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About The North Platte semi-weekly tribune. (North Platte, Neb.) 1895-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1917)
THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE, NORTH PLATTE, NEBRASKA. !mm0 Inrfl J4Hf XMHf MMntf taaA mml mimt SAILOR'S RISE TO HIGH RANK w v n i hi i n i r i hi mi mziniiii r. "4 I 1 X-2J ACT OT COtf7?J3 i LAG Starry emblem of our country rich in history and honor :: And the grand old banner will soon be making more history and receiving great er honor on the battlefields of Northern France and Belgium f HOUGH as yet the baby of nations, Un cle Snra hns ninny lings of which he linn reason to be proud. Most of them uro In the possession of the government, but n few nre owned by Individuals or army posts. One of them, now kept nt the state house nt Annnpolls, Md wns carried by tho Maryland troop3 during the wnr of the American Revolution, nnd Is mnde In accord ance with tho net of congress, Juno 14, 1777, It Is positively known to hnvo been the regimental Hag of the Third Maryland regiment, commanded by Col. John Engor Hownrd. nt tho battlo of Cow pens, S. C., In Jnnunry, 1778, In which fight It was held by William Bachelor. Bachelor was sent homo to Baltimore wounded and took his flag with him. After Bachelor's death In March, 1781, tho flag remained In his family, and when tho British In vnded Maryland in 1814 this same Aug was carried by William, Bachelor's son, In the battlo of North Point, ns n banner for tho Twenty-seventh Mary land regiment. This William Bachelor died In 1885) Tho flag, In 1007, was presented to tho stato of Maryland and has since then reposed In Its capital building at Annnpolls. Another famous banner is tho battlo flag of Com mandant Oliver Ilazard Perry, tho snmo which Hew successively on tho masts of his flagships, tho Niagara and tho Lawrence, In tho battlo of Lako Eric, September, 1813. This flag had been made at Perry's express command, but nt tho sug gestion of Purser ITnmbleton, he added the words It boro, "Don't give up tho ship," tho last uttered by Captain Lawrence, killed In tho fight In June, 1813, between tho English and American forces. These words have erroneously been attributed to Perry, but are, In fact, nn adoption of Lnwrcnco's Bontcnco to Perry's flag. Tho bnnner Is n bunting of ono solid color bearing Its famous motto In largo letters across Us face, and Is now kept nt tho United States Navnl academy nt Annnpolls. A British Trophy. In tho same chamber at tho academy "is n gor geous royal British standard which was captured from tho parliament houso when tho capital of Canada fell, In 1811), Into American hnnds. It is n magnificent ensign with flvo qunrterlngs, nil In radiant tones, tho heraldic blazonry being such ns wns used In tho tlmo of George III. In ono corner Is n red lion poised In air, to denote Scotland; In another Is tho golden harp of Ireland; twoaothor quarters contnln three golden rnmpnnt lions for England, whllo In the central quartering Is n com bination of tho nrms of Saxony, Hanover, Bruns wick nnd Luneburg, with somo emblems of tho Holy Iloman empire. In the National museum In Washington Is tho real Star Spangled Bnnne'r, tho snmo flag which floated over Fort McIIenry In Soptembcr, 1814, when It wns nttneked by tho British, nnd tho ono around which Key wroto his Immortal poem. Be ing 80 by 20 feet, ft will hang from tho second story of a building to the first floor. In splto of tlmo It Is well preserved, nnd tho Btnrs nnd stripes which "gleamed through tho perilous fight" nro etlll plainly to bo seen. Mexican" trophies are to bo seen at tho Naval ncademy. Thcso flags nro nil unique In design, bearing tho Mexican condor standing on n enctus, with n snnko In Its mouth. There nro sovornl of ,thls war, ono of (hem being tho flng captured by den. Wlnflcld Scott nnd Commodore Mntthow Per ry nt tho fall of Vera Cruz In 1817. y.In the antechamber to tho rooms of tho secrc itary of wnr, In Washington, Is tho famous flag which flew over Fort Sumtor in April, 1801, when It wns fired on by tho Confcdorato batteries. This "was tho shot which opened tho great war between Itho states. Tho flag of tho Mcrrimac Is now owned by tho tfrfnilly of tho Into Oupt. Boverly Llttlepage, for merly of Washington. Another flag of