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The state herald., 1919-06-27
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It certainly was hard, when tho next
Gay came. to give up your whole ration
and go without that day. But ! never
saw man hedge. or even speak Of It.
And we did not have any food pirates
among us either: we were not captains
Of industry by my means.
There were times when some Of N
could not ent certain Of our rations.
For instance. many and many time
I was as hungry rs anybody could be,
and l wanted to eat my bread, but It
seemed ms II l could not get Il into
my mouth. Then would trade 1t with
someone else for his shadow soup" or
his barley coffee.
We were dying every day In Bran
denburg and after each death the
senior men Of that barracks would de-
tail twelve Of their number to 60 out
for half an hour and dig the grave.
while others made little crosses, on
which they wrote or carved the mans
name. when he was captured. and his
regiment or ship. In the middle of
the cross were always the letters,
n. ]. P.-Rest In Peace.
One time we were ordered to report
to the German doctors for q serum
treatment Of some kind-to receive an
injection. in other words. There was
no choice about II this time. as we
were nimply hsrded together to the
hospital barracks. Now. I knew what
these things were like and how brutal
the German doctors were In giving an
Injection. 90 wanted to be the very
nrst man and not have to witness the
other men getting theirA.
So l pushed up to the head Of the
line, with the crew Of II. NJ. 8. Nomad,
who had been captured In the Jutland
battle. and by the time We got TO the
hospital was the very first man In line.
But the sentry threw me back and
there were several men ahead Of me.
Each Of them haired his chest and the
doctors slashed them across the breast
with very thin knife. 30 you can see
that II was very painful. When II
came to my turn they slnshed me three
times In the shape Of a triangle Just to
one side Of the breast. And that was
all there was to it-no injection, moth
ing on the knife that could see.
Now. l do not know what the Idea
was. livery man Of Us was dizzy for
the rest Of the day and could not do
anything but lay around the barracks
And hardly any Of u blsd q drop.
though the gashes were deep. I do not
think we had any blood In Us to run.
and that IL the truth OF II. Il was
Just another German trick that no one
could explain.
One day war correspondent named
Bennett. from Chicago paper. came
10 the camp and went through all the
barracks. When he came to our bar
racks ! told him ! was an American
and asked for the news. Instead Of
answering he began TO ask all sorts
of questions. Finally. after I had told
him had been In the French service.
asked him II he could help me In any
way. He answered that had only my.
self to blame and that II served me
right II had been In ono Of the allied
armies.
did not like his looks much and he
seemed unfricndly. but when he began
smoking n cigarette II almost drove me
crazy and could not help asking for
one, lie refused me and said l should
pave stayed In my own country. where
n
The state herald., 1919-06-27
ossylno the cesi Man.

Pneumatic regulation Of the ten
perniurc Of residences IL provided By
new thcrmos'ns TINT switches cleo.
tricity 70 motor 10 open or close
drafts In the heating apparstuA
The state herald., 1919-06-27

my down In II. I really do not think
| cculd have instcd two weeks longer.
And Just about that time. ~ ! was
stalking hack to barracks one day. n
rrnehman showed me \ German
e~~spspes. and there In large type on
The state herald., 1919-06-27
n. DEPEW
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
oopyr.shs, isls, ~ Amy aaA 1.isaoa o.. TAses

