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The Washington times., 1917-12-14
Camp Meade. Nd, Dec. IA

Camp Meade, Nd, Dec. Il
Ny thought is with you tonight,
Bomeday you may know my love for you'
Although we are far apart
Ny soul viii be ever calling you
For ever and aye, sweetheart.
I'm hoping, though hope seems vain,
To see your dear face again.
The face referred to is that of Michael
J. Cunning, Company E, S13th. Who
the girl is. Cunning does not know.
She carefully signed her name to this
little note which accompanied the
poem:
Pardon familiarity, just thought
perhaps a postal, though little, would
perhaps please you"
This is just one OF hundreds, pos
sibly thousands, of notes, the soldiers
receive from girls.
John Bowman. OF the 316th, who
spends almost every moment OF his
spare time at the knights OF Colum-
bus hall, and is a popular soldier at
the camp. is one among many who
have had notes from Baltimore girls.
Bowman is a great big lumberpack
from Tioga county, Pa. One letter
made him smile, and smile, and smile
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
Ruth Law Is Again
Refused COmmisios
May Be an instructor

Ruth Laws ambition to wsaR
the American uniform - . msD
Der Of the flying corps y not % -
achieved.
Today the aviatrix saw gsegoy
tary OF War Baker again Al
later she admitted that shs 49,
given up all hope Of securing Q
commission.
Secretary Baker told her tAa1
he could not see his way cleag
20 recommend q commiBBlon b.
cause It would open up the WaH
to hundreds OF other women n0e
so well equipped a. Miss Law.
He said II might be possible
for the Department to accept hos
services as q civilian InstructoE.
The Washington times., 1917-12-14

long chilly ride. They elAmbsPo4
speetive houses, barns. and bARraek1,
Juggling their packs. r.
Tin hats banged on ne Aoor, -
certain fellows assigned to the ~
called at the billets to collect undeP
wear and uniforms. Then word -
around there was hot water on -
at the bath house. The hne formed
at the right In nve minutes ne
dirty ones were being let in. three -
four at . time for each shower. Thea
came the sound Indicative of return
Ing pep" a chatter Of voices, Gn1
some whistling. When every one haA
bathed the uniforms were ready to ~
rut on again There was hot shavtnR
water. By late afternoon all tha
Sammies were like new men
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
HOT BATHSGIVE
NEW pep TO mud
COVEREDS SAMMIES
~ }. W. PEGLER,
Omitted Press stan COFresDOadsnt.)

NcAa0o EEGsa sum SOEEeaDOA4GANsI
WITH THE AMERICAN ExPEDI-
rIoNARY FORCES. France, Dec. IA
You'll never know how good q hot
bath is until you've done . trick in
the trenches.
After two weeks OF ground mole
life, one delights in the feel OF hot
water cascading down his frame, even
II itS Just an improvised bath made
OF an old wash boiler and a pipe
punched full of nail holes. At least
that Is what the SammIes themselves
say.
Today some battalions rolled back
Into the villages after their turn In
the line. They were smeared with
mud. Every boot weighed about half
q pound more for the accumulation
of gummy earth, frozen on tight.
Some fellows had mud in their haiE-
Rifles and bayonets were about the
only articles OF equipment kept clean.
To make II q good story" the Sam
mics should have scrambled down on
the motor trucks chirping songss in
giee at the sight OF their billsts
But they were too tired, too numb
with cold. too cramped from sitting
in the same crowded position on the
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
ALLEGED BOOTLEGGER
ARRESTED IN HOTEL

The ancient and honorable narkei
money trick this morning was re.
sponsible for the arrest of Johr
Wesley Evans, negro, aged thirty
eight, who is charged by Sergeant J
r. Bean, of the First precinct, will
selling liquor in violation OF the Shep
psrd law, and held In bonds OF S1.OO,
for appearance tomorrow in Police
Court.
Suspecting Evans OF psddllnE liquor
Bean watched while a negro az
preached Wesley In the new Washing
ton Hotel building, he declared, ten
dsring him a marked bill for a 'slul
OF liquor" Evans had on his persoT
three one-haIf plnts OF whiskey and
one empty" II is charged.
The Washington times., 1917-12-14

according to the roughly printed
name boards.
Here. while the scream of shells
came increasingly through the afr,
with occasional explosions vibrating
me very earth IN which these Ameri-
cans rest our chaplain said a brief
prayer. Ny colleagues an myself
placed sprfgs OF evergreen foliage on
each grave, and then went back, un-
der drenching skies toward the
trenches again.
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
RUDE CROSSES
MARK YES OF
FIRST u. S. SLAIN

