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on a Fokker and an Aviatik at the same
instant With Thaw's first bullet-spray-
ing dive the Fokker reeled down in
flames and crashed behind the German
lines. but the Aviatik slipped away
from Rockwell and fed to safety. Max
ing quick trip back to Barbecue to
fill their gas tanks. ThaW and Rockwell
took flight again In search of more foes
to conquer. This time each played a
| lone hand.
ThaW charged furiously at group Of
FOkkcrs. cut out one of the group and
sought to get above and behind the
enemy plane for the deadly blast from
his machine gun that would end the
fight-but he had strained his luck too
far. Intent on his quarry, he failed to
watch the other Germans, and one de-
scended from the side, Kidding his
plane. wounding him In the arm and
shoulder and disabling his motor
Painting with pain and loss OF blood
he succeeded In crashing his ship on
the French trenches and lost conscious
ness just as the Poilus dashed out and
dragged him to shelter.
Rockwell, too, tried to whip whole
enemy squadron. As he diVed to at
tack a German plane bullet from an
other German smashed his windshield.
driving the flying splnters of glass into
his face. His eyes saved by his goggles.
he beat hasty retreat to Barbecue
and was taken to hospital, which he
reached at the same time as the news
that he had brought down the German
plane he had attacked. 1t had fallen
in flames behind the German lines He
was given official credit for the victory
The brilliant opening of the career
Of Escadrille N. 124 resounded through
France. justfying the claims of the
Franco American committee and bring
ing new heart to the people of the i'm
perilcd nation. Newspaper headlines
carried the story Of the first American
victory in France throughout the United
States. to the confusion of legal ncu-
trality
Such series Of trumphs in one day
was something new in the history Of air
warfare. At that time air fighting was
in its Infringement were Just feeling
their way in aerial tactics and strategy.
The spectacular aerial campaigns Of the
later years of the war we're still I'M
dreamed Of.
Airplanes were still comparatively
rare. France at the beginning of the
war had possessed only 30 airplanes
and Germany but few more None
Of the types with which the war began
were found practical for fighting pur-
poses. and the art of air warfare had TO
invent both its equipment and its meth
DDS. The members of the Escadrille
Americana played their full part in
bringing to aerial warfare dash and
vigor of attack which took no thought
for possible odds or risks. This mental
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CURB ON TRADE BODY
URGED IN HOUSE BILL
Proposal Would Prevent Economic
Probes Without Consent Of
Congress.

A curb upon the power ~ the Fed
ffai Trade Commission " initiate, en-
Gept WIN the consent ~ both houses
~ Congress. any economic investigation
Was pfGlsjseG yesterday in the indie"
pendent offices appropriation bin re-
ported ~ thf House
Chairman Wood ~ The apptDpfin~
TORS subcommittee Ia charge II the
MEASURE during testimony on the Dii
aroused the commission III sticking It's
fgse into methods III production" In
what he believed " Dr. unnecessary
cases, and his report " the House said
inst many such investigations we're
undertaken by the commission upon It's
own Initiative
Wood called attention ~ limitation
thst the commission could not initiate;
inquiries upon its own aJsh0rity lh1I
any hut alleged antitrust Yiolnti0nt
and said ihst the biii ~oIE expand
this limitation " apply ~ economic IN
Yestigait9na ..,. .-.~ ~. s----. ..o
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WILLIS DISCUSSES
ORIGINS OF STATES
Senator Tells Audience Ohio and
Indiana Graded First Impulses
of American Nationalism.

Ohio and Indiana Graded the first
impulses of nationalism in this country
and until they achieved statehood and
pointed the way the Nation was rent
between equally bad provincialism and
in;ernationalism, Senator Willis Of
Ohio told members of the Indiana State
Society in the course of an address
which he delivered on THE Political
Origins of the States of Ohio and In
diana" last night at the Willard Hotel.
In criticizing members of the diplo-
matte corps of the United States who
he said. too often adopt the foreign
viewpoint on matters of state" Senator
Willis said There are too many white
lvered, thin blooded internationalists
of this stripe and not enough thorough
going. red-blooded. patriotic ones"
Senator Robinson of Indiana also
spoke briefly.
Representative Hogg of Indiana pre-
sided
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ACES UP! 81 JOHN Knox
The Fact Story of American Avators in the World War

