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New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
II No Find My Man
Your Red Cross
Dollar Finds
Him

TT WAS on the boat, crowded with
relatives of wounded back from
overseas, going across the Bay to FL
lie Island, that saw her. She was dark
.rd swarthy, with the complexion of
sunny Italy. In her arms, tightly
.lotched. she held heavy, neatly
dressed baby, which she nursed at inter
vals By her side was lean little child
Il twelve. who, resplendent in earrings
.nd new hair ribbons of a vivid hue,
nressed her thin little face against the
class as she peered out.
In her mothers hand was clutched a
card from the Red Cross stating that her
son was at the hospital at Ellis Island,
having recently been disembarked with
other wounded back from overseas.
With the rest of the boatload, thanks to
the pass the Red Cross had helped her
get, she had passed the armed guard on
duty at the Battery Park pier of the
Ellis Island boat, which, maintained by
the government, plies back and forth for
the relatives of the wounded.
Yet the Italian mothers eyes were
dark and full of trouble. 81 no find
him." she kept repeating to me as the
buildings on Ellis Island loomed up
across the bay and we pitched and tossed
in the stiff gale.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Give Your Dollar a
World-Wid Distribution

Are you one of those who help make
the Red Cross possible? Let us all
pull together to make the Red Cross
Christmas Rollcall unanimous on this
our first peace Christmas. For many,
many months the work of the Home
Communication Service will be vastly
augmented by the vast overseas
machinery of rehabilitation, shipments
and rapid movements and shifting of
troops, breaking up of units and detach-
ments for occupational duty in Ger
many. For as many weeks it is thought
the casualty lists will continue And yet
this international service is but one
phase of the vast machinery of mercy
of the Red Cross. To answer present.
to the membership rollcall is to give
worldwide distribution to your dollar.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Local Enterprise 10
Meet Local Needs

These Liberty Houses" will be
financed for the most part by the various
socletles and clubs, as we'll as by the sub
scriptions of the citizens in the town IN
which they are built, with the help. of
course, of the War Camp Community
Service.
In the town of Manhattan, Kan. the
War Camp Community Service has what
1t considers model Community House"
Although not from an artistic stand
point as to the exterior, inside it
is as comfortable and cosey as one would
wish. Manhattan has population of
only about 5000 people, but it is the
nearest town to two great camps, Fort
Riley and Camp Funston, and the build-
ing was erected for the comfort and en-
tertainment of men from these c.r,ns
The townspeople contributed between
$4,000 and $4,000 for the erection os
the building and the Rotary clubs of the
district added $4,000 more. The War
camp Community Service controls the
building and is responsible for it's main
tenance so long as Fort Riley and Camp
funston are on war basis. After the
war the building Will be taken over bv
the city government of Manhattan and
become Community Centre-a Liberty
House"-dedicated to the memory of the
men of Manhattan and the surrounding
district who gave up their lives in the
great World War.
Although at first thought the problem,
OF erecting these Liberty Houses" in the
big cities may seem more difficult than
IN the case Of smaller community. II
really is not complicated at all. The
plan of the War Camp Community Ser
vice is to divide the larger cities into
districts, each one of which is to have
its own Liberty House" to be erected in
memory of the men who went into the
service from that district. Can YOU see
what personal thing this would be to
every man, woman and child in that dis
trict, every one of whom must have
known at least one of the heroes in whose
memory it is erected?
Can you think of a more fitting me-
mortal for the men who died for democ-
racy than building dedicated by their
own families and friends to the STRENGTH
ening and enriching of community life
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

to be held up while train of motor lor-
ries, hauling shells, goes by, and then
every one cusses in unison-all that
mixed pell-mell on one narrow road
that's the great, big machinery of war
that keeps up nights. And there is never
whimper from any of the boys because
each one knows it's the little part he is
doing in licking the Hun, and he re-
solves there and then to go at him all the
stronger to repay for all the petty in-
conveniences and annoyances Oh yes
and it always finishes up with a good rain
storm-a move wouldn't be complete
without a good soaking
Time for dinner now, which interests
me strangely
Love to ail-all's we'll.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
The Night Before a Battle
oma
From a Soldiers Letters

wish you could see the rear areas
just before a big attack Most of the
moves are made at night; cussing infan-
try on foot, slushing through the mud
troops bowling up in motor trucks,
on fat motor trucks; heavy guns clanlI-
ing and snorting along behind tractors
snappy .75s tearing along with roaring
horses and swearing drivers-clumsy
tanks, skidding and pounding away and
blocking the road; solo riders and side
cars that splash one with mud; a couple
of Boche planes overhead, dropping
huge flares and nasty bombs; the rushing
of ambulances; the unintelligble cries
of French M. P.'s, much outraged Then
the mess reaches crossroad Just in time
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Memorials of Service for Men
Who Died for Democracy

