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THE BKK: OMAHA. SATURDAY, APRIL lo. 10 Hi. OPERATES THREE THOUSAND TIMES Dr. Eugene Kurd, American Sur gcon in Eusiinn Army, Performs that Number During War. HAS MANY NARROW ESCAPES (Corrsgpntirtenee f,f the Associated Press. HiTROOH.U), Msrcii 5.--Mora thiin eiirglrsl niH-rntlnna, mnet of them Hose to the fighting line ami with the tone of artlllrrv In hie rsrs, It the laat ear'a ro ord of Vr. liugane Huri. until t:-.fitly the only American eurgeon at thf front lth th Ruaalan forces, rr Hurrt Ik rhlef aiirgpon In oharga of tha Twenty ninth, known a tha "droilno No Mllty" riylrm column, I In haa I lia rank of i olorif I In tha rigular army. Ilia lih.yliiiihn aliitifle U feel thren linh.'e in iifiiflit tul wflh 23f poiirula- rnuki-a lilm a loneid'uoli figure, even muring ih Mi filloa of ihe, Siberian corps among whom ha works, lia haa ar iuiel a reputation among tha elnipw minded auldl'Ta for doing tlio Impossible A aoldlar returning from tha hoariltal tolrl hi fellows that tha "big American eur geon cjoitld take a hand Hint bar been aliot off, patch II together end put It back on nmd ai new." Kurd Iiiwi been reported several llinea killed, wniiji'lr'l or rnlsrtlng. Iln baa inailn a, number of hurried geusy, but. ha he always: turned up with bia outfit whim ttee amnke cleared. Ilia column was outflti by the nohla fHnllca of Orodno oon after the outbreak of (tin wiijr. Then thay looked about for a aurgeim to take iharge. About thai lima Kurd, who waa In aaUla, waa offering hla aervloea to fluesla, Tbrougli tha llusnian consul In Hcaitla, hla offer waa aenepied and ha sailed mi November tor Vladlvoetok, Ma waa at onoe sent to Orodno with a "onlreet to serve during tha term of tba war. Ha believed ha waa giving hla gerv lnag gratia, but aeveral months later whan ha had lima to have hla contract trane Jaiad, ha found that h waa to receive ) roirbUia moiitldy, Hla flrat taate of battle wail on tlia Orodno front. On tha retreat of tha Ilue- alait army laat gwrnnar Hurd narrowly escaped an involuntary tranafar of hla activities to th tear-man aide. After a twenty-hour gtretch of hard work ha waa ordered to retire by night to Or an I, At t o'clock in tha morning he had reached an aetata six miles from that point ami there ha decldod to real, until daylight, Whan preparing reauma hla Journey the following morning, ho found tha aUbl yard full of Ruaalan eavalrr horaoa, aome of them wounded. A Ruaalan soldier In formed him that Oranl hnA been catrt.ured by tha Oermana early in tha morning and ihat they were approaflhinjr leaa thnn two mlloa awuy. Ho md a hurried frxlt aoulhward throunh aand dunaa, wliere Napoleon loat hla tranaporta on tha re ireat from Maoow. trnlll i o'clock In the afternoon, when ho rearhed a new riucalan poaiilon ha waa between tha hn ilia llnea, uncertain aa to tha location of either army. K.aeapea Under rtra. At another lima tba Oermnn cavalry broke through tha Ruaalan llnea before Kurd waa awara of tha fact and had cut I I field telephone. They , paaatd hla op.-ritlliig laae, avldontly believing hli raptura aanured on Ihalr return. But tho American doctor harneaaed hla horaaa and with hla operating forca made a break for tha retiring Ruaalan army. Tha Qvr hinna turned a battery on him, and with ehelia buretlng all around him, h gal-lopt-d teama over tha creat of a hill and cvrni'iiilly made hla way to aafoly. rr. Hurd worka rut)marlly about a tulle buck of th trenchea In Una with I lm light artillery and In front of and under Ilia heavy battering. "I hellvn tha Ruaalan aoldier to ha tha bert in tha world," ha atd, on a raeant Oa t to I'Ytrograd, hla