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VOLUME XLVIII
MANSFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, WEDNESDAY,    .lANUARV 8, 1919
NUMBER 8
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THEODORE ROOSEVELT PASSES AW.AY   WHILE   SLEEPING
RosR   Bailey,   U.  S.   Marine.
1VENT THROUGH B^^IGHT
wrrnouT a scratch
Wa<>  Active to the Last   Day of Hi*
life in Spite of III HaaMl the
Past Few  Yeara.
Ross B. Bailey, aon of Mr. and Mrs. Bwiffht Bailey, was in tb* nisr fiKht, sad for some time after his parent.s had grave doubts as to his safety, but the iotlowinK letter puts their minds «t ease. Ross is probably in Coblenz, Oermany, now as the Second Division, to which he is attached, is a part of the Army of Occupation.
Somewhere in France, Nov. 19, 1918. Pear Mother and all:
I am where I can write aierain now so 1 -will try to scribble a few lines to you before chow time. I was lucky cnougrh to fret over in time for the last tart of the scrap, but a little is enough to .satisfy most people. I didn't get a scratch, so you can be assured that I •will get back home o. k. as soon ae ihings are straightened out over here. The people here are certainly glad that the war is over and I suppose everybody is the same back there. I ."-oppose Lyndon and father have been pretty busy this fall, getting the threshing, silo filling and plowing rfone. I hope they have the fall plow¬ ing done, so I won't •'^ve so much to ..jio -next spring. You see 1 am already planning. I see by the papers that they registered all the fellows from 18 to 45 years some time ago, and am ylad that it is over so Lyndon won't have to come over, but I gu^ss he was doing more right there than he could over here; in fact. I know he was, but ¦BO one can realize what this war has been over here without seeing. I know I never imagined anything like it. I don't mean the fighting so much for J didn't see so very much of that, hut the wa.v that parts of France have T>een ruined. I am on a hike now and am getting into the country that has •not been torn up, but which has been in German hands since the war start¬ ed. We crossed the Belgian border yesterday so I expect to see some of this little country.
The people surely give us a royal •welcome when we have been. We are fitaying in private houses and the peo¬ ple do anything and everything "they can to make us comfortable. Seven of us are in one house here and the old 7ady insists on keeping up the fire, washing our mess gears and all such things as that. She also has a cow, so you understand that I can have bread and milk to eat.
When we stepped into Belgium we saw a big arch over the road built of evergreens and a sign saying "to the sons of the true freedom", and all along in the villages it is the same, Wecorations on the trees until they look like Christmas trees.
I suppose you wondered why you '4)6 not get any mail from me for so long, but I suppose you realized some¬ thing about why I wasn't writing. I celebrated my 21st birthday by going •ver the top for the first time and it ^Rras also the last time, thanks to the armistice; but I was where I could *«ar all the shells I wanted to, up to ,*Jke hour they stopped; but it ia all «ver now, so don't worry and I will write as often as I can until I start feaek to the good old U. S. A. Lots of lave to all.
ROSS. Fvt. Rosa B. Bailey,
97th Co. Oth Marines, American E. F^ France.
  W. S. S. 	
Tioga Valley Grange Meeting.
The regular meeting of the Tioga Valley Grange was held January 4. The new officers^were instaltotl. This year is going to be a lianner year for the Grange. A splendid program is feeing prepared for the next meeting.
  W. S. S. 	
New England Supper. There will be a New England Sup- per held at the home of Mrs. Anna Qtose, of Roseville, next Saturday evening, January 11, for the benefit of •he Methodist Sunday School.
  W. S. S. 	
Remember tlie Grange Food Sale Saturday. 8tl   '
Theodore Roosevelt passed awav at his home in Oyster Bay, N. Y., Mon¬ day morning about 4 o'cU>ck. He had retired fhe night before in good snir- its and feeling hetter than he had been lately. About 4 a. m. his negro servant, Amos, who had been with him at the White House and had come to the Oyatar Bay home within the past year, noticed th-it the Col¬ onel was breathing bad. He called the nurse and Mrs. Roo(i*velt and also the village physician. Dr. Fallen. At¬ tempts to rouse the Colonel were fruitless and he died bsfore the phy¬ sician aiTived.
