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Jamm Donald Cameron, former Spo-
, fetary of War and four tlmm chosen
a United States Senator from IVnn
ylvanla, died early today, after a Ionic
Illness nt nil home. Donririil KnrmH,
In Donegal township, thin county. He
wan elghly-flve years old
Ho wan born May 14. 1833. In Middle,
town, Dauphin County, a son of fleneral
Simon Cameron, who, In hln long polltl
cal career had been United States
Senator. Secretary of War and Minister
$p Russia, and for more than a Ren
ratlon the acknowledged head of the
Itepubllcan party In Pennsylvania
Senator Cameron owned extensile
farm lands In this county, nnd nNo a
, Itreat tract along the Miami Ither In
Florida, He had etPiilc railroad nnd
other Interests In this State and through
out the country, and ,i few e.ir ngo hl
fortune was estimated at $', 000.000. In
1914, at the age of eight .'-one years.
llr Cameron turned over his ast pos
sessions to n tiutees.hip In favor of his
eons and grandsons.
y In 190:, while motoring In Scotland.
where he had leased a hunting lodge,
Mr, Cameron wan seriously Injured in
an accident that Impaired his vigorous
health. Only a few weeks ago, when
lie was very low, ho watched Are sweep
one of his choice farms, and it Is be
lieved that the eTCltt-nient hastened his
death- Although he lost hundreds of
thousands of dollars by fire on hl farms.
Senator Cameron always contended'
that It was cheaper to build new hams
than to carry Insurance, and neer held
a fire policy.
Senator Cameron In his early llfp was
far more Interested In business than In
the political arena In which his father
was a conspicuous figure even In thoe
days. 1'pon his graduation from Prince
ton In 18.12 he entered the Mlddlctown
TnntlnueVl Trim Pane One
It in the night nnd flunff eight-Inch
sheila among Its dead trees, ho that
Senator and ,lle e,lem-v n1 fll)m ' terror. Thief
iiitii am not. escape, out alept uluiiaiy
like de.itl men through all the Buntlie
until awakened. Vesterd.iy morning,
when the Welshmen went In, I saw
coming down the load from IiOnguewit
under escort three while-faced fel
lows who still looked drugged bj
sleep, but wete aheepish us the
passed.
1 haw had many sttnngu unil tin III-
Ing experiences on the b.ittletlelds of
the Sntntiic from the time when the
lirltlsh fought yard by jnrd In 1916, so
that every foot of the giound was the
arena of a new battle and every clump
of -shelled tiees, every ditch, evety
mound and heap of ltiin-s was the
scene of some ten lulu episode until a
few daya after .March 21, when 1 saw
the British coming back hituoh Po
aderes ridge with the enemy In clo-e
putsult nnd (ierman shells falling In
old places which foi eats had been
Immune fiom Hie.
Old KiuoIIoiih Kelnru
Hut yesteid.iy many of those old
emotions wele i etui lied by thu good
sene of ucing able to go on once moie
up the Alliert-Hapuuine load, past li
Holselle, nnd through Contalmnlson
to the ridge nt l-ongueul and Del
ville Wood, with the wonderful feel
Ing that once again some foul spell
I had been lifted fiom these fields and
that then was loom to mam In them
again Hicnh places thnt uie held b
the heiolu valor of the Hrltlsh now
I that the enemy has been dilven back
to his unlvhlng line of retreat.
I To us who have followed this war
In body and spiiit those upheaved and
mangled fields are sacied ground,
strewn with the graves of men who
fell, there. Their graves aie still, with
the white dosses put up to them still
standing above the tin moil of eaith
The enemy had not touched them and
the British s-lielltire had not destroyed
them
So far as I could si-e. the onlv dif
feienre -since the eneuiv spi.twled back
heie and stayed a little while and
then whs MutiK back again is that
nianv bodies of kiu) -i-lml men lie
Bank as a clerK. and rose to (he post among the shell craters and that the
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president In 1863 he was chosen pre-d
dent of the Northern Central Itallioad,
and In this capacity had considerable
part In the transportation of I'nlon
troops to the front.
