SURELY MADE THINGS HUM AT ANNUAL FROLIC YESTERDAY AT GOOD HOPE MILL
U-BOAT RULING
MADE BY POLK
Deutschland Is Merchant Ves
sel State Department Decides;
Not to Stand as Precedent
Washington. D. C.. July 15.—The
State Department formally ruled to
day that the German submarine
Deutschland Is a merchant vessel and
entitled to treatment as such.
In announcing the ruling Acting
Secretary Polk said it was not to be
taken as a precedent and that any
similar cases arising in the future
would be dealt with on their own
merits.
"In view of the facts in this par
ticular case," said Mr. Polk, "there is
no reason why the Deutschland should
be considered a war vessel."
Keep Movements From Allies
The department's action was based!
upon reports of navy and customs offi
cers who examined the submarine at
Baltimore and found that she was un
armed and incapable of being con
verted for warlike purposes • without
extensive structural changes. An ad- j
visory report from the neutrality board
to which the case was referred in
formally by Mr. Polk, held that the
vessel should be accorded all the priv
ileges of a peaceful commerce carrier.
Both the British and French embas
sies have made representations to the
• State Department urging that the
Duetschland was a potential warship
subject to interment if she remained
in a neutral port more than the time
allowed by international law.
Now that the status of the vessel has
been fixed so far as the American gov
ernment is concerned every possible
effort will be made to prevent news of
her movements in territorial waters of i
the United States from reaching the
allied warships which may be waiting 1
off the Virginia coast to intercept her
when she starts back to Germany.
Mrs. Marshall Is First
Woman to Inspect U-Boat
By Associated Press
Baltimore, Md., July 15. Mrs. '
Thomas R. Marshall, wife of the Vice-
President, visited the German sub
marine Deutschland yesterday evening '
and was shown through the vessel by
Captain Hinsch. of the interned Ger- 1
man steamship Necksi. which is lying i
alongside the submersible. Captain !
Hinsch said Mrs. Marshall was the
first woman to go below deck since the :
Deutschland arrived in American
waters.
Captain Hinsch said the temperature
of the interior of the submarine wa.«
about 110 degrees while Mrs. Marshall
was exploring It. She expressed
amazement at almost every turn. "It
is wonderful, marvelous; it Is im
possible for me to express my feel
ing?." she said after leaving the boat. |
Mrs. Marshall was accompanied to j
the pier by her parents. Mr. and Mrs. [
E. P. Kimsey, who remained on board :
the Neckar while she inspected the
submarine. The party returned to
Washington shortly afterward.
Stevedores continued to-day to load
the Deutschlar.d's return cargo of
rrude rubber and nickel.
Coast Guard Starts Oat
to Rid Waters of Sharks
By A ssocialed Press
Washington. D. C„ July 15. The
Coast Guard service took up to-day ac
tive di-ection of efforts to rid the North
Atlantic coast of sharks which have
'!eared many beaches of bathers. The •
life-saving service will render aid.
Thf plan of the Coast Guard is to
Ascertain first whether the sharks are
few In number or comprise large
schools. If they are not numerous a
• utter will be used to fish for them,
but the presence of numbers will neces
sitate extensive operations.
WOI'I.T) RATHER BE SHO""
THAN GO TO JAIL. I -\YS
Vehemently declaring he would
rrther be shot at once than be taken
to jail. Mile Dimmage. charged with
assault and battery squatted in Court
street opposite Alderman Murray's
oflice and defied the police to move
him. It was necessary to drag him
bodily in the patrol wagon to get him
prcund the corner to the jail wall to
the doors of the prison. He is be
lieved to be demented.
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THRILLING TALE
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Romalne gas buoy. No member of
the ship's company was lost but four
were hurt.
Water Pours Into Boat
The Hector left Charles lightship
Wednesday. Thursday morning at
about 4 o'clock she ran Into the worst
huiricane sweeping up the coast. Huge
waves broke over the vessel and pour
ed down the hatches, flooding the
he Ids and disabling the engines.
When she was unable to make way
wireless calls for help were sent out.
As the big collier rolled at the
mercy of the wind which was driving
her toward Cape Romaine. tires
broke out in the hold. They did not
gain headway but added to the terror
of those aboard.
