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ITALIANS STEAL i PLANE AND FLEE Irredentists Face Many Perils in ? I--LI. r* nemarKauie escape nun Austria. HEW NOTHING OF AVUM Go About Plans So Cooily That Officers Believe They Are Going on Misi sion Under Orders From Some | One Higher Up. By UGO MAROCCO-BONGHi. (Special Correspondence of me italianAmerican News Bureau. Chicago.) ?/"ilia Kt-if- mnrnin1' of tho XVUUiC* v _ summer just ending an enemy hydroplane bearing the black cross of Austria appeared in the heavens over The anti-aircraft batteries prepare 1 ^ to shoot. The seaplane alighted on the shore at . SOon after it was known that the pilot and his companion were both Irredentists who had fled from Austria. The two had come from the island of Lussin, at the entrance of the Gull of Quaranero, opposite the shores ol ^ and of . The pilot?I cannot give his name ?torn me auoui ukh "From the outbreak of the war." he said, "my companion and I hod been joined with others from Irredenta at the aviation station of Lussin island as motormen. The life had become insupportable. Seeing that every means of flight would be impossible we decided, since neither of us ' was skilled In aviation, to risk flight I in a hydroplane. i "There was nothing to do but to get ready and trust to God. The night of July 1 we went to bed with all our clothes on at midnight, without attracting notice. At five in the corning we ran under the shadows of the wall from our quarters toward the hangar, where the sentinel paced his beat. . Prepare for Flight. "Entering the hangar coolly, as if we were gtfing to carry out orders, we dismantled the planed attached to the station <Sf their guns and placed them in the apparatus destined for escape. "After locking the telephone operator in his cabin, we opened the heavy doors of the hangar. We got ready for Immediate flight and tested the cylinders. "When all was ready we whispered that there was nothing left but to take the risk. "My comrade looked ab'?ut. N< lvV.7 was near. He cut the telephone wiivs while I, with a strong push against the levers, slid the apparatus out on the sea. We mounted the plane, which was soon blown by a gust of wind in front of the Austrian barracks, the bow pointed toward the shore. It took us an anxious hour to turn it toward the open sea. Finally we started the , motors, but with an explosion and a rumble that would awaken even the dead. "The officers, the commandant and the soldiers of the station appeared at the windows of the barracks and watched us with surprise, but without suspicion, as we took our mysterious leave, no doubt thinking we had secret orders from some one higher up. "For several yards the hydroplane glided along the surface of the water, unwilling to rise a second time, apparently, before the wind which ? ft TVAOC? 1\! O /" ? Diew xruzu utriiiiiu, ui?u ijvo.uui,i vu ?>_ count of the new pilot, who was as. inexperienced as he was audacious.' At last, however, we succeeded in rising from the sea. Face Many Perils. "While we were intent on our maneuvers we found ourselves suddenly opposite Mount Veli-Strasa, where the Austrians have anti-aircraft batteries. We made a terrific effort, with the bow pointed upward and our souls commended to God. "We crossed the ridge of the mountain not ten yards above the batteries on its summit. "After half an hour of flight, rising to 1,000 meters, we ran into a thick cloud bank which shut off ajl view of the Austrian and Italian coasts and of the sea.. We could not nna our wuy. Moreover, the pilot was without helmet or glasses and could not steer because his eyes filled with tears. We suffered an attack of nerves. All the while the apparatus was following the Italian coast and, discovering this, we recovered our calia in an instant "My comrade, who was acting as lookout, tied a white cloth to a guu barrel and tried to signal the shore our surrender, we suuju anguicu auu entered the port of , amid the cheers of the people, who were jubilant when they found that we were friends, instead of prisoners of, war." \ KILLS WOLVES; BUYS STAMPS j Wisconsin's Champion Hunter Invests! Proceeds of One Day's Successful Hunt. Rhinelander, Wis.?One day's wolf hunting, in which he killed two old wolves and three small ones, netted | $64 in bounties for E. A. Snyder, who. I claims to be the champion wolf slayer; of this parr of the state. He invested i the proceeds of his wolf hunt in Wafj Savings stamp?. ' LADY DUFFERIN t ? j ||j I ,W?stern Newspaper Unicr..