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according to the men OF Company A.
must still have been fred by a desire
to demonstrate, even at the last
minute, that he was courageous and
all-American. At few minutes to II
he announced that he was going 20
take that machine gun nest, and,
though his companions demonstrated,
and told him that In q few minutes
out. armed with a Browning auto
matte rife.
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GERMANY
REDS DEATH KNELL

PARIS. March simultaneously
with President Wilson's return to
France. what is believed may be the
deathknell of Bolshevism in Central
Europe and the first sign of the world
returning TO normal is seen in the
far-reaching decision concerning the
revictualing or Germany.
Within a few days, if not a few
hours. German. ships will again be
plying the seas, not as pirates, defy
ing international law and pTeying
upon legitimate commerce, but as up
holders OF civilization, peacefully car
rying home American soldiers on one
hand and relOading with American
foodstuffE on the return, TO save Ger
many from starvation.
Question Of ships.
A. il was d question of ships with
which 10 bring American soldiers
across the Atlantic TO save Europe, 50
it now is a question of ships to bring
American food 10 safeguard the vic
tory o. peace ia the attainment Of
which America was SO conspicuous.
Although Germany is said to have
10 PCT cent or the worlds gold, per-
hapS 4 greater amount than most
other European nations. she H.. never
tHelcss. the worlds greatest bank
rGpJ today. and i'm deciding TO send
food and afford the Germans a chance
10 export potash and dyestuffs the
victorious people are recognizing the
principle Of live and let live" a. well
o. helping 10 rid the world Of present
chaos
Through the rc-esjablishment of
commerce Germany will not only he
able 10 pay indemnity to France. Bel
GUM and others. for the Wholesale
cavoc she wrought. but she will en-
able the world to resume well ordered
trad" based upon justice and fair
UcaImG. u Is not intended TO give
Germany an opportunity of rushing
in and grabbing OF world markets at
the expense Of other nations. but by
laying partly in gold. and exporting
raw material. Germany may in time
WOrz off some Or her Indebtedness
aud Hnd the straight road over which
she must proceed to re-cs;ablish her
self 81 the family of nations.
Germany Starving.
With infant mortality trcbIcd in
the !asi. three months. and malnutri-
tion cndanG"riRE the entire nation,
Germany finds herself in tho position
Of a thirsty man in salty sea,
water. water everywhere, but not
drop TO drink." She cannot eat The
vast accumulation of gold. In giving
1 up her bankers hesitated. lest they
hurt her credit with neutrais. but the
Jnitcd States and the allies pointed
Cut that this was the only way she
sUuld obtain food. rhe effect OF this
on the fina ncial world is expected 10
bc enormous.
The manner in which Germany con-
ducts herself in accord with the new
by which she is allowed
10 share. in a small way. the com
mcrcc Or tho world. will govern the
Cutur" adjustment Of her actions. The
United States and the allies. have 50 id
in effect. we arc helping you TO help
yourself. so that we can live peace
ably with you. Rid yourself of Boil
shevism so you can work like men
and pay the damage you have done to
the world, and We will. then see
whether you are worthy TO associate
with the, nations OF the world which
stand for right and Justice"
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BaItinorean, Shot One
Minute Before Truce,
Died to Prove Loyalty

