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$4s.5O FOR AGED WOMAN.

Recent contributions to the fund to
did Mrs. Martha A. Harper. 105 years
old. who is in great need OF help, have
swelled the amount received in her be-
half, to date. to $3.50.
The contributions are: Previously
acknowledged. SIG; Mrs. H. B. p, So:
cash. S3; K. IS: cash. 81; c. E. p. 81;
a friend. 81; a widow of a clergyman
81; Mrs. Patterson, SIS; cash. 81; NJ
A. C.. 81, and cash. 81.
Contributions sent to The Star will
be forwarded TO Mrs. Harper.
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Favorite Ruse in Air.

A favorite ruse Of the tango" squad
ron is for one pilot to act as bait
by flying at much lower altitude than
his comrades. If he is attacked the
other Teutons sweep down from their
advantageous height and almost always
they shoot down their enemy.
French airplares of the newest type
used for observa tiun and pho Geographic
work are more rapid than most of the
present German lighting machines.
much to the 10Y o. the French atrmeH
fn this branch OF the serJice. where the
losses were formerly Very heavy The
photographs from which the last Esrduli
offensive Was prepared we're taken from
a height OF 800 meters t4.s niles. yet
only four months ago Sergt. Frederick
linn and his comrades here were TAX
ing pictures while flying at AN alti-
tude of between 1000 and 5000 meters
-I.2 and IS r1iles), where they were AN
attractive target for the aaIi-aircrafr
guns. besides being in great danger
from the German aviators. vino had the
advantage of height over them.
Monnpiane machines are again COM
ing into favor for fighting PURPOSES.
The N9rane parasol mcnopl2ae. one OF
the three original types of aeropiar. es
used by the French aviation service.
hut which many months ago was re-
1ected for war usage. has been i'm
again flying 1T. Ronald Wood Uoskier
of South Orange. y. j., was one of the
last pilots killed on the old style Mo
Tane. 1t was with this kind of a ma
chine that Gilbert, Navarro. Garros and
other famed pilots accomplished such
prodigies of valor. Lieut.. Raoul Luf-
berry, the American ace" tells me
that no other type of machine can beat
the monoplane for climbing ability and
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Lieut.. Thaw Not Wounded.

There is no truth in the report that
Lafayette squadron. has been wounded
tiis airplane was badly damaged re-
Gently III combat with German flyers,
but ThaW himself was not touched.
Adjt. William Bradley Iiaviland OF Chi
cago narrowly escaped being shot down
while attacking German observation
balloon on the Flanders front. Half an
hour before Haviland made the attack a
British flyer had destroyed balloon In
tae same sector and the Germans were
o., their guard. Hence the American was
greeted with hail Of shells which struck
vital parts OF his machine He was.
however. able to Nolp!anc to 4 safe land
ing behind the French lines.
Adjt Didier Mason OF Los Angeles.
Cal. and Scret. STEPHEN S.GeloN- OF Ros-
ton, Mass. have been appointed iustruc-
tors III United States Army sviat!on
schools, Both ven var honors flying at
the front.
When listed The Lafayette squadron
on the Aia3e front last July there was
standing ,nls for an early morning vol
unteer Tatcol I" hunt for .Fantomas," the
name given a German pilot whose special
ty il w5$ to rs over the French lines at 4
height a. some fifty meters (about 100
fe.D aGi shoot up trenches. sentinel
f.osss ard supply .-sirs. Once or twice he
t.s all shC5 ;ntn tine aviation CAMPS. win
ing ur.Ct:s fame rs q daring pilot. Re-
ce,.ti- ''}antnInts' was shot down and
h!s tcGy gas recovered and identified as
that of Hutt, 4 champion cycist before
the var
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Stole Ideas From French.

