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after Indians, in the Sioux campaign,
and kept us pretty busy all through
the time that included the Custer
massacre. With all the fighting I've
seen, not forgetting the battles IN the
Civil War, the bravest thing of all
was the act OF a young buck who was
our guide. lie and hts half breed sis
ter had been captured from his tribe
by the Sioux. He escaped and Joined
us. One day we picked up skirmish
with the Sioux, and before any one
knew what was happening. in the
face of the Indian guns, the guide
drove the mule he was riding right up
to the top Of the embankment behind
which the enemy lay. He gave ter
rible warwhoop and a girl sprang out
from behind the embankment. At the
same moment one of the Sioux sharp
shooters fired. I never expected to see
a man dodge a bullet successfully, but
that young guide surely did it! Then
he caught the girl. pulled her astride
the mule with him and dived for our
lines. Believe me, We cheered him.
The girl, of course, was the sister he
had had to leave behind.
''The most interesting thing my
Army experience brought me was the
Pre-. o.slavery and anti-slavery fights in
bleeding Kansas" of 1856 and 1856.
The Army was there, not as fight
ing machine, but as a peacemaker
Whenever we heard that a mob was
assembling we would go off to it post.
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ment with honor did not como until
August 20, 1924.
II began my war service in the
fighting department" said Capt. Petty.
Then on the sixth day of the battle
Of Richmond, / was taken prisoner
and sent to Governors Island, and
later to Boston Harbor. to Fort War
rem August s. 1862, was exchanged,
and for awhile I was in the bomb
proof or safety department. which
is what We called the commissary.
Finally, I was returned to the firing
line, and knew the hunger and mis-
cry Of the last days Of the war that
came to our Army. I have gone near
ly three days without food Of any
kind, and I know what 1t means to
be ravenously glad of a handful OF
raw corn. Frequently a piece Of corn
bread was a full days rations. But
I was lucky. / wasn't wounded until
the last week Of the war and that
happened at Dinwfddie Court House
near Petersburg"
And then he told me the best story
of all.
"I can't understand the people who
think we aren't loyal to the United
States. When we surrendered Apo
mattox, we took back the Stars and
Stripes as our own flag, and we would
give our lives for it today as quickly
as we would have given them for the
Stars and Bars before. My son is a
lieutenant colonel in the Army now,
and served through both the Spanish
American and the World Wars. We
who fought in the ranks Of the Blue
and the Gray are friends now. 1t
makes mo think of something that
happened on q Potomac River boat to
one of our camp members not long
ago.
was singing in the darkness, for the
marty he was with-he had q fine
voice. When he finished, a man who
had keen standing nearby came up
to him and said. with emotion: I know
that voice. Weren't You In the South
ern< Army, in such and 6dch = VIZ
ginia battle? The Confederate veteran
said. 'yes,' that he had been, wonder
ing what It was all about. -
at knew I should never forget your
voice. cried the stranger. The night
before the battle began, ] was creep
ing up with the others In my company
to take your picket line, and I heard
Won singing. The song was Jesus,
Lover Of My Soul" and you had Just
gotten to the verse that begins "Other
refuge have ] none; Hangs my help
less soul on Thee" My gun had been
up, and my finger on the trigger. but
when you sang those words, I dropped
Il. and told my men that they could
shoot you II they wanted to. but that
I wouldn't. They didn't-and that's
why you ars here tonight I'm 0)aA
to meet you, sir!
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river indicated that she was very
near, and moment later she ap-
peared, to the CONSERVATION of the
assembled prospective passengers.
They had figured that when the
gunboat sailed up river it would not
return for some time. Nevertheless,
several sampanS filled with soldiers
came out and attempted to unload
their unwelcome cargo Of humanity.
and it was finally necessary to send
an armed guard from the gunboat to
prevent this. There was much
scurrying about, with many hurried
conferences in the small town, but
the searchlights of the gunboat
played on the beach all night and,
as usual when definite stand is
taken by any one having dealings with
the Chinese, they saved their face"
by accepting, the situation without
protest.
LTHOUGH each port has it's gen.
= eral, there is one name that is
known up and down the river-Yang
Sen. He is a. friend to WI Pei-Fu
and is one Of the most progressive
Of Chinese. He was the tupan and
most powerful general Of Szechuan
until Ave other generals united to
drive him out. He fled to Hankow
for a while, but is now reported as
ready to stage a. comeback in
Szechuan.
He will probably be received with
open arms by each of the generals
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haste. line up and read the order from
President Buchanan to disperse 1t. 1t
worked very well usually, but one
time at Topeka 80 of us had to arrest
600 scrappers and take them into jail.
They had already started firing when
we got to them and they wouldn't
stop. but when we began rounding
them up they came with us without
much trouble and nobody was hurt.
"When John Brown raided Har'per's
Ferry we were ordered there to guard
the Government property, and our
colonel was Robert e. Lee! He was as
fine an officer as any have ever had
and I'm proud to have served under
him.
"TN the Civil War was ', with the
i Army Of the Potomac in many
battles, the worst being the seven
days around Richmond where for the
entire week we fought by day and
maneuvered by night. Gettysburg
was terrific, but the weariness Of the
other was even worse.
sIt couldn't have been any worse
than our troubles in the siege of
Vicksburg," chimed in James G.. OIL
yer, who enlisted for the war in 1862.
"They ran out of regular cannon
balls, SO they fired railroad ties at us,
and those ties coming over made the
most awful noise I've ever heard.
The only water we had to drink there
was from the Razoo River. and It was
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took up worship in the building, and
they established a Sunday school in
which two young ladies taught. / do
not know their maiden names, but
they became Mrs. J. L. Rankin, wife
Of the Rev. DIR. jeremiah Eames Ran
kin, pastor from 1869 until his resig-
nation in 1884, and Mrs. F. II. Smith,
wife of a church member who was
trustee from 1873 to 1873.
X x X X
Coon after Mr.. Grinnell left have
~ not the date-the Rev. Alexander
Duncanson, not long out of Scotland,
came to the Washington Congrega-
tionalists. He knew the congregation
was small and it was plain to him that
1t could not support a pastor. He
called a council of the Congregational
Church of the whole country to meet
at Washington. The church historian
says:
And now this practical young theo-
logian, seeing that the church was
about the weakest one of our denomi.
nation In the country. determined to
call the largest council ever held in
the United States; and the small
church sent out $50 letters missive to
$50 of the largest churches in the
land, asking them to attend by pastor
and delegate. Every church was
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BY ALICE ROGERS HAGER.


