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Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

A good deal Of dope uas upset .u
the tao NESTS held saturday. and as
result the Figures ca the confer
euce meet had % be shifted. The
above dope sheet Naa prepared b.
Coach John H. Bender according 20
the season = records of The various
conference teams and from &C. Il b.
cutie evident that Oregon has q most
excellent chance % SHINING the cap.
However. the blE meet Was d8urd
"a uch the came wa9 last year zaI
Washington uou So that after ali
TIE dope Is not 90 De- relied upon too
much and W IS e. has much
stronger chance 81 finishing among
the first than Wouid appear Idaho
may also sprinE 8 surprise. and a
great many things could happen Go
change the result Any way II can
Dc figured the meet N6I Dc close and
TIE competition ~tlI be keener than
In any meet that has been held IN the
Northwest Tor great many years
Records are quite apt 10 60 IN the
q distances. hurdle. and perhaps some
other events
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22
FoK sAGK

STOCK and grain ranches Ia Mou
tara Tao railroads just eaterins
THE territory Nos BE- your chance
% gel In On the ground floor. open.
az nee and rich couutry east - Lee.
.sto~u $40 % SO per acre. IA
glrsIou every Friday and saturday
Det aasy
VA PORTER a CO.
ml-IunzC
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

fioso l. h4mllton's Overland Al.
seaaoaile Is al-o Totally aemal-
@s1 As Anarsaay evening vixen
ne EieSTsng gear refuses 20 work or
sh~ Hl@e@azn roae xest - town ans
ne maehsas ran into = ditch. throw
lHg ~ hanilton sad his brother-in.
az Ava Bowman fo the rrouns
oe'A ne ocrap2na - ths car mir.
Ae-oesf s@e2pe6 ingarg although
Af Bowman vaa thFown throusA ~
uindshisle and lAnSss n -
wire fmnoe.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Cars 5. Ne and Claeencs 4 s.s
aeieeaies fror EEenlnK star 1ssr.
No. =. kaights q Pyfhias = a.
sfAne loass se~sio1 il spokans -,
AenaAy fer ths Pals CITY 20 atsase
TIE DeetlaE Morniar ss.r -.
Ne =. PytAian Sisters. i r.ura.ss..
e ~ hrs Duttoa alternate a. ~.
Aoeert Barns. uho - annt,s - =.
fenc.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

A stranger suffering iron. a severe
e@neeFoas Erowth oa hiz face 60
taksn ib charge D. Marshal Butler
: ednesasy morning a. fhe request q
Df u I. Campbell cts heal offsaer
we maintained that he was q dan
stroas han @ b. a. large Sc a.
aAksn to coliax "Wednesday ssenias
@na III - tAkea iH ehArrs b. he
cauntF autAorfsies
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Dr.. Bruce NcCuuy wm deliver the
Cen meneemeut address q the
graduating class q Maiden H6Eh
school THURSDAY evening iu the Ten
PIE church lie ulll also deliver ths
commencement address 90 the ~
Eirl gruduates - Garfield HiEh
sehooi Nas - a. The Garfield opera
House
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

kouin \. Ingie representing the
Southern Pacific Rallway COMPANY
aEpe4red before tie meeflng Of the
1naai'sr q Cu1 mcree Tuesday even
ma ans szplained IL detail the ID
feFtisinE eAHlpaiEn whlch Is being
o@rFa~e ca b. thai company % IA
tersss Immigrants in the West
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22
LOCAL BREVITIES

AIS Flarsnrs Wlndas shoss ap-
rsuarhinE ued6inE g. Loren ?. An-
as wns announced iast seek. AS
IA kaupy victim q bundle
sho1er yesterday afternoon. The
usmhers 81 ths Sunnysids hill ciab
Yasiiee ~ Nindus hnms in bod
nna showeru8 lundlea coutainiag
houseA0la nsoessifies uBon ths bride
ts-bs
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Bag your summer shirt ealsf SAT.
araas from Sanders. when they are
especially los .nrseed. as
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Ladies' pumps and oEfords gI.s5
as a. b sanders 90. mza
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

