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major in the American Expeditionary Force
said, eve can get plenty Of aers, but where
do you think the planes are coming from ?"
Conservatism with the military pilot who
Is trying to do his Job conscientiously is a
matter of duty and discipline. He must, I'M
til the need arises to do otherwise avoid
the impulse that prompts him to be rash.
For SO many good men have gone to their
deaths just so.
In the States during the elementary train
ing period, on a field where stunning was
expressly forbidden, the men would steal off
on 'cross-country trips and try their ia
vorite stunts. One chap. man who already
had shown the makings of splendid flier,
was off on one Of the regular 'cross-country
trips. Just before he left he had been
discussing loops with some of the fellows.
He had flown out to the landing field, some
thirty miles away, and had started for
home. 1t was his last trip, and it's COM
petlon would mean his wings and his com
mission. Elated and cocky, he tried loop.
He was seen to have completed it success
fully and to have tried another and then
another The ship, not being a stunt ship
and not braced to resist such strains. be-
came weakened and finally, on fifth or
sixth loop, an overstrained wing gave way
and a neighboring farmer pulled an inert
figure out Of the remains of ship which
had f1uttered down into his back yard
Here in France the twin spires of
world-old cathedrals are objects of mar
ticular envy, and great is the delight of a
fellow who can say he has flown between
them. One fellow did succeed, and. eleted
with himself, tried q side-slip down be-
tween the banks of the glorious Loire-a
most commonplace proceeding for that field
He failed, however, to reckon on the
protrudng branch of tree, which caught
his wing, and when his ship came down on
her back there was no one left to brag
about the spire stunt.
But crashes are not all so tragic II hard
" seems possible TO fall in a tailspin some
seven hundred feet and emerge with moth.
ing worse than shaken nerves. hut one
FELLOW who did IT is still flying. Or to
turn over Oh ones back at thousand fest
and strike the ground without Fighting the
ship and suffer nothing more serious than
the wfenehed back falling downstairs will
result In, Or to crash with another plane
thousand metres in the air, pass out and
fnd yourself In the hospital with n cut
eye. Or to try to come out of side-slip
without using the prescribed method of
rudderlng into it--that is, simply by using
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tho lifting or sustaining power Of the
wings.
But this sort Of accident was by no means
confined to the smaller ships. One fellow,
flying bipane--that is, n two-scatcr
servation plnnewas just taking Off. lie
had passed. the limits Of the field when
his motor started missing. Apparently,
he felt that he had sufficient speed and
height to make the field again, instead Of
landing in n patch of ploughcd ground
straight ahead. He kicked her over, but in
stead Of tho smooth bank he anticipated her
nose dropped, and with his missing motor
pulling him down he headed vertically for
the ground. A matter Of seconds and
he was down out Of sight behind some in
tcrvening trees. The ambulance found
his ship vcritable sgnpost Of warning
for the engine had buried itself three
feet in the ground and the fuseagc was
almost an upright
An additional source of constant danger,
and for the same fundamental reasons,
is the neutrality-suspicious. in ship
that hasn't huge reserve of power. A burst
of speed, pull back on the stick and
little right aileron and rudder, and the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

With sufficient height, the natural equi-
librium of the plane reasserts itself and
she comes out in natural glide; but, I'M
fortunately, in making a forced landing,
the tendency to stretch a glide comes only
when one Is close to the ground and wants
to avoid a very proximate bad landing
place.
Carelessness or inexperiencs will often
cause ship to fall Off on a wing on a
takeoff-as a result of trying to make a
turn before the ship has gathered suf-
ficient forward speed Turning by banking
the ship is effected because there is suf-
fcient speed and therefore sufficient cen
trifugal force to hold the plane in the
air. Where there IL an insufieieney Of such
forward speed, tho plane tends to slip
side slip-and the nose drops and tho ship
crashes IN nose dive.
In one Of tho largest fields In the
wofld-an American held~where The
planes used were sma!lrmehasse plane for
combat training-thia type Of accident nc
counted for frequent fatalities. This was
n natural result of the very type Of plane
employed, for tho wing area being small,
the ships depended for their support in
the air more upon their speed than upon
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generations has not ended with the end of
the war. 1t has but changed habitations
1t has jumped from body into another.
The ruthlessness Of tho old order has fallen
as a heritage to the most--or least--advanced
advocates Of the new order, the Bolshevist-
cally minded wing Of the proletariat.
II don't give Interviews" Platten told
me. II write articles from time to time
myself, and In these articles I say what /
have to say. The movement which is called
Bolshevsm is coming, because it must
come; there is no other way out for the
proletariat. If the world were really will
ing to solve the problems before it In ac-
cordance with reason and common sense
there would be no Bolshevism. But the
fact Is that from above there is no solution
for these problems, and the prolctarat
finds itself more and more compelled to
adopt the methods which are followed BY
the Bolsheviki. 1t is true, of course, that
statstically the working people are in the
majority Yet we have for years had to
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

