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A Duel in the Air.
THRILLING sp ctacle took ~

a THRILLING sp ctacle took place
- the other day on the Frcncu ron
tier when German aeroplare pstssed
overht ad spyinL out the land. Frst
there wa = rapid fire OF the autl-air-
craft guns. ana though the whit plfs
of the shells seemed TO saC.rc.s it.
they appeared - be doing no harm.
Then the German aIIiian caught aiEnt
of a British aeroplans an3 lmmudi-
ately sta ted in ho; pursuit OF II.
Another British acI op!lUe, which was
retul ming from scouting tour over
the German lines, dropped out of the
white clouds, as If BY magic But 1e-
ing above the German plan its pres
ence was not perceived until IL was
quite close Then began a sensational
battle For fear of inju ing their own
machines. the soldiers stopped the fire
from the anti-aircraft guns. Left to
themselves. the two crafts circled and
recircled round each other. the British
aeroplane rushing in sometimes and
then darting away again. while the
machine guns kept up a rapid firing.
Suddenly the German plane dropped
thousand feet or more II fell, helpless
ly. Then, as if the aeronaut had made
frantic effort to adjust his levers. the
machine Strengthened out for Second
or two.
The British plane followed the Ger.
man in it's fall, in graceful. spiral
curves, and when it righted. opened re-
newed fire upon it. A burst of white
smoke from the German aeroplane an
nounced the explosion of the petrol tank
The body Of the German machine fell
crashing to the earth. Its heavy four
cylinder engine embedded itself in the
ground, its wings and body shattered
into spiinters. and it's steel stays bent
and twisted, lay scattered about.
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about slXty-nine miies down the James
from Richmond, and forty miles above
the entrance of the James into the
Chesapeake. The island is quite irregu-
lar in form. 1t is about two and three
quarters miles long from east to west,
and it's upper or western end, on which
jamestown stood. is the narrow part
of the island. In some places it is only
about 500 yards wide, but toward the
east it quickly broadens out. and its
greatest breadth Is one and one-quar-
ter miles. At the time of its settlement
the island was connected with the
land, which even in the Jamestown
period was under water at high tides.
This isthmus Is submerged now, but
along parts of its length at low tide 1t
is only two feet under water.
Between the island and mainland is
narrow. crooked stream flowing through
extensive swampland high grown with
cattails. wild celery, pickerel weed and
familiar river-fats vegetation. This is
Back river. 1t is about 100 yards
wide. The vast swamp extending
from the high part of the mainland to
and along the margin of Back river
was called in the early days Powhatan
swamp. and it continues to bear that
name. Along the island margin of Back
river is expansive swampland. called in
the old patents, and called today,
Back River swamp. Between the west
end of Back river and the James, at the
head of the island, and covering the
submerged isthmus, is a sheet of water
called Sandy bay, and between the east
end of Back river and the James is the
bay laid down on the old charts and
records as Spratleys bay. Today it is
generally called the Thoroughfare. and
that name is sometimes used to include
Back river.
The James river off the island is two
miles wide, and the view up and down
this great stream from almost any point
on jamestown Island is magnificent.
The island is low. with very gentle un-
dulations in the land. Low ridges eX-
tend east and west through the site of
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ginia. historian-antiquari who
wrote extensively during the mid-era
of the nineteenth century; Bishop
Meade, Edward Duffield ONeill and
had claimed nearly all the site of
jamestown. They did not, of course,
come rashly by that assumption. The
great and impressive relic Of James
mark the site of the town, was the ruin
ed tower of jamestown Church. Various
data and certain reasonable specula-
ton led to the belief that the principal
part of jamestown stood west and
north of the church.
X X
Mr.. Randolph, in an article in the
Virginia Historical Register in 1S49,
wrote of jamestown, or its site, as fol-
lows:
was never very large, certainly west Of the
Old Steeple. still visible, and is now entirely aor
clearly proven by the old deeds for lots in the
town recorded in the office of the James City
under water. and more papably by rast numbers
of broken bricks and other relics OF bd-!ding
that may still be seen In the western BANK at
low tide.
within the first quarter of century
after it's founding stood west OF the
jamestown Church tower. that later
the main body of the town was east Of
the church, and that about 1860 some
of the public buildings were erected
to the west of the church and that the
river finally gnawed away the land on
which these stood. The main part OF
the town after it's disastrous fires and
the final abandonment of 1t as the CO.
Ionial capital and seat of James City
county decayed The bricks Of the va
rious buildings were taken away at
