Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, February 22, 1918, Page 5

i8] Light this evening. vehicle lamps at 559 o'clock ‘Washington's Bi fay sufferer n{t.-h'fbmmul t the name, Mi-o-na. stomach tablets. They neven fail. ; QUALTTY SHOE SHOP CHARBCNNEAU & ANDREWS, 159 Main St. Norwich, Ct. - Soldiers Give Him a Comfort Kit for “OVERTHERE I” Something that is appreciated by your Friend, \Husband or Son. Get it at THEPLAUT-CADDEN C0. Established 1872 Main Street, Norwich, Conn. GEORGE G. GRANT Undertaker and Embalmer 3Z Providence St., Taftville Prompt attention to day or night calls Telephone 630 apriéMWFawl Ermest E. Ballard VIOLIN TiACHER Ril String !netruments repaired Viclins sold on essy terms For appointments address &, €. BULLARD, Bliss Place, Nor« w-ch, Conm John & Geo. H. Bliss ve sold well p The day's length. has increased ome hour and three quarters. Flags out in homor of Washington, who was born February 23, 1732, and other drivers found cutting wind extremely nhv-lmmf!uflhtcvh.m morning. A of big machines for the Marlin- Arms plant was delivered Thursday. 3 Patterson's sawmiH on the late Johs D. Gallup place at North Stonington is running with full force. Students from some ‘of the colleges preparatory schools will come home for the holiday and week end. A Lyme resident, Mrs. Mabel Tyler, has been taken to the hospital suffer. ing with blood poison, caused from <hilblains. Buphemia circle of the King’s Daughters returned a quantity of fin- fshed work to the Red Cross room ‘Thursday. 1 Doors and windows of stores and factories which were opened . Juring Wednesday's mild al, were closed tightly yesterday. The Yarn Shop announces a spe- clal sale of high quality army and na- vy yarn with exceptional prices for Friday and Saturday.—adv. The Woman’s Guild of St. Andrew's church took out another allotment of Red Cross sewing from the rvom in the Thayer building, Thursday. Members of .the Catholic Woman's club, Mrs. Frank T. Sylvia, president sewed for the Red Cross at the Haile club rooms, Thursday afternoon, 'The school pupils who must keep at their studies today will have a holi- day March 29th. Good Friday, and Thursday, May 30th, Memorial day. The Camp Fire Girls, Pequot Fire of Broadway church are to meet this atternoon with their guardian, Mrs, A. C. Freeman, of 77 McKinley avenue. A thermometer on Franklin squars which read 50 degrees Wednesday noon indicated a temperature of 20 degrees at the same hour Thursday. The church social for District No. 4, of the Central Baptist church is to be held at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Arthur F. Purkiss, 156 Broadwey, this evening. A large shipment of the new san- itary sock yarn containing absolute- ly no dye has just been recelved at The Yarn Shop, 17 Cliff strest.—adv. ‘The school in Groton began Thurs- day to run on wood fuel. There has been nd school in the borough for so long that sessions will be held six daye a week t catch up. 5 alumnas have received word| from Nort! ipton that the semior class of Smith college has voted to give up all commencement festivities at graduation next June. The humble demestic broom is ad- ding to the Ligh cost of living by sell- ing in Norwich stores at 8y cents, with the prediction that the next price will be jacked up to one dollar, In general the barber shops of Con- necticut will remain open all day Washington's Birthday, due to the fact that they have been observing the Monday closing order. A meeting of the Women's Visita- tion committee of which Mrs. Frank A. Mitchell is secretary, was held fol- lowing the prayer meeting at the Cn‘ntnl Baptist ehurch Thursday ev- ening. The frost is coming out ground and this swells the road- beds in places along the railroads, and makes the going pretty rough at times. This with other causes affects the rails. of " the This is the date when quaint Co- lonial costumes, -antique jewelry and the like will be brought out of dusty attics and dark wardrobes, to do du- ty at old folks' concerts and Wash- ington parties. The quektion of affiliation with the American Federation of Labor will be taken up at the 20th annual conven- tion of the Connecticut State branch of the United