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GERMS
OSITION
INSECURE
Flanks Exposed and Army That
Crossed the Marnfr May Be
Trapped; Crisis Past,
Washington Believes.
1 By Associated Press.
Washington, July 17. While
official reports from Generals
Pershing and Bliss Were too be
lated to permit formal con
clusions to be drawn as trthe
situation on the western front,
it was clear that military au
thorities believed that the crisis
. i ii, ' i
wao past iu uie entiny e pians
irustrated. .
Neither Secretary Baker nor
General March, chief of staff,
would express an. opinion as to
the situation, but other officers
' generally regarded the battle
as more than half won.
As press accounts and the brief
official communiques from Paris and
Berlin have so far disclosed the situa
, tion, the great thrust has been
i narrowed down in three days., of
fighting to one active sector where
the enemy still was moving sluggishly
at last accounts.
River Crossing Under Fire.
In effect, officers said, the great
offensive already has degenerated into
a purely local action on a front of less
than 20 miles between the ioint just
- east of the original American posi
tions on. the Marne in the Jaulgonne
sector to the wooded region west of
Rheims. It is possible that the activi-
ty on the German left in these woods
'will result jn a flanking operation at
Rheims itself, but officers here were
. ; i: i j ,i i
,1,1101 inqiinea to nuns so,
. Jo most observers the center of in-
terest was the lmile stretch on the
. south bank of the Marne which the
' enemy holds and his thrust down the
river valley toward Epernay, where
the Germans have been able to force
their way some four miles beyond
the river. Their crossing, upon which
the maintenance of the forward lines
and tlie continuance of the push down
the wlley depend, was reported to
be under direct artillery fire.
Counterstroke Possible.
Officers looked with attention at
the very hopeful prospect of a Gaunt
ly erstroke by the allies which they
believed might have important re
sults. It was indicated By today's
reports that the Germans stand with
both flanks exposed and with their
communication lines seriously men
aced. It was believed that unless the
Germans can widen out their posi
tions they will be compelled to fall
back to the river or face the possi-
kility of being trapped as the Austri
ans were on the Piave.
The extent of any counter move
ment would depend wholly upon Gen
eral Foch's available reserves and up
on his own campaign plans. It is re
garded as certain, however, that he
would not overlook an opportunity
to annihilate an enemy division or
two, possibly the bulk of General
von Boehm's armtf
Airmen. Take Important Role.
Accounts of the activities of French
airmen during the 'first day of the
battle are reaching Washington, giv
ing a vivid picture of the constantly
Krowing part tne air torces are play
ing in modern war. Tons of boinbs
were dropped on the Germans as they
surged forward to cross the-Marne?
Concentration points far to the rear,
where troops and supply trains wait
ed orders, were hunted out and del-
uged with bombs while movine col
umns were harassed with machine
; gun fire from above. These opera
tions increased the' enemy's cfifficul
- ties and are still adding to them.
46,000 Men Called to
v i ri d.l
juui vAuurs Deiween
' v August 5 and August 9
Washington, July 17. Forty-six
thousand men from all states and the
District of Columbia were called to
the colors tonight by Provost Mar-s-
hal' General Crowder. They are all
. to be white registrants. M-vement
into camp will he between August 5
and August 9. f
a This is the first general call for
August, durincr wh!-h mnntfi
Jitary program orovides f r tJi. .
iramment ox ouu.uuu men. borne spe
cial calls alreaHv UqmpH (r.-
' . r irsr rt.r
19,941 of this number.
The quotas to be furnished include:
Iowa, 800, Jefferson Barracks.
.Kansas, 1,000, Fort Riley, Kan.
Minnesota, 1,000, Jefferson Bar
- racks. v
-NCDrasica, iuo, -Camp Fremont.
South Dakota100 Cam, Fremont.
promote Havy Officers
ashingtoiv July 17. The ravy se
lection board Tjegan sessions today to
, recommend officers for promotion. It
is ejected about 26 rear admirals.
114 captains and 240 commanders will
be-named-, with corresponding num.
- bers in the lower ranks in accord with
f liic navy's war expansion
""Ambition Realized," Says
Kinkaid, After Plight
Nebraska Congressman With
Two lowarur Takes Air
plane Trip Into Clouds
Near Washington. v
i
Washington Bureau of
The Omaha Bee,,
1311 G Street.
Washington, July 17. (Special .Tel
egram.) Woujd you believe that "Un
cle Mose" Kinka has been up in a
flying machine?
