Brown County Democrat, Volume 36, Number 20, Nashville, Brown County, 19 September 1918 — Page 2

United States Marine Borrows Plane and Does Amazing Stunts He Wings Five Foes, Captures Prisoner, Saves Wounded Man and Gets Captaincy—While Trying to Adjust Engine Trouble He Sees Two Britons Attacked by Twelve Huns, He Dives Into Melee and Shoots Down Four of Foe.

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FORGERY WITH ELECTRIC RAYS Signature to Receipt for $60,000 Alleged to Have Been Made Over Glass Slab. WINS COURT VERDICT Affidavits Reveal Complications Arising Out of Seizure of Yucatan Treasury—Governor Flees With Cash. New York. —The story of the manner in which a recent for $60,000 in gold alleged to have been given by the erstwhile Governor Argumedo of Yucatan in that country to Thomas J, Nicholas and Gus Ladner, two New York engineers, was forged over an electric light in an apartment in this city, is told in affidavits hied in the supreme court. The statement reveals allegations that the signature of Governor Argumedo was forged by Eugene K. MacEncroe at the request of Nicholas, and was done by placing a slab of glass over strong electric lights on which was laid a military commission bearing the real signature of Argumedo. This alleged forged signature won a verdict for $22,000 for Nicholas from a jury in the supreme court. Forced to Flee. Nicholas and Ladner were engaged in engineering work in Yucatan at the time Governor Argumedo set up an independent government, after which he was forced to flee from a Carranzista army and took most of the Yucatan treasury with him. The two engineers followed Argumedo to New York and in time sued him here for $60,000, alleging that they aided him in his escape because he had their cash with him and had agreed to bring it safely to this city. They said that when they demanded payment here Argumedo insisted that the money was his own. The state of Yucatan also claimed all the Argumedo cash, and finally became chief defendant in the suits. Nicholas had obtained a judgment for $22,000 and the state of Yucatan was appealing, and the Ladner case was pending trial when, according to the affidavits in the supreme court, Mrs. Anita M. Tappan became a figure in the case. She called on Nelson S. Spencer, counsel for the state of Yu-

A Well-Kept Corner of Nan-tung Chow.

claiming and cultivating a total of 8,000,000 mow (about 1,300,000 acres) of land. Mr. Chang estimates that these enterprises will provide work and subsistence for 3,000,000 Chinese families, who are purchasing small farms or renting them on shares. That the various companies were not launched until the first one had proven itself successful is evidence of the caution of this wise developer. The men who are now managing the more recently established companies had their training in the original one. “What is your personal motto and the secret of success of your joint stock companies?” I asked Mr. Chang Chien. “It is contained in three words,” he replied. “Tell no lies; be not lazy ; be ever frugal.” Schools of Nan-tung Chow. The ideals of its leader are stamped upon the conduct of the schools of Nan-tung Chow. They are in evidence in the mottoes of his own composition written in Chinese characters of gold and crimson and adorning gateways and assembly rooms. In classic phrases these mottoes impress upon the students the importance of his “three words.” But other means are employed more impressive than mere mottoes. An artistic little pavilion has been erected over the spot where an honest youth happened to find an article of great value, which he promptly carried to his teacher so that its rightful owner might be found. A stone tablet placed in the pavilion tells the story and honors the youth for his integrity. A unity of plan is a notable part of Mr. Chang’s educational system. His scheme provided practical industrial opportunities for those young men and women who have already been given special training in the colleges of commerce, agriculture, medicine and textiles. Their training prepares them for subsequent usefulness in the many enterprises under Mr. Chang’s direction —the transportation companies, land development organizations, hospitals, cotton and flour mills. This logical program of special training and immediate opportunity for active participation in the work of the community is far in advance of the vision and plan of educators in many western centers.

