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Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24
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iloIlu0tc.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24
Nuriumnoct mnocrucis.

Narcellilt Nppcl Stcn1cr ira BRO,
uGcr, Der libcn ariNcna @cGpnocllc
bar ligQct pc0 %cltirontcn, par Tor.
lcbcn bIcnnmc pua Srlop / 9 Sage
% oirciir iaicn 6en ll0c SuIi. 9hi
bar imi0lcrtio VoIitict iielgc "Hibc
Stiit@t." bro9t bans Nuitru ocu
isrIeIi2c McooclcIic, at ban life or
anfommen til lin SroppcoiocIinq.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24
Trnat "a Ss maa fife m~oisrcS.

Ser cr blcuct uniteot Norbun moo
lloierlcI al So ira 9oc grmctorp9
2iitritt. ,<notil Slutnlulru Al Nll.
nj uor set tiIluot al uoisrc 'rlitc
NiricbUr. Nu or cnhucr ll0ieri,l
Al iriif SrliQt ira SpitlonO lorbuot
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24
Sonoerivuane
uneer Krieen.

@cisg ~irubcocS. ariGSminiItcri5t
/ Berlin bar u0irot Sorbuo moo
llolpnOiuaer3 @ciea / Tabritcr, Der
arbei0er nor NUren.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24
.Nuao en- clipper iort9ler.

"Miooelinrt Apis" bar talt meo
aapteinen pao @aleaieu "lora" A.
egerriunb, Der ior Sioen lager /
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24
Luther Academy
2Sde Skolcaar
Albert Lea. Minnesota.

Gu trIiteliQ StOle Tor Outer o.
Niger. 6gIqcuCe Sur'er bpoe5:
NcoOemic % College preparatory.
buer pda ire &tnr; Commercial.
SbUrthonO, (upelurltiug; Wiultcnl;
iamt en- lorbereOeuoe Slasle I al,
miuoeIlge StUleiag.
StOlen bar iuu yGrere, gOOe og
rummeliae 8pQuuger. pen cam
batter &elilgeubeo.
Stoleanret beQuuoer ben l5oe
Sept. 1913. StriC eiter ri Rata
loo % CplpsuiuQer angaueuoe
StOleu til
Si9urd Rogue,
Albert Lea, Mimi.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24

ShmaHtucr ~Guspcrneu- Ct uf-N'71sr r.
COB SroeU. % ben CT all ut ran .uTe en-
Sbntifiuc a. utt- Sen le Jte. 1rrf.,'
co Quur LET.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24

DEBORAH OPTICAL COMPANY's asres'e
en- |'or0Horrt FRA GeCprdh iona 1T
p. o. BOX 333, OMAHA. NESR.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1915-08-24

ionlbeo / 9pgben er ioopo$ itor, ionn
ben err, OF / ioa norruoIt @iGn9c. cr
naturligpis eft meget tort 8o0e oe2-
mer MI, ba man 'taor oucrior oudr-
lioe Narsiloiigter.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
UNDRESS DEAD TO GET
UNIFORMS FOR LIVING
Women Of Lille Refused Jobs of Re,
pairing Clothes Brought Back
from Field.

src"r4l rah!a 30 The Washington Herald.
Paris. March oo-Thc mayor OF Lille.
who is in German hands, has been made
mere puppct. though he formally re-
mains the head of the city. Every decree
and order is signed by him. but the peo-
pic of Lille. who arc well aware Of the
facts, take Il special pleasure in disre-
gardinG his orders.
Two women who just escaped from
Lille say that shortly before they left
the mayor signed an order that 800 wom-
ell were wanted at the town hall this
next morning at S O'clock. Not n single
woman appeared. and it was then dis
covered that the German governor
wanted them to clean and repair the
bloody and torn uniforms of fallen Ger
man soldiers. which are sent back to
Germany and used for new troops. The
mayor then personally appealed to the
women of the city through n placard
which, unlike the first, was not counter
signed by the governor. and nearly three
times the number of women needed
turned up just for the PLEASURE of snub-
bling the governor.
stripped. tied together in bundles and
burned in four new, large crematories,
which are kept going night and day.
The general behavior of the Germans
in the city is good, and they pay for
what they get in German paper money,
or oftener in local municipal bills.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
PYTHON HUNT PART
OF AFRICAN WARFARE
British Forces Have to Fight Wild
Animals as Well as the
Germans.

