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PAGE THREE
AERIAL SCOUTS IN
BULLET HAIL
FLIGHT AMID
BURSTING SHELLS
Daring Work of Bulgar Avia
tors a Lesson to World's
Armies.
HE use of aeroplanes by tile Bal
kan nlUos furnishes a fascinat
ing chaptor In the war against
Turkey ullUo from the merely
npctnculnr mill ndventurous Point of
lew nnd the clllcney of the service
iroved under tlio most perilous eondl
lons. First the Bulgarian aerial scouts
nminarizcu tncmseives wuu we i"i
ery positions nnd trenches nt Adriano
)le. then when the siege bore sorely
lpon tuo ueiouguereu city uropiK-u imin-
111 pis r t o in iiirkisn iium uie
ir rKisi :i ui-i. mill Minuting lilt?
loin of surrender.
Hut the Turks grimly held to the de-
I'lisif. x in 1 1 1111 liitfiM 1111111111J ihl:imi
lio rnnflnt'ratuin caused liv stp.idv. no-
urate shell Urn. The Bulirars had
nv iioniiiMi tiii 111 Tim iiii'H7!i :
Up to the present writing two of the
has been the death of the man who
made a bad landing, and the other is
that of Dr .Jules Constantin. a Bul
garian aviator, who with his machine
was riddled with Turkish bullets.
Constantin was formerly assistant to
the famous Paris surgeon. Dr. Doyen.
nnd earned from the Bulgarian army
the title of "dare devil of the air."
King Ferdinand personally decorated
him with a medal for astounding bra
very lie was most successful in droo
ping bombs on the Turkish army.
His last flight was from Purma. near
the Tchatalja lines. His biplane was
riddled with bullets, and he was
struck it is Judged, while sailing 4.000
feet above a Turkish fort after he had
photographed the landscape. When
the machine landed in the Bulgarian
camp his hand still grasped the steer
lug wheel, but lie was stone dead.
Aviators Shelled by Turks.
When the story of these army avi
ators is written fully it will embody
thrills which will shame the most lurid
melodrama The ever constant peril,
the terrific nerve tension during which
both the operator and the observer
must be cool as ice. is shown by Ben
nett Burleigh, who related in the Lon
don Telegraph some of the exploits of
the aerial craft over Adrianople.
"A couple of Bulgarian aviators had
a thrilling experience In a biplane oer
Adrianople," he wrote. "They told me
they flow purposely at an elevation of
only about 1,700 yards. They could
see the city and the movements of the
Turks In the streets and forts quite
clearly. The Bulgarian batteries wore
heavily shelling the enemy.
"The Turks proceeded to fire upon
the aviators, but all the shells burst
at least 350 to 450 yards below the
machine. For half an hour the avia
tors llew about, taking note of every
thing. "They saw that the Sollm mosque
was Intact and that most of the other
Important buildings were undamaged.
"A startling surprise, however, was
In store for them. The Turks had sunk
a gun In n pit and fired as they pass
ed overhead a bow drawn at a ven
ture, so to speak.
Missile Burst Above Them.
"The aviators heard the loud hur
tling roar of a shell ascending direct
ly toward them, and their ears were
tilled witl) its screech, which drowned
the noise of tho engine nnd the hum
ming wires. As the missile passed
upward It burst, but they had by that
time gone n long distance forward, and
none of the fragments came near
them. Then they returned, landing
safely at Mustafa I'asha.
"I witnessed tills Incident A lieu
tenant aeronaut before taking his beat
FARMERS' FAIRY GODFATHER.
Sky Scouting In Balkans
Closely Watched by
United States. X
'n n machlno hnstlly stuffed his maga
zine pistol Into his coat pocket. 1 ask
ed him why ho did so. Ho repliod in
English: '
" 'A Bulgarian cannot bo taken nllve
by a Turk. In case of accident 1 must
sell my llfo dearly and always bo pre
pared to do my duty.' "
It Is tho first real war sineo tho de
velopment of thu aeroplane "the first
ncroplauo war," as one ofliccr nt Wash
ington expressed It and on that ac
count there Is tho liveliest Interest In
It here nnd especially In Franco. Ger
many and Great Britain.
