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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-18
LOOKING GLASS PRAIRIE.
April 10 1917.

April 16, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Van Vliet and
daughter were DEBORAH callers
Thursday.
Elsie Richert called at the VIM.
Feltis home Saturday evening.
Peter Forseth, Lars Goldberg, John
Kip and Ira Kimber were Mabel cal
lers Thursday.
Lawrance Iverson, Willie Welsh
and Roy Feltis were Mabel callers
Tuesday
VIM. Beard of DEBORAH was a bust
ness caller at Albert Van Vliet's
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hilleman went
to DEBORAH Saturday.
A few from this vicinity went to
the river fishing last Sunday.
Frank Perry was a Prosper caller
Monday.
Mrs. George Young and daughter
Violet were Mabel callers Saturday.
Charlie Sellman was a Mabel CAL
Ter Saturday.
Mr.. Void of Thief River Falls is
visiting at the Peter Forseth home
at this writing.
Peter Thor5en, Roy Hiatt and VIII
Gov were Mabel callers Saturday.
liver Forseth purchased fine driv-
ing horse from Peter Thorsen.
Mrs. Halsey and daughter were
DEBORAH callers Saturday
Peter Forseth and Mr. Void were
callers at Henry Sellman's Saturday
Il. Ericsson was Hesper caller Sat
urday morning.
Mrs. Peter Forseth is on the sick
list
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Feltis and fam
lily and Miss Mildred Feltis were en-
tertained at the Henry Sellman home
Sunday.
Elsie Gertrude Young went down
to Henry Barths Saturday evening
Winfield Feltis and wife of Burr
Oak spent Wednesday afternoon.
Broghammer brothers were seen
on our streets Thursday
John Young was a Mabel caller
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hilleman were
Burr Oak callers Friday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-18
HESPER.

April TO, 1911.
Miss Beulah Hover returned to
her home at Locust Sunday, after an
extended stay at the Jake Richert
home.
Mrs. Bertha Bender visited at the
Alfred Defining home near Satire
Sunday and Monday.
Miss Anna Usgaard visited at
Lars Usgaard's Monday.
forge Thorson and Albert John
son returned from his Montana trip
Saturday.
Miss Cora Broghammer began her
duties as teacher in the Locust
school Monday.
Burr Oak shoppers Friday were
Misses Ida Bergeson and Anna Us
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-18
CORRESPONDENCE.
OSSIAE


