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HUN AVIATORS DEFEATED
IN ATTEMPT ON PARIS
Driven Off With Loss of One Ma
rine liefore They Could
Reach City.
THREK KILLED IN SCBVRBS
Final Figures in Sunday Night's
Raid on London Show Forty-Four
killed and One Hundred and Sev
enty-Nine Injured.
IHy Associated Pr<?*s.l
PARIS, May 22.?German aviators
made an ineffectual attempt last night
to raid Paris. Three person? were killed
and several wounded in the outskirts
of the city, but none of the raider/
reached Partb itself. A German air
plane wax hit by an anti-aircraft Run
and fell In lames north of the city.
The following: announcement v
given out thi.H morning: "Kncmy air
craft having been reported by our look
out posts making for Paris, an alkrrn
was given.
"The different methods of defence
were put Into operation. A violent, cur
tain of fire was thrown up and our
h'juadrona took the air."
LATEST n.\II) ON I.OXI)ON'
CI.AIMKD 22.". VICTI >1S
(By Associated Prcsp 1
LONDON, May 22.?The casualties in
Sunday night's air laid are given in a
supplemental statement Issued today as
forty-four killed and 170 injured.
MUST WORK OR FIGHT
CoTernment Prepare* In Hound !"p All
Habitual Idler* of lirnft
ARf
I By Aasorlat'd Pr**s )
COLUMBIA. S. May 22.?Governor
rtlchard I. Manning, returning to-day
from a trip to Washington, announced
that the War Department was making
plans to round up all idler** of draft
age in the country and make use of
"their services. It Is planned, according
to the Governor, to take all men of
flcferred classification who arr not en
Caged in some useful occupation and
make use of their services, either in
the army or in war work of some sort.
Kvery man of draft age must either
work or tight, according to the Gov
ernor.
Thirteen More Cyclops Victim*.
niv Asjoeiatel Pr'-i* 1
WASHINGTON. May 22?-Ao addi
tional list of thirteen men. probably
lost with the naval collier Cyclops, was
received to-day by the Navy Depart
ment. The announcement said they had
been transferred from other ships to
the Cyclops as passengers, and were
presumably aboard the vessel when she
left on her last voyage.
The list Includes James Joseph Miller,
of New Or lea ns. None of the other?
are from the South.
Until You Itrnd tlir nnl Ad*
You haven't read this paper thor
oughly until you have read the Want
Ads They arc full of all kinds of
money-aavinc bargains. To insert an
ad, call Kandolph 1.
Great Woman Spy
Tells Life Story
Author Gives Stirring Revelations
oj German's Far-Reaching
Espionage System.
WIiriTE.N IIY .MISS OI,(? A von
M Alt X.
BDITUU IIV IIKMO UK HAL
SAM.K.
(Copyright, 1317, by Henri do Hal
salle, by the International
News Huroau, Inc.
"Krau Orloff." laughed the major. "!!4
Koonstratee, Ha.' Ha! "Then you are
goiiiK to enter the secret service as
a spy."
"A spy." I echoed. "Herr Muller said
something about a lady detective ? but
a spy!"
"And why not." gurgled tho major,
wit-h his face burled In Ills lager beer
milt;; then lowering his voice, "and
why not a spy'.'"
"Quite an honorable profession 1
suppo.so you would <-all it'.'"
"Certainly. If you are clever you can
make a good income. If you are
clever and unscrupulous, a bigger one;
while if you arc clever, unscrupulous
and have no acute sense of?er?
morality?such as is preached?well,
! you can make a very large income in
i deed, ha! hat"
i' Put me in the first category, please.
Would you advise me to sfa these
I people"
"Why not? The profession of es
| plonage. while regarded as a doubtful
I one by som< persons, is looked upon
with favor by the Kmperor and mill ?
| tary authorities. Why not, ha! ha! I
] was a spy myself once I used to
spend. ha' ha! in my early days most
[ of my leave in 'dear old England.'
| ha! ha!"
"You spied in Kngland?"
"Why not? By the Khost of my
1 grandmother, I used to enjoy myself,
j too. ha! ha! Those simple Knglish of
J tlc-rs and ofti'ials, how friendly and
] corn:nunic.iti\e tiiey wen. Why. at
j Chatham dock yard, afi?;r merely t>igu
j lng a visitor's book 'William Joh(ison,
i London.' ha! ha! 1 was allowed to ln
IspCf-t ti\ ?- ilrst-class battleships. A
young signaler aboard the Camper
flown, I think it ?as, 'juite innocently
I gave me valuable information, while
some pleasant evenings in a bar parlor
not far away were highly irif.ruc
tlve. ha! ha!"
