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VOL. 8
Elkin.N, C, Thursday, Hay 1, 1019
No. 11
liATTLFSIIIP AND TWO
TRANSPORTS CO.Ui: IN
WITH N.OIMI SOLIMF.KS
jK Newport News, Va., April 27
Light thousand troops V(im
nance mduding men of th
Kainhow division from .Missouri
of the .".th division from Mis
souri and Kansas and of the S7U
division from Arkamas, Louis
ana and Mississippi, roachet
this port today on board the hat
tleship South Carolina and tlx
i ..... a a. i .
nan. pons Aiuigone and Prin
ces Moitoika and bewail to dc-
liai k in preparation lor the last
stage of their trip home. Chamj
Clark, former speaker of tin
hou-e of representatives, aecotn
pained by his mti, Lieut. Col.
Meimctt Clark, who had
vioiisly arrived w ith otliei
noii i i troops, uelcomcd tin
!-
M
i
.M1--
'ouri men.
i lie 1 1 i iieid .signal iallalioii
of the Kainhow division, former
ly the first hattalion of th
Missouri national guard signa
. .Corps, came on the battleshi
J"ith Carolina.
rt'i. A f t . .
lie .Missouri anil Kansas
troops of the :'."th division came
on the transmi t Antigone. They
consisted of 1 loth find signal
hattalion companies A. I'.. C and
several detachments numbering
in all "!." officers and men; 110
sanitary train, amhuhuice sec
tion, ambulance companies i:J7
to 1 10th inclusive ; headquarters
field hospital section and field
hospitals i:',7th to 1 loth inclu
sive; totalling Jtjfi officers and
men; 12'.Uh machine gun batta-
lion, companies A. P., C. and J),
numbering 711 officers and men
P'.Oth machine gun battalion,
companies A. I!, C. and I), num-U-ring
SO t n Hirers and men; de
tachments of the r.'.Uh and
I4th infantry and (II ,-ick ' and
wounded officer and men.
The S7th division men airiv
od on the transport Ptincc-s
Matoika and consisted of S'.k of
ficers and men from th. oP'.th
infantry including field and stall
and companies A. H. C, and 0,
hist battalion wi'h sanitary and
supply detachments.
Also on the Prince-- Matoika
Wi'ic ba-e hospital-. Nns. . ;. 7f
J?1 .Vs. f,7 and f.s. totaling 1.1 Mi
officers and men; evaluation
hospitals Nos. 1. 2. . with Ml
officers, and men; mobile l.ospi
tnl No. 1. unit K.
Iteadqttaitcis ). tachmeiit of
th t'.'.Mh infantry biigade. IP'th
supply train headquarter, com
pany, sanitary detachment, rom
7 panics A to F, inclusive, and mo
tor Iran port mips detachment.
all m the :'.." th division. number
ing il- of liceis and men also
were on the Prime-. Matoika
Us well as ca-u.tl compam.-s and
itk and wounded mimbei ing
I.'l oif.rri.- and r . n.
Seven TranspoiK Kiini: In
New York. Auil 27. Mole
than 12."M Amedran troop- ie-
tlll !iid today to the homel ted en
.seven tran-poit. docking heie.
The 11th. 12th. i:,th. ,.g.
ncer 'came home' on the steam
cis Chicago, Cape Mav and S.m-
(Mal a, lespei lively ; the ."ilh.
co.ii aniuery t.n llie.vanta llar
Wurn. the :'.ith. ammmunitn.u
train, tran.Mirtation corps com
panies 20, !:',, ti I, oj ,,,1,)
12'.". 2H. Aeii.d squadrons an.l
casuals on the Omaha; t. oi;
and o; field signal battalion -.
PM cnjrmcci Hnt(Hn tram and
casuals on the Silnmey and the
r.2Slli, casual company of Illinois
men on the Westjraleta.
Claiminjr to ! the yomn-est
"buck private" in the Amnicarc
anny Frank Saulieri. 1 1. of St,
Joso, Cal.. who served with base
hospital No. 2 interpirter ar
rived a.s a casual with the 11 en
jrineers. After landing' in Prance he
Wits .sent to a school in a Miuth
ern province but later enlisted in
the American forces.
