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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
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1EnAI EuNSl0N GIVEN

nr0CWuIION ANT POWERe
Donernl Funston has been given full
kority 20 make any disposition hs
~ necenoary Of the Se.eoe troops
l<x1co and on the border to. meet
- attack By Mexican forces.
D Gemc1N1 resSls1ng's ARTILLERY,
i IL. Beils ~ NamiQufpa, Is
4 AOSsn TO consAss of 1900 to
Mn,ooo Sn2n. Opposed 10 this
t9ce and AanAfng Il On three
G1res General Trcvfno has an
Afmy which The department be
- to number 50, 600 mem. AZ
- bogfnning Of hcsttltttcs rail-
rw0ya n % be- scAzcd to transport
! 6rovistunA with engineers and
NlNsmcn to man trains.
The state Department was advised
thnt United States Consul Philip Han
NJ with other Americans, has reached
thu border from Monterey.
This leaves John r. ssiliman con-
sui at Saitillio as the only remaining
consular officer In interior Mexiro,
There are consuls at seaport towns,
bat they are in position TO take pas
snge on ships touching the ports.
Getting Americans Ont
No steps have been taken, so far as
liz known here to bring James Linn
Rodgers diplomatic agent at Mexico
City out of the capital. The object
In ordering three transports to Vera
Cruz is to take care Of Americans In
Mexico City as well as those in the
Vera Cruz and Tampico districts
The Ameyicans In Mexico City are
expected on their way to Vera CRUZ
The transport sumner was ordered
from Newport News and should ar
rive at Vera Cruz Tuesday The Han
cock which has been ordered to re-
turn from Santo Domingo where It
went recently with marines and the
Prairie at Key West wifi reach Vera
Cruz and Tampico early next week.
The State Department has instruct
ed. Acting Secretary Of the Navy Roose-
welt to take all steps necessary TO get
Americans out OF Mexico before the
break comes.
sEtate Department advices show
that In addition to Consul Hanna and
the Americans At Monterey there has
bean a general exodus Of Americans
fr0m Mexico, Seventy Americans
have reached Eagle Pass and Laredo
from Tampico. Fifteen Americans at
ParfaI, In the heart OF the Carranza
territory are believed TO be In dan
ger. They are making efforts to reach
thA border. Fourteen Americans left
Progresso yesterday by boat and are
safe on the seas.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
YELLED PROPHETS OFF
FOR ANNUAL MEETING

more than one hundred members Of
SAINTS Grotto Yelled Prophets started
last night on their annual pilgrimage,
gong 10 Detroit where the Supreme
Council will be In session Jun~ ~ to u
The Prophets enjoyed the performance
Of Are You a Mason at the Academy
OF Music Friday night. which was CAV
en- under the auspices OF Samis t:rot-
to-. They caught many hearty laughs.
Khe party left over the Norfolk and
western Railway, travelling In special
coaehes. Monarch George j. Hooper
II In charge of the party. The com
Ing seasion OF the Supreme Council
promises 10 be the most interesting in
several years.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
Subjects Mt BROAD Street Church

"A Good Place to Hide a Good
Thing" Ia the subject of the morning
sermon Of Rev Fred r. Chenault at
broad Street Methodist Church today.
Mr., Chenault's' evening subject win
be "A False Longing
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
Attends V. NJ. I. Finals.

General w w Sale, adjutant gem
eral, is in Lexington to attend the
finals. which begin at the Virginia
Military Institute tomorrow General
Sale is a member OF the board OF
visitors of the institute
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18

SS9Bo woman Oeesared Inanae.
xats FFioyd. eolored,. 1874 North
Twsnty-eight Street. was declared in
sane by 4 commission of lunacy held
over her yesterday at the city JAIL and
erdered committed to the asylum at
retersburE.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
THE WEATHER
tUaaseA states Dspartnsna u Agrs-
sulture. weathsr Dureau.D

