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WEEK-END EDITION, OCTOBER 5-6, 19-8.
HUN PLANES ATTACK ALLIED AIRMEN
IS
BOASTING
TO PUNY
MAN
TURNED
WHINE WITH DEFEAT
ALL GERMAN PAPERS ARE URGING
THE PEOPLE NDT TO LOSE NERK
Must Stand Fast In Order to Keep From Being Over
whelmed by Enemies, the Starving, Half Naked Pop
lace of Germany Is Told; Some Papers, However,
Openly Accuse the Government of Deception.
BULGARIAN ARMY IS NOW BEING DEMOBILIZED
AFTER THE VICTORIOUS PUSH OF THE ALLIES
By FLOYD
T OKD.V". Eng., Oct. S. German Jour-
J-i nals have practically pilfered pre
mier Lloyd George's admonition to
"hold fast" Bat the Rhlneland news
papers use the appeal in a different
sense saying- that all that la needed
to keep Germany from going under or
submitting to an allied victory is for
the German people to stick It out! It's
an unusual edition of a German jour
nal that does not attempt to stiffen
the natiDna a backbone. No better
comment upon the effect of Ameri
ca's accelerated help to the allies
could be desired.
The Time la Chanced.
Three or four months ago, "when the
German offensives were In full blast.
Gerrran politicians were concerned
tniefiy with just what peace terms
fi. nould next offer Great Britain
..r 3 F: ance.
They had scoffed at any Imme
diate help from America, and the
spoon fed press ladled ont simi
lar nonsense to the German peo
ple, lulling: Taem into passive
nrnnlnpraiv. fp T.ndendarf f rm
us permitted to be men-
-2 a1 jut arrival of hundreds of
; .-Is cl Americans in France
. . - -. o. what was printed gave
e an people no cause for worry.
: ' 3 ' ; rman offensive failed: Ger-
: - -s os many parts of the
'.- d c.-.me to know the ability
s f.g-hters; and news from neu
so arces regarding the extent of
- ran aid percolated Germany.
bt. fear and anxiety, with a crop
rumors, were broadcast, and the
-epare the people for such a sltua-
.n Hence the disturbed condition
the Prussianised press and almost
rrer.zied attempts to buck up the peo
ple s morale.
Must Hold Out.
"We cannot give in. We must con
tinue the fight." wrote Capt von
Salman in the Vossische zeltung. He
admitted the decision was approaching
"wh.ch Bindenburg and Ludendorft
desired to enforce," and appealed to
h-s countrymen to hold fast, because
' the "enemy has called all hands on
deck in order to obtain a military
victory" The Frankfurter Zeitung
assured its readers that "Foch will
never throw our armies across the
Rhine."
The Cologne Kolkszeltung. noting
MACGRIFF.
the check sustained, opened a tirade
against "those who whine: "We have
nothing to eat. we have neither
clothes nor boots, we shall certainly
die of hunger. This is nothing but
madness, and if it is not stopped :t
will affect the whole nation with its
virus. It can only be stopped by
locking up everj one caught sowing
tear and discontent."
Dream Is Shattered.
However, the Berlin Vorwaerts
points out that the time is ripe for
obtaining a peace by negotiations, be
cause Germany la unable to achieve
a peace any other way. "Our op
ponents," it says, "have constantly
characterized our attitude as that of
weaklings, nay, even as traitors, al
though that attitude was not based
on facts. .Despite all predictions, the
enemies still dispose of sufficient
tonnage not only to sustain their
populations satisfactorily, but to
convey millions of Americans across
the sea. On the other hand, peace
in the east has brought us nothing
but fresh battlefields."
The Neue Augusburger zeltung re
marks that "setbacks occur in every
war, but we have no right to blame
the high command for them nor to
stand by with Indifference when
events of the greatest moment are
being enacted on the battlefields.
Every man among us must do his I
snare to neip our generals ana to
strengthen the determination to hold
out. which, alas, shows unmistakable
signs of giving way in wide sections
of the home front."
