Ci*" INTERNATIONAL FALLS PRESS. PAGE SEVEN PROFESSIONAL CARDS MISS COLUMBIA—"HAVENT YOU SOMETHING MORE MODERN?" i-"MZ fi lit tf JOHN H. BROWN Attorney at Law Office over O. M. Carr & Co. International Falls, Minnesota fjgms «s»5i A (iH'i syli DR. HVH. 1HR1G Dentist Office o*er Holler's Confectionery Falls, Minnesota International PCUT/QAN GEO. S. LANGLAND Lawyer In the litis Block on Fourth Avenue International Falls, Minnesota F. J. McPARTUN Lawyer Office over International State Bank We area member International Falls, Minnesota of the T/ON federal Reserve G. F. SWINNERTON, M. D., C. M. Physician and Surgeon System of Banks Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted dlia_ Office over City Drug Store MEN EXPERIENCED IN THE BANKING BUSINESS International Falls, Minnesota AND WHO STICK STRICTLY TO SOUND BANKINGLMETHODS CONDUCTIOUR BANK. DR. JENNER PERRY CHANCE The FEDERAL WOMAN SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT goes before Congress January Tenth. The men of this Physician and Surgeon WESHOLD THE' BUSINESS^OR THOSE LWHOI START country have been enfranchised by various extensions of the voting privilege but IN NO SINGLE INSTANCE were Office over litis Drug Store they compelled to appeal to an electorate containing groups of unnaturalized foreigners. Shall American women be WIT HSU S BECAUSE W ENTREAT THEM,RIGHT. OPEN AN denied by the Federal Government which freely gives the right to foreigners? Many State Constitutions have made Phone 11 ACCOUNTLWITHAUS AND*WE WILL TREAT'YOU RIGHT. amendment so difficult that they either have never been amended or have not been amended when the subject was Night Calls at Hotel Koochiching in the least controversial. Women of such states can only be enfranchised through Federal action. Men's right to vote is protected by the Federal Constitution while the State by State enfranchisement of women would not give this ^IZBEING^/C EMB E OF~THE FEDERAL RESERVE International Falls, Minnesota protection to women since a woman who changes her residence from an Equal Suffrage State to a male suffrage SYSTEM OF,BANKS* MEANS THAT WE CAN GET. MONEY State thereby becomes disfranchised. PHINNEY & CAMPBELL Suffrage for men and suffrage for women in other countries with few and minor exceptions has been granted by WHEN.WE.WANTIT~PUT YOUR MONEY'IN: OURIBANK parliamentary act and not by referenda. SHALL AMKRiCAN WOMEN BE PENALIZED FOR BEING AMERICANS? Lawyers AND YOU CAN GET IT WHEN YOU WANTS IT. "HUNS" SCORNED Falls, Minnesota International upon the interpretation which the German on the population of the above-mentioned FIRST NATIONAL BANK military authorities might give to communes remaining quiet under W. E. LAWRENCE the elastic phrase, "the least disorder," all circumstances. LAW OF NATIONS in the proclamation. "During the night it is severely forbidden The Rexall Store to show any luminous signals. Hugh Gibson, in a Journal from our Minnesota International Falls, I Bicycles are permitted only between 7 Legation in Belgium, page 184, explains I a. m. and 5 p. m. (German time). what was likely to happen: "Another thing is, that on entering "From the list which is submitted to DR. E. A. THOMPSON me I shall designate prominent persons a town, they hold the burgomaster, the Use of Civilians as Hostages and THE Dentist procureur du roi. and other authorities who shall be hostages from noon for Screens Part of Phone 245 of one day until the following midday, ns hostages to insure pood behavior by If the substitute is not there in due ie population. Of course, the hoodlum Office over litis Drug Store Devilish System. class would like nothing better time, the hostage must remain anoth- ii International Falls, Minnesota Sash and Door^ Factory er 24 hours at the fort. After these than to see their natural enemies, the defenders of law and order, ignominiously 24 hours the hostage will incur the FIRST MADE USE OF IN 1870 W. E. MARTIN penalty of death, if the substitute fails shot, and they do not restrain to appear. themselves a bit on account of the Contractor and .Builder IS NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS "Priests, burgomasters, and the other hostages." Repairs Promptly Done At That Time It Was Condemned by members of the council are to be Diary of Bombardier Wetzel. the Civilized World, but the German Phone 159 705 8th St. taken first as hostages. "Aug. 8th. First fight and set fire We Are Well Equipped to do All Kinds of Military Leaders Have "I insist that all civilians who move cO several villages. Never Abandoned It. about In my district show "Aug. 9th. Returned to old quarters MILLWORK DR. ELIZABETH MONAHAN their respect to tlv» German officers by there we searched all the houses taking off their hats, or lifting their I and shot the mayor and shot one man and you will make no mistake by getting Ample proof that the march of the Anaesthetist hands to their heads in military salute. QOWn from the chimney pot, and then German armies through Belgium their prices before