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THi; DV.K: OMAHA. SA'i'i h'lA V. Al'l.'i!. !.". VJ)' BUNDED SOLDIERS SENT TO SCHOOL Hertford Villa Coarerted Into Initi ititotion for Initructbtf Sight leu Enjliih Soldier. PLACE OWTTED BY AN AMERICAN (CoTTwipoiwlenf of the AKlld Pre.) i ItfNXXiH. March . -On ef th deep est peronal tragedl. of th r, brought bom In the Hrlllsh peopl, Ij tb lorsg llt of young aoldler and aallora who h lout their .freight. A'. M. Injnstan'e Ho(I fur blinded old,r and Bailor tber are ( prwul aoo.t atodenU, officer anil men, rrprnaentlnf ('Ml, Kngland, Australia, New Zea land and Helglum. In addition then ar a number of men In nnn l Brighton and Torquay who wounln tho far bats pr.vmted t h'tr taking ap work at Hi. l.runstan . Tl.ver before In Hrlfleh. h,tr an many young mrn, who are nihemls able- bod led, b-n hrunirhl together In Hi belplee flala of Mlndn, and (ha prob lem of handling them la entlrel. dlffr nt from thai presented In rmm for people who have lat their eight through dllera or Ilk eauece, and new method wtiat bt anplM lo mee I ha ll;ll"n, St. Punatan la a place f brainy and full of historic Interest, One the villa of th third Menu nf Hertford, Hi "Bteyni" of Vanity Kair. It I now tha lndoti home of Mln Kihn, the Amr can financier, who ha loaned II in tha blind! anldlera and allot' rr coin mitt, under Ihe chairmanship of ('. Arthur Prartort, a publisher and prel dent of tha National Inslllul fr tha llllnd. A M"t tha pacjmi villa ara flf tn cr of well-kepi lwii, tree and hrubbery. An arm of ftcgrnt a Par T.aka runa Into th ground, thus f fordlrig fa'lllllia for boating. All this la at tha rilapo'il of Ilia blind men ant they hava been eurround'd by an tmo phr that I dlatlnctlv homelike, j t'eareo) m BllnI Man. Mr. Peron, a man of magnetic pr- ' aonallty and tha moving spirit of tha hotl. lot bla elglj. a f'w vara ago and tha bright phllonphy of Ufa which ha haa developed for hlinlf pervedea tha place, Mr, Pearson' theory of con' dueling Kl, punstn' waa xpreed hy him to a rprcenttlv of tha Asso ciated Pre thti: "Tha main ndavor hra la lo t Into I he mlnda of tha hllndd man tha root principle that thry ara handhapiwd, not affllftad. Tha lallar word la tiad far too frly In ronn"tlon with blind folk. Tall a man that ha la affll td and bla manial outlook on Ufa will brar that alatnp. Hut tall him ha la handlrapprd and If ha la a good fllow at bart hla aportlng aptrtt HI aaaari iff and ha will adopt all tha mana that ara ahown him to anahlo him lo ralfh up with tha fllowa to whom irtumalamaa hava gtvan a atari," UUitut Iha fhool work at ft, funalan a bgan thlrty-flva mn hava bn gradu ald, having larnd ona or mora ocg puMloni, auch aa boot rrpalrlng, maaaag. mat-making, haakft-maklng, olnry, potillry farming and markt gardrnlng Virtually all of thaa mti raad and wrlta (train and typawrlt with tha ordinary maihlna. All ara how aald to ba rarnliiii good Inromta. 1 Thra ara aavnlay-lwo tahra, all but twlv nf them voluntary, and rarh pupil haa Individual Inlrucllon, Many of tha Innlrurlura thmiarlvaa ara blind, "Tha fllng of hrlplraanraa wlih'h ovr whalm a airing, healthy nawly-hllndrd man," aald Mr, i'raraon, "la Inrradlhly rallavad whn ha flnda that ha ona whi la to Inalrurt him In anm profitabl am, ploymnt la atiffrrlng froni tha am handicap aa hlniaalf." The working day la divided bln Iha ilaa rooma, workahofia and Iraliiliv rrhoolg o that radi man ruulra an all round adoration. All Ih atudrtila learn to rad and wrlta Itralll, and anma of I hem ara aludylng inualn, A number of men hava learned tha dlfflrult art of reading with th finger tip In two wM. rifvrnty-lhrae hava iaaatd tha typewrit ing lent, which mtana that they run writ a letter without ntlataka