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argue and as I let them put up my
name for a farewell benefit which re-
imbursed them for the money they
lad expended for my journey, we part
ed as friends.
was very happy to get back to
New York. The play opened to a mag
nificent house, but 1t was not a sue
cess. Then Dion Boucicault attempted
to act Louis the Eleventh, in which
play his younger son Dot made his
debut as the Dduphin. To-day he is
one of the most prosperous managers
in London. l acted with him on his
first appearance. The season was dis
astrous and came to sudden end, but
before its close had received an offer
to open the then unfinished Madison
Square Theatre in the part of Peg
w Ellington. In the office where /
signed my contract / first met Daniel
Frohman. A fine company was as
sembled. We rehearsed, all the cos
| tunes were made, the scenery was
painted, but two weeks before the date
Of the opening 1t was decided to open
with Hazel Kirke" that had made a
! great success on the road. and I vas
asked by the management il !, as the
leading lady, would allow Fife Ellsler
tc appear In her original paS. Of Hazel
Kirke, as 1t was only -sr two weeks
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mother and sister Ely. She was then
Is and most anxious to follow in my
footsteps, so when 1 met Mr.. Palmer
Of Jarret & Palmer, who were then
arranging to produce Henry the
Eighth" with Genevieve Ward as
their star in New York that fall.
persuaded Mr.. Palmer to engage my
sister for Anne Boleyn, and she made
her first appearance in 1878. Later
she was a member of Augustin Days
company. My brother appeared with
me in the opening play at Wallacks
Theatre, a most unfortunate choice Of
the author, Dion Boucicault, for it was
Clarissa Harloio. Mr.. Coghlan played
LoUelGce. who pursued the heroine
Cldrissd. played by myself. The audi
ence took umbrage, as also did the
papers. no one seeming to care to see
brother and sister as lovers.
Then Mr.. Wallack put on 1.-The
School for Scandal" in which Charles
Coghlan thoroughly redeemed himself
by his performance of Charles Surface,
which had been acclaimed by the Lon
don press. Clement Scott wrote that
his was the greatest portrayal of that
character. 1t was my first appearance
as Lady TedSle. and although I was
congratulated and praised for my per-
Torrance, know that improved with
timo and study when later I appeared
in the same character. We finished
out the season by reviving a number
of old comedies. The part that I en-
Joyed playing most was Suzanne in
Sardou's Scrap Of Paper" Lady Gag
| SPEAKER was also considered one of my
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lots each week; and thirty days after
the last shipment was made, / would
receive the money for the wine.
The entire contract was to be billed
as one lot and the invoice to be sent
after the last shipment was made. He
told my son that he could send any
mail for him to the station where the
wine was to be Ndelivered-a place
of Paris. When l returned my son
told me about the order. Already l
have made one shipment and expect to
make another this week. l hope it is
all right?"
81 am very sorry for you, Mr., Levy"
replied, but l am afraid you have
been swindled."
Poor Levy wrung his hands when
he thought of that five carloads of
first grade wine which some one had
swindled him out of-but 1t was too
late to help that.
do not ship any more. And il
YOU hear from this man Gordon, bring
the letter TO me. If you wish to sFVe
yourself worry. trouble and money,
do not mention our conversation to
any one. We will get this man for you
IL you keep still. The first step is to
get your son down here"
my son has returned to his regi-
ment. He was here on "A furlough
and is somewhere on the front right
now"
Young Levy Reports.
He gave me his sons name, rank
and regiment, and I then went and
saw General Halloran. the French
eommandant Of this district. I ex-
planned the case to him and obtained
his cooperation in an endeavor to have
young Levy sent back to help us in
trying to identify this so-called Cap
tain Gordon" Proper papers were Sc
cured from the Ftench War Depart
ment and young fyy was found and
given orders to rel rt to me for duty,
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While we were awaiting the return
of the automobile with the men the
Generals orderly came in with the
customary: THE Generals compli-
ments to the Major. And the General
would like ITO see him at the Majors
conyenienceE
While this was in the form of a re-
quest, / knew that 1t meant lat once"
SO I went up to his Office. I could
always tell just how the "Old Man"
was feeling by his response to my
knock. This time 1t was a sharp
Come in!" and ! entered, wondering
what was up. (The provost marshal
is the right hand OF the commanding
General in the enforcement of orders
and discipline; on the other hand. he
is the goat" when, things go wrong
with the "Old Man, found the
General surrounded by some of our
so-called welfare(?) workers-people
from the States who came TO France
to guard our dear boys from wrong"
as one OF them expressed 1t to me
and / saw that he was all upset over
something. They had been giving him
bad half hour, and ] knew at once
that was to be the goat" again.
