THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
Man WifKout
A Country S
0 Edward Everett Hale
FOURTH INSTALLMENT.
There la a story that Nolan met
Burr once on one of our vessels, when
a party of Americana came on board
In the Mediterranean. But this I be
lieve to be a He; or rather, It la a
myth, ben trovuto, Involving a tre-
mendona blowing-up with which he
sank Burr, asking him how he liked
to be "without a country." But It la
clear, from Burr'a life, that nothing
of the sort could have happened; and
I mention this only as an illustration
of the stories which get a-going where
there Is the least mystery at bottom
So Fhlllp Nolan had his wish ful-
filled. Foor fellow, he repented of bis
folly, and then, like a mun, submitted
to the fate he had asked for. lie nev
er Intentionally added to the difficulty
or delicacy of the charge of those who
had him In hold. Accidents would
happen ; but they never happened from
his fault Lieutenant Truzton told me
that when Terns was annexed, there
waa a careful discussion among the
ulcers, whether they should get hold
of Nolan's handsome set of maps, and
cut Texas out of It, from the map
of the world and the map of Mexico.
The United States had been cut out
when the atlas was bought for him
But It waa voted rightly enough, that
to do this would be virtually to reveal
to him what had happened, or, as
Ilarry Cole said, to make him think
Old Burr had succeeded. So It was
from no fault of Nolan's that a great
botch happened at my own table, when,
for a short time, I was In command of
the George Washington corvette, on
the South Amerlcnn station. We were
lying In the La Flata, and some of the
officers, who had been on shore, and
hnd Just Joined again, were entertain
ing us with accounts of their misad
ventures In riding the half-wild horses
of Buenos Aires. Nolan was at table,
end was in an unusually bright and
talkative mood. Some story of a tum
ble reminded him of an adventure of
his own, when he was catching wild
horses In Texas with his brother Steph
en, at a time when he must have been
quite a boy. He told the story with
a good deal of spirit so much so, that
the silence which often follows a good
story hung over the table for an In
stant, to be broken by Nolan himself.
For he asked, perfectly unconsciously,
"Pray, what has become of Texas.?
After the Mexicans got their Independ
ence, I thought that province of Texas
would come forward very fast It Is
really one of the finest regions on
earth ; it Is the Italy of this continent
But I have not seen or heard a word
of Texas for near twenty years."
, There were two Texan officers at the
table. The reason he had never heard
of Texas was that Texas and her af
fairs had been painfully out of his
newspapers since Austin began his
settlements; so that, while he read of
Honduras and Tamaullpas, and, till
quite lately, of California, this virgin
province, In which his brother had
traveled so far and, I believe, had died,
had ceased to be with him. Walters
and Williams, the two Texas men,
looked grimly at each other, and tried
not to laugh. Edward Morris had his
attention attracted by the third link
In the chain of the captain's chan
delier. Watrous was seized with a con
vulsion of sneezing. Nolan himself
saw that something was to pay, he did
not know what And I, as master of
the feast, had to say:
"Texas la out of the map, Mr. No
lan. Have you seen Captain Back's
curious account of Sir Thomas Roe's
Welcome?"
After that cruise I never saw No
lan again. I wrote to him at least
twice a year, for In that voyage we
became even confidentially Intimate t
but he never wrote to me. The other
men tell me that In those fifteen years
he aged very fast, as well he might
Indeed, but that he was still the same
gentle, uncomplaining, silent sufferer
that he ever was, bearing as 'best he
could his self-appointed punishment,
rather less social, perhnps, with new
men whom he did not know, but more
anxious, apparently, than ever to serve
and befriend and teach the boys, some
of whom fairly seemed to worship him.
And now It seems the dear old fellow
Is dead. He has found a home at
last, and a country.
Since writing this, and while con
sidering whether or no I would print
it, as a warning to the young of today
of what It Is to throw away a country,
I have received from Danforth, who Is
on board the Levant, a letter which
fives an account of Nolan's last hours.
