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own. He not only served wirnout pay,

own. He not only served wirnout pay,
but actually lent assistance to the
struggling colonies out of his W pri-
vate means. In all, he advanced about
$4,000 TO the American cause, and
in those days that was an immense
sum of money.
Less han two months from the day
he redAved his commission he was
in COM bind of a body of troops in the
army thai engageu the BRITISH at the
battle of the Brandywine. The Amer
leans numbered in all about 1000 eff
fectiye troops, although their total
number was about $4,000, while the
British confronted them with an army
of $4,000 trained Ter
Then, on September IL, 1877, when
ne had just passed his twentieth birth
day, young Lafayette, a tall STRIPPING,
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What the Victory Meant.

A gallant loyalist of Massachusetts,,
who fought so well for King George
that he rose to be a full general in the
British army, regarded Bunker Hill as
a transaction which controlled every
thing that followed. "You could not"
he would say to his friends on the 9TH
er side, shave succeeded without it,"
"The rebels" Gage wrote a week af-
ter the battle, fare shown not to be the
~disorderly rabble too many have sup
posed. In all their wars against the
French they have showed no such con
duct and perseverance as they do now.
They do not see that they have eX-
changed liberty for tyranny. No peo-
pie were ever governed more absolute
ly than the American provinces now
are; and no reason can be given for
their submission but that it is a ty-
ranny which they have erected them
selves"
Bunker Hill exhibited the Americans
to all the world as a people to be
courted by allies and counted with by
foes. It was a marvel that so many
armed citizens had been got together
so quickly and still a greater marvel
that tAey had stayed together so long.
Move Forced on British.
After the engagement at Lexington
on April 10 the British force under
General Gage was increased to 10000
men by the arrival of Generals Howe,
Clinton, and Burgoyne with their COM
mands from England. These occupied
the town of Boston on a peninsula ex-
tending into the harbor. The naval
forces consisted of the Falcon, Lively,
Somerset, Symmetry, Glasgow, and
four floating batteries. Across the
Charles river, at Cambridge, and on
the surrounding hills, were encamped
between 10000 and 10000 undisci-
plined Americans. The British, thus cut
OFF from communication with the main
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Lafayette Name
Honored by All
Free Men

~zouZarrr4r eth is the 1nzsS an
niversaIy of the birth of the
great French soldier who was
Americas friend in her our of
need.
Lafayette was a mere boy of twenty
when he left his young wife in France
and at his own expense came to this
country and presented himself to con.
gress and offered his services where
they would be best suited for the
cause in hand.
Lafayette received his first impress.
sions of the American struggle for lib.
erty while he was stationed at Metz.
Undoubtedly he was led to apply to the
American commissioners at Paris,
among whom was Franklin, through
his recollection of the loss Of Canada
to France. It was at the same time
that he, an aristocrat, began to under
stand the common people. Certainly
from the first moment of his landing
In America until the end of his days
he was most democratic in his deal.
tngs with all men.
When he appeared before Franklin
and Deane and desired to offer his
sword to America he was diSsuaded.
He was told that, In the first place,
there was no ship to take him, and to
that he answered that he would char
ter q vessel himself and at the same
time supply it and also take any com.
munications the commissioners had for
America.
Won Commissioners Sanction.
There was no other answer to a per-
severing, courageous and generous
young soldier than to accept his offer.
He gladly embraced the opportunity
to lend his aid and also invited sew.
eral other dashing young Frenchmen
to accompany him.
He was as good as his word, and in
due time he and his ship arrived on
this side of the Atlantic. Congress
read with interest his recommends.
lions from Franklin, and they agreed ia
the single proviso in his offer, which
was that he, on account of his posi-
ton. was to receive the commission
as q general officer and he was to be
free to answer any summons of his
king. But at the same time he stipu
lated that he was to serve without
any emolument.
It was about the middle of April
..S7. that the young nobleman arrived
IN South Carolina, and it was in July
that congress gave him his commits
sion as major general, although he wa
then some weeks less than twenty
years of age.
Placed under the personal care o.
Washington, the great commander II
chief soon became attached to thu
young officer. The feeling of admira
ton was mutual, and Lafayette until
the day of his death regarded his men
tor and friend as the greatest Ameri
can.
Gladly Gave His Services.
From the first he was convinced o.
the business of the American
and he fought for it as if it were hi
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ton was buried In sleep. The sentry's
cry of "All's well % could be heard dis
tinctly from it's shores.
At dawn, 143 years ago, the Ameri-
cans at work were seen by the sailors
on board the British ships of war and
the alarm was given. The captain of
the Lively, the nearest ship, without
waiting for orders, put a spring upon
her cable and, bringing her guns to
bear, opened a fire upon the hill. One
man, among a number who had incau-
tiously ventured outside, was killed. A
subaltern reported his death to Colonel
Prescott and asked what was to be
done. "Bury him." was the reply.
1t was the first fatality in the battle
Of Bunker Hill, n of the most mo-
mentous conflicts in our Revolutionary
history. 1t was the first regular battle
between the British and the Americans
and most eventful in it's consequences.
The British had ridiculed and despised
their enemy, representing them as as
tardly and inefficient yet here the best
British troops, led on by experienced
officers, were repeatedly repulsed by
an inferior force of that enemy-mere
yeomanry-from works thrown up In a
single night, and suffered a loss rarely
| paralleled in battle with the most vet
eran soldiers. According to their W
returns their killed and wounded, out
of a detachment of 1000 men, amount
ed to 1854, and a large proportion OF
them officers. The loss of the Ameri'
cans was All out of 1,500 men en-
gagged. So the number of casualties In
this battle was more than 30 per cent
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Nation COMING Into Its own.

