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New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

their racks on each side the four
bombs she carries for the especial
benefit Of U-boats. To-day she was
also carrying practice bombs made
of concrete, which she would pres
emily drop on a target.
The sand bags and mooring ropes
having been cast off, the crew
marched her out and round on a
wide circle into the centre of the
flying field. "Let her rise!" The
commander gave the word from his
station in the bows.
They Stacked the ropes and gave
her a few feet.
"Lowerw
They pulled her down again. She
had floated in perfect balance with
just enough buoyancy to carry her
up to cruising height. A pull at a
lever would release water ballast
and send her higher in an emer-
gency. But she rises and lowers
for ordinary cruising by the power
of her engines driving Elevators
into the wind.
"Port engine! Starboard enginew
They both went off with puff OF
black smoke.
Satisfied with their even purring,
the commander gave the final WORD,
"Let her go"
simultaneously the dozen ropes
that held her slipped through the
rings Of her permanent stays; then,
slowly, but with increasing speed,
she rose and moved off on wide
circle that presently brought her
heading back down the centre of the
field.
In the meantime va had all moved
back from the white washed lines
that marked the deck Of a subma-
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

the experts that tour our vaudeville
circuits, could easily explode one in
midair. At first it just tumbled,
turning over and over; then as the
wooden arrow feathers caught the
wind it righted and shot true for the
target The ship had passed 100
yards before it struck, we'll away
from the conclusion blast Of real
bomb. Now she described another
circle, came back and dropped sec
ond, third and fourth. All but the
last struck square on the target;
side wind carried it few inches to
one side. But, though technically q
miss, it would still have damaged
submarine. While the French
had the station they sank two u
boats and our lads can be depend
ed upon to cary on the good work.
Each time she had come down the
field the ships great bulk had cloven
the air with a sough like a rising
wind. On the last round she was
going at pace that put her in
few minutes low down on the hori-
zon, but just before she went out of
sight she passed a second speck that
grew and enlarged almost as quick
ly as she had diminished.
''It's the V from B-w
The lieutenant's face could not
have lit up more brightly had it been
his best girl instead Of the second
ship Of the four chat would make up
the complement of the station. He
added as she dipped her nose to
alight: "If that's little D at the
wheel you are in luck. He's the boy
that can give you real stories"
1t was, and he did as we two sat
with him at late luncheon. A small,
dark-eyed Frenchman, he spoke
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

this travelling tour started-and may
say they are fair criterion-have the
inhabitants displayed anywhere near
the interest the New Yorkers have for
the man in uniform. 1t has been so
long since have heard from home that
1T seems an age, and doubt whether I
shall hear from you for a month. The
package which - sent me some
time ago hasn't reached me; nor have
l received a copy of The Tribune. I
suppose will get batch of them when
they finally arrive.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

ute the slightest roughness
will cause vibration, which will
grow worse and worse till it finally
wrecks the engine. An object so
small and soft as a chestnut has been
known to pierce a blade like a high
power bullet and break it off
through the ensuing vibration.
On the ships bow she carried a
Lewis gun on swivel that permit
ted almost perpendicular depression ;
and peeping underneath I saw in
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

to Fritz-at least, it is to be hoped
so--for they are the only friends
he has left.
OF the dozen officers at the station
nearly all had trained at the dirigi-
BILE school in Akron, Ohio. Many of
them had been there together, and
from their small nucleus had sprung
this big organization which would
soon be flying four large ships. One
or two of them had come out of
civilian life in the last six months.
l believe the commander and his
lieutenant--who had also crossed on
the same boat with us-were the
only Annapolis men. But what the
others had lacked in service thew
more than made up in enthusiasm.
They had plunged head over heels
into their work; were so thoroughly
permeated with it, that, so to speak.
it seeped from every pore. Their
conversation at table bristled with
technical terms, was dark with fiying
lore.
"Sondage," "angles of inclina-
tion," "ascensional forces" "stabili-
zers" and Elevators" "fins'-full-
mouthed phrases such as these con-
founded my layman's ignorance. I
wanted to learn-and l did-among
other things that dirigible is op-
Grated on practically the same prin-
clples as submarine, which might
be expected, as air and water, the
mediums they float in, differ only in
density. Both are fitted with mar
row vertical and lateral planes, the
fins" and "equalizers" which cut the
air or water sharply and deliver it
in steady stream to the rudder and
elevators. The latter are large
disks placed at the ends of the "sta-
bilizers," and are really lateral rud-
ders. Raised, they catch the wind
and send the ship up. Depressed,
they pull her down. The ship
swings, of course, like any sea ves-
sci in the direction the vertical rud-
der turns.
Dirigibles are safer than sea-
planes, which fall if their motors
fail; but the former can float for
hours while their mechanics make
engine adjustments or minor re-
pairs. Also they can remain poised
above a certain spot to deliver an
attack or take an observation. The
greatest advantage of all-they can
stay out for thirty or forty hours
and cruise seven or eight hundred
miles. Because of these ADVANTAGES
your lighter than airs" are inclined
to put on little "swank" and look
down on the "heavier than airs" as
belonging to a primitive craft which
practically represents the Stone Age
in flying. They seemed to be in
doubt, however, as to their position
IN the scale with the submarine till
the commander summed up a heated
argument.
I'VE steer by landmarks over the
earth, by compass at sea. It isn't
necessary to learn navigation. Those
submarine chaps have to know a lot
more than we."
Among the things the Fighter
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

