Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-10-04
What Is Going On !.
In Germany
Az Told by the Newspapers we
Get from the Teutonic E"pn@
and Neutral Nations.

and Neutral Nations.
WIFE IS BLAMED FOR
SOLDIERS SUICIDE.
The following, says the Berlin Post,
Is M hero story, no tale OF hlsh
| nbiva1 rv or humor, but "the plain mar,
,at;ve of an episode such as shoulo
furnish a valuable lesson TO many " !.
family having relatives at Inc Irone.
"Private Writ was the IaV9 T 20 y
n,nnths his irrepressible humor had
kent us all alive when we should nave
heen dead either of sickness. wounds
or the general effects of misery:
"a Law came, however, When ne was
+,a nsformed. He sat with troubled
men wiping the perspiration from ms
brow, and then. with an expression
| like that of one in a trance, snouloel-
ed his rifle to take up his post on re-
feeling for something in his ereast
nocket, deliberately u toward the
enemy lines-and in another m
he fell shot through the head.
"Many q fist was clenched and rals-
cd in the direction of the English
but they, after all, should not be d.
rectly blamed for Writes death. mo
real culprit was his wife, whose let
ter we subsequently found IN MS
breast pocket. CO..
was insulted ESQ this miserable female
wrote) by the officials at the food
depot; she could obtain no coal, even
after hours of waiting; she was SO
frightfully emaciated that her husband
would not recognize her; she was
short Of money and of food; n SO
forth. 49,.
"His wife had murdered him. Will
l this be a lesson to the thousands OF
other involuntary murderesses at
womanhood?"
NO FUN EATING GERMAN
WAR JAM.
Now and then a German newspaper
finds enough courage to protest
against the food supplied by the gov
eminent. One of these, by a Berlin
paper, reads:
Perhaps the most Internal mixture
of all is the wal jam. The gods Of
Hellas alone know what are the filthy
ingredients Of this stuff. Perhaps
after the war some author may COM
pose a comedy on this war jam; for
the present 1t remains a tragedy. What
renders the affair the more hateful is
the circumstance that this vile concoc-
ton Is actually made up under the i'm
mediate supervision of government Of
ficials.
ut is a pity that the authorities who
are responsible for this war jam,
which is intended as a substitute for
butter, do not also supply the people
who consume it with enamelled stom-
achs. The natural article will, we
fear, be unable to tolerate another
war-jam winter. We have but very
little to eat as it is; the least we can
expect is that this little be not
rendered. quite unfit for human con-
sumption. Now that we are on the
threshold of the fourth war year this
horrible game should be stopped"
WIFE is BLAMED
FOR SOLDIERS SUICIDE,
The following. says the Berlin Post,
Is no hero story. no tale of high
chivalry or hunhor, but 1.-THE plain mar
rative of an episode such as should
furnish a valuable lesson to many a
family having relatives at the 'front.'"
Private Writ vas the favorite Of
officers and soldiers alike. For IS
months his irrepressible humor had
kept us all alive when we should have
been dead either of sickness, wounds,
or the general effects Of misery.
"A day came, however, when he
was transformed. He sat with trou-
bled mien wiping the pe%rspiration
from his brow. and then, with an ex-
preston like that of one in a trance,
shouldered his rife to take up his post
on relief duty. Then we saw him, aft
er feeling for something in his breast
pocket, deliberately run toward the
enemy lines-and in another moment
he fell shot through the head.
Many q fist was clenched and rails
ed in the direction of the English
but they, after all, should no be di-
rectly blamed for Writes death. The
real culprit was his wife, whose let
ter we subsequently found in his
breast pocket.
1T was the usual jeremiad. She
was insulted ESQ his miserable fe-
male wrote) by the officials at the
food depot; she could obtain no coal.
even after hours of waiting; she was
so frightfully emaciated that her nus
band would not recognize her: she
was short of money and Of food; and
SO forth.
His wife had murdered him, Will
this be a lesson to the thousands of
other involuntary murderesses at
home who disgrace their German
womanhood?"
NO FUN EATING
GERMAN WAR JAM.
Now and then a German newsna nor
mas enough courage to protest