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Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01
SefaleS.

SRI. Sofa Gnitrup lit uotl iehs'
m6tcutIidlem @ersuciIcr bei 9e: tia'
milien ih~er Sruber in 6recbura ant
RunIaa beimQctshrt.
-Tr. g &. Sieiemsucr leiitetc
an 9puuerlton eiucm Srartenru'C
BON 4puruis Will 6pIac.
-Sainirtb Nuauit Aremer mndl'
tc nit (crra Srnrt GcrbuyIt ou' Der
0crrr 9picpb Goitrop gehorl9cr
.5rud" bic lnr lbI&uu Der 1npitoI
Brcmhio 80. Nicr hpltc circu Nb'
FEEDER uadI 0ciltrion Gitp
Z ienStno ten s. i1cbrunv wirb
in 6ult bic 1rnuun9 uun 6rnu Nnrn
Shncibcr (acb Wtltcnl nit Suhu Y.
speroebnuicn upu Wcta Iiattllnbcn.
VIM IicnS,aa ma" Ceyr Npicpb
@iIpe Upn 6rccburA oud elnIac
Stunoen bier.
per- Nilbelm Gnitrop uUn 6rcc
bura bcindite an Muutaa uno 2irns.
toa bic Muttcr uno 'Seihmillcrn oa'
bier.
-9Im SpnntnR bcianSsu lid Nerr
1oe &e:m"illcu uuo 6rl. Entic ftdl
tel ouH 6recburQ. bicc out Seruano
ten Beiudl.
-Nei 6crr unb ,1rau Nernarb
Shluctcr III 6rccbuva ijrb bodlerircut
uber bic Nnturit cincS Z ottcrthCus.
8ratuIisren
-6phw. i. ". 9ieScnbrod bent
Serrn SCrmdun i,pcr ale 2uhrmdnu
bicntc, iottctc ON 2pnncys.na bcri
hohu. Woter &iharB In 6ulr circu
&Iub al.
--9m Slaricn &,Oipital su St,
Souls iiagb am Samstoe auispb, osr
ttwa 80 1ohre atte Spbn oes Qr
4itiers Soisph gil0es oil bet NuS'
tebrun0. tic pcidle unrse an'
2icustaa ani benz tntt tSoisssader
Al gppie Greet beesosat.
--am sonntas absub suitae i'd
biee Elm Bemitieg nit leidbten Teaen
Der .plissorb4 aber bem ols 3olaC
oieies elc.triihcn Sturmes manhes
fr:partet. bl,e6 cus. Sc fpirtt bieien,
pieber hcitsrcs. warmts Netisr.
--Tos luiiioe G'nar in bieiem sIob'
&c auh wahridleinlih bas leete sor
Chern 49, parbe aE Spnntae annl
eriteu Rale ale aanoibateu fur Den
Ghei,onb perllnbet. % maren 6err
Sernnro shaatpcdse 3r, anb Jrl.
Clara Suer.
-Tr. &. O. gcllmann seiat hiermi:
ON bas CT an ben Tateu Z }. 4. une
5. ;yebruar iih In Hc,Iphalia feuies
sabndrstliden Yroris miomeu ,iutrh,
Rau peraeiie bisie Toten midi.
Orr SoLn I. St,mit uon 2opiC
Greet Der nit bcr 2ante 0ittre Saul
Seutocn urb bcren Sh,uieacriphn
Serrn anauit Snslaa bier mn Mun'
tao bes gruber Serru Suirph y.
smmit unb @uttin beiud,te, ersdhi'
te uns untrr anberem bab cine irincr
O0burr upn sewbhrlidher @niie une
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01
8rinffpiuH.