English so perfectly, however, that
his narrative lost nothing in matter
or spirit by translation.
"Oui, m'sieu," he confirmed the
lieutenant's assertion. eve sank
two submarines at this station. With
another we fought an artillery duel.
Oui, the little v outfought a
Boche U : boat with only her little
popgun.
"This way it was, m'sieu. We
had sighted her steaming on the sur
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

rine. At her height, nearly 700
feet, it could not have appeared any
larger than turtles back. A bomb,
too, has the initial speed of the ship
when released; describes fiat curve
as it falls; may be DETECTED by
side wind. The commander said,
afterward, that he shot them 200
feet short of the mark.
While it was falling the bomb
looked astonishingly large. A dead
rifle shot like DR.. Carver, or any of
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

l almost forgot to mention that the
captain to-day notified a number of
men of an advance in rating, among
them. My rating is now second class.
l know you will be anxious to know
where we are now, but you must curb
your curiosity until it is all over, and I
can then talk more freely. My health
is good, although I wish there were
more opportunity for exercise.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02

write this so that we may catch
steamer which, rumor has it, is bound
back Tor the states within few days.
Ihis is an unusual opportunity, if true.
TOR ordinarily mail does not leave here
nor arrive but once a month,
Our trip across was devoid of any
excitement. We met but one ship 60
ing over and she was sailing vessel
bound for with a cargo of salt
Our boat was fortunate enough to be
one of the first to reach her, and it was
rather comical to notice with what nom
chalance the crew of this sailing ship,
which numbered about eight men. car
ried themselves despite their proximity
to the war zone. and the bearing down
on them of three fighting ships, with
guns uncovered and their crews ready
to man them. They lay about the deck
as though there was not a stranger
within sight, and their captain an
swered our questions through a funnel
turned the wrong way for a mega
phone. She was and onlv
about 100 feet long, - days ont
and still over 1000 miles to 90. Of
course, we left her undisturbed.
There were few rough days. and
once again I fell a victim to seasick-
ness, but am getting accustomed to
that and have stood all my watches.
A Riot of Color
And Cheap Food
On the morning Of the -- dav
We found ourselves off a foreign port
and shortly after went in. It was a
magnificent sight from where wa Law
awaiting our turn to 60 in. High hill,
running to the waters edge and cul.
tivated to the very top with an occa-
s'onal windmill here and there. with
one or two set boldly out on the very
top OF one Of the hills where II could
easily be seen turning slowly. The
houses, painted with every light hue
imaginable, from purple to pink, lined
tho waters edge for several miles, and
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Fighter Than Airs" Can Stay
Out Forty Hours and
Cruise 800 Miles
By Herman Whitaker

