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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

De Neailles marched afoOt the whole
756 miles from Newport to Yorktown.
Young Saint-Simon, Chosen, Chastel-
lux, brother Of Mirabeau, brother
of Talleyrand, Barras, later Director
Barras, and many other enthusiasts
for liberty were In the expedition.
They understood Americans. Equality
was the particular American trait
which impressed them most, and this
idea was imported by them from
America into France.
Rochambeau placed himself and his
army under the command Of Washing
ton. The ragged Americans always
had the right of the line. In case Of
equality Of rank, the American officer
always took command. Not so much
as cabbage was taken without pay
ment. Before Yorktown the Ameri-
cans were not skilled in siege opera
tions, and Washington gratefully ac-
knowledged the service Of the French
engineers. The French fleet closed the
river, and the surrender came. With
out that French help we tremble to
think what might have happened.
Fired Lafayette's Ardor.
Toward the close Of the year 1776,
the duke of Cumberland, who was the
brother Of King George iii Of England,
was travelling In France, and one day
he arrived at the town of Metz, then a
French possession. A certain count De
Broglie, veteran of many battles,
was In command of the garrison, and,
to do honor to his distinguished visitor,
he invited some of his officers to meet
him at dinner. Now IL happened that
the duke of Cumberland was In dis
favor with his royal brother-he was,
in fact, in Punishment. He had lately
received news that certain of his
majesty's colonies In America had re-
belled and declared themselves free,
declining to be subject any longer to a
tyrannical king. It would seem that
the duke Of Cumberland told the story
with some gusto, as II he were not al
together sorry that his brother was In
trouble. One officer listened with par
ticular attention. He was a youth of
nineteen. tall and thin, with long
nose and reddish hair. His solemn ex-
preston and his somewhat awkward
manner contrasted strongly with the
frivolous ease and grace Of the other
young officers present. He was mar
quis Of long descent, connected by
marriage with one Of the, greatest
| families In France, and he had at his
own disposition a very large income.
He listened intently, he asked many
eager questions, and when he rose
from the table he had made a moment
Gus and historic resolution. He had
resolved to abandon the pleasures and
Injuries of the. gayest court in the
world. even to leave his young wife
land child, and to east IN his lot with
these strange rebels in America. In
his own words. swhcn first / heard OF
American independence, my heart was
enlIstedw That young man was La.
fayette land when the American army
went to the front in France. II merely
paid small part of the debt Of graft
tude we owe that splendid young Of.
| flcer-that true noblcman.
Appointed major general BY Wash
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

Ie0eratlOn or the thirteen colonies into
a federal union was a political event
Of prime import; today it is overshad-
owed by the thing Of which Tennysorl
dreamed. "The Federation of the
World" The Declaration Of indie
pendence is state paper of such sig
nificance as to stand in a class by it.
self. 1t immortalized every man who
signed II. "These united colonies are
and Of right ought to be free and in
dependent states; absolved from all
allegiance to the British crown; and
all connection between them and Great
Britain, is and ought to be totally dis
solved" SO run the words of fire the
idealism of which was to be made real
If need be, by the lives, as well as the
property and sacred honor of the sig
natories. But the Declaration of In
Independence of all free peoples will
overtop that Of July A, 1776, as the
oak overtops the daisy.
Great Patriotic Aim.
But at that time independence was
the biggest and best thing the fathers
could purchase In a war Of seven
years. They could not enjoy the I'M
alienable rights Of "life, liberty ard
the pursuit of happiness" while ruled
by Great Britain, for to be subject to
England meant to be robbed and ex-
plotted, Jailed or hanged at the behest
Of half-mad German, George III, who
wore the British crown.
And so the patriots proposed to
stand alone, to be independent. They
proposed an equitable self-rule on lines
more liberal than ever had been tried;
there were to be neither kings nor
kinglets but rather a state Of human
equality.
Across the water 1t was dark day
for human rights. In all Europe lib
erty. was eclipsed; there was not one
free people. Monarchs were supreme
and more or less tryannical; and so,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

ington in July, he fought at the battle
Of Brandywine in September and re-
ceived an ugly wound. Soon again in
the saddle, he went through many VI
cissitudes and privations with WASH
ington at Valley Forge, his browning
exploit being the forcing Of the retreat
of Lord CORVALLIS, leading to his sur
render at Yorktown, In 1881. Although
Washington and other famous Ameri-
can generals had Joined him previous
to the surrender, Lafayette, with a
small force, had initiated the rout Of
CORVALLIS at the battle Of Albemarle.
That the highest credit was due to La
fayette is shown by the fact that
Washington warmly thanked and COM
plimented him in the presence Of the
troops, after the great surrender which
practically ended the war.
Patriot Of MarbIehead.
General Lafayette paid tribute to
Marblehead, Mass, by making two
visits to the people, by whom he was
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

