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that were given complete credence by
the more credulous portion of the pub
lie. By and by the Russians were re-
ported from Ostend. One newspaper
the story of their arrival there-240,000
of them all wearing sheepskin caftans
and other things the names Of which
you find in books. There was no basis
at all for the story. But when the
truth is rigidly kept out of the papers
untruth is certain to find a hearing.
Brussels Is Being Evacuated.
Now, Brussels isn't evacuated at the
time this story is being written. Sto-
ries came into London newspaper Of
fees stating that Brussels was being
evacuated by the Germans. Other sto-
ries came in, den, 1g this statement.
The first set was printed. The second
was denied the right of publication.
The theory upon which military censor
ship is conducted is that the publica-
ton of all matter which might afford
valuable informant ton to the enemy is
forbidden. One deduces, therefore, that
the British censor hoped to fool the
German into believing that he. really
had evacuated Brussels, even though
the evidence Of his eyes ran to the con-
trary. This isn't at all far-fetched
conclusion. =, . =.
When Brussels was first captured by
the Germans the papers wished to print
the story. But for two days this. prtvi-
lege was forbidden. Indignant jour-
nalists hammered at the press bureau
doors. They were blandly informed
that the story must not be made public.
because it was military Information
that should not be allowed to reach the
German ears. Obviously, the British
colonies who make up the board Of CEN
sors thought that II they kept their
mouths resolutely closed the Germans
would not be able to find out what
town 1t was they had captured.
1t seems rather shame that the pub
lie should be fed upon the airy non.
sense which alone seems acceptable to
the censors. and that the story of this
great war should not be fifty told by
historians. rather than
in the dry bones of bureaucratic re-
ports. But it seems that there will be
no change.
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best general is the one who makes the
fewest mistakes?" The poor devils of
lines are sent out if need be. Usually
they go of their own accord No one
is permitted to enter the battle zone.
Even If he was not interfered with
most vulgar fraction of the days ope-
rations. The modern battle is too
great. His view would be that of a
man trying to see a landscape through
a crack in a paling fence. And, as he
must stay at the rear or be arrested,
he gets his story from wounded men
who have seen only the enemy i'm
medlately in front-and stragglers
who have hidden their clothes under
haystacks and retreated at high rate
of speed in garments borrowed from
peasants.
Stories Beneath Contempt.
The stories this war has produced are
as yet beneath contempt 1t is per-
haps the greatest war the modern
world has ever known, and it is be-
ing recorded out of the mouths of
wounded privates and runaways and
injured peasants.
This is the other war correspondent
myth:
when 1 was arrested by the Ger
mans the aneral commanding ordered
me shot. By the exercise of superhu-
man courage and ingenuity I escaped"
Just pif1e. No war correspondent
officers of either army. When he is
caught he may be held under guard for
time. II he has seen nothing of con-
sequence he is shipped out. His real
ants. enraged by the destruction of
their property and the outrages COM
mitted upon their wives and daughters
and the ordered murder of their
fri
the papers each correspondent carries
are Of little value. If he is arrested
he is quite safe. The danger is that
pitchfork may be thrust into him.
in even the Slightest danger was
young man named Jerbeau. who repre-
sented a Chicago paper in Belgium
He is French by birth and Belgian by
wonder that the Germans at first be-
lieved-or said they believed-thal he
was a spy. Eventually they put him in
cell. and will likely keep him there
is what they promise. He is largely to
blame for this. 1t was foolhardy bit
of business on his part to attempt to
follow the German army, considering
his antecedents.
Russians Didn't Go to France.
But the Russian myth was the most
superb one of the war. For weeks al
most every one in England believed
that 100000 Russian soldiers had been
secretly brought here from Archangel,
transported through England in trains
by night and landed upon French soil
The publication of this story was for
hidden here by totally unintelligent
which, likewise, declined to
deny it's truth. BY and by people be-
gan to believe it in earnest. At first
one only met those who had met some
one else who had seen the Russians.
Eventually one began to meet people
who had seen the Russians themselves.
1.-Two hundred trains passed through
Stoke on Pittsburgh last night. |
The blinds were pulled down in every
car. ! heard men inside talking Rus
sian. The station master told me in
That is just sample of the yarns
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Those Who Were Broke,

