The Syracuse Journal, Volume 20, Number 28, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 10 November 1927 — Page 2

To Save Mistonc} 4

Niagara

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I * By ELMO SCOTT WATBON

HE Niagara, a ship almost aa famous as “Old Ironsides" in the annals of the American ravy, la to be saved from the destruction which has been threatening her in late years, if the ambition if a group of patriotic citizens of Ohio and Pennsylvania is realized. For this famous brig, which was Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship at the Battle of

Lake Erie in the War of 1812. has fallen on evil days arid ia slowly rotting away at the Municipal pier at Erie. Pa. However, at a meeting held in Cleveland, recently, through the initiative of *.- Frank Wllford. an Eljiria (Ohio) attorney, the Perry Niagara Memorial association ‘ was organized with the sole purpose of restoring the Niagara before It is too late. The charter inembers of the association who 8 have Joined to save the old brig include: " CLEVELAND—Congreuman Theodore E. Burton. Supt, R. <3. Jones, E. H. Baker, president of Th* Plain Dealer Publisbin* company; Congressman Chari** A. Mooney; J. R, Nutt, president of*tha Union Trust company; Rt. Rev. Joseph Schremb*. bishop of t(je Catholic diocese of Cleveland. ERIE, PA.—W. D. Kinney, superintendent of parka and public property; Congressman Milton W. Shreve: A. J. White, managing editor of the Dis- N patch-Herald; Rev. Harry Burton Boyd; Attorney A. E. Staaon, president of the Perry Victory Me- * mortal commission. ' LORAIN. OHlO.—Common Pleas Judge W, B. Thompson. PUT-IK-BAY, OHlO.—Mayor T. B. Alexander. John D. Day, hotel owner; Webster F. Huntington, secretary of the Perry Victory Memorial commission SANDUSKY, I OHlO.—Congressman James T. Begg. Sidney Frohman. president of the Hinde A Dauch Paper company. TOLEDO, OHIO. —George E. Hardy,’secretary of the Toledo potft commission; Carl Vita, public librarian. BUFFALO—W. J. Conners, publisher of the Buffalo Courier and'Express. ELYRIA. OloO.—Attorney Frank Wllford. AT LARGE.j—United Slates Senator Frank R. WllllS <3 At the Cleveland meeting of the charter members g committee composed of Mr. Wllford as chairman. Fred Charles of the Cleveland Plain Dealer and W. D. Kinney, superintendent of parks and public property of Erie. Pa., was appointed to carry on the plans tor the restoration. Now Lies in the Mud The brig was built In Krie and returned there after .he battle. Then It sank in Misery bay. but was raised and rebuilt by the state of Pennsylvania in the year 1918 for the Perry centen- fnisi and made a triumphant tour of the Great Lake*. It »u then given to the city of Erie by the state and since that time has been maintained as a free museum, vested every year by thousands of patriotic pilgrims. Lack of finances, however, have prevented the city frhm keeping It in seaworthy condition and It jnow/liea on the mud in the harbor and Is leading According so Mr. Wllford, ‘an attempt will be made to raise a fund of 325.000 by popular subscript lon to restore the historic one hundred four-teen-year-old brig, with something left over for an endowment .fund. Title to the ship will remain with the city of Erie, but the association plans to borrow the vessel from the city for an annual patriotic cruise among the Lake Erie,cities each summer, where It can be visited by thousands as an object lesson in history and patriotism. Since the victory which Perry w»»n In this ship was such ap Important one In our national history, the association believes that patriotic Americans everywhere will be glad to share in tha resjionsiblllty of saving IL Not only Was the Battle of Lake Erie, tn which the old Niagara bore such a proud part, an important one because of the results of Perry’* victory, but It was also one of the most romantic incidents In our, history. The youth of the commander. the apparent hopelessness of his task, the desperate nature of the fighting, the thrilling Incident of his transfer from the shattered Lawrence to the Niagara which proved to be the turning point In the battle, and his laconic message to General Harrison, announcing his victory, all combine to make it so. Control of Lake Erie Vita! Here Is the story of that battle with some details which the school histories do not give: When General Hull surrendered at Detroit in July. 1812. It at once became apparent that control of Lake Erie was going to be a vital factor In the war between Great Britain and he United States. Immediately both Americans and British began construction of war vessels and there soon developed a thrilling race with time. There was feverish activity In the British shipyards at Malden, opposite Detroit, and far to the raX in the harbor of the little town of Erie there were even more anxious moments For upon Oliver Hazard Perry, a native of Rhode Island, who had reached the rank of commander although not yet twenty-eight years old. rested the responsibility fbr building and manning a fleet which could successfully cope with the naval power that Great Britain was preparing to place upon the ink*. When he came to Erie, only the materials for his ships were there and those materials were the unhewn timber of the forest. Shipbuilder*, sailors, naval stores, guns and ammunition had to be brought thither from dlstan) joints over roads which were tittle better that mere trails. Letter after letter be wrote to his superior* in the East, begging for more men. ayre supplies, more money. more of everything riiich he would need