But while our attention is centred on
the welfare and future happiness of the
men who have come back to US from
across the seas, what of those others
who will never return, who lie beneath
the little wooden crosses on the battle
fields of France? 1t will be our blessed
privilege to see that their memory is
kept green in the hearts of their coun-
trymen, to plan for fitting memorials,
the sort of memorials which they would
choose if they could speak from out the
great silence and tell us what they would
like us to do.
These men fought for a principle, for
the great cause of democracy, for the
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

w. UST now we are in a staging area
behind the lines-waiting for some
thing. The entire brigade staff is
quartered in one room-which we use for
eating, sleeping and office work during
the day. This village has been pretty
we'll shot up, so we are fortunate to have
one good room, and we have 2 good open
fire that functions properly and is very
warm and cheerful. Much better than a
damp, smelly dugout, full of French
cooties and Boche f1eas, in any event
This is horrible war-Iive burned my
fingers twenty times to-day, pulling hot
chestnuts out of the red hot enibers-
great fun!
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

quarters and the admittance list Of the
hospital the searcher at once looks the
men up in the ward to question them.
Details comforting beyond words to the
relatives in this country are thus often
painstakingly gathered by the searchers,
direct from men who were with the
missing" men the last time they went
over the top.
In answer to a request forwarded
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

from this country, Sergeant -,
killed in action, details of death and
burial wanted" one searcher was able
to send a complete account, thanks to
the two men of his company found in
one of her wards. Yet, being woman,
what she yearned to tell the sergeant's
relatives was the comment of an Italian
in his company, who, as she sat by his
bedside taking down notes for her letter
to the family broke down.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
BY NANCY WOODS WALBURN

ing man in question, the Home Com
munication Service in hospitals in
France refuses to be balked. The next
step is to locate men from the same
company in the hospital so as to ques-
tion them as to what they know about
possible "pals" on the missing" list,
killed in action, taken prisoner, etc.
Thus, when comparison shows entrances
from the same detachments on both the
missing" list sent from the Paris head
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
AT Ellis Island or I'm France
The Red Cross Mothers the Lost

When we touched the pier at last, the
buildings and island looked bleaker than
ever. But there the first person to greet
US as we stepped off was one of the Red
Cross workers. Down to the pier she
came, wind blown by the gale, her veil
in swirls about her head. I stood aside
as she took the names, quickly directing
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

glorious spirit of 1918. Do you think
any material monument of granite or
marble would be an adequate memorial
to such men? Most certainly not What
then? Just when we are pondering over
this question up comes the War Camp
Community Service with exactly the right
suggestion, a suggestion that cannot fail
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

sing they voice the dignity of their citi-
zenship in the finest possible manner"
Community singing has been and will
continue to be one of the greatest forces
for peace and harmony. Petty quarrels,
disagreeable feelings and all forms of
disgruntledness and malice vanish like
dew before the sun under the magic
wand of the community song leader.
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