SoUILLY, France. March 1.-THE
last man to be killed in action in the
Seventy-ninth Division, and perhaps
in the whole American army, was
Henry n. Gunther. Company A, 313th
Infantry. Gunther's home was in
Baltimore, and he was killed at one
minute of IL o'clock on November IL,
trying to take a German machine gun
position.
Until a short time before the
313th finished its period OF training
at Camplitte, Gunther was supply SER
geant of his company. A few days
before the regiment left for the front
he wrote q letter home complaining
of certain things about army life. and
as this was a violation of the censor
ship regulations. he was reduced to
the grade Of private.
BrOOded Over DenOtIOn.
According to his companions, Gun
Their Sbrooded a great deal over his
reduction in rank, and became OBJ
isessed with a determination to make
good before his officers and fellow
soldiers. Particularly he was .wor-
ried because he thought himself sus-
pathiZer.
The regiment went into action a
few days after he was reduced, and
from the start he displayed the most
unusual willingness to expose him
self to all sorts OF risks and to go on
the most dangerous kind Of duty. He
acquitted himself splendidly in the
Montfaucon fight, and on the drive
each of the Meuse he was selected to
act as A company runner-particular-
ly dangerous work, for a runner Is
the bearer of important messages,
and must get them delivered, even IL
his way lies over the most exposed
country.
In the role OF runner Gunther
proved to be a man of the finest met
tie. He repeatedly volunteered for
duty when communication had to be
established over terrain raked by ma
chine guns and subject to heavy she'll
ing. A few days before hostiliCies
ceased he was carrying a message
when a German bullet passed through
his wrist. He said nothing about his
wound, however. when one of his Of
ficers, noticing his exhaustion, asked
him what was the matter. Having
already bound up his arm with a
first-aid bandage, he replied that he
was a little tired and thought he
would take a rest The next day he
reported for duty and went on as
usual.
Attacks Nest Alone.
On November II he was still on
duty as a runner. His company had
been ordered tc advance on Ville-De-
vant-Chaumont, in the extreme right
of the Seventy-ninth's sector. and
several parties were already in the
town. Gunther, with one or two other
runners and an advanced party of
rif1emen from his company, was just
on the outskirts. The order had al
ready come that hostilities were to
cease at IL o'clock.
Directly ahead there was visible a
German machine gun nest. Gunther.
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ISHIDA REPEATS
mot GUILTY. PLEA
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

CONTINUED from First Page)
self. He listened apparently disinter-
cstedly while his lawyer outlined the
Progress Of the dilIusional insanity
under the influence OF which he is
supposed to have committed the muir
der.
Attorney Grason told in detail the
persecution Ishida believed himself to
be undergoing up to the point where
Ishida accused DR.. Wolff of attacking
a pretty nurse at the hospital
when DR.. Ishida killed DR.. Wolff. {"
Mr.. Grason told the court, "he be-
lieved he was avenging a woman's
honor"
DR.. William Rush Dunton. ir.. for
twenty-thr years connected with
the hospital where the murder took
place. was the first witness called
by States Attorney George Hart
mann. DR.. DuntOn was a close friend
and associate of the murdered man
for six years and a half. 1t was in
his office that the murder took place.
First 10 Renek DR.. WOIn.
He was the first one TO reach the
victim as he lay dying. On the wit
ness stand he was so visibly affected
as he recalled the circumstances OF
his friends untimeIy end that he tss-
titled with great difficulty.
Like DR.. Brush, who Immediately
followed him on the witness stand. he
told of the shooting and how Ishida
apparently lay in wait for his in
tended victim until he came out OF
the lecture room.
DR.. Brush told a dramatic story Of
dissrming Ishida and demanding to
know why he had done such a thing.
DR.. Brush testified that Ishida re-
piled clamly and coolly: DIR. Wolff
was a bad man. / killed him because
he said l was a German spy"
Face TO face for the first time this
morning since murder stained his
hands. DR.. Norbu Ishida. and the
pretty nurse whose honor he claims
to have avenged by his crime, met
tl:is morning in the Baltimore county
courthouse. He is on trial for his
l:fe The girl is the defense's wit
ness.
No greater tangIe OF human hearts
ard minds could be conceived than
the problem which this tragedy of
uureuuited love. Of mad, unreason-
ing Jealousy. Of sanity imperiled by
the conflict involved. presents to the
three learned justices who must de-
side the fate of the brilliant foreign
or commended 10 their mercy.
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ent, which will not be allowed il it.
persists in uniting with Germany.
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TREAT ,EM ROUGH-RATs.

MCNCIE. Ind. March lT.-Muncie
is going TO treat EN- rough. Who:
Oh. rats. The Delaware county health
commission is going TO have a rat
determination day" this spring. On
that day traps. cats. dogs and poison
will be. modified for the purpose Of
decreasing the rat population.
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Nurse To Tell story.

