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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

The trustees of the Alexandria
Building and Loan Association have
sold to Melvin P. Pitts the house and
lot at the southeast corner of Madl-
son and Payne streets.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

Franklin P. King died this morning
at 8 o'clock at his home, 1lO6 Prince
street, this city. He was about 62
years old, and leaves wife, five cons
and four daughters. For some ears
the deceased was employed as a
watchman by the Southern Railroad
company and at one time he was a
ward foreman on the Manassas branch
road. He was a native of Illinois.
Enthusiastic and largely attended
meetings of the Retail Merchants and
Publicity Convention Bureaus Of the
Chamber of Commerce were held last
night and several subjects of interest
to the city were under discussion. A.
committee was appointed to cooper
ate with the city engineer with view
TO more frequent sprinkling Of the
streets in the summer months, like
wise a committee was appointed to Sc
cure an estimate on an electric sign
to advertise the city and to be placed
near Union Station. Another
matter of great public interest was
under discussion, but no definite ac-
ton was taken at that time. tmmedl-
stely after the meetings. Business
Manager J. Y. Williams left Tor Rich
mcnd TO attend a conference Of public
officials, executives and others similar
ly interested in War Camp Activities
cal}ei to meet in Richmond by Govern
or Davis.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
Notice.

All those wishing to go with An
drew Jackson Lodge No. 100, A. F.
A. NJ, to Ashburn on Saturday night
will please give their names to Broth I
er c. C. Batcheller by Thursday night.
P. S. Luckett,
I1lO-2t Worshipful Master. !:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

For Fish Day-tomorrow-theS SAM
tarv Fish market will supply you WITH
large white perch, roe and buck shad,
large and medium founders, Jersey
trout, Potomac herring and CLAIMS.
Stall No. 2, City Market, phone I33.
111-1t
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

Large roe and buck shad, Potomac
herring. founders, salt water trout,
croakers and bass will be for sale to-
morrow by G. E. Price G. Co. in mar.
ket.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

The Potomac Fish Company will
have for sale tomorrow and Saturday
roe and buck shad, steak tile, herring,
butter fish, jersey trout, Norfolk
trout, saltwater crockers, silver perch,
Boston haddock, large and small
founders, also fried oysters all this
month. Phone 1888.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
Alexandria City and Suburbs

Mrs. Joel H. Ruffner, OF Lexington,
Virginia, is the guest Of DR.. and Mrs.
George T. Klipstein, at their home
in Prince street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

The board of managers o. the Chill
dren's Home will hold its regular
monthly meeting at 1880 o'clock this
evening.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

A dog was struck and killed by an
automobile at the corner of King and
Fairfax streets this morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
viii be Seen at the Grand Theater.

Lionel Barrymore and Grace Valen-
tine will be seen at the Grand theater
tomorrow in "The Brand Of Coward
ice" It is a tive-act Metro drama
which is full of interesting situations.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

The Soldiers Club will hold a dance
Saturday evening of this week, and
those holding invitations to the Red
Cross dances are expected to attend.
Dancing will be from s to II o'clock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

The Patriotic Branch of the Macca-
bees will meet Friday evening, at s
o'clock at the residence Of Miss Cole
man, IL King street.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

Don't Forget to see "Birth" at the
Grand theater, Thursday and Friday.
Nav 16 and II. 111-tf
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

Don't Forget to see Birth at the
Grand theater, Thursday and Friday,
May 16 and II. Hit
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
License Notice.

State license are due May lst and
this is to notify all persons conducting
business or practicing profession for
which license is required to file their
reports and make, application for same
at ONCE. RI,
Charles H. Callahan,
Commissioner of Revenue, Room Z,
City Hall, oo
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

Ascension Day Services will be
held in Christ Church tonight at 8
O'Clock. All seats are free in this
church and the public generally is in
7ited to attend.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

The Baroness Van Keiffer is a guest
at the Hotel Belvo!r.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

Mrs. Louis Bendheim has returned
from a ten days visit to her brother
in-law and sister, M. and Mrs. David
Wurtzburger, at their home in Allan
tic City.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

