THE 8EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
RED CROSS MEN WIN FAME FOR HEROISM ABROAD
Major Murphy Tells of Deeds of
Bravery by Americans on
Several Battle Fronts.
MANY GET SPECIAL HONORS
Vast Activities of the Organization Are
Described Field Service Now Has
Forty Sections Actually on
Duty on the French Front
Pnrls. Deeds of heroic courage hy
Anicrlcnn Red CrosH men on several
battle fronts have Just been described
liere In n statement by MuJ. Grayson
P. Murphy. American Ucd Cross com
missioner for Europe, lie nlso 'gives
details of the vast and many-sided ac
tivities the organization has been car
rying on, which now are being multi
plied many times.
Following out Its previously an
nouueed project, the commission ban
already established relief and rest sta
tions for the troops at points whero
they must lie over while In transit from
the base receiving camps to the train
ing camps near the front. Owing to
the demoralized condition of tho
French railways, troops are often
obliged to spend between 48 and 72
hours In making u Journey that could
ordinarily bo accomplished In 12 bourn.
The cars In which they ure trans
ported are frequently small French
freight cars, Into which 30, more often
10, men are crowded. The result bus
been that cases of measles, mumps,
diphtheria and on numerous occasions
more serious diseases have broken out
among the men. To provldo agaln.it
such an exigency, stntlon dispensaries,
each containing ten beds, n doctor and
two nurses, huvo been opened. Sus
pected cases or men asking for treat
ment ure handled Immediately Instend
of awultlng for tho arrival of tho train
nt its destination. The patients are
visited each day by some member of
the Red Gross, who brings them tobac
co, sweets or something to read, tho
purchases being made from the funds
which the United States has so gener
ously subscribed.
Another activity of thu Red Cross
consists In tho bringing to Franco of
about twenty Belgian police dogs,
which will be trained to go out and
look for wounded. The dogs have
been tried out In other armies, notably
tho French and Russian, and have
reuched a high degree of proficiency
In their work.
Training the Dogs.
Tho method of training Is to start
in to teach tho Jg to fetch an object,
usually u man's cap. Then ho Is taught
to seek out the wearer of the cup, to
return and lead the trainer to tho
wearer, supposedly wounded. The dogs
have also been used with great suc
cess In detecting the presence of
wounded men caught In tho enemy's
wlro entanglements and unable to es
cape through weakness.
With the formal transfer of tho
American ambuluuco to tho American
, army, the ambulance ceases to exist,
in name, as an auxiliary service of
tho French army, although It will bo
virtually continued as such until such
time as the American army decides It
needs it for Its own uses. Tho Amer
ican nmhulauco is not, however, at
tho present tlmo under tho control of
tho Red Cross, although that develop
ment may later occur.
Two of tho most recent members
of tho ambulance to receive the war
cross and army citations arc Haslt K
Noftcl of Larchmont, N. Y., leader of
Section 17 of tho Held service, and
Orn R. McMurruy of Madison, Wis.,
n grnduuto of tho University of Wis
cousin. Noftcl has been over a year
In tho service, and hns been twice
wounded In the performance of his
duty.
Flvo other Americans huvo won hon
ors for conspicuous bravery under
shell tire In tho Salonlca region. All
of them are members of Section 10 of
tho American Held service, and for tho
last nine mouths have been engaged
In the Hnlknns, for tho most part be
fore Monastlr, whero they faced the
doublo danger of enemy shells and tho
Nations at war with Germnny,
How World Lines Up Against Kaiser;
Germany Faces Odds of Eight to One jS
A 1 M
populations of the various countries, follow:
1914. Relations Broken. X
Population
ft Serbia, July 28
a r . ffr
Italy, May 23 37,398,000
sun rviarino, Juti z... i?,uuu
1lr0.
ft Portugal, March 10., ,
15,208,00
7,508,000
V
Roumanla, August 27..
