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a n RS. HUGHES is an energetic
lV brunette and the wife of Cap

"a RS. HUGHES is an energetic
lVE brunette and the wife of Cap
tain John Hughes, of the New
York Fire Department. Her household
duties are soon over, for her seven
year-old daughter goes to school. Mrs,
Hughes is one of many women of the
present day who take life seriously
and find better employment for the
time on her hands than in munchinp
chocolates over a novel or in spending
hours at the movies. She has tact and
executive ability, two valuable assets
In politics, and she backs these with
information derived from wide reading
and experience.
II think my little girls mother could
be doing no better work than in devot-
ing all her energy to the Democratic
party-the peoples party-that has
done SO much already to make life
easier for women and Children" she
said.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
From Hospital
To Another Ship

But Secolas still loved the sea- He
was willing to brave the Germans
again. So twelve days after he left
the hospital he shipped as cook on the
steamship Abbott, from Liverpool for
Rotterdam. Twenty-Five miles out
three German submarines and two de-
stroyers captured the ship, which hove
to after signal shot from one of the
submarines. The Germans boarded the
vessel and locked the crew Of twenty
eight men in one small cabin. Con-
cerning the adventure Secolas says:
81 hung back and saw the Germans
haul down the British flag, trample on
it and hoist the German flag in its
stead. A big German caught sight OF
me and threw me into the cabin with
the others.
"We had been steaming at about
eight miles an hour. The German.
drove the ship at fourteen and we soon
landed in zebrugge, Belgium, a Ger
man submarine base. l saw at least
forty submarines lying there. We
were held in prison for three days.
"Twenty-one of us, thirteen English
men, five Italians and three Frenchmen,
were taken before board of officers
one by one and questioned. was sent
back to prison twice for not answering
the questions to the satisfaction Of tn
officers. I was fed little rice, two
ounces Of black bread and sometimes a
small piece Of what appeared to be
rabbit meat every day.
"From the prison windows saw sew
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

In the sea- For that answer they
sent me back to prison handcuffed and
without food.
Later they took me out and told
me to go to work. I did not want to
work for them, but they threatened me-.
worked for them for two days, for
which they promised me three marks a
day.
"My work was to help unload dead
bodies from o railroad train. The bodies
were sewed up in white coverings and
were put on an endless-belt carrier
four in row and rolled into big
warehouse.
"When I saw the output of the fac
tory-barrels of grease-I refused to
work any more. The Germans were
in dire need of grease for the manu-
facture of ammunition and that is the
way they obtained it. They rendered
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was about s O'Clock in the morning
the German submarine, "U-32," COM
menced to shell us. The first shell hir
us from distance Of 800 metres. Our
| captain ordered full speed and started
to ram the U-boat We also fred a
shot at it.
'Then came a second shell from the
submarine which destroyed our gun and
killed the two British naval gunners
The third she'll put our machinery
out of order and killed the third engi-
| neer.
"As though we were not in bad
enough luck, the first engineer and
part of the crew mutinied and started
for the boats. The captain stopped
them for moment with his revolver
Then two Spaniards rushed upon him
He kille one of them, but the othe.
mutineers ized him from behind and
disarmed him.
elm the meantime, the submarine
kept up steady fire on US. She fired
about forty-ive shells in all. Eight
more of the men were killed and three
of the life-boats were smashed to bits
"The crew lowered the boats and got
, off, leaving me with four others on the
bridge. wore only an undershirt anc
trousers and life-presever. A frag
ment Of shell wounded me in ten.
don above my left heel. We remained
on the bridge until the ship was nearly
sunk and then dived into the sea. The
| life-preserver prevented me from cut
ting the water properly in the dive and
I was nearly stunned by the blow
When was about 80 metres from the
ship she sank.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
Fifteen Hours
In Numbing Water

