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The Lamar register., 1918-07-03

war. Three OF the British officers
shown In the picture, in the fore
ground. are clad in shorts"
Through all my subsequent adyen-
lures | was able to retain print of
this interesting picture. and although
when l gaze at 1t now 1t only serves
to increase my qualification at my ulti-
mate escape, 1t fills me with regret to
think that my fellow prisoners were
not so fortunate. All of them by this
time are undoubtedly eating their
hearts up in the prison camps of in
terior Germany. Poor fellowsi
Despite the scanty fare and the re-
strictions we were under in this prison,
we did manage on one occasion to ar
range regular banquet The plan
Ming which was necessary helped to
pass the time.
At this time there were eight of us.
We decided that the principal thing
We needed to make the affair a sue
cess was potatoes, and l conceived II
plan to get them. Every other after
noon they took us for walk in the
country, and 1t occurred to me that
It would be a comparatively simple
matter for us to pretend to be tired
and sit down when we came to the
first potato patch.
1t worked out nicely. When We
came to the first potato patch that
afternoon, We told our guards that we
wanted to rest bit and we were
allowed to sit down. In the course
of the next FIVE minutes each of US
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Whenever we passed Belgian
home or other building which had
been wrecked by bombs by our airmen
our guards made us stop "A moment
or two while they passed sneering
remarks among themselves.
One of the most interesting souve-
Mrs | have of my Imprisonment at
Courtrai is u photograph of II group
Of us taken In the prison courtyard.
The picture was made by one of the
guards. who sold copies of 1t to those
of us who were able to pay his
prlce-one mark apiece.
As we faced the camera / suppose
We all tried to look our huppiest, but
the majority of us, l am afraid, were
too sick at heart to raise n smile.
even for this occasion. one of our
Hun guards Is shown in the picture
seated at the table. | am standing
directly behind him. attired in my tiy-
ing tunic. which they allowed me 10
wear all the time | was In prison, Us
is the usual custom with prisoners Of
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managed 10 get II poato or rwo. ne
ing Irish, 1 got six.
When we got back TO the prison,
managed to steal Il handkerchief full
Of sugar, which. with sorle apples that
we were allowed to purchase, we cas-
lily converted into "A sort OF Jam.
We now had potatoes and jam, but
no bread. II happened that the Hun
who had charge of the potatoes was
"A great musician. 1t was not very
difficult to prevail upon him to play
us some music, and while he went out
to get his either went into the bread
pantry and stole a loaf of bread.
Most of us had saved some butter
from the day before, and we used 1t
10 fry our potatoes. BY brlblng one
OF the guards, he bought some eggs for
us. They cost % cents apiece, but we
were determined to make this banquet
u success. no matter what II cost.
The cooking was done by the prison
cook. whom, OF course. We had to
Jribe
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CHAPTER vi.
A Leap for Liberty.

/ had been in prison at COurtrai
nearly three weeks when, on the morn
Ing of September 9th, | and six other
officers were told that we were to be
transferred to prison camp In Ger
many.
One OF the guards told me during the
day that We were destined for II re-
prisal camp In Strassburg. They were
sending us there to keep our airmen
from bombing the place.
He explained that the English car
ried German officers on hospital ships
for similar purpose and he excused
the German practice of torpedolng
these vessels on the score that they
also carried munitlonsl When
pointed out to him that France would
hardly be sending munitions to Eng
land, he lost interest in the argument.
Some days before, l had made up my
mind that II would be a very good
thing to get hold Of a map of Germany.
which knew was In the possession OF
one of the German interpreters, be-
cause | realized that If ever the OPP
oortunity came to make my escape,
such map might be of the greatest
assistance to me.
With the Idea OF stealing this map,
accordingly, a lieutenant and | got in
front of this Interpreters window one
day and engaged In very hot argu-
ment as to whether Heidelberg was on
the Rhine or not, and we argued back
and forth so vigorously that the Ger
man cnme out Of his room. map in
hand. to settle 1t. After the matter
was entirely settled to our satisfac-
ton, ne went back into his room ana
I watched where he put the map.
When, therefore. l learned that was
on my way TO Germany, realized that
1t was more important than ever for
me to get that map, and with the help
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When the meal was ready 10 serve
II consisted of scrambled eggs, fried
potatoes, bread and JAIN, and a pitcher
of beer which We were allowed to buy.
That was the 29th of August. Had
| known that 1t was to be the last
real meal that | was to eat for many
weeks. | might have enjoyed it even
more than I did. but 1t was certainly
very good.
We had cooked enough for eight, but
while we were still eating, another
Joined us. He was an English officer
who had just been brought in on O
stretcher. For seven days, he told us
he had lain in shell hole. wounded
and he was almost famished, and we
were mighty glad to share our ban
quet with him.
We called on each man for q speech.
and one might have thought that we
were at first-class club meeting. A
few days after that our party was
broken up and some of the men, | sup
pose. | shall never see again.
one Of the souvenirs of my adven-
ture is check given me during This
banquet by Lieut.. James Henry
Dickson of the Tenth Royal Irish Flu.
sileers, II fellow prisoner. 1t was for
20 francs and was made payable 10
the order of Mr.. Pat O'Brien. 2nd
Lieut." Poor Jim forgot to scratch
out the London" and substitute
"COurtrai" a the date line. but Its
value as souvenir is just as great.
When he gave 1t TO me he had no idep
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Chautauqua Attractions
CHAUTAUQUA AND THE WAR.

