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The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-06-18
Pershing May
Return Soon
May Start Latter Part of July
or the First of August.

New York, June l2.-Ameri.
cap officers in the army of DC
cupa,ion in Germany are op-
,imislic over the outcome of the
peace negotiations and, al
though prepared for trouble, do
NOT anticipate any call for mill
,ary operations against the Ieu.
tons. Major Gen. James W. Nc
Andrews, former chief of staff
of the expcditionary forces, as
serting today IN coming ashore
from the Levinthan.
The army Of occupation com
prises Of one Of the best bodies
of troops in Europe, the general
declared, adding that the men,
though anxious to get home,
we're Well behaved and were
making an excellent record in
'ne n'"'""S " '"o poo"i'Hi
task
returning TO fecoihe com,
mandont Of the army general
staff college at Washington,
Gen McAudrews said that Gen.
Persding probably would start
Tor United States late in July or
esrly HI August. the date de-
nan.lug nnn conditions
,bro,1
Dance At Monte Vista HAZEL
D"''@' " 80" O''
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-06-18

We are glad that fiawker is
safe. His magnificent disre-
gard for his life may be foolish,
but it is inspiring.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-06-18
The Death of James Body.


! 10 p. M. James Body passed
away after a lingering illness Of
several months. He had only
been confined to his bed but
few weeks, but owing to his aye
he sank rapidly after he vas
confined to ms bed. Mr.. Body
was born in West Cornwall, Eng
land, March -, lS3S, being at
his death 81 years, months
and - days. In 1888 he was
married To Miss Elizabeth Tan
gle and to them four children
were born. Mrs. Howard Irving,
Of Butte City, Montana, Harry
and Alfred, of Liverpool, Eng
land. aid james. .lr., who died in
May. 1918 AT the death of
Mr.. Bodv's wife he came to this
country in 1875 and located IN
the WESTERN countries, whore he
held some very Responsible posi-
rion- iii the gold hclds Of Ncya.
da lie was always considered
OF expert mineral knowledge. In
1851 lac was married TO Mrs.
Louise Nickels at IMray, VA,
and to them were born three
children, two OF whom survive
INN iththe Wife. namely Susie,
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-06-18
Base Ball

Big Stone Gap was defeated
on the local diamond Saturday
afternoon by Stoncga in loose
ly played game, by score Of 8
to J. In fact the locals done
well To get nine men on tho
grounds, Manager Taylor having
to select few from the grand
stand, and Of course the team
was rather patched up Judging
by the lineup they had in last
Saturdays game. But they went
into the conflict determined to
win if possible, which they came
uoar doing Willard Miller, who
meyer did claim TO be great,
pitcher, but Who is always viii
ling to do his bit, was finally
.purSuaded 10 pitch, which was
done very orediably up to the
seventh Inning Gilly tool, up
the pitching reiu- hare md linz
ished the game.
Stoucga almost took the pep"
ont of our boys in the first in
ming by making three scores. but
they came back with one in their
half and piled up four more in
the second which revived much
of tile lost spirit 10 vim StoungA
lind tho 4,urp mod i'm fins ferrtb
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1919-06-18

81 me Huns are not even en-
.''ea to the praise of being
good losers.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
Sir Knights to Confer
Degree on Big Class

The degree team of Star of Amer
lea commandery No. 113, Knights of
Malta, consisting of twenty members
will visit Cincinnatus Commandery,
No. SO, tomorrow evening. 1t will
confer the Malta degree upon a class
of applicants. The degree team is
as follows:
= Commander, Granville e. Wood
generalissimo. Frank F. Flegeal:
captain general, George w. Schlos-
ser: prelate, William F. C. Liesmann;
senior warden, Wilbur NJ. Cramer;
junior warden, Charles r. Jones;
first guard, Samuel D. Mead: second
guard, John f. Adams; warden, Will
liam V. Tomlinson; sentinel, Alfred
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
WILL OBSERVE
ARMISTICE DAY
Local Knights of Columbus
Will Go to Philadelphia
Next Tuesday

