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*
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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.
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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
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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-'
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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.
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