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URGED HIGH TITLE
Many Would Have Had Washing
ton Addressed as Monarch.
Interesting Just Now to Recall How
Fond Of HiJh-Soundino Appelia-
tions Were the Founders Of
This Great Republic.

In view of the widespread approval
Of the Chamberlain bill. making 1t pos
sible for our soldiers to wear medals
conferred by the French II is interest
ing to be reminded that, although the
Constitution forbade all those In the
service of the United States to accept
titles or decorations from foreign
rulers. a strong party in our first SEN
ate wished to bestow almost royal title
upon government officials.
A serious debate arose over the
be addressed, and on April %. 1883.
committee was appointed to consider
the matter. Among the titles urged
were His Highness, the President of
the United States of America and Pro-
tector of the Rights of the Same" Ills
Elective Highness," etc. and n cano-
pied throne was to be erected for his
use In the senate. Mmbers of that body
were to be "Your Highness of the
Senate" the sergeant at arms was to
be rechristened the "Usher of the
Black Rod" and representatives "Your
Highness of the Lower House."
John Adams, we are told in the Jour
nal of William Maclay. led the So
called "Court party" which wished to
borrow the forms of the British mon
irchy for our infant government. His
most jealous supporter was Richard
Henry Lee of Virginia. Maclay and
Robert Morris were the first senator's
from PENNSYLVANIA.
The matter rested until after the
formalities of Washington's Inaugural
ton were settled. Under the first plan
the clergy could attend only as spec
tators. but this was finally overruled
on n strong protest from the ministers
Of New York. An interesting sidelight
IN the times is given by John Randolph
Of Virginia, who as boy witnessed
the Inauguration of Adams as vice
president.
The controversy over the titles came
to head on May 1 when the clerk of
the senate began to read the minutes.
Ills Most Gracious Speech" he said,
referring to Washington's inaugural
address. Blank surprise showed in the
eyes of many of the senators. Jeffer-
son, the great champion of democracy,
was absent in Europe. Maclay rose to
his feet.
''The words prefixed to the presi-
dents speech are the same that are
usually placed before the speech of his
Britannia majesty" he said. 81 know
they will give offense. I consider them
improper. / therefore. move that they
be struck out and that 1t stand sim
ply address or speech, as may be ad-
judged most suitable"
The report of the committee on titles
was rejected May IA by vote of 10 to
s. but in half-hearted way. The rec
ord showed that ''for the present" the
subject would be dropped, but the
wording clearly indicated that titles
were favored.
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Barrie's Hat,

lam reminded that the silk hat worn
by Sir James NJ. Barrie at the rehears-
ais of his early plays. which 1 men,
toned the other day, was in all prob
ability the one which was acquired in
still earlier years with the intention of
impressing Frederick Greenwood. The
story of this tall hat was related at
the memorable dinner given to Green
wood in 1905, with John Morley, then
quite untitled, in the chair. 81 bought
my first silk hat, to impress him, the
day I came to London" said the dis
tinguished pilgrim from Thrums. 81
never Wore 1t except when l made Pc
riodic advances on the st. James's Ga
zette. I liked to think that it had its
effect upon him" The hat would nat
urally be treasured on grounds other
than those which would suggest them
selves TO the ordinary thrifty Scott
had opened out to him great liter
airy career, and it might be expected to
have Its natural beneficent influence on
the plays.-westminste CEng) Ga.
Zette
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Something to Worry About.