= J Barnard registrar q the col
lese. l4sz week delivered q lecture
before TIE high school students 81
Sunset illustrating his tAR with
siereorileon views q y. sc
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

nr 4 A Archer lefi yesterday
aftern0oa Ter Seattle Al shieh place
TIE osfeaHsthE If thas and several
from adlulninE states wiu meet IL
esnseutlea eeeiuuinF this Afternoon
and ooutinuing through SATURDAY.
nF. Archer took q patient 9Th hsu
e. appear Al q clinic.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

J. ]. Khan. Is Of Newport
WASH. antf recently deputy oounu
audltor e Psne o'Rsills oouuty has
bees VISITING friends ln Pullman dur
lnr the Eaxt week
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

LusT--Fridsy May s. sold
locfef End chain engraved r l. n.
FineeT sln please 1saFe az Lee A.
lens hardware store. myf5
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Deaf forEet the saturday spe-
Gals 81 Sander. they are alaags
Ecrth year while. maa
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

A q okeiiey las disposed 81 hls
intereNt n the Main Street Garage
ard retired from the company.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Mrs Va. Goodyear has been
spenains = feu DAYS Nlth friends IN
SPOKANE tbs Week
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Coed residence property - trads
lor horses Walker q strapBlsr.
my1ztf
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

FOR SALES fhorouRh
Plymouth Rosk hszs c. La
msrs. 1111 Kamiaksn - mas.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Cou6Sy Assessur 0eurEe Va Wal
fefs Nas . Pnllman visitor segeral
nnyE tia wemk
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Nr and Mrs z E Martin are re-
isacing ever the arrival OF a nine
puan6 hahy girl born yesterday
murninF
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Girl wants place 60 DO general
holHsEork Address Icos state
street mayIs-s8
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Ladies shirt saists especially
Priced for SATURDAY e. b sanders
CO. m22
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1914-05-22

Mr And Mrs. i.ee Allen entertained
8 sumter 81 frieuds lasz evening ~ 8
seFy pleasant fiye hundred party.
Evening star., 1914-12-13

pert drivers, no accidents occurred. and
almost before Mrs Stobart and her
companions realized ii The Scheldt was
in sight.
Probably q painter would have rev.
eled in that night ride. cit was
o'clock" said Mrs. Stobart "and behind
US the town was in utter darkness
save for the illumination caused by the
burning houses In front OF us gigan-
tic flames from the blazing oil-tanks
along the river gave the impression
that the sky itself must be on fire,
while, on the swaying bridge, streams
of khaki-clad soldiers-Antwerp's last
hope-were crossing in orderly Te-
treat into the darkness. And across
we ratified in our turn, certainly the
last of the hospital staff and probably
of the Inhabitants of the town TO do SO.
and a few moments later there was
roar. a deafening crash. and it was
gone.
I'VE ourselves were dumped down
upon the road by our 'Tommies and
told We must fend for ourselves, but
on finding and interviewing the gen.
ereal in command We at once were
supplied with motors to take us to st.
Willis. There we arrived at midnight,
slept for three hours on the floor OF a
hospital convent and went on early
next morning by troop-train carrying
the Naval Brigade to Ostend. from
which 1t was comparatively easy
matter to reach London"
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Wounded Widespread
Which
AdvanceW Charities RfschldA Horse
Where Barracks and Rifle Ranges Are Provided Both
Lacking in Engand-Canadian

"Oh, that is Cunninghame Graham,
the prominent socialist" replied G. B. s.
Really" was the naive rejoinder, II
thought he was a gentleman"
Certainly If Cunninghame Graham
is not gentleman" it would be hard
to say who is, for. not to mention the
fact that his mother was a grand
daughter of the famous Lord Elphin-
stone, his father, William Cunninghame
Graham. who died in 1858, was the rem
resentative of the Grahams of Cart
more, who trace their line back to a
younger son of one of the Earls of
Monteith in the sixteenth century.
1t was to the dormnt earldom of Mon
teith that Cunninghame Graham laid
claim. not that he. a rabid democrat,
coveted the title, but because a claim
suddenly had been lodged by one Bar
clay Allardyce, an ex-mayor of Lost
withiel. who had not. so Cunning ghame
AS a matter of fact, none of the three
parties-for a third promptly turned
up-succeeded in establishing his claim,
but the proceedings were lively and
proved of a lot of interest-to anti
quarians.
1t would have been ironical. indeed. if
Cunninghame Graham had donned the
coronet and ermine of member of the
house of peers, he, who, in spite of his
lineage declares that he "glories most
in having, in his day, been hailed as
comrade by blacksmiths. miners and
artisans and who, in advocating the
candidacy of Keir Hardie for the lord
rectorship of Glasgow University, de-
scribed him as being ten times more
widely known and hundred times more
Evening star., 1914-12-13

