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fLONEL HOUSE, WILSON'S iFRIEND NOT A MYSTERY * Inofficial Counsellor of the Pres ident Is a Modest But Wen Posted Maa STUDENT OF WORLD AFFAIRS Mow Gathering Data an Economic and Other Problem* Which Moat Be Solved at the Peace Table?Haa Qualification* That do to Make a Sound Diplomat. AUTHOR'S N<rrK-M<n have made a nysiery uI the Hfe and the dolnca of Col Edward M. Iloaae. the frtrnd and advlaer X Wood row Witaon If there hae been ayetrry. It la none of the Celonel'e mtk nc. I venture the hope that whatever ?my have seemed to be hidden le die Cloned In this article, the material for whtrh waa obtained In the only way In rhleb eueh material can he obtained, by ?rect peraonal contact. Inquiry aad By CDWARD B. CLARK. I Ben right. Kit. Western Kewapaser Union.) WaahlnKton.?Who la Col. Edward Mandril House who I* to gather war lata for tba United States government for aerVlce on a future day of peace! rhl? la a 'question that la being aaketf iy a very lame proportion'of the peo ple of the United Rtatea and In fact tf all the allied nations. Colonel House does not wear the record of his deeds on his sleeve. It la prohahle that If thla unofficial conn lellor to the prealdent of the United States were to be elected to congress the autobiography which he would pre pare for the congressional directory would reed like thla: Edward Mandell House. Democrat of Austin. Texas; born 1858; elected to the congress, November. In this brief, ultra-modest. If you will. way would thla Texan be prompted to Wlte an autobiography. Justified doubtless from the viewpoint of other men In hrlnr extended Into man* [fcajlters. Win I* Col. Edward Mnndell House, who. until the day when the final order "Cm** Firing" cornea, la to attMljr la Muir of tbe gorernment of the DbIWI Mates tbe economic, the geogrnph'c. tke democratic and tbe humanitarian problem* which the American connael M? at the peace table mn?t seek to wire after a manner which the peopl# if ? great democracy can approval Consulted by President. tn the Washington dispatches some thing like thla la rend severaj time* ? fear: "Colonel Rmw tin* been In tbe city for twenty-four hoara aa the guest r^nwpre?Hiwit. - m mnraiv* for Hew Tort tomorrow morning." Beyond this the render get* nothing from the dispatches except the w?.rd thnt the president and hla rl?lfor dis cussed Mexican matt era, or European matters, or It may he. but In thla lat ter cnae rarely, political mattera. ? ( Tile, public haa known little more Ihnut Colonel House than that he l? I nan frequently conaulted by Wood row Wilson and a man In whose Judf ment on political, economic and legis lative matters the president puts con Meuce. There la a sort of a trlamonr ?bout men and things which are mys terious. It would seem that because at tbe attraction which mystery has for the people, as shown If you will In ?their gluttonous reading of detec- , Bee stories and the like, that writers of tbe uewa of the day In part have chosen to treat tbe goings and com ings of the colonel and bis conferences with men of affairs as If- they were I deliberate attempt to hedge them la and hide tbcm from public knowl It la Just as possible to get at tbe troth In the case of Colonel Houae aa It Is In the case of any other man whose doings are of public Interest. It la modesty not mystery which has been the basic difficulty. Colonel House will not tell you I ha' he I* a modest man. an I know from personal contact Willi him. To claim Modesty for one** self I* to he Immod est. He doe* go from hi* present abode In Hew York dty to Washington occa ?tonnll; or frequently an the requests may come, to jive what be can of "the counsel of hi* view*' to the president at the United States., Why should be any more than any other man send a trumpeting herald ahead or a band of cymbal dashers? He goes to the White House, stays his while and leaves, and because no great noises All the streets- at ap proach or departure, exclaalreneas. ** duslveness and secrecy have been the order of the day's words concerning each visit. Gives No Wsrd of Work. It perhaps R not too much to say that If the full record of the result* of tbe conferences which House of Texas has'had with Wilson of the United States Is to he read It must be sought In soma of tlie accomplished deed* of the present administration. That Woodrow Wilson has been moved to certain courses or strengthened In. hi* purpose to pursue them, by the roonsel