Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 March 1919 — EX-KAISER RAWS HIS THOUSANDTH TREE TO PIECES [ARTICLE]

EX-KAISER RAWS HIS THOUSANDTH TREE TO PIECES

Amerongefn, Holland, March 15. Former Emperor William today completed sawing into logs his thousandth tree since he took refuge at Ocrunt von Bentinck’s castle here last fall. From the thousandth tree a few logs were converted into souvenirs of the achievement and marked in red ink with the inscription: “W. 2.” These were presented to members of the Bentinck family and to those who have assisted the emperor in his work during the last ten weeks. Expert sawyers of the neighborhood compute the value of the wages Herr Eohenzollem would have earned if he had been paid the trade union rate of about S3O fog the whole period, or an average of 60 cents a working day, which usually consiste of three hours.