Recently President Wilson wrote
the following letter to the president
II the international Lyceum and Chau.
tauqua Association. concerning the
continuation OF the Chautauqua dur
ing the war:
1t has been on my mind for some
time to thank your organization for
the very real help 1t has given to
America in the uuggle that is con.
cerned with every fundamental eie.
ment Of national life Your speaker.
going from community 10 community.
meeting people In the friendly spirit
engendered by years Of intimate and
understanding contact have been ef
fective messengers for the delivery
and Interpretation OF democracy's
meaning and imperative needs The
work that the Chsutauqua Is doing
has not lost importance because Of
war. but rather has gained new oppor-
runities for service
let me express the hope that you
Will let no discolragement weaken
your activities, and that the people
Will not fail in the support Of a patri.
otic institution that may be said to
he an integral part OF the national de
fense"
Cordially and sincerely yours.
WOODROW VII SON
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Good Advice

HI. G. Larsen, county agent with
headquarters in Virginia has is
sued the following letter to the
newspapers. The message con-
tanned therein is straight to the
point. Mr.. Larsen says:
Patronize Range Merchants"
The above signs attracted our
attention lately, conspicuously
placed on a street car. By all
means patronize Range mer-
chants, that's what they are here
for. But it is a poor rule that
does not work both ways, SO
Range merchants patronize the
st. Louis County farmers; buy
their onions, cabbage, rutabagas,
pork, mutton, poultry etc.
1t is always a good business
but right now better than ever,
and much more patriotic. See to
it that the local supply gets the
preference, be sure that every
pound Of local produce, properly
put up and in good condition, is
taken care of before looking else
where for supplies; encourage
your home growers to put plenty
of good first class products in the
markets and give them what they
are entitled to, a fair market
price for it.
Every carload of potatoes from
here and shipped out to find a
market when dozens of cars OF
outside-grown products are being
brought in, usually poorer in
quality and higher in price are
replacing the homegrown goods.
This is poor business for all
concerned, producer, dealer and
consumer. Change it. Be bust
ness like as well as patriotic.
You know the shipping situation,
favor the Home Growers for once
and at the same time favor your
self and the Public, by giving
them better quality at no added
expense.
Think it over, grow all you can
yourselves and buy from the near
est producers, anything that you
need besides. That is business
and your patriotic opportunity as
well.
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Order Limiting Time to File
Claims and for Hearing Thereon

State of Minnesota.
County Of St. Louis. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Amanda
Nordquist. Decedent.
Letters of administration with the Will annex
ed having been granted to Joseph Fleming.
1t is Ordered. That the time within which all
creditors of the above named decedent may
present claims against her estate in this court.
be. and the same hereby is. limited to three
months from and after the date hereof: and that
the 3rd day of September. 1915 at ten o'clock a. m
In the Probate Court Rooms at the Court House at
Duluth In said County be. and the same hereby
is. fixed and appointed as the time and place for
hearing upon the examination. adjustment and
allowance of such claims as shall be presented
within the time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publication of
this order in The Ely Miner as provided by law.
Dated at Duluth. MINI. May 3lst. 1918.
CT 6-21 FRANCIS A. WATKINS.
Judge of Probate of Carlton County,
Acting Judge of Probate of St. Louis Co.. MINI.
tseal Probate Court. st. Louis County. MIMI
II. ]. Merdink. Attorney
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Where Thin Men Have Advantage.