of Edward M. {louse is not to be doubted. The Impossible task would be to get from the latter n definite vrd concerning the public work in which his couusel has played a part. Those who have hullt up n wall of mytotery about the man who Is study lag matters against the day of peac? apparently have not wished to poll down their handiwork. The wall can he demolished by anyone who tries to . get ut the foundation of the Action. Kdward M. House lives as open a Me aa that of aay American whose profession or business doe* not call i - - 1 hliu (tally Into IIm place* whore oco throng If ome wants to know (.bout him through motive, other tban thoee of tlM Idleness of cwloalty be can aw him and talk with bin. and tbe danm are llint lie will be toM every thing concerning the aabject of hla la qvlring curiosity that any man of wodeat mien and inclination naturally would be wffllag to toll. Colonel Howe la a genial man who aeeuilugly never baa sought to define for personal use the aaeaulng of either of the words, coldneaa or anaterlty. He boa a sense of humor well developed. and a tetn peramefital warmth. , Secret of Mia ^^wer. In Mount on. Texan, In the year 18M, Kdward kl. House was bora. He wae educated at the Hopkins grammar school. New Haven, Onn.. and at Cornell university. He has btvn active all Ida adult life In Democratic politic*, but sever has been a cnmildate for of fice. Add to these admittedly meager de tails one fact and unquestionably yon will have the secret of this man's pow er to attract other men to him for the purpose of conaultatlon on really Mgb public mattera. Worn tbe day that ho was old eoough to undertake serious study, Edward U. House baa been deep Id the books of politics, economics and legislation Ha baa marshaled In hi* mind all tbe greater events wblcb have happened" In tbeae three words. More-' oval, he has the men, tbe things and the tnqfrrea connected with each case constantly In procession before him. He la quick to trace a cause to an ef fect. or to go tbe reverse route. He baa been a student of human nature as u has shown Itself In many of the great problems of human life. TMa means that he has in him, or at aqy rate men believe that lie baa In him, the quallflcatlona which go to make up a sou ad diplomat. Through successive administrations In Texas the governors of the state, one after another, consulted Colonel House on public urn Hers. How dwp an lmprewitnu he hoi made on Tmih legislative history never ma y be known definitely, bat there !* enough salient to make Texan* know that they are right to attributing to him many of their public welfare nets. Though not accounted wealthy In these days or huge fortunes. Colonel House Is quite well fixed financially and la hot engaged In business of any kind. * 4 Has Studied Hard. I have talked lo Colonel House ami have learned things which make me feel that 1 shall not go wrong when I try to put ad Interpretation upon some of his mettyids of doing things. He I* free enough to say that he has studied hard at economic, political and ler*? latlve subjects. Hfr probably even wonlil he willing to admit Mist he ttfnks the result* of these studied eoo tlnued'and their results retained, have enabled him to he of some service when men were seeking information concerning events In the past which have relation to events In the present or events expected In the future. Therefore, there Is here a man who has held what he hns studied, who has collated and correlated the hap penings of history, who has drawn lessons from them, who takes nn In terest as deep lo the living present as be does If) the dead past, and mho men believe If- able to make his knowledge serviceable, for old as It Is let ns say it, liNtory repeats Itself. Wood row Wilson did not meet his friend Colonel House until the days when he was holding office as gover nor of New Jersey. It it said by friends of Mr. Wilson that almost lu stuntlv he esme to understand why the lfxan had been of se.