Ilniere perihiebeue SpboIitdten ber
gemeinbs hattsn ihre idbriihe Ser
iomml1raen bic iolaenben Seonite
purben aewdhIt. Ter St. Spieph's
R6nner,Serein 6err 5ris 2uebbert
grdHbent aaspar 8intelninnn Sise'
erdfbent unb Sobn @in,slmnnn Ss.
iretdr. 2er e. Hnna iraueu Sereiu
drnu Rarinp sinrsHn 1rdiioem 5ral
Raanreiba Bauer Si3etRrdhbeni uno
5rau ERinn Srune sasst6r. Ter
St. Slorriiins hnalins .Serein
Dermnnn Bauer 3r1Hyeut, abam
8;une gise.SrdFoent uub 9nIentin
Sefer Setretdr. Ter unbeiledte Gm,
ufdnauis Suuafr,uen.Sersin RUia
Snuer Rrdfbsut 9issie 9iifus Siss.
SrdiIbent un0 Gertru6e Rontaau
Setrrtdr.
nniere Semeinoe III iest ShulteH'
irei uEb ne habsu stuas uber $500
in bic Sani.
5m lestem Slhre hdtten uir L.
}nLFsu 3 6otieitsu unb 3 Feardbs
Mite wooUn jTei Grtpatieue uao Elm
ainb.
(ie dnE;ilie Rnrl TCite ppu Sitr
ra :unreu SonEtne sier bei @erpoHe.
ten aui Reiut,.
Tie eerreu dris uu6 Scu Wclies
BON aoclet2wn warcH hicr 'o,aeu
6eidGiie tseie @ptc.
frau Gncilia 0ampbe.t uuo SuhH.
ter Mart ur6 frl, luIia Sicsn'auH
hno Icttc S2odle nan -. Spgls as
rln.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01
Seyhauoluuatn oeg :aiita 2;nnas
ocr aEliioEr.cr StsiHlatE-.

lS wcr>tr tnwtg Hg+' c.c'; 81.
.irscre;1i 2tt v,1.usica a1cIr;.y
II lte:e.. &,c,1; tt3H;cascU >.
aeroes.
Ay,Ha''ar1 re- 1c9:5't-I'e Id;
Staa,t.
GmtrNcrtrt ,w,ds G;r'2truHs .,l
.Pittclu SIR Eritt.ura non <$ab ::
her Tatuo,aGu:S. w;rr SCty.l
1gyl.eSt.
3urps in Stc;iali3,.tu s. cen
}ao crlaMb:nH. cb IL uuu in tt.,
Salle ortEeu. cher sntih.Eojet rVr>er
'"cccr.
Sb',ta'iuaa StS SarSu,,dmiruGs;,
tmtcS.
Observation-Disclosures icIIeu cui
ur Uiitutlitt %eriamn,,uuatu t,ura,
ptreen our'tr.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01
Sine quite @elessaheii iar ssas
mcr NIT er1uathieuem zphueH.

&ir hlben su psr,apien in Se,tls
lpurtu. 9Riiiputi. rShe Cugeeu.1.
;iEs sgo Nicr srrSe darm nit Sts
ntiieruraen. 0at Rural &pGtt.
Selsphou. Sdhule urb o.lsS. mas ens
1analebsn ernislih muA,. Ia mir
>i,ienl STAG uuiere psribuIi.se aui'
nernam,eit uiht winmsu .nrren. -
pollrn mir eie'r jarIt, al lehr libsrc
en- S;eiuaaneen m' steitsablnrs
rim ~ -tnnwn. -.
Eirc ente eseieaens;'t iir eirsa
rner. ar sruatirn;, Ss>hEe be-
';reu er ststn Enis:is nui rircr
ara stsH wlH. ss9; Eplisr IS "a
,rr.. tel IN: p's ..rrdl,; Set'cr
y.ar Gslss axlanSe tsaf;. Nas bic,
iarni nus BEN lalritea Sirtini;sa
'esoh!t nc, ben tniip. Eir nipdten
r,tbcu. 'ha6 irecnS Sea,ano. pc!te
h tciar iutcufErt. NIT uns rsriou-
ib 81: Snfe bciurehe. NEss.
" V. Il, ToiIhv9cr
6. Y. Stenn.:.. :. :.
ScrH@. %tcFt. i
9iriirrien Tin, &;li1sr I
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01

