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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18

A Russian driver, when told to turn
to his own side of the street, exclaimed
to his own side of the street, exclaimed:
what is this Dr. liberty worth if q
can not drive where | please" The
other day when' Marshall Brodie told
a driver which way to turn at the red
light guide post in the center of the.
intersection of Bremen avenue and
East Water street, the fellow said to :
him, That's hell of note; l guess
you like to show your authority"
There is too much of that notion of
personal liberty, right here in Bremen
county. And Marshall Brodie's CUSTOM
er isn't a Russian either. He is
Yankee" of about two hundred years
standing. Our U. S. A-bred citizens
are very much responsible because for
eigners get a wrong idea about person
al liberty when they come to make
their home with us.--Waverly indie
pendent,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18
Both Hands Crippled by Bullet.

Joseph Tuna. a Young man living
a couple OF miles north Of town, met
with an accident one day last week
that will be handicap to. him all his
life.
A ball from a 32-caliber rifle took
off the entire thumb of his right hand
and the end OF the thumb and the end
of the ring finger of his left hand,
AS we understand it, the rifle was
sitting on the footboard Of the sleigh
box, and, seeing the gun starting TO
slip, he grabbed for Il, but it was dis
charged just as he reached for it.-
Calmar Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18
'ROBATE.

Germ:
you are hereb
the Court Housd
y, Iowa, on tht
1919, at 2:03N
end the probateV
lrportiIrg to be
Testament of
of Washington
eshiek County,
which time and
and show cause,
| should not be
eof I have herek
anne and amxedl
this Sd day Of
RE, Clerk,
INSON, Deputy.
Eorneys.
40 -3w.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18
IN Rock.

m Rock.
ng secured in ST.
a conglomerate
re in large guam
nd washing pro-
S extracted from
contained in the
eriment secured
um out of 9,720
slack.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18
Brother of County Attorney j. A.
Nelson Writes News of the
Armistice Being Signed
just Got to Him
HADN'T HAD DISH
ICE CREAM FOR YEAR
Hopes 1t Won't Be Long Before He
Will Have the Opportunity to
See the Statue of Liberty
Again
Somewhere in France
Nov. 13, 1918


Dear Folks:
A few lines today to let you know
that / am well and happy. And I
hope this finds you folks all the
same way. Well the good news came
at last. bet there was some time in
the states. would liked to have been
there. hope to before so very long,
but suppose 1t will be some time
yet. l sure would love to eat Xmas
dinner with you. Its long time
since / have eaten a meal like ,yoU
used to make. Just think I haven't
eaten "a dish Of ice cream siace
left the states over year agos and
lots of other good things never saw
over here. So you think won't
stay over here any longer than
have to. I was taken sick in thsalast
drive so couldn't stay to the end.
Nothing serious at all, but l would
like to have been with them. Maybe
| am lucky I was not. think I got
to do my bit alright. / went over the
top a good many times when could
not see how l ever returned. But
suppose He who rules all things was
with me, and brought me back
Well. there's good hopes of a
glorious day now and that's when I
see the statue of Liberty and get on
u. s. soil again, which hope won't
be so very long, that's about all you
hear the fellows talking about, is
when they are going home, even
those that have just come across.
Well, wonder where Carl and Mar
tin are at this time. In the states I
hope, as there is no home over IN
this country as good as, Alabama,
and Carl said it lacked a great deal.
Well, We finished this war up in. a
hurry after things got started In our
favor and I was right there to meet
Fritz when he was on his way TO
Paris, and things We're sure hot.
Well, I haven't any real news to
write as everything is published in
the papers over there as it happened. Z
Well l hope You are all In the
best of health and l hope will get
back to the company in few days
so can get my mail. left them In
the Argonne forest Nov. 3, and I see
in the paper, the Rainbow took Sc
dan so l suppose they are around
there somewhere.
Well how is Jake's latest daughter
getting along, fine,I hope and all the
rest of them
Well, will try and write once in
a while. It's very hard to get hold OF
paper around anywhere. If there was 2
a store around here, could get
some. Well hope this finds you all
well and that | will be home before
many months. / am as before,
Lovingly,
Sgt NELS A. NELSON,
Co. E. 16S Inf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18
oeIwein Mans Sentence COMMITTED.

