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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1920.
DEED OF HEROES
IS PERI’ETilATEO
JWonument Erected in Montreal in
Honor of “Thermopylae of
Canada.”
GRAFT THERE
Investigation
closes
in Argentina
Dishonesty.
also ITALIANS EAGER
TO RETURN TO U. S.
EXPLOIT LIKE FICTION TALE
Adam Daulac With Sixteen Compan
ions Face Overwhelming Force
of Hidiana in Attempt to
Save Montreal.
Montreal.—The magnificent tierotam
of Adam Danlac, or Dollnrd, 3leur des
Onncaux. and ills Id brave companions
at the Long Sault—which has been
called "The Thermopylae of Canada”—
.has bean perpetuated lu granite and newspapers
bronze, and a handsome monument
added to the public treasures of the
city of Montreal. The monument, the
work of Alfred Lallberte, stands In
Lafontnine park. Unveiling ceremo
nies took place recently.
The exploit which has made the
name of Dollard immortal in Canadian
history, occurred in May, 1060. Dol-
ktrd at that time was commandant of
the garrison at Montreal or Vllle
Marie. Paul de Chomedy, Sieur de
Malssonneuve, who had founded the
city in 1042, was governor. For some
months the colony had been in dan
ger of extinction at the hands of the
Iroquois. Dollard, who had come to
the colony three years before, at the
age of twenty-two, asked leave of
Maisonneuve to lead a party of Volun
teers against the Iroquois. It was
known that hundreds of Indian war
riors lay at the mouth of the Riche
lieu river, below Montreal, while hun
dreds more were on the Ottawa river,
above Montreal, Three Rivers and Que
bec were to be wiped out. Dollard’s
plan was to meet the Indian warriors
on their way down the Ottawa and j
give battle, regardless of numbers. |
Sixteen men Joined him lu his des
perate enterprl e. AH took &u oath
to accept no quarter, made their wills
and attended a religious service. They
proceeded up the St. Lawrence, entered
the Ottawa, at the head of the Island
of Montreal—where the swift surrents
baffled them for a week—crossed the
Lake of Two Mountains, and passed
Carillon, 50 miles above Montreal.
At the Long Sault.
Finally they reached the foot of n
swirling torrent of waters, barring the
way. The Indian warriors had to pass
that way and that was the place to
meet them. Dollard and his men took
possession of a palisade fort near the
river’s edge, built by an Algonquin war
party some months before. They were
soon joined by 40 friendly Huron* and
four Algonqttins.
In a day or two the Iroquois made
their appearance. Their advance guard,
while making an attempt to land, was
fired upon. Those who escaped report
ed to the main body, 200 strong, about
the Sault. The Indians quickly descend
ed the rapids in their war canoes and
fell to the attack.
They rushed upon the little garrison,
but were driven back. Capturing the
birch canoes of the Frenchmen and
their Indian companions, they set them
ablaze and attempted to do the same
with the palisade. A withering lire
greeted them and they retired in de
feat. During the next attack, immedi
ately after, one of their great chiefs
fell. For five days and nights the
atruggle continued. The defenders were
without water and were unable to
gwallow the crushed Indian corn they
had for food. Their Indian allies de
serted them, with the exception of four
Algonqulns and one Huron.
On the fifth day re-enforcements to
the number of 500 reached the Iro
quois, and a savage assault was made
on the palisade. The French were on
the alert, and the Indians were once
tqore compelled to retire. Other at
tacks were made In the three follow
ing days, hut with no success.
Last Grand Assault.
The Iroquois then determined upon a
general assault. Great shields of wood,
four or five feet high, were made, and
under the cover of these the warriors
came on. In tile face of a heavy fire
they succeeded In reaching the pal
isade, crouching low, and attempted to
cut their way in with hatchets.
At this point Dollnrd crammed a big
musketoon with powder, and plugged
Up the muzzle. Lighting the fuse, he
tried to throw It among the Iroquois
without, but it struck the top of the
palisade, fell back among the defend- I
ers and exploded with disastrous ef- |
feet. Pressing the assault at this ruo- |
ment of confusion, the Iroquois thrust i
their firearms into the loopholes and j
fired. A breach was made in the fort |
and Dollard and ids men sprang I
forward to the defense. Other bl enches !
were made, and Dollnrd met u soldier’s
fate. His followers threw themselves
upon their assailants, but the end had
come at last.
