YADKIN VALLBT
ALD BAE ISBURY, N. O,
AUGUST 2,
1918.
RUSSIAN PE
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Extra Freight Train Leaving
Spencer This Morning Derailed
Near Lynchburg, Virginia.
ENGINEER SAM ELMORE IS
SCALDED; BRAEJ1MAN HURT
Cause of Derailment Not Ascer
tained But Believed the Track
"Buckled" Under Engine.
Spencer, July SO. Word was re
ceived here (this afternoon' of a serious
freight wreck at iDermin five males
south of -Lynchburg, Va., this after-
notqa about 2 o'clock in wthidh Fire
man. Sam Pyxee, of Spencer, was in
stantly killed; Engineer Sam Elmore,
of Spencer, was terribly soadded, and
Braikeman VJck iioskms, also of Spen
cer, was badly injured. Conductor J.
I Smith, who was in charge of the
tcaki, escaped without injury. The
r-sa fjreman and the mjoredi brake
r -rrs are ittatrried and have families.
ATaf.the trainmen aboard the de
rived (train live in Spencer.
The derailed itrain was operating as
extra freight No. 86 and was beink
pulled by Engine No. 5064, one of the
new and largest locomotives in service
on tine (Southern out of Spencer. It
left tihie iS$enoer yards itjhds morning
at 2 o'clock and ttjhe trainmen would
have" ecimtpleted ttheir rums at Monroe,
Va., the terminal just beyond Lynefc
wog. It has not been ascertained just
v.-ibast caused the wreisk but it is sup
iposed to have been the result of the
track "bucpipg" upder the weight of
t'-'- heatvy engine.
The engineer, who is reported to
hav 2 been badly scalded, is a single
mnn and brother of Engineer Barry
Elmore, who runs on the same divis
ion, from Spencer to Monroe. The
later was at Monroe, Va., the northern
terminal, when the wreck occurred
and was at once summoned to hurry
to his brother's side.
The dead fireman was one of the
most popular railroad men in Spencer
and had a large circle of friends, not
or.lj there but in Salisbury, who will
pained to learn of his untimely
Ccath.
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TEACHERS' INSTITUTE
NEXT WEEK.
Rowan Institute to Be Conducted Here
By Prof. A. T. Allen arw Mrs. T. E.
Johnston.
The iowan teachers' institute will
SnliRVHTv next Mondav. Ati-
pruest 5t1h, and will be conducted by
Prof. Ai T. Allen and Mrs. T. E.
Johnston, both home folks. Prof Al
len,, wasi until he was chosen as one
of the field of workers in educational
wor k in North Carolina, superinten
dent, of the city public schools and
Mrs. Johnston washead of the pri
mary department of these schools un
til she accepted a position in a
bror.Qer field with the state educa
tional department.
All public school teachers of the
county are expected to attend
this institute and a large nturber of
instructors, both men and womn will
be. in Salisbury next week for this
purpose.
Any teachers from distant sections
of the county who cannot find it con
venient or who do not care to return
home each evening can get informa
tion as to boarding houses and rates
by calling on the county superinten
dent, Prof. R. G. Kizer.
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SPENCER LADY DIES.
Miss Pauline Josey Passed Away
Early in the Morning at Home in
Spencer.
Spencer, July 30. Death came
neacefully to Miss Pauline Josey during-the
early morning hours at her
home on Sixth street in Spencer to
day. She had been an invalid for sev
eral years and for the past year had
been -confined to her room most of the
time. Several months had been spent
in the hospital with a hope of recov
ery and she was removed to the home
of her mother, Mrs. Alice Josey a few
days ago. She had been lingering in
a semi-conscious condition for the past
three days. She is survived only by
hermother, her father, the late Rich
ard Josey, having died in December
iyi7. Miss Josey was 20 years old
and her sunny, submissive disposition
won for her many friends. Her last
illness was borne with remarkable
fortitude.
The funeral is to be held from the
home Wednesday' at 4:30 p. m., by
Rey. C. M. Pickens, and the burial
takes place at Chestnut Hill.
W S S
CURE FOR DYSENTERY.
