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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
Business, Not Romance, Marks
the Contraband Trade.
Chiefs of the Runners In Holland Are
Well Dressed and Their Dens Are
Modern offices-Guard
Methods Closely.

Rotterdam.-The romantic SNUG.
gler waiting for dark night to run
his lugger ashore in cove and then
bury his bales and barrels in the sand
has disappeared. but the trade still
fiourishes and probably brings more
profit than ever, especially just now in
Holland. The modern smuggler here,
however. is interested chiefly in get
ting contraband out of the country
rather than bringing it in.
A call at an up-to-date smugglers
den, of which several exist in the cen
ter of Rotterdam, probably would re-
veal a middle-aged German dressed
In well cut business suit at desk.
in front of him small heaps of spices,
grain OF various species, oilcake and
raw rubber, and sample bottles of
burning and lubricating oils From
time to time the smuggler chief takes
the telephone receiver down and calls
number. and bargains in terse
phrases over the price of job lots of
the articles. samples of which lie be-
fore him, sent for his approval by mer-
chants and dealers who held stocks
more or less extensive before the new
and strict government regulations call
ing for an inventory were issued
Then follow other telephone calls on
shippers or their shippers. The SNUG
gler chief is trying to arrange for the
transport of his Illicit exports across
| the border line into Germany or Bel
GUM. Freights for this trade are
high, and the smuggler's efforts are
| directed toward beating down the ship.
per to as low figure as possible, bat
the shipper holds out. for he knows
struggled goods bring high rates when
safely brought to their destination.
Torture would not force the SNUG.
glers to disclose the methods by which
they manage to forward the contra.
band beyond the closely guarded from
tier. It is limited, however, that many
railroad cars ostensibly conveying
| freight from Holland to Denmark and
from Denmark to Holland are mys
teriously uncoupled and disappear
while passing over the intervening
German territory. Dutch fishing boats
too. often are seized of the coast by
German patrol boats and taken into
German ports, whence they are re
leased after their cargoes have been
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02

retreat through the gardens. A scat
tered fire is heard on all sides. At
the end of the street. behind a bar
ricade of overturned wagons and wine
barrels, some of the Germans who still
hold out open up on US. Charge bay
onet'
We rush on, when a shattered win
dow bursts open and the head of
Lugagne, the bugler of the Third, pops
out, blowing frantic charge Our
comrades, making the frontal attack,
have won their way through.
Sweeping everything before them,
our comrades join us, shouting with
the joy of battle as they scale the
barrfcade. BY groups, rallied at haz-
ard, we search the houses. All who
show fight are finished; those @ho sur
render are rapidly hurried to the rear
At last there are no living forms but
those clad in French uniforms and we
arrive at the other end of the village,
which Is now completely cleaned out.
Our officers, in the dusk, rally their
men, bringing order out of the confu-
sion. Some three hundred prisoners,
livid, trembling, are herded into the
courtyard of house, under guard of
the sergeant major and twenty men.
They will be well guarded
But what is this? Crash! Booooom!
They are opening fire with their artil-
lery upon the village. The captain
comes running.
Corporal, what are you loafing
there for? Find the major and ask
for orders!'
i go running, aimlessly The ma
jor? Where is he? Bodies, bodies
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
"Box CAR ANNIE is BACK
Woman Hobo Calls Again for Drug
Cure at Hospital in Kan
sas City.

Kansas City, Mo.-"Box Car Annie"
Is back at the General hospital again.
seeking a second trial of the drug
cure. 1t was in March. this year, that
the stringent enforcement of the fed
eral drug act sent the woman hobo
to the City hospital. After taking
the cure she "bummed" her way south,
visiting Oklahoma. Louisiana and
Texas.
A few days ago she felt the old de-
sire for drugs coming back to her and
Immediately started north for Kansas
City where. she said, they have a
fine bunch to help you"
Maggie Draper. alias Annie Smith.
alias Box Car Annie" is thirty years
old and well-known character in the
western part of the United States.
She has been professional hobo for
about twelve years
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
DAY OF REJOICING IN JAPAN
Especially So for Households With
Little Boys-Artlstic Dolls Repre-
sent Famous Heroes.

