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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
Will Wed Aviator
Sued as Love Thief

READING, PA, Feb, 25.-AIss Ruth
S. Satterthwaite, fiancee of Aviator Har
ry N Atwood, announced to-day that
she would marry the air man despite
the alienation suit filed against him in
Toledo.
'That suit is blsckmall," she de-
C1ared
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
Heavv Fan al Amend.

ATHENS, Feb. 25.-Snow began
falling her at late hour this morn
ing, and indications are that the
heaviest of the winter will be on the
ground by night.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
Tango All You Want
At Big Charity Ball

THE tango. the turkey trot and all Of
the latest novelty dances are on the
program for the A. O. q. ball, announced
as pixies greatest charity ball" which
is to be given Friday night in the New
Kimball.
All arrangements have been made,
and the committee in charge promises
an enjoyable affair.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
Long Walk to Health
Office Kills Old Negro

The funeral of Edward Strickland,
an aged negro; will be held Wednes-
day. The old man died in the wait
ing room of the City Health Beard
Tuesday from overe&ertion caused by
the long walk from his home to the
city Hall.
The old negro went 10 the board to
lie examined.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
60 BOYS IN CORN cLuR.

CONVICTION, Feb. 25-Sixty New
ton County boys have been enlisted in
the membership of the Boys Corn
Club by Professor J. X Giles. of the
agricultural department of the Uni
versity of Georgia.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26

WAYCROSS, Feb. 25.-Light snow
f1urries, mixed with a steady slset,
this morning ushered in the worst
day of the winter for Waycross. The
temperature dropped into the twenties
this morning.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26

COLUMBUS, Feb. 25.-Two inches
of snow fell here early to-day. 1t is
the first snow OF consequence in thir-
teen years. Snow and sleet are still
falling. Many trains are running
late
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
Thrs..tneb snow At Dublin.

DUBLIN, Feb. 25.-The heaviest
snow in fifteen years fell at Dublin
this morning, three inches falling ny
o'clock The temperature is rs de-
grees above zero.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26

AUGUSTA, Feb. 25.-Augusta to-
day is experiencing it's first snow of
the winter. Coarse flakes and sleet
began falling early this morning, The
thermometer registered &c degrees at
8 O'clock
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
Mnntnnmerv GAG Snow.

MONTGOMERY, ALA, Feb. 20
One and one half inches of snow COW
ers the ground here to-day, it being
the heaviest fall since 1901
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
Breaks Macon Record.

MACON, Feb. 25.-All snow records
for Macon were broken to-day when the
fall exceeded four inches, a fall of that
depth in 1899 having established a rec
ord. 1t has been showing here for more
than twelve hours without a stop. The
weather forecaster predicts that seven
inches will be the fall before night
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-02-26
BUSINESS NOTICE.

Only One "8RoMo oUININE"
To get the genuine. call for fun name,
LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look
for signature of T.. w. GROVE. Cures
Cold in One Day csc
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serves had been attacked before they
could even reach the line.
With the crack of the shrapnel and the
blast Of impact. where the shrapnel balls
cut the earth or found billet in flesh,
the head of the column melted away With
hardly an order issued. the column split
and took cover on each side of the road,
climbing the banks to deploy at either
side under the nearest cover, while the
fire continued for few moments, then
ceased as abruptly as it had begun.
At the first fire. along with many 9TH
ers, the corporal in command of the lead
ing squad was hit. He coughed. paused
a:mlessly. then sat quietly down. with a
dazed look as though some one had TN
Intentionally offended him. After sway
ing slightly for few moments. he top
pied over. still clutching his rifle, and
drifted of into unconsciousness.
By the time the battalion had taken
to cover and moved forward a hundred
yards men wearing on the left arm white
brassards with red crosses came up from
the combat trains at the rear of the bat
talon. Men came from the same train.
carrying reserve ammunition, which must
Evening star., 1914-10-25

