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Jug some je; at w rjgntsviue 1 aeacn.;
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Miss Fannie Whitt, of Greenshop,
!' is visiting friends here. t .
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' v. mi Hill, of Raleigh; is here
it J - alio. t
flfSr a stay with her sister, Miss Lot
i tii'' Turner.
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1 Vi'Miss Emma Mallette, of Tarbpro,
l-Zspent yesterday in the city with
t r friends and relatives.
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!'': ' -j nr n T. Rlankburn. Of !
' ivi t u mi ivu n. v. -
. Ooldsboro, spent the week-end here
"J with friends and relatives.
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nffo p r Ratson has gone to Ash:
f : ton where she will spend a period
vwith fnenas ana rrauvw.
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'is V: Miss Verna Johnson has gone u
I Faison, where she will visit with M4SS
Annie Mae Holt for several days.
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f ? Mrs. Brooks G. White, of Jackson
V villa Tna . is visitins Mrs. R. C. Cant-
-weU at No. 14121 South Third 4treet.
Mrs. J. Wr Stanley, of Goldsboro, Is
in the city as the guest of Mrs. C. E.
. j -Haskett, No. 1922 Woollcott avenue.
- Mrs. John P. Cameron- ana aaue li
ter, Miss Johnsie ,of Rockingham, are
guests of Mrs. John W. Blomme.
r; Misses Vera Venters and Thelma
Sylvester, of Richlands, are here for
a -.Stay as guests of Miss Hattie Du-
"4 , rant,
.f-.-. ';
' - Miss Essie May Hurley, of Lake
1 land, Fla.. is the guest of her sister,
v Mrs. T. W. Coker, No. 216 Harnett
vS street.
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! ' Mrs. J. Mosley Bowden and daugh
ter. Miss Lucille, are spending a
riod with Mrs. H. K. Ruark at Caro
Una, Court.
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Mr and Mrs. A. E. Belch, of Gar
land, have returned to their home, af
3 ter . spending the week-end in the city
i with friends.
Ai
sp6ninefweelena:in the crty.-with
., Mi iss May . vFrlnfe ; has , gone to
lotte,--where-sne-win, spenu ;cnw
with frlends and';f?lativei:.. :;-
; pov'"t tfHill:l of vMaysviile spent!
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.several hours in the city - yesieraay
With friends, and relatives. .
Mr G.E. Holmes has returned'. td
tne city, after a pleasant' stay witn
relatives at .Tomahawk:" : . v vV.
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Miss Eatner uarnsa,- ui w
the guest of Miss?AnnI; Mae Dement,
of No.x21f South Eighth. street V
Miss Lin Edwards has gone to Mt.
Olive, where shei ;.wiU3 spend .A period
with friends and relatites ' '
Saturday's" ' Charleston ?American :
"Misa Katie . Merrimon is the guest of
Miss. Laura r Hill Jacobs. 14 ..Wilming
ton, n. c." " .. -;r;i.V" ' ' ' .
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Mrs. J. A. Cox, of Greensboro, re
turned tp her iom this morninsv af
ter spending som6 time in; the -.city
with friends. 'r -" '
Miss Maie Barnes, "of Greensboro,
returned to her home this morning,
after' spending some time in the city
with friends and relatives.
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Miss Madeline "Weave? . and Masters
Thomas and Aubrey "have. gon(e to Ben
son. N; C, where they will spend a pe
riod with friends and relatives.
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Delgado and Calvary Baptist Sun
day schools were the only ones to
report attendance for yesterday, the
fnrmor havine 157 and the latter 136
?f " I present. ' . '
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Epworth League of Bladen Street
Methodist church will give an ice
cream sociable tomorrow night, be
ginning at 8 o'clock, at Fifth- and
Bladen streets.
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Mr. T. W. Weaver has returned from
C ;Miss Lucy - Powell has returned tq
her homeiri Clinton, after a delight-'
ful ; stayi cn'tfce beach. ,v j;
Miss Eugenia Campbell, of Aber-1
doen.returned tocher home this morn
ing after -spending some time at
Wrightsville Beach. . , ! ' ; . - ,
Myiases Pearl and Annie McKeith-
ieyiofi Ratiford, returned to their
home this morning, after spending
some tinifr at Wrightsville Beach.