third brief abaano I nun I he treni hea In mora than a year. ' The Ituaaian ta a fatallat, la abanlutely leaih'ra, willing to attack under any con 'tit tons and la an expert with tha bayonet, M favorlia weapon. I am convinced Hint t tie tinrmana loat twenty men to our M" on tha retreat laat aummor, "A new form of trench bomb, filled with an acid that aota like vitriol, la the lant element wa bava to contend with. The effect la fatal If tha fumea ara In haled and tha leaat effoct la to produce total and permanent bllndneaa. Theae liomba ara fired at cloaa rang and ex plode on contact. Prom one to aeven mm ara affected where tha exploalon i.i.c ura among men unprotected by res I'lmtora. Often tha men have not time lo adjuat their reaplratora In time to racape. ' A remarkable thing that I hava ob served la tha number of cnaea of froen Oet iimong t'lcrnian prtaoncra, while T haie et to treat the fltet Ruaalan for I lint trouble. The reaann la that the HiMtnana wear clone fitting hoots, while i he Paiaxlan boot a lara, ami In pln' rjf aiM-ka he wlnda hi fed In yarda of woolen cloiha The Imota aia water, light. On aehlom flnda a Ruaalan aol rtlcr wlt' wet feet, Atiothar thing: The ItiiaMan teenchea ara diep and wide fi.m.Kli that the men may atand and inme Hhocit 'Trench-fool,' due to itamped x wit toot and lmalred olrciila lcn. I unknnwn amnng aur oldlera. I maut iiiHiit rlald dln.lpHne In my iit f aitialant.4, and through a iv t.i.i i f r4 h Mm and handling which I .'e ilrttaed. t can hreuk Camp and be no i He move williin twenty mlnulea, or I ten yiiliiiib.-i and Ihiii an 't'ratUm eiihln en itiiiuiiea afir arrival " Mir miiv other Aruerlean aurgaon at t. liaito fi'onl U Mmv'olui i. row, re ei.llv made nritn i'f INa Twem r-flral r hi iulnmn. hh anuther hlhrlu i ..I . METHODIST MISSION HELPS KOREAN EDUCATIONAL FUND i, Kmti Ja Tha A mr . .i'tm 1 hi. ,itt i..i.i n la ( ' t ,i ,f i I '--. Wi li.e til t. o t ihn aa tiran d't attfwtal i li im:. I v ahK'i i'''i ".I InatauniiaHi ! frii I pmi .h,.U la i .. . ? tt t -r4 -I IS'.IH n. .--I ff I ; a 'i 1 . i ii ew'.tf I'm". li p.. .;.! i ! tl'H, tii) a ..fw ,4) re aiw t a ' ugu'a.i. ii I I a it'll. '"' m ! I ! i i a ' In a I Ft- a K. -.. ,. m'l'n t h . " a-' ti.,u . in g-a t awl i'f,-.tn i.t a iai Mi la niiMn a i !' PROHIBS ARE JOYOUS lot CUBAN PARTIES Government May Take Over the Patent Whiskey Still in the British Iilei. DISTILLERS NOT FIGHTENED "ii,. lit. ia v i 1 i i1 it, t : t .a ' a i fwl t ml ,lav v -. i ..... u. .... i, aii. -i . . - r ... i ''.. m tai ... . -.,..... ' ' '-- i . .. l.at . , (.... i i-,, , i ., . , i ,i , 4 . w . . . . . . . f i. . ' 1 ' - I k i 4 CVirreiipondenca of the Aaaoclaled Trcai.) U;NUON, March ,Teetolalera and pr.ihlhlHunlaia bava hallod with Joy an Inllmailon by navkl l.loyd (Iwrga, Hie milliliter of munlllnne. that all patont nhlaky atllla In the RrltUh lelea will be taken over by tha government for war work until the and of the war, to be uad for the production of certain of the In grcdlenta of exploalvaa. There will be no ahortage of whlaky, however. The dliitlllera aav thay have a Block In bond oulle aufflelnt to etipply tli normal conaumptlon In thla country lor at leaat. three yea re, They alao point out that unleaa tha war ahonld coma to a middin end their ewpply would leal four yeare. owing to the laeaned conaumptliMi fine to the rentrlclrd aale now In force, inly about a dor.en of tha blggnat dla tillerlea In flcotlnnd come und'-r the cate gory of pnteut atllla. In the year ended Mnrch laat there were dlailllcd In Hcnt land rJ WMflO gallona, and there were in atock ,1,WKi,nrio gallona, There ara many of the other tyte of Mil or