THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
tSs Men
A Courdry
(S'Edvuard
THIRD INSTALLMENT.
"I em showing them how we do this
in the artillery, sir."
And this Is a part of the story where
all the legends agree ; that the commo
dore said:
"I see you do, and I thank you, sir
and I shall never forget this day, sir,
and you never shall, sir."
And after the whole thing was over,
and he had the Englishman's sword,
in the midst of the state end ceremony
of the quarterdeck, he said :
"Where Is Mr. Nolan 7 Ask Mr. No
lan to come here."
And when Nolan came, the captain
aid:
"Mr; Nolan, we are all very grateful
to you today ; you are one of us today
you will be named In the dispatches.
And then the old man took off his
own sword of ceremony, and gave It to
Nolan, and made him put It on. The
man told me this who saw It. Nolan
cried like a baby, and well he might
lie had not worn a sword since that
Infernal day at Fort Adams. But al
ways afterward, on occasions of cere
mony, he wore that quaint old French
word of the commodore's.
The captain did mention him In the
dispatches. It was always said he
asked that he might be pardoned, lie
wrote a special letter to the secretary
of war. But nothing ever came of It
As I said, that was about the time
when they began to Ignore the whole
transaction at Washington,, and when
Nolan's Imprisonment began to carry
Itself on because there was nobody to
stop It without any new orders from
home.
I have heard It said that he was with
Porter when he took possession of the
Nukahlwa Islands. Not this Porter,
you know, but old Porter, his father,
Essex Porter, that Is, the old Essex
Porter, not this Essex. As an artll
lery officer, who had seen service In
the West, Nolan knew more about for
tifications, embrasures, ravellnes,
stockades, and all that, than any of
them did ; and he worked with a right
good will In fixing that battery all
right I have always thought It was
a pity Porter did not leave him In
command there with Gamble. That
would have settled all the question
about his punishment We should
have kept the Islands, and at this mo
ment we should have one station in
the Pacific ocean. Our French friends,
too, when they wanted this little wa
terlng place, would have found It was
pre-occupled. But Madison and the
Virginians, of course, flung all that
away. '
' All that was near fifty years ago.
If Nolan was thirty then, be must
have been near eighty when he died.
He looked sixty when he was forty,
But be never seemed to me to change
a hair afterward. As I Imagine his
life, from what I have seen and heard
of It, he must have been In every sea,
and yet almost never on land. lie
must have known In a formal way,
more ofllcers In our service than any
man living knows. lie told me once,
with a grave smile, that no man In the
world lived so methodical a life as he,
"Ton know the boys say I am the
, Iron Mask, and you know how busy
he was." lie said It did not do for
anyone to try to read all the time, more
than to do anything else all the time;
but that he read just five hours a day.
"Then," he said, "I keep up my note
books, writing In thorn at such and
such hours from what I have been
rending; and I Include In them my
scrapbooks." These were very curious
Indeed. Ho had six or eight, of differ
ent subjects. There was one of his
tory, one of natural science, one which
he culled "Odds and Ends." But they
were not merely books of extracts
from newspapers. They had bits of
plants and ribbons, shells tied on, and
carved scraps of bone and wood, which
ho had taught the men to cut for him,
and they were beautifully Illustrated.
He drew admirably. He had some of
the funniest drawings there, and some
of the most pathetic, thut I have ever
seen In my life. I wonder who will
have Nolun's scrapbooks.