Author of The Planc Thc Settler Over Border Etc
Copyright New yorkrr Asodauon)
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
SSN7HAT the = the com
w mander began as l

uAHQcT DeSdn DIS i
stepped from the train,
then included: "Who would have
expected to see you down here?"
You see, we had crossed on the
same transport five months before.
Down here" was a United States
dirigible station on the south coast
of France. Wherefore his surprise
to see me, a civilian, there.
On the transport he had COM
manded lifeboat-or would have
had the U-boats got us-and as I
remembered his careful examination
of it's oars, sails, sea plugs; how he
had tasted the water and biscuit to
make sure they were fresh; also his
lecture to the boats complement of
passengers, / knew that the station
was in good hands.
While we were being whirled away
in a peaceful Henry" l took stock
of his satorial aspect, which had
changed somewhat since we parted
at Liverpool. A sailor on horse
back has from time immemorial been
something of joke. A sailor on
skates, roller or ice, wide trousers
Tapping like a ravens wings in
rhythm with his stroke, is hardly
less funny. Neither does your sea-
man look we'll at the wheel Of a
buggy, baby or horse. In fact, it is
quite hard to fit him into any back
ground but that of the sea. His
clothes and sea roll clash with all
other schemes. But in their brown
service uniforms these flying sailors
of ours are quite natty. But for
the blue and gold shoulder straps, it
were hard to tell the commander
from an officer of our line.
New-York tribune., 1918-06-02
Sailor Lads in
Queer Quarters

Sailor Lads in
Queer Quarters
Like the t'heavier than airs" had
visited at another station, the war
had dumped this lot of sailor lads in
queer quarters. Beyond the dead
flat mile Of the flying field, a river
real one, wide, deep and swift,
quite unlike the Thames and other
creeks they dignity with the title
across the British Channel-swept
the stone skirts of quaint, peaked
French town. Here and there low
stone farmsteads splashed the dull
winter green Of the prospect with
blobs Of white. An impressionistic
painter would have used up half a
tube on each. AS in all south France
views, fat-bellied windmills waved
gray wooden arms in the distance
like plethoric millers warming their
hands on a frosty morning-f1cm
the dead centre Of all which the
great canvas hangar raised it's hun
dred feet of height and ran like an
overgrown haystack seven or eight
hundred feet along the field.
The men were at dinner when we
arrived in one Of the low huts that
formed their home in this far-off
land; and one glance at the table
confirmed an impression l had
gained while cruising with our de-
stroyer f1eet-that the American of
ficer, taking it by and large, does
not "eat" as we'll as his men. Out
side the day was gray and cherries.
A damp, cold wind blew over the
bleak countryside. The commander
had already told me the little French
town offered nothing in the way of
amusement; not even picture
house. One could scarcely imagine
a duller place to spend the winter
months. But the lads had just been
made happy by the arrival of a con-
signmtnt of baseball and toxing
sets, footballs, box Of quoits, and
were locking forward to the arrival
of Victrola and piano that were
said to be on the way.
"When they come We'll be able to
dance and sing in the evenings" one
lad assured me with CHEEKY optimism.
"Then We'll feel all right"
"Sure we willw another added.
"And if they put us on the Ameri
can Y. M. C. A. amusement circuit
we'll be happy an sandlarks." And
they will-that is, as happy as they
can be away from Dakota or Iowa.
Kansas, Alabama, California, or
whatever state they happen to hail
from. For the lauded beauties of
Southern France-human or land
scape-cannot shake their allegiance
to the girls and fair stretches of the
mother land.
This isn't so bad-for a while"
one youngster summed it. "But
after the war is over-me for the
good old United States"
Nearly All Had
Trained in Ohio
At the officers table at lunch /
got reflex Of this happiness in the
satisfaction all showed at the arrival
OF the outfits; for it seemed that a
previous consignment Of boxing
gloves and bats had been diverted
by U-boat to the bottom of the
sea. What an assortment of goods,
by the way, has been opened lately
fnp tho ;pcroc<tor 50
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
SYNOD OF PEIyNA.
WILL MEET HERE
DURING OCTOBER
Carlisle Preshytery Asks Rul-
ing on Autoless Sunday as
1t Affects Churchgoin8

Harrisburg delegates to the ses-
sions of Carlisle prrShytery, held at
Wayuesboro during the week, have
returned to the city to prepare for
the annual meeting of the Pennsyl-
vania Synod, which Il to he held In
Pine Street Presbyterian Church be-
ginning October Ss> commissioners
from each preshytcry In the state
will be here and war problems as
they affect the Church and Synod
will be discussed, The delegates from
Carlisle Preshytery were chosen at
the session just concluded. They in
clude the following;
Ministers-The Rev. DR.. Ethelbert
d. Warfield, president of Wilson Col
lege, Cham bersburg; the Rev, DIR,
Street Presbyterian Church, Harris
burg; the Rev, DR.. George a. Nc
Alister, pastor Of Central Presby~
terian Church, ChRmbersburg; the
Rev. DIR, James C, Rose, pastor OF
the church at Mercershurg; the Rev,
John NJ. Diehl, pastor of Robert
Kennedy Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Welsh Run, The alternates
chosen are the following:
Ministers-Tho Rev, J. c, Fields,
Lebanon; the Rev. DIR. George f.
Hawes, pastor OF Market Square
Presbyterian Church. Harrisburg;
the Rev. G. NJ. Shaeffer, Carlisle;
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Police Look For Man Who
Shot Italian After Brawl

