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CRAWLS THROUGH
HOLEINSHIP'SSIDE
MADE BY TORPEDO
Remafkable Escape From
Death and Capture by Huns
Related by Commander of
Submarine Victim.
New York, May 4. Carried down
with his ship after being torpedoed
by a German submarine, escaping
death hv diviner through the hole' in
.!.:. -M- k.. .V,.
and, after being picked up by one of
nis Doats. reiectea as a onsoner oiioi various Kinas. lanata saiu nc uc-i
war by the submarine commander on
account, of his wounds, is the ex-
- perience of Captain Walter K. Miller
of - Brooklyn, commander I of the
American steamer Atlantic Sun. sunk
March 7 off the Irish coast As a
substitute for- Captain Miller, the
Germans took . as prisoner his first
mate. v '
Captain Miller's story as he told it
to The Associated Press follows:
I had just left the bridge and was
ting my 'dinner when the alarm
eating
was given. I started up the short
flight of stairs to the chart room
and had made about half the distance
when the torpedo hit us.
mere was a terrific roar and a
shock which seemed t shakethe ship
to pieces. I was stunned and the
next thing I knew I was floundering
under the - water, surrounded by
wreckage. It instantly dawned upon
mc inai i naa oeen oiown lorwara
over'the bridee and down into the
hold though the deck ripped open by
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tne explosion, ana mat i was being
carried down with my ship.
I ooened my eves, however, and
(ooked around and to my right I saw
t small natch of creen water, not
much bigger than a window toward1?
.which I swam and I succeeded in
wriggling my way through the jagged
hole made by the torpedo in the
ships' side. Clear of the shio my real
fight commenced, that of overcoming
the suction and getting to the surface
where I found and grabbed hold of a
floating barrel to which I clung while
getting my breath.
- Rejected Because of Wounds.'
usa Kutniv
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a capsfzed
The barrel, however,
drawn inta the vortex and
swimming away toward a capsiz
boat, which held me safe until the
danger of being drawn down was
over. Shortly after I was discovered
and picked up by the men in one of
our boats which had.been launched.
Ihe submarine which sunk us was
but a short distance away and
were ordered by a German officer to
come alongside and surrender one of
tne Ships Officers. .
Afy men tried to shield me by re-
moving my coat, but somehow II
must have been recognized and I was
iuiu 10 kci mio uic u-Doat. . i was
weak from my struggle and covered
with blood from several bad wounds
on my shoulders and arms and the
ucrman omcer reiusea to take me,
aymg.
We have no use for a dead man.
or one who is eoine to die. I have to
latto uatK who me an omcer wno win
be alive when I reach our base. If I
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do,, we get a bonus.
fie then asked for one of the
mates and was told thev had all cona
oown. me uerman commander,
however,, would Jiot take cur wni-H I
for it and searched the boats until in
some manner he recognized the first
officer and took him prisoner."
Some hours after the tornednlnir
- Captain Miller and his men were
oicked uo bv trawler and nAA kt
a -British port wttere they received
uicuitai attention. i.antain Millar
recently came 1mm nA h r.A,.
made application for another com-
nidna wmcn ne will assume just as
soon as his wounds heal sufficiently
for him to go to sea.
Amflnnan Rroat Cinhtore
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hrench General Dec ares
Fans. May 4. "In the trenrh
tnese VOUng Americans POt acell.
f- i "
inaicu in a icw naurs. so our nnn.
coramissionea officers assured me."
.writes a W3i- COrreSDOndent of Le
Temps. "Gcod shots, keen, uunctuai
ana cool under shell-fire, thev soon
icarnea me incKs ot the trade.
, tiiiui i ubkcu one oi our own
great generals who has had several
hundreds of them under his com.
mand what had dictated the nrnvic.
ional form of mixing Americans with
v our poilus, he replied:
. i-or tou -years we have been
hunting a wild beast The Ameri-
cans are guests who are going to
tunt some time with m to Urn
:arn the
lay of the land where the wiM hmt
operates and his habits and ours.
juuu me-- win aunt an aione and
well." r v . .
