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ITEARST’S SUNDAY AMERICAN, ATLANTA, OA., SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1013.
U. S. REFUGEES C
i docks
Americans Loath to Leave Property in Mexico,
Put Listen to Warning Sent Out by Wash
ington—Dr. Hale’s Arrival Is Awaited.
Continued from Pane 1,
in gold toward the transportation of
each passenger who leaves on the
refugee ship for New Orleans.
That the whole situation "ill hs
• leaped t< something like an intelli
gible basis of action is the promise
held out with the return to Washing
ton of William Bayard Hale, Presi
dent Wilsons personal friend, and
studfeent of Mexican affairs. At his
personal expense, and of his own will,
he has visited .Mexico to study condi
tions and now is back in Washington
to place the fruits of his investigation
in the hands of the President
Heretofore only through the unsat
isfactory medium of cable messages
Could the officials in Washington
learn of the situation in the southern
republic. Now I>r. Hale has come,
fresh from conferences with John
Lind, full of observations made by
himself, a scholar and an expert in
political science, to inform the Presi
dent of affairs. It is expected that
much of benefit will result, and prob
ably even decisive action on the part
of President Wilson.
U. S. War Department Han
Mexico Invasion Plan Ready
Washington, sept. 6 — The
United States military authorities
have in their possession complete
plans for the invasion of Mexico by
two different routes.
Don't alarm yourself. That fact
doesn't necessarily mean that there
Is going to be war with Mexico or
armed intervention. Probably the
War College has also drawn complete
plans to meet an invasion of Cali
fornia, Oregon and Washington by
the Japanese. It is merely a little
precaution that tho War College takes
to be prepared for anything that
might happen, and anything is with
in th»- range of possibilities.
If by any chance invasion of Mex
ico should become necessary, the
"United States would bo as prepared
as it is possible for the United States,
with its non-military policies, to b*
According to the blue-printed plans
of the War College, invasion of our
Southern neighbor would be made via
El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexlc, v
to Mexico City and Vera Cruz, Mex
ico. The latter port would probably
be attacked by the fleet first and
after submission, troops would be
landed, and the advance to Mexico
City begun. The two columns would
then meet somewhere near the capi
tal of Mexico.
Bliss Would Lead Invasion.
Down at Fort Sam Houston, Texas,
is located the headquarters of the
Southern Department. United States
Army, with Brigadier General Tasker
H. Bliss in command. If Congress
should authorize the President to act
against Mexico, and the President
should direct that American troops
cross the Mexican border at once,
General Bliss and his men would do
the crossing.
Probably they would he reinforced
by regiments from other departments
after they had crossed the border, or,
if there were time enough, before
crossing.
Besides General Bliss, the officers
who would be in command of this
first invasion of .Mexico would he
Brigadier General James Parker,
commanding the First Cavalry Brig
ade of the Southern Department;
Brigadier General Hugh L. Scott,
commanding tho Second Cavalry
Brigade of the Southern Department,
and General Pima’ start', consisting of
the following line of officers:
Aide-de-camp, First Lieutenant
Matt C. Bristol: Chief of Staff. Major
Robert A. Brown: Adjutant. Lieuten
ant Colonel John W. Heard; Inspec
tor. Major Alonzo Gray; Judge Advo
cate, Major Henry M. Morrow; Quar
termaster. Colonel Gonzales Bing-
Colonel
try).
Colonel Edwin St. J. Grebel (field
artillery).
Colonel William A Nichols (in
fantry).
Lieutenant Colonel John E. McMa
hon (Held artillery).
Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Hodges,
Jr. (cavalry).
Lieutenant Colonel Harry C. Ben
son (cavalry).
Lieutenant Colonel
Kean (coast artillery).
Lieutenant Colonel
Poltz (cavalry).
Lieutenant Colonel
(cavalry).
William
Frederick S.
H T Allen
General Staff Corps Is
Picked From A rm y Experts
In addition to these officers there
are thirteen majors and twelve cap
tains. selected from every branch of
the army. All of the members of the
General Staff Corps are chosen be
cause of their expert knowledge of
some Individual branch of military
service, and not because of their rank.
