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Evening star., 1918-08-04
SLAIN MANS WIDOW
GIVES crime STORY
Accuses Relative Of Having Used
Ak After Her Husband Had
Beaten Her.
By the Associated Press.

! LAFAYETTE, Ga. August B.
Further confession Of the widow OF
VIII corniah. whose mutilated body
was found In an old well near Estelie
Mines, Ga. led to the arrest today OF
Yves Hobbs. a neighbor Of the family
and widower of Mrs Corniehs sister.
Mrs. Cornish has told several con-
t1icting stories relative to the crime,
her latest confession stating that
Hobbs committed the deed while she
assisted. Hobbs is being held pend
ing further investigation.
! According to the woman's latest
| story, the murder was committed on
the night of May 10. about 10 o'clock:
She states that her husband had
beaten her severely on several success
siye days and that she had determined
to end his life. On the night OF the
killing. she says she secured an Ak.
and with Hobbs entered the room
where her husband slept At one
stroke, Hobbs is declared to have
severed her husbands head from his
body. Then, according to the woman
story. she assisted Hobbs in cutting
| of the limbs of the dead man. and
they placed the limbs in one sack,
! the torso in another and the head in
| a third. Then they hid the three pack
Lagos above the fireplace until morn
ing. After the four children Of the
| family had gone to school the sacks
were removed, weighted down with
rocks and dropped into the well.
A few days later Mrs. Cornish LETT
| her home and went to reside with the
Hobbs family. Another family later
moved into the abandoned house. The
sacks in which the dismembered body
was sunk meanwhile decayed In the
well and portions of the body rose to
the surface last week, leading to the
discovery of the crime. :,
! When Cornish first disappeared 1t
was reported that he had killed man
] named Avery and left the country.
Avery later appeared and netghbors
began to suspect Mrs Cornish Of hav-
| ing knowledge OF her husbands fate.
Another man named Colts was ar
rested in connection with the case
today, but was later released. The
| fourteen son of the Cornish
family insists that he knew of the
killing, but the mother states that he
was asleep at the time. The former
Cornish home was inspected today
and dark spots were found on the
| floor Of the bedroom. which analysis
proved to be blood stains. In one of
the splotches were footprints. evil
Identity made when the blood was fresh,
and too large to be those of a woman.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

For them who shall exist in dark
ness to the end OF their days-soldiers
who have paid with their eyesight
part of the price Of victory-the Army
machinery OF reconstruction is now
beginning to function. At General
Hospital No. Z. just outside Of Balti-
more, and under the special Red Cross
Institute for the Blinded. the first
group Of nine has been assembled and
is struggling painfully but hopefully
over the intricacies Of Braile type,
taking the first steps on the long
road that will end when senses Of
touch and hearing have sharpened to
q keenness that will to some degree
compensate for the missing optic
nerve. There are ten more on the way
back from France to take up the
training, and up to recent date this
was the total number of the abso-
luteIy sightless that American armies
had to report
Sergeant Reads the Brai1e.
Naturally enough, of the first nine.
accident and disaster incident to
handling of explosives accounted Tor
a larger proportion than did casualty
inflicted by the enemy. Sergt. Zim-
norman, a Texas truck driver, first
man to come into the hands of the
institute and now lis prize patient,
was found after an automobile acct-
dent in France pinned to the ground
under his engine. He lived, but the
optic nerve was paralyZed. Yet now,
after comparatively but a few months,
he can read and write the Braile,
which is the curious set of dots
pricked through paper which spells
out letters for sensitive finger tips,
and likewise hammer out on a type
writer accurate letters for any per-
sons reading. Teaching the use of
the typewriter as a future occupa-
ton for the blinded soldiers is one
Of the courses which the instructors
have developed.
Having a very particular girl friend
in New York and exchanging corre-
spondence with her. it grew just a bit
embarrassing to Sergt Zimmerman
to require attendants to read all her
return letters to him. When his en-
barrassment was discovered a young
woman lending auxiliary aid to the
Red Cross boarded a train, and Is now
in New York. teaching the girl to
write BraiIe, too.
This is fair sample Of the extent
to which the extra-off1cial care is go
ing. The Library of Congress has
long been famous for its reading room
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Kaiser Calls for Punishment.

