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OUR NEW
By
GEORGE MINER
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I
American Consulate at St. Croix, After the Hurricane.
CHARLOTTE A MALIK. D. W. 1..I
^"pril 28. ? Barbers would be In an
awful fix if the Virgin Islands were
wiped off the map. Here is where the
bay rum comes from, so if Denmark. j
has shaved us pretty close in demand- j
lug $25,000,000 for these hunks of rock i
we will at least acquire a lotion to;
sootha our soreness.
Bay trees fairly clothe the island of j
St. John. You get their rragrance l
long before you step ashore, it's de- j
lightful. And so is the island ? to look
at. But ten. minutes after you land
on it you long for the Great White
?Way and the bright lights, for there
is no more lonesotAe place on ail the
round world, except the desert of Sa
hara, than is this same island of St.
John. The fragrance of the verdure is
certainly wasted on the ocean air.
The millions of bay leaves are dried
under cover, made into bales, and
taken to St. Thomas, where the oil ts
squeezed out and blended with tnej
rum made in St. Croix. Then you I
have the bay rum of commerce, or J
rather the bay rum you do not get in
commerce, for when the casks of tins
strong and highly pungent fluid reach
the States it is usually diluted about
one-half before it is bottled up aud ;-e-|
tailed. j
? The price of it here in the Virgin j
islands is less than one-half what it is j
at home and it is vastly better.
Bay rum suggests buccaneers by
contrast because they probably never j
used it. Of all the islands Hemming
in the Spanish main none are more J
redolent of piratical lore than this one
of St. Thomas, which is soon to be a
possession of the United States. Here
It was that Bluebeard and Blackboard
had their strongholds. Not, of course,
the Bluebeard of Oriental fame, but
his Occidental namesake, who not only
had the original penchant for wives,
but was besides a pretty energetic
pirate in his moments of leisure. He I
it was who luid seventeen wives, never
less, never more. When one was elim
inated, for there were occasional mys
terious disappearances, a new one was
always added.
These seventeen wives he' kept ,
closely locked up in in a rambling j
stone castle with a squat, square tow- j
er on top of a hill overlooking the vlt- j
lage of Charlotte Arnalie and Us laud- !
locked harbor. The recruits fur this ;
harem he sccured from his piratical .
raids on the high seas of from tue ,
beauties among the native Indians. He!
was quite cosmopolitan as to race and i
color and religious convictions.
Every tourist climbs the steep road (
up the hill to visit this famous pile, j
Not many years ago it was, run as a;
hotel, but for several years it' has been j
the winter home of a New Vork cler
gyman, the Rev. Dr. Niece, who has
made it thoroughly habitable ami
seems to enjoy life in this legend
haunted old ruin. Its tower is about]
the first distinguishable landmark yon '
can pick out on entering the harbor. |
Perhaps it is a shame to take some
of the glamour off thn story of Blue
beard's Castle, but the otlicial records
'of the islands do not quite bear out its,
| popular and grim story. From an au- 1
| thentic account of the erection of forti- "
I fications on the islands I learn that
"on the- fifth of July, lbSO, the govern- j
ment decided to build the tower at ?
Smith's Hill, and which was called!
Frederiksburg, but soon after received
the name of Frederiksfort."
It is amusing to read that the fort |
was to be occupied in time of war by j
one officer and IS privates, with 10 '
slaves to work the cannon, whereas in :
time of peace it shoud be occupied by
one ensign and six privates. ?
The tower continued in use as a for
GREAT FORTRESS FROM I
HINDENBURG III TO !
THE SERIN FRONTIER |
Germany Has Spent Millions of Francs Defending Occu- j
pied Territory Which Allies Now Seek ? The People j
Await Deliverers.
*\ ;
(By CAUL W. ACKTRMAJr.)
Copyright, 1 1? 1 7. ih>; Tribune association
For over a year Germany has been
strategically prepared on the Western
front. Almost immediately" after the
occupation of Northern France and
Belgium Germany .began to fortify
every possible position or to draw up
plan* for the fortification, so that they
would be ready for instant use.
