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The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
The Stage Setting

The town of Portoferroio forms de- lightful drop curtain for tho opera bouffe, which was staged there and which enjoyed a continuous run of just 29s days and nights. At the top of the scenic picture. outlined against the sunset sky two massive but now senile forts frown down in an amusingly menacng way, Beneath them the stony pink little town hangs on for it's life to the steep side of a hill, while the ancient town wall zigzags down to the shore, where 1t thrusts long, pended, protecting arm into perfect harbor.
 Out over the end of this huge crumb- ling wall hangs an old watch tower and out of window in this sentry box idly leans that unfailing delight of tourist eyes-a bersagliere, with his rifle over his shoulder and his bunch of long cocks feathers trailing from his hat. Around the end of the wall the steamer glldes into the snug little mole behind 1t and ties up at the stone dock
 At the shore end of the dock rises the ancient town gate, through which he vis- itor passes at once into the very Porto ferraio, unchanging in its petrification which was set agog at o'clock in the morning of the Sd of May, in the year 1874, when the lookout on Fort Stella deserted British man-of-war, under luli sail, bearing down upon the town.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11
By JAMES MORGAN

I think of nothing outside of my little island. l exist no longer for the world. I only occupy myself with my family, my retreat, my cows and my mules.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11


 What a mocking satire it was 10 give the great captain little toy army and navy. crown the proud kingmaker Elm peror of Se square miles of rocks in the midst of his native Mediterranean and hand him a rattle for a sceptor to re- duce the empire of the mighty conqueror who had amused himself by dismemoer- ing kingdoms, to a tiny realm three to six miles wide and 19 miles long-to leave the captor of the capitals of Europe m possession of only three or four wretched fishing villages-to make the sovereign or sovereigns ruler over 120oO fishermen. miners and goatherds
 The mockery was only frightened ny the choice of an island where the con tinent he had lost lay in full view or the exile For Elba is but seven miles at the least from the mainland of Italy, al though 1t is a steamer voyage or more than 12 miles from Piombiuo to Porto ferraio, the imperial capital which Ma poeon exchanged for Paris.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-10-11

HE monarches of Europe who sent Napoleon to Elba must have been endued with a rare sense of humor. It is easily the hest joke in histnrv.
The evening world., 1914-03-14
Rookie Plays a Sensational
Game at Shortstop-Sguad
on the Road To-Day.

Marlin. Tex, March II.
TT is beginning to look now as II the
absence OF ,hafer and Horzog this
year from tbs regular lineup Of
tho Giants IL not going to cause Man
age- Nc0raw any worry, and from
the way Dyer and Stock are showing
up in practice the fans In New York
need not have any sieepless nights
worrying over where the pennant will
land next October.
Tho appearance Of McCraw has
been like . tonic TO The crew. and
Dyer. who Is battling hard for q
regular berth, has already shown
the boss enough stun to assure him .
steady lob In New York..
During the practice yesterday Dyer
was at short and Stock at third base
This pair did some sensational play.
; Ing, particularly Dyer. II isn't Otter
that McGraw publicly cnthuscs oveI
a young player. Ho doesn't believe
In too much praise until a player hal
had plenty Of time to show. But ir
the case of Dy0r he could not contro
himself. and told the correspondent,
last night that Dyer Is ono Of tn,
most likely looking chaps he has beer
called upon to develop In years.
| II havo yet to see that boy boo
the ball." said McGraw. lie Ia sur,
Of himself every timo he goes afte
anything. and that IL what I lik,
about him. He isn't bit nervous
and tries for tho hardest plays"
Dyer madc a stop and throw b
first during the practice yesterda,
that made every member Of tn
squad stop and applaud. It was
grounder that Stock could not gel
Dyer started after II and made
back-hand stop. Quickly shifting tn
ball to his right hand, he made
perfect throw to Donlin at first.
The weather 10. warm and tn
pitchers were again working tn
curven and speed. Last night tn
teams were divided. ono crew goin
t. Waco and the other headed 70
Dallas. Tho few players left benin
The evening world., 1914-03-14
Golf Pool Is Latest Game
For Those Who Tread Links

