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The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-07
D. M. FERRY & CO., Detroit, Michigan

He did it so quickly that Shubrick
who was by him, could not hinder him
! She laughed and said
Il am not Miss Rutledge any longer
Mr.. Nolan; but | will dance all the
same just nodded to Shubrick, "a il
to say he must leave Mr.. Nolan TO her,
and led him of to the place where the
dance was forming.
Nolan thought he had got his chance.
He had known her at Philadelphia, and
at other places had met her, and this was
a godsend You could not talk in con-
tredances, as YOU do in cotillions, OF even
in the pauses of Waiting; but there
were chances for tongues and sounds, as
well as for eyes and bushes. He began
with her travels, and Europe, and We
suvius. and the French; and then. when
they had worked down, and had that
long talking time at the bottom of the
set, he said boldly, little pale, she said
as she told me the story, years after:
And what do you hear from home,
Mrs. Graft -
And that splendid creature looked
through him Jove how she must have
looked through him. "Homeil Mr. No
lan!i! ! thought you were the man
who never wanted To hear of home
again and she walked directly up the
deck TO her husband and left poor No
Ian alone. as he always was. lie did
not dance again.
cannot give any history Of him in
order; nobody can now; and, indeed.
am not trying to. These are the tradi-
tions, which sort out, as believe them,
from the myths which have been told
about this man for 40 years. The fellows
used to say he was the Iron MASK;
and poor George Pons went TO his grave
in the belief that this was the author
Df "Junius who was being punished for
his celebrated libel on Thomas jefferson. !
Pons was not very strong in the histor !
cal line. A happier story than either Of
.hese l have told Is Of the war. That 1
,sme along soon after. I have heard this /
'ffair told in three or four WAYS. and, 4
indeed. il NAV have happened more than I
'nee. But which ship il was On can
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-07

