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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

which could have no basis in fact to look into their youthful faces win tbe realization that within d short snace they might all be called upon to Day the great price in defense of kjne and country.
 They were not discussine the raid In fact, they seemed to be avoding if Their talk was largely made up of in. consequential chatl, and it seemed at moments that there was just susni. cion of nerves" in their outbursts of laughter. From time to time some one of them would fall into silence and 1h0dgftu]ness, only to be recalled rom his reverie by the qup of a com rade. They watched one another like brothers, and We wondered if there were not some method in this bandiaoe O1 Jests. but we asked no questions.
 A table just back of the correspond- ent was filled with a jolly party. A newcomer came in and took his seal a big. brOadshouldered chap with clear eyes and enga2ing smile He was the pilot of one of the raiding machines lie was bounced upon immediately.
 Your family is very wealthy, we hear, Yank.
 "Wealthy; should say it was.' boomed great voice. q don't work because l have to. I'm doing this be. cause I like it."
 The speaker was Boston boy who had been flying With the British since 1916. few minutes later he crossed and touched the correspondent on the shoulder.
 Come over to our table and we will fill you up on local color and cham pagne,' he invited
 There was local color and cham paSne, too, for somebody had just re- ceived a promotion and was celebrat- ing very mildly with quart of wine. We chatted for a few minutes and the Massachusetts man told little of how he had deserted exhibition flying in America to join the British forces.
 "This bombing business isn't war;" he volunteered, Il am chauffeur; my car is my plane, and my passengers are bombs. l take my passengers ov CT the lind and discharge them. safe and sound. and then come home" His eyes tWinkled as he said it, brave fel low
 A siren began it's uncanny wailing somewhere outside, and silence fell over the hall. It was the "call to arms.' One by one twenty-four men separated themselves from their com rades and stole quietly from the room They said nothing; nothing was said to them; but scores of friendly anX- ious eyes looked "bonne chance" Vel
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

followed shortly, for we had come
 '' see 'he Agetaway' and the return
 1t was dark. A pale crescent moon
 s1IluS&ied bravely but ineffectivelv to
 c,ear away the gloom below. Strange
 Sllaao"y figures were Hitting. noise i lsSSisS aoout the grounds, and against 1 tne skyllne could be seen the blots Which represent the great machines
 Ihal stood waiting for their pilots ana observers. Off toward the east ] 'lle sky quiVered and glowed fitfu)lv WlIh the crimson flashes from a my
 l!aa guns. while the sharpnel hurled VICIOUS flashes all along the line. It was toward these ominous beacons that the fight was going.
 ] here was nc delay. Time was valu. 1 anIe Tor there were signs that mists ih!ght come at any time. Within five minutes. the throbbing of a powerful cng'ne began. a machine gun parked away across the field and swept into the air. it's little signal lights gleam- ing like stars Another followed. and another, untl the twelve had all en,- parked on their perilous voyage end ing no one could prophecy.
 Gradually the blinking eyes of the planes disappeared, and we stood and counted the minutes as We strain ed cur eyes toward the battle lines where the flights would cross. Sud- denly stream of balls of fire began to mount h1"h into the air over the trenches. The airren had reached the land of hate. and their punishment began in earnest.
 The deluge continued, and the sharp mel flashed in ever increasing mum besrs: German searchlights went peer ing through the clouds, and we learn ed later that one ray rested squarely on British plane. It was a heart breaking moment for the pilot and observer. Their chances were small. but the light moved on and upward and the plane was again enveoped in darkness
 All the planes but che were across the line at last. The one machine came wheeling back. flashing it's per sonal signal as it felt it's way towards home. A signal from the ground ans Wered and the plane circled slowly down and came bobbng across the
 
 return, but there had been no acci- dent
 It neared the hour for the other planes to be coming back. The Suad ron Commander was pacing up and down the field like caged tiger. His nerves were strained almost to the breaking point, and he made no ef- fort to conceal it. His boys. the lads whom he loved like brother, were out there ever the boche guns. He himself had spent many bitter days and nights in a fighting plane, and he knew the hell the flight was going i through at the moment. And so he 1 stamped about unhappily, with his peering eyes ever on the eastern hor- izon, watching for the twin stars which 1 would herald the return of at least one of the wanderers.
 Finally set of lights appeared and 1 swung swiftly towards the west. "Dash, dot dash, hash-' went the code.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
[,ps of Daring and Danger in
 Air concealed in Dry Reports
nh;ng Expedition Officially Noted in Amount of Ex. plosives Dropped, Marked With Many Deeds
4ho British Armies in France,

