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The Holly chieftain., 1918-09-26

"That picture will be one of the
most descriptive of the whole war;"
said we'll known war correspondent
when 1t was taken. "1t should be
published everywhere, spread broad
cast, for 1t drives home to our people
the need of backing up our boys to
our last resource, our last penny, If
necessary.
I'VE must look this war squarely
in the face. We must expect casual
ties, of course-many Of our boys
must be numbered with the wreckage
The Holly chieftain., 1918-09-26
The striking picture

the most guns, shells and other war
equipment, then they will win and
suffer least.
ut is the peoples money, sub
scribed to Liberty Bonds that Will
train the most men and send them
out best equipped to win.
Tell the people to look well at that
picture. Tell them to think, and when
they do, ask them this for me:
WHAT DO YOU WANT, MORE OF
THESE BOYS IN THE WIRE. OR
MORE LIBERTY BONDS r,p
The Holly chieftain., 1918-09-26
Tsaehers' Reception

Tsachers' Reception,
The annual teachers reception
given by the Civic club, will be held
at the High school auditorium Fri
day evening, Oct. 4. Every one
most cordially invited. 1917
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-05-22

8obnen. COLORADO, Yinto. per BIB.
California @ubous. per ctpt.,
5000; Binfs, 1915; Gina. $500:
2anp, $500, Bfadebes. $11.O0; Houlo
Sreen, per BuIhel Campers. $f.50.
Stride String Beams" $f.75 nuo
300.
aobl. $500 uno 1925 per 100 $50.
Crime Efeffer. $3.50 per Crate.
Rnbiesher- soc per STD. s3iiuoel.
Spinat, S5c per CAMPER.
Crime grbien. $500 per 0nmper
@eeten, $500 per 100 Yfuno.
Reerrettia< G8rrsein. per BIB. 12h
@lirfen, per grate, $500.
geteriiIie, 40c per Obo. s8inoeI.
Ropfialat, Cal, $3.50 per Crate.
8firIihe, $f.25 Der Crate.
Grbleu, per tleiner Crate, $500.
Gelbe WurseIn, $500 per 100 gfD.
5quaIb, per @uihel. $1.25.
gierpflansen, $500 per 8ufdel.
Miiben. $500 Der 100 Gfuno.
grobeeren. $500 per Gratc.
sMarft.
San stntonio. %. @ai, 1918.
aiibe, $S.75 bis 5000.
AGlbcr, $3.50 big $f0.S5.
SpIlen, 5000 bis $tO.5 80.
06ieu, $1,000 biz $t5.75.
ct. Qouis, %. NShi. 1918.
8inebieh Serns<@ieb, $40 bis $3.50.
Sdtpetue, $t6.05 big $17.60.
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gIIerIei.

Die 8unoesgranoiurD bat ge-
gen Gerhard @eiieIs, einen Farmer
aus Der @egeno bon aornes gitn,
cine Mnflage arf Saopnlitat nno
Berbinoerung Der gusfiibrung 0es
oGraft Gct" erboben. @eiiels ioTl
mebreren Negern cine Meoe gegen
oas Draft-@eieb gebalten babcn.
Jranf 3intmermaiin aus Segliin iii
angeflagt, oaB er iid Dem @ilitar.
oienft babe ent5ieben moIlen.
u. @lof, 307 SaflanO StraBe,
1Uobnbaft, bat Der goli5ei gentelcet,
saB er Wontag nad]t aiif Der Bride
sn Der A. StraBe BON eth paar Sol
0ufen ~Iberfaaen uno I'M sc 8oaar
haftoblen iei.
Der 8riegsminilter bat es &C.
hinigt, oaB ons @runoItiid oes Or.
g s. Serriu, neben Dem aenp Sielo
dis Blas fir Die groBen aesaratur-
BerfSidtte, neIfe Die 4rmeeperipal-
tuna boiielr min, ~gefauft peroe, bod
IzzuE uu{ere Chamber Of Commerce
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Or. Geo. s. @nrsbad, 3abnarst.
Sifs @ebauoe. Gr. 6O67.

