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seat chasing acros,' manipulating
r"'oers and machine gun singlehanded.
a'" 10th are aces" Pierre Navarro.
"N'he only six months, had already
made a strong record when ho uas hi,
10y TWO balls from "a German ~aeroplane
machine gun in the upper LETT arm. To
save his arm was an American fri.
umph.
Naturally Pierre stopped. while Jean.
already tied with Georges Guyner,er
continued. Later Guynemer was laid
mp at tho Astoria Hotel Hospital with
a similar shoulder wound. and lean
Navarro. untouched and fortunate,
continued TO make victories and be.
came the Acc with a big 4 for the
present
Through Michelct ! asked il he would
talk with me.
lie could scarcely refuse. But not
to-day. Already he had paid his bill
and vas slipping away.
Try to interview a F'rencl, military
aviator and you will find it difficult
OF had Thaw in the United states
on vacation. Did you get anything
from him: Up to recently il was for.
hidden them To talk. and even now that
the policy is deemed in high quarters &c
have been a mistake the habit Of 81.
h~esltating. QuiXotic, exceeding thu
rigors of discipline by a scruple
shrinking TO rise out of the "anony'
nous effort" and feeling hat theil
work Of life and death is sacred.
Jean Navarro would see ME later
He must hasten TO visit his brother a
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20 the rudders. II Is horribly dan
gerous: hut ne says II Is convenient"
Later. when alone with Pierre Ma
varre, I asked him about It.
''1t's not dangerous" replied the
Aces" twin. "hut many think rs dan
gerous. and have not tried It. It's
like letting 90 the handle bars Of a
bicycle.
when you're high enough. where
the air Is still n free from gusts,
you can let 70 the controls for NJ
teen minutes at n time and the ma
chine will slide safe on the atmosphere.
1t is so we'll balanced. OF course you
must not jump around. You must
not stop the motor.
when the constructors send men
up TO test new machines they always
let go the rudders TO try the balance.
They're wei! paid, because it's dan
gerous--perhaps a new machine is not
we'll balanced. We know that ours
are
Brins back the Ace, to finish up the
tale Of tho nve Fokkers. He is wan
dering about, from modesty, to keel
u Of II; and car tell you one reason
why-the American avia,ors.
They form almost a fun squadron If
the French army. with some very dar.
ing pilots among them; and the higl
authorities have promised that shortl,
American correspondents arc to he pur
III touch with them at last, The pol
icy of silence is changing; bur until the
American aviators have had their hon
ors you can understand the dclicacy q
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Pierre Navarro in hospital.

the American Ambulance Hospital OF
Nouilly. An rcvoir. And he was
gone.
Outside I ran across Georges Guyne-
mer and his father in an automobile.
Nobody recognized them. They too
passed u~nperceived. 7 had failed with
C;uynemer-could never find him in.
With his wound practically cured, he
vas all day at Compiegne or running
about Paris with his father. dining out
and returning to the hospital only to
sleep. They are a wealthy family.
It was my day for aviators.
Immediately I had an Idea
American Hospital. out there an
ace was lying on a bed o. pain,
Who could cri,iclse Pierre Navarro, fiat
on his hack. for remembering past ad-
ventures II Jean Navarro, the big
ace" should he with his twin brother
how could he refrain from cheering up
the invalid?
went, I saw, I conquered, got a
photograph Of Jean Navarro beside his
! wounded brother. Others too were
present when the photograph wa
taken.
Here are authentic stories. Some
we're told by Pierre Navarro to me
| co,,. nora told by lean Navarro u
| Georges Prade and a Matin man whose
name / have missed. All are printed
here as they were told round the sick
bed Of a wounded ACE They are
mere boys, remember. very anxious tc
he correct in their conduct:
IT was discussing with two enemies
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TUrEE"'S the AZ. OF the Air.
In the Cafe dc Ia Ia!N

