The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1921-07-18

or possibly 1905, but the lady In France
still Is whistling for her money II she
accounts whistling rs one Of her &C
accomplishments. s& y. us
II Gen. Horace Porter. diplomatist
and soldier, who died in New York
IA month or SO ago, had known of the
;plightof the French woman whom I'm
Gle Sam owed money which he would
mot pay, he probably would have add
ed a codlcil to his will taking care Of
the matter, for 1t was General Por-
ter, with former representative in con-
gress Henry T. $Rainey of Illinois, who
largely was responsible for the crea-
ton Of a situation just now troubling
q woman Of France and the American
state department. 1870 Il -.
Result Of Search for Jones' Bones.
The French woman, who Is wild
'ow by the way and has little or no
means Of her own, owned some prop.
erty in Paris which Americans dam
aged to. the extent Of $4,000, while
trying to find the body of John Paul
Jones, the old sea fighter, called the
father of the American navy, who was
buried In cemetery in Paris years
ago. .j&t il. s.
I General Porter in 1904 was the
American ambassador to France. Hen
~ T.. Rainey Of Carrolton, Ill.,, who
then was a, member of the house of
representatives, Received some infor-
/ nation from an old Scotchman con-
corning the probable resting place Of
the sailor who himself was Scotch
man by birth. Rainey became inter-
ested and Immediately interested Gen.
eral Porter. $3.50 D.. .
i The old cemetery in Paris was To-
Gated. and q large part of 1t was
found to be covered by modern build
ings. The old map Of the burial place
was discovered and after a search Of
the records it was determined that
the body of John Paul Jones lay In
certain place. --s-lse-.
In order to reach the grave it was
necessary to do some, tunneling, and
ito destroy some property. The French
woman, now creditor of Uncle Sam.
owned a part of the property which
was destroyed. She made her claim,
the state department looked into it.
found it was valid and granted her
Sic, 900, and asked congress to ap-
-propriate the necessary money. Con-
gress never. has acted in the matter.
Senators Told of Shell Shock. b.
Members Of the senate COM
mittee charged with investigating
government agencies which have
supervision Of the care of the in
valided soldiers of the great war
have been told by Binghamton, N.
", witness that the shell-shOck pa
tients in. the hospitals at Perryville.
Nd. and at Fort Thomas, KY, are
driven into condition of hysteria
every time there is target practice
with the big guns at the nearby gov
eminent posts.
One veteran Of the great war told
the committee that he had expended
over $4,000 for medical service in an
attempt to recover from the effects
Of shell shock. Attention Is being
called more >sharpIy day by day to the
condition of men who suffer from
what IS known as shell shock. Their
plight seemingly is worse than that
iof the men who received actual body
wounds, for direct application and d.
rect manipulation can be used to REM
Iedy wounds, while what may be called
indirect treatment must be given to
the patient whose nerves were shat
tered or whose mind was unbalanced
by the shocks. of the explosions on the
embattled front.
Much has been written about shell
shock by physicians who became ac-
quainted with its manifestations on
the front in France, or who have be-
come acquainted with them since the
shell-shOcked ones were returned to
the United States. The layman can
write about shell shock only as lay
man, but the resulting conditions as
they appear are, as plain to layman
as they are to a physician, although.
of course, the Iayman cannot look be-
low the surface to discover the seat
lOf trouble.
In a Sheli-Shoek Hospital.
In 1918, about two months before
the armistice went into effect, I was
detailed as conducting officer for Il
party Of prominent Americans who
were the guests Of the United States
government in the Toul sector which
included the st. AIihiel district and
the lines north Of 1t where the Amer
leans were locked with the Germans
after the snlient had been captured
by our men.
The army medical authorities had
established a so.called shell-shock hos
pital some little distance back Of the
line. One day took the visitors to
the hospital. had seen shell-shock
patients before. but never after they
had been gathered together In large
numbers for treatment.
Few, If my Of the patients in this
advanced zone. hospital had been
wounded, and yet seemingly their con-
dition was. worse than that Of any
wounded man. Most of them were
up and about, and some Of them as
+ha,- yyalked IN md down the wards