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earth. The shafts concentrate in one spot.
For a few seconds only another silver
pencil appears, parallel TO the rest of the
lights Little dashes OF red light. then.
like matches being lit in the distance. an
pear-they have spotted Zeppelin with
the searchlights down below and are she'll
ing 1t. Shall l fly IN that direction! No.
My orders are to proceed OF nv course.
and l hold true. I may by luck run square
upon a second Yep. Far below me now
several lurid flashes flare and disappear.
| cannot hear the reports, but know that
bombs have been dropped from the shelled
German craft ard that they have struck
down below. I keep on through the black
ness. Then suddenly the lights are gone.
The firing ceases. The raider disappears.
Ny hour is up. I turn On back
Il have flown for an hour and fortv-fve
minutes now. Anxiously I strain to see
the aerodrome night marks, but beneath
and before me is only darkness. I have
flown now another ten minutes. I should
have sighted the aerodromc flares five min
utes since Where have thev goneo Tho
night fiiers fear of a lost landing Mace
comes to me as l strain to see the far
ing L
My heart beats fast and see a dirtv.
milky substance begin TO crawl across the
black earth in spots-the dreaded ground
mist is Ike drawing we, blanket o,,a~
my eyes. 1t means crashing into the side
OF house or hill if the gas flares fail
TO show even think Of releasing INV
bombs That will increase nv chance IF
safety, although it may by the same chance
XII few persons on the ground. But. no
the risk must be mine alone,
Ten thousand feet my barograph reads
faint orange glow is blanketed on tho
mist; which grows now fainter and NOW
lighter. the mist Trims for a seco,s
and then disappears again cntirelv 7, :
enough though, to give me my bearings
the orange comes from the flying fields
fares. At last my journey is coming n
safety. throttle my engine and glide
down in long swinging spirals. Just above
1t the milky mist seems as solid as ground
plunge oo"n mo II and am enyeioned
in vapory, soft covering Suddenly the
flares on the aerodrome glare up bripb.
and clear only FIVE hundred feet below
the mist IS passed and there is real ground
waiting for NE. Relieved, the earth seems
suddenly to be my world again.
Slowly / maneuvre my machine tow
ard land. Nearer and nearer the fares
rush at me. l am over the end one now.
l decrease my glide, aattening out to the
earth; my machine lightly touches runs
smoothly along and then stops.
"stiffiy l extricate myself from the scat.
few silent handclasps are my best greet
ing; my arst thought the telephone and
my report
Lieutenant Brandon has brought down
the z-l5 over tic Thames estuary comes
voice OF ,hs - o.. w.1e \ c.ai
nights work. IAs zss. have 40. passsa
fAla aighAfs
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Zone of the chief objections advanced
against Darachutes is the difficulty of carry
nag them. In the German machine already
mentioned there is tube running from the
0acl Of the passengers seat at an angle
down to the bottom of the fuselage some
feet away. This presupposes that the user
will have time to pull the parachute out of
the tube and launch it above him.
zone imagines that the apparatus was not
intended for emergency desccnts, but for
experimental! other purposes As for en-
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at Marlborough, and that of Mr.. DYKE
Acland in France carly in the war. Last
year the late Sergeant llottershead won a
posthumcus Y. c. by saving his passengers
lite at The expense Of his own in bringing
his machine down on fire. He died Of burns
because The fire broke out too high up for
him to get down before he was too badly
burned to survive
Against such cases Any active service
aviator, and many at home, can mention
others in which fire has broken out high M
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MEXICAN aviators as yet little

