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THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
XSq Man Without
A Gxntv
& Edvuard Everett Hale
FIRST INSTALLMENT.
2 No document in actual Amer-
$ lean history conveys a more
powerful lesson of what citizen-
ship In this republlo means, none
delivers a more searching appeal
to loyalty, than this fanciful re-
cltal of the Man Without a
Country. The unhappy creature
J whose living death It has graved
upon the memory of mankind
5 was but a figure born of a writ-
ers Imagination. Yet, the ac-
$ count of his passionate outburst J
and of his dreadful expiation
stirs the dullest soul, and will
awaken emotion In the minds
$ of readers of generations yet un-
born. There can be no more ar-
resting lesson for the disloyal or
the heedless, no more Inspiring
appeal to the spirit of true Amer-
J Icanism, than this memorable
work of literary art and high-
souled patriotism. J
X?
I suppose thnt very few cnsuul
readers of the New York Herald of
August 13th observed, in nn obscure
corner, among the "Deutlis," the an
nouncement :
"NOLAN. Died, on board D. S. Cor
vette Levant, Lnt 2' 11 S.. Long. 131
W, on the 11th of May, rhlllp Nolan."
I happened to observe It, because
I was stranded at the old Mission
house In Mackinac, wulting for a Lake
Superior steamer which did not choose
to come, nnd I was devouring, to the
very stubble, all the current literature
I could get hold of, even down to the
deaths uml marriages In the "Herald."
My memory for names and people Is
good, uud the reader will see, as he
goes on, that I had reason enough to
remember rhlllp Nolan. There are
hundreds of readers who would have
paused at that announcement, If the
oflicer of the Levant who reported it
bud chosen to make it thus: "Died,
May 11th, 'The Man without a Coun
try. ' For it was as "The Man with
out a Country" that poor Philip Nolan
bad generally been known by the olll
cers who had him in charge during
some fifty years, as, indeed, by all
the men who hud sailed under them.
I dare say there is many n man who
has taken wine with him once a fort
night, in a tliree years' cruise, who
never knew that Ids name was "No
lan," or whether the poor wretch hud
any name ut all.
There can now bo no possible harm
in telling this poor creature's story.
Iteason enough there has been till
uow, ever since Madison's ndmlnlstru
tlou went out in 1817, for very strict
secrecy, the secrecy of honor Itself,
among the gentlemen of the navy who
have had Nolan In successive charge.
And certuinly it speaks well for the es
prit do corps of the profession und the
personal honor of its members, that to
the press this man's story has been
wholly unknown, nnd, I think, to the
country at large also.
I have reason to think, from some
Investigations I made In the naval
archives when I was attached to the
bureau of construction, that every of
ficial report relating to him was burned
when Ross burned the public buildings
at Washington. One of the Tuckers,
or pussilily one of the Watsons, hud
Nolun in cburgo ut the end of the war;
and when, on returning from his cruise,
he reported ut Washington to one of
the Crownlnshlelds who was In the
navy department when he came home
he found that the department Ig
nored the whole business. Whether
they really knew nothing about It, or
whether It was u non ml ricordo, de
termined on as u piece of policy, 1 do
not Know. Hut this I do kuow, thut
since 1M7, nnd possibly before, no
navul ollicer has mentioned Nolun in
his report of a cruise,
As I say, there is no need for se
crecy any longer. And now the poor
creature is dead, it seems to me worth
while to tell u ll.tle of his story, by
way of showing young Americans of
today what it is to bo .
A MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY.
Philip Nolan was ns fine a young
oflicer us there wus In the "Legion of
the West," as the western division of
our nrmy wus then called. When
Aaron l'.urr made his first dashing ex
pedition down to New Orleans in 1805,
ut Fort Massac, or somewhere above
on the river, he met, os the devil
would have it, tills gay, dashing, bright
young fellow, at some dinner party,
I think, liurr marked him, talked to
him, walked with him, took him a day
or two's voyage In his flntboat, und,
In short, fascinated him. For the next
year barrack life wus very1 tame to
poor Nolun. He occasionally availed
of the permission the great man had
given him to write to him. Long, high
worded, stilted letters the poor boy
wrote and re-wrote und copied. But
never a line did he have in reply from
the guy deceiver. The other boys In
the garrison sneered at him, because
he sacrificed in this unrequited affec
tion for a politician the time which
they devoted to Monongnheht, sledge,
and high-low-jack. Bourbon, euchre,
and poker were still unknown. But
one dnjr Nolan had his revenge. This
time Burr came down the river, not as
an attorney seeking a place for his
office, but as a disguised conqueror.
