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• *" ; „, ** i - • • • *', W7 -' -'A' ••I»f »v •*"' -1 .fim ... :m •Wl k v.-f.! '? • « -• -f » u* JV. • •-*-•'*--, ,. tgE McTnETTTCT PEAPTOEAXBR. McHEyRT #SW&k *V^3TJK^*S* \r 4 ?§ 4 *•'•' **mr Greatest Scheme of Communication^ \e? Ever Used in Warfare Is Raoidlu Near:>4 r" *m* m Completion AMy&&WM£JXW>)nfiD -JOMEHFiEmJWJXAmr- ?i ',;••• >'«<c«w\'- /t-v i -.'i - ?S •* • :•• - J..:-;?. . "/ ;*' ^ -.• 'K.st*! J"? The London Times ha* published two article* d«- icrfbtd as "the first authorised description of what the American forces have accomplished in France during thetr first eleven months' participation in the war." The following are extracts from th •PUcles: in Franceare rap- * ̂ . Idly pushing to completion the longest And in many respects ;the greatest scheme of communi­ cations ever used In warfare. A. trip over these lines today is a deeply impressive experience. ; Since Mir. Newton D. Baker, the United States secretary of war, inspected them less than three ^ months ago, the work is fairly leaping forward; the very landscape changes overnight. ' After two solid weeks of travel, Inspecting > every main phase and much of the detail of this vast project, I return convinced that what the Americans have accomplished since their first de­ tachment of troops landed in Prance 11 months ago will stand out in history as one of the great­ est achievements of the war. The bearing of this vast work upon the whole war program is su­ premely important. There is no doubt In my mind that the extent of it, the meaning of it and the future possibilities of it should be made clear to the public,, both here and in the United States. It is well at the outset to state some basic facts. The French had all their sources of supply near at hand, and the establishment of their lines of communication was a comparatively simple affair. The British, with all their sources much farther away from the fighting areas and with lines of communlca- tion; everywhere the same kind of capable men in com­ m a n d , t h e s a m e splendid spirit and e n e r g y , t h e s a m e steady progress to­ ward the ends In view, the same op­ timism as to the quick and successful working out of the plans as a whole. At present the Im­ mense "intermedi­ ate section" looms large in the general American plan. It may or may not grow in importance as*the war goes on, 4&ihodern docks, where every day now ships are for, as I have already Indicated, the further de- pouring forth their cargoes of men and war _ velopment of the great base ports may yet rgb it 'fii >)ii '• 1 '"i"* CRADLE SONGS ARE ANCIENT Z&t//KA*0 QfattAD/WJU*£& ĴOMItRSUt 7WT 73MWVAJ materials, cars and machinery. This dock system 'v' «t# nome pt its originally contemplated functions; ,11: ir - water transport entering as an important factor 3tj into their scheme, had a much more difficult task to planning and perfecting their supply service. But great as was the British problem, that which confronted the Americans when they en­ tered the war was immeasurably greater. Their armies and all their war materials had to be brought thousands of miles from their sources of supply; the submarine campaign was at Its highest point of efficiency; the adoption of the convoy system considerably reduced the capacity of shipping facilities, which, even In the most favorable circumstances, would have been totally Inadequate to the demands made upon then); there were no large modern ports on the coast of France; nor was there anything like sufficient railway facilities to accommodate the vast stream of men and materials which must flow steadily In, with constantly increasing volume, from the date when the first detachment of United 8tates soldiers landed on French soil. At the same time one must realise that, from the moment war was declared, America itself was rapidly resolving into a huge engine of war. With raw materials, industries, coal and railways, all put quickly under government control and each day becoming more centralized for the sole purpose of multiplying the output of war require- iiuruts, ilie pressure toward trance increased with startling rapidity; Indeed, It was measured only by the utmost limit of available shipping space, 'liiat situation has continued right up to the pres­ ent* and will continue, no matter how great the output of new ships may be, for a considerable time to come. To take care of this steadHy growing volume of men, horses, guns, foods and supplies, to re­ solve the modest existing facilities into a per­ manent line of communications hundred of