The Wellington reached the collier
a* 1 o'clock Friday afternoon about
cne hour after the Hector had ground
ed 14 miles north-northeast of Cape
Romaine. The Hector's launch had
been disabled by the storm but a small
boat with a line put out and succeeded
in reaching the Wellington. The
dangerous work of transferring the
n.en was immediately started and
continued for six hours.
Captain Sticks to Ship
Captain Newell with about a score
of men elected to remain on the for
ward part of the Hector which then
bad almost parted at about midships.
The Wellington started ror this port
ani' the Cypress set out to take off
Captain Newell and his men as It
seemed certain there was no chance
to save the collier. At 8 o'clock last
evening Captain Xewell and his men
whe remained with him were forced
to leave the Hector.
There were five men aboard each of
the barges the Wellington lost while
trying to tow them from Philadelphia
to Jacksonville. The Wellington left
to-day to search for them.
The destroyer Terry arrived this
morning badly battered by rough
weather. She was in tow of the Re
lief which had brought her from Santo
Domingo where she had been aground.
Disabled in Hurricane
The Hector, commanded by Captain
Joseph Xewell, had sailed from Port
Royal, 3. C., Xaval Training Station,
carrying sixty marines to Santo Do
mingo. when she was partially dis
abled in Friday's hurricane. She
grounded while trying to make Char
leston harbor oonveyed by the steamer
Alamo. High seas had prevented the
Alamo getting close enough to take
off the men. who took to their small
boats. In addition to her commander
and the marines, the Hector, which
displaced 11,200 tons carried eleven
officers and a crew of 70 men.
Hector Will Be Total
Loss; Broken in Two
By Associated Press
Washington. D. C., July 15.—Ad
miral Benson, chief of operations of
the Navy Department, announced this
morning he had received dispatches
from Charleston saying the marines
and crew of the Hector all were saved.
Part of the rescued men were landed
at the Charleston navy yard and the
remainder ara aboard vessels in
Charleston harbor. h« said.
A Navy Department radiogram from
Charleston says the.Hector was aban
doned at 12.45 o'clock this mornir.g
seven miles northeast of Cape Ro
■riaine. The vessel will be a total loss,
as she is broken in two. All hands',
rhe dispatch savs, were saved and were
brought ashore aboard the lighthouse
tender Cypress and the naval tug Wil
mington. There were twelve officers
and seventy men of the crew in addi
tion to one officer and fifty-six marine
recruits from Norfolk and Port Royal,
S. C. The master of the Hector is G.
F. Newell.
Commandant Bryan, of the Charles
ton yard, sent the following message
to the Navy Department:
"Hector ashore seven miles north
east of the Romaine ?as buoy. Aban
doned by crew at 12.45 a. m. Ship
broken in two t.nd a total wreck. All
hands saved. Chief Engineer and one
fireman eeriouslv injured. Carpenter
broken leg. Officers and crew being
taken to Charleston."
The chief engineer is Edward A.
Mercer, of Rockland. Mass.
MADKID DISPATCHES CENSORED
By Associated Press
Madrid. July 15.—The Government
has established a military censorship of
all press dispatches.
SACRIFICE OF
LIFE EXPECTED
Captain, Writing of Drive,
Says War Is Damnable
and Stupid
New York. July 15—The "big push''
which the British and French have at
last attempted along the northern por
tion of the German line has been
viewed by at least some of the officers
In the British trenches as likely to en
tail a sacrifice of life "that no general
will be prepared to face," according to
a captain whose letter from the British
front, written just before the big for
ward movement began, gives some in
teresting light on the present psy
chology of the men in the trenches.
Ralph L. Shaniwald, a New York
manufacturer, makes public the let
ter, without disclosing the identity of
the captain who wrote it.
"We talked of a 'big push' when I
was in London," says the officer. "It
may be attempted, and I may be in it,
but the sacrifice of life will be some
thing that in my humble opinion no
general will be prepared to face. Only
those who have had some experience
of trench warfare can appreciate the
stupendous difficulties of a great for
ward movement, with its attendant
wholesale slaughter of the very blood
that England lequiree most. No; in
my opinion, valueless though it be, our
policy must be one of attrition—of
wearing out the enemy—a policy that
I fully recognize, however, may mean
the bankruptcy of the civilized world.
\ erdun is doubtless the last great
effort of a desperate and wonderfully
organized military nation, but its fail -
ure in that Quarter will not render the
task of overthrowing its well-handled
masses of troops very much easier,
under trench circumstances."
