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New Britain herald., 1918-03-23
PGafnVdsFe News REV. ]. ". DENTON
 RESIGNS PULPIT
Pastor Of the Advent Christian
 Church Here for Long Period
BELOVED BY HIS FLOCK
Popular Pastor Is Acting Secretary of New Britain y. M C. A-Quict Marriages Aimounccd-Palm Sun day in Churches
day in Churches.

ltev. ! ". Denton, for the past lnfcc and One-hulf years pastor of the Advent Christian church, has rendered his resignation to the church board, il became known to- day, and action on the resienation was deferred at the quarterly meet ing of the board last evening until some time in April. The resignation of Mr. Denton will become effective May 26. The departure of the popu- lar pastor will be met with regret among the members of the church. Since taking up his ministerial duties at the Broad street church, MT. Den ton has ministcrCd to his flock in a manner that has made him beloved by all. He has made a host of friends among people of other de- nomna tions in the town.
 Mr. Denton accepted a call to the local church. when acting as secre- tary of the Bedford branch '. M c A. of Brooklyn, \. Y. During the period that Secretary Clarence H. Barnes of the New Britain Y. Vi. C. A. spent at Camp Quantico, Md. last year, MT. Denton filled the duties of acting secretary of that association When MT. Barnes received a leave of absence of II months by the di- rectors of the association to take LII Y. M. C. A. work at Camp Jackson. s. C.. MT. Denton was again sought to act as secretary of the association. The retiring pastor is undecided about his future plans but he may retain q residence in Plainvillc for time He will also do pulpit supply work about the state
 Party for Miss Roberts
 The f1Oorladies of the TruInbuu Electric Mfg. Go. gave d party in honor of the marriage of Miss Alice Roberts at her home on East street last Wednesday evening. Miss Roberts was presented with gas lamp from the girls of the rest room Miss Roberts was married last September but the marriage was kept secret until last week when it accidentally was let out by some friends.
 Marriage of Miss AImonte.
 Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Ruth F. Almonte of Hartford to Walter .. <rOhn of Boston. Mrs. krohn is the niece of Mrs. Hinton Norton of West Main street. Rev. F. C. Gillette, pastor of the Congrogational church, performed the marriage at the home of Mrs moon NIT. and Mrs. Krohn will live in Boston, Mass Mir. Krohn is em- ployed as shipbuilder in the navy yard in that city
 Church Notes.
 Congregational Church: The reg ular Sunday morning worship will be
New Britain herald., 1918-03-23
U. s. A. HELD PISTOL
 ID HOLLANDS HEAD
(Conrinued from First Page)

900 tons are in United Kingdom ports.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-23
Surprise Party.

To celebrate his birthday, d large number of relatives and friends of James Mansfield of Berlin street, gathered at his home last night Mansfield is a mem Der of the Home Guards, and was attending the drill when his friends stole into his house and awaited his return. MT. Mansfield is well known in this town and at his party last night he was the recip- tent of q large number of gifts.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-23
Berlin Briefs.

Margaret Wilcox of Berlin, ac- companied by a few friends, has re- turned from college to spend the Eas- ter holidays with her parents in this town.
 Artistic posters announcing the big Victory War Rally have been gotten out blythe Council of Defense and have been posted at several conspicu- ouS parts of the town.
 The gas company has been suc- cessfu in it's search for leaks in the gas pipes along Berlin street, and the necessary repairs have been made. The street in several places has been broken by the workers in their search for the leaks, but a force of concrete makers will be on the job starting Monday to make repairs on the road.
 MT. and Mrs. r. Noursc have moved to their new home on Berlin street.
New Britain herald., 1918-03-23
Marriage of Miss .NImonte.
Church Notes.

Congregational Church: The reg 1lar Sunday morning worship will be
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
GERMANS DECOY
ALLIED AV|ATORS
RECIPROCAL NEWS SERVICE.
IL Queen Anne's Gate, London.
BY GEORGE T. BYE.

