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ting 1t out. 1t takes less than min
ute for the fabric to burn off the wings
and then the machine drops like an
arrow, leaving a trail of smoke like a
comet.
AS their tracer bullets came closer
and closer to me realized that my
chances of escape were nil. Their very
next shot, felt, must hit me.
Once, some days before, when ] was
flying over the line, / had watched a
| fight above me. A German machine
was set on fire, and dived down
through our formation In flames on Its
way to the ground. The Hun was div
ing at such sharp angle that both
his wings came off, and as he passed
within few hundred feet of me saw
the look of horror on his face.
Now, when / expected any moment
to suffer a similar fate, could not
help thinking of that poor Huns last
look Of agony.
| realized that nay only chance lay
In making an Immelman turn. This
maneuver was invented by German
one of the greatest who ever flew and
who was killed In action some time be-
fore. This turn, which made success
fully, brought one of their machines
right In front of me, and as he sailed
along barely ten yards away, ''had
the Drop on him, and he knew 1t.
| His white face and startled eyes
can still see. He knew beyond ques-
ton that his last moment had come,
because his position prevented his TAX
ing aim at me, while my gun pointed
straight at him. My first tracer bullet
passed within a yard of his head, the
second looked as If it hit his shoulder
the third struck him In the neck, and
then | let him have the whole works
and he went down In a spinning nose
dive.
All this time the three other Hun
machines were shooting away at me
/ could hear the bullets striking my
machine one after another. | hadn't
the slightest idea that / could ever
beat off those three Huns, but there
was nothing for me to do but fight, ant
my hands were full.
In fighting, your machine Is drop
ping, dropping all the time. ! glanced
at my instruments, and my altitude
was between 5000 and 5000 feet
While / was still looking at the in
struments, the whole blamed works
disappeared. A burst Of bullets wen
into the instrument board and blew
it to smithereens, another bullet wen
through my upper lip, came out of thu
roof OF my mouth and lodged In m.
throat, and the next thing knew wa
when / came to in a German hospita
the following morning at five O'Clock
German time.
, / was prisoner of war.
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CHAPTER w.
Clipped Winus.

The hospital in which found my
self on the morning after my capture
was private house made Of brick,
very low and dirty, and not at all
adapted for use as a hospital. 1t had
evidently been used but few days on
account of the big push that was TAX
ing place at that time of the year, and
in all probability would be abandoned
as soon as they had found better
place.
In all, the house contained four
rooms and a stable, which was by far
the largest of all. Although / never
looked into this swing" of the hospital,
/ was told that it, too, was filled with
patients lying on beds Of straw around
on the ground. / do not know whether
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CHAPTER III.
Captured by the Huns.

