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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
THLANS CHALLENGE
DEATH IN STALKING
ENEMIES POSITION
German Horsemen, Gallop-
mo Out to Draw Fire and
/ Show Opponents Strength
Have Small Chance of
Escape.
ROTTERDAM, Sept. 10.

f"
-.or,inr the German Uhlans of
~, en- much has been heard in the
,,a.o,oon war, Luigi Barzini, widely
lawn italian war correspondents says
!. ,be Corrlere Della sera:
Il ne we neared small station and the
,,, iessened its speed we saw a small
~, NJ cavalry guarding the railroad
,,ossing-a patrol of Uhlans. Their de-
! roanor was calm Though they were In
~ onerv's country, their carefree atti-
,,ao oave the Impression that they were
4rorely in a mancuver camp.
nrho swarms of cavalry which the Ger
& ne send out ahead of their advance are
]. lao found everywhere on any highway,
.rv path. II is their business to see as
4 .ucb as possible. They show themselves
4 ..,r,,ybere. and they ride until they are
s.sd unon. keeping this up until they have
jbaoo,od tho enemy. Theirs Is the task Of
1tiiIng into death The entire front of the
Zonsn1v Is established by them, and many
1 =, tbor are killed-that is a certainty
4 sbsv face. Now and then, however, one
4 oi them manages to escape 10 prlns tne
,nsormation himself (Which otherwise Is
attained by officers in their rear making
4 observations).
"The fire with which the Uhlans are re-
c.ived permits Of fair estimate of the
strength Of tho enemy, for they know
/ that usually all the soldiers shoot as soon
As the cavalry of the enemy shows itself.
'The German Uhlan Is employed entire
i ~ for reconnaissance purposes and What
4 "A known as screen and contact work.
an screen work the uhlan Is used TO
cover infantry or artillery advances, taxi
ing a position on the flank as soon as
this has been accomplished
.rIn contact work the Uhlan rides in
small bodies until he has drawn the hre
of the enemy. Instead of rctreating as
he may do in ordinary reconnaissance
work, he endeavors to trace the front of
the enemy. riding parallel to it-usually
until the last man is shot down. The
contact action has meanwhile been close
w observed from the German front. and
the advance and attack of the infantry
lis governed by the information gained
al the expense of the Uhlan, for whom
there is 10 hope as soon as he Is de-
tailed for this duty, but who, from
all accounts, does not seem to mind this
part of his work
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
SCULPTOR OF MARTIAL
HEROES KILLED IN WAR
Friedrich Pfannschmidt, One of Most
Famous European Artists.

NEW YORK. Sept. 19.-The death in
battle OF Friedrich Pfannschmidt. as an
nounced in today's dispatches from Ber-
lin, removed from the body of European
scuptors one of its most famous mem
bers.
pfannschmidt. who was a member Of
the Senate of the German Royal Academy
of Arts, and president of the Association
of German sculptors was born in Berlin
in 1864 Among his famous works We're
statues OF Field Marshall Won Moltke,
General Won Der Tam Rathsamhaulsen
and Paul Gerhardt. For his skill in these
works he was decorated with the Ludwig
Cross of the First Glass and made a
member Of the Bavarian Michael Order
and the Order OF Merit for Arts and
Sciences.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
GERMANS SEEK NEW WEAPON
TO SKATER BRITISH NAVY
French War Office Reports Expert
ments With Aerial Torpedo.
BORDEAUX, Sc

bUItJEAIA, sept, I9,
Word has reached the War Office that
the Germans are experimenting with
new weapon with which theS hope TO shat
ter the British navy. This weapon takes
the form of an aerial torpedo.
At Berne, Switzerland. telegram says
that every night a huge Zeppelin hovers
over Lake Constance at a height of 1900
feet, carrying on experiments.
Wicker work torpedo cases are lowered
into the water attached to ropes. The
explosion which follows is terrific
The Germans evidently hope to line the
North Sea coast with these engines and
perhaps 10 shell tile British fleet with
them.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
100000 MEN LOST
IN BATTLE OF AISNE,
LONDON ESTIMATES
British Casualties Admitted
ly Are Greater Than at
Any Other Conflict of
War.
LONDON, Sept. 10.