Ieaten. baB bieie Gier aber 10 ileiu
pie -bnntp" sier aerueieu uno eines
anuon on Der Snnenieite nod elm
ip.ites 81 snthalten babe.
VIM Nontna iprahen bic 6erren
6ermonn 9nppel Sr. unb @ilheIm
Spellsrbera bon 2oelbtonn In unie'
REM Sanitum Su ireunblitlem Bt'
iuhe Dor. Sc mar oies bas eriie
Nal felt einem hnlben Sabre bns Der
dltere Scrr Der bor ionii beS biteren
in @eItphalia uur,ehrte, uieber bier
NOR Nrf unier Seira en- rnh Der
llrinhe bieier lanaen abpci ienbeit err
bielten mir cine NrtpDrt bic uns IN
Griiuuuen iebte. ~f,sB bu beun MIDI
puBt Dat ID bnut IN inn pinlmel
pas" 7nB Der nlte 6er eefprben
bnpor batteu mir nift aeh6rt un0
nuh Die 5Uoesanseiae in ieinel Sci
tura aeleieu, urh mad; niel ipeniaer
tonnten mir ohnen opn ieinem Gll
lie oplle iehs gturnte bic 6reuben
bes SintmelS aenpiien su baben.
! @ir fraaten beshalb: .Wpriim lin 9i
oenn ieet wier up eeren. hett't Sr
inn 6immel mid, eeinllerS r@upll.
iel9 he, umtusr ID o,nii bes MIDI
blicpcn id mpb tee luier ut. lin Bat
nunmm 10: Nls num bat Sinnen.
rcaiitcr brrolid ia NAL non Quhn
NOS. INN man bu no cine ldkit1c
1Imc bo idl niiitrctcn pocr oiibnBet
mas. IN mon icGotc mir 'prts ~ out
0ubntit. IN ben 0imncl hine'n.
'oumt nidlt mas nitt iledcuIps rein.
Tut rcriunn III Gund. SwuCr
halt. i'd mr6 hubnictcn not ilrcine
Snrnr m nic unO no III b. n'llu
hnNu huoc. ! hraNCtc nj ocun nan
clnmol inlme III uien lcimcnuniriinh.
lld)en Ocrraptt unbiro: rGcimc 0err
ii melt Ct uit Itcr, Uiplper ID Iau'
ne id bauume moi mid bid,tet bat
ii mol LOB troien hdrupe ilrmer
ben GrQlnrer I'M en- mrrltst hanDe,
Dat DC Tuitiie en- an; ehrri BAT FsIl
rertloopen modte. III III ais tallt
mi bi Dat Ell rcdlt urdriIilidenNurit
mas. Ss't hat?" 20 enubelie Dc
lcire Ccrr m iia bios: .9nt nna
null pnrtciiit umuer rit' uuredlt
'un Rett IN lpcites ibr Rcdt W Ges
rrn ushCtt, bn nett Der i;tt FIR belt
roict. S9dt bn inn Baud ru lpb
iieiit is ne loBlidle Surne. rie iir
iidI DC pcrrute 9(ue bat to idtllcr
tuuu . lpCtcu ten mol oCr Tru,
Irptniait 10 pict tpu'prpd unb punube-
,tuauutt mar uro 0hilW. lea bonn
Iuiic lciuc VcrrNpft, BEN bat Flnit0u.
title uidl 10 rcdl 0clnll'lRi II mpnR0lc
- nj he Cr0elW Rurcr lam, Wcit'f
Md, Dat bait DC aarse2 ich b : 4 int
ninnicl, feline turt - hie', elnb
nnu bi ghidtruEit nsubuBn obi. op
nui hl Gro ;urnd mh suar njdt ln'
! bin Sdrm ipnbrn hhlii bitl in Npcle
tpluu ou NO on nab niru Noui mpun
! uno in bin Onm lur bisEcrNbuna hi
5urb su mir bCiu tnrnlt unb wun ND
| lid Nu BuuNRCthlu. mcroc idl hid
,urufruicu uuh Ttlu Slcibcu on mel
ncm Chrome ulro cWia icir," .Tpmit
| in piippbn hopmc mi III @oelttprn
anRpl's I'M Mill M Damn mic CT tpu
ciucn Qutcnl hriien opm uien lciutn
Ncrr0Uti pCrlnupt ru:tt.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01
benz 9uhe ihrer iremben Serren
erl6it rerben?