AMSTERDAM, August SIN a
telegram thanking Gen. Skoropadski,
hetman Of Ukraine, for his express
people and government. over the as
sassination of Field Marshal Won
Eichhorn. Emperor William has tele-
graphed as follows according to Ber-
lin advices:
by cowardly assassins against my
field marshal The unscrupulousness
Of our enemies who are at the same
time enemies OF peace and order In
Ukraine. does not shrink from wicked
means to realize their sinister plans.
hope the assassins and their sup
porters will meet condign punish
ment"
Evening star., 1918-08-04
NORTH CAMBRIA SUNK;
PART OF CREW MISSING

LONDON. August a.-The British
steamer North Cambria has been sunk
in collision with an unknown steamer,
according to dispatch to Lloyd's
Seven of the crew have been landed
the remainder are missing.
The North Cambria was Of 3,577 tons
gross register. She was built at west
Hartlepool in 1907, and was owned by
the North Shipping Company, Limited,
Of London. In available shipping rec
ords the North Cambria was last re-
ported as arriving at United States
Atlantic port on June Is.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
HERCULES SHOT FOR
dhzuf Troeh Win Trophy From
Arie and Graham.

CHICAGO. August 31-Fred Bf1s Of
Chicaxo-and Frank Troeh Of Vancouver
defeated Mark Arie-of Thon1asboro, M.
;and ]. Graham Of Long Lake, Ill. in
Hercules open and amateur challenge
f cup today preliminary to the grand
= American handicap trapshoot.
Bills, a professional, made 1855 out
-of q possible 200. Troeh, an amateur,
made 183 out OF Q possible 200. There
sYere seventy competitors r
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Street Problems Discussed,

= W. Paxton, former superintendent
Tof the street cleaning department, who
: resigned last week to take up engi-
neering work in Philadelphia, was in
Washington yesterday and spent sew
5-era1 hours with Mr.. Hacker discuss
ling problems Of the office.
Already plans are under considera-
ton by the new official for conserving
! labor, to be effected principally
: through the more rapid unloading Of
garbage wagons. This Is expected to
increase materially the number Of
collection trips daily improvements
in tho disposal plants at Cherry Hil
TViEginta> are also. contemplated.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
: HOPE TO CATCH UP
IN GARBAGE WORK
t Collection Officials to Put
:. Their Entire Force on
!t3 Job Today.

IN an effort to catch up with the
collection Of garbage in the District,
which has fallen behind because of a
shortage of labor. practically the en-
tire available force will work today.
Collections are two days in arrears
in some sections, but today's activ-
tiles are expected to bring the situa-
= ton nearly back to normal
The street cleaning department is
having more troubles than any other
branch of the District government
just at present 1t is short about
seventy-five men, the draft, especially,
having made heavy inroads on its
personnel
Striving to Meet Emergency.
Morris w. Hacker, new director of
refuse disposal who has held the
position but three days, said last
night that the department is bending
every effort to overcome its labor
shortage handicap, and that splendid
spirit is being shown by its men. who
realize that the health of the city
depends in no small measure upon the
faithfulnes with which they dis
charge their duties
Many complaints OF failure to COL
1ect garbage have reached the depart
ment, but for the most part citizens
have manifested a tolerant attitude.
evidently appreciating the difficulties
that war conditions have imposed on
; Ethe~sdepartment-
Evening star., 1918-08-04
ENEMY SURPRISED
I BY RAPID ADVANCE
Ammunition Abandoned,
Troops Attempt to Hold
Americans and French.
BY JOHN F. BASS.
CableEfam to The Sunday Star q
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 191i