Mrs.v? T. W. Simmons, of Birming-
tkam; Ala., returnedUo her home this
morning, "after spending some time at
Wrightsville Beach. - v r . 5 '. :
vMrs.,tE. M,; Jeffreys and Miss Bert
Davis, , of Dunn, returned to their
home this morning. . rm.. spending
some time at Wrightsville Beach. -
Miss Ethel Johnson, of Anderson, S.
C, is the guest of Mr, aad Mrs. L. G.
Herring at their home . on Wrights
ville Sound. T - .
Nearly 2000 persons went to the
beach yesterday, "150 coming in from
Atlanta on the poputef tourist tickets.
The weather was ideal. and surf bath
ing was -participated in by an unus
ually, large number, the blue of the
ocean furnished an excellent back
ground for the r hundreds of vari-col-ored
bathing costum.es. - .
Tonight's exercises at Lumina for
the little folks promises to eclipse
the initial affair of this nature at thei
beach and hundreds of children arel
expected to participate in the exercis
es, which have ;been arranged for
their, special benefit. The splendid
ball room floor will be given. -over to
the children entirely from 8:30 to
9:15 o'clock and ; the grown-ups are
expected to participate to no greater
extent than lookem: on. " v
If so tnis Store is r
prefer ! and on ike lo
Isaq Paibuger & Sb! wli6se line
every suit aiid ins in
qua.
litu
fit
V, .
Mrs. H. G. Rpberson is visiting with, Jacksonville, Fla., and Waycross. Ga.,
friends in Burgaw. Sire will spend a where he went to carry his two chil.
period in-Goldsboro before returning dren mt,e Misg um&n and Master
to the city. tn visit their erandDarents.
jMr. and Mrs. D.;W. Mason.
a. .v. m.
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i Miss Harriett Moore, of Fayetteville,
to' Vaka a ncrind no the P'llPSt fif .
Mrs. Owen Ci Fillyaw at her home on ! Rev. E. H. Hardison filled the pul
South Front street. J Pit at Bladen Street Methodist church
Miss Leila Woodcock left yesterday evening, preaching a splendid sermon
Week-end arrivals at The Oceanicl
included: A. G. Gilmore, New York; i
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Miles. Chicaero: '
J. Ray Parker, Asheville; Mr. and
Mrs. A. T. Wishart, Miss Lucy Carr,
High Point; Mrs. -R. E. Townsend,
Wilson; J. J. Fowgan, W. C. Hinson,
Charlotte; K. C. Bent, Chicago; W".
R. Hale, Atlanta; Dl P.: Hale,. New
York; O L. Head, Maysville, Ky.; B.
D. Camp, Franklin, Va.; lrv R. M.
Walker, Miss Annie . Howe, Florence,
S. C.; S. D. Millas, New York; J. J.
Gpnzales, Atlanta; Samuel Cunhude
and family; Mrs. K Kennedy, W. M
and Black Mountain, I that was ; thoroughly enjoyed by the j BuQk. MulUns, S. C; J. A. Sharpe.
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WITH THE RECORDER.
tor Asheville
where , she will Join a narty for
4 two weeks visit. I
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Mrs. N. A. Oalbreth has returned to . , ' '. . , -x A-.-
thVcTtyffom New York and an ex- Majority Defendants Let Off Lightly
tnde4 trip through Maine dhd-' Can- Thls Morning. -.
ada;; returning via Niagara Falls. I There was little to Recorder's court
4f this msming, other than an overplus
; iMrs." F. T. McDougall and daughter,' Gf defendants, the majority of whom
Mjfas, Mary, of Portsmouth are spena-. were charged with minor infractions
Ing'.a period here witn Mrs. jonn a.