South Americe is the canvas on which
he loves to embroider it Lastly he has
a lofty contempt for his readers. for
while he writes travel as IL ought TO
be written he complains that he does
SO in lieu of kicking you for a book
shifting home-bird.
1t is likely that before long some
hundreds OF thousands OF kitchener's
new army will be moved to France, not
for active service. but to complete their
training Several of the units have
been warned to be in readiness to
move about Christmas time or before.
France Is amply provided with bar
racks. and what is even more import
ant. with rifle rangeg. "A both of which
England is lacking.
In the meantime a number of the
territorial regiments are being sent to
the front. These men enlisted only
for home defense, but at the outbreak
of the war most of the regiments vol
unteered. practically en- masse. for for
however. and these are now known
in the service as the "cold-feet" battal-
ions. A peculiar case is that of the
Civil Service Rifles. one Of the smartest
of the territorial units. Ninety per
cent of the men volunteered. but only
one or two of the officers. The men
are wild with rage because they are
unable to go. and are appealing to the
and allow them to have a shot at the
Germans.
The Canadian military nurses who
have come over with the Dominion
troops are making their rounds of the
British military hospitals learning the
system practiced there. and are much
impressed with its lack of fuss and its
efficiency. They are also having their
first experience with serious gunshot
wounds and with the sicknesses pc
culiar to camp and barrack life. They
are working hard. but they are en-
joying every minute of their time here.
and are hoping that they will be sent
to the base hospitals at the front. and
not, like so many OF their British col
leagues, kept in England to nurse the
wounded, who are brought home as
rapidly as they can be moved.
E. l.. HEITKAMP.
Evening star., 1914-12-13

writer heard an amusing little story
of the war. When the Germans broke
through into the champagne country
some of the officers and men marched
firm and demanded wine.
1T is the fortune of war;" said the
manager, who was powerless. How
much do you want?' -Four hundred
courteously and with a smile. The Ger
mans were pleased. and even paid a
small price for the wine.
Sympathy was extended later to the
fortune of war" and smiled reflective
ly Then. very slowly. II might tell
you that all the wine was ordered by
a German firm before the war and paid
for in advance.
x !:
My pre-luncheon walk takes me past
eral times of late have witnessed the
same impressive little scene there. The
smartest of broughams is waiting. the
smartest of footmen is holding a real
ly magnificent fur rug, and close at
hand is an alert gray-haired police in
spector.
There is little f1utter in the great
hallway. and then out steps the smart
est of elderly gentlemen. top-hatted.
astrakhan coated. groomed to nicely.
a bit sallow of complexion perhaps.
but with a wonderfully waxed mus
tache. who, after being saluted by all
hands and gaZed upon with awe by
the knot of loiterers. ensconces him
self within the sumptuous brougham
and is driven away. 1t is obvious that
he is some" parsonage, yet decidedly
not military man. Yesterday / in
auired as to his identity of the police
inspector.
That, SIR he said. happens to be
Alfred de Rothschild the famous
financier.
one can't help wondering what Mr..
Rothschild's business with the British
war lords may be.
Meanwhile, 1 have heard that the
Evening star., 1914-12-13

