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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

A Lansing youth named Frank
Gonyer who enlisted as a volunteer
in the army, was taken in charge
there last week on his arrival home
in civilian clothes, on the charge
of desertion. He finally admitted
he had left his camp in New Jersey
without leave, because of an over
whelming desire to see his mother
before he had to sail for France
He claims that he was persuaded to
do so by an older conrad who also
wanted to slip away. The young
mans act in coming back here so
openly rather indicated he was not
at heart a deserter and that he did
not realize the seriousness of his
offense in leaving his command as
he did. He was very peniteit while
held here in Jail for several days
when a soldier from Camp Dodge
came and took him there. He may
escape the severe penalty imposed
for desertion when his case is
fully heard. He has two older
brothers in the army from this
CONTEMPLATION Democrat
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26
His Youngsters Were Twins

Stockton, Cal, June 24.-When
is first child not first
child?"
This is the question that has
been causing Sergeant r. R. Mer-
genital, of the local U. S. marine
corps recruiting station, to spend
sleepless nights lately.
George Hadley, of Kansas City
applied to Mergenthal for enlist
ment. When Hadley Informed
him that he was married and had
two children, Mergenthal told him
that he would draw $3.50 for a
family allotment, namely SIS fol
his. wife, $40 for his first child and
$3.50 for his second child. But
Hadley insisted on $35.
How do you figure that?" quer'
led Mergenthal.
well, my youngsters are twins
so how are you going to figure the
first child? They both come under
the $40 head" answered Hadley
Il give up" declared Mergenthal
after puzzling over it for a few
hours. The delicate question has
been put up to the authorities al
Washington.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26
Many Danes Turn Catholic.

That Denmark in hundred years
will be a Catholic country is the
assertion of Bishop van Euch, q
Catholic prelate. The Catholics In
Denmary increased from 5,37S in
1901 to 12,0S7 in 1917, it is stated
The bishop asserts that Danish
Lutheran pastors are going over tc
the Catholic church In increasing
mbers.-Northfield United Ameri
can.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26
Beware of the Faker and His Fake
Messages

l.. c. Kube, of Clinton, received
a telegram supposedly from his son.
Ileyellyn, at Camp Jackson, Fla.
The telegram stated that he had
just been commissioned and wanted
a hundred dollars at once and ask
ing his father to waive indentifi-
cation. Mr.. Kube was suspicious
of the message and investigated
before sending the money. He dis
covered it to be a regular ICON"
game, trick that is being used a
great deal at the present time, and
those who-have sons in the service
should be careful.-Elgin Echo
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

We have had several kinds of bands
here on the Chautauquas In the past,
but after a year without one we be-
lieve the unusual organization which
the management is bringing to us this
year will be real treat. We did not
war days-but military band APP
pealed to us, so we looked for band
composed largely of men from the
University Reserve Officers Training
Corps-men who are in lire for COM
missions in the army when their
schooling is finished-men with, the
real pep and ginger of Americans and
the enthusiasm of University men
and we found it in the s. U. /. Mill
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26
Child Fell Into Boiling Grease.

Holstein, June 24.-Wilma Sch
midi S-year-old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Adolph Schmidt, is dead here
from burns received when she fell
into tub of boiling grease.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

tary Band under the direction of DR..
o. Z. Van Doren, who is considered
by many as the best band director In
Iowa. Their program is wihner-a
reed quintet, the sliding trio In some
real jazz music, the woodward sextet,
special vocal soloist besides the
higher class compositions which we
all want an organization of this kind
to play just TO show that they can.
Then 1t is singing organization as
well and as the members We're Sc
lected out of over 400 applicants it
was possible to get soloists on every
chair and at the same time a singing
band which will be real treat. We
are looking for big things at the two
big programs on Band Day,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26
Forgot to Throw Car Out of Gear

Forgot to Throw Car Out of Gear.
Charles Holmes was badly hurt
last Sunday in front of the Buhr
auto garage. He intended to get
gas, but, choked his engine before
reaching the gas pump, and for
getting to throw the car out of
gear he got out and cranked It.
The car started and threw him
against the gas pump knocking it
over. He was crushed between the
car and the pump and knocked
unconscious.
1t is not known whether serious
midsummer Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

-Wildfre collars. Our new
striped soft collar for young men
SO popular this season. S. LARSEN
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

Work shirts, overalls, child
rens' wash suits, and slip-overs al
the lowest possible price.
S. LARSEN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

Sport shirts with low neck
and short sleeves Csc to $3.50
S. LARSEN.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

Bring your next prescription to
John G. Schimming's drug store. /
will save you money. Att
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

Auto Windshields at Prast'
marks
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-06-26

chutauqua Sunday Don't miss it.
The sun., 1918-09-23
The Note on Russis's Horror.

