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Cheyenne record., 1918-06-20


terry of the air.
SPEEDING UP GUN
PRODUCTION
In that matter of ordinance
guns of all kinds and calibers-
a similar story is to be told.
Before the war we had an in
competent chief of ordinance and
when trouble came we did not
have guns enough to equip the
army and our manufacturing es-
Establishments were not prepared
to turn out an adequate supply.
But they did have the machinery
to make the English Enfield rifle
in great numbers and the secre-
tary of war boldly decided to
discard our own gun and attempt
to arm the boys with the English
weapon, somewhat modified.
This seemed foolish at the time
but Bakers judgment has been
vindicated. The modified Enfield
is the best rifle in the world and
we have been turning it out so
rapidly that the supply has ex-
ceeded the demand. We can
equip an entire division Of troops
-27,OOO men-in three days.
That same old incompetent
chief of ordinance did not take
steps to provide the army with
All adequate supply of machine
guns. American inventors were
snubbed and compelled to sell
their guns to European govern
ments. In the early. months OF
the war, the Ecglish checked the
German advance with machine
guns invented by an American
and refused by our army.
BRO WINGS MACHINE
GUNS
When Secretary Baker saw
what he was up against. he made
aau .n,,. noii move and under
toAh lA@ E.lnnfHrture of what IS
,,nnun "A. yne browning gun.
Brow ira - M.7.:t=rn2r and Is
probab!, ll2 -" est gun maker
the world ha, ever seen. lie ap-
preciated that the enief weak
ness Of all machine guns was
that their parts were 50 delicat-
ely adjusted that very little
thing would cause a Jam and
when a gun jams its useful
ness ceases.
He worked to get a gun of few
parts and simple construction
and high efficiency, and the
Eight" and.. heavy" Brownings
resulted.
Soon we will be producing the
'heavies" at the rate of 2500 a
a month and the lights" at 10
600 month. All will be as cas-
| lily adjusted and repaired as
Ford.
While we have been perfecting
the Browning our boys in France
have been supplied with the Lew
is machine gun and various for
eign makes. Never for a moment
have they been ASKED to await
the results of experiments. They
have at all times had the best
=4li Jlnei,t money could buy.
So far as big guns "rc concern
eu there is every reason to be-
lieve that we have some surprise
in store for Fri'z. Germany is
hot the only country which can
make a weapon capable of shoot
ing seventy miles.
Richard F. R2an, State inheri-
tance tax appraiser and E. l..
Mccullough. both from the office
of Leslie E. Hubbard. Attorney
Cheyenne record., 1918-06-20
Call for Democratic County
Assembly.

The Cheyenne county Democratic
Assembly will be convened at the
Court House at Cheyenne Wells Colo,
Saturday July 10th 1918, at O'Clock,
p IN for the purpose OF designating
candidates Tor county Offices to be
nominated at the primary Tuesday
Sept 1918 to the State Democratic
Assembly to he held at the Auditorium
in the city of Denver July y, 1918, at
10 III and for the transaction of SUCH
other business as may properly come
before the assembly.
Candidates will b. nominated for
the following county Offices
Couu.y Clerk and Recorder
Cou.ty Sheriff
County Treasurer
County Assessor
County Superintendent of Schools
County Surveyor
County Coroner
County Judge
County commissioner for Districts
Nos. aud
The various precincts shall be enti-
tied to representation in this Asse.n-
fnlinw>.
Cheyenne record., 1918-06-20

Read the Record 81 a year
Cheyenne record., 1918-06-20

The precinct F. imaIies will be he'd
at 2 p III Saturday July ~, 1918 at the
regular polling places to select dele
gates to the county convention, to
name one committeeman and one COM
IL ittee woman for years and to name
one candidate for Justice OF the Peace
and to name one candidate for Con
stable.
The various committeeman and COM
mittee women are requested to see that
tile polling places be open from 2 TO 1
p Ill July u, 1918
b.. d. Piatt, Chairman
J. A. jenkins, Sec.
Cheyenne record., 1918-06-20
WAYSlDES

MIR. and Mrs. John Wyant OF
ArapabCe, and Mrs. PialI were
evening callers at MRS. }. A. Jtn-
kins, 1uesGay.
Cheyenne record., 1918-06-20


Congressman from the third Colorado
istrict.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
NOfrA of InIcrcNf.