Boys fete on May is day of uni
versal rejoicing throughout the coun@
try. especially for the households with
little boys. A few days previous to
the festival day colored streamers and
flags of old military style and big
carps of paper or cloth are hoistedi
high up on long po,es erected in the
gardens or yards OF their houses where
there are little boys, says Japan Bulle-I
tin.
The carp is considered in Japan to-
be aspirant, brave and gentle in MAJ
ture, that is, gifted with the spirit Of
samurai
Within the house artistic dolls,
dressed mostly in ancient armor repre-
senting famous heroes and personagesl
Of olden times, and small military flags
and streamers and carps, are exquis-
itely arranged in rows on stands.
The exhibition of dolls OF ancient
great men is meant to inspire thereby
the little boys with aspirations to be-
come eminent men.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
SMUGGLING IN WAR

unloaded, to the evident satisfaction
of the shippers.
Dozens of Rhine lighters pass daily
up and down the river whose course
runs through Germany and Holland.
and occasionally one is held up be-
cause of the presence of Illicit cargo;
but 1t is possible that for each one
stopped several others pass muster
with forbidden goods on board and are
received with welcome by the German
authorities. From numerous points
along the frontier, closely guarded
though it is by Dutch troops, come re-
ports Of cattle and horses being driven
across into German territory, where
the lines of sentinels are thin or woods
prevent clear view.
The gains to be obtained by the run
ming of contraband are so tempting
that the efforts of the authorities have
been rendered fptile Practically half
the Dutch troops now modified are
engaged in guarding the frontiers, not
against foreigners but against Dutch
men trying to pass contraband. 1t Is
difficult, however, to guard every yard
of the border line and IL the attention
of sentry can be distracted for only
few minutes this gives the willy
smuggler his chance to get across with
his goods
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02

kettle over a fire. Near here were
pigs and geese, and the bad girl
thought they would trample upon Half
Raven and kill him.
He managed to keep away from
them and took from under his wing
the eagles feather and the hair from
the tail of the fox. These he put in
the fire under the pot, and in a second
the eagle came flying down.
Il smell my feather burning" he
said. why do you burn it?"
Then the fox came running toward
Half Raven. Il smell my hair burn
ing" he said. why do you burn it?''
You both can see what they intend
ed to do with me-" Half Raven replied.
They want the geese and pigs to pick
me in pieces and trample on me; res
cue me-
take my feather out of the fire."
said the eagle, and | will save you. .
Take my hair out of the fire." said
the fox, land will save YOU
Half Raven took them out, and the
eagle carried off the pigs and the
fox ate the geese.
The old witch was very angry when
she saw her animals disappear, and
picked up Half Raven and threw him
into the pot, which began to boil flu
riously and bubble over. 1t burned
the witch and made her more angry,
and she blamed the bad girl for throw
ing Half Raven out of the window.
She picked up stick to beat her,
| and the girl ran into the thick part of
the forest. She ran on and on. the
witch chasing her until she saw an
opening in a big rock, which she en-.
tered, hoping to escape the angry
witch.
But the witch pursued her. and no
sooner had they both entered than the
rock closed, and they never were seen
again.
As soon as the witch and the bad
girl began running, the good girl hur.
ried to the pot, which had ceased to
boil. hoping to be able to save Halt
| Raven.
Just as she reached the pot Halt
Raven hoped to the top and perched
on the handle. There he stood just
as he was before the bad sister took
her half. He spread out both wings
and stood first on one leg and then
on the other.
you see, / am whole" he said.
Now, stir the pot" And as the good
sister stirred, bright gold began to
boil and bubble to the top and fell
TO the ground in big nuggets. The ra-
ven and the good girl lived in peace
and plainly ever after
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
STORY OF HALF RAVEN.