Well, he said his reading and his
notes were his profession, and that
they took five hours and two hours
respectively of each day. "Then,"
said he, "every mau should have a di
version as well as a profession. My
natural history Is my diversion." That
took two hours a day more. The men
used to bring him birds and fish, but
on a long cruise he had to satisfy him
self with centipedes and cockroaches
and such small game. He was the only
naturalist I ever met who knew any
thing about the habits of the house fly
and the mosquito. All those people
cun tell you whether they are Lepl
doptera or Steptopotera ; but as for
telling how you can get rid of them,
or how they get away from you when
you strike them, why, Linnaeus knew
as little of that as John Foy, the Idiot
(I'd. These nine hours made Nolun's
regular dully "occupation." The rest
of the time he talked or walked. Till
he grew very old, ho went aloft a great
deal. He always kept up his exercise
and I never heurd that he was ill. If
any other man was 111, he was the kind
est nurse In the world; and he knew
more than half the surgeons do. Then
If anybody was sick or died, or If the
captain wanted hlra to on any other
occasion, he was always ready to read
prayers. I have remarked thut hoJ
read beautifully.
My own acquaintance with Philip
A'olnn begun six or eight years after
the war, on my flrst voyage after 1
was appointed a midshipman. It was
In the flrst days after our slave trade
treaty, while the reigning house,
which was still tiie house of Vlrglnlu,
had still a sort of pontlmcntullsin
about the suppression of the horrors
of tlio middle passage, and something
Witkout
Everett Hale
was sometimes done that way. We
were In the South Atlantic on that
business. From the time I joined,
believe I thought Nolan was a sort of
lay chaplain a chaplain with a blue
coat I never asked about him. Ev
erythlng in the ship was strange to
me. I knew It was green to ask ques
tlons, and I suppose I thought there
was a "Plain-Buttons" on every ship,
We had him to dine in our mess once
a week, and the caution was given that
on that day nothing was to be said
about home. But if they had told us
not to say anything about the planet
Mars or the book of Deuteronomy,
should not have asked why ; there were
a great many things which seemed to
me to have as little reason. I flrst
came to understand anything about
"the man without a country" one day
when we overhauled a dirty llttlo
schooner which had slaves on board
An officer was sent to take charge of
her, and after a few minutes he sent
bock his boat to ask that someone
might be sent him who could speak
Portuguese. We were all looking ovet
the rail when the message came, and
we all wished we could Interpret when
the captain asked who spoke Por
tuguese. But none of the officers did
and just as the captain was sending
forward to ask If any of the people
could, Nolan stepped out and said he
should be glad to Interpret If the cap
tain wished, as be understood the lan'
guage. The captain thanked him, fit
ted out another boat with him, and In
this boat it was my luck to go.
When we got there, It was such
scene as you seldom see, and never
want to. - N'astlness beyond account
and chaos run loose In the midst of the
nastlness. There were not a great
many of the negroes; but by way
of making what there were understand
that they were free, Vaughan bad bad
their handcuffs and anklecuffs knocked
off, and, for convenience' sake, was
putting them upon the rascals of the
schooner's crew. The negroes were,
most of them, out of the hold, and
swarming all round the dirty deck,
with a central ffirong surrounding
Vaughan and addressing him In every
dialect and patois of a dialect from
the Zulu click up to the Parisian of
Beledeljereed.
As we came on deck, Vaughan
looked down from a hogshead, on
which he had mounted in desperation,
and said:
"For God's love, is there anybody
who can make these wretches under
stand something? The men gave them
ruin, and that did not quiet them. I
Hushed the Men Down.
knocked thnt big fellow down twice,
and that did not soothe him. And then
talked Choctaw to all of them to
gether ; and I'll be hanged If they nn
derstood that as well as they under
stood the English."
Nolan said he could speak Por
tuguese, and one or two fine-looking
Kroomen were dragged out who, as It
had been found already, had worked
for the Portuguese on the const at
Fernando Po.
"Tell them they are free," said
Vaughan; "and tell them that these
rascals are to be hanged as soon as
we can get rope enough."
Nolan explulned It In such Portu
guese as the Kroomen could under
stand, and they in turn to such of the
negroes as could understand them.
Then there was such a yell of delight,
clinching of fists, leaping nnd dancing,
kissing of Nolan's feet, and a generul
rush made to the hogshead by way of
spontaneous worship of Vaughun as
the deus ex machlna of the occasion.
"Tell them," said Vaughan, Well
pleased, "that I will take them all to
Cape Pnlmns."
