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Tcuer's Theory.

The point made by MIR. Tencr is that
the public of these United States looks
upon baseball as its great recreation
the sport to which il turns for the en-
joyment and relaxation deemed neces-
Sary to health.
Mr.. Tener is right.
When a business man has made a
mistake in his judgment OF human ma
ture and placed too much confidence in
one of his employees. il does him no
and relax
oh. Mr.. McGraw." he will call out.
when some player has fallen down in u
pinch. what made YOU hire that Seczer?
Didn't you know. the minute you first
saw him, that he was a shine?"
When rising young attorney has
been nonsuited because of some blunder
IN preparing his case. ball park is
Just about the incest little old place in
the world for him TO relax in. Here he
may, II lucky, behold in the course or
one afternoon as many two or three
plumbers by the players on either team
ana lac can get SO busy calling the
players at-heads that before he knows
II he Will lose all recollection of the
stupid error that cost his client so
much.
When a doctor is afraid he has given
some trusting patient the wrong pill
nothing Will relieve his mind so mucn
as going to ball game and criticizinE
pitcher for throwing the wrong curve
10 a dangerous batter in a pinch.
When pitcher gets the an
All the rooters can relax.
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by LigRsn, 10 i3.scs on E.JI, ..,,,---
son - en- i-irsan. Double rla HH"nln-
son 10 3lckin!y TO Slater: Lsi.t "a; rI''hl'
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Is LIB l3 l3 81 IL 10
Silenf Alhleiic l.i..L

silent Athletic C.....o03c 900 &
-, summary. Three base hit-Stuart
NO base hiis-Cartcr. Hotchk!ss. sac
rihcr ny-liotchkiss. stolen bases
M3Fheid 60. Carter. Whitfield. +. Har-
Sci ". becson 60. Stuart A.
- brien. Eeasley CD. Double piayM
stuart to Whitfield to Ho,chkiss. Struck
1out-nE Moriconi. 5; by Bcaslcy. s
Ease ON halls-of Beazlcy. l. Balk-
Moriconi Passed ball-Rogcrs. Icf,
on Sascs-Eattle Axe. /; Silent Athletic
!un' a. Umpire. Edwards. Time,
Hcur 40 minutes e'
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The Wizard.

= WIzdru was MuINaney.
Very fast and very brainy
And the toast OF all the rooters in the
town.
Other players fell down. maybe,
But Mulvaney was baby
Who had never shown a sign Of fall
ing down.
y grille in tho stand
Thought Mulvaney simply grand
SO she got an introduction one fine
day
Love at first sight followed fast
And when Cupid's die was cast
They went looking for the parson
right away
wizard was Mulvaney
Who had once been fast and brainv
Til! he went and made the matrl-
monial switch
some wise wizard now and then
Shines above his fellow men,
III the wizard meets a cunning little
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-04

Good used furniture Is in Erent de-
mnnd. rimes-Dispntch want AID. will
mud buyer for YOU
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RANDOLPH STREET WINS

.,sahoHLph Street defeated the Old vIr
- hThah! Yesterday, the count being
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AVIAToRS DEFEAT ALCos
IN HOT GAME BY d Tn z

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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-04

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find a buyer for yOu.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
important Positions Are
Taken From Enemy,
Who Loses $50 Men
Allied Line Is Firm
On Asiago Plateau
Rome Reports Great Stores
Of War Material Captured
From Fleeing Foe

LONDON, July 2.-Northwest of
Mount Grappa, on the Italian noun
,sin front, the Italians have wrested
;mportant tactical positions from the
,.aten Austrians and taken 500 more
,r;soners, the War Office in Rome an
nounced to-day.
Further west on the Asiago Plateau,
where che Italians on June % and 80
captuped Monte di Val Bella, Col del
Rosso and Col de Chele, repeated Aus
TRAN attempts to retrieve their losses
have proved futile. Again ana again
the enemy has attacked the Allied line,
Oply to be driven back with heavy
losses.
The Italians have taken 1877 addition
al prisoners in this region. South of
the city of Asiago. on the east side of
,he plateau, British units have taken
urisoners in local fighting.
More complete count of the booty
Won BY the Italians in their recent sue
eesses reveal that a large number of
guns, trench mortars, machine guns and
other war material were deserted by
the Austrians in their rapid retire
ment
Along the battle line between the
Brenta and the Piave rivers. in the
centre, and along the whole Piave
River line, on the Italian right, there
has been an increased violence of the
artillery, the Austrian War Office an
nounced to-day, but no indication OF
heavy infantry actions.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
80 German Planes
Downed by British
In Weeks Raids
Operations on an Extensive
Scale Reported on
All Fronts