miles In length, adequate to care for -an army of the future numbering millions, at the same time meet­ ing all the transport requirements of the civic population scattered over the great stretch of France through which these lines extended--that was* the task which confronted the first detach­ ment' of American engineers who landed here 11. months ago. But with all their dlffculties the Americans had one substantial advantage over the British, or even the French. They were able to profit by the three years' war experience of these two na­ tions and shape the details of a considerable part of their main program in accordance with the full development of the British and French war ma­ chinery. They were -not slow to avail themselves of this advantage, and the niarvellous progress they have made is due in no small measure to the quickness with which they adapted and incor­ porated Into their own scheme certain features of organization which the British and French had evolved through a long period of actual warfare. Th® cordial way In which the British and French transport and other officials received the Ameri­ cans and gave them every possible kind of aid and advice is one of the many bright chapters In this story of achievement. This was the only substantial advantage the Americans had. Their handicaps were multifold, their task colossal. How splendidly they attacked their problems and conquered one after another of the obstacles which confronted them stands out in clear perspective as one passes along their great lines of communication today. Sixty days more will see the greater part of the whole vast scheme !n full operation. Even now the com­ pleted part of the system is equal to all demands made upon it, and with labor and materials avail­ able in fairly equable proportions, as they are now. the actual construction work is going ahead more rapidly than ever. - , - • What the American forces fa France have ac­ complished thus far is almost Incredible. Fof in­ stance, out of the waste lands adjacent to an old French port they have constructed a splendid line & S ji ' iV; " / '5,: & \ is finished. It supplements the old French dock system in the town, where still more ships are constantly discharging American cargoes. A huge new warehouse system at this point is also near- ing completion; even now It is able to take care of the great flood of supplies which Is constantly ppnring in. In the old part of this same coast town the Americans have installed motor operatlofi and cold storage plants, a motor reception park, and quarters for storing supplies for ordnance and aviation forces. These are more or leas tem­ porary quarters, and- will be merged in the near future in the general scheme which Is now being completed In the outskirts of the town. .*> In addition to the new docks, warehouses and extensive railway yards (these latter have a trackage of nearly 200 miles), work is well ad­ vanced on the new car assembly shop, where al­ ready, when I saw It In Its Incompleted state, 20 odd freight cars a day, of three different de­ signs, were being turned out and put into imme­ diate service. Another assembly plant has been constructed--at a different point---to handle all- steel cars, which are transported here from America "knocked-down"--that is, in sections, In order to economize shipping space. At this plant these steel cars are now being assembled at the rate of • complete train a day. and plans are rapJjlly culminating for a large extension of the work. Here, too, a huge camp has been built for the negro stevedores, also a remount camp and two big rest camps; each providing for many thousands of American soldiers, who march thence from the boats to be sifted and rearranged for dispatch to the various training camps farther inland. Not far from here work on a new 20,000- bed hospital is forging ahead, and 30 days from now it will be virtually completed. This Is the largest hospital center yet constructed. It Is com» posed entirely of small, one-story, light, airy and attractive structures, divided Into small squares* laid out on a great, open stretch of sand, sur­ rounded by pine trees, and altogether promises to be an tdeal institution of its kind. In this same section is an immense new artil­ lery camp all ready for the several brigades of artillery which were expected when I was there, and, like the hospital enterprise, it is in strong hands and promises well. In includes a large re­ mount camp, In which were several thousand horses at the time of'my visit. The work in this section, which Is typical of that at all the