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THIRTY-NINTH YEAR NO. 256
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1916
vnir!? irwn nwwa on trains akd kew
"vaa xiiu AU STFANDS FTVB GENTS
RUMANIAN ARMY
STILL CONTINUES
.ORDERLY RETREAT
Believed ,st of Anny Es
caped Ba e German Vise
' CoMl Close ,
WILL MAKE JXT STAND
ALONG RIVER ARGESHU
German Drive Presses Stead
ily Forward Only Winter
Can Stop It
I.omlon, Nov. SS. Orderly retreat of
t tie liumuuian army still continues
and this was the only satisfactory part
of the Rumanian nit nut ion in the minds
of military experts today. No attempt
wis maile to minimize the effectiveness
of the Gorinun drive, engineered by the
weight of suprior force and directed by
the eyes of pleuty of aviators agiiin.st
tioops lacking in both of these arms.
Abandonment of the Alt river line.
frankly u limit ted by Bucharest, wns
lorced bv turning of the left frank of
that defensive position by Teutonic,
forces, led by Field Marshal Mackcnsen
which crossed the Danube from Bui-
fciirin and apparently effected a junc
tion with the troops of (ieneral Vpn
Tulkenhnvn somewhere below Alexan
dria. The German statements claimed
envelopement of large forces of Ruman
ians in the extreme southwestern tip of
j Wnliacliia, bt it is hoped here that the
major portion of the defenders esenped
before the circle of steel was fully forg
ed around them.
It is expected here that the Ruman
ian army will fall bock to the line of
tho Hiver Argeshn, -consolidating their
forces and preparing to make a stand
here.
In the meanwhile, : London awaited
confirmation of Copenhagen dispatches
yesterday that Cror Nicholas of Russia
was en route to the Rumanian frontier
to confer with King Ferdinand of Ru
mania presumably over Russian rein
forccmcnts. '
Pressing Rumanians.
Bucharest, Nov. 2S. Using gas and
tear shells the Teutonic forces in patrol
engagements backed up by artillery fir,
are attacking Rumaninn troops from the
Bu.e valley as far as Dragoslavelo. The
official 'statement thus detailed the
fighting to the northwest. -
In the west there were no engage
ments yesterday except on the extreme
right the Rumnnian positrons were un
der heavy bombardments. On tho left
wing there wns nothing of importance.
Along the Danube the statement re
ported artillery bombardments. In
i.tiibrudjn the situation wna said to be
uuchnngetd-
jBnigars Cross Danube.
Sofia, Nov. 23. "Wo crossed the
Danube near RahOva, occupying Boch
et," declared today's official Bulgar
ia if stnteiueut.
Raliovn is n Bulgarian town SO miles
BOutheast of Vidin, on the Danube.
Bechet, the Rumanian town mentioned
as raptured, lies about three miles in
land. Claim Attack Repulsed.
Tnris, Nov. 21. Repulse of a German
nttack east of liaison Champagne was
detailed in today's ofjieial -statement.
Elsewhere along the western front the
night was quiet.
Serbians. Capture Hill.
Paris, Nov. 2S Ledby French zou
aves, Serbian forces captured Hill 1050,
(Continued on page six.)
It seems like aviators Jest last till
thev git famous. Men n.Nuy look fur
ther ahead these days, but not as hi' .
Oh Yon Kiddies!
With Two Holidays
Tie Thanksgiving vacation may bp
celebrated by the 3,000 pupils of the
city schools to the extent of two days,
as the board of education last evening
decided there would be no school Thurs
iluy and Friday of this week. The holi
day vacations are for two weeks from
December 25 to January S.
