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The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20
A Letter FROM CAMP

The following letter has been receiv-
ed. by DR.. VIM. Moeller from his neph-
ew, Harold .Moeller, who is with the
23rd Engineers. His home it at Mi
not, where his mother still lives, but
during all of his life he has been
greatly attached to his uncle. That
he is we'll satisfied and is longing to
be OF his way cover there" goes with
out saying:
Camp Meade, Dec. 18th, 1917.
Dear Folks:
I thank you with all my heart for
the package you sent me and regret
that I have not had time to write be-
fore. Really have been so busy since
I've been here that I haven't had time
to do much writing. Like it here real
we'll and have had the good fortune to
have been promoted several times.
At present I'm a sergeant, having
charge of all the motor cars, and mo-
tor cycles of the % regiment of Engi-
neers. We have four Cadillacs, four
teen Dodges and twenty-six side car
motorcycles. Also have twelve me-
chanics and drivers under me at the
garage, so you see I'm kept pretty
busy as things are going on here night
and day.
We have the largest regiment in The
ITY G A o,J .v ~ool n>~-,.>
companies, besides the headquarters
detachment which consists of only ff-
T.. men or SO. We are all in hopes, Of
leaving for France soon and all indi-
cations point that way as most of the
men have been on the rifle range for
some time at Annapolis. So.
Hoping that you are all in the best
of health, I am, as sver,
Your nephew,
Harold.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20
Art Of Egypt:

Art history, particularly in the
branch Of painting, has undergone
some radical revisions in, the last quar-
ter of a century, as a direct result Of
Egyptian archaeological research.
Painting, as we know it today, is at
least 5000 years old-and we have
found the originals to prove 1t. The
site of ancient Thebes, now represent
ed by the modern villages Of Karnak
and Luxor, has been one of the richest
quarries worked by modern scholarly
excavators of various na%tionalities.
Ten years ago the New York Metropoli-
tan museums expedition established at
Thebes a special school or atelier for
the purpose of copying and recording
the brilliant-painted scenes and inscrip.
lions uncovered in the royal tomb chap
els of Egypt's rulers Of more than
thirty centuries ago.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20

A regular armv captain, of long ex-
perience in Uncle Sans service, has
written the following, which IS adj
dressed to parents and close friends
of the boys who have gone to wal.
The subject is "a Captain and His
Company" He says:
GAS a captain I believe that I have
the most responsible position in the
army. The company is the smallest
unit over which a commander exer-
cises executive and disciplinary au-
thority. If the companies are right
the regiment is right; when the regi-
ments are right the brigades and d.
visions are bound to eb right.
GAS a captain I am in closer touch
with the men than any other officer
can possibly be. My lieutenants can
only carry out my policies. They have
no right to reward or punish-in fact
they are a greater distance from the
men than I am. I am responsible fol
the food they eat. for the clothes they
wear, for the shelter they have, fol
their physical condition, their mental
and moral viewpoint. For, in short
that one thing that spells so much
their morale. I can not delegate this
authority to an. m else. As a cap
tain is, so is his company. is an axiom
$50 i want to say a word to the
parents, wives, sweethearts ane
friends of my men, speaking in a gen
eral way for all real captains, VIII.
realize that they are more than tn,
mere uniformed order givers. FRS
Of all, don't waste any sympathy Of
them over their hard lot. A real maj
tIResentssit, and none IL them need il
They azeswell fed, wellcfothed aud a
happy az they choose to make then,
selves. They do not want to be babie
but do like to he petted and mad
much of.
eff you have troubles at home, kee
: them to yourselves, and don't let you
soldier boys know about them. If yo
lose money or business goes wrong
don't tell him. He cInnot help 20
get it right. If somebody is sicl
: minimize it. They probably will b
we'll by the time you get an answe
back. In the meantime, you hav
& thrown one of my men out Of h!
. stride and he tells me of his trouble
e and you add to my burden.
n Encourage him in the glorious tas
4 he has undertaken. Call hi mall tt
hero you want to. Tell him when
goes over the top that he is to ht:r
i, of you as waiting for him to CON
j. home but you want him to go owe
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20
AM army CAPTAIN ADDRESSES
!. PARENTS Of YOUNG SOLDIERS