ordering elsewhere In case of doubt, every German soldier Eyes Examined—Glasses Fitted we a Tain set fire to the village. was marked by massacres and cruelties must be saluted. Anyone who "On the 18th August Letalle captured Phone 223 Office 800 2nd St almost beyond belief is given does not do this must expect the German 10 men with three priests because Building and Contracting a Specialty military to make themselves respected in a document* made public by the they have shot down from the All Work Guaranteed by every means." church tower. They wore brought into committee on public information, The Shoe Hospital Hold Small Nations Have No Rights. the village of Ste. Marie. from which the folloiving is taken: "The fate that Belgium has caller "Oct. 5th. We were in quarters in LARS STUBEE, Prop. The massacres in Belgium and down upon herself is hard for the individual, the evening at Willekamm. Lieulm"'^ REPAIRING WHILE YOU WAIT northern France were a part of the but not too hard for this political Radfels was quartered in the mnyoi'V NATHAN NURICK, Proprietor German system of frightfulness. Another structure (Staatsgebilde), for house and there had two prisoners 2nd Ave. and 6th St. Phone SO feature of this system was the 213 Third Street the destinies of the immortal great nations to a Next to Boston Lunch use of civilians as hostages and for stand so high that they cannot erse anything happened they wc-j to screens. but have the right, in case of need, to hp killed. In discussing the use of hostages the stride over existence that cannot defend V7V firihf. In?' wo mil. "Oct. no NORTHERN MINNESOTA German War Book (Kriegsbrauch im themselves, but live, as parasites, (••'v-hf' pboiy 'JO m-n i?v] shot "*1 HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION Landkriege) Bays: upon the rivalries of the great."—Prof. fh' !irv of T'.fvnlu'rrtinr "By hostages are understood those H. Oncken, in Suddeutsche Monatsheft, Dr. C. C. Craig Phone 223 •Von^ Mounted T'-sttery Fir^t Knv a JOHN M. GISH persons who, as security or bail for (South German Monthly.) Field -Artillery, Ij^iuient N» Dr. Elizabeth Monahan....Phone 223 the fulfillment of treaties, promises, or Would they have dared to defend 11.^T'ii* Dr. Mary Ghostly Phone 301 other claims, are taken or detained by such a policy if they could have seen found it *on Hospital Phone 79 the opposing state or its army. Their the announcement sent out by the parish Vii in -ny occasions to seenn1! Watchmaker and Jeweler Office over International State Bank provision ha. been less usual in recent of St. Hadelin with its silent eloquence? -A ?!ifn and women, vh Phone 155 wars, as a result of which 6ome '••••*''1 f'-i'f'f! to march or st::!-'1. International Falls, Minnesota professors of the law of nations have fiv t«f- po that the conniryi"'-m This is aii invitation to a service in wrongly decided that the taking of .memory of 60 men and women from of Dm civilians would he '*n?n hostages has disappeared from the it.-ii,..] .-^-r to kill tlieir own peop1** S.E. THOMPSON&S0N one p.-irish, of whom all but two were practice of civilized nations. Agent for Singer Sewing -v j-'- thrt 0-Nr,vipns. Th:* killed by the Germans in the massacre "A new application of 'hostage right' us: iiiu^'rMted in (?io following: of August 5 and 6, 1914. The closing was practiced by the German staff in Machine Company and sentences are: LcLLer of Lieutcnon' Ebcrtein. the war of 1870, when it compelled "Gentle Heart of Mary, be my Agents for the "October 7. 101-1. leading citizens from French towns Woodstock Typewriter. refuge. *'"t vp arretted throe otlior civil and villages to accompany trains and "Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us. ..,lv ...1,1 tb'^n I had a brilliant idea locomotives in order to protect the "St. Joseph, patron of Belgian, pray them chairs, and we th^n ov-1 railway communications which were for us. to iro nnd sit out in the threatened by the people. Since the "St. Hardelin, patron of the parish, of th" ?tr"et. On their [''in. lives of peaceable inhabitants were, ri pray for us. '"MU-.-l ti!relies on ours, few hi Also dealer in without any fault on their part, thereby "Sainte Barbe, patroness of kindly :"MorM :V butt end of the riff "'. L't"1'hv exposed to grave danger, every "teOsJ'-lt $ death, pray for us." little one becomes terribly caMe1' Wear-U-Well Shoes writer outside Germany has stigmatized After reading such ghastly accounts, this busine.-.s. At last they wer this measure as contrary to the many of them written by German eyewitnesses, scaled outside in the street. I do law of nations and as unjustified towards and knowing that similar pet '.-now what anguished prayers t)ov the inhabitants of the country." tales were published widely In the r.,!v have said but I noticed that tb' Clung to Frightfulness. German newspapers, It is difficult to h.