A carrier pigeon few into window
at the West End school house yester-
day and is there now being cared for
by the teachers and pupils, though
no effort is made to detain it. 1t bore
no message, but the tag is L. z. No.
1896.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

Mr.. Harry NJ. Rudd has resigned as
Scoutmastrr of the Boy Scouts Troop
No. /. The troop committee for this
troop, composed of Messrs. Gardner l..
Boothe, D. r. Stansbury and David
]. Howell, has called a meeting of the
troop at their hall, southwest corner
of King and Washington streets, for
Friday night at s o'clock. The par
ents of the boys and those interested
in scouting are requested TO be pres
ent to consider matters connected
with this troop and the organization
of other troops.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09
THE GOLDEN STAR ON The SERVICE FLAG

r. Memory Of First Lieutenant George Alexandria Who
Died In the Service December Last While His Way
to
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

The regular weekly prayer meeting
at the Anne Lee Memorial Home for
the Aged will be held at 3 o'clock to-
morrow afternoon and will be led by
Mrs. R. D. Woolf. A cordial invita-
ton IS extended to all.
The latest report received this af-
ternoon just before the Gazette goes
to press is to the effect that the total
amount subscribed for the Third Lib
erty Loan Bonds for Alexandria city
and county is S4S3,3OO.
A knitted sock for a soldier was lost
on an electric car Yesterday afternoon
and the mate will shortly be finished
ard waiting for some soldier to wear.
The finder will doubtless return the
sock to the address given in the lost
and be glad to do their
''Eit" in this way
Several boys. charged with tres
and damaging the roof Of a
hol Sc on north Columbus street, were
arraigned before the Police Court
late Yesterday afternoon. They prom
ised to refrain from such amusements,
in the future and were dismissed with
.n admonition. There was no session
Of the court this morning.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1918-05-09

1l0-2t
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
There Are Times When q Parachute Is Veyy Welcome

DARACHUTEs may come to save
many an aviator's life when
plane Is afire, or when for some
reason the machine is descending out of
control, according to an article in "The
London Aeroplane."
According to this journal, the Germans
have already been thinking in terms of
parachutes for their aviators Moreover.
with aviators going up to twenty thou
sand feet, there would be ample time to
launch an attempt, whereas in the old
days, when planes flew at four thousand
feet, the chance Of successful parachute
fight would have been slim. Indeed. this
journal thinks, with a properly fitted
parachute, the pilot and his passenger
would have "sporting chance:
Gwen the chance OF the parachutes be.
coming entanglcd in an uncomfortable de-
scent is preferable to the certainty of being
killed in the crash which is bound to hap
pen If one stays in the machine. And such
risk Of ENHANCEMENT can be reduced to a
very long chance if the slowing and launch
ing Of the parachute be properly des gncd
an the of in single scatter
who is badly wounded and feels himself
about to faint from loss of blood, it seems
that it would be better for him to release
himself in a parachute and trust to its slow
descent at some fifteen feet second than
10 stick to his machine with the practical
certainty Of hitting something at about 100
feet d second even if the machine is in
herently stable and lands itself wish its
engine stopped.
"Where fire in the air occurs, the para
chute il obviously Indicated as the only way
TO safety. In the old days. if fire broke out
Mt a height Of 900 1000 feet the pilot
had at any rate Il long odds chance Of get
ting down safely before the machine was
burned IN pieces Many cases viii occur TO
old-finer8 Of such successful descef.t: for
instance, that Of the late Mr.. Col!yns Pzey
at Lark Hill, that Of this late Major Ealsigh
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