II. O. DeGraff returned to Iowa
City Tuesday, to resume his studies.
r. w. Anderson was DEBORAH
visitor Tuesday.
Carl Hermanson transacted bust
ness in DEBORAH Wednesday.
Mrs. VIM. Allen entertained few
lady friends in honor of his mother
Mrs. George Allen.
Mrs. Fred Figge came home from
La Crosse, Wednesday, after visiting
her daughter Narcotic in the hos
pital.
Mrs. Joseph Weitgenant was call
ed to La Crosse, Wis, Thursday on
account of the serious illness of her
husband.
John Kneeskern of Castalia
spent Tuesday here.
Miss Kate Deming of Fort Akin
son, came Friday, to visit friends.
Alois Scheidelmantel of Winona,
Mimi, came Saturday, to spend his
vacation at home.
Miss Clara Broghammer returned
to Calmar Friday, after spending a
few DAYS with her parents.
Vivian Figge came home from Du-
buque to visit his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Figge.
Mrs. Margaret Daniels visited
friends in DEBORAH Saturday.
Mrs. c. Brocamp went to Fort At
kinson Saturday to visit relatives.
Russell Gilbert and Leonard John
son came from Charles City Satur-
day to spend Sunday with home
folks.
Mrs. Alphonso Figge came from
Chicago Friday, TO attend the funer-
al of Mrs. Cathrine Figge.
The Thursday afternoon Art Club
was entertained at the home of Mrs.
Louis Fan Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. c. Supplee went
to Cresco Thursday to attend mis-
sionary meeting.
Dave Weitgenant returned from
La Crosse, Wis, Friday, while there
he went to Neilsville, Wis, to visit
his daughter, Mrs. George Brother.
f. p. Nicholson returned from
Des Moineg yesterday, after attend
ing legislature.
Mrs. Percy Billiard and son Don
aid autoed home from La Junta,
Colorado, where the latter spent the
winter for his health.
F. A. Scbolik and family autoed
to DEBORAH Sunday.
Mrs. Schneeberger of Festina,
came Friday, to visit relatives.
Miss Carrie Fillenswirth came
home from Cresco Wednesday after
having an operation at the hospital.
Mrs Cathrine Figge died at her
home Thursday after an illness of
six months. The funeral will be held
Tuesday morning from. the st. Fran
els de Sales church.
Joseph Weitgenant died at the st.
Francis hospital at La Crosse, Wis,
Thursday, being too weak TO with
stand the operation for gall stones
His remains were brought here Fri
day. The funeral was held from the
home Sunday afternoon at one-thir-
ty, after which he was taken to the
Centennial to be buried beside his
first wife. His children were all
home to attend the funeral.
Those from out of town who at
tended the funeral of Joseph Weitge-
nant were: Mr.. and Mrs. Chas Welt
genant and children, Rice, Mimi;
Mr. and Mrs. James Weitgenant and
daughter Gladys, Gainesville; Mrs.
Frank Briggs and daughter Ellen
Rockford; Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Ban
ming and son Frank, Fayette; Mr.
and Mrs. Tom LogsdOn, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harmon Logsdon and son
LLOYD, John and Rand Williams, De-
corah, Mr. and Mrs. ID. e. Harvey,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Riggs, Castalia;
Jim Kneeskern, Frankville; Mr.. and
Mrs. Ed Green and children, Allen
Green and his mother Mrs. Mel.
Green, Postyille.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-18

-"Effecto" auto and carriage
varnish at Prastmark's.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1917-04-18

Automobile accessories. Motor
Supply Co.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
OCTOGENARIAN is HURT
IN MOTOR CAR COLLISION

Thrown from an automobile when II
coIlided with another at Pennsylvania
avenue and Jackson place last night:
John NJ. Graham. eighty years old. OF
AT NJ street received an injury to his
head He was treated at Emergency
HOSPITAL Mr.. Graham was in the auto
mobile of Herbert L. Davis of 1241
Girard street when it met the car OF
Samuel r. Sells of 127 Maryland ave
nue. northeast.
Mrs. Gertrude Bromwell. forty years
old, of 1924 7th street. was injured
about the body last night when an au-
tomobile in which she was riding on NJ
street between Sth and 10th streets
was struck by the machine Of J. w.
Eastman of 944 New York avenue. She
was taken to her home
A horse had its right fore leg broken
last evening when an automobile
struck it at 41a street and Maryland
avenue southwest. The horse was at
tached to a wagon of the Sharon Dairy
Company when the machine Of the
Eagle Rag Company. 933 5th street.
struck 1t.
About s25 damage was done to an au-
tomobile of John C. Temple of 837 Alli-
son street when Capital Traction car
collided with it at 131a street and
Pennsylvania avenue last night
The automobile of A. H Sawyer. 1905
Gallatin street. was Slightly damaged
in a collision yesterday afternoon at
18th street and New York avenue with
an automobile Of n. H. McCray OF all
I'd street southeast.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
SECOND VIRGINIA SOLDIER
KILLED AT ANNIST0N CAMP
Private Ernest Maddox Has Head
Blown OF by Discharge Of Tent
Bunkie's Rifle.

Special From a Stan Correspondent.
CAMP MCCLELLAN, Admission. Ala
McClellan's first death occurred today,
when Private Ernest Maddox Of Company
l. of the I'd Virginia Infantry had his
head blown off when shell in rifle
handled by his tent bunkie, Private
Eugene SaTel. was discharged. Saffel
was placed under arrest. but Lieut. Lewis
B. Ballantyne Of Newark Of the military
police reported, following an investiga-
ton, that the shooting was clearly acci-
dental.
Maddox was playing cards in the tent
with some others Of the squad and Saf-
fel, who is a rookie. was going through
the manual of arms and the inspection
of arms Apparently for practice in
loading and ejecting cartridge. he
placed bullet in the rife. A second
later there was a report and the bullet
literally tore Maddoxs head off. AL
though Lieut.. Ballantyne's report sub
stantiates the story told by Saffel, he
will be kept under arrest until more
thorough investigation can be made by
both the military police and the regi-
mental commander. Both the dead man
and his slayer are mere boys.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
New Offer of Peace
Now Germany's Plan,
Is Rum0r in Holland
(Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
New York Times.