did not mind 1t In this case. however,
for 1 appreciated the situation in
which the General found himself.
knew that--behind all his buster he
was kind man and even when call
Ing me down for effect would know
that / realized he did not mean IT,.
Major, what's this hear about
| Gordon buying thousands of gallons
Of wine for our soldiers? You know
that we do not issue ration OF wine.
And why do you allow such rumors to
circulate"
| The General Demands Action.
General. I am working on the case
now. and as soon as possible will
report to you the results OF my inves-
tigation."
"I do not want reports! want
action! And II is up to you to get &C.
tion--quick!"
Although knew that the "Oid Man
was not I'm a reasonable frame of mind
l felt that he had gone too far. ]
could not and would not allow him to
blame me, for the rumors.
II have already started. sir, and
win find out who is doing it,
! well, the first thing want you
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also sent along an American soldier
in uniform, who was to act as con-
voy and see that the wine cars were
delivered promptly.
On the same day that the wine left
I also started for Paris and established
myself in a hotel as far from the
American Headquarters as possible,
for did not want any officious officer
interfering with my men or our work.
On the second day after my arrival
the five carloads of wine arrived at
Soucy and were shunted on to the
side track. The American who had
conveyed them. continued on to Paris.
On the next day French motor
truck backed up to the cars and the
wine was unloaded. The swindlers
came near putting one over then and
there, for we did not expect that they
would use a motor truck-shadowin
a motor truck Is quite different from
shadowing a horse drawn dray--and
while the men were wondering about
il the truck was loaded and started
away. There was no time to send to
Paris, consequently our men were up
against it.
Guns Win the Argument.
There is one Frenchman living near
Soucy, who, doubtless, believes that
all Americans are crazy. He was COM
ing along the road Just as the truck
was disappearing I'm the distance
when, before he realized just what
had happened. he was on the ground
with two men holding him, while
another man had started down the
road on his wheel. The two who held
him tried to convince him that he
wanted TO sell his bicycle. Guns
thrust into his midribs were the final
argument which won him over to
their way OF thinking. And he named
price for the wheel, They gave him
the money and another 100 franc note.
with instruction to keep still, and then
they released him.
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I felt that Gordon was telling me
the truth, so l said: you had better
come over to my Office and square
yourself, for / have heard that yor
have placed an order for a large
of 1t, now!"
II will be right over and find out
about III" said Gordon.
When he arrived. told him what
knew about 1t and called in my French
interpreter.
"Adjutant, what do you know about
this wild yarn regarding the Ameri-
cans purchasing wine?"
More Rumors About Wine.
well" said the adjutant, every
where. in town they are talking about
the change of heart on the part Of the
Americans-how you are planning to
issue wine to your soldiers-and that
Capt Gordon has placed the first order
for 100000 quarts of red wine"
There you are, Captain What
have you to say about that?"
"It's the first time that have heard
of It! would surely be informed
for am the purchasing officer for this
part of France and would be the per-
son to place such an order"
Just then the telephone bell rang
and my clerk told me that the local
manager of the Y. NJ. c. A. wished to
talk with me personally.
What can I do for you?" said.
"I want to know II II is true that
the army is to issue wine TO our meni
It's an outrage! want to find out Sc
I can enter a protest."
WELL" / replied. you know as
much about 1t as I do! But before
you enter any protest. you would dc
better to await the results Of my In
vestigation. will let you know just az
soon as possible"-and rang on
Turning to the captain. said: Cap
tain, 1t looks to me as II we were II
for a session with some one over THU
rImor for, as you say. you would
surely know. II any one"
Major, 1 am telling you the truth
But where there Is so much excite
ment and hurrah over it all there mus
be something to It besides rumor."
