THE FULTON COUNTY NEWS, McCONNELLSBURG, PA.
5
X,
A&urdrv
& Edward
' THIRD INSTALLMENT.
"I am showing them bow we do this
la the artillery, sir."
And this is a part of the story where
all the legends agree; that the commo
dore said:
1see you do, and I thank you, sir
and' I shall nover forget this day, sir,
and) yon never shall, sir."
And after the whole thing was over,
and he had the Englishman's sword,
In the midst of the state and ceremony
of the quarterdeck, he said :
"Where Is Mr. Nolan? Ask Mr. No-
Ian to come here."
And when Nolan came, the captain
aid:
"Mr. Nolan, we are all very grateful
to yon today : you are one of us today
l you will be named In the dispatches."
V 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 bad not worn a sword since thut
Infernal day at Fort Adams. But al
ways afterward, on occasions of cere
mony, he wore that quaint old French
word of the commodores.
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 begnn to carry
jWself 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 Esses
Porter, not this Essex. As an artll
lery officer, who bad seen service In
the West, Nolan knoT mare about for
'?catIon37 embrasures, ravellnes,
stockades, and nil 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
way.
All that was near fifty years ago.
If Nolan was thirty then, he must
- have been nenr eighty when he died.
lie looked sixty when he was forty.
But he never seemed to me to change
a hair afterward. As I, Imagine his
life, from what I have pseen and heard
of It, he must have, bfc'en in every sea,
and Y,et.-Vsirt)st never on land. lie
.vnfist hnvA lrnnu-n In a fnrmnl wnv.
more officers In our service thnn 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
be was." He said It did not do for
anyone to try to read nil 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 them at such and
such hours from what I have been
t reading; and I Include In them my
'sernpbooks." These were very curious
jjlndced. He had six or eight, of differ
ent subjects. There was one of his
tory, one of nnturnl science, one which
he called "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
he had taught the men to cut for him,
and they were beautifully Illustrated,
lie drew admlrubly. He had some of
the funniest drawings there, and some
of the most pathetic, that I have ever
seen In my life. I wonder who will
have Nolan's scrnpbooks.
' Well, he said bis rending and his
Dotes were his profession, and that
they took five hours and t.vo hours
respectively of each day. "Then,"
said he, "every man should have a di
version as well as a profession. My
natural history Is my diversion." Thut
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
can tell you whether they are Lepl
dopteru 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, Llnnneus knew
as little of thut as John Foy, the Idiot,
d'd. These nine hours made Nolan's
regular dully "occupation." The rest
of the time be talked or walked. Till
he grew very old, he went aloft a great
deal. He always kept op his exercise
and I never heard that he was III. If
any other man was ill, 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 him to on any other
occasion, he was always ready to reud
prayerr. I have remarked thut h'J
read beautifully.
My own acquaintance with I'lilllp
Nolan begun six or eight year nl'tur
the war, on my first voyiign after I
was upiuilnted a iiildshlpmiiii. It was
In the first duys iiftt r our slave tr.ide
treaty, while tin- rolM'n- ' is
tthlch was still tin of -", u,
had still a sort bPiitiim bui
about the suppression ca II. o In;' .,
of the middle piiKsnj,-", nu'l mi A,a g
MaaWitKout
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-
erythtng In the ship was strange to
me. I knew It was green to ask ques
tions, 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 borne. 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 first
came to understand anything about
"the man without a country" one dny
when we overhauled a dirty little
schooner which had slaves on board,
An officer was sent to take charge of
her, and after a few minutes he sent
back bis boat to ask that someone
might be sent him who could speak
Portuguese. We were aH looking ovet
the roll when the message came, and
we nil 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 he understood the Inn
gunge. 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 a
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 had bad
their handcuffs and anklocuffs 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 ' ttirong surrounding
Vaughan and addressing him In every
dialect and patois of a dialect, from
the Zulu click up to the Parisian of
Beledcljereed.
As we came on deck, Vaughan
looked down from a hogshead, on
which be had mounted in desperation,
and said:
'For God'a love, Is there anybody
who can make these wretches under
stand something? The men gave them
rum, and thut did not quiet them.
Hushed the Men Down.
knocked that 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 un
derstood that as well as they under
stood the English."
Nolan suld 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 To.
"Tell them they are free," said
Vaughan; "and tell them that these
rascals are to be banged as soon as
we can get rope enough."