other base ports I visited, is being vigorously and in­ telligently directed. Strong executives are In charge, and the spirit of the workers is excellent throughout. Everywhere the Americans are real­ ising that they have "caught up with them­ selves," and now that they can visualize the cons* pletlon of what a few months ago looked so much like an impossible undertaking they are buoyed op, happy snd inspired by their suoueis; have conquered obstacles and overcome conditions which only great ability and indomitable spirit could possibly surmount. j One realizes, after Inspecting the character and extent of the work at the several base ports which the Americans have taken over, that here lies the strength of their future scheme of oper­ ations. These port schemes are great affairs today; but they are so worked out as to he capable of almost unlimited expansion. This Is highly Important, for the war developments of the past two months have clearly pointed the way toward greater unity of effort by the allies and greater mobility of action by the French, British and American fighting forces. The ten­ dency Is toward a pooling both of effort and supplies, the natural outcome of centralization under a single command. This may easily re­ solve the American base ports In France Into main reserve centers, from which their channels of distribution will radiate directly to railheads on all parts of the front, instead of mainly through the Intermediate and advance ares cen­ ters, which are now being constructed. These latter. In that event, would be utilized in con­ nection with the great and ever-growing training centers through which, for a long time to come, , the American army of 2,0Q0,000 or more, In the making, must pass. As at the base ports, so I found conditions all along the hundreds of miles of the American but, however that may be, it is now one of the main pillars of the structure. It comprises a wide Variety of enterprises, all on a huge scale, scat­ tered at various points over a large section of the country, but skilfully linked up by rail, one branch dovetailed into another, and all combin­ ing for the quick handling of stores for an army of millions. An "organization chart," showing the activities centered under the commanding general of this great intermediate section, though not quite so formidable, perhaps, reminds one of a chart of the Whitehall district of London. This command­ ing officer is responsible primarily for the main reserve stores, for the American expeditionary forces and the constant sending forward of their dally supplies; but in addition to that he has a large measure of responsibility for the organiza­ tion and control of great camps, schools, base hospitals,' rest areas, engineering and repair shops, the principal repository for "spare parts" of all machinery used In the army, cold storage plants, oil and petrob depots, forestry work and control of n good-sized labor army, which In- \ dudes many thousands of negroes, Chinamen and German prisoners of war. A round of this huge field of operations is both Instructive and inspiring. At one point 1 went through an enormous locomotive assembling and repair works (housed In a great modern fac­ tory building now nearing completion), built for the Americans, under French supervision, by • .Spanish firm; a huge oil and petrol supply sta­ tion., a 10.000-bed hospital and a number of other highly Important branches of a central organiza­ tion which constitutes one of the real backbone sections of the service of supply. At another point I went over great railway yards to see the rows upon rows of street structure warehouses which are being built to hold supplies for an army of a million men for SO days; an immense refrigerating plant and countless other features, etU on the same pnfttigious scale. . Calm, qu|et men are supervising It all, watch­ ing It grow before their eyes. When the tele­ phones Jingle (and they are never long In re­ pose) there Is no shouting, no excitement; just quiet, firm replies to the questions put. There Is-everywhere an air of suppressed energy rather than exuberance or "bustle." It Is orderly prog­ ress, firmly guided by strong minds, by capable men. America has put her best executives Into this work and they are rapidly "making good,* as events of the very near future are certain to P«>vc. v . ...j. Farther along the line I saW much tl«e same evidence of orderliness combined with strength In the army bakeries, in the big central camou­ flage piant, at the various advanced centers from which the army supplies are rearranged for shifting <to various railheads and thence to the aukiiera tt the front. If, as many believe, it is going to be neces­ sary for the Americans to put an army of 8,000,- 000 Into the field to enable the allies to achieve m definite and.