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VOLUME XXIX. CAMDEN, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 24,1917. r NUMBER 18. ? 1?m 1 ? . i ?? * ? ? 1 ? WiTIII NK NKW8 NOTKS rirtttlrle ?' l?$P?nto*? |,"ro"' <lur K^ular Cormpon^Mt. , s August #?. 1917.? eli West returned home Thurs ^fmii. ii * visit i?' relatives Jn Jef |l?s fn'l" ^ M?.v? "1"'"' s"l,lr,l">' '? "(? II llimnl ?f Ksvaiumli I* ? I , ,| h'"' ,U t0Wn* fX | uollii Wackwidl who has been 'Jli her aunt Mr*. .1. M. Clyburu Luii home Snhirda.v. . hL MiliM' McUire ?r ^wiopvllle i V||s.< Hawls of Hock Hill who I otimihur >?< **ig Si?rl??>?K mmM, ltur?l?y niu'l.ir with Mi*. L D. Hob <j' k. ltateman and children <i|Mui(iiiin n while with hft Mj US K. T. Ksl ridge. fur kuiI Mrs. T. M. Olyhurn have turned from Atlanta. jrk Mflsons rave a picnic on the L.I iroumls Saturday. Mrs, J. M Ri'huri)- Miss Stella Hethune. MU?s "ry yi-Nrtiill mill Mlsa Blanche WjWt Initiated into tlw order. jjlr. A. slcjriiian haa returned from liuu^fa. (hi. 'Mr II. >< Wat kins returned Sun ?? piornliitf froin liloil. 3, C. fjlUs Aleno McDowell who has been ijtiiig ber sister Mrs. L. A. MePow in rnunb'ii has returned. [jjr. Thorn well Clyburn who has been orklnK at the eantonmeutln Columbia 'turnwl hoine Wednesday. r. ami Mrs. Leroy Davidson and i< of Camden wore In town Friday f. j. <Allen and his brother, rtocipal ?>f the Latta school were In Saturday. > Bethune school will open the session on tl?c seventeenth of Sep-< ?ber. and Mrs. Joe Hohgh and little filter of Kershaw were In town ornlay. . ' - Miss .Marios,Clarke returned home iturday after'" a weeks visit to Miss lUlinda Ward. Mr. Flynn Kelly has returned from a [lslt fo tlic mountains of North Car tel. Mr and Mrs. .John McDonald, Jr., 1 Hartsville were in town Sunday. Mr. Ponulas Mjivs who has been Jorkiiitf in Columbia at the canton <>nt returniMl Sunday. ?v. A. M. tiardner. pastor of the lerh<nlist rlunvh left Monday tot Sa p<la. s. c.. tn assist in a series of etiujfu. ? A. W. Thompson of Birmlng am. 'Ala., who has been spending bmi'limo with her sister Mrs. M. O. lard left Tuesday. ?? [Mr. I .on is tiardner of Jefferson was town Sunday. ^ pliss Maiin<la Ware* left Saturday pr ;i visit t<> friends and relatives in "Witmi. Wain| aind liidge Spring, r. ami Mk. \\*. M. Stevens and hmily motored to Camden Monday. Mrs. M. <?. Ward and two daughters f'lcii ,nd KatheriilV. left Tues ly for a visit t.> relatives in Ward Trenton. r. Hyim Kelley left Monday moni tor for ('..hiinl.ia to join the U. S. Iivy. I Mr*. B. \\. Mest is visiting relatives P Hartwille. i:Mw. A. M. (isirdner took the mem r of 'he children's society of the ' t f'hnreh to Big Springs for days < hi tine Tuesday. r r- niid Mrs. Thomas Cooley and F 0 * ainrliti-r nf Leesville have re L ?' vlsit to relatives in Be PlltlC. l)r. Sikes to Speak. |l?r. K. W. Sikes, President of Co-j pr .College nf Ilartsville, S. C., will talk at tlic ('amdon l*aptist Church p Sunday August J6th. The naorn-1 g service will begin at 11:15 o'clofl. hf public is cordially invited to be ent. Names I^eft- Out. [in our la-t i<sne we unintentionally out two Camden boys who are I the service of rncle Sam with his ptinz forces Mr. .lamer* DeTx)ttehe *s "in* of i hose who received a lleu Inancy in the nfliCer* reserve corps 1 Ft. Oglethorpe training camp. I^'r. Innuin Khlredge, who for a nurn Fr of years has been in the Forestry pto ?f the United States, has been P" <1 captaincy in an engineering He i? nt present at Fort'Myer, '??hut expects t<? leave within two Nts for service in France.. - ?> |^r f. Rivers Spencer is another Wlf'n |M,y who won a lieutenancy 'hf Field Artillery Corps.1 Mr. fncer is ;i nephew of Mrs. Robt. ?Johnson. ,,f eity, and has oth rf,lat1ves in the eonnty. Fell Into a WelL Tlin. a white man, ewployed V'1* 'arm ..f Dr. S. A. MeCaaklH, ^ miles cast of Camden, toad a r?