& i ' Lady Duilerin, daughter of the second marchioness of Duffer in. formerly Florence Davis, daughter of John H. Davis of New York. Lady Dufterin hails from a line of diplomats, among them being her mother, wko saw foreign diplomatic service in Constantinople, Paris and Stockholm. The first marchioness of Dufferin was ambassadress to Russia, Turkey, Italy and 1'Tance, gaineu many loreigii uuijuiv tions and wrote several book3. iTwlTmcE American Engineer Takes Lunch, Sealed on Throne. Private in Pacific Coast Regiment Has Remarkable Experience in Monaco. Somewhere in France.?Sitting on a real ruler's throne was the unusual experience of an American private soldier?William Williamson, a member of a Pacific coast engineer regiment? during his recent seven-day furlough. The throne was that of the prince of Monaco. Williamson elected to spend his vacation on the shores of the Mediterranean. After visiting Marseilles, Nice and other southern France resorts, he went to Monte Carlo. Finding the gaming table denied to soldiers in uniform he went to view the palace. Swiss guards at the gate refused to allow him to enter.% L;!tx*?% fit a '-afe he got to talking v.-ith a Moi acoan who spoke g< od Lngli.Ii aLd proved to have an ac? quaintance with millionaire American .yachtsmen. Williamson told him of his futile attempt to enter the palace. The Monacoan offered to introduce him at the door and show him through the palace. He had no trouble in getting in this time. Arriving at the throne chamber the "simple soldat Americain" was almost overcome with the splendor of the room. He ieceived another shock when his host invited him to mount the throne. After he had become comfortably seated luncheon was served. Comparing his feast on the throne chair to the many times he had stood at the tail end of a line of 250 men with a mess kit to cet his share of bacon and hash, Williamson was prompt i ed to remark: \ "It must be very fine to be a prince." I INITIALS OF ALLIES ? jf IN BABY'S NAME ? S ? ? Kirkwood, Ga.?The big war a ? has resulted in the coining of a ? 5 new name. A baby girl born to g ^ Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Willirrns has 5 # just been christened "Abife." 2 J The letters composing the name ? ? are the initials of America, Bel- ? JC gium, Italy, Fiance and Eng- & 5 land. ? 2rfWrfW!riWr?tf^^ NOTHING TO DO BUT FIGHT Man Wants to Register Because All of Family Is in War or Doing War Work. \ Newark, O.?There Is a prominent ir.nn in this rity who is past the fortyfive milestone who wanted to be en rolled in the draft. His excuse was that his wife spends all her time sewing for the Red Cross, that his son is in France and that his daughter is taking a nurse's training.. "There's nothing for me to do hut get in this game in some other way than just buying Liberty bonds and Thrift stamps," he confided to a registrar. OLD-TIME TEACHERS ON JOB Lid Is Taken Off State Law by State Superintendent of Bucynis, O.?The bars have been thrown down and all old-time school teachers can have a job in Crawford county, Whether they have normal training or not. The lid has been taken off the state law by the state superintehdent of instruction. One of the teachers in this county this year will be a wealthy farmer, who has not taught for 20 years. He will donate a portion of his salary to the Red Cross. f ~ I NEVER BETTER FIGHTERS THAN MEN OF THIRTIETH, SAYS CHAPLAIN JOHNSTON Atlanta, Ga.. Jan. 7.?There never have been better soldiers and fighters in the world than the men of the Thirtieth or Old Hickory Division, ac:! cording to Dr. Thomas H. Johnston, dean of St. Phillip's Cathedral of this city, who is back from France after j serving more than six months as chap lain of one of the battalions in that i i envision. j W$h him Dr. Johnston brought, one of the prouclest treasures of his life? ja letter from the major of the battal, ion praising him for going over the top with his men every time they went over the top, for staying with them in the thickest of the fighting, for aiding the rescue of wounded under fire, and for burying the dead while shells foil around him. "The Old Hickory boys, descendants of men who fought with Lee and Jack.