Dr. Paul Rohrbach, In the Deutsche
Polltik. urges that the Fan-Germans
be suppressed, because they have
welded the world against Germany;
therefore If the Pan-Germans are not
ousted from politics, Germany faces
defeat.
Nothing- approaches the frank
statement of the Munich Post, which
says:
Most Drop Imperial Alms.
"Let us say openly and fearlessly
Germany's position for the last two
years has been falsely and lylngly
represented by many of our news
papers and in the public utterances
of the majority of our public men.
For the last four years. Indeed, we
have been assured again and again
that only five minutes separated us
from complete victory.
"Yet at this moment Germany Is
fighting for her very life. It goes
without saying that before the people
can clearly see their way to their
own salvation every annexationist
phantom must be dispelled."
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on the Macedonian front. These troops, after having The BlJralla is Mrf,ctl walinlr. it ia. to
been defeated by tie masterly blows of the French, Brit- turn around and attack its erstwhile ally, Turkey, provided
isi, Servian and Greek armies, are now being demobilized. the entente allies lend suitable military cooperation.
SCIENCE, TURNING SWIFTLY TO ALLIES IN ITS
SUPER ACHIEVEMENTS, ALREADY SURPASSES
BESTINVENTIONS OFKAISER'S'OFTFROMGOTr
LET FRENCH IE
LDTOn
All Nations Should Speak
Same Language, Is View
of Aged Frenchman.
By ROBERT S. DOHA-t.
Paris. France. Oct. i. Courier be
tween the first "port in Prance" and
Paris in July of last year. Interpreter
In September. 1917, liaison officer in
January, 1918. and now first lieuten
ant In the secret service, a young
Jjoulsianan of French descent sat
down in a restaurant of the second
class in Paris.
A moment after an aged French
man appeared from the rear of the
restaurant.
The Louislanan offered the old fel
low his sixth of a loaf.
"Mais. nn. monsieur." be replied:
"we are allies: we will share our
crust." Then the old man unburdened
himself.
"Listen, young man. I am old, I
am not a man of many ideas. But I
have had one all my life. It le- this.
The nations of the earth and the
peoples of the earth all speak their
own languages. When they voyage
they cannot understand each other,
for they speak different tongues.
"I say. let the government of the
earth choose a language, be that
French, the world-wide langnage of
diplomacy and culture; be It English,
be it a Hottentot dialect, but let that
tongue be the world language. Let
it be taught to all the children of
the world together with their mother
tongue."
T OXDOX. Eng.. Oct. a. Tne wars of
I . history and the miracles of a hun
dred years of Inventive genius have
been cast Into the shadow of the com
monplace by the giant strides In de
structlveness and defence made dur
ing the last few months. The super
machine, of this or that type, which
startled the world in earlier days of
the war was all too often "made in
Germany."
Gradually the balance of power has
swunr toward the side of democratic
civilisation; yet probably, because the
war Is old. and there have been many
surprises; the average newspaper
reader recalls the zeppelln. the sub
marine, the 70-mlle gun and the giant
guns which powder "Indestructible"
defences and considers that the new
wonders of the world are all accounted
for.
A "super-zeppelln" has recently
made Its appearance, 5M feet In
length, capable of carrying a load of
eight tons. But what of the allied
wasp plane which can climb above
four miles, files at an average speed
of 110 miles an hour, and by Its speed
and climbing powers and the courage
of the most skilled aviators In the
world, can send the great airship
down or send it scurrying back to
Germany?
Great Gotha Shot.
A five engine Gotha recently was
brought down on the British front. It
is a safe surmise that the aviation of-
By KAItLB C. REEVES,
ficials who inspected the wreckage
were not particularly startled by its
proportions.
96 Terras Bombed.
Numerous references to certain
well known fiction writers, whose
imaginations have run to conquest of
the air, have been made during the
period when the Hun bombarded Lon
don from the air almost at will. The
bombing of 9 enemy towns in a sin
gle month by a single branch of the
allied air force is a more remarkable
feat.