"Then you advise me to visit -4
lloonstrasse?"
"By all means, and should you care
to give my name as a reference. I will
say that your services would be a great
as.-?-t to th<- Herman empire, ha! ha! '
1'ur.ctu^lly at o'clock I was at 24
iloonstrusse, where 1 found Krau Urloif
awaiting me. 1 handed her Herr Mul
ler's letter.
"You ar?> Frauleln von Kopf?" she
snapped, as if attempting the staccato
tones of i I'ru.s.-ian <irill sergeant.
?.'n receiving my mti-urance that her
guess at tny identity was correct, she
waved me to an eas\ chair. Somehow
I did not fancy tin? ?asy chair. 1 felt
that to recline in the presence of t'ne
Krau orloff sort, who wa.-> seated on an
ordinary ofllce chair, would tend to
give her an ascendancy over me. I
meant to converse with ii< r on equal
terms. So I took :i:i ordinary ofticw
chair like hT own. and. keeping my
tl\? d on hers, 1 dnw my chair
towards her tabl?> I always find if
you ?ish to subjugate a woman, or at
least see that she doe: not subjugate
you. it is best to keep your eyes on
hers. Besides, 1 had taken a dlstinc- I
tlvc dislike to the commonplace look
ing creature. who ha?l the face and'
ligure of an overfed cook.
"Vou have a will of your own. I see?" '
"I have# been told so," 1 replied, rest
ing my right hand on the top of my j
j parasol?1 had also been told that 1 ?
I had an "impressive" way with a para-i
I sol. "You might be a grand duchess,";
J said a lady friend once observing me
i in that attitude.
i
"llerr Muller, 1 presurno, did not give!
j you any details as to the occupation 1 i
| can offer you'.'" j
"Me suggested merely that I should ;
i make a good lady detective.'' 1 replied. !
I "Very well. I may as well tell you'
? at once that you are in the presence
of the acting ? hief of the Argus In- !
! stilute?an institution created for the
j instruction of women in espionage
I work on behalf of the German govern
j mcnt."
1 appeared duly impressed. "A
| talented young woman as llerr Muller
i informs me you are, lias a unique op
portunity. .Money, perhaps rank and
, l.imo, stand awaiting } ou. . . . Vou
aro ambitious'.'"
| "I wish to earn a koou livelihood," I
answered.
"Vou would like to be of use to the
! Katherlund V"
"Naturally," 1 assented, smiling in
1 my sleeve.
"Then, on the recommendation of
; llerr Muller, 1 will make you this
oft'or?subject, of course, to your giving
j in'- a satisfactory reference from a mili
; tary or naval officer or a member of
the Iteichstag."
"Major Rauch. late of the Yellow
} Dragoons (Berlin)." 1 Interjected, "will
! iell you all about me."
"Major ltauch's name will be good
j enough. . . . Vou may come to this
1 institute at the usual initial salary of
-00 marks per month. You will find
your studies extremely interesting, and
in the course of a f<-w weeks you inav
find yourself sufficiently capable of un
j dcrtaking?perhaps a secret mission.
I . . . You are not purely German, 1 un
derstand." she suddenly broke off.
I "So." I replied, "1 am more English
' than German. My mother was Ens
) lish."
i "That is well." replied the frau. "1
! gathered as much. I may inform you
! that at the Argus Institute we do not
\ employ the strictly native woman. It
. is a law. The work of spying, 1 must
warn you. is very arduous. It makes
\ the severest call upon the nervous
i system?your nerves are all right ?
j yes??and it is not infrequently dan
; gcrous."
I must own that for a moment 1 felt
I anything but anxious to enter the Ger
I man spy system. Krau Orloff in some
' occult way seemed to convey to me
? that 1 had not long to live. My flesh
' ? rept. I had visions of being shot.
! stabbed or poisoned ? of b?>ing buried
! in an untraceable g:ave?but at length
my sense of humor ? was it?) got the
better of me. and I observed "I am not
afraid. 1 have the English tempera
ment."
(To Be Continued To-Morrow.)
TWO AIRMEN KILLED
Mnrlilnos f.ollidr at Altitude of Thrre
Thousand Fret an?l I'olk nod
W illiaroa Fall.
