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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30
To Puget Sound Dairymen

Dear Fellows II TO give you mink of
which they capable. love them
10 unto a
done by and the will fuller of
a better brand Of mlk - to her motto
SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30
To II. II. Clcland

Politician nciee refuse The request Of Seattle
of here This
10 friendship
the seattle
Lighting u when Good Fellows Hang
Tox.,her- SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30
TO Seattle Merchants


lay supply haberdashery clothing
offerings
down but have and the thing TO
evening fellow a
like something. During the a
thought
prosperity. CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30

Monarch pool HAN. sic Second ave,
raided Friday night by police, who
claim they seized 81, 900 being used
in gambling.
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To the PEOPLE

and
when wild rcmsrs spout their ms
advocating the making OF
break what when Individual
Is iawbroaker himself quick
animal as INDIVIDUAL REsPoNsIBILITY and ct
zenship any CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30
To Dan Landon


thrown bat into ns ring and
this viii entail Dam
tell friends the
poss Withdraw
from the race. DAM SEATTLE .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30
To the Other Circus Lovers

do circus" In the
world a reality
HaEcnbach Wallace Robinson and HYsss Great
London shows have united-ai show under one tent
little monkeys do In The winter
quareredf OF the
the lions throw
bal n
puoailon table CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30

% but IN that
you're telling Npponee they little
Hugh. but they're nine
scshf CHIEF SEATTLE
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To DR.. n. C. Lazelle


20 labored
president the Medical Society
you
Here he the CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30

no cruz 4 coin w ONE nav
TAKE Laxative HRoMo OtiINTNp
,snls'H Inc genuine bears tho siE-
nature ~ W w Grove. (Bo sure
sou set BROMo) 30o "''
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30

try'ng
Kill tho lettuce with arsenic This most
already been poisoned You
had better IL before the kills humans well as the bugs
CHIEF SEATTLE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30

funny thai thefs always vacant ',as 10
going the Say7 CHIEF SEATTLE
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-01-30

To the Blase Movie "Magnuts"

ana the
Departing hararng apparent
~ vainly.. striving for a
II I a OF IN tho
United amera" TO earn
vast OF real by indting Initiation drama
u has escaped vortoia attention everybody except the
anEushed criminal dAwned our
Judiciary
barths Of the mind according
H.
We had u In the Arbueke Burch case
male would have convicted Bufch.
Not tho attended more
worked by a different Of motives
seldom evidence 10 major
lava
Tho unwritten saul OF TarHua
The double standard IL deader Adam.
tricks have served leading
country worthless. totally set
%
And probably u Will take work I'm out
II there the biggest emotional drama ana
has been opened IN two
I mistaken
million least IN these few words
You're wcleoue aabsouyey- SEATTLE
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-07

Lieutenant Rowan received this
mrdal-th" silver star-m July. 1922
During what remained of the Spanish
War Rowan acquitted himself well
with the Sixth United States Infantry.
And after the short but decisive clash
with Spain, Rowan, now captain.
continued TO reap laurcls with the
Eighteenth Infantry in the Ph!lippincs.
For II while after the incidents nj
Fchu h" was under Il cloud for having
burned II nativ" village But iuvcstign.
uon later proved that. as usual. he
had done nothing but his duty. 4
hatlN" spy had entered the camu of tho
regulars TO murder the captain, With
the conviction that once the leader WAS
out OF the way the troops would be-
thrown INTO such disorder that band
OF INSURGENTS nearby could make short
work of them. The SPY, however,, killed
Il corporal by mistake. and when the
Insurgents arrived they got u warm re.
rHmion, About fifty of tEe curmy were
Killed; dozen. including the 4py, were
captured, and thsir town was burned
10 ashes. Captain Rowan was duly
eAonerated from any charge of cruelty.
Later, he served with the Fifteenth
lnfqptry at Fort Douglas, Utah. But
the anactive life there irritated a man
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Won Quick Recognition
From Miles for His Deed
steamer

