CKORY DAILY
SOI.. I!!- NO- 7
LOCAL
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Germ r-s Beaten Of '
pni h Artill:
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SHARP
Also Active.
,,t,',! Tress.
in l'irgo utrensive op
i .ivivan war fields con
: m of multiple lo-
btvke into now ac.
! ;u ins front and in an
Sew Cha polio road
!:,,re roacehd the
They wore driven
!!U' I'lVlk'h.
'. .i! statement is parti
today, but recent
have mentioned very
r v..'!-'. and airplane ob
v f i U li niar.y photographs
i:. rl!n has dwelt on whe
r activity of the Brit-
: apparently have
f : ward movement in the
which some of the
..!! reclaimed from the
are rectifying their
up the Pvina, however,
occupation of another
1 1 r . . . I
K:.:, r r-.- continues to be shown
.., i: u.hn. who yesterday cap-
;r.-i '. .; :r.'-( lerman position in
he V:.:v. ' . i .,'ion on the Moldavian
fr A:, attack on the Rumanian
v.i. !! ..:-,.!.
T: I -i ;aa oflkdal statement mer
o';. :- ili'' ivpulso of Austrian
::.i :i- I'.ainaizza plateau and
IKU'.I) I Oli SPEEDING
Uathcrly, Cecil Hefner.
u im!1 arul Odeli Shuford.
tri" atvr "lured, will face the re-,
'n rthi afternoon on the charge
pl r.:r. These are the first
a.-t, ::: t motion with a campaign
'! ' up the practice of wildcat
'lr-'-"--' i,; Hickory, and the officers
say rf.t,r, are to follow.
V. M. C A. WORKER KILLED
Ey thi A.M)citd Press.
J:"h. ! Uritish Lines in France.
V H -Tho Young Men's Chris
:an .A-vrntmn has just sustained its
fi'l fx- I' unity in France. One
'f '"'-"' in a hut a few miles
th", '"H's was killed this week
' ;! dropped from a German
il.'i'.U'lM,
(BUN HARPER DEAD
H WILMINGTON HOI
B)' Ag.w;attd Press.
f , J' ''.."..'..,, . c Sept. 18
' - A. Harper, Gl years old,
',' '""'r Harper line of river
'i.r, m,,) (ne 0f tno wealthiest
r"',5 ::; county, died here this
H-.' wwvimI by a widow and five
'ih funeral will be held
(T'' V' 1 ','"'kt' an1 daughter, Miss
:t l'a. returned from Blowing
where they spent ten
'lay.
"(i CAL'GJIT
'IK YIN GTO EAT PIG
.t .18 Mr. Harvey
11 ''.. known farmer. of this
t,,!inr e i, . . ,
'ni.-. lunuwing unusual
' reporter Saturday. He
" "'it- night last week he
,r liis young pigs squealing
m-ut distress. lie se
;' rn and went out to the
:i' the hou.se to make an
Whcn he arrived on the
! l his threat astonishment
1 11 iri.'e ull frog had at
1 partially swollering
1,1 fact the frog had swol
; head up to its eye,
'"-v more minutes the pig
1 hccn dead. As it was
'tinning, and its head
' :j,!'v .vollen.
dr.. ! :
f" i
i. r,!i"".
Ml i; r
CANDIDATE
A(JAINST DOUGHTOM
Sept. ' 18 Walter
' '.l i.shury virtually admit
would be a candidate
'' ' to succeed Representa
His platform wih
;,'"'n. o will urge the
1 " 1 Fauhth district to
"'I'liyidod support to the
' his administration.
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I'fr
M r UAL QUERY
f'"nrir Journal.
t fl i 11 Vl a m nAiatvt il
.'', Mexico?"
of that?"
N Vi l if L IS SO NATURAL
'V:.,r. ,-, -T
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.,'' '!' M'i von lovr nature?"
u " it adds so much."
ACTIONS
WAR FRONTS
Attack Near Rheims.
Nusy--Rumanians and Itali-
Attacks-Russians
By the Associated Presa.
American Engineers Training
Camp in England. Sept. 18 A large
delegation of the American railway
engineers spent a day recently as
guests of the British troops en
camped at Aldershot, where the
king and queen with other members
or the royal family were present at
the largest program of field sports
that has ever be1 eld on Salisbury
Plain.
ffhe Americans brought with them
a fcug-of-war team whicjh provided
one of the features, of the afternoon
in a long-drawn contest with the
championship team of the British en
gineers, the result being finally de
clared a draw.