As if we haven't already enough to
keep our minds busy. with war and the
high cost of livingl And our friends,
the learned astronomers. who study
the heavens Just as carefully as the
average fellow does the innermost re-
cesses of his pocketbook day before
pay, are intent upon adding to our load
of worry burdens. They-some of
them-believe the sun is going to ex-
plode. One of them, writing in Popu-
lar Astronomy, points to the fact that
our sun is of advanced age, and pre-
diets its finish as the leading figure
in any solar system. He finds that our
sun has contracted 100000 miles
from each side. thus giving its hot CEN
ter 1s6.00o0 600 miles less of room. So
you see the suns center Is rather
crowded for space. Something like
the three-room-apartmen couple when
visiting relatives begin their summer
vacation drives.-Syracuse Journal.
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The British are Of wood. while the
German are iron. My heart stopped
beating; by mistake 1 had crawied
bnck to the German lines.
turned slowly about and my tunic
caught on the wire and made n loud
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out. ]
sprang to my feet, ducking low. and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
| ran smash into our wire. and sharp
challenge, "'Alt, who comes there"
rang out. 1 gasped out the password.
and. cropping my way through the lane
in the wire. tearing my hands and
uniform. l tumbled into our trench and
was safe. but l was nervous wreck
for an hour. until drink of rum
brought me round.
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back to first principles. We used to
consider first our important relatives.
Now We do good deal ofSthinking
about relative Importance. The big
question today is not "Who are you?"
but what can you do?" Jay Cooke.
Sd. the federal food administrator for
Philadelphia. says that II we're going
to shove 100000 bushels of wheat
to the allies in four months we must
each Of us-get along with two loaves
of bread. Victory bread, n week. It's
easy enough If we turn to the substi-
tutes we have plentifully at hand. Eat
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cut lanes through 1t: II so. this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course had to be one of the four
selected for the job. 1t was just like
sending a fellow to the undertaker's
to order his own coffin.
At ten o'clock We started out, armed
with three bombs, n bayonet and re-
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at time, ducking star shells,
with strays cracking overhead, !
reached their wire. 1 secuted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
l could hear them talking in their
trench, my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector I quietly
crawled back. had gotten about half
way when l noticed that my revolver
was missing. 1t was pitch dark.
turned about to see II could find 1t
1t couldn't be far away, because about
three or four minutes previously had
felt the butt In the holster. crawled
around in circles and at last found it
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as l thought.
Pretty soon reached barbed wire
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to
l put out my hand and touched one o.
the barbed wire stakes. 1t was iron
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btiSiuu itIIltoIy W NihNi
he withdrew with the remnants of
his gallant army close upon four years
ago. converting 1t into an impregnable
stronghold, from which the Germans
have sought in vain to drive him.
He might have Joined his ministers
In the French seaport of Havre, where
the seat of the Belgian government
has been established since the Ger
mans took possession first of Brussels
and then of Antwerp. Or he could
have followed the example of King
Nicholas of Montenegro and taken up
his residence in Paris, where he Is an
object of popular admiration by rea-
son of the heroic resistance which he
offered to the German armies when the
kaiser invaded France via Belgium.
But he chose to stay with his army.
The odds that confronted King AL
bert when the Germans undertook to
traverse his territory Into France were
overwhelming. He bravely faced
them, and IL was the unexpected OBJ
stacles which the Germans encounter
ed in Belgium, especially at Liege,
that delayed their advance sufficiently
to give time to the French and Eng
lish to prepare for their reception and
to stem the Hun drive upon Calais and
Paris.
Had 1t not been for the fight put up
by King Albert in the early days of the
war there is no doubt that the kaiser
would have accomplished his design
of reaching Paris and Calais before the
end of August, 1914. Under the cir
cumstances 1t is no exaggeration to
assert that Paris owes her safety in
the present war and her immunity
from siege and possible capture to
King Albert, without whose resistance
In Belgium In the beginning of August
there would have been no battle of
the Marne in September. That is why
the Parisians have particularly warm
place In their hearts for King Albert.
Welcome though he would be among
them, he has preferred to remain
among his troops in that little corner
of Belgian seacoast territory where he
has made his home with his admira-
BILE consort for close upon four years
and where the daily and nightly boom
ing of the German guns alternates
with the thunder OF the waves on
the seashore.
IdoIize King Despite Nations Woe.
What the sufferings of the people
of Belgium have been since the great
er part of their native land has been
subject to Teuton thraldom is known
here in the new world. Not a week
passes without some new story reach
ing US of German barbarity in the in
vaded regions of King Albert's domini-
ons. Bestial savagery and outrage.
famine and pillage. forced labor and
indescribable tortures have been the
daily fare of the unhappy Belgians.
And yet, in the very lowest depths of
: their unutterable despair, they still
continue to idolize their king and to
extol him for having sacrificed every
thing to the national honor of Belgium
by declining to permit the free passage
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CHAPTER XVII.
Out In Front.

