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1ep.eisl star,I,nIletn co~-ssronSsne.p
j SCHOFIEI.D BARRACKS. Jan. &c.
On ThurEdsy afternoon MAJ. and Mrs.
Lewis soriey gave d beautiful recep-
ton compllmentins Mr. and MIRA. J..
l.. -aias6n OF sisrfA Ais'dre, Cal, who
RIA yis,tng their daughter. Mrs.
Walter Grescfn. Mrs. fftlry Hodges
rSured and the ladies assisting we're
..ssrs. Earl Garnahan. Mrs. Byard
Yneed, Mira. Paul Accock. Mrs,
Tomas Lowe MIRA. Enklebert Oven
safne. Mrs. K8ltef Greacen, Mrs
EIyid Hunt and Miss Evelyn Hodges.
ynIong those who took this oppor-
iunlty Of meeting Mr.. and Mrs Mason
were COL aid MA George Dailey,
xliEs steila Mayer, Col and Mrs. b.
8RoIhsr Atkinson. MAJ and Mrs,
Ts,sss. \ s aa,sss saa NJ Ne
Charles .eonards Mis- Leonard. Mrs
xens. Catt and Mrs. Harry blodgett,
ISai, nd kfrs HisFry kpieht, Capt
ND ktfet John Thpmns, Toni. 7eA1
Ma. Trank Bassteat, CaiE and Nrs
Fseesics. n ees. raAt md 1(ft. 8eAteA
kempe. ChaplaiI snhd Mrs William
Aiken. Capt. and Mrs. Walter Pridgen,
crft md Mrs Paul Manchester. capt.
ssHd Mfs. Cherries Meaie, Capt and
Mrs.. Isverens Areeg, Fatl, Ind siff.
afkn Enrnktt, Capt and Alfs fred
Pitts. fsfIE and Yrs John Richardson,
MIA. Grady. ide1f. Bn1 Mrs Robert
sfnrs. Dt. Snd mrs Phiilin RQssiter,
Cal. Hodges. Col Canadian Nal
Ehfus oIln. Cart 4e gt4ssf f4ilii..
spt James mo CAPT Charles
itnkheads Capt. Robe Brambila,
Can't. Hcf,go, pr. Albert While.
lltnts William, Mcc6lIdteh. Carl
ES'fn. xlifsd saMjIlns. crooil John
et'oS ms Fybpk sthneidef Inward
lIl'ke Kfslik Riley and John Smith.
Ia 4 q, Mrs. waissr short enter:
4fines knrn,ingly at dinner on last
n urssay evening for Gen. and Mrs.
CHARLES a. Trent. Col. and Mrs.
fbnyipe Hedeiin. Nal. and Mrs. Ham
ptnn lIawltins, Miss Hortense Short
fpd Nj. Trest
rant. and Mrs. Leonard Prunty were
sumner hosts Tor 20 persons on Wed
1lctdty night after the 9Th Cavalry
MOP.
Ma. 1mericdi Mitchell Is ct home
r6ain after undergoing slight opera
non e the Department hospital iast
week. E
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Miss Hortense Short spent the
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-20
Killed RY MEXcANs?

Federal agents may investigate the
death of julius c. Johnson, former
bOokkeeper for Outcast Advertising
Co., in an obscure roOming house in
WATERFOWL, Wis. His friends and
fiancee, Mrs. Gertrude FahrVeiking,
believe he was killed by Mexicans as
a result of a plot. Johnson formerly
kept a hotel in. Chihuahua City and
was driven from there. He has been
in constant fear of death, say his
friends,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-20

ris Kedler. Leon to hospital; pain
law to Jail.
Geo. Gum, boy caveman," fined
500. Edna Barber, Is, with whom
he had been living, turned over to
juvenile court.
James WhaIen, 9TH ward Demo-
cratic committeeman, appointed to
succeed Hugo L. Pitte on county
civil service board.
