South Bend News-Times, Volume 31, Number 157, South Bend, St. Joseph County, 30 May 1914 — Page 2

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THE SOUTH BEND NEWS-TlMi.

Gen. t unston First Battle In the Cuban Revolution

He Tells How a Rain of Bullets Looks to a Man Under Fire For the First Time in Describing the Battle of Cascorra "How We Shelled the Tavern."

(Grn. FunMio toll in the lat -hap-ter of hi- oinpani'Mi- ami hliiwlf hHnjc left on tle C uhan -More. In day or tvro a boly or ( uhan rebels came t tlietn ami romlm-trd them a day mar'li to the -ani of GfM. Maximo lWrw. omniamler-ln-elilef of the rebels. :iu'. Iail FunMoii in -hartre f t -.- 1 1 U torn acaptain. M- V ur merlcan mmpa n ions noted In -lutr m- were ptaeed iirwk-r Jlm. Tlwii rwyan a march of several day, which hrouaflM iionwrr and hi- I it 1 1- ;nn .f K4M men to the Hniall town of ;iMorra. vhh wm rarrisoned hv spanl-h in fantry With no artlller. Il-r' r resume FunMon's story. l.ditor.)

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The Spanish troops at Ca?orra ocCVDtod three defensive position hx follow: At the western aid, a bri k bulletin, formerly a tavern. strenKthened by baps Of earth xtendiriK to the loop-holes, which were above rive feet above the floor.

About 500 yards to th southeast, and liag dire tly south of th t enter of Cas,orra, was a strong stone church, which

like the tavern, was (loop - holed and strengthened by bags of earth. Both the church and the tavern were surrounded by standing trenchOn the east side of the town was a strong earthen redoubt defended by about half the garrison. This, as w!l as the fortified buildings, was surrounded by a maze of barb -wire en

tanglement..

Tt was plain, even to a layman in the art of war. that we had a big Job cut out for us. Tt would not be difficult quickly to render the church and the tavern untenable, but this would resnlt only In drivintr their de

fenders to the trenches, where they would be In but little danger from shell Pre. Artillery positions were hard to And. There was a low ridge l,.r00 yards to the eastward of the redoubt, and I favored this position, knowing that from it we could destroy the chun .i and tavern. It was believed that with these buildings battered down the infantry could rush the trenches surrounding them, and then might be able to work tip closely enough under cover of the houses of the town to stand some chance - of getting into the redoubt. In the opinion of General Vega, the position preferred by me was entirely too far from the two most vulnerable defenses, which it was desired to attack first. We had crawled through the grass to within 400 yards of the tavern, and at this point the general selected the first position for the artillery. That night a detail of men under the engineer officer attached to headquarters constructed a typical Cuban trinchera. a sort of parapet at the position selected for the artillery. As we wero to make use of this type of defense on many occasions, this one merits a brief description. Two rows of stakes about six feet high and three feet apavt were driven into the ground and the space between them fillri in with tightly tamped earth, which was held In place by poles and fence rails, laid one on top of the other inside the two rows of stakes as the earth was filled in. A gap about the size of an ordinary door was left for the gun to be tired through. There was thus protection for a few of the Infantry support and for the ammunition and the men handling It. but those actually loading and aiming the piece would be Completely exposed. We Americans watched the work for a while and then walked over to camp in no particularly hilarious frame of mind. While a detail of Cubans had Been provided to Attend the transportation of the funs and their ammunition and u. other heavy work. w were expected to do the actual load! iff, aiming, and firing, and realized that w e were up against It good and hard We lay down in our 7iammock. but I for one could not sleep a wink. The two hours remaining until davUght dragged heavily. it had been resolved not to use the smaller gun a 2-pounder (omez had at this time, but the Hotchkiss 1 .'-pounder, that had begun Its warlike career o er the Third av. saloon, w is placed in position. At last the suspense was oxer, the darkness began to give way 1 gave the word. The veterans. Jones. Joyce and Fennie. rolled and lighted fresh rlzareta Welsford sought solace In an unusually larg bite from tne remnant of his MUM plug. Joyce handed an ugly looking shell to Huntington, who slipped it into the breech as Totter opened the block. Pennie took the lanyard, and I squatted behind the gun with one hand on the elevatiu us. rew and aimed at that part of the tavern visible, while Jones, behind me. moved the trail to the left or right as I indicated. In a few seconds was satisfied, gave the screw a turn to lower the muzzle, and stepipng from the piece, climbed on top of the parapet to the windward of the gun lr order to ob-