! By Associated Press.]
LAKE CHARLES. LA., May
Lieutenant Lathan Polk and Spencer
I'harl'1? "Williams were killed at Gerst
' tier Field late yesterday when their
i, airplanes collided at an atitude of
j .".000 fp*t. it was announced. I'olk wai
from New York City and Williams
i I 'rom Buffalo.
ENSIGN POTTER LOSES
EIFE IN FLYING COMBAT
;
Shot Down in North Sea While in
Uneven Battle With Seven
lluii Planes.
TURLLL.ING FIGHT NARRATIVE
British Pay High Tribute to Young
Member of American Naval He
serve Who Was Always Heady for
Kiiuht and Hattle.
( By A?aoi lalcd Press. 1 '
i WASHINGTON, May ?News of the
1 death of Knsign Stephen rotter, naval
reserves, who was killed while lighting
, seven enemy single-seated airplanes in
j the North Sea on April 'JO. was rc
' ccceived here today from the London
representative of the Committee on
1 Public Information
j Knsign Potter. who was second pilot
| to a British royal force captain, had
six weeks before shot down a German
seaplane in Heligoland Bight
The story of Potter's encounter with
? the enemy says:
"Potter left the North Sea station in
j a British seaplane and steered due oast
until six miles west-southwest of
of north of Hinder Light. Another
i plane accompanied Potter and kept po
sition to starboard throughout the
action. Two enemy planes were sighted
i to port, heading towards them, flying
low. Both British plans dived about
i 100 yards apart, closing upon the near
? es; German.
"Fire opened from both at close
range.
j "Potter's companion hail emptied one
' drum from the forward cockpit when
the gun jammed. Two more hostile
j planes then appeared overhead, attack
ing vigorously. Both Britons turned
t<> the west, pursuing one of the lower
1 enemy, who was soon lost to view.
Three others passed astern, following
a sharp angle. Potter was close above
his companion and dived within 100
feet of the water.
"Both machines flattened out and
Potter's companion, being faster,
throttled down until l'otter came
abreast. Thus, they ran westward at
full speed close together for several
minutes under continuous volleys from
1 the rear.
! FOlll MOW KNKMIFS
APPKAIl IX FORMATION
"Four more enemy machines now
appeared tn V formation. Of seven
| Germans In action, four were attack
ing Potter and the others his compan
ion. Potter fell behind and began to
zigzag. He tirst veered slightly star
i board, then turned to right-angle to
port.
"Again his companion throttled down
to let him catch up and began climbing
to reduce headway. Potter dodged
j again, but was then broadside to all
enemy machines and under their fire,
o:ily fifty feet from the water. His
c. ??.jpanion. 250 feet above, saw Potter's
ru chine burst into flames, come down
j pari of the way under control, then
I crash on the port wing tip.
I "Potter wan last seen on the surface
amid flamc3, which suddenly turned to
a huge cloud of smoke.
"Two of '.he enemy circled over the
spot. then joined the other side. When j
th pall cleared, n<vt oven wreckage was
visible."
Totter enrolled September 26. last, j
as a socond-class Hainan In the flying'
corps. Me was promted to an ensigtt 1
November 2. ordered to France, an 1 j
later sent to Kngland. t
A LWA VS UISIU.A vi:i?
i:a<;ki?m;ss |.-ou fight,
Concerning I'otter's brave conduct
and his eagernesa to engage with the
enemy, the commanding oillcer of the
British North Sea station wrote:
"Potter always displayed the great
est eagerness to fly at all times. On
the long reconnaissance in which he
?shot down the Oerman seaplane, he [
displayed great courage and coolness.'
He was very popular at this station."
WILL ACT PROMPTLY
Itrelnna! Director* Aakerf to itrrom
mend Kedcrnl Director* for
lOorh Itoail ut Once.
I By A^BOcta'cd Press. |
WASHINGTON. May ? Regional
directors of the railroad administration
were instructed to-day by IMrcctor
General McAdoo to recommend immed,- J
atcly a Federal director for every rail
road. to bo responsible only to th?
railroad administration, to replace the
presidents as chief operating oflicers.
Pending these appointments, the pres
ent managing staffs will continue In
control.
Regional directors will come to Wash
ington soon to discuss the appoint
ments. which may bo delayed in many
cases for several months, tt is possi
ble that some presidents will continue I
indefinitely to direct their roads, al
though they will be subjcct to removal
at any time.
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