CableEram to The Sunday Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1918.
PARIS, France, August al have
just returned from trip to the front.
where I visited the field of battle and
lived at a headquarters which was
once a model farm, the only intact
parts being concrete pigsties. where
the staff worked, and a root cellar.
where I slept In safety.
The general lived in an clubhouse
attic, with a shell hole in one corner.
bees nest in the other and rats In
the walls. Such is war.
The battlefield shows that the ad-
vance of the American and French
infantry In the center of the salient
was much more rapid than the Ger
mans expected. as they left behind
quantities of ammunition and were
Obliged to substitute for inferior
troops some OF their pest regiments
to prevent too rapid advance.
Show Splendid Qualities
The present counter offensive is only
evidence of the splendid qualities OF
our dIIhy. IL 40 AASS -
In Withdrawing and making counter
attacks to gain time the Germans
have been lighting principally IN
nests of machine guns. These nests
are in trees and in dugouts: where
only the barrel of the machine gun
and the helmets of the gunners pro-
ject over the surface. These nests
are put in the most unlikely places
IN the center of a grain field or In
forest where they sweep all ap-
proaches.
81 the two methods of advancing
against these that of rushing the po-
sitions, in which the Americans ex-
Gel, is most rapid, but costly. The
process of infltration by groups OF
infantry is slower and safer. While
in order and sustain fewer losses.
These infantry parties, where each
soldier is provided with different
implement. crawl around the machine
guns positions on their bellies and
In the first part of the offensive the
rush of infantry and especially of our
troops. without a long preparatory
artillery fire. carried the advance sew
enteen kilometers (ten miles) in five
days Then the Germans recovered
and organized the retreat systemat-
ically.
Communications Overwhelmed.
During the last ten days the Ger
man lines of communication in the
interior of the Marne salient have
been overwhelmed from three sides
by a torrent of artillery IRE. making
replenishment of ammunition anc
food next to impossible.
Besides freeing Paris from danger
the result of this offensive has been
to disorganize the German plan and
it is hoped. put them on the defensive
in France.
The American artillery fire Is espe-
cially effective in the accuracy ano
violence of its fire on the lines OF
communication. The presence OF
American troops was something quite
new at the close of the fourth yeal
of the war. It disconnected and sur
prised the Germans. as prisoners tes'
tify.
The Americans besides headione
valor are bringing to the war an ini-
tiative unhampered by tradition
Everywhere the Americans Of al
ranks are suggesting new methods oi
warfare.
Evening star., 1918-08-04

It pays to read the want columns Of
The Star. Hundreds Of situations are
filed through them.
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Do Not Waste Time

the advice Of tnis A.:oe.ion We
nothing
By public easena
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Bayonet VS.. Machine Gun.

By 10 o'clock yesterday morning an
had been done in Belleau wood except
the capture of the nest Of machine
guns In the stage scenery. The ma
chine gunners were quiet. They were
surrounded in effect, for the wood
back OF them was held and the open
ground In front was swept by the
guns. Now and then a shell was drop
ped in the rocks, but not often, They
were too near the troops and bursting
rock fragments cut like splinters from
shells
So the troops crept up. The boche
watched them from their positions,
unseen amid this tangle Of overturned
rocks and huge powders. There were
caverns among the rocks in which
they had hidden their guns. Some
times they suddenly pulled up 3 gun
by ropes. or boosted 1t up from be-
meath and turned on q burst Of fire.
They fought WELL" said the ofi1cer.
One never hears nonsense about boche
dbwardice from them. They know
better. They fought well-but----'' %
In the long run the baydnet with .
fighting man behind it Is the tool to
depeAd on
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Consumption
Can Be Prevented and Can Be Cured If Treated in Time

die because early symptoms neglected
be synpnms Of
Evening star., 1918-08-04
HUNS HEELS SHOW
WAY OVER THE DEAD
TO RACING U. S MEN

Continued from First Page,
Evening star., 1918-08-04
Got Three Running Boches.

'T saw one man get three running
boches." said an officer. Each went
in the air and dropped like an empty
sack They were running toward him,
too"
Pretty good shooting!"
'"The same man shot a boche carrier
pigeon the other day." said he. But.
then, mebbe that was an accident"
Early in the fight a group of Ger
mans were cornered. They surren-
dered on the boche plan. That is,
they played the '1xamerad" trick
They put up their hands and cried
for mercy.
"our men are square," said the off,
Ger who told me the story. They
had not believed the stories Of the
boche treachery. They went forward
to accept the surrender of the men.
Then the Germans threw stick gren-
ades at them. A corporal and FIVE
men were killed"
"And then?'
He grinned. That sort Of a grin
on a man fresh from a fight would not
be a pleasant thing for a boche to
see. He was unshaven and dirty and
there was a smear Of blood across
the front Of his blouse. and his tin
hat had sagged down over one ear
in a belligerent jauntiness. After q
moment
you'd think" he said, meditatively,
that after three years of cheating the
dirty rascals would learn that there
is one particular cheat that doesn't
pay"
Evening star., 1918-08-04

n TWELVE HEALTH
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Serial O2859, Sur. 1913

