Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-10-20
STORIES OF ADVENTURE
t. FROM THE BATTLE FRONT

The Kalsers recent visit to the SOL
dlers at the front is described in the
Berlin Lokal Anzeger, just received here,
as follows:
THE Kaiser. wearing a gray uniform
appeared unexpectedly among the SOL
dlers, who cheered, while the bands played
martial airs.
Meanwhile the guns opened fire against
the enemy's position. The Kaiser, after
repeatedly bowling his thanks to the salu
tation, praised the troops and conversed
with several of the men. When he asked
one soldier what he thought OF the enemy
the man replied: 4 am too busy fight
ing; 1t Is impossible to think There
upon the Kaiser laughed and the soldiers
Joined In.
similar imperial visits, all accompanied
by martial music, cheering and guntre,
were paid along the 'front.'
The French aviators have new game
since they have been brought into active
service with the armies In the field, This
consists of counting the number of bullet
holes In their machines after the flights
OF the day. Each bullet hole Is marked
with a red chalk so that 1t cannot be
counted in the next days score The
record at present is held by one of the
birdmen who counted 81 bullet holes In
his aeroplane after n flight. He is al
lowed TO he the "recordman du monde"
and, according to his fellow -aviators, he
has earned his title.
1--WE will ram all hostile aircraft" That
is the vow taken by French and Belgian
60 ont hn
vow being the famous French aviator
GarTos, who is reported to have been
killed through rammng a German Yep
peln airship over TOul, in French terri
tory.
Garros in his aeroplane dashed head
long against the airship. The envelope
was penetrated and the mammoth air
ship was dashed to earth, all the occu-
pants being killed. The aeroplane also
fell, and the intrepid Frenchman was
killed.
daring airmen. He few from Tunis to
Rome across the Mediterranean, and In
1919 at TrouYille he attained a height OF
Is 45O feet and had to volplane down as
his engine failed. At Tunis in the same
year he reached a height of l74O0 feet
Last year he received the Legion OF
HoRAT.
Gsfros' heroic feat was followed by that
1900 feet charged a German aeroplane as
il few over Liege, cutting the dying ma
chine In two. The heroic Belgian Is said
to have escaped alive,
An East Prussian farmer gives the fol-
lowing Impression of the invading Cos
sacks:
THE Russians are by no means bad.
The regiment that came to our village
really behaved quite deoenty. They paid
Tor what they got and didn't even so
much as hunt a cat, They advised us 10
stop calmly where We were, cultivate our
fields and see TO our cattle and we
aid so as long as we could. When the
Russians arrived We hid our women and
children IN the cellars, but II was not
necessary. Within "a hours We were all
going about as If We were in state OF
profound peace.
The Cossacks are awful thieves, but
otherwise they are all right. They were
not guilty Of any acts OF cruelty as long
AZ We humored them and let them do
as they pleased But they never could
see through a Joke.
"a gang OF them about 20, were rid
ing through a village a couple OF miles
south Of Bischofsburg and while they
were passing a house In course OF con-
structlon a brleklayer dropped a brick.
which hit a cessaek on ths head Nat