ample, such purpose as was suggested by
gallant young friend of mine, who pro-
posed that when machine was lost in the
Gark during night fight and was running
snort OF petrol the passenger taking some
hrework flares with him, should get out
with parachute, find suitable landing
place ard thence signal to the pilot where
1t was safe TO land. He was quite grieved
when his c. Q. refused to sanction his try
ing the experiment himself
However, it would not need a vast men
tai effort. or unusual ingenuity. TO devise a
method by which an adequate parachute
could be slowed ~ the streanline 1airi7p on
TOP CT the fuselage, behind the passengers
mead IN two scatter. or behind the pilot in
a single scatter. In a two scatter the para
chute would have to be big enough to carry
two men, which presents no difficulties.
"a little study and cleverness would make
1t possible to launch such parachute m
ward IN such way that it would null the
crew out of the machine, and thus avoid the
chance Of fouling the tail or wings if the
crew had to drop overheard, as thev do
from balloon basket.
Starting with the brave Pegoud. num-
Der of parachute drops have been done from
aeroplanes, but. so far as one can learn. in
all cases except his the aeroplane has been
n control of pilot after the passenger has
lett, so that there has been no danger OF the
machine fouling the parachute. Pegoud.
however, demonstrated that it is safe to
drop also from an uncontrolled machine. a
fact with which his name deserves to be
more honorably associated than even with
his looping feats. He used an old-fashioned
vpe of parachute. clumsy and heavy. The
modern parachute is much handler af
fair, lighter, and occupying far less space.
In fact, 1t takes up less space than does
ships lfe-buoy, whose purpose It is de-
signed to fulfil N the air.
The whole question of life saving para
chutes on war aeroplanes is commended to
the air force authorities as one deserving
deeper consideration than it has hitherto
received Not merely has it great possibili-
ties purely as i life saver, but il has con-
siderable psychological value. Many brave
men WHO have no objection to being killed
decently IN fighs have horror of death
~ Are and Of lang fall in an uncontrol.
liable machine. The. 60 their duty in spite
OF shis fear, asd they ay none tAs worse
bscausA A4 it,
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

two parachute flares, to be used
only in case of forced landing. By my
side on panel are the four little levers
that release the four big twenty-pound
steel bombs under my wngs-two pounds
pressure in the right place will set them
off. In front, little above my head is
the butt Of the Lewis gun, pointed up at an
angle of As degrees; a drum fully loaded
IS in firing position. My red and green
side lights cast their reflections far out
on the ghostly wings The machine purrs
onward and upward
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

the heavy night air I glance at my gauges
and test an extra fashlight slung around
my neck. The revolution indicator shows
l,boo revolutions per minute, the aneroid
an altitude of 1900 feet. l sweep for my
climb in wide, swinging circles, keeping as
nearly as 1 can within gliding reach of the
aerodrome-then, 5000 feet. change my
course due east and hold straight as die.
six thousand feet. The flares have
long since vanished behind me- Around me
nothing except grayish blackness, perfor-
ated above by the stars and below bv occa-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

What if the engine suddenly fail? With
the load it will mean long glide to earth
at rate no slower than sixty miles an
hour. l peer below me at the mocking
darkness. Something is following! Swiftly
l whirl-it is only the uncanny form of
my own fuselage.
Away off to the right shaft of light
like silver pencil cuts up through the
sky. Now another! Another! Still more.
Some wave back and forth others hold
their shafts steady, like colossal marble
columns joining the sky with the black
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

slonal pin-pricks of violet light that some
careless housekeeper has left unshaded
Alone there with dark England down be-
meath me, seem to have entered silent
shroud-world. The reaction to excitement
comes to the long, tedious wait before my
ascent. try to sing. My very voice
audible above the roar of the engine,
sounds uncanny, and cold chill runs down
my back. I look around me- On the
narrow floor below me, like Easter eggs
in crate, lie the half dozen pretty red
incendiary bombs In rack in front Of
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

silk parachute. We were supposed to sniral
around these flares and pick a landing
place.
"The wing-tip flares, in nv estimation
were not very successful. True thew
Illuminated the country for miles around.
but they also blinded the pilot. It was
the same effect as looking out of top-
story window and trying to see the street
under an arc light below
Some men have landed by the aid Of
these flares, but would prefer darkness
myself"
The author then tells of one NIGHT
when notice came that Zeppelin was
abroad. The flares at his field are
lighted, his machine is equipped with
bombs and a ready machine gun, and he
goes aloft-not to meet the Zeppelin, as
1t happens, but to see it, however, in the
course of a thrilling night flight which
he thus describes:
Il speed up my engine suddenly and
crash off into the night l climb as steenlv
and steadily as l can which is we'll IN
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

