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The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-05-10

In Germany the wren and spar
row are singing SprlnGtlme dittieS
now; but no man plies the drill
or harrow, and none gets busy
with the ploW. The kaisers'S
needing all the horses, which
should be ploWlna up the loan, to
gather in his crop of corpseS a
Ghastly sort of Harvest Home.
By stalWart men no fields are
seeded, though Spuds and pruneS
are needed much, for all the men
and spades are needed for dig
GinQs trenches, graves and such.
/ he rains don't cheer the German
farmer, he has no eye for sun or
clouds, Tor "on with Gott" he
goes in armor, to boost the price
of biers and shrouds. The starv-
ing German cows 60 reeling down
to the brook to drink their fill;
the rawboned hogs are always
squeezing, and sip substitute
for sWill. Theirs is no grub that 5
worth the eating, there is no
kraut or wurst in kegs; the hung
ry calves and lambs are bleatin2,
the hens lay substitutes tor eggs
Since Germans took up warlike
labors they've found and they
| are somewhat bored-they can't
make wienerwurt with sabreS, or
carve food pretzels with sword.
Oh, spring in Germany's forbid
ding, time of stress and want
and eroans; so Kaiser Wilhelm,
quit your kidding, and harvest
hay instead of bones. Exchange
The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-05-10

Back to the old stage coach
days of this country may seem to
many of us a long step backward
but our present mail service is so
little above the mail service we
had those days that the difference
is hardly noticeable. Under the
present train schedule that went
into effect Sunday the train from
the east arrives at Murdo some
time in the early part of the night
and remains there until the next
morning, arriving at kadoka at
ten o'clock, and the train from
the west leaves Kadoka shortly
after twelve O'Clock and reaches
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
CUT 3 AMERICANS THROATS
Heads of Captured United States
Soldiers Were Almost Severed
From Their Bodies.

Chicago, April GA CHASTITY illus
tration of German hatred of American
soldiers is given in Salvation Army
letter made public here today by Adjt.
Fletcher Agnew. Ii was written in
France by Adjt. r. G. Starbard, who
has charge of Salvation Army hut, to
Commander Eva Booth, who turned 1t
over to Adjutant Agnew.
Il visited base hospital recently,
says the letter, and had this story
from a sergeant who had passed
through one of the raids. The sergeant
was horribly wounded by grenade
and passed by the Germans as dead.
Before the sergeant lost consciousness
however, he saw dozen Germans ov'
empower three American boys and cut
their throats from ear to ear, one OF
the Americans being captured by four
Germans, who held him while fifth
fairly severed his head from his body
81 have just learned" continued the
letter, that this same company oil
Americans passed through here today
with their bayonets sharpened like ra'
zors, sworn to avenge this awful crime
against their comrades.
1T is the work of Che enemy bri
gades known as The butchers that
make our blood boil and makes us for
get to love our enemies" Adjutan'
Starbard says. These are picked brut
es for raiding purposes with the pur
pose of intimidating by frightfulness.'
This Letter was written on March IL
In his letter home, Private Seiis
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
THREE HURT IN AUTO SMASH,
Camp Dodge Corporal May Be seri
ously Injured.

Des Moines, April S.--Three per-
sons were injured. one seriously. when
a Ford automobile, northbound. col
lided with an eastbound Scott street
car. at South East Sixth and Scott
streets late yesterday afternoon.
The injured are:
Corporal s. G.. Frink of the Three
Hundred Thirtyninth field artillery
OF Camp Dodge.
Mrs. s. c. Frink, of Garden Grove
Iowa.
Mrs. r. o. Bennett Of Garden
Grove. Iowa.
Corporal Frlnk was taken to Mer
cy hospital. His Injuries are Thoughts
to be serious. He was bruised about
the body and may haye internal in
juries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
MORE MEN CALLED
MAHASkA COUNTY WILL GIVE
FoRTY-THREE MORE BOYS

