Falls City news., November 10, 1917, Image 2

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NEWWARTAX RULING J «
WORLI
OF
Law Applies to L ife Insurance. The­
ater Tickets.
Stocka and
Bonds,
IS IW ALL! BRITISH
OF UNITED-STATES
Merchant Marine Is First Line of
Naval Defense in This
War.
Public Utilities, t'igara*and Clear-
ettes
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
Increased Postal Kates Also
Are in Effect.
VESSELS WORK FOR ALLIES
New Agreement is^Greeted as
Most Momentous Event.
ARE FEEDING MANY LANDS
Tlireo-cent letter postage went Into
effect Friday o f last week, as an addl-
i tioual measure to increase the rev-
English
Freighters
Fight
U-Boats
j enues of the United States during the
Whlls Neutral Craft Ply to Safe
Y f i l l war Period. Postal cards double in
• U U price.
Zones— Half Tonnage Working
The postage on letters will be at the
for Franco Sent by England.
rate of 3 cents for every ounce or
(taction thereof, excepting drop let­
Loudon.— An analysis o f the pres­
Brents o f Noted People, Gore
ents ters mailed for delivery from the o f­ Interests in China Recognized. Open
fice at which they are posted, which
ent status o f Great Urltulu's merchant
Door Maintained Kra o f Good
and Pacific Northwest and Other
may be mailed at the rate of 2 cents
licet us affected by the war will Indi­
an ounce or fraction.
W ill Appears Inaugurated.
Things Worth Knowing.
cate more cloarly than any statement
Postal cants are required to be pre­
heretofore issued the extent to which
paid 2 cents, and therefore 1-cent pos­
tal cards must have a 1-cent stamp af­
the merchaut ninrliie has been ab­
fixed to them in addition to the 1-cent
sorbed into national service under llie
A t a meeting in Petrograd Saturday, stamp Impressed on such cards,
Washington. D. C.— Japan and the immediate coutrol o f the government.
representatives o f the whole Petrograd
Private mailing cards with written United States have reached a complete
There 1s no more emphatic proof
garrison passed under the guidance messages sent openly in the malls will
agreement in regard to China and at of the meaaure In which England has
and influence o f the Bolsheviki, the be transmitted at tbe rate of 2 cents
placed her resources at the disposal of
radical pacifist group.
There was each, payable by stamps to b© affixed the same time have arrived at a d ear
by the sender.
understanding as to military, naval the war cause than this analysis of the
great excitement in the city.
If less than 3 cents is prepaid on
merchant fleet's disposition.
British
In the region o f the Black Sea coast a letter or other tirst-clasa matter it and economic co-operation in the war ships are working for France, for Italy,
the Russians have driven the Turks will be returned to the sender. If against Germany.
I for the unfortunate neutral states that
from their first line and advanced in known, for the deficient postage. If
This momentous development was would be threatened with starvation
the sender is not known, it will. If
some places to the third line, the War prepaid at least 2 cents, be marked announced Wednesday by Secretary If the allies did not help to keep them
office announces. Large quantities o f with the deficient postage and sent to Lansing, who made public notes ex ­ alive. Troops, munitions, equipment,
arms and munitions were captured.
its destination for collection of the changed between him and Viscount food supplies huvo been brought from
Uhii. the special Japanese ambassador, all quarters o f the world In British
The first woman letter carrier, un­ amount due upon delivery.
The new rates are applicable to let­
uniformed, but with a government ters addressed for foreign delivery, formally recording an agreement rec­ *hl|>s, not exclusively for British con­
badge, was seen in Washington Wed- as follows: The Bahamas. Canada, ognising that Japan has a special in­ sumption, but for all of Brltulu's al­
Without the
neaday. She is on a light route, as an Cuba Barbados. British Guiana. Brit terest in China, but pledging the in­ lies and for neutrals.
experiment for women substitutes for ish Honduras, Dominican Republic, dependence and territorial integrity o f nrltlsh merchant marine the world's
men, owing to the shortage o f men.
| Dutch West Indies, England, Ireland, the great Eastern republic and re­ International commerce would be al­
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. Scotland. Wales, Leeward Islands. affirming the doctrine o f the “ open most at u standstill.