Nolan explained 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 n. yell of delight,
clinching of fists, leaping and dancing,
kissing of Nolan's feet, and a general
rush made to the hogshead by way of
spontaneous worship of Vaughan as
the dous ex machlna of the occasion.
"Tell them," said Vaughan, well
pleased, "that I will take them all to
Cnpe Pnlmas."
This did not answer so well. Cape
Pulmus was practically as fnr from
the homes of most of them as New Or
leans or Rio Janeiro was ; that Is, they
would be eternally separated from
heme there. And their Interpreters, as
we could understand, Instantly said,
"Ah, non Pulnins," and begnn to pro
pose Infinite other expedients In most
voluble lungunge. Vuughan wus rath
er disappointed at this result of his
liberality, and asked Nolan eagerly
what they suld. The drops stood on
poor Nolan's white forehead as be
hushed the men down, and said:
"He says, 'Not Pulmus.' Ho says,
'Take us home, tuke us to our coun
try, tuke us to our own house, tuke
us to our own pickaninnies and our
own women.' He says he has an old
father and mother, who will die, If
they do not see hlin. And tills one
Hays lie left his peoplo all Hick, and
paddled Id a to coiuu uud help them,
and that these devils caught him In
the bay just In sight of home, and
thut he has never seen anybody from
home since then. And this one says,"
choked out Nolan, "that ho has not
beard a word from his home In six
months, while he has been locked u
in an Infernal barracoon."
Vaughan always said he grew gray
himself while N'olan struggled througb
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 heat,
and that something was to pay some
where. Even the negroes themselves
stopped bowling as they saw Norun'i
agony, and Vnughan's almost equal
agony of sympathy. As quick as h
could get words, he said:
"Tell them yes, yes; tell them thes
shall go to the Mountains of the Moon,
If they will. If I sail the scboonei
through the Great White Desert, they
shall go home!"
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, be beckoned me down Into out
boat. As we lay back In the stern
sheets and the men gave way, be 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 soy a
word or to do a thing that shall put
a bar between you and your family,
your home, and your country, pray
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. Think of your home, boy ; write
and send, and talk about It Let II
be nearer and neerer to your thought,
the farther you have to travel from It;
and rush to It, when you are 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 bells.
No matter what happens to you, nd
matter who flutters you or who abuses
you, 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,
and 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 yonr mother, If
those devils there bad got hold of her
today P
I was frightened to death by his
calm, hurd passion; but I blundered
out that I would, by nil that was holy,
and that I had never thought of doing
anything else. He hardly seemed to
hear me; but he did, almost In a
whisper, say: "Oh, If anybody had
said so to me when I was of your age I1
I think It was this half-confidence of
his, which I never abused, for I never
told this story till now, which after
ward made us great friends. lie was1
very kind to me. Often he sat up, or
even got op, 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, end
helped me about my reading. He nev
er alluded 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 bim 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 man.
They will say so at the department
now I Perhaps they do not know. It
will not be the first thing In the serv
ice of which the department appear!
to know nothing I
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
ARMER BEHIND THE TIMES
HI Wife Tells How She Has Lived
for Many Year Without Modern
Convenience.
In the American 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
here they had the disease; for we
haven't n 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 thnt I married, when I took
my husband for better or for worse. We
have chairs with rounds missing, worn
curpets, nicked dishes and cooking
utensils that have long since outlived
their usefulness.
"The house Is Inconvenient, and for
that reason alone housework Is much
harder thnn It ougVt to be, and house
work Is hard enough In all conscience
on a farm. We have no water In the
house. For 25 years I have fetched
and carried water. There are two
steps between the kitchen and the din
ing room, which, by the way, was for
mcrly a bedroom and has no place for
a stove. The 'parlor Is across a hall
from the main part of the house and Is
only opened on special occasions."
South' 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,
050,000,000, 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 1010 was $3,058,
332,000, or $1,072,280,000 over 1015. To
this cotton contributed $1,070,508,000,
grain $1,283,309,000, and hay, tobacco
and potatoes $440,-10-i,000.
Dollar and Sense.
A poet has been known to make dol
lars out. of lines thnt ordinary mortals
could not make sense oat of. Ciucln
nutl Times-Stur.
THE SUBMARINE
TOLL REDUCED
Methods of Fighting U-Boat
Menace Show Improvement.
U. S. WAR CRAFT EFFECTIVE
Playing No Small Part In Patrol
Work 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,
2,759.
