Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1917 Page: 3 of 8
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The following excellent half-tone Pictures illustrate the leading news events of the week. What is now
before the public mind over the world is shown to you in reality—So as you read you see. These illustra-
tions comprise the latest that is of worthwhile to the Reading Public.
COSTS $50,000
TO PROVE ERROR
Wealthy Mining Engineer Victim
of Strange Case of Mis-
taken Identity.
GERMAN PRISONERS BUILD CAMPS FOR AMERICAN SOLDIERS
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HOUNDED AS CRIMINAL
Tin* ctiptive (ifrmmis in France have iln- extreme pleasure • it' helping Uie \mcrtnin forces find cumfnrt in tic'
Itinil of tliclr new endeavors. The captured Teutons are put to work I>niI<1111c the burruck* Und putting the site into
fit shnpe for the American troops.
OCEANS OF MUD IN FLANDERS FAIL TO STOP BRITISH
i I pencil troops demonstrating. f*'r the heiietit of Am<;rlcuu soldier* In F'i aiiee. the method of advancing for a
pas ami (lame attack V <'iiUudltin* on tin- west front using an old German iiiiuinmllloii pile as an observation i«»st.
.'t Sail making Industry In the T'nlted States revived hy th<* renewal use of /sit 111 njf teasels.
After Ten Months Alexander P. Me.
ceuley Establishes Hie Innooence
on Swindling Charge—Judge
end Prosecutor Offer
Their Apologies.
New York.—After he had Nja-nt $!V
(UN) to |>rov*‘ lie wax not tnunepne el«
Alexander i\ Mncnuley. wealthy min
Ing engineer <>f Tnnuito, Ontario, w<in
Indlclal recognition of his Identity,
when Judge McIntyre, In general ses-
sions, dismissed an luilictiuctit against
him for alleged forgery. An unusual
spectacle was presented when Mr. Mu-
ettuley stood up In court, and, with n
wan smile, received the regrets of
Judge iin.1 prosecutor that he had heei
hounded as a clever criminal for near
ly ten months.
1Mwin I*. Kllroe. assistant district
attorney, related tin* remarkuhlc <-n*«
of mistaken Identity of which Mr. Mn-
cauley'a physiognomy aud a resource-
ful swindler had made him the vlctln
with a prevalence and recurrence the
drove him to despair, worried him la*
a lengthy Illness ami chained him
lit,- rock of general suspicion and
trust.
Merchants Defrauded for \ra
For live years In the ChrlMinV •
-on merchants In OlllCtfO, Hi. V
and other cities In the middle,
had 1 icon defrauded by lice
forged travelers’ checks on thy
undliin Itank of <’omim-roe of To
for merchandise, and froipiently.
Most of the checks were signed ’
SCENES ON THE BATTLEFIELDS OF FRANCE
i means of mad where owe were roads can't stop ttn- great Briti-h <1 rlv»* In Flanders. They mii.v coilihlnu t<> slow
nt> the steady advance against the German trenches, hut tliej will have to get a great deni worse to compel a definite
halt. This British official photograph allows how great lire the difficulties that flu* British forces have to encounter.
Supply wagons are advancing through mud in which the horses sink kn«*e-deep, and then Annie, carrying munitions
over the shell-torn ground to the Mg guns at the front.
"FANTOMAS” WALTER RUTT
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LEADERS OF REVOLT AGAINST KERENSKY
At -Ihe left I- II group of French sol
dlers ready to lire mi tIt.* retreating '
• miiiwiji with a machine gun cap*
mrivt from-. rh« -Bn-IYes. The phd-
N-H.lph .- taken on the summit of
I'elld Mil Ui II, the Misuse of 111 It 11 > II
bloody ■ niitllei la-fore the French filial-
l.v vvlvsled It from the possession of
tlie oiictnv Uehwv are German prison-
ers iii wi.r <crapliig from their clothing
tin; itiii-1 nf the Iri in lies Mint shell
hull rtie mu- at the right Is wear-"
lug a stilt of til*- latest lx.itv armor de-#
vised hy the Gi rtnan w1lu- office. It
protects tin- wearer Inmi hlllletN to
nine i Meat litit slows him up greatly
Hi a charge.
“Identified Him as G. H. Merghan."
rence Keough," and the time he ad-
jected for his operations earned for
him the sobriquet “Christina* Ke-
ough " luvurluldy he passed the bo-
gus checks mi a Saturday or on the
afternoon la-fore Christmas to gain
time to get away before their presen-
tation.
im nts oat
of hundreds of thousand-- (lA<U>Mar*
and the Amerlean Baake ixsocta-
Mon had trailed hljii n jVi he
mad- Id-map|ieiirQlTIjt **f hift ll^ on
HEAD OF AMERICA'S WAR COMMISSION
PICKING OATES FOR SAMMY
Saturday"
Jewelry
that nfte
ed
<»n*a certain sector In France the
l’ollus were menaced by “Fnntomna."
th<- '’ghost” uvlutur. vvliu. though he
swept down close to the lines, seemed
to have a charm against the bullets
of the soldiers. After more than a
year of adventurous attacks he has
la-eti brought down and Iden tilled as
Walter Untt. the world’s greatest bi-
cyclist, who was well known .to
patrons of th<- six day bicycle races at
Madison Square Garden, New York.