The telegram which Secretary Lam.
SING has sent to the American rep
resentatives In all allied and neutral
countries, asking that civilization
register Its adherence Of the slaugh-
ter In Russia. takes pains to say that
the Immediate action which should
be taken "is entirely divorced from
the atmosphere Of belligerency and
the conduct Of war" That clause
probably Is for the ears of the neu.
trails, who see, as well as the horror
Of the murders, the German purpose
behind them. These neutral nations,
some Of them already the victims Of
German frightfulness, may be moved
not only by the appeal to humanity
but by the fact that Germany, which
has established anarchy In Russia,
would be quick to try 1t on In any
other land where II would serve her
interests.
The American attempt to arouse all
decent nations against the Russinn
outrages is avowedly "to impress
upon the perpetrators Of these crimes
the aversion with which civilization
regards their present wanton acts"
OF course the mere aversion Of civil.
zation would not deter LENINE and
TRoTzKY and their vicious followers
from keeping on. They are criminals,
but they are not idiots. and they
know quite well how the outer world
regards the butcheries which they
have melted under German pay. We
have, however, to read between and
beyond the lines of washlngton's
note. An expression Of aversion-one
with teeth in it-might indicate to
the betrayers Of the Russian people
the intent Of civilization to follow
the pen with the sword.
The conspirators In Russia can
hope for little help from a Germany
that is falling back to her own from.
tier. beaten. LEVINE and his crew
know this. The prospect of having
nor only the allied Governments but
also the neutral nations arrayed
against them might cause them to
halt the red debauch. Fear, not
shame, will check them.
The sun., 1918-09-23
WHAT HANDBAGS COOKS.
The Lack OF Time Is Harmful q
Artistic Effort.

To THE EsIToR OF THE SrN-Sir, Born
and raised In a large European city.
among other things famous for it's art
o, cookery. my girlhood education in
cluded a course in cooking school
where the pupils were introduced TO the
secrets Of delightins the palate. l took
pride and pleasure in the composition
of either exquisite or plain dishes, both
Of which we're taught with thoroughness,
every detail receiving attention and
using the scales freely.
Mrs. Wilcox. who wishes American
womanhood trained away from the
measurements commonly known a. "a
pinch" and "a handful" overlook, the
fact that & is not the lack of rood will
or even of knowledge which has In
duced the American housewife TO adopt
these. In the average case. however.
conditions under which this kind of
cooking is done is to blame for being
at the root OF this evil.
Almost every European household of
the middle class. as already mentioned
In this controversy by some other COR
respondent. is provided with servants
They NAV he extensive in some NJ the
European countries. a. for instance In
The sun., 1918-09-23
Queen Marle's Revolt Against Ger
many.

J. DR.. WILHELM SoLF. the German
Colonial Secretary. and Field Mar
shat MAcKESsEN have been ordered
to Bucharest, according TO a despatch
firm Amsterdam. The seml-official
NOrddeutsclto Aligen0ine Zcifung,
quoted in the despatch, says that an
agitation" has been started in Ru-
manian districts unoccupied by the
German military forces (which aims
at nothing less than to Induce Ru-
mania to side with the Entente and
to declare war again against the
Central Powers"
The Rumanians do not forget, nor
are they ever likely to forget, that
they were cheated ont OF their share
in the war through the treachery Of
STURMER and SoUKHoMLINoFF, the
two evil geniuses of Russia. Before
| the Rumanians had an opportunity to
| prove their strength or TO carry out
their military plans they were be-
trayed into the power of Germany.
to be robbed of their national re-
sources and defences, and subjected
by the exactions Of military treaty
to political and economical sub
servience to Berlin. There has been
q sullen and defiant opposition to
the enforcement of the demands
which Germany insists upon as her
| rights under the peace treaty, and
uprisings of the people against their
oppressors have resulted in frequent
clashes between the Rumanians and
the German army Of occupation.
That this opposition may have seen
some hope in the early successes Of
the present Balkan offensive Is pos
slble. But the willingness Of German
official and semi-official newspapers
! to acknowledge the seriousness" of
the agitation and their statements
that 1t has the encouragement Of
King FERDINAND and that the soul
of the movement is admittedly Queen
| MARIE" are significant. Vienna and
Berlin have for years made the
Queen the subject Of attacks. These
attacks we're especially malevoent
and cruel when she exerted all her
power and influence to align Ru-
mania with the Allies.
The former Rumanian Premier,
T,Er JoNrScIr i'm his intaryIau in
Paris, said that he had positive
knowledge that 1.-The Germans will
seize the first opportunity for depos.
! ing the present dynasty and rephc-
ing 1t by German princeling, who
would definitely accept the humiliat-
ing role forcibly imposed upon the
The sun., 1918-09-23
TRADE BRIEFS.

