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The Washington times., 1914-10-14

F-Ivargorod, fortress which has been
the objective of the German advance,
indicated by black arrows.
G-Przemysl, Galician fortress invested
by Russians, and Jaroslaw, the lesser
fort, which have been objectives of
the Austrian advance, indicated by
white arrows. Both fortresses are
reported again in possession of the
Austrians.
H-Lemberg, capital of Galicia, which
the Russians captured early in Sep
tember, reported to. have been re-
taken by Austria.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

believe that you will not II you will
give me fair hearing. From the sole
Of my feet to the crown Of my head
am a self made man,
"From nine TO twenty-seven earned
by living in all sorts Of manual labor,
by the sweat Of my brow. am one of
the common people. know their
trials. their hardships, their needs,
their hopes, their aspirations. While
at the University Of Minnesota l rep
resented that institution in oratory
three successive times and have the
distinction Of being the first man from
the state of Minnesota who has ever
won the northern oratorical, thereby
defeating the presentatives Of seven
other great institutions
II have been intrusted by the Repub-
lican state central committee and by
the national committee to speak for
candidates and DISCUSS politics upon
the stump throughout this and other
states. AS an offset to my blindness I
offer my speaking ability, for a con-
gressman that can't speak Is like a
knife without a blade, hammer with
out head. He might be able to put in
a few thumb tacks. but there are
spikes to be driven.
Edison. the greatest inventor Of this
or any age. is great because he was
able to concentrate his mind. And he
was able to do this because he was
deaf. Beethoven composed his great
est symphony after he was totally
deaf. The late Joseph Pulitzer, one Of
the greatest editors and, newspaper
owners, starting as d poor boy, attain
ed distinction while totally blind. Will
liam Scanlin, the manager Of one of the
greatest charitable institutions in the
world, the Light House, In New York,
is blind. The former postmaster gem
eral Of England was blind. DR.. Bab-
cock Of Chicago. the. great heart spe-
cialist, is blind. Judge Brown, former
assistant attorney general Of New
York. is blind.
"One Of the most able brains in the
United States senate today. Thomas p.
Gore Of Oklahoma. II blind. He is
serving his second term and was tho.
other day renominated by vote Of
over 2 to for the same position.
What man has done is . guide to
what he may do. And even though
blind. "A mans man for a. that
my only desire. my only interest, my
only ambition In going to congress IL
to serve you 20 well that you will re-
turn mo to that seat two years henc4.
Il you will trust me with the repre-
sentation Of our district believe / can
discern the right side OF any question
that may arise as well AZ IL had my
sight. My hearing d ibexcellent my edu-
cation Is Of art, Of toll and Of man, and
II there is any argument in my speak,
Ing ability. together with ehiciency and
honesty of purpose. trust you will feel
that have the necessary qualifications
to warrant you iivinG me your vote.
but II you do not feel thst' yop can con.
scienticusly support me my lite has
been 90 full of adxar1atY tint shall
know how to hssr thS Ais4 D0iHtInent,r =
WALTON W1ILiANe.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

wounded who had. been abandoned by
the Germans in their retreat There
were many trains Of wounded before
and the necessary arrangements were
made as usual. but when this convoy
arrived even the most hardened had to
summon all their fortitude to the task
OF empting the carriages.
When man has broken leg or arm
or bullet through his lungs the skilled
ambulance staff soon has him COM
fortably packed. but here were human
vestiges. so nlangled that 1t was diff
cult to find place to touch them with
out screams or means. An insufferable
charnel house smell pervaded the whole
night air, for most Of the wounded had
lain four days and nights where they
had fallen before being picked up and
had not yet had their wounds exam
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

