Nebraska Newspapers

    THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRA8KA,
ONE RESULT OF AN AIR RAID ON LONDON
ktin Barleycorn Is Driven From the Capital
WASHINGTON. Washington Iiuh climbed on tho front scut of the wntor
wuiron. The nation's capital takes rank as the largest dry city In tho
country. John Ilarleycom Is not giving up the bnttle without a limit struggle.
A case Is pending In court testing tin
constitutionality of tbo net. Hut no
one considers the possibility of court
intervention a betting proposition.
The drinking population bemoans.
the fact that no opportunity was given
for an expression of the desires of
tho residents, but that prohibition was
forced upon them by the votes of
citizens of far-distant states. How
ever, the people have hud a year to
adjust themselves to the idea of a su-
loonlcsB town nnd the change was
made without attracting more than casual attention. For the past tow months
those who do not Intend to abstain entirely from liquor have been stocking up
their cellars. Retail sales have been three or four times us large as nonnniiy.
Some of the hotels lmvo closed up their bars and are using tho additional
space for cafes.
Tho saloonkeepers know that they are going out of business permanently,
ns there never will be a chance for the residents of the district to vote them
back. Only a repeal of the luw by congress will turn tho trick. With senators
and representatives guided by sentiment In their home states and indifferent
to what the voteless Inhabitants of tin; district may think there does not seem
a chance of sucli nctlon.
The barrooms will not bo vacant long. Because of tho overcrowded con
dition duo to tho war the buildings will bo snapped up quickly. In many
Instances rcstnurnnts and drug stores will be opened.
Most of the saloonkeepers and bnrtenders are quitting tho business for
good. Positions nrc so numerous In war Industries and other lines of employ
ment that no one Is likely to bo idle long.
I HAVE
NOTHING T0
si si
TJiis mass of ruins nnd destroyed dwellings Is but one of mnny such
mementos of "air raid week," In which the Gormnns paid visits of destruction
to London. The German aviators dropped bombs throughout the Metropolitan
district.
GERMANS INJURED IN PRACTICE FIGHT
rather today, we went to gather what
the others threw away when they run,
and had some success, otherwise we
would have lind nothing to cat or
drink. To suffer hunger and thirst,
thou seest, Is terrible. Every one
says: 'If tho French come now It's all
up.' Thou seest in what a state we
are."
And then the French did come.
Paul Scott Mowrer In the Chicago
News.
"TANK" BRINGS IN PRISONER
MItcg Down Between the Battle
Lines on French Front, but
Takes Wandering German.
London. Tills Is the way a Brit
ish tank crew took a prisoner. "Our
tank mired down In tho mud between
the lines," said tho llcutennnt, "anil
wo skipped out Into a nearby aban
doned trench. We saw a Fritz wan
dering around all alone, apparently
dazed, and yelled to him to come In.
There was such a row of the guns ho
couldn't hear so one of the men went
out to bring him in out of danger. Ho
was in an awful state trembling all
over but wo gave him some cigarettes
and he buckled tip."
CUT OFF HAIR AS SHE SLEPT
Historic Armory in Hands of Wrecking Crew
RATIONAL Hlfles' armory, one of the historic landmarks In. the District of
A! Columbia, Is to bo replaced by a ten-story oince Dunning, to cost .yjw.uuu.
Pinns for tho building nro being completed, and the old structure Is soon to
be torn down. Tho armory was built
by the National Illllcs In 18S2 at a cost
of $35,000, tho members of the organi
zation paying $1,150 a squnro foot for
tho land. It was sold In May, 1001), to
,a Chicago man for $70,000, who puid
$10 a sqmire foot for the property.
The building contains 1,01 square feet
nnd is C7.H0 foot front wife a depth of
1J8 feet.
Tho National Itlfles, which was for
many yours tho crack military organi
zation of the District, was organized
.in IHOU. At tno outbreak of the Civil war, however, the organization was
divided, as Imlf of the members Joined tho Confederate forces and tho other
half fought on the Union side. Mnny of its members fought In the Spanish-
American wur, and now some of its former members nro oillcera in the present
wnr.