Five ships with a tonnage o f about Mexico, Newfoundland. New Zealand door” for commerce and industry.
A famous authority on shipping uml
25,000 thus far have been placed by alMj panama.
In a statement accompanying the
the American government at the d is-: W ith all of the above countries, by note Mr. Lansing said Viscount Ishii naval uffalrs recently pointed out that
poeal o f Italy for the transport o f sup- mutual agreement, the same rate of and the members o f his mission, now the merchant murine has become the
tlrst line o f naval defense In this w a r;
plies. Before the month is over an- postage as that prevailing at home
their way home, had performed a
and It Is literally true. A majority of
other 75,000 tons, it is said, w ill have: was charged for foreign delivery
service
o
f
the
highest
value
to
the
Postmasters have been Instructed
been turned over.
I. that the provisions of the order do not United States, as well as to Japan, by merchant ships are now armed, and
therefore take the same chance« ns
away
misunderstandings
Convinced that pro-German agencies affect the rates applicable to letters clearing
-hips.
They are uttacked by the
are at work to hinder the aircraft pro- to foreign countries other than those which, if unchecked, promised to de­
enemy on sight and they light the en­
duction program, officials believe a uamed, the rates for such remaining velop a serious situation in the Far
emy on sight.
drastic campaign against agitators may at 5
5 cents
ceDts for
,or the
lhe first
fir8t ounce and 3 East.
cents for each additional fraction.
Keep Out of Danger.
He
spoke
o
f
the
attitude
o
f
con­
be necessary, reaching to the spruce,
On pleasures and necessities alike
forests o f the Northwest, where the the war tax falls. It even applies to straint and doubt fostered by a cam­
Neutral vessels have sought the less
wood for airplanes is being cut.
life insurance, to theater parties, to paign o f falsehood adroitly and secretly dangerous tones o f o|>eraUon and ply
carried on by the Germnas and said their trade to waters far from the Ger­
Hog cholera killed enough animals stocks and bonds, to public utility
facilities, and to the manufacture of that, through the frankness and cor­ man submarine bases, where they may
last year to have fed one million sol-1
cigarettes
diality o f the Japanese commission­ reasonably be certain to remain un­
d ie rs a m e a t ration for five and a half I [ C‘ t As J a
„ part of , the
* " 1 war
.
revenue meas­ ers, the propaganda o f years had been
molested. To the British merchant fleet
months, the department o f Agriculture ure the tax is designed to aid the
undone in a few days.
Is left the uncomfortable duty o f serv­
announced Tuesday.
This enormous liberty loan in financing the nation's
Until Tuesday night, when an Asso­ ing In those waters where submarines
loss, the statement said, was unneces­ struggle for democracy. The follow­
ciated Press cable dispatch from Pekin ure thickest, where mines are strewn,
sary, as hog cholera to a large extent ing provisions of the measure have
been furnished by Milton A. Miller. announced that the Japanese ambassa­ whore the Germans show the least con­
can be prevented.
United States Collector o f Internal dor there had informed the Chinese cern for humanity, where every hour
Coal operators o f Colorado, Utah Revenue, for Portland:
foreign office o f the signing o f an
and every mile represents the serious
and W yoming have presented to the
agreement by Secrearty Lang Lug and
Individual Income Tax.
chunce o f death and destruction.
priority committee o f the W ar Indus­
Reports to be made between January 1 Viscount Ishii, it had not been known
The French ministry of mercantile
March 1, 1918, on income for entire genreally that the delicate Far East­
tries Board a request for a full car and
year of 11*17. Exemptions— Married per­
supply for mines in those states to meet sons. $2000; single persons. $1000. Collec­ ern question had been taken up at the marine has Issued a statement which
blank about January 1.
urgent fuel requirements, both for in­ tor can furnish
conferences between the commission­ sets forth the condition of the French
Corporations Income Tax.
merchant fleet. It is stated that the
dustrial and domestic use in the inter­
Reports to be made between January 1 ers and American officials.