Major General Leonard Wood, chief
of stair of tho United States army,
has beiui deeply Interested in the work
of aeroplane in the Balkans. "It looks
to me." ho observed, "that throughout
this Balkan war the elllclency of tho
aeroplane has been conlined to scout
ing and dispatch carrying.
"The one particular ndvantage of the
aeroplane Is its ability to pass over
the enemy's lines, get In behind his
front and see where Ids troops are.
where his supplies and ammunition
trains are. and so work out almost
mathematically just what his Inten
tions are look Into his mind, as It
were, and read his plans.
Great In an Emergency.
"It Is also conceivable that iu a
country where means of communica
tion are bad dispatches and oven mes
sengers might 1k carried by aeroplanes
when they could not bo carried by any
other moans. It Is conceivable that in
Mine situation of great stress the aero
plane might be used to carry an otli
eer to a command that was separated
by mountains or water and in need of
a skilled and expert commander.
"There were many lessons for us In
the Utisso-Japaneso war, and there
will be many in this war when we
finally are In possession of full and
accurate Information of movements
and can got some Idea of the strategy
of what lias been perhaps the shortest
and most remarkable campaign in his
tory."
Brigadier General James Allen, chief
signal ofllcer of tho army, has already
platted the entire United States into
aeroplane districts, with stations at
fixed points, so that, theoretically, at
a word, winged observers may over
look every mile of the country. "We
have studied this war from the begin
ning with great pains because of the
use of the aeroplane.
Hisjh Value as Scouts.
"I think the operations amount to a
demonstration of the value of aero
plane scouting. In connection with
cavalry the aeroplane Is a most Impor
tant agencv In planning movements of
troops. The Information that the mili
tary aviator can get of an enemy's po
sition nn'd intended movements adds
vastly to the effectiveness of small de
tachments of troops, either cavalry or
Infantry, at strategic points. I fancy
the results do not make It entirely
clear that tho aeroplane can be used
for fighting purposes.
"The signal corps aviation school at
College Park, Md. conducted a few
experiments In automatic gun firing
and dropping of projectiles from aero
planes. An automatic machlno gun
was fired from an aeroplano on tho
College Park field, demonstrating tho
possibilities of aeroplanes for offensive
warfare. This was tho first case
known of tho uso of a machiiie gun
from heavier than air flying mnchines.
"Other experiments have been con
ducted there with various signaling
systems and a device for dropping ex
plosives. Later this device wns tnken
to Kuropo. where It won tho first prize
in the competition conducted by the
French nnny. tho winning record be
ing twelve out of fifteen projectiles
(fifteen pounds each) hitting a target
sixty feet In diameter from an nltitude
of (STW feet: also eight hits out of fif
teen on n target 12."i by a75 feet from
nn altitude of 2.024 foot."
NEW HYDROPLANE SHIP.
Professor Bill m Announce Invention
That May Break Crou Ocean Record,
Professor Aloxatulcr Gruham Uoll an
nounces a reinnrkabla nyuropiano in
vention Hint Is likely to hnvo n wldo
nnd Important significance. The cred
it of the invention, hu states, goes to
Fred Baldwin, who tutu charge of the
Hell laboratory.
"Wo have eroWed what we call n
hydrodrome," said Professor Hell. "1
bellcTt It will hae n revolutionary of
fect on method of water propulsion.
The boat Is driven by nn aerial propel
ler and rises only about ono foot and
n half above the water. It la support
ed by hydro.surfaces like knlfo blndcs
arranged In three ladder-like forms un
der the keel of the vessel. These hydro
surfaces differ from the known hydro
surfaces in the fact that they nro not
Hat.
"Driven by a seventy horscpowor en
gine, tills boat has attained the speed
of fifty miles an hour, while ordluary
hydroplanes, with engines many times
as powerful, can only travel, nt their
higher speed, nt about thirty-five miles
an hour. The boat weighs 1.300 pounds
and carries two men. When It gets un
der way llie boat rises out of the wa
ter and. supported by the knife planes
dipping Into the M-a. travels easily nnd
swiftly.