National Association of dbon Office Clerks at New Haven to- ay. The Lumber Dealers’ association of Connecticut in its 26th annual con- vention in New Haven Wednesday centered its discussions largely on the effect the railroad embargoes have al- rz‘dy had on the lumber trade in this state. Thirteen new names to be on the town’s honor roll board in the several days ago. 3 | court house grounds have been receiy- John & Geo. H. Bliss DENTIST| DR. E. J. JONES Suite 46 Shannon Take elevator Shétucket entrance, AMERICAN HOUSE Special Rates to Theatre Troupen Traveling Men, Ete, Livery Connection . Bhetucket Streef FARREL & SANDERSON, Props Phone 784 IRON CASTINGS FURNISHED PROMPTLY BY THE VAUGN FOUNDRY (0 Nos. 11 to 28 Ferry Street THE PALACE 78 Franklin Street P. SHEA Strees ed by Miss Mary E. Richards, 269 Broadway, tel. 1435, who is securing the names of Norwich men in the fed- eral service. Rev. Peter J. Cuny has suggested that the men of St. Patrick's parish receive Holy Communion three times befors Baster—each for his own spir- ioual needs, for the dead, and for the spiritual and temporal welfare of the parish boys in the war. In line with a movement which had already been suggested by local in farm implements comes inauguration of farm-impli- ment inspection and reparr week. The week of March 4-9 has been named for this purpose. At New Haven a suit for divorce has been brought by Jessie Foster of New London aga'nst William Foster of Derby, formerly of New Haven. De- sertion is the ground alleged and in the complaint the plaintiff asks for the custody of two minor children. Thursday’s New York papers noted the ,$1,000,000 lease by the Charles F. Noyes Co., for Nos. 130-13¢ William Street Co, Isidor Kalm, president, of ~WCH SULLETIN, FEIDAY, FEBROMRY 22, to18 Mrs. George R. Fellows and er Barbara are visiting relatives o CEEEETI Mr. and dauglhtt in Mrs. Albert Brown Cynthia of Bkonk in Norwich. & Miss Robinson of Lebanon is the gueet of_ hef cousin, W. C. Robinson, and family of Hebrom. Frank J, Nelson Is home on Thames and daughter ‘were recent visitors confined to his South street with a severs attack of pneumonia uM were gut o iner family at North Stonington eigdr in the week. P o CORONER NOT READY TO ANNOUNCE DECISION Has ‘Not Completed Investigation of Circumstances Surrounding Rogers’ Doath. klin H. Brown of Nor- Coroner wich stated Thursday that he was not in the death ready t ive a findi of ; f'om, the lfiomflle good- , 'whose body was found in l’efla::n avenue, New London, Wed- nesday morning. The coroner stated that the autopsy which was perform- d Wedneeday afternoon, Tevealed nothing as to the cause of death ex- cept the fracture of the skull. There were no other marks of viclence on #ie body. ) DANCE AT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HALL Pretty Event Arranged by W. Manley Eastwood and Carl Parker. Thursday night a very enjoyable dance was held in Chamber of Com- merce hall, the affair being arranged by W. Manley Eastwood and Carl Parker. There were about twenty couples present. Johnson's Soclety orchestra furnished the music. Miss Biizabeth A, Piper and Benedict Pul- len acted as chaperones. Dancing stopped at 10.30 in accordance with the governor's proclamation. Among the guests were! Misses Dorothy Greg- son sand Dérothy Wulf of Connecticut College. ASKS DIVORCE ON GROUNDS OF DESERTION. Charles Kellars Files Superior Court Action Against His Wife. Charles Kellars of Stonington has filed a divorce suit against his wife, Elsa B. Kellars, also of Stonington, asking the decree on grounds of de- sertion. The couple were married on April 12, 1912. Desertion since Oct. 10, 1914, is aileged. The papers have been filed with the superior /court clerk in this city. ' LETTER ON WAY FOR THREE YEARS. Was ‘Mailed in Russia Dec. 13, 1914, and Has Just Arrived in Norwich. Abraham Ableman of 29 Spring street has just recelved a registered letter addressed to him and mailed in Russia Dec, 13, 1914, It is a mystery where the letter has been the past three years. It arrived in New York . OBITUARY Maurice J. Connell. * The death of Maurice J. Connell oc- curred at his home on Summit street Thursday morning at. 11.30 -o’clock. The deceased was born in Ireland and came to this country when a young man. He was united in marriage in this city with Mary Sullivan who sur- vives him. He was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 1, and was also a member of the Holy Name society of St. Patrick’s church. Besides his wife he leaves one daugh- ter, Miss Anna Conne.ll : Mrs. S. B, Blackledge. e Mrs. Sarah B. Blackledge, widow of Joseph Blackledge, died Wednesday at the home of her son, Geobrge H. Blackledge, 28 James street, East Providence, in_her $0th year. She had lived in the town but a few months. Mrs. Blackledge was born in Putnam, Conn., the daughter of Thom- as and Ruth Warburton, Dr. Benjamin R: Swan, ‘Word has reached Co]chester of the recent death of Dr. Benjamin R. Swan at San Francisco, Cal, where fpr years he had been medical referee of the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York. Dr. Swan liveq in Col- chester for several years during his boyhood days and was a student at Bacon Academy. His mother was a daughter of Ralph Isham who lived in the Carrington housé and who built the Burr house, now owned by Charles T. Williams. A sister of Mrs. Swan married Henry Burr and was the mother of the late Kate Burr Ham- mond, wife of Joseph C. Hammond, Jr., of Rockville. Dr. Swan never married, He is survived by one |brother, Joseph Swan of St Louis, M 0. The body will be bronght to Col- chester for interment later in the ‘ear. 4 Dr. Swan wag a youig man in the village during the development of the Haywood Rubber company and many ted | intefesting letters have been received from him dufing the last three or four years in regard to the happenings of that eventful period in Colchester's history. PUNERAL Arthur H. Colburn. The funeral of Arthur H. Colburn was helg from the mortuary parlors of Undertaker Gager Thursday after- noon with a large number of relatives and friends attending, some coming from out of town. There were many beautiful floral forms. Rev. E. §. ‘Worcester officiated. The bearers were Arthut apd Harry Vars, Edgar Colburn and Bimer B. Marsh. The body was placed in the receiving vault at the Maplewood cemetery where Rev. Mr. Worcester read a committal ser- vice. M. Diagne, member of the French chamber of deputies for Semegal, has been appointed commissioner for West Africa and chief of a mission to French West and Bquatorial Africa. the upper floors and the basement of|" that new 12-story office buflding. Over 50,000 squart feet of spacc is acquir- ¢d for a long term. Ninth *Division Board Changes Time. The Ninth division draft board has changed the date for the departure of the last mnu&nm of the first quota it st st i A Clapton (N. J) femily recently m down. to ‘a potpie containing 200 8, from. the \S“Dmlb court, 4 Judge Gardiner Greene Awards Clara F. Prentis Armstrong N AND ALIVONY N to Pay Her $7,500 Within Five Days, $200 a Month and ——— . By a judgment filed with the clerk of the superior court in this city, Judge Gardiner Greepe has granted Clara F. Preptice Armstrong of New London a divorce from John P. T. Armstrong, also of New London, on grounds of ‘Mrs. Armstrong i also granted alimony. The. couple were married on Sept. 6, 1905, and- Mr. Armstrong deserted her Aug.-28, 1914. Both Mr. and Mrs. are well known in thi scity. In his m Judge Greene orders that “within five the de- fendant shall pay to the plaintiff or her counsel $7,500," that in_ addition the defendant ehall pay to the plain- tiff on or tbefore -18, llll}dl“ and shall pay to the plaintiff §: 3 on or before the 15th , of each month.] hi Should the ' plaintiff = remarry, then from the date of such marriage the defendant shall pay tq the plaintiff $100 on or before the 15th of each month instead of the $200. Payments are to end on the death of either plain- Hiff or defendant. The defendant shall also pay to the HELD FOR TRIAL IN SUPERIOR COURT Walter Scaplen Charged With Break- ing and Entering. Walter Scaplen, 19 years old, of the superior court on a charge of breaking and entering. Probable cause was found by Judge Coit in the-New London police court Thursday morning and Scaplen is held under $1,000 bonds which he was unable to furnish, Scaplen