Harrisburg Knights of Columb bus
will go to Philadelphia on November
IL, and take part in the celebration
of Armistice Day. The Knights of
Philadelphia have prepared a big
program, to include dinner parade.
On this date the first anniversary
of the signing of the armistice
which brought to a close the great
conflict in Europe, there will be
rendered to James A. Flaherty, su-
preme knight of the Knights of CO.
lumbus, testimonial dinner at the
Bellevue-Stratford, under the aus
pices of the Philadelphia Chapter
of the knights of Columbus, of
which Edward A Kelly is chairman.
During the war the Knights of CO.
lumbus organized a welfare COM
mittee, and by its work and sacri-
fees, both at home and abroad, gain
ed worldwide reputation for
patriotism and unselfish devotion to
the American doughboys.
BY reason of this work of the
Knights of Columbus, Supreme
knight F1aherty has been honored in
many ways. The French government,
in recognition of the services of the
knights of Columbus, bestowed upon
him membership in the Legion OF
Honor. and at Buffalo. on August s,
through NJ. Marcel Knecht, q mem
ber of the French High Commission,
the insignia was conferred upon Mr..
F1aherty. Upon the same occasion
Secretary of War Baker conferred
upon Mr.. Fiaherty a Distinguished
Service Medal as an expression of
the appreciation of the United States
Government for the services of the
knights. Pope Benedict v also con-
ferred upon Mr.. Flaherty the honor
of Knight Commander of the Order
of st. Gregory the Great; the Italian
government also has conferred hon
ors upon him, and he has been made
a doctor of laws of Georgetown Uni
versity.
Mr.. Flaherty is resident of Phil
adelphit. The citizens of Philadel-
phia are given the opportunity of
manifesting their appreciation. of
the work done by the Knights of
Columbus in behalf of the soldiers
of America by honoring their su-
preme knight.
AS guests there will be present
men of national and international
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
JAP NAVALHEAD
TOVISIT AMERICA
Vice Admiral Kato to Extend
Greetings to All Allied
Countries

London, Nov. 6.-Vice Admiral
Kato. Japanese minister of navy,
has arrived here at the head of an
official mission which is to visit all
of the principal Allied countries, to
convey the friendly greetings of
Japan and congratulations on the
winning of the war. The Japanese
admiral has been received by the
first lord of the Admiralty to whom
he delivered the message from his
country.
The mission will go to the Cont
nent to visit France, Belgium and
Italy. 1t will return home by way
of America. In a statement pub
lished under his name, Admiral
Kato says:
my mission is to give to all of
the Allies the friendly greetings of
Japan and congratulations on the
winning of the war. But we are
hoping to see something of what is
being done by each country in the
way of reconstruction after the war
THE great problem for all of the
nations now is to economiZe, and in
Japan we would like to see a gen.
eral agreement for disarmament.
In my country there are no plans
yet for a reduction of the navy or
army. We are waiting to see what
is done in that way by the Other
great powers. That seems to me to
be the position of all or the nations.
They are willing to disarm, but are
waiting for a general agreement for
that purpose.
THE Japanese people are fervent-
ly hoping for the success of the
League of Nations, in which they
see the prospect of the establish
ment of a permanent peace. All
the nations have had enough of
war, and the world must now give
all it's energies to securing lasting
peace.
This being so, I rather regret
that the Allies are retiring from
Russia before the complete pacifica-
ton of the country has been OBJ
tanned. While Russia is in such a
disturbed state there is always the
probability of another great war
breaking out, and would have been
glad to see the Allies energetically
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
'OUCH! ANOTHER
RHEUMATIC TWTNCE'
Get busy and relieve those pains
with that handy bottle OF
Sloan'S Linfmcnt

NTHAT Sloan's does, it does
wv thoroughly-pcnctr with.
out rubbing to the assa;led
part and promptly relieves all man
ner of external pains and aches.
You'll find it clean and non-skin-
staining. Keep it handy for sciatica,
lumbago, neuralgia, over-exerted
stiff joints, pains, bruises.
strains. sprains. bad weather after
effects.
For 38 years Sloan's Liniment has
helped thousands the world over.
you won't be an exception. 1t Is un-
equaled in producing results.
All druggists--35c, zoe, s1.4O.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
PLENTY OF COAL
IN STEEL MILLS
Big Stock Was Laid in For
Emergency; Shutdowns
Seem Remote