* from serious lnjurfr or "WW* death last Thursday afternoon. r ua? enzajied in cleaning a well while being drawn out of the 'he rope broke causing him to 8 distance of nearly fifty * feet. that he landed on tola feet 'hat the well contained several f,f water made hi* injuries only WHITK MAN AKKKSTKI) Henry W. Barnes Tries to Defraud fioverium'iit By False Claim. Henry W. Barnes, a young white man, wun placed hi the county jail Tuesday by Deputy United State* Marshall Cooper, charged with at tempting tt> defraud tiie government out of by making a false claim' ?Of money lost througn a registered letter. He was carried to Sumter Wednesday for a hearing before a United States Ootnmistylimer. Some time last Noveqiher Barnes claims to have sent hy register ed letter to (1. H. f<. Robertson. at Buffalo, S. ('. The letter reached Its destination hut the money was hi I su ing. Harnes claims that the envelope was changed before It reached Buffalo, and made affidavit to the amount of the loser and wanted the rase pushed 'for the recovery of ,,the money. Inspector Mansfield has been work ing on the matter since November, mostly from the Buffalo end. It In said that after Harnes found out that An investigation was to be made he asked to withdraw his claim against the postal service, hut this right was denied him as members of the jiost offtce force here wanted to see the case through. The government ?Heenis to have a plain case against the young man, as his actions are said to have been suspicious. <* Barnes Is a son of Theodore W. Barnes of this county, and is a mar ried man with several small children. ... More Destruction By Submarines. London, Aug. 22.?The number of British merchantmen sunk by sub marines or mines in the last week was only slightly larger than the previous week, when n considerable falling off was noted. According to the official Statement tifteen vessels of more than 1,600 tons \\ere sunk and three ves sels r?f less than 1,000 tons, in addi tion to two fishing vessels, as com pared with fourteen vessels the previ ous week, two small vessels and three fishermen. - v Car Went Into Hiver. A I>odge touring car, owned and driven by Mr. T. J. Simmons, a citi zen of Charleston, went, into the river near here Monday night. The car was approaching the river from the east side where the river is very deep. The incline at this place Is very steep and the brhkes refused to hold; 'Mr. Simmons Went into the river with the car, but fortunately came out with only a wetting. Employees of Hay's (iarage succeeded in getting the ma chine out Tuesday and found it un damaged. Supervisor West is having the chain gang to grade this in order j to eliminate part of the incline. DIED IN EL PASO Remains of F. P. McCaskill Brought to Li>e County for Ilurial. Mr. Finn I*. McCaskill, a well known j citizen of Lee County, died last .Sat imlay August 18th, in El Paso, Texas where he had gone on a trip to re gain his health, which had been fail ing for some months. - Mr. McCaskill was twice married. He leaves three children by his first wife?C. E. McCaskill, T. P. McCas kill and Mrs. "M. I). Trapp. By hi** i second wife, who was a Miss Cook, he is survived by four children?Finn, Jack, and Ulysses McCaskill anft Miss I Ella McCaskill. Mr. .Tack McCaskill was with him in El Paso at the time j of his death. The body reached Camden Wednes-1 day and was carried to the family J burying ground in Lee County for in- I terment Wednesday afternoon. Ser- J vices ^vere conducted by Rev. S. D. ! Yates. J Resides his wife and children Mr. McCaskill is survived by one of the largest family connections in the coun ty. Up to the time Lee County was formed Mr. McCaskill was a citizen of Kershaw County, and was a well known and .prosperous farmer. aTwo Trucks Collide. The heavy truck us<*l by the South ern Power Company collided with the Ford truck belonging to J. B. Zemp last Saturday afternoon while attempt ing to pass the corner at the Confed erate monument. Mr. Zemp's truck being driven by F. R. Ross was head ed north and the Power Company's truck