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Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
AID W0LGAST MOVES ON
win Never Take Part in sa,ffh+or
Serious Encounter.
Ring Never Had Flasher Career i, Il.
History Than That Shown bv
Cadillac Boy Never Ranked
as Popular Champion.

Wolgast has moved on. He saws he
never will don another pair of ovino
gloves for serious encounter .,. tbo
ring and doubts very much wbatbe~
he will ever be induced to even loci,
at the modern tools of ring w9rfars
again. Yet he is only twentv-ssven
years old.
The ring never had a flasher raresr
in its history than that shown bv Wal.
CAST. He started battling in 1905 was
a sensation out on the Pacific coast
in 1908, became lightweight cham.
pion of the world by defeating Rs+.
thing Nelson on February q. 1914
twice broke his arm on mediocrs on
ponents. suffered an attack of amen.
dicitis and went through an operation
and then lost his title to Willie Ritebie
on a foul on November IS, 1912.
Despite the fact that Wolgast must
be tabled as one of the worlds Great.
est fighting machines he always had
tough time getting any sort of recog-
milton. Perhaps it was an Indifferent
personality and the fact that he
whipped one of the country's idols in
order to gain pre-eminence in his class
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
French War Graves Are Marked
With Care.
Authorities Aim to Have Complete
Roster of the Fallen SoIdiers-LiV-
ing Pay Tribute to the
Dead.

London. - Interesting details re-
garding the manner in which the
graves OF soldiers who have fallen on
the field of battle are identified are
given in the following article, trans
lated literally from the Paris Matin:
Leave for n minute those trenches
and earthworks. Let your gaze wan
der little from the firing line Look
there in that orchard or there in that
copse, or yet again on that crest.
See. one, two, three. twenty little
mounds. On every mound wooden
cross and on every cross little
khaki or red cap. The orchard is full
OF them; the copse is studded with
them the brow OF the hill is fringed
with them.
Now east your glance toward
those two soldiers sauntering along
with their pipes in their mouths or
watch that cook hurrying along with
the soup
suddenly they come before the
little mounds and they stop abruptly.
At once the smokers take their pipes
from their mouths. and the cook lays
the pot upon the ground. and at once.
silently. solemnly. reyerently each
right hand goes up to touch each
forehead in the military salute.
It's only for moment; the tribute
to the great dead is paid. and then
they so on their way again.
Along the whole battle line from
the wooded mountains of the Vosges
down to the sand dunes of Belgium
every single sector has been placed
under a separate officer. whose sole
duty it is TO identify and collect mat
ter concerning every one Of those lit
tie mounds.
Not single piece OF information
is allowed to slip by uncatalogued:
each cross has its own humble chron-
iele all, written down and indexed and
catalogued.
Each tragedy once chronicled is
then copied in duplicate. one always
accessible in case additional informa-
ton should crop up and the other de-
posted at the nearest general head
quarters.
Nothing is omitted which could
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
Soldier Describes Battle to His
Little Son.
Tells Of Scenes in the Trenches and
Of the Work Of ArtiiIery-All Very
Costly, Very Destructive and
Very Useless.

London-The following letter was
written by a British army officer In
France to his nine-year.old son, who
had asked his father what real bat
tle line was like:
MY Dear Brian-You would like to
know what a real battle line is like. In
the distance you see a hill and on the
right some woods. Some farmhouses,
one or two still intact and others
mere heaps Of brick, lie dotted about.
Near you on the right is a battery
hidden under bushes and earthworks.
Nearer you still are dugouts in which
the men live underground
In the distance is a German an
chored balloon watching the country
On the right and overhead is an aero
plane.
Beyond the hill and the woods are
the trenches in which the infantry face
the German infantry, also in trenches
Somewhere near the trenches. and
where they can see them well and the
country on the German side, are the
artillery observation officers, who teie-
phone directions to the batteries and
direct their fire where they want. All
this is done very accurately on a spe-
cial system called registration, by
which having once hit a target you
can always go on hitting 1t or anything
near it.
For instance, yesterday when was
directing the battery at one CT these
places a German put up tin on a pole
and waved II about in the air in his
trench | saw this. told one gunner
what angle to lay at and the range. and
the next moment the she'll arrived and
the tin went up In the air. What hap
pened In the trench ] don't know. but
the shell burst In It. One burst In ours
this morning and killed one man and
wounded two others. So they can do
damage.
THE trenches are very lively places
at night when a lot of rifle fire is al
ways going on. and one side or the
other sends out patrols or snipers to
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
WHAT WAR IS LIKE

