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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24
Schenectady, N. Y.

Clyde Hardy. formerly OF Canon
City. writes from Schenectady. N. Y.
we have been having a very cold
winter Had zero weather all Christ
mas and December 9th the mercury
never got above 10 degrees below and
on the morning of December 31st. il
reached 80 below here and up in the
Adirondacks 1t was reported 60 be
low.
You remember we had outdoor pic.
mic weather in Canon City. all Christ
mas week
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24
Chairman Appoints
Subcommittee

Mr.. A. +. Sharman, chairman OF the
Citizens Committee OF Sixty-five, was
authorized to appoint two sub-com.
mittees. One was instructed to make
an effort to induce some of the com.
panies ct least to establish the open
mine policy. The other committee
was instructed to investigate the
price Of Ice in other cities situated
similarly to Canon City and to de-
termine II the soc per hundred rute
charged here is not excessive and to
recommend any relief measures.
Chairman Shnrman has announced
the appointment OF the committees
as follows:
COAL COMMITTEE
w. H. DOZIER.
@. v. HoDGiN,
T. II. ST1NEMEYER.
W. N. CLARK.
W. II. TROUT.
ICE COMMITTEE
W. C. HUNTooN. =
c. c. PATTON.
C. H. DUNCAN.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24
Bannock, Ohio

A communication was received by
a Canon City business man on Thurs
day. from a relative at Bannock. Ohio
in which II was stated that the wealth
er there was about the worst in the
memory OF 1.-The oldest inhabitant."
For five weeks. according to the let
ter. the temperature had varied from
five degrees below zero to twenty-five
degrees below. A shortage Of coal
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24
READ ABOUT THE WEATHER IN ANY
OTHER PART OF THE UNITED STATES
AND BE HAPPY YOU LIVE IN COLORADO

The remarkably cold weather which
has shrouded the eastern half of the
United States in snow and ice for the
last month or six weeks. ought to
cause the people of Canon City to ap-
preciate the splendid winter climate
of this section as never before. For
weeks snow storms. followed by zero
temperature have swept the country
from Kansas and Nebraska eastward
to the Atlantic coast and beyond. re-
sulting in almost unexampled suffer
ing, owing to an insufficiency of fuel
to keep warm. TO say nothing of the
tremendous losses to business enter
prises of all kinds. Hardly any state
lana northward to the Canadian bor-
der and from the Missouri river to
New England has ben exempt from ex-
treme cold, or has not experienced
the bite and sting of zero weather with
all of its attendant discomforts and
distresses.
From New Orleans to ST. Paul and
Minneapolis the country has been in
the grip of the storm king and every
where there has been and continues
to be. a clamor for fuel in order that
the misery it imposes may be mitigat-
ed and life be made more comfortable.
Chicago. Milwaukee and the lake
cities generally are having the worst
winter weather they have experienced
in quarter of century. st. Louis.
Louisville. Cincinnati and Pitsburg
are not much better off SO far as
weather conditions are concerned.
Washington, Richmond and Norfolk.
TO say nothing of New York. Phila-
delphia and Boston. are also victims
of winter that is sub-Arctic in the
intensity of its cold.
During the prevalence of these dis
tressing conditions in the east and
south. the people of Canon City and
: the upper Arkansas have been enjoy
ing almost ideal Fall weather; with
temperature not too warm. and for
the most part, not too cold With
but a few exceptions the golden mean
between the two extremes of temper
ature has been maintained. Only on
three or four days has the atmosphere
here been such as to render 1t un'
comfortable to work in the open air
Thruout October. November and De
cember picnic parties at the top oil
the Royal Gorge and in the mountains
within easy driving distance OF town
were of frequent occurrence and were
enjoyable because of the bright. cneer.
ful weather. II is hardly too much to
say that there has not been half a
dozen cloudy days in Canon City since
the beginning of the winter season.
The sunshine has been genial and
nearly maximum az to quantity.
People here have not suffered from
an insufficiency Of fuel. despite the
fact that they have had to pay a
good price for it, altho much less than
consumers in many other parts of the
country. While the climate and living
conditions in Canon City may not rival
or even approximate that of the Hap
py valley, as described by DR. Johnson
in his beautiful story of "Rasselas." /"
it is almost infinitely better than
that of the less favored sections of
the United States. The following ex-
cerpts from letters received here dur
ing the last few days will give some
idea of the climatic situation in the
eastern states:
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24
Grand Rapids. Mich.

