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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
MUNITION PLANT BURNS.
Eight Acres of Buildings Destroyed
Paint Explosion Cause.

Harrisburg, Pa, Jan. 2,-Fire this
morning destroyed eight acres of the
Pipe and Pipebending company's mu-
nitions plant with loss of more than
$25e,000.
The fire started in the paint shop
by a can of paint exploding. In few
minutes the paint shop was a mass of
flames, and was completely wiped out.
Two workmen were badly burned.
The loss is covered by insurance.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
Blackwell Ditch Completed
WEATHER REPORT.
WEATHER FORECAST for Kansas:
Fair tonight and Thursday. Cold
or south, east tonight. Warmer, east,
tomorrow.

Telegraph)
entire miles of ditch
last
ditching
sight workmenl
until the
Along with the completion
following
to
ditch
is his
KANSAS
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Chicago, Jan. 2.-HOGS-Receipts 1000,
tomorrow 10000. Market slow. &c under
Mondays average: Bulk of sales, SIG 5o@
1852: light. $l ie 12@ l610; mixed s16.15G
1880: pigs, $12.00@1525.
CATTLE-Receipts p 600. Market weak.
Native steers $7.50Q14.00; stockers and
feeders, $6.65@1040; cows and heifers, $3.50
G11.30; calves, $S.50@16.00. -
SHEEP-Receipts II 900. Market strong
Wethers. S9.35@13.20; lambs, $13.00@1I. IL.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

bought about two months ago and are held
mostly in the interior, being in a position
where they can be shipped to the different
environments.
The allied governments have bought
hundred million bushels cash wheat, oats
and flax seed in Argentina. Minimum price
that will be paid for the wheat is S1.4415
and the maximum S1-7234, while oats will
be taken at a minimum of 43c and flax seed
ut 81 e..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Chicago JAN 2-BUTTER-Mark
steady Creamery. 500 49c.
EGGS-Market steady. Firsts, 55@56c
ordinary firsts, 52dJ4c; at mark, eases in
cluded, 50@55c; refrigerator firsts. Ale.
POTATOES-Market steady. Wisconsin,
Michigan and Minnesota bulk, 81. so q 90
ditto sacks, 81 9oM2G0
POULTRY-Aliye, higher; fowls. 23c
springs 231Ae
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

(The following sales :. ere made this morn
ing at the Stock Yards Kansas City, and
reported over long distance telephone di-
rect to the State journal by Clay Robin
son x Co.. live stock commission mer-
chants.)
Kansas City, Jan. 2-CATTLE-Receip
1000 head. Market slow, steady.
HOGS-Receipts $4,000 head. Market 1oc
to 25c lower. Bulk of sales, S16.25@ 1910 ;
top, S1d.75.>
SHEE?-Receipts 1900 head Market
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

New York, Jan. 2.-BUTTER+Market
firm. Creamery higher than extras, 52@
EGGS-Market firm. Fresh gathered ex-
tras, 65c.
I CHEESE-Market steady. State fresh
specials, 231a @24c.
POULTR1-Dressed, firm
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Only One "BROMc QUININE"
To get the genuine, call for full name, LAX
ALIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for sig
nature of L. w. GROVE Cures Cold in
One Day. 30c.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
Kansas City Produce Market.

Kansas City, Jan. 2-CORN-Cash: Mar
ket steady No. mixed, $1TO; No 3, 81 "a
1.64: No. 2 white, S1.12@1.73: No. 2 white
S112@173; No. 3, nominal; No. . yellow,
81 73@1T4: No. 3, nominal.
OATS-Market steady. No. white, S015
oslo; No. mixed, 1914@S0c-
KAFIR AND MILO MAIzE-S3.1 HIGHS
HAY-Market unchanged.
SHORTS-S1 so a 1.S5.
BRAN-S1.1G.
WHEAT-Reeeipts Al cars ~
CORN-Close: January, 1.21A May
81. 251A.
acknowledgements. 44c: firsts, 42c; sec
onds, 4oc; packing. 34c
EGGS-Firsts. SOC; seconds. 32c.
POULTRY-Hens, PIC; ROSTERS, 1oc;
broilers, 24@25c.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