Police this afternoon believed that
an arrest would be made during the
day as a result of the shooting affair
in the Union hotel, conducted by n.
NJ. Jones, at Paxton and Railroad
streets, last night in which Saliva
dore Talone, an Italian living at 1872
Hanna street, was shot through the
chest. Talones condition is serious, it
was said at the hospital.
Jones had left the barroom on an
errand about $50 last night. police
said, and the Italian and three men
were drinking. While he was out OF
the room. he heard a shot. When he
ran back, Talone was wounded and
the three men had fled. Talone could
not tell who shot him. City detec-
tives are looking for the three men
who were known to be in the hotel.
The police have arrested and are
holding two women and a man who
were present at the time of the
shooting. They are Maude Mohn,
Florence Allison and Nick Girard, OF
1872 Hanna street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
Thirteen Properties Are
Sold at Sherif's Sale

Fourteen properties were listed for
the quarterly sheriff's sale yesterday
afternoon, of which thirteen were
sold and one stayed. The sales which
were made follow:
Lot, Halifax, to Marion Carl,
$100.42; three-story brick and frame
building and garage. Paxtang, to ].
w. Swartz. $3.50; lot, Cumberland
near Twelfth street, George w.
Smith, $73.47; lot, Green, street, Riv-
erside, Lewis NJ. Neiffer, 1887; house,
Gratz, John c. Coleman, $1,360.35;
two-story frame, 329 Herr, ]. r.
Glass, $3.50; brick dwelling, 100
South Thirteenth. Peter G. Baptist,
$232.50; lot, Dauphin, d. Lewis Ken
nedy, SASS; 103 Hannah street,
Daniel c. Herr, 1920, two tracts East
Hanover township, including two
story frame house and outbuildings,
John c. Cassel. $3.50; three story
brick, northeast corner, Fourth and
Dauphin, Samuel r. Ream, 1873;
2029-3T Swatara street, l. P. Bow
man, $121.90; six brick dwellings,
64S-50-52-54-56-58 Verbeke street,
f. G. Ensminger, $2,633.31.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
DIVES, OMEROY & STEWART
TO CELEBRATE FORTY YEARS
OF SERVICE IN HARRISBURG
Big Department Store Has Had Steady Growth In the Four
Decades in Which 1t Has Kept Pace With the City

lished themselves here in a little
storeroom at SO North Third street.
In the old Opera House block which
has given way now to the new Penn
Harris Hotel, For two years pre-
viously this house had done a
fiourishing business in Reading
where 1t operated one of the largest
stores in that city.
In 1881 the firm moved to its pres
ent site, staying there about a year
when Ii went temporarily into the
old skating rink building which
stood in Chestnut street between
Third and Fourth streets. For ten
months the store had Its home here
during which time its present place
in Market street underwent altera-
tions and Improvement. Though I'M
provements to tho store building
have been made from time to time,
including acquisitions of adjoining
property. tho latter occurring In 1896
and 1892. the years that marked the
principle building operations of this
firm In Harrisburg took place in
1915 and 1917. In the former year
1t erected its large warehouse at the
corner of Strawberry and Dewberry
streets, IL ilne fireproof structure OF
concrete and brick and in the lat
ter year made tho extensive altera-
tions and additions affecting the
front of the present store which re-
suited IN transforming II into one
of tho most spacious and beautiful
commercial buildings in the state
The latter project was done at a cost
of many hundreds of thousands OF
dollars. Tho whole operation made
possible she acquisition of some 81,
600 square feet of additional floor
space besides 5000 square feet OF
storage space. Further contemplat-
ed improvements to the store struc-
ture are being held up pending The
termination Of the war.
W. II. Bcnncthum In Charge
William II. Bennethum, manager
of Dives. Pomeroy and Stewart, ir
this city, has been in the firms EN-.
ploy for forty-three years and since
1878 has had charge of the Harris,
burg store. This appointment came
with the death OF John Stewart, one
of the members of the firm, in th6
above year, who had heretofore beer
the resident manager here. Mr.. Ben
nethum first worked for the firm il
Reading when he was very youna
man. Under his able supervision, the
Harrisburg store has grown to bt
one of rhe largest in the Capita
City. Besides being its manager. Mr.
Bennethum has an interest in the
business he conducts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
District Captains Are
Named For Red Cross
Clothing Campaign