The 17 young heroes from Montreal
gave their lives, hut not in vain, for
the Iroquois abandoned their enter
prise, having had more than enough of
battle, and Montreal, Three Ktvers and
Quebec were saved.
Government Claims That 5,500,000
Pesos Were “Unduly" Paid for
“Palace of Gold."
Buenos Aires.—Argentina has been
having a graft investigation, as a re
sult of which It has been found that
9,500.000 pesos have been “unduly”
disbursed by former government offi
cials who directed payments to con
tractors for building the capltol here.
The prevent government has an
nounced its Intention of bringing suits
to recover the money improperly [mid.
Th building, a magnificent struc
ture uf classic architecture, marble
facings and broad sweeps of marble
steps not unlike the capltol at Wash
ington, is insistently called in the
El Palaclo de Oro,
Men Who Served Under Pershing
and Returned to Native
Land Disillusioned.
WIVES ALSO DISSATISFIED
Lower Wage* and Lack «f Modem
Dwell Inge Bring Longing for Amer
ica—Food In Country Dtetri eta
Higher Then in Cities.
Rome.—AU over Italy, in villages
and towus, there are bund rials of
Itulo-Ameriean ex-soldlers longing to
get back to the United States, and
SpHii- | only waiting until the veudeinula
Ish for “The Palace of Gold.” It wax ]
begun In 1007, and was originally to ;
have cost 10,000,000 pesos. It Is not j
yet entirely finished and has cost 27,- !
000,000 pesos.
Recently a committee of the nation- i
al accountancy department completed
an Investigation of the expenditure of !
the moneys paid for construction of the ,
building, and reported that 5,500,000 \
pesos had been “unduly” disbursed.
Buenos Aires newspapers told, years
ago, of wagon loads of building mate- j
rial that went in the front door of tHe
structure, soon after came out the ;
back door and then disappeared, j
Charges were made 'that marble was i
harvesting of the grapes, Is over.
How they came to return to their uu-
tlve land when they loved America,
American cities and American ways
Is through one of the mistaken Ideas
of many ex-soldiers, who i mgined
that once war was over the) would
be happy In Italy, although they had
fought in France under General Per
shing and had lived and made good
i money In America for many years.
When the armistice came and these
Italo-Amerieans were givcu a chance
of being demobilized In France they
jumped ut it, because at that time
there was a rumor that fabulous
prices were being paid to workmen In
Italy. This fairy tale was true at
still
paid for, but concrete used for part of .
the construction, and other accusa- that t,nle ’ as ,hn government ha
In operation tier ammunition tac
tions of graft were aired. It was
then that the newspapers began to call
It “The Palace of Gold.”
POLICE HERO DECORATED
Policeman Charles L. Mangels of the
San Francisco police force was recent
ly decoraicd by four-year-old Estalle
MoDaniell for the rescue of little Vera
Mihailova after she had fallen from
a transport just leaving the dock for
a voyage to Petrograd with Russian
refugee children some months ago.
PAYS EX-KAISER $25,000,000
Prussia’s Contributions to William
Since He Fled From Germany
Are Disclosed.
London.—More than 62,000,000
Dutch florins (about 820,000,000 at the
normal rate of exchange) have been
paid to former Emperor William of
Germany as king of Prussia by the
Prussian government since lie tied to
Holland, according to an official state
ment made to the legal committee of
the Prussian assembly, suys a dispatch
from Berlin.
The former emperor also received
money to pay for the building of his
house at Doom, while various sums
were paid to Count Bentlnck, owner
of Bentlnek castle, where the one-time
monarch first made his residence In
Holland.
The dlsputch adds that full allow
ances also have been made to the for
mer royal princes.
“Oliver Twist’s” Gruel
Boiler Offered Museum
Loudon.—With other Dickens
relics, the Iron boiler In which,
according to “Oliver Twist,” wa
tery gruel was boiled for young
Oliver and other inmates of St.
George’s workhouse, Borough. S.
E„ has been offered to the South
wark museum. St. George's
workhouse, In the yard of which
stood a public house kept by the
mother of the highwayman Jack
Sheppard, has been closed.