Clerk Roy Rowland of the Local
Draft Board is in receipt of the follow
ing notice fro mthe Adjutant Generals
office relative to the draft call to be
issued the latter part of this month.
1.-Call No. 1877 upon your state is
hereby announced as follows: During
the five day period beginning April 26,
complete the entertainment for Camp
Dodge of 3,412 men. which is approx
mately 1874 per cent of the first gross
quota allotted to your state. Only
white men and men physically quail
fed for general military service may
be indicted upon this call.
I'm filling this call men should be
indicted out of Class ] in sequence of
order number, except in the case Of
men actively completed and assidu-
ously engaged in the planting and cul'
tiyating of crops, should be followed.
On the basis OF 1874 per cent this
means total of AZ men will be taken
from Mahaska by this call. Troop
movement will therefore begin on the
26th of this month and continue dur
ing the FIVE day period following. Or
ders have not yet been received as to
the exact date of the departure of Ma
haska's quota but it will come some
time within this five day period.
The quota for the neighboring coun-
ties are as follows:
Jasper. 40; Poweshiek. 80; Marion,
35; Monroe, 81; Wapello. So; Jefferson
"a: Keokuk, 81; Washington, 29.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
PHYSICAL DIRECTOR
EDWARD r. sUNLEY SECURED
FOR LOCAL Y. M. C. A.

Edward r. Smiley of Keokuk has
been secured TO take the position of
physical dihectpr of the Oskaloosa Y.
NJ. G. A. and he is on the job. He
jumps into the midst of things and
starts with baseball and tennis and
will soon have things organized for
an early start in both lines, g." g.
Mr.. Smiley comes to Oskaloosa
with excellent recommendations He
is aid to be hustler and capable of
doing things. He has been under
some able leaders and instructors
and has a splendid record of achieve
ment behind him.
Mr.. Smiley takes the place OF Di.
rector Crown who left the city last
Saturday, to go to Chicago and take
training for advanced work in tie
Y. M. G, A. field.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11

necessaries. Then there is a vege-
tartan parcel which is very popular.
The invalid parcels are a triumph of
dietary research and come at 50 and
$3.50 respectively.
Any One May Help.
But the whole brunt of the support
of prisoners of war does not fall di-
rectly on the Red Cross and the fam
lilies at home, for anybody may adopt
a man or as many men as they
choose If you adopt "a man you
make yourself responsible for his
food and clothing. and his acknowl-
edgement cards Zone of which is en-
closed in every parceD are returned
you SO that you know exactly what
he gets and in what condition. A
list of the contents Of the box is
written on the card and the prisoner
checks off all that reaches him and
tells il it is in good condition or not
Ii man dies or is transferred, the
people at the depot told me, the
Germans return his box, or tell
where he has gone; when he has
been sent home as an exchanged pris-
oner his parcels are returned nearly
always.
Clothing Also.
The clothes parcels are pathetic.
They are of a standard cut and ma.
terial, black coat and pants with
chocolate stripes down the legs and
around the arms. These stripes are
set into the cloth and the material
has to be cut out underneath so
that they can't be torn off, Three
fun sets OF undercIothes, socks muf.
fiers three bright red cotton hand
kerchiefs and fine strong boots ard
a pair of slippers are sent out every
six months and once year good
warm overcoat.
Specials Permitted.
If the family of a man wants to
send any special thing, they have TO
take it to a department and have it
examined and vouched for by the Red
Cross and sent in one of the parcels
In this way the Red Cross is directly
responsible for everything sent to
enemy countries, and so far there
has not been single accident. In
the special parcels room saw tennis
balls, pipes. footballs, fancy neck
ties, sponges, bootlaces, insect pow
der, certain games like dominoes,
and brushes and combs.
Tho Packing Force.
In the packing room the workers
were all old men and women and
girls. You have to be a British born
subject and to pass rigid examin-
alton before you are allowed to work
for the Prisoners of War Committee.
Most of the workers are people of re-
finement. Elderly clergymen in
their Roman collars, and girls wear
ing school uniforms work side by
side. About 24OO food boxes, each
weighing just under IL pounds are
packed in one room every morning in
about three hours by SO packers. A
fast packer can pack 60 boxes in an
hour and fast stringer can tie up
120 boxes.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
Railway Mail clerks

The United States Civil Service Com
mission announces an open competi.
tive examination for railway mail
clerk, for men only. on April Is. 1918.
Vacancies in the Railway Mail Service
throughout the United States, will be
filled from this examination, Appli-
cants must have reached their eigh-
teenth but not their thirty-fifth birth
day. For further information see r. III.
Walton at the postonice.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
Works Fine.