(Cablegram to The Sunday Star and
New York Times.
THE HAGUE. September ga
strong rumor was circulated in Holland
today that Germany was about to make
new. peace offer. It was semi -officfal-
ly announced that the German reply to
the Pope contained no specific details
but that Foreign Secretary Kuehlmann
gave details of Germany's terms in a
personal conversation with the papal
nuncio.
1t is believed here in competent quar-
ters that Germany has at last received
lneness OF American war preparations
and that this, combined with the do
mestic political crisis, has decided her
to make one more effort to bluff the
allies into considering peace terms
which would save the Hohenxollern
autocracy and leave Germany FREQ to
secure raw materials and continue the
struggle for world empire when she
has recovered from her present ex-
haustion.
1t is significant that German papers
OF all territories occupied by her dur
ing the war. provided that the entente
powers will equally abandon all Ger
man colonies, also Mesopotamia, and
Will renounce all intention of pursuing
an economic war after the war.
The Frankfurter Zeitungs Berlin cor
respondent says practically tho same
thing in other terms. Undoubtedly
Germany is pursuing her diplomatic Of
sowing discord among tho allies by
urging them. to secure the restoration
of their territories at the expense OF
Great Britain.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
MR., McADOO CAUSTIC IN REPLY
TO DECLINATION TO BUY BONDS
Tells Head of Farmers Organization You
Are Not Worth Fighting For -Denies
He Favored Mcclellan Amendment.

In reply to a declnation from the
head of a farmers organization to aid
the next liberty loan campaign. be-
cause the present administration is al
legged to favor an increase in second
class postal rates. Secretary of the
Treasury McAdoo wired back. among
other caustic comment:
III you really entertain the senti-
ments YOU have expressed in your tele-
gram It is a pity that these brave men
must fght for you. because you ere not
worth fighting for
The telegram, about 400 words long.
was addressed to DR. II. T.. Stockbridge.
Atlanta, Ga, president of the Farmers
National Congress. To Dr. Stockbridge
and to the executive heads Of twenty
one other farmers organizations Sec
retary NIcAdco appealed for aid in con-
Stockbridge replied. in part:
"Your wire Of 18th soliciting as
sistance Of this organization in cam
naian for sale of next issue of liberty
bonds meets little response from US.
You nersonally and the administration
YOU represent are now on record as
fayoring one of the most unjust pieces
~ legislation ever outraging the senti-
,oents and interests of the farmers of
this country by your effort to force
the lfcKellar amendment to the rev.
and hurdensoEle tax on the farmer by
increa sing the cost OF his professional
reading matter.
After stating that he is not in favor
Of the McKellar amendment, Secretary
McAdoo, in his telegraphic reply, con-
tinues:
Evening star., 1917-09-23

reason why you should be unwilling
to buy or assist in selling United States
government bonds? Is that a reason
why you should refuse to lend money
to your government to enable it to sun
ply the gallant sons of farmers and
every other class of American citizens
who have been drafted or who have
volunteered to give their lives to pro-
tect your liberty and property the nee
essary guns with which to fight; the
necessary clothing and food to support
surance and means to support their de-
pendent families while they are at the
front"
Have you son who has volunteered
or who has been drafted into this noble
service? If so, would you fail to buy
a liberty bond to help him fight to save
his country and to protect his own life
because the rates on second-class mail
matter may be increased? II you
haven't son you cannot feel what
every mother and father of a gallant
boy must feel when they see that boy
go out to fight for his country
Il am happy to believe that you
speak for yourself alone and that you
do not represent the sentiment of any
other farmer in America.
'"rhe gallant boys now going into
training must fight for the safety and
liberty and property of every man.
woman and child in America. you in
cluded.
II withdraw my request for your as
sistance in the sale of government
bonds. The patriotic people of America
will sustain their gallant soldiers and
sailors and carry this war to victory
without your aid"
Evening star., 1917-09-23
He'd Almost Complete Control.
ALEXANDR|AAFFA|RS
s cciaI Correspondence oc The Star.
ALEXANDRIA. September 22.-Corn

