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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

ut is an odd coincidence that the
most modern occurrence in PruS-
>ia-ltS occupation by American
truOps-Shorill begin with its old
est city. observes writer in the Kan
SaS City Times. TreveS. or Trier. as
the Germans call it, into which the
IankS marched recently. is older than
history. which begins for it half cen
fury before the birth of Christ Then.
rs The capital of the Celtic Treviri.
one of the most powerful Belgian
tribes, it was captured by the Romans
under julius Caesar. 1t was made IA
Roman colony under the name Of Au-
guSta TrevirOrum and was strongly
fortified. BY II b. G. il had become
the most important northern outpost
of the Roman empire. 1t was an i'm
perial residence early in the Christian
era and the administrative center from
which Gaul. Britain and Spain were
ruled. The poet Ausonius described it
as Rome beyond the Alps" COnStan-
tine the Great lived there about TWEEN
ty-tive years. He and his successors
beautitied it with public works and
magnificent private villas dotted the
hillside all around. Some of the finest
Roman relics north Of the Alps re-
main TO this day in Treves.
From the earliest times Treves, be-
cause of its strategic position and the
rich country surrounding it. was an
object of warfare. The Franks par
ticularly' desired il and tney made
many expeditions against it, They
continued their attacks after the RO-
man occupation. Three times they
sacked il and held it for short periods
About the middle of the fifth century
they gained permanent possession and
made il their capital. The Frankish
kings gradually transferred their pow
er to Metz. however. and Treves be-
came the seat of powerful religious
empire.
Treves had a bishop at a very early
date. Four great saints of the fourth
century are connected with the CITY,
1t was the scene of the first banish-
ment of st. AthanaSius; ST. Ambrose
was born there; ST. jerome first be-
came seriously interested in religion
while studying there. and st. Martin Of
Tours went there in $50 to plead with
the tyrant MaximuS for the lives of the
hereto PriScillian and his followers
Tho hiehAn
splendid castle for himself nj Treves
in the sixth century. The see became
an archbishOpric soon after the begin
ming of the ninth century and its tenn
pOral power was founded in sos, when
RadbOd acquired the rights of the
counts of Treves. Throughout the
middle ages the city abOunded in re-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

dangerous as that was The most
dangerous one came after the mine
field had been completed. II was an
attempt To draw the German fleet out
into the North sea where we were TO
engage il. 50 that the British fleet
could get in behind the enemy 70 de-
Stroy il by guntire or drive ii into the
mine field.
"On October 2S asst the British gov
eminent made it known To the German
naval authorities through its agents
In Germany that we were engaged i'm
mining operations We We're ordered
to lay about as though busy AZ The
task, 10 act as 4 decoy for the Ger
man fleet. We did ii. hut in doing it
We faced positive destruction our
selves.
Il want to hand It To those new
navy lads. There Vera about 1000 Of
them and 30 officers on the ships. and
while we waited through that fearful
day which We never expected for
moment 70 see the end Of alive. they
went about their duties. laughed. sang.
and stood To their guns as only Amer
lean lads can DO such things.
We'll. all that day we worked
along calmly. watching and waiting
for the sight Of the Germans that
meant certain death.
THE Germans never came out after
us. and 50 here | am"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

