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where Are We, Son, Of Hercules Mul.


10 TIE IUl"pF .F UHE SvN-Sir' TIE
American IRIS" Historical Society Is de-
s..,4s Of % E'r- tho descendants or
TI.r'u.,s Nu'..Enn, and We know OF uo
h't'er ".aru,l through which 10 reach
them tIaa the colunns of THE sun.
This Hercules Mulligau was a promi-
nent New York merchant during the
last half OF the eighteenth century lie
n leading spirit among the Liberty
Boys who tore down the ledden statue
Of King George on Bowling Green m
1916 and converted 1t into bullets for
the patriot army. He was very activ e
in ante-Revolutionary politics and was
one of the New York Committee os one
Hundred, formed in May. 1875, as well
as OF the Committees Of Observation
and Correspondence. After the battle
OF Long Island In 1875 ha was CAPTURED
and was compelled to stay in the city
during the remainder oc the war. Alex
ander Hamilton referred to him as his
earliest friend In America and when
Hamilton received his appointment to
Washington's staff in l777 Mulligan.
though practically a prisoner. became
tho confidential correspondent OF the
Commander in Chief and furnished him
with valuable Intelligence. There is hls.
toric authority for the statement that
on the morning OF W~ashingbon's entry
into the city at the head OF the Amerl-
can army, November ?5, 1888. no
showed his appreciation n respect for
Mulligan by taking his break
fast with the Mulligan family, whose
residence was at % Queen street, now
Pearl street.
His sons, William c. and John w.
Mulligan. were prominent New York law
yers. william e. in 1900 married A
Miss Strong, daughter Of a wealthy New
YORK merchant. John w. MulllEan was
secretary for several years to the famous
Baron Steuben, and IN 1909 was com
mander of the Fifth New York Rerl-
ment and in 1910 was Surrogate of he
county.
If there arc any living descendants O..
this family | should Ike them 10 com.
municate with me.
NJ, j. O'BRIEN,
HistorioGrapher, American Irish Ills
torical Society,
1899 Cruger avenue.
NEW YORK, September "a.
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Klnley. There Is K.2. for instance, that


scars to an altitude of 2S,2JO feet !;
Everest. the one peak higher. tops 1t
hy only T52 feet. or about 30 yards.
K.2 should bc attractive to n noun
talneer seeking n reputation for ac-
tual achievement. The Italian Duke
assaulted It from every side and was
foiled. What an opportunity for DR..
Cook. Windy Gap in the head wall
of the Goodwin Austen glacier beck
ons him. 1t Is true the Duke could
not advance from that strategical
CreviCe, but the Doctor knows no such
word as fail. once he attained Windy
Gap the rest would be easy. The Him.
alayan field of mountains Is Il para
disc for the explorer with a camera
What convincing pictures could be
taken from that point!
Bride Peak Is not to be desplsed by
the Doctor. for the Duke of the
AnRuzzI won THE record for greatest
altitude (2i,5S3 feet) when he found
himself just short Of attainment and
shut Off by n cornice. There ia really
no occasion for Or. Cook to deny
himself distinction in the Hlmalayas
because the Indla-Nepal treaty pre-
vents him from writing a book about
Everest. The bars are down else
where. Sic itur ad astra!
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Nothing could be more encouraging
than the news from WATERFOWL, the
pleasant jefferson county hamlet his
t~Orically memorable rs the site OF
ROSWELL L. FLOWER. There BOB Ian
SING goes a-fishing and catches eigh-
teen bass, sure testimony that his
eye is clear, his arm steady, his body
vigorous, his intellect untroubled. An
ice cap for the victims of superheated
patriots. Il tonic for an;pmics, n re-
assurance for the calm. He receives
nO letters, he reads no notes; he has
banished from his mind the cares of
the state and devotes himself to the
rational pursuits of man.
Fishing IS an art that COMFORTS
well with theoretical and applied
craftsmanship. II requires patience
II ncccsSitatcS careful observation,
close study, concentration Of all the
faculties, The man who catches eigh-
teen bass must exercise unusual quail
ties of mind.
Perch ought to he pretty lively up
State at this season. They are not
rs satisfactory to the angler as bass,
but when they are properly prepared
for the table they are better eating.
We hope Mr., LANSING does not scorn
them. If he does not know how to
cook the perch we shall he glad to
tell him, II he sends MS n stamped
and s~elf-addresscd envelope with his
inquiry. II is II secret we will not
cOniidc to everybody.
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To THE EDITOR oF THE SuN-Sir: In
a Connecticut town TIE superintendent
OF schools recently sent out "a commune
cation advising the teachers that school
would begin on September Z The super
~intendcnt concludes his notice to the
teachers as follows at is suggested also
that every teacher come prepared for
work the first day OF the school year.
and not waste any time getting ready
TO begin to commence to start"
L. II. G.
SToNINGroN, Conn, September "a
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There need be no excitement becaus