W. ''Ils'SF. - ln' We VI WV
In the Cafe dc la l'a'N in
PARIS tho maitre dhotei'
Mc.ele'. indicated a mere boy rni'n'
ING al1u. and conacien'i"usl,, hnish-
in. Of v,th sliced fruits in mara
sc,,no and Genois jelly cake. lie
'ooked aston .hingly like Napoleon
Bonapartc In his youth.
~. \aNdrre'" whispered Mlche!et'
mere boy. vet he has fought forty
s.r,sl uur'~ and brought down fourteen
encny aerup'anes in flames. Pcgoud
is dead and Gsrros is - prisoner, but
create than Tcgoud and Garros have
sprr-g NJ.
IT." rgh'ins pilots Of France with
ama1ir- records arc mere boys Th'
publ & i Wild about their exploits. but
has scarcely earned to recognize their
'a.s- Navarro attracted no
IN the famous restaurant. Nobody
'lF1I i'i 1','' ''' we Wa ~ 80
"fis r.m, 20 take back IA new APP
psr4'us whispered Michelet. Il thlhk
~ 4 one scat Newport biplane, but
I'm rot rer;air. lie flies alore, IRE
v,ol. ,o .ast september lie used Mo
rare.Sau,u,cv parasol monoplanes'
win 4 gunner hehiUd him; but he
vsnted more .poed and altitude. 30 he
light. ,,nslehanded.'
Tho .Ncc looked lonely, young and
'imid. could this he the youth oi
whom they tel such stories"
uue of these stories is that while
'gou,.us alone in a two seat "parasoI
~ came down in "A fog inside the
nan ,uc.. The machine WAS intact
by i,e Vas surrounded and disarlned.
\ German captain had an idea
ftrapping the young Frenchman Sc
curely 10 the pilots sea he jumped II
behind him, pointing a revolver an'
saying:
Wei explore the French trenches
and rear az a low altitude. II you maxi
a motion TO land I'll blow your brains
out and pilot the machine myself"
Tie French boy obeyed. He steere'
straight 20 the French trenches, flew
over them, reared suddenly and loope'
the cop. Not strapped To the seat III
German Captain was spilled out an
ven crashing to earth, while tn
French boy steered for headquarter
and made his report.
Ne Will be seer IN the sequel ther
sr.ns to he an error in a%ttributing tn
credit Of the exploit to Navarro.
Ncholct came from pouring tn
foro'e coffee.
lie says the Fokkers arc not in
'.I' eases l25 miles per hour al
1'IIut- 10 1000 yards dead easy
tWhispcrng.I Ills brother in III
American ~IIoAvital wop's lose his arl
after all, They're great. the Amer
cans"
Here vas my chance TO get the hel
- Paris alonc after n good lunch HI
4, rah,o to Americans on account
th1'- are IF his brother.
Jean and Pierre Navarro arc tWiI
rom down Grenoble way. Both a
military sy1ators: both ny alone In Of
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Jean Navarro rising 20 attack. Snapped by a eomradc above
the clouds.
The Stories of Their Duels Above the
Clouds Are Most Thrilling
of the War

these French boys--they hate TO have
the look OF "bltting In in an Ameri-
can interview. SO. 10 have my story, /
must quote prade and the Motin man
and come back again to the wounded
boy on his bed Of pain, whom nobody
can criticisc.
How did the fight end with the five
Fokkers?"
Tho Ace bushes.
But ] told you. got behind two
Of them. and the others dared not fire
on me. for fear OF hitting their COM
rsdes. 7 got two; yes. I got two"
That was all they could draw from
him concerning a Homeric combat In
which courage vas nothing. because
possessed equally by the enemy. and
scientific flying was everything. be-
cause possessed more by tho French
boy. The magical cutter of capers "
the air shot down that day two FOX
kers, hut while doiuS 1t no had "
lose fivc advcrsaries by crazy loop
ings. tumhling hundreds OF yards a
IA time. returning. dashing in and fur'
rying. futtering and ~dumfounding the
German squadron 10y a series OF trick
! which nobody ever did in time Of peace
MY brother Is the greatest pilot o
, France said Pierre Navarro con
fdentially. when we We're alone.
Such is the theory Of the Ace aHC
others follow him. To bring dow1l
an enemy a%eroplane you must run
in" dominate him. euvelop him, weary
and confuse him. turning round hin
without respite. dancing from n VIM
to the other, diving in vertical fan:
and rising in unexpected loops whicl
| give the enemy no opportunity to taxi
aim.
Such caper cutting is one reaso
why Navarro and certain others Il,
alone. Their gunners or observer
had no great objection, Navarr'
began the aerial attack III the middle
OF March, 1915, as pilot Of Il two sea
~'parasol" in a name - unexpected
running in to within thirty yards O
an FNNih'iN' anu ih''tS Hhc
hawk on "A duve--that his " gunne
had not presence of mind 10 shoot. A
for the Aviatik-not labituated '
such politeness. quite new then-al
though not touched by a single shot.
Went to earth by emotion, landing SAT
in German lines.
II was on April I, 1915. the sam
day on which Ciarros ~'desCended' hi
first German aoroplane. an Albatros.
that Navarro and his then gunner GO
tho first item of the Aces record. !
was a I'VE seat biplanc Aviatik an
70. inside tho French lines.
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counts Of the Monitor-M er-
rimac fight In Hampton Roads

