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KEPT THE ORE TRAFFIC MOVING Effective Work of Navy on the Great Lakes. it an ordinary IHIIM la IBM. Serv jng through the aeTere grade ha . S ninlah American Md Utca hag ten In each trad until ha reached the commander rank. Ha holde an unlim ited master's llrenac and alan a chief engineer's license of unlimited tonnage, and perhaps I mora familiar with the Oreat Lake than any other eklpper operating on tl. mii. t KNSI S TAKKX MANY PLOTS ARE FRUSTRATED vVheelamen, Captured on Great Lakaa Freighter, Identified aa German Navy Ofbcera Two Fralghtera 8unk In Peculiar Manner Commander McMunn In Command of Fleet. Hlddi'n away in n certain little har bor of the tiU'ut Lake Ik h iunbnnL Ita con i la buttle gray; Ita nun (nrr Ineoaeuigly from aponaor und barbette. It la not given to reveal tha exact locution of the chip. Anyhow, Ita captain In the distlnc- tlve ten, ill e of tile CI lift, lor I olnuiaild- ar Wi '. McMunn, N. N. V.. In the mini who hiis "ktjit the ore trnllle moving." Anil keeping the ore imllic moving ""with Hie irntlan itt war bua bam no ' fanciful Job. Moat of tie- Iron uud much of ihu coppar tiKeii in tha mmm facture of armament In tin country la produced la the lake region H ml ft - I Jiii ! ill the open navigation seu aon In IijWh vessel to steel mill. Traffic In metals iImjb season Iiuh been more than double that ufuy prevloaa year, aud and hi.- in not yet hav ing been compiled. Many Plota Fruitrated. Much lias been Mid about i he pro tection iilToi-ded steel iiiIIIn ami muni tloiiH factories, but little baa beeu printed concerning the equally ettlclent protection ufforded the ore before It reach." these ladMtrlal plant. This la the task to which the nay depart ment at the opening of navigation on the lakes IiinI spring assigned Cmu mnnder McMunn. It gave him more than three-aeore vessels ranging In alie from un open -apart launch to 1,200-ton gunboat i. Oooatanl i. :iluiieo on the purt of Ooumnader MeMuiin and each of hla ofliecm ami men hua been the price paid to keep the burn ' door locked before) Homebody atole tha horae. Coir Hinder McMtlU will talk lit tie of his experience. Aiiiiniiiucincnta from Washington, however, from time to time iiae hinted f ticruiHii plota, mill Aim Th -un propaganda. I. W. W. agitation, all auppreHxed by Ihln quietly effective arm of the navy. , There are atnrte of beelemen on Great Lake freighters who have bean tnketi Into cnslmly by naval ollii-erM and who have been Identified an ntti cera of the tlerman navy. There are two large lake freighters, Hunk In a tnoat pecullur manner ao as almoat to clone to navigation one of the moHt Im portiint luke porta. There la n report that certain Inlerenta In I 'ninth aent word to Oimunimlcr MeMunn that If he ever rfet foot In thai city he would be -hut and killed, liml I here la the verified "in lenient that GomtiMinder At, Mm mi replied by going to I mini h and walking unaruieii ami unattended up and down the Ihot'iioghfurea of that g. Hut no attempt wna madu to do lilm i lolence. Good Fallow and Good Sailor. Of him one of hla fellow 0 face ra re cently auld: "Juet ahaklng humta now with Commander McMunn gives you the Idea that he la a Jolly good fel low." He la, hut other nuvnl officer tell you that ho la alao a Jolly good Bailor, a Jolly good lighter, and u Jolly good buaiueaa man, and they will tell you I IN about bis forealght. hind eight energy, and good old-fashioned J gll-wool-and-n-yard-wtd bockboue. J ii -,t a word of history about Com- mamler McMn.no who, In addition to hla other dutiee, la aaaletant command ant of the Ninth, Tenth and Bleventhj paval dlatrlcta with headquarter at the Naval Training etatlon at Qreat lakes which haa the taak of turning thousand of freah water plowboy join salt-water aallora. Aa engineer kuun nation wide, aa expert In ateel,. he eniuted In the tUlaolB Naval mlllUa Civil war romance Wedding In Old Age End It Finally. A proof that "lino iuugh at lock am i ill-' ami at old llge a well -came to Manila of Henry D, Sumner, a pi- nneer dairyman ami - !, r of the Civil war, and Mr. John B, Jnyne, his nute belliiiu aweetheart, aged seventy-nine nut sixty nine respectively, wheO they wore married at Iowa City, Itt., by the Rev. C. Dreyer. The bridegroom loved the bride when be'and the man who won her, n fel low aoldler In the Civil war of 'iH-'OS, were fight I tig aide by aide. "Comrade" Bum not remained hla good, true friend throughout the ye ura that followed un til "tape" annulled for the aucceaaful lullor tome yeara ago. Since tlnn Mr. Sumner's wife died, and In the course of tlrao hla heart turned back to the aweettfrart of hla youth, now widowed. A courtxhlp, in ter.