There need be no excitement because
the entering class at Princeton is nu-
mcrcially weaker than its recent pred
c~cessors. The explanation lies nearer
home than Europe. 70 say the falling
off in registration Is due to financial
stringenCy caused by the war" will not
DO. Everybody knows, everybody sus-
pectcd at the time, that tho removal Of
the Rev. DR.. HENRY VAS DYKE to
spheres of higher usefulness was a
sacrifice for which the College of New
Jersey must pay dear. Tho sweet
N~assovican songstcr will return some
day to lecture, in Dutch. TO full
benches, and the registrar will Edo a
land office business"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-25
The County Fair.

The county fair is In fun bloom
And ev'ry ono Is gay.
Lem PolloCk's soaked Will musk rersDu.
Just In the same old way,
81 Plvtns makes his buttons hy
Hitting the swat machine,
one plugged Jim Simson In the ey,
And made him fighting mean.
Matilda Dobson won the prize
Doing her sChottische swing;
Whereat her rivals all made eyes
Al TIL, conceited thing
Zeke Sugson squandered seven bones
Shell gnme-lt made him squlut.
Say, that poor victims undertoncs
Amt decent words 20 print,
The baby show was something great,
One mother Was made glad.
The winner won the nLles hate
OF mothers who were mad.
Len Perkins dealt his cider out,
A nickel for a cup:
By heck, Lens beverage was stout
Enough to tank one up
The Governor he made a speech
But what he meant 10 say
Was lost, the ba hes began to scresoh
In a most scandlous way.
And now the folks are racing home,
Cahooting IN the rain,
They're fading In the drizs,tnx gloan-
Next year they'll come again.
HosAcE sHINoUa KELLER,
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BlOdsinnigkeit.

mean to call MS Americans? In the
fine shading of idiom his epithet for
the Yankees" has II pretty wide
range Of possible Interpretation. 1t is
fairly ~presumable from the context
that the German attaches intent was
honeycd with fiattery. The ques.
ton IL. What was the degree of dis
like. scOrn, disdain or contempt In the
implication? Had the uncomfortable
adjective n "nuance" perhaps of pity?
Was 1t meant to he naughty. insolcnt
or insulting, or was disgust the i'm.
polling motive?
On searching the scriptures of our
ever Illuminating friend Herr FLUE-
GEL, n prince of photographers. we
ON first upon "bl0de." adjective.
s%ignifying, of the physical vision, dim
ness, weakness. In its penumbra the
word passes through the territory of
disposition, shy, difiident. into that of
mind weak minded. imbecile. Fin
BIDDER Humid" the Germans say.
"wird selten felt" "a diHident per.
rarely gets along in the world"
is the F~luegelian overseeing. The
dog that doesn't assert himself stays
lean all his life.
In the d~erivative forms the word Is
progressively sharp. "Bl0digkcit" is
ghx-nnGs Ithl,,pn. t,,N .,,,Y1, .hn
root with "Sinn," mind. senses, facul-
ties, and we get "Bl0dsinn." imbecil-
ity, Stiffness: "bl6dsinnig," exhibiting
imbecility; "Bl0dsinnickeit." the con.
dition of an imbeclle. So far Herr
FLUEGEL is short of idiocy: but at
last we come upon der Bl0dslnnige,"
the idiot.
1t is apparent, therefore. that Cap.
tain Won PAPEN. when he wrote "Ich
sage diesen bl0dsinnigen Yankees i'm
mer sic soften den Mund halten."
might have meant to describe the
American people either rs silly folks.
stupid louis. imbecilcs or Idiots: as
"innocentS,' Cranks or fools.
And here. for the niccties of verbal
distinction, we turn TO the English
W0rterbuch. ~Imbecility Is a mental
feebleness that may denote either a
defective development ar Il loss of fac.
ulty; contemplation of it moves to
pity, not disgust or contempt. ldiOcy
is the dcstitution of ordinary mental
powers that marks the natural fool.
I.unacy IS first an intermittent inSIn-
ity, then any madness or unsoundneSs
of mind. ldiocy, in legal view. is in
ability to take car" of yourself in dan
lunacy, incapacity for taking part
in civil Transactions.
n~pyctailing the German and the
English photographed authorities.
the question takes this final form:
Does the Herr Captain regard the
American people rs soft as a1niable
but annoying nuts or as madmen:
Have we bats in our b~clfry"? Is
nobody home? Or are We danger.
Gus lunatlcs, devoting Il perverted
will to obstruction Of the Tcutonic
bcncficent Drang mach Ostcn. mach
Weston, mach Nordcn und mach Siiden?
However the compound a~pOlogists
seek to soften the asrerity of the
epithet, it Is still difficult to believe
that Mr.. Won PAPFS had any Interior
purpose of putting America tn the
bursting point with hattery in the
unexpected event Of publication Of
his intimate correspondence.
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The thoughts of anxious thousands
hang. with that beer laden motor truck
which broke through a bridge over the
Shrewsbury at Red Bank, upon a G!ddy
verge. Five tons of beer, What
mathematician of the kegs shall COM
pute for us the number of foaming
schooners OF hellcs and dunkels on
the edge of destruction? Perhaps we
shall have beer hloated oysters from
the Shrewsbury beds. But how is the
intrusion OF Ashury Park into such a
story to be accounted for? Asbury
Park, the dry" resort!
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MARKS Has PLAN TO SAVE.
would Cut 100000 a ear on
City's Phone BilIs.

