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Evening star., 1918-07-28

Carnforth. NJ. p, as he watched its
whirring fight. II wonder IL the old
bus has big enough helm to keep her
straight against the port engine alone
Hullo, what's that? Yes. Oh, chasing
her tail, is she? II 1 slow down more
than q few revolutions she'll stop alto
gether. Aye. aye. sir; stop port engine
Is It."
Dusk was falling, and the huge gas
bag drifted as a helpless derelict at the
same pace as the cloud which sur.
rounded her. Its beginning to look
q bit sick for your Rhine tour" Carn-
forth admitted, as he rejoined his friend,
I'm q rotten Zep-drfver, and that's a
fact"
you're one engineer. sir, and not six.
I'm the man that's to blame. Here am,
/, D failure at my own trade. I aimed
at the Texel, and minute ago, through
q hole in the clouds, 1 sighted Helgo-6
land. four points starboard and about
ten miles ahead. By James! Mr. Carn-
forth, II we could have kept weigh on
her half an hour more. and those patent
bombs Of yours are what you claim, we
could have blown Helgoland into fine
spray
SHALL we miss it now?"
s.I make 1t we've lee-drfft of some
twenty eight to thirty miles an hour,
sir. There's a stifiish breeze blowing
lp here, though you can't feel 1t now,
because. Of course. We're drifting
with it."
where will that take us?.
Capt. Kettle picked up q parallel
ruler and laid it on the German chart
of the North sea pinned to the table
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-12-05
MEMS HEAVY MAcKINAWS. ALL WOOL
PLEASE NOTE

You will ind our prices are gen
mle. Every price, every state
ment is absolutely The truth and
will back il with our last cent. It
will pay you to come to this sale
= matter where you i've.
Distance should be no barrier.
You can buy your Xmas Gifts
at sale price al big saving % you.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-12-05
Extra Speciall

TO start things off with a rush We offer
these special prices for our first Annual Clean
Sweep Sale.
$l.35 Ladies Union SUITS ...........$l.I3
Feeesd Lined Ladies Hose ...29e
One big lot Of Ladies Sweaters. Clean Sweep
Price SO
Mems Work Shirts, S SO values, Clean Sweep
PIlee CSC
Men 4bnekle Overshoes. placed in one lot,
eleaa sweep Price s3.449
Ladies Salts Plush Coats, 4 beautiful coat,
Clean Sweep Price S24.98
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20

tells 1t. He was the only man Of his
company to be left by the withering
fire Of the machine gun he had stilled
with lucky throw of bomb. There
were no officers anywhere about. Some
soldiers of another battalion appeared
presently, and he took command OF
them and led charge through the en-
tire trench, cleaning 1t up" as the
saying goes.
He Saves Two Battalions.
The whole maneuver was quickly
understood. A battalion which had
been despatched to join the Twenty
ninth had gone by the trench. Some
Of the Twenty-ninth also had gone by.
Hanna alone had stopped at the OBJ
jective. Those who had not gone too
far had not been able to get far
enough. The Prussians had figured on
the Canadians passing the trench.
Their program undoubtedly had been
to rise from their dugouts and with
the machine gun, which they did not
expect to lose, wipe out the men Of the
two battalions. It all might easily
enough have been done but for the
pluck and the quickness Of Hanna.
1t was some time later when the
youEg man from British Columbia was
called to brigade quarters. The com.
mander had learned all about his dar.
ing exploit. The young sergeant ma
jor. who twice before this had been
recommended for honorable mention,
was promoted to the rank of lleuten-
ant and now he is back In France
waiting for another opportunity to add
to the glory Of Canada, and. as he
proudly says, to do what an Irishman
should.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
WHAT WILL YOU
CALL THE GARDEN