-vlre slonv MMjstructlve llm* to some of the gov ernors of the state In which he baa lived moat of his life. For six or seven years Mr. Hotma has been the confi dant and the counsellor of the presi dent of the United flutes, nod neem taclr time enough hu gone by and things enuu^-h Imve been |.r.?ed or disproved to give certainty to the word tliut Woodrow Wilson tina fouod Bdwurd li. House an advisory s??et. There hardl? cin be tuocti ot rval I mystery about a man who twice since tbia great ?sr l-egaii has beea imit abroad as a special commttaUObf tor the president of tbe United 8tate?. Col onel House haa h?n twlca In Berlin, live OaMs to Carta, and tre?iu*?tlj ta other of tbe great European capitals. ' Some day It niay be that Wood row Wllaon will write what may be called an Mtobiograplileal review of his ad ministration If be doea It la entirely likely that the part taken by Colonel House In the atiaptog ot souie of the poUdea of the president awy be given tbe |nge plaee whtrh muny aieu be lieve that It deserves. No Myatery Thlra. While living In New York Colonel House resides In an npartmenj not very far uptown. It la a homelike placa -where good hoofa are found and u herv good friend* may coinu.fc I| la a genial place nnd no curtain it mystery han?s over tl.e door of any one ot Ita room*. Men go there and are wel come. They go i*id thef talk. Han lea roe us much from man a* he learns from books and more perhaps If we believe the indent saying about the proper study of mnuklnd. I asked Colonel House what hla rec reation- are. He said. "Friends, rend ing and wulklng." Ills library shelves show the kind of hooks that be has read, still Is reading and will continue to read, for those in the book cases are made the cotnpaniofis day by day of tbe others as they come from tbe hands of writers worth while. No man probably can read politic*, legislating economic* and history con stantly without getting some qf Dr. Dry-an-Dust's characteristics^ So it la that Colonel House does not read the four formidable* constantly. He turns to Action and here one finds something of possibly more than passing human I Interest. George Frlshle Hoar of Massnchus Ietts was one of the scholars In politics. It was said of him that he had read ererrfhltii: from Aristophanes' "Frogs" to Lock*'* "Hunan I'ndeintandlng and from this latter book ?f "dlsmala ties" to the lighter minded reader, down to everything heavy and heavy which was published ?t#-4he week of hia death. Senator lloar kept his mental condition hulancrd by turn ing not merely from tlte Heavy to the light on occasion, but to the actual featherweights of Action. He read "Nick Carter." Wood row Wilson, It la said, turns sway from, the studies of states. past und present and In prospective to the reading of what the Kngllsh call penny dreadfuls, and what the Americans In the old days called yellow hacks. It Is said that the speaker of the house of representatives, Champ Clark, stops frequently his mental digging Into all kinds o*. history to take up for relief |nir|M)set( hooka of -the kitjd which make a boy happy. ? Rtads Good Fiction. IK the library of Colonel House there la plenty of good Action. H? does not turn to Nick Carter, nor to "The Hidden Hand" of Mrs. K. J). K. N. 8outhworth, nor yet to "Owl Face, The Pawnee" of Beadle dlino novel fame, bnt he manages to keep the men tal balance even by an evening lamp hour or two with the writers of fic tion who cafi lay'claim to uhat.tlw book reviewers call literary merit, Today Colonel House Is euterlng up- J on the work of preparing material wbl(h one day. perhaps far In the fu ture, will bo serviceable to the <Wn?rl- ! con commissioners at the great p?*ace conference. Another has written thla concerning Ihc choice by the president of Colonel Hoiiih for tills work: "Ha la peculiarly qualified for It by his dip lomatic experience of recent years, by his study of political problems which the war has raised and Tiy hla Integrity of mind and character." "Sherlock, will you take on the House Mystery Case?" "Myteryf my dear Watson, there Isn't any." Col. Edward M. House. ?? ?? ?? ? ?!???">? ? * V.-j FLIES iOHN PAUL JONES FUG Ajielent Banner ef So Hero Carried on Frigate Ranger, Raieed at Centervllle, Md. Centervlllc Md.?Tho lis* carried li.t the frtgnt.- ranger of the continent ?1 navy, under conraiMHl of John Paul Jortex, , recently wi? holxtnl on the Itnfrntaff of Aie Observer. THIh clier lehed banner If owned hjr William An thony of Qneenatown. Tattered and torn at It* end 'row ! .??eoi-ali.-inL t.MuMt. f ? . , i r whlpi>lng Id th? mmo (ha flat It Ktlll In a C'xvl Mate of preservation. It? lilup Held ,ha? faded Into drnb. It* while mrlpM and atari) arc tlnflMwith cream of ag<> and Its red la dlncy with y?ar?. Mr. Anthony the flag from hi* crandfnthiT, who asrved under John fanl Jnam on (lie Knnger. ?f ? To Sell Greek Klng'a ?tafclei AUKttu.- -On? of tba xifna that dettotTiK) hiw tAin'the placi- of roy alty l? tlio imiMIc notice lint the klng'a I xtaMm will b?