A lady in Grand Rapids. Michigan,
writes friends here that it has been a
hard winter and coal hard to get. This
family has not been able to get any
coal delivered since last August and
the cellar is about empty.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24
Middleton, Conn.

Mrs. S. Z. Mack writes friends here !:
we have had terrible winter 80
far. Below zero week at time. The
water mains are frozen and we have
been without water for a week-have
to carry it some distance. Such bliz-
yards as we have had-raiiroads ties
up. ac"
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24
Mt. Vernon, iii.

In the course of letter from Mt.
Vernon. H.. to q member OF the
Record family. under date of the 14th
inst. the writer says: How is the
weather in Colorado? We are having
a frightful winter here October was
unusually cold and December broke
all records In that respect. January
gives promise of taking the laurels
away from its predecessor We had
a terrible blizzard last week and the
intense cold lasted till this morning
when II began to snow and the flakes
are now coming down from every d.
rection. I have not been out of the
house for four days. All railroad
trains are from six to ten hours late.
and in many instances have been an
nul,ed."
New York City
Rev. E. r. Fulkerson who returned
to Canon City few days ago from
New York. says: Hundreds OF famil-
lea in the metropolis have found 1t
impossible to keep warm in their
homes because of the intensely cold
weather and the fuel famine and have
taken refuge in the big hotels and
apartment houses until conditions i'm.
prove"
Rev. Fulkerson was five days max
Ing the trip by rail from New York to
Canon City. on account Of the delayed
running time of the trains. caused by
the snow drifts In Ohio. Indiana and
illinois.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24

Many people have sold furniture TO
GOOD advantage thru The Record Want
ID columns
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-24

and other fuel rendered the situation
one of great suffering and distress.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
ITALIANS REPULSE ATTACK
The Flag, Our Flag, the Oldest Flag That Flies

the American flag, stars and beams of
many colored lights shine out to-
gether. And wherever this flag comes
and men behold 1t they see In its sa-
cred emblazonry no embattled castles
or insignia of imperial authority; they
see the symbols of light. 1t is the
banner of dawn
And today, on this anniversary Of
our flags birth, the Stars and Stripes
float in France-the banner of dawn
to the peoples whom the iron heel of
German military might seeks to crush
into cruel and heartless slavery as it
demolishes their homes, ignores their
rights and destroys their lives.
All along the battleline. from the
channel to the Alps, this fag-Our
Fiag-is the flag of hope and promise,
the emblem which adds strength to
the arm and courage to the heart of
liberty's fighters. God speed the day
when we make good this hope and
promise. For until that day has ar
rived the power Of the Huns cannot
be overcome and civilization will con-
tinue struggling in the grasp of her
worst enemies the Teuton and the
Turk.
We Americans ourselves must carry
that banner of dawn to the trenches
'over there" To do this means car
rying the heaviest portion of the war
burden. in the battlefields "over there"
and in homes and fields and shops
here at home. We must not only fight
but we must help our allies to carry
on their end of the war. 1t is a won
derfully large piece of war we have
set out upon. greater than that at
tempted before by any nation, but we
can do 1t If we concentrate our war
so that all business, all pleasures, all
hopes shall meet in the one undertake
ng-War-winning the war!
We must win or our flag ceases to
be the Banner of Dawn.
We can only win by putting every
ounce of our energy and our every
thought into the fight. Any effort less
than that places our flag, our country,
ourselves in peril.
"Then conquer we must, when our
cause 1t is just,
And this be our motto: In God Is our
trust
And the STAR -spangled Banner in
triumph shall wave
Ger the Hand Of the free and the home
of the brave" W.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
HENRY FORD ACCEPTS
DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION
Republican Indorsed by Michi-
gan Party-Wilson Urges
Acceptance.

