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Is an unsatisfactory. ineonelusiye condition Of
acquaintance An intimate knowledge Of either
humans or merchandise requires personal con-
tact, mingling and co-mingling.
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not simply bowling acquaintance. but a real
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
Killed in France.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Void, of Hes
per township, received the sad news
last week of the death of their son,
John Bertram Wold, who was killed
in action in France on Sept. 16. He
volunteered his services last year,
and was anxious to 60 and fight for
his country. He has made the su-
preme sacrifice for the honor of the
country he had been taught to love. :
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
70, Lauritz Larsen Gives Ur
ate of Brooklyn, New
" Church to Accept
Position of National
Scope
SECRETARY NATIONAL
LUTHERAN COUNCIL
Permanent institution is Established
With Headquarters at Wash ng-
ton, ID. C.. to Become
Spokesman for Luther
an interests

Rev. LauritZ Larsen has announc-
ed that he is compelled to resign as
pastor of his Brooklyn, N. Y, charge
as he has been elected secretary CT
the National Lutheran council an
organization formed during August
at Chicago at a meeting where al
most all of the Lutheran church
bodies, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish,
English and German were represent
ed.
The National Lutheran council will
have its head Office in Washington,
D. c., and will hereafter be the Of
fetal publicity spokesman in all
matters affecting the Lutheran
churches in this country, In the
meantime, during the duration of the
war and as long thereafter as it is
desired, the National Lutheran coun-
ell will represent the National
Lutheran brotherhood for Soldiers
and Sailors welfare in all matters
regarding the Brotherhood rela-
tion to the government.
Rev. Larsen, who has already visit
ed Washington couple of times in
regard to the matter, announces that
Office headquarters have been secur-
ed in the Woodward building and
that the work of the council will be-
gin at once. (
The National Lutheran Commits
sion for Soldiers and Sailors well
fare was organized a Year ago with
|co-operation of almost all the Lutt-
eran church bodies in the country.
But this organization was tempor-
larry one to continue its existence
during the period of the war. In the
meantime, the necessity of a regu-
lar, permanent institution to be es-
tablished as spokesman for Luth-
eran interests here in this country
was seen, and the National Lutheran
lcouncil was organized as result.
DR.. H. G.. Stub is president of the
National Lutheran council and Rev.
Lauritz Larsen, secretary.
Rev. Larsen is the son of the late
former President Laur. Larsen OF
Luther college. His church was To-
Gated at 63rd street and Fourth ave-
nue., Brooklyn.-Northfield, Mimi.
American.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
Rev. Torrlson Has Resigned.

Rev. Torrison of the Synod church
of this city rendered his resignation
Monday evening to the church COM
mittee at a meeting held that ever
ing. Members of Rev. Torrison's
family live at Manitonoc, Wis. where
they have large interests. and the
recent death Of an elder brother who
was at the head of the business,
pecessitated call for Rev. Torrjson
to go to Manitowac to look after
the interests. He had been the pas
tor here for nearly Is years and Is
beloved by all. The committee did
not accept the resignation, but
rendered Rev. Torrison a leave of
absence. He expects to leave soon
for Wisconsin. The minister who will
have charge of the church during
his absence has not been decided
yet. 1t Is the wish Of all that Rev.
Torrison will return and stay with
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
FARMER DIES SUDDENLY.
John Odden, Well Known Madison
Twp. Farmer Dies While
Threshing Yesterday Morn
ing.