;tb the British Armies in France,
 sh 2O.-(Correspcndence of the Gated Press)-"In the early part
 e'ri : nioht before the mist set in our
 f.flying squadrons dropped five
 # hombs on two hostile aero
 Deos" o Official-Communique.
 s aoct nossaic statement and one
 nh;ch the average reader would
 ~ " get much thrill. Our night
 eD Q sSouadrons SC dropped five tons
 pmbs." A mere commonplace; an
 % ent in the daily routine. So far olor I goes it might have read:
 elpr moter transport brought up five of biscuits"
 ,d vet behind that brief announce
 i shorn of all heroics, and be-
 every similar announcement, lies palth of supreme daring. of dang
 seen and unseen, of hair-breadth |nes and nerve-racking episodes.
 10 correspondent of the Associated
 e witnessed the start and the re- of the airmen who dropped five of bombs," and the story of this ordinary night may serve to give |reader some idea of the daily life ke airn1an who, as it were, continu- battles on the edge of a preclp!ce
 e the many hands of war reach 4o drao him down
 Fe arrived at great British aero- he just as the evenino shades we're |ng and the mechanics were mak- |their final inspection of the huge |bing machines which shortly were wheel their way across the fight Hines with their freight of explos- Some day-flyers were returning h their trips, winging their way light and true towards the aer J. he from all directions like mighty ling pigeons. A few pilots were hlating in picturesque curves Ee the grounds, and occasionally bping down in lightning charges ards stationary targets while their (hine guns spat steady stream of h fire to the accompaniment of wicked staccato chatter which bs one of the greatest terrors of front.
 be night-f1yers were to go out as as darkness had settled, and we Id them all in the mess hall over i early dinners. Twelve machines e to engage in the raid in hand, Eh meant that twenty-four of these |n'cut boys would soon be risking |r lives over the inhospitable zone Ire the Germans watch and wait Hhe appearance of enemy aircraft. i Re joined them at mess and lis |d to their conversation. It gave Ia sensation of witnessing a drama
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

pulled out his pipe and filled it re- Effectively.
 "This business of bombing is all hab- it, he remarked philosophically, as he crammed the tobacco down. "The Brit ish army has a habit of sending us out, and we have a habit of going and bombing the Hun. All habit just like smoking, though perhaps not quite so pleasant"
 We shook hands and he went away
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21
WHY NOT BE GOOD TO
 YOURSELF

If you awawken weary and un- refreshed in the morning or tire ear- ly in the day, are bilious and "blue" with coated tongue and bad breath if you are suffering from indigcs- tion or constipation-you will find Foley Cathartic Tablets quick to re- lieve and comfortable in action. They are wholesome and health giving Adv
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

Having disposed of Jerry Travers in a handicap golf match, Mrs. w. A. Gavin has challenged Francis Ouinct to meet her in a match at Newport. As Jerry Travers hasn't anything on Ouimet, either in golf or gallantry Mrs. Gavin wins before the start.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-04-21

to his billet, his "reat frame complete ly filling the office door as he step ped out.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
Frisco Must House
 5O,OOO Worknen

SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. l0.-Hous- ing for fifty thousand more workmen is demanded in this city by the gov ernment, in connection with contem- plated shipbuilding and other war work and the responsibility for i'm mediate housing survey was placed on the State Council of Defense.
 Chairman w. A. McClatchy of the United States bureau of housing. out lined the needs of the government and pressed for an immediate listing of dwelling houses, flats, rooms that may be available
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
AN AMERICAN SHIP IS SUNK
 ON ATLANTIC

