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The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
'1,Enjoyed It," Chirps Youth
Who Chased ''Zep'' Into Clouds
Canadian Officer Tells Mother and Dad About Night Battle
with Huge German Dirigible-Declares 1t Was
'Fun'-Woud Like 1t All the Time

The British idea of a little fun" at
present is to spend an evening-and in
cidently the first five hours of the next
morning-stalking a Zeppelin from Eng
land to Belgium and lodging the aerial
guns both of enemies and friends. ac-
cording TO a young Canadian officer in
the British aviation corps. who has writ
ten a letter TO his parents residing In
Massachusetts. but now visiting in this
city. The letter follows:
Naval Air Station,
''Westgage, May %. 1915.
Dear Mother and Dad:
since l wrote last we have had little
fun around here. OF course, the people
did not particularly care about ii, but
l would like it all the time. A week
ago. or rather Monday morning, 18th, a
Yep blew along evidently looking for our
aerodome. We heard him coming and
presently saw Him coming in from the
sea. asked our c. o. il 1 could go after
him and got away with some bombs,
grenades and a revolver.
He was steering due south ! laid
a course east of south and started to
head him of. 1t was in the middle of the
night, a little after l a. M and no moon,
very dark with clouds around and the
stars so dark you could not see the
horizon He passed over here about 2,coO
feet up and by the time he got to Rams
gate was up even with him and to sea-
ward.
Il then changed my course straight for
him. He had stopped to drop his bombs
on Ramsgate, and with his engine shut
down heard me coming, and, of course.
as soon as he heard me looked in my di-
rection and must have seen the flames
from my exhaust valves. Anyway, he
did not wait to throw any more bombs,
and saw the most wonderful sight.
Loses Zeppelin in Clouds.
IT was about LOO feet from htm. He
opened fire with Maxims for no effect
and majestically stuck his nose W and
went up like a balloon. He was higher
than I so I opened out again and tried
to round him back at Dear (half way
between Ramsgate and Dover. We both
turned out into the sea and steered about
east. ! chased him up 5000 feet and over
to the Belgian coast and We both chang
ed courses to S. E. and a little later
went into the clouds together over the
west Hinder Lightship off Dunkirk.
Having lost him in the clouds climb
ed $500 feet and rambled around waiting
for him. He had gone. There were two
of them. One was given a warm time
by the chaps at Dunkirk and the other
one and had a picnic all to ourselves.
He ran so fast that l could not keep up
with him and climb at the same time.
/ waited around for him, but no Yep
evidently stopped his engine in the clouds
and listened for me and then went of
in another direction. There was no use
waiting for him. I swung around out TO
sea from the Belgian coast going north
by compass.
1T was very dark could not see the sea
or land and no stars or moon, as l was
in the clouds. Talk about being alone in
the world, very few people know what
1t means. Came down 800 feet and turn
ed west finally picking up some search
lights in the distance. thought they
were at Ramsgate and headed for them, !
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
President and Mrs. Calf Dine On
Ham, Hot Biscuits and Apple Pie

President Wilson disappeared from
Washington yesterday on another
weekend automobile excursion with
his fiancee, Mrs. Norman Gait. This
time it was to EmmitsburE, Nd. ten
miles from the Gettysburg battlefield,
where the President was the guest at
luncheon TO his brother-in- law -to-be.
Sterling Gait, the editor of the En-
mitsburg Eagle The President was
accompanied by his daughter. Miss
Margaret Wilson. and was trailed by
an automobile load of Secret Service
men.
The President left the White House
shortly before o'clock. As has been
the case for the past two Saturdays
White House officials. both in the
executive offices and in the domestic
establishment, had no inkling of the
Presidents plan. They were told
that he would be back in time for din
ner and that was all
The President stopped for Mrs. Gait
at her home on New Hampshire ave-
nue. and then rode out Connecticut
avenue in the same direction followed
last Saturday when he went to
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

from duty with the fleet for service at
the aviation school. Their stay at the
school is limited to a few years. when
they return TO sea duty again, with the
result that the personnel of the aviation
force is constantly changing, and many
officers are withdrawn from strictly naval
duties
Mr.. Daniels believes that the civilian
population contains scores Of young men
who would make excellent aviators and
who would be interested in his proposed
auxiliary organization. The Secretary Is
Of the opinion that skillful operation Of
aircraft is possible only to those who
have a sixth sense" for it. and that the
navy should try to get such young men
for service in an aviation corps. He
wants particularly young men. as he has
been advised that the last year in Eu-
rope has shown that young men about
the age of 20 often make the best fiers.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