tho Merrlmac Is In tho posses- P - I 1 III I. - -I slon of Mr. C. F. Gunthcr of Chicago; this was tho first ono raised, but was shot away. Tho flag owned by tho Llttlcpngcs Is tho second ono run up. Regan's Flag. In the rooms of the Stevenson Post nt Roxbury, Mass., Is preserved ono of the strangest banners the world has ever seen. In a tobacco factory In Richmond, In Civil war times, ninny Fcdornl sol diers were prisoners, among them n Timothy J. Regan. Regan conceived the Idea of making a flng of Federal Stars nnd Stripes even In the closo confinement of their prison. There were nbout 20 men nnd they secretly got together the mnterlnl. A flannel shirt mado tho blue ground, a 'shirt of white cotton furnished tho white stars, and goods were bought sufllclcnt to mnke the red and whlto stripes. In hiding, they worked nt their tnsk till nt lafit it was finished. It wns thrown to the wind nt once In n plnco which wns sheltered from tho vlow of the guards, then torn Into strips nnd di vided nmong tho men. After tho wnr, Regnn, by persistent effort, mnnnged to get together nil tho pieces and had them sewn Into n flng, which Is now nt Roxbury, Tho ling of the Maine, the ship whoso sinking preclpltnted the Spanish-American wnr in 1808, Is kept nt Annnpolls. Nenr by tho bnnncrs enptured by Dewey nt Mnnlln from the Spnnlsh, us well as trophies of tho bnttlo of Santiago. Tho bnnner which floated over the North polo, raised there April 0, 1000, by Commander Robert E. Pcnry, now lies for safekeeping In tho vaults of a snfe deposit company In Washington. It wns mnde by Mrs. Peary, the stars being worked In silk embroidery. It wns flown In tho wind on tho shores of tho Polnr sea for moro than a fourth of Its circumference. Tho bits of whlto with which It Is dotted Indicate tho fragments which the explorer left with records nt dlffcreut plnces lu his Journey. Somo wero deposited nt Cnpo Morris K.'Jcssup, tho fnrthest northern point of Innd on enrth ; ono was left nt Cnpo Thomns nub bnrd, another nt the starting point of tho dash for tho pole Cnpo Columbia five bits nro In tho Ice of "Peary's Fnrthest North," In 1000, nnd ono Is yet In tho eternal stillness of the North polo itsolf. Oldest Flag In Museum. The oldest flag liAtho National museum, at Washington, Is thc-i, first United States flag of which thoro Is authentic record. This Is tho bnn ner of John Pnul Jones. On tho very dny tho law was enacted establishing a national flag for tho United States of America, Juno 4, 1777, congress appointed John Paul Jones to bo commander of tho Rnnger, History does not rolute, with au thority, tho exnet dnto of tho making of the Ranger's flag, but It must have been very soonqj nftcr the congressional enactment, because tho war department states that "The ship Ranger, bearing tho Stars and Stripes and commandod by Capt. Pnul Jones, nrrlved t n French port nbout Docomber 1, 1777, nnd her flng received, on Februury 14, ,1778, tho first snluto over paid to nu American flng by foreign navfl vessels." Later, Pnul Jones set his loved ensign high above tho Bon Homme Richard and It waved tri umphant over many a fierce encounter with tho foes of tho now country. Tho most notable of theso wus when it cumo in contact with tho Brit- , lsh ship Sorapls In 1770 and went down. Comtno- ; dor Jones rescued his precious "starry flag" and i hoisted It over tho Captured Scrupls, bringing it first American flag that came Into existence after tho enactment of congress. As evidence of the theory they point ,to tho 12 sturs Instead of 13. Had this flag had nn ofllclal predecessor tfte mls tnko In tho number of stars would hardly hnve occurred. This historic standard, kept Intact by long nnd loving care, shows its age In much-frayed edges nnd worn pntches. The 12 stnrs, nrrnnged In three parallel perpendicular rows, still stand out stanchly on their unstable foundation, for the blue field and the 13 red nnd white stripes hnve grown pathetically threadbare. The National museum contains n collection of remnnnts of tings that participated In navnl en gngoments from the time of the Revolutionary war to tho war with Mexico ; also those of foreign ves sels of wnr captured by the navy during those periods. This display of fragments Is quite inter esting. It wns collected by Peter Force of Wash lngton, nnd presented by