PA. By ELMO SCOTT WATEON AY 30 is the day when America pars tribute to her warrior dead by dec orating their graves with flowers, thus giving to that date the name of Memorial day or Decoration day. Originally established as a day for honoring the memory of those who lost their lives In the great con- flict which raged from 15861 to 1865, it is now a all yho gave their lives for their coumfry, and the Indian wars, the Spanish-American war and the World war have given a deeper gignificance to Memorial day for thousands of American families, lecause there are still thousands of survivors of these wars to help keep green the memories and the graves of their comrades in arms, have become accustomed to thinking of morial day as a day set asid# for honoring only the warrior dead of these conflicts, Time has somewhat dimmed the memory of the heroic dead of the Rewolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican war and the earller Indian wars and the graves of thousands of them are unmarked and forgotten. So we cannot decorate” their graves with flowers, even if we would honor them as we honor the herole dead of later wars. jut we can pay our tribute to them in the form of wreaths of memory, In recalling, If only for this day, what they did for our country and of- fering up to them our measure of deepest grati- tude for the lives which they so freely gave In its defense, Lay one of these wreaths of memory upon the grave of Capt. James Lawrence! For it was Just 120 years ago that this young naval officer, dropping mortally wounded to the bloody decks of the {ll-starred U. 8. 8, Chesapeake, uttered the words which were to become a watchword of the United States navy and one of the most famous phrases in American bhistory—"Don't give up the ship !™ Lawrence was born in Burlington, N, J, In 1781. Destined by his family to become a law- yer, at the early age of twelve he developed a passionate desire to enter the newly created United States navy. But in desires of his family he applied himself to the study” of law until in 1798 when at length they released him from his legal studies and secured & midshipman's warrant in the navy for him, His first service was on the frigate Ganges during the troubles with France and he had a part in the capture of several French privateers men, But Lawrence's first taste of real fighting came during the war with the Barbary pirates from 1808 to 1805 in which he more than once distinguished himself as a lieutenant under Isaac Hull, Stephen Decatur and John Rodgers, In 1808 he was made first lieutenant of the Constitution and his services on the famous Old Ironsides marked the last subordinate place he held, The next year he was placed in com- mand of the Vixen which he exchanged for the Wasp and finally the Argus, In 1811 he got the Hornet, a fast and beautiful little cruiser, ear- rying 18 guns, and he was In command of her when the long-expected declaration of war with England came in 1812. In February, 1513, Lawrence, with the Hornet, fought sm engagement with the British ship Peacock which resulted in a complete victory for the young American commander and won for him not only the freedom of the city of New Xerk, a handsome piece of plate and a gold medal from that municipality but also the thanks of congress. But this was the last glimpse of brightness 1A Lawrence's short life. He had hoped to be placed in command of. the Constitution but his hopes were dashed when he was ordered to take command of the Chesa- peake, then being fitted out for service at Bos- ton, The Chesapeake was the “hoodoo ship” of the United States navy at that time. From the very first she had been an unpopular ship, for she was thought to be weak for her size and she was a very ordinary saller. On June 22, 1807, while under the com of Commodore Jmes Bar- ron, the Chesapeake was an actor in a morti- fying event which was to have far-reaching re that date she was stopped by the day for remembering 1. Albert Halstead, American consul general at Plymouth, England, opening the “door of unity” leading to the Pryston house of St. An. drews church, The service was unique in the history of the church because of its internation. al character. Coincident with the opening of the door, the unveiling of the memorial to two American naval officers who were buried on the spot in 1813 took place. 2, Capt. James Lawrence, the heroic young American naval commander who lost his life in the battle between the Chesapeake and the Shannon during the War of 1812 3. England's peace link with America. The picture shows Vice Admiral Burrage of the U. 8. 