Washington, June 14.-Henry Ford
decided last night to accept the demo-
cratic nomination for senator from
Michigan after being urged to do so
by President Wilson.
Detroit, Mich, June 14.-Henry Ford,
a republican, was indorsed for the
nomination for United States senator
by the democrats of Michigan in con-
ference at Lansing Wednesday, Reso-
lutions adopted by the conference in
vited the republican state central COM
mittee to urge other candidates for
the. nomination to withdraw and unite
with the democrats in supporting Mr..
Ford.
The action. unparalleled in Michigan
politics, was taken, the resolutions
said. in a patriotic effort to eliminate
partisan politics during a crisis in the
country's history and to insure united
support of President Wilson and his
prosecution of the war. The indorse-
ment was made despite the fact that
Mr. Ford had given no indication that
he would be candidate of any party.
Two former governors. Fred M. War
ner and Chase s. Osborn, already have
announced their candidacy for the re-
publican nomination, and Truman III.
Newberry, who served in Roosevelt's
cabinet. has also been mentioned.
The nomination to be made at the
August primaries. is for candidate
to succeed Senator William Alden
Smith. whose term expires next year.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
EACERNESS OF AMERICANS
MAKES HIT WITH BRITISH
Physical Condition Excellent,
Spirits High-Troops in
~ Review Before Kaig.
(Associated Press.)

American Headquarters on the Brit
ish Front, Wednesday. June 12.-Field
Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, command
er-in-chief of the British army in
France, today reviewed the American
troops in wide section in this area.
The Americans filed past with an
easy swinging step that bore out the
opinion of many British experts that
they are as fit physically as training
can make them. Their alignment, step
and carriage were excellent. The re-
view opened impressively with a salute
to the colors while a squadron from
the royal flying corps flew over the
field and did some. acrobatic stunts.
Field Marshal Haig stopped several
times to chat with officers.
British officers were impressed by
the physical condition of the men and
by their high spirits. The medical Of
ficers have had little to do thus far in
this zone. The health Of the men.
whether quartered in biliets or camp
ing in the open, has been far above
tine average.
The eagerness of the Americans in
getting at their work has made hit
with the British. who find them quite
ready as far as physical training goes.
British officers believe that a short
period of study of the fine points of
modern warfare will make the Ameri-
cans ready in every respect.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
Won BELOW HURLS TRAINED STORM
TROOPS AGAINST AMERICAN SECTOR
Sammes Ensconsed in Strong Positions, Give the Enemy Warm
Reception Artillery Blasts Ground Beneath
the Attackers Feet.

up there.
Throughout today German batteries
maintained harrassing drumfire
against the American positions. 1t
was exasperating but complete fail
ure so far as results were concerned.
German prisoners reveal that Ger
man officers have been feeding their
men with wild stories about the allies
being finished" The officer described
the killing of Germans in the recent
battle on the western front as a
Slaughter"
Frenchmen who have witnessed the
Americans in their successful COM
bats north of Chateau Thierry on the
Marine front are enthusiastic over
them. This is a description that one
gave Of the American methods.
Baseball has made the Americans
the premier grenade throwers of the
world. | saw Americans, at given
signal, shower grenades unerringly
ninety feet at a line of German he'll
NETS peeping above a shallow trench.
Later the trench was found to be
filled with dead. Also, football has
made natural strategists of the Ameri-
can officers. The poilus are fred with
enthusiasm at the way the Americans
go into battle. They lung forward,
yelling like savages, and they are
gluttons for bayonet fighting. The
cold steel has no terrors for them.
They are proud of their wounds. They
know what it is to be German pris-
oner and they fight to the death
rather than surrender. They are Gead
shots and there is no danger that they
are afraid to expose themselves. The
Germans are open -mouthed with as
tonishment at these veterans from
America"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
us. .AIRMENFICHT
BIG SKY BATTLE
Three Machines Attack Fifteen
German AIbatrosseS
Above Norry. !
ENEMY PLANE SEOT DOWN
American Plane Seen to Fall.
Aviators Supposed to Have
Been Captured.
ENEMY PLANE SE0T DOWN
international News Service.)


