, HER FIRST PATIENT
American Girl Tells of Experi
ence at the “Front.”
Compelled to Hold Stretcher-Bearers
to Work, Nurse Has Strenuous
Time Getting Wounded Man
to Surgeons.
An American girl who recently vol
unteered for service with a Red Cross
ambulance in Belgium sends the fol
lowing account of her first case:
“The commandant doctor with
whom I was assigned to work had
taken me far up toward the front,
where a Belgian battery was sta
tioned. While he attended to some
trifling injuries, there came the sound
of cannonading, and news that the
Cermans were attacking the very sec
tion where we were working.
“Suddenly, at what seemed the last
minute of safety, two Belgian stretch
er-bearers, without a stretcher, rushed
up to me. They said there was a
man badly wounded somewhere up
the road. I found a stretcher and
went off with them to look for him.
“We went on and on. It probably
wasn’t more than 500 yards, but it
seemed like a very long way; it
seemed impossible to find the house.
Then some women came running and
pointed out the place. The stretcher
bearers hurried off with their stretch
er. I followed.
“The man, horribly hurt, with a
wound like a red pit below his shoul
der blades, was brought and laid on
the stretcher. He lay there quietly
on his side, in a posture of utter res
ignation to anguish.
“He was a Belgian peasant, slums
ily built; he had a broad, rather ugly
face, narrowing suddenly as the fringe
of his whiskers became a little strag
f gling beard. But to me he was the
most beautiful man I had ever seen.
I loved him. He was my first wound
ed man!
‘I tried—I still try—to persuade
myself that if I hadn't bullied my
two bearers and repulsed an attempt
to get my stretcher away for some
other patient, he would have been
left behind in that little house. We
got him out of the yard all right,
and on the paved road. Then, to
my horror, the hearers dumped him
down on the paving stones. They
said he was much too heavy. They
couldn’t possibly carry him unless
' they rested.
“I didn’t think it was exactly the
moment for resting, and told them
so in several languages. The Ger
mans were likely to come around the
turn in the road at any time. You
never know!
“But the bearers stood stolidly in
the middle of the road and mopped
their faces and puffed- The situation
began to be as absurd and terrible
as a nightmare. So I grabbed on one
end of the stretcher and said I would
carry it myself. I said I wasn’t very
strong, and perhaps couldn’t do it, but
anyhow, I would try.
“They picked it up at once then,
and started off at a good swinging
trot over the rough paving stones,
jolting my poor patient horribly. I
suggested that they walk on the
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smooth path at the side. They hailed
this suggestion as a most brilliant and
original idea.
“As my patient was brought into
the village where the battery was
stationed the ambulance had got its
wounded and was ready to go. But
he had to have his wound dressed.
He lay there in the middle of the
street and I had to watch while the
surgeon stuffed his wound with anti
septic gauze. I had always supposed
that the dressing of a w^ound was a
cautious and delicate process. But
it wasn't. There was a careless au
dacity about it. The surgeon worked
rapidly, unmoved, as if he were stuf
fing an old crate with straw. And it
was all over in a moment or two.
There seemed something indecent in
the haste with which my Belgian was
disposed of.
“Then the surgeon remarked cas
ually that my patient’s wound didn’t
amount to much. ‘It looks much
worse than it really is,’ he said. I
felt hurt, as if this beloved person
had been slighted, also as if there had
been some subtle disparagement of
my ‘find.’”
How She Looked.
“I lost a dollar at the matinee this
afternoon,” remarked the fleshy wom
an to her husband, "and I never was
so angry in my life.”
“How’d it happen?” asked the man.
“I dropped it in the aisle,” she an
swered shortly, "and I looked for it—
that’s all I could do.”
“Did you look good?” persisted the
head of the house.
“Did I look good!” shrilled the wom
an, really angry now. “I looked as
good as a fat woman crawling around
on all fours ever does.”—Collier’s
Weekly.
Very Indiscreet.
“Look here,” said Mr. Bonehedde an
grily, “I’m not going to stand this
sort of thing any longer. That broth
er of yours called me a fool today, and
right in public, too.”
“That’s just like Tom,” replied his
wife. “He’s always blurting out fam
ily secrets.”
Know Him?
“What do you think of my gradua
tion essay?” asked the young man.
“Fine!” replied his father. “Only
I’m afraid a lot of people are going
to be bashful about offering plain
wages to a man whose intellect is so
much above the average.”—Washing
ton Star.
