THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. SIX NATIONALITIES IN ONE CANTONMENT GROUP ROAD- BUILDING HURRY GOOD ROADS BUILDING riiough by bn'h tlu men m tln Toup, photographed tit a National iiriny cnntoumorit, uro as diverse as one emuil possibly Imagine, they stand together In their readiness to ll','lit for Uncle Sain. Chinamen, Italian, Greek, native Amer ican, Russian, and native of Turkey, they are one In their Americanism. . GERMAN PATENTS AID DYE INDUSTRY Chemists Duplicate in Short Time Processes Built Up by For eign Experts. ENGLAND GIVES THE DATA Americans Get Manufacturing tnfor matlon Great Britain Has Obtained 8IncB the War Started Eu rope Takes Up American Machines. Washington. Many of tho larger manufacturing concerns lu this coun try have recently obtained through British connections lists of the German-owned patents which have been taken over by British llrniH slnco the beginning of tho war. Theao lists have been sought by manufacturers lu this country In order to place '.hem In a position to taku advantage ut once of tho provisions In the Velb bill on trading with tho enemy, which enables American firms under certain condi tions and for adequate compensation to mnko use of Gcrmnn patents during, and in some cases, nftcr tho war. Through British representatives 15 American dycraakcrs have received complete lists of the patents for mak ing dyestuffs, which British firms took from their German owners with the authority of tho British parliament shortly after England entered tho war. Xt was recently unnounccd by tho de partment of commcrco that tho Du Pont compnny Intended entering upon tho manufacture of-dyestuffs on a largo scale. According to representatives of the company, the Du Pont company will manufacture dyes on u, consider Hblo scalo without waiting until tho end of the war. Without German Patents. So far the dyo Industry In this coun try has bceil built up without tho aid of German patented methods, because tho laws of tho country did not por mil this. In spite of this handicap American manufacturers, according to the department of commerce, lmvo bo far Invested more than $200,000,000 in the manufacture of dyestuffs, and are now producing dyes in greater quan tities than they wcro consumed In WINS .WEALTHY BROKER America In I'.H-l. American chem ists have succeeded in duplicat ing on short notice many of tho processes which were built up by generations of aermnn dyestuffs ex perts. A greater Impetus will be given to the Industry, according to American experts, when the amendment to tho patent laws places patented German processes at the disposal of American mnnuracturers. There are 40 firms In this country in tho new dyestuffs In dustry now peudlng 00,000,000 pounds of dyes a year. while the war has created this crent Industry for America and has multi plied tno output of many other Indus tries, tt lias also tauuht Eurono the use of American labor-saving machin ery and of American labor-saving de vices, according to Albert 13. Parker of tho firm of Marks & Clerk. EncIlRh pntent lawyers. Mr. Parker says that American manufacturers in the oast frequently failed to take out nutonts In England and In other countries bc- causo the patented article was pro duced In this country on such a scalo that there was not tho sllchtest fear of competition abroad. x "American manufacturers should re member that tho war has resulted In introducing American methods nnd mucuinery an over the world and Is educating workmen so that it will not be safe to rely, nftcr the war, on tho belief that American machinery enn continue to offset the cheaper labor costs In foreign countries," said Mr. Pnrker. "Before the war, for Instance, I never saw In England the electric hand trucks and motor trailers which are used to expedite the bundling of goods In this country at freight and express terminals. Recently they have been Introduced all over Enginnd, the short age of men making It Imperative. Add ing machines and calculating machines were almost unknown In England be fore the war. Now they are being put Into use wherever they can to save human labor. Labor-saving American farm machinery ,has, of course, been Introduced Into farming In all parts of England, nnd In almost an equal degree the use of American labor-saving devices has been Introduced Into other Industries. This Is more or less true, likewise, 6f Franco, Italy, nnd other countries. American tool manu facturers have been virtually re equlpptng the Industries of these coun tries. Beforo tho war Germany was a leader In Europe In labor-saving ma chinery and standardized methods, but the other countries have been modern ized by the war In this respect. In dustrial methods have been changed all over tho world. The reports of tho United States government nbound In Instances of It. For esnmplo, It is stated that motor lorries have been In troduced In considerable numbers Into the Federnted Malny states. Even China has entered upon nn era of man ufacturing and Is producing many manufactured