^conclusive military victory, then the quick development of the full American pro­ gram Is a matter of the highest Importance to the whole allied cause. From every point of view the results of the first year's work may be set down as a glorious achlevemfnt, of which Americans have every right to be protkd; the year's record Is a monument to their zeal and their wonderful ability. It Is a record which promises still greater things for the near future. It spells the beginning of the end, and points ' dearly to an overwhelming victory for the allies. It seems to me that the more the people of France and England and the United States know - about this American work In France the better. If the enemy, (filling in his effort to deliver a knockout blow by flinging against the allied lines the full force of his eastern arinles, released by the collapse of nest turns his vSvris to a concentrated peace offensive, as doubtless he will, then surely a clear knowledge of the nature and extent of the American achievement to date, of the Aineriqpn plans, and most of all an under­ standing of the underlying determination to go the whole distance and not stop till the right kind of pence has been secured, will steel the hearts of ̂ the war-weary ones and silence the traitors and pacifists among us for good and all. Ai"1 i ' . TAKEN FROM EXCHANGES V," * ' 1 • 11 ^ •* : jM* Paul railway terminals will be enlarged at a cost of $1,000,000. The, output of c<Sal In the British Isles for 1913-14 amounted to 281.135,- 000 tons; that for 1914-15, 250.368,000 tons, and that for 1915-16, 254,748,000 tons. Safety is a leading feature of a new motor omnibus which cannot be start­ ed while the entrance d«K)r Jjs_ open, while the door cannot be opened whil« the vehicle la In motion. - r \ The lung motor if. an air pump which is used to start the breathing process In newly born babies. Five aged Jewish women of New York city, all of them of foreign birth, joined in making a Urge flag, to ex­ press the patriotic enthusia8m they feel for America's cause. Horses fed partly on an "alimentary seafood" ration in France thrived. gained in weight and the lymphan­ gitis from which they suffered at the beginning of the experiment disap­ peared. • - - Burial in Old English Churches. The places of burial beneath many of the old churches in England are arranged In different ways. In many cases the burial is made in a grave dug in the soil, as Is done in an open graveyard. In some cases there is a crypt beneath the main floor, the crypt being practically one large vault, and here the coffins are deposited on shelves of atone. Sometimes the crypt is divided into separate vaults which are really small rooms endoae l̂ oB all sides by stone walls. "Triumph" Was Worth, Earning. The "triumph." the highest military honor known, to the Romans, was not lightly given. The victor must have attained certain rank, and have met certain conditions of war. Granted these conditions, the streets were dressed with garlands, and amid ap­ plauding crowds drove the general, seated In a chariot. Robed In pur­ ple and gold and crowned with laurel he held in his right hand a laurel braneh and: in his left an ivory wep>» ter. Hwijr-Very Old and Were Htnded , OoWh From Mouth to Mouth' for -S; Generations. /- > . r \ • r Almost all popular cradle songs are very old. some of them so old that, were they not familiar, they might he considered the veriest curiosities of lit­ erature. Through all the changes of language they have held their own upon, the lips and in Jthe hearts of th? people, observes a writer to Kan­ sas City Journal. ' Frotn mouth to mouth thay MMfc come down through the years with 00 Irresistible swing of rhythm and pat­ ter and Jingle of words till they seem to have been rather a natural growth than a human invention. In all the melodies there is a certain likeness of rhythm with a national^ 1 might say a temperamental, difference of movement and of meter from the slow assured major of the German to the wild plaintive minor of the Scotch, characterized by the short accented notes of the weirdness of the Hunga­ rian with its sudden changes. That these old songs should have embodied and" retained the characteris­ tics of the people among whom they originated gives them an importance which their crude words and the ele­ mentary character of their melodies scarcely