The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, December 19, 1917, Image 9
Lieutenant Townle^^W^M
fearn while here visiting his
smother lie'fore going to Camp
Jackson >he * .he t day, told of
the escape of aFrench aviator
from a German prison and his
subsequent work as instructor
at Fort Oglethorpe. where Mr. i
Rcdfearn was in training '
This dating young officer was
captured twice by the Germans.
1 !e escaped once and went back
into tin service of bis country,
only to be captured a second
time. He was an expert in
aviation, and naturally the
Gerfnans put htm to work
around an airplane base. One
day a Gentian olficer from a
different department of ibv
service came along and desired
to be carried across couiur* lo
another point. He turned to
the French prisoner and asked \
1 ini if he c< uki manage one oi
t machine. '"Yes. sir,! can
op rale any < i them,'' lie re
pl; d. He was then ordered to
ge' readv, lie buckled himself
in, the officer mourned and!
thev were off. W hen the\ were
some di<t;.nce away, the aviatoi 1
tn !U'vi 1 is m lc'ime upward and ;
^ h in to go up rabidly. The
off cer saw mischief in the tel ;
le v, '- acts an .1 ordered him to j
ri uir.e their course, but no heedi
\\ is given. The machine con-j
tinned to mount higher and i
higher.- l ie colli barrel of aj
huge pistol was thrust against
tin dyer's In a I, and the com j
r d u as a; .in given to return!
to tiiei" co rse, or his urains
would he Mown out. Then he
s id, "Shoot." and continued to
go un. rhe deer alternately 1
commanded red threatened,'
but took go i pains not to
shoot, as he was weil aware)
11' '* the Own of the prisoner!
m a .t tiis -also Finally, the j
aviator c ha:.? d to a !iot i/.">ntul j
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(BBi^mgton. Dec. 13.?Th
farmers of the South have wo
their determined fight for n
trates at a reasonable cost. T<
day it was learned here unoff
cialh by Senator Smith of Sout
C rolina that the price of Chi
ean nitrates lias been fixed s
that line faurters will know es
aellv !; ivV much they w ill liav
to j- \ tor tlui. j applies forth
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will be S.V? a ton i
< i . . 'i the idiii<>?al cost c
Sl'S tight, and even th
. ?pi i'>n of Senate
Si'.; ' : ?y be reduced.
t' ?iil of $73 a to
1) li eh the j'armei
I In se nitrate
e >o .South early i
d this in sutficier
H ion .;l! necessary need
mice within the reac
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(>:! i\ mmnr.cement of th
g. y i ! ei t nuihorit ? s is e?
u <1 m be made within th
next I \\ e'avs.
Tax Book* Open
Notice is h. rebv given tin
r.ix Books for the Town c
Bageland were open for the eo
lection of lown taxes Noveir
bei 2*). 1') 17, and will rem ii
pen without pennltv until Pel
ruary IhlS, after which penalt
w ill he added. The lax booh
are kept at <1.. Gnlledge's ston
S. A. SPLLPRS,
Town Clerk.
flight, and then di 1 ihe loop ilu
loop a couple of times, and o
the second turn his companio
dropped out and went tumblin
the thousands of feet to th
earth lite aviator headed i
his German machine for hi
old headcpiarters, and was soo
among friends an companion
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Helmsman On I mo Held Ah
German Spy Suspect >
e Halifax, N. S , Dec. 13.?John .
n Johansen, 'helmsman on the
i Norwegian steamer I mo, the |
>- Belgian relief ship, whose colli
i sirn with the ammunition steam '
er Mont Blanc led to the disaster
j of last Thursday, was detained
Q as a German spy suspect today, i
lie was turned over to the mill t
e tary authorities by officials of (
t, the Massachusetts relief hospital,
where he has been under treatment.
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)( One of the nurses at the hos s
0 pital, a young woman from New i
Yi?rk whose name was not re
vcaled, yesterday rcpoTted that j
; her patient was acting querly
_s j and he did not seem to be 1
>s wounded. Physicians examined '
n the man and the conclusion was I
lt reached that he was shamming i
s illness. Later, it was said, lo- j
j hansen offered a nurse $50 if she
would go out and buy him a
e newspaper, the assumption be
. ing that he had in mind an at
v tempt to escape in her absence (
After that incident, a military
guard was placed on duty by his
bed. The provost guard was
sent for today and Johansen was 1
locked up. *
In connection with the arrest, i
the wildest spy rumors heard 1<
1 here since the war began were i,
n spread biondcast. These culmi-! (
> naied in a report that eight Ger-1'
y m ins bad been shot at sunrise, j'
s Military and naval authorities.!'
- while acknowledging thai the i
Johansen case was being thor (
ougbly investigated, declared
that the shooting story was ah- ^
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n Another persistent story was|'
n that a secret code in German i
jr bad been round on Johansen. |,
e and that a wireless station had ,
n been unearthed in the district i
is destroyed by tire alter the ex
n plosion. ['
s. J. C. Ihirchall, counsel for then
id family a
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Cooperate Willi Red Cross.
I'?. il?? greatest campaign of
its kiad ever uiulertakeu ,the
American Red Cross is asking
for 10 000,000 new members, and
expects to enroll them between
December 10 and December 2h.
The magnitude Qt this drive is
pommensurate with the magnilude
of the need in which it was
conceived. ; We all know the
tremendous demands on the
good services of the Red Cross
at this time. We all know that
this demand is going to be
vastly greater before it grows
less. We all know that there is
3nly one way in which the un
hounded suffering caused by
this war can be alleviated systematically
and on a scale proportionate
to its extent.
That way is through cooper
ation with the Red Cross.
There are more than 10,0<>0,
)00 persons in the United Stales
who are not members of the
Red Cross largely because of
thoughtlessness. Are you one
d( them? In this drive you
iuay become a member for one
Jollar. Can you weigh a dollar
against the war created misery
ind suffering that exists and
aesitate an instant?
Into in the ndmirnllv henrinir ol
he collision of the vessels, said
tonight that the secret code story
is far as it concerned Johansen
was absolutely without founda
lion. Johansen, Mr. Burchall,
said, had been living in the
United States ten years, and as
lie was anxious to return to his
3ld home in Norway he shipped
3n the Imo.
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