When the British tank lumbered
out of an American farm implement
works and after a period of adapta
tion spread terror on European bat
tle fields, a sensation fed public sat
up for a moment. A thousand whip
pet tanks, holding up ammunition
trains, ou tracing galloping batteries
of guns, carrying an attack forward
en an even front instead of the usual
V-shaped thrust, is a greater tribute
to the super men of the allied cause
than any offensive ever launched by
Hlndenburg.
Use of a great body of cavalry In
what had become known during four
years as a trench warfare district,
must rank high as a military achieve
ment. The wrenching- of the offensive
from the enemy, while he was yet
overpowering in numbers and Amer
ica's efficiency was only beginning,
must rank with the best inventions of
the kaiser's "gift from heaven.".
Cruiser U-IIoat.
Submarine cruisers appeared and
even tried to frighten America
giants of the tonnage of a hie coast
wise ship and with guns capable of,
making the old type destroyers use
their best speed and seamanship to
escape destruction. But the size and
armament of the English under sea
boats remains a secret outside of ad
miralty circles. ! So also the secrets of
that fleet which has jumped from two
and a half to eight million tons since
the war started, and continues to
"barge" the seas unchallenged.
The "mystery ships." decoying- V
boats to their death, far surpassed
the best German effort of the kind,
the raiders which had brief and spec
tacular careers in southern waters.
The many and varied methods of hunt
ing the submarine, wnicn nave re
sulted in the destruction of ISO. ac
cording to announcement of the prime
minister, will one day be revealed in
fulL
American production of 10.000 air
plane engines a month, of 309.000 sol
diers a month; an airplane that will
fly for hours with pilot and machine
gunner dead; air fleets which may yet
bomb Berlin: convoy and transport
systems which have put nearly a mil
lion and a half men In France and
keeps them supplied: food control
that grows 10,000,000 hogs and exports
millions of bushels of wheat when
there Is no surplus: flight at three
miles a minute the new things In
mechanics and Ideas seem almost
without end.
The "made in Germany" superman,
super gun. super war they are all
changing their abiding- place, shifting
to our side of the line to a starting
point from which to start a march.
Berlinward again, but not as friends
and allies.
Great Monument Will
Be Erected For First
Americans Who Died
Paris. France; Oct. 5. (Correspond-1
ence or i ne Associaiea i ressi. in
memoriam to the first three soldiers
of the American army who fell In
action on November 3. 1917. a monu
ment consisting; of a tali granite
column designed by Louis Majorelie
win be erected at uatneiement. in
eated in the sector where the heroes
felL
One side of the abaft will be en
graved with the following Inscrip
tion:
"Sons of their great and glorious
country, they fought for right, for
llbertv and civilization against Ger
man imperialism, the scourge of the
human race. They died on tne ueia
of honor."
On another side will be inscribed
the names of the heroes as follows:
"CorpL J. B. Greshazn. EvansviUe.
"Pvt. Thomas P. Enrtght Pittsburg.
"Pvt. Merle Hay, Glidden."
"The cross of Lorraine Is senlptered
on another side. It is encircled in a
symbolical wreath. The cross bears
the inscription: "France-United States
1917: from Lorraine to the United
States."
Two Bordeaux Cafes Are
Barred By U.S. Officials
Paris. France. Oct. E. Two of the
leading restaurants at Bordeaux have
been closed to American soldiers by
their military authorities because of
exhorbltant prices.
One cafe is said to have charged
two American officers 33.60 for four
eggs and two small glasses of beer,
while another exacted ?L80 for a
coffee. Sentries were placed at the
doors to warn all men in American
uniform that they were sot allowed
to enter either establishment.
German Soldiers Enjoy Keeping Diaries
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U. S. Officers Also Enjoy Getting Theni
Rabbit Clubs
Help England
Gain In Food
Aristocracy Helping Nation
Wide Movement To
Raise Rabbits.
