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Rock Island Argus., 1917-07-25

easy living had grayed and far1ane13
what had once been a measure OF good
looks was hidden now behind 1abby.
indefinite uedi0cr5ty which an unusual
carefu.uess In dress could not Disguise
HIS wife was Of q totally different
stamp. showing evidence ot unusual
force. Her thin lips. her cleau-cut nose
betoEened purpose q pair 5f alert, M
pleasant eyes spoke Of a mental acrlv-
lty that was entirely lacking IN her
mate, and she was generally rscog-
D1zed as the source Of what little
prominence he had attained
Yes. we're going 70 make change" !"
she repeated 'I'm glad too, for I'm
tired Of housew0rk."
"You don't have to DO youE oTn
work. There's L0raIei TO help"
"shess too pretty said the mother.
srgou don't realize Its gone OF us do.
hut-sbe's beautiful Where she gets
her good looks from 7 don't know
WHAT'S the difference Tt won't
hurt her to wash dishes she wouldn't
have to keep it up forever anyhow
she can have any fellow ia the county.
Mrs. knight began slowly, musluglys
sTau need some plain talk Peter
don't offe1 tell you just what i think
bat Tm going 10 now. You're past
df-ys you've spent twenty years put
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an Pr No. A94 KICK 19-a t'a9 w @4 poor
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Bother the salary. LE VIII @eep Us
going IS long as necessary
"EhE 1lr- Knight looked blank.
I'm thinking OF Lore.el. she's go
ing TO E..e US our lL13 nee
Loretei
Eyes You wonder why I've never
let her spoil her hands-way I've
and TAUGHT Ter to take care of her
aeure. and made her 70 out with ~ouae
peorIe. Well. 7 knew what I was do
fre. All was na~t Of her schooling. She's
old enough now. and she has every
thing that any girl ever had. so far as
looks SO. She's going to do FOR AS
what rou never have been and never
zzil he able to do. Peter knight. She's
going TO make us rich. But she can't
do II In vaIe@
MAS right" declared James New
York.s the place for pretty women the
town is full Of them-'
IF it's fun Of pretty women. what
chance has aEa gofs" rf4prta7 Peter
Rock Island Argus., 1917-07-25

Continued Next Saturday.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-14
Belqians Forced to Shield
Advancing Hordes Of Huns
From Bullets of Defenders
Brand Whitlock, American
Minister to Belgium, in
Report to U. S. Lays Bare
Atrocities Committed by
Ravaging Germans.

Washington, Dec. I3.--Brand Whit
lock, American minister to Belgium, is
on official record charging the Germans
with the crimes of massacring civilians,
using non combatant natives as shields
for their advancing troops, and dcport
ing thousands of Belgians into virtual
slavery in Germany.
His reports to that effect. made while
he was still at Brussels, are on file in
the archives of the state department.
They add the last testimony-if proof
were needed-that all Of the atrocities
charged up to the Huns are based upon
hideous facts and not merely upon the
inflamed imagination of hostile popu-
lations.
Whitlock. in his capacity as diplo-
mat of power still at that time at
peace with Germany, reported facts to
his superior officers. They did not want
propaganda stories either for or against
anyone. Washington wanted to know
what was going on in Belgium.
Whitlock reported the news with
as much accuracy as it was possible
for him to get it, And he got it first
hand because the American legation
the victims of the Huns passed.
For a long time Whitlock's reports
have been locked up. Now they are
released. forming part Of g4-page
book on German War Practices" is
sued by George Creels committee on
public information, and edited by Pro
fessOr W. c. Munroe Of Princeton uni
versity.
Whitlock's first dispatches regarding
the crnelties of the Germans were sent
in 1914 when the kaiser's legons We're
spreading death and terror before
them:
Summary Executions.
Summary executions took place at
Dinant." he wrote. without the least
semblance of judgment. The names
and number of the victims are. not
known, but they must be numerous
Among the persons who were shot are
NJ. DEFOIN, mayor of Dinant; SAS-
SERATH, first alderman; WINNER
aged 20; consul for the Argentine re-
public, VICTOR PONCELOT, who
was executed in the presence of his
wife and seven children; GUSTANt
and LEON NICAlSE, two very old
men.
JULES MONIN and others were shot
in the cellar Of their brewery; CA
MILE PISTTli and his son, aged II;
PHlLLIPART PlEDFORT. his WIFE
and DAUGHTER: MISS MARSIGNY
So During the exc cuAion.-of about
forty inhabitants Of Dinant, the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-14