Where Thin Men Have Advantage.
A thin man has better chance than
fat one. Women cunning for men
occasionally puncture a fat one. but
few Of them shoot well enough to hit
thin one.-Topeka Capital.
Order Of Hearing on Petition for
Administration.
State of Minnesota. :.
County of ST. Louis. IS In Probate Court.
inen. Decedent.
The Petition of Emma Kumpulainen, having
been filed in this Court representing. among
other things. that Evart Kumpulainen then being
resident-o of the County of st. Louis. State of
MINI died interstate. in the County of St. Louis.
State of Minnesota. on the 9Th day of January,
1918: leaving estate in the County of ST. Louis,
State of Minnesota. and that said petitioner is
surviving. spouse of said decedent and praying
that letters of administration of the estate of
said decedent be granted to said Emma ..Kumpu-
lainen.
1t is ordered That said petition be heard
before this Court. at the Probate Court Rooms
in the Court House, in Duluth, in said county
ON Monday. the oath day of June 1918,
at ten O'Clock a. m. and all persons interested in
said hearing and in said matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place to show
cause. If any there be. why the said petition
should not be granted.
Ordered Further. That this order be served by
publication in the Ely Miner according to law.
and that copy Of this order be served on the
County Treasurer of St. Louis County not less
than ten days prior to said day of hearing.
Dated at Duluth. MINI. May 25th. 1918.
BY the Court, SW. GILPIN,
A. r. MORTON, Judge of Probate,
Clerk of Probate. S-3l GA
(Seal. Probate Court. St. Louis County Mimi
A. J. Thomas. Attorney for Estate.
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of water Il is extra line, and the food
value Of the dish is nearly doubled.
Here is delicious cornmeal and
milk dessert.
indian Pudding.
Four cupfuls milk (whole or skinny,
one-fourth cupful cornmeal, three
fourths teaspoonful salt, one tea
spoonful ginger, one-third cupful mo-
lasses.
Cook milk and meal In a double boil
er 20 minutes; add molasses. salt, and
ginger. Pour into buttered pudding
dish and bake two hours In slow
oven, or use your fireless cooker. Serve
with milk. This makes a good and
nourishing dessert. Serve six.
cornmeaI and Meat.
C0rnmeal Is good combined with
meats. Such dish Is q meal In itself.
Try this one.
TamaIe Pie.
Two cupfuls cornmeal, six cupfuls
water, one tablespoonful fat, one onion,
two cupfuls tomatoes, one pound ham,
burger steak.
Make a mush by stirring the corn
meal and one and one-half teaspoon
fuls salt into boiling water. Cook 45
minutes. Brown onion in fat, add ham,
burger and stir until red color disap-
pears. Add salt, pepper, and toma-
to. A sweet pepper is an addition.
Grease baking dish, put in layer Of
cOrnmeal mush, add seasoned meat,
and cover with mush. Bake One-half
hour. Serve six.
Corn Helps Us Feed the World.
The more we use the more food
can be sent abroad. You need not tire
Of 1t, as there are at least 80 ways
to use cornmeal to make good dishes
for dinner, supper, lunch, or break
fast. Here are some suggestions:
Hot Breads.
Boston brown bread, hoecake, muf-
fms, biscuits, griddle cakes.
Waffies.
Cornmeal molasses cake, apple corn
bread, dumplings.
Gingerbread, fruit gems.
Hearty Dishes.
Cornmeal croquettes, cornmeal fish,
balls.
Meat and cornmeal dumplings.
Italian pOlenta.
Tamales.
The recipes are In Farmers Bulletin
565, Corn Meal as a Food and Ways
Of Using It," free from the depart
ment of agriculture.
cornmeal has become Our Ally!
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
Order Limiting Time to File
Claims and for Hearing
Thereon.