8. Detroit talking with the mayor priest of the city of Plymouth, England, on the occasion of the unveiling of a memorial tablet to Ameri. can prisoners of war who died in the Dartmoor prison there during the War of 1812. The tablet was unveiled in 1928 by Mrs. Samuel Williams Earle, a descendant of Roger Williams and an official of the United States Daughters of the War of 1812, 4. The famous battle flag with its motto of “Don't Cive Up the Shi." flown by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in his victory over the British at the Battie of Lake Erie. The flag is preserved at the United States Naval academy at Annapolis, Md. a “4 British ship Leopard on the excuse that three members of her crew were deserters from the British frigate Melampus, There had been great negligence in preparing the Chesapeake for sea and she was in no con- dition to resist the demands of the commander of the Leopard. So when Commodore Barron cleared the ship for action, the Chesapeake fell an easy victim to the broadsides of the Leopard and was forced to strike her flag after suffering a loss of 18 wounded and three killed Then the leopard sent a party aboard, seized the three alleged deserters and made off while the dis- graced Chesapeake returned to Norfolk, Va. Since this incident the Chesapeake had be- come more and more an object of dislike in the navy. The sailors hated her and would not en- list In her If they could help it. No officer would serve on her decks if he could avoid it, conse auently she was officered by Juniors who had to take her because they could do no better. No wonder then that Lawrence was dismayed when he was assigned to the Chesapeake, He begged to remain with the Hornet but his re- quest was denied. So in May, 1813, he took com- mand. Lawrence found the ship short of officers and those he had were very young. His first lieu tenant, August Ludlow, was only twenty-one and had never before served as first lieutenant on a frigate, His other officers were midship- men serving as lieutenants, His crew was large. ly made up of foreigners and one, a Portuguese hoatswain's mate, was actively preaching dis- sension because the crew had not been paid the small amount of prize money due from the last eruise, So It must have been with considerable fore- boding that the young officer prepared to leave Boston late in May, 1813. Outside the harbor it was known that the British frigate Shannon, commanded by Capt. Philip Broke, one of the best officers In the British navy, was lying In wait for the Chesapeake, Broke was a chival- rous man and he had written Lawrence a letter proposing a ‘meeting on equal terms In any lati- tude and longitude at any time he might choose during the next two months Unfortunately this letter never reached Lawrence, So on June 1 the Shannon stood In toward President's Roads, expecting an answer from Broke's challenge, Lawrence, however, took the — Rhannon's presence there as a challenge to an Immediate fight and made sall to go out and meet her. Hoisting flug bes ig the inscrip- tion “Free trade a Lawrence ordered the ship cleared for action out of the harbor, About 30 miles beyond Bos. ton Light the two shi gan maneuvering for position not more than © her first swered by the Chesapeake The effect of close range was another, were whee! Withis ghiot ich allowed and salled and at lenzth bel riy alongside nnd 0 yards nj the Shannon fired broadside whi immediately an to pies © edly, leg but in com nd, Then the salling mast the nant, sn officer and the boats The Bhanne but she closed In Lrst it, the marine mortally been badly » Chesapenke ane lashed tog this was «« the Shs ~ 1 who had his arm literally ked off | but he did not flinch from his task 1 As soon ag the Amertean comnis that the ships were his men to board the Shannon, But just at moment Lawrence, conspicuous in his full-dress uniform, was shot l the enemy and fell to the deck. As he carried “Don’t give up the ship!” But his admonition was hopeless for the nage on the Chesapeake's Seeing that 3 Broke gave the command to board and himself led the boarders, The cowardly Portuguese mate and some of the others made no attempt to resist but a few marines put up a desperate resistance, during which Broke was severely wounded, until they were cut down to a man. The officers of the gun deck tried to rally the men below, but falled and a moment later the Chesapenke's flag was hauled down by the British The battle had lasted only about fifteen min. utes but seldom in the history of naval warfare had there been such a dreadful slaughter. The Chesapeake had lost ten officers killed and all the rest wounded and 138 men killed and wound. ed. The Shannon's loss was several officers fast together he ordered this through the body by one of was being below he uttered his immortal words, his enemy was virtually helpless, i Barley Demand Is Matter of Doubt Department of Agriculture Has No Facts on Which to Base Opinion. By Dr. HV. Harlan, Barley Spec United Btates Department of Agri culture. WNL Bervice Following the passage of Leer lesis lation by congress, the department nounces to farmers the available on the barley: Most parts of the United States have small opportunity to grow malting bar- leys profitably, though certain favored localities may growing of malting do so. The department response to many Inquiries from farmers as