A Long Island IN. " grocer is offering
as a premium, instead of trading stamps
a lump of sugar with every ten-cent pur-
chase.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
We Are Making
a Specially

These war times of Bulk
Groceries! All new, SAM
tary, guaranteed and every
package real economy.
No other stores in
/ Topeka can give you these
real Bargains.
Best bulk Corn Meal, 2 lb.
sack -12c
Bulk Breakfast Food, None ,
Better, pkg ....-......1 2c
New Bulk Raisins, 2 lbs. :. zoe
New Seeded Bulk Raisins, lb11c
New Bulk Seedless Raisins,
10. IOc
New Orchard-Run Prunes,
Ids 2Oc
New Pearl Hominy, lbs. .13c
Bulk Buckwheat, pure, lbs 16c
Bulk Elbow Macaroni, lbs. 22c
Bulk Dried Sweet Corn, 2 lbs.42c
Bulk Pure Powdered Borax,
lbs. .1Sc
Pinto Beans, 2 lbs. PIC
Bulk Shortening, nothing better
in a can, lb. .25c
Bulk Lard, o. K Pure Leaf.
ID. &c
Fancy Blue Rose Whole Rice,
lbs -.--..-... .16c
Fancy Bulk Olives, quart. .29c
Fancy White Cheese, lb.. .29c
Bulk Little Salty Crackers.
best h. .17c
Bulk Peanut Butter. best lb. 2Oc
Strained Honey, bulk, pure
lb. .....-.. '..-..-- .I7c
Our fine Bread. .......Sc, 12c
zoe loaf - .15c
Bulk Coffee fine fresh Csc
grade ..-..---. 2Oc
Bulk Cocoa, best 1b. ....-- 22c
Bulk Cocoanut, lb.........2 Sc
Best Bulk Pepper, lb. .S3c
Best Matches 80 ......5
Can Corn .----.--.-... -1Oc
Can Pink Salmon, tall. .15c
Best Red Alaska Salmon 25c
Delicious Fancy Apples.
sc size ....---... &c
Scores of Other Bargains Every
/ Dag.
~ 81 EFT ~ ~
sII1|'
10 STORES
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

To Cure Cold in One Day.
Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tab
lets. Druggists refund money if it fails [
cure. L. w. GROVES signature is on eacl
box 30c.-Adv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
Chicago Grain and Pork Market.

Chicago, Jan. 2-CORN-Close January
S1.263s May, $1.4A dL24as.
OATS-January, 7S1ac; March, re; May
PORKSJan s4475; May, s4462
LARD-Jan., $23.45; May, $23.S7.
SHORT RIBS-Jan., $3.50; May, $50. 81
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Great Britain has been spending 81 600 600
day in this country since the United
States entered the war.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Common ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. 4oo@ 500
STEERS
Good to choice 7.0o61 800
FAR TO good. fOO6p 100
BELLS
Fleshy ........................ 5000 100
Medlnm 5.000l 600
Fat wethers NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 65n6 500
Eat ewes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6O061 $50
Eat lambs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. S.o0ft11 so
1oats 3.006f 500
Prime fat Observation-Disclosures. SOO6 900
GOOD to choice. ................. 7.0OG 500
Medium good -................. COCA 100
FAIR 5000 goo
Shorn .ambs a16 sheen Sc under above
| prlcea. POsifiYelv
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Furnished by the weather bureau offic,
| Topeka, Kan. for the twenty -four hour,
ending at a. m. Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02
Kansas City Grain Market.

(The range of ICES on grain futures on
Kansas city Board of Trade as reported
by Thos. J. Myers. 301 N. Bldg)
Kansas City, Jan. 2.
-Closed-
open High Low Today Mon.
Jan. .124A 127a4 12IA@ 127A 49,.
May ..125A 125A 125A 1251a 1855
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Poultry and Eggs.
FURNISHED by the Topeka Packing Com.
pany. corner Laurent ana Madison.l
Topeka. Kan. Jan .
HENS-3h lbs. and over. Ice; under 81
lbs. Ice: springs over 2 lbs. 1SiSc roosters
l2e; STACEY young ROSTERS. i5c: brolers
lbs. and under. 23c
Eggs are retailing in Topeka Soc
BUTTER-i6Gl49c
Retail Hay.
FURNISHED by W. A. Gilchrist GIG Quincy
Street,
PRAIRIE HAY $1,000
ALFAGFA-$25"0
Topeka Hay Market
Topeka, Kan Jan.
PRAIRIE HAY-S2000.
ALFALFA-$250 90.
Topeka Grain Market
FURNISHED by ]. b. Billiard. corner Kansas
Ave. and Curtis ST.
Topeka, Kan. Jan. 2
NEW CORN-S1.3O
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-01-02

