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THE 3EMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. NEED PATRIOTISM TO END THE WAR "Wake Up, America." Should Bo Slogan of People of United States. TEXAS AVIATOR IN WARNING Depreclateu Patronizing Air of Some Americana New to War Boasts Offered Friends In France, Who Understand. Austin, Tex. Bcrgt. II. Clyde Ilals ley Ih (lie first Texan to return from Ifranco us a hero of the flying service of (ho Lafayette ISscadrille, of which t0 In ft iiieniher. Young JJalnIoy'w home Ja In San Antonio, and ho Ih n former student of tho University of Texas. Ho came to Auxtln n few duys ago upon Invitation from Ills old-tlmo frlcuds In tho university to relate his experiences. Ho Is home on con valcscent leavo, having Just recovered from wounds received when attacked ly a flock of German airmen. Ho fell with his nmchlna from n height of 32,000 feet to an nltltudo of 2,000 feet, when ho managed .o right Ills airplane ond land safely hehlud tho French lines. Ho spent three years In the lying service. Patriotism Must Be Aroused. "Wnko Hp, America!" should bo tho slognn of tho pcoplo of tho United titntet Scrgennt Unlsloy said whllo liero. "It Is so terribly necessary and right now that tho wholo country ho filled with patriotism. It must feci thnt on It, and It alone, rests tho outcomo of this war. Until that time I do not believe America's best efforts can bo put forth. For whllo no one, I think, would want to tako one lota of clicorfulncHH or 'jnnplnesH away from our soldiers, ntlll wo who are at tho front tho allies and tho French feel that Americans nro too coclcituro too full of braggadocio. Confidence Is all right, but n man who does not jneasuro tho enemy's resistance nud tako Into account that bo Is lighting to tho death, may stand to lose vast odds just because of his shortsighted ncss," Balsloy npoko of bombing Germany With American airplanes. "Of course, It will tako time. From tho French vlowpolnt It will bo 1010 before Americans can really go In In great forces, bocuuso sho must got her planes built and transported, and It takes time, tlmo, time. Wo really think that In 1018 America will only he able to take charge of somo sec tlons of tho front, and that It will bo two years before she can really mako herself felt In tho real struggle" Of German atrocltlcB, Balsloy would not speak. "I feel as though I never want to flhake hands with ono of them again," ho doclared. "In tho wholo world there Is only ono I regard highly, and he Is, In Ban Antonio; and because I felt ho was bo different I have hunted him up, But only thoso who have actually known tho moannoBs und cruelty ot their mothods 'over there can understand what a terrible thing their disregard of every principle of right means." Balsloy has many souvenirs of the war several bayonets, a cap taken from a Gorman prisoner, somo shells, n German artillery belt, etc. In u worn bit of cloth ho carries tho shell which, bursting, shattered his thigh. "Tho nurso gavo It to mo after tho operation," ho explained, - In enlnrglng upon tho American nt tltudo as viewed from tho foreign Htandpolnt Balsloy went Into details. KICKS BOMB OUT OF WAY '!New York" Carpenter's Curiosity Gets Better of Him and He Returns to Investigate, Now York. Salvatoro Nucclo, a carpenter, stumbled ovor something when ho went home tho other night, kicked It out of tho way and entered his room. When his curiosity got tho bettor of him ho went out In tho hall and struck n match. The "something" was nn 8-lnch bomb. It had failed to 'explode because tho fuflo hud been wound too tightly. ONE LOOK !S SUFFICIENT "I spenk of American braggadocio ns I have seen It In Franco and In I'arls and as I have scon It from the Fronch angle, So muny of the boys who have gone over have more or less adopted tho attitude of 'Well, we're sorry for you Frenchlcs, but you don't know how to fight. Now that wo'vo como over wo'll show you a thing or two.' Of course we that have been born and reared In Amer ica understand that attitude. War Is no now to this great