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TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1914.
“Soldiers of Peace,”
In an article on “Soldiers of Peace” j
in the Sunday Magazine, describing i
esspecially the work of the summei
military instruction camps, Secretary
of War Garrison says:
“Whenever anything pertaining to
the army is mentioned most persons
think of regiments, bullets, blood
shed, hatred and war. I fear that we
as a nation have not (he proper at
titude toward the army . Too many
of us fail to discriminate between war
and the function of the army there
to. For the soldier, whose very pres
ence is a protection against unjust
force, the people have a negligent at
titude, if not one of outright dis
approval. 1 must confess that I can
not on any reasonable ground ac
count for this, and I am extremely de
sirous that the people of the United
States should know about the army
and should have that pride in it which
it merits, which it is very desirable
for the people themselves that they
should feel; because the people can
add much to the army's usefulness
if they w-ill but give it its -due ap
preciation. A department of the gov
ernment is misnamed when it is call
ed the department of ‘war,’ if in the*
aggregate it has been used less often
for warfare than for the continuance
of peace, the safeguarding of life and
the preservation of property. The
War Department of the United States
stamps out disease, promotes com
merce, works for human welfare in
the tropics, helps open up the frozen
norih to settlement, and, above all,
is actively engaged in educational
work. * . * The increased in
terest in the military needs of our
country—not only among students,
but among educated people every
where—is very gratifying. 1 am sure
that if our citizens only knew more
about the subject of‘national defen
ses, and the ways and means vital to
a proper state of ‘preparedness,’ the
War Department would not have to
beg consideration of its projects, but
the people themselves would demand
their carrying out. 1 feel, therefore,
that the plan devised to increase the
country’s military efficiency without
increasing the army to the ratio of
strictly military nations is a happy
one. It would provide opportunities
for hundreds of young men to be
come both good soldiers and good
artisans, so that proficiency in one
line would not be at the cost of the
other.”
The going out of the ice at Dawson
this year seems to have been the
cause of more discord to the square
foot than was ever before engender
ed in Dawson. If there had not
been something like twenty thousand
dollars staked in the pools on the
exact minute when the ice would go
out, the discord would not have been
engendered, hatred would not have
rankled and enemities would not have
been incubated. As it was, however,
most of the’ pools were declared oft
and several men who confidently be
lieved they had won all the way from
fifty to six thousand dollars, had to
be content with getting their ven
ture money back, which, in the cix
thousand dollar pools, was one hun
dred dollars, sixty men going in. to
that extent, one for every minute in
the hour, the winner being accorded
the entire “pot"—if things had work
ed ont as they were expected to work.
That the exact time of the going out
of the ice was to have been .determ
ined by the blowing of a whistle
fastened by a wire to a fixture on
the :ce, the moving of the latter to
pull open the whistle. But it appears
that some fellow, in his zeal to delay
the sounding of the whistle for a
minute, or until it was time for his
gueo« to win, ut the whistle wire.
Hence, the discord. Now, Dawson
ites say there will not be any gam
bling on the going out of the ice in
future years.—Ex.
You can “whip” Carnation milk, but
you can’t “beat’’ it. Come and see for
yourself at Blum & Co.’s tomorrow.
George Herman, the Port Wells
miner, came up yesterday from 'his
mine. ’ •
GIRL WIL TRY AN
ATLANTIC FLIGHT
Milll Basse, Famous 6arman
Aviator, to Make Attempt.
HAS HAD MANY ACCIDENTS.
Undaunted by Breaking Her Leg Five
Times and Nose Three Times—Con
ducts School For Aviators and Super
intends Erection of Her Own Ma
chines.
Berlin.—Melli Beese. Germany’s fa
mous woman aviator, announces her
intention of trying for the great honor
of being the first air pilot to fly across
the Atlantic, for which purpose she is
constructing her own hydroaeroplane.
Melli Beese is widely known not only
as a daring flier and as Germany’s only
woman aeroplane pilot, but as the only
woman in the world who conducts a
flying school, of which she herself Is
the principal, and who makes a busi
ness of designing and manufacturing
flying machines. A small, lithe figure.
Frau Beese is a benutiful woman of
about thirty. She won n pilot’s license
more than four years ago, the first to
be granted to a woman in Germany.
She Is not discouraged by the fact that
she has broken her legs in five places,
sustained fractures of several ribs and
has broken her nose three times in
tumbles out of the air. These acci
dents, she declares, were the fault of
her teachers and did not happen when
she herself was at the wheel.
When seen at the Johannisthal flying
field, where more than 300 machines
are stationed. Frau Beese said: “Yes, I
am going to be among those who will
be the first to try to fly across the At
lantic. If I cannot be the first to pilot
a flying machine to America at least 1
want to be the first woman to achieve
that honor. I am constructing a new
type of hydroaeroplane, which will be
Photo by American Press Association.
MKLbi he use.
completed in a few weeks. 1 will test
it thoroughly on the North sea. and If
it proves satisfactory it will serve as a
model for a larger crnft to be used In
a transatlantic attempt next spring. I
will begin work on the big machine
this summer. I will personally pilot
my machine, assisted by my husband
and two mechanics. My designs are
for a craft that will be able to cross
the ocean In thirty-five hours."
Frau Beese some time ago married
one of her pupils. She has turned out
about forty pilots from her school. She
now owns six aeroplanes. Speaking of
thp development of aviation, she said:
"The future development of aviation
so far as the sport is concerned, espe
cially for women, lies upon the- water,
where it is easy to fly and there Is lit
tle danger. It Is only when the manu
facturers recognize this that flying will
attain the popularity it deserves.”