BY good piece of luck they had over
hauled sponging steamer. with n crew
Of thirteen Negroes, who carried thcm
to Nassau. There the American Con.
sui made arrangements for sending
Rowan by the schooner Fearless to Kew
West, at which place he arrived four
days later.
There the Secretary of War and Gen.
cral Miles anxiously awaited him, lie
made his report and later General
Miles wrote to Washington:
II recommend that First Lieutcnont
Andrew S. Rowan, Nineteenth Ipited
States Infantry. be made lieutenant
colonel of one of the regiments of i'm.
munes. Lieutenant Rowan made II
journey across Cuba, was with the in
surgcnt army under Lieutenant Colonel
Garcia, and brought most important and
valuable information to the Govern.
ment. This was n most perilous under
taking, and. in my judgment, Lieutcn-
ant Rowan performed an act of herot/m
and cool daring that has rarely been
excelled in the annals of warfare"
And Elbert Hubbard wrote in his
business sermon: when President
delivered to Garcia. Rowan took tho
letter and did not ask; Where Is he
'at| BY the eternal, there is II man
whose form should be east in dcuthlcss
bronze and the statue placed in every
college of the land. 1t Is not book
learning young men need, nor inStruc-
ton about this and that, but stfIening
Of the vertehrae which will cause them
to be loyal TO trust, to act promptly.
concentrate their energies, do the thing,
Carry message to Garcia.
There is Il man living in Easton, Pa,
who can testify that the information
secured by Rowan was put to most
practical use. lie is Brigudicr GEN
cral T.. j. McClcrmand, an old, white
haired man, erect, whose gait is brisk
and active. lie smiled as he unused
over the common memories he had with
Colonel Rowan.
~ personally know that the In
formation Rowan obtained was put 70
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-07
Pushed Through Strange
Trail With His Guides

Strange trees, morbidly brilliant Wild
flowers. screaming of parrots ana "ther
unconny birds made the wilderness
through which a rabbit might scarcely
find way monstrOus place OF evil
portcnt. The Cuban guides. however,
followed carefully blind trail.
Next day the sorcly tried horses
which they had mounted slid down
rnumcrablc rnvincs. They were saddle
ca,lcd but bore their misery with the
fortitude of Rowan and his CUBAN
guides.
They were now beyond the Sierras.
and halted for meal at thatcheh
shed called Jibnro. While eating. they
we're interrupted by furious clattcr,,
ing of horses hoofs They all tumbled
ont of the shed. II was messenger
from General Rios, who turned Rowan
over to an escort of cavalry.
General Rios left the party AT FL
Chino. and Rownn's guide. t"nm TINS
point on. was II coal black Negro. Lieu
tenant Dlonisio Lopez. lie proved TO
be hard rider, and the second night
out they campcd at Bu"y Arrlba' ABOUT
twenty miles south OF Bayamo, where
learned enrOute.
The following day they ode through
fields Of grass so high that their horses
were hidden. They were met by many
refugees. Bayamo had fallen. The
refugees were returning again to the
city from which three years before
they had been expelled by the Span
ish Government. They were dirty,
ragged, but merry.
When they reached the town,
Cuban flag was flying over Bayamo.
Most of the buildings were in ruins.
At the door of headquarters Rowan was
met by General Garcia. And Rowan
was the first to tell the General that
America had declared war on Spain.
Il gave him my lctters,' says Rowan
simply. made short statement of
my business and was given glass
Of rum and invited to breakfast. Gen
eral Garcia asked Inc if I could leave
that night, and answered in the af-
firmative. In an hour our mounts
were standing before the door. l bade
farewell.
II the journey up to this moment
had been an important and dan
gcrous one. the return was equally i'm
p0rtunt and doubly dangerous.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-07
WHO CARRIED MESSAGE TO G1ARCZA ENERGIES
ON OBLZVION TO GET LONG, DELAYED REW1ARL

Gay days, those. Khaki was not u
rule in the United States Army, az
dress uniform was not in the discnr
And there were birds OF brilliant plum
age from abroad to be encountered
every hand. Especially did these sh0
forth at general reviews--attaches
the then great military Powers Of Eu
rope, resplendent in brilliant uniforms
with cockade and feathered headdrea
many Of them; stiff, rigid, unapproach
able except from their own classes.
"What was to be done? Well, it bs
to be faced. So the Cuban rode fortl
on review day, on huge American cav
airy horse-twice the size, 1t must haS
seemed to him, of the wiry little pom
he rode in the feld-his hand me dow
trousers drawn halfway to his knees
disconsolate, humiliated. But compcp
sation lowered near.
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nas Solitude of Summer
70 Aid Him in His Work

