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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
TEN D. C. HEROES MEET
NO WELCOMING JUBILEE
Member of Lies Terribles" Were
Under Fire Six Months; Sergt.
Watt Wins French War Cross.

While Washington has been busy
preparing receptions for its largest
units that were in the war, ten Dis
trict heroes of the Gath Infantry Bril-
gade, which won from the French
the name Les Terribles." because
of the way it fought, have come home
without "A welcome.
This was due to the fact. however
that the thousands OF men Washing
ton sent to the war We're scattered
SO widely throughout the Army that
it has been impossible for the wei
come home committee to keep track
of where all the District men were.
These ten men spent fifteen months
on the other side and saw service
on the Alsace front. at Chateau
fensive and in the march to the Rhine
with the army of occupation. They
We're all under fire for six months,
with few periods of rest.
One of them-Sergt w. w. Watt,
Company B. 127th Infantry-was
given the French war cross for
bravery while fighting with the
French army in the scissors drive.
The others belong to the following
units of the 127th Infantry: Private
Hugh l.. Finnegan. headquarters COM
pany: Private Robert E. King. head
quarters: Private George Wilburn,
headquarters: Corp. Douglas Little.
machine gum Private William Tins
man. Company NJ: Private George
Tippett. Company Fl; Private Cecil
r. Calls, headquarters: Sergt. Stanley
r. Nash, Company Il, and Private
Thomas Gaghan, Company !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
MEMORIAL MUSIC WILL
HONOR "0UR BOYS" DEAD

The evening Of Wednesday. June II,
has been set aside to commemorate
in chorales the sacrifices and deeds
Of "our boys" who fell recently in
battle.
At Central High School the me
mortal concert" will be given by
chorus Of 200 voices. under the au-
spices Of the War Camp Community
Service and the direction Of Otto
Torney Simon. Great music of the
greatest masters of sacred song will
be rendered in the school where many
Of the heroes grew to manhood.
Amid bower Of flowers these Choir
listers will sing. All members OF the
audience. too. are requested to bring
flowers, or even one flower. to be re-
ceived by the soldier ushers and ap..
en " p aaes a nd gmne to
gether, Lead kindly Light" and
"Hark, Hark My Soul"
Choruses from the oratorios. The
Messiah" Of handel. st Paul Of
Mendelssohn, and the Verdi RE
quiem," will be sung.
A special invitation will be given to
the relatives of the dead soldiers and
sailors of the District, emitting them
to the limited reserved seat section.
The rest Of the auditorium is free to
the public.
It is requested that all who wish
such invitations apply, as soon as
possible, to Mr.. English Of the War
Camp Community Service, at the
headquarters, 1408 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. northwest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
HOMER v. LOCKWOOD
BACK FROM OVERSEAS
Washington Boy, Captured by Ger
mans, Is at Camp Dix Await
ing Discharge.

Homer Winthrop Lockwood. son of
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas w. Lockwood, jr.,
22l2 Massachusetts avenue northwest,
a private in the American ambulance
service who was captured by the Huns
and held a prisoner from June until
November 1918. returned to this coun-
try on board the L. $. cruiser st. Louis
yesterday. He landed at Brooklyn and
at once went to Camp Dix, where he
is awaiting discharge.
Mr.. Lockwood's experiences abroad
were of thrilling nature. While serv-
ing as an ambulance driver with the
French forces he was captured at an
advanced post near Montdidier. France.
in June. He was taken to a number OF
places, both in France and Germany, and
made to serve as a hospital orderly.
Although this service procured HIM
regular orderly's rations. better food
than most prisoners obtained, yet the
diet was such that, combined with
dysentery and overwork, he lost about
sixty pounds in weight.
The ambulance driver was reported
missing in action and nothing further
was heard from him for some time.
Finally, two post cards. both written
in July. reached his parents. telling of
his capture At last he was notified
In September that he was to be re-
patriated He left Germany November
"a for Holland and was later sent to
England. pending his return to his di-
vision and active service in France.
During his term as prisoner he was
put through a questioning by Gen.
Ludendorff.
He originally was a member of unit
e37. but returned as a member of unit
524. A. A. S. In spite of his severe ex-
periences. Mrs. Lockwood. who got a
brief glimpse of him yesterday in Brook
lyn. says he appears now in splendid
health. At the appointed time last
fall his family sent him a Christmas
box. Owing to his frequent movements,
however, this package never reached
him and was returned to the senderS
intact on the first day of June.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
ATLANTIC FLEET MEN
ARE ENTERTAINED HERE
Sailors From Annapolis Are Re
ceive6 by Welfare Organizations
Of District.