The sentence OF Mike Halen, for
merly of this city, from life imprison-
ment to thirty years was one OF the
Thanksgiving clemencies extended by
Gov Harding. Halen was sentenced
to the penitentiary over ten years ago
and he will have the full benefit of
good behavior during the time he has
served.A He was represented BY At
torney E. R 0'Brien, who. among
other points, argued that man with
out homicidal tendencies is made a
murderer on account of imbibing al
coholic Nliquors.-Oelwein Reg.strf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18

And when we hear what big wages
most people say they get, we wonder
that there are any poor people in the
world
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18
On Way to California.

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Headington ar
rived here Sunday night from Glen
side, Sask., Canada, on visit to his
mother, Mrs. NJ. J. Headington and
to the Otto Solberg home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Headington will leave here
shortly for Los Angeles. Cal, where
they will spend the winter. sea
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18

Whiskey is being shipped into pro-
hibition territory labeled "Fafnish
LET'S see, vanlish Is the finish, and
that's usually the kind Of whiskey
sent into dry territory.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-18

We overheard man saying Il am
taken 10 be All the way from As 10 vs,s
but3 he did not fool us. We knew he
waS rs,
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CHAPTER XIX.
Escape Closed.

He was awakened by Mr.. Church
one has always to give him the prefix
pulling up the blinds. His first
thought was of the task before him.
The mind does lot Of quiet BUSH
ness of its own when the blinds are
down and the body is asleep. and DUR
ing the night, his mind, working in
darkness, had cleared up matters,
countered and cut off all sorts Of
fears and objections and drawn up a
definite plan.
He would tell her everything that
morning. If she would not take ms, ms
have meeting Of the whole family.
lie felt absolutely certain that ,.t ex Il
planning things bit by bit and detait
by detail he could convince them OF
lie death OF Rochester. and his own
existence as Jones' a not uusS m eat
,ara 70 the point Of publicity re
held trump card in the properly ne
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him from this horrible clinging per-
sonality that he had so lightly cast
around himself?
Nothing is stranger than mind.
From the depth of his mind came
the whisper, NO" Intuition told him
that were he to go to Timbuctoo,
Rochester would cling to him, that
he would wake up from sleep fancy
ing himself Rochester and then that
feeling would return. What he re-
quired was the recognition by other
people that he was himself Jones,
that the whole of this business was a
deception, stage play in real life
Their abuse. their threats would not
matter their blows would be welcome,
so he thought. Anything that would
hit him back firmly into his real
position in the scheme of things and
save him from the dread of some day
losing himself.
After while the exercise and night
air Gained his mind. -He had come to
the great decision. A decision i'm
the very core of his being. He would
tell her everything. Tomorrow morn
ing he would confess all. Her fas-
cination upon him had loosened it's
hold, the terror had done that. He
no longer lover her. Had he ever
ton, or in other words, a question no
man could answer. He only knew
now that he did not crave for her re-
gard, only for her recognition of him
self as Jones.
She was the door out of the mental
trap into which his mind had blunder-
ed.
These considerations had carried
him far into a region of mean streets
and suburban houses. 1t was long
after IL o'clock and he fell to think
ing what he should do with himself
for the rest of the night. 1t was i'm
possible to walk about till morning
and he determined to return to Carl
ton House Terrace, let himself in with
his latch key and slip upstairs to his
room. If by any chance she had not
retired for the night and he CHANGED
to meet her on the stairs/or in the
hall then the confession must be made
forthwith.
1t was after o'clock when he
reached the house. He opened the
door with his key and, closing 1t soft
ly, crossed the hall and went up the
stairs. One of the hall lamps had
been left burning, evidently for him;
lamp was burning also in the COR
rider. He switched on the electric
light in his room and closed the door.
Then he heaved a sigh of relief,
undressed and got into bed.
All across the hall, up the stairs.
and along the corridor he had been
and having to enter on that terrible
explanation right away.
The craving to tell her all had been
suppanted for the moment by the
dread of the act.
In the morning it would be different.
lie would be rested and have more
command over himself, so he fancied.
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"OffiCer and Gentleman