into the struggle to hold the plunging
line attacks of the Crown Prince s
Prussian Guard against the battered
lines of Verdun.
The Ranks Fill.
At Barbecue the ranks of the Esca-
drille filled swiftly. First came Luf-
berry. fresh from his French flying ex-
perience. Next came Balsley and
Charles Choteau johnson. Dudley Hill
and Rumsay came speeding up from
the training school at Pau and then
Didier Mason and Paul Pavelka Sc
cured their transfers from the French
Escadrille. with which they had been
| flying James Bach had meantime won
the melancholy honor of being the first
American flyer to fall into the hands
Of the enemy. He had been captured
far within the German lines when he
landed to pick up French spy. Twice
his captors tried him for his life. but
he won the right to live because he had
been wearing his uniform when he was
captured.
The terrible struggle above Verdun
claimed every active moment OF the
flyers lives. The Germans mad dis
covered the advantages of flying in nu-
merous formation against the single
ship attacks of the French. method OF
warfare that was later to create the
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! rabbit drive" tactics Of the famous
Richthofen.
Four days after their arrival at the
new airdrome the Americans took TO the
air on May "a. 1t was cold and dark,
With the nearing dawn Just paling the
Eastern horizon when the IA planes
climbed rapidly into the upper air,
Scores of German planes were sweeping
the sky above Verdun. and in few
minutes roaring motors and chattering
guns were playing the accompaniment
to a wild drama Of the air.
/ Capt. Thaw Scores Victory.
Thaw and Rockwell became separated
from their companions. They climbed
high above the German lines and took
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CHAPTER Nv.
he First American Victories In France.

.
N the 18th Of May. 1916, Kiffin
Rockwell was cruising alone
between Mulhouse and the tall
~ i mass of the Hartmannsweiler-
kopf. He saw big two-seater
German l.. v. G. biplane with black
crosses on its wings about to cross over
the French line. Rockwell dived to the
attack. The German pilot saw him
coming and turned back toward his
own lines, the observer opening fire at
long range. Rockwell held his fire until
within 80 yards and then pressed the
release of his Lewis gun for brief
rattle of four shots. Both the pilot and
, observer of the German plane wilted in
their seats and their plane spun down
the long aisle of the sky, bursting into
flames Just before it crashed to earth
behind the trenches History turned a
fresh page and wrote Number One of
the long list of victories of the Esca-
drille Americana.
Rockwell's Own Story.
Rockwell's own story of his first bat
tie and his first victory is a graphic
word picture of an air battle as fought
at that period of the war:
This morning / went out over the
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Ask New Luther Catechism.

PHILADELPHIA. January l8 H').~-
Proposals. of new translation Of
Lutncra Ca,echism and the delction
ana changing of several tunes In the
Lutheran hymn book were made yes
terday al meeting Of the common
service committee of the United Lu-
ti1pFau Church
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SPECIAL NOTIl Is.

SPECIAL NETTING OF OPERATIVE
plsslereys and cement fnishers Local No 90
Va. be he'd Thursday. January ~ Is
TEE ANNUAL AEETISG OF THE STOCK
holders Of he Columbia sand and Grave
Company Incorporated: viii he heid az iis
e-tl.e los North 81; Asaph e: Alexandra
Va ou THURSDAY January 18th. 1878. al
IL O'Clock noon. for the purpose of electing
directors fer the ensuing year and the trans
action OF such business as may legally come
{ Is ASHER. President
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PHOTOGRAPHERS DINE.
Commercial Association Here Dis
cusses Business Problems.

Questions concerning commercial
photography were discussed at a din
tner and meeting of the Commercial
Photographers Association of Wash
strgton at the City Club Monday eve
ming.
A demonstration was given by Joseph
Abel Of Abel & Co. illustrating the
photographing of difficult subjects.
The travelling exhibit of the Photog-
yaphers' Association of America was
displayed. IN which some of the finest
examples of commercial photography
which has been on exhibit at the
forty-ffth annual convention of the
association in New York last July. were
shown.
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HAM TO SPEAK OVER WRC.
Electric Company Head Will Re-
view Firms Activities.

william r Ham president Of the Pc
tomac Electric Power Co, will give a
review of the activities of that COM
pany in a talk over Station WRC az
8:45 o'clock tonight.
The extent to which the National
Capital is dependent on electricity in
its daily routine and the effect that
would be caused b. sudden cessation
of the dynamos all over the city vii!
be explained. it is announced.
Mr.. Hams talk Vill be preceded By a
musical concert. beginning az $50
O'Clock
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attitude has since proven 10 be the one
adopted by successful air fighters in all
armies The Escadrille had no nnonop-
oily on courage.
Downright 1897
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New York Poultry Show Opens.

