THE SEMI-WEEKLV TRIBUNE, NOTTTM ElATTE, NEBRASKA.
imrrirMlffi rig
DO A GREAT WORK
IN OSTEND DISTRICT
Enginecrs Speedily Reconstruct
Roads and Bridges
Wrecked by Shell.
SOLDIERS WORK IN THE RAIN
Correspondent Describes Trip to Os
tend Finds Roads Once Badly
Torn by Shells Almost as
Good as New,
American Press Headquarters, Urlt
IbIi Front. Wo had an Impressive Il
lustration today of the accomplish
ments of tho engineers In this war
when we drove Into Ostcnd,
Tlio chief of tho American mission
at Uclglun headquarters hnd warned
us dramatically against an attempt to
make the trip. At least threo days
would ho required, he sold. Tho ronds
were torn up hy shells and mines and
congested with troops. Yesterday u
light car had taken twelve hours to
make twenty miles. Hut we started
out and had as smooth a road as any
houlovard In tho middle West for the
entire distance. Thcro were several
places where wo had to make detours
through villages, and as the dozens of
bridges across tho canal near Ostend
were all blown up wo had to drive on
about live miles to a temporary bridge.
Wo averaged nbout thirty miles an
hour.
Soldiers Work In Rain.
Most of the road was kept tip by
Ilrltlsh labor battalions, excepting the
section near Chrlstel, through the aw
ful Flanders swamps, where Hclglnn
soldiers worked Incessantly In u driv
ing rain. Wo heard they had worked
nil night without rest, and so auto
matic had their operations with pick
and shovel become that they did not
stop to look up when our speeding car
throw slimy mlro all over them. For
a camp they used tho long linos of
Gorman pill-box forts. At one place
wo saw nbout twenty of these squat
chambers, with walls threo feet thick
and .mndo of concrete, re-enforced
vlth steel pipes. Dlroct shell hits ap
parently bounced harmlessly oil theso
forts. Tho twenty pill boxes In Bight
wero In n strnlght row, nnd behind
'them wero n half-dozen larger ones to
protect tho rear.
Whcu wo had passed tho dcsolato
Waste of water, mud nnd swamp reeds
nnd got Into other lowlands that hnd
been drained nnd tiled wo bhw moro
pill boxes In a rcscrvo Hue. A Bel
gian peasant was using ono as a
chicken house, nnd tho low apertures
!for machlno guns lent theuiclvca
readily ns entrances and exits Uv tho
Ifowls. Descendants of these chickens
bhould bo In tho old family homo for
WHERE GROWN PRINCE
When the American troops captured tho hill and village of Montfaucon
they discovered nn observation post
Boon In tho photograph, from which
watched tho slnuhtor of his troops
1010.
LIBERTY FUEL GIVEN O. K.
Tried In Extensive Tests and
Proves Success.
Used In Everything From Truck and
Tractors to Airplanes, 8ay
Inventors.
Washington. "Liberty fuel," tho
substitute for gnsollno dovoloped by
MuJ. Oliver B. Zimmerman and Cnpt.
E. 0. Wclsgnrber of tho gas and oil
production division of tho war depart
ment, Imb proved Its practicability In
fxtmislvo tests In automobiles, motor
cycles, motortrucks, tractors, station
ary engines and airplanes.
The not results," said Major Zlm
merman, "showed that although
checked nguinst ovory commercial
grade of gnsollno In tho highest types
of gasoline engines, rctlned to tho lim
it of engineering knowledge and with
n thousand years lience, or, say, n mil
lion years. Till boxes are something
that will stand almost everlasting age.
The scores of dralnngo sluices across
tho roads had nil been covered with
temporary bridges by the Belgian en
gineers following up tho Gorman de
stroyers. Thoso bridges and culverts
arc not as ncnt nnd workmanlike as
the ones the British nnd Americans
build, but they hold tho trnfllc, and
thnt Is the Important thing Just now.