The police ave donned their new fan
and winter uniforms. the CRY Council
footing the iii.
Directors OF the Chamber Of com
merce and Retail Merchants Associa =
ton will meet the first OF the com
ing wcet 10 consider the matter OF
raising funds for the erection OF a
government hospital for the treatment
az vice diseases. The Council has ap-
proDriated $4,000 for this purpose. but
r,ure money is needed
The Board Of Supervisors OF Meek =
icEourG has requested the city o! Pc
tersburS to furnish hoard ADD lodging
for the county's paupers. OF which there
are hNe at present The request is
mace as business proposition.
Chief Of Police James Brockweli has
tecn appointed by Governor Davis a
deieg2te 10 the annual prison congress.
70 u" held ia New York City October.
Is Chief Brockwell is a member OF the
board OF directors OF the State Peni-
ientiary
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14

Of electric light clusters and nea,
eight day watch. the list of instru-
mental equipment is included The
only remarkable feature of the watch
Is that II an-aeroplane is left without
a guard for five minutes after forced
landing. the watch mysteriously dis
appears. There are several pressure
gauges on the dashboard. One for each
pctro! tank. to indicate the pressure a,
which air is forcing the spirit to the
engine: and another 10 show the
pressure in pounds 20 tine square inch
at which oil is being driven through
the various fabrication channels on
water-cooled engines Il thermom cte r
records the temperature OF the water
in the radiator.
Space forbids a detailed description
OF the controls. However, il may
briefly be said that there is swiveliinr
foot bar for the rudder while "a CEN
tral lever. commonly known as the
joystick." actuates the elevation and
banking OF the aeropiane. 4 wheel at
the side increases the angle at which
the tell plane attacks the air this
oeinG for rapid ascension. Two side
levers control the speed and petrol
consumption OF the engine.
Then come the various articles OF
military equipment. These comprise
the machine guns. with their actuatinc
gear. firing straight through the pro-
teller. and controlled by lever on the
servers cockpit and. finally. message
bags. bomb sights. and camera release
handles.
And some folk seem TO think pilots
are not very busy people.
Copyright, 1880
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
CABLE CONGRATULATIONS
TO GENERAL PERSH|NG
Association of Alsatians and Lor.
rainers Send Message on Com
mander's Birthday.
PLAN FUTURE CELEBRATION
Express Hope to Join Him in Future
in Great Event mt Home Of His
Ancestors in Alsacc. in the Valley
Of Family OF Pfeersching.
lRy Associated Press

NEW YORK, September l3.-Thc
General Association OF Alsatians and
Lorrainers in. America. made public
here to-day the following cablcgram of
congratulations sent to General Perish
ing in France on his birthday:
while under your admirable COM
mand the glorious descendants OF the
heroes OF 1875 and of Gettysburg as
found the world with their deeds in
spred only by love of liberty and
democracy, the Alsatians and LOT
raincrs OF s&merica deeply moved that
the descendant OF an Alsatian family
should have been chosen To destroy
odious chains with our toch. Petain
fIaiE and Diaz. send you on the oc-
casion OF your birthday heartfelt
wishes for great mill AIRY success in
1918. and hope to celebrate shortly
with you in the village OF the family
OF PfeerschinE (Psrshing5 the victory
DeOpleS."
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Killed by An1omobi,c.

HARRISOSBURG September Ia
Amos Lackey lies dead at the Rocking
nam Memorial Hospital az result Of
IN automobile accident. when he was
struck by a car driven by Mr.. Cootes.
70 Cootea's store, on the Valley Pike.
near here.
Mr.. Lackcy, who was about sixty
Nv" years OF age. was working the
'pke. together with several other work
mon Al the time Of the accident he
vas engaged in sweeping with his back
coward the approaching car. and being
slightly deaf, he failed 10 hear the
norm. Finally. upon learning OF it's APP
nroach, he became bcwildcrcd and in
stead Of stepping aside, stepped in
hont OF the moving automobile and
VAS knocked violently 10 the ground.
When picked up he was unconscious.
Upon his removal TO the hospital II
~as found that his RICH, limb was
lroEen and his skull fractured. the
blood flowing profusely from his ears
lie died some hours later without re-
gaining consciousness.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
FOOD ADMINISTRATION
SENDS DEALERS WARNING
rrices of Sugar Cannot BE Advanced
Until Present Stocks Arc
Exhausted.
RUIZ ssowN BY AUTOMOBILE
Senior Officer at University OF vir.
ginia Is Promoted to Majorship
Other News Items From Various
Parts Of Virginia.

