The Seattle Star Newspaper, May 25, 1923, Page 24

Veteran Who Helped Take Southern Pre ‘a aged iF President Is Now at Orting ck nkee ea RANKS ARE THINNING FAST ENGINEER IS A He VERY BUSY MAN BY MABEL CLELAND a a i t carb tthe w . wo! is Chief Engir uo A 4 ” Weber, of Sunnyside Mr. ‘Weber's son Washington's first y an be spared from home ae So he passed al the t despite his handicap of n than 60. years, they let him tn He took tra’ Hussey heard I 858, Ho v boy, but the In the service and i ‘ t ‘ prevented Orleans “You,” he St nsa on 3 musty x rnin he, with two comrades, sur Boys Attend Movie; he Confederacy. and| Bicycles Disappear ed expensive for two. Seattle wn movie nee ak ofl <e foual ‘a! ou oon & tat ys Thursday x Lionel Cap. nouncing “French” known s friends at t tate REMEMBERS EXPERIENCE IN | £ of ke Ry One mie t ‘ Old Soldiers Ie, *| ANDERSONVILLE PRISON t Arne vive shasde uaa ® Petery Lagur Then ther M. Ewing, of the 1 You & Fave duel clatter had tha ches cS elvil war. Lag lilinols infantry ke off di u al and 4 Ehatcapture is aga te Ta the night ads are hoping sore sharp-oyed, 4 Gention of his comrades negro. cabin,’ and keen-witted poli#eman or civilian F @ay draws near ‘ A Ww may locate thetr missing means of a dlindadalibamaa transportation ture, given the writ Wisit to the home, f _ TELLS TRUE STORY OF THE CAPTURE “The story of the capture of Davis| § B has been often told, but I was there, mand I know it is not usually told | straight. “I was in the Fou with | 1 daat lét 5 St S| cerning AWAY FROM THE CITY four-day march, was camy we kind ¢ « H we rskilie i the Re Thomas Chaniers Eacton. row that the Gehing season hes Svs y 1 r of We ton, D.C opened and earty « repert nted with president catobes, the srbaa ere dies tn San{ la an itching In his feet an higan cay- 00 men in a at ally sta @ays and nights th and men and horses onic ee | Seyi Rie Took Geshe uns Fasting land stiff to move, when the c shivering| Gov, Len Small signa $55,000,000 PR Bo potting Jot word of the whereabouts of the} 4| soldier bonu for Mlinols. He te not content with « Davis camp. e{2, ..@ hours tn the sreat eatdoors, but “1 happened to be F men whose horses we fondition, so we p night. “The rest of the reg rit aon Is see ernment f atd from British Arctle expe ate meant the expeose ef a or spending the night ino make- Reputed to be ears old shift tent, subject te all kinds of @ther regiments of the b Lizale M apa Indian, ioncem. scattered over r) Td roast It) At Onkville Thursday. [and sort of bite mennind bors hd Be ees re Bit] ater avy chee eng it again.| AP additional phone. cireult be “About midnight we came upon the| TF ns 1 could, then roast it a tween Seattle and Port Angeles has| / amp. There's a town there now, but 4 it was a pine woods then. Every-| FINALLY MADE HIS i fA any. | thing was quiet, and placing a guard|ESCAPE FROM PRISON borer eee | about his camp, wo settled down for| Mr. Ewing possesses a rare spirit. " Right, but not to sleep—we were |Once in the stadium he applauded | ,, 4 excited. |the Playing of Dixie, and two women | een completed by the telephoge Superintendent D. W. Henderson rges street car men to respond to tourists’ questions with the correct! ae lsaw fit to eriticise. information plus smiles and ki; ‘MAKE ay ro "Yes," he eald, “I love that Dixie. | tncore : a ae After a little an officer came and|! fousht hard to save it eh Ge | He made his escape trom prison! price Miller and Anscel C. jby being detailed with others to g0| mann, stunt fliers, will add a after wood. He cams upon an old|thrilis to the Junior Day program |man whi Saturday afternoon. | ave orders to prepare for a saber ybreak. t any possible chance cenatin ta Cue eooda, at in front of his cabl Bree iy the snereat chance that | Making a splint-bottomed chair, The | i turned to the right and so came |2F stood open and Ewing jumped} w 0,000,000 wild animals are Pith two other young soldiers face.