, But I was never surprised at any re-,
semblance that appeared when your boys
and ours stood side by side in the
trenches The minuteman OF Concord is
the ideal Of the young Englishman OF to-
day, who flung himself over the top. CIV
ing away his comforts and risking his life
for every man in his company.
We long to see England rich in just
such young men as your minuteman. and
you make the same prayer for America,
50 that in this. as in all the things by
which men live, you and we have the
same aims-liberty and the service of our
country and our God.
/ saw very beautiful expression of the
feeling between US on Memorial day last
year, says a writer in Scribners. went
early in the morning to the Old North
bridge with flowers for the minuteman;
Southern friend was with me. and the
two lost causes. British and Confederate.
were alone on the bridge. We laid flow
ers before the minuteman and on the
grave of the two British soldiers whose
fate so moved Hawthorne. His spirit
may have Joined W as we passed the Old
Manse. but no one else was to be seen,
when suddenly ghostfy procession came
through the mist-six old veterans just
risen from their graves; four tiny boy
scouts hardly yet born; and two young
men Of the present carrying bugle and
a flag.
They went first to the British grave.
and for the first time in history they laid
on II England's flag and branch OF New
England apple blossoms: they saluted,
blew bugle call, and passed on to do
the same for the minuteman and his flag.
Then they stood in line on the bridge
each of the II threw flower into the
river and saluted, while the leader said:
I'VE salute all the sailors who died in the
Civil war"
Then after a last ghostly bugle call
they melted away into the mist. Was 1t
the mist OF past or future?-for they had
saluted the three great facts of past.
present and future history-the birth of
democracy. the friendship of Anglo-Sax-
onism, and the future peace OF the world
which will surely spring from It.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

An oId-Time Patriot Cut OF the Cor
ner Of His House That Lafayette's
Carriage Might Go Through HE
Street.
received with bands of music and
huge procession Of citizens. It Is re-
lated that on his first visit in 1854
there was a controversy as to how the
procession was, to proceed through the
main streets of the town, owing to the
fact that at one of the sharp turns,
house SO jutted into the road that the
generals coach could not pass. On the
morning Of the great event, 1t was dis
covered that the patriotic family occu-
plying the property had cut of sec
ton Of the house. removing the offend
ing corner and thus the coach was
driven without a hitch through the
street The house with part OF the
first story missing can still be'seen In
this year Of 1919. and IL shown In the
illustration.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
AMERICAS DEBT
TO LAFAYETTE
Washington Paid Tribute
to Great Services
Rendered.

~-Y HEN the Revolution began
nv Americans were still pio-
w neers and straight shooters.
The country was full of men
who had seen service in war against
the French and Indians. WashingoDn
had been all his life soldier. II Is
not surprising that American officers
felt quite able to handle the military
situation without assistance from the
host Of applicants for commissions
from abroad. Therefore when Wash
ington heard that young Frenchman
named Lafayette had left his wife and
child and crossed the ocean to serve
the American cause as a volunteer
without pay, he muttered: zone more
incumbrance." But Lafayette pleaded:
"Give me a chance; l do not want to
be an honorary soldier"
He went to Washington's camp and
there began a friendship which ran
through SO many years like an idyl. In
1888 Brissot visited Washington at Mt.
Vernon with letter from Lafayette.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

He says Washington spoke to me Of
M. De Lafayette with emotion; he
considers him as his child" Later,
Lafayette sent to Washington the key
to the destroyed Bastile, saying: 1T
is tribute which ! owe as son to my
adopted father, as an aid-de-camp 70
my general. as a missionary Of liberty
to its patriarch = ~ Il, ~ =
French EAGER In LIbertys Cause.
The spirit Of Lafayette was the
spirit Of Rochambeau's army: A host
Of young French officers looked on the
expedition as a crusade for liberty, and
crowded for places. Young Berthier
was a volunteer at Yorktown, and ne
became marshal Of France. viscount
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

the bush of fire,
one should re-
move his shoes;
but it pales into
insignifcance be-
side Interdepend-
ence hall which
S O IN e day we
must build across
the street from
the birthplace of
American liberty"
One hundred, two
score and three
years ago, the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03
FREEDOM over
ALL THE EARTH
Due Recognition Of Human
Rights Now the Aim
of Mankind.

