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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1914-06-26
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for the men of its ranks who may fall
victims to the white plague. A few
years later he was sent to Alaska.
As sanitary of1cer he has few equals,
and last year he did excellent work in
the West in the food district, where
his efficiency in this line prevented the
epidemics which Invariably follow a
disaster OF this kind. Major Hutton
was the sanitary ofticer at the encau9-
ment held at Gettysburg last sumG9
on tho occasion OF the fiftieth ami
versary OF the Battle of Gettysburg.
About forty thousand men were in
camp and the task Of sanitation was
a colossal one but Major Hutton came
out victorious. for there was practical
ly no illness among the men.
Hospital Corps Always In Danger.
Few people realize the danger which
the men of the Hospital Corps un-
dergo. Always close to the firing line
carrying the desperately wounded to
places Of safety, or at a first aid sta
ton patching up men who are only
slightly wounded 30 that they may
return to the lines, or'dressing wounds
OF the men who must be transported
to the field hospital. All day long
they work surrounded by shot and
shell. While the army Of a civilized
nation would not IRE on q Hospital
Corps man 1t Is a well-lSnown fact that
many OF them were killed, perhaps
untntentionatly, during the Japanese
Russian War, and in the Balkan trou-
bles as well.
Men who are In action must not
leave the lines to attend to the
wounded unless they are lighting an
unciviliEed nation and the battle Is
going against them. The Hospital
Corps alone Is expected TO handle tbs
wounded. They are also charged with
the duty of looking after matters OF
sanitation as wen.
A busy set Of soldiers are these
brave boys who are enlisted IN this
branch OF the serytcsg
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become exhausted.
The bolo knife comes into use here,
as by its aid any kind OF wood can
be chopped into splintS. A wound in
the head must be quickly bandaged.
The tourniquet Is, OF course, used to
stop hemorrhages. Anomalies spirits
Of ammonia is frequently used as a
stimulant, In extreme cases first aid
has been given just outside the firing
line However, the Hospital Corps
makes every effort to reach the hrst
aid station with the wounded. Here
personnel ceases. At this station first
aid bandages are applied and the hem
orrhages are stopped. nothing further
being attempted there.
1t then devolves upon the Ambu-
lance Corps to transport the patients
to the dressing station OF to the field
hospital-in many instances to both,
The dressing station is usually located
at some protected point behind a hill
half mile or more in the rear Of
the firing line. At this point the
wounded receive food and stimulants,
such as broth, coffee, chocolate,t etc..
a kitchen being attached to the dress
ing station where some sort Of food
Is always In readiness for injured SOL
diers. At this point the bandages arc
readJusted and broken bones re-
splinted In order that the patients may
be transported to the field hospital
located from one to three miles dis
tant at some sheltered point. Each
field hospital accommodates one hun
bred and eight patients but can be
made to hold two hundred ana SIX
teen in great emergency. There are
four of these field hospitals for each
division-one behind each brigade and
one in reserve which can be set IN ON
the field after the battle-the hospitals
going to the wounded In place OF the
wounded coming to them thus saving
the pain Of transpo rtation. All sorts
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yards in the rear of the firing line.
Some times a stretcher is used and
at others the man is carried on the
back of one of the Hospital Corps in
such a manner as the exigencies Of
the case demand. These men are
taught just how to handle the wound
ed in the most comfortable way to
the injured man. Frequently badly
shattered limb must be bound up at
once and this is sometimes done by
bandaging the limb and then using q
rifle and bayonet as splints; straw,
grass or anything soft which can be
found nearby is used as a padding
between the inside bandages and the
ride bayonet spllnts. This keeps the
broken bones from grinding together
while the man is being transported to
the hospital. Broken arms are bound
up In this way except that the bayonet
only Is used. Very often the splints
carried In the hospital corps pouch
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emy's troops must be able to ny over
high mountains and his engine must
oe tested out before. Fortincations
are at the mercy of the aerial photog-
rapher. as he may point his camera d.
rectly over them and get an absolutely
perfect reproduction OF their plans,
strength and size OF guns.