Tho organization was for mnny yenrs tho champion drill company of tho
District, being at that time Company B of tho Second battalion of the Natlonnl
Guard of tho District of Columbln. It was nlso one of the best companies In
,tha United States, and traveled to various cities to participate In compctltivo
drills, whero it won mnny honors.
Tho company was reorganized In 1880, and two years later erected tho
armory. Tho basement of tho structure was used by the company, while tho
upper floor was used for balls and many soclnl functions. Among the notable
functions hold there were the Uuchelors' cotillions, Army and Navy club
dances and charity balls.
The compnny disbanded In 1005, and formed the National lUlles Veteran
association, which still holds banquets.
Diary Exposes Carelessness of
Teuton Gunners With Their
Own Men.
REHEARSE FOR BIG BATTLES
1 jV"V friitY oucHrA
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Headquarters for Men in Country's Service cartridges, w
A T TUB Sign of the lied Trlnnglo Is n- now clubhouse established In Wash-
ill Ington. This Is exclusively for men In uniform, of either tho army, navy or
marine corps, nnd through this club any enlisted man coming to Washington
will be directed to whero he can get n
good room and meals, lie will be pro
vided with books, magazines and writ
ing materials at "tho club." Ho will
(hid games there and music.
This Red Triangle club has built
Its own house that Is, It has Just been
set up hero on the vacant plot nt Ninth
street nnd Pennsylvania avenue, hav
ing boon brought lure "knocked down"
from Long Island, N. Y.
This is a building 20 feet by 0-1,
set up by tho war work council of the
Y. M. C. A. for men In tho service of tho country. ,It has already been used
for demonstrations at several training enmps. Tills service club will be under
the personal supervision of William Knowles Coouper of the Central Y. M.
C. A., and IB one of n chain of l!t similar buildings for tho comfort and con
venlenco of tho "soldiers In our midst." It will serve all the purposes of n
well-conducted Information bureau for tho mnn In uniform.
Several local churches already have become Interested in tho Idea, and In
keeping therewith are co-operating with tho Y. M. C. A. In looking after tho
comfortH of tho enlisted men. It Is expected that other church organizations
and philanthropic associations will take the matter up with a view of render
Ing all the assistance they can to help the movement.
A list or rooms in private nonies is Doing arranged, and when tho men
get here Saturday nights, especially when tho city Is crowded and they lmvo
:io means of obtaining suitable accommodations, they will learn to seek' this
'pluco as their headquarters upon which to rely for the best of treatment.
Realism Carried to the Extreme by
Germans In Preparlna for Trial of
New Strategy Says Human
Strength Is Powerless.
With the French Armies. It Is now
pretty well known that both the
French and Germans frequently re
course their battles, under conditions
is realistic as possible on specially
prepared maneuver grounds. But,
whereas the French on these occasions
take great cure tlmt no men sliall be
njured, the Gemiuns have carried
realism to such a point that each exer-
ise of this kind costs them a number
)f wounded. Tho fact is attested by
the following extract from the note-
Sook of a German of the 218th regl
aicnt of Infantry:
"The exercise was to represent a
now method of attack used by the
French, and was to take place on tho
21st, In tlio presence of the duke of
IVuerttemberg, nnd other personnges.
"On tho 17th our nrtlllery regulated
Its lire preparatory to tho exercise.
Men Wounded In Drill.