and after some time three big search
lights jumped out of the darkness below.
Instantly knew that they were from a
cruiser and were looking for me, having
heard my engine.
AT night they fire on any one as they
cannot see our large red circles, so not
being particularly anxious to see how
close they could come. started to dodge
the large beams and headed out north
into the open sea again. Worked my way
gradually back to the north foreland.
lodging searchlights, and later on saw
the Goodwin lightship and then the
course, which looked very dim down be-
low, but 1t was home and once more /
felt in the world.
Gould not come down for two reasons:
firstly, it was not light enough TO land.
and secondly. knew / would be fired on
if l went low. So had TO play around
up in the sky over the sea 1900 feet up.
waiting for the sun to come up. l can
not begin 10 tell you all about it, as one
has 10 go through a night like that to
realize what wonderful things we have.
! enjoyed every minute of it, and every
minute was different. Am the only pilot
who has so far succeeded in chasing
Yep at night. and have had to write all
kinds of particulars to the admiralty
about it. l do wish you could have been
with me.
Fire on All Aeros.
My engine went out once over the
North Sea, but was able to keep her 60
ing slowly. and finally as / was gliding
down to the ocean for some unknown
reason II picked up again. Was going to
glide for one OF the searchlishts and land
in the waite: alongside and be picked up
by a torpe doboat. but luck was with me
Dodging searchlights at night for the
North Sea is the finest sport in the
world.
Funny, isn't 1t, that we have to dodge
our own guns and lights? They cannot
distinguish between the Germans and
ourselves and take no chance, so fire on
any engine they hear in the sky.
There is a picture I'm the illustrated
London News OF May -. 1915. showing a
Yep dropping bombs on Ramsgate and
little aeroplane after it-that's me in aero
lOlS-the only machine that went after
it, although all the others got credit for
1t, but the admiralty has the records and
! am all right there. Will try and get
the original 1t was drawn by one of
their artists down here, and the ideas
were given to him by the c. o. of the
seaplane station here. The others don't
know what they have missed by not COM
ing over. 1t was real life while it lasted
Ihls morning went on a wild goose
chase after one that was reported over
the Goodwins. but got no trace of It.
although l went across to Nieuporte and
back, leaving here at a. m. and arriv-
ing at 40 p. m.
Il wonder how you all are back in
beautiful Canada. So glad you are SO far
away from all the trouble that is going
on here. and only hope that none of you
will ever even get a glimpse of war and
all that goes with ii. All is not fancy
uniforms, drums, and bands; but 1 think
We are very slowly getting on top. The
end is never mentioned and no man
thinks of it. 1t seems as if we had al
ways been at the game"
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
CIVILIAN AERO CORPS
FOR u. 5. NAVY URGED
Congress Will Be Asked to Create
Auxiliary So Officers May Be
with Fleet.

oficers Of the Navy Department are
at work on the draft OF bill which is
to provide for the creation OF an auxil-
larry aviation corps in the navy. The
bill will be submitted to Congress this
winter.
- 1t is planned to utilize the services of
civilian aviators as much as possible so
as to relieve naval officers for service
with the feet. The proposal is to organ
lie an aviation corps. to be recruited
partly or largely with civilians. These
would be given officers commissions. but
would not rank as officers Of the navy.
The present system 10 to detail officers
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
JOHN H. FAHEY BOOSTS
BIG COMMERCIAL MEET
Head of National Chamber Seeks Aid
ofP. I. Moran. of Local Chamber.
in Promoting Convention.

p. 7. Moran, president Of the Chamber
Of Commerce, has received the follow
ing letter from John H. Fahey, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce Of
the United States:
You will agree with me, am sure,
that the next annual meeting Of the
Chamber of Commerce of the United
States scheduled for washington. D. C.,
February s, 8. and 10, 1916, will have an
extraordinary significance and influence.
coming at a most critical time for
American business and during the early
part of the long session of Congress.
Measures will be befofe that session
Of unforetellible interest to American
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
District Courts