."Drltlsh merchantmen of 1,600 tons
or over sunk by mine or submarine,
IS; under 1,600 tons, nine.
"British merchantment 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 are keeping up the good work
of the previous fortnight, and the
American unit, although still a small
one, shares the credit for excellent
work. Not only are 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-
dicatlng an important victory over flie
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 Gorman
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
anl 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
wlttodness with which the American
unit has taken up Its work. It Is the
eld 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
again."
BAN ON SOCIALIST PEACE.
State Department Refuses Passports
For 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 thnt any American taking part
in the negotiations would be legally
liable to heavy punishment. No
formal announcement of purpose was
Issued, but officials explained that the
Government's course would have the
two-fold effect of discrediting general
ly any peace moves by unauthorized
persons and of condemning in particu
lar the present Socialist agitation, re
garded since Its inceution 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 Frincess Mary, received and
extended a welcome to the rurgeons
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.
It was a simple but Impressive cere
mony, which will stand as n 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,
a prominent New York lawyer, will bo
adjutant-general with Major-Gcneral
Pershing's division when it starts for
th battle front In France. Major
Bayne is a member of the Judge-Advo
cate's Officers' Reserve Corps.
TO ENLARGE COMMERCE BOARD.
Senate Passes Bill Like Measure
Pending In house.
Washington. The bill to Increase
the membership of the Interstate Com
merce Commission from seven to nine
members and allowing them to divide
Into sections for expediting business
was passed In tho Senate -with an
amendment by Senator Smith, of
Georgia, providing that tho whole com
mission must give a 'hearing and con
firm freight rate Increases before they
bcome affective.
AMERICANS HELD AS
PRISONERS OF WAR
Notice Served on Germany to
Release Them.
ANOTHER TREATY VIOLATED
Relief Worker In Germany Who Re
mained To Finish Up Their Work
Reported Among Thoce
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
deflnlte 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
1S2S, 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 Worker 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 Whitlock 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 offi
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
German 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 first 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 Friedrlch, 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 an 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 Bhlps by German raiders or sub
marines. BIG FIRE SWEEPS ATLANTA.
Confined To Northeast, Outsido Busi
ness District Of City-
Atlanta, Ga. Fire twat started In an
obscure negro section swept a broad
path throjjsli the residential section
of Aywila, devastating 'scores of
blocks and destroying many of the
lfly's finest homes and hundreds of
negro nouses, uerore u was cuecKed
it had burned hnlfway through the ex
clusive Ponce de Leon avenue resi
dence section.
First estimates of the damage placed
it at between $2,000,000 and 13,000,000.
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 ago for the reserve
officers 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
many States that their military heads
be given permission to organize more
of certain National Guard units than
prescribed, tho War Department an
nounced this cannot be done. Organ
ization must follow literally prescribed
lines. Many States wnnted to organ
ize more cavalry units than were al
lotted to them under the act of June
3, 1916.
THE BRITISH CUT
-HURURG LI
German Defenses Wiped Out By
Artillery Fire.
GERMAN'S FIRE FEEBLE
Prisoner 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
Croislllcs and Bullecourt that 3,000
:'ttrds of the Hindenburg line are
totally missing. This segment of the
German defenses was completely
wiped out
Trenches Gone.
Airplane photographs taken May 1
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
Posen and Breslau. It came to the
west front from Roumania in Febru
ary. Three officers are among the
prisoners. Tho men showed by word
and action that they were thoroughly
tired of war. They had been in tho
line 21 days and constantly under the
British shellfire. All of them said
they had never seen anything like
the artillery fire.
Little Left Of Portion.
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 corridor
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.
Gain Consolidated. -
London. The British 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.
. 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 Ir.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 deflnlte 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 tho 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 Fdward Bolt, of Har
vard, whose resilience is at Brookline,
Mass., a member of the' American
Ambulance Field .".,rvlce, was cited for
distinguished ee. v'ces performed in
September last Holh carried wound
ed men from the firing zone under vio
lent shelling.
"CHAIR" TO CHEAT DRAFT.
Condemned Man or !y Pennsylvanlan
Not To tie F.nrolled.
Harrisburg, J'u. - T.iero is probably
but one man lt he enVrt State of
Pennsylvania bi ;i : ! a I 50 years
of ase who will ic. be . .iterH for
conscripthm. If 1 1 . i a i nv i iin.n
in mo pvn'ieur: 1 ' it, l .. tin-
tenced to be e
t-cc-.-K-d oi 9. I th0 ocqu Jinco of the American om
A rr',j') t-) u -i' ,t'oa CK,S wIllMUiom they will negotiate
The governor, i
said he could net. ti n .lif.-- hut
that he wished h could.