Independence hall is holy ground at
the entrance to which, like Moses at
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

religion, but making Americanism dan
gerously near big provincialism. We
helped no other people to gain our
glorious liberty. All was well II we
were let alone by the political and
warning world.
Autocracy In Rout.
But new world order has come In.
The western hemisphere is all free.
China has astonished the world by
electing president. 1.-THE bear that
walks like man" becomes human for
fortnight and is free-uhtil his lib
erty, mistaken for license, enslaved
him to the bolsheviki. France and
Portugal are free; Great Britain. our
ancient oppressor, is free and is our
friend. The British empire is free, a
galaxy of great self-governing peoples
Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
South Africa-all free, even though a
figurehead king is its nominal head;
but Lloyd George. democrat, not
George V autocrat. is the real ruler OF
the British empire!
Now for "Peace on Earth"
Free peoples do not menace the tram
guilty of the world; they are not bent
on conquest; they seek not to impose
R their will on their neighbors, even
though the neighbor be weak and
small. They covet nothing which Is
their neighbours. They stand for peace
on earth and good will among men.
The considerations alike of safety and
ethics demand the observation of the
golden rule among nations.
On July A, 1776, the old Liberty bell
krang out in order to proclaim liberty
throughout all the land, unto all the in
habitants thereof" Suppose that on
another July 4 it were permitted to
raise its cracked and wheezy voice to
do bigger and far nobler thing: Pro-
claim liberty to all the oppressed Of
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

the world! Where Is
the man who would not
wish to live In that
good world? Surely not
one would pray with
Simeon, Lord, lettest
thou thy servant now
depart in peace"
Let all the free peo-
Piles Of the world send
representatives to meet
in Independence hall.
Let them create and
sign, a nobler document
than that which the ia
theirs made and signed /;
nobler and larger for
one reason only-the
new document will be
the Declaration Of In
terdependence.
That doclo ttap x1,fJI
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1919-07-03

enable all free peoples to stand against
the aggression of autocratic spoilers.
1t will assert the solidarity of all who
stand for freedom and who love their
fellow men. 1t will set forth the grow
ing sense Of human brotherhood. 1t
will express in larger measure the high
political ideals Of our time. 1t may
not ring in thousand years of peace.
but it will herald that dawn
When light shall spread. and man be-
liker man,
Through all the circle of the golden year.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-27
Rockvale News
By ROY EvERLY.

The Methodist Sunday school at
tendance last Sabbath was 50.
Daniel Price. who has been with the
American expedltionary force in
France. arrived home Saturday
Fred C. Dyer returned from Camp
Funston. Kan. last Sunday after re-
ceiving an honor discharge.
Archie Goodhead and family were
under quarantine for scarlet fever. but
it has proved not to be the trouble.
Howard Murray. who has been I'll
for two weeks with scarlet fever, fs
up and getting along as wei as ex-
pected.
A social gathering Of the young
folks was held at the Y. N. c. A. Mon
day evening, consisting Of a program
and a very nice luncheon
There will be assmoker for the reg
ular members of the local "Y'' Satur-
day evening. Secretary Lockwood IL
busy getting things in shape. and 1t is
sure to be real smoker.
Mrs. William Beaver returned the
fore part of the week from Boulder
after a prolonged visit with her
daughter. Mrs. L. P. Hays and family.
Mrs. John Davis, who has been very
i'll. is much better at this writing.
Revival meetings are being held at
the Methodist Episcopal church and
will continue for the balance Of the
month.
Mrs Ralph Angel was a Florence
visitor Wednesday.
Mrs. John E. Evans was in Florence
Wednesday.
A representative of the Mutual Film
Cooperation Company was in town
on business.
There was prayer meeting and Bible
study at the Methodist Episcopal.
church Wednesday evening.
Methodist Episcopal Sunday school
rext Sabbath at 2:39 and every one
welcome Be sure and come
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-27
Florence Shooting
Being Investigated