Farmers in all townships laid aside
their own field work and blowing yes
ferday 10 take up the Liberty Loan
work. The promptness with which
several OF the townships went over
the top indicated that everybody
must have been busy in a hurry.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
Good Record.

Who can get ahead OF Mahaska
county's record on the Third Liberty
Loan. More than half of the county
was over. subscribed and signed up
before the loan really started. Satur-
day. April was in reality the first
day OF actual campaign work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
Reality aegaars DeseriptIon

the front line.
Reality Heggars Description
AT dawn next morning | was up and
as the air was misty and the enemy a
mile away, spent the next five hours
exploring the battlefield. have heard
such scenes described but never be-
lieved that an area of mile or more
could be so completely riddled with
shells that hardly foot Of earth could
remain untouched. The size of some
shell holes is unbelievable. The field
was strewn with remnants of the enc
my trenches, dugouts, guns, helmets,
grenades and even a skeleton or two
OF the enemy himself lay overlooked
by the Red Cross men. | saw one
grave containing forty unknown dead
Boche and regret that il did not con
tain forty thousand.
At the end of our five days in sup
port we moved up to the so-called
front line. and while we were not near
enough TO the enemy to smell their
beer breath, yet we were kept well on
our toes for 4 possible attack During
the five nights spent here | averaged
hardly three hours OF sleep a night
and during the fun ten days "in" had
10 sleep fully clothed, even TO wearing
my shoes. We had one real gas attack
and kept our masks on for an hour
not to mention several false ones
Nearly all of the dugouts were well
stocked with insects and yet not even
humble ''cootie" or even flea made
his abode upon me. Whether this was
due 10 respect for rank or merely an
oversight | don't know, but careful
seach of my undershirt failed to re.
veal any strangers.
Rats Share the Dug Outs.
Rats of all sizes shared the dugouts
with us and at night over-ran the
hunks but in the little sleep | got 1t
took more than a rat as big as cat
to awaken me. Finally. on beautiful
night, our hitch" was up
and we were relieved by another com
pany. | marched my platoon out
through mile or more of communi-
eating trenches without shell land
ing near US and soon was on the open
road far to the rear. Reached our re-
serve billets-huge dugouts--about
and after seeing that the
men were fed and quartered | turned
in for real sleep unbroken by alarms
of gas or enemy attacks. At five next
morning my sleep was broken by the
arrival OF the company commander
just in from the front and as he was
weary and minus blankets / gave up
my bed. such as ii was. Dawn soon
broke and l think that nature never
locked more beautiful for the trees
were untouched, the fields smooth and
without shell holes; q little brook
with waterfall ran neir by and even
a bird or two twittered away-in fact
the contrast from the mass of wreck.
age, torn trees and whistling shells
had left the night before was sooth.
ing tonic to my tired nerves. Our com.
pany is now puttingNup barbed wire
around our reserve position, the work
being done during the day, which is
the reverse Of the conditions at the
front. must close now with promise
to write again soon for this war is
such a tremendous proposition and
have seen so much that I. even now,
have material enough to make at least
ten more letters of this size.
Your son,
BILLY.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
IOWA MEN IN SCHOOL.
-Four Hundred viii Reach Madison
Wisconsin This Evening.

Madison, Wis, April S.-Four hun
dred Iowa selective soldiers will ar
rive here tonight and tomorrow to be-
gin training as skilled artisans in the
University OF Wisconsin. The big gym
nasinm of the University and the large
armory have been converted into sleep
ing quarters and mess hall for the
soldiers
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
BURNS GIVES ROSE A BEATING
San francisco Man Beats Milwaukee
Lightweight In Twelve Rounds
Other Bouts.

