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The Lake County times., 1918-11-15
THEY DESERVE ALL WE CAN GIVE.

America is the country of big things and of big
thoughts
We have president who has done many big deeds,
and suggested many big ideas.
But in history has a bigger conception
the uniting of the in
big campaign.
1t presents once to the German people just as
their glory departs forever the truth that people
united people, the hope and the pride of the world
1t proves once that Americanism is built on
the right foundation and will endure forever.
Three cheers for the that united in it, three
cheers for Us. the people, who viii put the
with will.
Both those who get and those who give viii have the
greatest love feast Of brotherhood good
world saw.
story is told Of guest who down at the table
with other visitors in the home with the father and
mother and little son.
The dinner praised by the guest. who said. II
very seldom l get as wonderfully good dinner
this is"
And little Clipped IA, Neither do We
This united campaign is the great givelovemoney
of the century and all prominent share
in It possibly afford In years to come whe1
the boys home telling of the deeds they die
the things they saw. point with pride th
fact that not idle when in old Lake county W.
rolled up 100000 their comfort and welbeing il
France
The time getting short OF course you have given
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15
- - y - - - -
The United States Demands
an Unconditional Surrender.
ALL BRANDED ALIKE.

If there could be anything meaner more dis
graceful than the retail prohteerng in oranges and
lemons. cannot imagine it, Here was an urgent
sickroom need. The extraordinary demand came
largely from the poor. among whom the influenza
scourge has been particularly severe And a number
OF retailers promptly took advantage Of the demand
to boost the prices Of ali possible reason.-New
York Tribune
We do not see that it is any to prohteer IN
oranges than is in eggs butter. milk o.
The thousand other things that the peo
pie need bring up their families 1t is to be hoped
that having in Europe the government may
find time take shot the despicable. conscencees
devish food profteers.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15
| THE PASSING
'''"a-a ~~@~s ssm~-~~um~i
lsHowj

BUCKEYES carried in the pants
POCKETS are said to be good for
RHEUMATISM
GUESS they won do the women
much good then
AS the women do not wear-pockets.
THE slugsard may go to the ant
But the cockroa,h viii moro than
MEET him half way.
WE read with much interest of a man
WHO had a boil on his face
AND applied the skin of an egg to it
NOW the boil has gone. but a scar ap-
pears
OUT Of which several specllod
feathers
ARE growing
And you can't help but caekle ltue.
when
YoU read It.
THERE is not little cheering evi-
dence
THAT the fat-wittsd German people
are
HAVING quit. a Di, D. ,rouol. in
ternaly
AND none Of the highbrow ladies over
there seem
TO be splitting in food these days.
THE chap who refuses to contribute
TO the United war Work Drive
BECAUSE dc war is ofer. vod iss de
user"
SHOULD be jerked up with
ROUND turn.
THE astonishing perspiouity of tire
friends of the neighbors cat who come
FROM Ruth and Carroll streets to
visit her
IS amazing
THEY seem to know that we cannot
THROW chunks o. coal at them
THIS winter.
THE general masculine idea q :
masculine
WOMAN Is one who wears glasses
AND is as thin as = lead PENCIL
THANK the Lord they viii now let Us
have
A LITTLE Bull Durham
AND we can already look toward the
fishing trip
NEXT summer with
SOME degree of satisfaction
THE genial Abe Martin mounfully
opines
THAT it has got Just so people don't
| feel
AT home at home any more
MANY young men who we'd in haste
REPENT at leisure because their bet
ter
HALVES protest against the glorious
PRACTICE of crushing crackers
IN the soup.
WHY not put the kaiser out Of his
MISERY once for all If you
FEEL sorry for him.
r. y: ~,-0-o LrarraJ ~ 1r.-vo 49,, !.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

The War Camp Community Service
at Camp Taylor. is making arrange
ments many soldiers of the camp
will eat their Thanksgiving dinner in
the homes OF Louisville The slogan
Of the Community Service TO the citi-
Eens IS Provide an extra plate on ia
Bile Thanksgiving Day. General Aus
tin has given his approval to the ar
rangements. and as many soldiers as
Louisville people ere able to take care
OF will get passes.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15
A TONIC AND
HEALTH BUILDER

