GLENN WARNER TO BUILD GREAT FOOTBALL TEAM; CHICAGO LADS WIN A. A. U. EVENTS Stock the Farm With Birds and Game Says Tom Marshall Uncle Sam's Domain—one great, ■giVind game preserve. The recently ratified treaty between Great Britain and the United States, conserving and protecting migratory game birds, has been welcomed by the true sports men of America. This enactment has supplanted the Federal migratory game law of 1913. the constitutionality of which has been pending for a number of years in the United States Supreme Cqurt. A decision has been past due and should have been rendered long since, as it was a legal question of interest to every sportsman who goes afield. Continuous procrastination on the rendering of this decision has been an invitation to transgression; it has been claimed by many that the law was unconstitutional and would nut "hold water." This was only an in dividual opinion in the absence of a delayed court decision. The recent National Treaty with legislative con firmation eliminates doubt, placing the law upon a legal basis, which will not be disputed from any angle. The opposition to the original Federal law which developed, was due to an at tempted injection of politics and an effort to play favorites on the open seuson dates in southern zones. The tirade this interpretation promoted against men who were not in accord with the law as originaly passed was unjust. It was the stand taken by those sportsmen, who were blessed with the courage of their own con victions, which brought about the present beneficial changes in the Fed eral law as revised, which now abso lutely forbids the sale of wild game except for scientific purposes or birds reared upon licensed wild game farms. This antisales clause will have the ef fect of stopping the slapghter of wild life for commercial gain and places the killing of game on a basis of zone equality, with all good sportsmen. The open season for water-fowl (except wood ducks, eider ducks and swan) in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, New York (except Long Island), Pennsylvania. Ken tucky, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana, j Michigan. Wisconsin. Illinois, Minne- ] sota. lowa, Missouri. North Dakota. Nebraska. Kansas, Colorado. Wyom- i ing, Montana. Idaho, Nevada, and that I portion of Oregon and Washington , lying east of the summit of the Cas cade Mountains, is from September 10 to December 31. In Rhode Island, Con necticut. Utah, and that portion of Oregon and Washington lying west of the summit of the Cascade Moun tains, the open season is from Oc tober 1 to January 15. For Long Is land, New Jersey, Delaware, Okla homa, Texas, New Mexico and Cali fornia. the open season is from Oc tober 16 to January 21. In Maryland. District of Columbia, Virginia. North and South Carolina. Georgia. Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee. Arkansas and Louisiana, the open season is from November 1 to Janu ary 31. In Alaska the open season is from September 1 to December 15. In Louisiana the open season is from November 1 to January 31. E. W. Nelson is chief of the Bureau ! of Biological Survey, under which de- | partment the law is operative. It is nriw logical for the Legislatures of every state in the Union to pass state laws conforming with the Federal ' laws on open dates and bag liimts. | The market hunter, like the buffalo i and wild pigeon, has become an ex tinct species. There is now a gen eral feeling amongst the sportsmen endorsing game protection and con servation. Swamps, lakes and ponds have been drained, the land being -ft Three Swartz Boys Lead Batting in Junior League Standing of the Teams W. L. Pet. Sumnjit 31 6 .839 Swatara 27 12 .691 Albions 9 24 .272 Crescents 9 29 .238 To-day's Schedule Swatara vs. Albion (2 games). Crescent vs. Summit. V S The Allison Hill Junior League is' about to wind up its season, with no possibility of any club but Summit winning the pennant. Yesterday's battle twixt Swatara and Summit had to be postponed on account of rain, but the former team has prac tically no chance of heading off the leaders. On Monday the Telegraph will print a battling average of all lads who appeared in the league and it is a singular thing that three Swartz brothers set the pace in clout ing for the whole roster. Mose Swartz, the Harrisburg prodigy of the diamond, of course, leads by eight points. In thirty-one games he reg istered thirty-six hits. BLIND SINGER AT FLORIN Florin, Sept. 21.