This did not answer so well. Cape
nlnius was practlcully as fur from
the homes of most of them as New Or
leans or Itlo Janeiro was ; that Is, they
would be eternally separntcd from
ne there. And their Interpreters, as
we could understand, Instantly said,
Ah, non Pulmas," and began to pro
pose infinite other expedients In most
voluble language. Vaughan was rath
er disappointed at this result of his
liberality, and asked Nolan eagerly
what they said. The drops stood on
poor Nolnn's white forehead as he
hushed the men down, and said:
"He suys, 'Not Pulmas.' Ho says,
'Take us home, take us to our coun
try, take us to our own house, take
us to our own pltknnlniiles nnd our
own women.' lie suys he has nn old
father nnd mother, who will die, If
they do not sec him. A'ld this one
says he left his people all sick, and
puddled down to come uud help them, j
and that these devils caught him in
the buy just In sight of home, and
that he has never seen anybody from
homo since then. And this one says,
choked out Nolan, "that be has not
heard a word from his home in six
months, while he has been locked ur
In an Infernal barracoon."
Vaughan always said he grew graj
himself while Nolan struggled through
this Interpretation. I, who did not un
derstand anything of the passion in
volved in It, saw that the very ele
ments were melting with fervent beat,
and that something was to pay some
where. Even the negroes themselvei
stopped howling as they saw Nofan'
agony, and Vaughan's almost equal
agony of sympathy. As quick as h
could get words, he said:
"Tell them yes, yes; tell them the
shall go to the Mountains of the Moon,
If they will. If I snll the schoonei
through the Great White Desert they
shall go home I"
And after some fashion Nolan said
so. And then they all fell to kissing
him again and wanted to rub his nose
with theirs.
But he could not stand it long; and
getting Vaughan to say he might gc
back, he beckoned me down into out
boat. As we lay back in the stern
sheets and the men gave way, he said
to me : "Youngster, let that show you
what it Is to be without a family, with
out a home, and without a country
And if you are ever tempted to say a
word or to do a thing that shall put
a bar between you nnd your family,
your homo, and your country, pruj
God In his mercy to take you that In
stant home to his own heaven. Stick
by your family, boy; forget you hav
a self, while you do everything for
them. Tulnk of jour home, boy ; write
and send, and talk about it Let It
be nearer and nearer to your thought
the farther yon have to travel from it
and rush to it when you ore free, as
that poor black slave is doing now,
And for your country, boy," and the
words rattled in his throat "and for
that flag," and he pointed to the ship,
"never dream a dream but of serving
her as she bids you, though the serv
ice carry you through a thousand hells,
No matter what happens to you, nd
matter who flatters you or who abuses
yon, never look at another flag, never
let a night pass but you pray God to
bless that flag. Remember, boy, that
behind all these men you have to do
with, behind officers, and government
nnd people even, there is the country
herself, your country, and that you
belong to her as you belong to your
own mother, stand by her, boy, as
you would stand by your mother, if
those devils there had got bold of her
today I"
I was frightened to death by bis
calm, hard passion; but I blundered
out that I would, by all that was holy,
and that I had never thought of doing
anything else, ne hardly seemed to
hear me; but he did. almost in
whisper, say: "Oh, If anybody had
said so to me when I was of your age 1"
I think it was this balf-confldence of
his, which I never abused, for I never
told this story till now, which after
ward made us great friends. He was1
very kind to me. Often he sat up, or
even got up, at night to walk the deck
with me when it was my watch. He
explained to me a great deal of my
mathematics. He lent me books, and
helped me about my reading. He nev
er nlluded so directly to his story
again; bnt from one and another offi
cer I have learned, in thirty years,
what I am telling. When we parted
from him in St Thomas harbor, at the
end of our cruise, I was more sorry
than I can tell. I was very glad to
meet him again in 1830; and later In
life, when I thought I had some in
fluence in Washington, I moved heav
en and earth to have him discharged.
