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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
ROME CARES FOR INJURED
More Than $4,000 Arrive In City From
Earthquake Zone.

ROME. January 23.--The number of
injured brought here from the earth
quake zone has now reached $4,000.
Sixty of the wounded have been place.
I'm the building given by DR.. Bertrand
Triple. pastor of the American Metho-
dist Church here.
a pitiful case brought TO official no.
ticc is that of Maria Irti, who was
cXtrcated after seven days burial in
the ruins of Ortucchio. She saw her
seven children die around her one by
one, and her grief over their loss and
the fact that she was powerless TO help
them has driven her mad
: She has constantly to be watched,
because she springs at others of the
wounded. in the belief that they are
prosecuting her.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
CITIZENS SLAUGHTERED
AND THEIR HOMES BURNED
Once Flourishing Towns in Northern
France Now Heaps of Smok-
ing Ruins.
MORE TALES OF ATROCITIES
Letter From Wife of Soldier Tells
How Men, Women and Children
Were Slain and Their Dead bodies
Fed 10 the Flames.

NORTHERN FRANCE, January o.
a French dresser" employed In an
ambulance belonging 10 the Twentieth
Regiment. has received a letter from
his wife, who remained in Badcnvillcr
during the German occupation
After few personal matters. the
letter continues as follows:
The auarrics at Bremcnil. Mon
ircux, Monsigny and Anccrviller arc
all destroyed; the buildings have been
burned and they all lie In ruins The
Germans killed mon, women and chill
dren there. throwing their dead bodies
into the flames. The wife of the Mavor
OF Badenviller was shot, and her hoav
was also burned. Odinots wifc and
MS three children were soused in oil
and set on fire while they still lived
Several others Of our friends. amoncst
them Baptiste lie Branel and Lain.
court, were shot and buried close to
their own houses.
More than three quarters of the
houses were burned, and from the
ruined houses, stables and cowsbcls
one hears nothing but the groans of
men and women, and the cries OF pain
from beasts which have been scorched
during their frcnZied efforts to break
away from their burning shelters.
'Parnx no longer exists Every
house Is burned and blood is upon every
ruined Intel. Cuny is completely de-
stroyed. All poor Claude's horses and
cows were burned alive. have your
sister Josephine and your mother with
me. They have nothing left but their
lives; nothing remains OF their home
they have none of their linen 1t was
all burned. and their money as well,
shat they had kept in the house.
Jeans farm Is in ruins, and all his
cattle driven off: but dear Ernest, you
must not forget lie bon Dieu,' who has
watched over me. I was given strength
to overcome my terror. even before
their rifles. which they thrust into nv
face in order to try and intimidate me.
was enabled to get away from them
and put out the flaming fagots that
they had placed against our barn. my
heart wishing them evil the while
saved our house, our home, and even
our beast. IL is true they drove off
our horse. took our cart, hut par Ia
Grace de Dien,' they restored them to
me when they saw I was determined
10 stay where was: and. Ernest.
they even brought back our own, be-
loved horse.
"Ah. our poor countryside! 1t is In
deed a pitiable sight! Thousands OF
visitors have come to satisfy their
curiosity. and to witness our grief
and ruin. But Earnest when YOU
think of IL, we have much to be thank
tul for, and we must be grateful to
God, for, see how others have suffered
and how lightly we have been afflicted"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
VATICAN ORGAN NEUTRAL
The OsservntOrc Romano Answcrs At
tack Of Belgian Catholic Paper.

ROME. January 2o.-The Osservatore
Romano. the Vatican organ, in answer
ing an attack of a Belgian Catholic pa
per. which accused it OF conducting "a
shameful campaign against conquer ed
and !nartyrized Belgium says IT has
always maintained the strictest neutral
ity publishing impartially the official
communications from both sides. The
Osservatore Romano adds:
III the Belgian paper refers TO the
suppression of some dispatches regard
ing the announced arrest of Cardinal
MERCER we did this only because we
know in n positive way the news of
that arrest was not true"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
ARGUMENT IN FRANK CASE
Supreme Court Probably VIII Hear His
Appeal on February 23.