r Il is very easy to forget that his
tory is the most human thing we
have on our bookshelves. Whlle
i we are making it we are too busy
living to mediate abstractlons,
and when it has been made Dy gen
erations that preceded us it Is Ill too
apt to come to us as dull names ana
duller dates. But If we are so fortu-
nate as to catch it on the wing, from
the tips of those who have lived
through its stormy crises ana are
grown old and mellow and contempla'
tive, then indeed do we feel the rush
of events and the names become men,
and the dates are pictures that move
before our eyes. Then we hear with
open ears the tramp of marching Ieet,
and the hot breath of battle fans our
cheeks We stir to old causes IN the
midst Of our own demanding times
but there is a gentleness ana a tol'
erance in the mouths of the ola men
that leaves us with the sense Oh
human courage and its triumph over
suffering rather than with the pain
of reawakened antagonisms.
Memorial day this year finds, as II
does each year SO sadly now, 1ne
roster of the Civil War veterans still
more diminished. The names answer.
ing to the muster roll are fewer and
farther between. but the voices are
still brave and cheerful, and their aoi!'
ity to spin a yarn is unquestioned
And how they love a new listener!
Out at the Soldiers Home the other
day they clustered around in a com
Portable little group and spurred each
other on with much chuckling ana
many sly digs.
II remember very well the week !
entered the service" said w. II. LET
fingwell, who boasts SO young years.
1T was in Rendezvous week. In 1858.
at the Jefferson Barracks, in st. Louis.
We recruited % men for the regiment
that week, and when, at the end OF 1t.
:: I was read off as lance corporal to
handle them, am quite certain l felt
more important than the commander
in-chief.
"a short time later they sent us out
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Perils in Grand Gorges of the Yangtse
From Gunshots, Rapids and Rocks