was coming south. There were some other vehicles at the corner at the timfc and in the confusion the collision occurred. The small tfpck was badty wrecked but the larger one, vrtis uninjured. Roth Ross and Ir ving Horton and a negro boy who were on the small truck were quite badly injured, Horton being the worst in jured of the three. . Cusban, the white driver , of the Power Company, was placed under arrest by SherifT Hotign and Constable Itateman upon a charge of criminal carelessness, but after the officers had made an investigation, found that there was no evidence to hold Cushan and he was released. \ ? , . ? Open Air School To Open. The Open Air {School will} l>egin on Sept. 10th. No beginners will be taken after the first two weeks. 1 Miss E. L. Zemp. KKKSIIAW NKW8 NOTK8 InteK'htiiiK Happenings (intheml Front The Kra of t1)?t PI?Cf. .Miss Ml hi ml Stafford, of Greens boro, N. C? itihl Miss Mary Wllwi Of. {took Hill, won' guest* ?f Mrs. 8, L. Williams in Kersnaw and on tho ramping trip at Rig Spring. JO. M. Kludge, -T. H. Kstrldge, I< A. Baker ami \V, 11. Threatt made a fishing trip to Williamsburg county last week. They g?ve glowing re ports of tlit* condition of the farm* el's In the tobacco licit, who have already pahl oft- their debts and have n surplus t'rom the projceeils of their tobacco ami have their promising cOrn unci cotton crops- to look forwaYd i to as a still further surplus. Rev, It. M. DuRoxc assisted in a protracted meeting In the lteulah sec tion of Kershaw county last week. This week he Is assisting In a meet ing at Central. v <'arl A. llorton, iv?*o lias received an appointment to the second train ing camp for officers at Fort Ogle thorpe, is s)KUidlng file time Jiere with his father l?efore leaving for camp. Misses FaUnie $tet<eod and Mary Harlee, of Remhert. were guests last week of Mrs. R. M. T>uBose at the parsonage. Mr, and Mrs. T. J. Gregory and their two little sous, Quincy and T. I.I. Jr., left Sunday afternoon for a trip to Baltimore. Philadelphia and New York. \ ('has. I>. J ones, of Lancaster, has been appointed to represent the gov ernment Lancaster county In Jhe matter of appeals from the decision' of the county. exemption hoard after claims for Exemption have been de nied by them. Liddell Stover of the Oakhnrst sec tion, and Miss Addle ? McMurray, daughter of AY. EL 1*. McMurray of the Tlrzali section. were married ?if live home 'of the bride Thursday, Oth lnst\T"and are makii.g their home in the Oakhurst community, where Mr. Stover Is engaged in junuing. The Kershaw Graded School will begin its 1017-1918 session on Mon day, September 3, at 0 o'clock. Mrs. I). G. Fletcher returned to her home In Camden yesterday after-spend ing several days In Kershaw with her son. T. K. Fletcher. Mr. and Mrs. S. O. Gregory and children si>ent several days in Cam deil last week with Dr. and Mrs. H. I,. Gregory W. H. Gay collided-3wltli the car of Frank Hasty of Winnsboro, Mon day morning as lie was going to his farm on his motorcycle, and while considerably scarred ami bruised, he very, fortunately escaped serious In jury. Mrs. Frank Hlnnant and children j of Ridgewa.v, are visiting Mrs. ITin nant's parents. Mr. ?nd Mrs: J. Robt. ' Maglll. In the Rethel section, and ! her sister. Mrs. S. T>. Blackmon, in Kershaw. Change in Schedule. The northbound passenger train on the Southern Hallway, Columbia to York, formerly arriving at Camden at 5:45 in the afternoon, now arrives at 3:56 in the afternoon. No other changes have been vnade. The new schedule went into effect last Mon day. Sale of Keal Estate. C. 1'. DuBosty real estate agents, announces the Sale this week of the Mrs. Scottn Sal in on (I property on Ju melle 'Hill. just, north of Camden, to H. E. Beard, Jr., of Camden. This property consists of residence and six acres of land, and is on a high hill overlooking Camden. Death Near Luckiiow. Mr. William C. Katcllffe, an aged citJzeen of the Lucknow section, died last Friday -night, after a