MEDFOTxT) MATL- TRTBTWE, MEDFORT), PRECIPE, FRIDAY, .TUNE
1917
PAGE THREE
PUT OUT EYES
GERMAN
ARMY
AND
One Certain Chance of Securing
Early Victory Is Construction of
Immense Fleet of Airships Which
Would Destroy Effectiveness of
German Army.
BY BASIL MAXLY.
(Staff Special.)
WASHINGTON, June 22 "There
is one chance, and just ono change of
winning the war quickly, nnd that is
to blind Hho eyes of the Germnn
army," ono of the highest and best
wformed Ajnciican officials told me
redny.
"Blind the eyes of tho 'Gorman
army?" I queried, "What do you
mean 1 "
"I mean just what I said," lie re
plied, "hut it is not half as gruo
some as it sounds,"
Aeroplane Its Eyes.
"The eyes of the German army are
its aeroplanes, without which Ilin
deuhurg's troops would bo as inef
fective as a blind elephant in a jun
gle. "In modem war practically all ob
servation is done by aeroplane scouts.
who see a modern battlefield. The
present-day general seldom sees a
battlefield stretched out before him,
but plans his attacks with the aid
of minutely accurate maps drawn
from. photographs nnd reports which
tlie aeroplane scouts bring back form
their perilous flights over the ene
my's lines. When the battle begins
the artillerymen never see what they
arc firing at, but aim their guns as
they are directed by aerial obtcrv
rs and range finders.
'.'Without its aeroplanes an army
would stand no more chance than a
blind man dueling with n crack shot.
'What Air Fleets Could Do.
"If Germany's aeroplanes were do
stroyed, there is almost no limit to the
destruction and demoralization that
ine air ueeis or tlie allied armies
could create. In the first plaeo the
electivencss of tho German artillery
would be totally destroyed each shot
would be fired blindly with no know!
edge of whether it scored a hit or
landed a mile from a vital spot. The
allied artillery fire, on the contrary
would be deadly beyond all previous
conceptions nnd millions of rounds
of ammunition which are now wasted
thru inaccurate rango finding, would
be saved.
"And these are only part of the
possibilities. Back of the enemy's
lines his railroad tracks nnd stor.
age terminals could be wrecked by
dropping high explosives and the aimy
thus cut off from its food supplies
::nd ammunition reserves would soon
lie its stamina and morale.
t"'The Gorman fields of dry nicn
ing grain could be burned by drop-
pt7? tirp-tmmbs, munitions plant
r:' hp enormously damaged, nnd
n't. but by no menns least, the Mib-
arinc campaign could he wiped out
root nnd branch by destroying the
docks on which the U-boats must be
built.
Demoralize His Armies.
"Tn one month without aeroplanes
the girnt German army would be
reduced to a desperate, demoralized
mob.
"this js not fiettion, but sober,
Ticiontifie, nulitnry fact, which every
German general knows ns well as
1 do."
"How nliout the nnti-nircrnft
gunsf ' I asked. "Wouldn't they pro
tect the German army even if their
aeroplanes were destroyed?"
"Don t worry about the anti air
craft guns," came tho answer. "Anv
military expert in the world will tell
on that shooting aeroplanes with
nnti-nircrnft guns is like killing flies
"-ith nn air rifle you micht hit one
by .''fri'Vr.t m a long wmn-nr d
Not Knough Filers Now.
"Hero are the big facts that the
American people ought to know. To
day the French and British arc su
premo in the nir. They have more
machines, faster machines, and bet
t.r aviators than the Germans. They
have the upper hand beyond dis
puto. But they haven't enough ma
chines io destroy the thousands of
Germnns aeroplanes or drivo them
from the bnttlo lines.
"It is up to ns nnd clearly within
our power within n reasonable tim
to send to tho western front enough
machines and enough skilled fliers to
finish the job."
"How many aeroplanes will it take,
and what is our producing capacity f
I asked.
"lliose are both military secrets
for the present, at least," was the
reply, "but suppose we say several
thousands that are actually being
turned out in the Vnitcd States today.
But just consider this one fact
Inst year we produced in the United
States a million nu a half automo
biles, each of which represented al
most as much work as an aeroplane.
Replace. Autos.
