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in the haversacks. Coffee and sugar
were priceless luXuries. Bread and
bacon were worth risking life for. A
pair of shoes from dead man! Why
the dead man had no use for them
and many a soldier in the Army of
Northern Virginia had not had shoes
on his feet since the Gettysburg cam
paign the, year before! These men
bringing back Union muskets and am
munition from Union dead loaded all
the muskets and lay down. with. per-
haps half a dozen by their side. There
were no repeating rifles and not many
brecch-loaders. Another attack on
Bloody Angle was coming. The artil-
lery that had been withdrawn was or
dered back, but the attack came too
soon. Some guns got back, but not in
time to help much in repellins the at
tack. There was all the valor on both
sides that man can put into f1ghting.
The line at one part of the salient was
broken and Hancock'S men held the
ground.
Gen. johnson. twenty guns and $500
men. nearly his whole division, were
captured. Early's division came for
ward and the Blues were driven back
Another part of the salient was as
sailed and the line broke. Gen. Perrin
was killed. Gen. Daniel was killed.
Gen. Ramseur was wounded. Lee was
sending all available troops and the
Confederate line was partly restored
of May. All day and far into the
night the fighting went on. At one
part and then at another part of the
salient it was hand-to- o-hand fighting
The Confederates constructed short
er line in the rear of the salient and
fell back to it on the 18th. Both armies
had been marching and fighting since
the 4th of May. There was a iull until
the 18th, when two corps of Grants
army, the I'd and 9th. attacked again.
but the Confederate line held and tho
attack cost Grant many men.
On the 10Th strange things were hap
pening. Grant was starting south to
get between Lee and Richmond. A
Conferedate force moving around the
Union right had got that information.
but 1t cost them about a thousand nres,
in killed and wounded to learn -.
Hancock was leading the way to the
south and to Richmond. The North
Anna river. fifteen miles south of
Spotsylvania was the immediate o5-
jective of both armies.
Spotsylvania was left behind and the
North Anna river. Cold Harbor, Be-
thesda Church and then the Chickhc-
nina came into the red light of the
history of the civil war.
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Solar Lamplighting.

