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1 'VJWwPWPPPWWWlMWiiura. THE BEAVER HERALD. BEAVER. OKLAHOMA 1200 VICTORIA CROSSES WON DURING THE WAR preatest Honor That Can Cor i to Soldier Fighting for Great Britain. SOME HEROES LOSE LIVES beedi ef Valor In Battle for Which Men Were Decorated Make Task More Thrilling Than Fiction Majority From Rank of Worker. London. In the course of the treat war nearly 200 Hrltlsh and colonial Midlers hare won Uie Victoria Cross, jthe greatest honor tliat can come to k man who fight for Great Britain. Jlont of the awards hare gone to men 'of humlile itatlon. Two of them be gan life so doubtfully that they "com Ideted their education" under the en forced discipline of reformatories and Industrial schools. Other were quiet' Jiving working-class folk before tbe war. Hut It la curious to note that nearly nil of them seem to have had n spice i( Uie Kngllth lore of games In their nature the gomes In which they "(earned to be fearlets of physical dan fcer and careful only for the achieve ment of what they had In view. Take the case of I'rlvate Jaincs Miller, V. C of the I toy n I Lancashire reglmenl, f whom It la said: "lie was a great believer In keeping pool. They called him a pWder. or.d when he played football he suffered from 'lack of devil.' Once he cave a Wood hiding to n bigger fellow who had fouled him four times very badly, ale was a silent man and there was. nothing In his Ufa to suggest that ho was anything more than n very re spectable, hard-working paper-mill la borer." Hut this Is what hn did: "Ordered to tnko an Important mes Ibubo under heavy shell mid rifle flro kind bring back a reply nt all costs, the succeeded In spite of n gaping wound In his abdomen, which he com iiressed with his hand, and falling dcud it tho feet of the officer to whom ho llellvcrcd tho message." What Some of Them Did. J One of tho new V. C.'s, Prlvnto Veole, of tho Devonshire regiment, Coolly went out to a wounded olllcer, who was lying In growing corn within GO yards of tho enemy, drugged him to a shell hole, went back for water, returned, went back again und brought iitdlstuuce, and after several attempts covered an upproachlug enemy patrol (with n Lewis gun and saved the of ficer. " . When King (Jeorgo wns nt the front fecently, I'rlvntu Thomus Turnbull of ho Worcester regiment wns cnlled out n iiiu irum-iicn in uu hmii.vii 10 uy iiiu ;lng. Writing homo to bis mother tic aid, subsequently: "I cannot tell ivhnt passed. I trembled nil over." A civ days Inter In the middle of llprcu Ightlng ho remained with bis wound- d olllcer for thrco hours under con- Inuous Are from innchliio guns and Kimbs, nnd, although at one tlmo com- jpletely cut off, lie held his ground nnd ulnnlly curried the olllcer Into tho Brit ish lines. Ho wns a painter und paper pulnger by trade, and an enthusiastic k-ycllst. A young Yorkshlro man mimed Don Wild Simpson Hell was n schoottench' it at HnrroL'iile. nnd n fiintluiller. During un attack, In n henvy cnlllade ,11 re, bo crept up n communication ,'trencli. followed by two men, rushed aicross tho open under heavy lire, shot the machine gunner, (lcstro)ed the rim nnd personnel with bombs, saving iiin'ny lives und Insuring tho success of the attack. For this ho got tho V. Me lost his life five days later In ji similar net of bravery. A Lancushlro boy nnmed James '.Hutchinson wum only a worker In a jhpl lining mill when tho wnr broke out. M'lils Is his story of an attack on the fGermaii trenchon In the Soimuo front. After ileHcrllilng the terrlblo rush over Xho bullet-strewn No Man's Laud, ho hays: Qet Seven In a Trench. "Soon nflerward I reached the Oer man trenches, qulto breathless, but wiih soon through n jrop In tho wire, which our artillery hud cut for us. Tho llrst thing I suw was n big (letmun llrlng down tho trench und knocking rhulk off tho side. When ho Inn) fin ished his little gumu I rushed uround tho truverso und put my bayonet through him. There was unothcr Hocho there, nnd when ho saw me bo commenced to run towurd n dugout, but seemed to slip back a step, so I promptly got dim through the lieud. Another was resting on one knee, and