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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
Copyright BY International Syndicate
Intimate Story ofthe Life ola Midshipman From
he Time He Enters the U. S. Naval Academy
Until He Is Graduated Full Pledged
Officer of Our Great Navv.
The International Syndicate.

OMPARATIVELY few Ameri-
cans except those especially in
terested in navy matters have
anything but superficial idea
he real making Of a naval officer,
he rigid training and hard study
lung man must undergo before he
Graduated as an officer in the
ed States Navy.
be United States Naval Academy,
Re the officers of our sea-fghting
hines are educated. is located on
banks of the Severn river about
miles from Chesapeake Bay and
ming the corporate limits Of An
lis. Marylands historic capital.
area Of the grounds, including
Madison and the Government
comprises about two hundred
}. three sides of which face the
| r, and from Its front miles upon
Of navigable waters stretch out
70 ones view-waters where the
United States Navy could ride
nchor II necessary. The waters
sea room for the midsh!pmen's
ice with their cutters, launches
small boats under oars, as well
pr gun practice on the ships.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
out in the foreground.

out in the foreground.
Several States have erected monu-
ments to the memory of officers who
came from these States, the most no
table ones being the splendid tomb set
up by Pennsylvania in memory OF
General Wint, of Spa nsh- American
fame, and the elaborate monument
erected by the State of Connecticut to
her honored dead. This memorial ID
made of Tennessee marble and Is forty
feet in height and ten feet square
at the base. 1t is deliberately carved.
But One Equestrian Statue.
There Is but one equestrian status
in the cemetery and this was recently
erected by the State Of New Jersey
on the one hundredth anniversary Of
her illustrious son. General Phil
Kearny of Civil War fame. The statue
is an imposing one. The figure Of Gen.
Kearny on horseback Is in bronze
and rests on a massive granite base.
It stands near the Rostrum and is a
splendid addition to the art of this
magnificent memorial ground OF our
honored dead--the worlds most beau
tiful military cemetery.
Thousands of visitors come to Ar
| linGton each year to pay tribute to
the fallen heroes. and on each Me-
mortal Day people from both North
and South come from far and near
laden with flowers which they rev.
erently strew upon the graves OF those
who loved and served their country
so well.
"In strewing the flowers in token OF
love,
In planting the lily today;
Let all he remembered, for angels
above
Look down on the Blue and the
Gray"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03

to the MILDLY, and IL he is member
of any OF the various athletic teams
he usually puts in the recreation pc
Rod practicing with them. Lacrosse,
baseball, football. wrestling. fencing.
swimming. track. crew and tennis are
the athletic sports. There is also a
rife team which ranks high in ex-
pert shooting.
In order to belong to any of these
voluntary athletics the midshipman
must keep up with his class. for while
those In authority at the Academy en-
courage athletics they do not allow
them to detract from study. supper
Is served at seven o'clock, and by
eight the midshipman is back in his
room for an hour and a half bone
ing" as they term study. At nine
thirty a gun is fred and for the next
half hour the middies may visit each
others rooms. At ten-thirty the lights
90 out, and few minutes later the
officers make their rounds to see that
all the young men are in bed.
The present superintendent OF the
Naval Academy is Admiral William F.
ity and a strict disciplinarian. yet
with a kindness Of manner which in
stinctively wins the midshipmen.
June Week.
June Week and Graduation Day are
the great events in Naval Academy
life, as the social affairs during the
year consist OF hops and visits To
friends In Annapolis. During June
Week the historic old town is crowd
ed with visitors and everybody takes
boarders the oldest families"
do not hesitate to take paying guests. "
All parts of the country Join hands
to make the event gala occasion.
The exercises consist of exhibition
drills in seamanship, infantry, artil-
lery and gunnery. There Is the pres
entation Of medals at dress parade
and toward the end of the week there
Ia a nag presentation to the Company
which has won the honor of carrying
tho nag during the coming year. and
a young lady Is selected by the Cap
tain of the retiring Company to pre-
sent the nag. This ceremony usually
draws a large crowd and the fortunate
girl ID the envy of all her friends The
Glass german" Is danced on the night
before graduation and is the affair"
Of the week as only the outgoing class
are permitted to dance, each member
selecting his fair partner.
The class is graduated on Friday
OF June Week and the farewell ball is
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
Started in 1915.


