davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
HIS CRIME FORGOTTEN
AS SOLDIER IS EXALTED
Premier of France Gives Legion Of
Honor to Man Punished for
Refusing Decoration.
6Correspondence of The Sunday Star
and New York Worldly

PARIS, March 31.-Premier Clemen-
ceau rarely gives out any official com
munication when he returns to Paris
from his many trips to the front. but
MANY anecdotes are told by poilus
when coming to Paris on leave which
show the great admirat ion he has for
his men,
Recently while in Alsace the pre-
mier saw French soldier in the nrst
line trenches wearing ribbons repre-
senting the military medal and the
Croix de Guerre twar CROSSE, with
thirteen palms. each palm denoting
some act of bravery.
Turning to the general who was
accompanying him. Clemenceau re-
marked: Here is a brave fellow
and asked what the man had done that
he should wear so many decorations.
The general explained how the SOL
der had been cited in division orders
twelve times. and once in army orders.
on on occasion. during a fierce attack
on the German lines. this man had ac-
counted for 125 Germans. some of whom
he killed. while he marched the re-
mainder back to the French lines as
prisoners.
Marvellous. Says Premier.
Why, it's marvellous" said the pre-
1uier. land I'm going to give him the
Legion of Honor.
The mans papers were looked into to
see il he had not committed any of
those crimes which ordinarily would
prevent soldier from receiving
frances most coveted decoration and
one crime was found recorded against
him: he had done sixty days impris
onment for having refused to be dec
ora ted by Gen. NJ.
Further inquiry developed that the
man had refused because Gen. NJ. had
spoken harshly of the men hailing
from the south of France. from which
part this very soldier came.
Well, that's all right, 1 shall give
him The Legion just the same said
Clemenceau. and he handed the gem
eral ommandins the division the
cross that he might pin it himself on
the mans tunic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
Medical Society Elects Officers.

At the annual meeting of the Mont
gomery County Medical Society officers
for one year were chosen as follows
President, DIR. Elijah w. White of Pooies-
vile; vice president, DR. Upton D. Nourse
Of Dawsonville; secretary. treasurer, DR.
John l.. Lewis of Bethesda.
Following a long illness, Mrs. Frances
A Briggs, lifelong resident of this
county, died at her home at Falkland,
Jagged seventy-six years. She is survived
by a daughter and several sons The flu
neral took place at 2 o'clock this after
noon from the family residence. burial
being in Rockville Union cemetery
Upon receiving instruction today to
eliminate from the call for April Is all
special service men, the local draft
board today notified the following to ig-
more the notice sent them recently to
report here on the date mentioned for
entrainment for Camp Meade: Orndorff
Cuyler Needs, Chevy Chase; Allen Rem
nolds Stevens and Clarence Grimes, Ia
koma Park: Raymond Hamilton An
drews. Gaithersburg; Howard D. Speck,
Brookeville, and Victor H. Bender, Sill
yer Spring.
The draft board has ordered the fol-
lowing to report here at noon April rs,
to take the places of registrants who
may be prevented from reporting for
military duty: Arthur c. Merriam, ir,
Baltimore; John Helmuth, Takoma
Park; Earl Griffith. Middletown, Nd. !:
| George B. T. Bissett, Cropley; Jerry
Kelly and William Frederick Wright,
Forest Glen: J. Banning Kingsbury,
Boyds; Edward c. Allnutt and Melvin
D. Hutchinson. Rockville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
Virginia Couples Marry.


Miss Betty NJ. Johnson, twenty years
old. of Madison Heights. Va, and Earl
G. Forbes, aged twenty-one. of Lynch
burg, Va. were married in Rockville
today by Rev. A. T. Howard, pastor of
the Baptist Church, at the home of the
minister.
A license to marry has been issued
by the clerk of the circuit court here to
Miss Florence March Rogers. twenty
six years old. of Norfolk, Va. and Paul
Louis Bromley, aged twenty-three, of
Winchester, Va.
The liberty loan committee Of Mary
land will hold meeting here next
Tuesday morning in the interest of the
third liberty loan. Addresses will be
delivered by prominent speakers, a
quartet will sing and a band will en-
liven the occasion. The committee will
hold meetings at Poolesville and
Gaithersburg Monday afternoon and
evening, respectively.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-21
Society for Prevention Of Sickness
E. ssRllHER. sserstsry.