lingering illn(&3. For a long while he had been paralysed and his death was not un exi>ected^ He waff about 80 .years of age and is survived by three daugh ters?Mrs. Charlotte Stokes, Mrs. Alice Ratcllflfe and Miss Rosa Rat clifTe. He Is also survived by a large family connection. The funertil and burial occurred at the family burying ground Sunday. He was a brave Con federate .veteran and had many friends wherever known. Seriously Stabbed. Tom Wilson, a well knbwn painter alM>nt Camden, is in the Qamden hos pital suffering from a severe knif? wound in his back, inflicted some time during Saturday night by a white man by the name of Threatt. The slab bing Is supposed to. have been without provocation, as the two men were seen together* a few minutes before the dif ficulty apparently on the best of'tferms. A warrant was Issued for Threat^, who live? at Lancaster. 1mt In Issuing the warrant the brother of the man who did the stablng was arretted and brought to Camden. Ap soon as the mistake was discovered, Threatt was released. The man who did the stab bing is still at large. fee Cream Festival. The public In cordially invited to an ice cream festival to be held at the home of Mrs. Sarah Bruce, Thurs day night Aug. 30. The proceeds will go to the Woman's Service League. GKKMANS DRIYKN HACK TerifHr Drive of Italians ('iiww Aus trian Line to Crack. a "*?>??? ?1 ? ?? * Haiti smaahea at tin* German' Hues in Fraiuv attain have Ikhmi productive of important gains for the eiit?utc al lien. North of Verdun the French have ^captured additional poiuU of vantage while the Canadians Uavo fought their way forward nearer to the heart of the town of Lens, taking yards of positions woat anil northwest *?f the town. All the couuter-attacks by the (jOr man crown prince's forces against Geueral Potato's men on the newly captured ground in the Verdun sec tor have been ill-starred, those of Crown l'rlnee Rupprecht against the Canadians at last accounts had brought nothing more than an aug mentation of the already terrible cas ualties bis troops have -suffered in their attempts to save the Important coal center from capture. Under a canopy of mist the Cana dians and Hermans met at daylight 111 the oi>en of "No Man's Laud" northwest, of I amis, neither expecting tiie other. Springing at their surprised foe with 4 their usual intrepidity, the Canadians put the Germans to the bayonet and forced them to scurry for a seeming haven of safety inside their trenches. Here, however, the (Jerinans ayparantly were no nfQre secure than in the open for again with the bayonet and with bombft the Ca nadians did great execution, killing or wounding many of the occupants a?d putting the others to. flight. West of Lens, aided by a heavy ar tillery tire, the Canadians also advanc ed, pushing the Germans farther in to the environs of the town. To both the captured positions the Canadians are holding tenaciously, already hav ing put down with heavy losses three strotnr counter-attacks two on the northwest and one west of the town. North of Verdun, on both sides of | the KJver Muese, the French troops I have kept up their vigorous offensive started Monday and been rewarded by the capture of additional important positions. West of the River COte L*Ole. a [M)lnt of considerable strate gic value and the village of Regne ; vllle, have been taken, while east of the strCam the village of Saniogneux and fortified trenches over a front of about a mile and a half, connecting Saniogneux with the defense on Hill 344 are in the hands of General Pe ; fatfi** men. Counter-attacks by the i Germans all along the new front have beeir repulsed by the French. In addition to more than 5.000 pris oners taken by the French In Mon day's advance, additional captures re sulted from the attacks of Tuesday. The German war office, jKiwalbly with the idea- of heartening the j>eo pl<* at home, says counter-attacks l?y the Germans have driven ont. the French from almost all the positions they