Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 281, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1917 — ALSATIAN GIRLS FLEE TO UNITED STATES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ALSATIAN GIRLS FLEE TO UNITED STATES

Misses Lydia and Janet Bluffienthal, daughters of Daniel Blumenthal, who was mayor of Colmar at the beginning of the war, until the Germans advanced and deposed him. The two girls fled secretly from their home in Colmar to France to save- their Ilves as the Germans advanced into the town, and arrived recently in this country. Daniel Blumenthal arrived here six months ago. He is well known as a leader in Alsace and as president of the World League for the Restitution of Alsace-Lorraine. .