earth. The shafts concentrate in one spot.
For a few seconds only another silver
pencil appears, parallel TO the rest of the
lights Little dashes OF red light. then.
like matches being lit in the distance. an
pear-they have spotted Zeppelin with
the searchlights down below and are she'll
ing 1t. Shall l fly IN that direction! No.
My orders are to proceed OF nv course.
and l hold true. I may by luck run square
upon a second Yep. Far below me now
several lurid flashes flare and disappear.
| cannot hear the reports, but know that
bombs have been dropped from the shelled
German craft ard that they have struck
down below. I keep on through the black
ness. Then suddenly the lights are gone.
The firing ceases. The raider disappears.
Ny hour is up. I turn On back
Il have flown for an hour and fortv-fve
minutes now. Anxiously I strain to see
the aerodrome night marks, but beneath
and before me is only darkness. I have
flown now another ten minutes. I should
have sighted the aerodromc flares five min
utes since Where have thev goneo Tho
night fiiers fear of a lost landing place
comes to me as l strain to see the far
ing L
My heart beats fast and see a dirtv.
milky substance begin TO crawl across the
black earth in spots-the dreaded ground
mist is Ike drawing we, blanket o,,a~
my eyes. 1t means crashing into the side
OF house or hill if the gas flares fail
TO show even think Of releasing INV
bombs That will increase nv chance of
safety, although it may by the same chance
XII few persons on the ground. But. no
the risk must be mine alone,
Ten thousand feet my barograph reads
faint orange glow is blanketed on tho
mist; which grows now fainter and NOW
lighter. the mist thins for a seco,s
and then disappears again cntirelv 7, :
enough though, to give me my bearings
the orange comes from the flying fields
fares. At last my journey is coming n
safety. throttle my engine and glide
down in long swinging spirals. Just above
1t the milky mist seems as solid as ground
plunge oo"n lnto II and am enyeioned
in vapory, soft covering Suddenly the
flares on the aerodrome glare up bripb.
and clear only FIVE hundred feet below
the mist IS passed and there is real ground
waiting for NE. Relieved, the earth seems
suddenly to be my world again.
Slowly / maneuvre my machine tow
ard land. Nearer and nearer the fares
rush at me. l am over the end one now.
l decrease my glide, aattening out to the
earth; my machine lightly touches runs
smoothly along and then stops.
"stiffiy l extricate myself from the seat.
few silent handclasps are my best greet
ing; my arst thought the telephone and
my report
Lieutenant Brandon has brought down
the z-l5 over tic Thames estuary comes
voice OF ,hs - o.. .w.1e \ c.ai
nights work. IAs zss. have 40. passsa
fAla aighAfs
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

Zone of the chief objections advanced
against Darachutes is the difficulty of carry
nag them. In the German machine already
mentioned there is tube running from the
0acl Of the passengers seat at an angle
down to the bottom of the fuselage some
feet away. This presupposes that the user
will have time to pull the parachute out of
the tuhe and launch it above him.
"One imagines that the apparatus was not
intended for emergency desccnts, but for
cXperimenta! other purposes As for en-
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

at Farnborough, and that of Mr.. DYKE
Acland in France carly in the war. Last
year the late Sergeant llottershead won a
posthumcus Y. c. by saving his passengers
lite at The expense Of his own in bringing
his machine down on fire. He died Of burns
because The fire broke out too high up for
him to get down before he was too badly
burned to survive
"Against such cases Any active service
aviator, and many at home, can mention
others in which fire has broken out high M
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07
MEXICAN aviators as yet little