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If he were to cope successfully with a powerful enemy. A leaser man than Perry would have despaired, but he refused to be daunted by hit handicaps. And so after mouths of labor, the last of his ships were launched at the mouth of Cascade creek and on July 10. 1813, he found himself In command of the following: the brig Lawrence, his flagship. 20 guns; the brig Niagara. 20 guns; the brig Caledonia, three guns; the schooner Ariel, four guns; the schooner Scorpion, two guns and two swivels; the sloop „ Trippe. one gun; the schooner Tigress, one gun; the schooner Porcupine, one gun. and the schooner Somers, one gun. Irked by Shortage of Men He had his fleet now but not enough sailors to man them! “Think of my station,” he wrote in one letter, “the enemy In sight, the vessels under my command more than sufficient and ready to make sail, and yet obliged to bite my fingers with vexation for want of men." But after many delays the arrival early in August of Capt. Jesse Duncan Elliott, second in command, with 169 men qpabled Perry to venture out into the lake. He reached Sandusky August 17 and was met there by General Harrison who came aboard the I-awrenee to confer with Perry on the fall campaign. Then he sailed out into the lake to’look for the enemy. On the morning of September 10, 1813. the lookout on the Lawrence sang out "Sail bo"’ and in"* the distance off Put-in-Bay the Americans mw the long-awaited British fleet advancing in faultlee*.battle array. Commanded by Robert H. Barclay. who had fought with Nelson at Trafalgar and lost a* arm to that historic engagement, the enemy consisted of the ship Detroit. 19 guns, one phot and two howitzers; the /ship Queen Charlotte. 17 guns and on* hoxvjj/er; the brig Lady Provost. 13 guns and , one howitzer; the brig Hunter. 10 guns; the sloop Little Belt, three guns, and the schooner Chippewa, one gun and two swivels. Strength of Fleet* Compared J Os the relative strength of the two fleets, Bancroft. the historian, says: In xhlpa. tha British had th* superiority. th*lr v*s»«ls being stronger and their force* being more concentrated; th* American gunboats at the right of th* American Un*, separated from each other by at least a half cable 1 ■ length. w*re not near enough for good servlc*. In the number of guns th* British had *3. th* Americans. S 4. In action at a distance, th* British, who had 15 lon* rang* gun* to 15. hid greatly th* advantage: in clom action th* w*ight of m*tal would favor th* American*. The British commander had 150 m»n from the royal navy. 89 Canadian sailor*, and 340 soldiers, mostly regular*, and sosn* Indian*, making, with th*lr offleers. a littl* more than 500 men, of whom at l*ast 459 war* etflclenU The America* crew*, of whlch/«bcut one-fourth were from Rhode Island, one-fourth regular seamen. American and cosmopolitan, about one-fourth raw volunteer* from Pennsylvania. Ohio, but chiefly Kentucky, and about one-fourth black*, numbered on the muster roll 490. but of these. 11l were sick, nearly all of whom were too weak to come on deck. *o that th* efficient force of the squadron was a little les* than 499. As th* American fleet advanced to attack, led by the Lawrence, the Detroit opened fire. Its first shot fell short, but the second went crashlag through .dbe Lawrence and before the other American vessels could come to his rapport, the long guns of the enemy were centered with deadly effect upon Perry’s flagship. It was struck many times before be could get dose

2< 1825. Niagara falls has been Illuminated by colors four hours every night The installation of lights Is on the Canadian side, and the power Is donated by the hydro-electric power commission of Ontario. The project Is financed Jointly by the last-named, by the cities of Niagara Falls in New York state and in Ontario and by the Victoria park commission. Solar screens are provided. The battery of