benz 9uhs ihrer iremben Serren
eri6f rerben?
Nir iinb eriiuunt, BOB geiiilife
diriiilider airGen nn0 2eute. bic an
BIZ Spite BON llnperftdten Il, hen,
BON Tutumrnt untersehuen to=nep,
tob bic aeiitliheu 9batiaten brett
ianurirt. bas bic @abrheit iiber bic
Tdaesereianiiie nbiidltlih u erorebt,
hns nit boiler iiflt 3bntindlen ialIdlt
unb gbatiahen perbeim'iat, nm
friitiihe Wdnner unO Jraueu sur
Befhrmortnra meiteren 8lutperaies
bens. iueiitere WOth. ueitere geioen
uno Streden in benz idlner aetrDi.
ieneu europa gu eermutisen.
ssir bebaupten nif)t cine WiIFon
non Sott ertalten su babeu, nnoere
9sute iiber ben s0ttliten 8illen su
beIehren. nber mir huifen. boB mir
niemals ei"e 'olhc auifniiune bee
himmlilhen @nters Prbalten tperoen,
bic itn als Elm @eiea eriheinen laBt
oas mehr Slut. mehr z hranen uno
mebr 2ciben oerlanat, she ea seuirie.
oeraeitel!t reroen iann.
RenH iulhe nbftobeube Gathering
nno @-auinmteit pirtlid bos rubne
sgsien Der Reliaiun roriiell.e, onnn
ubrbeu mir ernitlit' uuO BON gar,em
ceSrcu bitten. bah mir ricmnle ucn
einsr ioIteu ReIi9i0n bcriihrt ncr'
ben mUhten. sgir uuroeu cincu
odltanasueylbcr ,3ntnnb mannlihcr,
men'dlIider. bumarcr uno autbcrli'
Ger Suub!itlteit elmer ipIdlcn obnp
benoen uub boiiensWertben Mcliaiou
lenerieit OOriteheu.
SO bic rciae S9ahrhcit, ba6 bic
Meuidier, ole ib einreben. aus
dirinlitem IyiIidt, ,eilhl eincm
tSriebcuSihIuB in europa rpponiren
III mu'len, scit.uCiIla nitll reht bel
Sinnen iino. Sic limb abiolut nitt
ii3 Stanbe, Qeredit u nrthc,Ien ODER
sa elmer eeredltea 2Inrdt ilber bic
Gage su tOnnler.
Sic ieheu allies Uor eirem oertebr.
ten SeHhtsriutel aus on. Sic burIs
ten rad &nhe unh mbaten ICrb
unb Srnub beQeher, u~ ihren nil.
ben Qeioenidlaiten ,u irbbnen, uro
lie iino in ibrem rabiaten llnuer.
ltaro Jest io.psit Qeaanqcn benz
ollmdhtiecr @utt bnSirlbe ratliuh.
tiee 6ers arsubinter, bas iie ourfJ
@p'h urb bos UNI ihre Sinne &c.
brntt bat.
Natirlitl Mrs bas 7ptumcnt bns
bicie 2cute ocrioBt hobCr tciucn
GiniIuB oui Die QrUBcr Grcioriiie bic
iin iett nui Der S4eItbuhnt AbipicIcn,
haben. Sic crirncrn az Die BABEL
otr Der gImeiic bic rem Gltebartcn
itolt. bpt) CT re trlrac. oIs hie
Shicre aus Der grth. inmeu. Sle
iOrrcn richer 3rl"o hcybciiuhrer rptl
bic Strittc oes iricAtnS auiboItcr.
Nbcr lie ieren bic N'liQou heroh.
lie rellcr Die !niit,t elmer erlECn
N0rpclidlA't ihrcr rerruu'ti0eren uno
beiicr 0eiinrten SaubsIelte ialltl BAR.
Sic rilien bct rcrtir'tiatu uno ur'
thcllS'ubjRcit YcutCn btrtdtlatts Or
l,auuCu hcrupr. oaB Mirdlen nm llni'
oeriItatcn joltl Qcgiuac &atel.iacu;.
10 menie IScrcdltiaIcit ocs ,Ir,eiI&.
iol6,c @lciuQuItln'Ct acaeu tic
ihucr leincroeu NotiUrcu Ero lmN :
uro 9caeu bic Nsiatrtn. bic allen
0rruuacnitaitcu Der GiuiIiiiaiior
uuo nc: HcliRipn Der uciBcu %oiitu
hrptcr in ibrcu Nnucru terocn sbu,
ncn.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01
Zee aaiisrS @ebst Dor eem slns'
ana on bic 1ront.