peep over the others trenches and
shoot men; and the trench mortars get
busy and send over high-explosive
bombs, OF someone more daring than
others crawls out and throws hand
grenades into the trench.
Behind these front trenches are
other trenches, which lead in a zig-zag
way to the front, or hold more men
ready to help if the front trench is at
tackled This is really the nastiest
place to be in, because the German ar
tillery are always ready to shoot at
them, and do shoot at them when there
is any excitement.
Hidden all along the trenches are
machine guns. which fire fank-wise
and are very destructive. Then come
the artillery. and behind them again
the big guns-the very big ones which
drop shells tremendous distance and
blow blocks of houses to bits. They
say one of ours not long ago dropped
big shell into the middle of an in
fantry regiment German one-and
blew 500 of them into little bits. Dot
ted about around the country where
they are most needed are the antiair-
craft guns. whose shooting at birds,
as they call the aeroplanes. is very
pretty and very bad
Away back behind all these are the
aerodromes and captive balloons of
our own watching the front, where all
the roads are busy with motor trans
ports feelings the firing line with grub
and ammunition You would never
think how many men and how much
transport are necessary to do all this
properly.
"A battle starts with terrific artil-
lery bombardment, sometimes for days,
and when the enemys trenches are alb.
solutely destroyed and their men dazed
with the rain of high explosives and
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25

he connected with job in the new
league and is back at his old trick of
rolling up a huge winning percentage
The most amazing part of Plank
work this year is the fact that he is
pitching to batters who are new to
him. He hasn't the benefit of the ex-
perienee gained in other years to aid
him. He doesn't know the strength
and the weakness of the batters who
face him, as he did in the American
league. He must learn as he goes. he
must pit the old southpaw whip, abso'
rutely unaided. against the Federal
league cfuuters. And he mas done so
successfully.
Plank is one of the very few left
handlers who has no eccentricities. RE
has been normal in his conduct. a
gentleman on the ball field ana on,
and all through the Is years of nis
major league career ne has graced he
yar1e by his presence.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25


gas and bombs the infantry charge
across.
Sometimes the machine guns
haven't been knocked out and they
take a big toll of life, and always
there are plenty of men whom the
bombardment fails to knock out
There is never "a soul to be seen.
There is c2!y terrible roar of guns
and explosions, and The perpetual
swapping of rifles and rattle of ma
chine guns. There is view of some
broken walls, trees without leaves or
branches, and trenches everywhere.
You would think there was no life
anywhere if it were not for the row.
and yet one knows that If you put up
head thousand eyes will see it and
half a thousand fingers pull trig-
ger.
1T is all very destructive, very cost
ly and very useless, war, but it brings
out all that is best in men. No doubt
it is for a gooG purpose which we do
not realize at present, when we only
see the ruin and the killing and the
waste.
Sometimes the world wants clean
ing like the pistons of a motor to
make 1t run smoothly and this is the
way It comes about. You boys later
on win reap the benefit of it ALL"
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
WHY SINCLAIR is ADMIRED

According to a story going the
rounds, Garry Hermann, chair
man of the National commission
and Harry Sinclair, Federal
league angel" and Oklahoma
oil magnate, elbowed each other
trying to pay the check in the
Ritz-Carleton at Philadelphia
after the recent peace confer
ence"
IT'S on me, take it out OF
this" said Garry, fiourishinE
brand-new century note.
This way, waiter, that other
gentleman's money is counter
felt" said Sinclair. waving a 500
bill.
The waiter was kind enough 10
permit Hermann to pay ta-
freight" Sinclair tossed his soy
note at the waiter. saying
IF 1 can't buy can do the uP-
ping
Perhaps it is this trait on the
part of Mr.. Sinclair that makes
certain newspaper men we k1o"
so anxious to have him remain
in baseball.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
Ad wolsast.

that brought about the conditions for
the little German Perhaps it was a
noisy manager. At any rate he never
was a popular champion, even in the
face of sterling fighting qualities
Like most men of his slipshod bust
ness methods, AID was lacking in an
appreciation of the value Of phys
zeal conservation. He liked the bright
lights as we'll as anybody and seldom
turned down genial companionship
But he wasn't slipshod when it came
to providing for the future for him
self and his family. They will never
have to give the former champion any
benefits.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
is GREATEST OF SoUTHPAWS
Eddie Plank, Now Forty-one Years
Old, Is Pitching Sensation of
the Federal League.