Throughout the territory which the
Gentian army still holds I have trav-j
elled as a correspondent and 1 h.ivo
seen many of- the limitless defensive |
positions which have been prepared. :
Fven cities as far back as Namur, for- 1
merly one of Belgium's strong fort- 1
reases, have been rebuilt at An enor- !
mous cost. When I was in Namu; the
commander of the city said the Ger- ;
man army had spent 1*0,ihjl>,000 marks j
purely for the new fortifications. And 1
*this is only a "drop in the bucket"' ^f |
what Germany has spent to make one I
gigantic fortress- of this occupied ter-J
ritory. I
Germany has not only fortified every j
strategic position; she has not only >
staked off trenches and planned under-!
ground systems of defence, but Ger-|
many has carried out gigantic en-:
gineering feats. The courses of rivers j
hacve been chained, barbed wire]
stretched and mines planted -in the otd;
river bottom; then the river turned!
back in its customary course. On o:u?i
trip through Belgium I saw two rivers ;
the courses of which had been j
r changed. In Northern France I saw'
a 'dam which had been built so thatj
upfon an instant notice the country- <
si$e for miles around could be flooded, i
I law fields and forests where barbed I
wire entanglements had been stret; li- 1
e(i through the grass and underbrush '
in- a conlnuous network. It was J
pliined that the streams in that neigh- i
borhood could be so diverted that thl?j
grbund could be flooded just above ihe
top of the low barbed wire netting, so
that if soldiers attempted to wade i
through they would be trapped. Itt!
some sections of Belgium I rode fori
at least an hour on the railroad train!
and saw nothing but this barbed wire,
netting.
In Namur. which is considered o.ie,
of the best strategic points in Belgium, I
the Germans have reorganized the "i:
t ire system of defence. Trenches rindj
underground means of communication '
have been established between every!
one of the individual forts. So, when j
Germany maintains that there is no
definite defensive line in the west. Ger-j
many means that the whole country is
fortified at?d that the army us it moves
backward can stop almost any place !
and fight defensively.
There are in this occupied territory, i
which American troops may help re- 1
cover from the Germans, many bis: 1:1- ,
dustriai and commercial cities. Lille, j
population of 250.000. is the largest
, city directly in front of the advancing
British troops. Laon, Charleville and
Sedan are immediately In front of the
attacking French forces. Cambrai the i
English are already threatening. These !
are big industrial cities, of great tm-l
portan.ce to the Allies. Cambrai is one I
| of the centres from which the Ainerl-I
jean Commission for the Relief of Bel
gium and Northern France distributed
American food. There are enormous
[storehouses on me outskirts; of the
i city, but last December when I was
there there was only sufficient food lor
; three months. Unless another quar
terly food allowance has been shipped
I there the German army will not be able j
! to confiscate much of the food which '
'Uncle Sam has sent. Charleville is jtn-|
portant to the Germans because it is
I the headquarters on the Western fro;it
rroru which all operations are directed
When General von Faikenhuyn was
Jchief of the General Staff ho and the
Kaiser had their headquarters here,
but since Field Marshal von lliuden
burg has directed the German forces
only a sub-general staff has betn lo
cated In Charleville. When the French
reach this city they will probably be
surprised to find so few French innabi
tants, because the Germans over two
years ago compelled nearly every
French man. woman and child to leave.
Unless the Allies are able to break
through the Western line and compel!
the Germans to retreat in disorder: |
unless the morale of the German army |
is broken, a slow, ruthless retreat may i
be expected in this occupied district.)
And in case the retreaters take their
time it is certain that they will dyna
mite or burn everything 'which they
are compelled to leave.
In most of these cities the French
andi HeJgian inhabitants have been
awaiting day and night for over two
years the return of the Allied armies. |
They (have been awaiting deliverance, i
Their suffering they show in every- j
thing they do. I have seen women'
standing in the doorways of partially!
destroyed homos, and their faces
showed such bitterntss, hatred, such!
suffering ami distress, that one would j
think they could neither cry nor laugh- 1
again. 1 have seen children playing in j
the streets with dolls and toys which,
they had before the var, because theyj
have not had an .opportunity to gjf. !
new dies. Little girls play with hearl-i
less and armless dolls, and consider;
even these little playthings as suffer
ers under the invaders. A few months1
[ago. wh?-n [ travelled through most c t
this territory, there was not an ounce S
of cattily to be bought any place. One;
could buy small quantities of milk;
; chocolate. but it was so expensive tint
| children could n?n buy it. These chilo
| reti of Frame have probably forgotten!