The community was shocked yes
terday morning when news of the
death of John Odden, a well. known
Madison township farmer reached
here. Mr.. Odden was at the Gee.
Josvanger home, assisting in thresh-
ing. He suffered an appoletic stroke
and fell to the ground and died in
just a few minutes afterwards.
Mr.. Odden was born in Glenwood
township 5S years ago this month,
his birthday being on Oct. 8. For
the past 80 years, since his marriage.
the family home had been in Madi-
son township. He was one of the
prominent and we'll known farmers
of the county, and his friends We're
legion. His sudden death brings sor-
row to many. He is survived by the
bereaved wife and four daughters,
and one adopted son Melvin, also one
grandchild.
The daughters are (Trese) Mrs.
j. G.. Woldt, Decorah; Miss Katinka,
at home; (Mabel) Mrs. Carl N.
Owen, Decorah Twp; Miss Alma, at
home.
In the death of Mr.. Odden the
county loses most representative
citizen, one who always enjoyed In
a large measure the respect and es-
TEEN of every one who ever knew
him, as his sterling straights of
character won him the warm friend
ship and regard of all.
The funeral services will be held
Friday afternoon at two o'clock at
the home and at $3.50 o'clock at the
Synod church in Decorah. Rev. J.
B. Torrison will oficiate, and inter-
ment viii be In the Norwegian
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
ALBERT KERN
NOW IN FRANCE
Writes Parents Letter, and Requests
Them to Send All the News
From Around Old Winne-
shiek
THINKS HE WILL BE
HOME IN A YEAR
Some Cigarettes and Chewing Gum
Received From Home just
Touched the Spot
Somewhere in Francs
Sept. 13, 1918

SOueWHere III france
Sept. 13, 1918
Dear Father, Mother and Brother:
How are you? am well and hope
this will find you the same. I got
your letter and pas letter yesterday
and mas last week. I got about ten
letters since / have been here.
am glad to hear that you had good
luck with your pigs and also was
glad to hear that the corn and other
crops Were good. If I had time
would write you about the country
out here. 1t may be long time be-
fore I hear from you again, az II
takes about 20 days to get letter
from you; it seems a long time. Be
sure and write every week. You
can tell me the news from around
there and send me the Bailey Springs
news. You surely read the news In !
the papers that everything Is going
fine out here so far. I guess / will
be home in year or so if I stay
all right. I am going to tell you
we got out lucky so far, but one
thing we surely went some. The
roads here are built of stone about
six inches square and laid In rows;
1t looks just like in town on the
main roads; that is the only thing
I've seen that they got us beat on.
The grain out here is in small
fields of three or four acres, wheat
and oats. I saw one field of corn,
-one-half acre about two feet higa.
They cut the grain by hand and
stack it in long stacks just as soon
as they get it cut, and on the top it
looks just like roof. We have somc
tame rabbits where / am now.
1t is getting dark SO will have To-
hurry. You can send me some
smoking tobacco if you want to.
guess it will come to where We will
have little tobacco out here, and
what We have is like that cheap
STUFF back home. got some cigaret-
tes and gum from a neighbor friend
back home and tell you they were
fine. 1t was sent to South Carolina,
but I got it anyway. l have the same
address, SO I won't have to write it
again. What are all the folks doing
around there? Tell them hello from
me. You can put this letter in the
paper If you want to, so they can
read some of my letters. Well good
bye, from
ALBERT G.. F. KERN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
ALBERT Melvin Lane.

Albert Melvin Lane, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrew Lane of DEBORAH, pas
sed away at the Great Lakes Train
ing Station, near Chicago on Thurs
day might at 1890, death being due
to Spanish influenza. He had been
sick about two weeks. His parents
went to Great Lakes and we're with
him before he passed away. Albert
was an exceptionally fine young man.
He enlisted in the navy last June,
leaving here on June Is for Great
Lakes. Previously to that he tried
to get into the Dunwoody Institute
in Minneapolis, but was too young.
He was home on short furlough
the first week in September, and was
enjoying the best of health. He
took a great interest in his work
and was happy that he was one OF
Uncle Sans forces.
Albert was born on farm aboat
two miles east of Decorah on Oct.
80, 1898, and would have been 20
wears old this month. He is slrviv-
ed by his bereaved parents. two sis
ters, Misses Ida and Anna. and one
brother Roy with the American for
ees in France.
His remains were brought to De-
corah Saturday and the funeral was
held yesterday, Tuesday afternoon
from the Norwegian church. Rev.
Glesne officiated and interment was
in the Norwegian cemetery. The
sympathy of all is extended to the
bereaved parents in their loss.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
Louis John Stortz.

