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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
Iba a ser destruida Ia
ciudad de Merida,
Yucatdn
Per la terrible explosion
de una faEFica

MERIDA, Yucatan, Abril 20
Hace dos dias Sc inicl5 I'm inccndio
en- la fabrica de F0lvora de dinamita
denominada "El Polvorin," que sc
e~ncucntra situada como 4 dos kiio,
metros al norcste del Hospital D
Koran re eSta cirdad y cS de la pro-
piedad de los scHorcs dor Emilio
Sci;o Y ,lon Eocrro V. Suarez.
Ell ~incendio, que no sc sabc a
punto fijo. en- que d~epartamento del
edificio sc inici6, puso a esta ciudad
en- 81 inminentc peligro de haber
sido destrIida en- parte o tai veg
tctalmcnte. rues Ell la fabrica men,
cionada Sc .uardaba n enormc
cantidad Dc Ginamita que, a haher
estallado, habria causado incalcula-
bles LcSgrac.as persona!es Y mate
ria!cS.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS, ci incend!o fuc
dcscuhierto a tempo V sofocado
gracias a Ia heroicidad del vclador
Juan Ortcga. quien, deSpreciando
cast su propia vida, Sc arrojo en- el
dcpartamento que estaba Sicndo in
vadido por las llamas, y logro loca-
liar cl fuego cerrando toda comuni-
cacion con el resto de la fabrica, Y
sufriendo durante SUI obra algunas
qucmaduras.
En- auXilio del valicnte velador
acudieron luego a!gunos ~eMp!eados
V ~opcrarios de Ia flbrica, y el fuego
fuG s~ofocado.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
Suicide de un e~spanol.

Tn cSpanol Eliseo Lusarcs, puso
lin a sus diaS, ~colgandosc en- ST pro-
pia casa.
Lusares llevaha relacioneS amorO-
sas con una senorita llamada Euia-
liza Garcia, Y ha3ta hoy nadie habia
sab;do que entire ella Y. 81 novio
hubicse habido dificultad alguna;
?cro una carta, lat6nica por demas
cue sc halo junto al cuerpo del sui
cida, do la clave del enigma.
La dicha carta decia: Me suicide
por culpa tuya, Eulalia."
Por mas avesiguaciones que ha
iniciado Ia autoridad, no sc han lie,
gado q conoccr las vcrdadcras y on
cretas caJsas de Ia determination
del Unfortunate hero.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
CASESE!

II CASESE.
n CatAlog0 de damaS meNicanaS V otraS
nacienalidadeS; eXienSa liSta de hermo-
SOS nOmbreS.
/, Gandc UN DOLLAR Y le enviaremoS a
vuclia de cGrrco. nueStrO complete, Ca
talOgO Matrimonial. con de>eripeioneS
completes, de muchaS i~0yeneS V siJu-
mas viudaS, que buScan a I'm maTidO
bReno v honrado- Puede listed eScribir
a cuaiTuiera de elias y cOntraer un tc-
liz matrimOnio en- muy breVe tempo.
NoSotroS, 2Or nucstra parte M per-
r~ecomcndab!cS. nuesfrO neIOrio
eSia baSa60 scbrs In honradeZ V IcIiil-
imidad; aSi eS que Go dcic que "a prqus-
IA caEiidad dc JS EGi-LiR Sirya dc rS-
taTb0 en- n probable FEl.lCiDAD MA
TGiMUSiaL. E>eribS hGy mISmr n:
COSMOPOLITAN CORRESPONDENCE
sP. d. HaN as. Venice. cal.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
hu.TOs0yILss

AuTos0yILss
c Cuando venga ustod 3 San Antonio
no necesita listed vale-se de nadis
tara que le enaens Gopde hay uRa
Barata pars comprar IN autom6yI
iues nosotrGs podemos venderle a U.s.
Ted uno, va sea nuevo o de segunda
rnano, por IN precio bajisimo. No
dele DE vernos y economizard Ginsro.
Tenemos carros de todas marcas, CO.
mo ciento cincuenta de donde esco-
Ter.
AUTOMOBILE DEALERS CLEAR
ING HOUSE
IA and 23 South Feres ST
IsIetoa0 CT 1855.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
La liuyia ha sido general.