Mrs. C. D. Rauch, who taught several
yen. 9 in the English department, was
elect! to temporarily till the vacancy
ctfused by the death of Miss Rigilon and
Principal J. C. Nelson as temporary
head of the department. - A resolution
was adopted extending the sympathy
oflho board to the family of Miss Rig
dou. JORDAN WILL ISSUE
CERTIFICATES TODAY
Says Certificates Will Be
Given the 13 Democratic
Electors
Sacramento, Cal.,. Nov.- 27 Certifi
cates of election will be issued before
night to the thirteen democratic elec
tors, Secretnrv of State Jordan an
nounced upon arriving at his office
this nfterrtTTtin from his home in Au
burn. -
No official totals have yet been-giv-eu
out by the secretary, the Orange
thorpe precinct still being missing. The
Ornngethorpe vote is due this after
noon. There is little probability of .Tor
dan's official figures differing from
hose nuuomiced oy flic democratic ani!
republican statu committee representa
tives Saturday, showing the highesr
Wilson elector to have a plurality of
3,77:i over the highest Hughes, includ
ing the telegraphic report of the Or
angethorpe precinct.
With the exception of the Orange
thorpe precinct these further totals are
shown by the secretary's official sheers
today: ' -
Highest soealist elector, Bon Wilson,
42,01 ft; lowest socialist elector, A. K.
Brings, 41,541. Highest prohibition elec
tor -uuie K. K. Bidwell, 20,00:'.; lowest
prohibition, C. S. Corkhill, 23,R(!t!. .'
Total prohibition, ves, 424.909; no,
531,870. Restriction of liquor traffic,
yes, 449,041.
BONDS EOR PAVING
NOT TOJE VOTED ON
Supreme Court Holds Petition
Was Filed OnelJay
Too Late
Because Attorney Richardson was
one day late in filing the inia
tive measure for bonding the
city of Salem for tthe paving of the
streets and as a result there was outy
29 davs instead o thirty following its
filing, the writ of mandamus asked by
Josie L. Stewart to compel Bert Macy,
city attorney, and Charles F. Elgin,
city recorder to place the title of the
initiative measure on the ballot for the
general city election December, 1910,
was denied this morning by the Oregon
supreme court, and the demurrer inter
posed by the defendant city was sua
tnined. S. T. Richardson appeared for the
petitioner and ltert Muey for the de
fendant city. The petition states that
the initiative measure wns signed by
the requisite number of qualified vot
ers and was in proper form and was
Tiled with the city recorder "on or be
tween November 2 and November 4, aud
that th next general election occurs
on December 4."
Justice lienii in rendering the opin
ion, says tho city officers demurred to
the alternative writ for the reason thai
it, does not state facts sufficient to
constitute a cause of action. It is point
ed out that the former city ordinnucc
required sixty days filing " before the
election. The contention of trie city :s
that the petition was not filed witri
the recorder within th time required
by law. It was insisted that, the ordi
nance amending and reducing the time
for filing did not go into effect until
ten davs after approval by the mayor
or November 0, and therefore there was
no time for compliance with the terms
before the election kff December 4.
The contrary was maintained by the
counsel for the plaintiff.
"Assuming without deciding that tac
ordinance approved October 25 is tn
force and the date of the election De
cember 4." said Justice Bean, "by the
terms of the latter ordinance an initi
ative petition must be filed not later
than thirty days before that dute. The
last day would bV November 3. After
the filing thirty days must elapse."
. The petition was filed November !,
which, excluding that day as required
by law, leaves only 2St days to elapse
before the election.
The court held that it was not neces
sary, therefore to consider the question
whether the ordinance is in force as
in any eTFnt - the initiative petition
was not filed according to the allega
tions. The demnrrer-of the city was
(Continued on page six.)
SOUTH WALES
OFFICIAL TELLS
OF Fl
Growers and Dealers Allowed
Fair Profit But No More
Than That
MANY PRODUCTS SOLD
FOR HALF OF COST HERE
Government Sets Prices of
Staples Every Monday and
Those Prices "Go"
By George Martin.
(United Press staff correspondent.)
