ONE OF THE WAR'S FAMOUS POEMS Written by Canadian Officer Who Later Died in His Own Hospital Philadelphia, July 2.—"ln Fland ers Fields" is probably the best war poem in the world to-day. It hats had a wided circulation throughout all the Allied countries than any pth cr poem written since the war be gan. It has been printed in many languages and has served to stimu late many patriotic causes. The poem waa written by Lieuten ant Colonel John Macrea of the Ca nadian Army Medical Corps, while j he sat in his dugout on the banks ot' the Yser Canal during those aw ful days in April, 1915, when the dauntless first Canadian division, outnumbered almost ten to one, held the foe in check at Langemarck, St. Julian and Ypres and barred the way to Calais. Its inspiration is thus explained by an officer who has served in the same unit. "On the Flanders front in the early spring of 1916, two of the most noticeable features of the field were, first, the luxuriant growth of red poppies ap pearing among the graves of the fallen soldiers, and second, that only one species of bird remained on the lield during the fighting—the larks — who, as soon as the cannonading ceased would at once rise in the air, singing." Lieutenant Colonel Macrea, the author, was a widely-known Cana dian surgeon, who at the outbreak of war was a member of the medi cal faculty of McGill University. He was training for the profession of medicine and surgeon at the time the South African trouble began and he served through the Boer War as a subaltern in the Royal Canadian artillery. At the outbreak of the present war he volunteered his ser vices and as a major he joined the First Artillery Brigade, C. F. A., in August, 1914. With this unit he served as medical officer through all the early engagements in which the First Canadian Division took part. 3t is a point of interest to note that the commanding officer of this brigade was Lieutenant Colonel E. W. B. Morrison, D. S. 0., a fellow subaltern in the same battery in South Africa. The latter is now a major general and in command of the artillery of the Canadian corps. After the battle of Festubert, Major Macrea was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel and was given charge of the McGill University base hospital. Arduous work and con tinued exposure brought him down with pneumonia. He died, a pa tient in his own hospital a short time afterwards. "In Flanders Fields" was first published in Punch, the famous British weekly. The ver sion as it appears below is the ori ginal one. IN" FLANDERS FIELDS (By Lieut Col. John Macrea.) In Flanders' fields the poppies blow Retween the crosses, ro won row. That mark our place, while in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the dead; short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders' fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from failing hands we throw The torch —be yours to bear it high! If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders' fields. Marine Corps Open Chance For Registered Men to Enlist For The War To enlist the men who registered under the draft law on June 5 in the United States Marine Corps, Sergeant John C. Dorsey. of the main office in Philadelphia, arrived here to-day to take charge of the local headquar ters. at 307 Market street He was detailed here by Captain S. A. W. Patterson, officer in charge of the district, with special instructions to pay strict attention to this phase of the recruiting campaign here. "Men who registered on June r iind all those in the draft can ente> the Marine Corps providing they se cure their releases from their looa' draft boards," declared Captain Pat terson. "The local boards during th< recent drive gave their hearty ro operation to the party of recruiter; Mid T am sure they will continue t' >!o this. So as far as securing re leases goes I am sure there will IK no trouble. "To these young men T will sa? that the chances for their advance i'ient never was greater. They al Vtiow of the reputation of the 'Devi Dogs,' their fighting qualities an the things for which they are fani ■ •us. They couldn't get in a fine vilitary organization. Now is th' time for them to act." Information Wanted A reward will be given for infoi ■ nation as to the whereabouts o Mrs. Mamie Brady, nee McNamar: t narried Hays, of New Yorl City. Last heard of in Pennsylvanl: •uiry Mrs. J. R. Dickson, West inster, S. C. Harrisburj* Academy Summer. School For Boys and Girls July 8 to August 16 PREPARES FOR FALL COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATIONS Splendid opportunity to make up back work and se cure advanced standing. Faculty composed of ex perienced teachers. Individual Instruction For information call the HARRISBURG ACADEMY Bell Phone 1371 J. 1 TUESDAY EVENING, PYTHIAN KNIGHTS TO MEET IN CITY Varied Program Prepared For State Convention To Open July 21 Five hundred uniformed knights in camp on the Island, a big military ball in the Chestnut Street auditor ium with city and state officials in attendance, huge patriotic parades and pageants, and a number of other features are planned for the twelfth annual convention of the Pennsyl vania Grand Lodge of the Knights of Pythias to be held in Harrisburg, July 21 to 26, it was announced this morning. The third encampment of the uni form department will be held at the same time. Men prominent in