Schneider. the Prussian engineer who
makes the LyC type of airplane, which
10 much used By the German aviation
corps. stole his ideas from the French
man Edward Nieuport. A few years be-
fore the war Schneider, posing as an
,Alsatian and protesting his loyalty to
France, secured employment as an as
Aistant engineer in Nieuport's atrplane
factory. After learning all he could he
returned to Prussia and put his knowl-
edge at the kaiser's command
Hohndorf, the German lieutenant re-
Gently killed in an aerial combat after
being decorated with the order of
merit for having destroyed twelve
French airplanes. was another Prus-
sian who spied upon the French ayia-
tion service. In June. 1913. Hohndorf,
claiming to be Swiss. was admitted
TO the Morane-saulnier school as a
student pilot. Some weeks later he
was discovered taking photographs
and making sketches. but before he
could be arrested fed and succeeded
IN getting out Of France.
These examples of German duplicity
are enough to cite here. but because
the Teutons fight unfairly 1t must not
be. thought they are towards. AS
aviators they exhibit bravery. skill
and stubbornness worthy of a better
cause. Therefore 50 much greater
honor n due the allied airmen who
hold them in check.
Lieut. Raoul Lufbery Of the Lafayette
squadron. who Is in Paris to obtain a
speedy Morane monoplane fighting air
klano q IL latest medal ln6ogms M
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results Of his "spett:ns' by wireless.
and to that end he studies III the wire
less schcol every afternoon. But foa'
the day his job was Blerel. TO get used
to the balloon and the countr., .Ai,I
to the little bursts OF white sElo5S-
and muddy earth which tell Of cxpic q
ing shells. All who have experienced
IL agree that this Is quite enough lua
the first day.
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Against Unfair Profits.

An important rule provides that no
licensee shall import. manufacture.
store, distribute. sell or otherwise
handle any food commodities on an
unjust, exorbitant, unreasonable, dis
criminatory or unfair commission,
profit or storage charge"
Resales within the trade without
reasonable Justification, il tending to
result In higher market prices, will be
dealt with as unfair practices.
Whenever practicable all shipments
are to be made In car lots, in cars
loaded to maximum capacity
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Limit Set to Goods Stored.

food commodities In quantity in excess
Of the reasonable requirements Of his
business. for use or sale by him during
the period Of sixty days. Is prohibited, as
is handling food SO as to monopolize or
restrict the supply.
Special rules require that foods which
have been held in cold storage for more
than thirty days shall be marked cold
prohibit speculation in futures on canned
goods; forbid the shipment of potatoes
which have been seriously damaged pro-
to markets on consignment against unfair
charges by commission men, brokers and
auctioneers. and cover many other spe-
cial points
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Expect 1000 U. S. Pilots.

German aviation authorities estimate
that by next summer 1000 United States
pilots will be flying on the French
front and / consider their estimate
good one. The Teutons assert that
they will be able to take care OF this
addition TO the number Of their aerial
opponents. They are building particu-
1arly fighting and bombing airplanes.
and the Goth, Fokker. Halberstadt
Rum1er and other old makers are work
ing day and night. Scores of new
plants have sprung up all over Ger
many where are manufactured ma
chimes for which much is claimed. A
vast number of men are said to be
learning to fly at various training
camps. and the Germans say that by
next summer they will have twice as
3nany combating pilots at the front as
they now have.
Fokker has perfected a triplane COM
batting airplane. a few specimens Of
which have already appeared on the
western front. One shot down by a
French pilot was not much damaged by
The fall. and examination showed that
the motor of this much-vaunted ma
chine was a 160-horsepower Hispano-
f;uiza. which had been taken from a
French Nieuport forced to land behind
the German lines last June. The great
or part of what the Germans know
about airplanes they learned from
France before the war. They boasted
much about their Zeppelins, but said
little about airplanes.
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been given. When the Americans took
over this camp they retained the French
contractor who had been furnishing
meals for the French officers who pre-
ceded them along with his staff. But
not waiter had word OF English and
few of the Americans had r. word OF
pa atientIy instructing his waiter at tho
rate of q word day. over home his
reports are considered classics, and he
Il one Of the Few experts congressional
committees listened to before the wsf
with real respect.
French Walters Sad.
But 40 sloul,: the coione. is a bar
isa-ian 10 his waiter. He is good wait
ei---ant! the souls OF all good walters
ere ett,;ncl 20 TIE things OF the table.
il must sc"ri sacrilcse to this man to
aes'n tive day with eggs and bacon in
stead of tie hot milk. thinly favored
with coffee and tho bread and butter
Of the petit Gejeuner oS France. At
:u:,eh ana .IirrlcI wire is banished from
ac ratin too and for the first time
or a french ;atlc since Charles the
Bod rode through Burgundy. Thus far
slie French walters have yielded. but
there Was point IL which their COM
l,iaisance ceased
Serve our vegetables with our meat"
The Americans ordered. Day after Cay
they ordered Day after day the wait
ers replied. at first kindly, and then
sadly. and finally with the fine fury of
artists whose craft had been assafled:
Put vegetables are never served
with the meat
Nud Not Very Deep.
Under foot the surface was slippery
and wet from the nights rain, but
1,ebbly mari underlieS this tableland at
q depth of an inch or two. and the
wheels OF the gun carriage did not sink.
Down the wide streets between the
barracks the companies swung off to
their days work Some were already
climbing he distant hills. Before other
COMPANY houses the men We're running
10 their places in line. Sergeants
spoke out briskly. SWeetly familiar
sounds came to the ear from the horse
lines. where good Americans were ad-
lnonishing their animals. Teams OF six
and eight fat and fresh horses har-
messed to light lnhers were buck
Jumping down the road. the big wagons
pounding over the stones with a noise
like light artillery. Companies right
obliuueG into the wet grass to give
them room. and made disrespectful re-
marks as they thundered past. We were
well into the hills before the first gun
smoke 1t was o'clock.
The American target ground Is sort
of crushed paralleiogram - something
like an empty peach crate that has
akened at the joints. At one Of the
acute angles the observation balloon
swung. A young American officer who
had never before been higher above
the earth than one can get in an ele-
vator was dangling in its basket. Later
his duty will be to communicate the
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Corps. which was sent there. With
Admiral Dewey he received the sur
render of Manila August 13. Later
in that year he was ordered to Paris
to attend the conference which ar
ranged the terms OF the treaty OF
peace with Spain.
Gen. Merritt was retired from ac-
tive service in juno, 1900, and died
December 3. 1910.
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Gen. Wesley Merritt's Widow
Gives $4,000 to War Camp
Recreation Fund Committee