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searchlights directs upon the falls beams totaling one and one-third Millon candlepower. Old Lower* United A romance of more than half a century recently ended happily at Maidenhead. England. William Curtis, the groom, and Miss Kltley. the bride, were boy and girt lovers when both lived to a village near Salisbury. Their ways parted, and for 82 years they did not see each other. Orris hocwmo engineer at Broadmoor any-

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enough to open fire effectively and even then, with the Niagara and other ships hanging back, bis ship seemed doomed tn, destruction as the combined British lire raked tier. - ' British Strike Color* For nearly two hours the battle raged, furiously until the Lawrence lay on the waters a dismantled wreck, her rigging shot away, her spars battered .Into splinters, all of her guns but one dismounted and her decks, slippery with blood, strewn with the dead and dying. The musts carrying the Stars and Stripes and the blue flag, faring the large white letters “Don’t Give Up the Ship!" the dying words of Capt James Lawrence, for whom the flagship was named, were shot down, but Perry’s sailors raised them again on spars for flagstaffs. Finally Perry saw that his cause was hopeless if he remained on the Lawrence. With the aid of a fev men who were not yet disabled he loaded the remaining gun. dragged it forward and fired a last shot at the British. Then, telling those left on board to keep the Stars and Stripes floating to the last, he gave orders for a boat to be lowered to carry him to the Niagara in which be proposed to carry on the fight Descending Into this boat and carrying with him - the blue flag, he was rowed amid a storm of bullets and grape-shot to the approaching Niagara where he raised his banner and bore down swiftly upon the enemy. In the meantime the flag on the Lawrence had been shot away for rhe last time and. seeing 't fall, the British raised a cheer. But Just then the Niagara, supported by the other vessels, closed to on the British ships and their guns raked the Detroit, thl Queen Charlotte, the Lady Provost and the Lntie Belt. Within a short time, the British ships struck their colors. The battle was over and defeat had been changed to victory. Parry** Laconic Message On the decks of the Lawrence the survivors of the crew raised the Stars and Stripes again and in the cabin of the Niagara Commander Perry sbt down to write a letter to General Harrison. *nd this was the message which Midshipman Hugh Nelson Page of the Ariel, who bad been selected to bear It, carried to the commander of the American military force*: taVOA Back In the little town of Sandusky the Inhabitants listened to the roar of battie that cam* across the waters with anxious fear and wonder. If Perry won. It meant peace and security for them. It the British won It meant a British invasion and the onslaught of their ravage allies led by Tecumseh against the town* of Ohio. So there was rejoicing when the arrival of Midshipman Page brought them the news of a glorious victory. One by one the British ports on Lake Erie fell &>to the hands of the Americans and “hostile arms no longer vexed Erie'a broad expanse and forest-fringed borders.” t ' —

lum. married and became a widower. Miss Kitley remained faithful to the memory of ber girlhood sweetheart. When nearly seventy years old they met again, at Bridport. and the old feeling of affection revived. The recent ceremony was the happy sequel. The event was celebrated by many to Mlidenbesd who bad learned of the lengthy romance. Only two kinds of flowering plants have been found In the high frigid plateau of the Aritractic.