the order will address the convention, and a number of other speakers are expected to deliver addresses. The official opening of the camp will be Sunday, July 21. Al 3 o'clock i nthe afternoon the First Regiment of Pittsburgh and the Second Regi ment of Philadelphia will give a musical drill, and at 4 o'clock there will be an exhibition drill. At 5.30 a dress parade is scheduled. Two parades will be included in the program. The first will be a pa triotic pageant Tuesday evening and the second will be held Thursday evening. A number of bands and lodges of the Knights of Pythias from the entire state, will be in the procession. Thursday, July 26. a military ball will be held in the Chestnut Street auditorium. The committee in charge of the arrangements includes FAUFnANSSEniANNUAL Starts Friday Morning, July 5, Promptly at 8:30 O'clock Dependable Merchandise For Home and Personal Wear laV Will Go On Sale at Almost <||| To Uphold and Maintain the Underselling Traditions of Our Store pH A Sensational and C j|| llßgj ' Straight, honest merchandising at underselling prices has been the Our Clean Sweep Sale this season is held as a challenge to present I§B}!J§l| { • ljfji.- J • • I uuu high prices. Our best efforts have been put forth in this sale to IJtll® Ui I ironclad foundation and principle upon which we base our success. l Uur ,• .i. . u . , ■, . ,K •, , , rii' il'w i strengthen the good will established, to hold our customers and to Mm \ strictly underselling policy, coupled with selling only seasonable and make many more permanent friends. This we have done by |fc : '||% , ji 1 dependable merchandise has been appreciated by the many thousands Slf ma j° r IT.' ° wn " aso " ab . le P r ° fit ? nd P assin K *? to you. ft l,| JX ! VR J J The reward for our sacrifice consists m the satisfaction of serving you in a time J||,| Ml SSSByiPj | of customers we count as frier.ds. of need irrespective of adverse conditions. HJ Bargains! | NOTICE! 1 HI j|j II i 111 l | The word "bargains" has been used so ywr Q.Qfl P IVI Our prices are always maintained at the n/J If, 111 1 L 't| often that it has lost much of its significance. W C \-/lOSO at OtOU I • IVI lowest level possible, and to pay less here than |4l I mm But NOT at Kaufman's! A bargain here Tnmni'i'nw Wprlnpcrlav Illlv elsewhere does not mean the giving up of means what it is supposed to mean—good mer" 1 OIuOITOWj TT CUneauay j JUIj JU style, quality, value or good taste for some I chandise for less than its present market price. To Get Ready For the Big other thing. Reliability is never sacrificed for I When we state that an item is a bargain, you ® low prices at this store. The savings you make fiT /flftl fjlfll may be sure that we are selling it for less than p A I\l CI AI F here are bona fide and the result of our good jfj/ll I |"Wjj 1 I'll j jlljl our NORMAL low underselling price and that v> I iTI O¥Y I—Hil JfVI *■ t judgment in buying for cash in anticipation of J'l I"■ \ |l|| 1 iI!J there is consequently a DOUBLE cash saving We do this the better to enable us to increasing high prices. The savings are more Mjf/ 4lul for you. Every item in the Clean Sweep Sale arrange the store and remark and dis- vital to-day than ever before, because of ad- I lis an item of this character. So come early! 'gS tr'ch n aS tojtffered in ou" condition. and ruling high prices. I gig I Clip Broom Coupon REMEMBER—Our store wai Also Be Clip Broom Coupon 181 In Tomorrow's Paper CLOSED ALL DAY JULY 4th j n T omorrow ' s p a p er ||J| You Save Money On Every Purchase You Make jJS In view of the general higher cost and the impending scarcity in certain lines it is safe to say that never before has such |J it J| an opportunity to save money been presented. Considering present abnormal conditions, it will be the most important econ omy everS? in Central Pennsylvania, and we urge that you visit our store each and every day during our Clean Sweep Sale. M Sure and Clip Broom Coupon In This Newspaper, To-morrow jEfmwl To-morrow's Newspapers For Full Details and Complete Price Lists jl ; J. Randolph Martin, W. O. Jolly, P. C. Moore, Ottis Speaks, John L. Togans, James Wilson, Henry L. Thomas, Mahlon A. Govena. Dennis Lipscomb, John P. Scott, A. Leslie Marshall, Henry J. Wilson, James F. Anderson, Joseph Payne, Samuel Lawyer, Lynn Murphy, McHenry Crowley, At. Chase. James Poulston, Russell Mudd. Carl Ter pin, James F. Weathers, William Johns, Louis Tompkins, Samuel B. Benson, Jerry Walker. Big Increase in Number of Lynchings During 1918 | Tu.skejcee, Ala., July 2. Thirty ! five lynchings, 21 more than occurred I during the first half of 1917 and j ten more than for the first half of 1916, took place in the United States | during the first half of 1918, figures ! kepi by the Records and Research ! of the Tuskegee Institute show, j Of these lynched, 34 were negroes | ana one was white. Eight of those ! put to death, all negroes, were charged with the crime of rape. Of [ those put to deatji three were | women. i The states in which the lynchings occurred, and the number for each state are as follows: Alabama, 1; [Arkansas, 1; Florida, 1; Georgia, 8; | Illinois, 1; Louisiana, 8; Mississippi, 12; North Carolina. 1; South Caro lina, 1; Tennessee, 4; Texas. 