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New-York tribune., 1918-04-10

the men tainted, but they were revived
and stood back again and if they moved
again beaten"
Evans was asked how many Of the
men died under this treatmente
Plenty" he replied
hut you certainly must have wasted
away under those conditions" vas sug-
gested.
I've gained thrty-fve pounds in
you can see what its effect was" he
said.
"As punishment for this revolt we
were put to work in the cookery, ad-
joining the mine, where we had to
shovel twenty tons day. from 6 in
the morning until at night. Ever
second week we had a double shift.
from Sunday morning until 6
Monday morning, when we were COM
PEELED to shovel forty tons per man. 1t
was back breaking. and it was this that
from it all.
so one night another fellow and
myself got away. They put the blood
hounds on our trail and we were
caught. I'd rather not talk about what
happened to US for that. Then we made
second and third attempt, but the
same dogs ran Us down. The last time
they found Us behind tree they died
for their Vaterlsnd, bat we were
caught.
80, on the night of September 25,
last, five other men got away with me
and we had ten hour start on them.
In five days, travelling by night, we
reached the Holland border and got
through. Then we went over to Eng
land and came back TO Canada"
Happy Jack" is still limping from
the shrapnel wounds in his back
Otherwise, it isn't difficult to imagine
where he would be.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Miss Calder to Wed
Engagement of Senator's
Daughter Announced

At lunch given yesterday at the
ao'el Bossert Senator and Mrs. Will
an d. Calder announced the engage
men: o. their daughter. Miss Frances
alder, 70 Lieutenant Robert Corwin
lee, [. s. ~, son Of William A. Lee. o.
5ackfoot, Idaho.
ine lunch, which was attended
~ about twenty OF Miss Calder's
*omen friends, was Of patriotic
na'ufe The decorations were in the
'a'iona colors, and there were two
'!sepresentations of battleships, and in
ne centre Of the decorative scheme
we're Two figures, one OF bride and
se other Of a sailor. Miss Calder at
frded Packer Institute, and later went
- hiss Riley's finishing school at
cc'eeawlch. Conn. Sne rs active in Red
tross WORK
LIEUTENANT Lee IS graduate Of An
aapo..s, class Of 10.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Charles Fleetwood Sise
Head of Bell Telephone Co.
of Canada. Dies

MONTREAL, April s.-Charles Fleet
wood sise. president of the Bell Tele-
phone Company of Canada. who
served as an officer on the Confederate
privateer Alabama during the Civil
War in the United States. died at his
home here to-day Of pneumonia.
Mr. Slse, one of Canada's foremost
business men, was brought up in the
South near the estate Of Jefferson
Davis. later President Of the Southern
Confederacy. After the American
Civil War he went to Montreal. where
he founded with others the Bell Tele-
phone Company of Canada. of which
he was made president. a position ne
retained until his death. He was also
the founder OF other public utility
corporations and Of metal manufacture
ing companies.
Mr.. Sse was born in Portsmouth. n
H. IN 1884
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10

governments thrift agents four months
age. it was announced yesterday.
President William B. joyce and his
family have purchased 81 coo worth
and $1,000 worth have been sold among
the compan:'s 200 home office workers
The company's I4.09o agents through
out the United States have each also
received a special circular from Sec
retary Hubert j. Hewitt requesting
subscriptions. One small agency alone
has ordered stamps TO the amount CO
$4,000
"If the home office OF every Arreri-
can corporation." reads 4 W s. ). an
nounce.nent, had done as we'll in pro-
portion to It's capital. the nations way
stamp sales through this channel alone
would already total $50 900 .OOO.',
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Armenian Relief Benefit
Mrs. Oliver Hartman Heads
Committee Arranging Affair

