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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. WHiTLOCK DEPICTS BELGIANS' MISERY Calls Deportation of Natives "One of the Foulest Deeds That History Records." VON HINDENBURG IS BLAMED Marshal Quarreled With Von Biasing Because Latter's Policy Was Mild -Says German Capacity for Blundering Equals That for Cruelty. Wellington. Tliu stuto department mode public a report from llriinil Whltloclt, written at IlruHscIs in .liui uary, when lie was the American min ister to Belgium, In which he describes the terrlhle effects of the tierinnn pol icy of deporting Belgians to Geriiiimy to compel them to work there, Since Hip beginning of Hie war In Europe, thla Is Hip first report from Mr, Wlilt iock that the state lepartment has per mitted to reach the American people. Allowing for all exaggeration. Mr. Whltloclt says there remains enough to slump this deed as one of the foul est that lilstory records." Statements made by Minister Whit lock suggest that Field Marshal von Hlndonburg. was responsible for the deportation policy- Ho was said to have criticized as too mild tliu rule of Clcncrnl von Biasing, tlie military gov ernor of Jtolgltim, and sent Von Hiss ing to Berlin with the Intention of re signing. When Von Hissing returned the rulgn of terror In Helglum began. Tli report from Mr. Whltlock reads ns follows: "In order to fully understand the sltonMon, It Is necessary to go back to tl'e autumn of 11)11. At the time we mro organizing the relief work, the Comlte National the Helglan re lief organization that collaborates with the commission for relief In Belgium proposed an arrangement by which tho Belgian government should pay Its owl employees left In Helglum, ami other unemployed men besides, the wrwes they had been accustomed to re ce'vo. "The Helglans wished to do tills for humanitarian and patriotic pur poses; they wished to provldo the un employed with the means of livelihood, and, at tho same time, to prevent their working for tho Oermans. Tempts German Cupidity. "Tho policy was adopted and has been continued In practice and on tho rolls of tho Comlto National have been boroo tho names of hundreds of thou sandssome 700,000. I believe of Idle men receiving (Tils dole, distributed through tho communes. 'Tho presenco of these unemployed, however, was a constant temptation to Gorman cupidity, Many times they sought to obtain tho lists of tho chomeurs (unemployed), hut were nl wnyfl foiled by tho claim that under tho guaranties covering tho relief work tho records of tho Comlte Na tional and Its various sub-orgunlzu-tlons were Immune. Ilather than risk nny Interruptions of tho rnvltnlllo inent, for which, while loath to own nny obligation to America, the Ger mans have always been grateful, since It has had tho effect of keeping tho population calm, the authorities never pressed tho point other than with tho burgomasters of tho communes. Final ly, however, tho military party, always brutal and with nu astounding Ignor unco of public opinion and of moral sentiment, determined to put these Idht men to work. "In August Von Illndenhurg Was ap pointed to tho supremo command. Ho U mild to huvo criticized Von HIhsIiik'h policy na too mild ; there jvas n quar rel; Von Hissing went to Berlin to protest, threatened to reulgn, but did not. ljo returned, and a German of ficial hero said that Helglum would now bo subjected to a more terrlblo regime, would learn wlmt war was. Tho prophecy litis been vindicated. "Tho deportations began In October In tlio etnpo, nt Ghent and at Hruges. The policy spread; the rich Industrial districts of LIhlnau'., the mines and steel works about Charlorol were next attacked; now they are seizing men In Drnbnnt, oven In Hrussels, despite some Indications, and even predictions of tho civil authorities, that tho policy was about to be abandoned. Heavy Penalties Fixed. "During the last fortnight men have boon Impressed here In Hrussels. hut their seizures hero are made evidently SOUtH TO DO ITS PART IN RAISING MORE FOOD Dalian, Tex. Southwestern farmers are bending oveiy ener gy to plant food and feed crops. Spurred on by better prices than ever known to prevail In the iSoutliweHt for foodstuffs and J iVnmed by the government that jnless extraordinary efforts are t Miado by tho farmers this season ' Jio country will face n serious "ood shortage, tho fanners are ' iitantlng a great deal of ImiuI in ' . I....... .......... ...I.I..,. III . . . t . nitieu vropa which win ueip recti i i'"'"11 " " " iuugu ui anoiii- vho nation. In tho northern part Ji or must 1,0 80 011 fo,,t r In vans of tho great Southwest, where t drawn by tho few miserable horses winter wheat was