There Is a marked shortage of benIins.
'gasolene and other motor spirits In New
Zealand. which 10 interfering to some sx-
tent with minor Industries in that coun.
try, especially dairying and farming In
terests. since Il is dinicult to secure sun
Client supplies to operate dairy and farm
machinery that u now being extensively
operated by gasolene motors.
A pencil factory has Just been installed
at Shanghai. China. The machinery In
stalled is from Japan, and the factory
Is in charge OF a Japanese expert. The
present output Ia estimated at 100 gross
daily. and 1, Ia expected that 200 gross
will be reached.
In the latter part OF 1917 Swedish
Arm with a capital of S+02. 500 was or
ganized to manufacture typewriters IA
meet Scandinavia demands and In the
hope OF successful entry into foreign
markets. Despite the output from this
company and the German typewriters on
the market the present demand Is re.
ported greater than the supply. The new
swedish hrm has planned to manufacture
GOO machines a month and TO open branch
Offices throughout Scandinavia
The sun., 1918-09-23
FIVE O'CLOCK TEA FEASTS.
A Complaint That They Zee Too Much
Wheat and SUGAR.

To THE EprroR OF THE sUS--sir: The
old time dinners de luxe have entirely
disappeared. Many. of the hotels are
establishing self-service cafeterias.
One OF our metropolitan institutions.
however. has so far escaped regulation.
This Is the more to be regretted because
It can so easily be avoided. I refer to
the luxurious afternoon teas as served
in our leading hotels. There Is. am quite
sure. no objection to the partaking OF a
refreshing cup Of tea. but II It turns into
a ceremonial feast with mountains OF
rich pastry halt ought to be called.
When one strolls through our leading
hotels on any Afternoon about tea time
and sees these tables laden with pastry.
Immediately before the essential evening
meal Is to take place. one cannot help
express the desire that the Food Ad-
ministration's attention be called TO this
unnecessary extravaganza in fats. wheats
and sugar. A hint from the Food Ad-
ministration TO our bonltaces would
speedily call an end to these unnecessary
non-essentials. W. L. THrELE.
New YORK. September 81.
The sun., 1918-09-23
~SKEDADDLE."
Was There an Irish BIble student d
BuIl Runf

To THE Eprron OF THE sUN--Sh: in
line with the interesting article OF Ut
syntax" In Thursdays Sun 10 an ac-
count OF the word "skedaddls" In the
valuable and interesting work OF DR.
c. c. Bombaush. entitled "Gleaninss
for the Curious" published By 7. Now
ton Kurts at Baltimore in 1854.
have always understood the word to
have been FIRST used In this country "a
descriptive Of the precipitats withdrawal
Of the Federal troops at the first battle
OF Bull Run, and the word was In yer,
common use In washington during the
civil war.
DR.. Bombaush refers. like "pr. Syn
tax" to the supposed Greek. Swedish
and Danish origin Of the word. and also
to its possible tracing TO the Irish Bible
and Or. Bombaugh closes his treatment
Of the matter as follows:
An old version OF the irish New Tesla
ment contains the passage, For IL IL writ
ten. I will smite thu shepherd, ana tins
sheep Of the mock shall be eeedad OIL
This compound Irish word "sgedad OF
Gail scattered or utterly routsd) was prob
ably used by some 1rishman At Bull Run
and, being regarded as feiicitous. was o.
once adopted
HENRY q. DAVIS.
WAsHrNoroH. d. c.. September IL.
The sun., 1918-09-23
THE NUNS FOUL TRICKS.
A sixty.ninth Man Writes Of German
Misuse Of the Red Cross.

