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Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
COLUMBIA PROFESSOR
IN THICK OF THE WAR.
Henri Cesar ollinger Tells of Repairing
Telephone Wires-Escapes Shells.

Henri Cesar Ollinger, for several
years instructor in French at Colum-
bia university, now with one of the
French armies in the north of France,
is on sick leave and is occupying part
of his time in giving entertainments
for the soldiers. At Columbia he had
directed the production of several plays
in foreign languages. In a letter to a
friend in New York Professor Ollinger
says
'The doctor has sent me to the rear
for bad sprain, general anemia and
in1ammatory rheumatism. All 1 do
now is to mount guard in front of a
building. During the afternoons 1 re-
hearse plays which are given for the
benefit of the wounded. You see my
modest dramatic talent helps me to
while away the time
After l had been in the trenches
and on the firing line few months
was transferred, because of my knowl-
edge of both French and English, to
the coloners staff as special telephone
operator. While lived at his quarters
and slept on a pool table, thus enjoy
ing little more comfort than my COM
rades, l ran more risks.
"1n the first place, the chateau about
three kilometers behind the outposts
and concealed in a thickly wooded spot)
was regularly bombarded by the Ger
mans three times a day. Once an obus
(shelD exploded in my room, killed
three and wounded eleven, but didn't
get scratch. Evidently my time had
not come yet
THE most dangerous part Of my
work was the repairing of telephone
wires which were invariably cut in
different places by the shattered pieces
OF German shells as the obus exploded.
That part was grewsome, for you go
out alone and the next man follows you
ten or fifteen minutes later to see If
anything has happened to you. Often,
when | thought / was protected by the
night, the Germans would fire a sky
rocket, which would light up the whole
countryside. Then came a real shower
Of bullets and torn pieces of iron from
the German shrapnel.
"Most of the towns TEEN with men
who are wounded for life, and have
given up trying to figure out what part
Of the population is thrown into most
useless mourning. In Paris one hardly
mentions word about '1a guerre."
The people are confident of ultimate
success"
Professor Olllnger left New York
Aug. last in order to enlist.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
SIX KILLED BY MANIAC.
Bodies Found Under House of Man
Who Died In Asylum.

Six skeletons, apparently revealing
murders committed by Eugene Butler
while insane, were uncovered under his
home, southeast of Niagara, n. D.
The victims had been hit on the head,
their skulls being crushed in. All but
one of the victims were adults, the
other being boy fifteen to eighteen
years of age.
The discovery reveals a new chapter
In the life of Butler, who was re-
cluse, became insane in 1906 and was
an inmate of the Asylum For the In
sane at jamestown until his death In
1913.
That his victims were farm laborers
who, he believed, were plotting to get
his money is the theory advanced by
officials.
The bodies were buried under the
house, side by side, and Butler had con-
cealed an opening through the floor
through which he had dropped his VIC
tins. The murders were probably COM
mitted over a period Of several years.
probably four or five years before he
was committed as insane.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
indians of Ecuador,

Perhaps nowhere on the globe do hu-
man beings so much resemble passive
beasts of burden as in Ecuador. In
fact, the Indians used to be designated
in documents as smaller beasts Of
burden" to distinguish them from pack
animals. Loaded, they Chamber up the
steep streets as stolid as little gray
burros. One sees many an urchin of
seven years bearing on his back load
of bricks as heavy as he is. One wo-
man, bent under a burden, carries a
child at her breast. Another laden wo-
man plies distaff and spindle as she
creeps along. Here Is a file Of bare
foot women bent under loads Of earth
or bricks escorted by man with a
whip. = Professor Edward Alsworth
Ross "South of Panama"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
SHOCKED BY SCHOOL PLAY.
Parents of Girls object to Their APP
pearance In kimonoa


Objections on the part of parents,
who thought the "kimono drill" of the
high school girls at the commencement
exercises in Elizabeth, N. j., a little
daring, resulted in a rebuke from the
principal of the school, John D. Ed
wards. The drill was the feature of a
two part play, 1.-The Rainboat XII
mono," given by nine girls of the
senior class. The audience objected
to the appearance of the girls, who
came out in the first act with pictur-
esque kimonos. When these were dis
carded for knickerbockers and sailor
waists the indignation of the specta-
tors increased
During the intermission Principal
Edwards spoke to the spectators to
restore order. The principal told them
not to interrupt the performance again,
and If they were displeased or shocked
to leave the building. In speaking of
the trouble Mr.. Edwards said there
was nothing in the lines or costumes
that was offensive. When he told those
who were shocked to leave, he declared,
no one accepted his invitation.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
Hollands WindmiIIs.

