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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
Amazing Story of German Es-
pionage During the War
Is Disclosed.
DESERTER MAKES CONFESSION
Former Officer Tells of Being Sent
From Germany With Other Cadets
to Enlist In the United
States Army.

New York.-An amazing story of
German espionage during the war
was disclosed when John Willet, for
mer captain in the Forty-eighth Uni
ted States infantry, confessd he was
really Hans Willers, a cadet in the
German army until 1914. when he was
sent to this country with 300 other
cadets to joint the American army and
become United States officers.
Willet admitted he had absconded
with $4,000 of his cOmpany's funds at
Camp Sewer on November %, 1918, q
few weeks after the armisuce, and de-
serted.
1t was this offense and not any sus-
picion of his spy role which resulted
in his arrest here when Hugh j. Han
the Forty-eighth, recognized the de-
serter on the street and hailed a DO
liceman.
Hints at Treason In Washington.
"You would be surprised how many
high German officials held jobs in
Washington during the war, Willet
told Detective Sergeant O'Leary. The
prisoner made this statement after he
had narrated how he came here and
what he would have done had his regi-
ment been sent to France.
Il would have led my men to
slaughter. and could have been use
full to my own country in many other
ways" Willet declared. according to
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
THE CATBIRD'S CALL

nee upon time, it is said, all
" the birds gathered in the woods
one night 10 meet the fairies, for
they had been bothered so much with
a bad Puss who visited the woods
they wanted revenge.
"What we want" the birds told the
Fairy Queen, "is to bother Puss. She
has worried the life out of us, catch
ing some of our family and climbing
the trees and getting our children"
"Of course, | cannot put Puss out
Of the way" said the Queen. "She
is far too useful catching mice; but
i do not approve of her bad habit of
catching birds"
"She does catch them. and she must
be punished" said the birds. "Do help
us. Fairy Queen. or she will stay in
the woods, and soon there will not be
a bird left"
II will tell you what I wifi do for
you" said the Queen, after thinking a
while. "Puss Is very proud of her fine
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

GOTTA frien whosa run show house
= and lasa week he aska me, "Pietro
how you lika veesit show on ola stage. >
l say. "Oh. all right. eef gotta gooda
seat l no care yer mooch." You
know one time / rida stage coach
seexty miles and for tree. week I not
sect down.
de say I no getta rida somatine on
da stage. SO weeth my frien I 60
back for mebbe learna somating I dun
no before.
But everything cen dat show ees no
straighta goods. Everything try be
somating wot amt. One ting wot Iooka
iika street ees jusa paint dat way. I
standa one side and watcha guy maka
love weeth hees wife. He smile jusa
iika had payday and tella bees wife
now moocha he love. But jusa be-
tween you and me and no for spreada
round, when dey leava stage ees beega
night breaka loose. She fighta beem
and ne fighta her and both maka plen-
n cuss each other.
But ees somating on dat stage no
onoerstanda yer good. I heara stage
manage tella one guy up3tnirs droppa
Qree borders. I tirk meSse upstairs
hes lunch house. and he ayoppa tree
borders for no pay da bin I dumb.
But my frien tella me am wronga
idee. He say upstairs ees flies for
da stage and ees no lunch house. But
! know some lunch house wot gotta
plenta files justa same.
When my frien tella me tree four
beega tings on dat stage ees da wings
tink ne try foola me. too. I feegure
ref dat beega tings ees jusa wings
sure like to geeva look at da flies
Eot use 'em.
Wct you tink?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
FIND LIKENESS
OF AUGUSTUS
Archaeological Discovers Splendid
Statue of Roman Emperor
at Tivoli.
LIFELIKE STUDY BY ARTIST
Valuable Addition to Portraits of Ro-
man Emperors and Is Only One
Extant Done During En-
perors Life.