OTTAWA, July 2.-1n the face of ad-
verse weather conditions, which, ac-
cording to official assertions, would
have made flying impossible" q year
ago, the British Royal Air Force, aided
by the Australian Flying Corps, has in
the last week directed fire upon Ger
man batteries, attacked field works and
fortiticatlons, dispersed concentrations.
reconnoltred rear positions, and ha-
rassed enemy troops by bombing and
machine gun fire. Thirty-nine German
alrplanes were accounted for, as COM
pared with nineteen lost by the British.
This fighting took place with clouds
hanging low, high winds blowing and
heavy rains prevalent in France and in
Italy, according to an official review Of
the operations received here to-day by
the Director of Public Information
from the Imperial Ministry of Infor-
nation.
Excellent work was done by Cana
dian pilots" the review adds, "and,
apart from coastal enterprises and
special work of the Royal Air Force in
dependent forces, more than ninety
tons OF bombs have been ropped on mil
ltary objectiyes behind the German
lines. Nearly 1000 photographs were
."NC1i, aiu IauIly LllOuSdnQ ROUNDS OF
small arm ammunition were fired from
q low height at small targets.
Attacks the Harbors
Highly successful raids have been
made on German harbors, shipping and
naval works on the Belgian coast. Five
separate attacks were made upon the
docks at Bruges and Ostend within
twenty -four hours. Upward of nine
tons OF bombs were dropped upon the
docks at Lebrugeoise, works at Tho
irout, the railway junction at Maria Al
bert. the airdromc at Zeebrugge and
sheds and railway sidings at ST. Pierre
Capelle.
Enemy trawlers and destroyers off
Ostend and Zeebrugge were also at
tackled.
"on TIE night OF June 90 the Brit
lsh independent force made four sue
cesslve attacks on Metz-Sab!ons and
dropped six tons of bombs on the sta
ton. On the following day the rail
way sidings We're again bombed. as
were factories and sidings at D;lligen'
and Saarbriicken and an enemy airplane
doWned III flames. All our machines
returned safely
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
X aiser Distributes
Iron Crosses to
American Forces
(SV The .4ssocicted Pres.

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, July 2.-The German EN-
peror has distributed Iron Crosses ga
lore among the American forces hold
ing new lines westward of Hill 2O4.
The distribution, of course, was not
direct. 1t was via the chests of SOL
diers whom Germany considers among
her, best. Having an Iron Cross in
ones possession seems to be fad
among the American forces, for nearly
every prisoner taken has one, and eX
tremely few retain them.
Many Americans seen to-day had tho
medal cherished by the enemy pinned
IN the centre of their shirts--not on
the left side. either-whilc Others
pulled their trophies from their pock
cts, explaining that they considered
them the best souvenirs obtainable, be-
cause they are easily mailed home.
while such things as machine guns.
rifles and trench mortars are likely to
become elephants on ones hands. The
men said that some Of the crosses had
been given voluntarily by the Ger
mans when they were asked for them.
but other crosses were simply cut off
prisoners shirts or otherwise removed.
One small doughboy. who looked less
than twenty years OF age, stepped up
to a German officer who had been
taken prisoner and drew his bayonet
to cut off the cross. The officer thought
the American intended to kill and
turned and fed, the American soldier
chasing him with the bare shining bay
onct in his hand.
The officer finally was headed off by
other Americans, and then the small
soldier approached, patted the German
on the shoulder with one hand and re-
moSed the desired trophy with the
other, much TO the astonishment of the
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