TT is pointed out that the sun regu-
iates the lights in the acetylene
beacons that line the Panama canal.
the regulating device having been
planned for some years ago by the
canal engineers during the period OF
construction.
Each of these regulators contains
a copper cylinder that expands under
the influence of sunlight and thus
closes valve and shuts off the flow OF
the sun is obscured the cylinder con-
tracts, a spring opens the valve and
the gas flows to the burner The
apparatus is said to reduce the con-
sumption of gas materially.
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IT r E Is only three years old. but
IL his favorite pet is baby boa
constructor. He is the small
n son of Mr-Richard G. Paine
OF the National Museum. whose hobby
for many years has been snakes. At
his home in Falls Church Mr.. Paine
has two boas which he keeps for
amusement, one of which is about
four years old. the other mere baby.
Recently. when Mrs. Paine was en-
tertaining a party of friends, the small
son begged his father to allow him to
take the baby boa in to show to the
guests.
Hold him gently" cautioned the
father. Don't squeeze him. He is
very much afraid of falling. and if he
/ wants to, let him wind himself
N3und your arm. But If you squeeze
| INN, he may be afraid and then he
! might bite you"
\ Son Richard joyfully marched into
the unsuspecting gathering carefully
Garrying the clingins reptile. while in
She distant rear the father listened
with decidedly innocent twinkle in
his eye.
roMAIOTION prevailed. Chairs
~ tipped over. Doors banged. A
second later the room was cleared. Not
woman of that assembly remained
for nature study. Every other room in
the house harbored trembling ref
ugee.
When the small zoologist compre-
hended the situation his amusement
knew no bounds. Afraid Of harmless
snakes. He roared with laughter.
However. sonny is not allowed to
hold the four-year- That sophis-
ticated gentleman might. decide to
construct too forcefully. When he was
horn he was only about fifteen inches
long, but four years on menu of
mice, English sparrows. guinea pigs
and rabbits, with an occasional din
ner of pigeon, have increased his
length to eight feet and his diameter
His mate, if he had one; in that
length of time would probably be
nilch larger. perhaps ten or eleven
fSt long.
When lunch is announced to Mr..
Eca his cage is cautiously opened
and live rabbit, guinea pig or
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betW cen the bodies OF the men fallen
in the morning. The Blue lines once
more recoiled. News came 10 Lee
that Hancock had crossed the Po
near Shady Grove Church and WAS
passing to his rear. Malone and
Heths division moved fast, attacked
Hancock's rear division and drove
Hancock back. Again news came
that Grant was preparing to make
southwark rush to reach the North
Anna river first. Lee ordered back
much of the artillery that defended
the north salient and set the trains
in motion. a false alarm.
The salient was again threatened
The men near the top OF it went out
the field and brush before them and
brought back muskets and cartridge
boxes from the Union dead. OF course
they brought back all food found
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fifteen minutes or so, 1t reaches his
stomach, where it is digested, bones
and all, except possibly the teeth. or.
If it was bird, the quills.
X X 4 -
THE boa constructor is particular
about the temperature of his
apartment. He thrives and becomes
energetic the hotter it grows, and
gets sluggish and stupid the colder
the weather. So that after the cool
fall days come steam heat will be
turned on in the pipes under his ease
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sharpshooting and small firing here
and there along the lines as march
ing bodies became exposed within
range. On the morning of the 9Th
Sedgwick was killed by 4 Confed-
crate sharpshooter The ball struck
him in the left cheek beneath the
eye. He had gone to an exposed part
of the line. Shots were coming over
now and then. lie was warned
why" he answered, they could not
hit an elephant at that distance.
He fell dead a minute later.
There. at lonely fork, where one
road leads northwest to Todds Tav-
ern. one northeast to Salem Church
and one southeast to Spotsylvania
stands small and handsome monu-
ment. One face is inscribed: "Sedg
wick. Dedicated May IL, 1887. on the
twenty-third anniversary of the
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pigeon is inserted. Instantly the boa
winds himself about his victim and
squeezes the life out of it.
Then begins the process Of draw
ing himself over his meal. For he
does not chew it, even though his
six rows of finward-pointing teeth are
sharp as pencil points. Instead, he
slowly adjusts one side of his mouth
over the animal; then, as slowly, he
lifts and draws over the other side.
Inch by inch the snake works his
own anatomy outside his dinner.
Gradually 1t is seen to move down his
throat in one big bunch, until. after
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passing the crossing of the Orange
turnpike at the Wilderness Tavern.
five miles south of Germanna ford,
Edward Johnson's division of Ewelis
corps attacked it. The southwark
marching column faced to the right
and the fighting in that part OF the
Wilderness was on.
Four miles farther south. and at the
same time, A. P. Hills advance
struck Hancock's corps where the
plank road intersects the road from
Germanna ford at Parker's store.
And the fighting in that part OF the
Wilderness was on.
The fighting spread along front
of four or five miles. One side drove
the other back. and then was driven
back. Eancocks corps was driving
Hilrs fast. Gregg's Texans. only 500
of Hancock's corps. lost half their
men in killed and wounded. but
checked the Union advance in that
part of the line. and Longstreets
corps, with Kershaw's division lead
ing. was coming. into line. Long
brigades - brigades were pitifully
small then-around the Federal left,
which had advanced far west OF the
Brock road, on which 1t had been
marching south from Germanna Ford.
Malone brought his men at right
angles to the advancing federal left,
attacked it. and it snriveled back to
the Brock road There in the Wilder
ness the land was dotted with dead.
Grayely wounded men died for want
of surgical aid: died without the
comfort of a cup of water. After the
war the bones of thousands of men,
unknown, We're brought from the
fields of Charlottesville, Wilderness
and Spotsylvania and buried in the
Union and Confederate cemeteries at
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvanla. put
woodchoppers, tie cutters. hunters
and farmers today come upon skulls
and other relics of brave men who
fell in the Wilderness.
Lees plan had succeeded in part.