French merchant marine amounts to
and March 1,. 1*18. covering the calendar
mountain section.
In
fact,
it
was
stated
authoritatively
year 1917.
$4,107,000 tons, o f which 2,100.000 tons
soon
after
the
mission’s
arrival
in
W a r Excess Profits Tax.
Because he opposed support o f the
Reports to be made between January 1 Washington that such problems would has been loaned to Frnuce by Great
government in its war policies and his and
March 1, . 1918. covering
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Britain. Thus It uppears that half the
the calendar
congregation called for his resignation, year 1917, by individuals, partnerships not be touched upon and, as the con­ tonnage working for Frnnre is furnish­
ferences
progressed,
the
general
un­
and
corporations.
Exemptions—
Individu­
the Rev. J. L. Taylor, pastor o f the als. and partnerships, $6,000; corporations,
ed by Great Britain. This Is particu­
First Baptist church, leading one o f $3000. Blanks may be procured about derstanding was that such subjects as larly Interesting In view of the well-
Japan’s need for steel for shipbuilding
that denomination in Savanah, Ga., January 1.
W a r T a x on Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, and American gold for trade balances known fact that French shipping has
announced that he would leave his pul­
Etc.
been dealt with rnther tenderly by the
were engrossing attention.
pit next Sunday night.
One-half of this tax became effective
It now develops that these latter German submarines.
coincident with the passage of the act
4. upon the floor stock of all deal­ questions have been left to the resi­
The greatest o f French shipping cor­
A dispatch to the London Exchange October
ers. Inventory must be made as of that
Telegraph from Amsterdam says Gen­ date and filed with the Collector of Inter­ dent ambassador, Aimao Sato, to work porations has been particularly fortu­
Revenue at once. Forms may be pro­ out with the proper officials o f the nate In this regard, and a curious ex-
eral von Berrer,
commanding the nal
cured at 210 Custom-house. On and after
Wurttemburg armies on the northeast­ November 1 all manufacturers or Import­ American government.
must pay the full rate of tax on all
Comment on the dispatch from Pe­
ern front, was killed Friday while vis­ ers
such articles sold.
kin wa3 withheld because o f an under­
itin g the trenches near Riga. General
W a r T a x on Facilities Furnished by
It
standing between the two governments
Public Utilities.
von Berrer had a prominent share in
SENATOR BANKHEAD
This tax becomes effective November 1, that the announcement should be made
the capture o f the Russian positions in 1917;
monthly returns to be made there­
CARRIES “ BIG STICK" g
Washington
and
this region.
after showing amount of business tran­ simultaneously at
sacted, and tax to be paid thereon at the Tokio.
Warren K. Billings, under sentence rate of 3 per cent. E x p r e s s co m p an ies
Washington. — Senator Bank-
are affected likewise and pay a tax of 1
o f life imprisonment for murder grow­ cent for each 20 cents of the express
head o f Alabama startled his
S.
WAR
MISSION
LANDS
charges.
Also
on
passenger
fares
a
tax
ing out o f a bomb explosion in San
colleagues by stalking Into the
of 8 per cent on the amount paid for such
F’rancisco,
in
July,
1916, which transportation, except for commutation
chamber Just before the recent
claimed ten victims, was refused a season tickets on trips less than 30 miles, Delegates Are in England to Discuss
adjournment with the aid of a
and on tickets costing less than 35 cents.
hearing by the state supreme court on Tax In every case to be paid by the party
Prosecution o f Conflict.
hickory stick six feet long. The
paying
for
such
transportation.
his application fo r a new trial. The
senator is no lightweight and he
Washington,
D.
C.