started shout ing for mercy, but ho paid the sumo penalty. I next went round another truverso, and found three more Oer mans, und they nil met with tho sumo fate, either with tho buyonet or rlllo bullet. Hurrying round thu next tra verse I saw nbout seven Huns throw ing hnnd grenades nt tho luds who had not got In tho trenches, but were light ing along tho top. "There wns one German left to guurd tho traverse, and ho tried to ihrow a hand grenade, nt me, but could net get ii ready In time, so I fired a rnwxl at Mm and Mt Mis. I was dazed for a M-cend. am! Md sot know whether to rath Mm or ot, to I shouted to my party te get rcmitd the traverse. I then reloaded and kept guard while the officer and uvea be hind threw bomb at the enemy. A little later we gut word to retire, so I kept guard wMte wy party got clear of the trenches, asd then mount ed the ladder and made y way baric, covering the enemy while the lads got the wouiKted !.. Of tbe 03 men la the whole raid SI were reported Misting. II got back wottnded ami 21 answered the roll call. After lire shelling bad Mibstded I was able to get back to the village, ami the next thy had an Inter view with the roaor general In charge of the dlvlrton. An officer took my name ami number ami Mid that I would soon have something to wear on my breast." That "something" Is the Victoria Cross with Its inscription "For Valor." Lieutenant Baxter's Exploit. Lieutenant Haxtcr, a Liverpool man who has been awarded the Victoria Cross posthumously, closed his career with an exploit which stands out prominently. Here Is Uie official story: "Haxtcr was the captain of a dare devil trench-roldlng (tarty known to their comrades ns 'the Forty Thieves' because of the fact that they were never known to come back from a raid without a pile of swag In the shape of captured Germans. One night Haxter took his men out under cover of machine gun fire. At a criti cal moment Haxter trlpiwd and drop ped a bomb he was carrying. It was when they were nearly through and could hear the movements of n Ger man sentry a few feet away. Haxter had previously removed the spllt-pln, nnd obviously the lever flew out and the fuse commenced to nzz. Within live seconds It would have exploded, scattered the wire party nnd given the whole Show nwny. Scarcely hesitat ing to think of the risk, he picked It ufi, shipped the case plug out of the m ind threw awny the detonntor. v.hich went off unnoticed. It was n tine example of merit, sklllfulncss nnd resource. Hut more was to follow. "The party cut all the who that t-V-fended the German trench and leaped Into the trench nnd turned In single file alternately right und left, one sec tion led by Scrgeaut McClelland and Iho other by Haxter. This trench was very deep, nbout twelve to fifteen feet, and It was obvious that there would bo trouble In hauling out nnj fat und unwiuing souvenir or tne occasion in thu shnpe of a prisoner. Tribute In Orders. "The sentry they had heard was promptly sliot. Another was bayonet ed and as he fell buck n bomb wits thrown out of u dugout and exploded at the entrance, fortunately doing the raiders no damage. Six bombs wero sent In by way of nn exchange of com pliments nnd more sentries were met nnd given the unhappy dispatch. They Bcrenmed llko n lot of old wom en,' said ono man who wns on the spot The bombers attended to three more dugouts, and nfterwnrds the whole party withdrew, without noise nnd confusion, ou u prearranged signal be ing given. They returned to their own trenches to tho tune of rnpld tiro nil along the whole front from the Hrltlsh field guns nnd 'heavies.' "It wus a glorious little exploit, hut sud tidings awaited the party on re assembling In their own line, for no where wus thu gallant Haxter. Search pnrtles went out for him, but without WORLD'S RICHEST BOY Smiling? Why, who wouldn't smllo If they owned a fortunoof $03,000,000. and especlnlly If they wero buck In knickers nnd had their whole life be fore them. This la Thomas L. Shcvlln, son of tho lute Thomus L. Shcvlln, millionaire yarhtsmnn, financier nnd ono of the grcntest nthlctes ever turusd out of Vale, and his sister, Elizabeth. Muster Sholln Is n native of Minne apolis but just nt present ha Is hav ing the tjmo of his life ut Hot Springs, Vu., wlioro this picture wus takcti. Tho fact that young Tom has about $05, 000,000 or so tnoro than tho averago youngster doesn't make him nny differ ent than any regulnr fellow, Tho fortune- was left him by his father. SBWamBmBmalr '& BBnBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBnBBnBjPnl ' v2t3 bBbbbIbbbbbsbbbwS' f &, BBBBBBnBBBVWpCC ? 