4, S. CAN DRIVE FOES FROM SKY pfeompt Building of Air Ar SLa mada Means Victory, Ex ports at Front Say WHJ3MY ALREADY INFERIOR KJaptured Report Shows Ger Pfmans Arc at Great Disadvnn- f" 4-nrvfx 1n,nnrt nf A Ulna' Superiority 5y WILLIAM PHILIP SIMMS TTITII Tlin BltlTISIt AIIMIHS IN T1U3 KIELD, June 19. If America strikes while the iron Is hot Cfermany will be driven from the sky Wing officers out here are more than ever convinced that the war will ho de cided largely In tho air Tor that leaHon hews of the American project to htilld and man a huge air arm ida as tit hu.shiHtl 0811 received here The airmen were iigtocel that the United Stated Is capable of an enormous and rapid otitimt of in ichlnes Moreover, they hold Americans nrc naturally fitted to be topnotchers as filers- onlv need Ine two or threo week iiPtual bittleflelel experience to make them headllners In the fighting game. That the nermann are keenl alhe to the Importance bf the air lirnmli to mill tary science Is mealed m 1 nport found on a German otllcer captured rcoentlv it covered the period of tho Somme battle TEUTONS ADMIT INrilUIOniTV Tho report frankly admitted that the British and French hold mastery of the air. Tho Germans, It was nssertcd were unable to lly over tho enernv line" and German balloons were forced to remain hid den on tho ground Thu at (Teclslve mo mento In the lighting the Herman artillerv was blinded whllo the Prumlui lnfatitr was harassed by war planes constintlv wooplng low and machine-gunning the men In tho trenches AMERICA HOLDS BAI,AWi: Thus the experts hero agree th.it with prompt action America can throw the bal ance so completed to the Allien that the Prussian airmen will be unable to cross the lines from the sea to twitzcrlind totally blinding the enemy and placing him at such a disadvantage lint a decisive blow L.in bo struck on tho ground Other German data recently taken admit the Allies outnumbered tho iJirmms In aeroplanes by ton to one In tho b-vttlo of the Somme This ratio airmen hero agreed, ought to bo maintained hereafter The Germans ovldcntlv havo nn Inkling of what tho fututc has In utoro for them They are straining every ineins to Increase the airplane output So hastily are their machines built nouad.ajs that they tend to fall to pieces as soon as the strain of acro batics Is put upon them And acrobatics are now essential to aerial lighting SEVEN AMERICANS WIN . HONORS FOR BRAVERY Eeceivc Military Citations for Extreme Courage and Self- Sacrifice in Balkans PARIS lune ID Seven mo'ro Americans in the tervice of France have Just been honored with mili tary citations for brave exploits on the bat tlefield and for coolness under hcavj fire All of them are members of .Section 3, of the American Ambulance Flelil Service which for the last eight months has been experiencing some of tho roughest work of the war In tho Balkans Prominent among them ire three New York bojs Lovcrtng Hlli and Charles Halrd both graduates of Harvard und Cornelius Wlnant a Princeton graduate This makes the third citation for him He Is assistant commander of the dlvltn nnd Ins already been mentioned in divisional orders of tho day Three others aro from Massachusetts They are Daniel A t-argent of lloston, Graham Carej, of Cambridge, and Frank Bajlles of Now Hertford The seventh Is Donald Armour, of Evanston 111 Hills cltntlon calls attention to the fact that for two vears he 'lavished In the serv ice of our wounded nn Indefatigable devo tion served bv the most brilliant qualities as a man and leader. Balrd and WInant were both cited for re peated acts of braverv during the transfer of the French wounded soldiers fiom Moil astir Tho old Macedonian cltj has been under continuous shell fire from Bulgarian artil lery ever since the German allies evacuated It. There has not been i daj when It was safo to pass through the hhell-wriclud cltv, much less drive an automobile ambulance through it The roads were in plain sight of the Bulgarian trenches and In innge of the Bulgarians heavy cannon Between December 19 last and March 2fi Bilrel and WInant made from one to four trips ovet the dange rous ground, continuously under hell fire Sargent has distinguished himself more than once Ho vvns In the thick of the fight ing on the "crdun front and was cited for bravery in nmovlng wounded thiough ground swept continuous! with German shells and shrapnel During March a mission