snein TO the reception room nearest the
men they came to see, my Italian seat
mate among the rest. Even to her there
was nothing at all forbidding or confus-
ing about visiting a great army hospital
to find cher man" with such a friendly
person there solely to help her. Later it
was this same Red Cross worker who
took her to his bedside.
Yet this is but one link out of thou
sand others Of the Red Cross's vast chain
OF communication between our men in
service and their families back home.
Over 10000 inquiries weekly pour into
the headquarters of the Red Cross Bu
reau of Communications at Washington,
from relatives anxious to locate their
men IN France, or in camps in this coun-
try. How is this maze of work carried
on? Suppose we take a look first at Ell
lis Island as one first-hand example.
AS at all military hospitals, here the
Ned Cross maintains a corps of workers
OF which our boat visitor was only one.
1t is their official duty not alone to keep
in close touch with the wounded men
back Irom overseas, visiting the wards
keeping them supplied with everything
they need, from bathrobes and sweaters
to comfort bags, cigarettes, chocolate
and toilet articles, but to write to their
families or perform any other of thou
sand personal services for them. The re-
quests to find their families and notify
them where to come to see them belong
to the "American Red Gross Home Com
munication" phase of their work.
Twenty Thousand Questions
A Week Sent to France
Yet when we take a jump over to
France and remember that over 10000
inquiries from relatives in this country
are forwarded by the Bureau of Com
munications to France every week. it
seems that it will be too gigantic num-
Der of questions to answer, doesn't it?
Now suppose we follow one and find
out. When a caller at the Bureau of
Communications at Thirty-sixth Street
and Fifth Avenue calls to inquire the
tate OF his relative overseas the reauest
is at once forwarded to Washington.
Due to the fact that the Red Cross does
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

tainly not worth the knowing. The War
Camp Community Service has rendered
unique service all through the war,
never taking any credit to itself, never
looking for its own aggrandizement, al
ways not only willing, but eager, to CO.
operate with any other Of the war relief
organizations to which it could be Of
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

1t has planned its work far ahead, and
it is in a position to-day with its own
efficient organization to be of the great
est service to the country in this difficult
reconstruction period
Liberty Houses" Six
Hundred of Them
The establishment of the Liberty
Houses" as memorials to our brave bows
who died across the seas is no new idea
with the War Camp Community Service
Every Community House" which it has
founded has been established with this
end in view, with a clear vision of the
part that that centre was to play in the
life of that community after the war.
Six hundred of these community centres
are scattered throughout the country.
and as soon as the soldiers and sailors
no longer need them they will be turned
over to the city or town in which thew
are located to be converted into Liberty
Houses"
The idea is SO big and comprehensive
and so far and away more fitting than
the monuments and statues that adorn
% some of our parks and public build
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

to have the unqualified approval of every
man and woman in the country This sug-
gestion is the establishment of community
centres which shall be known as LIB
erty Houses" where the spirit of de-
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

not wait for inquirers to investigate the
fate Of men reported missing or
wounded or taken prisoner, often the
request can be answered from Washing
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

service, with the one great end and aim
always in mind-the betterment of all
community conditions, but particularly
those affecting the men in the service.
1t has formed soldiers and sailors
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

in position to tell us just how to go to
work to establish these memorial CEN
tres, for, as the boys would say, cts
middle name is Community and what
it doesn't know on this subject is GER
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

LADY, please, dom aska me more!
[ Gamma say it! Wen dey tela me he
dead, it lika my own fader."
Letters That Garry
More Than Facts
One of the additional duties of a
searcher is to write letter back home
to the "next of kin" upon the death of
any of her charges in her hospital 1t is
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
By ELENE FOSTER


TINE great World War is over. The
groups of clean-limbed, clear-eyed
young fellows in khaki or blue
serge with the gold service chevron on
the sleeve that one meets these days at
every turn are the visible proof that the
end has come.
Their responsibility is over, but it is
not so with the rest of us who have re-
NAMED at home-the men and women be-
hind the lines. Our work is by no means
ended-in fact, we are facing right now
our greatest responsibility. We are an
swerable to those young heroes in khaki
or navy blue for the condition of the
country which they intrusted to our care
when they left us for the battlefelds of
France. If we have not upheld at home
that spirit of democracy for which three
million of our men fought and bled in a
foreign land, then we have failed most
ANONYMOUSLY in the task allotted to us
the task of carrying on" Up to date, l
think that we can truthfully say we
have done our best, but this is the criti-
cal period of our career; now is the time,
when the tension has been removed and
we feel that the war is over, that we are
tempted to "let down." This is just what
we must not do; the time when our men
are coming home by the hundreds and
thousands, when they need our help and
counsel, is no time for us to "let down."
Our duties at this time are manifold;
II Is our privilege to help those who are
coming back to US unscathed from the
ngat to resume their old manner of liv-
ing again; to show those who are
manned or disabled how to accommodate
themselves to new conditions of living
and teach them, if possible. a new way
o1 earning livelihood; but more than
dill else 1t rests with US to. keep up the
morale of the country by fostering the
community spirit, which is one of the
greatest blessings that has come to us
from out that terrible world conflict.
Keeping the
Wide Horizon
This spirit, which may go down in his
Tory as "the spirit Of 1918" Gust as we
are wont to speak of 'the spirit of '76"),
should be guarded and preserved as our
most cherished possession. Never in all
our history has there been anything ap
proachlng it; never has the country been
90 united in one great purpose; never
nave the people been brought SO close
y together, rich and poor, young and
oie' native Americans and those of
.0felgn birth, working together shoulder
W shoulder, forgetting all class distinc-
,l0ns and all differences of race or creed.
~. :, Is the easiest thing in the world to
CUP gradually back into the old narrow
s'OoVes again, to forget the wider hori-
N0a Which it has been our privilege to
'"!oy while we were all working to-
ss'ner for one great cause, but aue Just
'0mn'ot afford to do 1T!
Inc spirit of 1918" is vital, living
vice that is our safeguard from all
.Vt's OF evil, from labor troubles, from
raVlngs of the Anarchist and from
..'0snevism. Any one of these evils
aasn't the ghost of chance in COM
.a unlty that has been inoculated with
'ne spirit of 1918"
Community Singing as a
Moving Force
Ao 80 1t is our bounden duty to see
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

