, wero between Vliln and tho haven tho two nicked troops which Major of safety ho was seeking in tho Sierra Tompkins commanded in his dash af- Maures, ready to beat tho brush for tor Villa and which wero halted nt him. Wounded, virtually alone, ho ap- Guerrero. Tho itinerary of tho re- parcnuy una mtlo chunco to 'ovudo malndcr of tho regiment embraced EI capturo or death. Orders for with- Valle, Las Cruccs, Namlqulpn, San drawal cnnio, however, nfter Parral, Gerpnlmo, Lnko Itascato and El Itublo, and tho Llghwatcr mark of tho ox- where it made Its headquarters May 1 peditlon passed. to seek bandits in tho district to which From tho beginning of tho border It had been nsslcned. It was concen troublo It was to tho cavalry that fell trutcd at Son Antonio on May 10 and tho responsibility of dispersing tho Inter went into permanent camp at uuiuiuuua rniuers. -jnac tins task u'oioniu uuuinn. vyas accompusneu is evidenced by fig- story of Hard Luck. urea snowing mat or the 480 men who Tho history of tho Tenth cavalry 1b raided Columbus four hundred havo n record of hard marching nnd hard been killed, wounded or captured. Full luck. Short two troops when It was credit Is given In tho narratives for made part of tho column that entered the CO-Operatlon Of Other branches Of Nfnrlpn frmn f'nlhirKnnH rnnrli. it wild the service, notably In establishing divided on reaching Colonlu Dublan. Bdvunced bases and maintaining tho Tho ilrst squudron, scut south on tho lino of communication, but tho fact Mexican northwestern, lost n number remnlns that It wan tho cavalry that of men by Injuries when their rara- arove Villa In head-long, pnnlc-strlck- slmckln train was wrecked. Tho third M flight Jnto Durnngo, ilvo hundred squadron participated In tho vain miles from tho Atncrfcau border, scat- march to Sun Miguel. It was Joined tored his band to tho four winds and Mnrch 24 by tho ilrst, and both reached set now recorus ror marches under Namlqulpn Mnrch 25. With tho Ilrst terrific handicaps. It also fought tho squadron nt San Diego del Monte, tho four engagements that hnd an impor- socond engaged In Its ilrst clash with tant bearing on tho campaign: Dodd tho enemy nt Agunscallcntes on April uuuiuv, uucu o, Aompiuns nt i. Threo of tho 00 Villlstns wero Parral, April 12 : Dodd at TolnOCllO. 1:111ml. fin Anrll n thin Kmmrlrnn April 21, and Howzo at OJos Azuies, readied Sau Antonio, nnd on April 0 May 4. It was tho victim, too, in tho it was at Cusl. Ordered on April 10 tragedy of April 21 nt Carrlzal. toward Pnrrnl ns n flanking force, It Marches Of tho TrOODOrS. nrrlvml nt n nnint 20 tnllnH frnm tlmf lwo of tho flvo ca,valry regiments city Just in timo to ro-enforco Major now in Mexico, tho Soventh and Tenth, Tompkins' squadron, which had ro croesed tho Hpo nt Culberson'a ranch treated from that city. Tho regiment enny (n u.a morning oi March 10. was concentrated during tho retlro- j.ueir paan to uoionin uuuian ban ,n0nt and camped at Colonln Dublnn been told and retold. Tho Thtrtnmith. ., in ......... ..... . . : " Chemist Believes Them Will. Be No Dearth of Product in This Country In Case of War Ammonia Production. Now lork. Among the papers pre pared by well-known chemists nnd read ,nt tho sessions of tho American Chemical society during its nnnuul meeting for 1010, held during tho sec ond annual chemical exposition at Grand Central palace, was one by Dr. Horace O. Porter, an Industrial chem ist of Pittsburgh, in which ho predict ed thnt nitrogen would bo extracted from the atmosphere in this country. Doctor Porter, however, told of other sources from which nitrogen could be produced in tho United States nt tho present time, mora cheaply than from which already had spent three nnd WEAR "Y" ON STOCKINGS Tho regiment on May 5 lost Its com mnndcr when Colonel Brown, 111, left for home, Brief mention only is mndo of thu1 hardships tho only negro oav nlry in tho expedition endured. It re ceived no clothes until May 13. Tho horses began to suffer