MERRIAM avlatOrS as yet little
~ appreciate the risks of nigh.
flying. In the presence of Yep
pelin and enemy airplanes, one can easily
see how Allied fliers would welcome
fight as much at night as in the day
time
But how about getting back down?
How about load Of bombs on your ma
chine when your engine suddenly goes
dead and you are forced to make a land
ing anywhere?
Of these aspects of night flying Phillips
Dwight RAIDER thus writes in "The Sun
set Magazine:
might flying in a way is very fascinating
work. 1t is without doubt the most in
teresting work in the service, as it has
more thrills per mile than other flying at
the front. 1t calls for a steady fier, an
abundance Of pure grit, and an unfailing
Of direction. To get lost IS almost
fatal. Day flying is risky enough, but
night pilot has much more risk against him.
an the first place, he has to rely too
much on his engine. Most of the time it
is his only salvation. The only places he
can land are prepared fields with special
arrangement of lights. The deceptive dis
tances and tagging paragraph make mat
ters hard for him, the ever-present chance
of getting lost harnesses him, and the
caracy Of landing must be absolute.
Have you ever been on railroad train
rra+cbad from ed
berth, the landscape rushing by? Your
average speed is, say, sixty miles per hour
II you HIT anything you have tons Of steel
and wood TO break up before i finally
gets 70 you; even then your chances Of not
getting hurt are good.
"Now picture yourself in an airplane at
night. Your engine stops. The machine
is fast and heavy Your gliding speed is
seventy miles an hour. Down, down, down
you rush It is impossible for you to
the earth al all
ANY minute now you may expect to
thing. On your undercarriage you may
have four big bombs; on contact they
might explode Still you rush on. To
ehec@ the speed means TO stall the machine
ard to fall worse than ever-you're bound
to hit any second now, Well, may luck
be with you. Suddenly gone dark objects
loom up below; long black, fat stretch
appears. You dive for Il. you judge your
distance % the best Of your ability, and
ha'ten ont The wheels touch the
psos2hed ground heavily and the machine
iurches drunkenly couple Of times, pivots
and comes 70 stop. You climb out.
In other words, the average night pilot
"no has 20 land forcibIy s in exactly the
same position though he we're on
Anen and spruce express train loaded with
dynamite and running hogwild at seventy
iniies an hour
Many Ways have been Devised TO over
come this danger, and some Of them have
worked out very veil. Of course. 7 am
speakin2 Of conditions az they were a year
aha half ago, and / suppose by nov con
aiAsns are entirely different.
NJ that time our machines were
whipped with magnesium wing~tIy eares
sSh1sa by electricity, We also carried two
pafsehate flares, which ws iropoed ybpae
s&fss woald stay III for ese minutes and
sssssnd esrthwsrd by means of . small
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and the crew of the machine has been
burned to death In many cases. both our
own and the enemy's, the pilot and, or, pas
senger has thrown himself overheard pre-
iorring the painless fall and smash at the
end of it to the long agony of d dive in the
middle of furnace. Such deaths could
have been avoided in almost every case If
the machines had been fitted with para
chutes. 1t is better for man to alight in
Hunland by parachute than to be burned to
death in the air
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The Ago fwo-seafer bipiane differs
from the other German machines
in that its wings are fapered con-
SiderabIy from root to tip, and a
single strut is used instead of two.
This gives tie gunner, who can
also fire backward, freer field of
fire, as the usual wing bracing can
be dispensed with
From The London Grnphic
Evening journal., 1918-08-08
BOSTON Is STUNNED
BY FREAK STORM

BOSTON. Mass. Aug s-The worst
electrical storm that ever struck Bos-
ION terrorlzed the city and suburbs for
1--WE minutes. beginning al ia last
night The end OF the world could
hardly have caused a greater uproar
or have given the city worse fright.
The damage Is exceedingly heavy, but
could not be approximated at late
hour. From all parts Of Greater Bos-
ton came reports OF injuries by the
score. uproohng OF trees, overturning
OF small automobiles and miscellane-
Gus destruction.
Five churches are known TO have
been struck-three In Boston, one In
Cambridge and one In Wakefield. At
lease four houses in the city proper
were hit by bolts and fires resulted.
The State Armory at Cambridge was
also struck. Out Of all this destruc-
tion no fatalities were reported, al
though one man was so seriously In
lured that he probably will die. He is
Matthew Tupper Of Quincy.
An extraordinary phenomenon attend
ed the breaking Of the storm. The sun
hung, a red ball, in the west the rest
OF the sky being covered with black
clouds. Several Jagged streaks OF light
ming seemed to pierce the sun Just be-
fore the storm.
Evening journal., 1918-08-08
CHARGE B00KKEEPER
WITH EMBEZZLEMENT

Morris Offenberger was before
Deputy Judge Hellings, In Municipal
Court today. charged with embezzle-
mert Of $500. David T. Marvel, attor-
ney for the defendant, waived trial for
his client and he was held for the upper
court under $500 bail.
Onenberger was bookkeeper Tor
the Jacob Thomas Company, a wall
paper manufacturing firm. whose plant
was located at Newark The plant
was destroyed by fire last winter.
Following the lre, II developed there
was controversy between Jacob
Thomas. OF Newark, who started the
plant some years ago. and Praeger
Bros. OF New York, who secured a con-
trolling interest about two years ago
I'm the business, over the Insurance
money. At one time receiver was
asked for and serious charges were
made by both parties concerned. The
applicstion for a receiver was after
wards Withdrawn. Oppenberger was
sent TO Newark as a bookkeeper at the
plant. by the Praeger interests and re-
NAMED some time after the FIRE
Il is alleged that an examination OF
the books showed 9 shortage OF nearly
$500 and a charge was brought against
Oppenberger by the Thomas Interests
alleging embezzlement.
Evening journal., 1918-08-08
DILATORY SHIPMEN
MUST WORK ORFIGHT
Effective Plan in Operation
Has Reforming In
fluence
GOVERNMENT MAN
IS ON THE JOB

