Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1915 — WOMAN RULES SOISSONS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WOMAN RULES SOISSONS

Mme. Marcherez, with, four other noble women, remained In Soissons when It was bombarded, and aided the army doctors in their work under shell fire. She saved the city from destruction by boldly assuming the office of mayor, organizing a system of requisition for the German army and com-pelling-the German authorities to accept a reasonable tribute and respect the needs of the civil population. When the English drove the. Germans out of Soissons Mme. Marcherez continned to administer the dutiee «f mayor.