4ls @rcnbam miro ~gencloct,
oaB 5rall eliiabetb 3eiB, cine pobl-
befannte oelltide 8epobnerin Der
Stoot, in einem Sanntorium 5u Son.
Iton g~eitorben lit. Die g~eritorbene
mar 20 Sabre alt. Sic mar in @aib-
ington Gountp geboren uno bate
aud ltets bort getpobnt. SIR @attc,
Soren3 q. 3eiB, ltarb Dor 8 Ssabren.
Sic binterIdBt 5mei Sobne, George
uno Soren5 u. 3eiB uno orei God
ter fSrau q. u. 3idappeli 5ral
6reo 6. gmsler uno 6rau 2onis
Slider
q. ". Come, Elm mobilization,
Der 3arner bon Com @reen Goun.
IN. lit megen Gerlesung res Bob.
rnngsmittel @eietes inter $4,000
8iirgidaft geIteIlt, er miro beidul.
eigt, groBere @ebluorrdte in ieinem
Snuic eebalten 81 babelt, ais oa5 @e-
iee erlaubt. Cine quite 5reunoin,"
melde BET Der Come 5nnnilie Dor.
iprndL entoefte mdbreno TIRES 8c.
iudles mebrere Sof Wicbl In einenl
acknowledgement 8ett uno fab iidj
ueronlnBt, Die Sahe sur gn5eiee 81
brinaen.
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Maret.8eriht
Cotton.

Cotton.
Gan antonic, beate 81 Gents.
@alseiton. aeIteru 90 Gents.
Gottoniamen- Erpbmfte.
San Mntonio, %. geui, f918.@
Brine @ruoe Cotton Seeb Oil. $t.31.
Gents Der 0nnpne-
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1918-05-22
Lokdies.
@abrideinlides Better.
Sir San Mntonio nno umgegeno:
,3eute abefio uno Oonnerstag beoedt.
Grlaf beg edatamfg 5efretars
Mc9l0pp.