! shall not easily forget the 18th of
August, 1917. / killed two Huns In
the double-seated machine In the
morning, another In the evening, and
then / was captured myself. l may
have spent more eventful days In my
life, but / can't recall any just now.
That morning, in crossing the line
on early morning patrol, | noticed
two German balloons. / decided that
as soon as my patrol was over
would go off on my own hook and see
what German balloon looked like
at close quarters.
These observation balloons are used
by both sides in conjunction with the
artillery. A man sits up in the bal.
loon with wireless apparatus and di-
reefs the firing Of the guns. From his
point of vantage he can follow the
work of his own artillery with re.
markable degree of accuracy and al
the same time he can observe the enc.
my's movements and report them.
The Germans are very good at this
work, and they use great number OF
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smiled. at this time | was just be-
ginning to say few words, as my
wound had prevented me from talking,
but l said enough to let him know
what / was doing there and how /
happened to be there. He evidently
had heard my story from some OF the
others, though, because he said 1t was
too bad / had not broken my neck,
that he did not have much sympathy
with the flying corps anyway. He
asked me what part of America came
from, and ] told him California;
After few more questions he
learned that hailed from San Fran
cisco, and then added to my distress
by saying, ''Ilow would you like to
have a good, juicy steak right out OF
the Hofbrau?" Naturally l told him
1t would "hit the spot" but / hardly
thought my mouth was In shape just
then to eat 1t. Immediately asked.
of course, what he knew about the
Hofbrau, and he replied, Il was con-
nected with the place good many
years, and | ought to know all about
| it,
After that this German officer and
became rather chummy: that is, as
far as / could be chummy with an
enemy, and we whiled away a good
many long hours talking about the
days we had spent In San Francisco,
and frequently In the conversation one
OF us would mention some prominent
Californian, or some little incident oc-
curing there, with which we were
both familiar.
| He told me when war was declared
he was, of course, intensely patriotic
and thought the only thing for him to
do was to go back and aid In the de-
Tense of his country. He found that
he could not 60 directly from San
Francisco. because the water was too
we'll guarded by the English, so he
boarded boat for South America.
There he obtained forged passport
and In the gulse of Montevidean took
passage for New York and from there
to England.
| He passed through England without
any difficulty on his forged passport.
but concluded not to risk going to Hol-
land for fear of exciting too much sus-
picion, so went down through the
Strait OF Gibraltar to Italy, which was
neutral at that time, up to Austria,
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the Huns.
these balloons. 1t was considered a
very important part of our work to
keep them out Of the sky.
There are two ways of going after a
balloon in a machine. One of them is
to cross the lines at low altitude, fly
ing so near the ground that the man
with the antiaircraft gun can't bother
you. You fly along until you get to the
level of the balloon and If, in the
meantime, they have not drawn the
balloon down, you open fire on 1t and
the bullets you use will set it on fire
If they land.
The other way is to fly ever where
you know the balloons to be, put your
machine in spin so that they can't
hit you, get above them, spin over the
balloon and then open fire. In going
back over the line you cross at few
hundred feet.
This is one of the hardest jobs In
the service. There is less danger In
attacking an enemy's aircraft.
Nevertheless, ! had made up my
mind to either get those balloons OF
make them descend, and | only hoped
that they would stay on the job until
| had chance at them.
When our two hours duty was up
therefore, ! dropped out of the forma
ton as we crossed the lines and turned
back again.
was at a height of $4,000 feet, con
siderably higher than the balloons
Shutting my motor off, dropped dow
through the clouds, thinking to fine
the balloons at about five or six miles
behind the German lines.
Just as I came out of the clouf
banks l saw below me, about thou
sand feet, two-seater hostile ma
chine doing artillery observation ant
directing the German guns. This wa'
at point about four miles behind th'
German lines.
Evidently the German artillery saw
me and put out ground signals TO at
tract the Hun machines attention fo
I saw the observer quit his work ltnt
grab his gun, while their pilot stucl
the nose of his machine straigh
down.
But they were too late to escape me
I was diving toward them at a spec
of probably two hundred miles al
hour, shooting all the time as fast a
possible. Their only chance lay II
the possibility that the force of M,
drive might break my wings. ] knew
my danger in that direction, but a
soon as / came out of my dive tn
Huns would have their chance to &c
me. and / knew had to get them frs
and take chance on my wings hold
ing out.
Fortunately some of my first bullet
found their mark, and 1 was able t
come out of my dive at about fou
thousand feet. They never came GU
of theirs
Rut right then came TIE hottest SIT
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a few, "such as they WERE" and read
lily observing that nothing could be
done with what was left, made my
way back to infantry headquarters,
where / was able to telephone In a
report.
A little later one of our automo-
biles came out after me and took me
back to our airdrome. Most of my
squadron thought | was lost beyond
doubt, and never expected to see me
again; but my friend, Paul Raney, had
held out that / was all right, and as
/ was afterwards told, said, "Don't
send for another pilot; that Irishman
will be back. If he has to walk" And
he knew that the only thing that kept
me from walking was the fact that our
own automobile had been sent out to
bring me home.
/ had lots to think about that day,
and / had learned many things; one
was not to have too much confidence
In my own ability. One Of the men in
the squadron told me that had bet
ter not take those chances; that 1t
was going to be long war and |
would have plenty Of opportunities to
be killed without deliberately wishing
them on" myself. Later was to learn
the truth of his statement.
That night my ''tlight"--each squad
ron is divided into three flights, con-
sisting of six men each-got ready to
go out again. As I started to put on
my tunic / noticed that / was not
marked up for duty as usual.
I asked the commanding officer, a
major, what the reason for that was,
and he replied that he thought / had
done enough for one day. However,
| knew that If / did not go, someone
else from another flight" would have
to take my place, and / insisted upon
going up with my patrol as usual, and
the major reluctantly consented. Had
he known what was in store for me,
am sure he wouldn't have changed his
mind so readily.
AS 1t was we had only five machines
for this patrol, anyway, because as we
crossed the lines one of them had to
drop out on account of motor trouble
Our patrol was up at s p. m, and VI
to within ten minutes of that hour II
had been entirely uneventful.
At 1850 p. M, however, while we
were flying at height of 10000 feet
we observed three other English ma
chimes which were about 5000 fee
below us pick fight with nine Hur
machines.
/ knew right then that we were II
for it, because / could see over t0wart
the ocean whole flock of Hun ma
chimes which evidently had escaped
the attention of our scrappy country
men below us.
SO we dove down on those Mint
Huns.
At first the fight was fairly even
There were eight of us to nine of them
But soon the other machines which
had seen in the distance, and which
were flying even higher than we were
arrived on the scene, and when they
In turn, dove down on us, there wa
just twenty of them to our eight
-Four of them singled me out. wa
diving, and they dived right down afte
me, shooting as they came. Thei
tracer bullets were coming closer t
me every moment. These tracer bull
let's are balls Of fire which enable tn
shooter to follow the course his bul
lets are taking and to correct his ain
accordingly. They do no more harm
to a pilot il he is hit than an ordinar,
bullet, but if they hit the petrol tank
good night! When machine catche
fire in flight there is no way of put
I
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(To BE coNTINUED.J
Wives Evidently His Hobby.