A delegation of Pittsburgh
citizens today were areused of
violating poit rules by Imardinj:
the Santa Clara unaccompanied
by an anny officer. A rijrid in
vestigation has been ordered.
The delegation is said to have
been headed by Pepresentatives
Porter and Campbell, loth of
Pittsburgh.
With the 1 0 Ith aero squadron
on the Orizaba was Lieut. Mor
timer M. Lawrence, of P.eaver
Dam Wis., officially credited
with havinjr shot down near
loulins, the last Cerman piano
oi the war.
( APT. DAVID W. I 1I.I AK1)
HAS WONDLIM I I. ULCOKD
( 'li:.t t.i noi .j ;i, (Teim.) Times.
My all odds the hero of the
dm.-ion wa : Cant. David W. Lil-
iard, Company L 117!'i infantrv.
Capt. Lillard w severelv
wounded while in action on Oct
7, r.tlX. lie wa ; leading his
iMiiiao. in an auacK uiion uu
Cermans in the neighborhood of
PoncheaitN, FraiK c Thev
were moving under a heavy ma
hine jrun lire and had approach
ed their objective when Capt
Lilian! was hit by a machine yun
bullet. Two magazines of four
teen bullets each were thereby
p'o'.( m Ins side, lacerating
in - abdomen .Hid hips friejitful-
'y. Ke'ardless of the fad that
he wa- t h us wounded. Capt. Lil
I I . ... I.. . . I A I. ...!
lam i unniicieii me iiii iner ad
vance of his men to their objec
tive, a railroad cut.
Later, the fire in that place In
came ..ft intcn.se that his orderly
can ied him to a shell hole that
was a little to the rear. While in
this -hell hole he was able to di
ed his men, writing their or
iels on small scraps of paper.
.t was not until alxuit 10 o'clock
that nitfht that he received first
id. Capt. Lilian! was wounded
eaily in the morning, aUnit
:"0 and while in this .shell hole
he w as in water up to his waist.
,s soon as me captain was
A .1
able to make the trip he was tak
en ti London, where he under
went several operations. So
far he has submitted to six op
erations and he is to undcriro
mother soon. lie has stood
them all icniai kal.lv well.
api. i.ii.ai i s noiue is m
... itu i i
Itowah. and he is a hero that
the entire state is orotid to ic-
oj'llie. Col. C. p. Spencer, of
the 1 1 ith infautiy, has sent a ci
tat it'll to W a-hiu'tou recojn
mending hmi for the distin-
inilsiieil servii e rr-i.ss. I-ow-
i t ....
oI.m is ).-ak of him as lint the
ro of the ".oth divi-ion. but as
the heio of the eiitiie annv
Ccllel'al ordeis No. 1 , jwisted
at the heaie jii.ii ters of he 117th
I ue-.lay i n the eve of the filial
mii-teiin; out of the lepmi-nt.
contained an eloqin'iit citation
"f ("apt. Lilian!. Inchnlmir in
the onlers weie citations also for
Corp!. S. I!. Ma-s. of Companv C;
Corpl. J. P. Vanlley. Company (,
and lie others of that company
Wlio (ir-llllKUI.-lled tlienisehes in
the l'ht at Pi en out. The order
follow:
Headquarters. 117th Inf.
I t. Oglethorpe. C.i.. Apul I.",,
Cetieral Old. is No 1 I.
The following citations for
ads of mei itoi ioin conduct de
M i;!..d are -.i!,!i-,e. t. then.m
maiid :
I. Capt. David W. Lilian!,
Company 1 1 Tt Ii infan'rv.
oi me mm mnr o Uct. 7 P.1S
.1 , . . . I
.' .1 .1 Ml, I '.l III tl . 1. 1 I I :i I f
wa; ducted to attack and
straighten out a l ee near Pon
cheaux. Prance his company was
mourn; foiwaid un.h r heavy
niadm.e jrun and trench mortar
lire and re.u he.J within alnuit 7a
auN of it obiettive (a rail-
in. ul rut l whin l',i,t I ; 1 1 .... I
. ..1 e . . . ... i . . I
1 " "
I I . , I
i " i'!.ik'aine cups con-
I II i n. ... , ..