him to the llbrnry of congress, which trnnsferred it to the Nntlonnl museum. Among these remnnnts Is n pleco of the Brit ish flag of La Guerrlere, used during her encoun ter with the Constitution, nnd of the Jnvn. worsted by tho snmo lndomltnblo American, ns well ns n frngment of the flng of tho Algerlne brig Zourn, enptured tinder Decntur. A division of tho museum's flng collection re lates to the Civil war, and the most Interesting of these Is tho gnrrlson flag of Fort Moultrie, in Charleston harbor, South Carolina. This flag was lowered December 20, 1800, when MnJ. Robert Anderson, First United States artillery, moved his forces to Fort Sumter. The flng was secured by his second In command, Capt. Abncr Double day, and remained In his possession until present ed to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. In the National museum also Is the United States flag raised In New Orleans by the volunteer ling committee nftcr the occupation In 1802. This was the first Federal flag raised by citizens of any of the Confederate states nftcr tho commence ment of hostilities. Here, too,- is the flng of tho United Stntes ship Kenrsnrge. In use nt the time of the surrender of the Confedernte cruiser Ala bama, also the first United States flag raised In Richmond nfter the surrender. This wns used ns headqunrters flng by Gen. E. O. C. Ord, U. S. A., when ho took possession of tho city. The history of our wnr with Spnln Is Illus trated at tho National museum by a series of flags of picturesque Interest. There Is here the Spnnlsh gnrrlson flng used nt Fort San Cristobal, San Juan, Porto Rico, during tie entire war, and floated over the fort during the bombardment by the American fleet. May 12. 1808. There Is. too, the flag lowered from tho customhouse at the plnzn, Ponce. Porto Rico, when it surrendered to tin? United Stntes. Tho yellow strlpo In this flng was painted red to glvo It a chance to cscnpe Identlflcntlon, Another flng here wns tnken from the trenches before Santiago., nnd still another is n guidon used by Spnnlsh Infantry at Porto Rico. The museum Is also custodian of the pennant flown by Admlrnl Schley on tho Brooklyn during tho bnttle of Santiago. The United States Marine corps has n muubet of flngs of vltnl Import. It Is proud of its tro phies, nnd well It mny bo, for It was the foremost ' In winning them. Tho Marine corps possesses tho first American flng under tire In Cuba. This flng homo covered with honor. was raised by the Marine battalion nt Guantn Tho museum authorities believe this to bo tb r, innmo, the tenth of June, 1803. nnd flew during j mnrlnes nt that point. After its use In this en- -t,'' -l gngoment it was hauled down and seijt to head- quarters nt wnsningion Anntlinn nntmvnpthv flnr hnlnnrrlni tn thn prims - ...... i .. v t t ' - --.j - -n---n " - - ' nt snlnthood through n visit to tho tomb of tho ft lis tho signal flng used by Sergeant Quick nt the prophet nt Meccn. bnttle of Cuzco. During the engagement tho fleet After tho dervishes cau.o tho members of "Union C. j stationed In tho bay, whllo tiring on tho enemy, nnd Progress," tho Young Turks, In Pnrlslnn dress. . wns seriously endnngerlng tho unseen mnrlnes on Somo of tho fnces wero milk whlto; now nnd then , ' lnnd, who already had the Spaniards surrounded. onp snw n gray head among thorn. , 'A volunteer wns requested to go out nnd slgnnl In the eyes of- tho dervishes burned tho Are of to the fleot to stop firing. Sergeant Quick tm tho past; in tho Young Turks thnt of tho future.; mediately responded, nnd In full view of the Which ono Is approaching his last hour In the V enemy stood nnd wig-wagged the Dolphin to stop , i i ... r. I . , it ... . i I . uzmnn uinusT Tho head of n tnoro conservative Turk camo In view, that of tho now heir to tho sultnn's throne. Vahdcddln, of Porslnu typo, long, narrow-nosed FUNERAL OF TURKISH CROWN FRINGE Tim fnllnwlntr account of tho funernl cortege of the Turkish crown prlnco is given by Alexunder Brody, who saw tho ceremony; On tho scarlet covered coflln In which tho body of Jussuf Izzeddln, tho crown prlnco of Turkoy, iwho had killed himself in his harem, wns carried to tho grave lay his fez, or "knlbng," In tokcu of his military caroer, - .