Segln les informeS que !iegan a
osta iocalidad procedentes dc pun
to5 de TODD el Vale Y circunvecinos,
IL l!uvia que durante estos ultimos
dias Sc ha encargado de mitigar la
ardoroSa temperature peculiar de
este mes, ha aieanzado n gran
IONA, tanto en- territorio americana
cuaato al sur del Rio Bravo, por 10
aue sc cree que las coSechas va es-
tai aseguradas, u cuando duran
te dos meSes a partir de esta fecha
no vue!ve a caer una gotta del pre-
cio7o liqgido.
FL aguacero de aver tonic aqui
Y en- los alrededoreS proporpones
colosales. habiendo habido momen-
tos durante 81, en- que las familias
Sc alarmaron por tcmer n inUGda-
ci6n.
A nsdic sc le vendera ~so!arncrte
azuear.
Una nueva disposition de la 40
ministraci6n dc Where's ha hecho
saber a los concentrates de esta 10;
calidad que en- ic SUCCESSIVE les esti
terminaatemente prohibido venderle
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
Los contingencies de Brownsville.

81 bien eS verdad que Ia ciudad
de Brownsville, en- 10 que Sc refie-
re a su ayuda activa al Gobicrno por
medic del tercer cmprGstito, ha es-
tado un pooc atras, en- Gambia, por
10 que respecta a contingente dc
homhres a las filas ha lido q IA IAN
guacdia de los pueblos del Estado,
" en- POGO tempo ha proporcion2do
los hombreS necesarioS para poner
en- pie de guerra I'm Escuadr5n de
la Guardia Nacional.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
ATENCl0N.
.NIKO-t. =
q EASARSE

4 SAB
CatalO-O he daINsS mcS!Car3S V OtraS
naCiOu3liGadcS y c2senSa lSta de her
mOSOS rOmhFeS.
EnyiCnOS an DOLLAR SOlamenie Y
Z nOSOirOS IL rcmiiiTemoS. q Yuelta de
SoTrcO. nutSi-o complete C~aialusO ma
tr;monial con deScTipciOncS deialladsS.
FOTOGRAFTAS. NOMBRES Y DIRECClu-
NES de j6yeneS. SehOrSS Y SefGTItaS
iueNicgnlS Y de OtraS na~ciOn9lidadeS. al
gunaS vIuGGS de ~infaChableS a~nteceden-
ties, qgIeEcS deSean ~CucOniraT I'm nonra-
I do Y butn cSpO$O. I'd. puede eSCrIbir-
le GireCtamcnlc Z CUllCUIcT3 de elias
: V COntraec I'm mlrrimouio fcliZ en-
coTiO tempo. S0iuoS diEEOS de con-
y fianZa V nos GedICamOS 4 IN neSOClO
I hOnradO y sliCiIO. No permi:S. pUeS
que IN Tequcla Sum3 de TN dollar este
de pOr medic enire I'd. y Su nUy po-
I Sibie FELICIDAD MATRIMONIAL.
|. ESCriba hoy IHiSmO q:
EEiLlANCE CLUE
Box 376. Los Angeles, Cal
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
Dos jovencs al servicio.

Oscar Dennet V Felipe de los San
tos. de esta ciudad, acaban de Sai!r
para ell Fuerte Sam Houston, a dom
de han sido llamadoS para ingreSar
a las filas a prestar sus ServlcloS.
Donnett trabajaba en- el Cuerpo
dc Bomberos.
/ Ambos ~j0venes, por habcr sido
clasificados en- ell servicio especial,
no marchan 81 Campo Travis como
todos los del contingente ob!igato-
rio
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1918-05-08
Una nina de I'm ano
muri0 e%nVenenada
en- Brownsville
I'm hiEnno para los sclda-
dos de Texas