—
An
American
W
a
r
T
a
x
on
Insurance.
state appellate court recently denied
towera over the average man.
On life insurance a tax of 8 cents on mission landed in England Wednesday
his appeal.
each $1000 lasued on and after November
but a prop go entirely out o f all
1, 191 1 . On marine. Inland, fire and cas­ on the eve o f the opening o f the first
accepted
proportions
caused
Belated returns to the food adminis­ ualty Insurance on same date a tax of lc great war conference in which the
comment
for each $1 or fraction of premium paid
United States will participate.
tration Tuesday raised the total num­ for such Insurance.
Senator Knox's curiosity w h s
ber o f pledges received in last w eek’s
Colonel Edward M. House, President
W a r Excise Taxes.
such that he demanded an ex­
On and after November 1, 1917, a tax of Wilson’s personal friend and adviser,
intensive food-pledge card campaign to 3 per
cent on the sale price of all automo­
planation.
well above 7,000,000.
Complete re­ biles, automobile trucks, automobile w a g ­ is the officially designated representa­
“ It ’s the stoutest bit of wood
ons
and
motorcycles, all piano players, tive o f the United States.
ports are expected to send up the total graphophones,
He
is
ac­
phonographs, talking ma­
ever cut in Virginia," said the g
to 10,000,000, the administration’s chines and records; all Jewelry, real or companied by a staff representing
owner.
goal, for the week, and extension of Imitation; all ten n is rackets, golf clubs, every war agency in the United States.
baseball hats, lacrosse sticks, balls of all
“ Quite a good deal of it,” ob­
the campaign through this week in kinds. Including baseballs, footballs, ten­
The date and place o f the conference
served the Pennsylvania senator.
most o f the states probably w ill carry nis, golf, lacrosse, billiard and pool balls, have not been made public, though the
fishing rods and reels, billiard and pool
“ Do you know that if that stick
it well beyond that figure.
tables, chess and checker-boards and understanding here is that the sessions
were cut in two, and one o f the
pieces, dices, games and parts of games are about to begin.
Arrangements for supplying cap­ (except children’s games and toys); a tax
parts hud a nice sliver bead on
In
a
statemnet
accompanying
his
of 2 per cent on cosmetics, pills, powders.
tured Americans with food and cloth­ lozenges, etc.; 2 per cent on chewing gum: announcement S ecretary f.ansiniz em-
It, It would make a most appro­
tax In all these cases to be paid by the announcement, secretary uansing em
ing in the German prison camps have
priate gift for a friend?"
manufacturer, Importer, or producer, with | phasized the fact that this gathering
been made through the Red Cross, a tax of one-half these percentages on ig to be a war conference and nothing
“ Not on your life,” responded
which has a committee in Switzerland stocks on hand October 4,
the gentleman from Alabama,
else,
charger]
with
mapping
out
a
plan
W a r T ax on Admission, and Dues.
to send rations and other necessaries
quick to reject the hint. "This
A tax of 1 cent on each 10 cents or o f
campaign against Germany to
at regular intervals. As the number fraction thereof charged by any theater,
was sent to me by a friend. I am
“ bring the conflict to a speedy and
moving
picture
show,
etc.,
for
admission,
o f Americans in German hands in­ except In cases of theaters making a satisfactory end.”
going to take it down home if
creases it may be necessary to make maximum charge of 5 cents. A tax of 10
you fellows ever get through
cent of the amount paid as dues or
further provision for them through the per
wind-jamming here and adjourn.
ini Ration fees In any athletic or social
12,000,000 Company Forms.
Spanish ambassador in Berlin, who is club, when such annual dues are In ex­
It w ill be Just the thing for me
North
Bend,
Or.—
Formation
o
f
the
cess
of
$12
per
year.
The
tax
becomes
caring fo r American interests there.
to use when I go prowling
effective November 1, 1917.
Consolidated Lumber & Tim ber com­
around my farm.”