to handicap tile players, their only
bugbears being scratches or misses,
which add three points TO their
score. According to the rules, which
are still being added to al new
angles are observed In practice. any
player who takes ten shots to maize
q "holc" or pocket 10 disqualified.
Tho "tec" Is q spot In the centre Of
the table and the cue ball II driven
Is the pocket on the right hand side.
The player making the pocket In the
least number Of strokes wins the
hole. The player that goes around
tho table three times In the least
number OF strokes 10 the winner Of
Doyle says he got the idea for the
game from seeing Jerry Travers and
Oswald Kirkby play at his academy
He noticed that they played . medi.
OGRE game Of regulation pool. but
Doyle 10 also q golf fan himself
and every chance that he gets hi
sneaks away into the country Ia play
Travers claims playing the gamt
helps ones putting. a. 1t gives on;
q splendid idea Of accuracy ant
force. Golf pool In merely q success
sion OF short puts made with
billiard cue. Alfred De Orc. ~
three cushion champion. tried tn
game last week and covered tn
COURSE" Of six holes In eight strokes
This In the boyle. Harold McGrath
the well-known author. has gon'
around the table In nine.
In the tournament which start
Monday night there are eight entries
including all the best players. Harr!
eastman II the favorite. The othe
entries are Snow, Bart. Horace
, Booker, h. Smith. Downey and II
Smith. On the opening night Snov
and Downing will meet.
The evening world., 1914-03-14
MILITARY ATHLETIC LEAGUE
HOLDS BIG MEET TONIGHT.

The eighteenth anhaal championship
games of the Military Athletic League
will be held at the seventy-arst Resi-
ment Armory tonight. The entries arc
the largest and clsssiest Of the year.
All Of the metropolitan champions have
entered for the various events. What
should prove q test Of strength and
science will be the two-mile SQUAD hike
Of eight.msn teams. Tho mon will DO
fully equipped with tho regular army
equipment. Teams have been entered
from Troy. Albany. Amsterdam, Thir-
teenth Regiment. Fourteenth Regiment.
, Twsnty-third Regiment and several OF
the regular army posts. The Seventy
first .aeginont team, which won tht
championship on Washington's Birth
day, has also entered.
The wall scaling contest Is promising
| "a all the teams o: the National Guort
have boon In training for the even
DOR . hong time. and al report In hn'
| oondition.
The evening world., 1914-03-14
McGoorty and Jeff Smith
Entertain in Australia
the east side lightweight, and Pal
Moore Of Philadelphia.

George Mcdonald, the English
sporting man and manager OF Young
Fox, the English bantamweight, says
that as both Williams and Coulon
have refused to fight Fox. he will walt
until after the bout between those
lads on June 0 and will issue a chal-
lenge and back Fox Tor $4,000 against
the winner.
Jim Buckley end other managers
Of prominent fighters In the fistic
game will have their fighters appear
In bouts at q special show to be held
at the Sharkey A. c. on next Monday
night. The proceeds will he turned
over to a popular clergyman to pay
OF q mortgage on his church.
Young Brown. who has recovered
from an attack ofl8omething or other
according to JimnN.J Crimson. Ii night
ing in his best tr again. a. was
weeks ago he m& Aid whipped johnny
Harvey, then he took on Ray Camp.
bell. tho boxer with the big rep from
the coast. and what Brown did to him
was q shame. Five days later he tool
! on Phil Bloom and gave hint n trounc.
Ing. The form that Brown Is NOV
showing will entitle him to matcf
with Willie Htehie when the champion
gets through with Tommy Murphy
thinks johnson.
Howard Morrow. the middleweigh
whom Tommy Ryan was trying fol
some time to make the middleweigh
champion. has deserted that class ant
IL after the Nght-heavyweight title
Morrow has fought many Of the bes
middleweights, including Jack Dillon
Eddie McGoorty and George Chi
twice.
The evening world., 1914-03-14
Player Pocketing the Balls in
Least Number Of Strokes
Wins-First Tournament to
\0pen Monday.
VIE golf craze that has hit this
country for fair during the past

