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STIRRING . STORIES - AND - TRAGEDY Thrilling Episodes of tho Bat tlefield and Unusual Incidents. EACH iluy's rtlHintchin from Kii rupu liriiii; stories of bravery mi Dim ImllU'lliilil mill culm (OIIHItfM 111 llu flll'B of lll'lllll. There Nix iiInii stories of iimiimiiiiI I n l nVnt mid here mi'! there lillx of tnimor. Homo of the bet of tli"o morlua IIIW here (riven: lit lilx lo'i ntint of l In- flulitliiK iilimit 4'liiirlt-i'ol lln Purl roiTi'xMinli'iit of tln I.oiiiIoii Cliionklo tells of mi Inter rstliiK Uirlili iit. Iti'fiTiliiK to tliu il Inru of ii ha ml of iiliiiin lit tlu gnum of (,'otirtrnl by a (Icliiehmeiit of Kruiuli lniiiHinirn, hi' u.v; 'Their eblof olllnir was found to lie I.li'iitiMiiint Count von Krtiwvrlii, a iii'lilictv of tln kaiser, Tim coiiiinatiiler 1m only twenty live year old nnil linn been married only wren month. The iilWr roliiiiiiiiiillUK tliu French detach uii'iit foiiuil thai the count's sword was present from tli emperor himself anil Ixire mi Inscription to tlmt effect m the blade. The count's sillier, belt mill lii'lini't wore tiiki'ii to KU Oiti'ii snd presented to tliu wife of tho Oliver who made th rapture. Th sword was Wood stained mid It point twisted." Tho corntiMiiideiit of t lie Umdon Times sends the following under a I 'arli tin tu: "Near Chiirlerol I heard some stories of the bravery of the Trench soldier. The Germans were bombarding the city. The French troops iniulit whnt atnotinti'd to mediaeval sortie, liut. nndliiK the enemy In much grwiter force thnn wit eiis-clod. were com pellcd tu wlthdriiw. The bomlmrd nient contliitli'd relentlessly, where kiu the French Turcos. picked troop from Alk'erln, delmuched from the town and, with a tnllnnlry which miiHt mire h:7v. .OVA ! rillNdR rilKDKIUCK rllAHI.Rt, WHO TOOK I'tAca or wounuku rLAii hilaukh. ly live In hlHtury. churued the (lennan buttery. bnyonettliiK all the Oermiiu iriinuera. Their-lomiea. It la ld, rx ceeiled thoxe of the llpht brl.'Hde nt lliilnclnra. Of a bnttultou only 100 men. It la reported, returned utmciithed Their bravery, however, waa jiower leai arnilnit the German advanre. which crept foot by foot throiiuh the ouuklrta of Charlerul to the very heart of the town. "There In the narrow atreera the car unite wax Indencrlbiible. A French In fnntryninn told me tlmt the ronda be came ao Jiimnied with dead that the killed remained standing uprtk'ht where they bad been shot, supported by their dead coniradea." OutMlde an Inn was to be seen the dead flKiiro of a Gorman olllcer with It Ik head bowed over n bnsln and soap lather dry upon hla fnce, where be bud tieen shot In the act of wnhlnir. There was another who lay acrom a tnhlo, while a cup of coffee which he had been lu the act of raising to hla lips nt the moment when death found him lay broken on the ground. "Hurricane of Iron." A traveler arriving at Tarts from Chnrlerol was a witness of part of the fighting at that place. lie said: "I waa nt Foreux, fifteen uillca from Erqucllnes. This region la covered with a thick growth of trees. From where I was stationed I could see the patmlng for hours of column after col umn of German Infantry. They were subjected to a veritable hurricane of iron from the French artillery, and they wont down by the donen. Nover , tholess more came forward to take the places of the slain." Prince Dies a Hero. Berlin nowapnpers lire filled with stories of how prominent German otll ecru fell on the battlefields, now Prince Frederic Wlllliim of Mppo died In the fighting before liege is describ ed la a dlMputch received from the hundqun iters of the Oermiiu army. The prince's infantry regiment was surrounded by the Belgians under the walls of IJego, nnd he wng struck by two bullets while standing among his num. The bullets took effect In the Iirlnco's neck, nnd ns he fell ho cried. Krnsplng the regimental stnndnrd, Save the flngl" Wounded soldiers arriving at Frnnk- jk '-5" ft?., I U 7 "4 X OF PLUCK, VALOR II THE WAR Touches of Humor Relieve Grim Picture of Europe's Awful Conflict. fort on the Mnlii tell how Prince Fred erick Cluirli-s of Hesse, the emperor's jrol her Iii-Iii w , while lending hU regi ment durliiK n recent Imltle, m-led a Hug fnuii the bund of the wounded dim hciirer and curried It on to victory. Joke on Eve of Cattle. A refugee who saw sumo of the light ing on the lli.