Shorn .ambs and sheep Sc under above
prices Positively canuot use sheep or
lambs unless tat
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
GLEN ECHO Is OPENED
WITH CROWD OF 10000

workmen we're still busy yesterday
afternoon putting on the finishing
touches OF repairs and decorations at
Glen Echo Park. when the advance
guard OF "hrst nighters" began to ar
rive for the formal opening OF the
summer amusement season last night
Before they stopped coming all rec
ords for attendance on opening nights
haa been broken, more than 10000
persons from the city and surround
ing towns thronginE the grounds.
While all OF the fun providers OF the
resort were kept going top speed, the
renter OF attraction was the parks 3
latest sensation, The Whip" a new
ride that made such a hit at Coney
Isst summer. II was started about Z
o'clock. after weeks strenuous
work. the delay in its arrival being
due to the freight embargo.
That dancing has lost none OF its
popuIarity was shown by the number
~ couples on the floor. Throngs also
qathered around the derby racer and
Inc gravity for the speed rides. The
srst OF the seasons free Sunday con-
certs is being given this afternoon. .
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
INDIANA MINERS
APPEAL FOR BEER;
WANT NO WHISKEY

TERRE HAUTE. Ind, May 10
Vineenzio Boaso. president, and Leo
Poll. secretary OF Local No. 6o44,
Blanford, Ind. United Mine Workers
of America, reported today that the
local had adopted a resolution to send
TO the Lidiana supreme court a memo
rial, containing the following appeal;
THAT the respective locals request
that we be not deprived Of our rights
to keep beer in our homes for family
use.
"sInce the State went dry our
ne, pie have been falling sick and the
condition OF the water is bad. Beer
has been used instead of water. 20 we
ask due consideration.
I'VE do not care for saloons' or
whisky, but we believe that beer is a
necessity, as has been heretofore
proven.
"We earnestly appeal to the courts
to restore us our beer. Motion carried
unanimously.
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
AMERICANS READY
TO AID TONNES

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
ON THE BRITISH FRONT. Nay H.
Delayed - The first American
troops 20 operate with British
expeditionary force are now with
the Tommies in NORTHERN France un-
dergoing final training for the great
task before them
They are stationed well back OF the
battle line. but are well within sound
Of the guns.
The roads intersecting their camps
are alive with motor transports tax
ing up supplies.
Fiocks OF aifplanes arriving daily
from many aerdromes are practicing
for actual battle. They are finishing
of their PREPARATION n the fun flood
Of war.
Today was spent IN field maneuvers.
Certain units which already are at
taehsd 10 British COMMANDS took no
part. but the remainder worked hard.
They were forced 70 pull up OCCASION
ally, however. to permit long lines OF
marching American Infantry, mixed
with wheeled transports, 70 pass them
on the roads
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
Statements TO The Times by Soldiers Who Killed Weres
B. RoBERTI l. NEWMAN Confessed AcoouEce the Staying


we later hid the drivers body he refused to go any
further and said he was going back to the city, He
backed the car up between two white pillars turned it
and started back We tried to get him TO go on driving
us down into Virginia
''FinaIly we began to quarrel was ON the front
seat with him. | hit him with near-beer bottle. He
was knocked out for minute When he came to he
began to curse and yell Then Gamble who was IN the
back seat with Mrs Burgess hit WerreS with an iron
bar we had picked up on the fire escape at little hotel
we stopped at in Washington The driver fell back and
both of us hit him again.
"Then we lifted him out of the automobile and up
the bank We carried him back ways and hid him
under some bushes We went back to the automobile.
Then we thought about the drivers money. We went
back to the place we had left him and searched him. We
got a watch and chain and some money
Then we started the car drove part of the way
to Richmond. Gamble drove part of the way.
''We had gotten civilian clothes in Laurel We
changed to these and hid our uniforms in the automo
bile.
1--WE stopped at creek and washed some of the
blood off of a suitcase.
"oh my God, why did we do it,"
The Washington times., 1918-05-19