i' By FRAZIER HUNT. > In the Chicago Tribune. American Naval Aviation Camp on the French coast. —Time was when the United States marines were content to be the soldiers of the land and sea. Now they have added the air to their provinces—and the everlasting luck of the marines holds good, even in the clouds. The other day a fighting Yankee flyer of the marine corps, First Lieut. Edwin O. Chamberlain of Texas, went visiting a British flying squadron on the Marne. On the first morning of his arrival Lieutenant Chamberlain borrowed a plane afld shot down one German in flames and forced another to descend so a British flyer could get him. On the next day he went as an escort for a party of French bombers over the Marne. On the way back he got into a fight, had engine trouble, and one of his guns jammed. While flying low he saw two of his comrades attacked by 12 Germans. He dove into the mixup and shot down four enemy planes. His engine stopped again, but while gliding low he emptied his gun into German infantrymen. He was forced to land in No Man’s Land. Leaving his machine, he ran unarmed into a Hun patrol of three men. Swinging his compass as if it was a grenade, he captured one German. Then he picked up a wounded colonel, forded a stream, and made his way back to the French line.

and I started up to join the buzzard dance above, where it was ten to two against us. The eleventh German was sitting high. He evidently was the leader and was watching for some one to slaughter. “My two companions were darting this way and that, trying to force their way out of the circle, but the Huns were maneuvering so as to tighten the circle. They didn’t see me as I flew into the hazy sunlight just over their circle. “As two went for my companions I went for them, nose down, with the vertical engine full on. I got the first one in thirty yards with twenty rounds from my one working gun. He blew up and went down burning. Second Goes Down Burning. “As I dodged to miss him the second enemy turned square about in front of me, and I got him with a burst of twenty-five shots at twenty yards. He spun about, with flames leaping over the machines. The pilot jumped out. “Then my engine commenced missing. I looked around and saw five coming at me, including the leader, in a mellow gray Albatross. I saw my companions go after a Hun apiece, and each got one. One went down burning and a wing fell off the other one. “Then my engine stopped full, and the Hunc came after me in twos, and I dove vertically for a second, pulled into a loop without power, and kicked into a vertical side slip at the top. “There directly under me was 1 a desperately moving Hun, but I had him. He went down with a dropping wing in a fantastical spin.

HOW WAR HAS HURT HOLLAND Conflict Has Had Marked Evil Effect on Morals of Citizens of the Little Country. Holland, no doubt, bad its many faults and shortcomings, but it certainly never was a corrupt country, either in administration, in politics or in business, Matthuys P. Rooseboom writes in Atlantic. This war has fostered temptations and vices totally new to the country. As conditions grow worse profiteering, hoarding, trying to circumvent regulations, lack of responsibility and of public feeling, selfishness, lust of undue profits—all these do increase. Then there are the spies of all nationalities having centers in our country, trying to bribe our folk into rendering them services for high rewards. Then there is the gradually growing unemployment, with its curse of idleness, making men prone to succumb to the temptations of profitable smuggling. Then there are the many undesirable foreign elements, the alarming growth of prostitution and its inherent evils, the increasing number of thefts,, burglaries and even murders. 1 “HARD SKIN” AND I I FOOT CALLUSES j } I t Magic! Peel them off without I pain or soreness | Don’t suffer I A tiny bottle of Freezone costs but a few cents at any drug store. Apply a few drops on the toughened calluses or “hard skin” on bottom of feet, then lift those painful spots right off with fingers. Corns also t

swept by enemy machine guns. The enemy outposts could see only the top wings of my machine, but began to shell it. So I tore out the round iron compass and the maps and tried to burn the machine, but only fired the wheat. “The shells w T ere coming close, so I crawled toward the woods. As I came to a small vrater-filled ditch, I almost lost heart. Helped by Enemy Fire. “On the other side were three Huns crawling towards me. I was unarmed, but remembered that the compass looked like a grenade. I hauled back as if to throw it. Two Germans jumped and ran, one falling, hit by fire from his own lines, and the second being killed. The third cried ‘kamerad’ and threw down his rifle. I got that rifle, took his pistol, and ordered him to crawl ahead. “He looked startled Avhen he heard English, and answered in good English. He begged me not to kill him, as he was a married man. “I told him to shut up and crawd on. If he did not try to run he would not be harmed. We reached the wood, thick with brambles and swept by machine guns and shells. In the middle of the wood "was a stream five feet wide and four feet deep. I heard a whispered groan in French, so I crawled along a few yards and found a wounded colonel, wdio had been hit in the leg and neck. Cares for Wounded Man. “The German prisoner followed me without a word. He started to give the man a drink from his canteen, but I took the canteen, washed it, gave the colonel a drink, washed his wounds so I could move him, and then picked him up. I ordered the German to make his way with his hands'up. The Hun drew no fire. Then I went in. Snipers took three shots at us, but they only splashed about. The brush was very thick on the other bank of the stream and I had to drag the wounded colonel through the Hun-shelled thicket. “We were suddenly fired on and challenged in French. I replied in bad French, ‘Officer militare Americaine aux blesse colonel,’ ‘Aviator American,’ and added about all the French I knewv A whole string of French came in reply. “The German said, ‘They say crawl into the open with hands up.’ I did. Then two men and a French officer came. They bristled at the German, but I pointed to my gun and the wounded colonel, who talked fast, whereupon the Frenchman threw his arms about me and talked a lot. We crowded to the outpost. I helped the wounded colonel to the dressing station, w’hich was being shelled. The Hun acted as my assistant and interpreter. Speaking French, he was able to give valuable information, and I took him to the division headquarters. “When questioned I pretended I did not know what w r as wanted and wouldn’t give my name. After a time the French commander got this information by telephone from the British commander.” Not a Slacker There. Sheboygan, Wis. —A raid on summer hotels and dance halls at Crystal and Elkhart 1 :es conducted by members of the d‘ jnse council and similar organizations failed to round up any slackers, as every young man accosted by the officers produced a registration card.

