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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
Student Motorman Misun
derstands Signal at a
Detroit Crossing.
HIT BY FREIGHT TRAIN
Several Of Bodies So Ter
ribly Mutilated That Iden-
tihcation Is Impossible.

Detroit. ,rch April Is-To the
iar4p-r-nce o. a student moiorman
is charged tsr death OF is persons. 10
o. gtem vou-u. uIi-l LAS; uiFhf 90 q
ep1lisi1H OF a street car aui freight
train 0r thr tracks of ths Detroit.
Toledo a troufou railroad .a tar
western rct 0f flr c'tf-
Hee1rtiHE f1 fEr police unexplained
.HaeFiFiFF Df fEr Ef4terrs Instructor
contributed fn th~ disaster
TaratF- others we're Injured.
four rf fFr. e1 s-ripHsir death is be-
U-F~f errfsir.
E-.-r os fhr dead have been iI~uu.
Ert. Tic others are Fu mutiisfri
ilrariresuoH is we'll uIsh Impossible
Tho id~auarf aTads
Miss GAIL GEORGE school teach
rr
MRS zErNK wAGNoRGAs.
LOUIS NuENtru
THOMAS ENt.,tONL
JOHN BIEt.
OpEfI.A BOURGEOIS
UuNEk ktNuAk
The majority % che other victims
are foreigner
With a heavy load of passengers
EaH~uard touuG. the ear. handled hy
a sfad~ut rs1t1ruen. ,. .. Wrstoycr.
aFited az Be- reached the railway cross
Stops In Frsut II Train-
Tue conductor ran ahead and. Er..-
5az a Efrlae 90 freight cars pushed hy
on esFiur approaching. aiFnaiied the
unf1rIEaa f1 wait The student mis-
uu1rret1ai th~ signal and turned gu
ttr pgu~F. The ear started down
slight inciia~ ir1ligF 90 th~ railway
tracks. When too iafr the m1furrau
attempted fo shut OF ttr current ana
apriy tlr brakes. buf thr Gag El.L and
stopped directly ln the path ot the
fraiE. The leading freiEhf car crash
eG iHf1 fhr street ear Two hundred
f-rs had br~a Travelled before th~
freight vas brought Co @ stop. and
aiuuE thfs distance terribly llauEIcd .
bodies of dead and injured wCre
sErruu. The roof GO tlc car remained .
.Efaef. bat th~ remainder vas reduced I
.a sriiutrFs- some of the bodies we're /
torn t8 bits
The crr9s ~ tlr freight and street .
EAR were taken tu police headquarters .
srd after an Investigation Westovrr .
and the regular mot1rmau. Richard .
yaitadr. werc detained on a charge OF
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
MATAMOROS BATTLE
is HALTED BY RAIN

Brownsville. Texas. April l5.-Heavy
rain promised to interfere today with
operations in the siege OF Matamoros.
There was occasional light firing by
sentries-
FL Paso. Texas. April 15.-Oficial
reports that the obregon army is be-
ing surrounded by Villa-Zapata forces
- confirmed by private adyices.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
AMERICAN Is HELD IN BERLIN
CanSe for His Arrest By German Or
ficials Made Public.

Berlin. via The Hague. April 10
Michael ] Farley OF Batavia y. y.
Berlin agent for the Johnston Har-
yester company, was placed under ar
rest by German officials on March 8
and is still being detained, it was
learned yesterday, for reasons not yet
made public.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
German War Office An.
u0uuces Failure Of At
tempted Invasion
CLAIM HEAVY LOSSES
Pstrograd Admits Advance
Of Armies Has Virtually
Been Brought 90 Halt.

tsna1n- tpru a. FuEisna sr-
bsr.rHrrt "a second Zepeelia rna
lisf atfsf when "a f.eruian afrehip
mair lH offensive Hirht ever th~
nartheasteru coast ia an ahartitr
nlfrmgt ta damaFr shfpAuHaiax
varat 4iaaE thr river rynn- Wifh
mr rerepfioa ID negligible damarr
tr property and siiEht iniarr o.
rsa civilians, thr attach sas fruit
Irss. fbe Drumptnsss utfh Nbfeh
riUee gHH towns ia this part %
tnsiaHd were piuuTsd tnte lara
ness when tbr coming % TIE Leo-
peiIf vac snnouneed unfsable,iff
prevented greater damaEe. o.
COO Instance bombs iru urar "a
uassruErr train
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
sTops PURCHASE OF WHEAT
British Government Takes Action in
Regard 10 Protest.