\ n-thousand-dollar gift in memory
of her husband. one Of the boy gen
erals" Of the civil war, has been given
by Mrs. Wesley Merritt to the war
camp community recreation fund COM
lnittee Of Washington.
This is the first donation recorded
by the Washington committee and
marks the inauguration of a campaign
to raise $eD.ooo in the nations capital
as part Of the four r-milliondollar fund
being raised throughout the country
for the amusement and recreation of
soldiers while on leave.
For Clubhouse at Camp Merritt.
The $4,000 given by Mrs. Merritt
viii be for the maintenance Of a club
house for enlisted men at Camp Mer-
ritt. which was named in honor OF her
husband. whose record during the civil
war and subsequently, forms a notable
part OF the military annals OF this
country.
The site for the clubhouse will be Sc
lected by Gen. Shanks. in command OF
Camp Merritt. 1t will be located outside
the camp and will be conducted by the
enlist ed men themselves under the su-
pervision and auspices OF the Bergen
county committee of 100 which has Or
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To Protect Legitimate Dealers.

NO one is expected to do business at
a loss" says the statement, "and the regu-
lations have been drawn with the purpose
Of protecting all legitimate dealers
strengthening them in the performance Of
useful functions and avoiding interfer-
cnce with normal activities"
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European factories each week make
about 100000 pounds Of artificial but
ter with cocoanut oil as base.
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LICENSES ISSUED
TO FOOD DEALERS
10000 Sent to All Parts of
Nation by U. S. Food
Administration.
BOOKLET GIVES RULES

Licenses for 10000 food dealers have
been sent out by the United States Food
Administration in response to applica-
tions received from all over the coun-
try. and another 10000 will be mailed
tomorrow. Estimates are that about
100000 firms. including wholesalers and
retailers doing business in excess OF
100000 a year. manufacturers, job
bers. and warehousemen will eventual
ly be licensed.
With each license goes a thirty-pAss
booklet prepared by the food admins
trat1on and labeled as follows: Rules
and Regulations Governing the 1mpor-
tation. Manufacture, Storage and Dis
tribution of Food Commodities for Do
mestic Trade by Persons Subject TO
License"
This announcement states that the
principal objects Of the rules are to
limit the prices charged by every Ii
censee to a reasonable amount over ex-
penses, and to forbid the acquisition of
speculative profits from a rising mar
ket; to keep all food commodities mov-
ing to the consumer In as direct line
and with as little delay as practicable,
and to limit as far as practicable con-
tracts for future delivery and dealings
in future contracts.
President is Given Broad Powers.
Under the food control act" it adds,
sin addition to the power to promulSate
rules the President is given broad pow
ers to deal with Individual cases. This
power will be freely exercised to ac-
complish the three purposes set out
above. If every licensee will make
those purposes the cardinal principles
of his business, and obey the law and
regulations, he will be free from inter-
ference by the government. Violation
Is cause for revoking any license. as
well as subjecting the offender to such
criminal penalties as may be pre-
scribed."
The elimination OF excessive prices
charged by small retailers who are not
subject to license will be helped by
rule forbidding licensees to sell food
to any person who is violating section
4 OF the food control act by taking
excessive profits or speculating. With
respect to a large group of commodi-
ties, particularly non -perishables, the
regulations require that profits shall
be no greater than a reasonable ad-
vance over the actual purchase price
Of the particular goods sold. without
regard to the market or replacement
value.
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ice. they are keener in spirit and more
desirous of serving America because
of the way in which they have been
received by the American people.
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HOW j. S. GUNNERS
GET FIT IN FRANCE
Herbert Corey Tells of a Visit
to an American Artii--
lery Cainn.
r, HEi.REnT CoRl:A.

