Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-12-07
Z MoThtR SEP.
ARArED FROM Hen TWO cHlL.
DRENf I'm aERMANy.
LEFT IN CARE OF KIN;
BECOME PUBLIC CHARGES
Women Deserted hy Husband Comes to
America and 70 Iowa TO Prepare
Home For FamiIy-When She Has
the Money She Finds She Can Not
Go TO Thorn Nor They to Her.

Sioux City, Dec. Tin humble liz
tie cottage. somewhere in Sioux City
lives a heart broken !. woman. !, And
''somewhereg in Germany are two
Bright eyed little lgiris longing for
mother love. 1t is the thought Of the
little ones-her daughters-that Is tug
ging at the; heartstrings Of a broken
hearted woman here in Sioux City. The
cruel unrelenting war separates them.
Three years ago, just before the
opening of the bloody battles, when
England and Germany flew at each
others throats, an ambitious woman
left her home in Hamburg to come to
America. She had married when Is
years old man many years her senior.
Two daughters were born to the union
"a most unhappy one. The father was
cruel to the children, he neglected and
finally deserted them and the mother.
So It was that Just before the war
the mother put her daughters In the
care Of "a married sister. She would
go 4tOssAmerica herself and WDrkwork
to earn money, hoping some day to be
All was well Until Germany called her
son to arms. Her brother in law, in
whose care together with that Of his
wife, thesehildren had been entrusted,
was one ofsthes soldiers called 10 duty.
Followed slatef the famous battle Of
LieEe. The young soldier gave shis life.
He sfas among the frsk 10 saie lin ILL
,fated Belgiun, The woman sssome-
where in Sioux City received the
news What will become Of the chill
dren;? ," she. 4thought. The first letters
from her sister were encouraging, for
they concerned the children-that they
were faring well, despite the loss Of her
husband. Then with increasing infre-
quency the Letters came. The last one
told of sufferingl No Nnger able to care
for her own chiidrsn ana the two little
girls left before the WAr, the sister
wrote tAatsshashadsb eentbrced TO place
the girls in. the caH Of the government.
Mother love is Nndying. The news
hurt her spaiAfulIy. HAF feeling sfors
childs love intensified when no more
news was Forthcoming from her sister.
8 Tho next tragic moment in the wom-
ans life came when the Anna Holm
berg. fund started when it grew and
grew by leaps and bounds. The love
shown poor Anna by the outside world
the .woman's devotion for
her children. Growing desperate she
came to q newspaper office and told
her sorrowful story.
She told OF her desire to, 20 to Cor
many to retrieve her daughters The
sought Information q ito
transportation rates and the possibili-
ties OF q woman of German rationale
to make the voyage successfully. The
answer given by ticket agents was that
In their belief she probably would not
be permitted to reach Germany. Efforts
now are being made to communicate
with the American consul at Hamburg
and steamboat lines to learn, the pres
ent rules governing trips.
When informed yesterday Of the fear
that she probably would not be per-
mitted to make the trip, the mother
tears trucking down her cheeks, said:
7 must see my children. or I'll 50 IN
sane"