WASHINGTON, January 2S.-Argu-
ment before tho Supreme Court on Leo
NJ. Franks appeal in habeas corpus pro-
ceedings probably will be set for Feb
ruary %, after cases already assigned
for that date.
Attorneys for Frank and for Georgia
are preparing TO submit motion on
Monday to advance the case. Should
that be granted. decision might be
announced within a few weeks.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
WANTS NO CHANGE
IN ANT|AL|EN BILL
Governor of California Goes on
Record as Opposing Amend
ment to 1913 Land Act.
HE THREATENS USE OF VETO
Measure introduced in Legisla-
ture Eliminating Three-Year
Leasing Clause.

SACRAMENTO, CAL. January Ga
Governor Hiram johnson went on rec
ora to-day as opposed To any amend :
inent to the antialien land act passed
by the 1913 Legislature. lie Indicated
that If the Shartcl bill. introduced in
the Assembly yesterday. climina ting
the threc-ycar leasing clause. passed
the Legislature. 1t would be vetoed.
! Elimination OF the three year leasing
clause is sought by labor organizations
generally throughout the State. II
adopted il would have the effect of
prohibiting Japanese and other alien
farmers, who are ineligible TO citizen
| ship. from leasing land which they are
prohibited from purchasing
DEFINES HIS POSITION
IN STATEMENT
| Governor johnson issued a statement
in which he said
Two years ago the Legislature pass
ed an antialien land bill with n clause
permitting leasing for period OF
three years
What TRANSFERRED at the last session
| of the Legislature, when the antialien
bill was before us, is fresh in the mem
cries of all Californians All will
readily recall the attacks made upon
us then: how II was vehcmently as
serted that our action gave offcnsc 70
"A friendly nation and assaulted It's dig
nifty: that contuncliously VIC were at
lacking and endcavoring TO destroy a
treaty of our nation, and how the di-
rect prophcsies were made for the fu-
turc
The California Legislature proceed
! ed on It's way and without giving jus;
cause Of orense, without assaultinC the
dignity OF any people. and despite an
deposition such as never before had
/ been presented in any State Legisla-
rture. enacted statute clearly within
our right, which embodied our nations
treaty and upheld the rights and the
dignity OF the people OF the State OF
California.
This year there is no occasion for
further action. II is my hope, and 10
this end. 40 far as consistently can,
I shall lend my aid. that the existing
| lay lie not disturbed"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
WAR LOAN OF s67o,ooo,ooo
Austria Contributes S433,OOO,OOO and
Hungary S237 900, 900.

VIENNA. January % (via Amsterdam
and London).-The final result Of the
subscriptions for the Austrian war
loan, It is officially announced,
amounted to $67o, 100000 or that sum
Austria contributed SiS3.ooO.O0O and
Hungary s2S7.oOo,o 0o.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
NUMBERS FOR SUBMARINES
Navy Department DcsIGnntes New
Honts Recently Authorized.

WASHINGTON, January 23--An-,
nouncement was made at the Navy De-
partment to-day that eight submarines
authorized at the last session of Con-
grcss, have been designated as Numbers
SO, SO. 81. b5, sc, 81, SIS, and 50. From
Numbers So to 50. inclusive. they will
he known respectively as the III, NJ
N-3 Ma, Ms, Nc, and Nj. Number
20 has not yet been named.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
NUMBER OF DEATHS
LESS THAN BEFORE
Fatalities Resulting From Mod
ern Wars Not as Great as in
Past Conflicts.
MANY REASONS FOR CHANGE
Largely Due to Progress in Sur
gerry and Development of
Army Sanitation.

