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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-10-22
BIG PUSH CREATES
NURSE SHORTAGE
IN BRITISH ARMY
Many Volunteer Workers
Dropping Out as Their
Enthusiasm Wanes
LIFE WAS HARD ON
INEXPERIENCED GIRLS
So When First Year of Service Ex-
pired Hundreds Did Not Sign Again,
and Hence the Hospitals Are
Poorly Manned Now

London, October THE big British
date effect in the military hospitals at
home, which are now literally crying out
for nurses and nurses-of the trained va
riety at least-are simply not to be had
in sufficient numbers. This is no new
condition for from the beginning of the
war a great deal of the work in the
military hospitals has been done by
young women of the voluntary aid de-
tachments-known as ''V. A. D.'s"-who
had received little elementary training
and were able to do excellent work under
the direction of the trained nurses and
sisters.
Unfortunately for the work of the hos
pitfalls the big push came just at the time
when a large number of the v. A. DIS
had completed the year Of service for
which they had signed on with the war
office, and after a year of hard work
the enthusiasm of many of them had
evaporated. The consequence is that hun
dreds of these women are resigning, or
rather refusing to renew their contracts.
and that, too, just at the time when
they are needed and when their year of
training has made them really useful.
The trouble. however, is one that is
Inherent in the nature of the effort which
brought them into the nursing service Of
the army. Most of them are young girls
of the middle and upper classes, who had
never done any work before They were
fired with patriotic enthusiasm and many
no doubt had romantic visions of nurs-
ing wounded heroes back to health. Their
idea of nursing was confined to sitting
beside the bed in a becoming Red Cross
uniform and comforting him with their
presence The reality was very differ
ent. Nursing of any kind is hard and
often disagreeable work, and nursing
wounded soldiers is probably about as
hard form of nursing there is. Then
the v. A. DIS, being unframed were
naturally put to do the hardest and dirt.
lest work-that which generally falls on
n probationer in a civil hospital-an7
thew did mt like il
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narrow gauge railway was run from the
citadel through this shell hole and over
this bridge lying on the blown-up trees
SO that direct railway connection was
established between the citadel and the
rear. This railway performs very use
full service, and the whole thing is the
outgrowth of the big German shell which
fell just back of the citadel.
Going along the streets of Verdun one
sees at every hand signs of the terror
which spread over the poor villagers
when the bombardmentad drove them away.
The Rue st. Pierre and the Rue Belle.
Verge showed long lines of small shops
and middle class houses which had been
SO hastily deserted that many or the
belongings had been left behind. A bar
Der shop had been left with lot of
the perfumery bottles still standing IN
front of the empty chairs. A carpenter
shop showed the usual litter or snaV-
ings and long benches, as though the
men had just gone off work. Mattresses
and pieces of blanket were lying around
in a house which had its front torn out
by a shell, and nearby We're pals, TUBS,
and a demolished baby carriage. An up
per story where shell had torn orr the
front, showed an artists atelier, with an
easel standing against the wall ana I've
place daubed with paint. Hardly mouse
or shop was without some such evidence
of the domestic tragedy that had been
caused.
A rather well known series of paint
ings of the dancing girls, which nave
hung for long time in the military ciup
at Verdun has escaped the ravages Oh
the bombardment, although everything
alongside these paintings is mass OF
ruins The club has had one or lts
wings torn off by a shell and the ehtire
interior is in a state of ruin. Most OF the
rooms are filled with wreckage But
| the dancing girls continue to look GOWN
| on all this debris and there is hardy d
mark on any one of the pictures. Ihey
show the characteristic dances of the
various nations. One of them SHOWS
Spanish dancer with castanets In hanu'
doing a comaSeta; another SHOWS q nuS
| sian peasant dancer, another Frehon
1 ballet dancer, and another lasclVlous
| Egyptin dancer. The pictures are seven
| or eight feet square, in heavy mahosahs
| frames which have also eScapeu 'he
| ravages of the bombardment.
| At the entrance to the citadel OF yer
dun there are two old-fashioned can
non captured by the French in one o.
the struggles of former days one o.
