THE SEMUWBKKLV TRIBUNE. NORTH PLATTE. NEBRASKA.
PROCLAMATION BY
THE PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES
Every day tho grcnt 'principles for
.wiitu we nre lighting take fresh hold
upon our thought nmf purpose and
make It dearer what the end must he
and what we must do to achieve It.
We now know more certainly than
we ever knew before why free men
brought tho great nation mid envnm.
ment wc lovo Into existence, because
it grows clearer and clearer what su
preme service It Is to be America's
privilege to render to tho world. The
anniversary of the discovery of Amer-
iv-u musi inerororo have for us In this
fateful year a peculiar and thrilling
significance. We should make It a day
of ardent redcdlcntlon to the Ideals
upon which our government 1b founded
und by which our present heroic tasks
are inspired.
Now, therefore. I. Woodrow Wilson.
'President of the United States of
America, do appoint Saturday, the 12th
tiny of October. 1018. ns Lllmitv iinv.
On that day I request the citizens of
every community of tho United States,
city, town and countryside, to cele
brate the discovery of our country In
order to stimulate n generous response
to the Fourth Liborty Loan. Commem
orative addresses, pageants, harvest
iiomo festivals, or other demonstra
tions should bo arranced for in ovorv
neighborhood under the general direc
tion of tho secretary of the treasury
and the Immedlnto direction of the
Liberty Loan committee, In co-operation
with- the United States bureau of
education and tho public school au
thorities. Let tho people's response to
me fourth Liberty Loan express the
measure of their devotion to tho ideals
vfhlch have guided the country from
Its discovery until now, and of their
determined purpose to defend them
and guarantee their triumph.
For the purpose of participating in
Liberty day celebrations all employees
or the federal government throughout
tho country whoso services canvbe
spared may bo excused on Saturday,
tho 12th day of October, for the entire
any.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal of
the United States to be alllxed.
Done in tho District of Columbia
this 10th day of September In the year
oi our Lord One Thousand Nine Hun
dred and Eiehtecn. and of tho Iniin
pendence of the United States of
America the One Ilundred nnd Forty
third.
WOODROW WILSON.
By tho President:
KOBEItT LANSING.
Secretary of State.
HOW GERMANS ARE DELUDED
Ridiculous Statements Made by Kal
ser"s Government Prove How Real
Is Fear of America.
A poster recently issued by the Im
perial aermun government in an effort
to belittle tho participation of America
An the war nnd thus strengthen the
morale of her people form tho text of
one of tho most striking pieces of litera
ture that the bureau of publicity of
the war loan organization has prepared
for use In the forthcoming Fourth Lib
erty loan.
The title of tho poster Is "Can
America's Entry Make u decision of the
War?" Integral sections of It attempt
to convince the reader that America's
army cannot take the plnce of ltus
sla's withdrawn forces ; that the Unit
ed States cannot build enough ships
to have any effect on the result of the
war, and that the U-boats will destroy
virtually all tho ships that America
enn build when those ships at
tempt to cross the ocean. A French
poster also is reproduced in tho Ger
man poster and the meaning so twisted
um to make it appear that Franco Is
very badly In need of food.
Two millions of the booklets have
been printed and will be distributed
in various parts of the country, par
ticularly In theaters where Liberty
Loan speakers take the book as their
text.
Tho enormous Jlgure of a Hussion
soldier is the ilrst object on the poster
to strike the eye. lie stands with
hunds in his overcoat pockets, indica
tive of the fact that he Is through
lighting. Beside him stands Uncle Sam
holding u small figure, designed to
represent tho United States army, In
his right hand. In his left hand Uncle
Sam carries n banner which bears the
Inscription, "America threatens to
send transport of one-half million men.
Hut it cannot ship them!" Below
Uncle Sam are these words: "It is
impossible for America u train and
tit out in lime for the European war a
suitable) and sulUclently large army
and provide it with the necessary re
enforcements." The eatehline of this
section of the poster is "Ku&slu's army
of millions could not down Gdrmany,"
ii ml on the skirt of the Russian sol
dier's overcoat are printed these
words: "Russia used up altogether
llftoou million men in vnln!"
HOW LOAN . IS APPORTIONED
Minimum 'Amvunt of Money 'Which
Each Federal Reserve Dl6tr.'ct
to Aked to Raise.
