OCR Text |
Show VETERAN SOLDIER COMMITS sfuiCIDE I Special Cable to The Tribune! MUNICH. Sept. 25. -Becaus he was not allowed 10 go to the front and. flsrht. Franz X. Ganpherr of Augsburg, ; veteran of the Frnnco-Pmssion war, ht is ended his life. The old soldier, after ' manv fruitless fruit-less efforts, succeeded last iMav In getting get-ting Into the army again, although he was. M years old. He was 1 employed to drill recruits, and when he insisted he be sent to the front he was discharged. This -'disgrace" was more than he could bear. Iist week, after bis -return to his native town, he shot hlmsel. |