It will be noted that General Bliss*’
brigades consist principally of cav
alry. Such troops would be excellent
for the first invasion of Mexican soil
Having crossed the border, the caval
ry brigades could later receive the
support of region nts of fresh infantry
and artillery. The regiments under
General Bliss are;
First Battalion Tilled Field Artil
lery. Fifth Field Artillery, less Bat
tery D; Battery C, Sixth Field Artil
lery: Seco..d Battalion Tenth Field
Artillery; Nineteenth Infanry; Twen
ty-second Infantry; Uompany I Sig
nal Corps; First * ivalry Brlgad**,
consisting of Second.Thtrd and Fourth
Cavalry Regiments; Second Cavalry
Brigade, consisting of Fifth and
Ninth Cavalry; Third Cavalry Brig
ade. consisting of Twelfth Cavalry,
Thirteenth Cavalry, Eleventh Cavaltv,
Fifteenth Cavalry, Company A Signal
Corps. Field Hospital No. 1 and Am
bulance Company No. 1.
This is not a very formidable force,
to be >ure, but it s' -uld be sufficient
to make a very imposing demonstra
tlon against a country like Mexico. If
Russia lay to the South of the I’nit' d
States such a border brigade would
be ridicu’ous. A h. ndful or two of
ca\. y and some scatterings of Add
artillery would not stand much
chance against the hundred* r\ f
any European country al-
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the ' • If ltu..-ssa did \.y {•>
th© South, however, ;t is probable
M \l> of Mexiei
■ provinces i
lowing approximately how many Americans ar<> distributed among its
ami the money damage they have suffered during the recent troubles in the
southern republic. Meiow, President Huerta (left) is shown embracing General Felix Diaz,
just before his departure on his Japanese mission. Huerta and General Diaz are now opposing
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General Reade Declares That Trained Soldier
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With Latest Armament Warfare Knows.
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Crosby; Engineer. Captain Henry H.
Roberta; Ordnance Officer, Major
John H. Rice, and Lieutenant Colonel
William S. Rice, Officer in Charge of
Military Affairs.
All plana of procedure of the pro
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course, all of the principal instruc
tion* for the movement of the brigade
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Many minor matters would have to be
nettled on the scene of action, how
ever, by Brigadier General Bliss arid
his staff, calling Into consultation the
colonels and majors commanding the
individual regiments and the briga
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Staff to Plan Campaign.
Not only would the great general
Mtaff corps direct the movement of
General Bliss, but it' would, under
the direction of the President and the
Secretary of War, direct the move
ments of troops all over the country
and actually do all of the planning
of the campaigns. The President, i
Commander-In-Chief, would be su
preme, of course, but inasmuch as he
is not a military man, as neither
is the Secretary of War, practically
all of their directions would be given
at the suggestion of the officers of
the genera! staff.
Here Is the personnel of the might
iest military’ arm of the United
States:
Major General Leonard Wood
(Chief of the General Staff Corps).
Major General William W. Wother-
spoon.
Brigadier General Albert L. Mills
(Chief of the Division of Military Af
fairs).
Brigadier General Erasmus M.
Weaver (Chief of the Coast Artil
lery).
Colonel John Biddle (engineer).
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Dr. Louis Turnbull Arrives in St.
Louis After Enduring Untold
Hardships.
New RapkLFire Gun Is
Most Deadly Arm
ST. LOUIS. Sept. 6.—Dr. Louis A.
Turnbull has arrived at the home of
his sister, Mrs. M. R. Bauduy, No.
4919 Washington avenue, after a
strenuous trip from the west coast of
Weapon Recently Adopted by U. S. Army Par
tieularly Adapted for Mexican Conditions.
that she .vould have no more powerful
an armed force at the border >r
ready for mobilization than would the
United States.
Some of Main Actors.
Next to the President of the United
States, tin Secretary of War and the
Assistant Secretary of War, Major
General Leonard Wood. Chief of the
General Staff, would be the highest
(ifflcen e he
would probably play an important
part in event of a serious war are:
Major General William Crozier,
Major General Thomas H. Barry, at
present in command of ^he Depart
ment Of the Fast; Major General Ar-
tHut Murray and Major General I
Franklin Bell, General Wood would
probably take charge of the Meld
forces as direct t'ommander-in-Ohief
of the Army of Invasion. General
Murray is at present in command »f
the Western Department, which em-
br i ee l he Sta I • • of W i shlngton.