aiiied and German artillery active
aronnd clraHchr ard hobscq Friday
might .vith TIE "a 5l4 NJ guns aetivo
in he Hassbrguell tpgc1 aad L'eus Sc
tor geeisrdlt.
The F'rerc1 w oIiic7 l Efere vas
vioisnt cannoaa . l11 81 1cll eiles ot ne
Ivfe fIVer.. Rsbuist .6f German raids Ia
me l,aaIr1 I.l l1tdnns dlsiricis
also Vas, reported
Tin lsstricli1n 1n ~ Inofe ,than 20 enemy
pia1es 90. the lialiI1 fftnt d the last
thirty days - ailie1 aviators and artil-
lory a,-s reported lliiciaily from Bona
loe6ridr rreat roconhoitdrtdr activity,
there vas violent hand-to-hand dshtinB,
especiatr n the region of Lasslguy,
the Gefulu W4r o1ice announces.
"Sixtcen hostile alrplanes and one bai-
loon we're shot down
The Washington times., 1918-05-19

81 wish we had not killed WerreS. did not strike
the blow which killed him. hit him with near-oeer
bottle but Gamble struck him with the iron bar, and
that blow killed him.
This will kill my mother when she hears OF IT, ana
would rather die than have her know.
81 am member of the 60lst Engineers U. 5. A.
am tweny-hree years of age, and my father, John l.
Newman is cotton grower in Trenton, Texas, seventy
five miles north of Dallas Texas
81 was born at Tulahoma, Tennessee, my family
moving to Trenton when was five years of age.
81 was formerly at Camp Travis, San Antonio,
Texas. got along we'll in the service and was made
corporal.
"When | was transferred to Camp Glen-Burnie,
near Baltimore, | did not like the change They were
too strict there was drafted September 10, 1917.
"a have not known Gamble leng. met him at
Camp Glen-Burnie. He was planning to desert de-
cided to 60 with him. We came to Washington May7.
Then we went to Laurel, Md, where Gamble had lady
friend, Mrs. Harry Burgess
Friday afternoon, May 10, we hired Werres, who
said he had car to take three of out joy riding Fri
day night We planned to take the car from him and
go to Texas.
'NNhen we had gone out through the place where
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
AMERICAN
DECORATED lEIER
SEEING AlRAgHT

OF French ana Amssiean uniss and their
staffs. -. -.
continuo1s patrois kept On the air
during the ceremonies. an exhibition
night was given At the end BY the aero
squadron to which officers decorated be-
longeJ
on May15 Captain Mar attacked a hos
tile birlane flying at ZOO meters behind
the Ina Of the enemy. He fred twenty
rounds and he hostile plane fen In
fames
On the same date Lleutenant Cham
bers attacked an enemy observation
balloon. hrinE forty rounds. A large
cloud Of black smoke was observed. and
when this cleared the balloon vas no
longer seen.
On Nay is. Lieutenant Messner at
tackled hostile obsefVati6h balloons
flying At from 1900 70 100 meters.
The observer was seen 70 jump from
/ the basket
In Lorraine. May Is and "a. hostile
patrols attacked small machine gun
positions held BY US from both front
and rear They were driven on by
pistol and grenade hre. No casualties
to our men
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
HIS ALTRUIsM.