II rimac fight in Hampton Roads
= on March Q, 1862. do not
usually, record the source OF supply
of the railroad iron that plated the
sides OF the Confederate ram. Neither
do they relate a curious sequel In the
career Of the man who got the rails.
The iron constituted a section OF the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroads track
age. It was totcd twenty-five miles
across country. together with ten loco
motives and 1870 freight cars. The
man who did the Job was Col. Thomas
a. Sharp, OF Stonewall Jackson's stan
The SEQUEL to the achievement was
tina after the war President John W.
Garrett OF the Baltimore and ONO
sent for Col. Sharp and made him
master Of transportation of the road
in recognition OF the skill no showed
in CARRYING of a section OF the rail-
road during the war.
From tiia It will he seen that had
tire r.-.a iron that plates Tho rides
Of the Merrimac been endowed with
| the power Of speech It could have told
"A story of a strange experience; could
have spoken of blue crested noun
, tains, tar from the tidal waters where
il had been forced TO meet the pun
ishment inflicted by the Monitor. and
| might have sung ditties to the mem
| DRY Of tho most picturesque section Of
I the Blue Ridge. the superb region Of
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28
The Ace of the Air" flying above the clouds on the day he
brought down his fifth enemy aeroplane.
1t Is the Business of These Daring Boy
Fliers to Guard the Raiding
Aeroplane Squadrons

The war in the ar is becoming specialized. DueHing "aceS" are
now recognized by the French as indispensable. They n sviators
whose duty it is to protect bombarcing acropIanes from attack by
enemy herS.
Thus, twenty-three French aeroplaneS set o VI not long ago to
lombard the NuIhsusen rair.a d junction and the Habsheim aviation
pat. They YER mel BY q squadron OF thHty-two German seroplanes.
TIE expedition d successful in its object. bur IL a clear that
better results might have been Obtained if the borbardns aeroplanes
had NOT been OBLIGED TO stop to fgh, the Germsn..
So dueHins aces 80 along = 18th The bonbardins parties nov
sdys 10 do the fighting. The thrills of these battles in the air are
described IN the accompanying article. Only a few days ne a cable
desrstch reported that Jean Navarro. the foremost Of m. ",o.s" had
brou,bt down Nv ore German aeropIanes within w.o,v.fo,, h,,..
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
Week is to Be Started with
"The Sewers" Starring
Miss Blanche Sweet.

The week which starts tomorrow
at the Robinson Grand promises to
be as interesting as any OF the pre-
ceding weeks. in fact there seems
to be no let UP to the wonderful
photoplays that have been appearing
the last year at this popular house.
Blanche Sweet, the popular pho
todramatic. star. will be seen Mon
day in the Jesse L. Lasky produc-
ton OF ''fhe Sewers" thrilling
drama OF Russian political intrigue
founded upon Henry Seton Merri-
mans novel of the same name. and
prepared for the screen by Marion
Fairfax and produced under the per-
sonal direction Of William C. De
Mile. The story is about Prince
Paul Alexis OF Russia, who is in love
with the daughter Of his chancellor,
Karin Dolokhof. The three are Sc
cretly working for the League Of
Freedom to make Russia a repub-
lie. The agents OF the league are ev-
erywhere and the chief OF the secret
police is beginning to feel vague
unrest throughout the country. The
prince and Karin have just plighted
their troth when. the prince receives
word from the czar that he must
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21

in correct mode OF life.
1t Is Helene's enviable ability to
sense the feelings and emotions OF
+: others that has made her film star.
I. Her portrayals are always truly char
actertstic OF the type she imperson-
/: ates.
How does she accomplish these
marvellous things? by drawing on
the fund OF knowledge she had stored
up under those pretty blonde curls
through diligent study and observa-
tion. She is delightfully."- democratic.
congenial and lovable, because she
has that power Of placing herself OIL.
an equal plane with anyone she hap
pens to be witll-never above the low
est, never beneath the highest.
And now, she strives to put into
form story based on romance OF
Jasaa. ami cherry blossoms. pictur-
.esque ~: :kshas and blue-tipped
mountains, peopled with the pink
checked. .liye-skiif d. black-eycd,
black-haircd. quiet 4 entails. And. to
know Helene. is TO l-eel confident of
her masterful success.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
.F|VE-REELERs
ARE ADDED BY.
GENERAL FILM
Service Starts Today with
"SpeIlbolnd," Knickerbock-
Feature. l5l