'V aBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBriF&q aBBBBBBBBBBBr 4i1 t I bbbbbbbbbHY. & bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbm?'-v ,1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBK 4y '& seees. It was certain that be bau climbed oat of tbe enemy's trench. fr he helped to pall up the last man ef bis party, and the only assamption was that be had been either kIMed or captured on retaralns there. "X-xf day's battalion orders con-' talMed this fitJlnc trlbnte te Haxter: 'It was largely owing to tWs oflkvr's i pintle, determination, cootocss am) reorce that the raid was sneeevrfai. Dead or mfoMng, be is a great tes to tbe battalion.' " Ttiat Is the story e-f tbe "Frty Thieves." Kid KIlli Giants. I'rlvate Albert 1HH was a Lan cashire lad engaged In a hat works when the war broke out of small stature, still In bis teen. He won the V. C at the Sommc and his platoon sergeant, Jmt Invalided home, tells for the first time the fall story of how he did It: "On the night of July 19 we moved up to the ndvanced line of attack. It was three o'clock In the raornlag when we got to the bottom, IS yards away from the German trenches. 'Hill and myself were alone. Suddenly two Ger mans, both about six feet tall, sur prised us. They were making for us when Hill, as coolly as If he had been going to meet a boxing opponent, sprang at them and as quick as light ning bayoneted thra both. It wus one of the finest pletes of ptuck I have ever seen or read about, this little fel low, only Ave feet three, accounting for two big, burly Huns. He returned to me as If nothing had hnppened ; nnd the next thing we found that we weM surrounded by uimc twenty to twenty five Germans. Hill remarked: 'Ser geant, wo look like being taken pris oners. I replied: They will not take us alive. We will fight for It.- No sooner said than done. We both got our bombs and Hill Hung two bombs with surprising uccunicy straight In the midst of them. He killed about eighteen und wounded und scattered the resL Proud of His "Baa." "Still he did not think he had done an) thing big, and when I suggested be should go to tbe right and try to find some of our company he wus rendy In stnntly. He went nnd reported to the sergeant, nnd beard while there that Captain Scales and n scout were lying out dangerously wounded. Hill at once volunteered to fetch them In. He suc ceeded In bringing the captain to safe ty, but the olllcer died roon after. "Hill then started to return to me, but on tho wny he found two Germans In n shell hole. How he found them Is a puzzle, for It was dark. Ho leveled his rifle at them and the Huns put up both hands before this little man and. as they always do, pleaded 'Mercy, kamerad.' Hill then took his prisoners down the line nnd that was the only tlmo he thought he had done any thing big. He wus proud of his 'bug.' Ho performed all these feats In less than half an hour." Ono purtlculur Incident stirred Eng land deeply. It was the death of John Truvcr8 Cornwell In the battle of Jut Innd. A boy of sixteen on H. M. S. Chester, he wus mortally wounded early In the fight. Nevertheless ho re mained stnndlug ulone at a most ex posed post to tho end of the uctlon, with the gun's crew dead nnd wound ed all uround him. He said simply, when asked why ho had remained nerc, he thought that he might be wnnted. The boy's body wns brought back to Huglund and burled by his parents In n London cemetery. Tho Hrltlsh people had not then hcurd tho story of his death, but when Sir John Jelllcoe's dispatch was published tell ing about young Cornwcll's heroism a wnvc of emotion swept over tho coun try. Two months nfterwnrd tho coffin wns disinterred nnd burled with hon ors In n new