~ was in the water, swimming and
floating from o'clock in the morning
until o'clock at night. was cold and
numb but tried to keep moving.
was too tired and exhausted to think
of the danger of death. l knew enough
to keep moving and I also knew enough
to keep still when dolphins surrounded
me, as / had heard that they would not
hurt any one who remained quiet. I
cannot describe my feelings, but /
know that prayed and prayed hard.
At o'clock that night one of the boats
from our ship picked me up. The boat
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

ing to women as to men, and
every patriotic woman should
be willing to do her share" said Mrs
Ecker. "In nearly all professions
women have shown splendid efficiency.
Now they must play their part in the
important affairs Of government"
Mrs. Ecker is q good example of
professional woman who does not shirk
her political opportunities. She is
lawyer with such large practice that
it requires her to maintain an uptown
and a downtown Office. She was grad
uated with honors from the Law School
Of the New York University. Her class
consisted of l20 men and three women.
Since December of that year she has
been a member of the State Bar Asso-
citation. For time she was associated
with Judge Moses II. Grossman. Since
her marriage her husband, Samuel
Ecker, former Deputy Attorney General
of New York State for four years and,
Assistant District Attorney of New
York County under Judge Swami for
one year. has been her partner in busi-
ness.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

dead bodies for the fat in them. This
was more than I could stand. I would
not have worked at the job any longer
if they had killed me for it.
~ was allowed to go free about the
city for forty-fve days. I had $50
and spent it all for the support Of
myself and five others, two Greeks
and three Hollanders who were
stranded there with me. The prices of
food were very high. 1t cost several
pounds sterling for a meal for the six
of us and that not satisfying meal
A meal consisted of small portions of
rice, rabbit meat and half potato. No
sugar, milk or butter was served, and
nothing but water to drink.
eve were afterward refused service
because we were not natives of the city.
This drove us to resort to trickery to
get food. On one occasion two of us
engaged baker in conversation while
the other four stole 81 loaves of his
bread. This was when our money was
gone and we had been. refused food.
We slept in a hotel till my money was
spent. Then we went to a Belgian re-
lief camp. We were crowded with
others into barracks and we lived for
eight days on boiled rice.
"In the meantime we were trying to
get away and we haunted the Greek
ConsuPs office.
Rushed Across
Dutch Border
"Our papers finally arrived from Ber-
lin. A guard consisting of a corporal
and nine soldiers marched us to the
border Of Holland. They walked at
night and rested by day so that we
could observe nothing on our routs.
1t took US ten days to reach the Dutch
border, where we were put on train
for Rotterdam, where we arrived eight
cen hours later.
from Rotterdam I went with the
two Greeks to London The English
shipped US back to Rotterdam, where l
remained for three months.
"On December 2, 1915, shipped on
the steamship Gold Shell, from Rotter-
dam for New York. Eleven days out
from Rotterdam we were attacked by
four German submarines, which threw
shells over US to stop us. We stopped.
Our captain was ordered to bring his
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ian ancestors.
"In nay work as teacher at The Mt.
Carmel School l come In direct con-
tact with many children" said Miss
Barra. "Since the future Of dernoc-
racy depends on the younger genera
tion, il is to be hoped that wimen will
exert their influence in politics for the
general welfare of these little livea
MRS. FRANCES S. ECKER
Eighteenth Assembly District
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contained sixteen men and something

70 eat.
"After forty-eight hours Of awful
struggle through rain and hail we got
to the lightship island of Barrodock.
The steamship Algiers picked US up and
took us to Liverpool. was in a hos
pital in Liverpool for a month getting
over the effects of the soaking in the
cold sea and the exposure in the boat.
The beating of the rain and hail upon
my bare head almost set me crazy. The
wound in my left heel also bothered
me. The wound was treated in the hos
pital and l was massaged every day to
get the cramps out of my stiffened
musclesn
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
MRS. MARY J. QUIGLEY
Eighteenth Assembly District