correspondence of Associated Press)
AMSTERDAM. January I5.-Con-
'rary TO tho popular impression that
modern wars result In greater mum
bcr Of deaths than those of the past
the very opposite IS true, according to
An article reproduced i'm the Tijd. II
liz pointed out that this is largely due
10 tho progress In surgery. the use
or cnicacious anticipates. tho great de
Nclopment OF modern army sanitation
and the high efficiency of the medical
troops.
But the greater degree in civilization
and the existence generally Of n high
~ Developed humanitarianism have
also helped to reduce the numbers Of
dead OF the battlefield il is stated In
antiquity. prisoners of war were hard
~ takcn-thc massacre followed tho
tho battle, and when males were car
ricd into slavery they generally were
not part of the DEBATED army. but rnem-
bers of the civil population of the
country which had been invaded.
At Cnnnae. the CarthaEinians. for in
stance. lost only 5000. but killed TO-
"oo Romans. or about so per cent OF
the entire force which opposed them
The Romans, on the other hand suf-
Tered only = loss OF fourteen dead In
tho battle of cheronea, but massacrcd
10000 of tho enemy. 90 per cent of the
army they had defeated.
During the Middle Ages this state
of affairs continued. Wounded and cap
tivcs were killed without mercy, and
the cities whose entire populations was
put TO the sword were many. During
The Thirty Years war similar fc-
roclty prevailed, but an Improvement
began to make itself felt In the "deci-
nation" OF prisoners OF war. The cap
turcd soldiers were stood in line and
then every tenth man was executed
usually hanged on "a nearby tree with
some sort OF accident governing who
tho first tenth" victim should be Now
and then IL became necessary to apply
this cruel system OF selection az n
measure of discipline TO ones own
troops. generally when a mutiny had
to be COPIED with and the men refused
10 say who their rims, leaders were
NUMBER DECREASES
IN MARKED PERCENTAGES
beginning with the Seven Years
War, tho number OF deaths In battle
and from wounds received have de-
creased In the following percentages:
Percentage OF killed in forces en-
gagged:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

The absence of ali reliable data on
the losses so far sustained In the
European war make even an estimate
impossible.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24

RNTTHVI''' VE " MS 10
show Il constantly diminishing number
ri deaths is also indicated by some of
the most important battles OF these and
other campaigns, as the following list
.of percentages OF tho losses through
death during or after the action, shows:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
NUMBER DECREASES
IN MARKED PERCENTAGES

BEGINNING with the Seven Years
War, tho number of deaths In battle
and from wounds received have de-
creased In the following percentages:
Percentage OF killed in forces en-
gagged:
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-24
Second News Section

Industrial Activities OF
Richmond and tho South
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
UNITED BRETHREN.

The average attendance at Sun
day school continues good for the
summer weeks. Miss AdaMercer's
class of girls has organized into
"The Willing Workers" They are
usually the banner class in attend
ance.
Beginning with next Sunday
there will be regular preaching SER
vices both morning and evening"
The all-day meeting at Strater
last Sunday was great success.
The attendance was good, a fine
spirit was manifest, the program
was excellent, and the dinner was
great in abundance and quality.
The pastor will be at the Skinner
Sunday school next Sunday and will
preach at the close of Sunday
school.
There will be an all-day meeting
at Fairview, six miles southwest Of
Malta, Sunday, August 18th. Sun
day school at 11:OO O'Clock, sermon
at 2:30, followed by special pro-
gram of recitations, songs, special
music and talks by everyone.
The Strater Sunday school has
planned to continue their work. The
school will meet each Sunday at
800 O'Clock. A special program
has been prepared for next Sunday.
Several new members are expected.
"Do with your might what your
hands find to do, for the night COM
eth when no man can work."
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
CHURCH PEOPLE HOLD
DISTRICT CONFERENCE.

Members of the Chinook Metho-
dist church gathered on Saturday
at noon in the H. D. Reigel grove
for a picnic dinner. A large num-
Der of people attended the festiv-
tiles some coming a distance of 40
miles. Following the dinner the
Fourth quarterly conference was
held. The reports from the different
departments showed that this had
been a most excellent church year.
The Rev. J. A. Hill has just closed
his seventh year in this charge and
by unanimous acclaim he was ap-
pointed for another year. This is
believed to be record for success
i've yearly administration of church
affairs in one charge in Montana.
District Superintendent w. w. Van
Orsdel addressed the conference en-
couragingly upon the work thus far
accomplished in the Milk River dis
t1ict and urged continuance of
the good WORK. w. M. Woodbridge
was elected lay delegate and Walter
Griffin alternate for the lay elector-
al conference.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05

