The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1915-01-08

which the terrible news was broken to
NE IN my agony one consolation re
Mains For seventeen years strug
gied for my SON. life against many
illnesses. only saving him from death
by constant care, am deeply proud
to have succeeded in preserving him to
die for his country
Nearly Put One Over.
"The Germans are full of resources"
writes an English correspondent. land
it is one of their ftvJf'ite plans to lure
the allied troops ON to attack them by
various devices, of which an indicated
intention of surrenderny is the most
common. IT this deception is success
full skillfully concealed machine gun
turns Il murderous fire upon those who
have advanced either to attack or to
accept surrender.
"'rhe auducity of the enemy cannot
better be Illustrated than by Il we'll au
thentcated statement Of what took
place last night in trench held by a
GurIha regiment. y figure. siIhouet
ted by the moonlight and wearing a
complete Gurkha uniform. approached
the end of the trench and delivered
the message:
1.-The Gurkhas are to move further
up the trench. Another Gurkha con
tingelt is advancing in support
"PuZzled by this announcement, the
officer in command replied: who are
YOU? Where do you come from?' to
which the only answer was. 'Ion are
to move up and make room for other
Gurkh has
The English was good. but some
thing excited the officers suspicious.
Answer, and answer quickly he
said. If you are a Gurkha by what
boat did you CROSSE
This question:, under the circum-
stances, was no easy one to answer,
and the German for such he was)
turned and fed. but he had not gone
Ave yards before he fell, riddled with
bullets.
"If the officer had been deceived the
trench, Of course, would have swarm
Gurkhas had made room for them"
Fastidious Sandy.
News has come back to England Of
how the British soldiers taken prison
ers are faring in Germany. There are
G,OOO in a caserne at Doeberitz.
Among them are some highanders
It's getting to be cold weather in Doe
beritz, and a German officer, with the
kindest of intentions, offered to pro.
vide them with trousers.
The Scots were indignant and re-
Jectcd the gift.
But why do you prefer petticoats?"
the German asked of one Of the high.
landers.
Because they never bag at the
knees" replied Sandy.
IT'S This the Kaiser?"
According to dispatch from Petro
grad to the London Daily News, the
Russian soldiers pursuing the Germans
in western Galicia are bringing "cap-
tured kaiscrS' into camp two or three
times each day.
1t is the belief of the cars force
that the war can be easily terminated
by making a prisoner of Emperor Will
liam. For that reason nearly every
German officer who wears ''kaiSer"
mustache and is caught by the Rus
slams is taken to headquarters. "Is
this hep" is the oft repeated query.
The fact that the kaiser is still ut lib
crty has not dampened the enthusiasm
Of the Russians.
Mass In the Trenches.
With their only candles the flames
of bursting shells and their mighty
hymns the roar of cannon, French ar
tillerymen knelt in the trenches at
Chalons, in the fiercest fighting along
the Aisne. and worshiped at mass
said by priest on an artillery Gals
son. When the priest had blessed his
smoke and mud stained congregation
he went back to tend the gun he had
left to offer his prayers to God.
description of this inspiring scene
is contained in letter received by
Mr. Henri Didot ut the French consul
ate in New York city from Baron de
Coudenhove. Il lieutenant in an artil.
lery regiment.
When the letter was sent from the
battlefield the officer, who until the
outbreak of the war was consul ut
Guernsey, England, had been on the
battlefield six days without sleep or
relief. and Of the sixty-three horses in
his company only ten were left alive
II have seen the most sublime and
touching spectacle of my life." he
wrote. Nothing can equal it for dar
ing, for that esprit which makes the
Frenchman great. 1t was last Sun
day. Shells fell necessarily every
where about us, ravaging our tired
ranks, Suddenly on to a caisson an
artilleryman-dirty. unkempt-climbed
He was u nripSt md there on thot