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The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-07
AMERICAN SHIPS TO
BE AMERICAN OWNED

WASHINGTON, June 5--lAssoriat
ed Press mo American built vessel Of
more than u hundred tons can now be
sold to foreign owner, according
to notice issued by the shipping
board yesterday.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-07
STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLES

No end of misery aud actual suffer.
ing is caused by disorders of the stom.
arh and liver, and may be avoided by
the use Of Chamberlain y Tablets. Give
them trial For sale by all dealers.
Benson, Smith 4 Co., Ltd, agents for
Hawaii.-Advt.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-06-07
AN IMPROVED Qu!MIHE

because OF It's toDIe and IaNatiVs FuecI.
LAXATIVE BRoMo ouININR will be found
better than ordinary oulnine. Does not cause
nervousness. nor ringing In the head. Re.
msmber. here IL only one Promo Outline,
The signature 81 R.V', GTe-s ~ On eAeif, "-
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18

they, too, were on1cers or privateA
The room in which I found myself
contained eight beds. three Of which
were occupied by wounded German Of
hcers. The other rooms. I imagined.
had about the same number Of beds as
mine. There were no Red Cross nurses
in attendance, just orderlies, for this
was only an emergency hospital and
too near the firing line for nurses. The
orderlies were not old men nor very
young boys, as had expected to find,
but young men In the prime of life.
who evidently had been medical stu
dents. One or two Of them, discov-
cred, were able to talk English, but
for some reason they would not talk.
Perhaps they were forbidden by the
officer In charge to do so.
In addition to the bullet wound In
my mouth I had a swelling from my
forehead to the back OF my head al
most as big as my shoe-and that is
saying considerable. I couldn't move
an inch without suffering intense pain,
and when the doctor told me that I
had no bones broken I wondered how
a fellow would feel who had.
German officers visited me that
morning and told me that my machine
went down in q spinning nose dive
from a height Of between 5000 and
1900 fee.. ard they had the surprise
Of their lives when they discovered
that had not been dashed to pieces.
They had to cut me out Of my machine,
which was riddled with shots and shat
tered to bits.
A German doctor removed the bullet
from my throat, and the first thing he
said to me when came to was, "You
are an Americana
There was no denying II, because
the metal Identification disk on my
wrist bore the inscription:
"P. OBJ.
q. 8. A.
N m ~ -
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18
CHAPTER ~.
Captured by the Huns.


shall not easily forget the 17th Of
August, 1917. I killed two Huns In
the double-seated machine In the
morning, another In the evening, and
then was captured myself. Il may
have spent more eventful days in my
LIE, but ! can't recall any Just now.
That morning, in crossing the line
on early morning patrol. noticed
two German balloons. decided that
O soon as my patrol was over I
would 60 off on my own hook and see
what a German balloon looked like
at close quarters. F
Z These observation balloons are used
by both sides in conjunction with the
artillery. A man sits up In the bal
loon with a wireless apparatus and d.
rects the firing of the guns. From his
point Of vantage he can follow the
work Of his own artillery with ~
markable degree Of accuracy and at
the same time he can observe the enc
my's movements and report them.
The Germans are very good at this
work, and they use great number Of
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18

a v Il
smiled. Az thAs fimeS 4 Was iust b.
ginning to say fsw words. - ny
wound had prevented ma from talktnss
hut I said enough to let him know
what was doing there and how I
happened to be there. He evidently
had heard my story. from some: ct tie
others, though, because he said It was
too bad had not broken my neck Z
that he did not have much sympathy
with the nying corps anyway. He
asked me what part Of America came
from. and told him "California."
After a few more questions he
learned that I hailed from San Fran
cisco. and then added to my distress
by saying, "How would you IKE -
have q good, juicy steak right out Of
the Hofbrau" Naturally told him
It would 'shit the spot" but hardly
thought my mouth was In shape Just
then to eat 1t. I Immediately asked.
Of course, what he knew about the
Hofbrau. and he replied. = was cpn-
nected with the place q good many
years. and ought to know al about
it"
After that this German ofaeer and
I became rather chummy; that Is, ~
far as I could be chummy with an
enemy, and we whiled away good
many long hours talking about the
days we had spent in San Francisco.
and frequently in the conversation one
of us would mention some prominent
Californian, or some little incident oc-
curing there, with which we were
both familiar.
He told me when war was declared
he was, Of course, intensely patriotic
and thought the only thing for him to
do was to go back and aid In the de-
fense Of his country. He found that
he could not go directly from San
Francisco, because the water was too
we'll guarded by the English, 10 he
boarded a boat for South America.
There he obtained forged passport
and in the guise Of q Montevidean took
passage for New York and from there
to England.
He passed through England without
any difficulty on his forged passport.
but concluded not to risk going to Hol.
land for fear Of exciting too much sus.
picion, SO went down through the
Strait Of gibraltar to Italy, which was
neutral at that time. up to Austria.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18