the captain said they might ask him, il
they would be responsible that he did
not talk with the wrong people. ''whc
would give him intelligence" So the
dance went on, the finest party that had
ever been known, dare say; for | never
heard of a man-of-war ball that was
not. For ladies they had the family of
the American consul, one or two travellers
who had sdventured 50 far, and a nice
bevy of English girls and matrons, per-
haps Lady Hamilton herself.
Well, different officers relieved each
other in standing and talking with No
Ian in a friendly way, so as to be sure
that nobody else spoke to him. The
dancing went on with spirit, and after a
while even the fellows who took this
honorary guard Of Nolan ceased to fear
any contretemps. Only when some Eng
lish lady-Lady Hamilton, as said, per-
haps. called for a set of American dan
GERS" an odd thing happened. Every
body then danced contredances. The
black band. nothing loath, conferred as
TO what American dances" were. and
started off with Virginia Reel" which
they followed with Money Musk" which
in it's turn in those DAYS should have
been followed by THE Old Thirteen"
But Just as Dick, the leader, tapped for
his fiddlers to begin, and bent forward,
about to say. in true negro state, "'The
Old Thirteen gentlemen and ladiesl" as
he had said. Virginny Reel If YOU
pleased" Money Musk il YOU please!"
the captains boy tapped him on the
shoulder. whispered to him. and he did
not announce the name Of the dance; he
merely bowed, began on the air, and they
al fell to, the officers teaching the Eng
Iish girls the figure. but not telling them
vhy il had no name.
But that is not the story | started 20
tell As the dancing went on, Nolan and
lur fellows all got at ease. as / said, so
much 50 that it seemed quite natural
ior him TO bow 70 that splendid Mrs.
sraff. and say.
Il hope you have not forgotten me.
Hiss Rutledge. Shall have the honor
II danciBgf7
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/ remember late in his life hearing him
fairly eloquent on something which had
been suggested to him by one of Flech-
ier's sermons, but generally he had the
nervous, tired look of heart wounded
man.
When Captain Shaw was coming home
If, as | say, it was Shaw-rather to
the surprise OF every body they made one
of the Windward islands, and lay off and
on for nearly week The boys said
the officers were sick of salt junk, and
meant to have turtle soup before they
came home. But after several days the
Warren came 10 the same rendezvous;
they exchanged signals; she sent to Phil
lips and these homeward- bound men let
tiers and papers, and told them she was
outward bound, perhaps TO the Mediter-
ranean, and took poor Nolan and his
traps on the boat back TO try his second
cruise. He looked very blank when he
was told to get ready to Join her. He
had known enough OF the s5gns of the
sky TO know that till that moment he
was going home" But this was dis
tinct evidence of something he had not
thought of, perhaps that there was no
going home for him, even to a prison.
And this was the first of some 20 such
transfers. which brought him sooner or
later into half our best vessels. but
which kept him all his life at least some
hundred miles from the country he had
hoped he might never hear Of again.
II NAV have been on that second cruise
lit was once when he was up the Medi-
Mrs. Graf. the celebrst-
ed southern beauty OF those days. danced
with him. They had been lying long
time in the BAY OF Naples, and the Off
GERS were very intimate in the English
feet. and there had been great festiyi-
ties, and our men thought they must give
a great ball on board the ship. How
they ever did il on board the Warren
am sure do not know. Perhaps it was
not the Warren. or perhaps ladies did
not take up 50 much room as they do /
now. They wanted TO use Nolsn's state |
-oOm for something. and they hated TO |
do il without asking him to the bail; 80
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not tell. However. in one, at least, of
/ the great trigate duels with the English,
/ in which the navy was really baptized,
J it happened that round shot from the
enemy entered one of our port square,
and took right down the officer of the
gun himself, and almost every man of
/ the guns crew. Now You may say what
you choose about courage, but that is
not a nice thing to see But as the men
who were not killed picked themselves
up, and the surgeons people were carry
ing off the bodies, there appeared Nolan,
in his shirt sleeves, with the hammer
in his hand, and, just as if he had been
the officer, told them off with authority,
who should go to the cockpit with the
wounded men, who should stay with him,
perfectly CHEEKY, and with that way
which makes men feel sure all is right
and is going to be right. And he finished
loading the gun with his own hands,
aimed it, and babe the men fire. And
there he stayed, captain OF that gun,
keeping those fellows in spirits, till the
enemy struck. sitting on the carriage
while the gun was cooling, though he
was exposed all the time, showing them
easier ways to handle heavy shot, max
ing the raw hands laugh at their own
blunders, and when the gun cooled again,
getting it loaded and fired twice as often
as any other gun on the ship. The cap
tain walked forward, by way Of encour-
aging the men. and Nolan touched his
hat and said:
Il am showing them how we do this
in the artillery. sir.
And this X a part Of the story where
all the legends agree; that the commo-
dore saids
4 see YOU do. and / thank YOU. sir;
and ! shall never forget this day, sir,
and you never shall. sir"
And after the whole thing was over.
and he had the Englishman's sword. in
he midst OF the state and ceremony Of
the quarterback. he said:
where is Mr. Nolant Ask Mr.. Nolan
20 come here
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Continued on ski pagsl
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aW. sorTHARn-

For the Secretary Of the Navy
If I had only preserved the whole Of
this paper, there would be no break in
the beginning Of my sketch Of this story.
For Captain Shaw, If il was he, handed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-07
Give Your Garden
a Chance to do Its Best

Your little plot will grow vegetables
Of quality just as easily as it will grow
scrubs. You can have the finest, juiciest
tomatoes, crisp cucumbers and radishes
beets and corn, luscious melons. The me
sary things for garden success are piece
soil, very little labor, and seeds Of proven
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-05-07

Boundless his wealth as wish can claim,
Despite these titles, power and pelf,
The wretch, concentered all in SELF
and here the poor fellow choked. could
not go on, but started up, swung the
book into the sea, vanished into his state
room, "and by Jove," said Phillips, I'VE
did not see him for two months again.
And / had to make up some beggarly
story 70 that English surgeon why did
not return his Walter Scott to him"
That story shows about the time when
Nolsn's brsggadocio must have broken
down. At first, they said, he took a
very high tone, considered his imprison-
ment mere farce, affected TO enjoy the
voyage, and all that: but Phillips said
that after he came out Of his ststeroom
he never was the same man again. He
never read aloud again, unless il was
the Bible or Shakespeare, or something
else he was sure Of But IL was not that
merely. He never entered in with the
other young men exactly a. = companion
again. He was always shy afterWsrd.
when I knew him, very seldom spoke,
unless he was spoken 70. except to q very
few friends. He lighted up OCCASIONALLY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23