articles which were previously Imported. It Is plainly In dicated that after 'the war all coun tries will put forth their best efforts to do their own manufacturing, and the whole world Is being educated, largely by tho United States, to use better lndustrlnl methods." CAPTURED 7EP' IS A WONDER CRAFT French and American Officers Make Thorough Investigation of Machine. WHEEL WOUNDED TO SCENE MM Belle Ashlyn, oncu tho wlfo of Billy Gould, who Is to wed Alanson Foltunsbce, bead of one of Chicago's lending brokerage firms, lie Is now at the officers' school ut Fort Shuri- Several Hundred Americans, Com manded by an Aviation Officer, Are Learning Airplane Construc tion In Practical Way. Field Headquarters of tho Ameri can Army In France. -The stray Zep pelin, L-10, that was downed by tho French near Bourbonue-les-Balns, while trying to get back to Its base, was 000 feet long nnd tho envelopo wns 00 feet In dlnmetcr. French und American olllcers mado a thorough examination of tho great craft, but tho civilians were held back by ropes that were stretched around tho dirigible. Tho gondolas are connected by n cleated cock-walk and tho whole con struction of tho craft was said by her examiners to bo wonderful. Tho outer cover Is of delicate texture, double riveted and soldered. She wns equipped with a wireless outfit. Gun In Each Gondola. The machinery Is highly compli cated and, tho driving motors wore equipped with 12 cylinders. Thero was n machine gun In each of tho gondolas and the rear ono was equipped with hammocks for tho crew. Apparently, however, tho for ward gondola was fitted up ns n cabin for the commander. The lower portion was painted black and, the upper pnrt n dull gray, On ono side was painted a small Iron cross. There wcro no bullet holes visible ' In the crnft, but tho forward gondola ! had been wrecked In descent. It baB already been suggested tbut the craft be sent to the Invnlldes Pnlaco In Paris, After Inspecting tho balloon tho American olllcers were returning to town Just as the Zeppelin's prison ered crew wos belug transported through the crowded streets. The commanding lieutenant looked downhearted ami disgusted. Another olllcer was a typical old Prussian uon-cnin with a scar on his noso us though made by a swerd welt, Tho men wcro well built nnd woro leath er Jackets. It was reported hero that another Zeppelin was captured several kilo meters away when tho forward gon- dola crashed Into u tree, dumping part of tho crew to tho ground. Tho Zeppelin, relieved of this load, then rose, tilted unsteadily and caught fire. Tho Zeppelin brought down Intnct near here carried only Incendiary bombs, nppnrcntly for tho purposo of self-destruction In tho event of cap ture. All tlte explosives evidently hnd been dropped In England. The French evidenced tho grentest Interest In tho prize, and many wounded were wheeled to tho sceno in chnlrs. Sovcrnl hundred Americans, com manded by nn nvintlon ofllcer. nro lenrntng nlrplano construction in tno most practical way possible nt n French camp n few hours' rldo from General Bullard's student avi ation school. French planes of nil types wrecked or damaged at tho front aro Bhlpped to this camp and nro taken apart by tho Americans under French In structors. They nro learning bow to mnko repairs nnd to build new mo tors us well. Each student snnnih half a day learning tho theorv of airplane construction and tho other tiuVf In actual shop practlco taking clown motors of all types nnd rebuild tug them. Tho French Instructors fromientii remove a piece of tho mechanism nnd then ask tho Amerlotin whnt Is miss I 111?. Klmllnr Instruction la r.1 Vein it assembling machines. When this euuenuonai training is completed the men enter tho fnctory, whero mn chines are buyt until they nro ex perts In. all lines of nlrplano con structlou und repair. Country to Profit In Future From Highways Built as Necessity of Warfare and Defense. It Is the general opinion of motor ists nrrlvlng In Wushlngton from ull parts of the country that the war with Germany Is nctlng ns a shnrp prod to speed up road building. Whatever tho war costs the nation In dollars and lives, It will result in the building of thousands of miles of usnble roads In nil sections, for these hlghwnys are now rnted ns one of the necessities of warfare nnd defense, says Washington Stnr. Possibilities of nn Invasion are re mote, but now that It has been decid ed to send nn expeditionary force abroad, It is certain that other thou sands will follow, hence the mobiliza tion of troops on the seaboard Is some thing not to be overlooked. Railroads nte up to their ears in other work and hnve shown their lack of equipment to meet ordinary de mands of n period of fast growth and on attendnnt Jncrense of consumption. So other means may have to be relied upon to hustle the boys In khaki to the .ports, wnence tney win sail ror tne front. For this purpose the motor ve hicle is ready, nnd nil it needs to add to its wonderful record of efficiency In a pinch Is n system of