'what candy tastes like, just as they no;
: longer know how it is to plav with a
j real pretty new doll.
I A number of times when 1 talked to'
[shopkeepers and convinced theui that
I was an American I heard pathetic;
tales of suffering and depression.;
I When the people in this territory met1
!an American it was the same as meet-'
ing a friend from the other side of;
the firing line ? the people are so|
grateful to the American relief cora-:
mission. The German deportation'
measures have been the ones which
jhave caused the greatest distress
iThose who have not been sent away i
III -BAY RUM AND BUCCANEERS
The Peaceful Histoiy and Romance <>!' the Isles of Spice and Palm "Which Once
Reeked Willi Wood and Crime.
|| Copyright. 1917, by the McClurc Newspaper Syndicate.
liftcation up to 173". and was finally t
sold in ISIS, together with the sur-j
rounding land, to a private party. To-'
day the tower is known as Lucchetti's'i
Castle, but is more frequently railed
Bluebeard's Castle, the former being
given to it after its late owner, and the
laltt-r no doubt from the life-size
statue of an Italian bandit which was
placed immediately in front' of it as an
ornament.
Take your choice of the two stories. '
One. is almost as authentic as the oth-j
er. The only thing we are sure of is;
that the castle still stands and that aj
clergyman lives where a pirate is sup- 1
posed once to have made his land [
home.
Government Hill is crowned by \vba.t|
is called Blackboard's Castle. It is al-i
most as conspicuous its Blueberd's. I
The account of the building of the i
tower is not very clear. It is believed ;
to have been erected in 1671 by one;
Carl Baggert. The governor protested
that it overlooked the fort, and Hag-!
gert was ordered to build elsewhere ?
on his estate. If he di'd, no sign is j
left of the building, nor is there any i
record that this tower, which is thej
key to the town and the fort, was ever
used for military purposes.
There is no doubt that there was aj
buccaneer named Blackbeard and tiiat
he made this his retreat and used thej
inner harbor to careen in. It is quite i
as possible that he built the tower as a!
combination home, lookout and fort,
as that it was- put up by the prosaic
Baggert. At any rate, the American
tourists believe in the Blackbeard ver-1
Blackbeard's Tower.
sion just as stanchly as they do in that
ol' Bluebeard and his onrtulo.
The town of Charlotte Amaiie is J
named after Queen Charlotte Ainalie, 1
the consort of Kin?: Charles V, during
whose reign the island was ' ac. ired J
and the town finally laid out. . tiai!
happened before then is wrapped ?.? :t J
' hick cloak of mystery.
Doubtless the Washington authori- ;
lies will change ihe name of the town.!
Nobody cares whether they do or not, ;
for the name is never used, as the port
is always referred to as St. Thomas,;
which is really the name of the island,
only aud not the village at all. As j
there is no other village on ihe island,
hardly even a house anywhere else,
this settlement, will come no matter
what you call it. A change of name
is the least, of the troubles the inhah*
i tan is fear.
The negro population has a very
vague idea of what its change in na
tionality mean; for that matter, theirj
ideas on everything outside of their
wave-washed mountain peak are ex
tremely elemental.
A few moments after 1 had stepped
ashore a negro youth, with a really in
telligent face, came lip to my side in-i
with a deprecatory bow, asked "Please
sir can you tell me it' New York lias
declared war on liermatn yet?"
To them New York is America, .iadi
Washington is the name of the govem-i
tnent. 1 have met many New Yorketaj
who cherish ntucli the same idea. |
For .several months Denmark liasj
been withdrawing her officials from ?
these islands aud getting things in -or-,
der for a simple and easy transfer of I
[authority. Tin* Danish governor gei? ,
eral was called back and the adiniuis-i
nation (if the island left in the hands;
of the commander of ihe Danish war-;
[ship lying in St. Thomas harboi.
