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).