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AKmi HtALIH KAlb RPQT PUPR NlflWH ULUI LILII UI1UIIII DEATHS FROM DISEASE REMARK ABLY FEW, BOTH AT HOME AND IN FOREIGN LANDS. TWO NAVY HEROES ARE CITED Rowed Through m Flames to Rescue Men From Burning Spanish Steam shipWork of Children's Year Is Proving Very Effective. A health rate which as far as known lias never been surpassed has been es tablished by the American armies both here and overseas, according to re ports received by Surgeon General Gorges. For a recent week the combined re ports of the American expeditionary forces and of troops stationed in the United States show an annual death rate for disease of 1.9 per 1.000, less than two men per 1,000 per year. The annual death rate from disease of men of military age in civil life is 6.7 per 1,000. This new rate Is based on approxi mate strength of 2,500,000 men, and includes men living under abnormal conditions. The overseas record was made while American soldiers were participating in the heavy fighting In the Marne salient, when they were compelled frequently to sleep and eat under the most primitive conditions. That this record is truly representa tive of the general health of the troops Is shown by the combined reports which Indicate the figure of 2.8 per 1.000 as the average death rate from disease during the past two months. An Idea of the progress being made In military sanitation is gained by a comparison with the following : During the Mexican war the annual death rate from disease was 100 per 1,000. Dur ing me American uivii war uie rate in 1Rfi2 was 40 npr 1.0OO. whiln dnrinir 1863 the rate Jumped to 60 per 1,000. The disease death rare for the Spanish American war was 25 per 1,000. As far as available records show the low est figure heretofore recorded was 20 per 1,000' during the Russo-Japanese war. Two men of the American navy proved themselves heroes and won commendation from Secretary Dan iels for the rescue of seven men from the burning Spanish steamship Seran tes July 13 last. They are William E. King, seaman, and Clarence F. Ready, machinist's mate, second class, C. S. N. R. F of the U. S. S. Isis. The two men took the port launch of the Isis to the side of the burning ship and rescued from the burning forecastle seven men who were hemmed in by flames and who were too panic stricken ttfump Into the wa ter. The launch's trip to the Serantes was made through an area of burning gasoline and the rescuers were in con stant and Imminent peril. Their com manding officer reports that the con duct of King and Ready during this time was cool and courageous. They probably owe their own lives and the lives of those they rescued to their steady nerves and cool judgment. Their commendation was for bravery and their initiative In undertaking the res- The army general staff has complet ed plans for expansions at some of the camps and changes at training cen ters. Additional plans are being worked out and will be put into ef fect. Camp Hancock, Georgia, is to be a machine gun center and will be en larged to accommodate between 55.000 and 60.000 men. The officers' training school now housed In tents at this ramp will be provided for In barracks and quarters similar to those at other cantonments. These Improvements outside of enlargement of the camp, will cost about $2,000,000. It has been decided to make Camp Orant an Infantry replacement camp to accommodate between 55,000 and 150,000 men.. The present capacity of this camp Is' about 42,000. The altera tions and changes necessary will be tnade after the division now located there has been removed. Field artillery firing centers are to be located at West Point, Ky Camp Jackson. S. C. and Fayetteville, N. U. Options on sufficient land for this pur pose have been secured at all these places. It Is planned to locate six brigades at Fayettesville. six at West rotnt and four at Jackson: - It has been decided also to erect permanent buildings for the officers' training schools at present boused In tents at Camps Lee. Gordon and Pike These schools have a capacity of about fi.000 men. The estimated cost, of these improvements is, about $6,000,- ooo. As, a result of the Immediate and growing needs of the army for trained 'nurses. Miss Jane A. Delano, director of tbe department of nursing of the I ted Cross, has sent an appeal for en listments from this year's graduating classes at 3.000 nurse training institu tions throughout the -country. It Is expected that about 13.000 students - will be graduated as nurses between now and October 1. and it Is hoped many of these graduates will be en - rolled so they cno be assigned to the acnw corps before that date. Tbe