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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06

most dangerous post, and handling the
reserve cars for wounded in the TOWN
itself The whole world is passing
here-French, Americans; living
wounded and dying.
"A long, heavily arched corridor,
with stone steps leading down to 1t;
two compartments off to one SIDE,
lined with wine bins, where our re-
serve men and a few French brancar-
diers (stretcher bearers) are lying on
their stained stretchers, some snoring;
beyond, a door that leads TO little
sick ward-the most pathetic little
room l have ever seen-with four
beds OF different sizes and kinds OF
one side, and six on the other, taken,
evidently, from the ruined houses
near by; and one tired infirmier (hos-
pital attendant) to tend and soothe
the wounded and dying.
I'm the bed nearest the door a
French priest, shot through the lungs,
with pneumonia setting in, his black
beard pointing straight up, whispering
for water.
Next to him a little German lad,
hardly nineteen, and small, with about
six hours to live, calling
screaming-for his mother, and then
for water.
Next to him a French captain of
infantry, his arm off at the shoulder
and his head wounded-weak, dying,
but smiling.
and next to him a tirailleur (infan-
tryman) in delirium calling on his col
onel to charge the Germans.
1.-THE infirmier is going from one to
the other, soothing and waiting on
each in turn. He asks me what the
German is saying, and tell him he is
calling for his mother.
"'Ah. this is a sad war; he says, as
he goes over to hold the poor lads
hand.
"A brancardier comes in with mes
sage: A blesse "a wounded MANI at
Belleville-very serious.
This is a reserve car CALL so one
slides out and is gone like a gray
ghost down the ruined street, making
all the speed its driver can-no easy
matter-with no lights. In twenty min
utes he is back. The brancardiers go
out. They come in again bearing the
wounded man on stretcher and place
IL on the floor One of them, who is
a priest. leans over him and asks his
name. and his town. On answer TO
the question what his wife's name is,
he whispers Alice while on the 9th
er side another brancardier is Sitting
the clothes from his body-and
shiver with the pity of it at the sight
I see.
"The sugreon comes out of his little
operating room Weary with the
nights tragic work-after so many
many other tragic nights-he douses
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
HOW S1Co,O00,000
FUND WILL BE SPENT
Red Cross Chairman Tells OF War
Relief Plans

The way in which the Red Cross
war council plans to expend the $780,.
100000 fund which is being raised was
explained by Henry p. Dawson, chair
man, in letter from him to the Red
Cross.
The purpose to use the bulk of the
fund in the purchase Of necessary
supplies was made clear In Mr.. Day.
ison's letter. He gave assurance that
'only small percentage OF each dol.
lar contributed would be required to
carry the relief to its destination"
because OF the volunteer character OF
the best American talent In medicine,
sanitation, transportation, construc-
ton welfare work, purchasing, COM
mercial business, accounting and along
other lines.
Base hospitals will continue to be
organized, to be turned over to the
army at once for service In France.
Units for military and naval mobiliza-
ton camps will be provided. Supplies
must be purchased. collected, trans.
ported and stored. Hospital ships are
to be bought. equipped and manned.
A sanitary engineering corps will be
formed. The extent OF all this prepa-
ration cannot now be estimated, Mr..
Dawson said, because no one knows
whether one or two million men are
to be sent forward.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06

ais head In . bucket of water. HW
turns to the wounded man, gently feels
his nose. lifts up his closed eyelids. and
ct his nod the stretcher Is again lifted
and the wounded man Is carried into
the operating room, and soon after
into the little room of SORROWS.
In answer to my eager question,
the surgeon shakes his head.
mot a chance
"A brancardier and gather the SOL
diers belongings from his clothes to
be sent to his wife, but even we have
to stop for a few minutes after we
see the photograph of his wife and
their two little children.
An hour later, as our nights work
Is Stacking up and several cars have
frmier comes In from the little room
and saV something to the brancar-
diers. Two of them get stretcher.
and In a moment the 'blesse from
Belleville' comes past us with a sheet
over him. They lay him down at the
other end of the room and another
brancardier begins rolling and tying
him in burlap for burial AS l look
he changes to a shapeless log. Then,
out to the dead wagon with II.
"Soon after, i go into the little ward
again to see how the others are com.
ing through the night, and am glad
to see them all quoted down. Even
the little German seems in less pain.
though his breathing still shakes the
heavy bed he lies on.
Through chink see that day is
beginning to break, and / hear the
chiefs car coming in from the sap,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
THE FOOL AND HIS CAR.