killed hv an ' ' "ro loft. Tho wagons of tho brew- unfavorable winter, some fann t I ers have planted spring wheat I FOUGHT TYPHUS IN SERBIA Dr. Edward W. Ityan, bolder of the cross of the Legion of Honor (shown pinned on his coat), and many Serbian decorations, has returned to Serbia to organize the sanitary and relief work In that country. Ho goes at the spe cial request of the Serbian government. This doctor Is the Idol of nil Serbia. When tho typhus plague broke out In that country at the beginning of the war, he was left to take care of 'J.OOO patients all alone, the other doctors and nurses being sick with the disease. Doctor Kyan himself fell a victim to tho dread disease shortly after the re-1 covery of some of the other physicians. For his great work during this terrible time he was decorated by tho French government with tho cross of the Le gion of Honor, and also honored by tho Serbian government. with much greater care than In the provinces, with more regard for the appearances. There was no public an nouncement of the Intention to deport, but suddenly about ten days ago, cer tain men In towns whose names aro on the list of cliomenrs receiving sum mons, notifying them to report at one of tho railway stations on a given day, penalties were fixed for failure to re spond to the summons and there was printed on the card an offer of em ployment by the German government, either In Germany or Belgium. "On tho first day, out of about l.fiOO ' operations ever performed nt that In men ordered to present themselves at J stltutlon. the Gare du Midi, about 7G0 responded, t As soon as ho had been ndmlttcd to 'I hose wero examined by German phy-1 slclans and !100 wero taken. There was no disorder, a large force of mounted uhlans keeping back tliu crowds and barring access to the station to all but ' thoso who had been summoned to ap pear. The commission for relief In Helglum had secured permission to give to each deported man a loaf of bread and some of the communes pro vided warm clothing for thoso who had none and In addition a small lluauclal allowance. . "As by one of tho Ironies of llfo the winter baa been more excessively cold than Helglum has evn- known It. and I whllo some of those who presented themselves were adequately protected against tho cold, many of them were . without overcoats. The men shivering from cold and fear, the parting from weeping wives and children, the har riers of brutal uhlans, all this made tho scene u pltlablo and distressing one. "It was understood that the seizures would continue here In Hrussels, but on Thursday last, a bitter cold day, those that hud been convoked wero sent home without examination. It Is supposed Hint the severe weather has moved tho Germans to postpone the deportations. Rage and Despair. "Tho rage, tho terror, and tho despair excited by this measure all over Hoi Hlum were beyond anything we had witnessed since the day tho Germans poured Into ilrussels, Tho delegates of the commission fir relief In Helglum. returning to Hrussels, told the most distressing storlos of the scenes of cruelty and sorrow attending the seiz ures. And dally, hourly, almost, since that time, appalling stories have been related by nelglaua coming to tho le gation, It Is Impossible for us to veri fy them, llrst because It Is necessary for us to exercise all possible tact In dealing with the subject at nil, and, secondly, because there Is no means of communication between the Occupa tions Geblet and tho Etappen Goblet. "Transportation everywhere In Hel glum Is dllllcult, the vicinal railways scarcely operating any more because of tho lack of oil. whllo all the horses huvo been taken. The people who are ri.M.l.iil fnilm ..III.. a . mi, nu.- miu iiiniiiuiiuu line IIIO lior- mans huvo scrupulously respected, are nun ny ukuii, '"''lie well-known tendency of sensa- tloiinl reMirts to exaggerate them selves, especially In time of iir. an ! In a situation like that existing here with no newsMi?rs to serve as n dully clearing house for all the rumors that are ns avidly believed as they are eag erly repented, should, of course, bo considered, hut even If a modicum of all that Is told Is true, there st'.ll re mains enough to stamp this deed ns one of the foulest that lilstory records. "I am constantly In receipt of re ports from all over Helglum that tend to bear out the stories one constantly henrs of brutality and cruelty. A num ber of men sent back to Mens are said to be In a dying condition, many of them tubercular. At Mallues and nt Antwerp returned men have died, their friends asserting that they have been victims of neglect and cruelty, of cold, of exposure, of hunger. Promises Are Not Kept. "I have bad