"While I rwiais in Ashland, Kansas,
a (gentleman overheard me speafkling
of Cibaimlbeirlain's Oolic and (Diarrhoea
R:miedy," writes William Whiftelaw,
of Itea Moines, Iowa. "He told me in
detail of what it had done for his fam
ily, but more esjpecially hiis daughter
who was lying at the point lof death
wnith a violent attack of dysentery, and
had (been given -up by the. family phy
siaian. Some of has neighbors advised
him. to giy;e Chamberlain's Colic aaad
'Diarrhoea Remedy, which he; did, and
fully believes that Iby dioingn so saved
the hf e of, tfc oh51jL stated tihat
he bfdi also used this remedy himself
with equally gratifying results.''
In a String Counter Attack AmJ
ericans Are Forced Out of Town
Near Fere En Tardenois.
ENEMY MAKES COUNTER
ATTACK ON WHOLE LINE !
Their Attacks Were Heaviest
Against the Line Held by
the Americans.
(iBy Associated Press.)
(Paris, July 30. There was no
change in the situation mortih of the
Marne during the night, the war of
fice announced itihis morning.
Germans Make Counter Attack.
London, Jiuly 30. The' Germans
have been counter attacking heavily
lalong vartnally the whole battle front,
acoord&ng to news dispatches receiv
ed here shortly after noon today. -
Their attacks (were especially heavy
along the American sector, and as a
result they were driven out of the
town of dirges, about fisve and a half
miles southeast of Fere en Tardenois.
' Another atrtialdk by the enemy drove
the Americans back from Beugneux
near Grand Jfloz, northwest of Fere en
Tardenois.
There has been heavy fighting near
Buzancy, fisve miles south of Soissons,
and also in Pleffer (woods, albout five
miles souitih of the latter locality.
F'rty enemy prisoners were taken
in this fighting, the whole lot belomig-te-?
to the three divisions of the- 71
divisrtans wibikih tthe enemy had engag
ed in this acitkm, ten of which are of
the northern airmy of Crown Prince
Kupprecttt of iiaivaria.
The enemy witihdirawal is rerptorted
orderly and1 anSlitary crdticts do not
count on any rounding up of Germans.
Where the Huns Will Likely Make a
Stand.
Paris, July 30. The fierceness of
the fighting on Mondlay is taken as a
sign that the German retreat has
reached its end and that tflitey will
make a stand with their right wmg
on the plateau south of the Crise, (with
tjhe left on the hill south of the Andre.
For the defense of this line it is
though tjhle Gertmans will use all of
the army of General Von Befens ant
their reserves fwbJch were drawn from
the army of Crown Prince Rupprecht,
of Bavialrda.
Australians Take German .Prisoners.
London. Juhr 30. (German positions
in the Meris region on the Flanders
Lfexwrt iwere entered . toy. Australians
Arhb otoiOK 40 prisoners, pne war vu ;e
.announced today.
The enemy amtiuery nas oeen acLive
in the region west of Albert, amd they
have tihtnown in unany gas Shells. It
also displayed gtreat activity between
LaBasse Canal and Ypres.
French Make Deep Dent in German
Ourcq Line.
With the French Army in France,
July 29. (By the Associated Press.)
( Afternoon.) A decidedly sharp
ateafck delivered by the allies at dawn
today north of Ithe Ourcq river anade
another deep dent in the German line.
Numerous prisoners were taken. As
far as reported up to the present, the
front was pushed forward to the wood
lying about 1,500 yardsynorth of the
village of Grand Rozoy, which also
was taken.
The heights north of Grand Rozoy
are now in allied thands and the ad
vancing troops are approaching the
dominating hills numbered 205 and
208, which in the distance overlook
Fismes, where the Germans have
large concentrations of forces.
Further to the east the allied
troops have crossed the Ourcq at sev
eral places land talkeni Corbeny form,
southwest of Sapony.
The enemy artillery is replying
only feebly to the allied attacks.
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AMERICANS FELL SEVEN
AEROS IN COUPLE DAYS.
With the American Army, Friday,
July 26. While American troops are
adding fresh luster to their fine rec
ord, American airmen are also win
ning distinction. Fighting German
formations, patrolling and machine
gunning troops and transports, they
have well fulfilled their share m the
battle.
Within the German lines ihjhe last
two davs thev brought down seven
enemy machines, with loss of onl$
one. One airmen yesterday forced
an enemy machine to land behind the
American lines, and then cooly landed
beside it and took the German pilot
prisoner. Another attempted a sim
ilar performance, but the Germans
had made a slight advance in the
night, and instead of securing the
German, he himself was taken pris
oner. , WSS
Ten Years Ago.