-lglan frontier mild the HrlllKh soldier were extraordinary bo ln. "They went Into buttle smoking their pipe," he mild. The coolness mid nerve of the llrltlnh soldier on tho tiring line are the subject of i entile message to the Central Newt of London: 'The HrlllHh troop went to their po sitions silently hut hiipplly. There was tin singing because It was fnrblddeu. but a the men deployed to the trench- tr . r x Photo by Amarlcsn Press Association. rilKSCH BKHKnVIHT SATIXO OOODUt. es there were salllea of humor In the dialects of the various Kugllsh, Irish and Scotch counties. The cockney was there with qiilisi altout Tncle BUI,' nnd every Irishman who went Into the tiring Hue wished be had money to buy a little Irish home so that he might 'take a slap at the uhhins.' "As for tho cavalry, tho officer de clare, their charges against the Ger mans were siisrb. They charged as berserks might have done. They gave the uhlans the surprise of their lives." Heroci of Qumbinnen. The BL Petersburg Novoe Vremya publishes an account of what It terms the memorable charge of the Itusslan horse guards at Gumhlnneii In the re cent Dghtlng. lu which the Ilusslans were victorious. It says: 'The Germans held a position In a small village from which they were pouring a murderous Ore on the Rus sian troops. Cavalry was ordered to silence the guns. The first squadron rode straight at the battery, which, fir ing point blank, mowed down the Rus sian ranks, frightfully annihilating the squadron. The second squadron fol lowed fast and would have altered the same fate except that at the crit ical moment a third squadron rushed on to the enemy from the flank, sa bered the gunners and routed the whole German force." Carnage at Altkirch. A private, Jean Martin, Invalided home, tells Ie Matin bow the French took Altkirch, In Lower Alsace. Ue says: "After whole days of maneuvering we came near Altkirch, commanded by a ridge of tho Vosges. We advanced our regiment, being In the center, and our artillery was blazing away. "When we reached the top we saw at our feet a slope covered with culti vated fields. At the foot of the decliv ity were station and town. What a descent that was In skirmishing order among the potatoes and beets! Wnat music accompanied usl Bullets whis tling from all sides! Grand Dleuxl What whistling that wasl "We continued to advance under a hall of bullets. Then 'charge' sounded. The whole brigade dashed forward with bayonets fixed. The enemy aban doned their positions and retired. That evonlng we slept at Altkirch, my com pany being In the cemetery." Dramatio Farewells. Something of the pity of war's part ings of families was brought homo to New York with the sailing of the French Line steamship France for Ilavre with 200 French and Swiss re eorvists and a handful of French army officers on their way to the front from South America. The pier echoed with the wild abandon of Latin enthusiasm and grief. Women clung to the necks of husbands and brothers leaving for the homeland to fight against the Ger mans. Children stood clinging at their knees, staring dazedly about, while fa ther and mother alternately caught thorn up, pressing them to their breasts. Elsewhere yoong men, unmar- SSiC -. ' V'-'-.il i "if" ''? yt'tt r .ii . rli'd, with silk French, tlulglan and BwIhs lings, ruNhed about the pier, cheering for the allied ftrinles, Konr the gungwny a hiimlHome young French reerve nlllcer was supporting Ills wife III his ii rum. "1 don't risk you to stay," she cried In r:nu'llh, "bin oh, oh, J en ii, coin but k to uie!'' lie klitsei Iter Willi set face, saying nothing, and when the limlHtent bugles ' atiiniiioiii'il all piiMcuj,'ers iiNhore he re : leased her arum gently and then, turn ing from her, pliingi-d Into the crowd 'on tliu gangplank and was Ih The ! woman stood where she hud been. Prcxcutly thu iiiiiii uppenred oil the fimt ciihlu deck. Hhe moved to tho pier lull, nnil so (he two Ktood uutll the MlealiiHlilp toi'k hlui away. Oddities In the News. Kir Herbert I'.i-erljohin Tree. Eng Imid's iiclur inn linger. Is serving as coin, nmiiih-r of a Hpechil siiind of forty vol unteer uolWuicu recruited from nuioiig I.oiiilnii TheHphiiis. They nix- on duty rrxiii iiililiilitht to 4 a. m. To end himllle demonstrations a Ger iiiiiii woiiiiiii xhopkecper of Islington ttiiirrled mi Kugllliiiiiiti, and "Jenkins" has rcpluced "lloggeslintt" above the shop. , After being on terms of wannest friendship for years, twenty-two out of thirty men employed by an export tlrni In IOiidon have left to fight In the different armies. Hlx are fighting for Germany, eight for France, four for ItnsMla, three for Austria and one for ICnglnnd. Ilalidsmiin Blake, the English boxer American sporting writers to the con trary was arrested In Umdon for speeding his motorcycle. "I was In a hurry to enlist," he told the court lie was discharged. Change Schmidt to Smith. Naturalized German shopkeepers