New York, Nov. 6.-The iron and
steel industry has not been adverse
ly affected by the coal strike so far
as all the large producers had ac-
cumulated large stocks of coal in
readiness for this emergency. Most
of the steel companies could con-
tlnue operations for weeks without
serious curtailment for lack of fuel
and there is no immediate danger
OF shutdown, even of the merchant
blast furnaces, which would feel the
fuel shortage first
The United States Steel Corpora
uon is in the most fortunate position
as its cooking coal comes almost en-
urely from nonunion mines. The
independent steel companies get coal
from both union and nonunion mines.
Regarding conditions in the iron
and steel trade at this time, the Iron
Age says:
pig iron production figures for
October bear out the estimate made
by this journal during the month of
the extent of the shutdowns in the
various districts. The total output
of the country was 1.S63,55S tons,
or COILS tons, or 60,115 tons a day,
against 2,4S7.965 tons in September,
or S2,932 tons a day. the falling off
being about 25 per cent. Three
weeks of September were free from
the strike.
'"The blast furnaces of steel COM
'panies had an average of 41,796 tons
a day in October against 60,954 tons
a day in September, a decrease of
about 81 per cent.
1.-THE improvement in blast fur
mace operations has been marked in
the past two weeks. For the mon 4
the net gain was 81 furnaces, 213
being in blast on November against
162 on October IL
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
Pershing Endorses
Third Red Cross
Roll Call in u. S.

Washington, Nov. 6.-Gen. John j.
Pershing's strong endorsement of the
American Red Cross was given here
to-day in a statement in support of
the third Red Cross roll call, now in
progress throughout the United
States and Possessions. The state
ment by the Commander-in-Ch Chief of
the American Expeditionary Forces
was as follows:
THE American Red Cross is now
engaged in n drive to increase its
membership. The end of the war
has caused many to feel that fur
ther activity in support of this So
ciety is not necessary. I cannot too
strongly urge upon all citizens the
desirability and necessity for lending
their heartiest support to the con-
tinuation of the work of the Red
Cross, particularly during the pres
ent period of social unrest through
out the world"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06

Headaches and Headnoises
Quickly Relieved BY
Man-Heil Automatic Inhaler
Ask Demonstrators
Gorgas' Drug Store
10 North Third Street
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
England Looks For Many
American Visitors in Spring

London, Nov. 6.-England is look
ing for big invasion of American
visitors next spring. 1t is stated
that not less than 100000 passages
have already been booked to Eng
land. The steamship companies are
making every effort to be ready for
the anticipated rush, and by the end
of May something like 100 liners
may be engaged in bringing Ameri-
cans across.
One American who controls sew
eral big hotels in New York city is
here, looking over London and the
larger provincial cities for suitable
sites upon which to build hotels on
American lines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
Phila. Loan Upset by
State Supreme Court

Philadelphia, Nov. 6.-The city's
$90.0o0.000 loan program was yes
terday smashed by the unanimous de-
cision of the state Supreme Court, ap-
Flying the new charter restrictions.
The $4,000. 900 stopped is the un-
sold portion of three loans totalling
1921. 100000.
About s37.000.o00 of the 0t27.500, 900
has been borrowed. and all but a few
million of it spent.
Sale of the remainder is stopped
by the Supreme Court.
The three loans are the $67, 900
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06

J. SINNERS; standard bearer, C. R.
Ross; sword bearer, Charles j. Vert
assistants, Lawrence r. Hand, Carl
B. Sarvis. John F. Lenker, Harry F.
Minahan; bugler, John w. Heck
man; pianist, Harry ]. Finefrock;
master of ceremonies, w. S. Fisher.
On Tuesday evening. November II,
the team will confer the same de-
gree upon a number of candidates In
its hall. &c North Third street.
On December 2. Star of America
Commandery will open the social
season for the winter months in It's
hall. The commandery will have us
their guests sister Communicates
from Steelton. Middietown. Mechan-
icsburg and this city.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06

reputation, State and local promi-
nence, cardinals, archbishops, clergy
men of the Catholic Church, and
also clergymen of other denomina-
tions. The spirit of the affair will
be- STRICTLY and purely patriotic and
American, and all the citizens OF
Philadelphia are invited to partici-
pate. Various subcommittee have
been appointed as follows:
Arrangements, Philip s. McDevitt.
chairman; invitation. John V. Lough-
ney, chairman; printing, James f.
Connor. chairman; publicity, James
P. Fogarty, chairman; press, William
F. Leary.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06

port and transit loan of June 20, 1915.
of which $62.1OO,OoO is stopped; the
s4z.450.797 general Improvement loan
OF June 2s. 1916, of which the re-
maindcr. $15.O6o.ooo is stopped: the
$12.s70.000 Councilmanic loan of July
Ii. 1919, the whole OF which is stop
ped.
The popular vote on the loans of
April IL. 1915. Is not upset. but only
the work of Councils
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06

take in hand the establishment OF
q sound. permanent government for
that country.
However. Japan will loyalty as
sist her friends in keeping the peace
of the world, and will especially
give her aid In this direction to her
ally, Great Britain.
1--WE have nearly settled our diff
ferences with China, and things in
the Far East are settling down
RAPIDLY"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
Villa Led Attack
Against San Diego