Petrograd, July 23.-The chaotic prevailing on part of the
 Russian front was disclosed in a tele-
 gram sent to Premier Kerensky, the provisional government and the coun- |cil of worlunen's and soldiers dele gates by the Executive committee and
 the commissioner Of the provisional |gbvernanent with the Second army. on the soNthweatern front. The telegram |annoa1need the incarceration of stern |measurea to combat disafrection.
 We un4nimousiy recognize that the |situatipn demands extreme measures and efrorts for everything must be |risked to save the sTeyolution from ca |tastroplae,n the message reads. The commander in ch4ef on the western front and the cornmander of the Sec ond army have given orders to fire on deserterB and ruanways.
 Let the government act without
 mercy. . Let it find enough courage to strike those who by their cowardice
 are destroying Russia and the revolu- tion.''
 The telegram says:
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
DIsARMING OF REvOLUTIONIsTs IN RUSSIA CARRIED ON WITH SPEED

Petrograd. July 23-The disarming of workmen, including the so-called Red Guards, is proceeding systemat- ica1ly in the Vassily Island and Vi- borg quarters More than 1,2O0 rifles and revolvers and some machine guns hae been recovered The majority of revolvers were obtained at the fort iress of St Peter and St Paul, where cass just arrived from America had been broken open. According to the 'Russkia Volta about third of the arms stolen since the outbreak have been accounted for. Several carts with shells were stopped on the banks of the Nevaa The military authorities knew nothing about them. The drivers were arrested and the carts were taken to the arsenal.
 A dispatch to the Bourse Gazette from Mimi Novgorod relates that on July IT a regiment of troops ordered disbanded for insubordination muti- snied. took possessiou of the town and
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23

7 Most military units are in a state of complete Reorganization. Their spirit for the offensive has utterly
 disappeared. They no longer listen to orders of their leaders, and they neg lect all exhortations of comrades, even replying by threats and shots. Some clements voluntarily evacuate pest tions without even waiting for the ap- proachsof the enemy.
 Gases are on record in which an ordek given E, proceed with all haste
 to sussh and such q spot to assist com rades in distress has. been discussed for several hours at meetings. and re- inducements consequently have been delayed several hours.
 The troops abandon their positions at the first shots of the enemy. For a distance of several hundred yersts long files of deserters, armed and un- armed, men in good health and robust who have lost all shame and feel that that they can act altogether with inn
 punity, are proceeding to the rear
 Frequently entire units desort in tht lmanner.''
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
MASTER SHEETS AS DRAFT GUIDE BEING PREP AIRED
Conscripts Cannot Enlist After Receiving Sum
 mons.

Washington; July 23-Registrants under the selective draft law are not eligible for voluntary enlistment in the regular army or the national guard after their names have been posted by local exemption boards as summoned for examination.
 Brig Gen. yCrowder, provost mar shal general, promulgated this ruling today to make definite the status of men on the registration lists who now may desire to join the regulars or the national guard.
 The ruling by Gen. Crowder was necessary in order to establish defln- itely the time when a registered man was to be regarded as falling within this prohibition.
 Checking the official tally sheets o1 the draft was about complete today and printing the master sheets which will guide local exemption boards in summoning the men for the first in- crement of 6S7,000 troops proceeded rapidly. The sheets probably will start out in the mails late today.
 Regulations to govern the applica- ton of the master list by the 1ocal exemption boards already have beer promulgated and include method by WAACA ally QlIllCulClCS arising IrO1I confusion of aerial numbers are to be overcome. The plan is to regard such registration cards as additiona. to the. number already provided and the local lists. A separate drawing will be held by state authorities tc place these additional cards and sucf other cards as may have come in by
 mail since July 10 in order as they are drawn. They will then be ap pended to the registration list of theil district and be immediately affected
 by the selection drawing of last Fri
 day just as if they had been included in the list at that time.
 Officials of Provost Marshal Genera Crowder's office were preparing toda. for the great number of inquiries ano requests for rulings which they ex pect from the local boards as soon as examinations of the men for the frs lsquota begin. Probably it will talk, several days for the boards to becorn, thoroughly familiar with their work After that, officials expect, the ex 1 aminations and exemptions of men O their certification to the higher board for military duty will proceed rapid 1 ly. Within a week after the loca boards begin operations, the distric boards also will be able to begin thei work and take up questions of indus trial exemptions as rapidly as the, arise.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
FRENCH REPULSE
 FIERCE ATTACKS ON AISNE FRONT

