The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-06-19
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus Miss, June 1S.-(SpeciaD.-
 Like all truly brave men, Capt. Samuel
 Kaye, Jr., who was with the famous
 94th aero squadron during the recent war and who has returned to Columbus
 decorated with both the croix de guerre
 and the distinguished service medal,
 wears his honors modestly and is ex- ceedingly ,reticent about relating the achievements which brought him. such
 unusual distinction.
 While it is with extreme reluctance that Captain Kaye consents to discuss his his achievements, he has, at the earnest solicitation of local newspaper men. given out the salient features of his career, and the story he relates is replete with thrills. | As penber of the 94th aero squadron Capt. Eddie Rickenbackers famous com mand, Captain Kaye was in the thick of
 the many aerial activities in which that
 unit engaged. He was in 12 mortal com bats, brought down and received credit
 for four German Fokkers and sent to 1 earth three more for which he failed to ] receive official credit the rapid advance | a verification of his claims.
 | Captain Kaye states that his activities were confined largely to combat work on
 the front lines and he was frequently in | the air six hours a day, patroling, fight I ing, skirmshing and preventing enemy planes from passing over into territory
 occupied by the American forces. While
 the valiant Columbian participated in + combats in which either he or his ad- 1 versary succumbed. he was never sent down but once, and this was when an
 air shell shot away one of his propellers | forcing him to negotiate quick land ing. His opponents put three bullet holes
 through his plane, which was left behind
 when he made nasty retreat. He re- covered the machine the following day, however, and brought it home with him. 1 Captain Kaye has not yet been mus 1 tered out, but expects to be released from I service at an early date.
 Baseball teams representing the Stephen D. Lee high school and T. J. Locke, wholesale grocer both of which belong l to the recently organized city league, crossed bats Tuesday afternoon, and the high school boys were victors by a score of to 4. The feature of the contest was the splendid team work of the winners. Burris started in to twirl for the Locke smiths and later gave away to Ezell, while Bell and Brown composed the op- posing battery T. w. Lewis. Jr., of- ficiated as umpire.
 Through the efforts of Col. John P. Mayo, a former resident of this place and now paymaster general of Missssip- pi-Warrior section of the United States railway administration, with headquar- I ters in New Orleans, Columbus and other cities in this section have been granted new river and rail rates which are about 20 per cent under the old tariff. The new rates will result in the saving of thou- sands of dollars annually to all cities af- 1 fected and will give to Columbus in- | creased prestige as a commercial and l industrial center.
 l The municipal council has decided to l install an electrical pumping equipment at the city works. and the necessary ma l chnery will at once be purchased. It is estimated that the new equipment will cost approximately $70oo. and will result in reduction of the expense of operation that will save the city about $1500 an-