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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10

ln"r l"lliing in France of the British
rNl"d.tinnary force. whose numbers
are estimated at from 100000 to 100000
mon. was accomplished without the loss
Of Il man The pick of the British
army, the crack regiments Of cavalry
and infantry and the best Of the field
artillery We're included in this force,
under the immediate command Of Field
Marshal Sir John French. Sir John
paid a brief visit to Paris, where he
was received with the greatest enthusi-
asm, and conferred with officers Of the
French general staff and with French
cabinet ministers.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10

One room was a chamber OF horrors.
the remains Of the mangled bodies be-
ing scattered In every direction. In
the house opposite a husband and wife
whose only son had just died in battle.
were Killed. whole family wiped out.
1.-The Place du Poids Public, where
the tragedy happened. surpasses in hor-
ror anything ! eve saw"
Officers Shield Guns.
A letter from On artillery officer at
the front, received by a French
friend, throws an interesting sidelight
upon the spirit animating French ar
tillerymen. The only danger Is that
they may be ~overzealous and fire be-
fore the proper moment has arrived.
In order to make it certain that no
shot shall be discharged prematurely,
their officers hit upon the plan Of
standing immediately In front Of tine
muzzles Of the loaded guns until the
word to fire was given.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
New and TerrihIe Mar Mean

New n Terrible Wa Weapon.
a French scientist is said to have de-
vised a gas bomb which kills every
living thing within 300 yards. The
bomb was tried on thirty sheep. It
burst 200 feet away. but all the ami
mails succuNlbed to the deadly gas.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Boombs From the Sky.

For the first time in history Il great
civilized community has been bonn
barded from the sky. y Zeppelin. her
aided only by the buZzing of her mo
tors, circled over Antwerp at l O'Clock
in the morning, Persons who had not
yet slept heard the drumming and
darted to their windows as a streak of
light shot out from an elongated
shadow in the sky. An instant later
there was a great crash as Il projec-
tile, heavily laden with explosives. tore
apart Il building POO yards from the
headquarters Of the Belgian general
staff in the Hotel st. Antoine. which
apparently had been the target at
which the projectilc was aimed.
In all there were ten OF these streaks
of light from the shadow 1000 feet
above the sleeping city and ten deafen-
ing crashes below. They came per-
haps half a minute apart.
Hardly had the sound Of the first
explosion died away before rifles and
machine guns, constructed for defense
in just such an emergency. We're train.
ed on the great shadow overhead and
firing was begun on the Zeppelin from
all directions below. The fire had no
effect and after the tenth ~projectile
was hurled upon the city the Zeppelin
ros and disappeared.
DR.. Charles Sarloea Of the New York
Times-London Daily Chronicle war
service says:
~ was awakened ut l O'Clock by q
frightful cannonade. a Zeppelin had
been sighted about 100 feet above the
town: ! at once went out into the
streets and for eleven hours scarcely
left the scene of the catastrophe.
"In d single house l found four dead.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10

A healthy man is a king in his own
right; an unhealthy man an unhappy
slave. For impure blood and sluggish
liver, use Burdock Blood Bitters. On
the market 35 years. 81. 90 a bottle.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
War HaIts Alps Climbers

Climbing the central Alps is forbid
den by the military law under which
Switzerland now lives. The mountain
guides We're among the first called to
che colors.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Awaiting Orders to KILL

Percy Philip, Brussels correspondent
Of the London News, gives the follow
ing picture Of life in the Belgian
trenches:
Sometimes the trenches are only
just bitches cut like deep burrows
among potatoes or along the edge Of
a field Of corn. Others are banked on
the attacking side and branches are
placed over them to screen the men
from the eyes Of Dir men.
along the quiet banks Of the Mouse
between Namur and Dinant are three
score Of these (trenches). There l saw
men lying in readiness with rifles by
their sides. Some were asleep on the
earth. with a little straw under them,
but ready at Il word to seize their
weapons. Others were gossiping.
"'NVhat do you think Of to talk
about in the trenches?' 1 asked a man
who was off duty for a moment His
answer was:
"'Oh. an%ything-the heat, the flies,
our experiences. When one is in a
situation such as that n catches at
anything interesting. We do not talk
philosophy. but some Of us practice it
Most are only waiting for orders to
kill. perhaps, as one waits for a tram
and lets ones interest be taken by
anythinr.'"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10

A Columbus m"l, >""' t,#: .. 5000
each for four toes IT in an accident.
My. what Il howl t!f}t man MlrSt have
raised every time he Stul,l,ed those
precious toes ON the corner of the IL
Jrary table in the dark.
a cocker spaniel wading IN Il pool in
a st. Louis park Wits arrested for tres
pass and locked in II cell.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
BRITISH FORCES IN FRANCE.
Field Marshal Sir John French In Com
mand of Picked Troops.

