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Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
NURSES
SHOW METTLE

I these British girl volunteers for duty
as clerks, chauffeurs, typists, orderlies.
telephonists, ETC., with the American
army.
Practically every troop convoy
from the United States brings scores
more of these women experts. From
peace loving American homes that
have not yet felt the grim hand of
war these blue-clad Yankee girls, like
their big brothers, are plunglng into
this maelstrom of war with n deter
mination and efficiency that has won
for them already the unstinted praise
of all the allies.
They know they've got a man-sized
Job before them. stripped of all the
so-called glamour of war. and they're
tackling 1t in a mans way. Up in the
field and base hospitals under she'll
fire and valiantly Drawing air raid ter.
rors. they're carrying on" untiringly,
night and day, working increasingly to
save the lives Of our boys.
Miss Hall, who was one of the first
American nurses to arrive in France
Immediately after the United States
decided to jump into this job of wind
ing up the watch on the Rhine, was
witness of the sterling quality Of
American womanhood in this war un-
der fire.
Morale Is Perfect.
81 was one of the first to come over
with the Harvard Base hospital unit.
No sooner were we landed than we
were attached to the British and hur-
ried up near the first line to staff
little tented hospital city near Cam
lers. There were two other American
field hospitals near us.
ut was bright moonlight night.
Our tents were shown up like silver
city. At midnight the alarm sounded.
We leaped from our beds. There was
no panic, The hum of the Boche ma
chines was plainly audible. Suddenly
five deafenlng explosions told us they
had gotten our camp. 1t only lasted
about five minutes but in that short
time their five bombs dropped in a
straight line had nearly demolished
our camp.
TENTS containing American wound
=" "cie iippeu W shreuS, temporary
hospital buildings moved down like
pack of cards. Six soldier patients
were killed and score or more in
jured. The morale OF the nurses and
doctors was wonderful. Forgetting
self. they plunged into the work Of
rescue.
"One girl. Eva Parmalee of Boston
was on duty In one of the tents most
badly hit. One bomb fell so near her
clothing was ripped and torn by bits
OF flying debris and pieces of sand
lodged In the flesh of her face. I'm
daunted, she carried on through It all.
rushing here md there aiding wound.
cd and assisting In the work of rescue.
Not until 1t was all over did she no
tice the state of her clothes or the bits
of sand IN her face"
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
Lafe's Tribute.

As we reached certain smooth
road, along which travel daily many
ammunition wagons, we met mule
skinner walking. He was going in the
direction Of certain military grave
yard, where are buried Americans and
French and Germans, Senegalese and
Moroccans and Tunisians-Christia
and Mohammedans. Over the mule
SINNERS right arm hung French
wreath. With his left hand he was
leading n sullen looking mule. As we
were about to pass him our engine
died. W got out to crank up and
the mule skinner stopped to watch and
talk to us. Meantime an M. p. strolled
down.
"Where you goin' with that, LATER
he asked, nodding at the wreath.
"Well," replied Lafe. with a hitch at
the mule. "there was a damn fool
used to sleep with, and he got his two
nights ago. He was n hell Of good
fellow, and I bought this wreath to put
on his cross."-Maude RadfOrd War
rem in the Saturday Evening Post.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
AUTUMN MODES

Millinery colorings are dull and one.
tone effects IRE favored.
Organdie and brushed wool form
one Of the oldest combinations.
Embroidering is much used. espe
cially in geometrlcal designs.
Very little jewelry should be worn
but pearls are still permissible.
It is always better to buy one CLOAK
or hat with really beautiful lines and
wear 1t for two or three seasons than
to purchase n cheap. ordinary one and
wear It for just one.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
All Wanted a Chance.

was sitting on the porch one day
reading and much interested In my
book. OF a sudden became aware
of the fact that the little boy down.
stairs had been drumming and singing
at the tor OF his voice for some time.
listened. He sang, Turn to the left
boys, turn to the left" over and over
again until I wished he would change
It and sing something else. Evidently
the little boy two doors away wished
the same thing, for he called out. Fer
goodness sake, Danny, turn to the
rIght."-Exehange.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21