Paris Wis London, Dy maiD-German
shepnel gunners are having all the
sport OF duck hunter, trying to bag
allied ayiators. excepting that their
durkS too often lay unpalatably-yOkcd
iron eggs and have a way Of quackinS
that takes all the fun out of the thing.
The boche is even sending up decoy
aiplanes now. These NY about at an
agreed level to tease on his irrepressi-
Bile enemy. When the allied aviator is
coaXed within the set gun range, the
German flyer drops smoke bomb as a
signal and then dives headtirSt for his
lines Al once shrapnel fills the sky
Several Of our ayidtors have lost their
lives by this new boche trick.
Smoke bombs are used also by recon-
noiterine parties Of Hun flyers in call
ing up reinfOrcemcntS. The boChe
seems to depend less upon wireless than
the allies At the great altitude that
they cross the French or British lines.
it takes time for a pursuing squadron
to climb to a fighting range. The Ger
mans count their ascending asSaiants,
then drop smoke bombs, and in brief
+ time Overwhelming squadrons rush to
the rescue. Battles on unequal terms
are the only ones the Huns invite in
the ain Nearly all the flying of allied
and boche aviators is over German ter
ritory.
"lts their scientific economy ovet'
and over-their efficiency system-that
has been the Germans big advantage
|all through the war. our machines are
superior and we have many more of
them. but they're trying hard to catch
Iup. OF course, it's hopeless for them
now. Americas preparations should
end all doubt for the kaiser
The speaker was Sergeant Walter
l.ovcu. famous flyer Of the Lafayette
cscldrillc; also a native Of Boston
Mas. Sergeant Lowell. making use of
the enormous prestige that an Amcri
can aviator enjoys in France, was kind
enough to intercede for me at the bu
rcau du cOntrule for passports and per
mitS at Paris railway station. The
usual ccremoniouS examination of sig
natures and vises which the French
official delights in and which almost
amounts to a study of each pen flourish
to determine if the signatory's favoritt
flower is a geranium or Peruvian mar
lciysus. was cut to miraculous five
minutes and | was able to make the
troop train on which Sergeant Lowell
was returning to the front.
"l've Just been to Paris to enlist Tor
mally in the American air service" be
gan Sergeant Lowell 1T looked for {
lwhne as if | couldn't get in. I'm thirty
three, you know, and they want younger
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01

men. Anu great heavens, the eXanlnd
| t!on they put me through 1t didn't
make trifie difference that | have
been over here since June, 1916. After
all, I'm mighty glad to find them 81
strict
CarelcssneSS Gravest Peril.
by being very careful as to the men
admitted to our air service. we can cut
down the fatalities TO almost nothing.
Three.fourths OF the aviation deaths oc-
cur back of the lines. They are due to
foOhardiness on the part of new men.
\ smart,aleck puts aside all the warn
inga given him as to the wrong ways
of starting and landing. Getting OFF,
he climbs on too steep an angle and
Sma shes up backwards when his motor
inevitably stalls. Or he pancakes" when
he comes down, due 10 shutting off
the motor and strengthening out at the
wrong time. Or he gidcs down reck-
lesSly and runs into tree before he
can stop.
When you first learn to tly, you feel
pretty gay. You feel master Of any
emergency. Then is your period Of
great danger; you're in greater danger
than if surrounded by dozen boche9.
The old flyer has comparatively safe
time Of it. You rarely hear Of them
being killed. There are men flying
against the Germans who have been at
it steadily for two or three years with
out a scratch.
But there is one thing in battle
flying that il seems impossible to teach
the matter of training the eyesight.
Men who have been hying at the front
FOR less than a month get up in a
swarm of boches and, il they are not
attacked. will land and report there
wasn't a sight of an enemy machine.
They cannot believe their commando
when he tells them of the number OF
Germans that were angling for him.
This happens to everybody at the start.
After about a month your eye gets
trained. and it becomes sixth sense
to spot bochc in your ueighborhOod.
No We have little trouble from high
wind. Mud and long grass are two OF
our worries. They splinter our pro
pellers when We start off, reducing ouI
efficiency 50 that we improperly cal
| Culate our speed. OF course. if more
| than little bite is taken out OF our
propeller, we are aware Of the trouble
at once and return to our sheds fol
a new blade.
Nov and then the timing of our
guns wears out and we find clear
bullet hole in our propeller. You know
of course that our machine gun shoot!
! through the propeller As the propeller
! makes over thousand revolutions {
minute, you can understand what :
delicate instrument our gun timer is
| We never aim the gun itself. The gur
is stationary. We point the machine
Guns are no longer mounted on uppej
wings Of biplanes; that has been fount
to interfere with the control of the ma
chine. The heavier reconnaissance an,
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01

