, means List of Americon "Aces” ' ‘
and Another Famous Flyer at Coblenz Base
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Captain Edward V.
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~ down twentyaix enemy machine's.
issuedmy- the War Department is that
his onmlthe’r side ota
1113 down on Coblenz where the Amer“. 1
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Refine“; .__..“.t':"‘..—.
DID NOT KNOW ',
7 ,T . T WHAT FEAR WASf
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'- A 'letter’was Received by his moth- '
. ‘er'a towTdsyango i' Saddler James
E. HWfl‘fe of th Tsame battery?
now doing duty at Proven, Belgium,
dated 1350.11; 1918, in which he Says:
T , “We want into action in the Argonne
'2," ' Forest “wept: 23, and Mart and my
. self- was tooling fine. After theldrlve l
started.an WET Thad the Huns on the '
run. What! to follow them up. and
ioblciom'neoond position in a hollowg
the other side or Varrennos which:
. city mman- find on «the map. It Was '
accommodations whatsoever for .the
. maxi ememf'lthe wet ground; and as
1 say it was raining very hard, so wé
had tonic one- thing or the other——
1612131111111 tlamground or stand up ail-'1
night-Ewe slept on the ground Nil/ell,
we 1105'th .aonklng Wet. ~und caked
‘ with mud. A few daVs after Mart and
I got colds. as did several other fol-
lows, but we "didn't think zmythinrr
T; about it. The next day, Man-t got,
worse; Hand we had= to insist that he
’ 'see a doctor; the docrm told him he
had a high temperature, and sent him
to Base Hosuital No.9. I went with
him. to the hospital. That was about
Oht. 3. fl‘Me good- -by to him, little
thinking it was good -by 1011. ver, and
_. :lazltm m‘the last I saw -or heard of
‘ ' h u- we were relieved from the
nt about a week after, and Sent to
. _lglun,-¢on the Flandeis from. All
.. t e {ain't-1' and myself -we1e wonder-
g Why we did not hear from him
heard
qartm that ”he had died Oct
' q'L!“Wb'l-m the first. artillery batter}
T_ at: hatquthe distinction of being the
t .Iln'oops in Belgium; and
the int. artillery to datrain in
'lrgium —I appreciate the Stamford
TAidvom Tver-y much, and long for
£033 Stamford. The officers and
shwfllufiu mu Was ihe 'populai
1dllow~l1ere.He never knew What
th1'
T, Ramona-ma FIOIR $01.91 ens
soldiers boarding transports for ti.»
U‘piitod States are met with news-
papers from their home state less than
two weeks old and with American
magazines fresher than any they have
869115311100 they reached France. From
oversaa. dispatch offices at. Hobokeu.
Newmwws.
tom. 9, 120.. dhwas announced today the
American Library Association in
- stoolhg all transports with curent
We and papers and with perma-
11¢»:th
The mt editions obtainable of
Itionthhe-country are put aboard
each’mmsport just before leaving the
14mm port. The libraries are in
Ismiedi'miwn 'the .transpori goes into
common.
SERWOE INSIGNIA
FOR WELFARE WORKERS
WWG’I‘ON, Jan.15.~Se1-vico
"Iifislgflmmr members of welfare agon-
do! Twm with the organized forces
”of My overseas was prosided‘tor
arr-101nm today issued by the war
department. The chevron prescribed
r M six months’ Service and for
undfivill be an equilateral tri-
_ T‘sflver braid oneeighth ohm
We. Set-vice triangles will he
mgTilctt'Tnleeve of Tthe coat
' CAFE. EDWARD z-RI_CK1—:1~IBACKER,I,
Rickenback 91".»:
American “ache" who downed five or more German airplanes.
Another name on the list of sixty three
lyn, withdght planes to his credit. Th ese two aviators :119'19011 here stand—
civilian friend near the fort of Ehronbrcitstein look-
W3
ad; you‘oan imagine my surprise when
over the phone from 1head-
500d
M45013“ sending our heanfelt .
iWMlNGTON, Jan. 1'V.~Americ.m .