THE golf erase that has hit this
country for fair during the past
year or two has at last struck
tho billiard academies. For some
reason or other (the tango Is blamed
In some quartersl there has been .
falling of In interest In billiard and
pool games this season. At loss to
understand Just why their academies
haven't been crowded as In bygono
days the owners have been searching
around for novelties to stimulate new
interest In the sport. First, the AL
baikline game was invented. but az
yet this hasn't caused any great ex-
citement.
II was only recently that Jack
Doyle hit upon the idea Of playing
golf on q pool table. and 90 alluring
il the game that he invented that
there are already hundreds Of uer
that are fans at the novelty. 81
quick has this pastime sprung into
popularity that q tournament has
been arranged for next week ant
many Of the best players have en-
tered.
Golf pool In played just like thu
regular game OF the links. OF course
fiere arc no bunkers or such thtngi
The evening world., 1914-03-14
Work of Mfelder Dyer
Wins Praise From Nc GralU

will be expected to work two ssa-
s!ons to-day.
HOUSTON, Tex, March Imam
ager Chance will have to work hSs
crews for about u week without the
services Of Dodc Criss and Cy Pieh
There men reported sick yesterday
and will be confined to their rooms
for some time. Pieh IL suffering
from an attack Of tonsilitis and Crtso
developed malaria. Several other
players are complaining OF q heavy,
feeling and all are grumbling about
the climate here. 80
Manager Chance last night took =
team to Galveston for a game thes
afternoon. He will work hvc piteh-'
era. The second team will play {
game here this afternoon. A record.
attendance Ia expected at the game IN
a!vcsson. Harry williams played In
Galveston. Harry williams played
there last season and his admirers
have subscribed for a handsome
gold watch which they VIII pre-
sent when he steps TO the plate
| Charles II. Ebbets. chief owner Of
the Newark International League
Club, 10 going to give Newark con-
| tinuous baseball. He has made ar
! rangemens with the Long Brench
team of the New York and New Yer.
sew League, a class b organization.
to play on his grounds at Newark
under the title OF the Newark team
on the days when his international
League champions are not at home.
This will mean eight Sundays. the
morning Of Memorial Day. the after- :
noon OF the Fourth OF July and Two
games on Labor Day. a. well as many
Weekday8,
The evening world., 1914-03-14
BOZEJEAN BULGER, ON BASEBALL TOUR 4
or TRAINING CAMPS. WILL GIVE FANS
EARLY LINE ON NC LEAGUE TEAMS.

EGINNNG next week The Evening World will print series Of
X Bulger. baseball the pnt
- training big leagues Heretofore
local had little opportunity getting carly line ths
and with the idea Of giving
and
Evening World the extensive
Bulger spend training enable
the various clubs Fans reading
possibilities the for
nag In big leagues before the opens ,:s,
The evening world., 1914-03-14
M'NAlR AND PATTERSON
WIN BOWLING SERIES.

Friday, the 18th. holds no terrors Tor
that high. stepping bowling team Of Nc
Nalr and Patterson, VINO anne1eo 70
the metropolitan tWo-men champtenshiy
tournament at th6~MetrOpOlitah. AueYs
last nixht. The Flanagan EnGelke and
Ciaussen .Thom aggregetions were The
pins in his two games for the scores Of
S2S and ?ls. The scores: ~
Flanagan -Engelke. $50; Clauseen.
Thorn, 1856: McNair- patterson. 3Sb tleA'
s az: c cEnss.ne :rS s a. ''e'''
McNair and Patterson are looked upon
as the stumbling block for tho teams
of Krug and Snyder and Mier and Al :
piers who SO far have weatheroa thetr
matches without q defeat. =
The evening world., 1914-03-14
YANKEE TENNIS CHAMPIONS |, !,
HOME FROM THE ORIENT.

SAN FRANCISCO. March l%-wnl-
lam NJ. Johnston and Ella .S'ottrsli. lava
tenris doubles champions Of CarforAlss'
arrived home yesterday after = trip tsf'
the Philippines. They travelled new
than $4,000 miles In four months. and
carried OF the honors In every tousna.-
uient In which they played. - y
Johnston won the singles champions
ship Of the Orient and. with FoftyeH.
also won the doubles championship Y.
The evening world., 1914-03-14
BROWN RUNS los IN
BlLllARD TOURNEY