Eddie Plank, according to some of
the baseball experts. deserves the
title of the greatest left-handed
pitcher" that ever lived.
For is years, 1901 to 1914, the won
derful southpaw was the Mack main
stay. For 10 years he pitched the kind
of baseball that helped the Athletics
to win large flock of remnants and a
number of world champion titles.
And now, In his forty-first year, and
his sixteenth in baseball, he is the
pitching sensation of the Federal
league. Cast adrift by his old boss,
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
A MOVING Spectacle.

Berlin Wis.-AfteF being bound and
gagged and Knocked unconscious with
3 mop handle welded by thief who
ransacked the house and obtained
$3.50, Miss Anna Boelter managed to
get on her feet after regaiuing con
sciousness and summon other mem
bers of the family By placing her chin
oyer the rope of the dinner bell and
ringing The bell.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
OLD LADY DRIVES AN AUTO
Seventy Three-Year-old Iowa Woman
Holds the. Record in Her
County.

Estherville. -Estherville now
claims to have the oldest lady auto
mobile enthusiast in the state. If not
in the whole country.
Mrs. NJ. E. Jehu, aged seventy
three, proprietress of the Estherville
greenhouses. last week purchased a
car, and after a few lessons from a
demonstrators. took charge of the car
and expects to drive it regularly.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
English Stroke for Harvard oa1a"''

Under Coach William HalleS &
Head Coach Herrick, it is pro
that Harvard oarsmen will be ----
the English stroke with some s--
modification. This will brine
ward and Yale to the starting posi-
New London next June rOwing P'-s-
caIly the same stroke and lea f.- ~
a question OF material and po-s 81
to which win win the big seT.s5
races.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
snnller Ioins Army

Robert G. Dibble OF the Don
ing club of Toronto, champion
sculler OF this country ana
has enlisted in the artillery
in the Kingston camp OF Cana. --
6iers.
Iron County news. [volume] (Hurley, Wis.) 1913-1950, 1915-12-25
losses Of eritish soccors.

II is estimated the professional SOC
Ger players of Great Britain have suf-
fered a loss of s1.112,73O through the
war this year.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16

and in the suburbs Of cities. Only
rarely does malaria cause any great
suffering in locations OF thick popuia-
tion.
Malarial fever is due 20 the activ-
tiles Of an animal parasite In the
blood This parasite IN introduced
into the blood through The bite Of .
certain kind Of mosquito,
In this instance. the mosquito h
only the messenger. He must have
previously bitten another person
whose blood Is infected with the
malarial parasite.
II il generally believed that access
to contaminated swamps Is alone
cause enough for this mosquito to
carry malaria
The malaria germ must come from
q human being-the mosquito cannot
get II in the swamp,
Therefore, to protect aga:n@
malaria. rot only must we fight the
mosquito but must also have an eye
on the lookout for malaria bearing
persons from whom he is infected
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16

always discloses strong ambition TO own
his own home and il is said on good an-
thority that they are more generally
home-buyers than any other nationality
that comes to America Poles are a
sturdy people, and hard workers.
What Uncle Sam prefers, and needs, is
immigrants who are agriculturists, hard
workers and ambitious to own their own
homes. Such make patriotic citizens,
citizens with a strong regard for the
rights of man. Moreover, il is from
such traits of character that something
more than farmers spring. From Po-
land have come some Of the brainiest
men in history. as well as some OF the
most progressive.
Copernicus founded modern astronom-
ical study. Sobieski saved Europe from
the Turks. Kosciuszko and Pulaski will
live in American and European history.
always. Sienkiewicz's writings are on
most every bookshelf. In music, Paderew-
ski and Chopin are among the immortals.
It is a great people. A great part Of
il is bound to come to US. II is our great
problem to direct and establish it to the
best advantage. Let Us steer them away
from the mines and the wretched haunts
of the cities!
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Many Poles Will Come to Us;
viii We Treat Them Wisely?