pot atllla not likely to ba taken ovpr by the government, Jn tljeae fer mented llauor obtaln"d from tlm barley la boiled In a pot. The eeraiHiig vap'ir paawa through a plp, where It la con dciiaed aa aplrlt, but It la Impure and haa again to ho dlatllled, The patent atlll I a complicated eppatelug which, with the application of eteam, worka quickly ami renulree no acond dleflllatlou, NAME THEIR TICKET President Menocal, with a Good Record, Said to Stand Chance for Re-Election, LIBERALS ARE VERY DITBIOUS Bishops in Ireland Alludo to tho War in Lenten Letters (f'orreapondenca of the Ae ctatil Freai.) I HI HI, IN. April S,Th lrlah Roman rslhollc blahopa, In their Lenten paatnri letlera, direct attention to the nacanally for thrift and for ralalng a muh food tuffa aa pnaelhla on tha fnrnm. Tin rn aro frequent allualon to the war In the paetnraU, the moat emphatic exhortation to recruiting appearing in the letter of tha blahop of Tuam, fr. Healy, who boiea that while the people will till their llelda, they will alao ba ready to fight for them aalnat all comera, lapaclally aaJnat the t;erniana. "Irlahmen ar? able to fight," ha writea, "aa thay have wll proved on every battle front In Kurope They do not want thai' ?ertlle acre aelzed by the foe. What la to aava them but the atrong arma and rourageotia hearta of the Irlah people and their alllea?" He hopeg that they will rally to the flag, "not by compulsion or coercion, but from a aenee of duty na becomea free men," Ordinal Loguo gpeaka of the war ai "not only the greateat and moat deatruc tlva war In blatory, but a war that aeemi to have atirred to their loweat daptha the aorat and moat depraved of human paa- alona. The rtlatlnctlon l-etween aoldler and civilian reema to b Ignored, Kven neu trnla and their property are no longer Immune from deat ruction. Feaeeful nil I xena traveling by aea with their wive and children are Bent to the bottom with out warning. Men, old and young, help- lea women and Innocent children, often In thetr beda at night, are made victim of a gudden and terrible death." The blahnp of Limerick in hit paatorat pradlotg that tha war will leave the world In a condition of direct poverty, and apaaka of. tha imrm which will break over European eocloty when the war la over. "If anyone thinka," he aaya, "that the mllllona of working men trained to arm In Europe will aettle down peaceably to atarvatlon at the end of the war In order to help to reamaee fortunee for their betiera,' be may hava a rude awakening," (I'nrreapnndenre of Tha Aaaoi-lated Praea ) HAVANA, March M-Wlth the holding of both the eonaervatlve and liberal party ronven'tlona the naming of the principal randldalea for the preeldenttal election in Cuba la completed, aa follow: t'onaervatlvea : Frealdent, Mario ri Menocal for re-eloctlon; Oeneral Rmllto Nunet, aecretary of agriculture, for vice prealdant. tllierale: Vr, Alfred Zayaa, former vine preeldent under tba (tomes administra tion of ira IS for prealdant; and IT. Carina Mendleta, a member of the honae of rrpreaentatlvea, for vice prealdant. The nomination of 7.yaa and Mendleta la hailed by practically all factions of tha liberal party aa ending the long-continued feud between the aupportera of Zayaa and the Mlgurllataa, who ara the follbwera of tha former preeldent, Joae Miguel tlornei. Thla fued grew ot of tha apparently Implacable hoetlllly of Frealdont riomea in the presidential a piratlona of bla former colleague In the udmltilatrtejon. From the beginning of the feud In the early daye of hla adtnlnlatratlon Cienara Home haa declared that nothing could reconcile him the support ' 7-avag until finding lilmeelf oulenrraled by the