requests from the bur gomasters of ten communes from La Lotivlcro, asking that permission bo obtained to send to the deported men In Germany packages of food similar to those that are being sent to pris oners of war. Thus far the German authorities have refused to permit tills except In special Instances, and re turning Helgi ns claim that even when such packages are received they aro used by the camp authorities only as another means of coercing them to sign tho agreements to work. "It is said that In spite of tho liberal salary promised thoso who would sign voluntarily no money has as yet been received In Helglum from workmen In Germany. "One Interesting result of tho de portations remains to be noted, a re sult that once more places In rellof the German capacity for blundering al most as great as the German capacity for cruelty. "They have dealt a mortal blow to any prospect they may ever have bad of being tolerated by the population of Flanders; in tearing away from nearly every humble home in the land a hus band and a father or a son and brother they have lighted a lire of hatred that .will never go out; they have brought homo to every heart In the land, In a way that will Impress Its horror Indel ibly on the memory of three genera tions, a realization of what German methods mean, not, as with the early atrocities In the bent of passion and the first lust of war, but by on.o of thoso deeds that make one despair of ,. fuluro of tnp iIUInmi rnct., ,ieul coldly planned, studiously matured, and deliberately and systematically exe cuted, a deed so cruel that German sol diers are said to have kept In Its exe cution, and- so monstrous that oven German olllcors nro now said to bo ashamed." IS CURED OF BROKEN BACK Remarkable Surgical Operation Saves the Life of Victim of Automo bile Accident. Wilmington, Del. Kohert Haldwln, twenty-one, of Ilcllovue, whoso back was broken on February 2 when an automobile he was driving turned over on 111 in, has been released from tho Delaware hospital as cured, after one of the most delicate and remarkable tho hospital ho was placed on tho operating table and tho tenth verte bra removed from his spine. This bono was broken, and In addition three other vertebrao wero dislocated. Dr. Harold Springer of this city performed tho operation, which Is said to be one of tho most dllllcult and rarely successful. A. recent morning Haldwln walked a dlstanco of a city block with tho aid of crutches. Ills legs wero weak, but ho found no trou ble In getting around with tho cni'"Jjes. Ho Is arranging to bo ex- nlblted beforo surgical clinics In sev era! cities. FISH STORY SEASON OPENS How Will This Little Yarn From.Wy omlng Do for a Starter? Sundance, Wyoming. Tho opening of the Ashing season brings tho story of a man who caught an nqnrlum with his llrst cast. Fishing In Sand creek, a small stream near this place, from which no llsh weighing more thnn two pounds before had ever been taken, John Guldlnger captured n trout weigh ing l!l pounds ten ounces and meas uring it" Inches long. Ho was amazed, but was more amazed when bo opened the catch to discover a 112-Inch trout In Its stomach. In .tho smaller trout ho found a 7-lnch horned dace and In side the dace a three-Inch sucker. In the sucker were a grasshopper, three tiles and a rusty fishhook. PORTLAND MAN INVENTS MARVELOUS TORPEDO I'ortlnM. Ore. Frank E. Ken ney of this city has Invented n new type of torpedo, designed to travel In tho air or through tho water. Ho Is declared to huvo received an offer for tho device from the English government, but refused It to give It to tho Unit ed States government. Testa of tho torpedo Imvo been mado nt Pacific const naval Btn tlons. It la declnred that when tested, tho torpedo, nfter travel ing moro than live miles through tho air, dropped Into tho water, righted Itself, plunged through steel nets nnd struck u target at which It bud been aimed. Washington Woman's Idea of a "Simple Dinner" 'ASHINGTON. More than a score have signed u pledge which hinds three courses, to have one mentless day 1 yH Wm J L I Utiit 4 Mi Br OWP . "WW TEtS3$ I m Jw, violating tho spirit of the vow. After nil. simplicity and economy never serve1 as synonyms each for the other, nnd every woman Is aware that an "elegant simplicity" Is Invariably appallingly costly. A deeper meaning may well bo! read into tho provisions of the pledge, and Economy made the handmaid of' Simplicity. i Tho Intention of the women of tho capital Is most praiseworthy; women; of other cities may emulate them, sure of the approbation of the nation. Woj cannot foretell the length of tho struggle In which we have taken a hand: we do know It will lny a heavy burden of exceptional