The big fete was arranged by the
British garrison at Aldershot as
a celebration of the bringing in of
its harvest. For months past men
of all ranks and regiments in the
garrison have been practicing, in ad
dition to their military duties, the
patriotism that seeks to defeat the
enemy by providing the nations with
home-grown food. Turf that had
never before known the ploughshare
was ploughed and sown, and men
who had never learned the first ru
diments of farming toiled strenuous
ly in their spare hours under the
guidance of their more skilful com
rades. The result exceeded all ef
forts. The Aldershot harvest was
so bountiful that men and officers sim
ultaneously agreed that a great har
fest festival was eminently the thing,
and that nothing would satisfy them
short of the attendance of the king
and queen.
The king, who knows a thing cr
two about farming himself, accepted
the invitation, and a committee of
arrangements representing every
unit in the district began work forth
with on a suitable program. The cen
ter of the day's festivities was a
huge tent with tables laden with sam
ples of the Aldershot harvest. There
were fruits, vegetables, grain, shrubs,
and roots of various kinds. The
Royal party motored down from
Winsdor, arrivine; early in the af
ternoon and remaining for three
hours.
The arena in front of the harvest
tent was surrounded by a great cir
cular "grand stand,' composed of a
double line of ancient and modern
transport wagons which afforded
seats for the soldiers and their friends.
For six pence, the gate money all go
ing to local war charities, the Amer
ican visitors found they could have
their choice of a number of desirable
positions, either in the drivers' seats
of big army lorries, or on benches
alongside friendly delegates of Brit
ish tommies and non-commissioned
officers.
It was like a many-ringed circus.
While the field sports' were in prog
ress on the ground, there wa3 a con
tinuous performance of high-diving,
somersaulting, trapezing, and all va
rieties of acroatic by a squadron
of British airplane men up aloft. Re
lay races and tugs-of-war were the
most popular items on the program,
but there were many unusual and very
spectacular types of field sports, such
as mounted wrestling competition, in
which both horses and men took part
in an. exciting struggle, the team from
the Royal engineers finally defeating
the army service corps on points.
There was also a "Victoria Cross"
race, illustrating the methods by
which mounted men rescue comrades
in the actual fighting of today. This
was followed by mimic exhibitions
of bayonet fighting, and a blindfold
drill competition, in which blindfold
ed non-commissioned officers of va
rious units vied with each other in
ir blindfolded detachments
through the complex movements of
open field drill.
Meanwhile the women of the gar
rison had a baby show, in which Mrs.
Corporal Tootle's twin boys secured
an easy victory. The first prize
medal was handed to them by the
queen. . , , -4
Outside the circle of army wagons
were the side-shows including a com
ic bull fight which the king declared
the best thing of its kind which he
had ever seen.
A KNOTTY QUESTION
By the Associated Pres.
pria Rout. 18. The military au
thorities have had to settle a knot
ty guestion. In the case of a mili
tary polygamist being killed, how
should the widow's pension be allot
ted? The question has arisen through
France having brought many native
soldiers from Africa who belong to
tribes where polygamy is the recog
nized practice. Every polygamist
widow will have a share in the pen
sion, the total of which will be the
same as that granted to the widow oi
a monogramous soldier.
MRS. MCFERRAN DEAD
By the Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 18.-JVWS.
Cynthia Tennessee McFerran,, wid
ow of Dr. John B. McFerran, a no
table figure in Southern Methodist
circles, died here last midnight.
FEAST PREPARED
IN HONOR OF
HARVEST
HICKORY, N. C TUESDAY EVENING SEPT. 18, 1917
TRYING TO
STRIKE
F
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 18 Secretary
Wilson has telegraphed W. C. Boyce,
assistant commissioner of immigra
tion at San Francisco, to tender his
services as mediator or conciliator in
an effort to end the strike in that
city.
Mr. Boyce has Heen instructed
to keep in close touch with develop
ments and to advise the department
of labor here promptly concerning
them. Samuel Gompers, president
of the American Federation of La
bor, will call on Mr. Wilson today.
Shipping board officials favor a
substantial wage increase with a
sliding scale for participation. Some
officials urtre the trovernment to -nav
an increase for work done for the
government.
The Red Cross sewing room will
not be open tomorrow, on account of
the picnic dinner at Newton to the
soldiers.