graves Of heroic Poilus. They wer'
covered with artificial wresths-
some Of them three years old.
Flowers Cover Graves.
At the very bottom angle OF the
wall. eleven fresh sod-topped mounds
marked the resting places Of Ameri-
can dead. wflted flowers covered
them. At the head Of each was q
five-foot, roughly hswn wooden
cross.
or the eleven mounds, the hrSt
three at one end were inclosed In
tiny, unpainted pine fences. Farthest
away, the crosses told US, lay the
body OF Private Thomas Enright.
Next was the grave of Private Merle
D. Hay. The nearest OF the three
was the mound covering the resting
place OF Private James B. Gresham.
The markers for these three heroic
Americans were octAgonal wooden
name plates. Their full names. with
the regimental numbers OF each man
and the date OF their death, were in.
scribed on each, and an intertwined
OF Stars and Stripes and
the French Tri-Color made them
stand out prominently.
Inscription In French.
On the fence incIosing these graves
of the nrst three Americans to fall
IL q wooden sign with black letters
painted on q white background. The
Is:
"Ici reposent les prsmisrs soldats
de rillustre rspublique dss EtRt Uni
tombe en- terre France pour justice ct
liberte, November 8, 1917" (Here lie
the first soldiers OF the noble republic
Of the United States to fall on French
soil for Justice and liberty.)
We paused at the graves OF this
heroic trio. and then passed to the
other eight gravss-not so well gar.
nlshed with flowers.
The first three in this group were
the graves OF Abraham Meadows.
Stanley Janovicy. and Harry Meyers,
The Washington times., 1917-12-14

"He has called on me four times
and seems to be a splendid young
man. He speaks about having been
to college and owning a motor car.
He is q good driver. and he plays the
piano. His letters have become very
serious lately. He has spoken about
making me his beneficiary for his
insurance. I believe this is going
to lead to a proposal for i, under
stand q. soldier cannot leave his in
surance to anyone but a near reIa-
tive
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
Seeks Safety First.

81 want to be sure that he has a
clear past and has no wife. One Of
the other girls here became engaged
to q soldier and later learned that
he had a wife and two children wait
ing for him back home, and I don't
want to become engaged, and then be
laughed at because I was stung. Now
would appreciate II very much IL
you would give me the desired In
formation"
The above letter shows that girls
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
Spends Might in DugOut.

The night was spent in a duBout q
few feet distant from the spot where
the frst American was taken prisoner
by the Germans. Before dawn the
United Press correspondent accom-
panied a French patrol party out over
the exact spot in No Mans Land
where the Americans made theft. first
reconnaissance. Later our party
talked to a French surgeon who
pri1ed as his most precious possession
a piece OF the historic German shell
which wounded the first American.
Then, later, with an American col
league, Paul Scott Mowrer, OF Chica-
go, we were guided by a French
chaplain, Earbed in his horizon blue
uniform, to a tiny village two miles
to the rear OF the fighting lines. We
may not mention the name Of the
town. But later its name will appear
in every American history book.
We found the town simply a clump
OF squatty. gray walled, red rooted,
partly destroyed houses, sitting atop
q bleak, dead grass ridge--a hamlet
typical of this part OF France.
We were guided between two build
Ings down a steep flight Of stone
steps, at the bottom OF which was a
deep stretch OF mud. Stretching out
ahead was q ten-Acre field. II was
surrounded by a high gray stone
wall. The fields sloping surface was
marred by rusted wire entanEIe-
ments.
Along the left wall were two score
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
By w. 8. FORREST.

Omitted Press star Correspondent.l
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Dec. IA have walked
over hallowed son today-over the
ground dyed by the blood Of the first
Americans OF the army to die in &C
tion lighting the nght Of right against
might Through courtesy Of the
French army headquarters the United
Press correspondent was permitted to
spend a day and a night in the very
trenches where Privates Gresham,
Hay, and Enright perished in the Ger
man raid OF November 2.
Permission was also granted for a
visit to the spot where these heroic
Americans now rest in death-the
hrst permission Of this kind granted
to an American civilian
The Washington times., 1917-12-14
MAIDS SEND MEADE
MEN HOMEMADE
POETRY AND JAMS.