At the railroad station that night we
saw those who couldn't keep the Kitch-
ener pace. They were little, runty
chaps. for the most part with rat eyes
and narrow shoulders and jaws that
subtly differed from the ordinary hu-
man jaw. A big Scotch lance corporal
had them in charge.
Sick, lame and lazy he diagnosed
them, ruthlessly Indifferent to the fact
that his miserable charges heard him.
From the slums of Glasgie. All they're
fit for is to get drunk on Saturday
night and beat a wumman."
These miserable little creatures had
been east" by the authorities. They
lacked something in body or mind They
were unfit for the great game and were
unfeignedly glad Of it. One man with a
great Jaw and shock of blond hair
stood with his eyes fixed on the wall
during the hours wait for a delayed
train and roared in a rough, loud voice
d1tty after ditty of the music halls.
Others seized each other by the shoul-
ders and shuf1ed about in queer back
street dances.
We get rid of the rotters as fast as
we lind en- said the lance corporal.
Ihey amt fit to be in the army
TWO or three hundred of them are
sent BACK some days. Sometimes as
many are returned as are received in
the days draft. But those that are kept
nave the raw materials of soldiers in
them Many of the new recruits are
men of fine physique and are obviously
or superior type. But there is such a
large proportion of an obviously de-
generate type that one retains an>un-
pleasant impression after seeing a green
company stumbling and sweatinp
along the roads. 1t is only when one
sees the men who have been at drill
1or month or so-who have been fed
ana worked and hammered-that this
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Myth of French General.


II know" said the British-made cor
respondent of a New York paper. that
Joffre had one of his generals paraded
in front of his troops and shot for his
failure to support Gen. French.
That's one of the war secrets that
every one in London knows. but which
the censor would not pass. because it
might give military information" to
this secret" is poppycock. A French
general was court-martialed because
he resented the fact that former sub
ordinate had been promoted over his
head. He refused to accept orders from
this man. He was severely punished.
but he wasn't shot.
And the general who did not support
Gen. French did SO because French was
in the wrong place. The English lead
ers have been employing their small
army tactics in large army campaign.
They were out of the line with Joffre's
battle front. Consequently, the British
troops were frightfully hammered.
When it became possible for Joffre to
help them out without endangering his
plan of battle he did so.
"Joffre challenged Gen. French to a
duel"
More moonshine. The two men had a
bitter alteration, I am told, because
of Frenchs misunderstanding his part.
abandoned by the Gallo troops. Joffre
thought French's assumption of the
right to run the machine-when there
were 100000 Englishmen and 10000
French in the field-was an imperti-
hence.
So they threshed the misunderstand-
ing out. Since then the English have
taken their rightful, relative place.
There was no duello nonsense on either
side. The French value the English
vn1.f t1oY No 0nA in
words. Not only have the English SOL
diers done valiant service, but the
English navy has spet the seas free
of German ships. At the outset the
delay in the French mobilization con-
fronted them with an enemy superior
in numbers. Thanks to the Belgian re-
sistance, less particularly to the Eng
lish aid. the German rush was checked.
And the Newspaper Faker.
There are two war correspondent
myths One begins this way:
II stood on the battle front today
with Gen. Joffre. 'Joffre, I said to
him. if you will take my advice
And Joffre said to me: Hank. how
can ever repay you for this hint?'"
AS a matter of fact. generals today
sit in tents so far away from war that
they can hardly hear the guns, Any
other sort or general would jam
the motor. The general gets reports
and issues orders for operations ex-
tending along battle front which
may extend $50 miles. Also, war cor
keep at safe distance
from all generals. and from all mem
bers of the general staff If they were
found by one of these gentry they
would certainly be arrested. A staff
officer hates war correspondent only
second to the enemy. Half dozen
war correspondents were arrested last
week. AS fast as they. are located the
key is turned on them.
They can't get near the front. CT
villains are not wanted there. espe-
cially nosy civilians who might tell
too much truth about bad generalship.
Wasn't it NAPOLEON who said that "tba
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'R0TTER' IS BARRED
BY BRITISH ARMY
Drill Sergeants Soon Break
Sick, Lame and Lazy"
Slum Recruits.
SOLDIERS ARE ATHLETES
WHEN FIT FOR FRONT
Kitchener Plan of Making Troopers
Is the Hammer-Hammer-Ham-
mer System