He had defeated I know not how mnny
district attorneys; he had dined at I
know not how ninny public dinners ; ho
had been heralded in I know not how
many Weekly Arguses; nnd it was ru
mored that he hod an army behind him
and an empire before him. It was a
great day his arrival to poor Nolan.
Burr had not been at the fort nn hour
before ho sent for him. Thnt evening
.tie asked Nolan to take him out in his
skiff, to show him a cane-brake or a
cottonwood tree, as ho suld, really to
seduce him; and by the time the sail
was over, Nolun was enlisted body and
soul. From that time, though he did
not yet know It, he lived as "A Mun
without a Country."
What Burr meant to do I know no
more than you, dear render. It Is none
of our business just now. Only, when
the grand catastrophe came, nnd Jef
ferson and the House of Virginia of
that day undertook to break on the
wheel all the possible Clarences of the
then House of York, by the greut
treason trial at Richmond, some of the
lesser fry In that distant Mississippi
valley, which was further from us than
Puget Sound Is today, Introduced the
like novelty on their provincial stage,
and, to whllo away the monotony of
the summer ut Fort Adams, got up, for
spectacles, a string of court-martials
on the ofllcers there. One nnd anoth
er of the colonels nnd mnjors were
tried, and, to fill out the list, llttlo No
lan,, ngalnst whom, heaven knows,
there wns evidence enough, that he
was sick of tho service, hud been will
ing to bo fulse to It, nnd would have
obeyed any order to march nnywhlther
wiili anyone who would follow him,
had the order only been signed, "By
command of His Exc. A. Burr." The
courts dragged on. Tho big files es
caped, rightly for nil I know. Nolan
was proved guilty enough, as I sny;
yet you and I would never have heard
of him, reader, but that, when the
president of the court asked him ut the
close, whether he wished to sny any
thing to show that he had always been
faithful to the United States, ho cried
out, in a fit of frenzy:
"D n tho United States I I wish
I muy uever hear of the United States
again!"
I suppose he did not know how the
words shocked old Colonel Morgan,
who was holding the court Half the
ofllcers who sat In it ' had served J
through the Revolution, and their
lives, not to sny their, necks, had been
risked for the very Idea which he so
cnvnllerljr cursed lu his madness. He,
en his part, had grown up In tho West
of those days, In the midst of "Spanish
plot," "Orleans plot," and all the rest.
His education, such as It wus, had
I W&MMtt
"I Wish I May Never Hear of the
United States Again!"
been perfected In commercial expedi
tions to Vera Crux, und I think he told
me his father once hired an English
man to be u private tutor for a winter
on the plantation. He hnd spent half
his youth with an older brother, hunt
ing horses In Texas; and, In a word, to
him "United Stutes" was scarcely a
reality. Yet he hml been fed by "Unit
ed Slates" for nil the years since he
hnd been In the army. He hnd sworn
on bis faith us a Christian to be true to
"United States." It wns "United
States" which gnve him tho uniform he
wore, and the sword by his side. Nay,
my poor Nolan, it was only because
"United States" had picked you out
first ns one of her own confldentlul
men of honor, thnt "A. Burr" cured
for you a straw more than for the flat
boat men who sailed his nrk for him.
I do not excuse Nolan; I only explain
to the reader why he damned his coun
try, and wished he might never hear
her name again.
He never did hear her name but once
ngiiln. From that moment, Septem
her 23, 1807, till the day ho died, May
11, 1SC3, he never heard her name
again. For that half century und
more he wus a man without a coun
try.
Old Morgnn, as I said, was terribly
shocked. If Nolan hud compnrcd
George Washington to Bencdicf Ar
nold, or had cried, "God save King
George," Morgan would not hnvo felt
worse. He called tho court Into his
private room, nnd returned In fifteen
minutes, with a fuce like a sheet, to
say:
"Prisoner, hear the sentence of tho
court. The court decides, subject to
the approval of tho president, that you
never hear tho name of the United
States again."
Nolan luughcd. But nobody else
laughed. Old Morgan was too
solemn, nnd the whole room wns
hushed dead ns night for a minute.