The soldier welfare organizations OF
the District are busy again today enter
tanning hundreds Of sailors Of the Allan
tic fleet who are arriving here every
hour from Annapolis, where the fleet lie
anchored.
All day yesterday the War Camp Com
munity Service, knights of Columbus
Y. M. c. A.. Jewish Welfare Board and
Y. w. c. A. were on the go. meeting the
'gobs" as they got off the electric cars,
guiding them on sightseeing tours and
providing them with luncheons at the
various huts and community houses.
The jackies are expected to continue
coming to the National Capital in a
steady stream until shore leave ends
Sunday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
Personnel of Delegation.

The delegation was composed Of
Vincent F. Jankus, M. J. Wink and
Jonas Zilius, representing the L1thu-
anians; Vladimir 3. Lototsky, the
Ukrainians; John J. kalnin. the
Let's, and Ivan Narodny. the Estho-
mans.
Secretary Polk was told by the dele
cation that the invasion of Lithuania
and Ukraine by the Polish armies was
a brutal violation of the principles
declared by President Wilson and the
allies and was endangering the de-
Tense against bolshevism by compen-
ing the withdrawal of their troops
from the Russian front.
An emphatic disavowal was made OF
any sympathy or support for the mas
sacre of Jews and it was declared to
be the firm purpose of the Lithuanian
and Ukrainian republics to grant the
Jews equal rights and protection with
other citizens.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
NEWLY FORMED STATES
IN EUROPE ASK u. S. AID
Delegates. Here Request Recogni-
ton and Moral Support in Con-
test With Bolshevism.

Recognition of their independence,
moral support in launching their new
governments and protection against
the Poles while they are stemmins
the tide of bolshevism were asked OF
the American government yesterday
by a delegation from the newly form
ed states on the western border OF
Russia which called upon Acting Sec
rotary of State Polk. The represen-
tation was given a sympathetic near
NIT a statement of their object to the
American peace delegates in Paris.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
Asks for Seizure of Butter.

Alleging that shipment OF $3.50
pounds of butter from the Meriden
Creamery Company of Kansas City to
Wilson & Rogers. in Washington, cor
tains too much water and too little
butter fat United States Attorney
Laskey has filed libel in the District
Supreme Court and asked for a seizure
of the butter. He charges adulteration
under the pure food law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06
Democrat Seems Winner in Alaska.

JUNEAU. Alaska. June Except
at Ketchikan, George Grissby, demo-
crat, apparently Is proving an easy
winner over E. o. JONES' labor candi-
date. in the election held Tuesday for
territorial delegate to Congress to
succeed the late C. A. Sulzer, demo-
crat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-06

William Haywood Bitten by Dog.
While delivering ice at 654 E street
northeast, William Haywood, 626 Cor
don avenue northeast, was bitten on his
hand by a dog His wound was treated
at'Cas,alty Hospital.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20

fed that he was dead, loosed his
deadly coil. and passing directly
over his body. was lost to sight
IN the luxuriant growth of weeds
which grew up around the fallen
tree.
On! what a thrill-what a re-
vulsion of feeling shook his frame
as he was relieved from his aw-
full situation! Tears tears Of
joyous gratitude coursed down
his cheeks as he poured out his
heart TO God in thankfulness for
his escape.
He was stillin imminent danger
from the lT dians, who knew that
he had hidden in some secluded
spot and were searching wi h ut
most zeal every nook and corner
to find him. He was fortunate
enough. however, to escape
them. and after . weary march
through the wilderness. during
which he .uffered intensely from
hunger. he reached the settle
ments.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
James Hamilton Award
ed $500 { amages

