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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
He Breathed Poison Gas.

In the spring of 1916, we received
asphyxiating gas during three success
sive nights. AS we had good Mosques
there were few victims. In May we
were given a rest. Naturally we ex-
pected to take again the offensive.
The word Verdun was on all lips. In
the first days of June we took the
train for an unknown destination But
we are again going back to the Mouse,
near Verdun. We were right. On the
18th of June we were in sight of Yer
dun. The artillery fire sounded inces-
sanity. The offensive in Champagne
was nothing compared to this great
battle,
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
Undergoes Privation.

We passed one night in hole on
the Mouse, and next day we got ready
to fire. My regiment had a dirty cor
ner, as we say, we soldiers. We were
400 yards from the fort of Vaux, held
by the Boches. A little to our left,
we could see the fort of Douaumout
held also by the Boches. We stayed
there in bomb holes with no shelter,
for four days and four nights, under
a heavy fire of shrapnel guns whose
smallest size was 210. The third day,
[ was alone at my work. I had for
gotten to say am an artillery man.
Comrades Die About Him.
All my comrades were wounded or
killed. The fourth day we were re-
heved. One hour after, the Boches
attacked us again.
1t is useless to tell you how glad we
were to be relieved, to take rest for
few days, because we were famished
and dead tired, not having slept for
four nights.
Alas! Although tired out, that same
evening we had to go back to the
Meuse, on the firing line We had to
Use our greatest courage for we slept
while walking.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

John Lock entertained twenty guests
at a supper in the Northwestern Rest
aurant Tuesday night.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

One of the many letters received by
Kenosha women in response to gifts
containing their names sent to the
French wounded in the hospitals at the
front, none has been more appealing,
has given more Of the personal touch
to the recitation of the wrecking of a
young life, of the mutilating of a
young body by warfare, nor of the
courage which makes the victim Of the
awful scourge of war cheerfully assert
his joy in giving of his own body for
his country, than the one reprinted be-
low and received by Mrs. Peter Fisher,
ST., from man still held in the hospi-
tai but looking forward to his life as
civilian, soon to begin.
The letter reads as follows:
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
THENTY,sIx IN LONG LINE
Relatives Of Deceased Mayors Are Ap-
peaied TO In Effort to Secure Notable
Historical Collection of Pictures
Michael Frank First Mayor.

mayor of Kenosha? If you have, it is
wanted by the city fathers, as at the
meeting of the Common Council on
Monday evening that body voted to
pay tardy tribute to the men who have
served the city as chief executive in
the nearly seventy years of the life
of Kenosha as a city and with the COM
pletion of the re-decoration of the
council chamber in the City Hall and
effort will he made to have the picture
of every former mayor hung on the
walls Of this gathering place of the
legislative body of the city. The
building committee headed by Alder
man Edmund H. Stein has been com
missioned by the council to secure
these pictures and have them hung in
the council chamber. Aid. Stein has
already started work and he is hav-
ing lot Of people search in musty old
trunks for pictures of some of the old
timers who followed Colonel Michael
Frank as mayor Of Kenosha.
The first city election was held in
Kenosha in April of 1850 and since
that election twenty-five men have
been elected to serve the city as mayor
Many of them have been widely
known in the business and professional
life of the city. A few of them served
but one term as mayor and then
dropped out of the life of the city to
be forgotten and it is expected that
Alderman Stein will have lot of trou-
BILE getting pictures of half dozen men
who have served as mayor of the city.
Search of the records of the city
records shows that Ashael Farr and
James German divided honors for the
place of being longest mayor of the
city of Kenosha. Both Mayor Farr
and Mayor German served the city for
period of seven years in the
chair of chief executive. No mayor
ever had more than four years contin-
uous service as head of the city.
1t is going to be an easy matter to
get many of the pictures sought for
the collection and the committee is
planning to have the pictures copied
and all brought to one size so
that they may be hung in the "Hall
of Fame'' in regular order.
"We want the help of the people of
the city," said Alderman Stein. eff
this collection is to be of real historic
value it must be complete. We feel
certain that somewhere in Kenosha or
in some other city there is to be found
a picture of every Kenosha mayor and
we are going out of our way to get it,.
We do not want people to present to
the city cherished pictures of rela-
tives, but we want the loan of
these pictures long enough to have
a copy made of them
Here is the list Of men who have
served the city as mayor together with
the years in which they served:
1856
Col. Michael Frank.
1851
David G. Gaskell.
1852, 1853, 1854, 1856
Charies Y. oholes.
1856
Volney Hughes.
1897, 1ooo-
george Il. Paul.
1893, 1864, 1871, 1872, 1873, 1877,
1o1o-Asnael Farr.
1901 1900, loI4-
Isaac ". Wepster'
1901, 1901, 1ofo-
Milton n. Pettlt.
1862, 1868, 1869, 1879
frederick Robinson.
l01 @
,o DenniS = nSneS'
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
But II Years, Has Lost Leg,
Tells Mrs. Peter Fisher,
ST., of Joy Of Giving
Blood for France.
GOES BRAVELY BACK TO WORK