a few of them won't light three ciga-
rets with one match. We get the finest
sort OF treatment from the French. We
have no complaint to make against
food or quarters. When any of us
have wanted leave. il has been granted
Immediately. Several of the men. some
of them with only day or two of
experience at the front, have even been
allowed To return to America on long
visits. / am glad To say that few OF
the men have abused this courteous
leniency.
we usually fly two hours in the
morning and two in the afternoon.
When We enlisted We started in as
second.cla.s privates. II proficient YOU
are made Il frst-class private Then
with your brevet as military aviator.
YOU become CorporIl-inStead of a
second lieutenant as in the American
army After thirty hours dying over
the front, YOU are made a sergeant.
81 knew nothing of aviation until
came across to become An ambulance
driver and decided | woHid b. more
valuable to the French as flyer. |
know nothing now Of engines. We are
not allowed to open an engine AT the
front. If anything goes wrong, we get
Il new power plant at once. They prefer
TO replace, and do al repairing back
of the lines. We are always afraid of
new engines. The workmanship is not
the best They turn them out in such
Il hurry nov. We always feel -asier
when the engine has had a good work.
out for several days. [ am going back
to a new engine. And here's my jump
mCllw
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01

men. And great heavens, the examina-
t!on they put me through. 1t didn't
make a trihe difference that | have
been over here since June, 1916. After
all, I'm mighty glad to find them so
strict.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
EXPECTS
PEACE PROPOSAL

Washington, Jan t. The state depart
|lt yesterday still was without any
|mation. official o. otherwise, that
+ governments participation ia a
ice conference is desired. Reports
|m Brest Litovsk and from Petrograd
|e left no doubt that both Berlin and
|Eograd were determined. if possible.
align America and the co-belliger-
T. in some peace agreement aud. the
|eipt oC an offer, either direct or in
Reet, would he no surprise
So official of this government has
omitted himself upon what reply
/ |uld be made but there has been
hing to indicate that it would be
orable. II has been indicated that
ess it came through some official
.nnel it probably would bring forth
hing more than a formal acilnOwi.
IJnent.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
|AIL WAY HEADS
SALARIES CUT
TO CtGT LESS AND
5tANA AND FSIN 10 GET
MORE.

4 WashiRgtUn, Jan. l. IaVostigatiOn
the railroad sitUatiaH vas resumed
the senate Interstate commerce com
it;ee' yesterday with Chairman ttait ct
IL Interstate Cpamecce C1mnissihH
. ts,ainng data showing ,he financial
lnditian and expenditures Of the car
ers.
9'iass' for raising the pay OF the rank
hd iiie OF railway workers aod ycduc-
< some OF the very higt salaries paid
executive officials. were discussed yes.
rday at q conference between Director
eneral McAdoo and the federal board
mediation aud couciliatiOn. The
,ard now mas before it the pending
,ma nds for wage increases ranging as
gil as forty per cepl Zoe the four
reat bcotherhOOdS
at has been weU kaOwo TOE some
me that the government was disposed
grant some increase AID the railroad
en in turn have given their word
iey will not attempt a strike while
pe government is taiSing hold OF tht
Nway situation.
May Find Thousands Ot idle Cars.
Possibilities that thousands Gf idl,
eight cars may he discovered IN con
sied yards were seen yesterday in re
rts reaching the interstate COmmerC,
mmissiOn.
Many inspectors rcpoCtcd strings o
le box cars on sidines. while yarC
,gines were unable TO puH them on
r lack OF proper facilities.
1uFi1ig the cold wave many locomo
YES have been disabled. although Ia
pectors reported there was 40 reasoi
ny they should not have been kept il
oriiing order
Reports from shippcrs TO commission
ficials tell OF disabled engines lyinl
le in freight yards ;or weeks o
|anthS.
General order No viii IOrbid rail
pads TO make further expenditures no
rectiy concerned with operation (
III cut off such OutiaHS as now 20 70
affic soliciting bureaus. maintainc
ider the old competitive system 70
trPrtising. and for ret3iners' fees pai
apy railroad lawyers.
Congress Is Ilaggiine
AmOng members OF congress yeste,
fight was developing whether leg
alton to carry oute OVcrnment Opcr
ion should he only for the period q
e war. or should continue ia cffeC
,tii repealed 10y congress. Most raj
ad heads were said to be preparing t
rocate vigorously specific provision
aj the law should he effective for
hKimum of six months after the wal
Government ownership advocate
aimed TO insist on clause providing
at the act should be in effect unit
rgress specifically provides otherwise
Government purchase Of subsidy Of
eat number of barges and power boat
the Mississippi. Ohio ana MisSout
Ters 70 relieve railroad congestion
5 discussed 10y Mr.. McAdoo yesterda!
TIA Senator Reed No definite cor
isi0ns were reached. Leading expo
hts OF water navigation OF St Louis
" Orleans and other Mississippi rive
eS were here yesterday to urge more
ensive use of waterways
Fhe plans to bc taken up hy pirecto
neral McAdoo also include it is TN
stood. greater use of the Erie cana
Transportation
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
AMERICAN AVIATOR KILLED.