Washington. June 1.-THE indiea-
lions are that the weather viii be
generally fair Sunday and Monday In
the states east of the Mississippi River.
although widely scattered thunder
| showers are probably In the Middle
Atlantic States.
No important temperature changes
are indicated for the Eastern half Of
the country during the next forty-eight
hours.
Forecast for virginia-Partly cloudy
Sunday. Monday probably fair.
North enthusiastically fair Sun
day and Monday, except probably
thundershowers near the coast.
Local Temperature Yesterday.
IL noon temperature ,.......... rs
Is p. NJ. temperature ......... 50
s P. M. temperature ........... rs
Maximum temperature to 8 p. NJ. 80
Minimum temperature to p. NJ. 81
Mean temperature ...... ....... rs
Normal temperature .......... rs
Deficiency in temperature yester-
DAY ...-. ............ ]
Excess in temperature since jan
uary L.. ............ o
Local Rainfall.
Rainfall last twelve hours. .... 0
Rainfall last twenty-four hours. 10
Deficiency In rainfall since March
%
Deficiency in rainfall since jan
uary L.. -, so. ....... 1.6z
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-06-18
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Meade County news., 1916-06-29

library at Bedford, Mass, and can bp
seen by arrangement with the librt~
rian, according to Peleg d. Harrison.
in whose volume, "The Stars ami
Stripes and Other American Flags
the history of the banner is related.
The ground is maroon or crimsoi
colored satin damask emblazoned with
an outstretched arm, in the hand Of
which is an uplifted sword. This reI-
resentation is the color of silver, as
are three circular figures that arb
probably intended to represent caIy
non balls. Upon gold colored scroll
are the words Vince aut Moriture'
Conquer or Die). The flag is abot !
two feet by one foot six inches. ThD
original fringe appears to have beei
taken by Bedford girl to trim dress
for military ball. That was, CT
course. before the standard was boruJ
by the embattled farmers.
Meade County news., 1916-06-29
By GRF ALEXANDER

city authorities, upon taking posses
sion, to confiscate the church bells as
spoils of war for the purpose Of mold
ing them into cannon. That was rec.
ognized as one of their rights as cap
tors. It'was to prevent this seizure
that the executive council ordered the
removal Of the state house bell and
the bells Of Christ church and Of
nine other churches to Allentown by
way Of Bethlehem. l don't know why
Allentown was selected unless it be
that it was far enough away to keep,
the bells safe from the British.
Had Small Escort.
John Jacob Mickey, soldier Of the
Continental army, was one of those
detailed for the removal of the bells.
To him the state house bell was in
trusted. John Jacob Mickey was the
son of Johann Jacob Mueckli (the Ger
man version of the name), and ar
rived in Philadelphia on the sailing
vessel "Hope" in the early part of
1893. On August 27, 1888, he took the
oath of allegiance to his adopted
country. He was a farmer at White
hall, Lehigh county, when the War Of
the Revolution broke out.
At Bethlehem Mickley's wagon
broke down and the state house bell
was transferred to the wagon of ia
cob Lester, upon which it was hauled
tie remaining four miles. AIn the rec
ords of the Moravian church at Beth
lehem Is the following entry, under
date of September 20, 1777: 'The
bells from Philadelphia brought in
wagons, the wagon OF the state house
bell broke down here, SO 1t had to
be unloaded, the other bells went on"
Buried Under Church Floor.
The state house bell and the chimes
Of Christ church were buried beneath
the floor of Zion Reformed church,
Allentown. This church was built in
1862 of logs, rebuilt in stone in ITO,
and again rebuilt later. The Rev. Abra-
ham Blummer was pastor Of the
church at the time and assisted in
the work of burying the bells. A tab
let commemorating the event has been
placed upon the church front and also
a stained glass window with like pur-
pose in the church.
After the evacuation of Philadelphia
by the British, the bells were brought
back and put in their respectiv o
places in the latter part Of the year
1878.
Meade County news., 1916-06-29