STILL IS DESTROYED
IN SOUTH MOUNTAINS
Deptuy Collector P. P. Jons and
Posseman C. A. Moser Monday after
noon made a raid on a blockade still
in the South Mountains and return,
ed with the still and 12 gallons of
corn liquor. The officera watched
the plant operate for a time and
then made their raid. The opera
tor was equipped with feathers on
his feet and these were lifted in
such rapid succession that the raid
ers were soon left behind.
NEGRO LYNCHED
By the 'Associated Press.
Athens. Ga., Sept. 18. Rufus Mon
crief, negro 33 years old,, was lynched
about 1 a. m. today near Whitehall,
Ga. The usual crime is charged.
The body was found this morning
hanging by the side of the road. An
inquest is in progress.
OF
THAT REWARD STORY
By the Associated Press.
Paris, Sept. 18. The American
headquarters N staff in France has
just been informed by the French au
thorities that Emperor William has
offered a prize of 300 marks and t.
two weeks' leave of absence to the
first German who brings in an Ameri
can prisoner dead or alive.
This information came from a Ger
man prisoner recently taken who de
clared that a price had been set up
on the head of the Americans.
lA dispatch telegraphed from the
British headquarters oi Septemer
15 says that the German general com
TYinnHinfr the 11th reserve division had
promised to the man who first brought
in the first American dead or anve 4vu
marks, the iron cross and two weeks
Ipjivp. This information was ob
tained from a diary, the statement
adds.
EFFORTS TO RUN CARS
HAS DISASTROUS RESULTS
Chattanooga, Tenni., Sept. 18
With the street car strike apparent
ly far from settlement as ever, dis
order marked the entire day in va
rious outlying, districts, with the non
union crews under constant bombard
ment from rocks and other missiles
used by strike sympathizers. For
the first time since the strike an
effort was made to run cars to the
Golf and Country club and Chicka
mauga, and the first trip to the for
mer place proved disastrous to the
crew. A crowd of about 40 well or
ganized men attacked the car at
Sheehee's swithch, inflicting injuries
upon the armed guard and crew and
causing Motorman Adams to flee to
the woods for his life. Adams suf
fered a smashed shoulder, while the
guard had two fingers broken by
rocks. Following the attack service
on this line was abandoned.
WOMAN IN COMMAND
By the Associated Press.
Londbn;, Sept. 18 .The highest
woman officer in the British army is
Mrs. A. M. Chalmers Watson, M. D.,
who has just been appointed chief
controller of the women's army aux
iliary corps, which has over 4,000
members on duty behind the lines in
France.
Mrs. Watson is a sister of Sir Eric
Geddes, first lord of the admiralty.
She was the first woman physician
graduated from Edinburg University.
KORNILOFF WRITES
PUBLIC STATEMENT
By the Associated Press
Petrograd Sept. 17. Twenty-three
generals and other officers arrested
on Friday with General Korniloff
are being closely guarded. . General
Korniloff is a prisoner in a hotel at
Mbhilev, where he is writing a
statement which is expected to be
finished today.
END
IN
RICO
ANOTHER VERSION
MEANS DECLINES
INTERVIEW
T
By the Associated Press.
Charlotte, N. C , Sept. 18. Gaston
B. Means, with his lather, W.. G.
Means, came here this morning from
Concord to consult with Gaston
Means' attorney in .connection with
the restraining order issued by Judge
Jas. E. Boya in Greensboro last night
on petition of Mrs. Anna L. Robin
son, mother of Mrs. Maud A. King,
who was mysteriously killed on the
night of August 29, ordering him to
turn over Mrs. King's property.
Means when asked for a statement
refused to talk or state if he would
accept service of the order.
Means and his father are traveling
in the automobile that was being used
by the party when Mrs. King was
killed.
(The garage proprietor . here who
has a $9,000 foreign made automo
bile that belonged to Mrs. King,
that was brought here by Gaston
Means a few days before the killing
says he has received no order in
connection with the machine.
Following a conference with his at
torney here today, Gaston Means re
ferred all inquiries to his counsel.
He did state, however, that there
was much behind all the sensation
al stir, intimating that this would be
to his benefit. He was asked if these
would come out at the coroner's hear
ing next Monday.
Means was asked about newspaper
reports of a conspiracy by the Teu
tons to get the King's fortune and
hesitating a moment said.
"'And these papers almost on the
same day tell about ,so much money
being used in plots over here by
Germans."
'He seemed to take this report as
illogical on its face. Means and
his father went into a further con
ference with his attorney this af
ternoon and will return late today
for Concord. His attorney would
not say whether he would accept ser
vice of the paper issued by Judge
Boyd.