( Then he added: Tell the public
that the American trooos have come
to France with . the intention
j really fighting and not merely to
( serve as tools for an anticipated ar-
bitration of peace. Each day their
soiaiers give thouiand
their- keen
desire to leap
at the
mmwm thr,i. ixt.u . ".where it i f . i-
you will see these soldiers astonish
t
' the world.'" r-
Enalish AviatOP Rpflrhpc
L.nyiioii midlUI neaCneS
Altitude, Of 3fi Wfl Fppt
iuiinJC(Ul OO,0UU reel
- London. . May t.Th, hioKt
lfAllZrLiy ?n ne,ish air-
piane was reached a few days ago m
test nignts at farnborough, where
one machine reached 36,500 feet.
- Two British airmen from an aero
orome in Scotland made a hurried
visir to loucon this week with dis
thl t a c-l !eceIve, ?rIers after
they had finished lunch in Glasgow,
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;ZZZTJ2i uA,8':-01, '"the
. . v uaiR in uiasgow
'oic uuuicr mar. nignt. The dis-
tance between Glascnw and lnAn
' 's ;lle3 and takes nine hours and
,l.ha,f by tho fastest trains now run
ning The iwo airmen did it in less
.naa rour nours each way .
Critlebm Iniplred.
"H doesn't ilk my cooking," aobbed th
liiree-months bride, a tear on her Ions
lasheir, "I jast know ba doein'C So
:hre !"
"What make you think io?" hey mother
umo. -aa ne said ha doean't Uka your
rooking-T"
f "N-no-o," stammered the brlda.
"Nonaeuse. child, it'a Juat your lmaglna-
4u . x tear mere vai no baala
"Thera la a basie," the bride Inaleted
tuanuuy. I bad been cooking tha lorallest
thlnga Jot him for about two weeks and
' than be told roe he had decided to become
a raw food faddiat Bo-hoo hool" MoCher e
Uagazlna
JAPS
QUESTION
, U. S. AIMS IN EAST
t:
NiDDon Statesman Declares
America May Have Eye on
Vast Resources of
' Eussia.
Tokio, My 4. Some misgivings
as to the policy of the United States
as affecting Siberia recently have
found expression in the Japanese
house of representatives. Conviction
that Japan should pay close attention
to the activity of the United States
in Russian territory was expressed by
I Manitsu Tinaka. .
I Tkl. ft.M,r V. mtiA mlnht ri rl. I
signed to obtain rights and interests'
heved that if America attained its
object a hard blow would be dealt
to the interests of the Japanese em-
pire.
He thoug-t that American sym-
pathy for Kussia was largely due to
its ambition to implant its influence
there by utilizing the present oppor-
tumty for investing its large capital
u an extensive area of Russian ter-
ritory. to exploit Russia's vast na-
tural resources and to help forward
Russia's civilization. To speak frank-
ly, he believed that another object ot
the United States in showing sym
pathy to Russia might be to check the
advance of Japanese influence north
wards.
ihe speaker also referred to a I
rumor that the United States was try-
ing to purchase Kamahatka, which he
said he believed America coveted for
its economic value, and perhaps, be-
i -uc .nuicnca iiau an mca ui uisuiui-
ing a gigantic scheme of communica-
i . . -i
tion between the three continents of
America, sia ana nurope.
There is no confirmation, however,
or the rumor referred to by Kepresen-
tata-e lanaka.
JYD APT KK vF AT Q
L'-tl-OJ. -L XliJ YlJiliJO
MANY MEN WANTED
FOR LAW EVASION
As a detective the selective service
law is 100 per cent Sherlock Holmes.
