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The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-11-13
.Do! What funl" she cried. as the

"Do! What fun!" she cried. as the
car started.
1.-THE field-marshal was Partow, their
chief of staff?" Westerling asked.
YES" said Mrs. Galland. 81 remem-
Der when he was young infantry off,
Ger before the last war, before he had
won the iron cross and become so
great. He was not Of an army family
Ia doctors son. but very clever and
skilful."
Getting little old for his work!"
remarked Westerling. But apparent.
ly he Is keen enough to take a per-
sonal interest in anything new"
wasn't it thrilling and-and ter
rible!" Marta exclaimed.
Yes, like war at our own door
again" replied Mira Galland, who knew
war. She had seen war raging on the
pass road. "Lanstron, the young man
said his name was," she resumed after
q pause. mo doubt the Lanstrons OF
Thorbourg. An old family and many
of them in the army"
THE way he refused to give in-that
was fine!" said Marta.
Westerling, who had been engrossed
in his own thoughts, looked up.
Courage Is the cheapest thing an
army has! You can get hundreds OF
young officers who are glad to take a
risk Of that kind. The thing is" and
his fingers pressed in on the palm OF
his hand in pounding gesture of the
forearm, ito direct and command
head wOrk-organization!"
eff war should come again" Marta
began. Mrs. Galland nudged her. A
Brown never mentioned war to an Off
Ger of the Grays; it was not at all In
the accepted proprieties. But Marta
rushed on: $50 many would be en-
gagged that it would be more horrible
than ever"
you cannot make omelets without
breaking EGGS" Westerling answered
with suave finality.
"The aeroplane will take it's place as
an auxiliary" he went on, his mind
still running on the theme Of hel
prophecy, which the meeting with Ian
stron had quickened. But war will
as ever, be won by the bayonet that
takes and holds a position. We shall
have no miracle victories, no"
There he broke off. He did not &C
| company Mrs. Galland and Marta back
to the house, but made his adieus al
the garden-gate.
'I'm sure that ] shall never marry g
soldier!" Marta burst out as she an6
her mother were ascending the steps.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-11-13

that he thought he would try rising q
littie higher The SUBMITS of the range
shot under him, unfolding a variegated
rug of landscape. He dipped the planes
slightly, intending to follow the ranges
descent and again they answered to
his desire. The tower doomed before
hin. as suddenly as If it had been shot
UP out of the earth. He must turn,
ana quickly, to avoid disaster; he must
tura, or he would bs across the white
posts in the enemy's country.
"Oh!" groaned Marta and Mrs. Gal
land together
In an agony CT suspense they saw
the fragile creation of cloth and bam-
boo and metal. which had seemed as
secure as an albatross riding on the
lisp Of steady wind, dip far over,
bcareen back in the other direction, and
then the whirring noise that had grown
with its flight ceased. 1t was no longer
| q thing of winged life. defying the law
o. gravity. but a thing dead. falling un-
Ger the burden of living weight.
THE engine has stopped" exclaimed
Wssterling. any trace of emotion in
his observant imperturbability that of
, satisfaction that the machine was the
enemy's. He was thinking Of the ex-
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-11-13