1917.
ft United States, April 6. 113,168,000
Cuba, April z.ouu.uuu
ft Pnnama, April 9 427,000
2 Greece, July 27 4,821,000
' Slam, July 22 8,149,000
CMna, August T4...... 320,650,000
$ J-
ft Total 1,313,807,000
$
j nussia, August i ifD,i3r,uuu uouvia, April io ,uyo,vjuu
ft Franco, August 3 07,429,000 Costa Rica, April 26... 431,000 ft
$ Belgium, August 22,571,000 Guatemala, April 28... 2,003,000 )
Great Britain, August 4 439,959,000 Liberia, May 10 1,800,000 ft
ft Montenegro, August 7.. 516,000 Honduras, May 18 562,000
V Japan, August ?... . . 73,007,000 Santo Domingo, June 17 710,000 $
M in0. Total 33,014,000 W
NOTED ENGLISH BEAUTY
Viscountess Curzon, wife of Vis
count Curzon, eldest son of Earl Howe,
is considered the most beautiful wom
an In the English nobility. She Is the
only daughter of the lato colonel, tho
lion. Montagu Curzon. The beautiful
viscountess has two children.
Her romarknblo beauty hns mado
her famous Internationally. Sho Is
one of the most popular women In
court circles. Viscountess Curzon
since the outbreak of tho war, like
many other members of the nobility
and soclnl set, bus been spending n
great deal of her tlmo at war relief
work.
Viscount Curzon Is commnnder of
tho Royal Naval Volunteer reserves.
Ho was aboard the Queen Elizabeth,
the great English supcrdrendnuught,
during the Dardanelles operations.
Ho Is still aboard that vessel.
virulent fevers that periodically make
their nppenrnnoo In tho lowlands of
Macedonia during the summer months.
"For both bravery and distinguished
conduct," their citations read, "an ab
solute dlsregurd of the personal risks
to which they exposed themselves and
their spontaneous action In bringing
In the wounded from the most ad
vanced positions," tho War Cross has
been awarded to each of tho follow
ing: W. D. Swan of IJoston, James
Hurley of Knoxvllle, Tenn.; Frank
Fltzslmmons of Now York, Klmber
ley Stuurt of Saginaw, Mich.: and
John EUIston of Los Angeles, Cal.
For Unusual Bravery.,
In nddltlon to the Croix do Guerre,
or War Cross, EUIston was singled
out for special distinction, being
award the Cross with I'alms, which
means an act of unusual bravery.
During a local engagement around
Monastlr In which tho French wero
endeavoring to take a strongly held
trench that formed tho advanced ele
ment of a Bulgarian salient, the
troops advanced to the attack about
four In tho morning, before tho sun
had made any activity almost Intoler
able. Ry llvo o'clock the blue-coated pollus
had swarmed over the Uulgnrlan en
trenchments, bayoneting or bombing
any of tho enemy who remained to
offer reslstnnce. Tho enemy counter
attack was slow In organizing, and
tho pollus begun tho tiresome work
of consolidating tho position. Almost
at high noon tho violence In the en
emy's shell ilro presaged tho coming
counter-attack. Fifteen minutes lu
tcr tho IMilgars came over tho top of
their second lino of defenso and burled
themselves on the small band of
French.
The latter held tlrm and not only
succeeded In driving oft tho counter
attack, but chased the enemy back to
their second line, blowing, up tho
dugouts and putting a number of
machine guns out of nctlon. It wns
during tho lntcnso heat of tho mid
day and the concentrated lire of the
Bulgarian heavy guns that the
stretcher-hourers hod to go out In tho
open and pick up tho wounded. No
futilities wero at hand for their treat
ment, uml an ambulance wns asked
with the date of declaration anil
Population V
n 1 1 a II rt n. a . , inr
The Germanic strengh lines up jS
us follows: ,
Central Powers. J
Austria, July 28, 1914. 49,882,000 ft
Germany, Aug. 1, 1914,
Turkey, Nov. 3, 1914,.
Bulgaria, Oct. 4, 1915..