at a fair rate of rd. When a man paawa thla -amlnallon he r'.lva a prlaa of a type writer, Ona of h moat rmarkabla feature of tha arhool la tb prograaa blng mad by eom of the men In I naming Hralll ahorthand, Thay operate on a llttl ma chin of avn kya whleh punch th charartara on a atrip of paper. Tha rharartera later can ba read with tha finger tip and tranarrlbed on the type writer, Kevaral of the men who were aecrelarlea before Joining the army are teaming ahorthand and typing for th purpne of reeumlng thlr former work, Me l-eara (alrlily. In th ahopa men who hav neer handled tofila hooma adept quickly, A few weeka practice enable many of thm In acquire aucb aklll that tha art I. lea thv prfidur are aalahle, I'onr niala. baakeu of every ahape and le, l.ok'aaa, pic lure-framre and many oiher thlnga era turned ott In the wmk rmuna alth ai ouracy and flnlah. Near the workaliopa la the poultry farm where thoe men tn aeelr to live n th eoimtry at taught poultry keeping, and almpla market Kantenlng Tha men flulikly ewiuiw irnnt'letit. learning ,n eJiatlngiiUh tha .IKfrr.nl hreeri of f.,l to tell th wciglil f a Mid, to mana. Incubator and all il, teal thi t,, With poultry rlllli Mr rvi.ri Iwlleve, ,!,( tr h.iin. I, m,iv , n)ll( lurratfa of iie .-iim,(, (n(hl at t !i'iu ivto.aiv l'.iriui,in in analaoty and phtah i given h hrtl, and alien it, !,,.,, tu r4 t union r.i,timiet hi th nv g drpatimenl at r, SnUi.i.al I. (tit fr lb I'Hii.i "" h ' tdent In II nit ti partment la t hiH, i,.iu. tr T!, M. itmi. (,ign rMnmi. i.r af N. i i t, i, M,an I e-eMir u.n tn, i,, (,, a ptd th mmiMi t(tfl, t,i,t s t K (Mil . . , (ta iix.i., f k'ntifi .1 .! t,... () It e ,1 ef . n.iri ' $ yeung na aig h i.M tni alt Matk' I r. ra4a la t(i,i,iy ,v, lu ,it!i. Wtia i u iu '. n.a It'.iai.l ! l t rt tux ! ttt a tid i I-, t,n nt-f m, WMk mi.. y .1 1k,ir tiaix. 11 l,l- t .! U ( m-i..n at ,44rm , ' I- l 1. 1. t , iH a i hit m l. thay i it t. ,, (,,., v K , u ( i ul Mr, t ... I I i-.m N tui. k! rt.tM t-r ti. -. r- ui !. h f u i afui i tt I , , i i (A ai!'.ra It t pi,,i,.-l u r,., !., g t ! 4 i-'.. ei f la hv 1- v n e .ii m k ..a SAND AND CACTUS GREET AMERICAN TROOPERS IN MEXICO This picturesque photograph shows Troop F of the Fifth United States cavalry riding through the sand and cactus of Mexico on the way south to reinforce General Per shing's force in its pursuit of Villa. '-r , a"' A '.' . ' "-.""TV"'' ' 'i ..' . ; v" - . , .- , . V".".',,"... " ... '.v.4 ! ui .' ' i,. ; '." : -h ",t r ..t,mnw yw n;J:4, ' - '' - ':"-, -2 '.;...v.. -'r-'l! tiuL fi '-' a ' t , v5Jaw- ,' ' -i -J I "fZ .,r..f. ., r - ' ' ' - M 1 piled to th tneii at coal prl-, and dlf- fkiiltlca with regard to aHIIng gooda made will be emootbed over. In mn h work aa boot repelling, where no article are produced, every effort will ba made lo nee u re eiady ainployiin-nt, It I not all work and no play at Hi, Ininatan'a. Th men low on Hie lake, play buahball, ewlm In nearby baiha and engage in oilier amiicmrif to Hieir . liking, Knlertalninenla ai provided r1 g j ularly, Including dannea twbe a week, I Moat of lb tomrnie and Jack tara duiico vry well and enjoy the occaainn lin- geurly, Idea for Wrecking I Krupp Gun Works j fl 'orreporidnr of th Aaaoelalad rrJ IIMiON, Marrh K.