and thence to Germany. He said when
they put in at Gibraltar. after leaving
England, there were two suspects
taken on the ship. men that he was
sure were neutral subjects, but much
to his relief his own passport and cre-
dentials were examined and passed
D. K.
The Hun spoke Of his voyage from
America to Engisud as beinH excep-
tonally pleasant, and said he had .
fine time, because he associated with
the English passengers on board, his
fluent English readily admitting him
to several spirited arguments ON the
subject Of the war. which he keenly
enjoyed. One little incident he related
revealed the remarkable tact which
our enemy displayed In his associa-
tons at sea. which no doubt resulted
advantageously for him. AS he ex-
pressed 1t. he "made a hft'' one evening
when the crowd has assembled for q
little music by suggesting that they
sing "God Save the King" Thereafter
his popularity was assured and the de
sired effect accomplished, for yer,
soon French officer came up to him
and said. 'It's too bad that England
and ourselves haven't men in our army
like you." It was too bad, he agreed,
In telling me about 1t, because he was
confident he could have done . whole
lot more for Germany II he had been
In the English army. In spite Of his
apparent loyalty, however, the man
didn't seem very enthusiastic over, the
war and frankly admitted one day that
the old political battles waged in CALI
fornia were much more to his liking
than the battles he had gone through
over here. On second thought he
laughed as though it were good joke,
but he evidently intended me to infee
that he had taken a keen interest q
politics in San Francisco.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18
ltenant Pat O'Brien

ting It out Il takes Len than Q min
ute for the fabric to burn on tho wings
and then the machine drops like an
arrow, leaving Q trail Of smoke Ike a
comet.
Az their tracer bullets came closer
and closer to mo realised that my
chances Of escape were nil. Their very
next shot, felt. must hit me.
Once. some days before. when I was
flying over the line. I had watched q
fight above me. A German machine
was set on fire, and dived down
through our formation In flames ON its
way to the ground. The Hun was div
ing at such sharp angle that both
his wings came of, and as he passed
within few hundred feet Of me I saw
the look Of horror on his face.
Now, when I expected any moment
to suffer similar fate, I could not
help thinking Of that poor Huns last
look Of agony.
realized that my only chance lay
in making an Immelman turn. This
maneuver was invented BY German
one Of the greatest who ever flew and
who was killed In action some time be-
fore. This turn. which made success
fully. brought one Of their machines
right In front Of me, and as he sailed
along barely ten yards away. I chad
the drop" ON him, and he knew Il.
His white face and startled eyes
can still zee. He knew beyond ques-
tion that his last moment had come,
because his position prevented his tax
ing aim at me. while my gun pointed
straight at him. Ny first tracer bullet
passed within Z yard of his head, the
second looked az IL 1t hit his shoulder,
the third struck him in the neck. and
then I let him have the whole works,
and he went down In q spinning nose
dive.
All this time the three other Hun
machines were shooting away at me.
I could hear the bullets striking my
machine one after another. I hadn't
the slightest idea that I could ever
beat OF those three Huns, but there
was nothing for mo to do but fight and
my hands were full.
In fighting, your machine Ii drop
ping. dropping all the time. I glanced
at my Instruments, and my altitude
was between 5000 and 5000 feet.
While I was still looking at the In
struments. the whole blamed works
disappeared. A burst Of bullets went
into the instrument board and blew
it to smithereens, another bullet went
through my upper lip. came out Of the
roof Of my mouth and lodged in my
throat, and the next thing knew was
when I came to in German hospital
the following morning at I'VE O'Clock.
German time.
I was . prisoner Of war.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18
CHAPTER ".
Clipped Wings.