AN ATLANTIC PORT, Oct IO.-It is reported that a large american steamship has been submarined. and that many of the crew have been lost.
 It is reportel that the submarines victim was the Ticonderoga, formerly the German steamship Camilla Rick mcrs. which was interned al Manila at the outbreak of the war
 The vessel. with large crew, was shelled and torpedoed five days ago A British steamship has arrived nere with some ot the survivors,
 Separated from Convoy
 WASHINGTON, Oct lO.-Reports from an Atlantic port regarding the Ticondcroga developed thc fac; that the navy department recently was no tifcd that the TiConderoga had be come separated from q convoy at 5ca, and that since then nothing had been heard of the vessel.
 Times classified ads get the results.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Mir. and Mrs. Harvey Blumenstein will leave on the next southbound boat for Seattle, where they will make their future home. Harvey has been employed at the local post office dur ing the past two years, in charge of the dispatch of the Interior mail. He has also been mailing clerk at the Daily Times office for the past six months and during their residence here this young couple have made many friends. all of whom will regret to learn of their departure from town. Harvey will continue in the railway mail service and he and his wife leave here with the best wishes of all who know them.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
 Whereas. 1t has been recommended that the Secretary of Commerce amend the order of December 29, 1917, effective January l, 1918 limiting fish ing in the Copper River. Alaska, its delta and it's tributary waters, notice is hereby given under the provisions of Section of the Act of Congress approved June 26. 1906, entitled An Act for the protection and regulation of the fisheries of Alaska" that a hearing to determine the advisability of further limiting fishery operations or of modifying the existing limita- tions on such operations in the afore- said waters will be held at the office of the Bureau of Fisheries, l217 l.. C. Smith Building, Seattle. Washing ton. on November 22. 1918. at 10 o'clock d m. at which time and place all persons interested will be heard.
 II. NJ. SMITH,
 Commissioner. Approved:
 WILLIAM C. REDFIELD,
 Oct. l0-1t Secretary.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Eleven of fortynine Northern Cali to,tnia counties have gone over the top.
 The percentage of population to subscribers, according to bank figures, is as follows: Oregon, IS; Northern California. 16; Idaho, 10; Washington. l3: Southern California, F; Utah, II; Arizona. lJ: Nevada, 2.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
October 10.

William Lind, Blanche Kilbournc, F. E. Kilbourne, w. E. Rathwell. C. J. Sumerin. E. r. Scott. Thos. s. Scott, May Ashcraft. Frank Palo. II. s. Kerr. Mrs. H. s. Kerr. John Hodge, Geo McDonald Ivan Suphellan, William Kinds. Pete Hagenaars. Mrs. M. Hard ing. Wm Harding, Anna Bartell.
 Total today. $l ,60O.00
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Coi. Charles E. Lydecker, new pres ident of the National Security league. is practicing lawyer in New York long military experience and active in educational work. He was one of the seven original organizers of the league and has been prominently active In preparedness agitation and other mil itary matters in connection with the war.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
ALL TOWNS GO OVER THE TOP
 IN BOND SALE

Today's Cordova subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan amounted to $1 600 bringing our total up to $74,22O. Up to yesterday Kennecott, Mccarthy. Strelna and Chitina had all gone way lover the top" as the above figures show. and the excellent record being made by the Copper River valley is most gratifying. Today's subscribers here were:
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
Drive In Twelfth District

SEATTLE. Oct. 10.-The following message. under date of October g, has been received from San Francisco:
 The Twelfth Federal Reserve Dis trict Bank reports total subscription to the Fourth Liberty loan of s1S6,- 92,550. Hawaii cables that her full quota has been oversubscribed.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
BERING RIVER COAL
 NOW ON MARKET

KATALLA, Oct. 10.-The Alaska Anthracite railway was completed from the Boring River coal fields 10 tidewater on Monday. and the first shpi- ment of coal has been received at the terminal here, and will be transported to CordOva i'm mcdiately.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
DOUBLE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION
 SAYS M'ADOO

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10.-Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo today ap- pealed to every citizen to double his loan subscription to match the achievements of the allied armies in France.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

J. II. Kline. local agent of the Paci- fife Steamship company, has been of fered a transfer to ketchikan, which he will likely accept and leave for ing their short residence here both Mir. and Mrs. Kline have made a host of friends. who will learn with regret of their intended departure from Cor dova. Mir. Kline has been prominent ly associated with the commercial in stitutions of the town and Mrs. Kline matters.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

The Daily Times is now equipped with latest facilities for job printing
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Fresh Eyer.Ready hashlght batter ics Blum-O'Neill Go. f
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
LAURIE BROTHERS The Home of Good Clothes
 MCCARTHY, ALASKA
Mccarthy, Alaska,