Field Marshal Sir John Denton Pink
stone French. leader Of the forces Of
Great Britain. comes from a military
family, his father having been a captain
in the navy at the time of his birth at
Ripple, in Kent, Sept. IS, 1852. Follow
ing in the footsteps of his father, Sir
John became a cadet in the royal navy,
cut after -four years service he entered
the army as a member of the Eighth
hussars. Although he served with dis
tinction in the Sudan campaign, it was
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
HUMAN INTEREST
ON GREAT
Best Stories From Scene of
Action Run Gamut of
the Emotions.

~RAPIIIC stories of battle, death
"A sx. cene and deeds Of heroism
We are coming slowly over cen
sored wires from the European
war zone. Some Of the most intensely
interesting Of these narratives are here
given:
Wal incidents which show how the
French present Il smiling front in the
face Of the war are related from Paris.
AT the Care de LEST, the eastern
railway station where troops by the
thousand were leaving for the German
frontier. wives. mothers, sisters and
sweethearts met and wept in multi
tudcs. But q French soldier turned the
tragedy into comedy. On q large card
board he initiated the signs announcing
the destinations of trains in time Of
peace and hung it on the military spe-
cial. 1t read:
Holiday excursion to'Berlin."
Whereupon the women dried their
tears and laughed.
\ woman. her face very white, came
out of one Of the municipal offices at
which official information is given Of
the death or injury Of French soldiers.
-Four sons had left her q few days ago
to join the colors. Another woman
came up to her and said:
Have you good news of your sons?
My Jean is safe
Yes" the first mother replied. they
are all safe. They are safe in the arms
of the Father. l I'M proud to give all
to the cause"
Cows as Barricade.
The story Of Il skirmish between
French and German cavalrymen is told
in a letter received in Paris from a
young officer at the front.
Leaving Il station to patrol some
woods in front Of our line" the officer
wrote, I'VE saw in a clearing a dis
mounted section Of German cavalry
at the gate Of a large farm. The lieu
tenant in charge of our party ordered
half the troop to make q detour and
approach the farm from the opposite
side while the rest of us attacked from
the front The Germans, hearing the
noise of horses hoofs. ran out Of the
farm and tried to remount, but we
were on them too quickly. Our lieu
tenant fell with a bullet in his hip,
but shouted, Never mind me; into the
farm. quick, and cut them up
we rushed in. The Germans took
refuge in byres and, hiding behind the
cattle, fred revolvers at us. We soon
finished them off. A German sergeant
who had shot our lieutenant remained.
He wa hiding behind q COW. | fired
two shots, and the animal fell dead.
When I was about to shoot the ser
geant the lieutenant, who had been
carried in. shouted that l should spare
him, and he was made a prisoner,
Within five minutes another German
patrol. attracted by the firing. gallopcd
up. We received them with a hot fire,
II the assault lasted twenty minutes
Ieenforcements relieved us shortly,
n we trotted back to camp. I took
the German %sergeant's revolver as a
nrizp."
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Bullets Like Bumblebees.

The first actual witness to describe
the fighting on the French frontier was
a reservist named Joaquin. This is
%Jacquin's story, told on his hospital bed
Mt Chambery:
"All night long we listened to the
roar of gun1ire. AS the dawn appeared
we could hear the first Prussian bullets
pass our ears. 1t was a curious sensa-
ton. One could say at first that a
swarm Of bumblebees was passing
him. Then we all take our breath, and
instinctively one opens his cartridge
pouch.
"A brief order rings out. We lie
down, and a fusillade begins again.
What a noise! We make q few leaps
forward and lie down and begin firing
again. We carry out this maneuver
right to the frontier posts.
"A hundred yards farther are the
German positions. The charge bayo-
nets order comes, and we leap forward,
and the Germans decamp.
lat last we tread on Alsatian ground.
Formidable shouts resound in our
chests. | run fifty yards and fall sense
less from sunstroke. | recovered twen-
ty-four hours later, but the surgeon
would not let me remain on the firing
| Nv,
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
France Muzzles Husbands.

