THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRA8KA.
ARMY SUPPLIES IN
CHAIN OF CITIES
Three Towns Behind the Lines
in France Hold Great
Stores.
BAKERY SYSTEM A FEATURE
Forty Shipments of White Bread Made
Dally All. Facilities Being En
larged Ono Town Is Stor
age Center.
Behind tho American Front In
France. Less spectacular than tho
continued nrrlvnl of American troops
and their occupation of u definite front
sector, yet In Its way quite ns Impor
tant for their success, has heen the
steady development of tho system of
keeping them In the myriad supplies
they must have.
Keeping pace with tho Increasing
training camps there has grown up a
storage, transportation and distribu
tion system that not only accurately
and elllclcntly supplies the needs of
all our soldiers hut Is continually be
ing enlarged against future needs.
Neither troops nor supplies can come
too fast for it.
Tho various functions of tho system
bakery, refrigerating plnnt, ware
houses for clothing, non-perlshahlo
foods und similar supplies, and the
main distributing plant arc located
for convenience sake In three towns
or cities situated respectively at the
threo comers of an obtuse triangle,
and near enough to the training camps
and front so that supplies can reach
the furthest points in 24 hours.
, Bakery Is Great Industry.
No link In tho chain between "a port
Jn Franco" und tho American front Is,
perhaps, more Interesting than the bak
eries. '
The supplying of tho Amerlcnn
troops In Franco with white brelul has
becomo u great Industry nnd Is growing
all tho time. Tho few bakers origi
nally here have grown ln(o compnulciJ ;
tho relatively small dully quantity of
bread tutned out In July has Increased,
to scores of thousands of pounds, und
entire shiploads of Hour nro arriving
weekly and! aro being stored awny In
warehouses with capacity of millions
wf pounds as a reserve ngatyjst the
arrival of still more troops.
Tho American army first took pos
cession of a hugo bakery In a central
tFrench city, formerly operated by a
LONDON AMBULANCE
To protect them from any possible danger from nlr raids tho L. C. 0.
nmbulanco girls Of London hnvo been completely outfitted, even with shrap
nel helmots.i These energetic wnr workers can bo seen hurrying throughout
Loudon during nlr raids to nld those who might bo victims of tho deadly
Touton bombs. '
"new airplaS
Washington. The wnr department
authorises the following;
Tho present war brought forth a
now kind of ammunition for nlrplnuo
use in tho form of special cartridges
containing bullets for nnuor-plercjng,
tracing, nnd incendiary purposes.
With tho progress of tho war tho
more vital purts of tho nlrplano were
protected with light armor, so that It
becamo necessary to Introduce the ar-mor-plerclng
bullet.
As tho gnsollno tanks were particu
larly suscoptlblo to Incendiary explo
sion, It was necessnry to procure n
bullet containing an Inflammable sub
stance, Ignited upon discharge, which
would carry the spark of llnmo Into
the tank upon piercing It.
As tho tnrget, tho enemy airplane,
was within fighting range for only
brief moments at n time, nnd as there
were no mentis of determining tho fire
effect as on land, a tracer bullet con
talnlng a bright-burning composition,
which would Indicate tho path of tho
German, und having u capacity for
storing 1,000,000 pounds of Hour, In ad
dition to a not Inconsiderable dally
output of bread from Its coke ovens.
Those making the arrangements
knew that the time would soon como
when the city bakery would he Imid
equate, so they went outside of the
city ami leased from tho French a tract
of land consisting of several thousund
acres, upon which the conventional mil
itary wooden shncks soop sprang up
and where there is room for an In
definite number of additional field bak
eries as the need may arise.
By tho time the city bakery had
reached Its capacity the shucks were
fully equipped with the very latest In
baking machinery.
Spur tracks have been constructed
out to the field from tho city, and over
them carloads of broad leave each
morning and afternoon for the training
camps and the front.
I'ach baking company has for some
tline been exceeding the limit of 30,000
pounds a day and has been turning
out front ;i:i,000 to 35.000 pounds. The
men, 101 to a compnny,work In two 12
hour shifts. Their product, chiefly
great, round, hard-crusted loaves, con
RODE THREE TIMES
THROUGH BARRAGE
Indian Rajput at Cambrai Es
capes Without Scratch in
Daring Mission.