PARIS. July 23-Continuing their |Efolent~attacks on the Aisne front. -tf 6 Germans last night stormed French trenches on the Classmates plateau, the war office announces. On the California plateau the French main tained their supporting trenches. The statement follows:
 "German attacks. Accompanied by
 violent bombardments. continued last
 night on the plateaus in the front of
 Craonne On the Classmates plateau ! the enemy in new efforts of extreme violence succeeded in penetrating our i first line. An immediate and vigorous
 French counter attack resulted in the
 preservation of only small portion of this line. On the Ca1ifornie plateau Continued on Page 5.)
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23

were still in control on July 20. Ca dets sent from Moscow to subdue5 them battled with revolvers resulting In casualties to both sides and the surrender of the mutineers, who at last accounts were held prisontrs. A barley with the commander of the Moscow garrison after order had been restored resulted in an agree- ment to surrender control.
 Petrograd, July 2s-Three occu- pants of a motor car. dressed as sail ors and soldiers shot at group of officers and soldiers on the steps of the Peoples palace Two soldiers were wounded at the first shot from the revolvers, of the assailants ! The guard of 150 soldiers rushed from the building and fired on the three mem. who attempted to escape but we're iynched by the crowd Fifteen cavAs- ians were wounded in the firing. aone seriously.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
GERMANY HAS NEED OF PEACE
 AND WANTS IT
So Declares French Premier Ribot, in Defending Policy of Minister of Interior To- ward Peace Propaganda Which Threatens to Dis rupt and Discourage French Soldiers.

Paris, July 23.-Revolutionary e1e- ments have been engaged in propa- ganda in France to discourage sol diers and develop a demand for pre- mature peace, according to Senator C1emenceau, who at a meeting Of the upper house of parliament yesterday vigorously attacked M. Malvy, minis ter of the interior, accusing him of neglecting to take necessary measures against these persons.
 M. Clemenceau averred that these revofutionists had preached the or workmen's committee similar to that in Russia. E He attributed rare man. ifestations of discoutent to that propa- ganda and asked why measures had not been taken to suppress it.
 M. Malvy replied that he had fol lowed the policy of maintaining the socalled sacred union since the begin ming of the war and held that If thai policy did not offer more heads o1 culprits it was nevertheless effective He said the police were ordered to pursue every illicit criminal enter. prise but he did not think the senate wanted him to take a hostile attitude toward the working class.
 Premier Rfbot closed the. def,ate with the ardent defense of M. Malyy; He said the organization of workner could not be held responstble for the action of anti-patriots who slip in among them.
 I've are in the presence of a cam paign of perfidy which must not bs misunderstood.'' cried M. Riboi "Germany has need of peace and she wants to obtain 1t by no matter wha' means
 "She has the hypocrisy to say continued Premier Ribot, that shs will make every effort to obtain ar accord between all nations through an international tribunal while on the eve of the war she refused all arbi. tration."
 The entire senate applauded and M. Ribot continued:
 "A durable peace cannot be found ed on militarism. It would be a per petual menace and the league tha has been formed to make the menac, disappear will not be dissolved unless Germany abandons its ideas of dom ination and servitude imposed o1 other nations
 During the debate the general poi icy of the cabinet was brought int question following, consideration j c the French offensive of April 16 which has been severely criticised. has been officially admitted that ser l ious faults were committed and tha
 Gen. Nivelle had been relieved of hi | command. The senate spent the entire after
 noon. and evening finishing in publi I discussions interpellations which ha been subject of a three-day debat behind closed doors When the. de
 bate was closed resolution signe l by the presidents of tine diferen l groups of the senate, declaring con l ddence in the government, was adopt | ed rnaniuaollsIy
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
SIXTH DISTRICT