English and French houses of Roths-
child have disbursed in different war
charities during the last three months
a sum in the neighborhood of $75e.O0O.
The French house, it Is known. gave
away in one donation 100000. and only
the other day Messrs. Rothschild OF
Jewish Belgian refugees fund.
Rancher, swordsman, fervid socialist,
yet claimant to an earldom, strong
man. broncho buster, essayist, traveller
and ex-member of parliament. it is
truly the most picturesque of all her
literary men whom, in the person of
Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham.
England has just sent to South America
as head of a commission which will
buy horses in that country.
Most Americans, probably, are IA
miliar with Cunninghame Graham's
graceful and scholarly writings-his
essays, travel, studies and little master
pieces of fiction--but possibly they may
not be aware how ny-sided and
oddly experienced a character is this
amazingly democratic member Of the
British aristocracy, whose years now
number sixty-two, and who, like every
body else of any consequence in Eng
land. is gladly doing his bit to serve
the country which he never has been
slow to criticise.
Few men in England know South
America better than r. B. Cunning
Evening star., 1914-12-13
Valuable Army Horses.

one of the great problems of an
~ army organization in peace as
well as in war Is that of supplying the
cavalry with new horses. The problem
is, 1t is claimed, better solved In Ger
many-than in any other country
The Foundation of the solution in
every land is a thorough knowledge OF
the horse population" Our own cen-
sus, according to the latest avaitable
figures, show more than 22.ooo.oe0
horses of all sorts and ages. The
United States Army needs about 5000
annually for all purposes. and buys
price of about $40. The cavalry horses
are the best of these. They are bought
when live years old. and the price for
them is above the average. In the
his own animal and trains 1t himself.
Russia. the only nation that has
more horses than the United States,
counts about 25.000,00o In Europe and
very young horses and trains them
hard, with the exception OF those for
CoSsack regiments. The CosSacks are
master trainers and educate their own
horses Great Britain and France rank
next with respect to the horse popula-
tlon.
In Germany the matter of obtaining
remounts has been reduced to an al
most perfect system under government
paternalism. The government provides
hne-bfed stations at convenient posts
throughout the country, ana In return
for this service every horse owner 10
required to bring his animals to the
local horse muster" once in ten years.
From the muster are exempt stations.
horses under four years of age, or
those which are blind in both eyes.
mares with foal and horses working in
mines. The muster serves to show ex-
actly the available horse strength Of
the nation.
Horses are bought every summer
by commissions OF veterinary surgeons
and army officers. They pay about $lS0
each for horses between three and four
years of age. and keep them on trial
at four depots, where they are MAIN
tanned one year under scientific train
ing to develop the characteristics
necessary in cavalry horses. In times
of peace 5000 are needed each year.
but 5 per cent more are bought.
They run free in paddocks and sheds
on the depot farms. are groomed ten
minutes a d4g and fed the regular ra-
tion of twelve pounds OF hay. seven
and q half of oats and fifteen of straw
each day, with green food a part of
the year. Each regiment has a certain
number Of horses condemned each year
and sends a squad to the depot for an
equal number OF new horses. There 10
always q reserve OF several thousand
in the government depots. and In an
emergency Q considerable reserve force
can be mounted without delay ana
without the uncertainty due to buying
on contract.
Evening star., 1914-12-13
RICH WOMEN OF PARIS NURSE WOUNDED SOLDIERS I'm TT

respected than Lord Curzon and Lloyd
George"
He sat in parliament for North
Lanardshire for six years. and during
this time was associated with John
Burns in the latters famous fight for
the right of free speech in the labor
riots of 1887, both men being SEN
fenced to six weeks Imprisonment.
Soon after his release he wandered off
to Morocco. where he adventured for a
year or two. since when he has been
a recognized authority on the country
and its swarthy natives.
Later he went to Spain. where he ac-
Quired a mastery of the foil which
made many a maitre d'armes envious.
and had lot of queer adventures.
Once; owing to railway accident In
the land of manana, he chummed up
with a young passenger who was
carrying violin, and who played to
him by the wayside for close on an
hour. That passenger was Sarasate!
Another time the author had to act as
interpreter and mediator between a
shipload of angry Basque emigrants
and a drunken Scotch crew.
Cunninghame Graham sold his estate
back. but has kept that of Ardoch.
which fact recalls a curious story.
Some 200 years ago the reigning
Graham of Gartmore married Miss
with characteristic Scottish tenacity,
the couple would neither of them con-
sent to surrender the family name,
nor could they agree to hyphenate the
two names. as. in that case. one would
have to take precedence of the other.
So they hit on an ingenious COM
promise by which the son and heir for
the time being should always bear the
name of Bontine of Ardoch, changing
it to Graham when he succeeded his
father. So the pride of the Bontines
was appeased-
A keen lover of Spain. Cunninghame
Graham, 1 have been told. said hard
things of us Americans during the
"Yanke-Spanko" war, as Punch in
geniously termed it. But he has had
even shrewder hits at his own country
men, many time and oft. In his work
he takes as his favorite text the right
of a man to be happy and undisturbed
in a. lowly and cheerful destiny, and
Evening star., 1914-12-13