Rome.-Tivoli, that lovely little city
perched above Rome, called Thur by
the ancient Romans, has just given to
the archaeological world two new art
treasures-an augusteum, or hall,
and a splendid head of Emperor Au-
gustus.
Prof. Alessio Vale, one of the arch
biologists who have made Tivoli
special study, long believed that
Tivoli should reveal an ancient hall
OF Importance, considering the -four
ishing state of the city in Roman
days. He began to dig near a newly
discovered weights and measures Of
flee, also dating from the Roman EN-
pire, thinking that the public weights
and measures must surely be near
some important hall.
he was not mistaken. He has
opened up hall with a Roman pave
ment of white and green marble
which looks as If it were put down
this morning, so fresh Is it, and the
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
800 SPIES IN THE
AMERICAN ARMY

the police, in explaining why he and
others were sent to the United States
to enlist in the American army. Willet
was taken to Fort Jay prison ON Gov
ernor's island.
Confronted by two ex-lieutenants of
the FOrty-eighth infantry, Sidney p.
Howell, a lawyer, and Francis Hatch.
Willet began to respond to questions.
AS TO his pedigree. he said he was
born in Germany and educated there.
Il was trained for spy work when
l was a boy and later when l was a
cadet in German military academy"
the detectives quote Willet as saying.
"When the World war began in 1914
l was selected to join a band of cadets
who were to come to the United States
with orders to join the American army.
Other groups went to the French army
and to the British. About 800 others
came over here with me. l knew my
military training soon would be recog-
nizsd and that promotion would fol-
low, so enlisted as private the first
opportunity got. had no citizenship
papers--I did not need any.
Enlisted as Buck Private.
81 enlisted as a buck private in AL
bany soon after my arrival in this
country. Within a very short time 10y
ability as soldier was recognized and
| was promoted.
"My heart was nearly broken when
l discovered my regiment probably
would not be sent to France. | would
have died for my country gladly. So,
Is days after the armistice, l took the
company fund money and left camp.
"rm telling you this freely because
l might as well he dead. Life does NOT
matter much to me-"
Willet said that after he deserted
Camp Sewer he started travelling. He
toured the Pacific coast.
In Chicago about year ago he mar.
ried an American girl named Craw.
ford, 1t is said.
Willet recently opened a mail order
business in this city under the name
of Crawford.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
Caborer Gets $4,000.

Anaconda. Mont.-From a laborer's
task at the Washoe smelter TO the
possession of $4,000 was the realiza-
ton here recently of Claude Sheuma-
ker, who received telegram from an
Eastern broker advising him that he
had realized this fortune on the sale
of oil stock. Shoemaker Immediately
drew his earnings, purchased rail-
road ticket and started East. Sheu-
maker conceived the idea of buying Oil
stock while in the army. While serv-
ing overseas with the Twenty-third di-
vision he was wounded. His original
investment was $500 of back army pay.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

Augustus Caesar" proves il was sone
during the famous emperor's lifetime.
a votive offering to the gods by a
loyal Tivoli citizen who signs himself
NJ. Veranus Diifilus. The same man
gave the public weights and measures
to the city.
History lets us date this statue be-
tween Il. Z. 81 and A. ID. IA, when
Emperor Augustus died near Naples,
aged seventy-siX. Experts say the face
is the face of man of fifty. In the
worn lines. the ill-tempered mouth. its
upward twist at the left side, we have
no fiattering picture of the great
emperor. but a lifelike study by an
artist who dared to cut his statue as
he saw the human model. For this
reason, and because of its surely be-
ing done in Augustus lifetime. ii Is
a very valuable addition to the col
lection of portraits of the Roman
emperors, and probably the only one
eXtant of Augustus done during his
lifetime.
The figure, which originally sat on
the pedestal at the head of the hall,
is graceful, as Suetoius, that Cos
sipy historian from whom iater
scribes have learned nearly ell they
know about the Roman emperOrs,
told us, saying,
Graceful Person.
He was a very graceful person
through all the stages Of life, though
he was very careless in his dress and
would set several BARRIERS to work
upon his hair together, and would
sometimes clip and sometimes shave
his beard, and at the same time
would be reading or writing"
Augustus, though emperor, called
himself democrat and, says Sue
toius, always abhorred the title Of
lord as scandalous affront." He
tells us, too. that the emperor caught
cold easily and wore wooden under
wear in winter. with a thick wool
toga."
This broken statue. with the base
on which 1t stood. unearthed after so
long bridges the gulf of centuries and
brings one of the greatest rulers the
world ever saw very near.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
Love of Music Traps
Robber of Poor Box