London, April f5.-The government
has announced its decision to make
no further purchases OF wheat for the
reason that representations have
been made by the trade that such ac-
NAL trading.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
EIGHT DROWN WHEN
RESERVOIR BREAKS

tro1-1as t-5z. Np-if tE Lyman
reservoir. ae.eF tepaasfs fEe waters
af rsr Llst.e r1.eseEp rttrr tz miles
s1esf af ss J1ses. tF1Ee at miduiEht
r1We5aE eight p~rsoes ua8 have
aesa tlglhE asrseGiF tl1~F tse dam
Damage s1 FAR sr tFs flooded ara
.s estimated at Et6o aGa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
FREDERICK NJ. SMITH
IN FATHERS PLACE

t.a"1r'. f1Va. April ta.= FrrtrrleE
r s@ift of nfep~ef~aeT. Ht9. today
Vss elected rreettr~E os else grorsag-
.srt CEgres ot Latter usV ssirts. f1
saeereg f.r lssT f1srps EmlrE. The
tsfsrr tsf FeTarstrf teat Dos son.
Frrf-rteE. br raret bis saeerss8r.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
Held Legislators Are Retail
iating for Utilities
Body Action.
BLOCK CONFIRMATION
Eighteen of Recess Appoint
ments Held Up for Inves-
tigation Of Charges.

Springfield, Ill, Apr. Sitting
behind closed doors, the senate to-
day ordered that confirmation of
Is of Dunne's recess appoint
ments be held up pending hear
ing Of objections which have been
made against them. The remain
der OF the governors appoint
ments were approved. Hearings
on objections To the appointments
viii be held in Springfield begin
ming next week by an inVestigat-
ing committee.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
Patents Gnnted Local Wen.

Washington. ID. G. April l5.-Pat-
cnts have just been granted TO Harry
l.. Dooiey. Rock Island. on a clutch
mechanism for planters. and 10 Pear
son Jopling. Rock Island. on a coal
and rock drill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
S5e, 900 OFFER FOR
SEAT ON EXCHANGE

Ssw YORK. April -Fffty-nine
thousand was bid today for n seat ON
the Ns~ York stock exchange. an ad-
vance over the last actual sale OF
5000. Trading today vas again ON n
large volume.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15

BUNK TALE
OF WAR MOVE

Washington. u. e April i5--
An omcial statement hy the Jap
ane>r embassy today character
iFcd n -prcposterouS- reports
that a naval base l. being estah-
lished iu Turtle hay, In lower
California. and declared there
-ncTer has been any intention on
the part 81 the Japanese govern
mrnt 20 locate naval base or 0c-
cupy nny territory on the west
coast 81 Mexico Operations Of
she Japanese warShips IN Turtle
hay. embassy officials said, were
solely for the purpose Of Salyag-
Ing the stranded cruiser Asama.
LDs Angeles. Cal. April 15.-Three
japanese warships. under the COM
mand OF Admiral Nakayama. with six
coiilcrs and supply ships. manned al
together by about 1000 men. were
recently in Turtle hay. lower Califor-
mia. which 81 Mexican territory. stand
ine by the stranded japanese cruiser
Asarua. according 20 "a stan CORES
ponhrut OF the Los Angeles Times.
Turtle hay is sos miles south OF san
Diego and is said Co be the best har-
Dor north OF MaEdaicna hay. the west
roast rendezvous OF the United States
navy.
No effort O. being made 10 float the
Asama. which. the correspondent
AYERS. - lying ia soft mud ~ the en-
rance % the harhor. This was cx-
planned. he said. by japanese officers.
who declared they were waiting the
arrival of a great crane ship.
Meanwhile. however. the CORES
pondcnt asserted. Turtle bay has been
mined by thc japanese. ammunition
las b~cn landed and large camp es-
ahiiahcd ashore. Preparations also
<ere made. he added. To land guns
rom the Asama- The mines were
aid he vas told. as an additional pre-
-aution against attack by German
laval vessels.
The yrarships guarding the Asama
Ecro the Chifosc. Idzumo and Tokioba-
When the correspondent sought TO get
lose 20 these vessels and 20 visit the
Aaafnn he said he was arrested and
old by Lieutenant Tomasada of the
dzufuo that Il was dangerous 20
.ruisc about the hay. and also that
listing vas 20 be firmly discouraged.
san Diego. Cal. April i5.-"with
he Mexican government In it's pres
mt condition. there Is not much OF n
basis for Japan to violate"
aid Rear Admiral Charles r. Pond.
the Pacific reserve feet.
.hs.s fofd here Yesterday Of a reported
japanese Temporary occupation OF ,
turtle hay.
tie would neither confirm nor deny
he report. but said he doubted II the
arbor had been mined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
s'eSs rHE -iLAsEA- DRY BILL
t2svsrusr Gives Approval o. Msasars
to ~aSnit FrePesaL