Germans placed before the con-
demned their wives and children.
It is thus that Madame Ain, who
had just given birth to a child
on mattress by German soldiers to
witness the execution of her hus-
band; her cries and supplications
were SO pressing that her hus-
bands life was spared.
On the 26th day Of August German
soldiers entered various streets of Lou
vain and ordered the inhabitants of
the houses to proceed to the Place lie
la Station, where the bodies Of nearly
a dozen assassinated persons were ly
ing.
'Women and children had to witness
the execution Of many of their fellow
citizens who We're for the most epart
shot at the side of the square. The
women and children, after having re-
manned on the square for more than
Il hours, We're allowed to depart.
"Three Gardes Civiques of Louvain
were taken prisoners and sent to Ger
many to the camp of Muenster. where
they We're held for several weeks.
zone of the most sorely tried COM
munities was that of the little village
of Tamines down in what is known as
the Rorinage, the coal fields of Charlie
roi.
''Tamines is n mining village, a coll
lection of small cottages sheltering
about 5000 inhabitants. mostly all poor
laborers. The little graveyard, in
which the church stands, bears its
mute testimony to the horror of the
event. There are hundreds of new
| hhsde graves, eac4f-with its small wood
en- cross and its bit of flowers; the
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-14
Civilians Massacred Without
Reason; Children Slain
Numerically While Held
in Mothers Arms; Horror
Piled on Horror.

crosses are so closely huddled that
them They are alike and all bear the
same date, THE SINISTER DATE OF
AUGUST %, 1914.
"6vt whether their hands were
cut off or not, whether they were
impaled on bayonets or not. chill
order in cold blood. In the awful
crime Of the Rock Of eayard, there
overlooking the Mouse below Oi.
nant, infants in their mothers arms
were shot down without mercy.
The deed, never surpassed in cru
city by any band of savages. is de-
scribed by the bishop of Namur HIM
self
Surpassinq in Horror.
One scene surpasses in horror all
others: it is the fusillade of the Rock
Bayard near Dinant. 1t appears to
have been ordered by Colonel Meister.
This fusillade caused the death of
nearly 80 persons without distinction
Of age or sex. Among the victims were
babies in arms. boys and girls. faith
ers and mothers of families even old
men.
"lt was there that IL children
under the age Of six persisted from
the fire Of the executioners, six OF
them as they lay in their mothers
arms:
THE child Fievet, 8 weeks old.
Maurice 6etemps, II months
old.
NELLY PoIIet, II months old.
"Gilda lemon, IS months old.
"Gilda Marchot. 2 years old
"ciara struvay, 2 years and 6
months.
'The pile of bodies comprised also
many children from 8 to ii years
Eight large families have entirely dis.
appeared. Four have but one surviv-
or. Those men that escaped death
and many of whom We're riddled Will
bullets-were obliged to bury in sum
mary and hasty fashion their fathers
mothers. brothers or sisters: then aftel
having been relieved of their none,
and being placed in chains, they wer,
sent to CaSSel Prussia"
WhitlOck also touches upon the hor
rors at Lolvain. saying:
"On Thursday, August ~, order wa
given to the inhabitants to leave Lou
vain because the city was to he BON
barded. Old men, women. children tn
SICK. priests, nuns were driven on tn
roads like cattle. More than 10000 wer
driven as far as Tirlemont. IS kilome
ters from Louvain."
Our Belgian minister confirms tn
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-14