So It Is.
“The creeping vine you see on yon
der roadside reminds me of a rural
panic.”
"In what way?”
“Don’t you notice its run on the
bank?”
The Day.
“Is this Friday, mamma?”
“No, darling. This is Thursday.”
“Oh, dear! I can hardly wait for
Saturday. Uncle George promised to
take me to the drug store then and
buy me a sundae.”
Home Secrets.
Visitor (hungry)—And at what time
do you have dinner, my little friend?
Terrible Boy—Soon as you’ve gone.
An Essential Particular.
“Jones can tell the date of the end
of the war.”
“Which end?”
IDEAL WOMEN OF THE PAST'
Live in History as the Inspiration of
Men Who Led the World in
Art and Learning.
"All inspiration comes from woman.”
In these words Castiglione sums up
medieval ideas and theories on the
subject. Hers it is to Inspire man with,
hope and courage on the battlefield
and in the council chamber, in the pur
suit of art and learning, in the higher
paths of,virtue and religion, to point'
the way upward and lift hearts from
earth to heaven.
So it was that the boy Raphael grew
up in the enchanted air of Urblno un
der the fostering care of the good
duchess; so Isabella d’Este heard
young Ariosto recite the first cantos
of his great poem, or gave Mantegna
and Costa themes for their pictures
in the studio of the grim old castello
that looks down on the Mantuan lakes
and the windings of "smooth-sliding
Mincius.”
So Veronica Gambara smiled on the
early efforts of the painter Correg
gio, and Vittorla Colonna soothed the
loneliness of Michaelangelo's weary
old age.
By their delicate culture and refined
taste these noble women brought art
into close touch with life.
By their gracious and kindly sym
pathy they cheered the artist souls
that were struggling toward the light,
and helped to produce immortal works.
Will posterity say as much for the
women of our own age?—Exchange.
Turners Make Good Soldiers.
"More than 15,000 German turners
have been decorated with the Iron
Cross since the world war was de
clared,” writes Dr. Hugo Ruehl, sec
retary of the Deutsche Turnerschaft,
in a letter to George Brosius, veteran
Milwaukee turnmaster.
In commenting upon the ability of
turners as soldiers, Professor
Brosius says:
"The exceptional training that turn
ers are given in Germany makes them
most efficient as soldiers. There are
more than 800,000 serving the kaiser.
In their gymnastic training, long
marches have always played an im
portant part.”
The Right Time.
“How did Bill manage to coax his
father to get him a motorcycle?”
“I suppose he asked for it at the
cycle-logical moment.”
When a man becomes thoroughly
contented he has outlived his useful
ness.
The college girl’s idea of a scandal
is the story of another girl's failure
to “make” a sorority.
Of course a man doesn't marry for
money—neither does he jilt a girl just
because she has it.
There are various methods by which
trouble may be avoided. One of them
is to sell your bulldog.
Most people can stand poverty bet
ter than prosperity—because they are
used to it.
A word to the strenuous is sufficient
—if you call him a liar.
And sometimes a man’s silence
speaks volumes for his ignorance.
IRNSTORFF PLAN
TO TRAP LANSING
IT NO SUCCESS
Proposal to Have U. S. Open
Negotiations With England
on His Personal Assur
ances Rebuffed.
ORDUNA AFFAIR SHOCK
Washington Had Begun to Be
lieve Germany Intended to
Comply With International
Maratime Laws.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, D. C„ July 19.—
News of the attack on the Cunard
liner Orduna upsets the theory of
some officials here that Germany,
while not yielding in the American
diplomatic demands, that unarmed
ships be warned of attack in ac
cordance with international law,
was in practice observing that pro
ceedure.
On that theory a hope had been
built for the successful effect of the
diplomatic representations brought
about by the Lusitania disaster.
In support of their theory officials
had pointed out that the British
ships Armenian and Anglo-Cali
fornian, on both of which American
lives were lost, were warned before
attacked. Inasmuch as both at
tempted to escape—and one actual
ly did—-the United States held it
could give its subjects in the cases
no relief.
The view that Germany was now
conducting her submarine warfare
in accordance with the principles
for which the United States con
tends has been as confidently en
tertained in official quarters that
the attack oh the Orduna came as
little lees than a shock. Only yes
terday Count Von Bernsterff, the
German ambassador, expressed to
Secretary Lansinq his confidence
that there would not be another
disaster like the Lusitania’s.