/ determined to get at the bottom
of 1t then and there; so called my
chauffeur and sent him out after my
friend. requesting him TO bring Mr.
levy 6sxk with him.
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The man on the bicycle picked up
the trail of the truckload OF wine and
followed it into Paris. Here the truck,
after making many turns and twists.
finally entered the slum district and
drew up before a warehouse and was
unloaded. Private Gates, the man who
had traced the truck, Immediately re-
ported these facts to me, and other
men were sent to watch this ware
house.
A room was hired across the street
and a man was kept continually on
watch for the Gordon whom We
sought. 4 week passed and no one
entered the place which We were
watching. Consequently we decided
that they must be getting In by some
other means. We then determined to
place two of our men inside of the
warehouse If possible.
French Porfce Give Aid.
1t would be necessary to have the
assistance of the French secret police
If we were to be successful. SO Wis
tied the French headquarters and told
the French police what we were doing
and that we needed help. They read
lily agreed to give us all the assistance
needed. Detective Lupin of the French
staff and Sergeant Hibbard of our
staff were selected as the two men best
qualified for this dangerous mission
Hibbard had lived in France for sew
eral years and could easily pass as a
Frenchman.
They were instructed 10 Join the
gang II possible. even to go to the en-
treme OF committing robbery to prove
their right to be classed as criminals
and worthy to become members of the
gang. Then they disappeared into
the underworld OF Paris, while We
awaited word from them OF their sue
cess. While accomplishing their mis-
sion arrangements had been made %
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CHAPTER VI.
.HE first play 1 opened in at
wallack's Theatre was Mar

"NHE first play I opened in at
wallsck's Theatre was Mar
4 riage," Boucicault was the
author. 1t had very short run.
There was no chance In IL for me to
make a personal success and I was
simply acceptable. This was followed
by Marshall's False Shame" Harry
Montague was the hero, the heroine.
The business required Mr.. Montague
to pick up $50 pounds Of Rose Coghlan
and then carry her over bridge and
down the rocks. Poor fellow. he
seemed to dread that scene. No
wonder, for even then he was in the
throes of that worldwide menace, the
white plague. His. nature was so
gentle and kind that he tried to laugh
consumption Off. Unlike most leading
people there was no jealousy between
us. But>again there was no scene in
which could make a deep impression.
Neither did either of these two plays.
Possibly the audience was impressed
when they circulated false report
that had dropped my false teeth on
the stage and picked them UP again
and RESTORED them to their proper
place. The real facts are these: A bird
somehow got into the theatre and flew
straight toward the wire netting that
shielded the gas Jets. l. with a tender
heart, stopped down with an exclama-
ton Of "Oh," picked 1t up, put its beak
to my mouth to sooth 1t, then went to
q -. 4,
to say that have never had a dentist
even I'LL a tooth. I have lost my
wisdom teeth, but have no reason to
believe that wisdom went with them.
Throw a feather in the air and it is
bound to collect dust" So will gossip
often start false rumor.
sswon mt Last" Succeeds.
The third play, Of which Steele Nc
Kaye was the author. won at Last, -
was very charming. An interesting
love story which appealed and drew
the matinee crowds, to whom Harry
Montague had always been an idol. I,
too. in this play received flowers
poetry and candles from the young
girls. From that time until to-day
have kept their admiration. One in
stance: Across from my apartment
on Broadway there was family. con-
sisting Of father. mother, daughter and
dog. The doggies were the first that
got acquainted, as l had a beautiful
King Charles, whose picture is pull
l.shed with my portrait in one of the
chapters. Later we became friends and
have remained SO all these years
. When I was asked by the editor Of
4 THE SUN for pictures of my charac-
tiers during my stay at Wallack';
Theatre thought of them and asked
the daughter. who through all thest
years had never missed perform
ance Of mine, If she had a picture OF
two of my early days. She answered
why, Rose, I have one or two o
every part you have played up to thu
time until you left Wallack's Theatre.