Six bjlll'ju dollars Is the minimum
'rimount which the people of the United
Slates nre nuked to subscribe for tho
I'onrtU Liberty loan, according to an an
iiminwmi t ly William G. McAdno,
frccmnry of the treasury.
Following are the quotas and per
cint 'L - " tho total by federal re-
On the opposite side of the poster In
tins cntchllne: "England's sea power
nnd England's merchant marine have
not decided the war!" Below this
line appears a huge llgure Intended to
represent the English shipping facill
ties nt the outbreak of the war, which
boars theso words: "Englnnd went
Into the war with twenty million gross
registered tons of freight spnec."
Alongside tills figure of a ship Is a
drawing designed to show Uncle Sam
carrying the United Stntcs tonnago un
der his loft arm. The caption nbovo
Uncle Sam reads: "Can America re
place England on sea?" On the ship
which Uncle Sam carries is printed
this Inscription: "Three million gross
registry tons," nnd below that Is an
other Inscription which says: "At the
beginning of the war America had on
ly a tonnago of threo million gross reg
istered tons." Commenting on theso
statements, tho poster further declares
"America cannot lncrcnso her gross
registered tons for 1018 by more than
two to two and a half million tons,
Our U-bonts sink twice ns quickly as
Englnnd nnd'Americn can build I"
The answer of the publicity bureau
to the two sections of the poster refer
ring to the transportation of men nnd
tho building of ships follows: "At the
moment the bulletin boards of Ger
many scoffed tho possibility of Amer
ica sending a force to France, there
were already more than n million fight
ing men overseas, and transports,
walled about by the American navy de
fylng tho cowardly submarines, were
bearing every month hundreds of
thousands more. The gauge Is set and
the summer of 1010 will see 4,000,000
lighting American men in France. Nor
will there be a lack of ships to trans
port and sustain them. The Liberty
Bond buyer Is fast giving to America
a merchant marine that will bo tho
peer of any in tho world. America
launched In July alone 035,011 tons.
Losses to allied and neutral shipping
combined, from every cause, for tho
Inst six months, amounted to 2,0S9,39:$
tons.
"The distance from Now York to
England, the Boche points out," com
ments the bureau of publicity publi
cation, "is two hundred times greater
than that from England to France,
from which ho spells 'Opportunity for
the German U-bonts.' Pitiful is this
boast in face of the facts. Instead of
the U-boat being an unconquerable
engine -of war, ns the Hun confidently
expected, It has become the slinking
foe of fishing smacks and other iso
lated craft. The vast army of Liberty
Bond buyers, thirty millions strong,
has built nn unbroken bridge over the
Atlnntlc ocean Into the henrt of tho
enemy's strongholds. Across this
bridge there nre streaming our mil
lion of fighting men, ns good as the
world has over known, munitions and
equipment that have been wrought by
those buck home, whose determination
is that tho American fighting man shall
lack nothing that he needs."
As a back-handed slap at the French,
the German propagandists have repro
duced a French poster which pleads
with French people to eat less in or
der thnt the United States may send
over more man power. The French
poster pointed out that If every per
son In France would save n hundred
grams of food a day thnt the American
reinforcements could be increased n
division n month. Tho French catch
line on this poster wns "Does France
want whent or men?" and the German
poster remarks "Also the allies are
now beginning to have their doubts I"
In a further effort to convince the
German people thnt It will be impos
sible for tho United States to trans
port troops to France, the German
section of tho poster says thnt ten
tons of freight space are required for
every soldier In crossing tho water.
The truth Is that n soldier requires
less than one-half this amount of
space.
Summing up all the falsehoods which
the German poster contnins, tho book
let says: "The War Lord of Ger
many may have the fntllo hope that J
his people will devour In the plnce of
food, such statements ns the forego
ing. Falsehoods, however, nre poor
substitutes and nro likely to aggra
vate rather than appease when tho de
luded people of Germnny Jenrn thnt
every requirement of tho American
soldier will be met by his patriotic nnd
unqualified support back home. If a
single soldier required ten tons of
freight spuce, it would be given him
But the truth Is ho requires less than
ine-hulf of that.