Take GALLERIES 10 rid yourself of that
weakening. persistent cough which is
threatening you with throat or lung
troubles. Even in acute cases affecting
throat and lungs. CALCERBS have Civ
en- much reHef-in many cases heipin &
to restore health. They give strength
TO combat illness. Contain calcium Ga
lime salO, so compounded as to bc
easily absorbed.
Calcsrbs, so cents . Box. at all drug
gists or from manufacturer, postpaid.
ECkMAN LABORATORY. Philadelphia
Makers Of Eckman's Alternative
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

tured German vessel since his first
service in the navy. surprised his fam
iiy by coming home yesterday to spend
ten-day furlough Seaman Range
has made eight trips to France on the
transport and has experienced some
very thrilling adventures.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

Every American soldier and sailor
will find his old Job awaiting him on
his discharge from service. says a
statement isued by Joseph g. Mason.
president of the National Association
OF Manufacturers. The outstanding
obligation Of every manufacturer" the
statement said. now is to be ready TO
take back into his plant the men who
dropped their work to place their lives
at the disposal OF the nation 1t is
their plain duty.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

from Camp Taylor, informing his folks
that he has received his Commission
as lieutenant and is looking for his
assignment which is expected to reach
him by tomorrow. 1t is probable that
he viii receive a brief furlough and
viii be his way home soon. He is
a brother to Mrs. j. a. Teegerden.
Mrs. James Johnstone and Mrs. w f.
Dohbie of Indiana Harbor and Mrs.
Peter Holden Of Casper. Wyo
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

After residents of ShIpsheOannn,
south Of here. had conducted mem
orial service in tribute to Private Ce-
ell Newman. United States army. whom
the war department. had reported kill
ed IN action IN France. his mother yes
terday received a letter from him say
ing he was recovering nicely from q
wound. although still IN the hospital.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15
aHEARDFRoNoRSoIDIERS@SAnoRSE

Constantine Dawes, formerly locomo-
tive engineer with the Inland Steel
is now with Company I. 21st Engi-
neers, A. Z. F. France. Mail should
be addressed via New York.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

in France to the Times today from
SerEt. Carl Lennertz of Gary. He
writes from 10th Company. Camp de
Lavalbanne, La valbanne. Aan. France
Am. Exp. Force This is one result
of the censorship lid lifting.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

Anthony J. Nossr formerly of Inland
Steel. is now with 4. 8. n. r. r. at
Camp Logan. Company #, 2nd Reg
ment, Zion City, Ill Tony has charge
Of the mason work and likes navy lie
nne- He sends his best regards to his
Inland friends.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

and Mrs. W. Collins OF Grapevine St,
Indiana Harbor. has written home
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

Harold Edgar, formerly of the In
land Steel. is now with Co ST. 18th
Regiment. at Camp Luce. Great Lakes.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

Your money will buy doughnuts
and chocolate for the boys in the
wet trenches in France.
The filter the fighter, the faster
the finish.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

John Mackey. formerly clerk at the
Inland Steel. is now with the 85th
Division. Company NJ. s4oth Infantry.
al. +. II. France.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

Norton 4. Hepner OF Hammond, hns
been quartered with the Bat "A. 25
Field Artillery. at Camp Mcclellan.
Ala.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

WHILE wearing his most Dious expression Mr. Hob
enzoern before his abdication talking about new
popular German government It about convinc-
German In this country buying Liberty bonds
and wearing the Stars and Stripes in his buttonhoe
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

Capt. Rcy seeIcy, county surveyor.
Is now with Company G, Eng. Tr- Reg.
Camp Humphreys, va.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

George ZuschIsg, formerly assistant
chief clerk at Bolt and Rivet shop,
Inland steel. IS now stationed at Camp
Jackson. s. c.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

Oscar Range, n Gary soldier, has
bsen aboard the Won stenben. a cap
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

1t is more blessed to give than K
receive.
The Lake County times., 1918-11-15

the finish
Evening star., 1918-06-16
One Victim a Pole.

