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THE 8EMI.WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. DARING FLYERS AVENGE LONDON AMERICAN'S WAR TROPHY CITY WOMA 15 HOU WQBICS RS A DAY For Every Bomb Dropped in Eng land 999 Are Sent Down in Germany. SILENCE MANY BATTERIES Feature of the Air Combat Is the Con. tlnuoue Gallantry and Audacity of the Pilots Difference In Strategy. London. Cap tnl ii M , one of the British Flying corps, ambling watch fully behind a grout bank of rolling clouds, spied In n rift below a Ger man patrol of six machines. The com bat was short, sharp and unequal. Im mediately bis pun barked off. A Ger man dived headlong for the earth. Ills leader swept out of formation to meet the daring Hrltlsher nnd followed suit. Enraged, tbo four others dashed for our man simultaneously, firing as they came. For the latter only ono course was optional, Sweeping low from tho eky until he almost skimmed the tree tops and the roofs of the houses ho reached home in safety. Which Is to relate a recent by-thc-way air raid Incident in that thrilling and most audacious factor of up-to-dato -warfare, aerial activity. When tho day Is clear and bright or when the hunter's moon Illuminates the night the pilots and observers of the Itoyal Flying corps work overtime, and then some. From dawn to dawn, without Intermission, until tho rain clouds gather or tho fresh wind grows too un ruly, they arc hard at it, fighting high up among the clouds or bombing rail ways, ammunition dumps, aerodromes nnd billets In back villages. Nino Hundred and Ninety-Nine for One For every bomb on London In n Ger man raid there have been 009 dropped by our men on points nnd posts behind their lines. In this now warfaro of glvo nnd take whllo tho Bodies aro busy over England tho English are busier over llochelund. In a single day as tho result of aerial observation 127 hostile batteries wero silenced, 28 gun pits were destroyed, 80 men were bombed nnd over GO explosions wero caused in ammunition dumps. In two Bhort months 12,000 bombs, aggregating a weight of 238 tons, wero placed at tho disposal of troops,- In trenchmcnts nnd batteries In tho enemy lines. The It. F. O. in the period from Saturday, February 10, to Wednesday, February 20, accounted for 70 German airplanes with a loss of 12. Tho navnl airmen bagged a further eight without loss and tho French were responsible for 20. Tho German airmen are not lucking in courage, but tho policy of their com mnndors nppenrs to bo to maneuver them In large formations, IB and 20 nt a time. Six Is n common party. Tho "tip nnd run" strategy of their bomb crs is only of advantage at night. From a great altitude they "lay their eggs" Indiscriminately and then make olt at n breakneck speed for their base. The larger types of muchlnos, such as tho trlplanc, aro greatly favored. And more than anything they aro lacking In that code of traditions fostered by tho British navy nnd so admirably de velopi'd by tho airmen. The outstanding feature of tho nlr combat Is tho continuous gallantry and audacity of the British pilots. Ono youthful veteran, attacked by a light ing formation of Bodies, Aral Into one machine, which turned over on Its back nnd spun down out of control. Then ho turned bis attention. to another and fired 200 rounds Into It. Suddenly It went Into a spin and crashed. Out with a battle flight of our own the following day he ndded another German to his bag. Then, to make full measure that day, ho spun lower and fired an observation balloon. In tho afternoon ho finished the nggrcguto of four enemy airplanes and a balloon In three days. Two British machines photography bound ran up against half a dozen of tho enemy's. Strictly speaking, theirs was a noncombutunt crnft, but, an noyed nt tho Interruption, they Inld ubout tho enemy with their mnchlnc gun to such effect that In a short time they had knocked out two of their at tnckcrs. Tho rest then flew away and tho Britons returned In pence to their picture making. Recently our bombers achieved n di rect hit on a German army klnemn with results which, uccordlng to a pris oner's story, were disastrous. Immedi ately tho Germans retaliated by bomb ing our hospltnls and stretcher bearers behind the lines. Tho helmet of a German underolllccr captured by Sergt. Major Charles II. Smith of Brooklyn who has Just re turned from Europe after serving threo years with the British army In France, Gnlllpoll, Salonlcu and on, the Mac edonian front. Sergeant