STAUNTON. VA. September 13-Re-
ports are already coming to the food
administration OF wholesale and retail
merchants stocked with sugars pur-
chased at the old prices. who are now
selling such stocks at tho advanced
prices
The regulations OF tho food admin
isiration provide that prices OF sugar
shall not he advanced until present
stocks. purchased at the old prices. arc
ne cost of sugar on hand with the
cost OF new sugars purchased. and the
food administration announces that
PERSONS found violating these rcgula-
iaw
Car lots Of sugar at warehouse or
uDon purchasers tracks or other pri-
Nate tracks after close of business sat!
friday September Z. arc treated az un5
delivered, and take the new price.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14

4; the meeting Of the Petersburg
Rotary Club last night. various mat
tcrs % interest We're discussed. Tn"
club ~as addressed by Captain r T..
Heath. Of the fourth Liberty loan c8m :
paigr committee in the interest of that
campaign. The club viii give it's as
sistance in this as in the previous loan
campaigns. The club was also I'D =
dressed ny the Rcv. George r ,yd Roe
ers. in the interest OF the Indus ri a |
Home for Boys. at Conviction and was
assured or assistance. The matter OF
the campaign 20 Increase the member
ship OF the Y NJ. &. \ was also
brough; 10 tho attention OF the club
and received Us Endorsement. Various
municipal problems were discussed.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Arr.., of AlIered nuo,lc-rer.

Bryant \. Norris was arrested last
night by Provost Marshal Sw!ndeL and
Assistant Marshal Collins on the
charge OF transporting liquor into the
STATE. He was given a hearing in the
Police Court this morning, and was
held .or IA. Federal authorities tn.
state prohibition authorities recently
captured an automobile n Beaver Dam
with 100 plnrs of liquor. but the driver
OF the ca. escaped and efforts have
since been made TO locate him The
machine was registered IN the name Of
Norris The accused denies bringing
liquor into the State. He will have
a hearing before United States Commits
.siCner Gillian
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Promoted to Rank Of Major.

her l3.-Captain c. Tovner who has
heen senior Officer at the auto truck
division training camp al the Cnive.-
SHY OF Virginia since it's inauguration
early in June. has been promoted TO
tho rank OF major. and has received
has com m ission. 1t is not known wbe,h-
81 Major Towner will continue here
during the next school" which Will
heEin the latter part of tho month but
gossip is that he Will be lief; in charge
Nth First Lieutenant, l. G. Bumn as
his adjutant.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Minister Get. cali.

ThNRTIJTTESVlL lille. VA. Scptem-
.b~r l5.--The Rev Andrew Allen. a
~ell-Snown Presbyterian minister OF
,this city, has received 4 unanimous call
10 become pastor OF church OF 500
members in suburb OF Cumbe ria nd
md. II is situated in the beautiful Lam
,aconing valley OF the Cumberland
Mountains, with population OF S 5000
iMr. Aliens son. p Maurice Allen who
lfas been a teacher In the high school
lpf this city. is now in Washington. in
he chemistry department OF the war
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14

Six thousand. ono hundred men and
youths were registered in the Peters
burg Dinwifdie District on ThursdI ) ::
400 IN the city and | .0"5 N inc coUn-
~. The registration in the city came
UP 10 about the estimate. hut THAI in
the county fell beiow the estimate The
WORK OF the registrars WAS conduct ed
smoothly and without hitch. because
OF inc volunteer assistance in each
precinct and ot the HEADQUARTERS Of
The draft hoard. and the cordial aid
given by merchants and manufacturers
20 mat there waY no interruption Of
business
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Juvenile Protection A,.ocin,ion.

Al called meeting o: INC Petersburg
Juvenile Protection Association last
evening Rev. II. :. Osborne. rector Of
-. Pauls Church. was elected president
TO succeed Paul Petit. who resigned TO
take up overseas y NJ. {. y. work
Other officers elected are; Mrs. George
Cameron. Jr, vice president; William
w. Wolf. secretary: Lieutenant j j.
Donahue. CHIEF probation officer. Her
bert g. Gillian. attorney. MICS cathe-
rinc Spotswood is the girls protection
officer
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Drive for i.mm Members.

\ on.-dAy's wh.rlwinh campaign is
20 be held next Wednesday 10 increase
The membership OF the Young Mems
Christian Association TO 1000. Say
eral hundred young men Of tn" asso-
citation have gone TO war and their
places are 10 be filled ind the useful
ness OF tho institution is TO bc kept
up to the highest standard. on Tues
DAY evening the plans for the cam
paiEn viii be arranged al meeting
OF the friends nj tho association. when
captains and company workers viii
be named
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Letter T.In of Son., n..+t

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES va, September
iS.-Wil,iam Manning. OF Stafford
County. has received a letter from a
rurre in base hospital in France.
stating that his ron, Watt Manning.
had died from wounds received in bat
ne in France AanninE's leg WAS sho,
OF CT July IS and he was taken 10
the nase hospital. where he died on
August 4, He is we'll remembered
here: having been employed In the
Washington Wooden Mills in Freder-
.icksburG.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Anxious to Oct Int, E.-,,,