Boston and Charlos« '
about-twenty newspapers from all 3120- T
o MAJ aAmes'A 14215510211-
official list of
He brought.
name heads the
oI'M.1jor James A. Meissnei of Brook-
:m iiyeis liaVe established a base.
13 151: IN PRISON CAMP.
Capt. G. C. Freeland of Westville,I
Conn., One American'Victim. '
'W’ASHINGTON, Jan. 1-5.»le
name's: of'one oflicm'. Captain George
C. Freeland of \Veslvillo. Conn, and
twelve enlisted men. reported to have.
died in German prison camps, were
announced yesterday by 1an War Do-
They were:
Privates.
Kohl. John ll.. \Voodhavmn l.. l.
Seam. John 1)., Swariwood, .\'. Y.
Barnes; Edwin E1ie,1’a.\
pal tment
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tauntin'ettylbard that night. and no TRelknap, llyrou Lockpmi, Y.
Scion.- Tomm-iso. Ital) i
Killebrow. Floyd Shelly. Austin. Tar. i
Mac-Donald. Donald. Scotland. .
(1:011:41; Frank. 4 Joll‘erson strecf,
Brooklyn. ' '
(121m. David, Huniord. Cal.
Sullivan. Jerry 11., Create", Mon.
(.‘00,.-Alberl 5. Port Byron, 111.
Perry. William N.. Woodsville. N. H.
Americans reported in German pris-
ou camps included:
At Camp Karlsruhe.
.'Puynv. Karl (1.. l.ieul.. Belmont, l
Mass. '
Edw aids. Brooks. Limit” Phl‘ladel-V
.phia. .. ' '
At'Camp Cassel.
Phillips,“ Benjamin 9., 1711 Lincoln
.mPlate Brooklyn
Reported Wounded, Camp Soltau.
Parker, George: .l., 891111.. Tl? Roefc
Place. "Brnoklyn.
Reported in Good Health, Amersfor't
Camp Hospital.
TKnecht. Robert 1. 51011111.,
wood avenue. Brooklyn.
At Camp Unknown.
Thompson Sidney F., Licut. lllmcn.‘
Long B S J. Clifton Forge, Va.
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217 Ridge—
TO MEASURE GUARDS
' IPOR NEW UNIFORMS
New Dress Will Be Issued to State
Soldiers Next Week 4'
Adju uni HemV' 1* SmV’Hicon (it the
”fourth .'llilimi'} I) 411 not f‘onnerticut
State. Guard 11): iv: ~11 nolirr 319101.111)
from Major Geneva! in oil 11 P.1'iiii'iiu'
”president of the lillitury 1511111" 11.1'
303111.10 notify all (ommun‘dinx ulti-
cers of rogiments to" take immmlii'tc
steps to get the correm measurcmvuts :
of Millie enlisted men'of their com—
panies for the new uniforms which
will bf- distributr‘d to all llm‘organlza-
tions of thc state sometime next week. ‘
The new uniforms which are made
of wool include 00315 breaches ~and
caps. They are of :1 different. design
than that of the regular army. Caps
will be worn instead of the regular
army hat.
The uniforms will be worn only on
occuuicms of chi'uniouy and on such
otheeruty as may be designated by
the commanding general They will
not however. be. VVT run in army drills.
TGREENWICH SCHOOL
Mary and 'Elizabeth 3. Ely Disputo‘
Amount ofDealer’s Bill
Mary B. Ely and Elizabeth B. Ely,
.who conduct. a fashionable school {or
girls. in Greenwich. have been sued
for 31.000 damages bf: Peale.
fund Kerr of New York. Papers were
filed in the (101111111111 Pleas court yes-
terday and are returnable to the Feb
Tuary Tterm of“ court.