Norris d. Brown defeated Eugene
L. Miiburn 900 TO 3ss yesterday In the
national Class A ls.1 balklins tourna-
msnt at the Amateur Billiard Club
Of New York. Brown made the
high record run Of the tournament
Of los which the former champion
and representative OF the Hamilton
Club. Brooklyn. put together In his
twsnty.second inning. In other re-
spscts ths, cue work Of Brown was
mediocre and BE fell to an average Of
10 so-s7. WITH other high runs Of ~
- and 3s.
J. Ferdinand Poggeuburg. the In
ternational champion. scored hi
third consecutive victory In the tour
nament by defeating Charles HeddoI
by the score Of 400 to si7 In the nigh
game.
The evening world., 1914-03-14

Association this afternoon It Lenox
Oval. This saMe win decide the dis
position Of the cup for the entire
"a Manhattan vys,d to.motrow .
$3.50 .hsa1ss IN - atts9Ptc3 NJ
The evening world., 1914-03-14

tiated the distance In minute tei.t
seconds--two-fifths OF a second tester
than the mark held by Charles Rankin
Of Toronto. Hoernig participated in the
indoor championship rGcss here last
night. 80 n ~
The evening world., 1914-03-14

dpns from european training camps,
bundles Of French and English news.
paper clippings, rolls Of moving pic.
fure Aim. gloves. tights, shoes. full
dress suits. wonderfully irillsd
shirts, 19.inch collars. q square
wooden box containing q green glass
bottle Of perfume that sent an odor
night out through the ground glass
stopper. white vests. soap. and most
marvellous photograph OF Frank
taken In London. which, he said.
looked exactly like him except that
the nose was too shiny. He stopped
q moment when he came to that and
carefully retouched the nose with q
crAyon pencil.
ed Frank. Strengthening up and hand.
Mt page. right at the top and carrying
story Of the coming Moran.Johnson
exhibitions have built me up. ! feel
felt before"
Then you don't think Johnson's
strsnsth and .ise and reputation win
MORAN TO BAR visiroRs FROM
TRAINING CAMP.
Moran grinnsd At that. "Not . nj. {.
he said. '"lt'u b just like any othc,
nght. When I'm going out to aSht
have . habit Of holding Q little con.
vorsation down inside Of me. I com.
mune with myself--liks this: Now
Frank. my boy. you're going into Z
nsrd fight. but you're soing TO win
Il you're hurt you're not going &
show It. The harder Il 10 the hardel
YOU'RE going % nght. And when youi
lcnance comeg you're going to win
wtn-wini' That's the only thing II
my mind. ana there's . whole lot Il
this mind over matter theory.
They're geing % take kinemacolo
moving picturso Of that fight. BY som,
lnew light they've Just invented. M
ait In ringsldo seats over there. N,
the pictures viii b grsat. III a
my training forty miles out Of Paris
N camp whore you have to cros
. little river to get TO Il. and nobod,
who doesn't bsjong there wtil n
near me. Perhaps they druGeod jof
fries. but they'll have no chance :
slip anything to me. When I ssy
Johnson fight In Paris I wished I va
In the ring. for there'd be q nsy
worlds champion. believe there
b . new champion June n. Johneo
win rot his ~ 900 and III ret my III
tie Z! 900. but my time will come aftss
> ward.
"Jehnosn Il pretty popular 1
, France. He 10 20 big and buriy an
: Iblunt0r1nG that th0v look ~, him vvIt
lave. There's nothing In the stor
} that he u broke. He has two racin
D Icara and 10 Just about to get anoths
, that u being built for him, and h
wife. has at least $4,000 or 1900
, worth Of jswelry that she YEA
!. Iarovnd. He has the retinus OF Q n
\ Ijah. Everywhers he goes b. taxi
!. lhis valet, and HE SECRETARY, and b
> barber and his agents. He never q
. 10 meal without . quart OF wine b
Z fore him. He has been drinking vii
= with every meal for years. He's VI
leone to that. When I first went ov
b went out With the others TO .
{ johnson and talk about Q mate
. when We had been there Q few mi
Q Iutes he said: Veil, I've got to .
. my lunch and he sat down and q
:. lsnough for four msn--a pullet. q
% half ham. and . lot Of spiced-
l. tulf. and washed II down with . b
y tie OF wine. I looked on and made
" my mind Just whore I'd plant .
" lright when the time came. And ]
y lgOing to do ton June n. ] no
. you'll be there TO 80 IT,"
The evening world., 1914-03-14
WALTER TREMBlAY LOSES
WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP

UTICA. N. T.. March >.--Eusene
Trsmhiay Of Montreal. holder Of the
worlds lightweight championship. was
defeated last night BY Walter Keegan Of
Utica In wrestling match. Keesan got
. fall In two hours and ten minutes. and
Tremblay declared himself unable TO
continue.
The evening world., 1914-03-14

New York state Association. The New
York state Amateur Leayuel and tho
Metropolitan District League viii play
to-day snA ts.uasssse q gvssaes that
have been clsaeeA q sneu.
The osrnas A>h1s11e QNe 80 NJ
pstehsGps ysethon Cp'A 0g T.
. -, - -
The evening world., 1914-03-14
SOCCER FOOTBALL TEAMS
$ TO CONTINUE SCHEDULE

The soccer football schedule viii be
resumed to-day. AFTER having been put
ept q esanissioa ~ H. recent hais-
- eq1eeol tsona r ~ Aeslhar1
The evening world., 1914-03-14
WALLACE WINS WITH K. O.

Eddie Wallace. the liGhtyelght Of
ns Sosns .hox Of the Eas New UoS YORK
A. c. last night. Wallace waded into
Phillips from the first tap Of ,he gong
and soon had him In distress from
stomach punches. Wallace 10 q conner
and one OF Breokiyn's popular nstic
The evening world., 1914-03-14
Jack JOHNSON HAS LOST HIS /
GOLDEN SMILE" SAYS MORAN
Heavyweight of Pittsburgh Tells Us
Negro Champion Has Gone Back"
Confident of Winning Title.

PUBLISHING EvennS
RANK MORAN unackng his trunks
- wonderful trunks There were
photographs training Gamma
The evening world., 1914-03-14


WHAT 10 you tn'nA OF ms s'~
10 me copy OF L'Auto on tne i'o'
. thrsecolumn display head. was
Asht. next Juna Illustrated with
photographs. At the bottom OF tho
page wss short article on the pro-
jscted encounter beewasn Carpenter
and Joe Jeanette.
DO they think anything OF my
tight with Johnsonr' asked Moran.
DO they' We'll. hsrs's . night over
thrss" months away. and Carpenter
and jeanette only two weeks away.
and they give " the top q the pass'
You can belisve that Europe u Grassy
over ~ .Asht. whsn they play It up
over anything Carpenter " Inland
thsy worship Carpsatisr.
'Jshnsea and I will draw ~
Grsatest crowd that sv4r 0aw . night
h . ripe. The arena win seat 5000
psopls.s ltn b PACKED"
MORAN % NGveR NERVOUS
Wh4N hGO ~ ACTION.
s~Think that crowd Will make yev
\. II 00R0N.
..N. cSs...w .xc,.sm.d uo,., r
vsr ~ nesvoss' Tue only Tune
ever tAlnk OF the cSowd u Just - I
oome out az nv Areasane rom. TAsn
80. 49,. =.
s-s "
- ooW ueg tne crowd " just 70
0nees at the '.gate."' Next moment
f-eaeeot an khout the. crowd: I think
~e-e
Tr
Task yee'u tel nervous when
~ ~ - saes 70 Saos. with John.
> ~rs - :
exASV hos, eeso Moran win
. m. II sleep lihe LOG the night
. ko4pe~ 4 Ant. knsv how Johnsop
oeHs. r.---~.. a. A. 80 b
3: :. -, a.. - ", q Pun ssav .T e
- Iocsu't Assd % see, ~ fesr
Z. - 6eeeasiye nobody could M M
v sSenas. - WV seea nsr'
veOH knew Johnson can't hvr'
- anyWay. ! used 3 box with HIN
- paHAuassrsA ,vh.n Iva. . novtc.
49, 49,.
~. - y1oSe os3n
useo 70 Saiek - va
!. ~ oeS0 oaly g
~ 49, SnAA toe otoese. to p
~ 6o ~ ereAt uentel
- WOnoeuvAy superior =
Sooe 0ee nv ne mac
a S1aS Runen snst msxes 70
- ~ yOur neeo " you
hssle; Joeason'e punches cut N
1870 Saa oevsseo me, 1ut the
~ oySe 0ave n teet beaten feeling"
oS 5000 Johnson to-oAyT
Not 5000 - - ueeo to BE-
0eoeareo Horan. he weighs abol
~ voundA ana he's magnificent
!eex ~ ~. re eoo0t tnirsy.eisi
ysAm GO. ana y etands 70 rsaSo
teeS 20 metser nov 5000 ne LOOK =
nent cown " NJ marrow No Ant y
nAn % ueed 70 %; a man can II.
tno wN Jonneon mas nvcd ana
49, tor . NV yea1. Out NOT vel
lone.
x J0HNooN MAS LOST kio oolDe
"a 2Nllg.
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10 r,sr ,h e. S~..sS. s1... ~
ara coc,n.@ III. -" ",s.so. s. -
~, hSnosrs to ne ~ At ri ~. 4,
scr n ths ",S Wrsr Sss. ~
nt hard and loses III stssdins"s s's q,
!; q 3:
The evening world., 1914-03-14