LONDON, Sept. 10.
According to officials at the war office
here today the combined losses in the
worlds greatest battle now raging along
the River Aisne in Northern France total
more than 10000. The British casualties
in this battle admittedly are greater than
at any other time during the war. The
German losses are terrific.
BERLIN CBy way of Amsterdam)
Sept 10.
The German losses in the war as shown
by the lists thus far given out total 49,
967 in killed, wounded and missing. They
are listed thus: Killed, 1883; wounded
2S,5Si; missing, 1900.
a list published today the twenty
eighth that has been issued, gives the
following: Killed, 1885, wounded 4O3o
missing, 1o29; total, 61Oi.
The German aviation corps suffered
great loss in the death of Lieutenant
Werner Won Veaulieu. He was shot. on
September while scouting over the on
emy's lines, but managed to guide his
aeroplane back to safety. The observer
who accompanied him on the trip was
unhurt and secured valuable information.
The lieutenant died two days later.
Captain Frederick p. Lannschmidt, of
the Fourth Foot Guards, was killed in
a battle with the French near Chalons
on September To-
BORDEAUX. Sept. 10.
1t was officially stated today that let
ters found on dead and captured German
officers prove conclusively truth of the
earlier reports of terrible mortality in
the German ranks, especially among the
officers.
In the tenth and Imperial Guard corps
there is said not to have been q single
high ranking officer who was not either
killed or wounded
All Of the companies OF the first bat
TALON of the Prussian guard are now
commanded by volunteer officers Of many
years service who have taken the places
of those killed. Numerous companies of
German infantry, which consisted of $50
men. have been reduced to sixty o.
seventy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
Po1NcARE DEcoRATEs GENERAL

BORDEAUX, Sept. 10. -- President
Poincare raised General de Castelnau to-
day to the rank OF grand officer OF the
Legion OF Honor The honor was be-
slowed on the recommendation OF Gem
eral JOffre, commander-in-chef OF the
French armies in the field.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
VIENNA PoPULACE RIOTS,
ATTACKING WAR OFFICE
''feak Indicates Public Feeling
against the War.

RoBn, H., LONDON, Sept. 10
sorSIsas soSUIuns has broken out in Vienna ar
TelsnLs TO dispatch to the Exchanga
Tbis Tbi,"ph 1 Company from Rome,
Teen u'spatch states that word has
a moi Nel IN Rome from Vienna tbat
THAN S,slieked ,as'tteked the building OF ths Aus-
windo~t,si St,ii's'fy OF War breaking all Of the
Is lndieatt,i.eeah ieah occurred ON THURSDAY, and
.owaFd i,se ths OF the popular f>ehug there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-19
BODIES POISON PARIS WATER
corpses Heaped Along the Marne
Contaminate Capitals Supply.

Parisians have been warned that be-
cause of the battles on the banks OF tho
Marne7 which is the largest tributary OF
the Seine. the water OF the river here
must not be used for drinking purposes
without being boiled,
Philip RAIDER. an American volunteer
aviator. who has Just returned from the
valley OF the Meuse. says that eorpses
lie hsaped up on the banks Of the river.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
MOTHER ABANDONS SON
DIED UNATTENDED EXCEPT BY
SISTERS AT HOSPITAL.
Mrs. chas. Reckon, Colorado City
Woman, Who Deserted Boy on
Honeymoon, Faces Charges

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Colorado Springs.-That she aband-
oned her ten-year-old son, leaving him
to die unattended except by the sis
ters of St Francis hospital while he
sobbed for his mothers presence, is
the charge lodged against Mrs. Charles
Reckon of Colorado City. The mother
and her husband whom she married
three weeks ago in Canon City, were
arrested by the district attorneys Of
flee on charges of child abandonment,
breaking quarantine and failure to OBJ
serve health laws.
Several days ago an unknown boy
died at st. Francis hospital. He had
been brought to the institution three
days before by couple who gave the
names of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Meyers
and said they lived on a ranch near
Calhan. Although the boy was in a
critical condition when left at the hos
pital, the couple Immediately left. No
inquiry was made to the sisters regard
ing his condition during the three
days that interviewed until his death.
For twenty-four hours Coroner Law
renee Boyle held the body in an effort
to locate the couple or learn some
thing of the boys identity. Wide pub
licity was given the case, but not un-
til Monday did clew develop that put
the officers on the trail of the boy s
parents.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Extra Troops for walssnbura.