His death was a stirring blow to everybody, becau.=;e, even in spite of his continued ill health, there was no thought but thai he would live for years. He has had numerous opera¬ tions in the past few years in an en¬ deavor to overcome the cause of his ill health. Recently he suffered a se¬ vere attack of inflammatory rheuma¬ tism, .vhich caused such a weakening of the blood vessels that it resulted in a pulmonary embolism, which means <hat a clot of bUnxl was carried thru an artery to the lungs. This caused his death.
Colonel Roosevelt was perhaps the most conspicuous figure in the world and undoubtedly had thi- larirest fol¬ lowing of any one person. He was a man of exceptional ability and char¬ acter and a 100 per cent American. Any eulogy that we could write about him would not do justice to this great national and international figure. Al¬ though the writer has not been a "Roosevelt man" in the sense of being with him in everything, still we have always admired him for various rea¬ sons. One of the signs of Roosevelt's greatness was that he was really ad¬ mired by those who opposed him as well as those who wer^fHth him. Ev¬ ery effort to write him down in the newspapei-s or to keep him down in political cirries has rs.sulted/in his coming out on top. This wa.r simply |)ecause he wus a truly grent man. While not a Lineoln or a Waafhington, being an entirely different type of man, yet Colonel Roosevelt will go down in history as one of the great men of America and the world.
  W. S. S.  	
OVER FIFTY THOUSAND
IN  SAVINGS  STAMPS
This Was the Record of Manafield Postoffice for the Year 1918. Other Postoflfice Business Showed Increase
The total value of War Savings fi.._. Thrift Stamps in the Man^l^elii rof- office for the year of 1918 was $50,- 404.75. There were 9.000 W. S. S. sold and 9,619 Thrift Stamps. The sales during the the last week were over $4,000 and on the last day $2,- 390. Two Mansfield men bought all the remaining W. S. 3. on the last dqy, so that all the W. S. S. in our postoffice were sold.
The postal receipts for the year were $12, 420.59, money orders is¬ sued $24,958.59, money orders paid, $34,258.78. There were $549.49 in revenue stamps sold, making the t<ftal business for the year $122,.582.20.
  W. S. S. 	
Grange Auxiliary Meeting.
The la(|ies Auxiliary of the Grange will hold their regular meeting in the hall Saturday, Janury 11, at 2:30 o'clock. A good attendance is desired. Election of officers.
  W. S. S. 	
W. C. T. U. Meeting.
On account of Chautauqua the regu¬ lar W. C. T. U. meeting will be post¬ poned till next week Friday.
PAYJbJO VISITS TO NATIONS, HIS JOB
SAME OLD SPIDER'*
of ttaaj lent  inj
* Prince Yorlblto Higasta) Fu- Rhima. coubId ot the Japanese em¬ peror, is one of the best visitors any nation ever bad Most prince's life has been spent making ofBcial visits for his gov-; evnment. He is now being enter¬ tained at Washington, having' come her« IrMB England, where: be was entertained by King' George. He presented the British king witb a fiword aod badge ot field marshal of the JapaneseJ army, as a gift (roca bU emperor.)
BUSINESS   MEN   WILL
H.WE BIG ANNUAL MEETING
Will  Invite Their Wives and Have a
(Jrand  Get-Together  Event  on
January 27.
The Bu.'iiness Men's Association of MiHisfield will have a yrrnnd time at their annual meeting on Monday, Jan¬ uary 27, this year. They will invite their wives and make it nn occasion to Kct together and got acqusnited. A committee has been appointed and is already  working out the plans.
It is expected that the meeting will be held in Grange Hall. There will be music, cards and dancing, so that all can find some means of enjoying them.^elvcs. An enteilainment of some .sort will he provided, details of which will he announced next week. .Supper will be sei-ved, and everything done to give everybody a good time.
The business men feel that this should be an important meeting as it will in a way be a celebration of the ending of the war and the return to normal times. It is expected that a \n>fre crowd will be present, although the entertainment will necessarily be limited to the Business Men and their wives.
