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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-10

float. The answer was ten minutes.
Within an hour from the time of the
firing Of the first shell Of the Alabama
her flag was lowered forever.
Semmes sent his masters mate, an
Englishman~ named Fullam. to the
Kearsarge to ask for assistance. Win
slow asked him the direct question
whether Semmes had surrendered. The
answer was YES Then Winslow
permitted Fullam to return to the Ala
bama to help save her crew. At the
same time he signaled to the captain
of an English yacht. the D~eerhound.
which was on the scene giving him
permission to go to the rescue of the
crew of the Alabama. who were in the
water. After being taken on board
of the Deerhound Semmes and his Of
ficers escaped.
On the Kearsarge n man was kill
ed and two wounded. The Alabama
lost thirty killed and wounded in ac-
ton and ten by drowning.
The Alabama was built especially
for the Confederate service and was a
ship for speed rather than for battle.
She carried eight guns-one 100-pound-
er pivot forward and two 8-inch solid
shot pivot guns aft and six 32-pound-
ers in broadside. Her crew numbered
15c officers and men. Semmes was an
old officer of the regular United States
navy. The executive officer of the
ship. Mcintosh Kell. was also a vete-
ran of twenty years experience in the
United States navy. The crew was a
composite one. including many Eng
lish and Americans. The cruiser had
captured and destroyed sixty United
States merchant vessels. The Kear-
sarge went on the rocks Of Roncador
reef, Caribbean sea, Feb. 2, 1894, a
hopeless wreck.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-10

~ Capt. GEORGE [. KILr1BR. Late U. ;. v.
long Confederate line Of
lunettes In front of Petersburg
from the plank road to the
Appomattox had been con-
nected by bitches and by high infant
~ breastworks. following the attack
OF June 10. 1864, by Kautz's Federal
column. General w. f. Smith landed
at City Point early on the 10Th and
ser out Kautz's cavalry as skirmish-
en. The enemy was found intrench-
ed neal the Petersburg and City Point
railroad. The work was carried by
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-10

seven miles. Then he put about and
stood direct for the Alabama. intend
ing to close on her and run her down.
At a distance of about a mile the Ala
bama opened confidently upon her an
tagonlst with solid shot fred In broad
side volleys. The missiles did but very
little damage to the Kearsarge.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-10

forces In the trenches at Petersburg
were Beauregard's original command.
None of Lees main army had yet ar
rived. On the Federal side the Second.
Ninth and Fifth corps were In posi-
ton, and Neill's division of the Sixth
corps had arrived.
Ten Thousand Lost In Assault.
On the morning Of the 18th It was
found that Beauregard had retired
again and had placed a deep, swampy
ravine between his army and the enc
my. General Meade now ordered his
whole line forward. and 1t moved to
the assault. Two general assaults
were made, the first at noon and the
second late in the afternoon. The
Ninth corps secured an important po-
s:tion on the Norfolk and Petersburg
railroad near the crossing of the enc
my's intrenchments This was the
point nearest to Petersburg and was
In front OF an elevation known as Gem
etery hill.
Hancock's corps was on the right OF
Burnside's and extended to the Apo
mattox river, across the Prince
Georges Court House road and the
City Point railroad. The First Maine
heavy artillery charged the famous
Coiquitt's salient on this line. 1t went
In 900 strong. and at the end of ten
minutes under fire the official list
shows 632 killed and wounded. Sew
eral attempts to carry the salient had
failed because the men fell like leaves
of the forest before a hailstorm." Ev-
erywhere the Confederate positions
commanded those of their enemy. Lee
had arrived at the front. and Ander-
sons and Hiifs corps came to the field
during the day.
General Grant also came to the front,
and when he found the two principal
roads to the city blocked by strong
works. manned by Lees veterans. he
ordered a cessation of attacks. The
losses In these three days of assault
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-10

were about 10000 men. Of which about
1000 were accounted for as missing.
The killed were 1.29S. the wounded
7.472.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-07-10
The War Fifty Years Ago

Attack on Confederate I~ntrenchments at
Petersburg, Va---0uter Lines Captured at Heavy
Cost to Assailants---A Maine Regiment Literally Cut
to Pieces"---Comba of the Alabama and Kearsarge.
Confederate Cruiser RiddIed by Broadside Volleys.
Sinks While Attempting to Reach Neutral Waters.
Heavy Losses In the Brief Battle---Survivor Es-
cape TO French Soil on an English Vessel.
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John F. KIEFFER gMea2MnR 2
SIS West Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
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Kearsarge and Alabama.