Walsenburg, Colo, June 30.-Persist-
ent rumors have been widely circu-
lated throughout the coal strike zone
intimating that hostilities will be re-
newed between mine guards and strik-
ers under cover of a general celebra-
tion of the Fourth of July. Military
officials deny that the rumors have
had anything to do with the importa-
ton of additional men and horses from
Fort Leavenworth, which, they declare.
were ordered as necessary equipment.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Jurors Disagree on Murder Case.

Pueblo-The jury which has been
listening to the evidence against
George Mcdonald and Lemma Crosse
charged with the murder of Max New
man. reported that they had found Nc
Donald guilty of murder in the first
degree and recommended life i'm
prisonment. In the case OF Grose, they
informed Judge C. S. Essex that they
positively were unable to agree. and
asked to be discharged. This action
was taken, and Grose now will be sub
jected to another trial.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Widow Dies in Third Suicide Attempt

Limon.-Mrs. Edna Townsend, aged
3S, widow of homesteader near Kutch
in the southeastern section of Ebert
county, committed suicide by swallow
ing poison. Mrs. Townsend had been
despondent for some time, this being
her third attempt to end her life. She
is survived by three children, the eld-
est a daughter II years old, who was
with her mother when she died.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Officers Quit Law League.

Denver.-Mrs. Charles II. Jacobson
and Mrs. w. C. Mosher, two of the
membere of the Women's Law and Or
der League. have rendered their resig-
nations as president and secretary re-
spectively of the organization.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Woman Found Dead in Weeds.

Denver.-Search for lost dog led
NJ. Keinock into weed-overgrown lot
near $3.50 Fox street and, stepping
across a trench, he discovered the
body of Matte Woodley, negro wom-
an. lying dead in the trench. her arms
folded across her breast.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Man Blown off Top of Haystack.

Greeley-Blown from the top of
haystack on which he was working
during the heavy windstorm, John
Gist, farmer northeast of Num-, was
slightly bruised and shaken up, when
he landed on the ground thirty feet
from the stack The stack was blown
away.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
wife of Minister Declared lrsane.

Fort Collins, Colo.-On testimony
that she threatened to burn up her Fix-
teen year old daughter Marguerite,
Mrs. John Hoelzer, wife of the Ger
man pastor at Loveland, was brought
here and adjudged insane in the
County Court She was committed to
the state asylum at Pueblo.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Ten Thousand Sheep Sold.

Grand Junction.-W. 7. Goslen sold
10000 of his sheep from the Pinon
mesa ranch for $3.50 head. These
are the sheep concerned in a recent
threatened ranch war, and locally 1t is
faid to be significant of Goslen's in
tention to withdraw from the cattle
mems range, where a serious conflict
recently was averted.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
Rugby Mine Signs Up With Union

Trinidad. Announcement that the
Star mine operated by the Union Coal
and Coke Company near Rugby had
signed up with the United Mine Work
ers of America was made by the local
officials of the union.
The Colorado statesman., 1914-07-04
$4,000 Fire at Grand junction.

Grand Junction.-Fire, doing dam
age to the amount of $4,000 destroyed
the mercantile house of II. w. Kluge
and its contents and several small
buildings adjoining.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
BETHEL.

Glare Nelson has returned to his
home in Poy Sippi. He expects to
spend his summer canvassing.
Miss McDiH has gone to her home
in Chicago.
Mrs Will Snow and children left
Tuesday for Prairie du Sox, where
they will spend a few weeks visiting
relatives.
During the past week lightning
rods have been PIT on the buildings
of Will Snow Melvin Wood and J. c.
McCheney.
Prof w E. Straw and Elder VIII.
Thurston were business callers in
Bethel this week.
Mrs. Bertha Peake, who has been
teaching church school among the
Indians of the ONEIDA Reservation
the past year, has returned home
We have had several hard electric
storms this past week. lightning has
rstruck buildings On the farms of
VIII Snow, j. R. Essen, J. c. Nc
Ghesney and the main building at
the academy. No great damage has
been reported done at any place The
adjusters of the Seneca, Siegel and
Rudolph Insurance Co. have been
fixed and a settlement made with
J. C. McChesney.
People in this vicinity were rather
surprised Monday to hear Of the sud
den death of the Indian, John Jack
SON. He played ball with the Bethel
boys the day before. He has attend
ed school here at different times for
several years. The Indians on the
hill have been dancing this past
week, thus paying their respects to
their departed kinsman.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
TEMPERANCE AND SUFFRAGE
WAVE