is alleged to be onz of a gang of youthful burglars which has been working in New London and vi- cinity. Eight of the boys have been apprehended but Scaplen ana another lad had been able to evade arvest. It is alleged that Scaplen and nis gang had been responsible for more than 20 burglaries and holdups, Scaplen was arrested at his home Wednesday night about 12 o'clock aft- er his home had been surrounded by several policemen. County Detective William E. Jackson,” Federal Agent Hickey, Department of Justice Agent McKore, Patrolmen Frank Geer and Courtland Brown composed the group. Realizing -that Scaplen, who had Jjust returned from Doxer, N. J, where he had been working, would pecome suspicious at the last provocation, Detective Jackson ordered Officers Hickey and Brown to guard the rear of the house, while McKone Wwas dele- gated to watch the windows. When the men had taken up their positions Detective Jackson walked -up to. the front door and rang the bell. With him was Patrolman. Geer. After ringing the bell several times and receiving no response the policemen were about to enter the houso when they. heard a scuffle in the rear yard. 5 Soon after Detective Jackson had pushed the bell button at the front of the house, the rear door was heard to o New London, will face the next zem';‘cnmmuuonar, held {open. The movement wds 5o stealthy that “Officers Brown and ickey thought that they had been mistaken when suddenly the door was thrown wide open and a dark form came through the threshhold with head well bent forward, as a football play- er bucking the line. It was Sea len and Patrolman Brown threw him- self on him with such force that both went to the ground. Before Scaplen could regaln his feet Hickey was on top of him, while Brown had a stcure hoMl of his coat By that time the policemen at the front of the house had come around and Secaplen was taken to .police headquarters, UNITED LENTEN SERVICE AT TRINITY CHURCH Union Congregation Hears Sermon By Rev. S. Wolcott Linsley. The second of the united Lenten ser- vices was held at Trinity church on Thursday evening with a large num- ber present. Rev. S. Wolcott Lins- ley delivered the-Lenten address. Rev: Mr. Linsley said in part. The interest of New England peo- ple does not center on Boston, Bridge- port or Newport or any city, in faet. but centers on Camp Devens, where the youth of New England arc train- ing for the supreme sacrifice. Men from all walks of life are there and each one is doing his part. They are drilling and drilling that they may be prepared for what may come. o So it is with the church, We are ‘now entering upon Lent, a forty days’ training camp r the <Church of Christ. We are .preparing the same as the boys at Devens. 'We may be called upon to make sacrifices and we should be prepared. We must pre- pare for the temptations of life Christ prepared for them and he was not tempted. He lived even as the common people and endured their suffering that He might show the way to Salvation. Let us during this Lenten period prepare.that we may be able to meet the témptations of life during the coming year. EASTERN CONNECTICUT BRANCH Members Hear Address on Conquest Plan By Miss Mary Prosten. The Eastern Connecticut branch of the Woman's Boara of Missions held a well attended meeting at the Broad- way Congregational church Thursday afternoon. There was a special meet- ing of the executive committee and at 3 o'clock the meeting was opened for the members of all missionary aux- {liaries. Miss Mary Preston of Bos- ton was the speaker of the afternoon and outlined the conquest plan wheres by new . interest is to be aroused among the members of the mission- ary societies. The Conquest plan is to be presentedq to the younger wo- men of the Congregational churches. —— e Newlyweds Given Pleasant Surprise. On Thursday evening Mr. and Mrs. William Honeyman were pleasantly surprised by the employes of the Shore Line Electric railway office where Mr. Honcy‘mue is employed. The evening was spen? with music and games and an enjoyable evening was spent. Dain- ty refreshments were served by the ‘hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Honeyman were presented with a gift from