A witch who had two daughters
lived in a cave in the forest. One
daughter was good and the other was
bad, for she was like her mother, who
was a bad witch.
The good daughter had pet raven,
Of which she was very fond, and one
day the bad girl said to her: Give
me half Of your raven and / will feed
it half the time"
The good daughter. not suspecting
the bad girls motive, said: I'VE will
own it together" But one day the bad
girl said: Il want my half of the
raven to give to the cat" The good
girl cried and begged her not to do
such wicked thing. 81 will give you
my half" she said. ''if you will let the
raven live"
But the bad girl said mo" and cut
the raven in half and gave her half
to the cat. The good girl sat crying
beside the other half, when, to her sur
prise, it jumped up and hoped about
on one leg and tapped it's wing.
do not weep, mistress" he said;
81 will punish your sister for taking
away my other halt" And spreading
its wing, Half Raven flew away.
After while he met an eagle. "Give
me one of your feathers" he said to
the eagle The eagle gave it, and Half
Raven flew away with the feather
tucked under his wing. He went a
little farther and met fox. Give me
a hair from your tail" he said.
The fox gave 1t to him, and Half
Raven few back to the hut where his
mistress lived and flew in.
The bad girl was there, and when
Half Raven saw her he began to say:
ITO evil deeds your hands you lend.
You'll surely come to some bad end"
The wicked girl caught Half Raven
and threw him out of the window,
where the old witch was stirring her
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
GOOD USE FOR VACANT LOTS
Chicago Health Department Would
Permit Children to Play on I'm
used Land-Favors Gardens.

Vacant" is a misnomer for most
unused city lots They may not have
dwellings on them, and in that sense
they may be vacant, but in very many
cases they are strewn with unsightly,
unhealthy litter. Instead of that, they
ought to contain that which is health
ful-sightly things, objects that by
their very presence tend to create
good citizenship. The Chicago health
department evidently had all this in
mind when it circulated these wa
cant" lot rules:
Love your neighbor's lot as you
do your own-but be sure to love your
own.
Don't plant tomato cans or rub
bish on unused land; their fruits are
withered civic pride.
Don't allow tumble-down buildings
to stand on valuable land; they are
financially wasteful; they create filth,
invite vice, and are a menace to
life.
A fence that has ceased to be a
fence and has become an offense
should be repaired or destroyed
"Unregulated advertising on unused
land pays for the maintenance of
public nuisance.
School gardens are valuable adj
juncts to education and recreation.
They can be cultivated on an open
lot.
Let the children play on the I'M
used land. so that they may become
strong and keep out of the hands of
the law.
Let not an inch of land be kept in
idleness. 1t has a divine right to
bear fruit and flowers and ever serve
the highest interest of man.
These commandments, says the de-
partment, first written and circulated
by the Suburban Planning association
of Philadelphia, must commend them
selves to all good citizens"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
CAPTURE A "LIvE" GIANT
Amite City Hears This Broth Of a
Man" Hasn't Shaved in Two
Years.

Amite City, LA reminder of the
once Bloody Tangipahoa" is in Jail
here. He is Louis Singleton. the most
powerful man physically in Tangipa-
hoa.
Without haircut or shave for two
years, Singleton looked more like D
huge grizzly bear than a human. His
relatives say that they have been UNI
able to keep him at home.
Singleton has two brothers, Walter
and Ezra, and the old 250-acre home
stead is situated three miles north
east of Kentwood. The brotnsr, Wal
ter, together with Louis Singleton, is
charged with shooting a neighbours
COW and disturbing the peace.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
IN THICK OF FIGHT
Fierce ExaItation Of Battle Told
by FrenChman.
Corporal Describes the Hoarse Shouts
the Rasp Of Steel on Steel, the
Appeals for Mercy In Street
Fighting.

Paris.-"NO more excitement; an
astonishing calm fills us as we open
ire upon the Germans who have taken
cover in the houses in the outskirts
Of the village" writes Charles Tar
dieu In recent installment of his
Impressions of Corporal" published
in the Figaro.
From windows, embrasures, from
the cover of doorways they blaze away
at us. Forty bodies are strewn across
the interval between us; few wound
ed men are scrambling and wriggling
IN the mud. Little by little we re-
gain our breath.
AT the top of the village street de-
bouches a company of German infan-
try. A hellish fire welcomes them,
but still they come on, sowing their
dead by files. Faster and faster we
pump our breech bolts. Their first
ranks crumDle, they tramp over them;
the next rank falls, still they come
on. At last their chief. huge devil
Of an officer, who is waving them on,
goes down. A new volley drops seven
or eight more men. This time they
stop. hesitate second, then turn and
run.
Chargei' roars the captain. Give
them the steei' We rush in, our two
buglers. their neck veins swelling,
playing US the heart-stirring notes of
the charge. A heroic intoxication
swells through us and we run like be-
tngs possessed into the narrow streets,
through the humming bullets.
Into houses, through gardens, past
open doorways the skirmishers throw
themselves, to come out with dripping
bayonets. No more shots-death
&hrieks, groans, hearse shouts, piteous
cries for mercy are mingled with the
crash of falling furniture, the slam
ming of doors, the nasty rasp of steel
ON steel And over it all the strident
notes of the charged
From each house as it is silenced
pour our men, some of them wounded.
Hatless, coatless, without their packs;
one man has discarded his blouse and
Ia working with his sleeves rolled up.
Trampling on the corpses that
strew the way. leaping over obstruc-
lions, we make our way up the street,
when machine gun section appears
tn front of us. But before they have
time to unlimber we are upon them.
An instant of hard work with butt
and steel and it's crew is down be-
side their overturned piece. We pass
on.
Into the cross street we turn. A
few bodies are lying there; one house
Is burning briskly. Spiked helmets
bob over the walls as their wearers
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
SINGS WAY OUT OF COURT
Scot With Burr In His Speech 10
Told Not to Let It Happen
Again.