Even Nolan lost his swagger In a mo
ment. Then Morgan ndded: "Mr,
Marshal, take tho prisoner to Orleans
In un armed boat, and deliver him to
the naval commander there."
The marshal gave his orders, nnd
the prisoner was taken out of court.
"Mr. Marshal," continued old Mor
gan, "see thnt no one mentions the
United States to the prisoner. Mr.
Marshal, make my respects to Lieu
tenant Mitchell at Orleans, and re
quest him to order tlwt no one shall
mention the United States to the pris
oner whllo he Is on board ship. You,
will receive your written orders from
the oflicer on duty here this evening.
The court Is adjourned without day."
I have always supposed that Colonel
Morgan himself took the proceedings
of the court to Washington City, nnd
explained them to Mr. Jefferson. Cer
tain It Is that the president approved
them, certuln, that Is, if I may believe
tho men who say they have seen his
signature.
The plan then adopted was sub
stantially the same which was neces
sarily followed ever after. Perhaps
It wns suggested by the necessity of
sending him by wuter from Fort
Adams nnd Orleans. The secretary of
the navy was requested to put Nolan
on board a government vessel bound
on a long cruise, and to direct that he
should be only so far confined there
as to mnke It certain that he never
saw or heard of tho country. We had'
few long cruises then, and the navy
wus very much out of favor; and ns
almost all of this story Is traditional,
as I have explained, I do not know cer-'
talnly what his first cruise was. But
the commander to whom he was In
trustedperhaps It was Tlngey or
Shaw, though I think It was one of
the younger men we are all old
enough now regulated the etiquette
and the precautions of the affulr, and
according to his scheme they were
cnrrled out, I suppose, till Nolan died.
When I was second officer of the In
trepid some thirty years after, I snw
the original paper of instructions. I
have been sorry ever since thnt I did
not copy the whole of it. It ran, how
ever, mu'h In this way:
"Washington," (with the date, which
must have been Inte In 1S07).
"Sir You will receive from Lieu
tenant Nenlo tho person of Philip No
lan, late n lieutenant In the United
Stntcs army.
"This person on his trial by court-
martini expressed with on oath tho
wish that he might never hear of the
United States-again.
"The court sentenced him to hnvo
his wish fulfilled.
"For the present, the execution of
the order Is Intrusted by tho president
of this department.
"You will take tho prisoner on bonrd
your ship, nnd keep him there with
such precautions as shall prevent his
escape. ,
"You will provide hlra with such
quurters, rations, and clothing ns
would bo proper for an officer of his
lnte rank, If he were, a passenger on
yonr vessel on the business of his gov
ernment. '
"Tho gentlemen on board will mnke
any arrangements agreeable to them
selves regarding his society, ne Is to
bo exposed to no Indignity of any kind
nor is ne ever unnecessarily 10 ve re
minded that he is a prisoner.
"But under no clrcumstnnces Is he
ever to hear of his country or to see
nny information regarding it; nnd you
will especially caution nil the ofllcers
under your command to tnko enre that,'
In the vnrlous Indulgences which may
be granted, this rule, In which his pun
ishment Is Involved, shall not be'
broken.
"It Is the Intention of tho govern
ment thnt he shull never again see
the country which he has disowned.
Before the end of your cruise you will
receive orders which will give effect
to this Intention.
"Respectfully yonrs,
"W. SOUTHARD,
"for the Secretary of the Navy."
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
WAS A MAGNANIMOUS PAGAN
Satadin, Conquerer of Jerusalem, Did
Not Shed Drop of Christian Blood
When City Fell.
It was in 1103 that Shladln died In
Damnscus, leaving behind him a repu
tation for magnanimity unique In that
age, and only exceeded by his fume as
a warrior.
It was only six years before his
death that Snhtdln defeated Guy do
Luslgnnn, the Christian king of Jeru
salem, nnd obtained possession of the
sacred city, which had been captured
by the Crusaders 88 yenrs before. The
golden cross wns pulled down ,nnd
drngged through tho streets of the
city, and tho Mosque of Omar, which
had been consecrated to Christ, wus re
stored to the worship of Mohammed.