permission of the officer in charge,
and as many Of the wounded as could
be moved without serious threat to
their chances of life were sent rear
ward another lap, to the evacuation
points on the line of communications.
The evacuation point was located at
a little town on the railway, some
stood extemporized hospital trains,
all made up in anticipation of the load
of suffering freight which would
soon be delivered to them.
Supply columns went through the
town in an apparently unending stream.
Great motor-lorries, loaded with rations
until they seemed top-heavy, careened
from side to side as they spluttered
past Mule wagons and trim ammunition
columns stood parked in side streets.
awaiting their turn to take the road
for the front. and detachments of roll
licking cavalrymen swept along. with
strings of haltered horses requisitioned
from the neighborhood farmers to re-
place the horses lost in action.
*
AS each train was filled it was dis
patched on the way to the base. where
the wounded would be cared for at last
or sent along on their way home. The
red cross was painted on the side of
each car, and the engine itself bore the
emblem on flag at the pilot.
The curious inhabitants clustered
around the various points of interest as
closely as the surly sentries would per-
NIT, while some kind souls. inspired by
the compassion for suffering which
knows no enemy, offered the shelter of
their houses and their personal care to
any of the wounded, and the offers were
gratefully accepted by that cool medi-
cal officer, the chief surgeon.
The street was still Uttered with tho
debris of the attack of few hours
ago. Walls were torn by shell frag-
ments; overturned carts, smashed by
the same devastation, had been pushed
to the roadside as the rough barricades
were removed, but the order of a well
marked the activities, and there seemed
little hitch in the arrangements of
transportation.
Out at the front, where the firing
lines Of friend and foe faced one an
other across the contested zone of bat
tie, the sun was sinking. The battle
had ragged to and fro, where an attack
would achieve temporary success and
the line would be pushed ahead half
mile or more, only to be hurled back
by the arrival of fresh reserves. The
intervening space was dotted thickly
with gruesome forms huddled in
misery.
The first business of the army is to
fight. Humanity dictates the giving of
the promptest relief to the stricken, but
when the life of a nation hangs in the
balance many must bear their suffer-
ings as a contribution to the needs Of
the state. And, after all, the main pur-
pose of removing the wounded from
the front is not SO much to relieve their
Evening star., 1914-10-25

by the servants of foreigners. They
clung to the old idea somehow, and I
remember hearing one Englishwoman
(coachman) for cutting off his hair.
Never mind, missee. l fix him, was
his reply. The next time he turned up
he had a begged, borrowed or stolen
cue sewed into his hat"
something was said about the curious
fashions seen in the streets these days.
IF you want to see extraordinary
street costumes you should see the
streets Of Shanghai since the revolu-
ton" said Mrs. Nicholson.
About half the men wear European
clothes of strange and hybrid breed: /:
the rest are In the beautiful native
costume. but many with any sort of
hat from silk tile to a jockey cap
Lots Of little girls about sixteen or
eighteen are trotting about. and their
regular costume consists of a short
gayly embroidered mandarin coat,
reaching about to the hips; skin-tight
with black patent leather pumps.
X X
Their hair they wear braided and
tied up with black taffeta bows. while
over one eye is perched cap which
is a cross between jockey cap and
a chauffeur's hat. generally made of
some sort of checked stuff. These lit
tie ladies stroll up and down with
their hands in their pockets. for all
the world like the matinee crowd in
an American city.
Even the better class of women are
making changes in their dress. Many
Of them are wearing gauze skirts over
their trousers and any number have
changed the arrangement Of their hair,
doing it now in what they call the
republic style.
The new Chinese flag is very much
in evidence everywhere. 1t is curious
striped banner. with every color of the
rainbow in 1t, and has quite SUPER
seded the old dragon flag. Indeed. the
dragon as a Chinese emblem Is quite
dead. No more porcelains or embroid-
cries are being made in the old de-
signs. and consequently the value of
the fine old pieces is increasing rap
idly"
Mrs Nicholson made an interesting
trip to Peking and visited the American
minister. William C. Calhoun. and Mrs.
Calhoun. Picking Is gay. she says. very
gay; but neither 90 cosmopolitan nor s0i
interesting as Shanghai. She was par
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litters, one-mule litters and two, while
horse-drawn ambulances Wed with
their larger. swifter automobile COM
petitors In efforts to get the wounded
to the lines as quickly as possible. for
there was no telling when the fight
would break out afresh.
And it broke.
A searchlight. charity used for fear
of disclosing its position prematurely.
blazed out from the lines to the rear
and swept over the field. AS it paused
opposite the center the irregular oval
of its illumination disclosed a dark
enemy's trenches.
The batteries. awaiting just some such
movement. were ready. and the crash
of their bursting shrapnel sounded al
most simultaneously with the boom of
the discharge. The trenches sprang to
life, while the hostile artillery. in at
tempt to cover the advancing bayonets.
opened up with terrific strength.
The rain of death caught the search.
ing parties in midfeld. Topping over.
themselves become in need Of aid. litter
bearers fell to earth with their wound
ed. Frenzied horses, bleeding and
stung by soaring bullets, tore along
with their loads of wounded in the
ambulances thrown from side to side.
until the transportations struck some
obstacles and overturned, or the grist
of the war gods cut down the draft
animals in their tracks.
Above the roar of the battle, the
shrill screams of the wounded horses
rang out. They were not gifted with
human restraint and knew nothing
of a cause; they were only grievously
hurt.
In answer to the voice of the coming
attack, the trenches first blazed a re-
ply, then sprang forward in serried
lines of infantry to meet the charge
with the bayonet. The rifle fire slack
ened and only the crack of the shrap-
mel broke the night, for the opposing
lines had no time to fire, merely a
fierce desire to clash hand to hand
and come to death grips with one
another.
Under the whish of the shrapnel.
men and more men fell, until the field
was dotted with fallen once more and
the bayonets met with clash and
slithering Of steel under the yellow
moon. And as they met, the artillery
was compelled to silence and only the
hoarse shouts of the stormerS rang
Qua with occasional shots from rifle
or the staccato burr of machine guns
carried forward with one line or an
other. The bark of automatic pistols
added a note to the concert strife; and.
in rear of the lines. fresh hospital de-
tachments went forward on their mis-
sion, undismayed by the fate of their
fellows who had worn the red cross.
1t was all in the days work.
Evening star., 1914-10-25