captured 011 the Verdun ?front. It adds that the German troops and their leaders anticipate a favorable conclusion of the Verdun battle. In?the Austro-ltallan theater the terrific drive of the Italians In causing the AustrihM line to crack at numer ous |>oints. The Austrians are resist ing vigorously. Although the ebattle is proceeding without Interruption. little is available in the offfcal eom mnncation to delineate geographical ly the advances the Italians thus far have'Sqiade. Austrian defenses e tween Corite and Selo and near the strongly fortified Srarilihva position are ampng the places captured. Up to Monday night more than 10,000 prisoners have l?een taken, not (count-j ing 243 officers. The Russians in Galicla and Bu kowina are apparently holding their own agbinst the Austrians and Ger many. but in Rumaftia# the Russians and Rumanians have been compelled to cede further ground near the vil lage of Ocna an l east of the Fok shani-Nnraocha-AJu railway. The Intensive artidery firing be tween the allies and fhe Germans pnnHntiA" ..?r nines ami the Germans continues. Numerous German ma-1 chine* have l>een brought, down in aerial hgttle* but tiie entente,,aUfAta also have lost a considerable numbejp] of machines. British warships hSVe destroyed a German ZeppeJJn off the const- of Denmark, fhe entire crew perishing. ' --Died in Norfolk. Mr. Alex Baker was called to Nor folk, Ya., Saturday night to attend the funeral of hjp sister, Mrs. S. Motzno, who died in that city on Friday ?fter an illnesa of several weeks. Mrs. Motxno was 20 years of age and was born in Russia. Sh?? was married only last December. Mr. and Mrs. Max Sear*, formerly of Oaroden, but fiow of Charleston, also attended the. funeral. Mrs. Montzuo is xurv-i vod by her mother and eight brothers and ?isters. Newton Kelly to Speak. -7 ' Kditor Chronicle: Please announce that I will make a speech at Pine Grove school house Saturday, Septem ber 1?t, at 2:30 o'clock in the after noon. My subject will be "The Preach er and the Dirty Side of Politic*." Indies and All invited. I make thia speech by request. Newton Kelly. FLKlMilJMi WAKIIAWKN Camden )l?ii Now Assigned to Avia tion Camp. In asking ns to change the address of his im|K>r Mr. M. A. Ba toman who Is now a member of Squadron ?*? IK s. Flying School at ittmtoul. III., writes The Chronlole as follows: "Jl ??n flying twtoe a day. Will finish here In September and my next address will tie "Somewhere In Ger many" I I>ojh?. For I hope hy the time 1 reach the front it will ho In German territory. Five of the H who finished last week went direct t<> France. Am enclosing a clipping from Chicago Tribune, which 1 thought you might txi gfcad to copy. 1 think 1 have the distinction of beng the only Ker shaw County hoy In the Aerial ser vice. It's great sport, ami sometime I ho|>e to let the |>e|K)le of Camden see how easy It Is. Best regards to all the force." The Special ro the Chicago Tribune which Mr. Ba Ionian refers to retids as follows: Itautoul, 111., Aug. IB,?It. was mid afternoon at Chanuto flehl, the gov ernment's new aviation camp. Twen ty-five aeroplanes rose Into the air,with a whirr of spinning motors, which suggested a roused wvey. of. giant birds. In sweeping circles they mounted. They careened sldewlsc against a stiff breeze. They pitched like ships In a heavy sea. Backed hy purple Immens ity. they became at last mere si>ecks. Voyaging among the cloudb. One swooped .like an eagle through a hole In the air, righted Itself, and shot up wards. (hie drove through a drift of snowy clouds to ride out upon the fur ther side into a fleece zoried boy of blue. A flock of blizzards U(fbn weighed pinions at a distance watched' their strange rivals of the air. Upon the bottom of each plane and upon the top when It tilted half over, one saw a great white, star with a red star painted upon a cycle of blue, and upon the tall red, white and blue stripes. Hy these signs the Germans will know them somo day. Dawn had seen the first flight of stu dent soldiers. The last machine settled jto earth through the golden mist of I sunset. So the working days pass>her| (for Uncle Sam's fledgling wnrliawks. 