The Topeka Daily State Journal Monday October 7, 1918 His Death Is Confirmed. Lieutenant Larner of Oskaloosa Made Supreme Sacrifice, Aug. 12. Oskaloosa, Kan., Oct. 7.--A telegram from the adjutant general's office at Washington has confirmed the rumor that Lieut. Leland LARNER was killed in action August, 12, in the battle front near Chauteau Thierry. He had been made a second lieutentant and transferred from Company B, of the 139 infantry, to the 111 regiment of the Twenty-eighth division, which was shot to pieces in the battles near Chateau Thierry, with more than 800 casualities in the regiment. Lieutenant Larner served on the border in the Mexican trouble, was made a sergeant on his merits, went from Camp Doniphan to France in April, was promoted to a lieutenantcy while gallantly doing his part in one of the greatest battles of history. Memorial services will be held Sunday, October 13, at the Methodist church, Oskaloosa, of which he was a member.