THE SEMLWEEKLV TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
First To Aid In
Otranto Wreck
Red Cross Swift :.nd Efficient
Help Wins High Admira
tion. riSH BEHAVE SPLENDIDLY
Glmple Folk of I slay Sacrifice Them
selves In Rescuing and Giving
Aid to Shipwrecked
Soldiers. (
London. Ho rapidly are events fall
ing one after (lit; other that the Otran
to disaster may Jto considered an old
Htory. Yet there Ih a very great deal
which has not yet boon told nhont
how splendidly the Irish people be
haved In succoring survivors and how
nohly the simple folk of iHlay sucrl
flced themselves In rescuing and giv
ing aid to the shipwrecked soldiers
who were cast, many of them uncon
scious, upon the wild Scottish slid re.
And the story, too, of the swift and
successful aid furnished by the Amer
ican Rod Cross Is ono of which the
whole United Htntes can he proud.
When the survivors landed at Rel
fast only 12 hours after they had been
taken off the disabled Otranto by a
daring Hrltlsh destroyer, they were In
n pitiful plight. They had been cling
Inn to the deck of the destroyer with
heavy seas constantly breaking over
thorn, and with a cold wind chilling
them to the bone. To save themselves
from being carried overboard many
had lashed themselves to torpedo
tubes and to the vessel's superstruc
ture. Hecnuse of the loss of the destroy
er's wireless equipment, due to her
running Into the troopship while tnk
Ing off the men, she had been unable
to give notice of her coming. Conse
quently no provision had been mado
on shore for the reception of the sur
vivors. The seriously Injured and sick
were rushed off to hospitals as socn ns
ambulances could be brought to the
dock. The others, wet through, and
shivering with, cold and exposure, all
of them without shoes and many with
out much clothing, wero marched away
to the Victoria barracks.
Consul Aids Men.
Meantime the American consul Imd
been notified of tho men's arrival. IIo
Immediately got In touch with Red
Cross headquarters at Helfast. Al
though It was Sunday night and long
past id ne o'clock the Hod Cro?s wns
ready for the emergency. The emer
gency warehouse, prepared and
stocked six months before In prepara
tion for Just such n disaster, was
opened at once, and n "Hying squad
ron" of nuloinohlles began loading sup
piles of clothing, medicaments and com
forts, which were rushed off Immedi
ately to the barracks where tho men
were being sheltered.
Hunter Sharp, consul, had gouu to
BURIAL OF THE
The ImpriNblve burial m rMw that took place in Scotland, near the sceno
or the disaster, of the men who perished In tho collision of tho Hrltlsh trans
port Kashmir and the American troop ship Otranto botweeu Scotland and
Ireland In tho North channel,
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London. Kngland has her plans all
laid for tho great Industrial change
over. There are nbout 5,000 large concerns
which have been engaged In munitions
work.
These factories have been prepar
ing for months for tho "quick change"
nnd .are ready to switch to peace-time
operations Immediately,
Munitions is by no means the only
branch of Industry where sharp read
Justments will be necessary, Hut tho
samo statement of preparedness holdo
true generally.
Tho ministry of reconstruction,
which has been operating for more
than n year, and which has made an
extensive survey of the industrial
problem, has aided manufacturers
who have been engaged on war work
In tho preparations fpr the advent of
pence. And it has worked out plans
for converting mnny govorumoi,to
crated plants Into production of ma
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the barracks as soon m he had learned
that the Ited Cross machinery was In
operation. He appeared before the
men. Introduced himself as the Amer
ican consul and cheered them with the
information that the Ited Cross was
on the Job and soon would be there
with all the necessary equipment.
"Three cheers for the Itcd Cross 1"
proposed a husky Oeorglan. The
cheers were given with a will and the
men picked up heart. They crowded
around the consul, finding comfort In
the very presence of an American.
The discussion all around the big
hare room had begun to center com
pletely on the question of food when
fthe tlrst Ited Cross car, honking cheer
fully, rumbled Into the cobbled drive
way of the barracks. The door opened
and a cheerful voice called out. "Any
body want any cigarettes? Here are
all the American brands."
There was a rush to the doorway
and thi' men themselves took charge
of clgatettes, chocolates, biscuits and
warm woolen clothing of all kinds.
There were American women, too,
U. S. PROFITS BY
ALLIES' MISTAKES
Washington. America's success In
the world war has been made possible
as much by workmen at homo as by
soldiers In France.