foreign devils will have to requisition
a new set of promises from the new
general.
Some of their excuses and subter-
fuges are quaint and naive in the ex-
treme--others are OF diabolic clever
ness. For instance. when some SOL
diers in a sampan were attempting to
board our ship, they were told that we
would not carry any men in uniform.
They solemnly rose in the little boat,
stripped off their uniforms, revealing
a plain black suit underneath. packed
away their caps and donned little
black satin skull caps-all this right
under our noses-then announced
they were no longer soldiers in uni
form, and were eligible to ride on our
ship.
When the captain Of one Of the gun
boats went to call on general at
Wanhsien, after most friendly and
gratifying visit, he discovered to his
chagrin upon his return to the ship
that while he had been chatting with
the general the chairmen who had
borne his interpreter up the hillside
had been 'laffooed," or practically
kidnapped for military service by the
is fired on by men from shore, the
general explains they are bandits" 3"
When it is asked how they happen to
be In uniform. there has been "a re-
cent bandit raid on a carload Of uni
forms"
X X X X
pUT the quintessence Of Witness was
- exhibited by certain up-river
general who demanded large sum Of
money from the head Of a shipping
company operating under the Aneri-
can flag, claiming that one of his
sampans, chock-full Of soldiers and
money, had been swamped by the
American ship. Knowing that the ac-
cident was in no way the fault Of the
ship, and that the loss, if any. was
greatly exaggerated, the company re-
fused to submit to the blackmail.
Thereupon the company was boy
cotted-with a tremendous loss. 1t
seemed easier and cheaper to pay
something to the general, so after
some negotiations, the head Of the
company gave the general series of
notes dated far ahead, with the under
standing that If the boycott were not
removed and full protection afforded
his ships he would not be in q position
to meet the notes when they fell due.
This seemed a satisfactory solution
to the problem. but the general. in
stead of carrying out his part of the
agreement, sent the notes to Shang-
hal, where the banks cashed them
Immediately at a discount-and the
general proceeded to continue his boy
colt Of the company.
Now the general in the next town.
hearing of his good luck. is demand
ing a similar sum for the same or a
similar accident.
To close, with return to the scenic
beauty and natural dangers of this
wonderful trip into the heart Of China,
let me quote from a poem OF the Chi
nese Po Chu-i, who wrote in 81S.
Alarm at First Entering the Yang
tse Gorges."
above q mountain ten thousand feet high.
Below. river thousand fathoms deep.
strip of green. walled by cliffs Of stone:
N-id" enough for the passage of single
~, 80 walls are black with
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salary Of any Congregational clergy
man in the United States, he felt
answered and sat down."
X X X X
nURING the time the council was
- in Washington. Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher, rising in fame,
preached in the Fifth Street Church.
Other eminent clergymen preached
there and crowds came. Consaega'
tionalism in Washington was grow
ing. This called more attention to
the anti-slavery opinions OF the
church, and the word seems to have
got around that anybody employed
in Washington by the Government
and having membership in that
church would have to give up his
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Geographical Societies. And he was
the representative Of this country at
the coronation of George v in 1911.
The most interesting thing about
Gen. Greely. however. in the light Of
present news, Is that he was placed in
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>lfIea r,ar h.. 4 t4ie,. tEitaiented limbs
VIII be .ald az last in an unnamed grave"
Evening star., 1926-09-23
Marriage Licenses.

John. z. Click and Catherine NJ. Fecher
both of Baltimore. Nd.
James F. AkehIrst, .Reistertown. Nd. and
Sara 4; Stocksdaie; Baltimoye. Md. -,
Edward F. Sheaey. Dundalk. Nd. and
Rose f. Kolowseth. Baltimore. Nd.
William c.. Gollan and Gwendoline
John G. Mccoy and Almena A. Agnew
Lawrence l.. Gourley and Elizabeth r
Ramsburgh.
Preston jackson and Edna Jackson
Daniel Whitfield and Alice Harrison
Everett G. Passno and Edna r. Lindsay.
benjamin. J. Philibert of this city and
Beatrice !. Robinson of Baltimore. Nd.
George a. Thompson and Rosaline A
Carter.
oryil,e W; Duvall and 9. Margaret Jack
son. both of Akersville. Pa.
= Arthur L stebbinsi II; Of Colchester,
Raymond P. Sullivan and Viola N. Cook.
Edward v Sizer and Mary. K. Hyland.
William Farmer and Maggie Stewart
Albert Brooks. this city. and Dovie
Griigsby. Manassas, Va;
Richmond. Va.
Evening star., 1926-09-23
SCIENTISTS PLAN
ANT+CANCER FIGHT
International Organization of
Societies Proposed at Big
Symposium.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LAKE MOHONK. N. Y, September
23.-A proposal for an international
federation Of national societies en-
listed in the fight against cancer is
under consideration this week by the
general committee of the cancer sym
postum meeting here.
The suggestion was made by two
of the French representatives, DR.
Henri Hartmann, professor of surgery
at the University of Lyons and di-
rector Of the anti-cancer institute OF
that city, and DIR. Claude Regaud
director Of the Pasteur laboratory at
the Paris Radium Institute.
Favorable Sentiment Exists.
Considerable sentiment in favor OF
such an organization exists among
the specialists, particularly those
from Europe. A committee report or
this proposal probably will be made
before the symposium closes.
The use Of radium and Xrays ir
treating cancer was the principa
topic at today's sessions. DR.. Regaud
asserted that in treatment of skin
cancers the use Of Xrays and radiun
give results equal to those of sur
gerry and in their ensemble probably
are superior.
May Retard Diseases.
In other forms of cancer" he
said, "the advance made by radiolog
ical methods is much less Employed
alone they do not furnish more than
palliative results. although these, too,
are important
DR.. Robert l.. Greenough of Bos.
ton, member of the Harvard Cancer
commission. declared that by deep
radiation Of Xrays. or radium the
progress of cancer could be retarded
and it's symptoms alleviated, but that
there was mo justification in many
cases for expecting to obtain a per.
manent cure"
Evening star., 1926-09-23
Quota Club Dinner
Tonight First of Season.