—John Applebach, of Lancaster, the blind singer, will be here to-morrow. He will sing at the Old People's Day and Harvest Home services in the United Breth ren Church at 10.30 and 7.15. The Rev. Harvey Geyer, of Ann ville, spent several days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Geyer. Mrs. O. G. Romig and daughter Florence, are spending several days with friends at Reading. \ Football to Thrive at Pitt Under Warner Unlike many other big colleges the football situation at Pitt is very bright. Glenn Warner ar rived at Pittsburgh to-day from his home at Springville, N. Y. and observed: "I do not believe the government will interfere with football, so long as it is reason ably conducted. Our army heads recognize the good that football training does. It is the finest kind of work for prospective soldiers, and I believe the government will be strong for it, instead of offer ing any opposition." It is probable that Warner will next week be in charge of the largest squad he has ever had under him at Pitt. The Panther football authorities originally fig ured on a preliminary squad <jf between 35 and 40 men. and cal culated that this number might be doubled after the school actually opens its doors on September 30. But since this estimate was made, word has been received from a number of students and prospective students who have signified their intention of report ing next week, and the chances are that when Warner gives his first orders Monday afternoon they will be listened to by no fewer than half a hundred men. Unless something unforeseen oc curs, the coaches will have a fine lot of talent to work with and develop. There will not be a dearth „of candidates for a single position. From the known quality of the men who are coming out, it is believed that Warner will soon whip into shape a first-string eleven of decided class, and that he will have it going in good form when the date of the opening game of the season with the Great Lakes Naval Training station , team rolls around on Saturday, October 5. SATURDAY EVENING, Saiuhsburg TELEGRAPH SEPTEMBER 21, 1918. 1 utilized for the raising of bumper crops, a most salient feature in the winning of the world's war. Haunts and environments, so useful for rest ing and reproduction of wild fowl, have been eliminated to a very great extent by the march of civilization. It is now necessary to give absolute protection to wild birds during their mating and breeding period. Repro duction is impossible if birds are kill ed, so the cessation of spring shooting must be observed. Both the nation and states should establish game parks, preserve natural and create artificial lakes, where game and fish may be protected and propogated as a reserve food supply. Every farmer in the United States should stock his farm with game birls; they are great destroyers of noxious insects, pre serving crops, trees and gardens. Game will prove an asset and every farm should be a private preserve. The government has taken an im portant step in the consummation of this treaty with Great Britain; let the "case of good judgment" be pro moted by the establishing of desig nated areas set apart for game cul ture, resting, nesting and breeding grounds under national and state con trol or owenrship. Provido havens of rest for the feathered aces of the air, that they may multiply and eventu ally become a food product in Uncle Sam's domain. ANSWERS TO NIMRODS Question Where is a conflict as between the Federal and state laws on migratory birds, which should be ob served? Are there any Federal war dens? C. M. F. Burlington, la. Answer A treaty has been signed between Great Britain and the United States covering migratory birds. The Federal law certainly takes precedent over the state laws and should be lived up to on all occasions. Our Uncle Sam is a buzz-saw that it is a mistake to monkey with, as has been demonstrated to the Boches re cently. Yes. there are Federal war | dens, who are now empowered to I prosecute transgressors, the' recent enactment having put teeth in the migratory law. States will now pass laws conforming with the Federal version of correct open dates for shooting. Question Have there been many trapshooting contests held for the benefit of the Red Cross or Y. M. C. A.? What is the best plan for a club to hold a shoot on for either of those causes? D. T. R. Aurora, 111. Answer A benefit event has been staged at almost every tournament. The G. A. 11. netted approximately $2,000. The American Indians, $l3O. I Ralph L. Spotts. 105 Hudson street, New York City, has been appointed by the Red Cross as their representative, and has charge of all details. Write him for instructions; being a practical trapshot. ho is the right man in the right place. Question What has become of those expert shots who traveled the country for so many years, Mr. and Mrs. Topperwein? CHARL.ES MINOT. Pittsburgh, Pa. Answer They are teaching the art of shooting at the School of Aero nautics in Austin, Tex. They are in structing an average of 200 men per dav, who have never shot a gun. Probabilities are they will not be on the road for some time. Yale and Bucknell Cut Out Sport During War Word came to-day from Yale that she will, to all intents and purposes, stop athletics during the war, and from Bucknell that there will be no intercollegiate football games in their program. Professor Corwin, in charge of athletics at Yale, says the entire equipment, of the college, ath letic as well as other sports will be placed at the disposal of the govern ment and that any participation in athletics must be in accordance wif?t the plans of the government. The equipment will, of course, be used by the men at the university but it is believed that the old form of intercollegiate contests will scarcely be held. At Bucknell, the only football games will be interclass affairs. A number of football men