"If .we counotuu a bhort time or
ganize ta produce one-twentieth that
many aeroplanes, Amcricnn product
ive genius is unworthy of the great
reputation which its achievements
have founded. Suppose we should
have to abandon pleasure ear build
ing to do this, wouldn't it be a sacri
fice worth making?"
"But can we Americans produce
aeroplanes that will be useful against
the Germnns?" I inquired. "Haven't
I read that the American machines
are good only for training aviators,
not for fighting?''
"Thut isn't literally true, beyond
the fact that American aeroplane fac
tories have specialized on the slower
machines nnd could not today nro-
sduce a single first-elnss scouting
macuine. imu even ii n were exact
truth today, it need not be six months
from now.
Our motto in this war must be
America can.' Isn't it sheer stupid-
ty to say that the nation which out
classes the world in fine machine
tool building, in automobile manu
facture, in every kind of mechanical
work, cannot quickly learn the aero
plane building game?"
t Easy to Got Design.
"The French and English have
worked out tho designs, nnd wo have
only to adapt them to our .factory
methods. That can bo done quirkjj',
if we mean business.
"This is not a matter of specula
tion, like the problem of destroying
the U-bonts, but a question of dol
lars nnd cents nnd organization. If
we are ready to spend the money nnd
organize our industries on a big
enough scale, we can put enough
aeroplanes nnd aviators on the west
ern front, in addition to the thousands
of existing French and British ma
chines, to destroy every German aero
plane or chase it from the air.
"Suppose itlakos.li year or 18
months nnd costs a billion dollars,
isn't it worth while? -
"It means a decisive overwhelming
victory instead of at best in incon
clusive slow, crushing of the Gorman
lines by sheer, weight of men and
metal.
Will Snyo Many I.Ives.
"It means the saving of hundreds
of thousands of lives of bravo Ameri
can, British nnd French soldiers
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AMERICANS TAKE ASSOCIATED
OVER SIX GREAT
English Medical Staff at Front Re
lieved by American Doctors and
Nurses Stars and Stripes Fly
Alongside Union Jack Units All
Organized by American Red Cross.
(By Associated Press.)
BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IX
FRANCE, June 82. American doc-'
tors, nurses nnd enlisted men, within
the last fortnight have taken over six
of the British great general hospitals,
relieving the Bnglish staff for duty
near their front. American surgeons
also rendered valuable assistance in
tlie forward casualty clearing stations
during theliattlo of Messlnes.
The Stars and Stripes fly with the
British Union Jack from each hospital
flagstaff, the two ensigns fluttering
side byido in the cool breezes that
sweep in from the sea.
., Hospital Sites.
Tho British selected their hospital
sites with the greatest care and have
developed thorn with a completeness
that has come from nearly three years
field experience. Some of the general
hospitals are made up of tented wards
accommodating forty to sixty beds
each. Others are constructed of a se
ries of huts. The operating theatres
are splendidly built and seem to lack
nothing In the way of surgical equip
ment. Originally planned for 1040 beds,
each, the general hospitals have been
practically all enlarged to 1400 beds
and during a crisis can accommodate
2000 patients. The units which have
takon over the various hospitals were
organized by the American Rod Cross
as "United States base hospitals" and
with the declaration of war these
staffs were turned over to the regular
army for service as required.
lii"ectors for Each.
Each unit has brought along an or
ganizing director who was a surgeon
in civil practice but now takes com
mand as a major in the United States
reserve. Tho commanding officer In
each unit is a regular American army
surgeon while the subordinate mem-1
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NKW YORK, Juno 22 The United
Stales circuit court of npcnls has
granted the full prayer of the As
sociated Press in its case against
tho International News Servieo and
directed the district court to isite nn
injunction in accordance therewith.
In reviewing the facts of the case the
court says:
"The writ in question, reduced to
its lowest terms, restrains defendant
from (1) procuring any agent or em
ploye of pluintitl or any ot its mem
bers to give, or to permit defendant
to take for a consideration or other
wise J.nv news received from, or
gathered for, pluintiff, and from us
ing or selling 'any news so obtained,'
The injunction as granted also en.ioius
defendant (2) from procuring any
newspaper represented by a member
of plaintiff from violating nny agree
ment established by the charter or
by-laws of plaintiff. Defendant al
leged ns error issuance of writ as out
lined. "Plaintiff's motion for relief asked
for what the court below grunted, and
further that defendant bo enjoined
from 'copying, transmitting, selling,
using or cuusing to be copied, etc, any
of the news furnished by pluintiff
from bulletins or newspapers pub
lished by a member of pluintiff; nnd
nlso from 'competing with pluintiff or
its members by tho unfair methods
set forth in the bill. Injunction in
substantially this form having been
refused, plaintiff's nppcal assigns
such a refusal for error.