Iussaa. Alaska APstl -Cs0ssTuoF
F n ssroeE siEaed ghs b5it passed ~
sAs territorial tsEisiassfs proEtdiaE
fsr sgsasistiaz TIE gssssi1a % pro
eistsfoe tsrog9soas Alaska 90 ths vos-
rrs az thr stscti6a %ggs q. 1915 tf
p-osisstias f. approved q viii t~eo@s
elective Jan. Q. 1918
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15


Springfield, III, April 15.-Consider-
able interest was attached today to the
action of the senate committee late
last night in voting 10 hold up Is OF
Governor DUNES recess appointments.
including all members of the public
utilities commission and State Insur-
ance Commissioner Potts. Other ap-
pointments held up We're State Fire
Marshal Bennett. State Food Inspector
Mathews, Robert Eadie. member of
the state industrial board; John /.
Blackmau, member OF the fish and
game commission; Frederick Provost.
member of the state board of pharma-
cy; ]. NJ. Booth, Kankakee public ad
ministration; George w. Dowell, Du-
lquoin member of the court of claims;
Charles W. Elliott. Galesburg, member
! of the board of managers OF the Illi-
nois reformatory, and John Andre,
member of the Chicago West park
7 commission.
Friends of the utilities commission
charged that confirmation of the mem
bers of that body was held up because
OF the commissions action in prohibit
ing members of the assembly from rid
ing on free railroad passes. Friends
OF Potts declared his confirmation was
refused because of his activities
against the insurance combine"
The report of the committee which
Investigated Dunne's recess appoint
meuts probably viii be made to the
senate today. The majority of the
members of the committee are repub-
Icans, and it is probable the commit
tees action viii be sustained.
The members OF the utilities com
mission held up are owen P. Thomp-
son, Richard Yates, Frank II. Funk,
Walter A. Shaw and William l.. OCon-
nell
Confirmation Of three more of the
governors recess appointments, in ad-
dition 10 the 10 announced last night,
are TO be held up by the senate. ac-
cording 10 action this morning by
caucus of republicans OF that body.
The additional three are Browne and
Patterson of the state livestock COM
mission and James II. Burdett. presi-
dent of the state civil service commits
sion. The caucus endorsed the action
of the committee which was named to
investigate appointments in voting to
hold up the appointments.
The members of the license
committee of the house are expected
today TO report out and recommend
passage OF q boxing bill now before
the senate.
Landee Pension Bill on Calendar.
Senator Landee's teacher pension
bill has been made a special order
for consideration by the senate next
Wednesday morning The bill was
called up on second reading today and
adopted changing the
pension board to consist of the state
superintendent OF public instruction,
state treasurer and three teachers to
be elected by contributors 10 the fund.
At 11:25 the senate adjourned until
Wednesday.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15