''You think too much about your
self" said the MoralIst. The secret
of happiness in this world is think
ing about other people" Il do think
about other people" said the pesSi-
mistic person, but as they all owe
me money. such thoughts make me
feel more gloomy than ever."-Birm-
inKhsua, ,Ags-Hsral6
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
SLAYERSOBSAS
He LEADS WAY
DOWN TRAIL TO
PLACE OF DEAD
fcontinued from IL 20

CONTINUED from First Page)
Us around Washington {: I'm s o'clock
uat'I about 10 o',l9c;S, or little later.
s1n cur room in tie MOTEL We hau
f5und en- iron bar aoout an inch ;h'ciI
and about two feet long, with NOOK
on one end OF II. We took this with
us, agurinE that we could use 1t TO
knock Werres out, IL necessary 10
get his car
1--WE didn't figure on killing him
IL we could set the car without It
Had No Intoziennfs.
about 10 o'clock or theresbouts
we drove from washington to George
town. We stopped there and got
some soda, some coco-cola, and some
near-beer. We did not have any
whiskey, either on the trip or before
It we were perfectly sober. After
We left Georgetown we crossed a
bridge (this was the Aqueduct bridge)
and went up a road through a LUMBER
yard. (This was the Military road
and the lumber yard was that oi
Murphy & AmeS.l
1--WE then turned into another road
(this was the Ballston road and
Werres drove for some time. CThe
party drove to the foot Of Lothrop'
hill. known as the John Ferber hill
one and q half miles west OF Balls
toni
'cWhen we reached the foot OF the
hill the driver refused to 90 any fur
ther and said he was going back to
washington. We tried TO get him 10
drive on out INFO the country, because
we didn't care much where he went
a. long as he got US to a place where
we could take the machine.
struck By Gamble.
'He began to quarrel with Newman
After he had turned around and start
ed back to washington. (Gamblel
and the girl sat in the back seat
Newman sat ih the frUnt seat witt
the driver.
I'VE had come back along the roae
and had crossed a bridge, and wer'
half way up a hill when reached
over and grabbed the wheel and rar
the car up on to the bank. It almos
turned over Then I struck Wsrrei
on the head with a near-beer bottle
ssHe kind Of sagged over the sid'
OF the car. aad Newman stepped OF
the brake and stopped the machine
Then We both jumped. out and pulled
the driver out Of the machine int
the road. He kind OF came to anC
started 10 curse and yell Then W
hit him again with the iron bar anS
the bottle. We don't know how man!
times we hit him nor who hit hin
with the iron bar. but we beat hin
until he lay still"
H0lsted Over Bank
Here Gamble and Newman described
how -they pulled and tugged a
. WeddeS unconscious form, brscinl
themselves by holding TO a poplar
They reach up and grabbed a locus
bush, and In this manner hotsteS
Werres up over the bank.
They continued 10 the sheriff:
1--WE picked him up and carried hin
back into the thicket about seventy
I'VE yards. when we laid him dow
The Washington times., 1918-05-19

~ am twenty-five years of age come from
Kittanning Pa, where have wife and two children
"Newman used the iron bar. | hit WeTes first
with near-beer bottle Newman struck the blow that
killed the itney driver.
'VWhat Newman says about the trip is So guess.
"Mrs. Burgess oughtnt to be kept in this jail. The
grub is no good.
1T amt right to keep her here.
The Washington times., 1918-05-19