This officer is jusr now in a go'<:j
deal of a quandary. Me is up against a ?
problem without precedent 1o guide i
him. li is a condition that has never
| before arisen in the history of iniei-j
national complications. Two German!
merchant steamers were interned hero j
at the beginning of the war. They are J
large ami well equipped boats of i
about four thousand tons. Of com so ;
they are very valuable just now witon !
bottoms are so scarce. They ha.*e,
been here ever since under the watch- 1
ful eye of the Gorman consul.
Now this Danish commander isi
wondering what be is to do with these j
it wo German ships when the inlands;
are turned over to the United States. i
| They were left in the safe keeping of!
.Denmark by the German government,,
land supposing war is declared be
tween the United States and Germany '
[before the transfer takes place, how J
jis Denmark going to maintain her!
honor and safeguard the boats until !
[she can return tlieni to a German ?
! port ?
i It goes without saying thai he can-;
j not turn them over to the l'nited|
| States. They were cerainly riot in- j
eluded in the purchase price of the j
(islands. And how is he going to take j
Street Scene at St. Croix.
St. Thomas Bluebeard's Castle.
them out. to sea without their falling,
into tin:- hands of an American war- J
ship, which would, of course, be
wait ins.
If he lot them bo taken by an Amer
ican warship without an attempt to
defend them' he would be violating the
relations between Denmark and Ger
many.
II'. on the other hand, his little
cruiser put up a light to defend them, J
he would be making war on the]
I'nited States and then the beans]
would be spilled.. Brave man as hej
is, he would not care to take on that!
gab. There is nobody who prays fori
peace between the United Slates and |
Germany more devoutly than does the j
Danish commandoro, or at. least that]
peace will continue until the transferl
has been made.
This cruiser has been stationed
here for two years and the officers tell I
me that, although it grates on their J
national' pride they will be heartily i
slad when the Americans take hold!
and they are relieved from the!
monotony of the station. About all I
there is in the way of social gaiety is i
when a Quebec company's steamer;
arrives once a fortnight, and a dancei
is held ai the hotel for the benefit ofj
the passengers.
These dances are quite gay affairs. |
There is a tine ballroom in the hotel, ,
with wide arches opening on a broad
veranda, which is the hotel resiau-j
rant. This veranda faces the palm- 1
tilled plaza and the water. Across I
from it is an old red stone fort, with I
little muzzle-loading cannon, that look;
like tops, mounted on its battlemented j
walls. On the corner toward the sea j
a silly little watch tower is stuck on i
in true medieval style.
At one end of the ballroom, where i
tame monkeys jump around on- the i
branches of flowering plants, a col
ored orchestra with weird, native in- 1
struments, makes music to which the j
modern dances naturally lend them
selves. The white uniforms of the
officers from the ships and the gay,
tropical costumes worn by ihe ladies
make the picture a really brilliant!
one.
Branches of bougainvillea bushes
droop over the veranda railings, heav--'
ily laden with gorgeous purple and,
magenta-colored blooms. Through the
rustling palra leaves glimpses can be
had of a blue-black sky, studded with
stars as brilliant as arc lights. The '
soft trade wind fans flushed cheeks and
brings along indefinable, spicy odors.
Romance is in the air. Those who
do not feel it must be very cold-blood- *
ed Northerners, indeed.
No wonder these fortnightly dances .
are the main social events of the is-:
laiul, and that they leave such a pleas
ant impression on the visiting passeng-"
ers from the ships! The conditions'
and the setting are just right for/
them. After a week at sea, coming
| from cold and gloomy and sleety New
York, the warmth and languor and
brilliance of this little place make a
most welcome change. The dance
caps the climax and the tourists go'
away convinced that the United States
has done a remarkably commendable
| thing in acquiring these islands.
The village Is undoubtedly one of
the most picturesque in the islands./
The steep, winding and narrow
streets, the stone houses tinted in pale
pinks and blues, the narrow side
walks, the open sewers with witer
I rushing through them, the clean,
white stone roadways and the almost,
universally colored population, make
it seem anything but American. Every->
thing looks different and old and time
worn, but somehow, for- ail that, not
exactly gone to decay. Polishing it
up with modern methods would doubt
less be advisable, but I very much fear~
the result would detract from the"
charm of the pla'ce.
| People who are always figuring out^
things have discovered that the $25,-.