SPECIAL Cable 20 The Washington Herald
London, March 0-Thc Indian expedi-
tionary force in Central Africa is fight
ing wild beasts as well as Germans. An
officer in a letter home thus describes
the capture of a huge python:
Il have Just had look at the enemy's
trenches from about 900 yards of, and
on. but the bush and grass were thick
between us and them. We had to re-
turn to camp through the forest after
dark by n narrow. winding path deep In
mud and full OF roots. fallen trees and
holes. and could only see the way by
burning bundleS OF grass at intervals.
THE huge plains are covered with
dense high grass five feet to seven feet
high. with bushes at regular intervals OF
about fifty yards. growing on white ant
heaps seven to eight feet high. II Is
very bad walking off the regular tracks,
as there are many holes and small ant
hills hidden by the grass. and near the
rivers the broad swamps i'm which papy-
rus grows ten feet to twelve feet high
are absolutee impossible. the mud being
yards deep. but they can be crossed by
cutting the papyrus and laying II thick
enough to form a floating path over the
mud. Imagine the difficulties of trans
port.
I'VE have just dug out and killed a
python sixteen feet long and as thick as
a mans thigh. She was sitting on about
100 eggs, which were just Matching, and
about thirty or forty young ones, some
eighteen inches long were playing about.
We noosed her head. and with twenty
men on the rope pulled her slowly out OF
her hole and pierced her brain with
spear"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
KNIVES TAKE BAYONETS'
PLACE In FRENCH WAR
Germans in Furious Charge Drank
Brandy and Ether. French
Soldier Writes.
.ccial Cable to The Washington Herald.

Special Cable to The Washington Herald.
Paris. March GA young French SOL
der who has just returned from the
firing line gives a terrible picture of n
furious struggle in one of the French
trenches.
THE Germans he says, "bcgan their
attack upon us with their twelfth corps
of SaXons. composed mainly of fresh
troops. We did not think they could
have the audacity to leave their trenches
in full daylight. but all of a sudden We
saw them advance in column formation
with four ranks in close order, the first
files without equipment. but with their
haversacks full of grcnades. which they
began to hurl at US.
Immediately our artillery mitraileuses
and infantry opened a murderous fire.
and at the end of a quarter of an hour
We had corpses piled yard high In from,
of us; but 1t was impossible to stop this
human wave as they swarned on like
ants.
Our rifles were so hot that they were
difficult to hold. The Germans came on
and jumped into our trenches. and II was
then the tragic business began. Our
bayonets were of no use at such close
quarters, and it was fearful hand-to-
hand struggle. We fought with axes,
pitchforks. shovels. and knives. 1t was
horrible for the three-quarters Of an
hour that it lasted.
About midnight it began all over again
when We concentrated with several
companies, and in the end succeeded in
dislodging them from some of their own
trenches.
One very curious fact which I want
to put on record is that all the Germans
! who fought against us had taken brandy
mixed with ether We tasted what re-
manned of some in the flask of a wounded
German. 1t had a most peculiar taste
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
UNIFORM FAILS TO
TAKE HER TO FRONT
Girl in Fashionable French School
lnes to Be Soldier Shoes
Give Disguise Away.
SPECIAL Cable 10 The Washington Herald.

SPECIAL Cabie 10 The Washington Herald.
Paris, March 20-When your father
was a dramatic author and your Chris
tan name is France, you can hardly he
suspected. even though you are only n
girl, to sit meekly i'm a schoolroom and
60 out for walks with the mistress when
great war is being waged. and your
namesake France is partially invaded
and Russian schoolgiris-accordinG to the
newspapers-are enlisting like anything
At least that is the way Nine France
Bourgeois felt about 1t. So one evening.
just after dark. the sentinel on duty by
the military motor park at Versailles
saw slender figure insinuating itself into
one OF the great front bound cars. lie
told his superior, who opened the door of
the car and saw huddled in a corner a
young smooth-faced soldier in an artil-
lery uniform, whom he arrested.
The arrested ones voice, hands, and
especially his buttoned boots aroused sus-
picion- The arrester. with a brusque but
not rough gesture. swept off the troop
er's KEPT, and down tumbled a mass Of
yellow hair
1t was Nine. France Bourgeois. who
had felt that her President and country
needed her imagination. the heritage
alas-the only one-of her father, the
dramatist. Mime. France has been gently
reprimanded and sent back to school.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
"SEMI-INDIRECT" FOR
PIERCE ARROW CARS
New and Novel Methods of Lighting
Automobiles is Adopted
After Tests.