ache and you want to curl up In the
loft Of the barn and read, or go out
In the lot and play baseball, and you
will have to stick to the garden and do
your work for Uncle Sam.
What are you going to name that
little garden Of yours?
1 will tell you what I am going to
name mine--mine Is going to be called
Sam Brown-because Sam Brown Is
boy who never had a chance In lie
till the war broke out, and then he
saw his chance and took 1t, and he Is
over there In France today fighting for
you and for me and for Uncle Sam,
and I am going to name my little gar
den after him.
What are you going to name your
garden? Who is the soldier you know7
Who Is the one you think of when you
hear them singing "Over There" and
''The Long. Long Trail?" Lets name
the little garden In our own back yard
for him.
And You, Little Sister.
Come, little sister, you are doing
your part, too, and doing 1t faithfully
whether you are tired or not or whether
you wish you cOull go down town and
have an ice cream soda and forget that
there was such thing as rake or
hoe In the world. You are the com.
fort of your lonely fathers heart now
adays. Where's that picture Of the
boy in uniform? Your own particu-
lar soldier? q.
You wouldn't take anything In the
sems le Is, end hoy brave i @akss
your eyes Ill with tears Of pride even
to think of his name-call your little
garden after him and write to him
over there In the trenches and tell him
about it. and just wait till you get
back his letter In reply.
"Sam BrOwn," that is going to be
the name Of my garden.
What Is going to be the name of
yours?
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20

lief. A Red Cross nurse brought n
cup of coffee, held 1t In front Of his
eyes, spat in 1t and threw 1t In his
face.
= 1T was the usual thing whenever
they offered us anything to drink for
those German nurses to spit In 1t
first" Prendergast declares.
The prisoners were detrained at
Senne Lager bel Paderborn, one Of the
1. first prison camps opened by the en-.
emy. :, -
"For II days." says the Irish boy,
1--WE lay on the bare earth uncared for.
There was no shelter above us and
not even q pallet Of straw beneath us.
There were barracks and stables near
by that might have been used, but we
were not allowed to enter them. Most
Of us were too weak from our wounds
and virtual starvation to be able to
move. At last they put up marquis.
a mere canvas roof, without sides, and
we were permitted to lie under II.
The first medical attention I got was
when some French and Russian doc
tors-prisoners-arrived at the camp.
They dressed my head as best they
could, but they had no bandages, ex-
cept what they could make from my
dirty old army shirt.
II was four months Mt Senne Lager,
and In all that time was not given
even the chance to bathe.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
GERMAN PRISON GRIMES RECITED|

3 s - q
1T was here they had peculiar
form of torture. Two big poles were
erected in the center of the camp.
The officers would pick out couple
of men-for no apparent cause beyond
the fact that they were hated British
ers-and have them tied tightly to the
poles, with ropes around their arms
and their feet about an inch from the
ground. Then they would set bowl
OF shadow s0up-our only food-in
front Of them, and leave them there
for 4S hours. Three times was given
this torture. OF course ones head fell
forward white In this position, and one
was compelled to look at the bowl Of
soup that could not be reached, while
hunger added to the pain of the tight
ropes and. the terrible WEAKNESS Of
suspension.
Another favorite entertainment for
the officers was to compel us to run for
hours with our bare feet ip wooden
sabots that chafed with every step.
We would run until we dropped from
sheer exhaustion.
"From Senne Lager I went to Linn
berg.
AT Limberg we were inoculated
with some virus, which we were told
was to make us immune from typhus.
The strange thing is that soon after
75 per cent of the camp came down
with what they called bronchitis 1t
developed into tuberculosis. 1t is to
this fact l owe my freedom. They
thought was dying from consumption,
and they sent me to Switzerland to be
exchanged. l guess they would be dis
appointed If they could see me now."
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
New Idea for Boys and Girls Of
the United States School
Garden Army.
Who IS SOLDIER YOU KNOW?
Name the Little Plot for the One You
Think of When You Hear Them
.. Singing "The Long, Long
Trail" -
BY WINIFRED BLACK.


(From the Department of the Interior.)
There Is new idea in the United
States school garden army. It's this ::
What are you going to name your
own little plot of ground, little sister,
II you are lucky enough to have one
of your own in your back yard?
What are you going to call your po-
tato patch, brother, you with the
bright eyes that weren't so bright the
day you went down to the station to
see big brother off with his regiment
Oh, yes, you fell In behind the SOL
diers and kept fine step to the music
of the band and held up your head and
felt big enough and strong enough to
march a thousand miles and take q
million German prisoners-but when
he had gone and you went home and
mother put her arms around you and
laid her head on your shoulder an1a an1a
asked YOU to help her to be brave
something queer happened to your
heart and you have never felt quite
the same since, have you?
And now they are beginning to tell
you In school about Russia and what
a rich country 1t Is and how much 1t
will mean in food II the Germans real
ly get possession of it-and at home
sometimes your grown folks look pretty
serious and you wonder II 1t could be
possible-no, 1t isn't. and you are go.
ing to help make 1t impossible. You
and those strong little brown hands of
yours. You and your brave heart and
loyal soul. You and your war garden
that you are cultivating for Uncle Sam.
What Will You Name Your Garden7
You'll have good luck with your gar.
den or good success with 1t. There
isn't much luck In the garden business.
It all just SINNERS down to hard work
and the right kind of care, and 1t is
going to be hard work, too. 49,.
There will be hot days when your
back aches and you want to go swim
ming; and cool days when your knees
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Former Royal Dublin FusiIier Tells
of Tortures Undergone
by Captives.
NURSE splIs IN COFFEE
Torments Wounded Officer Begging for
0rlnk-TraveI Five Days Without
Food or Drink-Fiendish
Forms Of Cruelty.