~" SuIt of crash outing clothes. seat
~ u Well worn and comfortable wick
" 'H"'r' tn" hero forgotten for twenty
~" years, sat transrribing notes from
m'e OF manuscript. In that perfect
,v" "uue the Staccato of Ills portable
W., hnpe"ri'sr and the screaming of jay
's' were the only sounds.
o. sahce at him and few moments
na.fa'ion n,a.. disclose the fact that yes
moaa; may soldier, the man who last
, Nv, n received from the United States
.,;S ;"',hsaIshed Service Cross for car
, s -" Tue message to Garcia in 1898 and
i, .er . star for his gallantry at Ccbu,
TIM" uas alert citizen, abreast of the
o,. interested in the policies and
iIs.ss OF his country. lie is an en-
~, '.c golfer with a handicap the
" MS friends. and a vigorous
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and I'll have no use for this. When
We meet again, you can give 1t back
to me-"
But the Cuban wns proud. He re-
fused IN" money. His transportation
and meals were taken care of by the
army. Stationed nt army and navy
Headquarters in Washington, he worked
literally day and night. lie was in
valuable.
But he had no money and he suil
wore his SO hand me down, although
his apartments were luxurious enough.
and his meals extraordinary, as COM
pared to those he had eaten in the
wilds of Cuba. There seemed to be
no way 20 get money, unless he hor-
rowcd 1t from his newly made friend,
in Washington, But pride prevented
him, lie feared, too, that he would
prejudice the cause of Cuhu. if he up.
p"aled to the Americans for gold and
perhaps outrage his couutrymrn.
During this pcri"I, however, he be-
came tremendously popular. Citizens
stopped him on the Nrccts when he
=" >srd by. They kurw he was ON inrpor-
TAM Government service. Hc became a
ro Frantic figure.
Then transp.red an hour or two,
which douhtIrs, Postmaster t,rurrul
hernandez rom"mbrrs to tins DAY A
report of these hours has been graphi.
caily Writtvn:
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| Cuban they shouted, and a few VEN
turcd 'Niva Cuba Libre.' Later, when
hernandez accompanied Miles in his
private car to Tampa, he heard the cry
many times at way station stops--some-
times even before the name Of Miles
was heard And when he went back 10
Cuba he, too, carried a message-and II
also was to Garcia.
1T was the necessary information 10
coordinate the attack Of the Cuban
forces and those Of the Americans on
Santiago"
Not only is the book in progress. but
Colonel Rowan Contcmplates making
n motion picture to be called "A Mes
sage 10 Garcia"
II will nc""gt the offer ~ movie
rompany. he explained, IF it will
permit IT." picture to be made in the
country ~ which th" episode really oc-
curr"d Then such picture viii have
AN educational value as well "
Colonel Rowan treasures the book In
which General Miles records the history
"t his achievement, and wherein he
states that the secret information which
Rowan secured enabled the speedy cap-
'nr" Of Santingo and the virtual ter
mln9tion Of the war.
ITS General McClernand. how
ever he said, who ought to have the
star for hat fcbu affair. He cons
lhaHdrI III" company which did the
VA" general and Mrs. McCIermand
nnd u peaceful life in the picturesque
cltE OF Easton. Colonel Rowan and his
Wile spend the winter at 1896 Vallejo
street, San Francisco, Calf, an hours
ride from their Summer house In Miii
valley. Rowan himself is a virxinisn
oy birth and Kanssn by adoption.
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Cuban Was Too Proud
to Accent Needed Cash

An entertaining sequel followed
Rowan's trip across Cuba. One OF
the guides who made the return trip
with him was Colonel Carlos Herman
dez. Hernandez was to proceed to
Washington, to offer his services to
the Government. He knew Cuba as
possibly no other man knew 1t, and
was, consequently, valuable man to
have at that most central Of head
quarters.
Hernandez had no money when he
arrived at Key West. Nor had Garcia
when he bid Hernandez and Rowan
farewell at Bayamo. The Cubans had
been in the mountains and jungle for
three years worrying Spain.
Hernandez borrowed $15 from a
friend at Key West, spent $40 for II
"hand- me down suit and made for
the West Coast Of Florida. On reach
ing Tampa. almost the first man to
grasp his hand was General Fred Funs-
ton. Hernandez and he had fought side
by side in Cuba when Funston was
there as flibustcring commander OF
artillery.
"Here, Charley" cried Funston, lis
some money" and he pulled out a
roll Of bills, suspecting his friend g
needs 81 expect to be sent to Cuba,
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He, Too, Carried Message
to Garcia in Cuban Wilde