/; Mrs. Reginald F.
Nicholson, Wife of
Rear Admiral Nichol-
son, Tells of the
Fortified Town of
Kiaochow Province.
Has Had Many De-
lightful Experiences in
China Sidelights on
the People and Their
Customs.
Evening star., 1914-10-25

each week; swimming, tennis, golf,
dancing and continuous round of en-
tertaining. Each season there is
gymkhana lasting six days; then there
are floral parades, society circus,
horse races and gay doings generally.
Horse racing is very popular through
out China, or rather pony racing, for a
horse is practically an unknown quan-
tity, with gentleman riders in the sad
die, and the races attract the gala
crowds of the season.
There were only seven. American
women at Tsingtau, all service wom-
Americans seem to prefer to summer
at Crefoo and Pei-tai-ho, but there
were many English people and, of
course, crowds of Germans
The entire cruiser division of the Pa
cific fleet came in during the summer,
however, in addition to the Asiatic
squadron, SO we felt very much at
home. Many foreign ships were in, too,
and altogether 1T was gay and cos
mopolitan scene"
Mrs. Nicholson was Miss Elizabeth
Code of San Francisco. Since her mar
riage to Admiral Nicholson some wears
ago she has travelled extensively, has
twice circled the globe and has snent
much time in the east She is a woman
of attractive personality, cookbook
ing and animated, particularly when
speaking of her experiences in the
orient, for she loved the life and de-
lights to talk of it.
Xxx
When the American fleet went round
the world about six or seven wears
ago Admiral Nicholson, then captain,
commanded one of the ships. His wife
followed the feet, and it was then that
she first went to China. Their last visit
began something more than two wears
ago, when Admiral Nicholson was or
dered' to take command of the Asiatic
squadron. and on this trip Mrs Nicholson
spent almost the entire time in China
The Chinese revolutionary troubles
kept the fleet in the neighborhood of
Shanghai great part of the time, and
it was there Mrs. Nicholson made her
headquarters.
Was ! glad to come homer in re-
ply to the reporters question. .sWe1l.
yes and no. It is good to see old friends
again. but the life out there is very
fascinating In the first place. there IL
no such thing as the servant question
at least in China. Chinese servants are
the best in the world. SO saw which
Evening star., 1914-10-25