This announcement is paid for by
the Society for Prevention Of Sickness.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14

ou GIG not sleep during the
Yes, toward the end. 2
You did not sleep before, while
you were in the passagef
No.
And Sergeant Mazeroux II,
s. Don Luis remained undecided
for 9 moment; but how could he
hope that the honest and scrupu-
lous Maxeronx had disobeyed the
dictates Of his consciencei
He replied
Sergeant Maxcroux went Ia
sleep in his chair and did mt " "a
until Mime, Fanville returned. two
hours later. " 's si8s.
There was 4 fresh silence
which evidently meant
So, during the two hours when,
Sergeant Mazeroux was aslcep. Il
WAS physically possible for You %
open the door and Hill tie tys,
FAMILIES.
The exalninat lion was T. king The
course which erenuA HAD lore
seem; and the circle ~ drawing
lcloaer and clceer around him. His
adversary W61 c0ndu ctinR fHe con
test With ! logic and sieor which
he admired without reserve.
- 10000
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
The Pan-An1erica,, Spirit.
Robert Lansing, in munseys maagzine.

For long time there has been manifested
feeling that the republics group which more
closely bound together than other of the world
been by their isolation from other
believe that this throughout
North and South America increasingly
be powerful factor political intercourse It
the bond of sympathy which draws together republics
world and makers American family Of
nations
We this feeling spirit and from i.
springs the policy of PanAmercansm govern
me has strongly advocated will continue advocate and
follow in its intercourse with its neighbors.
unselfh broader
the Monroe doctrine 1t is international it's con-
cepon Its ideal hepness cooperation and real helpful
and effective
mutual sympathy.
To that end all who believe doctrine should
allow opportunity pass unite us more closely com
mercialy indstrialy and socially with
at with Germany and Others by sevrng diplomatic
registered ~
law and humanity of which the
while others still continue be great conflict tho
Pan American spirit lives; and it will live
this hemisphere impulses which
plunged Europe into
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
NEW CHIEF OF ARMY
KIN OF WASHINGTON
From the New York Times.

q
division$of the general staff and accom-
panied Major General Crowder, then .
colonel and chief OF that division OF starr
They were both with Kuroki at the Yalu.
When the Spanish-American war began.
General March. then first lieutenant In
tne regular army, had Just been gradll-
a.ed from the artillery school at Fort
monroe , He was thus well prepared, and
when John Jacob Astor gave a battery for
service in the Philippines, March was
made q captain of volunteers and put In
command. I53
The Astor battery was one OF the nota-
ole organizations Of the war. Made up
from volunteers in New York, 1t was
largely composed Of college men and at
tracted the attention Of the country hardly
IN less degree than Roosevelt's Rough
Riders. March was himself. perhaps.
prouder OF the fact that he got his men
to the Philippines and back again With
OUT death through disease than he was
OF the exploits Of the battery In eervce.
The father Of the chief of the general
staff and the other March brothers was
Francis Andrew March, the philologist
and chief Ang1o-Saxon scholar In Amer
lea and for many years professor Of
general was Moncure d. Conway. another
OF the noted intellectuals ana great
leader OF the liberal movement In religion
a generation ago.
The new chief Of the general staff can
trace two lines Of relationship with George
Washington. General March s grandfather.
Walker Peyton Conway. was the son Of
John Monctre Conway and Catherine
Walker Peyton. q daughter Of Col. valen-
tine Peyton, who fought in the revolu-
ton The latter's wife. Mary Bailey wash
ington. was the sister Of Col. william
Washington, cousin twice removed OF
George Washington. The grandfather Of
Mary Bailey Washington and George
Washington was the same man.
The other line OF relationship which
connects General March with Washing
ton runs back through the Moncure and
Daniel families to Hannah Ban. hal. Sis
ter OF the mother Of Washington Through
these same families the general 10 con-
nected with Sir Walter Raleigh.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
Progress Without Germany.
From tho DeIineator.