Gg lit ~un5eoingt ~nottpenoig, BOB
io5 amerifoniibe Golf 10 biel tpls
moqIid lpart, nm in Der Rage 5u
feirt, Ser @eeiernng Die CUR &riegs=
fiiArung notigen @elomittel our Ser
fiiaul1g 5l itelen, gorrdte oisponi~
Def III mabeu uno Die 9~rbeitsfrafte
5ur Seritenllng offer fir nniere
gruppen iotDie sic Der aaiierten
Mad)te notigen &riegsmaterialien 5u
aiefern. Cine Der beiten Metbonen,
ann oieies @eiuItat berbei5nfii6ren,
lit Die, iid porarnebmen, a1c Be
onrfniIie ein5uidrdnferL 81 paren
lno 81 beitimmten 3eiten fir eiien
getuiiie1 8etrag ariess Gparnlar=
fen o~n5ufaufen. Mon giebt bierourd)
einer greifboren 8etpeis, bob man
Die fir Die 9aier bes &rieges ent.
pfobIene Sefonomie praftiid) aus
iibt.
lin oieien Goriab mirfiam 81 for
bern, miro unter DIRECTION oes Bum
oes Shosamtes cine Sanlpagllc
etngeleitet meroen, Die i6ren 5obe-
pa1nft am %. Sum- srreihen INC Sen
3tpef baben miro, ane loDnlen InHe=
rifaaer I'M gan5en 2an0e bur llntcr-
itiisung oieies Erogramms 5u per-
pflihten.
Die 8eiterfiibrung beg arieges
foroert ~beitdnoige uno geiteigertc
Opfer. Sir ihifen uniere iungett
2enfe aus, I'm llniere Station auf ben
nusldnoiiden Shladtfeloern 81 re-
pr1ientieren uno iie fommen baourf
in Sic Gage, rtid)t mir lire perfonl:=
DIE gequemIihfeit, ibre geidaftlidJcn
SnterefIen, ionoern pielleiht Iogar ibr
2eben oem 8aterlalo opfern 81 mil
fen. gs lit besbnlb niht mebr als
reht uno biaig, onB Die 4merifaler,
Die in Allbe uno Si1erbeit 5u Sauie
bIieben fonnen, ibren beiligen 8flidr
ten, nniere tapfern 2eute nab araf
ten 81 u1lteritiisen, nad)fommen lllo
iid ernltlid bornebmen, IoDicl iDie
m6glid) 81 iparen, oamit es nnIcret
brapen Soloaten uno Seelellten nid)t
an Nabrung lrno aeiouna, @affcn
1tno Mnnition gebriht, ob,1e ruelde
Vie NIT Dem better @iaen nidt fdnt=
pfen f0nnen.
llm DieIe gepIante a~an,pagne 10
nudoriidlih uno tpirfiam pie moglib
81 MAIDEN, erili1e id aae 8ereInc
xano Srganilationen I'M 2anoe, Die
Selbc ourd ibren giHfluB uio tdti3e
Mitbiilfe fr1ftigft 5it uuteritiiten uno
al foroerr. Gs tit dliBerlt miinibens=
spert, Die aufnlerfiamfeit Ser gor5ell
NufIon aif oieie @erpflidtung 81
aa1fen, iie oarauf aufmerfiam 81 mo.
den, oaB tie es Ser Hegierung ihul-
set, ourd cine oerartige ltnterltiit-
5uilg gum @eipinnen oes arieges beis
3utragen. Mit oieiem 3iel I'M Giac
en1pfeble id, ben %. Sunni ais gea-
tionaI &riegslpnrmarfentag 81 be,
aeben.
SD bin iiber5eugt, oaB NIT genii,
geltoer 8orbereitline 0ns anerifnni'
ihe golf germ bereit fem miro. iid
on oielem ariegsiparmarfeu Iagc
su beteiligen, nnd) ardften 5u iparcn.
aanen 0pfermlt iino feline 9euotion
Der @sation g~egeniiber auf 9reifbarc
@rt ga bemeiien uno Dem unbengin-
men gntldluB Ausoriid 81 geblt,
bis gum Grringen oes Sieges, pis
gum enolihen 9riumpb meiter III
fampfen.
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H- = s4E--fsti y
10000 Dollar fir ben 4nfauf oes
8la3es geben. Die @ebdi1oe, melde
sic Regierung oaraltf erridltet, mer-
SEN ST 100000 foiten.
Ser i'm @eap 5ielo lt%atlonierto
6liegerlel1tnant Cole nnternabm ON
Sonntag in ieinem 4eroplan einell
Iusflng nod Gnero> auf Deldem er