Az AMERICAS: ARTILLERY CAMP
II FRANCE. Go;puer On the ;..crn-
ing CT t;.2 f::"; .isr a. amp the haglss
soundjai; reveitl- hardly got their 1@es-
sage ilo.re to III" sa-. b.e WAS family,
comfortably @A7 c!cfs tnat some ou.
vas footing horn in total disregard
Of the feelings % the siee;a"s. Il Tas
not u;'t. LastE footsteps sounded
through tie hare halls and lights be-
gan to gieam through the gray mist
from the windows opposite that wake
fulness really cai-1c. On the morning
Of the second tJE the new arrivals
wake led long before the bue!e: sh":N-
g! at go O'Clock. and then :i:iuggie
reseutfuliy deeper In the BLANKETS. hoa-
.ug against hope that forty Niahs
might be saatched before the inevitable
hauIsz ned.
Ava d3~sn The long line Of barracks
Tie "a 81 n:iGle stJstered the get-uD call
One barely heard it-bGt then the
.aei- took 1t ~. one after another.
wor.,ius nearer with hi.Ieous pe,-
s;stenoy until thA ANAL hiaIe seemed at
the foot of the bed.
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joys Of Early Rising.

Ea.:y rising is chiefly enjoyable in
retrospect. | have a gray memory OF
stumbling through a grassed quad
ianalc on which mounted orderiiss
were already g:LeheIing. officers horses
we're kicking ANA squeaiing. The night
fog vas thinning N the valleys below.
aud on the distant line of hills q dim
glow heraided the rising sun. The
mess hall was only half filed. The
colonel, whose guest I vas, had finished
his eggs and bacon and was ON his
second cup OF coffee. 1t was already 6
Q ciocE.
En- Anglais"" asked the French wait
CT, holding up a table utensil.
Spoon" said the colonel. rising
The morning lesson in English had
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sanized for war camp community recrea-
ton projects.
DR.. Cyrus F. stimson, representing the
War Department commission on train
ing camp activities In community or
ganization. has been intrusted with the
details of the arrangements.
Sketch of Gen. Wesley Merritt.
Wesley Merritt was one of the most bril-
liant and successful cavalry leaders de-
yeloped by the civil war. Though but
twenty eight years old at the conclusion
of that war, he had received seven brew
cts for gallant and distinguished service
and was one of the three commissioners
appointed by Gen. Grant to carry out
the terms OF the surrender of Lee at
Appomatox.
Gen. Merritt graduated from the Mill
tary Academy at West Point in 1860.
He was Immediately assigned to the
cavalry as additional second lieutenant
1 to the I'd Dragons. He served with the
regiment and also as aid to Gen. Cook
and Gen. Stoneman until June, 1863,
when he was made brigadier general
| Of volunteers in recognition of bril-
liant charge at the battle of Beverly
Ford. where he surprised the Confeder-
ates and, though greatly outnumbered,
won q signal victory.
A few days after this promotion Gen.
Merritt rendered notable service at the
battle of Gettysburg. where he received
| the brevet OF major. About this time
he attracted Ine atteHI1On OF SnerlQan,
| with whom he fought as division COM
mander in the Winchester campaign.
Not long after the battle of Gettysburg
Gen. Merritt was assigned to the COM
mand of Buford's cavalry, succeeding
| that commander and operating in Vir-
Einia. He was in the Richmond cam
paign in 1864, commanding the 1st Di-
vision Of Sheridan's cavalry, and after
ward was placed in command of all the
cavalry in Sheridan's army in tho Shen-
andoah valley.
| Great Feat in Indian Wars.
! When the Army was reduced to
peace basis after the civil war Merritt
| served in the Indian wars as colonel
To him goes the credit of what has
been described as the greatest cavalry
march in history, when he rode con-
tinuously with a detachment of the 9Th
Cavalry for three days and four nights
| through the Rocky mountains in Colo
RADIO to the rescue OF Maj. Thomas F.
lThornburg and his command, which was
surrounded and besieged by the Ute In
! dams, and had Merritt's aid not come.
would have been annihilated This feat
was accomplished without the loss Of a
| single man or single horse
| In 1888 Merritt was appointed super
tntendent of the Military Academy at
West Point, where he remained five
years, and later he commanded diff
ferent military departments Of the east
and west.
At the outbreak of the Spanish
American war in 1898 he was appointed
military governor of the Philippine
Islands. commanding the Sth Army
Evening star., 1917-11-04