Mrs. Oliver Hartman and "a commit
tee of prominent New York women have
arranged concert and dance for the
benefit Of the American Committee on
Armenian and Syrian Relief it is to
take place in the Waldorf Astoria Sat
u-Gay evening.
The musical clubs of Yale, Harvard
and Princeton viii be the principal
features of the early evening enter
tainment. Nine Frances Aida, of the
Metropolitan Opera Company, and
Anna Fitziu, of the Chicago Opera
Company, also will appear. The COM
bined musical clubs of the three uni
versities will total about 200 men. II
IS interesting TO note that after their
Easter vacations every one of the stu
dents will enter some branch of the
military service.
Tickets for the concert and the dance
which follows are 50 each. Boxes are
$50, s75 and 800 The entire proceeds
of the concert go toward Armenian re
lief, as the expenses are being paid for
by private subscription. With Mrs
Hartman on the committee are Mrs
Ogden Reid. Mrs. James W. Gerard
Mrs. John II. Mccullough. Mrs. Ernest
lseiln and Mrs \. S Menken.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10

graveyards filled with thousands and
thousands of Russian soldiers. with in.
scrIptIons over the graves reading:
Died fer the Fatherland.' There may
De more truth than fiction in that for
prisoners must eat, and a dead prisoner
saves food
But those Incidents have recounted
are not the worst by any means. III
Tell YOU one now that is the best an
s"cr IN the world for the way our fell
lows hght. They know what will hap
pen TO them if they are captured
oiiiy flanagan was a professional
oall player in Canada before the war
and he enlisted with me- We were
pas. He was the man captured with
me, and we had fought shoulder to
shoulder. One day when we were work
'ng IN the mines Flanagan refused to
work. He was i'll. The next thing |
knew heard he had been killed by
railing stone; but | knew the truth.
He had been murdered I buried him
myself
Drastic Punishment
Then we rcvolted. refusing TO work.
The climax had been reached and they
had overshot their mark This was
our punishment for INSTRUMENTATION:
I'VE were stood at attention and our
bread ration, the half-pound for the
day. which had just been issued, was
withdrawn They walked among US and
II man so much as wiggled a little
finger he was clouted with a rifle or
Jabbed with a bayonet. For thirtysix
hours they kept US that way. Lots Of
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
German Prise on Camp a Hell,
Escaped Canadian Declares
Happy Jack" Evans, Here
to Help Liberty Loan,
Reveals Horrors of bort
mund

sixteen months Of subjection to
S!railng by Germans, by whom he had
oeen taken prisoner of war, has made
of Happy Jack" Evans, of the 4th
Canadian Mounted Rifles, truth teller
he has arrived in this country after q
sensational escape from the Huns, with
one of the most vivid tales yet brought
rom the German prison camps.
Evans, a buck private, has been in
valided from the army because Of
wounds. He is in this city to help the
Liberty Loan and do any other war
work asked of him. He is twenty-six
years old, and when he enlisted in
january 1915, lived at Oshawa, Canada
thIrty-two miles from Toronto.
Without embellishments or any effort
to play upon words, Evans told his
story yesterday to a representative Of
The Tribune. It's details reveal leu
ton barbarism at it's worst. This is
his story:
81 wish you'd begin for me, old fell
low, by saying that haven't a regret
in the world. I'd 60 through the same
thing again for the cause. Tell your
people that swine is too mild a word
20 apply to the Germans. I spent six
teen months in their prison camps. 1t
was hell.
Stood to the Last
"On June ., 1916, at the third battle
Of Ypres, my battalion went into the
lied. Some of the fellows. about fifty
nine of them, got back through the
Hun barrage, but | and my buddy, a
lance corporal, had a machine gun with
800 rounds and we decided to play it
through. We both had been hit, but
we stood by, and when they came at US
in waves we gave il to email we
had. Then they grabbed Us.
I'VE were taken to the Dortmund
prison camp, in the German coal fields,
where we were put to work in the
mines. Every morning at 4 we We're
called, and if We didn't hop up on the
jump we were beaten with rife butts
and some of US were even struck with
bayonets. know it doesn't seem true,
but it is, every word of it.
"A bowl of black coffee. without
sugar or milk. was our breakfast, and
then we toiled in the mines from in
the morning until $3.50 in the after
moor without cessation, shovelling coal
and pushing wagons loaded with Stag.
When we came up we were given turnip
soup favored with dog meat
Evans here noticed a smile of in
credulity.
Smile if you like" he said sharply
That's the trouble. You don't know
these things. 1t was dog meat. | know
for the chef in our camp proved it to
me-"
Then he continued
1--WE were permitted to rest until I
o'clock, when we had our third So
called meal of the day, a sickly por
ridge we dubbed 'sandstorm.' This was
a rotten dish if ever there was one.
At 8 O'Clock we went to bed to give the
teas a feed There was vermIn all over
and no effort ever was made by our
captors to clean the place
Thanks the Red Cross
"Heavens,' he said softly. 1--WE can
never thank the Red Cross enough for
what they've done. Only for them I'd
have died under the treatment; I'd
have starved to death. And they also
gave US our uniforms, a blue dungaree,
and tried to keep US clean.
''Why, the Russians didn't have any
Red Cross organization working in
their prison camps and they died like
flies. All over Germany there are
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
"ew Fire Prevention Board