-upted by the flight of yeara, waa resumed and tha gallant veteran won. JOURNALIST SERVES HIS COUNTRY WELL i W K. M Kearney hna finished tak Ing the census and finds there are 2, 1. I enrolled In I'atiabad. which entitle u to change from a town to nelly. Mi. Kearney ha worked faithfully and reserves much credit for finishing he work. There will piohablv be a meeting of the town board tonight to take the matter lip end decide Just how soon we e.in 'all 'hi I "had a rlt. Specially poeed photo of Lord Iturn anm. one of lireat llrllnln'a fiiiunna totirmillsls and owner of the I tally Telegraph, baa hi en of great aid to III country In the solving of war prob lems. Lord Huruhain wna. a Harry Law ful Webster, a popular member of he Itrlflah hon e of commons, silting for the Mile L'ml ami Tower Ham let division of London, In the heart jf the Knt end. Ills fni her. the first Lord itiiniluiiii, treated tha Dally Telegraph, one of the largest and Influential organs In (he empire. Lord Burnhan Ii an hooorabla Piilonel of the Unyal Iliuk llu"nra. A son-Ill law of bis has been a i un live of the tiermiina since 111 1. Sec ond Lieutenant W. II. W. L:iui"ou of Un Klr"f llattallnti Scott tiuards, a nephew of Lord Burtihnm, was killed In lull and a brother of the lord, Ooi lion. L. LawaiaB, D. B, o., eonunaoder of the Rnd Rcglakeot Bucka Visjtnaaryi is lighting for hi country "somewhere." Ill fainlly, It can be seen, I doing Its bit valiantly. German Loeeee Reach 8,250,000. Oermau casually llta comprlalng tilled, wounded, prlAuera and missing bom Aunial. 1014. to Rentembar. 101T. Hclude 8,2nO,tN)0 names and cover 22,- Rw pagan, according to report Uartardam. Wh) not send jour soldier hoy it Xmus pteseiil that he will alwuvn raltie above nil at hern? Bead htm a diamond stick pin. See the large selection t BLLBRfl JBWRLRY ft). The Praaby taring lndle held Btatr OhfiaiBMM banaar Tueadni and feel they were auceessful, n thay have, nfter nil Um dainty ar- tt'lert aie sold, lltT.OO, V .V. I' li' IV. INI I 1 1 . -V I I-. niaBa Mr and Mm Dolpb Lusk and 111 tin . ion, Virgil, tVo iii from the ranch at LovlngtOfi, today. They are gnosis of an aunt. Mrs. QOOrgl U'll- iiauis ami family, WF. announce a notslir (Viewing of COMMUNITY PLATE - the rulverwaic m hi -'i VO na lor its rmiuimto dcaigna uni thtlini tkm. I. !. Ynli's and II. ii. tlrooka, both of Bag Anielo, Tex., were gatta: of the Baton, I.-mlng for the aoulli this morning in their car. The gentlemen have been bare a number oflmaa ami are looking far range for cattle. CORNER DRUG STOR E :.YAL QUALITY STORE' Mrs. limine ll.tch came in limn the Blank rlvnr country yanterday witii fearaenl Marrlnaa and spent a low hours shopping and Msillnu frfeadn before she rata rand homn, i i.'nv Mm rah, rnachman from the La K0 WOOd conutiy, Is on the streets today? Doming down yesterday. On sale at Shelby's: Wright' I VanC) Nancy Hall Sweet Potatoes. The SWEET SHOP Under new management, but the same Up-to-date, Efficient Service Your Patronage Appreciated IjUnrentlaad fur DInMarrha Harbor) Hltaan i- vnry ill with dipbtharln. The renldence woe quarantined this uiornlng II inemi the family is having Ihalr share ni ilekneaa, and the frlnnda or the family me naslobi to Inarn ol .1 npnedy reeovery Mra. t. v. Roach of htuako gee. tikla., namo haturday to sn- Ihelr little son, Ncshlt Itoneb, who ha been with her aunt. Mis V N Allen, attending klndergarden, iis Roanh will bn here through the Chriatmaa bolldaya ami his fnthei is eouiiog toon to see him. C, K BlgloW, Who has I n here 1 number of moatha, eagagad as n Inter nnd carpenter, Inn nis to. nun ror the State Acriciiltur.il College at Manilla Park, ahem he will lake up ihe radio work The Methodlal eanfareVee mtU cunveaa in Malaga, Bundny, the prealding eider will be then- nan all aie naked t atend. Mi and Mis. Kiaher, who liava been atopplni a) Ihe Metropolltaa, 1. 'it yeaterda) ror 1:1 I'ano to make their homo Boa'l forgel tha Baptial ladlea' bainnr. s. s Leonard, from the Malaga farming district, is hern today, lie planted cotton tins year and the . ield has been satisfactory. Loin, Thumday, November the ltt m Mi and Mra Kred Pendleton, at Lowell nz., a lovel) habv d.iui h let Their nnilieroui friends lieie niiet congratulation to the happy pa rente, Try a want ad. They pay. LOST Friday, 1 blue tergn belt 01 eord with fur trimmlngn for dies" Finder return i" Mrs h. K, prlchnrd, or leave al Utn 111110111 01 Dee DECEMBER is hero, with the merriest time of the year only a few days hence. Give your wife a surprise in the form of our labor-saving devices. You are sure to please her. Yours for service, THE PUBLIC UTILITIES CO.