In this story Mr.. Palmer, tho
noted war correspondent, has paint
ed war as he has seen 1t on many
battIefieIds, and between many ma
tIons. His Intimate knowledge OF
armies and ornaments has enabled
him to produce grs phic picture OF
the greatest OF all wars, and his
knowledge Of conditions has led
him to prophecy an end OF armed
conflicts. No man Is better quail
fled to write the story of the final
world war than Mr.. Palmer, and
he has handled his subject with
master hand.
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ton his new assignment; he was going
to the general staff at the capital. Mrs.
Galland murmured her congratulations
In conventional fashion.
Marta's chair was drawn back from
the table. She leaned forward In q
favorite position Of hers when she was
intensely interested. with hands
clasped over her knee, which her
mother always found aggravat1ngly
tomboyish. She had mass Of lustrous
black hair and mouth rather large
in repose, but capable of changing
curves of emotion. Her large, dark
eyes, LUMINOSITY deep under long
lashes, if not the rest Of her face, had
beauty. Her head was bent, the
lashes forming a line with her brow
now. and her eyes had the still flame
Of wonder that they had when she
was looking all around thing and
through 1t to find what it meant.
Some day you will be chief Of staff,
the head of Gray army!" she suddenly
exclaimed.
Westerling started as If he had been
surprised in a secret. Then he flushed
slightly.
"Why?" he asked with forced care
lessness "Your reasons? They're more
interesting than your prophecy"
Because you have the will to be-"
she said without emphasis, In the i'm
personal revelations of thought You
want power. You have ambition"
He looked the picture of it, with his
square jaw, his well-moulded head set
close to the shoulders on a sturdy
neck, his even teeth showing as his
lips parted in an unconscious smile.
Marta, Marta! She isis so ex-
plosive," Mrs. Galland remarked apollo
getically to the colonel.
II asked for her reasons. brought
1t on myself-and it is not bad COM
pliment," he replied. Indeed, he had
never received one so thrilling.
His smile, smile we'll pleased with
itself, remained as Mrs. Galland began
to talk of other things, and it's linger-
ing satisfaction disappeared only with
Marta's cry at sight of the speck in
the sky over the Brown range. She
was out on the lawn before the others
had risen from their seats.
can aeroplane! Hurry!" she called
How fast the speck grew!
Naturally, the business Of war,
watching for every invention that
might serve it's ends, was the first
patron of flight. Captain Arthur Ian
stron, pupil of pioneer aviator, had
been warned by him and by the chief
Of staff of the Browns, who was look
ing on, to keep in circle close to the
ground. But he was doing so we'll
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1914-11-13
Too Good.

Reggy-Sweet Airline, will you be
mine?
Sweet Arline-BefOre | answer your
question let me ask you one. Do you
swear when you lose your collar stud?
Reggy-Never!
Sweet Arline-Then it cannot be. l
cannot marry man who has no spirit.
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Where Some Reformers Err.

A reformer usually has big ideas.
Frequently he insists ON proceeding
on a wholesale basis instead of run
ming a small but active business reg
ulating his own faults,
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Love is a curious thing. A girl
doesn't even marry a professional ball
player because he is a good catch.
Evening star., 1914-10-05
Rev. Or. Roland Cotton Smith
Says War Brings the World
Back to Gods Way of Peace

Rev. DIR. Roland Cotton Smith. rector
of st. John Episcopal Church, con-
Quoted peace services at that church
yesterday. He urged the congregation
to realize that prayers for peace in
Europe must come from hearts that are
FREQ from resentment and strife. He
preached on a text from the epistle OF
st. John, saying, in part:
I'm response to the calm and Chris
tian call of our President for the peo-
pie Of the United States, we kneel be-
fore our God and the God Of the whole
earth to pray for peace.
There is no necessity for many
words. All OF US know too well the sit
uation. The fact that the greater part
Of the world is at war IL upon us by
day and follows us into the night.
We do not dare to let our imagtnations
picture the carnage and the incredible
suffering that are going on at this mo-
ment lest the mere picture OF them tear
to pieces our hearts.
MEN are saying today. and we in our
stupefaction are wondering II 1t be not
so, that Christianity these 1900 years
has failed. No. that is not it. Chris
tianity on any large scale has hardly
been tried. This world catastrophe is
a great vindication of the principle OF
Christianity and throws bewtldered
and a stricken world back to God and
His eternal way OF peace In Jesus
Christ"
Evening star., 1914-10-05
President Wilson UniteS
With Church Congregation
in Prayers for Peace