TO
By the Associated Press.
Stockholm, Sept. 18.. The Ger
man minister to Sweden today for
mally expressed to the Swedish gov
ernment. Germany's regret in conse
quence of the Swedish-Argentina af
fair. !
By the Associated Press.
Paris, Sept. 18 The French min
isterial declaration was read by Prof.
Paul Painieve, the new premier, in
the chamber of deputies. It reaf
firms the intention of France to con
tinue the war until the return of Alsace-Lorraine
and until Germany
grants reparation for Belgium and
France. I
HURLEY APPEALS TO
GOMPERS FOR HELP
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 18. Chairman
Hurley of the shipping board today
appealed to President Gompers of
the American Federation of Labor to
stop the strikes which are holding
up government shipbuilding on the
Pacific coast. A conference will be
held with Mr. Gompers this after
noon. iChairman Hurley also conferred
with Sescretary Daniels in regard to
government work. ;
By the Associated Press.
New York, Sept. 18. The cotton
market opened steady at an advance
of five to 10 points and sold 14 to
19 points net higher immediately at
ter the call. The, advance met in
creased oiFerin'.'i m'.J there were re
actions of six to ssiytn points lower.
The close was steady.
Open Close
October 20.37 20.74
Devemer 20.22 . 20.58
January 20.16 20.50
March 20.33 20.63
May 20.48 20.80
HICKORY MARKETS
Cotton
Wlheat
.20 1-4
2.20
"WEATHER FORECAST
For North Carolina : Fair tonight,
sl;ghtly warmer -in . extreme west
portion Wednesday; fair : and war
mer in interior, gentle ' to moderate
northeast winds.
DAY
GERMANY
APOLOGIZES
FORMALLY
SWEDEN
FRENCH TO HAVE
THEIR-STOLEN
LANDS
NEW
YORK
OTTON
0VER800 ATTEND
N
OPENING
DAY
Hickory city schools began the fall
term this morning with an attendance
tor the first day that beat last
years' record by at least 20 ana with
prospects that foreshadowed 900 chil
dren in the white schools by the end
of the week. The attendance today
was 8,,03, divided among the three
schools as follows.
High 180; South 233; North
390.
The colored school opened yesterday
with an attendance of something over
120.
The lack of new desks is greatly re
tarding the work of the schools, but
it is hoped to have everything ready
by tomorrow. The handsome new fur
niture for the domestic science depart
ment has been intalled and many for
mer students will be back for the bus
iness or domestic science courses. Two
sewing machines have been placed.
Mr. R,. E. Neely, business teacher,
will arrive Saturday.
AT
The first community fair at Kil
lians will be held tomorrow and the
greatesst exhibition of live stock ever
assembled at a similar show will be
on hand. The judging contest will
start at 10 o clock, and the afternoon
will be devoted to speaking and ath
letic contests.
A general invitation is extended the
public to attend. -
GOING TO SPAIN
By the Associated Press.
Buenos Aires, Sept. 18 From
private sources it was learned by the
Associated Press today that Argen
tina has asktd Spain to ask the
United States, Great Britain adn
France a safe conduct for Count Lux
burg to Spain.
ED
IN CLERKS' STRIKE
By the Associated Press.
Richmond, Va, Sept. 18 The
Seaboard Air Line freight clerks'
strike is ended. Following an all
day conference yesterday in Norfolk
between tae vice president of the
railway, the president of the
freight clerks and Mr. McVade rep
resentative of the United States
department of labor, an agreement
was made whereby the men were to
return to work this morning where
hv it was no-reed that Mr. McVade
would draw up an agreement which
would be accepted by the clerKs ana
the railroad."
Under the pending agreement tht.
railroad will grant increases to the
men in salary. '
fThose Russians who are insist
ing that no wealth or intelligence
should be presented in the government
will change position about the time
they fall heir to $1.50.
CALDWELL COUNTY FAIR IS
TAKING ON DEFINITE SHAPE
iLenoiT. Sept. 18. The .Caldwell
county fair is beginning to take on
definite shape. Interest in the enter
prise is evident all over the county,
and it is now certain that fine ex
hibits of all kinds will e on exhibi
tion, ranging from a mule colt to
a bottle of chow-chow. Arrange
ments have been made to allow all
school children and their teachers to
view the exhibits free on Thursday,
the 4th, provided they march in a
body to the fair grounds, each school
being headed by their teacher.