pains to speak impeccable French.
The formalities of identification being
over. he lapsed back into silence.
They asked him:
"Yes, certainly" he replied, emphati-
cally.
"In spite of the fact that your troops
have been fighting for more than a
month and have never been able to
stop again their retreat?"
I'VE do not retreat. We simply break
Off the battle in order to begin 1t again
when 1t suits U.S."
Didn't you believe you were per-
fectly safe in the Chateau de NAL
lie lied back haughtily:
Not at all. We knew very we'll that
we should quit 1t this morning. For
An officer cut short the sentence:
have proof of it" g
He drew himself up to his full
height. The officer went on:
For If you had thought for SIN
gle instant that you would have to
abandon the chateau. you would have
set 1t on fire.
Monsieur" he cried forgetting that
the time for threats had passed.
1T Is useless to deny it," the officer
rejoined. THAT is your rule. Every
where you go you leave behind you a
plumber private houses as well as
public buildings, churches as well as
schools. And you burn them all"
II protest In the name of his ma jes-
tvs troops. We respect private prop
erty and religious buildings. We are
not vandals, Undoubtedly, we destroy
ed whatever might be useful to our
enemies. as Is the rule with all bellig-
erent armies. But what you call in
your journals our barbarism doesn't
go any farther than that. And we
ought not be held responsible for
damage caused by your own artil-
lery."
seriously. monsieur. do you believe
mat 1t is our artillerymen who have
packed in boxes altar cloths, embroid-
cries and candles from the affairs and
addressed them to Saxony. to Prussia
or to Wurttemberg. with cards like
these?"
Without casting his eyes at the adj
dressed cards which they presented to
him. the colonel answered:
Let MS admit these instances But
they are only isolated ones, charge
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By Maurice Level.

aole to the common soldiers who
Know no better. not to our officers,
who are above any suspicion Of that
sort"
II note with pleasure that YOU con-
slider such acts unworthy of an on
Ger. But didn't you yourself OCCUPY,
apout Two months ago the estate Of
La Hucherie? Papers seized in your
you did"
lie looked little worried.
1T Is possible. Perhaps"
Very good There, as everywhere
else, the rooms which you used per-
mirrors were broken. the bureaus
were upset and emptied. The pic
lures were taken from the walls.
ana boxes. filled with stolen OBJ
1ects, ready to be shipped into Ger
ter's wagons"
He clenched his fists.
sort" ''e
AT Noyon, where the officers Of
your regiment were quartered last
year, we discovered the same sort Of
Dillage. The list OF honses ruined
by your troops would be a very long
one. We have found on the persons
of your officers Jewels and valuables,
coming from our villages and cities.
IN their messes we have found
pieces OF silverware. bric-a-brac
and linen"
He Strengthened himself up again
and said, with violence:
~ protest. Our officers are all gems
tlemen. We Germans are soldiers,
not bandits. Personally 1 own in the
mark of Brandenburg three castles,
and ] care nothing for the odds and
ends with which your chateaux hero
are furnished. All that 1 possess is
my own. ! have got no profit out Of
this war except my decorations and
my officers commission"
Pardon me, major" said a SER
geant to the officer who was conducts
ing the examination. My name Is
Malvolsie. and ] am the owner Of the
chateau which Monsieur lie Colonel
occupied few hours ago. without
any doubt he has taken the clothes
In my closets for his own wardrobe,
for he Is wearing now an undershirt
which Is mine. I recognize IT, IL has
my mark on it, Won't YOU ask him
to be 40 kind as to return ii 10 me?"
..l.. 80 Copyright, 1879 i.,., =
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"OR an hOur conveys OIL PRISON.
H ers had succeeded one another
in the street of the little viii
lage. Col. Won Pfalzer plunged
in melancholy, watched them pass.
All. these were not the fine soldiers
with whom, eight days earlier, he had
quilted one of the cities of Brabant,
fifers at their head. and all crying
menacingly to the inhabitants: "Nach
Paris!"
Stupef1ed and disarmed, they now
made pitiful appearance. FROM t,ne
in touch with the head of the col
umn. Then they had the air, under
their soiled uniforms. of troop OF
fugitives, of frightened beasts; ana
their number was so great ,nat me rhe
road seemed all gray with them. the
peasants no longer even looked
around at them as they marched
The colonel had been captured along
with his men at dawn that morning.
of glory and plumber, when the
French chasseurs gathered him in. He
had jumped from his bed, his eyes
heavy with drowsiness and his mouth
pasty, and had descended the stairs
ahead of his captors. wearing few
Below they had given him pair OF
boots and thrown caVairyman
cloak over his shoulders. 1t was very
little for Prussan baron. Notwith-
standing, he suffered less in the flesh.
although the chill of the early morn
ing was keen. than he did in his
humbled spirit.
The presence of his officers. who had
suffered the same fate as he, soon re-
stored his haughtiness and compo-
sure Listening to the questions put
to them he smiled, comparing the lux
ury with which he had been surround
ed in the occupied regions with the
poverty of the quartefs where he was
now detained. If there was sinister
droop in his smile it was because he
distinguished. through the window
panes. the elegant walls. almost In
tact, Of the chateau where he had
foolishly let himself be taken pris--
oner. A beautiful bonfire--if one had
only foreseen what was going to hap
pen
When his turn came he made his an
swers in a curt tone, tickling special
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ING ON HIS SHOULDER.