A severe electrical storm struck
Havre Tuesday. Rain fell in tor
rents making the streets look like
lakes and the mercury registered
IS degrees during the storm. Last
night between eleven and twelve
o'clock a part of this storm struck
fell, while the wind was terrific, but
no damage was done that we have
learned of at the time of going to
press.
Tuesday evening Deputy Sheriff
Nelson arrested certain Malta
young man for fighting on Front
street and he was placed in the
county Jail over night. This fellow
has been sowing his wild oats about
long enough and this is not his
first escapade. The officers have
been very lenient with him in the
past but from now on we UNDER
stand they intend to show no mercy.
and he will be dealt with according
to law if arrested again.
Michael Fox left Sunday night
for Froid, having beentransferred
from the night Office at this station
to take the agency at the above
point. Mrs. Fox leaves tonight to
join her husband at their new home
Mr.. and Mrs.F have many friends
in Malta who regret to see them
leave and Mike will be greatly
missed by the base ball fans as he
has been a valuable member of the
local club the past two seasons.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05

e. J. Newell, who has been re-
lieving Agent Schilling at the depot
during the latter's vacation left the
first of the week for his home at
Shelby.
The B. D. Phillips family expect
to leave the Phillips ranch about
the 10th of this month for their
California home at Oakland. Mr..
Phillips will not go with the family
at this time but will join them there
later in the season.
Mrs Ellis Blumenthal went to
Glasgow Wednesday as a delegate
to the district meeting of the Re-
bekah lodge. Mrs. Blumenthal was
the only delegate able to be present
from the Malta lodge and reports a
most enjoyable meeting.
George Hewitt and daughter, Miss
Jean, came down from their Cana
dian ranch Tuesday and will spend
a few days with Malta friends.
George says everything looks fine in
his section and they are about to
harvest the best crop ever seen
across the line.
The Reclamation service is doing
considerable work in the vicinity of
Saco at this time, and now MAIN
tain a regular office force at that
point. Engineer Stratton has
charge of the office at Saco and sew
eral former Malta employees are now
at that point.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
FARMERS SHOULD
STACK THEIR GRAIN.
By Prof. Thomas Shaw


Judging by the present outlook
the farmers of North Dakota and
Montana will have the largest grain
crop ever produced in these states.
The promise now is that it will ex-
coed the crop of 1912, which it will
be remembered was one of extraor-
binary yield. The only influences
that can now operate to prevent ex-
traordinary yields are hot winds
and hail The former are not like
CUNT of green vegetation growing in
the west and the latter are usually
quite local in character.
In 1912 much of the crop was
lost because it could not be
threshed before the winter came.
In not few acres snow fell while
the grain crops were still in the
shock and while flax sheaves still
lay over the ground. The straw
was so abundant that the machines
could not thresh it in time. The
autumn proved showery. This still
further delayed the threshing. The
[outcome was that much of the crop
was lost, much of the loss might
have been prevented by stacking at
least part of the grain.
Many object to stacking because
of the extra labor involved in hand
ling the crop compared with draw
ing it to the machine and threshing
lit directly. There is some force in
that argument, but how is the farm
er to know beforehand whether the
season will be rainy or dry? Surely
it would be better to stack at least
part of the grain where large
areas are raised, or even all of it
where the areas are not large. In
areas where the farms are small,
stacking is the most. universal Gus
tom. 1t is on large farms that this
plan has become almost universal.
AS soon as the farmer has his
grain reaped and he finds that he
must wait for a machine to do his
threshing, why should he not at
once begin to stack? What else
can he do at such season? Every
stack that he builds means that so
much of his grain is virtually safe
It is safe from injury by the We ath-
pr It he has stacked it right, and if
1e has not done the work right he
blameworthy. He can then
;hresh that portion of the grain
stacked at his convenience. If it
las been we'll stacked he can delay
,hreshing it until the ground freez-
es if he so desires. This enables
lim to give attention to other work
The evils from long DELAYED
|hreshing while the grain harvested
s long left in the field are several.
There is loss from the grain by
helling. There may be serious in
ury to it from bad weather. and
he1e may be loss from birds and
odents, but there may be even
reater loss than these. It is the
pss OF the crop of the next year.
Where the shocks of small grain
the sheaves of flax remain long
n the ground, the farmer cannot
low his land to make it ready for
ne crop of the next year. This will
lean that the land not plowed in
he autumn must be plowed in the
pring it much grain is to be sown.
hould the season prove unusually
ry, and this may happen, the re-
llt will be crop failure.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
MILITIA IN CAMP.