li"iouS foundations and was a great
seat of monaStic learning.
With the transfer of It's Frankish
capital To Metz began long era Of
changes for TreveS. The city passed
To Lorraine in S43 and to the east
FrankiSh kingdom in so. Ii was sack
ed by the Mortimer in SS1 after it had
become Il permanent part of what Is
now Prussia. Ii became a free city
toward the close of the sixteenth CEN
fury. The French held il briefly three
times in the seventeenth century and
in 1874 captured it again and abolished
the arChbishopric The congress of
Prussia. 1t figured several times in
the war just closed. being bombarded
by allied aerial forces.
The modern city of Treves occupies
almost the exact site of the ancient
town. 1t nestles plcturesQuely in the
valley of the Moselle river and is sur
rounded by hills covered with the vine
yards from which comes the famous
MOselle wine. The newer section con-
tains broad streets and modern build
ings. The streets in the old part are
narrow and crooked. The POrta Nj
gra, an enormous fortified gateway,
was built by the Romans. In the
southeastern part of the city is the
palace of the Roman kings, now a pic
turesque mass of ruins. In the south
western section are the Roman baths,
a vast and impressive ruin. and short
distance away is n Roman amphithea-
ter built in Emperor Trajan'S time.
Famous Church and Relics.
One of the most interesting buildings
is the cathedral, one of the oldest
churches in Europe. II stands on the
site of ii church used in the time of
Constantine. 1t bears the marks OF
repeated restOratiOns as the result OF
wars and the ravages of time. Among
the holy relics 1t contains are an al
legged nail from the cross and the IA
nous seamless Holy Coat" said to
have been worn by the Savior. Both
are held in great veneratiOn and are.
declared to have figured in many NH
raculOus healings. A provincial mu-
scum contains many antiquities and o.
number Of rare books are in the mu-'
nIcipal library, including the illuminat-
ed COdex Egherti. dating from the close
Of the tenth century, and the Faust
and Gutenberg Bible of 1850.
The manufacturing interests of the
city include ranneries, iron fOundries,
dye works, furniture and piano fac
tories and glass painting works. An
extensive trade in wine. fruit and wood
was carried on before the war. There
ere many lead, copper and tin mines in
the vicinity. The population before
1914 was about 5000.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

bringing
influence IT
|sh
be failure
on the different the
women The WOmens Trade Union
e and conditions Of labor The
sealzes Of positions
|rSn different
Inc problem of REIMBURSEMENT threefofrt sitting
civilian
workers and bureau clerks Of
|zsmt ~ - 49, "
Inc incompetentS-what IS o of them?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
BIG GUNS BROKE
GERMANS HEART

General Mangin, the famous French
commander in that sector. himself
credits Rear Admiral Plunkett and his
naval gunnerS with the taking Of LaOn.
The big l4-inch guns pounded the for
tresS 10 pieces and hurled giant shells
on railroad lines communicating with
the city When the guns got into ac-
ton they were fired every three min
utes, q speed which the Germans con-
sidered impossible in handling such
monsters. 1t was this which gave rise
TO the belief Of the Germans that there
were 80 instead of five of the guns in
action.
There were six more of the giant
cannon on the way 10 France when
the fighting ended. They were OF the
same bore, but were far more mobile,
as the five in action could only he
used from a pit when they had to be
fired at an angle Of more tEs2 IS de-
greeS in lOng-range bOmbGrdments.
Gee, # the war hadn't quit we
would have shown those Germans
sighed John Mason of 1894 Mason ave-
nue.. Chicago. but we showed them
plenty as II was"
Three of the five guns, the naval
gunners said. were In the American
sector in the ArgOnne and the other
two were with the French. One was
at Scissors They had n range slightly
in excess of 80 miles. Each shell fired
weighed 400 pounds and it took 40
pounds of I. n. 7. to send II on its
man lines. When the shell hit and ex-
ploded it opened crater in the earth
in which Il largesiZed American rail-
way box car could he buried.
Amazed the PoiIu.
On the American sector the three
big guns were mounted within 200
Yards of one another and were always
fired in rapid succession. The concus-
sion was terrific.
The gInnerS told story of French
soldier who happened to be standing
roo near the giant cannon when they
we're fired. When the first one was
fired the conclusion hurled him vio-
lentIy to the earth. He staggered 10
his feet just as the second one let go
and down he went again. Up he
climbed again, only to be dashed to the
ground for the third time as the third
gun roared.
He got up, pale but excited. crying
in French what in American would
mean:
This will end the war. This will
finish the Germans"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

New YOrk.-That the capture Of
the great fortress of LaOn was
due to American naval guns mount
ed on fiat cars and manned by
naval guuners and that the navy
men would have blasted the Ger
man frontier TO pieces if the war had
continued, was the assertion Of naval
railway battery men who arrived here
recently on the transport Henderson.
Mansin Gives v. S. Credit.
The appearance of the big naval
guns of the 14-inch type on the west
front was one of the most unpleasant
surprises the Germans got throughout
the whole war. they declared. There
were only five of them in action, but
they were handled with such rapidity
that the bewildered Teutons believed
there were 80 of them in France.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Got the Wrong Leo.