More than S00 known fugitives from
justice have been apprehended as a
result of the workings of the draft
leSislatron- Hundreds of others, gov-
ernment officials say, are expected to
come to the attention of the Depart
ment, of Justice as the operation of
the law continues.
Included in the lists of offenses
which have been '.revealed by. ques-
I i! j a e a .
tionnaircs are aozens 01 Mann act vio-
mife abandoners and minor offenders
have been unearthed. ..Many of the
Mann act violations, it was Hiseow rerl
after a close examination of the sworn
fcurred in '.other states, and govern-
ment agents there have been advised
at once of the information obtained.
The collector of internal revenue-
has been informed of a score of drug
addicts who kept their craving for
forbidden narcotics a secret until
thev claimed exemotion from mili.
tarv service on the crrounds of heiner
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permanently aaaictea to tne drug
habit. From these men information
has been obtained which has enabled
officers to trail drug peddlers who
had oreviouslv escaoed the eve of
tne government agents.
Nonsuooort cases, many of which
have been revealed, have been turned
ovr to the government for further
investigation. In many instances it
was found that husbands in their
questionnaires claimed exemption be-
cause they were the sole suonort of
dependent wives.' These men have
luccn miicsicu anu mcir names, in-1
stead of being inscribed" on a list
f mn accredited to Rntonment,
";,c Mfc" PiBCC? on P"c goiter,
wAxn tc"ar8es pi nonsuppori written
after them. In addition to their mar-
be made to answer, these men will
be tried in a federalcourt for making
false affidavits to their quests
naircs. - .
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wnnivgv wvuivk HIIU .-
TU nu!... n..l.
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Writing of a recent decree of the
Chinese government oermittine' au-
nopsies on tne human body, Millard s
mvicw v119111131 says mai u istqniy
lately that Chinese doctors discovered
that the bodies of Orientals had the
same internal arrangement as those
of occidentals. Thev had been taueht
that the organs were arranged much
in tne manner, of a modern office
building with the elevator shaft as
the connecting medium. But it adds:
" musi oe aamittea, nowever, tnat
the Chinese sractitioneri. throueh
lon experience and through the cus-
" umn j sown meaicai secrets
from one generation to another, do
av m,ny excellent native remedies,
0ne Chinese medical treatise indicates
no less than 98 different tvoes of
?ula5 ,nd "other form of treatment
is that, of puncturing the body with
needle. An accompanying chart of
me nuroan ooav contains 7UU mots
wiiiku ic maicaiea as tne places
withot injuring a vital organ. Quinine
as a medicine has lonor been known
in China, Belief In the sanctity of
llfe h" P the last half dozen years
orevented th aH rf,im.n
the hUman body in relation to future
surtrerv ..
French Huguenot Becomes
rU.X.: i: .
rUir i n I
llljpidin 10 Mng UeOrge
London. May 4. ArrhA
Perowne of Plymouth has Just been
aooointeH chanlain tn th -H-
yJr. t . j.-L- i.v.j . I
Huguenot family which derives its
name from Perrone. the center of
uvwuKi ivj m uisLiiiuuisnea rwnrn
som of . merest fighting of the
past montn.
Tiny Thinga CbacK Alnhlp Speed.
HOW tne amalleet nf nhl.M. win h.nb
w m uuiiiuiv imiioon or or an
rrupiane may Da Judged when It la re-
memDerea mat tha reslatance of tha air
io m noay moving through it la propor
tional to tha aquara of tha ipeed agalnat
mo eunace mat it preaenU In the direc
tion toward which it la moving. When tha
object, whether thla ba a gasoline Unit, a
made on stream tinea tha resistance It I.
uuuiu uruppsr or any otner accessory.
causes la three or four times tfn than whan
1( IS DOC I
Ona builder added two kilometers sn honr I
to ins aneea or ms man- aimniv hv civim
sream una rorm to the rubber shock
receivers of his landing apparatus.