President Wilson joined with the con-
gregation yesterday morning at the
Central Presbyterian Church in saying
prayer in unison for peace in Eu-
rope. Attending the service with the
President were Miss Bones and Fitz-
william Woodrow, his cousins; his
daughter. Mrs. McAdoo, and the Secre-
tary of the Treasury
The sermon was preached by Rev.
James R. Taylor, pastor of the church.
He prayed that the United States might
Europe, and that the President might
mediation proposals.
In his sermon DIR, Taylor declared
that the war in Europe meant not the
breaking down of Christianity. but the
failure of some of the people of the
earth to follow Christian principles. He
declared that permanent peace would
come when the world turned more to
prayer.
People who pray" DR.. Taylor said.
get a better perspective and forget
their passions and jealousies. Notwith-
standing the war in Europe, faith in
the providence of God remains un-
changed.
"Supplications that come from the
truly peaceful and not from hearts that
are full of antagonism will have effect
The church was packed until there
was not even standing room inside.
After the services large crowd wait
ed until the President had taken COM
munion. then watched him ride away
in his automobile.
Evening star., 1914-10-05
Bible the Last Resource
for Hope and Confidence,
Rev. DR.. SeWall's View

Rev. DR.. Frank Sewall, in his sermon
at the Church of the New Jerusalem
spoke of the Bible as the last resource
for mans hope and confidence. seeing
the vanity Of human pretense ana OF
putting trust in princes"
1.-THE two great commandments OF love
to God and to the neighbor have been
from ages past and will remain the only
lasting and sure foundation OF human
governments and national stability. he
said. Nation after nation, as 1T has dis
regarded this law of righteousness, has
gone down to ruin and oblivion. Th1s
law of Righteousness is fundamental and
final.
"The nations prayer for peace" he
said. will not be thing of diplomacy
or arbitration or Of form Of government,
least of all of ornaments ana r1vairy
in brute strength. It will be rather the
enlivened and strengthened motive ana
resolve in the heart Of the fndlv1oual
citizen or subject to obey the two divine
commandments. of love to the LORD ana
love to the neighbor. and so to submit
ones self freely and without reserve to
the reign of the divine righteousness
eousness and justice that the nations
they compose will make these principles
their king, and see the end of the OPP
posing reign of the love Of dominion
and Of unrighteous gain. So shall man
kind realize in Gods time the divine
promise:
".'Behold. a king shall reign in right
eousness and princes shall rule in 5udg-
ment'"
Evening star., 1914-10-05
Concordia Church Gives
Entire Morning Service
to Peace Supplications

AT Concordia Church, goth and q
streets northwest, the entire morning
service was devoted to carrying. out
the suggestions of the Presidents ap-
peal. the choir singing appropriate
selections, the hymns and opening
prayers. as well as the Scripture les
sons. giving expression to the thoughts
OF self-humfliation and confession of
sin as ft preparation for supplica-
tion and intercession.
In his sermon the pastor, Rev. Paul
A Menzel pointed out the special
duties Of German Americans with re-
gard to the present situation. German
Immigration. he said. ever since the
manifestly been under divine guidance.
Not only had millions of Germans
found an open door here in time of
need, but they had been enabled to do
great deal Of economical and cul-
tural work. and in number of in
stances they had welded. under divine
providence, decisive influence at criti-
cal points in American history
Rev. Menzel referred briefly to Kon-
rad Weiser's part in winning over the
great Iroquois federation to the side Of
the American colonists in connection
with the French Indian war: to the
fine work of the Royal Americana, an
organization of German colonists in
thS SdIuo war 10 TN1hClauS t1erCa-
heimer's stand at Oriscany at the head
of the Mohawg valley, German settlers,
thus preventing the union of ST. Le-
gers and Burgoyne's forces, and, ac-
cording to Washington's own COM
ment, turning the balance of 1777.
Throughout the entire revolutionary
war the colonists of German descent,
he said, bore their full share Of the
burdens, and a decisive, balance-power
influence was no doubt exercised by
the 100000 soldiers of German blood
who fought on the northern side in the
civil war, thus helping to preserve the
Union.
The entire argument was used to en-
phasize the obligation divine provi-
dence has placed upon the citizens Of
German descent to cultivate piety. pa
triotism, sane judgment and all other
Christian and civic virtues.
In the present world crisis, he said,
the American Of German blood ought
to prove a material help in making the
United States the binding link between
the nations on both sides Of the war
front
At the close of the service. the proc
lamation of the President was read
and the congregation knelt in suppli-
cation on behalf of the warning ma
tfons, and earnest prayer for speedy
and lasting peace.
In the evening, lions Lutheran, First
Reformed and Concordia Evangelical
churches united in a union prayer serv-
ica for peace at lions Lutheran
Church, 6th and P streets northwest.
Rev, Richard Schmidt was the leader.
Evening star., 1914-10-05
Proclamation of Prayers
Shows U. s.. Neutrality,
Persian Charge Here Says