A mans wealth may be measured
by the stocks and bonds he owns in
New York. by the cattle he has in Ar
gentina, by the chain of gold eagles his
wife wears in Tehuantepec, and so on.
But In some parts of Holland the num-
ber of windmills man owns gives
the clew to his financial rating. They
fight the water, shelter the family, af-
ford an occupation and provide an in
come for their owners.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15

gabion
restoration
course on mooehng table,
sucon In constructing overhead pits
wire arrangements etc. in miniature
the modelling
they reproduce the work rmalf
ne andtaoe work is small thorough reemonh
course or instruction required to be
qualned o restoration to the
practice
maphore)
stoned officers is noncom-
moned officers his regiment
large cent of those restored excellent"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
The Military Attache,

The duties of military attache are
to make himself thoroughly acquaint-
ed with every change that takes place
time to time on the mobilization. arma-
ment and equipment of the power to
which he is to be accredited.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15


is with scientific paraphernalia is9
ing in the direction moving SPIRAL
and describes path which varies
Its arthe point will 80 miles
but has not yet been known make
position
It's variations extending over seven years The poe
spends
time In retracng Its steps AT the outward
voyage and win take than complete trip.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15

They
In all sections the country The
effect climate
Similar testing gardens have been established National
Hartford Minneapolis N
being established Francis
testing of bushes
kept
of their growth performance.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15

ing the live silkworms forms the be-
ginning of series of exhibits showing
what silk is, how it is manufactured,
and many samples of the various prod
ucts derived therefrom. This section of
the division of textiles takes the Wis.,
itor on a brief tour of instruction in
silk-literally from the worm to the
gown. The exhibit includes examples
of practically every kind of fabric
manufactured from silk in this coun-
try and abroad, as we'll as dyed and
printed silks. Each worm winds about
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
ICELAND WOMEN GET VOTE.
King of Denmark Signs Bill Granting
Them Full Suffrage.

Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, president
Of the International Womans Suffrage
Alliance, has received cablegram from
Briet Asmundsson. leader of the suf-
fragists of Iceland, which says:
king sanctioned constitution bill,
June 10; woman suffrage granted"
This is the bill that has been waiting
for the signature of the king of Den
mark since 1914. 1t grants full suffrage
TO Iceland's women, and was passed by
the parliament of Iceland last year.
Icelandic women over twenty-five years
of age won the parliamentary suffrage
10 1911.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15

day at a gathering of prominent
rosarians from all sections of the
country. The roses were accepted on
behalf of the government by DR.. w.
A. Taylor, director of the bureau of
plant industry, who represented the
secretary of agriculture at the exer-
cises. The formal presentation was
made by Wallace Pierson of Cromwell,
Conn, president Of the National Rose
society.
The roses have been growing in
the eYnprimpntal farm for hnnt fun
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15

CAHIUII UI IH0 oyoItIu OI HIIIIIdTy III"
struction required at these places
previous to returning general prison
ers to duty with companies of the
regular army is on view in the Office
of Adjutant General Mccain at the
war department
1t is a representation in sand, on
reduced scale, of an infantry trench,
which the members of disciplinary or
ganiZations are required to be pro-
ficient in constructing Many of the
Liradc nR ,rnIrotrnort xnnr1r in,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
ARM0R LIKE THAT OF CAESAR

Austrians Have Both Back and Breast
Plates, Just Like old Romans.
Reviving the methods of the Roman
legions under Julius Caesar, the Aus
trians are adopting back shields and
breastplates. On the Alpine front some
Of their infantry use portable steel
screen, rectangular in shape, for pro-
lection against shrapnel shot and gre
made splinters.
A quantity of these have been pick
ed up In front of intrenchments north
Of Val Grande, where the Teutons suf-
fered some losses.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
More TO Come.