Louis John Stortz, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Stortz. of Canoe township.
passed away last Friday evening at
10:15 O'Clock at Camp Boulder,
Colorado, where he was attending
the University in the S. A. t. G.
vocational section. Louis was p
years old last August. and last Sept.
entered the army, and on Sept. II
went to Camp Boulder.
He was taken sick shortly after
reaching camp. On Sept, "a he wrote
his parents that he wasn't feeling
well, and later he was taken down
sick, and the cause Of his death was
bronchial pneumonia. The remains
were brought to Decorah Monday,
and were accompanied here by
Private Otto G. Hall. The, funeral
services were held this morning from
st. Benedict's Catholic church Ia
this city. Rev. Father Hogan OFF,
ciated and interment was in the
rcotiouad On Ioef N (, GO
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
SOLDIERS
FUNERALS HELD
Three of Our Boys Who Died in
Camp From Spanish Influenza
Laid to Rest Here This
Week
JOHN BERTRAM WOLD
KILLED IN FRANCE
Helmer FOrde Passed Away at Camp
Dodge Yesterday, Malcolm ID.
Alyser Died Sunday at
Camp Meade, Mary
land

The awful world war is being
brought home more vividly to our
people every day. Many homes in
this community have been saddened
the past couple of weeks by the
death of beloved son.
Three funerals have been held in
Decorah this week of soldiers and
sailors, who died in camp from that
dreaded scourge that has been
sweeping the. country, Spanish in
fluenza. These boys have died as
much for their country as though
they fell before the enemy's guns, as
they We're getting ready to make
that supreme sacrifice, if necessary,
They gave all the service that Il
was possible for them to give, and
their names will be honored and re-
yered for all time to come.
The funeral of Sailor Geo. Mccall,
mention of whose death was made in
these columns last week, was held
Monday afternoon from the Con-
|gregational church. Rev. Willett
officiated and interment was in the
Phelps cemetery. He passed away
at naval hospital in Portsmouth,
Virginia, Tuesday, Oct /.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
AS MAN THINKETH
IN HEART so is HE
Germany Has Become What 1t
Thought, A Land OF Loo ers,
Robbers, Of Outragers
RECORDS HUMAN HISTORY
SHOW NOTHING so DEGENERATE
Sacredness WOmanhood and Child
hood No More to These Ger
mans Than Sacredness of
Cathedrals Which They
Delight to Destroy

Germany for years thought lust OF
world power, lust of wealth to be
looted from others, and lust Of it's
bestial nature, and so Germany has
become what it thought in it's heart,
a land of looters, robbers, of out
RACERS.
Germany is realizing in its own
life the fearful fruit of its crimes,
and now it is encouraging immoral
ity in order to increase its birth
rate. 1t is planning to make its
private life a breeding farm to pro-
-duce livestock to be classed as hu-
man beings, but human beings
brought into existence through lust
merely to increase the number of
its people.
The records of human history
shows nothing so degenerate, nothing
to match the crime of Germany's
thinking and nothing to equal the
fearful degradation if immortality
which has come as the inevitable
fruit of Germany's life.
1t is not the Kaiser and his clique
alone which have thus thought them
selves into this hell of moral rotten
ness; they are not the only would be
hooters; they were not the individual
rapists; they merely encouraged
their people to give free rein to
their passions for wrecking woman
hood as ruthlessly as they wrecked
cathedrals and churches. -
Z The sacredness of womanhood
and childhood was no more to these
Germans-these fiends of hell-than
the sacredness of cathedrals, which
they delighted to destroy that they
might gloat over the accomplish.
ment of their hell-born deeds. AS
they thought in their hearts so they
became, so they are, and so they
promise to remain. M
These are the people we are fight
ing. Our war is not with Kaiserisrn
and Prussianism only.
Let us not deceive ourselves.
Our war is unto death with a ma
.tion trained for years to make its
business in order to loot other ma
tions.
Our war is with the people which
seeks enrichment by destroying
others, a people which is ready to
murder in order to rob, a people
which encourages the rapist in or
der to frighten others into abject
terror and subsection.
Our war is with a people who for
years gladly upheld these doctrines,
looking forward eagerly to the day
when through murder and outrag-
ing and pillaging without end the
wealth of the world would be poured
into their laps.
This is the devil-controlled, rotten
souled hands at the throat of >civili-
zation.
Make no mistake, the honor Of
every woman in America--your wife,
your mother, your dauahter-hu-
man liberty. and Christianity itself
will depend upon our breaking the
clutch of the beast and strangling
to death in Europe.
On to Berlin, for Germany must
be destroyed!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09