those pres- ent. William Fitzgerald Presented Watch Charm. Thursday evening Mouiders’ Union No. 126, presented their past président, Willilam Fitzgerald, with a gold Knights of Columbus watch “charm. Mr. Fitzgerald has beeén appointed as- sistant foreman of thé Richménd Ra- diator company. The presentation was made by M. F. Dougherty. - Withdrawn from Court. The case of Hyman Bralstock vs. Jacob Kirman has been withdrawn plaintift the sum of $250 in January and $250 in July of each year durin their joint lives, regardless of whether the plaintift shall remarry, in addition 8 the'regular monthly ; but in lieu of such payments of $250 ‘in January and July, the defendant may at his option pay the annual payment of sald premiums on life insurance policies to the amount of $20,000 upon the life of the defendant, in which Deneigiasy. prosiaing ahe shevives the enef ', ProY she defendant. In the event of the death of the defendant prior to the death of the plaintiff, the ~defendant's estate|ven: shall only bé liable to pay to the plaintiff the propertion of unpaid ali- mony as directed, up to the is death. and receiving fit the proceeds of any insurance poli- cy or policies upon the life of the de- fendant in whieh she is named as ben- eficiary, which proceeds shall be a part of the alimony hereby ordered.” WAS IN HOSPITAL WHEN ACCIDENT OCCURRED! Auto Commissioner Gives Robert W. Fensley Time to Furnish Evidence Robbins -~ B. Stoeckel, automobile s on nine cases in the court of common pleas room in the county court house in New London-at 10 o'clock Thursday morning. \ C. H. Pellett of Danielson, charged | with reckless driving on complaint, was warned and let go, % The case against Everett Pollett, also of Danielson, was continued for further evidence. Commissioner Stoeckel took the case of Thomas Howe, charged with reck- léss driving, under consideration. The commissioner also_took the case of David Earl Avery of Yantic, charg- ed with evading responsibility, under consideration, The case against Leonard O. Smith of Norwich, charged with reckless driving, was continued for further evi- dence after the testimony of one wit- ness had been taken. The case of Roserrio Pratt of Dan- ielson. chargeq with operating an au- tomobfle without a licemse, during which he figured in an accident, was continued. The Jicense of Isaac Lifschitz of Montville was suspended for 60 days for reckless driving. Joseph Main of Mystic, did not ap- pear at the hearing to answer to the charge of operating without owner's permission. At the hearing of hls case, Robert W, Fensley of Norwich, charged with evading responsibility, declared that he was in Backus hospital when the motoreyele accident! in which he is alleged to have fizured took place and hig case was continued to allow him {to furnis ha letter about his entrance to. the hospital. MAY ASSEMBLE CHASERS- AT NEW -LONDON Rumor Current in the City-by-the- s ‘There is a report that the govern- ment has commandeered the plant of the Reed-Prentice Co. at New Lon- don and inquiry reveals the fact that it it has nof already done so, it is a, question of perhaps a few days be- fore such deal is consummated. There is considerable interest in the announcement, for it is further stated to be the intention of assembling a large number of U-boat chasers at this plant. Henry Ford and his son, Edsel, came to New London from De- troit, Mich,, a few weeks ago, and visited the experiment station, and it was rumored at that time that the chasers would be assembled there, As is well known the immense Ford fac- tory has been given a contract by the governmeént to build a very large number of these boats, and it is un- derstood that they will be standardized and turmed out in somewhat similar lines as the famous Ford car has been built. That is, the car is built at the fActory anq shipped “knocked” down” for assembly at distributing points. The sub-chasers will be built at the factory and the component parts ship- ped to the seacoast and assembled at the Reed-Prentice plant. It is likely that ways will be constructed and the chasers lainched as fast as they can be bolted together. The harbor will soon be overrun with these craft if Tord builds one a day as he promises to do. NORWICH WIFE SUE HUSBAND FOR DIVORCE. Augusta E. Berberick Asks Freedom on Grounds of Desertion. A divoree suit has been filed in the superior court by Augusta E. Ber- berick of -this city, who is asking a divorce from Albert Berberick, aleo of Norwich, on grounds of desertion since 1918. The couple were married in 1900. There are four children. SUBSTITUTE FOR MEDICINES DERIVED FROM OPIUM Discovery Claimed by Dr. David Macht of Johns Hopkins University New York, Feb. 20.