His first active appearance In the field
of politics was In 1868, when he was
elected a member of the Itepubllcan X
Jlonal Committee, of which, in 1879. upon
the death of Zacharlah Chandler, he be
came chairman.
The Cameron n.tnnstjr
The election of "lion"' Cameron to the
TTnltprl Statps stpnnt.i u-mr nnu nf ft...
two Instances in American history wrier I screens made of rushes and hart dug
n. son succeeded his father in that of-1 deep shelters under banks and In old
? anhitm,hrfli!I.1lririt '" thr,.!at;l -'"" n older to o.ie f.om the
ter s ambition to estatdlsh a politlnl i
"dynasty." which, however. In the family! bni.is-ing lirltlsh fire.
sense am noi nuiuve tiip pulillc carper
roads and tracks are littered with
dead horses, so that the air Is pesti
lential with foul odors, and every
where among the old trenches and
new, with their white, upturned chalk
and the Utter of barbed wlie. are
flesh (Ierman notice boards pointing
the way to filing lines and obseiva
Hon posts and giving the diiectlons of
tracks- n.ich Mametz. n.ich l.onguc
nl, nr.eh Cllncln. The had tiled to
camouflage .some of their tiacks b
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or the ounger representative of the
"Lochiel Clan." It was paralleled only
In th case of the liayards of Delaware
Ci.vri which James A Bayard resigned his
V- .rather than take the oath of allegiance
incn reiiuueii ui .-senaiois. nis son
Thomas F. Baard, being chosen to re
place him
Cnmeron's assumption of the Sena
torial toga was a characteristic coup
of bis sagacious sire Prior to that. In
Hay, 1876. President rjrant had ap
pointed him Seeretar of War, which
post he held until the end of Oram's
term He fully expected to be retained
In the oftlce on account of the 7eal he
showed In ptomoting the Presidential
campaign of Hayes, and In the turbu
lent scenes that attended the disputed
flection This expectation was not ful
filled, and when it became known to
the elder Cameron that his son una to
be retired from the Cabinet, the general
conceived and executed a Cameron loop
This was his resignatlc-n of his seat
In the Senate to make wav fnr v,u ,-..,
Before announcing his purpose to retire
General Cameron, then an octogenarian I
went to HarMshurg and. In conference I
xrlth (lovernor Hartranft. Robert N I
Mackey, Matthew S. Qua and ethers of
Ms chief lieutenants, arranged for the'
election of his son Donald as his sue- '
cessor. When the Legislature was readv I
to choose a Senator for the unexpired i
term of the elder Cameron, sundrj aspi
rants for the honor learned to their,
chagrin that the place had beep pre-'
empted. and .lames Donald Cameion '
was elected without a sei Ions struggl-, ,
taking his spat October IS, 1S77 He!
was re-elected by the I.eglslatuies of:
1879, 1835 and 1891
Hit Free SlUrr A uledlelorr
Cameron was not a speei-hm.ikpr. but
he was a man of remarkable executive
ability keen insight in political and
national affairs and of unflinching e'e-
termination. Thei-e qualities made him '
a forceful Influence in the Senate, as
was shown In bis resolute opposition to
what was known as the "force" hill. .
to which the majority of his parly was i
committed, and which he was instru-
mental In defeating He astonished his .
fflends In the earlv days of the "free I
silver" craze by coming out boldly for
unlimited coinage, a speech which he '
made In Its favor being denominated i
as "political suicide." but Cameron '
stuck gamely to his guns. This attl- i
tude marked his flpal appearance in the '
political arena, as he was not a can
didate for re-election In 1897. his re- '
urenieni ueing denominated "voluntary."
-but It Is doubtful whether he could hae
been re-elected had he so desired
.Boles Penrose succeeded him in the
.Senate.
"Don" Cameron, Senator Itoscoe
Conkllne, of New York, and General
John A. Logan, of Illinois, were the
TllirlAlia nt tlm fan, .... ttand, .,. v.