State of Minnesota,
County OF st. Louis. 90 In Probate Court
In the Matter of the Estate of Sarah Lamb
Decedent
Letters of administration this day having been
granted to William w. Kevern.
1t is Ordered. That the time within which all
creditors of the above named decedent may pre-
sent claims against her estate in this court be.
and the same hereby is limited to three months
from and after the date hereof; and that the 9th
day of August. 1918. at ten O'Clock a. m. in
the Probate Court Rooms at the Court House at
Duluth in said County. be. and the same hereby
Is. fixed and appointed as the time and place for
hearing upon the examination. adjustment and
allowance of such claims as shall be presented
within he time aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publication
of this order in The Ely Miner as provided by
law.
Dated. Duluth. MINI. May 25th. 1918.
S. W. GILPIN,
S-31 6-14 Judge of Probate.
A. J. Thomas. Attorney for Representative.
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Here Is quick kind Of corn bread,
Our grandmothers used to bake 1t on
a board before the open fire. You can
bake 1t In your oven.
Corn Dodaer.
Two cupfuls cornmeal, one teaspoon
full salt, two teaspoonfuls fat, one and
three-fourths cupful boiling water.
Pour the boiling water over the
other materials. Beat well. When
cool, form into thin cakes and bake
80 minutes In hot oven. Make IA
biscuits. These crisp little biscuits
are good with butter or gravy. Eat
them with your meat and vegetables.
Corn Bread.
Corn bread Is good articles espe-
cially good made with sour milk and
soda; but sweet milk and baking pow
der are satisfactory. Eggs improve
the flavor and add to the food value.
but may be omitted II too expensive.
No. 1. Two cupfuls cornmeal, two
cupfuls sweet milk whole or skinny,
four teaspoonfuls baking powder,
one tablespoonful sugar, two table
spoOnfuls fat, one teaspoonful salt,
one egg (may be omitted.
No. 2. Two cupfuls cornmeal, two
cupfuls sour milk, one teaspoonful
soda, one tablespoonful sugar, two ia.
blespoonfuls fat, one teaspoonful salt,
one egg (may be omitted).
Mix ingredients. Add milk, WELL
beaten egg, and melted fat. Beat well.
Bake in shallow pan for about 80
minutes.
Spoon Bread.
An Old Southern RecIpe.-Here Is
an 0ld-fashioned soft spoon bread the
Southerners like. With milk or strip
1t makes satisfying meal.
Two cupfuls water, one cupful milk
(whole or skinny. one cupful corn
meal, one tablespoonful fat, two
eggs, two teaspoonfuls salt.
Mix water and cornmeal and bring
to the boiling point and cook i've min
utes. Beat eggs well and add with
other materials to the mush. Beat
well and bake in well-greased pan
for 20 minutes In hot oven. Serve
from the same dish with a spoon.
Enough for six.
cornmeal and MIX.
Do you use cornmeal mush for a.
breakfast foodf It is both cheap and
coed Cooked q akimmed milk instead
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Dear Friends of White Iron -
We wish to express our thanks
and appreciation to you all for
the beautiful and useful gifts pre-
sented us and also for the party
given in our behalf Sunday even
ing at the White Iron school by
the young people.
wendell III. OJALA,
JOHN HUNTA,
WILLARD ESTERBERG,
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Birds of Towns.

Somebody must have a love for bird
life, If these names, selected at ran
dom from the postal guide, indicate
anything: Pigeonroost, KY; Lark. N.
D.; Parrot, KY; Sparrow, KY; Swan,
Tex; Swallow, KY; Wren, S. c.;
Grow, w. Va; Blue Jay, w. Va;
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07

OF course the cynics will make the
most Of the declaration that the mar
ried men In the trenches stand shell
shock better than the single ones.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07

transportation that would be nee
essary to bring food in that it re-
places.
These are the reasons why the
food administration has an
nounced that so long as sugar is
available it may be purchased by
householders in quantities for
canning and preserving only upon
certificate signed at the store
upon purchase. Sugar distribu-
tors report big supplies on hand
now and the home Gamer should
take full advantage of the oppor-
tunity, the food administration
states.
Each day adds it's quota to the
growing army of American wheat
abstainers. "Total Abstainers
Clubs are being formed in some
places by those who are willing to
pledge their entire wheat ration
to the Allies. In one western
state both merchants and consum-
ers are offering stocks OF flour to
the government, some cities re-
tanning two pounds of -four per
month per capita. A large pro-
portion of the parishes in Louis
lana have agreed to use no wheat
until the new crop comes in. One
church congregation has adopted
resolutions pledging the entire
congregation to consume not more
than three pounds per person per
month. Prominent clubs through
out the country, both men and
women s clubs, have held patri-
otic meetings pledging themselves
to abstain from wheat until the
next harvest. The state of Texas
has gone on wheatless basis
from April Is until June Is or
longer. What is your organiza-
ton doing to urge those who can
afford it to perform one of their
greatest war services by going
without wheat products in any
form until the next crop comes
in?
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FOOD E|!|||) FACT

