FALLS CITY V O L. XI STRENUOUS LIFE OF FOREIGN LEGION In Trenches With Americans ot Famous French Unit. READY FOR FEAST OR FI6HI Thar« Ara Man From Evary Part of the United State« and From the Higher to the Laeeer Oagraaa In tha Social Scale— Oalvaaton Negro Serving aa Cook Mourned by All When Killed. London - Always randy fo ra feuet or n frolic and Uiu greatest figUtlng unit lu tho Fremiti uruiy 1« the deacrl|itioo ap plied to the French American Foreign legion by one o f Ita member«, PUll Under. Chicago writer, artial and «ot dler. * Itack on a furlough from the trench«*, where aometlme* wnlat deep In water the troop« hide from tho ter- rilic artillery (ire. the Chicagoan paint ed au Ultimate word picture of the ty|ie o f men who have adopted tho tricolor ne their flag in tho present war. "There arc American» In the service from every purt o f the United Htute» and from every walk o f life.” »uld Under. " I think the moat Interesting of the whole lot (but 1 met wa» Eu gene Jacob, whose w ife 1» running his butcher »hop In Pawtucket. B. I., while be lights for Prance. Both he and his w ife were born In Belgium. "Jacob I* tho most fervent German hater that I know of. Even during the Christmas truce he refused to lay Ilia feelings nelde. and Just lieforc we left our trenches to meet the Germans and exchange cigars and greeting* be fixed his bayonet and declared that I f wo brought a «Ingle German Into the trench ho would kill him. And all day Cbrtatnms bo aulkod. Fought, Than Shook Hand«. "Then, later, one dny n German who waa drunk wandered Into our trenches and taunted un, but we respected hi* bravery *nd admired him. But not Jacob, lie and the German had a dandy tint light In the trench, but aft erward they shook hand* and became friends. Jacob told the camp If he hail whined lie would have killed him, but that he had found that lie was a nutu even though he w h s u German. “ Bartlett TVonnell of Brooklyn was killed by a shell while I was near him. ITo told me that he came to the war Ix-causo tils girl had told him to go out Into the world and accomplish something. I don’t know who the girl wns, lint she lost the coolest, quietest and bravest man In tho legion. "Another American Is from S t Louis, John Street, nn evnngellst lie grew very hopeful that a reconciliation was coming during the Chrlntinas truce, when we smoked, walked nrtn In nrm and played with the Germans. Tlu> following day Street got out o f hi* trench lu tho enry morning and wnved his hand to a German friend In a trench fifty feet distant. A bullet went through hi* head and he dropp'd dead. Missed Negro Singer. “ George Ullard. n Galveston negro, wn* our cook and a fine one. He wn* the best singer for hundreds o f foot on both lines of trenches, and the Ger mans loved his songs He tauglit thorn to sing 'Balling Down Chesapeake Bay,’ but one day a shell blew Ullard'* trench to pieces nnd he wns killed. Next dny the Germans yelled to u* to have George sing. When we told them Hint he was dead they yelled hack that they were *orr.v, a* all o f the riflemen In tho trenches hnd agreed not to shoot the cheerful black man who sang so well •' nnder w-na mentioned In dispatches for destroying a straw stack In which four German machine guns had been hidden. Under and two companion* fastened beet leave* to n gunny sack and. shielded by It. crawled to tho straw amok through a beet Hold nnd set Are to It. For forty-seven days. Bader any*, he wns in trenches filled with water nnd mud. SHOT. PILOT STUCK TO POST. Guided Britieh Warehip Under Fire In 8uez Canal Though Woundod. Cnlro.-.\ stirring little story o f quiet No. 28 KALI»S C IT Y . O K E G O N , S A T U R D A Y . M AR C H 13, l»l.r, heroism displayed during the buttle found exceeding difil« ull to bag the against the Turkish Invader* thu other creature* without persistent nnd ex pert stalking. Kangaroo* will run for d*y has lawn told here. The hero o f the incident I* a pilot ty five miles nn l»«ur with Injuries that named ( ‘arow. who was mi hoard thu would stop n human being In his warship II milage, one o f (he vessel* trucks. A wounded'roo ran easily out engaged on the cuiml helping to repel distance the fleet*«t hors«. tlie Ottoman ultaek The ship eniue under the heaviest CREW STARVED SIX DAYS. Are. and < nrew was seve ely wounded I d the arm mid leg lie would not. Tsrribla E*p*ri*nca of Shipwrecked however, leave Ills pn-.t. although suf Sailor«—Two Women With Them. fering terribly. “ Bring me a chair and hantlago, Cuba.—The Ward liner prop me up." he sulil to one o f the Manzanillo, which arrived here, crew " I will see you through" The brought the shipwrecked crew of the gallant pilot Is now In the hospital, British hurk Ethel V. Herlnton. a lum where It was found necec nry to am- ber laden vessel from Mobile for putale hi* leg. Happily hu I* making Genoa. good progress, and Ids recovery 1« as A storm struck the Berlnton, dis sured. mantling ber completely, most of the vessel Iteltig submerged. Finally an Dogs Abandoned In London. Immense wave broke the vessel In two. Loudon.