Evening star. [volume], December 16, 1917, Image 75

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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Judging from this picture, one might think that submarines had been sighted in
the Capitol fountain, or that pearls were to be found and the man is a diver. But
no. The man is Representative Charles B. Timberlake of Colorado, and he's try
ing out a new life-saving suit. And on the right is another view of Mr. Timberlake
wearing the suit and a Belgian helmet, and holding a British gun and one of the first
shells fired by American gunners in France. He was with the informal congressional
committee that recently returned from France, and he brought the relics back with
him.
(Photos by Staff Photographi-r.)
Miss Elizabeth Asquith, daugh
ter of the former premier of Eng
land, is foremost in lending her aid
to organizations working for war
funds, and is the leading spirit in
many of England's charity fairs
and bazaars.
(Photo b.v tVnlrHl Ni-ws Photo Servi<-*>.)
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Mrs.
Grenfell
medical
dor fame
Wilfred Thomason
wife of Dr. Grenfell,
missionary of Labra
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American troops waiting for things to happen while at their
stations in a first-line trench on the firing line, and watching an
American airplane soaring above them. They are but a small unit
of the great force that will soon be holding down a long line opposite
the German trenches.
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In the right tree, but the wrong nest; remarkable landing made when
motor stalls. A French warplane which landed uninjured on the roof of a
shed on the flying field. The aero's motor stalled when over a thousand feet
in the air, and the pilot was compelled to zigzag to earth. The man at the
wheel endeavored to glide to the open field, but, miscalculating his distance
and buffeted by the wind, he landed on the roof, unhurt.
(Photo by Film Servirc. >
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Depleting Germany's man-supply; one batch of prisoners taken in a recent battle. Thou
sands of German prisoners were captured during a recent battle on the Somme front The
faces of the men are indeed subjects for study. There is the widest variety of expression?
from the inane to the happy, though there are few of the latter. Many "shock" troops are seen
in the lines.
(French official photo. From Iutcmiitioaal Film Service.)
Lieut. Edward V. Rickenbacker,
famous racing driver, until recently
chauffeur for Gen. Pershing, now
an officer in the aviation service.
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Group of girl shell workers cheering the lord mayor of London
as he passed by them in the lord mayor's show, for which all London
turned out. The girls in turn were loudly applauded during their
appearance in the pageant, which was almost exclusively of a mili
tary nature.
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