CHPpeo Wtn0os
The hospital in which I found my.
self ON the morning after my capture
was a private house made Of brick,
very low and dirty, and not at all
adapted for use as a hospital It had
evidently been used but few days on
account Of the big push that was tax.
ing place at that time Of the year. and
in all probability would be abandoned
as soon as they had found a better
place.
In all, the house contained four
rooms and-h stable, which was by far
the largest Of all. Although ] never
looked into this ewing" Of the hospital,
I was told that 1t, too. was filed with
patients lying on beds Of straw around
on the ground. I do not know whether
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18


Hs Was Overcome and Captured by
the Huns.
these balloons. It was considered
very important part of our work to
keep them out Of the sky.
4 There are two ways Of going after q
balloon in a machine. One Of them is
to Cross the lines at a low altitude, fly
ing 50 near the ground that the man
with the antiaircraft gun can't bother
you. You fly along until You get to the
level Of the balloon and II, In the
meantime, they have not drawn the
balloon down, you open fire on 1t and
the bullets you use will set 1t on fre
II they land.
The other way is to fly over where
you know the balloons to be. put your
machine In spin SO that they can't
hit you, get above them, spin over the
balloon and then open fire. In going
back over the line you cross at few
hundred feet.
This is one Of the hardest Jobs in
the service. There is less danger in
attacking an enemy's aircraft.
Nevertheless, had made up my
mind to either get those balloons or
make them descend, and only hoped
that they would stay on the job until
I had a chance at them.
When our two hours duty was mp,
therefore, I dropped out of the forma-
ton as we crossed the lines and turned
back again.
was at height Of $4,000 feet, CON
siderably higher than the balloons.
Shutting my motor off. dropped down
through the clouds, thinking to find
the balloons at about five or six miles
behind the German lines.
Just as I came out Of the cloud
banks saw below me, about thou
sand feet, a two-seater hostile ma
chine doing artillery observation and
directing the German guns. This was
at a point about four miles behind the
German lines. e,$E af
Evidently the German artillery saw
: me and put out ground signals to at
tract the Hun machines attention, for
I saw the observer quit his work and
grab his gun, while their pilot stuck
the nose Of his machine straight
down. .
But they were too late to escape me.
I was diving toward them at a speed
Of probably two hundred miles an
hour. shooting all the time as fast o.
possible. Their only chance lay In
the possibility that the force Of my
drive might break my wings. I knew
my danger In that direction. but a.
soon ~ came ont of my dive. the
Huns would have their chance 20 get
me. and ! knew ] had to. get them Arst
and take chance on my wings hold
Ing out - s-,,s.s.
.19Qoa1slv soma a. my nrgt bullets
1ound DER marx, and I was able -
.epmA ct e NJ dive at about four
iAessand test 1hsy nsvse came 'cat
- tAG1sol
, ~ slehG tAsa eans IL hsttsst IT.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18
0'BRIEN FINDS HIMSELF A PRISONER OF WAR AFTER 4
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH

synopssPat orin resident OF Momence m after seeing
flying 1916
Joins
ing period
flyers which he ennerses victorious
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18
scssyrssAt. isas. ~ ~ Alvs o'1rssas

Q few. ssuch a. they wero." and read
NJ observing that nothing could be
0ons with what was left, I made my
WY back TO Infantry headquarters.
where I was able 10 telephone in .
report
A little latse one Of our automo-
biles came out after me and took me
back to our airdrome. Most Of my
squadron thought I was lost beyond
doubt, and never expected to see me
again; but my friend, Paul Raney, had
held out that I was all right, and ~
I was afterwards told. said. Don't
send for another pilot; that Irishman
win be back. II he has to walk" And
he knew that the only thing that kept
me from walking was the fact that our
own automobile had been sent out to
bring me homo. 'fs
I had lots to think about that day.
and I had learned many things; one
was not to have too much confidence
in my own ability. One Of the men In
the squadron told me that had bet
ter not take those chances; that It
was going TO be q long war and I
would have plenty Of opportunities to
be killed without deliberately wishing
them ON" myself. Later I was to learn
the truth Of his statement.
That night my flight each squad
ron is divided into three flights, con-
sisting of SIX men each-got ready to
60 out again. Az / started to put on
my tunic I noticed that I was not
marked up for duty ~ usual
I asked the commanding ofncer, q
major, what the reason for that was.
and he replied that he thought had
done enough for one day. However,
I knew that II I did not 60. someone
else from another "fiight" would have
to take my place, and I insisted upon
going up with my patrol as usual. and
the major reluctantly consented. Had
he known what was In store for me, I
am sure he wouldn't have changed his
mind so readily.
As 1t was we had only fve machines
for this patrol. anyway, because as we
crossed the lines one Of them had to
drop out on account Of motor trouble.
Orr patrol was up at 8 p. m, and up
to within ten minutes Of that hour it
had been entirely uneventful.
At 7:50 p. m, however, while we
were flying at height Of $4,000 feet.
we observed three other English ma
chimes which were about 5000 feet
below us pick fight with nine Hun
machines.
I knew right then that We were in
for 1t, because I could see over toward
the ocean q whole flock Of Hun ma
chimes which evidently had escaped
the attention Of our scrappy country
men below us.
SO we dove down on those nine
Huns.
At first the fight was fairly even.
There were eight Of us to nine Of them.
But soon the other machines which I
had seen in the distance, and which
were flying even higher than We were,
arrived ON the scene, and when they,
In turn, dove down on us, there was
Just twenty Of them to our eight
-Four Of them singled me out. was
diving. and they dived right down after
me, shooting as they came. Their
tracer bullets were coming closer to
me every moment. These tracer bull
lets are balls Of IRE which enable the
shooter to follow the course his bull
let's are taking and to correct his aim
accordingly. They do no more harm
to q pilot II he Is hit than an ordinary
bullet. but II they hit the petrol tank,
good night When a machine catches
fire in fight there is no Way Of nut.
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18