—Thu tvar ha* caused nn un Captuln Wuldctnar. bis w ife and ppecedented number of doge to be niece, and the crew o f nine men. bud abandoned lu London, although thu dllug lu part o f the prow which con penalty for sueh 1» a lioo line or six tlnucd afloat, remained thus for six months’ Imprisonment. Appeals are days without food or water until they made lu the prints for Individuate to were rescued by tbe Manzanillo. They ransom the animal* and give them to were taken to a hospital under tbe the troop* as mascot*. care o f tbe British consul. Their con dition la serious, but *11 will probably recover. FILIPINO TREES~IN PERIL Dean Worcester Atke That They Be Protected From Destruction. Washington — lieun C. Worcester, ex secretary o f the Interior for the Phil ippine Island-«, lu reporting to the Amerlcau Forestry Association of Washington on forest eoudltloti* lu the Philippines, »ays that 40.000.00U acre*, or nearly one-half of the laud area of th* Island*, nre covered by vnluublc virgin forest*, vvblle second growth forest* hold possession of an other 20 , 000,000 acre», lie say» in part: “ In view o f the indifference which we ourselves have shown toward thu conservation o f our own forest re sources iu the Immediate past we should not wonder that the Filipinos, by which term I designate the Chris tianized civilized resident* o f the archi pelago, should still be utterly indiffer ent to tbo preservation of their for est* as a permanent source o f wealth. “ One might suppose thnt the »parse population o f the Island* could at the worst make comparatively little Im pression on their vast forests. Unfor tunately this I* not the case. For un told centuries there ha* prevailed the custom of obtaining land for agricul ture by felling aud burning the for est tree*. Newly cleared laud* have l«een abandoned as toon aa cogon made Ba ap|>earniiee. This pest I* more than capable o f bolding its own against all comers. It* wide spreading and sharply pointed root* not ouly make the soil acid, but bore through any moderately soft obstacles which they encounter. Furthermore, eogon burns readily and fiercely during the dry season, destroying any young tree* which may have established them selves. with the result that a defor ested area which becomes a cogonal remains a cogonal unless man inter vene*.” AUSTRALIANS HUNT KANGAROO BY AUTO Noni Sport a New Diversion With Fast Gars. Sydney, Australia.—A new form of real sport lias been discovered lu Aus tralia—huntiug kauguroos by motor- ear. The mere chase alone I* said to lie productive o f many thrill*, calling for a fast car guided by an adept hnnd. T o pilot n motorcar through the open country, over fields doited with rnbblt warrens amt bunch grass bunkers at a speed of forty or forty-five miles an bour calls for steady nerves, n cool head nnd consummate skill. A * tbo shooting Is done over tho side o f the enr the man at the wheel is forced to maneuver hla cruft much after tho faahlon o f a mnn-o’-wnr In order to give the rifles n chance. The hunters shoot from a bumping, away- Ing sent nt a target which moves ns fast If not faster thnn the car. The range varies from fifty to 100 yards. The fact thnt a prolonged drought liad made the kangaroos a pest In the vicinity o f vvnter places caused the automobile owuers to offer tbclr serv ices nnd their cars toward ridding the country o f numbers o f the trouble some animals. Heretofore It hnd ticen SHOVELS COAL IN SLEEP. Somnambulist Gets Up *t 2 A. M. and Unloads Eight Tons. Lake Odessa. Mich.—In a most re markable case o f sleepwalking Jacob Herrington, a laborer, arose at 2 o’clock in tho morning nnd «hoveled eight tons of coal out o f a car on the aiding Into a bln belonging to Smith Bros., Velte & Co. David Leak, an employee o f the firm, found bln: the next morning and awoke him. when lie relapsed tuto a state of physical ex haustion. Herrington had worked at tbe same task the day before, and It U thought that nn anxiety to complete It so that he could help his brother dig a well, preyed upon bis mind until It Induced sleepwalking. Old Mortar Captured. Pari».