Justice Mccoy has signed a decree
designating the disposition of the $4,000
estate left to an undesignated charity.
Mrs. Metzger in her will planned a
memorial to her parents, Oliver P. and
Cecilia J. Dom. She stated that if she
should fail to name the beneficiary of
the memorial fund. her husband was to
name a charity to which 1t could be
given. Mrs. Metzger died in 1872, Willard
Metzger. the husband, died last year
without naming the charity.
Mrs. Metzger's heirs instituted suit to
recover the entire estate. They claimed
that on the failure of the trust on the
husbands death, they were entitled to
Mccoy decided that Mr.. Metzger's kin
are entitled to the personal property, and
that heirs-at-law Of Mrs. Metzger are
entitled to the real estate.
The Court of Appeals has been asked
by Mrs. Metzger's heirs to decide the
disposition of the personal estate.
Chief Justice Covington, In Criminal
Court, No. ], yesterday sentenced
Nathaniel johnson and Guy johnson,
both colored. to six years in the peni-
tertiary. They pleaded guilty to high
way robbery. They admitted they had
held up passersby in public parks and
robbed them of money and watches.
Paul L. Williams, colored, who was
convicted some time ago of crimina!
assault was sentenced by Justice Cow
ington yesterday to twelve years in the
He attacked white
woman last summer.
Cleveland Plummer. white, and Thomas
Queen, colored, were the first victims
in the District of an act of Congress
which fixes a maximum penalty of ten
years for larceny of goods in interstate
commerce. They. were sentenced yes
terday to eighteen months Imprisonment
by Justice Covington. for the larceny
of a case of shoes from a freight de-
pot. They had pleaded guilty.
Joseph F. Randall yesterday Instituted
suit in the District Supreme Court for
$4,000 against the New England Equit-
able Insurance Company. He alleged
libel. His attorneys are Wilton ]. Lam
bert and r. H Yeatman
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
OBITUARY..

Funeral services for Joseph Johnston.
the young Washington attorney. killed
In an automobile accident near Streator,
Ill.,. while making trip with his fiances.
and her family. last Friday. will be held
Tuesday. at the Johnston residence. l41i
Euclid street Rev. George Dudley. of
St Stevens Episcopal Church. will con-
duct TIE services.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Johnston. the
father and mother OF the the young man.
were In Atlantic City when they re-
ceived a wire telling of the accident.
Joseph Johnston was born in Washing
ton and was a graduate of the high
schools here. having completed courses
in both Central and Mckinley schools
He studied law at Georgetown and went
to Chicago only 4 short time ago to take
the bar examination.
Funeral services will be held for DR..
GAOrga w ROYQtOQ. n practiCfQR dentist
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
Arrested on Theft Charge.

Richard Patterson and Howard Fields,
colored. are being held at the Second po-
lice precinct on a charge OF housebreak-
ing. II is alleged the men broke into the
Holmes bakery. 1O7 F street northwest,
early yesterday and stole Sl4O2 in pay
envelopes. Patterson was arrested near
the bakery. after being chased a short
distance by Policemen Holmes and Waite.
He confessed, police say. and implicated
Fields. The police say they recovered
the stolen money.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

OF this CITY since 1898. who died Friday.
OF heart disease. tomorrow afternoon at
2 o'clock from his residence. s5lS Twelfth
street northwest. The Rev. George o. Lit
tie. former pastor of the Assembly Pres
byterian Church. will conduct the serv-
ice Interment will be at ConsressionaI
Cemetery. PalIbearers have been chosen
from among his associates in the District
Dental Society. The deceased is survived
by a wife, Mrs. Eta l. Boynton. and a
small son. George W. Boynton.
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

Funeral services will be held for DR.
George W. Boynton. q practicing dentist
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

Harry Meyer. Especial policeman at
the powder plant at HopeweIl, Va. yes.
terdav was sentenced to a year at
Occoquan by Justice Coyington for shoot
ing his nve-year-old stepson. The child
was witness for the prosecution
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24
Armies Fight on
Their Stomachs
1t Takes Good Digestion to Win in
War or in Anything Else-Use
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets
to Aid Digestion.
send for FREE Trial Package.

II your stomach can't take care of
your food properly by itself. what is
the logical thing to do? Not to give up
and resign yourself to being a dyspep-
tic semi invalid. No. the thing to do is
The Washington herald., 1915-10-24

