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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1918)
'TCH. VXVKll V DAILY c r V, ' - V - t MiHions of teop1e have read Kip- inge poem about Fuzzy-Wuzzy. tbe A2 Mack bound in betrrar who bruk ritisb square," but Pip Major McXtazie Bailiie. who pipes some stirring Scotch tone, "Bonnie Lad d'e" or "Cock of the North." at the frntisb and Canadian. Reeruitioe Mission's beadoxiartera in New York every day, has the advantage of them. He has not only read the poem, bnt he was actually in the ftqaare when it was broken. Since he was a young man . working in boeton in 1877, he baa served forty J ear. in the British army with the oval Marine Artillery, jnclodinjr the bombardment of Alexandria; with the Black Watch in the Soodan, and rwith the first Overseas contingent of the Canadian expeditionary lorce Jn l-.o nroeont orflr - . ' t "We were endeavorine to relieve the garrison at Sin Eat." aald Pipe Major Bailiie, "when the- thizxy- Wuzzies came at os, We formed a HOUSE HOLDS UP NEW DRAFT LAW Legislation to Change Basis for Calling Men Awaits Baker's Return WA8HINOTON. Mnrch 13 Leg islation to change the system of ap-. portioning drafted men. by rnak'n? the basis the number of men fn clasi rre, tnefesd-of the p'vniaMon of MaNB,--fvheM nn In the house to diy with the filing f an adverse mi nority report by members of the mil itary committee and by the state ment of Chairman Dent that the . measure would not be called up until lfer Secretary Baker's . return from France. This will delay the second draff, a Provost Marshal General Crowder has announced that he will not go ahead with It until the law is chang. td. . At the time the minority report was filed. General Crowder was be fore the senate military urging speedy consideration of the measure ,and of another to require registra tion of all men attaining 21 years of age since last Juno 5, lie arpeared greatly concerned when he learned that the legislation was checked in the house,. t . The senate has passed th bill to change the basis of apportionment and is expected, to pass thia week th? measure registering younger men. The house committee already has filed a favorable majority report ro port on the bill changing the appor tionment. : , . , Reservists Have Exciting Time in Getting Ashore AX ATLANTIC PORT, March 13. -Thirty naval redlrvlsts of a party Of 117 had an exciting adventure today , when they were landed by means of the breeches buoy from the Merchants' and Miners' Trans portatlona company's steamer Ker shaw, which had pushed her nof In between two sand bars and Ancle nfMhe coast near her during a heavy Want to be Elected ? Sure you do if you are running for office. Start your campaign right by having us furnish your Cards, Announcements Posters, . Folders, j Etc. We are particularly well equipped to handle, any or all your printing needs Statesman Pub. Co. Job Dept. : Phones 23 and 583 . 4 1 :i:y-'-3 VV 40V:r-A;5? w i -'"'.J : - t'v-'. , -41 Jar! -r . i GofzoorS vNw .-, . . .:,.-.i;i.i t, , J i, hit icipi.rxcs V!? inrrn a vr. 30C v7 : - -'W square not far from the bleaching , bones of the men we had come to j save, with the Royal Marine Artil- i lery at the right-hand corner. The! black fellows fired a volley from their guns, then dropped them and charged os fearlessly with their long spears called assegais. One hundred of them actually broke through the sera a re where the artillery was. and I believe this was the first time a British square ever was broken. We had to re-form to get at them with out kifjing our own men. One of them got me through the leg with a spear but I gave it back to him!" No regiments In the British arm v have won greater fame for bravery in this and previous wars than the Gordons, the Black Watch, the Sea forths, the Cameron3, the Argyll and Sotherland3, and rnny others - of equal renown. The Germans call them "the Ladles from Hell," fce- j cause of their kilts and their fierce fighting qualities. fog. The other eighty-seven reserv ists aad two. nome and two children, who comprised the passenger !i.