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COMMANDER OF THE MOEWE j
gian. When she arrived at Wilhelmshaven she had on board 199 prisoners
from these vessels and 1,000)000 marks ($250,000) in gold bars, taken from
the British liner Appam, now a German prize in Newport News. Count zu
Dohna-Schlodien and the whole crew were decorated by the kaiser.
WHEN DOREMUS WAS AN EDITOR
Representative Frank E. Doremus,
chairman of the Democratic congres
sional committee, used to run a little
weekly newspaper in Michigan. His
specialty was writing about the tariff.
He was seventeen years of age and
had once written an essay on the tar
iff for a high school literary society.
He therefore agreed to be the local
authority on tariff matters. When his
paper had been going for about a
week, Doremus burst forth in a col
umn editorial. It was about the tariff.
The next day the probate judge of the
county came in, threw a copy of the
paper on the counter, and ordered his
subscription stopped.
"And I was the happiest man in
town,” says Doremus, "for I had
found another person besides myself
who took me seriously.”
One day a husky tramp printer,
working on Doremus’ paper, got drunk
and came to the office in an ugly mood.
“Get out of here,” ordered Doremus. "I’ll give you . just one minute to
get out.”
The man did not move.
"If you don't go out I’ll throw you out,” declared Doremus, though the
man was twice as big as he. “You’ve got a minute to get out and thirty sec
onds of your time is already up.”
For some strange reason the man got up and moved out.
“What if he hadn't gone?” Doremus was asked.
“Well,” he answered, “I suppose I would simply have had to give him
an extension of time.”
MAROONED IN THE ANTARCTIC
tions, that the party, headed by Sir Ernest himself, set off on a 1,700-mile
voyage from South Georgia, an uninhabited island in the South Atlantic
ocean about 800 miles due east of Cape Horn, for Ross sea on the other side
of the South pole.
Sir Ernest sailed in the Endurance, a three-master, with auxiliary
engines which gave her a ten-knot speed. This vessel, of 360 tons, was built
with “wooden walls” two feet thick of almost solid oak. Oak and pliant
pitch pine were the only woods employed.
KERN’S CALF CASE
When Senator John W. Kern was
a young lawyer at Kokomo, Ind., he
represented one side of a case in
which the whole controversy hinged
on the identity and, ownership of a
certain calf.
The chief witness on the side
against Kern was a colored man. He
contended that the calf belonged to
his friend, Mr. Jones. When Kern ex
amined him the conversation ran
something like this:
“How do you know this was Mr.
Jones’ calf?”
“Well, sab, I had seen it around
his place so much that I jes’ natu’lly
got acquainted with it. I seen it there
with the cow —its maw—and I no
ticed it p’ticu’ly because it had funny
marks on it. When you see a calf
ev’ry day you simply become familyah
with it.”
“What kind of a looking calf was
it?”
“It was a red calf, sah, with white ears and a white nose.”
“And it belonged to Mr. Jones?"
“Yessah.”
“Now, suppose that all the testimony here should show that the calf in
this case was a white calf with red ears and a red nose. What would you
say abopt that?”
* “Well, sah, 1 reckon I’d say it belonged to Mistah Jones.”
Commander Count Nikolaus zu
Dohna-Schlodien of the famous Ger
man sea raider Moewe won the hearts
of all his countrymen and the admira
tion of the world through his exploits
with the little Sea Gull, whose roman
tic career ended, temporarily, at least,
on March 4 last, when she arrived
safely in the German seaport of Wil
helmshaven after what the German
admiralty called "a successful cruise
of several months.”
On her way out the Moewe eluded
the legion of British cruisers and pa
trol boats and slipped through the
English channel, where she sowed
mines, one of which caused the de
struction of the British predread
naught Edward VII. Then she made
her way to the mid-Atlantic and there
established a "raiding zone all her
own,” capturing or sinking fifteen
allied vessels, all British with the ex
ception of one French and one Bel-
Lieut. Sir Ernest H. Shackleton,
head of the British Antarctic expedi
tion, will be compelled to remain an
other year near the south end of the
earth, according to word brought to
New Zealand by the Aurora, one of
his vessels, which was driven back
by storms.
The adventure of Lieutenant
Shackleton had a three-fold purpose—
to navigate the Antarctic on a me
ridian; to secure for the British flag
the honor of being the first national
emblem thus to be taken from sea to
sea across this South pole realm, and,
to conduct scientific work relating,
among other phases, to meteorology,
geography, geology and geodetic sur
vey.