The heart and the brain Of this re-
public should pause today and thrill
with the consciousness of what we
have done and what it has been re-
served for us to do. The past is Sc
cure. History has recorded the inn
mortal thing which we have been. We
are standing now upon and across the
threshold of our greatest achieve
ment and our greatest usefulness.
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as if a continuous
stream of fire
poured out from
t h g redoubt.
Bravely the Brit
ish struggled to
o the open
place in front of
their encmy's po-
sition, but were
forced to give up
the attempt, and
fed precipitately
to the boats.
Although t b e
field was strewn
with their dead,
the British again
attempted to take
the American po-
citinn praSnntf
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Whole World Turns to America.

In the providence-of God and by the
light of our loyalty toward the
inal convictions of liberty and b AN
ity upon which we have foun6ed we
are today with garnered wisdom and
with stored wealth and with discl-
plined strength standing in the vortex
of universal waters as at once the
lighthouse of hope and the anchor of
liberty for all the world.
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er q shot DetIer
directed than the
others had done
some execution in
the trenches, Pres
himself
mounted t b e
works and march
ed to and fro
with drawn sword
regardless of the
fact that he was a
mark for the Brit
ish. He thus pre-
served the cOur-
age of his men,
who had never be-
fore been under
fire.
1t was about
three o'clock In
t b e afternoon
when the British
troops supported
by a terrific bonn
bardment from
IL h0
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Paying Nations Debt to France.

Nearly q century and a half have
passed since France and America last
fought side by side. 1t is Inspiring
to any American to reatize that we are
now paying-in part at least the debt
we W to this glorious people who
sem Lafayette when we so-ely needed
him.
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British Line

A deadly fire was poured into the
British columns, the marksmen of the
Americans picking off the officers.
Along the whole line of Notifications
from fhe rail fence to the redoubt, the
lTtish troops were soon IN retreat.
ffhe British columns advanced a sec
ond time and once more were met with
deadly fire. Now, however, they were
prepared for it; although staggered by
the shock, they soon rallied and con-
tinued their advance. The Americans
fred with such rapidity that it seemed
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of the number in action, thus placing
it among the ~bloodiest battles that had
heretofore been known to history. At
Waterloo the British loss was less
than 81 per cent. No wonder that
June II is a second Fourth of July.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-06-28

harbor, advanced in solid column
against the Notifications. Confidently
they approached the works of the
Americans, constituting the silence on
the hilltop as timidity. They changed
their attitude on this point when they
arrived within a few hundred feet OF
the redoubt. The Americans had been
silent, but they had been ordered to
refrain from firing until the comman0
was given. Thus it was the British,
advancing over the open stretch OF
ground, painting from the heat and the
weight of their k~napsacks, heard the
word Fire !" at the moment of thei
supreme confidence, and recoiled before
a volley that moved down many OF
their number.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-06-28
BUNKER HILL
PROVED SPIRIT
OF COLONISTS
In Its Consequences That Conflict
Ranks as the Most Momentous of
All the Struggles of Revolutionary
Days-Revealed to the British the
True Spirit of Their Foes.