Smith, a naturalized American of English birth heard the call of his mother land when fifty years' old. lie spent his fifty-third birthday on the ship bound for homo after his discharge from the British army for physical disability. Ho Is now lecturing on his experiences In tho trenches. Note tho Inscription on the front of tho helmet: "Mlt Gott Fur Keonlg uud Vuterland" "With God for King and Fotherlund." MAIL TO SOLDIERS IS OVERBURDENED Parcel Post Is Loaded Down With I tho i)leco pcei post and papers required 7,402 sucks. When this mall unnecesary Hrucies iui -Army Men. PRIVILEGE MAY BE CURTAILED Postofflce Department Statement As serts That Large Number of Articles 8o Carried Can Be Purchased at Canteens. Washington That tho pnrcel post mnlls to soldiers In Franco nro greatly burdened by reason of so many un necessary "articles being mailed, nnd thnt thero may arlso a necessity for curtailing tho parcel post privilege to soldiers aro shown In tho followlug statement given out by tho Post Of fice department: Itoccntly a government transport renched Franco cnrrylng to the sol diers nt the front 71C.080 letters and 835,840 pieces of parcel post and news papers. Tho letters weighed 8i tons and tho pnrcols and "papers In excess of 110 tons. By reason of tho bulkl nc8s of tho mnll, this shipment took up la excess of 12,000 cubic feet of spneo on tho transport. This moans a sllco of tho ship's cargo space 100 feet long, 10 feet high, nnd 12 feet wide. Tho 715,080 lcttors went Into 840 Bncks but THIS MORTAR SHOOTS BARBED WIRE ic.sbbbbbi jP jl MfYJiii Wti2Mw?mM. 44 " .Si,: ,; Hero Is a new kind of a mortar. Instead of throwing shells It throws barbed wire. It enn throw five rolls of barbed wlro Into enemy trenches or In front of advancing troops without being recharged. . HOW BOYS CAN HELP Can Play Big Part In Upholding American Ideals. Secretary Houston Say They Can Aid In Home Gardening and Con orvlna Food. Washington, How every American boy, although separated by the Atlan tic ocean from tho actual theater of tho war against nutocrncy, can play his part In upholding American ldonls, Is pointed out by Scerutury of Agricul ture HoUHton Jo n message addressed to the Boy Sco'.ts of America. Tho sec retary pledjiflJi to tho boys tho hearty co-operation of tho federal and state agricultural agencies. Secretary Houston's statement follows-: The splendid army of Boy Scouts of America can be rif very great help to the nation n this (lino of world himI. Th war can bo won only If r;e deliver the lo(i), the and titt food In Kufllclent number and quanti ties to make our war program effec tive. You as boy scouts can irrentlv aid by growing homo vegetable gar dens, raising pigs and poultry, con serving food by canning and drying for homo use and in many other ways open to you. "Will you not holp your- country again this year oven In n bigger and a belter way than you did during tho Hummer of 1017? Your task will bo to 'boat your own record' In food produc tion and conservation. May your motto for 1018 bo, 'Every scout to feed a sol dier and ono other.' "I desire to extend to you the hearty good will nnd co-oporntlon of the olll clalH of the United States q!pnrtinent of agriculture, also that of tbo co-operative club leaders of boys' and girls' extension work nt tho agricultural col leges, who win bo glad to assist you In your work." From tho speed at which earthquake waves travel through the, earth an Kngllsh sciential has "ivnlved a llu-ory that the world" ha? n dunno central con1, wlili h may be manured lu ilimi, Capital to Have Automatic Telephone Service urASIIINGTON. Wnsblncton will hnve an automatic telephone system W within the next 18 months. The work of Installing this system, which will Involvo millions of dollars, will begin In the business section of the capital within a few weeks, probably within mi LET THEM PUT IM TH AUTOMATIC mm (LI MARRY DJCK-, IWILL-V rCr: ... CO. was unloaded at a French port the let ters filled completely one of the small French cars, which aro half tho slzo of tho American mall cars, but the par cels and papers required n train of 10 cars. Walts for Days on Cars. Tho mall that Is unloaded from tho ships must frequently wnlt days at tho port before cars can bo spared from tho heavily burdened railroads In France to move the mall. When tho United States army pos tal servlco was first Inaugurated mnll reached all of tho camps In the coun try In one to two days, according to distance nnd train