early In tho cnmpnlgn from lack of,, forngo and on March 25 they wero further disabled when their shoes began to wear out, Tho first supply of coffee, hard bread and bacon received sluco March was furnished tho men on April During thnt tlmo tho command sub sided almost entirely on beef killed on tho range nnd corn ground In emnll hand mills. No details nro given con corning tho scouting expeditions In which Troop 0, from OJo Pederlco, and Troop K, from Dublnn, wero eu gaged when cut up nt Cnrrlznl. department detailed at headquarters. Mohan's Invention may result in the Introduction of tho steel helmet In Uncle Sam's army, for ho has sub mitted his design to tho wnr depart ment, nnd it is now ,in the hands of the ordnance division. The United Stntes government has nlwnys barred tho permanent steel helmet, which has been adopted as a part of the equipment of tho Euro pean soldier, from tho American army becnuso of n belief that n permnnent ljelmet wns an unnecessary burden on tho soldier. Mnhan hopes that his helmet will bo ndopted, however, for, ho points out, it is not n permanent headgear nnd need only bo worn whllo the men nro under actual fire. Tho new helmet would not do nwny with tho present cnmpnlgn hat. It is mndo of crucible steel nnd resembles the grocer's sugar scoop. When marching, the helmet could bo cnrrlcd ns n part of the equipment, nnd while In camp it could be used handily ns n digger, bailer, or even ns n mess kit, Mnhan believes. ' Although Mnhnn docs not nssert thnt his helmet ever would do nwny 'with FINDS BABY PARALYSIS GERM Medical Achievement Is Attributed to Dr. E. C. Rosenow of Mayo Founda tion at Rochester, Minn. tllii iitfimctnlinfn Iti tittnli 1 it frrn rtitnnHHna ha ouwii mi (jv iuuutiuva i - - , - - - - that thero would bo no danger of n tho regular trcncn-uigging tools, no points out tunc in uattio nis uennee dearth of nitrogen hero in tho event would protect the liena nnu necir, nna still not uo away wun tne campaign of war. such ns was threatened in Ger- hut. many when her sources of outside sup ply wero cut off In tho present wnr. "Tho fixation of nitrogen from the ntmosphere for application In ngrlcul- turo nnd the arts Is an Industrial dc- elopmcnt now thoroughly well es tablished in several foreign countries. In Better Shape Than Germany. "Whether in America, In tho emer gency of n great wnr and the shutting off of our foreign supply of nitrate, wo should be obliged to meet the situation in the same wny ns Germany hns done is very doubtful. Atmospheric nltro-. gen fixation will without question even tually bo established In this country. This will bo when its costs, including capital charges, shall havo becomo low enough to ndmtt of profitable expan sion of tho Industry. It will bo wel come ns nn additional nnd unlimited sourco of fixed nitrogen independent of tho uncertainties of foreign Importation. "At preacnt, however, owing to con ditions' affecting tho cost of power In this country, fixed nitrogen can com mercially bo hod moro cheaply from coal. If tho supply, therefore, is ade- quuto from tho latter sourco for an emergency of wnr, there Is no need of government subsidy for ntmospherlc nitrogen tixntlon. As to prices of fixed nitrogen to tho farmer in times of peace, Uio producers prices of coul by-product nitrogen nro on a pnr with thoso In foreign countries and with tlioso of other forms of fertilizer ui trogon in this or other countries. The uvnilnblo supply of fixed nitro gen from coal Is adequate to this coun try's mllltury needs in any rcasonablo contingency. By-product ammonia Is being produced In rapidly Increasing quantities. Tho crux of America's sit uatlon ns compared to Germany's Is that wo nro not cnlled upon to rcscrvo our entlro by-product nmmonln sup ply for ugrlculturo; ample food crops for domestic consumption in tlmo of wnr uro assured us without tho use oC fertilizer, whllo Germany, on tho oth cr hand, is absolutely dependent on such use, especially of