What’s the f Answer ♦ Queatiotu No, 21 1— When was Uncoln's Gettysburg address delivered? 2— What Indian invented an alphabet for his people and to what tribe did he belong? 3— What is psychology? 4— What horse won the historic Blue Grass stakes in 1926? 5— What American artist’s portrait of his mother was purchased by a foreign government ? 6— Which 18 the largest lake in the Great basin? 7— What is the most famous book on fishing? 8— How long Is the giant python and on what does it feed? 9— What is the salap - of the vice president of the United States? 10— How many Christians In North America? 11— Who wrote the song, “Hail Columbia.” and when was it first sung? 12 — What President was born in New Hampshire? 13— Who was Pythagoras? 14— Who won the Indianapolis Speedway classic in 1926? 15— Who was the great female star of the latter Nineteenth and early Twentieth centuries, and what was her nationality and racial descent? 16— What city of the west coast is the farthest north? 17— How did Robert Burns earn a living? 18— What is Venus* Flytrap and where does it thrive? 19— Who Is at present secretary of agriculture and from what state does he come? 20— When was the American Bible society organized? Answers No. 20 1 — It Includes all young animals tha| are born In the water. 2— C. L. Dodgson. B—The8 —The Connecticut. 4 —James M’Neil Whistler. B —Gertrude Ederle in 1926. fl—ln 1770. T—ln 1769. 8— Prof. W. C. Roentgen. 9 — Seventy-five thousand dollars. 10_N o , Members of the church are “Roman Catholics.- The word “catlk elic” means universal. 11— Molly Pitcher. 12— Gen. Anthony Wayne 18—Guglielmo Marconi. 14 — Waiter Hagen. 15— Charlotte Cushman. 16 — Constantinople. 17— Sir Richard Burton. 18— It frequents the lagoons anfl swamps on many tropical coasts. 19— Secretary of state. 20— Device to Measure Molten Metal’s Heat No thermometer could ever be expected to record the temperature of furnaces or of great masses of molten metal, although the development of science along these has made It very necessary to determine the degree of heat tn furnaces and contained in masses of metal, such as huge steel billets and great cubes of iron. The discovery that two different kinds of metal welded together produced a current of electricity was the means of Inventing a means whereby there can be determined the quantity of heat, no matter how intense. The current is measured by the voltage and certain temperatures produce certain values in electrical strength, and that is the way the amount of heat is measured in degrees of heat, and this has been found to be accurate. The principle is applied In a device known as the radiation pyremeter. It can stand at a considerable distance from the furnace or mass of molten metal being tested and It will record the ptrternal heat conditions accurately. It 18 an aid to better steel and Iron products, and as the world progresses <t will be recorded as one of the great agencies of man to enable him to delve into the mysteries of nature's laboratories. — Washington Star. The Po9f Mo’i Sport Track athletics, especially distance running. Is the poor man's sport. He needs only his shoe*, his cheat rTTH ’ nlng suit and a place to stretch a leg Most distance men have no trainers, and muflT prepare themselves until they can make a reputation. They usually work hard all day. either tn ehope or at desks, and must perforce use their leisure for training.—Herbert Reed in the Outlook. Cause Injury to Trees Gasoline and oil have been known to Injure and cause the death of trees. If such substances come in contact with the bark, particularly in the case of the roota, says a writer In the Washington Star. The oil apparently penetrates to the cambium region, which Is a particularly sensitive and actively growing tissue, injuring It beyond repair. It Is not necessary that there be toxic substances In the mixture other than the oil and gasoline themselves. *if Tifflr Meth Family Belonging to a large family, there are many interesting species of tiget moths scattered over the world, says Nature Magaxine. Ih this country something like 120 different kinds are recorded. Ita/M Evaporation Under the almost cloudless skies of the upper Nile valley la Egypt, at Wadi HalfiL says Nature Magazine, the depth of water evaporated amonnts to more than 1> feet a yoaa