connections. Todny mail, by reuson of Its vast volume and tho heavy demands on tho railroads, frequently takes six days to roach Gen eral Pershlrtg's headquarters. According to n report from Now York and Chicago of some of the con tents of this parcel post matter to tho troops, a 12-hour Inspection of tho par cel post ns it was being searched for Inllnmmables nnd explosives disclosed, nmong other things, 1,0-12 boxes of matches, 801 cans of solidified alcohol, 221 cigar lighters (all of theso of the greatest mennco to the safety of tho ship), 1,218 cakes, 3,818 packages of candles, 1,332 bars of chocolate, be sides countless scores of useful, as well as useless, articles, Including a bouquet of artificial flowers, a baby outfit, and n bottle of whisky. The question this state of affairs' raises Is: Why send apples nnd or anges thnt become bruised In tho long transit nnd rot In tho stuffy holds of tho shins, when tbo recreation rnnma ; of the Young Men's Christian nssocln ! tlon nnd other welfnro organizations ; sorvo fruit fresh from Italy nnd Spain. 1 that takes up no cargo space ; why send cakes and candles nnd c'howlng gum, when the post canteens sell 17 varieties of cakes and cookies, fresh baked In Frnnce, at American prices, or n baro sbado higher; why try to send across vast quantities of matches, which endanger the ship and which Is a penitentiary offense to plnco oven In tho domestic mnlls? Can Buy Same Articles In France, Two-thirds of tho articles found In n 12-hour Inspection tour when work ing tno soitiiers- parcel post are on General Pershing's canteen list and sold In retail quantities to the soldiers at practically wholcsnlo prices. Tho question will bnvo to be nns. wored by the relntlvcs of the soldiers, or It will, of military necessity, be answered drastically by tho authori ties in mmce ciinrgeu wmi tno re sponsibility for the success of this war. tho next ten days. It will be in full operation In the business section be fore tho summer Is over, nccordlng to statements made by the telephone company. Nine out of every ten telephone girls now employed will lose their Jobs, Is the prediction of T. P. Sylvan, assistant to tho president of tho Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone company, when tho new system Is In full operation here. Mr. Sylvan was Asked how long it would take to Install the system here. Ho said it depended upon tho labor conditions. "Unfortunately;" continued Mr. Sylvan, "the com pany's present buildings are ull filled to the doors with the now heavily worked apparatus, and unless the servlco being rendered Is to be completely suspended, It Is, of course, utterly Impossible to Install automatic equipment without first providing new buildings. "On account of the weight of such npparatus nnd the necessity of pro tecting It from fire hazards, the buildings must be of substantial construction. "To expedite the early completion of the automatic Installation, the com pany must count on some Immedlnte relief In the form of an order from the utility commission. Unless as a war measure the commission nsk& the people to cllmlnnte unnecessary calling, the company will be compelled to continue expending large sums on Installation of temporary equipment to care for such calls. "As President Wilson said In his letter to the secretary of tho,treasury: 'It Is essential that these utilities should be maintained nt their maximum effi ciency, and that everything reasonably possible should be done with that end In view.' " The new system will bo operated by a dial. By turning numbers on this dial to correspond to the number you desire and pushing a signal the connec tion will be made automatically. It will save considerable time in making connections, said Mr, Sylvan. Marvelous Story of Womanf Change from Weakness to Strength by Talcing Druggist's Advice. Pern. Ind." I suffered from a dl placement with backacho and dragging aown pains bo ibadlythatnt times 'I could not boon mv feet and it did notecem so though could stand It I vVlnrt riltfarnnt medicines Vrithout any benefit and soveral doctors told ma nothing but an operation would do mo any good. My drug gist told me of iii Liyma iii. r l n k Ii ham's Vegetable AMI HP Compound. I took V W"Tl it with the result V that I am now well I 'I and stroncr. I irot op in thomornlngatfouro'clocfc, do my housowork.thengotoafactory and work all day, come homo ana get supper ana foel good. I don't know how many of my friends I have told what Lydio B. Pinkham'o Vegetable Compound hat done for me." Mrs. ANNA METERIANO. 