-t, were taken off the steamer : by tups rind patrol boats. Tho Kershaw, with a crew of nr . rorty men sticKing to tlie r ' as stIH hard In the and to- f i arid had about sven fet of ;. b'V hold. The s-i ;i upiV -h vesel was i ro fr:- t asrger. : . y , Cannefax Beats Kieckhefer in rirSt Dllliara LOmest CHICAGO March 13. Robert C;r.r o,';-.r cf St. Iiiis won the first Ul,'-r.T hii match with Angle KU-e,fif'r foj the world's three- enshinn bi'lfard eharapioibhip to - niirht. Q to 42. In fiftv-eieht iiin - ings. ! Cannef ax, the challenger, was behind throughout most of the block but by a beautiful spurt near the end overcame the rthaplon's lead, and thereafter was never In danger. Each man played a steady game, with the St. Louisan scoring a little more consistently than Kierkhefer. Cannefax made the high run by scor ing nix consecutive points, while Kieckhefer was one behind him. The- fweond block of 50 points will be played tomorrow night. EFFORT IS MADE TO SPEED SHIPS i Manager of Wood Division Urges Plan to Use More j Men at One Time WASHINGTON', March 13. --lie-newed efforts to hasten the wooden shipbuilding program were launrhed today by the shipping board. After an announcement that au thority had been given to southern yards to use smaller timbers In ship frames, thereby obviating the iifce-i-sity for bringing lat gv timbprs f ro.'i the I'arifie coast, u circular 'letter f all wooden shipbuilders was made pHblio by JarncK O. ihyworili, maii prr of the illtiwion of wood sdiip con strtirtion, in which h raib-d for new mehtods of imilding bv which more inta nan be eyipioyed fciiiiultan ousiy on isjh ship0 "This ia not time to -work on thy ofd bafJs for wooden ship enn-tru--tion' tho lett r said. "The coun try need.-; hir' lnore th.-iii :;nylhin: ci.-4j. i we !nust have them. j'to du' liinj ruti;.t in? tUd up. Ite.i! coopeialion bclwc n tl-e sbipbuIM-f-rs in eaf'ii di i ! ; f ;in dmil-le M!tr piodui tiou m the nt fuv tnontb." - Sui''VH of the titu''. r if if. f; I o atallable far shipbiiildiri 4 are be in'.? mode - on the l'cfie ca?t iui-1 -wiU be C3iitnened in the r-onth at onfe by J(jhn II. Kfrby of Houston. Txsk Through theso ' inquiries t( shlp llng bo.iY-d expects to eliminate tlie delay due to Inaccurate, eitlmafes by luaibcrmen of what they an j.ro duce. : The order permitting the use of smaller timlxjrs follows urgent re qncst$ from southern pine owner who have contended that ther hav? plenty. of timber of sufficient size, r.nd that the board's Insistence upon the big timbers required by the ori glnaf sjecifications for the Kerris tvpe was unnecessarily holding tip the building program. Vonen i emplovcrd as chief opera tors with the United I States Army Telephone-unit In Franco will re ceive a salary of $125 a month, to gether with the rations and Quarters accorded to - army nurses. ; col ons n J( HtArQiZ MSKE'tfre BAH LIE g Arrangements will soon be con summated for drafting all British subjects in this country into the United States army, provided they do not volunteer for the British or Canadian armv. Brigadier General W. A. White of the British and Can adian Recmiting Mission has started a whirlwind drive io raise 20,000 men in the next two months Scotch- men in the United States can join r one or another of the wcrld-famous 1 Highlanders. If they volunteer at I once for the British or CanadUo I army, they can he added to the, Allied strength on the western front? in eix months, and thus m&teKally aid in helping to win the war. 10 ARE HELD ON LIQUOR CHARGE Ccmpirary to Send Liquo: Into Oregon Territory Revealed March' 13 Ten members of an alleged conn!- I nacy to ship wholesale quantities of 1or into Northwestern prohibition territory were held answerable to fnr" ''"tted State district eourt In j r'o-t!