Chicago.-A tall. blue-eyed, fair
haired Irish boy recently arrived here
after spending two years in German
prison camps and suffering from hor-
rors such as fewmen survive. NJ. j.
Prendergast is late Of the Royal Dub
lin Fusiliers. He was with the Fourth
division Of the Contemplate little
army" that fought at Mons. He took
part In rear-guard actions after. the
retreat began. battling with what
seemed to be innumerable hosts of the
enemy until on August q, 1914, he fell
wounded in the head, somewhere near
Etreux.
He was picked up by the enemy and
piled into a cattle car along with
scores of other wounded prisoners. For
five days he travelled north and east
on the way to Germany, without food
or water, without any attention by doc
tor or Red Cross nurse.
Nurse Torments Officer.
In his car was an officer of the War
wicks. painfully injured. At one OF
the mdny stations where the train
stopped this man begged for some re-
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
SERGEANT NETTlE GETS THEM
British-c Canadian Recruiting Mission
Has Only Woman Recruiting
Officer In United States.

Chicago.-When Sergt. Nettie Nc
Pherson sounds the battle cry the men
just go wild about her and fall over
each other to enlist In the British
army at local stations Of the British
Canadian recruiting mission. In her
trim Gordon Highlanders' kilties and
tartan, and with her snaPpy black eyes
and winsome smile, Sergeant Nettie
gets 'em. She can also do a Highland
fling and play the pipes, and when she
does, the fighting blood Of the Scot and
Briton boils and he can't resist. Ser
geant Mcpherson Is said to be the only
woman recruiting officer in the United
States.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
MEMPHIS SOY GETS MEDAL
Horace NJ. Emery Decorated BY King
Of Great Britain for Distinguishes
War Service. -

Memphis, Tenn.-Horace M. Emery,
a Memphis boy, has been decorated by
King George of England for distin-
guished war service. He was wounded
in the battle Of the Somme and was
sent to hospital In London. where
he has Just recovered. When restored
to health young Emery was summoned
to the kings palace. King George met
him and shook hands with him in real
American fashion, and said:
II am glad to meet you as an Ameri-
can citizen who came to my country
as a member of our Canadian troops"
Then the king pinned the medal on
Emery's coat.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
THE GOAL

BY Katherine Lee Bates Of The
vigiIantes.
The world has glimpsed vision
It shall not lose.
Not hatred nor derision
May disabuse
The nations, wrOnged and wrOnging,
Misled, misunderstood,
OF their deep human longing
For brotherhood.
Love is the only healing,
Music that blends
All discOrds, light revealing
Foes as friends.
New flies our youth enrapture
To strife that shall not cease
Until their glad hearts capture
The Prince Of Peace.
they shall return with singing,
Whether they come
In flesh or spirit. bringing
Their prisoner home.
Courage and faith have bound him
Fast In a.|shinihg chain:
The blossomed thorn has crowned him.
Beauty from pain
Goal OF the toiling ages. ~
No longe: far!
On through these battle RACES
Lends the atar.
AT last for a decision
They fight In mortal fo;d.
2rute Force against the Vision
or brotherhood.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20

Fifteen women are now included In
the membership Of the st. Louis pO-
lice department.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
BROKEN HEARTS PRICED 81. SO
Jury at Dawson, Ill.,, Fixes That
Price In Breaeh> of Promise
Suit.

