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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
BRITISH A|RMEN
MOST ACTIVE ON
WESTERN FRONT
Brilliant Feats Are Performed
Over Lines of Germany
Young FataliSt Nearly Meets
His Death.


With the British Armies in France,
May 5.-The airplanes are still revel-
ing like spring birds in days of golden
sunshine and constantly are adding
most picturesque incidents to the
fighting records. 1t is possible, of
course, to record only a few of their
many exploits. For example, there is
the story of a British pilot who yes
terday attacked an enemy machine
ten miles over the German lines and
Immediately was set upon by three
other hostile scouts. The Britisher,
however, pursued his original prey
until he saw him crash to the ground
from a height of one thousand feet.
He then turned westward but saw that
he could not force his way through
the three German fighting machines
which were pursuing him. Thereupon
he decided to practice bit of decep-
ton and pretended to land. Three
hostile machines proceeded to do the
same so as to make him prisoner.
Just as soon, however, as the British
flyer saw his adversaries touch the
ground he started his engine and
flew away to his home station.
Escapes From Pursuers.
The startled Germans also got under
way after some delay and began pur-
suit. They could not overtake him,
however, and as he neared the British
lines they were driven back by a
heavy fire from the British trenches.
The young British pilot who sat
over Cambrai" several days ago and
watched six German airplanes climb
ing toward him, then fought them and
escaped, and who believes he never
will be killed had very narrow
squeak few days later. 1t came af-
ter few days of excellent hunting.
He had driven down n hostile aircraft
near Noyelles and had attacked and
destroyed a two-seater Albatross Just
west of Cambria when the idea came
to him to climb above bit of cloud
and wait there for any German ma
chine which might venture up, just as
a duck hunter would wait in a blind.
Sees Another Albatross.
He had to wait some time hut final
ly another two-seater Albatross came
into view. He started in pursuit but
the hostile machine Immediately put
its nose down and fled. The British
pilot also put his nose down and fled
after him. When about 500 feet from
the ground however. the British
scouts machine was hit by an anti-air-
craft high explosive shell. All the
controls. with the exception of one
part of the elevators, were shot away
and the body of the machine was Sc
verely injured.
The force of the explosion was such
that the machine got into spin.
Spins are dangerous at any time, but
when so close to the ground they are
generally fatal. But the young pilot
cleverly pulled his little fighter out
OF its convulsions and eventually re-
turned to the aerodrome, where he
made perfect landing.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
Apo!ogizes TO switmrIand.

Paris, May (2.3U p. m.J-The
French ambassador to Switzerland,
says a Havas dispatch from Berne,
called on the chief of the Swiss politi-
cal department last evening to express
the regret of the French government
that through an error French avia-
tor flew over and bombarded the
Swiss town Of Porrenturi on April 26.
He said proper punishment would be
administered and offered indemnity.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
CHANCELLOR'S SPEECH
EXPECTED TUESDAY

Berlin, May "a p. M, via London.
1885 D. m.)--The committee on for
eign affairs Of the federal diet is ex-
pected to meet Tuesday for the pur-
pose of receiving a statement fror:
DR.. Won Bethmann-H -Hollweg, the im-
perial chancellor, on the military, po-
litical and economic situation.
1t is predicted that DR.. Won Beth
mann -Holweg's announcement will
coincide with the reply he will make
to the Interpolation of the conserva-
tives and social democrats regarding
Germany's war aims.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
REPORT NOT RECEIVED
AT NAVY DEPARTMENT

The report of the naval consult
ing board on devices to overcome
German submarines had not reach
ed Secretary Daniels tonight.
Although making no predictions
naval officers expressed great con-
fidence in the ability of the board
which has been following up every
hint as to means OF checking the
undersea peril
Mr.. Saunders Is known to have
been followirA personally an In
vestigation of the submarine dues-
tion.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
SALAZAR'S MEN, CAUGHT
IN BATTLE, EXECUTED
,sr mo.s,sa Iovnna. SPECIAL lsAsxD w,sIi