are back, but there will be no team to represent the Orange and Blue this Fall. Mili tary drill, with its attendant drills and exercises, will take the place of many forms of college athletics here. Registrar Walter S. Wilcox is unable to say whether basketball will be resumed this winter or not. The large athletic field will be used as a drill ground for the Bucknell unit of the Student Army Training Corps. Black Cats Quarantined; v Cannot Play Kiwanis The final conflict between the Camp Colt Black Cats and the Kiwanis team of Harrisburg to de termine the championship of the diamond has been canceled for mili tary reasons, it was announced yes terday. The team has been placed under quarantine at Camp Colt. The game was arranged for Nixon Field, Gettysburg, this afternoon as the closing of a series of three games. The Kiwanians won the first i two and were confident, they said, of winning the. third, although the Black Cats declared they had pep enough to win twenty games from the Harrisburg players. The game, if it had been played, would-have been an important one in baseball history since the Kiwanis Club team topped the Industrial League list for the past year. The Black Cats carried away virtually every game they played and the winning of the canceled game would have meant that the conquerers would virtually be entitled to the Central Pennsylvania pennant. Modern Woodmen Will Have Quoit Tournament Harrisburg Camp No. 52 50, Mod ern Woodman of America, will hold another quoit tournament this fall. | The entry list will be opened at the meeting of the camp at the camp hall, 1365 Howard street, next Tues day evening. A number of members have already signified their intention to participate. The tournament will close shortly before the Christmas I holidays and another will probably be put on following the holidays. ACCIDENTS AT STEEL WORKS LcwistAwn, Pa., Sept. 21.-—David Bay has been admitted to the'Lewis town Hospital suffering with a scalp wound received at the Standard Steel Works. George Dlvcn, of Reedsvllle, suf fered a lacerated nose and forehead at the Standard Steel Words. D. H. Nightsinger, of Lewistown, had a foot badly injured at the same plant and Warren Bachman. of Mif flintown, had his right ear badly burned. S noodles Addison Was Getting Along O. K. Is Why the Excitement *By Hunge I HOP RI&HT /M-\ ~n v.-necds SRUDDER Aw;i3.M. II '„ . M 'r - ■■ ■ — —i ~~~\ | , CHICAGO WINS AT A. A. U. MEET Windy City Athletes Score in 11 of the 19 Events With a Total of 34 Joe Schwartz, of the Meadow i Brook Club, Philadelphia, out-dis- ; tanced the huge field yesterday in 1 the National A. A. U. meet held on < the new athletic field of the Great Lakes Naval Training Station in the ' one-mile run. He covered the dis- , tance in 4 minutes and 37 seconds. , McCabe. of Felham Bay Naval Sta- i tion, finished second, with Mayo, of . Fort Slocum, and Cummings, anoth er Meadowbrook athlete, fourth. ' In the 4 40-yard dash, Rogers, of '■ Meadowbrook, came in third, ; Shaughnessy, of the Federal Ren- j dezvous of Brooklyn, winning the race in the fust time of 49 seconds. This is a new junior straightway record. . Way won e. fourth for Meadow brook in the running high jump, clearing 21 feet 1% inches. This event was captured by Politzer, of Mohawk A. C-, New York, with a height of 22 feet 3% inches. Barron, another Meadowbrook star, came in fourth in the 220-yard wash. This event was won by House, of Camp Fremont, who covered tiiej distance in 25 9-10 seconds. Johnnv Bartels, representing Hog Island, landed third in the discus throw with a distance of 106 feet % inch. Windraw, of the Great Lakes, won the throw with a distance of 116 feet 4% inches. Labowitz, of the Pastime A. C.. set up a new record in the three-mile walk by covering the distance in 23 * minutes and 57 seconds. Nevertheless, high honors of the first day's events went to the repre sentatives of the Chicago Athletic Association who gathered in 34 points with the Pelham Bay Naval Training Station team of Pelham Bay, N. Y„ drawing up in second place with thirty. The Great Lakes team bagged twenty-eight points for third place and the Illinois Athletic Club twenty-two for fourth. The Meadowbrook Athletic Club of Phil adelphia, scored ten points for fifth place. The summaries were: Shot put. won by Allman, Great Lakes, 40 feet, 1% inches. One-mile run, won by Schwartz, Meadowbrook Club, Philadelphia. 100-yard dash, won by Henlce, Great Lakes. Time, .10. 100-yard hurdles, won by Smith, Chicago A. A. Time, .15 2-5. 16-pound hammer* throw, Vranz, Illinois A. C., first. Distance, 130 feet, 5 inches. Discus throw, won by Windraw, Great Lakes, 116 feet, 4% Inches. Three-mile walk, won by Labowitz, Pastime A. C. ,New York. Timo, 23.57 (New junior record). Pole vault, won by Caldwell. Pel ham Bay, 11 feet 6 inches. Running high jump, won by Rict, Camp Zachary Taylor, 6 feet % inch. Fifty-six pound weight for dis tance. won by Mclntyre, Illinois A. C., 25 feet, 11% inches. 440-yard run, won by Shaughnes- ] sey, Federad Rendezvous, Brooklyn, j Time. .49. (New junior straightway record). 