Borough President Marks ~ NH-ra,-
tan told tho Board ~ EslnA'" l,-c'-
day that the city could save s. no =
year by having a single te'ouno 7 *
change for all the Offices In ;hs -
pal 'Eu.lding instead o: an ., .-g'
for each department
There are now fag,y-tVo c.s 900
sitting at twenty-five svitrhro4r'- "a
$4,000 calls a day over 2-S tsIr' r's
Mr.. Marks's efficiency surrcs' 0- ';
referred 10 the tax budget eonu ''-
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The efficiency and Importance Of the
safety First propaganda, recently
started in this country, is well illus
trated in the report Of the Union Pa
rihc Railroad Company. which states
that during the fiscal year ending June
80, 1915, out OF a total Of 1881, 1864 pas
scngers not a single life was lost.
Credit for this remarkable record
should lot only he given to the direct
ing minds of the Union Pacific but also
to the workingmen who have so sue
C~cssfully worked for safety.
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The Lost Statue.

To II EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: There
turks In a corner OF my memory a vision
of a statue that stood in City Hall Park,
facing Park Row, where now the post
Office turns It's ugly back to its classic
.neighbor."
a any old New Yorker give me In
formation as to what It was or where il
is?
or is II an i"llusion2
SEMI-CENTENARIAN.
New York, September "a.
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Municipal Judge GULL ruled to-day
that II is gross negligence for a woman
TO carry money in her silk stocking
CloU'ldHd despatch.
To keep mo "y in any institution
not slfeguarded by bank examiners is
rash in the extreme.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-25

" our friends Uho fdUOr US ,cith manu-.
scripts and Illustrations for publication tCish
10 hare rejected articles returned then must
IN al cases send stamps for that purpose.
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The Skid Navigator.

Tea'her-why was Columbus sent HON,
in chainsH
Tomrny-so he wouldn't skid IN the wa,
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London office. bingham House. 1 Arun-
de street, strand.
Paris office, 9 Rue de Ia Michodlere. on
Rue du Quatre Septembre.
Warrington office, Hibbs building.
Brooklyn office, 100 Livingston street.
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the British Board Of Trade will count

nightly in the struggle. 1t must be
regarded as a supreme proof of the
advantage that England has gained
by control of the sea in spite of the
enemy's submarines.
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knIcker We always investigate how an
accident has happened,
Bocker-but never how the next one
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The Greatest Mutation Factory on Earth.
Knicker-Speakln1 OF war ordss-
Becke-who makes Cupid's Arro~sf
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All checks, money orders. &c, to be
made payable to TEE SuN.
Published daily. Including sunday. ~ the
Sun Printing ana Publishing Association at
l50 Nassau street, In the borough OF Man
haitian, New York. President and Treas
Irer, william e. Relck. $50 Nassau street;
Ni,e-prcsident Edward T.. Mitchell, ljJ
Nassau street. Secretary. G. Il. Luxbon. $50
Nassau street.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-09-30