Must Enter Civil Life and Earn His
Livelihood In mpo veris h e d
France, uggling With
Individualism and Want.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22

trenches, where we had sector, not
too hard, still in Champagne at the
right of Reims
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
Gives Water-Ts Wounded.

At that time we were little ON the
right of the fort of Vaux in a position
designated as the artillery of Damloup.
Exactly like the position we had just
left, the place was very difficult TO
hold. The third day when I had dis
tributed canteens among my comrades,
while laden with water, $50 shot fell
Few yards above US. Two of my
comrades and myself were wounded.
They were able to be carried to the
roar at once. as for me, my wound was
toe serious to be moved.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
He Tells Story.

As I am writing to you, I think
might just as well let you know about
my present conditions, so you may
know that I am wounded man---,ras
mutilated.
Here is my story since the beginning
of the war: Having beer exempted at
the end of six months of active SER
vice, in 1911, GO years old), I did not
so at the beginning of that terrible
war; having contracted pneumonia
during my six months military service
(1011) which was the cause of being
exempted.
But at 20 years old, illness, even a
cruel one, is often overcome by youth
and strength.
He Went to Mouse.
1t so happened to me. Six months
after my illness I was completely well,
so, when, in November 1914, there was
q doctor s visit for the exempted
(191D, / was placed in the auxiliary
service. There l remained four months
in the background. In the spring.
1915, was put in the army and joined
my station. Three months later [ left
for the front on the Mouse. There the
division was soon given a rest; which
meant to get ready to take the often
sive.
Indeed, at the beginning of the war,
III September, 1915. we went To Cham
payne, the first great French offensive
since our great victory of the Marine.
Many of my comrades fell there; we
had the good luck of success, advance
ment an at least $4,000 prisoners.
Winter came and passed in the
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
Albion, IL Jan. 1917.
Madam:

Being convalescing at the hospital,
last Sunday we had a concert-matin6e
for the benefit of the wounded. At the
enc of the concert, which was great
success. they distributed some little
bags containing pretty things. Tt is in
the bag given to me that found your
card with greeting words in honor of
the French soldiers, Many thanks for
your good words and for the present
For my part, I profit by the French
custom on New Years Day to send
You my very best wishes for Happy
New Year.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-22
Use Poisoned Shot.

was wounded In the right ankle
and my foot was nearly severed in two.
l lost a great deal Of blood. Not be,
ing able to get to the ambulance until
two days later, my foot could not be
saved because the Boches make Grim
maj war like inhumaa savages and
their shot are poisoned. Gangrene had
set IN UP to the knee. 1 was obliged
to have my leg amputated. This is nv
story, madam, WIZ not speak of the
sufferings for I could not describe
them.
Evidently, I shall keep on earning
my living as formerly, but it is very
hard to be mutilated at 81 years old.
One blessing consoles ne il my mis-
fortune, it is that can say 1 have
left some of my flesh on the battlefield
at Verdun of which our sons and our
grandsons will read pages full of glory
and devotion in the future history of
France.
Now, madam, permit me to tell YOU
that all the French have the tenacitv
ana the will to conquer. At the be-
ginning of the war, we had not the
necessary things to prevent the invad-
ing OF our dear and beloved France;
put now, on the contrary we have an
army and material which can rival
those OF the Boches, who were ready
for war.
| am nearly well and hope to 60 back
INTO civil life. | hope that my story
has not tired you. L thank you once
more for thinking of the French sol
dlers, victims of Teutonic brutality
and send you words of greeting. I beg
you to receive my most sincere wishes
and gratitude.-Georges Michel, at the
Auxiliary Hospital, 126 ALBION, Seine
ct Disc, France.
Evening star., 1917-12-06
ResdgnationS.

siocum: Martha Hill. caretaker at Fort
Slocurn Portable.
Evening star., 1917-12-06
Promotions.