"Between you and me," he says,
"war is the most damnable, stupid,
nonsensical thing that was ever In
vented for settling disputes, and Is
carried on by brainless, well-meaning
men, that you wouldn't give the office
boy's Job to. Incompetence, Inefficiency
and pluck; effrontery. Interference,
red tape and ability, are all mixed up
together out here, in a manner that
would drive a businessman like you
crazy.
"I have no intention of wearying
you with tales of 'hurtling' shells, and
the deafening roar of cannon, making
your blood run cold with stories of the
sights that disgust you, and yet flll you
with deep sympathy; of shocks and
hairbreadth escapes; of tales of valor,
and of trembling knees; of the brave
British officer shaving under shell flre
(although I hav-s done that stunt many
a morning, without cutting mysolf); of
shots that pierced the tunic to be de
flected finally by the amall Bible pre
sented by the bluo and brown \eyed
maiden of Bloomsbury Square; of the
bullying officer being saved by the
fresh-faced youngster fulfilling a 'noble
"Strangely enough, in my short ex
perience, I have seen many of those
things. Including the winning of a
military cross at S in the morning by
a blase young man somewhat tired of
life who. fortunately for me, refused
my proffered assistance, and who,
when he returned to share my dugout
with the sweat of suppressed excite
ment on his brow, drank two stiff
nobblers of whisky in quick succession
that I poured out for him, and then
failed to find sleep for his over-tired
nerves. I have seen the shells burst
ing around with no opportunity of
running like the devil, as we all felt
inclined to do. I have escaped bits
of horrible shrapnel by two and three
feet, and snipers' bullets by Inches,
and I've eater, bully beef till the cows
came home —the bravest deed of all.
"It is ft curious feeling the first time
one stands surrounded by shell and
machine gun lire. I was Interested by
watching myself to see how I took It.
To my intense surprise I wasn't fright
ened. but only curious—and then sad.
Sad at the thought of what It all
meant, and what I had seen. But in
spite of everything I have never for a
moment been depressed or nervous.
I have had to stand under machine
gun fire for an hour at night so as to
impress my men and reassure them;
for I find example is everything in
war; and yet I am disgusted with it
all —except the spirit of the splendid
fellows with whom I am surrounded.
Their devotion to duty, their unselfish
ness. fraternity and oheerfulness Is
something to make one proud of one's
race. Hard-awearlng and hard-living
men they may be (officers and men
alike), but they are the finest fellows
one can meet, and their dally conduct
is more beneficial than a hundred
sermons by the finest parson orator
living."
HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH
Can You Help St Swithen
Solve This Deep Puzzle?
All ye scribes who believe In the
weather yarns of ancient times, come .
to the aid of Ihe weather man and
explain things.
To-day Is St. Swithln's Day. Do you
remember the old rhyme—
"St. Swithln's Day, If thou dost rain. |
For forty day* It will remain;
St. Swlthin'a Day, if thou be fair.
For forty days 'twill rain nae mair."
To-day there was a little rain, and a
little sunshine. So the weatherman
isn't sure Just what the St. Swlthln J
forecasters will say about the next
fort* days.
FIRING AROUSES PASSENGERS
New York. July 15. The Italian
steamer Duca Degli Abruzzi which!
arrived here to-day. left Naples with
all lights out and took a slg-zag course
through the Mediterranean to avoid
submarines. On July 3, about 5 o'clock
In the morning the passeng'ers were
aroused by firing. They rushed on
deck and found the crew were firing
from the guns mounted on the stern
of the ship at a floating object, which
later proved to be' a huge iron drum.
These drums, the officers said, are
numerous In the Mediterranean, the
Austrlans setting them afloat with sup
plies of oil and gasoline for the pur
pose of supplying submarines.
SIRFACE HAS NOT RESIGNED
Rumors were In circulation about the !
city to-day that Dr. H A. Surface. State
zoologist, had resigned, but no confir
mation could be obtained at the Capi
tol. There have been reports to that
effect for some time and more than
once the zoologist has survived rumors
that he would leave the State service.