To speed up work In The shlpyards
throughout the country the Emergency
Fleet Corporation has begun a new line
OF work among the shipworkers.
Every man who has shown a dispo-
sltion to stay away from his work fire.
quently is TO be made the object Of spe-
clal solicitation by an agent Of the fleet
corporation with a view OF reforming
his habits.
II this does not work out satisfac-
torily the offender Is TO be placed in
Glass IA, and Will be subject to imme-
diate call for military duty. In a few
instances in which this effort did not
work out right, the mems deferred
classification was cancelled, and they
VIII now have TO so into the military
service.
The plan originated IN The provost
marshal generals office al Washington,
and thus far results have been 80 Erati-
tying the campaign is 10 be extended
TO every shipyard in The country. For
two months the work has been going
on in the shipyards along The Delaware
river.
+. A. Martin. an agent OF The indus
trial relations department Of The fleet
corporation. who is the only man at
present working in this important cam
palgn, has personally interviewed about
200 shipworkers and, u is said, re
formed" a good many Of them.
Some instances have been reported
where men who had been In the habit
OF absenting themselves from their
work with frequency In one weeks time
exalted themselves to The top Of the
honor list Some have won envlable
records.
Martin has done this class OF work
In every yard along the Delaware. Yard
officials cooperate with him In every
way. The companies have carefully
tabulated lists showing each mans rec
ord from day 10 day and these have
been turned over 30 the fleet corpora
tion's agent. with these lists Martin
was enabled 20 confront some of the
men who made denials and finally pin
| them down 20 an acknowledgment that
they had taken holidays when they
should have been at their work.
"Our policy is 10 reason with these
men," said Martin. II find that most OF
them are reasonable. The steady men In
| The shipyards who do their bit ever.
day hate 10 see some Of their fellow:
| taking time on 20 enjoy themselves
! The foremen are all interested in keep
ing their men on the Job, and they. TOO
/ have been a great help In epOttlng IN
offenders"
Evening journal., 1918-08-08
ALL-HLONEY
CHILDREN IN VIOLATION
CHILD LABOR LAW.

street cars that passed his corner. Ho
also believed that for the convenience
OF his growing trade he should have
stand on the opposite corner. Wish
ing TO give better service he began 10
look for an assistant. After consider
ing a number Of applications he was
successful In securing the services OF
little yellow haired chap Of fourteen,
who was neat, clean and active, and
two years his senior All-Aloney was
then able 10 Increase his sales SUM-
Gently to add another boy TO his force.
After securing the business OF men In
his ncighborhood he Increased his
force 10 eight In order 10 deliver HE
papers TO the Offices OF these men.
All-Aloney eot such cooperation
from his assistants that they frequent
~ neglected school. They were report
ed by their teachers 10 the probation
officer. who learned that their absence
had been caused by the fact that they
had a lob, and the boss said he would
fire them n they did not get their
work done. As the question of the
delinquency OF these children came
under the child labor law the court
requested the appearance of their en-
ployer.
When the case was called you can
readily understand the surprise OF the
I iudge when he learned that All-Aloney,
who was next 10 the smallest OF The
boys. was their boss lie was re-
uuested 90 take the stand and the
/ Judge was captlvated by the boys
+ frankness ahd enthusiasm. Tho iudge
/ learned that this young capitalist was
/ supporting his invalid father and
mother and profits were from fifteen
| 90 twenty dollars a week. Part OF this
/ he deposited In the bank and he now
/ has saved over a thousand dollars. His
assistants were well paid, and he IRE
duently took those who were doing
good work 20 the movies. The boys
were well pleased with their JOB ana
naturally did not wish TO lose their JOB
by going to school
The Judge took All-Aloney 20 one
| side and gave him a good talk on busi-
ness law pointing out the importance
| OF an education. All-Aloney under
stood this. but had never quite realized
how the question OF education could
/ he apnlIed 10 those whom he employ
ed AU-Aloney and the judge parted
on very friendly terms, and ! believe
/ he was successful In securing not only
| the patronage of the Judge but also the
business OF many Of the men at the
municipal building.
This little business man. hrough ths
instructions that he received AZ the
Juvenile Court several months ago mas
besn able to arrange his affairs TO con
form with the full requirements OF h'
law. hut what Is more important u
that this future man or AFFAIRS ma
learned his responsibilities and rele
tions 20 his fellow man. and VIII un
douhtedly be the prevention OF som
OF the crimes which are commhted
child labor and slave driven factories
Evening journal., 1918-08-08
DEMOCRATS NAME
TICKET SEPT. 10
State Committee Against
County Caucuses for
United States Senator
IT BE
LEFT TO CONVENTION
specIaI % rHE EvENING JouRNAL.