1 000.000 we are paying for these islands*
makes the land, or rather the rdck?
and land, come to us at the. rate of*
$250 an acre. The most optimistic real"
estate agent in the world would hesl- *
I tate to say that its average worth"
was 50 cents an acre. ^
Other cynics put it in still another,,
way. They say that we have paid
$25,000,000 for a. home for hurricanes. -
That's like the man who bought a*
high powered automobile and said he;
had paid $10,000 to sit in a draught. 3
DASHING NEW YORK CAVALRY WOMEN MAKE FIRST APPEARANCE.
Twenty-eight dashing: young horse-women, comprising- the cavalry division of the American Wom-^
en's League for Self-Defense, aroused much admiration when they appeared for the first time in public!
in a march down Broadway, New York. The girls wear the regulation cavalry uniform, boots, breeches!
and tight-fitting blouse. They wear their hair wound tight above their heads.
have lived in constant fear of the evil '
day when they might be cal'ed upon j
to leave all friends anil relatives for a I
strange city.
Cambrai, as late as last December, i
was the headquarters of Crown Prince j
Rupprecht. From here all operations;
on the Somino were directed. The j
city at that time was not destroyed.
Stores were doing a normal wartime !
business among the soldiers an'.l obi-,
cers. The beautiful city hall was
cupicd by the intelligence depart-;
ments of the crown prince's army, j
The big French chateaus were hous
ing German generals and officers. '
French families owning beautiful cha-1
tea us were compelled 10 give them lip
entirely or to live in one or two rooms
upstairs and turn the' other parts of.
the chateaus over to German officers. J
The contempt and hatred which!
these people have for the Germans 1
cannot be described. It is so exten
sive and so deep that I h?* German'
army from time to lime, fearing its'
own safety, has attempted to win the
friendship of the people. 1 haVe seen
officers go through t lese cities and
give money to the children, hoping in
that way to win their friendship, Hut
it was not successful. Children had;
been taught by their parents not to
accept anything which was offered'
them. In some cities the Germans
have opened schools. German ollieers
who could speak French and who had
been teachers in Germany wi-re
placed in charge. One day in Munich
I met a young officer, who had a school
near Sedan. He said that although
he had been there a year he had been ?
unsuccessful. Even the children were
so belligerent, he remarked, that tiny
spat, on him whenever he said any
thing good about Germany, lie de-1
clared Germany feared the effects, of!
this haired after the \ar and that tltej
army was trying every method known j
to education to make trends with the;
children. Hut. he athhd. he had;
learned that, it was a homeless task. |
because the mothers of ih > children j
were so loyal to France that they had'
only one thought - the complete de-i
feat and destruction . of the German j
army. Germany spent thousands of I
marks having textbooks printed for
tlie.se French children in an attempt
to teach them the German viewpoint
of the war. The army also spent con
siderable money printing newspapers
anil magazines in French for the in
formation of lii" older people.
lint while this occupied territory
has been made a groat fortress as far
hack as the German frontier it is still j
the home of several million French;
and 1 '? ?? ' - i ? . u citizens, who hope and
pray h ihe hour of their deliverance.
Ill so: te cities where the German'
army taken over the beautiful!
churci. .itiu cathedra N l people:
have h id to worship out ol doors or j
in t h< . own homes.
As "he Allies advance tin y are not i
only i e. pi; these human licings who'
for two years have heeii tortured hy I
the war, hut they are capturing day ;
by day positions which it has taken,
tile Germans two years to defend. As
they march on they are also capturing j
Zeppelin harbors and threatening the:
German control of the iielgian coasts, .
which, as Sir John i i. Jellicoe .stated ?
recently, is one of the knotty problems!
which the Allies have to face in' solv
ing the submarine danger. The. Ger-j
man navy has made the coast of i?e|-j
^i ii in a strong fort ideation. From ev-j
? *rv important harbor submarines can ?
obtain sitppies. As the HYiiish ad
vance into France and Helgiunt this
strategic marine point of Germany will t
be more and more threatened, and the
destroyer.-, torpedo boats and submn-'
rim s which at- >l'ili.'.?tl off tln> coast
of Itelgiuai wi!i . forced out or cap-:
ture.l. hi Namui there are three Zep- .
jjcl in sheds, and in a number of other j
Iielgian cities tlu-se Zeppelin hangars
have been constructed at a great cost
of money and labor.