By WILLIAM J. BUTLHR.
London, Eng., Oct S. A great na
tion wide rabbit breeding campaign
Is sweeping England as a food con
servation measure.
Originator and leader of the move
ment is Mrs. Llone Guest (nee Flora
Elgelow, of New Tork), daughter of
the late John Bllgelow. American
ambassador to France under presi
dent Lincoln.
Mrs. Guest outlined how she has
started "pass It on" rabbit clubs
among the boys throughout Great
Britain. Food eontroler Clynee Is co
operating with her.
Throughout the beautiful Guest
mansion she led the correspondent to
the cellar a veritable rabbit zoo.
Blue beverlne, Belgian hares, Dutch
and English rabbits, their brothers,
sisters and whole families, with some
chickens and a goat thrown in for
good measure, were there.
But the principal part and most
effective of Mrs. Guest's campaign is
the organisation of boys" rabbit clubs
throughout England. English lads
are enthusiastic and these clubs are
springing up all over the country.
Zach new boy club member Is
given or buys one rabbit with the
understanding be will promise to
procure at least one more rabbit and
give or sell It away again one rabbit
from the progeny so as to enrol at
least one more member.
Frenchman Is Most
Thankful Of Patients
Behind The Allied Lines. Oct 5
Kven though suffering; French pollus
emerging from tne etner in the num
erous hospitals to the rear, have never
been known to fail to bestow upon
the operating surgeon the French of
fer of thanks by a sentimental
"Morel."
American physicians bave been as
tonished at the amazing regularity
with which the poilus show their
gratitude for their services. After the
most painful undertakings and the
most critical operations, the "merci"
Is never forgotten when the soldiers
of France "come to."
"The pollu is an exception when it
comes to undergoing medical and sur
gical treatment." said an American
physician. "He is the most uncom
plaining and in the same degree the
most thankful patient in the hospitals."
German Guns Change
Positions Every Night
With the American Armies In
France. Oct. S. .There Is a battle of
wits as well as of guns along the
American front in the mountainous
Lorraine country near the southeast
ern end of the western front. Ger
mans try to deceive the American in
telligent officers by moving their ma
cine gun and batteries to a new po
sition every night.
The Americans solved this problem
by using a series of tracing maps
which may be made daily and super
imposed upon one another. When
the3e are compared, the various points
to which the guns have been moved
are indicated. Then comes the oppor
tunity for the American artillery to
do this work upon them.
This system has proved very valu
able in locating the heavy batteries
behind the German lines.
Paris Crowds Smile Happily
Even Though Enemy Tries
To Deal Death From Skies
DENBIGH CALLS
IMS PRESENT
DAY CRUSADERS
English Earl Praises Mar
velous Fighting Displayed
On French Front.
AMERICANSSAVE
DAY FOR EUROPE
lly 1VILLIAM J. BUTLER.
T ONDOX. Eng., Oct 5. Commenting
J-i on nts recent visit to tne areas in
France where the American troops are
fighting and training and the back
i areas where their wonderful supply
system Is being bunt up, the earl of
I Denbigh speaks In glowing terms of
America's great effort.
"It would do some of our pacifists
good to be In France and to appre
ciate the numbers and spirit of the
rapidly Increasing fighting power of
the Americans," he said.
"The Americans have come Imbued
with the spirit of crusaders, filled
v.-ith Indignation at the treacherous
and brutal deeds of the Germans, and
equally determined to rid the world
once and for all of the domination of
Prussian militarism. They regard this
as a fonl beast, the continued ex
istence of which would make the con
tinued peace and security in the
world unattainable by other nations.
"I visited the American G. H. Q.
and their advanced airdromes for
bombing Germany. I also saw the
great American flying center with its
nine different flying fields. Its camps
and workshops and well metalled
roads, and I saw two huge supply de
pots, each laid out over several
square miles of agricultural land
with sidings totaling some 100 to ISO
miles, of track, in each case with
great warehouses alongside, each de
pot capable of supplying dally ra
tions to LOOO.000 men, together with
all the necessary supplies for main
taining them in be field.