Foreign countries have come to re-
gard the aeroplane as danger as well
as aid and there Is an international
Law on the other side which prohibits
the aeroplanist of another country
from flying across the border without
special permission OF the country to
be visited. The arrest Of the German
Balloonlsts and the destruction of the
balloon by the French Government re-
Gently are still fresh in the mind Of
the reader. Time and again this has
occurred on Russian soil, for that
country seems to be suspicious not
only of all other lands, but those in
authority seem to fear even their own
subjects who are not allowed to soar
anywhere near fortifoations. So far
the only regulation against flying in
this country is the order of the Presl-
dent, which forbids flying over the
Panama Canal.
o. S. Has Few Air Scouts.
The United States has fewer air
scouts In proportion to the size of its
army and navy than any other coun-
try. In Europe aerial defense in war
Is regarded as absolutely essential.
and millions of dollars have been spent
on air eutlfpment
That our army and navy are not
better equipped along these lines Is
due to the doubling Thomas" Con-
gress. who always wants to see results
quick. The Mexican crisis has done
much toward gaining better equip
ment for the brave air scouts who
gather news by flying over the heads
Of the enemy. Even now aerial pho-
Biography is still in its infancy. and
who can predict as the science adj
vances Just how far reaching It's pos
sibilities may be and how history may
be changed by the aerial camera?
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might have located the Japs ana their
work and saved the Russians at least
from the great loss which occurred in
the battle that followed. Perhaps, in
dee ID, an aeroplane might have turned
thi$ war into a Russian victory. Again.
when the Spanish fought the Moors
in Morocco an aeroplane sent out from
Mellla could undoubtedly have located
the Moors In their ambush In the
hills. Photographs OF these places
would certainly have prevented the
slaughter Of the Spaniards which oc-
CURED SO many times. Spain was
compelled to depend upon Moorish
spies for her information and these
were far from reliable. On one oc-
casion the Moors dressed up number
of dogs in white muslin in order to
draw the fire of the spaniards. They
succeeded and then surrounded and
a whole company of
Spanish soldiers. An aeroplane would
without question have prevented this.
During the war between Turkey and
Italy the air scouts Shopping" about
located the enemy time and again, and
on several occasions prevented battles
from taking place in which thousands
OF lives might have been sacrificed
Again, photography played Its part In
the Balkan War, when a magnificent
of the Battle of Adrianople
was made by Bulgarian air scout.
This picture was actually taken while
the battle was in progress. The scout
then flew back to the Bulgarian head
quarters and reported the strength of
the Turkish forces. In the end
Adrianople fell and the Turks were
defeated. and who can deny that the
information brought by the flying
man" did not figure largely in the
victory.
Value OF Altitude Flying.
The value of altitude flying can be
readily understood from military
standpoint for in case OF war battles
are not infrequently fought in noun
famous places and the air scout in
order to get the Information as to
the location and numbers of the en-
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Corps are always with the line. Each
regiment or each part OF a regiment
acting independently has its own Hos
pital Corps, and on these men devolve
the task of caring for the wounded of
this part of the army. They have
nothing OF the excitement Of the fight
ing for there is sort of delightful
excitement in sending a bullet into
the enemy's line when he is trying
to pump steel into yours. The Hos
pital Corps men advance with the line,
ever on the alert to drag a wounded
man to safety.
Every soldier and officer in the army
now carries little first aid package
and II not too badly wounded he may
use this himself and be saved at least
from infection until the Hospital Corps
men can reach him. The first aid
package consists of an antiseptic abb
sorbent gauze bandage wrapped in
oiled paper and Theoretically sealed.
Two safety pins are also enclosed. 1t
can be opened by simply pulling the
ring attached to the box. The whole
thing weighs but three and one-half
ounces. and Is carried in a pocket in
the uniform made especially for this
purpose. Each of the Hospital Corps
men are equipped with the regulation
Hospital Corps pouch. This contains
Ia knife which has a corlSscrew at
tached, wire splints. tourniquet for
limbs, absorbent cotton. bandages and
aromatic spirits OF ammonia. A bolo
knife for cutting splints is also worn.
the sergeant carries in addition to these
articles chloroform. hypodermic syringe
and case Of surgical instruments.
Each Wounded Man Tagged.