po llllcal dexlerliy of Ihn latter arid all hope of hla own nomination vanished, ha gave hla adhesion to the verdict of tha con ventlori. That he gave II grudgingly, and that there la oma doMM whether he wll Klva hla enthusiastic personal support to me ticket, s evidenced by the fact that he refused lo attend tha convention and. arier tne adjournment when tha trlum phant Zayletae gathered In front of hla palace on tho Frado demanding that he addreaa them, be declined to do an and delegated the vine prs!dentlal candidate to speak In hla behalf, That hla follow rs. however, led by hla own former right hand, Hpeaker Ferrara, and other influential leadcra, will loyally support 'nero ia aald lo be no doubt, The only elements of the liberal party now outalde the hreeatworka aro the factions led by former (lovernor Aabart and Kuaeblo Ifarnandeg, who are de clared to ba unlikely lo prove of much Importance, The Aabertlatas, who aio somewhat numerous In Havana province, with a smaller following In Matanxaa, and (he Hernandlstus are regarded as a negligible quantity. There Is also a posalblllly Hist both may become re conciled to the regular ticket. The lib eral leadera, In any event, declare the prospects of the success of their ticket are bright, With President Menocal in nontrot of all the machinery of the government, having tha support of the army, and himself popular with a good record of administration, ha will not be eaally de feated, There la, however, In the con servative party an element which la op posed in principle to re-election, and what the atrength of thla element may be can POMI'ICAI. ADVBHTiaitrt. BOYS STOP DYNAMITE TRAIN J am pa from A a to to Cab of Run away RTnalne and Prevent Bxploeloa, Two bora In an automobile, aft.. raoe throujrh the railroad yarda at Dryad, Wash., captured and stopped a runaway switch engine that waa bumping a car load of dynamite on to the matn track following a paaaenger train Juat leaving Moiy. roe train waa aldetracked at Mi tel! and derailing ore we were sent out to catch the runaway. leaping from tha autatnoblle, one of tho boys jumped Into tha eah nf the . gtne and atopped Ita flight, through the yards Juat before If reached the derailing point, nyda smoothers and Itoy Ku banka were In the machine. The enctne belonaed to the f)nlv 1 Aim - her and Khlogle company. Aa II nm. gresacd throuah the yarda It picked up an empty stock oar and proceeded on to the main Una of the Northern Fe el flit. The airent at Pryad waa In structed to derail It hut d.nMwl t l.i It paae through the town, fearing a dla- aatroua etpioalou, Hoth cars were badly damaged when the engine waa stepped, snii th eiplolve was scattered about tha loaded rar.-Ts'oma ledger Aa rear t'leaaant l.aiellve. line or lo fr hing e New Mr t1l at night Insure a fr-e and ey move, ment of the bnwets Mu. All druggleta - Advertisement e IV '"t A- u..e- &.'-so&im 0tmM At law Mum 0 nmrnmi VOTE FOR 0. El. PARSON For Slate Representative Ho la a Champion nf Join I anil hint Iawa for Kverj'lKMly, only ba developed during tha course of the csmpalgn. On the other hand the voting atrength of the liberals la un nneetlotiably great and will he Increased by the support of many Cubans who, without any dlsllnet political affiliations or hoatlllty to the admlntatratlnn, are dis posed to welcome a change What the liberals profnee to fear l thet Ihey will be denied a fair count and that tha party In power will aduiu the tactlca of ballot boa attifflng They alao aay that, since the Incorporation of the old rural guard In tha rnicuar army there la grave danger nf military terrorism at the polla. Hence there Is renewed discussion of the