Juarez Mex, May 5.-All troops
captured by government troops dur
ing the fight with Jose Ynez Salazar's s
Villa command near the San Juan
mines yesterday were executed today
near the scene of the battle, n mes
sage receivd here by Gen. Jose Car
los Mursuia from Col. Vicente San
chez stated. No details Of the battle
or the number of prisoners taken We're
given in this dispatch, which was briet
and stated that the Salazar command
had been disbanded. The San Juan
mine is only nine miles from the
American border at Fort Hancock
Tex.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
NEED GUARD OFFICERS
WITH OWN REGIMENTS
nv so.s,sa ,oussAL SPECIAL LsAssp w,ss

Washington, May 5. Enlisted
men of the national guard who are to
attend the officers training camps
will not be ordered to camp before
May 20. The camps will not be open
to officers of the national guard, as
they are needed with their regiments,
This does not apply, however. to such
national guard officers as may be as.
signed as instructors.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
EDWARD ENLISTED TO
KEEP RECORD RIGHT
10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED WIRE

Joliet, ILL.,, May 5.-Francis B.
Young, aged "A, civil war veteran,
died here this afternoon. In his last
moments he called his only son, Ed
ward, to his bedside and said:
"Your Observation-Disclosures died
in the revolution; your great-grand-
father died in the war of 1872, and
I was in the civil war with four of
my brothers, three OF whom were
killed. ] want you to enlist and keep
UP the fighting honor of Your fam
ily."
Edward enlisted in the army to-
night.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
Martial Law for Bohemia.

London, May s (S;O9 p. m.)--Mar-
tial law has been proclaimed through
out Bohemia, according TO Prague
telegram to Basel newspapers. trans
mitted by the Exchange Telegraph
correspondent at Geneva. All news
papers of Bohemia have suspended
publication. the message adds.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
CONFEREES FAIL TO
AGREE ON ARMY BILL

Washington, May 1.-Two meetings
today of senate and house conferees
on the army draft bill failed to bring
an agreement on any of the impor-
tant differences. The conferees dis
cussed briefly the maximum age for
conscription fixed in the house bill
at 40 and in the senate bill at q
years, 1t is the general belief that
compromise making the maximum
not over 80 years eventually will be
reached.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
THE WEATHER
FORECAST.

Denver, Colo. May 5.--For New
Mexico; Sunday partly cloudy, pre-
ceded by rain east portion, colder
southeast portion; Monday fair.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
United States Socialists to Be Present

Copenhagen, May (via London,
'5:17 p. m.)-It has been definitely
announced says dispatch from
Stockholm, that American socialists
would be represented at the interna-
tional congress of socialists in the
Swedish capital May Is.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1917-05-06
MAN DEFEATED BY MISS
RANKIN TAKES POISON
ruv noss,so JOURNAL sprer.. u~ssxp wiss

Elkhart, Ind, May 5.--E. Jacob
Crull of Roundup, Mont, who was
defeated for the republican nomina-
ton for congress in his district by
Jeanette Rankin at the 1916 pri-
mary. died here today, the result of
taking poison.
Crull came here to visit a brother
and sister several weeks ago after an
absence of twenty years. He drank
the poison at an undertaking estab-
lishment last night and died today in
a hospital. No cause for the act is
known. Crull was not married.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19
Elementary Mentality of the
Masses Demonstrated by
Amusing Examples.
FISH MADE FREE BY TROOPS
How Pretty Woman, With Dogs and
Red Ribbon, Turned Hostility to
Enthusiasm-Man With Red
Umbrella Becomes Per-
sonaqe.

