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Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
Twelve Observers in One Day
Trust to Parachutes in
Leaps for Life.
PERIL IN BURNING GAS BAGS
Flames LIKELY to Overtake the De-
scendIng observers-Many Mar
row Escapes-From Death-one
Relates Experiences.

Behind the British Lines in France.
Leaps for life from burning observa-
ton balloons when attacked by Ger
man airplanes were described by OBJ
servers Of the British Royal Flying
corps to an Associated Press cOrre-
spondent when he visited one of their
camps behind the lines few days ago.
A balloon ascent at the front is new
er light undertaking, and on one day
recently when the correspondent WIS.,
tied station in a fairly inactive part
Of the line six balloons containing II
men were shot down by German air.
planes, all within sight Of one another.
One Of the IL officers who were COM
PEELED to reach terra firma by the para
chute route told the story Of his trip.
1--WE were perched at $500 feet" he
said, land had been up only half an
hour when column of smoke two
miles southwark attracted our notice.
''There goes No. &c." said my observer.
'Two white flecks floating earthward
told us that the two passengers Of the
balloon had got clear in time. Just
then two similar specks appeared sud-
denly from under, another balloon
warming us that the Boche was out for
a wholesale killing this time. Six
more white specks now appeared, and,
since it was evident that the entire
line was being attacked, I gave the
order to haul down.
Sudden Attack by AirpIane.
"At 1000 feet, ordered the winch
stopped. No more balloons had been at
tackled, and although ours was now
the only one up. l could see British
fighting planes ascending from the air.
dromes behind us to chase away the
enemy. So I decided to venture up
again. We assembled to 5000 feet this
time, and soon were at work again.
'.Then suddenly something happen
ed. 1t happened swiftly as in dream.
We didn't even see the German Alba
tross approaching, but our ground Off
Ger and his scouts gave us the alarm
just a second or two before the hawk
was on us. I heard my observer, at
the telephone, say suddenly, What's
that? Stand by! Good Heavens !!
Then he turned calmly to me and said
with smile, Sorry, old man, we must
get out at once He helped me over
the side first.
II dropped and heard 'wumph' as
the parachute left it's case. This was
the last sensation attempted to ana
lyZe as fell like q stone for 300 feet
I saw the balloon shoot violently up
ward, and then my view was blotted
out by large white umbrella which
suddenly appeared above my head. and
I realized that the parachute had open
ed. l didn't look down, as / felt my
body swaying easily in the breeze. The
roar above told me that the AlbatrOss
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
WORK OF CENSORS
FULL OF THRILLS
Women of England Find in It a
Most Attractive and Lucra-
tive Professor.
HELP DRAW net ON SPIES
System Is Perfect. One MarveIs How
German Secret Agent Can Slip
Through, but Slip Through
He Does.

London.-The latest and, to wom-
an, the most attractive profession is
that of postal censor. To the we'll
educated woman in her service, the
postal censorship offers opportunities
for advancement not to be found else
where. The pay ranges from $7.25 a
week while learning, rising by incre-
ments of 81 to $15 week, the maxi
mum for an examiner, with additional
war bonus. There are at least fifty
women earning more than $1,000 a
year, supervising thirty or forty exam
liners each. They have all risen from
the ranks.
Now they hold the proud title of. D.
A. C. deputy Assistant Censor). to
which they have been elevated not SO
much for their languages as for their
general capacity. One girl Of nine
teen, engaged two years ago as a
typist at S. a week, rose to SIS with
in six months. Another, beginning at
$40, drew $40 within eight weeks.
Yet the plant Of the deputy chief
censor is that 1--WE cannot get enough
of the right kind of women to be CEN
sors.' The latter is the executive
head of that vast machine. created
mainly for restrictive measures, which
yet feeds with valuable information
not merely the war office. Of which 1t
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
SENATE PASSES oVERMAN BILL.
Amendments to Limit Presidents
Authority Are Rejected.