| the staff officers, accompanying the AS
| ISOLATED Press on the rounds OF TN
| city. pointed out these cannon and SAID
"Those remind me of two curious
! cannon shown me at the United States
| Military academy at West Point, wher
| I was making an official visit there
| The cannon bore marks showing they
| had been cast in France, but as France
and the United States had never had
| war I was curious to know how theA
| had come into the possession of th'
1 United States. 1t seems that whei
/ France was at war with Spain the can
non were taken by the Spaniards. Their
/ when Mexico was under the Spanish
| fluence Spain turned over these French
cannon to Mexico. Then when the Uni
ted Statcs had a war with Mexico YOU
American army captured the French
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Many youthful hats have gay, but
discreet touches of color to tighten
up the dark garb of present day
styles. This Suzanne Talbot velvet
is a very good example, with its
gracefully curved brim and its
crown almost covered with big
puff of gobelin blue velvet, having
a Tam O. Shanter counter. Note how
prettily the fur scarf is held about
the neck, revealing the white fur
lining, which is becoming to any
face. N Y Herald
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never again did bomb explode near
our windows, as our sharpshooter I'M
failingly cut the ropes as fast as the
baskets were lowered"
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Until 40 B. c. the name Of italy was
applied to the southern extremity or
toe Of the peninsula. During the re-
public the area south OF the Apennines
was known by it's present name before
the entire peninsula was called Italy.
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ago and delivered conferences at Yale
and Harvard and in Boston, New YORK.
Chicago and many other cities out TO
the Pacific coast.
From military standpoint Verdun has
come through the ordeal much better
than was expected. While the poor in
habitants have suffered greatly in the
loss of homes and belongings, yet the
military people point out that every
thing contributing to the military de-
tense of the town is ABOUT as good ds
ever. The citadel in the center OF the
town, where the last stand was to pe
made, is untouched except for shell
holes in the heavy masonry walls. These
are big enough to Smash an ordinary
dwelling to pieces, but on these mas
sive walls, 20 feet thick, they are only
pinpricks which can be repaired.
The bridges also have all escaped dam
age, and bridges from the military
standpoint are very important for the
ready transfer of troops, supplies and
refugees from one side of the Meuse
to the other. The main bridge, link
ing the principal business street, Is
thanked along the river by stores and
houses torn to pieces by shells and
tumbling into the river. But the bridge
itself does not show scratch Ana
so it is with all the other bridges
the military men called them-a gem
| eral term covering highways leading into
| the town, railway terminals, tunnels
etc. In the town itself and the near
! by suburbs these "routes" are as good
as ever though further back in the
| part overrun by the Germans they have
doubtless suffered a good deal.
| But on the whole" said one of the
officers, I'VE feel that after six months
bombardment Verdun has really suf-
| fered very little in military sense,
| so that the tremendous effort made by
| Germany has been to them complete
| military failure
! The bronze statue of Chevret, mar
| shall of France, has come through the
bombardment untouched, while all
around is a wilderness of ruin. The old
general, in seventeenth century costume
| still brandishes his sword as he shouts
zen ayant!" in the attack on Prague
Verdun has always been very proud o.
it's marshal, who was born here In
1895 and became a marshal undel
Louis XIV.
A visit to one of the fortresses il
showed practically duplicate of Forts
Douamont and Vaux, now complete
wrecks after being captured by the Ger
mans. 1t has the same massive outel
walls, 20 feet thick and the height o.
a three-story row of houses. Within thi.
wall is a wide moat and then sec
ond circle of heavy walls, with small
loophole windows half way up. Point
} ing to those loophole windows, an Of
ficer said:
1--WE had an exciting experience will
those windows at Fort Vaux when thu
German assault was made. The Ger
mans got to the top wall, but our iner
were at the windows below. Then thu
Germans. in order to reach our men
lowered explosive bombs in baskets at
tached to ropes AS the bombs hung out
side our windows they exploded by {
time fuse.
This was becoming very deadly whei
r, one of our crack riflemen came on the
scene and, taking his rifle he shot t
pieces the ropes, one after the other
letting the baskets and bombs crash t.
the foot of the wall.
For six days this work went on. bu
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dried in a moderate oven are considered
great delicacy by many people. Fill
small yellow paper bags with these and
sell them for cents each If there is
a fancy goods table place designs Of
pumpkins on every article. The entertain !
ment may close with several songs and
recitations appropriate to the occasion.