Ana ti the pilot lets such n oblect ss a
retroscopa, an altimeter, or . a revolution-
meter project from tha ear7 It will reduoa
his spaed by at leaat alx kilometers an
hour. A machine sun will have ilmmt
the same , retarding affect New Tork
World.
Ephel Barrymore, One of
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Ethel Barrymore (Mrs. Russell
By MARGERY REX,
HERE used to be a very consid-
arohia amn nf v.. hi.non
.t, t.u..Ui. u
or a woman to ldse the heart and the
mind of a woman , order t0 wjn the
mind of a man. just why ,nybody
attach or gender to a dol-
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marrvinir snrl that th: Krinointr nr.
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a tami v wa a h-ir in im
This idea has tfone. Of 'conrsf. it
never Hid have anv h'aU fnr evi.r.
ence. but. ince what nenntt. thinW
mitrht eenerallv mat a wll h trn-
the old togy notion lived on and on
WOMEN WILL VOTE
IN TEXAS' PRIMARY
Question 'What Will They Do?'
Has Politicians Guessing:
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Answer Will Be Given
jqn July 27. ;
Austin, Tex., May 4T-What the
women, will do is the Question that
is perplexing lexas poiiticane. The
answer will be given July 7.
The recent special session of the
legislature passed a diu giving lexas
women the fight W vote in prim-
anes ana nominating conventions.
This act wall become a law June 25,
nd the . women then need only to
ree ster to be eligible to vote In tli
primaries July 27. The law requires
them to register IS davs hefore ih
onmaries,
Women's clubs over the state al
reaay nave oeguu an a
ready have begun an active campaign
to educate the women in the art of
marking their baljots properly and
are m1Tl thtem t0 turn out n fu
toret ana vote. . ; ,
It has been unomeianv cnntnAA
. . . . :
Pat the ,a7 g-nm? women t.hc bal ot
19 unconstitutional, because it applies
only to the primaries and leaves them
barred - from participating : in the
general election. Whether a test of
the law's - constitutionality '' will be
made, however, is problematical.
The fact that f the law contains a
provision that the ballots cast by the
women must show the sex of. the
voter by having the word "women"
printed thereon, will, in the opinion
of orooonents of the measure, ore-
vent the election from being nullified
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1 "TlZiT T "tiu a.
lli Vv.v
women voted.
Set Bight. f
Blx By the way, old chap, who waa It
who cried: ''A horse, horse 1 ? Mjr .king
dom for a horse!" v
Dix Why, Con t yon know I That' what
Absalom said when his horse ran under a
tree and left him hanging by tha hair to a
I limb. ! thouirht everybody knew" where
J that came from. Boa ton Trasacrlpt. .
Motherhood an Inspifation to a Career ' ;
Many Famous Women to Disprove the Narrow Idea that
Around the Neck of Fame
Colt) with her three children.
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through the years without stopping
to take stock of the actual facts. Some
of the greatest women in the world,
women who went out and accom
plished big things, had in their pri
vate lives the dearest and ' simplest
loves. They had the hearts of school
girls that, had no possjoje cpnnection
with their mental - ability to . coin a
living.
Such women, with force to com
mand, and the longing to, bs com
manded on the other side ot the pic
ture, lived in the davs of the; grand
father who never dreamed of, woman
suffrage.- But .they were few. Now
theyx are many. The war and ; the
progress of women politically will
make them more and morecommon.
What more shining example can be
' ' ' ' Valley. ' . -
A son was born Wednesday to Mr. , and
Mrs. 3, A. Bystrom. - ..
Et. 8. N. rtortoa returned Tuaaday
'train Barney, Colo, , S
Itiy. Wr. Carlson paaaed two aWya with
'M VaUcy relatrrea. raturairfg ti Minne
sota fhunda.y. .'
Miss Katkertne Kleaaaa. Paad- n WsekH
and (a Omaha.