Special Correspondence of The Star
LONDON. October 11.-This is the way
that Lord Kitchener makes soldiers:
Hammer 'em. Hammer 'em, Hammer
EN- some more. Break those that can't
stand 1t. Those that live through are
lighting men,
Eight hours day over the roads car
ryfng full service kit. Sometimes a test
march oil nifty miles. with fifty pounds
ana rife on aching shoulders Now
and then twenty -four hour watch to
teach them how to keep awake. Any
sort OF weather. No sort of roads at all.
Smash 'em through mud and bracken
ana rain. Feed EN- and work EN-
They begin as little, greasy faced. thin
checked stoop-shouldered slum men
They come out thick chested, big
muscied, brown. rugged he-devils But
they are not soldiers yet. Six months in
the training camp is the Kitchener pre-
scription. Then month or SO some
where near the front doing the routine
work OF war making, guarding prisoners
and railroad lines and bridges. The
knowledge sinks in that somewhere aheaa !
better men are being permitted 10 do
their fighting for them
Then one day "Kitch'' turns 'em loose
'"The very best thing for a recruitie in
.his stage, SAID one of Kftchener's old
sergeanfs. is TO see a few other men
broken and bloody. How thew fight
them
The big forge for ma king soldiers is at
Aidershot- There 104. 600 men are hard at
It every day. One sees them in every
stage OF development, from the thin
shanked factory lad to the erect husky
who Is almost ready to be sent out to KIN
There are dozen or SO training camps
scattered through the island. Half a mil
lion men-perhaps more-are being ham
mered into soldier shape. Not one of
them will take the field before green
grass time.
Months to Make a Soldier.
cit takes months to make a soldier /"
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bush. Perhaps not one of them has
ever commanded an army of $4,000
men in the field.
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ENGLAND ENCOURAGES
MARRIAGE OF RECRUITS
War Brides Cheered as They Ac-
cept Iron Wedding Rings In
stead of Gold Ones.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

CORRESPONDENCE OF the Associated Press. o.
LONDON, October 3.-Aroused by the
positive steps taken by Germany AMI
Austria to protect themselves against
falling birth rate and the telling death
rate incidental to the war. England is
now encouraging the marriage of re-
cruits soon to go on foreign service.
At the suggestion Of the Archbishop of
Canterbury the diocesan bishops Of the
Church of England have made marked
decreases in the fees charged soldiers for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
Months to Make a Soldier.

1T takes months to make a soldier"
says Kitchener. at isn't enough to teach
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-01
him how to march like soldier and how
to look like a soldier. He must learn
how to think like soldier"


