The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-06-25

we nave transferred our posi-
ton 10 the Eastern bank Of the
Fecht.'
Four more vessels have been sunk
by submarines and in the case of one
Of them-the British steamer Carts
brook-thirteen men of the crew are
unacCounted for. The Carisbrook.
which was engaged in trans Atlantic
trade. was sunk BY a gunfire from
German submarine.
4 large Turkish steamer and two
Turkish sailing vessels were torpe-
doed i'm the Black sea by the Rus
sian submarines.
press dispatch from Athens re-
ports great activity in the allied feet
al the Dardanelles from which " is
assumed that a general attack on the
straits Is planned. Fighting on Gal
lipoli peninsula is being carried On
vigorously with offensive movements
on the part OF both the Turks aud the
allies. but neither side has been able
10 break the deadlock. The Turks
made an attack last Wednesday, but
are said to have been repulsed, 700
men being captured.
Mistook the Aeroplanes.
Athens. June 1.-Two Turkish
asrnplanes that recently few over
Constantinuple were mistaken for
Russian by the Turks. who opened
ND n brisk guniire that brought down
both machines and killed two OF the
.army's best aviatOrs. According tn
other accounts brought To Athens by
travellers. the people Of Constantinople
are i'm an excited state Of mind. AT the
beginning or the war they were en-
tirely confident. But the arrival OF
the first wounded from the Dardanel-
les proved a painful surprise. The
people had gathered at the docks to
see. as they expected. bands of Bri
fish and French prisoners landed. In
stead. they saw thousands OF their
own wounded. 4 demonstration
against the war. led largely by women.
followed in front of the war Office.
hut was dispersed. COnstantinOple's
hospitals are now crowded with
wounded. who receive scant care. The
Turks lack doctors. nurses. gauge.
handages and medical supplies and
the hospitals are primitive in their
arrangements and sanitation. Noise
Of the hiC guns in the Dardanelles
zone can ho heard in the capital and
at night the distant flashes of search
lights can be seen.
Conducting a Hospital.
Neuville sous -Montreuil. June 22.-
Madame Henry Saint Paul de Sincay
OF Paris. who was Miss Mary Louise
Logan. daughter of Major John a. LO
IAN. L. :. A.. killed in the Philippines
and granddaughter Of Major-General
John A. Logan. who served under
Grant in the Civil war. is conducting
one OF the largest war hospitals in
Belgium in the monastery Of the Car
thusian monks here.
Seven hundred Beleians, 600 of
them non -combatants who. with the
tenacity of the Flemish race. stuck
To their iresidcs until they were mu-
tilated by shells or stricken by dis
ease. are recovering here I'm the quiet
ul the Cloister \ hundred of them
are children from eighteen months up.
There are altogether a hundred
civilian wounded, most Of them seri-
Ously; the rest are in various stages
of different diseases. many Of them
recovering from typhoid. The build
ing. containing twenty separate
and distinct lodgings provided for
each of the twenty six Carthusian
fathers. has been admirably utilized
for the isolation of contagious cases
and the choice of a young American
woman by Monsieur Berryer, minister
Of the interior OF Belgium. to manage
the hospital is justified by the quiet
order and efficiency with which
everything is done. Ninety three peo-
pie under her direction take care of
700 patients at the low cost OF 2.72
francs per day. The nursing of the
sick and wounded is done by White
Nuns from Dixmude and PoperinP' e
and Black Nuns from Ypres and FU~,
mes. and with much simplicity aHl
calm.
Dearth Of Doctors.
London. June ga mobilization
OF all the doctors In England is be-
ing talked of here The dearth OF quail
fled physicians and surgeons owing
TO the large numbers taken for war
work. has reached such stage that
officers Of the medical council believe
that some sort OF an organization of
the profession on a war footing will
be- necessary. especially as the public
health Is at the present moment a
matter OF special Importance.
The question OF rearranging the
work of the doctors to meet both the
military and civil demands Is admit
tedly a difficult one. Neither doctors
nor patients are likely TO be pleased
with any possible method of dividing
up private medical work along what
might perhaps be called efficiency
lines.
Many physicians. especially I'm the
crowded parts OF the cities. are al
ready as busy as they can be. and
probably In these cases no readjust
ment would be advisable. but there
are large numbers OF practitioners In
the suburban and country districts
who could be adyantageously placed
In sections where special need Is felt
II this involves heavy loss to them. n
may be possible to arrange for gov
eminent compensation.
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