nitrogenous fer tilizer, nnd has had oven to increase licr uso of ammonium sulphato in this way since tho beginning vof tho war. Government Plant Insufficient. "Tho by-product coking nnd coal ga Industries of tho United Stntcs havo today a capacity of making 70,000 tons of ammonia per year. Within eighteen months they will lncrenso tills capacity to 110,000 tons. From 35 per cent to 40 per cent of this capacity Is for am monla In tho form of liquor, nnd, with slight adjustment of thoso plnnts rank lug sulphntc, this capacity for liquor can bo Increased to 55 per cent or moro, that Is, to 00,000 tous of nm monla. Tho recent appropriation by congress of $20,000,000 for n govern ment nitrate plant will, If devoted to a watcr-power-cyannmldo process In stallutlon, yield not over 20,000 tons of ammonia per year, and tho probable needs of tho government lu tho event of war havo been estimated at 180,' 000 tons of nitric ncld, corresponding to about 00,000 tons of ammonia "Germany makes all of her coke by tho by-product process nnd therefore Is uunblo to lncrenso her nmmonla out put from coko ovens without' lncrenso in coko production: America, how- over, by turning still moro from beo- Uncle Sam's Census Office Really Does Much Work THE burenu of tho census Is now completing tho manufactures census for 1014. This sounds ns though the figures might bo ancient, but how about the time when this census wns made public five years after the work was undertaken, nnd then we thought wo were lucky? As n matter of fact, very few of us realize tho tremendous nmount of work thnt is turned out by Undo Sam's census ofilce. In addition to tho manufactures census and the general population census, many other censuses are undertaken nt stated in tervals, such as the tobacco census, now tnken four times n yenr. Tho work of this division of the federal government, now tho greatest statistical offlco in tho world, repre sents the outgrowth nnd development of n century nnd a quarter of period ical, and, in recent yenrs, continuous, statistical Inquiry. While various labor-saving machines hnve been installed by the govern ment from time to time, thero is, perhaps, no bureau of the entire fabric of federal work that has benefited more by the uso of modern machinery, in fact, tho census offlco is doing today with the uso of machines whnt would bo absolutely impossible If hand labor had to be employed. From time to tlmo vnrlous reforms and improvements havo been inaugurated in this office, and nt present the current work on nil lines is practically up to date a condi tion whfch has not until recently existed during the bureau's history. According to officials of the bureau, the first use of mechanical appliances in tho compilation of census data was made during tho closing months of tho work on tho census of 1870, when a simple tallying machine was employed with good results. At tho census of 1800 there was Introduced n card system of tabulation, wtylch, with modifications nnd Improvements, is still employed. These cards are punched by what is known as a verification machine, which Is almost human in Its work, throwing out all cards with errors. Following this, tho cards are put through an uutomatlc sorting machine which takes care of soma 800 cards a minute; following which the card is placed in still another machine, which counts them nt the rate of 500 a minute, purely automatically, nnd finally they nro put Into still a fourth machine, which records each item of Information indicated on the enrd. ilk... I n Now YJrk. Medical men showed keen Interest when word reached this city thnt Dr, Edward G, Hosenow, head of tho bacteriological depart uicnt of tho Mayo foundation nt Rochester, Minn., had finally suc ceeded In isolating xho germ which, Judging fronj tho Invurlablo results of Not to bo outdone bv tho fair MIshls "ny experiments, la tho cnuso of In- 9f Harvard, l'tilo's fair rooters hnvo f""0 lmrnlynlB. decided on n V for their stockings. In