Probably the modern worlds marry"
ing record for men was created by
George Witzoff, the blgamist. whose
marriages have variously been estimat-
ed at from 200 to 500. 1t was report
ed that in the space of single week
he went through marriage ceremonies
with ten women.
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oBRlEN FINDS HIMSELF A PRISONER OF WAR AFTER A
MIRACULOUS ESCAPE FROM DEATH.

synopsis-Pa resident of Momence, Ill., after seeing
service the Mexican border In 1876
Joins the after brief train
ing He is assigned squadron In active
service hot fights with German
flyers from which he energies victorious.
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worse,n Bolls, Too.

Old Job had his fFoubles, but nobody
raised the price of ice on him when no
was laying In his winters ceaLfsAt~
lanta Constitution.
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From his prison, o'Brien wit.
nesses thrilling air battle,
which results in the death of his
chum, who Is shot down by a
German flyer. DON'T miss the
next instaIIment.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-02
FOR SENATOR 10Th DISTRICT

To the Democratic Voters of Marion
and Sumter Counties Comprising
the 10th Senatorial District):
/ am a candidate for senator in the
primary election to be held June 4th,
1913. l thoroughly appreciate the
honor of having served as one Of Mar
ions representatives in the last two
sessions of the legislature. I served
my people faithfully, Loyalty, honest
ly and conscientiously. l realize that
the knowledge and experience as rep
resentative two terms will enable me
to make the people of the twentieth
district a better senator. / will ap-
preciate your support and If nominat-
ed l pledge faithful service to the
people of Marion and Sumter coun-
ties, working for their best interests,
as well as for the whole state.
Respectfully yours, W. J. Crosby.
Citra. Fla, Feb. 6, 1913.
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BUYERS OF BONDS
CONTINUED from First Page

ToffaIetti, Mrs. w. T. Taylor, W. D.
Taylor, Miss Mamie Taylor, Miss
Margaret Taylor.
Mrs Annie VanDeman, A. A. Van
denbrock, DIR. L. H. Van Engelken.
H. A. Waterman, G. E. Weeks,
Miss Byrd Wartmann, Mrs. Leonora
Weihe, Cornelius Winston, Mrs. Mar.
garet Whitehead, E. L. Wartmann,
Miss Elizabeth Ann Wartmann, w. j..
Wilson, R. X. Wartrnann, Mrs. E. l..
Wartmann, Ed L. Wartmann, Mrs. F..
E. Wetherbee, Mrs: NJ. o. Wallis, H.
j. Wall, Mrs. S. R. SWhaley, T. Will
Jams, w. V. WheeleF, S. r. Whaley,
Miss Felicia Williams, Miss Lille
Walkup, W. w. Walkup, J. L. Wolfen-
den. J. K. and E. NJ. Williams, Miss
Margaret Walters, Miss Floyd Whit
tie, w. A. Wilds, D. R. Waldron, A. NJ.
Waldron, /. 3. Waldron, H. A. Wart-
mann, Rev. w. Fl. Wrighton, Miss
Irma B. Wendell, Lester Warner, c.
E. Wyatt, Thomas Williams, Carl
Wenzel, w. P. Wilson, Miss Louise H.
Wartmann, Mrs. Hattie A. Webb,
Miss Julia Webb, Woodmen of the
World, Mcintosh, Mrs. s. H. Walkup,
G. H. Wilmington, T. C. Wall, J. L.
Wall, J. Harry Walters, Geo. S. Viii
son, Woman's Club, ]. D. Walling
Annie j. Walling, Mrs. j. R. Williams
Jno. F. Williams, Ida Mae Williams
Mrs. A. T. Whittier, J. L. Wolfenton
Absalom Young.
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OCALA SOCIAL AFFAIRS
Continued from Third Page