The interior lighting of all Pierce-Ar-
row inclosed cars Is accomplished by tho
entirely new and novel method-for au-
tomobiles-of semi-indirect illumination.
The fixture is of exclusive Pierce-Arrow
design and manufacture.
For some time, this company has been
dissatisfied with the usual methods of
lighting inclosed cars, and has been ex-
perimenting with many different types of
lights. Heretofore. the direct light, with
perhaps. frosted or partially frosted
globe, was thought sufficient for all prac-
teal purposes. The Pierce-Arrow Com
pany. however, felt that the lights IN
general use were Inadequate both from
the point Of beauty and utility, and in
consequence, the semi-indirect system
was adopted for Illuminating all inclosed
cars.
The fixture itself is made OF silver and
glass, with an ivory enameled reflector.
The glass globe used is Just large enough
to accommodate three four candle power
bulbs. The frosted globe partially re-
fleets the light rays upon the main re-
Hector above it which is so shaped that
soft. agreeable radiance is difused
throughout tho car. obviatinG all the
glare OF direct. unfrosted globes: and
giving more light than the entirely
frosted globes. which havo hitherto been
the only alternative.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
DULL TIME" WHEN FEW
BULLETS FLY, HE SAYS
British Soldier Writes of Life in the
Trenches with German Lines $50
Yards Away.

SPECIAL Gable TO The Washington Herald
London. March 20.-Corporal Chris
TOPPER Bell. Fourth Middlesex Regiment
in letter home describes life in the
trenches when there is mot mucn
doing He says:
AS | am writing this now the Ger
mans are abut 10 yards away. but they
do not like the daylight, and only come
out NJ night, SO things are a bit quiet,
barring Il few snipers. l am writing this
in n duGOut. all punched up, trying 10
get warm, with about six other chaps,
most of whom are asleep.
There are plenty of Jack johnson
holes about. During the wet weather
they filled up with water, and now there
are several inches OF Ice on them. They
make capital skating ponds. i haven't
had a decent wash for some time.
I'VE get plenty of food. The biscuits
are much like dog biscuits-quite as
hard. We have to break them up to
eat them. but they are good. As for to-
hacco and cigarettes out on the firing
line. We get tons of them, SO do not send
me any. Down at the base we could
only set French tobacco. which was
awful.
Il have been busy cooking my dinner
The fire consisted of a tin OF vaseline
with a piece of string dipped in oil and
placed in the vaseline. This makes quite
a good stove. We then have what We
call iron rations-that is, dinner all
complete. meat. potatoes and carrots
beans, etc, in n tin. This is opened and
boiled over the fire. then we get quite
a fine dinner. Afterwards we make tea
but there is no milk in it, but an extra
allowance of sugar makes up for that
II isn't so bad when you have nothing
else.
Il wish I could get in an upright posi-
ton. but the dugout won't allow for that
We have to keep punched up all day
long. Then at night we go out and build
more dugouts. 1t was moonlight las,
night. and few stray bullets were hyine
around. Nobody hit, luckily. 1t ism,
half so bad out here as 1t was at the
beginning of the war. The men can &c,
relieved from the trenches much better
now. and the weather. though cold, is
much better and drier. a tin of con.
densed milk and a tin of cocoa would be
n great treat"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
ACID
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and tired. stiff legs and arms and mus
cles. an aching head, burning and bear
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Those sufferers who are In and out Of
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To prove The Williams Treatment con-
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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
KAISER LAUGHS
At WORLD navy
Heligoland Makes Wilhelms-
haven Safe, German Ex-
perts Say.
CONSIDER u. S. STRENGTH
Second Gibraltar. with New Fortihca-
lions Made Impresnable. Is
Belief of Berlin.
BY FREDERICK WERNER.