Paris.-Political happenings have
succeeded one another so rapidly in
Russia that French correspondents
there have had little time to do more
than occupy themselves with them, and
descriptive articles from those jour-
Inalists have been few regarding the
effect of the revolution on the mass
provinces and among the peasants.
One or two articles, however, have ap-
peared which throw some light on the
mentality of the Russians, regarded as
so different from that of other Euro
peans.
Robert de Flers, associate editor of
the Figaro and now attached to the
headquarters staff of the Roumanian
army, has had months of study of the
Russian troops serving in conjunction
with those of Roumania. Here are
some anecdotes from his latest article:
There is fine lake somewhere in
the south of Russia which is connected
by chanHel with a smaller lake,
where huge carp are raised. The chan
mel was barred by nets to prevent the
carp from passing into the larger lake,
and, as food does not reach the troops
in the district too plentifully nor in
great variety, the officers were glad
to vary their mess with the fish.
One day some hundreds of soldiers
were gathered in meeting-one of
those meetings which have become
regular institution in the Russian army
this year-plunged in deep discussion.
.Suddenly-there was a rush toward
the lakes and, with cries of "Sloboda !"
"Sloboda !" CLiberty!" Liberty po,
the men began to pull out the barriers
and nets and destroy them. The Off
GERS wished to prevent the destruction,
but the soldiers took little notice OF
their reprimands beyond crying "SlO-
boda Sloboda for the fish,"
A noncommissioned officer explained
the matter. 'Fish are Gods creatures
as men are. Like them, they have the
right to liberty. But men can talk and
so have made the revolution, while
fish are dumb and can never make
theirs. 1t is, therefore, our duty to aid
them because it is contrary to nature
to pen them up in order to capture
them and easily kill them"
A Parsonage and Didn't Know 1t.
A middle class functionary, man
who occupied a modest position in one
of the tax-collecting Offices and who
was imbued with the narrow, bureau
cratic, reactionary spirit generally
found In that class, CHANGED to go out
one day with red umbrella under his
arm. A group of manifestants going to
a meeting begged him to open his UNI
brella. He willingly complied, and at
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19
cow GETS ARMY RECOGNITION
Soldiers Permitted to Own Animal,
Paying Upkeep From Ration
Savings.

Washington.-Sold 10 the army
not only may keep COW, but they
can feed it at government expense,
provided they consume the milk, says
a ruling of the judge advocate general.
The decision was rendered on the
question of whether feed for a COW
kept by a detachment of soldiers for
the production of milk for the detach-
ment mess could legally be purchased
from the ration savings, in view of the
regulation that "such savings shall be
used solely for the purchases of arti-
cles of food"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19
Jag comrades to touch nothing.

ging comrades to touch nothing.
The founder and curator of the Eth
nographic" Museum recounts that his
staff, (caretakers, cleaners, etc., has
petitioned the government for the sup
preston of his Office, on the ground
that curator is useless in museum,
that he does nothing. costs money, and
is of no service, as they who carry
the keys, WELD the feather brooms,
and clean the floors are the real cura-
tors.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19
WORSE THAN AUSTRIAN FOE
italian Soldiers Fighting Ia the Alps
Find the Snow and Sum Their
Worst Enemies.

The Italians holding down trenches
in the Alps have two enemies TO deal
with, the Austrians and the snow. Of
the two the Italians prefer to eneoun-
ter the Austrians. As it is, they have
to face both and get along as best they
can, says Popular Science Month
ly. In order to do this thaSnr snlkly
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

themselves with gunpowder and rifles
for the Austrians and black grease and
glasses for the sun.
A recent photograph shows four
members of an italian scouting party
about to partake of their midday meal
Their faces and hands are besmeared
with black grease to protect them
them against the burning rays of the
sun, which are doubly strong when re-
fiected from the snow. They prefer
to use vaseline, but that Is too expen-
siye. The snow not only burns the
faces of troops, but it Injuries their
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

One of the American women VINO
have kept green the memory OF the
Marquis of Lafayette and the great
service he rendered this country IN
its early struggle for life is Mrs. Will
liam Aston Chanler, who has devoted
much of her time and energy since
the war began to aiding the French
In their great struggle.
Mrs. ChanIer has been interested IN
.bospital and relief work in Paris, but
sho. osnecial charities have been the
Lafayette fund, which provides com
fort kits to French soldiers ana tne
French heroes fund. 1t was the lat
ter fund.- of which Mrs. Chanier was
president. that purchased the Dirtn-
place of Lafayette in France TO De pre-
served as a museum.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