sufferings as to relieve the fighting
force of the moral necessity of looking
after them, that the line may be un-
impeded in the combat and the morale
of the troops be unimpaired by the de-
pressing sight Of wars price.
X
Wherever an infantry line had halted
scars on the bosom Of the earth grew,
for the line promptly scratched itself
shelter in the ground and the shallow
trenches marked the undulations of the
battletide.
The ambulances were well to the rear,
for, despite Geneva and other conven-
ed to withhold fire when there are
troops in the vicinity, and II a crawl
ing, creeping man becomes a frequent
ly found target a looming ambulance
may not hope to escape for thirty Sec
onds the sheaf of steel and lead sweep
ing over the field.
But with the coming of night con-
ditfons changed. Having fought them
selves to standstill, both sides tacitly
agreed to cease activities for the time
being, and under the cover of dark
ness. yet with their mission clearly in
dicated by the green lanterns which
each party bore, the details and ann
bulances moved out upon the battle
field in search of dead and wounded,
friend and foe.
AS the night deepened. a harvest
moon arose, as though nature were
giving aid in the alienation of suf-
fering, and in the mellow light which
bathed the field. contrasting peacefully
with the velvety indigo of the shadows,
the relief work proceeded.
Clustered about wrecked field gun,
friend and enemy were found in
common suffering. At one place former
enemies had bound up one another's
wounds and shared the last relieving
drops from the same canteen. and the
same stretcher party bore them to the
hostile lines sanitary detachments
from both forces met on their mission
and each sorted out. when together,
their own stricken, calling attention to
soldiers of the other side who needed
care.
Some of the less sorely wounded
endeavored to crawl to their lines from
the shelters. where they had crept un-
der the awful fire which blazed during
the day over their hiding places. Single
members of the searching squads
swung wounded men upon their backs
with the hold taught them by their
surgeons. and staggered back with
their shattered burdens. Mules, bear
ing lftters on their backs or slung at
each side, were led out and men
loaded upon them. Horses came, drag
ging poles at each side, to which
blankets were slung. making extern
porized travois, and the wounded were
hauled to the rear in them.
There were hand litters and wheeled
Evening star., 1914-10-25

Mrs. Nicholson. wife of Rear Admiral
Reginald F. Nicholson. U. s. n. recently
In command Of the Asiatic squadron
who has just returned from two years
spent In the orient
'-Tsingtau. the fortified town Of the
naochow province. particularly. is q
curious anomaly" she continued. known
III along the China coast as 'Spotless
Town; a bit OF modern Germany set
down in medieval China; a place rival
ing the gayest Of European spas as a
summer resort; governed by a German
naval oniesr and yet. curiously enough,
10 the entire satisfaction Of the large
Chinese population
when the Germans took Tsinetau
After the Boxer troubles-they hold 1t
co o. ainAty-nins-ysar lease with the
Evening star., 1914-10-25