went into training for his attack
the Crown Prince had an opportu-
nifty to try his hand.
The Aisne attack deve)oped be-
yond German expectations and COM
mitted Ludendorff to greater Job
than he had anticipated when he
launched the drive which carried him
to the Marne.
To-day Ludendorff must not only
defeat the British, French and
American armies, but he must offset
the bad effects of the Austrian re-
verse on the Piave and vindicate
Prussian arms after the attack Of
Kuehlmann.
LudendorfY must win a decision,
not an inconclusive victory such as
the Somme, Lys or Marne, and he
must win it against stronger forces
than those confronting him in these
earlier battles.
Though the British are anxious.
they regard the future confidently.
Though expecting desperate fighting,
they feel that it will result favor
ably to them. When the coming bat
tie is ended, the British believe
Ludendorff will have lost the initia-
tive forever.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Two N. Y. Lieutenants
Among the Wounded
One Took Part in the First
All-Americane Raid on
German Trenches

Two young New Yorkers-both lieu
tenants-are mentioned in the days
casualty lists as being among those
severely wounded. A Newark On. J.)
soldier, mentioned as missing, is the
second in his family to fall victim of
the Hun, an elder brother having been
taken prisoner from a merchant ship
year ago.
The two officers are Lieutenant Paul
DAILY, of 81 East Forty-ninth Street,
and Lieutenant Philip L. Rose, of 105
East Fifty-third Street. Lieutenant
Daily took part in the first GAIL -Ameri-
can raid" made on the German
trenches, on March II, and was award
ed the French War Cross. Lieutenant
Rose is Yale graduate and was
trained at Plattsburg. His father is
Captain John Fl. Rose, now serving in
the Medical Corps of the National
Army.
Garrett Nagle, private in the ma
rnes, who is reported missing. lived at
Al Tappan Avenue, Newark, N. j. He
is eighteen years old, and enlisted
that his brother had been made priS-
oner.
Frank w. Paulsgrove, private, in the
field artillery. who was killed on June
16, was the son of Alfred Paulsgrove,
of Is Randall Street, Phillipsburg,
Penn His brother, Howard, is now
with the marines in France.
Private Frank Anthony Rea, another
marine reported missing, is eighteen
years old. He lived with his parents at
175 Linden Street, Yonkers. Two years
ago he ran away from home and en-
listed. At that time his father Sc
cured his discharge because Of his age.
A few months ago he again ran away
and enlisted
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Germans Believed
To Be Bringing Big
Guns Nearer Paris

BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. July 2.-The puzzling silence
of the enemy is continuing along the
entire front. The most general con-
lecture as to the reason for his pro-
longed pause is that he is awaiting tho
arrival of guns of new type, inter-
mediate between the extreme long.
range guns with which he has been
shelling Paris and his long-rangc
naval guns.
With guns of this type, the as
sumption is, the Germans would be
capable of throwing large number of
heavy shells into Paris from dis
tance of forty or fifty miles. A bonn
bardment from this distance instead
of the seventy or more miles covered
by the guns heretofore used in the
longrange bombardment of Paris has
been made possible by the advance of
the enemy lines within the last month.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

officer, who thought he WAS about to
be slain. The American gave the Ger
man cigarette and a mach and the
bargain was closed.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Italians Widen
Northern Front by
Taking 3 Peaks
(By The Associated Press)


ITALIAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS,
July 1.-The local actions resulting in
the reconquest of Monte di Val Bella.
Col del .Rosso and Col di Chelo had for
their objects the widening Of the Ital-
an front west of the Brenta and the
driving cf the enemy from the posi-
lions he captured last Christmas, lost
10 the Italians III January and regained
en- June Is.
The italian losses were slight COM
pared to those suffered by the Aus
trians. II! was due almost entirely
20 the violence and accuracy of the
Italian and Allied artillery fire. I'm
der cover of this fire, the infantry was
able to take the enemy positions with
out mucA opposition and to dig in at
once. The Austrian artillery return
1re has been severe, some shells reach
ing the plains behind the lines and de-
stroylng houses centuries old. Trees
l6o years old on Monte Melago have
been torn up.
The attack on Col del Rosso began
Sunday morning shortly before noon.
me Italians took the height from the
Sd Edelweiss Division, which formerly
fought under Emperor Charles. The
division suffered severely. Italian air
planes showered them with bombs,
while the Bersaglieri exacted a heavy
toll in hand hand fighting Many Of
the bersaglieri wore their red fatigue
caps during the battle.
:, Czecho-Slovak troops distinguished
themselves in the capture of Monte di
val Bella Among Austrian prisoners
captured by company of Czechs was a
brother OF one of the men in the VIC
,.onoas company. They soon estab-
nshed their identity and joyful re-
union took place.
one of the questions asked of his
aeSly,.found brother by the prisoner
Whose offensive is this? The ItaI-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Missing in Action