These illustrations of Russian tenn
permanent are declared to indicate the
difficult task Kerensky confronts, to
direct such a people and to keep them
steadily in the path that he would
have them follow.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

A certain general was suspected by
his men of being only lukewarm to-
ward the new movement, so a delega-
ton of soldiers waited on him to ask
him his real opinions.
''1ll tell you just what am" he said
to them, "and you can tell it to every
one. / look upon my men as my chill
dren and so have no reason not to tell
them the whole truth. am a Maximal-
ist anarchist. After that / am sure
you won't want any further details"
The men went away delighted. They
declared to the regiment that had sent
them: "The general is absolutely all
right. He is so tremendously revolu-
tionary that we couldn't even remem-
Der the name that he said"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19
How to Be a Civil Engineer.

''OsS ~ ~ q -H9ti(Cts
In mandatory the workmen in a
body waited on the civil engineers to
tell them that, sthe old order having
passed away, there must be no more
slavery. Everyone must work in turn.
So you will kindly some of you go
down into the mines, and others fire
the engines"
"And who will do our work?" asked
the engineers.
Some of us will take turns in your
Offices
"But what win you do there?"
"The same as you-sit around,
sharpen pencils, and smoke ciga-
rettes."
On Sunday, July 8, M. Naudeau saw
crowd moving along the Nevsky
Prospect, carrying banners, half blue,
half yellow. "That's all right" said
middle-class citizen to him. "Revolu-
tionary red seems to be going out of
date" When the column had APP
preached, it proved to be composed al
form two OF three regiments. Their
banners for the inscription Long Live
the Government p which seemed to
show that it was patriotic manifesto
ton, but others had Long Live the
Ukrainer Long Live Independent
Little Russia p "Long Live the indie
pendent Ukraine!"
The soldiers belonged to the Petro-
grad garrison and were natives of Lit
tie Russia, manifesting their desire to
be enrolled as soon as possible in the
purely Ukrainian army that Is being
formed in the south. No one interfered
with their separatist demonstration.
Some soldiers whose bearing was
anything but martial, were taking up
too much room in a tramway to please
vigorously with all the extraordinary
authOritativeness which women In Rus
STA always display toward men. you,
soldiers! Go on! You only have sol
diers' clothes, that's all I"
tits shame to treat poor wound
ed man like this" murmured one of
them.
"You wounded?" retorted the con-
ductor. IF you are wounded it must
be in the left nostril and by cork
from a bother
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19
LOGIC of Freedom.

Two soldiers had happened to speak
to a general and one had used the
term, "your excellency," as was the
custom before the revolution. The
other soldier afterward rebuked his
companion for such lapse from new
principles.
"You said 'excellency'
+ "Well, of course 1 said 'excellency.'"
"But don't you know that now you
mustn't say 'excellencyT"
"And why mustn't we say 'excellency'
and more2"
"What? Why? Because We have
made the revolution, and now we are
all free"
The first soldier was silent for a
minutes, and then remarked:
"But since we are all free, we are
free to say 'excellency' If we like to-"
The other soldier, in turn, reflected
for a minute, and then declared:
"That's true, after all. The moment
we are free we can do what we like.
It's that, you see that's so difficult to
understand. But as that's really so,
am going to say 'excellency' myself"
Then he added:
"But, all the same, it won't be the
same thing as before"
Ludovic Nadeau has found time to
send to the Temps some anecdotes
about events in Petrograd after the
great revolution:
In the early days of the revolution a
strengthening street-sell made his
appearance on the Nevsky Prospect.
AS he wore scarlet cap, crowd soon
gathered. He was offering pamphlets
at so kopecks apiece, and could hardly
hand them out quick enough. The nat
ural inference would be that the work
treated of the revolution, but, as a
matter of fact, it was "History of
Buddhism" bought, doubtless, for a
nominal sum as publishers remand
err. One soldier, as he carried away
his bargain, was heard to say: II can't
read. but lots of comrades in the bar
racks can"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