En- VOLTA de bons enfants! Bon voy.
age!" ETC., and they would hardly let
her leave. One who ought to have gone
because he was not very badly hit hid
himself in a pantry till tho train had
started and could not conceal his de-
light at being left. ~ '@
The original order was that every
body was to be shifted, but the nurses
absolutely refused to allow many OF
their charges to be moved. "They
never ought to have been brought
here and the least that can be done is
to let them die in peace" said one.
This woman had charge Of wretched
patient with a broken spine among
others. There were twelve cases of
lockjaw. which appears to be almost
confined to the German wounded by
French fire. 1t was terrible to hear q
man call for the doctor and say that
his jaws and whole head were grow
Ing stiff" They were probably the
last words he would be able to speak.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

was drawn up fifty yards from the
hospital. and all the carriages and
trucks were Uttered deep in straw
The very worst cases were laid full
length on the floors Of the trucks. AS
they came out on stretchers several Of
them were holding the hands of the
"ladies Of France" who had been nurs-
ing them. Those who could totter
along were also supported by having
their arms around the necks Of French
railway employees or volunteers. and
sometimes again Of the nurses.
One young fellow kept wistful
watch at tho window. and suddenly his
face lighted up, and lie beckoned me to
come near. THAT little lady in black
with the white coif-I want to see her"
I fetched her. a buxom dansel who
came up laughing and jumped into the
carriage. She could not speak word
of German. but kept shaking hands
and patting the occupants on the head
with little intersections of "Tiens items!
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

Iage, whose principal object is the rep
resentation Of their country and their
district. Here the blind man would ex-
Gel. For his interests are concentrat-
ed, while those Of the seeing men are
diffused by the passing show because
Of the very fact that he can see. The
minds that have accomplished the most
in this world have been most capable
Of concentration. The blind mans in
terest in the glitter and show Of things
is gone. His pleasure and recreations
are narrowed down to the product of
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19
D. SCHALL, blind
lawyer. enjoys the distinction
of being the first representa-

lawyer. enjoys the distinction
of being the first representa-
- tive elected to congress from
the newly created Tenth Minnesota
district. Mr.. Schall is a Progressive,
and the territory of the new district is
said to be normally Republican by TO-
600. He went into the campaign the
first week alone. It ended with him
almost exhausted and discouraged.
His wife then put her neck in the
political yoke. She sat at the wheel
of his automobile and guided his steps.
She prepared his meals. She attended
smokers and dinners with him. Whc--
ever he went his wife was by his side.
The result was told in flattering plu-
rality. And Mrs. Schall modestly tried
to disclaim credit for her share in the
success, but her husband insists:
Through her I must see the world
She is the light Of my life'
Mrs. Schall was the political and per-
sonal guide of her husband in the cam
7aign. She will go to Washington with
her husband as his private secretary.
Il am sure MIR. Schall will make a
great success in congress-" said Mrs
Schall. Ills speaking ability and con-
vincing arguments will win him pres
tiee. Sympathy for his blindness won
him respectful attention in the CAM
paign. but it was his convincing oratory
that got votes.
Il know his oratory is fascinating
because"--the little woman hesitated
and blushod and then added, because
II won me-
Mr.. Schall while studying at the Uni
Hersity of Minnesota won the northern
oratorical contest securing honors for
Minnesota for the first time against
seven other states, but his oratory won
him more than honor. It Won him the
admiration Of Margaret Huntley, a
Minneapolis girl, then in her junior COL
lege year. Next day they were intro
duced. and two years later they were
married. and they have been married
twelve years. He Is thirty-seven, and
she is thirty-fve.
seven years ago, while lighting a
cigar with an electric lighter. Mr.. Schall
received a shock that destroyed his
eyesight. Then the wife had to become
his eyes. She went into his law ONCE,
read hts books to him. wrote his letters
ana guided his physical a. well a. his
i mental footsteps.
In an open letter during the cam.
5 patgn Nr. Schall saad:
From twenty-seven to thirty prac.
tfced law with marked success. From
thirty to thirty.seven have BEEN in
total darkness. have demonstrated
that I can stil1 tako care Of the interests
Of my clients against the bsSt lexal
nlt4ds Of this Sor any ather sstatA. Ths
i heayts the snitrrs Of powar, Men ara
gE4atA ~ 4ke(r hearts are gr0at, n. 4kaar
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

he doesn't make az good q politician,
but he: ought to make = better repre-
sentative Of the people in congress.
For the blind man can't 60 about CALL
ing you all by name, Pete and Jim and
Jack. slapping you on the back and ad-
vising you to get busy and urge your
friends to vote Tor him, but he can in
the Committee room. Of. On ths. floor Of
The day s0e suns shosine ~ passed.
~ want men q heart brain and icour.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19
y Congressman Sees Through Wife's Eyes U