< ‘rvgon. Idaho, Montana, as much of
Wyoming as includes Yellowstone
Park. Galifornia, Nevada, Utah and
Alaska, with hendi.uarters at San
Francisco. General Barry's depart
ment with headquarters at Govern
ors Island. New York City, includes
all of : a New England States, New
York, Now Jersey, Pennsylvania. Del
aware. Maryland. District of Colum
bia. Virginia. West Virginia. North
‘ arolina. South Carolina. Kentucky
Tennessee, Georgia, Florida. Alnbanv ,
»t ©f Port i iOgab
H Roots. Ark . the coast defend s of
New Orleans and Galveston, the Pan
ama Canal Zone and Porto Rico, wi’h
Un keys and islands adjacent thereto.
Major General J. Franklin Bell has
command of the Department of the I
Philippines, embracing all of the is
lands of the Philippine Archipelago I
with headquarters at Manila.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—One of
these recent incidents, which passed
almost unnoticed by the public and
which was commonly regarded as in
no way indicative that Uncle Sam is
quietly putting his army and navy in
readiness for a quick move, was the
adoption tn - the Government of a new
rapid-fire machine gun, which is re
garded by some experts as the most
deadly weapon yet invented.
It was noted that this new gun is
of a design that makes it particularly
adaptable in a war such as this na
tion would wage with its Southern
neighbor. These observers even say
that if Uncle Sam had ordered a
weapon peculiarly designed for use i:i
Mexico, the rapid-fire gun Just adopt
ed would have filled the order per
fectly.
As an instrument for killing men
the new gun attains a degree of pro
ficiency which surpasses all man
killing weapons now in use, accord
ing to firearm experts. It is regard
ed as the last word in small arms and
the destruction «*f w hich it is capable,
when properly handled, is so great .is
to be astounding to the layman, un
versed in the fine points of the latest
weapons of war.
It is estimated that one soldier,
equipped with this* new gun. is wortli
2ND soldiers equipped with the styl«
f gun which was used by our army
in the war with Spain. The new gun
weighs only 30 pounds and easily can
be carried by one man, even on a
long and hard march. It lias the
general outlines of the ordinary army
rirte and can be brought into action
almost as quickly.
The chief advantage of the gun is
that it tires 30 ball cartridges in two
and one-half seconds. Therefore, in
the brief space of one minute the sol
dier operating the gun could fire
nearly 600 bdllets at an enemy V
company of soldiers equipped with
such guns could fire nearly 1.500,000
bullets in an hour. The strength of
an army equipped with the new gun
can hardly be estimated.
Expert* say that one man, in an ad
vantageous position, could wreak as
much havoc among an advancing
body of the enemy as five companies
of men in the same advantageous po
sition armed with the old-style rifle.
One small-arm expert says that if
Custer and his men had been armed
with weapons such as the new rapid-
fire gun th*y could have exterminated
the Indians by whom they were mas
sacred.
The new gun is fed by clips of cart
ridges. In each clip or “string" of
cartridges are 30 cartridges, and these
clips can be fed into the gun so rap
idly that bullets are leaving the bar
rel almost continuously. If 600
cartridges are fired, or in other words,
if the gun is used continuously for
one minute, the gun barrel become?'
so hot from the friction that a new
barrel has to be substituted.
The designer of the weapon realized
that the necessity of changing bar
rels every minute while the gun was
in use probably was the weakest fea
ture of the death-dealing device and
this weakness, if it could be properly
sx> called, was overcome to a certain
extent by designing a barrel so that
it can be removed and a new barrel
substituted in the brief space of
twelve seconds.
One man can handle the gun with
perfect ease, but the weapon can be
used at a maximum of efficiency when
•it is operated by three men. One of
the three men aims and fires the gun
The second of the trio feeds the clip
of cartridges. The third man does
not touen the gun. but keeps a pair of
field glasses to his eyes and watches
the effects of the fire The man with
the glasses stay? close to the man
aiming and firing and advises him
how to aim.
It has been .said, and the statement
has not been denied, that three sol
diers with sufficient ammunition and
occupying an advantageous position
could, at a distance of two or three
miles, cripple a battalion of the en
emy within three or four minutes If
the battalion were exposed and un
able to reach cover in that length of
time.
Mexico, requiring nearly a month and
involving many hardships.
Dr. Turnbull started from Tutu-
pepec, on the coast of Oaxaca, and
rode six days over mountains to a
railroad, on which he continued his
journey to Mexico City, from there
to Vera Cruz by rail and then to Gal
veston by steamer. He started from
Tutupepec July 16, and it was more
than a month later when he reached
St. Louis, with only two or three days
during that period when he was not
headed north and traveling.
