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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
B0LSHEVIKl TAKE MlTAU
Germans Were Forced TO Leave behind
Numerous Guus and Supplies
of Ammunition.

LUNDUN. JAhuhry lS.---Matau, thc
capital OF Co'irland, has been occupied
by the Bolsheviki, according TO Der
man wireless dispatch received here
to-day. The Germans were obliged to
leave behind numerous guns and sup
plies OF ammunition.
After tho Germans evacuated Mitau
fro broke out, destroying n great num-
bcr of houses In the town.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
LIVED FOR lis YEARS
Mrs. Emily Gaines, Essex County, Dies,
Holding Unusual Record for
Longevity.
ISpccial to The Times-Dispa,cb

FREDERICKSBURG. VA, January
1S,--Nirs. Emily Gaines. who died re-
Gently at Tappahannock. Essex County.
was said to be ll5 years old at tho
time OF her death. She leaves four
daughters. seventeen grandchildren
and seventeen Observation-Disclosures.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19

Information ms to G. & o. Trims
Call Madison 1910 and get tnforma-
tion as to arrival and departure OF all
c. g. o. passenger trains.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
con LIKES TO HAVE FUN.
HENCE DONKEY AND EOI.kS

at pity anybody That can't Iaugh.
he declared further along in his SER
mon. "Thnre must be something the
matter with their religion or their
liver. My goodness alive! You'd think
that II some people laughed 1t would
break thnir faces. To sec some, you
would think that the essential OF or
thodox Christianity is to have a face
so long you could eat oatmeal out Of
religion! That's cramp collie! want
to tell you this happy. smiling re-
liGion will win more neople In month
CONTINUED on Second Pago.)
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19

"For the past twenty years tho
meat industry has been made !hc tar
get OF Legislative abuse" he said and
not "A thing las hcen Accommodated
except inconvcnicncinS the industry.
IL is time Congress either started in
veStiEatinE other industries as well
or stopped entirely"
w. Il. ragC, president or the Ma
tonal Live Stock Exchange. agreed
with MIR. Brown that government con
troll would stiile competition, hut said
he favored government supervision
along sane business lines, o prevent
unfair practices and Discrimination
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-01-19
ARRANGED WITH REPORTER
For ADVANCE INFORM TIoN

FtrcrVinE 70 sources from Which The
packers obtained information, MIR.
iency said Eversmau wrote V ID
Sklpworth vice president OF Wilson
IL Company. that he had arranged with
4 representative OF one Of the largest
press associations who had the privi-
vance Information on legislation. Mr.
Hency said the lever did not state
what press association was meant
and that he did not know lis identity
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

Il looks ,as il no monument would
nc erected 10 The Alan Who saved Day
light.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

American troops are coming home
from arctic Russia in time to be Wen
baked.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14
IMPULSE TO KILL"
LEADS SOLDIER TO
MURDER HIS BRIDE

SANTA ROSA. Calf. July H.
Rushed here from Jail from Ul>iah for
fear neishbors would kin him follow
ng the confession that ne Killed his
bride of two weeks Herman Knaesche
former overseas soldier, is being held
here until sentiment against him in
santa Rosa subsidies.
II killed her, but don't know why
[ did it, said Ilnaesche, breaking
down. 1T was an irresistible i'm
PULSE to kill loved Frieda. l
can't explain the feeling that seized
me | just had to kill her. then |
was sorry when ] sww here lyine
here dead" Kuaesche said he want
&c to kin himself, but lacked the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14
MORE RACE RIOTING
LEADS TO MARTIAL
Law IN LONG VIEW

t hoNGVTIE.w. Tex. July 14.-The
city is under martial law following
the Shooting of another negro by
whites yesterday. National guards
men and state rangers are collecting
all the fire arms in the county. All
persons except the military and rang
ers We're kept off the streets last
night.
The shooting of Marion Bush, an
aged negro, occurred Sunday. Bush's
body. surrounded by armed farmers.
was found near schoolhuuse, rid
died with bullets. The whites say
they fired in self defense when Bush
opened fire with rifle
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14
THREE FATALITIES AT ARGo

NRGO. MS. Julv 1f.--One Is re-
ported fa.ally hurt and two Others
shot and fatally wounded as the result
Of new outbreak between strikers
and armed guards at the plart of the
corn products refining corporation
here todaI. The trouble started when
900 strikers, loyal workers and guards
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

The R-34 has won f double
triumph in crossing the ocean
and making a saft return.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14