SEEKING RESPITE
Attorneys for H. E. Filler, West- 1
more'.and county man, condemned to 1
be electrocuted Monday, are seeking
a respite for him. Filler's case has
been before the Pardon Board several j
times
ADVANTAGE OF
COLLEGE EDUCATION
If it be true that practically the same I
Dualities are needed for managership as
or general engineering, the best foun
dation for successful managerial work
is a thorough grounding in the funda- i
mentals of engineering. This is con- |
Armed by the strong tendency to place
college-trained engineers In positions !
of executive control. There are a num
ber of reasons for this. First, the col
lege-bred engineer Is trained in clear
reasoning founded on Investigation,
and in arriving at conclusions which
Inspire confidence as a basis for action.
Second, because of this such an engi
neer Is a fearless analyzer of facts, one
who can set aside prejudice and prece
dent. Third, he Is usually free from the
chains of precedent and Is ready to
scrap the obsolete; it Is the engineering
type of mind which Is willing to dts
card power generators, steel mills, and
machinery, which are in perfect run
ning order but are obsolescent. Fourth,
in engineer Is not Inclined to take
gambler's chances. The training which
precludes his "taking fliers" in the de
sign of bridges and heavy machinery
makes him a safe leader In matters of
management. Fifth, many of the prob
lems of management Involve technical
engineering In the handling of plant,
tools, and material. Sixth, experience
shows that young men with engineer
ing training master the business fea- !
tures of management better than men
with business training do the technical
features.—Joseph W. Roe. In The En
gineering Magazine for July.
HEX HATCHES WOODPECKER
Federalsburg. Md.—lt is unusual for
a hen to hatch out a woodpecker, but
an instance Is recorded by Ira Cordrey.
a farmer living near here.
The hen had been missing for some
time. When found she was mother
ing eleven baby chicks and one tiny
woodpecker, which appeared perfectly
happy to let the hen scratch worms
for it, and the hen is paying just as
much attention to the little woodpecker
as it Is to her brood of chicks.
The woodpecker's appearance Is ex
plained on the supposition that a wood
pecker laid the eeg In the hen's nest
while the herf was off looking for
food.
Do You
Clean your teeth and then expec
torate In the washbowl?
Omit lunch to reduce weight and
then overeat at dinner?
Go to the country for health and
then sleep with your windows shut
tight?
1 Wonderwhy you have eareache and
then blow your nose with your
1 mouth shut?
V
MISSES 75-FOOT
DROP BY INCHES
Auto Snaps Off Four Posts on
Mulberry Street Bridge;
Wheels Over Edge
Crashing into a concrete post of the I
protective railing on the Mulberry j
street bridge, after skidding from the ,
roadway, an automobile driven by C. '
H. Ruhl. Twenty-seventh and Main j
streets, Penbrook. narrowly missed a '
plunge to Cameron street. 75 feet be- 1
low.
Four of the posts supporting: the
railings were snapped oft" by the force
of the crash, before the emergency
brake checked tho machine. The ac
cident occurred at the highest point
on the bridge, and on the South side.
The car was only slightly battered,
and Mr. Ruhl, with the aid of a few
bystanders succeeded in getting it
back on the roadway and drove away.
Three concrete posts really received
the shock of the crash according to
City Commissioner W. H. Lynch.
Superintendent of Streets and Public
Improvements, and these will have to
be replaced. Of the three only one
stoutly withstood the sudden plunge
of the car. This was the post that
had been reinforced with steel. Work
was begun at once on the repairing
of the damaged railing and accord
ing to Mr. Lynch, reinforcement will
be placed in all the posts substituted.
TROLLEY DISPUTE
GIVEN TO PUBLIC
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reached Wednesday, the "walk
out" to hinge on the question of
whether or not the company would
accede to the new union's demands.
At any event the men themselves
will have to vote on the problem and
the balloting will begin, it is under
stood, at 1:30 o'clock to-morrow
morning. There are some SOO men on
the company's payroll.
The statement issued by Thorp and
McLaughlin points out that a com
mittee appointed by Division 790,
Amalgamated Association of Street
and Electric Railway Employes of
America had prepared a contract cov
ering; hours, and working con
ditions which was approved by the
membership July 12. President Mus
ser, the statement says, refused to
confer with the union committee
which wished to present this con
tract.
In his statement to-day President
Musser declares that the company
never refused to treat with its men
individually or collectively so long as
the interests of the men could be con
sidered from a purely local stand
point. It does refuse nowever to
treat with committees when they
represent an organization of em
ployes which in turn owes allegiance
to a national body.