- told at auction. Th* -ibIiIp* iirv In the vary Iwart of Athens, occupying ? whnl? Mock on the two main atr?*l?.-~Now that I'rcmlqr Vcnl wIon ha* rtitim-d a democratic nrt inlulatratliin nn? of tb? flrat movcn ha* t>?cn t? rtloixHM- of thin royal oyi-aor* in the renter <ff the <*ty. nihU' ?nidy la the moat popular ot the many artlvltlea of the MI??lonury club for Boy* ?t Hfax. Tunla, coa* ? linard of atraet walfn among the Mo (li*jnmr<lun population ' SCHOOL BOARDS ASKEO TO ATTERD WANT DEPARTMCNT TO MKCOMK INTEGRAL PART OP TEACH ERS' ASSEMBLY. DISPATCHES FROM HALEI6H Doings and Happtnlnga That Mark the Progreea of North Carolina Pao pla, Oathorod Around tho Stata Capital. Raleigo Erueist efforts are being made by .the North Carolina Teachers' Auiemblv wBlch moots In Charlotte Thanksglv lag week, to have a large repreaenta-' tlon of the schools boards of the State In order that this department mar be organised as an Integral part of the teachers' assembly. A committee of the teachers' assem bly, composed of A. T. Allen. D. F. Giles and E. E. Sams, has written to the members of the school boards of the State brlngfng this matter to their attention and informing them of the plans for the meeting. The letter follows: "The North Carolina Teachers' An (embly la very anxloun that a depart ment of school boards be organized as an Integral part of the assembly. , The teachers of North Carolina have found the meetings of the aasembly very helpful la the solotlon at their own peculiar problcma. It la believed that a similar meeting of the board members would be advantageous to all the schools of the State There are many vital problems relating to the schools that are clearly In the bands of the various boards of the State. A frank discussion of these problems and their various solutionis might be the means of avoiding many costly mistakes. "Tk? aiolfaro nf lha a/>h/w\U haa mttnn a vital relation to U>? economic wel fare of the entire State that It seems to us that the time hu come for board* to begin to get away from the Idea of local administration of schools and begin to look at the achoola from the standpoint of a state-wide?even nation-wide?effort. "Recognising this need and the need for closer relation between the board and the teaching force, the committee from the teachers' assembly has been very fortunate In securing the follow Ing gentlemen to prepare a program for the department of school boards at the neat meeting of the assembly In j Charlotte at Thanksgiving: Col. A. H. , Boyden. Salisbury, prealdent; Mr. Geo. M Rose. Jr. Charlotte, vice-president; Mr. C. H. Ireland, Greensboro, secre tary. "We sbould like to urge every school board member?for city or county?to be present. These gen tlemen who are getting together the program will be glad to hear from you and to entertain any suggestion that you may make. ?tats College Doing Its Share. Coincident with the great liberty loar campaign waged so successfully at the state college was a campaign of eQual Importance to the students of the state college. In this campaign, nearly 95 per cent of all the students and >8 per cent of the faculty cheer fully contributed their part to the mil lion dollar "Friendship War Fund" be ing raised by the college students of America. Of this tl.000,000 to be raised by the students, the south has boon asked to contribute $100,000. and the two Carollnas are responsible for the raisin- of 125,000. In order that every student may have a part, each college and school in the two states has been allotted a certain amount. With but tew exceptions in tho state college, practically every man in the lnatitutLon has done his part, and has helped to run the amount to IX,100 Instead Of $2,000. ***???- Aamnaim aat nn and fltSII ** >IU IUO vdui|nMBH ?V? ?r I ? aged by t. 1. King, the college T. M C A. secretary. and T. B Elliott, pro ai dant of the Y. M. C. A., the assocla tion cabinet *? given pledge card* and mnt out to canvass the college. Many pledge* of real intereat came from the various boys of the college A noteworthy fact Is that those who were less able to contribute to the cause were the boys who at * real sacrifice showed a fine spirit by glv 1 Ing more than some men who were more able to contribute large sums. Another Item of Intereat In connec tion with the campaign, la the pledge made by the Pullen Literary aoelety. At an open meeting .the question of contributing sen" thing to the war fund was