and while he is to take the best posi-
BILE care of himself he is never to
finch.
81 will see to it that he is bathed
and clean, that he is hard and fit. I
will never ask him to go and do it,
but say come on and 1 will show you
how I will try to keep whisky and
immortality away from him. I will
know where he is every hour of the
day or night. In other words, I VIII
take better care of him than you did
when he was at home. We have no
pool room hells in the army. No street
corner gangs. When the war is over
he will be back to you a real man and
o, how proud you will be of him.
"Above everything else, write to
him. Write every day, if i. is only a
line. Never mind whether he answers
or not. We can not always write.
We have got to go the limits Of human
endurance sometimes, the tired body
needs rest and food and sleep worse
than you need a letter, The majority
Of us m coming back, but if we tic
not, as one of my men put it, 'whc
cares?' not in a spirit of bravado o,
defiance, but on the theory that every
bullet has its Billet and until I get
mine I am gong to do my best to dc
my bit and carry on to the end.
"Send cigars, pipes, tobacco, cigar.
cites, sweets of all kinds. Every pack.
age you send is divided up with hif
squad. You not only help him, bu,
possibly some n who has no folks
nobody to send him anything. One o.
the most pitiful sights I have to fac,
is to see the man without family O
home when the mail is distributed
He never looks up at the yell, tn
mail orderly is here I want you t,
help him. Ask you boy if there i
such a one in his squad. Send MIN
line or two.
In all this advice I am a bit salftss
for a happy, %contented man is cheer
full, easy to handl ready to obey an
a pleasure to teach. He is a dependa
able cog in the most important ma
chine Uncle Sam has, and the only on
he can ont replace, for every goo
man in the army has his work to d.
and when one of them is absent at TO.
call none can answer for him.
, AN ARMY CAPTAIN.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20
800 U. S, WARsH|PS
BEING CONSTRUCTED
REAR ADMIRAL TELLS OF BIG
WORK IN ONLY ONE PRINTED
PAGE.

Washington, Dec. 1S.-One printed
page constitutes the annual report
made public today, Of Rear Admiral
David w. Taylor, chief of the bureau
of construction and repair, although
that officer is carrying out the largest
naval building program ever entered
on by any nation.
More than 800 vessels are under
construction, from dr~eadnaughts and
battle cruisers to submarine chasers,
Vessels not expected for delivery
until late in 1913 are today in actual
service in European waters.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20

Clean old papers for sale at World
Office.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1917-12-20

Farm Loans on most favorable
terms. JOHN w. MAHER, Devils
Lake, N. Oak.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
ST PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MIN. SATURDAY MARCH IA 1917
REFUSES FORTUNE LEFT -.
BY HIS MEDITERRANEAN
Former Diplomat Prefers That Money
Should Go to His Wife.

New York.-Charles 81. Sheriff., min
lister to Argentina when Mr.. Taft was
president and organizer, of the great
preparedness parade here, has refused
to accept 100000 bequeathed to him
: by his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Bar
ker Gibbs, who died last May, leaving
1854 20 to Mrs. Sheriff. His declina-
ton became known when announce
ment was made from the state comp
troller's Office that an official appraisal
had placed the net estate at $685., $40.
Mr.. Sheriff. told a reporter over the
telephone from his home in Sixty-fifth
street that while he was deeply moved
by the bequest he preferred that it
should go to the residuary estate and
become part Of his wife's share.
The former diplomat seemed to feel
that it was a thing of no consequence
to look 100000 in the face or faces
and then turn cold shoulder.
1T really wouldn't interest any
body" he said of his refusal. II don't
like to discuss it; it's rather too per-
sonal for discussion. simply felt that
I'D rather have the sum 60 into the
residuary estate and revert to Mrs.
Sheriff."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
MILITARY TRAINING FOR
HALF A MILLION BOYS
Defense Society Plans Drills In High
Schools Throughout Country.