It is claimedby the New York deal-
era that they furnished 247 tons of
Tcoal to the Miasex Ely 1:151 year for
which $1,182. 61 was to he paid. A bal-
gnge of $217 .52 i5.said— to be. due.
T133113 in T'Greenuich belonging to tho
Misses Ely has been attached They
dispute the amount of the bill and are
to contest the, suit
.Bitt Mann School mm mm
_ that children are natural sign tniku «'3,
T ting uniform experience he had in mk- .
"selves sui'priSed on dlsomcrlng how
she dared not speak-~f11rnzrthed a good
1 Hillel than English. 7‘
I time turnwl be: right palm sli ghllv up.
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.TEACHERS ARE suao,
Peacock .
lately Unaware of Practice ”-1111:
May-‘80 culled Universal.
Ernest Thompson Seton maintains
and illustrative of this {not he tells in
his new volume, Sign Talk. the follow-
ing observations among sclioolhoys and ‘
girls:
”All denied miy knoVVled-ge of the,
sign language, at first. but were them- '
much of it they had in 1‘Sl.lhll5lllfil
use.
"One V'erV' .uhV' little "ii'l-~T.~'o sh) that
illustration.
“‘I)o you use" the Sign language in
_\our ~clmol " i asked. '
"Shc shook her licail.
“‘Do you learn any language but,
English? , -
“She nodded.
“ ‘Wh it is: tho 1N0 of lonmin: :my
“She raised llt‘l‘ iij'lit Sliflllllli‘l‘ in tho
{alpha-1 iumsihl- shrug ' :nul :11 11111 s'nmo
“(11m l V1)" 5101‘ .
" ‘3': VV' VV': is iuV' 1'0pr,
' you have mNVVci'cd illl mv thim- qmw. ’
lions in highs \vhiih you fluid \‘11‘ d". l 7
not use?
“Following ilic subject." 'Mr. Solon
suys‘. “in general I found about 1:10
gesture .n' 72111119. in mi: «blishml use
11111.11: Amnrir: m Hllmol «liilrliunf‘
AS IT SEEMED T0 CHILD.
Little One Only Looked to Particulars '
of Situation as They Appealed
to Her.
An amusing sini'y is told by Missi
Hazel Dawn concerning :1 curtain cine-
ma play she “as once rehearsing for.
in one scene the livroinu—not Miss :
Duwn-41ml to loop overboard from :13
yin-lit, ('lml only in her night attire. and
suiiu 11:.‘1011‘, pursuud by the villain in
a 'lmoiorlmnt.
As the heiress, n miller diminutive I
ptl‘fimdgt. mu uluug the 111.11 l1 lifter
3 son uublixu: ashore. who come unexpect-z
Will) on .1 family. puny consisting of 11' ,
and his llllll‘ duugliici'.T ;
The drill VV: is evidently :Ixumlslmd
11ml. :meio slmulil hV running' about S
out of doors dripping \V'oi. and with so” ;
little V'lutlilm' on. E
'(lh. dud: 1: ho lllgl‘Nl ‘nl‘tcr 19ll(’( t— .
in: fur .'i 11.111111 lll. ".Uli «bill I :~' pom",
1 that ivklc girl mun h. m- 11111.:1VV'1i’y‘
from bur mother V'Vhl-n she was VV'usli- :
"—T l'V':1i'>.111'.\‘ “Wu-Ids.
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doesn't
afraid of the swiftost kind of balls.
Ile’ No. Ho's married and he'u been
dodging crockery for ten yours.
butter seem
Shine—That
Mlnlnn the Air.
A member of tho iirmV general stall!
at Washington states that it: is feasible
to “mine” the air ubove'fortificuuons
against attacks by (lltlgiblés and air-
.'l hc cxport' s‘plain of defense is
:111:111;.v.< l Vibe mining of marine up-
1.1-6 .,. 1,. < 1 '1 fix-.13 and consists of send-
ing aloft 9.1011 evening a large number
of small captive balloons at Varying 111-.
titudcs carrying a sufficient amount of
431110.4in as to destrm the airplane» or;
dirigiblcs with VVhlch- they come in
cont.- ('1.