But not n drop of Christian blood was
shed after the capitulation. Instead of
butchering thousands of the Inhabi
tants, ns the Christians had done after
conquering the city, Snladin ordered
that none should be harmed. The
weeping queen was treated with great
consideration, nnd Saludln was so
moved by her misery thut he Is said to
have shed tears of sympathy. Lnter,
during the third crusade, the Chris-'
tlans under Richnrd Coeur de Lion be
headed In cold blood 5,000 Saracen
hostnges, nnd Salndln revenged himself
upon Christians In his power. On the
whole, however, ho was vnstly better
thun most of the rulers of his time.
Whales.
' Whulcs are able to attain such an
enormous size because their bodies ore
supported by the water in which they
live. A bird Is limited to the weight
which Its wings can beur up In the air.
A hind nnlinul, If it becomes too lnrge,
cannot hold Its body off the ground
or readily move about, and Is doomed
to certain destruction. But a whale
has to face none of these problems
and enn grow without restraint.
Because whales live In a supporting
medium their young are of enormous
size at birth, In some Instances the Calf
being almost half the length of Its
mother. I once took a 25-foot buby
which weighed about ciifht tons from
an 85-foot blue whale. Exchange.
Not Very Rellgously.
Physician "Did your husband fol
low my directions, taking his medicine'
religiously?" Wife "I feur not, doc
tor. He swore every time I gave him
a dose." Puck.
Stickln's.
When a boy asks his mother If It Is
wrong to play marbles for keeps, It Is
a safe bet that he has come home with
more thnn he started out with.
GERMAN
m
LINE AGAIN CUT
British Advance to the East
of Gricourt.
GERMANS AGAIN COUNTERING
Gen. Nivelle's French Forces Capture a
Fortified Position Near the Chemin
des Dames, Fronting Laon,
Their Chief Objective.
London. Once more the great bat
tle In the west has resolved Itself tem
porarily to a nibbling process on the
part of the French and British nnd
incessant counter-attacks on the part
of the Germans. The latter still hold
Fresnoy village, retaken by them from
tho Canadians, while in nnd nround
Bullecourt fighting is continuous, with
constantly alternating fortunes. '
Sir Douglas Halg reported further
progress by his troops near Bullecourt
and added that "costly efforts of the
enemy to shake our hold on his posi
tions" were fruitless. South of tho
Souchez River tho British cut a new
piece out of the German first liii",
while they also advanced to the cast
of Gricourt.
American aviators with the French
Army have brought down six German
airplanes since April 6.
Latest Official Report.
The Berlin War Office asserted that
nil British nnd French attacks were
beaten off with heavy casualties to the
assailants and emphasized that "Fres
noy remained entirely In our hands in
spite of repeated British attacks.".
Tho official report from British head
quarters In France reads:
"We advanced our line slightly on
tho south bank of tho Scarpe. Under
cover of a heavy bombardment, the
enemy renewed his nttempts upon our
positions in the Hlndenburg line, east
of Bullecourt His attack was com
pletely repulsed by our troops.
"Further hostile counter-attacks
near Fresnoy were equally unsuccess
ful. "A party of the enemy raided our
trenches southeast of Yprcs; a few
of our men tire missing."
The French Operations.
Paris. Tho official communication
Issued by the War Office reads:
"Northeast of Soissons nnd on the
Chemin des Dames the artillery fight
ing was intermittent, except In the
sector of La Royero and north of
Brave en Lnonnois, where the two
artilleries displayed great activity.
"Wo carried out detailed operations
which proved of value to us. North
of Sancy particularly we captured an
enemy trench system and took about
30 prisoners. In the sector of Chev
reux the Germans attempted anew to
drive us from tho trenches which we
gained on May 8; their attacks were
broken by our barrage and machine
gunfire.
"Our batteries caught tinder their
fire and dispersed enemy troops 'con
centrating in that region. Quite
spirited artillery nctions occurred
south of Moronvilllers. Northwest of
Trosnes we mad" rppreclablo progress
and toolt about "0 prisoners."
RUSSIA TO SEND MISSION.
WE ARE COMING,- UNCLE CY, 50,000 STRONG
. lyv-f
(Copyright.)
I 11
LIBERTY
LOAN BOND IS 550
It Must Be Paid For in Four
. Installments.
M'ADOO ANNOUNCES DETAILS
Balance To Be Paid In Four Install
ments, Running To August 30.
Bonds Will Be Dated
June 15.
Early Departure Of Root For Petrc- I
grad Also Announced.