Thousands of Poles--blood brothers
oxo fiehting in the armies Of Germany,
Russia and Austria. Whichever side
wins, Poles win be oppressed by the con-
onorors and many Of them will turn to
America as the refuge for the oppressed.
What Of Poles in America?
There are already 100000 Poles in
fho United States. Chicago probably has
moro Poles than any city in the world
@ovo Warsaw. Cities like Cleveland, De-
froit. Pittsburg, Buffalo and Milwaukee
have over 10000 each, with larger num-
1crs n New York and Philadelphia.
ne Pole IN America exhibits himself
- n oconomixer as to his living, and a
vor on small wages Really especially
~ agricultural pursuits, he has
or6od in the cities, or sought the
|nca md Il Is Uncle Sans pressing
1oos 20 direct the promised influx TO
~ country region. The Pole in America
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16

street cars? They win largely soon
be residents of the north end-then
why a subway The north end is
bsilt solidly from Hamilton to Oak
land: no street car on Oakland and
none to speak of on Hamilton Why
not make extensions of these two
streets, making them In service
equal TO woodward. which would
serve the people living near said
streets and TO the west and east?
Why should Hamiiton-blvd. serve
the Detroit -nited railway % II has
and the people who are entitled to
service 20 Without Extend these
lines to Psimer-blvd. or beyond; ex-
tend Fourteenth via .welfthst. to
Palmer and connect with Oakland
ave. making . grand grand belt
since we have one grand belt under
way. A weILknown real estate man
in a public announcement states
that he IL circulating q petition for
the extension Of the Eamilton-blvd.
line straight out Hamilton TO Pal
mer park. Why should one person
be called on to take up such q ben
eft to the publicf The public knows
what II wants and should demand
II. The socalIed extension we got
on Hamilton blvd. q year ago last
fall Is positively funny. and the Vic.
toraye. joke padding up from the
end OF oakiand-ave. city limits Is
worse than funny.
olive us some extensions In the
north end that viii be business-like
and right up TO the mark. and no
more Jokes 40 perpetrated By our
friend, the d. u. r. J. SMITH.
Detroit. March rs, 1915.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Political Pull Weighs Against
Long Experience and High Merit

to know--no less than Delegate
James wickersham. Of Alaska. Wick.
ersham charged specifically that
Jones had aided the seattle-Alaska
fisheries trust In its attempts TO mo-
nopolire the salmon and other nsh-
ing industry Of Alaska. Deputy
Commissioner Jones took trip to
Alaska and his report would indi-
cate that he had enjoyed himself. II
indicated nothing else Of importance
He has now graduated into this
other highly technical division Of
the government. He h 40 vep
equipped for this - for his previous
appointment.
A member Of President wilson's
cabinet recently stated that the Ger.
man spy system In Washington had
been found To be so pervasive that
the president was seriously consid-
ering abandoning the twicea-week
meetings with the newspaper CORE
spondings at which he expresses his
opinions more or less freely on many
subjects. This may or may not
have some connection with the re-
cent determination to intermit for
three weeks these, N well as other
appointments. while the affair Of the
German commerce destroyer EiteI
Frederick Il under diplomatic con-
sideration.
The high cost OF living in the
nations capital has now been sup
plemented by the high cost of dying.
The cemetery companies have all
collaborated In an increase In price
OF all cemetery lots ranging from
TO 10 per cent. The only company
not included In the death combine 10
one whose lots are already all sold.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16

ON .Ar I.;ssss,. ! ;sss ss. ono'.

on nAr ! Join TnE cnoSR
INvIsSDLE.
81 ,sss. ss s%o,, ,s,. =; sss ss iss,'sii; -ss H..
In -,ass .i. %.s. ma. better BY their pres
In paisss stirred 10 generosity,
In desds OF daring rsetitude. In scorn
For miserable aims that live with
In ,hssss,. sue,im. tina, p,.ro. the
And With their mild perslstenee urge
-man's search
To vastss issues.
30 20 live 10 heaven;
To make undyinE musie In the world.
Breathing ~ beautsous order that
with srowins sway the growing life
OF man
SO No Inherit that sweet purity
For which We struggled. failed. and
agonissd.
With widening retrospect that bred
despair.
RS Sbeliioas nesh that would not be
subdusd-
A vicious parent shsming stiii its
child.
Poor anxious psni,sncs Is aviek ais
solved:
fts dlsoords. ausnched By meeting
hArmoniss.
DIE IN the large and charitable air.
And all our rarer. better, truer self.
That sobbed rsiiEioasiy In ysarnins
rA., watched watch to ease the burning Of
the world.
Labortously tracing what must be.
And what may yet be eetter.-saw
a worthisr image for the sanctuary.
And shaped Il forth before the mui.
titude.
Divineiy human. raising worship 40
To higher reverence mere mixed
with love-
That better self shall live tiii hu-
shall fold is syslids. and the human
De sa.s,r.a like a scroll within the
tomb
urrsad forever.
This is life to como.
Which martyrsd men have made
more glorious
For us who strive 20 follow. May
That purssi heaven. be to other souls
The cup of strength In some great
Enkindis ssn.rou. ardor. feed pure
B.s., ~. smile. that have no
b. tn. .w:s, presence Of a GOOD dif-
And IN diausicn even more intense.
So shall L. join the choir invisible
whose music II the giadnsss OF the
--oeorse Eliot
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
Down With the Strap!