Miss Basa Wealey returned at kar koma
at lunwoatl. Neb., SaWrday. ' '
Tha T. P. B, C I. hold lta manthly busi
ness meeting Monday alght at tha Horns of
Miss Besa Claybaugh, Membara of tha Bap
tist T. P. TJ. were guests.
Tb Junior-Senior bana.net waa bald at
senior osnjuet was asm
Mrs. O. B. Kopp Thiirsday
the horns of
night
Mls Priacllla Noyas, who passed several
weeks with her grandparsBta, rttumed to
hen home tn Denver Sunday.
The Baptist chureb. oeMbnttai lta 40Ui
iannlversary at tha ohureh Weflaeaday
night The pastor, Bev. Ju Bomer, waa
assisted by Rev. Mr. Carlson of Minnesota,
Rev. Mr. Hasselblad, state missionary, and
Bev. Mr. Parson of Oakland, former paetpr
of the church, and the pastor from Mead,
Neb. Three of the Charter numbers, nr.
and Mrs. Andrew Aiderson anoMrs, Par
sons, still live hera. ,.v
. Mrs. Mary.Jana Monahan, who baa been
living with her daughter, Mrs. Thomas
Merryweather, died Sunday morning after
a brief J'.lneee of pnettmcala. Funeral ser
vices were held at tha Merryweather homo
Wednesday afternoon, 'Rev. 8. N. vHorton
conducted , tha servloea. Interment waa In
tha Brltton cemetery. Mrs. Monahan waa
a resident ftf Valley and vicinity for 40
years. She la survived By four children,
Mrs, C. Collins, Mrs. W. H. Merryweather,
Mrs. Thomas Merryweather and John Mon
y $: --rr-: vU-r-;-:- x
Robert Johaaon of Sumner, Neb., ' waa
here last week for a visit -. -i
Carl Bctroedo- waa In.PtatUmouth Tuee-
Oeorge Meyer was at Omaha the first of
tha week with a ear of fat iattle.
Omar Nutzman " aa hera from Hamlet
this ereek for a vlelt
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cooper were Bun day
visitors at Brock,
Claude Durham has returned from yar
ns m, Neb. ' a
Henry Kuhnhann has bean passing tha
week with relatives at Kar.nas City, Mo.
Mrs. Peart Weasel entertained the R. N.
A. circle Friday afternoon.
X. T. Gearhar; and Bamuel Johnson were
Omaha visitors the first of th week.
Mrs. F. w. Rubge was an Omaha visitor
the first ot tie week.' - . .
Orlando Tefft was at Omaha the first of
(ha wealr. . '
t Mrs. O. O. Harmon waa at Plattamouth
this week. ,"
Mr. and Mrs. C. Ti Anderson woro Omaha
vlslfora Saturday. ,
Mr. and Mrs. m. C Nutsman,
Fronav &ur Mw . Kdghbora
Sam is the eldest, Ethel II next,
found than Ethel Colt? Probably a
lot of you will not recognize her by
that name. That is why I used it.
She is known to everyone as Miss
Ethel Barrymore,. one "of the greatest
stage stars that the generation has
produced. Well,, Ethel Barrymore
goes to the stage to work out her des
tiny, Ethel Colt comes home to ea
tress the baby arid play with the other
two children, 'and one would not care
to find a more domestic picture than
She presents when she is in the world
that pleases her mdst. V :
Where the one world is the world
of her career, the other Js the world
of her heart.
It must be very restful for Miss
Ethel Barrymore to go home and be
Mrs. Russell Griswold Colt and play
riorence Maaeman and Miss. Floreaca Bar
dil wera Omaha "Visitors the first af the
weak. - ' -
O. W. and Oaorge Braaaaala wera here
from Xiaoola Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred McOrady waa vWUng ' at
WeiMng Water Wednesday.