"I'lils new boat of ours operates just
as well in rough weather as In good.
There Is no motion and no-spray. It is
easy to imagine what changes will take
place If this Invention proves applica
ble to oi-ean travel.
"We will be crossing tho Atlantic In
record time. The hydrodrome Is Chris
tened '.Jonah.' and It has a rcmnrkable
future before it."
Government Wants Expert Who Can
Tell Them How to Live.
The department of agriculture has
announced that It Is on the market for
"one rami architect" who could as
sume the duties of an agricultural
"fairy godfather" to the farmers of
tho country under the direction of the
bureau of plant Industry.
The "farm architect" must be capa
ble of Investigating. In the language
of tho department's specification, "tho
dwelling requirements of farms, farm
families and household work under
varying agricultural, climatic and eco
nomic conditions." Ho also must re
port on the adaptation of available
materials nnd architecture to local requirements.
RICE, "KID" OF , THE CORPS
New British Envoy to Washington Is
Youngest Ambassador.
Sir Cecil Spring-Hlce. who succeeds
James Hryee as British ambassador
at Washington, is the youngest mem
her of the diplomatic body to hold that
grade. He was born in 1S59 nnd Is
one year younger than Sir Gerald
Lowtiier, Britisli ambassador for Tur
key, whoso American wife Is working
so heroically night and day for the
wounded nnd starving In Constantino
ple. Sir Cecil is no stranger to Washing
ton, ns ho was there some yenrs ago
as secretary. He Is a great friend of
Lord Kosebery, who predicted a grout
career for him. Sir Cecil married in
1001 the daughter of Sir Frank Las
celles, then British nnibassador nt Ber
lin. He has a thorough knowledge of
Persian, nmong other langunges. and
has done service In Teheran, Tokyo,
St Petersburg, Egypt and Brussels.
MISERY F1WJM UPSET STOMACH
AND DYSPEPSIA WILTj VANISH.
If what you Just ate is souring on
your stomach or lies Ilka a lump of
lead, rofuslng to digest, or you belch
gas and oructato sour and undigested
food, or havo a fooling of dizziness,
heartburn, fulness, nausea, bad tasto
in mouth and stomach headache
this Is Indigestion.
Uloodlno costs only fifty cents and
will thoroughly euro tho worst caso
of Dyspepsia, and leave sufficient
about tho house In caso so mo one elso
in tho family may suffer from stom
ach troublo or Indigestion.
Get a bottlo of Uloodlno now and
cat what you like tho next meal and
then tako a teaspoon tul of Uloodlno
to digest nnd prepare for assimila
tion Into tho blood all tho food you
eat; besides, it makes you go to tho
tablo'wlth n hearty, healthy appetite;
but what will plcaso you most is that
you will feel that your stomach and
intestines are clean and fresh, and
you will not need to resort to laxa
tives or liver pills for biliousness or
constipation.
This town will havo many Uloodlno
cranks, as some people will call them
but you will ho cranky about this
splendid prescription, too, if you ever
havo Indigestion or gastritis, or any
other stomach misery, tako Uloodlno.
Mall orders will bo lilted by tho
Uloodlno Corporation, Boston, Mass.
C. C. Jadwln Sells this remedy In
Houesdale, Pa.
TO EMULATE LIVINGSTONE.
C. T. Studd, Noted Cricketer, Calls
University Men to Mission Work.
C. T. Studd. who a few years ago
was among the most popular cricketers
in England, Is filled with the Inspira
tion of Livingstone, to go to work In
the comparatively unknown parts of
North Africa.
In speaking at the Missionary society
demonstration he told how he had ap
pealed to the men at Cambridge univer
sity to go out with him ns pioneer mis
sionaries and plant the Christian
stnndard in the southeastern Sudan.
Fifteen responded, and three will go
out with Studd in tho early part of the
coming year. Mr. Studd said that ever
since the British held the Sudan there
had been the most wicked barbarism
practiced, but In out of the way places
and without the knowledge of the Brit
ish authorities.