To understand the first words of the
letter, the nonprofessional reader
should remember that after 1817 the
position of every officer who bad No
lan In charge was one of the greatest
delicacy. The government hnd failed
to renew the order of 1807 regarding
hlra. What was a man to do? Should
he let him go? What, then, If he
were called to account by the depart
ment for violating the order of 1807?
Should he keep blm? What, then, If
Nolan should be liberated some day,
and Bhould bring an action for false
Imprisonment or kidnaping against ev
ery man who had had him In charge?
1 urged and pressed this upon South
iard, and I have reason to think that
Vther officers did the same thing. But
the secretary always said, as they so
often do at Washington, that there
were no special orders to give, and
that we must act on our own Judg
ment That means, "If you succeed,
you will be sustained ; If you full, you
will be disavowed." Well, as Danforth
says, all that Is over now, though I
do not know but I expose myself to a
criminal prosecution on the evidence
of the very revelation I am making.
Here Is the letter:
"Levant 2 V S. 131 W.
"Dear Fred I try to Dnd heart and
life to tell you that It Is all over with
dear old Nolan. I have been with him
on this voyage more than I ever was,
and I can understand wholly now the
way In which you used to speak of the
dear old fellow. I could see that he
was not strong, but I had no Idea that
the end was so near. The doctor had
been watching him very carefully, and
yesterday morning came to me and
told me that Nolan was not so well,
and had not left his stateroom a
thing I never remember before. He
had let the doctor come and see hlra as
he lay there, the first time the doctor
had been In the stateroom, and he said
he should like to see me. Oh, dear I
do you remember the mysteries we
boys used to Invent about his room, In
the old Intrepid days? Well, I went
In, and there, to bo sure, the poor fel
low lay In his berth, smiling pleasant
ly as he gave me his hand, but look
ing very frail. I could not help a
glance round, which Bhowed me what
a little sbrlno he had made of the box
he was lying In. The stars and stripes
were triced up above and around a
picture of Washington, and he had
painted a majestic eagle, with light
nlngg blazing from his beak and his
foot Just clasping the whole globe,
which his wings overshadowed. The
dear old boy saw my glance, and said,
with a sad smile, 'Here, you see, I have
a country I' And then he pointed to
the foot of his bed, where I bad not
seen before a great map of the United
States, as he had drawn It from mem
ory, and which he hnd there to look
upon es he lay. Quaint, queer old
names were on it, In large letters:
'Indiana Territory,' 'Mississippi Ter
ritory,' and 'Louisiana,' as I supposed
our fathers learned such things; but
the old fellow bad patched in Texas,
too; he had carried his western boun
dnry all the way to the Pacific, but on
that shore he bad defined nothing.
"'Oh, Dnnforth,' he said, 'I know
am dying. I cannot get home. Sure
ly you will tell me something now?
Stopl stop! Do not speak till I say
what I am sure you know, that there
Is not in this ship, tbnt there la not
in America God bless her I a more
loyal man than L There cannot be a
man who loves the old flag as I do, or
prays for it as I do, or hopes for it as
"Tell Me Their Names," He 8ald.
I do. There are thirty-four stars In
It now, Danforth. I thank God for
that, though I do not know what their
names are. There has never been one
taken away; I thank God for that.
know by that, that there has never
been any successful Burr. Oh, Dan
forth, Danforth,' he sighed out, "how
like a wretched night's dream a boy's
Idea of personal fame or of separate
sovereignty seems, when one looks
back on it after such a life as mine I
But tell me tell me something tell
me everything, Danforth, before I die 1'
'Ingham, I swear to you that I felt
like a monster that I had not told him
everything before. Danger or no dan
ger, delicacy or no delicacy, who was I
that I should have been acting the
tyrant all this time over this dear,
sainted old man, who bad years ago
expiated, In his whole manhood's life,
the madness of a boy's treason? 'Mr.
Nolan,' said I T will tell you everything
you ask about Only, where shall I
begin?"
"Oh, the blessed smile that crept
over his white face I and he pressed my
hand and said, 'God bless you I Tell
me their names,' he said, and he point
ed to the stars on the flag. 'The last
I know Is Ohio. My father lived In
Kentucky. But I have guessed Mich
igan and Indiana and Mississippi that
was where Fort Adams Is they make
twenty. But where are your other
fourteen? You have not cut up any
of the old ones, I hope?'