feinen fleiueu @nnb mitnabm. Gas
Sier bat Die 2uftreiie iebr gut iibcr-
Itanoen.
Die &ote 9reu5 @eieGiGaft
oemonitriert ourd ulebenneMooelc, "
melhe i'm z. Stofmerf oes Wplff &
Marr Gtore ibren 9eih1ftigrnaen
na1geben oie bon Ser @eielffaft
pollbrahten arbeiten. 3mei 5tridma=
ibiren u1o mebrere N1bma{hiner
fino bon friib Bis ipat unllnterbroden
i'm @unge, mdbreno an 9iihen uno
Tafeln anoere Mitglieoer oamit he-
idaftigt iino, gerbano5eug 5lsli-
ihneioen ODER 8inoen rno 8anba-
gen anf5urolen.
Die ~49-iabrige Jrau Maric
5abnel lit I'M 8unoesgeridt I'M
@nsfertigung hires eriten 8iiraerpn-
piers eingefommen.
Die 8unoesl@ ranoinrp bot 8.
8ittenberg, 8. giiegberg uno @. o.
9rafe IN 4nflage5ltitnno periebt. Sil
neroen beihnloigt, iid pioerre1tlid;
in Den 8eiiB bon 1900 Efitrto sur
eiien, Gigentrm Der MilitdrpermeI.
tllng, geiest mo oieielben 5u i6rsnl
asi,sen perfauft 5u baben. Sobn @
Sonlboff BON 8anoera ml1roe ange-
fIagt, 100 Yfunb 3rlfer, mebr aIs
fir ieinen nnmittelbaren 8eoarf no
tig Dar, in ieinem &altie porrdtig ge-
balten uno oaourd oas Nabrllngs-
mitteI : @eieb perlebt 5it baben
Gin SoI6at ralbte am 9iens-
tag abeno aus einem in Soc 9lpter's
SrooeIlaoem 439 Oit-gomnlercestr .
b%dngenoen Sod cine 8rieftaid)e nit
$50. Ser Soloat betrat inter Dem
Gorlpano, einen bereits getrageuen
Mn5ug falifen 81 poaen, oas @cs
ifdft, uno benldhtigte iid), mabreno
9lpter nod eiltem pnilenoen Nod ind).
te, nit einem fiibnen @riff Ser 8rief=
taihe. Or entfam init Ieiner 8eltc,
trosoem Die 8erfolgung bon l1ebre-
rem Yolisiiten ioiort anfgellommcn
murDe.
Sim 8iensta1 murle i'm 5t
Nntbonp @otel Die 80. Sabresfonben-
ton Ser teraniiden 9eihenbeitatter
eroffnet llngefabr 200 Delegation
naren anmefeno.
Die San Antonio Surname
Gocietp iudt llnterfunft fir orei 8a-
bies IN 5nrtem aIter BEL gllfen 5ami-
lien. 3pei ser ainoer iino Maodjetl,
Dos cine 5mei Gage, oas arloere 5rDsi
Monate oft; oas brittle 9abp lit Elm
anabe i'm Mlter BON einem Monat.
Sn nnlerer Gtaot iino bereits
90, 800 Collar fir ons Note &rell5
gefammelt moroen. % Hro5ent De-
bier ~geiammelten @eioer iueroen il,
San antolio 5lrriifgebaltcn nno sur
ltntcritiiBling beoiirftiger Solontal
6mnilien perpenoet. Die iibrigen IS
Gro5ent meroen an Die Gentralitale
IN @aibington abgefibrt.
Die Blue Gioge Oil Gompang
lit Inn ibren Charter e%ingcfommen.
DDS Gapital betrogt 100000. Sn.
forporatoren iino: u. @. Stniti, VI.
.. Spenrer, @enrp 6. Sing il. uno
anoere.
Cine @roeerp in 2aurel Seigbt5
muB 5iuei Gage ibr @eihaft fdlieBeu
mo $3.50 on oas Hote &reus gebelL
neil lie Die Reaeln Der 2ebensmlitteI-
Gcrfualtung nid)t beadtet bat.
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miro Elm ebepanr, utl fid auf elmer
Jarm nabe Der Staot liiBlih 81 nta-
den. @ute 9ebauolung uno gutter
2obt. Ran idreibe uilter 81. Q.
g." an Die 5reie 3rele fir Seras.
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Die Bon Srrnb @raoel @onpl-
ny lit nm einen Gbarter eingefom-
men. Snforporatoren iino: M. Sen.
nings. 6. $. 9roune uno 81. $.
@ropne; QapitaI $4,000.
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S1nte.