"On the 21st wo were put In place
at 8:15 a. in. From 0:30 to 10:30 .the
nrtlllery and tho trench mortars tired
Wo wcro given each tlfty explosive
hllc the men of the first
nnd second waves were given each,
respectively, six and two loaded gren
ados. From the start, during the tir
ing of tho trench morttlrs, men were
wounded by splinters. At 10:30 the
business began, and toward 1 :!!0 p. in.
our companies were assembled for the
rooso step parade on the llochwalsch
Walderystnl rond. This parade also
tool: place beforo the duke of Wuort-
temberg. The exercise, It appears
satisfied these gentlemen entirely. So
It will not bo long now beforo wo en
ter Into the hell. Unhnpplly, several
men were wounded, one seriously. It
Is really sad to seo exercise of thin
kind carried out with real artillery
and trench mortars. Aside from the
fnct that It costs a itrent deal of
money, men are wouiuled almost regit
larly. So It is not enough that we
should risk our lives when wo are at
tho front, we must even bo exposed
to danger when wo nro supposed to
bo at rest."
And here nro some extracts from the
notebook of a German captured lately
at Hill 301. near Verdun:
"Yesterday Just after midnight we
went up to the first lino. Tin. innmh
was terrlblp. Wo were shelled from
every side and the night was black.
We got lost and had to wander tun
ind u half hours in the open. After
dltllculty of every description wo
tlnully readied our shelter. And what
a shelter 1 The entrance and the exit
were half caved In. I hope the shells
won't finally block them, for escape In
such circumstances is not to be
thought of. Our safety depends only
on divine nid ; human strength Is pow
erless.
"Next day, 0:30 a. m. I have Just
got up. In spite of the violent bom
bardment of shells nnd torpedoes I
succeeded In getting more or less
sleep. But we have gone without eat
ing or drinking, as the supply men
have not been able to get through the
barrage lire. I still have a piece of
bread and a little to drink; I will re
tain myself as long as possible. WJio
knows when we sliall be revlctualed?"
Why He Could Not Write.
On the day following the same sol
dier wrote a letter which was found
on him when ho was cultured. I ftlv
this extract:
"Thou hast been waiting a long timti
for news of me, my dear Gertrude, but
can send thee nothing because the
artillery flro Is generally so Intense
that tho supply men who take our let
ters cannot get to us. Lust nlcht. or
MRS. THOMAS F..RYAN
Story of Seventeen-Year-Old Girl Con
fuses Detectives of Brooklyn
Police Department.
New York. Detectives of the Sixth'
branch bureau are confused by the
case of Miss Anita Brown, seventeen
years old, .1014 Fortieth street, Brook
lyn, who told a story of a person en
tering her room at night nnd cutting
IS Indies from the end of her long
blnck hnlr. The hnlr wnsfound lying
on her pillow. The doors of the
uouso una ucen bolted and ner par
ents were certain tbnt no one es
caped through the basement. The
girl said she did not see anyone In
the room.
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BARON VON STEUBEN
FRENCHMAN, IS CLAIM
Indianapolis,
V1
Ind.-
-That Ba
ron "von" Steuben of revolu
tionary war fame was properly
named Baron "do" Steuben and
was n Frenchninn and not a
Prussian, Is the claim of A. B.
Gardiner, secretary general of
tho Society of Cincinnati, In n
statement made public here.
Baron "do" Steuben was of
German birth, but renounced
Prussia and owed allegiance to
France when lie came to Amer
ica to help the revolutionary
cause, according
Lbp asserts that
pntrlatcd himself
a glorious record
years war, but
ir Aw
APPLES PICKED FOR MARKET
Time of Gathering Fruit Varies Con-
slderably With Variety Grading
Is Most Essential.
Apple marketing plans should com
prehend picking methods, grading and
sizing methods, kind or kinds of pack
ages to use, types of pack If box pack
ages are contemplated, shipping meth
ods and'fucllltlos, storage and methods,
of marketing the fruit to the best ad
vantage. The time of picking apples varies
considerably with the vnrioty. In any
case, however, fruit should be mature
before any picking Is done. Time of
picking should be determined In part,
also, by the use to which the fruit Is
put.
Grading and sizing may be done by
machinery. Some form of grading 1
necessary to realize tho highest prollt.
to Gardiner.
Steuben ex-
after making
In the seven
says the full
reason for his expatriating him-
self probably will never bo It
X known.
SUBMARINES NOW. HAVE A HARD TIE
:V-
Activity of Destroyer Convoys Is
Producing Most Satisfac
tory Results.
