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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. ENGLISH TIP OFF Americans in Camp In England Study Under Tuition of Voterans. "MUSTARD" GAS A DANGER Victims Are Subject to Dlctresslng Pe rlodo of Depression Even at Time of Convalescence England's Countryside Delights Visitors. London. Perhaps tliu predominating Impression of tlio visitor to tlie ennip "flomowhere In England" of American troops on their way to tnko part hi tho great war Is born of the convic tion of tliclr complete happiness coupled with their adaptability to their now surroundings. Two days nfter disembarking from ships that so successfully defeated tho most aggrcsslvo tactics of tho U-boats during the voyage from tho United Stntcs const enough of tho Btalwarts to make n hrnvo showing nnd gladden tho hearts of their English allies as nn earnest of tho preparations we arc making nt homo were as comfortably Bottled In camp as If they had been there two years. A pnrty of American correspondents visiting the new arrivals as guests of tho foreign ofllce wore made homesick by conversation with them. They were found enjoying nil of tho comforts of n well established camp ranging from tho soft drinks dispensed at tho Y. M. 0. A. canteen to the sociability of n singsong about tho piano In n picas nntly arranged assembly tent. Tho one thing nbout the visitors that most surprised tho English army ofTl cers stationed In n camp adjoining In addition to their splendid average phy sique was their energy and alertness, both mentally and physically. Ono English olllcer said ho bad heard first Impressions of England from ono of our privates more Interesting than ho hnd ever heard. Attention to what tho men were saying about what they had seen since their nrrlvnl supported tho officer's observation. England's Countryside a Dream. "It's nil so trim nnd neat this coun tryside that ono can scarcely believe It's real," wns tho way a soldier from tho vicinity of tho Itocklcs In Colo rndo put It. "Of course, It would cnuso no wonder In n Dclnsco play to bco such n vlstn of miles of bonutlful countryside, of rolling pastures sur rounded by evenly trimmed miniature hedges, tho wholo so clean nnd oven and exact that ono searches in vain to boo something out of plnco. Wo thought tho railways on which wo traveled were compnrcd with ours nt home, Just too cutol When I como to think of It, though, wo traveled nbout as fast ns wo wanted to rldo nnywhere, nnd about ns comfortably, too." Tho same Impressionable visitor was promptly beginning to exorclso himself lest ho should not have nn opportunity before being sent to tho front to see sorno of tho nooks nnd corners of Lon don hallowed as tho haunts of fnmous men. "I don't mind spilling my blood on tho fields of Europe for freedom," ho said, "but I don't want to do that he foro seeing whero Shakcspenro trod tho stago of his Southwark theater, where Doctor Johnson and his clrclo of lit erary lights dined In Fleet street, Whcro Charles Lamb nnd his sister lived, tho hnunts of Dickens, of Gold smith, nnd tho window" In Whitehall from which Cbnrles I walked to bo be headed. "Then, of course, I wouldn't think of passing forward to containlnnto my self by association with tho Germans oven In battle, if I had my wny, before seeing tho Tower of London nnd West minster nhbey. There nro, Indeed, a lot of things I'vo hnd In my mind thnt books don't tell, nnd that I want to find out for myself, nnyhow." Hear Tales of Boer War. Under n perfect sky nnd warm sun shine many of tho men wero lolling nbout tho enmp on tho creenswnrd reading books provided by the Ameri can Y. M. 0. A. when not drilling or exploring tho surrounding country, to permit which tho bounds of tho enmp had been fixed on n liberal scale. In nn adjoining camp occupied by South Afrlcnn troops, tho Americans enjoyed long conversations with vet- POST OFFICE BUILDING IN TRIESTE Tie handsome post office uulldlny Trieste, thu Austrluu city toward wWdl the Italian armies are slowly forcing their way. TEUT WAR TRICKS crnns of tho South African war nnd wero particularly Interested while get ting their stories of thnt stubborn fight put up by tho Ilocra to find thnt ns many of them bad fought then against England ns fought under the Union Jnck. This accidental association of Amer icans with tho South Africans In the next camp proved profitable as well as Interesting, for the colonials were the i first troops with actual experience In I nctlon In tho wnr with whom our men enme In contact. Naturally they pick- 1 cd up many valuable tips concerning the essentials of trench warfare as well as the tricks of the Huuj. 1 Ono of tho Germans' latest tricks , with gas was described bv a soldier who spoko from experience. This Is tho so-called "mustard" gas shell. It Is shot from a mortar nnd, exploding within n radius of between 25 and 00 feet from n trench, Jeaves Its occu pants with n lasting Impression of the meaning of "hot stuff." "Mustard" Victims Suffer Long. i Tho funics penetrate both outer clothing nnd underwear almost Instan-1 tnuooiisly. though the hot and burning smart of tho skin that follows Is some what mercifully dulled by the blunting of tho senses that follow i Inhnlatlon of the fumes. Victims of i tho "mustard" bombs nro subject to distressing periods