the top Of tho FIRST page Il said that
Mr.. Gerard had left the country. OF
was getting ready to leave They had
to drag me the rest Of the way to the
barracks and throw snow on me before
I came to.
t0unner Dspew's interview with Mr..
Gerard took place At the Dulmen prison
camp on or about February l. 1917. On
February :. our state department. demand
captured on British vessels and hold -
prisoners in Germany. On tho same day.
President Wilson severed diplomatic rsla-
lions with Germany. Ambassador Gerard
left Germany exactly one week later. Tho
Newspaper that Gunner Dcpew saw must
have been issued after February 10 It
was not until March 8. 1911. however. that
Gunner Depsw was actually released from
randenburg.-Editors Notal
I do not know what happened during
the next few days.
But a week or 90 later the Spanish
ambassador and four German officers
and Swatts came to our barracks and
the ambassador told me I would be
released It was all could do to
keep from fainting ngain. Then Swatts
asked me In English II I had anything
to say about the treatment in the
camp. and I began to think maybe
It was a frame-up of some kind, % all
I said was, "When win ! get out Of
herei" and he said, why. you win b.
released tomorrow"
Ala mt matt IN hos. .uv rnn>> h,,<
rushed into the barracks again. singing
and whistling and yelling a. loud as I
could. The boys told me my face was
very red and I guess what little blood
I had in my body had rushed to my
head, because could hardly walk for
a few minutes.
Then the men began to think I was
crazy. and mono Of them believed I
would really be released. but that I
was going to be sent to the mines, a.
SO many were. But believed It, and
I Just sat there on my bunk and be-
gan to dream Of the food would get
and what would eat first, and 90 on.
did not sleep that night-just
walked from barracks to barracks un-
till they chased me away. and then
walked up and down In my own bar
racks the rest Of the night When I
got to the Russian barracks and told
the two doctors my news. they would
not believe me at all, although they
know there had been some important
visitor at tho camp.
But when walked out of their door
! said. "Dobra vetshav." which means
''Good nightw Then they must have
believed me. for they called me back,
and all the men gave me addresses Of
people to write to In case should get
away.
They were all talking at once, and
one Of the doctors got very excited and
got down on his knees with his hands
in the air. "Albert." he said. If you
have the God-given luck to get out of
Germnny-not for my sake. but for
the sake Of us who are here In this
hell-holc. promise me you VIII tell all
the people wherever you 20 what they
nrc doing to us here. Tell them not to
send money. for we can't eat money.
and not meat-Just bread. bread.
bread"
And when I looked around all the
men were sitting on their beds crying
and tearing their hair and saying.
bread. bread. bread" over and over
again. Then each tried to give me
something. as II to say that even II
Il thAO AlA t,n sl...l. A.,A
The state herald., 1919-06-27
hls eermse oeeupasisn.

Tho customer In the barber sho0
suffered In silence . long while. but
there are limits to patience even In
such places. He ASKED: 'whas
made you take 10 haircutiingY' TIE
barber blandly replied: Good
money cir. Pays Q sight better than
hedge trimming. which was my iase
jcb.~-Iondon Answers.
The Washington times., 1919-12-16
REFUSED TOEATA
LIGHTED CIGARETTE
Private Gonzales Gives Sensa-
tional Evidence in Court.Mar-
tiaI of Captain Deter.

NEW YORK, Dee 1s.-Testimony
that he had disobeyed an order from
Capt. Karl W. Detzer to sDalio"
lighted cigarette was given yester-
day by Private Marcelle Gonzales, OF
San Antonio, Tex, at the court-mar-
tial on Governors Island Of Captain
Detxer, charged with brutality 10
prisoners In criminal inyestlsation
headquarters At lie Mans.
The charge that Gonzales had oeen
comp4rled to eat the cigarette was
one of the most sensational OF the
twenty-eight Specifications facing the
officer, who, as commander Oh tns
sos military police company, had
charge of Investigation work in the
entire troop area A, previous wit
nAss had testified to hearing the or
der given. but said he did not see
what became Of the cigarette, as he
had left the room Gonzales stated
that despite the order. he had hung
tie. butt to the door Of the guard
house.
Gonxalsa. who re-enlisted In the
quaftermGster corps after the WAT
aAd who Is now stationed at Camp
DIX. served overseas with the Tenth
Machine Gun Battalion and fought at
Chsteau Thierry. ST. Mihiel, and YER
dun. He testified that he had been
picked up" by Captain Detzers men
in Le Mans. and that, although his
pass allowed he was only fifteen
minutes late, he had been detained for
approx lmately three months. 1t de-
veioped in cross-examination, how
ever, that this detention was due to
the prisoners physical condition.
Frequent skirmishes between oppos-
ing counsel marked today's session.
Major william F. Kelly, judge advo-
cate, opposed every EFFORT of Lieut.
Thomass I. Henernan, defense counsel,
TO go into the records OF certain wit
nesses.
Before adjournment a new group
of witnesses for both prosecution and
defense arrived at Governors Island.
They came from the South, chiefly
from Texas. .-...
The Washington times., 1919-12-16
CAUGHT ANOTHER
TERRIBLE COLD?.
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Dr. Belle Pine Tar Honey

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drfhcult' breathing. Let it help you as
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for whom its balsamic and healing
antiseptics never fail ltopromote results.
Safe for the little ones, too.
An economical bottle can be procured
from your druggist today. That's q
wise thing to do.- Soc, 60c., $1.20.
The Washington times., 1919-12-16
CANADA TO HOLD PAPER.

? OTTAWA, Dc 1s.-An order-in-
council has been passed, giving pow
er to r H. Pringie, controller Of
Aewsprint, to prohibit the export of
paper by any company which refuses
70 comply with his regulations. The
order 10 the result OF the intimation
BY q number Of paper companies that
they would decline to be guided by
the news print controllers price fixing
and distPibution orders
Evening star., 1919-12-29
MAY SAVE
GERMAN OFF|CER'SL LIFE
Witsche's Death Sentence Recon-
mended to Be Set Aside and
Trial BY q. S. Courts.