S MOST EFFECTIVE WEAPON
Why One Woman Knitter Lost Her Popularity
VtrASIIINGTON women nro pntrlots. If anyone doubts this, let him surely
i him look Into n certain department store at the big knitting class being
conducted there dally. All th? women are knitting for soldiers or tailors.
They learn to knit sweaters, nnd caps
and nil sorts of useful thin,', which
soldiers and sailors aro supposed to
chortle with gleo to receive.
A recruit was added to the class
the other day. Sho was young, slio was
pretty, she was everything that n worn
tin should be. And she was learning
to knit rapidly. After several lessons
the other patriotic women began to
tnko an Interest In whnt sho was knitting.
"iour Hwenter must bo for n
rather smnll sailor," remurked one woman, gazing at tho garment growing
under tho hands of tho knitting recruit, who sat earnestly Juggling needles.
"It's for llttlo Billy," smiled the young woman.
"Little Billy i" What u romantic name for a bravo sailor, all thu women
agreed.
"But er my dear," snld an older woman, "you have four arms started."
Tho young knitter smiled.
"Two for his front legs and two for Ida hind legs M
Front legs I Hind legs! Tho women nil stopped their knitting. Kccdlci
graved helplessly In air.
"Who Is Billy?" they clamored.
"Billy Is my bulldog."
And now she knits nt home.
I
Diaries Taken From Captured U-Boat
Commanders Furnish Documentary
Evidence of Effectiveness of De
stroyer's Perfect Convoy Work.
Base of the American Flotilla In
British Waters. Diaries taken from
captured U-boat commanders furnish
documentary evidence that the de
stroyer Is the most effective of present
weapons against the submarine.
"Avoided destroyer" Is the oft-ropeutcd
entry. In fact, these logs show con
clusively that the submarines are hav
ing a hard time of It.
Tho result of the destroyer activity
during the Inst four weeks has been
not only a decrease In casualties of
merchant ships but also a sllll more
satisfactory Increase in the number of
submarines sunk.
Convoying as an Offensive.
The convoying of merchantmen has
mow reached a stage almost of perfec
tion, after many months' work In train
ing both the olllcers of merchant ships
:muI the personnel of the patrol llotll
ns. Wlille systematic convoying was
undertaken primarily as n defensive
, uesim it has now developed tbnt
- onvoytng is at tho sanie time the best
offensive measure yet devised against
i he U-boat.
The offensive side of convoying may
best bo shown by an illustration:
When a submarine tries to torpedo a
convoyed ship us submarines are now
compelled to do owing to tho Infre
(iiiency of unconvoyed shipping tliero
is always a destroyer on the scene, nnd
the chnnces of the destroyer's "get
ting" that particular submarine nre
correspondingly Increased. Tho wake
of a torpedo Is generally seen by the
destroyer's lookouts, and It gives n
Kood line on the direction where the
Mibmnrlnp Is lying. The destroyer Im
mediately slcers a course full speed
In the line shown by the wake of the
i tmpedo and drops repeated depth
Mrs. Cuylir, u prominent society charges along this course,
woman, who recently married Thomus j In n considerable proportion of cases
F. ltynti, tho noted nnaneler. this proves effective, for these depth
chnrges cause serious commotion over
a considerable radius.
Surface Signs May Be Missing.
The correspondent was told of three
cases In the Inst fortnight In which
submarines wero thus destroyed. In
many Instances, no doubt, submarines
are destroyed without any visible indi
cation above the water of their loss.
Still others are badly crippled, ns In
the case of the damaged German U
boat which was recently Interned in
Spain.
Another submarine which will never
return to Germany was sunk under pe
culiar circumstances a short time ago
Tills U-bont torpedoed a ship bound
from the United States. It Is extreme
ly unwise and unsafe to fire n torpedr.
at such close range, but the U-boats'
must take their targets as they get
them these days. The torpedoed snip
was loaded with a cargo of heavy war
material and the explosion was so for
cible that It blew a large piece of
heavy material through the deck of tho
ship and dropped it on tho submarine
as the latter was submerging. The hull
of the submarine was crushed like an
eggshell and she sank with all on
board.