NRs. QUIGLEY has already taken
V to the country. Once week
she comes to town to attend
the meeting of the Tammany club of
her district and incidentally to gladden.
the heart of her husband. Peter J.
Quigley, wao is employed in the pen
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| band in his real estate business as
we'll as the management Of her home
and the bringing up of her three chill
dren, all under ten. A typical home
woman, q strong defender Of her
household gods, she sees in her new
responsibilities merely an extension Of
her duties without any change in their
direction.
"Women's entrance into politics will
mean a lot to women and children "
she affirms.
MRS. JAMES CONNOLLY.
Fifth Assembly District
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I am going back as soon as I can find
good berth. l think the danger from
submarines has been lessened, and
anyway the music of the high seas is
ringing through my head"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

lVE man Martin Downey, hopes to
find distraction in politics for
the constant anxiety of a mothers
heart. Only week ago she said
"goodby" to US as fine specimen of
young American manhood as ever lived,
who sailed away to do his duty "Some-
where in France"
II have five other children" said
this sorrowful yet patriotic mother.
"That is some consolation. Then
help my husband with his business.
Still am glad Of some new work to
keep my thoughts away from the
trenches.
"This is the real reason which recon-
Giles me to taking an active part in
politics. Women are all right as aids,
but their real place is in the home"
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MRS. B. MCCARTHY
Fifth Assembly District

n RS. MCCARTHY is employed in
lV comfort station of the De-
partment of Public Works.
Her husband is mason and they have
no children, which leaves her free from
maternal cares and duties.
II am delighted about my appoint
ment as leader and that women are
now officially recognized in politics. u
she said. cit is all rather new to me-
but I am bending all my energy to in
crease my efficiency as a woman poll
tician."
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

"A II RS. CONNOLLY knows all there
N is to know about bringing up
family, but as yet politics
remain mystery to her, though she
is enthusiastic over her newfound re-
sponsibilities.
"I'm sure 1 don't know why I was
made leader" she said, and puzzled
expression crept into her smiling eyes.
"Of course, I was born in the neigh
borhood and know all the women in
the district. That may have had some
thing to do with it,"
Despite her gray hair and stout
matronly figure, this good-natured
woman has a certain air of girlish
naivete about her. When she told of
having attended every Assembly ball
within her recollection it was easy to
imagine that hers had not been the
fate of a Wallflower.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

sion Office of the New York Fire De-
partment. A most devoted couple, they
are without children; and Mr.. Quigley
is delighted to have his wife take an
active interest in politics. She is al
ready conversant with the aims and
ideals of the Democratic party. for her
husband has always come straight
home from the meetings of the club to
pour out his hopes and fears and to
get her opinion on mooted questions.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26
~EMETRIUS SECOLAs wants to go
to sea again. For the moment

EMEIhlOS SECOLAS wants TO go
to sea again. For the moment
he is making Spanish omelets
ia restaurant at Coney Island. But
he says he is happier at sea.
This feeling persists in spite of the
fact that nearly every vessel he has
shipped on since the beginning of the
war has been torpedoed or bombarded.
One was captured, and he was confined
in German prison in Belgium. He
was terrorized by the execution of Bel
gian families in the prison yard, and
then made to unload trains of human
bcdies-the raw material for German
grease factory.
Secolas is only twenty-five years old,
but he went to sea when he was twelve.
Qhe spirit Of the salt water has entered
his soul. Even the horrors of German
prison, long, benumbing hours in icy
water, the pain which a piece of Ger
man she'll causes as it enters ones flesh
and weeks of suffering in hospitals
have not been sufficient to overcome his
srdor. Demetrius is only waiting to
ind good berth to brave the U-boats
And German shells once more.
The great adventure for Secolas
started December 23, 1915, when he
shipped on the Belgian steamship Mir
lstre Barnaert, bound from Newport,
England, to Buenos Ayres, with a cargo
Of coal.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

n NJ ISIS ROTHENBERG Is the baby
wi among the women leaders. At
twenty-five she is full-fedged
lawyer, with Offices at 165 Broadway.
She has large, romantic brown eyes and
fluffy brown hair. She is musical.
A "Book of Standard Operas" lies on
her desk side by side with solemn
looking volumes dealing with judicial
questions, and she attends as many
performances at the Metropolitan as
her time and means will permit.
Several husbands have protested
against their wives attending the
weekly meetings at our district club"
she declared. "But l have found a
way out. We will have a special room
where babies can be checked for the
evening. Why shouldn't tired mothers
have an evening off once in while 2"
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