grove. Win's V. C. Twice. . One man has won tho V. C. twico In tho present war. He wus still alive when lust heurd from and may yvt win tho niednl ugnln. Lieut. John Jncka of the Fourteenth battalion of Aus tralian Infantry Is the man. He won tho V. C. llrst In the fighting nt Gal llpoll. He was then n corporal. On May IS, 1015, the Turks made a fierce nttuck on the position held by the Aus tralians. Tho onslaught was ono of tho most furious of the disastrous series of bottles that marked tho Gal llpoll campaign. It was necessary to capture a certain part of a Turkish trench nnd Jncka undertook to accom plish that Job alone. Ho got In be hind tho trench. With his rlllo Jucka shot down live Turks, with his bayo net he killed two more, nnd tho thrco who remained to oppose him ho cap tured. Ills achievement saved a part of the allied line. On August S last Jacka won his V. C. the second tlmo nt tho bnttlc of tho Somine. He had been promoted to a lieutenancy and was In command of u platoon sent to relievo a force of An zncs In nn advanced trench near Pozleres. In the morning Jnckn's lit tle command wns nttneked by u force of COO Germans. Only seven of Jucku's men, Including himself, remained nllvo nftcr that charge. Theso seven decid ed to die lighting, even against over whelming odds. With bayonets tney charged ut the Germans. They fought llko tigers and were ablo to keep tho Germans busy until the reserves enmo up nnd tho tldo turned. It Is sold that not n single German of that GOO got nwny. M.any wero killed and some wero captured. In any record of the Victoria Crosi ono cannot omit tho name of Llcuten ant Warneford, tho first man to do stroy a Zeppelin single-handed. A fow days after his exploit Warneford. wax killed whtlo flying with au 4.merlcaji newspaper man,. ADVERTISE YOUR CITY. Apropos of ILe prcpoed appc'.nt meot of a commissi n for the adver tising of Chicago as a comnierdnl and educational center, the Colon Signal suggests to that city and to cltle gen erally that there are other methods les expensive which produce greater results. "Have you noticed the fret pnblicity given to Seattle. Portland, Des Moins and Denver!" It says. The public Is Interested In thee dtles" now us never before and la watching these 'experiments In decency and morality' with far greater eager ness tln It ever evinced when they were only ordinary money-accumulating centers. "If Kansas were to blot off of her statute books her prohibitory law she would lose a fine bit of advertising. The attacks of the liquor Interests mti't net that plucky, prosperous pro gressive state thousands of dollars ev ery year. Not only do the llquoritcs publish whole pages of fabricated fairy tales concerning J'ie defunct Sun flower state, but they run their print ing pres.se overtime putting on the market booklets devoted entirely to the 'failure' of prohibition In Kansas. 'This publicity works so well that men come from across the ocean to study the state which Is 'falling' at such n rate that It burns Its hist mort goge bond and tinds Itself out of debt; that It discovers It has the highest per capita vcalth of any state and a tax rate lower than that of any other State except one. "And because prohibition Is making Denver, Portland, De Moines und Seattle better cities than ever before, the public Is talking nbout them, writing about them, advertising them. They ore being used to 'pt-lnt n moral and adorn a tulc' ns communities In which crime has decreased and bank deioslt.s Increased; In which vice dis tricts ha7e disappeared and legitimate business has prospered. To be sure the criminal element has sent out Its warning against them ns territory to be avoided, and the white "'avers ore advertising them as of no we for their vicious purposes, but the patrons of educational Institutions are commend ing them as safe places to send their boys und girls; the owners o large In dustrial establishments arc considering them ns locutions for their plants where 'safety first' for employees will prevail and home-makers arc finding In these cities an Ideal place to rear fami lies. "If you want u real permanent, sat isfactory boom for your city, try the