seem to warrant. The words often seem a mere meaningless jumble, the melody is always within the easy compass of home voices. No doubt both express, in some supernally wise way, the one unalterable sentiment of maternal love. It may be that evefl the words of .these baby songs had originally some significance they have since lost. The mother little thinks that "Bye Baby Bunting" was onfe a tale full of verity. To her the ralroit skin Is Indeed a "fairy tale," for she much prefers dnlnty muslins and silks and laces. While, though, "fmpa" may be a mighty hunter, it is well known that the game he bags is dollars. But In that time, antedating civilization, when this song was first sung, the rabbit skin was an Important part of the baby's wardrobe. It was then that it became crystal­ lized in song so that muslins and laces have never been able to supersede It, and it has become one of those incan­ tations that set baby off on journeys of his own through dreamland. It la but one of his many illusions. - - Forgetting How to Think: A college professor made the remark to one of his classes In the Ohio State university that he noticed a marked deterioration in the mental capacity of young people of college-student age since he first began to come In contact with them some 25 years ago. He said they seem unable to concentrate their minds as they used to. What they seem to learn nOw, he said, they acquire par- rotlike. In short, they do not think. We asked a high-school teacher of long and successful experience if this Is true. She said it undoubtedly is. Both she and the college professor at­ tribute the unpromising status of boys and girls to too much scattering of in­ terest. There are toe many different things for them to do, their attention is constantly being diverted from one thing to another and the result is that they cannot fix their minds on anything and consequently do nothing well. Not only do they have a wide diver­ sity of amusements, but the school cur­ riculum Itself is given over in large measure to a very wide variety of so- called studies which by the farthest stretch of the Imagination cannot be considered vital or fundamental. A return to scurscs iu bCuOu! and to simpler living outside Is needed. In the view of our college professor and our high-school teacher.--Cheyenne Tribune. That Weak is IN THESE trying times the utmost effort of every man and every woman in necessary. But the man or woman who is handicapped with weak kidneys finds a good day's work impossible, and any work a burden. Lame, achy back; daily headaches, dizxy spells* urinary irregularities and that al*» worn-out" feeling are constant sources of distress and should have prompt attention. Don't delay! Neglected kidney weakness too often leads to navel, dropsy or Bright's disease. Begin using Doan'a Kidney Pills today. They have brought thousands of sufferers back to health. They should help you. Personal Reports of Real Cases AN ILLINOIS CASE. BL H. Halbert, prop, barber •hop, W. Bridgeport St., White Hall, 111., says: "I was down and out from kidney trouble. My nerves were all unstrung: and I was weak and nervous. I dread­ ed the thought of work and final­ ly had to give up and go to bed. I remained there two months, hardly able to move hand or foot. I had night sweats and lost flesh. Finally I was able to get up but was pale and emaciated and wasn't lit for work. Nothing helped me much until I took Doan'a Kidney Pills. I soon pick­ ed up and It wasn't long before I was back In good health. Doan's Kidney Pills have put my kidneys In good shape." AN IOWA CASE. Mrs. Henry Witt, Sixth Michigan Sts., Storm Lake, Ia^ says: "Kidney complaint came on me quickly and undermined my health, with a torturing pain and weakness. . My kidneys and bladder both caused me much suffering. My limbs were swol­ len^ and there were puffy sacs under my eyes, also. Others of the family had been benefited by Doan's Kidney Pills and I tried them. They relieved me from the first and soon restored me 1 good health." LOOTING BENEFIT. _Over three years later lft_ Witt added: "Since I used Doan'a Kidney Pills my* kidneys have given me but very little troaMSw DOAN'S *08̂ <0s s Box at Alt Stone. FosterMilborn Co., Buffalo, N.Y. Mf|. Cham. More Ferocious. "By gad!" prldefully ejaculated a prominent resident of the Rumpus Ridge region of Arkansas. "The way thens American soiriers fight the Ger­ mans is a sight on earth! They are reg'lar ring-tailed catamounts In bat­ tle, and then some !" "Uh-huh!" returned Gap Johnson. "But you ort to see my fourteen chil­ dren fight amongst thelrselves over a sack of mixed candy when I bring It home from town fer 'em!"