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The Washington herald., 1918-01-05
THE KAISER IN JERUSALEM
"reminiscences of an Eye-WitneSs to the Triumphant
Entry Into the HOly City,
By SPENCER LEIGH HUGHES, MP.
lin the London nmes1

rof humor-a lack so complete as to
be hardly consistent with entire
sanity. The entry ceremony which ]
have mentioned showed the truth of
the saying that there is but one step
between the sublime and the ridicu-
lous. For il was really ludicrous
beyond description, and so were
some Of his subsequent perform
ances in that city. j have never
witnessed anything more really
funny than his appearance as a
preacher in a church in Jerusalem,
when he took part in the dedication
of a German Protestant church
there. He and his attendant officers,
gigantic men selected on the Bar
mum principle because of their size,
marched up the church, all armed to
the teeth. with a mixture Of the
goose step and the cakewalk. while
the choir sang a respectful anthem
which the Kaiser took to refer to
himself, and acknowledged IL with a
military salute! AS Germany is not
my spiritual home, it happens that /
do not understand the German Ian
guage-indeed, / am so ignorant in
this respect that ! was not always
sure whether the imperial preacher
was tacklinE a cultural or clearing
his throat. But the tone throughout
was that of a drill sergeant giving
orders.
A Great Commercial Traveller.
As came away l talked to a
German officer who knew our Ian
guage and our country well. He said
Il know you make fun OF our En-
peror in your country ! said that
of course we would not be so rude,
but he retorted. oh. l know all
about it; see Punch and then he
added this discriminating remark:
Whatever you may say about him.
this at least is true-he is the great
est commercial traveller in the
world" That seemed to me to be
true at the time. but his journey
TO Jerusalem and Palestine has not
turned out to be good business for
the Turks.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

And right in the midst of the Kasers talk about mo
annexations" King Ferdinand of Bulgaria announces
that he's going to hold what he has won. Ferd is
one King who is honest enough to admit that he's out
for the stuff. Wilhelm will have to spank him
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

Several correspondents ask us how the name of the
new British boss, Weymss, is pronounced. 1t is
pronounced two ways in England IN pronuncia-
ton the first IS is silent In the other the second "s
is silent
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

company advertises' in the Wilmington (Del)
Journal for bookkeeper, man subject to draft
woman" Must want one about 40 years old
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

More than nineteen years have pass
ed since i had the experience of see
ing the Kaiser enter Jerusalem.
heralded. appropriately enough, by
blatast and brazen music. and sur
rounded by what is sometimes called
by descriptive reporters "a plentiful
display of bunting"
1t was at about a Quarter-past on
the afternoon of Saturday, October
%. 1898. that this curious specimen
OF a pilgrim entered the Holy City.
armed to the teeth, escorted by troops,
with Turkish mounted police thrashng
out of the way such natives as had
drawn near. Some accounts of the
event relate that he went in by the
Damascus Gate, but that is not the
case. To oblige their imperial guest
the Turks had made a breach in the
historic and immemorial walls OF
Jerusalem in order TO save the Kaiser
from the trouble of turning an awk-
ward corner-an outrage that may
have satisfied his sense OF Kultur. 1t
may be thought that any reflections
| cast on those 1898 proceedings have
been tinged by the fact that we are
now at war with the chief performer.
and that what then appeared harm
less now seems offensive. That is
not, however, the case. for at the time
L wrote an account of the event in
which l described the Kaiser as the
only riva. of Barnum. and in regard
to the procession of German officers.
turkish Pashas, and the horde of
hangers-on. l then wrote: Nothing
like this has been seen since Noah
came out of the ark"
Arrnyed Like a Crusader.
The Kaiser had arrayed himself like
CRUSADER as seen in pantOmime.
helmet, silk robe, and the other usual
trappings for the part. He appeared
to be in a mood Of eXaltation. and
saluted with almost epileptic fury In
deed. 1t seemed to me that he IMAGINED
he had captured the city by the sword
instead of arriving there, as was the
fact, as one Of Cooks personally con-
Quoted tourists. / have sometimes
seen accounts of that Imperial trip to
the Holy Land in which it is said
that the German thoroughness and
efficiency We're shown by the perfec-
ton OF the arrangements and by the
manner in which the timetable was
kept. All Nhese tributes to that per-
feCtion of arrangements are well de-
served, but the Germans had nothing
to do with it. as the whole busi-
ness. including the providing of money
and the catering and transport, was
in the hands of Messrs. Thomas Cook
and Son. of Ludgate-circus, and it
would be impossible to imagine a more
British institution than that
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