demands for self-restraint waste neither food nor money. Scout Gets Reptile i SCORE one for Young America I The hands that once twisted the lion's tall, tho hands that In '01 and '05 twisted tho Adam's apple of tho Copperhead, have worthy successors In the small but cnpablo hands that gripped with a red-tummled water snake, fighting for Its life. N A khakl-clnd youngster of twelve, benrlng tho nnmo of Courtland Ogden nnd wearing the uniform of Hoy Scout Troop seven did the trick. It was tho beat "get" of the day for tho Reptile Study society. The encounter took place In tho marshy meadows adjacent to tho quiet waters of the Potomac river. With i . t , . . . . . ma scnmr partner in llio crnit 01 ui.n.w,..! .... I I . . 1 "l !.,.. i . 1 1 1 r- It'll nu. 111.-111 nuiiuiIKi UUCLlur JVIIUI1 B. Wll- Unnia of the Reptile Study society, Ogdon wns beating the hushes and leaving no stone unturned In tho hope of uncovering one of the possum-playing wrig glers. Suddenly Mr. Wllllnms let out a shout. "There's one now, Courtland," ho exclaimed. "Ilead him off I" Mr. Williams lunged nt the crawler, but the bushes were In his way. Courtland, who being built n bit nearer the ground was in better form for Instnntaneoua action, dived under the bushes from the otber side. One grab and tho snake wns his. The creature, enraged, turned nnd wrapped Itself nround Courtlnnd's forearm, but with tho dexterity of n professional, ho clapped tho thumb and forefinger of bis free hnnd over the head of bis quarry and by tho tlmo re-enforcements came up he was nursing tenderly in his arm one of tho finest specimens of n red and old-gold reptile that ever Infested tho Jungles of tho District. Capita! All Ready for Confederate Veterans THE fierce "rebel yell," blending In cadence with tho Inspiring strains of "Tho Star-Spanglcd Bnnner," will awnken tho echoes and arouse patriotic enthusiasm at tho twenty-seventh annual reunion of the United Confederato "Stonewall" Jackson nnd other Southern generals will bo an object lesson worth whllo. Tho venerable veterans of Dixie will be participants In tho making of moving pictures of n past ago on the nation's screen at Washington. Col. Robert N. Ilnrper, chalrmnn of tho general committee of citizens in chnrgo of tho reunion, announces that plans for tho great gathering are progressing notwithstanding tho pntrlotlc activities Incident to the declara tion of war against Germany. It has been definitely decided that tho big parado shall take placo Thursday, Juno 7, nt 11 o'clock n. m. By direction of Gen. George P. Harrison, commanding tho United Confederato Veterans, tho business sessions of thnt organization, Including the annual election of ofllcers, will bo held June C, 0 nnd 7. Other events In tho snmo week will bo tho conventions of the Sons of Confederato Veterans, tho Daughters of tho Confederacy and the Confederated Southern Memorial association, besides regimental reunions, nnd the soclnl functions which always are elaborate features of tho reunions. Tho citizens of Washington nro responding liberally to tho call of II. F. Cnry, chnlrmnn of tho finance committee, for funds to entertain and caro for their guests from tho Sunny Southland. Inspection Has No Terrors fop Girl Rookies THERE was a sllckln' and n shlnln' nnd a general tldylng-up abtut the camp of tho girl rookies on Conduit road one morning last week. Tsnts wero mado spick-and-span, dusty boots wero shlned till they glistened In tho sun, khaki skirts and blouses wero dusted ' nnd shaken until every pnrtlclo of Conduit road und drllltleld was flung therefrom for It was inspection day nt tho National Service school, second encampment. Commnndimt Elizabeth Poo and Lieut. Mlrlum Ilubbnrd, officer of tho day, made tho rounds of tho tents. Tho girl soldiers stood nt attention outside their canvas homes ns the in specting officers, races sjern nnd shoul ders squared, mado their tour. Hero nnd thero was i word of advice, commendation, or reprlmnnd. For girl rook ies, though very good soldiers, still have things to lenrn about camp life. A week ago they wero Just beginning. At tho end of tho Inspection tour the officers said they wero pleased. Tho officer of tho day, unofficially, of course, mado tho announcement thnt every thing wns perfectly lovely. Following Inspection ninny of tho girl soldiers obtained lenvo nnd visited relatives and friends back home In Washington. Discipline wns relaxed nnd tho girls roamed about tho camp or received congratulating hosts of friends and relatives. Just outside tho entrnnco to tho enmp thero Is n confectionery shop, which Bella lco cream cones, enndy, popcorn, enko, nnd plcturo postcards, but no clga ultes. It's nmnzlng, tho