Lathor Witsche, former German
naval officer. now held at Fort Sam
Houston under sentence of death i'm
posed by court-martial, will have
his sentence set aside and will be
tried in the federal courts on charges
of violating the espionage law, if
President Wilson acts favorably on
recommendations which it is under
stood will be made by the Depart
ment of Justice. The military court
sentenced Witsche to death after find
ing him guilty of plotting against the
United States.
Although Department of Justice
officials have refused to give in de-
tail the nature of the charges against
the German officer. reports that evil
dence in possession of the govern
ment had connected him with the
BLACK Tom" explosion at Jersey City
and with propaganda designed to
arouse. the negro population of the
south were not denied. President
Wilson, it was said, after going over
the findings of the court-martial, was
not convinced that the case of
Witsche was one within the jurisdic-
tion of the military authorities and
for that reason has asked the opinion
of Attorney General Palmer. The
Department of Justice is preparing to
submit with its recommendation for
trial by civil court q large amount
of information concerning Witsche
which it's agents along the border
have collected.
Evening star., 1919-12-29

Three alleged leaders Of the L w. W
have been indicted at Tacoma, Wash.
charged with violation of the anti
sedition laws. Bail for each was Sci
at $4,000.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-07
Moore Cauaht in California.

| Alter a nationwide search Moore
| Is believed under arrest in Los An,
! seles, Cal, whore he was representing
himself rs DR.. r. J. Peterson, ID pom
lneht Chicago physician. He is said
TO have passed numerous cheeks pur-
prrtCd to have been signed by the
Chicago man
More viii be brought to Ottawa TO
lace the charges OF sWindling the La
Sale County mcn, and of w0r6iug Il
confluence game on number of ether
Illinois men,
The checks cashed in la Sale
C2un y We're drawn on the Fairbanks.
Morse Company of Chicago.
Last February Moore dropped into
the Jordan hardware store. where the
1oods manutactuled by the Fairbanks
Morse Company are sold. He repro
scented hlmselt TO De the manager o.
the Belolt factory. and inquired about
the cOmpany'S interests in OttaWG.
Mr.. Jordan informed him that one O.,
he engines in the store needed Il
slight Adjustment
Moore had been employed by the
Fairbanks Morse Company and knew
an ibbNt lutll EDuuS llBUl lut SIbulu
up. He made the adjustment and dis
cussed the cOmpdny's products SO
thoroughly that Mr.. Jordan never
thOught for Il minute tina. he was an
lmpCstCr.
Just as ne was leaving the store
Moore loOked at the clock and re-.
marked that the bank was closed and
that he did not have money enough
To pay his hotel bill. He turned to
Mr. Jordan and asked, Gould you
cash a check When he received an
affirmative reply he pulled "a check
tor $3.50 from his pocket. drawn on
the Fairbanks Morse Company, and
threw ii down on the counter Mr..
Jordan told him it would be impossible
to cash such a large check at thai,
hour Of the day. and ASKED the book
keeper how large check they could
cash. She took $50 from the cash
drawer, which was passed over to
Moore Mr. Jordan then gave Moore
a check for $500. taking the other
check in exchange,
\ few minute later long distance
call was received frCm the office Ct
the Fairbanks Morse Company IN Chi
Cago informing the Ottawa merchan'
. man representing himself to b.
the manager Of their Reloit factory
was operating a confidence in this
| vicinity Mr. Jordan immediat el,
! stopped payment on his check at the
local bank
Private detectives were put on tn,
mans trail by the Fairbanks .Mors,
| Company, bat it was not unti man,
months had elapsed that any trace o
him was found.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-07
PIT WORKMAN HURT
IN BLAST AT PLANT
OF CHICAGO RET0RT
GEORGE HENSLER MAY LOSE
SIGHT OF EYES AS RESULT OF
ExPlOSlON-NO ONE SAW AC.
CIDENT.