The expedition left England in
two sections about six weeks after
the European war began, but it was
not until early in January, 1915, after
delay due to unfavorable ice condi-
THE BULLETIN. IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
REWARDED FOR
GOOD WORK IN
FIRST BATTLE
Commander Writes Mother of His
Timidity and Concern for
His Men.
THROUGH A TERRIFIC ORDEAL
French Subaltern Is Twice Mentioned
♦or Bravery and Then Is Killed in
Battle After Two Weeks in
Hospital With Frozen Feet
—Was Only Twenty-One
New York. —Veritably a letter from
the dead is the communication sent to
his mother by Lieutenant B of the
Alpine Chassejirs, which tells of his
first battle, of his timidity, of his con
cern for his other men. He passed
through the terrific ordeal only to be
killed recently in Alsace after having
been mentioned twice in the orders of
the division and the army for his
bravery.
His letter has just been sent to
Frederic R. Coudert of this city,
among many others that have been re
ceived from the French front. Lieu
tenant B was only twenty-one
years old when he was killed. His let
ter reads:
"My Very Dear Mother: You must
have been much surprised latterly to
have had so little news of me. Now
that the storm is over I can tell you
that I spent five days within thirty
meters of Mm. les Boches, and that
this proximity prevented my sending
you any news. Here is what hap
pened: On the 16th we found our-'
selves in the trenches of the third
line, 800 meters from the Boches.
The major assembled the company
commanders; Lieutenant M re
turned and took me by the arm, led me
up a little slope, indicated a wooded
ridge about 400 meters away, and said
to me:
“ ‘The battalion is ordered to take
that ridge; the Third and Fourth com
panies will attack. The affair is for
tomorrow afternoon.’
Chilled and Heart Troubled.
“At that moment I had a chill and
all day my heart was troubled'. 1
prayed as I had never prayed before in
my life, and in the evening my cour
age had come back. I slept all night.
The next morning we were to be in the
trench ready to move at half-past
eleven. We ate rapidly, and at five
minutes before eleven I started to as
semble my company.
“All the men were together and we
were about to start when directly over
our heads an enormous bomb explod
ed, then a second and a third. The
Boches had found our point of assem
bly and were giving us a heavy bom
bardment. The men showing some
nervousness, I brought them back un
der shelter, then, turning about, I
found M deadly pale, and he said
to me:
“‘I am wounded in thb leg. Take
the company to the point for the at
tack and report to the major.’
"I can assure you that at this mo
ment I did not feel very heroic. Out
side the bombs were exploding with a
horrible noise and the moment of at
tack was approaching. I marched my
men along and halted them in a place
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of shelter. I then went to find the ma
jor and reported to him. He said:
“ ‘You are in luck to find yourself
at the very outset the commander of
a company; to be acting captain at
your age Is splendid.’
“I answered: ‘Major, lam not suffi
ciently experienced. I beg you give
me a company commander.’
"He replied: ‘Come, come; a little
courage, you will see it is not difficult.
The signal for the attack will be given
to you by Lieutenant S .’
“I could but obey. I advanced the
men as far as possible in the trench
and passed the word that I was taking
command of the company.
Covered With Artillery Fire.
“The French artillery was firing on
the ridge which we were to attack. It
was a fantastic sight. The ‘22o’s’ went
whistling over our heads and explod
ing over the Boche trenches within a
, hundred meters of us, making a horrl
, ble noise and thick black smoke. At
half-past one the ‘7s’s’ began to fire.
Two thousand bombs were thrown
against the Boche position. It was
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an infernal din. Uprooted saplings
were carried a hundred meters away
and thick black smoke covered every
thing.
“Our machine guns began to take
part. Suddenly the voice of Lieuten
ant S called: ‘Ready! Third com
pany, forward!’
"Without a moment’s pause I sprang
out of the trench, shouting:
‘“Come on, boys; forward!’
“The ‘7s’s’ had then increased their
range. All the men followed me and,
shouting, we scrambled forward at
double time toward the Boche trench.
I had my revolver in my hand. In the
heat of the attack I had distanced all
my comrades and found myself thirty
meters ahead of them. Suddenly I saw
a mound. It was the Boche trench,
and at the same moment a bullet
whistled by my ear. I leaped forward.