The site was selected In 1S46 dur
ing the administration OF President
James X. Polk. when George Ban
croft was the Secretary of the Navy.
1t was small affair for the country
was still young and the navy consisted
OF few inferior ships In January,
1876, four months after the school
opened. thirty-six midshipmen who
had begun a sort of haphazard study
Of the duties OF an officer on the diff
ferent ships were preparing for ex-
animation for promotion. Thirteen of
the date of 1841 were to remain at
the Academy until drafted for service
at sea, and seven were acting midship-
men appointed after September Of the
previous year. In all. there were nifty
six future officers. a small beginning
for school which has since turned
out thousands of officers.
All candidates must be at the time
OF their examination for admission be-
tween the ages OF sixteen and twenty
years. At present the course Is four
years, at the close Of which the young
man Is graduated as an ensign.
He is subjected to a rigid mental
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-06-03
hce the Home of General
Robert E. Lee--How II
Became a Military Gem
Etery-- Description of
Some of theNewestand
Most Notable Tombs.

was not the irony of fate but
rather the hand of an all-wise
providence that has made the
once beautiful home OF the mill
| idol and chieftain Of the Con-
fracy-General Robert z. Lee, the
magnificent burial ground of our
p heroes who give their lives in
fnse Of our country's honor.
general Lee married the daughter
george Washington Parke Gusts.
was the grandson of Martha
Ellington. At her fathers death.
Lee became the owner Of the
|ngton estate for life, after which
vent to her son. GUSTS. When
civil War came on General Lee.
was then a colonel in the Fed
service, resigned and on the fol-
ng day left Arlington and with
Family went to Richmond, there to
command Of the Confederate
short time after the departure of
Lees the Federal troops took pos
sion into headquarters and turned
grounds into a camp. AS the war
Il on hospitals were established
e and when the cemetery at the
iers' Home no longer sufficed for
burial of the dead the plateaus of
|ngton began to be dotted with
les.
ade Cemetery Mt Suggestion OF
Meigs.
h May 80, 1864. President Lincoln
over to Arlington to visit the
bital in which his Boys" were
tered accompanied by Quarter
ter General Meigs. They found
We dead soldiers being prepared
burial In the already crowded
etery at the Soldiers Home. Cen
Meigs suggested that they be in
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
FOR BRONCHITIS, WHooPlNe couch,
GROUP, COUGHS AND COLDS
Make the Remedy at Teaspoonsul for

In buying this remedy. besides secur.
ing an absolute guarantee of its efficiency
from these druggists, you also get about
eight times as much medicine as you
would in buying most any of the old
fashioned, ready-made kinds, which aver.
age from 20 to 80 teaspoonsful, because
SOC worth makes whole pint (128 tea.
spoonsfuD when mixed at home with
simply one pint of sugar and one-half pint
of water. This remedy positively does
not contain chloroform, opium, morphine
or any other narcotic. tits pleasant to take
and children are fond of it. You will b
the sole judge, and under this positive
guarantee absolutely no risk is run in buy
ing this remedy. Druggists everywhere
are authorized to sell it under the same
guarantee as Schiffmann's famous Asth-
mador of Money Back" if not perfectly
satisfactory. r. ]. Schifmann, Proprietof.
Saint Paul. MINI. Guaranteed here b.
P. A. CLEMMER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03

If everything was sold in as liberal and
fair manner as the below named drug.
gists are selling Schiffmann's New Con.
centrated Expectorant, absolutely no
cause for complaint or dissatisfaction
could possibly arise from anyone. These
druggists say-"Buy bottle of this rem.
edy and try it for Bronchitis, Whoopine
Cough. Severe Cough, Group or any
Bronchial Affection, and we will return
your money, just the same as we do with
Schiffmann's famous Asthmador, if it
does not give satisfaction, or if not found
the best remedy ever used for any of
these complaints" Why not take ad.
VANTAGE of this guarantee and try this
medicine, and get your money back. rath-
er than buying another purely on the
exaggerated claims of its manufacturer
or on the strength of testimonials from
others and run the chance of getting
something worthless and also wasting
your money?
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
Another Victim.