Wliat
an
more cou
Id
ij bii wan
t?
y, see mem
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Go,
Sne today
Sutton. They will xisit in Elizabeth-
town before returning to their home. -
Capt. S. H. Parker, of Chadbourn,
Spent yesterday in the city with his
of the law. and consequently dealt with
in a rather mild . manner. James
Jones and Morgan Spencer, colored
"boys, charged with larceny, were pa: I
roled with. Mr. F. J. Dempsey for a
period "of 12 months. Rosa Smith, col-
Lumbertpnr W. A. Town.eni, J. J
Wade, Jr., Dunn; J. K. Hinis. Atlan
ta; T V. Erwln, Charlotte; Mr. and
Mrs. tye'.sianj Rlcht7iond; , Capt- 0 1SL
Hobbs, GreenvillerS'C.j L' HJChes
son, :Hendersbnr Charles Schild, "St.
Louis; Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Gaioey,
Dunn; Mr.?... Ella Jones, J. E. McDan- pd. by the. chairman of " the .Board of
iel, Sunitfr; N. A. Sinclair, Fayette
ville; Paul Robelot, Nashville; R. B.
Kennedy, Mullins; Mr. and Mrs. J.
W. Watson, Hamlet ; John" Proctor,
Petitions! - Favoring, Acquisi
, tipnorerJ
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Members of ; the .committee appoint-
County Commissioners at the last ses
Sion following adoption of -resolution
favoring the joint purchase and op
eration of the Market street ferry by
A. Nash, Jr,t Robert Mclntyre, F New Hanover and Brunswick counties
MR. TAFTS CONDITION
STILL IMPROVING
(By Associated- Presis.l
Clay Center, Kas.. Aug. 13. Contin-
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RED CROSS MEETING. .
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Again tomorrow morning, from
10 to 1 o'clock, the Wilmington
I.
ued iraprovcinent . was shown today in j Chapter of the Red ..Cross will
mi: vuuul-iuii :- luruiei rrealueni juci. ui. mc oigiiuifauuu s wuin.- w
Taft, ill here with intestinal indiges rooms on the second and . eighth
tion. Mr. -Taft has commenced to eatl floors . of the MurchiSon; Bank
(regularly and yesterday he sat up in building and all :adles interested
his bed for, '.tho. first time since thei in . the work are not only liiyl ted,
attack last Monday. , Dr. B. . FifMor but urged, to attend.
gan. in atendanse, said, however, li! The chapter seeks, for use for.
probably would be two or three days
before Mr. Taft would be able to walk
EXCURSION DATE CHANGED.
aother, Mrs. J. W. Parker, who has, ored, whom the two above mentioned
been under treatment at the Tankers-. defendants swore was with them when
ley-Harper Sanitarium for some time the store of Mr. Ralph Canady was en
past. I tered,"was tried oh a charge of store-
, . , i breaking, but no judgment was ren
L. Nash, J. D. McLean, Lumberton; D.
H. Hodgin, J. A; Brown, Red Springs;
L..-M. Parker. E. A. Thompson; J. B.
NeWrnan, Lumberton; H. L. Everett,
Laurinburg; Layton McGugan, Wil
son; P. F. Messing. 11. Miss Bessie Mes-
singil1. Dunn: J. D. Grandy. J.
Red Cross Benefit Outing on Tuesday,
August; 21st.
The date of the Excursion for the
on a ohefancT twbtbird 'basis with ! benefit of the Red '.Cross, to be given
Grandy. .Jr., Charlotte ; ' E. R. Sim
1 2rtorl.1 Berv.PPO thnt were held for rlorcH Tamoo All nnlnrnrl woe onn. ! lllOBS. J. ti. V,OQper, L-Oia, O. L . , 1.
enlisted men at St. Andrew's presny- victed of an assault" with a -deadly
terlah Church yesterday-morning were weapon, was fined $15 and costs. Al
largely attended and thoroughly en-jien was first sentenced to a 30-day
Joyed by all. The service was con-j period on the roads, out this was
dttctea7,by Rev. Dr. A. D. McClure, he
haTing1 at one time been chaplain of
changed to a fine.