Philadelphia.-It was his love
for music which led to the ar
rest Of Jacob Katz. twenty-four
years old. Katz entered the
Emanuel Lutheran church here
shortly after midnight and
found the poor box which he
emptied Of its contents, So.
Then he found the new organ,
Katz had musical talent and he
ran his fingers over the keys
Then he became so absorbed in
the instrument that he forgot
where he was. pulled out the
diaphone and Numbered away.
The strains awakened the pas
tor, Rev. Rudolph Nieder, who
lives next door. and he called
the police.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
A LITTLE POWDER

A POWDER puff has become the
IA symbol Of feminine vanity and
frivOlity. To be sure, the tiny pow
der puff and the box that has sprung
into fashion, and that women exhibit
in public so frequently, must seem
ridiculous to the masculine eye. Yet a
little powder now and then is an excel
lent thing.
For one thing, life in modern city
means that woman breathes air
laden with an unusual amount of dust,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
BEAUTY CHATS
by Edna Kent Forbes

little pure rice powder will absorb this
oil, without ciogging the pores, and
Keep the shine from becoming too
prominent. Besides, the powder takes
up the dust that blows against the
face, and prevents 1t from being alb
sorbed into the pores.
Talcum powder is too heavy for skin
OF the face. Only the purest grade
Of rice should be used, as other
sorts will clog the pores. Rice pow
der, however, is so fine that it will
not injure the skin in any way, though
even this should not be applied too
heavily.
tCopyright)
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

statue of Augustus, broken but with
the head intact, as the picture shows,
with tine lifeIike lines cut out of the
marble by some unknown sculptor of
evident genius.
Likeness of Augustus.
The statue is a likeness of Angus
tus when he had grown old. An in
scription underneath It. which dedi-
Gates the statue TO the gods, "for the
happy return in good health. of our
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
wHd Fruit Worth cuItiv.tino

The presence Of wild fruit in To-
eality helps protect the cultivated
ones, particularly IL the former fruits
are similar to the latter and ripen
eariier. Among those best adapted are
mulberry, Wild blackberry, June ber-
~, VA cherry and elderberry.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
Hsv tI5ttat M
TIE CHRISTMAS STOCKING.

THE custom of hanging up stock
L ings at Christmas comes from
Holland and Germany, where many of
the people wore wooden shoes. On
Christmas Eve these shoes were left
by the fireplace. filed with hay for
the weary horses of st. Nicholas as
ne went his rounds. In the morning
the hay would be gone, and In its
place would be gift from the crate
ful saint.
(Copyright)
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
Irony.

"The way to run this country" said
Khowitall, sis to put thoroughly wise.
capable. alert and honest men In con-
troll of affairs"
"Yes," answered Miss Keen, but
what are We to dO-there's only one
of you"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
His Method.

"Why do you encourage your boy to
send his verses to the magazines? Do
rou want him to be a poetY"
mo; merely want him TO get the
eonceit knocked out of them"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
Youthful Skeptic.

They had hare for dinner, and ven
proudly mother told little Ada that I
had been shot by father.
Realty" said the little angel. "And
who held II while daddy shot II
mummy ?'-Edinburgh Scotsman.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

Watch cutieura Improve Your Skin.
IN rising and retiring gently smear
he face with Cutlcura Ointment.
Wash of Ointment In five minutes
With Cuticura Soap and hot water. IL
is wonderful sometimes what Cuticura
will do for poor compilations, dandruff.
itching and red rough hands.-Adv.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

For the guidance of commercial avn
ators Great Britain is planning to es-
tablish 20 meteorological stations that
will supply hourly weather reports
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
Why Suffer With rheumatism

Why Suffer With rheumatism
When there is permanent relief with
In your reach? 1t matters not what
form you have, what you have tried
or how long standing. It's guaran-
teed. II not benefited within ten days
MONEY BACK without question or
bubble. Address NJ. Box 147, Little
Rock, Ark.-Adv,
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
OLD STANDBY, ID
ACHES AND PAI1
ANY man or woman who kl
Sloan's handy will tell yo1
that same thing