IS GIVEN VICTORIA CROSS
Delivers Messages Which Perhaps
Saved Battalion of British From
Extermination Threo Horses
Shot Under Him.
London. Lieut. Gobind Singh has
tho Vlctorln Cross and he enrned it.
Ho Is a Rajput from India and ho Is n
bravo man. Threo times ho dashed
Into what seemed almost certain death
and ho escaped without a scratch, al
though the horses werb shot from un
der him. And furthermore ho dcllv-
GIRLS FULLY EQUIPPEn
bullet In daylight us well us In dark
ness, nnd thereby allow the aim of the
machine gun to bo corrected, wns In
troduced. At tho outbreak of tho war. further
Information was promptly gathered
from tho allies ond this subject wns
studied by those responsible for this
work In tho United States, Of course,
on account of the dllllcultles of the
problem, nono of tho special bullets
possessed by any country Is entirely
satisfactory or what might be tenned
"perfect" In operation.
Tho bullets developed by the United
States ordnance department have been
tested on land and from airplanes to
seo If there Is any dlfforenco In their
performance when fired from a quickly
moving nlrplano In tho upper ntmos
phero and when fired on land.
These tests Indlcato that tho United
States has developed n class of special
cartridges with a performance fully
equal to or surpaMlng that attained
abroad.
stitutes about forty soparnto shipments
that are made dally by train, motor
truck nnd horse-druwn vehicles.
Tho bread Is supplemented by bis
cuits and rolls nt breakfast and sup
per. In thu city Itself the Americans
found one of tho largest refrigerating
and meat, storage warehouses in
France, nnd absorbed It last July,
though it was then many times larger
than their needs. Its capacity is close
to two million pounds, nnd while It
has at times been nearly full, tho sup
ply Is never permitted to fall beldw
half a million pounds. There are more
than ($00,000 pounds there tnow.
Direct railroad lines lend not only
from the bakery and tho refrigerating
plant th the camps but also from the
seaports and the city.
.Several miles westward, nt the low
er apex of the triangle, lies another
French town which has been nil but
bodily tnken over by the Americans
as a storage center. Hero non-perishable
foods canned goods, salt, tffjgar
and vegetables other than those bought
fresh from the French peasants are
stored.
One of the largest buildings which
the Americans have taken over Is de
voted to equipment. Here aro stored
many thousands of uniforms and ev
ery article of clothing from shoes und
caps to buttons nnd handkerchiefs.
The needs of the troops Is estimated
at several pairs of shoes a year and
three or four uniforms.
ercd messages which pcrhnps saved n
battalion from extermination. There
Is no prouder Indlnn In Great Britain
or Franco than Lieutenant Singh. It
is nothing unusual to sec n soldier sa
lute when he passes- Just out of ad
miration. Braves Barrage Fire.
It was at Cumbrnl that ho went
through tho bullet-swept areas to de
liver his precious messages. The offi
cer In commnnd of his battalion felt lt
Imperative to send word to the gener
al staff, and volunteers were asked for.
There was no other wny to communi
cate. Lieutenant Singh offered his
services. Ho mounted a horse nnd
fared forth Into No Man's Land. Flvo
others had volunteered nnd been killed
In tho rain of mnchlno gun bullets from
the German lines, but a few hundred
yards nwny. Singh gnlloped at full
speed Into the region of death. Il6 Is
a skillful rider and his charger was ex
perienced. A short distance away his
horso fell under him. Tho Indlnn fin
ished his trip of COO yards afoot.
. Tho messago required a reply and ho
volunteered to deliver It. He sullied
forth on another horso nnd with his
body glued to thnt anlmnl he plunged
ahead with tho machine gun fire again
ploying on him. "A second time his
horse wns killed.. Ho finished this
Journey also on foot running as swift
ly as his trained legs could carry him.
nis colleagues cheered him as he drop
ped Into tho friendly trench nnd all
agreed thnt he led n charmed life.
Makes Third Trip.