Washington. Official announcement
was made of the coming of a commis
sion from Russia, the personnel of
which will be announced later. It was
announced that Elihu Root, heading
the American Commission to Russia,
will go with the distinction of being a
special ambassador. The American
commission will depart very soon.
FRENCH FARMERS CALL TO U. S.
Want Troops So Home Workers Can
Be Released. . .
Moulins, France. The Agricultural
Society of tho Department of Allier
has asked the Minister of Agriculture
to propose to the Government of tho
United States the immediate sending
to France of men to replace French
farmers who have been mobilized, thus
permitting the farmers to return for
urgent farm work.
TURKEY DELAYS AMERICANS.
Men Of Military Age Find Difficulty In
Leaving.
Washington. Americans of military
age experience difficulty in leaving
Turkey, and the Embassy at Constanti
nople Is making recommendations.
An official dispatch received by way
of Stockholm Fays 21 Americans got
away, May 4, but 20 men between 18
and 45 were not permitted to depart
at the last moment
MORE PAY FOR JACKIES.
Amendment Equalizes Navy and
Marine Corps With Army.
Washington. In approvjng the
House bill to increase tho navy to 150,
000 men nnd the marine corps to 30,
000, the Senate Naval Committee in
serted an amendment raising the pay
Of enlisted men In both services
equally with the increases in the War
Army bill, which gives a private not
less than $25 per month.
FLOUR MAY GO TO $20.
With Food Control It Can Be Cut
Under $8, Says Hoover.
New York. Herbert C. Hoover, who
recently came from Europe to advise
the Government on food conditions in
Europe, says that without control flour
may go to $20 a barrel before the year
is over, but that with control "the pres
ent pprlce of flour can be reduced 40 to
50 per cent and at the same time the
producer be treated in a liberal manner."
Washington. The $2,000,000,000
issue of Liberty Loaif bonds, Secretary
McAdoo announced, will bo in denomi
nations of from $50 to $100,000, will
mature in 'JO years and may bo re
deemed by the Government in 15; will
be subject to payment in four install
ments, and will carry the privilege of
conversion into any bonds which may
bo issued later during the war at a
higher rate of interest.
Two per 'cent of the subscription
must be paid on application. The re
lii.'iinder will bo paid as follows:
June 2S, 18 per cent.; July. 30, 20
per cent.; August 15, 20 per cent, and
August SO, 30 per cent.
The bonds will be dated June 15 in
stead of July 1, the date previously
designated, and interest will be pay
able semi-annually on June 15 and
December 15.
Bonds In Two Classes.
Two classes of bonds will be Issued,
coupon and registered. Tim lowest
denomination of registered bonds will
be $100, ortier denominations being
$500. $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $50,000 and
$100,000. Coupon bonds paynblo to
bearer will be issued In denominations
of $50, $100, $500 and $1,000.
The present offering, it wns an
nounced, will be limited to $2,000,000,
000, and "no allotments will be made
in excess of that amount." This dis
poses finally of reports that Mr. Mc
Adoo had under consideration the ad
visability of extending the amount of
the offer to include a percentage of
oversubscription which apparently will
repult when the subscription books are
closed June 15 next. ,
May Be Closed Before June 15.
"Applications must bo made on or
before June 15, 1917,' rends the formal
announcement, reserving to tho Secre
tary the right In his'dlscretlon to closo
tho subscription books at nn earlier
date. Tlie statement then gives the
terms of payment and continues:
"Accrued interest will bo paynblo
with the full and final payment
(August 30). Provision will be made
for the privilige to pay earlier tiie full
subscription price upon terms nnd
conditions determined by tho Secre
tary." In order that tho various payments
required for the settlement of this
transaction bay bo completed with
the least possible disturbance of
monetary conditions, the SecrctAy
will avail himself of the privilege glvtn
him by tin net to redeposit tho pro
ceeds of the bonds, in so far ns it is
practicable, with the various national
nnd state banks and trust companies
throughout the country.
Chan-jo in the date of the bonds
from July 1 to June 15 was made, it
was announced, "to avoid adding to
the heavy burden of work incident to
the July 1 and January 1 settlements.''
Tlie second offering of $200,000,000
in Treasury certificates of indebted
ness, it is understood, has nbout been
taken up and another offering may be
made within 10 days. From the pro
ceeds an additional loan may bo made
to Great Rritain.