abvlsablllty nf aaklng the I'nlted Hlatea government to appoint a enmmlaelon to eupervlse the registration and voting aa the only means nf assuring a perfectly fair elct -tlnn and obviating the peril of revolt), tlnn that might result from any sua piclon nf unfairness. It la unlikely, hoiv ever, that thla step will be resorted lo for some time, at leaat until party pes along should become dangerously arnueed The political campaign will probably not reach an acute atage until the period between the close nf the sugar grinding season In July and tba election, which takes place on Kovemlier 1, nf rrone political Issues there sre none, ilic atruggle being simply for office WIFE OF BAKER, THE ENGLISH EXPLORER. DIES IN LONDON (Correspondence of The Associated Frees ) I.ONPDV. March I3.-I.art Florence (taker, widow of lr Hamuel White Hsker, euthor end explorer, who died twently at Newton Abbot, Devon at 74 yeera cf age, waa known as one of the moet daring axplorare. In ,Ml he accom panied her huaband upon an expedition for tha discovery of the Nile enureee. The party went on without Interpreter or rilde and In defiance of the opposition of the elate hnntera who attempted to bar their prparena. She also accompanied her husband Stan ha commanded an upedl tlou to Central Africa oignnlised by tha Khedive for the iiippn-snloti of the slsve truffV. She was the first white woman, na her huaband waa Hie first man. to set foot in th region nf the AlberS Nvanxa lake. l'OMTIf'41. MIVKnTIlfi. I'OM TH AI. AIVKHTIN1J. FOI.ITICAI. AIIVICIlTIHMi. Turn old furniture, boiistiotd goods and clothing Into cash with a flee Want Ad F'tl-ITICAI, AIIVK.IITIHNI., I ft XA Judge Albert J. Cornish Candidate for Judge of the Supreme Court In now Hon'ins: hi '-I ft yt'ir nf .liiilgft nf tho I i w Irict Ctjiirl of ljinciihlor Coiitify. I If is Fair, AWt nml I liiiiuin. I I in liniiic people Iirvf 5 (inif'H wmiiIimI hint to ho Ihoir ,U(lnt. 7 A inMeil IH mi. -. N If. Si. IIfj'p i. wliat lhf ripw.-jiupFi-s of his homo town think of him: "Judge Cornish Is remgnlaad ev hla naialihora aa a isHllv big man sod they believe Ihsi If the votere are Inokliig fur that kind of a man on the auprrme bench Ihey net eeek no furlhei ," Nebraaka Biaie Journal, "He haa been upon the dlafrlct lienrh nf thla county for looie llian twenty yeara Ilia iIki Islone have aiood far betier 1'iari tiirtse of nuiet Judgea, tho I. ai cf the higher tribunal." Lin coln Psllr "'sr. 'Asa member of su- iir"me court of Nelimska, he will lie one of the ablest, nieii tbel ba ever bnen aefanied to memoershlii In the hlah'st court of thi aiate," Lincoln Trade Review, JUDGE CORNISH HAS ONE OF THE BEST RECORDS EVER MADE BY A DISTRICT JUDJK IN NEBRASKA FOR DECISIONS AFFIRMED BY THE SUPREME COURT 11 JOHN C. MARTIN Central City, Neb. Onmllilut for Supreme Judge On NoiiinrllaHn Jtiilli'liiry lUilloi, IVininrira, Tiic(ij, April 1 Ht It. PiaTMlt.M. Equality before the law, Jtemove tha law'a vfixntloiig dnlHj'g, HuhalBntliil Juailce unhginimrfd by tei'hnli'nllflflg. Purify tha roiirtg by anvera punlah inpnt. for porjury. No politics or favoritism known on tho bench, "To do tha right (Jnd Kivca nio lo gca tha right." Wkl a' S MM M At I th. .ention! RepiiblicaHS l iSiifct'HH for (ho ItV'publicnn party in l!Hi dcpt'iicls on tho it uniting of nil fuiitionn of luirty nloiitr proirn-HHivr liiuw ami f ho burial of all tliffororn'CM. Tin? candidatps iiaini'tj bnlow, for dolofcal.08 mid uHfrnatnn, to tho IN'fmblionn Xational Omrpntion at (liionjro, Htand for a "flKT TOdKTJIKU" policy nntl a "KH-UMTFiD PARTY." DELEGATES AT LARGE ALTERNATES Voto for Four Vote for Four I. It. OUTLVHY, Fremont 0. 