But it was like getting a ghost out of
prison. They pretended there was no
such man, and never was such a maa
They will say so at the department
nowl Perhaps they do not know. It
will not be the flrst thing in the serv
ice of which the department appear!
to know nothing 1
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ARMER BEHIND THE TIMES
lis Wife Tells How She Has Lived
for Many Years Without Modern
Conveniences.
In the Amcrlcnn Magazine a. farm-
er's wife tells of some of her experi
ences. She says:
"My husband does not or will not
realize that the world has moved, and
that what were luxuries a generation
ago are necessities now. One of my
children died of typhoid fever, the
germs of which were, no doubt, brought
by flies from the house down the road
where they had the disease; for we
haven't a screen door In the house, and
only a few cheap adjustable screens.
"We sleep on feather beds, because
mattresses cost money, and the feather
beds were In the house a part of the
furnishings that I married, when I took
my husband for better or for worse. We
have chairs with rounds missing, wore
carpets, nicked dishes and cooking
utensils that have long since outlived
their usefulness.
"The house Is Inconvenient, nnd for
thut reason alone housework is much
harder than It ougfet to be, and house
work Is hard enough !u all conscience
on a farm. We have no water In the
house. For 25 years I have fetched
and cnrrled water. There are two
steps between the kitchen and the din
ing room, which, by the way, was for
merly a bedroom and has no place for
stove. The 'parlor Is across a hall
from the main part of the bouse and is
only opened on special occasions."
South's Farm Production.
The Manufacturers' Record says
that the total value of the South's ag
ricultural products, Including animal
products, In 1010 was more than $4,
600,000,000, or only 8 per cent less than
the total for the United States in 1000.
The total value of the South's crops,
omitting live stock, In 1016 was $3,053,
3,12,000, or $1,072,280,000 over 1015. To
this cotton contributed $1,070,508,000,
grain $l,2S3,300,0OO, nnd hay, tobacco
nd potutoes $4-10,40-1,000.
Dollars and Sense.
A poet has been known to make dol-
Inrs out of Hues thnt ordinary mortals
could not make sense oat of. Cincin
nati Times-Star.
THE SUBMARINE
TOLL REDUCED
Methods of Fighting U-Boat
Menace Show Improvement.
U. S. WAR CRAFT EFFECTIVE
Playing No Small Part In Patrol
Woi-k Teuton Predictions Of Hav- .
Ing England On Her Knees
By June 1 Empty.
London. The sinking of 18 mer
chantmen, of more than 1,600 tons is
reported In the weekly shipping state
ment. Nine vessels of less than 1,600 tons
and three fishing vessels also were
sunk.
The statement is as follows:
"For the week ending Sunday, ar
rivals, all nationalities, 2,664; sailings,
2,753.
"British merchantmen of 1,600 tons
or over sunk by mine or submarine,
18; under 1,600 tons, nine.
"British merchantmen! unsuccess
fully attacked, nine.
"British fishing vessels sunk, three."
American Units Helped.
This week's figures of vessels sunk
by submarines show that the Allied
navies arc keeping up the good work
of the previous fortnight, and the
American unit, although still a Biuall
one, shares the credit for excellent
work. Not only arc the sinkings be
ing kept at a fairly low figure, but the
offensive against U-boats also continue
to show favorable results. The actual
figures In this respect, however, are
not known.
The British Admiralty this week
wears a pleased smile at the mention
of the submarine campaign, for the re
sults of the naval work In the past
two weeks are regarded as really In
dicating an Important victory over the
Germans. The German naval people
throughout the early months of the
ruthless U-boat war freely predicted
that England would be "on her knees"
by June 1, and gloomy pictures were
painted of grim famine certain by that
date for the people of Great Britain
and France.
Methods Constantly Improved.
June 1 Is almost here, and German
victory In the submarine warfare
seems as far distant as ever. There
has been a constant Improvement In
the methods of the Allies in opposing
and suppressing U-boat activity, and
these methods have become more and
more successful with longer days and
finer weather, and Increasing familiar
ity on the part of the skippers of mer
chantmen with the methods of naval
control.