One of the most thrilling naval com
bats of the civil war was the pictur-
esque encounter between the Confeder-
ate cruiser Alabama and the United
States corvette Kearsarge. On Sum
day, June IL. 1864. the Kearsarge lay
in the river Scheldt.. Holland. when a
telegram from Paris arrived stating
that the Alabama was at the port Of
Cherbourg. France. Orders were CIV
en- at once to sail, an announcement
which the crew received with cheers.
The corvette reached Cherbourg on
Tuesday. and the cruiser was seer ly-
ing behind the breakwater in the har-
Dor. The Kearsarge drew near enough
to look her over and then set up a
ceaseless watch.
About the middle OF Sunday fore
noon, June 10. just as the bell tolled
for service on board the Kearsarge,
Captain j. A. Winslow stood with his
prayer book In his hand ready to read.
The officer on deck shouted. THE Ala
bamaF' The captain exchanged his
prayer book for a trumpet and ordered
his ship about TO meet the cruiser.
The Alabama. commanded by Captain
Raphael Semmes. came on, escorted by
a French frigate as far as the three
mile limit Then the frigate turned
back.
Winsiow saw by that act that they
were very near the French waters and
knew that If the battle took place
there the Alabama. in case Of her de-
feat might escape; therefore he turn
cd about and drew away to sea some
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side volleys. The missiles did but very
little damage to the Kearsarge.
Cruisers Flag Shot Away.
The Alabama sheered, and the Rear.
sarge. following up. caused the fight
to take place In a circle. the ships sail.
ing round and round a common center
At about : 300 yards the Kearsarge
opened with the starboard broadside,
the ships lying broadside to. In that
position both the ships fired shell. The
Alabama's ensign was soon cut by a
shot from the Kearsarge and fell. An.
other vas quickly run up. The shell
of the Kearsarge from the beginning
riddled the hull Of the Alabama. At
crate gunners were killed or disabled.
In some cases an entire guns crew
was wiped out by a single shell.
The shells from the Alabama explod-
ed all right upon the sides OF the Kear-
sarge. but with very little harm. Sem
mes saw that his shells were having
no effect and after that alternated shot
with she'll He speedily came to the
conclusion that he was no match for
the Kearsarge, and he gave orders that
the moment the head of the Alabama
was pointed toward France. In the cir
cult on which they were sailing, she
should crowd on all steam and hasten
to get into neutral waters. This was
done at the proper moment, all sail
having been meanwhile set The peo-
pie on the Kearsarge noticed this
movement and bore down on her hard
er than ever, every shot telling and
the crew cheering at each discharge:
That's a good onel Give her anotherl"
The Alabama Sinking.
So. terrible was the execution of
these shells on the gun deck of the
Alabama. that it was necessary to
throw the dead bodies overheard in
order to work the aft pivot gun during
the time of retreat. Only one shell
from the Alabama really did harm on
board the Kearsarge. 1t was a sixty
eight FOUNDER Blakely from the for
ward gun of the cruiser. It passed
through the Kearsarge's bulwarks.
wounding three gunners. n of whom
afterward died. Several other shells
entered the ship. doing trivial harm.
On the seventh rotation the Alabama
steered straight for the French coast
The ,Kearsarge pursued and. coming
close up, proceeded to give her volley
after volley until she began to sink.
Her sides were gaping with immense
holes cut in them by shot from the
K~earsarge. Semmes sent an officer be-
low to learn how long his ship would
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white and few eOlored styles, servieeable
quality, these waists are SI.OO and SIPS
values. Saturday as long as they last in
the Basement Store, 49c.
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SALE OF CHILDREE'S DRESSES
SlO0 and Sl.25 children's summer wash
dresses Of best ginghams, percales and
chambrays, sizes g to Il years, plain and
trimmed styles. Saturday special Zoe.
Basement Store.
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dresses for children 6 to "A years, excellent
values at the regular price we feature, this
lot for Saturday at SOC. Basement Store.
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3sc & 45c CHILDRENS DRESSES AT 25c
Small sizes to 6 years, gingham and
ehambray dresses, light and dark colors.
Basement Store, at 25c.
s1OO TO SIPS wOMEN'S WAISTS AT 4oe
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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
By FRANK G.. MENKED