Because they had requisitioned a
greater quantity Of essential food
stuffsl than those allowed under the
Food Administration standard sra-
tion for ships, vessels in New York
aarbor had 250.000 pounds of food
cut from their lists from june l 70
"a, through action Of the War Trade
Board. In many cases these supplies
had been actually taken aboard, and
had to be sent ashore again when the
slashing began.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
Red Cross Tells Where Dollars Go


Red Cross Tells Where Dollars Go.
The end of this year will see moro
than 100000 spent in France
alone by the American Red Cross
since the beginning Of the war. This
is revealed in statement just issued
by the Red Cross War Council
Nearly half of all this money-s34.-
5S3,S27.57 to be- exact-has been
appropriated for the last half of
1918.
This was made necessary by the
German attack of last spring which
drove so many poor French families
from their homes. The items of
civilian relief and reconstruction OF
ruined villages alone have called for
$5,557,6O5.75 and the end is not in
sight.
The Red Cross is having to face
the terrible task of combating tuber-
culosis among the women, children
and old men of France, especially
among the thousands who have been
in the hands Of the Hun. They pour
back in steady stream, those too
old, too worn out or too diseased to
be longer useful to the Germans, and
the Red Cross Immediately takes
them in charge.
There are now 76 tuberculosis
hospitals completed in France, and
Irequisitions for goods for SO pro-
lvisional hospitals have been approved
and they will be in operation In
few weeks. These provisional hos
pitals have 5,610 beds.
The Red Cross now has in France
about 5000 workers, many of whom
work for nothing and pay their own
expenses. Many others give their
services free but part or all their ex-
lpenses are borne by the Red Cross.
! 1t is this care Of their wives and
children which so encourages the
French soldiers to fight to the last.
laud ,,nakas fhana
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
MUST REPORT
INFLUENzACASES
Mayor Hook Received Telegram
Yesterday Regarding Govern
ment Order Issbed With
Suggestions as What
to Do
MIGHT DISCONTINUE
ALL PUBLIC GATHERINGS
The Suggestion Has Been Made by
Rupert Blue, Surgeon General
of the United States Pubic
Health Service

The spread of Spanish influenza
over the country is becoming very
serious. 1t seems that nearly every
community have more or less cases
a number having developed in this
city. Many of the army camps have
thousands of cases. Yesterday
Mayor E. j. Hook received COM
munication which is printed below
and is self explanatory.
Whether or not public amusement
places, schools etc. will be closed
here, we do not know. OF course IL
a great many cases should develop
this course would be followed, but
as it is now there are very few cases
here.
To escape the influenza physicians
recommend the following: Don't get
your feet wet: don't get chilled;
don't use nasal sprays; don't over
work to the point of fatigue. If you
would escape it observe these rules
says DR.. Eli Grimes. of Des Moines.
who recently attended conference
,at st. Louis and got the views Of
army experts
To Mayors, Health, Officers, Local
Boards of Health and the Pub
lie in General:
You are hereby notified that
Spanish or Epide,Aic Influenza must
be reported az once to the Mayor and
to the Sec- .tary of the State Board
|of Heala,, Capitol Building, Des
Moines, Iowa. Physicians must re.
port to the Mayor and the Mayor
must report the number of cases to
the Secretary of the State Board Of
Health. Physicians not to report to
the State Board OF Health, as we do
not want duplicate reports. This is
a government order and must be
tobeyed. ta
The following telegram has been
received, and where necessary the
orders in this telegram must be
executed by the Mayor and Local
board of health. Read the following
telegram and follow orders carefully.
v3 .- at
|Telegraphic Orders From WashinS-
,.e ton.
Washington, D. c.,
Oct. 6, 1918.
State Health officer.
Des Moines, Iowa.
Reports received by this Bureau
show that Epidemic Influenza con-
tinues to extend. Am suggesting
therefore to all State Health Authori-
ties advisability discontinuing all
public amusement, closing all schools
and places of amusement as done in
other states on appearance of local
Outbreaks, also If already not done
please maka disease reportable.
Request that you communicate this
suggestion to Local Health Authori-
ties in your state. Please inform me
action taken.
Signed: RUPERT BLUE,
Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service.
BY order of the Iowa State Board of
Health.
GUILFORD H. SUMNER,
Secretary Executive Officer.