  W. S. S.	
U^^TED SUNDAY  SCHOOL
CAMPAIGN   FOB   MANSFIELD
L^cal Boy Writes of Peace Celebration in France; French People Wild With Joy When News Came
CHAUTAUQUA PROGRAM
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FIRST DAY—Wednesday. Afternoon, 2:30—
Series Lecture, Chautaukua  super
intendent. Concert. McKinnie Operatic Co.^ Evening, 7:.10—
Concert, McKinnie Operatic Co. Lecture, Ross Crai'-, ctirtooTiist
clay  modeler,  direc        if  rvf,,.<' I     slon:"^
SECOND DAY—Thursday. Afternoon, 2:30— ^
Series Lecture, Chautauqua Super¬ intendent. Concert, Jordan, Holmberg & Park¬ er Company. Evening, 7:30—
Concert, Jordan, Holmberg & Park-
ker Company. Lecture,   George   H.   Turner,   "Hu¬ manity's Last Reserves." THIRD DAY—Friday. Afternoon, 2:30—
Series  Ijecture,  Chautauqua  Super¬ intendent. Concert,  McDonough-Eagleston  Co. Evening, 7:30—
Concert, McDonough-Eagleston Co. Lecture,. Dr. George Lawrence Park¬ er, "Russia in Revolution."
  W. s. s. 	
THE MILK  SITUATION
"SUSQUEHANNA TRAIL
LOOKS PROMISLNG
Government Wants North ud South Trunk Line and Saaquehii'<na Trail Is Most  Fe:».sibl.    in   Pp>'. sylvania.
liamsport Januari^H^^^/   o.shurg, ¦who attended the miEtinj:,llu thf rrp-
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Atfvert'nwr rapre.
Dairymen's League Members On Strike Because of Reduction in the   Price   of   One   Cent   a   Quart.
The members of the Dairymen's League in Tioga county and all other places supplying New York are re¬ fusing to deliver milk to the conden- series because of a reduction in price of 50 cents a hundred pounds, or 1 cent a quart. This reduction in price was made in New York seemingly in part as a political move and was coincident , with the removal of Federal control.
The   U.    S.    Food    Administration I withdrew its control of milk January ' 1,  and  immediately    the  distributors reduced the    prce    to the farmer by about 50 cents a hundred.   They offer- i red $3.G0 per hundred for 3 per cent milk    and the   farmer    wanted $4.01, I which is 5 cents lower than the De- j cenvber price, although f^ds recently j took a jump in price. 1
The distributors offered to sell the ] milk at 1 cent a quart less to the con- j sumer, but this waa provided thay i could pass the reduction on to the i farmer. They pay the farmer about ! 8 cents a quart for 4 per cent milk and sell it to the consumer at 17 cents and 18 cents a quart.
What the outcome of the strike will be we cannot predict, but we hope that the city people will learn that the farmer is just as much entitled to a
res'-ntati'-" c- 'o; ver. .'itio'i with tho sentRtive said:
"The construction ••' tha Trail bids fair to be realir^ed, of jouiTft, depend¬ ing on the support we g«t from our own community as well ;is the state and federal government. During the war little or nothing could be arrom- plished except to hold the organiza¬ tion together. With the pnssinjf of the .t50,000.000 bond issue, tncethar with the fact that the federal Kovaminent through the postoffice dep.ii-tment and the department of agriculture has out¬ lined a road building projert which has for its primary object an east and west nnd north and south trunk line for each state, we are a.'^sured of a road building program. These trunk lines naturally Will be of the most im¬ proved construction and nrast be routes that will best serve the needs of the state and nation. That tlie Sus¬ quehanna Trail is the most feasible, practicable and most cheaply con- stnlcted north and south routa is certain; but it means that much-¦work will have to be done to insure its adoption and construction. The ftmrd of Governors i}f the Susquehanna: Trail
j Association serve without pay and de-
' pend on the membership fe«'^i ot ^LOO per year from «tich memi>er nf th« As¬ sociation   to   pay   the   nece-nary   ex-
I pen.ses. So it behooves eaeh troji^road enthusiast to get in the game mi& join
I the  association  for  1919  at onae-.