1t is evident TO the reader that is
watching current events that the
Temperance and Suffrage movements
are mating rapid progress in this
country. The reason for this is not
only ,lue to tie excellent work be
ing done by the Temperance and SUI
frage people, but by the persist
ent violation OF cur laws by those
who are in favor cf the liquor bust
ness, and those opposed to woman
suffrage.
The tactics used by the saloon in,
terests in opposing the dry inter
ests and using the methods they do
has a tendency to arouse and unite
all Christian and temperance peopIt
in the fight. The constant violation
Of tie license law by saloon keep
ers is what arouses the people. The
stall saloon tendency by many, is {
] further cause. The selling to minors
and listed men is another
The time is coming and its no
far away, when the good people o
this country will be united in per
sisting that the licenses granted Il
the saloon keeper be strictly adher
cd to. or the authorities will com
IpeIl their non-issue and cancellation
The world is getting better and tn
right and good of ali things will b.
supreme.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
THE JURY IN MURDER TRIALS.

THE JURY IN MURDER TRIALS.
1t is probably safer in this coun-
try to commit homicide than to be
burglar. The more serious the
crime, the harder fight is put up
for the criminal For instance, when
| Charles Becker was again found
guilty Of the murder of Hermann
Rosenthal, it was the first time in
New York City, that two juries had
pronounced the verdict of guilty of
first degree murder twice in success
sion in the same case. These twelve
men are entitled to credit for their
promptness and their fidelity to the
Jurors oath.
The lax enforcement of the law
against homicide is ore of our pet
scandals, due in part to a too tech
nical view Of the law On the part of
the courts, and the disposition on
the part of juries to dodge ad uty.
The moment a man comes up for
murder, at least in any state having
capital punishment, there is a. unani-
NOUS effort to dodge jury service.
Thoughtful men shrink from the task
Murder juries in the United States
are not as a rule equal in intelli--
mel assembled to try a man for lar
ceny. The case that calls for the
highest sense of responsibility and
the broadcast intelligence may draw a
minimum of these qualities
1t is merely the duty of murder
jury to look at the evidence in a
sensible, common sense light. Even
if one believes that the penalty i'm
posed is too severe, yet the response
bility for that penalty is wholly up
on the citizens of the state, and no
more on the jurors than on their
next door neighbors.
In almost any murder case, an APP
peal to mushy sentimentalism is
made The jury is implored to disre-
gard a sworn duty, simply because it
is difficult to inflict punishment. It
takes iron in the blood to stand up
against these appeals to a universal
human sentiment. The jury that
brushes aside all this fog, and rem
ders an honest verdict on the facts, is
entitled to thanks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
ALUM BAKING POWDERS
ARE DECLARED NOT
TO BE HARMFUL
Department of Agriculture Experts
Come to Unanimous Decision
On the Matter.

Washington, D. c. Alum baking
powders are no more harmful to a
person than any other baking pow
ders.
Such is the~ conclusion announced
recently of the reference board of
consulting scientific experts Of the
department Of agriculture as the TIE
suit of experiments to determine the
influence of aluminium compounds ON
The nutrition and health of man. The
report gives the results of three sets
Of extensive experiments on human
subjects conducted independently by
members of the board and was in
response to questions put to it by
the department of agriculture. The
| board report was unanimous and
was signed by Ira Remsen, president
OF John Hopkins university, Chair
man; Russell H. Crittendon, profess
So of physiological chemistry in
Yale university and director of the
Sheffield Scientific school; John H.
Long, professor of chemistry in Nor
tl'western university; Alonzo E. Tay-
Tor, professor of physiological chem
l1slry in the University of Pennsyl--
Vania, and Theobald Smith, profes-
sor OF comparative pathology IN Har-
ward.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11