Through the suburbs of Ostend we
passed cheering Belgians dressed for
church. Tho peoplo were so prayer
fully grateful to the British that they
did not seem to mind tho mud we spat
tered all over them. Many of them
mii off the road behind trees, nnd
from their mud screen shouted greet
ings to tho English. As the extraor
dinary Flanders mud would even
squirt up to first lloors of houses many
of tho people, learning from experi
ence, hnd taken to second stories, from
which they chipped their hnnds nnd
waved Hags. Thu only damage we saw
In Ostend was tho wreckage of the
marlno and railway stations nnd tho
shnttcred glass In buildings on the sea
front, due to the air concussions from
British monitors pounding the retreat
ing enemy.
Tho piers leading out Into the sen
from the harbor bnsln showed effects
of British shells and bombs, nnd near
FOCH HAS
BEEN VICTORIOUS
as-
Served His Country With Love,
With Ardor and
Felicity.
FRANCE HAS GREAT LEADERS
Marshal of France Is Wonderful
Title and Moot of Those Who
Have Held Baton Have Been
Wonderful Men.
Irls.--Whnt title In all this world
calls up such heroic memories ns that
of marshal of France? It Is n won
derful title and most of those who
hnve held tho baton wero more than
wonderful men. In every other army1
a Held marshal Is a grade, but tho
French army has no Hold mnrshal;
it has simply tho title of marshal of
France. . Tho regulations of tho
French nnny prcscrlbo that tho title
of "marechal do Franco" Is not n
grnde, hut an honor. This expresses
SAW HIS MEN WHIPPED
In tho upper part of tlw house that Is
tho crown prlnco Is supposed to have
during their futllo attack on Verdun In
no change In tho carbureter, It never
theless develops n greater thermal ef
ficiency than tho best gasoline."
Tho now fuel can bo produced In
varying grades to meet tho require
ments of the several types of gasollno
motors. Unlike gasoline, which in
largely all of ono grade, tho now fuel
can uo manufactured specially for
motorcycles, trucks, tractors, airplane
engines or any other typu of gas en
Rlne. "It will bo possible In tho futuro for
a person to drive up to a filling sta
tion and secure exactly tho grndo of
fuel required for his particular ma
chine. This will result In moro satis
factory servlco from every gasollno
machlno In tho market and give tho
motor owner a maximum of elllclcncy
for a minimum of outlay,"
Other government exports who have
witnessed tests of tho now fuel nro
highly enthusiastic regarding Its fu
ture possibilities.
t Hat Check Pirate Is
Put in "Please" Class
New York. Tho bat-check pi
rate In Gotham has been rele
gated to the "please" class rath
er than that of "pay me."
District AttorAey Swann has
decreed that tho practice of tip
ping hat-check boys or girls Is
not compulsory ' fnct, should
bo classed ns "nonessential."
The opinion followed the com
plaint of a cabaret customer
"whoso 3 hat has already cost
,, him over $14" and who was call-
T ed a "piker" by a check boy
jj! when ho refused to check his
X bnt and coat.
tho end of the pier was the gallant old
Vindictive, after Its magnlflcent part
in the Zoebruggo hottllng-up exploit,
where she served us u boarding Hhlp
nnd cnrrled tho great superstructure to
permit British marines to climb on the
Zeebrugge mole, had been filled wltfc
concrete and sent In to block Ostend
as U-boat and destroyer base. Th
Vindictive mndo It Impossible for sl&
able ships to get Into Ostend, and tlx
Germans, Just before the retrent, tried
to complete the work by sinking e
mall ship alongside the Vindictive
However, there Is still room nt high
tide for small relief ships and barges.
In fact, wo saw u. converted trawler
of the American Bed Cross already In
tho harbor, as well as many similar
British ships.
ALWAYS
all military excellence In a general,
who docs not outrank his colleagues,
but who by Home deed or deeds has
brought particular distinction on him
self or his armies.
Tho llrst battle of tho Mnrno wns
tho reason why General .Toffrc became
a "mnrechnl do France." Today there
nro only three "mnrechals" In nil
France .Toffre, Foch nnd I'etain. Tho
marvelous strategy of Foch stnnds out
moro clcurly every dny, Napoleon
hnd many "mnrechals," all of them
prodigies of valor and some of genius
Mnsscna, Cannes, Soult, Murat, Ney
and others. The emperor made them
either dukes or princes or both, nnd
sometimes kings. But with nil their
glory I doubt If any ono of them has
rendered such signal servlco to their
country certainly not to humanity
as hnvo Joffro and Foch.