The first farm paper was printed IN
England in 1851 and dignihed itself with
the title, Collection Of Letters for the
Improvement Of Husbsndry and Trade.
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MOOSE OF THE BLEACHEfS

there. He has four tables over In the
far corner OF the ROOM
"a waiteri" calculated O'Hara.
yes. and the last man you'd ever pick
out to be carrying around voice IKE
that. He's little guy, about 70 1
guess, bald and fat. Ire lives over
on"
Never mind where he lives inter
rupted the manager. 1--WE got an idea
waiter, eh7 Geei This is going to be
good. This is going TO be immensel
There was a long, thoushttul shence
during which the manager OF the Ban-
tams sucked vigorously at his unishteo
cigar.
II don't suppose" he remarked at
length, that any OF the boys have ever
been in that Joint. Nobody there would
know 'em by sight It's a little too swell
for chi; too rich for their blood but
still-Crabbe, Kehoe, Gildersleeve, Nc
Closkey and Mulholland, they've all got
spIke-tail coats. know That ought TO
help some" with this rather rambling
and ambiguous conclusion, Dan rose ana
clapped Lenny Austin smartly on the
shoulder. you and me-" he said, viii
eat at this millionaire john tomorrow
night. see? In our moonlights, dye get
met"
Il don't yet" said Lenny, cheerfully.
"but I'll bet you I return any lead you
make"
CONTINUED TOMORROW
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THE BULL MOOSE OF THE BLEACHERs
A Prophet of Evil Honored in His Own Country - A
Concerted Attack on the Bull Moose-A Detective
on the Job and Plan of Action
By CHARLES E. VAN LOAN
~ xvo,ia,s Moet Famous Writer Of Baseball Fietio

trailed, and maybe something will happer
10 MIN thatll keep him away from this
place for while. 1 don't know yet just
What II VIII be. but / won't have one
man bust up my ball club II there's ans
way TO stop him short OF murder. Wei
get MIN, boys, and we'll get him right
NOW, then, let's bury the hatchet and
play baseball again The first fellow
that starts anything is going to lay on
Tor month without pay, dye get me7
That very night Dan took the first
step toward the unmasking of the Bull
Moose. The manager looked up Lenny
Austin, shrewd. thin-faced young man,
VINO had performed many anonymous
services for O'Hara's ball club.
IT'S like this, Lenny." said Dan; this
fellow has got our goat, and 1 want to
get his. see? / want him spotted and
trailed. want TO know who he Is.
where he works and all about him. Get
out there on the bleachers tomorrow and
move around until you've got him pegged
Then trail him after the game Make
report to me here tomorrow night, and
we'll try TO frame up some way to put a
silencer on him, dye get me?"
Twenty-four hours later the report was
made, as follows:
We'll I've got your man." said Lenny.
Fine" said OHara. who is he7"
''Did you ever eat at the Metropolitan
Grill?" asked the amateur detective.
what do you think. ana million
aire2" demanded Dan. THAT amt any
place for a ball player to eat!'
"Well," said Lenny II eat there once
in a while, and / knew this bird the
minute / got where l could see his face"
Does he own the joint?" asked Dan.
mot yet" said Lenny. Hes a waiter
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Prize Bone in Minors
When Runners Crossed

According 10 Ned Egan, the "Conn,.
Mack of the Minors" more "boneheads
plays are made IN Glass Q and ID leavu..
In a week than you see In the big league.
in n season. Egan describes n play vn.as
IN the Central Association that kept IN.
circuit amused for several days.
Waterloo was playing NJ MuscatiDe .na
Wetzeil, Muscatinc's right fielder. w. :.
FIRST base. with sours. Of the same te.r.
nj bat. sours gave the hlt-and-ruu ~.
nal and WetEell started down for seco,,s
base a. soon as the pitcher beran :.
wind up. sours hit long ny. just as n.
reached second base WetEeII Though, ~
saw Hill, WaterloO's left fielder, react
ing up 60 catch the ball.
without waiting 60 see whether a..
fielder made the catch. wetreu r..ss
back 60 first base. Meantime the ball -
scared high over HilI's head, and s.,,s,
turned first base and raced for .er,,,,'
Wetxell passed him at full speed. ro,,.
In the opposite direction. When So
reached second, he thought that n. -
made n mistake about seeing the hal, ~,
safe, and started back TO first. sI,.,,
taneOusly WetEell saw HIN chasing ~.
sphere and he again began the dash ~
second and once more both Dl..-.
passed each other on the dead run. 49,.
badly confused. The result was th..
hit that should have been good o.
triple and score went for n double.
And all this happened without the ~
plre being entangled In the "boprh..s.,
play.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-25
FEDERALS OFFER COBB
FORTUNE TO SIGN
Report Says Detroit Star Is rendered
Contract for 100000