When read of the wrecking Of Motor
! feel
That the car that goes wrong, has a
fool at the wheel,
The amateur racer, the gultton for
speed;
Divorce from the car is the law that
they need
The fool and his car should be parted.
The driver who takes all the cross
ings on high
And never looks out whether trains
are near by,
Who runs down the Waterman and
smashes the gates,
And puts all his trust in the kindness
of fate
The fool and his car should be parted.
The Chauffeur who tears along
popular streets,
Who misses the trolleys by marvellous .
feats,
Who "burns up the road" and prefers
the wrong side,
And tells of the feats with voluble
pride
That fool and his car should be parted.
The driver who mixes his drinks with
his gas,
The Chauffeur who drives with his
arm round lass,
The fool who converses and turns
back his head
To hear what his friends in the ten
neau had said,
Such fools and their cars should be
parted.
The fool is a creature who never can
learn,
The fool very often 'has money to
burn,
And drivers who carry more dollars
than sense,
Just charge up their fines to running
expense
The fool and his car should be parted.
From Motor Life.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06

Rosetta o. Stedman to James r.
Mohler & w. Pei. Blk. 2, So. Haven
$1.00
Emma Tiggleman and husband to
Paul Deleye and wife. lot 8, Harrison's
addition, South Haven, $625.00.
Frederick Kimble and wife TO F. l..
Miller and wife, pei. Sec. II, Paw
Paw, 500.
Mary Serious Kimble to F. l.. Miller
and wife, pei blk. s, Dyckman & Wood
man ad., Paw Paw, $1.00.
Wilton Geer to Orlando A. Robbins,
pei. Sec. 4, Hamilton, $1.00.
Ray g. Bunnell and wife to Law
renee Cooperative Co., pei. blk. and
IA, Lawrence, s1.00
Eliza Hammond to Paul F. Richter
20 acres, Sec. II, Hartford, 100000.
Mary K. Eglin TO Samuel Martindale
lot sc, Morrison's ad, Bangor, $500.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
CIRCUIT COURT PROCEEDINGS.

New suits fled:--
George E. Davis VS. Mary Davis
Decree Of Divorce filed.
Simeon Wilcox VS.. Emma Wilcox
Bill for Divorce.
People VS.. ieorge Moore-Burglary
Maude Molch ,u;e VS.. Fred Kaslschke
-Capias
: ecrees fit
Eliza Hammond VS.. Emma Watson
ct al,-Decree reforming deed.
Gertrude R'nnk VS.. Charles l;enn-
10 Decree CT Oivcltc
Lrtile Dun'1 vs.. Sam c. DUN.
decree of Div ~.
n the case Xath-r'n, /; 'ney VS..
Fay Beach,-,he jury returned YER
dict in favor of the defendant.
Ar error was mada last week in re-
p-lting the cas-, Of Grand Junction
Telephone Company VS.. Alfred Ken-
nedy and Lena McGarry-The Court
directed verdict in favor of plain
tiffs, the Grand Junction Telephone
Company,-instead of defendants.
The Circuit Court adjourned last
week until Thursday the 9Th, of July,
as Judge Tucker had to hear some.
jury cases in his own Court.
There are still some Chancery cases
undisposed of, and either Judge Tuck
er or Judge DesVoignes will be here
on July 5th, to finish the business of
the term.
Austin d. Conway ct al VS.. Moody
Emerson ct al.-Bill to quiet title.
John Vickers ct AL VS.. Washington
/. Webster ct al.-Bill to quiet title.
In the matter of Ruten E. Pember.
ton Brown-Petition for discharge Of
mortgage filed.
Letha Combs VS.. Gale Combs-Bill
for divorce filed
No DEGREES filed
Florence r. Kinney VS.. Harry Kin
ney,-Bill for Divorce.
Walter Matson VS.. Sylvanus w.
Fisk,-Injunction.
Charles E. Johnson VS.. Elenora
Johnson,-Bill for Divorce.
Tillie Wilkinson VS.. Erwin d. Wiki
inson,-Bill for separate maintenance
Seeley G.. Sheldon & Irene Sheldon
VS.. Genius H. Engle, ct al.,-Bill to
quiet title.
Joseph ID. Soloman ct ux. VS. Frank
lie Burns,-Bill to quiet title and cor
rect deed.
Leonard l.. Conkey VS.. The Free
port Gas Machine Co,-Case.
John l.. Price VS.. Frank Schorr-
Case.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
VIVID DESCRIPTION
Of F!RST-AID WORK
BY RED CROSS MEN
IN American Pictures Scenes in
Subway Dressing Station
Near Trenches.
SURGEONS LABOR ENDLEsSLY
Captain, Priest, Private and German
Lad, All Dying, Get Tender Care
From overworked Hospital
and Ambulance Aids.