- . n.' says Dr. Johnston, ">roke the Hinrlenburg line. They wen. through l.irbed wire entanglements that would have checked a rabbit in its flight. They went down into the dugouts of Prussian officers far below ground and took them prisoners or wiped them out with hand grenades. There never have been ^ny greater soldiers in any war." i { \ , To Welcome Retnrnr.ig Soldiers. I The following contributions have 'leeii received to the fund for giving the returning soldiers a home-coming welcome. Other contributions will be acknowledged each week as received: i ; Z. P. Wright $25.00 ! John M. Kinard 25.00 J. H. Summer 25.00 P. E. Anderson 10.00 . Total $85.00 P. E. Anderson, Treas. i j ^ ' 4 H Reap Well m Do not aiiow the poisons of undigested food to nccurr/Jiie in j*h'i ^ s# your bov/els, where they [|pa are absorbed, iii'o your rrgp JMl system. inci^es'aon, constation, hcaqache, bad 3fls<$3 <gg b:^d. and nupjcroas Wffi* other troubles are hound -^v* to foUcv/. Keep your [3$L : W*m syStent dean, ?s thous- firi i&v? ' ; 'tis of other:; <?o, bv j crt- 'r f 4 '& ! r.f ? j r ^.rh|- V '>rr? * X] etabie, lainily i:vcr c:ecy^Sl cine., ^yj m . Thsdford's ? toe*. II ETT-w ? I SiaeWiilii : WML Mrs. \V. F. Pickle, of J?J & ill Rising Fawn, Ga., writes: W i "We hav e u..cd Thcd- &}??* ! ford's Black-Draught as E&t igZk| a family medicincl My !9p$j ; mothcr-in-Iaw could not Jgr^j | ^??7 take calomcl as it seemed ; too strong for her, so she j used Black-Draught as a kifj2 : gaff* mild laxative and liver I regulator... We i-se it I in the family and believe |e?iw I teM it is the best medicine for ' W@r the liver mads." Try it . Insist on the genuine? ijpj$ FIDS FOR MANURE. Bids far the manure from the street sweepings, from the fire house (twc horses) and from the town barn 0 mules) for year 1919. will be received ami opened at meeting of council January 14, 1919. Payable quarterly in advance. Sent bids to J. W. Chapman, 1-3 4t. Clerk and Treas ,| ?? _ . _ r? H AS H Exslento Medicine Co., 1 Gentlemen: Before I nsed your Exelento Quinine Pomade my hair was short, coarse and nappy, bat now it has grown to 32 inches long, and is so soft and silky that I can do it up any way I want to. I an tending you my picture to show yon how pretty Exelento has triad" it SALLIE EEED. ? - . I j Don t let some fake Kink Remover iooi you. You really can't straighten your hair until it is nice and Ions, That's what EXELENTO pgmadI I does, removes Dandruff, feeds the Roots of the hair, and piakes it grow long, soft and sl.ky. A f ..cr using a few times youccn tell J the difference, and aftcra little while it j will I e so pretty and lon^t^atyoucanfix it v.? t-i su:z yen. 7r Exe!orsto dun'tdo as i v : cl.iim. we will rive your money bocl:. - - t j J*r:ce 2S'n by mail or. receipt 01 sunups i or coin. | WAITED EVESYWKEnr, ] T7rit' f or parlicrlaT. \ ZXZi.iL:i't\J i*5?3ICJKE CO., AUanta, Cx. ' a-rC"- -> ' \ WOMAN DRIVES TRUCK Makes Better Time on Lone Trip Than Man. Machine Works a Little Hard So Shi Takes It Apart and Fixes It. By ELOISE ROBINSON. Paris.?The lieutenant looked wor riod arid a little apologetic. "I don't like to ask it. I know thai isn't what the Y. M. C. A. is for. P.ul i; it is possible? "How about it, Miss Gow? You'r< the one to say." The divisional secre tary turned to the woman in the mo tor transport uniform. "Why certainly, lieutenant. If you'r< not afraid to trust me. I've nevei driven a Fiat truck, or any car a.< heavy as that, and you're takinjr a risk "I'll take it!" The lieutenant'* fiown disappeared. "Gosh, that seti my mind at rest! If I sent the onlj man I have down to Paris for th( truck he would be a mynth getting back with it, and goodness only know* what condition it would be in when i ggt here. But I'll rest easy if yot undertake it If you can get bacl inside of two weeks I wish you'd d( it." So Miss Ella Gow, a Scottish worn an serving with the American Y. M C. A., who, by the way, has been deco rated for distinguished service to t'u Serbian government?went to Pari: and brought back the truck. She isn' very big herself, and everybody sai< she couldn't do it. They didn't knov her. She came driving up the hill info V in just a week from the time sh< had left, and one day and night o that time had been spent on the trail getting to Paris. "She works a little hard, lieutenant,' Miss Gow told the officer. "You hav to shove her clear through to fourtl and then bring her back to where yoi want her." The lieutenant tried to shove hei He couldn't He pushed and pante* and became red in the face and use bad words. But nothing worked. "She's a beast," Miss Gow admittec "You have to get on to her. But I thin I can ifiake her all right if you don' mind my taking her apart." "Do anything you want," growle the lieutenant. So Miss Gow took her apart, an now the lieutenant can drive her. &trCr?rirtrCr?r?rCrCr?r^^ 1 SERVICE FLAG, 110 & POUNDS; 167,000 STARS S Tulsa, Okla.?A gigantic serves foe flag, weighing more than 110 pounds was presented to the 2 United Confederate Veterans 5 and Sons of Veterans by a Colo2 rado delegation. v The flag contained 167,000 >t stars, each representing a direct jj descendant of a Confederate solS dier now in the service of Un cle Sam. ikrtrSrtrtrCrCrCrtrSrCrC^^ WOUNDED, MISSING, IN LOV Terre Haute Woman Gets Variety < News From Crother at the Front Terre Haute, Ind.?Mrs. Sallie Ne ins of this city in two days receive enough varying information about h< brother in France to give her nervoi ? *?a a*? 