President Musser's statement fol
lows: '
"That the prblic may be fully ac
quainted with the position of the rail
way company In the present contro
versy which has been raised by some
of its employes, I desire to set forth
the following facts:
'This company has never, at anv
time, refused to treat with its men
individually or collectively, so long as
the interests of the men as a body
could be considered from a purely
local standpoint. It does refuse, how
ever, to treat with committees when
they represent an organization of em
ployes which in turn owes allegiance
to a national body whose aims seem to
be confined so'elv to the imposition of
certain working: conditions in all lo
calities. without regard to the adapta
i bility thereof to general conditions
: prevailing in each respective locality.
"No better evidence of the com
pany's attitude toward its men can be
e-iven than that it has voluntarily from
time to time, as business conditions
warranted, increased the wage scale
from cents to 26 cents an hour—
comparing favorably with the wage
scales of neighboring Pennsylvania
cities in the same class, the last in
crease being made May 1 last.
"As to the comforts of its men. in
the operation cf cars, rules and regu
lations have from time to time been
| modified upon the suggestion of em
-1 ployes, looking to increased comforts,
keeping in mind, of course, that the
safety and convenience of the public
must always be conserved, as well as
the interests of the employes.
I "Some of the men have complained
JULY 15, 1916.
about the necessity of being upon their
feet during working hours. Notwith- j
standing that in this they do not differ ,
from the carpenter, steelworker, me- J
chanlc and many other branches of
labor, stools have for r long time been |
permitted on suburban lines, and have
been ordered for city lines for the use !
of raotormen, except in congested
parts of the city, where the safety and
convenience of the public demand ab
solute freedom of body and constant,
watchfulness on all sides.
"The company realizes that in the
performance of its duties to the public
the highest degree of efficiency is es
sential on the part of employes, and
quite naturally is on the alert to Im
prove working conditions of Its em
ployes at all times as business con
ditions make them possible.
"FRANK B. MCSSESR,
"President Harrtsb'irg Pailways Co."
Union's Statement
The statement as Issued by Messrs.
Thorp and McLaughlin follows
"Wages of motormen and conduc
tors of the Hrrisburg lines are far
below those of other portions of the
State. The average wage of the men
is $2.40 for an average of ten hours
a day. These men frequently are
required to come back after their reg
ular runs of ten hours, and work four
and five hours extra, walking home
after midnight. Then these same men
are obliged to walk back to their work
again at 4 o'clock in the morning, with
from two to three and one-half hours'
sleep. They receive only regular rate
of pay for these extra hours' work.
"The men are obliged to stand on
their feet constantly during their work.
About- two-thirds of the road men arc
suffering with swollen feet or broken
down arches, resulting from their be
ing obliged to stand from ten to four
teen and even eighteen hours a day
without change of position.
"Even working these long hours,
and seven days in a week, the men
are earning only a bare living. There
is no chance to save anything for pos
sible sickness or accident.
"Jlen employed in the barns work
for as low as thirteen and a half cents
an hour.
"Even the Increase of eight cents
an hour asked, would only bring the
average wages of the motormen and
conductors to $2.85 a day, the latter
figure if they all work nearly twelve
hours.
"No men have dared to complain
of conditions. If they did. as individ
uals, they were discharged on some
pretext or other. There is a society
for the prevention of cruelty to ani
mals. Its members won't let ani
mals work more than fifteen hours a
day. They must also feed and main
tain the animals properly. There is
no such society for human beings. The
men had to form one for themselves
They dfd so.
' "After the company refused to meet
The committee to discuss the demands,
the committee then offered to submit
ithe entire matter to a board of arbi
! tration. This was refused by Mr. Mus
ser. Therefore the employes feel that
there is but one alternative left, which
is to suspend work. This will be done
unless there is a change of attitude on
the part of the company before Sun
day morning, July 16, at midnight."
Suspension Wheel and Airless
Tires Are Introduced Here
| The shock-absorber principle is now
being applied to the wheel of motor
cars direct, as exemplified by the Wat
son Suspension Wheel, introduced here
by the Harrisburg Motor Equipment
Company at 50 South Cameron street.
The Watson wheel is constructed with
spokes of flat steel springs curved and
braced in such a way that it embodies
perfect solidity without being rigid.
This permits practical elasticity and
absorbs the jar of shock and recoil.