..---.- w- ... ,j.,a v ji UID lie
ffif-jpubllcan National Convention of 1889.
-v i ",u uuaiu, w nose zealous uevutlon
to the fortunes of General C,rant marked
tan InMripnt In t-inlltl-u !. 1....1 n .
' ''nnuence 'n preventing the nomination of
'"" vj. uiAiua cor rresiaeni. liialue
and Conkllng were bitter personal ene
mies, and Cameron a. staunch niu ,,f chA
jjp New York Senator., It was not doubted
- at the time that a nod from Cameron to
the Pennsylvania fieleiratfnn wmiM ha-.
H .'BlU,nt It te tka onnnA.-,- n ,& - n
.frl "-. fe w ...a DUpllL UI HID iljai) irUlll
'jusine, wno was tne real choice of the
.people or tms .Mate, nut that nod was
'not forthcoming. Ulalne won the noml.
-Lnatlnn fnilp ,Aat-a Inl.- t .. nn I.. ,
..w.. wu. jho laisi. ji m U9 UII1J IU
'K down to defeat by Cleveland. Cam-
Kax',(eron'a lukewarmness In the campaign of
K!"i, 1J84 was undisguised, although Perm.
sylvanla returned an Impressive ina
lt e fjorlty for the "Plumed Knight."
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, uw ui me peculiarities of James
'Donald Cameron was, his fear of great
eujhts. According- to. City RUtlsttcan
K. J. Cat(e)l. the Senator would never
mo above the fifth or sixth floor of any
building. Because -of this fact many of
the-' political conferences here in which
Was a dominant figure had to be
on .the lower floors of office hnllrt.
In shell crateis and ditches lie their
helmets, g.is masks, lilies and equip
ment, and here and there is the wreck
age of u Held gun or limber. Untouched
but abandoned by the enemy In their
flight and strewn over all the ground
are vast numbers of tine.xploded shells
Itrltish Batteries Far Forward
Yesterday mm nlng on the Somme
battlefields, the British batteries weie
In nation far forward, having been
brought up in the night, by unresting
gunners unci others, getting into po
sitions In places which yesterday were
In German bands. OHIceis rode their
horses on the way to nnil good em
placements for heavies or Held guns
ulong tracks where It would have been
death to ride a short time before, and
they called out cheery greetings to In
fantry ofllceis. who were upon foot.
There was some scatteied but feeble
shelling round about Martlnpuleh. and
over by Morval. but for the most part
the German guns were silent, trek
king away to safety, and it was the
British urtllleiy that made all the
noise of battle. The long snouts of the
six-Inch guns that had been brought
up somehow by the splilt nnd strength
of men. ami hoises
m-t ahead
Hint It linrt'l to follow so quickly but
never fall.
The road mendera are already nt
work, gallant plonecas who mnke the
wnys straight And true. It Is sur
pilslng how good the old British toads
am after all the stiess tf advance nnd
rettent. I took my cur to the edge of
I.oiiguevnl and broke no .springs, mid
could have driven Into the Get man
lines without ttoiihlp, , except tho In
evitable one that ndslnll trouble.
The storm clouds of'Wednesdav bad
denied and the sky was blue. Over
tl.e Somme UHftlefii-Jd them wns a
golden light, which glinted on the
trunks of the dead trees In Devil's
wood nnd'.Mnmetz wood, nnd those
thin lows, of charred masts which
weie once'Trones wood nnd llernnfny
where many British fought and fell
two yeat's ago. The open battlefield
stretched a wav as far ns one's vision,
mil ncioss it the Hi Itlsh wen- trudg
i the. Germans cieeplng nwav
befoie them.. or holdltitr the line with
tii.iclilne-guii Hre until the British
were on them, and thtough them
llritlsh Casualties Moderate
The British casualties still lemaln
quite moderate, but heie and there
men full, caught bv those bullets from
the Germ.ni mar guards. 1 saw how
some of them, walking In single Hie.
were . -night down one track. They
i there with their steel hats King
beside tin 111 at Intervals of a dn.eti
paces.