Dawson, nl.-A broken heart" Is
worth only $2.9S here.
Such was the verdict of a jury try
ing the breach Of promise suit brought
by Miss Myrian Cooper against Thorn.
as Peddie. Miss Cooper asked $35, 900
heart balm.
1t took the jury five mi: ;:utes to de-
eide the case after the defendant
proved he wasn't always" mentally
responsible.
The Red Cross benefited by the trial
to the extent of $70.50. The court per-
mitted them to charge an admission
fee from the public.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Answers ouestionnaIre at Front.

Paterson, N. IA questionable,
duly answered, was returned to the
draft officials here from the firing line
In France. ,---.-
william Donleyy of this city, enlist.
ed before receiving his QUESTIONABLE.
1t followed him to camp, across the
Atlantic. and to the firing line, dis
tance of approximately 1900 miles.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
TECHNICAL AiEN ENEMY
NATIONAL GUARD OFFICER


Denver, Colo.-Although he
is said to have an even dozen
brothers serving as officers In the
Austro- Hungarian army, George
A. Stadler drills four nights a
week as ranking sergeant of
Company F, Third regiment,
Colorado National Guard. Tech
nically, Sergeant Stadler is an
alien enemy. He had not COM
pleted his citizenship at the be-
ginning of the war with Ger
many. Before coming to Ameri-
ca Stadler served four years as
an officer Of the Austrian army.
His first two years as military
student were under the direction
Of German officers.
The Twin City star., 1918-04-20
Doo Travelled to Camp.

Sutton. w. Va.-A common yellow
cur owned by Hugh McQuain Of In
dian Fork, near here, soldier sta
toned at Camp Lee, refused to permit
distance to bar his presence beside
his young master. The dog mysteri-
Ously disappeared from home, and
three weeks later came letter from
young McQuain that the dog had
turned up Mt Camp Lee. The dis
tance Is nearly 400 miles.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-05
Hay FeVeI: Cafarrh
Prompt Relief Guaranteed |
SCHFFMANNS |
CATARRH BALM
ASK VouR nEAl.zs

from the effects-the worst we've
felt since here, but ali o. K. now
again.
Monday, August II. We were
room orderlies," just what the name
implies, so many men begin to real
ize woman's work when it comes to
these duties. In the afternoon we
were on detail again, carried Gin
ders to cover the streets. We didn't
do much the heat was too great.
Tuesday, August Is. Drill and a
two mile hike in the forenoon. In the
afternoon we had a lecture on mill
tary courtesy and general guard or
ders and then took a six mile hike.
In the evening our company was TAX
en- to the great open air anlphitheatre
to hear the distinguished and well
known French band that Is touring
the camps of United States. The
concert was certainly wonderful, how
could it have been otherwise, since
every member of the band had gained
some honors in some French Conserv-
atory Of Music.
Wednesday, August IA. We drilled
on our new field from to 1880. Our
old drill field has been turned into
a tent camp. The new field is very
rough, contains brush piles, wood
piles, lakelets, trenches and weeds.
We are "at the front" Sin the trench
es" and cover the top" all IN a regu-
lar march. This same forenoon we
took 7 or s mile hike, getting in late
for dinner. In the afternoon we
drilled and then cleaned up the bar,
racks for inspection. Just as | was
writing a severe electrical storm
came up. One bolt of lightning struck
the hay sheds. A big fire followed.
We were called out side.
Morning Of August Is. Well we
were awakened once more at mid
night when the fire alarm sounded
and we had to pile out only 70 be dis
missed again. This is to lie a great
mix up day. We are to stay in our
barracks until 109 of our company go
through all to be transferred to Ala
bama. We % expect to be taken next
week sometime, to what camp we
know not This is only preparatory
camp.
Our company has little goat as
its mascot 1t is one soldiers duty
to take care of the little fellow.
Some Of you, presume, have been
worried about us in regard to that
poisoning in our camp. 1t was in Co.
AZ. Two hundred were taken sick and
one has died. l think the sick are bet
ter now.
Must tell you that the bug'e is the
best alarm clock | have ever heard
Of. 1t gets me out in no time. 1t is
an automatic one, and one you can't
shut Off 1t causes one grand hustle
and hustle in the camp.
We are all very glad to get mail
here, and have surely enjoyed the
numerous letters sent. Henry and I
have the News" and that alone
makes camp homelike.
ERNEST A. WEINKE.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-05
Stationery Is Scarce at the Front
France, July IS, 1918.