' K ! sneii-.. ,u m ini'seltl,.. t ; i n i
1 1 1 . . . .
..'.is oi. ms ihkiv inaKinir
: la.fulw,,uni!. Although ter -
.... ...inii.Hn ami hnocKed
down, he got to Ids knees jmd
waved and directed the further
advance of his company to its
obj-itne. He then, while ly
ir? en hi- side (.a the jin.und.
wrote three onleis and sent i tin
ners for assist;, nco. The (ire
was so intense that his ordeily
can ied him about 7, yanls to
the rear to a shellhole where he
was unconscious for a few min
utes. Keaininjj con-cioiisiiess,
he continued in command of his
comp. iv. issuing verbal order.,
from time to time and remained
m command for almut six hours.
One of the runners who reported
. i i i . .
oacK i I am. Lilian! had just
made his i
I , , , , ,
- i. -.'ii ninii ne a.s
snoi ii.ioiiKii me nean i.y a ma
diine pun bulUt. Another one
of his runnel h who had deliver
ed Jus message and who was on
l:. ,,.,. 1 1 ... . . .
..(I. ..,! ft iu inahe nis report
was .snoi inroujrli the lelt elUiw
by machine pun (he.
Cant. Lib
Ian! remained in command of
urn leinaiiieu in romniiiiut 01
his company, thoudi pail of the
times practically unconscious
am! Ptilferinjr severely from his to do with Nett himself, princi
wound.s, until about 2 o'clock in pally because. Ndt insisted ,. I.
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1-S.-..ltlsl, HoLtlon .m.!i,tf on I BrlfNh t,lp ...tho of tin- p..l.l l.ulll.m with
from IIik nil !. '1 U.-lli. ili K.iMTIlliK-liI slill.i r oil n roof uLUinu i,rr Simrf
fn!l III 11 ) Ulll'll "ill In
. . .
.r. -.-ni. .
the cveninjr w hen he was carried
in a blanket to the rear bv his
ordei ly and the first sciyeaiit of
the company. This officer dis
played ejeat personal bravery
and .self-sacriiite above and be
yond all call of duty, so conspicu
ous as dearly to distiiiiruisli him
for gallantry and interpiditv
above his comrades the omi-sion
of which would not jiistlv sub
ject him to censure for failure in
the performance of his dntv.
INJI KKD STOPPING IU N-
VWAV. SOLDILU SHOWS
ins tuck wouni hi:hk,
Private Nett I'nderwiid is in
Wan! 2". I'.ast Hospital, -iilfel-
injr fiom a fracture of the -ku!
and two fractures ,,f the i edit
and left jawbone.-.
Last Saturday Private I'ndvi-
wood, soldier and hei o- eteran
of a ha'l-doeii haid-fouvlit liat-i
ties for liberty and dennx racy.
winner if tlie Croix de (ni.in
.inn i'1-iine-iii-m d emce i on- j
... 1 I I : a I I . . . .
ii.ici.Med.n, decided tli.it he ,
won!.! like to five Pi t. lnn i
the once-over i.iior to l.aiiu'
for his home in Noith Carolina
Out of the quiet of the city
treet there i-Mied forth a slight
commotion, which increased in-
ten-it v
It itfht-crazed !ior-e. hitch-
el to a litfht bu'y. came vral-
'opmjr frantically down one of
lelshuitf'.s congested stin t-.
It a!l happened Midd.nlv.
There was the Hash of a form
tliioii'h .space, then a stinimjr
kicking lior-e and an ovetuined
otiL'srv.
A crowd "at hered and an
emeri.'. iu v call was .ent in foi
- Illlill llllll'll-
ll.'il,. ,1 'ii.l An ,it., i-
i i i
le diH-sn't remendier what
'pened pnvi-ely, and l.e is
vairue.y awaie that tiuie wa-
some excitement or other in and
arour.d IVtcisburjr at a nita'n
time n Satuniav last week.