Body of middIe-aged man with
skull fractured found in river: Be
ieved to be body of Emil Lehman,
1850 Winthrop av.
Policeman VIM. J. Milan faces trial
by civil service board. Got drunk,
says his supeTiors, and arrested near
ly every one he saw.
Michael Gizyhe and Abbott Kogus
hurt when street car hit auto. For
mer had $4,000 wrapped in handker-
chief when taken to hospital.
Peggy Tracy, Philadelphia, and
girl Chum, who ran away from home
for stage, taken into custody at Sa-
ratOga hotel. Will be sent home.
John J. LOTUS, ex-treas. Brother
hood Painters, Decorators and Paper
Hangers, Local 100, indicted on the
charge Of embezzling union funds.
Police raided alleged poker game
in Office Of Greenwald, Schwartz &
Co., 1131 S. Racine av. Seven men
arrested. Greenwald booked as
keeper.
South Park Motorcycle Policeman
Leo Peterson, ISL E. 73d, ran into
auto of Hyland Heck, 1443 Garfield
blvd, while chasing speeder. Leg
broken.
Walter Guida, IA, ga Fay; Jos.
Domin, 653 H. May, and Walter Woj-
nich, 512 N. Racine. arrested on
charge of stealing coffee from 825
Randolph.
Mrs. Lincoln Bartlett, refused d.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1917-04-20

mad waited few hours $4,000 would
have been in safe.
Hazel James, 1343 Adams, got d.
vOrce from Patrick James. Said he
once drank mixture of gasoline,
ether and whisky.
VIM. H. Sexton, sec'y Publishers
Cooperative Co, sued for divorce by
Beatrice Sexton. Charged with in
fidelity. Married in 1908.
1890
SLATEMAKING ALDERMEN ARE
HOMEWARD BOUND
The slatemaking six aldermen
start for home today. On the long
ride from Florida they will finish
their work of lining up the council
committees for the coming two
years.
Three committees were decided on
yesterday. They are:
Buildings Pretzel, chairman, An
derson, Johnson, Klaus, McDonough,
Ahren, Flick, Szymkowski, Powers,
Link, Kaindl, AdamOwski, Woodruff,
PegEam and Adamkiewiecz.
Schools, Fire, Police, Civil Service
Francis, chairman; Long, Klaus,
Krumbick,, Touhy, Horne, Steffen,
AdamOwsl1i, Kimball, Kennedy, Pc
gram, Byrne, Clark and O'TOole.
Railway TeTminals-Healy, chair
man; Kenna, Norris, Richert, Cross,
McNichOls, Haderlein, WalkOwiak,
Ellison, Bowler, Captain, Lipps, W. J.
Lynch, Rea and Littler.
The suspension Of rules procedure
was changed to require a four-ffths
instead of a twO-thirds vote of the
council.
KILLED BY MEXICANS?
l. =
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28
LETTEHC1Hon The
eQGTmhe SERVICE

Princeton, should now be sitting
somewhere in France" an officer in
the French army, service artillery,
division d'automobiles, section sani-
taire. Truly Wells is right, the vag-
aries of war are so complex and so
startling in their effect, that the poor
human mite gives up his endeavor TO
follow sequences logically and accepts
all as the events Of a'dream. 1t seems
only yesterday that we welcomed
mother to Princeton. yet since then
have SEEN THE WAR. have
watched men die-I have myself, been
through some danger. And then. too.
today is the twenty-sixth of July
the summer is half gone. 1t is in
credible.
ARIEL BATTLE.