And Nurse Jacobs. the little night
nurse At the Sheppard Pratt Hospital.
sits nervous and downcsst i'm this
court room where she viii later tell
her story of the foreigners unwe!come
attentions. in this court room where
she will be asked many embarrassing
and penetrating questions in regard TO
the night on which DR.. lshida believed
3n'assault was made upon her by the
man he later killed. She will tell an
important story. Her Cross-eXamina
ton will be pitilcss.
Whether or not DR.. Wolff ever did
attempt TO harm this girI-and both
prosecution and defense believe the
dead man was innocent--the defense
claims that Ishids believed such 10 be
the case and acted accordingly. II is
on this belief, absolutely unfounded
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INSIST LEAGUE
WILL Be IN TREATY

lGontiRued from First Page.l
theush Fundamental principles Of ta-
pesee arelatd down in the preliminary
81 go the League Of Nations VIII
prcbahly not - included. He said
sat Wilson had not asked that it Le
included
Vet To Be Decided.
eThe question is yet to be decided,
he said, but inasmuch a. neutral
countries will be asked to submit
their opinions regarding the league
before final adoption OF the covenant.
he believed the. preliminary pact
would be signed before the league is
completed.
The preliminary peace. according to
pichon. will end the state Of war. but
S-ill not permit Germany 10 resume
fGll relations with other. countries.
Che blockade viii not be lifted conf
pletely before the final treaty. H
said the question of German Austria
has not been taken M. but that the
allies may offer certain advantages TO
hat country If IL remains indepcnd-
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The sun., 1919-10-12

II each OF the ships was to swim in
a complete circle about its anchor 1t
would be found that the spaces over
Tapped and collisions would occur
hourly. But the tide swings all the
ships at the same time. Each unit Of
these great fleets turns in the same
general direction at about the same
moment. During the process the ships
may point at variety Of angles, and
to the unpractised eye may be on the
point Of colliding with their nearest
neighbors. They gradually will fall
into position, however, without COLI
sion, no matter how strong the wind OF
tides.
The Patrol Is Unceasins.
The traffic policeman knows the har-
Dor like the back of his hand. He
knows the depth of every corner Of Its
complicated waterways, and the trick
of every tide and current. He Is on
the job early. leaving headquarters off
South Ferry at $3.50, and his vigilance
lasts until at night, when the grent
| feet is safely tucked away in Tor the
night.
| Each of the seven patrol boats en-
gagged in this service carries q crew
of sixteen men. AS the boats pass up
and down the harbor in their long
patrols the fleets at anchor are under
constant inspection. The positions of
the ships and the lengths of their
riding chains are measured by expert
| eyes. No motor cop is more particu-
lar about the front and rear lights on
Fifth avenue than are these men with
the riding lights Of the ships. A very
slight infringement may lead to seri-
| Gus trouble. If the infraction OF the
| rule be slight the offending party may
be allowed twenty-four hours to cor
rect his position. If he has made a
serious mistake in choosing his posi-
ton or his anchor has slipped so that
he is dangerously out of bounds, he
must act at once and lose no time
about 1t. The traffic cop of the harbor
may even board the ship himself and
attend to matters. His authority In
such matters Is absolute. A serious
offense against the rules Is punished
with fine Of $500, and in extreme
cases the captain may lose his papers
No traffic rules ashore are so strict
as those which govern any craft car
rying explosives The marine police
man is martinez whose slightest
word or gesture must be obeyed to the
letter. Special anchorages are as
signed for such craft, and every chan
mel leading to them Is under the strict
est inspection. No one can leave or
board such a craft without pass
which carries his photograph. IF
these craft load or unload it is done
rigidly according to a detailed time
table. The vigilance of the traffic
squad never is relaxed for a minute
Cay or night. 1t is high praise for its
efficiency that the unprecedented
traffic of the harbor goes about its
business day and night through this
amazing congestion without mishap.
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The Constant Struggle Against the Sands