perraptt idl inie I'm Stoubs,
Gin ancdlt, rpr Tir aebndt -
Gas Redt es parb sum Haube,
Ter 8eirb bat es srriildt.
Sieb' tn mein gealten an.
60 gut idl tonrt'. idl CLAUDE,
Sab' meins %iliht set.n.
Yu @eiit auf @Olfeumeacn.
Tu ueiit. mas idl eriirebt.
Neiu Bolt wollt ih umbeeer.
9os es In 6rieo'n lebt.
Nein Sspter mar tein Spiel.
sth trua 10 9run' tuie Teaeu
Sn ihpcrem &ilihtaefiil.
Eies meine guteu @aIien.
Sh bebe Ee sum Shluur,
Su ShiueiB parb lie aeiflnif,n.
eie trdst bei 9reue Scur;
Reii Seeen lie aepeiht,
Nit @iereu uuS nit 8aiien
7riiit tie Der @egner Neio.
Ruu ppu Den grenSen allen
Sebt orduenb iih Der Ncino,
Gle puIlten uus tcfnllcn,
2u itarter Nebr ,eIeint;
Oh nod thr 7rua bciornt,
SplIt id,pn ihr Sicorili itnllcn
On metnem beutihen Yono.
Ties treuite Wpli Der Grbe.
Wctn Woit. 10 irumm ino frei.
Tab Is crrettet ueroe.
8leit' Gu I'M Anmpl lhni treue
IS iudit ia llntot hld)t
IS 0rellt gum bIoutCn Shlueric,
Tab Is leu @edlt uerldt.
Gin Neeriurii nil idI rciten
Sur allen Manncn mcin,
llnb no bic 1apiern itreiten.
0ill unter ibnen iein!
I'll aber, lent ben ariea,
Tu nelleit unS bcrciten
limb ieGneu unicrn Siea.
%iSe,6elolrebel y. WaN.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01

,ioo ofieiirc cine nrcIucr Sctton1
Nnrmsu In Der Nabc pom Ginac Senh
,uni &cr,auis. lilhcrc SiuSsuuil
rthcilg
Jb -. Z, Es:aeu
Gei'eriUn gitu NC.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01
9}oti;.

NlIc Acne bic uieIIcidt acRcu Nen
perl,prbener %crraro &crbprii cine
Retlnuup habcu imo bicrm., csiudlt
lclbc slnsurcid,cn an
Nar. Raiicr.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01

@rbBe I'M lebtsn CONNER IL Gier
Ieaten. baB bisie Gisr absr 10 ileiu
wie -bnntu" sier aeweieu unb eines
anoon on Der Snnenieite nod elm
ip:ites 81 enthalten babe.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01

ssohnsaHs nHs sptse 81 psrsaHies.
srtc 9ptt' ueba Enbncoas nit :
3imr'sru. autrr Mberafbd,tsra vi
arr=e uir. i'm rrH,id,su Stunnhs'N
o,leacn irraer StSr.atsts sn oer
tagieu. 9ahere snsfunit srtbeil, ei,
spensshmertn. = Ut =
ebriiitna Sssibsl.
,&ehSsalia. NS.
Osage County Volksblatt. (Westphalia, Mo.) 1896-1917, 1917-02-01

sbhpnniert AMI sas SslfsblaF
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
Another EaIIaex Shattered.

Contact with young people is sup
posed to be rejuvenating IRdeed, this
contact is the only good thing many
see in that absorbing and in every
other way desirable profession Of
teaching. Was ever so false an idea
How could so obvious a fallacy get
the popular ear? Think how little
aware OF passing years we should be,
were it not for the yOungI Their very
presence prOclaims our greater years.
They themselves seem to have con-
spired together TO help Us TO a suitable
awRreness. EveEy possible aid is Of
fered. and offered in the kindeSt spirit
OF courtesy. One is helped into wraps.
relieved of carrying loads or opening
doors, guided up and down steps, de-
posted in easy chairs, and generally
treated as fragile It is all delightful
but the force OF suggestion as exerted
by so many vigorous young minds viii
sooner or later have its effect We
may resist for q time; ultimately, how
ever, we shall take ourselves at the
rating of the community in which we
live. 1 have seen my friends capitu-
late one by one. accept the verdict OF
the majority, and settle down into the
accepted properties OF middle-age.-
Atlantic Monthly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
CURIOUS FEARS OF SOLDIERS
One breads That His Charcoal Burner
Will Be Destroyed Although In
different as TO Himself.