The last time I was in this occupied
territory one of rite officers pointed to
the defense lines and said that this!
country was so well defended that itj
would be impossible for the Allies toj
break through in anything less than
ten years. I tut. at that time, he did
not expect American intervention, nor
a Russian republic, nor such a large
English army to be lined up against
Germany. During the Sotnme bat lies j
tin.* morale of the German troops wast
oil tin' point of breaking when the A 1 - '
lies stopped their advance. They have)
now at two points on the Western line!
started an offensive which, if it is con-!
tinned long enough, can so shatter the
nioralo of the enmy as to compel a
more extensive rtirement on the" West
ern front than has taken place at. any
other lime. Only the incessant ham
mering of this German fortification un- 1
til there is a break will compel the:
Germans to retire in such haste that j
the\ will not have an opportunity to,
destroy what still remains in the or- j
cupied territory. j
It' the German retirement is slow, J
Helgium and Northern France will be ?
nothing hut an ash heap, for German!
ollleers have' always said that if they I
ever had to retire from the country
i hey would make it a desert, as the!
retreating Russians made Poland.
New York shilling, or York shilling, '
is (be old Spanish "real." or one- 1
eighth of a dollar. It is ahont erjiiiva- j
lent. in value to sixpence, l-Jnglish. In i
the Southern Stales it. is called a hit.
"Yi,u haven't suVt any tinny nbout
peace <>n earth 111 your fecwit mi
itr? ssi-s."
"Nil. Atany members of my audiences t
are in tin; stork market, and I didn't j
want to worry thorn." ? Washington ?
Star.
"O. K." as an expression of sat isfac- !
tion is derived from Aux ("ayes. from !
\v ti i>-li I'lii'O th" lust loliai-Oii anil rum i
came. t 'ltimately everything1 of the best. <
was ilcsignai ed ? ?. K. _ J
i 'a i x containing apparatus" for illsln- j
feeling tin* clothing' ami baggage of pas- j
nengers who have been exposed to i-uii
tageous diseases have been put into ser
vice l?y an Italian railroaoil.
1 ! m k- ? lie's active in financial matters, j
isn't he?
Hang ? Ton bet: he ow?s me J10. and
< v< rv time he sees un- he dodges me. ? !
Town Topics.
I 'ri-ifes.sor ? Does any gentbman desire,
to ask I IK- a few questions 1 1.- ft >r?- we he- J
gin the lesson?
Student ? Yes. sir ? if you please, sir I
? will you tell me where it commences?!
Tiger. I
PITTSBURGH. Pa!, April 27.? Twen
ty-! wo acts of heroism wore recog
nized by the Carnegie Hero Fund Com
mission at its Spring meeting here to
day.
In one case a .silver medal was
awarded; in twenty-one cases bronze
medals. Four of the heroes lost their
lives, and to the dependents or two ot
these pensions aggregating ? a
year were granted; to the dependent
of one of the others who lost their
lives, the sum of $">00 was granted, to
be applied as the Commission may
sanction. In addition to these money
trams, in live cases $6,300 was appro
priated for educational purposes, pay
ments to be made as needed and ap
proved; and in ten eases awards ag
gregating SR.000 were made for other
worthy purposes. Payments in these
eases will not be made until the bene
ficiaries' plans for the use of the
awards have been approved by the
Commission.
James F. McCollom, Jr., S3 Colum
bus avenue. Far Rockaway, N. V.,
fifteen years old. for attempting to
save Frederick Chapiu at Now York
City, January -i, 1 HI 5.
(Seorge D. Van Aken. 25 Gra[nC Cen
tral i'lace, Inwood, N. i., for saving
Frederick Chapin from drowning 'n
foregoing instance.
Hartley Kennev, sixty-seven years
old, 7 Natchez street, Pittsburgh, Pa.,
for saving an unidentified man from
drowning, October 30, 1 5) 1 H.