The hardest part of the trip was the
mule-back ride over the mountains.
Dr. Turnbull was accompanied by only
his “mozo,” or servant. On this ride,
Dr. Turnbull says, it was either blist
ering hot or a deluge of ice cold rain
was falling. On account of the ele
vation the rain was almost of a freez
ing temperature, and he says it fell on
the slightest provocation, giving his
poncho, the alternating experience of
ows cast by coming events and had
begun to prepare. They had formed
companies and drilled. When the
war came they were not what could
be rightfully termed untrained men
But the men who ran away during
later battles were untrained men.
"During the Civil war we had the
same experience with untrained
troops. They were willing enough to
fight, but th^y lacked what a soldier
should have—discipline. The aim of
the soldier should be to shoot and
hit the mark. He must be ready to
sacrifice himself in order to shoot and
hit the mark. If he shoots and misses
in order that he may run away, he
Is of no Sse as a soldier. Indeed, he
is a great hindrance, for he is apt to
demoralize other untrained, undis
ciplined men.
"We have not been engaged in a
real war for many years. The Span
ish war, so called, was not a war. It
was a campaign. What would hap
pen if war came, however, can be
easily seen. History repeats itself;
we live, as it were, in circles. We
have not enough regular trained
troops to put in the field against a
powerful enemy. We will be forced
to depend on citizen soldiers.
History Would Repeat.
"Our militia, in my opinion, has im
proved greatly in the last ten years,
and it will doubtless go on improving.
But the militia belongs to the second
line—to the reserve. Should necessity
force us to place the citizen soldier,
willing, but unschooled, in the first
line, history would repeat itself. Be
wildered by the fire, unaccustomed to
obey as the trained soldier obeys, they
run.
"Nor can we blame him. It is not
that he is afraid ao much as that he
does not realize the responsibilities
which rest upon his shoulders. As a
citizen he has been free from or
ders in a way. And one can not be
come a soldier in a day, a week or a
year. The average young man be
comes a militiaman because he likes
to march. The uniform and the shiny
buttons attract him. He may fike
soldiering, but that won’t make him
a soldier.
"The best soldier is the good citi
zen—the man who loves his home.
That is one reason why I don’t be
lieve in having aliens in the United
States Army. As a recruiting officer
I got permission to accept no man
for service who could not read and
write the English language.
"In the Revolution and in the War
of 1812 we received much aid from
France and Germany, which sent us
men. and from Holland, which sent
us funds. To-day, doubtless, the de
scendants of those heroic F'renchmen
and Germans would be among the
first to enlist in case of war. But
long since they have ceased to be
Frenchmen or Germans. The for
eign troops, which fight well, usually
become Americanized very quickly.
Short Enlistment Worthless.
"The short-term enlistment has
been tried out several times in the
history of this country and has
proven itself worthless. Men enlist
ed for 100 days are just learning the
rudiments of soldiering when their
I term of enlistment ends. The system
of enlisting troops for the term of a
i war is much to be preferred.
| “It must be remembered the ultl-
I mate deciding factor of any war,
properly so called, is the character
i of the troops participating. Bad arma-
; ment, poor ammunition and lack of
j proper commissary facilities are
things which dishearten, but which
j an able commander may be able to
J overcome. But poor, untrained, un
disciplined men present a problem
which no commander can solve.
"It is the man, not the gun, that is
the strength of an army. The poor
soldier couldn't win a battle with the
finest gun ever made. But give a
well-trained trooper a flintlock and he
knows how to put up some sort of a
fight.
“Yes, I know that it is the genera!
opinion that the United Spates could
‘lick* anybody at any time. Witn
proper preparation. I think she could.
The answer Is, ‘Preparedness, pre
paredness, preparedness!*
"War with Mexico? That Is as yet
a political matter. Soldiers never mix
in politics. Could we whip Mexico?
We have done it before. History re
peats itself. Ultimately our cam
paign would be successful, provided
it was nothing more than a campaign
against Mexico. The swiftness with
which our success was achieved would
depend upon what I have said before,
‘Preparedness.’ "
Turkish bath and a plunge in icy
water.
The problem of shelter for the night
was solved by riding hard to reach a
town some days and riding slowly on
other days when the towns were closei
together. At these wayside stopping
places the bill of fare was* always the
same—the tortilla, an omelet; red
beans, eggs and occasionally a good
piece of beef.