The following is from today's
Charlotte Observer "Ten Year Ago"
column:
Rev. R. E. Neighbor, for the past
three years pastor of the First Bap
tist church at Salisbury, resigned his
pastorate and his resignation has
been accepted by the congregation.
His desire is to return to evangelis
tic work.
WSS,
One man about whose right to be
considered an essential worker is
there can be no question is the coal
miner. Washington Star,
John D.
man. filled in the i
! on Rhedms-Soissons
Salient by an Aerial Bomb.
XJONCORD MAN LISTED
AMONG SEVERELY HURT
Casualty List is Not So Large as
Given Out yesterday Two Tar
HeeirAre in the List.
' (Special to the Post.)
iHScbory, Jiuly 30. Jofan D. Huff
man, of this city, was killed on July
16. A -messasre received this morn-
jmtg.by;the young man's people told of
the deatih n,f this soli!
a sergeant jn the J 05th engineers and
was killed by an aerial bomb on the
RJbeimsSloissons 3alient.
A NORTH CAROLINA BOY.
Concord Boy is Listed in the Casualty
List Sent Out Today.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Judy 30. The army
casualty list shows:
Killed in action 17.
iDtied of wounds, 11.
Pied of disease, 15.
(Died cf accident and Kuther causes,
3.
Wouirndted severely, 95.
Wounded slightly, 1.
Missing 3.
Total, 145. ,
The list includes tsvo Nortfiil Caro
linians, Private Ouirney Page, of Wil
son, iwtho died of wlaunds and Maury
Joyner, of Concord, iwounded severely.
The Marine List.
The marine casualty list shofws:
Killed in acrtion, 6.
Died of wounds, 4.
Wounded severely, 3.
Total, 14.
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ROWAN AUTOMOBILE TAX.
This County to Receive Over
Thousand Dollars Through
Eight
State
Highway Commission.
As a result of the distribution of
the State automobile tax Rowan will-
receive' $8,203.50. This is quite an
increase over that received in past
years. It was only a few years ago
that Rowan's share of this tax
amounted to about one thousand dol
lars.
Seventy per cent of the State au
tomobile tax goes to the State High
way Commission and through this
commission is distributed pro rata
among the counties, according to the
amounts each county paid in through.
the levying of the automobile tax.
This tax money goes into the rond
funds of the various counties.
Guilford leads all counties of the
stdte in the amount of tax paid in
and consequently in the amount re
funded to the counties, her share be
ing $16,412. It was only a year or
two ago that Mecklenburg was a ban
ner automobile county in North Caro-.
Jina but last year Guilford ran
around her and stall holds this lead.
The smallest county, so as auto
mobile ownership goes is Graham,
and this county gets $20 of the state
automobile tax.
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TURKEY SAYS GOOD
BYE TO GERMANY.
Report That Turkey Has Had a Rup
ture With the Imperial Govern
ment and Is Severing Relations.
London, July 29. "The relatoins
between Germany and Turkey have
been severed, according to direct in
formation from Constantinople."
This announcement is made by the
Copenhagen correspondent of the Ex
change Telegraph.
The excitement against Germany,
the advises say, has been growing,
particularly after last week's events.
The Germans recently demanded the
cruiser Hamidieh, the only large ship
then in possesion of Turkey, as com
pensation for the Breslau, the former
German cruiser which was destroyed
in the Dardanelles, ' while under the
Turkish flag. Despite Turkey's pro
test the Hamidieh has departed for
Sebastopol with the German flag fly
ing. WSS
A CONCORD MAN KILLED.
Lem C. Dry Attempts to Run His Mo
torcycle Between Two Moving Au
tomobiles Near Cook's Crossing and
Meets Death.
Concord, July 29. Attempting to
drive his motorcycle between two au
tomobiles, Lem C. Dry met the car
driven by June Roberts in head-on
collision and was killed instantly, his
body being horrible crushed by the
impact. Hjs motorcycle was demol
ished. The' accident occurred late
Sunday afternoon on the Kannapolis
road near Cook's crossing. Dry is
survived by a wife and family. Both
of Dry's arms and both legs were
broken, his skull crushed and other
bones in his body broken in the ac
cident. A similar accident occurred the
same afternoon at Kanapolis when
Iee Martfritrso riding a motorcycle,
was in collision with an automobile.