ton without delay. If not it is forwarded
to the Paris Office.
There the name is added to a list
of others in the casualty report of the
War Department as wounded, or miss
ing, or others about whom inquiry has
been made, and is sent out to the hun
dred official Red Cross hospital "search-
ers" in all military hospitals which re-
ceive American wounded in France.
There the searchers daily compare this
list with the official daily admittance
list of the hospital If the man is in
her hospital, she at once sees him, gets
a detailed report and telegraphs Paris
headquarters his address and condition.
This is followed by a detailed report by
letter.
Finding a
Missing Man
Yet even in cases where diligent
search fails at first to locate the miss
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15

mocracy for which our heroes died may
be kept alive and shed it's helpful infu-
ence over the community in which they
lived.
Pass ON the War Community
Service to Peace Times
The War Camp Community Service is
New-York tribune., 1918-12-15
Finding a
Missing Man

Yet even in cases where diligent
search fails at first to locate the miss
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-21
HOW TO FIGHT
SPANISH INFLUENZA
BY DIR. L. w. BOWERS.

Avoid crowds. coughs and towards,
but fear neither germs nor Germansi
Keep the system In good order. take
plenty Of exercise In the fresh air and
practice cleanliness. Remember clean
mouth, clean skin. and clean bowels
are protecting armour against disease.
To keep the liver and bowels regular
and to carry away the poisons within.
It Is best to take vegetable pill every
other day. made up of Mny-apple. aioes,
jalap. and sugnr-costed. to be had at
most drug stores. known as DR.. Pierces
Pleasant Pellets. II there IL a sudden
onset VI what appears like hard cold.
one should 80 to bed. wrap warm. take
hot mustard foot-bath and drink copI-
ously Of hot lemonade. II pain develops
In head or back. ask the druggist for
Anuric (anti-uric) tablets. These will
nush the bladder and kidneys and carry
on poisonous germs. To control the
pains and aches take one Anuric tablet
every two hours, with frequent drinks
OF lemonade. The pneumonia appears
In most trencherous way. when the
influenza victim Is apparently recover
Ing and anxious to leave his bed. In re-
covering from bad attack OF Influenza
or pneumonia the system should be
built up with a good herbal tonic. such
as DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, made without alcohol from the
roots and barks Of American forest
trees. or his Irontic (iron tonic) tablets,
which can be obtained at most drug
STORES, or send 10c. to DR.. Pierce's Inva-
ids Hotel. Buffalo. N. T., for TRIAL
package.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-21
Wanted His RIuht.

