Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 232, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1915 — Page 3

A WAR ZONE PEPIL

By ALVAH JORDAN GARTH.

b^Snl^ol befcj : interrupted. With many othM-|incau-tious and distressed to been marooned, so to speak, on an island cun thejriyeLjasfur theAuJirijHL I town of been practF cally prisoners and Bubjectedto the, the mainland railroad depot. I noticed ! that a number view on the tral#Sߧ3*foilfiS filuA 3 tier. 8 All would have been well if it had “ Mjfruwtm tw ohtf of - Yes,, she wasc&pricious,-and as-well-jealouß y*bftVHYJ>e orislß 9 f fear and anxiety past, womanlike her . wifld.fell bfMck .to ftri ( , “1 saw some lovely grapes op., the fruit stand in the waiting room. Won’t a you get me .some 3 tmo fliW And I, of courses hastened to., meet her desires. I did not know it, byit as I pissed from tfetf trail! 1 platform tp the. depot Berthk* was dill or tbtf ddach U *0 vm .A for. some of those sjnaJl Messina oranges she had noticed supple't, mented the eraving-£or- fche.cgrapes.* Thus it was -that, as <1 .reached "the waiting room Bertha was not thirty * feet Mj I half hatted as aqutok ory sounded. It proceeded from a fafr-youfagglrl) not more than eighteen of f age. Se was penned, in ajf,one .corner, pf 3 room by two splcflers in' was easy to disced jh^jibe ; was under arrest. She was flashing-eyed, agile, so much the latter that as she lifted out her arms apparently towards aM '*M V'*Mt mMto&k gesture and the soldiers strove to press her back upon ttre *dhch f 'whew ?ihe had been dodged

Staring Fixedly at the Written Page.

■—— - ■■■* —0 L.l I'M] ui- s iu Mai 3 ,uJ:»*M j t back, ev^ed tbeiß -out* Prep,d f-Be JJ( VQfoKmh* U »«.'** j { _, fter own .were, ,ibß J t*ntly < , l ftbpuk< my neck, her lips pressed -Sb e was murmuring words of rare endearment im * I caught the word “brother." I knew enough pf the language to ooraprahendi that she was whlspering bMSkenly an; appeal to “send it"«- a What and when .|a«ainly tried. to guess oat ere the two gnard- ' tans i wera/iwith 5 uso&They i tar© her roughly, almost brutally* away- from me. The crowd gathering around, dispersed.. 1 j ’was vsrynrtKJb sembarassed & and hastened on my mission. One 6f the soldiers jurinted^ his side. I barely noticed this main then. I recognized hiiri latter, hs rate willed it, in a~st£na\fy fcbridationil way. “ ■ ‘ Wi -****& |j I procured the fruit J 'bad "been sent after and returned to* "tfaain. I noted that my with rjoefcted <%t me strangely. She semed ; out of ! breath and flustered. fruit in her lap and threw ott the light overcoat I had bddn 4 ’weatihg; Just ca " As I returned the^aifk 11 Vis*Just getThen I saw-t|fial s #h#'Seat directly beran4 J st#rihg an ovu %|oaTtffig^fofr sq ms face ’ caught sight 1 ox blfe*' with a sudden uflesh And- a perturbed- matcher«(foe y nastily thrust the .sheet Into User hand- > J < « -«*-*! ? jnSt outside the. seat in the - as'crumpled -envelope.- - It -hat&ap#Sf- < -enttf obntained.- the= sheet BeWfhadted beea readlng. -I noticed it and lntddded to “ oin ® nt^ two to arrange some parcels In ibe *• ’ilttf ‘Vhets I looked for It *gatt£tt *Some mystery was afloat* thought had taken poßsessiod s oPfey mind and could not get rfr of“Qie 'l<lbaiL 5r fee riba we* strangely *rv#jle. * Ste TkAed like a person labOßng'ttn--4«r some intense unnatural strain and