Last evening with Judge ,Green and
Representative Ramseyer of Iowa,
"Uncle Mose" at -the suggestion "of
Captain McKee of the aviation corps
in charge of the new flying field at J
Anacostia, jusi across mc eastern
branch of the Potomac from Washing
ton, climbed into a two-seater Curtis
biplane and with Major Cousins at
the wheel experienced the sensation of
his life. w
Pher Nebraska and Iowa coi
gresSmdn may see with their own
eyes the field of courage in France
and Flahders, but it has been r,scrved
for these three lawmakers from Iowa
and Nebraska to feel the thrill of
flying through the air.
For nearly a half hour Judge Kin
kaid with Major Cousins as pilot flew
over the arm of the Potomac and the
outskirts of the Capital and in thatn
.,,.,i,:., ,.,..i,,i n:..,i..v
iiiii'iiit; mauling iianiiu an animus
of 2,100 feet.
In describing his sensation, Repre
sentative Kinkaid said: "Every thing
seemed circumscribed. The earth
looked perfectly beautiful in its sum
mer garb, but the houses looked like
places built for gnomes, so small did
they appear, which was the strongest
JOHN M'ARTHUR
DRIVES DOWN HUN
PLANE IN FIGHT
American Lieutenant Lands
Safely After Daring flight
in Which He Fought Off
Eight Machines.
With the American Armv on the
Marne, July 17. Lt. John McArthur
of Buffalo, N. Y., this afternoon drove
down a two-seater German airplane
in a fight which began oyer the allied
line near Dormans. During the fight
he flew within 100 feet of the ground
at places where German anti-aircraft
and machine gunners abounded, and
received several bulVt holes in his
machine. While returning t -the
American line McArthur encountered
eight enemy machines, but fought off
all and landed, safely. He fired 500
shots during his travels.
The machine driven down Wednes
day by Lt. McArthur is the third to
his credit.
French observers reported today
that 13 enemy airplanes fell in the
region over which an American pur
suit squadron was patrolling and
fighting Tuesday.-
Within the American lines it had
been considered sure that the Ameri
cans had downed eight and possibly
nine enemy planes.
Precipitation in Omaha
" 1.26 Inches; Threo Cbeers
Omaha'f long dry spell was broken
by a 1.26-inch rain falling nearly, all
day Wednesday. The moisture came
slowly enbugh so that every drop
could sftak into the ground. Reports
from over the state indicate that the
rain was general and was sufficient
to tide the corn over" the critical pe
riod. Biunper crops are expected.
Austrian Leader Resigns.
..Amsterdam, July 17. Emperor
Charles, says a Vienna telegram, jhas
granted the request of Field Marshal
Conrad Von Hoetzendorf, former
Austrian t commander-in-chief and,
lately in command on the Italian
mountain front, that he be relieved of
his command.
GERMAN AGENT FINDS $92,000
Gaston B. Means Reveals in Inquiry Why
, Captain Boy-Ed Was Sent Back to Berlin.
FEE IN TRINITY CHURCHYARD
Chicago, July 17. Revelations of
the methods of the German spy sys
tem in the United States were made
today by Gaston B. Means at the
$.',000,000 King will hearing to de
termine the legality of one of two in
struments said to have been Ult by
the late millionaire.
Meansfi who appeared as a witness
for 'the heirs of Mrs. Maude A King,
for whose alleged slaying he'was tried
and acquitted in Concord, N. C, last
summer, freely admitted receiving
money for acting as a secret agent
of the German government beiare
the outbreak of the war with the
United States.
He said He received $85,000 at one
time and $92,000 another, for his serv
ices to Germany and told of deliver
ing $1,300,000 which he-received on a
check to Captain Boy-Ed jone lof Ger
many's" clief spies in this country,
who was subsepuently expelled.. He
received the check at a railway sta
tion, he said.
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f j
MOSES P. KINKAID.
evidence that we were nearly a half
mile high. Size was minimized and
yet it was wonderfully interesting. I
wanted to fly when I was in Omaha
last summer, but the weather was not
propitious and so I gave it up. Now
my ambition has been realized and
I can say it is all very wonderful."
HEARINGS BEGIN
TODAY IN OMAHA
STREET CAR CASE
Federal Examiners Agree to
Remain in Kansas pity Until
Differences Are Present
' ed by All Sides.