America was confronted by a tre
mendous task when the conflict with
(iermnny became Inevitable. The sup
plies the allies had required In the
years since 10M had necessitated con
siderable readjustment of labor and
commerce In the United States, but
with actual participation In the con
flict much greater chungoH had to be
made. The work of American laborers
In producing food, munitions and cloth
ing enough for their own countrymen
and tho allies as well Is ono of the
greatest performances of the war, or,
Indeed, In history of all' time. It has
been mado possible largely by careful
organization of tho nation's man power
In order that every ounce of strength
could bo employed to best advantage.
Tho United States employment serv
ice last Juno was Intrusted with tho
great task of mobilizing and distribut
ing labor. Something of the kind was
absolutely necessary, for without uni
fied arrangements for obtaining tho
help needed for war production Indus
trial life In America would have been
chaotic.
Europe Sets Example.
The experience of European coun
tries had Illustrated how essential Is
perfect organization and co-ordination
of labor power toward successful pros
ecution of a war which places practi
cally whole nations In arms. In tho wars
OTRANTO VICTIMS
u , m 11.1 Antw.wtnmr
terlals which will bo sorely nectled.
To show how extensively the minis
try has worked, 120 subcommittees of
experts have completely surveyed as
many parts of tho neighboring Held
ami have drawn up plans for tho
change over, which have been placed
at tho disposal of the Industrial chiefs.
Demobilization plnns have been
given careful study, and. while tho of
llclal report has not yet been Issued,
It Ih known that it provides for dis
banding by tho needs of different
trades, and not by military units. Men
with large families will also bo re
leased early.
The inliiNry of reconstruction has
dwelt particularly on tho possibility
of dovelopment of Industries making
articles formerly Imported from Ger
many uuch as electrical apparatus,
hardware, stamped metal and tele
phone apparatus.
And It Is flatly stated that "Hrltaln
Is going to make n lot more of these
things for herself after the war."
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!
iimi spnM- with -' xii"-:- t Amerii'iii
aeeiMiM from pure "Itostonese" to the
henrty tones of the I'aelllc coast.
.Meanwhile came the news that ether
survivors anil many bodies were like
ly to be found fin the coast of Islay.
off the Scotch const, where the Otran
to had perished or the rocks. It was
known that the Ited Cross organization
In Seotlmid win trying to reach Islny,
but It was doubted whether, owing to
the terrific storm, travel by the usual
routes was possible. So the Ited Cross
organl.iitlon in Itelfast decided to send
an expedition on Hie perilous trip from
Ireland to Islay. A party of eight,
Including two physicians, and carry
ing large mil fits of clothing and
quantities of medical and other sup
plies, made the voyage on a small ves
sel furnished by the British navy.
Here. In Islay, it was found that the
greatest loss of life had occurred, for
the Otranto bad gone on the rocks
close to the scene of the T'uscanla dis
aster. Of her IfJO passengers ISO men,
Including 17 American soldiers and
three members of tho crew, were
the only survivors. These twenty,
more dead than alive, were washed un
conscious on tho rocks, a bleak and des
olate spot, and were taken care of by
a handful of cottagers who live on this
barren shore at a little hamlet known
as Kllchonian, which consists of only
three houses, a church nnd a school
house.
of the past. Industrial life at home
iwent on without any considerable In
terruption; the armies In tin, field wero
ordinarily not so largo that they could
not live on the country If they were
forced to do so.
With the summoning of millions of
men to the colors by all the belligerent
nations, however, tho world war of
1M quickly took on a quite different
aspect. The withdrawal of all these
men from Industry proved a tremen
dous shock to tho economic life of ev
ery nation.
Germany probably was the best pre
pared for the great change, for tho
possibility of summoning most of the
man power of the nation Into warfare
had been considered more thoroughly
than elsewhere.
France and Englnnd, It soon became
apparent, had made serious mistakes.
In Franco large numbers of skilled mu
nition workers wero called Into the
army, and they suffered tremendous
losses when tho Germans overran Hel
glum and northern France. Munitions
output slowed up, and only by the
most heroic exertions were the French
dually able to turn back the enemy at
thoMarne. Eventually the skilled ma,
chlnlsts were called back Into the fac
tories, where they could be of much
better service than oven in the flrst
llno trenches.
Kngland had similar experiences. Tn
the patriotic zeal .of thousands to en
list, for the voluntary system was re
tained In Kngland for about three
years, little attention wns paid to the
retention on essential Jobs of men
whose places hardly could be filled.
The consequence was that railway
workers, miners and machinists went
Into the army by thousands and that
England's productive capacity was
crippled seriously. Only this year Kng
land was forced to wltndruw 10.000
miners from the army In France, In
order that they might maintain tho
fuel supply of the Ilrltlsh Isles.
United States Profits by Errors.