Alex Miller in Washington, Iowa,
Democrat: Carl Leander, football
player at Parsons college, was so badly
hurt recently in game that it is fear
ed he will die. We get the item from
the Fairfield Ledger. Two boys in
this town are laid up with injured
arms, Charley Minick and Donald
Pike.
Does it pay?
They defend football on the ground
that it keeps the boys in school. If
that is q defense of football, we can
give other means of keeping boys in
school. We would suggest crap games
or beer saloons or a moving picture
show, or good time altogether and no
study, or thousand things that might
be mentioned. Is a good time al that
boys 60 to school for, anyhow?
We are aware that we will be set
down as behind the times and as . fos-
sill and . chump for this stand. We
are aware that we will be counted out
of date and all that, yet we never
heard valid defense of football, and
there is none.
Is Charley Minick or Donald Pike
were to have crippled arm for life
it would be worse than if they had new
er gone beyond the eighth grade in
school. If the Fairfield boy dies his
life would have been worth more than
every football game played this autumn.
We insist that it is brutal and beast
ly and everything that boys ought not
to be. If you want brutality, why not
have bull fights or cock. fights or
hell raising in general? A boy who
won't 60 to school except he is allowed
to play football isn't worth educating
anyhow.
We would change the song, Il did
not raise my boy to be soldier" to
read, II did not raise my boy to be a
football victim.
The former song is idiotic, since ev-
cry boy has to be willing to be a SOL
der in lime of need, but football is
nothing only an appeal to all the baser
animal instincts of mankind.
And yet, nothing we can say will do
any good, and may only offend lot Of
our boy friends, but we can't help it.
This is what we think, and what the
thunder is the use writing things you
do not think?
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03

Christmas Jewelry at Roland Bald
wins.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
County Sunday School Convention

A Sunday school convention and nor
NAL institute for Howard county will
be held in the Methodist Episcopal
church at Lime Springs on Wednesday,
Dec. 9Th.
We are fortunate in securing spec
ialist IN the person of Mr.. Walter Hut
ton of Sterling, Kan, who has been a
successful Sunday school superintend-
ent and convention worker for several
years, and comes to Howard county to
give us some rich talks and helpful sug-
gestions from his ripened experience.
All interested in Sunday School work
and Bible study are invited to attend
each session.
WEDNESDAY FORENOON.
800 Conference of Officers and State
Worker.
9:3O-Devotional, led by Rev. Guy
Rutherford, Bonair-Albion.
10:OO-Echoes from State Convention,
County Secretary, Miss v. eager,
who was delegate from Howard
County.
10:3O-Secondary Division: Keeping
Our Young People in Sunday
School, Rev. w. E. Caldwell,
Lime Springs.
Discussion.
11:OOHAddress and Conference, Mr..
Hutton.
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
1:45- Song and Devotional, Rev. John
C. Olson, Chester.
2:OOIThe Church's Opportunity to
Train for Leadership Through the
Sunday School, Rev. j. A. Petit,
Cresco.
2:3O-The One Room Rural School; (a)
Organization, (b) Equipment, (c)
Management. Miss Sylvia Ashley,
Albion.
Discussion The Rural Sunday
School Problems.
1904 Definite Sunday School Pro-
gram, E. L. Barlow. Lime Springs.
3:3O-Address and Conference, State
Worker, Mr.. Hutton.
4:3O-Meeting of Officers and State
Worker.
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
7:15-Service of Song.
7:3O-Address, Mr.. Walter Hutton,
State Specialist.
Offering for State and County
Work.
C. j. Harlan, Pres.
d. H. Thomas, V.-Pres.
Virginia eager, Secy.
Howard County S. S. Association.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
THIRTEEN KILLED IN
ARKANSAS TORNADO

Little Rock Ark, Nov. 27.-Thir-
teen dead and twenty known injured
was the casualty list reported from
Hot Springs, the outskirts of which
city were swept by tornado of ten
minutes duration.
The twister appeared to have form
ed near Riverside Park, or to have
crossed the Ouatchita river at that
place, moved northeast, just touching
the outskirts of the city, and to have
disappeared into the northeast, leav-
ing a wake of from one-eighth to one
quarter of a mile wide.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
CHICAGO Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Nov. 27.-Wheat-Dec.
$1.O3k; May, $1.O6. Corn-Dec., 63c;
May, 67hc. Oats-Dec., 1850; May,
421sc. Pork-Jan., $16.05; jan. ST.
97k. Butter-Creameries. 26@32c.
Eggs 2O@29c. Poultry-Springs, 12c;
fowls, lie; turkeys, 17@1Sc.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
Navy stee, Plant Reopened.