A departure In General Film serv-
ice viii be inaugurated by the re-
lease today Of a Knickerbocker star
feature. "Spellbound." In five reels.
Heretofore the service has been con-
fined to releases OF lesser lengths.
The General Film Company has
chosen strong vehicle with which
to launch this latest addition to ita
service. inasmuch rs Lois Meredith,
star in "Spellbound." is conceded to
be one Of the accomplished film ar
lists Of the decay.
"Spellbound" is highly regarded
by Its producers. Knickerbocker Star
Features, and is said to be usually
strong in plot. fascinating in pre-
sentation and perfect in photography.
It's reception by patrons OF the Gen.
eral Film Company Will be watched
with interest.
May 81 the Biograph FIVE reel fea-
ture, 1.-THE Woman In Black" will ne
o7ered and in the cast will be found
these old favorites In the Biogrnph
service. Mrs. A. c. Marston. Marie
Newton. Elizabeth Eldridge. MILL
cent Evans. Alan Hale. Charles
Mnilee. Lionel Barrymore. Hector
Sarno. Frank Evans. Jacques Mar
tin. Will Jefferson and ]. Droum-
Ter.
1t is planned to release five
reel feature every two weeks here
after. The addition of FIVE reel fea-
lures In General Film service is re-
garded as forceful augmentation
to an already strong program.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE

Maude Adams did big business in
Boston in The Little Minister" and
Peter Pan"
Martin Harvey is appearing In a
condensed version OF 1.-The Tanning OF
the Shrewd."
A play by Max MARGIN. Cheating
Cheaters," is to be produced shortly
by A. II. Woods. -
A pagenat drama by julius Hopp
Of the great European war, will be
produced in New York this week un.
der the name, THE World Aflame.'
Adolf Link will enact FIVE different
roles in the play. n
Clara Joel has been engaged for
the new play by Roi Cooper Megru
and Irwin s. Cobb.
Harry Clay Blaney is to return
to the stage in the comedy called
in Walked Jimmy"
.
A. H. Woods will produce in the
fall patriotic comedy called "Haii
Columbia" by Hayden Talbot.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
MORE FINE FILMS
BOOKED AT GRAND

demands upon her powers as dra.
matte artist. During the FIVE grip
ping acts Of puzzling mystery and
unusual romance. she Is called upon
to register nearly every mood and
emotion.
The added attractions Tuesday will
be late Pathe News and a new
Metro-Drew comedy. showing Mr..
and Mrs. Sydney Drew. The piece is
called "A Count Of Ten" Mr.. and
Mrs. Sidney Drew will be one OF the
regular Tuesday attractions at this
popular playhouse.
Stars Miss Ulrich.
Wednesday will be Paramount day
and Lenore Ulrich, Of BIRD of Par
adlse" fame. and who starred in the
screen feature "Kilemy." will be
seen in the Heart of Paula" AS a
Spanish belle Miss Ulrich's alluring
grace gives her the Carmen-like fas-
cination that imagination always as
ISOLATED with Spanish beauties. The
fire OF her passion and her portrayal
of the great sacrifice for love fills
this story with a. pulse-quickening
realism that thrills.
The added attraction Wednesday
will be the celebrated Burton Holmes
Paramount Travels. You will find It
worth your while to take trip with
Burton Holmes.
Thursday, Owen Davis's great
play. "Driftwood," starring Vera
Michelena, with Harry SPRINGER and
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
-FOUR AUTOS SMASHED
In American Thriller, Three Be-
ing Called for in the
Script.