-nd. Or., bv Francis Kruil, i ' S-e commissioner, here - t" - y - They v,ere to tart for the northern city tomorrow, Thre others resisted removal pro ceedings to Portland so stoutly that their cases were taken under sub nlsslcn by the commissioner. Two others were to come up tomorrow on like proceedings. All were -Indicted In Portland on February 2C for shipping approxi mately, forty trunks and forty sub cases full of ardent spirits to Port land and other poinlx In Or'uin. Ac cording to Harnett II. foldddn. a iffpnt 1'nfted States district, nttorney in Portland, who t hre troseute the removal actions, the liquor sold for from $7 to $x a q-.iart in Port bxnd and elsewhere. The men who went e removed tomorrow are Alx liayidson, 1j. 1. Whitc-hurst, trus Tenjpi. .If bn J. Mc Kenra Donald W. i'x. 1". M. Tib bitt?. W. H. Kdnjoni. W. K. TTar dv, Jo5-e t'ressens anil Frank O'Shea Those whose eases -(s-ere submitted were fonrad Temps.1 i:ii Schumach er and Frank Laps. Tho.-e who were to come up tomorrow are Wil liam Hunt and Willbim Hunt Pr, According to i b4'est i monv the men conspired with I certain South ern Pacific. Itailroad ugents here to, nhip Hie trunks and mltease to Or egon In a manner that would not ex c'te the suspicions of officials of the company. Cattle Growers Complain They Are Losing Money AVASHINCTdN'. March 13.--A-HitanceH t,r ;i lesfoniibie profit and represeptalloii in th fvod adniiuis tration for cat He growers were ask ed to-day of 1'res-id.mt Wil on nn'i of Food Administrator Ilwnr hy a cciiiui ittee (,r lln MisNiiiiri Liv-tork afsoclnf.ion ad r irf nlativ of the tatn Cattle Itai ;:,' lit sjo ;.; I t,ns of IIHiioIk and Nebraska. Tr'fidfiit Wiifeoa 3 t!d lha the cuttle trrovs!:H are 1 .ii:;; !ilOfl"' iici-ni!- tl,e J . t i ' (.!' lt ';)." not over t he co . of f-edii j; at prvsent. r ..J fif.nilM The lit t i J j i ; n .-Uiid that if they wf re o ifeup tbi ir breed i-r.g -;itlte yfid eBt-;ivor t Increase tite iiieat .H:p(lv as req ne.i'd by th food administration, tht;v ni'ttt be a sured. that Use return !t least tomI'I rot ! a loss. Mr Hoovi wa4 allied to add a practical rattle grower to bis staff of adviser; A KI'II.FJSII ITIIXIT. A man had taken lofo his confi dence an Intimate ft:n1 touching a most Important moment of his life. I can," said he to his friend, "marry a rich girl, whom I do not. cafe for, or a penniless girl, whom I lovo dearly. I am In j;reat doubt Which shall I do? f'Follow tbo dictaten t,f your heart, old man," was the prompt response, "and be happy. Mary the poor girl. And. say -er would you mind In troducing jue to the other?" Every body's Magazine. DUTY !S TOLD BY CHURCHILL Extreme Need of Saving Food Is Pressed Home by Vis iting Speaker Arthur M. Churchill, during Lis third address of the day delivt-red at : the 'food conservation session of th? commercial club last night, was ' askd ly some one in the .-'uuierif-concerning some new rule for sav ing food. : H replied: "Do you know that all t-h bab:e. in I'nTind tiilay under 4 years old ate dead? Belgium Is slowly ttaiv ; ins.. Kumanian and Serbia arr" liU.e better off; the civilian population of rsTym b" only three dns food sur ' ply on hand today. If France fa;:;; the war will be fought out by Ameri can iroor aione. in i.ngiand th-y I are living on bread cards and ve I mav co-m to ft vet In this "minti - may co ne to It yet in this count the British and Canadian soldiers are today eating no bacon, fn onU' that their brothers in crms in the vermin-infested trencher in France may live. "Are rny of you here tonight like the farmer near Iloseburg the cth day who said: 'Oh yes, 111 sijrn your rood card all right, but I don't in- tend to live up t& it. if I have to take a gim and eo out after food j and I h;tv' a boy over there too.' j FcmnI Cannot ! T'ought. i "In Finland, they ?re making ! bread out of moose buds and barks j I saw a J Her from there a few days ago. from ai woman who had gon-j lnck to help her people out. land she brd taken $10 000 with her J,to brty bnt you cannot buy at aovj hH colintrv. T,ut he nad to be told !pr,Su,f J1 ,s n0t th7 '-, pc!r ithat we could not spare any. We .,., V l"'y"'ia ""M d not know yet whether we would ' """ neopie. an mey roa - trol J 76.000.