The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-05-21
limited STATES AEROP[ANE FLIES
FROM HALIFAX To ENGLISH COAST
GIANT WAR PLANE CARRYING
SIX PERSONS MAKES TRIP
ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
Miss Ruth MacTammany lhri'ls
Great Crowd at the Big
Court Theatre.

Nothing is impossible at the pres
enl day" said Miss Ruth Maclamna'
ny, prima donna, movie star, FORMER
Red. Cross ambulance driver in Italy,
European war heroine and patrlollc
lecturer extraordinary, in an address
to a great audience at the Court The
atre lost evening. She is boosting the
F: Red Cross here.
DO you know that an American
! war plane, containing six men, maze
, flight from Halifax to the coast OF
/ England a few weeks ago. She was
! checrcf by the crowd when she assert
: ed that there "waS an individual re-
! sponsibility for the winning OF the
: great war" and that each and every
one Of US had part in the carrying
on of the colossal proposition, the
greatest ever known She declared
! that the people OF tho country should
stand behind the administration at
! tho nresent time. and should boost IN
! every way the war plans as they are
: being carried on. She declared that
many surprises would be in store al
| ter the war, and that war planes
would be traversing the air just the
same as the auto Today is plying
back and forth on land.
Clad in a nifty outfit Of khaki
; Jacket, trousers and puttecs and a
! swagger bonnet like the ones that arc
worn on the western front Of Europe
she is a yeritahle bundle Of girlish VI
racity and energy-yea. a cluster OF
! charm. When approached she reveals
! herself an intellectual, rich in intel
! ligence, education and experience, and
best of all, in patriotism:
! Miss MacTammany was born in AK
/ ron, Ohio. and she figured that Wheel
! ing is close to home. She holds de-
gree from Buchtel College. She can
speak several languages, and resided
! for two years in Berlin, Germany
When war was declared she HE'D her
self 10 Europe and secured position
as an ambulance driver in Italy. She
also saw much service on the French
front, and after returning to this coun'
try was sworn into the United States
/ Secret Service Department.
In speaking Of the Italian trouble
she stated to a reporter last evening
! that the German spy system infested
| that country for years prior to the
war; that the day that war was de-
clared the banking houses closed and
things stopped 1t was the control OF
the money market by Germany that
strangled the country for many years
! She stated that the United States
was yet very lax in It's police system
relative to spies, and says that women
and men alike are searched before
they are even allowed to enter rail-
way station In Italy. She speaks well
for the conduct Of the Italians. and
thinks that it will be only a question
of time until the army turns the
Hun" back.
That the United States will win the
war is her opinion, and the quicker we
i get men to Europe the quicker 1t will
be over, she says. She paid glowing
! tribute to the work that Is being done
by the War Department, and told OF
i the conditions that confronted the
country prior TO the war.
| 1.-THE eyes Of the Allies are watch.
ing u.s." she stated. and she urged that
the citizens Of Wheeling assist in the
; Red Cross drive here and do every
thing that they can to assist in putting
. the big drive over. She will be at the
Court Theatre this afternoon and eve
ming, and will attend the Red Cross
dinner this evening, where she will
! speak.