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AGED WOMAN CLAIMS SHE SERVED THRU
CIVIL WAR AS A MAN IN FEDERAL ARMY,
AS MElBER MASSACHUSETTS RE&ENT
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., Dec. 29.—The melodramatic tale of an aged Pitts
burgh woman who served throughout the Civil War in the guise of a male
member of Company B, Fifty-third Massachusetts regiment, was bared here
today. Mrs. Peter Johnson, inmate of a county farm, says she did war serv
ice under the name of Saul Till. If her story is true she will ascend from
an inmate of a poor house to the status of a pensioned veteran with a large
amount of back pay.
Revelation of tlie strange and almost
unbelievable situation came today
when Mrs. Johnson described her
military experiences to emissaries of
the American Red Cross.
The aged woman, now near the cen
tury mark, declared she serveed in
the United States Navy after the Civil
War came to a close.
Her Sex Unlearned
“No one with whom I fought ever
knew I was a woman,” Mrs. Johnson
said.
“I was born Mary Ann Murphy, on
February 1, 1840, in Plattsburg. My
father was killed in the Old Fort at
Plattsburg. Mother died when I was
eight years old and I was adopted
by Benjamin Hill of that city. I lived
with that* family until I was 16 years
of age. Soon after the outbreak of the
Civil War Tom said he was going to
enlist in the army. He went to Camp
Groton, Ayer, Mass., which is now'
known as Camp Devens. My home
life became unbearable with Tom ab
sent, as I loved him devotedly like
a brother. I followed him to Camp
Groton. I started my journey at night
and -was picked up by a group of men
traveling in a barge to Camp Groton.
The men rolled me in coats and got
me into camp. I asked to see Capt.
Davis or Lieut. Pratt, but this wras
refused. I was then taken at my re
quest to brother Tom. After begging
to be taken along with Tom he said
he would enlist me as a man and
keep the secret. A week before the
men had enlisted a wife of one of
their comrades, who wrent through as
a man.
Is Given Uniform
“I was taken to New York, my hair
was clipped and I was given a uni
form, enlisting as Saul Hill, 18 years
old of Company B,* Fifty-third Massa
chusetts Regiment. I went to Missou
ri and served about a year and a
half. I was given $110 when I was
discharged. I remember Captain
Corey well.”
From this point Mrs. Johnson’s
memory is hazy. She mentioned
Westvale, and Orange,, Mass.; South
Vernon, Vt., and a college called Mt.
Vernon, Bennington, Vt., Montreal,
and Quebec, Canada. Peter Johnson,
a Dane, followed her from place to
place and she finally married him.
With great emphasis she told that
after her service in the Civil War she
enlisted in the United States Navy at
Key West.
Saw Queen Victoria
She says she went ashore at Que
bec, and going to a park saw a beau
tiful lady sitting on a bench. She ask
i ed her for protection, telling her she
was a woman, and had served five
years and nine months as a sailor.
This woman told Mrs. Johnson she
' was Queen Victoria. The queen in
sisted that Mrs. Johnson remain with
her, and wrote a note, handing it to
a lackey. This was the stepping stone
| to a new home. Mrs. Johnson was
! sent to the convent at St. Rock, Que
| bee. From then on her mind wander
: ed as to her life. (Note by Editor—
Queen Vicitoria never visited Ameri
ca.)
About two years ago she fell down
stairs severly injuring herself. She
was sent to a hospital and from there
to a poor farm. She said her brother
by adoption, Tom Hill, died in 1911.
He was a railroad engineer for a
great, many years, she said.
Mrs. Johnson described in detail
the battle of Antietam, and showed
scars and powder marks received at
the engagement. She has lost all re
cords of her enlistment but believes
that at one time a historical society
wrote a book about her.
K. K. SUED FOR *50,000
BY OKLAHOMA YOUTH
MUSKOGEE, Okla., Dec. 29.—An
echo of Malcolm Etheridge's disap
pearance, a month's sensation in the
Southwest three years ago, is now
heard in the Oklahoma courts, with
the filing of a suit by Etheridge, a
twenty-year-dld youth, against the
Ku Klux Klan and twenty-four prom
inent citizens of Muskogee.
Etheridge asks $50,000 damages on
the ground that under threats and tor
ture, he gave men, whom he charges
were Klansmen, a confession that he
had disappeared and maltreated him
self to achieve notoriety. Following
his alleged kidnapping and disappear
ance, he was found July 1, 1921,
bound and gagged under a pile of
refuse in an abandoned warehouse in
Muskogee.
About the time Etheridge’s suit was
instituted, the Klan figured in other
court proceedings, before United
States Judge Franklin E, Krennamer,
at Tulsa. Judge Kennamer was call
ed on to sentence a member of a
white robed and masked gang that
flogged a Government employee.
Elmer McDonald was convicted of
flogging A. J. Akard, postmaster at
Ida, Okla. Nine other men were im
plicated by McDonald.
PORTUGAL IS SELLING
HER NAVY, MADE UP
OF MUSEUM PIECES
LISBON, Dec. 29.—The present day j
fashion among nations possessing a j
navy of selling off old warships has
caught on in Portugal, and the gov
ernment has decided to offer two of
it warships for sale.