(00 of peoples, inciud : ins; SO.OO0.000 slavs. On these Ir.t 1 ter they are depending for food". Thev are now down to fifteen grams of fat a day ocr capita. Only a few days -ero-in Berlin a OerrtKm I.tiif. J c-an minister preached that a ne.y Oermnn God. is fighting for the C r- ntrn people, .and that thev cannot 1 loce. It is different now in Germany for thev hive a new Cod. and they teach that lh rest of the world has no God. v w e are a?Ked to pave in per cent a day in wheat flour. The mil lers are not allowed to mill more than 71 percent, and the retailer- to sell pom"! for pound of colored flours. Wf ,hav.to be careful or the extreme measures will have tc be taken. 3tr. 1 liioTpr FWerwle!. "ftcb t being sail nca'nst Mr Hoover m the papers o' late. rn- "- tTeed or Mtseoiirl, hns nttftckrd ?m nirjr-ii.-iT'T In the een.lte, btlt Mr Hoovi- tr a ripped to ret a fond bi-1 th'ourh. r-nd this verv man Ttced rvn the one who so bltferlv fouuht tb original food bill. T call him a traitor te his country, or so neatly so that there is little difference in the terms to be used. "Had th United Stales been In formed, we would have been In th's war three years ago. many pneclons lives would have been saved and the war would have ended more than tw;o year ago. The German nation ithe Kaiser has been preparhijr fort this war more than thirty years. Every ship built, every factory con structed, every canal dug and all other activities of the Germans had but the ono Idea of war, war to the rinish." ! Many Otiefon Risked. Both at the afternoon and even ing session. Mr. Churchill w-ts asked many questions, by thoe n the aud' enee and they received very prompt replies Jf he had the information and If not, the questioner was told where the Information could be had When asked how It is that the government, controls the price , o wheat and bags and does not on barely, corn, or oats, which had ad vanced fo enormously, Mr. Church ill replied that the attemps had been made, and that it is impossible tc lo everything with congren that the food administration would like, and the better way would be for he farmers here, who are not satisfied with conditions, and he aumittd they were right, in many respects, to wire their congressmen and senators concerning' the matters. Many other questions were aeked and answered at both meetings and when he spoke of the coming crop.t which must bo larger than ever be fore in the history of the country, he fcaid that the great danger now wili be the planting of too much tye, barley and outs, in which there will be large profit to the detriment Ot the wheat which is mora than ever important to raie. H explained it Is possible to ship only limit';,' quantities of torn meat or oat'imal or flours. bfCnns-e of ihe difficult;, of transportation, and very little corn or o;.t,s can be shipped to France for grinding purpose. r,. o;tm. there are no suitable it ills there, bu bo .said those pioblenn: nr b in wo-ki d nut by ho govern n.-ent a. rapidly a: po.--.slble, "In the : 'ate of Otr-gon are over in.'Kiq fi! r iti( t ;,( Jivttis on or rutfi- vatir.g Xirn: oT v. JHch only I H.non have been herd frotn, pnd it is al o jnH.ns ir-tpf.rtant that the u.su:, 1 ae'onnf of fruit. ln-rri'-K, potatoes and ttce t grown, m wheat. .?:. rye, anil barley, and vegetable." said. In 1'io ton neon meeting Mr. Churchill fold of the .conditions in Ktirope and what the people of the I'nited States Tiie.it do to ela'dish them. fie i.nM In part: "The gravity of the food fcflua tion becomes dailv more appalling, yet we In the west go MM hole on with scarcely a thought of ft. If we do think of it. If is many flnie with a feeling of Irritation that we should be aeked to eat things we do not like so ivf ii. . "In Finland. 