The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922, September 17, 1918, Image 2
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, .NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA. YANKS BLOCKED DRIVE Advancing Foe Had Surprise of Life When He Found Ameri cans in Line. GRAPHIC STORY IN LETTER Tellg of Our Troops' Heroic Resist ance In June Held by Many Offi cers to Have Saved Parts From Huns. Washington. A graphic eyewitness account of'thc fighting near Chateau Thierry, In which Atifcrlcan divisions, Including the murine brigade, took part, early In .Tune, was made public recently by the navy depnrtmeut. It In In the form of n lone letter from an ofllcer of the murines to Major Gen eral Harriett, commandant of the corps, and the Htory told Is of peculiar significance, oh In the opinion of muny officers hero It was the stand of the Americans along this line which waved Purls. Tlie name of the writer Is not dis closed. The Americans were rushed to tho line In motortrucks to support the hnrd-prossed French. On Juno 1 tho marine brigade deployed In a support position, tho battalion commanded by Mnj. Thomas Holcomb hurrying Into tho line as tho men climbed out of tho trucks. Tho Germans were coming on, and Juno 2 the French dropped bnck, passing through tho American lines. "We hnd Installed ourselves In a house In La Volo Chntel, n little vil lage betwew Champlllon nnd Lucy-Ie-Bocngc," the letter says. "From one side wo had observation of tho north and northeast. They came out on a wonderfully clear day in two columns across n wheat field. We could sec tho two twin brown columns advancing In perfect order until two-thirds of Cho columns, we Judged, were In sight. Foe 8lowed Up by Shrapnel. "Tho rifle nnd machine gun fire was Incessant and, overhead, shrapnel was bursting. Then tho shrapnel camo on tho target ut each shot Tho white patches would, roll away, and wo could see that Homo of the columns were still Uicre, slowed up, nnd It seemed perfect suicide for them to try. "Then, under that deadly flro nnd a barrage of rifle and machine-gun fire, tho Iiocho stopped. It was too much for any men. "That men should flro deliberately, and use their sights and adjust their range," ho says, "was beyond their ex perience. It must havo had n telling effect on tho jhornlo of tho Boeho, for it was something they had not counted on. As n mutter of fact, ufter pushing buck the weakened French and then running up against a stono wall or de fense, thoy wero literally 'up In tho air' and more than stopped. Wa found that out Inter from prisoners, for the Germans never knew wo wero In tho front lino when thoy made that at tack, They wero absolutely mystified at the manner In which tho defense stiffened up, until they found that our troops were in lino." Tho letter tells in detail of the days of fighting that followed. It describes a daylight charge ngalnst a muchlno gun host and of scouting raids up to June 0, when the whole brigade swung PLANE MAY FLY This is the Aincrleuubulit Hundley Page airplane Lunglej, constructed for tho proposed flight across tho Atlantic. Tho picture wus mtido us tho ranchlno wub being prepured for its christening, "Old Glory" at Front London. When tho Illinois troops nnd Australians attacked together nt Valro wood and Ilnmcl, sergennt of tho American contingent took into uc tlon n small American flag, the gift of his mother. The men under him sur rounded and destroyed a machine-gun post hidden among tree trunks Just Jnsldo tho wood. As they went on af ter bombing tho German crow, the nor 'gonnt brandished tho Uttlo Hog over his head and shouted, "Come on, fel lows; there's another one." Just ahead some Australians were fighting around n shallow pit in which wero llvo Prus sians nitd u muchlno gun, Two or three Chicago boys dashed up with their bayonets poised. Ono of them lit orally fell on u big Ilhluclnnder who was about to throw a bomb and sent him sprawling with n crocked skull, and, with tho Australians, put the re mainder of the crew nut of action und cleared a dugout behind of 11 submis sive fault I von. ON PARIS forward to straighten out the lino. This