Missing in Action
CROAL. Charles c.. lieutenant, Ssseton,
FOLEY. Daniel A.. sergeant, Youngstown
JONES. Harry A.. corporal, Westminster.
- BIRMINGHAM. Benjamin. Corpus Christi.
BOG B0G$GZ. Joseph NJ. chicopee Falls. Mass.
M'GINN. Joseph ". Philadelphia.
RANDALL. Arthur A.. Columbia, Miss.
WETZ. Carl r., 1865 Third Avenue. New
York.
WRIGHT. Harry L.. Binehamton. N. Y.
Previously Reported Killed in Action,
Now Reported Alive and on DUTY
JACKSON. Robert H.. corporal, Roslin-
The Marine Corps casualty list to-
DAY contained 81 names, rs of whom
were reported missing, as follows:
Killed in Action
BELL. Carl r.. Clinton, III.
GKAFT. boykin w., Elberton, Ga
L1oN. Cedric E.. Hopewell. Va.
Died of Wounds
- a AY, William j., Rome, Ga
SHERMAN. Anthony NJ, Sidney, Ohio
Wounded Severely
PARK1N. Edward w. Detroit.
Missing in Action
ASHLEY. Thomas W., second lieutenant
Deerfield. Mass.
DOS l. tranklyn L.. sergeant, no address.
Ore. -'eu'oiu'
WHITE. Frank j.. corporal Chicago.
HAhRlS. Leslie j., trumpeter. Detroit.
ARNOLD. Sebren L.. Charleston, w. Va.
AAu.ISIIN, q = H. Wayne G.. Burrston. Kan.
BALLlSIER. William f.. Dayton. Ohio.
CRIST. George r., Broadwav' Va
FULMER. Clinton w. Concrete. Co,
GORNEY, Frank. Chicago, III.
JOHNSON. Raymond c.. Denver. Col.
Penn. "''"e'" oar G.
Law. Robert Homestead, Penn.
NACLE. Garry. "a Tappan Street. New
RAMOLD. John. Nebraska, Neb.
REA frank A.. IFS Linden Street. Yon-
, RHODES. Robert j.. 12s Maple Street.
RoBlNSON.- Dayton H.. Lapeer. Mich.
SAWYER, John E.. Wapato. Wash.
SIMMONS. Wenefred S.. Akron, Ohio.
SPANG. BENJAMIN j.. Philadelphia.
ST!ELkE, Carl. Cadillac. Mich.
WALTON. James P, Atlanta, Ga.
WILSON. Robert D. A., Bakersfield. Cal.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
Kaiser Karl Names
General Won BelolU
Commander in Italy

ZURICH, July 2.-General Otto Won
nslIw ;n sS9 has been appointed commander
"a "a caief @ on the Italian front, according
70 Munich papers. Among the other
ssaanges reported were: Field Marshal
..'s anur Arr Won straussenburg, chief of
Nan MAN. IS replaced by General Krauss.
;saJor Waldstetten. vice-chief of staff,
Is superseded by General Won Ardolff.
according to the Munich Zeitung,"
austrian austrian military circles attribute the
seleat .ta;1 on the Piave mainly to the
ssrike ssr in the Budapest munition fac
General Otto Won Below led the
aasio- German forces in the great Of
!snslve u along the Isonzo last October
ns ne remained there until last winter,
"nen ne was transferred to the Ger
msn armies on the French front. He
M xas IN the Bapaume sector during the
marcn offensive and was in command
VI ~ portion of the German army dur
IN May. ''0 '0'0
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
The Casualty List