Wrecking automobiles is but one
Of the many items of expense that
go to make up the thousands of dol
lars spent in the production Of chap
tered photoplays. In the filming Of
the first Ave chapters of 1.-THE Secret
OF the Submarine" the new Anieri-
can-Mutual photoplay in fifteen chap
tiers, four cars were completely de-
molished-two In collision the
manuscript called for. one in a leap
across a thirty foot chasm and
another in a tumble into a ditch.
The last, however, was not intentional
and the occupants Of the car had a
narrow escape from death.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21

mediately. after finishing her work in
THE Scarlet Woman" Madame Pc
trova left for Bermuda, with party
Of friends. While there she will ar
range the scenario for her next Metro
production.
"The Scarlet Woman" which was
written by Aaron Hoffman, is one OF
the strongest features ever provided
for Madame Petroya. There are
scores Of scenes where this gifted
emotional actress is given splendid
opportunities to display her talents
to the fullest extent.
The story is said to be one Of the
most powerful that Madame Petrova
ever presented on either the speaking
stage or the screen. t
Madame Petrova is surrounded by
strong supporting cast which In
cludes Arthur Hoops, one of the
foremost leading men in the country.
Before joining Metro he was the lead
ing man for Mary Pickford, Marguer-
lite Clark, and other stars on the
Paramount program.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21

Charles Graham in support, will~be
the chief attraction.
The added attraction Thursday will
be another escapade of Napoleon.
the Great and Sally, His Mate"
From Stage Success.
Friday William Fox will present
William Farnum in "a Man Of Sor-
row." founded on the great stage sue
cess. "Hoodman Blind" In this
story. Mr.. Farnum has the opportun-
ity Of staging one OF his famous Far
mum fights and to say he handles II
well is putting 1t mildly.
The added attraction Friday will
be the latest Pathe News.
Saturday. there will be return OF
Mary Pickford. Could anything be
more enjoyable for a Saturday show
than Mary Pickford? She will ap.
pear In "Fanchon, the Cricket"
The added attraction on this bill
will be the celebrated Paramount
Bray Cartoons.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
COLLINS NOVEL
Is Being Pictured by Gaumont
for Release on Mutual
Program.

"Aramadale." screen version Of
Wilkie Collins's famous novel of the
same name, will be the first Of the
new three reel Gaumont features to
be released through the Mutual. Iva
Shapard. famous vampire" Of the
Gaumont-Mutual productions and Al
exander Gaden are the featured play
ers. It will be released May 25.
Lucille Taft. Kathleen Butler. Hen
ry Chira and James lowering are In
cluded in the supporting cast. The
drama was produced under the direc-
tion of Edwin Middleton.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
film RIGHTS
To Vaughn Kester Story Are
Purchased for a Mutual
Feature.

The Signal-Mutual studios have
purchased the Aim rights to Vaughn
Kester's popular story, THE Mana
ger of the B. & A." According to
present plans the story will be re-
leased In five acts as a Helen Holmes
feature, with Miss Holmes and ]. P.
MCGOWAN in the chief roles.
Mr.. MCGOWAN will also direct the
productions which will be begun i'm
mediately after filming Alice Mac
Gowan's novel OF the South. Judith
OF the Cumberlands" has been COM
pleted.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
NEW DIRECTOR GENERAL.

On his return from New York last
week, II. NJ. tHorkheimer, president
and general manager Of the Balboa
Company. announced the appointment
of William Stoermer as director gen.
eral Of the Long Beach studio. He will
have supervision over all productions.
Having had extensive stage and screen
experience. in the putting on of plays,
Mr.. Stoermer is an important addi-
ton 10 the Balboa forces.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
PLAYTER ENGAGED.

Wellington Playter has been en-
gagged to play the leading role MS
"Pascho, God Of the Tenements." in
"The Return" the psychological
drama in the course of production by
T. N. Heffron. The part of the big
Italian is one that calls for strong
acting ability combined with an un-
usual physique.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
UNIQUE ROLE.

THE Fugitive" first of the Than
houser Classics, featuring Florence La
Badie will be released late this month.
Miss La Badie is seen in an unusually
unique role, that Of young woman
who sacrifices her honor, and becomes
fugitive from justice in order to
protect the name OF her young Wild
owed sister. George Mario appears in
Miss La Badie's chief support.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
CARTOON DEPARTMENT.

Continuing to branch out, the Hork-.
heimer Brothers have now added an
animated carlton department to their
Long Beach studio. In ]. R. Willis and
j. Cammerer. they have two well
known artists. Both are conducting
original experiments in the production
of comics. which promise TO revolu-
tionize the business.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-21
Mix to Star in
Comedy Series

1t will be welcome news to the ad-
mirers of this dashing cowboy actor
to be informed that a series Of one
reel Tom Mix western comedies are
soon to be released by the Selig Com
pany through General Film Service.
These pictureplays are said to be
filled with daring exploits and each
carries well-defned plot.
Tox Mix is said to be the most dar-
ing horseman in motion pictures, or
out Of them for that matter. He