Thus she came to my aid and I as
sure my readers that I am more thar
delighted to see myself as once was
On January the 25th was produced
Tom Robertsons School," in which
Lester Wallack and Harry Montagu
appeared. There was no part in tn
play considered important enough TO
me. The two school girls were playe,
by Effie Germon and Stella Boniface
was having a great time goini
around with my friends and visiting a
the other theatres, Fannie Davenport
Agnes Ethel, Charles Thorne. Jame
\ C'Neil, Parsell and Stoddard, all grea
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to do" said the General, sis to place
Capt. Gordon under arrest"
l knew that this was unjust and
told him that l had already heard
Capt. Gordon's story and was con-
WINGED of his innocence.
II would suggest action be delayed
until after have heard the French
mans story. General. have already
sent for them both"
Get busy and bring the guilty man
here at once! / am not interested in
your interviewsl" said the General.
1t was much easier to give an order
of that kind than 1t was for me to
fulfil it. But I felt the "Old Man"
had troubles of his own with these
cranks,. so without replying left
and returned to my office.
/ found Levy ana my friend in my
private office and called Gordon in.
After the introductions were made, I
asked: as this the Captain who gave
you the order for the wine?"
Non, mon commandant!" replied
Levy. THE Captain Gordon who gave
me the order for the wine has returned
to Paris!"
Levy Tells His story.
Further questioning brought forth a
story OF a very clever attempt at a
swindle. This was his story:
lone day an American officer came
to my office. He told my son his name
was Captain Gordon and that he was
from the Headquarters of the Ameri-
can Army in Paris. He said he had
been commissioned by the American
Government to purchase 500, 900 quarts
OF red wine-the wine to be of first
grade-and had been informed that my
firm was the one who could make the
deliveries promptly. My son told him
We could handle the contract, but Il
would require some time to complete
1t. Captain Gordon urged prompt &C.
ton and suggested that my son &c
over to the American Headquarters
with him while he secured the order.
my son and the Captain stepped
into taxi and went over to the office
Captain Gordon telling my son to
wait for him while he went inside. Az
ter wait of at least twenty minutes
the Captain came out, stepped into the
taxi, and they both returned to my Of
flee. My son was given the contract;
and price and terms were agreed upon
I'VE were to mako delivery IN fivs caz
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By MAJOR c. E. RUSSELL.
Copyright, 1879
I T is impossible, my friend! The
American srmy does not sup


tCOpDStght, lSl9.)
- T T is impossible, my friend! The
American srmy does not sup
ply wine to its men! And
even If General Pershing himself de-
sired to issue the wine. he would not
are to, for some of the fanatics at
ONE would be sure to get his official
cad"
But" replied my friend, 81 know
What l am talking about. for my
riend Levy is the man supplying the
nne! He told me he had an order
rom Captain Gordon himself for 500.-
700 quarts of red wine. And he has
already made his first Shipment"
This conversation took place one
evening while was visiting a friend
at his home when the question had
4 arisen regarding the American Army
customs as compared with the French.
AS was a guest there, l did not care
to argue the matter with him, vet
determined that l would make 1t my
business to look into it on the fol-
lowing morning.
Wine Question Persists.
Ours was a busy Office. however. and
the wine argument slipped my mind
until late the following afternoon,
when it Vas quite forcibly brought to
my attention by the French lnterpre-
ter attached to my Office. who told me
he had friend who had wine to sell
A and asked me to use my influence with
Captain Gordon to enable his friend
10 submit sample OF his wine.
called Gordon on the telephone
Fnd said: Captain. have heard a
lot about your going into the wine
business! What about it?"
II do not know what you are driving
tf exclaimed Gordon. 81 do not
rii., the stun. let alone buy I'll"
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This story of "The Wine
SwindIers" is one of a series en-
titled Leaves From Provost
MarshaPs Notebook With the
A. E. +. in France" The author
is Major c. E. Russell, who
draws from his experiences in the
great war a wealth of dramatic
material for his pen.