MERRIAM avlatOrS as yet little
~ appreciate the risks of nigh.
flying. In the presence of Yep
pelin and enemy airplanes, one can easily
see how Allied fliers would welcome
fight as much at night as in the day
time
But how about getting back down?
How about load Of bombs on your ma
chine when your engine suddenly goes
dead and you are forced to make a land
ing anywhere?
Of these aspects of night flying Phillips
Dwight RAIDER thus writes in "The Sun
set Magazine":
might flying in a way is very fascinating
work. 1t is without doubt the most in
teresting work in the service, as it has
more thrills per mile than other flying at
the front. 1t calls for a steady fier, an
abundance Of pure grit, and an unfailing
Of direction. To get lost IS almost
fatal. Day flying is risky enough, but
night pilot has much more risk against him.
"In the first place, he has to rely too
much on his engine. Most of the time it
is his only salvation. The only places he
can land are prepared fields with special
arrangement of lights. The deceptive dis
tances and tagging barograph make mat
ters hard for him, the ever-present chance
of getting lost harnesses him, and the
caracy Of landing must be absolute.
Have you ever been on railroad train
rra+cbad from ed
berth, the landscape rushing by? Your
ayeraeg speed is, say, sixty miles per hour
II you hic anything you have tons Of steel
and wood TO break up before i finally
gets 70 you; even then your chances Of not
getting hurt are good.
"Now picture yourself in an airplane at
night. Your engine stops. The machine
is fast and heavy Your gliding speed is
seventy miles an hour. Down, down, down
you rush It is impossible for you to
the earth al all
ANY minute now you may expect to
thing. On your undercarriage you may
have four big bombs; on contact they
might explode Still you rush on. To
ehec@ the speed means TO stall the machine
ard to fall worse than ever-you're bound
to hit any second now, Well, may luck
be with you. Suddenly gone dark objects
loom up below; long black, fat stretch
appears. You dive for Il. you judge your
distance % the best Of your ability, and
ha'ten ont The wheels touch the
psos2hed ground heavily and the machine
iurches drunkenly couple Of times, pivots
and comes 70 stop. You climb out.
In other words, the average night pilot
"no has 20 land forcibIy s in exactly the
same position though he we're on
Anen and spruce express train loaded with
dynamite and running hogwild at seventy
iniies an hour
Many Ways have been Devised TO over
come this danger, and some Of them have
"erked out very veil. Of course. 7 am
speakin2 Of conditions az they were a year
aha half ago, and / suppose by nov con
aiAsns are entirely different.
NJ that time our machines were
whipped with magnesium wing~tIy eares
sSh1sa by electricity, We aiso carried two
pafsehate flares, which ws iropoed ybpae
s&fss woald stay III for ese minutes and
sssssnd esrthwsrd by means of . small
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

and the crew of the machine has been
burned to death In many cases. both our
own and the enemy's, the pilot and, or, pas
senger has thrown himself ovcrboard pre-
iorring the painless fall and smash at the
end of it to the long agony of d dive in the
middle of furnace. Such deaths could
have been avoided in almost every case If
the machines had been fitted with para
chutes. 1t is better for man to alight in
Hunland by parachute than to be burned to
death in the air
New-York tribune., 1918-04-07

The Ago fwo-seafer bipiane differs
from the other German machines
in that its wings are fapered con-
SiderabIy from root to tip, and a
single strut is used instead of two.
This gives tie gunner, who can
also fire backward, freer field of
fire, as the usual wing bracing can
be dispensed with
From The London Grnphic
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-09
URGED To-
BUY NEXT YEAR s.
COAL SUPPLY now
STATE FUEL ADMINISTRATION
GATHERS DATA ON QUANTITIES
USED DURING WINTER AS
GUIDE FOR tat8-iet9 SEASON

With Improvement IN the iuei
situation which has come principally
through the moderating weather con-
ditions. the state and La Sale county
fuel administration are turning at
tenton to working for the coming
season. hoping TO prevent as seri'
Gus situation next winter as that
through which the country has just
passed
Acting under instructions from tn,
state administration local admlnstra
tors are collecting data on the
data on the amount OF coal shipped
into La Sale county since April /. 10
gether with full information as to the
kinds, the markets from which II was
secured and whether it was for ust
for domestic or industrial consnmp
ton. The state administration has
asked the date of the receipts OF tht
shipments, the number Of the cars il
which the coal was received and Other
data,
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-03-09
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