which even the ofllclal citation describes as ' pirtlculnrly dangerous' was confided to oung Sargent, who was then on the Macedonian front Tn the advanced trenches beond Monastlr a French superior oftlcer lay grievously wounded A bursting shell had torn one of his legs to shreds, making an Immediate operation necessar The Bulgarians were (helling tho entire sector with shrapnel and asphyxiating shells A olunteer was c tiled for to bring In the otllcer and hargent stepped forward "You are taking your life In your hands,' warned an officer ' I know It, sir, re plied Sargent saluting ' I am rtady to go now " Over a road that was almost concealed by smoke from bursting shells, Sargent drove his car to safety not only with the wounded officer but two other wounded men as well Armours exploits that won him signal recognition were similar to the others that Is driving his car through heavy barrage fire for wounded Armour also had the honor to be the American who went the farthest with his ambulance In the fighting around Fort Traenncs during the battle of Verdun SPECIAL JUNE SALE noo see $ioo Washing Machine $85 Cash $90.00 $10 on Delivery, $5 Per Month TTTT? One double duty H K. W.r. Benjamin Flutr with if u ft. v PLEASANTVULE IS PEEVEDATP.&R.O. Ten-Mile-an-IIour Speed Through Town if Express Trains Don't Stop "WHOA-BOY" LEGISLATION TH0M CRAWFORD Mavor of l'iej-antille, N I. and sponsor of the retnliatoiv lull to compel the He.ulinp Raihvav to it duce speed of its trains while passing through that place. Rv o Itaff f nrmpontirnt rLEASVNTVILT.E N .1 , June 10 1 h Philadelphia and Reading Hallwav must be brought to Its knees along with tho Kaiser, John Barleycorn and other more famous crrants This Is the substance of public opinion In this town following a meeting lat night of tho Pity Fathers to consider the ease of the Reading ofllclals who have curtlv re Store Closes ' J cAt June Sale OF House & Porch Dresses Some the Famous Dix Make Dresses to meet the demands of many women, practical and pretty. Sizes 34 to 46. Special at $1.50 and $2.50 One piece, straight or belted effects, checks, stripes or plain colors in chambray, gingham ; effectively trimmed. $4.00 to $6.00 Dresses at $3.00 and $3.50 A variety in tissue gingham, chambray, madras and pique. Also some sizes for small women. Smart Porch Dresses at $5.00 Made of fine tissue gingham, in most desirable styles and colors. Two-Piece Smock Dresses, $3.50 & $5.75 Smart styles in plaid twill or gingham. 150 House Dresses at $1.00 A profusion of pretty styles in most desirable colors and styles. All sizes. Continuation of Clearance Sale Suits at $18.00 to $30.00 Coats at $12.50 & $18.00 Dresses at $18.00 & $25.00 Formerly Priced up to $65.00 Drinking Water at Meals, Office and Home YOU cannot be too particu lar. Your physical fitness demandsPUROCK.ThePurest of Waters. The volume of our business speaks SI m and etiectiveness or our product. Six tart kotthi or five, gallon JtmUohn, 40 tints THE CHARLES E. HIRES CO. DRINK EVENING fused to stop more of their trains at this Important Junction point Twenty-one trains thunder through this town dally and fif teen stop. Tho City Fathers say the entire thlrty-slx ought to stop. Hut the Philadel phia and Reading ofllclals can't see It that way What Is to bo done therefore to bring the Philadelphia and Reading Railway to Its senscs7 Why. tho "Whoa-boy" system, as It Is called down here, At tho meeting of town council last night an ordinance to prevent Reading trains from passing through the town at a speed of more than ten miles an hour had Its first reading It undoubtedly will be passed, for It has leaders of civic movements such as Albert James, president of Councils, nnd Mavor Thomas Crawford behind It Wo'll give tho railroad until July 1" said Mr 'Jrawford to settle up Its nlTalrs Then we'll make It step right llel, or rather slowlv What I bellcvo In Is 'tit for tat ' If the railroad won t give us the proper number of trnlns whv we 11 slow up Its serv ice five minutes n train Our citlens are belnr put to great trouble now Rome of them have to arise In the wee, small hours and go to Atlantic Cltv In order to get started for work The Pennsjlvanla electric service Is all right for tliose wno are nm commuters Hut those who go to work every day must have a quick service They seem to think this Is a one-horse .. tm, iv, t i tn he n. local station