80,661,000
21,274,000
4,755,000 ft
V
Total 156,572,000 ft
Recapitulation. J
At war with Germany. 1,313,807,000 C
Relations .broken 33,014,000 M
Antl-Germari 1,346,821,000
Germanic allies 156,572,000 $
Neutral ,vvorld 188,358,000 &
World's population ...1,691,751,000 ft
ft
T4
for to evneunte the wounded, who
were In dire straits.
EUIston volunteered for the work.
During the heaviest part of the bom
bardment, while the enemy guns
wero still showering high explosive
shells on tho newly won territory, ho
drove his machine over the rough,,
shell-pitted ground. Instend of tho
sign of the Red Cross diverting tho,
Rulgnrlnn lire, It seemed rather to
attract It. Shrapnel nnd tenr-com-polling
shells burst nil nround the
young American, but under the mo'st
terrific lire he thrice made the Jour
ney In safety and carried to the base
hospital every dangerously wounded
case.
Lose 50 Ambulance Chassis.
Charles M. Ashton of Philadelphia
was on duty nt a relief post follow
ing up tho French advance In tho
Champagne and also awaiting tho cnll
to drive his machine to the front.
The Germans wero vigorously shell
ing the entire district when n shrap
nel shell burst within twenty feet of
tho young man's ambulnnce. Two of
the bnlls struck him, one In the ab
domen, the other In the nnn, while n
piece of the shell Inflicted a nasty
wound on his leg. Thanks to tho
prompt nctlon of the surgeons, her
will recover, but will probably be
Invalided out of the service.
Despite the loss of fifty nmbulnnco
chassis when the steamer Orleans, the'
first Amerlcnn ship to run' the Ger
man submarine blockade, wns tor
pedoed about a month ago, the
American field service succeeded In
placing throe new ambulnnce section)
In the Held last week and two nddl
tlonnl transport sections.
One of the ambulance sections, No.
J10, Is composed entirely of Harvard
men, with Ralph R. Richmond of
Milton, Mass., ns section commnnder.
Transport section No. 242 hns nlso u
number of nnrvord men In Its ranks,
Its commander being n Harvard boy,
Thomas n. Dougherty of Philadel
phia. Transport section L Is com
manded by George O. Struby of Den
ver, Colo., n Yale graduate, who hns
already won glory and tho war cross
for bravery In nctloH, while the other
two ambulance sections. No. 00 nnd
No. 70, ure commnndod by Chnrles
A. Butler of New York, a gradunto
of Columbia, and Arthur J. Putnnm
of Deposit, N. Y a Cornell man, re
spectively. Altogether, the field service now
hns forty sections actually In service
at various parts of tho French front,
of which twenty-nine nre nmbulnnco
sections, for transporting tbo wound
ed', nnd eleven transport sections, for
tho handling of munitions nnd sup
plies. This represents u personnel of
close to 2,500 volunteers, for the most
part young Americans from tho best
families In tho United States.
Amerlcnn nvlntors flying with the
French forces enmo In for their share
of mishaps during tho pnst week.
Lnwrenco Scnnlon of Cednrhurst, L.
I., otherwise known ns "Red" Scan
Ion, had one of tho nnrrowest escapes
on record when his machine, getting
out of control, fell from a height of
.100 feet and crashed onto the roof
of nn army bakery nt Avord, the
French training camp for aviators.
Scnnlon wns making a trlnl flight
In u Nleuport nnd had circled around
In the most approved professional
manner, and had started to descend.
Of n sudden his motor stopped. Never
before having had experience with a
"panne do motour," the young nvin
tor decided the best course was to get
to the earth with the least possible
loss of time. He aimed for the avia
tion field, but nn error In Judgment
or n stray gust of wind .drove hint
too far, and ho enme down upon the
bakery roof with n force that drove
tho nose of tho Nleuport clear
through.
Unhurt, but slightly stunned, Scnn
lon scrambled out of the debris nnd
climbed down off tho roof by means
of n ladder that had been left propped
against the wall. Just ns he started
off to report the captain of the enmp
came rushing up, and seeing Scnnlon
going nway from tho scene of tho ac
cident, ordered him back to nsslst In
tho removnl of the supposedly dead
man, or to go cull a doctor If It wns
discovered ho was seriously wounded.