7. RED CROSS TO CLOSE Red Cross workrooms of the local chapter will be closed Thursday be | cause of FourtH of July, it was an i nounced this afternoon by Miss Anne j McCormick, superintendent. A large I number of Red Cross workers will I march in the big parade. HARJRI>-BTTRG T ELEGITJUPB MRS. PANKHURST HITS KERENSKY English Suffragist Blames Him For Present Plight of Russia New York, June 14.—"Ah, if they had listened to the women about Ke rensky, Russia would be better oft to-day." Mrs. Kmmeline Pankhurst has dealt <•" *'v with men since the war, i . u of her country led her t ceclure a truce in her fight for the vote, and especially since Parlia ment bowed to the Knglishwoman's demand for political freedom but she couldn't resist that dig at the sex when she got to talking about Rus sia's plight in her rooms at the Jlc- Alpin Hotel. She told also of the awful degradation of the. women of Russia. She is the same Mrs. Pank hurst as ever, vivid as a flame, a bit grayer than when she last visited America, but so alive, so alert, so quick and slender and graceful that It Is difficult to realize how many years she has seen. Mrs. Pankhurst went to Russia as England's representative last July, and she says a half-hour's talk with Kerensky was enough to show her that he would open the gates for the flood of anarchy that has submerged that country now. "Trotzky is Kerensky's lineal de scendant," she said. "Kerensky I thought the most objectionable man I had ever seen. Furtive—he would never lift his heavy eyelids to look at you; and then the colossal vanity of the man! It did not take me half an hour to tee how false he was to his country and to the Allies." "The world doesn't realize the hor rible things that exist In Russia. For Instance, hear this." She took up a copy of the French paper La Liberte, which she had brought with her. and translated from It a paragraph which was copied from the Isvestia, the of ficial organ of the Bolshevlki. Women Arc "SoelllwS" "This," she said, 'ls a copy of or ders published in 'the Isvestia, to achieve what is called the 'socializa tion of women.' The orders have been applied in certain districts in Russia, particularly in Saratov. La Liberte asks to be excused from printing them all, as spine would not bear printing. The ones it repro duces direct that every young girl over 18 is declared 'national proper ty,' and must, under pain of severe punishment, register with the 'free love bureau' of the Bureau of Public Assistance. Every young girl so registered has the right to choose from the male citizens between the ages of 19 and 50 'a concubine or husband,' and the man Is not permit ted to object, neither has his wife a right to do so. The men have a cor responding right to choose a com panion from among the young girls, and the latter must submit. "You see wnat that means. Surely, if the women of the Allied countries realized what the Bolsheviki were doing for the degradation of women they would say that one important thing is to help Russia. The Bol sheviki are ruling on the principle that what they want they may take. A Russian friend told me of a naive conversation she overheard in a Rus sian railway station. Said a man to another man: 'And I may take what ever I wish?' 'Yes,' replied the oth er. 'lf a man has 10,000 rubles I may take them?' 'You may,' 'And if I see a young girl I fancy I may take her?' 'Certainly,' aid the other.' " Husband of Laura Bigger, Also Co-Defendant Dead New York. —Dr. Charles C. Hend rick, who came into notoriety 18 years ago in connection with the ef forts of Laura Biggar, the actress, to obtain the estate of a wealthy Pittsburgh man, Henry W. Bennett, and who subsequently married Miss Biggar, died suddenly in a Dunellen (N. J.) drug store from heart trou ble. Dr. Hendrick, who had been liv ing in New York recently, went to Dunellen to open a sanatorium on the Bob Fitzsimmons farm, near there. His widow, to whom he was married May 11, 1916. is now in Los Angeles. The death of Dr. Hendrick recalls the sensational developments at tending the will contest brought by Laura Biggar in 1902. Claiming to have been the secret wife of the Pittsburgh man. she brought suit to set aside his will declaring she had borne a child to Bennett after his death. Samuel Stanton, a former justice of the peace In Hoboken, at tested to the marriage and Dr. Hen drick, then operating a sanatorium in Bayonne, attested to the birth of Miss Biggar's child, which he swore lived only fifteen days. Miss Biggar and the two men Soldiers Soothe Troubles fjfewith Cuticura . Soap. Ointment, Tatoam 26c. each. Sam pice of "Oatlcara.Dept.g.B—taa." JULY 2, 1918. were arrested on a charge of con-| spiracy, but the charge never re-j suited in a conviction. Dr. Hen-' _ t"IS IT ALL WOOL?" 5 "IS IT WELL TAILORED?" Be sure these two questions are answered satisfactorily when you buy your next suit. A price means nothing,• — J unless you know what you're getting for it. In this store we want you to know what you are getting for your money; we're not afraid to tell you, either. When you see the "Hart Schaffner & Marx" label in a suit, just consider it an answer to your ques tion ; all-wool; clean, honest tailoring; correct style; best wear. The price will be right. H. Marks & Son Fourth and Market St. "The Hart Schaffner cfc Marx Daylight Clothing Store" I- 'i drlck married the woman who had been his co-defendant fourteen yeari later. 5
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