But his task was not finished. His
officer found that If one more message
could bo sent to tho stuff tho bnttnllon
might be rescued. Singh snld he would
go n third time. Thq officers offered
him his cholco of horses nnd he select
ed a splendid animal, which ho ca
ressed before undertaking the last and
most dangerous dash of nil. The dls
tnnco ho had to go was n mile and a
half. Ho covered almost half the dis
tance ond heard not n shot. But In
stantly a barrage started from the Ger
man guns. A British sentinel In a shell
holo warned him to pnuse, saying no
human being could get through the
curtain of shell fire alive. But Singh
Ignored tho warning, no spurred his
horso to new speed. A shell struck
tho anlmnl and almost tore It to pieces.
Singh dropped to tho ground and half
crawling and half dragging himself he
finished his perilous Journey without
receiving a bullet wound. To tho as
tonishment of tho oillcers who had
watched with breathless excitement
his plunge through the shndow of
death the Indian asked If ho were to
mnke a return trip. Ho was told It
wns not necessary. A short time Inter,
due to. tho order he had delivered, his
battalion was rescued from a most dan
gerous position,
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AUSTRIAN FOR AMERICA
FIRST, LAST-ALWAYS
, Grecnshurg, Pn. Peter Dor
zuk, an Austrlnn shoemaker, Is
for Amorlca first, last and all
tho time. He was sent bnck
from Camp Lee because of phy.
slcal disability.
Before going to camp Dorzuk
Invested nil his savings, amount
ing to several thousands of dol
lars, In Liberty bonds. He also
made a will bequeathing "any
nnd all properties or monoy or
whatsoever of vnluo I may have
or possess at tho time of my
death to tho United Stntes gov
ernment." "2 Helmet der Kaiser."
Columbus, O. A unique sign hns
been tacked nbovo tho counting room
door In State Auditor Donahey's suite.
It bears tho uumeral "2," then a pic
ture of a helmet, and then tho words
"der knlser," reading "2 helmet der
kaiser."
mSHNpN CITY
Chicken Thief Had" Consideration for His Captor
ITjTASHINGTON. Cliff Lunhum, chairman of local exemption board No. 5,
IT had an exciting experience the other night; nnd tho thoughts of the par
ticipants therein nro herewith presented for future examination by psychoi
uialysts. Lnnham was slumbering
peacefully that morning. Awakened ho
lstened with thnt Intentness one usu
llly manifests on such occasions. Ills
teen ear detected sounds out Itf the
died In his back yard.
Jumping out of bod, Cliff grabbed
tils trusty 32 howitzer and mndo down
stairs for the kitchen door.
It was ono of tho cold nights, but
Miff plunged forth, regardless, Poja
jnas and bare feet make for speed. He
,vas Into tho shed before tho thief was
n ware.
"Hands upl" cried Lnnham, addressing his remarks to tho dusky figure
jcpii In the dusky shed.
But tho dusky figure sturted to flee Instead.
So Lanham let go his revolver and grappled with tho intruder.
Lanham soon had tho fellow at his mercy nnd haled him out into tho light
of tho moon.
"Now you como along with me," said Lanham.
And he marched the chicken thief out of the bnck yard and down the
alley to the corner of Thirteenth nnd G streets southeast, where he put in a
call for a patrol wagon.
While standing there on the corner, Lanham 6ays, ho kept thinking all
tho time Just ono big thought.
Finally ho gave that thought voice. "Aro you registered in tho draft?" ho
nsked the negro. I
Tho captive shifted nervously. "No, boss, I Is too young," he replied.
There was unother long silence.
Now we Investigate the train of thought of the colored man.
"Say, boss," that Individual said, turning to Lanham.
. "Well?" answered Lnnham. "What do you want?"
Tho colored man looked down at tho pavement. And then: "Boss, ain't
yo' feet cold?"
After All, What Was There for the "Jedge" to Do?
A BIG real estate man "big" stands for business) called on nn old tenant
who wns behind in her rent. He wns welcomed with affable apologies
nnd given nn exceedingly rich promise of payment. "I has the rent, Jedge,
"Jedge" gave her the money Lord love and went his way. The next morn
ing the old lndy failed to show up. She was among those absent the day
after. And the day after that. And on the morning after that a righteously
wrathful "Jedge" repeated his visit.