peaceful coun try thnt even ufter these years of tho struggle It Ih Impossible for us to realize how big a thing and how ter rlble n thing wo are up ngalnsu We are like a big overgrown boy trust ing to his largo muscle and cheerful noHM against a prlzo fighter whoso methods he knows absolutely nothing nbout, and therefore he cannot know how strenuous nn adversary he bus to underestimate his strength und to patronize others who seek to caution him against the fighter. The French do not understand this at all and are Inclined to resent it. This, to my mind, is one of tho unfortunate facta so far of our 'going over,' nnd I bc llovo our officials when they como to realize, will try to eradicate tho spirit and put us on more of a 'comrade ship' basis towards thoso who have suffered so much nnd whom wo have gone put to help." GERMAN PRISON BLIGHT IS HINTED 360 British Released From Run-, leben by Exchange Have "Barbred Wire Fever." 'PALL OVER ENTIRE COUNTRY' Report Few Trains Running, Stations Deserted, Smoke From but Few Chimneys Fuel Shortage In Germany Acute. London. All England has been stirred by tho return of 300 soldiers and civilian prisoners of wur from lluhleben, Germany, soirio of whom nro flflhermcp who wore surprised liy the Germans In tho North sea Immediately after tho declaration of war, and had therefore been prisoners ollnost from tho llrst day of hostilities. - It Is not because of tho stories they tell, for their lips hnvo been sealed bo far as their own sufferings aro con cerned by order of tho government. The remnrk of ono of tho civilians to nn old friend who mot tho party "Wo aro fairly all right, but we hnvo nil got bnrbed-wlro fever" Is said to contain tho wholo story. Englishmen know whnt that means, nnd there Is nowhere any desire to reverse tho government's order. Symptoms of Barbed-Wlro Fever, "ilarbcd-wlro fever Is tho nervous strain thnt Is telling with Increasing force especially In tho caso of tho .old er men, who cannot tnko bo much exor ciseupon 4ho hundreds of men who have spent ovqr threo years on thnt un happy coprso," says the Manchester Guardian. "They were bitterly disappointed that tho attempt of our government to abolish Ituhleben altogether by an ex change, however it might advantage the Germans, enmo to nothing, nnd many of tho repatriated men nre con vinced that there may be an increase of mental cases if Ituhleben continues much longer. You could see the marks of nervous excitement on many of tho faces, and probably tho reaction from being set free will be felt severely by tho men of more sensitive minds." From a few of tho civilian prisoners something of tho condition of affairs In Germauy was learned Illustrations supporting tho general impression, ac cording to the Dnlly Telegraph, "that tho war has entirely changed tho "con ditions of life In tho enemy country. which hns ceased altogether to display that air of cheerful prosperity which characterized tho Germany of ' peace dnys." Germany, It wus said, presented the appearance of a country "under a Under Blight. "I was very much struck when trav eling through tho country," said one of the men, "with tho dead look of ev erything. Even In ono of tho great towns through which we passed there seemed to bo llttlo going on, and tho railway stations were almost entirely deserted. On tho lino between Spun lau niul Hanover we did not sco a single passenger train, and tho goods traffic appeared to be quite negligible. Tho fields were devoid bf cnttlc, and on tho wholo Journey I saw less than a score of sheep." Other men with obsorvnnt eyes had como to the conclusion that tho fuel shortogo In Gormntiy must bo acute, because though tho weather was bit terly cold smoke could rarely be seen issuing from chimneys. Another thing thnt struck them was tho extent to which women are doing work on tho railways. They were seen acting as firemen on locomotives and as plate layers. PHOTOGRAPHING ENEMY TRENCHES FROM AIR n mm lis ai CAPITAL His Last Pair Went the Way of All Eyeglasses WASHINGTON. Now that spring seems on tho wny, I am put In mind