4
never pressed the point other than with
the burgomasters of the communes.
"Finaily, however, the military party,
always brutal, and with an astounding
ignorance Of public opinion and Of
moral sentiment, determined to put
these idle men to work.
General Won Kissing and the civil
portion Of his encourage had always
been and even now are opposed to this
policy and l think have sincerely done
what they could. first, to prevent its
adoption and. secondly. to tighten the
rigors of its application
With regard to the above by
Whitlock. the Germans had SOL
EMMY assured Cardinal MERCER
that young Belgian men need not
fear being forced into the German
army or being employed at forced
labors. This was in the autumn Of \
1914. All through 1918 there were
repeated cases where the military
forced worllmen to labor in various '
factories in Belgium. Later this
was followed by an order legalizina
this and in October. 1916, a brutal
order was promulgated which
piNtu Vie Way l'l itit itItflttlpll
In his report, Whitlock continues
Then in August Hindenburg was
appointed to the supreme command
He is said to have criticised Won Bis
sings policy as too mild: there was
a quarrel: Won Kissing Went to Berlin
to protest threatened to resign but
did not. He returned and a German
official here said that Belgium would
now be subjected to Il more terrible
regime WOULD LEARN WHAT
WAR WAS. THE PROPHECY HAS
BEEN INDICATED. Recently was
told that the drastic measures are
really Of Ludendroff's inspirations; I do
not know. Many German officers say
so.'
Nevertheless Kissing defended the
deportations. doing SO openly in a CON
versation with +. Q. Walcott an
American banker. who was working to
ameliorate conditions in Belgium and
| Poland,
Whitlock gives this picture Of the
actual Expectations:
They began in October at Ghent
| and at Rrnges. as my brief kilograms
Indicated. Tn. policy spread: the rich
/ '''fiS'iisti uiStiltlS Oh tialndHl, Tue
| mines ana steel works about charlero
| were next attacked. now they IN.
| Selling men In Brahant, even In Rrus-
| sells. despite some indications ana even
! predictions of the civil authorities that
the policy was about 10 be abandoned
During the last fortnight men hay,
| been impressed here ia Brussels. but
| their seizures here are made evidently
| with much greater care than in tn,
| provinces, with more regard for tn,
| appearances. There WAS no public an.
nounccmcnt of the intention to depor
| but suddenly about 10 DAYS ago certain
| men in towns. whose names are ON tn,
! list of chomcurs, received summon,
| Notifying them to report at given day
| penalties We're fined for failure to re.
Spond to the summons and there wa!
printed on the card an offer Of employ
| ment by the German government 9th.
cr in Germany or in Belgium ON tn,
iirSt day of about 500 men ordered t,
present themselves to the Care ,u Mid
about 100 responded These were ak
ahmed by German physicians ana so
! We're taken. There WAS no disorder
large force Of mounted hlans keep
ing back the crowds and barring I'd
Continued on Page Seyen)
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-14
MISSOuLA BOYS
TO Be SHIFTED
Second Draft Contingent
Due for Transfer; Place
Not known.

Camp Lewis, Wash.-Correspon
enec.-The men of Missoua county's
second draft contingent are about TO
leave the cantonment for--.some-
where"
The entire depot brigade. to which
the men of the second contingent arc
attached, is to be broken up and seat
tered 70 the -four Winds. Some of the
men Will he used to fill vacancies ii
the permanent regiments Of the GlSt
division, tn" others yyill be trans
ttrrod 70 other camps
Living IN Real Luxury.
Meanwhile al hands are living in
luxury The company in which the
Missoula mon belong has Il mess fund
of about $60U This fund must be
used up, or another company viii get
!; when the dispersal comes So the
cooks are buying the finest foods and
the men are getting fat and cheerful
For this reason the MssoltIiaus are
inclined to consider the transfer a
great streak of luck Some of them
remarked that ii transfer was such
y H'iliVluS W Tue COON as Ia cause nm
to place three kinds of meat on the
table for a single meal they preferred
transfers above all things.
I'M bc glad to so anyhow" said one
select. I've only seen the sun through
IN" fog thrc" times since Eve been
here. I'm beginning 10 lose my eve
slshi Like 4 fish IN a ravo spring"
Free mail sent ont ~ con srcesln. II
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-14
OBITUARY

The funeral Of Murdock Mcdonald,
who died yesterday at his home, 526
West Spruce street. will be held Sat-
urday afternoon at . o'clock at the
Marsh chapel. Rev. J. N. Maclean.
d. D.. will conduct the service and
lnterment will be in Missoula ceme-
terry. Mr.. Mcdonald was 81 years old
and had been i'll for many months with
Brights disease. He had lived in
Missoula county for the past II years.
He is survived by his wife. by four
Donald of Butte. and William Nc
Donald of superior: as wei as by two
daughters. Mrs Dan Hunt OF Dietrich,
Idaho, and Mrs. W. p. Brennan Of
this city.
REQUIEM mass will be said at the
Church Of st. Francis Xavier. Satur-
Gay morning AT O'Clock. for the fun
cral Of FeliN t. Sterncbcrg. eieht-year-
old son of MIR. ana Mrs r. r. Sterne-
berg, The boy died yesterday morn
ing. after q short illness With pneu-
monia. at the Sternehorg home, 425
West Cedar street. Interment viii be
Ill st. MarA's cemetery
The remains of Edward Blonger.
IN. who died Tuesday morning in
liutte, Will arrive in Missoula Satur
day morning and be taken at once to
the EMS temple. The body will lie
IN state until 30 o'clock. when the
funeral will be held At the same place,
ntermeut Mill be in Missoula Gene
terry, by the side Of the young mans
mother. who VAS buried in 1897. \
sister Is expected to arrive from Cali
tornla 10 attend the funeral service.
The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-12-14

Continued on Page Seyen.)
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
ECONOMY POINTS.
Simple Ways Of Doing Common Thinos
Best.