Mrs. John G. Capers, president of
the Quota Club. will preside at the
first club dinner of the season tonight
at 1884 l street, the clubhouse of the
National Association of University
Women. The hour for the dinner il
O'Clock and the guest OF honor MIR.
Leonard Hall, who Will give a talk.
New members Of the club who will
be present are: Miss Carrie Wesseler
manager Of the Samovar; Mrs. Ethel
L. Ward, executive secretary of the
Rotary Club: Miss Emma Perley
Lincoln, "Bab" of the Herald; Mrs
Eva Dell Meyers, health director
Wardman Park Hotel, and Mrs. Ethel
Shaffer, real estate operations.
| Mrs. Meyers has offered to give a
| 15-minute demonstration Of exercises
Evening star., 1926-09-23
Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
to the Health Department in the last "a
hours:
George NJ. Grimes. 81. 1859 Mintwood pl
Reuben NJ Frank II, 300 Conn. ave.
ave.
Ernest Lowe. 81. Gallinger Hospital.
Carl L. Loveday. SO. U. 8. s. H. Hospital.
- Robert D, Woolf, 75. George Washington
pital
Georgianna D. Van Fleet. SO. 44o6 14th st
:; Rosa Harrington, S2 the Gordon.
Elizabeth. c. Vail. .2. George washing
ton University Hospital:
Burr w. Hough. rs. $500 I2th e. ne
Floyd E.; Crawn, months. Georgetown
Ermine H. Chase. z days, 4415 Iowa ave.
lucy lucy Moore. 65, 3205 st; hill sc.
William Newton. 81. 437 Hollidge court
n Benjamin q Russell. s., Gall!nger Hospital.
Marie Reed. 81 Qallinger Hospital
julia A. Turner. o months 1893 37th st
Evening star., 1926-09-23

Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bachrach, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Walcott, who
have been spending the last 10 days
in Skyland, Va, have returned to
their homes in Edgemoor
Evening star., 1926-09-23
Two Army Officers Resign

Resignation Of Second Lieut.. Gordon
T. Waite, Army Air Corps. recently
stationed at Scott Field, Belleville
i'll. and that of Second Lieut. Francis
A. KreIdel, Field Artillery, recently
stationed at Fort Shafter, Hawaii
have been accepted by the President
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Births Reported.

Louis w. and Margaret NJ. Stolz. girl.
Lawrence H. and Isabel Miller boy.
Charles II. and Nette ]. Thompson girl
Herman Fl. and Martha l., Heironimus
boy.
George S. and Edith Hastings. boy.
William F.. and Margaret r. Dent. girl.
Samuel and Iris X. Delveccho, girl.
Alfred L. and Anna M Timberake. girl
Edward I. and Carmen M. Haley. girl
Darrell D.. and Katherine Bancroft, boy.
Otto and Elizabeth Kelley, boy.
Earle M. and Helen Sawyer. girl
William A. and Louise Kierlane, girl
Robert E. and Lucille Orr. girl.
Herdie and Corrine Harris boy
William and Evelyn Gales. boy
Eugene and Mildred Taylor. boy.
George and Bessie Bowie. girl.
George p. and Daisy Miller boy
Evening star., 1926-09-23
Will Study Matrimony.