Gnlllcnl's Great Feat.
General Galllcnl, the former gov
ernor of Paris, would hnvo been mndo
a "marechnl" had ho only lived long
enough to receive the honor duo him.
It would bo n beuutlful Idea If tho
government of the French republic
created him a marechal even now, and
inscribed on his tomb: "Gnlllenl died
In the servlco of his country. General
do Division Marechal do France." It
might not do tho general any good, but
It would plonso tho army and the en
tire country, while It would render
Justice to an Immortal name and
would bo a fitting tribute to n great
and good soldier, though whether they
call nun general or marshal or drum
major makes little difference. Gnl
llcnl's nnnio rests secure In hlsHO-word
proclamation hnd In safekeeping of
HJ.uoo.ixx) free Frenchmen, for whom
ho did moro than any other ono man
to retain their liberty at n critical
time. He will live forever In tho
nenrt of tho French "pollu." Ho wns
too good a soldier to nsk nnvthlnc
netter thnn thnt.
Joffre Won at the Marne.
Marshals JolTro and Foch. ns tho
world knows, nro also great soldiers.
For three long years JolTro withstood
tho fearful onslaught. He never mur
mured, though he had terrlblo dim-
cultles to endure. Ho husbanded his
small armies while wo prepared ours.
When bis tnsk was done nnd tho bat
tle of the Mnrno gained. Joffro retired
from activity with the great honor he
had hardily won.
I'och has always been victorious.
Ho has served his country with love.
with ardor and felicity. To his flno
character ho ndds great ability. Ho
has been preceded by a list of names
which have lllumlnntcd tho history of
Franco and mankind during tho cen
turies.
L.
Dog Flesh Is Valued
at $125 Per Pound
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j. ttinv, hhpm. Jl'H litem Vill- J
mil ill ?u ll liuilliu 1.1 U1U HUD- Vi
Ject of a suit In tho superior ?
court here. $1
II 1 1 I V ,t . . . V
iiiuiiiiuuii impy, a ainiiesc ts
with a cross welirht of oifht '
pounds, ts valued at 1.000, ac
cording to allegation In a com
plaint on file. Ho Is declared
also to bo tho only English
champion of his breed la Amer
ica. Tho v'omplnlimuts declare they
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g for trcntment In June, 1018, and jjj
$5 now, aunougn tno animal Is
cured, thu champion Is withheld
from his rlgthful owners.
All Importations of coffee Into this
country nro now under tho direction
of the United Stntes sugar equaliza
tion uouru.
INTELLIGENT USE OF DRAGS
Benefits to Be Derived From Their
Ubo Not Generally Understood In
United States.
(Prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
Wheji It Is appreciated thnt of moro
than 2,000,000 miles of public ronds In
the United States only aliout 200,000
miles have been given n hard surface,
and of theso 200,000 miles npproxl-
mntely one-half nru surfaced with
gravel, the importance of every effec
tive device for maintaining the aim-
Side View of Split-Log Drag.
pier types of roads becomes readily
apparent. It should bo observed In
this connection that a large part of
our total mlleugo of public roads Is en
tirely unimproved nnd that tho road
drag Is of llttlo use In improving Hand
or cluy roads which hnvo never been
crowned or drained. A much larger
part, however, 1ms been sulllclently Im
proved to make tho work of the drag
effective, and It Is unquestionably true
that tho magnitude of this part Is
steadily Increasing.
Notwithstanding tho fact that road
drags, mndo of wood or a combination
of wood nnd metal, have been In use
for at least two generations and were
described In u text book published ns
early us 1851, the benefits to be de
rived from using them are, even now,
far from being gonerally understood.
This fact is thoroughly evidenced by
the prevnlcnco of very unsatisfactory
roads upon which considerably more
money Is annually expended In hauling
materials to fill holes and ruttf than
would be required to maintain the
roads In good condition by the Intelli
gent use of a rond drag.