of something that happened to n certain' popular young employee of a cer tain Indispensable government department. These happenings occurred last ;prlng, so If you feel tho call of the wild soon, remember these lines, and 'j own re. Look well to your eyeglasses, spectacled readers. You should worry If eyeglasses and spectacles are not pxactly the snmo It's the same family. The birds were singing last spring; the sun was warm; all nature was in dulging In hnrmony. The government mployee rounded up a party of friends, jne of whom owned a launch, und the rrow1 went down the river for an out ing. The employee of Uncle Sam took with him four pairs of eyeglasses, as they were to stay down river several days, and eyeglasses nre easily broken. During the dnys that ensued three palrH of glasses were broken, until he had gotten down to his last pair. One evening the party took a trip In on automobile. On the way back later, through . some mismanagement, the car went over In the ditch and Its contents spilled Into the road. Nobody was hurt, but the government employee had that last pair of glasses knocked off his nose. They searched the road, but were unable to find the aids to -vision, The, man hud the notion that they had fallen on the grass, nnd were unbroken. lie clung to this hope after they had returned to the launch. "Jim," he told the colored mnn-of-all-work, "tomorrow morning early you go back up the roud to where we had that spill last night and see if you can't find my glasses." "The next morning, when the government employee awoke, he recalled his glasses, and wondered If Jim had gone after them. , "I can see him now," he said. "Now he is coming down tho road, now he Is looking In the grass ah 1 there they are." Jim had got ahead of him, however, for no sooner hnd ho thought this than that early bird Jim hove in sight at the head of the ladder running down Into the cabin. . "I found 'cm, I found 'em I" shouted Jim, holding the glasses aloft in triumph. Then Jim slipped ond broke the glasses into a thousand bits. One Answer to the Question That Is Universal HE WAS a youngish man with friendly eyes, and he had stopped snort in his swinging stride to greet a plalnlsh woman old enough to be Ids ma. Having shaken hands as if they meant all that a handshake stands for, the woman, with the freedom of kindly association, started the talkfest: "What, have you been doing with yourself nil this time? J hope you aro going to tell me that you have found the best wife ever." "No, still sticking to my hobby everybody ought to have a hobby. I prefer dogs, myself, because they are honest and loyal, but I also have gono in for "Dogs are all right, but you are too tine a chap not to marry and settle down. Your natural environment Is the home, and you should have one; "Marriage Is generally a matter of settling up." "You can't fool me with a cheap cynicism like that I know you too well and while a hobby Is fine " 1 i a . . 1 1 .i i t n J. t , ir I L 1 i ougiit 10 give it up mm ue a nuuuyr vul mucin aiy income ipii s iu the limousine clnss, and even In the spring my fancy doesn't run to human fashion plates though I've got a tremendous liking for my women friends, understand. As I was saying, I've gone in lately for shells. A shell gives you u live Interest In the water it comes from. Got an abalone last night from a friend who sat In n gloss-bottom bout on Carmel bay, while he watched a Jap cut it from the rocks 20- feet under the blue. And when I get through in France oh, yes, shells of another sort Been in the medical corps for a year now I'm going to travel all over creation hunting for specimens. Kver study Je colors of a shell. Just to give you an Idea -" Which Is Just one answer, girls; de,ar, to the universal questionnaire: Why bachelors? Vt itflrVfttKftiituo tf mil' lvimflivt tlnnjttiflu iriMiit I v itikiiti t lm nhuitf vitts-.na of our nlrmen who lfhotograph the enemy's lines. Tho airplane grnllcx shows ino Bimpio yet cmcieni manner uy wmcn ineso snaps nro tnucn. Rather Took the Wind Out of Matthews' Sails BOH MATTHEWS, one