A large list of premiums and prizes
have bem arranged and efforts are
being made by exhibitors to win all
of these. The furniture and chair
manufacturers of our town and coun
ty have offered many .of their fine
pieces of furniture to competitors at
the fair this year, most of which are
now on display in the show windows
of our merchants.
COMMITS SUICIDE
Ti-tr fVio ARsociated Prss.
New York, Sept. 18. The body of
Alfred R. Conklihg, lawyer, geologist
and author, was found in the court
yard of iiis east 70th street home ear
ly today. He either fell or jumped
from his window. Police said it was
suicide.
Mr. Conkiing, who was 67 years
old, had been for three years sepa
rated from his wife and his three
daughters, circumstances over which,
it was said he had been brooding.
T
TO FIGHT GE
By the Associated Press.
Petrograd), Sept. 17 (Delayed)
Russian forces on the Riga front
continue to make progress in their
drive against the Germans. On Sun
day the Russians made progress south
of Halzel and also forced Gei
mans out of another village south of
Sisseral.
COMMUNITY
FAR
KUANS
TOMORROW
AGREEMENT
REACH
RUSSIANS
CON
NU
RMANS
....
GERMAN FORE
DENIES PEACE
Tells Associated Press
Out Feelers to United States-Question Stirs
German Newspapers Other Peace
Discussion.
(Hickory people are urged to send
dinners to Newton for the drafted
men tomorrow, to attend if possible
and to carry along many American
flags.
'The program is being arranged by
the Newton Eed Grogs, but the whole
county is invited to participate. It
is a County affair. Forty young men
will leave in the afternoon for Co
lumbia and it is planned to give
them a big open air picnic.
Persons who are unable to attend
the celebration may leave their bas
kets at the Hickory Grocery Company,
where Mr. Kiddle will see that they
arrive in Newton on time. Own
ers of automobiles are urged to
take anybody who would like to at
tend, and it is hoped that Hickory
will be on hand with a large repre
sentation. . -Mr. Eubert Lyerly, who has con
ferred with the Newton folks in re
gard to the dinner, urges the send
ing of plenty of good things to eat,
the wearing of flags and the personal
attendance of everybody who can
get away from Hickory, even for
only a few hours. All . over the
United States cities are honoring
their recruits), and ' Catawba county
does not intend to fall short.
DRASTIC ACTION WOULD
FOLLOW MEANS' REFUSAL
Asheville, Sept. 18- Following an
order made bv Judge James E-. Boyd
of Greensboro, the Central Bank
and Trust Company of this city was
notified that it had been named re
ceiver for all property and papers
belonging to th estate of the late
Mrs. Maude A. King, and now in the
possession of Gaston Means. The
receiver Was named on petition of
Mrs. Anna L. Robinson, mother of
the dead woman, in which she alleg
ed that a receiver is necessary to
prevent dissipation or removal.
The bank made bond for $10,000
and it is planned to have the order
of the court served on Means at
Concord this morning, the quickest
time in which a deputy can reach
him since the bank qualified as re
ceiver. iJ. Hall Johnson, representing
Mrs. Roinson, will be present to see
that the order of the court is obey
ed and will be prepared to take dras
tic action if any attempt is made
to avoid complying with the order
in full.
FIRST COMMUNITY FAIR IN
CATAWBA SPLENDID SUCCESS
The first community fair ever held
in Catawba county was held Satur
day at Mount Olive school house, two
and a half miles from Newton. The
fair was a great success in every
way. The display of the products
were as fine in quality as ever seen
anywhere. 'The entire school house
was filled with the products of the
farm, the kitchen and the sewing
room. The . quality of corn on ex
hibition was very fine. The girls'
canning club had a splendid display
of their goods.' The display of fan
cy work was very attractive. Mrs.
James McRee had on display a white
spread for a bed that was more than
100 years old. It has been in the
family that long and has been han
ded down to the present. N. Allen
Travis had an interesting display of
Indian arrows said to have been us
ed by the Catawba Indians. .
Eastern North Carolina may suf
fer severe crop damage from heavy
rains,. but it will not suffer heavy
land damage. The water will not
wash the soil away, as it does in up
land sections so frequently.
.What. do . you suppose newspaper
readers are most interested in these
days? 'The war? No, the Means-King
case.
They are having some agTition
in Charlotte over the question ' of
serine; sodas and cigars on Sunday,
as -well- as. the playing of baseball
while the soldiers are there.