! Kansa? City, Mo., July 17. (Spe
I cial Telegram.) Testimony in regard
to the differences between the Onia-
Co. and its employes will be heard
Thursday morning in the United
States circuit court room in the fed
eral building by Raymond Swing and
Edwin Newdick, examiners for the
National War Labor Board. The fed-
leral examiners have consented to re-
mr.ra here for a full hearing of the
case. Tke hearing will begin at 9
o'clock.
The railway company will be rep-
! "srtntcd in the hearing by Frank
Hamilton, vice president of the Com
pany, and John L. Webster, its gen
- eral attorney. Akin Johnson will
I represent the Omaha Chamber of
Commerce. Several other officers of
the company also will be present. The
aompany's employes will be repre
sented by a committee of five Omaha
labor men, headed by T. P. Reynolds.
To Abide by Decision.
It is expected that before the case
comes up for hearing in the morning
both parties will have signed a joint
submission agreement to abide by the
decision of the War Labor Board,
which will have a session in Wash
ington next week to settle the labor
difficulties of railway companies in all
parts of the country. The testimony
heard herj tomorrow and Friday will
be given the board and its decision
will be based on this testimony.
W. C. Lambert", corporation coun
sel for the city of Omaha, accompan
ied the company and labor leaders
here to see -what testimony the com
pany Introduces in regard to its fi
nancial difficulties under the present
fare rate in Omaha.
It is expected the company will in
troduce testimony to show it cannot
grant an increase" in wages without
being granted an increase in rates.
Asked regarding the services for
which he received the $92,000, Means
said:
"I made that money the way lots
of other Americans did, some of them
the biggest lawyers in New York. I
collected it in the Trinity churches"
yard &t & designated tombstone."
The witness also admitted that he
and German spies in this country
were to tie upvthe building of elec
tric boats, the "mosquito fleet," build
ing for the allies in this country.
Means said that he found that the
boats had gun emplacements and that
Captain Boy-Ed called this to the
attentton-to the neutrality board at
Washington.
"President Wilson then very
properly asked him why he was doing
detective work in the United States,"
declared Means. "And now for the
first time the public knows why Cap
tain Boy-Ed was sent back to Ger
many, f turned all my information
ever to the government."
FRONT LINES
HELD STOUTLY
BY AMERICANS
7
Battle Marked by Heavy Ar
tillery Fire Along Marne; ,
Huns Lie Lc.v in. Region
of Vaux.
BULLETIN.
Paris, July 17. The French posi
tions remain intact along the whole
Champagne front, according to the
war office announcement tonight.
Heavy fighting continued throughout
the day, and at some points the Ger
mans were able to make gains, but
they met with powerful resistance
everywhere.
By Associated Press.
With the American Army in
France, July 17. The American
troops co-operating with the French
at a point where counter-attacks were
carried out yesterday were attacked
again this morning by the enemy,
who, by reason of the nature of the
ground was able to make slight gains
at some places, while at others the
Americans again pushed them back.
The lines have been wavering back
and forth for the past 24 hours and
the result of the entire operaion is
indefinite.
In the region of Yaux, west of
Chateau Thierry, conditions today
were normal. The Germans there
were laying low after the two minor,
but nevertheless important, defeats,
they had suffered there in two con
secutive days.
Rain Slows Operations.
A downpour of rain over the battle
zones between Chateau Thierry and
Dormans, on the Marne front, has
served to slow operations since early
this morning.
In the neighborhood of Fossoy, in
the river bend district, the Ameri
cans further improved their positions
today.
Fighting continued throughout the
day in the region of he counter be
gan by the American- forces yester
day. MatlV nmiane HMiirfr, ill rill-
, road and the south bank of the river
appear to have made good their es
cape to the north bank at several
points during the night.
Artillery Fire Intense.
Heavy artillery tire has been in
progress today on both sides along
the Marne front between Chateau
Thierry and Dormans.
East of Rheims the American
troops in their sectors are holding all
their positions.
In some localities perods of quiet
equalling that preceding the offen
sive prevail, but there appear to be
signs of further activity.
Parallel Rail Lines
To Be Operated as
Double Track Road
San Francisco, July 17. "The yard
stick of economy and dispatch" wijl
direct the operation of railroads in
the west and southwest hereafte ac
cording to Director General McAdoo,
who closed a conference with his
western assistants here today.
The Western Pacific and Southern
Pacific will be operated as a double
trick line for 182 miles in Nevada.