"Well, that was not a bad text, and
I told him the names, In as good or
der as I could, and he bade me take
down his beautiful map and draw them
in as I best could with my pencil. He
was wild with delight about Texas,
told me how his brother died there;
he had marked a gold cross where he
supposed his brother's grave was ; and
he had guessed at Texas. Then he
was delighted as he saw California
and Oregon that, he sold, he bad sus
pected partly, because he had never
been permitted to land on that shore,
though the ships were there so much.
'And the men,' said he, laughing,
'brought off a good deal besides furs.'
Then he went back heavens, how
far to ask about the Chesapeake, end
what was done to Barron for surren
dering her to the Leopard, and wheth
er Burr ever tried again, and he ground
his teeth with the only passion he
showed. But In a moment thnt was
over, and he sold, "God forgive me,
for I am sure I forgive him.' Then
he asked about the old war told
me the true story of his serving the
gun the day we took the Java asked
about dear old Duvld Porter, as he
called him Then ho ttled down
moe quietly, and very lwpplly, to hear
me tell In an hour the history of fifty
years.
"How I w'shed It had been some
body who knew something I But I
did as well as I could. I told him of
the English war. I told him about Ful
ton and the steamboat beginning. I
told him about old Scott and Jackson ;
told him all I could think about the
Mississippi, and New Orleans, and
Texas, and his own old Kentucky.
And do you know he asked who was
in command of the 'Legion of the
West? I told him It was a very gal
lant officer named Grant, and that by
our lust news, he was about to estab
lish his headquarters at Vlcksburg.
Then, 'Where was Vlcksburg?' I
worked that out on the map; It was
about a hundred miles, more or less,
above his old Fort Adams; and I
thought Fort Adams must be a ruin
now. 'It must be at old VIck's plan
tation,' said he; 'well, that Is a
change 1
"I tell you, Ingham, It was a hard
thing to condense the history of half
a century into that talk with a sick
man. And I do not know what I told
him of emigration, and the means of
It of steamboats and railroads and
telegraphs of Inventions and books
and literature of the colleges and
West Point and the Naval school
but with the queerest Interruptions
that ever you heard. You see It was
Robinson Crusoe asking all the accu
mulated questions of fifty-six years.
"I remember he asked, all of a sud
den, who wna president now; and
when I told him, he asked If Old Abe
was Gen. Bi-njumln Lincoln's son. He
sold he met old General Lincoln, when
he was quite a boy himself, at some
Indian treaty. I said no, that Old Abe
was a Kentucklan like himself, but I
could not tell him of what family; he
had worked up from the ranks. 'Good
for hlml' cried Nolan; 'I am glad of
that. As I have brooded and won
dered, I have thought our dunger was
In keeping up those regular succes
sions In the first families.' Then I
got talking about my visit to Wash
ington. I told him of meeting the Ore
gon congressman, Harding; I told him
about Smithsonian and the exploring
expedition; I told him about the cupl
tol and the statues for the pediment
and Crawford's 'Liberty' and
Greenough's Washington: Ingham, I
told him everything I could think of
that would show the grandeur of his
country and Its prosperity.
"And he drank it In, and enjoyed It
as I cannot tell you. lie grew more
and more silent, yet I never thought
he was tired or faint I gave hlra a
glass of water, but he Just wet his lips,
and told me not to go away. Then he
asked me to bring the Presbyterian
Book of Public Prayer,' which lay
there, and said, with a smile, that it
would open at the right place and so
It did. There was his double red
mark down the page; I knelt down
and read, and he repeated with me,
'For ourselves and our country, O gra
cious God, we thank thee, that, not
withstanding our manifold transgres
sions of thy holy laws, thou bast con
tinued to us thy marvelous kindness'
and so to the end of that thanksgiv
ing. Then be turned to the end of
the same book, and I rend the words
more fumlllur to me: 'Most heartily
we beseech thee with thy favor to be
hold and bless thy servant, the presi
dent of the United States, and all
others in authority' and the rest of
the Episcopal collect. 'Dunforth,'
said he, 'I have repeuted those prayers
night and morning, it Is now fifty-five
years.' And then he said he would
go to sleep. He bent me down over
him and kissed me: and he said.
