THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA.
ROYAL
HERO
S
IN RANKS
BELGIUM'S QUEEN IN LIEGE
Under False Name Cousin
King of Italy Serves as
Corporal.
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DEEDS AMAZE HIS COMRADES
Not Even the Officers Knew at First
That Younaster Who Showed Such
Reckless Courage Was of
Royal Blood.
Rome. The Gazzntta (II Torino, lull
ing about the count of Snlcnil. cousin
of tlio kliiR of Italy, recalls how he
'ought in the beginning of tlio war In
Vnl d'Assa under the false nninu of
Maximilian Mombcllo. Nobody, not
even the officers, know nt first thnt the
vigorous youngster, no pood and mild
of temperament, so magnificent In his
reckless courage, was Prince Uniherto,
count of Saleml.
The hour of danger found hlin calm,
serene, sure of himself, like a veteran
Alpluo. Ills own comrades, alwayB
tried In the most daring feats, were
amazed at his deeds of valor. When
they praised him Corporal Maximilian
Momhello would answer with a proud
smile: "I hut I am a special corpo
rnl." Ills mnnuer quickly won him 'he
friendship and favor of all, from the
soldiers to the olllcers.
Count Starts a School.
The count of Saleml found a way,
even under lire, to start a school for
the Illiterate. The pupils attended will
Ingly, for the Instructor, Corporal
Maximilian Momhello, was In truth
genial patient to a fault, happy,
learned and, above nil, generous In re
warding the studious at the close of
the lessons. A draught, c" wine, a por
tion of bread were ready for all In his
trench ration. I Us greatest Joy was
on the arrival of the mall In the eve
ning. If the enemy permitted, he de
voted himself to reading ami writing
letters. Fie was often surprised, moved
or disturbed by the letter ho received
or sent a letter from his mother or to
his mother.
One day, however, It leaked out
among tlio officers that Momhello was
the Prince Saleml of royal blood. It
was passed along to the stupelled sol
diers. "What?" the" nsked him. "Are t
you a royal hlghne?" "Yes." the
count answered. "What of It?" The '
answer reassured the soldiers.
Promoted to Captaincy.
Although Maximilian Momhello came
fo be known again ns the count of '
Saleml. a prince of the royal house of
Savoy, ho remained their corpora! ; and
he continued to be till the day when
he was promoted, to become later a
lieutenant and a cuptaln of bombar
diers. 1
Me died from pneumonia at the front
among his devrted sddlers Just he
lw. ..... I I . . iaA 1 1 I . I sw. fl.. I. ...I
Mil; uuw ijl lllim II 1 1 ivy. ill nil.,
Just been promoted mid commanded '
a bombarding battery of the army of
the (Irappa.
Although a son of Prince Amadeo
and tin; Princess Lctltla of Savoy-Uo-nnpaVtc,
the young count, who was
twenty-seven, enlisted at the outbreak
of the war as a simple soldier In the
Cntanla light cavalry, lie was In the
war zone for three years, took part In
several Important actions and won a
silver medal of valor by heroic conduct.
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INCREASE POULTRY AND EGGS
Few Essential Things Are to Be Con
stantly In Mind Dispose of
Surplus Cockerels.
Prepared by tlio United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
The general features of poultry
husbandry. If adhered to by farmers i
and farmers' wives, by city dwellers
who have enough space to keep u few
hens, and by poultry specialists of the
country will result In a remarkable
increase of poultry and egg produc
tion. Only u few essential things are
to be constantly borne In mind. First
in tills list, perhaps, should come care
ful selection of breeding stock, In or
der to reproduce a Inrger percentage
of good types of profitable producers.
Next to that In Importance Is early
hatching. In order that pullets may
be sufllelently mature to become good
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium was fnll n'lul winter iny(.rs, the chicks must
WASHINGTON
IDELIGnT.5
Wanted Everywhere: German Cannon or Fieldpiece
WASHINGTON. The Congressional Record these days contains column
after column of bills like the first four below. There Is u national de
mand for captured Otnr.an cannon as souvenirs , of the gt'eat war.