e csal Correspoadence oc The star.
g ALEXANDRIA, september 22-Cora-
ba: = G Home Guards. commanded by
Gar; Thomas L. Cochran. composed OF
5eixi= men. many o. wn"m have hau
Corner military training viii rave tc
yak .he required oath for Virginia
LStatr oiun5 eers before an" guns can
r. furnished ;iaerl. Capt. Cochran has
S-er not..@G ay Lieut.. Col. 20 Lane
sit n. Inspector general. Virginia
Militia, who states that through the
aefforts of Representative Cavsn $50
rifles have beer sent for the state
r. iI.tia by the War department. More
ri:if' sra expected shortly
= Already p uoZen members have siSni-
III d their intention Of taking tho oath.
zsnd it is generally believed that with
An I short time The required number
&Sril take lie catl. after which time
EYurs VIII -" furnished thein.
y Companies II Virginia -olurteers are
Etow i,e.os fo5 .,,5i al over the state. Suci.
- orgalzat;o:a IS Home Guards rGuiti
EjD: howeve.. iizv ve any Official standing
ZSith the state authorities. hence It VIII
o., recessary ior ilenlbsIs OF such to en-
stnii themselves into Virginia volunteers
Eif they desire guEs.
r Il. yiew of me fact that the local mill
.tary company viii leave Monday after
etoo,,. i is generally believed that 1t will
ESt n.uiate interest In TIE proposed com
3anH OF Virginia Volunteers.
!, 'ri,e Synod Of the Presbyterian Church
"a Virginia will hold it's annual meet
Jag in the Second Presbyterian Church.
Stllis; city. October %. This viii be the
sNrst meeting of that 5ody in this city
kDirce 1877.
3 4: the same time tIe 1o0th anniver-
kta-T OF the establishment Of the Sec
fCnd Presbyterian Church here will be
.pose: we'd witI appropriate services.
4 \ meeting OF the local con;T}fctse on
1ue social and lIs-Hi -%etIar. Of sol
FGi.rs oarnped III t,.is rity ana neigh
boriIood is scheduled to be held at
o'clock Monday Iigh, IN the Young Peo-
pies building. This committee WIS or-
EanizeI az q public trceting held here
August 81
AIexander {. ponir;,au. ir.. left toda )
rfor the Augusta Military Academy
sEort Defiance. Va. where he will take
up the studies Of h 9 second year.
Citizens who "i'l set as an escort to
the members Of Company u. lst Nir-
sE:nia Regiment. who will leave Mon
day afternoon for Admission. Ala, will
assemble at the armor.- at O'Clock
and march to the railway station. fol
flowed by the military. 1t is expected
ifhat there will be a large turnout
iAIembers of r. E. Lee Camp. Confeder-
sate Veterans. also will attend. The
seompany will entrain at 3 O'Clock.
= The following will be the palIbearers
at the funeral of William II. Phillips
tt l:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from
tt Paul's P. Z. Church: Samuel II
Evening star., 1917-09-23
Men of higher Command Accused.