'Look In my Bible, Dnnforth, when I
am gone.' And I went away.
"But I had no thought It was the
end. I thought he was tired and
would sleep. I knew he was happy,
and I wuntcd him to be alone.
"But in an hour, when the doctor
went In gently, he found Nolan had
breathed his life away with a smile.
He had something pressed close to
his Hps. It was his father's badge of
the Order of Clncinnutl.
"We looked In his Bible, and there
was a slip of paper, at - the place
where he had marked the text
"They desire a country, even a
heavenly: wherefore God Is not
ashamed to be called their God: for
he hath prepared for them a city.'
"On this slip of paper he had writ
ten:
1 'Bury me In the sea ; It has been
my home, and I love It But will not
someone set up a stone for my mem
ory at Fort Adams or at Orleans, that
my disgrace may not be more than I
ought to bear? Say on it:
In Memory of
PHILIP NOLAN
Lieutenant
In the Army of
the United States.
"He loved his country as no other
man has loved her; but no man de
served less at her hands.' "
(TUB END.)
Mlckle's Maneuver.
"Henry, I've come to see your new
stenographer," said his wife.
"But, my dear, she will offend your
esthetic sense I" protested Mlckles.
"She's a sl&ht I told you she was a
sight."
"I Insist on seeing," replied Mrs. M.
"very well, but wait till I finish dic
tating a letter. It's very Important
it's to Hlbblm & DIggum canceling
an order for a dozen lead pencils and
must get off."
"I'll not wait a second."
"Just as you say, my dear. But your
hat Isn't on straight There's a glass
over there In the corner."
O, dear, 111 Just fix It 111 be there
In a minute."
And she went over to the glass to
straighten her hat, and In the half
hour It took her to do It, Mlckles had
let his beautiful new stenographer out
the window on an Improvised rope lad
der, and hauled up a frightfully home
ly one for whom he hnd telephoned
to the employment bureau. Detroit
Free Press.
In Japan the crater of an extinct
volcano In which there are many hot
springs is utilized as a sanatorium.
PRISON
El
OB
FOOD
BARONS
Amendment to Food Bill Makes
Hoarding a Felony.
PENALTY IS THREE YEARS
AK,ry In the Senate To Modify
Amendment Proves Futile Poin-d-xter
Insists That It Go
Through As Offered.
.V.hmgton. Hoarding, storage er
destruction of food, fuel or other
nccewaries of life to limit supply or
affect prices would be a felony under
an amendment to the government first
food bill adopted In the Senate with
out a recorded vote.
Several senators protested that the
privislon was too drastic and would
prevent legitimate storing to equalize
markets, but all efforts to modify it
failed. When Senator Fall proposed
that the Federal Trade Commission
be empowered to decide whether stor
ing Is reasonable, Senator Polndexter,
author of the amendment, Insisted thnt
any Buch change would weaken the ef
fectiveness of the measure as a
weapon against speculators.
Violation of the section would be
punishable by Imprisonment In the
penitentiary for not less than six
months nor more than- three years.
Holding by farmers or others of the
products of land cultivated by them
Is exempted.
To Popularize Fish.
An amendment which would author
ize the Secretary of Commerce to take
steps to promote more general use of
fish to relieve the food stringency was
offered by Senator Fletcher. It would
permit the Secretary to catch and
market fish. A letter from Secretary
Redfleld In support of the proposal
was rend.
Chairman Gore, of the Agriculture
Committee, asked thnt the Lever bill,
already passed by the House with the
amendments made by the committee,
be substituted for the similar measure
previously under consideration In the
Senate. This was done and will
facilitate final enactment
Cattlemen To Aid.
The second of the food bills, the
measure to authorize a food adminls-
tration and price-fixing, was discussed
at an executive session of the House
Committee on Agriculture.
Representatives of Southwestern
cattle-growing interests called on Her
bert C. Hoover and pledged their sup
port to the food bills and to the food
administration to be created with Mr.