shington.-Rejecting all amend
ments designed to limit the presidents
authority, the senate late Monday
passed the Overman bill with it's gen.
eral grant of power for the executive
to coordinate and reorganize govern
ment departments and other agencies
during the war.
AS passed by the senate, the meas
ure authorizes the president to make
such redistribution of functions among
executive agencies as he may deem
necessary" and to utilize, coordinate
and consolidate any executive or adj
ministrative commissions, bureaus,
agencies, offices or officers now ex-
listing by law, to transfer any duties
or powers from one existing depart
ment or to transfer the personnel
thereof" These powers, however,
"shali be exercised only in matters re-
lating to the conduct of the present
war;"
The measure also provides that if
the president believes any agency
should be abolished he shall report
to congress, and congress will arrange
for transfer of appropriations in any
reorganization, limiting their eXpendi-
ture to the purposes specified by con-
greSS.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
ELBA'S SUPPLY OF IRON ORE
Hines Have Attached 4 New Import
ance to the lsIand-Napoleon Was
Held Prisoner There.

The Island of Elba, celebrated as
the place where Napoleon was i'm
prisoned in 1914, has since Italy's en-
trance into this war attracted much
attention as the location of valuable
iron mines, writes correspondent.
In view Of the scarcity of iron mines
in Italy and the difficulty Of transport
ing ore or pigs from the United States
for use in the munition factories the
mines Of Elba have given a new i'm
portance to the island. Travellers on
the GenoaRome Express, which skirts
the seashore of the mainland. permit
ting view ON clear day Of the blue
island rising out Of the water six miles
distant, think rather of the tall foun-
dry stacks in the foreground at. Piom.
bino than Of the great soldier of other
wars.
In the days before the war this ex-
press stopped at Campiglia to put off
tourists for Piombino and Elba. To-
day 1t stops to put off business men,
skilled iron workers, Italian soldiers
and their Austrian prisoners interned
ON the island. The side track at Cam
pIglia has been enlarged since the war,
too for the purpose of handling the
large quantity Of iron freight brought
over from Elba, Napoleon's name has
almost been forgotten on the island, so
busy are the inhabitants with war
work. "How can get to the villa San
Martinez" a visitor arriving on the
stone wharf Of the harbor inquired of
a workman. The workman looked at
the visitor blankly, when the visitor
added: "You know, the place where
Napoleon used to live" The man shook
his head. am newcomer here. New
er heard of the place."
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
GIVE BOMBS TO TOTS
Soldier Tells of Inhuman Acts
Practiced by Boches.
DEADLY Missiles Disguised as Toys and
Set to Explode at Certain
Time,

Chicago.-The thrilling story of his
experiences against the Huns in
France was told by Sergt. Christopher
Jones of the Royal British Field Ar
tillery, in the psycbopathic court here.
Three times he was wounded and
i've times he went through the hor-
rcrs of being gassed "over there"
Hs has been doing duty at the Brit
ish recruiting office here since his
discharge in 1917. He still carries "a
piece of shrapnel in his skull. re-
ceived at the Battle of Ypres, when
for five days he lay in shell hole,
without food or drink, until a hospital
dog rescued him.
Jones was in the fighting at Albert
when that city was attacked and che
rathedrf. destroyed.
That IVES where the Boches gave
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
AMERICANS ARE
ON THE FIRING LINE
TAKE UP POSITION ON FRENCH
BATTLE FRONT AND WILL
HELP STOP THE HUN.
Fighting Men From This Side Of Ocean
Face Enemy Line, Being Conf
dent They Will Bar Germans
From Paris and Amiens.

PariS.-Am0rican troops have taken
up positions on the French battle
front. Under the French high COM
mand, in which all ranks have supreme
confidence, the American forces face
the enemy on the line barring the Ger
mans from Paris and Amiens, where
they have been q certain number of
days.
Tue Americans, on entering the line,
found their position in a rolling ter
rain. The artillery was the first on
the line, entering on dark night,
which was made red by the continuous
flashes of friendly and hostile guns.
Under fire, which in some cases was
rather heavy, the American gunners
took up the positions of the French
batteries and completed the work of
digging in.
When the infantry moved in, the
firing was just as intense. In some
places our troops, after passing
through villages, were raked now and
then with shrapnel. In several in
oloASCS IACy 1Ouuu tut IIcuCucS
low, while in other cases there were
no trenches at all. BY this time the
positions have been improved greatly
and the shell holes connected.
The American lines generally are
about 200 to 400 yards apart, and the
high ground is about evenly divided.
What the future holds for the Ameri-
can forces is, of course, unknown, but
the Americans are confident that I'M
der the efficient French direction, al
though the tasks ahead may be diff
cult, they will give good account of
themselves and strike the boche blow
if opportunity offers.
1t should be understood that this
sector is not especially active in COM
parison with others to the north, al
though it is more active than those the
Americans previously had faced. The
artillery firing is heavy and intermit-
tent, the German shells whizzing over
the lines into towns in certain rear
areas.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
NAMES WAR FINANCE BOARD.
President Selects Four Men to Head
$4,000, ZOO Project.