Z 4. That you are an artifcer or workman employed in an armory, ar senal or navy yard of the United States.
 5. That you are employed in the service of the United States.
 6. That you are a licensed pilot regularly employed in the pursuit of your vocation.
 '. That you are a mariner actually employed in the sea service of any citizen or merchant within the United States. 8. That you are married man with a wife or child dependent upon you for support.
 g. That you have a widowed moth CT dependent upon your labor for SUD- port.
 1. 10. That you have aged or infirm parents dependent upon your labor for support.
 | II. That you are the father of 9 motherless child under Is, dependent upon your labor for support 12. That you are the brother ol an orphan child or children under II i dependent upon your labor for sup. + port. l 13. That.you are member of any we1l-recognized religious sect or or.
 ganization' organized and existing prior to May IS, 1917, and whose ther
 existing creed or principles forbade lits members to participate in war il any form. "Dependent for support" upon an! person is to be interpreted as depend ent upon the earnings of the physica For mental labor of the person drawn
 If the persons income is from prop
 erty or similar sources his labor i I not regarded as essential to the sup l port of the dependent, and the persol will be. drawn.
 All claims for exemption will be de cided within three days after they art filed by you with the local boards. i Claims for discharge on industfia
 grounds can only be received by th' district board at Hartford, Conn. Thi Eground includes that you are engaged in industry, including agriculture found to be necessary to the mainte nance of the military establishment lthe effective operation of the Tnilitar. forces, or the maintenance Of nationa interest during the emergency.
 Such claims mhst be filed with tn,
 district board at Hartford on or be
 fore the fifth day after the mailing O
 posting of notice that you have beer certified by the local board as on
 who has been called for service am lnot exempted or discharged To,
 must then get a copy of form 161 o
 161a. fill it out and file within the tim ) limit.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
UPRISING IN PETRoGR AID NOW UNDER
 COMPLETE CONTROL OF GOVERNMENT

London: July zs-Dispatches re- ceived by the Russian embassy here say that the rising in Petrograd may be regarded as definitely suppressed. The regiments that participated in the disturbances are being disarmed and disbanded and, the city is being pa trolled by, troops. these advices re- port.
 Isolated cases of shooting from win 'dowse have. occurred, but order. is energetically restored and all suspects are arrested, it is added.
 The newspapers announce that Rear Admiral Verdervisly, command CT of the Baltic fleet, has been ar
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
RUSS TROOPS
 SMASH THRO' LINES
Capture Over 1000 Prison
 CTS and Open Gap Two Miles Long in German Front Successes Jeopar- dized by Moral Weakness
 of Army, Petrograd Ad-
 mits.

Petrograd, July 23-The Russians yesterday attacked the Germans near Krevo and Wilma, north of the Pinsk marshes, and penetrated the Teuton lines for a distance of two miles, ac- cording to an official announcement here today. The Russians captured more than 1000 Germans, but the de- Ivelopments of success. the state ment adds. are jeopardized by the moral weakness and instability of cer- tain Russian detachments.
 Between the rivers Sereth, Stripa and Zlota Lpa the statement. says, the Austro- -Hungarians continued their offensive, occupying villages. The chief of the Russian divisional staff was killed while re-establishing order among the units on this eassern Galician front.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
WILSON TO URGE 4 SINGLE FOOD
 ADMINISTRATOR
Will Seek to Influence Sen ate Opposes "Bone
 Dry" Clause.

Washington, July 23-President Wilson probably will bring his per- sonal influence to bear on Senate and House conferees on the food bill to accept the Housep revision for 8 sim gle food administrator instead of the board of three as voted by the Senate. | President Wilson is understood to prefer the Senate prohibition section forbidding manufacture of distilled liquors but allowing the manufacture of beer and wine. The House put in a ''bone dry" section.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-07-23
White No Longer
 on Shipping Board

Washington. July 23-John B. White of Kansas City has resigned as a. member of the shipping board and President Wilson was said today to have accepted the resignation. Off, cials at the White House declared MT. Whites resignation was not connected with the difficulties thas have develop ed between Chairman Denman and Maj. rGoethals. AEs4
 MT. White was said to have found the work exceedingly heavy. He was one of MT. Dennan's supporters on the board.