Six foot of hi awn and muscle.
strong featun -, kindlv blue ees
a splendid pel'
sona hlv l'1'ie..l.. 1 .....- I
t ii in mi ii ,11111 m n-t (it
i i f.. ,,,, ,. , ..
.....i. i.ii noise,
III." l,.. ..! IIIU IHIM' 111(11 IIHH I'(1
I.:.,. ,., I.t,..!!.- .u
1(1.lt ,1;,t o'th-r Ines were
ndanered liotw ithstandine; tin
fiid that in protecting others
by his action he mihl have sa
crificed his own life.
A Head Hem.
In a dujr-out on the Nussoi,:-,
battle front Piivate Nett Tnd"r
wood and six of his bunkies were
iTstinjr up after a h.nrd nijrht
which had been principally in
occasional nnds on eneniv
trenches and one or two n-con-naissance
patrols into the enemy
lines, while at intermittent per
iods durin? the ni-hl Fritz
would drop an occasional remin
der of hi. presence in the form
of .i alve of Mi),' Merthas or ras
shells, evidently cdcilated to in-
ii..,,. . ii. i .1. ..
n.ei me leosiuii mi. 1 eniiaiH
j.:cnerii re
t!e.ssiie0s throughout
where the Yanks
the sectoi
illettet
x.vn no one lespeti ami HUH
Will. ..II .1 . 1 ....I .. '.1
flt
consideration for the bra
very. .plf.s.'ierifiri !iii.t viiliit r.f
, . . . . V
m,m mmwir o those
,
VV,, ',mre thf
ctt Undenvood.
Uupout with
this story ha.s
4i r-r j
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LSI
l I'r.-sUl. ut WIU..M !.) .-ii.ai eldz.-n
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stowinx all the credit for one of
the mo. t spectacular and darinjr
exploits accomplished in thi
war upon tho.-e who co-operated
with him, thereby manifesting
a modesty and rdiceme typical
ol the leal hero that he is.
.xeii and ins m companions,
recupeiatmjr from an especially
eveiitful iii'ht, the theme has to
do with the capture, wcll-nii-h
pheneminal in jts immen.ity, of
a cert, mi I lun contingent, which
. i i . . ..
on ceaaiei deep into the in
ner recesses of a luijre chalk
dill and in due course of time
had constructed an o!aloiate
. Vstem of subteiianean chan
nel.' or caves, which, noon com
pletion, provided ample lixinjr
quarters lor a (Hvi-ion.
! It so h:,pM.!i,, that this Hun
innl'zvoi (Hcupied a Josition
i -o'ne two or three hundred
aid- fnen the d...v.vt in KiVI,
Cud ruond and In.- iv ,,ah h.-ul
U'li - coined them.i lvm. t.i ,.o:il !..
trv to n few hoers iM.,..
' ""
,,, a a. lllin j,
th i e
rack-wal-
in.r tin nioil of
intcn tie
r ..
The !;, t that they m:-:ht not
seemed not to have entered their
minds, but as u-ua! fate held a
hand in the jrame.
AUmt twenty minutes alter
their enti y into the dug-out. one
d the lms wa jr-jr.in through
the dug-out ent lance, and there.
iu the hear vicinity of th.. ( ha'k.
he espi.-d three or four Huns
blatantly expo-lug thein-elves.
within full view of the Ameri
can lines.
Immediately a little pally was
ole-mieil !in, ,. ,is
gang stoned out to delve into
the motives whidi Ire! pnmpt
I tin i lour imia udetit Hun .
to stand up and show them--ehes
in such an in o'ent man
lier. Ju-t lio.x the intei iew U gan.
Piivate I'd. hrw (Mid does not
-eein to n c. ul, but he d es slate
that there was considerable con-fu-ion
thiduw'hout and that it
-eemed best, ju-t when things
began to warm tin a bit, to com-mandi-er
the set ices of a fi jeitd
ly "tank" which foi Innately
sloughed in the mud neaiLy.