II develops that the Fiot ence police
authorities have been investigating a
mysterious shooting AFFAIR winch took
place in that city last Friday evening
about 11:3O. when Mrs. Moreles.
Mexican woman living en- Green
street. received a bullet wound in the
fieshy part Of the thigh while she was
preparing to retire
The shot was hred through the win
dow facing the sweet and after enter.
ing the woman's leg, spent its force in
the partition of the room. Night
Marshal David Houston placed Am
brocio Moreles n Mexican employed
at the smleter. under arrest an hour
later charged with the shooting. and
he was given hearing in Justice
Hanblet's court In Florence wednes-
day afternoon.
is OF very discriminating nature. al
though he stoutiy denies any connec-
tion with the crime. Moreles married
the woman a year ago and at that time
he stated that he was a single man.
II later developed that he had q wife
living and wife No. 2 had him arrested
January IL for bigamy.
He was given hearing and bound
over to await trial and was released
upon furnishing sufficient bond.
At that time Moreles is said to havd
threatened the life of the woman. II
is reported that Moreles told the po.
lice authorities that he was on shift
at the smeiter when the shooting oc-
CURED. but the fact has been estab.
lished that he did not report for duty
on the O'clock SHIFT Friday after
noon.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-27
Children Dry
FOR FlETcHER'S
casio RIA
Message Announces
Death of Niece

Mr.. and Mrs. John Cheteiat received
a Telegram from Denver today inform
ing them of the death of their niece.
Mrs John Mahoney (nee Miss Leola
Hoover). in the hospital there at 4
O'Clock this morning from pneumonia.
following an attack Of the influenza.
The deceased was q young woman and
formerly lived in Canon City. She
had many friends here who will regret
to learn OF her untimely death. She
leaves. besides q husband. two daugh-
tiers. one and the other years of
ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mahoney. who have re-
sided in Cripple Greek since their mar
riage. went to Denver on . pleasure
visit during the recent Christmas hol-
idays. and while there the former Sc
cured a position as salesman in large
department store. and the family home
was established In that city.
A week ago today both Mr.. and Mrs.
Mahoney were taken 10 the hospital to
be treated for the influenza In both
cases pneumonia developed in the
course OF few days. and the condi-
tion of both patients became critical.
Mr.. Mahoney is not expected to live.
and has not yet been told Of the death
OF his wife. The body of Mrs. Ma
honey will be held at the undertaker's
pending the outcome OF her husbands
illress.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-27
sRAuER WOUNDED
AT CHATEAU IhlERRY

Mr.. and Mrs. J. d. Brauer of s2s
Main street are entertaining the for
mer's mother. Mrs l. B. Brauer. Sis
ter. Miss Helen Brauer. and brother.
c. H. Brauer. who reside rear Seda-
liza. Mo. They arrived here last Sat
urday and will remain for some time.
C. H. Brauer. who was q soldier in
France. took part in some of the most
sanguinary battles in which the Amer
lean participated on the Western
front. and in the fighting at Chateau
Thierry was severely wounded. A
machine gun bullet entered his right
leg below the knee andenecessitated
his being taken to the rear of the fight
ing lines for hospital treatment. He
was sent home as a casual by the gov
ernment a couple of months or more
ago. ard until recently, was in the
military hospital at Camp Dodge. Des
Moines. Ia
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-27
Weekly Health Talks
What Doctor Pierce Has
Done For HumAnffy9
nv pocroR cRIppa
By DOCTOR CRIPPs.

II has always seemed TO me tha1
DR.. Pierce, of Buffalo, N. T., should be
placed near the top when . list OF
Americas great benefactors is written
He studied and conquered human dis
eases to q degree that few realize,
Whenever he found . remedy that over
came disease, he at once announced it
in the newspapers and told where it
could be bought At . small price. He
did not follow the usual custom of
keeping the ingredients secret, 90 that
the rich only could Afford 70 buy the
medicine, but openly printed the name
of each root and herb, he used. And
% to-day the names of DR.. Pierce and
his medicines arc widely known, and
they stand for better health and better
citizenship.
One of this great physicians most
successful remedies is known as Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. These are
little, sugar-coated pills, composed of
Mayapple, leaves of aloe, root of ialap-
things that Nature grows in the ground
These Pellets are safe because they
move the bowels gently, leaving no bad
after effects, as so many pills de-
Very often they make q person who
takes them feel like . new man or
woman, for they cleanse the intestines
of hard, decayed and poisonous matter
that Accumulates when one Is costive-
If you are constipsted, by all means
60 to your druggist and get some of
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They
may prove to be the very thing your
system requires to make you well and
happy.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-27
JOHN MAHoNEv DIES
IN DENVER HOSPITAL