to look like soldier. He must learn
how to think like soldier"
So Kitchener isn't in any hurry about
his job. He told the houses of parl.a-
ment that his half million new men would
not be ready before spring. France is
putting men in the field with no more
soldierly experience than our. militiamen
own. So is Germany.
I'VE can't put as many men in the field
as the other nations is the army theory.
$50 we must put better men in
England has $50. 900 regulars in the field
in France. They are to be joined by
10000 Gurkhas and Sikhs. There are
only enough men available in the regular
establishment to patch up the holes that
will be torn In this line England's re-
lance for the future must be upon the
volunteers.
What Aldershot Is.
Aldershot isn't at all what one thinks.
In reality it is woodland and moor and
hill and valley, muck and sand and
turf There are 100000 men being
taught there to be soldiers.
Aldershot town has permanent pop
ulation of 10000. Other villages are
scattered through this vast barren
tract that makes up Aldershot camp.
There are permanent quarters in
which $4,000 men are sheltered in times
of peace. Now there are great fungi
Of white. conical tents growing against
the brown hills. Here a rattle Of
drums breaks out. A squad of drum
mers is being taught how to handle
the sticks by a frankly pessimistic
instructor. Now an uncertain fanfare
rips ones ears. 1t is a trumpeter learn
ing to Zip" and tongue" Next comes
the crack1e of rife practice.
Companies of rockies come march
ing along the roads. Perhaps two men
out Of five wear the khaki. The others
are still dressed in their civilian
keep step. Their poor, thin shoulders
droop. Not one man in a dozen can
keep his chin up.
In a week." said the gray old SER
geant. as his men rested, they can
keep this UP all day. But this is their
first march"
Calisthenics in Mud.
1t had been raining all day The
sandy roads were dry enough, but the
turf fields were wet and cold to the
touch We came to a green field. per-
haps half mile square. Dotted over
it were companies of fifty men, all in
civilian clothes An hour struck. They
ceased their awkward 1eft-foot, right
foot, and threw themselves on the
soggy ground. The instructors stood
in front of each squad.
''On your backs"
They rolled over, and over. and over.
They lifted themselves on one arm and
the other arm and both arms. Be
tween times the instructors criticised
them bitterly:
'You-you chap with the long hair
are you a bloody fool?'
They laid upon their backs in the
wet and waved one leg in the air, and
the other leg in the air, and both legs
in the air. They rose and bowed over
and touched their toes. They went
through every movement that the devil
ish ingenuity of drill masters has de-
vised. Between times they stretched
at Double time" full length and pant
ed and perspired.
They were trotting about the field, a
quarter of mile trot at time. When
they couldn't trot any longer the in
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The majority of japanese publicists
who advocate emigration do SO be-
cause they desire the extension of Jap
anese influence, not because it benefits
the emiSr2Qt.
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New $780, 900 Army.

Nearly half a million recruits are quar-
tered In camps scattered throughout Eng
land. This nr@ army Of Kitcheners
probably will not be sent to the continent
for at least six months unless some I'M
expected calamity arises. All the men In
the army who have not had previous mil
ftary experience are less than thirty-five
and a majority OF them are unmarried.
Many weddings are occurring daily at
the various camps and new recruits and
their sweethearts are often much dis
tressed to find that under the English
law one of the parties to a marriage must
have resided In the parish in which they
are married for at least fifteen days. The
Archbishop of Canterbury has suggested
that this obstacle be removed by statute.
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BIZ kR1s GAN SOLDIERS lMBoLoeM

structor walked them. When their legs
began to kink up they sat on the
ground and watched other men-those
in khaki-go through open order move
ments and company drills. These latter
were advanced students of the art Of
man killing. The neophytes had envy
in their ewes
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1914-04-24
MateTsmeet.
Mrs. VIM. Maher returned
from Green Bay Tuesday.

Mrs. VIM. Maher returned
from Green Bay Tuesday.
Mr.. j. D. Vantwood returned
from Green Bay Wednesday.
Mrs. T. A. Kelly died of typhoid
at an Amigo hospital Monday
and her remains were brought
home on a special train Monday
evening. The funeral services
were held at the Catholic church
here and remains taken to Bes-
semer, for interment Thursday.
Helen NJ. Herman was born May
9th, 1875, at Oconto, Wis. and
died April Goth, 1914, She leaves
a husband, two sons and one
daughter to mourn the loss of a
kind and loving wife and mother.
She also leaves a sister, Rather
inc, and a brother, Thomas, of
Portland, Oregon.
Among those attending the fun
eral from abroad were: Mr.. and
Mrs. John Cleary, of Escanaba,
Mr.. and Mrs. John C. Herman,
of Amigo, Mrs. Carney, a sister
of Mr.. Kelly, Of Grimms, Wis,
Misses Nettie Kelly and Rather
inc Herman came from Valparai-
so, Ind, where they were attend
ing the University, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Michael Kelly of Monico.
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There is more Catarrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put
together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For a great
many years doctors pronounced it local
disease and prescribed local remedies and
by constantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced it incurable. Sci
tutional disease. and therefore requires
constitutional treatment Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F.. r. Cheney &
Co, Toledo, Ohio. is the only Constitu-
.tional cure on the market. It is taken in
ternally. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. They
offer one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and tes-
timonialS
Address: F. J, CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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Clearwater.