W a r T ax Stamps.
The first arrests for smuggling un­
Stamp taxes will apply to bonds, stocks, pany at Cleveland, O., with a capital­
der the embargo section o f the espion­ deeds, notes, entry of goods, wares, etc.,
ticket to foreign countries, power ization o f $2,000,000, to take over the
age act and the President’s proclama­ passage
of attorney, and playing cards.
Also a Buehner mill and timber is annouened
tion in connection with it, were made tax of 1 cent for each 25 cents paid on
Gains 200 Pounds as Soldier.
J. A. Slattery, o f Portland; E.
parcel
post
shipments,
beginning
with here.
Thursday, Frank Stolaroff, a Douglas, November 1, 1917. These stamps may
Syracuse, N. Y.— There is nothing
be J. Maskee, o f Columbus, O., and S.
A riz., merchant, and six Mexicans be­ purchased from the Collector of Internal
Larson are named as stockholders. The the matter with United States army
ing taken into custody by customs offi­ Revenue or from the Postoffice.
purchase price is reported as $1,650,- “ chuck."
W a r Estate Taxes.
cers.
The officers confiscated two
A w ar tax on all estates, the tax being 000.
Sergeant
Imhoff,
quartermaster’s
Mr. Slattery has an option on
wagonloads o f shoes and other mer­ graduated and ranging from 1 per cent up
to 10 per cent of the net worth of the the Buehner holdings, the first pay­ corps, stationed at the Syracuse expan­
chandise.
estate.
ment being due November 20.
Henry sion camp, retired after living on
Buehner said he did not know whether Uncle Sam’s "chuck” for twenty-seven
From Thursday until Borne undeter­
Dynamite'Plot|Fails.
years.
the deal would go through.
mined tim e in the future, the Denver
Aberdeen, Wash.— The Northern Pa­
Imhoff weighed 125 when he enlisted
mint w ill turn out nothing but pennies cific gas car from Pacific Beach ran
and 825 when he retired, and, as he Is
Peace Believed Nearer.
__600,000 o f them a day— to relieve
Amsterdam— Dr. Gustav Gross, pres­ said to be the largest soldier in the
the need fo r great numbers of coppers over a stick o f dynamite Monday be­
low Stearnsville without exploding it. ident o f the Austrian lower house, at world, credit cannot be withheld.
caused by the war tax bill.
The dynamite had been fastened on the the opening o f Tuesday’s session o f
The Iow a State Executive Council rail, and on the roadbed between the that body, according to a dispatch from
Draft Leaves Only Aliens.
has adjourned until November 5. I f two rails were other sticks o f dyna­ Vienna, referred to the Italian defeat
Weirtown, W. Va.— The selective
returns are complete, the council will mite, evidently expected to be ex­ as follows: “ Above all we may rejoice draft will leave only foreigners In this
on that day begin t^e canvass o f the ploded by the first one. Whether there that the prospects o f peace have im­ steel mill town. O f the 950 registrants
vote cast in the recent election in Iowa was any cap attached to the first stick proved. and that our former ally, Italy, here it has been found that 700 are
on
the
constitutional
prohibition or not is not known. Sheriff Jeff Bar- which for more than two years was
aliens who are exempt from military
amendment, which apparently was de­ tell, who was notified by the railway such a menace to our southern fron­
service. PracUcaily every physically
feated by a m ajority o f at least 1000 officials o f the attempt to blow up the tier, it may be hoped, soon w ill be fit American will be taken In tbe first
train,
is
at
Stearnsville,
investigating.
struck
from
the
list
o
f
our
enemies.”
votes.
National army.
COMPILED
FOR
I
INTRIGUE IS DOWNED
WORKS FOR NATIONAL UNITY
plnnutlon of the fact Is current In both
France and England. It Is that this
corporation represents a large Invest­
ment by one o f the most powerful and
Influential religious orders of the lto-
man Catholic, and that the Germans
have made it a policy not unnecessarily
to glvo offense In Ibis quarter. Second­
ly, It Is a matter of frequent note that
certain French ships are always per­
mitted to escape, while Other vessels
In the same waters are Invariably at­
tacked.