1 Within the next year and a half the United States army expects to have 10,000 aviators In service in Kurojie. There are fewer than 1,000 In the en tire army now. Chanuto field will furnish a fair percentage of the coun try's flyers. Thb aviation school estab lished July 7 received its finishing j touches in constriction today. Two thousand workmen were employed In construction work un the field. ('apt. C. (J. ICdgar of Washington in charge of avjatlon camp construct ion work, inspected the $1,000,000 plant nnd pronounced It. one of the best ;equipped fields in the United States I on one of the moer Ideal sites for aviation purposes. I The field contains a section and a , lutlf of land It Is a mile -southeast of It^ntoul A row of barracks flanks I the north side, paralleling the hangers | which house the machines The flying field Is a level prairie of 040 acres. MaJ. J.- L. Dunsworth, commandant, is a young man, but one of the army's pioneer aviators. He -Is a strenous, Roosevelt lan tyi>e?all business. He saw much service dn the border after Villa's Columbus raid. He did air scouting with Gen. Pershing's army in Mexico and was Injured In a fall near (!asas Grande. Capt. Hoy S. Brown Is in active charge of flying. Hfs chief assistants are Capt. T. J. Hanley and Capt. John C. McDonnell, two of the most expert men In the army in the Call spin and Intricate air maneuvers. These ' In strurtors are aided by Lieut. Maurice La fly and Lieut. Paul Prevost of the French army, who won their spurs on the Verdun and Flanders fronts. Two squadrons of airmen are sta tloned here. They are the fourth and tenth. The former is commanded by Capt. Brown and the latter by Capt. McDonnell. Two more squad roils are UUftfwL wlthlp il0xt 8,x weeks. -? ^ perflation, darts, and a com pany of infantry for guard purposes, to 1,500 men.' The student a Via torn come from all parts of the country. Nearly every State in the Union 1h represented. Many of the men are from Chicago. A ftirge |>erhentagc arc college men. The majority have studied aviation at the ground schools at I'rlnceton, Cornell, Illinois, Texas. Ohio and other universities and at the Massachusetts Institute* of technology v At these schools they leorjied their Instructions of aeroplanes, theory of flying, mathe matics, physics, photography, mapread Ing, the mechanism and handling of machine guns. Students at Chanute field are taught these thlug* at first If they hav* not had the advantage of ground school Instructions. After a schooling in these first prin ciples, they are sent up In a machine piloted by an expert. A thousand feet atmve the earth they are ta tight to dea] With recalcitrant engines and treaclterous winds, to train a machine gun upon an Imaginary foe, to drop l?omhs from varying heights, and all the snbtleties of the flying art. They next try their wings alone. After two DRAFT lv\W CONSTITUTIONAL JiuIkc Speer Srort'H Toil) Watson 1?? Ills Contentions. Mount Airy. <Ja.. Aug. FwleroI District Judge Specr held tho selective draft law constitutional' lu a decision mifle public lioro today. The decision was rendered ??u applications for writ* of haheus corpus for Albert Jones and John Story, lwld In the lltchinond county, (Jeorgla, Jail charged with vio lating the law, and wax presented by Thomas 10. \Vatson, Watson contended that the law Is In contravention of the Involuntary servitude amendment. Judge Speer left for Fairfield, N. ('., where it i* existed he will decide whether or not ''The Jeffersonlan," a magazine published by Watsoh, shall ho. nllowed In the malls. It has been dented admission by the i>ostmaster at Thomson, (in, the place of publication, been use It contained what bad been charged seditious utterances. Judge Speer, in denying the writs, declared that to agree to