David Elerby, colored, was fined $5
tie Wilmington Light Infantry and j and the trimmings, following his con-
thfl Remnd Ree-imeTlt. National Guard. irlrtihTi nn o fhartra nf laroenv The
jCommunipn was observed at the "dose case charging Enoch Murphy, alias
oi me service. uavis, witn. an assault with a deadly
5"
"Jv1 EXCURSION POSTPONED.
The excursion to Carolina Beach to
be . operated by the New Hanover
weapon, was continued until Thursday.
Viola Southerland, colored, convicted
of a charge ' ql assault with a deadly
weapon, was sentenced to a month at
Transit Company for the benefit of hard labor, but appealed from this
the Red Cross Society and which was I judgment. Her bond was fixed at $100.
set' for tomorrow, has been postponed j Hall Sumpter, colored, convicted of
until August 21st, "according to an-.larceny, wa3 paroled with his" father,
.tipuhcement of Mr. A. W. Pate, stating ! Mason Pherson, colored, chargel with
that the postponement was in order an assault and battery, was di'scharg
that elaborate arrangements might be led as not guilty. f Kate Davis, colored,
made at the beach for the entertain-. charged) witfh and convicted "of art a:-ment-of
those who go down. - 'sault with a deadly weapon,1 was fined
: . ' $15" and the costs, after she had been
r-. : ' : I sentenced to the farm of a 30-day pe-
rioa. wiiuam j. cooper and Jonn H.
Spencer, colored, were discharged as
not guilty, after the evidence had
been heard in the case charging them
With obstructing the. sidewalk.
Every Mother
rlust Decide
H. Crnkl:n; Gocrge L. Bascome,
Scranton, Pa, ; , Col . Rossheim, Louis
ville, Ky.; W.. B;: Floyd, J. B. Floyd,
W. H. M'tehell,' S. Freedman, Miss
Smith, Fairmont, N. C; E. V. Irom,
Charlotte; Miss Jenn Litz, Miss
White, Birmingham; H. Holt, Jr., New
York; Silas Green, New Orleans;
Miss H. Gray. Atlanta; Miss Parker,
Goldsboro; I. H. Dickens, Greensboro;
S. H. Schner, Baltimore; H. -H.
Spencer. Richmond; Mr. and Mra. R.
Cohn. Memphifi; , Harry Birch, Now
York; W. McManus, Greensboro; J.
Ray Parker, Ahoskie; J.LM. Dalton,
Winstbh-Salem; Miss Jean- Cameron,
Rockingham; Mr. . and Mrs. George
Britt, Balt:nore; Miss Alice Adkins,
-.unoTt"; Nell Wopten. Bryce Woot
on,' Kathleen Wooten, Kinston; L. W.
Temple, Lake View, S. C; Mrs. R.
Cobb, Roystan, Ga.
V nr Her ( irawinff UaUffDter
the girl's health' an4'happiness. dc
pend upon now tt. w answereu;
Ferris uooa &ense
WflUtft -'-.bave sblvea 'the question
4Ty.0r:th6uiarids of -wise
rnothers7'Wbo not only provide their
children with these 7 sensiDie. wawu,
but always wear them themselves.-,:!
ASK FOR THEM W OUR CORSEt DEPT.
Display of Moniiraental Sculpture.
Philadelphia, PAig. 13. Probab,
y tlve largest display of monumental
fnd sculptural workers that has ever
been. held inlhis country will be plac
ed on-exhibition in the Commercial
Museums in this city tomorrow. The
exhibition, "which will continue
through the week will be a feature of
the annual convention of the Na
tional Retail Monument Dealers' Association.
DELIGHTFUL
New Hanovertbearing the heavier bur
den, were Jin confeienife ,at the office
of Maj. J. W. Little early this after
noon at whieh time the ferry and their
work was discussed from every con-
D. ceiyable angle ' and the decision ar-m-
rived at that it would be mighty hard
for the Brunswick commissioners to
turn down the proposition -"of this
county regarding -the purchase and
operation ot the ferry connecting the
two counties.