Chicago.-Joseph McGilloch has a
burr in his speech that betrays his
Highland ancestry, but he sings.
He stood before Judge Rafferty, and
heard him say, Zone hundred dollars
and COSTS
McGtlloch smiled a rueful smile
Then he was moved to song.
Stop your ticklin'. Jock" he sang
with chuckle.
Judge Rafferty's eyes twinkled.
Co. he said. but don't let It hap
pen again"
meGhloch was arrested at Van Blu
rem street and Wabash avenue for re
Fns1ng to get out OF taxicab.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02

Mrs. Cronan heard her little grand
daughter Margaret crying as If in
great pain. and FASTENED to the child.
Why. dear, what Is the matter?'
inquired Mrs. Cronan. did you meet
with an accident?"
N-no, grandma" sobbed Margaret.
1T w-wasn't an accident! M-mother
did it on p-purpose!"-Harper's Mag.
azine.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
Averaae lie Of All officer.

London.-It has been figured out
that the average life OF a British OFF,
Ger once he reaches the firing line is
only % days; cavalry horse lasts ten
days in actual fighting and an auto,
mobile about one month.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02

everywhere. Wounded men who whim-
per, helmets. knapsacks, rifles, strewn
about. Blood everywhere on the
walls, on the doors, on the paving
stones. Cries, shouted orders. the
plants of the wounded stream
of injured men looking for the sur
geon.
Somewhere bugle blows the as
sembly and rush through the wound
ed, who are patching themselves up
as best they can. some dragging a
leg. some with arms in sings.
The major? Where is the
major?'"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
Thief Sorry. Perhana-

Kind OLD Lady-While you were
gone, little girl, a bad boy came up to
the porch and ran away with your
licorice babies.
Little Girl-Oh, don't care much.
But he ate them all up
Then he'll be sorry, cause they
wasn't licorice babies. l made EN-
out Of tar"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
ALMOST AS GOOD AS TRUNK
Shirt Arranged With Many Convenient
Little Pockets Recently Invented
BY Washington Man.

The pocket possibilities of mans
garb has been greatly augmented re-
Gently by the invention of design of
shirt which itself has almost as many
pockets as a pool table. 1t is designed
for the use of Boy Scouts, soldiers,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02

campers, and such persons who have
found that accommodations of this
character are invaluable The shirt is
shown in the cut herewith, and has
been recently granted patent-applied-
for by Washington state man.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
Drink DenIson's Coffee.
Always pure and delicious

Paraff1n paper tubes have been III
rented to aid the users of oubollns
drinking fountains.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02

YOU OWN DRUGGIST WILL TELL In l,Sry
Try Murine Eye Remedy for Red, Mes sn,,rtiBg-
Just Eye comfort. Write for Book OF thssi.lro
By mail Free. Murine Eye Remedy Co.. On''-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02
IN the Trenches.

mo blankets, captain"
well, boys, wen just have to cove
ourselves with glory"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1915-07-02