. LITTLE before
sunset 143 years
ago, a few hun
dred American
troops stacked
their guns, threw
off their packs,
seized t b e / r
%trenching tools,
and set to work
with great spirit
At midnight Bos-
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Famous Old Faneuil Hall, From an
Old Revolutionary Print.
Maryland Claims Patriot.

Samuel Chase, a signer of the Dec
laration and a justice of the United
States Supreme court, was born on
April II. 1741, in Somerset county,
Maryland.
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Prescott's Gallant Act.

Not an unnecessary sound was made
during the long hours of the night Of
June 16, 1775, and when dawn cameH in
trenchments six feet high along the
side of the hill were disclosed. In the
face of the fire from the enemy ships
and by the battery on Cops Hill the
Americans kept steadily at work COM
pleting their intrenchments and, when
there was a slight show of faltering aft
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-06-28

land, were seriously hampered for pro-
visions, and General Gage contem-
plated a movement to occupy the sew
eral heights near Charlestown, at Dor
chester, and adjacent points.
The arrival of such a formidable
force of the enemy caused the gravest
concern to the ~colonists. 1t was ru-
mored that the British would sally forth
from Boston and burn the n%eighboring
towns. 1t was to prevent this that the
Americans determined to fortify Bun
ker Hill for, if the British should get
out of the city and intrench upon Dor.
chester Heights to the south of Bos-
ton, the Continental position would be
made untenable.
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NationNowC Calls
on Al Patriots
BY HAPsBuRe LlEBE
of the ViaiIantes.

e~&HIS is the story of Cecia
Fourth, the Day that is tho
american years badge Of In-
90 IIo.A4 liz
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-06-28

.>lou1Arryr~ eth is the 1nz~N an
niversaly of the birth of the
~ great French soldier who was
Americas friend in her hour OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
DROVE $4,000 MILES IN
ONE YEAR IN SAME CAR
Los Angeles Man Claims Worlds
Record for Continuous
Driving

What is believed to be the world =
record for continuous driving is claimed
on behalf of the Chandler Six by J. A.
Van Horn, Of Los Angeles, who has
made $4,000 miles in thirteen months,
or an average Of o37 miles a day for
that period.
This car which has been used for car
rying newspapers from Los Angeles TO
Santa Barbara, has travelled as many
miles in little over year as the aver
age owner would in fifteen or twenty
years
The daily run of 237 miles. as re-
ported to Herbert Brothers, Phiadei-
phia, agents for the Chandler, was made
with a load Of 1000 to 1900 pounds of
newspapers or else with a load Of pas
sengers and trailer behind. In the en-
tire thirteen months the daily trip was
not missed once The car averaged ff-
teen miles to a gallon Of gasoline. ac-
cording TO the careful record kept by
Mr.. Van Horn.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
NEW YORK SHOW WAS BIG
-Four Hundred Cars, Representing
Eighty-six Concerns, Exhibited

More than 400 cars. the latest models
of eighty-six of Americas leading manu-
facturers. ranging from the tiny run
ab0uts to the big limousines together
with numberless accessories and auto
accessories manufacturers, were shown
at the eighteenth annual national auto
mobile show in New York, which closed
last Saturday. The actual value of the
display amounted to several million dol
Is<e The exhibition was held under the
sauGpices of the National Automobile
Cl4mber of Commerce and managed by
q a. Miles.
The following makes of cars were ex
hfhitsd: Abbott, Allen. American, Ander-
a0n. Apperson. Auburn, Austin, Baker
Blscoe, Buick. Cadillac. Case, Chalmers,
Chandler. Chevrolet, Cole, Columbia
CrowtElkhart, Davis. Detroit Electric
Dobte- Detroit, Dodge Brothers. bort, Ell
0ln. Blcar. Empire. Flat Franklin, Front
mobile, Grant, Hackett, Hal. Harroun
Haynes, Hollier. Hudson Hupmobile, In
ter-9tate, Jackson. Jordan, King. Kis-
sel-Kar. Kline Kar. Lexington, Liberty,
Marmon. McFarlan, Maxwell, Mercer
tor, Monroe. Moon, Moore. Nash. Ma
tionai, Oakland. Ohio. Oldsmobile Olym-
plan. Overland, Owen Magnetic, Packard.
Paige. Paterson, Peerless, Pierce-Arrow,
Premier. Rauch C Lang, Regal, REQ,
Roamer, Saxon. Scripps- Booth, Standard,
stanley. Stearns-Knight. Studebaker,
Gtutx. Templar. Velie, Westcott, WHY'S
Knight and Winton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
TWO NEW KISSEL MODELS
Both Are Sedan Cars, But Of Differ
ent Size and Type