--Kansas City Star. The Main Witness. "There were ntimber of witnesses to prove that the plaintiff was as­ saulted by the defendant's goat. Did the latter have any rebutting wit­ nesses?" "Only the goat. He seemed to do all the re-buttlng.* The Kind. "iflwy say the people in Saxony are eating dog m«at.'V-fit sreat be a ae»i of whine-er-wurst.M The Busy Season. "What are you going to talk shook in your next speech?" "I'm not going to make any apeeefc» during the next week or so," replied Senator Sorghum. "There's so ssafh regular work to be done that If I was to get a crowd together to staat around and listen to talk I wouldn't have any respect for my audience sad my audience wouldn't have any for me." J A man may be able to fool himself as to Ms Importance, but the neighbors are different. Nothing is more pointed tluui finger of scorn. >CatarHi SCHIFFMANN: CATARRHBALM m Learning to Swim." Swimming fs an accomplishment which everybody concedes that every­ body should possess, yet there are few good swimmers, and a large majority of the population is unable to swim at all. Until recent years the number of girls and women In America who could swim was so small that a woman swimmer was a person of note. The fashion of athletics for women has changed all that, and today almost every city pos­ sesses many Annette Kellermans. Every good swimmer is a potential lifesaver, besides being a better risk for life Insurance companies than he or slie would be If unuble to face with complacency the possible emergency of failing by sccidc;;t Into uwp wnU?r. Be­ sides the opportunities for learning to swim which are afforded during the summer time in the river and the lake, there are those presented in the nata- torlums, open all the year round. Any­ body not seriously crippled who will take the trouble can learn to swim, but the acquisition, of the stroke is espe­ cially easy'te young people.--llllwao- kee News. First Atlantic Steam Vessels. The first vessel fitted with steam en­ gines to cross the Atlantic was the Savannah, which reached Liverpool 90 years ago. The Savannah, a ship of 350 tons, bad sailed from the Georgia city for which she was named on May 24, 1819, the passage requiring nearly 27 days. Most of the voyage was made under sail, the coal supply huving .been exhausted after ten days at sea. Six years later the steamship Enter­ prise went from Falmouth, England, to the East Indies, the first voyage of the kind ever made. Regular naviga­ tion of the ocean between Europe and America was commenced in June, 1838, when the steamship Great Western crossed the Atlantic in 18 days. The Cunard line's first steamer, the Brltan- nlca, a side-wheeler, began secrlce to' Halifax and Boston in 1840. v il j v; /•-•mi *.sr »ipHE tencjer jelicacy of Libby'# I n|> t TV • J T1 /" -1* • k/ilCvu L/ncu ucci wiu surprise Tender--Delicate Sliced Beef , • - J) ' you. The care with which choice meat is selected, the skill with which it is prepared, giv§ ft the exceptionally fine flavoKw i I ts uniform slices will please yoU|̂ . ̂ " too. < Order Libby's Slice Pried Beef today. >cA-i v . . . * - v > ' • t f s*? • •« & ̂ •' V'l ' V Ti HiSHIWiiiiiiUiHiiiiSiiiiiiiiiiiiiliiiillMI Help Save the Canadian Harvest Heavy. Conversation overheard in a muni- thm canteen after a serving of some heavy and half-cooked pudding. Alf--This ere puddln' ain't half 'eavy stuff. Bill--That's nothing; My missus made some one day that we could not eat, so she gave it to our ducks. A few minutes later a little boy knocked at the door and said: "Missus Jones, yer ducks have sunk 1"--Pearson'* Weekly. iJpM Oar Own Harvest Reqniranents Are < - J United States Help Badly Needed If Harvest Hands Wanted Military demands from a limited population have made sudk a scarcity of farm help in Canada that thê appeal of the Canadian Government to the United States Government for r..: Help im im- isiSjitei: L U iMfcLi to Harvest the Canadian Cerate Crap at Meets with a request for all available t to GO FORWARD AS SOON AS OUR OWN CMP B The Allied Armies mint be fed and therefore it is nsoeasary to wr« wmtf Ml' Ci the crop of the Continent--American and Caaadia Those who respond to this appeal will get a Van Wrlrin, CM Wages, (M Burl as A card entitling the holder to a rate of one cent per mOe from QuMMtal - boundary pointa to destination and retura will be given to all harrest appHcaMaT . ̂ ̂Every fadtty wll be affocdad for nhnhrinn *ito Canada and mtmm to «i United States. 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