work of children's year Is prov ing to be an effective Americanization measure. Tbe children's bureau of the labor department has as Its goal 100, 000 baby lives saved this year. Ac cording to reports received, foreign mothers are as eager as the native mothers. If hot more so, to learn ail they can about the proper care of their children. The Japanese women of Seattle are asking for pamphlets on prenatal care, the Italian women of Wallace, Idaho, L500 strong, have arranged to study a standard book on the care and feed ing of children, with the aid of an in terpreter. The foreign mothers of the remote lumbering regions of Washing ton and of the manufacturing cities of New England are united by the coin- 1 mon desire to learn everything pos sible about safeguarding the health of their children. . This desire is resulting in tbe break ing down of the barriers of alien lan guage and old-world superstition that have long stood in the way of the health of little Americans horn of for eign parents. It has been necessary in many cities to employ Interpreters at the weighing and measuring centers to answer the questions of mothers who do' not speak English. Classes in the care of baby being conducted In Se attle and Pittsburg are made a means of teaching mothers to speak and read English. Perhaps the most Important educa- . tional measure that has been adopted Is the provision of public health nurses whose function it is not only to give care and service to the sick but to advise mothers how to keep their children welL As a result of Chil dren's year activities many communi ties have succeeded In obtaining pub lic or private funds for public health nursing. Wisconsin has adopted the slogan, "A Public Health Nurse for Every County," and in Washington state an active campaign for school nurses is being carried on. , The work of the state councils of de fense has been so valuable to the country that It has drawn public com mendation from President Wilson with an accompanying suggestion that its unique and widespread organization be utilized by all government departments and agencies so far as practical. Secretary Baker, chairman of the council of national defense, which brought the state councils Into exist ence, reported to the president: It Is difficult to estimate the Importance of the service rendered, since our en trance Into the war, by these state councils, their county councils and the multitude of workers banded together under them, whom we estimate to number at least one million. I feel sure that you, Mr. President, as their commander in chief, will be proud of their unique contribution in the war and will use your authority to broaden the scope of their activities as condi tions permit so that they may go on to still greater achievements. The state councils, says Secretary Baker, have active county, or equiva lent, councils of defense under them, while In nearly every state the organ ization of community councils In the school districts, bringing the govern ment to the people and the people to the government. Is progressing rapid ly. The president replied: "I shall be glad to have you express to the state councils my appreciation of the serv ice they have so usefully rendered. I am particularly struck by the value of extending our defense organization in to the smallest communities and by the truly democratic character of a national system so organized. I be lieve in the soundness of your conten tion that in the interest of economy and efficiency such machinery as that provided by the state council system for the execution of many kinds of war work should be utilized as far as possible by federal departments and administrations." A recent proclamation by President Wilson puts Into effect provisions of the shipping act making It Impossible, for foreign Interests .to obtain control of American shipping or shipyards. - Chairman Edward N. Hurley of the shipping board explains that the new law provides that during war or na tional emergency proclaimed by the president, it is a criminal offense to sell, mortgage, lease or deliver an American ship to -a foreigner without the consent of the shipping board, or to make any agreement by which con trol of a ship is turned over to a for-' elgner. The prohibition applies not only to completed ships, but to ships under construction. It Is made Illegal, without . the board's consent, to make any contract for ship construction fo foreign ac count, unless the contract expressly provides that construction on the ship shall not begin until after tbe war or the emergency has ended. Shipyards, also, cannot be transferred to foreign ers without the consent of the ship ping board. The