Since the 1917 National Automobile
Shows two new Kissel ail-year models
have made their appearance. the four
passenger sedan and iiVe-passenger
staggered door sedan. They are han
died locally by the Grieb-Thomas Com.
pany. These models, which are in addl-
ton to the regular all-yea- touring,
sedan. roadster-coupe and victoria
town car. possess the new all-year
top, which is not only entirely remov.
able. but in which all side windows may
be lowered full length This exclusive
feature, which probably represents the
highest development to which the car
with the detachable top has been
brought, gives owners three cars fil
one, in that not only can they change
the car into an open, roofiess touring
car for summer use or a closed coach
for winter motoring, but also a convert.
ible car by lowering all windows when
it is desired to keep the winter top in
place.
The refinement features which have
always characterized the all-year car
are found in the new models; no visible
fastenings or attachments mar the ap'
pearance of the interior.
1t is difficult to differentiate It from
n permanently inclosed job, especially a
short distance away.
The hundred quality features of the
hundred point six, on which the all
year top Is mounted, have. since its
introduction last year, not only been
tested in all parts of the country, but
each feature has been checked up by the
Kissel engineers and designers.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
LAWYER CALLS HIS AUTO
HELP TO HIS EFFICIENCY
QUESTIONABLE Shows Eighty Per
Cent of Passenger Cars
indispensable"

More than so per cent OF the passen-
ger automobiles in use today are indis-
pensable TO business. This fact Is dis
closed in nationwide investigation
just completed BY the Haynes Automo-
bile Company, whose cars are handled
here by the Henry A. Rowan, Jrr Com
pany,
OF the less than 20 per cent who do
no, hold the automobile business me-
cessity many state that without their
cars their efficiency would be greatly re-
duced.
."My efficiency is raised by having a
car for reSreation." writes Il merchant
TT affords recreation for me and adds
10 my health and efficiency" is the dec
| laration of a lawyer
The investigation which brousht loftn
these replies and hundreds OF others was
the outgrowth of the oft-repeateu ac-
cusation that the passenger car Is
/ luxury which might readily be us
nensed with during the war. A letter
was addressed to 1000 Haynes owners
residing throughout the country. Inc
letter was impartial. simply explaining
/ the situation and asking that Il post
card be filled out and returned.
The new Haynes Light Twelve
omen car for seven made its debut az
show time. 4 striking new ooay ue'
sign and the perfected seventy morse
power twelve-cylinder motor comohe 10
make this model extremely popular;
This car has duplicate CLOCK anu
sneedon,eter in the tonneau for the con-
venience of passengers riding in the rear
compartment.
OF the eleven types offered by Haynes
this wear, six carry the Light Six mo-
tors and five the Light Twelres;' The
| line includes open cars for four, hfe and
seven passengers, all-season sedans' con-
yertible coupes and town cars.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
FORD SALES EXPECTED
TO BREAK ALL RECORDS
Local Agencies Look Forward Con-
fidently to Surprising 19lTs
Mammoth Showing
By LOUIS c. BLOCK


Since the inception of the automoblie
industry, the third largest in this couh-
try oftremendous enterprises. the Amer
ican people complacently looked upon
the motorcar only as a means for pleas
ure travel. within the last few months
however, awakened to a wholesome uh-
derstanding by the rude shock that the
war has produced, we have come TO a
definite realization of how vital part
the automobile plays in our daily live.
We know now. beyond all doubt, what
an aid the motorcar is proving TO be
to those forces that will win victory
for us and our Allies
This new understanding of the auto
mobile puts the motorcar industry upon
a more stable basis. Cars are pur-
chased now as an economical necessity,
al aids 10 transportation. 10 business
generally, to relieve congestion, to In
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16