Apparently theie was a httle
game of leap frog, wheiein the
Cerman- excelled to a degree
that enabled them to quite evade
the Americans ami with surpris
ing agility they leaped right into
the chalk clil! and disappeared
entirely.
Then came the mammoth
"tank." Thinking Unit there
were only three or four. ossibl
eilst or ten llunyap- at tlu
most, availing themselves of the
inside scmivly iidoi'ded by the
chalk clilf, the seven intrepid
American gogetters commanded
tho-e on the in-idc to come out
side and .surrender. As they
received no resMiise they began
walking awa'y w ith the tank's
guns. Immediately response
from within. A le-pon-e far ex
(cid ng the mo-t .sanguine ex
pc. tatioiis of the attacking par
ty. From hidden crevires, secret
pa-sage -i and underground chan
nels, that old chalk clilT spewed
forth a mess of Hun putrifica
tion, that from a standpoint of
numbers fairly staggered the lit
tle group composing the Ameri
can attacking party. Huns,
Huns, Huns everywhere. The
1 1 "V ii.. ,
ir j ,-rvrJ 1
It L ZX, tJ jj
. vik i V .....7-ft i
whl.-li (e-r uy .yv fr f,..
(.! .1. . ....i .'.
of Sw llcrlini.l.
" ' ' . -r- nill I t-FI 1)1 Ilia
whole Cerman army seemed to
have emanated from that clilf.
Holly smokes," cjaculted
Piivate Underwood, "I never
knew there were that many
Huns in all Germany." and he
further acknowledged that ho
had a queer feeling but realizing
that it w.xs a show-down, he w ith
his six comrades gave them the
..llernative of yelling "Kamrad,"
with their hands stretched
hard to skylioard, or contending
with the marvelous shooting
qualities embodied in that tank.
Almut an hour later American
headquarters was startled by
ucli a sight as had not dis
turbed the tranquility of that
comparatively quiet sector for
some time, forolf in the distance
appearing w hat yeemed to be an
entire icgimctit of Cerman.-.
hands laised aloft, aiinarciitlv
oniing in to surrender without
i struggle, rnpreccdently.
surely, l.ut imagine the amaze-:
uu fit in evidence, when the fad
i h;it this mob had been captured
by a ineie handful of American.
w;ls disclosed. Imagine seven
nun capturing f7s prisoners, all
from Kaiser Mill's Select Shock
Troop-, and marching them
right tin to division headquar
ter. ( onceive of the magni
tude of it all!
Several weeks later Private
Ndt I nderwood. Company C,
Twenty-eighth Infantry, was de
corated with the Distinguished
Service Conduct Medal for hi
pid ticipation in "the little coup"
;is he modestly terms it.
iiivaie t iid.TwiHxi wears
three gold stripes on his right
arm and three gold stripes on
his left. He was wounded at
Soisson. Caiitigny and Argon
ne Forest.
At Cantingny, Underwood
again distinguished hiniseil.
This time he was wounded while
going into action. He lav fo.
some time out in No Man's Lmn
and when stretcher ln'arers
came to carry him to the rear,
he declined assistance and di
rected them to go to the relief
of men more seriously wounded
than he, this, in spit,. (,f the Lie,
that ho was seriously wounded
himself. For this splendid act
of self-sacrifice and indominata
ble courage he was awarded the
Croix de Cuerre.
I'eing it member of that vali
ant lirst contingent w hich sailed
for France June 17. 1917, he
went into training shortly alter
his nrrival overseas and has par
ticipated in practically every
important engagement foujrht
since the entrance of the United
States into the world war.
Shortly after the armistice
as .signed, rrivaie i nderwood
was invalided home and assign
ed to the Convalescent Center,
Camp l,eo, Ya., preparatory to
receiving his honorable dis
charge from the service.
There is n father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. P. II. Underwood,
in Jonesville, N. C, who in spite
of their sorrow, must thrill with
pride at the thought of their be
loved son's splendid achieve
ments. Up in Minneapolis there is a
little sweetheart who Private
Nett Underwood U going to pull
through w'th flying colors, and
will soon be homeward liound,
he says so himself and that's
half the battle.