This Marriage Not a Failure.
Lawrenceburg, Ind.—Though all the
original guests were dead, the bride,
Mrs. Nicholas II. Prolist, and her
bridesmaid, Mrs. Katherine Haag,
stood together again when tHe mar
riage ceremony between Nicholas
Prolist and ills wife was repented aft- I
er 50 years. They were remarried in j
the same old church, and the old-fash- I
loncd wedding dinner was duplicated, |
Ice-Bound for Months.
Nome, Alaska.—('apt. Joe Bernard
and A. Anderson have arrived here
with their vessel, the Teddy Bear,
after four years spent in the Arctic,
during 25 months of which time they
were lee-bound at Taylor island in Vic
toria strait, near King William Land.
Captain Bernard brought with him a
native of the land of Stefansson’s
blonde Eskimos, but declared that
after two years’ search of that district
he was unable to locate any of the
blonde natives. lie found sod houses
evidently of great age on East Carna
tion gulf, he said, and brought back
f ! 1 •*. .1 other curios
I unco, seed in the ntius.
tories, and, of course, wages were
kept at a high level, hut, as the wages
of farmhands and workmen of all |
sorts had also Increased, the cost of
living bad increased more Until three
times In price compared to pre-war j
schedules.
Suffer a Great Disillusion.
Impulsively they sent for their fain- j
Hies, who very often had to sell all (
they owned In order to pay for the |
steamship ticket to Italy. Then many
families settled down to Uve with the
pnrents of the husband or wife, and
after a short while suffered a great
disillusion, as things were not what
they had imagined. While they bad
been away from their sative land
they had thought of tt as picturesque
and beautiful, with an Ideal climate
nnd congenial conditions. They for
got the discomforts of the old home
with Its lack of running water and
modern improvements which these
Italo-Americans had grown accus
tomed to in the new land of freedom.
Tlie husband could put up with it.
but the wives could not, as in many
villages—in fact, in nearly all those
of Central Italy—the water must be
carried from the village fountain.
Whenever any washing was to be
done the clothes in most eases had to
be carried often a mile to (lie river,
as the supply of watur in the villages
Is never sufficient for washing clothes.
Naturally to the ninny who had not
only become accustomed to running
water in their houses, but also to
modern washing machines, this way
of washing did not appeal and they
would not walk down to the washing
place, bnt paid a woman to do their
work. This meant a great deal of
money every week, as Americans are
considered to be millionaires or very
near it. so tlie prices asked were al
ways very high.
Food Costs More Than In Cities.
Then the cost of food now is some
times higher than In the cities, as the
produce In villages Is generally what
is left over from that exported to
town. Besides, plumbing la Italy, ex
cept iu the big cities, is absolutely un
known; only primitive ways of bath
ing arc indulged iu and a bathroom
lit a village house is unknown. Tills
Is duo to the great lack of water In
villages all over Italy, although in
reality in out-of-the-way woods there
are wonderful springs, but the water
runs to waste. :is these sources are
far removed from tlie villages and
towns.
In one small village, In the prov
ince of Rome, called San Felice, near
ly all the mule adult population over
twenty-five years old had been to
America, mude a little money, re
turned to their families and bought
a little vineyard, which they worked
until a longing to return to the new
country forced them to take ship and
leave for New York. Some of these
men have been four or five times in
America, speak English and are long
ing to go again.
Many of them returned to Italy to
serve their time during the war, and
only now wait an opportunity to get
away. Emigration now is not so easy,
as one must have a job ready to step
Into as soon ns the ship reaches (New
York. Many of them, who have their
families growing up and whose wives
have never been to America, are plan
ntng to leave their families and go
over for a year or so. Those whose
wives have been to America and have
lived there are returning with their
families, us (he wives refused to re
main behind, us they find Italy too
dirty.
Cat Traveled Home.
Bangor, Me.—Mrs. Fred Ford of
Winterport went visiting at her moth
er’s in the town of Wesley and there
was presented with a fine big tomcat,
which she brought home. After stay
ing around a few days tlie cat dis
appeared and three weeks later turned
up smiling at Its old home, having
traveled more than 100 miles In all
Weathers over the worst roads in
Maine.
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