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The weekly soliphone., 1915-11-19
AMERICAN FLYERS
IN FRENCH FLEET


payne, Oct. 22-(By MaiD The
Americans in the French aviation
corps are making good, the air fleet
commandant here told me today.
There are six of them left; one,
Jimmy Bach of Utah, having re-
Gently been taken prisoner by the
Germans.
Among the others are Elliott
Cowden, wealthy Bostonian and a
good polo player; Bert Hall of Tex
as, lean, lank and good natured;
Billy Thaw of Pittsburgh; Norman
Prince and some others. l saw
Hall and Cowden today Both are
First cruisers flying the swift
est machines in the squadrilla.
Georges Carpenter, the famous
French middleweight youngster is a
member of the same group.
| visited the aerodrome towards
shutdown. One by one the birds
were coming home to roost, circling
over the field, volplaning down
turning and rolling back on the
ground under their own power
Down from one of the tiniest OF
these-a beautiful, shortwinsed
creation in pearl-gray and blue
stepped Hall Seating himself on
10 hn ha1nnd ont nf
fur-lined overalls, Esquimaux boots
and other Arctic overwear.
"Gee!" he exclaimed, walking
up and warming his hands before a
benzine flare lighted to guide belat-
ed pilots home. "Lordy, but it's
cold up there!'
81 thought l was going to be
late" he said. 81 got out pretty
far at is no joke landing in one
of these little rapid boys like
mine, even in the day time. And il
it is getting dark the machine cap
sizes three fourths of the time
Leon Hourlier and his brother-ln-
law, Leon Comes, both famous
French bicycle racers, were killed in
the same machine only the other
day on this very field in just such
stupid landing accident. Pretty
tough to escape the Germans only
to get smashed before your own
door, eh?"
The French air fleet is now as
perfectly organized and in much the
same way as is the high seas fleet.
1t has it's powerful two-engined,
double propelled planes correspond
! ing to the dreanaughts. They can
mount to any altitude quickly,
taking considerable high explosive
in addition to pilot and observer.
There are per-dreadnaughts, some
with three planes and enormous
double engines carrying bombs
enough to blow up a small town in
addition to a cannon and machine
guns. There are scouts, coast de-
Tense" planes, escort cruisers for
the slower, bigger, mightier air
pavigators.
This is a big change from the
first days of the war when an aero
plane performed any service it's pi-
lot avs ordered to do Hall, for
example, never carries explosives.
His duty, with his swift, short
winged biplane, is either to do scout
service far behind the German front,
or accompany bombarding fleet,
and, like a destroyer at sea, ward
off the enemy. When you read OF
the French air fleet bombarding
some position or other in German
territory, you may know that these
lightning fast biplanes accompany
| it, scouting in advance and protect
ing it on flanks, rear, above and be-
low.
Other aeroplanes specialize on
photographing; still others cruise
behind their own lines, coast de-
The weekly soliphone., 1915-11-19
Joe Hillstrom, Sentenced To Die Friday,
May Again Profit By Intecession
of President Wilson.

Should equally steady nerves be en-
ployed by the executioners tomor-
row, Hillstrom's death will be in
Simultaneous.
The prisoner, in his cell, was not
told of the expedition. Though ap-
parently certain that President
Wilson and the Swedish ambassador
will save him from death, he is,
nevertheless, preparing for the end.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-11-19
South American Meat.

Frozen meat from South America
is sold in large quantities in the
Netherlands, but those who can af-
ford it buy the unfrozen inland
meat, which costs one-third more,
but has more flavor.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-11-19

for if the French artillery is Won
derfully efficient, the airmen are
it's chief aids in making it so.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-11-19
TO RENOUNCE
TEMPORAL POWERS

London, Nov. IT. - Especial to
The Press) According to advices
received today from Rome, Pope
Benedict has decided to informally
renounce claims to temporal power
at the next consistory in order to
ropean conferences. 1t is believed
that the vatican is DESTROYS of be-
ing permitted to have a voice in
peace negotiations, to the end that
he may ASSIST in shaping conditions
after the war.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-11-19

Big Olive Yield.
Rome district last year produced
10000 metric tons of olives.
The weekly soliphone., 1915-11-19

