MEDFOTID MAIL TRTBUNE, MKDFORD, OliKOOX. VIM DAY, AHiUST 2. 1918
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1 CORPS CHIEF
Mnjor-Gcnorul Win. A. Kenly,
chief of the air corps of the I'mteri
States spent Thursriiiy in Mcrit'ord
jJUi'mii wti till- i uur UNM ni!ii;ii-
:ing the site offered by the Ronnie
I river Cunnl com puny for an aviation
training camp, lie was accompanied
by Major K. W. Leadbctlr of the
siunal corps anl Lientenaut O'Xcil.
The inspection was made at the. per
sonal request of Senator 0. K.
Chamberlain, and while no additional
uviation fields have-been authorized,
or are likely to he until the produc
tion of aircraft exceeds the supply of
trained aviators, the Med ford offer
will receive consideration in future
laus. General Kenly though non
committal, was charmed with the val
ley and seemed favorably impressed
jwith the site and location.
The aviation chief and party were
lentcrtnined by the University club at
luncheon and driven around the vul
!ley by Messrs. C. K. (iat.es, C. W. Mc
IDoiiald, Lincoln McCurmick, Ralph
i('owpl) mid G. Putnam, leaving ou
the afternoon train to insect the
.aviation fields in California,
j" General Kenley was called from
iKrance three months uo, where for
eight months he had had command of
American artillery forces under Per
ishing, to be commander-in-chief of
jtlic newly created air corps, which
fimtil then had been a branch of the
iirmil service, lie is himself an cn
hiisiastie aviator and has flown all
over the French battle lines its well
ns between the eastern aviation fields.
lAs a result of what be has learned
iibroad, he predicts n long struggle
io win the war as it ought to be won
by a complete victory, with the air
service an essential factor.
- General Kenley is a fighter from
the ground up and won fame in the
1'hilippines for charging the Moros
with his nrtillery said to be the only
charge ever made by artillery, lie is
optimistic, over the progress made by
the Unit I'd Slates in aviation and
j'Knys that the achievement has been
really rctnarkahle hut more than
iv.iH humanly possible was expected
iind promised, resulting in disap
pointment. A new industry had to he
reated, a new engine perfected, new
types of planes evolved and counties
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WEEK BIG HELP
TO ALL CROPS
POKTLAN'I), Aug. 2. The weather
during the past week has been quite
favorable for agricultural interests,
according to the weekly summary of
weather and crop conditions issued
by the wcatheV bureau here. Show
ers in scattered localities, heavy' in
places, fell in north central coun
ties, but only slight rains occurred in
the greater portion of the state.
j While the rains came too late to ben
jefil fall sown 'crops and also delay
icd work and caused some damatre lo
cally, they were of considerable bene
fit to the late spring crops and
grasses. The protracted drought and
previous high temperatures had hast
ened the :;;alr.:ly of winter grains
and harvesting of these crops was
somewhat in advance of the average
season. The rains either extinguish
ed, the forest fires or cheeked their
spreading and clarified the atmos
phere. Apples and pears are in excellent
condition in the Hood river valley, the
fruit being larger than it usually is
at this season. They are also doing
very well in .Jackson county where the
nick in ir of llurtlctt itears is now nn-
Jday way and this work will begin in
Douglas county next week. Condi
tions are generally favorable for the
tree fuit hut good rains are needed for
best results.
Late garden truck will be much
benefitted in the Willamette valley by
the rains of the last few days an 1
farmers will be enabled to do some
transplanting which has been Ion; de
layed on account of drought. Kate
potatoes are generally in need of
moisture to insure a good crop.
obstacles overcome TSul quantity
production is now underway. Kvery
plane on the hattle line means about
six others, back of the line, in the
shops and factories or in transit
and as the life of a plane is only
from l."( to 380 hours, Hie difficul
ties of keeping a huge air fleet at
the front are apparent hut these dif
ficulties are being rapidly overcome
and America's great airfleet is al
ready beginning to materialize on the
halite line.
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AMSTKI1DAM, Aug. 2. Germany
has discarded Christianity.
Of course the world lias known
that she discarded its practice in
101-1, but now she has thrown off all
pretense at being a Christian na
tion and has adopted all sorts of sub
stitute religions.
The tribulations of tire fourth year
of war have produced an extraord
inary crop of strange cults in llun-
jlaud in which the most decadent
forms of immorality have been fan
tastically garbed in the abandoned
shreds of genuine faiths.
. Morality Abolished
Morality, truth and honor are
abolished and all those restraints
which bind normal communities to
gether are dispensed with.