Almost Cut Off.
France Is now almost ns completely
cut off from the privilege of commerce
with her neighbors by land as Is Groat
Britain. To put It III the reverse, she
Is almost us dependable on shipping
us England. Before the war. accord­
ing to the French ministry of marine,
France Imported by laud 18,000,000
tons nnnunlly. while last year her
lm|>orts by land amounted to only 1.-
000.000.
Inasmuch as Iho total of
Imports In 1910 was 4 l.000.0is> tons, the
proportion received by land Is very
small Indeed.
Inasmuch as France Is
at present much less capable of liv­
ing within Itself than Is England, by
reason of the necessity particularly to
Import metals and coal. It may fairly
be said that France Is even more de­
pendent upon maintaining her touch
with the sea than Is England.
The French government Is co-oporat-
lug with Kngluud In every possible
way to Increase the production o f new
tonnage ; but France’s contribution
must necessarily be smull compared
In those of England and the United
States.
The French minister o f mnrlne said
that Great Britain would shortly have
to recall a part o f the 700 vessels
which she had lent to Franco. British
needs are increasing rapidly, nml no
vessel will ho recalled from the serv­
ice o f an ally unless It Is agreed be­
tween the two countries that It Is
more necessary to Engluml than to tho
ally.
The British nation before the war
was Importing 88,000,000 tons o f goods
a year, which fell to 43.000,000 tons In
1016 and will be coiislderuhly further
reduced this year.
Before tho war
foodstuffs represented less tl an 25 per
cent o f the Imports; in 1016 two-thirds
o f nil Imports consisted o f foodstuffs,
munitions of wor and the manufacture
o f war supplies.
Theodore N. Null, who Is head of the
League for Nutlotml Unity, organised
recently with the approval o f I’rest-
dent Wilson, Is prepuling nil Intrusiva
campaign f<>r the nnl flea ihm of public
opinion lu the «n r. Mr. Vail Is pres­
ident of the American Telegraph und
Telephone company.
WANTS TO SHINE SHOES
FOR PERSHING’S ARMY
l*tu*t»lo, Coin. Thonm* l*rt«*«\
twenty seven, n
l»o<>t*
l»Jnrk here, want» the Job «»f
MlitnlniC *hoe* for Oeiternl Per
n I i I h ^' s Stimuli«»* "over there.’*
111* rrli»i»!e<l condition prevent»»
hiut from entering the nrtnjr,
i
h»* hit* written I ■reel«lent Wllmin, \
r«%
i|tie*»flnt? Ilmt lie be given a I
elmnee to "do til* bit.'*
<
"t uni told lbut Mohller* h a ve 1
to keep their boot* pollfltied," i
wrote Pile«», who cunducti n J
shoe-whlnlng parlor her*», "ttnd <
that lin y have to do It them* ]
«telves. If you cun tntike u pin»*«» i
f«»r tin* to do the »hitting for t
them I don't think you'll find me <
h itting on the Job.**
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GET LEATHER FROM SHARKS
Club for Army Officers.
Loudon.—Officers o f the American
Serlsa of Tests by Government Show* forces on leave In London or passing
That Product le Durable and
through will soon have u regular Amer­
Satisfactory.
ican cluli where they ran while away
their spare time. Lord I.oconfield has
New London, Conn.— A contract for given up his palullal home In Chester­
1.000 shark hooks, .100 to tie completed field gardens and a committee o f the
In ten days and 700 In twenty days a f­ Pilgrims are busy transforming it Into
ter the first consignment, has been one of the cosiest Hubs In the city. It
awarded by the government to J. W. « III he ut (ho disposal o f the American
Fordham, a blacksmith, o f this vi­ officers within a few weeks.
cinity.
Pet Dog Shipped Back.