patter against the opposite side

our shelter was distinctly audible. The nervousness of waiting was over, the fighting blood In us mounted quickly, and with yells and cheers and amid the enthuslatic "Bravoa!" of the near-by ubans. we sprang to the gun and for a short time loaded and fired so rapidly that the barrel of the piece became badly heated. The parapet afforded excellent protection for those who were behind It. but th' exact position of the gun wax indicated by Its smoke, so that an uncomfortable number of bullets came through the gap left for it. As I was aminu the mm for about the twelfth shot. I felt a hard blow ii th - of my left foot and made a fall that afterward cost me no end of ( halting. A bullet had split the Sole of my left shoe and knocked off the heel, but had inflicted no more severe injury than a considerable bruise. 'ccasionally a man was hit and carried away, but despite all the uproar there were but few casualties. And so this strange little battle went on for an hour, now fast and furious for a few moments and now almost dying out for a like time. So far it had been a contest between about 80 Spanish infantrymen and a handful f men with a cannon The Cuba infantry had not yet opened fire, as there was no satisfactory target for them and there was danger of hitting their comrades scattered around the town. Several times we draeced the tFv.n

from behind the parapet and took shots at the church, with no other effect than to damage the building somewhat and to draw an increased

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Human Life and Health

HOUSE FLIES

BY L. . HOW Kl. !h

Entomologist and hief Bureau of Kntomology. I". S Dept. of Agrirul. XOTK The insect wr now rail the 'hous fly" should in the future be termed the "tvphoid flV in order to 'all direct attention to the

danger of allowine it to continue to brer (COMPLKTE IN SEVEN A!

;ed. L. O. Howard.

fire. We had accomplished all we could from our present position, so I walked over to General Gomez' headquarters, distant about 400 yards, and suggested that we keep up a slow fire during the remainder of the day and

that at night a new parapet bearing on the church be built. This was agreed to. On the way back I walked over to where our ammunition mules were standing. While I was looking them over, one oig fellow received a Mauser bullet through the nose. He was cropping

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gngg at the time, and for a few seconds shook his head vigorously and then went on eating. (Copyright by Charles Scribner's Sons.) (The next chapter of Gen. Funston's adventures will tell th rest of the story of the siege of Cascorra.)

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Gov. Ralston Pays Tribute To Father Corby and the Irish Brigade in Memorial Address at Notre Dame

(Following is the full text of the address hy Gov, Ralston at the university Saturday morning:) I esteem it a very great honor to greet you on this occasion. There is an uplift in this event. It is seldom that one is afforded the opportunity I am to address a meeting held in honor of Anierican soldiers, living and dead, under the auspices of a great American educational institution. I like Notre Dame for several reasons. I like her for the work she is doing in equipping young men to perform the duties of sturdy citizenship. I like her for her patriotism and unbending Americanism. She has ever been active in cultivating in

a love of country the republic of the

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come tumbling down, been a bit higher than but had done its work, gun had roared out and as seen pouring from the 'uhans all about

her student body and that country United States.

Has- Warrant of History. 1 am not speaking at random. I have the warrant of history for what 1 am saying. When the good Father .Sorin was at the head of this Institution he maintained that religion and education should go together, since they are both essential to a proper appreciation of the blessings enjoyed by citizens of this government. Recognizing keenly these blessings himself, he ould not endure indifference thereto by those with whom he was associated, even though thev were bound to him by the ties of blood. This was made to appear very emphaticaly in the case of one of his nephews. Two of them were connetted with him in the Wort of Notre Dame. Before discovering that one was cultivating a love for things French rather than for things American, he addressed him tenderly yet firmly thus: "My dear son, France is for the French: America is for Americans. 1 have engaged your passage to Europe." 1 cannot pause to discuss the individual ser icea of these good men. but it should be noted that while in the service of their country, two of them contracted diseases from which they died; and that another of them. Father Corby, was the moving spirit in an event preserved in art and extoled in history. Whether in the peaceful pursuits of life or uuder the hazards of war, he always had a luminous conception of his duty and moved forward grandly to the consummation of the work before him. Upon going to the front in lNtj. Father Corby was made chaplain of the famous Irish brigade of New fork. For three years he served them In this capciv in the principal battles by the Army of the Potomac under Mcdellan. Burrside. Hooker. Meade and Grant. It was at Gettysburg where he figured so conspicuously in the event of such great historical significance. The event occurred on the tecolld day of the awful battle fought there the world's record breaking battle. General lee undertook on the second day of this contest to take and occupy "Found Top." When shot and shell wen flying the thickest and the thunders of the cannon were shaking the earth. General Hancock was ordered to make a move to check the ndvaaee of the enemy toward the point of their ambition. The situation became at once critical and depressing. Kvery man felt that tre