- Whose balloons: can be supplemented
by :1 number 'of kitesT provided with
lam.r tails of malleable wire, designed
to Plo‘ul'the mmellérs of any aircraft.
'l‘hc'norinl mines could be'reeled in at
daybreak.
The Sporting Instinct.
The shabby-looking mun sloucliod in-
to the silversmith’s Shop and halted
' iefore some fine silver cups.
"They’re stood spodml'ns."
served to the sliopman.
“Yr-e, sir," answered that worthy.
“'l‘hvy are to be given as prizes Tfor
races.” ,
“:lin.“ ejaculated tho slouchy one. as
he grabbed the largest and made for
"thou suppose we race for
be oh-
ll‘ii- I'uv'l’.
this one l"
American Beef to Allies.
Before the war the average monthly
exports of beef by America to the room .
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1 000 pounds. During the last two years 1'
the}: have averaged about 22,000.00) '
T, pounds". -
Business Methods.
“\Vhen you broke off the, engage-
mull with Nod. did you send him back
"Of Course not. What do you. sup-
for?"
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No Need To.
“Are you cutting down the number
of calories you eat :5er away?"
“Never have ':em we don’t care tor
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‘flllgglalllltl of the chino busincs. .
January "Sale Now In Frog-er SS
All Departments Represented
Oak Chairs and Rockers
with Spanish leather seats
In this January Sale. will be found 1110 unlin-
stock of mission chairs and rockers at reduced
Those chairs are 1-1 mstruciod of selected
This is a per—
prices.
oak and finished in fumed brown.
fox? imitation of Told English Oak. The cover—
hip is llio lllj'll 011111111111 Spanish loutlimz, ack—
iioVV'T:~<l_T.;1T<l 1o lw of ”10 highest grade wearing
quality.
Settees, 4 ft. leather seals and barks. For
'1rmul1rr $9 )5. ()0 $29.75
Settees,.~.l_ ft. leather seats and Slat For
bu:*~.l;§,; regular 9538100 $33.25
Divans, 4 ft guldl-u'ouk frames, fabi'i— _
koidI ll other “3:118 and 11:10:81 For
regular $15. 00 $ I7.50
Armchairs, high backs, Spanish For-
lrathcr seats, regular $16.50 $14.00
Arm.Rockers, high bat-ks, Spanish ,
lt-uihm' souls and full backs For
, 1‘ rcgmul 11' $19 00 $16.00
TAImchairS, slat backs, spring: 51>:le
covered \\ ith Spanish loathe) For
regular $13.50 $11.50
Arm ROCkers, room y and cmnfm'iablc,
slut backs. Spanish leather seats, For
rogulu 1' $13.50 $11.50
Fourth floor.
A Bargain inFloor Covering
Anatolia! called in theTtrade as 16mgT.border.’_’/,,"
,,:'{'1it’
tilt is: an imitation of oak flooring, handsomely
Fri-alum! and is made to surround a large mm. It
will aim serve in halls. pantries or wherever a
good looking: hard \\'U()(l floor is desired. This
VVill bo sold at
45 Cts.
a yard.
Yard \Y i110.
Fourth floor.
. " . Dinner Sets
Amérioan Emcelain has come "1pidly into the
The paste for- .
union is well done. and artists of high reputation
in 11111111 clocui'at'um .‘ti\ 2 .qiplil 11 the designs.
Pr 'i‘ocs 11111..“ iii; the .l illllliilf'V Sale are most reason-
ziblc for the. b.1311 :rr1'11los.' I .
American Foreman! ll: “1's. lmrde'i deco-
rations in 1111111.‘r1';'21lui' {11331: f‘: 5" "10.00 "$32.40
American L’G‘Teldm, .l :2 111's.- glue border
VV 1111 pink 10m»: 5.1124101}? price $34.50
$31.00,
American P03231410), 100 no.1pink and .
green spi'uvs.1'<';';'~.1l:11- 311,,1- $151,111 $19.80
American “om-91:19-, 100 we. pink 1311':in .