Slarvelous Sight.
"The marvel Is the speed with
which all this work has been done In
the course of a few months, and the
extraordinary absence of anything
approaching bustle and confusion.
"I also visited Chateau-Thierry,
where the American machine gun
ners had been rushed up on the criti
cal day in the German May offensive,
and only arrived on the scene two
hours before the bodies. One of
their officers told me his men had
only been In the country a short tune
and had never seen a boehe, but the
moment was vital, and thev ranked
up. and I saw where they had loop-1
aoiea ue nouses commanding the
fine bridge (blown up later) and
taken up positions with their ma
chine guns.
Troops Very Confident.
The enemy had tried to rush this
bridge in a mass at S p. iru, but re
ceived such a dose of lead that the
attack failed, as did further attempts
to cross the river by boats during
the night and another effort on the
bridge the following morning. Tkei
comparatively raw American troops!
by this time had had such splendid
targets that thev had aenulred trreat1
confidence, and took up well to the
artillery fire which the enemy then
brought to bear, and the bodies never
got that bridge."
Goes 25 Miles
Just For Sleep;
BlownFromBed
U. S. ENSIGN TELLS
OF THRILLING FIGHT
OUT OVER THE OCEAN
ONE JILLIEQ PliNB IS SHOT DOWN
ES
T If ITt
Ensign's Craft, After Standing by Companion to last,
Zigzags and Escapes Enemy Fire; Report of Fight
Gives Full Details of Entire Action From Moment
German Squadron Is Sighted Until the Finish.
By D. M. EDWARDS.
W1,
By II1SVRT G
TITH the American Army la
France, Oct. 5. "IPs a funny
thing, the difference In mental
ity among races, said the intel
ligence officer, pawing: over a pHe
of doraments taken from a batch
of German prisoners.
"ott, look at these things that
the boches vre got this morning
had In their pockets. Xearly ev
ery one of them keeps diaries,
writing In them eveirtblnc; in the
world that they see or hear or
iraajrlne.
-It seems that ery Teuton Is
Imhned -nith the proclivities of n
ta . At hen they are among their
, 1VALBS.
enemies they spy and do secret
service work as a matter of
course, wlthont pay, and when
they are servlnjr with their own
army they dont seem to be able
to help from spylnfr on what goes
on about them and maklnjr notes
of It all.
They keep schedules of where
they ro and what units they meet
en route, what sectors they oc
cupy from time to time and who
Ibelr neighbors are on either
flank.
"With the American soldiers,
tbouch. It Is different. One or
our boys may string the bodies
along a bit, but he won't give up
any elope because, for one thine,
lie en n't. lie fs not Interested In
those matters."
Japanese "Outcasts" May
Know More Freedom
Tokio. Japan. Oct. S. Correspond
ence of The Associated Press. Japa
nese reformers, stirred by the recent
food riots in which the eta" or out
cast class of society took a promi
nent part are advocating the aboli
tion of the caste regulations which
hedge about these people on the
ground that the restrictions are dis
tinctly out of consonance with the
spirit of modern Japan.
The "eta" might be compared to
the pariahs of India. They number
more than 1,000.000 and are said to
be the descendants of Korean cap
tives brought to Japan during the
wars of the sixth century. From the
earliest days the "eta" have been
slaughterers of rattle and other live
stock and today the majority of theso
people obtain their lnelihood as
butchers and tanners.
By FftEI) J.
FJARIS. France. Oct. 5. "Smile and
X the world amlies with you." Ifs
the motto of Paris!
Fifty miles or so away the Boches
are trying to hammer and hack their
way through a glittering array of
allied bayonets which act as a bar
rier to the roads to Paris.
But Parisians, while realizing the
tragic seriousness of the struggle,
have a saying that there is no need
to talk war. or even think war. every
hour of the day.