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Mayo s.
En- Ell Hospital Militar de esta ciu-
dad, a donde fue Nevada para 81
atenci6n medica, f~allccios desPues
de algunos dias de padecimlcntos
terrihles, una nina que contaria q
10 sumo un ano dc edad, victima de
I'm deScuido, acknowledgements, pucS
al hacerSe la aatopsia del cadaVcr
de Ia criatura, Sc lie encontraron en-
ell est6mago senas inequivocas de
cnvenenamiento por arsenico inge-
rido.
La fsmilia de Ia nina no sabe cx-
~plicarse csc terrible case de cEvene-
namiento de esta, pueS Sc suponc
unicamente, que al tQmar la nina
una caaica Y llevarsela Ia DO
ca. ingiri0 IL vencnosa SuStancla.
La nina fallecida era hija del Te-
nicnte George B. Smith, mGdico mi
litar de IA guarnici0n dc csta plaza.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06
Scientific" Mothers

b. B.-I suppose you're going I'd be a, scientific
mother
NJ. T-Yes. indeed. No mauling, OF my son,
B. BIO one was allowed 10 handle Patricia
until the gloves on the street were removed.
Her father is not allowed to take her up until he
has scrubbed his hands. don't want Patricia to
pe kissed
NJ. T-Not even the top or her little headY
B. B.--No. l have the Japanese idea, Kissing
is not hygienic.
Olnter Nurse carrying bundle wearing 1ons
white dress, pale blue blanket and ,assmalI sauze
veil)
NJ T. (rapturously)-Bil .~.u
B. b. blending over it gutgless
unintelieblyJ
NJ Tt wish you could sec his eyes, He,has
booful blue eyes.
.. y. (ecstaucally)-ETe does look like Won,
NJ I. (stretching out her arms for him .stsve
even thought OF the time when he will present ms
with daugherinlaw, His horoscope savs ne
will marry riches" And my Imagination haa
travelled to the point when, looking at me In a
strong out'ol-door light some dav he viii saw,
Mother will You much mind being a, grand
mother?"
g. B.-And will your ,
NJ. Tt shall love it,
B. B-You angel (kissing her). I must %
NJ. T.-Dont so
b. B-l have stayed quite as long "a shon,dha
permitted to. No perambulator until he's 6 ~
months old.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06
The Confession

M. T-Do you remember when / first told you
about it?
b. B.-Yes. 1t when you motorod our to
my place on the Hudson one day in early winter
b B.-And the woman who saw me playing on
the floor with your little Patricia said to me:
why not follow Miss Burkes example?" And
when she had gone out told you my hopes And
you were so sweet You told me that | must not
be afraid. You said Mother Nature would take
care of me, and that motherhood was the most
wonderful thing in The world and the most beau.
tiful.
b. B.-And the haDpest I could easily forget
everything else in the world and let The days
drlft by just playing on the lawn in the sunshine
win nay little daughter. Were you glad your baby
was a boy?
NJ. T-Before he came tried to think that II
dldn. matter. l told myself if it were a how
should be glad ana If it We're a girl she would be
welcome. But when he came | was SO plad be
was boy that knew had been bluffing rovsel,
all the time, that had tried to be a pbilosonbe,
but that what really wanted with All nv, baar.
was boy. wouldn't even talk Of what nv hah,.,
name might be because / didn't wish tn -, a.,
appointed "S
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06
Looking Like Me"

p 8-Do you think you can ever bring your,
self to punish him!
NJ T-If it's for his good be sure will.
r B-Righto. l have heard he looks like you.
Are you glad?
NJ TT don't believe am. How can he grow
Go he 4 manly looking man if he looks like me?
n B-True ] never wanted Patricia to look
,i-a me but she's done it, red head and all. l had
IL ouite arranged that she was to look like gen.
tIo beautiful friend of mine in England, the Pa
nela mentioned. But babies have way of look.
inc as they please. We waste a good deal of
thought deciding their and their futures before
tbev are born. ] wanted my baby if he were q
how TO become a doctor, which what his
father had intended to be. l should want my son
to be the best type Of American, which think is
a doctor or lawyer
NJ. T-You wouldn't want him 10 be an actor
or a manager? Neither should l. / hope Bill Will
ne a man of letters. Literature for his vocation
and music for his ayOcation. i had his horoscope
read and that is what is promised for him. don't
want him TO be a money worshipper nor money
grubber. l want him to have enough to enable
him to live a life of refinement and want him to
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06
The Forming of Character