V0U will be particularly interested in
l the dress goods we have for you which
we picked up in the sale of the Gaynor-
Barrett Company. A wonderful variety Of
values. The handsomest merchandise
every item this seasons goods. Every wo-
man in Greene county should come and in
spect this splendid assemblage of high
grade dress goods and other items.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
VICTIM OF CRUEL DECEPTION
Fair Seaside Visitor Satisfied She Had
Seen Remarkable Government
Sailing Apparatus"

They were passing the holiday at
Onset and during the course Of the
sunny afternoon took stroll on the
beach. At one point they came upon
an improvised breakwater, where
some resident had filed bags with
sand and piled them in breastworks
fashion to prevent the sea from en-
croaching upon his land during the
stormy season.
One of the young ladies was curious
Immediately. She would know what
the bags were for.
why, it's very simple" explained
her companion with due gravity. "The
water in Onset bay originally was
fresh, a popularity of nature which
has puzzled scientists. 1t seemed too
bad to deprive the place of seashore
advantages so the government took
the matter in hand, filled the bags
with salt and thereby has impaired
the proper flavor to Onset water"
Far from rebuking him for being
fresh" she is now telling her friends
of having seen the government salt
ing apparatus" down there.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
TAKING Papa Along.

The baggage master halted the fam
lily party and politely explained that
under the new law the value OF the
contents of each trunk must be given
After a brief consultation with her
daughter, mamma pointed to her own
trunk and said: please put this one
down as containing one thousand dol
lars worth of personal belongings
This one," indicating her daughters
trunk, you may put down for eight
hundred"
"How about this little one?" asked
the baggage master, resting his heel
on it's top.
ooh, that" replied the lady con
temptuously. Ten or twelve dollars
will cover that one.'
Il see," returned the official. ia
theirs going along too"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
DAISY FLY KILLER ?.
HUBBY HAD NOT FORGOTTEN
nversary Present, and Yet Wife
Was Not Pleased.

1t was late afternoon and time to
get her husbands supper but the
woman sitting moodily by the fire
never moved.
Her heart was breaking.
1t was her birthday. She had been
married only four years, but he-her
husband-had forgotten her birthday
already. That morning he had given
her no present; not even an extra
kiss before rushing off to town.
Presently there was the sound of
a key turning in the lock. Into the
room came her husband. Still she
never moved
He bent over her and whispered as
he dropped tiny parcel into her lap
Many happy returns, darling!"
Fer heart was mended. She sprang
to her feet and seized him in a frantic
grasp as she realized that, after all,
he still loved her. Then she opened
the parcel.
Pipe cleaners" she gasped, as she
displayed little bundle of feathers.
Eyes, sweetheart" said the man. Il
knew that they'd please you, as you
object to my using your hairpins!"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
"SPITE UMBRELLA" DID 1T
LandIady Kept 1t and Had to Pay $102
as Result of Court Pro-
ceedinas.

Anthony, Kan.-The famous Harper
county umbrella, which has been In
litigation for several months, became
the undisputed property of Mrs. Mary
Schoeneman of Harper few days ago
when a jury in the district court as
sessed her two dollars for the property
rights attached thereto, together with
the costs In the case, which have
mounted to 500.
Mrs. Schoeneman is the landlady at
a rooming house in Harper. Mrs. Lii
lie Smith, with her daughter and two
grandchildren contracted for room
with the Schoenemans. Mrs. Smith
says the contract for the bed for four
was so cents. Mrs. Schoeneman says
it was rs cents.
Mrs. Smith would pay only 80 cents
when she left, and it was accepted.
She forgot her umbrella Mrs. Soho
eneman held it for the 25-cent bal
ance.
Mrs. Smith sued. The justice court
gave her a verdict for $3.50 and 81
attorney fees. Mrs. Schoeneman ap-
pealed to a jury and it found again
for Mrs. Smith and Mrs. Schoeneman
paid the costs and quit.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Calm Resignation.

Reference having been made to
beautiful resignation, Congressman
Joseph J. Russell recalled an appro-
pirate story.
During dinner party some time
ago, the congressman said, the topic
turned to @Se connubial state. Among
the guests was bachelor person.
Speaking of marriage eventually
remarked the bachelor, sit seems that
the longer a man is married."
"The happier he is" impulsivery
broke in spinster party with hope
full glance at the other.
II was going to say" resumed the
bachelor, disregardingly, that the
longer a man is married the less he
seems to mind it."
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Such a Lona Time AGO.