ESPECIALLY those freoue|
attacked by rheumatic twin
A counter-irritant, Sloan's d
ment scatters the congestion and 4
frdtes pIthOHt rubbing to the afflil
part, soon relieving the ache and u
Kept handy and used everyw|
Tor reducing and finally eliminating
pains and aches of lumbago, neural
muscle strain, joint stiffness, spra
bruises, and the results of exposur,
You just knolO from its stimulatI
healthy odor that it will do you 60
Sloan's Liniment is sold by all d,
gists-35c, Zoe, ST 40.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

and that smoke from chimneys-even
in the cities where smoke condensers
are used-means that oily particles are
constantly sitting down through the
atmosphere. While even in the coun-
try there is the dry dust from the
roads and the plowed fields, which
blows into the homes, and settles upon
faces as well as furniture.
Now, the pores of the skin are con-
stantly throwing off minute oily parti-
cles. The skin becomes shiny, and
while the shiny skin is good form in
Turkey, IT isn't considered so here. A
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

dR. MERCHANT. ARE YOU GETTIN4
RESULTS FROM YOUR COLLECTIONS
Collection Letters designed by experts ~
your business exclusively. S2.5e for seriS|
Write for particulars. Room 1913 Title Quad
snty Building ST LOUIS. Missouri
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01
(Copyright.)
A LINE O. CHEER
BY John kendrick Bangs.
NO SHORTAGE.

sugars short. and SO Is Coal,
But I've warmth stored In my soul
In such stores as carry me
Through whatever cold NAV be
And for Sweetness I'm inclined
Unto that of Spirit kind
That invariably lies
In the depths Of loving eyes.
tCopyright.)
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

Toys manufactured In Belgium are
made largely By machine and painted
by hand.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1921-01-01

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The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
"Fine Feathers" and Unhappy Mar
riaVoS


Why so many married people are
unhappy is one of the Sphinx-like
questions that never will be answered
to the complete satisfaction Of every
body concerned. That many are
straining and fretting under the more
or less blissful yoke, cannot be doubt
ed.
"Fine Feathers" the Metro pro-
duction Of the successful stage play by
Eugene Walters, which will be shown
at the Orpheum Theatre Friday and
Saturday of next week, does not
attempt to solve the question,
but it uses the fact as foundation
for as fascinating picture as has
ever been seen here.
The plot revolves mainly around
Bob Reynolds, young construction
engineer, who is living with his wife,
Jane, in dingy bungalow. Bob re-
alizes that he must struggle hard to
succeed, but the sight of his pretty,
uncomplaining wife, whom he feels
he should he providing with tinery.
makes him uneasy, and he succumbs
to low act that gives him wealth.
The all-star cast includes Eugene
Palette. Claire Whitney, Thomas w.
Ross, Warburton Gamble and June
5Elyidce.
The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
Washing Machine Auction Attracts
Crowds

The auction sale Of Thor washing
machine at the saleroom of the North
western Electric Co. is attracting con-
siderable interest not only in the city
but thruout the surrounding district
this week. Frank C. Mark, an ex-
pert from the Thor mandatory is in
charge and in order to create local
interest in his firms product, in
troduced this somewhat novel method.
Every day this week washing ma
chine, fully equipped, has been dem
onstrating to the passers-by. Each
spectator is offered an opportunity to
make a bid on the machine and
special committee Of local citizens
will award the machine to the highest
bidder on Saturday evening of this
week. Mr.. Mark expects to place
several carloads Of Thor washers in
this section this fall and winter and
from the present indications of the in
terest being shown among the crowds
which daily inspect the machine, we
believe his expectations will be realiz
cd. The factory has sold 100000
washing machines to date.
The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
RED" BURNS; NEARLY SAWS
WAY OUT OF M0HALL; JAIL

When Sheriff McKechnie of Mohall
heard one of his prisoners, a cell
mate of Red Burns, notorious gunman
and all-round bad man, singing and
whistling, one day last week, he be-
came suspicious and taking the young
fellow from his cell administered the
third degree and learned that his hi.
larity was due to his intense joy over
the prospect of immediate release.
Questioned further, he finally was pre-
vailed upon to confess that he was
acting upon the orders of Red Burns,
his noncompliance being equivalent
to his speedy transport to eternity.
Burns had obliged him to laugh and
whistle and sing at intervals in order
to conceal his operations with hack
saw which he had deftly concealed be-
meath the garter which supported his
stocking. He had already sawed
thru two of the bars Of his cell and
had the Sheriff's prediction for real
genuine music not lead him to stop
the poor efforts Of the prisoner, "Red"
would have been in the clear within
another twelve hours.
The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
MlN0T JEWELER IS ROBBED
OF DIAMONDS AND WATCHES