method of Seattle, Denver, Des Moines, Portland nnd other saloonless centers." BOOSTERS AND BREWERIES. While the nntlonnl Democratic convention wus In St Louis nn effort wus made by tho local newspapers to boost the home town. The St. Louis Times Issued n special convention sup plement In which the Industries of thnt city were ndvertlsed. Under the heading, "Facts About St. Louis Worth Knowing," 00 of the most prominent facts were mentioned. De spite tho fact that St. Louis Is one of two cities In the country most con spicuous for Its beer Industry, not one word wns said about the brew eries. Under tho heading, "The Ex ports of St. IajuIs," beer appears In Its alphabetical place. Among exports this product could not be Ignored, but thu commercial bodtcs of St. Iouls, Judging by their dlsplny elsewhere, were nshnmed to Include n reference to beer ns ono of their chief prod ucts. WHISKY DOEStNOT WARM. Sir Lauder Nrunton, In his "Lec tures on the Action of Medicines," gives a striking example of the dan ger of tuklng alcoholic drinks to "keep warm." A pur.-" of engineers were surveying In the Sierra Nevada. They curuped nt u great height above sen level, where the air was very cold, and they were miserable. Some of them drank n little whisky nnd felt less uncomfortable. Some of them drank n lot of whisky and went to bed feeling very Jolly nnd comfort able Indeed! In the morning men who had not taken nny whisky got up all right; those, who had taken n Uttlo whisky got up feeling very unhappy; the men who had token a lot of whisky did not get up at nil; they wero sim ply frozen to death. 'They nnd warmed," adds the professor, "the sur face of their bodies nt the expense of their Internal organs." NEVER SOBER. The so-called mderoto drinker, who consumes his bottle of wlno ns n mut ter of course each day with his din ner nnd who doubtless would declare thnt ho Is never un&cr tho Inlluenco of liquor Is In reality never actually sober from ono week's end to nnother. Professor Aschaffenburg, Heidelberg University, Germany. INCREASED DEPOSITS. 'The totnl amount of deposits In tho banks of Little Itock ou Juno S3, 1015, was $11,020,07(1.21, nnd tho deposits on' June 30, 1010, wero $15,201,458.31," says E. Lenon, nsslstunt manager Ltttlo Hock Clearing Houso associa tion. 'Theso wero the dates of tho call mado by the stnto bank commis sioner, nnd tho figures arc taken from tho reports of the banks made In ac cordance with that call." The state of Arkansas has been dry sluco January L 1010. LLiiSv53JLJV FmerSmGOsssaBmmm 5Ket rnnbmt15P'uidPrachKJ lifiTnliiit'iii.'i Hr-ALCOHOL-3 PERCENT. AMSk''flan!joaf Aj '. f:i.f!AtsJ.rv1 bvKcfoU-1 JllndliicSttxMdis&ndPgJ m Thcict7yPfomotIn4IW4'iai Chccrfulncsi ana wj. ---. ncrmerOpldm.Morphlneoj JUX irv 2 'Jr RJFu ISSs-i :- it HdxyrmmAnr AhdpfulRcmedyfef Constipation nnd DurrMw resulting thcrtftwannWatfT'- &m rw-SinaleSijastereot m Vl "- ' 77.' THrCErtAwCoMP.cai SSe-S-bl, X TfEW TTUItj 5-tXt'J. '15 .- ,' Oj- Exaa Copy of Wrapper Odd Viewpoint. One woman In the audience had her own Ideas about Julian Kltinge, the famous Impersonator of feminine types. "Wouldn't It be great fun to be mar ried to a man like that?" she said to her husband. "You mean because lie Is good look ing?" "No, you are good looking enough to suit me." 'Then what do you mean?" 'Think what a novelty It would be to be able to dress In the Paris gowns your own husband wears to work." Youngstown Telegram. CUTICURA COMFORTS BABY Suffering From Itching, Burning , Rashes, Eczema, etc. Trial Free. Give baby a bath with hot water and Cutlcura Soap, using plenty of Soap. Dry lightly and apply Cutlcura Oint ment gently to 'all affected parts. In stant relief follows and baby falls Into a rofreshlng sleep, tho first perhaps In weeks. Nothing moro effective. Free sample each by mall with Book. Address postcard, Cutlcura, DepU L Boston. Sold everywhere. Adv, " Nature's Great Hoodoo Temple. In tho Hoodoo basin of western Wyoming are curious formations which rescmblo Punch nnd Judy heads, grim savages, simpering old molds, monkeys, rabbits, birds and animals In every grotesque nnd exaggerated shape Imag inable, and In every