I I.ook up nd down our busy streets Is there anything local about this pi ice' ' Vo the admission was lorrcei me place looks llmitnl from here "We've been after belter triln service for a long time put In nimther citizen who had been w citing around with a purposeful cheery eve Wo wrote to the superin tendent of the road about It He wouldnt come to our town himself but sent his chief clerk it took one hot nfteinoon for the chief clerk to agree to stop tho train leaving Camden at 11 oclock at our sta tion lint think of It tho lht train at night We were nil waiting for tho chief clerk In decide t go and nsk when a train left rinallv be did and we all told him oil together that the next train left in two hours What do jou think that fellow and his friend did? Thev flagged, the Nellie Hlv nnd weie taken aboard Can ou beat such impudence' Tlngged n train that we never Inrdlv see onlv hear ' cThe Nellie lllv Is a fast train leaving the seashore late In the afternoon ) It is planned on the evening of lune in to h ld i sort of vvnteh meeting The first triin mliig thundering along n tnl'e a minute after 12 o clock Is to bo sued Yes sued That is the word, nccorellng to Mr Crawford If thev wont stop we simply sue them savs Mavor Crawford Well flag em that s what well do snid the clelk In Mr Crawford s corner lib irm.ii We II slinplv have our Chief of Police Clirence Krewson nt one end of the town with n stop watch and a man with n red flag nt the other end If tho train goes too fast Ktewbon c in give the slgnil to the other fellow and he can flag tho train with something reel You don t catch us piling logs or stones em the track We re too slick for that 1 II sav n little too foxy Get them liv legal methods Is what we sav " Tho Cltv Fathers who listened to the 'Whoa-bov bill read last night were Eel M iloney Frank Illackman Jacob Derr W W Adams, Wa'ter Anderson Michael I.utz Albevrt K James and Mavor Thomas Craw ford Daily at S P. M. DRINK THE PUREST OF WATERS for the quality LEDG-BB-PHILADEIiPHIA, TUESDAY, .TONE 10, W!t WILL TELL CONGRESS ABOUT AIRPLANE PLANS Administration Preparing to Meet Objoctions to Approprin- tion of $600,000,000 30,000 MACHINES A YEAR WASHINGTON. .Tuno 19. Tlie flrnt great war airplane bill, carrying an appropriation of $000,000,000, H ncarlng loinpktion and will bo Introduced In Con- tin.bnblv Krldav It will carrv an nrRni itcommrndatlon from the Swretarjr of War lot prompt and favorable action Meantime t'owuess wants to know ex actly how J600.000.000 ran ojslbl bo put Into hlrrt-aft when alrplano concernH here tofore have not been able to deliver 100 mi dlines a vear to the War Department The plans of the bill call for production of 30 000 machlneH In tho llmt year more than 2000 a month within a few months Aware of these inutterlnRS by Congress the Administration will render a detailed statement as to contemplated expenditures This will show Millions for airplane en Bines hundreds of thousands for wImks and the like, tens of thousands for equipment and training of aviators and yet more thou sands for supplies This statement Is belnp prepared under the Joint direction of tho slsnal corps War and N'avy Depirtments and the aircraft production committee of tho f'oucll of Na tional Defence It will explain th-it automo bile plants will tender 40 per cent of their producing equipment to manufacturing aircraft engines at a reasonable profit Other factories will bo utilized b tho Oiv ernment to produce plane s etc Lancaster Plans to Raise $125,000 IjANCASTKR. Pa, June 19 An organ ized campaign opened In Lancaster County todiv to obtain this county s allotment of funds for the Heel Cross J125 000 lW i I SPEED UP WAR WORK, CUT RED TAPE, IS PLAN Redistribution Will Be Forced. Soon Because of Friction and Inefficiency NO NEW CABINET POSTS WASIIINOTON'. June 19 nedlstrlbutlon or the war work of the United Htntes will bo forced within the next few months, possibly within a few weeks, It was learned todiy Onlv a sudden end of the war can prevent this l'reent operation of the various departments of the tint eminent Is far from satisfactory This Is duo to the retention, under war conditions, of the red tape with which nearly nil depaitments wero clogged when tho war began The proposed i liange does not mean any new Cabinet posts It will mean .i genera! change In the running of u number of Im portant depaitments and the co-ordination