4s..,aan az ehoft ~ prevent nreg III plants
am,'sd 70 war industries. the Wa rn.
81. s,'.'sa board has decided 10 form a
~ g,.sTeh''on section 90 handle moth
p,a..u siss nnt tfD problem VI furnishjng
nsussan nss.on TO such plants. The an
T. Niag'.t Nsiisg'. Was made yestcrday by ".
k,,sAiiaiasu, Teneral manager NJ ,,e
~sa ~s.''aal m Board 5f fire Underur,te,.
To-. named George W Booth. og Naw
20 ehief engineer Of the comni.,n.
Ee.,ah re prevention of the Nat,onaj
saryn - 90 % flrs tndermriters. AZ secre.
sIsn aha asscciatc chief NJ the ,re,,s,
ss,ss seenon. Headquarters vIll he H.
taIid..,n n me qaartermsstcr gen.r.I'. ~
Tsn.hy' Tshy' ~ Warrington. ''''A a. "
IL" "g 1s hfss efforts Of The new preys,
- esn1's,,ill sr.ss yill be directed to Improy,
= 49, e. ssaytes for var work 'Ifa Tha ~. :,
Issases ssssssa''sn sf disturbing any exist,ny -
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Christopher-Frizeil

~. and Mrs Charles F. Frizcil, Of
Nv Riverside Drive. have announced
;ne marriage on Saturday Of their
9rAasnter Emma 20 Lieutenant Richard
r; r; christopher. jr., son Of Richard G.
Christopher. o. Montclair, \. J. The
sgl!s,emony was performed by the Rev
mo s..o J. Gates a. the Chapel of the In
's,,eess!on- Lieutenant Edward Perry
raasS rsa was best man, and the brides
5gtaaser sister acted a. maid Of honor
'.s' 1nf'stopner will be at home with
"s' parents after today.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Miss Doris M. Sachs a Bride

Mss Mss Doris N. Sachs, daughter Of
~, ssan saehs, of $50 West lo2d Street,
az ~ married 10 Herman Asher. attorney
e.. eaa Tice-president Of the New York
I.y 5ranch Of the Welfare Board for
>. isn ~ Solder and Sailors, yesterday
:. 20. ne Hotel Plaza The ceremony way
,yss,.ofrned ys,.ed By the Rev. DR.. Joseph Sill
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Mortimer Ennis