A bill (II, It. Ml 00) authorizing
Ithey thoUCHT Y 1
- kouLDnT do it J
"re
glen an enthusiastic reception In
Llcgo. The photograph shows tier
carrying (lowers presented to her by
her subjects.
ROME GIVES
FAMOUS
u. s.
PALACE
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bo out of the nest us early ns possible.
For at least two weeks after the
chicks arc hatched mother hens
should be confined to brood coops to
prevent fatality to the brood from ex
posure to wet and other dangers.
From the time the chicks are old
enough to be Immune from the dan
gers of wet grass nnd the like free
range Is of first importance for both
growing stock and layers. Free
range, in the first place, stimulates
growth. It ulso stimulates egg pro-
"Deserter" Carried Ten
Citations for Bravery
Streator, 111 Wrongly ticket
ed at New York, William K.
Smith was reported to relatives
here as an army deserter. He re
cently, returned home disclosing
the error. Smith had ten cita
tions for bravery among them
the Croix de Guerre.
Bankers Purchase Historic Home of 1,10 Kri,,,t imi,"' benefit to be de- j ductlon, and It reduces very mnterl-
riveti ny Italy ami America tnrougn ; any me quantity 01 ury iceu neces
closer relations. The money for the sary to keep the flock in condition,
purchase of the palace was put up I Another mutter of prime Impor
by the leadlpg banking Institutions of , tnnL.e ,s Ul0 pro(llK.t0n of infertile
Hilly. I oci'ti Ah Kfinn ns tlu hroillrti Rmmnn
uie Miivintl palace, wnicn is near
to House All American Organizations.
TO PR0M0TECLOSE DELATIONS
Will Be Permanent Headquarters for
Representatives Sent to Italy by
American Business and Finan
cial Institutions.
Home. Thanks to the generosity of
Italian financial and commercial Inter
ests, the United States will have a
house of Its own In Home.
The Palazza Salvlatl, one of the
famous group of historic family pal
aces thnt line the Corso Umherto, for
merly tho Flamlnlan way, has Just
been purchased by the big banking In
terests of Italy, rechrlstened "La Casa
doH'Amerlcn" or "The American
House," and placed at the disposal of
all societies, organizations and move
ments that have for their object the
furthbrlrig of commercial, llnanclal, so
cial and Industrial relations between
the United States and Italy.
Banks Provide Money.
The project was planned by Minis
ter of Provisions Crespl, who through
Ids contact with American Food Ad
ministrator Hoover, became convinced
the secretary of wur to donate to tho
village of Tangier, on the island of
Tangier, county of Accomac, state of
Virginia, one German cannon or field
piece; to the committee on mllltnry
affairs.
A bill (II. it. 11020) donating n
captured German cannon or field gun
und carriage to the county of Houldcr.
state of Colorado, for decorative and
patriotic purposes; to tho committee'
on military affairs.
A bill (II. It. 141US) authorizing the secretary of war to dounte to tho
city of Hoston, Mass., two German cannon or ileldpleces; to the committee
on military affairs.
A bill (H. K. M14.ri) authorizing the secretary of war to donnte to the
Middle Tennessee State Normal school at Murfreesboro, Tenn., one German
cannon or fieldpiece; to the committee on military affairs.
A bill (II. R. 14183) authorizing the secretary of war to donate Genuun
cannon or fleldploces to towns In the state of Connecticut.
A bill (II. R. 14105) to provide for the equitable distribution of captured
war devices and trophies to the states and territories of the United States
and to the District of Columbia ; to the committee on military affairs.
The bills show that every part of the country, from Massachusetts to
California and from Minnesota to Texas. Is equally Interested; that every
cross-roads village, county, city and state Is after one or more guns and that
schools and all sorts of public Institutions are getting Into line.