His injuries! were not regarded as se
rious. WSS
The press of Germany is also fight
ing a rearguard action, covering the
i retreat of the army as well as it can.
New York World.
Stuff
fcT- . -
Ci?ck Jced Divisions .of the
Huns Thrown Against "Boys of
America But They Stand It.
PILES OF NEWLY EQUIPPED
GERMAN DEAD NEAR THEM
'Americans Engaged in Deadly
Combat Continuously for 24
Hours With Fresh Germans.
(By Associated 'Press.)
With the tAmerdoan Airmy on the
AisneiMarne Eront, July 30. 1 P.
M. Under fire from the enemy only
slightly less than th!at of yesterday
the American on the front north of
the Ooircq (held on to their positions
.this lorenoon and advanced a nte to-
ward the iroad t Horn Seringes to Sergy.
Repeated efforts iby ,Uhe enemy to dis
lodge the Americans were futile,
f On the American left th'e French
are moving forw&crd. To the right the
lines are holding steadily.
The guards that were (broufght in
Sby the Germans to attack the Am
ericans yesterday ajppear to have been
withdrawn by the German command.
The fighting ifihe heaviest the Am
ericans have experienced. Their con
duct, however, is .winning (the praise
of French observers.
Americans Fighting 24 Hours.
London, Jiuly 30. 4:41 P. M,. Am
erican troops in the SoissionsTfRheims
sector have been fighting (virtually
with cessaition along the whole line
for itlhe past 24 hours. The Germain
defense Ihas- stiffened and the Ameri
cans had made very little progress up
to noon, according to dispatches tjiris
afternoon.
German Dead Piled Before Americans.
London, July 30. Itesicrihing the
ajttalck of the fourth guard division
031 (the Americans who are now or
aramzins: their line alter victory, a
Renter's correspondent with the Am
ericain army telegraphed Monday, say
ing the Americans .were at a consid
erable disadvantage -in numbers in
thus fight.
"Tihrare was no holding rtihe tcrack
pidkied division giuand as it came dawn
i511 " oa-vs tlhk nmpjinmiHenrt"..
"The Americans had to give ground
to the weight of numbers and fought
back step by step (through Sergy down
to the Owcq, They were very far from
done with, however, and before (the
Germans realized it they were forced
to yield ground and were pushed back
clear through the (village.
"That was itihte heginning of a des
perate struggle, rwhkh continued all
day. Each- side, in turn had (posses
sion of the village until evening when
the Americans with a final fury of de
termination swept the Germans from
the ruins and (then up the bill and thus
broke another counter attack of the
German guards and (remained victo
rious on the field, iwhere the enemy
dead aotJuaHy lay in he alps.
"The piles of German dead were all
the more noticeable since the guard
came into the filhting wtih (complete
ajd new equipment as df they had
turned out for a. parade before the
eimipenor.
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ARE CALLED FOR
DUTY ON SHIPS
Washington, July 31. Orders have
been issued by the war department
calling into active serjvice thousands
of reservists for duty on ships con
structed under the shipping hoard and
navy's building prognaJm.
The exact number of men trans
ferred ibo the active duty list is not
announced but it is said1 every man
for whom space exists in the training
camps has been summoned.
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Reports Coming Quit of Russia De
clare That the Bolsheviki Re- ,
gineis Losing Power.
SOCIALISTS CALL ON THEIR
JJJSL.l.UWfci XU 1JN VESTllxATJS
Russian Masses About to Rise Up
and Overthrow the Present
Tyranny.
(By the Associated Press)
London, July 3L Information
reaching Stockholm, says the corres
pondent of the Times, shows that the
Bolsheviki Begime has come to the
end of its tether, and the . Russian
masses- workmen and peasants
are laibquit to rise in army against it
and the present tyrany.
Official reports say that the so
cialist revolutionists Social Demo
cratic parties in Russia are arriving
in Stockholm and declare that -the
Socialists have issued a ringing ap
peal to the socialists of all other
countries Europe, calling on them
to name a commission representing all
parties to visit Russia and make ah
investigation first hand, and deter
mine if the Russian socialists are not
right in declaring that the Bolshev
iki rule is bound to spread disaster
and starvation and bring about most
desperate conditions.
The declaration is made that the
opression grows and must be stopped
at all cost.
Czecho Slovaks Capture Bridge.
