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The Lamar register., 1918-06-19

definitely why 1t was your comrade
failed to return the day he last went
over the line with his squadron.
was still musing over this melan-
choly phase of the scouts life when
an orderly told me there was beauti-
full battle going on in the air, and he
volunteered to help me outside the
hospital that I might witness 1t, and
l readily accepted his assistance.
That afternoon / saw one Of the
gamest fights l ever expect to witness.
There were six of our machines
against perhaps sixteen Huns. From
the type of the British machines knew
that they might possibly be from my
own aerodrOme. Two of our machines
had been apparently picked out by
six of the Huns and were bearing the
brunt of the fight. The contest seemed
to me to be so unequal that victory for
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Photograph one. Giving the
a. 1917:

our men was hardly TO be thought or.
and yet ut one time they SO completely
outmaneuvered the Huns that
thought their superior skill might save
the day for them. despite the fact that
they were so hopelessly outnumbered.
One thing l WAS sure of: they would
never give In.
or course. It would have been a com
paratiyely simple matter for our men.
hen they saw how things were going
against them, to have turned their
noses down. landed behind the Ger
man lines and given themselves up as
prisoners. but that Is not the way of
the R.AF. G.
A battle OF this kind seldom lasts
many minutes, although every second
seems like an hour to those who par
ticipate In II. and even onlookers suf-
fer more thrills In the course of the
struggle than they would ordinarily
experience In lifetime. Ii is appar-
ent even to novice that the losers
fate Is death.
OF course, the Germans around the
hospital We're all watching and roofing
for their comrades, but the English,
too. had one syinpathizer in that group
who made no effort to stifie his admira-
tion for the bravery his countrymen
were displaying
The end came suddenly. Four ma
chimes crashed to earth almost stimuli
taneously. 1t was an even break-two
OF theirs and two OF ours. The others
apparently returned to their respective
lines.
Tie wound In my mouth made II I'm
possible for me to speak. but by means
of II pencil and paper | requested one
OF the German officers to find out for
me who the English officers We're who
had been shot down.
A little later he returned and handed
me II photograph taken from the body
of one Of the victims. Ii was picture
OF Paul Raney of Toronto, and myself,
taken togetheri Poor Raneyl He was
the best friend / had and one of the
best and gamest men who ever fought
In France.
II was he. / learned long after. who.
when was reported missing. had
checked over all my belongings and
sent them ba&k to England with Il
signed memorandum-whic Is now In
my possession. Poor fellow. he little
realized then that but day or two
later he would be engaged In his last
heroic battle with me u helpless on
lookeri
The same German officer who
brought me the photograph also drew
map for me Of the exact spot where
Raney was buried in Flanders. i
guarded IL carefully all through my
subsequent adventures and finally
'urned 1t over to his father and mother
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sired effect accomplished, for very
soon II French officer came up to him
and said. Its too bad that England
and ourselves haven't men In our army
like you" II was too bad. he agreed.
In telling me about II. because he was
confident he could have done u 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 a good joke,
but he evidently Intended me to infer
that he had taken keen Interest In
politics in San Francisco.
When my 'chummy enemy" first
started his conversation with me, the
German doctor In charge reprinanded
him for talking to me. but he paid no
attention to the doctor. showing that
some real Americanism had soaked
into his system while he had been In
AAA' - - "a h-htd Nhhl
he thought the German people would
do after the war; II he thought they
would make Germany u republic. and
much TO my surprise he said very bit
terly. IF / had my way about 1t,
would make her republic today and
hang the ID kaiser In the bar
gain" And yet he was considered an
excellent soldier. | concluded, how
ever, that he must have been Ger
man socialist, though he never told me
so. On one occasion l asked him for
his name, but he said that / would
probably never see him again and 1t
didn't matter what his name was. /
did not know whether he meant that
the Germans would starve me out, or
just what was on his mind, for ut that
time | am sure he did not figure on
dying. The first two or three days
j was In the hospital thought surely
he would be up and gone long before
l was, but blood poisoning set In
about that time, and just few hours
before / left for Courtrai he died.
One Of those days. while my wound
was still very troublesome, / was
given an apple; whether 1t was just to
torment me, knowing that l could not
eat 1t. or whether for some other rea-
son. l do not know. But anyway II
German flying officer there had several
In his pockets and gave me nice one
OF course there was no chance of my
eating 1t. SO when the officer had gone
and / discovered this San Francisco
fellow looking at 1t rather longingly.
1 picked it up. intending to toss it
over TO him. But he shook his head
and said, IF this was San Francisco
l would take 1t, but cannot take 1t
from you here" was never able to
understand just why he refused the
apple, for he was usually sociable and
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when visited them In Toronto to per-
form the hardest and saddest duty
have ever been called upon to execute
to confirm to them In person the
tidings of poor Paul's death.
The other British pilot who fell was
also from my squadron and a man 1
knew well-Lieutenant Keith of Aus
tralla. / had given him a picture of
myself only few hours before start
ed on my own disastrous flight. He
was one Of the star pilots Of our squad
ron and had been In many desperate
battle before, but this time the odds
were too great for him. He put up a
wonderful fight and he gave as much
as he took
The next two days passed without
incident and l was- then taken to the
intelligence department Of the German
flying corps. which was located about
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an nour from the hospital. There 1 was
kept two days. during which time they
put a thousand and one questions to
me. While I was there turned over
to them the message had written In
the hospital and asked them to have
one OF their flyers drop 1t on our side
of the line.
They asked me where would like to
have 1t dropped. thinking perhaps
would give my airdrome away. but
when I smiled and shook my head. they
did not insist upon an answer.
'T'll drop II over -" declared one
OF them. naming my airdrome. which
revealed to me that their flying corps
Is as efficient as other branches OF the
service la the matter of obtaining valu-
able Information.
And right here want to say that the
more came to know Of the enemy. the
more keenly realized what difficult
task we're going to have to lick him.
In all my subsequent experiences. the
fact that there Is heap OF fight left
In the Huns still was thoroughly
brought home' to me. We shall win
the war eventually. II we don't slow
up too soon. In the mistaken Idea that
the Huns are ready to lie down.
The flying officers who questioned
me were extremely anxious to find out
all they could about the part America
is going to play In the war. but they
evidently came to the conclusion that
America hadn't taken me very deeply
into her confidence. Judging from the
information they got. or failed to get.
from me.
At any rate. they gave me up as a
bad job. and | was ordered to the Off
GERS prison ut Courtrai, Belgium.
Continued next week.
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RESTAURANT CLOSED
FOR FOOD VIOLATION