Bevrrybody nappy.
In the Bois de Boulogne on Sundays
the avenues are crowded with pedes
trians. At Annenonville and other
restaurants the tables under the trees
and at the edges of little lakes are all
occupied. There is laughter every
where. There Is no talk of war.
Smart carriages drawn by magnifi
cent horses dash by and disappear in
shady lanes. Automobiles filled with
pretty women speed along the smooth
highways in the Bols. The little lakes
are fairly dotted with rowboats, while
those small tramcars drawn by elec
tric locomotives seen in American
amusement parks wend their way
from one end of the Bols to the other
carrying Joyous, laughing crowds.
In the open plots In the Bois Amer
ican and allied soldiers attached to
Paris hospitals or bureaus are play
ing the favorite game of America ,
baseball.
And before dusk falls there comes
the explosion of shells of the distant
cannon used by the Germans to bom
bard the French capital.
Watch tbe Girls Pass.
Tables on the sidewalks of the Cafe
BOI.LMBVISR.
de la Palx are at a premium. Bronzed
men in uniforms of all allied nations
sit there sipping vari colored iTrinks
through straws, watching pretty and
dainty women, like bubbles streaming
upward through the glass as they
pass up and down tbe Boulevard des
Italiens.
In the kiosk the old woman who
sells papers and magazines leans back
quietly and surveys a world contented,
happy and seemingly at peace.
And 40 miles away the Hun keeps
hammering.
Jokes In Theaters.
Curtains are drawn up on the stages
of crowded theaters and applause
greets the scenes. The orchestras
strike up snappy tunes and the come
dians make their appearance. Well
aware that they are playing to a
cosmopolitan audience, their jokes are
of an English and American nature
as well as French. Soldiers and offi
cers, many of whom have drunk the
bitterest dregs of the cup of war.
laugh and applaud. Merriment holds
sway.
The Gothns Come.
And often before the final drop of
the curtain there are heard three dis
tinct shots of the cannon defending
Paris. Then comes the shriek of the
stationary and mobile sirens. All tell
Paris that the Gothas are on their
way to deal death and destruction.
Yes. Paris knows "there's a war
going on." It probably knows It bet
ter than any other city. It has been
nearer to the front and many times
it has been in dancer But the icloom.
it tnere oe gloom, uoes uot snow.
K. C. Secretary Is Visited
By Boche Bomber and
Rest Is Shattered.
By PHIL PATXK.
Paris. France. Oct S. Wouldn't It
make you a trifle Irritable after
spending five months at the front
you "stole" a ride on a French cattle
car to get to a town 25 miles back
of the lines so that you could have
a quiet night's rest, and then had
your bedroom ventilated by machine
gun bullets while a bomb from a
boche airplane blew' you and your
bed out into the hall as a sort of
grand finale?
Joheph T. Mclnerny. of 27 Whiting
street. Lynn. Mass.. who had all the
above mention things happen to him.
admits that it did make him a trifle
peevish. In fact Mclneraey declares
he and the kaiser are positively on
the outs since the night that his
slumbers were interfered with
such an unseemly manner.
As a field secretary for the
Knights of Columbus. Mclnerny had
been with a division of New England
troops that took a very prominent
part in the recent Marne drive.
He hoofed it back to the railroad
line, boarded one of the dinky French
freights as it lumbered past and took
a first class seat on some straw in
a cattle car.
When the train arrived at a town
25 miles back of the lines Mclnerney
lumped off and wended his way to a
hotel.
About 10 odock that night two
German airplanes floated over the
little town. A burst of machine gun
bullets buaxed all round him and let
the night air in through a good many
parts of the wall, and while Mac was
struggling to get out of the bed
clothes, a bomb relieved him of the
trouble by blowing away the entire
wall and tossing the bed and its oc
cupant into the halL
T ONDON. Eng., Oct S. Camtat with
i-t three times the number of enemy
airplanes is an ordinary occurrence
with the combined American and Brit
ish air forces.