Ouo Uiortunt result of Doctor this way Yulo hopes to offset tho effect Rosenow'a work hero during tlvo sum- of tho Harvard brand of rootlug in tho mer ho weut back to Minnesota only big game. When tho big gamo opens n fo days ago was tho discovery tno two rival teams will bo represent- that invariably tho cerm wnicn no nns ed by fair rooters with hosiery udoruod Isolated was found lu tho tonsils of with emblems. These now college children suffering from inrnntlio itocklncs which originated nt Hnrvnrd paralysis. Doctor Rosonow's expert- .Hreatcn to uo taken up by girl root- mcnta hero snoweu tnnt ciiuurcn sur- wb of all tho colleges. The effect of ferlnf from poliomyelitis who woro hi Kn rooiera urging tueir toam on not limiting n goon recovery snoweu to victory In tho big gamo promises to striking Improvement nfter tho ton cwmw a Bnatlon. I slls had been removed. Great Variety of Domes in the National Capital WASHINGTON possesses nn unusual number of domed buildings. Tne student or lover of nrchltecturo finds hero not only n great many, but a great variety of domes. It Is extraordinary that examples of all tho domes of the favorite schools of architecture are grouped within the limits of this city. Needless to sny, the capltol dome Is Washington's dome par excellence, Its size nlone gives it pre-eminence, nnd its beauty ranks it nmong tho great domes of tho world. Tho frame work of this dome is of iron and it weighs nearly 0,000,000 pounds. The keynote of its impresslveness is its mnsslvcncss; its curving sides, encircling rows of columns, vnrl shaped windows and graceful segmental ornamentations will always bo only nujuncts to its. impressive fenture Its size. In height the capltol dome reaches 287 feet Into tho air; its greatest diameter is 185 feet Washington's most beautiful dome surmounts tho Library of Congress. This has a diameter of 100 feet, making it nlmost as largo as that of tho capltol; but, offhand, one would certainly say that it is a much smaller dome. This is uue to Its shape. Tho library dome is an Italian renaissance typo and Is a flattened spherical vault. It Is built of stucco applied to a framework of Iron nnd steel, filled in with terra cottn. The domed roof is sheathed with copper, and over this 1b iuld the coating of gold leaf, 23 karats fine, As far as ornnmc.ntn.Ion goes, this domo is tho most exquisite in tho United States. The Interior walls nro superbly painted and adorned with arabesques. Tho National museum possesses n domo neither huge nor extremely ornate; yet it is one of the most pleasing domes to tho architectural eyo that is found in the city. It recalls the domo of the Pantheon at Rome; in tho matter of contour they nro quite similar. These nro Washington's thro official domes. In addltlou to them ore several church domes of largo dimensions nnd varying ornntencss. Tho Jewish synagogues of tho city glvo a Byzantino touch to tho capital's archi tectural horizon. Tho synngoguo at tho corner of Sixth and I streets has the truo Arabian dome. Significance of Good Digestion Is strongly reflected In your general health end happiness. For any digestive weak ness, liver and bowel trouble or malaria, fever and ague You should try HOSTETTER'S Stomach Bitters Cold Reception. "From tho dnys of my childhood," said Sir Knight Stnnze. "I was ambi tious to tread tho boards, and when I finally butted in among tho stngo ecenery, I felt that I was really due." "Well, how about it?" queried tho great tragedian, Count DoTles. "Alns, I was mistaken," continued tho near actor. "Beforo I had nlaved ono consecutive night I discovered- that instead of being duo I wns a frost." A GRATEFUL OLD LADY. Mrs. A. G. Clemens, West Alexan der, Pa., writes: I havo used Dodd's Kidney Pills, also Diamond Dinner Pills. Beforo using them I had suf fered for a number of years with backache, also tender spots on spine, nnd had, at ,tlraes black floating specks beforo my eyes. I also had lum bago and heart trou ble. Since