will be expected to work two Sea-
sions to-day.
The evening world., 1914-03-14

Boxing Is to be permitted In Toledo.
O., by Mayor Keller under the direc-
ton OF a boxing commission. Tho
Mayor asked Rev. Aaron F.. Jones.
curate Of the fashionable 1T. Marks
Episcopal Church. to take the position
Of chairman of the commission and
ciElop bouts will be held. va
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-03
ACTION Of ADMIRALTY
PUZZLES OFFICIALS
Decision to Abandon Electricity for
Moving Guns-Ameri-
can Record.

With the splendid record of American
turret gunners behind them, the naval
constructors at the Navy Department are
at loss to understand the decision of
the British admiralty TO abandon the use
of electricity for the movement of the
guns of battleShips. So far as is known
here the British navy has used almost
exclusively hydraulic power to move the
turrcts. and it's experience with the cleo.
trio drive has been very limited probably
confined to the battle cruiser Invincible
which is now to be dismantlrd of that
gear.
The United States Navy takes credit to
itself as the pioneer in the use of {elec-
tricity for the turret-turnirg mechanism
Of warships. The superposed turret ships
keSrsarge and Kentucky were thus
equipped with machinery designed i'm this
country about 1899. and in a very short
time had SO thoroughly demonstrated the
superiority Of electricity over hydraulic
or steam power for turret work that
every turret ship thereafter constructed
has been electrically equipped
So far from considering the advisabiIity
of abandoning electricity in any Of pres
ent uses on shipboard. the Navy Depart
ment actually iss extending its use to the
great prime movers o. the ship. In the
case of the collier Jupiter, now under
going successful trials on the Pacific
coast, the ships propellers are turned by
motors supplied with current from turbo-
driven dynamos.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-03
MRS. HENRY T. RAINEY.

This is n branG-new story only by vir-
tue of never having been told. 1t really
happened some years ago.
One day a woman ran eXcitedly to the
Capitol summoned her husband from de-
bate on the floor of the House, and cried,
between tears and laughter:
1T was leadeu coffin. Henry. l can
prove it to the world
The woman was Mrs. Henry 7. Rainey,
wife of Representative Rainey of ILL
nois. After weary months of searching.
during which time she had gone through
tones of data and reams of fact. she had
discovered 10 her full satisfaction proof
that the body of the naval hero. John
Paul Jones, had been inferred an Paris in
a leaden caSket. and that it could be re-
covered land brought to this country for
burial.
M yhushand.' says Mrs. Raincy. lis n
patriot even before he is a democrat
Long before nc ever ran for Congress, he
used to say. If | Were in Congress, my
first act there would be TO introduce a
resolution to recover the body of John
Paul Jones and RENTER it in American
SOIL
'.-As you know. he did Introduce such a
resolution in Congress. 1t had been re-
ported to the War Department that the
body of Jones could be found only pro-
vided it had been inferred in "A leaderl
casket. 1t was q generally known and
accepted fact that this was the ease, but
Mr.. Rainey and / had no proof of it. Ny
husband had no time to give to searching
for this proof. nor for other important
but obscure facts in connection with the
burial of Americas first naval hero which
it was necessary to know before he could
take steps TO arouse popular interest in