-Tlia light of bird perking mortar guggatd lo an K.ngllah man an Idea for dmolhlng the Krupp work. Tha lda waa thla. Obtain a flork of eormorente and train them by putting their food In horizontal and vertical line agalnal a wall, They will thua aaaociate theae line with llielr food, Take Iha blrda lo K,en and lib- rata thetn. They would then attack Iha grat chimney at Krupp' work with guch vigor a to dlroy them. Th Inventor nt hi plan lo tha War Invention board, a member of which told Iha atory at Iha Royal Inatltutlon meeting thla wk, "I hop," remarked th apeaker, "that I ahall not get Into trouble for revealing Important acret of waa to tha enemy," Political Rioting in Irish Citios MKftUN', April M,-WIrl to r vlll.) Advice received from ' Amater dam by Iha Over a New agency atata that political rioting In Ireland haa eatendad, and that etreet fighting ha occurred at aeveral polnla along the eoaat. Tha Prllleh military authnritle r reported to hav taken control at varloua place and to hava aupprraaed mor Irlah newapaper. V, anted Nom Vant Ad In ehang for lota of gnawer Phone The He. THRILLER OVER NIAGARA Scenic Aerial Trgmway Nrnrly Com pleted at Foot of the Swirl ing Rapid. CABLE BRIDGE AKD CAR An aeilal acinic trimwny I,"' feel long, built eadualvily for tranaporlln pngr cro tli Wbltlpool, line been almoal rompleled el S'lngnra Kallt, "nl It la or, of llie loneal. and probably III" aafeal, aerial labtewaj In Hi' woil'l The oily other Inaiallnllon of Ma kind I l feu Heliaellau, where fourui r tranaporied a' mi a fiotae from frol ley leriolmm lo an ofhorwlae In' c lbl(: t lew -place and ciielno icerlonk'tii t!m Tay of ('. The Whirlpool, nut lo Hie r'alln It aelf, la the moal popular a'cnlc aitriic llnn for tourlata The dealsn of Ihe cableway In baaed upon Hpan'ali piilenia and Ilia tnlerprln haa been financed enlliely by rapliallata In Hpaln. The ajaleni ued la llie Inven tlon of Tore y (vuvdo, nn engineer who b gained i onul'lcru lile i nropcnti fain In aeronautic Tha Torea principle I not alloaether new to Knnat ruction engineer In Ihl country. It baa been appllerl prevloiialy III Canada and the 1,'nlled rttatea to 'n gla rableg for Indualrlal purpoaea, bu( not to multiple cable for paaaenger traf fic H bear th dual dlatlnctlon of be. Ing the only rblwy of (ta kind In tha world, and the only one In America, Malanclng Weight, Coming down lo tha actual ennlneerlng and eonatrurllon featurea Ihemaelvea, Iha penger rar la auepended from a run ning gear which travel nit al parallel carrying, or track, cable, each of which la faalened aecijrely at t'olt a Point. AI Iha other lermlniia, Thompann'g point, aeh track table pnare over a grooved hv and la ftend to a counter welht or trelchr. Tbe alx counter walghta are boe 12 f"et lilli by feet T Inehe d by 11 feet deep, made of riveted eteel. Ich bo contain four eaal iron plecea of I IK pound ech and Jm) pleie of SO pound eaih, milking a loial of ,TW pound, which, with Ihe Height of the bog Itaelf, make a fen ton counterweight for anch track cble. Tim boxc are ao conatruclad that lhy fiinv" up iiihI down freely In aleel guide 'lime, a ini'l'len load thrown onto tha iiaik cable would cauae th boe to rl." mid lb faille, rian o aag, but the l"imion in each cable la alway d-n ton, regiirdlea of (be od on tho lra:k cable; Ijial la, regardlea of Iha load on Hi pniiacnger lar lleelf, for the aak of further lliuetfillori, If the load on th car 1 lu'ienaed lli counterwelgiif rl and (be ang In Ihe cable I Increased, tho lalilea taking audi an angle that the if i ii nl component of the force artlng aloiig lin in are alway equivalent to tha l' I of llie car and Ha load, li cour, tlil I (llni-"Uii cling Ihe varlallona of ten ei n due to ihe Inertia of the trlcher, li'-l they lire negligible, Tfie li-aek cable conlt of on Inch crucible rleel rope, mdo up of tn round airnnd, aurrounded by Utn lo'keil toil etiiindii. A fb ar loo ailff lo bend over Hi aheave at Thomp son' Point, each on I fatnd, hy a alandnrd aockel len feet In front of the aheave, to a one nd-on fourth In'h Monitor plow rleel cable, md up of l all mid of nineteen wire ech, nd theao latter cable are lent over the ahaavea and faatmed lo the counterweight boaea, At Coll' Point each