The shooting down of ensign Ste
phen Potter, U. S. K R. F, In a fight
In which two seaplanes engaged
seven German fast machines. Is told
In a thrilling report In the aehlves of
the United States navy headquarters
here by the commanding officer of
the accompanying machine.
Ensign Potter was credited of
ficially with being the first Amer
ican naval aviator to shoot down
a German plane. In the previoixs
month.
Capt T.. R. A. F, was In command
of seaplane No. 4 while eBSlgn Pot
ter was in Nov 8 and tbe account
tells of the efforts to destroy the
German planes when they swooped
down on two seaplanes with a squad
ron of seven. They left their North
Sea base at five minutes to 4 odock
In the afternoon.
"When we sighted the hostile air
craft," says Capt Yt account "No. S
was on the starboard bow and about
100 yards away. We sighted the first
two enemy machines, which were on
oar port bow, coming toward us. Both
our machines simultaneously dived
down to port at the nearest enemy
machine, which we fired at close
range from our bow gaits.
Lose Baemy Plane.
-Tha enemy machine continued to
fire at us until we nearly got down
on top of It when she turned to the
left We continued tiraiac to keen
formation with No. S. and the enemy
macnine was lost to view. Meanwhile.
as we were on our left band turn.
-o. s passed very dose above us
until we completed our turn, when No.
was on our port bow some little
distance ahead and had dived down
close to the water and was steering
west at full speed.
"We simply flattened out and on
reaching the water opened full ont
and gradually came abreast of No. &.
We throttled down to regulate our
speed to that of the other plane, as
our machine was the faster of the
two. We flew In that formation very
dose together for abost four min
ute-.
"When diving- and turning and dar
ing the time we were overb&aHrir Xo.
8. and flying abreast of bar the en
emy aircraft was attfjCldsjr us from
the rear and I heard firing- from our
rear guns. The only enemy machine I
saw after turning was on which,
cams up on our starboard beast some
distance away.
Loses No. S.
"Approximate ly four mlmitee after
overhauling No. t, I lost sight of the
other boat and never saw It again.
From signals exchanged between ray
self and my second pilot, who was In
the front cockpit facing a, X was to
understand that No. t wax eltthtly
behind ua and oq oar port quarter.
"After losing- sight of No. t, I
throttled further back to enable that
machine to catch up, also climbing
may machine to lessen my ground
speed to further enable her to over
haul us. To the best of my recollec
tion while turning I saw from four to
seven enemy machines, single seaters.
"After flying In that manner for a
few minutes I was given to under
stand by my engineer and second pilot
that No. S had been shot down rn
flames and that the enemy machines
were still pursuing us, so I opened
the engines full out and gave the
second pilot permission to drop the
bombs. Soon after I was informed
that the enemy had broken on tbe
attack, so we reduced our speed to
SO knots.
"In the final part of the action "
the records show, seven enemy a.r
p lanes were In action, three attacking
No. 4. and four shooting Into Potter
seaplane. He fell behind and bega-i
to zig-zag. First he veered slightly
to starboard and then turned at rtgut
angles to port Again No. 4 throttled
down to let No. 8 catch up, at the
same time climbing to reduce speed
Potter turned again, when a few
yards on No. 4s port quarter. H?
was then broadsides to all the enemy
machines and under their fire, close
to the water. No. 4. a few hundred
feet above the water, saw him burst
into flames. He came down part
of the way under controL Then he
crashed en his port wing tip. He
was last seen on the surface In
flames which turned suddenly into a
huge cloud of smoke.
"Two of the enemy encircled the
spot then Joined the other five. When
the pall had cleared not even the
wreckage was visible. No. 4, whose
aerial had been carried away, ppened
up at full speed, dropping- bombs to
lighten herself, and headed for home."
Every Day Bringing
News Of New Victories
In Air Over Germans
American Hospital Is
Again Target For Bombs
Behind the American Lines, Oct S.