mendous ConSe.lUellCeS WO!lld follow

Hancock's movement. Father Corby's brigade ws a part of the division that was to be thrown into the awful struggle and naturaly he felt deeply the religious obligation resting upon him. But he was not be overcome. He hastily begun a ceremony authorized by his faith, but which was never before given in this country, so far as

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Aside from th esaving of the Union and its possibilities, Notre Dame should regard this episode as the

most precious legacy coming to her out of the war. When considering the important part Notre Dame had in the war of the rebellion, honorable mention should always be made of two of the professors in her law school Colonel William Hoynes and Judge Timothy E. Howard. They both entered the war as privates. They were both wounded, 'wearing their wounds like stars," and they both emerged from the fearful conflict with higher conceptions of civic duties. I have known Colonel Hoynes as a genial and brilliant man, with the ability to think along straight lines on big questions, but I have not had the good fortune to know him so well as I ha' e his noble comrade-in-arms. Judxe Howard. Judge Howard has often been tested by the public and no flaw has ever been found in his citizenship. Perhaps it was in the legislature of -iis state he first attracted the widest attention. While serving his constituents as a lawmaker every measure of public merit has his unqualified support. He worked intelligently and tirelessly in his efforts to give Indianapolis her present character. The capital city of Indiana owes him a debt she can never liquidate; and yet he has been compensated therefor a thousand times by the approval of his own conscience for what he accomplished in giving that city a law broad and flexible enough for honest and efficient officials to give her the kind of government she is entitled to enjoy. His decisions as a judge of the supreme courq were always on the right side of moral questions, and throuajll them he sought to protect the home and strengthen the bonds of societv. His white locks but reflect the virtues of his life. So we speak quite truthfully in saying that Colonel Hoynes and Judge Howard have added very materially to the fame of Notre Dame. Congratulates CiiHerslty. And you will permit me in this connection to congratulate this institution and those who guard its welfare; upon the interest they take in the exercises of this day. Notre Dame has the distinction of being the only educational institution of our state that has connected with it a post of the Grand Army of the Republic. I have the honor to have in my possession for the purpose of this occasion the petition addressed to the department

of Indina. Grand Army of the Republic, for a charter for a post at Notre Dame. The petition Is signed by the persons, priests and brothers of the university. It was dated Aug. 11, 1897. and headed by Father William Corby. The oharter bears the date of Oct. 5th In the same year. Commenting upon this charter the mustering officer, Edwin Nicar. said in part: "The muster of this post at the great Catholic University of Notre Dame is a distinctive and most honorable event, and one that adds to the glorious record of the Grand Army of the Republic. The membership is composed exclusively of priests and brothers connected with the unlversitv. who

are without exception very enthusias-

thel'H'tle his intention to give absolution.

town raised libre! ' We aoon sent In that blew a to smithereei We had hi there was to

a shot had Is row the storm xard It wa full of those i that we "were leave droped

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a sxeat yell of Cuba rvifhed to the gun and another, a center shot lot of earth-tilled bncs and made a fine hole, gun to wonder whether be a fight or not. as not icen fired In n ptj . but

broke, and a fine blizThe air was suddenly A . po in noie POOH to know o well, from the trees, there

Veto odd movements in the grass; a

stating that all could receive it by sincerely becoming contrite and by I oafeaotnffj their sins when the opportunity was offered. .ic IkpdllUlMa. In this connection he reminded them that his church refuses Christian burial to the soldier who turns his back upon the foe or deserts his Mag. When every man was on his knees, uith his head bowed, the good father, with his head bowed, repeated the words of general absolution while sitting on his horse with hia head uncovered and bowed, surrounded by army officers. Hancock, the superb, heard the wrds f Father Corby as he spoke from a great rock nearby. The picture wes one sublime. Man s richest vocabulary becomes but povort vro-n ne attempts to describe it.