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married and had left the stage, was
DESTROYS of returning and would gladly
take my place. I added that 'the eli
mate doesn't suit me, and I'm going,
anyway" They saw it was useless to
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in the place Of Harry Montague. /,
too, held a contract to remain the fol-.
lowing season. | was homesick when
the season ended. so took a trip
across to spend my vacation with my
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them at once, I made up my mind to
return East, although my contract was
for a year. / went to the manager
and suggested that Jeffries Lewis,
great California favorite, who had
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How Rose Coghlan Won Fame
AS Leading Lady at Wallack' S

best roles. AS the season neared its
close l felt that having my brother
and myself as the two leading people
lad not proved successful, so ! made
up my mind that we could not con-
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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-17
RACINE GOES INTO
THE ICE BUSINESS

Racine, Wis.-This city has started
delivering ice, and if supplies can be
obtained, deliveries will be continued
until fall at prices far below those
charged by the regular dealers, VINO
claim that they are unable to obtain
supplies.
The city purchased 400 tons of ice
from an ice cream manufacturer who
found that he had an over supply,
and sold it to the city at a lower price
than he could have received from the
dealers.
A price of $12 per ton, delivered
to the homes, has been fixed by the
city. This is 81 below that charged
by the regular dealers. Two teams
and wagons have been engaged. City
officials are considering offers from
owners of ice in the northern part
of the state for carload lots to be
delivered on track in Racine.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-17
DEATH OF EDWARD STILLWELL

Edward Stillwell, carpenter, passed
away at his home, 119 Ninth St., July
9, 1919 at 1900 o'clock noon, after a
lingering illness. Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon at 200 o'clock
from the home, Rev. c. A. Meilicke
officiating, and burial was made in
Forest Hill cemetery. The deceased
was born in Grand Rapids Sc years ago
and has always made his home here.
For number of months he was in the
second hand business on Second st. N.
and on account of i'll health was COM
PEELED to sell, c. H. Kluge buying the
business. He leaves to mourn him, his
wife and one daughter, Ellen, of this
city, one brother and two sisters Mrs.
John O'Day and Miss Sylvia Stillwell,
both of Merrill.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-07-17
DEATH OF MRS. RAY HOWE-LOyE

Mrs. Ray Love, the beloved wife of
Ray Love, who is in the employ of the
Nekooga-Edwards Paper Company,
died at the Riverview Hospital, in this
city Thursday afternoon, July 10, 1919
from the results of an operation for
appendicitis. Mrs. Love had been in
the hospital only a few days and her
general condition was much worse than
was generally supposed. Her death
therefore was not only great shock
to her husband and family but to the
entire community.
Mrs. Love was conspicuously iden-
tilted in connection with church work
in SIS. Peter & Paul congregation and
also with the Federated Union of La
dies Clubs in Grand Rapids. She was
highly thought of by all those who en-
ioyed her acquaintance. She will be
greatly missed in the society and
church circles of this city.
Mrs. Love was born at Fort Atkin-
son, thirty-six years ago, October %,
1882. She received her education and
training while a resident of that city
IN 1906 she was married at Milwaukee
to Mr. Ray Love after which they
came to Grand Rapids where they have
ever since resided. Her maiden name
vas Miss Genevieve Lorraine Howe.
She leaves to mourn her husband,
three children, Mildred, Robert and
Marvin Also her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. H. Howe Of Fort Atkinson, one
lister, Mrs. A. B. Stout of New York
City, and Mr.. Loves parents, Mr.. and
Nrs. Thomas Love of this city and
brothers John D. Love and family of
Chicago, and Lee Love and family of
Milwaukee. They were all present at
he funeral service which took place
Saturday morning, July 18th, 1919.
at nine o'clock at SIS. Peter & Paul
church, Rev. William Reding off1ciat-
ing. Burial in Calvary cemetery.
Mr.. Ray Love and relatives have
lost a great helper and companion dur
ing her life time. They have the sin
cere sympathy of their many friends
in Grand Rapids and vicinity The
| funeral services were largely attended
and the floral offerings were many and
| beautiful.