PATHETIC SHE
APPEALS FIB
(By Associated Press)
MADRID, Spain, May 10. — A cable j
dispatch came from America today ad- |
dressed to the king of Spain. It was
delivered a( the royal palace to the
king's personal secretary, Senor Don
Rmilio Maria de Torres, minister ple
nipotentiary, who, after reading it, I
passed it to the representative of the |
Associated Press, who chanced to lie I
present.
The cablegram said: “Our son on-I
listed as aviator in the British Royal
Flying Squadron, lie was last seen
flying over the Rnglish channel on De
cember i last. Since then nothing is
known of him, and he is officially re
ported as missing. An agonized mo
ther and father appeal to your majesty |
to obtain information and relieve their
terrible suspense."
Senor de Torrest at once set in mo
tion the machinery of investigation
through the Spanish embassy at Ber
lin. This was a typical case, one
among more than 200,000, which are
being investigated under the personal
direction of King Alfonso, and which
constitute one of the most stupendous
humanitarian works created by the
war.
.nidged by results alone the vastness
of the work is apparent: 20(1,000 cases '
traced, of which 150,000 are disposed
of and 50,000 still under investigation. 1
A great number of soldiers, reported
“missing,” have been located alive and 1
I in prison camps and thus the agony !
of suspense has been removed from
thousands of homes. In a much larger '
number of cases, unfortunately, the I
inquiry has established the death of 1
> the missing soldier, while in still a |1
greater number of cases no trace of <
the missing has been found. 1
^ Besides this, 30,000 civilians in the (
invaded sections of Belgium and
France have been located for their i
families, 5,000 seriously wounded have
t been brought back through the king's i
intercession; forty-four pardons have i
been granted, of which nearly twenty
were death sentences, mostly of wo- i
men accused of being spies. It is
probable that Edith C’avell, the famous
English nurse executed at Brussels,
would have been saved had there been i
time to carry out the king’s efforts. :
It is not only a vast work, but it I
probably deals with more < Jvidual
tragedies and more human emotions i
than any branch of activity created /
by the war. Pouring in here to the i
palace, by cable, telegraph and letter, <
are the pleas of mothers for lost sons,
wives for lost husbands, and children ,
for lost fathers and brothers. Each ,
tells a story of terrible suspense. Most ,
of the appeals are from poor people, |
who write with touching simplicity, t
and with doubt as to how they should ]
address a king. But the simplicity of
the appeals has only stimulated the ]
earnestness of the king's efforts. He ,
has organized this extensive system .
of search here in the palace alongside
the royal apartments, where he can
come and go frequently to see the .
work as It progresses and personally
direct some inquiry of pressing ur
gency. A dozen large chambers look
ing out on the royal courtyard are de
vote^ to the work, with scores pf offi
cials, including some of the titled sta
men of Spain, and of the orders, of
Assumption and the Sacred , Heart,
who devote all their time to this hu
many of these black badges, indicating
or de Torres an opportunity was given
to see the system in operation.
Hong lines of records contain the
thousands of cases, classified and in
dexed, so that any case can be traced
in a moment. Each nationality has a
different colored card — blue for the
English, yellow for the French, green
for the Italians. Both sides of the
war are represented in these colors,
Austrians and Hungarians, Bulgarians
and Turks, as well as entente allies.
Each card records a brief history of
the case. Special devices protrude
above the cards to signal any notable
result. A small black ribbon above
a card indicates death. There were
many of these blacg badges, indicating
the sweep of death. The numbers of
aviators who have never been traced !
is also very high.
lhe appeals of mothers and child
ren are arranged alphabetically in
huge cases and constitute the most
touching feature of the work. Glanc
ing among these appeals one could see
the amony each one had for some
stricken home. One French mother
wrote the king:
“I suffer night and day in not know
ing what has become of my dear boy.
and I would prefer, I believe, the cer
tainty of his death and of having a
tomb where I could go to pray, rather
than to live in this endless and cruel
uncertainty, which consumes me as by
a slow fire. It is horrible, Monsieur
the King, for the two brothers of this
poor boy have already died on the
field of honor, and if our last son,
Charles, is dead we have no more sons.
A weeping mother puts her supreme
hope in your majesty.”
A wife made this simple appeal. ,
“Seigneur, I appeal to your kindness
for my husband, missing since Sep
tember 27, before Souchez.”
A llljle girl wrote this letter:
"Monsieur, I have the honor to ask
some news of my brother. We are
all in agony and my mother is very
sick and cannot be consoled. Will
you give ur news. Here is hl» ad
dress. ”
Another wife wrote: ‘‘If at least
I could only know that my husband
lived. I am the mother of a little baby
girl that the father has never yet
seen, and this baby child pleads to
your good heart."
These appeals do not always follow
the niceties of diplomatic communica
tions. Some of them are on rough
paper, bought at the country store, and
are in trembling handwriting of old
persons. But the king does not see
these defects, and his greatest satis
faction is in sending a personal tele
gram to some mother or child telling
of the successful result of his search.
When a long telegram of gratitude
rante recently, the king himself an
twered:
"Thank you for your felicitations. I
tin very happy that my efforts have
men satisfactory.”
It is not as easy to convey the news
vhen a son or father has been killed.