-. The coflln wus mado of wood, for nietnl Is too pcarco oven fd"r n prlnco, nnd It wns borne by tho Eunuchs of tho royal household. Jussuf had boon ind to his servants although stern with their eersT'----. " iA gigantic Jiegro with tho eyes of n faithful hound constantly smoothed tho red cloth lest a wrlnklo might dishonor the seemllness of tho occa Hlon, and ho kept constant watch on tho pnllbenr tors Tho DOO burly negro ounuchs wero ns ono In fchclr grief. Following them wero tho chamber lains and uttendnnts if tho household, with red caps on their black heads. Tho coflln wns gently laid on the. Mussnln tasay, n Dfaycr stone, fragments of nn old Greek column dating back to tho days of tho victorious emperors. Tho holy prayor wnB chnnted; "Blssm IUnh Irrah E, elhamd vo Illnhl. rebbt ul nlcniln" ("In the mmo of God, tho merciful and gracious" . Then itho holy men approached, dorvishes of nil ranks, atevlovH and ruputis, uio manna vuw u feS on themselves by I Impos ng c mmV tin r fniu nidi oil iiicir hlhuo. j v.. F."! ... iu i.onrtrendlnK. Tho green cloth nbout heads of some indicates that they hnve arrived fenturos resombllng Abdul Hnmld's. Ono may only conjecturo concerning this repre sentative of royalty, grown up in tho shado of tho harem wnlls, In coustnnt compnnlonshlp of women of tho Orient, who never divulge anything about their lords nnd masters. Tho now crown prlnco is long past middle age. Behind him rode Prlnco Medsld, uged and worn; in fact, tho wholo royal family has left youth behind. A group of Arabs camo next. Tho rays of tho cold spring sunlight throw palo gold over tho fancy costumes of theso uton of tho desert. A prominent merchant whispered : "They nro tho Arabs, of tho faith, yet they do not obey Allah be cause ho Is merciful, but because (hoy fear him, nnd not without reason. I fenr that avo cannot trust them lu this holy war, at least somo of them. They value- monoy too highly, especially sliver, although they havo no contempt for gold." Now York Herald. firing. Tho signal flag was rent In several places, hut the sergeant escaped Injury. For this net he received n mednl nnd honornblo mention Among somo later flags to come Into possession of the Marino corps is tho large United Stntes flag used by the marines during tho slego of the legation In Peking at tho tlmo of the Boxer riots. It may bo recoiled that tho gtinrd of tho Oregon served In Peking. This wns their post flng nnd wns planted on the Tartar city wnll, where it wns Jeulously guarded. Later it was hoisted on tho ruins of tho Imperial Chlcn Men ns n slgnnl to tho allied forces, nnd It hns the honor of being tho first slgnnl tho lntter had that their friends wero still living. The flag shows Its hard usngo at the hands of its enemies, being torn In sev eral places by volleys of shot nnd shell assail ing It. Another Chtneso memento possessed by tho Mn rinp corps Is n Inrgo Iraperinl flag captured on tho wnlls ot Tientsin oy tne mnrlnes when they at tacked tho city. This is a Uirgo pennnnt-shnDed nfTnlr of turkey red, wlllv cnlgmntlcnl Chinese characters in its center. In recognition of the services ren dered since he went to London to per fect arrangements for Joint nnvnl ac tion of tlie war vessels of the United Stntes, Grent Brltnln, nnd Frunce, Rear, Admiral William S. Sims hiw been promoted to be vice ndmlral. Tho only other ofllcer of this rank In tho nnvy Is Vice Admlrnl Dewltt Coffmnn, who Is second In commnnd of the At lantic bnttleshlp fleet. Vice Admiral Sims, who is the ranking Amerlcnn naval officer abroad, Is In command of the destroyers now operating In European wntcrs. In the period Immediately preced ing tho Spanish-American war, Ad mlrnl Sims, then n llcutonnnt, wns nnval attache nt Pnrls, nnd wns In trusted with buying ships and supplies for the nnvy. He spent hundreds of thousands of dollars, keeping in touch with sources of supply In Europe, nnd rendered vnlunble service. He re- mnlned nn nttuche nt Paris until 1000,- when he wns recnlled and sent to the Asiatic station, being assigned to duty on tho battleship Kentucky. In 1002 Lleutenunt Sims wns ordered to the nnvy department and placed in charge of the office of nnval practice, ne'remnlned there nenrly seven yenrs, and it was during this time that great Improvement was made in the navy in gunnery, largely owing to the methods introduced by him. SEES LATIN AMERICA AS ALLY Speaking nt n speclnl open-air