1 a t-. prosirauon, out .me nnai woru u; made her happy in the knowledge th; he not only is alive, but much in lov The first word was from Washingtc that her brother, "Private Ray Hami ton," was reported missing. H< brother, Charles Nauglebach, she kne\ had enlisted, but she had not know he changed his name, which she no knows he did. because he wanted 1 get free of the Teutonic Nauglebach, ; Within a few hours she received > letter from Mile. Neuve Robin Emil ' to which was pinned a note from h< ^ brother, stating he was to be marrie t# the writer of the letter. The next day the war departmei telegraphed that Hamilton had r ' turned to duty after being missin fr<fcn July 20 to August 17, duriu which time, it developed, he was in hospital. YANKS HATE TO TOTE BREAI I Take Chances of Going Hungry ii France Rather Than Carry Loaf With Them. I ! Somewhere in France.?America! soldiers and sailors sometimes find i difficult when on leave to get all th bread they want in French cities Bread is issued by card, one ticket be in? good for 100 grammes. There ar< three tickets for each day. The Amer , ican government feeds its own men : and unless a soldier is detached, or or some special duty \vhere he canno reach his own mess, no provision is made for his eating outside his owr ' quarters, and he does not get Frenct bread tickets. When soldiers are on leave from ramn nr snilors ?et shore leave the$ are reminded to take along a loaf oi Yankee bread so they will have some when they go into a French restaurant. But few do this. They don't want tc be encumbered all day long with a loaf of bread under their arm. They are willing to take a chance on getting into a restaurant where they can get bread, or, if the worst comes, go without. DOWNS NINE BALLOONS i r? ?'?~ tt e The photo shows -Lieutenant F. Luk who brought down three enemy ba j loons in the surprisingly short time c thirty-five minutes. Luke comes froi . Phoenix, Ariz., and he has done som 3 wonderful work as an airman. Thes ? additional three bring his total fc thrpp rtars un to nine. Nine enem j balloons in three days! ; sGuT^ANsnr d Hun Propagandists, at Work o the Border. | $ Try to Prevent Mexicans ^rossm | Over to Accept Employment in | United States. ? Laredo, Texas.?German propagai | dists in northern Mexico and aloe x the border are actively engaged in ii $ stilling fright into Mexicans with | view to preventing their crossing 1 y the American side and accepting en ? ployment as laborers on farms, rai roads, etc. One canard that has bee ? given considerable publicity by tl | propagandists is that the Americai ? are contemplating drafting all Mex can men between the ages of eightee ? and forty-five into the army, while a Mexican women will also be forced h ^ to service and "taken to France, whei they will be used as washerwomen f< the American soldiers and the allie generally." These kind of reports have reach ^ the American consular service on tf border and they are exerting their u >r ~ ? most eirorrs 10 set uie 1 IS by assuring them that none1 but Amer "can citizeas will be subject to the s 1 lective draft, while, as for womei ' there is absolutely no foundation f< >u the report that they will be conscript* and used as washerwomen in Franc 31 as there are any number of women a v' ready in France and none others ai n needed "for washerwomen." w Now that the new draft is In effe< 0 it is expected that the German prop ' gandists will be manufacturing a a kinds of deliberate falsehoods 1 e' thwart the efforts of the Americans i ;r secure laborers from Mexico to do a ^ ricultural and other work in this eou ?try e". I f Grandfather at 39, a f but Is Not Citizen & 4 Rosedale, Kanj?August An3 derson, thirty-nine, and a grand; # father, has just found out he n ^ was not a citizen of the United States, tonowing nis regisiramm J, for the draft. Born in Sweden, I he came to this country with his q ^ parents when two years of age. t rv Anderson has served two terms e ji, in the city council and has a son I now in the army. He was given - f" his first p:*pers. B ; FORTUNE STREWS THE TRAC t j Package of $35,000 in Smalf Bills 1 L Broken When Thrown From t Train. l ' Sharon, Pa.?An express messeng* r on a Pennsylvania railroad tral i speeding through West Middlese: [ near here, hurled a package contaii ing .