of depression, even ' at tho time of convalescence. Their nerves seem to have been shattered completely beyond control. ' Two broad-shouldered Australians of giant stature, victims of "mustard" bombs, were found nlmost weeping from homesickness, due to their symp tomatic depression by a fellow coun tryman In Trafalgar square, In London while on lenvo recently. They were soon Induced to take n more cheerful view of matters nnd explained to their temporary host at dinner that tho feel ing against which they had been fight ing was thnt they didn't have a friend In the world. On tho whole tho voyages of our most recently nrrlved contlnconts wero comparatively free from subma rine nttnek In tho sense of the nctual tiring of torpedoes, though several RiTfSH IN LEAD American in French Service Pays Tribute to Fliers From England. REGARD WORK SERIOUSLY Germans Ahead as Builders, but Brit ons Are Best Fliers One Object Is to Bring Back Information Required by the Staff. London. "Thcro'u only ono ulr serv Ico In this war nnd It's the British. If that sounds like u bit of Hiitlah swank, why, It merely Isn't. It's tho preclso stntement of the case which wns made tho other day by tin American airman who has been during most of the wnr attached to the French ulr service. Lie knows nil nbout tho ulr business, has taught other men to fly nnd to fight, nnd has himself u highly creditublo record of bringing down Hun planes, lie knows all tho stars of the French scl-vlco and many of the Hrltlsh. t lie paid high tribute to tho Germnn Hying machines, observing repeutedly thnt tho procession of German Im provements in pluuos nnd engines moves oo swiftly that the allies nro nil compelled to hustle constantly to keep from being outdistanced. When ever tho French nnd British catch up with German construction tho Germans produce something new nnd still bet ter. Equally Important, ho declares, the British have much tho most accurate notion of what tho Hying service is nbout. They co-ordlnnto it with their military operations most effectively. They hnvo less fear of tho dally report of comparative losses on both sides. They use tho aircraft for certain spe cific purposes; when tho bit of Infor mation that Is wanted Is accounted of more vnluo. tbnn tho chnnce of losing "" ACTIVE IN RED CROSS ibm jar wwm -rw airs. John Purroy Mitchell, wife of the mayor of New York, takes nn ac tive part In the work of tho Red Cross. The picture shows her as sho appeared In tho recent parade In New York. ships wero compelled to fight off U hoata. In" ono Instauco n destroyer convoying n troopship wns firing nt n submarine on one side while n second undersen craft nppenrcd or was de tected nenr by the destroyer. Thcro wns reason to believe thnt tho water bomb dropped by tho destroyer nt tho second submnrluo wns effectlvo in its object. Tho voyage from America was mode In good time. AS I FIGHTERS some machines, why the British serv Ico goes after tho Information. At tho end of tho dny it may bo necessary to mako a report admitting that more British than Gorman ma chines were lost; but what of that? The needed observation was taken, or tho highly Important photograph wns Bccured "Tho British operate their eervlco not with a view to saving their mn chines, not with u notion of avoiding dangers ns much as possible; especial ly not with tho Iden that to lose moro machines than tho enemy loses Is a showing of Inferiority, of defeat." "Tho British aviators nro not spoiled with laudation nnd heroics. They re gard themselves very much ns so many Tommies in tho trenches do. Their business Is to go up when they nro told and get what they are sent for; Just ns Tommy's business Is to hang on till hades freezes when he's ottucked, ontl too over nnd never stop when- he's ordered to nttnek. Neither one of them feels particularly enthu siastic about his 'job as u menus to winning honors or distinction; ho doesn't think much ubout that pnrt of ti. lie attends strictly to tho Job. "It's tho sporting Instinct that makes theso Britishers such good Hying men. They're tho greatest daredevils In the business; do nnythlng, und get nwny with things tho Bocho wouldu't think of trying. They don't look on their work ns n great series of personal ad ventures but as part of an organized mechanism with objects n good deal bigger and moro Important than tlit Interest of any ono man. "So tho British don't tnko so much interest In the Individual feats of prow ess of favorable filers. Air duelling is not tho object of Hying. Tho object 13 to get the Information one's sent for and to get back with It. "As soon as n flier crosses the liiu ho must count on the greut danger oi Jielng shot down by these guns ns wel, uh on thu chance of meeting nn en emy In tho nlr nnd having to fight him, "Of courso nil this means losses, nnq when they've toted up nt tho end ol tho dny or week or month this part ot tho showing mny Indicate that the Bocho has bad nil the best of It. "But If there could bo pitched Into tho scale on the sldo of tho British scrvlco tho results gained, tho value of Informntlon gnlned about tho en emy und of Information ho has been prevented from gaining nbout our own lines, the showing of movements no- ' curately planned becuuso of superior iniormutinn, or positions taken or ar tillery fire accurately placed, of sol