tarI.r. E6rr fF rsra-~ ~ fs-
Russian sr.sm5t ta fovaf- tfsera-r
ds FaH.1ae-f GF tE- Cermsr vsr as-
fer fH arsless-sE asgs .s Easr 80
rFaF af tbr German aruT f-5a
FrraEs. fa force lapsov srf -sss
1ss.F posses vas aasaseeesssa.. asss
.rs s..t., st several laf.rs aI4re lsls
Er a-saItet n trt-ar ace E-sVy
iassre fs eaHsr41rner lr ls said. G1-
tHt.tieE soWef ef ta- ftussfsa. isss-
ems s.sIF
A.ssgEs e'uesf reports fr5s Pete
fafftI .aeerttr na such reF-rsrs tarv
i1al.lI- fsr Russian advance eae 1r-e
brlglss tlftsaitq J1 Ia bate. TeF gasa
s.aa war e1ner SAYS. eIiEst ef9Errss
Hts been lad- artr tfeeS pass srf
UaE s .ageEef attach sr N9zlsas hg
Ass6Fl-l German forces failed
fHr srrHar rreart speaking OF ere
N.s1Vs fsss asserts ere Russians
were s.Bg. sea vita hrsgy Jassrs
me itassfsn report maS-s 10 etaie1
of HFrs-r brssrrss fs tae Carpsfs-
aias. rt.-st al uzs1's pass.
tnatbrr uritishsr Saat-
rhr GrIftsh Steamship gtarrsizsa.
Ei HeF tars sat 2t3 feet r9eE. was
tararl7rt rst sgsk is ere N9rth sea
bv errmts submarine Errgen of
t1r crew of es were sawed.
2a .8Barfsat committee Ertrr ere
rassrmsssa.t OF Lt1vfs sCeorEr. chan
rs.cr OF ffe eEeHsauer. Co orEaaizr
suf speed 1B fte suepjv 81 var rgs.s
t0Hs. vfs Completed TO-DAY
Erparts Casfiet-
FflF f..t.ss 1T tar FFrrrH are rre
sanrt Gee.Ie statement toit7
An trr s4t Fo have failed Paris.
however, asserts iH TIE Ntltr wood
sertion ground 500 vsrGs long aaf .
i1n Faris feeB was wcn. are nat ta .
Aister ss advance OF eeartv oes esilT .
vas Hsf-
Operations on the Westsru froet are .
ergFT sE stardstift Cserrsass On .
"r p-gsr district apparsettY have .
.Bret-.t Ear Wrrrch lafsissiVs-
a ss'aofsf tispsfch says iatsrvso.-
tap -a Hr wac of Houessais sapears .
lnialsest. tsat tae Eoaasaaisa army .
- weH -qgieprt and ts ready for tsa
sotst set6e.
Eritish Casualties ts0&tz Nsa-
fhr t7tsf British casualties m tes
va er1g tBe beafeafas OF eossititie's .
te Apffl as t2g2fs men, was tes an
noaacemees Ja ere house OF eosmoes L
t1iisv. A Hfah8er. Netherlands dls-
astcH SAYS tecat owners 6t q steasa F.
trsvlrE fset have been eotftted teas
a1Hf af metF trawters fvtaE tss ssE
or Eoitad ssss been seized ~ Ger
a.ta esFsaiss and taken 60 csEsagFus.
a Ersadsoa % Wfufsa Gladstone.
Errst tberIst statesman. esss essn kilt-
81 IN scthsn-
Auewsd Estxian Held a. ~py.
Aa nges'fdsf BsiEtsa EFeas&asr Efv-
ne ue asas % rierrs GasVees. e&s
ievn srrssts,t On PARIS or a eharxs es
FesriaE tes anffsra o. tss Frsres
sfnv ant a Frwuch rsflSsarT esedst
Fitsout sgthoFftg. AFTER his srrsss -
lsieiss were usa.4s win tks sesslt Tat
Pc Nss charged with espionage Tes
soiics hetievs Ne is a Gsrrsssa weo go
.sts'i On tss Bstxiaa army t9r ths per-
soss 81 espionage
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
THE WEATHER
Forecast TIL T. VI. Tomorrow. for
Rock Island, Davenport. Moline
and Vicinity.