Special Gable to The Washington Herald.
Berlin, March 20.-The recent bonn
bardment of the Dardanelles has given
rise to a discussion here as to whether
the British fleet, perhaps Of the worst
should happen). strengthened by Ameri-
can warships. might not be able to force
a way into Wilhelmshaven and destroy
the German navy.
Military experts. however. ridicule the
idea of such a thing and with smile of
contempt they add that happily British
shortsightedness in ceding the island OF
Heligoland to Germany has made such a
catastrophe impossible.
Hcligoland. German experts agree,
makes the chief naval base OF Germany
absolutely impregnable since German In
genuity has transformed the island with
its inaccessible cliffs into a seco:d
Gibraltar.
In the center Of the island stands the
most powerful lighthouse in the world,
and forts, the strength of which no one
has any idea, make a successful naval
attack utterly impossible. Since the war
began the entire civilian population has
been ordered out of the island. and every
house and tree has been levelled to give
absolute freedom to the enormous guns.
The beach below the island is an enor-
NOUS fortress, DrlstilnS with countless
guns. Twelve hundred meters from the
island OF Heligoland lies a barren sand
island which during the last months has
been strengthened with cement and upon
which immense military storehouses and
repairing works for torpedo boats and
destroyers have been built. This island
also constitutes a splendid shelter for
these minor vessels as we'll as for sub
marines.
Against these Notifications combined
with the strong forts at Cuxhaven and
on the right bank Of the Elbe. German
engineers say, the combined naval forces
of the world would have no chance of
success.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
Self-Starter Saves Party.

Mr.. Henry Kennedy. formerly a citizen
Of owensburg. KY, and later manager
Of the Studebaker branch at Oklahoma
City, recently had a rabbit hunting ex-
perience in Australia, which tested the
efficiency OF the Studebaker starter
Kennedy. who Is now managing director
of the Studebaker distributing house at
Sydney, started out with four compan-
ions to hunt rabbits. using Studebaker
Six. In attempting to ford a hollow dur
Ing rain. the carburetor became SUBJ
merged in water. The water kept rising
inch by inch until the party feared they
would be washed away. During a lull
In the storm. Kennedy put the car into
low gear, threw on the self-starter and
was able 10 pull out OF the deep hole.
The carburctor was then drained and
the engine Immediately fired evenly. tax
ING the party back to Sydney without
further mishap.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
SOLDIER IS BURIED
BY LIGHT OF SHELLS
Minister Writes of Dangers. Even in
Funeral Service. in Zone
of War.
Tbs Washington Herald.

Sraial Csc!c TO Tbs Washington Herald.
London. March 20.-In letter a young
Methodist Episcopal clergyman, now
serving with the medical corps in Elan
ders. tells the story of soldiers burial.
He had gone forward on a rainy night
with the stretcher bearers to where the
German star shells were illuminating the
landscape in wierd fashion and the Jack
Johnsons' were falling. The party en-
tered barn used as a dressing station
for the wounded. corporal announces:
Sir. We have one dead here"
zone dead" cries the captain of the
clersymans party. I'VE did not know
that. We have no chaplain"
The sergeant whispers to the captain
that the stretcher bearer is a Wesleyan
minister. The captain calls him. The
clergyman continues the story:
".Are you n minister
"'Yes, sir.
"'Can you bury this man"
Yes, sir
Garry on. then
What is his religion-the dead man.
No one knows. One of the soldiers has a
prayerbook on him. so we decide to read
the Church Of England service.
"Over the road opposite the building
is a patch of ground-just cabbage
patch. grave has been dug. Just a few
minutes previously. and the dead soldier
lies in 1t uncovered, just as he fell in
the trenches. His arms are folded on
his breast. A Niece of cloth hides his
face from our sight. He lies two feet
from the surface-no more. Three Of us
stand by the grave. The corporal hands
me an electric torch, and / begin to read
the burial service.
Ping ping" A bullet whizes over us.
Out goes the torch and We finished with
an eNtempore prayer. Five minutes later
two of his mates are filling up this SOL
dier's grave, and another Is cutting out
a rough wooden cross. Ten minutes more
and we are away with our ambulance"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
ruler
At SACRED RITES
War Arguments Attendance at
"Muled el Nebii" in
Cairo.
MANY FAITHFUL CALLED
Thousands Upon Thousands Assem-
MANY FAITHFUL CALLED
Thousands Upon Thousands Assem-
bled for Ceremonial that Lasted
for Week.
BY z. ENSEL VI.