—Discovery of a new agent as a substitute for medi- cines derived from' opium was an- nounced here tonight by Dr. David I Macht, of Johns Hopkins University, at ths annual meeting of the Soclety for Experimental Biology and Medi- cine. The substitute is a coal tar deriva- tive and has been named benzyle ben- zolate. It has met with the approval of Dr. Brown, head of the intestinal clinic of Johns Hopkins University ‘Hospital, Dr. Macht said, and had been tested on animals, Dr. Macht himself and-on students of the clinic with favorable reactions. A CHANCE TO DO THEIR BIT THIS SUMMER High School Boys May Enroll in the Boys’ Working Reserve. High School boys and other stu- dents, between 16 and 21 years of age, many of whom djd their bit last sum- mer, are to be given the chance to do their utmost the coming summer. in the cause of faod conservation. This welcome {nformation to present and prospective Connecticut members ot the United States Boys' Working Re- serve was made public by the Connec- ticut Committee of Food Supply, to- gether with the announcement that an official representative of the United States Department of Labor was inj _VHartford Wednesday. and is- coming "%fi. Connecticut. witlin o fow time' of | mii federal ‘representative is Dr. W. Ea e formerly at the City Cotlege of New: It’s the Complexion — » | How Stuart’s Caucium Waters Trans- assistant head mast. er of the Loomis Institute at Wind- sor is an officer in the national body. and one of the feading spirits of the Working 1 in_ Conmec: ppointed the following tee on Military and Agri- P, - Elton, Waterbury, chair- Arthur Howe, Windsor, secre- Gen- ; Bd- n, addam: Willlam C. Cheney, Manchester; Jullus C. Stremi- laa, len; Nathaniel H. Bachel- der, Windsor; Charles T. Dabis, Mid- dletown; Henry H. Smith, New Ha- ven: Charles L, Kirschner, New Ha- iy ‘Wiliam J. Mulligan, Thonipson- Major Eiton, chairman of the com- ittee, purposes io call his commit. tee together as soen as possible and Dr. Edwards has agreed to return at any time and to give the committee the benefit of his visits to neighbor- ing states. The week beginning March 18 is to be enrollment week and durirg the six days March 18-23, hoys will be enrolied in the various gchools of the state, chiefly in high schools. The state committes, among other things is to consider individual farms on which individual boys may be em- ployed during the season, and ulso camps in ‘which a Thumber of boys may live, working on farms in the immediate vicinity. Inasmuch as these two plans were tried cessfully last year, it is possible that they may both bs used again this year. The committee is sanguine of cnroll- ing about 1500 boys in this state, this figure being predicted on reports from the agricultural sections of New York. Last summer the New York farmers at first experienced about the same difficulty thet confronted the Conngeticdt farmers and . in some cases in both states the bovs' camp lde-l was condemned without a fair trial, SOLDIERS AND SAILORS What Eastern Connecticut Boys Are Doing In Various Branches of the Service. Held Prisoner in Germany. Frank Mars\all of North Main sireet has receiveq several letters from Avi- ator Hershel McKee, the Indianapolis youth, who, as The Bulletin stated on ‘Wednesday, in a despatch from Paris, is now believed to be held a prisoner in_Germany. Mr, McKee is only 19 years of age and came -to Norwich about two years ago. He was empioyed. at the Colt's Fire Arms.Co. in Hartford, until about a year ago, when he left for France, where he joined the flying forces. The last letter Mr. Marshall receiv- ed, reached this city Feb. 19, and fol- lows: Escadrilie Secteur Somewhere in