The Paris AIatin gives an amusing
instance Of the severity Of the censor
ships in France. A young Partisan
woman received at her house a letter,
on the envelope of which she %recogniz-
ed the handwriting Of her husband,
now serving at the front. She eagerly
tore open the envelope, only to find
that it was empty, but in the corner Of
the envelope in a hand quite unfamiliar
to her was written the laconic message:
Madame, your husband is quite well,
but he is too communicative"
The young wife understood that her
husbands letter must have been inter
copied by the military authorities.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Divide Human Targets.

a Belgian sculptor who answered the
call to the cOlOrs tells how he and sew
eral companions narrowly escaped
death in a barn during recent fighting
about Liege. He said the Belgian
troops in the trenches were in the best
Of spirits Throughout: the fighting and
would pick out their enemies as the
Germans approached and divide them
among themselves.
THE tall Goliath is mine!" one man
would cry out I'm take the sausage
to his right" another would reply, and
they seldom missed.
The sculptor said that after hours OF
fighting one Of his companions, an
artist, was wounded in the shoulder. II
helped him to q barn near by" the
sculptor declared. "Some tired sol
diers and n farmer We're there. and
my companion was resting on the stair
when the Germans forced their way to
the barn. Bullets wh1ZZed about, and
the barn was set on fire by the enemy,
We knew that to leave the barn meant
death in a hail of lead and to remain
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
SIDE LIGHTS
EUROPEAN WAR
Stirring Deeds of vaIor and
Remarkable Incidents, Odd
and Tragic.

meant being burned alive. One Of the
men shouted that he would surrender.
Another said he would blow his brains
out rather than become a prisoner. The
farmer was the only one who kept a
cool head. He saw a narrow chink in
the wall and began widening it. We
helped him, and all managed to squeeze
through. The Germans were not on
this side Of the barn, and we crept
toward a wood lear by. where we were
safe"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Grit In Face of Death.

Maastricht, Holland, the gateway to
the Belgian theater of the war, pre-
sents scenes of suffering and misery
seldom seen. Across the neutral from
tier have come hundreds Of refugees
with only the clothes they stand In.
Refugee camps have been establish
ed by the Dutch Red Cross and several
hospitals have been improvised for the
sick and wounded.
The little cathedral has been trans
formed into a temporary hospital.
Stories Of the heroism of the wounded
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10

German soldiers are ted. One IN.
stance was typical:
\ German soldier, hardly more than
a boy, was brought in fearfully wound
ed. For two days he lay unconscious.
Then. just before he died. a glimme1
of consciousness returned. He tried to
raise himself. failed, then raised his
hand weakly in salute and whispered
to his nurse:
Herr Lieutenant. l report myself"
The whisper in German was his last
word.
y yoags officer fingered for days
with a shrapnel hole in his side the
size Of a baseball. His own condition
did not seem to trouble him, but he
constantly importuned the doctor tc
help his comrades who were suffering
in cots near by.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Air Pilot a Girl.

Writing in the Petit Parisien, q cor
respondent from Dion tells Of the
aeroplane apparently pursuing q group
Of six other aeroplanes on the way to
DiJon from the southern center. Soon
after their arrival at DIXON the stran-
ger landed cal the military aerodrome.
The mysterious pilot. on being interro-
gated. proved not to be IL spy, but a
young English girl, who had donned a
uniform in the hope that she might aid
France. She was detained pending the
arrival Of her DareutS.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Women Spies.