MOTULK AND CHILDRLN
AUi: m'KNLD TO DLATIL
Keidsvillc, April 2li. In ji
frantic dl'ort to rescue her three
children from their burning res
idence early this morr'n;'. Mrs
a I r i c-.. i . , ,,
mi i en scales nanoway was
burned to death and the chil
dren, I,ou, aged eight years; 8al-
,e, aged five years and Alfred S..
Ji'.. aged three years, also per
ished. The charred bodies were
i found in the bedroom when the
firemen had conqi ered the fire,
the children bein f in lied and
Mrs. Calloway in a kneeling at
titude before the H.d as if in
prayer, or w h-re die had fallen
'iidocatcd in an eif'oit to readi
her ( hildren.
Mrs. Callow-ay was awakened
about :i:;;o o'clock by the crackl
ing flames and rushed down
stairs and called the lire depait
-...., . .i. i I. .
.... in., is mh- nui i ieii naCK UU
the steps the hack door fell in
and the Haines swept into the
hallway, cutting off her retreat
It is believed that she was so
sullocated by the heat and
smoke that she fell unconscious
as .she reached the room when.
the children were sleeping
Mrs. K. M. P,. Kllincton and .1
F. Clavbrook roomer i.. lli.
Calloway home, narrowly escan-
Ml II I
ed death. Mr. Clavbrook being
painfully burned in carrying
Mrs. Islington to safety. He was
awakened when Mrs. Calloway
gave the alarm and immediately
tried to awaken Mrs. Fllimrton
She thought he was a burglar
and locked the door, being fore
ed to go around and enter Hi
room through a window in order
to carry her to safety. I'.v this
time it was impossible for him
to re-enter the building and res
cue Mrs. Calloway and children
Mr. Calloway, who is a broth
T of A. II. Calloway, of Croons
Miro and mston-Salem ; a cous
in of A. M. Scales and uncle of
Misses Kitty Mai and Sarah Ir-
vm. ol Crcciislioio. was in
iueii -ville. S. C. U ing a travel
ing man with headuiiai ters
there, lie is exM(ted to reach
home Lie toiiieht.
I he funeral of Mrs. Calloway
and children will mobablv b,J
held some time Sundae, ihonidi
the arrangements had not been
made this afternoon.
Mrs. Calloway was :r, years of
aee and wns th.. .1 .10.1,1 .r 1 1... I
i . . .. n i' ii
i. ue ii. . ii.ii i is, anu was pnun
ment in the social life of the
city. The city today was under
a pall of mu iow over the tragic
l it. ti ..
neam. as .wis. i.ailowav was
widely known and greatly beloy.
ed by all.
The tire, which origiiiateil in
the kitchen wing of residence
.'.ml spread to the main poition
of the honu when discovered,
ami i.y me lime me liri-men
... i i .. . i . .. -
reached the scene was rapidly
eating its way through the main
stiuciuie. It was only by hard
' -...v
w oik that the firemen saved any
pad of the residence. A lai ge
cn.wd gathered mkui after the
alarm was turned in. but bv that
time it wa impossible for any-
. '
one to enter the buininir bn
r
uig
Peidsville's need of an ade
quate firefighting appanitus was
again demonstrated, only one
man h-ing kept at the firehoiise
and the volunteer me: ibets hav
ing to depend on the telephone
operator at the central office to
warn them of fire at night,
Consequently, this morning
much valuable time was lost as a I
resiilt of the lark of equipment
and organization, though the
m mi responded promptly w hen
notified.
MK. T. N. CULKNK TFNDKK-
LI) PLKASANT SUKPKISK
Honor thy father and mother;
which is the first commandment
with promise: That it may lie
well w ith thee and thy mayest
live long on the earth." Kphe-
sians 0-2-...
On l;Lst Friday, April 2." alout
seventy-five children, relatives,
and friends of Mr. T. N. Creene
gathered at his home near
Jonesville and tendered him a
genuine pleasant surprise in
honor of his fiGth birth day.
lt was a very glad day for all
everything conspired, united
to make it so.