440-yard hurdles, won by Hauot, Great Lakes. Time, .58 2-5. Running broad jump, won by Po litzer, Mohawk A. C., N ejr York, 22 feet, 3 % inches. Javelin throw, won by Thompson, I. A. C. Distance 167 feet 8% inches. (This event set a new junior record!. Five-mile run, won by Johnson, Camp Upton. Time, 27 minutes, 22 seconds. 220-yard dash, won by Smith, Pel ham Bay. Time, 22 seconds and .02. 220-yard low hurdles, won by House, Camp Fremont. Time, 25 seconds and .09. Running hop. step and jump, won by Overbee, Chicago A. A., 45 feet 3 % inches. 880-yard run, won by McCabe, Pel ham Bay. Time, 2.02 1-5. Convention of York County Sabbath School Association Lewtsberry, Sept. 21.—The Twelfth District of the York County Sab bath School Association will hold its ! seventh annual rally to-morrow In ■ the Church of God at Newberrytown. The program follows: 10 A. M.—Opening of Sunday school; address of welcome, by Ray mond Bair, superintendent of the school; response by William Hart- ; man, district president; address, by the Rev. L. L. Owens, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church, of Lewis berry. i 1.30 P. M.—Devotional services by the Rev. R. S. Stair,-of Lewisberry, \ pastor of the York Haven and Golds boro Lutheran churches; address, "How Shall We Arouse in the Organ ized Class a Large Interest in the ! Study of the Bible?" by the Rev. Mr. Coffelt, of Rossvllle; vocal duct, by the Rev. and Mrs. E.- A. Mell, of Yocumtown; address, "Winning the War Through the Sunday School," by Dr. William N. Yates, of Harris burg; question box conducted by Robert Whisler, of Goldsboro. 7.30 P. M.—Song gervice; devo tional services, Jacob Beshore, of Cly; vocal solo. Master Clifford Bair, of Goldsboro; address, "The Sunday School and National Prob lems" by the Rev. Dr. Ernest V. Claypool, of Harrisburg, district su perintendent of the Anti-Saloon League; vocal solo, Mrs. E. A. Mell, of Yocumtown. This program will be Interspersed with congregational singing. THE WORLD HAS FILLED SO SLOWLY Although the Human Kace May lie a Hundred Thousand Years Old, the Earth Is Not Yet Pull to Capacity, Because Obstacles Arise on All Sides By GARRETT P. SERVISS From what I have read from time to time it seems to he the opinion of scientists that the human race has in habited this plane,t for hundreds of thousands of years. If that is a fact, why is it that they have in the last few thousand years only spread over the earth in such great numbers, and what will be the result if they continue to increase in the same ratio for three or four thousand years?— A. B. CALDWELL. It is well to have a twelve-inch ter restrial globe before you when con sidering such questions. By enabling you to visualize the situation it will simplify the problem. It will make clear to you how very different, in many ways, are the con- , ditions of life on the surface of a ro tating sphere, revolving around the sun, from what they would be on an immovable plane. Conspicuous among these differences are the effects of widely divergent- climates and of changing seasons often running into extremes of contrast. Then, the globe will show you at a| glance the formidable nature of the obstacles to communication between the various lands of the earth which are interposed by the oceans. If your globe has raised topographic features, it will be worth hundreds of pages of print in impressing upon your mind the seriousness of mountain masses and ranges as impediments to the free spread of population. You will see that only about three eighths of the entire surface of the earth is land, and that this land, which alone can sustain human in habitants, instead of being collected in one connected mass, is scattered over the globe in several large and many small portions and that the larger ones are divided into many parts by mountains and deserts. With these facts in your mind's eye, take next into account the place and mode of origin of mankind, ac cording to the general opinion of men of science. For reasons that wo have not space to discuss it Is generally held that the first men made their appearance somewhere in the Eastern world, probably on the continent of Asia, and that they gradually spread from one great center over the contiguous regions. Even thope who believe that mankind originated independently in more than one quarter of the globe, or that there were several primitive stocks of man, instead of one only, are compelled to suppose that there was a very limited number of human "procreant cradles," not more than three or four, perhaps, for the whole earth, so that the problem of distribu tion over the plunet remains much the same under either view. When you remember that the very first creatures to whom the term "man-like" could be applied had no way to advance toward the status of man as we know him to-day, except the way of evolution, you see at once what long ages must have been re quired to bring about the necessary alteration. Even if the progress was hastened by sudden "leaps." yet we know that these leaps, or "mutations," are sepa ated by long spaces of time, so that, in any event, tens of thousands of years must have been consumed in lifting a creature that, at the start, was hardly less brutal than an ape up -to an