Mr. McAdoo announced, in order to'
balance the freight traffic, which is
now heavier westbound on the West
ern Pacific and eastbound on the
Southern Pacific.
A similieiT arrangement to relieve
congestion will be made on the
Southern Pacific and El Paso and.
Southwestern systems for 40 miles
west of Tucson, Ariz., he said
U. S. Plans to Combine"
Telephone and Telegraph
Washington.'July 17. An executive
order delegating control of trunk lirre
telephone and telegraph systems to
Postmaster General Burleson is ex
pected today or tomorrow. Arrange
ments for government operation of
the lines virtually are completed.
It is undestood that the plans of the
government contemplate consolida
tion of telegraph and telephone sys
tems so tharlines may be used simul
taneously for messages and conversa
tions. Another feature will bj: ac
ceptance of telegrams at postofficcs
and the, elimination of bookkeeping
by the use of stamps to pay for mes
saRes. Hun Airmen Drop Bombs
On Kin in Prison Camp
Paris, July 17. (Hava's Agency)
Ninety-four Germans were killed and
seventy-four Germans were wounded
on the night of July 15-16 when five
German aviators bombed prisoners'
camp in the region of Troycs, thirty
-t..M.. u.i.: j .l . 1- .
nines ucmiiu wic rrencn battle iront.
The aerial bombardment lasted for
one hour. To French soldiers of the
camp guard were wounded.
Publicity Managers Favor v
Shortened Loan Campaign
Washington, July 17. Sentiment in
favor of a shorter selling campaign
for the fourth Liberty loan than the
usual four weeks was reported todav
by publicity managers from, each of
the twelve reserve districts who con
ferred with Frank R. Wilson, direc
tor of publicity for the liberty loan.
First Phase of German Drive
Declared Failure Bv
French Commissioner
By Associated Press.
Washington, July 17. The initial
is characteristic ot a new phase of the war, said M. Ldouard dc Billy, deputy
French high commissioner to the United States, in discussing today the re
sults of the first two days of fighting cast and west of Khcinis. x
The success of Frances-American co-operation, de Billy said, has been
demonstrated and the allies can wait for the future -with the same confidence
shown by the population of Paris under the long range gun bombardments.
"The result of the first two days' fighting is, on half of the front, de
cidedly in oui favor," said Mr. de Billy. .."OvcY the rest of the front the
enemy succeeded in gaining at most four'. miles at the price of heavy losses.
This rnajy mean within a few days the failure of the whole offensive.
"With an adversary whose strength seems tptiave reached its utter limit,
the French army of 1918, in spite of the straiii'of former battles, in spite of
an extension of the French front of nearly 100 kilometers, has never been
materially and morally stronger.
"American assistance, growing every day, has given us. if possible, ill
greater confidence 111 the final victory. On the 14th of July, the American
people expressed their brotherly love for France. On the 5th the soldiers
of the United States fighting with the French have sealed this pact with
t!e.ir blood."
ROOSEVELT'S SON
REPORTED KILLED
IN AERIAL BATTLE
Quentin's Death Chronicled
Press Dispatches from
Paris, but News Lacks
Confirmation.
in
By Associated Press.
Oystar Bay, July 17. A ray of
hope that Lt. Qucntin Roosevelt may
not have fallen to his death in a com
bat was brought to Colonel Roose
velt and his wife tonight in a cable
message from Mrs. Theodore Roose
velt jr., in Paris, in which she says
the report was "absolutely uncon
firmed" there. The former president
felt, however, there was only a
slight possibility that his youngest
son is alive.
The message from Mrs. Roosevelt,
who is doing Red Cross york in the
French capital, contained nothing but
the simple statement that she had
been able to get no confirmation of
Quentin's death and Colonel Roose
velt feared there was little room to
doubt the accuracy of the press dis
patches. Thousands of telegrams Of condol
ence were received today at Sagamore
Hill. Colonel Roosevelt had nothing
to add, however, to the brief state
ment he issued earlier in the day say
ing "Quentin's mother and I are very
glad that he got to the front and had
the chance to render some service to
his country and to show the stuff
there was in him before his fate befell
him."
Just at sundown a gold star was
placed on the village service flag to
mark the first death among the
village's young -warriors.
No Report From Pershing.
Washington, July 17. The war de
partment late tonight still was with
out oflicial information from France
regarding the death of Lt. Qucntin
Roosevelt, who was reported by the
Havas agency as having been shot
(Continued on fane Two, Column Four.)