= Let worthier rhymsters chant
the praise
OF roses. pearled with morn
ing dew,
Or glorify in rapturous lays.
= The poppy's red. the violet's
+ blue.
: But ], who each succeeding
spring
Have titled my soil, and sowed
my seeds,
= And hoped my hopes. perfer 10 .
sing of weeds. .
= do not think it would be right 4
= roswaste my efforts in song I
= To flowers which give up the !
flight i
To any bug that comes along, 1
+ There's no ambition TO a rose. =
+ 1t has no pep or enterprise: =
= Once bitten in the neck, it goes =
And dies. =
= But weeds-they fear no living :
+ thing, :
= They've got real solid, honest =
grit, =
No bug that ever whirred a wing =
= Can frighten them or make 'em >
quit. =
= Undaunted by the spade or plow =
Whose mission is TO lay them :
low.
; They come right back and gra- ,
cious how
They grow. =
That Good must triumph over =
Bad :
A lovely little maxim is. +
1t cheers the heart, and yet the =
Jad )
Who wrote it didn't know his i.
biz =
I've known, through all my gar +
dening days +
That Good is locked ana Bad +
succeeds; +
And, in all fairness, pen these +
lays +
To weeds. =
in the oregonian. >
Z 4. + T. !. + 4 = : =. = :. = =. 4 :.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

The People of Oregon want
value received for money spent
on roads. Let the governor or
anyone else swoop down on a
bit of work any time there is
suspicion that something is
wrong. Good contractors will
not object to inspection and if
there are any contractors doing
poor work they need checking
up.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

Experts on the housing situa-
ton in New York estimate that
during the coming year 10000
families will be homeless in that
city because of the scarcity of
dwellings. With almost the en-
tire nation behind on building
work there is little to encourage
those who are delaying build
ing hoping for a reduction in
Prices.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14
MAXIMUM OR MINIMUM?

~ tDES the S2.26 wheat price
- guaranty for this year
s mean a maximum guar.
anty or a minimum price which
may be increased if the demand
for wheat justifies it? The
question is pertinent in view OF
efforts to have the guaranty re-
moved.
Commenting on the move
proposed in congress the New
York World says editorially:
Iletters urp,.rting 10 come from
farmers of the wheat States are delug-
ing Congress TO such an extent that
Chairman Grpilna of the Senate Conn
miltce on Agriculture is already almost
r., ed 10 bring ia !. bill to repeal the
law suarun.r, ing 81 aG Il hIi~heI ~ the
wiIts.t growers.
.1he real s.Irmer with ifg croD of
wheat i'm hand who writes >ucli let
ter Is asking Congress on his own be-
hsif 10 change "a Ger atnfs far IA. un.
certainty. The price of s2.20 is a big
price. II guarantees to him big pro-
riI-. He has ddmsftci that this would
Jc De case b, pIan.ii.': niorc acres To
wheat than ever bc:str. >uw that the
arca..y en.ar.ed acr.i-,, bas brought
an Unprecedented yield he is thus by
.ii- oNn admission IA the WAY nf reap
IN. the hi. l'rofits. and fiir :,ovcrn-
n,cin has iaund itSclf q. hand fi,osc
profits over to him as his crop is mar
L-'rd.
II !, at tia. rlomei df Ji- assured
insaibcrins Of the hu.c profits that
thc average wheat -atnwcr would rnt
way the ,pr,ffcrcti rafarS- of fortune
;r'i hesiege Congress 10 turn him over
10 the uncertainties Ur CHI aao-Inatie
iratLct?
Those hO'ny-hcal planters and
lIarvcstcrs who most do congrceate in
me Cinca.o wheat lis have had no
a. , &c for .f.me years 10 make a. nm
u a wheat crop With price, TO suit
scD fimes over in a seas =. There is
~. timcs them. with slIf Govern
nr'ni euar.f,t' G removed first to ,ion
bic tie .es, lmatctl IiIr.i 1919 and
~ prices down and flitn fbi sc
II and par fricrs unr up asain-t fllc
~; rtmg of EUROPE a s'weiI IL the nttr
i'.sion.d Snicricaa so -ufnsr
Ntc ilis e c;t.rs 10 .-on.fs.. the.
Irnfs, r0uFT t-~i,~r..@ioi ..r faI.u. u
s'"tiervi over half r''r ,'n':t.i >iate~.
or OF iarin ~ vho toii afiI '.'scl; with
N tN' ci'"aeo .,earG rt '.'rafie,
With the waWs of the Ceica-
70 "farmcre' the praia RT 3's-
ers Cf the nc1 tawe7l have had
some c-.ncrience ansl viii Ie-
alize the force of the Wofla's
suggc"ti2G ae t. wheat n-ighi
come about sh0Gld The gudrasl-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

clasicd.. Dozens Of shots were fired.
The strikers have attempted to rush
an entrance into the plant which l.,
cucircIcd with barbed wire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

one irate citizen demands an eight
norr working day for his neighbours
phonoeraphs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14
THE lRIUPM or BRYAN