—When a company o f French Infantry captured a German trench It found a French rnortnr which had been captured In 1870 and was still doing good work. • SAYS IT WASN’T FAIR W e received a letter from city at torney Tooze relative the article, "Council M eeting,” in last week's News. M r. Tooze appears to be a little sore about the way we ‘joshed’ ! him o f being Mr. Dooley,s attorney as well as acting in that capacity for the city; also stating that in his argument he quoted more “ Dallas C lu b " than law. W e certainly have no desire to injure Mr. Tooze in any way in his proffesional career, nor do we believe that anyone has taken a serious view of that phase o f the matter except M r. Tooze, himself. Technically, no doubt, M r. Tooze is correct, and honest in his opinion; but morally he was w rong in his stand. W e give M r. Tooze credit of being a very astute young lawyer, above the average, therefore we are constrained to believe that he could not but have seen through Mr. Doo ley's scheme to evade the law. The Dallas Observer saw through it, and published an article under the cap- fion. BOYS FO O L PO O L H A L L L A W . ” While Mr. Tooze has taken a view of the matter under the law prohibiting minors playing pool in public places, we view the matter in a different light— the obvious intent of the promoter His article is too long to give in full, but in justice to him we publish the mosl.salient features: Dallas, Oregon. March 9, 1915 To the Editor: In the article headed “ Council Meeting” in the last issue of the New s you in effect stated that I tried to side-step the issue of whether or not minors could be prevented from joining the proposed club at Falls City and playing pool and billiards in the club rooms, fearing to take a stand in the matter owing to the rs WHEN YOU MEET ANYBODY THE FIRST THING HE SEES IS YOUR HAT- NO MAN CAN AFFORD NOT TO WEAR A CLEAN. NEW HAT. WE’VE GOT JUST WHAT YOU NEED. COME. GET IT. A MAN SHOULD ALSO BE ON GOOD TERMS WITH HIMSELF. NOTHING GIVES A MAN MORE SELF-CONFIDENCE T H A N WEARING GOOD CLOTHES NEXT TO HIMSELF. COME IN AND LET US SHOW YOU SOME NEW UNDERWEAR. SHIRTS AND HOSE. THIS MEANS WE WILL SELL THEM TO YOU. O ur Hats Are T h e Fam ous Gordon. N. SELIG ’S FALLS CITY D E P A R T M E N T STO R E fact that if I took one stand I got in (and when I say city I mean the citi zens o f Falls City) is my client; not wrong with M r. Dooley, and if I any particular set o f people in the took the other stand I got in wrong city, but the whole city. There are with the city. This assertion, or im -\ always two sides to every public pression as might be conveyed by question, and the law cannot alwaya this article, does me an injustice and be made to fit both sides. It is not is most unfair to me and my record for me to make laws for Falla City, as city attorney for Falls City, I but only to give you the law as I have always prided myself upon the view it upon matters coming to my fact that never have 1 subordinated J attention as city attorney. This I my legal opinion upon any matter try to do with fairness and imparti presented to me to public clamor, ality, and regardless o f what may be nor to the wishes of the city council, involved, or what the public senti citizens of the city, or to any sect, ment may be. Upon matters o f this class, or creed. I have always rend kind I sit in the position o f a judge, ered my opinion strictly as I believe and it is my sworn duty to tell you the law to be. 1 shall continue to so what the law is as I view it. I would render my opinion, and when the be false to my trust if I let my time comes that 1 cannot act inde judgem ent be swayed by public sen pendently in matters o f this kind, timent. A judge or a lawyer who but must govern my opinion accord renders his decisions accordingly aa ing to what the people want rather the public sentiment demands will than according to what the law actu soon lose the respect and confidence ally is, then I am ready to quit. I f of those even for whose benefit hia I conducted myself in any other man decision is rendered. I have alwaya ner, I would be violating my con had the best interests o f Falls City tract with the city, would be doing at heart, and have worked hard and an injustice to myself and to the faithfully as city attorney, doing my people o f Falls City who have a right best to keep things right for the city. to rely upon me to tell them the Your article was written in a sort actual truth as I understand it with o f joking manner, but some people reference to matters demanding a mi'jht not take it that way. You legal opinion. With your broad ex know, as does every one who was perience in the newspaper field, and present there, that I did not side with the knowledge you have attain step the issue, but upon the contrary ed by considerable travel, you should was very emphatic in my statement know that a lawyer must depend en as to what the law is with reference tirely for his success upon being im to the matter. partial, and upon never, under any He uses considerable space in ex circumstances whatsoever, betraying plaining his stand on the question, the trust and confidence placed in law, etc and winds up as follows; him by his clients. In matters affect ing the interests o f the city, the city (Concluded on Page 4).