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The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
American Writer Says French
Make Living Real Happiness
Gouveneur Morris Describes Delightful Village Once Ger
man, Where He Finds Dignity Among Officers But No
b. Brutal or Bestial Treatment of Its Residents

hole. but at the front he found work
to which he was peculiarly fitted.
wherever he went among soldiers.
especially the Alpine chasseurs. be-
loved of himself and his brother the
general. he carried inexhaustible wit.
Homeric laughter. praise. affection
and tobacco.
When the tobacco was all gone. he
would go through his pockets. and to
his own astonishment find just one
more package of cigarettes. or q cigar.
or q pocket knife, or some other trf-
fling but acceptable present
And he made speeches and ran up
steep places to see old friends and
make new friends. and to prove per-
haps to US comparative youngsters
just how much physical toll man
of his years can stand without turning
hair.
Fun to BE Chau6e1r.
have been lengthy about these
gentlemen. because l got very fond
of them. and / think they got fond
Of me. And thereafter We were to-
gether a great deal. But have forgot
ten our chauffeur. He was a rich man
ufacturer turned soldier. He was
young, and a great swell. and had
owned race horses, and a limousine
Will Two Nlch oh tHc IVA
But he confided to me that 1t was
much more fun to be a chauffeur. in
the army. He affected the servans.
grinning the while, saluting very
humbly and helping you on with your
coat, and of &ith II when you had
arrived somewhere or other.
Well, We flew out Of the mountain
town where the headquarters were.
and descended into a green valley and
Just missed a fight between a German
aeroplane and q French. for there in
a field. at the side of the road. was
the French machine with bullet
through its vitals, and the aviator
trying to diagnose the damage. and
a number Of peasants who looked now
at the descended machine. and then
We fell in with a famous French
river going the other way. and fol-
lowed IL to Its source.
And this source. unlike that of most
rivers. was a definite place of begin
ming The river came out of a hole in
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
By GOUvERNEUR MORRIS.

Having seen so many villages which
had passed through the hands OF the
Germans, / could not rest until L had
seen what happened to German VII
lagos when they fall into the hands Oh
the French.
And, oh Lord. What a contrast l
found. What are the opposites OF
everything that is brutal. lustful. bes-
tial. arsonous and cowardly?
1t was the long run to that little
village SO recently German. but was
blessed with companions. A very tall.
dark Spanish-looking grand seigneur
of civilian. with Satanic eyebrows,
brilliantly white teeth, a head fuli OF
politics. diplomacy. history. architec-
narily like that of a boy when he gets
out of school.
Visited All French Hospitals.
His mission was to visit all the hos
pitfalls in France. for he was an ex-
pert in the conduct of hospitals. and
has given immensely to them. money
and service: but having school boy
heart. he was constantly working"
His mission was to get himself into
the first line trenches and other places
where the chances of a shelling are
excellent. His English was perfection
Il think it was almost better than his
French) and he had a fine command
of American slang, and of certain
American points of view.
Ny other companion was the brother
of the general who commanded In that
region. He was a commandant. He was
At least CO. His hair was almost
white: so was his ample mustache:
and so was his heart. His mind was
as active as his body, and that Is say
ing a good deal.
For later We were to climb a steep
mountain together and though he
wore heavy cavalry boots he went up
it like a goat: and told stories and
sang songs all the way.
At headquarters ! don't know just
what work commended itself to my
commandant, ! can almost imagine him
suIking over maps and figures as a
hoy sulks over his lessons when he
knows that other boys are on their
way to the ball field or the swimming
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12