act has provisions which It Is believed will prevent all attempts to evade the ship-transfer sections of the law by means of dummy directors and stockholders in corporations nominally American but actually dominated by foreigners. Farmers who have been placed In army service deferred classifications to stimulate production are organizing throughout the country and reporting to Secretary Houston of the depart ment of agriculture." - "We are ready with 110 per cent Increase of wheat, or whatever else you may call upon ns to do to help win the war." is their message to the secretary. The shipping board has allotted a vessel te bring coffee from Brazil to the TJnlted States to prevent a pos sible coffee shortage. THROWS "BABY" AT FOE'S SUBMARINE Woman" on British Decoy Ship Decorated for Outwitting Germans. - BLOWS UP TKE U - COAT Interesting Revelations Made Regard ing Work of British Mystery Ships . Which Play Important Part in Anti-Submarine Warfare. London. Interesting revelations re garding the work of British mystery ships which have played an important part in antisubmarine warfare are made by the naval correspondent of the Times. They show how British seamen have met -German craft and cunning with British craft and cun ning. Until this week the public has known nothing ' about the mystery ships, known in the navy as the "Q" ships. although several officers, notably Capt. Gordon Campbell, have been decorated for their services on these vessels. De tails now can be made public, as the Germans are becoming aware through bitter experience of the methods used against them. . "Baby" Blows Up Diver. How a "woman and baby" accounted for a TT-boat Is told by the correspon dent. The submarine ordered a ves sel fo surrender and fired a few shells Into It. The boats then left the ship, leaving on board a woman who ran up and down the deck with a baby in her arms, as if mad. The U-boat came alongside the ves sel and the woman hurled the "baby" into the open hatch. The "baby" ex ploded and blew out the bottom of the . submarine. The "womnn" was deco rated with the Victoria cross. The correspondent says that the first mention of a mystery, ship was in the case of the Baralong, which on August 19, 1915. sank a U-boat after the tor pedoing of the British liner Arabic. It will be remembered, he says, that the German government protested that there was nothing to Indicate the Bara long"s warlike character. The Bara long case was probably not the first in -which a ruse was used, and since then the disguising of armed vessels as Innocent merchantmen for dealing with submarines has attained considerable dimensions. "Howls and moans," adds the naval correspondent, "went up in Germany about the treachery of British seamen, but the German allegations curiously ceased at the beginning of 1916. These allegations afforded a typical example of German -mentality, for they ignored the fact that in every case the U-boat was an actual or potential assailant and any ruse of war is considered legit imate by them except when employed against Germany." It should not be forgotten, he con tinues, that the Germans designed mystery ships for commerce destruc tion. The British commanders showed much ingenuity In devising plans for trapping submarines. Haystack' Is Floating Fort. In addition to the "woman and baby" case, the correspondent mentions the story of a retired admiral, serving as a captain, who placed a haystack on board an ancient-looking craft. When the U-boat ordered her to surrender the Germans were astonished to re ceive a broadside from the haystack. On another occasion a sea-worn NEVER TARDY IN 50 YEARS Connecticut Man Prided Himself That He Had Never Been Late at Work. New Britain, Conn. Henry Good rich, aged ninety-four, who died re cently at his home here and who re tired ten years ago after being em ployed for- 50 years by the P. & F. Cor bln Manufacturing company, prided himself on the fact that during all the years of his employment he had nev er been late at his' work. When the recent daylight saving plan resulted in the pushing of the clock one hour ahead Mr. Goodrich refused to com ply with the government ruling, saying that he had lived 94 years with the clock on the same schedula and saw no need of changing it. YANKS CARD INDEXED With the American Army in Eng land. When a soldier leaves the Unit ed States he should not feel certain he is going to win glory on the battlefield in France. Whether officer or enlisted man he is subjected to further scrutiny in England and in France and until the little corps of keen-eyed and care ful officers have completed the exami- FIND SIGNS OF PEACE -ON BACKS OF LOCUSTS ConneHsville. Pa. A