A little daughter has arrived at tht
home of Mr.. and Mrs. D. A Fort at
Palmetto.
Mrs. Huckaby and little daughter,
Willie have returned from a weeks
visit to Jacksonville.
Miss Florence Leitner, who has
been so i'll at the hospital is now rapid
ly improving, which will be pleasant
news to her friends.
$3.50
Mrs. Perry Anthony, who has gone
on visit to her father at Mayo, will
return via Camp Johnston, where Mr..
Anthony is again stationed.
Mr.. James Leslie, who has been
visiting at the home of his friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. B. Weihe, left
Saturday for his home in Panasoffkee
Mrs C. E. Wyatt will remain in
Ocala several weeks before joining
her husband in Arcadia. While here
she will be the guest of Mrs. j. E.
Chace.
Mrs. George Williams and daugh-
| ter, Orrie have just returned from a
pleasant visit to Mrs. Williams
daughter, Mrs F. NJ. Parrish in Jack
sonyille.
One of the most thrilling pictures of
the season, "The Devil Stone" in
which Geraldine Farrar features, will
be seen at the Temple this evening. 1t
is Lasky production, and one of the
best.
Friends of DIR. and Mrs. F. E. Nc
Clane are welcoming Mrs. McClane to
Ocala once more. She is now the
guest of Mrs. F. G. B. Weihe, having
just arrived from ST. Petersburg,
where she was for sometime the guest
of her daughter, Mrs Adcock Mrs.
McClane will leave sometime next
week for Montgomery, Ala, where
she goes to see her daughter, Mrs. T.
j. Killebrew. DR.. McClane, who has
been stationed at Fort Moultrie, has
been transferred to New Orleans.
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FoR CoMMIssIoNER DIsTRIcT ?

To the Voters Of the Second Com
missioner's District: desire to an
nounce my candidacy for member Of
the board of county commissioners
from the second commissioners dis
trict, subject to the action Of the DEM
ocratic primary election to be held
June 4th. Having served you for two
years previously feel that 1 am IN
position to know the needs of the dis
trict, as well as the county at large.
/ will appreciate your support.
J. T. Hutchins.
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WHEN YOU WAKE
UP DRINK GLASS
OF HOT WATER
Wash the poisons and toxins from
system before putting more
food into stomach.
Says Inside-bathing makes any
one look and feel clean,
sweet and refreshed.

Wash yourself on the inside before
breakfast like you do on the outside
This is vastly more important because
the skin pores do not absorb impuri-
ties into the blood, causing illness,
while the bowel pores do.
For every ounce of food and drink
taken into the stomach. nearly an
ounce of waste material must be
carried out of the body. If this waste
material is not eliminated day by day
1t quickly ferments and generates
poisons, gases and toxins which are
absorbed or sucked into the blood
stream, through the lymph ducts which
should suck only nourishment to sus-
tain the body.
A splendid health measure is to
drink, before breakfast each day, a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in it,
which is harmless way to wash
these poisons, gases and toxins from
the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels; thus cleansing, sweetening
and freshening the entire aIimentary
canal befor putting more food into
the stomach
A quarter pound of limestone phos-
plate costs but very little at the drug
store but is sufficient to make anyone
an enthusiast on inside-bathing. Men
and women who are accustomed to
wake up with dull, aching head Or
have furred tongue, bad taste, nasty
breath, sallow complexion, others who
have bilious attacks, acid stomach or
constipation are assured Of pro-
nounced Improvement in both health
and appearance shortly.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1918-05-02

J. S. Rifenburgh, that genius at the
Marion Hardware Co., has invented
and built working size model of
stalk cutter, to be attached to those
riding cultivators which the Marion
Hardware Co. and Clarkson Hardware
Co. have sold so many. The device
can be attached in few minutes and
can be manufactured at about one
half the price of the regular ma
chine. Mr.. Rifenburgh says he in
tends to put his invention on the
market as soon as arrangements can
be made to built it. The model can
be seen at the Marion Hardware Co.
warehouse.
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FROM CAMP AND FRONT