Washington, D. C„ July 19.—The vex
ing situation between the United States
and Germany over neutral rights at sea
and the destruction of the Lusitania
is looked on today as slightly improved
by reason of the conference between
Secretary of State Lansing and Count
Von Bernstorff. the German ambassa
dor.
Chiefly, the reasons why it is im
proved Is that the talk of the German
ambassador, in his meeting with the
secretary of state, indicated he did not
believe his government would permit
further unwarned taking of American
life at sea. He did not think Americans
on passenger ships would be destroyed
in violation of international law.
This is one of several straws which
have floated about lately, indicating
that while the German government in
writing is defending the sinking of the
Lusitania, and not admitting its course
at sea has been wrong, it is telling its
submarine commanders not to treat
Americans on passenger ships aa out
laws, but to observe the right of visit
and search, and to give those on board
merchant steamers the chance to take
to the boats.
Shows Better Disposition.
Thus, there is reason to believe that
the German government, for the pres
ent at least, does not mean to inflame
America to the point of war, by anoth
er Lusitania disaster.
But. while this is true, the conference
between Mr. Lansing and the German
ambassador has by no means cleared
matters up. On the contrary, there are
distinct indications that the .German
ambassador has tried a clever and
astute piece of diplomatic strategy and
that the state department and the ad
ministration have their eyes open to
It and will avoid being victims of it.
The ambassador’s visit was informal,
is understood from authority, and he
expressed informally to Mr. Lansing his
personal views of what he thought
about the situation. He urged media
tion between Germany and'Great Brit
ain by this government to clear up the
controversy over neutral rights at sea.
And he voiced it as his opinion that
American life and property at sea
would be treated by his government in
iccord with International law.
But Clever Russ Failed.
Evidently the German, ambassador
hoped to have the state department and
administration accept this informal ex
pression of his personal opinion as
amounting to an assurance from his
government, and proceed accordingly,
at once taking steps toward mediation
and refraining from pressing Germany
for formal assurances as to treatment
of Americans at sea.
But this government thus far shows
no indication of being so misled. If
the German government authorizes the
ambassador to give assurances on the
conduct of submarine warfare, this
government will gladly accept them
orally if Berlin does not choose to send
them in a formal note. But it will
have to be clearly understood that they
are something more than the oral ex
pression of the ambassador's view.
Officials here hope that if authorized
assurances will be given it will clear
up the trouble which exists today won
derfully. But thov have not had them,
and so far as publicly known Berlin is
not ready to give them.
U. S. Can’t Back Up.
Herein is the crux of the whole sit
uation, furthermore, something much
broader than the German conduct of
submarine war is at stake.
This nation cannot stop short of con
tinued insistence that the principal of i
visit and search must be observed and
passengers and crews on merchant
ships allowed a chance for their lives.
To recognize, even by inference, any
other doctrines would be more far
reaching than generally believed. A
prominent senator, in a letter written
here, has pointed out that if this coun
try waives its rights in this respect,
so far as German submarines are con
cerned, then it may prepare to have its
rights at sea still further disregarded
by the power that really controls the
sen, that is England, and her allies.
In this matter of how its people at
sea shall be treated. America has to
look not merely to the present German
submarine situation, but to the future.
This is a phase of the controversy,
which has by no means received the
attention it deserves.
STOP GOLD EXPORTS.
Paris, July 17.—The Swiss federal
council has decided to prohibt the ex
portation of gold in any form, say« 9
Havas disnatch from Berne.
ORDER IN COUNCIL
IS NOT RECOGNIZED
United States Denies Britisb
Assumptions In Trial of
Prize Court Cases.
Washington. July 19.—Secretary Lan
sing made public today a paraphrase
of the note presented by Ambassador
Page on July 14 to the British govern
ment to conserve the rights of Ameri
can citizens In cases being tried by
British prize courts. It has no relation,
he said, to the general note on con
traband still in course of preparation.