the conten tion that the selective draft, lrfw con travenes the thirteenth amendment would 1k? to conclude that the soldier is a slave. "Nothing con hi be more abhorrent to the truth," Sftld Judge 3peer. "Noth ing more degrading to that indispen sable and gallant body of citizens trained tn arms, to whose manhood, Hklll and courage Is and must be com mitted the task of maintalnlhg the very existence of the nation and all that its people hold dear." Answering the contention of the pe tltloners that by {he common law it was their right to remain within the realm and that thin right should he held tp relieve them from military ser vice beyond the borders of the United States. Judge Sj>eer said the common law could not prevail against the ex plicit provision of an act of Congress, which was empowered hy the Consti tution to raise and support armies. He declared this power wan not restricted In any manner and that. Congress may summons to Its army every citizen of the United Stated. Admitting that no express power 4 was given to send armies beyond the sea. he said that there was no exprens pow er to enac?t the criminal laws of tho United States, build the Panama canal or to purchase Alaska. . "This has all been done," he said, "under the great power to promote the general welfare. Just as the selective army will he created under the^Oaw here assembled to provide for thp com mon defense, and beyond and tyhove all, j Is the inherent power of every nation, however organized, to utilize its ev jery man and Its every energy to de I fend its liberty ami to defeat the ml jgratioir to its soil of mighty nation** |of ferocious warriors whose barbarous j Inhumanity for three .years has sur I passed all others since the death of jAtilla, the scourge of Cod." Considers Speer's Verdict Final, j Washington. Aug. 20.?Judge Si>eor'N (decision in the first case brought to | test the selective draft, law, was made public tonight by the department oL {Justice. Any question as to the act's | constitutionality, officials believe, is definitely disposed of by a supreme court decision,by the (Georgia judge. It was in the case of the United States \^r*us Tarble and the court said: "Among the powers assigned _ to the national government, is the power to raise and shppojrt armies. Its con trol over The subject is plenary and exclusive. If can determine without question-from any state authority how the army shall be raised, whether by voluntary enlistment or forced draft." Coal Price* Cut Down. Chicago, Auk. 22.?Tlie Consumers' Company, Chicago, said to l>e one of the largest retail coal dealeres in the world, today announced- a slash 6t from $1 to $1.80 on soft coal, effectiye immediately. This is in line with the price fixed by President Wilson. Other dealers will make similar cuts at once, it was said. It was estimated the re ductions will cut Chicago's coal bill by *30,000,000. months in their school ilmong the clouds they win a diploma .of a R. M. A., reserve military aviator. Then they are ready for a commission and assignment to active duty.. The camp arises at 4 o'clock In the morning. First flights begin at 4:30 At noon the flyers have an hour and a half for mess and rest. Then flying begin* at 1:30 and continues until twi light. Chanute Held is not a show place. The grounds are as carefully guard ed as if . they were in hostile terri tory. Few visitors are admitted. The camp .has received little publicity and it does not court it. None gains an entrance to the barracks or hangers. Other government aviation fields.iurte Bad trouble with the I. W. W. fend German splef. The officials take no chances here. MWe haven't time to entertain vis itors anyway/' Maj, Dunswortli said. "Our business is to turn out skilled air idiots for European battle lines. \\v ;hv jloing that as fart as^lt is humanly ? possible." ~A strict censorship is enforced. This rather harmless/; article underwent strict scrutiny and certain figures and statements were elided.