Ed Price has returned from
Gagen.
G. H. Durrie is visiting. a son
In Chicago.
Erwin Erickson visited Three
Lakes Friday.
Mrs. H. P. Hanson visited in
town Monday.
David Magoon returned from
Chicago Thursday.
N. A. Colman has crew of
men at work on his cottages.
An Agricultural meetingcalled
for Sunday night was postponed.
N. A. Colman returned this
week via Oshkosh from Portland.
Rev. Stebbeds and Fred King
man spent Monday at Three
Lakes.
Ellen Bottcher, Inez Erickson
and Marie Stebbeds win finish
school this year.
Willie and Henry Heinig haye
gone to Watersmeet, Mich, to
work this summer.
Misses Emogene Colman and
Nina 0lmstead and Mrs. G, uR.
Colman are spending the vS
here. ~
Ed. Thomas and wife who have
worked for some time past near
Gagen, returned Friday to spend
the summer. They will occupy
the Bob Mcclellan place. -
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LET'S CELEBRATE 4
ARBOR DAY RIGHT
THESE men ALL FAVOR IT
SENTIMENT UNANIMOUSLY STRONG FOR
BEAUTIFYING STREETS AND IMPROVING
BAD PLACES IN ROADS

Arbor and Bird Day and Fire Pro-
lection Day falls on Friday, May 1s5a
We are of the opinion that it would
be a good time for everyone in Eagle
River to get together and celebrate
the day by cleaning up things gener-
ally and especially by setting out
shade trees wherever needed. Rail-
road street or that portion between
Wall street and the Bridge has room
for a double line of trees, which would
even at the stage Of growth attained
by the elms surrounding the Hotel
Austin. greatly improve the appear
ance Of the most prominent street in
town as observed from a car window
at least. If all residents will turn
out for a day they can do wonders
with that or any other, we
mention Railroad street because of
the treeless view it presents. And
while about it, why not take next day
and go out on every road leading
from town and fill up the ruUs in the
wheel track, cut any projecting root,
throw out the large stones if there
are any, and we believe the action
will be highly appreciated by auto
mobile owners, both local and foreign.
Now this doesn't mean that new roads
are to be built by private work or
subscription, just fix up the worn
places in the old roads of which there
are many everywhere, and four men
with shovels, and two with axes will
go over several miles Of in day and
put the road in tolerable fair shape.
The following expressions from the
business men in town show their
willingness to assist such a move
ment in every way possible
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News From Our
Neighboring Towns.
Phelps.

Mr.. Flannery spent Sunday at
Duluth.
The two Lee children enrolled
in the local school Monday.
Mrs. w. Walsh left Monday
for a visit with Sparta friends.
DR.. Ward and wife were in
town from Thursday till Monday.
Elmer Patton, of Eagle River,
was here from Saturday until
Tuesday.
Mrs. Johnson and daughter
Mona returned Tuesday from a
visit with relatives.
Miss Emma Sells, of Merrill,
arrived Wednesday, she will be
employed at the Hazen resort.
The first trout supper of the
season was given at the Chain S
Monday night. Five couples were
present and all ate plenty of
trout and other delicacies.
Apply to Mr.. A. F. Oakley for
methods Of gardening. He cult
waited plat on Lake front Sat-
urday a. M, midst rain soon
snow came. He rushed the season.
Fifty couple attended the dance
at the town hall Monday night.
A delicious chicken supper was
served down stairs at II o'clock.
Stnard's furnished the music.
Everybody enjoyed fine time.