The night before we left "the
trenches" I saw something that / shall
never forget. 1t reads like the imagt-
nation of a novelist. We had just re-
turned to the cantonment after "a
hours at our post, (the post where
wrote my last letter to you) and had
just oiled up our old Fiat and washed
ourselves for mess, when l heard Nor
man calling my name loudly. 1 rushed
out of the tent like mad, for there was
tone in his voice I had never heard
before. He was pointing up in the
sky toward Germany "They are
bombing B" For once my eyes
came through for me and ! saw far
up in the sky two little specs wheeling
lazily in the air. Now and then they
would catch the sun and shine like
gold. They looked like nothing more
than peaceful swallows after gnats,
but at irregular intervals one could
hear deep rumbling sounds (Crumpf is
the best duplication from the ground
below them). B was a town two
miles away and was the location of
one of our posts. AS we had five cars
there, including Roy Hardings, we
were filled with anxiety. Suddenly the
French anti aircraft guns were under
way and a chorus of dull banks sprang
up all over the country side. The
Archie" as they call theee guns,
seems to bark like a giant dog; after
the explosion there is diminishing
and softer bark up in the air The
second sound is exactly like this
-"Pook!" 1t is the shell exploding
and it always leaves a soft little white
cloud of smoke to drift away in the
wind or to Join the other clouds.
Soon the air was full OF these little
clouds. The escape of the Germans
seemed incredible. Shells would break
just In front of them or just behind
them-but they continued to wheel
around and around, and the "Crumpr'
came just as often from B.
Suddenly directly over our heads
we heard the soft purring of another
machine. 1t was little French fight
ing plane. coming to get the Boche.
These latter must have seen 1t at the
same moment. for one Of them sud
denly turned and flew rapidly back to-
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28


a French first lieutenant, with the
not too distant pounding Of the guns
in my ears les crosses pieces" that
are slowly pushing the Boche back
from France-and only four months
ago was living the Idle. dreamy life
OF the student, either thinking of ut
tie things or dreaming of things be-
yond time and space.
HAS LIVED TWO LIVES,
Dnr,r. .haa eo,,r onth. hov.
uyad +r,o IT,. haya axn.r.anced
r,onv ti,,,as 49,, oo,ta,t of H. other
81 years haa tho,ght th,t the .ga
~ chiyaIr ~ ,,oaroa hoa d,ad WITH
orr .,r.,I,o.l, ,fe .h;rr. and
days ,ona 49,
Instaad ha .o,na .ha. =, +,,a
ideals tho No. 90 aaath =, th,s Great
wor that ,,hi,h Ma tho,yht oone-
has come 70 No. T., an almost unreal
inte,sitv az ,nt.n.,tv that ,n,,s+ Ain,
the "yar or tbings"
you rr,,.t fora;vo ~ .t,,,a =, th,s
letter. rod.y faa, a, nncontro,,,b HE
desire IN tbink-a sensation that comes
seldom enough in a life in which the
axion 10 40 ootv prt tb;a g. 70 ha
a long letter for T bave, much 70 tell
Won and II will not matter much If
few ~ NV +houpbt. crowd ont
tbroupb INV non
We are again AZ +he front IN n seo-
tor commencement distant FROM tba
SCENE of orr former erneriences The
name or course a. "desendu. becausa
az the censor hut 4 60 ~ small ,nnor-
tarce Th,. section I. nuch tha .anns
as the hundreds NJ otbers northeast Of
paris-the same wooded b,ys-nou de-.
r,,ded. the sama austv road. care
H,Ilv screamed with bur,an. the same
little valley. running nortbward to a
crest. ard on +be crest tho .ama ,iv1d
no,nitating smear ~ trenchea barbed
wired and .heI,- nstted mo Man.
land" Even tho riva, ".suc,sses" or
ohservation cant,ve baIIoon.-ons over
nv bead-and In the distance tho
cIumsv bap Of the Boche look as
tboueb I'VE had broupht them from our
former nosition IN the lines.
A. the beginning Of this letter 7 men.
toned the chateap II IA at nresent
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28
THREE LETTERS FROM LIEUT..
ROBERT L. NOURSE, JF

Somewhere in France July &c,
1877 My Dearest Parents: l am
writing this in pencil because this
paper soaks up ink very much like a
plotting pan0r. l hope it will be leg
lble.
am writing this now from my room.
As second lieutenant. / am given a
room in a private house whenever
possible, billetting, they call it, and
at present am enjoying the luxury
of beautiful room, with a thick car
pet and a high feather bed, in an old
dismantled mansion. 1t is interesting
to know that in a high tide of the
German advance in the late autumn Of
1914, when thsy passed through here,
bound for the debacle of the Marine,
the bed was occupied by a German
officer. This was told me by the oil \
concierge who stayed on through the
visit Of the Germans. i wonder II the
German Officer appreciated the bed
rs l do. He Is probably dead long ago.