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about three thousand feet long, and for
about half of that distance four hum
dred feet wide, or something like to-
tai of twenty acres. has been taken by
the river. Covered by the James are
several of the interesting points of
jamestown. The point at which the
first colonists and presumably many of
the later adVenturers landed is under
water something like four hundred feet
from the present shore line of the is
land. The site of the first landing place
has been SO well reasoned out that it
could be marked today with a buoy.
When jamestown was settled the chan
mel of the James river ran close to the
shore. In the observations by Master
George Percy" 1607) the following
was written of the landing:
The twelfth day We went backe to our ships
and discovered a point of land, called Archers
Hope which was sufficient with little iabour to to
There are also great stores of Vines in bignessr
IN s o ss oe did ss 0
Squirrels. Comics Black Birds vita Grim on
divers and and snndries COLOURS of rimson Watchet
Yellow, Greene. Murry. and Of divers other hewes
naturally without any art using. We found toe
been disliked, because the ship could not ride
neere the shoare we had settled there to all C
The thirt lenth day we came to our seating
place III Pasiphas Countrey some eight miles fr m
the point or Land Nnlcn maue meutiou before.
where our shppes doe lie so Deere tie s oare
that they moored to the trees In six fathon
water.
George Percy was the eighth son of
Henry, eighth Earl of Northumberland,
by his wife Catherine, the eldest
daughter of John Neville, Lord Lati-
mer. The statement in the memorable
narrative of Percy enabled Mr.. Yonse
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river continued to wash away slowly
but surely part of the site of the town
of 1907. What had been streets, roads
and gardens grew up in trees. Then
the | nd was cleared and plowed and
reaped year after year and the only
sign of jamestown that remained at
the close of the nineteenth century
was partly ruined square brick
tower of the last jamestown church,
a church which began It's decline when
the seat of government was moved
away in 1899.
Part of the town was standing in
1907, for there seems to have been an
obscure celebration of the 200th ami
versary of the first settlement. and in
1857 there was celebration on the
site of jamestown of the 250th ami
versary of the landing. One of the
prominent speakers at the celebration
of 1857 was John Tyler. who had been
President of the United States, in sue
cession to William Henry Harrison. In
the course of his address ex-President
Tyler said:
After the destruction of jamestown
by Bacon in the course of the insur-
rection or rebellion of 1876 the town
was partially rebuilt and many of the
houses remained during my early
novitiate at William and Mary College.
from 1902 to 1907. They stood in
connected street running east and west
from near the present dwelling house
to the ruins of the church.
The dwelling house to which the eX-
President referred in this anniversary
address was the Jaquelin -Ambler man
sion, which was burned during the civil
war, was later rebuilt and again was
destroyed by fire in 1896. 1t is of
record, Mr.. Yonge says, that in 1907
two jamestown mansions were stand
ing, one the Jaquelin-Ambler house and
another called the Travis house. The
latter seems to have disappeared at a
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their king. 1t is a dazzling adventure
for that house, but they are not an
imaginative race, and I fancy they will
prefer Knowsley to the Parthenon, and
Lanca shire to the Attic plains
And SO it turned out Although Dis
raeli enjoyed feasting on the wild boar
of Pentelicus and the honey of Hymet-
tus during a weeks stay in Athens, and
thought the prospect charming. he could
not persuade his friend to reiinquish
the staider glories and safer chops of
Derby House" which was then located
in st. James square. That old mansion,
however, could not, as 1t proved, be Mt
ted with up-to-date conveniences and
appliances, and the Derby House" of
today is at the end of Stratford place,
Just off Oxford street. where, up to the
time Of the war. 1t had as near neigh
Dor the German Club. now turned into
a similar institution for officers of the
British army and navy.
Considering all these things, and the
earrs position of "uncrowned king" of
Lancashire. probably the richest manu-
featuring district in England. it is not
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for Edward VII the present monarch's
horses were taken over by the earl, and
ran under his colors. 1t was a recog-
milton. too, of Lord Derby's special po-
sition SO far as Lancashire is concerned
that when. a couple of years ago, King
George made his famous visit to that
great industrial region, it was at
Knowsley that he and the queen
stayed. q thing that doubtless was not
at all relished by the titular lord lieu
tenant of the county. Lord Shuttle
worth. AS a matter of fact, in Lam
cashire they have to this day a musical
salute for the Earls of Derby, a swing
ing tune to which the words Hey, no,
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,pecia, Correspondence of Tie Star.