portion where he promised to identify
himself for life with the sublime or
der of bachelorhood.
But to all this she merely cast down
her eyes demurely and asked him to
wait awhile.
A score and one-half years had come
and gone around the life of Susan. AS
her 31st birthday approached John,
who had schemed until his hair was
beginning to fall out, decided on a
bold stroke.
That night he sat with her on the
front porch, after the family had re-
tired. Over them dim light shining
from the parlor window cast q pale
glow. John sat quietly waiting for the
silence he depended on for the fur
therance Of his plan.
After awhile it came, and then,
when the stiffness had locked the
night In its embrace, he began to hum,
"Silver Threads Among the Cold"
When he had ceased, tears stood in
his eyes.
He drew his chair closer to hers,
reached out for her hand again and
asked her to become his wife. But
it was the same old prosaic answer.
"Wait awhile, john" she insisted.
'Wait awhile. Do something grand.
Show me that you can rise to the oc-
casion."
Rise to the occasion, he would. He
resolved that firmly as he stood up
forthwith and bade her goodnight. He
resolved 1t all the way home. The
next morning he still resolved 1t. But
how?
A happy thought struck him. John
had a penchant for happy thoughts.
He would make speech at Fourth
of July celebration. 1t would be so
grand and so eloquent, couched in
such rich expressions and 30 laden
with noble sentiment that she could
not help but feel the appeal. He would
show her that he could rise to the
occasion"
John got out his old school diction'
ary and brushed the dust from its COW
ers. Then he borrowed an immense
volume of masterpiece orations from
a friend and read every speech he
could find that contained any patriotic
reference or expression.
For four weeks he labored almost
necessarily. night and day, on his eff
fusion. and finally he had 1t com
pleted.
! An obstacle that John had not reck
| oned on now loomed up. John was
member of the program committee
and he doubted the propriety of hav
ing himself included among the lis
of speakers.
The morning before the celebration
he called around to see the chairman
Of the committee.
"You see = ahemi = Mr.. Grubbs,'
John began. 'being one Of the com
Meade County news., 1916-06-29

ment becomes destructive of these
ends it is the right of the people to
alter or to abolish 1t, and to institute
new government, laying its founda-
tion on such principles and organic
ing its powers in such form as to
them shall seem most likely to affect
their safety and happiness"
Interest in these propositions used
to be cultivated in various ways, part
ly as pleasure, partly as duty. To-
day the words are unfamiliar, the flag
itself is infrequently seen, and Lexing-
ton, Bunker Hill, Saratoga, Valley
Forge, Trenton, Savannah, Cowpens,
Kings Mountain and Yorktown are
dimly remembered.
Yet we may be sure that of the null
titudes of recent arrivals in the
United States there are many whose
steps have been guided by the ideals.
symbols and names which to us are
vague or forgotten. The valuable
things that young Europe is learning
here are acquired not from young
America, but from old America. The
landmarks Of liberty which young
America fails to see or ignores are
still plain enough to the young Eu-
rope transplanted into America.
There are fading emblems in the
case of young Europe also, but they
are of crowns and coronets, thrones
and scepters, divine right and priv
ilege, shackled press and stified
speech. To those who hunger and
thirst for liberty and opportunity the,
old American emblems blaze afar. To
those who are surfeited with liberty
or unappreciative Of it they fade and
die.
Meade County news., 1916-06-29

his eyes, mouth, nose and ears, and
over a part of his clothing, were black
splotches of mud.
Resuscitating methods were applied,
and as he began to revive. the crowd
drew back, leaving him stretched out
on a soft lap-robe and attended by
Susan.
When he opened his eyes she was
kneeling by his side and looking down
into his face.
did l rise" he began.
"There-there," soothingly. Eyes,
you did, Now, lie quiet"
She gently stroked the hair back
from his brow. He grasped her hand
in his and she suffered him to hold 1t.
One night, three months later, after
the wedding toasts had been proposed
and John had made his response, he
made mental observation to himself.
as he took his seat.
II wonder" he reflected, whether
It was my celebration speech or the
tumble / gotf"
Meade County news., 1916-06-29

BY the rude bridge that spans the flood,
Their flag to Aprips airs unfurled.
Here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the
world.
The farmers Of Lexington carried
the cornet or standard of the Three
County Troop. This banner was de-
vised in the counties of Essex, Suffolk
and Middlesex, Massachusetts, in 1859.
The Office of color bearer of this troop
was sort Of inheritance in the Page
family. The standard was carried in
King Philips war In 1876. When the
Minute Men were organized Nathaniel
Page III of Bedford took the old flag
for use at drill. At the midnight alarm
Captain Page snatched up the stand.
ard and carried it with him to Con-
cord, where it waved above the
smoke of that battle"
The nag is now preserved under
glass in fireproof safe of the public
Meade County news., 1916-06-29
EMBLEMs MUST NOT FATE
Duty Of Americans to Hold High For
ever the Glory Handed Down by
Their Forefsthers.