86 West 10th St, Peru, Ind. Women who suffer from any such ail fnenta ohould not fall to try this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Fink ham's Vegetable Compound. Washingtonians Have No Doubt About Spring THE chief thing that makes one sure spring Is here Is the appearance on our 1 streets, although In a mild form, of n certain sport namely: Tops. Once tops appear on the- streets, flung from the hands of smnll boys, there Is no escaping the fact that spring Is some where In the vicinity. Her eyes may appenr frostbitten, and she mny seem clothed In suqh flimsy garments as our artists commonly clothe her with, but you mny bo sure she Is somewhere In the vicinity, that fair divinity. I talked with an elderly man In a high hat and gold-rlmmed spectacles the other afternoon, as we stood and watched a group of small boys spin ning tops. "They don't seem to do It with the old spirit, the old er pep," he said, pleased with his familiarity with the latter. word. "Why, now, when I was a boy. we snun er snan cr snlnned tons like a house, afire. These little fellows seem to be afraid of denting the sidewalk." "When I "spun er splnned tops, now," I replied, "I whipped 'cm for n- 'block. 'Whipping tops was regarded a greater feat than knocking them out or the ring. "We named our favorite tops In those days. My favorite was a three-cent top, green, with n peculiarly fat body, and was named after a certain school teacher, then a great favorite lu the grade school I attended. Another top was named after a teacher whom all wo kids detested. I'laylng 'ring.' we took great delight In knocking this hitter top out of tho ring." "Your reminiscences arc Interesting," replied the old gentleman, "but listen to whnt I used to do. Now " But Just then my street car came along. One of the most attractive booklets Issued recently Is the year book put ut by Swift & Company, covering the Activities 'of the big packing concern luring the yenr 3017. Servlug as an Jitroductlon is the address of tho vice president, B. P. Swift, to the stock holders, In which he tells of the nbnor- nally high prices pnld for live stock In Chicago and of the prices obtained tor meat; of tho investigation by tho federal trade commission, nnd the li censing by the government of food dis tributing agencies nnd the limiting of profits on slaughtering and meat pack ing to 0 per cent on money employed. Mr. Swift also told with pride of tho 2,800 employees who had entered the various branches of the United States service, and concluded with' tho state ment thnt Swift & Company would do their utmost to help win the war. An interesting and lllumlnntlvo sec tion of the booklet is that devoted to statistics of live stock prices and pro duction, nnd another is given up to tolling "tho packer's service to pro ducer and consumer." Figures are given showing that the net profit of the company per head, 1012 to 10K, averaged $1.22 for cattle, less than 15" cents for sheep and less than 58. cents. f6r hogs. It Is explained that the largo- aggregate profits are duo to the Im mense vohimo of business done. Tho booklet Is handsomely Illus trated with photographs und color prints and the cover illustration, mnde from n photograph of a corn farm la Ohio, Is especially attractive. When n man has pluck his friends. are apt to drop the "p" and call It l"ick. BOMB INVENTED BY STUDENT New Missile Will Explode at An) Given Distance of "Drop," Claims Inventor. Kugcno, Ore. A student In the Uni versity of Oregon battalion hns Invent- ed a bomb that will explode at any given dlstnnco of "drop." The bomb can bo hurled horizontally anil will not explode, but whun dropped It Is so arranged thnt It will explode after any number of foot fall the length of harmless fall being regulated by an at tachment. If tho bomb proves satis factory under tests thnt nro now belnir made It will bo turned over to the war department for use by aviators. No More Flour Paste. Hutchinson, Kan. No more will Hutchinson, or for that mntter. Kim. bum. minor hnnuors use wheat flour in mnklng their paste. Strict ordcr have been Issued by State Food Ad ministrator Wnlter I lnnls against using wheat Hour in mning punte. Ho recommends the use of commercial trnsto Instead. Matter of Social Affairs Bothers Correspondent nnllE nuestlon of colnir out evenlncs to social affairs Has become acute i iintwppn noiin nmi invsMr. writes a corresnondont. It Is ono of tho