James Hamilton. son of A. B.
Hamilton, of Victoria. was a
warded $500 damages in circuit
court at Jasper Friday. He Was
struck by an NJ. G. & st, l..
train near Victoria. last summer.
anu badly injured, having to he
taken to Chattanooga Tor treat
ment. a hole having been made
in his skull. Damages amount
ing to $4,000 were asked, but
t"a jury in the case set them at
$500 Hamilton was represent
ed by w. E. McCurry, of Whit
well, who had honor of winning
this case over the argument of
some very fine legal taent. such
a l.. r. Darr, who is counsel for
the railroad in this county, Joe
Brown, of Chattanooga. and w.
D. Spears and l.. N Spears, of
Spears & Spears. Chattanooga.
Hamilton, it sc ms, had gone
to sleep on the track. having sat
down for a few minutes to rest.
He worked at night as a motor
man in Whitwellmines. and was
was overcome by sleep, so we
understand. The accident oc
Cured in daylight hours, the
train being the local" en- route
to Plkeville. i&
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20

From q copy Of FRANK Leslie's
Popular Monthly, published in
New York in the sos, we take
the folio u ing account of men,
Der of the Lewis family, which
originally settled in Virginia and
now are scattered pretty wide
over the United States:
rhe family Of John Lewis
were the firsi settlers Of Augusta,
in the State of Virginia, and con
sisted of himself. his wife and
four sons Thomas. William. An
drew and Charles. Of these.
the frs, three were hoin in Ire
land, from whence the family
csme, and the last wac a native
Of Virginia.
lewis was a man of wealth
and station in the old country,
alAi liie cause OF his emigration
to America was an attempt on
tre part of q man, f whom he
hired some property to eject him
therefrom, which led to an affray
in which the noble landlord lost
his lie.
Fearing. from the high stand
ing of his antagonist, the desper-
ate character of his surviving as
sarlants, and the want of evil,
dence to substantiate his case,
tn his life would be in danger
if he staid, Lewis fled the coun-
try accompanied b. a party of
his teLantry, and settled in the
then western wilds of Virginia.
! The father seems to have been
man of remarkable force ann
aenegy. and all four Of his sons
rendered themselves conspicuous
/, for deeds of daring and determ
ined bravery during the early
history Of Western Virginia. and
that o. her infant sisters. Ohio
and Kentucky. which would re-
quire volumes to relate.
Charles Lewis, the hero of pres
ent sketch. was, even in early
youth, distinguis' ed for those
q, alilcations which nave render
ed tie class to which he belong
ed tine Indian fighters-se re
mark able among men.
He was a young man when the
Indians commenced their attacks
upun the settlements of Western
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
S0llERS NOW
ENJOYING ATHLETICS

PLANES, France, Jan. 10. 1919.
Editor News:
1t has been quite a while since
| saw a copy Of the News. and
I don't know how long it will be
before | get a chance to see an
other. but l hope it won't be
long.
Isee lots of the boys here that
used 10 ne in Seqnachee, but only
one that knew before / came ia
the armv. And most of them
are subscribers to your paper,
and am ala ays hearing them
talk about the Sequachee News.
We are feeling some better
sine the armistice was signed,
for we don't have to squads
east and west' so much now
We get most of the afternoons
for athletics. We had a'fnotball
game yesterday. the 317th F. A.
VS. t. e 318th F. A.. and To-Day
the 81st Div. vs. the 9th Div.
The <81st Div. played the 77th
Div. sometime ago, and was de
feated Ia and 0. but didn't get
beat today, Believe me the
wild Cats" are some division.
We have received lots of
tnings from the Red Cross, and
have two Y. W. C. A. ladies
with our regiment. Our one is
Miss White. and believe me the
boys would do anything for her
Sure would 10, e to. be in dear
old Tennessee tonight. bet |
could get some real candy and
Sc real movie. We have a
movie show here about twice a
week, but Our theatre is n t
comfoi table. 1t hasn't seats for
all of US, and we either have to
stand up, or sit on a sack on a
sack Of spuds, or sit on the din
ing table. | have seen so many
shows in the kitchen ] would al
most be afrai to 60 in theatre
when ! get to United States for
fear / would get called out for
sitting on the table or something.
80 you see we have all our
shows in the kitchen, but we
have some good shows.
1t is about time for taps"
and | can't stay up any longer.
Pvt. Paul Pensly,
Bat. C. 317 F. A.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
FACE TO FACE
WITH RATHER
HOw ChaS. LeaVlS E/u0Ied IN
dzauS and Foz/cd Snake