" Wv 49,
DRAR UNCLE BILL: Since I received
your letter Of June 81 I have had quite
q lot OF excitement which began on
July 16 while on q certain big front
through which the Hun wished to push
His best troops. the Prussian Guards,
could not help him much In this case.
because there were . bunch Of New
York Irishmen against them We left
them--or rather what was left Of them
where they started and went to a
place which was beginning to show
greater prospects for q real battle.
On July rs the old Sixty-ninth met the
Hun again. this time on the - front.
and here again the Prussian Guards
were pitted against us. This time We
had them on the open and gave the
Huns no time to dig in. We sailed In
as skirmishers against HE machine
runs with our good old springfields.
wowi how they aid hop. We advanced
without artillery support. this because
the doughboys were pushing the Hun
back so fast that the artillery, much to
their sorrow. could not keep up with US
Gee. Billy, II was . great fight. I can
not on account OF censorship rules men,
ton towns or rivers. &C.. but suffice II
to say that We went far past our OBJ.
jectives.
The Hun As usual was playing rotten
foul tricks. He dressed his slaves In
French uniforms a. stretchsr bearers
with the Red Cross brassard on their
arms They carried machine guns and
ammunition In their stretchers instead
Of wounded. His airplanes swooped
down and used their machine guns on
the wounded that were being carried of
the field. He also threw his shrapnel
shells at our Red Cross station, which
was plainly marked.
In this place . bunch OF US were laid
| out helpless on stretchers waiting fol
ambulancea They put one shell In q
hollow square around which the Red
Cross building was situated and about
fifty feet from where was lying. bu'
luckily the shrapnei got none of u.
At one place We found the Huns ma.
| chine gunners chained TO their guns and
| at others lots Of dead women dressed In
| Hun uniforms VINO had been operating
the guns beside which they were found
| cuEiHB ouT ~ tHU pOiHt VI htthSh
we passed through woods and villages
hastily evacuated by the Hun. and in
these places he left behind rifles. trench
| mortars and enough ammunition to star,
| another drive against the Allies.
The Hun does not like our bayone,
above all other things. and the Yanks
take great delirht in showing him how
IL Is used. I came out this time with a
bullet (machine gum through the knee
toint, but II is coming around fine now
thanks to the dilgent care Of our doc
tors and nurses. They deserve great
credit and praise. and they get Il from
us II from nobody else. II things keer
on going the way they are now I thinh
7 will be eating my meals back in West.
chester pretty soon.
Send the Yanks over In goodly mum.
bers. and pretty soon we'll all be say.
| ing: "Good-by. France o You Broad
way! Then we will come home salts
fed that We helped make the world
safe for democracy" Your nephew.
GERARD BUCKLEY.
| BASE HOSPITAL 81, A. Z. F.. France
August II.
The sun., 1918-09-23
TELEPATHY.
A Form Of Communication Which the
Government Hasn't Taken Over.

To THE EDrroR OF THE suN-Sr: What
appears to your correspondent IL G.
H." as an impossible problem" Is very
easily explained, viz: Most Of the phe-
nomena such as that which he recounts
arc merely condolences. in which the
element of telepathy does not enter IN
any degree whatsoever.
A thought becomes a telepsthic mes
cage only when It takes the form Of n
persistent desire projected from the
mind and conveyed by means Of the
ethereal waves to the consciousness OF
the recipient. The appearance OF the
person thought of does not necessarily
imply a direct mental communication.
He may have ordered his course in
a particular direction as the result OF
a suggestion which came TO him by the
impingement upon his consciousness OF
one or more of the myriad vibrations
flashing hither and thither In the sreat
ethereal expanse with which we are en-
comprised. f. g. FRAY
NEW YORK, September FL
The sun., 1918-09-23

King Of Rumania at the present time,
that Of being In reality a state pris-
oner." Berlin would welcome the
present agitation, insldlously credited
to the leadership Of the Queen, as a
long sought pretext for carrying out
this design. There can be no doubt
that the mission Of DR.. SoLr and
Marshal MAcKENsES will result in
further oppression and humiliation
for RumanIa.
The sun., 1918-09-23
be 10000 Austrian slavs lighting with