brought up The society agreed to pledge $60. This and many other thing* of real Interest hare been brought out In the college campaign. $40,000 Worth of Red Cross Sea la North Carolina will hn expected to sell *40.000 worth of Red Cross Christ mas seals this year In the program of the American Red Cross and 1/s tlonal Tuberculosis Association to treble the total of sales for the natlo.i recorded last Christmas. It Is plan ned to sell $8,000,006 worth of *?amps with whloh to meet the demand* for anti-tuberculosis agencies In the na tion. he year before the total was $8,033. to the campaign this year, th.i < mail sale plun will be largely adopted. Life Sentence la Commuted, t Because he believes the public con science of North Carolina .does not de mand the life of a 10-year-old boy fo hl? first and only crime committed in a frsnsy of despair. Governor Blckett has commuted the death sentence of Charles Walker to life elmprlaonmant. Hla death sentence was for killing his sweetheart. Florence Sutphln. la ' Caldwell county. I> to tha time that1 ha shot the girl to de*ih, he had home a good reputation and the killing w?? the outcome of a wild Impulse North Carolina Day, Dm. 14. North Carolina day will be cele brated this year In til* publk acbouli of the elate on December 14. The state superintendent of publ:. 1 instruction to hard at work oa iba fro cn*t patriotic delegation la each great patriotic ceiegratiou in each pu^Ue schoolhouse of the atata for the stimulation of thrift coaaarration. and patriotic aarrtce among tha chll dren and among all tha people of the community, and for the general dis semination of Information about the great state and national movements for thrift, conservation, and patriot lam. and tha raaaona therefor, and the alma and purposes thereof. The entire program will be* built around the three ideas of thrift, con serration, and patriottom. The alogan of the program will be "To make, to aave, to serve." The active coopera tion of all patriotic organization! of the state and county?the food con servation boards, councils of defense, the Ked Croaa, etc.. with the educa tional forces In each county sad school district, will be enlisted for making Nortlv Carolina Day a power ful agency this year for the promotion and advancement of the patriotic pur poses for which all of these organisa tions are unaelflshly working. * The chairman of the state council of defense, the secretary of the stale historical commission, and the atate food administrator, are cooperating with the state superintendent of pub lic* Instruction and the state depart ment of education In the preparation of the program. In such a celebration of North Carolina Day at every public school bouse?the logical and social center of every community?with the active and sympathetic co-operation of all the educational and patriotic organ izations of state, county and com munlty.can be reached a splendid climax to the activities of the paat months for the promotion of thrift, conservation, and patriotism. Forming Safety Leaguts In tuts. To (top the Immense loss In lite and property from Ores and accidents in Nerth Carolina. Insurance Cornells . sloner J. R. Young Is organising Safe ty Leagues In every ichoolhouae 4b the State. The objects of the leagues, aa out lined In tbe constitution, are: "1. To reduce the 'Ore waste' In North Carolina and Its loas of life and property. "i To teach every man. woman, and child that the annual loss amounts to over three millions of dollars In property and about SOfl lives, and many maimed and ruined for life. "3. To let tbe people know that our Insurance Commissioner says over 60 iter cent of this awful destruction at We ant! piupei Ij Is due to Ignorance' and carelessness alone, and Is easily preventable. t "? "4. To study tbe causes of Ores and accidents, and keep the subject before our people, especially the young, until every one shall regard It aa a patriotic duty to prevent them." ?School children and every man and every woman willing to aid In the up building snd the safeguarding of the 8tate of North Carolina and her peo ple are eligible for membership. All members will take a pledge which reads: "I am for safety, and pledge mysei: to aid In the protection of lite aad property from fires and accidents, and will endeavor to Influence others to do the name." The first Safety League was organ ised at the Richland* school. The Federation of Women's Clubs Is tak-1 log up the matter and the civics de