MONTCLAIR, n. j., April 9 -Morti-
mer Ennis. an insurance broker with
Offices at o5 William Street. Manhattan,
died at the Mountainside Hospital here
to-day. following an extended Illness
Death was due to a complication of dis
eases. He was slxty-eight years old
The body will be sent to Kensico, y. T.,
for burial.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Miss Stewart ENGAGED

razor and Mrs. William Holrnes
s.,a..' s.msf'' of 22z West Seventy ninth
,ss.s'' announce the engagement Of
sss.s aanga.er Misc Doroth6e Holrnes
70 lieutenant Henry Cunning
X, }f.. u the Ordnance Department,
/, ,<'9haf'n. Lieutenant CUNNINGHAM
fss as eide, son u Mr.. and uyg. Henry
NJ g,ss,A,ah.zhaTa, o. 2sl West l2f5t Street.
~ 2teNart la q ..uact-l ~ CeL1.ni.ia
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Plays and Players

The Shakespeare Playhouse an
nounces for the production of Hamlet
to be given at the Cort Theatre next
Friday afternoon and Saturday morn
ing, with Walter Hanpdcn as Hamlet
the Shakespearian debut in America
of Beatrice Terry, niece of Ellen
Terry who viii play Ophelia. She
played in many OF the irving Terry pro-
ductions in London during her child
in The Man from Blanckleys g." "Sweet
Lavender" Henry of Navarre.' and
with Ethel Barrymore in the Barrie
playlet, The TwelvePound Look"
Lillian Lorraine has been engaged to
Frolic," on the New Amsterdam The
atre Roof She Will make her debut
in the dainty revue Monday, April 22.
The Cecil Spooncr Stock Company, of
Brooklyn, will produce for the first
tnc on any stage comedy drama
entitled a Friendly Divorce" by
Tadema Bussiere, q new playwright, at
the Grand Opera House, beginning
April Is, for one week.
On Wednesday afternoon the or
chestra AT the Harris Theatre viii play
. new composition called Our Coun-
try" by Frank Taft, art director Of
the Aeolian Company, which has been
inspired by the play "iIer Country"
At the Neigh borhood Playhouse
Madame Guilbert viii give pro
gramme on Saturday including the
legends Of the pIerrots, and Miss Mat
thIgon and her company Will present
On Sunday the woodland scenes from
"As You Like It" and the balcony
qccnc from "Romeo aud Juliet"
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
More Of California Now Dry

SAN FRANCISCO. April 9.-Califor-
MIA further extended its "dry" territory
when the results of seven anti-liquor
elections were announced to-day. Five
voted themselves dry.
New-York tribune., 1918-04-10
Drama
Curious Play by Charles
Kann Kennedy Deals With
Billy Sunday

ne Army with Banners" a COM
say by Charles Ram Kennedy at the
fench Theatre. With Edith Wvnn,
M"eth'son. Management Of George y.
Brennan.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08
Kerrick
From Our Correspondent

l
Harvest is on. The grain looks
fine. We will not need to Hook
the Kaiser"
G. D. Nelson of St. Paul, Wis
tied in Kerrick one day last
week with prospective land
buyers.
Mrs. H. Dean will entertain
the Catholic Ladies Aid Sunday,
August Is. Come or you will
miss a good treat.
The dance at Duquette was
we'll attended and the music was
of the usual high order furnished
by the Elmer orchestra.
1t will be impossible to get
Ford cars from the present re.
ports. The assembling plant at
Minneapolis has closed down.
w. P. Hogan made a business
trip to Duluth this week.
A.. ]. Warren has purchased a
new binder of the Minnesota
make.
Arthur Lund left for Pine City
Monday and from there goes IN
training camp. Arthur was en-
listed in the limited service in
the spruce division and will
doubtless go west.
The last payment on the Lib
erty Bonds is due August 18th
and will be $2O.39 on each $4,000
bond; $40.78 on each 500. bond
Make your payment promptly.
All payments must be made on
time.
Mrs. M. A. Lund and Mrs. Bis.
sonnette drove to Palmdale, with
Mr.. Laid last week. They found
the town in the middle of the
night and as there was no room
to sleep except under the stary
sky most of the party drove or
to Taylors Falls. Mrs. Bison
nette spent the following two
days in Minneapolis.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08