For many night l have walked
the floor, nervous and restless. /
could not sleep for gases and bile In
my stomach. About six months ago
began using Chamberlain's Tablets and
can say they have done wonders iol
me- writes Emil G Leyerenz Savan
nah. Mo. Obtainable everywhere
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IlANsAs CITY BONRD or TRADE

Kansas city sept 29-Wheat-No.
hard SI03QI10, 40. Q red Sllo0
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non RNNT lnnrtmcnIs

~-~~~4~eoo-o-~-~-~-~-~~ -7~0-~~@-ey~'ses-
pDU itENI.--u housekeeping rooms ana fuf
nlahad cottages sleeping porohes SIS
West Coal
NOR RENT Three. room furnished fnl
with sleeping porch modern. 2l6 South
sixth street Inquire savoy hotel
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04
What an American Sees on the
Firing Line in Northern France
Staff Correspondent With Sir John Frenchs Army Writes
Unusual Series Regarding Conditions in the
Field of the Latest Fighting
iiy WILLIAM q. SHEPHERD
nited Press Stan Correspondent

i've minutes. He's carrying gun
and wearing khaki Or | will find
him for you lying under wooden
cross in one OF the field cemetaries.
his part of the job that he came out
here to do well and nobly finished. II
was his duty to show that he believed
not only that an Engllshman's home
is his castle. but that a Belgtan's
home and Frenchman's home and
every home in all civilization is u
sacred shelter that must be un-
louched by enemies,
There's thrill about being with
the English army that no American
can miss. These hundreds upon hun
dreds of thousands Of men are volun-
teers, every man sat down and
thought it all out for himself before
he went to the recruiting Office and
asked for place in the army To-
day, in the English army khaki
he's his own mans man. He's re-
sponslble to his superjors. for he's a
soldier, but, primarily, he Is respon-
sibhe to himself and to that castle
of his back home and to every teop-
ardized. castle-house In every corner
of the earth, He has worked out a
duty for himself as one works out
his own religion or the other great
problems OF this life. and the answer
to his problem IL that here he Is IN
khaki, a full hedged soldier.
Don't believe these stories that he
is always singing "Tipperary," and
that he is always ready for frolic
or fight. There's no frolic about
II and very little music. His frollc
and his music. are awaiting him ct
his castle somewhere In the Empire,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE

To the stockholders OF the klamath
Water Users Association
You are hereby notified that the
annual meeting of the stockholders
of the klamath Water Users Associa-
tion. pursuant to Section OF Article
2 OF the Bylaws OF said association,
will be held in the Houston opera
house, klamath Falls. Oregon. FRI
day. the 4th day of June. A. D. 1915.
at the hour of o'clock p. m. You
are notified that such meeting Is held
for the purpose of electing board Of
directors for the ensuing year, and
for the transaction of such other busi-
ness as may regularly be brought be-
fore such meeting.
The following amendments to the
Bylaws of said association Will be
submitted to the stockholders in said
annual meeting for. your acceptance
or rejection, to-wit:
That Section one a. OF Article
three (3) OF the bylaws OF the
klamath Water Users Association be
amended to read as follows:
Section l.. That the exercise Of the
corporate powers of this association
and the management Of its affairs
shall be vested in a board of three
directors.
That Section i've CD OF Article
three (S) OF said Bylaws be amend
ed to read as follows:
Section 8. Regular meetings OF
the board OF directors shall be held
on the first Saturday OF each month.
Special meetings of the board OF d.
rectors may be called by the presi-
dent. or by any two members OF the
board, Such call shall be In writlne
and signed by either the president Or
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04

IL he ever sees it again. He came out
here to fight and he Is in dead earn
est and serious earnest. He wasn't
always singing "Tipperary" while he
was doing his duty in peace times or
while he was committing to and from
work; no more does he do It now.
This is serious job just like his
peace time duty; the frolic and the
music may come after the job is
done.
The thrill that the American gets,
rubbing elbows with this volunteer
British army comes with the know
ledge that there are only two great
powers In the world that have the
voluntary military system. Great
Britain and the United States.
Through all the long winter. back
In the British Isles. saw men In
silk hats. in derbies, in long coats, In
short coats, In hunting coats, in street
clothes, drilling and marching and
counter-marching, their faces were
always set determinedly. Now ! see
the same men here, In khaki and caps.
They are here because they are, forced
to be here; forced by something with
In themselves. They are here not only
because they wanted to be here. but
bcause they were detrIhined to be
here.
That's the British ARMY Of today,
at the front.
saw part of the army at church
this morning The parson knew his
hearers.
He talked TO them Just ~ he would
have talked back In any little old
stone church In any corner Of the
British Isles on any sunday morning,
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04