After tea Lieutenant Stores OF our
section came into the dugout and In
formed me that was 'for" reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs
At IL 80 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself went out In
front on patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
ubout two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Roche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
ynrds In front OF the German barbed
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Belgian Rulers
Democratic IDEAS
Traced to Years
Sojourn in United
States ~ Il -

until some years afterward that their
authorship was revealed.
Shortly before Albert's succession to
the throne he made prolonged tour
in Africa characterized by the same
simplicity and unobtrusiveness that
had marked his sojourn in the United
States. He entered the dark CONT
nent at Cape Town and then made his
way by rail, by boat and by caravan
to Lake Tanganyika and thence
through the former Congo free state,
now Belgium's great African depend
ency, down the Congo river to its
mouth on the Atlantic coast.
Ended Abuses In the Congo.
His visit to- Congoland was of in
calculable value to Belgium. For aside
from the encouragement which he was
able to give to lonely servants of the
Belgian crown working for Their SOW
ereign in spots wholly remote from civ
ilization and often under the most dis
couraging circumstances he was able
to rectify and put an end to thousands
of abuses and to Initiate all sorts of
reforms.
Another thing in King Albert which
appeals strongly to his people and to
their friends and sympathiZers here in
America has been the singularly blame
less nature of his private life, which
has remained both prior to his mar
riage and ever since untouched by any
breath of scandal. The Belgians had
suffered from the shortcomings in this
respect of their first king and also of
his eldest son and successor. the late
King Leopold ii, whose indiscretions
were so fragrant and notorious as to
become source of shame and of NOR
tification to his. subjects. King AL
bert's life. like that of his parents.
the late count and countess of Elan
ders, has been entirely above reproach
and an example to his people. He owes
this largely to the training of his clev-
er mother, WHO, although daughter
of the RomanCatholic and nonreign-
ing branch of the house of HohenZol-
lern. had strong strain of French
blood in her veins through her grand
mother, the grand duchess of Baden.
His Marriage Love Match.
King Albert's irreproachable life is
also due to his wife, Queen Elizabeth.
Royal marriages rs rule are the re-
suit of arrangements, Information
al policy and diplomatic negotia-
ton. His was n love match pure and
simple and such 1t has remained ever
since, the trials. the sorrows, the hard
ships and the dangers which they have
shared in common during the last four
years having served to bring them even
more closely together.
The queen Is n daughter of that
Duke Charles Theodore of Bavaria
who acquired celebrity as an oculist
and who devoted his entire life to ad-
mlnistering to the poor free of cost,
resculng many thousands from blind
ness. But Queen Elizabeth, like King
Albert, has closed her doors forever
to her 0relatives and cut herself
entirely adrift from them not only for
the duration of the war but for all
time. For neither one nor the other
of this royal couple can ever forget or
forgive what their loyal people have
suffered Mt German hands since July,
1914.
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of the Teuton armies through Belgium
territory for the invasion of France.
Never one word of repronch do they
utter against him for having refused
with Indignation TO come to an under
standing with the kaiser about the
matter, which would have averted
many of the evils which have fallen
to their share. They are more proud
of their king than ever, and the fact
that they are new quivering under the
kaiser's heel has rendered them more
than ever devoted to the rule and per-
son of their own sovereign.
No monarch is more deserving of
the admiration of the American people
than Albert of Belgium. Alone among
the occupants of the thrones of the
old world he insisted, prior to his ac-
cession to the crown, upon paying a
prolonged visit to the United States,
declaring that without 1t his education
would be incomplete. He held that n
knowledge of this country and of its
people was an Indispensable equip
ment for the duties of rulershlp and
that he would be better qualified to
serve his privileges as their king If
his training received an American fin
ish.
His sojourn in the United States diff
fered from that Of all other royal and
imperial visitors in that 1t was In
Difference to his own demands entire
ly devoid of all fuss and feathers. AT
ter paying his respects in due form to
the president at Washington he laid
aside his royal state, enveloped him
self in the strfctest OF incognitos and
then devoted himself to quiet and en-
tirely unobtrusive tour of the entire
Union.
1t was the great industrial centers
that excited his chief interest and in
accorded more time and attention to
Pittsburgh than to Philadelphia. and to
Buffalo and Rochester than to New
York; to Lynn and to Worcester, Mass,
than to Boston. and to Providence than
to Newport, r. /. At most of the
places where he stayed the people. re-
mained unaware of his identity, re-
garding him as u foreign engineer for
he has strong bent toward every kind
of engineering.
His experiences in America, extend
ing over a period Of nearly twelve
months. seem to have opened his eyes
to the advantages of journalism. For
after his return home he commenced
to write under an assumed name for
weekly papers and monthly publica-
tions devoted to industrial and mari
time engineering.
Eventually he secured from one of
these weekly newspapers card made
out in the name which he had taken
as member of its staff. In the ca
pacity of its representative and report
er he thereupon visited all the princi-
pal shipbuilding and marine engineer
ing concerns in Great Britain, France,
Italy and Germany, travelling alone and
exciting some interest by reason of
his possession of technical knowledge
unusual in the ordinary newspaper
man, though no one seems to have sus-
pected him of being a prince of the
blood. His letters to his paper We're
remarkable for their sound sense and
American understanding. 1t was not
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Good Work for Mush.

