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3 NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE. ART SHOWS PART OF U. S. IN l 'Pictures by American Painters Tell Story of Expeditionary Force's Activities. GRIM REMINDER OF TRAGEDY Among Scenes Depicted Are Ruined French Villages Made Sacred For. x ever to Americans Because of Lives Given to Save Them. Washington. Tho story of the American expeditionary force Is told In pictures on the walls of the Na tional museum hero In a permanent exhibit Just opened to the public. Drawn from life In paint, pen and Ink or pencil by American artists com missioned and sent to the front for thai purpose, the collection of nearly rH) studies detailing almost every phase (tf life In tile army overseas Is spread over the walls of half a dozen great, well-lighted rooms. It Is a tnfe of stirring action which they dis close. Among the scenes depicted are mined French villages made sacred forever to Americans because of Amer ican blood freely given to tear tliom from (ionium hands. There are the homely, appealing scenes from behind Ihu lines with happy-go-lucky young sters of Pershing's division In billets mixing among the people of France, the Very old and the very young peo ple. Here and there are grim reminders Air Mail Men Make Record Planes Fly Total of 54,693 Miles in Month of May, Says Official Report. EFFICIENCY IN OPERATION New York-Washington Route Shows 88 Per 'Cent and Chicago-Omaha Route the 8ame Newark Field Delays Two Routes. Washington.-' -United States mall planes Hew a total of 51,0!).'! miles In May, according to the report made public by Second Assistant Postmas ter General Prueger. The average of elllelency on the New York-Washington route wus 88 per cent ; Cleveland Chicago, 7(1 per cent and Uhlcugo Omaha, 88 per cent. Only two forced landings were made because of mechanical trouble In either planes or motors. Fifteen oth ers were made because of shortage of gas or oil through combating head winds, four because of weather and seven because new pilots got off their courses. How Efficiency Is Based. Kftlelcncy In operation of postal nlr planes Is based on leaving the Molds within IB minutes of scheduled time, on maintaining a speed for 75 miles an hour for Curtlss It-is and 80 miles for DH-4s and Martin bombers, on the nbsenco or number of forced landings and on making lllgltts without, datnago of any character to engine or plane lit tnklug-off, landing, taxiing or flying. The. rating by Holds In Muy was as follows : A 1 tf I . : n g j S"j j i 2. : ffj : - : 3 85 83 100 SO 93 US C6 71 1)0 S2 91 100 I o p a. B . tJi .' .' ' : Mold. N. Y.-Wnih 72 N. Y.-Clevo 61 Clevc.-Glil 77 CIH.-Omiilit 78 Heasons. for the abandonment of the Held nt Newnrk by the depart ment tire Indicated In a statement by U. S. Marine Corps Patrol at Santo The putrol of thu United States "Liberty Brings Peace" Mr. Henry K. Uush-Hroun. a prominent District of Columbia sculptor of more than local reputation and former president of tl. Washington Arts club, besldu his statue which lie calls "Liberty lirlngs Pence." of the great tragedy In group of bud died dead In Wrecked enemy trenches over whlVb the tide of victory bad poured Again, half glimpsed through a downpour of rain, a trudging, sodden Infantry column Is moving onward through a sea of mini as the artist saw It ; or an endless line of weary gun teams drags forward the batteries to blast the road to triumph. At one point the artist caught .and Mr. Prueger addressed to "All Super intendents of the Air Mull Service," In which he says : "The records Indicate that If 1 In field manager bad performed thu full share of their duties In getting the mall planes off within 1.1 minutes of the scheduled time of departure the elllelency rating fpr May for all divi sions would have mude a wonderful showing. FalJ to Start on Time. "The general elllelency performance on the New York-Washington and New York-Cleveland routes' was marred by this failure of the Newark Held nmn agemont. This Held failed ten times to start its plane on time to Wash ington and ten times to start on time to Hollefonte. "This trouble exists to some degree on other Holds. It eau be eliminated, or certainly greatly Improved, If planes are promptly Inspected, tested and served In tho afternoon before the Hlgbt If the departure of the plane Is scheduled early the following fore noon. Aside from this single serious delinquency, the pilots, mechanics and Held supervisors have cause to feel proud of the record made during May." West More Chesty Than Eastern States Washington. In an effort to secure better fitting uniforms for American soldiers, more than 100,000 men In the army have bail their measure taken, the war department unnnunced. The measurements were sufd to form tho