A set of tags is also part OF the
equipment and on these are written
instructions as to the condition Of the
patient. At the top there Is red
strip on which are the words: mot
able to endure transportation" at the
bottom Is a blue strip with the words:
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The Heroic Work Of the
Army Hospital Corps
How They Are Always
Under Fire During Bat
tie, Yet Never Return a
Shot : Perfect System
e Handling Wounded
Soldiers.

hF ALL the men in the United
States Army who go to war the
truly heroic are the Hospital
" Corps-the men who are always
in the midst of battle yet are non
cornbatants. They mIngle with the
lighters and are in just as much danger
as the men on the skirmish line, for
they face the enemy without returning
the fire. Theirs Is the mission Of
mercy. to succor the dying and bind
up the wounds Of the men who fall be-
fore the pitiless rain of shot and shell,
They rarely carry firearms of any sort
unless they are among savage races
or when It Is necessary to protect their
wounded. Under these circumstances
only are they issued arms.
Enlist For This Purpose.
The men of the Hospital Corps en-
List In this special branch Of the sery-
Ice and 80 through a regular course
OF tralning-in fact, they 20 to school
for they recite certain lessons and are
given marks. These studies consist of
arst aid to the injured, cooking for
the sick, sanitation, physiology, anat-
omy, hygiene, the diagnosis Of dis
eases and injuries and treatment both
medical and surgical and the scientific
handling and transportation of the
injured. They must be also competent
drivers. After they have become pro-
ticient In these things they are ready
for the front and in case Of war are
sure to see active service, for the
Medical Department and the Hospital
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ships of the air do not travel as rap
idly as the aeroplane.
Aerial photography is in a special
cla:1 of picture making and one that
has proved OF inestimable value in
military operations, and before our
troubles with Mexico are at an end
1t may save the lives of many of our
soldiers. Only recently Lieutenant
Bellinger and Ensign saufey, both Of
the United States Navy Aviation
Corps. few over the Mexican camps
and made a remarkable Photographic
record OF the Mexican movements.
Aeroplanes Instead OF Spies.
The flying has been continued day
after day. and in this way the general
in charge knows each evening just
what movements have taken place In
the Mexican camps. Lieutenant Bel
linger after one trip showed that the
Mexicans were destroying the railroad
tracks; at another he showed that
moro men had arrived and that the
camps up in the sand hills behind Vera
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-21
FOR BOOSTER DAY
Everybody Asked to Help Club
Finish Season.
Cooley Has New Men in Sight
Reagan Gone.

Not a person in the city will be sue
cessful in escaping the attention Of the
members of the Booster club Thurs
day. The Boosters will visit them with
tickets for the Cooley Booster day
Saturday and Thursday they expect to
make the big splash. A number Of
tickets already have been sold and the
Boosters will try to run the total to
1000.
Dick Cooley, manager of the Topeka
club, stopped off here today while the
members Of the club went to Wichita
to play the first of q four game series.
He Is well pleased with the club but
realizes that it needs two or three
this number. he says it win be one OF
the strong clubs Of the league.
Manager Dick Cooley Is highly
pleased with the acquisition Of Pitch
er Dashner. He Is q southpaw and
Cooley says that he will be big help
to the club. He has had bad luck in
one or two games that he has pitched
but should be a regular winner in the
Western League.
Cooley and Pitcher Pat Reagan, who
of the American Association. could not
agree on disciplinary rules. Cooley
turned him back to Kansas City and
now he is with the Sioux City club.
Pa Rourke has turned Pitcher
Grover over to the Topeka club.
Grover belongs to Detroit. He will
finish the season with the Topeka
club If he goes good.
George Cochran will join the To-
peka club in Wichita tonight and will
get back in the game Wednesday. He
and Cooley will leave Topeka togeth-
er early this evening.
Cooley Is trying to obtain three 9TH
er men, and If he is successful the
Topeka club will make q good show
ing during the rest of the season.
Pitcher Boardman. q pitcher who has
been with the club was dropped at
Omaha. Cooley did not think he wa.
fast enough for Western League COM
pany. He has secured another pr
er, a man named Sanford. who was
with Pitcher Dashner until a short
time ago. Sanford was signed on
Dashner's recommendation.