Says the London Daily Mails Os-
tend correspondent:
The spying system of the Germans
is said to be remarkably complete. One
spy was captured in q fort at Liege,
where he had been enrolled as Il Ger
man reserve officer. Women spies are
frequently found disguised rs nuns or
Red Cross helpers. These latter ore
known to have stolen across battle
fields frequently and notified the en-
envy OF the movements of the Belgian
troops while pretending to be succor-
ing the wounded.
Scores of these spies have been
caught and executed. Belgian officers
tell me that most Of the men spies die
calmly and fearlessly. The execution
Of the women spies, however, Is gen
orally made a terrible scene. &he wom-
en- who have been sentenced to death
on the recent battleields usually have
struggled and scratched as they have
been dragged to the post for execu-
ton"
Kitchener's War Bed.
When Earl Kitchener entered the
British war office to take up his new
duties his 11rStnSemark was addressed
to a porter.
as there a bed herer' Kitchener
asked.
mo, my lord" was the reply.
Get one" snapped Kitchener.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Describe Charleroi Charge.

A. glimpse Of the fighting to the south
of Charleroi was obtained by two trav-
elers who We're endeavoring to get
from Namur to Givet.
"Suddenly above our heads" they re
late, 1.-The guns began to speak. A bat
terry opened fire upon a wood on the
other side Of the valley. From the
fringe of this wood German infantry
Immediately appeared, some fleeing in
disorder. others marching out III good
formation. From the right and left our
shells dropped upon the first Of the
Germans who fed from the woods,
striking them down as they ran under
this fire. The panic stricken infantry
fled again to cover under the trees. AS
they turned q rain Of shells destroyed
before our eyes the column of troops
which was advancing. 1t was a tragic
spectacle"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1914-09-10
Out of Tunnel to Doom.

Thrilling Incidents Of the fighting
about Liege are being told by wounded
men who We're in the garrison of the
besieged city. One said that a half
dozen Belgian c%arabineers came upon
seventy Germans who were escaping
through a tunnel. AS they emerged
the Belgians shot them down one by
one. When four had been killed the re-
naming Germans surrendered. believ-
ing they faced a large force.
Many stories are told of the daring
Of German spies. One spy, in the uni
form Of a Belgian soldier, slept in q
hayloft by the side Of two Belgian po-
licemen without having his identity
| diccn1,nrnl
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-03-12

der was a member of the family for
eight long years.
Elsewhere appears letter from
Jos. Clark, one of the early residents
of southern Emmnns who still re-
sides in the Dale neighborhood.
Mr.. Clark's letter is extremely in
teresting and the Record man only
wishes that more old-timers would
follow his example and write us
something in the way of letter of
early experiences.
j. A. SteensIand is still at the Bis
marck hospital where he underwent
an operation for appendicitis. Mrs
Steensland went to Bismarck Mon.
day to be with her husband. Be-
cause of the fact that Mr.. Stems
land had suffered such serious re.
verse and was hardly in a position
financially to stand the expense Lin
ton people subscribed um that
will go part way in helping to
meet the financial end of the trouble.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-03-12
THE LINTON MARKETS.
Wheat. No. l Northern. S
No. 2 Northern.

R. Johnsonbaugh returned Tues
day from a visit at Frederick, S. D.
Attorney H. C. Lynn went to Bis
marck Tuesday morning on legal
business.
Elmer Anderson returned Monday
night from short business visit at
Bismarck.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Streeter spent
Thursday and Friday of last week in
Bismarck.
L. A. Schipfer, M. D., Diseases of
Eye, Ear. Nose and Throat, Bis
marck, N. D.-Adv.
The roads are fast approaching the
condition where automobile, travel is
no great chore.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. e. Petrie are ex-
pected home from California in a
couple of weeks.
Attorney Scott Cameron spent
Monday and Tuesday at Hazelton on
professional business.
A. E. Hildreth, teacher of the
Blewett School No. 20, was Linton
visitor Saturday of last week.
Local machinery dealers report
considerable activity in the purcllas-
ing line on the part of our farmers.
Miss Irene haven was Lintonite
who spent the latter part of last
week in Bismarck on a shopping
trip.
Born Sunday, March 9Th. to MIR.
and Mrs. David Krieg. of Linton, a
girl. Mother and daughter in good
health.
Dance at the opera house on Fri
day. March 18th. Music by Noyes
Brothers, Of Hartford. Three-piece
orchestra.-Adv.
States Attorney George w. Lynn
returned from Bismarck Friday
night. after spending several days in
the Capital City on business.
DR.. r. r. Hogue and Miss Winnie
Bates returned to Linton last week
after a short visit to the Twin
Cities. They reterned by way OF
Jamestown, near which place the
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-03-12
The Cooperative Creamery,