Special Correspondence OF ihe sta'.
LONDON. November 4, 1915
onS~ ERBY and join" This. de-
cOU " clares a humorist, is Brit
III N aims new slogan
IL II isn't a particularly
good joke, this typically British pun
on Darby and Joan" (to get it you
have to pronounce the noble name that
is SO intimately associated with racing
the world over as they do here, and
not like the American hat,, but it is
topical, anyway, and puts the present
crucial situation in a nutshell.
For, upon the ability of the Earl of
Derby, Britain's new chief recruiter, to
make men join the army during the
next few weeks, depends a grave deci-
sion for this country 1t is the final
test of the voluntary system. Thirty
thousand men a week are said to be
needed to make good the wastaSe at
the front. II Lord Derby and the la
Dor leaders who are to cooperate with
him veritably strange bed-fellows.
these-can accomplish this by means
of persuasion all will be well. II not,
Il is hard TO see how anything can pre-
vent conscription.
II is said to be at Kitchener's own re-
guest that Lord Derby has undertaken
this hefty Job. The two have been
close acquaintances for years, for dur
ing the South African war the earl was
first chief press censor in the field and
afterward private secretary to Lord
Roberts, and when the war was over
he became financial secretary TO the
war office and held the job for three
years.
one of England's greatest. richest
and most famous landlords, he has
been d soldier most of his life. and
TOO old at nifty to fight in the present
struggle, he has devoted all his time
since IL began to recruiting and war
organization generally, and with mag
nifcent results. II was he. owner as
he is Of goodly portion OF the Mer-
sey docks. at Liverpool. who organized
the now famous "Dockers' Battalion"
and il was through his influence, too,
that the Liverpool Pals" Battalion.
as well as others throughout lam
cashire. had an almost record growth.
lie has conducted campaigns through
out most towns nd cities in Lancashire
and. TO give force 10 appeals recently
organized a band of pipers. which has
marched the length and breath of
West Lancashire Incidentally he is
honorary colonel of the 9th Battalion
OF the Manchester Regiment and hon
orary colonel of the I'd Volunteer Bat
talon OF the loyal North Lanca shire
Regiment
he is known now. in fact. the
Kitchener OF the North" in addition to
his old title of the uncrowned King
OF Lancashire" where he owns some
100000 acres. including a good slice of
Liverpool itself just outside of which
town. too, his famous seat" Knowsley
Hall. Is situ+ted He has been lord
mayor of that renowned seaport town
several times and would be lord lieu
tenant OF the county as were his fore
runners for many years, We're il not
Tor the fact that he is a conserva tive
IN politics and that a liberal govern
Iaent deprived his family of the title
and passed ii on to Lord Shuttleworth.
sz#
SO it is just plain truth to describe
this popular peer. who inherited an
estate worth nearly s2o,oo0,000, as the
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said. of attaining to the proud position
which had been held by his grand
father, the fifteenth earl.