Washington, Nov. 2s.-Secretary
Daniels has ordered the 'reopening of
the steel foundry at the New York
navy yard to overcome delays in the
delivery of castings ordered from the
big steel companies. The plant has
q capacity for casting up to four tons
. day. 1t has not been run for sew.
eral years.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
Minneapolis Grain.

Minneapolis, Nov. 27.-Wheat-Dec.
99c; May, $1.02A. Cash close on
track: No. hard, $1.04; No. North
ern, $1.03@1.04; No. 2 Northern, ST.
O0k@1.01k; No. Northern. 961a q
99c; No. Northern, 91@95c; No. 8
yellow corn, 69@70c; No. white oats.
36@36kc; fax, $2.O6.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
For Sale

My property on the New Oregon
road, consisting of seven room house
withcellar and drain, barn 16x34, ,16 foot
posts, large bearing orchard, good well,
three acres of land all fenced and cross
fenced with woven wire, cement walk !;
three blocks from school-a bargain.
l4tf VIM. j. HUBER.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Nov. 27.-Cattle-Steers,
$5.70@10.55; cows and heifers, $2.70
$500; calves, $6.25@10.0O. Hogs
Light, $5.55@6.50; mixed, $5.S5@6.-
go; rough, $6.2O@6.35; heavy. $4,000
$50; rough, $6.2O@6.35; pigs, 1850
$50. Sheep-Native, $6.O0@6.50;
lambs, $715@9.3O.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
South a.. Paul Live sock.

South, ST. Paul, Nov. 27.-Cattle-
Receipts, 1000; steers, $3.7599.0O;
cows and heifers, $4.00@6.00; calves,
$3.75@S.50; stockers and feeders, $4.-
00@7.00. Hogs-Receipts, $500; range,
$5.S0@6.25. Sheep-Receipts, 1000:
lambs, s3.00@S.50; wethers, $4.75@
SIS: ewes, $29G@5.25.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
GRAIN AND PROVISION PRICES
Duluth Wheat and Flax.

Duluth, Nov. 27-Wheat-On track
and to arrive, No. hard, $1.021a; No.
Northern, $1.011s; No. 2 Northern,
97hc. Flax-On track and to arrive,
$2.041a.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
St. Paul Grain.

st. Paul. Nov. 27.-Wheat-No.
Northern, $1,000 @1.OS; No. 2 North
ern, 96h @99c; No. 2 Montana hard,
97@99c; corn, 69@70c; oats, $50
36hc; barley, 56@65c; rye, ss@90c;
fax. $2O6
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1915-12-03
Call and Settle.

All parties owing me, either on ac-
count or on notes past due, must cali
and settle before Jan. 1st. Office over
Kraft, Odell & Co.'S Clothing Store.
l4-tf r. j. WOODS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08

will of Miss Anna F.. Smith, filed yes
terday in the Surrogate's Court. To
Mrs. Dora Hart, wife of Matthew Hart,
a waiter, who, the testatriX said. for
several years served me faithfully as a
waiter" the money is bequeathed. The
testatrix lived for many years at the
Murray Hill Hotel. She died March 20.
The Peabody Home for Aged and In
digent Women is the principal bene-
fciary in the will of Miss Smith, re
ceiying the residuary estate up to the
amount OF 100000. If the residue
amounts to more. the remainder is to
30 to Mrs. Cecilia F. Lincoln, a sister
OF Miss Smith.
She made several other public be
quests as follows: St. Luke's Hospital
and the House Of Rest for Consump-
tives, each $500; Barnard College.
$4,000; Washington Square Home for
Friendless Girls, 1900; Massachusetts
Homeopathic Hospital, $4,000; Mary
Hitchcock Memorial Hospital, Hanover,
=. H.. $4,000; Congregational Home Mis-
sion Society. 50 900. To each of the fol-
lowing, $500: Association for Improving
the Condition of the Poor, Samaritan
Rome for the Aged, Society for the Re
lief of the Ruptured and Crippled and
the American Female Guardian Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08