Life
Story
of
"(Copyright, 191!,
( rir of article tketchlnf the
rarerr of Dr. Kilward A. Rumely. who
ha been arrrted on a charge of hav
ing bought the New York Evening Mall
with monry furnlnlied hy the Herman
KOTerninent and of having used lt for
(erman propaganda.)
By FRANK STOCKBRIDGE
(Former Managing Editor of the Evening
Mall.)
" Edward A. Rumely grow up in La
porte amid an ever-widening circle of
friends and acquaintances, who mar
veled at his ready mastery of books
and proclaimed him a genius. Fiw
boys in thta or any other country
ever displayed the precocity and fa
cility for absorbing information and
knowledge on every conceivable sub
ject that young Romely showed.
Everything interested him every
thing interests him still. He read
every book he could lay his hands on,
from Agricultural department reports
to the latest exposition of the canons
of 1'ArrNouveau. Such brilliancy and
varsatility in the eyes of his family
destined him for a professlenal career.
Devout Catholics, they determined
that he should become a priest;
doubtless they had mental visions of
their son in the red hat of a cardinal
of Rome--who knows? '
Sent to Notre Dame University.
They sent him to the great Catholic
college, the University of Notre
Dame, at Notre Dame, Ind.
How much influence Notre Dame
had upon his future career is difficult
to appraise. It was at this university,
however, that he met and becme the
friend of John Devoy, a brilliant
Irish lad. Devoy is editor and pub
lisher of a weekly paper, the Gaelic
American, recently barred from the
United States mails for anti-British
utterances. Part of the money wth
which the Gaelic American was fi
nanced Devpy obtained as a loan
from his prosperous old university
mate, Rumely.
The more young Rumely contem
plated the idcaof becoming a priest,
v ,
failure of the new German offensive!
NINETY MILLION
GOES TO GERMAN
SLUSH FUND HERE
In Addition to Buying News
papers Pacifist Influence
Was Spread in Colleges,
Investigators Find.
By Associated Press.
New York, July 17. The declara
tion that fully $90,000,000 of an ag
gregate sale of $100,000,000 German
war bonds in this country early in the
war went into a "corruption fund,"
managed by Teuton agents here, was
made today by federal officials, in
vestigating German propaganda.
Not only was control of newspa
pers and inajizines contemplated, but
pacifist influence' in certain colleges
was spread, the investigators said. It
was charged the late Dr. Hugo Muen
sterberg of Harvard and Otto Merkle,
arrested last year, were the directing
Bernstorff at Conference.
Count von Bernstorff, former Ger
man ambassador to the United States,
attended a conference here early in
1915, when six or seven persons dis
cussed the purchase of the New York
Evening Mail, in order to bring about
publication of "unbiased and truthful
news" of the European war in an Eng
lish newspaper. l.udwig Nissen,
former president of the National Jew
elers' association, described this con
ference in a statement today. He
said he was informed later by Dr. Ed
ward A. Rumely, now under arrest on
charges involving the alleged pur
chase of the Mail for the German gov
ernment, that Rumely had acquired
the newspaper with the financial back
ing of a "very influential and rich in
dividual." This individual, Dr. Rumely
later told Mr. Nissen, has since died.
Liner Arrives Safely
Rotterdam, Tuesday, July 16. The
Holland-American liner Nieuw Am
sterdam, from New York, arrived,
arrived off the Hook of Holland today.
EDWARD A. RUJMELY
Man Who Bought the New York flail for the Kaiser
V. 8. and
Canada,
the N. T. Herald Co,
it.. 1 . .. ... .
ine less it appealed to rum.
He did 1
not complete his course at Notrp
Dame, but persuaded his parents to
let him go abroad;. he wanted a taste
of Europe, he wanted to see what
great universities of foreign lands,
could offer him.
He was still a boy in hia teens when
he matriculated at Oxford. Some
where in America, perhaps, he had
picked up the germ of socialism; per
haps it was through the associations
he formed at Oxford that he became
inoculated with the socialistic virus,
for he lived while at Oxford in Ruskin
house, the center of Fabian socialism
founded by another American, Frank
B. Vrooman.
At Oxford for a Year.
He remained at Oxford a year. "I
got all that Oxford university had to
offer me in one year," he told after
wards. Fr6m Oxford he went to
Heidelberg. He took with him a pro
nounced socialistic viewpoint and a
dislike for England, the English peo
ple, tllcir government and their cus
toms that he has not hesitated freely
and frequently to express.