Special Gable to The Washington II. aid
Cairo. March 20-An interestins-and
to Europeans-a unique ceremony has
just been performed in Cairo. 1t is the
anniversary of the birthday of the Pro-
phet Mohammed. the founder OF the
Moslem religion. The ceremony is known
to the Arabs as "MuIed ell Nebi."
In Cairo the affair is carried out with
more pomp and circumstance than In
any of the other cities OF the Moslem
world Thousands and thousands OF the
faithful assembled here this year. posi-
bly, because the world war makes men
more anxious as to their own fate, and
possibly, also on account of the new
regime SO lately inaugurated in Egypt
y whole week of prayer and devotion
is given to this great function. It was
held this year on a vast tract of land
near AbaSsieh. Here a number OF largo
tents. some Of which are most lux
uriously got up. are pitched, making in
the lovely sunshine a picturesque scene
Good believers are in constant attend
ance all the week and remain till all
hours of the night chatting and drink.
ing coffee.
sultan at Rites.
cu'SiHe Ihc circle or the great tents arc
number of smaller tents, where sweet
meats and all kinds OF delicacies arc
sold TO the public, thus combining pro-
fit with prayer.
The last day of the "Muled." or day
OF solemn prayer. was made notable BY
the presence Of his highness the Sultan
OF Egypt Many very distinguished per-
sonages were present. The chief core
mony on this day is the reading nv one
of the principal Sheikhs-gerprally in
Turkish. but this year in Arabic for the
frst time IN history-of the story of the
prophets life. which dates back to April.
$50. of the Christian era Mohammed
the founder of the faith of Islam. was
the son of Abdalla. a member of the
great tribe of kerelsh. one Of the no.
madic tribes which lived in the Arabian
peninsula.
Married Wealthy Widow,
Curiously enough he was a posthumous
child and at the age of six he lost his
mother. being then adopted by his grand
father. Abdul Muttalib and later by his
uncle Abu Taleb. Tho legend attending
Mohammed's birth is said to have
marked him out as the future prophet.
Not only did his mother suffer none Of
the panEs of travail. says the story, but
at the moment of his birth a celestial
light illumined the surrounding country
and the newborn child. raising his hand
TO heaven, exclaimed: God is great.
There is no deity but God. and am his
prophet
Nevertheless. he. first. followed the
trade of his uncle. a merchant. accom-
panyinC him on his journeys In SYRIA
and elsewhere Here it was he met hi,
first wife, a wealthy widow at the axe
of twenty-five. Ten years later the tribe
of kereish recognized him as their ruler.
and at forty he declared his religion.
which for three years he had preached
in secret.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21

make him protect the woman and her
property with his life.
Looking at il from all points, women
are much better protected with men alone
voting than il there were so-caled equal
suffrage. Many more good laws have
been made where there Is only man suf
frage than have been made where women
vote, and where unjust or what now
appear to ME unjust laws. are called to
the attention of the Legislators they arc
repealed or other laws made, and with
out women voting.
MRS. j. ALEX MAHON.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
Tire Care in Spring Pays"

a little attention to tires right now
when motorists are getting their cars
into shape for the spring and summer.
will save considerable money on the sea-
sons tire bills" says r. ]. Fircstone.
sales manager of the Firestone Tire and
Rubber Company. The service Of tires
will be abbreviated to a considerable eX-
tent IL cuts. puncturos and snags arc
neglected. The cost Of fixing such iniur-
les Is small. but II neglected the differ
ence in the tire bills is mighty big"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21
HARVARD PRAISES BEER GARDEN
Laments Absence of German Instl-
tuition In school PrOspectus.

Cambridge. Mass, March D.-The pros
pectus issued in connection with the Har-
ward summer school laments the absence
of the beer garden hereabouts. Ii says:
THE most acceptable sort of thing. APP
proved by the practice of many nations
is the beer garden. There men. women.
and children OF all ranks mingle; pro-
fcssors and students meet on familiar
terms; officers and journeymen touch el-
bows: the beer garden Is one of the most
democratic institutions in the world and
most American cities know tt not"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-03-21

W. II. Holmes, of Ruby. Alaska, celc-
brated apple day by taking unto himself
q wife. who was none other than Miss
Virginia Apple. Of Los Angeles. Cal.