Dies Moines, April 6.--Solly Burns
OF San Francisco defeated Johnny
Rose of Milwaukee in twelve rounds
and kid" wheelock of Beatrice,
Neb.. shaded Andy Dams of Mon
mouth, . H., in eight rounds in the
two feature bouts of Tommy Ryan's
athletic smoker at the Auditorium
last night.
Burns gave the Milwaukee boy a
terrific beating but Rose always took
everything Solly had in stock and
came boring in for more, He gave
wonderful exhibition of gameness
throughout the entire twelve rounds
although he was outclassed. Burns
won every round except the second
which was draw.
Rose boxed under great disad-
vantage. Burns failed to weigh in
at the prescribed 1876 pounds at 8
o'clock in the afternoon, while the
Milwaukeean was three pounds under
the required figure Burns also had
a much longer reach.
Burns Never Worried.
Rose forced the boxing in every
round but the last three, and out
classed as he was, he hit Solly more
than any other boxer who has met
him here He lacked a punch, how
ever, and never worried the former
coast lightweight. In return Burns
planted his gloves on Rose whenever
he chose to do so, but his blows lack
ed steam. too, for no fighter could
have stood up under the lombard
ment had there been much behind the
punches.
Burns judgment of distance was
horrible in the early rounds-prOba-l
bly, because he has not fought much
Of late-but after the first half of the
battle he was more accurate and
landed oftener and harder.
1t was great battle with almost
as much honor for the vanquished as
for the victor.
Wheelock Floors Dams.
The semi.windup between Wheel |
ock and DansNWas also great battle
with honors more nearly even than
N the final event. There was plen-
" of aggressiveness on the part of |
both men, but Wheelock used butSer |
His advantage in reach |
also helped him.
Wheelock scored the only knock
lown of the bout. In the eighth |
round he caught Dams on, the tip of
he chin with a right cross and the |
Greek went down like weed before
A sickle. He was up Immediately, |
however.
Wheeloek took the second and the
sixth by hades and the third and the |
eighth by a safe margin; Dams had
shades in them fifth and seventh and
he first and fourth were even.
Noye May Meet Hanion.
Tim Casey of Casey, Ia, beat Bill |
Smith of ST. Joseph, Mo-, in one
-hree round preliminary. The boys
lot of fun, but their act
would have been better had they !
worn rube costumes.
Two Negro boys, kid" Mills and |
Battling" Levinsky, boxed draw |
n the first event.
Announcement was made that !
Johnny Noye probably will meet
Jimmy Hanlon of Denver in bout |
IN April 10.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11

roadside testified, and yet not = sound
was heard nor shell fired but these
big Think that we. were
going directly into the front line it
was with feeling of relief that we
turned off the road and entered large
stone mine sixty feet under ground
electric lights. hunks. kitchens. etc,
and were told that we were to spend
the next Eve days there in support Of
the front line
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11

Cycle B is valued at SO and is sent
to those soldiers or civilians whose
families can afford it. There is an
other cycle valued at $3.50 which
contains a choice selection OF the very
best food in the country and plenty
OF IL. The parcels also contain toilet
articles from ume to time. like tooth
paste, brushes, and other personal
The Oskaloosa herald., 1918-04-11
HOW II FEELS TO
BE UNDER FIRE
VIVID DESCRIPTION FROM ONE
or THE BOYS AT THE FRONT
GLAD TO HAVE A TASTE OF WAR
Realization of Imaginary Scenes Beg
CARS Description. How the Real
Thing Impresses One. Big
Rats Share Duo.outs

The following let.
ter from the front
in France was
written by one of
JEFF l.. Harbour's
sons who ARE SER
wing their coun-
try on the battle
lines:
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-25