TOURISTS in China and even old residents generally pass by Nan-tung Chow, a city on the Yangtse river which has not been open to foreign business as a treaty port, writes Frederick R. Sites in Asia. Consequently comparatively few people are aware that a community which may exert a powerful influence on the whole of China as a practical example of modern achievement is there to be found —a community that has taken great strides in developing education, social institutions, public works, manufacturing enterpises and agriculture, ranging from the kindergarten to college and from good roads to land reclamation. Features commonplace enough in occidental life appear as marvels when found in this purely oriental setting. All the changes have been wrought so quietly and entirely under Chinese leadership that even one of the most alert American educators in China heard of them with surprise and keen interest. This quietness of action is typical of the modesty of the man of classic letters, his excellency, Chang Chien, whose enterprise and wise leadership have been the mainspring of this new life. The positiveness of his integrity, benevolent public spirit and unselfish progressive leadership make him stand out in the whole of China. Nan-tung Chow lies upon the north shore of the Yangtse river about 100 miles from Shanghai. Recently an opportunity presented itself for making a pilgrimage to this Mecca of Chinese progress. Evidences of a new China were at’ once visible. A carriage was brought up from the steamer landing by way of wide, well-graded roads, lined with young trees, and built on top of dikes constructed as a protection against the Yangtse river floods. Here and elsewhere throughout this district the banks of the canal arc protected with neat stone “bunding” Or with solid retaining walls. These well-built and well-maintained roads and canals, with occasional neat police stations and clean settlements, uhusual in China, were the first indication of a guiding hand and the new spirit which has been working among the people.

The Marine's Own Story. He requested that his work be reLand. Leaving his machine he ran the British commander insisted on a full report, and now Lieutenant Chamberlain is recommended for a captaincy. Here is his report: “We then started home and were attacked by a force thirty strong. A dog fight followed. We lost three machines and the Hun three. -He withdrew. We were a bit scattered, but got together. “A few miles farther on the Hun came at us in four formations of ten each, this time outnumbering us nearly two to one. We had an awful dog fight, and lost two bombers and four fighters. I got several bullets in my plane, one of which pai’tly disabled my engine and made it die every few minutes and then run fine for a spell. One gun also jammed. “Two other fighters and myself and one French bomber found ourselves separated from the rest, and started home together. I kept losing altitude while trying to fix the gun. I only had 100 shots left in the remaining gun. “About eight miles from our lines, while flying in fair archie fire, and trying to get the jammed shell out of my gun, all suddenly became quiet. I knew this meant there were Hun planes about. Looking up, I saw twelve Hun fighters—a circus lot — circling about my companions, and quite a way above was one coming for me. Engine Bad, Hunts Fight. “My engine was missing badly, and had gone dead a moment before, but I went to meet him like I meant to fight. I fired just to break the strain. He suddenly pitched forward and dove straight for the ground. Just then my engine suddenly became very lively,

