Grand Forks daily herald., April 13, 1915, Image 7

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«Minneapolis, April, ,12.—Interesting
•i4ellthts on. the life of German aol
diera at the front are act'forth In a
letter just received here from a Ger
man officer of a company, all of the
officers of which, save the writer, have
been killed in action. The letter was
written by the officer to hia slater, who
is now visiting-friends. In Minneapolis.
It reads:
"The 42-centimeter guns have al-'
ready arrived in the outskirts of Ver
dun and atartfed' .their work. Though
they are at distance of abdut 30 kilo
meters from us, our windows shake at
their roaring.. When tlte, weather Is
clear, like today, one can see from
tne peak behind our',village the light
ning of the gunfire followed by a
brownish smoke. Not until a minute
later the detonation is heard. The
crash of the projectile is almost In
audible, as the mark Is about 30 kilo
meters away.
Losses IfeM.Than Enemy's.
I can hardly report anything which
I consider remarkable concerning the
siege of Verdun, whlchf.is hot being
besieged yet. only epclroled. We
merely shoot when attacked by this
French,- who are attempting to drLv^
a wedge Into our circled Tou are,curi
ous about the fall of-Verdun. So am I.:
I wonder whether that will ever be
realised. Maybe, w# tfo :no£ need .the
French fortresses at ail.- To take
them it would cost lives.»nd• money..
However, if any. fortress has to be
taken, Verdun, will be.the first one, be
cause of ite blocking the direct way to
Paris.
•*As to oiir" losses they are, owing
to the continuous attacks of the
French, not inconsiderable, but surely
less than the enemy's. J?o doubt our
losses on th'e west front are'heavier
than on the east-front the warfare
of thfe French being 'on a much .higher
level' technically than the warfare, of
the Russians. '. This ifc evident from
the casualty lists..
Have Plenty to Eat.
"The- war against England is just
going to start. do not doubt, that
the outcoti\'e of It- wlV be favorable to
us for when our' admiralty utters a
menace it is based'* on a, scheme,
"As to our accommodation, it could
not 'bS better than it
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For dinner.
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we^have always meat and vegetables,
coffee for breakfast and In the even
m»ala ,the privates are
supposed to «at bread if Ui»y want
to eat something with the bread, they
J*** to* buy It -from this sutler, who
almost always haa such things as her
ringj sausage, cheese, etc. Once in
a wjiile even- the privates get cheese
or lard from the. army administration.
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the
soldiers ttera not so well
S® at home In tint* of-paace. With
the ample wages SV "pfennigs a day,
tney. can afford many 'things. The
prices for food a're pretty reasonable,
sometimes lower ?than at home.
Uytag Expenses Low.
We officers have ab.out the same
rood as the privates, with the excep
tion that our meat portions are distrib
uted apart and not prepared in the
camp kitchen.: We haive. our own
cook, who is the owijer of a restaurant
in the neighborhood of Freiberg, to
take care of us. Canned and preserv
ed vegetables and fruit we buy at the
nearest proVlstori depot at U. We do
not suffer from want of drlnks. Wine
is cheap in France, and the Rhine dis
trict. Without 'denyjng ourselves a
thing, our living expenses are very
low, about o: marks \a -month, for
there is no opportunity-, to spend
much money. i,
live Almost as at Homo.
I^eave of absence tor going home
temporarily is hot granted, though we
could be spared for a while and re
sume duty in-time,--as-we are only
50 kilometers fromthe Qereman fron
tier. As already explained above, we
live almost as at home, at least gen
erally, unless we are alarmed. In this
case we are sometimes kept waiting
day and. night in the open, outside of
the trenches, to be at hand when need
ed.accompanied by the camp kitchen
which provides the whole company
•with excellent food. Hot coffee is al
ways to be had tfhere, and at dinner
time a. warm-meal. All the other
things^are taken care, of, by my .valet.
He'Is-father of a family and a work
man in a factory in t).
'Get Two.Cigars a Day.
Early in January the landwehr ex
tfi be ordered for duty at home.
Nobody- la talking of this any more,
now.- We can use the landwehr very
well out here, though not permanently
in the foremost lines. For this kind
of service these people are too old.
The Innumerable young men who are
being and will still be levied and train
ed at home are to form new army
corps-and to fill vacancies.
"I have received lot*.of warri cloth
ing and underwear, about half a dozen
-.abdominal belts- of all colors and sices,
about just as many knitted helmets,
chest protectors, knee-warmers and
numberlesspulse-warmers. What' 1
could not use myself I.-have passed on
to privates In need of them. I-was not
the only one o.verwhelmd with warm
clothing,and underwear: almost every
body was, especially bachelors.
"Smoking material is Supplied by
the army administration. Every offi
cer gets two cigars and four cigarettes
a. day. Further, there are. the 'Llebes
gaben,' which sometimes, however, are
poor lh (flmlity."