Virginia. but entered the con.
tests with a zeal and courage
which outstripped many of his
older and more hoastfrl compeers.
His astonishing sef possession
and presence of mint carried
HIM safely through many gal
Ian. exploit, which has rendered
his name as familiar and his
fame as dear to the memories of
tine descendants of the early set
tiers as household words.
Cool. calm and collected in the
lace of danger. and quickwltted
where others would be apt to be
excited and tremulous. he was
able to grasp on the instant the
propitious moment for action,
and render subse. Went to his
own advantage the most trif1ing
incident.
He was so unfortunate. on one
occasion, as to be taken prisoner
by a party of Indians while on q
hunting excursion. Separated
from his companions he was sur.
prised and surrounded before he
was aware Of his danger. ami
when he did become aware Of
his critical situation he saw how
futile II was to contend. and how
reckless and fatal it must be to
himself should he kill one of his
antagonists.
He knew full we'll that the
blood of his enemy would be
washed out in his own, and that,
too. at the stake; whereas. if he
surrendered peaceably he stood a
chance of being adopted by the
Indians as one of themselves
Revolving these things in his
mind. he quietly delivered up his
rifle to his enemies, and was led
away byhis captors, who rejoiced
exceedingly over their prisoner.
Bareheaded, with his arms
hound tightly behind him, with
out coat, and barei'ooted, he
was driven forward some two
hundred miles toward the Indian
towns, his inhuman captors urg-
irg him on. when he Jagged,
with their kniv-s, and tauntinplv
reminding him of the trials
which awaited him at the end of
the journey.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
Dallas, lex.


AS did not get in las week.
| will make an effort to get in
this week to keep the readers of
the News from thinking that
| have gone oil crazy like many
others. The oil is still the talk
here, but not quite as bad as il
was few weeks ago. | was not
we'll enough last week to write q
letter to the News. and not much
better this week, l have not got
over the effect of the fall | got
some three weeks ago. | was
hurt worse than thourht | was.
We are having some nice
spring like weather now. and
have had for several days. There
was a pretty hard hail storm here
Wednesday afternoon, but hive
heard no damage resulting from
it.
Farmers are busy breaking
land t r this years crop. 1t will
soon be corn planting time and
the farmer that cares to do well
will soon be busy until the crop
is made. Hope there will be
good crops made as it will lower
the cost of living.
Seems that the peace pow
WOW is not making much progress
at anything. only having a big
time. The armies surrenderin9
understood what was expected of
them and agreed willingly to the
terms and would have Signed
peace compacts as reauily AS they
signed the armistice. All this
fooling and dillydall ing, there is
nothing TO it. They could have
had it all settled if they had gone
at it and worked 8 hours day
as they should have done. but
eating out of gold dishes and
W rking 8 hours dav don't 60
together. They care nothing for
the peoples interest. There Is
time coming when some If them
will tell the dear people how we'll
they love them. Some will want
office, others will want moneyfor
this and that, but the answer of
the people will be heard in 1920.
By that time there will be quite
a different picture on the screen.
/ hope for the best result but
this fooling along will encourage
the enemy t. figure out more
schemes. Nations at war is like
boys fighting. 1t is easier while
one has got the best of the pame
to get any acknowIede ements
they want. Fooiing along till it
gets old and they have had time
to formulate new schemes they
are apt to be obstinate and not
agree to things as readily rs they
would when it was fresh and the
licking hurt.
Hope to see more letters from
different places in next paper.
Lone Star.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
NOTICE

| 24.inch Meadows Grist Mill in
first class shape, 800.
l8.inch International Feed
Grinder, frat class condition, S35.
Line shaft, belting and pulleys.
Will eell for cash or exchange for
Liberty Bonds.
w. & HILL,
Sequachee, Tenn.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
Big Wages To
Railroad Men

Big wages are now paid rail-
road men on the Sequarhee Val
ley Branch Of the NJ. G. & st l.
Ry. 1t is said an engineer max
ing on run f ON Bridgeport gets
81 for s hours, or $2123 per
hour.
Cubs CARVING mail now get
SIS per month or as much as a
depot agent got ten years ago.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
For Rent.