NEW YORK. January Is Up.-The
cackle Of hens will resound through
Madison Square Garden the next five
DAYS with the opening today Of the
3oth annual poultry show.
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z d ASE Eh. FFttIuttil.
G. A BONNET. Secreiar,
ANIMAL. REPORT

DISTRICT AIENLl LUMFAN
We the President aud a majority Of the
Board a Trustees q! the DISTRICT AGENCY
COMPANY Of the District of Columbia. DO
hesepy certify mat the authorized capital
81. * Of sad c0rlpany IS = 600 90. OF which
= 300 80 has beer paid IN and that the
ss@s-s Of sad company al December 81 /.
l9-a we're S32.U32,2 - liabilities. SAB
@ :.as; capital stock and surplus
Max yOLLBERG. President.
I EDG Z. ? pA SSRsAsfH 5asiss. Trustee.
HORACE J, PHELPS. Trustee.
z. 9. GoTTwAL. Trustee.
!. MAX yoLLBERG. President OF the
Dsirles Agency Company. do hereby swear
that ire tacts stated &c the above certificate
AZ true 10 th@ besi Of my knowledge and
blisf MAX VoLLEERG. President.
>1hscr1he9 and Ea0Fn 20 before me this
14'h day Of January 1928.
iseall ROGER L. CALVERT.
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T0morrow--Read the descsip-
ton of the thrilling fight be-
tween Victor Chapman and the
Great German Ace--B0elke.
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WHAT ECS THE cgANcR op ErIsIHG
soss l4ksgFst3ons ~ ha3tng ram 9 4Ft H8G
seaa seep 30 ss"ssGG toe ffanset ~ sour sseh
Eur d1,ssEs Have fnesn fsfstf Nth F3ssf3o
e4sEinF forBp0uSf ~ Yett nominal
$50 u lasts d hfettn3e pr Information
A4sslY 81 SfFs asE ~ u MAN fGs12. E&s
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REPORT OF TIE TERMINAL STORAGE
COMPANY or. The DISTRICT OF

20 me Eeaf FnClhg Dett naDeF 5Ist. 1877
We the president. anG majority OF the
directors Of Tbs Terminal Storage Company
q The Diefrir ~ Columbus. 90 hereby report
and 'grtIfy that the rspltai 81 sad company
Is ave hundred hfiy thousand dollars
$3.50 oon, fully pad. and that there are nc
'' EDWARD J. srELLwAGES.
President.
Va { HARLAN
CHARLES p. WILSON
JAMES =. LAMBIE
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Santo Domingo Excited
BIZ United Press

bU CHited ITCSS
SANTO DOMINGO, Feb. 3.-San-
to Domingo, where Columbus found
ed the first colony of Europeans and
where many people believe Column
bus still is buried, was awaiting
eagerly today the arrival of Col.
Charles A. Lindbergh, trail blazer
OF another age.
A national holiday has been de-
clared for tomorrow, when Lind
bergh is expected to arrive from
Porto Rico, and there will be a gay
floral carnival in the streets to-
morrow night.
The city has been decorated pro-
fusely in Lindbergh's honor. Presi-
dent Vaequez, the minister of for
eign affairs and the American min
lister will head the reception COM
mittee.
Newspapers today, announcing
names of the welcoming committee
that would be at the flying field,
added simply: And everybody else
in Santo Domingo"
Colonel Lindbergh is expected to
land at 2 p. IN. He will be taken
to the city hall, where the keys of
the city will be handed to him. At
p. m. President Vasquez will hold
a reception in Lindbergh's honor
and decorate him with gold medal.
Sunday Lindbergh will visit the
Columbus Monument.
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Carlos Manuel de Cesredes, with
the title of grand official, the high
est honor within the power of the
government.
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FACE ARSON CHARGE
Two Notre Dame Students
Held at Michigan City.
BIZ United Press