Did IT ever occur to you what the
word lady" really means? It's the
Anglo Saxon word "hlafidge," "hlaf'
meaning "loaf' and "dige" meaning
"kneader- So that lady, in the orig
inal understanding of that title. Is sim
ply a bread-maker. How far we have
Travelled in these sophisticated and still
brutal modern times from the sense
of that term, But just as war in its
offensive and defensive movements re-
yerts to many mediaeval practices, so
In domestic particulars we are going
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CHAPTER xvl-continued.

-1S-
Quite contrast to Wilson was an
other character In our brigade named
Scott; we called him "Old Scotty" on
account Of his age. He was fifty-seven.
although looking forty. "Old Scotty"
had been born In the Northwest and
had served In the Northwest Mounted
police. He was typical cowpuncher
and Indian fighter and was dead shot
with ,he rifle, and took no pains TO
disguise this fact from us. He used to
take care OF his rifle as II II were n
baby. In his spare moments you could
always see him cleaning IL or polish
ing the stock. Woe betlde the man
who by mistake happened to get hold
OF this rifle; he soon found out his
error. Scott was as deaf as mule.
and II was amusing at parade to watch
him In the manual of arms, slyly
glancing out of the corner OF his eye
Mt the man next to him to see what
the order was. How he passed the
doctor was n mystery to us; he must
have bluffed his way through. because
he certainly was independent. Beside
him the Fourth OF July looked like
Good Friday. He wore at the time n
large sombrero, had n Mexican stock
saddle over his shoulder, lariat on
his arm, and ''forty-flve" hanging
from his hip. Dumping this parapher-
naiin on the floor he went up to the
recruiting officer and shouted: 'Tm
from America. west OF the Rockies,
and want to join your id army.
I've got no use for German and can
shoot some. At Scotland Yard they
turned me down; said l was deaf and
so I am. don't banker to ship In with
a d-d mud-crunching outfit, but the
cavairy's full, so l guess this regi-
ment's better thnn none. so trot out
your papers and I'll sign EN-" He told
them he was forty and slipped by. l
was on recruiting service at the time
he applied for enlistment.
II was Old Scotty's great ambition
to he snlper or 'body snhtcher," as
Mr.. Atkins calls 1t. The day that he
was detailed as brigade sniper he cele.
brated his appointment by blowing the
whole platoon to fags.
Being Yank. Old Scotty took lik.
Ing TO me and used to spin some great
yarns about the plains, and the whole
platoon would drink these in and ask
for more. Ananias was rookie com,
pared with him.
The ex-plainsman and discipline
could not agree, but the officers all
liked him, even II he was hard TO man
age. so when he was detailed as Q
sniper sigh OF relief went up from
the officers mess
Old Scotty had the freedom of tn,
brigade. He used to draw two ol
three days rations and disappear with
his glass, range finder and rifle, and W,
would see or hear no more of hin
until suddenly he would reappea
with couple of notches added I,
those already on the butt of his rifle
Every time he got a German II mean
another notch. He was proud Of thes
botches.
But after few months Fathe
Rheumatism got him and he was sen
10 Blighty; the air in the wake of hi
stretcher was blue with curses. OIL
Scotty surely could swear; some of hi
outbursts actually burned you.
No doubt, at this writing. he
"somewhcre in Blighty" pussy footin
II on bridge or along the wall @
some munition plant with the &c. r.
or Home Defense corps.
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Diplomacy.