"They got much valuable informa-
ton from my man-the other couldn't
speak. He was q Pole. said he was
not an ,odicer because he was a Pole.
although he had been an 'aspirant'
and a pilot At the front for two years.
That afternoon my wrecked Hun
plane and tho charred result Of
'Doug's' good work were exhibited in
the public square of tho town, s,r-
rounded by an armed guard, and over
looked by a French military band. It
also was great day for the towns
people, and had had a good moral ef-
feet. You can imagine 1t, when you
realize it took place above their roof
tops, at only 800 meters. and that they
were able to see, the whole fight"
Evening star., 1918-06-16

that the ground was covered with the
ruins of houses. mine craters.
trenches. shell holes and barbed-wire
entadslements .so,a knew then rem that that
crash under such conditions almost
certainly would be fatal. At the least.
I thought to myself, I will avoid the
added horror Of FIRE: So reached out
already off! This had been the
original cause Of my trouble. It was
one of those freaks Of the air that
cannot be explained. To this day !
SO unexpected that I never even
thought of it as a possible trouble.
was only about twenty feet from
the ground now, but I threw on the
switch at once and the engine burst
roar. Below me German rifles were
cracking and machine guns were
suffering. But I was too low to make
use of my machine gun, which was
fixed in position and designed to fire
through the propeller. I flew on across
I had reached a safe height, turned
and swooped down, emptying a whole
drum Of bullets into the German
trench 1 had passed over. in retalia-
ton for the unhappy time they had
given me.
My gasoline was running low. SO !
contented myself with this bit of
straflng and headed back for my air
drome. Some Of the gasoline flares
were still burning wanly in the gray
light of the dawn and I made an easy
landing. four hours and fifty-five min
utes after starting. l turned the ma
chine over to the mechanics. walked
up to headquarters, made a verbal re-
port to the major. and was allowed
two days rest except for q soft"
artillery patrol Of two hours.
1.-THE second and third articles Of
this series will be printed in The Sum
day Star Magazine Section on two
successive Sundays.l
Evening star., 1918-06-16
$4,000 Feet Up; Motor Cuts Out.

Iwas now up 1900 feet-when sud
denly. without seconds warning. the
motor cut out.
That was fix for you! Ahead Of me
could sec the early morning shells
bursting along the line-and I was
well back in Hun territory. with no
power. I Immediately nosed the bus
down and continued toward the line,
hoping to make as much distance as
possible by volplaning. A glance
at the petrol gauge showed me
that pressure was at the normal four
pounds. which meant that there could
be no question Of fuel shortage. I
cast about in my mind. and decided
that 1t must be magnetic trouble. If I
was right, l knew that the only pos
sible cause was that the rocker arm
| on the contact breaker had seized on
the fiber lining.
| climbing to head the bus up. and
crawled out onto the engine to see II
could fix 1t. But my weight nosed her
down SO much that I could hardly re-
tain my hold. In fact, I was nearly
pitched Oft. ! realized that even II
sition the machine would come down
and crash before / could make re-
pairs. Consequently. I gave up that
idea and climbed back into the cock
pit and decidA to follow my first
scheme and try to volplane over the
Jour. the nearest part Of our lines.
| While was in this fix, however, the
Huns had opened on me with AAs and
| machine guns, although they must
4 easily have seen that I could not pos
sibly mako good my attempt to reach
I was only q short distance above
the earth. and looking down I saw
Evening star., 1918-06-16
UNIFORM FUND INCREASED.

The fund for the purchase Of uni
forms for the Community Band was
increased last night through the pro-
ceeds of bcnent concert given by
the band in the auditorium Of Park
View School. Newton and warder
streets northwest. The band con-
sists of thirty-five pieces and rem
dered program of patriotic and
cassie numbers. School children
staged a pageant Of the allied nations
in connection with the concert.
The band will make its next bene-
III appearance at the Wilson Com
munity Center in Wilson Normal
school next Saturday night.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
III. S. FLYERS DIARY VIVIDLY
DEPICTS INITIAL VICTORIES
Winslow and Campbell, the Latter Now an
Ace Furnished Thrilling Spectacle
in "Getting Two Foe Airmen.

How Lieuts. Alan F. Winslow and
Douglas. Campbell. taking the air to-
gether. shot down the first two Ger
man airplanes to fall victims to
American aviators with Gen. PERISH
inRs expeditionary forces is vividly
told in the personal diary Of Lieut..
Winslow, made public last night by
tho War Department. For their feat
the officers were decorated by the
French government and later pro-
posed for the American distinguished
service cross.
The account, which discloses that
the two machines were sent down
within a minute Of each other and
almost on top Of an American air.
drome, was not written for publica-
ton, but the department explained
that because Of its historical and de-
scriptive value it was decided to make
it available to the public.
"First Blood" for Winslow.
Lieut.. Winslow. who was the patrol
leader. wrote that he and Lieut..
Campbell, since designated as the first
American ace, were on emergency
call duty on Sunday morning. April
IA. last, when. at 8:45 o'clock. infor-
nation came that two German planes
were about 1000 meters above a city
only a mile from the airdrome. The
aviators rushed to their machines and
were soon off. Campbell in the lead.
Winslow, however. was first to get his
man.
II had not made a complete half
turn" Lieut.. Wins1ow wrote, land
was at about $50 meters. when,
straight above and ahead Of me, in
the mist Of the early morning. and
not more than hundred yards away.
I saw a plane coming toward me with
huge black crosses on its wings and
tail.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
QUARTET POPULAR IN CAMPS.
Programs Given by Young Women
in Local Y. M. C. AcWar Work.