At a special peace meeting conducted
yesterday at Lewis Hail. under the aus
pices Of the Bahai Assembly of WASH
ington, Mira Ali Kuli Khan. the charge
d'affaires of Persia. expressed his ap-
probation Of President Wilson's procla-
nation for peace prayers as the best
expression Of the neutrality of the ma
ton and the best proof Of the love OF
peace which has always actuated the
American people.
He pointed out the effectiveness Of
national prayer and the part the Bahais
would have in bringing about peace.
M. and Mime. Hippoiyte Dreyfus Bar
ney, who are en- route from China to
their home in Paris, were present and
delivered brief addresses.
E. H. Young outlined the Bahai pro-
gram of universal peace and the means
provided for Its accomplishment. Prof.
Stanwood Cobb. recently returned from
Europe. told Of Bahai conditions there
and in the near east and DR.. E. c. Get
singer read an address delivered by Alb
dul BAHIA upon receiving news of the
war. !.
DR.. Getsinser has Just come from
Haifa and Acca, Syria, the central point
kiss read an original peace poem by
Louise r. Waite. Readings of prayers
and teachings on peace by Miss Mar
garet d. Green, Mrs. Claudia S. Coles
and the chairman. Joseph H. Hannen,
COMPLETED the program.
Evening star., 1914-10-05
Faith That Does Not Fail"
Is Rev. DR.. Woods Subject

Rev. Charles Wood. pastor of the
Church Of the Covenant, conducted
peace services at that church yester-
day. the title of his sermon being The
Faith That Does Not Fail"
He preached from the texts, For
there shall be great tribulation such
as was not since the beginning of the
world to this time; no, nor ever shall
be-" st. Matthew. 24:21. and But I
have prayed for thee that thy faith
fail not" st. Luke, 22:32.
DR.. Wood said in part:
Christ forewarned his disciples Of tn.
horrors He foresaw in the destruction
Of Jerusalem and the end of the world
that they might be forearmed. His
sympathy was not the sentimental sort
creates a FOOLS paradise. 1t was stim-
ulating and refreshing There shall
be great tribulation, but have prayed
for you in your sitting time, and
in sight Never was the world in
greater need than ON this peace Sunday
Of this calm, confident steadying voice
Of the Son of God.
Peters faith might fail II not prayed
for. Faith may be chilled or crushed.
All faith whose foundations are made
quate is doomed. Built on the shifting
sands Of seeming security. and pros
perity, or on a person, king. emperor
or czar. or on an ecclesiactic, pope.
priest or preacher. or on a system theo-
logical or secular, its fate is certain.
Faith must sink through the sand and
find it's unshaken foundation in. God,
His unchanging purpose and resistless
power. There may be possible gains
from this world war-if we narrow our
vision to ourselves-fn increased I'M
migration Of the better sort and in the
extension Of our commerce in South
America, where the "A. B. C.'-Argen-
tina, Brazil and Chils-are beginning
to see in their happy inclusion in the
Monroe doctrine the A. B. c. of new
language of amity. brotherhood and
confidence. There will be an increase
Of liberty and of democracy in Europe.
which is of much greater consequence.
The people will have more to say about
war and peace in the future. Religious
ly. the outlook is not so dark as some
would have US believe.
The ruined cathedral Of Rheims is
not the symbol Of the Christian faith
in Europe today. Already France has
begun to pray not alone for victory,
but for the conscious presence of God,
and the English churches are all
crowded. The faith that withstood the
destruction of Jerusalem, the sacking
of Rome, the conquest Of the aGeths and
vandals. the wars Of Mohammedan sui
tans and Of Napoleon will stand the
satanic sitting of these terrible days.
To believe with heart and soul in the
power that makes our griefs our
gains" as Tennyson says. IL to know in
the midst of wars alarms tho pAace
that passeth understanding"
Evening star., 1914-10-05
SERVICES HERE ARE ATTENDED
BY THOUSANDS in ALL WALKS
President Wilson Sets Example, While British Ambassador
Is Present at Mount St. Aban-Fnst Of
Kind in History Of Nation.