hame Graham. who spent years in
ranching on the River Plate, as well as
in Mexico. and who married a daugh-
ter of Chile. While in Chile he ac-
quired true cowboys seat and
learned to use the bolas and the lasso
like any guacho. Later, in Mexico, he
learned a trick which used to be re-
garded with amazement by the ten
antry of his estate at Gartmore. in
Scotland. after his return to his native
heath. Standing a man against the
trunk Of a large tree. the laird would
ride round and round the tree at full
speed on fiery Mexican mustang,
throwing knives with such eNtraordi-
nary dexterity that one by one they
formed an outline on the trunk of
the living target which they encircled.
For many years Cunninghame Graham
has been guilty of the most atrocious
handwriting-chirogr which. it is
said, has set a whole newspaper staff.
from editor to Office boy, to work to
decipher-and for this he blames an
accident with young horse in South
America which crushed him against
Evening star., 1914-12-13

pital and get rousine welcome from
their devoted compatriots, who shout
cheerily. Come in here if you get
wounded.
All this time the woman doctors, the
woman nurses and woman orderlies
and their bustling. clear-headed direct
ress are going on with their work of
mercy. And truly pitiable are many
of the cases that come to their hands.
Some of the earliest arrivals were from
a hospital at Lierre. which had been
fired by German shells and been burnt
over the heads Of the patients. bomb
had burst through the roof. upon the
bed of one wounded man. making I'M
perative the amputation of both legs.
formed without chloroforn, and the
soldiers who described it said they
were thankful to get away from the
mans cries.
in Antwerp. On the previous one
TUESDAY, October 81 terrific firing, ap
parentIy close at hand. had shaken
the houses. and no one was surprised
from the forts was bad.
Just after - on the following
night" said Mrs. Stobart, I'VE were all
awakened by sound we had never
over our heads, shell came screaming
and dropped with a terrific crash upon
the roof of the house next to us
Another followed within few sec
side of the road. splitting it in two
and firing it. From that time, at the
average rate of four a minute, shells
continued to drop on all sides of us.
there was no excitement among the
staff Everybody in the convent quiet
ly and quickly made themselves ready.
and In a body proceeded across the
road to the hospital as we had pre-
viously arranged.
There the night staff were already at
work carrying the helpless patients on
stretchers and helping the others from the
concert hall down the steep steps to the
dark little underground caves. which al
ready had been prepared by Miss Mac
naushton, our chief orderly, for the pur-
pose Our hospital happened to be In the
direct line of fire from the ammunition
depot. which was, Of course. marx Ior
the enemy's guns. Shells consequently
dropped around us on all sides.
when stretchers were not aVailaple
those frail women carried men downstairs
on their backs. 1t was not an easy task.
moving in haste some OF the severely
wounded patients to the comparative
safety of the cellars. There We made
mattresses and camp beds and could then
only hope that they might not, with our
selves, be burned alive If the fimsy
building caught fire and blocked up our
narrow exit.
This did not happen. but by the next
morning the road between the convent and
the hospital which Mrs. Stobart and her
staff had to cross continually was literally
nloughed up by the shells. The roof OF
the house on one side of the convent had
been blown off and the house on the other
side was in flames. The houses in the
street next to them were in ruins. while
Hf@~ md
hospital were shattered. "In the streets.
said Mrs Stobart, 'there was not a sign
of life except here and there a scuttling
figure with a bundle in its arms hurrying
to get out Of Antwerp before it was too
late.'
It had now become 4 case Of ''save him.
self who can." Mrs. Stobart and her party
had no mind to he Communicated to nurse