Promotions announced were: Helen
Williams. clerk class to clerk class ;
in Office of director of intermediate In
struction; Margaret Jester. clerk class
4 to clerk class at Eastern High;
NJ. L German. clerk class to clerk
class at Business High: e. B. Farmer.
teacher second grade to third grade
first grade at Brightwood Park to
teacher third grade at Monroe; L NJ
Heron. teacher three nights at Mcktn-
ley High to teacher Ave nights at NC
Kinley High; r J. McGown. teacher
one night at B. B. French to teacher
two nights at 3. b. French; Mrs. B. w.
Keiter. teacher one night at B. B.
French to teacher two nights at B. =.
grade at ]. F. Cook School to teacher
fifth grade at Deanwood: NJ. A. Brodie.
teacher second grade Garnet-Patterson-
Phelps School to teacher third grade
at Mott, and c. L Stack. teacher sec
ond grade Corcoran to third grade Pet
worth.
Transfers announced were: v. B. Per-
kinson. teacher third grade at Powell,
to teacher second grade at Powell: Lo-
retta Hannah, teacher third grade at
Thomson, to teacher second grade at
Polk; L. B. Hardsll, teacher third grade,
from Petworth to Thomson: ". NJ
Droney, teacher second grade, from
Thomson to Towers: D. w. Bucking-
ham. from second grade Park View. TO
second grade Thomson; B. S. Catiett,
from third grade Mott to fourth grade
J. F. Cook; Charlotte George, from hrst
grade Deanwood to second grade Car
net-Patterson-P Phelps.
Grant leave of absence to Mrs. II. M.
Williamson, teacher second grade at
Grover Cleveland.
Change the name of Miss A. 1. Crew.
teacher second grade at Wallach
school, to Mrs. A. C. Tyler; Miss Jewel
ernifer to Mrs. J. ]. Phillips, teacher
class / at Banneker: Miss B. Il. Cropp,
teacher Class 3 a Birney to Mrs B. c.
Dyer.
Evening star., 1917-12-06


Slocum Portable.
Re8ignations.
Tho following resisnations were ac-
cepted: L. E. Stanford. teacher nrst
grade at Reservoir: Esther Van Dyne.
clerk class 8 at Central High; Elfsabeth
Grafr, clerk class 2 at Western High :
Ethel Day. Kindergarten assistant at
Gage; L D. Crittenden. kindergarten
assistant at Takoma; Mrs. 3. S. Lamp
son, teacher at Mckinley Night; l. =.
Cooper, teacher a. Business Night: n.
R McFarlane, teacher fourth grade
at lexington; A. p. Myers. teacher
third grade at jackson: D. B. Gooch.
teacher second grade at Takoma: Olive
Murray. teacher second grade at Lud-
low: Mrs. G. A. Doxon, teacher third
grade at Monroe: E. A. Harris, teacher
first grade at Webb: F. c. Wallace,
teacher third grade at wheatley: C. s.
Oppenheimer. teacher second grade at
Polk: Elizabeth MURRAY. teacher sec
ond grade at Langdon: Mrs. A c. Ty-
Ter. teacher second grade at Towers;
u. ]. Mengert. teacher at Mckinley
Night: G. A. Anderson, janitor at New
Central Night; Eugene Rosafy. laborer
at Old Central High: D. c. r. Weaver,
laborer at NJ Street High; Rebecca Ket-
tier, janitor at Fort Slocum; Sarah
Kenney. caretaker at Fort Slocum
Portable.
Evening star., 1917-12-06

Children's Bathrobes and
Dresses
Girls Bathfobes, Of Beacon
cloth: in tan. rose, req ana 20.
down front, pockets @ In
and cuffs; sizes 8 to sOO.4S
i2 years s............
Little Tots Bathrobess beauti-
: full assorted colors;
in red, blue. brown CT M
and gray; sizes 2 to . .OO
years ........--.-
Little Tots Wool Toques, white
and pink or blue trimmed styles.
Special values from
30c to 6oc
ChiHdren's Wool Toques, dark
and medium colors; large assort.
values from
soc to csc
Children's GinGham Dresses,
helted and high wasted Ln-
models; assorted colors; OSC
sizes to 6 years. .....-.
Girls Dresses, Of pretty plaid
or striped ginghamS; assorted
colors and belts; new Ct IN
stylish models; sizes % Dl.lS
6 to 12 years.
Little Girls MILDLY Suits, two
piece style; white blouse with
blue serge plated
skirts, collars and CT IN
cuffs; sizes to s sDl.S
years ..............
Goldenbery' third Floor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24
househoIders Robbed