"As for Germany's statement thnt
even if the United States built from
two and n half million .gross regis
tered tons in 1018, it would not mean
deliverance for the nllles, no further
comment Is needed thnn thnt by July
of tills year tho 2,000,000-ton mark
lias been pnssed. If further refu
tation of the nun boast of his
U-bnnt prowess were needed, It might
be nfnled that less than f00 American
oldlers have lost their lives In the
present war ns a result of U-boat at
tacks." Closing the booklet Is this striking
quotation from Socretnry McAdoo:
Tho Fourth Liberty loan Is the bar-
age which will precede the victorious
thrust of our army."
servo districts:
District. Percentage.
Amount.
$1,800,000,000
870,000,000
600,000,000
500,000,000
500,000,000
402,000,000
280,000,000
260,000,000
260,000,000
210,000,000
192,000,000
126,000,000
New York
30
14&
10
81-3
81-3
6 7-10
4-2.3
41-3
41-3
32
3 1-5
31-10
Chicago
Cleveland
Boston ,
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Richmond
St. LouIb.
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Atlanta
Dallas
Helping the Meat and Milk Supply
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(Special Information Service, United States Department of Agriculture.)
PLAN FOR MORE LAMBS.
I "... " '
Sheep Should Have Access to
PLAN FOR LARGE
YIELD OF LAMB
Cull Ewes Closely and Keep Them
Gaining on Good Pasture
and Other Feed.
CULL UNPROFITABLE ANIMALS
Special Effort Should Be Made to Se
cure Strong, Vigorous, Pure-Bred
Ram of Desirable Type and
Individuality.
Tho hest time to hppln nrermraflnn
for a largo crop of lambs is early in
tiienii, several weeks beroro the mat
ing season begins. At that time the
ewe flock should be culled closely with
the Iden of eliminating ewes thnt have
proved themselves to bo unprofitable
breeders, due to bnrenness or hnvlnir
produced smnll nnd weak Iambs nt
oirin, or nnving lnucu to produce mine
enough for tho rapid development of
their offspring. At tho same time spe
cial attention should be given to tho
securing of a strong, vigorous, pure
bred rnm of desirable typo and Indi
viduality n year or more old, prefer
ably a pYoved sire.
Flushing.
After the final make-un ofthn floek
Is determined, the ewes should hnvo
access to fresh pasture. Some kind
of forage crop especially grown for the
purpose is desirable, and n little grain
mny bo provided ut tills time. The
idea Is to have the ewes gain slightly
In flesh n few weeks previous to and
during the mntlng senson. This prac
tice is known among sheepmen as
"flushing," nnd will insure nn In
creased per cent of twin lambs.
Experiments conducted bv the nnl-
mul husbnndry division of the United
Sintes department of agriculture have
shown that tho extrn trouble nnd feed
required in flushing tho ewes is rer.nld
several times by the ndded number of
lambs obtained. With owes nlreodv In
good condition the effect is less maiked
tnnn with thinner stock. Young or
dry ewes that ure In hliih condition
will not bo benefited by flushing. With
ewes gaining In condition nt breeding
time the Iambs arrive more nearly to
gether In spring. This Iessena ine
labor of lambing senson nnd gives
more nearly uniform nges nnd weights
In lambs to be marketed.
The Ram.
Tho number of twin Inmlia la nn.
pnrently governed more lnrgely by the
owe man ny the ram. It is lmportnnt,
however, to keen the rnm In strnnir.
vigorous condition, for if ho is over-
taxed in low condition somo ewes may
fall to get In lamb. At tho beginning
or nreeding tho ram should be In good
flush, but should riot linvn heon nvi-rfod
or kept too active. It is best if he
can navo grain feed und bo separated
from the llock for nt least n few hours
each day.
Flock Management.
The breeding season over, tho flneV
should be carried through tho winter
nnder such system of management ns
will insure health and u gradual In
crease in weight of from 10 to 1r
pounds n head until lnmblng time.
The Increase in weight Is desired to
counteract tho loss of weight nt par
turition time, nnd will leave tho ewe
In n stronger condition ufter lnmblng.
thereby Insuring greater ability on her
part to provide the noi'nsnnrv mi.mtii.
of milk for tho rapid development l f
ncr inmo. this management produce"
lambs thnt are larger and stronger fit
birth, aro hotter nblo to gain rapidly,
nnd nre ready for oarly marketing. T
do tills niltable qwnrters must bo pro
vided to protect the floek again--'
norms, wot floors, drifts, and link
Fresh Pasture at Thin Season.
of sanltnry-condltlons, nnd nt tho snmc
time provido plenty of ventilation, sun
light nnd exercise.