possible position. There nre 50 different shapes of heads ; over 40 different animal nnd human faces have been counted. Tho Tock out of which tho hoodoos have been carved by Dome Nnturo is what Is known ns volcanic breMa. Popular Science Monthly. eXllTATION IS 8INCEREST FLATTEnY but like counterfeit money the imita tion has not the worth of tho original. Insist on "La Creole" Hair Dressing it's the original. Darkens your hair in the natural way, but contains no dya. Price Jn.00. Adv. Phoney Fortune. "My wlfo played a great trick on n Gypsy the other day." The fnt plumber was tho speaVer. "What did she do?" asked the thin carpenter. Tho Gypsy wanted to tell her for tune with some coffee grounds." "Yes." "And nfter she wos through my wife asked her If the coffee grounds pos sessed some peculiar cTTurms for for tune telling." "What did the Gypsy say?" "She sold they did." 'Then what?" 'Then my wife gnvo her tho laugh nnd refused to pay her." "Why?" "Because the sediment In tho cup wasn't coffee grounds nt all. Wo use a substitute." Youngstown Telegram. Hid the View. "Do I understand you to sny," said the lawyer, looking hard nt the prin cipal witness, "that upon hearing n noise In the hall you rose quickly, lit ) candle, nnd went to tho head of tho stairs, that n burglar was nt the foot of tho stulrs, nnd you did not see him? Are you blind?" "Must I tell tho truth?" stnmmered the witness, blushing to tho roots of his hair. "The wholo truth," wns tho stern reply. 'Then," replied tho witness, brushing nslde his damp, clinging locks nnd wiping tho perspiration from his clam my brow, "my wife wns In front of me." Bald heads don't always generate bare facta. Pffil CASTORIA For Infants and Children. Mothers Know That Genuine Castoria Always Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA twi t mrAum a&nr, Ntw voas rrr. GOT HEMLOCK SEED CHEAP Englishman's Shrewd Scheme for Pro curing Drug That Commanded Good Price on Market. Mr. Pickwick's volet and all-around servant, Samuel Weller, whose lim ited acquaintance with physicians and apothecaries did not hamper his fes tive Imagination In the relation of med ical novelties which were heard with wonder nnd amazement by Mr. Pick wick and his friends, should have had In his repertoire the following from the London Garden: Every autumn a man used to bring to n wholesale dreg houso In London n quantity of hem lock seed which he sold nt half the market price. The curiosity of a mem ber of the house at last becoming aroused ho asked the man how he could afford Jo sell tho drug so cheap ly. After being promised thnt nothing would bo done to Interfere with his business he described his method. Every spring ho filled his pockets with tho seed nnd went out Into tho coun try. Wherever ho saw a good wldo hedgerow ho sowed the seed broad cast. Then he went his way nnd wor ried no moro over his crop until the fall, when ho revisited the scene of his labors. He would then call tho farm er's attention to the "weeds" In his hedge, offering to cut them down for a shilling n hedge, on offer which tho former gladly accepted. Thus wns tho ground furnished free and ho was pall, to cut tho harvest His Efficacious Way. Jurd Sprawl of Peewee was telling of tho style prevailing at his cousln'a house In Knnsas City. "Why, dad. burn It, they ett diner nt six o'clock at night," sold he. "And nt every plato there were six forks and " "Geo!" cockled his younger brother. "How'd you know which ono to use?" "Hon 1 That didn't bother mo none, I Just grabbed my knlfo and sailed right In." Kansas City Star. Cause for Confidence. What establishes more confidence In tho averago institute lecturer's address to farmers Is to see htm milking Ave cows at home night and morning. Milwaukee News. A Growing Custom! The custom of placing Grape-Nuts on the table at all meals is growing in American homes. Both children and grown-ups help them selves to this delicious food as often a3 they like. It contains the entire nutri ment of wheat and barley, digests quickly, and is wonderfully energizing. Every table should have its daily ration of Grape-Nuts "There's a Reason" M (r fl' iXT ammmi ml I 11 t ItV t M M