There are to be three varieties of
book, eleven, ten and nine inches In
Oscoda, Mich. Bill HlggerstofTs pot
length. A chain and swivel are to be fox dog Is buck. The last Bill saw o f
attached to each hook.
tho dog was in December when he
It is reported from n Washington started u fox. He never wus know«
correspondent that the government is to return without the fox before, some­
about to prospect In u new leather times being out as long ns a week.
field, that o f shark skins. In n se­ But this time lie came back In a bng-
ries o f tests a durable und satisfac­ gage cur with a note from a man near
tory leather bus been evolved from Grand Marais, 250 mites nwuy, who
the skins of these fish. It Is believed found the dog there starving two
Bill will send the d o t
there is no reason why nn Industry weeks ago.
out tilts winter after the same ft
may not be profitably started.
WOUNDED ARE GIVEN BEST OF CARE
Imve been cured they are given wheel
chillis which they propel with their
hands and sent down to llie prome­
nade foi tin- sen nlr. I sa w ^ r^ .iy
funny tilings on that prom eu-.d^1 The
favorite sport was for iibout fifty of
Ihese men. some without legs, some
without arms, to Join their chairs lo-
gether and. after getting up speed,
play at ‘creek the whip.’ Then there
Many American Girls Among Nurses would lie Jousting matches, the men
charging at each other with their
on the Western Front— Man W i t h
chairs. The winner was the one who
Artificial Hand Pulla G re w -
succeeded In throwing the other lima
eome Joke on Visitors.
out o f Ids chair. Frequently the re­
sults doctors Imd secured after mouths
Washington.— “ The hospital service Of painful Work were undone in lids
on the western front Is excellent,” mild way.
Lieutenant -------- , o f tho Royal Fly­
“ It used lo lie funny nnd sometimes
ing corps. “ I ought to know. I've pathetic to see the men trying out
had enough experience with it. Every­ their nrtlflcinl limbs. There were two
thing Is done to make the less seri­ long Iron rails supported by posts be­
ously wounded nmn comfortable, nnd tween which the men with artificial
no effort is spared to save the more legs would practice. They would grip
critically wounded mnn's life.
the rails with their hands and walk
" I used to get Into the hospital at from one end o f the path to the other.
Boulogne so often that the nurses got Tho stunt wns to turn around with
to know me very well.
They ure hands off the rails. Many a time I
splendid women, these nurses, nnd have seen u man go sprawling when
there are more American girls among one o f his legs went out from uiuler
them than you might suppose. They him.
got to saying ‘he’s back ognln,' after
Rather Grewtome Joke.
I had been there four or five times. I
"There wns one chap nt Ramsgate
seldom heard them because I usually
who used to have n great deal o f fun
was unconscious.
But they always
out of nn artificial hand. It got to n
gave me my favorito bed and the at­
point whero his companion Invalids
tendants I liked best.
would make him pledge that ha
"One Thursday morning, after I had wouldn’t pull his ’hand Joke' when
been unconscious for more than a they Introduced him to tlielr women
week, I woke up In England, Instead friends.
o f at Boulogne. I knew then that I
" 'You’re right,’ he’d said, ’that Joke
must have been seriously Injured. The Is pretty crude. I won’t pull It again.'
men most seriously injured— those not But when the time for the Introduo-
expected to live— usually are sent to tlon camo the Impulse was Irresistible.
Ramsgate. From London I went to The chap would put out his false baud
Ramsgate. They have a wonderful for tho girl to shake and then would
hospital there.
pull his nrm nway, leaving the hand
Take the 8ea Air.
in her grip. More than once I've seen
“ Down along the water-front there that hand drop on the hard floor o f
Is a great promenade. It is perhaps the promenade while the girl shrieked
i
75 feet wide. When 'hopeless' cases In horror.”
Officer, Many Times Injured, Loud
in Praise of Hospital
Service.
TELLS OF HIS EXPERIENCES
A " " *