You restaurant men, Mr.. Spencer,
are not the only persons being driv-
en- to the wall.
Thousands of hOusehOlders in Ia
coma, true to their pledge to Uncle
Sam, are going without meat one
day a week, without wheat one meal
a day--yes, even sacrificing more
than they have pledged.
What for9 To beat a foreign sys-
tenn of rape, plumber, robbery,
tyranny which has been threatening
the world!
In doing this "bit," they have had
the right to believe they could de-
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24
ELOPEMENTS
NOT SUCCESS
Especial to The Times)

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. "a
According to Thomas f. Graham,
California jurist and authority on
divorce law, only Is per cent OF
elopements lead to happy mar
riages.
The other IS per cent end in
annulment or divorce suits
II base this figure on my Is
years experience in the superior
court of San Francisco" said he
today.
Marry in haste, repent at
leisure is a good adage for the
young folks to keep in mind.
1.-THE prime reason elopements
don't lead to lasting marriages is
that the parties give little consid-
GRAFTON to the requirements Of a
happy and lasting marriage
Youth isn't time for mature
Judgment, and marriage is a thing
that should be based in some de-
gree on judgment.
Don't say that all elopements
are wrong or lead to unhappy
marriages. don't say that all
Opponents are certain to end in
disaster. But my years of expert
ence in the divorce court have told
me that most elopements do end
in regrets"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24

, ready been made in court by Utter.
hart.
More about her may be heard
from Mrs. de Saulles.
The Duke of Manchester, his
steam yacht and his cargo OF
Broadway's choicest beauties, will
also figure.
Alienists to Testify.
The greatest alienists In the
country, Uterhart promised, will
testify that Mrs. de Saulles was
not responsible when she killed
the man.
Goaded by neglect, loneliness
and abuse, suffering from pres
sure on the brain from a fractured
skull, 1t is claimed her mind went
blank when as o last straw de
Saulles tried to retain the child,
her only joy.
There is great interest in the
documents to be introduced by the
defense.
Some Of these are letters writ
ten by Mrs. de Saulles.
A determined effort will be
made to prove the slain man a
fortune-hunter who married Bian-
ca Errazuriz for her money and
finally reduce dher to the white,
frail crushed lily" that sits in
court day after day DULY apethetic
for the most part as the fight for
her life goes on.
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Compromised
Prof's Wife,;
Takes Poison

tUntted Press Leased Wire.D
CHICAGO, Nov. "a Mrs. Eff
fie Logan, said to be the wife Of
Prof. Walter Logan, Cleveland
music teacher, was in Francis
Willard hospital today in q seri-
Gus condition as a result of swal-
lowing antiseptic tablets.
According to the police, Mrs.
Logan was found by Private de-
tectives last night with Harry ID.
Whitcraft, one of her husbands
pupils, in a room at the Hotel
Morrison.
She is said to have taken poison
Immediately after the discovery.
Mrs. Logan disappeared from
Cleveland two days ago.
1T was an accident; we had no
intention of meeting here" de-
clared Whitcraft today.
II came to Chicago on business
and was walking down the street
when I met a woman. We regis
tered at the hotel.
Then she left and l happened
to meet Mrs. Logan. She was
visiting me last night when de-
tectives came"
A woman who said she was Mrs.
Daisy Hartwig Of Chicago was In
the room when the detectives APP
peared.
She refused to explain her con-
nection with the case.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24
TacomaW Held
In a Net of Tragedy.
Allows Herself to Be Made Common Law Wife of
Man She Loves; Husband in Meantime Legally
WEEDS Another; Now What Can She DoY