incomparably higher level, a level at which human intelligence became the distinctive characteristic of the new being. It probably took thousands of years for man to learn to be a farmer. And, even If we were to assume that man was created sud denly, as an independent creation, with his powers latent within him, to be developed in response to his en vironment (and history certainly shows that is the way in which his! development has really come about), hundreds of centuries would still be required to bring him to the point represented by the earnest historic I civilizations. The simple fact that in ancient Crete,, several thousand years before the Christian era, the palace of King Minos possessed a system of drainage that included all the essen tial principles of modern scientific plumbing, while the ladies of the court wore dresses and ornaments which made them look like Parisian models, combined with the facts of later history, showing that Greece and Rome made only advances upon these Cretan achievements, and that, after six, or perhaps eight, thousand years we, in our day, have only just begun to develop a material civiliza tion essentially and distinctivedy dif ferent from, and superior to that whose beginnings were familiar to King Minos—these facts, I say, are in themselves the strongest proofs of the exceeding slowness of human ad vancements, taken in the mass. Now, the march of progress being so slow, the advance of the distribu tion of human beings over the globe from their original center or centers, could not but be correspondingly Slow. Consider that population could not grow in limited areas beyond the capacity of the soil in and immedi ately around such areas to support it. But in order to spread beyond those limits population must possess means of transportation across and over the natural obstacles which everywhere intersect and divide the lands where the earliest known races dwelt. Dip a little into history and see how many thousand years it took to carry commerce and with commerce colonization entirely around the Medi terranean Sea. Observe how many centuries were required for the might of Rome to open up simply the Medi terranean world to" intercommunica tion. Commerce increases the capac ity of rfl the lands that enjoy its ad vantages to support population, but commerce could not develop until roads, bridges, tunnels had " opened the lands, and rapid navigation had turned the oceans into hlghwßvs. As commerce grew, agriculture in all its forms, mining, manufacture, in vention, every sort of industry was forced to grow with It, and all these things made more population neces sary and at the same time increased the capacity of the earth as a whole to support a greater population. As to the future, I have not space here to speculate. These are a few hints of the delightful realm of study and thought that lies behind your question. Flying With Shaffer HOT WORK IN THE CLOUDS LETERS FROM A DAUPHIN BOY TO HIS MOTHER Escadrille Spad 38, Secteur Postal 240, G. C. 2 2, Aug. 1, 1918. Dear Mother: It's been so almighty hot the la-" few days that I had not the am bition to writer Besides, I was pretty busy flying, for after that attack on the "sausage" I told you about and its failure to burn I was wild to try again—and see one burn. As the weather still continued bad and the sky filled with clouds I finally got permission to go after balloons again. There sure were a bunch of clouds in the air, all sizes and shapes and I was hard put to keep from getting lost, for no sooner had I gone in one and came out than I bumped into another. Arriving over the lines, I dove into a big cloud and headed for Berlin. It seems though, my choice of clouds was "tres mauvois" because it was a black one and began "weeping" as soon as I entered. Clouds are bad enough as it is to keep one's direc tion and balance while in them, but when they begin pouring rain when you hit them—good night! I prompt ly pushed on the "stick" and came out—lost. For several anxious moments I flew around in circles wondering which side of, the line I was on. Since no shrapnel was breaking around me I knew I was still on the French side and began looking for landmarks. There did not seem to be any familiar ones around and while I continued looking I thought of my comrade, Byers, and won dered if the same thing would hap pen to me —lost and landed in Ger many. But these thoughts were soon squelched when I discovered the Argonne forest. I had a general idea where I was then, and getting my direction by the aid of the com pass and the trenches I soon knew whither I was bound. Hide-and-Seek in the Clouds You can see how very safe I was with so many clouds in the sky, for no matter how many Huns jumped me they sure would have a lovely time getting a shot in with me play ing hide-and-seek among aforesaid clouds. But if It was safe for me the Boches decided wisely it was some what unsafe for balloons, for not a one could I find up. I had been flying on my own side of the fence up to this time, waiting to see some thing to go after before letting "Archie" display my presence. Rath er low, too, because the clouds were at 800 meters, and I