, halls are the deepest emotions felt,
grandest conceptions born or most vital
truths discovered. But from Sinai's
slopes, from the felon cell at Bedford,
from the chamber of blindness in Lon
don have come the inspirations that
! have blessed mankind.
ITO the blind man work Is his pleas
ure. He lives through his mind, and,
! like the used key, it must grow bright
Ell. All his other senses are sharpened,
and through concentration, all other
things being equal he must excel. True.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

ined by a physician. much less dressed.
Under the burning sun and myriad
flies and under later rains they had
been left to suffer the torture of pain
and hunger and thirst until it was a
marvel they still breathed. 1t was
O'Clock in the morning before they
could be disposed Of In the hospitals.
Even twentyfour hours later not all
Of them had had first dressing. 1t
was the Germans who were in far the
worst case, for the French fire seems
much more destructive than the Ger
man, and when it does not kill in
stantly its ravages are horrible.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

shift these men again. such Of them as
could be moved. The reason seemed
extraordinary. for the authorities fear
ed mutiny and had no troops to guard
them properly.
That these poor wrecks should ever
dream of rising appeared fantastic
idea, but some of them were morose
and half mad, and one or two. es-
pecially a sullen young officer. declared
that they would not remain quietly in
hospital. 1t must be an effect Of war
fever that comes upon the manned, for
batch of French wounded who had
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

his brain. His wants physically are
few. Money to the blind man. outside
Of the actual comforts OF life, 10 USE
less. His great desire II to win the
praise Of the seeing world. his only am
bition .tps serve, mankind and leave. a
maine that his children, may honor" !
IN another open letter. during the
Fcampaign Mr.. schsll said: z. 2.
MY opponents continually urge that
my blindasss q ? SERIOUS handicap to
[my rspFsssntinf, ,tHA Tenth district III
FeohgrssA I'do Aot astss with thsm. i
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

been transferred from Dieppe to EIavre
to make room had attempted to mu-
tiny because they wished to return to
Dieppe. where they had made friends
aud actually had to be threatened with
fixed bayonets. Though "oficial se-
crecy" had been observed. the whole
town in some mysterious fashion gath
cred round the hospital to see the
evacuation. but We're kept. at a distance
of hundred yards by a Gordon of
gendarmerie to avoid demonstrations.
Women and the Wounded.
The train that was to take them on
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19

Lights old chambers Of the dead.
All bright shapes Of memory.
All! glad dreams Of youth and Low.
meet about the, Christmas tree
Underneath the mystic dove.
Tue and fate are babbllut words.
vaiu vibrations Of the tongue,
s'.ss =. tls song Gods sissius biras.
0'er2ths Bale Of setiiebem m.
chle y! !. q . death that was 10 bs.
Chlld Of love aad lie. VIII "a. I.
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19
NoMN
sxYb

Rouud the holy chrl,tmas tree
make Us children. too. again.
Eye. that are loves aeathless shrine
w, Where our hollest prayers arise.
0'e,t asd blessiss, dear. dlylse
. Little ehildren's happy eyes.
!" your light the dark years change,
from youf iiEht sll foll sfhlsss flee.
Aso alI sweet hopes scar az rsise
kou'd the Christ chlll's christsas
lee' -tisw Ys1k ssA
Grand Forks daily herald., 1914-12-19
Photos by American Press Association.
BY JOHN J. eREEN.


II OMECOMING tourists and
every mail bring thrilling
stories of the wounded in
- - the great European war and
of the heroic efforts made to alleviate
the tremendous suffering. Never was
the Red Cross and other humanitarian
movements SO taxed. Those who have
been witnesses of the return Of trains
bearing soldiers who have been manned
In battle have only the falntest idea Of
the horrors OF war, is the declaration
OF one correspondent.
One example will suffice to point this
truth. this correspondent declares.
Several days ago the hospital corps
and volunteers were notified that a con-
voy was expected toward midnight,
bringing the French and German
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-23
BODY COVERED WITH ECZEMA