I-'or them there wns peac nnd the
lotinu'j's end It good luck most of
the wounded lire only slightly touch
ed. for machine-gun bullets nre clean
er than chunks of shells, mid the
ambulances that stole down the wind
ing tracks, with tho sun deepening
the ledness of their crosses, were
bearing men who have "slight"
wounds nnd will be well soon. Thev
were smoking clgaiettes ns they Inv
alid gilnned through the flaps, and
theie were not many in my direction
who lav still and unconscious under
theli blankets.
For this last lap of the German re-
tie.it fiom GUichy to Guilleniont has
been a stampede without fighting, and
the Itrltish linve followed on like
shepherds loundlng up their sheep
Klsewbere the fighting has been
severe. Wednesday night there were
two countei-attacks against the Ca
nadians In the neighborhood of Ar
tillery hill, between Bolry and Jig
saw wood.
The Geimnn command must hue
hated to lose Jigsaw Wood nnd Sart
Wood which weie taken Wednesda
and the dav befoie. Thev used the
cover of this chain of woods on high
ground bevund Monchv and above
Wancouit in older to bring their men
up and feed their line. The loss of
them Is a grave Mow and they tried
to goad then- men to get back to them
yesteulii
Elements or four divisions were put
Into counter-attacks, Including: Units
of the Thlrty-Hfth Division, which Is
utterly smashed, but they failed to
make any ground nnd were broken
under the Hrltlsh Hie.
The nttnek which 1 described yes
terday, when the Londoners took Crob
selles, wns successful nil nlong the
line, and tho Hoops of the Fltst Army
In the north are within 2000 ards of
the Drocourt-Qiieant line, having
luoken through all the (lermnn rear
guards between them nnd that line of
resistance, which the German army
hopes to keep nt all costs. North of
the Scarpe the Fifty first Highland
Division hns taken Gieenland Hill,
only half of which It held previously,
and has got well beyond Pelves. It
Is the old rifty-fiist which since
Match has fought continuously nlong
many parts of the front, nrst In the
Cnmhia! salient with dogged l ear
guard actions against enormous odds;
then up by Hethune, when the enemy
launched this noithein attack; then
down with thf French In the great
battles which ended In the German
red eat on the Marne, and now most
gloilously In these new victories
thiough Roeux nnd Pelves,
The division has lecoived new drnfts
nf gallant young Scots, whom 1 saw
m.iichlng up to battle with the swing
of kilts nnd a warrior look In their
eves and such gallantry of voiith one's
j heal t bents at the sight o.'them. They
hsve unlned gieat honor, not only In
the British nimy. but among the
French, and even the enemy's nimles,
and will never be forgotten as long ns
hlstorv Is written,
It Is the division to which the Ger
mans sent n message, saying. "The
poor old Fifty-first Is still sticking to
It " The Scots nre doing more than
stlrklng to It now they nre driving
the enemv before them, taking many
prisoners nnd the GVrman spirit. For
the time being their spirit Is broken
.imong the German Infantry, though
their machine gunners are still won-
dci fill
ficrmans Refuse to Flslit
An otllcer of the 214th division savs
thnt his men would not fight nt all.
He shot at them and then, finding
things hopeless, .suviendered. When
his men heaid thnt the Canadians were
In front of them they were seized with
a panic, he says, and nothing could
rallv them.
Since the 23d. the London troops
have been fighting big battles and
have made astonishing progress. They ,
ore the troops-whose actions I de
sciibed yesterday without being able
to mention their names. It wns they j
who -stormed through Bovelles and i
nolry-Becquerelle, taking 700 prison
eis, on the way to Crolselles, wheie
some of them had to face a terrible
Hie from massed machine guns.
With Scottish troops they broke the
Hindtftiburg line across the Sensee
menace
tired hut eager to
were bellowing out their
to the retreating Geimans.