L. w. Hoyt, proprietor Of a jewel.
ry store in the Central block, west
Central Ave. was robbed Of $1O25.OO
worth of diamonds and wrist watches
at 7:45 o'clock Wednesday evening by
stranger who made a clean get
away.
Mr.. Hoyt had come to the store
to repair violin and left the front
door unlocked. He had stepped into
the basement to get file and on his
return was met in the middle OF the
floor by man 80 or IS years old,
wearing soft dark hat and dark
suit, who pointed a AS caliber gun at
him and ordered him to throw up his
hands. Hoyt was little slow in
complying with the order and the fel-
low said: "Stick 'em away up" Hoyt
did.
Hoyt's jewelry was still in the dis
play window, in plain sight from the
passers-by and Hoyt was told to hand
it from the window, which he did. The
robber escaped with five diamonds,
two Of them half karet in weight, one
so, one 81, one Al, and two Swiss
wrist watches, one solid gold and the
other 2O-year gold filled. As he ran
from the room, he dropped one wrist
watch on the floor, which was later
recovered.
The robber was evidently in hur-
ry for he ordered Hoyt to quit hand
ing the jewelry from the window,
ordering him instead to step back,
get down on his knes and hold his
hands up, which Hoyt very willingly
did. Hoyt says the fellow kept the
big revolver trained on him continual
ly. He was evidently an old hand at
at the game. The robbery was COM
mitted within minute and a half
and the fellow ran out thru the front
door and disappeared south down the
alley. The fellow was smooth faced
and weighed about 14O pounds. He
wore no mask.
The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
NORTH DAKOTA ACTIVE
IN MEDICAL PROGRESS

Philadelphia, Oct. 24.-Hospital
service to the patient in North Dakota
has shown a marked advance in the
past year, according to the third an
nual report of the American College
of Surgeons released here today. This
report is based on a survey which in
cluded personal visits to every hos
pital Of one hundred beds or over in
the United States and Canada. The
following North Dakota institutions
were given place on the approved"
list:
Bismarck Evangelical Deaconess
Hospital, Bismarck.
*Grand Forgks Deaconess Hospital,
Grand Forks.
st, Alexis Hospital, Bismarck.
St. Johns Hospital, Fargo.
St. Luke's Hospital, Fargo.
The indicates a hospital which has
instituted measures which insure sci
entific care to its patients, but which
has not realized them to the fullest
extent to date.
"The institutions above proved that
they are giving the best of scientific
medical care to their patients, de-
clared DR.. Franklin H. Martin, Sec
retary- General of the American Col
lege Of Surgeons. "Aided by one of
the great educational foundations, we
have carried on actual visits to hos
pitals, made by trained medical men,
who see working conditions as they
are. Our report for 1921 shows
marked improvement in hospital SER
vice the country over, and places
North Dakota in the forefront of
states who are active in medical prog
ress. North Dakota is to be con-
graduated on it's splendid showing
and on the forward looking medical
men, hospital superintendent and
trustees who have made their advance
possible"
The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
Wolseth Signed But One Petition

G. T. Wolseth of Margaret town.
ship is in the city today He is just
ly indignant because Commissioner
Hagan circulated in the nonpartisan
press the statement that he had
signed more than one recall petition.
He has secured copy of the petit
ons circulated in Margaret township
and his name appears on but one Of
them. The nonpartisan press
should now make retraction and Of
fer Mr.. Wolseth the apology he has
coming, but will they do it?
In his charges, Commissioner Ha-
gan claims that Wolseth signed the
petition circulated by G. T. Bohan of
Deering This is false.
The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
Newlywetis Return

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Scofield have
returned from their honeymoon spent
at points in Montana. Mr.. Scofeld
was married to Miss Dorothy Ann
Holland, prominent Havre, Montana
young woman on Oct. 8. They will
be guests at the home of Mr.. SEQ
fields parents, Sheriff and Mrs. SEQ
field until Dec. / when they will oc-
cupy apartments in the Central Block.
The Ward County independent., 1921-10-20
Rusco Man Killed While Hunting

Carl Austad, a Ruso farmer lost
his life Sunday by accidently shooting
himself while hunting. His COM
panion had fired shot which fright
ened the team Audstad was driving.
In attempting to stop the team, his
own gun was discharged, the shot en-
tering his stomach killing him almost
instantly.