The last bill seems to Indicate that the demand Is so heavy that the
supply will run short. It looks as If the secretary of war was planning to
get out from under.
Rcosevelt National Park as Memorial to "T. R."
the entrance of the Corso Umherto
Into Piazza Venezla, or where the
Flamlnlan way formerly led up to the
Capltollne hill, Is surrounded by the
other equally historic palaces of the
Odescalchl and Dorvln families. Its
Interior furnishings and decorations
will be kept Intact as far as possible.
A Permanent Headquarters.,
Is over every poultry keeper, whether
general farmer, specialist or city
dweller, should see that the hens are
kept separate from the cocks. If this
practice Is followed It will result In
the saving of millions of eggs that
would otherwise become spoiled, ei
ther In the hnnds of the producer or
before reaching the consumer.
When the chicks have reached a
The first floor of the palace will be j marketable g0 care should be cxer
occupled by the central headquarters t to dispose promptly of all sur-
of the Italian-American league, of i ,,ius cockerels In order to conserve
which Senator ltufllnl Is president and tee As enry s possible snch pul-
whlch has for Us object promoting j let8 nn(l i,ens ns ure not profitable
every possible relation between the
American and Italian peoples.
The second floor will be given over
producers should be culled out nnd
sold. The grentest of care should be
exercised to see thnt profitable pul-
to the offices of llnanclal organlza- I ets are kept as egg producers.
Hons that nre especially Interested In Throughout the year enre should be
FRENCH PRISONERS OF WAR RETURNING
Italian and American stocks and
bonds.
Still other portions of the palace will
be given over to the societies and or
ganizations promoting Interests along
special lines between the United States
nnd Italy.
In the future American manufac
turing, business and financial Institu
tions sending representatives to Italy
to establish relations will find perma
nent headquarters at the American j
house und every facility necessary to
enable them to attain their ends.
exercised to prevent the marketing
of all profitable hens of the general
purpose class. Hens of this kind
GET MORE HEAT FROM COAL
A remarkable photograph showing trench prisoners returning home us
jthey pass over n bridge on the Little Uhino at Strassburg. Troops of tho Ger
Imau revolutionary party are seen guarding the bridge.
Georgia Man Has Formula Which He '
Says Will Get Maximum Warmth
From Fuel.
Decatur. Ga. The following for
mula for getting the maximum
amount of heat out of coal Is by L. F.
Scott :
First, get the coal.
Put three pounds of soda or saler-
atus In four gallons of water. Dis
solve and sprinkle over coal in suf
ficient quantity to leave same frosted,
when solution evaporates.
If the coal does not now burn bright
er and give off more heat there la
something the matter with the soda.
W
"TpHKODORE ROOSEVELT'S first national memorial Is likely to be Koose
fi volt National park. The machinery of congress has been put In motion,
to make tho necessary change in the Greater Sequoia National park bill.
Senator Phelan of California, who in
troduced the Greater Sequoia bill last
year, moved the change of name In
the senate upon the suggestion of Sec
retary Lane of the interior department
nnd Director Mather of the national
park service. He said that Iloosevelt
was early identified with the West ;
that the liberalizing influences of west
ern life nationalized him for his later
tasks; that there was no more fitting
memorial for ti'iiian of his tastes, cour
age, generous nature and love of the
beautiful that this national park In the High Sierras. The public lands
committee reported the amended bill favorably and the senate passed it. Ia
the bouse the amendment was moved by Representative Elston of California
and was seconded by Representative Olllett of Massachusetts.
The present Sequoia National park contains 2(5.1 square miles. It was.
created In 3800 to preserve the big trees, Sequoia Washingtonlnnn, which
j are the oldest anil largest living things on earth. The largest of them nre 35
feet In diameter and are about 4.000 years old. The Greater Sequoia bill
I adds l."."r square miles to the north nnd east, including the canyons of
j Kings river nnd Kern river. Teblplte and Paradise valleys and the western,
slope and the crest of Mount Whitney (14,.'301), the highest point In contl
' ncntal United States. This Is scenic area of the first class. Roosevelt Nn
i tionnl park, with 1,000 square miles, will be exceeded in size by only Mount
, MeKInley and Yellowstone and will rank with the best of the 17 national
' parks.