Scnnlon snluted the captain, suylng:
"He's all right, captain."
"How do you know? Who was It
that fell?" demanded the captain.
'"Twiib I, captain," replied the
young American, saluting again.
"Well, you have hud tho most re
markable escape I huvo ever wit
nessed," declared tho cnptaln. "Young
man, you wero never mado to bo In
jured by n full from an airplane.'"
The speed with which It fell wn
such that tho noso wns completely
burled Inside tbo bakery, leaving only
six feet of the tall protruding through
tho outside of tho roof.
JILTED MAN WILLED $5,000
Girl's Father Leaves Bequest as Balm
for Young Man's Wounded
Feelings.
Guthrie, Okla. Mrs. Mary A.
Thompson and Florence Hrooks of Rip
ley, have filed an action In tho county
court here contesting tho will of Wal
ter .7. Thompson, husband anil fntho-,
respectively, of the contestants, who
loft them little of his estnte of $50,000.
Ono of tbo clauses which they par
ticularly attack gives $f,000 to Amos
Yates, n young ninn studying for tho
priesthood of tho Mormon church, tlw
money being willed him as bnlm for
his ' feelings because of bis having
been refused In mnrrlugo by the daugh
ter who 1b contesting the. w'U
HOW TO AVOID BITTER MILK
Use of Laxative Feeds Is Recommend
ed as Preventive Churning
Difficulties Relieved.
Roth the qunllty nnd qunntlty of a
herd's milk production depend on the
physical fitness of tho cows as well
ns on the nutrients In tho feed. Rlttcr
milk nnd milk with n strong odor both
Indicate that something In the cow's
digestive system Is out of order. A
few doses of Epsom suits nre frequent
ly of benefit, but n better method Is
to choose the feed that disorders will
not occur.
Among dairy feeds that nre in
clined to be constipating nnd a cnuse
of bitter milk are corn fodder, corn
stover, timothy hay (and most hays ex
'cept those from leguminous crops like
clover nnd alfalfa), nil straws, cotton
seed inenl.
Among the feeds thnt are lnxntive
In their effect on the system are lin
seed meal, wheat bran, silage, hay
from the legumes, roots, tubers and
fruits, all fresh green feeds.
Tho use of feeds lu the second list
will in u lurge measure prevent bit
ter milk and also the dlfllcultles of
churning cream skimmed from such
milk.
CALF PRECAUTIONS
. Feed regularly.
. Feed at proper tempcra-
e (100 degrees Farenhelt).
. Feed Individually.
. Do not overfeed.
. Make all changes grndu-
r.
. Give access to fresh water
I salt.
r. Keep nil utensils clean.
'. Provide clean pens with
nty of light and sunshine.
. Provide plenty of bedding.
FEED CALVES SKIMMED MILK
Richer In Protein Than Whole Milk,
but Lower in Carbohydrates
Uso Clean Vessels.
Skimmed milk is a little richer In
protein thnn whole milk, but lower in
carbohydrates. Since most of tho fat
bus been removed In the crenin tho
skimmed milk will need carbohydrates
to tnnke it a balanced ration for
calves.
A good plan la to replace a portion
of tho whole milk with skimmed milk,
grndunlly increase tho skimmed milk
with some form of enrbohydrates till
all of the whole milk is replaced by
skimmed milk. Fine ground meal Is
ono of the best carbohydrate supple-
Skim Milk Ago (One to Six Months.)
ments to be fed with skimmed milk.
Some feeders cook tho mcnl, stir It
In the skimmed milk nnd feed It to
tho cnlf. After tho calf Is two weeks
old It will eut fine ground inenl nnd if
fed smnll quantities will assimilate it
Linseed meal is nlso used.
Care should be taken In feeding
cnlves. They should be taught to
drink from tho pall ns soon as pos
sible. Nothing but clean vessels should
bo used nnd the milk should be clean
and warm.