Young women employed in the
clerical force at the Washington Y. NJ.
c. A. war work headquarters have
formed a camp quartet and they are
making a big hit in their musical
programs for the soldiers encamped
near Washington.
The quartet Is made up Of Mrs.
r. W. Bone. Miss Genevieve Folsom
and Miss Anita Marlborough, sopranos.
and Miss Marguerite Cooper, con-
tralto, with Miss Marion Hardie as
an accompanist. With them on their
program also is Miss Laura Hardie, q
reader of ability.
Their engagements this week in
clude appearances at Camp Hum
phreys and Washington barracks.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
HUSBAND SUES FOR $4,000.
Charges Another With Alienation
Of Wife's Affections.

Luther F. Mifneton has filed suit in
tho District Supreme Court to recover
$25, 900 damages from Charles w. Trey
for the alleged alienation of the af-
fections Of the plaintiffs wife. Lille
s. Mifneton., The defendant is said to
be employed at the government print
ing office.
The Minietons were married July
%. 1903. The plaintiff alleges that he
enjoyed his wife's affections until
June 20, 1915. when he charges the de-
fendant interfered in his domestic af-
fairs.
Evening star., 1918-06-16

hand spiral and slipped off. coming
tall
"Again I violently opened fire.
was due to the greater speed and
maneuverability OF our wonderful
machines. l fred twenty to thirty
rounds at him and could see my trac-
ers entering his machine. Then, in
another moment. his plane went
dive-I had put his engine out Of
commission.
Hun Crashes on Ground.
.I followed in straight dive, Ar
ing all the way. At about six feet
above the ground he tried to regain
control of his machine, but could not,
and he crashed to earth. darted
down near him, made a sharp turn by
the wreck. to make sure he was out
Of commission, then made a victorious
swoop down over him, and climbed
up again to see IL Doug needed any
help with the other Hun-for / had
caught glimpse Of their combat out
OF the corner of my eye.
Il rose to about 800 again, to see
Doug on the tail Of his boche His
tracer bullets were passing throughout
the enemy plane. 1 climbed a little
higher. and was diving down on this
L
saw the German plane go up in
flames and crash to earth. Doug had
sent his Hun plane down one minute
after l had shot down mine.
Many See the Battles.
Mind you. the fight took place only
800 meters up, in full view Of all on
the ground and in the nearby town,
and 1t took place directly above our
aviation field. These are remarkable
facts, for one Of our majors, who.
with the French army since 1915 has
shot down seventeen machines, never
had one land in France.
when we landed only our respec-
tive mechanics were left in the
'drome' to help us out Of our flying
clothes. The whole camp was pouring
out. flying by on foot, bicycles. side
children, majors. colonels. French and
American. all poured out of the city.
Doug and congratulated each other.
and my mechanic, no longer military.
jumping up and down, waving his
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Sight Enraged Him.

sT was so furious to see a Hun d.
rectly over our aviation field that
swore out loud and violently opened
fire At the same time. to avoid my
bullets he slipped into 1eft-hand
reversement and came down firing on
me. I climbed, however. in right
Evening star., 1918-06-16