Mr.. George Williams, who was for
some time at Camp Wheeler, now be-
longs to truck train company sta
toned at Buffalo, N. Y. George writes
that he is kept very busy not only in
training himself but in training others
who have not yet made his advance
ment.
Lieut.. w. M. Martin, son of Mr..
John r. Martin of this city is now
probably on his way TO France. Lieut..
Martin is in the infantry.
Lieut.. r. L. Anderson has notified
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs r. L. Ander-
son, that he is in France, thus giving
Ocala another gallant representative
on the firing line. Lieut.. Anderson is
with the field artillery.
Rev. Bunyan Stephens, detailed
from Camp Johnston to attend to Y
NJ. G. A. affairs in Gainesville, had a
few hours to spare yesterday, which
he availed himself of to run over to
Ocala and greet his friends. Mr..
Stephens is working hard and looks
like real soldier. Mrs. Stephens and
little Mcclure are in Kentucky.
80
Perry Anthony has been sent back
to Camp Johnston from the north.
Good news comes from Camp
Wheeler that Sergeant George Woods
is rapidly recovering. His mother,
who went to Macon to help nurse him,
will probably return tomorrow.
Robert Conner has been transferred
from Camp Jackson to Camp Lee and
has been promoted to a sergeantcy
Carol Fraser is rapidly learning
naval ways. He is now on the battle
ship Kansas.
Sonny Geise, whose name should
have been spelt Sunny" is now as
sistant to the paymaster on one of
Uncle Sans big boats.
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FOR COMMISSIONER, DISTRICT 4

According to my own inclination
and the solicitation of friends, here
by announce myself a candidate for
county commissioner for the fourth
commissioners district of Marion
county, subject to the action of the
democratic primary of 1918. If elect
ed, ] promise a faithful discharge Of
the duties of the Office and ! shall
strive to give satisfaction to all con-
cerned by giving the duties of the Of
fee my personal attention. I shall be
thankful for the support Of all inter
ested. Very respectfully,
o. Fl. (Bob) Rogers.
Lynne. Fla.
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ITINERARY OF CANDIDATES

April Both, Anthony, 7:3O p. m.
May End, Adamsville (near Cole
man, Sumter county, picnic
May 3rd, Fort Mccoy, 7:30 p. m.
May 10th, Romeo, picnic
May 18th, Fairfield, picnic
May 21st, Charter Oak schooIhouse
(near Summerfield), 2 p. m.
May 24th, Fellowship, combined
with w. 0. w. picnic.
May 31st, Dunnellon, 7:30 p. m.
June 3rd, Ocala, 7:30 p. m.
Campaign Committee
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Rev. Fl. c. Hardin preached a help
full sermon at the Methodist church
last night. Mrs. Marie Varney gave
one of the best patriotic addresses fol-
lowing the sermon that has ever been
delivered in Ocala. There was a
large congregation present. Rev. Fl.
c. Hardin will preach again tonight
at 8 o'clock.
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=
FOR STATE ATTORNEY

To the Democratic Voters, Fifth
Judicial Circuit:
| hereby announce myself a candi-
date for the Office of states attorney
for the fifth judicial circuit, of the
state of Florida, in the approaching
democratic primary, and subject to
the result thereof.
Fred L. Stringer.
Brooknville, Fla, March IA, 1913.
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FOR REPRESENTATIVE

l hereby announce my candidacy
for representative from Marion coun-
ty, subject to the democratic primary
in June of this year, and solicit the
support of the people. / enter group
one ~. Very respectfully,
N. A. Fort.
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FOR STATE SENATOR

To the Voters OF Marion and Sum-
ter Counties: / shall be a candidate
for the office of state senator from the
10th senatorial district, subject to the
democratic primary. C. B. Howell.
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank all of those who
so kindly assisted US during the i'll
ness and death of our dear baby.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Ballard.
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OCALA OCCURRENCES

Mr.. C. G. Bennett will leave today
for Conant and Stanton for a few
days business trip.
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FOR REPRESENTATIVE

To the Democratic Voters of Marion
County:
| hereby announce my candidacy for
representative and solicit your sup
port in the June Primary. I join
group one (1.) Respectfully,
S. J. McCuIly.