New YOrk.-With the object of great
~ reducing the time required to make
competent soldiers out of raw recruits,
the American Defense society set in
motion a comprehensive plan for or
ganizing the Junior and senior classes
of every boys high school in the coun-
try into military training units. New
York state alreay has military train
ing of high school Students. Every
other state in the Union has received
the ''call to arms
The action was taken + the mill
tary defense committed O. 3 society
after consulting Major I al Leon
ard Wood. Volunteers required
to read the constitution ne United
States and pledge themselves before
the mayors Of their cities to uphold it.
Then they will receive certificates of
enrolment, charters aud detailed in
structions for military training week
by week. A ten mile hike erich week
and setting up exercises WA be re-
quired of recruits, who i'l&be COM
PEELED to put themselves first class
physical trim. ~
The society and it's advisers are par.
ticularly anxious that the boys Of the
country should not be taught anything
that they would have to unlearn If at
the age Of eighteen they were called
to the colors after leaving school. For
that reason close order military drill,
the manual of arms and such only will
be taught where competent instructors
are available .-..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
SLANG IS NECESSARY,
SAY CHlCAGO's GOODS.
They'll Sling 1t For All They're Worth,
but Only Highbrow Variety.

Chicago Slang, if it is of the high
brow variety, will still be in vogue
among the goods at Northwestern uni
versity and the University of Chicago.
And this despite the announcement
that the women of Vassar have put
the "kibosh" on it in all it's variations.
Eastern girls are putting on airs, say
the Chicago goods, who declare they
intend to sling slang flor all they are
worth, but only, Of course, the refined
and cultured kind.
Highbrow slang is not Iike-the low,
vulgar kind" declared Miss Norma Cul-
len at Northwestern university. 'sIt's
just expressive, and, well lit just makes
one perfectly first. Yes, perfectly first,
is cultured slang, and it's ripping
phrase
We've got to use slang,' pleaded
Miss Mabel Mcconnell, also of the
Northwestern. If we didn't we would
not be able to understand the men,
Almost the same arguments were Of.
fered by the girls at the University of
Chicago, where Shoot" meaning '.be-
gin speaking" chit the tub" and "beat
it, are not only permissible, but nee
essary expressions.
but vulgar slang won't. be tolerat-
3D." said Miss Helen Lindsay of Green
wood hall. "When l hear girls using
1t always baWl them out"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
SIXTy-F|VE YEARS OLD,
HIKES SIxTy-FIvE MILES
Samuel S. Gavin, Atlantic City
Lawyer, Celebrates Natal
Day With Long Walk.

Philadelphia s.. Gavin is an
attorney who was sixty-6ve years old
recently, and he personally conducted
the following celebration:
He walked sixty-ive miles, Elapsed
time, midnight to s:15 p. m.
: And did it on an empty stomach.
Then he came home.
Took rundown
Ate a big steak.
Smoked a big cigar.
And said that he "was off, the walk
ing stunt again until he was seventy
years old, when he would walk seventy
miles.
Mr.. Gavin is a. ruddy checked, agile,
athletic man who bellies his age. He
has been celebrating his birthday in
this manner for number of years, so
at midnight he left Atlantic City and
began his hike. He came to Kaighn's
ferry, which is siXty-one miles from
the shore, and thence to his home, a
distance Of sixty-fve miles. Mr.. Gavin
attributes his ability to make these
trips to regular system Of living. 81
get up in the morning, take cold bath
and eat hot breakfast" he said.
Then keep myself on regular
schedule and walk whenever get the
chance. shall cut out walking birth
days after this and confne myself to
five year periods. About the time am
one hundred the Cobbs Creek boule-
ward may be done and l may take a
century run over that.
"Oh, l forgot something | get busy
with the dumbbells every morning"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
FILM OF SUBMARINE SINKING.
Operator on Bridge Of Boat Gets Pic.
ture Of Entire Proceedings.

Operator on Bridge Of Boat Gets Pic.
ture Of Entire Proceedings.
Paris.-How six members of the crew
Of the steamer San Bernardo, bound
from Philadelphia, saw moving pic
lures taken on board Of large German
submarine just before their ship was
sunk by the underwater boat is related
by one of the crew, probably the
French supercargo, in the Temps.
The German officer when he boarded
the vessel noticed man wearing an
Overcoat. who is this gentleman ?"
the German asked.
'"The supercargo, a French citizen.
representing the owners" replied the
captain Of the San Bernardo.
Let him come aboard the submarine
with the five engineers" said the Ger
man. II shall keep them as hostages
The six men were kept in converse
ton on board the submarine by the
underwater boats commander while
bombs were being placed on board the
San Bernardo. When the steamer blew
up there was moving picture operator
on the bridge Of the submarine, who
took a picture Of the entire proceedings.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
FIND HEART ON RIGHT
SIDE, LIVER ON LEFT
Body of William King Described as
Left Handed Both Inside and Out.