perfect p - on the backs of locusts found at Spruce Hollow means "Peace. according to some of the veteran natives. The -war, locust la- proverbial and many persons are pinning their faith now on the "peace" variety of the tribe. tramp steamer was crossing the North sea- when a submarine ordered the crew to abandon ship. So sure was the German of his prey that the bombs with which he Intended to sink the ves sel were brought on deck around the conning tower. . The commander of the tramp steam er by careful maneuvering brought the submarine within range of his conceal ed armament so that it required only a shell or two to explode the bombs and blow -the U-boat out of the water. Capt. Gordon O. L. Campbell.' then a commander, was decorated with the Victoria cross and the T. S. O. in 1916. being the first to receive these order) without the nature of his heroic deed being made public. It was announced early in 1917 that the reason for his decorations would be made public af ter the war. He was given special pro motion over the heads of about 700 orti cers, and current rumor in London in July, 1917. ascribed his rapid rise to work against tbe submarine. Captain Campbell gained the military cross for bravery in handling a tank when that weapon was first used by the British in the summer of 1916. TANK UNIT IS READY 'Treat 'Em Rough" Finish Train ing in England. First American Battalion Is Taught by Veteran of British Tank Service. With the American Army in Eng land. Another -consignment of Ameri can man power, that might be labeled "Made in England," is ready for shti ment to the western front. It ts the personnel of the first American tank battalion. " ' Trained by veterans of the British tank service -and equipped with the most modern of the land war ships, the new force will give an excellent account of itself. The British coache-j of the American crews have expressed their approval of the manner in which their pupils have adapted themselves to the operation of the machines and. unless they are mistaken, the men whose training in England Is just be ing completed will be given enviable roles. Their machines have the best points of both the British and French tanks and the training of the men has been in the light of experience already gained by the fighters of France and England. To every" man In the American outfit there have been imparted the stories of mistakes made In the early history of tank warfare. Enlisted men and of ficers have been told what to do and what not to do; all their admonitions have been based not on theory but on actual experiences, gained in the face of German fire, loosed always upon the slightest intimation that the tanks are lumbering to the front. It Is expected that because of the excellence of .the weapon with which REMAINS OF A GIANT GERMAN PLANE The remains of a -giant German plane, which was downed by British air fighters, -being towed to a position far behind the battle line. nation no one can tell into. just what part of the big army machine be is going to fit. r There are in England camps where every man who passes through Is "trade Indexed." This is especially true of one camp, where a large part of the airmen and motor transport forces arrive shortly after debarkation. The records accompanying them tibow what the men have been doing in civil life, and a further examination of them and a scrutiny of the demands often determine the part they are to take, sometimes .only for temporary duty but in some cases for an indefinite pe riod.. -. From this lot are selected the rncr. who wilt go into the big repair shops at once. Men experienced In electrical work are sent to stations where their service is most needed. Orders for automobile experts are filled and nor-in-frequently the men in command of the station are called upon to supply men , for following, for a time at least, ex DOING WAR WORK - ' - . . - - ; I hi? 3 s - J vAl . . : :: V: wj W irrn Nrwapqpr Union J Lady Norman." wife of Sir Hem-y Norman, privy councillor of the Brit ish parliament, is now,engaged in war work for the English wounded. Ijidy and Major Norman have established a war hospital at Wlmeraux. it will fight and the training it has undergone the American contingent will prove Itself exceptionally erticient. Further cause for believing the American Tank Corps will live up to the estimate of the British instructors is the character of Its personnel, both men and officers. They are carefully selected men, picked from the thou sands who volunteered when the call for tank men was made. Two basi requisites were insisted upon: First, every man must be physically fit. nnrt, second, " temperamentally adaptable. The training every man has received has meant either that he Is delivered to the commanders at the front as u wonderfully efficient unit or Is merci lessly thrown out of the service. JI' i turned over to the fighting for;e as an expert mechanic, a man drilled In the operation of both machine guns and heavier ordnance, a tactician n'l stmitgist, and, finally, as a man with no evidence of "nerves."' 