pa'is, Jan Am American aviator
was killed Sunday while making
test eight at an aviation center before
French and American pilots and obser-
walton aViators. Although wind was
blowing violently, he made loop sue
cessfully but ON attempting to repeal
the feat, he fell. He was dying when
picked up. but insisted on reporting ,ae
observations which he had made
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01

artillery reg ulating machines often
carry an extra gunner. and of course,
he shifts his gun as he wishes
Contempt for Gcrman GunnCrs.
We have only contempt for German
shrapnel gunners. While we haven't a
machine that hasn't had wing per.
forated, YOU might almost say its so
because We fly int their fire. They
really are the worst shots in the world.
They must al he cockcyed If our gun.
ners would get half the chances we
give the Germans, there would not be
many hochc flyers left. With his air
forces the boche has to Lc content with
occasiona! surprise massacres OF women
and children. ana with his aerial photog.
raphy.
Il drive 4 lighting Machine Spad
chaser is the name OF the type It is
the swiiteSt thing in the air All do
is fight. We 20 out as escort with the
reconnaissance" and artillery machines,
and keep on the enemy. We usually
tiy in pairs one above on guard Even
with L fr!rnoA along ther" always is
grave 3angcr Of being lost. Our speed
is $50 miles an hour. II you are steer
ing iust a bit oil your companions
cours''. he will be- out OF sight in a
moment. NiSts come up suddenly, and
then you're in trouble. You have to
try 70 make your way back to your
starting field, because it is unsafe to
take any chances near the front where
the ground is all torn up with trenches
and streWn with barbed wire. A great
many of the allied aviators credited as
missing are not dead, but were forced
to land in enemy country after losing
their way. There is my old Boston
friend H. d. Willis, for instance He
was my mate. One day | lost him
and We feared the worst. But in about
month ! got a card from German
prison camp. He had lost his way
made a forced landing and was we'll
Next TO losing our way and about
the only other thing, we dread incen
diary bullets. It's not nice when your
gasoline tank eXplodes several thou
sand feet up. It's the worst thing that
could happcne. but it happens very
rarely.
Few Are SuperStitiOus.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
CLINTON BOY WOUNDED.

Washington. ian. 1.-The names of
Sergeant Welby ~ Craig of Clinton.
Okla, and Private Roy e. Mahin Of La
monte No. appear among the caSu-
alties reported by General Pershing.
General Pershing has reported Private
Henry J. Griffin. engineers, slightly
wounded during an air raid on Dec. 2S
No details were given. Griffin lived ut
Mantle, Ill.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
iEAT CROP is KILLED
IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA 4

Okla, Jan L. The re.
t zero weather, coupled with the ex-
me drouth. has killed the wheat crop
Oklahoma. Wheat raisers
not onedenth Of the acreaEe soWn
be saved. The largest acreage I'm
history of the country was sowu,
the high-priced seed will now be a
b. loss.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
Few Are Superstitious.