Slecna Rdzena H., jejiz papi
mex mel sympaticke zamestna
nj majitele doHlu, ocitla Sc We
veku, ktery Jest jednemi Evan
nabezpecnym, druhymi vdavek
chtivym. Slecn9 Razence bylo
40 let. Techto ctyricet let da
va nam 1pln6 pochopiti, proc
"dceruska" majitele domu da-
Ia do novin oznameni: "Fesna
Videnacka v nejlepsich letech,
Sc 10000 K ma hotovosti, rada
by 81 udelaia pocestnou zna-
most panem v usedlych lie
tech" Zenich, ktery medal Sc
zlakati prirozenymi pdvaby 81.
H., dial Sc zlakati $1,000 K. fe
sne Videnacky v novinach. Pri
hlasivsim sc napadnikem byl
Ladislav Molnar. Panem "v le-
tech" byl, nebot' mu bylo uz 65.
Cti uchazeti Sc ruku dcery
majitele domu byl hoden take,
nebot' Sc predstavil jako mali
tel velkostatku Schwegelhofu.
Nechceme naprosto tvrditi,
re Sc dvojice do sebe zamilova
la, ale naproti tomu Ruzence
Sc zamlouvala Molnarova velko
statkarska legitimate, = vek,
ktery byl zarukou stalosti, a
pax to re Sc vubec prihlasil.
Staremu panovi Sc Ruzenka
zamlouvala take. Predlozil il
smlouvu, re sc zavazuje dat il
zanest do pozemkovych knih
CO spolumajitelku velkostatku
atd., slozi-li ona u advokata no.
tove 16, 900 korun. Diva roxy by
il velkostatkar a Ruzenka We
slastnem stavu Zasnoubeni. Pc
jednou vsak poesie zakoncila a
prosa zacala. Zenich Ladislav
Molnar podal ma nevestu Ri
zenku k videnskemu soudu "a
lobu, v niz tvrdil, re jej nevesta
jeho pfipravila aspon 0 200 ko
run. NepriliS noblesni tento pan
uctoval 81 tento obnos "a penl-
re, ktery pry musil platit, kdyz
svou snoubenku vyvad6A do re-
l stauraci a kavaren musil "a
nj Sc ZiStnVm kaValirStVim Dla-
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-25

TIT utraty.
Pan Ladislav Molnar patfil k
line generaci milencu, nez O
kterych Wilde zpiva: "Kdo mi
luJe, ten zabije." Jan Molnar 81
myslil: "Kdo miluje - ten ia
luje." Ale prisla kosa ma ka-
men. Nevesta u soudu prohla-
slla S energii, ze 81 il zalobce
yyhledl "a obet, re ktere 81 tro
pill po diva roxy blazny, vode il
Ia nos. Pan Moln&r neni totiz
zadnym velkostatkarem, ami
nestriha kuponu (leda tech chile
bovych) "a to vSak strihal dri-
We hosty V holicskem zavode. A
le ami to ted nedela, nybrz je
bez zamestnanl. Vykladal j
pry tolik 0 SVEN velkostatku,
ktery j nikdy neukazoval, re
pojala k zlatemu teleti, okolo
nehoz musela stale S Molnarem
tancovat, neduveru. Sdelila mu,
re Sc bude informovat. Molnar
il ma to Odpovedel Sc strucno-
ST, kterou posledne projevil Ma
ro]eon: "Neinformovat Sc. sice
je konecn Mic vice. Take obhaj
ce obzalovane potvrdil, re die
jeho informaci u soudu neexi-
stuje vubec velkostatek Schwe-
igeihOf. Zadal-li pan Molnar 200
korun "a utraty - CO by me-
Ia zadost slecna-nevesta "a
svaciny, ktere V nezistne hojno
sti po diva roxy poskytovaba v
SVEN byte Molnarovi? A coz
ty vecere, ktere tajne strkala
Y paPlfe ZaDaleny 90 VelkO-
statkarOva' zimniku!
Historic, niz neuvedeno to
nejpodstatnejSi: Proc totiz sc
dvojice rozesla, neskoncila cd
souzenim fesne Videnacky V
nejlepsich letech. Slecna Ri
zena naopak, byla sprostena a
"a to byl akta postoupena ze-
mskemu soudu, ably pripadne
stihal Molnara pro podezfeni
zlcGlnu faiesn6ho podvodu, ma
ctzalovanG spachaneho.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-25