to the likelihood of getting a premium on | that farmers form a rough idea of the probable market and may sup outlined the situation, The depurtment has n Hels on which to men killed and wounded, anguish but bearing his sufferings with make known his few wants lay his chivalrous foe, raving with ously for Lawrence, muttering, “He brought his ship into action In gallant style” When Law- rence finally died, it was thought best to keep and the conquered Chesapeake entered the har bor of Halifax. On thé quarterdeck of the Chesapeake lay the body mander wrapped in her battle flag His funeral from the 1933 erop, It is point however, that even if the country ax much barley fopnaiting out 103% crop as it did out of crop, the amount less than a ed out, absorbed quarter of the barley production. In 1917 the barley crop was 211,000, shel, about 72000000 bushels of hich went mi The amount of barles weed ke a bushel (34 pounds) of malt , but it is always less than the amount of the it. The bar for malt in SEK (60) bushels of the latter modity., Malt ing barley r (is jum ove al int of a mal in three, Barley Is now v best adapted to the crop. bkave to contend into the production of ey ised produ od » hazards, difficuiti ah grain, n New & and parte of South Dakota ire the quality Wester most barley sections, however, the best ada Parley t corn in areas where senh mon suitable for n drained to harley. « with = Heavy, should not be Barley infects solis Cabbage, Cauliflower Growers Waste Lime The cabbage and cauliffiower grow er's mind turns to lime in the almost ag easily as the young man's much lime 8 gsed for the good of oth- er crops in the rotation, says Charles Chupp of the New York state college of agriculture, Furthermore, he says, excessive ap expensive that euch cabbage grower should estimate in dollars his probable losses from clubroot to determine whether it might not be cheaper to stand the loss from the disease: cially if the disease has only slightly In any given field and with a crop as cheap as cabbage has been, Even: when the club-root is se. vere the question of changing the cab ease-free field should be before lime Is bought. considered Causes of Bloating It has been suggested by nutrition sugar in clover and evolution of gas in the paunch: but that theory does not hold when it seem correct in the face of the fact that alfalfa in full blossom does not military authorities paid every respect to thelr gallant young foeman. In August Lawrence's body and that of his faithful leutenant, Ludlow, were transferred to rarily until they could be transferred to New York, Eventually they were buried in historie old Trinity churchyard in New York city and there they lie to this day, It Is a far ery from the surging crowds of Wall street which pass the tomb of James Lawrence In Trinity churchyard every day to the quiet little village of Wickham in the Meon valley, South Hampshire, England, But there Is a link between the two Just as recent years have seen many links in the chain of Anglo-American friendship which have buried forever the anil mogities of a century and a quarter ago. That tink is an old mill made from the timbers of the ill-fated American frigate Chesapeake which was brought from Halifax to Portsmouth as a prize. So a mill which for more than a hundred years has been engaged in the peaceful business of providing bread for a quiet English country side Is a memorial to one of the most famois ship duels In history and it Is also A mamerial to a galinnt young American warrior, Capt. James Lawrence, 10 by Western Newspaper Union.) That fact about alfalfa has been stated by those who have pastured cows on alfalfa in full bloom in Cali fornia fields. We have not noticed this in Wisconsin, as alfalfa seldom, If ever, ie grazed when in full bloom. We think it quite likely, however, that the sugars of white, red, crimson, and alsike clover blossoms may have much to do with the causing of hloat, and it is possible that the cyanogincoside content of the clovers, apart from the blossoms, may be to blame for many cases of bloat.—Hoard's Dairyman. Indiana Erosion Destructive soil erosion is not con fined to any one section of the country, the United States Department of Agri culture gays, In one of the best south. ern Indiana counties, which originally contained large areas of fine limestone #nil, & survey made by the state in co operation with the federal government showed that approximately 30 per cent of the total area had been abandoned becanse of soll erosion, In muny places the erosion had stripped off both the surface soll and subsoil to bedrock. - i i : i World Conferences to Promote Common Good There have been numerous world conferences of various kinds since the World war, including the differ ent sessions of the League of Na- tiong, Most of them have been called for purposes connected with the maintenance of peace, promotion of disarmament or limitation of armament. 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