LondOn.-America has poured
veritable army of her womanhOOd into
war-torn Europe. To date over 1900
American nurses have been sent over.
Within the year there will be right
here on the ground more than $4,000
of these American "girls behind the
men behind the guns"
This is the estimate of Miss Carrie
NJ. Hall of Boston. head of all Ameri-
can Red Cross nurses in Great Britain.
OF the 1900 now here, between
600 and 700 are working in Great Brit
ain in the dozen or more American
hospitals that have sprung into being
within the past six months. The re-
mainder are stating hospitals behind
the lines In France.
With the arrival of American SOL
dlers at vladivostok came a contin-
gent of nurses from the American Red
Gross unit at Toxic, Japan. AS hos
Titles and American casualties begin
there more United States army regu-
lar nurses probably will be sent to
Russia.
All Highly Trained.
All women sent over so far are high
ly trained graduate nurses, bacteriolo-
gists, dletitians and college trained
hygiene experts. The war department
in Washington has ruled that only
these trained women may be sent over
for the time being, at least.
For this reason General Pershing's
recent call for 5000 girl workers with
the American army in France will be
filed by British instead of American
girls. England's women's army, the
'Waacs" (Women's Army Auxiliary
Corpse is now conducting a nation
wide recruiting campaign here for
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21

planes started to raid the base. The
sound Of exploding bombs dropping
around the air base was heard by Mr..
Moore even before the automobile was
near home.
"Where is Stevens?" asked the e0
ecutive officer, as the car drew up.
"Taken prisoner by the Germans. .
was the reply.
"Well. I guess he is lucky at that,
His pet place, in which he always
stands when the raiders come, was
blown to pieces half an hour ago."
1--WE have been wondering who is
the luckier of the twO-Stevens or
Dooley," said the executive officer
"Dooley for not being captured or
Stevens for not being killed"
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
CUPID GETS HELLO GIRLS
London Telephone Company Has pif.
ficuIty In Keeping Corps Of
Operators.

London.-Dan Cupid Is playing hnv.
oc with the London telephone system,
SO many "hello girls" hnve been mar
ried lately that the STATS of the va.
rious exchanges are very short-handed.
Wages up to 81 week and the lure
of the telephone brings in raw re-
cruits, but as soon MS they are SUN.
GENTLY trained some cooling voice over
the phone interferes and there's new
unframed girl on the Job next day,
telephone officials complain.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
TAKEN PRISONER:
HIS LIFE IS SAVED

American Bombing Base-Dr. Albert
n. Stevens Of New York. medical off,
GER at this base, owes his life to the
fact that he was taken prisoner by the
Germans, while DR.. Harry ]. Dooley Of
Chicago. successor to Doctor Stevens,
assistant surgeon. owes his liberty to
the fact that Doctor Stevens Is pris-
oner.
1t is one of those weird romances
Of the sea and war.
Word was flashed to the bombing
base one afternoon that n seaplane
was down on the surface of the water
about thirty miles Off the coast.
fast motor boat. ready for such emer-
gencies, was sent out. A surgeon al
ways accompanies such expeditions
Doctor Dooley in ordinary circumstan-
res would have gone. But Doctor Stew
ems was just retiring from the post,
and he thought the trip might do him
good.
II think I'll CO." he said to Doctor
Dooley. ut will be my last trip and
the journey will be something of re-
lief"
He jumped into the boat and was
off. There were six others aboard.
They reached the stranded seaplane in
q little under two hours. The flyers
men had got her into condition again
and were just ready to start of. They
left the motor boat and landed back at
the base in good time.
shelled by Germans.
It was dark. The surgeon, seeing
what he thought were lights of town
lear the base, headed the motor boat
In what he supposed the correct direc-
hon. They surged through the light
sens for an hour or more. They ap-
preached close to the supposed home
tights when suddenly the scream Of
4 shell was heard coming straight at
them. 1t exploded directly in the back
pf the boat. A second shell dropped
about two hundred yards in front.
"The Germans are Smelling u.s." call
I'd one of the men.
"Where are WEI" asked the skipper.
They were under German guns. The
lights they thought their base lights
auu Uccu luI vi. Ihey uhu DecH StccI-
Ing straight toward German-held
ground.
"Jump into the water" commanded
the surgeon.
The men went overheard. Half a
minute later shell struck in the CEN
ter Of the boat. 1t blew n great hole
h her and sank her.
A strong current was running up
the shore. Doctor Stevens and one 9TH
er man, being strong swimmers, head
ID for the nearest point Of land. They
reached the beach. They were drag
ying themselves through the surf and
had Just reached the shallow water
when squad of German soldiers
marched down the sands with drawn
bayonets and commanded:
Surrender! You are on German
oerritory!"
Doctor Stevens and his companion
surrendered.
Meanwhile the other five men were
trying to make land. Two of them
headed down with the current. look
Ing for any chance to make land.
One Of this trio was drowned. The
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
Neuro Women as Nurses.