0. KNYDKH, O'Neill I). Ij. IIRVEU)NH, Hoatriro W. U AXDKHSON, Linroln A. C. JOPPEHSON, Clay Center A. H. 'f)f)l), Oerini? Nf. P. Omaha J. F. W1HTH, Iilair. " Primaries April 18, 1916. Polls Open 8 A. M.; Close 8 P. 51. Cut This Out For Your Guidance. I'liiiiini. rNrisin, GEO.A.EC.tLES Wants every voter to remcm. bcr the name and when voting make a X after It on ballot. Vote For A. II. MURDOCH a Son-Pnril.an ('ami hint for MUNICIPAL JUDGE Oim nf the lriiit Jiulgea. Emil A. Ericson Rfputttcasi TOR RtPRESCNTATIVE harlesLSaunders For Delegate to Republican Convention ii' ai Mi -J V,-' I " '' (e-' f r , V LAO Vote at the Republican Primaries for GEORGE CAMPEN 1 1. 1 . (.1 tdtt.K I,. (MMl'KN. (Member American Society Civil Engineers.) One of the Directors Biography Ag City Knglnner of Lincoln, I Planned the reconatructlon of tha Munlflpal Water 8ytem and con itrurled I ha Municipal Lighting Plant. A. Water Corarolloneir and tttiprrlntendent of Publla Works of ton Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama, I mada the Interna tional water rates, which were adopted by the Republic of Tenaraa and th Unltrd States Government, and had thttrKe of the maintenance and operation of the water works, sewer and pav ing of the titles of Panama and Colon, Including, the collection of all wstiT rents. Wag Asalatant City KnglneiT of Omaha three 5 ears. METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT Twenty years experience in construction, maintenance and operation of municipal utilities. PLATFORM: For District Delegate to Republican National Convention w0 . y etH mm First If tli'i'tfil. 1 will rmiMiliT tbn( the Vtr wirki belongs to the people uinl lo ln run iu tlifir iii-imir. Second I will g reaprctful niiil courteouii li-ittlntl In hII riiiiii,iiii!'. nii'l iitv wtiT i"uu-umir will !' t !" t 1 with fairin'H". Hihl Willi lli aiilllii roll tnliMH(Mli Mini n Mii'i'i 'a fill iticr.'luuil irtVrn In liH iU lltte'. Tliirtl I will Dm- ia) iff.ui. fur tlu low(pt rattt I b I ri.tiih.tia ju- tifv , m it it. I of 'tfiitrf up unnmcs. nry surpy-i Tourtb I I'tiviT ii .' immetliAtf rrtluctton of wter rutfl for t,.r:r,.;l ion in (huc ra:i mi jiistirn in Uu j m M'nt rivl" wl i.li f (ir.'r'i i t-r f i! '.' lliin,iinj gslSnne f.r all r n. . in l! t i-.uutni.,li.ti tf hnt!H', hiiMii'Mi Mik ttl ittii.i iMiirnl Tlfth I fitvnr I lie pavwnt of waes to rruployf rtt i'tl -ll,tl l Mna. J l I tiMilt illlli fl I M I Mil fJ'iirn rVi-rv iln'.m .i Hlrti ! u ll V fi I- illu uf he nfi i W'nil ' 8hth I nisi . in it . it'io ir- of ih, Vtnr Mirtl, n woll m Iln rmplityo nf tli1 Wetttr Work", Itntiini dint tin) ! politics or anv other business except for which they are employe. Seventh I l'anr tin plnn to thn at of witti-r innin titiMtMnii" now made, or to be made, to lli iiliulliiiK' pnipi tty, tlif sunn n Iim tin tloii. in thi 'Hl, loit w ln'ii tin witter rMt fnun eoniitTtiom tofldi' to thi itnrt!m nf tin nti-r irutin i-tinainu M Ii Jr I'rtit tij oti thi m! f the ttv!!itn . tiiit.1', tliH tin total coat tr ""'intit without in lervt will l. refunded to th property owner, I lo tu.l fitvor tin iitt.'ti.'i of I'l.t.'iiiif unrtntitiitiKtrt litinli n uj-on tlo loiildfta nf mtr Tity, Till i nub. titt!iiiM tli, plan mlnj ti'! Iy tho fity of I hit'injo, Eighth If tlit -tntnjeii(n n.l j. rnliu of th Munlciptl Mghting pknt i jlrtv. in th hnndt of On Wn'-r I'mid, I woul-1 krivi tioon the b"!i.ftt of iiv lii ltiU',l r ? tt i r jf mi l twniity i-ar"' ' ejs ti ft Oi OoM'tl'tl. lluH, ltiillhll!li'i nud o vi atiou itf iuii 'JJ1 utilil i Ninth I fior titrtrri Ir.n f:iri)i!t.'d .tu t in tiilUd at tost. tF U you favor my platform vote for me and have sour friends do likewise, "'W