diers' lives saved because of better In telligence nbout tho enemy's weak places then tho showing Would bo a lot different. "Suppose a set of photographs la needed by tho stnff showing somo sec tion of tho enemy's line porhnps n con siderable distance back of tho front. To hnvo thoso photographs may decldo whether n particular move is to bo un dertaken nnd how; so tho nlrmen nro sent nfter 'em. Maybe two or three will bo brought down nnd their mo chines smashed up; perhaps somo be hind the enemy's linos possibly some body will fly for tho last time. The point Is thnt If one camera gots bnck with tho pictures wanted the thing has been successful." Luncheon Spaces Now at Premium in the Capital WASHINGTON. "Berlin Citizens Eating Lion Meat" soys the headline. Heading the headline the mun in Washington wishes thnt ho know whero lie could get some lion meat. Conservation of food Is the subject of much official talk, but tho iivorneo Washlne-- Ionian who has to lunch in town has no sympathy with conservntlon ; he is too hungry. They nro starving by the harulrcds right here in our own cap ltal, every noon hour. Europe muy be hard pressed for food, but no more so than Washington Is at tho lunch hour. The nnswor Is simply this: Washington has out grown itself and there are not enough restaurants, lunchrooms nnd cafes to feed the thousnnds nnd thnnonnria uin hnvo been brought into the city by the war. Dignified old admirals are seen rushing lunch counters In nn attempt to get a ham sandwich. Warlike gen erals grab n sent In a "one-nrmed lunch." Every noon hour finds hundreds of uniformed men literally nnd nctunlly fighting for food. Crowded entlng plnces are filled every day. Seats in the better cafes are ut a premium. Moro than one official has gone hungry because he has been unublo to find a plnco where he could get served. Prior to tho war, Wnshlngton wns nn easy-going city. At tho lunch hour there wero sufficient restaurants to enro for ail thoso who desired to eat. But with tho outbreak of tho war and n grent increase in the city's population eating plnces hnvo not been nble to open rapidly enough to meet the demands. Food mny be n crying question In Berlin, but it is no more so thnn it Is In our own national capital. His Work Is Teaching Housewives to Save Food TniS is n collegiate war. At least some of America's foremost wnr makers aro collegiate men. President Wilson, the wnr leader, is a college pro fessor nnd ho has gathered nbout him n number of college- professors to nld the psychology of women. At nny rate, Doctor Wilbur hns the millions of American housewives doing Just what the food administration wants them to do saving food. Ho has undertaken his work In the true college professor mnnner. All of his work hns been done from nn office. He has been a director of activi ties, and not n lender. He has never chosen to show himself to the public few of the American people know that there is such u mun In the organization of the food administration. There is a bit of the canny In Doctor Wilbur's nnture. When he found himself fncing the task of organizing the women of America, ho decided that it took a woman to catch a woman, As a consequence he built his staif of women. IIo secured women from far nnd nenr to espouse his cause. As n result his cnmpnlgn seemed to be a campaign for women, mannged by women. But it wns a man who ran the campaign and n man who wus canny enough to hide his authority from the women. Pen Women Are Prominent in Patriotic Service WHEN Mrs. Isaac Pearson, president of the League of American Pen Women, rose to address the gntherlng of 75 presidents of national wom en's organlzntions assembled before the woman's committee of the council oi national defense, eho wns Introduced by Dr. Annn Howard Shaw, with these words : "If tliero be one set of women I envy, It Is tho women of tho pen. Wo 'ought to be exceptionally inter ested to hear how tho pen women of America are planning to use their power." At that meeting, which wns held In Wnshlngton In June, Mrs. Pearson was able to announce only n little of the wnr work planned by the league. Its undertakings then wero Just begin ning to crystallize. In telllngjhe story now, after a couple of months have elapsed, one hardly knows whero to start, so varied aro tho aveuues by which it Is approaching the present-day goal patriotic service. "The chief part that tho League of American Pen Women must play tc help win the war Is one of education," Mrs. Pearson said, when she wns asked to tell what her organization ofwjomnn writers, nrtlsts, lecturers and compos ers Is planning to do during the coming seasons. "Women In Europe," rile continued, "nro doing men's work along all lines In Englnnd their work In munition plants has been considered as even more patriotic than Red Cross work. Women In the United Stntcs, equally patriotic and nble, nro organizing for similar service In this country. Tho league as an organization stands ready to fill the places in mngazine nnd newspaper office? of men called to the colors. It has already offered Its services to the press of tho country In case of need. In so far ns tho training of tho members goes they nre prepnred and will give as conscientious and. devoted a service ns women hnvo given along the lines of food conservation, hospital and relief work, farming