The British army consumes 100000 pounds OF
jam week, which it gets from this country SAYS a.
London paper. Probably gets it from the railroads.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

To save both candles and table
cloths, place the candles in the ice
box. near the ice chamber. for about
twenty minutes before lighting. This
will prevent the candles from drip
ping, and thus make them last longer
and not sreass ths tablsclQth.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

Agricultural Department predicts increased acreage
bu low crop OF winter wheat If this isn't cunning
for gloom with a double-barreled hotgun what is it?
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

The Kaiser's Christmas peace proposal is one sort
of toy that's still being made in Germany for foreign
consumers
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

Every State legislature in the country is now en-
titled to hot wet-dry fight.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

Col H. o. Williams, inspector gen
eral. L. $. A. has been ordered TO
Washington. Col Williams is relieved
Of his present duty, inspecting mu-
nitions, and has been ordered to re-
port to the inspector general
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05
No Sense of Humor.

What struck me about the Kaiser
in Jerusalem more than anything
else was his complete lack of sense
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

Capt. q. Francis Grey. Signal Corps
has been ordered here for duty. HI
will report TO the Chief Signal Of
ficer here for assignment TO duty.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

First Lieut.. Thomas d. Eliot, of
the Sanitary Corps of the national
army, has been ordered here for duty
in the office of the Surgeon General
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

Seen around the town: A dancing
team leaving a pawn shop. looking
very sad. An auction sale of un-
claimed loot of pickpockets. A
new store where only boys sIeds
are sold. on Broadway. doing a
rushing business. John X Tener
the baseball magnate. trying to look
happy while Christmas shopping, A
smiling man waiting for the police
to rescue him in an upturned taxi
cab In front of the Waldorf. A
woman snow shoveler smoking a
pipe. A famous singer leaving a
fortune teller's home. A fuzzy lap
dog asleep in a baby carriage in a
department store. A New Years
reveler driving a cab through the
park at Z a. m. with three of his
companions in silk hats asleep in
side. Z. III. Sothern dining three
soldiers at the Knickerbocker.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

He was one of those grand old
wrecks who had been floating around
in a haze of booze for many years.
His proboscis was empurpled by many
nights of cutting into the grape. Big
puffs hung under his eyes and his
cigarette-stained fingers added the last
touch.
He drifted into n Rialto barroom
after reading the news of the prohibi-
ton amendment. A group of Young
men were at the bar. He Joined them
as az unwelcome guest to be toler-
ated
Boys he barked, "it is going TO be
a sad life for you. Soon there will be
no more booze-no more good times
nothing to do but sit around and
knit" Then he downed copious
drink. Strengthened up and gave n
weird cackle and staggered ont into
the night.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

Lieut.. Junior grade) f. p. Sauer'
L. 5. y, has been detached from his
ship and ordered to shore for duty.
Maj. ]. McR HUeV. Marine Corps,
has been ordered ashore.
The Washington herald., 1918-01-05

New York. Jan. L-Semprini has
moved! The little basement where ne
sang and smiled is now empty and
still. Semprini has moved to new
splendor in the lobster belt. Semprini
was King of the table d'hote in the
old days when they were institutions,
but the day of the table d'hote Is over.
The high cost of living Is the cause
1t is impossible to supply a filling
meal and plenty of wine for so cents
thes days.
The table d'hOte now charge a dot
lar. and they are sparing with their
wine and the "atmosphere-bobbed
haired girls. artists with flowing ties,
broken pot boiler writer's and the like.
Semprini was the master of them
all. He was a godsend to the sad and
broke. For 80 cents one could dine at
Semprinfs with Lucullan splendor
With another half dollar one might
have opposite him the bewitching hun
ger of Sadie or Sal and between them
was a fountain of red ink. and with
this FaleTnian compound the dinner
might simultaneously get rid of both
his thirst and his worries.
Semprini for years had d little
place on Thirty-eighth street and the
Sunday papers delighted to make
stories and cartoons Of him and his
distinguished guests. In the annals
of his line of business he stands
unique. He might have been a IA
nous tenor; he might have held a
professcTship at Columbia, for he
talked five languages; he might have
been a poet. as no one could doubt
TO hear him render lovingly the state
ly measures of Dante. All these he
might have been, but he preferred
instead the more congenial and COM
panionable occupation of suppIyin =
his fellow creatures with food He
could make with his own hands dishes
that no Ritz, Sherry or Plaza could
excel.
Still. if you talked to him of opera.
he would forget all else His spirit
lived apart in the wondrous world
of Rhadames and Pinkerton and
Guilda. But there was something best
of all. When he called a man A
friend something valuable and per-
manent had come into that mans
life.
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over your head, around it and all