HOW GERMAN SAYS "TANK"
"S chutzengrabenvernlchtungsautomo-
bile" Is Fritz' Word for
English Monster.
11-.. , 1.1........ Ml 1 . I 1 I- . ,
uMiinKiuii. i inriy-iive letters nre
required to spoil one word which. In
Gerniau. Is the equivalent of the four-
letter Hngllsh "tank" or land battle
snip, which nns wonted such havoc In
the present war. The Gerniau word
as it appears in oillclal dispatches re
ceived here. Is "scliutzengrubenver
nlehtungsautomoblle." which, freely
translated. Is "a mnchlne for suppress
ing snooting trencnes."
Sneeze Breaks Glasses.
Ilocliester, r.. . Dr. D. J. Corrlgac
or wensicr is in st. Mary's hospital,
iu v ni-iii iiiiuie to save
the sight of one of his eyes. He wan
returning homo from Fnlrport early
In the night when, In sneezing, his
nice came in contact with the steer
t.. li'lim.l .1.. ....a ...
, ,ii mi? uuioiuooiie lie was
driving, ins eyeglasses were hmkn
and a piece of glass entered the eye-
Fruit-Weighing Apparatus.
A, Shoulder harness; B, spring balance;
fi. scale for weighing a maximum of 50
pounds; b, scale calibrated to Indicate full
box or parts of box In tenths; e, pointer;
il, U, ropes; nnd e, e, steel hooks.
Through proper grading one New York
Arm received two years ago a mini
mum of $3.50 a barrel for Its fruit and
us high as $0 a barrel for tho best
grades. One experiment in honest gra
ding nnd packing Is usually sufllclcnt
to convince any grower of the policy
of the prnctice.
The advantages of tho various types
of storage and tho type best suited to
his conditions must bo determined by
tho individual. For the commercial
grower iced storage Is by far tho best.
For the average farmer or tho man
entering to ti smnll market, a different
form of storage Is essential.
The co-operative plan of marketing
apples lias been very successful in some
sections.
MORE MULCHING IN GARDENS
Roots of All Plants That Lie Just Un
der Surface Suffer From Freezing
and Thawing.
It would be greatly to our advan
tage to do more mulching in our 'gar
dens and about our shrubs and fruit
trees. Boots of all plants that lie Just
under the surface suffer from the al
ternating freeze and thaw of our bro
ken winters. The soil lifts as It thaws;
consequently there Is a misplacement
of the roots. Their close contact with
the soil Is broken and their delicate
root connections are often strained
apart. Even our hnrdler plants would
make more steady growth for mulch
ing. Careless mulching, however, may
prove nn Injury rnther than a benellt.
If applied before the ground has fro
zen about bulbs and fleshy roots It
olTers shelter to tho burrows of Held
mice and Invites them to a good feed
supply as well. If applied after tho
ground freezes It Insures cold storage
for the root system until time for a
safe start In the spring, as It retards
the thawing of tho frozen soli.
SET OUT ORCHARD IN FALL
Generally Not So Much Pressuro and
Hurry of Work Rains Will
Settle the Soil.
In the fall there Is generally not so
much pressure and hurry of work ns
Is the case in the spring, and this Is a
good time to set out an orchard. The
ruins of fall and winter will set tho
earth among the roots so that growth
can begin nt the earliest moment In
the spring.
PRUNE SMALL BUSH FRUITS
Work May Be Dene on Currants and
Gooseberries Soon ao Leaves Fall,
or In Spring.
Currants and gooseberries may be
primed as soon as the loaves fall; or
tho work may bo left untl! early spring.
Cut back ono-thlrd o." this year's
growth, and thin out surplus, diseased
.)r unthrifty hhoots. OM bushes may
Uavo two-thirds of tho present year's
growth removed.