O stare of Freedom's banner bright
That clustered shine in field of blue.
From faint, far depths of heaven's
height
Your constellated fires you drew!
From starry ways of ages down
You bring the light of old renown 1
Greece first your dawn-bright radiance
knew
When Freedom's star rose o'er the
deep,
And Athens' glory full orbed grew
When Parthenon crowned the Acrop-
olis steep.
The fame of Greece then brightly shone
With splendor since through ages
known.
But kindled by Promethean fire
O'er other lands rose Freedom's
stars.
Unquenched by blood, they still aspire
Where far beyond the old world
bars
They rose above the new world bright
And blent as one their kindred light.
Long may these stars undimmed still
shine
In Freedom's glorious galaxy!
Long may our land still be the shrine
To all the world of Liberty,
Whose statue stands at Freedom's
gates v
And for the coming millions waits 1
H. T. SaJJulh In Ntw York IKorM.
MILITARY POST
THAT WAS NAMED
FOR WASHINGTON
Carlisle, Pa., Claims to Have Had
Within Its Limits a Station of Im
portance That Antedates the Nation,
al Capital by Many Years Made
First Move for American Liberty.
CARLISLE. l'u., claims to have
had within its limits the first
place (Wnshlngtonburg) In the
United States to be named for
George Washington and to have the
oldest meeting house west of the Sus
quehnnna, wherein the germ of Ameri
can liberty was conceived.
Access to hidden records and facts
lon hurled in state nrchlves is re
writing history and a lately, discovered
"Uncompleted Paper" by the lnte
Christian I. Ilumrk-h, Esq., discloses
the fact that on the present site of the
United States Indian school nt Car
lisle In prerevolutionary times was nn
establishment of "recognized impor
tance, and of sreai historical Interest,"
known as Washiimtnnhurg.
No record Is found In state or coun
ty of Its exlsti-iii i- hut research shows
that It was ii.t-- an Important place
and more than ,1 sjhurh of Carlisle.
It was a tia'c: al (Hid not a state es-
James Wilson.
iMhllshtneiit. for ."Col. Flower. Coiumls-enry-Gctiernl
of' Military Stores." re
quests that he might have "Carpenters,
Furriers, Gun Smiths, Tinmen, Sad
dlers nnd Shoemakers" for work ut
this place.
Coal Used Industrially.
Dr. Churlos F. Mines of Dickinson
college writes: "It wuh, too, nn up-to-dute,
' or rather, awny-aliend-of-date,
establishment, at least in regard to
iiiel employed, for nnthniclto coal from
Wllkesbnrre region was tlonted down
the Susquehanna and hauled In wagons
from Harris' Ferry (Hurrlsburg) to
this point. This was the first use of
such coal, on such n scale, nnd for In
dustrial purposes." Evidence of the
large force of workmen employed !.
found In n meat bill, dated February 7,
17S1, for 150 head of beef cnttle to
supply the artificers nnd others al
Washlngtonburg. nt the "Continental
works near Carlisle."
The contention Is thnt this military
post was the first place In the United
States to be named for Washington
nnd that Its existence nntedntes by
years Washington, D. C.
When General Washington was In
Carlisle during the whisky rebellion
he, with Alexander Hamilton, wor
shiped In the "Old I'resbyterlnn Meet
ing House" on the public square In
Carlisle, and It was In this Identical
meeting house, on July 12, 1774, n yeni
before the Mccklentmrg declaration, a
public meeting of patriotic citizens
gathered from the town nnd surround
lug country, condemned the net of the
HrltlM! parliament nnd urged vigorous
measures to correct the wrong. Col.
John Montgomery was the prcsldlns
oflicer. James Wilson was present anil
was appointed one of the members of
the committee to meet with other com
mlttees to take action. He was later a
member of the Continental congress, n
signer of the Declaration nnd a Justice
of the Supreme court. Wing's history
states, "and when In the Continental
congress he received Instructions from
his constituents In Cumberland count)
to advocate an entire separation from
the mother country. This was prob
ably the first utterance of that senti
ment of the country."
Bancroft's Tribute to Wilson.
r.am rort says of Wilson : "He was an
ardent patriot, like ninny other emi
nent men of that day not nt first
avowedly In favor of severance from
the mother country, but he desired II
when he received definite instruction
from his constituents."
Bellinim. writing of the potency ol
this meeting held In the "Old Meeting
House" on July 12, 1771 says: "The
Influence, therefore, of the meeting, or
of subsequent Instructions to which II
gave rl-e. seems to have determined
the action of Pennsylvania In that
great crisis which men even llko John
Dickinson were too timid or too cow
ardly to meet."