Juarez, Mexico, Nov. 6.-With n
force of from 70 to 100 men. F'ran-
cisco Villa piloted an attack against
San Diego. Chihuahua, recently, com
mitted depredations and, learning
that Federal forces had been sent
in pursuit of him. fled to Los Or
ganos, near the Coahuila line, where
he encamped Saturday, according to
El Correo Del Norte. of Chihuahua
Cify ....
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-11-06
A. E. F. Sends Back
1000 Airplanes

Washington, Nov. e.-Since armi-
slide day 1000 airplanes, including
S47 of German make. have been re-
turned to this country from the
American Expeditonary Forces, ac-
cording to a War Department an
nouncement
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-14
Banks Headquarters
.Carden'Dope'

WASHINGTON, May 14.-CBy Asso-
clated Press. announcement that
the war has made the banks of the
country headquarters for information
on how to produce food F. o. B. the
Kitchen and what to do with it after
you have produced it, is made by the
National War Garden commission.
Literature on gardens and canning
has been placed at financial institu-
lions by the commission for the pub
lie benefit.
one would scarcely think three
years ago of getting canning book
from trust company" says the
commission, "but now the companies
have thousands of them for distribu-
lions on reueqst. The books have
been delivered by the War Garden
commission to the banks, which see
in the victory gardener a good citizen
and a good customer"
Manufacturing concerns, railroads,
business houses and other industrial
enterprises are cooperating in the
victory garden drive of the War Gar
den commission.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-14

mount was finish in August of that
year and passed all tests, and when
The armistice was signed the castings
and forgfngs and structural pafGs for
81 mounts were on hand. In April of
this year 40 complete units had been
delivered and the whole 81 guns could
have been mounted by June.
The department ordered 16 mounts
for 44-inch rifles, deliveries to be-
gin in February, 1913 These were in
addition to the five guns of this size
manned in France by the Navy The
armistice served to cancel the con.
tract.
The 16-inch howitzer, the largest Of
the whole gun family, was success
fully mounted upon a railway car
riage and following it's passage of Sc
we're tests, General Pershing called
for II of these weapons as soon as
they could be produced Orders we're
placed for 81 additional of these wea-
pons as soon as they could be pro-
UuSSu' OIuSIo were pldC0u IOT OIL al
ditional guns of this size, but none
had been turned out by the time the
armistice was signed and the work of
mounting them was never underta-
ken.
The chapters of the report given
out today deal also with artillery am
munition, with the powder production
and with the plans that were beyond
the experimental stage for mounting
heavy guns on caterpillar tractors,
which was an American development
of the war. 1t promises now to revo-
lutionize the handling of artillery for
the entire world. While numerous ex-
perimental types were produced and
successfully tried out, this motoriza-
ton had not reached the point of pro-
duction before the armistice ended
hostilities.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-14
Street Tax Notice

Street taxes are now due and paya-
BILE at my office in the city hall, and
all male residents of the City Ameri-
Gus between the ages of Is and so
years are required to pay same before
May Is, when street taxes become de-
linquent, and penalty of so cents is
added in each instance. The tax, if
paid at my Office before May Is, is
$500, and after that date the law
requires collection of the added penal
ty. All persons are therefore, asked
to appear and pay their street taxes
within the time allowed, and thereby
save added expense.
30-il c. B. POUNCEY,
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-14
OLD SCHEDULE FOR NO. 5

Through an error in the passenger
traffic department of the Central OF
Georgia railway announcement was
made last week that, effective last
Sunday, Macon Montgomery train No
5, due here at 2:17 p. M, would ar
rive at 2:01 O'Clock, Agent Anderson
states that the old schedule remains
unchanged.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-14
Production Compared.