GIVE CALF PAK.S ATTENTION
During Warjn Weather Especial At
tention Should Be Given to Uten
sils Keep Them Clean.
Tho farmer who uses tho swill pall
for feeding cnlves or who hangs the
pall on n post between feedings with
out wnshlng It will soon bo looking for
a cure for cnlf scours. The dirty cnlf
pnll Is one of tho chief cuuscs of
scours, according to L. "W. wing, Jr.,
of the University of Missouri College
of Agriculture. With tho fly senson
nnd warm weather nt hand extra pre
cautions must be taken In caring foi
tho calf palls. They should bo wnshec
thoroughly nftcr each feed nnd steri
lised either with steam or hot water
After tho palls hnve been sterilized
they should bo Inverted In n clean
protected place until tlmo to use them
again.
UNDESIRABLE HABIT OF COW
Usually Acquired When Animals Art
Young Hard to Break When
When Onco Established.
It is disappointing to glvo a cow
good cure, und feed her well, and
then have her suck herself. This un
doslrnblo habit Is ono thnt cows get
Into usunlly whllo they nre young,
After the habit Is onco established
they never quit It, nnd It Is not nn
ensy mntter to break thera of it per
Just How One Washingtonian "Landed" Army Job
WASHINGTON. The news columns enrry the story or uiu uenruen going
to France to bo Pershing's secretary; and thereat probably thousands of'
young men wondered what manner of
to get the Job. Hnre Is the story:
Bill has ocen sot-rotary to Uepre-
sentntlve Samuel E. Wlnslow of Mus-
sachusetts ever clnce Wlnslow came to
congress. In addition to doing his con
gressional work thoroughly and well,
looking out for constituents by tho
dozen, nnswcrlng letters, lnndlng Jobs
for Mnssuchusctts college men, und nil
that, he hns been quietly writing n lot
of interesting mngazlno stuff. So you
see Pershing's new secretary Isn't n
loafer. When the war broke out. Bill
found himself getting Massachusetts
turned up. He had little trouble In medlntlng for them nnd they went In.
Well, after Bill hnd shoved scores of men Into the nrmy, he sat down and
took stock of himself. He found he wns n bit over age and n bit over
weight, but that his disposition wns just right. Ho wnnted to find a nook
for himself In that big military machine, and set about finding It.
The first thing that turned up wns the nrmy need for field clerks. That's;
where Bill thought he would shine. He didn't wait to find out what It paid,
or whether It paid nnythlng. He Just took n car to the war department and
handed In his card:
"I nm Representative WInslow's secretary. I am familiar with all olllce
work. My chief pays me such nnd such a sum over and above the regular
allowance for congressional secretary work."
"Stop Inside," said the offleer.
That night I met Bill downtown, in the worst fitting nnd benvlest nrmy
uniform ever made, I do believe. But BUI was sntlsfled. He hud found tho
right niche.
And Inter, when the nrmy renlly found -out that Bill Dearden has n.
record of unbroken excellence nt the bouse ofllce building It sent him to
General Pershing as the best thing yet discovered In tin. nrmy Held clerk line.
And so it wns that BUI Dearden, who had been working polltlcnl und'
depnrtmentnl pull for everybody that asked him for It. fell Into n remnrkiibly
good nrmy job himself, without the slightest kind of Influence.
Surely There Is a Destiny That Rules Our Ends
THERE hnve nlwnys been women and
for this instunce, is a plnin soul, ns
souls you see going around nlone
etlll, she ought to have peaches. And
nn old, old woman who was carrying
women will. Also, old men. Nuturnlly,
nnturnl, the old woman was only too
voicing her wall.
She had taken home the clenn wnsh, all tucked under oilcloth to keep It
dry, nnd the lady said she couldn't break a bill tonight, and being ns It was
eo far to come, she had better take the soiled clothes back with her and sho
would pay for both washes next week.