With the American Army in France.
June Night)-American airmen
more than broke even in fighting un-
der heavy odds this morning over the
front north of Toul in the biggest sky
battle in which American aviators
have yet engaged.
Between twelve and fifteen German
Albatrosses attacked two of our photo
graphing planes three miles above
Norry, north of Pont-A- Mousson.
Three of our fighting machines sped
to the assistance of the attacked
Americans with the sun to their backs
and dove in amidst the German planes.
Each of the American airmen picked
out an adversary, forcing the enemy
planes down to an altitude OF two
miles. At that height Lieutenant
(name deleted by censor) poured sew
eral rounds into his opponent, the
German mcchine falling in flames.
The Germans attacked one of oltf
machines three NAlbatrosses encircling
it. The American machine was seen
to spin earthwards. 1t is believed that
the Americans were made prisoners.
Another of our planes got on the tail
of a boche, firing steadily. The boone
machine, apparently crippled, dived
earthwarss. The remainder of the
German airmen then fled. Our avia-
tors returned to their base.
In another engagement fought carrier
in the day three of our aviators snot
down a German machine over Inla-
court after a long chase.
This afternoon the Germans dropped
bombs behind our ines on the Toul
front, but no damage was done.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
international News Service.)

With the American Army at the
Marne, June -(Night. 1.-The steady
progress of the Americans in the sec
tor of Belleau wood and Bouresches
has cut the Chateau Thierry- -Villers-
Cotterets railway line which was
previously in German hands.
Information obtained from German
prisoners, one Prussian captain in
particular, as well as from other
sources shows that the German at
tack this morning was an imposing
operation.
Specially trained storm troops who
had been carefully rehearsed, were
brought up from Gen. Won Bellows di- :
visions to partake in the assault and
the men were under orders to infiict
a decisive defeat on the Americans as
it was recognized their morale and
confidence had been infinitely raised
by their continued successful prog
ress.
The enemy found the Americans in
string natural positions but the Ger
mans were bountifully supplied with
machine guns and flame projectors.
Artillery in adjoining sectors was or
dered to concentrate a destructive fire
for several hours.
The Germans were found to be car
rying six days rations and a tremen-
dous amount of machine gun aI:mu :
milton. They had figured on storming
Belleau wood and Bouresches, on dig
ging in there and upon holding to the
positions until they were consolidated
with the old lines.
Krupp guns were moved up to sup
port the operation. The attack was
utterly crushed at Belleau wood.
French and American artillery blasted
the ground beneath the feet of the at
tackers.
The Germans suffered loss very
heavily not only from the cannon fire
but from the continuous blasts from
the American machine guns
To the eastward the Germans sue
ceeded in debouching from the Bou-
resches railway station. penetrating
along a sunken road. After American n
machine gunners had poured in a
whitening fire the American infantry
debouched from the ruins of Bou-
resches village and swept the station
at the point of the bayonet. Many
German bodies were found along t. e
road, transfixed with the cold steel.
Not single Amerio IN was bayoneted.
German machine gunners aban-
doned their weapons and fed. Min
nenwerfers squads threw down their
mine throwers and took to their heels,
rushing across the field that bordered
the road. Later they were rounded
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
TROOPS IN FRANCE LEND
SIGNIFICANCE TUFLAG DAY

Washington. June 14.--With more than
700, 900 men in France giving added sig
nifcance to the Stars and Stripes, Flag
day was observed in the United States
today with a greater display of patriot
ism than ever before. Observance of the
day generally took the form of display
of the flag, though public exercises were
arranged in a number of cities and
towns. In all celebrations the fresh lau-
rels won by the American troops in the
last ten days did not pass unnoticed.
In Washington all government depart
ments were to close at 8 O'Clock and join
in celebration near the capitol grounds.
Secretary Baker was to be present at
the meeting. with Solicitor-General w.
Davis as the principal speaker. 1t was
considered likely that President Wilson
would attend
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
GERMANS FOUGHT
TO STANDSTILL,
Along Montdidier- -0ise Front
and in AiSne- -Marne Zone
Of Battle.
HUN ASSAULTS ARE BROKEN
French Inflicted Severe Loss
and Damage Behind the
German Lines.
HUN ASSAULTS ARE BROKEN
international News service.)

