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Show 5- ? - w , I i B & DESERET 'm y EVENING NEWS MONDAY MAY 15 loil f r FIRST GUN FIRE Y i U?- Th e true story or the opening battle now told for the first time- 4 t - I WG. COPYRIGHT 1911 BY fW May 14 181, 1 I CHAPMAN. m years ago next which r now ort forth fully in are Jila mejeatj-'print j hipT time, The wind wa blowing strongly and Tuday, th flnt Mm was find I tb foethenrst j Tho British fright fiuerrler atopped mok4 from the President, and pre-a- n with England, Thiui tb Amertraa vrsevl, th about vented the emoiueror from hearing hundredth anniversary of th U mile from New T.irtPpttflr. English of- - th name of the defeated craft. The of "tha war of Mtr is not in "cre went aboard her and amwted tor i figging of the enemy waa badly cut . but (ait mi Mr . Will It was cSurST? roung ir.ahmthey de- - up and shattered and her decaa w 1 ONE HUNDBEP YEABS AGO NEXT TUESDAY. 4 ay fh htluinf t off tb COM of Virginia, and tb thus-d- r of tb opening gun hu bean to M "Th second hot which (W breed around tb world." Indeed th battl night wn b known "th - Lotnim of tb wr of 111" Yet, trang to aay. both tb American and Brttldi govern mnt hv persistently ndervonrd to eliminate from history'jt gage this unique uia) rum bit, and apparently tried to keep tb pcopi In tgnoraaewof what actually transpired oa tbo high mi on that memorable 4; The Americas captain protested inimodnr Jpaigera awwrtt.ined th name bettered hulk his gun had i of th I hav known this lad hammered merrilesmly through th personally from childhood,' h asserted, "end night to be the l.tt Hell, a onort know him to hav been born In lh of the dreaded Oiiarriere fHgat. IV hen the President tat of Main bed home All that my tMrwo" responded th nd th wewa of her Mtplrrtt and wa made known, tho heroes of captain, "hut what can you do lory about ft ha-- ha the battle wore everywhere re-e- l vd no protection r' For w enttiustnem. fader the efrrutnetam the argu- - with tremendous ww roent wa unatwwerahl. ahd th lad hort whip- - rotnrtM-ior- v Bodgerg waa Carrie) off in th lurn-r- e -na but tiimtmt and, The pralsed Vi went opened aebirgtnn authoriire wee duty w.i- - audd'nly neg.rttalb.ti Bed of "I be occurrence, but apparently between the Waehingtoa and British they had become a accustomed to am h cabinet, and a ebange of seen took happeninga that littio or nothing place. The AmerPan dlpPimats saw doo in th matter, and th document . At to keep the heron of th combat o'1 re occasion. I1 " to I. line the ,( )t loq,.. Mi,ip - oami'wm- -aialn. tb affair aallnn pigeonholes of depart mental desks, i were naturally bewildered by their hushTo climax matter a court Finally a genuine mam enptaln chanced wctpin ed up as far aa poselM tbrough e to assume the duty of the hour, and t lniulry wa appointed by our am mental Influence on bulb iUi atgo, tb war department, acting under Wane- - ernmrnt as a result of a claim put j B the Brit, A. Bingham, pressure tb details at which are not forward by ,h I.,.rr: ?'Tlthgtfl"lB to ebant tb geography made clear in the offtciai records open commodore, In whh b be stated that to the public, gave orders for th i n President had fired the first shot bemlapher and marked e d commenced a sudden and dap In our naval annaia frigate, th President, to cruise on the off Chganpeak bay ranted attack upon V tb awakening of the new A merk-aUn tb evening at May l Commodore ! unwinding at a vast quantity of spirit, tb of tb real foreign policy inauguration in rotnmand of tb President, i math- - red Up followed, and both of die l ulled b beginning of our Interna-inpuftta sail ei the eastern hor.son, ernmrnt were scemlngly destrousot But that the strange yeeeel hushing up the whole businea. r of th Reroiatkm ended In and concluded ! non other than th tiuerrlere th American people at tor J?1 ,.jy England and h .withdrew her troop which had forced the boy from Maine in Radge fn.in hew Via k city and J 5 "fr reluctantly Into British service Rodgers at once made their protest hJ r A real and at tb gave orders to sail in tt.T. and to as- - tone Btfiii. in spirit refatfefl to certain what tog thpursuit cloud lowered n the International horl fie stranger tb acerd young republic a respected Peveral hours pssaed ere th veswts FB and Modgers himself, dlsreita ruing ,,f ,rternnwnta. nuns within chat range of each other I what were practically . Ei!Te"Jlh0ul,H,,W U "Ugbl oPiKlrtunuie. The sun had set and darkness waa fan- - from th war department, made fi'r'r11 Humiliate her conqueror, and assumedo ing when declaration into the rig jlowtng bold sprang Hedgers de-pelUF aggravating attitude 1 mng and Wed to decipher With the aid , T m- - be wnsure Imt Insisting