\ IRIS. HALPIN is out of town re-
V covering from a severe attack
of pneumonia. She has chosen
a secluded spot, at least one mile away
from even neighbor's telephone and
other pests indissolubly associated with
hectic city life.
Her husband. Peter ]. Halpin, who
prospers in the barrel business, re-
ports nothing but gloom as the pervad-
ing spirit of his present lonely bach
elOr's quarters
MISS ELVIRA E. BARRA
Second Assembly District
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n,ork Of the Forum to pass into other
hands.
ut should be a woman's crowning
glory to do all she can in the interest
# democracy and to stand back Of our
President" she declared.
MRS. ELIZABETH A. VIBBARD.
Twenty-Second Assembly District
New-York tribune., 1918-05-26

ISTO reinforce men in politics
who are striving for the
highest idcals," is the battle
cry of Miss Mathews, large middle
aged and aggressive woman, who re-
fuses to name her profession, but sd-
mits herself a celebrity in Harlem.
Woe betide those who do not see mat
ters through her eye, for Miss Mathews
Will surely leave no argument untried
until she wins her point.
MRS. HERMAN BAUMAN,
Eighth Assembly District
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"A Christmas in
An Icy Sea

Two days later, just as the crew had
pnished their Christmas dinner, Ger
man submarine, the U-28, came up and
hrsd five shells at u.s." said Secolas, as
Ae turned Spanish omelet, one of the
ssfumphs Of his career as a cook.
I'VE stopped. The captain of the
U-boat ordered us off our ship. There
were thirty-six of US, and we took to
the boats without delay. We had pulled
only short distance from the ship
when there was swish in the water, a
terrific explosion amidships and the
Ainistre Barnaert sank from sight.
"The crew were all picked up, and
after thirty-six hours we arrived at
Swansea, England, exhausted from ex-
sasure. The Belgian Consul took care
ef us and sent US to Cardiff. ! was in
= hospital there for three weeks, and
the day after I got out shipped as
cook on the Belgian ship Luxenborg,
bound for Alexandria, with coal. After
aslivering the coal we made three
'espS, carrying 1oOucT dIo duAAuAltAOIi
from Alexandria to Galiipoli.
"on the third trip we were alongside
the English battleship Queen Elizabeth
putting ammunition aboard her when q
she'll from Turkish fort fell into ou.
boat and set fire to the hay we were
carrying. Tho battleship Tigress came
70 cur assistance and tried to put ou,
the FIRE. but failed.
sour captain ordered Che shil
bsached and it was run ashore on ths
Greek island Of Lemnos. We saved the
ship. Fourteen plates on her side were
broken. but she was patched up and
after eight days on tho beach we start
I'd for England.
when thirteen days out, just of
Finisterre we received signals from
shore that . submarine WAS hoverin,
escund and that it had shelled another
ship twu hours before.
a Mutiny Under
u-Boat Shell Fire
Tho eaptain gave orders to put ou
8 sea 70 get out Of the dangerou
ae, Two minutes Afterwards -thi'
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-22
BOY DECORATED BY
KING FOR BRAVERY

(By international News Service)
Memphis, Tenn, March 22.-Hor-
ace NJ. Emery, Memphis boy has
been decorated by King George of
England for distinguished war sery-
ice. He was wounded in the battle of
the Somme and was sent to hospit-
al in London, where he has just re-
covered. When restored TO health
young E,.ef was summoned to the
Kings La.@, King George met him
and shook hands with him in real
American fashion and said:
Il am clad 20 meet you as an
American citizen who came to my
country a. a member of our Canaa;
ian troops" Then the king pinned
the medal on Emery's coat.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-22
CHAPTER Xxx.
"chats with Fritz