the ground at the upper lsft hand
corner Of small side hill cabbage
patch.
Beyond the river sourcs and stiil
higher up In the world the road slip
ped into . hill and passed under II.
and came out into Wild mountainous
wooded country that had been part OF
Germany before the war began.
Along the sides. Of the tunnel. near
the ground at short intervals were
square holes. Each hole had once been
plugged with q high explosive. but
20 swiftly did the Germans have to
retreat that no one had found the
time to make the place jump" a. the
French say.
The country was just like Switxer-
land without the snow mountains-
everything very up and down. and
black with forests. The Germans. for
all their complaints of lack of room.
had not succeeded in nlling this little
corner Of their empire with Germans.
The glorious broad highway down
which we swept. curving and doubling
into the valleys beyond was French
every inch Of II, built within the year
for the ages OF ages. Did I say
French? should have said Roman.
We stopped once long enough to pay
our respects to the general who COM
mands this slice Of captured territory
to borrow . lighter and more powerful
car for the run over tho mountain. and
to get ourselves asked to dinner.
This general lived in q long. low
chateau with . great outrageous gravel
terrace on one side. and descending gar
den terraces on the other. and unsur-
passable views Of mountain valleys and
forests. The owners Of the chateau were
still living in it.
1 caught q glimpse Of them far in the
distance. an old lady and two pretty
girls. They were sitting under a big
rose tree. knitting things for soldiers. /
liked looking at them; they were SO
peaceful. and well bred and French
Though the pretty girls had been born
German subjects) and I wanted very
much to talk with them. but the borrow
ed car was at the door. and my COM
mandant could not rest until he was
among the Alpine troops.
still Being widened.
In this region German goats had con-
nected two juicy. grassy valleys by a
xig-zag trail over a mountain. The con-
quering French have widened this trail
into a road. 1t was still being widened.
We must have climbed q thousand feet
through a magnificent dark forest Of
fir, larch and beach. and a traffic al
most as congested as that on Fifth ave-
nue. at Forty-second street late in the
afternoon. Hay was. going over the
mountain and cannon and ammunition,
and soldiers bread and cheeses as big az
mill stones. and infantry and cavalry.
and engineers with surveying instru-
ments.
You saw horses from Texas and Can
ada and Argentine you can always tell
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Maniac Saw Victim Strangle.

Eingnamton. y. Y. Dec. lL-AlI the
horrors that lunacy could devise were
exercised at Choconut Center today In the
murder of an unidentified man by James
Brown. a former inmate of the Bingham
ton Hospital for the Insane.
Brown firmly secured his victim ami
then strung him up TO a tree with 4 strap
buckled about his neck With knife in
each hand the maniac then stared at the
victim until he was dead.
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
Moslem Mosque in Paris.

FGris. Dec. 1.-THE French govern
ment has decided to build a mosque in
Paris as a place Of worship for the
Mohammedan troops fighting with the
French
The Washington herald., 1915-12-12
TOMORROW'S MENU.

How We apples swim.'-Swift
BREAKFAST.
spiced Applea
Cereal and Cream
Posched Egg.
Rolls cohes.
LUNCHEON OR SUPPER.
SLICED Ham.
Sandwich Frittsrs.
Hot Chocolate. Sponge Cake.
SUPPER.
C1nsomme
Cold Roast Chicken
CsDdied Sweet Potatoes.
Baked Onions.
Cheese Sslsd.
TapSoca Pudding
spiced apples-This Is a good recipe for
four pounds Of apples and core them. Use
two pounds of sugar. a quarter of an
ounce Of nutmeg and the same amount Of
cloves. half an ounce of stick cinnamon.
Put the sugar and spice in a pint OF vine
gar, drop the apples In and cook until
tender. Pour the syrup over the apples.
These keep a long time.
Sandwich fritters-Spread thin slices of
bread with fam. and make into sand,
wiches. Cut into inch-wide strips. dip in
fritter batter. fry in deep fat. and roll In
sugar.
Consomme-To consomme add a little
caramel TO give good flavor and color.
Put a cupful Of sugar and two tablespoon
fuls Of water into a saucepan and stir and
cook until II is dark Add half a cupful
OF hot water. and a pinch OF salt. and boil
ten minutes. Cool and bottle. and add
two or three tablespoonfuls to soup just
before serving.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
TdEsREPuBICAN. MARsHAILTowN. SEPTEMBER le

one Of the big events Of tho weak, q
nearly hundred preachers and theiz
wives together with the laymen Will Dc
present for that occasion.
1t was ordered that Friday forenoon
should be tho time set to begin ballot
ing on delegates to the general con-
ference, to be held at Saratoga Springs
next May. A large number OF minis
terial delegates are in the field but no
one seems to be recognized as the
leader of the candidates. 1t Is very
predetermined as to who will be elected.
Yesterday afternoon and evening
two great addresses were listened 10
by the conference Bishop Theodore 8
Henderson. who is the leading spirit
in the evangelical forward movement.
spoke at 2 o'clock and at 1880 O'CLOCK
Prof Harry F.. Ward, OF Boston Uni
versity, and also general secretary OF
the federation for social service. spoke
at 4 o'clock on THE Social Task OF the
Church.
At 10 o'clock this morning Rev. Had
vein Williams. of Plymouth, and Rev.
S. R Beatty, OF Mount Vernon, dis
cussed the subject, Are We Making
Progress In the Rural Church,"
1t is quite evident that very large
number of pastoral changes will take
place in the Upper Iowa conference
this week. Some promotions OF worthy
mention will take place. but because OF
several men returning to the active
ranks OF the conference there will not
be as many promotions as usual.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
powe.hiek LONG on Fairs