"Thought you were coming to pay that rent?"
"Why, good mawnln', Jedge I It cert'n'y Is curus for you to come henh
jes' as I was a steddyln' tl comer roun' t' yoh ofllco wif my rent money I got
It all t'guthor cepn' the las' dollah "
"Didn't I give you that dollar?"
"Deed you did, Jedge, honey. You cert'n'y did gimmo that dollah an' It
como in mouty handy, too Ifiln I hadu't had it when thnt ooman comer
fitawmpln' In on mo to pny her tho las' dollah I owed her for my ree-gale-yer
I could'n't a-turncd. aut yesty with the Sisters of the Gallllean FIshmen nn' rid
lu n hack. You c'n go to pahlor socials, any way you wants to, but when you
rides to buryln's you got to wenh a pupple silk ap'n boun' 'roun' wif whlto
an' n colhih to match. The s'lety I b'longs to pays sick bene-flts an' 'sesses
you eve'y time you dies, so you c'n have a chu'eh suvvlce wif fo' hacks freo
an' n wreaf of any kinder flowers yo'
money comln' to me t'nlght, an' lliln the
take that dollah on' pay mah rent
It Isn't In tho story what the "Jedge" did, but ns tho old tenant kept her
chip of a house up in Blank alley one
Peculiar Thrill Went
A WOMAN In a raincoat was buying
x which Implied u chauffeur at the
ized, side by side, regardless of the abysmnl ennyon that divides mercerized
rubber from seal and both wero buy
ing gloves.
When her package was tucked un
der from tho weather, Raincoat went
outside, raised her gloria, and
Down showered gloves, silk stock
ings, n nifty neckploco and u silver-
meshed bag.
Yon might suppose a showdown
llko that would luivo raised a mob, but
there wasn't an Argus-eyo In sight
thanks to the storm and to the fact
that this Ib a true happening Instead
of dramatic fiction. So Raincoat fished up her sloppy loot, Waded bnck to
tho store with tho stuff held at arm -
deuce appearance of what a soulless
went Into executive session with n lloor
But thq loot-lady who hod planted her swag In tho wrong cache had gone
Into the unknown and carried lier freedom along. And that was nil thero
wns to ,lt, except thnt Raincoat went homo excitedly elated because for tho
urut time In all her decades she had
Remarkable Appetite Is
A NKW use for coal has been discovered by tho Janitor of a Washington
JrV apartment house. Whether notice of the discovery should bo sent to
Secretary McArion or to Herbert Hoover I lenvo to tho reader to decide. Tills
colored mnn feeds soft coul to his rab-
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did Jook ns If It wero caring the coal, nnd enjoying it. It is the dirtiest rabbit
In tho world, too. But, Irrespective of the coal In Its little inside, it Is literally
playing with fire, nnd is liable to meet
You seo, tho furnace Is warm,
draft door, every now and then, to investigate things.
Little does it know that any moment n cruel coal may drop upon its back
I told tho Janitor nbout it; but he
-,Decd, boss, dht rabbit eats Arc,
fEossT
AIKT TO
cold? n
all but the las' dollah, an' as soon as I
c'n rlz it I'm a-comln Tighter 'roun I
cert'n'y is."
"Look here, aunty. I don't want to
seo you turned out in weather like
this. I know how good you used to bo
to that old man of yours after he got
crippled up and what a lot of honest
hard work you have done In your tlmo
I wish I had as clean a record. Sup
pose I give you that dollar. Will you
como to the office and pay up?"
Aunty was bCainlngly sure. So tho
mo'ners calls for. But I got mah wash
mndam pays mo I cert'n'y am gwlno
"
might guess.
With Shopping Expedition
gloves. The customer next wore finery
curb. Both had umbrellas thnt fratern
length to uvold the clrcumstnntial-evl-
law calls being caught in tho act, and
walker,
come In touch with crime.
That of Washington Rabbit
bit.
He becamo the possessor of a fat
rabbit, and, having no other place to
keep tho littlo cousin, to tho kangaroo.
decided to house tho animal In tho
furnaco room. Of courso ho gave it
plenty to eat, and a tin cup of water
to drink, but thnt rabbit developed a
taste for coal that wiw amazing, the
janitor tells me.