R. F. D. No. 1, Tazewell, Tenn-"My
disease started on my legs in a small
patch and kept spreading until my en-
tire body was covered. 1t would itch
and burn till l could not sleep at
night. 1 would scratch till the blood
would 0Oze out and run down my body
and legs. The eruption came cut in
small red pimples and when
scratched the whole surface of the
skin became irritated, red and ugly
looking. My clothing seemed to irri
tate it. The pimples were on my
hands. arms. legs, feet and entire
body. especially between my fingers
and toes. I also had dandruff on my
head until my hair was all falling out
Il was told it was eczema and took
a treatment, but all remedies failed.
Then l got some Cuticura Soap and
Ointment. I first washed with Cuti-
cura Soap and warm water, dried well
and then applied the Cuticura ONT
ment. Cuticura Soap and Ointment
cured me, and they also cured my
dandruff and falling hair" (Signed)
Charley Aston, Jan. 81. 1914.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample of each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book Address post
card "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston. '-AcV,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-23
MRS. EDWIN CARMAN,

satisfied with the result of the Grand
Jury's findings, and expressed also his
confidence that Everybody" would be
'relieved' when the jury made it's
presentment.
George NJ. Levy, attorney for Mrs
Carman, when informed that the in
dlctment against his client charged
manslaughter instead of first or sec
ond degree murder, admitted that "at
the present stage of the proceedings
and in view Of the fact that the Grand
Jury had been obliged to make it's
findings on ''unchallenged and uncon-
troverted testimony" he was we'll
satisfied. Under the circumstances,
he said a situation might have arisen
that would have been far more dan
gerous to his client.
The maximum penalty for man
slaughter in the first degree is twenty
years Imprisonment, and the mini
mum is only year. Moreover, the
crime Of manslaughter in the first de-
gree permits of bail, and prepare
lions were Immediately under way to
provide such bail for Mrs. Carman.
According to DR.. Carman, he had as
surances from various sources of as
much as 100000 bail if necessary
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-23
THE FIRST N. c. REGIMENT.
Arrives at Camp Glenn For Stay OF
Ten Days.

Raleigh.-The movement of the
companies of the First Regiment,
North Carolina National Guard for
the annual regimental encampment at
Camp Glenn, Morehead, has ended
and the troops are all settled in camp
for 10 days of camp life that will in
clude special drills, training in camp
life and general maneuvers in addi-
ton to practice on the fine govern
ment rifle range and a round of surf
bathing and other pleasures that
make these encampments occasions
that are most pleasantly anticipated
by the officers and the men. Col J.
T. Gardner will be in command of
the regiment. The regiment is made
up of companies from Hickory, Gas
tonia, Winston-Salem Statesville,
Charlotte, Asheville, Shelby, Waynes-
vile, Mount Airy, Concord and High
Point.
This is the last military gathering
for Camp Glenn this season as the
Second Regiment goes to Augusta
Ga, for an encampment with United
States regulars August 4, instead of
camping in this state as the other two
regiments are doing
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-23
REPORT ISSUED ON
STATE HIGHWAYS
THERE ARE SEVEN PRINCIPAL
TOLL ROADS IN THE STATE
OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THE JEFFERSON TURNPIKE
10 Rapidly Being Washed Away on
Account of Repair.-Some Would
Turn Over States Stock to
Private Owners.

Raleigh-Quite an Interesting sta
listical report on highway work in
North Carolina has just come from
the presses of the state printers the
report being the work of State Geolo-
gist Joseph Hyde Pratt There is a
section devoted to toll roads in the
state which shows that there are
seven principal toll roads, the Jeffer-
son turnpike, extending 40 miles from
North Wilkesboro to Jefferson; the
Lenoir-Blowing Rock turnpike, from
Lenoir to Blowing Rock, distance OF
43 miles; the Blowing Rock-Boone
turnpike, Blowing Rock to Boone, a
distance of 10 miles; the Yonahlossee
road, Blowing Rock to Linville, a dis
lance of % miles; the Kanuga turn
pike, from Hendersonville to Kanuga
| Lake, a short distance Of four miles;
the Junalus}a turnpike, from Waynes-
vile to Eagles Nest at the top of Jul
naluska Mountain, a distance of near
ly four miles; and the Crest of the
Blue Ridge highway-partly toll-and
in course of construction from Alta
Pass, Mitchell county, toward Linville
| in Avery county.
1t is notable fact that the
council of state has just been ad-
vised that the Jefferson turnpike
which is a largely state-owned road,
having been built by state convicts for
stock in the road, is rapidly being
washed away with practically no care
being taken of it in the way Of repairs
and that it will very soon completes
ly disintegrate, if something is not
done. The state authorities are being
urged to turn over the states hold
ings in stock to private interests that
propose to obligate to properly main
tain the road as a full-fedged toll
roads. State officers, however, ex
press themselves as very much op
posed to doing this as the state had
been pledged a permanent asset in
the stock when inducements were hello
out for the state to provide for the
convicts for the construction of the
road.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-23
HOPE FOR THE BALD HEAD
Sewing Hairs on Scalp Is Proving
Successfui-Fine Gold Wires
Are Used.