kept at a 1,000, dodging around clouds, sometimes going through a small one. Finally, thinking I saw the big bulging belly of a "sausage" I jumped in a cloud and headed his way. Archie soon found me, but since I was in clouds three-fourths of the time I had little fear of his marksmanship. The balloon, however, turned out to be nothing but a hole in the for est, so I was out of "luck." How ever, being several miles in their lines then, and knowing there was a Boche balloon stationed just ahead of me, I kept going parallel to the lines —only on the Hun side of the fence, "Archie" yopping at my heels ever ytime I stuck my nose out of a cloud. A Big Blaze But I was looking for something to try my gun on—balloon preferred. It would make such a big blaze, you know —and kept going. The Huns must have slept late that morning, however, or forgot to open" the sta tion because no sausage tugged at its rope. This station happens to be near Rheims, so I flew on around Rheims, runnnig into several patrols of Spads as I came out, who were coming a running to see what "Archie" was talking about. Two of these French machines even chased me, a fact of which 1 was ignorant until I of a cloud and saw them following. I ended the pursuit by promptly standing on one wing, thus showing my red, white and blue "cocarde" (insignia) on my wings. As a patrol that was rather disappointing, but the next day I saw a most interesting spectacle and something I have often wanted to watch —a fight in the air. and one plane tumbling to the ground. Of course, I have been in a number of fights, and been in both the chas ing and tumbling end of the argu ment at that, but one is two busily engaged to get any pleasure out of the spectacle, and I wanted to be a spectator —just once anyway. ' We had just arrived at the lines when I had my wish, for an enor mous biplane (two-man plane) was tumbling down head over heels with two planes in hot pursuit. At first I thought he wag doing a "vrille," and from the ntWnner in which he did it surely thought it was his last one. But on looking more carefully I saw he was really doing a tight spiral, one of the tighest I have ever seen, the like of which I did not think such a big, clumsy plane was capable of . Either the pilot was hit or he was a mighty good flyer—and then, as he spun around in a tight circle, the sun shone full on his wings and showed the red. white and blue insignia of the French. That put a different face on the matter. It was one thing to watch a Boche go tumbling down to a "crash," but a French plane was en tirely another matter. It wasn't spectacle anymore. It was a doggone shame and some Hun was going to pay for the show, too. And to think that those two planes making that poor Frenchman do all that acro- bacy were Boches! The doggone Surne! "La vache!" "la cochons!" "allez allez!" and he gave the old motor full gas and started after the head performers. Not that we hadn't been coming before! We had but we were several miles away when we saw the tight, and being very high had quite a grandstand seat. But the Boches saw us coming apd by the time we arrived at the scene they were away back in their lines. We are not free to do as we please in these patrols, you know; but must follow our leader "tou jours." And he decided they were too far in their own lines to chase, so we circled around Rheims look ing for some unwary Boche to pounce on; but there did not seem to be any so we came home without shooting the gun off. The Escape I watched the attacked French plane, however, after the Boches left it and am glad tb say he leveled out and flew serenely away. Incidentally, I'm willing to bet those Boaches never shot at a more erratic taget. I'll sure hand it to that French man. He certainly was some pilot. When 1 begin to add up events I have to admit that it's been some Ave days since I wrote last. Cheer up though, because 1 will be loallng a day or so, and will have timo to write. You see this morning I was in a light and received six bullets in my upper wing. They were in such important places that a new wing will be necessary. Meanwhile I must wait. It happened this way: Chasscs Libre There were no orders this morn ling, so three of u,| asked for "chasse libre" (permission to fly and attack or not attack what you please). In these kind of patrols, although one has a leader, he is somewhat of a free lance and is not held to account so strictly as to what he does, how he does it, or where he goes. The three of us had no more than arrived at the lines than the leader's motor went bad and he turned around and went home. We followed a little way, and then pulled up and went back to the lines, the Frenchman leading. Soon we were floating around over the lines hunting the Hun again. We saw some, too —four of them, and they were not only higher than us but in the sun as well, so we promptly turned towards our lines and began climbing in a wide circle first, to get out of danger, and sec ond, to attack, for you understand that a man who flies high and has the sun av his back has every ad vantage in an air combat, because one cannot look in the sun a/id see him coming, and with his height he