Mccarthy, Alaska,
 Sept. 26, 1918. TO OUR FRIENDS:
 We wish to inform our friends and GUS toners that Jack E. Laurie of Laurie Brothers, Mccarthy, Alaska, has been called to the mil itary service of Uncle Sam. The business conducted by Laurie Broth- CTS will remain the same. No change will be made and we will continue to give you the same Service and Quality as we have for the past four years.
 Personally, l wish to thank each and all for past favors and hoping that you will con- tinue to give us a reasonable share of your patronage.
 Sincerely yours
 LAURIE BROTHERS,
 By Jack E. Laurie.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

The Bank of Alaska will shortly oc- cupy the building recently purchased from Robert Ashland. located between the Horseshoe and the Northern drug store. It will be suitably fitted up and made into an attractive banking house The post office will be moved into to Borden building now occupied by the Bank of Alaska.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10
LLE-.NdE HAPPENINGS ABOUT TOWN

Deputy Marshal Jas. Milsap of Me Carthy has returned home from trip to Cordova and Valdez.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Phil Truckey departed this after noon for Fort Liscum to enter upon his military training as soldier of the United States army.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Deputy Marshal Jas. Milsap of Me Carthy. has returned home from q trip 10 Cordova and Valdez.
 Frank Townsend will leave tomOr- row on visit to his fox ranch at kyak Island, near katalla.
 s. O. Freedman. proprietor of the Chitina hotel. who was here for sey- eral days. left for his home today.
 Deputy Marshal Jos. H. Fcaster, wife and son returned to Chtina this morning after q pleasant visit here.
 MT. and Mrs Fred Long have moved into an apartment in the Borden building recently vacated by M. s. Wilson and family.
 Phil Truckey departed this after hOoH ioi piA l>ISNuil to 'ht'i Nt''' his military training as a soldier of the United States army.
 Mrs. B. F. Oilphant. wife of one of the radio boys on Mile ', is the mother of a girl baby born at the General hospital yesterday.
 w. II. and Ed Lindig have pur chased the Senate cafe from D. (. Whtford and will close their present grill and remove it to the new loca- ton acquired by them
 James A Wilkinson. president of the Alaska Labor union at Anchorage and an independent candidate for sen ator from the Third judicial division, is spending few days in Cordoya.
 The Horseshoe barber shop will be moved in a few days and expects to occupy the present office of the Pacific oltdHlShlP 1oLlpahy' "hi'h "iii h"'S temporary office next door in the present Empress theatre building un- til Capt Lathrop completes his new concrete structure.
 The Bank of Alaska will shortly oc- cupy the building recently purchased from Robert Ashland located betMeen
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

MT and Mrs. Fred Long have moved into an apartment in the Borden building recently vacated by M. s. Wilson and family.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

s. O. Freedman. proprietor of the Chitina hotel. who was here for scY- eral days. left for his home today.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Frank Townsend will leave tomOr- kvak Island. near katalla.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Times classified ads get the results
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Deputy Marshal Jos. II. Fcaster wife and son returned to Chitina this morning after pleasant visit here.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

Mrs. B. F. Oilphant, wife of one of the radio boys on Mile ', is the mother of a girl baby born at the General hospital yesterday.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

w H. and Ed Lindig have pur- chased the Senate cafe from D. (. WhitfOrd and will close their present grill and remove it to the new loCa- tion acquired by them.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-10-10

'ppi
 WILLIAM C. REDFIELD. Oct. 10-1t Secretary.
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
OF
THE FAMOUS

It was q Browning automatic
pistol that in a senAs, h"E1n the
world war; aLd the Browning ma
chine gun will probably nad it, for
the man who killed the Austrian
crown prince, in July, 1914 used a
Browning pistol, and the American
army will use the Drowning ma
chine guns.
John NJ Browning-old J. n they
call him in Ogden, Utah, where he
was born-knows moro about quick
firing firearms than any man liv-
ing. Apart from those weapons
which bear his name. his has been
the master brain behind every big
Improvement in rifles, shot and ma
chine guns for forty years, though
he has rarely worried about getting
credit
Tho Browning machine gun
weighs only fifteen pounds. and can
be carried and fired from the shoul-
der like an ordinary rifle. A heavier
adaptation weights thirty-four and
cne-half pounds, and can give 600
shots q minuta.
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
The Wolves of New York
{, A STORY OF LOVE AND MYSTERY
Esther, Removed by Lillian From In
fIuence of Her Husband, Is
Taken Seriously Ill.