An Admiralty official said:
"The American destroyers are play
ing no small part in the anti-sub
marine war, and our officers have ex
pressed the greatest enthusiasm at the
spirit, enterprise, acumen and quick
wittedness with which the American
unit has taken up Its work. It Is the
old American doctrine of keeping ever
lastingly at It.
"The Germans, who at first said they
would strip us of our tonnage by June
1. have now advanced the date to Oc
tober, and we are confident that when
October comes they will be under the
same necessity of advancing the date
agalu."
BAN ON SOCIALIST PEACE.
State Department Refuses Passports
Tor Stockholm Meeting.
Washington. Emphatic disapproval
of the peace propaganda of European
Socialists was expressed by the Ameri
can Government, which denied pass
ports to American delegates to the
Stockholm conference and issued a
warning that any American taking part
n the negotiations would be legally
liable to heavy punishment. No
formal announcement of purpose was
ssuvl, but officials explained that the
Government's course would have the
two-fold effect of discrediting general-
y any peace moves by unauthorized
persons and of condemning in partlcu-
ar the present Socialist agitation, re
garded since Its lnceution as Inspired
by Germany.
KING GREETS AMERICANS.
First Unit Of Surgeons and Nurses At
Palace In London.
London. King George and Queen
Mary, accompanied by the Prince of
Wales and Princess Mary, received and
extended a welcome to the surgeons
and nurses of America's initial detach
ment from the army, which shortly
will take Its place beside the British
Allies at the fighting front In France.
was a s I in pie but Impressive cere
mony, which will stand as a landmark
In American history as the first of its
kind to take place within the walls of
Buckingham Palace.
TO BE PERSHING'S ADJUTANT.
Major Hugh A. Bayne, Of New York,
Chosen By War Department
Washington. Major Hugh A. Bayne,
prominent New York lawyer, will be
adjutant-general with M ijoi Gt nral
Pershing's .division when It starts for
the battle front In Franc Ma.Kr
Bayne Is a member of the jud;;e Advo
cate's Ofllcers' Reserve Corps.
TO ENLARGE COMMERCE BOARD
Senate Passes Bill Like Me.isie
Pending In Home.
Washington. The bill i I.k ,
the membership of the Inr.KU' . ...
merce Commission from f.ev.-n i i
members and allowing !. -n ; e
Into sections for e.xpe lill ij Ll. b
was passed in the f.e U r i '
amendment by Senni . ,-'hj:i;,
Georgia, providing that. tli- '..oU: con
mission must give a hearing in I wi
ll rm freight i;ate Increase Loioiv tu-'y
b income affective.
AMERICANS HELD AS
PfflSONERS OF WAR
Notice Served on Germany to
Release Them.
ANOTHER TREATY VIOLATED
Relief Workers In Germany Who Re
mained To Finish Up Their Work
Reported Among Those
' Detained.
Washington. Americans are being
detained as prisoners of war by Ger
many, In Belgium and in Germany, it
was announced by the State Depart
ment. As a result a demand has been made
upon Germany for a complete and
definite statement of her attitude con
cerning the departure of American
citizens. This demand has been made
through the Spanish Ambassador at
Berlin, who represents American In
terests In Germany.
The action of the German govern
ment is In complete violation of the
Prussian-American treaties of 1799 and
1828, which provide certain rights for
nationals of either nation In the other
In time of war. One of these rights
Is permission to depart at will for
nine months after the war declara
tion. The United States has observed
Its obligations, having acted promptly
on all applications of Germans to
leave the United States.
Relief Workers Held.
Among the Americans detained are
said to be relief workers In Belgium,
who stayed behind to gather up the
loose ends of the work at the time
Brand Whltldck and the majority of
the Belgian Relief Commission were
withdrawn.