action resulted In the capture of Bel loan wood. Hit Three Times, Still Fought on. ! Major Sibley's battalion of tho Sixth marine regiment led the way here, with Holcomb In support. The woods were alive with enemy machine guns. That night word came back that Hobcrtson, with 20 men of the Ninety-sixth com pany, had taken Bouroschos, breaking through n heavy murhlno gun barrage to enter the town. Ilobertson, fighting with nn automatic In either hand, was hit three times before he would allow himself to be taken to the roar. .Speaking of Individual acts of brav ery the writer says Duncan, a com pany commander, "before ho was mow ed down had his pipe in his mouth and was carrying n stick." Later he adds, "Dental Surgeon Osborne picked up Duncan and with a hospital corps man had Just gained some shelter whon u sIihII wiped nil three out." Private Dunlavy, killed Inter, cap tured an enemy machine gun In Hour esches, which he turned on the foe with great effect, while at another point "Young Tlmmerinun charged a machine gun at tho point of the bnyo net and sent In 17 prisoners at a clip." When the enemy made n stand at one point In tho woods Sibley's bat talion was withdrawn and for an hour Spy Rounded By Trap Paris. There Is a certain United States signal service sergeant up in the Toul sector at the front who has been 'able of late to combine a little plcnauro with his business. Tho cen sor won't let ono tell the sergeant's name, but without revealing any mili tary Information It mny bo said that boforo tho war the sergennt was rated as one of the top guns nt n well-known trap-shooting club In the States. There Is not much trap-shooting Just now In France. They are not crack ing nway at live birds, cither. But tho sergeant got hts pigeon shooting Just the same. Tho particular front In which the sergeant operates Is infested with Ger man spies. All sorts of things wero happening. A "tramp" battery, ono of thoso par ticular guns that whisks up, slams a few at tho Frltzles, then slides out on tho Jump, found Itself being shelled the Instant It lined up for a shot. Again, every tlmo there was n troop movement, tho movement was antici pated by the Boche. Beslda that, ev ery tlmo a body of .our men got to gether for any purpose whatever, the Germans shelled them with everything tiiey had, big guns Included. Tipping Off theHun. Now, the Hun doesn't uso his big guns unless ho knows what he's shoot ing at. How he learned, however, was pretty evident Somo one buck of our lines was tipping him off. The signal service sergeant was tho first to detect how It wan done. His ACROSS ATLANTIC Still following the tluy Stars und Stripes, a Uttlo bigger than a pocket handkerchief, but, as ono of the men said afterwards, "looking like n regu lar flag," the Americans, shoulder to shoulder with tho Australians, passed through tho enstern end of the wood and out Into tho open fluids nguln. "Tho first tlmo I have ever fought un der the American flng, Yank," said n tall, row-honed Queenslnnder with a lliflt-uld bandnge rqund his bend. They arrived nt their final objective, a group of strong, wcll-shcnthed trenches linked with the rear defences of Hum el village, nnd here tho Chicago ser geant planted his emblem on a hit of wood and sot It on tho parapet, Bul lets whistled nil round It, cutting the silk Into rugged strips and eventually It was wholly shot nway snve one un recognizulilo fragment, which was pre served ns a precious souvenir of an hlxterlc day. i -musters go to war, a. ai i puiippwpc pi ncpn f ALL CHURCHES CLUStD Albany. N. Y. With the eri- f listment of Bev. Wllllnm Wnl- X lace Katon, pastor of the Moth- ? odlst church. Schoharie church- es are without ministers. J livery church in the village I hns been rloosd up, temporarily at least, for the call of Undo Sam. Iter. Mr. Katon will soon be on his way to Franco for work with the Y. M. C. A. M-f-W 4.