-'P-ls were convulsively clasped th° Although their deeds in the FrancoPrussian Border|Wholesale Neat & Grocery read with patience such words as vl ole time. I pitied these fellows, war had been universally these: th' 'Method was immediately efF°c+'v'\ condemned, as they themselves admitted, Detroit Vapor "The German army (in which I of fonij fire from the houses Company the leaders did not intend to course include the navy) .is today the m-v-My diminished, so that we were Oil Stove abandon such a useful measure of greatest institute for moral education ri le to occupy the opposite house and frightfulness. In L'Interprete Mllitaire in the world." thus to dominate the principal streel. the forms were provided for such "The German soldiers alone are Every living being who showed hiinseV C. A. YERNBERG, Manager The only absolutely acts in the next war. Both in Belgium thoroughly disciplined, and have never in the street was shot. The artill^'" and in France the Germans have con- Wickless Oil Stove Wholesale and Retail Meats, Groceries, Fruits and Feed on its side had done good work all tlvtime, stantly used hostages. Tie evidence mu'* hur' •""Si® 80 as on the market. and when, toward seven o'clock is contained to the proclamations of fT"* t«ng"-Honrton Stewthe art Chamberlain, In Kriegsaufsdtze, in Hie evening, the brigade advanced Burns just like gas. governing authorities and also in "War Essays," 1914. to the assault to relieve us I was in the diaries of the German soldiers. A Call and let us Home-Made Sausage and Hamburger "We see everywhere how our soldiers a position to report that Saint Die few examples from these will illustrate show you. respect the sacred defenselessness had been cleared of the enemy. Give Us a Trial and You Will Stay With Us the system which was employed. of woman and child."—Prof. G. "Later on I learned that the regiment A specimen of the arbitrariness and Roethe. in Deutsche Reden in Schwerer of reserve which entered Saint Our Prices Are Always Right and Our Stock Always Fresh cruelty is furnished by the proclamation Zeit, "German Speeches in Difficult Pie further to the north had tried the S.E. THOMPSONS SON of Major Dieckmann, from which Days." experiment. The four civilians the following sections are presented: whom they had compelled in the same Hostages' Lives Hung by Threacf. International Falls, Minn. "After 9 a. m. on the 7th September, litis Block, Third Street, '-e to sit out in the street were "In order to insure sufficiently the I will permit the houses in BeyneHensay, killed hy French bullets. I myself saw safety of our troops and the tranquility Grivegnee, and Bois-de-Breux them in the middle of the street CAR SCHEDULE. of the population of Reims, the to be Inhabited by the persons wha near the hospital. persons mentioned have been seized lived Jn them formerly, as long as J50 "A. EBERLEIN, these persons are not forbidden to frequent as hostages by the commander of the The following is the regular schedule "First Lieutenant." German army. These hostages will these localities by official pro for the International Falls and Lett-r published on the 7th October, be shot if there is the least disorder. hibitlon. Ranier car line: 1014. in the VorJiberidblatt of the The Minneapolis Dollar-Hotel On the other hand, if the town regains Prominent People Hostages. Ranier Fall* Munchner Neueste Nachrichtce. perfectly calm and quiet these "In order to be sure that the abovementioned 250 MODERN ROOMS 1:45 a.m. meets Dul, train 2:15 a.m. permit will not .be abused, hostages and Inhabitants will be Located in of Burineco District Heart 8:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. si Oldest the burgpmasters of Beyne-Heusay and placed under the protection of the ONE PRICE--ONE DOLLAR Established 11:30 a.m.' 1:00 p.m. $1.so of Grivegnee must immediately prepare German army. House in the europun ftATC FOR TWO PERSONS tSf"5- 2 :15 p.m. 3:30 p.m. PRIVATE BATH, SHOWCR AND TOILET EXTRA lists of prominent persons who "THE GENERAL COMMANDING. How Time* Have Changed. Bidheit COMPLETE SAFETY 5:10 p.m. meets Dul. train 6:15 p.m. will be held as hostages for 24 hours "Reims, 12th September, 1914." Wararobe Mistress (to baggageman) Write AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS "I Yes! Times have changed, Bill. I 7:30 p.m. each at Fort Fleron. September. 6, Beneath this proclamation there AND FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION 10:00 p.m. 1914, for the first time (the period of were posted the names of 81 hostages remember when we had a dozen large INSURANCE RECSRDS srfoW THAT HEVEN R. BKoolc, HAS A LIFE BEEN LOST IN ANY BUI LSI NO detention shall be) from 6 p. n. nntil tprnfcs' foarthes chorus girls' costumes and a statement that others had also Manager. PROTECTED BT AUTOMATIC SPRINKLERS now we only need that one.—Cassell's September 7 at midday. been seized as hostages. The lives of EVERT ROOM H#S HOT AND COLD RUNNINQ jCut this out and paste it in your ST.FAUL» -.tfUNN. WATER, STEAM HEAT, CLCCTRlC LIOHT AND "The life of these hostages depends Saturday Journal. all. these men depended in reality 'hat TELEPHONE SERVICE.