■trißhyrto conceal it ShBBPMOB n C arlr y Jrifc abrupt in her replies. I|e| she |>m plained of a headact >, enJffce away, using the cns iioned top of the car seat as a plllo rl and feigned to sleep. I could tell fro a his Wvous movements, however, tb 4 j she was wide awake. tffi r YfW"*** 1 1 specuon In # room pt the depot* ei h : 1 port, tm the official inspector, to 1 j It was the squlnt-eyedTnaffi He thn e opt his hand quickly, quite forcib f. wrist transferred it to the inspect wor f , aficr nixt fahffrirAV arm of my wi ei, with the words: % are undjafjrrest.” J | w£&fM*f*itTiind aroused. stepped forward to strike the miscreant, to wrest my wife from Bis ■seises iigww» -The - mepeeter piS Put his hand sternly—. “Desist,” jbfl ,sppke a precise, impressive way. “It U the law.” “Wherefore?” I challenged hotly. .‘ f The lady is apprehended as.A. SPY.*’ Was the calm rejoinder. nV'AudJtbs proof the HeWer,’' explained the squint-eyed -man, ‘‘“the letter in her handbag.” ' Bbriha! was" (pfivertng With dread. The inspected' Wavda me back As he ■ fthd th,q.pther,paaq;J«<l ber towards an adjoining .room, , • Its.. doqr, crashed shut against me. i was overwhelmed With mystery And distress. < I placed the floor distractedly,-It must have been fully half an hour before the in‘spActor’ ckihe ttjft. “The lady is your wife?" he in*aniF«diWitb, great gra,Ytty,. ■ v> Ym,’k 1} ypa •«*- plain, please—” j; ’’Seditious spoke the- official tersely:'’ s “She 16 thh possessor of a warning letter from a spy, an Italian woman. I shall, have to detain ypu as well," for the lady, declares she v cannot even read the pettier? She found it in your overcoat, she says—” •nj rHaU\’; Tt«> 4LJ i> >i- ihifexl H t „ .Tbe-iWond burst; inr a qulck gasp unrestrainedly from my lips. Enlightenment flashed into my mind instantaneTfever'kfcrf’l talkbd'so faAt! I laaew 1 %hat detention ’ mean among these suspicious emissaries of I# 1 ?;,, in ®^ that the impetuous greeting of the prisoner back tbe line 'had been a clever ruse to cover her secret delivery to me of a letter she hoped I would mail to an accomplice. I was foWtdnale*'in •''convincing th® inspector .of -the truth of my statements ;»which Ihe * proceeded: to > verify by telegraph. In fact, he himself told me, as we were allowed to rejoin mjr fOlKr# tbkt thc‘possession of. the incriminating misAlVO' have mpa#,.,tfPMW e »,>» d I not guessed out the solutfoin of. the mystery. ’ nsidly JeailouS! I fancied i you knew theft woman! ” sobbed out my contrite Bertha. f "Sh’e was bandsbdie' endbgb to Aake any lonian jealous,” » Chapman.)

SUNLIGHT FOR THE FERNS

i. Ml ee-»e- m>J>. «> I JIPM *» - * . Plants <la«not Be Expected to* Appear Their Best* Without the >*l ] the Sun’s Rays. •>'■<" •' | ______ | Some people think ferns must have; Shat *le» not true, Ferps will live in the shade, and there are wemeisortS, of eourse.-that are scotched toy the isun. * Bub -most -ferns that are ‘cultivated-- in the * bouse like deal of sunlight, and never do thdjr| best without it. lie WlndtoWbokes wherte ferriS aregrowIng shouM be -eptinkied lavtshly twice ] a day. If the leaves are dry and dusty they should be well shaken be-' 'iMfift’tewvSrUto fill your boxes from an old hotbed—-,,-about Failing that, take njiy, and enrich it with, ammonia and bone meal, railed thoroughly. A heaping ■ teaspoonful' Of -the bone meal or ia tablespoonful of* manure is enough fair '*» six-inch pot >df-earth! Neither muqtbe kept directly on thipiroots of the| plants. Liquid fertilizer,- likewise, must? tofei%pt off the Wits,' stfefldi Anil’ lWaveSl ’iA hoie’kf *Oifto’ sia« ! of *jirit WMae’*the n pot i riffi, pdttf in * tihial : fbtttflkefl krid ffet 'ft fiifllt,’then put bapkl the earth. * J * ;<J<W> iW r,,il

They Must Have It.

i><ißesides, catering' 4o occult tasted*'<*f| ithWto residents/the managers of-ilhe j fhtitsls-'here also*SrtUch< thU>'epicurean : peculiarities of those who live within 1 -their (ttore. Onto of the managers of a Fifth avenue hotei reoalled the cdse 'of. a mdm-who' indulge* his whim for cal f a headl . This man. at frequent ini tervals caJlsthehotel by . telephone hnd-aaka forttbei manager, none other •©MhesetafP wUbdo.<H‘<«e»o, v he says. want you to tell the head waiter and -the chef that l I• am on. a(r : *a| r up there and I want’s calf’s head an! vinatfsttb. 0 Do' get tabs " Now, , <; test fe who lives In Brooklyn comes herd tret : qneutiy tprdlefc ofsdle. fle can't see anything elsaocnt tbdliMU; oft.fare or listen to-any suggestions. He wants ’ trois he ttftist j York Times,