NEW YORK. Aug. 25.--An offer of $780,
OoO is reported to have been made to Ty
Ccbb to sign three-year contract to
play with the team that the Federal
League viii place in New York i'm 1916
OF this amount, $4,000 will be paid to
Cobb Immediately upon signing the con-
tract, while the balance will be paid to
him over stretch of three years.
Cobb, it is said, has taken the matter
under consideration. Cobbs contract
with the Detroit Tigers has three more
Years to run, and II is understood that
the document is of the iron-clad nature.
The Federal League officials, II is un-
derstood, have told Cobb that II he signs
up with them and is barred from playing
by court injunction he will be paid his
full salary by the Federals for sitting on
the bench, but this arrangement is not
entirely satisfactory to Cobb.
Cobb signed a five-year contract with
the Detroit club at the beginning of the
1914 season. The real salary that Cobh
gets has not been made public. but II
is believed to be in the neighborhood of
H7,500 per year.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-25

On the third day the bantams ex-
pected to hear from the unknown and
awaited his opening salute with tense
nerves. On the fourth day they dreaded
him, and after that he became a night
mare, a pest, an abomination, and any
man on the club would have poisoned
the Bull Moose with all the pleasure In
life.
Day after day the Bantams lost. and
day after day the terrible voice gloated
over their defeats and led the increasing
anvil chorus. In the minds of the ball
players the Bull Moose was the personi-
fication of hard luck, the symbol of the
losing streak and the cause Of the
woeful slump into which they had fallen.
The very fact that they did not know
what he looked like added to their dis
comfiture, and, though the extra men on
the bench watched the crowds carefully
they were unable to pick out the Storm
centre in the sea of faces.
The Bantams boasted modern ball
park, with seating accommodations for
10000, and from the home bench a face
on the bleachers was no more than
tiny red, speck. Silent McCloskey, still
on the invalid list, put In a whole after
noon with his wife's opera glasses, but
the identity of the Bull Moose remained
as much of a mystery as ever.
After the Bantams dropped their eighth
straight game-Gildersleeve pitched 1t,
and the Moose had been, II anything,
more insulting than ever-Dan O'Hara
called a council of peace in the club
house.
Now, here" said the manager. 'T
WON'T stand for any more of this fight
ing on the bench and jawing in the club
house, dye get me? Gildersleeve, If you
can't keep your mouth shut. I'll suspend
you till you learn how. You, too. Ander-
son, and the same thing goes for Kehoe
and McCloskey. If you'd fight the other
fellows half as hard as you fight among
yourselves, we'd win a game once In
while.
About this loud-mouth who's been get
ting the crowd after us, well, I've got a
plan. I'm going to have him spotted and
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-25
MAXWELL SETS PACE
In BALA GOLF MEET
Aronimink Man Has Card of
SO and Leads 110 Players in
Fall Tournament

BALA, IA. Aug. 2S.-The opening gun
OF the fall golf season was fred at the
Bala Golf Club this morning.
Norman Maxwell. OF Aronimink. who
gained a place in the Hall Of Fame by
winning the Geist cup at whitemarsh
last fall was the leader Of the first sec
ton OF the field Of ITO. with a capital
score of So. Under the conditions that
existed at the time. Maxwelrs round was
high class IN every respect. and but for
missed puts on four holes coming home
he might have bettered this score by at
least half q dozen strokes. His card
out .......4 5 4 80
In .......,..4 6 6 6 5 4 3-i6-S6
Cecil Calvert, George X. Lauder. Frank
Bicking and G. r. Webster. Jr., winners
OF the 1914 tournament, are down among
the afternoon starters. AS the course will
be considerably dried out then, 1t is
hardly possible that Maxwel's IS will re-
tain the lead.
Second place is occupied by f. L. Mais-
ter. Of Phoenixville, who returned n score
one stroke higher than Maxwelrs. These
two alone of the first 80 were under 90
Maxwell's card:
out ........4 545 6 4 40
In ............4 5 6 5 3-46--S6
Paul Haber, of the Scottish sh-American
Golf Club, of New York, an organization
that uses the public holes at Van Court
land Park, was considered by many a
dark horse. Unfortunately Haber a la
Benny Sayres, couldn't putt, and will be
lucky to find n place in the second l6
with a 49,
Summary:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-08-25
SWIMMING MEET AT ST. RITA's
Many Have Been Entered as Con-
testants for Prizes

The second annual swimming meet of
St Rita's Catholic Club will be held on
Friday evening at the club, northeast
corner of Broad and Federal streets. The
meet Is under the auspices of the Ath-
letic Committee, of which Tommy Mo-
loney Is chairman.
A large list of entries have been re
ceived and some lively contests are looked
for Johnny Tone, who won the meet last
year declares he is going to repeat his
previous performance and secure the
trophy that goes to the winner. There
will be three other prizes.