Fl'-Ul p.'""'" l"'n,e''u' out their shots
and spent their shells almost as fast
us the ammunition could be bi ought
up li the transport columns, which
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valley, una "WednegiJay morning cap
tured Crnls?llc3 nnd went hnlf way to
nullerotirt. It wnii a brigade rhajor of
tho Londoners who rode very calmly
Into Crolselles nnd established himself
there In advance of his men, and
through this week young Londoners
who In April resisted the Oerman ns
faults nt Arras with the most exalt
ed courage have agnn been fighting
with hearts thnt never failed, though
some of them have suffered from an
ngony of-sleeplessness and havo lain
In wet ditches under the sweep of
mnchlne-gun bullets.
Good old London town has produced
boys like this from little houses In
the suburbs, where quiet families who
made their sons "something .In the
city." never thought a hero was sit
ting down to the table with them or
thnt their duty would ever lie out In
a ditch under a dreadful file. There
have been great soldiers from Ixin
don and many of them are fighting
under the daggers and the motto of
"Domlne dlrlge nos."
The "irrttish nre marvelous, high
landers or cockneys, Welsh or South
Countiy, I-aneashlre or Yorkshire
men. During the last three weeks they
have defeated storm divisions of the
German army, wiped out all the
enemy's gains since March 21st, fiom
Amiens to Ttnpaume nnd from Arras to
the Somme nnd forever destroyed all
Germnn's hopes of victory by the
strength of their bodies and by the
last light of human pluck, fighting
most of nil against fatigue nnd the
desire for sleep, more. terrible than thp
enemy nhead.
MANY JOIN P0LIGE -STRIKERS
IN LONDON
AMERICAN WITH FRENCH DIES
Voltinteercfl at Start of War.
Won Cross
liy the Aociatcd Prcsi
rarln, Aug 30 Henty Sef.gwlck
Berend an American, who volunteered
for service In the French army nt the be
ginning of the war nnd was In the avla-.
tlon branch, has been killed nt the front.
He was a Fon of Hodrlgues Berend and
a nephew of Senator IVKstournelles de
Constant Tne war cross which had
been awarded him wns placed In his
cotlln
Metropolitan Force Leaves
Area Outside City Proper
Without Protection
By the Associated Prrsi
London, Aug 3D.
London, outside of the little sauare
mile composing the city proper, hns vir
tually been without police protection
since midnight, when the famous metro
politan, police force went on slrlke for
Increased pay, recognition of their union
and reinstatement of discharged men
Traffic usually so well looked after, was
'eft to regulnte Itself until special con
stables private citizens enlisted for the
duration of tho war to nsslst the reg
ularsturned out In hundreds to do the
work of the "Bobbles"
The police strike became worse as the
niomlng wore on. Only a small number
of the older men remained- at tiilp
posts An hour's tour of the metro
politan area dining the early hours of
the day found ery few policemen on
duty.
Before the heavy traffic appeared on
the streets It was remarkable- what
little difference the absence of the
IKillcemen made, except, perhaps, to
American sailors and soldiers, who de
pend upon them fnr protection.
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PAY $1.00 WEEKLY
We Furnish Everything
for House and Person
Fathionable Clothes for
Men, Women & Children
Furniture, Rugi, Housefur
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Carts, Jewelry, Trunks, elc.
.O you think the Government will
accept your btanqardr
If von have hecn navinf more than .:
is necessary to net all you want in a hat "?!
before the War Uncle Sam will' show
you how to avoid wastefulness and extrav
agance and hew to get along without a
few unnecessary luxuries before the
War is over.
The War Industries Board have stand
ardized shoes for next year and they-had
a conference with hat manufacturers a
few days ago in Washington to do the
same thing in the hat business.
I haven't any inside information but I
think they will come pretty near adopting
my standard, when they decide to make a
serviceable hat, with' plenty of style, at a
reasonable price.
That's the policy I have maintained since,
I started in business and my hats are good
enough for anyone and they're all $2.85,
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