tic over their affiliation with the good

'organization which contains so many j of their comrades." I am told that there are but four members of this post now living and that they are showing the weight of ' ears. Time is no respecter of persons. The good and the virtuous are as powerless to check the onward sweep of the years as are the vicious land worthless. But there is this dif-

Thoee who have lived splen

didly will die vietoriousiy. Not so with those who live to no purpose. He who serves his country well will leave an inheritance to his countrymen. We have all been ble?tsed by those composing Notre Dame post No. :. 7 This is in truth a Memorial day a day having superior claim upon our affections. We have set it apart both b) custom and by law iin this busy season of the yar that we may honor Fnion soldiers living and pay tribute to the memory of Fnion soldiers who have gone before. We can cheer the living and strenv flowers in memory of the dead, but we are powerless to compensate either for their contribution to liberty and civilization. C annot omiMMiHtc Hcnx.

Rut while we cannot corr.pen..!e j the heroes who have fought our battlei or the men who have wrought for us the victories of peace la public-

and private life, we can continue to receive from these public benefactors lessons in citizenship that will enable us to add substantially to the possibilities and perpetuity of this republic. Kvery citizen worthy the name has a duty to perform. He cannoi. shift this duty to some one else and still lay claim to respectability. The integrity of the flag was maintained by workers, not by shirkers. .-m ltish. indifferent citizens add nothing to. but detract much from its virtue and its glory. The patriot, not the parasite, is its real defender and the champion of the things for which it stands. Different men in different ways contribute to the public welfare. We

should all be prophets in the sense that we should try to di&cover the dangers that menace our country's institutions. Jefferson sought to serve his nation well by warning it against slavery. He saw with the eye of prophesy the demoralizing and blighting effect the londuge of the African would ha'e upon American society and American civilization. This was why he inveighed against it in his first draft of the Declaration of American Independence, characterizing it as a crime against the liberties of a people and condemning George III for

his participation in its "execrable commerce." And while this attack upon slavery was not allowed to remain in the Declaration of Independence and its elimination therefrom greatly distressed him. Jefferson never ceased to oppose human slavery and to insist upon its overthrow. When the Fathers 'brought forth this nation, they did it in support of the affirmation that all men are created equal. Not equal, of course, as determined by the tape line. Not equal In gray matter; but equal in their right to feed themselves upon the bread earned with their own hands; equal in their right to a fair opportunity to get on in the world unimpeded by the greed of man through the perversion of the functions of government equal before the law. And it must be In harmony with this conception of what is right between man and man that this government will overcome its difficulties in the future, both internal and external. Individual and the Home. In following Jefferson and in following Lincoln we are not called upon to enter upon a mad and indiscriminate crusade against property. All well balanced people recognize that wealth is desirable and that hatred for it breeds anarchy. No great project looking to the progress of society can be promulgated without it; and it is therefore the duty of individuals and of nations to seek an honest accumulation of the material things of this world. Wealth is one of God's great dispensations, and nrooerlv to acutiire and properly to

use it are in keeping with the moral law as it is with the law of economics. But let us speak truthfully. Fnfortunately for us as a people, we have pone too far at times in eliminating the moral element from the methods we have adopted in this country in the acquisitions. In witness of this statement I call attention to the disclosures now being made in the investigation of one of our great railroad properties disclosures that arc discreditable alike to the dead and the living. The time has come for the rehabilitation of ourselves as a nation with some old-fashioned notions Of common honesty. There is something more important in this life than the things represented by the dollar sign; and the man with the speculative and acquisitive turn of mind, who regards wealth as an end, rather than as a

means. h tails to sec neyonu nis contemplated gains, the broader, deeper interests of the individual and the home, that foundation and fibre of our national life, is a real hindrance to society. Is Debased ( omniorcialiMn. Now it is lust this failure to respect

their rights and the relation thev sus- 1 e .

tain to the nation, that has brought upon us a debased commercialism.