Liberty Loan mnss meeting under the auspices of the churches of Baltimore, John Barrett, director of the Pan- Amerlcnn Union, sntd: "That the whole western hemis phere will be directly engaged In the war before another year pnsscs Is now not only possible, but very probable. Speaking unofllclnlly, for no one enn spenk todny In this crisis for nil America, but basing conclusions on the consistent nttltude of the Latln- Amerlean press and the expressed opinions of Lntln-Amerlcan statesmen, It can bo said that, despite the Justi fiable, nnd even prnlseworthy, neu- trnllty of some of the Latin-American countries, there Is no question what ever that it now looks ns if events would inevltnbly cause all of them to align themselves with the United States and Is European allies. "The preponderating public senti ment everywhere in Lntln America Is undoubtedly pro-American and ally. The governments remaining neutral cannot be described as being in any way under German Influence. It may be tlmt It would be for better for the eventual best Interests of the United Stntes, Great Britain, Frnike nnd Italy if they would remain neutral. Certain mighty and Irresistible, but almost in tangible, forces nnd Influences of both sentlmentnl nnd economic chnracter toward a break with Germany nre, however, powerfully at work everywhere in Latin America, nnd 'cannot be checked." COMMANDS MARINES IN FIELD Col. Chnrles Augustus Doyen, who commnnds the 2,000 marines in France, ns a part of the fighting division under MaJ. Gen. John J. Pershing, Is one of the best-known officers of the corps. He Is a veteran of the Philippine cam paigns, of the operations in various parts of the West Indies, nnd in other parts of the world. Until his designa tion ns commander of tne mnrlne regi ment jvhlch nccorapnnied Pershing overseas, Colonel Doyen was in com mand of the Washington, D. C, ma rine bnrrncks. Colonel Doyen is n nntive of New Hnmpshlre, and wns grndunted from the United Stntes Naval academy In 1881. He Is a close friend of Admiral Sims, the commander of tlie American forces in European waters, and during his few years at sea he and Sims were shipmates on the old corvette Swnta ra. Sims was then the ensign nnd Doyen n second lieutenant of marines. Colonel Doyen has long been considered oae of the best disciplinarians In the corps. He Is an expert when it comes to machine-gun wnrfnre, and he is one of the officers who have had a prominent part in the organization of tho machine-gun units of the Mnrlno corps, which nre today on a par with the best organizations In tho world. The 2,700 officers and men In France with Colonel Doyen nre orgnnlzed Into companies of 250 men. Tho commnnd is ono almost entirely composed, of veterans, nnd It Is understood thnt nmong tho force will 'be nt lenst one compnny ench of grenade throwers and another which will opernto the trench mortars. A grent many of the men who are under Colonel Doyen nre vet erans of the Dominican, "Haitian, nnd Vera Cruz operations. NORTHCLIFFE'S ERRAND COMMERCIAL With the possible exception of Premier Lloyd George, Baron North cllffe of tho Island of Thanet wields more power than any other man In Great Britain. Courageous, resource ful, vigorous In nttack and persistent tn purpose, Alfred nnrmsworth prob ably has had more to do with shaping British policies since the wnr began than nny other Engllshmnn, not ex cluding even Lloyd George. Never before hns tho power of the press been so strikingly and sweep ingly demonstrated as by the career of Lord Northcliffe. Beginning life as a reporter, In .less than thirty years ho Is now fifty-one Alfred Ilarmsworth hns nchleved a position unparalleled In tho history of Journal ism in tho world. Ho is now the con trolling owner of a string of British newspapers larger in Influence, charac ter nnd resources than nny previous coiublnntlon In nny country. Lord Northcliffe is Intolerant of blundering. Ho is intolerant of the policy of "muddling through," nnd sternly and strongly protests tho blundering opera' tlons which nro avoidable. Lord Northcliffe comes to the United States dn n purely commercial errand and does not succeed Arthur J. Balfour, British foreign minister, as head of tho British mission In the United States in nny way. Lord North cliffe will havo no diplomatic standing. ji i i i t i '4? D