(By FRANK G.. NENKE)
In New Britain. Conn, far removed
from the turmoil and strife of base
ball, there's man with a dark mus
tache, with soft brown eyes and hair
that is graying at the ends, who
smiles all day the smile that one
smiles when one is happy and con-
tented and at peace with all the world.
The man who smiles is Tom Lynch,
once preXy of the National league,
now proprietor of prosperous
theater in the little Connecticut
town
Tom, as many will recall, was boot
ed out of the National league last De-
cember, after serving it for four years,
because the pugnacious moguls decid-
ed they wanted IAN able man to ably
handle the affairs of the league
1t hurt Toms pride bit when he
was showed out into the cold, cruel
world with nothing to warm him but
his feeling of indignation toward his
former bosses, but Tom hasn't minded
the cold much lately. In fact he's
quite glad now that he was showed,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-04-03
First Aerial Spy.

Herr Michowski, German Pole at
tached to a Leipsic firm of aeroplane
manufacturers, is now languishing in
a Russian prison, and is likely to be-
come famous as the worlds first flying
spy He was arrested early in Feb
ruary in the neighborhood of Warsaw,
having, as he alleged, lost his way
in a fog and been compelled to effect
an emergency landing. The Russian
military authorities were persuaded
that his presence near important for
tifications concerned espionage, and
he is now formally indicted on that
charge The German government
has so far tried in vain to secure his
release on representation that
Michowski at the time of his flight
over Russian territory, was engaged
in an attempt to win one OF the long
distance prizes offered by the German
national flying endowment
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NO BEAUTY FOR HIM.

Haggerty and his wife were riding
home on a street car. Haggerty was
In that mellow state which urged him
to be extra nice to his wife-to treat
her as if he was counting her again,
if you know what we mean. Hagger-
tvs wife sought to divert him from the
extravagant compliments he was pay
ing her.
Look, dear" she said, there's re-
markedly pretty girl sitting across
the aisle from us, two rows back. l
want you to notice her"
All, my darling" whispered Hag-
gerty, leaning close, Il have no eyes
for beauty now. l just want to look
at you
That's the way he carried it too far
and confirmed her suspicious that he
was the way he was.
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Don't Like the Feds.