By United Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, Feb. g.
Two Notre Dame University
students, one of them en- route to
his home in Chicago to he married,
are In jail here charged with burn
ing the Miami cottage at Sheridan
Beach, near here.
The prisoners are John F. Breen,
20, and Patrick Dillon, 81. Dillon
had a marriage license on his person
when arrested. Breen is the son of
a Chicago sergeant.
Before leaving the university near
South Bend for the wedding, the
two had several drinks. They
stopped here and with two local
young women, had a party. After
taking the women home, the youths
went to the cottage, started a fire
in CRATE and went to sleep.
Awakened when the building caught
fire, they had a narrow escape from
death. Suspicion was directed to
them when police noticed burned
spots on their clothing.
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Hide and Seek
Householder Saves $500
and Sack of Pennies
From Burglar.
4 BURGLAR played hide and

A BURGLAR played hide and
"A seek with Frank A. Simon
Thursday night at his home, 1914
Garfield DR.. The prize for the
winner was 500 and a sack of
pennies in the Simon home. After
considerable maneuvering, Simon
won, retaining his cash.
. Returning home, Simon found
a rear window of the house had
been jimmied and the place ran
sacked, although the money had
been overlooked. He called police
and told them of the money as
well as the burglar.
Evidently the burglar heard
this conversation, for shortly after
police left the neighborhood, he
came from a hiding place in the
alley and approached the house,
which had been darkened.
Simon rushed out of doors and
the burglar left with Simon in
hot but unavailing pursuit.
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ORDER REDUCTIONS IN
PARK SERVICE SALARIES
SIashes TOtaling S5,O5O Approved
by Board.

~ DOe~A~~
Reductions totaling $5,05o in city
park department salaries were Or
dered Thursday by the park board.
The board unanimously adopted a
report of Michael E. Foley and
Adolph G.. Emhardt, a committee
named to make the cuts in accord
ance with the reduced appropria-
ton for 1928.
Reductions: Superintendent Wal
ter Jarvis, from $500 to $4,000; AS
sistant Superintendent George E.
Morgan, from $3,720 to $4,000;
Auditor Cora E. Hartman, $4,000 to
$4,000, Assistant Auditor Grace
Casey, $1,000 to $1,620; Chief Clerk
Charles M Davidson, $4,000 to
$2,1OO; Investigator Edward E.
Kuhns, $2,1OO to $1,000; Engineer
J. E. Perry, $4,000 to $3.50; Junior
Assistant Engineer Norris O
Thompson, $4,000 to $1,000, and
Golf Course Managers H. A. Nc
Clure, Chick Nelson, Harry Schopr
and Herman Uebele, from $4,000
to $1,000.
Positions of Park Shop Foreman
James M. Driver and Recreation
Shop Foreman William A. Oman
$1,000 a year, were abolished. A
new position, shop and construction
foreman~paying $1,000, was given tc
Andrew Bruce, Brookside custodian
Driver will succeed Bruce as Gus
todian.
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PUSH AUTO TAG WAR
Fifty Cars Garaged for
1927 License Plates.

Indianapolis and State police con-
tinued their drive against motorists
driving with 1927 licenses today, i'm
pounding the automobiles in the
nearest garage and requiring the
owners to obtain 1923 plates and
pay garage charges before they get
the machines.
State police Thursday impounded
fifty cars in and near Indianapolis,
Capt. Joseph Shinn reported.
Indianapolis police lodged nine
teen machines in garages.
Monday local and State police
will start arresting owners of ma
chimes with 1927 licenses, making
liable for a fine of $40 and costs.
A drive on motorists who fail to
heed traffic "Stop and Go" signals
and preferential street stop" signs,
was made Thursday night by mo-
torcycle police. Twenty-one persons
were slated at the city prison and
were to face Municipal Judge Paul
c. Wetter today.
A practice piano for the children
Bargains offered daily in the "Mu-
steal" column in Times Want Ads
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DON'T DIG Deep,
HILLS WARNING,
GARDENER SAYS
Sticks to Tale of Basement
Where Mothers Body
Was Found.