So many demands were made to see
! the amusing missive that he finally
burned 1t up and thereby showed that
he valued 1t very highly. 1t was not
for profAne eyes to gaze upon.
$50 you forgot all about it7"
well, no." replied Bowman, 81 re-
member the name and address, won't
, forget that"
Entertain In Homes
Scores Of girls who have written to
soldiers here have later entertained
them in their homes.
Other girls write and say where
they can be met. Many girls from
great distance write here to Balti-
more soldiers, and possibly hundreds
OF letters aAe exchanged between
young folks who do not see each
others faces and have little possibil-
ity of doing so until the war Is over.
The mail serves we'll to bring young
folks closer than they might get II
they had to talk things out. Priests
here have often been asked to per-
form ceremonies at the camp. but
have advised against marriages other
than in the parish Of the girl or some
other suitable place. The merest
suggestion of approval would have
been enough for many couples who
wanted to be united here on the
grounds.
It is certain that some OF the let.
ters that are received by soldiers and
are passed around are the FIRST these
girls have ever written to men they
do not know. The thousands OF
sweaters and other articles that have
come to camp for distribution have
in hundreds of cases borne the names
of girls. Many soldiers have written
letters thanking the girls. and thus
have opened up correspondence.
Life History In Letter.
az wrote a seventeen-page letter to
q girl did not know" said one SOL
der to another at a Y. N. C. A
building. The soldier then wrote
Having good time" "It's fine here"
and other things OF that sort to a
dozen OF his most intimate girl
friends, and to those who had been
generous in sending him gifts. Told
her the story of my life" he ex-
planned, in referring to the length OF
the letter. He did not need to tell
the other girls the story OF his life,
because they probably knew II from
observation or by those mysterious
intuitions that girls have.
The mystery Of the girl whose
name came to one on a postal card.
with a bit OF poetry attached, that
she copied from some book no doubt,
made her seem more allurIng than
all the others. The girls usually be-
gin by some hint OF affection, and
then give the story of their lives in
the second letter.
Here's the kind of letter that was
resolved by an officer:
81 want to find about a Young man
The Washington times., 1917-12-14

graves Of heroic Poilus. They were
covered with artificial wreaths-
some OF them three years old.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-07
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Boxville Club was postponed on ac-
count Of cold weather.
Many farmers have already gotten
their tickets for the Farm Crops
Show to be held at Crookston.
Mrs. VIM. Marble and children,
from Whitehall, Mont, are here Wis
iting her sister, Mrs. Dudley Cheney.
The young folks of Boxville were
royalty entertained at a dance at
the home of John Alstrom on Sat-
urday evening.
Mrs. Peter Mellian of March Farm
left for Fosston, Mimi, to visit with
home folks.
Erickson brothers, from Canada
old residents of Boxville, who have
been visiting here, were called tc
Winnipeg on account of their bro
theirs illness.
Mr., and Mrs. Andrew Solbere
were called to Illinois very sudden
ly, the parents of Mrs. Solberg be.
ing very i'll.
Mrs. Andrew Anderson is on the
sick list.
Dudley Chenev returned Sunday
morning from the cities. where he
has been taking in the Winter Car
nival. and on his wav home stop
ped off at the home Of Mrs. Cheney!
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Porter.
Stunt. Johnson made the Boxvill'
school a visit one day last week.
Miss Julia Svoboda is visiting a
the home Of Andrew Anderson.
Dudley Cheney. A. G. Knudtson, J
S. Hilleboe. We're elected delegate
for the Federation Of Clubs at tn
Farm Crops Show, which is to b.
held at Crookston.
Mr.. and Mrs Dudley Cheney am
family. Mrs Will Marble and chill
dren. Miss Gus+ie Nelson. and inc
Archer, were entertained at q din
ner or Sunday at the home of Mrs
John Cheney.
Misses Anna Cheney. Gustie Mel
son and Messrs. Norman Iverson an
Jno. Archer, spent Friday evenin
at the Iverson home.
Andrew Anderson and Christ Illus
tad attended tn business matters a
Warren, Saturday.
George Cheney spent Saturday eve
ming at Warren.
A number of voung folks attend
ed the movies at Warren on Mon
dav evening.
Jno. Aletrom spent Friday in War
ren. visiting.
| A few of the Roxville Young folk
spent Monday at the Andrew An
derson home
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-07