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TODAY'S ODDEST' STORY,
-Warsaw, Ind.. April 13.—James
RoblnsOn is gradually taking on
weight again. He lost 160 pounds
in flfty-seven da.fs, nnd inciden
tally set a hew record for fasting
in so doing.
Robinsoh's troubles was that
he had no appetite. He simply
couldn't bear the sight of food.
Finally Ke was Induced to take
a. glass of buttermilk, and he
.* gradually, recovered. He had
•dropped from it0 pounds to 180.
T,his upsets the. theory of med
ical science hkt (Ifty-flve days Is
»limit* of ft man's endurance #lth
food.
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LOT No. 1
Men's Oxfords, in .patents,
tans ahd gun metals up
to ^3.50 QR#»
values. .. .wQC
Mens Oxfords in'.patents,
tans and gun metals up
to $4 Gil QC
values. T"Vv
Boys' Shoes and Oxfords
paitents, dull leathers vici
to $5.00 values.. .J1!
black and tan. UP
ConsumerMerrily Pays the
"Freight"—Pennsylvania
.TaxlLaw Piny Still On.
HarMsburg, Fa., April 13.—Whllfc
the ultimate consumer merrily pays'
twenty-flve cents a ton ^xtra for his
hard-coal, the drama of the Pennsyl
vania anthracite coal tax law is slowly
but expensively being exacted in the
Keystone state. The action hi|a been
developing for over a year and a'Half,
the coal: companies are (18,000,000
richer ..thin when the curtain went up,
and the show, is not half over, experts
claim-
The- entire situation grew -out of a
deelre of cofiservationlsts and others
to give- Pennsylvania ample doses of
gold-dollars to offset the pain of seeing
one of her principal natural resources,
anthracite coal—carted oft to other
states, to keep their enterprises going,
while«this state-got only the price of
the. coal and a residue of mother
earth "good for nothing, after the coal
was tak?ji out ". 8o in l#l3 a law was
enacted putting a tax of
2 1-2
percent
of-'the value of hard coal at the mines.
This was a levy of ten cents a ton.
Half of the tax so collected was to be
returned to the counties wherein the
coal was mined.' Experts- claim that
80 -per cent, of anthracite mineid in
enhsy
Ivan
la is shipped into other
states
..It was.figured by the Auditor Gert
eral- that th« -statute would- bring In
between four and" five million of dol
lars revenue a year. The measure was
effective' July 1. 1913 and state officials
figured that $2,300,000 was owing to
the state Jan. r, J914. The coal com
panies immediately instituted a test
suit against the constitutionality of the
act, claiming it was invalid because it
was special legislation, soft coal being
exempted from the provision of the
law. After about *20,000 has been
paid into the state treasury by the
coal operators, they decided to discon
tinue further payment* until the con
stitutionality of the act was settled.
., Howevpr, the coal operators have
been collecting the tax assiduously.
According to experts, the companies
have.been levying twenty-five cents a
ton extra, on anthracite in order to
"defray the additional cost of nTeeting
the statute's provisions." At the pres
ent time over $7,000,000 is due the
state, while $18,000,000 have been
added to the nation's fuel bill, accord
ing to experts.
To make the drama more Interest
ing, while the Dauphin county court is
considering the appeal case, the coal
companies are endeavoring to have the
statute repealed. Should the statute
be repealed, another measure, cover
ing the constitutional objection in the
present law, will be Immediately sub
mitted. If the Dauphin county court
decides against the operators, an ap
peal will oe taken to the state supreme
court.
IjATJGH with us.
T.ittle I..ola had been censured for
some mischief she had been engaged
in. After thinking It over for soma
time she exclaimed: "Oh, I do wish I
had a baby 'brother!"
"Why do you wish that?"
'CJauae," she replied, "this thing of
being scolded for everything that
happens around this -house makes me
tired."
^5.00 Women's
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Black Sued^ OC $3.50 White Buck*
iOnien's Shoes.
S.dO 2-Strap black QC
Suede Pumps .. vCjiwO
black Suede
Pxfords.
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THE GRAND FORKS DAILV HERALD. TUESDAY EVENING. APPIT. la, nil
Jose R. Duke, son of a San Salva
dor millionaire, was also a passenger,
and his fellow passengers say that
long before the City of Para had
sailed through a half score moonlit
nights the young man had given his
heart away. The lady to whom he
gave it .is Mrs. G.'^loultnn de Asturias,
a beautiful young U'idow, who traveled
with her' mother and her sister. Miss
E. -Marcel de Asturias.
As Is. usual with sea romances, the
news was published iuite .shameless
ly by the fellow, ^passengers, but it!
wasn't denied b.y Mrs. De Asturias
when she lande^j^She smiled and
looked wistful, -btql. would say neither
yes-nor no to the questions of the in
quisitive reporter.
The Be Asturiases—mother and
daugnters—are heire to visit the ex
position, and later to tour the United
States. And Duke—well, he's -here
for. the same purpose.