At present we are EN- repos," as
the division to which we are attached
suddenly came down from the lines,
bringing us along behind them. For three
days we drove in dusty convoy until
the day before yesterday. we reached
this beautiful little town. 1t is prob
able that we will remain here for a
week or more. For this l am verv
glad for it gives muc,. nee ded ap-
portunfty to recuperate from the strain
Of our two weeks at the front, and for
me it gives the opportunity and time
to write you long letter.
BEAUTIFUL SCENE.
As I look out of my window I can
see one of the most beautiful scenes
In the world. Down below is long
stretch OF lawn of the kind of green
that one finds in France, and beyond,
IL the old church of the Merovignian
kings, built in the seventh century;
In the distance the gentle green hills
melt into a valley, the valley of the
Marine, and in the far southwest is the
golden haze that hangs over Paris. The
lethargic charm of midsummer seems
to fill the whole visible world, and l
find it very difficult to grasp the
thought that this beautiful country
is at death grips with q hated enemy.
Even the light blue uniformed poilus,
playing football on the lawn, seem
metamorphosed into dancing peasants.
can with ease imagine it all dream,
q beautiful dream of a past. There
is but one warlike note far away In
the distance 1 can hear the dull rumbl-
ing Of the guns. back in the section
from which we have just descended
and just now, as I write this last, an
aeroplane throbbed across the sky,
bound for the front.
find that my mind keeps reverting
to this last idea 1t certainly must be
a dream. 1t Is incredible to believe
that /, who yesterday was grubbins
my way through Dante's "Divine
Comedia," back In sleepy, sleepy old
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28

ward the lines. The other seemed to
hover, as IL awaiting the F'renchman.
Then we knew that one Of the Ger
mans had been bomber" while the
other was a tighter to protect 1t.
The Fighter" was covering up the re-
treat Of its comrade. now defenseless.
The little French plane flew straight
as die toward the German, when
suddenly both planes seemed to rise
straight up In the air. They were
each seeking to get above the other.
The German won-so the Frenchman
was underneath and pulling big loop
the-loop, came up and backwards, SO
that he was above but upside down;
but upside-down or not, he Immediate
ly let loose with his mitrailleuse, or
machine gun on the enemy below him.
The German swerved to one side and
seemed to be retreating, when sud
denly he looped too and reversed po-
sitions with the Frenchman, who was,
in turn, showered with bullets.
VICTORY FOR FRENcHMAN.
Then followed something that was
really beautiful. The Frenchman
seemed to be falling swiftly with his
nose pointed toward the ground. Be-
hind him came the German. pumping
him full or lead. They fell until 1t
seemed they were both about to crash
into the trees of a small woods on a
hill between us and B. But they
swerved and, making big dip, rose
ct, A.
became almost lost in the sky, the
Frenchman fleeing, the Boche pur-
suing. Then, when we could scarcely
follow them with the eyes, we saw the
Frenchman make a final loop, the
German passing on over his head; but
the former came on up and over again
and before the German could change
his path he got him. The Boche plane
seemed to crumple up, lowered for a
moment and then fell to the ground,
burning like a meteor. Behind him
was long trail of fire and smoke. He
fell until obscured by the woods. For
several minutes after he had disap-
peared, bits Of oil vapor burned in the
air, as a sort of inglorious aftermath.
The little Frenchman lowered over the
scene for a minute and then came
purring softly over our heads toward
the rear, just as he had come. All the
men in the camp howled applause to
him as he passed. I joined the ap-
plause, for 1 had seen a MAN, but
there was lump in my throat and an
ache in my heart for knew that what
had seen meant TRAGEDY to some
family beyond the Rhine. But "C'est
la Guerre." as they say-and the same
German had helped to make a few
tragedies in the town of B that
afternoon.