THE

AUSTRALIAN FIRING A TRENCH MORTAR

This remarkable looking weapon* which is beings used With telling Offetft against the Turks in the Dardanelles campaign, is-a trench mortar, one of the . nqw : engines of war which has been brought into play-during the present Jiurppean war. It is mounted on boxes, and judging' from the way it its handled when .fired tb 676 - I s 'Considerable risk to-the pointer-or-operator of ihe weapon, fw while one snn directs the -five Of the mortar* the other arm pulls the slug which sets it oft. , „

LIKE PICNIC PARTY

Italian Faces Death With a Smile and a Joke. •j*;f ju,‘iH —Jjhl Austrian Officers Aettfiilshed at the Easy, Cheerful Ways of Italian Soldiers —Comradeship Between Officers and Men. BY CAMILLO CIANFARRA. (International News Service.) T7dine>. ttftly-—A stay of a few days at any of th® sectors into which the Italian front is divided will convince the neutral .observer of several things. Two of thjese will suffice as chiefly ,characteristic of the Italian army, viz.: ,;,The good humpr oj the Italian troops even in the face of the most desperate straits: and the excellent relations which exist at all times between the officers and men. * i Shrapnel shells may explode at regular intervals in and around the. Italian trenches, the roar Of the guns may be> deafening and- awe-inspiring, .the rain of * bullets--* may raiße clouds of dust 1 and send pebbles and chunks of rocks hurtling through the air—ifend yet the Italian soldier will always be ready to get all the fun he can out of the situation. In fact the clammy hand* of■< death may be lurking in every corner andyehhto spt*TßsVfill*ri€Nr)|afe*ert hinj.ithe fire V* ll ) never leaf! his fyesj fsvill be reauy 'for' a' joke at the expense of the« unsuspecting comrade standing. Erifle in han'ft,T*t t hilffide,‘ kt the of real danger. 1 This good humor, the radiant smile ■ and the easy cheerful ways of the Italian “Tommy,” even after the most bloodcurdling operations, In which he may have Hiked his life a doten times, excites the wcrtider of the Austriai49vßrß’ sv'noy pu* stfl] brthe latter in a. letter to his mqther tfhich was found on the battlefield declared that' he could not ;fcjjaj£o' -up his mind- whether these t were cynics ; of enI *m* ' ; -sbiJift , FbE&li Mrhole day,” Acer, A/flToiit. Catholic. “I . training a'gun agaiqkt ’a OwfSte spot, I ' because I-t»w through my field glasses that an am-, munition wagon was ’ guarded by a prie« ’ arined 1 with a long shining cross.” I When ! lhe Italians evacuated the spot It was djpeovered that the priest was nothing more-nor leas than a black cassock and a widebrimmed .hat. atlcks and the cross formed out of a n'tnber of tin %ni Music however, fofm the chief diversions of the Italfen troops, officersA Duin, i militarf f tfftaA?rat «nI bassy; remarked after a short v: dt. te the Italian front, “These encar p firing )M are uujrc I r W3s«j«e restless to sleep. | As to the relatims existing betwc m if HaVshi, member of the Japanese military of I ip First, thi officers Invariably treat

*1 -! 1 »>!'* i. 1 *1 !) : <lO - I*l I -'7 l their men as. they deserve,, to be treated; kindly, humanely. Moreover, they do A\u, without ■ lQ?s of dignity. Hence, the. spldlers respect, honor ,and even,lov,e44qlr superiors. , : . In the trenches and everywhere on the firing ljfle,, wbere dapger is, greatest, the feeling of devoted comradeship between officers >and. men is admirable 1 and ->it is saffe' to say that every soldier-IS-“ready and 'Willing tb liyi down his life tot his superior. Stories of soldiers who risked their 'liVes - 16 ! save those Of tbefr oflicers are a daily Occurrence at ihe Italian ! u '< '- ThO iait soldier to be ; decorated was U certain Guido Vitelli who, 1 bn - engage mettt his 1 lieutenant fall grievously woilnded, left the tranches accompanied by a comradC'and rushed to the rescue, TJiq spot where ths officer lay was quite a distance fi;onq the trench and Vitelli was struck twice in the hahd and in the cheek, while his. conyade was slightly wounded’in the leg. i Nevertheleiss, the» two ( Wounded soldiers succeeded i 4» carrying their, superior officer into the Italian , lines. At the hospital wbjore he .is now recovering* Vitelli related, his ad,ventures tp the captain of bis , company, , adding that :ha. was gjad of the opportunity .of proYing the devotion ho felt for the gallant.,ypung lieutenant. Nat-' urslly, the captain A has recommended him for the medal. 3 ,j, 1

MISS ELLEN, WILSON

second daugntef h os LfitlUl", 1 tV. ffi. TfHBBIT 1 '

Bank Teller Admits Hold-Up Fake.