This little story without a claimant
has come up FROM Florida:
An elderly Hoosier who has been
spending some time in Florida has
been giving his leisure to fishing There
IL fine lake near where he has been
sOiourning, and every day he was seen
in silent meditation, for be is a think
er, casting his line into the clear wa
ter. apparently with success. This
HoOsier is known for his kindness
and consideration of the feelings of
others.
one day while absorbed in his fish-
ing an alligator slipped up to him.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Good Price For Cradle
The Family Relic Brings 500 for the
Red Cross Fund in
Kansas.

Cottonwood Falls. Kan.-It is not
every man who has the satisfaction of
seeing the Old-fashioned cradle in
which he was lulled 10 sleep more than
forty years ago sell at an auction sale
for the Red Cross for 500 cash by
way of finishing up its days of useful
ness.
This, however, was the experience
of f. G. and A. T. Crocker Of this
county, extensive cattle men and large
land owners. the latter state senator
of this district.
AT the public auction of A. T. Fent
a hatfield farmer. the much-used and
Old-fashioned cradle. which had done
service for the Croker brothers. was
offered for sale. 1t was bid in many
times and was finally sold and retained
by N. Gosler. cashier of the hatfield
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

Fort Monroe, Va.-Lying ar anchor
in Hampton roads off Old Point Com
fort is the United States mining cruis-
er squadron whose commanders and
crews performed what is now termed
by naval authorities the world over
as the greatest naval offensive of the
war"
The feat which these men achieved
was the mining Of the entrance To the
North sea from Scotland 70 the coast
OF Norway, Il distance Of 30 miles. II
was an undertaking unprecedented in
naval history.
II was Americas solution % the
German submarine problem. a sOlu-
ton so thorough and effective that it
rendered the German submarines al
most impotent.
The British previously had mined
the English channel. but the enemy
submarines came out from the bases
at OStend and Zeebrugge and into the
North sea. there Ia work their havoc.
Invite Yankee Aid.
Inc British naval authorities, rpaliZ-
ing late in 1917 that the North sea
would have 10 be blocked. invited the
American naval authorities 10 attempt
10 lay the barrier. The American
navy, having just at that time com
pleted with success experiments on
mining apparatus far more dangerous.
delicate, and powerful than any here
tofore used, took up the task.
For that purpose the mining cruiser
squadron was organized in December.
1917. This squadron is made up of ten
vessels and is under the command of
Capt r. Il. Belknup. L. S. y. One Of
the officers told graphic but brief
story Of the desperately dangerous job
TO which he and his squadron mates
were assigned.
navy men now call it the greatest
offensive Of the war" he said. 1T
solved the submarine problem and II
might have been the agency for the
destruction of the German navy soon
er or later had not the war ended
when il did. We mined almost direct
ly across from Bergen on the coast of
Norway TO the coast of Scotland. The
length Of the mine field was 240 miles,
and we made il % miles wide. II
was so complete that no ship could
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
HARVARD'S OLDEST STUDENT

' oig university has some
@ndents-queer in the sense
are out of the ordinary.
- now has one of these in Col.
= Y Lyon, who won his titIe in the
- National Guard. Colonel
seventy years of age and was
- from Harvard in 1879. This
l<tnx =" eourSe IN pubic
s'''ag his 20 years of attendance
arger school of life Colonel
- presumably learned several
Mst We're not in the college
His record would seem 10
s. mat he had learned a whole
'ssay, he is an ex,cowbov and
= I rider learns considerable thai iI
49, e books. Also he has been
ans An editors sanctum con.
~. ~ 2 while. At another time
~ In politics and war.
Veteran student has been
eq BY the studan, hosu /,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

sf British wfe American. His marriage with British
exceedingly popular If he should bride!
Of
ms mssbffte would be opened uT,
e would be is
would end
The Express says royal marrying
nothing whatever King giving his
me prince anybody
nhde" adds
Chronicle also mentions the subject special the
the king and Roumana view
ROunana English King
kmp
ae has retained her love England and English ways
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
PLEA FOR DISCHARGED WOMEN