Bright and early Monday. NOR
ing the members of Co. G.. the To-
II organization of the National
uard of Montana left Glasgow
n Bjornberg Park to go into en-
for week. The boys
# on the skiddoo Monday morn
g and got off at Saco, from where
icy marched out to the camp site
4 the Milk River. The boys were
ven instructions in tent erecting
I'd camp situation. In the former
Q first tent was put up in three
inutes. The shooting practice the
st few days was very good. Lieu
nant Hoffman shot three bulls
'es in succession and then quit for
ar of spelling his record. There
as a military "hop" Tuesday night
I'd there will be another Friday
ght and Sunday afternoon and
'ening.-Courier.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
BEAR PAW RANCH SOLD.

A big real estate deal in the
Bear Paws was consumated the past
week when George A. Wilson, an
old resident of the mountains sold
his ranch of $50 acres to his neigh
Dor, M. McAdams. The considera-
ton has not been made public. Mr..
McAdams is one of the we'll known
cattlemen of the Bear Paws and has
resided in this section for a number
of years. He is the member of the
state board of stock commissioners
from this county and is the owner
of we'll stocked ranch. The ranch
he has just acquired is near his in
the mountains out from Cleveland
and is considered desirable piece
OF ranch property.-Chinook Opin-
ion.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
WILL DRILL FOR GAS.

The Chinook Gas, Water and Oil
company is preparing to put their
stock on the market and at a recent
public meeting it was decided by
the stockholders to give the people
OF Chinook chance to take up the
stock. 1t was the general opinion
that $4,000 to start the work could
be easily raised, but it was decided
to give the first opportunity to sub
scribe to residents of the Blaine
county seat.
This company intends to drill
with the object of striking either
gas supply or good underground
water supply,
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
FLAX FIBRE MILL.

The flax fibre mill at Conrad has
completed it's run on last seasons
crop and now has about twenty tons
of fibre ready for shipment. Mana
ger Pearsons states that the prof.
it's of the Flax Fibre company of
Canada has increased from $780,
900 to $S65,000 and said that if the
farmers of Teton county could be
interested in growing flax for fibre
there would be good money in it
for all concerned.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
NOTICE..

Almost all of our people are
essed with good crops this season
d I trust that everyone knowing
emselves indebted to me can soon
able to pay their account. I have
en- very lenient but must have the
,ney this fall.
MRS. MARY JONES,
Proprietor the Jones Hotel.
Avis
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05

w. s. Hewitt of Minneapolis,
Mimi, president of the Security
Bridge company. which company
has several large contracts in this
section, arrived in Malta Tuesday
noon and will spend q few days
In Malta and this immediate vicinity
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Stubblefield
re in from the north country in
Dir new car one day the first Of
Q week. Mr.. Stubblefleld made
other trip in Tuesday with load
cream which was shipped to Saco
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05
ZORTMAN WEATHER REPORT

The weather report for month of
July from the Zortman station fol-
laws:
Mean maximum temperature. IT.
Mean minimum 48.2
Mean average $50
Total precipitation, 1928 in.
Number of rainy days, ...... IA
Clear days, 2
Partly cloudy, 10
Cloudy days, s
Month 81 degrees colder than
July, 1914.
Precipitation 1913 inches greater
than July. 1914.
All spring grain looking fine.
Corn late, on account of the cool
wet weather.
Winter wheat will be ready to
harvest in a week or ten days.
Wild hay will be later than usual
owing to the cool, wet weather and
the late spring, without moisture.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-08-05

H. J. Alden OF the Valley County
Abstract company of Glasgow, was
Malta visitor one dy last week.