Alnjut noon a long table was
preparwl by the gentlemen pres-
ent, on the lawn in front of the
KF.MAINS IN THL A IK
OVFK TWKNTY HOUKS
Washington, A.-il 2(5.- A na
val seaplane of the F-o typo, pn).
pelled by two Liberty motors of
100 horsepower cadi and carry
ing a crew of four men, remain
ed in the air at the Hampton
lioads naval base for 20 hours
and 10 minutes ye.-terday, va
tablishing what naval official
said tonight was a world's re
cord for seaplanes. The machine
covered a distance of about IL'.VJ
miles, averaging a little more
than io miles an hour, despite
the fact that a gale of from 20
to :!0 miles was blowing.
twenty hours is the time ofii-
ers here have estimated will be
leccssary for the three naval
eaplaii 's to make the tratis-At-
lantie (light from Newfound,
and to L eland if a direct route
inally is decided upon, and they
-aid that as themadiine making
ih'.- icon! at Norfolk is much
smaller than those to eo over
rl';ls .Vi',t,',',!;, p:-rfoi malice
dl Jor the suerevs of
1 all'M't l cross the on-mi.
,m' '"nce from .Newloiind-
I ' to Ireland is .slightly
. i . -
l"an l':'" mU' 1,111 P':""
to le taken overseas under Com
.n.inder John II. Toners aie cn
pable of fa ler speed than llio.e
A the !'.." type. Their crucine
penl probably will be alioiit '(n
miles an hour, although it j . a.l
nitted that this will Ih govenieil
iatg. ly by the direction and vc
."city of the wind.
Ollii -is manning tlu- machine
v Inch ovtablished the new re
old yesterday were Lieut.
Commander II. M. Crow, id' tin-I'egul'd-
army, and Unigns H. S.
V'utlier. I. . Thomas and l.
I. vine, of the naval le.-.ei ve foiiv
So far a. could be learned to.
night, none of thesf men ha-
been sehrted for the tr;in--Al-lantic
flight.
Capt. Noble K. LVwin. director
of naval aviation, said tnmVlit
that the lecord iiiad,' by Com
naiider Ciuw's plane had onK
i i ill i
" 'xt,'0',d y a heavier
"lan air machine, a Cerman air-
p'-oie having remained in the air
tor 11 l"n-'1' V'rM just befuie
the great war begun. The piv-
VI""N "r(l,h ,"1 American in
seaplane.; was jiImuiI I"
hours, it wa aid.
Captain Irwin declared that
frequent elforts are made In
naval aviators to U tter the navv
endurance leconls and that the
light of this machine had no
particular reference to the
traiis-AtLntic flight.
Oiluials stiil maintaiiiisd to
night that the route of Hie
tran-Atlantie flight had not
been de'imtely difidfd upon, but
in some quaiter the belief wa..
expressed that the seaplane fleet
V H 1 aiUxl 10 "
II., , ....
,K'f -' l,c distance is shorter
am' H'r:iU picvailing w ind
V"i ,n lhal n"1'""" during the
nm"th of Ma-V'
muUl nachmes go vi.i
iii... i i ....... a 1 1 ii
d-U'" """ "e. piun.tinj wouin
be 20 hours in getting there
from Newfoundland. Thev
would .stop at the islands for
fuel and then continue on to
Ireland. This route is several
hundred miles longer that the
d reel one.
house. Then the baskets, well
oiled with all good things to eat
w'ie spread by the noble wom-
r" whose loving hands had pre
ared them.
The .splendid :ssemb.igc of
interested friends gathered
around the table and enioved
the tempting dinner. After all
were done several baskets of
fragments were gathered up.
Mr. Creene is a deservedly
good man, who has a hod ol
friends who wish for him many
more happy birthdays. He, too.
seemed to enjoy and appreciate
it. if it was u surni i.se ir',vn nil
a hearty welcome.
Friends all mingled together
for a while and left for their
homes, all feelinir pood, for thev
had made some other heart glad.
With greatful hearts we
thank Thee for the noble occu
ions. For the increase of lov-
ing kindness which is the soul of
all religion. It hrintra the c-ood
people of the community more
closely together.
One Present