which had been held by his grand
father the fifteenth earl
::
But the liberal landslide of 1905 and
the continuance of that party in power
delive ! what was probably a death
blow TO his hopes. In consequence, pre-
vious to the war. he had begun to play
once more the natural part of one Of
his name in the great world that CEN
ters about the turf. He is one Of the
stewards of the Jockey Club and the
gatherings in London of that exclusive
body are invariably held at Derby
House. II WAS there, in fact, that the
historic decision to stop racing during
the war was taken.
Just one word more of history. Lord
Derbys great uncle was not the only
one of the family who refused a throne.
He had & precedent in the example OF
one of his early predecessors who. IL
the fates had proved propitious. might
have founded a Stanley dynasty. This
was Ferdinando, the fifth earl. to whom
it was proposed that he should assume
the title of King of England in right
years before the death of Queen
Elizabeth. whose first cousin Ferdi-
nanuo was. One of the objects of the
proposed revolution was the re-estab-
lishment of the Catholic ascendancy. II
is not quite clear whether the earl
lacked the pluck or whether e con-
sidered the plot hopeless. Anyhow. he
didn't go ahead with 1t.
.,oiyr.gnt, 1919, D, curtis Br' VIII
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Stanley forever" ere welded, and at
functions at which a Lord Derby OFF,
ciates it is invariably given.
Sad to say. the two chief ambitions of
Britain's new chief recruiter are still
unfulflled. Lord Derby wanted, like
Lord Rosebery. to be prime minister
and to win the race that bears his
name, and he hasn't managed to do
either. Though his racing stables at
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of red sandstone, and filed with
treasures in the shape of works of art
and old furniture. King Edward, who
was baptized the same day as the earls
fasher. visited IL more often than any
other house in England.
Between Lord Derby and the present
king the relations are not quite so inti-
mate, though 1t may be recalled that
during the period of royal mourning
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Newmarket are among the finest in the
country. they have not yet turned out
a Derby winner, and as for the pre-
miership-! Lord Derby's career in
politics was eminently meritorious; he
was chief whip of the unionist party in
the house of commons and, later. post
master general. but never could he be
considered a star of the first magnitude
in the armament Of statecraft.
* y
In connection with his introduction,
as the new head Of the British post
office, to the house of commons, one of
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the best of the many good stories of
Lord Derby is told. He and the Irish
members were on the best of terms, and
frequently exchanged sporting knowl-
edge, but neither side was averse to
getting a rise" out of the other. Ac-
cordingly, as Lord Derby strode up the
floor of the house to be "introduced'
to the speaker. the men from the Emer-
aid Isle shouted, ironically: "On, Stan
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jamestown, and there is also a slough. or
stretch of swampland running through
the site of the vanished city which was
frequently referred to in'the old chroni-
cles as Branch of Pitch and Tar swamp"
large swamp on the island eastward
of the town. Much of the southern end
of the island is swampy The arabic
part of the island yields annual crops
of cereals and hay, vegetables and
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Q


ley, on!" The earl grinned and replied,
aptly: Il wish they were your last
-
Members of'the house tell with gusto.
too, Of the earIs famous reply to Sir
Witrid Lawson. the vehement temper
ance advocate, on the subject-of the re-
freshment bars in the house of com.
mons. Lord Derby, whose answers to
the questions of members were always
laconic, was then chairman of the
kitchen committee of the house, and, as
such. had the bars under his dominion.
Sir Wtlfrid Lawson. having discovered
that, strictly speaking, the existence of
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date which has not been preserved in
the memory OF man, but it was long
before the outbreak of the civil war.
1t would seem that there were three
or four houses standing at jamestown
about 1922
The topography of jamestown has not
much changed during the three CEN
turies since the adventurous English
landed there. The head of the island,
or it's westerly end, has been abraded
by the James river and a strip of land
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Predecessor the Earl
Derby, Will Advise Concerning
Declined England
andE Worth $2OO0OMW
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LADY DERBY,
A daughter of the late Duchess of
DevOnshire. She is one of the most
Influential and prominent of British
hostesses.
surprising that something like royal
state is kept up at Knowsley, Lord
Derby's mansion, just outside Liver
pool. This 10 an enormous place, built
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so II is Just plain truth to describe
this popular peer. who inherited an
estate worth nearly $4,000, 600, as the
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LONDON, November 4, 1915.
ERBY and Join This, de-
clares a humorist, is Brit
aims new slogan
7. .zpt in,,l. ~ :,
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-22
4 F 9@5 Ez EHz WAY - The Model Street in
%A42T r. ReeVeStOn

is South 10Th street and it we'll deserves the name All
improvements possible to make street most modern
have been made in this beautiful secton
Cement sidewalks cutters and curbs sewers clus
ter lights and in fact everything that you could think Of is
included in the improvements made on this model
street.. If at any time you desire this street,
would be pleased to take you out In our auto-a you
need do is call us by phone or come to our office in the
Colonial building.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1915-04-22
These Lots Will Double in
Value Within Five Years.