Y T WAS the practice of Americans
for many years to observe the
Fourth of July patriotically.
II Their celebrations did not con-
sist of noise alone. Attending all the
music, cannonading, bell ringing and
marching there was an intellectual
feature that heartened the old and
inspired the young.
In the uproarious festivities Of ear
lier times the treasured emblems and
trophies of liberty were all in sight
for one day at least, and by recurring
to the principles of the Declaration
everybody's knowledge of and faith in
the doctrines that gave this continent
a measure OF freedom and Justice we're
strengthened and renewed, says the
New York World. If these emblems
are fading the fault Is due more to
our native-born inhabitants, who
think they have learned all the lessons
of liberty, than to the millions Of new
comers, whose minds are still open
and whose eyes are still keen.
What proportion Of the rising gem
Grafton knows, or has accepted the
"self-evident truths" upon which the
republic rests
"That all men are created equal?
"That they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable
rights?
"That among these are life, liberty
and the pursuit Of happiness?
THAT to secure these rights govern
ments are instituted among men, de-
irving their just powers from the con-
sent Of the governed? And
THAT whenever any form Of govern
Meade County news., 1916-06-29
NAN WHO
MTG5}6e
F0UpTf1
IKE a firecracker that smolders
quietly and finally explodes
long after the rest Of the bunch

quietly ana unally eXplOQeS
long after the rest of the bunch
- have banged and sized their
way into oblivion, comes tardily the
story Of the man to whom we owe
our Fourth Of July. Those who have
not heard the story and who endeavor
to recall some chapter of American
history telling of this great man will
search their memories in vain. So
obscure has he remained in the an
nails of those times that even his
name is unknown; there is only one
glimpse of him, as a rider hurrying
through the night with message that
was to bring us our Glorious Fourth.
The Chicago Post tells the story:
"'The friends of a Declaration of In
dependence were afraid that they
might not be in a majority in the great
Philadelphia gathering. It is affirmed
that they counted noses and were fear
full that they would fall short by one
or two votes. Then it was that they
determined to send messenger into
Delaware to bring back an absent dele
gate who 1t was known would vote
right If he were present. They looked
for a hard rider with the cause at
heart, man who would ride the race
for liberty and count fatigue a pleas
ure. They found him in man whose
name is unknown to posterity, but who
deserves well Of it.
1.-THE unknown rode on his mission.
He tore away. as one of his contempo-
raries bore witness, as II the devil
were at his heels. He broke existing
records and sent the absent delegate
back in a hot hurry and in time to
vote. The Declaration debates and
proceedings we're secret, but there was
story well believed that the resolu-
tion carried by one vote. We have
Paul Revere's ride in living verse. but
no one has sung the song Of the un-
known rider, The Man Who Made
the Fourth
Here's to him!"
Meade County news., 1916-06-29
SAVED BELL
FROM BRITISH
PatioticP cPhiladelphians
Carried 1t to Allen
town, Where 1t
Was Buried
TO INCIDENT of Revolutionary
times finds a more vivid and
Y dramatic contrast in this day

N TO INCIDENT of Revolutionary
times finds q more vivid and
dramatic contrast in this day
than the first trip of the Lib
erty Bell from Philadelphia, writes
John A. Sheath, ex-state treasurer of
Pennsylvania, in the Philadelphia
Press. That trip was to Allentown q
year and two months after it became
the Liberty Bell, at the time when
Howes army victorious over the Con-
tinental forces at the battle of the
Brandywine, was advancing for the
capture Of the city.
When the bell left for the San
Francisco exposition last year 1t de-
parted with the God-speed Of the
whole undivided city. 1t was escort
ed to the train by the First city
troop and by the great assemblage
gathered for the Fourth of July exer-
cises on Independence square. It
passed through streets thronged with
generating people. On the train It
was under the escort of a large body
delegated by the constituted munich
pal authorities. It's passage across
the continent was triumphal prog
ress. A hundred cities along the
route poured out their citizens to do
It reverence as It passed and 1t was
received at the other rim of the con-
tinent in reverential awe by a count
less multitude.
Contrast With First Trip.
That is how the Bell travels today.
It was very different in September,
1777. On that first trip to Allentown
It went, not in daylight, but in the
dead of night. Not with the music Of
bands and escorted in honor by null
titudes, but in silence and under the
guard Of only one man. It went not
in a special train but in creaking
old farm wagon loaded with manure,
the better to conceal 1t.
For at that time there were many
Tories in Philadelphia. These includ-
ed families then counted among the
foremost citizens. When the city was
evacuated by the Continentals, these
Tories came out of the obscurity in
which they had been prudently lying
and began preparing welcome for
Howe and his army. The following
winter was a time of rare festivity
for the British officers.
The British were expected by the
Meade County news., 1916-06-29
Country Honored Lafayette.