The work of the Red Cross surgeons
and stretcher bearers at the front In
France was never more wildly illus.
trated than In recent letter forward
ed to America. II was written by
Philip o. Mills to Mr.. Eliot Norton,
head of the Volunteer Motor Ambu-
lance corps which Mr.. Mills was serv-
Ing. The communication was private,
but was made public because Of the
clearness with which it sets forth the
scenes amid which the surgeons and
ambulance workers labor day after
day. The text follows:
Tonight l am sitting in a small uu-
foreground cellar Of a public building.
acting as a sort of ttmekeeper for the
cars (ambulances) going up to our
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
PROBATE COURT PROCEEDINGS

Czarina Mills, decd. Hearing on
petition to Probate Will adjourned.
Minnie Nesbitt, decd. Will and
petition to Probate Will filed. Hear
ing July 9th.
Warren Bennett, decd. Petition
to determine heirs. Hearing July 16
John Bennett, decd. Petition
to determine heirs. Hearing July 16.
Emma Penoyar, decd. Petition
to determine heirs. Hearing July 16.
Aaron Bennett, decd. Petition
to determine heirs. Hearing July 16.
Rolf F. Clover, decd. Will and
Petition to Probate Will filed. Hear
ing July 18th.
Irene j. Heath, decd. Final Ac-
count filed. Hearing July 10th.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06

and know that the nights work is
over"
This is not a sketch from the imagi-
nation of a novelist-it is the actual
occurrences of a night behind the
front where the French, the Belgians.
he British-and soon the Americans
lold at bay the German invader This
is the nightly work of the men who
,are for the wounded.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
Michiaan Ambulance Corps.

Twenty-seven ambulance companies
have been organized by the American
Red Cross in this country for service
on the European battlefelds. So far
Michigan is represented by four of
these units. The Michigan companies
are:
No. S-Detroit, DR.. Chas. Barton;
No. 11-Battle Creek, DR.. James T..
Case; No. 15-Grand Rapids, DR..
Thomas d. Gordon; No. 21-Flint, DR..
Walter III. Winchester.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to thank the friends and
who brought and sent
presents and flowers to our mother
on her 105th, birthday. She is very
grateful, and happy for the remem-
ORANGES.
The Bradley and Roberts families.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1917-07-06
VILLAGE TAXES DUE.

will be at the Paw Paw Savings
bank on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur'
day of each week for the collection OF
village taxes Taxes must be paid be-
fore August LIST.
f. DICKERHOOF,
Village Treasurer
81 If
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-03
MERCHANTS TO REDUCE
DELIVERY SERVICE
Adopt Resolutions 1 cooking to Cur
tailIncnt OF Number of Deliveries,
and to Effect Trade reforms.