It has beauty of design and tests by
! maker give assurance of safety, en
gineering and economical advantages.
| The permanent uniform spoke tension
I and frictionless adjustment result in a
| suspended hub, so that shock and re
! coil is equally divided and absorbed
!by contraction and elongation of the
i spokes. The net section of each spoke
Is such that when absorbing the most
! severe shock or recoil, to which it will
,be subjected, no spoke is worked to
I but a fraction of Its elastic limit. This
; assures a life to the spoke and wheel
beyond the life of the car.
| Another specialty being distributed
I by the Equipment company is the.Day
ton airless tire. This tire is puncture
proof and makes easy riding possible
by piers or columns of elastic rubber
and an annular rib, so constructed as
ito give sufficient strength to support
1 any given weight of car and yet de
flect or squeeze down so as to ab-
I sorb obstructions in the same manner
l as an air tube in a properly Inflated
, pneumatic.
27 DEATHS, 144
PARALYTIC CASES
Infantile Epidemic Fails to
Take Expected Drop From
Cooler Weather
By Associated Press
New York, July 15. A marked
drop in temperature failed to-day ma
terially to reduce the fatalities and
development of the epidemic of in
fantile paralysis. During the 24
hours ending at 10 o'clock this morn
ing there were 27 deaths and 144
new cases of tho disease reported in
the five boroughs of New York City.
To control the epidemic which has
been felt in all parts of the country,
the Rockefeller Foundation to-day
donated the sum of $50,000 to thoso
in charge of the fight against the dis
ease. Mayor Mitchell has been nam
ed a member of the committee
through which the fund will be- dis
bursed.
Since the epidemic started on Juno
26, 19 days ago. 1,853 cases have
been reported and there have been
369 deaths.
Hotels Must Aid in
Infantile Paralysis Fight
By Associated Press
New York, July 15.—Hotel and
boardinghouse keepers all over the
State were notified to-day by local
I health officers that they would be ex
pected to do their part in preventing
the spread of infantile paralysis. The
, local health authorities acted under
instructions from Dr. Hermann M.
Briggs, State Commissioner of Health,
who was led to send out a new cir
cular of information owing to the fact
that thousands of families have left
I New York for the rural districts to
1 safeguard the health of their children.
Proprietors of hotels and boarding
houses will be required to notify
; health officers of the arrival of any
; children from infested districts.
Physicians fighting the plague hera
were encouraged to-day by cooler
weather. although by the fact
there has been a slight decrease In the
number of offenders arrested for vio
lating the sanitary ordinances.
Deaf Mute's Silent
Story Wins Divorce
t Chicago.—Eloquent fingers told the
; story of a voiceless romance and
tragedy in Judge Sullivan's court, when
Arno Deitsch told how Edward Kelley,
n roomer, had stolen the love of Mrs.
Clara Deltsch. All are deaf mutes.
Deltsch twinkled the story out on
his fingers and an interpreter told
!it to the court. He said that they
i were married only two years ago, and
one night he came home and found
Kelley's clothes in his wife's room.
He tried to make Kelley go, but Mrs.
Deitsch said Kelley did not have to
go. according to his testimony, and
lie remained, "in spite of my having
told him to go repeatedly." Then
I Deitsch departed. The husband re
ceived a decree.
THE WOMEN'S TRAINING CAMP
These days mere man can claim lit
tle as belonging exclusively to his own
sex, for society women have affected
his neckties, his collars and his cuffs,
with the tips of turned-up trousers
peeping beneath skirts as the last de
fiance. Following the popularity of
| training camps for the citizen soldiery,
along came Washington society wo
men. from the rosebud debutante to
'the elderly matron of national promi
nence, in attendance at a camp for wo
men suggesting soldierly training.
In this camp assembled real femi
| nine "rookies" in slouch hats and
Ithaki. They came for outdoor exer
cises and physical betterment, as well
ias to learn nursing and other ser
vices useful in emergencies. Inciden
| tally they had adventures and a good
time. I* was a jolly lot th; - "fell in"
each day for drill, and they made a
most impressive martial appearance,
indicating that those who challenge
the rights of suffrage to women be
cause they are unequal to military
service could right here witness the
demonstration that exploded their ar
gument, and that the bugle call has
a fascination for women as well as
the drum and cymbals of the tango.—
"Affairs at Washington," Joe Mitchell
I Chappie, in National Magazine for
| June.
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