Simple Ways Of Doing Common Thinos
Best.
A satisfactory way Of fixing hangers
to light weight dresses or blouses is to
crochet them, on. Insert the crochet
hook into the cloth ON the inner seam
Of the sleeve and make a chain stitch
of the desired length, then fasten like
loop.
Children's sleeves often have to be
heightened, and the best way to pro-
vide for this is in the cuffs. Cut the
cuffs about one-third wider than want
ed, then stitch one side to the sleeve
and sew sleeve and cuff seam together
before sewing the other side of cuff to
sleeve. Turn sleeve wrong side out
and turn the extra width of the cuff in
and whip to sleeve. When the sleeve
is to be heightened it is an easy matter
to take out the whipping stitches, let
down the cuff and whip it into place
again.
When sewing on hooks and eyes pin
a tape measure where the hooks are to
60 and sew the hooks an inch apart.
linen PIN the tape measure on the Op-
posite side and sew on the eyes. You
will find that in this manner you can
do the work much quicker and it is less
wearisome than measuring each one.
Gathering or shirring by hand is to-
dious, and the work can be done with
more ease on the sewing machine
Simply lengthen the stitch and hold
the top thread between thumb and
forefnger and sew as usual. The tight
ness Of the top thread will gauge the
fullness of your gathers.
From your old blankets you may be
able to cut enough to make a baby
blanket. Bind the edges with white
satin feather stitched in place and If
the blanket warrants it embroider a
dainty wreath with baby's initial in
the center.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
Natures Explosion.

Nature IS responsible for the Creates
explosion in the worlds history. 1t
blew the island of krakatoa to smith
Greens, blOtting out every trace Of a
town of 10000 people. 1t was caused
by the floor Of the sea cracking and
letting in the water upon the interior
fires of Volcano.
The fine ashes were so thick that it
was necessary to burn lamps all day In
places 600 miles away. These ashes
We're proved to have been carried COM
pletely round the world three times. 1t
affected the sunsets Of England for
three years. giving them exceptional
brilliancy. The city Of Anger now lies
a hundred feet below the sea.-London
Mail
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
ABOUT SILH0UETTES.
How to Make Them Of All Your Owr
Family,

How to Make Them Of All Your Own
Family.
Almost every boy and girl some day
will look through mothers old album
or treasure box. When your turn comes
try to find some silhouettes Of Aunt
Jemima or Uncle Silas. Wouldn't you
like to make some of your own imme-
date family?
Nowadays, when cameras are easy
to borrow II you do not own one your
self, It Is q simple matter to make q
silhouette. Select a room in your home
that has plenty Of sun In the morning.
Open one window, pin a sheet over it,
then shut out all light which comes
from any other source but that window.
Your model must be posed before the
sheet draped window so that his profile
lie shown up clearly. 1t is a good plan
to put some object before him that
shows his character. If he has q pet
dog let Rover pose with him, IL sister
is an artist put her easel in position
before her, and If gyandma loves her
flowers place a pOtted plant on the
table which she faces.
In exposing the plate use only short
exposure. The result will be very
much like a negative. The outlines
will show up clearly enough in the
manner Of a silhouette, but no details
will show. Everything will be solid
white or black.
Mount the silhouettes on long strip
Of white cardboard, frame the whole
in a narrow black frame and be sure
the family will treasure their modern
silhouettes. from the negative Of which
any number of copies can be made.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
MONEY IN CHEESE,
Annual Report of Satsop Cheese Fac,
tory Shows Splendid Financial
Results.-Farmers Get Money.

That this country is particularly
we'll adapted to dairying is shown by
the annual report of w. E. Johnson,
secretary of the Satsop cheese fac
tory. According to the report for
the year ending May l, the plant
manufactured and sold cheese worth
$49,35O.S7, most of which was dis,
tributed among the farmers in the
vicinity.
The factory during the year re-
ceived 2,529,611 pounds of milk which
contained 9S,S64 pounds of butterfat.
The cheese brought an average
price of II cents pound. The
ranchers received an average of 1885
cents per pound for their butterfat.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
Beauty Ainta.