3.300.000 people are left with a failure of harvest. The day's ration Is five tnd onhalf ounces of bread, and th are hav ing to make much of their bread of bark, beech-buds, reindeer moss and a few potatoes. Rumania and Serbia do not know how their people are to live cntil spring. All the children la Poland under 4 years of age are dead for want of food. Hol land is having to kill one millino head of her dairy cattle, five times as many as there are In Oregon all told. Denmark is doing much the same. France and England jare short of food, but fortunately 1 not yet starving. When they are. it will be too late. They will have to drop out of the war and America will have to fight on alone. How many millions of our soldiers would have to pay with their lives for such a result no one can calculate. Suridus Is All SbiI. "It is a serious question right now whether we and our associates in the war have food enourh to continue throueh to the next harvest and still be fighting. It depends absolutely unon what the American people save. Prior to December 1 last, we had al ready phipj""d every surplus bushel of what e had. Kvejyr shipload that cops now must come out of what we normally consume. i Ilelul.ins Htarvliij;. ; "Food means sometodvs life ' Dnn't waste ft. Iet that be tne sloean of every boy aad girl, maif and woman. And food Is wasted j when we eat more than we need : - T-i1 4i4in iho kind of food are used and when the kind of roods are usea that we especially need to save and when others rnlrht do aswell. Do you know that the Jieigians are slowly starving? We-' are get tine food to them but riot enough. And heroic France who has stood for three years between s and the i German horrors that have been per j pt rated on Belgium and Poland Pronr-h civilian nonulat ion have lust three days' food supply on hand. Ii American grain ships shoujd stop corifpr for i week, God knows what "ild happen. "The representatives of a great neutral begging and imploring to buv from us a few cargoes of wheat n Tecember said that on January 15 there would be no flour left in lh.0 fr,r our nllie.. Tt d- veloped entirely upon what the American people saved." "It i; imoossible for the men as sociated with the state food admin istrator's office to be out over the jtute much of the- ttme. Salem peo n'e should , take advantage ot to frbt' epnortnpitv to hear of this situation straight f ronrtieadquarters -md to rk the questions that have muzzled them. "I sat at the table not long since hede a per?onwho left on her plate h-lf a dessert which contained con--f'Vrabie of wheat, sugar and cream. Someone will starve part of a day oor-er or later somewhere In the ro-M for want of that food. And if ioo.o00.000 Americans were to waste dallv in that fashion, the lives r ? jmiilHtude will be sacrificed. "i teoV bre-kf--t on the Southern T-iefe diner vecferday mornfne. "'t erved buttered tont. T no- ' " tr - rnft Ti'diiiin 1eqV!TK rr'lOat Of her '.-ti'-i cr be rdnfi rreii;c'd un.bnt Mii-it'-n. I aVed t" con'luctor tht tbfrtv-nlne out of seventv-one eon1e that mornlnjg had ordered oast and the average of them had 'ef Tialf of the -order on their plate, "''hfnk of l. And they are Just av-"i-aw Americans. If thev could have bc'ore tbem the famished Helglan -Mitrn thv are starving by that "-rete. mavbe we could wake them fn the crime of It all. t "The hour for sacrifice has structr. r)oyou know that the Canadian sol diers In the Knglish camps are act ually giving ur corn so that the man in the cold and wet of the tranches at the front may have It. Iff the name of all that Is decent and fair are we going to let those men do that? "What Is it that we payV little higher price, that we eat less bread -nd more potatoes, that we don't have the thlnes we like. Think of tlie, t-iit-tiiln rti, rati ttnA tho frAH - lf.lla ,f t V, a lr,.n, 1ia gf llf.tfrfan ! nofhers with their murdered rhJJ iren giv-n back to them on the -'olnls of German bayonets. "It ns go out and rouse these 'houghfless countrymen of our to -teeds worthy of their slresj and sac- -Ifice in their dally lives." Mr. Churchill also brorught out many things that people 'have not generally nndortood with (reference to the military situation and the rave danger of a premature . peace. He annwered many of -the questions that arise, dealing with the, higher price of s'lhstitntcs In food and other thing that people have been anxious to know about. ' T U. S. MAKES DEAL WITH HOLLAND America to Trade 100,000 Tons of Wheat for