"She always does me thnt wny and I told her my daughter wns 111 In her
bed and that I had to buy milk for her baby. But she wouldn't give me my
money. And I said my bends nil the wny going, nnd the Blessed Mother
she didn't help mo either "
It tukes very little to tide over needs scnled to the income of a wash
basket, so that was all there was to that, but
As the plain soul went back to where sho belonged almost forgetting to
go to the stund nround the corner to buy four peaches for ten cents she snld
to herself:
"I wonder if I wns sent out to help?
"I wonder who sent me?"
Women Workers in Big Demand at Washington
THERE'S ns much hustle nnd bustle hero when the departments quit work
as there Is In an Industrial city when the six o'clock whistle blows. Only
it doesn't happen at six o'clock here, but an hour and a half sooner. And a.
good many of tho thousands of clerks
who moke their way homewards at
that time nro required to come back
after supper beg pardon, after din
ner. For Uncle Sam Is working them
hnrd these days. In spite of the addi
tions, there is yet too much work to go
around.
There's another thing that hns
been In evidence ever since the boom
began. Of the residence contingent,
men are beginning to disappear from
their usual haunts. Private employ
ment of more lucrative character than the government afforded them has
suddenly been thrown open to them. Men hnve been going Into the nrmy,
Into tho reserve cumps, Into the nnvy, Into other occupations directly related
to wnr nctlvltles. Their plnces must be filled. The civil service examina
tions have been tnken by hosts of American women here und elsewhere, by
many women who never cared to bo called into service, nt least by very many
who never expected to bo cnlled Into competition with the best tulent In their
respective cities. But now the call is no longer only for the best. The
demnnd for clerks, typewriters nnd stenographers Is so great that those who
puss with n fair average arc certain to be Invited to tnke positions no
longer nt ?G00 or $700 a year entrance salary, but at $1,000. Where formerly
tho bureuu chiefs would uccept only those who passed with something over
00, they are satisfied with those who go to 80, nnd they ure not adamant In
that particular, either.
Goats Calmly Browse on Streets of the Capital
GOATS still graze In Washington, nnd for many days this summer two.
species of the fnmlly Capra hlrous that being the highly proper fnmlly
name for plain goat have been eajoylng tho herbage on n green plot on upper
- ' - - -..v. j rnvo nun usvu lu m;
made about the Mnrlem goats nnd their strange uppetlt-s hnve passed nway.
The goats on Sli teenth street hnve tnken possession of ihe lurge piece of va
cant laud on the west side of Sixteenth street between Fuller street and Colum
bia street. They browse calmly and deliberately across the street from the great
house In which Balfiur and other members of the British commission to the
Unltei! States hull neudquarters, nnd quite nenr the French erabnssy, the
Spanish embassy, be marble house of Mrs. Mcrshnll Field and the new bulld
ntr that is lining erected as tbo Cuban lugntion. ,
;nnn BUI Dearden Is nnd how he came-
men Into the nrmy ns fast ns they
women. There nlwnys will be.' One,
like as n match to all the other plain.
not being the sort of mntches thnt are
mndo In henven. Still, the cheapest
blue hend cnrrles Its hidden soul of
fire, which compensntes.
The other evening, for one time,,
she hnd come out of an all-day storm
Into the friendliness of a lamp that
she lighting, with every sense of be
ing in for the night, when it suddenly
occurred to her that she hnd forgotten,
to buy peaches for her breakfast and
must go out nt once nnd get thorn.
Notsafter a while. Now. She didn't
want to go back In all that weather
as she turned a corner she bumped into
n basket nnd tnlklng to herself, ns old-
the plain soul apologized, and, equnlly
thnnkful to be Jostled for the sake of
sixteenth street. Mnny comments
hnve been mnde on the presence of
these goats, but they have browsed on
without Interruption, nppnrently un
conscious of or unconcerned nt the at
tention they nttrnct.
Onco upon n time goats were more
numerous In the city thun they nro
now, nnd thwe thnt still dwell among
us nro usually seen In the outlylnu
parts of the cfty. The gout seems to
hnve lost favor as a domestic animal,
nnd ovon thn (Mmo .1.... ,....i . 1,,..
manently.