Everybody wondered you recall what would do without
German scientists We'd all believe that
deeply dependent them scientific in all lines When
all time to think something besides we be aonished
at the made by chemists engineers and medical
well by countless other Of research ability who have
hitherto been submerged slogan that
has obsessed the world
just passing Dr. Simon Flexner Rockefeller institute
OF New York. reports the discovery of substitute for saarsan
hitherto the only known for certain disease Salvarsan
Germany discovery DR.
that tetanus ocaw hitherto practically ncuab be
cured injection the ordinary
epson salts!
Yes it looks if could muddle along Germany only
give time
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14

They are about to put the youngest
major general at the head of the general
staff Of the United States army, and news
dispatches from Washington hail the
move as big advance in speeding up our
war work. Those who know Maj Gen.
Peyton Conway March, the man selected
TO become acting chief of staff and later
70 succeed General Bliss as permanent
chief, with promotion to full general
ship. say that from the time he entered
West Point and played on the first foot
Sball team the military academy ever had
his record has been one of aggressiveness.
initiative, organizing power, and a pas
sion for getting thing done.
During the Spanish-American war in
the fighting about Manila, the fire from
blockhouse on hill just outside the
American lines became so threatening
that General Macarthur saw it would
have to be stopped at once. He called
for commanding officer who would vol
uuteer to take the enemy position.
I WILL shouted Captain March, and be-
Tore the words We're well out OF his mouth
ne was over the embapkment with half
hundred of his men behind him. They
We're artillerymen and had no arms ex-
cept revolvers According to the rules,
charge against a fortified position with
revolvers couldn't succeed. But Captain
March did it. That is the way he has
always worked.
It is generally known that General
March went over with Persfing to have
complete charge OF the American artil-
lery forces8on the front. The newspapers
during the last few days have borne
American artillery methods, and officers
and civilians retrrningly lately from
+ France have brought back word Of the
impression General March has created by
energy and skill in organization OF his
branch of the service.
An expert knOyV1o(7Re NJ prnNora1 fight.
Ing conditions is one OF the valuable
qualifications OF the new chief OF staff.
He knows from first hand how our meth
DDS of training have worked out. He
knows the practical necessities of equip
nlent-what should be pushed and what
may walt.
There Is the unanimous opinion among
army men that March is the best man
for the high place to which he has been
assigned. There is also that unanimity,
already mentioned as to his Etrictnees.
Beyond those two points you can get
little variety OF opinion, according to
. the age OF the officer questioned. II It Is
an older man, on the active or retired list,
under whom March has served, he will
tell you that the general Is great
teacher Men who were young officers
In the so-called days of the .'old army
before the heavy artillery regiments
ceased to exist as such, and who served
then under March In the old 9Th and
9Th artillery. think OF him In very much
the same way as university graduates
think of 4 favorite old professor who
made them work like dogs but gave them
the essentials OF their after success.
Other officers shalnelessly take ths
ssI-told-you-so9 attitude after the fact
They knew all the time that SONIC day
ceyton G. March would b the head sc;
the army. although they didn't think ltI
would come 20 soon. "A .s
How did you know itl-,
IKs~ak D~~xs ~ 49, -
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14

the two Fauvilles undoubtedly
gives me the millions. - And
then and then why, he Is
absolutely right, your project OF
police! y - All the more so as
sWell, there, I'm a gonerl"
| Come, come, chief
" A dead goner, old chap; you
just get that into your head. Not
as Arsene Lupin, ex-burglar, ex-
lconvict, ex-anything you please
l m unattackable on that ground
but as Don Luis Perenna, re-
spectacle man, residuary legatee,
and the rest of it. And it's too
stupid For, after all, who will
find the murderers of Cosmo,
Verot, and the two Fauville, if
they go clapping me into jail9"
Come, come, chief"
"Shut up! Listen!''
| A motor car was stopping on the
boulevard, followed by another. Tt
was evidently the perfect and the
magistrates from the public prose
cutor's office.
| Don Luis took Mazeroux by the
arm.
| There S only one way out of
lit, Alexandra! Don It say you went
to Sleep
must, chief. =
aYou silly asst growled Don
Luis. How is it possible to be
such an ass It's enough to disgust
one with honesty. What am I to
do, thenY'
Discover the culprit, chief
WHAT What are Won
talking about9'
Mazeroux, in his turn, took him
by the arm and, clutching him
with a sort Of a despair, said, in a
voice choked with tears:
Discover the culprit, chief. IF
not, you re done for y that's
certain the project told me so.
The police want a culprit
One has got to be found.
It's up to you to find him. ?
What you have, Alexandra, is
a merry wit
$ child's play for you, chief
You have only to set your mind
to it.
But there's not the last clue,
You asst
You II find one you must
/ entreat you, hand them
over somebody. Tt would Be
more than | could bear if You were
arrested. You, the chief, accused
of murderl No, no. / en-
treat you, discover the criminal
and hand him over. 50 You
have the whole day to do it in
and Lupin has done greater
things than that!n
DE was stammering, weeping.
wringing his hands, grimacing
with every feature Of his comic
face. And it was really touching
this grief, this dismay at the an
proach Of the danger that threat
ened his master.
M. Desmalions voice was heard
IN the hall, through the curtain
that closed the passage. "a third
motor car stopped on the boule-
yard, and q fourth, both doubtless
laden with policemen.
The house was surrounded, be-.
|sieged.
Perenna was silent.
Beside him, anxious faced. MAJ;
eroux seemed to be imploring him.
q few seconds elapsed.
Then Perenna declared, deliber-
|ately:
Alexandra, / admit that you have
seen the position clearly and that
your fears are fully Justified. II
4 do not manage to hand over the
murderer or mnrderers Of Hippo
| lyte Fanville and his son to the DO
lice in i few hours from now, it is
Don Luis Perenna, who will be
lodged in dnrance vile on the eve
ming Of this Thursday tie first 81
April Z
CHAPTER II
THE cLOUDMD TURQUOISE.
Ii was about 8 d clock ii, the
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14
CHAPTER 1..&EE. tcontin ,ed.>