At the present time, lots South 18th street in Reeves
ton selling at ST 10000 up to $4,000 and we can
safely say that within the next five years the cheapest lot
will not be less than 100000 Such being the case the
time to buy of these most desirable lots is now You
can't afford pass by such an opportunity to double
your money, and if you don't want lot as an invest
ment then buy to build your own home as will be
many day before you will find such desirable location
to build.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-04-08
MAY GET PROPERTY
FOR PLAYGROUND

AS the result Of a conference held
last Thursday night between various
PARTIES concerned in the matter the
outlook for the requirement OF the
Wells property on Macon avenue for
a public playground looks very en-
couraging. The proposition has been
taken up in a business way by peo-
rle interested in civic beauty and Il
Ia believed that arrangements can be
made to lease the property and con-
vert It into pleasure ground for the
community. For a number Of years
Fast the iisorderly. neglected appear
ance Of the place has rendered 1t an
eyesore to the residents and visitors
alike and anything that can be done
to improve its looks will be hailed as
public benefaction.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-04-08
CHlRoPRACTlcs REcOsnlzED
Pueblo chieftaIn:

Pueblo Chieftain:
The chipopractics are now equal to
the allopaths. the homeopaths and the
csteopaths 30 far a. the Law is con-
ce.ned. The usual medical bill fght
las been made by ske chiropractics
fcI equal recognition. Today the
representatives Of all cults of medical
healing got together ane agreed on
amendments to tho medical bill which
recognizes every known medical pro-
fesison and puts them all on an equal
basis. The chiropracucs have had a
hard fight to make the others recog.
r.ze them but they are now all on the
same plane. The amendment as
agreed upon went through the senate
and will, without doubt, be adopted by
the house.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-04-08
LARGE CROWD SEES
GRIZZLIES DEFEAT WHITE
SDk At FLORENCE


Despite the iiiix which seemed to be
hanging on the trail of the live boost
ers at Florence the long awaited big
league ball game was pulled OF
there Thursday afternoon and the
Denver Western League team. better
known as the Grizzlies. defeated the
Chicago White Sox to /.
The game was late in starting be-
cause d. & R. g. train No. was two
hours and fifteen minutes late and
tie game, seiiednied for so did not
start until an hour later.
The large crowd, however. began to
gather at one o'clock and even be-
fore and when the game did start.
about $500 people witnessed the con-
test.
The game was clean and finished
example of the National sport and
pleased practically all who were pres
ent. Eddie Cicotte. a member of the
Al American ball team, pitched for
the White Sox and pitched good
game, despite the fact that he lost
to the hitting bears.
Mitchell, Aldridge and Harrington,
all pitched well for Denver and kept
themselves out of holes in a credit
able manner. Once Cicotte filed the
bases by erratic pitching and then
With one out famed the two men fol-
lowing. Mayer caught for Chicago
epd Spahr for Denver
In the evening a boxing match with
one preliminary was held. Harry
Reidy and Kid Lewis. who substituted
Eddie Johnson of Pueblo battled ten
rounds to a draw in the main event
Of the evening.
The Florence boosters outdid them
selves in the way of entertainment.
The AFFAIR was considered unusually
successful despite many handicaps.
The committee in charge of the ar
rangements were T. Torpey, chair
nan. Tom Blunt. ]. Vic McCandless.
Henry t. Morissey. John Ball and
T. NJ. Howell.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-04-08
OPERATED ON THURSDAY FOR
APPENDICITIS.

Elton T. Smith. prominent rancher
and stockman OF Upper Currant Greek
was operated on at the hospital here
Thursday afternoon for appendicitis.
Mr. Smith came to Canon City to
bring his wife. who has been in III
health for some time. to town for
rest and recuperation. While visiting
the Elks club Mr.. Smith was stricken
with severe pain In the region Of
the abdomen and was conveyed to
the hospital where his trouble was
diagnosed as appendicitis and an cps
Grafton decided upon. Mr.. Smith is
reported to be getting aleng nicslz
to-day and the indications are favor
ablC for rapi1 Tecovsry.