Special TO Times Republican.
Grinneil, Sept. lS.-Poweshiek county
IS long on county and association fairs
and farmers institutes. The Poweshiek
county central fair is held each year
at Malcolm, the earliest of the county
fairs in this region. The Grinneli Fair
Association holds its annual fair next
in order and always the week following
the state fair. Now comes Deep River
with it's twelfth annual exhibition Of
the Poweshiek County Farmers Insti-
tute in session the 18th, 20. and 30th Of
September. All the various grain,
stock. vegetable. floral, culinary and
household exhibits found at larger fairs
are presented and draw premiums. w
N. Morgan Is president of this associa-
ton and F. B. Malcolm is secretary. In
addition to the fairs Just mentioned lis
also .he one &c he held at the Sonora
church in Sheridan township. beginn-
i- on Saturday morning Of this week
The number and variety Of the prizes
offered here stamp this community as
fully progressive and an unusual ex-
ample Of a. rural neighborhood making
their church social center.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
aiIv CATTLE IN IOWA.
New Mexico Farmers Come North to
Purchase Animals For Dairy Herds.

Special 10 Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 1.-two prorni-
nent farmers from central New
Mexico, Mr. Barber and MI Taylor,
have come to Iowa 70 BUY 500 head
of dairy cattle with which 20 stock
up their farms and those of their
reighbors. Of this number only about
fifty head will be pure bred. They will
buy about 300 Holsteins and the rest
VIII be Guernseys ard Jerseys. These
two gentlemen will use the farm Of
Wilcox & Stubs, near Des Moines as
an assembling point for their cattle
and will ship two car loads out the first
of next week.
Mr.. Taylor. who IS county agent
in his home county said that they
would have to give some attention TO
dairying So much alfalfa is being
grown all thru the United States that
the price has gone off badly in their
part Of the country, ne said, and they
Will have to depend on other crops and
products to make their money. Where
they have formerly been receiving
from s14 to SIS per ton for their al
falfa they only ge. from IS to IS now,
he said.
I'VE held a meeting in our county
and it was decided that Mr.. Barber
and come up here to Iowa and buy
dairy cattle" explained Mr.. Taylor
We need 10 increase the fertility Vi
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
Vinton.

Vinten.
II he lives until April Ii. 1915. A.
3. Dowell. of vinton, will have lived
in Iowa eighty years. He believes he
is the oldest native Iowan, never hav-
ing lost his residence in the state. al
tho in his sgd year. Mr.. Dowell
father. Jacob z. poweli, was horn IN
North Carolina in 1911, and mis- moth
er. Priscilla Pace Doweh. vas born in
Clay county in that state in 1909. Mr..
Dowell, who is Of Scotch and Irish ex-
traction, is an auctioneer and does
not propose. he says, even at his years,
10 take hack seat for any one.
Sioux City.
Sioux City is preparing to settle its
garbage disposal question by the IN
stallation Of an incinerator Mayor
Smith said private parties probably
VIII be induced to install the incinera-
ton plant with the understanding tina:
the city shall be privileged to buy the
plant after certain number Of years
VI. C. Carrigg, scavenger inspector
who was sent to Kansas City, Mo-, to
| inspect a similar plant conducted I'M
der private ownership, reported favor
ably TO the city council. Complaints
of offensive odors from various city
dumps" have been so numerous that
the installation of an incineration
| plant is considered the only solution
to the difficulty.
! Mason City.
The financial report of the North
Iowa fair shows that a total Of 2s.o64
admissions parsed thru the gate dur
| ing the five days By far the largest
attendance was during the daytime
| the attendance being four times as
great as at night. During the day a
total of 1854 admissions entered the
grounds, while at night 1920 passed
| thru the gates. OF the total 26.0s4
paid admissions, 25.509 OF them were
adult The attendance this year wal
| disappointing in comparison with that
| of last year. This was due IN somG
| measure to the special feature, the
wrecking of two big engines last year
The biggest day this year was the
nineteenth when practically 1000 paid
admissions entered the grounds.
] Sioux City.
Metaphorically. the Great Northern
Railroad company is scratching III
head, said James Robinson, Of the st
Paul offices, on a visit to- Sioux City
Scratching and wondering what to {
to best facilitate movement Of thu
greatest crop that the northwest ha.
1nown il. twenty-five years. 10 IL;
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
T-R WANT ADS ARE RESULT GETTERs