On account Of the stormy weather
there was no preaching at the church
last Sunday.
The Y. P. S. will hold their next
regular meeting at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Jensen, Sunday
afternoon, Feb. 4.
Some merchants are advertising
warm winter clothing for sale. Now
we prefer cold winter clothing, thank
you.
Fern, the little daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Field has been under
the care of DR.. Guilfoyle, recently.
The young son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Benson received the rites of
Baptism at the hands of Rev.
Gronseth of Stephen, one day this
week.
Some alarm and concern was caus-
ed in the Olaf Folland home on
day last week, when one of the small
boys swallowed the metal cap from
a lead pencil. The lad was at once
taken to a hospital at Crookston.
Alphonse Johnson, Solomon Lunlin
Victor Lundin, Joseph Thorkildson
and Roy Benson are taking in the
Crookston Farm Crops Show this
week, the two frst-named as dele
gates from the Happy Corner Farm.
ers' Club.
By reason Of the stormy weather
last Sunday the meeting Of the Young
Peoples Society was postponed unit
Monday afternoon. when it was hele
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. S. J
Grandstand. Quite an interesting
program was given in the presence
of good sized audience. Rev
Gronseth was present and gave al
interesting and insniring talk on thu
greatness of the harvest and The
scarcity of the laborers. after which
refreshments were served. A good
ly sum was added to the treasur!
of this praiseworthy society.
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Such convention as the one to
be held in June does not occur more
than once in a lifetime. And it is
doubtful if any other meeting of
Observation-Disclosures will surpass it
in greatness, in importance, in song,
and best of all, in true Christian
spirit.
1t should, therefore, be the aim of
every Norwegian Lutheran, who can
possibly do so to arrange his work
in such a manner that he or she
could, if for only a few days, be an
eyewitness and an auditor to the
events which will transpire at this
great and epoch-making meeting in
the St. Paul Auditorium.
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From the Messengerl

(From the Messenger)
Miss Ellen Olson. who has been
spending a few days with her uncle
and aunt, Maenus Olson and wife,
returned Monday to her home at
Donaldson.
John M. Olson drove over from
Englund on Wednesday, leaving on
the local for Warren for a visit with
his brother Louis NJ Olson, and to
attend to business affairs.
Mrs. J. j. Sinclair departed on
Sunday evening for a six weeks visit
with her parents and other relatives
at Cotter, Ark. Mrs. Sinclair's par
ents are Mr.. and Mrs. L. Lough-
ridge, former pioneer residents of
Warren.)
Mrs. Marble and children of Mon
tana, who have been spending the
past week here visiting with the
formers brother, Dick Porter, and
wife, left Tuesday for Warren, where
they will visit other relatives.
c. o. Bystrom, manager Of the ST.
Hilaire lumber yards here, returned
Friday evening from a two weeks
vacation spent attending the Lum-
bermen's convention in the Twin
Cities, and trip to Winnipeg, Man.,
and Port Arthur, Ont.
Arthur Legault came up from
Warren on Saturday, visiting until
the following evening with his uncle
and aunt, A. J. Beaudry and wife
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Yep, Mr.. Grounding saw his
shadow.
Will Allison killed a wolf recently.
Jack Frost left some facial i'm
pressions last week as a token of
his presence.
Miss Hilda Lundin is assisting
Mrs. Isaacson with her household
duties.
The joint meeting of the Boys
and Girls and Farmers Clubs was
postponed until Saturday night OF
this week.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-07

We have now received big sup
ply of the we'll known Winner Fan
ming Mills, with or without Power
attachment want one of these
machines on every farm. Lundgren
& Wittensten Co.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-02-07

at my farm known as the old
Ephriam johnson place, town of
Bristlet, 6 mile southeast of Warren
Evening star., 1917-03-03
TONIGHT TO SEE TEST
OF INAUGURAL LIGHTING
Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue and
Court of Honor to Be
Illuminated.

Lighting effects for the Capitol, the
court of honor and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. will be burning full tonight. it was
announced today. The electrical work
in the court of honor and at the Capitol
was completed yesterday. and the lights
were turned on last night. Electricians
today were completing the circuits on
the minor courts of honor along the
Avenue.
The od-light effect tried this inau-
guration on the Capitol for the first
time attracted much attention last
night as the big white building stood
out against the dark skies Heretofore
the lighting of the dome has been by
big searchlights located in the grounds
Eighty-four big lights are used to
illuminate the dome. They are divided
into groups of twenty-one, and a group
each placed in the northwest and north
east corners of the roof of the House
wing and IN the southeast and south
garrison flags at the four points of the
compass are on the balcony of the
dome.
Flood lights placed around the ter
races on the north. west and south and
on the grandstand on the front throw
the main part of the building in re-
liefy
The flood light effect is also used in
the court of honor. the lights being To-
Gated in each of the four corners. De-
spite the rain last night. there were
many people out viewing the lighting
effects in the court.
Evening star., 1917-03-03
RECORD ESTABLISHED
BY KENTUCKY TEACHER
r. E. Jaggers, Who Educates Hitter
ates in Six Weeks, introduced
to the President.