Use of Tonnage THK IIAGI F. March 13- The for eign minuter. Ir. London, present -l o the f.tat:', gt-iieral today a iiole xplainirtg the po. it ion of the neo tlatiotfi with the allien for an econo mic arrangement. The minister nabl that fdrici. the note was dtnftei b-i I ;id received Information of thonl lied rovernrrent's de-dro to with draw their promise to acrept the condition thitf veschi sailing in the interest of the allied governments should not be employed in danger .one. The pole Male that America h?n a creed to furnlh 100, 000 tfons of wheal to Holland before the coniu sion of a definite arrangement, on condition that Iloll.ind Immediately fd.-jeex at. the disposal cf tbe allleji half a million tons of shipping, ai lf-"i definite arrangement already exited. The Dutch government I inquiring as to whether It 1.4 possibl to enter Into such a transaction and hopg speedily to arrive at a deci sion. WASHINGTON.- Match 1...-- Sev eral months as;o representative of the t United States and the Dutch commercial commission discussed In London ' a 'proposed agreement under which The Netherlands would turn over 4004000 tons of shipping DID ANGELS SAVE BRITISH AT MONS? Young Irish Soldier 'Gives Testimony of Having Bcca Heavenly Host Between the Opposing Lines IGuelph Mercury.) The following statement was made to a leading Canadian manu facturer, whose standing and vera city is unquestioned. He says that the young Irish soldier who made the statement was a pationt in a hospital at Mhow, India. It was giv en to Miss Brebner, missionary there, who returnej todCanada only two or thre weeks ago. Miss Breb rer fs a sister of the Registrar of the University of Toronto, and Is also of unimpeachabre veracity. So far as the Mercury's informant t j ware. it ha3 not hitherto been pub- i Ifshed. The young mans father and three brothers, referred to in th" taUen in h wnr . Jnd th(l m'0tber and sister have s'nee . . i i t.-i- , : , , ki, miinwinff imon thr ; dfath. Much was heard at the time of ,ne apnPaPance of the angels Jn ; t ilh the battle of MoiM. and a book was pubPshed on tho subject early In the war In which ff.rent soldiers testified that they had seen the - vision ; In different forms. Improbable and Incredible a it may he considered by many, there has been no" explanat'on on natural grounds which has been gen ernl!r -eceptei as to why an over whelming German arr$7. flushed with success, should Jave turned and fled before an armyf greatly in ferior. In numbers and (discouraged by continued retreat -and exhausted by contlhuous uphill fig'htlng. The latter part of the lad's statement Is sn Independent belated ajreount from far-off India of the strange vi'ion which he savs he saw at Mons. which f'ts in exactlv with othr descrio- tfons offered more than three yean sgo: ' I was born In Dublin In 1R94. My father, an engineer, was a Method'3t.' belonging to a church of nearly 100 members. He used to take s great many services both In the ehurch and In the open air. I had one ffster and three brothers, all of whom were Christians. Soon after leaving school, tiring of the montony of the workshops of the mechanical engi neering department of a firm in Dublin, I joined the army, my regl ,., herc tbe fQ'teen'a. own V Roy al West Kents, under command of colonel Martin. I was sixteen years old at the time, though so as to b .bi to en1it. I stated my age at eighteen. I had just twelve months' service In when war broke out Most of that time T spent In Dublin, thoMsrh 1 r-as fn England for three months. 'j A day or so s-ffer jthe r7eelra!'Vi War, TF v-w-ir. 1 rtif-t t 1 w w t v vr ' i - ders. We did not bjnow where w.and it seemed as if new life entered were going, so could inot Inform our parents. About mid-day we went out for what ve, thought was to be' a route marcn, dui rwe louna onr elves t N'orthwatl. ithe Dublin ha bor. Here we embarked on the S. Vrefer. None of were able to bid our people eoodbve. and th great malorltv of those lads never aealn saw their homes, their moth ers, wives and children. V'e sailed for Franc, arriving at Havre on the Rth or fh of Angnst. 