It has been stated on good author
ity in the city,, that' seyeraL petitions
are in circnlatipni.ibi3B.iuns wick urg
ing that the commissioners, at their
next meeting, Augusjt 20th, adopt ths
same resolution, thajl avs adopted at
the last meeting' 0 the 'jew Hanover.
Board, which would close the ferry
question and insure better communi
cation and at , reduced cost between!
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iue uvu cuunues, tt. isum luai me
petitions are-being4 largely signed.
The committee named by Chairman
McGirt has-., gone into the cost of
taking over and operating the ferry in
a very thorough.. .manneK and will pre
sent facts to the Brunswick commis
sioners" that will label the proposed
taking over of the ferry by the two
counties as a sensible business prop
osition and one that neither county
can afford to turn . down. This com
mittee will wait on the Brunswick
commissioners on the 20th.
by the Hanover Transit Company to
Carolina Beach, has been changed
from tomorrow until a week hence.
So now the date will be Tuesday, Aug
ust 21, and those vwho desire a delight
ful outing at a delightful resort and
also to help a worthy cause, can, be-
diff erent purposes, any scraps of
H- chiffon, maline and veils, and -X-
j -H- asks that such be sent to the
if work-rooms tomorrow. It re-
-Jf spectfully requests, however,
that these scraps be boiled be- -5f
fore sent,. as it is Necessary to -X-
use only., goods that have been
JC- treated in such way.
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CASE AGAIN CONTINUED.
gin to prepare for the event and also
Mr. Edward B. Johnson v Will Face.
Trial on Thursday at Nobn.
whet up apeptities for a big time., 1 The case charging Edward B. John-
There will be many features of the SOn, white, -with embezzling funds of
-day, including . music and dancing,, at the local branch of the Knights of
the big pavilion.. . . ( Maccabees, which wasn to have come
! un for preliminary -hearing before, Jus-
Ll tUTENANT, C. C. BROWN, JR.
PROTEST ON DRAFT
i FIRST PAPER ALIENS
(By Associated Prosg.)
Washington, Aug. 13. Protests have
been made to the. Stale Department by
representatives of the neutral coun
tries against the drafting for foreign
service of aliens who have taken out
their1, first naturalization papers. The
point has; been raised by at least one
of these countries that if a "first pa
per alien" makes ohiptimi
given the opportunity of
returning to his own country within
a reasonable time.
.LAST QF SHACKS GONE.
Wilmington' Youig. Mart Has Received
Commission and Assignment. . . '
Friends here will be interested to
Funeral Tomorrow Morning.
.The funeral' of. little 'William F. C.
Tienken, son of Mr. and Mrs. Willlani
penken, will be lie:l tomorow mrirti-
mg at the home. No
'.--street, at 10 o'clock' thence in' Rt
jfPauls Lutheran church,, where serv
ices will.be conducted at 10:30 by
jRey. G w. McClanahan.
AGITATOR LEN1NE
I ! ; STILL IN RUSSIA
Little Daughter Passes Away.
The sympathy of their many friends!
is extended Mr. and Mrs. Rodney
Becker. Of Acme, in the death of their
four-mbnths-old daughter which ocH
curred At 6 o'clock yesterday morning
following a brief illness. , Funeral
service? .were conducted from ' the
home today.
tice W. A. McGowan this afternoon
at 1 o'clock was. again continued: and
Thursday named as the day ff? trial,:
the lawyers on both sides agreeing on
the continuance - and th.e date named.
learn that Mr. C.; C. Brown, Jr., of ( Mr. Johnson, who has been out on
Wilmington, ' who went to Fort Mc- bail since the warrant charging em-
Pherson , from Birmingham has just bezzlement was served some time ago,
been . given his commission as first was in the custody of Constable John
lieutenant-in-the Engineer. Corps and Davis this afteroon, although it was
assigned to 307th, Regiment of Cor- ' stated that bond would; probably be
scrip tive -Force. He is ordered to re- arranged later in the afternoon
port in Atlanta, Ga., on August 27th. '. : ; '- : 1-
Lieutenant Brown is expected homedays before reporting in Atlanta. . He, j sooner the property was bared the bet
on Friday of this week J;o spend a few j is a well known civil engineer. v ter the appearance, would be.