For violation of the substitute rule
and the rule against the placing Of
sugar bowls upon the tables. Rein
hard Mueller. owner of the Vienna
Bakery and Restaurant. was ordered
to close his shop for one week by
the u. s. Food Administration.
Mueller was granted a hearing be-
fore the food administration sxscu-
tive. Robert J. Grant. His only de-
fsnss was that he did not under
stand the regulations.
The penalty imposed upon Musi-
ler was the first Of its kind since the
organization Of the food administra-
ton and followed = recent order
from Warrington against the tnfiAs-
ton Of monsy fiAss upon vioaatoss.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
IN RUSSIA.

In spite of the fact that fighting has ceased in other portions of Europe it is quite evident that it is not over in Russia and the allied nations are still interested in the strengthening out of the tangled situation which prevails there.
 a Russia is not under attack from the central powers but from that element from within it's own boundaries which HTas given a foothold and an existence gs the result of German activities. Russia's troubles are all internal ones at the present time but they are of such a nature that danger exists for al Europe as long as they are per- rnitted to continue. For long time the necessity has been realized of ra- sponsibilities which rest upon the shoulders of the entente nations to re- store order and a sound government In the land of their ally
 z It can be readily understood what Hanger threatens that country from hoishevism, and the peace of Europe can never be maintained as long as that menace is allowed to exist. It is because of this that Viscount Milner, the British zecretary of waE- "~-nA~tlu
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
PREFERENCE TO OLD TIMERS.

A situation which is receiving much attention at The present time Is the discharging of thousands of workers in the arms and ammunition facto- ries. With the stopping of the fight ing and the knowledge that 1t will not be resumed this is only what is 10 be expected although it would be preferable that such curtaiIment should come about gradually rather than so suddenly that it Is impossible 10 take care of the labor situation. -E The business interests of the coun- try can, however, be relied upon to trins about q readjustmcnt and get back to pre-war time production just as rapidly as possible. Plans to that end are well underway according to the statements which are given out nd it is evident thcrefrom that it is the intention of the manufa cturers to 1ie care of their employees who were with them before the war open ed. This Is indicated by the notice which has been given to the help ask ing that such workmen hand their names and addresses to the company that they may be recalled just as soon as work on regular orders can be started.
 Such action is only what must be regarded as an act of justice. It would be wrong to think of discharging the old time employees and calling in new when the time comes without any con- sideration for those who have their homes and families in such places. Thousands of the employees on the war time pay rolls have focfed totsuch in- dustries from other cities and other jobs to get the big war nay. They were needed and their efforts have ac- complished much but it is only right that they should be the ones to go back to their former work or seek other than that those of long standing should be forced to get out and locate elsewhere, or that those returning from the government service should be denied their old jobs.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
STORIES OF TIE WAR
What the pecoy ships Did.
Correspondence of The Associated
 PreSs)