1s Oo,
q. 8. A.
r. r. c."
Although I was suffering intense
agony. the doctor, who spoke perfect
English, insisted upon conversing with
me.
"You may be all right as sports
man." he declared. "but you are a
d-d murderer just the same for be-
ing here. You Americans who got into
this thing before America came into
the war are no better than common
murderers and you ought to be treated
the same way"
The wound in my mouth made it Inn
possible for me to answer him, and
was suffering too much pain to be
say.
He asked me II would like an
applet could just as easily have
eaten q brick.
When he got no answers out Of me,
he walked away disgustedly.
you don't have to worry any more"
he declared. as q parting shot "For
you the war II over"
was given q little broth later In
the day, and as began to collect my
thoughts wondered what had hap
pened to my comrades In the battle
which had resulted 80 disastrously to
me. As began to realize my plight
I worried less about my physical con-
dition than the fact that, as the doc
tod had pointed out. for me the war
was practically over. had been in It
but short time, and now would be
q prisoner for the duration Of the wari
The next day some German flying
Officers visited me. and must say they
treated me with great consideration.
They told me Of the man had brought
down. They said he was Bavarian
and fairly good pilot. They gave me
his hat as souvenir and compliment
ed me on the fight had put up.
Ny helmet, which was Of soft
leather, was split from front to back
by bullet from machine gun. and
they examined 1t with great interest.
When they brought me my uniform I
found that the star Of my rank which
had been on my right shoulder strap
AAAA 0SGk4 6A1Ot VII CACSAs 4Ac UuS Ou
my left shoulder strap they asked me
for as souvenir, as also my r. F. @.
badges, which gave them. They al
lowed me to keep my wings" which
I wore on my left breast, because they
were aware that that is the proudest
possession Of British flying officer.
think I am right in saying that the
only chivalry in this war ON the Ger
man side Of the trenches has been dis
played by the officers Of the German
flying corps, which comprises the pick
Of Germany. They pointed out to me
that I and my comrades were fighting
purely for the love Of 1t. whereas they
were fighting I'm defense Of their coun-
try, but still. they said, they admired
rs for our sportsmanship. had a mo-
ton to ask them II dropping bombs on
London and killing 20 many innocent
people was In defense Of their country.
but was In no position or coalition
to pick quarrel ct that time.
That same day German onicer was
brought Into the hospital and put In
the bunk next 70 mine. OF course
casually looked at him, but did not
pay particular attention to him at that
time. He lay there for three Or four
hours before did take . real good
look ut him. I was positive tzat he
could not speak Engilsh. a1d naturally
l did not say anything - -hiA: Once
whea ] looked over In his direction his.
sges were on me. and to my surprise
- said, very sareastically, sWhat the
~ >p~ --ov. 1NeAir0 ot~ and than
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18

From hls prison, oBrssa ~
nesses q thrilling aiF battjA
which rssuits IN the death q ~
ehum, who 10 shet Down bv q
German flyer. Don't mleo ~
next lnstallment. eAt q
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18
(To BE coNTINUm.l !
Wives Evidently His Heasy.