Pessimist-You haven't had all that
you wanted in life. have you? Optim-
ist-No. but | haven't had all that I
didn't want. either.-Brooklyn Life.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
Defined.

Pop, what's cynic? A man who Is
sired of everybody"
Yes, son, and who tires everybody"
s-Philadelphia Ledger.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
Thieves Don't Like Ducks.

Ducks are good watchdogs for the
poultry yard. No matter what time OF
night the thief may come, the ducks
Will quack.-Farm and Fireside.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15

is to find just what are the variations
of the pole Of course, to layman
it seems strange to hear any refiec-
tion cast upon the upright conduct of
the North pole, which was supposed
to remain always an example of un-
f1inching, steadfast devotion to keep
ing its position. Yet, as even a Jove
may nod, so one must accustom ones
self to the sad realization that the
pole actually "wobbles''
The instrument is a small house
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
SiIkworms and Their Work In National Museum

SMALL of skworms is busy
~ National
which the silk thread fabrics
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
How Army Prisoners Get Back to the CoIors

connection with the
force at the United States disciplinary
KAN the branches Acatraz
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
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AAlFIEAlIQS -, $780, : 80
Florists Present Roses to the United States

AsHGToNThe formal presentation
400 varieties
Of department of agriculture
Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-07-15
Naval Observatory Exposes North Poles vagaries

HE naval observatory has erected and interesting
whose purpose is to Just North
This instrument is charge of Prof
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-22
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
IN AMERICAN EXPORT TRADE