1t is extraordinary what curious
fears some soldiers have. One fighter
always breads that his charcoal fire
Will be destroyed by q she'll He al
ways places the burner in the most
protected part of the trench, but re-
mains quite Indifferent in regard TO
his own personal safety
Another extraordinary fear Of q sol
der at the front is that OF having his
bOotlaces united Nothing else has
terrors for him, from bayonet fighting
to asphyxiating gases. But he IS quite
certain that If his bootlaces are loose
he will trip over them and break his
neck. He always examines his laces
to see if they are properly fastened
Another soldier who has been through
the thick Of the fighting is terribly
frightened OF going through a wood,
and would rather walk miles round il
than half q mile through 1t He has
the fear that some day q tree viii sud
denly fall and crush him.
Many soldiers have a horror OF los
ing their identity disks, or Of being
unidentified if they are killed, and
buried in a nameless grave. One mar
is known to carry little scraps OF paper
In every pocket, giving his name and
regiment, so that his body may be rec
Ognized If he is killed.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

| amount Of whispering that went on on
board that evening may be readily
imagined.
Just before midnight. as was about
to turn in, received a command TO
go TO the emperor's cabin wherein he
worked.
On entering I found him seated at
his table, his uniform ,tunic unbut-
toned, his hair slightly ruffied. by which
L knew that he had been writing hard.
Won Heltzendorff," he said, as I
stood beside his table, you were wit
ness Of the insults placed upon me this
afternoon. Does anyone except our
selves know what occurred in your
cabin?"
II have not told a soul, your ma
| jesty," was my reply.
But the officer who has raised his
hand against the sovereign to whom
he swOre allegiance may have done -
/ he said. There is but one way in
which he may atone for his offense
| against majesty. Hand this TO him. ="
And he gave me a letter addressed
\ in his own hand-addressed with all
| Won LantZSch'S titles and distinctions.
1t was sealed with the emperOr's we'll
known black wax.
Ten minutes later handed the cap
/ tain the emperOr's letter.
/ He tore it open, read its contents.
! and then gave a queer, nervous laugh,
/ it seemed to me.
Thanks, Heltzendorff. It was my
! turn tonight to be on duty with his
/ III Il 81 70 =
! Goodnight"
Early next morning one of the i'm
periaI stewards entered and, awaken
ing me, asked me to go to Captain Won
/ Lantzsch's cabin.
On entering I found him lying dead
on his berth with blood Oozing from a
pistol wound in the temple.
Upon the little shelf OF the folding
washstand was note addressed TO
me-
On opening it I found these words
scrubbed in pencil:
| Dear Heltzendorff: I have taken
my life at the order of his majesty.
Am not a loyal subject after a1?-
Rudolph"
BY noon the body of the kaisers
victim had been landed at Bodo. where
1t now repOses in the little cemetery
| beneath those high snOw-clad erags
which rise against the gray, turbulent
sea.
Many fantastic reports have been
whispered concerning the incident, but
being one of the actors in the drama
I am able here for the first time tc
reveal the actual truth.
| Copyright. 1917. Wheeler Syndicate. Incl
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
GUN is BEST WAR WEAPON