George Hensler, 625 Canal avenue,
was badly burned about the face and
head in a dynamite explosion this aft.
ernoon about / 80 o'clock while work
ing at the pit Of the Chicago Retort
and Fire Brick Company, Two miles
east or the city, The flesh around tn
injured mans eyes was so badly burn
ed the lids We're closed tight, bu;
wheher his sight has been impaired
by the explosion had not been deter
mined at the time the paper went tC
press.
Mr., HensIer was working alone az
one side Of the pit when the eXplo
sion occurred, and it is not known just
how he accident igniting the dyna.
mite came about. He had been bla St.
ing away some rock. and ii il sup
posed that he was preparing TO set
off another charge.
He was removed at once to Ryburn
Hospital, where Dr.. p. j. Clune was
called to attend him Although suffer
Ing greatly from the burns. Mr., Hens
ler did not lose consciousness He
Will be "A patient at the hospital for
some time.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-07
ESTATE OF SHELL
SHOCK VICTIM IS
IN PROBATE COURT
YOUTH WHO ENLISTED UNDER
AN ALIAS AND THEN LOST MIND
FOUND TO BE Ia SALE Boy
MOTHER IS NAMED AS CON-
SERVATCR.

A war story both heart-brcaking
ana original WAS brought TO ligh. in
the Probate Court today, when Mrs
! Josephine Mogaj was appointed con
ser'ator for her son, Leo MOgaj, alias
George Smith, a private in the United
states army, who is a patient In the
Fort Benjamin Harrison hospital III
Ind lama. The soldier is suffering from
shell shock received on the hellish
battletields where the Huns were wip.
ing cut the lives and health OF thou
sands OF brave Americans during the
great drives cf 1918. The soldier
fought with the most valiant, but was
returned ID the nited states wrecked
in health and his mind gone.
Before he war Mrs Magaj and her
son Leo lived in La Sale and were
apparently contented with the world
at large. War clouds covered tie
United States and one oil the first
young men TO enlist was Leo. For
leasons known only to himself and
which his relatives have been unable
to decipher, he torSook his Polish
name and entered the United States
amy as Private George smith. He
did not even let mis- people Know when
he enlisted nor what outht he was
with.
He was sent overseas and all Went
we'll until the ceaseieSs firing became
too much for his tense and overwork-
ed nerves. Shell shcck, the horror OF
army physicians and the soldiers OF
ali the allied nations bringing with
it the curse of insanity. followed. The
boy who had run away to serve his
country was shipped home a piteous
wreck and sent to Fort Benjamin Ha"
rison, where he became ward OF the
government
Uncle Sam had then to make good
his promise to care for all disabled
soldiers He started work shifting ont
any possible cleWs for relatives, aid
at last located Mrs. Mogaj in La Sale
She was brought into court and the
necessary legal steps were taken 10
make her the cOnSerVatOI, TO receive
the government S allotment 20 herself
and Private George Smith as thc
next OF kin of a brave boy so terribly
afflicted
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-07
THREE HOTEL GUESTS
BURNED TO DEATH

Atlanta Ga, Nov. : Three persons
We're burned to death and nearly a
score injured, some seriously, in 4
fire in the Wilson Hotel here early
this morning, Damage to the builiin :
was confined to the interior Scores
of men and women were rescued by
hremen. One Of the dead was WOm.
an who leaped to the street before the
tiremen arrived Fire Chief Cody said
he feared more bodies might be found
In the building
: Of the three bodies recovered one
was man, sand to be manager of
the hotel, one woman and the third
was 50 badly burned it had not been
determined whether it was that Of Z
man or a woman
The fire apparently originated in
the second story of the three-story
building the ground floor of which Is
occupied by stores and moving pic.
ture theater The loss had NOT been
estimated early tOoay nor had the
cause been determined.
BY the time the iremen arrived
scores of men and women were hang
ing Out OF windows. screaming for
help One woman leaped 10 her death
but the others who escaped the hame~
were brought down on fire ladders.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-07
USE CHAPEL TO PUT
PEP IN O. H. S. PUPILS

Chapel exercises We're held this
morning at the high school 20 arous,
.he enthusiasm of the pupils for this
afternoon game with LockpCrt Tho
exercises opened with the singing b,
the pupils of the schools song, Pep
composed by Prof. John HOff, and q
few other school songs
Mr.. Grady, coach of the team, aLc
Principal Charles kingman delivered
short talks in regard to the game AM
the coming contest with LA Sale next
Friday. Every pupil in the schon
pledged themselves to appear and giv.
their loyal support t. the team neA
Friday. Special cars have been ar
ranged TO take them to La Sale
Gus May. local business man, pre-
aented to twelve members Of the O
II :. team red skull caps fashioned
after the aviators' caps, with a smal
white letter O in the front. As Mr.
hingman read of! the names they re
ceivea their presents and took thei
place on tho stage. and each one de
livered short talk
Those receiving the caps We're;
Woodward Reed, Anderson. Sapr
Kelly, Belrosa, FCrmhals, Claus. Nee;
enstock, SCherer Moss and Peck.
William Iwanlis and Pete Tayl0
led the pupils in few cheers.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-07
SENSATIONAL CHARGES ARE
FILED AGAINST RICH JEWELER
BY MRS. JEAN HELEN SCHMIDT,
WHO is SUING FOR DIVORCE.