SHerlSf O. t. Qnlnton and Attorney A. O.
kCole were Dora from Flattamoath Wodnaa-
aay. .',
Mr, and II ra. ; Jamas r Young and bob,
Ltndel, war hero from Cook Thursday,
The ladlsa auzlllary of tho Avoca Came-
tery associatloti ' met with' Mrs. Florenoe
Maseman Friday afternoon. -
v,.- f-v.'p
fwtth'' relatives at Council Bluffs, la.
Miss Mfaqla Rubge la passing tho week
. ' Springfield. ,
Miss Helaa Blair paaaed Sunday with her
eater in Jioulevllle.
Sidney MoCoull waa ktUad la Lincoln
Monday night by a twitch engine.
Mrs, Mary Patrick of Brans wick, visited
her skater, Mrs. W. O. Post, tha first part
of the Week. -
Fred Nichols. Normal Lovoll and Karl
Petty ware called to tha colors last week.
Dr. W. C. Batea left Tuesday for his borne
in Kusavtiie, Neb. .
. Everett Swain of Chicago waa hera Sun
day attending tha funeral of W. B. Bates.
Rev. H. C. Captey attended tha district
conference of tho Methodist vhuron at Te
kamah last week. i
Mrs. Jana Btrlbbllng and Lionel Tuffleld
passed Saturday at the home of Myron
Bchaal
Mrs. W. 8. Sly left Monday for Leesberg.
Va. "
Mr. and Mrs. John Mangold of Slkhorn
wera hers Sunday attending tha funeral
Of W.: K. Bates.
Tha seniors of tha high school gave their
class play Saturday night
- Mrs. E. P. Swain and Mrs.lMetta Loeber
of Uncola were hera last Sunday.
W, O. Poet gave a farewell party Wed
nesday night in honor of Sari Petty who
has. left for'Fanston. .
Miss BemtcEl weir who baa been teach
ing at Cdar Rapids, Neb., la home for
summer vacation... . -
' .EUtbora,
Ma. and Mrs. H.-A. Nolte left for Bridge,
port Neb., Thursday morning to spend soma
time on their ranch there. .
Mrs. Van ASH waa tendered sunrise
Thursday afternoon by 11 af her friends, the
occasion being her birthday.
Herman Koerner died at an, Omaha hos
pital on April it, after a small operation on
glands f bte neck. His death came as a
surprlsa to bis family. Mr. Koerner con
ducteda blacksmith shop In Elk horn about
tt years ago. Hla wife, three sona-and'flve
daughters 'survive him. Funeral waa held
on Monday and burial was at Posepect Hill
cemetery.. -
Mr. and Mrs. Hsrrv Johnson of Waterloo
Mrajvlslted with Mr. and Mrs. J, A. Olbbons
Marriage is a Millstone
,
and John Drew is the baby.
the domestic role of mother to her
three interesting children Samuel
Pomeroy, named for his paternal
grandfather; Ethel Barrymore and the
baby, John Drew. There are three
generations of distinguished stage an
cestry behind these children. Mr.
and Mrs. John Drew of Philadelphia,
well known to the playgoers of an
earlier day, wee their great-grand
parents. Their maternal grandpar
ents were Maurice Barrymore and
Oeorgiana Drew Barrymore; John
Drew is their great-uncle, and the
popular John and Lionel Barrymore
are among the children s uncles.
Miss Barrymore has ever contended
that she went on the stage because
she just had to. but her heart is with
her babies, prefering the mother role;
Friday before leaving fo Ordway, Colo.? to
maxe tneir ruiure nome on a larm,
Mrs. H, Meyer entertained friends Mon
day evening In honor of her birthday.
Elkhorev
Miss Lena Elcke and II. Kuehl were united
(In marriage at tha home of the bride's par-
north of Elkborn. The groom formerly lived
with hla parenta oa tho Dodge street road,
six miles east of Elkhora. Tha young
oonpla will live near Ogallala, Neb., where
tha groom haa a farm homo ready.
v A surprlss party, waa tendered Otto Oreg
gers oa Thursday evening. Ha left Friday
morning for Camp Logan. Colo. t
John Malek and William Orlmm left for
earn Wednesday. They enlisted la tho
marina. '
J. A. Williams af Omaha waa a caller
hero Thursday.