John Mahoney. whose wife died last
Thursday from influenza. also died
from the same cause in Denver Sun
day.
Mrs. Mahoney. who before her mar
riage was Miss Iseola Hoover. was a
niece OF Mr.. and Mrs. John Chetelat OF
this city. The couple will be buried
at the same time in Mt Olive ceme-
tory In the capital city. They are sur.
vived by two daushtsrA axed s and Z
years. respectively.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-02-27
20 YEARS AGO TODAY
Thursday.

S- e@3AoRa fAcoh AAddu Sot utIucetI III
bad when he had the Record publish
one of the poems which his little
niece. Edith Irma Rudd. had written.
She gave him an album full of orig
inal poems for Christmas and he felt
so proud of one that he thought the
town ought to know about 1t, 80 he
gave it to the paper for publication
The young miss got red hot about this
fact when she read the poem in the
paper and she gave her grandpa the
dickens. apd the editor had to hide out
for a while The young lady was in
her teens.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. T. Higgins enter
tanned at a farewell party for thsir
niece. Miss Nettie Ellis.
Joe and Andy Starr discovered some
1854 copper ore on one of their loca-
tions between the Soda Springs and
Dawson City.
The following gentlemen represent
ed the Chamber of Commerce and
Canon City at a state Chamber of
Commerce meeting at Colorado
Springs: J. w. Wilson, C. w. Bow
man. T. M. Harding, N. F. Handy. NJ.
S. Bailey, s. H Atwater. Dali De
Weese. H l. White, T. B. Coulter and
T. NJ. Howell.
The paper gives the Canon Steam
Laundry under the proprietorship OF
j. B. Lautz a free pun, and makes it
an opportunity to take a crack at the
Cinnamon by saying that his payroll
is $2.600 a year and could be doubled
il the Chinese laundries were not so
well patronized-
The Misses Carrie and Mamie
Thornton left to spend a year in the
old country. intending to live in Ber-
lin to finish their musical education
They also planned to attend the Paris
exposition OF 1900 and to visit the
principal points of interest in the Eu-
rcpean nations
Saturday.
Harrie E. Gordon died after a lin
gering illness from consumption. He
was assistant cashier OF the Fremont
County bank after r. S. Lewis re-
signed as cashier and George T. Rock
afellow was promoted. He was ON the
board of trustees of the First Presby-
terian church.
The infant boys of Mr.. and Mrs. r
S. Lewis and Mr.. and Mrs N F.
Hardy have been quite ill of pneumo-
mia.
W. E, Galley, the weH-known shoe
man. is on his Eastern shoe -purchas-
ing trip.
W. B. MCGEE has recovered from an
attack of edysipelas
Capt. B. F. Rockafellow writes o
memorial sktech of and pays a tribute
to Warren R. Fowler. deceased. pio
neer Canon City man.
Monday.
Mrs Sarah Arlett died at her home
here after a residence of 16 years in
Canon City. She was buried In
Greenwood cemetery.
On the Queen Bee claim at Dawson
City. which is owned by Jewett, Pea
body & Rudolph. great body of low
grade ore. averaging about IS to the
ton. has been uncovered"
Leonard Lambuth of Troop NJ, Sew
enth Cavalry. regulars, is home on fur
Tough from Fort Grant, Ariz- Lam
buth is a trumpeter.
A pleasant gathering occurred at
the home Of Miss Jessie and Will
Mack, the occasion OF which was
TO pay honor to their guest, Harry
Craft of Chicago.
John B. Meserve was married to
Miss Myrtle Broughton OF inman.
Kan.
Mrs. T. NJ. Harding entertained at 5
O'Clock dinner in honor of Mr. and
Mrs Joshua Reynolds OF Las Vegas.
N. NJ.