I found a Boche, his gun still smoking
in his hand, with the Red Cross bras
sard on his arm. He dropped on his
knees, crying:
“ ‘Pardon, kamerad.’
"Showing his brassard, he says:
“‘Sanitat. Sanitat’ (hospital corps).
“I went on with my men. We passed
over the ridge and we stopped at two
hundred meters from the crest, as I
had been ordered to do. The Boches
were bolting on every side. Our artil
lery fire had so demoralized them that
they had abandoned everything. We
occupied the Boche positions, picking
up quantities of material, guns, ma
chine guns,- tools. Here and there
dead Boches dotted the landscape.
Dig Themselves Into Trench.
“But it was no time to jest. I get
my men together and tell them:
“ ‘Go to work and build a trench
there.’
"I was astonished to find myself so
calm. In front of us 50 chasseurs
guarded the construction of our trench.
Up to that moment I had had one man
killed and 20 wounded. Suddenly,
right in front of us a violent fusillade
began. Bullets whistled on all sides
and I saw the man ahead of me re
turn, calling:
“ ‘Lieutenant, they are coming.'
"It was the counter-attack. We
jumped into the trench scarcely yet
outlined, and I commanded the men
to fire. Two hundred meters in front
of me I saw the Boches coming in
masses, shouting. I even heard the
cry: ‘Vorwarts, vorwarts! - All my
men began to fire. The fusillade re
sounded. The Boches, throwing them
selves on the ground, returned our
fire. Thousands of bullets whistled by
our ears, but I paid no attention. Sud
denly the Boches arose and continued
to advance. We continued to fire.
The Boches, in panic, ran away at full
speed, leaving behind them quantities
of the dead and wounded.
“My men continued to work at the
trench. I had them place in front of
the trench a barricade of barbed wire
taken from the Boches, and we passed
the first night there. Note that I had
with me only a sergeant. I did not
feel very big. The major had sent me
a note in which he warmly congratu
lated me and expressly forbade me to
give up the position. I think that all
my life I shall remember that night.
The Boches were constantly firing on
us, while digging their own trench 60
meters from us. My men were on
edge and I bad a hard time to keep
them from firing. In the night the
Boches came again, but again were
quickly repulsed. What a night!
Frightfully damp, a flurry of snow and
terrible cold, and overhead the sounds
of the whistling bullets mingled with
the strokes of the spades and picks of
the Boches. The yrhole thing was im
pressive.
Fusillade With the Daylight.
"Daylight came, and with it a fright
ful fusillade from the Boches. One
of my men was killed, another wound
ed. I had in all ten killed and some
thirty wounded. We kept on working
at our trench and connected it with
the trench of the neighboring com
pany. During the morning someone
came through a connecting trench and
told me the major wished to speak to
me. I arrived at his headquarters. He
shook my hand, saying:
" ‘My boy, I am going to see what
I can do for you. But I promise you,
anyhow, to have you mentioned in the
orders for the day, which will give you
a right to the Croix de Guerre. All
the officers of the battalion admired
the way that you conducted yourself
during the attack, and I am happy to
congratulate you.’
“You can imagine if I was excited!
I assure you that it is easy to do one’s
duty, and I was not at all expecting
to be congratulated. All the officers
came to shake my hand. I felt cov
ered with confusion.
“We spent the next four nights in
the trench, and this morning I had
my feet swollen and hurting terribly.
I went to the relief station, where they
found that my left foot was frozen and
my right frost bitten. They sent me
to the rear to a village, three kilome
ters away. I shall be here, it seems,
for eight days.
“You see, dear mamma, everything
went well. It was surely your thoughts
and your prayers that watched over
me and kept the bullets away. You
can say that your son did his duty as
best he could, and if I am happy to be
mentioned in the Ordre du Jour it is
principally because of the pleasure
that you, as well as papa, will feel.”
In two weeks the young lieutenant
was out of the hospital. Two months
later he had been transferred to Al
sace, and there was killed in battle.
SSOO FOR AN OLD KINDNESS
Mrs. Albertson of Sedalia, Mo., Was
Good to an Orphan and He Re
pays Her.
Sedalia, Mo. —Mrs. J. T. Albertson,
wife of a Sedalia painter, has received
a check for SSOO from Daniel C. Jack
lin of San Francisco, as a recognition
of kindness extended to him years
ago, when as an orphan he worked on
the Albertson farm near here.
Jacklin was left penniless when his
parents died, but he worked his way
through the Warrensburg Normal
school and the Rolla School of Mines.