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Will TELL
Revelry Of Two Young Couples
on Kodak Roll.
Police Otacers WIN Develop
Photograph Soon.

Shawnee county officials are await
ing with the deepest interest the rev.
Citations to be made by q roll Of pho
tographic film discovered on one OF
the country roads just south of the
city. which il believed to contain the
pictured evidence of -revel Of recent
date.
Two couples were brought to the
county jail on q complaint filed by
people living in the neighborhood I
bit of woodland southeast Of town.
who asserted that the men and wom-
en- had been drinking beer and con-
Quoting themselves in an unbecominy
manner.
Investigation showed that the
women were wives-but of men 9TH
er than their companions for that
day. Their pleadings softened the
hearts of the officers SO they were re-
leased with q lecture as no formal
complaint had been entered.
The camera which had played a
part in the days entertainment
proved to be innocent of it's film when
investigated at the Jail. The revel-
ers had surreptitiously emptied 1t of
films when the officers arrived. But
murder will out" and the films, it
il believed, have been discovered. By
tomorrow they will have told their
story to the county attorney and the
sheriff +s5St
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-21
BUY YOUR LICENSES.
No Moro Auto Delay Here, Says
Deputy Sheriff.

No more delays in getting automo-
bile license VIII be tolerated by the
county authorities. according to notice
posted from the sherin's ONCE today.
Owners who have not procured 1915
tags had as well look out for trouble.
In the absence Of Sherin L. L. Kiene
the following warning was issued to-
day by Undersherin Hugh Larimer:
1T is the duty of the sheriff to en-
force the law requiring the exhibiting
OF state auto licenses by the owners.
Ny attention has been called to the
fact by the attorney general that
within Shawnee county there are a
great many owners Of automobiles
who have not purchased licenses, and
/ take occasion to notify all concerned
that this matter will be given imme-
diate attenti n and such persons rum
ming automobiles without the current
years license tag or q receipt from
the treasurer showing that application
has been made for . license, are liable
to arrest. and the same viii be made
without favor. HUGH LARlAER,
4 sUnderuherife.' %
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The Euer,i,,e Story

(By Carl Jenkins.l

In a village like RawsonviIle, which
had about thousand inhabitants,
what does the widow of a carpenter
turn to for a living when he il killed
by fall and hasn't left SO in cash
behind him?
She must support herself by her
needle or by days work. For a few
weeks she will get sort Of sympathy.
The minister will call and tell her
Providence intended 1t 30 and she
must bear up under it; Deacon Smith
ers will lean over the gate and tell
what ripping old time the angels
are having up in heaven: women will
drop in and snif and snuff and hope
she will get along some way. and then
everybody feels he has done his duty,
and she can live on crusts half her
time.
Mrs. John Baker was less than forty
years old when her husband was
wasn't the faintest hope she would ever
marry again. How John Baker ever
fell in love with and married her was
always a puzzle to people. 1t would
have been hard to md palmer
! woman In a weeks hunt In addition
to that, she had lop-shoulder and q
stiff knee. That she was good-natured
and no complAiner was the most praise
ever given her. 8
The widow washed and scrubbed and
earned q dollar here and dollar there.
and she got along somehow. Three
years had gone by since the tragedy.
when one day she dropped into the Of
| nee Of the local weekly paper for some
old newspapers to lay under a carpet.
1t wasn't her carpet. but she was clean
| ing house that day for another woman.
| The editor had just added two new
subscribers to his list and taken in two
additional dollars for printing some
auction bills, and he was sure that this
was a good world to live In. He asked
| the widow how she got along, and
when she replied that she couldn't
complain, he said to himself:
| Here Is q poor devil OF . woman
who il taking adversely as it comes
and making NO kicks. 1t Il in my
power to aid her. and I'll be hanged
| II I don't do itv'
| And he turned to her with: see
here, Mrs. Baker. I want to ask you
| q question, and you needn't feel en-
lbarrassed to answer Would you
marry again II . good man asked for
!. your hand?
"But rm homely and lame. sir.'' she
blushingly replied.
Yet q good man might want you.''