= = - years ago ! met a
man whom l loved as a woman
loves but once.
What followed l do not blame
him for, because we were both
young and thought we had COM
mitted the objectionable sin. To
cover 1t up We ran away from
home, he promising to marry me
at once.
But Miss Grey, that baby came,
and another-and we have lost
two-but he has kept on promis-
ing and I have begged him to make
1t right because OF the children,
and have stayed on with him be-
cause of them and because my
health will not permit me to WORK
steady enough to support my boys
and myself and keep them with
me.
Continued on Page Ffve.)
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MINEOLA, l.. l., Nov. "a. =
Waiting to go on the witness stand
to tel her dramatic story OF crush
ed 70 nance and bleak tragedy
Mrs. Blanca de Saulles today was
heartened by a visit with her son,
little Jack, for whose sake she
killed her divorced husband, John
L. de Saulles.
The lad was brought to her
room in Mineola JAIL
Meanwhile her attorneys pre-
pared for the fight next week to
save her from the electric chair.
Forecasts of the story indicate
it will be the diary of a slowly
breaking heart.
Other Women Figure.
When Defense Counsel Uterhart
outlined it in his opening state
ment two jurors wept.
The little Chilean girl is to tell
how, alone in a strange land, after
rosy courtship and marriage, her
hopes were blighted and her spirit
crushed when the man she loved
neglected her and squandered her
fortune ON other women.
1t is believed the names of
prominent persons will be brought
I'm.
The mention of Miss Jo," a
Broadway dancing favorite, has al
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24
BATES AND EDWARDS
SETTLE THEIR ROW

Glenn Edwards, Tacoma drug
salesman arrested in st. Louis last
September and brought to Tacoma
to face larceny charge after he
had disappeared with the wife of
e. T. Bates a few days after her
divorce, will never be prosecuted.
Nor will Bates, Tacoma cloth
ing merchant, be prosecuted for
an alleged brutal assault on his
former friend Edwards, in which,
1t was alleged, q gun was display
ed, while Edwards was out on bail
after his return.
Nor will damage suit against
Bates, said to have been contem-
plated by Edwards as the result
of the alleged assault, be pushed.
Call Off Differences
Before Edwards ran away with
Bates pretty divorced wife they
had been good friends.
Now each has decided to call off
the whole affair.
They have settled all their DIFF
ferences out Of court and have
reached a truce, It was learned
Friday at the prosecuting attor-
ney's office.
After the truce had been made,
Bates and Edwards each called up
the prosecuting attorneys office
and asked that the criminal case
against the other might be dis
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney
6elden. according to his statement
today, decided to let bygones be
bygones. ana elfho he had travel
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24

ed to st. Louis to bring Edwards
home, he dismissed both cases.
Couple Reunited
At the time of his arrest Ed
wards was found in the same st.
Louis hotel occupied by the for
mer Mrs. Bates. It developed
that just before her divorce was
granted she had run up bills
amounting to about 500 In Ia
coma stores in Bates name and
had taken money from his safe
deposit vault. Included in the
bills was one for four pairs of
shoes at $40 each.
Bates has made good all these
bills, 1t was learned Friday. When
last heard from, Mrs. Bates was
in Bellingham.
1t was also said that Edwards
has gone home and has been for
given by Mrs. Edwards and that
they are living happily ever aft
erward."
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24
FOOD RIOTS IN
CHICAGO CARS

CHICAGO, Nov 24.-Fifteen
hundred carloads OF vegetables
the majority of them held for
sp'sculation-are rotting in Chica-
go railroad yards. Samuel Living
ston, chief of the federal food in
spection department, declared to-
day.
He said steps would be taken to
force their immediate marketing.
Livingston explained that most
Of the food thus spelling is con-
signed by shippers to themselves,
in the hope Of obtaining q market
after the foodstuffs reach this
city.
He declared the food adminis-
tration will curb this
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-11-24
SEATTLE
SHERIFF
MAY ACT

SEATTLE, Nov. 24.-Sentiment
Of Seattle citizens demanding that
immediate steps be taken to re-
move the stigma placed upon the
city by Mai. Gen. Green's order
forb.ddtng officers and men Of
Camp Lewis to visit here, grow
Friday afternoon when the minute
men of Seattle, with a membership,
of 5000, announced that mass
meeting would be called for next
week, at which definite plans to
clear the city's name will be form
ulated.
o. l.. Willett, chairman OF the
executive committee of the min-
ute men, declared that only two
courses appeared open: The im-
parchment and removal of Mayor
Gill by the council, or the county
commissioners authorizing Sheriff
Stringer to swear In sufficient
number Of deputies to clean IN
the city.
Women Demand Action.
Clergymen and women OF the.
city are insistent for Immediate
action and have completed plans
for a parade to be held following
the mass meeting.
A meeting of the vigilance COM
mittee was held at noon Saturday.