back TO the Alexandria Union depot
ard thought he could "backtrack
the road from there.
Both prisoners, the sheriff. and the
other Officers and newspaper men
started out. the procession Of motor
cars making its way swiftly.
Newman Leads way.
From the Union depot at Alexan-
dria Newman led the way over the
Mount Vernon pike north. mile
north Of Alexandria, at a crossroads
he hesitated. Then turning from the
main highway into a dusty road III
tie used, Newman, with maryeloue
memory, having been over the roao
but once. and then in the dark, leg
the way through seven miles OF turn
/ inRs and ty-istings. Through Cowden
station. past Ballston and west on the
Rallston-Falls Church road, out TO the
country home Of Joseph Letter.
Here he requested that the auto
mobile be turned II was here the
driver refused TO go any further. He
/ backed his car up between these two
white pillars" said Newman, and
turned around and started back for
/ Washington"
The two white pillars were the
| gateway 70 LuE AfaAANl ANNANAs
Rack over the winding road went
the procession OF automobi es. Across
the interurban tracks. over a bridge
and half way up the hill that leads
/ to BaIlston, Newman lead the search
ers-
Find the Place.
Then. alongside a red clay bank ter
feet in height, in a copse Of woods or
BON avenue, Ballston subdivision
Newman burst out sobbinE. The au
] tos stopped. Here is where we bea
him. His body Is right Up there, -
and Newman moaned Historically a.
he pointed TO the high embankment.
] Instantly score OF men leapeC
/ from the machines and examined thu
embankment Marks directly oppo
site where the automobile had stop
ped showed where the two soldier
had struggled Up with the body o.
| WeTres.
Fifty yards back from the road
/ and directly opposite the spot New
| man had indicated. the searcher'
came upon the decomposed, mutilateC
body Of the slain jitney driver.
! Sprawled on his back. the pockets
Of his clothing turned inside out, hi
] rlEnL mana dCEOsS MS DTedsAB ray nv
dead man.
wilton ]. Lambert. lawyer. las
night said:
The law will hold both men equal
/ ly responsible for the death OF Wer
res, no matter which one struck thu
| blow that actually brought abou
death. Newman and Gamble starte,
out on a joint enterprise; both evi
IDENTIFY had the same intention. as Il
shown in both striking the victim.
THE first blow, which. according L
/ Mrs. Burgess. was struck by New
man, may have killed Werres, bu
that does not exempt Gamble fron
being an accessory to the crime. I
/ makes no difference what the Yer
diet Of the coroner's jury may be. IN,
grand jury is the body which will in
vestigate and indict both for murder
| in the hrst degree"
There will be no conflict betweeI
| the military and civil authorities il
handling the two murderers At first
when Newman and Gamble were helt
In Richmond before the murde
charge, the Camp Glenburnie officiali
wired the Richmond officials TO turi
them over 70 the military as desert
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
SUCCESSFUL RAIDS
MADE BIZ BRITISH

LONDON. Nay isl--We fusds sue.
eessfuI raids At Morlaneourt Cbe-
tween the Ancre and the somms) and
in ths sectorsseuth Of Huilprh lmid-
vas bstwseni la BasssS and Lensl.
takinE.a nnmber .of nrsoneri,v = Field
NaFs6kl HAiE rep6rta
In the Aforlancourt raid the Aus
trailans surprised me German garsl
son. tGpturins tWenty-one men and
machIhe gun. They snRersd 10
casualties themselves.
eHosliIe artillery Is more active On
The ViiiersBretonneauE sector.
twenty-five tons of bombs were
dropped On the acrodromes and bill
lets at Tourni. courrai. and
q ton d high explosives vas
dropped on the railway station at
Metz.
The Chauines. Heubourdin, Doudi,
MarcoinE. and Peronne railway sta
tions were bombed with ten tons q
explosives.
''Thlrty-two heavy Eu1s were
bombed At Nets and Thionville.
..Thfrty-thres bombs were dropped
on .ha railway station, factories, and
barracks at Cologne IN broad day
light
sour air forces brought down
nineteen hostile airplanes and drove
down four others Ten OF our planes
are missinE-r
ROME. Nay 1s-Ths snsmy'a
third attempt to recapture Kent Cor
no has failed the Italian war oHiee
announce5.
Two columns, incIudinE flame
throwers, strongly supDorted BY ar
tiliery. atgacked Moot Como. but cur
artillery and machine guns dispersed
them in confusion
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
MUST OBTAIN ROAD PERMITS

Under a new ruling Of special
joint committee composed OF Fusl
Administration and Department of
Agriculture representative, road
builders and state and county high
way commissions win have 20 Apply
Tor permits to build or repair public
roads. This announcement mas mads
today BY the Department Of Agrl-
culture and is IN the interests Of
conservation OF petroleum. oil. as
phalt and tar products
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
sts.msnt by SAMUEL c. GAMBLE, confessed I

"'m a coal miner by trade-but what's that got to
do with it.
% don't remember anything about the road or the
way we went Twas in the back seat with Mrs Burgess
Newman was in the front seat with Weres He saw the
road, didn't
81 amt got nothing more to say. If Wenes is
dead he's dead, amt hel Aot Of this stuff don't have
to go in the papers," e .r-3s
The Washington times., 1918-05-19
FIGHTING In AIR
FEATURE OF DAY

LONDON, Nay 1S.-Action on The
western offensive front yesterday vas
limited 70 artillery and aerial hghtins.
the British and French official reDorts
''Fssi Fisla M.rshal H.lr rspsr.sa both The