The vote of James Wilson deter
mined the vote of Pennsylvania. Had
Pennsylvania failed to accept the reso
lution we today would be under an
other flag.
Philadelphia may bo considered "The
birthplace of American liberty," bill
Its conception In the "Old Presbyterian
Meeting House," In Carlisle, Cumber
land county, Pennsylvania, inado It
possible to be born.
The Scotch-Irish part In the Itevolu
tlonnry war and tho events preceding
It Is becoming more apparent anil Im
portant, and tho actions taken In the
Presbyterian meeting houses through
out Pennsylvania are vital to historic
recital.
AUSTRIAN!)
FLEEING
WILD
disorder
Big Defeat Suffered All Along
Piave River Front.
ITALY PRESSES MOVE
First Stage of Austrian Offensive on
lOCMilc Line Ends In Total Fail
u re Enemy I.osa 180,000.
Homo. On tho Piave river front
from tho Montollo to tho Adriatic, tho
defeated .Austro-Huiignrlnns nro rd
crossing tho river In disorder, Bays
tho Italian official statement issued
Sunday. Tho enemy Is being closely
pursued by tho Italian troops.
Italian Army Headquarters In North
ern Italy. From Montollo to tho Ben
tho enemy has been defeated and
forced by tho Italians to rccross tho
Plnvo river In disorder.
Tho first phase of tho Austrian of
fensive has ended In fnlluro In de
feat Tho culmination of what was
Intended to bo the crushing of Italy
between tho Jaws of tho Austrian
pincers is tho rout of tho Invaders.
With their backs to tho swollen
Plavo tho Austrlnns for several days
past had been trying to ward oft tho
vicious counterattacks of tho Ital
ians and savo the situation. Now
they are endeavoring and still under
great pressure, to ford tho Btream and
reach safoty on the eastern bank.
From tho Montollo plateau to tho
Adriatic sen tho enemy Is in retreat.
Already his losses are estimated nt
180,000 men and tho chances of his
escnpo without additional heavy casu
alties and men mndo prisoner seem
remote.
Largo numbers of tho pontoon
bridges that tho Austrlahs throw
ncross tho Plavo havo been swept
away by tho now torrontlnl stream,
and on all tho sectors of tho 33-mlIc
front where thoy gained edges of tho
Venetian plateau they are being sore
ly harassed by the tiro of tho Italian
guns and rifles and by the machlno
gun fire and bombs of tho allied avi
ators who have dono such notnblo exe
cution slnco tho attempted drive was
started.
Monster preparations had been mado
by the Austrlnns for what was to bo
the death blow to King Victor Em
manuel's men.
Thousands upon thousands of men,
many of them brought from tho Bus
slan nnd Iloumanlan fronts, and guns
and stores In tremendous quantities
had been parceled among tho various
commanders for tho drive over a bat
tle arc of virtually 100 miles, running
from tho Aslago plateau to Hie Plavo
and then to tho sea.
Aiding tho Italians in tho mountains
woro British and French armies. Ter
ritory taken In tho mountains was al
most as quickly regained and tho en
emy hold In check.
Along tho Piave, especially on tho
Montollo plateau, tho gateway to tho
Venetian plains from tho northeast,
and at sovoral points farther south,
where tho Austrlnns succeeded In
crossing tho river, tho Italians every
where Imposed such strength against
tho enemy thnt ho was unnblo to on
largo his gains and then, with re
doubled efforts, forced him to com
monco tho rctrograde movement which
has doveloped Into disordered flight.
Hoard to Fix Streetcar Fares.
Washington, D. C. Tho national
war labor board announced Sunday
that after tho hcnrlngs beginning Mon
dny it will adopt a definite policy on
the question of tho ability of stroet
railway companies to pny wago In
creases to employes without increas
ing fares. The board will also deter
mine a minimum wage rate baBcd on
the increased cost of living.
"It is tho Intention of tho board that
It will adopt a deflnlto policy on tho
question of ability to pay on tho basis
of facts and arguments prcsontcd at
their hearing, which will bo an open
ono,"
Says tho announcement: "Tho for
mulation of such a policy, whatovor It
happens to be, will bo a matter of
great Importance to tho cities of tho
country generally, but especially to
those cities whoro wago controversies
exist between tho strcot railway cor
porations and their operatives. Coun
sel representing theso companies, as
well as counsol for tho respective mu
nicipalities nnd tho employes' organi
zations will bo heard upon tho point."
Trio Saves Four From Death.