Thousands of women will auto
udcally step out of positions and
/ m with pay envelopes as each home
uuins troopship discharges its human
|nlelt on our shores. Ii is the bust
| rs Of this country TO see that those
wnen are protected in their retire
|1at and that an exchange to another
|sdrxrial front be effected without ap-
|rUiable loss TO the pay envelope"
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait, nation
q suffrage president, thus summed up
srntly the threefold problem of the
ENLISTMENT of the labor situation
|hn the war to the peace basis.
We are entering our protest
|rinH discharge Of women without
|Npr warning and without help in
hdng other positions. We have asked
y federal employment agencies es-
r'shed throughout the country to
y work for soldiers 10 do the same
women. Our state suffrage assO-
e'ions act as our local representa-
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Green State hank. after it had brought
in receipts totaling 800.
WILL CONTAINS ,13 WORDS
Document Written on Back of Used
Envelope Oisposes of Property
Worth $4,000.

New YOrk.-Written on the back OF
a used envelope, the l3-wOrd-long will
of Margaret A. Smythe of Elmhurst
was filed recently in the county
clerks office at Jamaica. II beaueaths
her estate of $4,000 10 her father
Samuel Smythe. who petitioned for its
probate.
The woman wrote in ink:
Il leave all my bank books. stamps.
stocks, securities and dividends TO
father" The will is dated October
%, 1918. and there were two wit
tesses.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

river guard stationed at San IgnaciO,
about sixty miles below Laredo. made
a report to his superior officer about
three weeks ago that while on duty
late at night he saw moving lights
pass high above him and heard the
whirr of q motor. The object was
headed north and came from some
point to the south in Mexico. Similar
reports We're made by other MeXicans
who asserted that they saw the
strange aerial machine go back and
forward across the Rio Grande on sew
eral different nights. Up TO this time
no confederation of the stories told by
the MexicanS have come from Ameri-
can river guards.
1t is recommended by the custom
authorities of both Mexico and the
United States who are on duty along
the Rio Grande that airplane control
service he established on both sides
Of the river at the earliest possible
time.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Prepdred.

A train, running on line which hau
achieved an unenviable nOtOriety for
slowness and unpunctuality. after los
ing considerable time in short jour
ney. suddenly stopped in the midst of
fields. Guard" shouted jOvial pas
senger. may | get oct and pick some
fiowers?" Afraid you won't find many
about here" said the conductor. good
humoredly. "Oh. there'll be heaps of
time" replied the jOvial passenger
1--WE brought a packet of seeds"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

snapped Off one of his legs, and vas
making off with il. "HereI" cried tho
fisherman, come back. You've made
mistake. You've taken the wrong
Leg"
And so he had. The fisherman wore
an artificial leg. and this it was that
the alligator had taken.-Indianapolis
News.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Good EXPLANATION.

After looking over Il vacant house
with his parents. Willie, aged six,
heard them discussing the rooms. All
the rooms were immense and rather
dark. with the exception Of the d.n-
ing room, which was very small and
naturally lighter than the others. VIII
lie SAID: "Yes, guess the dining room
was the lightest because il was closest
TO the windows"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
LIEUT.. RENE FONCK is COMING

Lieut.. Rene Fouck. the French ace
Of aces, is soon 10 visit the United
States. Lieutenant TOnck is the in
credible youngster Of twenty-four who
winged 125 German flyers during the
war, % of them officially scored and
within the French lines.
You may expect TO see slim and
wiry chap with the flaming eyes of a
fanatic, yearning for the abnormal.
But he is not like that. He is rather
Il squat boy, with broad shoulders.
grave features, steady, serious eyes.
and large head full of common sense
in appearance exactly what he was
before the war. village schoolboy in
the VOsges with knack for machin-
cry. He is a good boy. more jealous
Of his reputation as a clean man than
of his fame as scourge of the skies.
A vast caution, he says, explains
his success as an airman. n caution
by confidence. Unusual eyes,
an uncanny facility in craftsmanship.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Captures Forty Huns.
Kills TWo-GiVen v. G.

Seattle.-Private Walter l..
bayfield, Of this city. who enlist
ed with a Canadian regiment
soon after war broke out. today
Is wearing Victoria Cross. He
obtained this coveted award ty
rushing ahead of his company
into a trench occupied by Ger
mans. He bayOnetted two and
captured ten. Soon after he
plunged int Il group of 80 Ger
mans and captured them all.
Then he dashed through heavy
machine-gun fire and rescued a
wounded comrade.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Cow Has bankruptcies.