can use gravity as well as his motor to bring him down on his un suspecting quarry with terrific speed. Since these four planes (appar ently Boches) did not attack, I be gan to wonder if they were not Spads. (French chasse plane) With this idea I looked at them more closely and felt sure of it. Five minutes later they had swung over on our side of the fence —and way over at that —and "Archie" was not even barking at them. I was sure they were French then. Besides, a patrol of seven Spads were just pass ing—they were close enough for me to see the French insignia—and they could surely take care of those four Huns, if such they were, had they bothered us. I had more important business on hand. For the last five minutes I had been watching a big Boche biplane flying back and forth over Rheims. (We were north of Epernay then). Close Work Three times I had seen this In quisitive Hun come over Rheims into our lines and three times go back in his own lines. No black Archies (German shrapnel is all black) broke around him so 1 felt sure it was a Hun. For the fourth time I saw him coming across, and getting impatient because the Frenchman did nothing I decided to take mat ters into my own hands, pulled on full motor, dove down beside him and shook my wings; for it was quite possible he had not seen the biplane,, as most of the time it was merely a speck. As far as I could see he never even answered the signal, but since he has two Boches to his credit I knew he would stick if it came to a fight. So I took the lead and started after that Boches He was coming to wards us, so I swung around in a wide circle to get behind him, and at the same time see whether it really was a Boche, for we had been told to look closely at any machine we attacked before shooting, as the English insignia is very dark and could easily be mistaken for the Boche at a distance. Just a little higher than the doubt ful plane, I flew closer and closer, looking at it steadily to distinguish any markings. There did not seem to be any except that the rudder seemed to be all white. Since I could see no black cross on this white background I held my Are and overhauled him some more, giv ing mv attention entirely to the wings this time. The truth broke on me very suddenly, for I was within fifty meters when the small, black cross painted on the dark wings showed up. It's just another proof of Hun efficiency that they copy the lines of French planes and crown it all by painting the insignia so small that one has to come very close to be sure It Is really a Boche. Quick Going But being within fifty meters of this big bird—and he was a whopper —was no time to think of the studied deceit of the enemy. It was a time for action, and I acted "tout de suite" by diving on him and open ing fire with both guns, shooting them alternately to prevent jams. And right there I discovered again the importance of little things. You see our sight is a telescopic affair about a foot long, and to prevent dirt, oil and grease from accumulat ing on the glass as we go tearing through the atmosphere, a small shutter is made to fit over the front of the telescope, which can be open ed and closed at will by means of different devices. As these shutters are made by the different mechanics, some of them are more or less in genious affairs, depending on the ability of the mechanic. Mine was a pretty punk affair, but as long as it performed its function I had no kick coming, and it had always worked before. Probably because I never went so fast before, for so soon as I knew it was really a Hun in front of me I never bothered to reduce my motor, but dove full speed. When you consider my speed is somewhat over 130 miles an hour on the level, you can imagine I was making some time with gravity and my heavy plane to help. It was this tremendous speed which blew the shutter shut. Being interested to the exclusion of everything else in sighting my gun, this sudden clos ing of the shutter was sure ex asperating, for I was coming up on that Boche like he was standing still, and having been pretty close to start with the distance was sure diminish ing at a rapid rate. Three times that shutter closed on me. and three times I yanked it open. The Boche must have wondered what was the matter with me as I juggled up to him, for you know, every time I fixed the shutter I had to reaim the plane, because while fixing the shutter contraption the sensitive controls would jump the plane out of line. Well, the third time I fixed that doggone shutter I was within two meters of that flee ing Boche and still shooting when one gun stopped working. By that time I was so close as to be in danger of collision. Would that the lieutenant who had told me to get close before shooting had seen me then, for I nearly cut off the tail of that Boche with my propeller. Honestly, there was not more than a foot of space between us when I banked up on one wing, dove down 100 meters, making a complete turn on the way, thus being in position to shoot again. The Boche must have thought I was somo crazy fool with more ambition than flying skill. Diving For Homo Considering how close I had come to him the first time I