and the other kindred branches." Further Proof That Fate NYBODY might know that fnto wns ings with other women. Per one office wall decorated with many photographs of a gracefully pretty girl. A mnn enme In the office, studied the Thnt wns one man. Pretty soon another camo along nnd looked tho photographs over. "That's a mighty sweet little girl I Regular chicken. Married?" Tho marrlago was reaffirmed. "That's bad, but tell her she may consider me an applicant for No, 2 nnd nsk her plcnso to put me ns near to the top of tho list ns she can will you?" It was Just nonsense, of course, but It meant ndmirntlon, a In envo mnn And In that same olllco snt a dear, worthy old maid, who couldn't get a husbnnd for lovo or money she said no herself. Which proves without room for contradiction thnt fato Is a woman sho Is so unfair in her dealings with other women In the mntter of men. FL?ne'1 lunch' "l him In making tho war. Not the least capnblc of these professors is Dr. Ray Wilbur, president of Leland Stanford university. In the food administration, Doctor Wilbur is ono of the "king pins." It Is his duty to encourage the conser vation of food. Perhaps It was be cause Herbert C. Iloovcr realized that It would take a diplomatic man to line up the housewives of America ,thnt he chose Doctor Wilbur. Perhap9 If: vn lipcnnan TVintn,- Willi, 11. Vnn...o Is Unfair to Women n woman, sho Is so unfair in her deal Instance: A business person has hot pictures, each ono a bit more plqunnt thnn tho other, nnd then nsked the womnn in charge If tho pretty girl were married. She was. The mnn, with Jnunty assurance, took n business enrd from his cont nno laid It on tho desk you know how men nro. - "Give her this, will you? Aud tell her If ever she's a widow to get me on the loug-dlstnnce phone." IMPROVEMENTS ARE NOT TAXED Western Canada Does Not Tax Stock or Improvements but Collects an Additional Tax From Land Speculators. Owners of uncultivated lands ln Western Canada are loud in their pro tests against nn extra tax on their lands because they aro not under cul tivation. Western Canada, through Its provincial governments, Is endeavor ing to force tho speculntlvc land owner to either sell his Innd to n settler or to cultivate It himself. At present n sur tax of a few cents nn acre Is levied ugalnst nil wild land, so that tho own er of land held In its nnturnl state, without Improvements, Is contributing moro taxes to the government thnn the owner of a farm that is cultivated and even improved with buildings and' stock to the value of thousands of dol lnrs. In order to encourage tho farm er to Improve nnd to go Into stock rais ing, he Is not clmrged one cent of taxes on nny of his Improvements, Imple ments or stock of nny kind. As u result of this surtnx on un cultivated or speculatively held lands, the owners nro now trying to sell thcm to nctunl settlers, and, In nearly every lnstnnce, have been offering on very ensy terms of payment, usunlly n quar ter down, and the balance extending over n term of yenrs nt prices much lower than their productlvo vnluo would wnrrnnt. A world-wide shortage In farm stuffs has given n new vuluc to nil ngrlcul tural products and the margin of profit today Is greater thnn ever In the past. It Is true labor and Implements have Increased In price, but it is now pos sible to secure 50 profit, in farming, and higher. Possibly not on the $100 to $200 nn ncre farm lands but on lnnd thnt enn now, under existing condi tions, be purchased at from S15 to $30 pcr acre. Western Canadian farm lands nre ns productlvo ns nny In the world nnd can be ns economically farmed. Wheat yields of from 30 to BO bushels per acre have been common In Western Cnnndn during the past few years, and the farmers hnve been too busy farming all they enn so as to sell ns much wheat ns possible at $2.00 a bushel, that they have not had. time to do any tnlklng or writing. It is doubtful if there ever wns such an opportunity to mnke big profits In farming. The value of each .yenr's crop has been In hundreds of cases more than the market value of tho land It was grown on. It is un reasonable to suppose such a con dition will Inst long, ns the land now being forced onto the mnrket by sur tnx on speculative owners will soon become nbsorbed by those who have learned of these highly profitable whent lands. The news Is spreading gradually throughout the high priced land districts in the United States where there Is a renewed awakening to the -realization that tho maximum profit In farming is not being obtained when It Is possible to secure from forty to seventy per cent return on tho Investment In Western Canttdn. Many who hnvo been planning to visit West ern Canada for the purpose of person ally investigating conditions nre leav ing this month, when the good weather enn be enjoyed. As threshing opera tions nnd marketing of grain Is undei way, no better time could be selected to secure first hand nnd rellnble Infor mntlon from tho farmers themselves. Tho winter months nfford ample time tor completing moving arrangements, to allow the settler to take up resl ilenee in enrly spring, so as to get something done next year and to mako a start on tho big and profitable farm ing operations In Western Cnnndn. Advertisement. Be Straight. 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