GLASS THAT DEFIES QUICK
HEAT CHANGES PERFECTED
PITTSBURG. Sept. fi. Professor Al
exander Silverman, head of th*- chemi
cal department of the University of
Pittsburg announced that new chemical
formulas will revolutionize the glass in
dustry
Professor Silverman has perfected
salenium ruby glass, which has com
pletely displaced the old copper ruby
glass, and amber cadium glass, which
transmits a bright cold light. Another
of Professor Silverman’s discoveries is
a glass which resists sudden changes
of temperature.
HUDll OFWDMEN TELLS LI FESTORIES
Commissioners to Call Them for
All Kinds of Service After the
Spring Primaries.
HORSE GETS DRINK AND
THEN TURNS OFF SPIGOT
GEORGETOWN, DEI... Sept.
Sadie, a mare owned by John T.
Wasamon, with a curious aversion to
drinking standing water, doesn’t
bother about calling anyone when
thirsty, but turns on and off the wa
ter at her pleasure.
In his barnyard Wagamon has a
big tub with a spigot. Sadie goes to
this and, with her teelh, turns the
spigot on. drinks her fill of running
water, then turns off the spigot.
CHICAGO. Sept. 6.—Chicago wom
en are to be called for general jury
service. No summons is expected to
be issued, however, until after the
spring primaries.
Mrs. George W. Trout, president of
tile State suffrage organization, and
Mrs. Antoinette Punk, lawyer and
suffrage lobbyist, visited the offices
of the jury commissioners to obtain
the privilege of jury service for
women.
The women were told the commis
sioners had received the opinion of at
torneys, and while some doubt had
been "expressed, it was generally be
lieved women can serve. Women will
be,summoned for service, and in case
their right is disputed a test case may
be brought.
"We are delighted with the fair andt
thorough way in which the Jury com
missioners are working out the plan,"
Mrs. Punk said. “We believe spring
is plenty early enough to begin with
women Jurors, and, as a tryout, they
can be used in the insane court in
the meantime,
"I believe women are capable of
serving on juries trying everything
from a civil suit to a murder. There
is nothing in their mental make-up to
disqualify t|jem from any kind of jury
service. I have found women prefer
able as clients and I believe they
would be as jurors.
"Of course, the judge will have to
exercise discretion in selecting women
jurors. We discussed the advisabil
ity of mixed juries with the commis
sioners, and all agreed mixed juries
for lengthy cases are not preferable.
"When a man asks to be excused
because of important business, the
judge is apt to tell him jury service is
more important. A woman ought not
to be treated similarly, however, if
she says she Is needed at home. Get
ting breakfast for the children and
sending them to school is more impor
tant than Jury service. Younger wom
en have home ties It is often bad to
interfere with.
TOPEKA. Sept 6.—Kansas soon
will have a complete "herdbook" of its
citizens. Only one item is now miss
ing from the records, and the next
Legislature will add t'his. When that
is done, anyone with a desire to know
may be able to tell in five minutes'
time the life history of any citizen of
the State.
The new marriage registration law
has just gone into effect and here
after all marriages are to be recorded
in the vital statistics bureau. The
one missing link in the life cycle :s
the record of divorces, and the next
Legislature will be asked to provide
that all divorce decrees be recorded
also.
When a child is born in Kansas, a
record is filed at Topeka. The phy
sicians are required by law to make
the reports, and there are few cases
of violations. /
With this record of the birth also
is Hied the name of the father and
mother, th coccupation of the father
the age of the parents, the nativity
of the parents, and other minor infor
mation. The original certificates are
bound in books and kept in fireproof
vaults. But each birth is recorded on
a card index and the page and volume
where the original certificate can be
found.
When this child is married, this fact
is recorded in the some office, the
original documents being kept In the
big vaults, and a double card index,
showing the bride's maiden name, as
well as the name taken at her mar
riage. The bridegroom's name is
made up. and in the corner of this
card index appears the number of
the volume and the page showing the
birth record of the bride and the
bridegroom.
Then death comes to the family,
and before the body can be interred
in any Kansas cemetery the death
certificate must be made out and re
corded and on its way to the Vital
■Statistics Bureau. And this death rec
ord is cross-indexed for instant ref
erence to any other of the three im
portant events in a human life.
Robbed Father, Won Girl in Jail,
Dug Fortune, but Finally Faces
Death Penniless.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL., Sept.
An order of commitment to the coun
ty farm of Frank Kost by Supervisor
Bader, of Astoria, marks the final
chapter in a remarkable story.