Lester H. Vinal, Jefferson. Me., nt
teen years old. for saving Newman C.
Morrill from drowning, June 25, 1 J?lb.
Alexander 'i'. Rice. Jr.. Mt. Airy ave
nue. Paris, Ky.. fourteen years old, tor
saving James 11. Smith from drown
ing. September IS. 1915.
Lillian L\ Shaw. Swarthmode Col
lege, Swart limore. Pa., for attempting
to save Chester .\i. Barry from crown
ing. at Clarksviile. Tenn. July 2.
William R. Atkinson, Dickson, Tenn.,
for saving Chester M. Harry irom
drowning in foregoing instance.
Helen V. Nelson, 601 Fourth street,
Dubois. Pa., twelve years old. for sav
ing Ktheline K. Geschwindt from
de.nvning ou February 21. 1915.
Rex.in R. Johnson, Dillsboro, in(I.t
for saving Benjamin McMurray from'
suffocation in a well.
Alexander M. Rodriguez. Warren,
Pa., for saving Perry Westland from
drowning at Akelev, Pa.. July 5. 1911.
Frederick J. Knob; 941' Kighth ave
nue, Nek York .city, for saving James
F. Vallely from drowning at Long
Beach. N. Y.. August 9. 1916.
Noah li. Clark, Cleves. O.. for help
ing to save Eva N. Dean and A. Ed
ward Dean from drowning. March 26,
191:?.
I'M ward M. McDonald. Cleves, O..
for helping io ?ive Kva N. Dean and
A. Kdwanl Dean in foregoing in
stance.
Henry ('lough. 20 1 Main street,
Saco, Me., for saving an unidentified
woman from boim: killed by a train at
Old Orchard, Me.. August 13. liM3.
J. Chester Listerman. 3 o 1 0 Mon
mouth street, Newport, K., for rescu
ing Herbert 1 lager from a runaway,
June 9, 1913.
Chloe Wolfe, Elmendorf Farm,
Lexington, Ky., for saving Sallie F.
Croush. two years old, from an en- :
raged cow at Georgetown, Kv., April ,
IS. 1911. !
John L. Ilurley, 16R Lebanon street, !
Maiden, Mass.. for attempting to save
Samuel Meters from electric shock, j
October 20. 1913.
Benjamin H. Clark, 211 Johnson
street, Aurora, Ind., for saving Rob
Bronze Medals.
ert A. Doerr from drowning January
19 ,1916. ?
Loreto Camarra, deceased; died,
attempting: to save Fred H. Robinson
from drowning at Boston, Mass., Juna.,
24, 1916. .Medal to father at Popoli,-?
Italy.
D. Christopher Mahoney, deceasedr*
seventeen years old; died attempting^
to save D. Joseph Breen from drown-j^
ing at Lynn, Mass., July 9, 1916^
Medal and award to father at Revere..
Mass. f*
Clyde E. Kronk, deceased; died at-^
tempting to save Orviile Sizemore^
from drowning at New Boston, O.,*"
December 9. 1916. Medal and pen-jt
sions to widow and daughter at Sclvr
oto, O. ?
Silver Medal. '*?
Joseph J. O'Donnell, deceased;'1^
tlfod attempting to save William L.^
Rohn from electric shock at South"!
Bethlehem, Pa., October 22, 11916^
Medal and pension to widow at Al-ij
lentown, Pa. ? ??
"Mush and Milkmakes a person"
fat." H
"It's all wrong, Pete." *
"What's the matter?" ?
"I'm fat enough. That girl has to*
stop writing letters to me." ? Penng
State Froth. ?
SAY PRESIDENT HINTED AT SUB-"?
MARINE BASE TO MEXI- $
CAN ENVOY. . %
V " IfiKACJO ' ?
(Ignacio Bonjllas) ""
Ignacio BoniHas, the recrntly ar-^
rived Ambassador from Mexico. It Ur
said that in receiving the nc ? Carran?J
za envoy. President Wilson hinted att
the possibility of there being a Ger-;'
man submarine base somewhera in*
Mexican waters. The delicate ?tate"
of relations with the Carranza Govern-?
merit, it is said, make* exceptionally'
difficuie the making of direct repre
sentations.