“Then I went after the four remaining Huns. The leader was first. He pulled a powerful wing over at me, but I got the idea first. We met head on. I fired the last thirty rounds and was pilled up myself with bullets going by like hail. I looked out and there was the leader diving on his back, hanging out of his machine, evidently hit. The others reported that he hung as if dead. “I turned desperately, having no more shots left. I saw my companions attacking the three remaining Huns, who were making off in wide circles. The other two Huns had disappeared, while French bombers crossed our lines safely. Score, 7 to 0. “Three of us attacked by twelve shot four down in flames, two completely our of control and one engine out of control. “Odds, twelve Huns; three allies. “Score, seven Huns down; allies, zero. ( “After I had gone quite a way back east my engine went bad and kept getting The other two, like typical British soldiers, stayed with me until near our lines, when the engine died. I was getting all the archie and machine gun fire from the newly established enemy lines. My companions could not assist me. “I saw 1 couldn’t make our lines in the deep woods, so I dove onto the Hun troops, coming behind their lines. Having fixed my other gun after the fight, I scattered them with a hail of bullets. I then landed on a sloping depression near the wood, an eighth of a mile beyond the enemy outposts. “I was in a wheat field about 100 yards from some trees, which were

Chang Chien's Scheme. Our farmer-scholar-sfatesman host outlined the scheme of industrial development of Nan-tung Chow, which is centered in six land development companies. It is in this industrial pioneering that Mr. Chang takes keenest interest. The first of the companies he started about 19 years ago. Capital was subscribed liberally by his acquaintances and other investors who had implicit confidence in his integrity. A tract of about 119,000 mow (or 20,000 acres) of wild land —salt marshes along the seashore —was diked to keep out the ocean storms, and ditched to drain off the salt water. Much of the land was then brought under cultivation, and the rest used for producing salt by the evaporation of sea water. Our host exhibited special pride in this enterprise, because success was won in the face of extreme difficulties. Government aid could not be secured. The project instead met obstruction. It was a fight against the government; nevertheless Mr. Chang carried through his plans. His weapon was his pen and his pen was backed by right. But the project had also to contend with nature; for when the company was only four years old a great typhoon played havoc with the dikes, and the company was nearly bankrupt. From this lesson of experience, however, and by dint of perseverance, the dikes were rebuilt according to a stronger plan, the losses were retrieved and the company w T as again placed on a basis of success. After 11 years a second land company was started. During the last five years four additional companies of the same sort have been launched. These six companies are now engaged in re-

TEACH WOMEN HOW TO FIGHT HUN PROPAGANDA Seattle, Wash. —Seattle women are learning how to combat German propaganda. At the University of Washington, an institute under the direction of Miss Hanley Coldwell, dean of women, is in session giving a large class of women accurate information of the government’s war program.

Landscape Is Beautiful. The location for his schools, many of them the rambling buildings of old temples slightly remodeled, is one of the attractive features of Mr. Chang’s educational plan. With characteristic care he has selected a site so as to include the essentials of a beautiful landscape, according to Chinese ideas of art, such as lakes and dry land, trees and fertile fields with a pagoda, a camel’s-back bridge or some other artistic structure in the background. A visitor sees in the vicinity of the agricultural college experimental fields bearing heavy crops of sea island cotton, sugar cane from America, selected wheat for specific kinds of soil, attractive orchards of apples, pears, figs, and groves of bamboo and mulberry. These is a school of embroidery with 100 young women who are studying under the instruction of a Chinese lady of renown, the most skilled artist in embroidery in China. The course of training includes drawing and painting as well as needle work. In another school an antique art is being preserved by the teaching of tapestry weaving. A public library has been built and equipped with 113,000 volumes. This library is housed in a charming group of buildings, well lighted, and set amid gardens which are fragrant with roses and bright with the red glow of the berries of the “heavenly bamboo.” The social institutions w T ere equally representative of a spirit of progressive enterprise ; among them the home for destitute old people, a distinct novelty in China.