Our immediate pressing duty is
to see that the peoples and armies
of Great Britain, France and Italy
are fed, so that they will not col
lapse as Russia and Finland have
done because of the disorganiza-
ton due to German propaganda,
injustice and above all, lack of
food. 1t is imperative that we
save and send wheat and other
foods absolutely required in Eu-
rope during the months before the
next harvest. We cannot do 1t
unless we stop using them here.
We must realize that food is the
weapon with which America is
going to be able to maintain po-
sition in the war long enough to
win it. The food administration
is not asking that food be saved
to save money, but to save lives
that will win the war.
The food administration is ufg-
ing that the sugar regulations
providing sugar for canning be
taken advantage of now and the
maximum of all kinds of food
preserved in every household for
future use. The preservation of
home grown perishables is one of
the greatest possible aids to food
conservation and the possibility
of furnishing to the armies their
required amount of food. Food
grown and preserved at home
guards against a possible food
shortage; food grown and pre-
served at home requires no rail
road transportation to bring it
to the family table and it releases
for export shipping that railroad
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-24
RED GROSS FUND REACHES TOTAL
 Of S63,949,6
Southwestern Divisions Contributions Amount
 to $7, 7,447 ,255.

Washington, May 23.-Approximate ly $20,000,000 was subscribed today to the American Red Cross second $100,- 00O,000 war-mercy fund, bringing the subscription reported up to tonight to a total of $63,949,611. Four more working days of the campaign re- main and officials were confident to- night there would be large over subscriptions.
 Greater New York subscriptions re- ported totaled $16,294.536 against it's quota of $25,000000. Three hundred and forty-three national banks report ed to the comp troller of the currency today that they had made donations to the fund. their subscriptions total ling $531.000.
 Memphis. Tenn, was the only oity reported today tot go over its quota, its subscription being $l 73.793, and it's quota $125.000.
 Subscriptions announced tonight in cluded Gulf $1.47S,974; Southern s2,- 379,S71; Southwestern, $7.447,255.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-24
AT THE ORPHEO

"Over the Top,' Vitograph super intendent geature founded on Serg- cant Arthur Guy Empeys famous war book of the same title has been booked by Manager Klarberg of the Orpheo theatre, and will be shown here in the near future. Manager Klarberg says he will announce the date on which the picture starts it's run within few days.
 Sergeant Empey, probably the best known soldier of all the millions of rance to stem the tide of German barberism apears as the star of "Ov- CT the Top" and he is said to enact vividly the stirring experience met by the French and British who held the lines against the Boche in the first made months of the war.
 Over the Top" the first authentic reproduction of the drama and trag- edy that is the war. has been hailed as one of the greatest photoplays i'll the history off motion pictures. and is ranked as the foremost of all super productions of the screen because of the personality of the star and the importance of the play as contribu' ton to the historical phase of the war and it's relation to the war work of the United States
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-24
BIG DECREASE IN
 U-BOAT SINKINGS

London. May 23.-The naval corre spondent of the Daily News analyzing the shipping losses for April, points out that the total of allied and neu- tral sinkings was hardly more than third of that of year ago.
 While there is not any likelihood he says, that there has been any marked decrease in shipping entering and clearing ports of the United Kingdom, altho the effects of block ing the bases at Zeebrugge and Os- tend and the placing of the great new mine field in the North Sea are not yet known, the Germans in the entire first quarter of 1918, the cor. respondent showed, sank little more shipping than they did last year in a single month, while the total loss es for each quarter. from April 1917, up to the present. have steadily fal len.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-05-24
Careless Use of
 Soap Spoils the Halr

Soap should be used very carefully, if you want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soaps and prepared sham Poos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle and ruins it.
 The best thing for steady use is just ordinary mulsifed cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseless). and is better than the most expensive soap or any; thing else you can use.
 One or two teaspoonfuls will cleanse the hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it m. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy father. which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust dirt; dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft. and the hair fine and silky, bright lustrous. fluffy and easy to manage.
 You can get mulsifed cocoanut oil al any pharmacy. it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every member of the family ter months.