musical world. Madame Lillian Nor
dica, has just passed away. As the
world sees her life, it was a scene Of
cheering audiences. dignified by the
praise OF the severest critics For
the place which she occupied thou
sand young women are striving. The
Iaborious effort, the sacrifices by
which she reached success. are not
realized
There is something pathetic in the
fruitIess effort which host OF sing
ers are making to attain a. success of
this kind. Every city of any size has
number OF voices which in some
respects can be compared with the
great operate stars. But for every
one that makes a large success,
whole regiment is turned down. The
same old names appear year after
year at the big opera houses. 1t
seems cruel TO encourage young
| people to enter field where SO few
attain the ends they are working for.
The public is very whimsical 1t is
not enough that a singer have vo-
cal cords producing organ tones, mel
/ low and rounded, capable of filling a
great auditorium It is not enough
that these be trained to the limit Of
graceful flexibility. A singer must al
so possess gifts of enchanting viva
city, throwing the spell of her yivaci-
Gus and winning personality over the
audience
To become a great singer a girl
ought to be under the hands of a
competent teacher by the time she
is nine years old. She must be prac-
Using trills while her comrades are
dancing. She must have a robust
body, capable of living in drafty sleel
ing cars, and eating the indigestible
food of hotels And she NUTS be back
ed by thousands of dollars, to place
her in the best musical schools.
1t is a great responsibility to en-
courage those who have real gifts, but
fall just a little short, to try the
i dizzy path to this kind of success. Bet
ter the simpler pleasures and more
Icertain rewards of the church choir
and the friendly musical circles OF
home!
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11
LEGISLATION AGAINST TIP
DINO


The Canadian parliment is passing
d bill imposing a fine of 500 for
giving or receiving a tip, or permit
ting an employe to receive one. If
this law works well, there will be a
move to place it on the statute books
OF our states.
The Canadians are more tractable
AMI phlegmatic, and take more kind
ly II state regulation than do our
people But our tipping system
causes intense irritation, and is a
heavy tax on statesmen and others,
whose business requires . constant
travel
An Unenforced law is not merely
dead wood, but it tends to make a
joke Of all law It will not be the
least use to enact statutes against
tipping unless the American people
really mean to end the practice.
Landlords have never realized what
a large support there would be for
strictly mo tip" hotels and restaur-
ants. Few people like the dilemma
that tipping places on them. If they
do tip, they know they are the
victim of a graft, if they don't, they
feel they have been mean to a work
ipGman If the associations of com
merciaI travellers would band them
selves together to patronize no tip"
houses, a strong basis of support
would be given to such establish
ments.
A statute might well be passed as
an experiment, making it illegal to
tip on the railroads. The tip to the
sleeping car porter is not usually
compensation for additional service
performed. it is merely a gratuity to
the company that pays the porter's
salary.
In choosing restaurants, the man
who dislikes tipping can at least Sc
Iect less aristocratic places where
the custom has little hold. In rail
road travel he has no such chOioebut
is practically forced to contribute a
supplementary price to the company
for his comfort. This is contrary to
the theory of a common carriers
service, equal rights to all, first
come, first served.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1914-06-11

telephone pole east of his place. This
was too much for Alfred and he
sent for John Borce and had his
fine new house insured
At the annual school meeting in
the Harris district, So voters were
present and J. u. Bovee was elected
school clerk for years. His postof-
/ flee address is Plainfield, Wis. and
no teacher <has been engaged in the
district at present.
Roy Welton left Monday for Min
neapolis, where he has situation as
painter.
Mrs S. j. Sparks was on the
sick list and under the care of a
physician Thursday and Friday.
Mrs Hazel Wienbauer and sister,
Mrs Guy Sanders spent Thursday
and Friday with Grand Rapids rela-
tiYes.
Miss jamie Dumbleton. of Stevens
Point, finished. her school in the
Schenck district Friday, which was
followed by rousing school enter
tainment that evening.
Daniel Williams was elected treas
urer in the Williams district at the
annual school meeting.