Kansas City. Mo.-The first free
school in the United States to train
negro women for nurses for negro sol.
diers with the American expedition.
airy forces in France has been estab.
lished here. DR.. William J. Thcmp-
kins has charge Of the work under the
supervision of the city hospital and the
health board. The course Of training
will be eight weeks.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
F@'ff3.sf.:i'4f sf,i,.f.i..a,.h.ia
Mr.. KAISER OF BERLIN
II FIRST TO REGISTER

Berlin, Conn.-That this town
is doing its best to live down it's
name was indicated when sos
men Of the town stepped up to
register. And first among them.
strange to say, was ]. III. Kaiser.
The town was one Of the first Ii,
the state to erect huge honor
roll, which is evidence to visl-
tors and passing autoists that
there is no local lack of patri-
otism.
Gilpin observer., 1918-11-21
The Good Luck Gown.

Agnes makes a good luck gown Of
Dull brown Windsor satin, with the
bodice In machIne-made gold and By
Eantine blue metal. Over the bust is
worn O horseshoe In brown, blue and
gold.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
Drink MORE WATER
IF KIDNEYS BOTHER
East less meat and take Salts for
Backache or Bladder
trouble.

Uric acid in meat excites the kid
neys, they become overworked: get
sluggish. ache, and feel like Jumps of
lead. The urine becomes cloudy; the
bladder is irritated, and you may be
obliged to seek relief two or three
times during the night. When the
kidneys clog you must help them flush
off the body's urinous waste or you'll
be a real sick person shortly. At first
you feel a dull misery in the kidney
region. you suffer from backache, sick
headache, dizziness. stomach gets
sour, tongue coated and you feel
rheumatic twinges when the weather
is bad.
Eat less meat. drink lots of water;
also get from any pharmacist four
ounces of Jad Salts: take a table,
spoonful In a glass of water before
breakfast for a few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts Is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia, and has been used for genera
tions to clean clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to normal activity.
also 70 neutraliSe the acids in urine.
SO it no longer Is source of irrita-
ton, thus ending bladder weakness
Jad Salts is inexpensive, cannot in
jure; makes a delightful efrervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep the
kidneys clean and active. Druggists
here say they sell lots of Jad Salts TO
folks who believe in overcoming kid
ney trouble while 1t 10 only trouble
Ads.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
An Analysis of Wars Effect on
American Shipbuilding
By HENRY G. SEABoRN,

Vice President Skinner & Eddy
In 1914
the world stood roughly 5ooOooOo
United States
100000 tons constituted deep
England
half Of the worlds ' ~
When
ships sizes. ' '-'
We also
tered 2l5 from
China
bv south
NON>N
The American ar ns.rIv
tons los Is nearly
Destruction by submarine other
and depletion
tons during the period 49,
Ihe United
tons including vessels
break OF hostes England in 1918
SfOOO tons and in 1917 slightly
year will probably produce about 2oo0o00
contributed tonnage little
Japan Italy and
oorhood OF 100000
Is about 12oOooo0 after deducting
the war had interviewed
there probably
The world therefore 2oooooo
trade. . - ~ NN'
In the ane-bellum
kept
newas OF her merchant marine Viewing
Hurley
country and which without effect car
look forward to continued
in order to maintain such
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
FIGHT READING
AS DELEGATE
British Press Bitter Against
Sending Former Am
bassador to Paris.