Washington. July .0-Exports Of
American agricultural implements dur
ing the fiscal year 1915 totaled ap-
proximately $4,000, 900, as against
$40. 500, 900 in the high-record year
1913. s21. 900, 900 in 1909, and a yearly
average of more than s2910O 900 for
the past decade. This loss of trade
fell most heavily upon sales to Europe.
but there were also smaller though
significant decreases in shipments to
Argentina. Canada. and various coun-
tries of Africa and other sections Of
the world. Cuba and Siberia made
gains. Australia barely held its own
in the years trade but this IS good
showing in view OF the fact that her
wheat crop dropped from over loo.00o.-
600 bushels in 1913 TO 25.og0. 600 bushels
last year.
The European war was doubtless the
dominant factor in the great falling
off in our exports of agricultural i'm
PIGMENTS in the fiscal year lust ended.
since the decrease in sales TO Europe
was disproportionate to that in sales 70
other sections Thus our exports Of
agricultural implements to European
Russia. usually the greatest of foreign
markets for this class of American
manufactures. practically ceased. as
did also those to Germany. while huge
losses likewise occurred in sales to
France and other European countries.
Another contributorv factor was the
recent establishment of great plants
in Russia and France. financed and
controlled by American capital. for the
manufacture of farming machinery.
Information reaching the Depart
uent Of Commerce. however, indicates
a growing use Of machinery on farms
both in Europe and elsewhere. a ten
dency which will doubtless be even
more pronounced upon the resumption
Of peace since the devastation Of war
is causing a marked shortage in hui
man and animal labor. necessitating
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-22
PRESIDENT POINCiRf
THANKS SOLDIERS
FOR COPY OF PAPER
ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
Paris. July 1.-The President Of the
French Republic regularly receives his
copy OF lie Diabie au Cor'-which might
be translated THE Devil Of Fellow
one Of the many newspapers published
by the French soldiers in the trenches,
addressed to him as:
Raymond Poincare.
Captain Of the Alpine Chasseurs.
This particular paper is the organ of
the Alpine light infantry. known az the
Alpine Chasseurs. whose blue uniforms
and daredevil courage have earned for
them the nickname Of the blue devils"
The President has written the Alpine
Chasseurs letter to thank them, not
alone for sending him their paper, but
FOR the courtesy title they have given
him.
My dear comrads.' he writes; 1T
thank you for sending me regularly LIE
Diable au Cor But I particularly thank
you for sending it to me in an envelope
upon which. under my name, appears the
title which is dear to me andw hich binds
me TO you: Captain of the Alpine
Chasseurs.
Every time l open such an envelope.
I feel little humping of my heart and
experience very real emotion in which
10Y and melancholy are mingled. I am
very happy IN thinking that you regard
me as one of you. and only sorry not
really TO be one of you, at the head of
one OF your valiant companies. in these
tragic hours.
We're I not bound by other duties,
how proudly would I don your uniform
of blue devils. Each time that am
with you l almost Yield to the tempta-
ton not to leave you.
Last Monday, when I paid visit to
the Nosges. 20 the third brigade of the
Alpine Chasseurs, your welcome again
walked 70 NE thar feeling. You received
me with the accents of the Si-di -Brallim
you sounded n ny ears the refrain of my
OF the villages and even the trees along
the road: you SET up pretty tr1umpilal
arches. in which the moss of the forest
was welded TO the engines of war; you
designed charming decorations out of
harbed wire which, tomorrow will be
stretched in front Of YOUR trenches-in a
word, you were most ingenius in feting
me. the representative of the Republic Of
France. But you put into your demon
STATIONS a sympathy, a warmth so cor
dial. SO farniliar-yon put into them SO
much comr5dry that you at once took
from our meeting every vestige of cere-
nonial. of official constraint.
And so il was gwen me to see you
close ar hand. TO mix with you, there in
the mountains. better 20 appreciate your
efforts. your bravery and YOUR success
I admired your wonderful bearing and
your sublime gaity-nor did it surprise
me. And when. on the suggestion OF
The Commander Chief. presented
crosses and medals to some of you.
included in that homage all of your bat
taions.
Honor and glory 10 the Alpine Chas-
seurs.
Raymond Poincare.'
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(Associated Press Correspondence
SenIis, France. July lin Journey to
Senlis. Just 30 miles from Paris. there is
an advance taste Of what will take place
in many az the countries now at war
after peace has been declared. There IS
also q very vivid picture to be gained of
things az they were during the tragic
days Of the German drive on the French
capital. Doubtless. as time goes by and
as many questioners come to hear at first
hand the heroic story of the battle OF
the Marine. much of the detail will dis
appear, become confused. taken on q
legendary character not consciously per-
vefsive Of the truth. but nevertheless
subtiy inaccurate. Today there is none
of that. The memory OF the events from
the 31st of August to the 4th Of Sep
TENDER, 1914. Ia still too living, too real.
At tho station. albeit tourists as yet
are infrequent-for Senlis is in the zone
Of the ar1nies-there is a group of small
boys with unexpIoded shells under their
arms and pockets full Of rifle bullets.
fiattened against the cathedral wall, to
sell as souvenirs.
It is a. shock to realize by actually
seeing that the Germans really were 80
close to Paris as Senlis. The greater
part Of the Parisians themselves will not
believe it-frankly do not believe it even
yet. When the war is over and they be-
gin to move about a bit. they will have a
number Of shocks in store for them-not
the least Of which will be administered
in Senlis.
For 1t is one thing to read about the
destruction of property. the burning of
houses. and all the rest Of the nideous
history with which this war is indubi-
tably stained-in Belgium; Belgium to
the average Partisan seems very far
away. It Is quite another matter. not TO
read about. but to go to see it-see the
burned buildings, the battered catle-
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-22
SENLH, 70 Miles FROM
PARIS, Will HAVE TER
RIBLE STORY AFTER WAR