NJ. T-Do YOU think much about forming your
daughters character?
B. B-Nearly all of the time. Do you about
your sons?
NJ. r. (soemnly)-AH the time. There are
three things I'm absolutely sure about
B. 3. Okeenly Interested are they?
NJ T-First he must be truthful. I'm going to
foil him stories true ones, to show that nearly all
tho trouble in the world starts by some one not
beiug truthful He must learn the value Of money.
I've planned course Of lessons in economy for
him [ won't want him ever to be stingy. But
shall teach him to save onehalf of whatever he
bae I will let him spend half of it. | want life
70 ho iov0us and beautiful to him, and, one must
snend some money to attain that. If his grand
nano we're to give him dollar / would let him
'.nard 20 cents Of it for whatever he wished. But
would teach him to save the other half
r B-(N Mods twice.
NJ TT made Bill present birthday gift OF
thousand dollars. It's in the bank in his name.
III aunt Edith buys a dollars worth of thrift
stan,ns for him every day. She says she VIII do
l,ot until he is twenty. The baby who has dol
1a. q day from the day he is born will have tidy
it,,le sun when he's twenty.
u R-You are thoughtful little mother.
What's the third point?
N T-You would have been a charming inter-
,or,or if YOU hadn't been actress. You keep
W. tbread of the interview! The third point is
.i14 ho will be taught to revere womanhood. II
: a,ar hear him tell or catch him listening 70 an
t,,,,roner story | will punish him, severely.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06
Would 1t Be Boy or Grir

B. B.--l was AFRAID even to Duy many baby
clothes, lest be courting disappointment Jrs
no use choosing name beforehand. | had made
up my mind that If my little one was girl wonld
name her Pamela after a friend OF mine whom I
admired in Englands- Or Gloria because that was
the name OF the character had played in "Gloria's
Romance" But did neither. When saw her II
came TO me without any reason that | knew tbe
name Patricia. And thought il she had been
boy would have named her Florenz after her
father Being girl l concluded that she sboud
still be named after him as nearly as could be
done, by calling her Florence. When / suggested
II he was so pleased that his look settled IT,
NJ. Thames do sort of come after vop,vs
been introduced to your baby. When saw mine
j thought Bill"
B. B. (hopefully)-Why Bill?
NJ. T.-Not after you, dear Billy IS a nice
name for q girl But for boy it's effeminate III
.hoot the first person who calls him Billy
B. Bill do my best to remember But tell
me why Bill?
M. Tits such fine. strong manly name III
confess that sometimes when We are alone / ad
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06

have enough talent and energy to be useful to hu
manity
b. B-I agree thoroughly with you, want
my daughter to have a career But hope it won n
be on the stage. While believe in marriage and
in the home and the family, also believe in
woman having a means of earning her own living
and finding a wholesome outlet for her energies
No healthy woman's energies are consumed by her
home and family nowadays, Those duties have
been simplifed and woman has a margin left
for doing some of the worlds work. besides home
work.
NJ Tive been Thinking n great deal about
Bills education while 1 have lain here. Because
| want him to be manly man won't send him
TO a private school. | want him to stand up and
fight and lick be licked, II will be good for
both If he whips the boy that tries to push him
into the gutter When he gets through high school,
which should be when he Is 16. shall want him
to travel for two years. During that time he need
not study, only receive and assimilate the thou
sands of impressions that crowd upon one who
travels with open eyes and mind. When he comes
pack he won't want to go TO college but he will
80. lie will derive far more from his college
course than he would if he had never wandered
about the world.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06
And Then Perambulators