He didn't mention war, nor the near
ness of eternity. heard q salv0 Of
heavy artillery while he was speak
ing, but he continued. unmovsd, tell
Ing how hard It may be. sometimes.
TO lead a Christian life.
His text was about Thomas, the dis
ciplc, who would not believe Christ
had risen until he had seen, for him.
self, the print Of the nails.
To-day" he said, when we doubt,
there are no print OF the nails for US
to see. Christ appeared in person to
that unfortunate Thomas and carried
him over the Torrent Of Doubt. But
We must bridge the chasm between
doubt and belief by faith, and we
must square out our lives to our be-
liefs.''
That was the tone OF his sermon.
lie was an earnest person. His huge
tan shoes were disclosed beneath his
gown. the collar OF his chaplain's
coat showed above 1t. He wore a
watch on his wrist, and he consulted
+; II from time to time. A lieutenant
Of artillery sat at the organ; on his
military collar was the artillery en-
blem of bursting shell. The audi
cnce was In khaki except for q score
! OF nurses In blue.
( Tommy Atkins. bless his heart. was
not there. This was an audieRce Of
English citizens, whom you might
have found In any church in England
ON this bright Sunday morning. come
over here to France to do their duty,
and the parson was talking to them
( as simply as parson can talk who fs
trying to help folks along In their So
luton OF their problems Of life and
death.
1t was the same way at the foot
I ball game this afternoon The dis
tant cannon rumbled then, also.
1 talked to two artists from the Chelsea
(; Art Club, who had been In the battle
OF Ypres. and who were as hardened
veterans Of war as Napoleon ever
knew. talked to butcher from the
West End Of London. talked to a
carpenter. I saw a Cambridge man
and a horse farricr playing football.
side by side.
This crowd wasn't made up Of
/ Tommy Atkins, the professional SOL
dier. 1t was John Bull, on the job.
The world has never before seen
another army like this English ONE
men who can be counted almost in
( millions---each man his own mans
man: each man doing his duty be-
cause something within MIN has
forced him to do it; each man playing
TO the grandstand that lies within
/ himself and to the little gallery in
his castle back home.
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04

hWndrcds OF thousands. Tommy Az
kins Ia the soldier that kipling sings
about. John Bull had never been
sung about He's the John Bull VINO
believes his home is his castle; IN
fact, 1t is that belief that has brought
him here, He's the John Hull VINO
pays his taxes. who reads news
papers and talks politics. who has q
GARDEN. n wife and children, and VINO
commutes daily In peace time be-
tween his home and his office,
Take any ono OF your younger
neIghbors---a lawyer, street car
conductor, a clerk; you fellows VINO
stay Mt home on summer evenings
ana squirt the lawn or weed the
gardcn---and III go out on the
streets Of this headquarters town ana
t,nd his counterpart for you WITHIN
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD

Gc' small package Of Hamburg
hreast Tea, or ~ tho German folks
esN Il, hamburger Brust Thee" at any
Pharmacy. Take tablespoonful Of the
YEA, put cup Of boiling water upon
y, pour through = sieve and drink a
!eaeap full ut any time during tho
Gay or before retiring. u is the most
snec''ye way TO break . cold and cure
N,p. az Il opens Tho porcs Of the akin,
renewing congestion. Also loosens Tho
oowels, thus driving cold from tho
system.
Try II tho next tlme you suffer from
cold or tho grip. It 10 inexpensive
sm entirely vegetable, therefore safe
aad harmless e ftf
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04

The Steam Laundries OF klamath
Falls support Afteen American fam
HES. who do not 1.-Two on rico. sleep In
tho laundry. or send their money to
foreign countries. LIT
The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1915-05-04

kins; It's John
HUH.
Tho minute you
begin to rub ell
bows with the Eng
lish army you make
this discovery.
Tommy Atkins,
{ h o professional
English soldier, Is
here n plenty. He
dotes on the Eng
lish army. John
Bull Is the every
day English citizen
and he seems to be
around here ! II