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER. Del, Aug. Sat a meeting
OF the Democratic State Committee To-
day, September 10 was set as a date for
the Democratic State Convention. with
primaries on September.
A resolution was adopted by the STATE
Committee to the effect that the com
mittee recommends TO The delegates
that they not caucus by counties for
United States Senator. but. that u be
left 10 the delegates from each district
10 reflect IN the open convention the
sentiment In their districts as 70 The
nomination for Senator
This is a new move for Democratic
convention. and Just how y VIII be re-
ceived by the delegates VIII be await
ed with interest. The resolution is re-
garded as part Of the sparring for
advantage between friends and op-
ponents OF Senator Willard salisbury.
The following committee on tentative
program and platform Tor the conven-
tlon was appointed.
New Castle cOunty-Joseph n. Hos
singer, Eugene Shallcross.
Kent county,. Irving Handy, Harry
Mayer.
Sussex couniyLThOmas n. Wilson
Andrew ]. Lynch.
Evening journal., 1918-08-08
WORK -0R-FIGHT LAW
APPLIED TO SCRIBES

WATERLOO, Ia, Aug s-A local
draft board has ordered reporters on a
daily newspaper here to appear Ito
show cause why they should not either
engage in an essential occupation or be
placed in class 1 in the draft"
The original order included pressmen.
linotype operators and advertising so
llcltors, but, later was amended 20 ap-
ply only TO reporters
WASHINGTON, Aug 8. - Newspaper
work never has been included among
the non-essential occupations outlined
in the "work-or-flght' order, nor has
IL been the intention OF the provost
marshal generals department that men
legitimately employed in publishing
newspapers should be required 10 seek
other occupations. Officers connected
with the administration Of the draft
law regulations expressed surprise at
the ruling OF the board at Waterloo, Ia,
that employees OF a paper there should
seek more productive employment or
be called into the military service. They
said the action OF the local board prob
ably would be overturned BY the dis
trict board. to which II will be ap-
pealed
Because the Waterloo ruling ap-
parently is so opposed to regulations
governing the ''work-or-nght" order
doubt was expressed whether it had
been interpreted correctly. It was sug-
eested the order might have ben is
sued to certain individuals in the search
of deferred classncations for men for
active service.
Evening journal., 1918-08-08

Did your fathers and your mothers
ever realize that you little boy and you
little girl are going 10 grow upG II we
lived like birds. rabbits or squirrels,
our responsibilities would be compare
lively small. But since we do not run
wild and eat gross and nuts and hide
in the wood and trees. we must live
differently than our instincts frequent
ly dictate.
A few years ago II was learned that
BY proper supervision OF the child and
By lnstructng It's parents OF the Inn
portance Of such supervision and guild
ance, our criminal cases could be
greatly reduced Wilmington was not
slow In realizing the Importance OF
such a movement and promptly estah-
llshed what Is known as the Juvenile
Court. Many OF us that are not famil-
lar with the work OF the Juvenile
Court might assume that u was a place
OF crime and punishment, police pa
trolls and prisons, such however. Is not
the case u ls rather a place OF love
and affection where the chnldren and
parents are guided and told how they
may live more harmoniOusly.
To prove this 70 Ia only necessary 10
call at the Juvenile Court any Wednes-
day afternoon and see how nicely
Judge Prickett points out TO the little
boys and girls the correct way 10 be
have and the relation which they have
10 the community. 10 is true that many
children who come 20 the judge have
been very. very naughty. but this Is
more frequently mischicvousness than
| a is wickedness due DO sickness or dc
I formities. that can be easily corrected.
and By improper nourishment our
own children might be equally bad or
worse were they brought under the
same conditions. The pu not that
/ these children are bad must be
punished. but rather that ne Juvenile
Court find the causes OF their delin-
duency sufficiently early In their lives
so that they are able 90 correct 10 be-
/ fore IL is too late Perhaps the best eN-
ample Of this is that Of All-Aloney.
All-Aloney is a little newsboy. Nearly
everyone has seen him at the corner of
Z Market and - streets selling his
papers in the morning and IN the
evening, In the rain and In the snow.
| His clear little voice was insistant
that you buy an EVENING JOURNAL
or a "Bullie," his cheerful smile con-
vinced you OF the Joy his growing
business was giving him. He was sue
cossful in Transmitting this JOY to
everyone with whom he came In con
tact. lie always had the paper you
wanted and lt was never necessary TO
wait for change In fact. II was such
pleasure to do business with him
that his patrons frequently went sew
eral blocks out OF their way 10 get a
paper.
! All-Aloney's business had grown
from u 10 200 papers day, and ne
found that he could not give his Gus.
toners proper attention. We reallbel
that ne was losing many sales on th'
Evening journal., 1918-08-08