partments of the various clubs are working for the organisation of leagues In the schools. In addition to the school organisations, a league. It Is hoped, will be formed In each dm of Iks organised communities in North Carolina. ' Must Not Charge for Legal Servicee. Governor Blckett crecte* the local exemption boards In North Carolina not to receive or to consider any pa per prepared by any attorney-at-law or any other perscn in connection with any registrant or selected man unless such paper shall contain a statement that tbe attorney or other person Is receiving no charge what ever for service performed In behalf of said registration or selected man. Governor Blckett latitats mat tarn the Amercan Bar Aaaoclation and the North Carolina Council of National Defenae adequate steps have Seen taken to have been greilful legal aer vlcea rendered registrants and select t>d men wlthont cost to them. "In everycounty In the state." tar* Governor Blckett. "the state attomevii win be called upon by the American Bar Aaaoclatlon and by' the State Council of National Defend to render legal service, and they wll be glad to Jo It. The attorney* ?? North Caro- I Una are intensely patriotic and lha 1 ninety and Bine of them will cheer fully perform these services and ro- i gard it aa a patriotic privilege to do I ?O." I r. ?' 124 Uvea Lost in rire. fnturanc# Commissioner Young ' says: "In calling attention to my ex- i hlbit at the State Fair 1 was very ' much surprised at the number of pco- 1 pie who told me of the death by Are 1 of their children. Why Is It ?o hard 1 to make oar people renllxc the great | loss of life and property In this State each vnart In this way 314 lost their lives laat year These are the sta tistics given by tha.Board of Health. These Uvea and of property Ure I oat each vear, tad ve< two-'hlrds It preventable with ordinary care." Train Craw Save Sohoolhouee. Insurance Commissioner Young say he heard recently of a fire started by. a terra-cotta Sue. and a novel way In which It wu put oat. The crew of a train on one of the small branch roads aaw a fire In the top of a country scbaolhoaee. around a terra-cotta fllu" as the train paeaed. They stopped tbr train, ran It hack, aud with buckats m water fro* the tender put out the Are ' A terra-cotta or hrlckonedge <?? will atart a Are, and, nnfortuaatelv will not ahrays have a train craw ?andy to pit It oat. I ? I "I ??? I l_ |N TtlClliripLIOIIT *Li? & SECRETARY TALKS OF AMERICANISM f "la' till* crisis we are all Deaw crata, we are all Republicans. TV man who draws party linea now Is no Amertcaa. The man who Mm his country beat during the war aaraes bis party beat," said Secretary Dak Ids of the navy to aembera of the Iroquois dub at Chicago. The secretary's address followed his tlslt to the Great Lakes Na*al Training station, which be described as the "greatest naval training at? tion in the world." lie paid a Ugh tribute to Captain Molfet, under whose direction the training atutioa baa expanded from a cupadty of 24?> to one at 17,000 men. "The Action pre valla that the aa*y must be anchored in the ocean," em tinued the secretary, "bot oar navy Ir safely moored In the confldenee aad trust of the American people. The moat beautiful and inspiring sight 1 ever witnessed waa tie drill at the iu,vuv men si iae ureal uiuro i ruining muuon mis morning. me recora or congress during the last nix months Is unequaled (or constructive legislation In any country or In any age. Men In congress are striving with each other to see who can be the best American. This congress did not wait until the war was over to provide pensions, bnt already the Insurance bill Is, In effect. Aad the bill provided pensions for the /amities of 28 men who were killed before the bill became a law. "Money must be mobilized, as men have been," continued the secretary. "I do not know wbo win give the most money, but the one who gives all hfp money will not give as much as the man wbo gives his life for his country. There Is something truly American in going to the wage earners and asfciag tlem to Invest in government bonds to carry on the war. "It is a great national venture, in which every man Is Interested, aa& excepting a few dissenters, negligible In number, the nation Is united and determined to prosecute the war until victory is assured." I 1 ' - " " ' I | SOLDIER RtSES TO HIGH RANK | The elevation of MaJ. Gen. Leonard Wood to the poMtloa of ranking gen eral of tbe regular arm; has been spec