Harold-And why must We always
be kind to the poor?
Doris-Because there may be sud-
den change, and we don't know how
soon they may become rich.
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Riah,eeu.. Indfanation,

Mrs. Jones-I wonder what makes
baby 50 wakeful.
Jones tsavagely)-why, It's heredi-
tary, of course. That's what comes of
your sitting up nights waiting for me-
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Nothing Of the Sort.

Did the two men have an epis-
tolary arguments"
NO pistols used ut ALL They took
1t out in letter writin'."
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Empey stages his play under
difficulties but with great sue
cess. The next installment tells
about il.
GRO BE coNTINuEDl
Used Vast Amount Of Wire.

1t has been estimated that the wire
in the cores and sheathing of the
worlds submarine cables that have
been made since they were first used
in 1857, would reach from the eurth
to the moon.
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ExpIainina II.

DO you believe in hypnotism
u don't know OF anything else that
could make people walk In front of
EN-"
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mush-but don't talk it.-Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
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ING ALBERT of Belgium
celebrated the forty-third
anniversary of his birth re-
Gently and many hearts went
out to that little corner of
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-03-04
CALL FOR 10000
SKILLED MEN FOR
AVIATION SECTION
MANY CLASSES OF MECHAN-
ICS AND OTHER VOCA-
TIONS WANTED.
ENTER SERVICE OVERSEAS
First Go to = Antonio, Tex, for
Brief { <'e in Training-Men
Regis 4 in Draft May Ap-
ply neir Home Boards.
5. S.hington. March 4.-Call was

Vhngton, March Gall was
I'd today for 10000 machinists
J.auffeurs and other skilled me-
chanics needed at once by the avia-
ton section Of the signal corps, it
was stated, and announcement was
made that additional increments
must be obtained from the same
classes in the near future.
The degree to which the aviation
program of the army depends upon
highly skilled labor is shown by the
statement that "98 of every 100 men
in the aviation section must be
skilled in some branch of work"
Men registered in the draft" said
the announcement may be induct-
ed into this service by applying to
their local draft board. Men not
may enlist at any recruit
ing office They will be sent to
San Antonio, Texas, for segrega-
tion by trades, followed by a brief
course of instruction at the flying
fields or at various factories, and
organized into squads, mostly for
service overseas
The present call is especially for
machinists, automobile mechanics,
engine repair men, gunsmiths,
chauffeurs, carpenters, blacksmiths,
cabinet makers, electric
ians ,coppersmiths, sheet metal
workers, propeller makers, wireless
operators and constructors, tent
makers, sailmakers, truckmasters,
vulcanizers, welders and makers, re-
pairers and installers of magnetos,
ignition systems, cameras, watches
and clocks, instruments and type
writer's ~