The Dairy Record: Don't ship your
cream, farmer, or churn 1t at home in
the belief that il will pay you better than
taking it to the creamery. There is
nothing that will pay you better than a
CO operative creamery in your own
ncighborhood.
There are nearly thousand cooper
alive creamcrics in Minnesota. Why
arc there so many, If they are not the
best way for the farmer to manufacture
and sell his butter? Where the first
built crcamcries are becoming old and
worn out. you will find the farmers
building new ones. some of them costing
as high as len thousand dollars. They
build again because they have paid,
and farmer, your cooperative creamery
will pay. too. If every farmer does the
square thing by it.
A creamery can succeed where there
are 400 or more COWS, il all the farmers
will take the cream there. Cooperation
means working together for the good of
all. A cooperative creamery cannot do
its best when number of farmers are
working against it, and if you are not
taking your cream there you are against
it. "Hc who is not for me is against
me-"
Don't think the big company in the
city that wants you to ship cream will
pay YOU better. They pay for awhile
in order to get you away from the local
creamery. The state has recently arrest
ed the proprietor Of big city creamery
for unfair competition. They were pay
ing less than cream was worth to the
farmers or one community, where there
was no creamery. and paying more than
cream was worth in another community,
where the farmers had creamery. They
were stealing from one farmer 10 fool
another.
Don't think the cooperative creamery
is cheating you. They have no object
in cheating. They pay the farmer all
| there is over the cost of manufacturing
The officers arc anxious for the cream
cry to succeed and are generally doing
their best. They try to get tho best but
termaker possible. If you think any
thing is wrong don't quit but notify the
secretary of the creamery. Mistakes are
apt to occur. You are Just as apt to
make mistake in your figuring as the
creamery is. If the creamery has made
mistake the officers will correct it.
A successful cooperative creamery
will increase the valuation of your farm.
1t will help you in many ways that you
may not see now. Be good soldier
and get into the battle and fight il out.
Every cooperative creamery has had the
same trouble on the start and there
would not be creamery in the state to-
day if every man quit when he thought
something was wrong. Help to make
things right.
Subj cribe for the Record.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1914-03-12
IN TOWN AND OUT

doctor has farm. Miss Bates spent
couple of days in Bismarck, reach
ing Linton Saturday night.
For Sale.-One Delaval cream sep
arator. No. Is. large size. Apply
to VIM. Schwab, Linton, N. D.
ADV.
Messrs. L. D. Seeman and John
Bosch are at Zealand this week ar
ranging to drive bunch of cattle
to Linton.
Mrs. Shefioe entertained the mem
bers of the Reading Club at her home
in North Linton Friday afternoon of
last week.
Alva Burge, who is in charge of
the John McCrory ranch near Win
ona, spent Sunday in Linton vi iting
with relatives.
The usual March brand of weather
has been the weather mans Offering
the past week-neither very stormy
nor very nice.
Mrs. A. N. Junge entertained a
number of the Linton matrons at
her home in East Linton yesterday
afternoon at cards.
Found.-A gilded cross, set with
twelve brilliants. Owner may Sc
cure same by applying at Record
Office and paying for this notice.
Closing day exercises on the even
ing of April 9Th at the Blewett
School No. 20. Come and enjoy
yourselves. A. E. Hlldreth, teacher.
Born Tuesday. March 10th. to
Mr.. and Mrs. Nicholas Heisler, of
Linton. a ten-pound girl. Mother
and the young lady are in good
health.
L. D. Seeman returned last week
from Minneapolis where he has been
making his home during the winter
months. Mrs. Seeman will arrive
in short time.
Work-horses, drivers. saddle.
horses. brood mares and colts. The
kind you want at price you can af-
ford to pay. John H. Blore, Wi
mona, N. D.-Adv. MIG
Mrs. W. 0. Irwin accompanied
Mr.. Irwin's mother to Pollock last
week where the lady visited a
daughter for a short time before re-
turning to her home in Wisconsin.
A village election will be held in
Linton on Tuesday of next week. 1t
has been rumored that there are two
or more tickets in the field. How
ever. should the question Of city or.
ganization carry at the special cleo.
ton on the Thursday following, the