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Was Forged Over an Electric Light. catan, and offered to sell information to the effect that Nicholas and Ladner had “framed” the claim for $60,000 and had employed forgery to sustain their claim. She called later on Samuel Brand, a lawyer at 253 Broadway, and told the same story, declaring that Mr. Spencer had told her he would pay her $10,000 if her story proved to be true. She alleges now that she retained Brand to represent her as her counsel. Confesses Forgery. Mr. Brand, who denies that Mrs. Tappan was his client, says that to convince him that her story was true she brought MacBncroe to his office and both stated that they had heard Nicholas and Ladner admit that Argumedo never had any money belonging to them. MacEncroe remained in Brand’s office after Mrs. Tappan had gone, and on Mr. Brand’s promise to say nothing to Mrs. Tappan about what he would tell, he made the alleged confession of forging the Argumedo signature. Lawyer Brand then went to Mr. Spencer with this information and got an agreement signed by which he was to receive $10,000 if he obtained releases from Nicholas and Ladner of their claims. Lawyer Brand then took the case to the district attorney, and Nicholas and Ladner w T ere indicted on October 9 last. They were arrested on October 7, and were questioned for four hours at the district attorney’s office, and in the meantime their apartment was ransacked, but the alleged forged receipt was not found. Brand said he then learned that Mrs. Tappan was “getting ready to sell us out,” and a detective was sent to arrest her as a material witness and to take her to the House of Detention. On that morning Nicholas and Ladner signed general releases to the state of Yucatan on promises of immunity, after the district attorney had decided that the case was weak, because of the failure to find the forged receipt. Buried Kaiser Bill. Sharon, Pa.—The kaiser was properly buried by the citizens here recently. In an antiquated, dilapidated hearse, which was drawn by a mule, was the carcass of a pig representing the kaiser, wearing the famous spiked helmet. Walking on each side of the hearse were boy scouts, each one carrying a spade. The funeral procession was headed by a band, and at stops along the route a speaker delivered a funeral oration from the top of the hearse.

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Machine for "Setting” Bricks. Long-standing difficulty in obtaining labor for “setting” bricks during their manufacture has led to the development of a new machine for doing this work, which is understood to have considerable flexibility. This machine, which is illustrated in Popular Mechanics Magazine, operates in conjunction with an overhead crane. The lifting meghanism is provided with a series of long fingers, each of which is shaped like an inverted “T.” These members are thrust between the bottoms of courses, when, for instance, a stack is to be transferred from a dryer car to a kiln. Betrayed by His Wife, A Salina man, who has been boasting that he employed girls in order to release the city’s man power for military service, forgot to * instruct his wife in the art of patrioteering. She carelessly let it out at a women’s meeting last week. » The Journal says, that “John is hiring girls now. He says he can get them cheaper.”—Kansas City Star.

Disgusted at Politics. Recently a retired politician of note was giving a young man about to break into the political arena a bit of advice. “I’ve had everything it is possible to get except the presidency. When I started in politics things looked very bright—I got positions of trust, big appointments, and everything I wanted. Now all I have after years qf activity is a lot of warm enemies and cold friends.” Got Proof of It. A little Polish girl, called to play with Lena, whose mother asked the little girl some questions in English and the child made no reply or sign that she understood what was being asked her. Lena said to the child, “Mabel, don’t you want some candy?” The child replied in English,' “Yes,” which caused Lena to say, “I knowed she knowed how to talk English.” And That Gets Him Nothing. “Ee man dat’s always imitatin’ other people,” said Uncle Eben, “simply advertises de fack dat he ain’ nobody much his own self.”

In this, one of the first pictures to reach this country of the battle of Chateau Thierry, are shown some inhabitants of the town who remained during the German occupation walking through the destroyed streets to meet the American soldiers.

fall behind the styles,, my head looks like an egg,” Darrel continued. Owes Life to Button. Mansfield, O. —The breaking of a collar button in his shirt saved Leslie Stagers from death. He was at work on a drill press in an electrical plant here when his clothing caught on some machinery in such a way as to tighten his collar. He -was rapidly choking to death when the button broke, releasing him. His shirt and underclothing were torn from him.

WILL MAKE BRITON CHEER Bombing of Berlin and Defeat of Hun Navy May Break Their Calm. London. —The Englishman’s pride in being calm and undemonstrative in the face of good news from the front has been a great mystery to American officers, one of whom has gotten from a British brigadier general enlightenment as to what is worth cheering for. i “There are two events which, when

they come to pass, will make us throw our hats in the air and smile as loudly as you please,” the general said. “The bombing of Berlin and the coming out of the German navy.” Fooling the Cooties. Mansfield, O.—“It is the fashion here to have your hair clipped and then have your head shaved,” writes Darrel, youngest of the three sons Charles M. Nichols has at the western front fighting against the Huns. “As I have not allowed myself to