Hoover at its head.
Officers of the Wholesale Grocers'
Association also saw Mr. Hoover and
promised support for the legislation.
The Chamber of Commerce of the
United States probably will take a
referendum vote of its membership on
the food legislation.
VILLA TAKES BORDER TOWN.
He Surprlsea Carranza Garrison At
Ojinaga, Opposite Presidio.
Presidio," Texas. A Villa force at
tacked Ojinaga, Mexico, opposite here,
surprising the Mexican Government
soldiers in the garrison there and
causing them to flee to the American
side, leaving their arms In Mexico. All
women and children at Ojinaga fled
across the line Into Texas when the
attack started.
Customs officials who arrived from
Ojinaga said Villa led the attack In
person. Many Mexican Government
troops surrendered after fighting the
attackers in the plaza of the town, the
officials said, and Ojlnnga now is in
possession of the Villa soldiers.
The capture gives Villa a border
port of entry to the United States.
Villa's main command is reported to
be at Polvo, 20 miles enst of Presidio.
U. S. ENGINEERS IN PARIS.
Eager To Get Away To the Front As
Soon As Possible.
Paris. The United States Commis
sion of Engineers has arrived In
Paris. The party consists of Major
William Barclay Parsons, Major W.
J. Wilgus, W. A. Garrett and Captain
A. B. Barber. Immediately on its ar
rival the commission called on United
States Ambassador Sharp, who made
arrangements for its reception by the
Ministry of War. On their arrival
here Major ParBons said he and his
colleagues were keenly desirous of
getting out where the big guns were
roaring, and they would do everything
in their power to expedite their busi
ness in Paris in order to hasten their
departure for the field of action.
MESSAGE SENT TO RUSSIA.
Communication From Wilson Kept
Secret For Present
Washington. President Wilson has
Bent a document to the Russian Gov
ernment outlining the war aims of the
United States and, it is understood,
dealing with the position of "no an
nexations, no Indemnities," set out by
Russian officials. It Is not to be pub
lished until Ambassador Francis in
Petrograd has had opportunity to pre
sent it to the Russian Government,
and then it will be given out in Wash
ington. TURKS COURTEOUS TO ELKUS.
Representatives Of Sultan Bade Fare
well To Ambassador.
Washington. Every courtesy was
extended to Ambassador Elkus and his
party upon leaving Constantinople.
Advices coming by way of Stockholm
say representatives of the Sultan, the
Grand Vizier and the Ministers of
Finance and Foreign Affairs said fare
well at the station, while a represen
tative of the Minister of Foreign Af
fairs accompanied the party to the
frontier.
DURATION OF WARS IN WHICH U. 8. HAS ENGAGED.
War Begau Ended Yrs. Mob. Days
War of Independence Apr. 19,1775 Apr. 19,1783 8 -.. ..
Northwestern Indian Wars.Sept 19, 1790 Aug. 3,1795 4 10 15
War with Tripoli June 10, 1801 June 4, 1805 4 11 24
Creek Indian War July 27, 1813 Aug. 9, 1814 1 1 13
War of 1812 June 18, 1812 Feb. 17,1815 2 7 29
War with Algiers May 1, 1815 June 30, 1815 . 1 11
Seminole Indian War Nov. 20, 1817 Oct 21.1818 . 10 1
Black Hawk Indian War.. Apr. 21, 1831 Sept. 30, 1832 1 5 9
Florida Indian War Dec. 23, 1835 Aug. 14, 1843 7 8 22
War with Mexico Apr. 24, 1844 July 4,1848 2 2 10
Civil War Jan. I, 1861 May 13, 1865 4 4 4
War with Spain Apr. 14, 1898 Aug. 12, 1898 . 3 22
War with Germany Apr. 18, 1917 ?
OF
U.5.
Berlin Papers Published Reports
Before Arrival.
SIMS' MESSAGE GIVEN OUT
Admiral Says Mines Planted At En
trance Of Port Were First Put
There In Three
Montha.