kde bratr a sestra Bertary Sc
narOdili; tam naSezl Chilperic
zarlS narOZeni sc JOhanky Ber
tarove a vypatral jejl mladi,
coz ucinili i Laguyane a Papil-
lcn = pax sledovali stopu Jo-
hancinu do Dijonu, kdez slou-
lila - potom do Troyesu, kde
prijala mlsto v modnim skladu
- do Remese, kde Johanka Sla
k divadlu a departmenty Mar
me, Meuse a Ardennes proce-
at>Vala; i sem il Laguyane a
Papilon nasledovali, hledajlc a
patrajlce. Nynl ztratil Chilpe-
ric veskerou stopu zvedei jen
re Johanka Sc odebrala do Pa
l'ize tam zmizela. Laguyane a
Papillon nebyli astnejsi -
oni ztratili v Parizi kazdou je-
ijl stopu.''
Rouguin ucinil posunek zlo-
sti. "Hlupci!' zamrucel mezi
zuby.
"Muzeme Sc, pane tesiti ale
spon nadeji re Murad nebyl
'astnejsl nas," pravil nyni
Loufard.
TO jest mi zcela fhostejne!'
zvolal Rouguin. "Reknete Lagu
yanovi a Papillonovi re Jim da
vam jeSte ctrnactidenni lhutu
a nebudou-li mi pax moci rici,
kde bych Sc mohl teto Johanky
EeBrtarove chopiti oneb nepri-
nesou-li mi dukazy, re jest mr.
tva, necht' Sc mali ma pozoru!''
Loufard Sc uklonil, chveje
Sc. Vedel co to znamenalo. -
Rcuguin nikdy neodpoustel.
Pakrize oba muzi nesplnili roz-
kaz tohoto hrozneho muze We
lhute udane, bylo jisto, re III
yota jejich bylo ma male!
| u DDTTNnT A WI
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1918-07-25

Dvere byly zavrene. Hledal
svude klic a konecne jich ma
lezl nekolik, jez wisely ma hfe-
biku v koutu predpokoje. Pa
vouk je zcela obetkal svou siti.
'Dukaz to, re Sc jich nikdy
nepouzlva," zamrucel Rouguin
tise.
Zkousel klice a nalezlI mezi
mimi omen cd kuchyne. O pet
minut pozdeji byl v bytu nevi-
dltelnym -,byl v bezpeci. Bylo
vsak take ma case, nebot' sotva
re byl v ukrytu SVEN, zaslechl
kroky predpokoji, pax v j.
delne posleze v salonu. Okno
nejake bylo otevreno a pax ne
slysel niceho vice.
"Chtel bych Sc vsaditi, re je
to Andrea!" pomyslil 81 Rou--
guin. A tise vyjda ven, pristr-
Gil oko ku klicove dirce v zam-
ku. Chodba byla tmava, ale sa
lon byl plny slunecniho svitu.
Andrea stal u okna a vyhli-
Eel ven ma nabrezi - horecna-
tc, nekidne jeho ruce zahrava-
ly 81 psanlm, ma nez Obcas pc
hlednul.
"Rekla mi, re druhe hodi-
ne, oval Sc zcela hlasite. -
Proc pax neprichazi tax dlou
ho?"
Rouguinovi neusel jediny pc
hyb jeho, jedine jeho slovo a o.
ko naslouchace byla ma mlade-
ho muze upreno S takovou moe
uOu vytrvalosti, tax zhavou
vll, re Andrea Senechal pojed
nou Sc zachvel a ku dverim sc
obratil. To vsak byi pohyb zee
la bezdecny, nebot' mlady muz
nemel zadne podezreni.
Rouguin nenapinal tax slime
oci sve.
Nyni naklonil Sc Andrea z G
kna a vykfiknul radosti. Vedl
ruce sve k ustum a vyhlizeje
ven, vysilal doiu ma nabrezi ne
zn6 polibky. Potom opustil po.
| koj special do predpokoje
- tax rychle, re Rouguin sot-
Va mel casu uteci do kuchyne
Naslouchal, pridrzuje uchc
ku dvefim a klidne sc usmival
Pokracovapi.