ticularly struck with the great popularity
of the Calhouns among the foreign colony
in Peking. All the legation people, she
said. regarded Mr.. Calhoun with the
greatest admiration and were entirely de-
voted to Mrs. Calhoun.
Picking was still stirred over the revo-
luton, when she was there, and the
members of the foreign colony had many
exciting tales to tell. 1t seems they had
no knowledge or apprehension of the sec
ond revolution until the first shots were
fired.
Admiral Nicholson was with the fleet
in Shanghai through most of the excite
ment, but Mrs. Nicholson did not arrive
until the trouble was practically over. The
revolutionists had recently shelled the
city and all the people from the hills
about had taken refuge in the Astor ao-
tel, believed to be in a safe zone. Some
one with perverted sense of humor
caused a panic and a near-tragedy by
dropping a giant firecracker down the
stairs into the main hall Not long before
Portuguese boy had been killed by
bursting shrapnell in the public gardens,
directly in front of the hotel, SO the
pandemonium caused by this trick can
be easily imagined.
Mrs. Nicholson made the trip home via
the Suez canal and southern Italy. En-
route she spent some time in Manila, her
second visit there American rule has
worked many changes in the last few
years. she said. and the town is full OF
interesting contrasts. She also visited
Baguio. the Simla Of the Philippines.
where all Americans, who can, go for the
hot weather. 1t is heavenly spot deep
in the hills and surrounded by pine woods.
with a magnificent view.
The Nicholsons were out of Europe be-
fore the war cloud rose, having reached
this country some time in July. Admiral
Nicholson is now on duty at the Navy
Department and they will make their
home In Washington this winter.
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from the stained litters to the increas-
ing rank off to one side where the dead
lay in state under the requiem of the
guns. But the majority of those
brought in were quiet.
The busy surgeons, with coats off and
sleeves rolled up, stood composedly at
extemporized operating tables. taking
the patients in turn as they came
There seemed to be a deft efficiency
about the entire organization which be-
spoke practice. for there were practi-
cally no directions given and there was
no time lost. The conscious wounded
who lay awaiting their turn for the
hasty dressing viewed the scenes at
the tables alphabetically. as though they
were IN no hurry and not particularly
interested. Bullet-shock frequently In
duces state of mind closely bordering
upon Indifference.
A mounted orderly rode UP, leaped
from his horse. rapidly saluted one of
the surgeons and said:
Commanding officers condiments
sir, and the regiment is moving forward
to attack"
Very well.'' replied the surgeon
Sergeant. we'll have to move forward
Leave two men here until the am
oulances arrive, then after the wound
ed are turned over to them have them
rejoin us ahead"
Ihe remaining cases were cared for
while the detachment turned to mack
the baggage. Pack mules, which car
rled the necessities of the station. were
brought up, the cases and boxes were
hastily slung on the patient backs
ana the dressing station detachment
keeping under all possible cover
pushed ahead, the of1cer in charge
going well in advance to locate the
next and best point for the establish
ment Of the station
Inc ambulances arrived almost at
the moment of departure of the dress
ing station section. The wounded were
lifted on their litters into the auto
mobile ambulances, eight and ten to a
machine. and, keeping well to the right
to leave roadway clear for oncomine
troops. the ambulance column sped to
the rear. where the field hospitals were
being established, the Red Cross flags
fluttering from the hoods of the ma
chimes.
The surgeon in charge of the ambu-
lances looked the wounded over rapid
ly He noted, almost at a glance, the
extent of their injuries. and, mindful
of the limitations of his transporta-
tion, directed all those who had re-
covered from the first effect of their
wounds. and who could walk, to pro-
ceed to the station for slightly wound
ed, which he indicated at the far side
of a grain field, placing a grizzled nom
commissioned officer, who had his arm
in sling. in charge
At the field hospital it had been
found unnecessary to erect the huge
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follow the advancing line at any COST but
the men wearing the Geneva crosses car
rled litters, for they were of the regi-
mental aid detachments of the hospital
corps. =
The shock delivered by the impact
of a shrapnel ball is greater than that
of rifle bullet. The former Is larger
and softer and has no sharp point to
pilot it's way easily through flesh, and
as the blast which had devastated the
head of the column was from shrapnel,
most of the stricken men were knock
ed out by ugly wounds.
When the aid detachment reached the
corporal the dull stain growing on the
dull uniform showed wound near the
left shoulder. The tunic was unbut-
toned and the shirt beneath was snip
ped away by scissors from the emer-
gency pouch, disclosing the injury
where it bathed the medal identifica-
tfon tag hung about the corporafs
neck, with crimson splash.
From the rear of the waist cartridge
belt on the corporal the hospital corps
aid packet and tore 1t open. The soft
med1cated congresses were applied
over the gaping hole in the white
flesh, the bandages were adjusted, to
bind them in position. and the wound
ed man was taken to the roadside. to
be cared for and taken to the rear
by the ambulance company detach-
ments coming up. for the position of
the hrst-ald men was directly in rear
of their battalion and they must move
on. But before leaving, a non-commis-
stoned officer whipped out a book of
tags. scrawled a hasty description of
the wound location upon one, tore it
from the stub and tied the tag to a
button on the corporaPs coat The
first step in the care of the wounded
had been taken.
One member of the aid detachment
had been left with the row of stricken.
While the battle roared ahead, he
busted himself giving what care and
comfort to the wounded possible, and
after a few moments stretcher bearers
from the leading ambulance company
came up from the dressing station
established short distance to the
rear and commenced gathering the
wounded. The dead were left where
they lay.
Behind a gentle swale, where a spark
ling brook ran down little gully, the
dressing station was found, just off the
roadside. With its staff wedged in the
crotch OF a tree, a Red Cross flag
dropped that a.. passing might readily
see, and from severa. directions the lit
ter bearers came, bearins their fresh
made victims from which wa had tax
en- its crimson toll.
The wounded scarcely made a so-rd
Here and there men shot through the
head gasped or moaned rythmically
And often the faint sounds ceased alb
ruptly and the stricken were turned