"Whe-e would he come from? waA
| the shy query.
mo one can tell. Can / take It that
you will encourage him when he turns
= shsn't turn him outdoors.' che
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We're Published.
P0McAIRE'S DEPOSITION real
Testimony 81 French President
in Caillaux Case.


Paris. July 1.-THE most important
testimony at the second days hearing
in the trial OF Mime. Cafllaux for the
murder Of CASTOR Calmette was that Of
President Poincare. Of the republic.
whose deposition was taken by Judge
Emile Forichon, the first preatdent Of
the court OF appeals.
It narrated how Joseph Caillaux,
then q minister of state, had called upon
President Poincare on the day Calmette
was killed and had spoken about the
probable publication in the Figaro Of
letters between himself and Nme Call
laux. In the course OF an excited talk
N. Caillaux exclaimed. according to the
deposition. III Calmette publishes the
letters, will kill him.
Joseph Caillaux also took the. stand.
He looked very young to have been
premier of France ard chief OF the Inn
portant radical party. After relating
incidents Of his private life after his
marriage with Mime. Gueydan. he ex-
planned the circumstances Of the writ
ing of the two letters to Mime. Ray
nourGrd who aftcrward became Nine.
Caillaux. His voice trembled and he
was obviously i'll at ease but he gath
cred composure as he proceeded.
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Wen Dressed and Without fcet,
she PUSHES Police.
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Complete mystery wells the identity
of the woman who called taxicab ae
Brunt's drug store. at - Kansas ave-
nue. this morning. and had herself
driven q block to police headquarters,
where she announced to Chief Josiah
Ross:
Il have lost my mind Please take
me to the insane asylum"
The fact that she wears artincial
feet, replacing members that had been
amputated just above the ankles. prob
ably explains her request for q cab for
80 short q ride. But there was no item
Of evidence about her person pr IN the
hand satchel she carried to Illuminate
the mystifcation of either the police
chief or Judge Hugh Mcfarland OF the
probate court, when she had given to
their series Of questions the single re-
ply:
'Iscan't remember"
Complained Of Headache.
At the county Jail. where she IL be-
ing cared for pending formal invesei-
Cation into her sanity, the mysterious
woman complained OF . headache. and
spends her time quietly lying down.
In appearance the prisoner IL about
IS wears Of age. plump and black-eyed.
ried capac:ous black handbag con-
tanning several articles that indicate
she may have been q recent traveller
by rail. Among other things are q
drinking cup, q CeItulOlO soap 0lDn
and some small toilet articles. An
item which puzzled the people at the
probate court where Detective Chas.
Lytle took her directly from police
headquarters proved to be q pair OF
|foOtless wooden stockings OF the heav-
lest texture. A small signet ring bear
ing the initial ''E" is the only jewelry
in evidence. Two small purses found
In her satchel contained a total Of =
trifle over seven dollars.
She Couldn't Remember.
While being questioned by Judge
Mcfarland and Detective Lytle the
woman replied In a dull voice with the
monOtonOus answer:
II can't remember She rested her
head upon her hand and complained OF
the headache which she said oppressed
her. 1t apparently had driven every
thing else from her mind.
A formal complaint. alleging her in
sanity was filed by Detective Lytle and
commission has been summoned to in
vestigate.
At the drug store where she took thu
taxicab, no additional light has been
obtainahle regarding her case. She en-
tered the store and requested that Q
hack be called for Her. OuUUe the e1Rs
ployees Of the store complied with her
request and noted the fact that she en-
tered the taxicab. Her quiet manner
attracted no unusual attention in the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-07-21

II Franklin X. Lane is named by the
president for the supreme court, the
country, in gaining an able Judge, will
lose most capable and valuable
secretary of the interior. His general
conservation program, as well az the
one he has framed for the govern
ment and development of Alaska, now
before congress in the form OF several
bills. are of far more importance to
the nation than most Of the Demo-
cratic measures that are in the lime
light at Washington. And IL con-
gress should act favorably on this leg
Idlation, the country would be sure to
benefit by having 1t put in operation
and administered by MI. Lane. In
Heed. Franklin K. Lane IL the bright
particular star Of the Wilson sadminis-