France, Feb, 1, "18. Dear Friend: Your letter of Jan. 2 received and I was sure glad to hear that you are all well back there in the good ol U. S. A, It takes a little time for mail to cross the pond and of course a little longer as I am at the front, Talk dbout my, being alive, well 1 feel like a wild savage head-hunter; never felt so wild and bloody in my life. . As for Fritz, well, we always mix when we meet and there is an ex- change of shots. I've been in some pretty hot battles; my machine was hit several times and I've been chased home by a large boche patrol. It sure is great to fly along and have a shell break close and almost upset the ma- chine. I tell you this is an exciting game for just as soon as we pass the German lines Fritz opens up with his anti-aireraft guns and the shells start breaking and the boche aeroplanes come to meet us. So you can imagine what an aviator has to put up with. We fly between 17,000 and 20,000 feet and are then tossed about by the ex- plosions. It's great if ome doesn't weaken. 1 had a wondetful time Christmas, fighting Germans. Took to the air about 1 in the afternoon and started for the German line about eight miles away, together with a Frenchman who was in another machine. We hadn’t flown more than a few min- utes, over their lines, when I ¢aught an awful kick under my tall and then another. Well, the boche had me guessing which way to go. 1 flew around and finally got out of their {range but they did not stop shooting. 1 thought 1 was done for. Just then 2 couple of Fritz passed under us and I don’t think they saw until I dove down on them and started to sheot. One of the machines went to earth ang the other got away. My machine had a few holes in it but I was all there, I expect to get twenty-one daye' permission in America in the spring and I Sure will come and see you as 1 vlvm have lots of exciting things to tell. Give my regards to all your folks and tell them I am having a great time and am Iiving in hopes of seeing them «ll someé timé this spring. Don’t keep me long in waiting,for an answer to this as I am always glad to_hear from my friends in America. ‘With best regards, I remain, Youts trulr, - HERSHBL M'KEE, Sexgeant Pilote Aviator. SURPRISED THAT GERMANS ARE IN CONTROL OF THE AIR. Army Officials When Shown Press Despatches from France. ‘Washington, Feb. 21.—Army officials showed every evidence of surprise to- @ay at press despaiches from France telling of German control of the air over the sector of the front held by the American forces. They would make no comment for publication, however, and Secretary Baker also was silent beyond saying that -his ad- vices from General Pershing made no mention of such 4 eltuation. Disclosure of the conditions describ- ed by the despatches comes on the heels of Secretary Baker's announce- ment yesterday ‘that American-bulit planes had been shipped ‘to France five months ahead of the original schedule and soon would be ready in quantities, . The statément does not mean that the whole program for the Amarican air fleets is so far ahead, and it is understood that actually it is not far from the schedule one way or the other., The exact status of the pro- gram is a carefully guarded secret. Secretary Baker said today in re. sponse to questions about the cable despatches that any publicity of that nature must come from General Per- shing, who alone is able to judge of the military value of the information. 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This is done, it is said, to prevent fraud, as unscrupulous persons might continue to use a dead man's sugar card for a long time uhless Some means were taken of cancelling it. The registrar not only cancels 2 sugar card in case of death, but alsc issues this important document tg any- body who registers a birth. Years ago 2 man introduced to the world a thin copper strip for protect- ing shoe tips and received $4,000,000 in royalties. LADIES LISTEN! For Sat- urday Only We Will Sell Any Fur Scarf In Our Store, Or Any Fut Coat At One Half {ts Original Price Strictly For Cash J. G, MacPHERSON Furrier CUMMINGS & RING and Embalmers 322 Mein Street Chamber of Commerce Building ‘Phone 238-2 Lady Assistant