utes. But waited ten minutes until my
turn came to talk to him. He is young
man Of thirty-seven or thirty-eight, clean
shavcn, above medium height and athletic
looking.
His father is said to be Saxon who
emigrated to Switzerland, where Platten was
born. Platten, however, is every inch a
Prussian. The "wil to power" is in his
blood. 1t is his creed, only in his case this
will is directed not toward the attainment
Of miitarism, but Of proletarian power He
seemed to me nothing less than a linden
burg Of Labor-cold, calculating ruthless.
He knows what he wants and goes the short
est way to get it. I don't think he would
have the slightest hesitation to order hum
dred or thousand men executed If in his
Judgment the of working class rev.
olution demanded it. l hesitate to reach
hasty conclusions, but all the time I gazed
upon Platten l had a feeling that tho
world is not yet done with ruthessness.
The ruthlessness nurtured by militarism for
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ship leaves the ground in a long, graceful,
winding rghthand spiral Then a push
forward, and, level hundred feet above
the ground, you are flying back the way
you came.
But let the spiral be mite too long or
let the pulse Of your engine fail you for a
moment, and down again--the way you
came.
One Of our ex-mail fiiers came to an
American field in France for q slight re-
freshening course on his way to the front,
serene in his knowledge and experience he
tried schandel with one Of the flexible
construction Sopwiths crater twenty
feet long and ten feet from where the re-
MATHS Of the plane lay testified to hard
crash nhd bounce that enufied out another
trick hief,
30 many crashes are due Ia Just plain
dnlnfooshness. So many American fiers
speak dispnraglngly of the French pilots,
their tIsm, ns the best disposed put
It, Others talk Of lack of nerve and getting
their wind up, But It's none of those
things it's merely n sensible lack Of fool
hardness. The foohardy 1ier gets his ulti-
mntoly; it's as certain as income taxes.
And besides wasting his own life as one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
The Bargain
With Germany

"As soon as the revolution had been
achieved in Russia" Herr Vogel said, ale
nine and the hundreds of other Russian ex
lies living in Zurich and Switzerland gen.
orally realized that their place was at
home. We of the Socialist movement in
Switzerland agreed with them, and it fell
to the lot of Platten and myself to arrange
for their going through Germany to Rus
STA. We went to the German Embassy and
asked If we would not be permitted to take
a special train from Switzerland to Rms
STA. The thing was arranged without much
difficulty. The Germans, Of course, knew
perfectly we'll what they were doing. and
so did we. The German government want
ed to further revolution in Russia because
with revolutionary Russia it could make
peace. And we, the Socialists. both Rus
sian and Swiss. were anxious that the rev
olutlon in Russia take proletarian rather
than bourgeois turn. We each had our
specific and quite different aims. II Is
ridiculous to speak Of German money In
the matter There was no need for Ger
many to pay money to the Russian revolu-
tionists In Switzerland to 30 back 10 RUS
ala. They were only too anxious 10 get
home.
"A few dhya after platten took 1,enine
and his party out Of the country plietea
second train with about $50 revolution.
Ista. On this seeond train | WAS tho only
ono who got Off At any station In Germany,
Later va we're seinsd by Grimm, who went
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
ExCusing the
BIOOdShed