Tempted, as a result of extravagant
ideas, into burglarizing his father's
store; marrying the (laughter of the
Sheriff, after making the acquaint
ance of the girl while he was a pris
oner; accumulating $1,000,000 in mine
prospecting only to lose a.11 by a turn
of ihe wheel, and finally to enter the
poorhouse a broken-hearted, decrepit
old man, furnishes a life story that is
another illustration of the old saying
that truth is stranger than fiction.
Forty years ago Frank Kost, trust
ed clerk for his fgther, a wealthy
merchant of Astoria, stole several
hundred dollar^ from the school fund,
of which his father was treasurer.
Detectives fastened the crime on
young Kost, who confessed, and later
was released from jail when hie fa
ther restored the money.
While in jail Kost won the heart
of the Sheriff’s daughter, married her
and became a traveling salesman.
Good fortune turned his head, he be
came infatuated with other women,
and his wife secured a divorce at
Paola, Kans., in 1889.
The last chapter came when Kost
drifted back to Astoria tot die. Pen
niless, a physical wreck, with none
to care whether he lived or died, he
had but one haven of refuge—the
county farm.
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Chamber of Commerce Secretary De
clares Class Is Great Draw
back to Progress.
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TRINIDAD. COLO., Sept. 6,—The
ministers of this city are up in arms
over the utterances of R. B. Elmore,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce of Sweetwater, Texas, in a
speech delivered to business and pro
fessional men of the city.
In his address, Elmore scored the
small town minister as “a denomina
tional crank, of no use or benefit to
the community.’ Several ministers
of the city were present and heard
the speech.
“Taken as a whole, you are not
worth a snap of a finger," Elmore
hurled at the ministers present
"when it comes to being civic live
wires. You yell your heads off over
prohibition, you fight everything that
looks like competition with the
church. You tell people they must
not go to the theaters, play cards,
dance, or patronize the movies. You
stand for a narrow denominational-
ism in place of a broad sociological
gospel.”
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FIRST GRAVE IN 32 YEARS
IS DUG IN OLD CEMETERY
PHILADELPHIA. Sept. For
the first time in 32 years a new grave
was made in the old Hebrew ceme
tery of the Portuguese congregation,
Mikve Israel, in this city, when the
remains of Miss Josephine E. Bitting,
of Baltimore, great-grandniece of Re
becca Gratz. heroine of Sir Walter
Scott’s "Ivanhoe," was burled beside
the grave of her famous relative.
The old burial spot, which was
established in 1740. contains the
graves of many members of the con
gregation who lived during the era of
the Revolutionary War. It is now in
the care of the Hebrew Historical So
ciety.
FALSE TEETH HALT TRAIN;
PASSENGER DROPPED THEM
CAMDEN, N. H.. Sept. 6.—The Bor-
dentown express on the Pennsylvania
Railroad waited five minutes at Delanco
Station after Herbert Macqrosson had
leaped from the train and hurried back,
along the roadbed. _ . ...
Conductor Van Marter. puzzled by thb
strange flight of his passenger, halted
the train and held it until Maccrosson
returned. ,, , ,, /' /
“I’m glad 1 got ’em, wheezed Mac •
crosson as he pulled himself into the
vestibule.
"Got what?” anxiously asked the con
ductor.
“My teeth," replied Mac.
“From the Cradle to the Grave,”
the History of Each Citizen, to
Appear on Card Index.
HEIR RETURNS AFTER HUNT
OF EIGHTEEN YEARS FAILS
LAPORTE, IND., Sept. 6.—After hav
ing been away for more than eighteen
years Otto Puck, legal heir to tho
estate of William Buck, who died in
January, unexpectedly returned to La-
porte.
General interest Is taken in the af
fair because of the world-wide search
for Buck and the fact that several have
been presenting claims for the estate
of $12,500.
SWIMS WHILE FAST ASLEEP.
RACINE, WIS., Sept. 6.—Frank 1
Ryerson. an employee of the Lincoln
Ice Company at Brown’s Lake, lay
down on the lake hank and wok e up
near the opposite shore. He says he
swam across the bay while asleep.
when the appe
tite is normal and
you are able to eat
without distress;
but how quickly
you go “down to de
feat’’ when the “inner
man” becomes weak.
Play safe, and at the
first sign of trouble you
had better take
HOSTETTERS
STOMACH
BITTERS
It will help you con
tinue to be a "winner.”
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