At the outbreak of the war there
were some 3,000 Americans in Ger
many, Including several consular off!
cers. These later reached Switzer
land with the exception of one, who
was 111. About 500 Americans left Ger
many. Of the remaining 2,500 a num
ber were of German birth, naturalized
In the United States. State Depart
ment officials expressed the belief that
the majority of these hyphenated
Americans had probably renewed their
Cerman allegiance.
The other bona fide Americans, how-
ever, apparently have been unable to
leave Germany despite their efforts
to do so. It was strongly Intimated at
the .State Department that If Germany
does not Immediately reverse her posi
tion and allow any Americans who
wish to depart. Immediate reprisals
will be adopted by the United States.
Treaties Violated.
The State Department has made no
concealment of Its belief that Germany
has violated the Prussian-American
treaties. The flrst violation of the
treaties by 'Germany was the destruc
tion of the American sailing ship Wil
liam P. Frye by the commerce raider
Prinz Eitel Frledrlch, now the United
States steamship Von Steuben, In the
opinion of State Department authori
ties. May Annul Treaties.
The probabilities are that early con
gressional action toward wiping out
the treaties will be asked. This will
leave the nationals of both countries
on sn even plane and the United States
will be in a position to legislate con
cerning the treatment of alien
enemies, Instead of being bound by
treaty obligations.
Besides the American civilians who
are being detained in Germany, latest
reports Indicate Germany Is holding
about 130 other Americans In her pris
oners' camps. They are for the most
part sailors captured on British or .
other ships by German raiders or sub
marines.
BIG FIRE SWEEPS ATLANTA.
Confined To Northeast, Outside Busi
ness District Of City.
Atlanta, Ga. Fire that started In an
obscure negro section swept a broad
path through the residential section
of Atlanta, devastating scores of
blocks and destroying many of the
city's finest homes and hundreds of
negro bouses. Before it was checked
it had burned halfway through the ex
clusive Ponce de Leon avenue resi
dence section.
First estimates of the damage placed
It at between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000.
So far as could be learned, the only
life lost was that of a woman, who
died from shock. The fire was con
fined to the northeastern part of the
city and the only business houses
burned were several warehouses near.
Decatur and Fort streets, the point of
origin.
CHAS. P. TAFT 2D ENLISTS.
Will
Train With Nine Other
Yale
Juniors For Artillery.
New Haven, Conn. Charles P,
Taft
2d, son of former President Taft and
a Junior in Yale College, was enlisted
for the artillery branch of the regular
arm with nine other under graduates.
All the enlistments were of students
who were under age for the reserve
ofllcers' training corps of the uni
versity, and all had consent of their
parents.
WON'T CHANGE WAR PLANS.
Appeals From States To Raise
Units
Is Ignored.
Washington. Answering pleas from
.nany States that their military heads
W given permission to organize more
0 certain National Guard units than
l .icrlbed, the War Department an
il need this cannot be done. Organ-
.! Vun must follow literally prescribed
us. Mttny .States wanted to organ-
1 e more cavalry units than were al-
tet! to tliniu under the act of June
THE BRITISH CUT
HINDENBURG LI
German Defenses Wiped Out By
Artillery Fire.
GERMAN'S FIRE FEEBLE
Prisoners Declare They're Sick Of
War Nearly Whole Line From
Bullecourt To Arras.
Is Taken.
British Headquarters In France.
So completely did the British artillery
do its work before the attack between
Crolsilles and Bullecourt that 3,000
yards of the Hindenburg line are
totally missing. This segment of the
German defenses was completely
wiped out.
Trenches Gone.
Airplane photographs taken May
show beautifully symmetrical zigzags,
but the latest pictures taken contain
no trace of the trenches. The support
line also was badly "strafed," some
6,000 yards of it now being In British
hands, leaving the Germans holding
the remaining 2,000 yards. The Hin
denburg front line between the south
end of the captured trenches and
Bullecourt Is In dire danger, as It Is
flanked on both sides by the British.
Germans' Fire Feeble.