THE RED CROSS
STARTS
CAMPAIGN
No Less Than $100,000,0X0 Will
Meet War Needs.
APPEAL TO THE NATION
Entire Country To Be Canvassed.
Member Of British Parliament
Describe Suffering In
France.
Washington. The greatest cam
paign the Red Cross ever has waged,
designed to raise $100,000,000 to care
for American . soldiers who fight
democracy's battle on European fields
and to lend a helping hand to thou
sands in the districts already devas
tated by the war, was launched here
at a meeting of representatives of the
larger cities of the country.
Forty Cities Represented.
More than 100 men and women were
present from 40 cities and the meet
ing was enthusiastic to a degree that
Indicated a strong belief in the will
ingness of Americans to contribute to
the cause of mercy.
Henry P. Davison, chairman of the
Red Cross War Council, announcing
the amount to be raised, said it was
certain $100,000,000 would be required
"even to approach compliance with
the most pressing needs."
Must Handle Big Task.
'If each Individual American con
tributes his 'bit' there can be no fail
ure," he continued. "America will,
we feel sure, again demonstrate her
ability to handle a big task In a big
way. That we may be able to per
form this great task we shall appeal
to the generosity and for the hearty
co-operation, of the whole American
people."
Mr. Dlvison did not go into details
of the plan for raising the money, but
an intensive campaign will be under
taken under the leadership of some of
the most prominent and active men
and women In each community. Ef
forts will be made to secure the co
operation and assistance of recognized
leaders who will devote their entire
attention for a time to the work.
War Condition Described.
Many of the speeches describing the
suffering in France and Belgium under
German rule brought tears to the eyes
of the audience. Ian Malcom, member
of Parliament and of the visiting War
Commission, pictured the vast machin
ery that is behind the fighting lines to
care for the wounded, and the desola
tion that reigns in the once thriving
and populous communities where Ger
many has brought ruin. He said be
did not doubt the success of the effort
to raise the money needed.
LONDON SEES MUCH U. S. KHAKI.
Over
1,000 Person Of American
Army In Britain.
London. The engineers ' from the
American Army who have arrived in
England made a call on Ambassador
Page and later separated for a series
of conferences with War Office offi
cials in regard to their various special
ties. They were entertained at lunch
eon by the Earl of Derby, Secretary
for War.
American khaki .was very much In
evidence in London. A number of ad
ditional officers and hospital units
have arrived and nurses, especially of
the Cleveland and Harvard units, In
their blue uniforms with white arm
bands labeled with the Insignia of the
American Red Cross, already have be
come a familiar sight to the London
public.
More than 1,000 persons belonging
to toe American Army are now In
Great Britain.
DR. WAITE PUT TO DEATH.
Young Dentist Goes Calmly To the
Electric Chair.
Ossinlng, N. Y. Dr. Arthur Warren
Walte was executed at Sing Sing
prison for the murder of his father-in-law,
John E. Peck, of Grand Rapids,
Mich.
The young dentist walked calmly
and with a firm step from his cell to
the death chamber, accompanied by
the Rev. A. N. Peterson, Protestant
chaplain of the prison. He faltered,
however, as he neared the electric
chair, but recovered quickly and
nodded to the group of physicians,
prison officials and others who had as
sembled as witnesses.
Waite submitted quietly to the or
deal of being strapped Into the chair
and went to his death without a word
of protest or good-by. Three shocks
were administered within four min
utes.
FIRE LOSSES INCREASED.
Were $44,000,000 Greater Last Year
Than Year Before.
New York. The Are losses of the
country hut year totaled $214,530,995,
as compared with $170,033,200 for the
year previous, an Increase of more
than $44,000,000, according to a report
read at the opening session of the an
nual convention of the National Board
of Fire Underwriters here. The loss
per capita Increased as a result from
$1.71 to $2.10.
ITALIAN MISSION DINED.
With Other Notables They Are
the
Guests Of President Wilson.
Washington. The Prince of Udlne
and other members of the Italian war
mission were the guests of President
Wilson at a state dinner at the White
House, closing a day spent by the visi
tors in receiving honors similar to
those conferred on their British and
French processors, and in making
during uie cowing munui.
a.