In Umdon sre taking unusual precautions against possible Isiycotts. The follow ing notice (Misted on a bakery lu Soho Is being copied by other dealers: "Two hundred and fifty dollars re ward will be given to any charitable Institution npo tho discovery by any person of adulteration tu the bread sold In this establishment. "God bless our king and country. The proprietor of this business wishes to Inform the public that be is a natural- Photo by American Press Association. BIB IIKllllKIlT IIKHHIIOllli TIIKK, RMOMSH ACTOH, NOW A WAH FOLICKMAN. tzed British subject of many years standing and his loyalty Is equal to that of any of his most gracious maj esty's subjects, wtioin be treats and respects as man to man." One German baker In south London whose name was "Schmidt promptly changed It to "Smith." Fought In Bare Feet Lc Matlu of Paris relates that on the arrival of a train brtuglng wounded Senegalese riflemen nearly all were found smoking furiously from long porcelain pipes takeu from the enemy and indifferent to their wounds. Though their arms and bodies are hacked by sabers, the Senegalese com plain of nothing but the obligation to tlKlit with shoes on. Before going Into battle at Chnrlerol they slyly rid them selves of these Impediments and came back shod lu German footwear to avoid punishment for losing equipment A colonial trooper among the wound ed brought to Paris from the frout de clared that he felt nothing when hla arm was shot off by a shell uutll he saw It lying on the ground. Not being able to bear the thought of leaving It as he expressed It as "meat for the Prussinn dogs," he picked It up and ran several yards with It before be waa overcome. A Human Stable. The Cirque de Tarls, where the crowd of Belgian refugees has grown to 2,500, has taken on the aspect of a human Btable. The floors of the wide foyers are all covered with straw. One of the refngecs, Mme. Agnea Bourssault of Walkenraedt, In telling her story of the flight from Belgium said: "I have lost my husband and brother, who died in the noble canae, aud now you see me alone with my five chil dren. Tho greatest suffering 1 under went was from hunger. We could get hardly anything to eat for three dnya except a little stale bread." Georges Just, a restaurant keeper, of Chetiee told this story: "When we heard the Germans approach my wife and I fled across the river into Llego. Just before they entered there we left "Never shall 1 forget the sights we suw along the roadside, where multi la ted corpses and wounded and dying strewed oifr pathway." i r, A TRIAL Su bscripti TO VENING TELEGRA From Now Until Jan. 1, 1915 SI. War News ! The only afternoon paper in Portland that gets the Associated Press News This is the largest, best and most reliable news service in the world A Trial Subscription Crook County JOURNAL AGENTS Prineville Oregon on THE M Convince You ! ism !Trofe3SiCtal Cards. Lake M. Bechtell LAWYER Crdok County Bank Building, Prineville, Oregon HOWARD GOVE DENTIST Crook County Bnk Building Bennett, Sinnott & Galloway Attorneys-at-Law General Practice The Dalles, Orb. N. G. WALLACE Attorney-at-Law Rooms 3-4-5 ICamitrn Bid's Prineville, Ore J. Ii. Hell A. W. Sims Crook County Abstract Co. ' (Incorporated) Prrnevilli:, Oregon Almtracts Insurance Prof. A. W. Grater, Divine Healer Office In Morris TSiiilding three door south of Journal office. Prineville. Oregon J. Tregelles box M. R. C. 8. Knir: and L. 8. A. London; LicenceeOrefton 8tat Medical Board. KDecialist in Hareerv: Hviriene: Ali mentary Csnal. women aud children's di-wtsea. etc. Oflloe and nwldenm Third utrnet. near Conrt HouMe. Tel.: Pioneer, Calls answered prumptlr. night or day. Charges moderate CaiU mmmrt prmmptty dmj or ntfki PrinmmilU. Ortfm. OCCCLI8TS tftelknap de Cdwarda (County Physician.) PrintmlU. Onf. T. E. J. DUFFY Attorney -at-Law (Succesaor 1 W. A. Bell) PBINEVnX Objegom Sltal Citai0 Cornett Building, Room 6 tPrimmmtlU, - - Off D. H. PEOPLES Civil and Irrigation Engineer Boom 11 Adamson Bld'g Prineville, Ore. SPAystam mm J Smrym Calls Ahswsked Pkomttlt Dat os Night Owes Oni Dooa South or Adamom's Daoe gross. Both office an reij aenoe telephones. !Priti: - - On W. A. BELL Lawyer The Dalles - - Oregon jj X. llimtt, j(Mrnf-mt-jCmm Pm milt: Ormgrnm, ?. Sirink jCawymr , Jt ttrtti. !Primm'll; flrf. Willard II. Wirtz District Attorney Office in Crook CouDty Bank Bldg Pkineville Okegox Champ Smith, Propr r Imported and Domestic Cigars j Famous Whiskies j Old Crow; Hermitage; Red Top Rye; Yellow Stone; Canadian Club; Cream Rye; James EL Pepper, Moore's Malt Porter, Ale and Olympia Draft Beer on Tap. 1 Imported Wines and ft Liquors. C VVV-AAAAVi