That night the Germans sent ten
obus shells over our camp as a salute
to their dead aviator. AS lay in bed
l heard them whistle over our camp
and bury themselves in the field a
mile beyond with heavy crunch.
Since 1 have been made an officer l
feel much more resigned to my failure
to pass the physical examination of our
army. / feel that the work 1 am do
ing here is far more valuable than
anything l could have done in the
marines or the mosquito fleet, If |
might have been accepted and, if one
cannot be in the American army, the
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28

two younger women work. one in a
store and the other In the house. But
wages for women in France are con-
temptibly low. The father of the
daughters Is back In the Ardennes,
a prisoner among the Germans. He
was compelled to remain when the
women left. for he had with him the
grandfather, who was too old and i'll
to be moved. During the three years,
the women have received only one pos
tai card. transmitted through Holland.
In this the father said that he was
very sick. That was two years ago
and now they have not the faintest
idea whether either he or the grand
father are still alive. When the women
were compelled to leave their home
ey. but the war has lasted already so
long and food is so expensive, that it
Is gone long ago. and now they have
only what comes in through the labors
Of the daughters and the French gov
eminent allowance of 20 confines Give
cents) per day to all "exiles." This
is one of the most pitiful cases ] have
found in France, and l feel sure that
Mr.. As kind offer was direct
ed by Providence to fill this need.
spoke to them about 1t very diplo-
matcally, for l was afraid of hurting
their feelings. I put the matter to
them in this way: That France is In
distress and America comes to her aid.
This family is ruined by war and Mr.
A. comes to their aid. 1t is not
oh, hut Of r -
publics in the first case. and of gentle
folk in the second case. 1t is no more
than they would do if the conditions
were reversed and Mr. A. were
the exile" After l had put the con-
ditions before them in this way, they
thought bit and finally allowed me
to write to you about it. 1 can see that
they were touched deeply, for they are
gentle people of good blood.
am devoutly thankful that the long
arm of coincidence has allowed me to
act as agent in the relief of their suf-
fering, and from a humanitarian and
patriotic standpoint q better invest
ment could not be made. All the rest
of their lives this family will look
upon America as a sort of Fastening
PROVIDENCE anu tHt VI "A
will be handed down in their family
am hoping and praying that this let
ter may get safely across the Atlantic
for | feel that it carries with 1t mis-
sion and is perhaps the most impor-
tant | have ever transmitted.
Norman and / are as fit as fiddles
/ will have a picture of myself taken
for YOU soon, as l am now wearing
my full regalia as second lieutenant
with Sam Brown belt. shoulder
straps and all.
The Front, France, Sept. 9, 1911
NV Dearest Mother and Father: / like
to think, as l look at this fragment
of paper, that soon it is to work fts
way across the Atlantic to another
continent-to be seen by other eyes
eyes that 1 know and that know me
Fortunate piece of paper. ITO have
| travelled SO far and to have carried G
! message between u.s."
| What a strange turn of the wheel o.
| fate. Here I am, writing to you-sit
ting in the shady garden of an ole
| chateau-I dressed in the uniform o.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28
next in preference should certainly b
that of France.
GRATITUDE OF FRANCE.


It would fiji you with pride II you
could know or realize the gratitude
France bears toward the United
States. They regard our country not
only as the twin sister republic of
France, but as the ideal Utopia where
IDEALS are the government. Aside
from ell questions of the submarine
policy, 1t is for the ultimate good of
our country that we did enter the
war.
Norman and I are in perfect pfiysi-
cal condition; I have never felt more
fit in my life. The food of our Off
GERS mess is all that could be desired.
Norman, by virtue Of his position as
sergeant, eats at the mess with us,
and, as l share my room and feather
bed with him. we are Living like kings.
The only flaw is the French tobacco.