OTTAWA, Ill, Feb. 3.-Peter
Busch, aged gardener, under rigid
cross-examination, today held firmly
to his story that Harry Hill in
Structed him mot to dig too deep
around the corner of the basement
where the body of Hills mother,
Mrs. Eliza Hill, was found buried.
Busch was recalled to the stand in
Hills trial for the murder.
The gardener repeated his story
as he did Friday. Busch's wife,
Mary. had preceded him to the
stand and first told of the CONVEX
sation between her husband and
young Hill on the front porch Of her
home in Streator last Aug. IS.
Interest in Busch's testimony at
tracted a record crowd again today.
One woman tainted in the jam out
side the courtroom. She was Mrs.
Mary McAvoy, who walked nine
teen blocks and waited two hours
for the doors to open. The woman
was given a front seat after being
revived.
Cross-examination Of Busch, the
States main witness, was begun
Friday afternoon and continued at
todays session. The defense asked
Busch if the States attorney or an
aid hadn't told the gardener he was
accused of the murder.
"It's a lie didn't do it," the
witness shouted.
R. E. Sparks, Streator garage
owner, was to follow Busch on the
stand. He was to testify about
checks given him by Hill and Of a
gun taken from the garage.
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holder of many
Holland theater organst, of Dallas
which the
vaudeville Dallas heater Miss VAIN
wright appeared backsage wedding The
which followed resulted from the stage by the
theater that and the organst had married
Wainwright explained there nothing to
left
tour Holland did not accompany her.
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Havana Plans Reception

~ tWCd PrCSs
HAVANA Feb. 3.-Plans for the
reception for Colonel Charles A.
Lindbergh when he lands here Feb.
8, have been completed by President
Machado, Martinez Ortiz, Secretary
of State, and high Army and Navy
officials.
Lindhergh will be greeted when
he lands at Columbia air field by
the secretaries of the army and
navy DR.. Rafael Iturralde and Gen.
Alberto Herrera. chief Of staff of
the army, in bahlf of the Cuban
government. He then will be es-
corted to the presidential palace
Other plans include a call at the
Pan-American Conference, another
at the yacht club, and then ban
quet given by President Machado,
where the Cuban president will dec
crate Lindbergh with the Order of
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ated from Indiana Law School In

ated from Indiana Law School In
1907.
Starting his political career as
clerk of West Lafayette, Leslie was
elected Tippecanoe County treasurer
during the Progressive split in 1912.
He was reelected in 1914. In 1928
he became Republican caucus chair
man of the House of Representa-
tiveS.
AS presiding officer of the House
in the last two sessions, Leslie fire.
quently has blocked legislation he
regarded questionable. His refusal
to hand down "a bill in the 1925
session which would have re-
organized the State board Of ed
ucation was an affront to D. G.
Stephenson forces.
Leslie is married and has three
sons. He is a member of the
Methodist Church, Masonic and
Odd Fellows Lodges and the Co
lumbia Club.
Arthur Syn1ms, Linton; Charles
w. Jewett, Indianapolis ex-mayor,
and Alvah J.. Rucker, Marion
County ex-prosecutor, were the
three whose announcements Of can
didacy preceded Leslie'S.
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LESLIE, HOUSE
SPEAKER, OUT
FOR GOVERNOR
Fourth to Announce as
Seeking Nomination
by G. o. P.

Harry G.. Leslie of Lafayette,
speaker of the House of Representa-
tiveS, today was the fourth to an
nounce his candidacy for the Re
publican nomination for Governor.
II believe the people of Indiana
want some one in the Governors
Office who believes in Republican
principles and will be a free agent
to work for the good of the entire
State, unhampered by any pre-elec-
ton agreements" Leslie said.
The Lafayette man expressed
Strong convictions on several sub
jects," among them:
II am opposed to the granting Of
executive clemency except in rare
instances, for the tendency to par
don and parole criminals is dan
gerouS.
Urges Stand on Primary
'The Republican party in it's State
convention should take a stand on
the direct primary. I shall abide
by the decision of the party con-
vention. Personally, I believe there
is something radically wrong with
the primary system in Indiana.
II favor necessary appropriations
to stated institutions and believe in
the further development Of our
State park system.
II am opposed to the furtherance
Of political ambitions from the pull
pits Of the church. I have too high
regard for the churches and will
accept no invitation to speak in any
church while a candidate"
Born at Lafayette
Leslie was born at Lafayette,
April 6, 1878 and lived in that county
continuously except for seven years
when he managed a farm in War
rem county. He was graduated from
Purdue University in 1903 and for
the last three years has been GEN
eral Alumni Association secretary
and mana ging editor of the Purdue
AlumnuS.
In 1902 he was captain Of football
and baseball teams at the university.
His wide acquaintance among Pur-
due alumni throughout Indiana is
expected to prove q valuable asset to
his candidacy. He also was gradu-