track cable I f teneil hy a Ktandard threaded clevl and aockel lo a two Irch rod, Thea alg rod are bent iiround a ronereta block weigh ing "II ton, which la built Into tha heer face of the cliff, and ara ftnd -eurely at tha bottom of tha pita, which me left open to permit of Inapaetlon at ny lime, of th nut, wahrg, at a One nf th mut novel featurea of th whole Inatallallon I that aaoh track ca ble 1 entirely Independent of th othr. Till I of the grelat Important. It mean thai the breaking of any on rabl would not be at all crlou, aa tha other rnhlr would upport all tha weight of ihe ear without any lnereae In their ten ln. In Ihe event that on of th cable ahould break (ha car would drop awvera) feet suddenly, nd, fter a fair yrtlral oaclllatlona, would aaaum a new poalflon of eoulllbrlum, ('onaequently tha break ing nf one cable would not endanger th Uvea of Ilia passenger, and th breaking of two cable at the m tlm would be nearly aa Improbable a th lmultaneou breaking of two rablea belonging to totally separate Installation. Scletitlflo Ainrlcn. Freight Rates to Panama Increasing Correspondence of Ihe Associated Pis,j PANAMA, Murcli 24, Freight rale fioin the I nlterl Hlulea lo I'aiiHiiia are lncreaalng rapidly, according to rner chaiila here, la a'nte, that n,c rale on cment ba recently been Increased from II . per barrel to II ;., which la more Iban the value of Hie cement at the factory, Cement la now selling her at a barrel. It I understood that Ihn Panama Aa goelatlon of fointiiercft la Inveaflgalltig the rtla altuatlon In view of lb miiny recent Incieasea that have leen mdi: by th femhlp cornpanle. FORMER KING OF PORTUGAL IN EDICT TO HIS PEOPLE (Correjpondence of Th Aoclatrd Pri se i 1)SlfjX, Mrc, ,m.- ew f tb lluatPm In I'orlugal, e Kln Munuel, who la now Mileo in .,,i,,,,i. i , 1. - -, r. ,, .,, ,,,,f,l,,,p, It. .ul J-- ... iiuuwi procinmail)n mmK jr,w f, u follower In Portugal aa well it royal 1st abroad, lo support whatever form of government mav be eaiai,i,.i,i i.. rortufal. BRITONS WIN FIGHT IN MESOPOTAMIA j Official Report from London Say. I Turks Were Driven from Po litiong Near Tigris River. MORE FIGHTING WEAR VERDUN I 1,0.!)0N, April 14.-In foal, of the I ', urklali force in Mesopotamia liy i bo Jirltlxli was reported orricuny. In an fngHnlllt on tti TlKrla th Turk were driven hack from , ne mil one half to three nill'K. Th announeemeii' of the HiMish vic tor i- came l tlm when I1'1'11'' was beginning lo fear effort lo relieve Ihe fori c of Oic-ml 'nwna'-nd n' I- Ivt-Amar wr doomed lo fnliufe ort Ing to the check s -.ffen-d by Die ie llevlng army a few na)r ago and Ho condition brought abo'H by floo'l Many mllllBry writer In Knglami ' -lieved lb flood had made the ndief of Oeneral Townsend almost an linp"r lblllty, but today olfblal report how that, lnsieiid of hindering Hi" Htltleh, the high wmer has helped Ho forced of Lieutenant Ocnernl (lorrlnge in one of the rnosl illffp-ult ta.M under taken by th Itrllleli army. K' b mile the Turk are forced buck makes lb Hrltlab operations eeab-r, for a ihy approach Kul l'.l-Amara Ihe Turks are compelled to defend a wider front. In view of today's news, therefor, tin proapecf of rescuing the army st lin' Kl Amar Is regsrd'-d as better than It has been for some lime. 4g The tent, of (be statement says W "ieiirul like report that on lb af (ernoon of April 12 our fore on Ihe right isouih; btik of lb Tigris forced back th enemy a advanced llnea over a dl lanc varying from one and one-half to tbrae mile, "To do this they bad to cross an Inun d'lted belt Intersected by deep cut, from to 1,700 jards wide, entendlng from Hie Tigris to Hie I'mm-KI-Hruhm marsh, "On the left batik, water from the merhc ha been driven by a northwest giil" into some of Ihe enemy tranche Koimayvat The enemy waa heavily putilahed da look refuga from th flood !n the new position " flora MuhHna Hrmr Vej-dan, i'Alllrt, April It, -"West, of the Mens violent bombardment waa delivered by Hie rieimans against Ihe Treri' b llnea to . , 1 ,1 III I "J I el V I y t,c- Ki' noh ;f,.