that Sergt. David NJ. Peterson of Homes
dale, Pa. was engaged recently in two
air duels with German aviators. eacn
time forcing his adversary away from
the lines
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06
Trainmen Ask More Pay.

Cleveland, O., Dec. Theoretically
every railroad in the United States
was today presented with request
from the brotherhood OF Railway
Trainmen and the Order of Railway
Conductors for increased wages APP
proNimating 40 per cent. The general
clairmen OF both labor organiza-
tons were to present the wage sche-
dulc to the general managers of the
roads throughout the country today.
The new wage schedule is signed
by w. G. Lee, president OF the
brotherhood OF Railroad Trainmen,
and A. b. Garrettson. president OF
the Order OF Railway Conductors.
A request that an answer to the pro-
posal be made in writing to the gen.
eral chairman of the labor organiza-
tons on or before December 81, 1917,
the schedule.
The railroads are asked to make
answer to the demands by December
81, at the latest.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06
Mexico No Haven for Evaders.

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 2o.-Imme-
date expulsion of all American draft
evaders in the northern district OF
Lower California has been ordered by
Col. Estaban Cantu, military govern
or of this district, according to infor-
nation reaching here. 1t is estimat-
ed that three hundred young men
fled across the Mexican border to es-
cape the draft and now are living in
Lower California. Among them are
said to be members of families well
known in the Southwest.
Governor Cantu's order, a copy of
which has been received here, de-
clared that q census of all foreigners
will be made at once.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06

The trial of Joseph ]. Critics, an at
torney and prominent politician Of
Rolla, Mo-, charged with violating
the State anti-lobby law was post
poned to the spring term of court by
agreement of the attorneys for the
State and the defense. The trial was
to have started at Springfield last
week. Critics was indicted by the
last Grand Jury in connection with
an investigation OF the passage of the
optomery bill by the last Legislature.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06

A. J. Nave, residing six miles south
west of Cameron, had in twelve acres
of Sudan grass this year. He has
just finished thrashing the grass and
secured 10000 pounds of seed from
the twelve acres. Besides the seed he
has about thirty-six tons of the grass,
which makes fine feed. He has re-
fused IL cents per pound for the seed
and considers the grass worth $40
per ton. At these prices the twelve
acres produced $3.50 or $13o per
acre.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06

One thousand students of the
Springfield High School went on 4
strike" Thursday for a Thanksgiving
vacation of more than one day. The
holder ones of the student body serv
ed notice on Principal F. l.. Doran
that vacation of one day was not
enough and signs bearing the letters.
IN. S. F." (no school friday were
stuck UP through the buildings. Prin-
cipal Doran declined to treat with the
rebels"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06
Mrs. DeSaulles Acquitted of tn.
Murder of Her Husband,

Mineola, N. Y, Dec. 1.-Bianca De
Saulles. beautiful Chilean heiress
was freed tonight of the charge oil
numbering her divorced husband
John l.. De Saulles.
:. A verdict of mot guilty" was an.
nounced by Foreman Buckin of the
jury after deliberations lasting less
than three hours.
Standing bravely erect, but white
as death, the 23-year-old Chilean girl
almost tainted when she heard the
words that gave her liberty.
There was no mention Of insanity in
the verdict, although this was the
technical plea. The real heart plea
was mother love- She killed the man
who refused to surrender her child,
little Jack De Saulles, S years old.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1917-12-06
DROP FARR1s INDICTMENT
Judge Miller Dismisses Charge
Against Leader In Missouri
House. -

St Louis. Dec. I.-Indictments
against Frank H. Farris. democratic
leader in the Missouri house Of rep
resentatives and against Rsy II.
Cummins. former St Louis police
nans charging them with c66spirscy
to commit = felony, were dismissed
Il the court Of criminal eerrsction
here to-day.
he aesistaat circuit attorney give
lotiee Is appeal. ~;
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