S1itAS lsttN 'SE. HtlO0I}1 leO.1
The dete i've sergea.. had
flung himself between him and the
door and was blocking his way.
Yes, half moment . . I am
not of your opinion. It's far bet
ter that you should wait until the
project comes. =
But / don't care hang about
your opinionl''
May be; but you shan t pass
What! Why, Alexandra, you
must be ill!'
Look here, chief said Mazer-
oux feebly. What can it matter
to youf It's only natural that the
project should wish to speak to
you,
All, it IS the project who wishes
Is it7 : - Well, my lad, you can
tell him that ] am not at his or
ders, that / am at nobody s orders,
and that, if the president of the re-
public, if Napoleon / himself were
to bar my way = . Besides, rats /!
Enough said. Get out Of the
road ~
You shall not pass!n declared
Mazeroux, in a resolute tone, ex-
tending his arms.
4 Well, ] like thatl'
You shall not pass.
8 Alexander, just count TO-"
A hundred, if you Like, but
you shall not. 49,
Oh, blow your catchwords |!
Get out of this ~,
He seized Mazeroux BY both
shoulders, made him spin round
on his heels and, with push, sent
him laundering over the sofa.
Then he opened the door.
Halt, or I fire ~
It was Mazeroux, who had
scrambled to his feet and now
stood with his revolver in his hand
ana determined expression On
his face.
Don Luis stopped in amazement.
The threat was absolutely indif-
ferent to him, and the barrel of
that revolver aimed at him left
hum as cold as could be. But by
what prodigy did Mazeroux, his
FORMER accomplice, his ardent dis
ciple, his devoted servant, by what
prodigy did Mazeroux dare to act
- he was doing
Perenna went up to him and
pressed gently on the detective s
outstretched arm.
Perfect's orders ~ he asked.
Yes, & muttered the sergeant.
uncomfortably.
Orders TO keep me here until
he comesi 1,
es. I,
And # I betrayed an intention
- leaving, to prevnt met
Cd.
By every mesnsi'
IS Z es.
Even BY putting ! bullet
through my skini
s es.
Perenna reflected and then, ID
H. serious voice:
enx Is ~
The sergeant lowered his head
and said family
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-03-14

The murderer.
HOf course said Perenna.
s It's as easy as Smelling pease r.
That's good thing! said
MazerOnx, greatly relieved and
failing to see the joke. But for
that, as you saw for yourself, you
would have been done for. 2
Don LUIS entered. In the room
were the public prosecutor, the ex-
aiming magistrate, the chief de.
|tective, the local commissary 81
police, two inspectors, and three
fcoa1stab les in uniform.
+ Outside, on the Bouleyard
|.Snchet, shouts were raiised and.
when the commissary and III
Ithree policemen went out, by the
project s orders, to listen to TIA
!crowd, the hoarse voice of j news.
hoy was heard shouting:
fhes double murder On the
Boulevard Suchet! Full particn.
ilars Of the death Of Tnspecto,
Verotl The police 1t 4 loss \
Then, when the door wa closed
IAll was silent. Isl q
T. nxeronx zsAs quite rikht I
thought Don Elii q 81 III
Other me that u clear. IJnle III
words that gill - spok on and fh,
facts that win co1ne % liRht il III
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-23
w. VA. BOYS MOVE
INTO REST AREAS