TT IS calculated that nine-tenths
OF the coasts of the world are
l. covered with sand. What Is the
origin of this sand and to what cir
cumstances Is its abundance due?
Men of science have explained this in
part by saying that it is due to the
erosive effect of the waves upon the
rocks. but it is generally admitted that
this is not sufficient to account for the
vast quantity of sand that borders our
beaches. Undoubtedly a very con-
siderable portion represents the mate
rial carried to and toward the ocean
by the storms and glaciers of the Ice
Ago,
The distribution of sand on the
coast depends. in the first place, on
marine currents and the typographical
aspects of the coasts themselves.
Where there is no protection in the
shape Of cliffs the coasts are covered
with enormous quantities OF sand, but
its advance Is checked by plants and
vegetable growths. Sprouts, trailing
vines, or dragging roots serve the pur-
pose of keeping the sand in place and
giving consistency TO the appearance
of the average beach. or these vege-
table growths. thost are calculated to
serve the purpose st which are most
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abundant and whose resisting power Is
strongest. In the time of Elizabeth a
law was passed prohibiting the de-
struction of such beach plants as
they tended to keep back the sand
otherwise carried by wind and rain to
the detriment Of crops
1t was thus early recognized that
plant life had an influence not to be
despised in the formation OF sand hills
such as one sees in such plenty on
the coasts OF England and Flanders.
These banks, called dunes" are either
stationary or moving, as the case may
be. When the sand deposited on the
coast by the waves is not excessive
and the wind blows internationally one
may see behind the sand hill the vege-
table growth that is giving solidity TO
the mass from its roots up. In this
way are form d the stationary dunes.
When the vegetation is extended as
far as the sea the dune grows in
this direction and the curious specta-
Gle is presented of the ocean receding
before the advance OF the coast.
well known building In South
port, England, was built on a beach
formed In just this way. The moving
dune, although the same in origin as
the stationary ones. owe their special
characteristic to their great mass and
the direction and constancy OF the
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wind, which prevents their finding a
base strong enough 10 constitute hold
on the earth. These dunes are tossed
about, often advancing into the in
terror over cultivated ground to the
despair of farmers.
On the coasts OF Gascony there are
points where the dunes push forward
more than four yards annually. In
1880 the advance OF sand upon the
land of Bordeaux was the occasion
OF despair to horticulturists and
crop growers, and the engineer, Bre-
monitor, made himself famous by
converting movable dunes into sta
tionary ones. The task was under
taken to form a wall against the sand
invasion by making a palisade CT the
dunes little more than a meter high
and putting planks between each pair.
When the sand swept over the boards
it had to break up its volume in the
effort, and little by little a stationary
dupe would form with an inclination
of from seven to twelve degrees IN
the direction of the sea. Behind this
palisade was conveniently disposed a
wide zone OF the harder shrubs.
France is by no means the only
country that has Undertaken TO con-
test the advance of sand. In Holland
and also in Denmark the problem has
been studied for centuries.
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EVEN FAR UP the HUDSON ANcHoRAGes Gre
CROWDED

most continuous line of traffic is di-
rected here.
To the average landlubber passing
up or down the harbor the great feet
swinging at anchor seems to be an
chQred by chance. The spacing be-
tween the ships seems irregular, while
the ships themselves usually point at
variety Of angles. AS matter of
fact the ships are placed with math-
ematical accuracy according to care
fully surveyed plans. The miles of
anchorages are planted with buoys in
fixed positions. An incoming ship is
directed to anchor at a position def
nitely located by these buoys., The
captain knows where to find his berth
and he must follow instructions to the
letter.
An interesting problem in mathe-
matics confronts the captain and the
marine traffic cop. A vessel at an
Choir, Of course, swings twice daily
with the tide through circle whose
! radius Is equal to the length of her
The sun., 1919-10-12
Personal Side of Booth Harrington Skeched by Chum