When the eyes are very tired battle
them with hot water and drop a few
drops of diluted boracic acid in the
eyes with an eye drOpper. Use ten or
fifteen drops Of the acid to one ounce
Of distilled water.
The habit Of raising the brows con-
tinually will also tend to produce wrin-
kles, more quickly than the passing
years. Before combing your hair place
long, narrow strips Of court plaster
just above the center Of the eyebrows
and reaching halfway to the hair line
Every time you raise your brows this
will he silent reminder, and soon you
will learn to know when you use those
muscles that you know work uncon-
sciously. and this will soon break you
Of the habit Wear the plasters when
ever you can until broken of the habit.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
j. !. + i. + + !. !. i. \ 1. i. i. i. t. !. !. 4.

. = = = = = y y = = = = = y = = =
*HoW T Your r1 cza JoR
+ GOOD DRIVING. - Here
!. is list of the things which need
X to be done to prepare your car
\ for good driving:
+ First.-Fill the radiator with
+ water. See that the gasoline
X tank contains sufficient guam
i. tity of gasoline and that there is
4 plenty Of oil in the. crank case.
1. Second. Take your storage
+ batteries down and have them.
!. tested.
+ Notwithstanding that the tires
+ were taken Off when the car was
+ stored and put in warm place,
i. they should be looked over for
+ weak spots and properly inflated.
i. FOurth-Scrape the rims and
r. paint them with shellac and fake
+ graphite.
+ Fifth.-Start your motor and
+ drain out the old oil. Put kero-
+ -sene in the crank case and run
i. the motor so as to pump it thor
i. oughly through the oiling sys-
i. TEN. Then draw it out and fill it
i. up with fresh oil.
+ Sixth. - Remove the carbon
+ from the engine. -
+ Seventh.-Grind the valves.
+ Eighth. - Adjust the valves,
i. brakes and bearings.
+ Ninth.-Oil the gear shifting
+ mechanism, clutch and brake
+ mechanism and all clevis pins.
+ Tenth.-Inspect oil pump and
+ fittings for possible leak.
+ Eleventh.-Clean out and flll
+ all grease cups with good grade
+ Of medium weight grease.
+ Twelfth.-For the next week
+ put three tablespoonful Of kero-
+ sene in each cylinder to cut the
f. carbon. Let 1t stand overnight.
+ Thirteenth.-Clean differential
+ and oil universals and gear sets.
+ Fourteenth.-Look 1t all over
1. again.
+ In word, go over every part
+ Of the mechanism, cleaning, OIL
+ ing and tightening loose parts.
+ Don't take anything for granted.
+ Above all things do not NEEDLE
+ with the carburetor. When 1t
+ leaves the factory 1t is properly
+ adjusted. Ninety per cent of all
+ motorcar trouble is with the ig-
+ milton.
4.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
Fats of Memory.

Wonderful feats of memory have
been performed by men of no learning.
Jedediah Buxton. an illiterate peasant,
could tramp over piece of ground
and tell it's contents in square feet or
inches as accurately as if he had meas
ured it with chain. Being asked
suddenly in a field how many cubical
eighths of an inch there are in tri-
angular body whose three sides are re-
spectively 23,145.7S9 yards, 5,642, 73S
yards and 54,965 yards. he gave the
exact solution within an hour or so.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
Polite learnino,

When by the help of study a suffi-
cient stock of solid learning is acquired
the next business is to consider how to
make use of it to the best advantage.
There is nothing more necessary to
this than good sense and polite learn
ing, for as man may have the first
without the latter so it's possible one
may have the latter and yet be rathe;
least to others if not to himself. 4
plain unlettered man is always more
agreeable company than d iooi in sev
eral languages. Join Hug hes.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-22
How to Bring Death to the Spider That
Infcsts the Cellar.

Take a small common kerosene lamp
and light it and late in the afternoon or
early in the evening look over the cor
ners and places where spiders are COM
monty found and when one is seen hold
the lamp chimney directly beneath it
and it will fall at once into the chin
ney and he instantly destroyed. 1t is
not difficult in this way to destroy all
the spiders in the house in a few even
ing them down and staining the walls
or carpet. Early in the evening is the
best time.