bourne. Iowa in and near the room
occupied by the postoffice at the hour
Of 2 o'clock p. m on Saturday, Oct 2.
1915, at which time and place any
person desiring to bid upon said de-
scribed land should be in attendance,
and
You are further notified that said
farm is improved and fenced and is,
open Tor inspection; that the terms
thereof will be two thousand dollars,
$4,000 in cash on the day and hour
OF sale and the balance OF the pur-
chase price e be 9: ..e acs: day Of
March. 1915. when possession will be.
given to the purchaser. and that an,
abstract Of title will be furnished Of
said premises showing good and suffiAs
Gent title and that said sale will bo,
made subject to the approval Of the
district court OF Iowa in and for Mar.
shall county, the referee reserving the
right should the court disapprove said
sale for inadequacy Of price. to re-)
fund the money to the purchaser and
to readvertise for bids.
Dated at Marshalltown. Iowa, thiA
third day Of September A. d. 1915.
LEWIS WALLACE,
Sole Referee.
F e. NORTHUP.
Attorney Of Marshalitnwn. Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
uNEARTAs ANCIENT BONES.
Pear, Crosses Found on Necks OF
Skeletons Near Sioux City.


Skeletons Near Sioux City.
Sioux CITY, Sept. lS.-Peter Muir
while blowing on his farm, Just north
of Sioux City, about three miles, I'M
covered six skeletons yesterday. Ii is
believed the field was at one time an
Indian hurying ground.
Around the neck Of one NJ the skeie-
tons were six pear. crosses. On an
other two crosses were found. The
crosses. said Mr.. Muir. resemble pearl
so much that he is going 10 bring them
to the city for examination by a
jeweIer. The skeleton or which the
SIX crosses were founi WAS lying face
downward, about a foot under the sur
face.
Next Sunday will be devoted to more
digging. The bones. which are We'll
preserved. hut disconne have been
piled upon the field near the spot
where they were unearthed.
The six skeletons exhumed Eester-
day were found in q space eight or
nine feet square. The ground is
pasture which has not been used for
other purposes fo- many years. The
place is on a slope near Perry creek
Mr. Nuir Is not positive that the
bones are those OF rec men. There is
a variation in tire shapes OF the skull,
ne said They Will be submitted 10 eN-
gyertS in skuU formation
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
Northern Iowa Items

problem. The grain crops will be
moved, bu, the task is only begun"
said Robinson. AT the present time
our working force is twice its normal
size, and every available car on the
entire system is being worked over
time in an effort to keep up with the
vast shipments of large and small
grains. I can't say a great deal about
the fruit shipments, but indications
are that Washington and several Of the
coast and near coast states will have
record breaking lots to move before
many weeks have gone by"
Clinton.
Miss Thyra Faaborg, the 12-year-
old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. j. S.
Faaborg OF los North Fourth street,
was badly injured shortly after noon
Monday when Fourth street car
struck q bicycle on which she was
riding. throwing her to the pavement
and injuring her severely. The girl
was removed to her home while in an
unconscious condition and remained
unconscious during the early after
noon. while Drs. Langan and Kershner
attended her The girl had gone on a
short errand for her mother and APP
parently did not see the approaching
car. Witnesses Of the accident hurried
to her aid, and everything possible was
done for her comfort. Physicians soon
arrived, and she was taken home. Her
injuries are OF a serious nature. but
the girls hundreds OF Clinton friends
will unite in the hope that they may
not prove permanent.
corydon.
Twenty five Baptist churches have
just held their annual convention In
this city. Nearly f1alf Of these churches
are country churches. Realizing this
fact the association has laid plans to
do special work among these small
rural churches. Rev. NJ. J. Sigler. OF
Derby. was appointed associaffonal
missionary. A committee consisting OF
| the moderator Of the association. Rev.
S.. e. Clemmons. Of Seymour. and Rev
n. Grimwood, Of Centerviile. were ap-
pointed a committee to direct this
work The churches Of the association
will be asked to pay proporttonately
for this work. Gospel teams In the
stronger churches will help in the
| meeting on the needy field A woman's
gospel team. consisting of Miss Saliie
Shields. Mrs Nellie Krueger and A. p
| Steers was organized 90 awaken deep
err interest in missions The churches
OF this association gave $500 more fol
] benevolence the past year than they
save the preceding sse:s. Z
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
Altoona New. in Brief.
Special to Times-Repuhlican.

