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THE EVENING CURRENT, SATIIHIM . NOV 10. 1917. 4 r Smart Boots We are showing a large of Ladies and Misses BOOTS that have QUALITY, STYLE and SERVICE combined. It's Practicing Economy when you invest money in Shoes that are made right and lasted well. Ladies Ten inch Boot in Black or Khaki, Fawn, Grey, Tan, Mahogany. $5.00 to $10.00 IT S WORTH SOMETHING TO BE FIHED RIGHT L asw - 1 -asasW tEI Aeukjfl LsH J. I. PITS THE ARCH Joyce, Pruit Co. WE INT vol it I K IDE FRENCH HERO OF AIR A SUPERMAN I Guynemer Leaves Record of Dar ing Deeds on High. BROUGHT DOWN 53 PLANES Ml Fat Whin Fleet Under Von Richthofen Attack. Him Turned Down by Every Branch of Service Ht Finally Oata Into Aviation Corpa Hono-ed Many Tlmea. OifHIWl An you form the aylla bles with reverent breath '"ii begin to realise that sags the name, tin- anund inn of it. MMUUM ii plethora of mean ing. Ouyi icr! You any It, and tho crystal of foil? nil ml reflect a romance of duty, nf faithfulness, f tltrvtatle bravery ami of DCtttM lu the upper nlr, where nil is pur nl fair- where the fltteat of th- nation drive droning me elknleal Mnla to tin- shock of battle. Toil irlctiire stct n eyed complete men, very serious and very much tunned, who have a habit if looking over the head of ordinary human lu u far-off eelf contained mnum-r that aeema lo anticipate H thing- and, uhove all. srns to have Hint ierplei4ty known a life. incuKUrcd to a nicety ; and knows there ara things, principles. If yoa please, that transcend In valun Bales A ad Guyuesuer wis tortured of huaaena a) far Frauee. totae Aviealen one of sheas 'vi ii the life of a man. And a mm. In u iiiiiii. Indeed, who haH eaten the Steel of mi enemy -In the upMr air. A these lie tuen. ho Ouynemer, the repuhllc 'a hem of the nlr. was a aupcr mnn. We cannot ipiallfy the exprcs Ion ami would not. When the furlea released the cov ers of hell In the fateful mnntha of August In the year mil. the Ii' colors of the French republic awung In a line of steel from the Voagc to the Men, to nave the civilisation ho lubor lously welded by the hliHid of French men lit Tour under ObMiai Martel, lit ObaloQi against the Hun und at Vul my against the same pertldloua enemy they fine todny. The republic' manhood went out to wur. Some men there were who were denied the privilege of receiv ing the steel of the republic' cue wlng by under the vivid tri color he volunteered agnln mid iigulii lu mi ecntiicy of patriotism But tbey wouldn't accept til 111 . So? Krauee needed men. Finally, nfter sli motif tin of maneu vering, he uaad what influence ha could iiviill himself of to enter the nvlatloii trnlulng kcIumiI at l'au. He proved entirely efficient and waa graduated to the front it a aergrant pilot In April of 1916, Fur eight mouth he filled the position of ao un derling among the haugara bui. that waa a triumph, for he waa aervlog France. Ill first nerlal work wa on eventful, merely uhaervlug behind the French lines. Ami then came the day wbeo be wcni over on hi flrat raid. Aa he took tba air a Herman plana Immedl ataly gava battle. Ho Dianl They ware coining to him I What hapyl ! Hta attack waa ao -Id one that the Botxte maatdae waa atatatg a pork marked baa of yaak whan M Early In 1918 he became an "ace." He had conquered five Uerman planes. Hi fore November be had brought to earth twenty-one enemy macblnen. At Verdun he flew with strange com panlona the ahella of the barrage and none outdid him. It wa here that be received eevrral bnlleta In one of hi anna In a thrilling battle wltb four enemy plane. HI spirit con querod. He became a captain. In March. 1017, ha attained hi tblr Iv iouiiii victory In a buttle witn turee Hermun. In Ave minute all three were crumpled to eurtb through a series of bewildering evolution and daring firing. He atarted for the hangar, apled another enemy rising, anil Journeyed over to Investigate. Aa hi pleco-do-realtnncc he played a lit tle with tbo newcomer and then ent him down lo Join the other three. In Mnj hi score mounted to thirty nine. In June It wax forty three. Lead "Stork Eacadrllle." II wan Oiiyucincr who led the fa mnua "Stork Kscudrlllc," formed early lu 11)10. In fact, he came on the aceue Just at the time the squadron formation wu becoming popular with both armies. After a short time a member of the escailrlllc he formed a taste for flghllng alone. Kver after thai his fighting wa done alone. He llred hi own guns I inunaged his own control. Hta brother officer con aidered him perfectly aafe a long a he had not more thtiii ten adversaries. He traveled In hi own automobile and carried hi owu chef. He was free to go to auy front, though he accepted the advice of the ofllcera In regard to hta preaeitce on sectors where bis action might be stringently needed. All the valor awarda the French army conferred were hla, In cluding the Legion of Honor. There were no honor ha could further at tain. Hot ha knew tba admiring and thankful hearts of many a I" reach ypOm sad many a French Sottase ware Captain Guynemer. praying for him nnil mra happy, in i I, In the though) ilml Ihelr Franca produced soch a breed, There W8I in the Centum Hying corps an axcellci at lator uatin d Uea tenanl Honendorf, Uefors tba war be wa ii pilot ior n French airplane fac tory. He knew French nun hlm s. Ho bad destroyed twelve of them. Hu met Quynenjar ona day above the cloud, in as vara I minutes the paling were curiously removing a wrecked plane from one ot t heir narrow gauga railways, Tin machine bad fallen, on the tracks, On SSCb WlUg Wai u Mal tese croKK. At the hi 'ginning of September, 11117, Uuyuetuer'i record ns BftyHhrsa aog iny plane deatroyed, though experts credit him Willi nt least twenty. live others, which were not odlclally re corded. Ami now ara must write hi MstnS Hia. Qermana Have Hera. l'arullel with the career of thla Ouy uemer a Hlmllur career waa being carved out ou llie Ocriuiin aide of the line. Huron Captain von Itlchthofen, a young Herman aviator, had attulned a record of seventy-three allied plane shot down. Hla taclica, huwover, were. (JUlle dissimilar from those nf the Frc uchtiiau. Therein lies the claim to distinction for (Juyuemer uh "King of I be Air." Ouynemer fought alone. VOS Itlchthofen l oiiimamls u HO,uudrnu unci he tight an easier game. It is this Huron Captain vou llich ihoften who la respotiHlble for the death of Guyueuier. The German authorltlcH eudeavnreii to match von itlcbtbofeu against Ouy nemer many times. When new cumn '.bat Guynemer hud moved to a cer tain portion of the French front, von Itlchthofen WHS promptly transferred to meet him. Their last meeting came inly after all amusing Herlea of evolu tion behind the line lu an endeavor, to have COS Hicbtbofeu on s certain spot when Uuyueiuer would appear. They knew they DittSt overwhelm the Frenchman. uii September II, 1H17, Uuynemer I act out from Ounklrk on a reconimi- lerlng expedition over the Flander j front. Von illcblhofeu wua ready. To lure the brave Freuchinuu five Alhal ' rosses went aloft to give him battle. I Ordinarily tbey would be amusement I fur him, but thla time there waa no i Intention of letting the Frenchman I have a fair fight. (Concluded Monday) N WANTED. 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