draI and the looted houses, so close to
Paris.
The tourist in general will find the
greatest interest in the wrecked and
burned houses to be met at every turn.
Like Lille and Louvain, and so many
hundreds of towns and cities in France
and Belgium. the greater part of the de-
struction of Senlis was due. not SO much
to bombardment as to the incendiary
bombs with which the invading troops
were supplied. House after house Is
mass of twisted iron and heaped debris.
the wreckage. not of artillery, but Of
fire. The cathedral. an edifice dating
from the 18th century, of the lightest
gothic beauty of line and form. bears tho
scars especially of infantry fire.. which
has made its walls resemble piece OF
old wood furniture, in which myriads
of worms have bored their holes.
The ruined houses of Senlis will be re-
built. The mere age of the Cathedral
will serve to cover it's wounds. But the
humble. final testimony of the century
will remain to recall the tragic days of
1914. Here there is long row of graves.
each marked by a wooden cross. the
whole surrounded by black-painted
wooden fence. if to set them apart as
something a little more sacred than the
rest Each grave has its crowns of bead
work immorteiIes; each its vase of fresh
flowers. renewed from day to day,
though few of those buried in this
strange earth are of Senlis. Indeed.
there are quite a number Of crosses upon
which appears the significant legend:
Here lies soldier of the -th Rifiemen.
Unidentified" Nor are these graves the
least we'll kept. Each has its vase of
fresh cut lilies: above the breast of each
unknown. some gentle hand has planted
tiny bay tree. that already is growing
hardly.
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member TINT there can BE- NO efficient
against war unless we prs
pare our own, souls II va become soft
and fabby physically and morally. We
shall fail. No nation ever amounted to
anything il its population was composed
Of pacificists and poItroons. Il It's sons
did not have the fighting edge, IL its wo-
men did not feel as the mothers Of WASH
ingron's ccuttnentaIs felt. as the mothers
of the men who followed Grant and Lee
felt; men who are not ready to fight for
the right are not fit TO live in free
democracy. The only women At to be
wives and mothers in a free Republic
ara those who feel that their SONS ara
not sons Of theirs unless when their
country calls their souls ara eager and
their feet jupilant to answer the mighty
trumpet note which announces that the
hearts of men are being sifted out before
the Judgment seat
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-07-22

proportionateiy more machinery for
the successful conduct of farming
Russia. for example. possesses one
seventh of the entire area of the world
and an even larger proportion OF the
land devoted to cereal crops, which
require for their cultivation more ma
c!linerv than most other classes of
farm products. General depression in
Canada. Argentina, and elsewhere so
reduced buying power in 191415 that
new agricultural machinery has not
been purchased in the usual quantities.
but with a restoration of normal con-
ditlons American manufacturers will
doubtless dnd larger markets than ever
before.
A decennial record of our exports Of
agricultural implements in the half
century from 1858 TO 1913. the high
record year. with an estimate lndicat-
ing the big drop in 1915 is presented in
the following table compiled by the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com
Oierra.
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FIRST PACIFIC CONFER
ENCE, ASIATIC INSTITUTE

San Francisco. July te.-What was
styled The First Pacific Conference"
opened on tho Exposition grounds here
stit,Ite. The object Of the conference Is
to determine tho basis Of a congress Of
the Pacific. which should seek the nu-
tual corporation Of the nations OF the
Pacific area for common ends.
A number Of men who have been
identified with the problems
Of tho Pacific arc to be heard either in
person or through letters. including DR..
Charles W. Eliot, president emeritus of
Harvard; David Starr Jordan, chancellor
Of Leland Stanford University; Mabel T.
Boardmau. the chairman Of the Amert-
can Red Cross: United States Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge. Of Massachusetts,;
and Sidney L. Gulick, missionary and au-
thor.
According to discussion Of the situa-
ton by DR.. Eliot, which was read at the
conference. conditions should be ripe for
a Pacific Congress In the early summer
Of 1915. because the results Of the Euro
pean war ON international relations and
on trade between the Occident and the
Orient vill. by that time, have become
manifest" DR.. Eliot suggested that
Honolulu would be good place for the
congress. and that the principal countries
about tho Pacific Ocean should be repre-
scented. for the consideration of matters
of mutual interest
The success Of any such congress
would depend upon the general accep-
lance Of certain principles of universal
application. he said. such an the policy
of the Open Door, and a league of
Pacific powers to secure peace and the
freedom Of the ocean.
According to Dr. Quick, a great war
between tho East and West" was threat
entnE. some steps must be taken. he