With the American army in France
Nov. 23.-The movement of Ameri-
can troops to the rest areas behind
the former fighting front is progress
sing rapidly. The Seventy-eighth,
Eighty-second, Twenty ninth and the
Twenty.sixth divisions have been
withdrawn from the front and now
are in rest camps. The Twenty-six
Eightieth, Eighty-first and Sixth di-
visins are marching to the rest areas
1t is understood that the Seventy
seventh division will be moved to a
rest camp in southern FRANCE. The
Fifth, Eighty-ninth, Ninetieth and
Seventy-ninth divisions have been
formed into the Seventh army corps
and win remain temporarily in their
old positions.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-23

of occupation, as General March re.
vealed, is Coblentz This army cover.
ed distance of so miles from Nov.
II to Nov. q, and at this rate would
arrive about December 1. At last re-
port it was about 70 miles from Cob
lentz Referring to troops in Italy
General March said that there was
one battalion at Cattarreo, another
at Fiume and third at Trieste The
air service squadron. construction
unit and radio unit now in England
will come home on the first avail
able transport, it was stated.
Referring to Christmas gifts, Gen
eral March said that the first shir
to sail with presents for the boys
was the Manchuria, which cleared
from Hoboken on November %, witt
100000 individual packages.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-23

far as is in your power prevent rae
ing of machines with cut-out open
and the making of unnecessary
noise, but care must be taken that
good Judgment is exercised especial
ly in cold weather, as machines are
harder to start and will necessarily
make extra noise, but see that this
is not done to excess, and in calling
the attention of an innocent violator
to the rules and regulations, the
same should be done in a courteous
manner, and such reply shows dis
regard for the law. then arrest should
be made We desire to protect the
officers and see that they are re
spected, therefore the necessity OF
acting with prudence in all your du
ties.
THE night officers should be re
| lieved by the day officers and re
port made by the night officers to
the day officers of any matters per
tanning to arrests. evidence, and
such other reports as are not includ
ed in your daily reports. Work hand
in hand together and all for the up
lift of the town and the bettermeni
of conditions generally"
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-23
4 Decision as to Wines

According to ruling made by
Judge James w. Robinson, of
Clarksburg, person in West Virgin
ia can lawfully manufacture wine
for domestic use from fresh fruit
grown from without as well as with
in the state
This ruling, if upheld by the state
supreme court, will be an important
one in relation to the West Virginia
prohibition law. Under that law, a
person is entitled to quart of whis-
key month, privilege not availed
of by some and abused by others.
There are number of persons
perhaps. who see no harm in having
some light wines on hand, preferably
home made to the commercial kind
about whose composition there is al
ways somedoubt.- Charleston Mail
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-23
COUNTY AGENT FLING
ADDRESSES TEACHERS

Miss Elizabeth Pearrel presided
over the teachers institute Friday at
Bedington and Miss Louise Folk was
secretary. A talk was made by Co.
Agent Tracy Fling, of Morgan coun.
ty, who is acting as county agent for
Berkeley in the school children's ag.
ricultural exhibit to be made next
Friday and Saturday.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-23
STATE OFFICERS
DEPART FOR HOMES

State Secretary R. F. Lambert OF
the Jr. O. U. A.. M, and Vice Coun
cilor Elmer Meadows. both of Hunt
ington, left on a visit to Washing
ton before returning home. The gen
tlemen, together with other State
Officers, came to Martinsburg last
Monday morning for an executive
meeting with State Councillor G. H
Thomas and visited the local coun
Gil, as well as those in the county
winding UP with a trip to Beding
ton last night
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1918-11-23
TOTAL CASUALTIES
OF AMERICAN TROOPS
HAS REACHED 236,117
HsislES6
CONTINUED from page oneS

3Sth, 39th. 10Th, 9th, and S7th. The
following regiments of coast artillery
also will be among the first to sail
for America: The 46th, 47th, 4Sth,
49th, Both and 74th. The 65th and
163rd brigades will be the first of
the field artillery to embark for
these shores. Ns-A
The first troops to be sent back,
of course, will be non-combatants, tn
general points out, as they can be
spared. Nine of the railway engi-
neers, tank troops, air service troop
and the remaining of the various re.
placement divisions. will board
transports.
The object of the American army