"At the parade grounds he stod
somewhat aside-and longed for th
jungles. Presently there was blarc
trumpets and up the field rode Miles nm
his staff at gallop. And when the
came to the group Miles rode straigh
ahead, past them all---and up to Her
nandez. to whom he extended his hand
"The crowd knew who he was an
appreciated what had happened, and
great cry went up. The Cuban" "TH
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-08-07
Sent OF to Find Garcia,
But Had No Definite Goal

1t was a delicate task. No one knew
where General Garcia, commander in
chief Of the Cuban forces in the eastern
portion Of the island. was stationed
After the fashion of the native war
riors. he remained long in no one place
In addition. the inacccssibility Of ap-
proarh. the almost impcnctrab.c lines Of
Spanish forces. the close blockade Of
the island by ships. made the task ap-
parcntly insurmountablc. But it had
to be done. 1t could only be accom-
plishcd by a man Of n quick. resource.
full brain and untlmching nerve. 1t
could only be done by man who dared
make the trip alone.
Garcia was somewhere in the noun
tain businesses. No mail or telegraph
communication could reach him. The
situation demanded an instant choice.
And some one said to President Me.
Kinlcy, There is a fellow by the name
of Rowan who will find Garcia for you,
if anybody can.
Il was the instrument chosen by the
War Department for learning more of
the military possibilities of Eastern
Cuba,' is the way Rowan put 1t.
Rowan, n lieutenant then. took
President McKinley's letter. addressed
to General CaliXtO Garcia, sealed it In
an oil skin pouch. and strapped 1t
across his chest. and forthwith went to
Kingston. Jamaica.
'Thcre / placed myself in the hands
of unknown friends says the lieu
tenant colonel.
About 3 O'Clock noon. April %, the
day President Mckinley issued call
for 1"5.O00 volunteers and two days
before formal declaration of war, Il
the house where Rowan had concealed
himself.
Rowan lcapcd into the carriage,
which was soon followed by another.
They drove at n killing pace until 10
O'Clock that night. The carriage stopped
and Rowan found himself and his in :
surgent friends in inky darkness. 4
fickerhg light from hut drew them
inside for n h0sty supper. Here he met
GervaciO Sabi0, who was charged with
his safe delivery into the hands Of
Garcia.
Most Of that night they drove along
the silent black roads. and at the first
slow peep of dawn they reached the
shore. Fifty yards out on the water
could be distinguished the outlines of
a small fishing smack. 1t was the boat
of GervaciO, the wiry, heavily mus
tachioed pirate.
No word was spoken. excepting n
honrse warning from the pirate that
they must be cautious: Tho voyage
northward across the water would be
fraught with danger. Spanish patrols
were everywhere, darting here and
there. in the more or less successful ut :
tempt to waylay just such parties MS
koWan's
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the idea of planting three-inch field
piece on very high and precipitous
mountain facing the position held by
the insurgents. 1t was an exceedingly
difficult task to accomplish. Rowan
went back to the city of Ccbu, twelve
miles away and went aboard one of our
battleships there. Borrowing block
and tackle, with some heavy rope, he
returned to his camp, dsmountcd the
gun, tied the rope around 1t and, fas-
tening the block and tackle to tree,
began to drag the cannon up the noun
tain. Shifting from tree to tree, he
gradually made the assent and mounted
the piece nfter three days of terrific
labor on the part Of his whole COM
pany.
II recommended that Rowan be given
medal for this service, as his un-
parallcled labor undoubtedly resulted
in saving the lives of many of our
men,"
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practical use Immediately" he declared.
Il accompanied General Shaftcr to
Cuba, as his adjutant general in the
fleet arrived off Santiago, Admiral
Sampson came aboard headQuarter' ;
ship and both set out for Garcia's camp
in the mountains, twenty miles away
from the Moro. All necessary prcpara-
tions, YOU soc, had been made for his
co. operation in the proposed attack on
Santiago"
And General McClermand has further
knowledge of the service Rowan rem
der"d his Governmcl.' in tn" Philip
mines