&id)ter Dubois IN San anaeIo
bat cine An5abl Saruter, ole aIs Sc.
idmorene funsieren iouten, mieoer
mad Sauie eefdidt, neil inter sen
iesigen gerbaltniiien Ste Sarmarbeit
Dem Surp-Dienit norgehe.
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@efndlt

6einalt eine aofin, oie iid
altd) I'M Sauie niislih maht, fir
Spet Berfonen. Man ihreibe ooer
frage nad in go. S25 @aroeH Str.
San @ntonio, Teras.
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Guttunlanten- Yrp6mfte.
Sarm.Trpomfte.
WenMie.

&artoffeIn, neue, 5000 uuS 1926 Der
100 Yfnno; California, $500 per 100
Rfuno; Colorado, $f.75 per 100 Bfo.
SI8fartoffeln, gam. S $50 uie $3.50.
3fpiebeltl, Eeras 8ermuoaS. $t.25;
grnftal 8nre, $3.50.
Somatea. meg. 1925.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-23
British Premier
Is GiUen Credit
For Allied Unitu
(By Assoclated Press1

New York, Oct. 49, Marshal Foch
generalissimo of the allied armies re-
plying to the felicitations of David
Lloyd George on his 67th birthday on
October 2, gave the British premier
credit for placing him In supreme
command according to the text of
kilograms made public here todavs by
the British bureau of information.
The message from Lloyd George
read:
Please accept my sincere congrat-
ulations on your birthday. / feel
particular pleasure in addressing YOU
at the moment when the allied armies
under your direction are making so
formidable a change in the military
situation. / do not know whether 1
should the more admire your mar
velous skill as commander or your
indornidable courage and the un-
quencha.ble faith in victory which
you have shown in the course of this
course of this war"
Marshal. F'Och replied
"'I am greatly touched by your
gratulations and thank you sincerely.
do not forget that it is to your in
sistence that owe the position which
occupy today. The sure sign OF the
glorious days awaiting our armies is
to be foun din the perfect unity which
exists between all the allied forces"
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-23
Hagars Report has
One EndOYSer

Bismarck. N. D., Oct. 23.-very
much in the minority, John M, Hagan,
commissioner Of agriculture and
labor. filed minority report with a
single endorser at the Minneapolis
oats grading conference, oojecting to
the tentative grades proposed by the
United States bureau of markets, and
to the majority report of the mill city
conference approving these grades
and suggesting that dockage be add
ed as a further restriction.
Commissioner Hagan's report to the
federal bureau of markets objects
principally to the small percentage of
cereal grains and wild oats allowed in
the higher grades. He also opposes
the proposed dockage. Mr.. Hagan was
the only representative of agriculture
present at the conference. He urges
that farmers and others who are in
terested correspond direct with the
bureau of markets. stating their
views, and it is probable that after
the flu has flown, the commissioner
will urge the holding of farmers
meetings and the sending of commit
tees to the capital
Ninety days will elapsc before the
new grades are formally promulga
and It is probable the new standards
will not be made effective before July
/, 1919. -'fr>.'
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-23
Tales of the F7iendLyFOreS
BY DAVID CORY

One afternoon while Mrs. Bunny
was busily knitting helmets for the
Bunny Boys who had gone to war.
Billy Bunny ran into the house with
little Dickey Meadow Mouse. You
see, Dickey Meadow Mouse had
come to piggy with the little rabbit,
but afer a while they had grown
tired Of skating over the hard snow.
So they picked off the little red
berries that grow on the wild rose
bushes and took them into i, the
house. .-.--...
And then Mrs. Bunny put down,
her knitting, and got out the corn
pepper and pretty soon the little red
berries were ready to eat, and after
that Billy Bunny and Dickey Mead
ow Mouse had fine feast: And
then pretty soon MrsX Bunny got out
Cottontail' had sent over that morn
ing. "Now, children said Mrs. Bun
ny, you run up in the garret and
play, for ! must finish knitting these
helmets. and every time you ask me
for something I drop a stitch, and
maybe the next time it will break,
and then, goodness knows what I'll
do
So Billy Bunny hoped upstairs
with Dickey< Meadow Mouse. But he
didn't go up to the garret, he stop
ped in his little bedroom and wounl
up his graphophone and the alarm
clock. And, oh, dear me! What
noise for that alarm clock began to
play. Wake me up tomorrow morn
ing, if you don't I'll sleep all day."
and the graphophone commenced to
sing, Sing me to sleep, mother, sing
me to sleep and then, Of course,
Billy Bunny and Dickey Meadow
Mouse didn't know what to do, so
they ran down stairs and put on
their skates again and went out on
the pleasant meadow.
And. oh. dear met Willie Wind
blew so hard that the skate came off
little Dickey Meadow Mouse's left
foot and he fell head over heels in
a big pile of snow and just then,
all OF sudden. just like that, Daddy
Fox jumped through the Old Snake
Fence and before you could say
Jack Rabbit" he caught Billy Bun
ny. Oh, dear, oh. dear! feell just
like sitting down and weeping tears
all over my typewriter. for this is
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-23
Oxygen Tank Aids American Agitation Officer
nEstdbltshing NelD Worlds Altitude Record