BY the United Press.
WASHINGTON, Aug. S-Three hun
dred and forty-0ve casualties were an
nounced from the War Department to-
day-237 from the army and los from
the marines.
The army list was divided as fol-
lows:
Killed In action, i3i.
Died OF wounds, &c.
Died In aeroplane accident. 4.
Died Of accident and other causes, 3.
Wounded severely, g.
Wounded. degree undetermined, y.
The Marine list is divided as follows: !:
Killed in action. 2.
Died OF wounds. 4.
Wounded, degree undetermined, "a.
Wounded severely, 20
Wounded slightly. 4.
Missing in action, 10.
Today's casualties brought the total
since the FrancO-American drive start
ed up 10 1902.
The army list follows:
Killed In action, LleutenantS r. H..
Bracker, Waterloo. Ia; r. J. Hutchin-
son, FL Paso, Tex; r. 2. Parrish,
Clarksburg. w. Va; F. II. Pollard, North
Adams, Mass; O. A. Fleclpner, Balti-
more; Sergeants L. " Little, Byrds-
town, Tenn: w. 6. Morris, Qultman,
Ca; L. PodolnIk, Cleveland; NJ j..
Rohacegk, Chicago: p. J. Roman, Eliza
beth, n. J.; n. w. Billingsley. Louis
vile. Ky; B. p. Boals, Uhrlchsvllle, ~.
NJ: r. o. Fisher, Pine Grove, Pa: W. n.
Henderson. Converse. s. c.; r. L. Ke-
hoe, Syracuse. n. Y; T. H. Napier, Big
Greek, Ky: n. Pendus. Austria; X. Ra-
chlnski, Chicago; T. Shea, New York
A. C. Stfller, Chicago; B. Swelbocki,
Chicago; Corporals G. J. Buckley. Car
bondale, Pa: J. z. Elwin. Northside.
PittsburF; q. z. Francis, cambridge. O.
r. J. J. Gersheski, Meridian Conn; o. A.
Hix, Lowell. Mass; ]. Boudenslaker,
Bethlehem, Pa; F. NJ. Lubreski, Sha-
mokin, Pa. r. w. Uhlman, Pittsburg
VI. Vraneslch, Joliet, ILL.,; J. C. wilder
Climax, Ca; r. D. Howard, Pleasant
vile, n j.; c. Hunter, Madison
Ind; Z. Klemme, Belleville, ILL.,.
C. Lafever. Silver Point. Tenn.
o. c. Metzger. Allison. Ia; w p. Rau-
enbuhler, Jersey City, N. j.: w. Roth,
New York: A. c. Schmitt, Jersey City,
n. j.; z. II. Simmons. Hanover, Mass.
J. Stelnksmp, Bridgeport. Conn; Pri-
Yates: W. J. Akers, Sewers, Va; C. II.
Brecker. Kansas City. Mo-; F. Bender,
Garfield. n. j.; n. W. Byrd, Quincy,
Miss; J. Birdsong. Newport, Ark; s. D.
Bishop, Pilot Va; W. Carter, Big Creek,
Miss. NJ. ]. Noessens, Amsterdam, n.
Y; p Eason, Queen City. Mo-; c. j.
Elmore. Maggie Va; G. Estle, Colum-
bus, O.; G.,E. Fleming, Philadelphia; A.
J. Freeman. Cullman, Ala; B. Geozen-
kiowski Baltimore; s. Gordon Rich
mond. n. Y; J. c. Graf, Philadelphia
F. Grenda. Dixon City, Pa; w. H.
Grub. Seven Mile Ford. Va; r. J.
Hartley, Philadelphia; G. Kallas Omaha,
Neb.; A. Kayser, West Orange, n. j.
T. Limanski, Providence, r. l.; w. II
Kline. Baltimore; w Keeny, Brooklyn