NOTICE TO BONDHOLDERS OF
THE MILANV1LLE HU1DGE CO
Tho bondholders of the Mllanvllle
Brldgo Company will tako notice
that in pursuance of a resolution
duly adopted by tho Company, and
In accordance with the provisions of
tho mortgage dated January 2,
1005, given by tho Mllanvllle
Brldgo Company to Homer Greene,
Trustee, one thousand dollars of tho
bonds secured by said mortgage havo
been drawn for redemption. On
presentation of said bonds to Homer
Greene, Trustee, at his office In
Honesdale, Pa., on or after January
1, 1913, they "win be paid at their
par value, together with Interest
thereon to January 1, 1913, on and
after which date Interest thereupon
will cease. The numbers of tho
bonds so drawn aro as follows:
5G 7 1314 13 19 22
29 31 45 40 53 SO 94
99 113 140 150 158
1C7 170 175 184 185 195
197 214 231 244 249 257
259 2C5 2C7 2C9 270 2S2
289 294.
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Secretary of the Mllanvllle Bridge
Company.
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NUTE "MOVIES" A
OF THE NEWS
RIGHT OFF THE REEL
Would Tunnel the Rockies.
Newman Erb, railroad and copper
man, told the business men of Denver
recently that ho nnd his associates
would build a transcontinental tunnel
under the mountain range west of the
city If the citizens of Colorado would
co-operate and extend tho road to Salt
W-i-W-I-W-l-HK-I-H-H-I-W-H-:-!-!-
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Georgia murderer on Ills way to tho
gallows sang, "I don't know where I'm
going, hut I'm on my way."
Tho appcllato division of New York
Is pondering whether n tenant may
break his leaso ou account of rats.
F. HopkliiKon Smith says "Undo
Tom's Cabin" has done tho world more
harm than any other book ever writ
ten. iteally the "Spug" crusade grows
more Interesting. Laura Jean LIbbey
idvlses girls to give klsse? for Christ
mas presents.
Harvard professor who Is trying to
find out whether angleworms think
might tako up as a side lino tho 'case
of the Harrison (N. J.) horse which ran
away, bolted Into a bakeshop, picked
up a fruit cake in bis mouth and made
a bco lino for a saloon
MOONSHINER A MECHANIC.
Ingenious Way In Which He Made a
Splendid "Worm."
Tho copper "worm" of a moonshiner's
still wns use In evidence In the court
of Judge John Elmore, United States
commissioner, at Montgomery, Ala. It
was a splendid piece of workmanship
and was made from very thick copper,
and it did not have n seam In It
Alpheus MeGowen of Coosa county,
who xvas being tried for "moonshln
Ing," told the Judge he made tho
"worm." When ho had beaten and
worked the copper Into a long gas pipe
shape he filled it with white sand and
crooked both ends. Tho tube wns then
cnrrled to a tree stump and wound
about It until tho proper shape was ob
tained. The sand provented the cop
per tube from flattening uuder pres
sure MADE "HINGES" IN BOY'S JAWS
Surgeons Cut Through Bono and Mod
eled Artificial Joints.
A remarkable oieratlon which lias
resulted successfully was recently per
formed In Unltlmoro on a fourteen-year-old
boy xvho since birth hud been
unable to move his Jaws. Ills parents
found it necessary to feed him through
n tube, for his Jaw bones were stiff,
with no normal "hinges."
Tho surgeon cut through the mass
of bono whero tho Joint should have
been and modeled upon the sections
actual Joints such ns nature norninlly
provided. Tho child has left the hospl
tnl and now can movo his jaws ns nor
mal children of his age.
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What's In a Name?
"Mlko" Papatheodorekuwomdropolls
n Greek, In receiving his first citizen
ship papers recently at Freeport. 111.,
was asked If he intended lo carry all
the name as un American cltl.eu.
"No, I think not." ho answered. "I
think 'Papa' or 'Papatheodoro' xvlll do."
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