25 YEARS AT HARD LABOR FOR PEACE-LOVING MAN Camp Lewis, Wash. Private WHliam H. Edwards of Sal Lake City, who said he would not defend . his own life with force, is now serving a sentence of 25 years at hard labor on Al catraz Island. Edwards was tried and sentenced by court martial for refusing to sign en listment and assignment cards. He refused to do noncombatant work around the military camp here because he does not believe In aiding the war in any way. actly the same kind of work they were doing In the United States before their numbers in the draft were called. Officers engaged in fixing the ,trade index of the army have boasted that from the ranks of the National army there may be found men who can do any class of work required. HOLDS MONEY OVER LOVE Woman Seeking Divorce Admits She - Was Misled . About " : " Finances. San Francisco. CaL Appearing in court to press her suit for divorce from Michael Raphael. Mrs. Helen Raphael told Judge Mogan that Raphael led her to believe before they were married that he owned a prosperous saloon and that she would not have married him had she known his true financial condi tion which, she said was not so good as represented. - "You place a saloon higher than love," the court observed, and he was so dumfounded by tbe woman's con fession that he had to take tbe case under advisement. Hay Fever-Catarrh I nuuipi kbuci uudionieea - uvi i m. a.' imvi m CATARRH BALM There's Magic, in Red Cress Ball Mzz A hundred years ago, the magic, dazzling whiteness it gives to the coarsest as well as most delicate . fabrics would have caused its user . to be hailed as a witch. To-day ' she is the envy of her neighbors, at much less labor to herself. - Makes clothes beautiful. " Buy it try it and you'll stick to it. . At all good groccrm 5 Cents Almost Free I Clear Your Skin WhileYouSleep with Cuticura All dragsists ; Soap 25. Of fitment St 6ft; Talcum' (sample emon Tvmm of "wttm, Dept. E, Boa torn- PATENTS as; on IB. Colan, Lawyer. Wasblnatoa. It. C. Advice and book nil Burtrannnnmhin niimmrfiiiii MatMentwa. If You Are Interested S.VC5SS3 prod action ta the shallow fields or Kastern KuiHt, write vs. We bave leases and prod notion for No field for small Investments makes better returns. 11. W. 11 a.m in 11 A Co., l'aolts, VERMIN ATTRACTED BY FOOO it No Scraps Are Around There Wil Be Little Trouble With Ants or Roaches. The surest way to keep a house from ants Is to leave no food lying about on shelves or In open place; where they can reneh It.. Auts where they find food, nnd If the foo supplies of the household ore kept ! ant-proof metal containers or In Ice boxes, and If all foods that may hay pen to be scattered by children or oth ers is cleaned up promptly, the as nuisance will be slight. Cake, bread, sugar, meot," and like substances, are especially attractive to the ants, sad should be kept from them. Roaches will not frequent unless they find some available f material, and if such materials be kept from living rooms and offieea or scrupulous care exercised to mem that no such material Is placed ha drawers where It can leave an attrac tive .odor or fragments of food, tb roach nuisance can be largely restrict ed to places where food necessarily must be kept. Editor Finally Turned. "And this," said the alleged old dler, pestering a long-suffering editor who was an old soldier, "is where the Arabs were massed in front of oa. "Here" pointing to another place mm a dirty pocket map 'is where our di vision was drawn up in zareba. "We deployed in this direction, and our left wing was attacked by tbe enemy on this knoll. Just at this point I was - wounded on the left shoulder, and a hundred yards further on I got my right arm shattered by a piece of one of our own shells,- anl " . "But," Interrupted the bored editor, "where did you get your brains blow out?" London Tit-Bits. Poor Comparison. Caroline was eating a' green apple and her mother said, "O, dearie, doat eat thnt ! It will make you sick mm m dog!" Caroline's reply was prompt and logical, "Our dog is the wellest of the family." Ofz Wear and -Tear on that bpy of yours during the active years of childhood and youth necessitates a real building food. Grape-Nats supplies the essentials for vigorous minds and bodies at any age. . "There's a Reason -5