over your head, around it and all
over.
There are about so men in these
Beach houses here and just now the
news came that the Germans were
evacuating all French and Belgium
territory. The bunch are sure crazy
and it's no snap to write letter,
but must keep it up. From all ap-
pearances we're going again soon,
Bob.
I'm lucky because I'm in the best
Reg't of the best division, even
though | can not mention our divi-
sion The Americans sure go into
'em some and we are only babies in
this war compared with all the rest.
We were certainly a tired worn
out bunch and hungry too, as they
couldn't get our chow to us en- ac-
count of Fritzies big guns playing
the roads in our rear to keep reserves
from coming up to help or relieve us
or those ON the line.
We had 13-day seige of it this
time and the last drive, which was
all American Artillery. She was a
dandy. On Oct. End. 1918, when l
was supposed to be % years old and
enjoying day, was cramped up in
a hole listening to all of the previous
ly mentioned cartridges of FritZies
going over, near, nearer and etc.
1t makes a fellow wonder: How
long must I live?" How long am |
or will | live?' You can hear them
coming for 2 or 8 minutes making a
walla walla sound and you wonder if
it has your name and address on it..
Got my gas mask string nicked
through my overcoat collar and
stuck the top bottom on my coat right
at my throat. | traded the coat for
a better one and luckier one. Pm
not machine gun, Bob. but a French
Gun (Chau dhet) or "sho sho" is the
way it is pronounced. Have loader
when she is empty and a second and
third loader to fill the clips. Is shells
in clip and she sure does tear in
cases its an automatic I'm a hiking
fool and that's the reason | get the
Sho sho. because its a heavy brute
I can dance on my hike and some of
the fellows wish they'd take me out
alone and give me enough. two
step when Pm all in ard it's a rest
tell you. It's like horse that can
trot and pace.
Two fellows three feet from my
dug out in their hole were covered
up and we had to dig 'em out.
Well, Bob. guess I'll have to quit.
Thanks for $40, al hough [ don't
need it now, after waiting A months
We were paid after all I didn't care
much though, haven't received the
1C.spot Bob, but some strange writ
ing on your letter said your monev
will reach you through the Bank in
Paris.
Hoping to hear from you soon. l
remain your lucky brother, old
happy Mig.
Pvt. Frank L. Moser,
10th Co. 9th Reg't.,
w. S. M. C. American E. F.
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Letters From Our
Soldier Boys
Continued from page l
From Milo Burgess
London, Oct. 9, l9Io