La Grando, Or, Mrs, Charles W.
W. Dlgner, a clover swimmer, and Al
fred and Oscar Johnson, young boys,
aro tho horoos of tho city Saturday,
aftor having rescued four from drown
ing In tho Grand Rondo rivor. Miss
Symons, aged 12, wandered too far out
and sank. Mrs. Charles Stopp startod
to tho rcscuo and collapsed. Mrs.
Iloyd I'Idcock followed suit and col
lapsed. Her husband followed, but
dislocated a shoulder and ho, too,
floundered.
ESCAPE BERLIN IN AIRPLANE
Four ltcsldcnts Flee Becnuso of Con
ditions In Teuton City.
Coponltngon.--Four residents of Dor
lln escaped from Germany Thursday
In two nlrptnnos nnd succeeded In
landing tmfoly in Doimnrk. Tho occu
pants of tho airplanes declared that
thoy ffejlfrom llorlln bocnuso of con
ditions there.
Tho (wo mnchlnos, which nro of tho
nibntross typo, loft llorlln early on
Thursday morning. Their flight was
observed nnd tho RuardshlpB along tho
const woro warned. When tho ma
chines reached tho llnltlo tho guard
ships opened flro nnd It was nt nrst
erroneously reported that ono of tho
airplanes had boon brought down.
Ono of tho two occupants of tho first
albatross was Dr. G. F. Nlcolnl, for
merly a professor of psychology nt tho
llorlln University. Ho 1b tho author of
a book that denounced Prussian mili
tarism and had been punished with
Imprisonment becnuso of its publica
tion. Tho second albatross landed in tho
neighborhood of Hudkooblng with Its
two German deserters. This machlno
had boon delayed by making a landing
on nn Island to repair it slight defect
In tho engine.
Tho Hudkooblng correspondent of
tho National Tldeudo quotes tho crew
of tho second nibntross as saying that
thoy had been nt the battlo front nnd
were expected to return thoro, Thoy
declared that they proforrod death
rather than to go back. Tho two mon
woro Infantry uniforms and ono of
them had tho Iron cross.
SKY ROUTE ACROSS
ATLANTIC PROJECTED
British General, Now In U. S., Din
clones Plans for Mazing Trail
From America to Europe.
Washington, D. C. Establishment
of nn ntr route to Europe from the
United States In order to bring tho
full forco of Atnorlcan effort In the
air to bear against Gormany Is a def
lnlto project by tho British nlr council.
This was disclosed Monday by Major
General William Dranckor, controller
of equipment on the council, who Is in
Washington.
Plans for an Initial flight across tho
Atlantic this fall nro already well ad
vanced. Amerlcnn co-operation Is
sought, nnd Gonornl Dranckor hopes
that the first machlno to rnnko tho
crossing will carry both British and
Amerlcnn pilots.
At lenst three British pilots, regard
ed as qualified for tho trip, aro hero
and several typos of machines pro
duced In England havo nmplo fuel ca
pacity for tho 40 hours of flying It Is
estimated tho trip would take.
Tho attitude of tho Amerlcnn gov
ernment toward tho project has not
been disclosed, although Gonoral
Dranckor laid stress on tho fact that
tho solo purpose of tho trip was to
blaze a new trail to Europe, over
which American aircraft can bo de
livered next year without taxing ship
ping. Presumably tho plan arises from tho
purpose of tho British ministry to
carry tho bombing wnrfnro Into Gor
many on a steadily Increasing scale.
After General Brancker had mado
public his plans, Sccrotnry Baker said
that no army aviation officers had yet
been nsslgncd to work In conjunction
with tJto British on the project.
Successful navigation of tho nlr to
Europo Is to bo hoped for, ho said, but
no deflnlto plan to attempt It Is now
beforo government officials.
Yankees Hold .18 Miles of Front.
Washington, D. C. American sol
diers aro now holding the fighting lino
for a dlstnnco of 38 miles on tho west
ern front, according to Information
given members of tho house military
committee Saturday at tho weokly con
ference with Secretary Baker and Gon
oral March, chlot of staff.
This mileage Is held by "all-Amorl-
can" forces under command of Ameri
can officers, located at six different
places along tho fighting lino. Other
Americans nro at tho front with Brit
ish and French units.
Members of tho commlttco woro told
again thnt thero was nn thought of
diminishing tho movement of troops
across tho Atlantic becnuso of tho op
eration of U-boats off tho American
coast.