WASHINGTON. July 2.-The army
and marine casualty lists to-day con-
tanned 113 names, divided as follows:
Killed in action, IL; died of wounds, 12;
died Of disease, /; wounded severely,
40; wounded slightly, 9; wounded, de-
gree undetermined, 2; missing in
action, SO.
Names without rank given are those
of privates.
The list follows:
Killed in Action
BREWER. James c.. lieutenant, Bristol,
Tenn.
REDWOOD. George B.. lieutenant. Balti-
more.
KuTcHER. Frank j.. WAGNER. Millvale.
Penn.
EARLS. Curd W.. Corbin, Ky
JORDAN. James A. Eby, Ky
MDERMOTT. Frank c.. Portales, n. NJ.
NAEGLE. Richard C.. Philadelphia. ''-'
ONElL, David G., jr.. Reno. Nev.
Died of Wounds
GUSTAFSON. George P. lieutenant,
sy55SS5s 5zcHSoN: =: George D.. lieutenant. King
NosTRowsKI. Stanley c.. sergeant. Chi
cago
ADACH. Konstansty. Schenectady. N Y.
BAIRD. Emery E.. Topeka. Kan.
CT ARkE. JEFF D.. Rockland. Tex.
WALLER, Albert H., Norwalk. Conn.
WHEATLEY. Charles. Bunker HILL Kan.
YAWN. William. Three Rivers. Miss.
Died Of Disease
SHORTRIDGE. Lemuel T.. Kenmare.
N. D.
Severely Wounded
CROSS. William A., lieutenant. Franklin
JEFFERs. George L.. lieutenant. Rich
mond, Va.
LEACH. John w. lieutenant, Tuscaloosa.
MOORE. Robert L.. lieutenant. Cam
ROSE, Philip l., lieutenant. 1o5 East
Ffty1thrd SEhnd Street tree New ,;.n. York Ansox.o,
WADE. Robert. lieutenant. Unionville.
Tenn
BERG. Norman F.. sergeant Chicago.
LEWIS. Benjamin H. sergeant, Contra
80 ~BL.AcKwELL. Freeman. corporal, Au-
GARDNER. Thomas G., corporal. Rich
HUFFMAN. Charles z. jr.. corporal.
ss RoBlNsoN. Ralph c.. corporal, Rawlins.
ATZER. Samuel W.. Philadelphia.
CRITCHEOW. John H. Homestead, Penn.
CUMMINS, Melroy, Runford, Me
DAUGHERTY, James s., Blueaeld, W. Va.
DIEDRICH, Ralph L., Joliet. III.
DRAGOO Edgar E.. Basin, Wyo.
DUDE, William, Lowell, Mass.
FUNK. Hugh s.. Liberal, Kan.
GoMOLE. Andt, Punzsutawney.u Penn
GR1fL, Anthony. Reading. Penn.
HANKE. Peter, Chicago.
HARDIN. Amos. Dalton, Ga.
HORTON. Earl. Cincinnati.
IVENs, John w. Grand Canyon. Arls
JOHNSTON. Horace c., Libby. Mont.
kAUtEN. James j.. Philadelphia. Penn.
MKAY, Howell n; Anaconda. Mont,
M'LAUGHLrN, William e.. Foraker. Ohio.
NELSON. John E. M. Bridgeport, Conn.
RAFFINGTON. Charles S., Hutchinson.
RYAN. John c.. Rawlins, wyo:
SAMPSON, Otis, Stoughton. Wis.
SCHLACHTER. Joseph Rock Springs,
sEAvER. Fred O.. Sharon, Wis,
STORRAR, Andrew c., Butte. Mont.
HdMAs TudyAN ndPss rss A. f. Sds.F d. F@Es ss4ns T~q
WELLS. Laurence j.. Chicago.
WHIPPLE. La Vern, Sunnyside. New.
= WILSON, John. Kearny. N. J.
Slightly Wounded
DAILY, Paul. lieutenant, 81 East Forty
ninth Street, New York.
SUMME. John, Mentone. Ind
Wounded, Degree Undetermined
MILLER. Charles L., lieutenant, Altoona,
Penn.
BEACH, Paul A. Green Ridge, Mo.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
By l1ilaire Belloc
(Speciui Cable Dispatch to The Tribune,
(C0pyrlght lQlS. by Tho Trihmna An..a...,...,