MY French mechanic has some hair
from the tail of a black cat on the tail
of my machine, and most of the French
machines have mascots of some kind
or other. | don't believe any of the
Americans are supcrstitious, although
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01
|dEFES KILL FORMER
.., PREMIER or RUSSIA

Eetrograd, Jan. THE murder OF
! Nner Premier Goremykin, his wife and
|therIn-law is reported ia the Petro-
I'd newspapers. They are said to have
w. slain by robbers at the estate Of
former premier at SotOhy, Trans
|hcasia
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-01-01

fOremykin was prominent figure
ing the later years of the old re-
se, Russia At the fali of Premier
ttea during the political upheaval in
y. Goremykin was called upon by
'persr Nicholas to, form a govern
at. After stormy administration
less than three months he was re-
Ned, In 1914 he was again appointed
;ner, holding office until February
y year After the revolution he was
! ihe fortress of st. Peter and st Paul.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
LOCAL DEALER TALKS
ON TIRE INITIATION
Incorrect Initiation One Of Most F'rc-
qucnt Causes Of Tire Dctcriora-
tion, Declares Salesman.

Mr.. Porram Of Tulsa Rubber e.
Vulcanizing company, local selling
agent for the Mlchelin Tire com
pany, SAYS that incorrect initiation is
one OF. the most frequent and per
hans the least understood causes OF
tire deterioration.
Over-inflattoA not only subjects
the canvas OF the easing to an un-
necessary strain, but also robs the
tire OF its resilency. Thus'an over
inflated ire. when running over an
obstruction" instead OF absorbing the
shock. transmits the full force of the
jolt to the mechanism OF the car,
A tire should be first inflated to
the proper pressure. and then tested
from time to time to ascertain that
the air pressure is up to the stand
ard necessary for a tire OF the size
used, when supporting Its maximum
weight. II the pressure has de-
creased the cause may be readily
discovered The seat OF the valve
plug may not be perfectly clean,
causing a leak at that point, or Off
the rubber washer at the base of
the valve cap Is displaced, the air
will gradually escape. Then again,
IL pinchers wSfe used in tighten
ing the I~SSc parts. tho screw
threads may be damaged, causing q
leak.
Always initiate tires with air. never
using gas. Carbonic gas will pass
through rubber thirteen times more
quickly than will air. In addition
To the. slight enlargement OF a new
tire after being in uso for a few
days further natural decrease OF
pressure will follow due to the es-
cape OF oxygen in the confined air
This loss should be made up by thu
injection of more air. AS this /,
done the percentage OF nitrogen viii
be gradually increased. and the
liability of slow deflation will de
crease in proportion.
Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-06-16
FEW PARTS NEEDED
FOR ELECTRIC CAR
Great Saving I'm Steel and Other War
Materials Effected in Making or
This Simple Vehicle.
tBy A. JACKSON MARsHALL)

a. y n
In design as well as in operation
the electric vehicle is simplicity per
'sonlfied For lis motive force II does
not require the thousand and one
parts involved In the internal recip-
rocating combustion engine, together
with It's multiuIdinous necessary con
nections and accessories, in the
manufacture and assembly Of which
much accurately machined steel ana
skilled mechanical labor are em-
p'oyed, The propeIling force OF the
electric vehicle ls the simple electric
motor with Its one moving trotatng)
part--the armature.
In the electrically equipped gaso-
line car tho electrical equipment rs
far more extensive and intricate than
that employed In an electric vehicle.
To the uninitlated this statement on
lts face may appear strange. but
li;tle thought will dispei any doubt
a. to it's accuracy.
The equipment Of an electric We
hicle consists OF battery, motor ana
controller BY moving lever TO-
designated points various strengths
OF electrical force are applied 70 the
motor which causes the vehicle to
move forward or backward at will
at different desired speeds To stop
vehicle lever IL moved back to neu-
tral position and brakes are applied
Design IS reduced to the fewes'
units and operation to the fewest and
simplest operations, making mini
mum demand on mind and muscle
The electrical equipment OF gaso-
line car. in addition to its reciprocal
ing engine. water Jacket, radiator
and fan, gears, levers, carburetor,
oilinr systems. etc, consists Of II
battery motor and controller for
starting and lighting. In fact, this
electrical group Is virtually an cleo
trio vehicle equipment in its entirety
in miniature. Think for moment
and realize what this means--a rela-
lively small. incidental feature OF the
gasoline car employees the all essent-
ial equipment of the electric vehicle.
The visua li2ation Of this fact will
clearly Indicate the remarkable sim
plicity OF the electric"