PROTECT ROADS IN WINTER
Water and Not Cold Is Cause of In-
Jury to Highways, Even Those of
Best Construction.
The department of agriculture calls
attention to the fact that wnter and
not cold Is the cause of Injury to roads
In winter, even those of the best con
struction. It Is obvious, therefore, that
It Is n matter of economy, from every
point of view, that rouds should bo as
dry ns possible when winter comes on.
During tho full tho rond should bo
carefully gone over nnd nil ruts and
hollows that can hold water solidly
filled In to make the camber of the
roud surfaco such that It will drain
quickly und thoroughly. Standing
pools nt tho side of the roud should
also bo drained, ns they tend to souk
and soften the foundations of the road,
which may result In bad "heaving"
when n freeze comes.
HIGHWAY MODEL IS UNIQUE
Made to Show Just Hpw Relocation of
Hoaas Betters uonauions in
Traveling.
Tho relocation of old roads seems to
bo something mysterious or unennny
to so many taxpayers thnt tho Penn
sylvania highway department has hud
an unusunl modfl mndo to show con
ditions. This model mensures sir by
five feet and wus made by n specialist
In Buch work nt Washington. It Is In
relief, with roads, fields, houses, trees
nnd other features of tho landscape re
produced to n correct scale. On It uro
shown threo types of poorly located
roads frequently fouud and the proper
method of relocating each so as to pro
vide satisfactory grades and connect
tho terminal points In tho most direct
manner. Tho model also shows threo
types of roud construction.
RESTORATION OF OLD PHRASE
Much Has Been Said About "Great
Railroad Centers," Now Speak of
"Hl(jhvay Centera."
During tho past half century thero
has been much In tho prints nbout
"great railroad centers." A new
phraso Is gradually but surely com-
1ns Into use---"grcnt highway centers."
It Is tho rcstornt!onXf a phraso that la
moro than 4,000 years old, but It has
un entirely modern meaning.
ANOTHER LEAF
Within life's book another leaf is turned;
Today we face a new and untried year,
Its secrets and its purpose all unguessed.
No hand may lift 'the veil that hides from us
Success or failure, and no feet save ours
May tread our pathway, do our several tasks.
We step into the New Year's outstretched arm3,
And wonder if with all her luring charms
Truer she'll prove than one we leave behind.
What we have gained from wrestling with defeat,
Mayhap will give us strength new foes to meet
With greater courage. Come, then, storm and stress,
Defeat and failure, or joy's magic spell,
To each or all the new year holds in store
We reach our hands in welcome, for we know
Our truest blessings from our failures grow,
And that our share of happiness will be
What we acquire through self-mastery.
Farm Journal.
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A NEW YEAK
SERMON
By
REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D.D.
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a-
"A'
ND now, Lord, what
wait
I for?" Psalm 30:7.
Another twelvemonth has
almost gone, nnd we nro
yet In the land of tho living. If we
give tills serious consideration, we
must regard it as rcmnrknnle. borne
think death the strangest wonder of
liumnn history, but Is not life stran
ger? When we reflect upon our frame,
and the shocks of life It must endure,
must wo not exclaim with Young,
"Btrango that a. harp of thousand strings
CSVimit 4 bnan In ill no cm InTittV
Is It to bo wondered nt If, like
David, wo too should put tho question,
"What wait I for?" The mystery of
being here Is not profounder than the
mystery of staying here. Let us nsic
God the question. The psalmist felt
he could not trust his own conclusions.
nnil ko ho said. "Lord, what wait I
for?"
It may be you nre waiting to be
saved. God Is not willing that any
should nerlsh. but that all should
come to repentance nnd live.
"O Ephrnlm, how can I give thee up,
how shall I leave thee, Judah?" Ilo-
Jhold him weeping over tho Holy City.