He had just reached the philo-
sophical stage when he slipped into a
restaurant between bars for bit to
eat. He ordered. Then he sat star
ing ahead, quietly thoughtful in ex-
preston, and waited.
It is admitted he did some waiting.
too. What happened to his order
couldn't be understood outside the
peculiar convolutions of restaurant
kitchen, but he spent half an hour
sitting there staring ahead of him.
At last it came. AS the waitress
put the order before him he started
Afrom his deep study, as If he had for
gotten he had an order coming. Then,
looking up at the fair transporter OF
edibles, he said:
s4You don't look a day older!"-
Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Ready to Risk Il.

"Mr. Jones wants a windy-pane
twilve inches be fourteen" remarked
young Patrick Mullrooney, entering
the glaciers shop.
In the shop was smart young as
sistant who wanted to have joke with
Pat.
Haven't any that size," he replied
gravely. "Will one fourteen inches
by twelve do?"
Pat looked thoughtful for minute.
Then he replied:
Hes wantin' it at once, and this
is the only shop in town. Give me
wan O. thin. P'rhaps il we put it IN
sideways no one will notice"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

Costa RIGA Of the Cuban party, land
ing him safely on Cuban soil.
Pendleton Bros. were her next own
ers. The epileptic Of the coast was
next reported flying signals Of dis
tress while making trip from Bruins
wick, Ca, to Philadelphia.
On another trip she lost her rudder
off Body's island on her way from
Wilmington, N. c., for New York.
Again she had to display off the North
Carolina coast in her rudderless state
the familiar signal. Again they were
needed by the faithful policeman, On
ondaga, which gathered her In, towing
her safely inside Cape Henry
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
HAD GREAT CAREER
MatanzaS Was Some Sea Rover
in Former Days.
Yankee Barkentine Which Went Down
Recently in Storm Off Bermuda
Had Been War Prize and a
Smugqler.

New York-The old Yankee barken-
tine Matanzas, which has succumbed
to the god of storms in her twenty
sixth year, had a picturesquely adven-
turous career. She had more bad luck
and more good luck than almost any
other vessel along the coast She left
Newport News for Cadiz on her last
voyage, and nobody thought anything
could sink her.
A hundred miles to the eastward of
Bermuda she ran into heavy gales that
plucked out her masts. She f1oun-
dered, her cargo of COAL, 400 tons
shifted, and Capt. E. H. Nuss and his
crew of nine had just time to leap into
the long boat.
On the second day In the drifting
longboat death took his first victim.
All hands bailed night and day. Ten
days were passed in that unspeakable
longboat without food or fresh water
At the rate of about man a day they
persisted. The absence of their weight
-providentially, perhaps, for Captain
Nuss-made the boat more buoyant
Four men died on the fifth day and
three on the ninth.
Then the schooner Bayard Barnes
rescued those that were left, Captain
Nuss, the steward of the lost Matan-
zas and one sailor. They were taken
to a hospital in Para Captain Nuss
left the two men in the hospital at
Para. He came here on the steamer
Rio de Janeiro and has gone to his
Connecticut home.
This vessel was an unofficial snug
gler, prize of war, tanker (molasses.
water or oil, according to charter),
blockade runner, mail packet in time
of war and drogher. She was re-
paired and re-repaired, rebuilt, refas-
tened, new spared, new rugged, sur
veyed and specially surveyed and was
still good risk.
Bill Rogers, the shipbuilder of Bath,
did an honest job when he showed
overheard the Matanzas. During the
Spanish war W. d. Munson & Co.
owned her, and she was once a sailing
packet between Havana and New
York.
Before the Munsons owned her she.
carried clandestine cigars, which.
however, we're handled by her thrifty
crews, not by her owners. A sailor
who had growI because he was left
out of the speculation gave away the
smugglers to the collector. He said
she brought in $4,000 cigars at a
time. Her mate was caught trying to
smuggle cigars ashore, and in the
galley were more smokes within a pot
of beans.
Two years before the Spanish war
she had been equipped with tanks of
10000 gallons capacity for bringing
molasses She never stopped going
light to Cuba on account of any war
at least, she didn't wait for war to be
declared before staying home.
In the early stages of the conflict
in Cuban waters the Atlantic fleet
had to turn back the Matanzas to save
her hide. So when she got along to
about the latitude Of Key West and
found that Admiral Sampson wanted
fresh water, what more appropriate
than that she should take a govern
ment charter to carry Schuylkill
water from Philadelphia to the fleet?
Next she fitted out as mail ship to
carry code dispatches from Florida for
the Cuban revolutionists. On her first
trip in this new character she bore
Joaquin Aloina, the representative in
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
BURNED HOUSE A GOLD MINE
Coins Worth $4,000 Found in Ruins
of Authors Home In New
York.