Washington. The text of Vice-Ad'
miral Sims' brief report on the pres
ence of advance information in Ger
many regarding the sailing of Ameri
can destroyers to the war zone was
made public by Secretary Daniels. It
was contained In a letter to the Navy
Department, the Secretary said, and
was as follows:
"An Interesting feature In connec
tion with the arrival of the destroy'
era Is the report that their sailing ap
peared In Berlin newspapers about
four days before their arrival, and also
that a field of mines was planted im
mediately off the entrance of the port
at which they arrived the day before
the arrival took place. These were
the first mines planted In that vicinity
during the previous three months."
In giving out the extent, Mr. Dnniels
said that the letter made no further
reference to tho matter, and the Vice-
Admiral "did not give any statement
or speculation as to how Berlin ob
tains Its information."
Tl" Secretary also made public the
following additional extract from the
letter:
"I am pleased to be able to report
the excellent Impression given by our
officers, ships and crew under their
command. Our ships made no de
mands of consequence upon the facili
ties offered here in spite of the length
of their passage under adverse condi
tions. "The commander, when questioned
by the admiral as to when his vessels
would be ready for duty, reported that
he should be ready that night, as soon
as the ships were refueled. This was
apparently a considerable surprise to
the admiralty, who then gave them
four days before taking up active
work. The vessels themselves caused
a great deal of complimentary com
ment, and were found to be well equip
ped for their prospective duty.
"Speaking generally, the Impression
made by our officers and our ships has
caused very favorable comment both
here and In the admiralty."
WORKS NIGHT AND DAY.
Bureau Of Engraving Hard Pushed By
Demands Of War.
Washington. The Liberty Loan and
other war finance measures compel the
Bureau og Engraving and Printing
these days to work 24 hours a day and
employ 1,200 extra workmen and
clerks to produce the 2,700,000 Impres
sions which now are turned out dally.
Director Ralph estimated that the
Bureau this year will make 25,000,000,-
000 notes and certificates of various
kinds, compared with 5,000,000,000 last
year.
MORE AMERICANS TO FRONT.
Ambulance Section Under Albert M.
Hyde, Leaves Paris.
Paris. Ambulance section. No 26,
of the American Field Service started
for the front under command of Al
bert M. Hyde, of New York, a Harvard
mnn. The Field Service counts upon
the arrival of 240 recruits this week
and as many as this number or even
more ench week thereafter.
TORNADO IN MISSOURI
Schoolhouse Only Building Left Stand
ing In Mineral Point
St. Louis. A tornado twisted Into
Mineral Point, Mo., a village of about
300 inhabitants, killed four persons
and injured 30, demolished the town
with the exception of the schoolhouse,
and then moved southward to Eye,
where Fred Harper, a farmer, was
killed by flying debris.
52 KILLED BY TORNADOES.
150 Or More Persons Injured In Mis
souri Towns and Villages.
St. Louis. Reports received by the
Globe-Democrat from its correspond
ent at Marble Hill were that at least
25 persons were killed and more than
100 Injured at Zalma, Bollinger coun
ty, by the tornado that struck there
Wednesday.
AMBASSADOR GUTHRIE BURIED.
Japanese Envoy Attends Ceremony At
. Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh, Pa. The funeral of Geo.
W. Guthrie, American Ambassador to
Japan, who died at his post In Tokio,
took place here Thursday. The Japan
ese Government was represented by
Ambassador Sato, and the American
Government by Breckenrldge Long,
Third Assistant Secretary of State;
Col. Henry H. Ludlow, of the army,
and Capt. Charles B. McVay, of the
navy.
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BOATS
F000 SURVEY BILL
PASSED IT HOUSE
First Control Measure Appro
priates $14,770,000.
WOMEN WILL BE EMPLOYED
Estimate Promised Within Three
Weeks Congresswoman Makes
Her Maiden Speech and
Wina First Fight
Washington. The Administration's
Food Survey bill, first of the food-control
measures, was passed by the
House without a record vote. It ap
propriates $14,770,000 for an Imme
diate Investigation of tne country's
food resources and for measures to
stimulate production. A similar bill is
under debate in the Senate and may
be passed there this week.
Estimate In Three Weeks.