failed in part. He had inhicted on
Grant much heavier losses than ne
had sustained. but he had not hurled
the Army of the Potomac into con-
fusion and disorder.
* x X
IEB STUART reported to Lee tfat
y Union troops were moving south
behind the firing lines. Here was
Grant working to get between Lee
and Richmond. The main road south
led. through Spotsylvania Courthouse,
eleven miles south by east Of the
wilderness Tavern and nine miles
southeast Of Parker's store. Lee
would beat Grant to 1t and check him
on that rough tableland between the
rivers Ny and Pc. where Spotsylvania
stands. Stuart got across the, road
ahead of Grants advance and held 1t.
;Warren's corps came into the fight
ing to brush aside the cavalry OBJ
struction. Kershaw. Humphrey. Law
soldiers all-swung into line behind
Stuart's position. That was on May
9Th. Sedgwick and Warren's corps
were thrown against Anderson and
Early, and thrown pack with heavy
The day of the 9th was spent in
accommodating, intrenching, sniping,
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climate of a country the more snakes
we find, and the larger and more
active they appear.
Although he does not bite in order
to kill his victim, when frightened
the boa will grab whatever is near
est his mouth. If it happens to be a
persons hand, his inward-curving
teeth will hold so firmly that the
least pull will tear the flesh to shreds.
Very little Is known of the breed
ing habits Of these particular snakes,
for only twice have they been known
to breed in captivity in the ZOOS.
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mile west of the solemn little monu-
ment in it's lonely site is Wilderness
Church. Three miles further on is the
Wilderness Tavern. Nine miles south
west of Fredericksburg. measured not
by the road. but through the air. is
Spottsylvania Court House, village
at crossroads, where about $50 per-
sons live. There are some old build
ings, comfortab BILE and well taken care
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heaviest days fighting at Spotsyl-
vania Tribute to a beloved COM
mander by the survivors of his corps
and their friends" On another face
is this: Erected to commemorate
this spot. where Maj. Gen. John Sedg-
wick, L. S. Volunteers. was killed in
action on the morning of the 9th of
May. 1854
The Confederate lines were very
irregular, adapting themselves to the
broken contour of the land. At the
north end of the position, two miles
above the courthouse, was a salient
that bulged northward for nearly
mile, and in places was half a mile
across. From the east base of that
salient the Confederate line ran
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of. and number of new structures.
stores. dwellings, and churches that
are neat and have about them pros
porous look.
About two miles northwest of the
courthouse is a battle area once so
strewn with dead and so Uttered with
wounded men that for fifty-seven
years it has been called Bloody Angle.
and that name will never be effaced
from the tragic ground. Something
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three miles south to some high land
above the Pc river. a quarter of q
mile east of Smells. bridge. From
the west base of the salient the line
ran two miles southwest to the Shady
Grove road.
1t was that salient which Grant
picked as the place to break Lees
line and perhaps smash the army.
and that salient came to be called
Bloody Angle" That point of the
line was attacked in the morning of
the 10th and the attack respulsed.
Again. in the afternoon, the Union
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of two rivers. That flowing down
from the northwest is the Rappahan-
mock and that flowing from the west
is the Rapidan. Flowing southeast
erly through this battle country are
many streams called rivers. and four
Of them must be mentioned. The
southernmost is the Mat river, which
forms junction with the Ia river,
and from that point on becomes the
Malta river. North of the Ia flows
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stretches of road. narrow. hil1y and
forest-hemmed. that remain about a s
they were in the battle days OF the
republic. 1t is a section OF country
closely veined with streams that run
through deep, steep valleys they have
cut. Between the streams are irreg-
ularly formed patches of: tableland
200 feet higher than the streams.
Much of the country is wooded and
much of the woodland is dense and
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kI NITED States marines will be
ri marching. skirmishing, form
ing lines of battle, taking
up and abandoning positions.
executing strategic movements and
making charges on the historic fields
this week. The pop and whiz of
Springfield fire. the rip-rip of machine
guns, the smash of field pieces and the
crash of shell and bomb will sound
through the shadowy woods. close
tangles and across rolling, hilly fields
near the Chancellor House. Wilderness
Church, Wilderness Tavern. Parker's
store, Dodd's, tavern. Alsop's farm and
Bloody Angfe.4 aud along the Fred
erick sburg and Orange turnpike, the
Plank road. the Brock road, and the
tei1ks of the Rapidan. and the smaller
rikerS Ny and Po. Here on one of the
bloodiest and. ghostliest areas of the
American" civil war the marines will
hold maneuyers. These will begin to-
morrow. Theswhole force of marines
at the Quantico base will take part,
and Brig. Gen.sSmedfey d. Butler will
be in command. The force will be
1nade up as q reinforced brigade act
as advance guard for an army
corps. The forces will camp at Aqua
Sreek. Fredericksburg and the Will
dsrness in marching to the battle
ground. Four days will be spent in
the vicinity of, 3Yilderness= run. and
those days -WiESIss devoted to battle
exercises andasproblems. The return
march to Quantico will be made Oc-
tobcr and f..
F'ifty-five miles south-southwest of
Washington is Fredericksburg. Va.
This may not be the precise distance
by rail. wagon road or air. but it is
ear enough "a the truth. The old city
ands at the head of tide on the Rap
hammock river. Ten miles north
1t. measured in. an air line to the
uth of Potomac creek. which is the
next creek below Aqua. rolls the
great Potomac river, there three miles
wide. This Is to explain. what many
of you no doubt know, the geograph-
ical relationSef fredericksburg to
-, ~ So 4 s.
THREE miles west cf the western
limit of Fredericksburg is Salem
Church. Five miles west of Salem
Church is Chanceilorsville. One mile
west of charlottesville is 4 little
monument insthe woods by the road
side, which marks where Stonewal
jackson received the wound from
which he died in a plain little farm
house near Guinea station. eleven
miles south OF Fredericksburg. One
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Marines Hold Historic Bateeds of Civil