Peekskill, N. Y.-James Hooper,
while digging out the ruins of a
burned homestead at Tompkins Cor.
ners, near Peekskill, thought he had
struck gold mine. He began picking
up all sorts of American and foreign
gold coins. Before he finished his
days work he had found 357 coins OF
various kinds, but all of gold. It de.
veloped that Thomas Upp, an author,
who lost his life when the homestead
burned some time ago, had kept a
numismatic collection. This account
ed for the discovery of $4,000 in gold
in the ruins
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Robbed the HCop."

Elkhart, Ind. While Abraham
Pearce, policeman, slept in his home,
thief with pliers turned the key on
the inside of the door, entered the
home and got 500 worth of Mrs.
Pearce's jewelr
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Sentenced to MEternaI sobriety."

jamaica, N. Y.-Mrs. Margaret As
kins, charged with neglecting her chill
dren, was sentenced to eternal So
briefly by Magistrate Miller. She ac-
copied the sentence and promised to
abide by It.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Poor Father!

"When I was boy" said the head
Of the family, II had to wear my
fathers old clothes made over"
That's all right, dad" answered
his son. 1--WE got couple Of old
suits you can have"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
Woke Him Up.

The young man was rather slow.
So the girl thought it time to give
him hint.
Gracious" she exclaimed sudden
ly, 1--WE bruised my lip! Do you know,
Mr.. Jenkins, my mother always used
to kiss a hurt place to make it well?'
'And did it do any good?" asked
the young man, failing to see the
point.
q don't remember replied the girl,
getting desperate; but those old-fash-
toned remedies are sometimes very
good
Then he got busy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
l. audabIe.

What is your idea in reorganizing
the choir?"
Il want to put it on a sound basis"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

Horses in Iceland are shod with
sheep horn and those in the Sudan
are fitted with camel-skin socks.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

Generally speaking, crank is a
man with an enthusiasm for some
particular form Of idiocy.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

Marriage is a lottery in which the
prize-winners draw alimony.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

The easy going taxi lands lot
more money than the average race
horse.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

A woman would rather be incon-
sistent than otherwise.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build In The System

Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every label. showing it is
Ouinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Ouinine drives out malaria. the Iron
builds up the system. 50 cents. Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

When an old man falls in love he is
entitled to lot more sympathy than
he gets.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1915-07-08

o, Swear Not by the Moon.
Romeo was swearing by the moon.
Nothing doing" protested Juliet
"the moon is a dead one"
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-01
The Result

the period covered herein the of. S 10000
net as license, and,
Approximately fifty dollars per month
to the plants for current and water
amounting TO- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 100000
Mr.. Voter take the three items last
above and add them and you will have a
deficit in the 20 months from April /,
1913, to December i, 1914, Of. ,..... $10,356O1
on the actual cost Of the City govern
ment and the conduct of the city plants.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-01

amangv
twenty
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-01
The Real Condition of Pennington
as a City Financially


mayrfe
herin
prn st endn wi eenbr S oI4
S rue O and personal tax has paid
sne las o due ntestmu bpada if
wldHk o GO OF
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-01

To amount collected from April l, 1918
to December /, 1914, Qess balance in
treasury on April 1, 1913. .$35,202.11
To amount expended and actually paid
out during the same period $45369.29
To excess payment over total receipts $40
Should you deduct the amount expended
on the streets on the well, stack, stokers,
boilers, roof and coal She'd we would have
still deficit Of IS
Mind you that among the collections for
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-01

LIST. 1t cost the City in salaries, rent
ais, street improvement, street lighting
hydrant rental and incidentals during the
above mentioned time, to-wit: Apr. 1, 1918
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1915-01-01