Sounds llko a nature fake, I'll ad
mit, but I saw that rubblt, and it sure
Its fato nny day.
and the rabbit; wanders in through tho
snld:
he do,"
SUITABLE HOUSE FOR FOWLS:
Hens Should Be Comfortable, With
Floor Spite of 3 or 4'Square Feet
for Each" Bird.
(Prepared by tho United States Depart
ment or .AKricuuuro.j
Tho poultry flock should bo comfort
ably but not expensively housed. A
house which provides a floor spaco of
3 or 4 square feet per bird Is ample for
the purpose, nnd fowls nr,c often suc
cessfully kept with an allowance no
greater 'than 2 to 3 square feet.
Houses must be dry and free from
draft, but must allow ventilation.
Often there is nn unused shed or small .
building on the place which can easily
ho converted Into n chicken house. The
front of the poultry house should bo
faced toward the south, If possible, so
that tho sun will shine Into It. Per
fectly satisfactory houses can bo made-
cheaply from piano boxes or other-
packing cases. Two piano boxes with
tho backs removed can be nailed to
gether nnd a door cut In the end. Those
boxes should be covered with a roofing
paper in order to keep the house dry
and to make it wind-proof. A portion,
of tho door should be left open or cov
ered with n piece of muslin, so ns to
allow ventllntlon. Similar houses can.
be constructed of packing cases at a
relatively small cost. A small amount
of 2 by 4 or 2 by 3 lumber can bo pur
chased for framing. The box boards.
can be.npplled for siding or sheathing
and then covered with roofing paper.
Whore there Is a board fence It Is
sometimes possible to take advantage
of this by building tho poultry house
In the corner of tho fence, and making
I ho fence itself, with the cracks cov
ered by strips or battened, serve as tho.
back nnd one side of the house.
A cheap house 8 by 8 feet square can
be made by 2 by 4-lnch pieces and 12
inch boards. Tho 2 by 4 pieces are
used for sills, plates, corner posts, nnd
three rafters. No studding Is required
except that necessary to frame the
Good Type of Poultry House.
door nnd window space. The boards,
are run up nnd down and add suffi
cient stiffness to tho house. They aro
used also for the roof and covered with
roofing pnper. Tho back and sides of
the house also can bo covered with
roofing paper, or the cracks can be-
covered with wooden' battens or strips.
IVj to 3 Inches wide. In the front of
the house there should be left a win
dow or opening which can be closed,
wheji desired, by n inuslln screen or
curtain which serves as a protection
against bad weather but allows venti
lation. In the side a door should ba
provided which will allow entrance. A
shed or single-slope roof Is best be
cause easiest to build. A height of tt
feet in front and 4 feet In tho rear is
ample. If desired, the house may bo
built higher, so that It Is more conveni
ent to work In; the Increase In cost
will be slight. The ventilator In the
rear is not needed In the northern part
of the country, but Is desirable In tho
South, whore summers are very warm.
Such a house would be amplo for a
ilock of 20 to 25 hens. It enn bo built
quickly mid easily nnd Is cheap In
construction.
INSURE CHICKENS AND EGGS
Farmer Who Hatches Early n Spring
Seems to HaveBest of Argument
Lay In Winter.
An essential part of the endeavor to
insure, moro chickens nnd eggs Is con
tained In tlio maxim hutch early. The
farmer who hatches early In tho spring,
either by Incubation or natural meth
ods, seems to hove all tho best of the
argument. When chickens are hatched
early In the spring they mature In tho
fall nnd lay eggs In the winter. Then.
In tho spring, they aro ready to hutch
early. Late-hatched fowls are lato In
maturing, do not lay In tho winter,
and do not sit until late In tho follow
ing spring.
Don't Breed Slackers.
Do not breed from slackers wheth
er they are poor layers or thoso which
nre inactive, go to roost early, como
off the roost late.
Basis of Feed.
Bran- and corn should bo the basis
of poultry feed In consideration of
present prices.
Food for Chicks.
In order for chicks lo grow the best
it is desirable to hnvo food of some
kind befp- th-mi nil tho time.