Town la U.S. A
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FARHVXLLB. PITT OOl
Big Barbecue Dinner Will be Served in Jotapcns and Foxhali's
Warehouse, Committees Are Busy Preparing For Event
Ladies' Aid Societies Asked to Provide Booths
For the Visitors. ...
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Great preparations are being
made for the reception and en
tertainment of the returned boys.
The details have ail been given
to different men who do things
and every branch of the under
taking wHI be well looked after.
Among the most attractive
features may be mentioned:
. The barbecue dinner to be
given in Johnson and Faxail's
warehouse. Confederate veter
ans will be guests of honor.
Spanish War veterans are also
included in the invitation. All
returned soldiers, sailors and
marines are requested to wear
their uniforms or if this is not
advisable to bring discharge pa
T pers or some other evidence of
JL service.
The street dance and confedi
carnival, to be held the night of
the 16th, in front of the Graded
? School, promises to be an occa
sion for fun and frolic that will'
i last long in the memory of those
who participate. Every one will
happy and the pleasure spirit
by the port our boys
bringing peace and
toa war, ' ' " ***
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-ieffeil
requested to provide booths
where vivitors can get some
thing to eat. It has been pointed
out that it will be impossible for
the hotels and restaurants, owing
to the already congested condi
tion of the city, to food the extra
gatheiing. Sandwiches and cold
drinks handled in this manner
it is thought will bring good re
turns to the ladies societies bav
ing this part of the work in hand.
The committee asks ?yery
member of the Chamber of
Commerce to appoint himself a
committee of one to be known
as an entertainment committee
and, on that day, keep an open
house.
The Norfolk Navy Yard Band
will provide music for the occa
sion and as their reputation is
national we all know what to
expect
All commissioned^ offices is
Pitt coutty are requested to
communicate with D. M. Clark,
Chief Marshal. Get'' in touch
with him as soon as possible.
Do not talk, think or dream of
anything until the happy event
is the most pleasant memory in
your lffe.r
Drink Poison iff Attempt
to Commit Smride
PHYSICIANS CALLED
DOING ALL POSSIBLE
Both - in Critical Condition?
Every Effort Bemg Made
to Save Them
Greenville, July 7.? Mr. Wal
ter L. McLawhorn, one of the
local rural mail carriers, was
called off duty today by '&e criti
cal illness of two of his sisters,
aged 19 and 17 y$ars, resulting
from poison which they drank
WMg
their condition is critical They [
aie'efeughters of Mr. W. F. Mc
Lawhorn.
The latest report from their
bedside are that they are some
better but not out of danger. It
seems that some family trouble
caused the girls to commit Ujfej
rash act. _ / I
Ordered By Attorney-General
To Be Brought In District
Court of Missouri
Kansas Ciiy, Mo., July 5? A
test crse in this district under the
wartime prohibition act has been
ordered instituted by Attorney
General Palmer in a letter re
ceived today by United States;
Attorney Francis M. Wilson, of
this city. - ?
'The test Case," Mr. Wilson
said, "will be broUgh on the
point that beerxmtsifiiiiK more!
than One ball of one per cent ,
is in vftfefkm of the
me^ure; regardless of
or not ? il intoxicating.
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Pure*
C
chaii;
lOOEP
Club
laousej
aerofl]
plan/ :
coum'be used boffins a paiRinr
in building a larger airship ill the
United States and as a practice
ship for training a nucleus of
personal for rigid airship service.
Heretofore the practice has
been to send a commission to
Europe to study the subject/'
Mr. Woodhouse said. "When
the commission was away the
army and navy administration?
charged and when the commis
sions returned their reports were
filed away and no action was
taken.
??It is recommended that from
now on the policy be to bring
the best available ditigible to the
United States with competent
expert?, if oeceuary, lo co-opei.
tie with Ai ? !
producing ei
"The army
ties, like the civilian
authorities, now feet that the|
sore way tof bringing this natu
ral procrastinationto an end IsJ
to purchase immediately a large
use it as a mo3el for the con
strucUotiof a larger cne and to
tgBtn engineers and- experts in
this
can!
construction -?tj
the iaval
Else For
&e slimmer and perhaps
tout the autumn owing
Sfficuity Mich has been
lered in finding a suita
filing elsewhere. The
of both the former em
nd impress remain very
espite the worries of tlje
' weeks.