of llllly Sunday's piano artists, told the following Lf story oh himself: Ho says that he always wanted to "get something on" Itodeheuver, his coworker, but that "Uody" was pretty hard to beat, and that lie never got a ciiance to crow over me latter until lately. Hob was out In Kentucky, and while there wifs made nn elder In his home-town church. "At , last," he thought, "I've got something on Ttody. He's not an elder in any church." When Hob met ltodeheaver next time ho told him nbout his becoming an elder. IIo looked nt "Itody" to see how Impressed he wan,, niul found ho wasn't Impressed a bit, "You don't iVem very much Impressed with the fact that I am an elder," said Matthews "Oh, it's fine, of course," replied "ltody," "but It reminds me of a colored man I used to know. "This fellow was a chicken-stealing, good-for-nothing darkey. Hut one day he uuuomiccd to the owner of the plantation that he hud been elected an elder by his comrades. '"You an elder!' cried the owner. 'Why, you chlcken-stenllng, good-for- nothing Sam! How1 did they come to mako you au elder?' "'Well, boss, it was ills way,' explained Sam. 'De rough el'ment in de church des rlr, up In dey might an say, "We wants rep'sentation." ' " Court Rules It Saves Pedestrian From Liability for Contributory Neollgence. Olymplu, Wash. One look up and down tint street Is sufficient to savo iho pedestrian from liability for con tributory negligence If hegets hit by h Jitney or othor vehicle, which he did not bee In crossing tho street, ue . cording to n ruling of tho stato su premo court in confirming n Judgment for $250 against Oscar Peterson, n Jitney drlvor, in favor of John Itedlck. The driver appealed on tho ground that lledlck had not used proper cau tion In crossing tho street, Lad In the Ranks. Waco, T:. Oarl M. Palmer, twolvo years old, of Sunflcld, Mich., Is bc jleved to ho Uncle Sum's youngest soldier, Carl cnTisted Inst summer, claiming his age ua eighteen. Tho boy'a sister disclosed his ago .when who vl<cd camp, nnd upon hearing pmlsa from Capt. Hogarth, raild "And Just think, bo's only twelvo yearn old !" FAITH IN RED CROSS Confidence of Wounded Tribute to Organization. Discharged. Veteran Tells of Heroic Devotion to Duty While Under Fire. Chicago. "What could, any army do without tho Ited Cross?" asks Sergt, Ilonald Klugsley, lata of the Fifty eighth Canadian Infantry, who Is a vet eran of the. Fronch front permanently discharged because of injuries ro colved in battle. Sergeant Klugsley answers his own quvstton. "I think that probably tho greatest trlhuto that can be paid to the Ited Orosa is tho confidence of, tho wounded man. Ho feels that ne matter Row badly wounded ho may bo, If onco ho gets to tho Ited Cross man his life Is eufo. "I witnessed au Incident during tho battle of the Sommo which I shall never forget A Ited Cross officer and four stretcher beurers came to the sup port trenches for some wounded mnn. Tho olllcor raised a Ited Cross fini- in plain view ot the GermniiH and with nis men negan to aross tho wounds nnd tlnnlly to nut the sold era on stroiMior- As they walked off the Germans delib erately nreu on the imrtv nnd dm nm. cer went down. He got up and started again, nut wns lilt a second time and did not get up. "Almost at the same time we heard a saivo or Herman threo-lnoh ciiiu which wounded all the stretcher-bearers and tho wounded soldlom - - vvj VA new wounds. Yet, In spite of this, nn- oilier iteu jross party that same day went out and brought tn wounded men. Need ono say anything more? I think not." Tho work ot the Ited Cross on the battlefield coes on nlcht ami iiv in variably tho incu and tho ambulances uro In range of enemy guns. Devotion to duty characterizes th Ked Cross workers and tho American boys are stimuiuted by na asaurauce. Toronto firms turned out 7,000 pouiuls ot oieomargurlno a day, und cannot supply the demund. It sells at l2 cents u pound. Prominent Capital Women Enjoy "Camp Breakfast" THKUK wus a decided slump In frills and furbelows apparent recently at the Couufesslonal club when that fatuous