crease the .individuai's sphere ana q r.
by his efficiency. and to quicken ths 49,
Of American business and priya,. pu,ss usN
Under new and stern demands ,n.-'
cars meeting the essential reouirensU.ee
Of economy and efficiency are f,nd,ns :
ready and welcoming market nj.
elimination In buying is now a rea, fac
tor, witness the condition of Ford bu,i.
ness. our sales. TO date. have o,,.
stripped last years records, which a..
their turn. had far outrun prevlous ~
ords. Business institutions, retail 80
chants, the doctor, the lawyer and a.
average citizen more and more are ,,sae sae
ing to the Ford. Efficiency demana.
economy forces the choice. for the Ford
above all. is the embodiment OF efTloions,
in automobile construction. That is NY
barring the unforeseen. we anticina,s !.
record-smashing year. in both produc,,.'
and sales, for Ford, "the universal %. ',
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
4UIlCARS
STERED IN NATION
1ylyania Boasts Nearly
q. 900 BigiAnhusl
Increase a

~ and half millions of automo-
IN round numbers. are in use in
nltsd States today. OF these nearly
y. or one-fifteenti, of the total,
Ding the streets ard roads of Penn
MIA. which ranks fourth among the
- In the number OF motorcars A
= gain Of nearly 100000 for the
- y shown by statistics.
the following group table Of the
p shown the number of automo.
rsgistered January 1-Juiy 1, 1916,
impaired with the Lumber registered
Ary l-July 1. 1917:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
Marconi Not Coming 10 n c

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. - om.,
denial has been made here of
Gently cabled news dispatch from,
stating that Guglielmo Marconl bad o'ne Sa
appointed Italian High Commiss,oeen
In the United states, relieving tho I,",
ian ambassador in Washington cow,i.
hi Cellere, of the duties of commissioral'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16

When Freq G.. Seitz cites in-
stances Of how sites along
= ~Automobile Row" have grown
III value he knows what he is
talking about, by heck! Seitz
sights "big business" for 1918,
xor he's the vice president of
tie Larson Oldsmobile Company.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16
,Who Runs q Car May Read

0o0fbly never before was the industry
~ Tnch q test as to stage the exhibit
r. 81 1918 models at Philadelphia
noDile show Immediately following
6fIonal exhibition in New York with
onnGrgo out on express shipments
- Et1ight being taboo.
1J1y 81 the manufacturers had antici-
~ (hs situation by finishing addi-
G low models and shipping them by
169 0r running them by road into the
&noad of time to eliminate all chance
@1o-up In getting them from New
~ majority Of cases, however. the
Hnf sight was presented of seeing
~ ~ show cars. with all the frills
slows Of the modern exhibits.
lhsir ny from New York over
~ fast In winters grip, and
1nrB delivering them TO the show.
Nasty change of tires and a
Eooming put them in shape for
Mon Of the critical.
- - -
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16

Tho national total of 4,291,6S4 for
July 1. 1917. has been increased by 200,-
900 new cars registered since that date,
Il u estimated, bringing the up-to-date
figures close to 4,5o0,o00 automobiles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-16

These the five members the Philadelphia automobile
committee who just they did last have made the big
of motordom exhibits three Of Wanamaker
Garage honkng The first three days of this "sevn
eenth annual have already demonstrated that business
ing the automobile world and every automobst Phia
depha and the surrounding country grateful
for the tireess work which these five the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-29

shell the town, while they retarded
the German advance. self sentenced
to destruction but serving France
they gave enough.
Every American ON the western
front 10 giving mor than any bank
vault the city holds.
Every mother and wife with . lone
star in her widow protests that all
your property cannot serve n mach
~ they.
Hot It down. add It up; what've
you done after all? A pittance to
the Red Cross. . weeks Income 70
the ypM. c. A. Of the Knights Of
Columbus. Don't include Liberty
Bonds; thy're investments-the
White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-29

|H-" AaA4M y EANA "
any mar could pay his debt to Lin
coins flag with pence and pounds.
II you gave every copper You COM
mand and pawned your fairest hopes
for these United States, you'd still
not give enough.
Dollars cannot suffer, money
can't go blind, wealth does not
moan in anguish there In No Mans
Land and claw Its scorched and
mangled flesh.
Enough what-gold?
Young Quentin Roosevelt gave
enough: EDITH CaveH-she knew
what giving = And Geo. Mil
erals with his two companions It
Basileux. sending ~instructtons to