been known to stop an entire regi-
ment. 1t is indisputably the most ter
rible instrument of war
Yet a well-directed battery of ''75'
cannon, sweeping a space of ground, is
more certain to leave nothing alive.
These, then, are the primordial
means of defense, to which naturally
are to be added the numerous rifles
of the defenders of the trenches, those
trenches in which are invisible loop
holes where the enemy awaits our ap-
pearance.
Heavy Shells for Offense.
What are the adversary's means of
annihilating these hidden, powerful de-
lenses? Only heavy artillery; the large
shell, the huge torpedo, the heavy pro-
jectile of steel, inclOsing a violent ex-
plosive, is capable of demOlishing a
netting, of demoralizing those occu-
pants of the trench whom it does not
kill and keeping the adversary's nerves
on edge by the menace of its sudden
arrival several kiIOmeters behind the
lines. Thus the means of offensive are
the heavy cannon, the large trench
mortars, the large caliber howitzers,
the formidable marine gun mounted on
rails, all that is longest, most difficult
and costly to manufacture, to trans
port, to set in motion. a machine gun
can be installed anywhere in two min
utes or less. A month is required to
install the ''320'' trench mortar. To
put u naval gun on rails in running
order necessitates months OF work and
the installation OF a railway. Even
guns that are easy TO handle. such as
the "155." are moved with difficulty
at times it takes two or three days TO
place them in a battery.
And this is not all The heavy ar
tillery is naturally less accurate than
the field artillery. When one eonsid-
ers that heavy guns soon wear out, as
the big gun can fire only more or less
limited number of shots, as its caliber
increases. and as it must constantly
be replaced, one understands why il is
so much easier to take the defensive
than the offensive, and why the situa-
ton on the western front, at all points
well defended, was stationary for so
long a time before the means of at
tack were sufficient to permit Of an
offensive.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
The Art of Conversation.

recent essay by a distinguished
American philosopher and essayist
announces the paradOxicaI PROPOSE
ton that as a nation, we talk too
much and converse too little The
terms are not, as most people have
thought, interchangeable. One may
be able to talk a great deal and yet
never know the first principles of
genuine conversation. The essay in
question attributes the loss Of con-
versatiOnal powers to the modern de-
mand for action, the speedier the bet
ter, so that we have reduced speech
to terms of business and action. Our
conversations in all the relations we
sustain to our fellOw-men are OBJ
jective and must, therefore, be limit
ed TO the accomplishment OF some i'm
mediate end, says the Pittsburgh Ga
zette-Times- Interchange of thought
is confined to such things as may be
within the scope OF our vision ar the
time. Antecedents are wiped out so
rapidly that we have no background
and, therefore, no real perspectives.
The mOtiOn-picture screen is the
browning emblem of our modern
mental processes We live by flashes
OF light Immediately before our eyes,
while the entire surrounding areas
are inclOsed in pitch darkness.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07

EDITORIAL NOTE. William Le-
,Queux. who here chronicles for his
friend, Count Ernst HeItzendOrn,
the latter's revelations of the inner
life of the imperial German court, has
long been recognized throughout Eu-
rope the possessOr of its InnermOst
secrets.
The English SFWho's who" says of
him: she has Intimate knowledge OF
the secret service of Continental cOun-
tries and is considered by the govern
nent (Of Great Brittany authority on
such Matters" Another authority says;
~Feyv people have been more closely as
sOcfated with know more of the
astounding inner machinery of Ger
many than he"
LeQueux probably has more sources
of secret information at his cOmmanG Il
than any contemporary IN civil life. and
for the last six years the British Gov
eminent has made valuable use of his
vast store of secret information through
which LeQueux works voluntary
assistant
Count Won HeItzendOrR became an in
innate of LeQueux several years prior
to the outbreak of the war; he has been
living in retirement In France since
August, 1914, and 1T was there that Le-
Queux received from the crown princes
late personal adjutant permission to
make public these revelations Of the
inner life OF the acknowledgements
the demOcracies of the world might
come to know the real, but heretofore
hidden, personalities of the two dOmi-
nant members of the autOcracy 1t Is
now arrayed against
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1917-07-07
RraziILostno Rubber Trade.

One Of the most striking economic
changes in recent years has been the
loss by Brazil Of its dominant posi-
ton in the rubber trade. Whereas, q
few years back. the world looked to
South America for most Of its crude
rubber, it Is now getting the larger
share from the far East The Bra
lillian product is obtained from trees
that grow wild, and little has been
done toward cultivation OF the trees
In Sumatra, Ceylon, Burmah and other
countries millions OF trees have been
set out and are now coming into bear
Ing. This domestic product is said to
be slightly superior to that obtained
from Brazil, and the trees improve
with age. The financial loss TO Brazil
through its decreasing exports has be-
come q serious matter.-New York
Times.