The Agricultural Department ex
pects to present a fairly accurate esti
mate of food resources within three
weeks after the bill is signed by the
President, Secretary Houston an
nounced. As Boon as the measure be
comes a law the department will start
Its 17,000 employes and the 150,000 vol
untary crop reporters to work on the
Investigation. The preliminary report
to be made within three weeks will be
supplemented ' with monthly reports
and probably by a further complete re
port within six months If necessary.
Material gathered will be turned
over to Herbert C. Hoover, who will
be named to head a Food Administra
tion as soon as the pending regulatory
food measure becomes law.
Congreitwoman Takes Hand.
The Survey bill passed virtually as
It came from the committee. MIbb
Rankin, the woman Representative
from Montana, Inserted an amendment
which would require the Department
of Agriculture to use women In the
survey work whenever practicable.
An amendment by Representative
McKenzie, of Illinois, would make all
persons employedunder the bill liable
to military service, and another would
permit citizens to refuse to go more
than 300 miles from their homes or
places of business to testify In a food
Inquiry.
As originally drawn, the bill carried
more than $18,000,000, but committee
changes reduced the total. These are
the principal amounts appropriated:
For seeds, $5,778,000; education for
increasing production by waste elim
ination and conservation, $4,348,400;
general survey, $2,522,000; eradication
of live stock diseases and live stock
Improvement work, $885,000; miscella
neous Items, $547,400, and eradication
of plant diseases and insects, $441,000.
GAMES TO FOLLOW FLAG.
Home Shows and Songs Also To Enter
tain American Troops.
Washington. American games,
American shows and American songs
will follow the flag to France. The
Committee on Training Camp Activl
ties, of which Raymond Fosdick is
chairman, is formulating plans to pro
vide centres of rest and recreation for
the American soldiers close to the bat
tie lines. This Is following the British
and French Idea. They have found it
necessary to provide some form of en
tertainment which will take the sol
diers' mind completely away from war
during the time when they are with
drawn from the trenches and are sent
back for rest.
USE "LAND BATTLESHIPS."
Unique Headquarters For Naval Re-
. cruiting In New York.
New York. The Recruit, the only
land battleship In the American Navy,
is the headquarters for navy and
Marine Corps recruiting In New York
City. Immediately after the formal
"launching" ceremonies In Union
Square the structure, built to resem
ble a battleship, was occupied by
naval and marine officers. Rooms
aboard the ship will give ample space
for the work of the recruiting officers
and examining physicians.
SIMS MADE VICE-ADMIRAL.
Commander Of American Destroyers
Abroad Promoted.
Washington. Rear Admiral Sims,
commanding the American fleet of de
stroyers co-operating with the Allied
fleet, was formally named vice-admiral
by President Wilson. Sims Is now the
second ranking officer of the Navy.
WILSON BUYS LIBERTY BOND.
Subscribes $10,000 "With Great Satis
faction." Washington. President Wilson
joined the ranks of participants in the
Liberty Loan by subscribing for a
$10,000 bond. '
Writing to Secretary McAdoo, the
President said:
"May I not send you personally my
subscription to the Liberty Loan,
which I make with great satisfaction
and with the wish, that it might be a
great deal larger?"
HOOVER SAYS BREAD
IS PRICE OF PEACE
Allies Will Need Over 5000on
000 Bushels.
MUST PROTECT OURSELVES
Food Bill Before Cong rest Bulk Of
Supplies Must Come From United
States; Must Protect Our
People.
Washington. Bread is the price of
Internal peace in Europe.
And "the size of the loaf will .
depend absolutely on what can t
done from the North American
nent," according to Herbert Ihw
America's new food adminintrator.
The Allies, In order to provide u
minimum bread ration, which them,
now giving their people, will require
more than 600,000,000 bushels 4
wheat at the next harvest.
With the appeal before them, (j,
House and Senate resumed U-bate aa
the Gore-Lever Food Bill, providing t
general food survey In th country ttf
means of stimulating production.
"With the lSwer classes in Europt
bread Is the fetish of food," Hooter
warned. "And without the loaf M
assuming that you put into their
stomachs a dietetic sullicitncr i
flnmth!ncrjlvltfiniit Mm 1....r .
o uurou4
not preserve public tranquility. Breii
Is the price of peace."