^     At  the  meeting  January -ird,  Mr. Vosburg  was  authorized   to contract for the marking or the Trail *itl» the insignia of the Associ.itiori. wiiidt wiU» be done aa soon as the weather will
j permit.
We want good roads; we wsnt thom soon. We want this trunk line, which will connect us with impro'i>ii roada as far north aa Montreal, »* f:ir east as Boston, as far west ar < hicago, and as far south as Washington Boost Mansfield; boost Tioga county. Join the Susquehanna Trail A»aof;atton.   W. S.  S. 	
Under the direction of the Tioga County Sabbath School Association the Sunday Schools of Mansfield are planning to put forth a united effort for the purpose of creating a greater interest and more faithful support on the pait of all in the work of Religious Education,
.A week of united church activities will be held as soon as speakers' and material can be secured.
The provisional program for the week follows:
At the Sunday mtriung sei-vice the pastocg will be asked to preach on the impoi-tance )f Religious Education. Rnnday afte'-noon a ma.is meeting will f H..H ;., ;>,,. jieU )ir t ^Cpisc^pal ' *""  ^ ;;,   plar ¦¦ il! be if'illy out-
lint., and .- upeci«i.-t in Sunday School work will be present. .\ relig¬ ious cens'js o' the borc/n<:h and sur¬ rounding cotjr'! V *") by t! ken during fhe week, the purpot<- of \^nich will be to get the church preference of each home and to determine the constituen¬ cies of the varioVis Sunday Schools. In the cities, such a census is taken each year. Mansfield has not taken a re¬ ligious census in seven years.
On Friday evening three grand Di¬ visional Rallies will be held in three of the churches.
The following appointments have been made for the week:
General Chairman, W. J. Neal, Pres¬ ident of the Tioga County Association.
Publicity Chairman, W. D. Bradway, President of the District Association.
Committee on Canvas, the Pastors.
Chairman of the Children's Divis¬ ion, Mrs. W. W. Allen.
Chairman of the Young People's Di¬ vision, Mrs. L. B. Shaw.
Chairman of the Adult Division, Mrs. F. H. Pratt.
  w. s. s. 	
OLD BOYS DEFEATED
BY HIGH SCHOOL
Sergeant Leigh .Mien, of ManHiield, Tells How the French People Cele¬ brated  Signing   of   the   Armistice.
Tours, Fi-ance, Nov. 12, 1918. Dearest Folks at Home:
Only yesterday morning I wrote you a short letter, which I know must have seemed very excitable and pointless; but I was all wrought up by the news and excitement, and, while I am even more so tonight, I ffeel that I simply must write you now while all this is fresh in mind and experience.
How can I ever tell you of the al-
carrying      the      most       picfnresque
: torches, reminding one of the ancient Grecian ones. They were preceded by the French cavalry bearing a flag
i of each nation in Ihc wfvr except onr enemies,  and  between   them  marched
j the important men of the evening.
i Five French generals were marching in the flrst rank between the torch beaters and their wonderful dress uni¬ forms of red, blue and black, with a great deal of gold braid surely made a most chaiming picture. Behind these high officials marched the Eng¬ lish and American officers and bring- ins; up the rear ranks waa our owa wonderful marine band. The crowds were so dense that the parade mad*
i slow but gloriously applnuded prog¬ ress. I shall never forget that mag¬ nificent  sight and    the    thought    of
', those French cavalieres bearing the standards of the Allies made one feel
¦ that they have seen aome part of tha
' great crusatfcs, as we really arg.
The line finally came to a halt ia the great public square where now the fountains were playing and red, white and blue lights were shooting their rays up, apparently with the spray of the fountains. .-\ sudden quietness came over the whole crowd as the band began to play the "Marsellaiae" and to the entire end of that great martial tune not a sound but its beau¬ tiful strains could be heard. For an instant after its finish the crowd re¬ mained quiet as if expectant of anoth¬ er refrain, then they suddenly Went mad with cheering and cries of "Vive lo Frnnce". It is impossible to de¬ scribe their enthusiasm.