The bloodshed in Russia" the editor
SAID, rs not the pleasantest aspect Of
bolshevism. But it must be remembered
'hac IN Russia it is q case of either kill
or be Killed. | know Lenine and | know
that he is not bloodthirsty. But there is
n counter revolutionary element in Russia
that is anxious TO get into the saddle again.
ana IL this counter revolutionary element
gets into the saddle the era of Stoypin
necktles (hangings of revolutionists) will
look like picnic beside the reign of ter.
ror it would inaugurate."
In reply to a further question Herr
Vogel admitted quite frankly that If the
world could find its way TO basic economic
democracy without resorting to proletarisn
dictatorship, even for the shortest period
possible, he would not at all regret the
absence of Bolshevism. But as things were
going now it did look as il Switzerland
and all OF Central Europe were fast drift
ing toward a sort of Boshevist interreg-
mum which would precede the Inauguration
of social and economic democracy in the
world.
question, said: "Bolshevism is not PHI
losophy, but method, and it is essentially
method of despair. Those who belisvs
in using Bolshevism RS a means of acceer
ating the social revolution are mer sra
women who have lost all faith in the sin.
cerity of the bourgeoise and in The goca
faith of capitalist society. They have tfiea
parliamentary palliatives and have founa
them wanting. Bolshevism IL inherent IN
present day conditions of society as thess
conditions have been aggravated by the war
II Is not leaders that can make or unnske
Che Bolsheviat movement. but the sltituds q
the bourgeosie and of capitalism. Genuine
libefnlihin oil the part Of these classes VIZ
enuse lsolshevlsm TO reeede. On thu cihss
hand, pefaistentiy teaeiipnafg st''laae
toward tho f,nsaes Will IeAve The workers
no choice but 30 take tbs gevefnmens '"
their own hands and 10 held II as Leh'nS
" holding II IN Russia" =
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
By Elias Tobenkin

zURICH, March 10.-True to its ira
dition as the fountain of revolution,
~ Il Zurich Is to-day the switchboard of
Bolshevism in Europe. The man at
the switchboard, connecting the various Boil
shevist wires, ia Fritz Platten, the foremost
labor leader in Switzerland, and outside OF
OF the salvation of the world through the
dictatorship of the proletarat
In these days Of mass rule idols come and
idols go, but If I were an enterprising pho
tographer would take a good picture of
Fritz Platten. would take several Of them.
in fact History will want to have look
at such photograph, for Fritz Platten, willy
niiiy, has become historical character He
IL the man who unclaimed Bolshevism in
Europe. 1t was Platten who arranged with
Germany Tor the passing Of the "sealed
train" which took Lenine from Switzerland
to Russia. Platten went in that sealed train.
or rather coach, with Lenine and his thirtv-
odd followers to Petrograd. A few days
after tho Lenine train passed through Ger
many, Platten's associate, Hans vogeI. the
present editor Of the "Berner Ta9wacht"
the leading Socialist paper in Switzerland.
photed a second train with the remainder
OF the Bolsheyik followers Of Lenine through
Germany into Russia.
FOR was his taking of Lennc to Russia
Inc only service Of the Swiss labor leader
70 the cause OF Bolshevism platten has per-
formed another and perhaps greater service
70 LSnine and Leninites after they reached
Hussia. Platten and Lonine were In a cay-
rage sogstner one day when an assassin
attempted to shoct Lenine, and 1t was a
quick mannuvre by plstten that detected
the fatal bullet, saving Lcnines life. platten
eame out Of tho experience with a slightly
damaged arm. Thus has the Swiss labor
leader twice served the cause Of r,oIsbev,sm
we'll MN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30

- perpetuate the memory Of Dan
ie Decatur Emmett, the man who wrote
"Dixie." James Lewis Smith WAS his name.
He was wealthy bachelor whose fad was
building monuments. After his death blue
prints Of memorial to American sailors
and soldiers who fought in the late war
were found on his desk. The monument
however, that will give him lasting fame
Ia the one he erected in honor of Emmett
at Mount Vernon, Ohio, where Emmett was
born, and where he now lies buried.
Smiths interest In Emmett has brought
TO light many interesting things about the
origin OF "Dixie" and about Emmett him
self. II In interesting from The viewpoint
Of how man may spring into fame AL
NEST over night Without knowing lust why.
and also from The viewpeint Of what con.
stituteB popular soHg. In after years ttn,.
matt said to mn old Mount Vernon friendi ~
] had known that 'bIyis' war destined IN
become 40 popular would have written
" bsttsrT Hut tAsns mavbss As mishs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
The Second
Lenine