Probably the modern Woe1d's mafsYs
Ing record for men was created ~
George Witzoffs tn higamist. Mhoso
marriages have vafiou1ly been est1mat-
ed 1t from 200 to 500. II was report
"a that In the ,spacs Of = single. week
he went through marriage ceremonies
with tan women iss isfgE ffA Ea'st
Cheyenne record., 1918-07-18
gWstsstn os,Is Tae,

. ~ :. Wb io~sSes gei i1s AL
Old Job had - trpuhlsa, bnt nooody
raised the price oe W d HI wAin =
was laying In his wint9b eoaleAA
lantA Constitutes.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-11-01
Federal BRANCH To LOOK
AFTER BREEDERs on STOCr

Announcement was made last
Saturday IN "a telegram a.. :. W, Me
Cluro. secretary of the National Wool
growers association. that through
the efforts of Frank J. Hagenbarth
q federal live stock loan agency
would az once be- opened IN Salt Lake
CITY Preliminary steps toward the
opening 81 the agency viii be taken
al once by Governor Harding nf the
federal reserve board The purpose
az the live stock loan agency viii ho
to provide the live stockmen at the
West with ready money Tor the pur-
chunse of additional live stock that
the meat production 81 the country
may be- increased a. meet the in
oreasing demands from the home
markets as well as from abroad, The
shortage Of money IN the West says
Dr. McClue. has made federal aid to
the live st0ckmer a necessity the
same aH Il has hcon Ia the farmers.
The matter was taken up with the
federal reserve bank IN Washington
I by Hagenbarth several weeks ago In
response a. appeals from live stock
growers. who declared THAI federal
aid must be provided or they would
I have 10 reduce their holdings ON the
ranges. II IL considered prObabl,
| that the visit OF Governor Harding
viii result In some arrangement win
the Salt Lake city branch 81 the
federal reserve bank. whereby ths
/ live stock loan agency viii be es.
tabllshed In time 10 give Immediate
financial relief 10 Utah stockmen.
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-11-01
Always the
Very Best

Tha il what YOU want, Is
that we give and costs no
more Economical selling OF
Meats and Meat Products has
been reduced to a science with
ne 4, is the logical result Of
many years Of conscientious
sndeayor to satisfy our custo-
mers and give them the best
possible returns FOR their
muuc'.
Il is the result Of learning
rom long experience how 60
are the right article at the
rsht time and at tho right
sHec and II enables us 90 sell
20 you as we buy
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-11-01

WASHINGTON. -. e.. oct %. .-
Fuel Administrator Garfield has TO.
fused Go grant hituminuus coal min
crr au Increase uf wages sought In
connection with the plan f"i rtuhili.
zntipu ur wages worked out Tor the
anthracite miners tie held that the
hituminuus situation did not require
wage iuyrpuaps The hitumiuuus
min,vurkors. who arc under agree
mcnt with the government a. cpn-
tinuc operations at the existing scale
until the end 81 the War co. Tor q
period 81 twu years. we're told through
Frank ! HAYS president ~ the
United Mine Workers that existing
Information did not warrant increases
Tor them Hs pnrt ut the govern
mcnts general plan ~ wngr stnhlli.
gutiuu
The Sun. [volume] (Price, Utah) 1915-1932, 1918-11-01
PUTTING THE UNIIED ~rNrtS
ARMN ~ WOOL SOME nc JoII

WASHINGTON. q. c.. oct g6.-
whether or not the war b. over by
Christmas. there's one blk problem
the quartermastor generals depart
ment of the army IN facing That Is
the task ~ changing the armies from
Ia clothing ~ cotton % one ~ wool
for the winter The problem b. sim
Pee Tor the soldiers In France and
Russia Tor they wear uniforms Of wool
Am year ana an extra that Is re-
qulred Is "A few million sets OF wooden
Undertaking This supply already is
over there ready Tor distribution.
But az the camps ana canton
ments In this country the boys are
still wearing cotton. The problem Of
trasportttion and distribution Is the
chief one 20 solve. for there are plenty
uf wooden uniforms. Overcoats. under
clothing ana blankets In storage at
yariou depots. NJ there are forty
thousand men az Camp Grant. Ills.
and sixty thousand overooats. twenty
thousand OF these oyercoats must be
sent 20 some camp where there are
sixty thousand men ana only forty
thousand OvercOats.
The problem Is not as easy as that
however. for the quartermaster gem
eral can never be sure that there are
any certain numbers of men Ia a
camp, owing 10 the constant flow Of
men 10 ports OF debarkation. The
epidemic Of Influenza eomplieates the
IContinued on page eiahfO