my Arm conviction is that these
horrible acts Were committed by con-
nivance of the German higher COM
mand. because when the neutrals arose
in one day. Had they been due to drink
or other excesses on the part of the
soldiers they would have continued.
despite the neutral outcry. The Ger
man command, under pressure, was
forced to stop the outrages.
The military and civilian German
governors OF Belgium are inspired by
a determination to cripple the country.
industrially and socially. This line of
conduct has been openly acknowledged
by high officials. In fact. one of the
staff at Antwerp frequently stated that
every possible device for the persecu
ton and moral torture of the Belgian
people would be resorted to in order
Ito wear them out. get them to sue for
separate peace and agree to annexa-
ton. I overheard this myself
Tn their dealings with neutrals the
Germans put aside The Hague conven-
tion when 1t suited them and work ed it
to the letter when it was to their profit.
AS proof of this disregard of the con-
vention at The Hague on the part of
the Germans, / instanced the removal of
raw material from Belgium, the send
ing of it to Hamburg and Bremen and
war prices. to the people from whom it
had been taken.
German officers commandeered farm
implements. cattle, horses, farm produce
posed to give receipts for these. to be
honored at some future date: but very
few Belgian farmers read German, and
frequently the receipt was made out for
head Farmers have come to me for
advice as to how they could collect their
money. and YOU may judge Of their
amazement when they were told that
Evening star., 1917-09-23
ROCKVILLE AND COUNTY
Special ,..esponlence Of The star.

Special : ,9responlence 81 The star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. September 22-
Willis B. Bu-dettc, until recently
county superintendent of public schools
and one of Pockville's leading mer-
chants, will. il IS understood, be one
Of the republican, candidates for the
house OF delegates. Although disin-
clined to run for office. he has. it is
announced. yielded TO the unanimous
wish of the state central committee of
his party. which Will nominate the can
didate. and will be named by the com
mittee next week. Those who are
being considered for the other three
o. Stabler of Spencervilie. Charles f
Kirk of Olney and Dewald J. Willard
Of Poolesville
The supervisors OF elections have
given notice that the officers of regis
tration for the various election dis
tricts OF the county viii sit at the usual
places October ard . to register and
transfer voters. and October 16 to re-
wise the books. They will sit each
day from o'clock am. until 7 pm
President Wilson has passed ad-
versely upon the claim for discharge
from military service filed by Grover
B. Bell of Potomac this county. it
a resident Of this county to b. passed
upon by the President Eel claimed
discharge on the ground of being en-
gagged in ;S::cultural pursuits but the
! district board Of Annapolis Denied his
claim He then appealed to TIE P-esi-
| dent.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles NJ Williams of
Poolesville. this COUNT. have an
nounced the engagement Of their
tdaushter, Miss Jane, and Henry White
Allnutt. of Dawsonville. The marriage
Will take place in October.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
WASHINGTON WOMEN
SERVE AS JUMPERS"
AND AUTO DRIVERS

Washington women have enter
ed another field heretofore oc-
cupied entirely by men-several
have entered the services Of ono
Of the largest laundries as auto
mobile drivers and Jumpers" or
package deliverers.
They were placed in this work
because of shortage in the labor
fields. Already, according to the
management of the establish
ment. they have made good"
proving themselves steadier and
faster workers than the men
formerly employed. At present
both men and women are employ
ed, and a machine driven by a
woman was the first to return to
the laundry yesterday afternoon.
Evening star., 1917-09-23
Trial of the Old Regime.

Lunt. George Young, A. C. Uhler. F. F
Marbury. Thomas W. Robinson and
Luther H Thompson.
1t IS expected that :he colored men
in the draft from this city. in their
respective order, will be sent to Camp
Lee, Richmond. Va. early next month.
A number Of the Alexandria rockies;
at Carp Lee arrived home tonight to
spend the week end with tneir families
They will return - the camp tonor-
row evening.
At special meeting OF the board Of
police commissioners Monday night at
O'clock = vacancy on the police force.
caused by the resignation OF Poltcerisii
Raymond W. Smith. rill be filed
/. II. sullivan viii represent Oriental
Lodge, Knights of Pythias this city, 3 .
the fo-ty-ninth annual session cc the
Grand Lodge. which will be held in
RoanoEe. October ..
Rt- Rev. D. =. o'Conneii, bishop of
the diocese of Richmond, was a guest
of Rev. Louis Smet pastor Of ST. Mary 8
Church. NJ The rectory today.
Evening star., 1917-09-23

either of Belgium or of other explicit
objects for which the allies are fight
ing cannot divert them for moment
from their own measures for the
restoration Of peace and its future Sc
curity. Before the kaiser's pro-
fessions count for anything we must
have fruits meet for repentance, and
these are restitution, reparation and
guarantees.
The Globe says:
1T is clear that as far as the Pope's
Intervention is concerned we are no
nearer peace than before"
Evening star., 1917-09-23
Harden Sees a Chance
of Peace This Year
by Waving Belgium