scopic stablizer; John d. Cooper, In a
special machine designed for long DIS.
lance flying; Harold Kantner, chief
pilot of the Huntington Aircraft Com
pany, Of this city, in q Huntington
military type tractor, equipped with n
11O-horsopower Gyro motor;
Albert 5. Heinrich. Of the Heinrich
Aeroplaue Company, Of this city, IN a
three passenger military type Helm
rich tractor biplane, equipped with a
l1O-horSepower Gyro motor; the Gal
laudet Company. OF Norwich. Conn
who enter either or both of the Gal
laudet military type and long distance
Gallaudet tractor biplanes, equipped
with Gyro motors Of 20 and 10 horse
power. respectively; the Glenn L. Mar
tin Company. of. Los Angeles. with a
Martin biplane and Martin tractor
hydroaeroplane. equipped with a Cur
tiss motor of 80 horsepower and Hall
Scott motor Of 80 horsepower, re-
spectively. and Antony and Roger Jan
nus, Of Baltimore, with land aeroplanes
and flying boats equipped with Maxi
motors Of 100 and $50 horsepower.
They also expect to have an aero yacht
equipped with the new 140-horsepower
Sturtevant motor,
Il viii be seen that all the aero
planes and motors are of American
make.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
CITY HALL ALTAR TO GO
Rooms in Municipal Building
Assigned for Marriage Chapel.

The days Of the marriage chapel in
the City Hall, where otherwise happy
couples have paid fees for assistance
in getting married. are numbered. The
Sinking Fund Commission yesterday
assigned. Rooms 364 and 365 in the
Municipal Building for the use of city
officials authorized to perform mar
riages.
At the next meeting of the Board of
Aldermen resolution will be intro
duced to rescind that of 1895 under
which the room in the basement of the
City Hall was designated for marriage
ceremonies and certain clerks were
designated to serve without pay in
making out certificates and attending
to other details. These men, William
Long, Patrick Paul and James Weldon
have found their work most profitable.
The rooms IN the Municipal Build
ing will be placed under the control
Of the City Clerk, who will be ex-
pected to designate members of his
staff to do the additional clerical work
at small and uniform fee.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
JEWS ASK SABBATH BILL

Under the leadership of DR.. Bernard
Dra:hman, president Of the Union OF
Orthodox Jewish Congregations. dele
cation Of Jews LEFT yesterday for Al
bsny to fght fer the Sabbath bill. The
Sabbath bill is an attempt TO obtain
for the Orthodox Jews Of this state the
privilege of working and doing business
Sunday if they desire TO cease work. or
close their establishments to observe
the Jewish Sabbath, which comes Sat
urday. The bill is before the Senate
Committee on Codes.
There are twenty-four states IN this
country which have such BILL said
Rabbi BRAKEMAN yesterday. Not being
able to work Sunday instead Of Satur-
day has worked economic harm on a
quarter Of a million of Orthodox Jews
in this city alone. II has been case
of violating ones religion by working
Saturday, or else GRIPPING. q mans
earnings by his sbstaining from work
on the Jewish Sabbath"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-08
P. S. c. TRANSIT BILL
IS SENT TO ALBANY
Object Is to Permit Lease of
L. |. Tracks in Extension
Road Wants S25O,O00 a Year.

With view TO amending the rapid
transit act so as to permit the City of
New York to lease the tracks Of pri-
vately owned railroad and use them in
connection with its rapid transit sys-
TEN, the Public Service Commission
sent a bill to Albany last night. The
law now gives the city the right to
purchase a privately. owned railroad,
but not to lease any part of it.
The object Of this amendment is to
permit the commission to enter into an
agreement with the Long Island Rail-
road to use the tracks from Corona for
an extension of the rapid transit lines
TO Whitestone. on one branch. and Lit
tie Neck, through the Main Street sta
ton. in Flushing, on the other.
In a letter received by the commits
sion Yesterday the railroad suggests a
trackage agreement for ten years, with
the privilege Of ten-year renewal,
subject to cancellation BY either party
on three years notice, the rental to be
100000 year.
Responding to the prod administered
by the commission at the instance Of
Commissioner Hayward on Tuesday,
General Manager Hedley of the Inter
borough sent a reply to the hitherto
unanswered letter in regard to service
on the Ninth Avenue elevated line.
The poor service on the line was laid TO
the fact that extensive alterations are
being made. The complaint has been
made formal one now, and in spite of
Mr.. Hedley's reply he will have to ap-
pear at a public hearing to state his
Ease.
Commissioner Hayward yesterday I'M
dertook the Brooklyn Edison rate case,
where reductions all along the line are
demanded by the complainant. The
case has been pending for three years.
The hearings were closed by Commits
sioner Maltbie, but he rendered no
opinion. Commiss Toner Hayward took
the 5000 pages of testimony home with
him yesterday and started to wade
through il.