|‘TU !t {nto the shack, Ikilled annually for their furs, | Po-face with the object of our hunt. | —- 7) eammecrersnatinn Senseo : wn —— “He stepped out of his tent with | gray shawl worn at that period | By Southern gentlemen wrapped about him. “He had a bucket in his hand. | “Corporal Cliffington touched him} With his eaber and at the same time | lifted the corner of his shawl. | * ‘Boys,’ he cried, ‘this fellow has boots on’ “I then put my hand under the! | shawl, on his shoulder. I remember | che bad on a rubber coat. > “Just about then there was a hub- bub over beyond the wood, and my | | two comrades sald, ‘Here’ we'll take s “care of this. There's trouble over . “there. You'd better help.’ | \UBLE WAS ONLY | PEACH BRANDY “Well, the ‘trouble’ was only a| Warrei of peach brandy, and they | ‘Midn't need my help, | “Our orders weré not to fire on eS , as It was a cowardly thing to on a prisoner. We were to take | ’ 4 alive. The men didn’t like that. | Every man of us wanted to kill | . him. Ree | Our Big Stock of Woolens Must Be Sold Bae irlacageting e. Eeeaicest. The spring season hasn't opened up yet and goods “The colonel himself helped to sta- on the shelf does not pay the rent or bills. ion the pickets. We had no j. 7 fii a MEMES ali we wero unfortunately | That is why we are forced to sacrifice woolens fired into by somo of our own men|| Tight now, when everyone knows the wholesale cost has gone sky high. ‘f the First Wisconsin. Tet Was dark, you see, and several Our big business must go on, it must not stop, no matter the cost. | Men were killed before we discov. FOR SATURDAY ONLY Western Giant and Roadgripper CORD | | *But tt was all done quietly. Cot. | d, with his Fourth Michigan | | “And that’s all the conversation | | We had, but he was right—it's been "Dearly 60 years.” |/The State Soldiers’ Home at Ort- will be the center of Interest| @ large portion of the citizens this part of the state Memorial Day. | For, while every cemetery and! ) burying ground will blossom with | the offerings of loyal memory, there, | | | Ask for Prices on Larger Reco Say. RODE AS GUARD ON Member this engagement for a long time,’ The Woolens included in this sale will suit the a if Orting, are gathered more than|| most exacting tastes, Serges, Tweeds, Mixtures in 4 | of the living men who are count. " @fed that it was Northerners fight-| 5 i vwecscene: | Men’s Made-to-Order | ®8R1c Tres Bedi worthy to wear the bronze but.|| Variety of quality. | Western ito ‘ton and sit at Wicle Sam's table. | ‘ | Bince Quartermaster C. J. Foley | ; | i “ing Northerners. “There were 1% persons in his are VER AMete kad eens s s Aecepted that position at the home rs | four years ago, more than 150 new! m ria l F have been added to the quiet s ‘oO 70 Stores in the West “Mr. Davis surrendered autetty, | | anid his wife did not throw her arms ) around him and cry, as some of the! “party, including his wife, his son| \ fer wettest nd daughter, their servants andj) } cause of the low prices and | Beveral gentlemen followers, | excellent service. — Pharis, "= "On the morning after his capture | our “old standby” handled in "I rode as guard on one side of| bt Slt RA TE ' Davis. He was quiet and courteous. | eee on ee Nebraska Epoke but little English, so Srenareee cece nae Couldn't talk much. He looked at| Mme kindly and said, ‘You will re.| 1 9: | | back of the home, 3 DA hundrea and titty times the 801 Third Avenue—Corner Co! D aged firing squad has gone forth to More than 16 years in same location lumbia | Free Touring ) do the Jast honor to a comrade and) | thé old bugler has sounded taps, They way that this firing squad Information Bureau Robber Shoots Self Attempting Hold-Up CHARLOTTE WATER SHUT-OFF NOTICE « Eloping Princess Leaves Her Hubby PIGS AND OUR TERTH TOKYO, M fost of the AND Spiked helmets and ex-royalty were in evidence at the Memorial day celebration at Doberitz, Germany. Von Hind. enburg, former field marshal, leads the procession, On his left is Gessler, minister of defense. The heavy boy in the rear is ex-Prince Eitel Frederich. 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