(Specidi Cable Dispatch to The Triban.,
Copyright. lols. by Tho Tribune Association,
LONDON, July with fresh
news the magnitude of the value of
the Italian success above the Fren-
zela Valley increases. Not only have
our allies now counted 1000 pris-
oners, but they have happily sue
ceeded in forcing the summit of VA!
Bella.
The Importance of the second sue
cess is considerable. Col Rosso faces
Val Bella. From the other six sides
the Frenzela Ravine and the two
heights between them completely in
tercept any effort to use the ravine
tor descent upon the plains. Now,
the Frenzela Ravine is the eastern
road out of Asiago on the Brenta
Valley. 1t is the short cut from the
Austrian deployed line upon the Ash
ago Plateau straight down to the
Italian communications.
After Caporetto the enemy made
his greatest efforts to force pas
sage. 1t was with the greatest diff
ficulty that he held, even though Col
Rosso and Val Bella were occupied
by him. So, even after failure in this
last offensive, he still has threatened
his best gateway down tn The I+o1;,.,
communications. Now that he has
lost two SUBMITS he is in a far
worse position than before.
The value of Val Bella is that il
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
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Hilaire Belloc's View of the Battle

completely dominates the Asiago
Plateau from the east and, to some
extent, the Trenta Valley from the
west. The Italians had been unable
10 carry it in the first counter often
sive against the Austrians, and the
present capture is notable achieve
ment.
The most important news of
the war at the opening of the
week was not that of the small
local actions of which the great
est was the carrying of Val
Bella summit by the Italians, but the
admission of the Austrian loss in the
hungarian Parliament, of which we
mad full account through Switzer-
land. l warned my readers at the
time that the first suggestion Of
10000 in losses for the enemy on
the Piave was ridiculous.
Such losses would have meant that
more than half of the Austro-H Hun.
garlan infantry had fallen. We now
have the admission of 100000, and,
as slight injuries arc usually ex-
cluded in political reports of this
kind, while the sick, in spite of Aus
trlan denials, certainly are excluded.
we may take from 10000 to 1875, 900
as probably the right figure.
1t corresponds roughly to the other
failure of the great offensive on the
same scale as that in Champagne
last wear.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03
I guo American FIiers
Win Medal for VoIor

PARIS, July 2.-Serseant Frank l..
Baylies, Of New Bedford, Mass, and
First Lieutenant David T. Putnam. of
Brookline, Mass, American aviators,
have received a var med.l from the
foreign service committee of the Aero
Club of America "tor valor uad distin-
guished service"
Edwin Parsons. of Springfield. Mass,
. member Of the Lafayette escadrllle.
is mentioned in Official citations which
we're printed IN the official iourna to-
GAY. Parsons is cited rs "an excellent
pilot who has doWned three enemy am
New-York tribune., 1918-07-03

pianes.' Jacques dc Lesscps is men
..s IoAcd tor ms brilliant conduct in
distant night bombardment raid"
Sergeant Frank L. Baylies, credited
3;oa %',a wv t%eiTs aerial Victories. fell be-
Ilho I'm. the German lines on June ~
MS machine caught fire DURING a COW
iat "a with four German airplanes. Il
$ believed by his comrades that he
landed unhurt. ''s
FIRST Lieutenant David E. Putnam
q ueScenda9t of Israel Putnam, is of
nciaily credited with nine aerial vic
tories, but two more are said to have
I' 2een won by him. On June 10 he
brought down five enemy machines
II, 'nls IS. reco1d being the most notable
,eE. ormed By any American aviator
during the var and orobabTv ecf;rsod
only by the record OF Lieutenant Rene
cnck, a French ace. who on Nsv
Drought down six German airplanes.