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cannon. So they have made the rounds
of four governments ana are now IN the
hands of the United States.
This officer was one of the FRANCO
American exchange lecturers some years
ago and delivered conferences at Yale
and Harvard and in Boston, New YORK
Chicago and many other cities out 10
the Pacific coast.
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the door noiselcssly open. Hardly a
moment after the jailer and Seagrue
had left Hyde's cell, Spike walked
boldly up the corridor-his avenue OF
escape was open.
In Helen's home two DAYS practi.
cally completed the rapid tragedy OF
her changed circumstances. Her maid.
whom she told she could 10 longer
keep. had gone In tcars-and the coun.
try seat as well as the town house
had been given over with furnishings
to creditors. Vans stood backed up
In the front driyeways and the library
itself, scene OF her cruelcst misfOr.
tunes, was being dismantled by NOV.
ing men on the morning that Rhine.
lander met her there for the last time
to discuss her future.
You are stubborn he insisted.
taking her hand tendcrly. Il like In.
dependence anybody does 1t is
gritty; II IL American and It's all
right In its place. but under such cir.
Cumstancos as these you should come
with me. as want you TO, to my
home. You will be n welcome
daughter TO my wife and to me. You
know We are unhappily chIIdlcss Your
father would have wished this. my
wife has asked 1t OF you as | do
now. Why persist in refusing uss'
Helen did not answer ut once.
though her Gratoiulncss shunc from
her eyes. I'm not merely obstinate.
Uncle Amos" she responded at length
nor ungratc.ul. have thought
! everything over, or, so long ard care.
fully. Hut | can't help feeling that /
must. for while. anyway. remain
independent. intend to earn my
own living
Rhinclandcr felt he could say no
more. They discussed other things
Tor time and she then coniidcd TO
him her plans for making start.
Nothing In all the rapid events OF the
fortnight had seemed to him more
traEical than this resolve that his old
friends daughter had 40 rcsolutcly
| tagon. He looked almost weary aud
troubled aB he took from his pocket.
! book q card and on II wrote the mes.
sage Helen had asked him to write.
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-04-27
THIRD lNSTAlLMENT
CHAPTER III.

The death OF Helen's father dis
closed at once the serious weakness
OF his monetary AFFAIRS. He had de-
yeloped his valuable railroad proper.
ties without capital OF his own ade-
Quate to finance them He was the
nominal head OF great transportation
projects: he had been. In truth. the
brain and energy OF these. but the &C.
tual control belonged to eastern bank.
ers who had supplied the funds to put
them through. And with General
Holmes death his daughter was
brought face to face with this fact.
In the library of ho7 home the attor-
neys for the estate were already gath.
cred to discuss its affairs. Amos
Rhinelander. her fathers faithful
friend-indeed. the sole friend among
the generals many associates that now
manifested the slightest interest in
ths fate OF his unfortunate daughter
was present that morning. With him
however. as II to Offset the benefit OF
his presence. was his already criminal
ly compromised nephew, Scagruc.
Helen. who had been summoned to
tho library. walked down from her
room to ioin the little company.
To Seakrue. who. in apprehension,
had absented himself since the night
OF the tragedy. she never had looked
80 pleasing rs she now did.
Much WAS In Seagruc's mind and
something OF II all reflected itself in
his face. A score of times his un,
princi?led rcckiessncss had led him
close " criminal lengths: now, It had
carried him from n simple suggestion
OF thefS. unscrupulously asscnted to. to
robbery and to murder-thc murder of
Gcne,Hi Holmes himself by Capellc' =
hired tools. HIe was as yet too new
In his path OF crime to feel Indifferent
TO tlc fearful consequences.
Where he stood unobscrvcd by the
others. he took out OF wallet drawn
from his pocket a cum cut from n shirt
snd rcread scrawi written on 1t by
Spike. his convict accomplice. advis-
Ing him that the stolen survey was
hidden under the south end of Little
Ban Pablo bridge.
with some trivial excuse for absent.
ing himself. Scagrue LEFT the house.
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against our limo were then fathers
own associates, and my friends"
Storm was stubborn in his atti.
tude. They are supposed to be your
friends" he said skeptically.