of "In the Arena" He became a men,
Der of the Indiana State Legislature,
performing, to use the words of Ro-
bert Cortes Holiday, what many of
his admirers have regarded as one OF
the great impractical jokes of his
life" The political campaigning into
which he plunged was a find" for the
newspaper paragraphers of the day.
There were any number Of stories;
the actor-acrobat story, the gorgeous
waistcoat story, the doughnut story,
the tale OF ,electioneering in piano
factory. Some of his political speeches
were declared TO have been a keen de-
light to his intimates. After his first
speech the committee gathered about
him with such encouraging express
sions as: well. you tried, anyway"
Just as there is considerable OF
Booth Harrington in Joe Louden of
THE Conquest of Canaan" and John
Hdrkless OF THE Gentleman from In
diana" and Bibbs of 1.-The Tormoil,'
and Penrod Echofeld and William Syl
vdnus Baxter and Hedrtck Madison, SO
we have TO turn to that essay in poll
tical speech making in Indiana for the
suggestion OF the hero's appearance
before the debating society in the re-
Gently published Ramsay Milholland."
"Tark" tried, anyway, and SO do
Ramsay.
When the stories of I'm the Arena"
were appearing in the magazines Mr.
Roosevelt, then President. sent for the
author TO come to Washington, and
throughout luncheon, before other
guests, scolded him for putting forth
matter which Mr.. Roosevelt felt had
a tendency "to keep decent men out OF
politics." though after the book was
published Mr.. Roosevelt admitted that
1t was "good stuff"
The author himself has always set
considerable store by "In the Arena;
It is the only early book OF his. the
only one before Beauty and the JAG
obin," which he can stand to reread"
Even In the most startling instances
the basis OF his material was fact The
gruesome story. 1.-The Aliens" in
which a gang of Italiens who could
not be trusted 10 vote cTooked were
infected with smallpox W the policy
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anchor chain plus the ships length.
When the tide turns the ship may
swing with surprising speed; so
quickly, in fact, that another ship
may be caught in the circle and a seri-
GUS collision will follow. The anchor
age must be laid out with mathematical
accuracy to prevent the ships coming
together despite the tricks of tide ano
weather. If the captain mistakes the
anchorage marked by the buoys and
carelessly drops his anchor away from
the designated point and accidents fol-
low the fault is entirely his own and
he cannot collect damages.
1t is impractical to assign every
vessel TO an anchorage consisting Of
the circle drawn with a radius equal
to her length added to that of her
anchor chain. Even the broad anchor
ages set aside about the great harbor
would not be sufficient, and the vessels
would be obliged to proceed far up the
Hudson and East rivers before coming
to anchor.
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ticket device of a ward politician, was
built upon an idea which the author
encountered revolving in the brain of
a perfectly live politician. Equally
vivid was the suggestion for the sub
sequent 1.-THE Beautiful Lady" 1t was
In Paris, a midsummer day. Mr.. Tark-
ington saw crowd, all laughing, in
front of the Cafe de la Paix. The OBJ
ject OF general mirth was the man
with the painted head ("The Man
With the Painted Head" was the title
originally given to the tale). He was
good looking. well dressed, and i'm
mensely unhappy. What could have
induced man Of his type to do such
a thing as rent his shaven head as an
advertisement for the least amusing
ballet in Paris? In connection with
the balloon ascension which plays a
part in the story there is letter
written to his nephews by the author.
who signs himself their exalted
uncle" describing a balloon ascension
made by himself in 1904. The letter
concludes:
Well, l know you envy me now as
much as you admire me. Think OF hav-
ing an Uncle who has been up in a
real balloon 1t isn't every boy that
has that kind OF an Uncle. Next time
go up (and / am going. because l
have your interests at heart y i want
to take Papa John--but somehow i
think we'll have to be diplomatic about
1t until we have come down safely. /
would like to be the only relative OF you
that has ever BEEN up in a balloon, yet
am willing to give you a Grandfather
too. who has been as great a help TO
you as your Uncle, admit II Is a
great sacrifice. but can see what
great benefit II will be to you to have
not only an Uncle but Grandfather
in the balloon business Still, for the
present, you have an Uncle who has
been up In a balloon--to say nothing of
an Aunt who dropped hat on the top
of the Eiffel Tower
To those Paris days when he was
living by turns In the Rue de Clichy,
villa called "Colline des Roses" at
Champigny. and then in an apartment
at 20 Rue de Tournon. near the Odeon,
in the Latin quarter, where he was
described as zone of the craziest
F'renchmen OF the whole lot" and
where among his American associates