1S14. From Havre we trained and marched with three other regiments K. O. S. D.'s.the D. C. I.. I. and D. W. Tj. I. belonging to the 13th Infantrr Brigade, which was a part of the T,th Division, under command of General Plumer, marking our way towards Delrliim. reaching eventu ally the outskirts of Mons. Up to this time we had had very little fighting, meeting only small bodies and occasionally German pa trois. but stilt there were some very ecjtlng Incidents. On one occasion about fifteen or twenty of us were out on patrol duty whn somehow or other we were surprised and nr rounded by a number of Uhlan. They charged irnon us and we had to fight for our lives. For about half an howr we biased away with oar rifles and used our bayonets with tne utmost desperation. . Many a poor lad fell with a laneo through him but manv Ji rider and horse also paid the penalty. It was as terrible to hear the horses cry out as the bavonet pierced them as it was to hear the groans of the men. Of our psrfy every man was killed but my self and one other, and of the Uh lans one or two remained and thev fled. I cannot explain what I felt like after It was over; it was in descrlbable. I know, too. that if God bad not been with me. I too. should have gone. I had many nar row escapes during that fight. On reaching: the outskirts' of Mons my regimen had taken a position near a factory, we tiau neen marcn ing ft rentiously -for a few dity be fore, and the men were all tired and hungry. For three or four davs we had been able to get no food beyond n few Sprat's dog biscuits, which had been served out ai our rations. and ninnsold wtirtiela which we pulled' itpont of the ground. Some of our mert were In the faetorv cook ing; the fires of the men who had ben working there,Just previously were still burning. We were about to commence our meal of boiled rnaneold. when the order came, like a bolt from tbe blue, to retire. It was' on a Sunday. ; I had Just time to empty my canteen of Its contents, get out and join the rest of my regi ment. Only about 200 or 200 yard away were the Cermans, masses of them like a thick wall. They ap peared to be ten oiTtwelve deep, i oru Ing along shoulder to shoulder. Our machine guns were turned on t "icm for the use of the allies - on ' trade routes outside of the danger zoi in return for the release of food expWts from America. . The eommlsslonprj! rcturneio The Hague and some vessels were sent Into 4he South American frfe.de. No agreement was perfected, how ever, and apparently the negotia tions were abandoned. There was no announcement here of t.hes resumption of exchange, on the subject. J and we cut down allay ways throtigi them for what seemed seventy or eighty yards wide, but. If our ma chine gun stopped for but a minute all their gaps were filled up, as if by magic, and In those days regime&U were very poorly supplied with ma chine guns. We had only three or four. We used our rifles to the best ad vantage and to the greatest possible extent. .and it seemed as if thousands of the enemy bit the dust, but they were not forgetting us in the mean time and they poured shot and eaell lto nsnntil ft seamed as if not a man of us could escape, we were so hopelessly outnumbered. While we retreated we fired as best we coold, making short runs to the rear, turn ing and firing as. rapidly as we could and then retreating again.. One would speak -to one's chum, and wouM turn from him a minute to speak to someone else," turn bacS, andfind him gone, killed or wound ed no one knew. This went on for three days and nights, with no stop ping at all for rest or food. We ate nothing except a few biscuits, or whatever we could pick up, and noth ing whatever to drink. Men were praying to God to take them out of their misery. We were so fatigued that we could hardly move, but two or three would link arms so that the inside ones could sleep.