On April l, 1918, according to the rec
ord of the City Treasurer, there was in
the City Treasury the sum of. ..
From April l, 1918, to December i,
1914, the collector turned irnet collections
from real and personal tax dramshop and
other licenses and from all other sources
under his jurisdiction
From April l, 1918, to December1, 1914
the City Auditor turned in net collections
for power, light and water amounting to.
From April l, 1918, to December l, 1914
there was paid to the Treasurer direct the
fines, part of the dog tax the monthly in
terest, the telephone franchise tax, the
foreign insurance tax, etc., amounting to.
Making grand total of money OH hand
and received for the twenty months above
The Next Question Is Where the Money
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19
MOLINE OBITUARY


William . ibeE died az $50 Thurs
o. evening % his home. l7is Twenty
sisrtr street Moline. typhoid fever
being trC cause tie aar born sept
fG. 1855. az Peoria. and came to Rock
is.ard Eve years aEo. being married
there f1 Miss Elizabeth Atkinson Nov
Z 1910. Later they moved 90 Moline
surviving are tire uTid1W. a t1-mouthe-
0't son. Harold fr- parents. Nr. and
Nrs Michael lbeck. q brother I'd
yard and fUo sisters Ethel ~ BrIw-
Reid. u'. and Nrr. "a. German OF
Rock fslasd
The funeral uilI b. held az rtc home
Sluday afternoon az $3.50. vth burial
fa raipp. cemetery. Mr Ihcck
e-aF member % The LOYAL order Of
Moose aad 90 th~ knights % Macca-
5e~s ifr aas employed by che White
HIsEE company
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19
THREE MORE ARE
NAMED FOR BELL
MOLINE MAN NOW CLAIMS 81
DELEGATES ~ COUNTY
JUDICIAL CONVENTION.

sIv.E republicans held their judicial
ealClE Thursday evening and Instruct
ED fue.T three delegates to the county
convention Tor Judr. % S. EeU 90 No
Iir~ Judge Bell claims that this gives
him 90 Instructed delegates 20 take
into tle convention which So delegates
will control He expects six more in
sfrEctrI delegates 90 be named tomoT-
rpU iu East Moline and hopes GO get
@loueH more ont Of the upper end Of
tfe county 90 carry the day against
judge 70 So Oimsted. vho ie caudl-
date for reelection
TIE SUyis rcpubhcr.ls chose Charles
N1uuE. George Bell and oscar Johnson
ae G'.esatCE and GcorEc Nichols. Tom
Wandir-s and Harry ~ Hu az alter
uater
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19
URGES INTEREST
IN THE Y. M. C. A.
HEAD OF MOLINE ASSOCIATION
CALLS ATTENTION TO CON-
ING ANNUAL MEETING.

Next Thursday evening the board of
directors of the Moline Y. VI. c. a.
will meet TO consider a successor to o.
r. Mclaughlin. the present general
secretary. who has resigned. c. 5. Ire
vo-. president of the board. said a
meeting would have been held last eve
ming when State Secretary Schumacher
was in the city had there been suffic.
lent time 10 get the members together
II IS understood that a number of ap-
plications for the vacancy are under
consideration but the board does not
intend 20 act hastily. Il is felt that
great care should be taken 20 pick the
right man. II possible.
President Trevor is anxious that the
members OF the association take a
lively interest in the annual meeting
= hich viii be held the second Tues
dag IN MAY. Al that time five new
members OF the board OF trustees are
20 be chosen. Those whose terms ex-
pire are Rufus Walker. Jr., r. 3. Lou
RE. Fred Strombeck and l.. +. Mutt.
There is one vacancy now created
through the resignation OF ". II. Van
Dervoort
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-19

man advised ne 10 try Lydia z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound and got n
bottle felt better the next month so
took three more bottles OF IL and got
well 50 I could work all the time. /
hope every woman who suffers like did
viii Try Lydia Z Pinkharn's Vegetable
COMPOUND Mrs. 2. W. I.AssESG. Box
5. Allyn. Wash.
Why will women continue 20 suffer day
h and day out or drag out n siekly. half
hearted existence. missing three fourths
q the joy OF living. when they can find
health In Lydia e Pinkhan's Vegetable
Compound?
For thirty years IL has been the stand
ard remedy for female ills, and has re-
stored the health of thousands of women
who have been troubled with such all
nnents as displacements. inflammation.
liberation. turnors. irregularities. etc.
II you want special advice write to
Lydia Z. Pinkhsm Medicine Co. (coufi.
deniial Lynn. Mass. Your letter will
~ opened. read and answered by q
vonaa And held in afkict c0nddeace.