Very little grain, If any, is necessary
In tho ration, provided a sulllcicnt
supply of good, clover hay nnd sweet
silngo frco from mold Is available. In
case silage or other succulent feed Is
not uvnllablc, tho haylshould bo sup
plemented with not moro than n half
pound of grain per bend per day.
;o(tottit(ii
an
o
! MANAGEMENT OF EWES
The experiences of successful
llockmasters In the pnst and the
limited nmount of experimental
data available on tho subject In
dicate that the per cent of lambs
to ewes bred that may be pro
duced, ns well ns the size nnd
vitality of the. lambs at birth
and their subsequent develop
ment, depends ns much, if not
more, on the feed nnd manage
ment of the ewes during tho
breeding season and the period
of pregnancy than upon the enro
and feeding they receive nfter
lnmblng.
o
Equipment for Sheep Breeding.
Equipment for raising sheep on
farms need not bo expensive. In mild
latitudes littio housing Is needed, nnd
the main need is for fencing nnd pas
tures of sufficient number and size to
allow frequent chnnglng of flocks to
fresh ground to Insure health. Where
winters aro longer nnd more severe,
buildings nnd sheds nre necessary to
furnish protection from storms, though
no speclnl provisions nre needed for
warmth. Dryness,- good ventilation,
nnd freedom from drafts nro tho first
requisites of buildings for sheep. Con
j vcnlence in feeding nnd shepherding
; must also ho held in mind in locating
nnd pinnnlng such buildings or sheds.
Small flocks can bo cared for in sec
, tions of barns having stnbling or feed
storage for other stock, but with n
I flock of, sny, 100 owes, separate build
I ings are desirable. The interior ar
rangement of these buildings should
I ho such as to require n minimum of
, Inbor nnd tho least possible moving of
tho ewes in doing the feeding and
cnrlng for them during tho lambing
Benson. A building of this type can
also bo utilized for fattening pur
chased Iambs to be disposed of beforo
lnmblng begins in tile rcgulnr farm
flock. A good supply of feed racks,
grain troughs, etc., can ho provided at
small expense and wtll save labor and
prevent waste of food.
"Watering the Milk."
Tho aged Joke about the milkman
who was wont to Increase tho product
or ins cows by frequent manipulations
of tho pump handle hns served Its day,
and it is Imped that no basis for it
oxlsts. Hut It Is still true, and always
will bo true, that tho milking cow re
quires plenty of water. Tho water,
however, is given to tho cow, und is
not ndmlnlstefed directly to tho milk.
Stale or impure wator Is distasteful
to tho cow, and she will not drink
enough for maximum milk production.
Such wctcr mny curry disease germs
and make tho milk unsafe for human
use or ho dangerous to the cow.
In cold weather, when cows nro
stabled most or the time, they should
be watered two r threo times a day
unless nrrangements have been made
to keep water beforo them constnntly.
If possible, the water should be 15 or
20 degrees nbovo tho freezing point,
nnd should ho supplied nt practically
the same temperature every day.
Care In Fattening Calves.
Mori! cute Is necessary In fattening
calves thnn in feeding grown cnttle,
lnt whenever possible, It Is best to
raiso and finish beef cattle on tho
same farm.
Keep Needed Feed.
Keep all tho feed you'll need.
"lI HMIlil
FINDS TUBERCULOSIS CURD
Prof. Domenico Lo Monaco, wlto is
director of tho Institute of Biological
Chemistry connected with tho Academy
of the Llncol, nt Koine, latoly an
nounced In an olllcinl communication
thnt ho had been able to make u great
ndvnnco In tho cure of tuberculosis.
This result Is obtnined by n method
which is much simpler than all the
scrum methods experimented with dur
ing recent years, itnmoly Injections of
mignr to modify tho bronchial Hcerc
tlons. Instead of attacking tho bacillus
Itself, whoso conditions of life, repro
duction nnd resistance to outsldo In
fluences tiro oven now only Imperfectly
understood, the author proposes to
modify the surroundings In which tho
microbe lives nnd thus to tnako Us
existence Impossible. Ills paper is
entitled "Action of Sugars on the
Bronchial Secretion," and is tho result
of careful rosoarehos made since 1007.