The paraphrase issued by the state de
partment follows:
“In view of differences which are un
derstood to exist between the two gov
ernments as to the principles of law
applicable in prize court proceedings,
In cases Involving American Interest,
and In order o avoid any misunder
standing as to the attitude of the Unit
ed Btates In regard to any such pro
ceedings, the government of the United
States informs the British government
that Insofar as the Interests of Amerl-i
can citizens are concerned. It will Insist,
upon their rights under the principle*
and rules of internatloal law, as hith
erto established, governing neutral
trade In time of war without limitation,!
or Impairment by orders in council, or1
other municipal legislation by the Brit
ish government and will not recognlz*
the validity of prize court proceedings,,
taken under restraints Imposed byj
British municipal law In derogation of)
the rights of American citizens under
International law."
Britain Making No Effort to
Impose Fines Upon Welsh
Workmen Who Want
Act Repealed.
London July 19.—The executlv*
council of the South Wales miner*
having failed at a meeting held in Lon
don today to reach an agreement on
the means of settling the coal dispute*
left for Cardiff, where it will meel
again on Monday.
The ominous attitude adopted bj
the Welsh miners causes serious ap
prehension. The miners now have In
creased their demands by asking th«
government to withdraw the royal
proclamation making the coal mine*
subject to the munitions act.
President Runlcman, of the board
of trade, rejected this proposal at a
conference held last night and a meet
ing held In London failed to secure
any ground for an adjustment.
The extremist leaders declare, how
ever, that It is a question no longer
of a 5 per cent Increase in wages, but
the abrogation of the royal proclama
tion, which subjects the miners to a
fine of J25 daily for striking. No ef
fort has yet been made to enforce the
fines against the 150.000 strikers, which
the leaders construe as an evidence
of the virtual impossibility of carry
ing out the plans.
Reports received this morning from
all the Welsh centers show that the
strike continues to cause much agita
tion. hut no disorder.
BIG INTERESTS FORM
MUNITIONS COMPANY
Typewriter and Adding Ma
chine Concerns Land Con
tract From Allies.
New York. July 19.—Most of the
leading typewriter and adding ma
chine companies In the east and mid
dle west, it was stated today, have
formed a new corporation under the
title of the American Ammunition
company to take up contracts for the
manufacture of fuses for high explo
sive and shrapnel shells for the Eng
lish, French and Russian governments.
The shell commission of the militia
department of Canadian government,
acting for the British war office, is
said to have awarded to the Amer
ican Ammunition company within a
week a contract for the manufacture
or fuses amounting to $10,000,000.
An additional contract also amount
ing to $10,000,000, it Is stated, has been
given by the Canadian shell commis
sion to the same group of manufact
uring concerns.
The Canadian militia department is
reported to have given in addition a
$70,000,000 contract for shrapnel and
high explosive shells to a financial
group, which will undertake to sublet
the business among a number of In
dustrial concerns.
Detroit. Mich., July 17.—C. W. Gooch,
vice president of the Burroughs Add
ing Machine company, of this city, does
not believe that any of the leading type
writer and adding machine companies
in the east and middle west have
formed a corporation for the manufac
ture of war munitions, as reported in
New York today.
"The Burroughs company does not
know of any such combination; we
have not been approached on it and do
not believe any such corporation has
been formed." said Mr. Gooch. “As for
ourselves, we would not handle that kind
of business. Since February of thi3
year we have refused large quantities
of business of that nature and will con
tinue to do so.”
VETOES TIPPING BILL.
Montgomery, Ala., July 17.—Gover
nor Handerson today vetoed the antt
tlpping bill on the ground that he did
not believe the law' could be enforced
and that its constitutionality was
doubtful.
GOVERNOR NAMED TO
RULE CONQUERED LAND
Rome, July 17, (via Paris).—Official
announcement was made yesterday
that King Victor Emmanuel tiad
signed a decree appointing Signor Bur
zllal a member of the house of depu
ties and a member of the cabinet with
out portfolio. The oath was admin
istered to the new minister at the front
in the presence of Premier Salandra.
who went to the king's headquarters to
request that the decree be signed.
KANSAS CITY FLOOD
MENACES PACKERIES
Bottoms Districts Expected to
Be Inundated By Tomor
row Night.
Kansas City. Mo.. July 19.—Big
packing concerns and other business
interests in the west bottoms here wero
warned by the government weather
bureau today to prepare for a 28-foot
stage in the Kansas river at Kansas
City by Sunday night. Residents of
the lowlands east of Kansas City al
so were warned to expect a 30-foot
mark in the Missouri river. Should
the rivers go as high as predicted, se
rious damage is feared.