Mrs. y. l. Eckert. SO Balm street,
mother of a Harrisburg soldier who
was gassed in France, will be one of
the women at the helm of the drive
for clothing to be sent to the needy
Belgians, it was announced to-day.
Mrs. Lewis Flicker. 1892 Bailey
street. will assist Mrs. Eckert in TAX
ing part of the Hill district for the
big campaign. The quota set is 20
tons. A large amount of clothing has
already been received and women in
charge plan this to be the nucleus of
the big allotment assigned to Har-
risburg.
Mrs. William Strouse, who has been
placed in charge of packing and col
lecting the clothing, has been very
energetic in preparations for the
campaign which will open next
Monday. Following a conference with
other leaders, district chairmen will
| be announced. Systematic canvass of
the entire city will be made with
motor trucks furnished by merchants
of Harrisburg
The following list of team captains
was made public this afternoon:
Mrs. o. J. BuXbaum. Mrs. c. w.
Chas. Troup. Mrs C. Z. Ryder, Mrs.
\. s Longacer, Mrs. VIM. Benne-
thum, Jr., Mrs. Chas. Adler, Mrs. Z.
c. Rauch, Mrs. ]. Nachman, Mrs. Ber-
nard Schmidt and Mrs. A. X. Thomas.
Names of other captains will be
announced later.
The following Harrisburg mer-
| chants have volunteered the services
| of their trucks:
| Dives, Pomeroy and Stewart Roth
| erts, Miller and Kades. Burns and
! Company, Bernard Schmidt, Dou-
! trichs, Joseph Goldsmith. Kauffman's
! Underselling Store, Bowman and
/ Company, William Strouse and Com
| pany.
Other firms who will lend trucks
| for the worthy work have been asked
| to communicate with Mrs. Wtlliam
! Strouse, 212S North Third street,
[ chairman.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-09-20
WAR COST THIS
YEAR NOW PUT
AT 80 BILLIONS
Congress Leaders Will Confer
With McAdoo on the
Money Problem

Washington, Sept a0.-Through
| the injection of new and absolutely
! unexpected elements in the situation
the financial problem of the govern
ment begins to overshadow in i'm
portance every other war considera-
tion.
Indications of how seriously the
problem was viewed were afforded
at both ends of the Capitol, par
ticularly after It became known yes
terday that General Peyton c. March,
chief-of staff, had informed the Ways
and Means Committee that almost all
of the new deficiency demands of the
War Department, amounting to more
! Than $7,000,000. 900, would have to
be met in cash.
So concerned are the leaders over
the Developments, requiring, as they
see It, an entirely new financial
policy, that ii was determined late
| this afternoon to lay the matter be-
fore Secretary McAdoo at once and
get his views For this purpose
| Chairman Simmons of the Senate
Finance Committee and Chairman
Shireley of the House Appropriations
Committee will confer with Mr.. Nc
Adoo Immediately.
Meanwhile members of both
Houses, who had regarded $4,000
| 100000 as a pretty stiff sum to be
| raised. are wondering what new
methods can ne adopted to raise in
one year at least sac, 1000, 100000 OF
| this gigantic total a large amount
must go out of the country in loans,
! in pay of the soldiers in France and
| for supplies purchased abroad.
| Upon the, question of whether the
productivity of the country will be
| sufficient to require the expenditures
| called for varying views are held.
Chairman Simmons and Chairman
! Shirley were inclined to the view
| that the enormous expenditures map
| ped out would not be required be-
| cause America could not produce so
much in one year.
Mr.. McAdoo also takes this view.
| On the other hand the whole pro-
! gram of the War Department is pre-
dicated upon the theory that indus
| trial America can and will comply
! wits its demands.
The suggestion is being seriously
made at the Capitol that the loans
to the Allies must be pared down
| But there is the highest authority
for saying that such plan will not
| be considered at all hy the admins
| tration. The loans will continue at
! the rate at which they have been
| going-about $4,000, 1000 a year.