THEY Will March and Fields oh Wilderness
and So This Week-Great Battles Fought the Section and Some Of
the Lee Heads Toward End Of
SgeHardps Suffered by the Southern Amyany Generals Killed
the heSpotsyv Wilderness Battles
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Boa Constructor Is Pet of Small Boy

T TIE Is only three years old. but
~ his favorite pet is baby boa
constructor. He is the small
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-29

to the community, who add to the
national wealth, and who render a
service to society? No; they are
mostly the farmers" Of farmers, no
the farmers Of farms. They are alb
sentee landlords and agricultural para
sites, on whose vast estates land
racked tenantry is struggling to exc
out miserable existence; they are
great landed proprietors on whose vast
domains the factory system Of agrl-
culture is carried on; they are big
Spectators and 'sdogs in the manger"
who refuse to let others use what they
cannot use themselves and over whose
broad territory one may ride for miles
and miles and find nothing but empti-
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-29

ness and desolation, where there should
be hundreds and thousands Of happy
homes. Those are the farmers who
will be taxed under the Keller bill, and
not the small farmers who farm their
own farms and who contribute to the
worlds health and happiness!
F armers Will Pay Less Taxes.
s AS a matter of fact, at least 90 out
of every 100 farmers will have their
tax burdens naeasurably iightened by
this bill. The amount of Federal
taxes has risen from $35 per family in
1910 to s214 per family in 1921. The
abhoring profits added to the tax
through the increased price OF com
modities makes the real burden much
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-29

implements, fences, wells, lives stock
crops, clearing, draining, fertilzing, OF
preparing the ground for cultivation
Not only this, but the bill also allows
an additional exemption of $4,000 OF
land value to each land owner. More
important yet, however, is the fact
that in determining the value of farm
lands this determine tion shall prlmari-
" take into consideration the lands
capitalized potential productive re-
turn when put to it's best use, and its
proximity to markets and availability
for purposes other than farming. I'm
der these provisions it is extremely
doubtful whether more than 1 or 2 per
cent OF all the farms In the United
States would pay one penny Of taxes
under this proposed law, and those
farms which would pay, in practically
all cases would not be bona fde' farms
at all, but the estates of country
gentlemen
In this connection | want to quote
the remarks Of Mr.. Emil o. Jorgenson,
OF Chicago, wen-known agricultural
economist, who, after conclusively
proving that only a negligible part of
the land values tax will fall upon
farmers, pertinently inquiries about
the status Of those farmers who must
pay this tax.
Land Spectators Fear Bill.
" Who are these farmers that
they should not pay a tax on their
excess holdings?' asks Mr.. Jorgenson.
Who are they that they should be re.
lleved Of their just share of the ire
mendous war debt? Are they farm
ers' who farm real farms and who earn
their bread by the sweat of their face?
Are they farmers who are an asset
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-29
How's This?

HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE will
do what we claim for it-cure Catarrh or
Deafness caused by Catarrh. We do not
claim to cure any other disease.
liquid, taken internally, and acts through
the blood upon the mucous surfaces Of
the system, thus reducing the inflamma-
ton and restoring normal conditions.
All Druggists. Circulars free
F. J, Cheney & Co.. Toledo, Ohio.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1921-06-29

heavier. The land values tax, i
adopted, would relieve the average
farmer Of at least one-fourth Of direct
and indirect taxes levied upon him.
The whole tendency Of the law is to
shift the burden Of taxation from the
producer to the non-producer and, as
the most purely producing class in the
country, the farmers would receive
some Of the greatest and most i'm
mediate benefits. :
Josie Nundal of Hanska is CON
valescing nicely from the effects Of an
operation for Appendicitis at the
Union Hospital here.
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IS
ORDE RE D
ON SUICIDE
Relatives to Disinter Body Of
Mrs. Dwyer in Probe
of Death.