Leo Witterstaetter, the Newark out
fielder, who was with the st. Louis
Federals last seasons, says the ball
players signing with the Federal
league will find many hardships to
endure when the season starts. Some
baseball players may think they are
making a 10-strike in joining the Fed
eral league" he says, but so far as
am concerned they could not get me
back if they offered me all the gate
receipts for the circuit. Ball players
who have never been lower than Class
A don't know what it is to play in
parks where the outfield is full of
gullies, in which an ankle or a leg
might be broken with every step an
outfielder takes in chasing ball. A
player gets charleyhorse' at once if he
attempts to cut loose. At one park ]
had to take off my shoes three times
during game to empty out the sand"
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ever, was pressing. He handed her in
and sat beside her.
Now, tell me about it," he said, be-
wildered, but she had changed her
mind. She could not tell him now.
She only chung to his arm, herself
gasping at the audacity of what she
was doing. At the depot he tried to
persuade her to go back home. know
ing that something was wrong. She
Immediately became the sad, fair
young friendless girl.
You are my only friend and you
must do as | say. This is the crisis of
my life, Brother Hal, and l must meet
it like a brave woman"
He shook his head, but she had al
ready picked up her suitcase bTiskly,
and was walking on with determined
step. All he could do was to take her
suitcase from her and carry both.
The train was just pulling out when
Grandfather Gilman and Mr.. Blanch-
ard arrived at the depot. They had
no difficulty in finding out that Hal.
who was known. and Alice, whom they
could easily describe, had purchased
tickets for New York. Grandfather
Gilman and Mr.. Blanchard turned as
by one impulse and shook hands until
their eyes watered. Nothing could
have pleased them better.
Let's go telegraph them said
Grandfather Gilman. Il know Halls
hotel. The young rascal!"
In the meantime Mr.. Hatred Joyce
Gilman was compelling his sister to
tell him things, insisting on broth
ers right in the matter.
She was clipping!
Mr. Hatred Joyce Gilman moistened
his lips. He had a peculiar grip at his
throat, and Ahe felt very lonesome all
at once. A profound distaste for set
Element work, even, settled upon him.
Nevertheless, he stiffened himself. Ii
his Sister Alice was so deeply and ir-
revocably attached as this 1t was his
duty to see that she attained happi-
ness, and he would do it like a man.
He told her so.
They chatted very practically now.
They discussed the deep and solemn
sacrifice that woman must make
when she gave up her girlhood home
to make new home for noble man.
His nearness was such a support to
her. She would never have had the
courage to take the step if he had not
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Hal-and I are brother and sister, as
we have always been. You must have
but little respect for your daughter If
you think she can be so tickle as your
remarks would seem to indicate. Only
one heart, father, is attuned to each
other in this world There is but one
such harmony for me-"
Il didn't like his looks" replied Mr..
Blanchard in a weak attempt at self
defense.
Exactly! And you do not like him
now!"
From her corsage peeped the corner
of the latest fat, cream-tinted letter,
and Mr. Blanchard eyed it with ex-
treme disfavor
NO. he admitted, II do not like
him; but think that If l were young
man and knew this | would make it a
better side often enough to win con-
fidence."
And be insulted again." was the re-
tort. mo, father, he will not come.
shall not permit him to do So"
And that night the sad, fair young
girl wrote him that he must not come
to Oakdale. Her father did not wish
him to do so. In this she was not pre-
varicating; she merely wished to be
oppressed. 1t was so sorrowfully and
sobfully grand
Strange enough, she did not con-
fide this latest oppression to Brother
Hatred Of late they had referred
less and less often to the cream-tinted
envelopes, talking more about settle
ment work in place of it. 1t was very
pleasant to discuss the hardships and
distasteful features of living in slums
while walking with a dear brother in
the moonlight on balmy summer eve
nings. 1t was very pleasant to tuck
this dainty blood-relative protectingly
under an arm and take her, radiant in
her beauty, to receptions and dinners
and theaters.
They were very, very proud, indeed,
of each other, almost more so than if
they had been actual brother and sis
ter; but, nevertheless, in the fall, just
before Hal was to go away, change
came over Sister Alice. She grew
distracted, and sometimes when the
square envelopes came she seemed to
hesitate about opening them. Some
times she put them away for full
halliday before she read them, and
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life. To be out of it is a bit hard,
but | am happier now than / was for
the past few years. / have no trou-
BILE or worries. | am my own boss.
l do not have to take dictation from
anyone, nor do l have to hear the
brunt of criticism
The National league magnatos have
come to the conclusion that the $685.
600 annual salary they agreed to pay
Governor Tener has been a wise in
vestment. Tener is signed up for
four years, but will not draw any sal
airy for 1914, as he will be on the
payroll of the state of Pennsylvania
until the end of the year
Serving the first year without pay
and getting $4,000 for each of the
three following years means that
Tener's yearly salary for four years
will average only s1S.75O. And the
magnates feel right now that Tener's
little stunt of placing the skids under
Mr.. Murphy and then showing Mr.
Murphy into the discard is we'll
worth the total money they will pay
Tener for the four years of his SER
vice.
Lynch's salary was $4,000 and when
William Baker, president of the Phil
lies proposed Tener as Lynch's sue
cessor, some of the magnates were
against the idea because they figured
that $4,000 was too much muchness
in the way of salary. Baker, how
ever, pleaded Tener's case, pointing
out that Tener would prove to be
second Moses and would lead the
league out of chaos into the promised
land.
mo one will regret paying Tener
the $4,000 salary" Baker argued.
And now those who once opposed
Bakers advocacy of Tener fully agree
with him in what he said
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and thereby saved the hours of agony
that Gov. John K Tener, his sue
cessor, has endured during the past
four months.
What do you think of the present
state of affairs in the National
league?" Lynch was asked.
Il have no opinion to express was
the reply Il am out of the league,
end | feel. therefore, that | have no
right to express my sentiments con-
corning what has happened since |
was supplanted by Governor Tener."
THE ousting of Murphy was a good
thing for the league and for baseball
in general wasn't it?"
You'll have to excuse me-" re-
turned Lynch. Il have no statement
to make. My attitude toward the Ma
tional league was expressed to the
magnates on the day that | was let
out and Governor Tener elected in
my place. At that time told the
magnates that hoped they would con-
duct themselves with as much dignity
as they expected from this new lead
er. And / also told them that hoped
they would be help, not hindrance,
to him.
In closing, said that wished the
National league every success. !
meant it then and l still mean it.
was IN the service of the National
league for many years. / owe much
to the National league. That they
should depose me as president and
put someone else in my place is their
right Why should feel hard toward
them because they exercised that
right?
Il was in baseball nearly all my
life and baseball became part Of my
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Suddenly Brky
Dignity Weighted Him