IL NCTIBUKC. VA. Sc3tembcr "a
rivatc Willie Roy Brooks. Hcadauar-
iers Company, One Hundred and Sixty
SiHfh Infantry, has notified his mother
Mrs. Isabelle Brooks. here that ne was
wounded early in August. but that he
mas about recovered after four weeks
- hospital. Young Brooks wrote
mat he was glad ne would soon be
back In the game" and ne assured his
mother we are going TO MAKE IL warm
for he Huna''
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
PETERSBURG METHODIST
SUNDAY SCHOOLS TO MEET
Hold Departmental Conferences sum
day tftcrHUop-tj.IOO RcriStc, In
Pcfcr>burg- Din ,riddir District

PETERSEt' VA. September 10
inc Methods ifiny school ASsocia-
ton OF Pete ,l.l and vicinity viii
hold a departmental conference sun
day afternoon. a; Washington Street
church Monthly reports from the
schools Of tho association will be read
and distinctions OF honor awarded.
There are eight schools in the asso-
citation two OF them in Chesterfield
Ettrick and iiatoaca
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Revenue Omcer MAX. R.,s

4 EYSCHBURG. VA. September 10
ReHenue officers have returned here
Erom raid in MADISON County near
Ihe Page line. In which they destroyed
- large brandy plant. Including 900
ssailons OF apple pummace and four
nermenters with 500 gallons capacity.
1.-The still was located in rough noun
Gain transverse valley. but II was not
IN operation at the time of the raid.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Renounces rranco-sr,.n Treaty.

PARIS. September 13-Dispatches
from Geneva state that the French gov
eminent has renounccd the Franco
Swiss commercial convention of 1906.
II is explained that this Is due to tho
entente policy to put end TO all
commercial treaties in which the most
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
A|RPLANES HAVE VARIOUS
IMPORTANT INSTRUMENTS
Equipped With Things Concerning.
Which Public Has Only Very
Remote Idea.
ANERoID HAS SPECIAL USE
Inclinomctcr Is Curved Spirit Level
FittVi Transyerseiy Across Ma
chine and Tells Angle at Which
Pilot Is Banking His Craft.
by LIEUT.. WILLIAM A. ROBSON,

I, o September is,-Let US take Se
no, '"%. INTO % an airm aa ONCE INC az, no
wSre m S S@G Mea the on ciear
cites are smoked the illustrated week
~ papers read and aerial operations
discussed in professional slang.
| mean the office" where the Pilot
does his real work: and this is the
name which for some inexplicabie rea
TO the oninitiatcd It appears a con-
fused medley Of disls. recording needles
and levers: mysterious unfathomablc
exciting. But TO tho trained airman
these things are an open book. and
each one Of them is In some way ss-
and its mancuVorS
The most important of the ir.stT;,-
an. airnan who Is dying over .ha sea
pr over lard on a misty day. is hope
,cssly lost In the royal air force
great Importance is attached TO the
necessity Tor every pilot bc>nG able 10
Ny compass course. that is to say.
course along which he is guided sole
progress has been made in this con
ncction. Thousands OF miles are flown
every week on patrols over the sea
way
THIS is saving a good deal. when the
bcrcd IL AN aircraft starts from one
point to ny 10 another due east. and
there Is wind blowing at hfteen miles
an hour northeast, that will clearly
have to hr taken into consideratto ion
and the compass course altered tbcfore
IsceDdinS) according to the total dis
tanco OF the journey.
Many difficulties had TO he overcome
~ tho production Of sItisfacto-y
compass for aerial work. Chief among
these was that OF neutralizlng the mag
nctis,n OF the engine tand in psrt,cn-
Tar the maSncto) and OF preventing
the effect ot centrifugal force, which
tho card dial inside tho com
PASS to swing in direction quite in
dependent Of nortr whcn the airplanc
was banking on a turn. However. a
truly excellent compass iF now in use
in the royal air force far superior 20
that employed by the enemy. And in
decd IT would bc odd If the Germa MS
should have proved able successfully
10 compete in this direction with a
nation whose commerce for several
hundred years has been largely de-
pendent on the excellence OF it's ships
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
HEIGHT INDICATOR IS
An IMPORTANT INSTRUMENT