The Kansas river here this morning
reached 23.6 feet, a rise of two-tenths
of a foot over night. The Missouri waa
27.6 feet, a rise of two-tenths of a
foot since yesterday afternoon.
Scattering rains fell in the Kansas
river watershed last night.
The first death In the swollen waters
occurred at Seneca. Kan., early today.
An infant son of Benjamin Wichim
was drowned when a buggy in which
Wichim. his wife and the child were
riding was overturned, while fording
a small stream.
Conditions In northwest Missouri
were improved today.
THEORIES OF WAR
Gathmann and De Forest Say
Their Inventions Will Frus
trate Aerial and Sub
sea Attacks.
Chicago, July 19.—The question of
the national defense likely will be one
of the most Important problems to
come before the next sessions of con
gress. The present European war has
centered the attention of the American
public on the state of its fighting
forces and equipment. Widespread
Interest has been created in the new
board of naval advisors composed of
great American inventors now being
created by Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels.
The contrary Is wondering Just what
will be produced by this board of ex
perts. The Chicago Herald has asked
several of the inventors who will com
pose this board what contributions
they hope to make to the American
defense preparations with the follow
ing results:
Hudson Maxim, scientist and ord
nance inventor, said that he recently
has offered the government an impor
tant invention for employment in sub
marine torpedo boats. He added that
he has several new Inventions to of
fer the government.
De Forest Has Plan.
Lee De Forest, wireless expert, said
that he was working secretly on a
unique invention which, when perfect
ed, will minimize danger from outside
sources and with an adequate con
gressional appropriation should remove
all danger of aerial and particularly
undersea warfare. He added that ho
will offer the invention to.the govern
ment with the distinct understanding
that it will be used only by the army
and navy of the United States and tho
working plans kept secret from all
other powers forever. Mr. De Forest
stated he also is working on another
invention which scientists consider
will be one of the marvels of the age.
This also would be valuable in tho
general scheme of defense, he says.
Glenn H. Curtiss, the aeroplane de
signer and builder, says the seaplane
or flying boat can be developed into a
very valuable adjunct in repelling a
naval invasion and preventing the
bombardment of coast cities. It is a
question of development, rather than
Invention, he says. Orville Wright co
incides In the views of Mr. Curtiss and
expresses the belief that this country
should be equipped with from 1,000 to
1,500 air craft of all Borts.
ud uimdim » mvcnuun
Louis Gathmann, ordnance expert, an
nounced that he has a new method for
protecting vessels against torpedo, sub
marine. high explosive and armor pier
cing attacks. He things the coast de
fenses should be equipped with larger
guns (18-inch) and high explosive
shells, ?
Mr. Edison, the wizard of modern
science, has not yet announced that he
has anything to contribute immediately
to the development of the national de
fense. Mr. Edison is quoted as once
having said that, if he turned his at
tention to the invention of war instru
ments. he could make war so horrible
that the world would never participate
in armed strife again.
John Hays Hammond, jr., an expert
in wireless research, is developing his
wireless controlled torpedo. It is un
derstood that experiments will be con
ducted to increase the range of these
new torpedoes by means of signals giv
en from aeroplanes to the control sta
tion on shore. Secretary of War Garri
son has announced that he will ask
congress to purchase the patents cov
ering this invention.
Secretary Daniels today announced
he would issue a statement Monday
developing his plan for a civilian naval
board of which Thomas A. Edison is to
be the head.
PRO-GERMAN PUBLICIST
IS SENT TO AN ASYLUM
Washington. D. C., July 17.—F. X
Welnshenk. the Jackson City. Ia., man
who was arrested here last night, be
cause he has been circulating inflam
matory literature, some of It to tho
president, is expected to demand a jury
trial as to his sanity. Unless he does,
he will remain under observation at
Washington asylum hospital 30 days.
He says ho can convince any jury of
his sanity.
The government is quietly Investigat
ing to find out whether the money
which Weinschenk has been lavishly
spending in getting out propaganda lit
erature was his own or whether he has
backing. He says it was his own
CARE FOR SERB BABIES.
Washington. July 17.—The American
Red Cross has established a baby hos
pital in Serbia. About $6,300 already haa
been contributed. Dr. Louis Taylor
Jones, of this city, and Dr. Catherine
H. Travis, of New Britain. Conn., will
sail Monday in the Greek steamer. V.
Constantinos. from New York for Serw
biaii by way of Piraeus, to take charg%