Westinghouse Wilson on
Monday appointed four directors of
the new $500,00O,000 war finance
corporation and new capital issues
committee provided for in the war
finance corporation act.
Directors of the corporation are
William Z. G. Harding of Alabama,
Allen B. Forbes of New York, Eugene
Meyer, Jr, of New York, and Angus
w. Mclean of North Carolina.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
THE RED SACRAMENT

BY Amelia Josephine Burr of the
VigiIantes.
A comrades blood had stained their
ration red;
The very wine of life was in their
bread
And yet on that grim sacrament they
fed
And rose up strengthened to fulfill the
task
The dead man left undone.
o God, we ask
That we by sorrow may be doubly
strong
To fight thy war against imperial
wrong
Until the dragon-or ourselves-be
dead.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04

plane swooped down OH them H. ,...,
chine gun in full play One of til" Off
GERS was killed, and, although the 9th
er escaped, his parachute was torn by
bullet
The balloon commander told the
story of an officer who had gone up
alone and whose balloon was shelled
when flying at 1000 feet. On these oc-
casions it Is dangerous to haul down,
for the position of the winch is thereby
given away to the enemy gunnerS. At
last, after cloud Of shrapnel smoke
had appeared almost under the basket
and no response came down the tele-
phone wire to inquiries as to whether
everything was all right, the ground
officer gave the order to haul down.
Ten minutes later the car touched the
ground, and the observer was found
lying at the bottom Of the basket, I'M
conscious but unhurt. It was bad
case of shell shock, from which the
officer was several months in recov-
ering.
A few days ago, at a nearby station.
balloon suddenly caught fire, for no
apparent reason. The two observers
tried to escape in their parachutes. but
the blazing balloon overlook them, and
they were killed. Theories as to the
cause of the disaster were numerous.
but the one most generally accepted
was that the balloon had been fired by
an electric spark from thunder cloud.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
shipbuilders Speeding Up.

hington.-American shipbuilders
have responded to the shipping boards
urgent demand for speed in production.
In the week ending April 20, they
launched Al, 1O5 tons, making a total
of 1,405,000 tons since the building
program got under way.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
Soldiers superstltion.

Cavalrymen have superstition Of
their own. A mounted man firmly be-
lieves that he will come through the
deadliest charge unscathed If he car
ries on his person the tooth of war
horse, the only condition being that
the horse itself has, at some time.
been through charge unhurt.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
Gompers Stricken.

Montreal-Samuel Gompers, presi-
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, was taken suddenly ill while
addressing mass meeting of labor
representatives here Monday night.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
conjugal Felicity.

"My wife and / never argue, so we
get along beautifully" "How do you
manage it?" "When anything goes
wrong / always figure that 1t was my
fault and she never disagrees with me-"
Boston Transcript.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
Short Appointed Irish Secretary.

London.-E Shortt, member of
the house of commons for Newcastle
on-Tyne, has been appointed chief sec
rotary for Ireland to succeed Henry
Edward Duke, who has held that post
since August. 1916
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
Loan Sharks Busy in Army.