amount of lco cream n girl rookie, following n hard march, can consume. When the drill hour Is over In tho morning dusty rookies Hock to tho Ice cronm cono dispensary, and tho cones which are bought would como near weighing, In tho aggregate, ns much ns a nlx-lnch shell. of prominent women of Washington them to serve no meal of more than a week, and to simplicity In dress nnd entertaining. One of the number re cently Inaugurated the ".slmple-dln-ners" era by serving a three-course re past to IS guests, with less elaborate adjuncts In tho way of decorations, favors, etc. The menu, ns published, could hnrdl.v be termed economical : It included llllct of beef, one of tho most' expensive cuts, fresh usparagus, peas nnd strawberries. To defeat the nnr. pose of a pledge to simplicity by serv ing fewer courses but of more costly viands Is observing the letter while taxation upon us and that there will be, and sacrifice and labor. Wo should as Trophy of Chase sJ v jF ' Veterans to be held nt Washington the week beginning June 4. As the men In gray pnrade over tho wide stretches of Pennsylvania avenue, sometimes termed tho "na tional boulevard," the Impulse will come to sound their battle cry of moro than CO years ago, when this country wn8 engaged in n great In ternecine war. At this time when tho United States Is at war with a great foreign power, the plcturo of tho pa rading units of tho armies of Lee. IMPROVED QUALITY OF EGGS; This May Be Brought About by Care ful Selection for Incubation Use Old Hens. (By T. E. QtAtSENUEimV, Missouri.) How are we to breed so that wo may Improve tho qunlKy of the eggs? We know It to be a fact that a hen lnys essentially the same color and shape egg year In and yenr out. Of courso wo know thnt the first eggs of n pul let nro smnll nnd will gradually In crease In size until they reach tholr normal state. We also know thnt In varieties of poultry which lay brown eggs tho last eggs of a "litter" will be somewhat llgr.ter In color than will the first eggs laid, so wo can see that tho shape and color of nn egg chnnges slightly. In attempting to breed to Improva ble quality of eggs, we advlso the se lection of esgs for Incubation only of Incubator With Removable Nursery: Underneath Egg Tray. the kind which you wish to produce If you want dcnd-whlto eggs, do not incubate any that aro tinted In tho least. If you want n pure, uniform brown egg, then select only that kind See that nono of them weigh less than two ounces nnd nro of the perfect shape which you desire, nnd nil of sound, smooth shell. Use males for mating with these selected hens that were hatched from hens thnt lay the same kind of an egg. Use tho same process of selection the following year,, and In n short period of time you will find that the number of eggs which will have to bo culled out will grow gradually less and less. A much larger percentage of your eggs will grade ns flrsts. It Is ndvlsablo to use hens for breed ing purposes because they lay a larger egg than tho pullets, and they lny, fewer eggs In the fall and winter nnd aro In much better condition for breeding purposes In tho spring months than nro tho pullets. SMALL EGGS LACK VITALITY Reject All Those Weighing Less Than, Two Ounces for Hatching Also Those Misshapen. Thero Is good reason to believe thnt small eggs and lack of vitality go to gether. Reject for setting purposes nil eggs that weigh less than two ounces each, for small eggs produco srnall chicks. A breeder has no business to send, out smnll, misshapen eggs nnd If suclt nro received the buyer has good cnuso to expect poor results. YOUNG CHICKS NEED WARMTH Be Careful In Removing Little Fellows From Incubator Prevent Chill ing Is Main Thing. In removing chicks from tho Incu bator to tho brooder great caro must bo taken to prevent them from being chilled. This can well bo accom plished by plnclng them In n basket and covering them with n woolen cloth laid lightly over the chicks or with burlap or cotton cloth laid over tho basket. A shallow wooden box having a muslin cover makes a very convenient chick carrier. Tho main thing to do Is to prevent hilling. Cnre should be taken to have tho temperature of tho brooder about tho same ns thnt of tho Incubator, that Two White Wyandottes, Both Same Age and Raised and Fed In Same Way An Example of Proper and Improper Methods of Selection and. Breeding. Is, at. 08 degrees to 100 degrets Fah renheit under tho hover. Tho temper ature should bo lowered gradually nhout flvo degrees per week until dur ing the fourth week It Is running at 85 degrees. If very high temperatures nro maintained for long periods It lowers the vitality of the brood nniL many deaths uro sure to result. Itfhyii Hps