$35,000 in small bills to the dep< platform. The package rebounded uj i der the train and was cut in tw< The money was scattered for a consi< i erable distance over tne tracks. r< lice officer? arid state police were sun | moned end stood guard over the vicir i Ity until practically all of the mone ! had been recovers*. IN313TEN CAL FOR FQOD Hoover Says Many Are Hungry?Estimate of Needs. Washington. Jan. 7.?At least 1,400,000 tons of foodstuffs, costing approximately $350,000,000 delivered, will be needed to carry through until the next harvest the populations of the districts investigated by the American staff of the commission on European relief. This estimate was sent by Herbert Hoover today to the food administration in a cablegram reviewing the conditions as found in CentralEurope and the Balkan States. The surveys made by the American: commission. Mr. Hoover said, disclosed that meats, fats and milk are so short in many regions that the health of the people is very much impaired, mortality among children is appalling, r-nd there is a constant menacethrough the threatened spread of Bolshevism, especially in the cities. The conditions in the various districts were summarized by Mr. Hoover in his cablegram as follows: Finland: The food is practically exhausted in tiit: cities. While manr nf tVio noocontc liavo enma hroail V>_ m \jl. tuv^ |;v/ucujatu uu ? v ovinv ktx VUU^ VVIA er sections are mixing large amounts-of straw. They are exhausted of fats.. meats and sugar, and need help to? prevent renewed rise of Bolshevism. Baltic States: The food may lastone or two months on a much reduced! scale. Serbia: The town bread ration iss down to three ounces daily in the* north. In the south the British arefurnishing food to the' civil population. We are trying to get food in from the Adriatic. Jugo-Slavia: The bread ration in 5 many towns is three or four ounces^ All classes are short of fats, milk and :e meat. l Vinnni TTvporvt fnT ciirmliec f 11t~_ J" T AV'-LAAAl* JLiAVVyb iVi kJ *. V* )f- nished by the Italians and Swiss, their n present bread ration of six ounces per e day would disappear. There is much. 18 illness from the shortage of fats, the,r ration being one and one-half ounces. y per week. There is no coffee, sugar or eggs and practically no meat. Tryol: The people are being fed by r Swiss charity. Poland; The peasants probably have enough to get through. The mortality in cities, principally among, children, is appalling for lack of fats, milk, meat and bread. The situation in bread will be worse in two months. Roumania: The bread supply for a tne entire people is estimated to last another 30 days. They are short of fats and milk. The last harvest was ' . 60 per cent, a failure. Bulgaria: The harvest was also a iff ? failure here. There are supplies avail^ able for probably two or three months. Armenia is already starving. a- Czecho-Slovakia: There is large -suf1 fering on account oi lack of fats and. tn milk. They have bread for two orte three months and sugar for six; ls months. i Jj SHAREHOLDERS 3/EETING. a- ! e The regular a/mua) meeting of the* )r shareholders o^Uie National Bank of: ?' ? O r< n.tlt Via. .\eWDerry, ixewoe-n-y, o. ??m u, ! held in the president's office on Tues|Q ie day the 14th day of January, 1819, at 11 o'clock a. m., for the election of it directors and such other business as^ i- may come before raid meeting. e" | T. K. Johnstone, Q' 12-10 4 weeks. Cashier. w i _ ... ; Shareholders 3Ieeting. V ' i The regular annual meeting of the ' shareholders of the Peoples National ct Eank of Prosperity, S. C., will be held a- in the president's office on Tuesday, 11 January 14, 1919, at 1 o'clock p. m., t0 for the election of directors and such to oo mnv mme before I u .11 ci" uaoiiito^ <*?? ? ? ? | said meeting. *J j L. W. jecfoaugti> J 1 Cashier.1 | neuralgia, colds and ? grippe prudent phy^ sicians now advise ^ PF" ' n The improved tablet in ? which the heart-depressing >t tendency is counteracted j. by heart-toning elements. " To avoid confusion Aspitone ! is sold only in unbroken ^ j x iivw uuv. , j *00 SM33/.1 y aaanf) 1 -xsioo.yi'/ irii a -a