Paris, June 1.-THE Germans have
been fought to a standstill on both the
Montdidier- Oise front and in the
Aisne- Marne zone of battle.
Heavy lighting has continued at nu-
merous points. but all of the German
efforts to debouch and extend their
gains have been smashed by the allies.
Powerful attacks were launched
against French positions between
Courcelles and Merry (southeast of
Montdidier), but the Germans were
prevented by the French fire from
reaching the French lines.
The Germans are being held up
along the Disc river by patches of
heavy wooded ground which the French
have fortified. These woodlands also
act as screens for great masses of
French artillery, which is keeping the
Germans under q constant harassing
fire.
Between the Disc and the Aisne
rivers (where the French retired
slightly on Wednesday, the new posi-
tions have been strongly organized and
strengthened. The Germans did not
dare to try any attacks against them
on Thursday. South OF the Aispe the
Germans again attacked in the sectors
of Coueuvres-St. Pierre -Aigle and to
the west of Vertefeuille farm. The
assaults all broke down and the ex-
hausted enemy was unable to renew
them.
North and south of the Ourcq heavy
cannonading was followed by spirited
infantry fighting.
Fine weather has resulted in big
increase in the air activity and some
spectacular sky combats have taken
place above the surging armies.
French machines have inflicted Sc
we're loss and damage behind the Ger
man lines. attacking conveys and
marching troops.
The stabilization phase of the battle
has arrived and at many points en-
trenching is in progress it is reported.
One French officer, who has just ar
rived from the battle front. expressed
the opinion that the Germans are now
limited to minor operations and that
their attacks in the future will be con-
fined to nibbling operations. The Ger
man reserves are fast dwindling ann
Gen. Foch's mastery strategy has not
only held up the German advance, hut
inflicted the heaviest possible loss upon
the German soldiery.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14

One hundred and forty-one years
ago today there appeared On the face
of the globe a new flag. 1t was the
flag Of new nation, state dedicated
to freedom, liberty and justice. 1t
fioated over a people at war in a coun-
try undeveloped hut rich in hope and
purpose. 1t floats today over the sons
and daughters of those peoples and
over all the other human beings who
have sought safety and freedom be-
meath its folds.
1t is the Stars and Stripes, floating
on this the anniversary of it's birth
over millions of homes from the At
lantic to the Pacific. from Canada's
border to the gulf, and-what is new
est and so superbly grand-it floats
this day on the 'battlefelds of Europe
where the hosts of democracy are
fighting the hordes of autocracy!
Our flag has history rich in deeds
and glorious in hope. 1t is the oldest
of all the flags that now fly in the
whole world. The flags of our allies
are younger, the present tricolor of
France appeared in 1894, fully seven
teen years after Old Glory had come
into existence; Italy's flag was born in
1870; the British flag in 1901; Portu-
gal, 1915; Belgium, 1881, and our
South American allies even later The
flags of Japan and China of today are
not as old as the Stars and Stripes.
But 1t is not because our flag is the
oldest of all flags, that we love 1t so
well and honor 1t so truly. Our flag
stands for the things we love and ad-
mire and hope to attain in the most
wonderful measure. Our flag is the
mblem of the highest ideals any ma
ton has set out to reach. There is
something great and good back. of our
flag, liberty, justice, humanity and
equality. However, let us not be mis-
understood. 1t Is not the cloth of
which our national emblem is made
gladly storm the heights of fame and
death. We honor and respect 1t and
die for it because
"a thoughtful mind, when 1t sees
nations flag, sees not the flag, but the
nation itself" said that great preacher
and American, Henry Ward Beecher.
And whatever may be its symbols, it's
insignia. he reads chiefly in the flag
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1918-06-14
TELEGRAPH UNION ASKS
reinstatement OF OUSTED
Ultimatum Expires Noon Satur-
day-Unless Action Is Taken
Konenkamp Will Move.
international News service.)

st. Paul, Mimi, June As. j. Ko-
nenkamp, president of the Commercial
Telegraphers' union, has sent an ulti-
matum to the Western Union Tele-
graph company demanding that ousted
employees be at once reinstated in ac-
cordance with the decision of the ma
tional war labor board.
He set the expiration of the ultima
tum at noon tomorrow, and asserted
that unless the Western Union carries
out the findings of the board, the two
telegraphers' unions will stand in a
body against that company.
Unless immediate concurrence is
given by the telegraph companies. Ko-
nenkamp, who came here to attend the
American Federation of Labor conven-
ton, will not remain for any action
the federation may be asked to take.