-fI..ijW-H-I-H-H"l-l"W" and fifty minutes American nnd French batteries hammered tho wood. Hughes, with the Tenth company, then went In, and his first message was that the wood had been cut to mince meat. Overton, leading the Seventy sixth company, finally charged the rock plateau, killing-or capturing every gunner and capturing nil the ..guns, with few casualties. The ElglUy-sccond company lost nil Its officers, and Major Sibley and his adjutant, Lieutenant Bnllamy, reorgan ized It under flro nnd charged n mu chine gun nest nt the most critical time In all the fighting. "I wonder If ever nn outfit," the let ter said, "went up against n more des perate Job, stuck to it gamely, with out sleep, at times on short rations, with men and officers going off like flies, nnd I wonder if In nil our long list of gallant deeds there ever were two better stunts than the work of Sib ley und Holcomb." Up Shooter squad was rcpnlrlng signal wires back of tho trenches. Tho sergeant halted In his work nnd gazed skywards. A pigeon was going over his head. JIho sergeant watched It Idly, calculating as ho stood thero ho"w fnr he'd lead it with n 12-gaugo. Then with u sigh he went to laying a wire again. A few minutes Inter tho sergeant stopped nguln. Another pigeon hnd risen from tho wood. But n fow min utes later, when a third pigeon roso from tho wood, the former trap-shooter tarried no longer. A half hour inter ho bolted Into tho quartermaster's depart ment, clicked a saluto nnd spoke hur riedly. "Glmmo a shotgun," he demanded. Shotguns arc n regular part of cer tain quartermaster's supplies. Soon tho sergennt might havo been seen, standing behind n hedgerow gazing to ward tho nearby wood. Presently ho was seen to stiffen, nt. the same tlmo murmuring "pull." The 12-gnugo Bwung briefly In nn arc; a crack and a crumpled ball of feathers came tum bling townrd earth. To mnke sure, tho sergeant gnve It n second barrel Just before it hit the earth. Clever Shooting, It was pretty clever shooting. The bird was high, going over fast and quartering. "Kllir murmured the ser gennt methodically, ns ho retrieved tho fallen game.' That afternoon the sergennt got four other birds. Attrchcd to n leg of each pigeon was n code message In German handwriting. A short tlmo later n detnehment of mllltnry pollco got tho owner of tho pigeons. In his blouse nnd sabots he looked Hko any of the peasants tljllng tho fields behind the lines. On being stripped, however, ho proved to bo n Gorman under officer. Since his cop turo tho nightly bombardment of tho "Y" huts and other places whero sol (HcrH congregate has been moro or less haphazard. Tho Frltzles still chuck heavy stuff at them, hut thanks to the ex-plgeon shot, the sergeant, they are not scoring ns frequently ns formerly. "It's bum cards they'ro bringing In," snys tho sergeant. "Qlrl In Every Port." Boston, Muss. Writing to members of Frnternlty Lodge of ltobeknhs. In Mllford, Lieut. Elbert M. Crockett, now on war duty in France, snys : "Censoring tho lottcrsof the boys to their sweethearts buck home Is ono of the Jobs I'm up ngalnst most every night. Some of them havo but one sweethenrt, and somo of them bnvo two, threo and four." ANCIENT DEED IS RECORDED Placed on File In County Recorder's Office 100 Ycara After It Was Drawn. Lnwrencevllle, Ind. a deed Issued to Jesso M. Lnlrd by the United States government In Muy, 1810, for 05 ucres of land on Wilson creek, Dearborn county, hns been placed on the books of the county recorder's oillce for tho first tlmo. Tho original tract of innd consisted of (M0 acres and was bought ut $1.25 nn ncre by Mr. Lnlrd and his wife. Tho OS acres, with tho homo stend. hns not left tho family ,ul Is now owned by Samuel M. Laird his grandson. Jesse IV. Lnlrd and' his wife nro snld to havo been tho first white settlers on -Wilson creek. Peach Pits Help win War. Ynklnm, Wash. Bench pits from tho "v.u.tiio vi uiu itiHiuui valley are. m-ipms hi win me war in the front lino trenches of Europe. Tho Mts ure used In the niunufneturo of gas masks, the chnrcoijl produced from them having sunoilor absorbent dualities. Some nro always Uncling fuuli with nature for having put thorns on roueu. I always thank bor for putting roaos on thorns. HOUSEHOLD HELPS. MALLRST bits of n candle mny bo used, lied In a cloth for n lint Iron smoother. Use u crochet hook to catch up the threads In n run in n bill- atm1;tnr- It Id ggjj . ... pjrui.cm4iwjr orient. mucn mure wiiimiiu--co-iivion- Jfl ,ory tJinn ,irilWlng. A piece of scour ing soap put through the meat grinder will sharpen tho knives. Mend a torn hairnet with a hair from your own bend. When using bacon to. senson vegctn .iles, like strong beuns, cabbage or ....7( j'Wl t II V lll.Ul III I U life J I I IIU. a., ,imi;i t itiii j iui uici ill nvir jonlng nnd save on the amount of bn ;on. Pnste n piece of velvet or felt In Jhe Dottom of tho heel of each shoe, or If the bnck of the heel wears out first, put n piece of velvet thore. It will save wear. Old stockings make fine braided bor ders for rag rugs. Make over tho worn tablecloths Into smaller lunch cloths, nnpklns or tray cloths. The thinnest portions should bo put Into tho emergency cupboard to be used In case of wounds. Keep tho heels of tho shoes stra.ght ; this will save rubbers nnd backaches, llubbers worn "over turned over shoe heels will wear out often In one walk ing trip. A heel too high or worn un evenly will throw the body out of bal ance, cuuslng many Ills. To make two pounds of butter out of one pound soften it nnd mix with a pint of new milk; add suit, nnd be sure It Is carefully mixed. The butter will bo lighter in color, not so solid, but will save on the butter bill. Paint the Inside of the gurbagc can with two coats of paint before using. It will not rust nnd lasts much longer. Alum melted In nn iron spoon makes a fine mender for glass or chlnn. Hot water will not dissolve It. When roasting a chicken, place It In It . . uie roasung pnn, oreast siue down, then b'nsto frequently. Tho Julco will run down into the breast nnd make It of better flavor. Bo careful of your can tops. Do not bend tho edges by putting a knlfo un der them to remove the tops. To loos en the tops, turn upside down In hot water. And since wo've thought about it, Wo mean to have a care, And always In our pleasant things, Let others havo a share. SUMMER SALADS. ELIJIOUS snlud Is al ways welcome nt any meal, at nny time of ny. Raisin and Apple Salad. Wash nnd dry ono cupful of seeded raisins, ndd one-fourth cupful ot lemon Juice, two cupfuls of npples, ono cupful of mayonnaise. Lino n bowl with lettuce, pile the npples und rnls Ins In the cental', cover with the mny onnulsc. Serve with neufclmtel cheese bnlls and garnish with tart red Jelly. Banana and Apple Salad. Line n bowl with lettuce. Slice three bnnnnns nnd four apples, mix nnd put on let tuce. Mix one-hnlf cupful of peanut butter with one-fourth of n cupful of French dressing nnd pour over tho gulud. Roquefort Dressing. Mush eight tablospoonfuls of roquefort with one tenspoonful of mustard, stilt, popper nnd paprika to tnste, add one-fourth of n cupful of ollvo oil, stirring nil tho time, when smooth ndd one-fourth of n cupful of chill sauce, a tnblespoonful of vinegar or lemon juice, n tenspoonful of tnblo sauce. Servo on bead let tuce. String Bean Salad. Tnko one qunrt of cold, cooked string beuns. Add two tnblcspoonfuls of ollvo oil to two tn hlespoonfuls of chopped onion, let stnnd for two hours; ndd n half teu spoonful of Bait, n dash of pepper and pnprlku and n tnblespoonful of vine gnr. Lino n bowl, with lettuce, put In tho beuns nnd onion and pour over tho dressing. Marquise Salad. Wash nnd peel two firm fomntoes, cut In hnlves? nnd plnco on lettuce. Chop half a cupful euch of onion nnd parsley, ndd two tn blcspoonfuls of ollvo oil and let stnnd two hours. On each piece of tomato heap n tublcspoonful of tho onion und parsley, then pour over French dress ing, Servo very cold. Potato and Celery Salad. Take one qunrt of boiled, diced potatoes, -one cupful of finely diced celery, onp-hulf cupful of chopped onion, two table spoonfuls of chopped parsley, a cupful of boiled dressing. Add n hard cooked egg. chopping tlm whlto fine nnd jub blmr tho yolk through a sieve. Little green onions" sliced In crenm with salt pepper nnd n dash of vine gar, make a tnsty snlud to serve with biead nnd butter. Prune Salad. Wnsh nnd sonk over night twenty Inrgo prunes. In morning cook gently and remove tho pits. Mix fijfr -Commit log- two tnblespoonfuls of peanut butter, one creum choose