The mlst popular of the new "er
satz" religions of Germany is that
created by Ludwig Keuner, a Leipzig
pan-German, who has set forth the
tenets of his "faith' in a book which
has already passed through two edi
tions. It is entitled "German Nature
Worship; n Religion Rased on Scien
tific Grounds."
Xo Vse for Prayer
In its preface the pan-German au
thor declares :
"A really German religion cannot
emanate from the international
Christendom that is foreign to our
nature. The modernized German re
ligion, for example, has no use for
prayer as it is generally conceived.
"This will he replaced by certain
physical and spiritual movements of
various descriptions, such as system
atic morning- exercises, ablutions am!
baths, deep breathing and holding of
breath, singing, dancing, the rending
of beautiful poems, and the contem
plation of distinguished works of art,
exercise in will power, mutual auto
suggestion among the whole body of
devotees and so forth.'
8-Kour Day for Nurses.
LONDON, Aue;. 2- The University
'o!lc:r hosoitul has set. the example
in London by tuloptiiiir nn eiht-lioiir
itnv for its nurses. '
Are
ALERT THOUGHT
nillTISlL AIU FOliC'lC HEAD
QUARTERS IN Fit AWE. Al'.B. 2.
Drains and quickness of thought are
as necessary to the ulrmun as pluck,
endurance and physical skill In nerial
maneuvers. ,The English pilot of n
slnnle-aeuter fighter of tho latest
typo, while cruising all over the Ger
man lines the other day, saw below
him three slow- old-fashioned enemy
machines flying steadily westward,
as tho to cross tho lines into ltiitisli .
territory.
Unfortunately, the Germans were
too far off to be attacked successful-!
ly, and the British pilot figured thill
if they realized his presence they
would fly tof home and sufety long
before he could set within range. He
therefore flew up Into tho clouds and
then turned in tho direction in which 1
tho enemy machines were moving.
Judging his time, he pushed the
nose of his machine downward, dived
oift of the clouds to the Germans be
neath, and, when close enough to he
fairly sure of his mark, pressed the
trigger of his gun. A stream of lead
played about the German machines.
None of them returned his fire.
Once before tho pilot had hoard of
a similar occurrence. This flashed
thru his mind, and pulling back the
control lever, he soared up again into
tho clouds. Tie was Just in time, for
as he vanished Into tho vapor throe
enemy scouts appeared. Tho slow
machines were tho halt and tho Brit
ish airplane was the expected prey,
for its pilot was well-known nnd fear
ed by the Germans in that part of the
Hue.
Wiups Hun Flyer
Once ho krfew what the odds were
against him, ho no longer hosltated.
Down once more out of the clouds he
came, straight at the nearest scout.
A short burst from his machine-gun
and tho hostile, machine wavorcd,
tho slowly fell Intqn spin,, hurtling
downwards and clashing far -below.
Tho odds wore still five lo ono.
True! three of the enemy inuiiilni'H
were slow and old-fashioned, and
tukon alono might have been ac
counted for ono by one, hut tho addi
tion of two fast-flying scouts man
euvered by skilful pilots guvo the
Going
at the big
mutter a different aspect. Tho British
pilot did not wait, but no sooner had
ono machine fallen than he flew ut
tho next, banking, zooming, sideslip
ping, ever trying to reuch the vulner
able spot in the enemy's armor. All
the time the second scout was trying
to secure a favorablo position to firo
at tho attacker and tho three old two
seators wore firing long-range bursts
as opportunity afforded.
For some minutes this competition
continued, each party firing short
bursts without definite results. Then
suddenly the deciding factor arrived.
Ili-itish Piano to llescuo
Out of the sky loomed a two-seater
British fighter of tho latest type. It
wus proceeding on a special orrand.
Before the Germans hud realized his
machine into the midst of the fight.
A long burst from his rear gun caus
ed one of German fighters to stagger
in its flight, thou drop Us nose and
leave the combat. Evidently the pilot
had been hit. ' Then together the two
British machines charged the Ger
mans. A short skirmish ensued be
fore the enemy decided that discre
tion was the better part of valor and
put their machines into spins to
evade their adversaries' firo In the
low ul 1 1 tu lies closo to earth whore
the anti-aircraft batteries would pro
tect them.
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NF.W YOI.'K, Aiur. 2. The Ameri
can steamship Poseidon, Ifl'Jl tons
jrmss, formerly under the Dutch flue;,
was sunk in a collision with nn
American tanker last Wednesday off
the Atlantic must, it was learned to
day. I'ive nirinlicrs of her crew of :1H arc
missinu, Cailiiin J. Doric, master of
the ship, reports, as a result of the
accident.
Rnfi.tifiitn.
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