and at times had prac tically taken I the government that cost us so much I from the control of the people. If then, we would aorrect some of the wrongs now upon us and avoid still 1 more serious ones, we must stand in ! our local communities and in the nation for justice, for the enforcement ! of law and the maintenance of order. These are the things for which our! battles were fought; these are the things that must be secured else our. battles were fought in vain. If those, w ho have died for Ameri-, ran liberty could speak to us today. I 1 feel assured they would plead with us ; to give less attention to their deeds1 of heroism und more attention to I methods for the avoidance of war in the future. Prevention is better than cure in this as in other directions. No man knows the value of peace so well as he who has gone to war to maintain the rights of his country- -men: and no man desires so much as j he to see the flags of war and destruction forever furled and the world conquered to the v. ays of peace. Arc d locating lVav. It is I sign of progress tow ard na-J tfcmal right- oneness that more coun- j triea are today advocating a werld J peace than at any oilier time in the j history of the world. Near the bor-1

tribunal seeking a way to avert war and secure honorable peace between this government and Mexico. The foreign members of this tribunal, it is true, are referred to sometimes in derision, as the A. B. C. mediators; but such a reference springs from either ignorance or prejudice. Two members of that body represents the government of Chile and Argentina and are fitted by experience for the great work they have so creditably undertaken. On the top of the Andes mountains more than fourteen thousand feet above sea level, there stands a statue called the "Christ of the Andes," a svnvbol of oeace and unitv among the

nations of the world. A few years ago Chile and Argentina were on the verge of war. Each country was reaching its very limits in preparation for the deadly conflict. They both had their armies ready lo march and their ships ready to put out to sea, when the better angels of their national life persuaded them to pause and to submit their differences to an impartial tribunal. Its finding was so satisfactory to both parties ihat war was declared off and peace restored; and the statue of the "Christ of the Andes" was placed in its present position in commemoration of that peace. The statue itself, standing on the top of the mountain representing the Christ with out-stretched hands, blessing th? people of all the world, was cast from the bronze of old cannon. What had been an instrument of destruction was converted Into i symbol of love and a guarantee of universal peace. On the base of this monument is Inscribed these words: 'Sooner shall these mountains

HOrSE FLIES REMEDIES M PREVENTIVES A SMALL FRI IT FLV A careful screening of the windows and door during the summer months, with the supplementary use of Sticky fly papers, is a preventaive measure against house flies, known to every one, and there seems to be little hope in the near future of much relief by doing away with the breeding places. A single stable in which a horse is kept will supply house flies for an extended neighborhood. People living in agricultural communities will probably never be rid of the pest, but in the cities with better methods of disposal of the grabage and with the lessening of the number of horses and horse stables consequent upon electric street railways, bicycles and automobiles, the time may come and before very long, when window

discarded. gathering of horse may be variously in a specially pr rle. would greatly uisanee. and city or

dinances compelling horse owners to follow some such coume are very desirable. Absolute cleanliness, cwn under existing circumstances will alwa result in a diminution of the numbers of the house fly. and in fact inns' household insects are less attraeted to the premises of what i known as the old fashioned house-keeper than to those of the other kind. Not only must all horse stables be cared for but chicken yards, piggeries, and garbage receptacle as well, and absolutely sanitary privies are prime necessities),

Directions for building for such privies will he Fanners' Bulletin No. 4' tendent of Public Do' um

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crumble into dust than Argentinans and Chilians break the peace to which they have pledged themselves at the feet of t'hrlst the Redeemer." If this inscription is the language of A. B. C. Mediators, may God hasten the day. when their numbers will be multiplied and the brotherhood of man everywhere recognized.

inizton, P.

The dry earth treatment vaults is unsatisfaetorv.

should be used. During the summer of 17 a series of experiments were carried out with the intention of showinu n (o ther it would be possible to treat a manurpile In such a way as to stop the breeding of flies. The writer's experience with the use of air-slaked lime on cow manure to prevent the breeding of the horn fly suggested experimentation with different lime compounds. It was found to be perfectly impracticable to use air-slaked lime, land plaster or gas limes with good results. Few or no larvae were killed by a thorough mixing of the manure with any of these three suhstam ('hlorid of lime, however. was found to bo an excellent maggot killer. Where one pound of ehlorid of lime was mixed with eight quart of horse manure. lo per cent of the maggots were killed in less than hours.

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