It is said that republics are uA-
grateful" That was not the case con.
cerning Lafayette. Congress voted
him the sum of 100000 and town.
ship of land; and, with the progress
sive development of the United Staten,
the grateful American people named
after him many cities, towns and coul+
ties, and erected monuments and stu.
tues to his memory enough for ang
measure of ambition.
Meade County news., 1916-06-29


~ lous and the sublime probably
~ would have left John Moran
with very uncertain apprecia-
tion Of the Fourth of July celebration.
Neither the one nor the other. in his
opinion. could have been very fruit
full Of results.
OF the two extremes, the sublime
had been deliberately planned; it was
premeditated. The ridiculous wasn't.
The former was the result Of q
clever scheme and weeks of hard
work. The latter was the chance Of
a minute. unforeseen, unexpected, and,
some might have said on the spot, un-
propitious.
For several years John Moran had
wooed Susan Duvau. but so far he
seemed to himself no nearer the mat
rimonial goal than he had been at
the beginning. All her people had
been assisting him without apparent
avail.
He had pleaded with her; he had
coaxed and cajoled and even essayed
to coerce after mild fashion, his
threats reaching that superlative pro-
Meade County news., 1916-06-29
Servo the State First.

The revelation Of liberty has no
validity unless it is continuing one.
Carved into pallid marble and draped
with flag, it is chilled and dead. 1t
must be renewed each day in flesh
and blood, in hearts and brains and
sinewy hands. The fathers served
the state before they served them,
selves. We must do the same.
Meade County news., 1916-06-29
Nations Debt to AImIohty God.

Any celebration Of Independence
day which does not give the place OF
prominence to God is inadequate and
unworthy. The words of the poet
trace our liberties to the right source
and give the honor to him to whom
the honor is due.
Hall Independence. HALL Heavens next
best gift,
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-03-07
CANADIANS SHOW
COURAGE IN HAND
To HAND FIGHTS
Expedition of % Members GO
Out on Trench Raid and AC-
count for Double Their
Number of Germans.

ASSOCIATED Press Correspondence
British Headquarters in France, Feb,
I23.-The Canadians have won a repu-
tatlon as good fighters il hand-to-
hand encounters Their ability in this
respect was lately demonstrated when
an expedition of twenty-five started
out on a trench raid and returned
twenty three. having accounted for
about double their number and de-
stroyed two machine guns and con-
siderable portion of trench
There had been q certain livelihood
in the German trenches and bomb
ing attack was planned. When dark
ness fell the bOmb-throwers crept for
ward, making slow progress \ false
move, a cough or a sound Of amy kind
meant instant death The Prussan
guards in the German trenches We're
apparently in a merry mood, and
snatches Of loye-sOng came occasional
~ from the trench.
At last the barbed-wire entangle-
ments We're reached They were stout
er than had been anticipated. It took
Il long time, but the barrier was cut,
There was delay Another party
farther along the line was not yet
ready for the final rush. Patiently
the party waited they even joked i'm
whispers. At length the signal came
that the other party was ready to adj
vance. The Canadians bounded for
ward A prussiln sentry started UP
to sound The alarm, but he WAS shot
dead by the officer
Prussians Taken by Surprise.
The PrusSians were now aroused
Flares burst out an along the line
and revealed trench full of the
Prussian guard. The Canadians
rushed in, throwing their bombs and
bayoneting freely Their leader was
already wounded The guardsmcn had
been taken by surprise and rushed in
confusion from their dug-Outs. one
of them held mp his hands and shout
ed in English that he wished to sur
render but rifle pointing from be-
hind through his appraised arms re-
yealed the rusc revolver bullet set-
tied the first mans account and the
second went down with bayonet mi
his chest
Farther up the line a machine gun
was Just beginning TO get dangerous
when a we'll directed bomb sent it into
space. Hand-to-hand, the Canadians
exactcd d heavy toll They carried ev-
esything before them, and at the end
could 20 no farther as heap OF dead
bodies and demolished trench barred
the way.
The return journey TO the British
trenches had to be made across Il bull
let-swcpt area. One man was drag
ging back the body Of comrade,l