upon tb right to take from egsreevo, w. his glass th ensign horn by the lerunined not to be the of country my 1 the merchant Bag r naval, an object at th chase But th shadows a uuld suffer 41r oho to hav of night had rendered the odors la be Insulted with ImpunityorderAnd to b born under tb supposed I gv general Is British flag. Men why that and his Rodgers, arising hind rapt tv thu acre forced to fire, and we hav taught England a shouted full the with trumpet, peaking ter and ere upon British ship of Strength of his powerful lungs, "Whst Icjpon To th foregoing spirited announcetjt practical Illus hip is tbatr tration of the edict no reply, and again Rod- ment the American public contrary promulgated by the Thera was biigllab cabinetto the wishes of President Madison Once an English-mrepented hi hall. Then a g policy gave nd his always an Fngitshroan." A mot ger cam from the stranger In the response of It shape applause was distressing atiuation America grew a sheet of Bam hearty and unstintedBritish a round-shand vessel out of tb ttrltlab for kidnaping policy, which hurtled along the upper deck of transpired that th and aurb of tb Impreeaed fearfullr damaged during the engage-11 ft was chiefly owin to their flery men a en- tb President and buried Itself in the ment. besides sustaining a toe of deavored to recap, or manifested action, In defexum of Rod main meet- Before Rodgers could men billed and wounded, w bile the with their aefaure, were unscathed. ind 1a favor of adopting punitive . giva tb command to "return lire," one Presides t escaped almost of. his eager gunner. bis and bad but on Entered, a boy slight-" .lsZw-rVvw- k iicaders Instructions, andanUrlpaPot th first shot ilv wounded in the band, In his recent j Jrf??1arnt remarkable foe gentleness Bred an American vessel in the history JulUo Hawthrone devotes lew j Mf7ri5 thmn wrrter haa fallen into t - Er a wore at year the young re- war ofby IMS thundered to this Initial battle of the j forth deft than a d public endured three outth foe. Th commodore then gave wa, of 1S11, end the following rage on the person f Ita cittxma iwr to order th engage, and th broadStatesmen, among whom were Adams the side of both craft crashed in unlsnn ttm and Jefferson. eeemed unbble to handle A urn!" from oSrj to the tora. having bea U.bora In Ht pall of blackness had no descended raZl f th problem, and their endeavor to July on th deep, and the battle raged fierce- aiimlniatration U pursue the Ouvrriere.l tavorlt Maryland wl was the pyeskl nt and j European aympathy againat Great ly on by the dim rays of the deck and to demand our impressed ritlxen j he th her .. aecompllshed wonders d runs. Erl tain a drastic th But .fc her were In proceeding and red flash from the canhem the war with lnuulirf whkhneued rleariy j naval warfare Vain But what a whole nation seemed lantern nons' mouths th enemy court of ftnddenly he waimrntouton a I opened govPgland American the to powerless accomplish waa at length reared Bring, and- - Rodgers gat order demonstrated that vrutee and to arh.eved bjr a atngt person equipped to follow suit, ernment had no -apeclal resp.mslbl.lty believing that she hsd f.rltuh merchant ahipU ana tha Enclinu with th necessary amount of nerve surrendered. lull But the momentary Armed achooner the Highflyer The navrw our of y and a fin the prowew of cousequeneea. was broken by another broadside dlnegard emcrw of the latter venae! had burned These are the onlv lines which It was a plain case of th right man from tho stranger, and th and indicate the Importance ! and plundered Havre do Grace. In th right place at the right time pbaaixe Americana cheering the credit land, tb home of Rodger, an that the line B Though the darkness 2V,ferorre whe lt X,uUI M placed commodore may be Plied In kind said to have had V 1 VS1on eteaiiuy. pj Street Statement, to Commodore private aa well as patriotic reasons for ot lb lhoy ' na,tHu4,ioa to cope euerearfully with a j; unlll "fhitheir advereary a Bre To the latter belongs the wishing to lay The president atong-gkw- y national emergency Our h.stortr lay silenced For th third time Kodgere' Kodgere. i aide of her of having been bigger than his 11'le stress on. this really Important he sailed from Boston Rodg-lostentorian, vole - roared across the gov ernment. in that He would not el- vent, and a close Investigation of the waters and , hi envign era had obtained from some unknown country the flag of nations unpublished archives reveal IV hat I That en.in-- a iwrtiai knowledge of the seof his command to be flouted that" ship certain salient fact concerning it The response came batk faintly: cret signal code of the British navy, Rodgers assumed the entire responsibility