Grand Canyon National park 1ms been crented by congress. It Includes
practically all of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado In Arizona, probably the
greatest natural wonder of earth. This area has been a national monument
, since 1008 by proclamation of President Roosevelt,
Are There Secret Prisoners Hidden in Germany?
h HE there secret I'ritlsh, French and American prisoners in the hands of the
rk Germans? It is evident that there are hundreds, If not thousands, of
soldiers who have not been reported dead and Whose absence Is not ex
plained. It may be that u commission
(YOU'LL NEVER.
GET OUT'
I Private Ignores Orders,
I Gets 15-Year Sentence, $
Camp Meade, Md. Because
he refused to carry coal for the
detachment kitchen at the base
hospital here, Private Russell S.
Powell of Pennsylvania, attach
ed to the medical department,
has been sentenced to 10 years
In the discipline hnrracks.
Flock of Chickens Like This Will Pay.
should never be sold until the end of
their second year, and hens of the
Mediterranean or egg class should not
he sold until the end of their third
laying year. A careful check should
be kept, however, on hens, and every
Individual that does not show herself
a profitable producer should be sold
for meat.
BEST FEED FOR LAYING HENS
LET SICK U. S. MAN DIE
iHuns Fail to Provide Medicine for
Yankee.
iPrlsoner la Victim of Pneumonia and
la Burled With Nine
Others.
Winchester, England. Duo to the
fact tlio Germaus failed to provide
medicine or proper hospital facilities
mt Camp Tuchel, West Prussia, John
ill. Kohl of Woodhnven, N. Y., died
ifrom pneumonia after the armistice
'was signed, according to Joseph II.
)Dennen of Trenton. N. J. Dennen was
iof tho Six Hundred and Forty-second
American Ambulance unit and llke
"wlse it prisoner nt Tuchel.
"Kphl of Company G, One Hundred
tand Sixth Infantry, was captured Sep
jtemher 27 after twice being wounded
In tho knee," said Dennen. "Kohl
Inter developed pneumonia through ox
posure. The Germans gave us only
two blankets and a small quantity of
coke for our lire. 1 gave Kohl one
of my blankets and we put two pairs
of socks on his feet and spread shirts
and such extra clothing as we had on
his bed to make up for the deficiency
in blankets. There were two Ameri
can doctors In the camp Lieut. John
S. Abbott of St. Paul. Minn., and Lieut.
Joseph P. Rurke of Pittsburgh. Pa.
and they did all they could, but could
not obtain any medicine.
"Kohl died November 18. The Ger
mans stripped the body and placed It
In an ordlnnry box which thoy left
outside the barracks for seven hours
before burial. Four Americans and
two Frenchmen carried him to the
grave. When other Americans tried
to accompany tho body ' tho guards
forced them back. The American doc
tors, however, pushed the guards
aside and ran through the cemetery
I ale Rittlu.c to the i.r.ivo jiM as the
collln was lowered. Kohl was the
only American to be burled In a cem
etery holding .T',000 Russians and Rou
manians. "Nine Russians were burled in the
one grave with Kohl. I tied an iden
tification disk to his wrist before bur
ial. After the burial the Germans
stuck up a cross which read: "Nine
Russians, one American."
TOTS HURT BY "PRETTY TOYS"
Scores of Children In Serbia Maimed
by Picking Up Austrian
"Dud" Shells.
London. The war Is still taklnK Itt,
toll of children In Monustlr. The Ser
bian hospital contains scores of little
ones who have been maimed for life
or severely Injured by explosions of
"pretty toys" they havo picked up
along tho roadsides or In the yards of
the homos they recently have reoccu
plod. The toys are "dud" shells dropped
Into the city and Its environs i,j .U8.