of tho Council of Natlnnil Defense and Its numerous branches so that there will bo co-operation Instead of tho existing fric tion and elllc lene In epiarters now deficient. I'resldent Wilson Is opposed to the crea tion of new Cabinet postH, especially of the manv times proposed position of Senetarv of Munitions It Is understood that his opinion Is Hint If It weio possible It might be a good Idea to reduce rather than en large) the Cabinet for the" war period Hut It Is understood that ho anil other mcmbeis of the Cabinet bdlevo that tho Council of National Defcnso should havo Its powers Increased so that It would havo executive power Instead of being limited to malting Investlgitions The conflict between the Federal shipping board nnd Ocneral CJoethals who was elected chief executive of ItB shipping corporation, Ins directed attention to the very grave dinger of scattered power The board and r.enernl CJoethals first broke because of tho determination of the former to build 1000 BRlHIIIIIIIilm 1 lyiilllllllllllllllil'lJlllI IfVfSPIff ffimfifftlr lm 'i ' SlvM iMEMMWMHKm JS1HB "1B Wy tJQlTYiJa'loR. HMftBeeey WSLmmmismWi J J lWfc!?lMjJsJ "Mother! Mother!" PICTURE your boy, three thousand miles from home,-shell-torn from the charge or sick from the trenches! Picture thousands of our sons and brothers recover ing slowly from their wounds, weak from the operating table or exhausted in the base hospital, craving the rest, the relaxation, the mother comforts of convalescence! Who's there to give them a Mother's care? Who but Your American Red Cross! It needs at once equipment for hospitals and rest homes a million be'ds, medicines, materials for comfort kits, supplies for its work against tuberculosis and other dread diseases of the battlefields. e . Help with your money! Give all you can to bring our American boys home to us disease-free and healthy! . Make your,subscripion to any bank or trust company, or send it to E. T. Stotesbury, Philadelphia Chairman, American Red Cross War Finance Committee, 5th and Chestnut Streets, Philadelphia. AND MAKE IT NOW ! ,. ...i ttitna which nnvnl conctructoro de clared would havo been insy rntrt for avlli mariner Then they claslieei Utr tha Prlco to be paid for tho teel for the steel fleet which General Uoethals declared was the prime necessity If the war was to bo won Now It Is proposed that both wood and steel vessels should be built quickly as pos sible, but In tho meantime threo months of most valuable time has been lost It Is expected In circles which havo no axes to grind that a new plan of consolida tion which will do iway with red tape and permit speedy action will bo nvolvcd within a reasonably brief period so that tho war machine may bo speeded up Officials ad mit that this action cannot long be delayed All of the Information reaching this city shows that tha Hermans are preparing for a new and sustained nffcnslvo on tho west front Tha confidential Information reach ing Washington from neutral nations close to tho Herman border nil confirm tho f.ict that Oermany, whllo professing to look with -corn" on the entry of America Into the war realizes full well that by tho spring of 1918 the American army will be a power ful factor Illndetiburg, therefore will strike be tween now nnd September with all of his forces In nn endeavor to win through on tho west nnd compllcato tho situation con fronting tho United States And unless It Is made possible for thq War Department to speed up Its plans of getting troops with a full complement of supplies Into tho field without delay there Is a possibility that the task of conquering the ("ermnriH will have been made- doubly hard by next fall AUTO I'ARADE FOR FIREMEN Six-County Association Opens Four teenth Annual Convention KUNBUnV, Pa, June 19 An automobile parade marked the opening of the four teenth j early convention of the Slx-Countv Firemen's Association Thousands of colored electric lights along the line turned night Into day C W Fenstermacher, of Ashland, president of the association, and Frederick Zclser, Shamokln, Its secretary, arrived yesterday Preparations have been made for the entertainment of more than 25,000 guests frgjisg!?5r.:r ..- ., rZy'ftlfesjfeysl J flPONICfl Gardens fssJ 1 s zn mi-s n-. 5j MOTEL ADELPHJA H!j IJCheatnutatDttA 'r eS 200 South 24th Street CENTRAL ELECTRIC B.tl PL.u. 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