Summarizing the production of
guns by the United States as compar-
ed with France and Great Britain the
report says that between April 1917,
and November 1918, the United States
produced zoos complete artillery units
as against 11,056 by France and s.
O65 by Great Britain and during those
10 months turned out 4,275 gun bodies
as against 1892 by France and H.
S52 by Great Britain"
And our artillery capacity" it adds
was then, in the autumn Of 1918, on
ly getting under way
Big guns are dealt with separately.
A survey of the mountry Immediately
after the war declaration located AGA
weapons ranging from finch to IA
inch caliber which could be spared
from coast defense or by the Navy to
be placed on railway mounts for use
one giant 16-inch howitzer built by
the army before 1917. From the sea-
coast defenses were taken SO S-inch;
129 10-inch; 49 12-inch rifles and $50
12-inch mortars, while the navy sup
piled IL finch rifles and 81 14-inch,
and high power 12-inch rifles build
ing for the Chilean government were
Communicated Practically all of these
were intended for the railway mounts
of various types and the great ma
jority of them together with new guns
of these sizes would have reached
France in time for the campaigns of
1919 and 1920 had the war continued.
In all there were in process projects
to support, the American army with
200 of these tremendous guns, all of
which were well advanced when the
fighting ended. In addition to the Ma
vy's contribution of 14-inch rifles on
railway mounts, three army S-inch
units went overseas. BY the end of
1918, "a units had been completed and
the guns and mounts fully demonstra-
ted. An interesting feature of the
mount was that it had trucks which
would permit 1t to operate over ell
Their standard railroads or the mar
row gauge lines at the front.
Railway Mounts.
Railway mounts for SO 10-inch ri
files from the coast defense also were
ordered in cooperation with the
French, machine work and assembly
to be done in France. They were to be
delivered at General Pershing's re-
quest by March 1919.
One of the projects embarked upon
was the mounting of 40 of the 12-inch
mortars for use in the 1919 campaign.
This proved to be the largest job of the
whole artillery program and reouir-
ed the construction by the govern
ment of wholly new plant which was
completed on June /, 1918. The frs
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-05-14
low AMERICA'SBIC GUNPROCRAM
WASPUTUNDER WAY ANDEXPECTED
TO PRODUCE VICTORY In ITSELF

ers of G-inch caliber for delivery by
April 1919.
To fill their own factories with
forgings for guns, both French and
British were drawing heavily on Am
erican industry when the United
States entered the war These orders
were not interfered with, but on the
contrary were stimulated and eX
banded in order that the United States
might furnish forgings in trade for
completed guns and at the same time
create a wholly new source of sup
ply for the bulk of its own artillery
program. The report shows that be-
tween April, 1917, and the conclu-
sion of hostilities there were supplied
to the Allies forgings for 1,102 guns
of calibers ranging from 3-inch to
9.5-inch; additional gun tube forgings
to the extent of 1923 and shell forg
ings totalling 5,081, 451.
Gun Making Expansion.
There were only four gun makers
in the United States when the country
entered the contest but by October
1918, here were 10 factories engaged
on this work. During that month, with
three of the 10 factories still lack
ing their complete equipment, there
were produced 2,031 gun forgings of
calibers up to 95 inch or at rate of
$4,000 guns a year as compared to
the capacity for So finished weapons
year in the spring of 1917.
The actual production of completed
guns up to December 1919, was 4,039,
including 1913 of comm caliber; 230
of the 3-inch anti-aircraft type; 21S
of the AT inch type; 1,456 of the 155
nm howitzers; 1919 of the 155mm ri
files; 191 S-inch howitzers and of
the monster French 240mm howitzers
which would have supplanted the
smaller British guns of this type in
1919 Over the same period the num-
Der of gun forging produced totalled
S,440.
The report points out that the gun
program in reality depended upon
the ability to produce the recoil me-
chanism. This picture of what such
mechanisms are called upon to do is
drawn:
Not long ago touring car
weighing two tons, travelled at rate
of 120 miles an hour along Florida
beach Conceive of such car going
337 miles an hour. which is much
faster than any man ever travelled;
then conceive of a mechanism which
would stop this car, going nearly six
miles minute, stop it in As inches of
space and half a second of time, with
out the slightest injury to the auto
mobile That is precisely the equiv
alent of the feat performed by a re-
cuperator by 240mm howitzer after
-h