When  the  cheering    subsided    the
LOCAL BOY AWARDED
FRENCH CROSS(F WAR
Word has reached here that John Nye Hatfield, son of W. H. flatfield, living and a profit as his city breth- hna been awarded the French Crosa of ren. .-^nd, also, that if the farmer , War. It is not known at th present cannot make a living out of keeping time for what deed of vak' he re- cows he will be forced to sell them ceived this decoration, but it ¦> under». and this will result in (iearea.sed pro- { stood that he won it NovesaK-r •*. He duction and increased price to the city'• graduated   from   the   Mansfi'd  High
consumer. That the farmer should be expected to produce milk at a prof¬ it in the face of increased costs and reduced price for the products looks rather ridiculous from our point of view. It is worth noting that one of the last acts of Theodore Roosevelt was correcting the proofs of an article to be published in the next Metropol¬ itan in which he said: "The farmer is emphatically the producer. He has not had a square deal. He has not been put in the position to which he is entitled."
School, and later attended Siite ('al¬ lege. While employed in the V.'evtiag- house Electric Works at Pitt- w ? ho enlisted in the Marines and ws t ain- ed at Quantico, Va. He ai ivi I in France October 25 and prob t>l> got into fiction soon afterward.
Mr. Hatfield and the late Or-on iVil- cox are, so far as we are abl' t' as¬ certain, the only Tioga county tJo.^s to win this decoration.
   W.  S. S. 	
Say   you   saw  it Advertiser. •
the  lim^tield
The local high school basketball sea¬ son was ushered in Friday evening at Grange Hall when the school boys de¬ feated the alumni aggregation by a score of 21 to 16.
Most of the alumni players had been practicing bayonet thrusts during the fall and we have it on good authority so adept had they became, that each lunge would have meant a perforated Boche had they gotten in the Euro¬ pean extermination contest; but the quick change from cold steel to warm leather was all to their disadvantage.
In Jhe first game of the season, it was the case of a star of last season again starring. Dick Lowe made nineteen of the victors' 21 points, while Miller scored fourteen of the losers' markers.
Had the game been played in heats of four minutes each with intervals of ten minutes for breathgetting, the old boys would have fooled their younger opponents, but when your wind dome will not stand a sustained spurt — watchu-goin-to-do ?
It looks as tho Mansfield high school will 1)0 strongly represented in bas¬ ketball circles this winter; surely, the boys will make 'em all step some to win.
Ulna Goodall, of Olean, N. Y.. bas¬ ketball fame, was the presiding elder and it's a mighty gooil thing that a conference does not control his com¬ ing and going, or he -.vould be going yet.
Official score and line-up was found in the personal    memoirs    of George Dyer:— .Alumni High  School
Miller, f (14)      f, Cruttenden
Obourn, f     f, Lowe < 19V
Bailey, c     c, Borden (2)
Bedenk, g    g, Kelly
W. Goodall, g g, Simmons
  W. S. S. —	
Remember the   Grange   Food Sale I Saturday. 8tl
most sublime joy of these poor people who have suffered so long and so pa- i strains of the "Star Spangled Ban- tiently. The hardships and privations i net" floated out on the air and though ."ieem so much more real now that there the strains were very softly played the is prospect of it all coming to an end. awe and hushed reverence of the Words seem to fail one in trying to de- crowd was a thing to be marveled at. scribe their happiness but if, yester- Every American soldier and officer day afternoon when the official an- ! snapped to attention and salute and , npuncement of the armistice came out. ! s urely if the people at home could have lyou could Vxave heard^their awgd, a\iiirH»e?V t>at *»%*5»t\^?.'V«>«t>»v5^ .¦ ¦pressed excitement as they cried j thirty thousand of America's best "Cest le jour dfeote'Victoire!" the tears I manhood they woul;} feel that they would have come to your eyes in spits 1 had the greatest cause in the world for
pride and thankfulness. In the beauti¬ ful playing of that greatest tune for all of us now it suddenly came to nap how easily one could give up their all to the end for that inexpressable thing for which it stands. Death is indeed a small thing when compared with the call  of a  great  true cause.