.. "32110 . $18.00
dcooraiions, 1111103; p "180
American Porcelain, 3110 pr-s. gold and
VV'liitc'bm'dci'd unhiiov ref—r1119 1' $19.50 $17.50
11’); ll(':5. 1' in gold. band and
line. goll.l!".11d.‘u<. 201.71: hr price. $8000 $72.00
English P3 «2611.111, 1‘3] pcs. cream border
sci V111 '1; blue and pink. regular price$57. 50$51. 57
English Eurcelain, 112 130:. border of black
regular $49. 50
English Puioemin, ii: pcs. tan and red
."»i_11T’l£1.1(‘§}'ula l‘ $30. 00
EWfELQh Porcelain. 107 pcs. pink and blue
:Hllhr $117.00
Nippon Set,
$44.50
l.“.‘-.~'. .‘"‘l 11‘ ii i, pink 10803.1
$36.00
$33. 30
‘lmrs lm. 111~11r911mn
Basement.
La Grecque Undermuslms
Those garmenls are especially adapted to the
fastidious woman who desires good quality and
perfect fitting underwear.
Skirt Combinations, lace trimmed,
$1.50, $2.00, $2.50up.
Drawer Combinations and Chemi-pantalons,
_ \. $1.50, $2.00,'.$2L50up.
Envelope Chemise. This (particular garment,
made scini- Tfullm' than usual, gives ihe Vi'cairer
more room 111111] the ordinarv chemise,
$2. 50, $3.50up.
Drawers, lat-0 and ombioidel' _Vj trimmed, ‘ ‘
$1.50, $2.00, $2.50 up.
Those d in 91 are made with exact belt
nicusurtmonts VV hit-.11 give a iailmod fit; around
the hips.
Long Petticoats,
Short; Petticbata. , - T- :f
Gowns, low neck, made full suitable for large
figures, all sizes including ~16.
T $300 $350 $400up.
[$3.00, $4.00 and $4.50
' 'Gowns, low 11131: k, small €17.03 «ml y $2. 50 and $2. 75.
Second floor.
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Addition to the Sale of "Silks
Colored Japanese Silks for lamp shades, 27 mt: has
wide, regular price 75 cts.
Sale price 59 CS. a yard
Moss Green, Ox Blood,
Olive Green. " Old Rose;
Maize, ' Old Blue,
\Vliite. Pale Pink.
Thlnd floo 1‘.
Children 5 Warm Clothes
Gowns for babies, 11 hite outing flannel,
' "$160 1114:3250 '
,4----n«w~¢--~ .
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85 2:03., $1.00 and $1 25
TBetficoats,outi111,Ir flan-1101,Vvhii0 and 001011111," 4., 4.
and 6 your sizes,
59 oils:- each. ' j
Infants" Double Gowns, white and colored 75 131.3.
Infants’ shawls or sncqucs, outing: flannel, T White]
' . 5O €1.93
Carriage Robes of V1 hue cidm do“ 11, $1.50 to $3 00
Bath Robes made of robe flannel fan and 11m 3'
blue figured patterns, for ages 4 to 0,
$2.50 and $300
Bath Robes for 8 to 10 years. brown, Oxford 1111
Copenhagen blue, '
Children's Leggins Childrens
Brown Jersey drawer Black 1311.51: (‘11 '1 z
'leggins, 2.111111 3 year
Sines,
$1 .59
Children's Shop. Sound logo.
4 years,
$5.00
’6’"? 1.
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$4.00, $4.50 and $5.0:
Goats, sizes in: ';. 2:11 '
m. ‘11".
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pose I accepted him in the first placel
Keep. Ad‘l'efliSiflg I and.
these ‘neW‘W/m
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