It was at this time that he first be
gan to affect the loiig hair, the starch
less collar and general unkemptness
which the juvenile socialist finds so
satisfying to his yearnings for equal
ity. At Heidelberg, essentially the uni
versity of the aristocratic junkers,
young Rumely found but little .sym
pathy for his socialistic viewpoint at
first. His German was perfect, his
manners were perfectly German, as
they still are. As a German socialist
he was quickly made to feel that his
presence in the university was un
welcome to his fellow students.
"When I took my seat on one of the
benches in the lecture hall the student
sitting next to me moved away," he
said in describing his life at Heidel
berg to me. "The next day the same
thing happened, and the next. The 1
tlliru tltue Uie Otlier members Ot tlie
VICIOUS
THRUSTS
PARRIED
High Price Paid by Enemy for
Slight Gains; U. S. Troops
Hold Their Positions in.
All Sectors.
BULLETIN.
London, July 17. dispatches ar
riving in London tonight say that
at only one point did the Germans
succeed in advancing today, and
then at enormous costs. The dis
patch asserts that at 11 o'clock this
morning after two unsuccessful at
tempts, the Germans, on a front of
six miles, pushed into the French
lines to a depth of one and a half v
miles at its deepest point, at Rheims
Mountain. ,
Although the Germans are
still attacking the allied lines
viciously on both sides of the ;
Rheims salient what gains they
are making continue to be
small on isolated sectors unrl
seemingly are confined to the
region along the Marne and
immediately southwest of
Rheims. '
Eastward from the Cathe
dral city through Champagne
the French report they are
holding the enemy and keep
ing thein-line intact.
Everywhere the battles are being
stubbornly contested and where the
French and Italians have been com
pelled to give ground it has been only
after the inflicting of extremely'heavy
casualties on the invaders. The Ameri
cans nowhere have been forced to
withdrav At Fossoy near the bend
of the Marne between Chateau Thier
ry and Dormans, they have made
further improvements ia their posi
tions. Strive to Eliminate Salient.
It becomes increasingly apparent v
the German command is attempting
me moiling out ot uie Kiieims salient
and the straightening of the line east- ..,
ward through Champagne toward Ver
dun. The hardest fighting of Tues
day was southwest of Rheims, where
the enemy is endeavoring to break
through the hill and forest region,
reach the railroad running, from
Rheims to Epernay and force the
evacuation of Rheims.
In these endeavors, the German war
office asserts the Germans have driven
back the allied troops on the moun
tain of Rheims between Manteuil and
north of Pourcy, the last named place
being a scant five miles distant from
the Rheims-Epernayrailroad. The
French official communication admits
that the Germans hold the line west
of Manteuil-La Fosse, about a mile
and a half south of Pottrcy and rela- I
tively five miles west of railroad.
The German war office is now
claiming- the capture of 18,000 prison--"
ers since the present offensive began. -
All rlghti reierved.)
class began shuffling their feet upon
the floor, which is a German student
way of expressing disapproval. -
Asked if He Is a Jew,
"After the lecture I was waited on
by a committee of the class who de
manded to know if I were a Jew. I "
told them no, I was an American citi-.
zen, whereupon they apologized. They
had assumed from my dress that I
must be a socialist and, therefore, a
Jew, but, of course, as an American; I .
was privileged to dress as I pleased.'V -
Young Rumely's stay at Heidelberg
was not much' longer than had been
his residence at Qxford. It was at
about this time that he came to the
definite determination not to become
a priest. A break with his family fol- ,
lowed, remittances from home ceased '
and he was thrown upon his own- re
sources. He applied for and obtained
a position as a school teacher.
It is or was the custom in many of
the German schools for the boys to
make frequent long pilgrimages to dif
ferent parts of the empire. These
tramping trips sometimes lasted for
weeks. The young American teacher
took parties of boys on many of thes
pilgrimages, thereby coming into the "
closest touch with the life and cus
toms and point of view of the German
people. 0
Decides to Become Physician.
It was during his teaching days that
he decided to become a physician. At
Freiburg, in the Black Forest, is the
most progressive medical college in
Germany. It was here that the cele
brated "twilight sleep" was originated '
and for many years exclusively prac
ticed. So to Freiberg went Rumely.
In the study of medicine, as in other
lines, he showed the same brilliancy of
intellect and quick and eas mastery ."
of the subject in hand that had won
him the appelation of "genius" in
his boyhood home. He was only
24 J'" old when the University
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