Frau Beese said that German boys
who formerly ran off to sen to become
sailors are now brought by their par
ents to the flying school to be turned
Into pilots, although they are not al
ways promising material. She said
that women learn the art much easier
than men. except the mechanical
knowledge. They have more presence
of mind than the men and act quickly
in an emergency. Unfortunately all
her women pupils take out marriage
licenses before the end of the course
and marry pilots instead of taking out
pilots’ licenses.
WHEN DYING GETS SIGHT.
For on Hour Procoding Doath Could
8eo Hio Rolativoo.
Willows, Cal.—Before dea$h took him
from his family W. D. Martin, eighty
six years of age, after years of blind
ness, had the satisfaction of seeing for
an hour the faces of his loved ones
and of taking a farewell look, at earth.
The aged man had been blind and
helpless for years and for a few weeks
prayed earnestly that sight should be
restored to him for once before he died.
&s prayer was answered, ns for an
hour he could see .and recognise those
around his bed. Then he became blind
again.
He had no disease, but was .simply
worn out with the Infirmities of ad
vanced years.
SPRING FEVER BULLETIN OUT.
Rulei For Diet and Dress to Counter
act Lassitude.
New York.—A list of instructions for
the fighting of spring fever wns issued
by the Young Men's Christian associa
tion in a health bulletin for members.
It urges first of all that “neither gin
rickeys and highballs nor beer should
be used as a cure for spring fever,”
adding that neither medicine nor al
coholic drinks of any kind can cure
that malady. The real cause of the
general lnssitude of office folk these
days, the bulletin asserts, is the clog
ging up of the body with food beyond
the amount necessary to supply the
proper amount of bent units.
The bulletin urges the observation of
these health rules:
"Cat lightly. The body doesn’t need
the amount of food that it does in win
ter.
"Exercise regularly. Help nature by
training down.
“The man with the paunch may look
prosperous, but It's dollars to dough
nuts he’d feel better without the ab
dominal hump.
“Dress for the season. Discard your
heavy winter clothing, but do it grad
ually.
“Breathe in plenty of fresh air to
wasli the blood and help carry off
waste.
“Most people experience a distaste
for fat foods at this season. It is a
good thing. Slum fat foods. Your body
doesn’t need them.
“Eat plenty of fresh vegetables and
fruits. A tasty salad is more beneficial
than steak.’’
CAT SWIMS RIVER TWICE.
Seemingly Lonesome When Owner Is
Absent For a Few Days.
Denver.—Braving the waters of the
Grand river rather than stay on a
ranch alone, Murphy, a Maltese tom
cat belonging to Ad Hockett, n
wealthy rancher of Dotsero, Colo.,
swam a mile when ho was left on the
ranch while Hockett went to Glenwood
Springs on a business trip.
The day after Hockett left his ranch
Murphy went to the river bank, where
he sat for an hour and then swam the
stream to the opposite side, where he
sought company at a neighboring
ranch.
Four days later, when Hockett re
turned and found Murphy missing, he
began a search for his mascot.
Standing on the river bank, he saw
his cat swimming back. When Mur
phy reached the shore he Jumped on
his master's shoulder.
At the point where Murphy swam
the river the stream is treacherous, and
several men have been, swept down the
stream by the swift current.
FIND BATTLE MAP
OF NEW ORLEANS!
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Bears Signatures of Those Who
Fought Behind Cotton Bales.
New Orleans.—Interest In the slum
bering cotton bale theory of the battle
of New Orleans has been aroused by
the finding of a water color picture
map of the original battle plan in an
abandoned trunk In the cellar of a ho
tel. Little is known about the draw
ing or the other contents of the trunk,
which has remained uunotlced for
years In a dark corner.
Five veterans of the battle bad add
ed their signatures to the remarkable
map to attest the fact that It is a true
representation of the battle plan as
made under the direction of Andrew
Jackson by his military engineer, H.
Laclotte. It shows a line of cotton
bales, which a marginal note says was
1,000 feet long, with a prolongment ex
tending 000 feet Into the woods. Some
historians deny the story about the
use of cotton bales.
The five veterans who say they
fought behind cotton bales were Jo
seph St. Cyr, Jean Lamonthe, P. M.
La pice, Charles Raymond and Jean
Gervais. Pen pictures of these men
appear in the footnotes.
^ A full view of the Chalmette field is
given, and the veteran draftsmen have
set forth the placing of the different
I commands and the plan of nttack and
defense.
It is thought the map and the trunk
In which it was found were the prop
erty of a former patron of the hotel
who took "French leave."
EXILE DIED IN 104TH YEAR.
Baron de Turekheim Was an Intimate
Friend of Chopin.
Montreux, Switzerland.—Baron Fer
dinand de Turckhelm, a French Alsa
tlnn exile since the Prussian conquest,
died here in bis one hundred and
fourth year. He was an Intimate
friend of Chopin and celebrated his one
hundred and third birthday on March
31 by playing some manuscript pieces
presented to him by the composer.
Baroness de Turckhelm. who was
bom in 1819 and to whom be was
married in 1843. is still livipg and was
at her husband's bedside when he died.
.--.Girl Poison* Two Wolvo*.
. fountain Home. Ark.—Miss Anna
Adams, daughter of B. B. Adams of
Big Fiat. poisoned two wolves a few
nights ago .that bad killed a goat for
her the day before. She put poison In
the carhass. nnd nest morning when 1
she went out to see tbe results there
were two black timber wolves stretch
ed out dead. Tbe larger of tbe pair
weighed eighty-four pounds.
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