The engagement was really made up
of two attacks one In the early morn
ing, when 70 prisoners were taken, and
the second late In the afternoon the
two netting some 150 prisoners for
the day's work In this sector. The
German artillery's response was very
feeble and the counter-barrage during
the attack was particularly weak.
The prisoners taken came mostly
from the Forty-ninth Reserve Division
which was recruited In the region of
Posr-n and Breslau. It came to the
west front from Roumania in Febru
ary. Three officers are among the
prisoners. The men showed by word
and action that they were thoroughly
tired of war. They had been In the
line 21 days and constantly under the
British shellnre, All of them said
they had never seen anything like
the artillery Are.
Little Left Of Portions.
Although they were concreted, all
that remains of the captured portions
of the Hindenburg line are cement
and concrete machine gun emplace
ments. An underground oorridor
parallels the support trench 35 feet
below the surface.
Several isolated posts are still
standing between the scene of the
latest smash and the Queant-Drocourt
line. These include the villages of
Relncourt and Hendecourt and other
strong points, In which the Germans
are capable of putting up strong re
sistance.
Gains Consolidated.
L.onaon. rne uriusn troops are
now holding the entire Hindenburg
line from the east of Bullecourt to
Arras, with the exception of trench
elements on a front of about 2,000
yards west of Bullecourt, according to
the official communication. The recent
gains northwest of Bullecourt have
been consolidated.
TO POOL ALL WAR BUYING.
U. S. and Allies Planning To Avoid
Competition.
Washington. A program under
which the American Government virtu
ally would pool its purchasing, for the
sake of attaining maximum efficiency
with that of all the allies, construct a
buying machine Into which hundreds
of experts in many lines would fit as
cog wheels and place one man In
charge of the whole gigantic enter
prise, Is under consideration and fast
assuming definite outline. This man
would be the world's super-buyer. Into
his hands the nations at war with Ger
many would place approximately $10,
000,000,000 a year, a" store of money
exceeding the fabled fortunes of the
ancient Incas and with no parallel In
modern history.
BLIND SOLDIERS MOURN CHOATE.
Hold Memorial Service At Institution
Founded Under Him.
Paris. Soldiers blinded In the war
held memorial services for the late
Joseph H. Choate, of New York, at the
Lighthouse for the Blind which was
founded by New York men and women
under the leadership of Mr. Choate.
A resolution of sympathy was adopted
and forwarded to Mrs. Choate.
HARVARD MAN GETS MENTION.
Carried Wounded From Firing Zone
Under Violent Shelling.
Paris. John Edward Bolt, of Har
vard, whose residence Is at Brookllne,
MasB., a member of the American
Ambulance Field Service, was cited for
distinguished services performed in
September last Both carried wound
ed men from the firing zone under vio
lent shelling.
"CHAIR" TO CHEAT DRAFT.
Condemned Man Only Pennsylvanian
Not To Be Enrolled.
Harrisburg, Pa. There Is probably
but one man In the entire State of
Pennsylvania between 21 and 30 years
of age who will not bo registered for
conscription. He Is a condemned man
In the penitentiary at Bellcfonte, sen
tenced to be electrocuted on July 9.
The governor, In reply to a questlom
said he could not be registered, but
that he wished he could.,
THE RED CROSS7
STARMISl
No LessThan $100,000X00 1 1
meei war weeds.
APPEAL TO THE NATlJ
Fntlra Cnuntrv Tn c .
. , ue v,anvan,s
Niemner or British Parllamt
Describes Suffering In
France.
Wnnhlnptnn. Thn
ft'w.esi ft I
, i . . n i -t I
imiKii uiu lieu vruss ever hag
doxlcnod tn rain a linn nnmu . 1
T--,--vv,VUY (.J
uruiuui buj a uuiue on r.urojiean It J
ana to lena a neiping hand to 4 1
sanas in tne districts already d,..
tated by the war, was launched J
at a meeting or representative!
larger cuies or tne country.
Forty Cities Represented.