would prob ably run into him the next time, so must have been his thoughts, for when I got in position to tire after that 100 meters drop and turn he was diving for home and mother with all the engine the kaiser had given him. I had a good motor my self and promptly followed, opening lire with my remaining gun until all the cartridges were gone. The Boche was diving very stteply then, but since I had no more bullets I turned back, hoping the Frenchman would surely finish him. It was well I turned back when I did, because when I finished my "target practice" 1 noticed as I turned, right ahead and a little over me .half a dozen planes all mixed up. Naturally, I thought it was several Spads mixing it with the Boches and gave it no further thought, except to keep a close watch behind to see that no little "Willie Hindenburg" followed me as I dove for home. This was not the case, however, as I learned from the Frenchman when he Anally landed. You have probably been wondering where that Frenchman was all this time, eh? Well, like the dependable pilot he is, he was right behind me all the time, and whenever I got out of the way he got a few shots in himself. But he noticed other things that I did not, or rather he had them im pressed on him, for no sooner had he begun the attack on the biplane than the Frenchman noticed a lot Play Safe — Stick to KING OSCAR CIGARS l I because the quality is as good as ever it was. They will please and satisfy you. 6c—worth it JOHN C. HERMAN & CO. Makers of confetti (tracer bullets) going bJI his plane. Hot Work Making a quick turn, and climb ing as he did so, he looked around to see the cause of all the smoke streamers. It was no other than those four planes which I had thought were Spads. According to the Frenchman, as soon as I jumped the biplane, one of these four Boches chasse planes come down on me. I was blissfully ignorant of all this, however, having plenty to occupy me directly ahead. The Frenchman, being right behind me got the bene- t fit of this attack, and kept them so busy trying to hit him—that I was unmolested while I emptied my gun at their bigger brother. Even at that, he got off with nary a bullet in his plane, while I had seven. Oh, yes, I knew when they hit—l heard them. It was when I stood up on one wing and dove to keep from cutting off the Boche's tail. In mak ing this maneuver, one wing was thrown right in front of the gunner and that was the one that got punc tured. Even above the noise of the motor I could hear the ripping sound as the bullets tore through the fabric, and I wondered anxiously as I whirled out of range whether my tank was hit. Tlic Damaged Plane Not taking any chances of my motor stopping, I switched the lever into the gravity feed tank, but as the air pressure continued to hold on the other tank I soon switched it back. When I arrived at camp I discovered the reason my one gun had stuck. The connection between I the gun and the motor had been shot [ off. The other damage consisted of five holes in the upper wing—none very close to me, but making it nec essary to put on a new wing, and one in a lower wing. A little later it was discovered that half my "Becky" had been shot away by an explosive bullet. Fortunately, I made a good land ing, and not having much strain on her she did not break. Yea, boy! Dad, that guardian angel might have had another cold sweat, but he sure did his duty well, for nary a bullet touched me. Just the same, a lieu tenant who sometimes commands the escadrille led me aside and im pressed on e the fact of being more careful, and not dive into a light in such a headlong fashion. To hear him talk, one would think I was real valuable, which is rather an amusing thought when one consid ers my Hun score stands at zero. Perhaps we got that Boche, how ever, because he certainly was div ing steeply when I let up, and the Frenchman started in. I know a bunch of my bullets went home, for I saw them enter the body of the machine where the pilot and ob server were. Here's hoping, anyway. Sometimes, though, it takes quite a while to get confirmation, so I don't expect to hear anything for several days. WALTER. Men Prominent in Affairs of Union County Register Lewisburg, Pa., Sept. 21.—Among the prominent registrants in Union county between the ages of 18 and 46, who appeared before draft boards in the county were: Judge Albert W. Johnson, president judge of the Union-Snyder district; Sheriff C. M. Renner, of Lewisburg; Regis trar W. S. Wilcox, of Bucknell Uni versity; Guy F. Roush, Union County Food Administrator; W. L. Done hower, Federal Fuel Administrator for Union county; Prof. W.W. Spigel meyer, superintendent of the public schools of Union county; District At torney C. C. Lesher, Attorney Cloyd N. Steinlnger, legal representative of state draft headquarters for Central Pennsylvania.. WELL KNOWN WOMAN DIES Lowistown, Pa., Sept. 21.—Mrs. M. M. Lindsay, who for fifteen years conducted a restaurant at Burnham, died at the Shamokin State Hospital where she was taken a short time ago for an operation. Her husband survives. Burial will take place at HolUdaysburg. 11
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