hers of the staffs are made up of reg
ular army surgeonB and doctors com
missioned from civil lite. The nurses
are all graduates of well known train
ing schools and will probably be sup
plemented soon by voluntary aid de
tachments of young women workers
such as are now attached to the vari
ous British staffs. The non-commls-sloned"
ordorllcs , and privates were
practically all taken from civil life,
but in keeping with the doctors and
nurses, have settled into their now
work with marked efficiency and en
thusiasm.
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NEW YORK, June 22. The Italian
mission, headed by tho Prince of
Udino, cousin of King Victor Em
manuel, was given a royal welcome
on Its arrivel here last night. It was
the prince's first public appearance
since his sudden illness ot June 4,
which prevented him from accom
panying the mission on Its tour of the
south and middle west.
Slore than half of New York's Ital
ian population of 800,000 turned out
to greot the representatives of tho
Italian government, and there were
many Americans, too. In the throng.
From tho moment the unassuming,
almost diffident figure in the plain
uniform of an Italian naval captain
was recognized as the prince, the
throngs cheered with an enthusiasm
not surpassed by that extended to tho
other missions.
At Washington Square tho prince
placed a wreath at tho foot of Gari
baldi's statuo, while Italian public
school children sang tho national an
thems of Italy and America.
Ijiist night tho prince and the mis
sion were the guests of Mayor Mlt
chol's reception committee at a pri
vato dinner which was attended by
Governor Whitman.
NEW PATROL BOATS
PROVE SATISFACTORY
WASHINGTON, Juno 22 Prelim
inary reports from the New York
navy yard on trials of the first of the
110-foot submarine chasers show sat
isfactory result In every respect. The
hull was completed in a few weeks
time and the boat already has weath
ered her first test run without devel-
polng any defect.
, Tho new patrol boat is equipped
with triple scrowe driven by three
gasoline engines,'
Tho majority of the thirty or more
private firms building vossols of this
type do not expoct to delivor their
first boats before October 1.
Econoinical.
GAS
ETERNAL TRIANGLE
WAUKESHA, Wis., June 22. Miss
Grace Lusk, high school teacher who
yesterday shot and killed Mrs. Rob-
orts, wife of Dr. David Roberts, for
mer state veterinarian and then tried
to kill herself by sending two bullets
Into her body,, probably will recover,
physicians said today.
To Chief of Police McKay, Miss
Lusk said:
"I am sorry for Mrs. Roberts. I
hope my wounds are fatal, I never
thought I could do It. I loved Dr.
Roberts and want him now and al
ways." A letter evidently written by Miss
Lusk to Mrs. Roberts was made pub
lic. It read in part:
"You must havo known for a long
time that your husband's affections
had passed from you; that be cared
tor some one else. That is sufficient
annullment of any marriage vow that
ever was given.
'Thats' the way you respectable
folk good, moral women do things
in order to keep your reputation and
live Uvea of ease.
'In the eternal triangle our Bonis
require for their solution the ollmina
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tor of one character. The two who
should remain are the two whose af
fection is mutual."
LEMONS BRING OUT
THE HIDDEN BEAUTY
Mike this lotion for very; little
colt and jutt
for yourself.
What woman or girl hasn't heard ot
lemon Juice to remove complexion
blemishes; to bleach the skin and tp
bring out the roses, the freshness and
tho hidden beauty? But lemon Juice
alone 1b acid, therefore Irritating, and
should be mixed with orchard white
this way. Strain through a tine cloth
the Juice ot two fresh lemons Into a
bottle containing about three ounces
of orchard white, then shake well and
you have a whole quartor pint of skin
and complexion lotion at about the
cost one usually pays for a small Jar
of ordinary cold cream. Be Bure to
strain the lemon Juice so no pulp gets
Into the bottle, then this lotion will
remain pure and fresh for months.
When applied dally to the face, neck.
arms and hands it should help to
bleach, clear, smoothen and beautify
the skin.
Any druggist will supply three
ounces of orchard white at very little
cost and the grocer has the lemons.
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lossal in comparison with the few