shortiy before November Z the sv,s.
boeislisss issued proclamation calling upon
the workers. to celebrate November T. tho
first anniversary Of Belsheyst rule In Rus.
sia. platsen, then the secretary of The swIss
Socialist party. was the leading spirit In tho
movement for saeb demonstration. Hu,noy
aDiskly spread that the eeiebfation wan only
= screen for proposed coup by The noIsbs.
visits " take possession of the government
sHd initiate Drolstartsn Dictatorship. IL
- set ka9wH how much foundation, IL any,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
The Methods
Of the Man

Platten does not lay claim to erudition.
but he is a remarkable speaker. He is a
metal worker by trade and his speech Is
never detached from reality. He supple
mcnts his theories with facts and illus
trates them with actual happenings. Ho
drives his arguments home by simple ref
erences to the things of every day in the
IRE OF the workman. 1t is this that gives
MN SUCH command and makes him such a
formidable figure in the labor movement
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Yr~ HE ambulance driver Is jammcd
back In his scat. His service hat
IL Is drawn low over his eyes. his
chin upon his chest In tho rear
a doctor with the bars of first lieutenant
idly swnps stories with nm unshaven audi
cnce of motorcycle drivers and flying Gu
diets in oily leather coats.
simmering sunshine makes the field
somnolent. Above half dozen planes arc
making lazy circuits OF the field, taking
of, banking around tho appointed turns
and completing. with moro or less bunny
landings, their tours do piste-as tho
French term circuits of tho field
Upon the stagc--a rough board platform
perchcd upon 2o-foot stilts-sits the officer
in charge Of tho solo field, alternately
praising, though rarely, alternately bawl-
ing out, the steady stream of cadets just
finishing their half hours Of landings
men and flying officers, record the landings
in response to the droned intonations Of
watchers, field glasses glued to eyes-"2s90,
porpoise landing; "17s4, fast landing;
"2425, flat glide; "1459 off course" and so
on Unfortunately.
Below. herding together for shade, read
ing, writing, sleeping and squabbling, a
crowd Of cadets are awaiting their turns
to be posted on the chalk-scrawled black
board in front of the stage.
"Ship DOWN." a watcher suddenly yells.
A hive of activity follows. The am
bulance driver, heretofore apparently
sleeping, has already cranked his car. The
motorcycle, In response to a heavy foot,
snorts ready" as an engineering officer
leaps for the sidecar.
The group of onlookers scatters for the
blackboard, what ship is it, Who saw
him 60 down? Now who's out of luck 2"
And then, with eager eyes, they scan the
numbers Of the landing ships.
''Tt's not Buck, he's in $780," some one
deduces, as ship bearing the painted mum.
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went TO Zurich 10 take look ut Plat.
ten. ! was told that no given no interviews
TO correspondent from "bouryeosie" news.
papers wanted ia ssb him, nevertheless.
peesuse nesS TO Lenins hs Ia to-day tho
greatest BolshsvIst fanatic IN EuYopa md
with mems nerves on edge M they ara IN
Central Europe to-day such u thorough.
going fanatic may be Lord al Hosts 90.
mATfew. talked ~ RlatsSn abeat Ave tnins
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continue our struggle against the worst
sort of opposition. The education Of the
masses proceeds but slowly. Against our
small press there is opposed the vast num-
Der of the bourgeois newspapers They
dominate the opinions and sentiment of the
people. With parliamentary methods alone
we cannot be helped The struggles of the
proletarat must take on more and more
the character Of mass action"
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to Russia with us. We left Russia long
before Lenine came into power"
asked Herr Vogel IS had previously
asked Herr Grimm and platten with regard
to the Bolshevik executions in Russia.
Grimm had explained these atrocities, Plat.
ten would not discuss them. But Herr
Vogel deplored them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
By Albert Sidney Gregg

q MAN died in Ashtabula, Ohio, re-
Gently, who has done much to
perpetuate the memory Of Dan
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-30
By Percival E. Jackson.