NJ T.-Not until he's years old P'rams dis
place the internal organs and weaken the spine
They may cause curvature of the SPINE But 7
gave him an automobile. We will drive in that
every fair day.
B. B.-You've been studying your DR.. Holt on
Care and Feeding of Babies
NJ. Y. (nodding and looking adoringly M the
blue and white bundle and making mysterious re-
arrangement of her invalid's sacque)-My Bible
b. B.-Keep him in the country.
NJ. Tive taken house on the Sound
b. B.-Arent babies the most wonderful things
in the world?
NJ. T. treverently)-The most, and 1notbnrs .r.
the happiest
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06

dress him as Sweet william" But only in moth
ers mushy moments.
b. B.-Mothers have many mushy moments,
thank heaven. docking around) Where are his
bottles and things?
NJ. r. (proudly trying to lift her head from the
pillow but dropping iO-He doesn't need bottle.
b. B.-You don't mean
NJ. 7. (still more proudly)-Yes, do.
B. B.-That was my grief But the doctor
told me that was OF the majority. He said
the highly organized American woman of today
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06

"has little chance of the fullest JOY of mother
hood" He said we are high strung, and nervous.
NJ. T. (patting her arm)-Never mind. Patricia's
a fine healthy child. And you may have better
luck next time, if there is a next time.
B. B. with resolution)-There will be. My
mother had five children My grandmother had
eight should like to have a dozen.
NJ Good gracious, l shouldn't. I shall de-
vote my life to my son.
b. B.-Youve all sorts of dreams about his
future?
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-10-06

NJ. T.-Not dreams determinations. I'm going
TO bring him up big strapping fellow. Don look
cynically at me.
b. B-But, dear child you're not a glantess,
you know.
NJ II (spiritedy)-No But know Bill IS going
TO be tall and broad-shouldered and correctly
Wedge-shaped, like his father. I know because
when he was born he weighed six pounds but he
was twenty and a half inches tall. Wait till you
see his long legs
B. B-I keep Patricia out of doors all the time
she is awake, winter and summer hate the city.
never liked it, My father and mother kept me-
in the soft, beautiful country in France and Eng
land Patricia is growing up the same way at
stingsOn-theIIudson.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
LITTLE JOHN GOWL. RUN
OVER BY AUTO, DIES

Harrisonhurg. Va. Sept. SUN
day morning about 7:30 O'Clock while
driving from Singers Glen along the
Hopkins Mil road James W. Frank
ran over with his Ford automobile,
and SO seriously injured him that he
died that evening at the Rockingham
Memorial hospital, John Driver Gowl,
the seven-year- FOLD son of John F.
Gowl, who lives near the scene OF
the accident.
The accident occurred when Mr.
Frank in driving along the road at
tempted to pass a calf being driven
along the road by the Gowl. child. As
the machine passed the calf the ami
NAL jumped in front of it, causing the
front wheels to skid into the child.
who was outside of the road. The
front wheels passed over the boy
without injury to him but his little
body was caught by the rear axle
and his body was dragged along the
rocky roadside for some distance.
The boy was brought to the Rock
insham Memorial hospital about
noon. where it was found that his
liver had been penetrated by a part
of the car and one OF his ribs was
torn loose and had penetrated his
lung. The little fellow fingered until
about $50 in the afternoon. when
death relieved him OF his sufferings
During all of his sufferings the little
fellow never lost consciousness
An inquest was held yesterday at
the scene of the a, cident and the
driver. Mr.. Frank. was held TO have
been driving his car ''negligently or
carelessiy."
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
HENRY FORD AND THOS. EDISON
DELIGHT HARRISONBJRG 3

Harrisonburg, Va Sept, 4--Har-
rlson burg. Va. Sept 4--Harrisonburg
on saturday entertained two OF the
most distinguished visitors it has pos
Sibly ever entertained. They were
Henry Ford and Thomas A. Edison.
The distinguished men were passing
through the city on their way back to
through the mountains of Virginia,
having camped at number of stop
ping places in the Allegheny noun
tains
Accompanying the distinguished Wis
itors were II. s. Firestone. OF the Fire
stone Tire company. and his son. II
:. Jr. and James Wilmot and Thorn =
r Sato. as well as. Russell Kline. who
was taking photographs of the coun-
Try through which they passed.
The distinguished visitors took lunch
at the kavanaugh hotel and as soon
citizens here learned of their pres
ence many greeted the men~as they
came from lunch. Both were very
afTable and seemed lid to converse
with our people
NJ. V. sheehy. the local Edison dealer,
. invited Mr.. Edison to visit his store
nearby and the distinguished inventor
did so. AT the store he held quite 4
reception say he was glad to pay 4
visit to this valley which was 80 rich
in historic associations. He was intro
duced 10 a number of Harrisonburg
citizens.
Mr. Edison is extremely deaf and
could only be made TO hear by speak
ing in~a-load tone and-tAsn very close
to his ear.
After spending several hours in Har-
risonhurg the distinguished party left
fttr-t41eerstow where they expected
TO spend that night.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
FAMOUS VALLEY PIKE
OPEN FREE. TO TRAVELLERS