In an affidavit read to Judge Stougt
in the Circuit Court this morning, Mrs
Jean Helen Schmidt today was given
an opportunity to unburden herself OF
bitter arrangement OF Albert N.
Schmidt, wealthy EariyiIe jeweler
and druggist. whom she is suing Tor
peated acts Of cruelty Alleging him
to be coarse. Deastly and brutal and
only an animal, mere instinct. whose
cruelty ana base-llke conduct Wee
common things Mrs. Schmidt IN
her affidavit created. it Is believed. a
record for lengthy announcements III
La Sale County annals of divorce
defendant.
Tho present in court and hearing
himself characterized as Selfish eX
acting. and man who WorShips mon
ey almost to the point of insanity
Schmidt never DATED an eye to show
his distaste for the attack while At
torney l.. O. Browne, solicitor for the
complainant read chapter after chap
ter setting forth the unhappy Incl
dents OF Mr.. Schmidt's lite with him.
The sensational Developments OF
the case came as prelude to what
promises to be one of the most bitter.
ly contested divorce cases ever heard
in the local court The charges them
selves are sensational in character,
Mr.. Schmidt accusing his wife of faith
lessness and naming two men "a ROs-
u,is 'han
whom he says she had been over
friendly.
The matter up this morning was on
a motion by Mrs, schmidt TO increase
temporary alimony of $3j month al
lowed her at the offset of (he martial
litigation. and for an allowance to
cover the cost of employing conn el to
prosecute
r. NJ Kelly representing the defend
ant. contested the right OF the COM
rlainaut to collect more tran the 500
already awarded her nv the court,
whie her sun is in pendency claiming
that all his clients assertions against
the character of the defendant were
true and that she was a ,vrtuous
woman
/ judge Slough. aside from listening
clcseIv 70 the reading OF Tn" a't'aa
Wits. took no part in the preliminari5
until all the facts were set before him
! The Judge a;tor hearing the Fact
gave Mrs schmidt an additional y.
"A month and ordered he defendant It
nay the expenses incurred during the
taking OF deposition az Flint and Ne
vance He also ordered rypunge'
form the records all of her atiidJvi
which did not deal with the state %
her health or reference to NJ
Schmid's S wealth.
The AFFIDAVIT which was aanounret
a. the longest and most elaborat" IN
dictmcnt Of martial infelicitiea ever %
record in the connty's principal trib
unal, consumed half an hour in th'
reading IN IT the wife touched a
length upon every phase of her unhap
Nv married life, even to the extent t
accuse the husband of embitterng tn
minds Of their four living children
AGAINST her. IN this he succeeded Sh
, said by turning their three daughter
10 his point Of view. while the son
the Youngest of a family of five child
ren born to them, was worked upon a
great extremes IN the hope of alignin
! him against his mother. The affidavi
sets forth that the complainant CMrs
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1919-11-07
BOGUS CHECK SHARK
IS TURNED OVER TO
SHERIFF c. S. AYERS.
ACCOMPLICE OF r. p. MOORE.
WHO INFLICTED JORDAN HARD.
RUARY or $50, TAKEN IN Gus.
TODY IN CHICAGO.

When W. =. Sterling is released
from the house of correction at Chi.
cago today he viii not come cur as u
freed man lns.ed1 he viii be in the
custody OF i-herift {, :, Ayers q o.
taWa, who went to Chicago MS morn
ing to take him in custody as an ac-
cCmplice in confidence game worked
upon r. { Jordan Of Ottawa and Cas-
tendyck Hamil Company of La Sale
.3at February
Sterling is said to have been II
tuddy OF f. p Moore, who secured
through false check $50 from the
Jordan Hardware Company and 500
personal check. upon which payment
was later stopped. The pair. it is said
by officials. mplcted $21G from the La
sale implement dealers before ii was
Known they We're passing themselve, :,
OF as bogus representatives. OF the
Fairbanks Morse Company.
sterling was rIes.ed in Chicago
several weeks ago and locked up in
The house OF correction for some rettg
mis- deed Chief OF Detectives j. j.
Mooney had Deen notified by Sheriff
Ayers to keep a lookout for Moor
ard his buddy, and when Sterling was
caught in the laws meshes he was
Immediately hooked up with the Or
taWa and La Sale deals as Moore :
accomplce and he man who imper
s0natei Mr. Morse OF FAIRBANKS Nor
Company IN IA mysterious phone con
yprsatioD