The long-suffering strap-hangers' day
has dawned at last.
After months of vain pleading with
railroad officials for Scent fare from
Los Angeles. Watts, a thriving little
town on the Long Beach line, has called
an election for April to allow the people
to vote on a bond issue Of $l2,0 900 for a
municipal jitney bus line.
The people of Watts. Calf, are now
paying a Is cent one way fare to Los
Angeles and have been vainly praying
for relief.
The city trustees, after careful inves-
tigation, declare they can purchase for
Sl2, 900 and operate Ia nine-passenger
cars which will earn $4,000 year, on a
five cent fare, saving the people of Watts
$4,000, or the cost of the cars, in one
year.
What no! the jitney!
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
CAMEL FLESH AS FOOD

Camel flesh does not strike the western
palate as a delectable dish. but II certainly
seems preferable TO jackal. Yet there are parts
OF Morocco, we are told by q French visitor.
where jaekal broth II highly esteemed a
table delicacy. A friendly sheik dissented We
hementy when Il was intimsted that as jackals
feed on carrion, the broth must have a horrible
flavor. 1T is only q question OF knowing how
70 prepare II" he said. You put the jackal.
skin and ALL for two hours into a vessel OF boil
ing water. then transfer II TO another vessel
This process is repeated three times After
ten hours boiling In five different waters the
.iOa iavor disappears and the broth Is de-
iicious. London Chronicle.
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
From Another
Point of VieD

Detroit pastors complain of the size
of the headgear women wear to church.
1t must be hard for minister to make
an impression when forced to talk
through someone else's hat.
In Cleveland Judge has. decided that
wife's friends. But has no chance, may
we suggest, to find himself numbered
among them.
In a report on the early fighting from
an anonymous French source, we read:
this revsrss appeared serious The reason. for
rda.i aas saD sns esi.e,ss faiisrs. prsa.ne.. %
mitted under the Are Of the enemy: divisions M
a premature waste Of men. and finally. the in
adequacy o. certain q our troop. and their lead
iIiery.
Outside of that we presume every
thing went of as previously arranged.
It's toss-up which needs guardian
more in this town. the peace or the police
force.
n Uuc-tckkcu uldu NUtcu clkHS biliicS
in that Indiana election, which contra
diets the early reports that they repeat
ed right and left.
Vice-President Marshall says he has
made errors. The worst of il was,
though they were on easy chances.
It looks as If the Panama exposition
were being held in Frisco, all right; with
the emphasis on Frisc.
II would seem that some of the mem
bers of our police force who carry pis-
tolls ought first to get one of those per-
mits that go only with proved COM
potency.
What has become of Harry Thaw's ex-
aggerated ego?
The Detroit times., 1915-03-16
HENCE PANTALOONS.

One hundred years ago Napoleon returned
from Elba. the battle OF Waterloo was fought
and trousers were introduced into polite society
in the capitals Of western Europe. When pow
dered wigs disappeared save from the craniums
OF lawyers In court, and the wearing OF high
hats became general (the historians Of fashion
say). Il quickly became obvious that some ap-
proprtate change must be made At the other
end Of the male figure. Knee breeches and silk
stockings did not correspond with the stove
pipes. So the reformers set themselves 10 work
to devise neither garments consruous with the
new headpieces. The result pantaloons
as we know them. And the duke OF WeIling-
ton had the moral courage 10 don the strange
things in London before they were regarded
there as strictly en- regle. The centenary Of
trousers should be commemorated by American
men In 1915 with such ceremonious observ-
ances as may be deemed most suitable.-Boston
Globe.