A method of sewing hairs in the
human scalp in cases of partial or
total badness has been successfully
used in several instances by Doctor
Szekely, at the hospital of Saint Ste
plane at Budapest, and a report ap-
pears in the London Times.
The number of hairs planted" ii
the head of a patient has been as
many as $4,000. One hundred hairs
are drawn through punctures in the
scalp at every square centimeter and
as both ends are left free, the mum
Der is thus 200, or over one thousand
to each square inch. Very fine gold
wires are used, one five-hundredth of
an inch in diameter and fine long
hairs from a wOman's head are at
tached to the middle of these. The
gold loop or knot acts as an anchor"
and after sterilization is introduced
into the simultaneous tissue. where
it is slightly twisted, and holds the
hair permanently in position. 1t is
stated that 500 hairs can thus be in
troduced into the scalp within three
quarters Of an hour.
Doctor Szekely has designed spe-
cial instrument for introducing and
fixing the gold wires. The latter are
SO light and SO fine that the total
amount of gold in the scalp after
planting" $4,000 hairs is only one
gramme The hair is stated to appear
perfectly natural, and a sapcule Of
tissue appears to form around each
gold wire knot. The Inflammation
resulting from the treatment entirely
disappears in form ten to twelve days,
and in no case SO far has any in
tense Inflammation or suppuration re-
suited. The hair can be washed,
brushed and treated with oil in the
ordinary way, and one of the earliest
patients SO treated, lady, has re-
tanned her hair intact with the orig
ina1 luster and tiexibility, for over
seven years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-23
Baby Has Nine GRANDPARENTS

Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Gobre, eighty
eight years old, of this town, became
great-great-gran today when
a son was born to Mr.. and Mrs Jacob
Lichtenstein of Bloomfield at the
Mountainside hospital, where, it was
said, both mother and child are doing
well. The grandparents of the child
which will be named Edward H LIGHT
enstein, are Mr.. and Mrs. Edward H.
Alderman of Montclair and the great
grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Isaac A.
DCdd, also of this town.
Before her marriage, in April, 1913,
the mother Of the babe was Miss Har-
riett Greevy Alderman. The child
born today has living two GRANDPA
theirs and two grandmothers, two
great-grandfathers and two great
grandmothers and the great-great-
grandmother, eleven granduncles,
eight grandaunts and three great
grandaunts. All of the family live in
Montclair and adjacent towns.-Mont-
clair IN. j. Correspondent New York
Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-23
GOOD CHANGE.
Coffee to Postum.

The large army of persons who
have found relief from many chronic
ailments by changing from coffee to
Postum as daily beverage, is grow
ing each day.
1t is only a simple question of try
ing it for oneself in order to know
the joy of returning health as realized
by an Ills. young lady. She writes:
Il had been a coffee drinker nearly
all my life and it affected my stomach
caused insomnia and l was seldom
without a headache. 1 had heard
about Postum and how beneficial it
was, SO concluded to quit coffee and
try it.
II was delighted with the change.
l can now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has got
ten strong and I can eat without sui
fering afterwards. I think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
my brother also suffered from
stomach trouble while he drank cot
fee, but now, since using Postum, he
feels so much better he would not &C
back to coffee for anything"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read 1.-THE Road te
Wellville," in pkgs.
Postum comes in two forms:
Regular Postum-must be wei
boiled-15c and 25c packages.
Instant Postum-is a soluble pow
der. A teaspoonful dissolves quickl.
in cup of hot water and, will
cream and sugar, makes a delicious
beverage instantly-30c and soc tins
The cost per cup of both kinds
about the same.
There's a Reason" for Postum.
sold by Grocers