be 10000 Austrian slavs fighting with
the Serbs In the Balkans. There are
Czecho-S lovaks In all the armies
along the western front. They have
Joined the enemies OF Austria not,
apparently, at the solicitation OF any
high representative Of their race, but
as individuals. The Austrians were
evidently unaware Of the lack Of 10y
atty of their Slav regiments In the
recent italian offensive until the be-
ginning Of the advance.
To this fact tho Vienna reports
laid much Of the responsibility for
the failure Of the offensive. The
Austrian official report complains that
although the military commanders
had been indefatigable In urging the
Czechs to fight, they admitted a
heavy desertion to the italian lines.
These Czechs, 1t was stated, gave In.
formation to the Italians that de-
feated all the surprises planned by
the Austrian commanders. 1.-THE
main share Of these revelations
says an Austrian communicate, 1.-THE
military command has reason 10
ascriSing to Lieutenant KARL ST1NY
Of an infantry regiment, who de-
serted near Noventa." Another ON.
cial report says that RUpoLy PAPRl.
KAR, Of machine gun unit, Jumped
into the Piave and swan the river
at the risk Of his life. He revealed
position, strength and disposition on
his sector. He revealed also plans
for our crossing the Piave." The
significant feature In these reports
was the absence Of any evidence Of q
concerted plan Of action among the
Slav people, but acknowledgment OF
an attainment through apparently in
dividual acts Of q well designed and
unified purpose.
The Slavs' fight for independence
Is thus not a manufactured. manipu
lated movement Of a few self.choseu
leaders, but the mind Of a great PEG.
pie expressed In action. 1t is the
same spirit that kept alive in the
Serbs through four centuries Of Turk.
ish misrule the love Of freedom and
the determination to preserve their
nationality. 1t Is the spirit Of q
united race, struggling for release
from oppression, a spirit which Haps.
burg autocracy now sees that 1t will
never again be able to conquer.
The sun., 1918-09-23
The Spelling Questioned By an Emil
mont Etymologist.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuE--ST: Al
Sir w. 8. Gilbert sang in 'Pinaforc,'
Things are seldom what they seem.
Skim milk masauerades as cream.
and your good friend "Dr. syntax's
linguistic machinery seems to have
missed a cog.
zones varra likely to ged wrang wi
this word " they're nod keerful. because
. mons heed may DO added" as many
4 Lancashire lad might say. "skedad'
die" should be spelled phonetically ski
daddle," for 1t Is q compound OF skid.
to run quickly or hurriedly. and "addle.'
to confuse, muddle-a fisurative use tr
provincial English Of ''addle" As applied
to the disorganized condition Of an ad.
died egg.
The word Skid" Is a variant form OF
"scud," OF which DR.. Henry Bradley says
New English Dictionary, vol. 8. 6. W
First recorded in the sixteenth century
but probably much older in colloquia
use. The initial SC shows that the
word cannot descend from OLD English
IL not formed onomatop9ically or by
phonetic symbolism. It was presumably
adopted either from Scandinavian or
from Low German or Dutch. Formally
q possible origin would be Middle Low
German, Middle Dutch 'schudden,' &c
shake tOld Saxon "scuddianD, whence
Swedish 'skudda.' Danish skudde,' blu,
the sense seems not sufficiently near,
The Old Morse 'skunda,' to hasten
agrees in sense but not In form. Ut has
been usual to refer the word to Danish
'skyde' with long vowel). to shoo'
t-Old Morse "skiota"), 'skud.' sho,
(-Old Morse "skot"). but the Danish
ment. and is not represented in Eng.
fish words OF Anglo-Danish origin. II
may be noted that several dialects have
a Synonymous 'scut' verb. of which
scud' may be an altered form. AS the
earliest instance OF 'scud' refers to the
movement Of a hare. and this has Away,
been prominent app. alton Of the verb
it seems possible that II may be con
nected with scut' substantive, the tail OF
Il hare. sometimes applied to the ANNA
itself"
The meaning OF Skid" is ito run OF
move briskly or hurriedly as a hare
and the earliest use found in this sense
dates from More's "Confutacyon of Tyn.
dale's Answere." 1899.
AS for "addle." Skeat gives II as Mid
die English. found II In Phillips.
New World Of Words" GTo6) defined
Empty or rotten: properly spoken Of
an Egg, and hguratvely apply'd to 6
Hair-brain'd empty sculld fellow" Her,
Phillips used hair -braind IN term M
The sun., 1918-09-23
The Condition.

When the guns enforce their mission
Let the world make one condition
For the Hun:
Ono demand upon the savage,
Small indeed for all the ravags
He has done
Bid him count the loved and cherished
Murdered by his hand and perished
In the strife;
wake but one from that cold siumber,
Bring but ono OF all that number
Back to life.
TIL fulhlied II that condition
Vain shall be the Huns contrition,
Vain to tell.
And his crime shall be unshriven
And his soul go unforgiven
Down to hell.
McLANpBuRcH WILSON.