The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-05-24
MISSING AVIATOR IS
IN GERMAN HANDS
Captain Hall Who Landed Be.
hind Hun Lines, Lying
Wounded In Hospital y

WASHINGTON, May % -(Associn.
ted Press) Captain james Norman
Hall, author and aviator. who has been
missing since May 7, and was feared
killed in spectacular battle with a
superior force Of German airplanes, Is
not dead. He is wounded and lying in
German hospital, according to in.
formation that has reached here.
After n thrilling battle with enemy
/ airplanes ten miles north of Popt.a.
Mousson, Captain Hall. of Colfaz, Id,
I one of the leading American avistors,
made spiral dive for the earth, and
was last seen close to the ground, try
ing to land, His subsequent fate was
unknown, until yesterday
Captain Hall, with two others. We
patrolling between ST. Mihipl and Point
/ a-Mousson. When they were over
Pagny sur oselle. four enemy Alba.
tross airplanes, painted with black and
white stripes, were seen. ..>
Americans Attack rE-
The Americans attacked. Captain
Hall, singing out ono of the enemy and
driving him downward. while firing
a spiral dive from 5000 meters to 1000,
when the German suddenly reversed his
machine and started to rise. In a quick
turn, he poured a deadly stream of ma.
tchipe gun bullets into the bottom of
< Hali 8 machine. Captain Hall prompt.
NDy came out of the spiral and made a
fdive for the earth. He was last seen
attempting TO complete'this maneuver.
4 In the meantime the enemy machines
that the. other, Americans had engaged
dropped toward the ground. II is un
4 known what happened to them, hut two
of them apparently were in distress
No credit for a victory is given the
Americans, because vCriRcation Of thu
destruction Of tthe enemy was impos
o. 8, Insignia On Plane
Captain Hall 8 machine had painte,
upon III side the first American air
tplaDc insignia to appear on the bat
itlehne. II was in che form of chat
I'm the ring, sign, showing a starry
striped high bat, usually pictured a
Encle Sam, surrounded by a COLDER
ring.
Despite the bad weather, German mn
chimes were out in force. Alarm afte
alarm was answered by the Americans
= Lieutenant Cunningham engaged on
machine, when five more of the enem,
J ioined in. The lieutenant kept up tn
fight untir his machine gun jammet
when he returned. to the America
lines with ten bullet holes in his plane
y, Germans Tactics
e The usual German game was t
u have a small number of plunes nea
the American Hness while a reserv
u l, Of four or FIVE machines remained ou
of sight until the Americans cam
} into action. The reserves would the
= swoop down in an attempt to wip
: out the Americans. The America
aviators met this by answerin
q alarms with twice the number of mi
n chimes it was reported the German
! had.
~ American aviators used Newport pu
~ suit machines as their fighting weapon
The Americans engaged in photograph
and artillery regulating work also hn
TO fight. Two Americans protecting
photography machine were attacked
two Germans. The fight lasted for ha
an hour and ended when one GermG
n machine went wobbliDg to the grOur
about three klometers within the &c
U man lines. The fight took place abo
two 'kilometers behind the German POI
tons ~. T. ..
Flight Captain James Norman Ha
20 Iowa's most widely known hero of Il
~ present war. fulfilled an oft repeat
re wish. for. after fighting under Fren
o and British co'ors. his final comb
IN was as an American. fighting und
r the Stars and stripes. Captain Hi
or was thirty wears old. His homo was
CoIfax, Iowa. where his parents, \
IN and Mrs. a. w. Hall. and a sister a
brother reside. Hall was gradual
from GrinnrlI Iowa. College in 1910.
W. s. 8.