I "O Jerusalem, how often would I have
I gathered thy children together, as n
hen guthereth ber brood under her
, . . ... , .., lt, ,
wings, und yo would not!" Ho Is so
pleading with some of you today. To
I go back no farther than the past year,
has thero been no sermon, no Invitation
'or warning, no supplication or exhortn-
'tlon, that has uppealed to your Intelli
gence, or moved your emotions, plead
ing With you to accept Christ? Have
:you lost no friend or neighbor by death
during that period? Have you had no
(escape from bodily peril or no Illness
to remind you of the uncertainty of
lllfo? Can you conscientiously say that
iln all these respects God has left you
lalone? Has be done not a thing to
startle you out of vour false security,
,to convince you of sin, to Invite you to
tho Savior? I repeat, has God left you
,absolUiely alone? Ah I you cannot say
'that ho has.
"How long hnll yo between two opin
ions?" God pushes for n decision, and
;m Immediate reply. "Today, If yo
vlll hear his voice, nnruen not your
jhenrts."
It may be you arc waiting to bear
fruit. You are, by tho grace of God,
already saved, let us suppose. Hut for
what purposo wero you saved? Since
God loves you with a "love that pnfw-
oth knowledge," nnd since "to depart
nnd bo with Christ wore far bettor"
than to remain hore-why did he not
call vou to himself nt your conversion?
Whv are yon here Instead of enjoying
four Hle'Muer'a presence? There
hum In rnsen. "Y have not
By HELEN M. RICHARDSON
chosen me," snld Christ, "but I have
chosen you, and ordained you, thnt yo
should go and bring forth fruit, and
thnt your fruit should remain." Mny
It be to give you nnother opportunity
to1 glorify his father by bearing fruit,
thnt you are still here?
It may be you nro waiting to bo -
perfected. I ought to cxplnln this, be
cause there Is a sense In which every
true Chrlstlnn Is perfected the moment
ho accepts Christ as his Savior. lie
Is perfected In thnt he Is both justified
and sanctified ; his sin Is put away, and
by the Holy Spirit ho himself Is set
npurt for God forever. The New Tes
tament Is very clear on this; notlco
Paul's words In his epistle to the Co-
losslans, for example.
What, then, do we mean by saying
we may be waiting to be perfected?
Do wo mean tho attainment of n state
of slnlessness this sldo of heaven? No;
for If a Christian lived to be ns old as
Methuselah, would he not still requlro
to pray, "Forgive us our trespasses as
we forgive thoso who trespass against
us?" Wo only mean thnt perfeetness,
In the sense of n ripeness for tho
sickle, which comes In the lives of
some as If a crown of glory had been
vouchsafed to them even before they
passed Into the unseen.
And so may It ho with some of you.
Though now your pruning, your dig
ging, rind perhaps your growing days
are over, yet the quiet but potent rays,
of divine grneo nro accomplishing ir
maturity in your experience, so thnt
your Christian life never will have
been so attractive as In the hour thnt
you depnrt hence. "We all do fade as
a leaf, but tho full of you, ye glory
crowned ones. Is to be Illumined by
the graudeur of an autumnal sunset.
Gotl bless you, aged brethren! God
l,It!,s 0"' Joun? nm 'u'
poor, saint nnd sinner May
.....,.. N Y ...
,"" J
rich and
you have
the highest
and truest sense. "Hnppy is the peo
ple whose God Is the Lord." Accept
him, servo him, wait for him. It Is
only ns we stand in such relationship
to him thnt, after employing the psalm
Ist's question, "And now, Lord, what
wait I for?" we can confidently nnnly
tho consolation In his words thnt fol
low, "My hope is in thee."
A NEW YEAR BUDGET.
Th'b thousand cheery words I never
Bpoko
Tho kindly deeds I always meant to do
Tho loiters planned (alas! but never
penned!)
I wad them now my Now Yonr gift to
you!
Oh, very heavy Is tho pnek, my dear!
Yet counigo cornea to m this blessed
dny;
So please accept oite whole delinquent year
Of lovlnK.thlnffs my hoart would do and
say!
Laura Simmons.
Advice to a Bondholder.
"I'm glad to see you have bought Lib
erty bonds, my son."
"It wns my patriotic duty to buy
them, fnthcr."
"Quito so. Hut Just bocnuKe you
happen to hold n few government se
curities, don't get tho Idea thnt you
have to keep In touch with Wall
street."- Hlrmtnghnm Age-Urnld.