Camp Sheridan, Montgomery, Ala
In an order from the war department
officers are warned to keep a sharp
lookout for loan sharks, many of whom
have been reported operating in Ma
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04

now forms an integral part, but the ad.
miralty, the foreign office with its off,
shoots, the propaganda department,
contraband committee, and on which
the whole of our blockade activities
are based.
Is there enough of the right kind Of
women anywhere? The right kind Of
woman has many avenues open to her.
Some oyer service in France-adven-
ture, Romance, the making of history,
the glainOr Of. the uniform and g
chance Of honor and glory. But the
woman censor, catch spies though she
may, gets but little limelight.
Heroines In Bureau.
There are women in the censorship
today with three or more years service
who are not least among the heroines
Of war. They work in secret and in
silence, behind closed doors, and their
successes are hidden. They will not
even tell their friends where they
work, let alone what they do. AL
though the women examiners of mails
number some 1000, against some 500
male examiners, there has been little
mention of the women. The recent
decision of the authorities to remove
some of the secrecy which shrouds the
woman censor will lead the right wom-
en- to apply for the work, though nat
urally there will be no disclosure which
can possibly be of use to the enemy,
and the discipline habit of calling ev-
erything confidential will continue
The necessary qualifications are not
merely languages, and what they do is
not just to read other peoples dull let
tiers, as seems the general impression !;
it is much more interesting than that.
There are women there who know no
tongue but their own; they have been
chosen for their judgment and their
unquestionable discretion besides their
education and general knowledge. One
would emphasize the value of judg-
ment and the opportunities for exer-
cisng it; it is a question of weighing
up facts and coming to wise and rea-
sonable, decisions the whole time. To
women with happy blend of imagi-
nation and common sense the work is
absorbing. at times thrilling.
1t is an experience and an educa-
ton, a privilege to be part of this Won
derful mechanism. even as the hum.
blest cog in it's wheel of progress; to
observe the details of its construction
and to watch it expand week by week.
Censor Tightens Net.
For as the war widens the censor
throws his net still further overseas
Tightening it until one marvels how the
German secret service agent can slip
through it's manifold meshes. Slip
through them ne does. and that is why
the country needs her daughters to
help to outwit him.
In the women's army or navy the
average pay of officers is 1928 to SS75
with free quarters. They must leave
their homes. and to the woman who is
settled in London this Is difficulty
But if the London dxeiler has not the
robust health that eoates her all day
to stand on her feet, .nOugh she can do
good days work ION her head" if her
family falters at the thought of France
let her come forward to the censorship
and stay in England. Here. as an or
binary censor or examiner of mails.
she will have responsibility, with scope
for individuality and the great chance
of bringing spy to book by her keen
ness in drawing close the net.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
GERMANS SHOOT
DOWN 6 BALLOONS

had done its work and the balloon was
af1re. You cannot, Of course, maneuver
a parachute. and there Is always the
possibility of the burning balloon over
taking you and burning your only
means of escape.
"But before reached the ground /
saw far in front the Albatross crash
ing to earth minus wing. She had
been hit by cluster of antfaircraft
shells.
"The next thing / knew was that ]
wa lying in the middle of plowed
field, while short distance off saw
my observer coming across toward
me-"
Marrow Escape From Death.
All IL of the officers of the wrecked
balloons escaped safely on this occa-
sion. They are not always so fortu-
nate. At this same station few days
before an officer was shot and killed
when dropping in his parachute. His
balloon had been set afire by Ger
man airplane, and, as usual, he and
his companion took to their para
chutes. They had hardly got clear of
the balloon when the attacking air
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04
Equal Suffrage for Prussians.

Amsterdam.-The prussian congress
Of the National Liberal party, accord
ing to a Berlin dispatch, has adopted a
resolution in favor Of equal suffrage in
Prussia within the limits prescribed
by the government reform bill.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04

Don't set too much store by unre-
hitting industry. The ant has been
working steadily for 6.O0O years and
Is still an ant.-Capper's Weekly.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04

tional Guard and National army
camps. The order states that many OF
the money lenders have been taking
$50, SIS and 500 Liberty bonds, fire.
quently charging as much as 10 per
cent interest on short time loans.
Yerington times. [volume] (Yerington, Nev.) 1907-1932, 1918-05-04