~ 'ubc can be tipped over as
many times as YOU ulease and
Il viii stand just as bic as ever
because it is square.
IL is the same with man like
Bryan. Three defeats for the
presidency have not lessened
the Bryan stature. He stands
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

: "here he has always stood
!. for the things he believes TO be
: right and for the best interests
: OF the nation. He is as bic a
man as ever and if anything the
passing years have made him
stronger in public esteem.
Bryan never attained the
presidency but Bryanism has
trIumphed in many ways. One
after another the reforms
which he championed have.
been written into law. He has
seen reactionaries face about
and espouse his principles
which 20 years ago they der;i-
ed IN scorn. He has seen news
papers, large and small. that
once libelled him as a charla-
tan pay tribute to the sincerity |
and the greatness of his charac- !
ter and courage.
Bryan has been greater.
force in American public litei
tn n either of The men he ran
against and this is no reflec-
ton on the patriotism and the
wei. meaning devotion o. kIc-
Kinley and Taft. /
To many the supreme test IF
Rryar's character came az Bal
timore in 1912. 1t was when he
gave up the leadership of the
democratic pa~tv and by selfII
abnegation made possible the
triumph of his party and the =
great events that have fellow. +
ed. 1t was through Bryan's ,,
support in the Baltimore con- .
yention that Wilson was nomi- I
1ated and in that case nomina-l
ion meat election. The nation 2
yves him debt of gratitude ,
and even his foes are disposed I
o acknowledge the fact. t
The Bryan Judgment may not c
always have been sound. Few .
nen are infallible. But time
tas given him remarkable
and those who scoff
1t some of his economic views
will do well to listen. Before
re know it those things may lie
written into law because they
ire fundamentally sound and
iooner or later justice wins out.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1919-07-14

The Accommodations direct
orr or the Round Up will have
a harder job than usual this
year and he should have the
support of all who wish our
show to continue j., popularity.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
M0NONGAH TO PLAY
CONSUMERS SUNDAY
Blackstone Park to Be the
Scene of Real Battle
for Honors.

When the Monongah team journeys
10 Blackstone park Sunday afternoon
TO meet the Consumer Fuel Company
nine another of those well attended
hotly contested battles for the county
champ onship, similar to the game be.
tween Ida May and Monongah will
take place.
Fans in and about Monongah are
confident Of their team, believing that
the same team which defeated Ida
May last Sunday can follow with an
other victory over any other team Ia
the county. including the mighty Con-
sumner outfit.
Hundreds Of fans in and about Man.
nington are Just as confident OF the
strength of the Consumer team. They
have seen their team wade in against
the best teams in this section OF the
state and come out with a decisive
victory. They are yet to see their team
go down to defeat, the Consumer team
having lost but one game this season
and this being at Clarksburg earlier
in the season by single score. Nat
urally tho Consumer fans will turn out
to proudly support their team for the
game Sunday.
Both Managers RothIdberger of the
Consumer team and Manager McAteer
of Monongah are expecting a hard
game and will send their best lineup
into the fray.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Printers COULD
NOT hit ASRBY
West Virginian Team Loses
Good Game to Stew
ensons..

m ono Of the best games which has
been played at South Side park since
the opening OF the City league the
Stevenson team yesterday evening sat
the West virginians nine back one
notch further by handing them 80
defeat.
The game was pitchers battle
between Ashby Barnes and Parker.
the Stevenson twirler allowing but
four hits as tofour allowed by the
West virginian twirlers.
Barnes was star slugger of the day,
getting three hits, including triple
aid double IN three trips to the plate.
shanosky was the leading hitter for
wholesalers getting two hits in four
times at bat.
.Durlng the game, higgins, short stop
for the West virginian team, injured
him elbow while catching a throw to
second base. He was taken out of the
game but viii likely be able to play
with the team in the next game. The
score;
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
ASHCRAFT CONTINUES
TO LEAD CITY LEAGUE