1 1 lun and Unitarian huttcrk'.
Mixture of Cracked Corn, Oats and
Barley Is Recommended Exer
cise Is Important.
(Prepared by the t'nlted States Depart
ment at Agriculture.)
A good mixture for laying hens Is
four parts each of cracked corn and
oats and, one part barley or wheat, if
available, which should be scattered In
the litter. Provide four or'tlve inches
of good, clean litter.
A dry mash composed of equal parts
of cornmeal, bran, middlings, ground
oats and beef scrap should be kept In
hoppers to which the fowls have ac
cess at all times.
Plenty of exerclso Increases the egg
yield.
Cabbages, mangels, sprouted oats,
cut clover and cut alfalfa make ex
cellent green feed for poultry.
When wet mashes nre fed be sure
that they are crumbly and not stlcicy.
will be nppolntcd to search every nook
and cranny of Germany.
There are three principal reasons
for keeping these men In u secrecy
and silence as deep as that of th
grave.
In the first place the Hun never
forgives and never forgets. If a sol
dier was rude to a German officer, that
officer would go to considerable trou-
.W.Tff bio to work out quite an elaboujite re-
venge. rue nun oiucer wouiu - inurK
that soldiers. Thus when the time for dispersal from tthe prisoners' camps
came about the German bully would turn the rest loose to find their way.
unaided and starving. Into Holland and safety, but would detain the soldier
who had insulted him. and afterward secretly send the man to work In his
castle or on his estate, where he could torture and degrade him at will.
The second reason hinted at by my Informant Is that these men whoso
whereabouts are such a mystery have, by reason of their special knowledge,
or adaptability, been ;iut to work on undertakings the nature of which Ger
mans want to keep secret.
Although the actual lighting Is over, the trade war with Germany is
only Just beginning, and If any of the men In question acquired, either
accidentally or otherwise, a trade secret of any value and such a contin
gency is by no means an Impossibility he would bo kept a prisoner In secret.
The tlilrd reason Is somewhat similar. The men are lielng kept prison
ers through tho instrumentality of individual olllcers or men. They have
gained some knowledge which, if disclosed, would end In terrible retribution
for the officer or man concerned.
GOOD QUALITIES OF ROOSTER
More Apt to Bo Carried to Females
Than Males Hens Always
Tako After Sire.
Roosters from high-priced layers
are more apt to carry these qualities
to their young than are nous of tho
sumo breeding. This Is because In all
animal life the. male resemblos the
' dam moro than It does the slro and
the female Just reverse.
Vlarconi Hopes to Talk With Stars by Wireless.
AN INVENTOR must necessarily he a man with Imagination; probably the
larger ills Invention the greater his power of Imagination. Anyway, the
imagination of Marconi. Inventor of wireless telegraphy is Just now busy
over the possibility of communicating
wlreiessly with the stars.
Marconi says he has often received
strong signals out of the ether which
seemed to come from some place out-
I side the earth and which may cnneelv
E -ililv liiv, niw tiiii.l.ttl ffixni Hi., ct.irti
lie also thinks waves of ether are
eternal, lie says that messages he
sent oft ten yenrs ago are still going on
through space.
This Is why l.e hopes for comma
nlcatlon with other stars. He says:
"Communication with intelligences on oilier stars may some day be
possible, and as many of (lie planets are much older than ours, the belngi
wlnv live there ought to have Information for us of enormous value.
"It Is silly to say the other planets are uninhabited, because they have no
atmosphere or ure so hot or nre so different from the enrth. If there were
no fish In the sea, we would say life there Is Impossible,
"You see, one might get through some such messngo as two plus two
equals four, and go on repenting It until the answer came back signifying
yes, which would be one word.
"Mathematics must be tho same throughout the physical universe. Rv
(ticking to mathematics over a number of years one might como to speech
u Is ci rtalnly possible."