"Oh, it was grand, beautiful!"
said the charming young widow,
when asked lipw .she had enjoyed the
Our aim has been to make this Shoe Sale the greatest money-saving opportunity ever held in
this territory. Consequently, we have not minced matters, but have made deep price re
ductions on all shoes for Men, Women and Children. At this sale you'll find real, genuine
bargains and we want you to be sure and get your share. Buy shoes now.
Big Assortment of Bargains Are Here
To Aid In Giving This Sale Great Importance
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GUATEMALA HEIRESS AND BEAUTY GIVES
HEAJtT TO MILLIONAIRE IN SEA ROMANCE
Mrs. G. MoulteH-dc Asltirlas.
•San Francisco,, April 12.7—Captain
Romance was in command and Bos'n
Cupid steered the.ship when the- City
of Para came- in- from Guatemala.,
bringing, among, others, the two beau
tiful De. Asturias -sisters, wealthiest
heiresses from the Central American
republic.
I a O W S O E S
OK $2.50 White Can- (4 715 $3.50 Blk. Sa'tin
•ipw^ yas Button.Shoes, 51
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•trip. "Such nights—such music.—
such gay times—it was all like a fine
dream."
Duke quite agreed that, this was so.
The be Asturias family of Guate
mala is famed as the richest in that
country. They are holders of vast
estates and plantations, as well', as
owners of property throughout the
United States. A portion of the es
tate is in. Xew York city, where
large apartment houses in Riverside
drive and in the "Seventies" belong
to them.
Mrs. G. Moultnn de Asturias in
herited a vast fortune from her hus
band. She is a widow, 22 years of
age.
A girl always telle a young man she
can. c6ok—and she always tells other
•girls that she. can't.
DIAMONDS
For quality, color and price'see our
JJsplay at prices ranging from $20 to
I0O1
P. Girard & Son
Jewelers.
4th St Orand Torki, *. s.
Womeii's But $2 25 Martha Washington
$3.00 Tan Button AP $2.75 Seamless Oxfords
^Vivv Comfort
style.....
Shoes for Women.
$3.50 White Buck
skin Button Shoes.
$4.00 \Vhite Ne\v.j #4 Ar
Buck button Shoes .#Ob6P
$2.65
Tfva
vstJBB:
$2.35
$2.50 Comfort Ox- Q|*
fords turned soles. .•
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$3.5Q Niew Buck
Pumps..
$2.80
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Supreme Court Decisions
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From Benson County.
Farmers Co-Operative Elevator Co.,
a, corporation, plaintiff and re
spondent. vs. E. B. Medhus, de
fendant and appellant.
Syllabus: Action to recover for ov
er-payment of wheat.
(1) The storage tickets and stub
thereof constitute one original instru-!
ment. The scale book tickets and stub
likewise constitute one original exhih
it. Said tickets and stubs being prop
erly identified- and mutilations ex
plained, were properly received in ev-!
ldence,
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(2) The testimony of the agent sf
ter refreshing his memory from the
tickets .was properly received under!
the circumstances of this case.
(3) The exhibits received, together!
with the testimony offered, were suffi
cient to require the submission of the
case to the jury.
Appeal from the county court of
Benson county. Liles, J.
Affirmed. Opinion of'the court by
Burke, J. Goss, J. concurs specially.
LOT No. 1
Boys'and Youths' Shoes—•
Oxfords patents, dull
leathers black and QCft
tan vals. to $4 now.^^C
LOT No. 2
Men's Shoes in patents and
dull leathers black and
tan Values to QC
$4. now ....... .«
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LOT No. 3
Men's Shoes in gun metal,
patents, vici, etc values up
If..... .....$2.45
$2J0 SHOES LESS THAN COST
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From Pimm County.
Charles Turk, plaintiff and respond
ent, v. Martin Benson, defendant and
appellant.
Syllabus: An abstracter is not lia
ble for failure to'show a judgment
against William J. Rideout upon
search for William G. Rideout.
Appetfl from the district court of
Pierce county. Burr, J.
Reversed.
Opinion of the court by Burke, 3.
Goss, .1. dissents.
POINTED PABAJRAPHS.
Anybody's face should stop a car
If a word -to the wise is sufficient,
few men are wise.
A woman's watch is usually more
ornamental than useful.
Probably the most important wom
an's club is the rolling pin.
Only a bachelor knows that it's the
paslpst thing In the work to managa
a wlfp.
makes sick
skins well
No matter how long you have been
tortured and disfigured by itching, burn
ing, raw or scaly skin humors, jutt put
a little of that soothing, antiseptic Res
inol Ointment on the corea and the
suffering stops right there! Healing
begins that very minute, and in almost
every case your skin gets well so quickly
you feel ashamed of the money Voa
threw away on useless treatments.
Rceinol Ointment and Reeinol Soap dear
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pimple*, blackhead* and dandruff. Sold In* all drtty*
fiats for trial alie ol each frte, writ* to
Rmumm,
3-S, Baltimore, Md. Avoid imitation*'
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