Thomas Ashcraft, the Watson build.
ing catcher continues to lead the city
league in bathing honors, The heavy
hitting backstop is hitting at a .572
slip. During the last two weeks he
has beeen batting but 1866 and this is
responsible for his fall from the .7eO
mark which he established the first
two weeks OF the league.
Smith Of the Stevenson team comes
second in batting honors with an av-
erage Of 500 and G. Doice of the ow-
ems team third with an average of 459
Barnes OF the West Virgfnian team
has an average of 600, Morgan of the
Stevenson team 1000 and Busam of
the West Virs:nian team 572. but they
have not been In enough games to
rightfuily lead the league.
Club Records.
The Monongah Glass nine leads in
club fielding averages but is second
to the Watson building sluggers for
hitting honors. The Mining Machin.
cry team is second in fielding but is
sixth in batting. The records printed
below include all games NJ to and in
Guiding the games played Saturday:
nattfR1
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
CASUALTY
LIST

The following casualties are re-
ported by the commanding general
of the American Expeditionary Fore
es:
Killed in action, 4; Died from
wounds, /; Died OF accident ami other
causes, 10; Died of disease. 8; Wound
ed severely. %; Wounded slightly.
40; Missing In action, 8; Total 261.
Killed In Action.
Childress. Murrow. Dyersburg, Tenn.
Garlic, Haywood W. Bumpass. Va.
Marshall, Harry ]. Lounsberry. N. Y.
Wilson, Clifford, Elwood, Kans.
Died from Wounds.
Rhodes, olien o. Stockton. Calf.
Wounded Severely.
Johnson, Joseph s. Fallansbee, W. Va.
Wounded, Degree undertermined)
Privates-
Adkins. Kattoe. Blair. W. Va.
Holbrooks. Charley, R. F. D. /, Dante
W. Va.
Wilson, Anthony, Kenova, W. Va.
Wounded Slightly.
Privates-
Gier. Robert A. welsburg. W. Va.
McIntire, Howard Charles. Enterprise
w. Va.
MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES!
Killed In Action.
Privates-
o'Flinn, James L. Meridian. Miss.
Sacks, Howard, Philadelphia, Pr
Died of Wounds. ~
Privates-
Killen, Oscar Joseph, Glend4e, Mont
sura' Peter Edward. Gales5nle. Wis.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

17Iwo-base hit, Barnes. Three-bast
hit. Barnes. Sacrifice hit. Watkins.
Stolen bases. Shanousl1y, Q; w. An.
drews. Barnes, Ashby Hit by pitcher.
by Barnes (Bowyer). Left on bases,
Stevenson 6; West Virginian, 8.
First ON balls, off Barnes, "A; off Park.
en- /. Struck out, by Barnes, 6 in S
innings; by Ashby. IL in z innings.
Hits apportioned, by Barnes, 8 in S in.
nings; by Parker, in 2 innings; by
Ashby, 4 in innings. Wild pitches.
Barnes, Ashby. Passed balls. Shanous-
ky. 81 Parker Umpire. Toothman.
Attendance, $50. Time, 1880.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Thirteenth Street
Wins Another Game

Thirteenth street added another vic
tory to its long string yesterday aft.
ernoon when they walloped the team
from New England. The final score
was s-3.
The game was played at South Side
park and was very interesting. BUS"
McLinden was on the rubber for the
Thirteenth streeters and pitched
good game.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Ball Team
to Have a Festival

An ice cream supper the proceeds of
which will go to the Edgemont base
ball team will be given at the cayenne
school house Wednesday evening Of
this week, beginning at 1880 p. m.
]. Lloyd Tetrtck is manager OF the
Edgemont team and is planning to
have a big crowd turn out for the ice
cream supper tomorrow evening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
YOU CAN'T GET AWAY FROM N

S'NiN SG fNWtNh h0M ~
The need for one Of Deitz's Suits OF
Genuine MohaIr. Palm Beach or Cool
Cloth is being felt by every man. But
you feel better the minute you get In,
to one. The only unfelt thing is the
low price of $3.50 land upwRrd1.) See
these dandy suits at Detts'E Leader
Stop. 21s-221 Madison St.-Adv.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Watson Bldg. B. & o.
Tonight's Ball Card

The heavy hitting Watson building
baseball team VIII be in action again
this evening against me B. & o. team.
Tho game viii start at $3.50 p. m, the
usual hour for the City league games.
The Watson building team Is put
tinEup desperate fightforthe league
championship andgwtl make every eff
fort 10 win the game sthisaevening.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Standing Of the Clubs.