CHICAGO PAPERS GO TO 2 CENTS.
All Expected To Have Raised Price In
Another Week.
Chicago. Another week is expected
to see nil Chicago newspapers, the
price of which for years has been one
cent, selling nt two cents, owing to
the high prices of paper and all other
elements entering into their prepara
tion. Th,o Herald made formal an
nouncement of the advance Tuesday
and set the date for next Monday.
Other papers admitted that they had
decided on similar action.
TO GIVE NEWS OF AMERICANS.
Red Cross Announces Creation Of a
Bureau.
Washington. Creation of a bureau
to supply news of wounded, dead or
imprisoned Americans at the front
with W. R. Castle, Jr., of Honolulu, in
charge, was announced by the Ameri
can Red Cross. Tho first work of the
bureau will be to obtain from Germany
a list of, Interned Americans In ex
change for Information about Interned
Germans In this country.
BILLION
DOLLARS
El
in
Measure Contemplating the Con
struction of 6,000,000 Tonnage
WAY COMMANDEER PLANTS
Under the Bill Which Will Give the
President Sweeping Powers All Other
Steel Construction May Be Re
duced To Actual Necessity.
Washington. President Wilson will
ask Congress to appropriate imme
diately $1,000,000,000 for tho construc
tion of 6,000,000 tonnago of American
ships to defeat Germany's submarino
blockade.
The administration bill, providing
for this colossal program and vesting
in government heads sweeping powers
to make merchant shipping the most
powerful factor in winning tlie war,
will be introduced In both houses of
Congress nnd will speedily be rushed
through.
With this appropriation a great
fleet of steel and wooden vessels will
bo put into the steamer lanes within
a comparatively short timo to rush a
steady stream of supplies of all kinds
to the nntion's Allies. The entire pro
gram outlined by tho shipping board
in the proposed legislation will be
completed within 18 months," or two
years at the most Tho legislation
would authorize tho President to di
vert to government use the products
of every steel plant In the country and
would provide for tho cancellation of
existing contracts between those
plants nnd private consumers. It was
explained that perhaps part of tho billion-dollar
appropriation Mill bo used
to indemnify fully parties whose con
tracts are cancelled.
Only those steel manufacturers will
bo exempt from tho provisions of the
proposed law who aro needed in
other ways for national defense work.
Sheel mills also will bo permitted to
supply the railroads with the mini
mum amount of steel products which
are shown to be absolutely necessury
to meet tho nation's war needs.
Such prompt action 13 expected by
Congress that administration leaders
are confident that tho machinery for
turning out the ships would be set in
motion within one month. Large num
bers of contracts havo been drawn and
are ready to be signod when authoriza
tion for their construction is given.
No embarrassment on account of la
bor with which to carry on operations
upon a 24-hour basis in shipyards will
bo encountered. Assurances of tho
utmost co-operation of the labor
masses has been pledged by organized
labor's authorized spokesmen.
National defense heads declared
that ns a wnr measure- the diversion
of steed products to ship building
would mean the discontinuance of the
use of structural steel in high build
ings and in bridgo building except for
military purposes.
SLAYS WHOLE FAMILY.
Kentucky Farmer Kills Parents,
Brother and Sister-in-Law.
Elkton, Ky. Frank Mlllen, a young
farmer, killed his father, Charles
Millen; his mother, Mrs. Betty Millen;
his brother, Elmore, nnd his brother's
wife. Amy, and hanged himself. Young
Millen notified the authorities hero by
telephone that ho had slain the mem
bers of his family and was about to
take his own life. "The whole family
is dead but me," ho told Coroner Dart,
lett over the wire, "and I will be dead
when you get here."
"UNCLE JOE" CANNON 81 YEARS.
As Vigorous As Ever and Receives
Congratulations.
Washington. Representative Joseph
G. Cannon, of Illinois, former Speaker
of the House, was 81 years old Mon
day. Despite his years, "Uncle Joe1,
apparently Is as vigorous and active
ns ever. He received many congratu
lations from members of Congress,
Government officials and others.
AMERICANS AGAIN CITED.'
Third Mention For Section 1, Of Field
Ambulance.