most comprehensive survey ever made for tailoring purposes and will be made available to the clothing trade. ' The survey has shown what proportion of sizes should be car ried for troops, according to the war department, and will enable reduction In (bo stock of sur plus clothing kept on baud to till requisitions. Measurements showed that tho biggest chested soldiers came from western states, while the smallest chested men wore front the eastern department. murine corps at tu river butse In held for his fellow countrymen the breathless tensity of a forest outpost, peering through the leafy screen of his covert toward the enemy lines, his rllle hugged close, with lingers clinched over the trigger; at unotl.cr a slnMi of light from a. half-opei'ed door has painted on the screen of. nlzlil Just a bint at a column, tramping on toward battle. Just a young face or two In the line weary, dirty, but with Jaws grim set with purpose. Ageln It Is a hospital that has gripped tin? art ist's Imagination, a twisted, wrlhlng form under the tumbled blanket, with agony In every line and over It the steady-eyed surgeon or the merciful llgure of an army nurse. War Implements Displayed. In rooms around the picture display are shown all thu countless things with which the army and ibe navy dealt In the war; the guns, the bombs, the uniforms of ally and 'enemy alike captured weapons anil German war gear of miny kinds. These form a striking setting for the epic tale the war arlNts have pictured, probably the only such record ever assembled, for It began with the army and runs on to the departure of the homeward transports at the close. Artists who made the pictures, nil 'of whom held the rank of captain In Hie American expcdltMiary force. Include Wallace Morgan, Ernest Pclxo'to, .! litis Andre Smith. Harry H. Townsend, Harvey Dunn, Walter .1. Duncan, all or New York city; William .1. Aylward, Falrporl. N. Y., and George M. land ing, y.vhuewond, Pa. 1,362,872 FRENCH KILLED Final Figures Given on Tricolor's Total Dead in the Great European War. Purls. Final olllclnl statistics of the ministry of war Hxes the total number of French soldiers killed dur ing the great war at 1,302.872. Of this number the details of the fate of :t(t 1 ,STi4 are unknown. Reduction of military service to less than two years Is Impossible at the present time, said M. I.efevre, minis ter of war, while explaining the main points of the projected reorganization of the army to the military committee of the chamber of deputies. Use of French troops In the orient was discussed by the minister, who (lectured tnat forces now in tne near east numbered 70,000 men, most of the organizations there being colonial regiments. Must Wed to Get Wealth. Valparaiso, Ind. Hy the terms of the will of F.dgur D. Crumpnekcr bis son. Owen L. Orumpoeker, a local at torney of this city, Is to receive M00 additional, providing he marries. The younger Crumpacker also will re ceive a large law library which be longed to Ids father, who was for years representative In congress from (he Tenth Indiana district. He left a large estate, of which a large part consists of land bordering along l.nko Michigan, In close proximity to the steel mills of flary. The local attor ney is a bachelor. Domingo City Suuto Domingo City. DAIRY HINTS CAMPAIGN FOR BETTER SIRES Owners of Purebred Animals Take Generous Pride in Progress of the Movement. Kvery mall received by the bureau of animal Industry, United States de partment of agriculture, shows the readiness with which fanners and ani mal breeders In general are co-operating In carrying out the "Hetter Sires Hetter Slock" campaign. The letters show, that the owners of purebred sires take a generous and proper pride In the progress of thf campaign In their commnttity. One letter recently received contained the following advertisement clipped from a county newspaper published In Penn sylvania : "Don't breed to scrubs fetch your big cows to Victory farms service free. "For milk: Breed to De ICol PietJe Charles Dickens. Sire: . Woodcrest Frina PietJe. Dam; Daisy Le Polko De ICol III (Holsteln-Frlesian). "For beef: Hreed to Curdlngton Hob ltlll Sykes. sire: Cnrdlngton Rapid Improvement in Herds Is Seen Where Purebred Sire Is at Its Head. Blackjack. Dam: Jennie of Olen yangy (Aberdeen-Angus). "Will pay $25 for Hve-day-old heifer calves bred by either one of these sires when delivered at Victory farms. ( owner." The owner of this farm explains by letter that he also maintains purebred boars and that the service of these ani mals Is free to neighboring farms. This Is but one Instance In which the owner of better sires has offered their advantages to his neighbors free of barge. The fact that the owner .of the sires Is willing to buy the heifer calves tired from his purebred