After tho conferenco Hepresontatlvo
Caldwell, of Now York, snld as far as
Arnorlcn Is concerned, "tho war will
begin next Soptombor." By thnt tlmo
mntcrlnls now bolng manurfneturod
win bo ready In great ubundanco for
making tho presence of American
troops felt by tho enemy, nnd tho fight
ing planned for the United States
soldiers will havo begun,
Motor Mall Service Pays,
Washington, D, C Motor mail sorv-
Ico, showing a surplus of $200,000 for
tho first six months of Its onoratlon.
warrants itnmcdlato legislation for
road construction that will extend tho
sorvJeo throughout tho United States.
James I, Blaksleo, assistant postmas
ter general .Monday told tho house
postofflco commlttco considering a
resolution authorizing tho postofflco
department to build highways as a
part of a national system.
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Things Worth Knowing.
Tho Austrlnns havo been able to
rnnko virtually no progress against tho
British forces hoidlnir nn Ininortant
section of tho lino on tho Italian front,
says n Ixmdon dispatch Thursday.
Drenching rains on tho Flathead
i-onnrvntlnn. Montnnu. havn unved a
probable whent crop of 2,000,000 bush
els just as farmers were getting ready
to turn stock Into their fluids, accord
ing to roKirta.
Only flvo minutes woro required for
passage Thursday by tho senate of tho
annual general pension bill, carrying
$220,000,000, tho largest wnslort
measure by $12,000,000 in tho govern
ment's history.
Austria's grain supplies hnve com
pletely run out and such food of this
nature as she Is gutting is coming
from what Germany has allotted to
her from tho Ukrainian supplies, ac
cording to indications in n Coenhngen
dispatch to tho Iondon Exchange Tele
graph company.
Tho Americans In tho Wocvro sent
thoir first gas against tho German
lines from projectors Wednesday morn
ing. A German raid at Itcmlcres
Wood was repulsed. Some of the
enemy were killed and one prisoner
was taken.
Twenty-one German destroyers, a
largo number of submarines and nu
merous auxiliary craft are penned In
tho Bruges Canal docks as tho result
of tho recent British naval operations
nt Zcobruggo, the German submarine
I i 1 Tll.!
unso on wiu nuiginii cuaoi.
Largo units of German shock troops
which had been concentrated on tho
western slclo of Ithoims, between
Vrigny and Ornes, and which went
over to assault Wednosdny night, woro
met with such nn awful lira fromjtho
French defense that they were unable
to make tho slightest progress.
Pluter Troelstra, tho Dutch Socialist
leader, who, after a conferenco with
Philipp Schcidemnnn, lender of tho
German Socialist party, Intended to go
to London to attend tho annual con
ferenco of tho British Iilxir Congress,
will not be permitted to enter Eng
land, according to tho Iindon Stand
ard. General Henry A. Greene, who lias
been In command of the Dlst division
Nntlonnl Army at Camp Ixiwis, Wash.,
has been ordered to rejiort to Washing
ton. No explanation of tho xirder wns
forthcoming from the War depart
ment. Brigadier-General Frederick S.
Foils has been placed In command at
Camp Lewis tumjwrnrlly.
A trust fund of $60,000 to bo held
for G00 years, tho Incorno from which
Is to bo divided each 60 years and ex
pended for social welfare work, is sot
aside from tho estate of tho Into
Charles W. Fairbanks, ns n memorial
to his wife, by his will tiled for pro
bate in Indianapolis. The value of -tho
entiro estate Is estimated nt $2,160,
000. Jacob Julius Stern, n silk merchant
claiming to bo nn American citizen,
wns arrested Wednesday In Paris on n
chnrgo of commerce with t)io enemy.
Ho was born in Germnny In 1802, nnd
!10 years ago went to tho United
States, where he founded tho business
Arm of Stern & Stern with his brothor,
Emil, who is now In tho United StntoB
and his two sons nro serving In tho
Amorlcun army.
Tho Vienna city council on Tuoadny,
according to n dispatch rccolvcd in
Amsterdam, passed a resolution pro
testing against tho reduction of tho
brend ration. Tho Vienna lnbor coun
cil, nftor conferring for mnny hours on
tho same subject, passed a resolution
renewing Its demands for tho "speed
iest general ponco, notwithstanding
tho great obstacles nt present In the
way of penco endeavors."
Six submarines built for tho Chllonn
government In tho United States ar
rived Sundny nt tho port of Hullcnltn,
Ecuador. Thoy loft nn Atlantic port
In tho United Stntcs May 26,
All now crops havo been ordorod
requisitioned by tho Hungarian gov
ernment, according to a report from
Budapest. All flour mills havo been
put under government supervision.
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