London, Dec. s.-Just when the
nation seemed assured that every
body and everything were in COM
plete harmony preparatory to the
peace conference at Paris, the Tory
Press has thrown q monkeywrench
into Lloyd Georges smooth running
machinery by a sudden attack on
the inclusion Of Lord Reading
among the British peace delegates
The Morning Post, taking up the
cudgels for those who are bitterly
opposed to this choice, launches
violent editorial attack upon the
Lord Chief Justice. predicting the
premier will seriously shake the
public confidence in himself II ne
insists on taking Reading with MIN
TO Paris and Versailles.
A month age Universal Service
was able to cable exclusive infor-
nation that Lord Reading would not
return to Washington, but would re-
main at the Prime Minister'S elbow
throughout the peace deliberations,
The two men have bH@n almost in
separable during the conferences
here with Premiers ClemenceaU and
Orlando and Marshal Foch.
Text Of Posts Attnek-
The Morning Posts editorial attack
follows:
The government still has the in
tention. unless the public asserts it.
self. to name Lord Reading as one OF
the British representatives to the
Peace Conference at Paris. 1t Is
therefore timely for public opinion to
be heard.
No act on the part Of the govern
Inent could well be more repugnant
10 proper feeling. Least of all, on
such an occasion as summoning
peace conference which is to estao-
Iish a better order in the world, can
It be forgotten that Lord Reading
was the principal figure in the discred-
table MarconI scandal.
We do not wish to rake up the
past vipdictively; but at this confer
ence surely it Is the duty to demand
that this country, appearing as cham
pion of the highest causes, should not
be unworthily represented.
III representatives are to be chosen
outside the ranks OF the politicians
there are few open to grsver eXcep-
ton in one respect than Lord Reading.
"On his appointment to the Chlet
Justiceship. after the revelations OF
the MarConi inquiry, an appointment
in which the Liberal party disclosed
contempt for anything but party in
terest, we entered our protest.
Opposed AmbassadorshIp-
When Lord Reading was appointed
Ambassador Extraordinary to the
United States We protested again, no
less vigorously: and against his ap-
pointment as British delegate to the
Peace Conference we shall protest
with all our vehemence-
In discharging what must be a
disagreeahle duty. we are sustained
by many letters on this subject which
We receive from the public, letters
convincing US that IL Mr.. Lloyd
George persists in the position &C
credited to him, he will go far toward
lforfeitinE the confidence which the
conduct Of the war has earned him.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
u. S. SECOND NAVAL POWER:
BY PROGRAMS OF ALLIES
"Heroic Effort" May Make This Nation Active
Competitor with Great Britain for Control
of Seas-Take Action on Navy

taken from Germany, IL divided among
the allies equitably. will not material
ly affect the relative strength OF the
nations in question.
The navy experts say that the les
son of the relative strength which
Congress will get is that there must
be no interference with the thirty-two
capital ship program OF Secretary
Daniels. On the contrary, they say
that the mind Of Congress should be
kept open as to any extraordinary con-
struction addition TO this which the
developments of the Peace Congress
may imperatively demand.
1t is made plain by the navy ex-
perts that the United States is not
making a program with reference to
the strength OF any other nation or
group OF nations. but is trying to ex-
pedite the naval construction in pro-
portion of time and strength to the
place the United States now holds
among world powers and more es-
pecially in proportion to its future
commerce.
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
DRESSING AND DANCING
Is YANKS' CHOICE NOW
One-Step Goes Strong in Bhlets as
Soldiers Rest.

London.-Interesung contrasts are
found in the way in which allied sol.
4ierr biileted together spend their
leisure hours.
The Frenchman. given time off. en-
joys most 20 lean against a doorway.
cigarette in hand. and watch the viii
lage maidens.
The Anzac purs a pipe while he
stands against a door. with legs
crossed. and. at intervals, offers a
laconic remark.
The Scot will sit for hours. with
legs straight in front Of him on the
ground. arguing any question from
any angle.
The Yank prefers to sit on a door
step and eat nuts OF listen to band
concert No matter how weary. he'll
run from a doorway to one-step on
the pavement when a popular seiec-
ton is played.
Dressing up" ard parading on the
streets, as though in a minstrel show,
is another of his diversions
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09