"< HE ambulance driver Is jammcd
back In his scat. His service hat
IL Is drawn low over his eyes. his
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-22
lDR. ID. w. DANIEL IS ORATOR OF FATHER
 AND SON BANQUET
Noted Lecturer of Clemson College Will Speak on Modern
 Chivalry" Tonight

pr. D. w. Daniel of Clemson college. South Carolina, has been secured for two of his timely lectures to be given in this city Saturday and Sunday of the present week.
 "The Measure of a Man" and Modern Chivalry' will be the subjects used by Dr. Daniel. He is the speaker at the father and son banquet at the Southern club tonight, when his subject will be Modern Chivalry." dealing with the re- latjonships of father and son.
 On Sunday afternoon at the Strand theatre he will give his famous lecture on the Measure of Man." This lec- ture has attracted the attention of the entire south.
 Dr. Daniel gives much of his time to the chatauqua platform, and he is in great demand throughout the country as a lecturer and after dinner speaker. He Is forceful, inspirational orator. power full in mind and body. Gifted with all the proverbial eloquence of the south, never failing in his appeal, thrilling in his eioquence and his wit keeps you convulsed at times as he uses it to drive home many of his great sayings He comes to the city under the auspices of the Young Mems Christian association, and the meetings stated above are being promoted by the association.
 The father and son banquet has be- come an annual affair of the association. and the one tonight will be the largest of it's kind in the history of the asso- citation. Three hundred fathers and sons will be at this banquet and the occa- sion will be one of the most interesting of the season.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-22
INJURED
 IN COLLISION WITH
 MOVING STREET CAR
Accident Unavoidable, Is Statement of Injured Party, Who Was Riding
 Motorcycle

B. F. Corley, salesman for the Stand
 ard Oil company. and who resides at 1922
 Mamie avenue. was seriously injured
 when the motorcycle which he was rid
 ing and a Fifteenth street car coflided
 at the corner of Fifteenth street and
 Avenue F. about o'clock yesterday aft
 ernoon.
 T was en route home," said Corley last
 night, when the accident happened. I
 was riding east on Avenue F, and the car was proceeding south. The car was only short distance from me when l first saw it, and I turned to the right in an effort to avoid the accident, put was little too late. No one in partic-
 ular is to blame. It was just an un- ,avoidable accident"
 When Corley's motorcycle was struck by the car he was thrown off and his head struck the paved street. He was rushed to the South Highlands infirmary by Shaw's ambulance. He sustained a long, ugly gash on the side of his head
 and other injuries. He was removed to his home last night, and was reported to be resting we'll under the circum- stances.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-02-22
Colias Bought Two Stills 25 Years Ago For Making
 Candy, 1t Is Beieued
Interesting Sidelghts New Famous Illicit Still Case Very Likely Thrifty Greek Saved Parts of Stills
 in Dsmantlng Them Years Ago
courts for illicit distilling.

courts for illicit distilling.
 The above explanation possibly ac- counts for Internal Revenue Officer Robbins statement that the two stills were old government stills.
 It further developed yesterday that Colias did not have any difficulty with a negro employe and that the informa- ton secured on the still was by off, cers and that they were able to smell booze" fumes upon entering the base- ment where the boilers were located.
 An amusing incident developed in the trial yesterday when Officer Rob- bins stated that after he took the de- tectives into the room where the stills were located they din not see them. They presumed that the stills were part of the candy manufacturing equip ment.
 Another interesting phase of the condemnation proceedings is to the ef- feet that in case the state succeeds in taking over the property at 2227 Sec ond avenue they will be unable to sell it for anything like it is worth, in view of the purchaser being afraid of the title. In case they should keep it as rental property the building would probably be allowed to run down, and in due course of time there would be a lot with a very shabby building on it.. and no one would spend money erect ing a modern building on this lot where there was any question as to the title.
 Felix Blackburn, who has been Co., lias attorney for many years, was wired yesterday by Colias' friends ard he will return to Birmingham Monday it is understood for the purpose of aid- ing in his defense. Major Blackburn has been on the staff of the judge ad- vocate, but it is understood that he has been released to return to Bir- mingham to look after his former clients interests.