-al t .i.n.t. it ;l f 1 v,cleid.. evenliu. can '" SK"i:-r K small attrick woa made on in l'"ren u rHieltlon- r.v ti rf Priin';i'ic:it. but It waa i-omnlftely tep'i!; ed. There w:. a .ively bombarilmer' H'nitli of Haudei r nionl. In the Won re ill;trl l artillery dual I""" (lace. The text of llie glfllement follow: "On Ihe left bnrik of the .Mi use ih' i" wii it violent bombardment last nlgbl of our flint linn went of bill No, J. H Ihe rlKbt bunk the (iernmns yesterday (veiling ui Mvered an unexpected ma:i iitlnclt against our pohltlona south of iMuauinont, but (he movement was com pletely repulsed. '"Ihe nlKlif pa sued In relative pnet, Hli the exception of a fairly-rpli'llc d oomliMidmenl In Hie region south of llaudielrioilt. "In llie Woevre Hivie liSS been an :n i tiller) duel In t lin sector of Aloiilal-,- v-Hie. Nolblng else of itnportuin I re ' purled I'ioiii Ihe ical of the froni." ; GERMAN AIRSHIP COMPANY j CLOSES PROSPEROUS YEAR ii urn anoiideiice of The A asm lull d I'rt s i j KISANKI'ollT'iN-MAIN, Uemnm. .Msi'-h :i'.-Tbe 'ierinati I'nee-nai Air ' uhlji loiiipgny, limned, of this pln c, In III annual repmt says that while l,e wsr I has put. ii atop to the company' reguUi biielne, the work, have been f u 1 1 y ou 'ciipe, on war oiders and Hint lb gross ! earning for the jear were llo'.o'i'i. As I tin- compMiiy was bunleiied with u heiivy Idcfl'll, Ullf, e.anilm.'S made It possible lv I write olf Ii s.ibatfiiitliil iimoiinl, The com -' rainy bus also derived revenue from leas ing II hed Bt Viirloua iolnt Ila" linden-linden, llnniburg, KnuiV. foi I, Ines den and Potsdiim to the mllltmy amhor'-tes. LONDON BARBERS TO BOOST THE PRICE FOR SHAVING Correspondence of The Associated frees i UtM'ON, .'.lurch W)-Tbe Hull- Preen rs' guild bus iinnoiiticed thai after Apr I ii It will is lite the charg of eliavln.: from 4 to 6 cents and dvnr the prlc of hair rutting from to 10 cents. Hcari tv of labor nd the Increased cost of m terlals re slven n the resaon for th Incrtaeed rrie'-s. KaeiirslonUi and ll',mr""UrT' Kull Inrormntlon aa to rntea and routes to Seattle, Ppokane, Portland, Vaiicouvei, Alberta, Harkat'-hewarr and the North we.t will be furnished bv addressing v.. tl Ifarley. D, V. A., 2M fifth f I reel, Pes Molne. low,-Advertlscment, yreater Omaha ODIII anon 1 1000 nn. i rn ai. Aiivir.nTiaiM.. I'ltl l I K 41, Allt e ll I ll ,. 1'til.H II AI, A It VKHTISI.1IO. "Growing With Nebraska" i : v, - ( ... HS .)'.. .., n . .. John L. Kennedy Omaha Candidate for the Republican Nomination for United Slates Senator 9 fl So says the 1916 Omaha City Directory, just issued by the Omaha Directory Co. fl It is replete with valuable infor mation for the purpose of mailing, circularizing, etc. The re-numbered houses on all numerical streets in South Omaha show in the new di rectory, with a complete street directory, which is a new feature for that particular territory. q The street directory of the 191(5 City Di rectory of Greater Omaha is an index to the name of the head of each and every house in the city. Move With the Times I You must have the (c.s7 information about the people anions whom you do httiness if you would keep Up-to-l)uti The latest City Dirirtoru tfives you this and the convenience of having it at hand is far more than its cost. Copies of the Directory Now on S(ue Tel. Douglas 5888 Omaha Directory Co. Charles X Thompson, Manager I it ' 1 0- ip-a sa.ev t.ta at. ... 4 ,, lSBWigW .... .