AT all events. they have all offered
me every assistance since fathers
death" declared Helen. They didn't
want me to do what am going to
do. But she Strengthened almost
imperceptibly, 4 would rather be de.
pendent on no one-at least. as long
as | can be-
lie looked unabashcd into her frank
eyes: Il cant be sorry for that. any.
way he said slowly. Everything
else that happened" he hesitated
again. Il am sorry for. No. not every.
thing. either" His face lighted Lag.
lily. Il am running the locals. now
So and N6-and I'll have a chance, may.
be. TO see you every day
rhH Coast 6 Colorado line back.
crs showed all of their aggressive.
ness IN their now undertaking. Head.
quarters Tor thcir cutoff work were
set up not n stones throw from Sig.
nal station whore Helen had gone to
work. Nor was energy the only mani.
tostat3n OF their spirit. The keen
rivalry of the ouicavor TO reach the
superstition range with a line first
extended oyon TO the construction
crews and MS tho work progressed
tho iorcmen would hesitate at nothing
To delay or cm5arrass their opponents
IN the race.
spike, aided with car by Soagruc
after he mad broken jail. had made
sDod his escape and was now somo.
thing ot0n incubus on Scagruo's hands.
The construction camp offered ten.
porary outlet for his activities. and
though Spike ana hard work had new
or been on worse terms OF init.
macy. Scagruo sent him freshly
dressed NJ to tho Colorado line camp
IA the icud between the two com.
nanios grew, Scagrue conceived that
tool. ANA especially enc OF Spikes
stamp might provo OF service to him
In the camp OF the enemy. Get n
Job with the Tld~,n,or. and keep
mo posted ca every move" he said
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yelled himself hoarse trying 10 warn
him of. { But instead or stopping,
Storm fought his way back through
the smoke to the second car. The
trainmen fastened into the station
to the operator and gave the alarm
The operator telephoned a message
instantly to Signal, the next station
The agent had gone over to the
camp, and it was this message that
caught Helen at Signal, alone in the
office. She picked up the receiver as
the telephone bell rang, listened to
the excited operator and wrote his
hurried words down on a pad:
Runaway powder cars on fire. En-.
gineer Storm on them. Ditch at first
spur"
She dropped her pencil as she fin.
ished, breathless with shock. Then
pulling her wits together she cast
about for help. She was quite alone.
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engaged the Jailer's interest. It was
then that Spike. leaning back, man
aged, undetected, to pass the dough
around the key that opened the lock
OF his own cell; in an instant he had
the coveted impression.
bell warned the jailer that the
visitors time was up. In parting, the
confederates shook hands. As they
dld so, Spike slipped the dough. unob.
served, into Seagrue's palm and sue.
ceeded In conveying to him by signs
an intimation OF what he had given
him.
Capelle, who had arrived on Sea.
grue's peremptory summons, at the ap.
pointed place. some distance from the
Jail, awaited Seagrue there with a
grim Some expedition you've EN-
barked on"
Seagrue was in no mood for joking.
One you showed me into, he retort.
ed surlily. He curtly told his confed.
crate what had occurred. Then he
drew from his overcoat pocket Spikes
handful of dough, showed it to Ca.
pelle and explained what it was. Have
key made tonight from this impres.
sion; meet me here tomorrow with It,"
The following afternoon Seagrue
was again at the jail-this time. os
tensibly, to visit Hyde. Passing
Spikes cell. dust coat hanging some
what ostentatiously from his arm, Sea
grue paused to greet him In doing
this to took occasion to lay his fin
gers on one of the bars of the cell
door; as he said good morning the new
key dropped from his hand inside the
barred door. Spikes foot at once COW
cred 1t. Moving on. Seagrue let fall
from his arm one of the two dust coats
which he was in reality carrying.
Spike, dropping like cat on his knee,
whipped the fallen garment swiftly in
between the bars, and while Seagrue
and the jailer remained with Hyde,
Spike made rapid change of clothing.
Slipping into the dust coat he found
in one of the pockets cap and pair
OF goggles thoughtfully slowed. And
watching his chance for the corridor
to be empty. he cautiously unlocked
his cell door. peered out and swung
The Arvada enterprise., 1916-04-27
Arthur Gaylo.d, Superintendent

ATtuur IaylOtu, superintendent =,
r. C T. r. r.:
Dear Gay: The bearer, Miss Helen
Holmes. wants work. Anything you
can do will be appreciated. R."