Property in Sequatchie belong
ing to Miss Mathiide Gustafson.
Large dwelling. fruit trees and
fine garden. Apply to Miss
Louise'Hill. agent. Sequatchie,
Tenn, for terms.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1919-02-20
Sam Spears
Dies at Jasper

Sam Spears died at Jasper
at Jasper Tuesday. He had been
in poor health for number If
years. and was afflicted with q
catarrh on one Of his hands. He
was brother in-law Of Mrs.
VIM. Brewer of this place and
formerly resided here.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-12-26

"No, Just to Take His Hand-GentIy."
see Isabel once more, hear her voice
once more; that he must find some
way to her, or lose his mind. Under
this pressure he had gone. with com
plete scepticism. to ''trance-medium"
of whom he had heard wild accounts
from the wife Of a business acquaint-
ance.
The experience had been grotesque.
and he came away with an encourag-
ing message from his father, who had
failed to identify himself satisfactor-
lily, but declared that everything was
ION a higher plane" in his present
state of being, and that all life was
continuous and progressive" Mrs.
Horner spoke Of herself as a
psychic but otherwise she seemed
oddly unpretentious and matter-of-
fact; and Eugene had no doubt at all
of her sincerity. He went to Mrs.
Horner's after his directors meeting
today. He used the telephone booth in
the directors room to make the ap-
pointment; and he laughed feebly at
llhSCil, anu WOh0CiCu What thC 6iOoR
of men in that mahogany apartment
would think If they knew what he was
doing. Mrs. Horner had changed her
address, but he found the new one,
and somebody purporting to be niece
of hers talked to him and made an ap-
pointment for Sitting at five o'clock
Mrs. Horner appeared in the door
way, a wan and unenterprising look
Ing woman in brown, with thin hair
artif1cIally waved-but not recently
and parted in the middle over blush
| forehead. Her eyes were small and
seemed weak, but she recognized the
visitor.
"Oh, you been here before" she said
in a thin voice. not unmusical. II rec
ollect you. Quite time ago. want
it?"
"Yes, quite long time"
'T recollect because I recollect you
was disappointed. Anyway, you was
kind Of cross" She laughed family.
'Tm sorry If seemed so," Eugene
said. "Shall we"
"All right" she assented. dropped
into the leather chair, with her back te
the shaded window. "You better sci
down, too, I reckon. hope youu gel
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-12-26

his first call at the Anderson mansion,
and what a great parsonage she
seemed, at home in that magnificence
and yet SO gay and friendly. He re-
membered the fyet time he had danced
with her-and the old waltz song be-
gan to beat in his ears and in his
heart.
All the way to New York it seemed
to him that Isabel was near him, and
he wrote of her to Lucy from his hotel
the next night:
II saw an account of the accident
of George Minafer. I'm sorry, though
the paper states that it was plainly
his own fault. I suppose 1t may have
been as result Of my attention fall
ing upon the item that l thought Of his
mother a great deal on the way here.
1t seemed to me that had never seen
her more distinctly or SO constantly,
but, as you know. thinking of his moth
er is not very apt to make me admire
himi OF course, however, he has my
best wishes for his recovery"
He posted the letter. and by the
mornings mail received one from Lucy
written a few hours after his depar-
ture from home. She inclosed the item
he had read on the train and wrote:
II thought you might not see it.
II have seen Miss Fanny and she
has got him put into room by HIM
self. Oh, poor MISUNDERSTANDING !!
1 have been thinking so constantly of
his mother and 1t seemed to me that
have never seen her more distinctly.
How lovely she was-and how she
loved him"
II Lucy had not written this letter
Eugene might not have done the odd
thing he did that day. He was an ad-
venturer; If he had lived in the six
teenth century he would have sailed
the unknown new seas, but having
been born in the latter part of the
nineteenth, when geography was a
fairly well-settled matter, he had be-
come an explorer In mechanics. But
the fact that he was "hard-headed
business man" as well as an adven-
turer did not keep him from having a
queer spot in his brain, because hard
headed business men are as suscep-
tible to such spots as adventurers are.
Two weeks after Isabel's death, Eu-
gene was in New York on urgent busi-
ness and found that the delayed ar
rival Of steamer gave him day with
nothing to do. His room at the hotel
had become intolerable; outdoors was
intolerable; everything was intolera-
BILE. It seemed to him that he must
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1919-12-26
CHAPTER XIII.

Eugene's feeling about George had
not been altered by his talk with Kin
ney In the club window, though he was
somewhat disturbed. Kinney had rep
resented Georgie as q new George
at least in spots-a George who was
proving that decent stuff had been hid
in him; in fact. Georgie who was Do