Persons all walks life and of all religious
belief gathered and around the churches of Washington yesterday
that the Europe be brought end
codance with the proclamation recently issued by President Will
setting aside October of prayer throughout
the United States.
The President of the United States the
and the capital by repairing his place of worship
Central Presbyterian Church. the morning foreign diplomats
accredited Washington including the British ambassador
Cecil Arthur well cabinet officers
resenaves Congress and other high officials United
States generally followed the Presidents lead
Evening star., 1914-10-05

Six Thousand at st. A1ban's.
The British ambassador attended the
open-air services held around the peace
cross at Mount st. Alban, the site of
the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral of
SIS. Peter and Paul. where 5000 Wash
ingtonians gathered to attend three
services, held simultaneously.
The papal- delegate to the United
States, Archbishop Bonzano, attended
the peace service held at the Brookland
Monastery. in connection with the feast
of st. Francis of Assist, in the Holy
Land Memorial Church. The day hap
pened to be rosary Sunday" in the
Catholic churches, and the solemn serv-
ices of this day were held in connec-
Evening star., 1914-10-05

tion with the peace services. In the
Jewish churches the peace services
were held last night e
Yesterdays services. marked the first
time that the. people of the United
States ever gathered all at the same
time to pray for peace in foreign lands
at war. In many of the churches NOV
ing picture exhibitions were held to
show the actual horrors of war. In all
the churches of the city large collec-
tons were taken up for the benefit of
she sufferers by the war, these funds to
be turned over to the American Ma
ttonal Red Cross. Reports from New
York. Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Chicago. St. Louis, Denver and San
Francisco tell of largely attended
Peace day services
Evening star., 1914-10-05
Feast of the Holy Rosary
in All Catholic Churches

In the Catholic churches of the Dis
trict yesterday the celebrations Of Peace
Sunday and of the feast OF the Holy
Rosary We're combined. According to
Catholic belief it was the recitation of
the rosary to the blessed mother that
restored peace in Europe 400 years ago.
engaged in savage warfare for the
mastery of Europe.
rs it a mere coincidence" asked Rev.
John Scully of st. Aloysius Church. in
his sermon yesterday. that the Presi-
dent of the United States should have
set aside as Peace Sunday the feast of
the holy rosary, which has so often
been the cause OF restoring peace to
Europe?"
He reminded the people OF the nu-
merous occasions in the early history
of the world in which God has shown.
by miracles, the power OF the rosary
and intimated that He again may prove
its power by bringing the present con-
fict to a speedy end.
The congregation OF st. AIoysius
Church. 5000 in number. will meet
every night during the month OF Oc-
tober and recite the rosary. praying
that God will repeat now the miracles
He has performed in the past.
At st. Patrick's Church.
At ST. Patrick's Catholic Church SOL
emn high mass was celebrated, after
which prayers for peace were said by
Rev. William Mcnamara, assistant pas
tor. Father Mcnamara also preached
the sermon, and although he made only
q passing reference to the struggle
now in progress in Europe. he called
attention to the Presidents proclama-
ton and urged individual and congre-
gational prayers for peace.
Mgr. Russell preached a peace SER
mon at St Patrick's at the services
ast evening, saying, in part:
Our greatest blessings are often.
times those whose priceless value we
fail to estimate until We feel their loss
Such is peace 1t is SO long since war
cast it's blighting shadow over our
lives that we dreamed We should never
again experience its baneful influences.
We boasted that In our progressive
twentieth-century civilization a great
war was an impossibility. We forgot
that our vaunted civilization had not
succeeded any more than those which
preceded 1t in eradicating the human
passions which ever make for war
1--WE must distinguish between ma
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