Neutrality-suspicious. General Will
liam L. KenIy, director of military
aeronautics, has made public an in
teresting document describing the
feat of Capt R. w. Schroeder. The
captain recently set new worlds
record for altitude flying when he
ascended 2s,900 feet above sea level
from the Wilbur Wright aviation
field at Dayton, o. The record has
been confirmed by the war depart
ment.
In the report Capt. Schroeder
says:
In order to take an >airplane to a
higher altitude than any other pilot
in the world l found that it would
require more than one or two at
temptss | made three attempts. The
first one took me to $4,000 feet, the
second to $1,000 feet and the last
one to 2s,90O feet, but now feel
certain that can get to 10000 feet.
THE cold thin air is ones great
est adversary. First of all one must
make a study Of the performances of
his motor at these high attitudes.
took off at las P. M. Wednesday,
Sept. Is, and made a steady circular
climb. passing through clouds at
5000 feet, $4,000 feet and $4,000 feet.
Gosgles Are Frosted.
"At 10000 feet. while still climb
ing in large circles, my goggles be-
came frosted. making 1t very diff
cult for me to watch my instruments.
When I reached $4,000 feet noticed
the sun growing very dim, l could
hardly hear my motor and 1 felt
very hungry. The trend of my
thought was that it must be getting
late. that evening must be coming
on, but / was still climbing, so
thought might as well stick to it
a, little longer. for L knew l could
reach my ceiling pretty soon; that I
should go down. and even though it
were dark 1 could land all right, for
7 had made night landings many
times before. So l went to talking
to myself, and this I felt was a good
sign to begin taking oxygen. and
did.
'T was then over rs, 900 feet. and
as soon as 1 started. to inhale the
oxygen the sun grew bright again,
my motor began to exhaust so loud
that it seemed something must be
wrong with it. l was no longer
hungry. The day seemed to be
most beautiful one. / felt like sing
ling with sheer joy as l gazed about
through the small portion of my
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-23
START OF YANE.
PLAINS FOR
RAID ON HUNLAND.
PRESSIVE SIGHT.
Fantastically Painted Ma
chimes Bear Red Color
ed Devil on Wings