Last night a meeting was held in
the hall of the John Marshall High
school under the auspices OF the Com
mercial Economy board of the con-
ference OF the national defense Reso-
lutions were submitted and adopted by
the Retail Merchants association OF
Richmond, Va. The object OF the
meeting was to bring about reforms
which would result in releasing men,
equipment and capital as they may be
needed by the United States govern
ment for the defense of the nation
during the war The resolutions
adopted provide that the number Of
package deliveries be reduced to one.
and in no event more than two day
on any one route, with the exception
OF Christmas, and during periods OF
stress that this association goes on
record as approving a charge for spec
Ia! deliveries, a special delivery TO be
defined as parcel ordered sent by a
specia! messenger by customer who
is unwilling to wait Tor the regular
delivery, but not including, however
so-ca!led specials caused through the
operations OF stores or alteration de-
partment. and also caused by errors
OF stores and employees. or deliveries
10 hotels, HOSPITALS and railway sta
lions The amount OF the charge TO
De decided by the local retail stores
or trade organizations; and based on
me exact or Approximate cost of hand
ing; that compliance with the re-
quest or the United States govern
ment as expressed by the Commercial
Economy board. m order that men and
equipment may be released for mill
tary service, this association recon-
mends that the limit for return OF
merchandise be for period of Ave
days. and that gifts Of all kinds such
as Xmas, wedding. ct. II returned
van be accepted only in exchange for
other merchandise and will not be
credited on the account of the person
receiving the gift. Gifts NAV be re-
turned for exchange at current prices
only; that in order that every resource
may be conserved, customers ordering
goods sent G. 0. D. re urged to ar
range to receive and to pay for the
same when delivery is made. A sec
ono delivery of the same package will
be considered special delivery and
will be charged for accordingly; that
IN order that any available persons
such as bookkeepers, collectors. etc.
may be released for government work.
the purchasing public is requested to
carefully observe and adhere 10 bs
terms Of credit agreed upon at the time
of the sale
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-03
DR.. CANNON DECLARES POLLARD CHARGES
(ccontinued from frst page,

the election of wet" officers. They pursue
actly the same tactics that they are pursuing in
Virginia declaring that prohibition is no longer
issue. assuming air of injured innocence de-
nouncing Anti-saloon League workers desiring
to perpetuate themselves in power. etc. The ad-
minstration OF Governor Patterson in Tennessee Is
example OF what happen when wet
Governor is elected in a dry" State and the first
Governor of Alabama after the prohibition law
entire administration.
WE DO NOT WANT SUCH CONDITIONS IN
VIRGINIA. MIR DAVIS MAY BE VERY RE-
SPECTACLE GENTLEMAN. But MR. DAVIS is
WET IN HIS CONVICTIONS. HE DECLARED
HIMSELF TO BE WET IN THE STATEWIDE
FIGHT. HE TRIED TO DEFEAT PROHIBITION
IN THE STATEWIDE FIGHT HE HAS FTAATLY
REFUSED TO DECLARE THAT HE FAvORS THE
PRINCIPLES OF THE MAPP LAW. HE HAS FLAT
LY REFUSED To DECLARE THAT HE WILL
COOPERATE TO STRENGTHEN THE PRINCI-
PILES OF THE MAPP LAW. HE HAS FI4ATLY RE-
FUSED TO AGREE THAT HE WILL SUPPORT
THE PROHIBITION CONSTITUTIONAL AMEND
MENT. HE is NOT THE RIGHT MAN TO BE
GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA AT THE PRESENT
TINE.
1t is clearly my duty If think there is danger
that Mr.. Davis may be elected to the Governorship
TO state that fear have right to state it as an
ihdlNioual, as much right as any other citizen of
Virginia. If believe that Mr. Davis may be elected
and hold my peace, shall be justly chargeabe for
the failure to the people Of the State
DO NOW WARN THE PEOPLE OF yIR-
GINA THAT THERE is DANGER THAT MR.
WEsTMORELAND DAVIS MAY BE ELECTED
GOVERNOR OF THE COMMONWEALTH
WARN THE PEOPLE THAT UNLESS THERE Is
CONCENTRATION ON ONE OR THE OTHER OF
THE DRY" CANDIDATES, MR. DAVIS MAY POS
sIBLY BE ELECTED. HAVE NOT PRESUMED
TO DICTATE TO ANYBODY HOW HE SHALL
VOTE.
That is not my responsibility, but have the right
as has any other citizen to state that in nv tuds-
ment the race today is between Mr.. Eyson and Mr.
Davis, and that the other of them will bA
nominated, have Just much right to saw tina,
any friend OF Mr.. Pollard has to saw that he he
lieves he will be nominated The fact that mako
the statement is not in any sense an ATTEMPT at
dctation, but It is effort meet nv responstbv
Having made that statement must leave Il 10 tba
people to decide what action they will take IN the
premises.
JAMES CANNON, JR
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-03
RICHMOND REGISTRAyTs
SHOW UP WE'LL PHYSICALLY