The Portuguese Navy, which con
sists almost entirely of “museum
pieces,” as sailors term old warships,
is to be deprived of the cruisers Al
mirante Reis, and Sao Gabriel, which
were built in 18S9 and have been dis
mantled for many months.
Any person who wishes to tender
for this scrap iron must deposit a
sum of 50 escudos with the Navy de
partment of Portugal, or about $5,
000 at the present rate of exchange.
Don’t blame Congress. The law
says it must meet every* December.
!
STEAMSHIP ADMIRAL WATSON
Sails from
Seattle
Jan. 7th
Feb. 4th
Arrives
Seward
Jan. 15th
Feb. 12th
South from
Seward
Jan. 18th
Feb. 15th
Calling at all regular Southeastern and South
western Alaska ports In eluding Seldovia and
Kodiak.
WAYNE BLUE, Agent
Telephone Main 81
Res.. Madison 40
Pacific Coastwise Service
^ADMIRAL LINE
iH.F.ALEXANDEP. PRESIDENT
■BHB9HEBB?
STEAMSHIP STARR
S. S. STARR SAILS JANUARY FOURTH
San Juan Fishing and Packing Co.
G. C. HENDERSON, Agent
PHONE MADISON 13*. SEWARD, ALASKA
Ian Sues His Bride
for Honeymoon Relics
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 29—Walter
K. Shafer, stirred the ashes of his
dead romance when he filed suit for
divorce from his bride of nine months.
Mrs. Frances Shafer. For included in
the complaint is a long list of articles
he wants restored to him by the
court, including his honeymoon trunk
and souvenirs of his honeymoon trip
around the world.
One Mandarin coat. One Japanese
ceremonial coat. One bead bag from
Nice. One doll from Monaco. One
string of beads from Cairo. A set
of Madeira napkins are included in
the list of articles which Shafer want
ed back. .
The wedding date was last Jan. 9.
Almost immediately afterward Shafer
and his bride started on their trip
around the world. Almost as soon as
land was out of sight there was trou
ble, Shafer said.
For with them were his sister and
his brother-in-law. Mrs. Shafer did
not relish their company on her
honeymoon, her husband said, and
she acted extremely unpleasant about
it. She stormed and called him and
his relatives names, and in her vexa
tion she even slapped him, he de
clared.
Eventually they got back to Los
Angeles and started their new home
at No. 233 South Catalina Street,
Shafer stated. Relations did not im
prove between husband and wife nor
did relatives get any better reception
at her hands, Shafer said. An entirely
different sister and brother-in-law
than those who went along on the
honeymoon trip called once, he re
lated and his wife kept herself lock
ed in the bathroom while they were
there.
So now Shafer wants a divorce and
the return of his trunk and souvenirs
of the bridal journey, which he val
ued at $3,000 in his complaint.
Join the Chamber of Commerce.
A Striking Job, His;
He’s Match Teste
LONDON, Dec. 2ft.—Day by da;
for thirty-six years, Tom' Tuthill lu
worked in a London match factor
striking matches to test their qut
ity.
He scratches all his match*
with his fingernails and pass*
judgment upon the quality of ea<
consignment from the workrooms.
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SHOP.
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KENAl
FISHING AND HUNTING
PARTIES CARRIED DOWN
LAKE KENAl FOR THE
DAY OR TRIP. TELE
PHONE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MILE TWENTY
Louis Bell, owner
Swedish American Lii
“Only line between America a
Sweden.” Direct over the Allan
and the North Sea in Large, M<
era and Comfortable steame
Frequent sailings.
Christmas Excursions 4) Swe<
and Finland1
S. S. STOCKHOLM—From N
York December 2; from Hali
December 4.
S. S. DROTTNINGHOLM—Fi
New York December 10.
Also Earlier Sailings
For further information and
ervations apply to
W*VYNE BLU*?
Agent for Seward, Alaska
ALASKA
STEAMSHIP CO
SOUTHWESTERN ALASKA
ROUTE SCHEDULE
Vessel—
Northwestern -.
Alaska _
Yukon _
Alameda_
Alaska_
Yukon _
Scheduled
Lv. Seattle
December 20
.December 27
.January 3
.January 10
.January 17
.January 24
Scheduled
Arr. Seward
December 27
January 3
January 10
January 17
January 24
January 31
Scheduled
Sail fm Sewai
December 27
January 3
January 10
January 17
January 24
January 31
Steamers in the above schedule will make all regular poatjif of c
in Southeastern and Southwestern Alaska.
Steamer Redondo will continue calling at Seldovia and Halibut C<
until further notice.
Freighter Nabesna is scheduled to sail from Seattle, December 3C
Send orders by wire.
J. II. FLICKINGER, Agent
PHONE MAIN 125
SEWARD, ALAS
drrrttng!
In extending the Season’s Greetings to all its friends and pati
The Alaska Railroad takes occasion to announce a
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’SL
EXCURSION FARE
of one and one-third for the round-trip, between all stations. Red
rate tickets may be purchased at all agency stations December 20
January 1, inclusive; final return limit January 6, 1925. Passei
boarding trains at non-agency stations may avail themselves of
Special Excursion Rate by purchasing reduced rate tickets at
agency stations.
It is the sincere wish of The Alaska Railroad that the year
will be the most progressive and prosperous for all Alaskan actft
and towards the accomplishments of this purpose The Alaska Rai
will continue to lend its earnest and whole-hearted co-operation :
times.
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