organization had Its annual breakfast for the club toieinbershlp, nays a correspondent of Women's Wear. Three hundred women, wives, daughters nud sisters of senators and representatives in congress, past and present, of cabinet ministers und oth ers in high ofticinl station, were pres ent at a trench brtxikfast. The "feast" was served with the same utensils and In precisely the same manner as "chow" is dished up In army camps and cantonments or iu the trenches. The menu, too, was Identical with that Undo Sura provides for the men in khnkl. The official women of Washing ton got a "taste" of war provender, each woman carrying her "food pan" got her portion dished up to her as her turn came In the long line which wound ubout the "chow wagons" to bo served before she mude her way to tho long tables upon which were stretched a width of white oilcloth, and practically nothing else. A glass of water marked each "cover." It was exclusively a woman's party, nevertheless the speakers' table presented a very martial picture with Miss Mabel C Iloanlinun, commanding general of tho National lied Cross Lay Service, in full uniform, flanked by air. Ainu Dawson, wife of a one-time minister to Spain, her full dress uni form as a lieutenant In the Ile,d Cross Motor Ambulance service, and a third officer In her remarkably becoming uniform ot a Ited Cross commander In the refreshment division. &Bk 4' YOU'LL LAUGH! DOESN'T HURT TO LIFT CORNS OUT Magicl Costs few cents! Just drop a little Freezone on that touchy corn, instantly it stops aching, then you lift the bothersome corn off with the fingers. Truly! Nohumbugl i mJJ Try Freezone I Your druggist sells a tiny bottle for a few cents, sufficient to rid your feet of every hard corn, soft corn, or corn be tween the toes, and calluses, with out one particle of pain, soreness or irritation. Freezone is the mysterious ether discovery of a noted Cincinnati genius. Great I, Soldiers to Learn Cooking. Mrs. William Jay, Mrs. Iselln, Mrs. Alfred Anson nnd Mrs. O. B. Mitchell of New York city announce that tlierb Is n great need for cooks for tho navy ana army anu mat a lunu ul www io necessary. The New York cooking school, of which these women aro offi cers, alms to teach the men how to cook witli variety, cleanliness and thrift Strength Gave Oaf Ka. Schmitt Was Miserable From Kidney Trouble Until Daaa's Came t Her Assistance. Now WcJL "Hy kidneys gave out during the change of life," eaya Mrs. Margareth. Schmitt, 63 Alabama Ave., Brook lyn. N. x. "My back ached and pained as if it were broken. When I moved in bed, sharp, darting pains caught me across my Dacic ana i couldn't turn. Mornings I was stiff and eore and it felt aa if heavy weights were tied to me, I . was bo "worn-out. I often came near fall ing from dizziness and flashes of fire would come before my eyes, blinding me. . "I had lha moat se vere headaches and my kidneys didn't act regularly. The Becretiona passed too often and caused much distress. I traa hardly able to do my housework and jast to walk upstairs took all say strength. "Aa soon aa I began taking Doen't Kidney Pills, I improved and six boxes put me in better health than I had enjoyed for years." MSdssltt cave the foresoiag lUie ana on April 0, Mrs. Schmitt statement in 1917, she said: "My cure has been permanent. I keep Voan's on hand, However, ana taxe a lew doses occa sionally.'' Gt Dean's at Aajr Stare, 60e Bex DOAN'Sfe FOSTER-MILBURN CO BUFFALO. N. Y. "folio How Ttftphoni Equipment Prices Havs focnasid Hero are a few figures showlnc the advance In prices of telephone equip ment during the last threo years: Glass Insulators from 519.07 to $28.09 p!r 100. Iron telephone wlre-i-from $3.70 to $8.25 per 100 pounds. Copper telephone wire from $25.00 to $08.00 per mile. Telephone poles from 88 to 57 per cent depending: .upon kind nnd size. These are a few of tho Items selected from mors than 000 articles used In the telephone business. The steadily Increasing cost of telephone materials is a problem which la daily be coming more serious for the telephone companies. (TAT)