The second day of the examinations
before the exemption boards Of three
divisions of the city pointed conclusi-
vely to the fact that many more men
will be called to furnish te first quote
from Richmond for the new draft
army than was anticipated. To sur
prise of the members of the boards
seventy-f1ve per cent and more of
all men deemed physically At to serve
have filed claims for exemptions. the
vast majority OF which have all ap-
perances OF being valid at the pre-
cent rate II will be necessary to
call several thousand men in the city
to obtain the 7ss which must be fur
nished.
In addition to the large number Of
exemptions. of the total registrants
who have appeared for examination,
reports OF the boards show that on an
are accepted by the examining physi-
clans. Those rejected. however, will
be required to submit to a second
examination and It Is probable that
many Of them will be declared ac-
ceptable at that time. About Ave per
cent OF the men called did not report
for examination. but they will be given
until the boards have completed their
work to do So II they have not
appeared then. they become automati-
cally drafted.
At the offices Of the boards yester-
day. men who desired to make claims
for exemption were allowed to do so
Immediately after they were examin-
ed and passed. Many trivial claims
were stated, but the members of the
boards made 1t rule not to regard
them. and unless they were OF such
a nature that appeared reasonable to
the board the man was told that he
could not file a claim. As an ex-
ample of the trivial claims put forth,
II was stated at one Of the offlces
that a registrant who had been &C
copied announced that he wished to
ing asked what grounds he based his
claim, he stated that he had parents
who were partially dependent on him.
He was asked to what extent were
they dependent. and It 10 said that he
answered to the effect that he con-
tributed 50 monthly to their support.
Such claim the board dismissed
without consideration.
Realizing that the many claims for
exemption that are being filed call
for a uniform method of handling
when they are appealed from the d.
vision boards. Governor Stuart has
decided to call a meeting of the two
district boards OF the state when thess
matters will be discussed and a basis
arrived at for deciding claims on APP
peal. The district boards will handle
appeals from the local boards, and
exercise original Jurisdiction in cases
where claimants sock exemption from
military duty on account OF occupa-
ton.
The time and place Of the meet.
Ing OF the district boards will be an
nounced today. Immediately. the gov.
arnor, who p ct his home In Russell
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-03

800 .AAlA h tnaay- s>cs4ens by
0oooa. boys Of the class OF 1919
~ now been replaced by vet
hAettly shifted to Flanders from
0ents In = desperate effort to
the allied tide--the tide which
oeems TO be starting to its nood
~and Il IN these seasoned SOL
who can III be spared. that are
43Ag up their lives In futile coun-
snktaoks-
n Ivy actions have been fought not
- the Ypres-Roulers railway sec
but around Fresenburg and st.
~ - we'll The latter town was
M9Astfy abandoned by the British
SAFoer TO straighten their line and
~ eeen under 4 heavy artillery Are
Since. the Germans being unable
Ii oocOpy IL.
ADerscsn Fliers Busy.
8r4ftsh Officers declare the attack
H34nders . complete success so far
N04 the infantry Is preparing for an
Der rush to push forward its front
wore ostend and Zeebruggs princi-
- German submarine bases, allied
s9!ytaters are carrying on an almost
Nooseant bomba rdrent of those places
~ ton OF explosives was dropped into
sogea the German C-boat station
lttty miles up a deep water canal
1eom xeebrugge. by an American avia-
-. Sergeant A. J. Drexel, of the La
X4yettA escadrtlle. Other American
4e4r1, including Lieutenant Thaw.
captain Thenault, Lieutenant Lufher- .
~ And Sergeants Parker and Wills
ueW 20 miles hehing the German lines
without sighting a German aeroplanc. .
Meanwhile hghting on both the Aisne
80 verdun fronts-mostiy Of an ar
41lery character. continued The
xSench are not allowing any German
NtthdrAwal from other parts of the (
front TO bolster the armies staggering
ualer allied blows in Flanders
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-03

just such cases ~ hers. She will be
made we'll again. And then she II
still the property Of the soldiers
That was the last knew OF Man
va Other women were taken. They
were given special care-even airings
at certain times in the street.
Then the villagers. When the Ger
mans came they took first of all the
seed stun. reselling 1t to the owners
at twenty-five marks a measure. A
measure was very little, nothing for
planting. really, so they hal to buy
mbore horse could be rented for
two marks day.
Then. when these poor. starving
folk had worked and swcated through
the cultivating time. some OF them
diving, they were forbidden. under
penalty of death, to harvest tho crops
for themselves. That IS German kul-
tur.
II heard the other day that the
Germans are sending their prisoners
to Poland now. which means that
they are going there to die. For there
is nothing in Poland