Though her resolution had been
taken. it seemed to require all of
Helen's courage to make the actual
start on the path she had chosen. She
reached the superintendent's office at
Beaman next day, after wandering all
over the yards to find it, almost fright
ened out of her undertaking.
Gaylord, the superintendent. met
her with consideration that dis
PEELED her fears. In few words he
spoke feelingly of her father, and after
asking what she would like to try.
gave her a note to the agent at Sig
nal station, assigning her for cleri
cal work due to the cutoff construc-
ton, already under way there.
George Storm, the freight engineer,
had not seen Helen since the funeral
Of her fathcr-which he had lain oft
to attend-nor had he heard OF her
He was east-bound at Beaman one
morning, comparing orders with his
conductor, when he saw Helen in her
severely plain black about to board
the local passenger train which was
to take her to Signal to begin work.
The engineer fastened to her. She
met his utter Observation-Disclosures she
had told him what she was doing and
why-without embarrassment or con.
fusion, only laughing little at his
concern.
But when, questioning her further,
Storm learned of the cutoff opera
tions, now begun-not alone by the
Tidewater people, but as well by their
rivals-the Colorado & Coast line
his suspicious were aroused and he
disclosed them to Helen without re-
serve. That Colorado & Coast crowd
are running our people hot
race on the cutoff construction.
They know something about that
original survey-they must-or they
would never start in so far
Helen smiled incredulously. Il
think that could hardly be, Mr.. Storm.
You know the men building now
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SYNOPSIS.

Little Helen Holmes. daughter Of Cen
erai Holmes. railroad man. II rescued
from imminent danger on scenic rail
road. by George Storm. ncwsbOy Grown
to young womanhood Helen makes n spec
tacular double rescue OF Storm, now II
freight fireman. and OF her father and his
friends. Amos Rhinelander. hnancier. and
Robert Sehgrue, promoter. from II threat
ened collision between II passenger train
and runaway freight. Safebrcakcrs EN-
ployed by SeaErue. and Capellc. his law
yer. Interrupted by Helen while steal
ing General Holmes survey plans OF the
cutoff line for the Tidcwatcr fatally
wound General Holmes and escape
Storm and Helen chase the murdercrs
on a light engine and capture them.
Spike has hidden the plans and manages
10 Inform SchHrue whore they are cuched.
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rot in his runabout car and started
for the san Pablo bridge. lie found
the document where Spike had hid.
den II.
ilolcn. in the interval, comforting
with her attorneys. and with Amos
Rhinclandcr Mt hand To soften the
blow as best he could. was learning
bit by bit the completeness OF her IA.
TIERS financial ruin through his sud
den death. In matter of fact, all that
remained OF his free assets was the
recently allotted block OF stock-now
MI item OF merely nominal value in
the new cut.on line. Long aftor ,,,c
attorney had gono. Rhinclandcr re-
Uaincd
IT'S not tina, the stock 10 worthless,
Helen" he snid-thcy were again to-
scthcr In tho library III the new
line In ever what your father hoped II
would tc. the Investment may yet
assvs Of the greatest value"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-09-15
PARTY OF EFFICIENCY

v HE Republican party stands for efficiency conduct of
public business There three cardinal elements of
efficiency First energy second result
plhed and third director of the energy toward the desired
result Ii any of these things lacking thing
efficiency is possible
The of Nye county the highest that
and in addition that all property has been appraised double
valuation with thousand dollar formerly
appraised valuation of $500 This year the
appraised $780, and in addition that
highest has
flowed into the county box only be squandeed with
miserable ncompeency The roads of the county disgrace
and the road fund has disappeared 1t meaningless argon
for ake sysematizer' talk about efficiency
knows only FORMS The who knows the the
working and the details of
tive Therein lies the difference between the
business doctor" and the efficiency engineer.
The Republican party stands for every principle good
men efficiency public office conservatism funds compe.
direction of the public necessities By this policy
of excessive taxation will be relieved The is DOUBLE
WHAT IT SHOULD BE with competent direction
There Tonopah who think that
taxpayers but every and child the county
taxpayer because the grocer butcher mkman pay
and have added it to the price of the goods they sell
bite piece of every check for which
nothing is received in return.