If the crowd had been mad at the finish of the "Marsellaise", they now went  completely  wild  with  joy     and thankfulness to the nation whom they call their "Liberators."   On every side French  men  and   women,  young and old, were showering flowers, flags and , embraces on us and crying again and again, "Vive! Vive! Vive! I'Amerique!" and  the expression.s    of gratefulness were more touching than can be toH. The demonstrations continued until midnight and    even    after .and some most laughable scenes took place. For instance,   one   parade   was   made     of French and American soldiers who had changed headgears and flags and were making     all   kinds   of  cat  calls  and howls.    In other places one could see , French   girls  wearing  .American   sol- ! diers  hats    and  i\.mericans    wearinif I theirs. «.
I      The.v have been restrained and dis¬ couraged  so long thut I  suppose the-
¦ >f your.aelf I am sure. In their first i^>aliza'.ion, the rUief from the fo>.r long years of night, left them sub¬ dued and with a sort of humble grate¬ fulness which made one feel that they were seeing children liberated from some task which had far exceeded their strength. 1
.Almost on the heels of the an¬ nouncement of the armistice came a declamation of a dedicatory celebra¬ tion by the praefect of the department to last for the week; all lights to be turned on in the cities at night and parades, bands, etc., to be in order.
We had heard it rumored that the French had for weeks been buying flags, bunting, lanterns, etc., in prep¬ aration for the great day, but had a faii'y suddenly have waved her wand over the city the tran.sfoi-mation could not have been more complete. As you know, or don't, I guess, all the houses in towns of any size are built up in solid blocks as they are in our largest crowded cities, and these especially on narrow streets give one the feeling of looking down a long narrow cavern; but when each of these houses blos¬ somed out in their flags and colors one seemed suddenly transported into
fairyland.     From   every   second-story i      , l    .¦ -n i    . *•     j li? .,u _
,   , ., ,      . celebration will last for days.   If ther
balcony the young women and others
were  fairly     showering    the   crowds
with chrysanthemums and of such col¬ ors as I had never dreamed existed in flowers.
The passings of an American tank along the streets seemed to simply set them all wild and the drivers were fairly buried with flowers thrown with cries of "Vive I'Amerique!" As I was on the streets all the afternoon and as I had put the allied flags in front of my truck on the radiator, I receiv¬ ed my share of the cries and flowers, and just these simple but deeply meanful demonstrations fully repaid pie for any small hardship I have had.
By   seven   o'clock      in   the   evening every main  street,     the  great  public square in front of the Hotel de Ville and  Palaise de Justice, and  the  Rue Nationale, was crowded from curb to curb so that one simply had  to float along  with  the crowd.    Sky  rockets, firecrackers,   star  shells,   pin   wheels, and all such things were popping on every side  and  showering the crowd I with harmless bits of fire, which se?m- . ed  to  burn   nothing.     Added   to  this light was the unaccustomed brilliance ' ^ of the street lip^s and the lights on 1 the public buildings.    Much to my sur- . prise  I   noticed   that  the   roofs,  win¬ dows and corners of the public build¬ ings   were   outlined   with   naked   gas !ights     It seemed a foolish thin'T, tut : it seems they have always had them and that they never cause any trouble.
At about eight-thirty, a bla:e of bugles announced the arrival of the important parade of the evening and wa could see the double line of Ma¬ rine coming   up  the  Rue Nationale,
The Vedder Stadio. The Photographers in  Mansfield.
can get relief and joy from these de¬ monstrations I hope thoy will continue for a long time for how France has suffered, and she is only beginning tar raaiize the denths of that suffering now in the light of new events.
LKIGH.
  W.  S.  S. 	
Say   you   saw   it   in   the   Mansfield Advertiser.
DAUGHTER OP MARK HANNA LEADER:
Intimate frlei^ds say she is a "chip of «he old blC' <'" when It comes to leiider,«hi' It is Mrs. Medill McCurttiic... u. of tlltBois' now senator-elect a-.id daughter of the great i>oUilcal leader, the late Mark Hanua. Mrt. McOormlck ia chairman of the .tepuhiican Wool¬ en's Natloi !il Executive Commit- tee. with fcuadqiiartors at Waal^ inaton.'-  ^—-~'