and If too dry ndd n little cream, stuff tho prunes. Servo on lettuce with French dressing. To enrich the mind, and purify tho heart, to keep tlio tongue ntlll and-the arms active, to cat nlowly and fleop quietly, this Is true philosophy. VICTORY MEALS. N COHNMKAL mush wc have a homely dish ; but one that Is very wholesome. As a breakfast cereal served with cream, milk or butter, It Is u most nourishing dish. Cooked In skimmed milk In stead of water It Is moro highly nutritious, making the mush almost double In food value. Indian Pudding. Cook one quart of milk In a double boiler 20 minutes, with one-fourth of a cupful of corn meal ; add three-fourths of a tenspoon ful of ginger und one-third of n cup ful of nlolnsses. Pour Into a buttered pudding dish nnd bake two hours In n slow oven or four hours In n tire less cooker. Serve with thin crenm or top milk. Cornmenl mush combined with chopped meat, seasonings of various kinds, such as fried onion, a cupful of tomatoes, or chopped green pepper, linked ns one does nny escnlloped dish, makes a most satisfying main dish. Other vegetnbles, bit of left overs, may be ndded, chnnglng the llnvor and giving variety to the dish. Spoon Bread. Tuke two cupfuls of wnter, ono cupful of milk, one cupful of cornmenl, one tnblespoonful of fat, two eggs, and two teaspoonfuls of snlt. Cook tho cornmenl nnd wnter together five minutes. Bent eggs and add with the other Ingredients. Bent well nnd bake in n well-grcnsed dish for 25 minutes In n hot oven. Serve from the linking dish. Corn Dodgers. These nre fine, served with n roust nnd gravy, to he enten with the meat and vegetnbles. Tnko two cupfuls of cornmenl, one tenspoonful of salt, two teaspoonfuls of fnt, one nnd three-fourths cupfuls of boiling wnter. Pour tho boiling wa ter over tho other Ingredients, bent thoroughly und cool. Form Into pukes and bnke In n hot oven 30 minutes. This recipe makes 14 biscuits. The cornmenl ground nt home, us ing the whole kernel, is ns much su perior to tho ordlnnry cornmenl ns fresh foods nro-to ennned. House wives nre beginning to realize that n bund mill, costing nbout $3, Is a good investment. Ono may raise her own corn, nnd with n mill be perfectly In dependent. He that tllleth hts land shall be sat isfied with bread; but he that followeth vain persons Is void of understanding. -Prov. 12-W. DELECTABLE DINNERS. BENCH nnd Itnlinn f?v cooks know how to senson ; their dishes will bo palatable and plentiful, but the cost will be very low. The muslcnl nnmes given some of our i . i .i . ... i . leitln jmmuiy manes surety do mnke them tnste Commission1 UBUCl. UU1 U1U lllll- loned cornmenl mush they call "polen' tn." Could It possibly taste ns common ns mush? Then on Friday they serve buccala, which Is Just our ordlnnry codfish, hut It Is so disguised that Its friends find it hard to recognize It. Baccala. Freshen n pound nnd n half of codfish, If salty, by soaking over night, cut In four pieces nnd fry ten minutes In olive oil. For tho snuca ndd n little olive, oil to n snucepnn, ono clove of garlic, one chopped onion, one sliced green pepper, one buy leaf, two cloves; cook five minutes then ndd n small pleco of butter, n half n pint of tomntoes, snlt nnd pepper. Put In tho fish nnd cover closely, let sim mer two hours, nddlng wnter If the moisture dries out. Serve wjth hot cornmenl mush. Roguone. Few people like kidneys, for they nre so often poorly prepnred. Split nnd cut nwuy nil the wh'.te In venl or beef kidney; cut the kidney tn cubes nnd drop Into boiling wnter one minute. As It turns white, drnln nnd plnco In n frying pnn nnd cook In olive oil fifteen minutes. Then put Into n cusserolo In which Is n snuce like the one used for bnccnla with tho addition of moro gurllc. Cook slowly for sev eral hours. Servo with rice or polen ta. Braclola. Take n pound of thin round steak, mash it out flat to wafer-like thickness, cnt into four strips, a few Inches wide, nnd salt nnd pepper freely. Chop tlno ono clove of gurllc. one small onion, n little parsley, with somo savory dressing. Spread the seasoning along the mlddlo of ench strip. Boll and tlo with thread and brown In n little fat, cook slowly thir ty minutes. v Seasoned Veal (Scaloplne). Cook thin -slice of venl, pounded thin, in ollws oil, senson with Fnlt nnd pepper; when neurly done ndd n tublcspoonful of vinegar. Servo hot. Ifutto.