Partly cloudy tonight and Friday.
cooler Friday.
Temperature ut 2 o. m. 40. Highest
yesterday Co. Lowest last night IS
velocity OF wind a. a m 8 miles
per hour.
Precipitation OF inch.
Relative humidity at p. no. 80, at
= n. m. 5S.
Stage of water 7.3. o rise of - i'm last
- hours
,. VI. SHERIER. Local Forecaster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15
ASTRONOMICAL EVENTS.

Evening stars; Mars. saturn Morn
ing stars. Venus. Mercury, Jupiter
The Fleiades and their follower
Aidebarau. seen equidistant from the
horizon about $50 %. IN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-15

Associated Press
Exclusive Wire
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-03-25

PAGE FIVE
ington Post continues along the following

1ngton POSt continues along the following
line
If the government were to follow this plan for
agricultural improvement it would prove far
more effective than any Of the proposed leglsla-
ton for rural credits. The proposition that the
government should lend money TO the farmer is
simply attempt to raise him BY the boot
straps. Borrowing money won't improve the
farmers crops. 1t won't relieve his wife of any
of her work. 1t won't make his children hap
pier in their Loneliness. 1t won't bring churches
or schools nearer the farmhouse.
A striking example of how much the aver
age city editor knows about the farmer or the
difficulties under which he now labors
The farmer takes as much pride in his
home and family as any class on earth-in
fact he is more devoted to his home than the
average city man, and the reason that his
place does not present q more cheerful appear
ance to the passer-by Is simply because he does
not have the money to make it SO.
He is as anxious for his children to have an
education as is the city man, and you can wit
ness this on any country road during the
school term, by the little fellows who trudge
to school a distance Of several miles, winter
and summer, carrying their dinner pals with
them.
What hampers the farmer is having to give
up everything that he makes for mere ex-
istence for himself and family-high interest
on the money he borrows to make his crop
WITH and having to pay 1t back within a GER
tam short time, which forces him to sacrifice
his products to meet his obligations.
The farmer now pays from twelve to
twenty per cent for his money for six months,
and when that six months is up he is gen
orally forced to sell what he has made at
whatever price he can get-it isn't q question
Of what he wants to do, but what he has
to do
Why wouldn't a long-tim loan, say for five
years at five or six per cent, prove a benefit
to him?
If the farmer could get money for that
length Of time at that rate of interest we
would not have any need for Rural Better
ment Commissions riding about telling us
what to do to make our rural communities
more attractive.
Put the farmer in a position where he is
On an equal business footing with the average
business man, and Senator Camden, or any
other Senator, Will not have to worry about
the lack of churches, schools, or the work
about the house that the farmers wife has
to do
Give the farmer half chance, and he will
do the rest.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-03-25