Mrs. Queber motored down
from Duluth, Sunday to visit her
mother. Mrs. Hokstad, returning
Tuesday.
Frank Colemier of St. Paul.
came up Monday to join his wife
who is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Watt.
The monthly meeting of Red
Cross will be held Saturday. Aug.
10th. The membership fee of
those who joined July. 1917, is
due.
Miss Watt and VIM. Webb mo-
tored up from Finlayson, Satur-
day night and took Mrs. Watt
and Mrs. Colemier over to Sand
stone.
Mrs. Soliday left for Duluth,
after visiting her mother here.
j. H. Watt of Rush City. came
up to spend a day with his pa
rents here.
| Mrs. Pennington and daugh-
ter, also the Misses Whittenba,
Bowers and Watt of Finlayson,
motored up and spent the even
ing at the Watt home, Monday.
Mrs. B. Peterson and sister,
Miss Stenberg, have returned to
their home in Chicago, after Wis
iting relatives in Rutledge and
other places in this part Of the
state.
John Losch and L. Kepler re-
turned Monday from Maryland
where they went a month ago
They motored there and back
Irwin Foster returned from
Cloquet, where he spent the past
month.
Mrs. Watt entertained Sunday
afternoon in honor of her daugh.
ter, Mrs. Colemeir. Ice cream
and cake were served, after
which the guests went to the
Island intending to go swimming
but the water was too deep.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08
Danforth
oml our Correapenlent---

From Our COrfeaDOndent--
Guy Hendricks was a Bruno
caller, Monday.
Andrew Rydberg motored to
Kerrick, Sunday.
H. Jepson Of Sandstone, hauled
hay from Danforth, Friday.
Ellen Stenbeck returned home
from Moose Lake, Monday.
Alex Selberg went to Dakota
to help in the harvest fields
Tuesday,
Mr.. and Mrs. Aug. Johnson
spent Sunday at the Louis Erick.
son home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Erickson
of Braham. called at the L. Erick.
son home, Monday.
Miss Dora Cutland Of Sand
stone, visited with friends II
Danforth over Sunday.
Miss Edith Larson and sister
Hilda, Of Minneapolis. called a,
the c. O. Larson home Sunday
w. ]. Wheeler and Ala Mink.
are making hay near Crooked
Creek on the Danforth meadow
Birdie Hendricks returned
from University Farm. St. Paul
where she has been attending
summer school.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. Johnson mo
tored up from st. Paul, and spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs
c. A. Newcome from Fleming.
Mrs. Carl Erickson and chill
dren, who have been visiting Al
the Frisendahl home for
month, returned to Duluth Sat
urday.
Those who attended the bee
keepers meeting August 4th al
the R. E. Rydberg pine Grove
Apiary" were Mrs. N. Younglove
and Gust Soderquist Of Sane
Creek, Miss Gerda Wheeler an6
Mrs. N. Mudd of Danforth. Mr.
and Mrs. r. M. Rodenberger and
son and A. H. Fairchild Of Bruno
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08

The Ladies' Aid at Mrs. Chas.
Westlunds place was largely at
tended and a goodly sum was
Melted, and according to the GUS
tom of the Free Ladies' Aid, was
turned over to the Red Cross.
1t is understood the amount was
$3.50. They also turned in Is
pair of finished socks, their
months work. They deserve
praise for their efforts.
The wedding bells rang out
for Olof Brager and Miss Bea.
trice Prenevost on Tuesday
August 9th at Duluth. The
bride is resident of Sandstone
and the groom a resident of Ker.
rick, where he has farm. They
sprung a surprise on the town
people and quietly slipped off to
Duluth. Something of this ma
ture had been expected but nc
one knew of the earliness of the
date. They will make thei,
home at Kerrick and will be wei
coined by a host of friends.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08