stanton Va. Sept. 1.-THE famous
VALLEY Pix. of Virginia from -StaaR-
ton to Winchester. long the JOY Of
motorists of southwest Virginia and
nearby sections of other states. is now
free, the gates having been legally
swept away sunday. according to news
brought here from that section. There
is perhaps more than "A passing regret
on the part of hundreds OF patriotic
automobile owners that the passing of
the toll gates should have fallen upon
the FIRST of the sundays during whicf
the fuel administration had requested
motorists to make only trips of neces-
sity. 1t has not been learned Just how
well these succeeded in restraining
their long pent-up inclinations to take
advantage of the first free-of-tolls day
on the pike.
The Valley Pike proper on which
the toll gates were abolished ls nine
ty-Sx miles long. extending between
the cities of stanton and Winchester.
The motor traffic on this route has
been exceedingly heavy for several
years despite 1he fact that every few
miles one WAS stopped and made TO
deposit a coin as a memorial that they
had passed that way. The new order
Will no doubt lead many more north =
ern motorists into the fine regions of
Southwest Virginia. who had hereto
fore taken the toll-free Eastern Viz
ginia route to the South.
In addition to the removal OF gates
on the Pike, splendid roads of Rock
ingham county. which had contained
toll gates, were also made free public
roads Rockingham is one of the most
progressive road building counties in
the Shenandoah region, These roads
are now really parts of the state high
way system provided for by the last
ilegiSlature
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
S r A TIE N E w S
STOLEN POWDER ExPLoDEs;
HOUNDS TRACK THIEVES

Norton Va, Sept. about 10
O'Clock on saturday night people heard
very loud explosion and all Won
dered what il was. but did not pay
much attention 10 il, and about ?
O'Clock sunday heavier explosion
was heard. one that shook the houses,
and In ten minutes there was another
terrific explosion that caused houses
t. rock and shattered the window
lights in every home in the west and
OF town II is believed that over a
thousand dollars worth Of damage was
done to the homes in that section. An
investigation was made at once and
X was found that the powder maga-
zine Of the Interstate Mine in West
Norton. + Il Wright manager. was
broken into and giant powder stolen.
The pa 4+a-I-e fftttttteti III bleed
hounds We're put on the trail and be-
fore o'clock the leader of the gang
was found in bed by the bloodhound.
BY 10 O'Clock sunday morning there
were seven boys. or rather young men.
placed in jail. and they Will have the
job to prove where they were at the
time of the explosion.
From the way things look IL APP
pears that they shot or a box or pow
der. fifty pounds, at one time for there
are holes torn in the side of the noun
tain near the Heuttef mines. several
boxes of powder were stolen.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-09-05
CAPT. VEYSSIERE. OF FRANCE,
TO SPEAK IN BLACKSTONE


Especial to The Richmond virxinian.)
Blackstone. Va. Sept. 4.-The
Blackstone branch OF the American
Defense society, whose leader is Mrs.
II. H. Seay. has planned an interest
ing fete for this Friday evening. Sep
tember s. at $40 o'clock. No admis-
sion will be charged but new mem
bers will be enrolled. This fete 10 20
celebrate the birthday Of Marquis de
Lafayette ana-the anniversary Of the
battle OF the Marine. Captain veys-
siere. of the foreign advisory mission
at Camp Lee. will tell his own expe-
rience in this famous battle. He Il
delightful speaker, although he II
very modest in revealing his own
bravery. He wears the croix de
guerre The American Defense So
ciety has aided the government in
many ways in the secret service and
has also assisted the Red CroSs. II n
expected that large crowd will he
on hand Friday night to hear the
French hero.