President Wilson laid aside his anxi-
eties in regard to the international sit
uation for few minutes Thursday
afternoon to receive r. E. Jaggers, a
Kentucky school teacher. who bears the
distinction of having taught seventy
FIVE adult illiterates to read and write
in six weeks time.
Mr. Jaggers, who was presented to
the President by Senator James, is the
guest here of the Kentucky senator's
and representatives in Congress be-
cause he was the winner in a compe-
tition among Kentucky school teachers
to see who could teach the most illit-
crates to read and write in the given
time of six weeks.
The competition. started by the Ken
lucky delegation in Congress. has been
part of a state wide campaign in Ken
lucky to abolish illiteracy by 1920.
President Wilson told Mr.. Jaggers
that he regards the work being done
for illiterates in Kentucky as a Won
derful one. and he congratulated his
visitor on his efforts. Mr. Jaggers. who
is located at Roseburg, Hart county.
KY, showed the President letter
which was written to Mrs. Cora Wilson
Stewart, chairman of the Kentucky il
literacy commission, by a man who
had been illiterate. and who was taught
to read and write in three weeks.
Evening star., 1917-03-03
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER
ASSIGNS TO CREDITORS
Philip F. Franklyn, Confessed Con-
vict, Reformed, Alleged He Was
Victim Of Blackmailers.

Special Correspondence of The Star.
ROCKVILLE, Nd, March Phillip F.
Franklyn, editor and proprietor of the
Gaithersburg Journal, a weekly news
paper which made it's appearance at
Gaithersburg. this county. several
months ago, has made an assignment in
the circuit court here for the benefit
of his creditors, and John A. Garrett
of Rockville, will. it Is understood. be
appointed trustee to sell the newspaper
equipment and other property of the
publisher and distribute the proceeds
among the creditors.
The liabilities are placed at $3.S00. and
the assets are, it is thought, sufficient
to meet all obligations. The paper will.
it is thought, continue to be published.
but under new management.
In the police court here several weeks
ago, FrankIyn voluntarily acknowl-
edged that he was a former peniten-
tiary convict. asserting that ever since
his release from prison seven or eight
years ago he had been bounded by two
men who had served with him in prison.
and had been forced by the men to pay
them large sums of money under threat
of exposing his prison record Frank
lyn asserted that he had finally become
unable to stand longer the tortures of
the two men and decided to make
clean breast of everything and thus rid
himself forever of the blackmailers.
Evening star., 1917-03-03
Ysaye Recital.

Seldom does an artist face a more en-
thusiastic audience than the one that
greeted Eugen Ysaye, the eminent Bel
gian violinist, yesterday afternoon at
the National Theater. The first num-
Der was Mozarts Sonata in d Major"
a display of lingering. abounding in
running passages. such as are found in
nearly all the works of the old master
Then followed Geminiani's Suite in d
Minor" for violin and piano. wherein
the volinist was less hampered by the
demand Of technique, and was able to
express pathos and joy at will. Saint
Saens "Havanaise" was beautiful and
pethetically lovely was Ysaye's "Reve
d'enfant." His arrangement of Chopins
"E Minor Valse" was very interesting
In closing, Ysaye played Beethoven's
'Romance in c." Two Mazurkas," by
Wieniawski, and "Ballade ct Polonaise," !"
by Vieuxtemps.
Because of the mysterious non-ap-
pearance of Leopold Godowsky. the
scheduled co-artist, Mr.. Maurice Dam
bois, the accompanist.. was called upon
for double duty. He delighted the
audience with a rendition of the we'll
known &C Sharp Minor Prelude by
Rachmaninoff. and a Caprice -Valse"
of his own. AS an accompanist he was
excellent. showing to great advantage
in the Mozart number. where the run
ming passages already mentioned were
shared literally with the piano. Since
Mr.. Dambois took part in every num-
ber. 1t il needless to say he was re-
sponsible in a large part for the sue
cess Of the concert.