bulls Is an Indication of the Increased profits that may be realized by the owner of a scrub or grade herd when be has put a purebred sire at Its head. It shows that the value 'of the progeny of a purebred die and a grade dam Is so well established In the minds of the best Informed among breeders that they are willing to pay a much higher rate for this progeny than for a calf with grade parents In both the sire and the dnm. It further Illustrates the rapidity of Improvement in a herd which has a purebred sire at Its head. FLAVOR OF BIG IMPORTANCE If in Making Butter Desirable Quality Is Spoiled Price on Market Must Be Reduced. Hutter Is valued over lard and tal low mainly for the reason that It has n more desirable llavor. If, In the making and bundling of butter, this desirable quality Is spoiled, the price of the product on the general market must be reduced accordingly. The consumer eats butter mainly as a rel ish, ami If If has a bad Havor It ceases to be a desirable 'relish. VALUABLE HELP TO BREEDER Dairy Improvement Association En deavors to Improve Herds by Hiring General Overseer. The dairy Improvement association Is a valuable aid to the breeder and en deavors to Improve the herds hy hir ing a man to spend his entire time vis iting the farms of an organized group of farmers In order to weigh their milk, test It for butterfat anil calcu late the records of production unit cost. DAIRY NOTES Regularity In feeding dairy stock is Important. Keep thu cans of cream In a cooling tank until time of delivery, . Skim the milk as soon after mnkln as possible and coo I the ercumVUt once. A cow must have a certain amount or food nutriments to keep up the How of milk. Protect the cans of cream from thu sun by covering with canvas or with u wet suck wutio en route. Overfeeding Is not the part of wis dom. What Is too much for one cow may not he enough for nnniticr. Mfln Aeronautical Beans WASHINGTON. - The air service people are saying the aeronau tical beans have been spilled. They bad thought that tho bringing Into this country of huge shipments of war salvaged aircraft would stir congress to action, and on that account th6 llrltlsh Invasion would be benetlclal. The house acted promptly and pass ed a bill originating in the ways and means committee and fathered by Rep resentative .lobn Q. Tllson. of Con necticut, called the "Aeroplane Antl Dumplng act." This bill wis designed to protect the aircraft manufacturer- of this country from a competition which really meant, and still means, a knockout. The dumping Into a nervous and inordinately shy market of thou sands of plunes, motors and acces U. S. Army Uniforms TIIK ARMY bus found the perfect nitin. It all came about because' of the poor fitting uniforms with which Uncle Sam had to equip bis army. The uniforms have been made to order on antiquated patterns, held to by the war department from time Immemor ial. Try as they could, army olfcers couldn't fit the recruits. Every now and then, by accident, a uniform would "lit like the paper on the wall." but In the majority of caes the soldier found himself wrapped in swaddling clothes Instead of wearing a snug flttlng military dress. Just before the war the army took measurements of 1,000 men. From the average, the patterns were made by which uniforms were ordered. Hut the result was the same. The clothes wouldn't tit. Hut from now on they probably will. Dr. C H. Davenport, of fhe Car negie Institute of Washington, and u major In the surgeon general's depart ment of the army, has solved the prob lem. Measurements of 100,000 men of mil itary age. the number being made up from every state and the District of Columbia, were taken during the war. The measurements show thnt while man In Washington lias an average chest measurement of from 80 to 80 centimeters, or 33.R." to 34.01 Inches, his brother from the golden West pos- Old Employees to Lose Jobs and Pensions EMPLOY KKS of the Interior depart ment who hnve attained the age of seventy years but have not rendered the minimum of fifteen years of serv ice required for retirement on an an nuity shall be automatically dropped, according ,to n decision handed down by Attorney General Palmer. While the decision was In reply to a letter from Secretary Payne of the Interior department and refers specific ally only to employees of that depart ment, the answer of tho attorney gen eral In reality covers all' such superan nuated employees In nil federal depart ments, both in this city and elsewhere, it is held. Fuel Oil Distribution to Be Regulated SOMK plan for the regulation of the distribution of fuel oil may be resorted to if the present menace of a serious shortage continues. A con ference of representatives of the lend ing refineries and users of fuel oil to work out some joint