rrobably tho next most important
instrument is the aneroid. or height
Indicator. This is worked on simple
mercury principle. and is generally
n;ted with an adjustable dial which
van b. moved round SO that the read
ny on leaving any given aerodrome is
zero which reminds one of rather an
amusing occurrence: y pilot left his
HcrOdromc Tor q cross-countrH Hight on
= very misty day and carefully set his
aneroid TO zero. After flying for a
couple OF hours by compass, he thought
hc must he nearing his destination. lie
could Sc" nothing below him. and so
descended 20 500 feet. ON he flew at
this height for another i've minutes.
Deciding 10 land. he was about TO ma Ike
magnificent voiplane. when sudden
" the mist cleared and he saw the
ground Immediately underneath him,
about ten feet below. dis faithful
aneroid Sill insisted that ne was 800
feet high. The explanation lay in the
fact that the place where he was abou,
TO land was 800 feet higher above sea
level than the aerodrome whence he
set out Trines like this are all in the
days work and help to teach the young
pilot never TO become the slave or de-
pendcn; OF mere Instruments.
Next we have Ihe tachometer or
rev. counter" which records the num-
her or revolutions the engine is maxi
ing per minute This varies from
500 in water-cooIed engines. The
reading OF this instrument is of great
interest 10 the pilot. for modern air
craft are SO carefully designed that
their performance is affected enor-
mously by even extra 100 revolu-
tons or so per minute one way or the
other
Another important instrument is the
a.r-speed indicator This tells the pi-
lot AT what rate he is rushing through
the air This speed. of course, has
no relation 10 the rate At which he is
travelling over the ground. Nor IL il
intended 10. for il is air speed which
is OF Importance 10 the stability of the
aircraft and the safety of the pilot. IL
a machine flying az seventy miles per
hour is travelling against a forty-mile
wind. the a. s. indicator viii show ITO
m. PIP h.
EVERY AIRPLANE HAS
MINIMUM AIR SPEED
Every airplanc has a minimum air
speed al which IL must be thrust
through the air If IL is 10 be maintain
ed .loft and maximum air speed in
excess Of which it cannot safely be
nosed -dived. for the various ,compo-
certain given point II can be seen
low essential is this device on hy-
ing machine. Air speed indicators
have been fitted to British aircraft for
wears past. and IL is interesting to note
that The Germans have just commenced
TO use them.
The next item which calls for atten-
ton is the inclinometer. This is
curved spirit level lifted tranSverscly
across the machine. Ii is marked in
degrees. and the pilot can tell from.
I; at what angle ne is banking his craft
when turning.
With the addition OF a miniature set
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Plan Pageant for september IS.

FREDERICKSBURG. VA, Septem-
Fer ia pageant will be given here
I'm Saturday. September IS Abou,
City girls and boys will take part in
r.. and il is planned TO have number
Il, marines from the camp at Guam
,ico TO sing and participate. The pur-
ose OF the entertainment Is to interest
| he people in the work or the y. N
y A. and the Y ". c.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Activities of Dan
Cupid in Virginia
Many Couples United in Matri-
monidi Bonds During the
Past Week.

LYNCIiBURG, VA. September l3.-
a pretty marriage was solemnized on
Wednesday at the home of MIR. and
Mrs. J. +. Johnson. Bedford. when their
daughter, Miss Bessie Clark Johnson.
became the wife Of Samuel NJ. Boil
ing. clerk of the Circuit Court OF Bed
ford County.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
Local Temperature Ye-,erda.


II noon temperature. ........... -
+. NJ. temperature. ............. as
II. NJ. temperature. ............. :.
Maximum temperature to ?. -
Minimum temperature to S u. NJ SO
Mean temperature yesterday. 40
Normal temperature for this date. 20
Deficiency yesterday ........... =
Deficiency since March ........ 49,
Deficiency since January i...... 800
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
The Weather
tFurnish~d ny L. s. wenth~r bureau,
Federal Summer Time UsedD
Forrcnst: Virginia

Forrcast: Virginia
Fair Saturday and
probably = u n d - v.
without decided tenn
peraturc change.
North Carolina
Fair Saturday and
probably g II n d n v,
without decided tom
perature change.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14
FREDERIcKS BURG VA

FREDERICKSBCRG VA September
l3.-Nr. and Mrs. James Ernest Tricc.
of Edge IIi!l King William County.
announce the marriage Of their daugh :
ter. Miss Matilda Florence Tricc. To
Joseph Elicit Moren. OF Mangohic;i
King William County The marriage
took place ut tho home Of the bride
Thursday
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-09-14

Hundreds OF people are Audi.g lest
articles every day, which they woqtd
be glad to restore to the rfehtfui sws-.
ers. When you lose anything psf a
"I.ost" Ad In The Tfnnes-Dis1ateh. s.