Wednesday morning. he will
spend the remainder of the week
here.
NOTICES
Presbyterian Sunday school at
10 a. M: preaching at IL a. m
There will be no Christian En-.
deavor during August.
The Ladies Aid will meet with
Mrs. Harry Jennings Thursday
afternoon and there will be an
ice cream social there in the
evening. Everybody invited to
attend both afternoon and even.
ing. Price 15c.
Adventist Sabbath school at
1920 a. m.; services at 1870 am
Saturday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08
DuQuette

From Our Correspsnaeat--
Ed Duquctte Of Duluth. Wis.,
tied his family between trains,
Thursday.
Grandpa McCusky Of Holyoke,
paid us a pleasant visit Tuesday
morning.
Miss Wolf and Miss Rathberg
of Iowa, are visiting their rela-
tives. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Wagner.
Cloda Narcotic came home
from Alcott Wednesday morning,
returning at noon, taking her
mother with her for a visit.
A large number Of young folks
attended the dance Saturday
evening; $34 was realized for
the local branch Of the Red Cross
/ Mrs. Duquette and daughter,
Gertrude, Helen Hedberg and
Oddhild Erickson attended the
Free Ladies' Aid at Kerrick, last
Thursday.
There will be q picnic for the
benefit of the Y. M. G. A. at Oak
Lake (Albert Anderson's place.
Sunday, August Is. Everybody
is cordially invited to come and
enjoy themselves. and also to
help the \. N. G. A. which il
doing wonderful work among our
soldiers.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08
Rutledge
From Our Correspondent-

From Our C0rrespOn0ent-
D. S. Scott went to St. Paul
Monday.
Harold Underhill motored to
Cloquet, Saturday.
Allen Underhill attended the
dance at Kerrick Saturday night
E. C. Townsend made a bust.
ness trip to Minneapolis, Mon.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Sterbence re.
turned to their home in West
Duluth, Sunday.
Mrs. Peterson and daughter
Emma, spent the week end with
relatives in Carlton.
Misses c. Foster and Zita Watt
attended the dance at Grindstone
lake Saturday night.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08
Letter From Adolph Barqaist
July 31st, 1918.

july 3lst, 1918.
Askov American,
Askov, Mimi.
Gentlemen:
Enclosed you will find $50 for
which send me the Askov Ameri.
can and also the last three pa
pers in July; send them as soon
as possible. ! am training every
day, like it fine. This is the life
for any man. Il sure il hot
down here; there are men drop
ping off every day. The north
ern men can not stand the heat
yet, but they will soon get used
to it. Well / will ring off for
this time.
Yours truly.
Adolph Barquist,
Co. A. IS Pioneer Inf.
Camp Wadsworth,
Spartanburg, s. G.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1918-08-08
Windernere

From Orr CsrrespsaAsat--
Grace and Briben Street Wis
tied at the Carroll home Sunday
evening.
Paul Hullander and Ole Erick-
son transacted business IN Moose
Lake, Saturday.
Mrs. Ray Of Minneapolis, VIZ
tied at the S. A. Halvorson home
over Sunday.
/ Miss Anna Bylin arrived home
from Duluth Saturday for .
short visit with her mother.
Miss Mabel Loyness arrived
home from ST. Paul last week %
spend her summer vacation.
Arthur Carlson and Gust BY
lin left for the southern part 81
the state Sunday and will work
until after harvest.
The M. E. Ladies' Aid was On
tertained at the John Anderson
home Monday afternoon and was
much enjoyed by all present.
A program and social will Be-
given in the n. E. church on
Saturday evening, August 18th,
to which everyone il cordially
invited. Il
Miss Grace Street arrived
home from st. Paul last week,
where she had been attending
summer school at the University
for the past six weeks.
The Oscar Anderson and Peter
son families autoed down from
Barnum Sunday and visited at
the Frank Hullander home.
Some Of them also spent the At
ternoon at Sturgeon lake fishing.