plan of distribu tion lias been Miggested by Secretary of Commerce Alexander. The suggestion has been made par ticularly with reference to the situa tion in California, In a letter to Sena tor Plielan of that state. Secretary Alexander opposes any embargo be cause of Its effect upon American ex port trade. He takes the position that an embargo should be used only as u last resort. Latest figures show that the navy now needs 8,000,000 barrels of fuel oil a year and that the shipping board, with Its new merchant licet, will re quire 10,000.000 barrels for 100 nnd HO.OGO.000 barrels for 1021. The demand for fuel oil for tho ships of the navy ami government owned inercbant marine alone equals the present output of American re fineries for about four months. Prices of oil have rapidly advanced, contracts awarded by the shipping bonrd and nnvy during recent months bel-ig about double those of u year aDSSHHP Spilled by Congress sories which cost the Importers unly 1 per cent of the value of the materials, and which they propose to sell at any price necessary to scoop the trade and In which the sellers are to get prac tically one-hulf of the gross sales a profits Is certainly no aid to the de velopment of aircraft manufacturing li this country. That Is n sure thing. The members of the house reallzel tho pernicious effect of the sale or great quantities of aeronautical ma terials and equipment at salvage price and the Tllson bill was balled as ai piece of beneficial legislation. Then, on Friday evening, the day before congress adjourned, the "Aero plnne Anti-Dumping act," as passed by the house, was Introduced'lnto the sen ate for action. The bill was sponsored: by Senator Harry S. New, or Indiana, who bus been more or less nctlve In at tempted legislation along aeronautical lines during the entire session of the-Sixty-sixth congress. What happened Is this: Senator New made a motion for favorable consider ation of the bill and Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock of Nebraska objected, and his objection held good until the vice president banged Ills gavel on tho hlstorical marble slab and declared the senate adjourned. Thu bill was dead. Will Now Fit the Men. sesses a chest which measures from M to 07 centimeters or 30 to 3S.18 inches-. In circumference. Washington. Alnbamn, Montana, Illi nois, Maine and Oklahoma men have chests which measure -npproxlmately tho same, as an average. Arizona is a land ofglunts, for the men there have larger chests than those of any other state, measuring as an average 94 to. 07 centimeters. California, Colorado and Texas men show the same meas urements, averaging 00 to 03 centi meters. To reduce centimeters Uf inches, multiply by .3037. The statistical brunch of the general staff has taken the Hgures under con sideration, nnd within a short time will be able to announce the complete measurements for the "perfect man" of military age In the United States this perfect man being the one whose measurements coincide with the uver nge. No comparatively large number of federal employees is affected hy the decision, it is believed, but among: those employees who will be deprived of retirement under nnnulty, nnd or their Jobs at the same time, there are said to be some rather pnthetic cases. Particularly will it come hard, It Is declared, to automatically separate from the service next August 20 one wutebman of the interior department, who is now more than eighty years oht and bus served in the department Just fourteen years, one less than neces sary. A charwoman In the pension bu reau, which Is handling the administra tion of the retirement law. Is more than eighty years old, but has not served fifteen yenrs. Attorney General Palmer in his de cision takes up In detail the various clauses of the retirement law which seemed to make ambiguous the matter of retiring or not retiring certain em ployees and led Secretnry Payne to ask whether such employees in his depart ment who have attained the age or seventy yeurs, hut have not rendereif tho minimum fifteen years of service shall be uutomutlcally dropped. ago. Data supplied the federal trade commission by oil producers recently, In response to a house resolution, siqv port their contention that further in creases of prices are Inevitable. Legislative action on the oil situa tion will bo a .subject for the next con gress. ' The report mudo to the house hy the federal trade commission suggest ed the advisability of restriction upon the exportation of domestic crude oil. Another recommendation, and one which has been mnde by all of those who have given the subject considera tion, is thnt everything possible be done by the United States to encour age the development by Americans of production In foreign countries which have oil resources. mm