Special TO Times Repuhlican.
Algona, Sept 16.-On Sept IS the
tabernacle meetings will open In AL
coma and holds a session of four weeks
or more Evangelist ". B. Hamilton.
of Sabetha, Kan, assisted by Professor
Gould. the singer, and another personal
worker will have charge OF the meet
ings.
The marriage of Archie Mitchell a
popular young civil engineer employed
in the office Of County Engineer Lef-
fert, takes place today at the home
of the brides parents in Manson. Mr..
Michel has purchased lot and has
the foundation laid for modern
home.
Cowan & Herman have secured the
contract for the erection of F. w. Ding
ley's new home. which is expected TO be
one of the finest homes in Algona when
completed. The building will be part
brick.
Oran O'Keefe has purchased the in
terests of Charles Becker in the Brem-
ner & Becker barber shop. Mr.. Becker
will move to Bancroft and open up
shop at that place.
There will be a reception at the Con-
greEational church Friday evening for
the new pastor, Rev j. j. Jones and
his family
Mr.. and Mrs w. e, Nandain and son
VALID Mrs R. S. Pinkerton and Mrs.
D. D. Kinyon started yesterday TO Cal
ifornia- Mr. and Mrs. Nandain who
have been residents OF Algona for the
past thirty-five years go with the in
tention OF locating In the west.
Mr. and Mrs. John Walsh went to
Iowa City last Saturday, where Mrs
Walsh expected to undergo surgical
operation at the state hospital.
Paul Clark is erecting a new build
ing between his shop and the Corey
garage and will use 1t for repairing
machinery and general work.
Mrs L. H. White. OF Oakland. Cal.
and Mrs. A. F. Call. of Sioux City. are
visiting in the city at the home OF their
sister. Mrs c. B. Hutchins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
HUNGRY JOHN DiNED.
And Lack Of Funds Does Not Prevent
Him From, Enjoying Life.

Special 70 lmeS-kepGolcan.
Mason city. Sept. ls.-John Toras-
kus was hungry He Went into one of
the eating houses OF the city, ordered
a meal fit for a king. with all the gusto
OF being one OF the hobos Of the coun-
rrv. ordered a cigar and sent clouds of
smoke i? rings above his head and
really thought for the half hour thus
occupied that life was worth the liv-
ing. But pay time came. The proprie-
tor wanted his money. and Toraskus
informed him that up to the present
time he had been unable to negotiate d
war loan. and there was no money IN
his trousers bank. The proprietor ex-
ploded and Toraskus expostualted. The
COP alarm went in and two hurley po-
lice,nen put an end TO Torashus' hour
OF sociahiliry ana ne was vagged and IS
working out a four days sentence with
the white winged brigade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16
Greene News Notes.

Special TO Times Republican.
Greene. Sept 16.-On Wednesday a,
noon in the home Of Rev Mr.. Ba!lol
was celebrated the marriage of Ear
DePew and Ila May Lumm, Of Dayton
township.
Fred Rover has purchased the Floyd
Neal residence property from the
Carpenter Land Company.
Alfred Cheney has gone to Chicago
where he Will begin his last year OF
college work. He is studying for the
ministery.
The Crusaders will entertain the
teachers OF the public schools OF
Greene Friday evening at the Presby-
terrain church.
The dedication Of the new parson-
age of the Brethren church viii take
place Sunday. Rev. Mt. Robinson OF
Des Moines Will have charge Of the
services
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-16


Grinnell, Sept. i6.-diss Ellen A.
Price. of this city, graduate OF Iowa
College class Of 1906. and engaged In
teaching most OF the time since, iet:
homo for Iowa City yesterday after
noon to begin year of post graduate
work in the state university.
The Grinnell Commercial Club has
been for some months planning to take
its annual booster trip over the terri
tory surrounding this city as trading
center. The trip was first announced
for midsummer but unexpected eondi-
tons arising led to-its postponement.
Another date was set and heavy storms
and continued rains made another
postponement necessary. Finally We'd
nesday OF the present week was de-
cided upon, when the weather was
again so threatening and the roads had
been made so bad by the previous
heavy rains that. with much reluc-
lance, the affair was again postponed
The commercial club is not one Of the