Mrs. Funston, widow of the late
General Frederick Funston. is one of
the leading workers in Red Cross
work.,
The widow of one OF the country's
greatest soldiers is doing more than
her share in urging practical aid for
the soldiers and sailors.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

eyes, so that sun glasses nave to be
worn. Needless to say, the black
grease and the sun glasses make the
Italians excellent targets against
background of white snow.
However, the Alpine Italian troops
do not always use grease and sun
glasses. When there is hot fighting
to be done in the Alps, they don snow
white suits and even paint their rifles
white. In such uniform they are
practically invisible.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

Never joke man about his salary.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19
QUEER STORIES OF new RUSSIA

Teu D0lDg the REVOLUTION > cOlOT-udIt
him a parsonage. Women threw him
flowers, children were lifted up for
him to kiss, and he was at once made
president of the meeting.
When that was over he was conduct
ed in triumph to banquet, and there,
too, he made an eloquent speech, hav-
ing discovered himself an orator with
out having ever suspected it. Finally
he was conducted to his home at a
late hour by several thousands of his
free if not enlightened feIlow-citizens.
From that day, after inscribing his
name on the revolutionary committee,
he has never gone out without his red
umbrella, always open.
For months every material, from silk
to the commonest cloth, colored red,
has been sought for and made into
coekades, flags, streamers, etc. The
smallest fragment of red serves as an
excuse for manifestation. Here is a
story Of a squad of Russian soldiers, d
pretty woman, pet dog, and bow
knot of red ribbon.
The pretty woman was walking up
and down the platform of little sta
ton crowded with soldiers. The men,
whose opportunities of seeing pretty
woman had been limited for many a
month, gaZed in admiration and were
prepared to make a manifestation in
her honor. But suddenly their feelings
showed change and cries of discon-
tent began to be heard. A group of sol
diers went up to the woman and Sc
verely upbraided her because bow of
red ribbon was fastened over the ear
of her Pomeranian dog. Such use of
the symbol of revolution was shocking,
they said, as 1t showed wish to ridi-
Guile the great movement. The soldiers
shouted, shrieked, and jumped about
excitedly, to the utter establishment of
the pretty woman and of the Pom.
But the woman extricated herself
from an embarrassing position with
the guile of a true daughter of Eve.
She took the ribbon from her dogs
head and placed II in her own hair.
Once more the crowd changed it's tone,
and it was amid enthusiastic cheering
that she, and the dog, took the train a
little later.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

The Petrograd soldiers, anxious to
instruct themselves and occupy the
leisure that the revolution has given
them. are great visitors to the mu-
saums. Their anxiety TO investigate
everything leads them to pass their
hands over the pictures and csRess the
statuary, GOTTEN marking 1t with their
nails). Notices have been put up beg
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1917-10-19

Before the revolution, people bathed
naked in the aNeva, but outside the
town. Now they are bathing, entirely
stripped, within the town, and walk
about on the bridges and quays be-
tween the French and British embas-
sizes. The men of 1893 were christened
SCANS culotte," (without trousers), the
men of 1917 are "sans calecon." with
out drawers).
Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-08
FIRST DIE IN BATTLE
Three American Soldiers Killed, Five
Wounded and Twelve Captured

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5. = Armed
forces under the American flag have
had their first clash with German
soldiers in an attack which the Ger
mans made on the first line trenches
where the United States troops had
been taken for instruction. Three
Americans were killed, five wounded
and twelve captured or missing.
The War Department made this
known last night on receipt Of dis
patch from General Pershing showing
that the German forces, soon after
learning the position of the new enc
my from overseas, had launched a
desperate effort to overcome them.
The Teuton attack came in the form
of heavy barrage fire, which isolat-
ed a salient of the American trench
and apparently left small force OF
Americans at the mercy of their enc
mics. That the American soldiers
fought gamely is shown by Pershing's
report of a prisoner being taken by
them. How some of the troops es-
c ped, bringing this German back with
them, is not told in the brief dispatch
from the American commander.