roads which can be traveled In safety nnd nt speed dur ing nil seasons. Ilcro on the East, where the troops will be massed before sailing, good roads nro considered ns of vital Inter est to the nation Just ns the raising of vegetables In fields and ynrds which heretofore have produced nothing, i Throughout the Atlantic area the road builders are hard nt It, and, In spite of the urgency of the calls. foi men for other purposes, help Is being enlisted In the cause. An immense amount of road building work is being done in, the South, and In the, Central West thousands of .miles of roads nro under wny, these forming the connecting link nnd making pos slblo hurried trips if such nro needed. Experts point out that automobiles enn take nn nrmy of 100,000 men from the Middle West to New York In less time than enn the railroads, and when the hlghwnys are Improved n great cut Cores for Canine Guests. Denver. Colo. Although rpnw leading hostelry does not nllow dogs In Its rooms, they nrovldo kennels in tho basement for tho care of canines brought to tho hotel by cuests. Tho kennels nro nent. mnmv ,. "Individual," fitted up In rows nenr tho basement entrance. BnllhnvH bo seen each morning taking Uio four- rooieu gucsiB ror un airing In u park nenr the hotel, and It Is said the mtn for tho aristocratic nnlmnls furnishes u substantial increase in tho hotel bill of the owners of tno dogs. With Concrete Road in Maryland. will be made In the running time of tho motor cars. Tho West Is not overlooking any' thing lu tho wny of road building. There Is not a state in which It lo not ono of the big movomeuts, even In a part of the country which is least af fected. What Virginia Is doing is being un dertaken In greater or le6s degree by many Eastern states. HIGH VALUE OF GOOD ROADS Estimated Cost of $900,000,000 to Get Surplus Farm Products to Mar ket or to Railroad. After careful Inquiry It has been found thnt tho nvcrnge haul of the American farmer In getting his prod uct to market or to the nearest 3htp ping station Is 12 miles, and the uver ago cost of hauling over tho common country roads Is 25 cents n ton per nillo, or ?3 n ton for n 12-mlle haul An estltuuto places the totnl tons hauled at 300,000.000 n yenr. On the estlmnto of 53 ti ton for 12 miles this would make tho total cost of getting. mo surplus prouuets or tne farm to tho local market-or to tho railroad no less than $000.000,000 n figure greater' thnn the operating expenses of nlJ the railroads of tho United States. If any thlug could make r.n argument fc "good wngon roads this statement ami. ly may. Litter In Hen House. Litter kept on tho floor of the poul try house should be removed when over It becomes damp nnd filled with droppings that do not dry. White washed walls mnko the poultry house lighter nnd moro sanitary. Patchlna Old Gravel Road. Patching done in tie proper manner wnen tne rouu is wot, followed by road drag, will maintain an old gruv roud surface fis nood as new until it so bndly worn that an entirely new sur face, is required. i Bureaus Give Out Information Concerning War WASHINGTON. The committee on public Information was created as a war machine. It has been the object of more derision and public ridicule thnn nny other war machine, nevertheless It goes merrily along, grinding out wnr knowledge for the people. At the THIS WAR. MACHINE TURNS OUT SOME -(TREAT HEWS outset George Creel, chairmen uit out to be the official news bureau of the government. He attempted to do the work of the 400 newspaper men sent here by all of the large newspapers nnd press associations. This policy wns soon dropped and today tho com mittee on public Information Is work ing for the news thnt the newspaper men don't get. Dozens of government bureaus hnve Interesting Information conct a- lng the wnr. This lnfonjiatlon, however, is inaccessible to newspaper men. The committee on public Information is the one instrument which can dig it out In much the same manner ns n well-orranlzed newspaper works, so the committee on public Information operates. There is un organization for the dissemination of dally news. The editor, formerly a New York newspaper man, directs a staff of reporters. A staff of feature writers Is also maintained by the committee. These writers "dig up" unusual stories about the. government and the war. In due time these stories such as the recent Gcrmnn plot exposure are released for publication simultaneously throughout the entire United Stutcs. Photographs nro recognized ns important for news purposes. To .this end the committee bus set up a photograph department. Ofllclnl photographers! take pictures of war Instruments nnd features. These pictures uro then sup plied to the newspapers at cost. To turn the wheels of this Information organization, 25 trained news paper men hnve been secured. Tho entire stnff of the organization numbers more than 100. HAVE nn CORNS AH ARE YE - MAWUE0 0. Reward for Doing Helpful Thing on Street Car HER face was about as sociable looking as a hatchet, but her bundle was