The body Of Mrs. Loretta Dwyer,
wife Of Elmer e. Dwyer. George
town plasterer, who was found
September 5 hanging by a bed
sheet from a rafter In the cellar Of
her home at 2916 N street north
west, Is to be exhumed.
This was announced to-day by
Arthur W. May, grocer, Of 429
Seventh street southwest. brother
of the dead woman, who with other
members of the family are dissatis-
fled with the certificate of sui
eide given by DR.. J. Ramsay Nevitt,
District coroner.
Relatives Seek Autopsy.
Mrs. Dwyer's relatives are anxious
that an autopsy be performed on
the body to establish more def.
nitely the cause Of her death as
we'll as to learn whether the plas.
terer's wife and mother of four
children ever suffered a fracture of
the skull or other injuries which
may have been incident to her end
ng her own life.
Many unusual sidelights are con-
tanned in the story Of the death of
Mrs. Dwyer and the later life of
her husband and children.
Four charges OF assault on Mrs.
Dwyer, brought against her hus-
band. are still pending trial in the
United States branch Of Police
Court.
Coincident with these develop.
ments. Dwyer today is planning to
wage a legal battle in the Juvenile
Court before Judge Kathryn Sellers for
the possession Of three Of his child.
rem. who were seized from his home
on September 81 by agents Of the
Board of Children's Guardians.
Married Young Woman.
Sensational developments are ex-
pected at the hearing set for next
Wednesday in Juvenile Court. II Is
charged that Dwyer and his second
wife. a girl Of eighteen years old,
whom he married on September % in |
Baltimore. are not mentally and ply
sically capable OF rearing the children. !
Chief prosecutors in the hearing be- |
fore the Juvenile Court are Assistant |
District Attorney Ralph Given, who |
also issued the four warrants charg- |
ing Dwyer with assault on his wife |
before her death, and Mrs. Robert A. |
investigator for the Board |
Of Children's Guardians, who lives at
2017 Q street northwest.
A score Of relatives and neighbors |
Of Dwyer have been summoned as wit |
nesses at the hearing.
Dwyer makes fiat denial Of the
Continued on Page 2, Column ~
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POKER PLAYER, CHASED
BY BULL, RUNS 2 MILES

BLOOMSBURY. Pa, Oct. g.
Clarence Greasy, living Just outside
Of town, has bull that wouldn't
hurt anybody, but Is mighty strong
on curiosity. Whenever a strange
man comes around he wants to find
out all about him.
Yesterday, when the animal saw
eight strangers sitting in a group
in his pacture fold, he decided to
investigate, and into that group of
poker players the animal charged.
Seven Of the men climbed the same
tree and the eighth ran for nearly
two miles before he stopped.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-10-05

Fair and continued cool
tonight. Thursday fair and
warmer. Moderate north
west shifting TO west and
southwest winds. Tempera.
ture at 8 q. m, 81.
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LLOYD GEORGE
BACK To SETTLE
HARD PROBLEMS
Premier Returns From Vacation
to GrappIe With Gravest
of Questions.
By CHARLES WRAY,
international News Service.

LONDON, Oct. 5.-Greatly bene
fitted by his vacation in the Scottish
highlands, Premier Lloyd George re,
turned to London today prepared to
tackle at once the great problems
which confront the nation.
The three largest issues which
await action by the cabinet are:
1-Final plans for the Irish peace
conference which will open here next
Tuesday:
2-Relief measures for the unem-
ployed during the winter and the
stimulation Of industry to provide
more work.
3-Preparations for the international
in Washington on limita-
ton Of armament and Far East
problems.
The cabinet tomorrow will canvass
these questions:
The unemployment situation has
been growing worse and
there is considerable unrest among
the idle. This is shown by the fire.
quent demonstrations.
During his stay at Gairloch the
Premier was in communication with
the heads Of government departments
upon unemployment and a number of
were made which
will be acted upon at once,
The date Of the departure Of the
British delegation to Washington is
but 1t has been tentatively
set for October 26, when the Olympic
sails.