mysteries of creation why In women the social Instinct should be developed so much more high y than in men. ueien advances no arguments, but merely says that men would sink to the brute level If women did not sacrifice them selves and make tliera go out now and then. To which I reply, asking whether "now and then" means four times a week. Whereupon It transpires, to my surprise, that It was really I who wnntcd to go to the Llberlnn minister's reception, and the muslcalo given by tho Wife of the chairman of tho pebigra commission, und the benefit Instituted by the mother of the chief of tho bureau for the pensioning of super annuated boatswains. "Well," she nstts, "didn't you have n good time?" "Fortunntely," I answered, "tho head of the cottage cheese division hap pened to bo nt tho benefit, and whllo that Italian tenor was showing how In ferior he could be to n second-rate phonograph record, I got some very vnluablo Information about lacteal .fermentations from tho division head." 'Nonsense I" retorts Helen. "I watched you talking" nt least half the evening with that very giddy young blonde person, with tno very fresli-looulng com plexion." "Mv dear, she is the neau or tno cottage cneese uivision. snos to no tonight at the first nsslKtant'd to the director of the bureau for the Investigation of blistered ships. We are going, aren't wc7" "We nro not. Come along. There's the taxi now." illie Saw Himself as Possible Rival of Hens Cl'UINU is Here, it may not ioou iikc it sometimes, uut u is a raw. unucr J the direction of II. M. Conolly of the department of agriculture, detailed for garden work In the District, war garden clubs are springing up as radishes will do later In those very gardens. WATMAKEi NWBE rl GOING TOLMM EGG, GRANDMAW- Ulglit In the heart of our big city exists a modest backyard that con tains quite a number of hens. There Is a white-haired grand mother who Is guardian angel to said hens, und there Is n little boy with wide, wondering eyes, who sometimes nets as guardian nugel for "grand muw," as ho calls her. One day recently grandmaw came in from the backyard, bustling with excitement, "Tho hen's combs nro so red. 1 think they are going to lny some eggs," she said, while llttlo Willie listened Intently. Several days nftor that, William came In from tho backyard, wheru he had been nlnylng. his cheeks aglow from exercise. He sat on the edge of u chair to get his breath and It woo tn,ere his grund' mother noticed him. "Why, Willie t" she exclaimed. "What makes your cheeks ss red!" Willie, from his perch on the chair, solemnly replied: "Maybe I'm going to lay an egg.'' Red-blooded men of courage aro or tho firing line and thero aro many anemic, weak, discouraged men and women left at home. At this tlmo of the year most people suffer from a condition often called Spring Fever. They feel tired, worn. out, before the day is half thru. They may have frequent headaches anas sometimes "pimply" or pale skin. Uloodless people, thin, anemic peo ple, thoso with pale cheeks and lips,, who have a poor appetite and feel that tired, worn or feverish condition In the- springtime of the year, should try the refreshing tonic powers of a good al terative and blood purifier. Such a on is extracted from Blood root, Golden .Seal and Stone root, Queen's root ana Oregon urnpo root, made up wittv chimlcnlly pure glycerine and without tho. uso of alcohol. This can be ob tained in rendy-to-uso tablet form in- sixty-cent vials, as druggists have sold It for fifty ycirs as Doctor Tierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It is n standard remedy that can bo obtained- Vn tablet or liquid form. A good purge should bo taken once- week even by persons who have a movement dally, In order to eliminate matter which may remain and cause a condition of auto-lntoxlcatton, poison ing tho whole system. To clenn the system nt least onco a week Is to prac tice health measures. Thero Is nothing: so good for this purpose ns tiny pills mndo up of tho May-apple, leaves or nloo and Jalap, and sold by almost all drugglstH In this country ns Doctor Pierce's pleasant Pellets, sugar-coated easy to take, SEED CORN OcrmlimtlouGflorbottor. Crop 1010. Guaran teed, touted nnd graded, Iowa Gold Mine, Ioir Bllver Mlno, Itold'i Yellow Dent, Price, 1 bu. 17.50; 3 or mora bushels, at $7.80, Saoks free, DE GIORGI BROTHERS, Council Bluffs, Ia Absolutely Nothing Better than Cutrcura for Babys Tender Shin Soap 25c Ointment 25 and 50c W. N. U., OMAHA, NO 16-1918.