We were swimming in money, from
the receipts of our theatrical venture,
and had forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
brigade would again Fake over their
sector of the line.
The day that these orders were Is
sued. our captain assembled the COM
pnny and asked for volunteers to 20 to
the Machine Gun school at st. Omar.
| volunteered and was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
for the course In machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks and we
rejoined our unit and were assigned to
the brigade machine gun company. 1t
almost broke my heart to leave my
company mates.
The gun we used was the Vickers,
Light 1903. water cooled.
/ was still member of the Suicide
club, having jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. / was assigned to
section l. gun No. 2, and the first time
''in" took position in the front-Iine
trench.
During the day our gun would be
dlsmounted on the fire step ready for
instant use. We shared a dugout with
the Lewis gunners. At 'stand to" we
would mount our gun on the parapet
and go on watch beside II until "stand
down" in the morning. Then the gun
would be dlsmounted and again placed
in readiness on the fire step.
We did eight days in the front-llne
trench without anything unusual hap
penIng outside OF the ordinary trench
routine. ON the night that we were to
"carry out" bombing raid against the
German lines was pulled or. This raid
ing party consisted of sixty company
men. sixteen bombers. and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews.
The raid took the Boches by surprise
and was a complete success. the party
bringing back twenty-one prisoners.
The Germans must have been awful
~ sore, because they turned loose a
harrage Of shrapnel. with a few "AIin-
nles' and ''Nhlxx bangs intermixed
The shells were dropping into our front
line like hailasones.
To Get even. we could have left the
prisoners IN the Ore treneh ID charge
II lhe men % guard aud ~ them eflck
ErEsa's NAfnfNlng bNi Tommy does InVl
treat rElsanksz t|at VNxs
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-22
PROFESSIONAL PRAYER.
Easter, 1918.

Now wide the scented lilies break,
And clear the Easter songs awake,
This Easter Day for Jesus sake.
The saints in their bright windows
glow,
And to and from communion slow
The quiet women come and go.
Hearing the choir boy-voices sing
Their carols. sharp-remembering
Lads young as they, one nearby
spring
Lads ringed today by fire and steel
So deep that scarce their thoughts
may feel
This quiet church where women
kneel ~
Within the windows painted pride
Christ and His saints stand glorified
Their strife long ceased this Easter
tide.
The strong young saints stand tall
arrow,
Glad with the glory that they know
Their mothers grief passed long ago:
Yet they, with their bright robes
outspread,
And our young sons where fields run
red.
They are one army, quick and dead.
Christ. whom the grave gave back to
reign,
Whose mother prays no more in pain
Give us our sons back safe again,
BY Margaret Widdemer in Good
Housekeeping.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-22

ing. This instruction is not guess
work; it is the proven wisdom of the
Department of Agriculture in Wash
ington compiled and put into plain
English by the National War Garden
Commission. of Washington, D. c..
which wants to turn the city man in
to the city farmer this spring in an
effort to cut down the cost OF food.
Write to the Commission for a free
primer
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-22
HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
CUT UP AND SMOKE
lex International News SERVICE

(By international News Service)
Men. .,his, Tenn, March 22.LHigh
school Doys and girls of Memphis are
not 1t TO help govern themselves,
says Superintendent A. A. Kincannon
Ii ~ all because the girls "cut UP
and smoke cigarettes" A plan was
being worked out whereby the stud
ent body would govern itself under
the honor system. Then the superin-
te.raent found several girls Shaking
cigarettes in the basement Of the
of the l.
building. He investigated a little
more and discovered other "indiscre-
tons" The rod will continue to rule
in the high school.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-03-22
National War Garden
Commission
Free Garden Lessons
NO. 7-SoLvE THE PROBLEM OF
LIVING

~
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Fl able-bodied person can during the
next six months produce food that
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You can do it by joining the great
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and unsightly vacant lots into beauti-
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And from that garden you will get
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You will find in it q work that fasci-
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The work is simple. You can un-
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through from the time you plant I'M
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The Journal will print daily SER
les Of lessons which will cover every
necessary operation in your garden-