America was able to profit by these
mistakes of tho allies, nnd from thw
start organized a war progrnm on the
basis of highest emcleney.
Russia's collapse, It appears, was
due more to a weakening of mor
ale at the front than to trouble at
home. Hreakdown of tho nation's in
dustrial life was rellected quickly In
the morale of the troops, however. Tho
whole war has Illustrated the fact that
It Is the home army that breaks first,
If a quick military victory Ih not ob
tainable. Kusslu collapsed because
the Russian people could do nothing
more to carry on tho war. Italy was
In grave danger of disaster because
of Industrial dlllleultles. Bulgaria and
Turkey quit the war while both coun
tries had large armies In the Held, sim
ply because the home front broke. Tho
same condition existed In Austria-Hungary.
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Chops Wood at 101.
Delta, O. Lucius 1 Taylor, one
hundred and one years old, celebrated
his last birthday by chopping wood,
"Just to show that he could still do a
man's work." Taylor was bom in
Franklin county, Mass., in 1817. in
IS i:t he settled in Delta o a little
farm, which has for tho last 75 years
been his home. IIo has a son, four
daughters, eight urundcJilIdron mui io
great-grandchildren llvlug.
THE
KITCH
CABINET
Ho honest, hut hnte no ono, over
turn a man's wronx dolns, but do not
overturn him unless It must bo clone
In ovcrturnlnR wrong.
FOR THE THANKSGIVING TABLE.
For the breakfast on Thanksgiving
day, when all the yood things our
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VMmJJZx not foruet to
not forget
serve :
Chestnut
cakes. Heat
Pan
sop-
arately tho
yolks
and whites of three eggs, add three
quarters or a cupful of cream, a tn
blespoonful each or fat and sugar,
with sulllelent Hour (using corn flour)
and two tablespoonfuls of baking pow
der, to make a batter. When the
cakes are baked spread each with
mashed and seasoned chestnuts.
Frozen Cranberries. This makes a
most delightful change from the ordi
nary method of serving cranberries.
Pick over and wash a quart of line
berries. Add two cupfuls of sugar and
two cupfuls of water and when boiling
add the berries. Cook until soft; cool
and add one-half cupful of. lemon
juice. Hub through a sieve, turn Into
a melon mold nnd bury in Ice and salt
for four hours. When ready to serve
unmold and send at once to the ta
ble. Pear and Tomato Salad. This Is a
combination especially good, and not
at all common. Take small even-sized
tomatoes, peel and cut In petal-shaped
pieces without separating them, so
that the tomato lies like an opoil flow
er. Peel rlpo pears and slice on n
Vegetable sllcer Into strings; heap
over the tomato, add French dressing
ami a little minced celery. The
dressing should be well seasoned and
a generous portion of cayenne added.
Thanksgiving Pudding. -To two cup
fuls of line bread crumbs, softened
with a cupful of grape juice, add three
well-beaten eggs, one-half cupful each
of brown sugar and molasses, salt, cin
namon nnd nutmeg to taste. Mix well
and add one cupful of raisins, chop
ped, one-half cupful of dried currants,
one-quarter of n cupful of candled or
ange peel and half a cupful of nut
meats, all well dredged with Hour. Sift
two teaspoonfuls of baking powder
with one-half cupful of Hour, anil add,
beating well. Put Into well-buttered
molds nnd steam three hours. Garnish
the pudding with nut meats when serv
ing. M ft X .
Tim reuson so, few people get what
they want la because they don't want
ft Imril cnouKh to ono real effort In
bringing tiling their way. Max.
TEMPTING DISHES.
The seasoning of foodf Is the most
Important part of cookery. The finest
of dishes Imperfectly or
Improperly seasoned, are
"Hat, staple and unprofit
able." A most appetizing hot
dish good for the noon or
night meal may he pre
pared by using two cup
fuls of cooked rice and
the meat which has been put through
the meat chopper. Season highly with
cayenne, salt and add enough tomato
to make the mixture quite moist. Hake
until well-heated through.
Cooked beets either chopped or
sliced and reheated with plenty of
good olive oil, when butter Is to be
saved, salt, a teaspoonful of sugar, a
dash of cayenne and a tablespoonful
of hot vinegar, makes a most appetiz
ing way of serving the good whole
some vegetnble.
Hot Potato Salad. Holi half a dozen
potatoes and slice them while hot. Fry
thin slices of bacon and cut Into small
pieces until there Is hnlf a cupful;
Into this afler pouring off all but two
tublospoonl'uls or fat. stir a table
spoonful of Hour, with one-quarter of
a teaspoonful of mustard, a few
dashes of red pepper and a half ton
spoonful of salt. Stir constantly un
til smooth, adding gradually a half
cupful of mild vinegar; let the dress
ing boll ; add the bacon and a small
onion chopped to the potatoes; heat
all together and servo very hot.