showed black as a rat hole. At 1928
knew 1 should be over Athis. but
could not see a single light. l look
ed down intently. and saw flash
which lasted several seconds and re-
vealed the outlines of houses. 1t sur
bomb, and 1t was some time before 1
was able to figure out the cause.-The
opening of the door of a locomotive
fire box on the rails at Athis terminal
The next few minutes were ages. as
once more / traversed country where
there were no lights to be seen, and
kept straining my eyes for the lights
of Charleroi in the northeast. But
the first thing 1 saw was the CLEAN OF
the Sambre river. Next picked up a
station light. I was well beyond the
river when I finally glimpsed the
lights of Charleroi very faint in the
north.
Earth Seems to Vanish.
The country across the Sambre was
clothed with dense forests, and after
a while I thought that a fog or clouds
must have blown under me. for the
earth seemed to have vanished. So
until had dropped far enough to dis
tinguish roads winding between the
trees. Then I climbed again to 1000
feet. Even so. I got my course. for
at 1:17 1 saw below me the lights of
Malmedy, which should have been ten
feet. Even so, got Off my course, for
moment, but finally turned south.
opened up the throttle wide and nosed
down slightly for about four minutes,
when / turned east, still at full speed,
until I caught up with my prepar-
schedule.
I was now over Gonnersdorff and
the River Kill, with $50 miles of my
nd r1@
the motor, and for the next ten min
utes flew over forests to Monreai,
which picked out by the few lights
that winked upward. Ahead of me
was the CLINT Of the Moselle, and I
changed my course to northeast and
searchlfghts playing over the city Of
Coblenz and the Rhine winding into
the shadows of the night. l headed
straight toward the place where
lights were thickest, but my luck was
with me and escaped every shaft. 1t
was impossible to see the buildings
plainly. so dropped a parachute flare
which revealed the whole city as plain
as day, casting a shadow in the air
above which obscured me, while at
the same time it's dazzling brilliance
blinded the eyes of the German gun
ners IN the anti.aircraft batteries.
BY the help of the flare I saw that
I had passed too far across the city to
get the best results with my bombs, SO
l new on bit and then turned
around. I flew in a straight line and
kept my eye on the bomb sight until
a large building with high chimney,
plainly factory, came into view.
let so the bomb at once and simul-
taneously the flare I had dropped
burned out. In the meantime the
guns south of the city opened up a
heavy "Archie" fire, but the shells
were all timed tSeexplode too high to
do me any damage unless they scored
direct hit. None of them came close
Evening star., 1918-06-16

hat. pounded me on the back instead
Of saluting, and yelled:
"That's the Stuff"
"Damn It! That's the stuff, old kid"
Then Campbell and I rushed to our
respective Hun wrecks.
."on the way there-it was only half
a mile-I ran into a huge crowd of
soldiers-blue and khaki-pressing
about one man. pushed my way
through the crowd and heard some
body triumphantly say to the sur
rounded man in French: There he
American
Il looked at the mana scrawny,
poorly clad little devil, dressed in a
rotten German uniform. It was the
Hun pilot Of the machine had shot
down. 1t seems he would not believe
that an American officer had brought
him down. He looked me all over:
and then asked me In good French II
was an American. When an
swered. Yes he had no moro to say.
Evening star., 1918-06-16
Explosions in Rapid Succession.

l turned back on my tracks after
this and released another parachute
hare which showed me a very long
row OF buildings, apparently barracks.
l dropped my second bomb on them.
All these operations had consumed a
very limited space Of time. AS my
second bomb went I turned again
and flew across the river over the
forts at Ehrenbreitstein, whose guns
were heavily bombarding the second
flare which still bathed the city in
it's ghastly light.
was well over on the east side Of the
river before the searchlights picked
me up. but then it seemed as II every
gun in Germany was firing at me-
Just at this moment, too, hell broke
out down in the city. Several ex-
plosions occurred in rapid succession.
the concussions so violent that they
rocked the bus. and couple Of fires
famed up. I judged that ono or both
Of my bombs must have touched off
something worth while.
The Archie" fire was redoubled in
intensity, and when I started for
rage that % swallow M W could a aeaeai not have nar
passed. I promptly headed up the
Rhine in the direction 1 knew they
would least expect me to take, and
so lodged through without a hit be-
ing scored on me. Flying at full
the searchlights lost me, but for sew
era1 minutes 1 could hear the thunder
Of the barrage fire as I headed back
toward France.
Lights were scarcer than ever on
my return trip and I had to depend
entirely on my compass, which I knew
to be inaccurate. But I felt that /
could calculate on reaching some point
on the right side of the lines before
dawn, and did not worry. My motor
continued its steady roar and the
screech of the wind in the wires testi-
fed to the speed 1 was making. When
I recrossed the Meuse I noticed that
the sky was growing lighter in the
east, and I figured that I was still
abreast Of my schedule. Everything
went well until I was over Douai. I
was looking down on the German air
drome I had passed before, and dimly
made out three machines on the
ground-for safety's sake.