Wndt the GSCCy OnfPS OtOs Correspondence of The Associated
 Press.)
 One of the most exciting chapters of the war against German U-boats is a series of accounts of notable engage ments between British decoy ships and the submarines, made public by the British admiralty. While the whole story of the part played by these decoy vessels. mystery ships" or @" craft has not been revealed. it is evident that several of them were used to lure the Hun undersea craft 10 their destruction.
 Some incidents in this campaign a1- ready have been made known, dealing chiefly with q few of the exploits of Commander Gordon Campbell as mas ter Of the decoy vessels; but others in which he and other captains partici- pated now are available. That at least small fleet was used Tn this work is evident from the fact that Campbell at different times appears as the master of the Farnborough, the Fargust the Dunraven and the Q5.
 The Prize, another decoy ship, was commanded by Lieutenant William +. Sanders and the Stock Force by Lieutenant Harold Auten.
 Stories of the encounters between Iithese ships and the U-boats are filled with deeds of heroism and instances in which the discipline of the British navy was displayed under the trying circumstances. For many months the decoy ships heavily armed but with | their guns hidden behind false bull | warks, steamed zig-zag paths in the seas which were the hunting grounds of the submarine.
 In their character of lazy colliers | or slow cargo craft they presented to the submarine commander an in | VitinS object of attack but once he was we'll within range of the British guns, the f&tSe superstructure hiding | the guns fell away and the helpless l collier became suddenly transformed 1 into a fighting craft. bent on destruc- l ton. It was dangerous work requir- l ing the high order of courage for the ! submarine must be lured near before | the guns could safely begin their work. Meantime the Hun frequently l had sent his torpedo home and the ] decoy ship was disabled. sometimes CT | fire and part of her crew wounded. In | that condition the battle was fought and often the submarine destroyed.
 Panic parties" was one of the ruses l practiced by the decey ships com Inander to coax the submarine along side When the mystery ship was tor | pedoed these panic parties took to the boats, apparently abandoning thei. vessel but always leaving on board another crew to man the guns ant finish the submarine If it came neal enough.
 The first encounter mentioned by the adnlirality took place in Marcll, 1916. when the Garnborough, disguise as a collier was attacked by a sub marine. The panic party took tt ! the boats and when the submarin, closed in to about 800 yards the Earn. borough opened fire on her. The U. boat submerged and the Farnborougi passed over her dropping depth
 bombs. The submarine reappearet standing almost on end Five round
 were fired into her at nearly poin
 blank range and she went to the bot
 tom of the sea.
 Prior to that action the Farnborougl
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THE A. p. DECISION.

Tn keeping with the finding of a lower court, the United States supreme court has decided that the Interna- tional News service must cease it's practice of pilfering the news which has been gathered and put out by The Associated Press. This ends a mat ter which has been under fire for a long time and means that the Inter national must henceforth depend up- on it's own newsgathering forces for such news service as it furnishes to fts patrons.
 Heretofore 1t has been tI1e practice to grab the early editions of papers carrying Associated Press news, to get the information from bulletin boards CT to bribe some employe of an As Gociated Press office or paper to hand over the big news stories that what had been secured at much expense by the Associated Press might he put forth by the International as it's own product, when as a matter of fact it was not. It was fraud of the most aggravating type because while the International was persistentiy claim ing to be the quickest and best ser vice it was all the time putting it's chief dependence upon The Associated Press and by underhanded work mak- ing use of the property of another
 The charges made against the In- ternational were not denied. The evil dence was such that they could not be successfully refused, but it was insist cd that it had the right to utilize news which the Associated Press pa- pers had put out in early editions There is no question but what the In- ternational has a right to go out and get any news which the Associated Press does provided it wants to so tc that expense but the supreme court holds that there is commercial value and property right in The Associated Press news which should receive pro- lection against the subtle schemes o1 q rival.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The work of trimming the Christ mas tree was a long job compared to the unloading of it.
 This is the season of the year when every little unusual favor has had a meaning all it's own.
 Another chance at turkey is what n great many have been eagerly waiting for for the past month.
 It is to be hoped that Santa Claus aid not operate according to the skip stop schedule this year.
 The man on the corner oays; No one has had any reason as yet to complain about 1918 quitting cold.
 Those who find that the day after is worse than it really ought to be usual ly have. no one to blame but them selves.
 Christmas day was not so fully oc- cupied here at home but what there was many a thought of those lover there"
 If it wasn't for the mechanical toys there are many elders who would lose a large part of their Christmas day entertainment.
 The one great trouble with some people is that they expect the other fellow to do all the work in spreading Christmas cheer. # Germany acted upon the sugges- tion of the United States in recalling won Eckhardt from Mexico it certainly | must be given credit for taking good advice.
 Russia's casualty lists runs up te about 100000 and the strange part Of it is that there are still elements there who are not yet ready to stoF | fighting. \ It is now claimed thsk it will re. quire two billion dollars to restore tht damage done in Poland by the Huns They worked diligently wherever { chance was found. There isn't much of anything whicI cannot be incorporated into a set O l good resolutions at this season of tht year. The date when all entries ceas, is rapidly approaching.
 lnasmueh as President Wilson i said to both favor and oppose thu sinking of the German naval vessels t would seem to be quite proper tha lie should clear up the mystery. If if is 50, as reported, that tn chaplains have been instructed to 0pel a campaign against the use of profant end obscene language. and agains gambling by the men of the navy, tn,
 chaplains are not going to have man, 1 idIa
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air of disinterest that they went about their duties.
 So much had been said of the intri- cacies of thS German submarine that there Wern many misgivinss among the British officers of their ability to navigate them soon after they had received them. They were soon reas- sured however as nothing so far diff ferent from other submarines was found. Among the first twenty brought in was the U-135 which is 276 feet long, was completed three months ago and had never been to sea until she crossed the British channel to be sur rendered. Her type attracted Com modore s. s. Hall, who has been at the head of the British submarine force since the beginning of hostili- ties.
 He was taken to the vessel soon af- ter she was placed in her berth in the River Stour and inspected her with the young British lieutenant who had taken her over and brought her into port With the aid of the German engi- neers. Commodore Hall. about to leave, sn1ilingly asked the lieutenant when he would be ready to shove off" But the young man took the question seriously and promptly re- piled:
 "! -'"n to'-n her to sna in 2 couoie of hours. She Is frightA,lly dirty but the engines are in good shape and my men can operate them."
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
LEGISLATIVE MEASURES.