With American Aviators in France,
Oct 5.-(Correspondence of The AS
sociated Press) ).-Picture a dozen
huge afrplanes standing in rows of
three or four, their engines roaring
and propeIlers whirling like mad, i'm
agine the rat-tat-tat and you have
an accurate first impression of the
scene on the field OF an American
bombing squadron about to start for
German territory.
Over the broad sloping field bor-
dered by low trees, half a dozen other
airplanes are wheeling in the sunny
sky. The suns rays are glinting
from their wings and the colors of
their insignia flash brightly as they
turn and twist
A score or more of aviators per-
spring in Arctic furs, fur lined he'll
NETS and boots hasten here and there
while men in soiIed and greasy khaki
cling to the wings Of the airplanes
tugging to be free.
Nesting in the border Of trees are
tiny bungalow huts covered with
branches or canvass to conceal them
from prying enemy aviators. Half
q dozen grotesquely camouflaged
hangers are scattered about the field.
Red Devil Squadron.
The airplanes of this squadron are
not quite the Enthusiastically painted
machines used by most of the pur-
suit pilots, but they are still rather
Kaleidoscope and each bears the
humorouslY conceived insignia of a
red colored devil within a white tri-
angle, who with one hand holds a
white bomb. and with the other
thumbs his nose sarcastically down
ward-toward the Boche underneath.
With one Of the observers The AS
sociated Pres s correspondent in
spected the machines, now laden with
bombs. The observer explained the
intricate system of releasing each
bomb in turn by means Of trips, and
at such instants as his desired goal
appeared beneath him through an
opening in the floor OF his little
cubby hole in the rear OF the plane.
He called attention with pride to
the tiny ron Crosses on the wings
and fuSelage of each airplane-mark-
ing the spots where shrapnel and ma
chine-gun bullets have torn perilous-
ly near to pilot or observer or both.
and where the repairs have been
made by mechanics, who are jealous
iy proud of the little insignia OF mar
row escapes.
One of the machines bore more
than 90 such crosses in one small
part of the fuselage between the pilot
and observer alone. and the conduc-
tor said with laugh that it was
great good luck that no vital part of
the machine had been hit.
He told nonchalantly and with
modesty of narrow escapes he and
his fellow observers and pilots had
had. One man had been fairly rais-
ed off his seat by piece OF shell
that had penetrated the airplane
from beneath. Another had been
wounded in feet and legs by shrap-
mel that entered the fuselage He
could have told such anecdotes for
hours, but a signal from the COM
mander of the squadron announced
that 1t was nearly time to start.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1918-10-23

Tip of my propeller, which was
standing vertical when rolled into
a depression in the ground. How
ever. / did not nose over or do any
other damage to the plane or myself.
/ flew back to Dayton with a new
propeller" l-
The Signal Corps is making 1t a
practice to supply aviators who have
to go TO great attitudes with tanks
OF oxygen such as the one Capt
Schroeder used in his record break
ing flight.
1t has been announced that every
pilot in the American Army who
goes aloft over the German lines in
combat or bombing planes will carry
United States made oxygen tanks
eight hours breathing Pilots and
observers in reconnaissance planes
on photogra phic work also will carry
them on clear days when such work
is carried on at $4,000 feet or high
er.
Anti-airc-aft guns force aviators
to high attitudes.
Oxygen Supply Decreases.
The normal atmosphere near the
surface OF the earth contains about
twenty-one per cent of oxygen and
seventy-nine per cent of nitrogen.
At $4,000 feet the density OF the air
has so diminished that each cubic
foot contains only half the amount OF
oxygen found ut san level.
The few pilots able to continue
for any length of time beyond TO-
900 or 10000 feet have a sense of
lack of air" and involuntarily open
their mouths to get more air. The
breath becomes quicker and deeper.
The heart beats faster and faster.
A pilot may not feel any marked
| inconvenience for a short time be-
fore this emergency method of get
, ting air which nature provides gives
out. He may feel perfectly fit and
well, but he is not so efficient as
when near the ground. His reaction
becomes slower; he uses longer time
to judge distances to a% his guns,
to fire and to maIoeuver his ship.
although he is not conscious of this
| impairment.
| He will eel G'EZy but perfectly
| happy, though us 1t mater Df fact
he has lost Ills Judgment. and if he
attempts to sthy At these attitudes
he will gradually pass INTO a con-
oitioE of semi CONSCIOUSNESS.
4 Crash f1tIcT'S.
The oxygen tank is built - save
him from this. 1t prevents him frcm
.ing pu: 70 sIacp and thus pre- =
vents Con se',url- disaster 1900
! to 10000 tect ab We the earth.