Dear "Barb":-
Well, here | am in good old
'.Blidghy," in "Yank's" hospital.
sent you cablegram. which you
probably have received by this time.
It is rather difficult writing in bed,
so I haven't written much to anyone.
Iwrote you on my way here, from
the base hospital in Rouen, France.
My leg is doing fine, and | will be out
of bed perhaps in another week.
A funny thing happened in Havre.
When they carried me on the boat |
found Lieut.. Francis in the next bed
with a wound in his left hip. Well
we stuck together, and are still to-
gether, also manage to pass the time
very well. Our nurse went down
town, got US lot of American maya
zines which we enjoy very much.
We are very well treated here, and
have plenty to eat. We purchased
some fine chocolate candy which
tasted great We are in a big ward
with about forty other patients, all
surgical wounds. You can't beat the
British, they sure treat US fine in
getting US here.
shall try and give you short
account of my experience.
was in front of my platoon, and
was hit by an overhead shrapnel
which bursted just over my hsad; OF
course it knocked me out. Wien !
came to, the boys had me in a she'll
hole and bandaged my leg. They
went on. / had to wait for the
German barrage to pass over. |
crawled out Of my little shell hole
and captured six Germans who had
just come out with machine gun,
/ found boy cut to pieces and made
the Germans carry him to the dress
ing station. Ihobbled into the dress
ing station, had my leg dressed, and
passed out few minutes from loss
of blood. My orderly got four husky
German prisoners and they carried
me about three miles to an advance
post. Here | got an ambulance and
went to Reg. aid post. Here my leg
was re-dressed and l was put on a
dIIIOQIdIlCS W q Casualty NlORA 3
station. From here on a hospital
train to Rouen, then to Havre, then
across the channel to Southampton,
thence to London. We arrived here
Thursday night.
have to purchase nearly whole
new outfit of clothes, as my old ones
were ruined. | have new uniform
being made, which will be finished
Friday night.
You can send my mail just the
same as you were. and will either
have it forwarded to me or wait
until / get back early in November
Well. dinner is nearly ready, so
must close. Guess you will find it
hard to read thisletter. but it is sure
hard to write in bed. Best regards
to all.
Love,
M. D. Burgess.
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(ElmWOOd PreSSl
Oct. IL or IL, 1918.
Dear Bfother!-~
Received your two welcome letters
on the day that we came back from
the line and was certainly glad to
hear from you. Letters, when we
return all tagged out, are welcome
visitors. In addition to your 2, re-
ceived IL from Bib and 2 from sister
Lena.
I'll try now and tell you something
of the country we relieved Fritz of.
Our American Artillers from A to z
is too, much for old Fritzie's hirlings
because they haul themselves out in
a hurry Can you imagine the entire
sky on three sides of you being lit
up by red sort of flame. It's so
plain you can see almost as good as
you can in the daytime for miles
around. We went through a pine
forest on the End day; Bob,
there wasn't a particle of dirt that
had not been turned over once or
twice by our artillery The Fritzies
we capture are tickled to get out of
it and can't rip their packs off soon
enough They certainly have some
dug outs and I'll say one thing that
all the German soldiers Old Bill. the
wind TANNER, had couldn't chase
our regiment of Marines out of such
dug outs if we were ever lucky
enough to get into them. We ad-
vance in the daytime and dig our
holes 5 by by a. 5, 6. z, 8, 9, or as
deep as you want TO GO, and Fritz
can tear his old cannon all to H
and we don't move. Their big shells
are about 4 feet long and one foot in
diameter and are called Sea Bags.
He has them from that size dowr
and guess I'd better mention a few
of the names: Seabags. MINI ov
whifilers. One Founders, Trench Nor
tars. whiz BANGS etc.
We'll. in addition to that when 3
fellow is all cramped from sitting al
in ball (makin0 himself small) anG
raises IN to get the Charles horee.
ont of his seemingly 80 year olC
bones, some Fritz Sinner or ma
chine gun goes zip-whim-whir zip.
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State of Wisconsin, In Circuit Court
for Pierce County
Thomas Brooks. Plaintiff
Pembroke V. Wise and = Wise, his
unknown wife, Levi Hoyt, and =
Hoyt, his unknown wife, Francis
Hoyt and = Hoyt, his unknown
wife, Amoskeag Savings Bank, a
corporation, Charles Smith and
Smith, his unknown wife, Conrad
Luethner and - Luethner, his I'M
known wife, Farmers & Traders
Bank, corporation, Conrad Light.
ner and - Lightner, his unknown
wife, James Dunsaith, and all the
unknown heirs, legatees and devil
sees Of any and all Of said defend
ants, and generally all persons whom
it may concern, Defendants
SUMMONS
The State of Wisconsin. to the
above named defendants and each
of them:
You and each Of you are hereby
summoned to appear within twenty
days after service of this summons,
exclusive Of the day of service, and
defend the above entitled action the
court aforesaid; and in case of your
failure so to do. judgment will be
rendered against YOU according TO
the demand of the complaint of
which copy is herewith served up
on you.
The above entitled action is
brought TO quiet the title to the fol-
lowing described premises situated
in Pierce County, Wisconsin, to-wit:
The Southeast quarter of the
Southeast quarter (SE4 of the seq
and the Northeast quarter of the
Southeast quarter (NE4 of the SE4)
of Section Thirty. (3O). Township
Twenty-seven (27), North of Range
Eighteen (18) West.
w. P. Knowles, Plaintiffs Atty.
P. O. Address: River Falls, Pierce
County, Wisconsin.
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Council Proceedings