Cedar Rapids. la,—Leo Perrin, deposed pay fpf pids National hank, jf urfder, wrest, charged wflft df : from that institution- -6errin was arrested money, lost by the bank in hold-up, res«y>i«f taklp| es lhWf was AAken AnJail vbfffl ilnaMfintfl fttf tain signatures to his $5,000 bopd-

Lives on Coffee.

tefn altl^t IPr 2S ? >^f^pou^^ drlnhe in lasgs ig—Htt—k— —Mms—■ 20 cups a day.

EARS OF THE ARMY

tf*'j M ; • ■■- Signal Corps Get Little Credit r ! for Most Heroio Work. , 'i>»«* ■»» wi'( Hl:.' With Shot and Shell fifing Around Him Signaler Coolly Splice* Broken Telegraph Wire* - I , ways at Danger Point. By CHRIS HEALY. (International News Service.) Liverpool—When the full story of the war is written we shall know the exact part olayed by the skilled craftsmen of '.Britain. Appreciative hints are given here and there of the worki of,the collier In detecting- the enemy’s mines, and boring counter-mines, and of this! wyrk. and •that of the navy, in building trenches, biit none Of the official war correspondents have told us of the bravery ahd skill of the telegraph section of the Royal engineers, whose work is to organize victory by making it possible for one line of the men to communicate with the other by erecting -and repairing wires; in a phrase, by acting as,- the- ears' of the British army. The signaler is seldom the hero of one of those great stories of aggressiveness which makes the name of Michael O’Leary the subject of a thousand stories and legends, yet hie work, nevertheless, is heroic to a degree.

An officer who has recently re * turned from the region round Ypres, Festubert, and La Bassee tells me that the bravest feat he witnessed during his stay at - the front was that of a telegraph signaler in the midst of a battle whose fortunes were turning now on the side of the Germans, and then on out's. * A shell came from the Prussian side, which blew in a trench and cut a telegraph line to pieces, The next moment a signaler dashed through with a of wire in his hand, hi# pincers between his teeth, and quite an armory of other tools in. hi* pockets. Then with shot and shell playing round him he began to relay the broken telegraph line,' fixed it ttp, walked calmly hack to hi* original spot, wiped from his face the mud and dust with which itjru* covered, relit hto pipe, and awiflteil hfis next Job. “It was the coolest piece of work I have ever seen,” said the officer. Ho was a Judge, too, for he had seen six Victoria crosses earned, although the signaler in this case did not get one. ■ Here is a sketch of the daily routine of the signaler* He irises while all the other soldiers are asleep, and quietly makCs his way to the plaoe where the new trenches are to be made, estimates the amount of material .necessary, thinks of ths men he can spare from the work of repairing, and then, goes back to make all the preparations needed, .which must be before the shell signal is given that the artillery attack has opened. i «<Hi waits with strained nerves, so as to be at the heels of the,rush of infantry which is to capture the enetrenches; then, ad the last German is bayoneted or taken prisoner, even before the work of the Red Ci-oss' section has begutn, he starts laying the telephones and telegraph wires which are to keep the field commariders in touch with one anoth£r - j jiJL , L Night work 1b not only difficult but dangerous. Apart from the discomfort of trudging through plowed fields, Often after heavy rain has mads them into huge quagmires, fail-, ing into deep ponds made by a big sheik and running the risk of being drowned where ; a cry for help may mean (.wholesale death for your own sector; dodging th* star shells which the enemy send up to take a view of .tilings.the slguatorJ&m jOarajm-bear a means for that end. aftk»> done, then he can die hippy knowing that he has saved the lives of mfn. If his work is unfinished tberi 'death terror,* newAyw- Tjis braces him U W the sky. He promptly face* his own trench with his back to the enemy. The pink patch on his face ’would dot oafr make him $M? snl *f*’ but would also give away the petition of his regiment. SUJTC risk of gating honorable wounds, fin the back. By the time' he has meksjglven. JL-look for. the other lines in use. and made a test or two, it to crawl to so» an hour or two’s ftost, a d. m awakened By tne news that the ese tnytoM'wmwYtr nwrof eurTrunchgs. t Under np t circupajptances whate er ufiAf * betwi sn *• ’‘f ■* .. * t

His Precious Horses.