Paris. Section 1, of tho American
Field Aihbulance, tlie oldest In the
service, has been mentioned in the dis
patches for the third time. This sec
tion went to Dunkirk in January, 1915,
and served later in the Argonne and
tho Champagne. .The new citation
mentions particularly brave work at
Verdun in the transportation of wound
ed under fire. I '
All ENGINEERS
TO GO TO FRAN
Nine Regiments of Trai
Railway Men.
ON COMMUNICATION
Forces Will Be Volunteers tni
To Be Raised At Nine Gnu
Railway Centers Of
Country.
Washington. Nine new re$;J
or army engineers, to De comuou
clusively of highly' trained rd
men, will be the nrst American f
to be sent to France. They fc
"at the earliest possible moment,"
War Department announced, for.
on communication lines, 6m )(,
tlon as to exactly when or to i
points they will be sent 8 fo
because of the submarine mmat
The new forces will be vote
raised at the nino greut railwa;
ters of tne country. Each rtf:
will be commnnded by an ;
colonel of the Regular Army,
an adjutant All other oilicern
railway engineers or officials.
. The expedition will have i
strength of between 11,001) and'j
men, each regiment being cos;,
of two battalions of three cm;
each. Every branch of raihvap
era necessary to the building or '
tion of lines will be represi-nM
ranks, and tho War DcpartM
pects a response to the call tl:
permit a careful selection to V
cised and Insure a force alrudv
ed to the minute, an army of t;
ill railway operation.
Tho department statement IC
"The War Department has s:
orders for tho raising, as ra;:.
possible, of nine additional nt:
of engineers, which are tatt
proceed to Franco at the r-arlii-sible
moment for work en i!ieb
communication. It Is r-i u,-stc!
press that no speculation or r.;
regarding tills force be rarrW
than that given out. All im
garding the force will be given
fast as compatible with the be
lie Interests."
VAWTER IS ACQUITTEll
Jury At Christlansburg, Va, Rd
But One Ballot.
Christlansburg, Va. Clir
Vawter, former professor at V
Polytechnic Institute, was it
by a Jury in the Montgomery'
Circuit Court of the murder o!
ton lleth, Jr. .
The scene that followed :
nouncement of the verdict wi
fecting one. Deputy Clerk T:
tors had not finished repeat:.
jury's decision when rrofi.-sor
jumped from his chair and c!i
mother in his arms. Tlie a;;
shouted, "Oh, glory!"
Attorney R. L. Jordan, of I
one of Vawter's counsel and:
lawyer In the room, with i
"Thank Cod!" sank into hint!
wept
KAISER REPLIES TO SUfl
Invokes Aid Of Almighty T:
Complete Victory.
London. A dispatch to
Telegram Company from Ai
gives tho reply of Kmperor 1
recent congratulations senUi l
Sultan of Turkey on tlie bnj
the German troops. The Eai;
the course of his reply, said:
"All eyes are turned on the 1
conflict In the' west, H
enemies, superior in nuniberi 4
terlnl, are seeking a decision
"Our brave troops arc ther
plishing deeds such as in I
have been recorded in tlie t
all times and of all peoples.
Almlchtv nlso Protect thf
future and lead them to com: I
tory.M
CANADA PROFFERS TE'j
Offers Also To Share Others
With United State
) Washington. Canada h '
mous reserve stock of ten -
other ouartermasters' suM
which the United States cat
necossnry for tho eii'iii1!
nrmles. Thomas Ililkml, ff
the Canadian Wiir 1'iiulia
mission, made tho offer t:
cials. Shortage of tt nUS''1-'
to be a serious orobh in l"(
the mobilization camps fur1' I
ive draft army, nniftiie Can
may be found useful.
ErlU.
M
ENOCAL IN DANGSj
Plot To Assassinate the P!
Cuba Foiled.
Havana. An attempt "
assassinate President
Cnhn. hv mnnns of a bol
consolrators could cnrryout'
The Cuban authorities for
had been investigating s rff
to make a new attempt
life of President Menocal
disgruntled elements o' 1
abortive rebellion.
AUSTRIA TO SEEK 11
Holland Hears "Politician' '1
France.
London. The ArosterM
spondent of the ExchnngJ;
Company wires that W "
from the beBt of sources
prominent Austrian
oV,Mt in lonvo fnr SwitZen1'
peace proposals and that tt'j
. tit I
bo given snie conuun
order to discuss with the ''
inet the possibility of Pe,tl
elde
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of t!
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