He then went West, and as a mining
engineer has accumulated wealth.
His earnings run into the thousands
yearly, and he receives large dividends
from eighteen mining corporations in
which he is a stockholder. He wants
Mr. and Mrs. Albertson to join him on
an eastern trip.
PLOT TO BLIND AVIATOR
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A victim of Chinese political in
trigue, Tom Gun, intrepid Chinese
aviator of San Francisco, who recently
took his machine to China to tdach
aviation to Yuan Shih Kai’s soldiers,
nearly lost his eyesight in the palace
of the governor of Canton when he
washed with water into which an
enemy had placed carbolic acid. His
face was horribly burned. Gun was
born in San Francisco of Chinese par
ents
Reward for Honesty.
New Brunswick, N. J. —Miss Ethel
A. Wood recently returned S2OO to the
education board for instruction she
did not complete. News of her action
reached her cousin, William B. French,
in Los Angeles. He has just died leav
ing her $75,000 as a reward for her
honesty.
Girl Babies Superior.
Lafayette. Indi—Girl babies proved
superior to the boy babies in Lafay
ette’s first baby show. The girls won
all the first prizes in the various
classes. Boy babies took two second
and two third prizes.
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Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Saya we can’t look or feel right
with the system full
of poisons.
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Millions of folks bathe internally
now instead of loading their system
with drugs. “What’s an inside bath?”
you say. Well, it is guaranteed to per
form miracles if you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
women who, immediately upon arising
in the morning, drink a glass of real
hot water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it. This is a very
excellent health measure. It is in
tended to flush the stomach, liver, kid
neys and the thirty feet of intestines
of the previous day’s waste, sour bile
and indigestible material left over in
the body which, if not eliminated every
day, become food for the millions of
bacteria which infest the bowels, the
quick result is poisons and toxins
which are then absorbed into the
blood causing headache, billouo at
tacks, foul breath, bad taste, colds,
stomach trouble, kidney misery, sleep
lessness, impure blood and all sorts
of ailments.
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not get feeling right are urged to ob
tain a quarter pound of limestone
phosphate from any druggist or store
keeper. This will cost very little but
is sufficient to make anyone a real
crank on the subject of internal sani
tation.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so limestone phosphate
and hot water act on the stomach,
liver, kidneys and bowels. It is vast
ly more important to bathe on the in
side than on the outside, because the
skin pores do not absorb impurities in
to the blood, while the bowel pores do.
—Adv.
They Sure Do.
“Oh, yes, the professor is a very
learned man. His specialty is interna
tional law. His thesis on that subject
won him his doctor’s degree.”
“Well, goodness knows the interna
tional laws need a lot of doctoring.”
COVETED BY ALL
but possessed by few—a beautiful
head of hair. If yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re
store it to Its former beauty and lus
ter by using “La Creole” Hair Dress
ing. Price SI.OO. —Adv.
Verbose.
“Did De Boore have anything to say
when the toastmaster called on him
at the banquet ?”
“No, and it took him nearly an hour
to say it.”
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Boston. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
Dangerous.
“What is this man charged with?”
asked the magistrate.
"Dynamite!” was the unanimous re
ply of the six cops who had made the
arrest.
NOW TELLING
THE NEIGHBORS
To Follow Her Example, When in
Need of a Medicine, and They
Have Profited by Her Advice.
Asheville, N. C.—Mrs. W. H.
Rhoades, of R. F. D. No. 4, of this
place, writes: “For five years after my
marriage, I didn’t have very good
health. Every three months I suffered
for several days... I had terrible
pains in my abdomen and back. I tried
various remedies and medicines, which
gave me no relief.
“Seeing the testimonials in the al
manac, I thought I would try Cardui.
After taking the first one or two bot
tles, I began to feel better. I took it
off and on for about four years. I im
proved all the time after I began to
take Cardui...
“Cardui and Black-Draught both are
fine medicines and I always advise my
sick neighbors to take them and they
have been improved or cured by fol
lowing my advice. I would also advise
all suffering women to take Cardui,
for it brought about a permanent cure
for me, and I always have it in the
house. I am well and strong and have
had good health In that respect since
using that medicine."
Many ladles, who once suffered ter
rible pains, now do so no more, or at
least are relieved of many of their
troubles as a result of taking Cardui,
the woman’s tonic.
Try it. For sale by all druggists.
The thing that worries a rich man
is that some of his friends are richer.