AMSTERDAM, September z1.-Maxi.
milan Harden. editor Of Die Zukunft.
lecturing in Berlin, said he was con.
yinced peace was attainable this year
IL Germany promised to waive tho right
to rule Belgium. That statement
aroused q hostile demonstration from
the audience and many persons left
the hall After the interruption. Herr
Harden continued:
I'VE think too much Of waging war
and not enough OF politics. Whoever
brings us peace. whether socialist or
Pope, is welcome.
"The fate of Belgium must be brought
to a speedy decision. Either We mast
annex Belgium or state openly that we
never had any such intention. In aay
case, tho German people must decide
for themselves their eWn lot"
Evening star., 1917-09-23
WOMEN OF NOTE TO
Be HERE THURSDAY
Liberty Loan Conference Will
Open Remarkable Finan-
ciaI Campaign.
MRS. McADO0 TO PRESIDE
MRS. McAD00 TO PRESIDE

Women of prominence from every
corner of the Union will meet in the
Pan-American Union building Thursday
al the first conference of the women's
liberty loan committee, the meeting to
be presided over by Mrs. William G.
McAdoo 1t will be the opening of
what promises to be the most remark
able financial campaign in history. in
that the leading women OF every com :
munity have been mobiltzed to help
make the next great bond issue sue
cess. The movement is an experiment,
but judging from the responses to the
invitations to serve, and the telegraph
ic announcements of the women who
will arrive here this week, the wom-
ems liberty loan committee will be in
touch with every live organization of
women in the United States.
The women who are coming are those
to whom big problems are daily COM
panion. They are known for their ac-
tivities far and wide, in philanthropic.
social, suffrage, anti-sufrage. educa-
tional and patriotic work. For this oc-
casion they will be united by one COM
mon purpose to prove their loyalty to
woman in America in the sale of bonds.
Prominent Women Expected.
Among these women are the members
of the committee itself, including, be-
sides Mrs. McAdoo, Mrs. Antoinette
Funk. vice chairman: Miss Mary Synon,
executive secretary; Mrs. Frank A.
Vanderlip of New York, Mrs. George
Bass of Chicago. Mrs. F. L. Higginson
Of Boston, who serves also as chairman
for the first federal reserve district,
Mrs. ]. o. Miller Of Pittsburgh. also
state chairman for Pennsylvania; Mrs
Kellogg Fairbank of Chicago. Mrs.
Guilford Dudley of Nashville, also state
chairman for Tennessee, and Mrs.
George Thacher Guernsey OF Kansas.
president general Of the Daughters OF
the American Revolution.
The chairmen of the twelve federal
reserve districts will be we'll repre-
sented. Acceptances have been re-
ceived from Mrs. E. B. Reppert Of
Dallas, Tex: Mrs. George W. Fuller OF
Kansas City, Mo-; Miss Grace Dixon:
Chicago: Mrs. Roger c. Perkins Of
Miss Clara Middleton of
Island and Mrs. Higginson Of Boston. :.
Among the state chairmen expected
are Mrs. Solon Jacobs Of Alabama, who
with Mrs ]. o. Miller of Pittsburgh
and Mrs. Guilford Dudley Of Tennessee
has been for years prominent as presi-
state; Mrs. Philip N. Moore, president
of the National Council of Women, a
clearing house Of national woman's Or
ganizations, and now a member OF the
woman's committee of the Council of
National Defense; Mrs. Morgan Bulke-
ley, wife of the former senator from
Connecticut: Mrs. H. o. Wittpen of
New York, Mrs. Donald of Kentucky,
Mrs. A. C. Peterson of Nebraska, Mrs.
Elizabeth McCune of Utah and many
others as widely known.