He left the Fulled States for Germany
on the outbreak of the war.
Nikola Lenliit- (right) and I.«-on Trotxky (left), the leading ligiir* s lu the
Bolshevlkl rebellion against the provisional government Iii Hnssla. la-nlne,
who Is believed lo be a German agent, tvns innde premier by the rebels
ONE OF HAIG’S BEST “BOCHE STRAFERS”
The Spanish Premier.
Senor I into, the man of the hour In
Spain, belongs to the type of famous
inen who are slight anil spare of
physique. It Is a spiritual mlln-r than
an animal force that nnttnntes Ms re
Tried countenance and casts a pleasant
ija-ll over those who come in contact
with him. By those who know him
most Intimately he Is described as n
utnn who deals strongly With difficulty
and then makes light of tt. He knows
when to keep silence and the chief Im-
pression lie leaves everywhere- !i»-
obnrm of manner combined with an ex-
treme sensitiveness and above all cour-
age.
Helped Him.
A well-known baritone vfH* accepted
at his club hy u young friend »'»»
courting. Said the friend!^ “Your re-
cital last night was a great help to
me."
“I didn't see you there.”
“Oh, I wasn't there.”
“Well, what do you mean by telling
me my recital was a great help to you.
•nd yon weren’t present V’
“Oh. I bought tickets for my girl's
father sad mother, and they both
want'
Col. F. M. Ifnnse Is chalrum/i of the American wnr commission that has
been s<-nt over to attend the conference of the allies In Paris. He will act aa
the spokesman of President Wilson on questions pertaining to the general
policies of the conduct of the war.
The howitzer seen here Is one of the British “heavies." Trh rayf!hattrring |
Are literally obliterated the German deep-trench and dugoutybnwitlotis In
Flanders when Hlr Imuglas Haig pressed forward to *rh£r£ his sledg-
hammer victories. On tha gun carriage In roar nf the brewfh u • huge pr<e
. Jectlla randy for loading.
Phosphorus Light.
To make n night light with phospho-
rus. place a piece of phosphorus about
the size of a pea In a long glass bottle.
Fill the larttle about one third full of
olive oil. heated to the ladling point
and cork tlgbrly. When light Is need-
ed. take out the cork and allow the
nlr to enter—then rrcork the taittle.
The empty apace In the laittle will be-
come luminous. When the light be-
cmies dim. uncork the laittle for a few
seconds.
Raises Alligators.
There la mefhey In raising alligators,
fine man near Loa Angeles Is said to
have grown rich from the enterprise.
It Is a lucrative and practically go-
crowded field for the man who hoa
sufficient business Initiative combined
with physical Courage to enter. Any-
way, the matter la well wo{th looking
Into by the man who haa decided that
he would like to rnlee something and
has concluded that chlckena are the
only poaalblllty,—Exchange.
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lo,,jy>E. G. Pi
^ r^V. NforriH of Conro
forgMhe funeral,
g. i^m----
_ ll,“‘dv<i %aley ia exhib-
it ^omp 4Cl‘Granges which
HhsUu.TOWn on a tree in hia
Loui4h Conroe. They are the
aia variety anti of aver-
j> Mize ami fine juicy flavor.
" e tree bore six oranges thia
'iar. Several years ago b*>
(ll*vcHted eighteen oranges
mi hthe same tree but it was
proved l>Yvn by lH?* fro»t that
i^.nis poiicj j* jUlJt getting up
wnnt.-d, h.; h tfJ bear again.
where qv ____
tltle<l h.'
whs 111
UAL!
25c cans,
count* **«-»• large size,
niins of (np's Pork and Beans,
Mi-inh^ment just in,
rm-rit <ib W¥V
men or,
they lust.
In ^ EVERETT & SONS.
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gnl
\ liirg- iiiitrdi-r --f <'iillfortdn <IhI«-s.
picked Mild plinked by (Vn|('lll-ltA vnl- j
ley glrK who volun»i-<-r<-d, Imtre been
si-lit to tin- American „ MoblU-rs lu
I- riHK't H-- n »’brl-imu ■ »-lft from Cnll^*’
fornln. Hi-r<- l« <iro- of th<* pr<-tty date
plckera at work.
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Women to Run Farms.
Farm- f«*r w-mm-ti, wlthmjt nny men I
In control. mn> Siam ta< organized In
Knglnnd. The fiaal production ilepnrt- I
merit In a recent rci»nrt afstial that the :
prejudices ugHlnst female farm labor j
had been entirely overcome, and thax j
for really skilled workers the appli^G
tlolis lire In excess of the supply
courHg<-d hy their success as
workers or In gangs on differ^
farms,” continues the rejMirt. "the ag-
ricultural women are asking to he a!-*,',
lowed m try their hnnd In n corporate
capacity, and to have placed at their
disposal a number of farms In varlmis
counties, tu Ik- run entirely by women
under the supervision of the County
Agricultural Executive mmmltteee. It
la possible that at an early date farm*
may be organized and farmed purely
by woman labor.”
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the inn;
merohan.
In their lb\^
t|l r«-<-entl] "
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England, John Stone & Etheridge, O. Conroe Courier (Conroe, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 51, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 29, 1917, newspaper, November 29, 1917; Conroe, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth844204/m1/3/?q=GRANITE+SHOALS: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Montgomery County Memorial Library.