Serial 02859. Sur. l2l3 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE Juneau, Al. Feb. 22, 1918. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Nelson Lagoon Packing Company corporation, as assignee of George C. Laws, being entitled to benefits of Sections 2306 and 2307 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in United States Non-mineral Survey No. 1213, situated just South and in- side of Point Divide, Herendeen Bay, Boring Sea. Alaska, more particularly described as follows, to-wit:
 Beg. cor. No. 1, cor. not set, wit. COT. bears East .63 chs. dist; thence East 12.18 chs. to cor. No. 2; thence North 1900 chs to cor. No. 3, from whence U. s. l.. M. bears N. Is deg. 39 min. w. S.53 chs. dist; U. s. l.. M. 1047 bears $. 20 deg. 43 min E. 253.99 chs dist; thence West 11.60 chs to cor. No. 4, cor not set, wit cor. bears East 1.24 chs; thence meandering beach of Herendcen Bay at ordinary high tide CD $. , deg. 45 min. w. 6.20 chs. CD s. o deg. "A min E. 6.S2 chs. to cor. No. 1, place ofbeginning. Area 15.6S acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg. co min. E. Longitude 16O deg. 47 min West. Latitude 55 deg. 59 min. 25 sec No.
 As additional to original homestead entry of George c. Laws, H. E. 95S at Ironton, Texas County, Mo.
 Any and all persons claiming adver- sely any portion of the above describ- cd tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Juneau Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of pub lication or within thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 c. B. Walker
 Register
 Date of First Publication, May 15 1918.
 Date of Last Publication, August IT, 1918.
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Sur. 1903, Serial O2856

Sur. 1908, Serial 02856 1 UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE
 Juneau Al. Feb. 22, 1918. NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Nelson Lagoon Packing Company, corporation, as assignee of George C. Laws, being entitled to the benefits of Sections 23O6 and 2307 of the Re- vised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereto, has appli- ed to make entry of the lands embrac- ed in United States Non-mineral Sur vey No. 1908, situated on Gravel Point, Herendeen Bay, Boring Sea, Alaska, more particularly described as follows: Beg cor. No. 1, on beach Herendeen Bay at average high tide, cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South .75 chs; thence South 1.94 chs. to cor. No. 2, cor. not set, wit cor. Nbears North .66 chs; thence meandering beach Herendeen Bay at average high tide CD S. 53 deg. O7 min. W. 4.26 chs; CD S. 41 II min w. 3.O3 chs; (3) S. 19 deg. 15 min. w. 2.21 chs. (4) s. IA deg. 30 min w. PSI chs to cor. No. 8, cor. not set, wit. cor bears West 1.20 chs dist; thence West 4.96 chs to cor. No 4; thence North 17.81 chs to cor. No. 5 cor. not set. wit. cor. bears South 1906 chs, from which wit. cor. U. S. L. M. No. 1922 bears s. 27 deg. fl min. E. 769 chs; U. s. l.. M. No. 1046 bears N .15 deg. 35 min. w.; thence from true COT. meandering beach Herndeen Bay at average high tide (5) s. 25 deg. co min. E. $40 chs; (6). s. 36 deg. co min. E. 3.S0 chs; CD S. 57 deg. 15 min E. 1.20 chs; (S) N. 86 deg. AS min. E. sos chs. (9) N. S1 deg. 36 min. E. 2.07 chs to cor. No. 7, the place of beginning. Area 10.01 acres. Variation at all corners 19 deg. co min. E. Longitude 160 deg. 42 min. 90 sec. West Lat 55 deg. A min. N.
 As additional to original homestead entry of George C. Laws, H. F.. 95S at Ironton, Texas County, Mo,
 Any and all persons claiming ad- versely any portion of the above de- scribed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Ju- neau, Alaska, their adverse claim there to, under oath, during the pemod of publication or within thirty days there after, or they will be barred by the provisions of the Statute.
 c. B. Walker
 Register
 Date of First Publication, May IS 1918.
 Date of Last Publication, August IT 1918.
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ENGLISH TRADE
 COUNCIL WANTS
 MOONEY HELPED