using this mnfltMnn T hnvn hoon Mt.A.G.Clenieii relieved of my suf fering. It is ngrecablo to mo for you to publish this letter. I am glad to have an opportunity to say to all who are suffering ns I have dono that I obtained relief by using Dodd's Kid ney Pills nnd Diamond Dinner Pills. Dodd'a Kidney Pills 50c per box at your dealer or Dodd's Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. Dodd's Dyspepsia Tab lets for Indigestion havo been proved. oOc per box. Adv. FULL OF SPIRIT OF REVOLT Deep Feeling Against Injustice Was a Factor In the Career of Bobbie Burns. Revolt was temperamental and chronic in Burns. Sometimes this re volt was followed by n reaction of feeling; then the baffled rebel could only fall back upon resignation, upon n fatalism that soured the heart and turned mirth to melancholy, upon u pessimism that closed all doors of hope for tho poor with "added proofs that man was made to mourn," nnd 'death tho poor man's dearest friend, the kindest and tho best;" but this revolt wns a constant factor ,ln Burns' career. It made him tho fiery democrat, the Whig partisan ; It got him Into trouble by tempting him to approve in public of tho earliest outbursts of tho French revolution. And yet revolt was restrained in him by profound insight of tho law of com pensation. Ho percefved that hon est poverty, clean, well mannered, blessed with reverence, was never tho fit object of pity, for the poor, ou the average, were more happy than the rich. Motor cars fitted with X-ray apparat us are used extensively by tho French Red Cross society. Douglasvlllc, N. J., has n dwelling occupied continuously for 200 years. hwo to by product coking,, can moro Washington Discovers It Has an Official motto tlinii ilnlililn linr ninmnnln nrniltipflnn I without an lncrenso of coko. Further more, tho production and uso of coko In America havo every prospect of ran terlul increase, giving still larger am monia production. "Tho nitrogen reserves In tho mln- nble coal of tho United States (not In cluding peat) amount to 30,000,000, 000 tons. The nmount recovernblo by present Industrial motliods of carbon ization In ovens or gasifying lu by product producers Is at least 0,000,000 tons. From tho bituminous coul mined In tho United States in lOlfl, 1,000,000 tons of nitrogen wero tbui recover able, If nil such coal hud been coked or gasified. "Tho nppnratus and procestifcs for recovery of fixed nltrog-su from coal nro not complicated, expensive or Im practical. Purification c tho nin- monla to nny degreo is practicable and J not costly." tl UST1TIA Omnibus." Discovered; tho motto of tho city of Washington. m v. J. Donovan, secretary to tno noum or commissioners, recently re ceived from Edwin F. Manchester n letter inquiring whether It was true that Washington Is tho only city in tho United States without a motto. Secretary Donovan frankly ad mitted that ho didn't know. Neither did several other officials. But not so Dr, William Tlndnll, assistant secretary. Doctor Tlndnll has written n his tory of Washington dating back to the tlmo when tho town pump wns located at Fourteenth strcot and Pennsylvania uremic, so ho ought to know. "Justitln Omnibus" (Justlco for all), Is Washington's motto. The legislative nssembly on August 81, 1871, passed an act prescribing u design for tho seal of tho District of Columbia. Tho legendary inscription on tho seal is "Justitla Omnibus." This, Doctor Tlndnll says, Is obviously flio motto of tho city of Washington nnd tho Dis trict, though Washington Is only n geographical designation of a portion of the District, and has been bo slnco February 21, 1871. (When The Doctor Says "Quit" many tea or coffee drink ers find themselves in the grip of a "habit" and think they can't. But they can easily by changing to the delicious, pure food-drink, POSTUM Tlii3 fine cereal beverage contains true nourishment, but no caffeine, as do tea and coffee. Postum makes for com fort, health, and efficiency. "There's a Reason" v