Tho professor says: "At present I limit myself to, tho conclusion thnt
Injections of sugar diminish bronchlnl secretion even In tho most ndvnneed
stnges of tuberculosis. Simultaneously It bus been observed thnt the cougb
and night sweats also diminish."
He has made a number of cures which wero recognized ns final by skilled
persons.
ALLIED CHIEF
Russians. August 10, 1000, he was gazetted llcutennnt genernl. When Germany
defied civilization In 1014, Japan's fleet nnd nrmy, nlrplnncs nnd submarines
promptly took Tsing-Tno, tho Gormnn colony nnd fortress Jti Chlnn. In thin
enterprise Otani was General Kamlo's right-hand man.
Tall, slender, of long, ovnl face sure token of tho ancient Aryan strain
In tho .Tapnncso composite with high forehead and close-cropped mustache,
Otnni looks very much like n man of the world In nny nrmy. A Btrlct dlsti
pllnarlun which menus fair1 pluy to nil ho Is trusted and beloved by Ids
fighting comrades.
ESCAPED FROM THE HUNS
Lieut. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., of
Westbury, N. Y., tho youthful member
of tho Lnfnyctto flying corps, who
wns captured by tho Germans somo
time ago but escaped and renched
Switzerland August 28, had somo ro
murkablo experiences in his flight to
neutral territory.
Willie being transported with two
other Americans from Lnchfold to
Itnstadt, "Tommy" Jumped from the
train when ids guard was asleep. Ho
was forced to walk more than 100
miles, This he did In eight consecutive
nights, hiding during the daytime. Ho
lived on the food he had saved from
his meager rations In the prison camp.
On tho eighth day of his tramp he
found hnself In u village. Ho In
quired of n small girl whether he was
in Switzerland, and, being told he wns,
lie made his way direct to Heme, where
ho urrived August '10.
Hitchcock was captured March 0
when ho was forced to land after nn aerial combat with three German inn
chines. Ho was wounded in the thigh and his machine becam'o dlsnblcd ut mi
altitude of 1.000 motors, hut lie mauaged to land snfely Inside tho German line
DECORATED
services ns n nurse nnd was accepted.
searching tuo Held to rescue wounded
Germans.
During her three yearn nt thn frnnf
nnd suffered blood poisoning, which developed from scratches received while
v.,iiii iiiiuuuii muijiMi wire eiiinngiomeuis.
II
IN SIBERIA
General Klkuzo Otunl, who Is com
mander In chief of tho allied forces In
Siberia, was born In Fukul, on tho
west coast of Japan, in 1850. Ho
studied under nn American teacher
until ho reached military ago nnfi
then entered the army.
From tho ranks ho was mndo sub
lieutenant In 1870, lleuteniml in 3688,
captain in 1880 and major in 1887.
When tho war with China broko out In
1801 he was put in clinrgo of trnns
portlng -tho troops to Korea and the
rond to Peking. In 1S97 ho was colonol
of a regiment. It wns Just beforo tho
wnr with Itnssln when tho shadow of
the great bear loomed largo over little
Japan thnt In June, 1002, ho received
his commission ns major genera). In
Manchuria ho commanded n division
iu tho Fourth nrmy. Ho fought in the
long nnd llcrco campaign in tho
spring of 1005 that led to tho capture
of Mukden nnd tho final defeat nf 11m
BY JOFFRE
TiU i ' i ir if i run w ii
Mine. Cecilo Glllot of Mow York
who is bnck in tho United Stntcs whllf
the estate of her husband who wni
killed by tho Bodies is being settled
tells how tho Got mans held her prison
er nnd bent her with the butts of rlllef
because she would not divulge mili
tary Information. Mine. Glllot wcani
tho Croix do Guerre, won for brnvcry
In tho 'field while under fire, and pinned
upon her breast by Marshal Joffro him
self.
"The Huns have killed my husband
and six of my brothers and they huvti
mnlmcd a seventh brother for life,"
said Mine. Glllot. "They shot oft
both legs of my seventh brother. Still,
with till tlds I would risk my life to
savo u wounded enemy on tho field of
buttle. Thnt Is tho spirit of all Un
ited Cross nurses with tho allied
armies."
Mine. Glllot explained that at tho
start nf tlw unr ului v.il.i.il.,..,..l
She, with n corps of other nurses, while
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