strengthened his position as Roches-
ter
The strange psychological fact was
becoming plain, though not to him,
that the jealousy he ought to have
felt on account of this womans love
Tor Rochester was not there.
This woman had fascinated him, as
woman had perhaps never fascinated
man before: she had kissed him, she
loved him, and though his reason told
him quite plainly that he was Victor
Jones and that she loved and had
resent that fact.
:, Rochester was dead. 1t seemed to
MIN that Rochester had never lived.
p, ne left the park and came along
hnightsbridge still thinking of her sit
ing there waiting for him, his mind
dinner. the bowl of roses that stood
between them-her voice.
Ihen all at once these considera-
IONS vanished, all at once, and like
an extingnisher fell on him that
His mind pulled this way and that
between contending forces, became
a. blank written across with letters
VI nre forming the question:
could not have been worse than that
torture OF the overtaxed brain, that
FEELING that If he did not clutch at
him ms he would become nothing. y,
ne ran for a few yards-then it
passed and he found himself beneath
q lamp post recovering and mutter-
,ns mis- own name rapidly to himself
IKE a charm to exercise evil
Jones-JOnes-Jone
he looked around.
san mere were not many people to be
seen, but man and woman few
yi a away were standing and look
ing at him. They had evidently
stopped anu turned to see what he
Was Was about and they went on when
'" TSeS saw WI, him observing them.
ha me hot shame of the idea was a
petter stimulant than brandy. He
, ner ee on. He was no longer think
Ing OF the woman he had just left.
ne was thinking of himself.
ne ne mad been false to himself.
The greatest possession any man
gan Gan have in the world is himself.
S5o on men let that priceless property
eii ven some improve it, it Is
+ sven TO few men to tamper with
He saw this now, and just as
ihm s a pit had opened before him
ne ne Grew back. He must stop this
o oUuDie life at once and become his
S NV self in reality; failing to 10 that
s slsed this. No mans brain could
sssand what he had been going
ii at. for long: had he been
Ell .e.t TO himself he might have
ffhh a his mind gradually ia
p .e perpetual shifting from Jones to
rochester and vice versa. The wom-
M mad brought things to a crisis
fa he horror that had now suddenly
t~n aen on him, the horror of the re-
tin tim OF that awful feeling of mega.
on on' the horror of losing himself
mind, ''0e "''o''o i''' ''
ne must stop this business at once
to America. away 'e'"'" "''"e ~
u,a,.' was easy to be done-but
""'n mat save him? Would that free
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-12-29
Author of "Thc Gold Trail"
and "Sea Plumber" >,