Mmar. S. D. Robert Wilson! a : proftfTient rancher here, is known (n “tfiie fine horses he raises. He has - lot the market but he Is TujlX town 4 one while' the war fin ■ Ifrerqpo ' iuntsi tearing they would §» senfOiere and ihjured or killed|ta knr^l alone tor horses.

HOME TOWN HELPS

TOWN PLANNING IN AUSTRALIA Antipodean* Show Wise interest in Subject and Profit by Experience nauiiEmm. terest in <tbe subject of . town Jamming and housing -in general. The trouble with older countries had been ; that they-have not "begun to think much about improving, housing conditions until housing &>iidftionS have got to be Insufferably bad. Australia, being a young country, should be able to profit by the Unfortunate example of other countries, and it to apparent that Australia to striving to do this. " ■ Building, an Australian publication, devotes much space; to this subject Alluding, for example, tp the direction ( of the movement in Viktoria by the Town Planning and Parks' association, these activities are described as intelligent, enthusiastic and energetic. “The.flow of active campaigning established,” it appears, “threatens altogether to swamp the slum and its bedded evils beyond the hope of re-establishment. * “The adsociatiod, very sensibly, is enlisting the sympathy and support of the masses by alert regard for their well being. The essentials of the movement bear directfy on the existence of that section of the people whom circumstances have handicapped. This the association Settled evils which primarily deny the common heritage of sunlight are being squelched. Conditions of riving scarcely befitting the brute Creation, hut to which human flesh and blood Are subjected, ari being swept way as speedily as the ponderous arm of tjie law can he operated. In brief, the movement In Victoria, directed by the Town Planning and Parks’ association, 1b making good. "The association is making a special point of making plain the principles of town planning to those in.the position of facilitating reforin.' For instance, the mayors and councilors of the municipalities and shires wore recently circularized on the new and extensive powers conferred upon lqpal governing bodies, by recent amendments of the act. A portion of that circular rdads: “ it is hoped that advantage-<wiii be taken at once - of those powers—applied, perhaps, in conjunction with building regulations’to avdid the creation of slum or insanitary areas. In this connection Bt. Kllda couneii has recently passed a by-law providing for a minimum area, devoted exclusively to open space, for each , dwelling equal to at least eight-eighteenths of that occupied by dwelling and outhouses.’ ”

COMMUNITY PRIDE AN ASSET

The Town Th.t Care* for Its General a Appearance IS the Town That , •; .1: i Will, Prosper. 1 it .(,?.»» -,»jt -H .«**>- <■»!>*•# Community pride is an aseet, aad.it is one of the greatest of all assets. The town that improves its streets, cleans up the alleys, paints the houses, cuts the grass, rakes the lawns and plants its flowers is nbt only encouraging cleanliness, bat is making for Itsfelf a name among the peoples of the Outer world. - • -taiit&il m OUMI Commercial travelers- and Others come, and look, and go aw*y and talk —and the talk is all In favor at. the town and its people. ' ‘ Talk travels, and grows, and multiplies until the town becomes known in many climes tor its cleanliness and progressiveness. In ttsne other men who are looking for a change of location hear of this town—and then they go, and look, ahd talk, and are pleased, and It becomes their home. And the town continue to expand and process, and as the years rpU by it gradually assumes larger proportions and a mote commanding and dominating position in the world. When Community Pride coatee in Prosperity enters by its side, and the two become the mighty levers that control the machinery of success. t n Personal Pride and Community Pride should march aide, by side, for when these two, potent factors join hands in a laudable purpose opposition quickly melts away—lmredo Record. i!*wi 111; \> —~rr 1 H!H ■ ! ""7.’fit* 1 " - fOU Hjt

Signs That Save.

> A decided decrease in the nunilwr of traffic accidents 1s reported from Portland; Ora, since the installation there of a comprehensive system of warning Signs. The signs consist of red steel dials 18 fncltea in diameter mounted on steel rods sunk three feet in concrete at, the curbs And standing eight feet deep On the'top of the dial. The dials are painted bright ted with black letters, and read: “School. Cartful, ’* “Caution, Bridge;** “Caution, Steep Grade." “Danger, Drive Stowt*.*’ -Hospital. Quiet.- “Caution, Fire Station.” ‘Danger. No Outlet.” "Caution. Dangerous Comet, n and 80 On. The signs are set in pairs about 100 feet from the danger point and in alt street directions from It, add are so placed that the street lights win ahlSe upon them at night. Portland bps a population .of about 20,000 greater than Rochester, and embraces^more