A kiss may be a reward or punish
ment.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-10

ers to have a half-holiday Saturday
as well as whole day of rest Sunday.
Miss Jane Adams of Hull House
declared that the civilized countries
are all trying to protect themselves
against the wanton destruction Of
women and disaster to the future
race, and quoted statistics in support
Of her statement
There is a mass of testimony from
all over the world in regard to the
result of long hours of monotonous
work on women" she said "It is a
new thing for women to. work in fac
tries, comparatively, but we are al
ready realizing that we must safe
guard these workers from destruc-
ton through this work. ....s.
Eight European countries agreed
they would not have women work at
night. Is Illinois to lag behind Eu-
ropean countries? ~.
Germany makes no distinction
between men and women workers.
In the rubber industry they protect
men who work in that industry by
permitting them to work only 4
hours. What would happen in nli-
nois if anyone proposed 4-hour day
in any industry?
"In 1920 England passed law reg
ulating that children under 9 should
not be allowed to work in the textile
mills all night and employers rose
up and said the industry was ruined.
They have been crying that same
thing ever since whenever any legis-
lation has been proposed to safe
guard workers, and yet business is far
from ruined and they manage to
carry it on with profit.
Illinois is the third largest manu-
featuring state and the 33d in labor
legislation for its women"
Elizabeth Maloney, sec. and bust
ness manager of the Mattresses
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-10
BITS OF NEWS

Burglars in offices of VIM. Thomp-
son Feather Co., 1926 S. Wabash ay.,
frightened away by alarm.
Mrs. Walter Ready, 1892 Princeton
av., dead. Poison. Coroner investi-
eating.
Hoof and mouth disease quaraIl-
tine on hogs to be lifted from Union
stockyards Monday. "a
Oswald Link, Hotel Arthur, arrest
ed at State and Madison J. ]. Nc
Nelly said he took watch while in
street car.
Burglars in home of May De Sousa,
opera singer, 1907 Chase av., got $500
Russian sable muff.
Armed posse after gang who blew
safe in Albert Franks Lake Zurich
store. Got $1,000. Chicago police
sent to aid.
Prof. Albion Small, U. of c., APP
pointed chairman of advisory board
of bureau of public welfare.
~
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-04-10

than hours a day and would not be
hurt by an 8-hour law.
w. D. Hotchkiss, dean School of
Comerce of the Northwestern Uni
versity, declared that the best class
of employers have already recognized
the necessity in the name of efficiency
of safeguarding the health of the
workers and that the bosses who are
opposing this proposed legislation, the
Illinois Manufacturers assn and the
Employers assn, were not the best
class of business men.
".The best business has the best eff
ficiency," he said Efficiency rests in
due consideration for the workers.
The business men are looking into
the future and not just today.
"Three or four years from now, If
there is a proposed legislation that
business men wish to defeat, they will
come here represented by their eff
cheney experts and not by lawyer"
Miss Mary McInerney of the bind
ers' union told how her organization
put an 8-hour day into effect in the
bindery trade z years ago.
The bosses viii again testify Mons
day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
OUR WASHINGTON

'Tis the old worlds way to forget
the day
Illumined with pomp and power,
But the one who suffered TO serve
mankind
Is the hero of the hour.
Pernaps we may torture and cruelty
While the living heart beats red.
But years unfold the love untold
And we honor our sacred dead.
Ihat winter of struggle at Valley
Forge!
Hard years of a great work done.
These sacrifices but make more dear
The name of our Washington.
ANNA Fl. WOOD.
Written for the Telegraph.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-02-22
RIGHT LEG Of FAMOUS
ACTRESS AMPUTATED
European War Almost Caused
Another PostpOnement of Bern
hardt Operation
BY Associated Press
SURGEON CALLED TO COLORS
Tragedienne Refused to Submit to
Delay, So Substitute Was
Secured

Bordeaux, Feb. %. via Paris, 11.55
A. NJ. = The right leg of Madame
Sarah Bernhardt, the famous trageI
dienne. was amputated to-day at the
st. Augustine Hospital, at Arcachon.
The operation, made necessary by
an affection of the knee, which had
caused much suffering for several
years was. performed by Professor
De Luce. of the Bordeaux University.
Professor f-ozzf was to have con-
Quoted the operation yesterday, but he
was called to the colors to serve at the
Val de Grace Hospital. in Paris, and
he found it impossible to leave his
duties for several days.
Madame Bernhardt refused to sub
NIT to delay of what she courage
ously called her release from bondage
and it was decided that Professor
De Luce should perform the operation
to-day.