Mrs. T. Hlckey was a business caller hare
Tuesday.
PapUIloBV
Mrs. I. J. Howell gava a miscellaneous
Shower Thursday for Miss Ruth West
Mr. Phil McEvoy and twoohlldren ' at
Omaha were guests), of Mrs. Susan Lesteut
Monday.
Mrs. Jamea Davidson, Mrs. T. J. Wright
and Mrs. J. Wads of Springfield attended
the meeting of tha Paplllloa Woman's club
Wednesday afternoon.
Tbo Paplllloa Woman's olub met Wednes
day with Mrs. . William Maxfleld. Mrs. O.
H. Boysr was assisting hostess. Mrs. J
W.I Welsh of Benson was a guest of tha
club and gava a talk on "Club Work la War
Time."
The following Sarpy eouaty Men left
Thursday afternoon for Fort Logan, Colo
Oeorge E. Mollner, N. F. Nichols, Wilbur
U. Wall, Amos w. Oatea, Lyman H. Orln
nelL John Milburn Sutton and' Otto 8.
Lundgren. A pa trio Ua meeting waa bald
oa tha court louse lawa Just before they
left Rev. B. a Blttt of tha Presbyterian
charch made an address.
aiois uramucn, wno naa just reoeelved a
commission as second lieutenant la the
aviation section at Columbus, Ohio, la
home oa a furlough.
What' in Name?
Tha lawVer waa In his private office
when the office boy brought In a card.
The lawyer took It and after one look at
It frowned and then smiled. The Inscrip
tion on it read: Mr. Roller Bkates.
"Is It a pair; or only oper he Inquired.
"What air 7" reeponded tha boy, not
seeing the point, of course.
"That's all right Bring htm In."
' The caller followed shortly and before
the lawyer could put him on the stand he
volunteered hla testimony. He had observed
that tho lawyer still held hla card In bis
nsnd.
"Pardon me." be said, amlllna broadlv
and nodding towards tha oard, "but I'm
not to blame for It My tather'a name waa
Bkatea and my mother's name was Roller,
ana they gave me my mother's family
name. That waa 90 eta yeara ago and thera
were no other roller skatea In thla country
at that time."
The lawyer cheerfully accented hla anolos-y
and also a comfortable retaining fee ere
tba caller skated awsjr, New fork Sua. I
U. S. INFLUENCE
GAINS STRENGTH
VITIIJUSSIANS
Petrograd Writer Declare!
America Is Destined to Be
come Great Factor in East
After War Erlds.
London, May 4. "America leads
the way as usual," writes the Dailj
Express' Petrograd correspondent oi
recent allied effort to help in the re- .
constructidirof Russia. He says: .
"England appears to have shut up
shop here and to be going out of busi
ness in Russia, but the United States
is showing its usual energy and enter '
prise by opening a new branch estab
lishment, which promises to play an
important part in shaping Russian
public opinion. For a time there was
a dearth of American enterprise in
Petrograd, but now we are again
witnessing the old refreshing sight of
numerous Americans hustling . and
bustling about the Nevsky Prospect
just as if they were still in Broadway
or Wall Street
, American Influence Felt
"America will be a great factor ia
Russia after the war, and nothing hai
given more moral encouragement to
thinking Russians than President Wil- ,
son's message to the soviet, which '
seems to have been just awaiting such
a recognition from the great trans
atlantic democracy.