cents per pound cheaper than the same meat
would sell for in Chicago, but that was be-
cause the Beef Trust had competition in Eng
land-there the Beef Trust meat came in
competition with that from the Argentine
Republic Brazil and Australia
Let the Interstate Commerce Commission
give the railroads an increase in rates on
increase whenever you buy piece of meat.
About two years ago the leading officials of
the National Cash Register Co.-the Cash
Register Irust-were convicted of conspiracy
under the criminal clause of the Sherman
antitrust law, and sentenced to terms in
prison.
This conviction took place at Cincinnati,
and at the time it attracted much attention
because it proved that under the criminal
clause of the Sherman law the guilty official
who was responsible for the Trusts misdeeds
could be reached-it proved that guilt is per-
sonal.
At the time it was used as an argument of
great strength against making the Sherman
law more drastic-it was pointed to to show
that there was still hope of reaching the big
criminals after the Supreme Court of the
United States had handed down the decisions
IN the Standard Oil and Tobacco Trust cases
the cases in which the Supreme Court
usurped the power Of Congress, and wrote
into the Sherman antitrust law the very
words that Congress had expressly said
should not be written into it.
Well, after sentence was passed on the guilty
Cash Register people, they appealed to a
higher court, and last week the higher court
reversed the lower court on technicality,
thus virtually freeing the guilty parties whom
court and jury had pronounced guilty of con
splracy and monopoly Of the most aggravat-
ing nature
The District Attorney who secured these
convictions admits that it will be next to i'm
possible to bring the guilty officials to trial
again, so the Trust officials, who resorted to
everything from bribery and intimidation to
a squad of thugs for "znockout men" will
90 scot free
A jury has said they were guilty-the
Judge who passed sentence was so outraged
at the acts proved against them that he pro
nounced them despicabe, mean and petty.
But since the conviction the king bee Of the
bunch has been opening his pocketbooly to
charity, and now the majority of the news
papers are rejoicing in the fact that such
benevolent man as Patterson will not have to
serve his prison misunderstanding in the
fact that higher court, on a technicality,
sets free few big criminals that the evil
dence and jury's verdict showed to be guilty
beyond doubt.
Like Rockefeller and Carnegie, Patterson
has bought public opinion, or rather the opin-
ion Of many Of the press, with the very money
that he stole from the public
Rockefellers Standard Oil path is strewn
with murdered men and suicides, from one
end to the other, but he gives the churches
little of his blood money, and IS reckoned
philanthropist and benefactor of mankind.
Carnegie makes his out of implements of
war, and Pounds Peace Societies to sing his
praises about one-tenth of the profits he gets
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-03-25
4 Book All Young People Should Read

You hear so much about Caesar
wouldn't you like a brief, up-to-date
sketch Of his marvellous career, his
creation of the Roman Empire, his
murder and his great funeral?
Wouldn't you like to know about the
noble pair of brothers, the Graceful?
And about MariVis and Sylla? And
about the Great Instruction of White
Slaves led by Spartacus?
Also the immortal love-story of
Antony and Cleopatra?
All this, and much more you will
find in
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1915-03-25

In commenting on the plans of Sen. Cam
den, of Kentucky, to make rural communities
more attractive, and in this way stop the
exodus from the farm to the city, the Wash
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-06

through all sands and found them
barren. The well was drilled TO
depth Of 800 feet. 1t is located
about one and one-half miles south
east OF the wells drilled by the Column
bus Producing Company.
In the Hust pool. in French Creek
district. Lewis county. the Hope Ma
tural Gas Company has completed JUS
second test well on the katherine Fa-
hey farm and has good gasser from
the Gordon sand formation. On the
north fork Of Hughes river. In Gay
district, Richie county. the Carnegie
Gas Company has completed its mi
sttal test well on the ]. NJ. Wilson
farm and has good gasser in the
Keener and Squaw sands.
on Rock run, in Burning Springs
district, Writ county, the Hope Ma
tural Gas Company has completed us
test on the N j. Naughton farm
and has dry hole.
South Penn Gets Pumper.
In the Grif6trsville pool, In Duvai
district, Lincoln county, the SCUM
Penn Oil Company has completed and
shot its No. 81 weE on the Horse
creek tract and has q twenty-barrel
per day pumper from the Berea
sand. In Washington district, Lin
coin county, the same company has
started drilling its No. "a well on the
Horse Creek tract. In the Pinchtoon
Development, on ire waters OF indian
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-06
lions Den
Has No Terrors for British
Soldier Who Served in
Flanders.

Correspondence Of the Associated Pe ss,1
FISHGUARD, Eng, Aug. Ser
geant Fuller. who recently won the
Victoria Cross in Flan der ra and mas
campaign In England. won two re-
crnits mere BY entering a lions den.
RULER was speaking at an open-air
meeting in vacant lot adjoining q
small menagerte, when two young
men in the outskirts Of the au ..N4asss
iein if E Won are brave enough to enter
that lions cage unarmed." ],
.sI'll Just take you at your WORD,
returned Fuller without moments
hesitation. Lions have no terror Tor
anyone who has been in the front
trenches in Flanders.
He strobe over to the menager1e'
obtained the permission Of the pro-
prietor, and entered the cage; Wne ere
dons excitement in the crowd, he
calmly stroked the lions for 9 mo.
mant or two and then walked out OF
the cage and resur.ed his place On the
recruiting platform.