Bombed again and again by German
aviators and suffering casualties in
dead and wounded, the American hos
pital unit formerly located at Jouy
under the command of MaJ. Charles
R. McCoy, of Paterson. X. J., has now
established itself in the environs of
Chateau Thierry and recently served
again as the attraction for visiting
German vandals
With American Aviators In France.
Oct. s. (Correspondence of The As so
dated Press). American aviation Id
France has gone ahead rapaldly at
late. Men who a few months ago were
still In civilian life in the United
estates nave been trained and formed
into ever Increasing pursuit quarril
las to harry the enemy. American
bombing aviators are now almost
dally harrassing the military and rail
way establishments of tha Onrnuu
Every day almost brings the news of
iresn victories In the air.
The Germans certainly have not the
mastery of the air often claimed by
them where the Americans are con
cerned. With the steady increase in
the United States air forces In France
the enemy Is due for Increasing de
feat if past performances count for
anything.
The work of several pursuit quad
rlllas is controlled from an "opera
tions office" located at a flying field
not far from the front At rude
wooden tables sit enlisted men en
gaged always in making new maps
that shall show Just where the enemy
la, where his airdromes are located,
tables of past performances, wind
charts and the like. The officer In
charge is s youthful lieutenant wise
n ith air here.
Ordinary Shoes In Rome
Cost $15 For a Pair
Rome. Italy. Oct. 5 Fifteen dol
lars a pair is being demanded here
for an ordinary pair of shoes which
only a few months aco could be
bought for half that price.
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THE YANKEES
Only Wishes Many Mora
of Them Were On Italian
Front For Company.
By ROBERT 8. BOJUS,
Milan, Italy. Oct 5. Italy smiles
upon the American uniform. It la a
pity there Is not a large force of
American troops here, for their moral
effect would be great Hundreds of
then sands ef Italians regard Amer
ica with as much affection aa their
native country.
Milan has beeoma accustomed to
visits from the American aviators
training at the Foggla school. Dur
ing the last tea months the Ameri
can aviators have had plenty of time
to make little tours through Italy,
getting acquainted.
Most of the aviators who spent the
winter and spring training at Foggla
are now either with the American or
Italian armies. The first batch to go
to the front as a fighting unit wen:
under the command of Capt (former
congressman) La Guard ia-
An American lieutenant carried a
huge American flag as the Americans
passed the famous cathedral and the
Stars and Stripes easily carried off
applause honors from the vast crowd
Jrcrrt
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ien to Get Into the Figh:
Officers Brave jeering Talk of the Rebelc
By m;n
DL-BLTN, Ireland, Oct S. Col.
Lynch. M. P.. accompanied
by Capt. O'Grady. M. P.. one of the
Knglish labor leaders who Is as
sisting, started his recruiting
campaign by advising a meeting
in Klldare street. Dublin. The
meeting was called by big adver
tisements published in the evening
papers, and there was a
crowd present, though, as
turned oift. tt was largely
ical rowd and mostly
r einers.
From the outset Col. Lynch was
heckled by interrupters, but he
managed to ge itn some home
thrusts. The way to win nation
als , he said, was not by stand
ing aside when their cousins in
good
it
. crlf-Sinn
America had rallied to the cause
for the allies.
"Whv not stop in Ireland and
share our dangers?" said some on
m the crowd.
"Stop In Ireland and share your
cowardice." was CoL Lyr.eh's re-,
winder. Some of them, he added,
hesitated because England was in
tbe fight but the cau-e of the al
lies was the cause of France.
America and Ireland The policy
of raking up old feuds was ont
the policy on whic.i a future -ould
be bui'.t
Capt. O'Grady. as the descend
ant of Irish peasants, said he did
not come to the home of his fore
fathers to be Insulted. To say
that Ireland was going to sand bv
in this struct. e was one of the
most -ontemptible insults that
could be leveled against Ireland.
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