Our home. our birthplace. our IA.
tive lana.-Southey.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-21

it by the adoption of -vritten consti-
tutiOns. specifying first, that the size
of the army and navy shall be liked
by a referendum 10 all the men and
women Of mature age: and second.
that no war OF orense nor one OF
defense beyond the territorial limits
Of the state shall ever be waged
until affirmatively decided by a like
referendum"
Stating that commercial disputes
breed wars. Mr.. Marshall continued
"I have. of course. no means OF
knowing what the representatives of
the allied governments may be will
ing 10 take up with the American
people at the peace table, but T
venture the assertion that the good
will which now exists between the
allied governments and our men will
not last five years. unless reciprocal
trade relations. fixed in justice, are
arranged between us. Peoples learn
slowly and soon forget.
The MilleniaI Dream.
The theory that men are going
to deal justly with each other re-
CARELESS of a law 70 punish injus-
tice is a millenial dream. The allies
and America, by reciprocal trade re-
lations and by the right of power
and duty to cut off commercial
transaction with any people on earth
that proposes to disturb the peace
of the world can so very far toward
Il
just now so sincerely desire.
without knowledge l express
the hope that we Will not let go by
this opportune time for the removal
of what undoubtedly will be a
source of friction in the future I'M
less dealt with Justly
"If no equitable adjustment of
the business of the world shall be
made. then as business men who are
deeply interested in the commerce
of America. YOU realize as well as
do that its weakness in the past has
been the lack Of ships upon the sea.
Each of us knows that one OF the
reasons for that lack has been the
way in which we have insisted that
our ships shall be manned. I think
the I.aFCllette law is wholly human
itarian i'm its character. l hope that
by international agreement. it may
become the law of the sea for all
sea going powers. But if it does not
then we are confronted with three
propositions: Either 20 repeal the
law or 20 subsidize shipping or 10
have governmental control of our
merchant marine, conveying the
produce Of our merchants TO foreign
shores without profit to the govern
ment of the United States.
Inherently opposed TO govern
ment ownership, 7 should neverthe-
less. infinitely prefer it TO subsi-
dizing private lines This question
is one that deserves your careful
study and the best of your honest
Judgment"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-12-21

THAT TIC 0dU no llOQRnI OF ell
deavOring to affect PreS't Will
sons negotiations.
On the question of a world league
or understanding TO prevent war
which, he said, all right-thinking
men agree is desirable. Mr.. Marshall
declared that until all men are OF
good will wars will not cease unless
nations desire peace at any price.
He said the allies and the United
States could go very far toward pro
noting peace. but predicted that
unless reciprocal trade agreements
nations, existing cordial relations
cannot last Urging extension %
the American merchant marine. he
voiced opposition 10 government
ownership. but declared that prefer
able to a ship subsidy.
1T is farthest from my thought
upon this occasion 70 utter single
word which might i'm any manner
be construed as endeavoring TO af-
feet the negotiations Of the presi-
dent in Europe said the vice pres
ident in opening his address.
Half Baked Opinions.
TOO many half baked opinions
coming from myself and others IN
public life may cause mental and
moral indigestion. speak, there
fore. only in general terms and go
only to the length that all NAV
agree.
THAT some league or understand
ing among civilized peoples for the
prevention Of certain future wars
las I prefer to put it rather than
for the enforcement Of peace) is de
sirable. all right-thinkjng men agree
II has been the dream of all ages.
Thus far this dream Of universal
peace has each succeeding time
turned into a nightmare
This appears to me 90 be the
real situation. IF mankind the world
over is the mankind of 100 years
ago. or if there is the possibility that
either England. France. Italy or the
United States contains the growing
germ of military or commercial SUI
premacy. then. though attempts NAV
be mede 70 preserve the peace OF
the world, the attempt viii he an
other failure. If, however. the mass
es of mankind in the four great ma
tons and in the lesser nations. for
whom jointly the fight has been
made. have seen a new light and
are convinced of the uselessness and
folly of war, and if more and more.
education and enlightenment as the
days go by and the generations
come and go. shall adj to the num-
her of those who thus think. then
the experiment will succeed
Until Good Will Prevails.
Until all men are of good will.
wars will not cease entirely. unless
nations want peace at any price.
Prevention as far as possible, T de-
sire: at any price. ! do not. How
ever. If mankind, as a whole. de
sires it at any price, they can &c.