st. LOuis.-The body of William King
which has been preserved for twenty
months, is described by an anatomist
as left handed both inside and out, .
according to a statement made public
at the City hospital.
In May, 1915. King. who was thirty
five years old, applied at the hospital
for treatment. He said he was a la
borer and had lived most of his life in
Wisconsin. He was suffering from IT,
phoid fever.
When asked who should be notified
In case of his death King said: "Don't
worry about that. Just cut me up and
examine my body. There's something
wrong with me besides the fever"
He died few days later. When sur
geons made an examination of the
body they found one Of the most alb
normal cases in the history of surgery.
The heart was on the right side, the
liver on the left: the appendix was on
the left side and the spleen on. the
right. The stomach was turned around
completely. On the left lung were three
lobes; the right lung had but two. The
left kidney was larger and lower than
the right one. 49,. ~.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
new TYPE OF MINE
TO PROTECT COASTS
Artillery Perfects an Improved
Device Which Rises and
Falls With the Tide. "

New YOrk.-A new type of subma-
rine mine which has recently been per-
fected by the coast artillery branch of
the United States army and which will
be issued to forts guarding American
harbors as soon as possible was de-
scribed by officers who have been fol-
lowing tests of the mine. All are en-
thusiastic over the possibilities which
the new weapon affords of simplifying
and making more effective the nations
coast defenses
While the mechanism of the mile is
a secret, it is known that it's effective
ness lies in the fact. that the depth of
the tide and the strength of the cur
rent in harbor7 may be entirely dis
regarded when the mine is planted
An automatic device inside the mine
itself can be set for any desired sub
mergence, which will keep the mine at
that place Casually eight feet below the
surface) no matter how the tide may
rise and fall and in spite Of any drag
by the current. ~ ..a. .s T.. .
This type of mine can be planted in
a harbor and then left alone on the
bottom, controlled by the, operator at
the mine field switchboard in the fort.
To this switchboard every individual
mine III the field is connected. by ca
BILE. From his post the operator can
send the mine on moments notice to
its war position just below the SUR
face. He can tell how far up it has
gone by a small signal device in the
casemate, a gong, which sounds a
ringing note for every foot upward
the hidden destroyer travels.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17

HEALTH COMMISSIONER ROBERTSON.
These stimulate the flow of gastric
juice.
"Btfth.-Chew your food thoroughly:
your stomach has no teeth. Do not
wash down unmasticated food with
coffee, tea or other drinks.
"Sixth.-Do not eat to excess. Nor
mally your appetite should he an index
Of your wants.
"Seventh.-Appetite and relish are
important factors in promoting the
flow OF gastric juice, hence have the
food prepared and served in an appe-
tizing manner.
"Eighth.-Do not eat meat, eggs and
other proteins to excess.
"Ninth.-If you have feeling of dis.
tress or fullness after meal your diet
or manner Of eating needs regulating.
It you suffer from belching or regurgl-
tation you should consult physician
for advice. ~.
"Tenth.,-Do not engage In excessive
physical or mental exertion Immediate
ly after full neal"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
LONG WALK FOR JUROR.
Trains Did Not Serve, So Merrill Foot
ed It For Many Miles.

ed It For Many Miles.
Leavenworth. Kan.-How would you
like to take a little jaunt, say twenty
five or thirty miles. at the present
time? Sure nice little walk Well,
Kirby McCrill so sizes up trip of that
length
Kirby was among those summoned
10 sit on jury. There happened to be
no trains coming to Leavenworth when
Kirby desired to start That didn't
bother him, neither did the high price
Of Shoe leather So Kirby walked to
Kansas City. distance of about twen-
ty seven miles,
1T was just nice little STROLL" said
Kirby. II take long walks often and
there is nothing like it to preserve ones
coed health. At Kansas City caught
an interurban car and came to Leaven-
worth. intend to walk back when l
get through with the jury work"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
ALL TRANSIT LINES IN
new YORK GREATLY TAXED
City Traffic Increasing at Rate of
More Than 100,00O,O0O
Annually.

