The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-06-02

ard mother Wa cirhty-four ycam old. but
be- was happy NJ the idea Of seeing The old
place. and planting flowers again where she
had pnyed a. a child. So The grave was marked
with flowers, and n fence put up, and tho
tory rprcud. and within six montha n the
printing Of the Mothers Day story, the As
uc q 81 Press wires carried all over the
country ncws that n stone had been erected b.
.ub criptlon uvcr the grave Of the mother Of
Patrick Henry, a hundred and twenty years
after her death. Now there ~ an automo-
bile read there from Lynehburg, and Il r. a
virginia mecca. all because I eould not think
4 any thihR 10 write about except family his
ory.
ua wuuld like to hear my adventure in
%. Western War Zone3 Thank you for
10. WISH" continued Mrs. o'Neiil. but Il
you lake an entire issue Of the paper 10 tell
YOU half taw and lived through. for | have
.ad about c,cycn thousand miles Of war travel
cccnt'y. " 3 inc. ode this experience hers In
he American wnr zone.
had The luck u pcrsuhding the London,
England. Chronicle. 10 pay a war Insurance
nn " home destroyed BY a bomb IN England,
. d It wa Just the courtesy Of the editor,
go an American journalist. FOR u was a news
apcr Goa "a insurance and the poor tailor
whose home had been fired by the bomb had
.urncd IN the eoupon. and received no return
or IT, There sccmcd no way he could be
inrt,d In 30, agnin. for England is not pay
.ug insurance on property destroyed By war. or
fire resulting from buInb attacks. But though
an EDITOR i n sort ~ holy person in England,
d B Wa scared stiff at the idea Of calling
ON onc. / bearded the lion In his den. and he
wa so ustonished at my courage, tina he
sent the man seven hundred and fifty dollnru
to start him in business once more.
I got the news jast n I was leaving for
4 tw.....I sh. su.ruFuw .Ff.r ~, TNnffmWfu
disaster. none OF the passengers expected 10
reach America alive. We were 80 sure our
country would instantly declare war against
the doer of the dreadful deed. 90 was rad at
heart. also I had lost three friends Charles
,,hmnn. Herbert Stone a son Of the gem
crni manager of the Associated Press. and
Charlie Kline a close friend Of Mr.. O'Neill's.
But the news that one English home at
least was a little happier for my work ehcered
M. a few hours later when the ship ~plouRhed
through a sea covered with human w~reekage
from the Lusitania. none having believed such
a thing possible so soon after the disaster,
the Captain Of the 81. Paul would not stop 20
recover the bodice. but after some bullying on
my part. he permitted ms to send a wireless
10 the London office Of the Associated Press
not o1'y accomplishing that feat NO dear to
The news writer's heart. a SCOOP" but the
q. dcrrr duty Wa accomplished, II caused
through them the recovery Of twelve bodies
ihn; were luy,d II some American and Eng
lish pcople. whnc vricf was n little lcssened
by the fact that there was a journalist nj
&C. e.
tCal tn. travel and the pageant Of my life
nm finding this stay At Columbus among
th, mot interesting.
Go begin with admire heartily the cour-
age uf Inc citizens WIN 40 braveiy are recov-
ering from the awful terror OF the raid.