Out in Nebraska an effort is being made, with the idea in view of get ting better work from the legislature, to have the legislators refrain from trying to introduce record breaking number of bills, which so often results in many Implications and a large num- Der Of measures which are either cov- cred by existing laws or which stand no chance whatever of passage.
 It is pointed out that each session Of the state legislature finds the files clogged with hundreds of measures which are of such small importance that they never get beyond the com mittes and get scant attention there, although requiring a certain amount Of attention and work. What is de- sired is that the legislators should be given the time, which has to be de- voted to this task of disposins of the worthless, to devote to matters which are of real importance and which too frequently have to be hurriedly dealt with in the final rush of, closing the session.
 There is no doubt but what the sit- uation in Nebraska is much the same in other states. The effort seems to be 10 see how much confusion can be caused rather than to endeavor to meet the real needs of the state, and if cannot fail to be looked upon as a sound and sensible suggestion that all possible attention should be given to what is actually needed. The appeal being made in Nebraska is for the purpose of helping the legislators and permitting them to do what ought 10 be done in a reasonable period of time Such appeals have been heard before and the unfortunate part is that they invariably fail to get proper attention
Norwich bulletin., 1918-12-26
A PRESENT FOR CHARLES

of questions--wnether my husband. if | had one, was employed and where, what 1 did, whether I was black or white and about a million other things. was little bit squeaTn ish about the whole thing after read ing that list of questions, but they
 had my dollar, and I wanted to see
 the clock. The picture of it was
 beautiful. In due time it came and wish you could have seen its
 I wanted to show it to you, but 1 was ashamed of being taken in so beau
 ttfuily. My Italian marble was some
 sort of a substance, painted white; the
 chimes were like 8 tin pan and Father
 Time was a travesty. I hid it in the
 pantry and wrote them letter asking
 them to take it away at once.
 "That night the bride continued
 g1eefu1ly, Charles and I went to the
 theater. We had just got home, and
 had set some lunch on the table
 when all of a sudden that pesky clock
 began to strike I was eating sand
 wich and I almost choked, because ! knew what it was. Charles looked around iaquiringly, took another bite, and then said, Sweetheart that's in our apartment He wanted to investi- gate, but I made him take another sandwich, assured him that it wasn't
 and, as the pantry door was shut, l got away with it. It chined twelve
 times, and, as the last echo died away,
 Charles said to me in a perfectly dis gusted tone, Great guns. I'd rather be without a clock forever than have a thing around that sounds like that! Gracious, but 1t was funny con- tinued the bride, but I had to enjoy
 the joke all by my lonesome. The firm wrote me a saucy letter, but you know my brother is a corporation lawyer, and I wrote them that I had put it l in the hands of my attorney and gave 1 Johns name, so they told me to re- ] turn the clock. I would never have heard the last of it if they'd written my brother; he'd have told the whole 1 family" 1 Mrs. Connery; "all brides have funny experiences. But tell me. what are you going to buy Charles?"
 1 The brides eye danced.
 l q think I'll buy him a big tin alarm clock. He wants clock badly, and i I'm off Italian marble for life. icago News.'