Cranberry Conserve. Cook a quart
of cranberries In water enough to float
tlnin. AVhen cooked add an equal
measure of sugar, tho pulp of three
oranges, one cupful of raisins and the
grated peel or ono orange. Stumer
until thick ; then imur Into glasses and
cover with purnflln.
Cooked chopped beets, added to
chopped onion and green peppers with
French dressing makes a nice salad.
Serve on lettuce leaves.
Hake cabbage In the oven and when
tender seasoti with butter, salt and
pepper. Chicken fat, bacon fat or any
sweet dripping mny be used as buttter
In seasoning. These fats will not ndd
the flavor that butter gives, but we
are nsked to save butter as It is need
ed In large quantities by the allies
and our own soldiers.
The marshmallow cream which
comes In the small paper cartons, sell
ing at 15 cents, Is n most convenient
delicacy to have on hand. It will
servo In place of whipped cream on
chocolate or light desserts, Is a fine lin
ing for cake and may nlso be used as
frosting.
EN
Let us Kct riJ of our falso estimates,
set ud all Hie higher Ideals a uulet
homo, cultivate vines of our own
Planting, n rev books full of Inspira
tion and genius, u faw friends worthy
of beliiR loved nnd ublo to love Us In
turn; a hundred Innocent pleasures
thut brltiR no pain or remorse; a de
votion to the light that will never
Hvurc; n simple religion empty of
bigotry, full of trust and hope ond
lovo; and to such a philosophy this
world will give up all tho, empty Joy
It Iins.-Davld Swing.
THE EVER POPULAR POPCORN.
Popcorn may be ired In sufU a num
ber of ways which will appeal to tho
taste that the following
will be welcome us sug
gestive of the possibili
ties of this common, well
liked food:
A fruit salad Is I in
proved as to food value
by the addition of a cup
ful of freshly popped
corn. Added Just before serving. It
remains crisp. A spoonful of popped
corn sprinkled over a dish of hot
cream soup Is another favorite.
Savory Balls for Salads. Mold into
balls one cupful each of ground pop
ped corn nnd grated cheese. Season
with paprika and salt and bind Into
balls with a little innyonmri.su dress
ing. Served with salad these balls
take the place of crackers or bread
and make a substantial food.
Balls for Clear Soups. Heat an egg
and season It highly with salt, papri
ka, minced parsley or a little grated
lemon peel. Gradually work In sutll
clent tine-ground popcorn to make a
stiff dough. Roll out In balls half an
Inch In diameter; drop Into the ket
tle of soup; boll five minutes before
serving. ..
Popcorn Kisses. Heat the white of
an eirg until stiff; add a half-cupful
each of ground popcorn and powdered
sugar and a tablespoojiful of Hour
(level), a little salt, and when well
mixed drop by spoonfuls on greased
paper and bake slowly until well
browned. This will make a dozen
small cakes.
Popcorn Biscuits. Sift four tea
spoonfuls of baking powder with one
teaspoonful each of salt and sugar
and one cupful of wheat Hour and a
half-cupful of corn Hour, four table
spoonfuls of shortening and one cup
ful of freshly ground popped corn.
Add enough milk or water to make
Into soft biscuits, cut In rounds and
bake on a hot griddle, turning the
cakes as they brown. They maybe
baked in the oven If preferred. This
recipe makes ono dozen biscuit.
S M K
All men whom mighty genius has
raised to a proud eniinonco In the
world have usually some llttlo weak- '
ness which appears tlio moro oonsplc
uouh from the contrast It presents to
theb- general character. Dickens.
TIMELY DISHES.
Cranberries are said to be especially
good for various lll. warding off acid
renditions by building
the alkaline? carbonates
needed In the blood.
Cranberry Jelly, the tlme
h o n o r ed Thanksgiving
dainty. Is prepared by
boiling two quarts of
fruit with one of water;
strain and add three
quarters of a pound of
sugar to each pint of Juice; stir until
dissolved, but do not boll. Candled
cranberries are as good for garnish
ing ns cherries nnd much cheaper.
Cook slowly until tender In a heavy
sirup, then dry on oiled paper. Cran
berries If firm and fresh will keep In
definitely In Jars of cold water, keep
ing the fruit under the water.