"A further step toward cementing
the understanding between Russia and
America has been taken in the distrU a
bution of a pamphlet called 'Letters
from Un American 'Friend,' which
being distributed free, to Petrograd .
workers. It is published by the com
mittee on public information at Wash
ingtonr The candid American friends
shows a good understanding of the
character of the Russian workman,
and while there is no flattery or self
glorification,, this friend explains in
homely , language the democratic
ideals of peace and liberty of the
American people. ,v
Peace at Russia! Expense. '
"The friend revolts at the idea of
a possible peace between the allies and
Oermany at the expense. of Russia,
and adds that it would be poor conso
lation for the allies if, while they were
successful in driving the Germans out
of Belgium, Alsace and Lorraine, it
was only to find that Emperor Wil
liam had firmly implanted himself in
Russia and the Balkans.
"The writer declares that no mat
ter what happens, America intends to
stand by Russia in her hour Of trial.
The 'Letters' have undoubtedly
opened the way to a better under
standing between western and east-,
ern democracy."
Joy Ride in Tank Is
Succession of Thrills
Birmingham, England. May 4.
Joy-riding in a British tank means
hanging on for dear life in a deafen-
ling roar of machinery while the
macnine lumoers up ana aown tne
grades, alternately tossing its passcn-
gers first one way and then the other.
A trial trip is thus described: "
"We accepted, with some trepid
ation, an invitation to make a journey
in the machine. About half a dozen
of us entered by the narfaw door nd
weu cramped up on the little plat
fornT which runs on each side of the
machinery. We held on like grim
death with our hands. For a few
moments everything went well- Then
there was an upward movement of the
fore part of the tank and in a trice
we found ourselves without a foothold
and were suspended by our hands
from the 'hold-fasts' which are fixed
for the purpose to the roof of the car.
We knew we were mounting the steep
gradient and were not sorry when we
reached the top. "
"The vessel jerked yoilently as , she
started on her .downward course. In "
the twinkle of an eye we were thrown
into the same position as before only
more so with our legs dangling and
our hands gripping in- the effort
to hold on and prevent being thrown
all of a heap. We eventually emerged
none the worse for the trip, but with
a vivid impression of what must be
the life of the gallant crew to whom
our experience was a trifle as com
pared with theirs in the midst of shot
and shell and with their own guns .
blazing away. . , v I
"The roar of the machinery in. the
confined space was terrific. The man
with the strongest lungs, shouting in
the ear of a man of the acutest hear
ing could not make a syllable heard.''
POSTPONE IRISH '
WAE DRAFT; HOME
RULE BILL AHEAD
London. May 4. An order in coun
cil has been issued further postpon
ing the operation of the national
service act, or conscription, as respects
Ireland beyond .May 1, to which it
had been postponed previously. '
dome ot the morning newspapers
say the postponement is due to the
government s wish- to introduce a
home rule bill and to see what meas
ure of success it gets before proceed
ing to enforce conscription in Ireland,
which, it is said in some quarters, is
not likely to be attempted in the next
few weeks.
Opinion in the lobbies of Parlia
ment is that a home- rule bill will ba
presented in the House of Commons
next week, but the 'difficulties : of
drafting it have not been overcome
entirely. . -
' A True Optimist.
Perolval Mr. Hemmandhaw I the most
optimistic person t ever saw. -' r ,,
Penelope Cheerful. ebT
Percival Tea: even now. when he in'
slowly recovering from a fever - be sees
a humorous side to everything. '
Penelope Which surely Is fortunate. .
Percival I asked htm what he was sat.
Ing, and ha told ma tho physician ' per
mitted htm to have the water from two
boiled eggs t .-
Penelope The Ideal
Percival And he hoped soon to ba able
to add the holes out of a few doughnuts.
St Louis Globe Democrat
; Save tha Boar. ; i
Tha boy got up to recite. "He stood
beside the bier," he began, then memory
failed him. "Ha atood beside the bier.", ha
etarted In again, with no better result .
Perspiration dotted bia brow, but tha lines
refueed to come and ha remained silent'
confused. . ....
"Oo on, cried . a voice from the rear.
It's getting flat while ye' re waltlnc. jsa
tool." Boeton Transcript. '
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