France, July IS, 1918.
Dear Refa:
Just a few lines to let you know
that the kaiser hasn't got ME yet. l.
hope these few lines find you as well
as they leave me- I really feel ashamed
for not writing to you oftener but /
am just that lazy that | don't write
home very often.
We are at the front now, and have
a hard time getting stationery. We
don't carry anything but our packs,
so we couldn't carry stationery if we
had it. The worst thing about this
place is that the artillery has a habit
Of shooting too much at night and
keeping us awake A shell passing
ovehead sings one to sleep and then
when it explodes it wakes him up
again. Shell fire doesn't bother much
except for the noise, and when the
pieces light couple Of feet from one
it makes him jump a little. AS long
as the pieces don't strike us, we are
as safe as at home. In your last let
ter you asked what we have to eat
over here. Well, we don't have the
variety or quality that we had in the
states, but we get along oil right.
Our dinner, for instance, usually con-
sists of beef stew, coffee and bread,
our breakfast Of bacon, potatoes, cof-
fee and bread. About half &C the meal
is the cooking, and | never lCard any
one boast about our cooks. I have
heard them threatened with hanging,
drowning and shooting, but still they
let them live; | don't know why.
We have been having pretty warm
weather here for the past week, but it
is rather cool nights yet. I suppose
everything is fine in the states now,
and we would all like to BE- there, but
the kaiser is one of those fellows who
don't know when there beaten, so
we have to stay here a while yet and
teach him lesson. There is a little
addition to my address now which you
shouldn't overlook, as it will help in
prompt delivery of mail Well, there
isn't any more to write, so will close.
PRIVATE MAX J. COATES.
co. F, LOT Engineers. A p. 0. 734.
American E. r.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-05
Il Sights ON Battlefield

Corporal VIM A. Tanker Of Spring
Groe~ 6 also in hospital suffering
from wounds received during the big
drive. The following letter from him
wa rec we'd by his parents, Mr. and
Ms Toh' Yanker
Dear NJ her and Father:
thought l would write you few
lines ] am at the base hospital in
France ard am writing this in bed.
From Friday morning at 4 o'clock
till Saturday night | went over the
top three times. | have a slight
wound on my left arm and was
slightly gassed. Gee, it's awful the
sights 2 person sees! 1t is just ter
rible and l can't describe it. ! saw
some things that I will never forget
as 2I@ IS | live One thing I feel
bad a,,ou- is that all of MY men
got killed but one and L guess they
would be living yet if they had
stuck to me like the other man did.
One thing that will cheer you up
is that we are driving the Germans
back on all sides I think the war
Wi! o"3 in a short time now. Let
up homo it will. Our boys are go
ipg rig on. They don't stop for
anything We have the Germans on
tie RAJ and we are going 30 keep
III ~ ling.
T"". fore going over the top
ha Il throw everything away be-
cause ' couldn't risk my life carry
it,
Vine hey took me to the hospi-
To- took me fifty miles in the
ar hU,a oe car and then l rode two
nights and one day on the train. This
is the first time since | have been in
France that l have been far enough
av"-- RI hat | couldn't hear the guns.
p "son gets gassed they throw
a. '''@ clothes away that he had on.
/ }o' nice shower bath, the best
have since left the states, and
m"~ w'-0n I get shaved and some
s.! ill be all right in week or
tV' haven't had my clothes off
s. Wednesday till today and I hay
MT had any sleep since then 1t feels
fine to get into a nice clean bed, This
is he fist bed [ have slept in since
I h@ve been in the army. l have
plerty 10 eat here and plenty Of to-
b9ccO CO | am happy.
Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1918-09-05

erty, so will drop you e. line We
have had a good time. / found some
boys from the states, and had much
better. time than | should have had
otherwise. Believe me, mother, Amer
lea is Gods country. have heard all
my life about Sunny Italy," but they
will have to show me a lot of 1t. yet
to make me like it better than the
good old u. S. A. The American peo-
pie are the best in the world. l have
not heard from George Chs brother in
France) but think l shall when | get
back to Gibraltar. Suppose you hear
from him often. Don't worry about
him or me either Now start writing
to me right away and tell the other
folks to start sending me letters, too.
Goodbye, mother. My love TO all the
family and the people l know.
Your loving son,
GLENN SHORE.