London, July 31. The capture by
Czecho Siovaks in a surprise . attack
of the large railway bridge at Syz
ram in the Volga region is reported
in a Moscow dispatch transmitted by
the Central News correspondent at
Amsterdam. This capture, the mes
sage, says, secures to the Czecho
Slovaks in this region communication
with Siberia.
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AMERICA'S WAR EX
PENSE NOW HIGHER
THAN GREAT BRITAIN
Comparison of Treasury Reports and
Newly Issued British Financial
Statement Shows We Are Spending
More Money Than Our British
Cousins. T -
Washington, July 1. America's
fwfar expenses are now" running five
per cent higher than those lof Great
(Britain, it was shown today by com
parison of treasury reports and new
ly issued British financial Statement.
Owing to the shorter time the Uni
ted States has been in the war, how
ever, her natifcxnaV iwar debt is only
one-tthdrd as large as that cf Great
Britain, and the individual burden of
taxation in this wountry now is only
about (One-half as mudh as in Fngland.
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(By Aasdciated Press.)
Washington, July 31. Railway em
ployees (were told today by Director
iGenerfal !McAdioo, in announcing de
tails of the wage increase for man
thato 500,000 shopmen, that the na
tion exipected new energy from the
workers in return for increase dn pay
iand improvement in working condi
tions, and that strikes and other la
bor disturbances must be eliminated
during! the war.
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M'ADOO SAYS
RAILROAD STRIKES
DURING THE WAR
Americans and French Are Main
taining the Forward Positions
Which They Have Taken.
HUNS TRY TO TAKE GROUND :
FROM THE AUSTRALIANS
General Pershing: Says Enemy
Counter Attacks Are All
Repulsed.
(By Associated Press.)
.Paris. July 31. The American
troops hlaive maintained their position
in the region of iSeringes which they
ticok after violent fighting, the war
office announces today,
j Tne Germans made forceful at
tacks against the new positions east
j of Ourteq 3haiteaui They were repuls
ed an dthe Frenfcfh line held incact.
Frenich and Germans carried out
raids at a mumbeir of otfoer points,
east and "west of the Marta salient,
but they brought no change in the sit
uation. German Artillery Active Around
Merris.
London, July 31. German artillery
displayed considerable activity last
night dn the relgilon of Merris on the
landers front .which point wa3 taken
by the Australians (yesterday, also in
the Kemtmel sector, the war office an
nounces. German Counter Attacks Repulsed,
Says Pershing.
Washington. July 31. The repulse
of the enemy coranter attacks on the
line 'of tftte Ourcq after hard fighting,
land the strengthening of the Amer-
iVom rvi;iVm is tihe TPinort which is
contained in the communique of-sj&-
eral Pershing of yesterday
ceifved Iby the war department today.
French Airmen Use Parachute.
With the American Army in France,
Wednesday. Captain Farret, a
French aiviator, has parried out the
first experiment of falling from a
maving airplane with a parachute.
Captain Farret fell 800 yards with an
umbrella, 12 yards wide and made a
safe landing.
German Effort Against Americans
Fruitless.
With the American Army on the
Ainse-Marne Front, July 31. Efforts
made by the Germans to advance the
line against the Americans on this
front last night and forenoon was
fruitless. The Americans for their
part were content to hold the position
along slightly advanced lines for the
time.
The German line is reported gradual
ly giving away both to the right and
left. - There- was- hard fighting
throughout the night but no cehcen
trated attack in force on either side.
No Peace Proposals Presented.
London, July 31. Speaking in the
House of Commons today Andrew J.
Balfour, British foreign secretary,
said no enemy government had ap
proached the. entente allies regarding
negotiations for peace.
W S S
- The management of the local Bell
telephone, as well as the manage
ments of all local branches of this
company, has been busy for several
days checking up and taking inven
tory, preparatory to transferring the
management and operation of the
lines to the government tomorrow,
August 1st. After midnight tortfght
all telephone, telegraph and cable and
radio lines in the United States will
be under control of the government
during the duration of the war.
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Seventy-One Divisions Engaged
in Struggle Between Soissons
and Rheims is the Estimate.
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ALLIES CONTENDING) WITH
THE INNUMERABLE FOE
At Several Points Americans Are v
Forced to Recede Speculation 1
m Over Point Next Hun Stand.
; (By spciaited Press.)