-LaiWar&An m $1 AVERTS - KEUDEVES' HAY FEVER QScglu Treatment NOW all DrutfAiitf Cju area tea One Treatment with Cuticura Clears Danrlmff HtmnU frb Irrm nt "Ctlfr. Drpt, E. gaiUn." HAIR BALSAM A tolltt preparation of tnertL Jltlps to eradlcAt dwtdras. For Restoring Color nd BesutrtoGrar or Faded Hair, toe. and (LOO at Drnnltu. His Objection. "What Is there about a summe. cot tnge you don't like?" "My wife's tired relations.' Lemon Juice For Freckles Glrltl Make beauty lotion at home for a few cents. Try Itl ,,,t, Squeeze the Julco of two lemons Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white, shake well, nnd you have n quarter pint of the best freckle, sunburn nnd tan lotion, nnd complex ion whltcner, nt very, very small cost. Your grocer has the lemons nnd any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of orchard white for n few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion Into the face, neck, arms and hands and see how freckles, sunburn nnd tnn disappear and how clear, soft and white the skin becomes. STesl It Is harmless. Adv. Rqugh on Pa. Father What does the tencher suy nbout your poor arithmetic work? Willie She snys she'd rather you wouldn't help me with it. Boston Evening Transcript. Get New Kidneys! The kidneys are the most overworked organs of the' human body, and when they fail in their work of filtering out ana throwing of! the poisons developed in the system, things begin to happen. One of the first warnings is pain or stiff ness in the lower part of the back; highly colored unne; loss of appetite; indiges tion; irritation, or even stone in the blad der. These symptoms indicate e. condition that- may lead to that dreaded and fatal malady, Bright's disease, for which there is said to be no cure. Do not delay a minute. At the first in dication of trouble in the kidney, liver, Madder or urinary organs start taking Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules, and save yourself before it is too late. Instant treatment is necessary in kidney and blad der troubles. A delay is often fatal. " You can almost certainly find immediate relief in Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. For more than 200 years this famous prep aration has been an unfailing remedy for all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles. It is the pure, original Haarlem Oil your great-grandmother used. About two cap sules each day will keep you toned up and feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and if it docs not give you almost immediate relief, your money will be refunded. Be sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand. .None other genuine. In boxes, three sires. Adv. PERSONAL IN HIS APPEAL Irishman Evidently Was on the Best of Terms With tho Deity of the Mohammedans. The more things the draft officiate do to bnselmll here the better It flour ishes In London, nrcordlng to Blch nrd Hnttcrns of fhnt thriving com munity, who Is now stopping at the Mnjestlc. Mr. nntterns snys the gome is getting n firm hold on every nntlonnlity in the British cnpitnl. "Why, recently," quoth he, "I saw n game In which East Indlnns were plnylng. One of these nppronched the plate at n cruclnl moment and cried aloud: "'Allah, give mo -strength to make a hit.' "He struck out. "The next man up was an Irish man. He spat on the plate, mndo faces nt the pitcher, und yelled : '"You know me, AH' He mnde a home run." New York Tribune. Coming After Tomato Seed. A consular report from Mnzntlan. -Mexico, states that the local ninnnger of n lnrge house Interested In export ing tomntoes to the United States Is. planning to mnke a special trip to this. country to procure the best seed ob tainable. Tho planting senson In Mex ico begins November 1, and there has. been complnlnt recently of poor seed having been used lust fnlL 1 Post Toasties (Made of Corn) Tas"te -twice as jjtopd now cause know -they Help l - - Vi n w aSjL Wheai 9U mm soggy-