for at least a week. And at this
hour OF the morning" She glanced
at Esther. "Ah, but 1t is Mrs.
Borradale-I hope, madam, that she
Is not ill"
Lillian gave her instructions
quickly; Esther, she explained, was
Ill. had received a shock and as
prostrated by it Gementine must
assist her in getting her on to bed.
After that they would see.
Esther was indeed i'll. and the
days which followed were anxious
days for Lillian. Soon after being
put to bed the girl sank into un-
consciousness, a condition which
Lillian was inclined to greet with
pleasure.
when she awakes she will be
better" was her inward comment
But Esther was not better when
she awoke. She was indeed in a
highly delirious state, and Lillian,
frightened. sent at once for a doc
tor.
The physician told Lillian of what
she already knew. "She has had a
shock" he said. "and it has affected
her brain. She must be kept very
quiet, and nothing must be said or
done to excite her Otherwise, /
will not answer for the conse-
quence- Mrs. Borradale is staying
with you as your guest. I presume,
Mrs Willoughbyi"
1 brought her here this morn
ing" said Lillian
Indeed? You have. OF course,
notified Mr.. Borradale of his wife's
Illness? The physician glanced at
Lillian with q suggestion Of dis
favor in his eyes. He know Mrs
Willoughby by repute. and did not
think her a fitting companion for
Mrs. Borradale.
Mrs. Borradale has found IL
necessary to leave her husband"
said Lillian with determination.
Equivocation appeared to her to be
useless The step had been taken.
and sooner or later society would
know Of It
Indeed" Brooke had q knack Of
expressing very much in this one
word THAT is probably the cause
of her present trouble"
To Be Continued Tomorrow
copyrighted. W. r. Hearst
The Washington times., 1918-08-23
BObbie and
His Pa

." HARE is q new Liberty loan
cumming along one OF these
days soon, sed Pa 1t will
burst up-on US sum Sep
tember Morn, Pa sed, or q little
later, & we want to figger ahed &
see how many bonds you &
little Bobbie can buy. sed Pa, to
maik the wurld saif for Democ-
racy.
Yes, indeed, sed Ma. We must all
do our bit.
I was thinking of a good catch
line, sed Pa: Saiv our Mon & Strafe
the Hun! What do you think OF
that, sed Pa
I think the warm weather has
gone to my heero's he'd, sed Ma I
think wen II gets cooler you VIII
be abel to think up many crate
lines for the Loan
I dare say. sed Pa This next
Loan will go thru big. sed Pa, bee-
klaus our boys oaver thare are
handing II to the Hun 50 hard that
everybody at hoam Is full of Pep,
sed Pa like the baseball crowd
when the hoam team is winning, Pa
sed. The next Loan will go thru
a-kiting.
I feel sure It will, sed Ma talk
a great deal Of pride in showing
my Bonds to the other ladies in our
set & telling them to git sum like
It wen the next ch1nst Gums, sed
Ma
Well. sed Pa, we will all put our
shoulders to the wheel & the Loan
will be a crate success. I will go
out on the Stump, Pa sed. & Will
speek my peece for all the City to
heer, IL thay want to lissen. Pa sed.
That will be fine. sed Ma Bobbie
has sold a lot of those Thrift
Stamps, sed Ma, SO NOV. he Is a poll
ished salesman & will have no
trubbel doing his bit I guess II
wud be hard for Der Kiser to float
a loan like that in Germany now,
sed Mo.
It wud be harder than that, sed
Pa It wud be out OF the Questun.
What small change the peepul
oaver thare have left, sed Pa, Der
Kiser will jest talk. He wont ask
for it Him and other kings newer
asks for anything, sed Pa, they
Cop It
They what? sed Ma
Thay Cop II, sed Pa IN the
words OF the old Persian poet, sed
Pa
A King Is such a grasping thing
That wen he wants a Roll.
The common peepul he will sting
with all his hart & soul.
How grateful we shud be that
we live in free land. sed Pa
Americka forever, sed Pa & any
time Unkel Sam wants to maik a
littei touch, sed Pa, we will be
thare like ducks. Pa sed. We will
be reddy for the next Loan, sed Pa.
q We will cum acrost like Majors