- This is how we bad to fight. The Germans wetfl often but 100 yards away from us. One morning on the third day. Just before dawn, we had all sunk to the ground through nheer fatigui and were doing our best to fire, and our officers were trying to get ui to rouse up and" fire mre .rajiWIy as the Germans were . almost upon us, but 've were so exhausted that ve could hardb move. Suddenly tt'e sky was lit up with a wonderful light, like the light of the sun ou a cold clear morning, and we saw & wonderful sight. Just above tie ground, floating In the air as It were. and Just between us and the Ger mans, we sawa heavenly host. They were clothed in glistening white drapery, and some were carrying shields -with blood-red crosses on them. They carried no swords, nei ther did they have wings, and they were bareheaded. The enemy mutt . have seen them at the same mom ent for all their guns suddenly ceat ed firing, as did ours. Our men, wondering at the change, icriedibut, "What's the matter?" and some of the boys answered, ''They ere an eels," We heard the angels shout la a loud voice, clear and sweet cs a bell. "Advance, advance, advance,"' Into our men and they got up.atid 'turned against the Germans. who literally wheeled around and iled. Kven the horses of the Germans saw the angels, for they stood still with fright, and then turned around and apparently bolted. This appearance of angels saved the whole situation, and caused the retreat of the Ger mans from their march on . Parta. The effect of this vision on many ct the boys was wonderfuL Tbelr w&ola lives became) changed, because fjr? realized that God had saved tbem. i Men who had been absolutely god less up to that time, gave their hearts to the Lord, and I have often seen these men kneeling in the thick ttwl uttering; some simply prayer they had . learnt at their mother's knee. How often have I heard them pray aloud "Gentle Jesus -meek and mild, loofc upon a little child." I can say, too, that the change in these men was a permanent one. From the time we saw the anfeij we advanced steadily pursuing tiii Germans. As we- marched along w saw something " of German kultur. We saw Innocent little 'children tranflxed with baynets to the walls and palings of houses, and how out hearts cried out In agony for them, to think of tho way they were muti lated In cold blood and murdered, their 'legs, feet, etc., ripped off an often Just the trunk remaining. The were absolutely slashed to pieces. Young girls lying naked, ripped up and cut to pieces. On one occasion I saw an old man tied to a stake hanging head downward; his flesh had been burnt around him. My regiment had 1100 men when we left Ireland, but after the battto of Mons there werr only about 300 of us left, tho rest being: killed, wounded and missing. AHGK.VTI.VK'H MOST IN'TKIlFJfT- jl.Nfl CITV I. Mendoza. Which is some six hun dred miles from Huenos Aires, is one of the oldest cities In the Argentine, ana certainly ono of the most inter esting. No situation could be more delightful. The city which Js built on a flat plain, lies directly at tbe foot of the Andes, and enjoys a su perb view of its beautiful enow-cov ered heights. One Capt.- Castillo, . says a writer in the March Wide World Magazine, founded the city as far back as 1559. but it was entirely destroyed by an earthquake in 1861. Huins of some of its ancient churches fttill exist, and very pathetic to look at are these relics. Unfortunately for Mendoza. It Is always subject, to earthquakes, and theiae visitations, which generally come Three or four times In the year, neve? fall to cause the inhabitants the greatest terror. Owing to its predisposition to tn natural phenomenon, the new city I built with houses of one story only. The earthquake which occurred on the Ash Wednesday of 1904 was par- - ticularly severe. The disaster hap pened after sunset, when the church es were filled with; worshipers. Tblr- een thousand persons perished, and out of the wholeN population only six teen hundred escaped. The most hor rible phase of the disaster was that, while people wero burning or suffo cating under the ruins, a set of brig ands, plundered the place and robbed even, the dying. Get Wise-Try a Classified Ad r