is further shown by a diary kept and caused certain flags to be When he came by one of his officers, which reads, in accordingly part, at follow in eight of the Highflyer he flew the Teeterday, May Id. while heating British ensign, which wa Immediately down the bay, we spoke to a brig comhailed A signal was then displayed on ing up who informed us tnat be saw the English vessel, and Rodger sucthe British frigate the day before off ceeded He In answering it correctly the very Place where we now are, but then signaled that ho wa a th British. she Is jtot In eight M bare made the each other One of Kvery am it Bhe is of exactly ranged alongside donned tb uniform our force Should wc je her f hare not Rodgers' officer a British lieutenant and went aboard , tlie least douht of our njrairement The of the Informed he where the Highflyer, commodore (RodirB will demand the will commander that part of the person Impress'd, the demand battksi waa asked and code lost, filer signal Lduubtlesa be tel U!cd. th The com-- , ' that he he allowed to make good the la ill instantly commence modore has called in the boatswain, deficiency. Th permission waa gragunner, and carpenter" and Informed ciously granted and taken advantage them of all the circumstances, and of. after which the Eltieh officer acnew hi acquaintance asked If they wm ready fnr actitxn companied 4 board th AuMtvxn vessel. . Bndxers fh " d Just why historians treat this greeted him courteously, and then sentlal betumiog of our second war Do you know what ship you with Kncland so liKhti. and accord it so little space, practically pawing aboard of?" It oxer as unimportant, la hard to Why, yea, responded tb British Is hi majesty' ship, Seait officer. comprehend Investigation prove In to hae been our country the cause horse vessel of a political revolution., and theu in Did you crer hear of a auiruration of an Amen, an proteeto- - i called Inquired the President T" the ono you should pct wlipn you ask for rate on the ocean, seas, bays, lakes') Rodgers v and rlvcrs of th- - world. Yt fie vlc-- f is distinctive BLANCHARD BUTTER. Indeed I have." replied the unsus-torwon by Rogers Is accorded less That I ' th pecung Englishman, than a page in the elaborate unlike anv otLer on' the market, and it is craft we are supposed to take h ' 'Yel1, Ilai.v labeledT' Car lo ton Bee, In the fig volumeaby if smiled Rodger, J Ixwslng It receives half a page, and I in Bryant s four huge volumes a single i The full truth of th ruse by which No how nearly another hutter sentence of two lines Is all that is t he had been betrayed flashed at one alloted this most daring naval ex-- 1 upon th chagrined Briton, but he package may look like this one. t liere is not vw that he wag helpless Th crew ! plolE PrmowFlmRRQiw-5HoT- . So Intense was the feeling aroused ! at the President were at quarters a successful imitation of BLANCHARD v for instant action, and the Kudgcn.' by that in read the) BUTTER on the market tiny all lack' the fall of 111 the campaign Tor congees- - Higrhflver lay at their mercy undhr can shore, and the country once Ing f acre.aggtJbftAmericaa...naf I atonal t etirerenlw.1 few ' tuttli fit nie"The frowning tattm!er"brThmHC aghih rang wlttPtJie of tbeTTn alii, and oa August 1, 1828. hej taste, froNlmess, so fier senate end nouse were chosen on the f can gun Thera waa nothing for it dashing and ingenious praises Idled at Philadelphia In Ms fifty- -. Rodgers. terms voiced in the pertinent question- - j bnt to submit aa gracefully aa j To Kdogers and tha President glso' eighth year manently characteristic of BLANCHARD. ! you for a war with Enelsnd'' slhle. Rodgers ordered the British belongs tha peculiar distinction of fj" r 4:r!rr Blanchard Butter sella for 30c.- - - . Those who answered In the affirmative f color, struck, and soon the fltsrs and Having fought for 8 hours in abso- j were elected, and the se who disao- - j Stripes floated in the breese over both lute daylight. This Is explained by the proved of martial measures were de- - vessels. Th sword worn by Hdtchln-featethat fact th engagement In question Old and tried politicians were son. the English commander, waa the took (?cr in tho Norway latpude T5.c Flmst -- VFor fafasta and CTijl.dran, sent home and their places taken by t personal property of Rodgers, taken whereplace ' perpetual davHgnt exists at a Phones 2853- youthful enthusiasts who Infused fresh ' aroM- -t other plunder at th horning certain season of tho year. It Hue,. vradMIis Rlnd Yca Haw Always BssM j Also. O. blood and apiriMnl the elsid eirele at i of Hun de flrmcs.1 tmt drsttoed-to t Rodger vrho broke wit S. E. trackage, pawith Washington. 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