Laborers Cleaning Mortari From
Bricks of Once "Handsome" Buildings
Laborers are busy now cleaning the
bricks that years ago were put into
what then appeared to be "handsome"
buildings on North Second street, to
the east of the Victoria theatre build
ing, .but which, iri the course of time
, took on a terribly shoddy appear
ance f as better building reared them
selves on every side. The dismant
ling; of the buildings located on the
property recently . acquired by the
Howard-Wells Amusement Company,
and justly termed shacks by so 'many
.people,' has ibeen completed and Sec
ond street, ? looking north from Mar
ket, presents a far beter appearance
in its naked .beauty than when orna
mented by buildings that were out of
date .and eyesores for so long. The
work of destruction has-been carried
on under the direction of Mr. Carl
Rehder, of the Howard-Wells Cora-
j pany, whb has , used every means
known , to himself and associates to
cause. ial)0re-s to hurry for he, like
i ! the others, realized that the work un-
' derway was good work and that the
MERCHANTMAN SINKS
ANOTHER SUBMARINE
; . (By Associated ' mw.t
Petrograd, Aug. 13. Notwithstand
ing the reports fha. . Nikolai ; Lcnino
.had escaped from the 'country, . the
j Maximalists Mn 5 convention here C are
alleged .to have made the open deciar.
' ation that the. Russian Radical Social-
1st leader still is in hiding in Petro
grad and in -daily communication with
; his , followers, " :-. -r v- ' -
- tc w :,oi:riiiB Ucuoai vauxi, . Bays
The BoijrBe,' Gaet -thFetrograd aur
thorities charged with ,an investia
tion of the recent l-ioting in the capi.
tai, nate pegnn..proceea,ings to tdtc
disclosure of his whereabouts. "':,
Gajomelhe Most Valuable
From Its Unpleasant and
Dangerous : ualitis----Cal-
; btaHs ttje Nffw -Name. ; '
.The medical virtue of calomel are
in no way connected with its nauseat
ing and dangerous Qualities, as is prov
en by the -fact that the new calomel
tablet; recently- perf ected, is --, wholly
free from obiectionable effects yet re
tains all of the Jiver-cleaning arid sys- . France, sent her. to: the' bbttoini Thei
tem-purif yihg a ualities 'of the old-style British encountered ' t hW snhmari n e nn 1
calomel. ; ForvbUliousness, her last outward trip frpto this port.
. tial, . the ' lew " deiiauseated. : calomel
tablet H a jpracticaUy parfect remedy,
To , inspire . pubiic .confidence, in this
new discovery the .manufacturers have
authorizezzd d ruggis ts ' everywhere to
refund the price if the customlr is hot
"perfectly; deiighted tlalotabs,!
oia only i orjglttal packages, sealed;
twenty ; 'doses for thlrty-fiy cents': &a
tablet at bedtinxe. vwithri; sw-allOw of
waterNo tastei Jmausea,vno;gri
mg you wake unin.lhe tnbmihg with
(By Assooiaiea PresK.X . ..
v An Atlantic Port, Aug. : 1"3. Anoth
er German submarine-has been sunk
by the guns of a, -merchantman, if the
gunners of a "British freighter which
arrived hpre yesterday are correct in
their assumption that ! 3 shots which
.strtick an undersea 7Toat;;off i Brest;!
One shot destrowrt f fh o nriRni
Thes second and ; ;thir4I wer followed
by an explosion 'and 1 th shbmarine
disappeared. The gunners Avere confi
dent that the, submarine weijt down
involuntarily. ; " v -' t vi - V'?' r'i v -
OF WAR TOOATE
a. veun nver, reeung line, ana a neartY i a maoo . 'vt 'r- - r
appetite.;' :Eai whai you
danger.v-XdvV.v
' - :.' : ' ,V ih? , bOOty. Captured hv thk Oerano
A,nW;-claD Vto hdld.;
lorcarry AhboiUe;N SSSMfSr11? 86 Walloons and; three
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