Adele, GA cow belonging to Al
bert Wood. near here. has just land
ed sledge-hammer blow NJ the high
cost of beef by giving birth 10 four
weIl-developed calves, which give
every sign of arriving at the beef.
steak period in year or so.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

AMERICAN PRINCESS OF WALES?

The matrimonial future Of the
prince of Wales is much discussed IN
London these days The Daily Express,
for instance, recently devoted two col
umnS to the subject. pointing out that
the war has narrowed the choice for
the royal marriage. There is no pos
Sibihty now of German princess be
coming queen of England. and Il vast
tragedy has obIiterated the Russian
royal family.
As regards marriageable Prin-
ceSses in other European countries,
the Express says that Princess YO-
landa of ltaIy is ineligible on religious
grounds. Princess Helena of Greece
is no longer talked Of as the future
queen, and although one of the Rou-
manian princeSSeS might be chosen.
the prospect would arouse little en-
thuSiaSm.
The fact is" says the Express,
that there is keen desire thar the
prince shall be allowed 10 choose for
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Small Sons ChiYaIrN.

Williams mother is a little over
weight. She had heen 10 school will
HIM that day. and coming home
small boy said TO William: "Yov
mother is fat" William loot I'd
him in surprise and said: wv
isn't; she's just comfortable =
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

discovering weaknesses variation
nghnS twice in the and paadoxca and scrupuOus
are In hts Hst assets.
~E III" he says
FOnck aviators suspects they
: AAe death seriously
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01
Captures German Who
Was Former Neiuhbor

Ottawa. O.-"Say, you look
like a Dutchman that lived down
the pike from me in Ohio once.
You amt a brother. or some
thing. Of Gus GOecke's. are you?"
Albert hammers. who lives on
farm near here. prodded one of
group of German prisoners he
had captured single-handed and
was driving toward the Ameri-
can lines a few days before the
armiStice was signed.
mo. Al, Pm Gus"
hammers tells of the incident
in a letter Just received here
GOecke, he says. returned to Ger
many for visit just before the
war started in 1914 and was
compelled t2 serve in the Ger
man army.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-02-01

America produces about twO-thirds
Of the cotton CROP.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-03-06
ADVISE DEEP STUDY. OF NATIONS
Senator Lodge Declares the Proposed League Would Involve This Nation in Foreign Disputes and Cause
 Strife-Terms Must Be Exact.

Washington, Feb. 2s.-In his first utterance on the League of Nations since the proposed constitution of that body became public, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, speaking before the senate this morning, solemnly warned the American people to carefully weigh the proposed constitution as 1t has been presented to the peace con ference.
 Senator Lodge declared his convic- tion that, instead of safeguarding the peace of the world, the league, as now planned, would engender misunder- standings and strife.
 He declared that, as now drafted, the constitution would contravene the Monroe Doctrine, strike at American sovereignty, involve America in all foreign disputes, substitute interna- tionalism for nationalism, and be ben- icial principally to Europe.
 Before we ratify the constitution, it's terms and language must be exact and precise, and as free from any pos cibiAiAA tI NNlAnACLilE hAAEA pAEbdhAo1 c4s is possible to make them" the senator declared.
 Senator Lodge said that, while in the interest of peace, it might be nec- essary to abandon the Monroe Doc Urine, the policies of Washington and other principles of Americanism, the nation should reflect and hesitate be- fore it acts.
 We must build no bridges across the ehasm which now separates Amer ican freedom and order from Russian anarchy and destruction. We must see to it that the democracy of the United States, which has prepared so nightly in the past, is not drawn by nasty error, or by any glittering de- lusions, thru spacious devices of su- pernatural government within the toll of international socialism and anar- ehy," Senator Lodge said.
 "We abandon entirely the policy laid down by Washington in his fare we'll address. and also the Monroe Doctrine" Senator Lodge continued. Tt is worse than idle. It is not hon. est to evade or deny this fact.
 "In the twinkling of an eye, while passion and emotion reign, the Wash ington policy is to be laid aside and we are to enter upon permanent and indissoluble alliance"