SAN FRANCISCO, May Is - The Trades Council of London, England, sent cablegram today to the San Francisco Bulletin, the afternoon news paper. protesting the death sentence for Thomas Mooney, and asked that he be given a new trial.
 Mooney is the man implicated in the bomb outrage of July, 1916, in which ten were killed in the Preparedness Parade. Mooney had a trial and was convicted. and sentenced to die.
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GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH, FACES
 '- A GRAVE TIME

LONDON. May Is -- Speaking to the members of the Primrose league, Earl Curzon government leader in the House of Lords and a member of the Wor Council. said that grave times were ahead. "The British soldiers might be forced to give ground said Earl Curzou. but encouragement will follow in unity of command. The Am ericanS are encouraging all soldiers by their splendid fighting qualities and the indomitabIe spirit of the British people should he brighter.
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SPRECKLES ALIEN ENEMY

YONKERS. \. Y. May IS Walter SprecklcS, nephew of the late Claude SpreackleS. the sugar king. has been forbidden by the Yonkcrs police to en- ter the sugar factory Of which he has been the general manager for the past l6 years.
 SpreckleS k claSsod aS an enemy alin. The plant k located on the water front in the barred zone. Although over 30 years in the United States, SprcckleS Is native Of Germany and has never taken out citizenship papers.
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C. B. Walker
 Register
Ser. O29O5

Ser. 02905 ! NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR ! PATENT.
 U. $. Land Office Juneau, Alaska March 22, 1918.
 NOTICE is hereby given that North western Fisheries Company, corpor- ation, as assignee of Peter M. Steen being entitled to the benefits of Sec ton 2306 of the Revised Statutes of the United States and the amendments thereof, has applied to make entry of the lands embraced in U. s. Non-min- eral survey No. 1920 situate on East side of Port Heiden Bay, Alaska, particularly described as follows, to wit:
 Beg. COT. No. 1, on beach Port Heid- en Bay at mean high tide, cor. not set. wit cor bears East 0.97 chs; U. s. l.. M. this Sur. bears s. 6 deg. p min. 93 sec. E. I'll chs; thence meandering beach Port Heiden Bay at mean high tide CD s. 3 deg. As min w. 566 chs; (2) s. deg. A min. w. 3.64 chs (3) s. 12 deg. 3S min. w. 6.11 chs. to cor. No. 2, COT not set, wit cor. bears East Ill chs. U. s. l.. M. this Sur. bears N. 2l deg. 25 min. E. STA chs; thence East 1227 chs to cor. No. 8; thence North 1920 chs to cor. No. 4; thence West 9.S7 chs to true cor. No. place of beginning. Area 16.49 acres. Var iation at all corners 19 deg. 50 min. E.. Lat. 56 deg. 56 min. N. Longitude 1858 deg. B min. w.
 As additional to original homestead entry of Peter NJ. Steen, guardian of John A. Steen, H. E. 4977 dated July ?, 1866 at Winnebago City, Minn.
 Any and all persons claiming adver- Sely any portion of the above desclib- ed tract of land are required to file with the Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under oath, during the period of pub lication or within thirty days thereaft- er,or they will be barred by the prov isions of the staute.
 Northwestern Fisheries Company.
 
 By Jno. R. Vim
 Its attorney in fact
 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that tho
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foregoing notice be published for the statutory period in the Seward Gate way, a newspaper of general circula- tion printed at Seward, Alaska, the nearest newspaper to said above de- scribed claim or survey.
 C. B. Walker
 Register Date of First Publication, May Is 1918.
 Date of Last Publication, August q 1918.
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FOR RENT-Two furnished apart mcuts. Inquire Brosius & Noon.

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HE'S AMERICAN ALL RIGHT

RENAL, May 10 - To the Editor of the Gateway Buy me United States Government War Saving Stamps. ] am practically of German extraction which my name shows. If l were in Finland the land of my birth l would s ght with the iast man in my squad to prevent Prince Oscar, the Fifth Son or the Kaiser, becoming King of Fin land. { am all American.
 Up with democracy!
 Up ~ird the Banner of Freedom.
 Down with aVtocracy!
 Down with tho House ot Hohen2Oll- p'U.
 lSiypcdl Edwin Edclmann
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