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guao-trec gave lasting proof Of It's pres
encc.
Sails had to be improviscd." said
Rowan, in his story of the fight. from
hammock canopies, and food collected
from the neighboring forests. About
sunset on May 5 we cut our way
through the grape thicket that walls in
the sea and drew little cookie shell o.
a boat from under mangrove bush
IL had a capacity of only 1O4 cubic feet,
much too small for our party of six.
There was small comfort in thinking of
a long and dangerous voyage at sea In
such a craft"
At il O'Clock that night they pulled
out under cover Of darkness. leaving
behind the hurbor of Manati and enter.
ing n choppy sea.
''lt was desperately hard rowing, and
the big waves were continually washing
over tn" gInwalos. wetting our stores
and Keeping us busy baillng. All night
long we worked steadily without n bit of
sleep. At dawn the next morning the
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they were still suspicious. we were to
rise at signal and give them a volley'
and then run for it,
II caught, their fate was inevitable.
Rowan was spy and his companions
were filibusters. 1t meant death to all
four and failure of their mission.
All day they sailed. sleeping only III
snatches. At midnight they anchored
within fifty yards Of Gran Rincon,
Cuba.
With the coming of another dawn
they made out n ragged native figure on
the shore. Signals were exchanged. The
boat approached closer In to shore until
the keel crunched OH the sand. a half
naked Cuban boy, with two terrible
sears from Spanish Mauscr bullets on
his breast. lead them stenlthily into the
depths of the thickct parallelinS the
shore.
The next day. afoot, they literally
dived into the wilderness of swamp ana
forest. Up ravincs. down ravincs, cut
ting through the underbrush--cver
wa,chfu of the slccplcss Spanish pickc,s
and their untailing muskctry. ThronS"
this jungle of death they fought their
way. pausing only when fatigue or
hunger forced them 10.
Out of the thorn and cactus thicket
they pushed. already footsorc, to the
foothills of the Sicrras. This area was
full of wrctchcd Cuban refugees. On the
morning of April ~, the party had
begun to climb the mountains i'll the
NJ, r;.t of Dilon
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walker. An authority on the classics,
a devoted student of Shakespeare and n
friend Of soldiers, artists. philosophers,
men Of all professions---hc could own 70
many more attributes his modcsty will
not allow him to admit even by indirec-
ton.
Recognition Medal" he qucried sig
nificantly. "Of course. feel hOnOrcd.
But one doesn't expect medals for doing
what one is, ordered to do
MY book Is all am really interested
in now. 1t will be soldiers history
OF that troubled country-and I am try
ing to give future generations the sort
of book which believe will fill def
mite need"
And, Of course. the message he car
rics through his book is only another
kind Of message to Garcia. 1t is history
making Of different degree, but only
In eXtcrnals.
Rowan was graduated from the mill
tary academy at West Point in 1SN.
with the rank of second lieutenant in
the Nineteenth Infantry. .ind was un-
known-giving over his time to study
until 1898.
a few days before the formal dcclara-
iion of war against Spain. 1t became
evident to authorities at Washington
that IT would be vitally necessary to
get into touch with the Cuban insur-
gents in the interior of the island, to
learn the exact state Of affairs there.
how much help might be depended upon
from the insurrccto natives: the best
plan for operation; the manner Of
campaign after the American troops
landed
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Return More Important
Than His First JOurney

The new party had for its guides
Colonel Carlos Hernandez. now post
master general Of Cuba, and General
Enrique Collazo. That evening just
before midnight. they camped near the
Cauto River. At sunrise next morning
they took up the long march again,
in Cuba--und then made their way
through tropical jungle and trcacher-
",rs mcndow!and, until at Las Arenas,
they rampcd once more for the night
A long ride two days later-about
fifty miles brought Rowan and his
party to Ramns'ms. where they made
preparations for the voyage from the
north coast. For hours their course
had led through obstructing growth
through brush, where the poisonous