tacular. At the outbreak of the Span Uh-AmerlcuQ war he wn? peraonal physician to fres:dent McKlnley with the rank of captain In the regular es tablishment. Be was commissioned colonel of volunteers and recruited tbe famous Rough Riders regiment of which ex-Prefddent Theodore Roose velt was the lieutenant colonel. , On July 8, 1898, be was made brig adier geneml of volunteers for services at Las Guaslmas and Ban Juan bill, ? and on December 7 of the same year I was promoted to major general, there- I by Using from captain to major gen- I eral In Ave months. In April of the I next year be was discharged from the 1 volunteers and made a brigadier gen- I eral In the regular establishment. Eight j months later be wag made major gen- I eral in tbe regular army. In 1898 he " waa awarded a congresKlonal medal of honor (or distinguished services while serving la the medical corpa In the 18H6 campaign against the Apache Indiana On December 12, 1880, he waa appointed military governor of Coba and aerved in that position nntU the island waa turned over to the Republic at Cuba in 1803: RANKS HIGH IN SISHAl SERVICE ' Col. Charles M'K. Saltzman, a? ?lrtant to chief signal officer, wa? bom In Iowa October 18, 1871, and appointed to the Unitary acatemy from that state In 1802. Upon bis graduation In 1800 was appointed to the Fifth cavalry and served an UK staff of General Merrlam. commander of the department of Colorado. Hf was an honor graduate from the Ba nal school In 1900. During the campaign In Santiago. Cuba, be was attached to the Stat cavalry and participated in th# battle at Guasatnhr on June 24, 1868, in which the Rough Riders participated. On February 2, 1901, he was made a captain to the Signal corps aad as signed to the Philippines, where he served on the staff of General Wood. He waa sent as a delegate from the United States to London to at tend the International radio confcr ?n? In 1012. which Derfected a treaty formulating International rulea for radio telegraphy. Ia 1814 ha wma attached to the department of the Bait and to 1915 waa made algnal oOccr of the command In the Panama Canal aooa. CANADA'S GREATEST AIR-.F1GHTER "It give* me special pleasure to prraent to you, gentlemen of Canada anil of the United Slates, Canada's greatest afr-flghn'r. He Is twenty three years old and two week* ago re turned from tbe hattlefront of Prance, where h^ had taken personal part in L10 air battles, bringing down 47 air planes and two olwervatlon balloons af the enemy. One of his most ex traordinary achievements waa the de struction of nine Hun airplanes with lb two hours of a single day and the bombing of an airdrome an success fully as to win a?ll tbe most coveted military honors Great Britain has to Itestow- for extraordinary valor. Ilia grateful country has bestowed upon Mjn the Victoria Omsa, the War f'rosa and the PistliiRulshed Service Order twice, and has promoted him to be a major. Major HIi.hop, I am told. Is the only man to whom the king of Rnglnnd ha* ?m awarded ml tlieae ~ "ag honors at one and the Mime ttme. Major Ituhop ha* Do* tome here oo the way to Cunada. having been appointed n ckM InMitietor In a<>rlal inaaerjr to the Royal Hying ror|?. He la ? nntlT* ot (>?m Hound (tularin, aad I an> proud of the fact that hln birthplace la not very far from roj own." Wlik thorn word* Thorn** D. Nceland*. prealdent of the Canadian cloh. deaerih>4 and welcomed the |w?t of honor at their recent banquet at New York SCRAPS Nitrogen for fertlUaein la bring pro dticfd in Italy from prat that la too loir In furl value to compete with coal. A '.rewiTjr In Mobile, Ala., la maklox vln. itar frmn watermelon Jolce, and the rlnda, aeeda and rwiidue are uaed foracattle fnddar. According to the United Statea bu reau of atandarda. eloth-rnea?uring tape* ahonld not b? relied upon to poa a?ia mi accuracy better than one part Ui 600 or 1.0M. ?r ?> - . . ui. In normal time* tlx- Trnn*ml mine* are the Inrp'*! coatmmer* of explotfw In th* world. The t'nlted State* foYWWDent mm imm two million IncaiwlekOBt alec trie Uinta a rear. A tm iroTermnent achool M trato win-lea* operator* for the iwuImw marine baa been ofx-ned la Boataak Sooth African chrratata hat* fnami that oil* and Ita products r*u be ut> talned from th? coal mined In Aagale, which la Itaetf ha* been a faUura a* fuel.
The News-Herald (Ahoskie, N.C.)
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Nov. 16, 1917, edition 1
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