More than 100 men and women J
present from 40 cities and the tj
Ing was enthusiastic to a degre
Indicated a strong belief n ti,,
lngncss of Americans to contritx-
tl.e cause of mercy.
Henry P.' Davison, chairman I
Red Cross War Council, annoj; 1
the amount to be raised, said It
certain $100,000,000 would be red
"even to approach compliance J
the most pressing needs."
Must Handle Big Taik.
"If each individual Aiaericu-
tributes his 'bit' there e:in be ae J
ure," he continued. "Ameria 1
we feel sure, again dt monstriti
.Lilt,.. . - 1 .11 . ... 1
gunny iu uuuuie it uik ia.sK till
way. That we may be able tt 1
form this great task we shall 1; I
to the generosity and for the H
co-opcratlon, of the whole Ait
people."
tot
Mr. Dlvlson did not go into d-J
of the plan for raising the mow
an intensive campaign will be cl
taken under the leadership 01 I
the most-prominent and actlrri
and women in each comnmnit;
forts will be made to secure
operation and assistance of recti
leaders who will devote their-:
attention for a time to t lie wort
War Conditions Describe!
Many of the speeches describ;: I
suffering in France ami flelgiuis .1
German rule brought tears totl-
of the audience. Ian Makon.t J
of Parliament and of Die visitiiJ
Commission, pictured the vast t-l
ery that Is behind the fighting 1:1
I
f
care for the wounded, and the :
tlon that reigns in the once tl
and populous communities tbrl
many has brought ruin. Heiil
did not doubt the success of the -1
to raise the money needed.
LONDON SEES MUCH U.S.H
Over 1.000 Persons Of Arl
Army In Britain.
Tiit
London. The engineers Ifcl
American Army who haveir
England made a call on An&l
Page and later separated fori
of conferences with warOt
cials In regard to their vartoJK'
ties. They were entertained t
eon by the Earl of Derby, M
for War.
American khaki was very r-l
evidence In London. A nutswi
dltional officers and hospittl
have arrived and nurses, espM
the Cleveland and Harvard r
their blue uniforms witn
bands labeled with the insipu 1
American Red Cross, nlreadp
come a familiar sight toti'J
nubile.
Uni-a than 1 find nersODl "1
,
to Xhe American Arniy
Great Britain.
DR. WAITE PUT TO 01
Vouno Dentist Goes Caw
Electric Chair.
Osslnlng. N. Y. Br. ArMl
Walte was executed at
nrlnnn fnr tho murder of W!"
law. John E. Peck, of
v, .
Mlh
Th vniinir ilentist 1KC1
and with a firm step from !
, , .
the death chamber, acconM
chaplain of the prison.
t ihi 1
rVinlr hut roonvered fl"-' I
nrwl.l.M tn tha pnlUD of M
ii u u i yj ii.u c- ...
. -ny.i-t -.1 nllipr!1'
f o
prison oiuciuiB iuw
sembled as witnesses.
Walte submitted quiow'
trnmed In"
and went to his death W
ThrCl
nf nrnfpqt nr eooilb.V
, -. r .,
11
were admlnlsterea -
utes.
FIRE LOSSES INC1
7" ... t
Were $44,000,000 Grea"
. Than Year Bef
New York.-Thc flre m
country last year total" i
rnmnni-Ari with $1 W3J'' J
vonr nravfnn. an tl- ..J
A JJAAAAAI aAAOrdiOf
man ,uvw,uvu,
read at the opening .J
mini convention of tne " i
of Fire. Underwriters bf"
nnM nonlio IntrPIlflCd
$1.71 to $2.10.
ITALIAN MISSION
wun utner o'" - .
n....t. rt Preside"1
nr..i,ini,inn The rl .
of tW
and other members
,l0ln n-oro the RlIC8"
. Wilson at a state aiu-
tnra In revolving l'011"
those conferred on i" , ,
French predecessors. '
the acquaintance qf ffi
1 cials with whom itj
during the coming
Hied S
ha,