The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1918-04-12

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Machinists and other skilled shop
men are urged by Lieut.. r. j. Camp
bell, Navy Recruiting Officer of the
Kansas City District, TO enlist in the
Navy and help muzzle the mad dogs
of the sea. Men who are machinists
by trade will be enlisted in the Navy
as Machinist's Mates End Glass. The
age limits are p to 80 years.
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Six persons were killed and four
dangerously injured and 500 in gold
was scattered along a railway track
when a passenger train struck a mo-
tor car in which ten persons were
riding at Fort Wayne, Ind.
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Southwest.
An airplane convoy from Rich Field
escorted Miss Margaret Wilson. daugh-
ter of the President. when she left
Waco, Texas. for Austin. The ma
chimes. in battle formation, flew over
the train for many miles and then re-
turned TO Waco.
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Cadet John Insinger Of G%reenleaf,'
Col. was instantly killed at Lot Field,
an American aviation camp at Dallas,
Tex, when two machines crashed to-
gethep about five hundred feet in the
air.
While attempting his first solo
flight, Cadet NJ. W Kirwan, 21 years
old, a member Of the Royal Flying
corps, fell several hundred feet to in
slant death at Benbrook Field, near
Fort Worth, Texas. He lived in Nova
Scotia
Proof of the presence Of ground
glass in nine different articles OF food
shipped to the Goth Division commits
sary al Camp Travis, near San An
tonic, Texas, was announced by Maj
Noel Gains, in charge Of the secret
service military police, Goth Division.
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Boys from Kansas and western Mis-
souri, who have enlisted in the Navy
have been complimented for their
capabilities as seamen in a highly flat.
iering manner by Ensign G.. L. Bence,
Aide to the Commandant Of the U. S.
Naval Training station at San Fran
cisco, Cal.
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Student Aviator Thomas w. Eaton
of Wilmington. Del, was killed and
Student J. ]. Mitchell, Jr. was seri-
ously injured in a collision at Key
West, Fla. Of airplanes, which they
were plotting. The machines were
flying 100 feet from the ground.
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Foreign.
Nikolai Lenine, the Bolshevist pre-.
mier, in a speech at Moscow, said that
possibly Russia would have to declare
war on Japan in connection with the
landing Of Japanese troops at Vladi-
vostok. NJ. Lenine also limited at grave
compli atoms with Great Britain and
France because Of their alleged help
to the Japanese.
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David Lloyd George. the British
prime minister, recently made the
boldest stroke of his career by coup
ling home rule for Ireland with the
conscription of Irishmen. This unex
pected disclosure in an address by tn,
premier in he house of common
created a sensation.
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Thirteen German airplanes werl
brought down in fighting with British
airmen in n day, recently, clever
Others were disabled, and two wer,
shot down by anttaircraft guns, &C
4 cording TO the British aviation CON
munication.
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Official kilograms from Toxic sa
the landing Of Japanese and BIRTHS
forces at N~ladlvostok was a purel
j. local affair and has no relation to an
= Japanese intervention in Siberia
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In reply to a protest OF the Smoln
Institute against the landing OF Ge
y man troops in Finland Germany Ia
sent a wireless ultimatum demandin
e in accordance with Article V of Ii
BrestLitovsk treaty, the removal
e disarmament Of all Russian warshil
in Finnish waters Immediately.
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,s Admiral Kato. Japanese ministl
10 OF marine, has issued a proclamatit
lie at vladivostok dealing with the Ian
he ing there recently Of Entente AN,
forces, The Japanese minister sa.
IA he feels great sympathy with Russ
ie in the pre-. at situation. wishes a q,
sation Of iratricide and the fulle
realization Of the revolution
IS Private Francis 0'Connell OF NJ,
IN Gle. Ind, died al Fort sill. Ok. receI
IS from injuries received when the /
Of observation balloon Al Poet Et.,a