What the dickens Is the matter
with your furiously demanded the
warder of Pat. "What do you mean
by kicking up row at this time of
the night7'
Sure, an only want to go home"
said Pat.
Don't be fool, man." said the ward
er coming across to see If his prisoner
was quite well.
Fool, bedad," shouted Pat from the
other side Of the bars. I'm in me
rights"
Now, look here" broke In the ward
er meaningly, you've got seven days
hard; seven days you've got to DC, 81
you'd better do them quietly"
You're quite right" smiled Pat.
"Shure, the ould boy gave seven days,
but, begorra, he said nothing about
nights, and faith you can surely trust
me to come back in the morning"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-21

surely proved TO be. l feel better and
and the annoying symptoms have disap-
peared. - Mr. NJ. Golden, 925 Ma
poleon St, Fremont, Ohio.
Such annoying symptoms - heat
flashes, nervousness, backache, head
acne. irritability and 1.-THE blues, " may
be speedily overcome and the system
restored to normal conditions by this
famous root and herb remedy Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
IT any complications present them
selves write the Pinkham Medicine Co.
Lynn, Mass, for suggestions how to
overcome them. Tho result of forty
years experience 10 1t your service and
your letter held In strict confidence.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-21
BeDoUINS AND THEIR HoRsre
hemads Of the Desert Ria.
ssaus'fu' Animals Ever Oh.
juoated by Man.

Charles Doughty Describes
ing with some Arab horsemen T.. !,
desert. These came near. nv 'ns
preached his party and proved :. :,
three iong-halred BedouIns .h
them salaam (peace). Then ha IAN. W.
now "A fourth shock.halred cyc,oss
OF the desert. whom the aee,nss-
their mares had outstripped, tro,,ss
In after them. uncouthly sea,ed 10y
the rawbone. narrow wither q, H.
droinedary, without saddle. vI,hoa.
bride. and only as a herdsnnn a,v,.-
with his voice and the camel-x,,ck u,.
fellows rode with naked legs and \,
shod upon their beautiful mures ~
backs. the halter In one hand and N.
long balanced lance, wayer,ns mn.
the shoulder. In the other. We shoua
think them sprawlIng riders: n,
boast or warlike exercise. In The No.
ence OF our armed company, they II
us view how fairly they could nd 4, |
career and turn: striking back he.,,
and seated low with pressed mr.
they parted at hand gaIlop, mad. ,
tourney or two easily upon the plsl,.
and now wheeling wide. they beto,k
themselves down In the desert e,r
man bearing and handling his nan
as At point -; NO fetching coupu
and We marching. they a little 1t (
breath came gnllantly again. Uslr
the most ragged OF these riders M I
very perfect young and Startling o.
nut mare-so shapely there ar ~
among them. Never combed BY h
rude master. but all shining. bessuAi
and gentle OF herself. she seesd
life upon that savage col I,
worthy Of her gracious pastens; a
strutting tnil flowed down even to q
ground. and the name (orfa) wss ~
BY the loving nurture OF her ~
nature"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-21
LAND BEAUTIFUL IN SvnnH
Wild Luxury Of Siberian vs1
Cannot Be Surpassed Eva
In the Tropics

Political exiies, the severe VII
go degrees below Eero) and he D
mensc stretches OF snow, have N
much to give bad impression Z
IBERIA. Siberia Is thought of b r
A. tie most dismal and Godfn
wilderness, where bears spd
.hrosts parade In the placid nss
Nothing In unfairer than that
II II 4 most beautiful plaza NJ
ailel Of which you can scarc9
elsewhere. In winter the .pvs
white birches on the wbde
Of pure snow lit by mooafA
scene most holy and sublime. y
AXE Of Bslkal. with It's deplh {
feet, the severest OF winters -
deprive Of warmth. The Rive
that flows out OF II never frtsH
the water Is pure MS crystal
But the most glorious ssasa
tainly summer. says 4 writs
New East. Summer is esny ,
ria. In late June the whc'e
blooms out In wild luxury =
thousands Of miles the plan
cred with q glorious capd
fiowers-yellow. crimson, p
what not. I have never seen y
In the world. The tropics cam
Il the cherries OF Yoshina ~
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1918-11-21
KIDNEY TROUBLE OFTEN
CAUSES SERIOUS BACKACHE

When your back aches, and your blad-
der and kidneys seem to be disordered.
go to your nearest drug store and get a
bottle of Dr. Kilmers Swamp Root. II
is a physicians prescription for ailments
of the kidneys and bladder
1t has stood the test of years and has
. reputation for quickly and effectively
giving results in thousands of cases.
This preparation so very effective, has
been placed on sale everywhere. Get
bottle, medium or large size, at your near
est druggist
However, if you wish first to test this
preparation send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer
4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y. for a samnIe
bottle: When writing be sure and men
ton this paper.-Adv.