IN HONOR OF YOUNG MEN
On - Monday evening at 8 o'clock
Mr. and Mrs." Dinwiddie Holder gave
a reception in honor cf Messrs. Harold
Deal and Sam Halm, which was very
appropriate on the departure of Mr.
Deal for "the service of his country.
Mr. Hahn is also leaving to take up
his work at the Columbia Seminary,
Columbia S. C.
,Soon after the arrival of the
guests in this beautifully decorated
home, the jolly young crowd was bus
ily occupied drinking punch. Then
many funny and polly games were
played that were enjoyed by all. Then
delightful refreshments were serv
ed by the hostess, after which the
guests departed having spent a
very pleasant evening.
PRICE TWO CENTS
IGN OFFICE
STORIES
That Berlin Has Not Sent
Cy the Associated Press.
Berlin, Sept 17., va London, Sept.
18. The German foreign office in a
statement given to the Associated
Press today denies stories appear
ing in Danish and other foreign
newspapers to the effect that the
German government has indirectly
communicated its peace terms to
Washington or that the Wilhelm
strasse even has sent out trial bal
lons for the purpose of sounding
sentiment in the United States.
The German foreign offilce further
informs the Associated Press that
the rumors are promptly discredited
on their face.
The assertion made by Mathias
Erzerberger, the Clerical leader in
the reichstag, that Germany's note
in reply to Pope Benedict's peace
proposal had been issued, also was
denied in official quarters. The Cen
ter leader informed his electors to
this effect in the course of addresses
Sunday.
BELGIAN QUESTION
By the Associated Press.
Amsterdam, Sept. 18, In con
nection with the report published in
the Tages Zeitung that Germany had
k ided to abandon all claims to
Belgium, the Klolnische Volkszeitung
says:
"We too have received similar in
formation from which it may be con
cluded that last week a decision was
reached about Belgium in conformity
to English views."-
Mathias Erzberger, a Clerical,
speaking Sunday said: "The founda
tion of peace must be no conquest
of any kind. We are advancing
with long strides towards such a
peace ipeace built upon the basis of
the reichstag resolution."
CONCERNING BELGIUM
By the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 18. German news
papers point out, says the correspon
dent at Amsterdam of the Exchange
Telegraph, that after the resigna
tion of Dr. Van Sant, the civil gov
ernor of Belgium, his assistant, Herr
Lutz, also resigned. No successor .J
have been appointed yet. The res
ignations are said to be in conjunc
tion with German plans in Belgium.
ALL NAVAL GUNNERS
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 18 W. A.
Miller, the unaccounted for member
of the naval gun crew of the Ameri
can tank steamer Campa, is in a
German prison camp at Brandenberg
with the four other gunners taken
when the steamer was sunk.
iDispatches heretofore accounted for
only four of the naval gunners. To
day's report on Miller's whereabouts
accounts for all five.
If Russia should follow the lines
of the French revoltion, all of Europe
would be on its knees in less than a
year to the Russian bear.
The Washington government has
now denied any intention to commn
deer canned goods from the people.
The government urged the people to
preserve fruits and vegetables so that
they would not be forced to pay ex
orbitant prices or do without.
Misses Claudia Wilson and Dur
ham Marshall of Manchester-by-the-Sea,
will arrive in the city today to
spend some time with Miss Elizabeth
Holbrook.
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KILLED IN BATTLE
By the Associated Press.
Paris. Captain Roeckel, one of the
oldest in service 2nd one of the most
rem'arkable of French military avia
tors, has just been killed in a flying
accident at ,.Villacoublay, after risk
ing dcafh a thousand times over the
enemy's lines.
Captain Roeckel was the creator
of the French system of regulating
artillery fire from airplanes. Among
his exploits was the destruction of
half of the art fiery of the sixteenth
German army corps in the vicinity of
Trraucourt, eptember 8, 1914. This
achievement provoked a general
note by Marshal Joffre regarding the
use of "airplanes of combat."
Two days after his success near
Triaucourt, Captain Roeckel, flying
at a height of 300r yards, discovered
the position of a. division of Bavarian
infantry in the region of Vaux Ma
rie, signalled it to the artillery, then
got back to camp with his machine
riddled with bullets and shell frag
ments. When tls French infantry
advanced and ocefpied the position,
they found 4,800 dead Bavarians on
the field, all victims of the French
3-inch field guns.
Captain Roeckel. had won , the cross
of the legion of fhonor and the war
cross with six palms for as many
citations in the orders of the army.
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