In addition to the BOO.OOfl.ooo bushA
of wheat needed, Hoover ha 9 infomti
Congress, the Allies will nlso reqtoe
"somewhere over 250,00.ftit0 to U
000,000 bushels of other cereili'
Therefore, we have a problem here of
anywhere from S00,000,0u0 bushels o(
grnln to 1,000,000,000 bushels Uul
must come from somewhere, Hoover
said.
Hoover said the bulk of the brnl
burden Is now on the United states
because the Allies' crops are short
millions of bushels.
In France alone, he said, the tin
crop is down 55 per cent., creating 1
deficiency of 150,000,000 bushels, il
former sources of cereals (or Hi
Allies are now cut off, he said. Tow
were originally Russia, Itourauii,
Bulgaria, Australia, India and tit
Argentine.
"The whole supplies of Russia, Bd
garia and Roumania are absolutely ct
off," Hoover said. "Australia ul
India are, in effect, cut off today be
cause the haul is three times the dis
tance of the Atlantic seaboard, tk
tonnage required Is trebled and tk
danger just about doubled. The r
suit Is they have been unable duriti
the last three months to get any cot
sequential amount of grain from tut
quarter.
"Whether that lane will be reopen"
Is a matter of some difficulty. Sea
measures are being taken to reopei i
and it may be hoped that during tit
next year some food supply may bees'
talned from Australia and India by tk
use of sailing ships and by trans-sty
ping at some point like Buenos Aim
or Panama."
Hoover sounded the warning, bo
ever, that In supplying the "e
vacuum" across tne water
tranquility in this country must rt
be upset." He said It is the busitu
of this nation that the Allies "sis
not suck too much food out of
own country."
In other words, he said,
low the normal course of commM
to run loose, those people in claa
ous desire for food will Flrip our be
markets In this situation."
"Therefore." Hoover said, we
got to protect ourselves irom
Allies in order to protect ouronr
pie and at the same time do all P
by them and all the service for tl
that we can."
WOMEN SHOT AS SPIES.
. . . . ..... . . CwlliAII i
Motner a witness or mo &a.
Her Daughter.
Geneva (via Paris). La Suisse So
day printed details of a case
to that of Miss Edith Cavell, the W
1tU .,.,. wh. won ATnrllted by tS
1IDM I1UIOG WIIU n l.u v ' .
, nfnhnr Ml
uermans in urusseis in w"-'-The
Germans, says the newspaper."
cently arrested two women, M
nfnlc n1 tioi. rfoiiirliter. aced ''
. 11 ik-it , nuu i-i i v . n
the Swiss-Alsatian frontier. They"
charged with acting as spies
The women promptly admlttw
. . ..mlOfl W
the trial that they naa sinus
ters, without knowing their conle
from Alsatian families to rpla,iTM'
Switzerland. This was done m
as a friendly act and without rm
or malicious purpose.
Both women, says La Suisse,
shot at Mulhausen. The mother
. l,nrrIA..1 nrltnnca nf the eienw
CS 11U1 1 llivu niiisvuu - j
of her daughter before her turn
NO ALCOHOL ADS IN MAILS-
Postofflce Department RulM "
irl
ti tr.. nru States.
1 iiciu r 1 viu ' j
wasnington. urain un.
tlsements and solicitations for
fnr ftlrvthnl will hA barred fron'
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mails when addressed 10 uu
under a construction of the
Reed amendment .made by tn ,
omce jjeparunenu 1"
.,.,- . i,i u lntoiWlw
nuiUB Him gram
liquor under the act
TAKE UP GHASTLY STUDIED
I Mi
Reserve Officers LesrninB
Tactics Of Wr.
... . for'
second period of instruction
r Ann .nMo tnr armv com1"' k
was made public Wednesday. .
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ahastly elements of European .
j auuh AVi1nrtD6 p k
tear shells. Other taitnf",
. . . iicr ana "
FrPTlHfin llKULllJKa .... w
elude
sapping, mining
fire,