Heroic effort, OF which the United
States is now perfectly capable. can
keep this country a good second to
the British navy. IL the Peace Con-
gress does not put limitations on
future naval construction"
This statement was made last night
by a navy Official who has gone
over the original and the new pro-
gram of Secretary of the Navy Dan
iels with respect to super-Dread-
noughts and battle cruisers.
There are thirty-two of these con-
templated by the Navy Department
and that figure will enter into the
plan which Congress has asked from
the Navy Department The object
OF Congress Is to get figures on which
II will be able to determine for itself
what is the present and probable fu-
ture relative strength of the prin-
cipal maritime nations of the world.
In arriving at conclusions it is a
naval maxim that the relative
strength will depend on the number
OF vessels OF the up-to-date class
each nation possesses. The up-to-date
class includes the Dreadnought and
super -Dreadnought types. Such ves-
sells are the criterion OF a nations
naval power nowadays.
According to estimates here, the
super-Dreadnought strength of the
United States is Is; of Great Britain.
more than 3d." of France. L. and of
Japan. L.. The great double-capital
ship program announced by Secretary
Daniels, according to the experts. will
give the United States between the
years 1923 and 1925 thirty-two new first
rate, modern ships twenty nine of
which will probably be better than
the New Mexico and twelve of which
will be of battle cruiser type of a
purely American design which will be
in most respects the equivalent of
super with a thirty
five-knot speed.
No one here is able to say or even
predict how many of the super
Dresdnought class Great Britain
will add to her battleship fleet OF
more than thirty by the time Secre-
tary Daniels program calling for
$500, 900, 900 expenditures in three
years is completed.
Reports have come here through
diplomatic and cable stories TO the
effect that Great Britain, notwith-
standing the streas of the war. has
t"NhNs ihONN' "a
ships to her fighting strength, This
story, however. is discredited as in
credible by United States navy ex-
perts.
Nor is it known what Is the Jap
anese program, but il is believed she
will concentrate on battle cruisers,
which will have the same l6-inch
main battery guns as the United
States battle cruisers. The battle
cruiser type of ship is something
new in the American navy. although
Great Britain and Japan have sew
eral Two of Japan's best battle
cruisers were built in England.
The figures of the great powers on
naval construction when the war OF
1914 broke out, showing their building
plans for that year. follow:
Total war tonnage of Great Britain
plus what she intended to build. ANA
los; Germany. 1,30S.577: France, S99.
s15; United States, Ss4, ,sSe
Great Britains policy at that time
was to have a navy superior to the
combined strength of the two greatest
warship tonnage nations. Germany
and France.
The figures, however. show that.
with Germany eliminated. the United
States holds the second place. She
now clearly has created a vast deal OF
tonnage. The distribution OF the ships
The Washington herald., 1918-12-09
LEAGUE OF NATIONS WOULD
BE EXPERIMENTAL, THEY SAY
First Lord of the Admiralty and Other
Leaders of Great Britain Not Favorably
Impressed with the Idea

London. Dec. s. - The Washington
Herald correspondent herewith pre-
sents exclusively a series Of state
ments bearing on tn project of a
league Of nations, obtained from lead
ing Britons:
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, first sea lord {:
Far be it from me to belittle the
idea Of a league OF nations. but it
is nothing new. Such a project was
put forward during the negotiations
for the peace of Utrecht in l7l3 by
Saint Pierre, but il did not come
to anything because of the difficulty
OF working it out satisfactorily all
around
Again, in 1875 Emmanuel Kant tried
to work it up. The present ques-
ton is whether the peoples have
been prepared sufficiently for each ma
ton to surrender its self government
and put itself into the hands of an
international commission. II that
high plane Is already attained then
the nations must feel assured of per-
petual peace.
Power Never Abssed.
Meanwhile. the best guarantee
that mankind has been able to de-
wise for the peace OF the world is
the power OF the British navy. That
power has never been abused in
peace and never dishonored in war"
Archbishop OF York:
There is a greater desire for
bringing about an international con-
centration of power commonly re-
ferred to as a league of nations
than there is an understanding OF
the difficulties such a plan will in
volve and the sacrifices it will de-
mand. II is an ideal. but perhaps
it is attainable. Upon the close
fellowship Of the great English
speaking nations and dominions de-
pends the hope OF fulfilling that
: ideal.
TT is now their duty to make
democracy a saving and uplifting 6
power for the world. Unless the
moral conquest of war itself shall
be achieved forthwith, the present
victory cannot be pronounced COM
plete."
Lord Robert Cecil:
ANY league of nations neces-
sarily must be an experiment. To
give II a fair start, we must first
make a sound and good peace. For
any true partnership OF nations, II
is imperative that the territorial
settlement be based upon natural
justice. 1t is important to re-es-
tablish the sanctity OF treaties be-
cause any new international organ
ization is necessarily created by
treaty"
The Bishop OF London:
For a league OF nations to be ef-
sectIve. the way must be paved by
worldwide demonstrations that those
guilty OF waging this war made a
colossal blunder from material
viewpoint. There was absolutely no
necessity for the central powers to
outrage the peace OF the world. 1
consider this war the most unneces-
sary war ever waged, and I am abso-
lutely convinced that unless the whole
world sees and knows that this kind
Of thing does not pay. the whole idea
of the league OF nations is a baseless
dream.
Therefore, the perpetrators must be
punished. I claim that to punish the
wrongdoers is an essential part of up
holding the righteous judgment of
God as we'll as the essential founda-