heavy, so another woman In the cm who knows weariness when she sees It got up and offered her seat. It Is venturesome, of course, to tender such a courtesy to n sister In your own age zone every woman knows why but nothing Is ever an nil-round failure in this world. Praise bel "Thanky, ma'am. I'm half ready to drop. I never look for a man to give me n scat any more I don't know how it Is, but gentlemen seems to be petering out I've benner runnln' roun on my two feet ever since, sun up. Have you got $orns? ' The woman, unchored to n strap, ndmltted her lack to the pther woman, who was developing n sociability no hntchet could ever hope to achieve. "Well, that's one thing you got to be thankful fori But are you married?" Her tone of Inquiry Implied that corns nnd matrimony were In the same class. The strap-hanger owned to splnstershlp. "My, you are n lucky woman t Muster been born with n silver spoon in your mouth! "I like that suit you got on. Ought to lust you years for best. What do you do for u living?" Tho woman was not addicted to confiding her nffnlrs to the housetops, but she owned up. Possibly there wns n reason, "My, you must hnve a head on youl But be enrcful not to overdo your self. I hud a cousin once by marriage that wrote for Blankses' well-known pills, but she died sudden. They snld It was natchrel causes, but I always laid It to her overdosln herself because she was paid in pills. Must you be goln'?" AVhlch Is Just to show, women dear, that no matter how many rebuffs come our way It Is always worth while to do the helpful things for the occa sional rewards we get, generally In the consciousness of a kindly action done, nnd once In a while in n thread of a yarn like this. "Big Chief" Unrecognized by Washington Crowds WASHINGTON Is a busy city these days. A person has to keep his eyes wide open if he wants to see everything that is going on, and then he is apt to walk right by something or somebody he very much wants to see. One thousand people missed seeing n cer tain man the other dny, although they looked directly at him. He is amnn of international renown, particularly well known In the United States. But he didn't seem so well known (ItiZnW&nh l i5! till 1 1 118 on lcnnBJivania avenue inni 3'T:vfsaiiml3 UL-Jl (flr morning, as ho crossed tho wide street In front of the White House. Yet he was u mnn to command attention nny where. He was Immaculately dressed In a dark fedora, light gray coat nnd pin stripe trousers. lie was tall, and carried himself with such a military car rlago that ono would have taken him for nn army ofllcer, if It were not known that all army officers those-days must wear their uniforms nt nil times. Even nt that several persons took him for nn urmy officer. Ho had a sur prisingly good chest on him, nnd held himself so well. As he crossed Penn sylvania avenue Into Madison place automobile horns tooted nt him. Peoplo scurried out of tho usual rush of vehicles at this point, nnd with them scurried our hero. Nobody noticed him particularly. A taxi driver scowled at him. A messen gei boy from one of the government departments brushed by him with the weight of the whole war on his shoulders. Two women Jostled him ns they hurried. If he had been Sccretnry McAdoo, n hundred and one persons would have turned to look nt him. If he hnd been Secretary Lansing or Secretary Daniels, n hundred und ono persons would have turned nnd looked. Hut ho was none of these. He was only President Wilson. When Society Reporters Turned Wine Into Water WHATEVER a congressman does in Wnshlngtou has got to look right to the folks buck home, or they'll wnnt to know tho reason why. There's likely more thnn ono politician who leuds a dual life, one for home consump tion and tho real one among the pomps ITUnhTHlS VflKE irrro WMtH. Eft,-Tf0U-Efc nnd vanities nnd the flesh pots of wily Washington. Thero was a marriage miracle not long ngo iu Washington among tho smnrtest of congressional circles, when the wedding wine was turned Into wa ter rather than tho water Into wine. A congressman can do most nnythlng ucrobntlcally and diplomatically, Just so it listens good back in his district. Constituents uro such sensitive plants. Thev all have to bo humored. Tho congressman's only duughter was getting married and the occasion was cer tainly worth n few gallons of champagne, und vintage wine at that. But a still, small voice imdementh tho congressman's wedding wosklt murmured anxiously that ull this hymeneal convlvlollty wouldn't rend so well back home, that champagne, uven at long distance, was terrible stuff for oue's constitu ency to digest. . Tho host looked nround npprehenslvely nt the Boclety reporters present. Then he took them Into his confidence. "My district," ho said ingratiatingly, "is pretty well disposed toward prohibition. It wouldn't do me nny good in my next campaign to be identified i nny wny with boor.e. So when you folks send out your stuff, please flavor it with np'.lllnurls nnd ginger ale and cut out nil advertisement of the fcsz