Council Chamber. City of River
Falls, Nov. Is. 1918.
Regular meeting of the common
council.
Council convened at s O'Clock D.
m, Mayor Smith presiding.
Council organized as board of
health, conferred with Regent Ra-
mer and Mr.. Ames of the Normal
school and 1t was agreed that the
schools may open on Nov. 25th pro-
vided that the condition of health
in the city is as good as at present.
Council called to order by Mayor
Smith and on roll call of officers the
following aldermen were present.:
Mccormick, Bartholomew, Ostness
and Sutherland.
Minutes of previous meetings
read and approved.
Finance Committee report b e
following claims approved
UTILITY FUND
N. w. Elect. Co., supplies 113 70
General Elec. Co., meter SO "a
Waterous Engine Works Co., valves
and baskets hydrants Al 81
Pure Oil Co., lubricating oil 27.5O
w. S. barley & Co., magnetic indi-
Gator Water Dept. $500
w. s. Oligney, freight and dray.
age 6.65
Ramer Auto Co., repairs and sup
plies 64.24
Pierce Co. Tel. Co., MESSAGES $50
F. Y. Williams, salary 5000
F. V. postage and regis
tration ballots 218
= stamps 200
E. E. Buck IS 90
A. Renter 1000
Jas. Sweet 1000
]. w. Patterson AZ so
II. Kruger, sal. and overtime "a go
j. j. Rolling, labor hydrants 1880
638 SO
GENERAL FUND
A. G. Ramberg, salary police $3.50
c. j. Heigaard Co., flag 1913
]. ID. Boals, inspector election, re-
turn, registration 4.03
Lutte Mckee, inspector elect. 800
Stephen Browell, 800
w. E. Campbell, clerk = 8 90
VIM. Scroggie, - % 800
James Dunn, bal. /" 800
w Swanson. &c = 800
". w. Pratt, elec. Insp. &return 8 so
Ed. Brown, !" = $50
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Died

Mrs. Alfred P. Peterson, formerly
Miss Dorothy Wingender of Hudson,
died Nov. 4th of bronchial pneu-
monia which had developed from
influenza. She died at st. Paul; the
remains were shipped to Hudson for
burial.
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THE RIVER FALLS JOURNAL, RIVER FALLS, WISCONSIN

F. A. Howe, g 500
E. a. Fuller, clerk 100
ID. w. Kline, 800
Robert Reynolds, cleo. bal. elk. 8 90
John Currier, 500
Ed. Elertson, stteet com. 31.50
G. w. Chinook, Jr.. street com.
315O
G. w. Chinook, Jr., street lab
or 1890
L. H. Hamilton, street labor 10 so
John Mapes, 1900
Knute Wigen, 26.1O
Christ Lindgren, /" $500
j. w. Patterson, special pol. 200
Robt. Reynolds, 200
M. D. Savage, sand for sidewalks
1925
$33111
On n otion voted to adjourn.
F. v. Williams, City Clerk.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank our neighbors
and friends for their sympathy and
beautiful floral offerings at the time
of our bereavement of the loss of
our son and brother.
Mrs. Minnie Erman
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Dittman
Marian and Laura Erman
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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE

For Sale-Hard coal heater, latest
model, been used less than three
months. If you want bargain call
at this office.
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Charter No. 1857
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE
First National Bank
Reserve District No. 9


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RUTABAGAS-If you want any
extra nice sweet and crisp rutabagas
raised on new breaking, see Walter
Glass or phone so.
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Card of Thanks
CLASSIFIED ADS.
FARMS FOR SALE

For Sale or Rental acre farm
five miles west Of River Falls. los
acre farm one mile from Beldenville.
w. E. Winter.
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For Sale -Shorthorn bulls Of rare
breeding, good individuals, and in
fine condition. Priced to sell. L.
w. Hastert.
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From Frank MoseF
M. D. Burgess

(Elmwood Press)
Oct. II or IL, 1918.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-31
Allies Threaten
To Cut Off Foe
On LoUer Piaue

ITALIAN HEADQUARTERS ON THE
PAVE, Oct. 80 (By The Associated
Press). - Austro- Hungarian forces are
retiring in the region east of Coneg
hano They are leaving behind them
scattered along the roads toward Wit
torio, seven miles north Of Conecliano,
and Sacile. further to the east, MANY
big guns and munition wagons.
The capture of Concgiiano bv the
Italians was important since that town
is tho centre of five highways. and
also is situated on the railway. The
city is being used as a supply station
for the Italians. From this CITY the
Italians will be able to dominate not
only the lower mountain region, but
also the enemy troops on the Lower
Piave.
May Cut OFF Enemy
Large numbers of Italian cavglrv
already have crossed the Piave. The
position of the enemy forces on the
lower stream is becoming critical and
they may be cut off
The taking of Coneglano was effect
ed by italian troops which crossed the
Pave south of tho Mo-vesa region on
Monday night in the face of an intense
artillery fire. They cut their way