her answers to them were always de-
layed and always most painstakingly
and laboriously written.
The result of this, at the other end
of the correspondence, was but nat
ural and logical. One day came a let
ter that threw her into fiutter of
excitement 1t made her gasp and
hold her breath and turn pale and pink
by turns. This thrilling letter-why,
it was the very apotheosis of her
carefully built-up romance! The stern
demand it laid upon her was a call to
heroism.
They were going to Halls last func-
ton that night, an anniversary dinner
at the Wheatherlys, and her brother
was her escort. About nine o'clock
Grandfather Gilman and Mr.. Blanch-
ard who were chatting together, no
ticed Miss Alice put on her wraps and
slip out of the front door. Five min
utes later Hal came to bid them good
by, and Mrs Weatherly went to the
door with Hal and his grandmother.
Grandfather Gilman looked at Mr..
Blanchard. Mr.. Blanchard looked at
Grandfather Gilman. Half an hour
later Alice had not come back. Grand
father Gilman and Mr.. Blanchard were
still talking.
BY George!" said Mr.. Blanchard, Il
wonder where Alice has gone!"
Possibly to the depot with Hail.
replied Grandfather Gilman with a
curious hesitation. "He has gone to
New York to arrange for his fool set
Element work; lie will be back III
about ten days, he says
Hum" said Mr. Blanchard, and he
fidgeted for just few minutes long
er. Say, Adam, there is train due
to leave within five minutes. Suppose
we hurry down to the depot. II
scarcely like to have her come home
alone
In the meantime Mr. Hatred Joyce
Gilman had telephoned for cab to
be at his door and had hurried over
home to get his suitcase. He threw
1t in the cab and was just about to
follow in when figure flew down the
Blanchard path and voice called out
to him to wait. 1t was Alice. He
gripped her hand tensely when ste
came running up to him.
You didn't come over here to say
goodby again." he asked.
mo, ] am going along she half
laughed and half-sobbed. I'll tell you
in the cab"
He noticed for the first time that
she carried Q suitcase. Time how