New York.-In November the subway
carried an average of 1,199,623 passen-
gers a day and the "L'' 1,O14,SS3, a to-
tai Of 2,214,506, according to a state
ment issued by the marlborough Rapid
Transit company.
Public Service Commissioner Whit
ney estimates that city traffic is in
creasing at the rate of more than
1O0,000,000 annually. More than 325
miles additional of subway and ele-
waited lines are being built.
In 1872 total of 1873, 722, 1876 passen-
gers were carried, or 147 rides during
the year for each person in the city.
In 1882, the first year,of the H. - $50,
51O,S332 passengers were carried, or 215
rides for each person in the city. In
1906, the first year Of the subway,
836,661, FOG were carried, or 29S rides
for each person.
Under the caption Of Struggling to
Keep Up With New York; the Inter
borough officials say: ~.
"Each year the problem of handling
the millions OF New York traffic grows
increasingly difficult. The struggle is
hard, not to anticipate the city's fu-
ture needs, but merely to keep up with
the present. Extensions Of transit ia
cilities, no matter how rapid, do not
seem able to keep pace with crowds
and congestion. r.
I'm September the subway carried q
daily average Of 100000 passengers.
By November this average was in
creased to 100000 daily. .-. " T..
"All this traffic, too, it should be re-
membered, was on lines designed orig.
inally to care for 100000 passengers
daily.
always it is the same story. No
matter how fast rapid transit lines are
built in New York city, the transporta
ton needs Of the population seem to
keep ahead Of them.' -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
MOTHER SHOT KISSING SON.

Revolver 10 Discharged as She Steals
Up Behind Him-Youth Surrenders.
Milford, Conn.-Clarence Kehlenbeck,
tWenty-one years old, was cleaning a
revolver in his room when his mother,
Mrs. M. Kehlenbeck, stole up behind
him to give him a good night kiss. As
her arms encircled his neck the revolv-
er was discharged, the bullet entering
her abdomen.
Her son took her by automobile to
st. Vincent's hospital, Bridgeport, and
after learning that she had a chance
for recovery, FASTENED back to Milford,
where he gave himself up to the police.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1917-03-17
FAMILY Reunited.
Children Long Separated by the
Civil War Meet.
SEARCH BEGUN by BROTHER.

6ushwhackers Raided Home, Killed
Parents and Drove ChiIdren Into
Woods-Adopted sIn Different Homes
Survivors Driftedg Apart ~ Meeting
Between Sisters and Brother Pathetic
Clarinda. la. "a Tragedy of the civil
war which resnltedIin the separation
Of three children efaa Missouri family
was recalled recently by the reunion Of
the three children who had been sena !
rated during the long period, too young
at the time to maintain correspond
ence. and twas only after much effort
and correspondence that the members
of the family were enabled to meet and
hold reunion after, so long a separa-
ton.
Living near Laclede, Mo-, was a fam.
lily named Deer. Bnshwhackers raided
their home, killed the parents and
drove the children into the woods,
where they passed alright in terror.
The children were Mary Deer, eight
years old; Addie Deer, six years old.
and brotherstwosyaar old. Upon the
girl Of eight years davolved the task of
keeping the others with her and to
VainlyN try to console them. Speaking
OF the terrifying incidents of the night.
Mary, now Mrs. Mary Rain of this
city. told how the baby boy cried to be
taken to his mother.
In the morning the children made
their way to Laclede, where they were
found nearly dead from exposure and
fright and crying bitterly. A man who
CHANGED to run across the children was
so filled with pity that he took them in
charge, fed them and cared for them
for several days until he had succeed
ed in locating all three in homes, into
which they were finally adopted.
Thus torn apart, the children did not
again hear from each other. Mary
spent her entire girlhood as a nurse
girl in a family where there were sew
eral children, and from them she man
aged to learn to read and write. She
was taken to Illinois, where she mar
ried. Addie Deer was taken with the
brother to Crete, Neb., where the girl
married and where the boy grew to
manhood and where he still resides.
Addie married and lost her husband.
She was married a second time to a
Mr.. Downing, owner of a large ranch
near Glenwood ss1p, ys7 szsss, cold.
I Some time ago the brother began a
search for his sisters. It was an ap-
parently hopeless task, but by persever-
ance, much correspondence and long
range inquiry he managed to. find them,
and all held reunion. at the home of
Mrs. Downing in Colorado, :.
Mrs. Rain soon after her marriage
moved from Illinois to this county.
She is now widow, sixty years of
age. The meeting between the sisters
and brother was pathetic despite the
fact that separation Of over fifty
years had obviously tended to break
down the feeling of family relationship.