" Tite Gerjnana hav thrown nearly a
snillkxn men into the igigaaiftu. battle
between Soissons end Rheims and are"
(viciously counter attacking around
the circular line stretching from,:
Soissons itz rfche neigfborhood of
Rheims.
Eiven tfr'is formiidalble foe appears;
not to have made, more than a dent tor;
two in the allied front in tine latest cf-f:
fort, while at various pxxints 3rogressr
for the allies, slight but important,?' .
is reported. '
(Regarding the strength of the Ger-.
man forces- (unofficial advices state
that there are 71 Teuton divisions en
gaged dn tlhds struggle. The strength
of a Genmian division is about 13,600;;
cn a normal footing, so that if all;
unifts resisting tfhie allies north' of the
Marne have been kept up to the stan-1
dairkl there are 9&8,500 men trying to ' :
bold the line until the situation is re-
lievetd.
Of these divisions there were ten ."
dralwn from Grown Prince Ru.pprecht'
army in the north. The German Crown
Prince had in rtfhe neglhborhoood of
500,000 men (between Hheimsvand ha't .
te.au Thierry when the attack across
the Marae began Jiuly 15th. The ,in-?
crease fei the number of divisions en
gaged in the battle would appear to
indicate that he had since that time
drawn heajViMy on other army groups."
It would also seem itihatt this action on
his part reflects the dmiportance of
this battle in 1he eyes of rtihe German
Hight command.
Through German counter blows the
Americans were driven baick front
Cierges southeast of Fere en Tarde-
nois, while to the northeast of Fere .
the Americans have also been forced
out of Beugneux into which' Hhtey had .
penetrated after passing through
Grand Rozoy.
Buzamcy, situated on the west side
of the Crise river about five unfiles
south of Soissons, has been the scene
of heavy fighting and the battle ap-
pears to have been general along ithe t, -line
south tofthat point, notably nS
Plessier wood jrjear where the frontr
turns abjectly to the eaat. V.
On itthe other end of the battle line
tltoere have been sharp engagements,
buit reports credtft the afllies with mak
ing advances at Aiubnlly, in the Andre
valley west of Riherms. They have
also forged ahead further down to- .
ward the (botttoftn of the pocket at Vil
lers Agron Aiguizy.
While these counter blows against
the allied lines are general and of
great (violence it is not believed' in
London that the enemy fotends to
make a real standi south of 4jhte Vesle
river. Paris, on (the other Ihland,
seems to believe that the Germans
may halve fixed luipon the present loca
tion of tiheir laiimies as a field upon
which they will iburn at bay.
There have been ipaltirol operations
on the British firiont but laatihing of .
significance has CKxrurred' therie.
Little ftiias been reported to amplify ,
the Cbperftyagen dispatch to ithe effect .
that Turkey and Germany have brok-
en off relations. Amsterdam advices,
hofwever, indicate that Turkey intends
to pursue an aggressive policy in the
Caucasus regSon, ithe field supposedly -set
aside for German exploitation.
This may .carry in a measure the oon-
firmation of itihe rumor that the quad
ruple allies have brooken over the di
ivdsion of spoils subsequent to peace
treaties witra Russia and Rumantaa.
WSS
SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Pennsylvania Soldier, Earle S. Gam
ble, to Pay' the Extreme Penalty in
Virginia for Impljcaton in a Mur
der. Alexandria, Va., July 28. Earle S.
Gamble, Pennsylvania soldier, convic
ted of first degree' murder here Sat- -turday
for his part in the slaying of
John T. Werres, Washington jitney
driver, the night' of May 9th, today
was sentenced to death in the state
penitentiary at Richmond, October.
18th : Robert Newman, another sol
dier, who is alleged to have aided in
the murder, and Mrs. Kathleen Bur
gess, aged 17, who was with thexsol
diers when Werres was killed, are in
jail awaiting trial. Mrs. Burgess will
be tried in August, on thel2th, and
Newman early in October. Werres
was beaten to death in his machine on
a country road near Alexandria.
-W.SS
Tillie Clinger sq.vs that the reason
she quits ner job a cashier at the
garage was because whenever the
mechanics r.topped work to smoke
cigarettes she had to si op to cough.
the best pilaster.
A piece of flannel datavotened! with
lQhiamberlaiin's Liniment (and bound
aver the seat of naim is of ten minrp
AttiAPTllal n.v a la-ma Hvabtb- fVn .1..
tear and doe not coat anything Idke as
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