BOSTON, September % R.-Fu-
ture woman graduates of Boston Uni
versity will be unable to plead truth
fully ignorance of the problems of
matrimony. A course in marriage
has been instituted for brides and
those about to enter that state.
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| I'd. at 2153 California street since her
return from Europe. has left for
, Seattle, where she will remain for sew
eral weeks. She will return to Wash
ington about the end of October
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bachrach and
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour Walcott, who
have been spending the last 10 days
in Skyland, Va, have returned to
their homes in Edgemoor.
Mrs. NJ. de Clare Berry is at Vir-
ginia Beach, where she went after
closing her country home the first
week in September and after an ILL
ness of several weeks. She will re-
turn to her apartments at Pelham
Courts about the first Of October.
Miss Charlotte Johnston of Wash
ington accompanied Mrs. Berry to
Virginia Beach.
The marriage of Miss Ersie NJ.
Evans of Lynchburg, Va, to Mr..
Archie Ross Dan Mather of Tampa,
Fla, took place yesterday afternoon,
at o'clock, in the home of the Rev.
Freeley Rohrer, pastor Of the Metro
DOlIldII IcSUS ICl SIQIC WIZ VI
ficiated Mr.. and Mrs. Mather will
leave this afternoon for Henderson,
vile, S. c.. where they will make their
future home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Reath Riggs
will move Saturday from Wardman
Park Hotel to the house at 1886 r
street, which they have leased for
the Winter Mr.. and Mrs. Riggs have
lived at Wardman Park Hotel since
coming to Washington from Bucha-
rest, where Mr.. Riggs was secretary
of legation Mr.. Riggs is now on
duty at the State Department.
Among those who entertained at
the formal opening of LIE Paradis
last night were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
Reems, DIR. James A. Emery, Mr..
II. l.. Green, Miss Ann Todd, Mr..
and Mrs. Thomas Bone and DR.. Ralph
Jenkins.
Evening star., 1926-09-23

Miss Elsa Louise Raner has re-
turned to- her home in Washington,
after spending most of the Summer
visiting friends in Briarcliff Manor
and Newburgh, N Y.
Evening star., 1926-09-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Pankhurst,
who have been spending some time
in New England since their return
from Europe, are now at their home
on Edgemoor lane.
Evening star., 1926-09-23

Dr. and Mrs. William Oakley
Haines. who are spending September
in the Blue Ridge Mountains, will
return to their apartment in the
Sherman September 2S.
Evening star., 1926-09-23

Mrs. Edgar 7. Brown is hostess at
the series of teas" which are being
given at the Women's City Club each
afternoon this week Assisting are
Mrs. Anna Brown, Mrs. Frank F..
Mack, Mrs. w. j. La Varre, Miss Vir-
ginia S. Benjamin, Mrs. John Allen
Munson, Mrs. Sumner T. Perkins,
Mrs. Elma Saul and Mrs. Grattan
Kerans. Charter members of the
club are the guests Of honor.
Evening star., 1926-09-23

A new method Of freezing fish which.
preserves the texture and the flavor
better has been evolved in Canada.
Evening star., 1926-09-23

Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Allen have
reopened their home on Nineteenth
street, after a short visit to England
Evening star., 1926-09-23
particularly adapted for business and
professional women, promptly at Z
O'Clock.

Mr.. and Mrs. Alexander Banks of
New York City are at the Wardman
Park Hotel. Mr.. Banks is attending
the convention of the American
Society of Certified Public Ac-
president
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-05-17
mo DECISION IN
FARM AID SEEN
House to Take Up Haugen
Bill Tuesday.
BU United Press

BD United Press
WASHINGTON, May 1.-THE
farm relief battle entered it's third
week in Congress today with no de-
cision in sight.
The House will take up the $685.
100000 Haugen bill again Tuesday,
but today and Wednesday are to be
taken up with routine business. so
that debate on amendments probably
will not be concluded until the last
week of this month.
In the Senate, the combat will pro-
long the session, which may extend
well into June. Prospects for event
ual passage in both Senate and
House are good, but A presidential
veto IS possible. if Administration
forces are not satisfied.
The most important amendments
to the Haugen bilr to be voted on
this week are those of Haugen him
self. which seek to strengthen sup
port for his plan to fix prices.
through a revolving fund which
would be repaid from an equaliza-
ton fee assessed against the prod
ucts handled by a proposed advisory
farm board.
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