? miserable wealher has
|mlat hindered the former
moawch's log sawing operations
but Inatever the nature of the
weaH^r, Count Hohenzollern
passes two or three hours daily
at his favorite occupation, tak
ing shelter with his assistants
beneath a garden shed when the
downpour of rain-is most severe.
He expects to complete the saw*
ing of his six thousandth tree
this week. No visitors are now
at the castle except Dr. Krieg
tbe former emperor's one time
official doctor who is occupied
in liquidating Count Hohenzol
lern's property :o Germany.
Sons Offer to Take His Place.
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Hit MioiimmmmsAk
King George:
"To Hi* Majesty the King: of
Great Britain eiid Ireland: J|
MIn fulfillment of the natural
duty of *m and offici i with
mifefour younger brothers, place
myself at your majestyVdisposal,
About $50,000 Turned Over To
City Charities, What Will
Be Done With It
TOTAL GATE RECEIPTS
EXCEEDED HALF MILLION
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Uncle Sam's Revenue Tax Calls
For 144,000; Dempsey Opens
Up a Theatrical engagement
Today at $7?000 Per Week;
WiHard Gives Dempsey The
Credit For Victory
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Toledo, July 5? Although of*
ficial accounting has not been
completed, Tex Rickard, pro
moter of the heavy weightchamp
ionsbip contest between Jack
ag
are assisting
in checking up the receipts fo
determine the amount of war
tax due the government. Bas
ing the receipts of $600,000, the
government" will receive approxi
mately $54,000, while approxi
mately $42,000 will be turned
over to Toledo's charity fund,
(continued on page 2)
U. S. TROOPS
BEST OF #
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Gen. Hines, Chief of Artillery
A. ?. F., Returns and So
Expresses Himself
New, York, July 7.? Major
General Earnest Hines, chief of
artillery of the American expedi
^_^arv forces, returned today |
bft the transport Guiseppe Verdi
cb brought 141 officers and
1 troops from Marseilles,
ral Hines said he had re
mained in France to wind up
the business of the artillery ser
vice. ?. :
"lean confidently make one
statement regarding our men,"
toe said, -"and that is that as artil
lerymen the American soldiers
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Toledo, Ohio, July 5.? Though
a new heavy weigh champion has
been crowned in Jack Dempsey,
and the exodus of tight fans has
depopulated Toledo hotels, con*
troversies still rage over the sen
sational defeat of Jess Willard
here late yesterday afternoon.
So many unusual angles de
veloped during, the nine minutes
of terriffic fistic bombardment
that scarcely two spectors saw the
scene the same. The uncertain
ty regarding the situation at the
end of the first round when
Dempsey left the ring believing
that he had won with a knock
out, and the payment of such
wagers as hinged on when Wil
lard was stopped furnished un
limited material for' argument
So weak was tue sound of the
gong and so great the uproar
about the ring, that Referee Pe
cord failed to hear the bell and
continued to count Over Willard
as he. sat on the ring floor, near
the neutral corner, although
Timekeeper Barbour ordered
the clang when Pecord's aim
was falling for the seventh time.
The referee^ notified DetgNaf*
Baf won and
at
sad to!d him Bo was in
danger of being disqualified on
a technicality for leaving the
ring.
t he question of which round
Dempsey Won his new title in
was placed before several veter
an ring officials by men who
had wagers at stake, and the
concensus was tbi< Dempsey
stopped Willard in the third
round, as the latter's seconds
tossed the ^towel of defeat into
the center of the ring before
the bell rang, for the beginning
of the fourth session.' * These
same veterans pointed out sever
al other interesting features.
They stated that it was the first
time that a heavyweight champ
ion had ever admitted defeat
without leaving his chair, as
well as the shortest heavyweight
championship combat of mod
ern ring history.
In other respects the first few
hours after the battle were much
the same as those following the
passing of past titles. Dempfey
was soon dressed and much in
evidence about the downtown
section, followed by a widly en
thusiastic and cheering throng
of admirers. When he -appear
ed for dinner at the leading hotel
the corridors were a mass of
swirling spectators who peeped
at Willard's conqueror as he
broke training and dined in a
manner entirely different from
the simple menus of the past
two months.
At the same hour his dethroo-?
ed opponent was restiting in his
temporary home in a residential
section with battered head pfeck-r
eiin ice bags and cut off from
commupfcatioa with the outside
world by, a guard that even %
* i&one could no^
as examined by
ring. The Wter
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