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HOG RATION MUST BE APTLY MADE The hog is the most rapid gaining of all farm animals and because of this his ration must not contain much coarse material to be worked over, W. E. Carroll, chief of swine husbandry at the college of agriculture, University of Illinois, points out. Even the best forage must be considered merely as a side dish to the main ration, but a very excellent and appetizing side dish at that “In states around Illinois, at least, corn is the staff of the porker’s life. Nothing has been found which comes so near meeting mi»st of the requirements of fattening hogs as corn On the other hand. It is equally true that tiie hog cannot live by the staff of life alone. Fortunately, however, the shortcomings of corn as a hog feed can be corrected rather easily. It has been found that corn lacks both in the amount and quality of Its proteins and mineral matter and that It does not carry some of the vltamines needed by growing amt fattening hogs. If. how-ever. supplements are added to take care of these’ three deficien cies. there is no other ration which Is so nearly perfect for hogs. “The deficiencies of corn for fattening hogs can be corrected in tine shape and yet still leave the feeder a very simple ration which takes a minimum of purchased feed and very little extra labor. Corn can be fed on the ear until the pigs weigh IGO to 150 pounds. When they get heavier than that it usually pays to feed them shelled corn. As for pasture, there is no single crop or combination of crops that Is better for hog pasture than alfalfa ; where soil and climatic conditions are suited to its growth. It Is a legume ! that provides a long grazing season. It supplies large amounts of very palatable forage, it can be grazed throughout the season and it withstands drought well. The man who has alfalfa for his hogs is giving them the highest advantage posihle tn pasture feeding. In many sections of the corn belt late fall grazing of alfalfa hurts the stand. It Is advisable, therefore. whenever possible to use an area for fall pasture that Is to be broken up. Next In value to alfalfa come the clovers. Red clover has the advantage also of already being a part of the rotation on many farms. Sweet clover Is less palatable than the others. but It will grow under a wide variety of soil conditions and also has i the advantage that it can be pastured In the fall following a spring seeding. It provides a large amount of forage. In faet. It Is an extremely rank-grow-ing plant. It will have to be watched the second year or else tt is likely to get too woody for hogs. If it shows signs of getting ahead of the animals It should be clipper! with a very high stubble to induce new and tender growth. Os the nonlegumes rape is the outstanding forage for hogs. It is practically equal to alfalfa while It lasts, although its grazing season is much shorter. The grasses and cereals are not as good as the legumes, although they frequently are available when legumes are not. If the grasses are kept down so the hogs always have a tender, young growth, these crops are much better than they otherwise would be, as their erode fiber Increases rapidly with age. Unsanitary Conditions for Raising Pig Crop Many farmers are having increasing difficulty in raising vigorous, healthy pigs. This applies particularly to those farms which have been raising hogs for a period of years. Hog lots that are occupied year after year without a change or without cleaning bring about the unsanit uy conditions, vfrites Dr? L. M. Roderick in the Dakota i Farmer. , « Stwue of the common diseases of hoc* their beginning within the first few weeks of the life of the pig. That an excessive number of pigs are lost during the spring and summer months on many farms has been observed. Unlike the hog cholera, when a large number of animals die within * short time, the pigs with the filth diseases often live for a much longer iwriod Such pigs as do survive these tilth diseases are the runts and it is seldom profitable to feed them.’ Intestinal roundworms and pig typhoid are two common diseases of vouug pigs which are found under dltb conditions. When these pig dis■nues occur they invariably break out an films where the same hog lots, liens and wallows are used for years. The soil is loaded with worm eggs and swine sewage bacteria which are ready to attack the young pigs. Vitamine for Brood Sow Mature brood sows that are being fed one pound of corn per 190 pounds live weight per day and one-fourth of | a pound of tankage per head per day in addition, will eat half to threefourths of a pound of alfalfa hay daily. The great value derived from the feeding of it lies in the fact that it gives bulk to rhe ration and because It furnishes protein, mineral matter and vltamines. Its vitamine content seems to be extremely valuable. Beef Cattle Decrease The number of beef cattle in the United States has been decreasing and still is decreasing. Since 1920, the number of cattle has decreased 14 per , sent while, at the same time, the population of the United Stales Increased 11 per cent. Because of this increase in the number of consumers, and because there is already a shortage of young cattle, a period of better prices is ihevitable. The highest prices probably will occur about 1981. according io experts.

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The BABY I No mother in this enlightened age would give her baby something, she did not know was perfectly especially when a few drops of plain Castoria will right a baby’s stomach and end almost any little 111. Fretfulness and fever, too; it seems no time until everything is serene. That’s the beauty of Castoria; its gentle intluence seems just what is needed. It does all that castor oil might accomplish, without shock to the system. Without the evil taste. It’s delicious! Being purely vegetable, you can give It as often aS there’s a sign of colic; constipation; diarrhea; or need to aid sound, nat» ural sleep. j Just one warning: it is genuine Fletcher’s Castoria that recommend. Other preparations may be just as free from all doubtful drugs, but no child of this writer’s is going to test them! Besides, the book op care and feeding of babies that comes with Fletcher s Castoria is worth its ■ weight In gold. i —-ft Children Cry for Chinese Wrecking Truck The Chinese, say scholars, have contributed much to the ancient and modern world of art. Particularly have their dragons In geld and green and varied colors, embellished pairings and decorative motifs. But it remained for an East New York street garage owner, as far as could be ascertained, to place the Chinese dragon to practical use first He has named his great green wrecking truck, “the Green Drag-in.” What to a paragrapher doing in his Idle hours if he can’t keep up with I current literature? t 111 =eSi DIURETIC STIMULANT TO THE KIDNEYS Standard far Guflisi Mr. R. t- Gabis, Dennis, Miss., writes as follows: . , , . i I had been soln* around crippled ’ with rheumatism for about 18 months. My muscles were so sore 1 could hardly work at ait I remembered that 1* or SO years ago when sufferlns in the same way with kidney trouble, Dodd’s Pills had given me great re let so I purchased some of these Pil» and am now able to do as much plowing in a day as any young fellow, and I am now <1 years of age. I cannot say too much for. Dodd's Pills. At all druggists. 88c per box nr The Dodds Medicine Co-, Inc., 700 Main St. Uiiffaln. N. v C