Games Today.
Cleveland at Chicago.
st. Louis at Detroit.
Philadelphia at New York.
Washington at Boston.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Baseball at a Glance.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Yesterdav's Res,Iifs

Pittsburgh 8, New York Q; Boston 3,
Philadelphia Q; Chicago Cincinnati,
rain; New York-Brooklyn, not sched-
uled.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

Mrs. R. T. Rannenberg and children,
Hazel, Helen and Ernest, left today
for Pittsburgh where they will visit
relatives.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Standing Of the Clubs.

Games Today.
Pittsburgh at St. Louis
Chicago at Cincinnati.
New York at Brooklyn (2)
Bosto nat Philadelphia (2)
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

But a lot Of other good teams have
found the black cat as well as the link
with them when they met that Con.
s'.lner bunch. So don't be too conf.
dent, Mr. Manager.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

Suppose Manager Mack" means the
little black cat which always means
bad luck
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
:. ATE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE LOCAL SPORT WORLD !
coLoRED TEAMS pL AY.

The Fairmont Unions defeated
Charleston by a AZ score in game
played Sunday. The local colored
team is one Of the best in the country
and has made its usual good record
this season.
Arrangements are being made to
meet some OF the best colored teams
OF the east.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

And II seems as though some people
wfnt to see our team lower down than
We now are in the league standing,
which IS of course. Impossible. Last
night when James knight, who by the
way is now a correspondent for the
newspaper, entered the game. an aw-
rnf howl went up from the Stevenson
bench, and Cleyttt, the president of the
iengue had to make a ruling before
knight could take his position at third
base.
But hold your breath-"our team is
going to trim the Wholesalers by more
than one run the next time we play
EN-
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

Our West virginian team is certain
irregular. It loses every time.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

In speaking of the Consumer team.
Manager McAteer OF the Monongah
nine yesterday remarked: We'll put
the cat ON EN-"
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24

AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Yesterdays Results.
New York II. Philadelphia 4; De.
troft 4 st. Louis Q; Cleveland 8, Chi.
cago Q; Boston 3, Washington g.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
ciTYlLEAeUE.

Yesterdays' RssuIts.
9tsTenscn's. 8; West virginian, 2. s
Game To-day.
BAGro.svs. sWatsonsBlds.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Sport Chatter
BY The onIoolser
BY The onlooker.

That Ida -Monongah game must
have been a terrible blow to Superin-
tendent Wolf and Doc Kenney.
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-06-24
Ambition
Pills
For Nervous People

The sSeaenerve tsaictSe famous
Wendelrs mbiiaou PillsSthat viii
put vigf. ~ and Vita ysipto ner-
vous tiVb6 Ant II I'M despop6 Emit PEG.
pie M fei da in manYi stances
Anyone 8apfbIA a box Tor onIrSSo
cents, and a. rug Co: Is l4thor-
lied by thmdRef Co gefund The ppT-
chase pfl8e II an ones dissatisf ed
With tt& first boz pufst Is
Thousands pzhse em Pr &c Iortl.
S SsS9sss neTs IS, as,raT ne. ,sl
ed by bS .ndulf nee in alcohol tohac
&C or bSerworl of any kind
For any aIfction OF the nervous sys
tenn Wetdsfs Ambition Pills are IN
SURPASSED while for hysteria, tremb-
ling and heuralgia they are simply
splendtd.V Fifty cents at H &, H Drug
Co. and dealers everywhere.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-11
John A. Coan Chairman Of Boy
Scout Campaign, So. AmbOy

SOUTH AMBOY, June IL
Through the efforts of Scoutmaster J..
7. Dill the appointment of John A
Coan as chairman of the Scout Drive
in this city has been confirmed by
the National Headquarters in New
York. Mr.. Coan was originally APP
pointed by William G.. McAdoo but he
failed to received his appointment so
did not plan any campaign being ig-
norant of the appointment Mr.. Dill
took the matter up with Scout Head
quarters and found hat Mr.. Coan had
been selected and thus started the
ball rolling. A meeting is being plann-
ed for tonight to be held in campaign
headquarters established last evening
in the store recently purchased by the
First National Bank On the corner
of David street and Broadway. The
cooperation of the Liberty Loan
Committee is requested in this drive
to put American Boyhood on the
right path to American Citizenship.
AS no publicity matter or other
necessary equipment had been sent to
this city the committee in New York
City kindly gave some of their sur
plus stock and he boys of Troop
number one distributed 1t yesterday
afternoon and evening. Although the
campaign Is late in getting started and
without preliminary educational cam
paign the men behind the scout move
ment in this city are confident that
the campaign will be a success.