Chicken Frlca6see. For one fowl
ndd a quart of boiling water, three
sprigs of parsley, a bay leaf, a stalk
of celery, two slices of onion, a carrot
and salt ami pepper to taste. Cook
slowly and serve with the following
sauce If it is a special occasion : Cook
together four tablespoonfuls of fat and
Hour without browning; add slowly a
pint of the chicken stock nnd cook ten
minutes. Add the yolk of an eug beat
en with a tablespoonful of cream and
a squeeze of lemon Juice. Pour over
the chicken and serve hot.
Steamed Fruit Roll. Hull good, rich
biscuit dough half an Inch thick,
spread with butter, then with Jam,
Jelly or marmalaile. Roll up nnd place
In a steamer on a perforated plate
and steam for half an hour. Servo with
any desired sauce.
Nut Mince Pie. Chop two cupfuls
of apples, add a cupful of nut meats,
cut line, half a cupful of not too strong
vinegar, ono cupful of raisins, one-half
cupful of sugar, cloves, cinnamon and
nutmeg to taste. Add salt and usr for
lllllng two crusts. Fruit Juice or sweet
cider may replace tho vinegar.
Onion and Pepper Salad. Chop six
green peppers nnd one Rermudu onion
very tine, add salt, pepper, a dash of
mustard, one cupful of olive oil nnd
the Juice of one lemon; stir and mix
until well blended. Add an Inch of
preserved ginger cut very fine. Serv
on a bed of lettuce.
Onion Salad. Add tho Juice of nn
onion or pnrt of one to n rich whlto
sauce. If served with mutton, ndd n
sprinkling of cheese; If with tlsli. a
cliopped pickle.
Ifiajuu 7wYc
THE JOY 0
MOTHERHOOD
Came to this Woman after
Talcing Lydia EL Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound to
Restore Her Health
EHensburff, Wcah." After I wu
married 1 was not well for a long tlm
ana a good deal or
the timo was not
able to go about
Our greatest desire
was to have a child
in our home and ono
day my husband
came back from
town with a bottlt
of Lydia E. Pink
ham's ..Vegetable
Compound and
wanted me to try it
It brought relief
from mv troubles.
I improved in health so I could do my
housework; we now have a little one, all
of which I owe to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound." Mrs. O. S.
Johnson, R. No. 8, Ellensburg, Wash.
There are women everywhere who
long for children in their homes yet are
dented this happiness on account of
some functional disorder which in most
cases would readily yield to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Such women should not give up hope
until they have given this wonderful
medicine a trial, and for special advice
write Lydia E. Pinkhom Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Moss. The result of 40 yean
experience is at your service.
A Chicago servant girl recently Btay
ed at one place six months. Then she
wns discharged from the hospital.
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS
There is only ono medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
curable ailments of the kidneys, liver
and bladder.
Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands tho
highest for the reabon that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thou
sands upou thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root, a physician's prescription for
special diseases, makes friends quickly be
cause its mild and immediate effect is
soon realized in most cases. It is a gen
tle, healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two bizcs, medi
um and large.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation tend ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., RinRliamton, N. Y., for a
cample bottle When writing be sure and
mention this paper. Adv.
How They Conversed.
An American Unison oflicer who
knew little French nnd a French artil
lery otllcer who knew little English
hnd Important business together dur
lug the height of the recent fighting.
"ITenrl," snld the commandant to n
young sergeant, "I have seen you talk
ing to Americans several times. Can
you speak English?"
"No, mon coiumnndant," nnswered
Henri simply.
For nil that, Henry nnd the Amort
can otllcer were soon engaged in viva
cious conversation. At Its conclusion
the commandant turned to Henri.
"Hut you speak English very well,"
he snld.
"No, mon commandnnt," Henri still
Insisted. "Wo were talking In Ger
man." Casus Belli.
"I fear these two citizens are hav
ing u warm argument about the war."
"You are mistaken. Each Is trying
to convince the other that he has the
better furnace."
"Is that anything to qunrrel about?"
"It wouldn't be If they hnd the same
make, but they haven't, and since each
ono regards himself ns an authority on
heat units, hostilities are liable to bo
gin at any moment." BlrmUighnm
Age-Herald.
In 1918.
Ruth Yes, Hess nnd Jack nre final
ly engaged.
Ethel Did ho volunteer or wns bo
drafted?
Some people
learn of -the
harmful efTec-ts
of" co-free by read
inpj. (Hhers f irtdr
i-fc out -throurfh
exper.ence.1n
pi-fcher case rt
is a good idea
to adopt s
INSTANT
POSTUM
A delicious
drink made :
from -the finest
cereals, harm
less and nour
ishing. Made in
the cup, instant
ly. Saves sugar
and fuel. s