Sometime If you find 1t convenient, l
wish you would send me a few pack
ages of Fatima cigarettes; It would
certainly be a red letter day for our
section. Another thing that would
help greatly would be a six months
subscription to the Saturday Evening
Post. And one more thing, II 1 am not
asking too much, Norman and l each
wish pair of ESQ called high noun
tain boots.
| really need them as an officer, for
my present footgear, being that of a
private. does not match my Sam
Brown" belt or the stripes on NV
sleeves. The high laced boots are be-
Ing worn very much by the French
and English officers. They have prac-
tically displaced the puttees, formerly
worn. If possible. the boots should
be very dark brown or tan and
should lace (n,,t hook all the way UP
through eye holes. They should come
just below the kneejoint and, If posi-
BILE, should not have pronounced
bump on the toe. Do not send these
things unless you can conveniently
find them. l hope they arrive safely.
see that the Rochambeau was just
sunk outside of Bordeaux, no doubt
board her.
Yesterday we received number of
packages--some chocolates from a Bal
timore confectioner, for which I must
write our thanks to Mrs. Finney l sup
pose, although there was nothing in
the box to indicate its donor. Also a
package from Binghampton from you,
enclosing toilet bags for which we are
truly grateful. 1t was a coincidence
that I had just lost my tooth brush
and was contemplating a French one.
Another package was from Margaret,
enclosing books and tobacco. felt
myself to be very rich. But that is
the way with the French mail. We
go without letters for possibly two or
three weeks, when suddenly the gate
opens and we are showered with let
ters and packages. Then usually fol-
lows another period OF silence.
With. all the love that even you can
conceive, BOB.
Sunday Morning, Aug. Fl, 1917.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-10-28

greenness here in Chelles. 1t is only
you and our dear father who are lack
ing to make It complete.
Since my last letter we have moved
again and are now at Chelles, . suburb
OF Paris. Chelles Is town Of about
1900 people and in q great many ways
1t reminds me Of Boise. We are still
"en repos." How long this will last
no one knows. but it Is probable that
we will move again during the next
week. Our ultimate destination is en-
tirely "incognito." There are conjec-
lures ranging all the way from Bel
gium to Alsace-but any one is as
probable as the other. / personally
think we will trundle back again to
Rheims.
Chelles is a wonderful little town and
we shall be very sorry to leave. Even
during the short time we have been
here We have come to regard it as a,
home. The men are quartered in an
old farm house on the outskirts of the
town. / am billetted in town a. a
mansion with some very splendid peo-
pie by t..e name of ,Boichers. They
are very wealthy and have string of
cnateaus scattered through France,
some of them now in German hands
Mrs. Boichers has treated Norman and
myself as If we were really sons Of
her own. She has no son, only a
daughter, and she has tried in every
possible way to make us comfortable
For instance, In our absence she went
through our luggage, and on her own
initiation had our clothing washed and
mended. She also took out all our
neckties one day and without our
knowledge ironed them ALL l have
quite fallen in love with Madame
Boichers (she is over so years old
mother) and shall miss her and her
little kindnesses very much when we
are compelled to leave Chelles.
VISITED PARIS.
Since we have been here. Norman
and have each been in Paris, al
though on different days. l made my
trip the opportunity to purchase sew
eral little articles which we needed
greatly. The rest of my time there
did nothing but explore. certainly
love Paris. 1t is fascinating. On the
boulevards one can zee soldiers from
every nation in the world in one vast
throng.
Mother, we have found family in
Chelles whom we would very much
like to make the recipients of Mr..
A--------'s kind offer They are what
are known in France as "Exiles,"
which means that they lived in part
of France now occupied by the Ger
mans. In the German advance i'll 1914
they barely escaped Before the war
they were people of fair means and
culture; now they are absolutely pen
niless. They are: the mother, a very
nice lady Of about so; the grandmoth-
err, "a, and two daughters, one a war
widow of about 80 years of age, and
the other a school girl of 10 or 90
There was also a third daughter who
died last winter, leaving them q baby
boy who is now on their hands. The
husband of the daughter who died was
a lieutenant and was killed at Yer
dun. Thus there are four women, and
little baby.
THE FATHER A PRISONER.
The two older women are i'll, prob
ably from the lack of good food. The