off from escape. After dinner he was
sitting down to attempt a literary
forlorn hope. when a sharp voice in
the hall made him pause.
The door opened, and Venetia Bird
brook entered. She wore a new hat
that seemed larger than the one he
had last beheld, and her manner was
wild.
She shut the door, walked to the
table. placed her parasol on 1t and
began peeling off a glove.
She's gone" said Venetia.
Jones had risen to his feet.
WHO'S gomez
'"Teresa-gone with Maniloff"
He sat down. Then she blazed out.
Are you going to do nothing-are
you going to sit there and let us all
be disgraced? She's gone--she's gone
to Paris. 1t was through her maid
| learned it; she gone from the
hotel by this-gone with Maniloff-
are you deaf or simply stupid? You
must follow her."
He rose.
"Follow her now; follow her and
get her back, there is just a chance.
They are going to the Bristol. The
maid told everything will go with
you. There is a train at Q o'clock
from from Victoria. you have only just
IL have no money" said Jones', feel.
ing in his pockets distractedly, only
about four pounds"
II have" replied she. "and our car
Is at the door-are you afraid, or is
1t that you don't mind?"
Come on" said Jones.
lie rushed out into the hall, seized
a hat and overcoat, and next minute
was buried in a stuffy limousine with
Venetia's sharp elbow poking him in
the side.
He was furious.
1n 10,
the express purpose OF setting other
people by the ears. Venetia was one
Of them. Despite Voles. Mulhausen,
debts and want Of balance, one might
META who had driven the unfortunate
Rochester to his mad act.
me prospect of journey TO Paris
with this woman in pursuit Of an
other mans wife was bad enough.
but it was not this prospect that made
Jones furious, though assisting. No
doubt, 1t was Venetia herself.
she raised the devil in him, and on
the journey to the station, though
she said not word she managed to
raise ms evaporation with the world.
herself, himself and his vile position
to the limit just below the last. The
last was to come.
At the station they walked through
the crowd to the booking office where
Nenetia bought the tickets, Reminis-
>SHeSo VI pclu6 ldhen OH Journeys as
small boy by his mother fiitted
across the mind Of Jones and did not
improve his temper.
He looked at the clock. 1t wanted
twenty minutes of the starting time
and he was in the act OF evading a
barrow of luggage when Venetia ar
rived with the tickets.
1t had come into the mind of Jones
that not only was he travelling to
Paris with the Honorable Venetia
Birdbrook. in pursuit of the wife OF
another man, but that they were
travelling without luggage. If, in Phil
adelphia. he had drcsmt OF himself
in such position he would have been
disturbed as to the state Of his health
and the condition OF his liver, vet
now. in reality, the thing did not
seem preposterous, he was concerned
as to the fact about the want of lug
gage.
Look here" said he. what are we
to do haven't even a night--suit
of pajamas. l haven't even tooth
brush No hotel will take us in"
ITO be continued next Sunday.)
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@OR an hour conveys Of prison.
Il ers had succeeded one another
in the street of the little viii
LACE. Col. Won Pfalzer, plunged
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-10-17
STOCK MARKET
IS UP TODAY

New York, Oct. 17.-Buoyant con-
ditions prevailed during the feverish-
ly active morning on the stock mar
ket. more than 500, 900 shares chang,
ing hands. The movement continued
to feature peace stocks, but also, in
cluded high grade rails and other is
sues having no relation to foreign de-
velopments. New maximums were
made by Mexican petroleum.. Texas
company and numerous other stocks
were at highest prices of the last year
or two. Even the war group threw
of the strength Of United States steel
which rallied 2 points from its nom
inal reversal.
French government 5 LIS ROSE a
fraction to the high record Of 1902 1-2-
and Paris skies sold at 80 their best
quotation of the year. .
Peace stocks resumed their upward
swing at the opening Of today's mar
ket, oils, motors, coppers and ship
pings making gains of l to 3 points
in the first half hours active deal
ings. Royal Dutch oil distinguished
itself with an advance Of Is points,
jumping 10 points between sales.
Rails, sugars and utilities shared in
the movement at gains Of / to 4
points but steels and equipments COM
prising munitions and ordnance
groups were comparatively heavy.
Profit taking in heavy volume and
further pressure on United States steel,
provoked some irregularity Of prices
ers in the oil, copper Inc skipping
groups reacted l to 3 points with the
general list after extending their gains
Of the morning. 2