Usually the official report is brutal in
ts brevity “todt" on the Herman re
mits, and “decede" on the French,
tut the king, to avoid a shock to the
amily, has adopted the delicate for
nula of first sending notice of a death
o the mayor of a town, asking him to
ulopt suitable means of conveying the
lews to the family. The letter In that
■use reads:
“I regret to inform you that, accord
ng to a letter received from the am
inssador of bis majesty at Berlin, de
ipite all the efforts to gather infor
natinn concerning-, they have
men able '.v learn only that he is
l< in offering his life gloriously for
lis country.
“Will you kindly convey this sad
lews with all the delicacy possible to
—, and at the same time, in the
lame of the king, express his most
incere condolence and sympathy.”
There are some 1,10,000 of these
lead and untraceable missing in these
itilace records — an army greater
'tan Napoleon's army at Waterloo. To
nark the solemnity of these 150,000
ases, the king has placed above the
coords a gold frame scroll, a wreath
>f laurel leaves entwining a cross.
The king has attached to the staff
if the Spanish embassy at Berlin forty
lersons who are making these inves
igations in all parts of Germany. It
s growing so, that another seventeen
vill be added sono. The same kind
if inquiry is being made in Austria,
taly and France and other countries.
There are two large maps of Ger
nany and Austria, which the king
oraes in often to inspect. They tell
it a glance, by means of hieroglyphics,
he exact state of each of the many
irison camps. Those in Austria are
ndicated by a star, and are almost all
;ood. Many of those in Germany indi
ate, by a hollow square, that the coa
lition is bad.
There are many notable names In
hese records. One of them is Mme.
'arton de Wiart, wife of the Belgian >
uember of the ministry. She was de
lorted and imprisoned at Berlin, re
using to accept any favor because of
ler husband's high position. But King
ilfonso intervened, and it was through
lis efforts that she finally was re
urned to her husband and children
ifter months of imprisonment.
One of the outgrowths of the sys
em is the establishment of something
ike a bank at the palace, where many
housands of francs have been sent
rom families to civilian and military
uisoners. In all the details of this
extensive work King Alfonso takes a
rersonal interest, following up the
nore urgent cases day by day, and
)ften framing the letters of inquiry
ind information. While most of the
ither rulers of Europe are devoting
heir energies to the work of warfare,
\ing Alfonso rules over a country rt
reace, and which he believes is des
ined to remain at peace, and it ts his
;reatest satisfaction that this has
rrought him the opportunity to direct
his extensive work of relieving some
rf the misery which the war is
rausing. J
NEWLY ORDAINED BISHOP
OF SPRINGFIELD DIOCESE.
(By United Press)
ROCK ISLAND. 111., May 10. — The
Rev. Granville Hudson Sherwood, of
Rock Island, was ordained bishop of
the Springfield diocese. The cere
mony was conducted by the Rt. Rev.
Bishop Tuttle of St. Louis, while other
high church dignitaries assisted with
the Impressive services.
The consecration took place at the
Trinity Episcopal church here, over
which Bishop Sherwood presided prior
to his selection to the bishopric.
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MEN FOR TRADE WAR
HAVE BEEN SELECTED.
(By United Press)
WASHINGTON, May 10. — Men
who will help direct America's war
for foreign trade are being selected in
the chief cities of the country. The
bureau of foreign and domestic com
merce Is holding examinations for
commercial attaches, positions which
range up to $5,000 salary. The men
selected will be sent to South Ameri
ca, Australasia and the Ear East.
ADVERTISED LIST OF LETTERS
Andes, A.
Aldrich, Miss Jennie
Anderson, Mrs. Etta H. (2)
Anderson, Mrs. Ella
Boillard, ltobt.
Bicek, Herrn Johannes
Bieek, Mr. John
Benolkin, Miss Margaret
Brophy, Case
Borgnin, Miss Florence
Broz, Nichols
Bravin, Janies
Ckerstard, Mrs. Elias
Coburn, Mr. John A.
Cookson, Mr. Sid
Daves, Mrs. Bertha
Davis, Mrs. Lilly
Deeby, Miss E.
Earl, Mr.
Games, Mr. Elamai
Happel, Mr. Harry.
Holmes, J. E.
Hanson, Gust
Kent, W.
Keimon, Fred
Kontogeani, Antone
Landon, Mr. Max
Landon, C. D.
Lagona, C. P.
Linstedt, Victor
Maldonada, F. C.
Maldonada, Alverto
Maldonada, H.
McAffey, L. D.
Melish, Billie
Mirko, Mike
Nemos, Glenn
Nicklie, Joe
Potts, Sarnie
Pearson, Dan
Pott, Samuel
Radovich, Chris (3)
Radish, Sam
Reich, e.cd C.
Ross, James
Ruconich, Larenzo (2)
Skgerve, John
Stubbins, Wm.
Stoddert, Dr. J. B.
Starr, Miss Cleo
Slattery, James
Sullivan, Geo.
Sullivan, J. M.
Teakasaki, Jeo
Teal, Geo. C.
Turner, F. A.
Ulnes, Isak
Visintin, Deaviole
Ware, Mr. R. W.
Wickstrom, Erek
Winquist, Hugo
Wekovich, M.
Whalen, Geo.
Will, Clark
Wilson, Miss Georgie
Young, Harry
When calling for the above please
say "advertised.”
C. H. SCHEFFLER,
Postmaster.
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Admiral Farragut, and is returning to
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vealed by the State Teachers' College
here, which is Instructing its typewrit
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