New York, Nov. 28. Formal appeal
for government regulation of tho coun
try's food supply was forwarded to
President Wilson today by the represen
tatives of two million women of the Na
tional Housewives' league.
Simultaneously Patrick E. Quinn,
government commisisoner for New
South Wales, explained the Australian
system of food control to the United
Press aud recommended its adoption by
the United States. The plea of the
housewives and the remedial system out
lined by Quinn dovetail with Governor
Whitman's move for the regulation of
New' York's food supply by a state
food commission. Both Quinn and Mrs.
Julian Heath, president of the House
wives', league, jmus-ed Governor Whit
man 's action.
Tho housewives' rebellion, adopted by
the state chairman of the league from
every state in the union, bases its ap
peal on the assertion tbt "the people
of the. United States are suffering from
exorbitant prices due to shortuge of
crops, increased exports, decreased iin
ports and speculation."
The league's appeal urges tho gov
ernment "to determine by all possible
methods the food simply needed to feed
the people of tho United States and to
take measures to limit sales tor export
to the surplus over domestic require
ments.
Egg Boycott Spreads.
At the same time an egg boycott was
spreading rapidly and promised to be
come country-wide.
"With speculators holding a gun to
the heads of the American people, your
situation seems to demnnd drastic meas
ures," said Quinn, telling why he
thought the United States should es
tablish ' government control of food
prices.
"The storing of eggs, Quitter, meat
poultry and like foodstuffs to boost
prices is only less criminal than the de
struction ot food to keen tne market up
such as I have -seen in San Francisco.
"I don't want to appear nosey about
the affairs of n country whose guest I
am, but when I see high prices in the
I nited States where there is no regula
tion, and compare it with the reasonable
prices and legitimate profit obtaining
m my homo country of New South
Wales, where food prices are controlled
by the government, it is a strong temp
tntion to say 'go thou nnd do like
wise. '
."Everv Monday morning the pre
vailing prices fjjr staples are announced
by the government. If the announced
price is SO cents for butter, the house
wife knhws she ill pay 30 cents and no
more without ample warning. In the
United Stntes the housewife reads a quo
tation of 41 cents for butter and prays
all the way down town next morning
that it won't have jumped a nickel a
pound over night.
Consumers Are Robbed.
1 "Thanks to our control system, house
wives in Sydney and other large cities
pay about 2o cents a dozen for the best
egg. - Can you imagino that for fresh
eggs here I No, hut there is no legiti
mate reason why it shouldn't be.
"Your American egg barons would
like to hit me with some of their stor
age goods for saying it, 110 doubt, but
the reason eggs are not 25 cents here is
that the speculators are holding a pistol
to the consumers' head.
"At home we provide a reasonable
profit for the producer, one for the
wholesaler, and one for the retailer, and
yet sell many articles of food at half
and less than half what you pay here.
"The solution of your storage specu
lation problem seems to me simple.
Legislation prohibiting the sale of cold
storage products altogether is the solu
tion. ,ome Forcible Comparisons.
"There is plenty of food of all kinds
in the United States. The speculators
have got dealers-nnd consumers by the
throat. They have raised the false cry
of 'heavy exports on account of the
war,' and then have boosted prices on
that articficial theory. This is.a situa
tion that could not exist iu New South
Wales. "
"In Australia we believe that o gev
ernment which cannot control prices for
the benefit of the people is not living
up to its obligations as a democracy.
"Can you imagine a two pound loaf
of bread selling iu the United States
for seven eeutsf I think not. Yet,
' (Continued on page six.)
CONTROL
Lot L f earce Elected
President of Club
Lot IV Pierce was elected president
of the Arabian Knights club at the an
nual meeting and banquet held last
night in the Masonic, temple.
The annual event, along with the en
tertainment brought out 60 members of
the club, all members of the Al Knder
shrine of Portland. Besides the ban
quet which was served at 0:30 o'clock,
and the business of the session, the
evening was given to initiations, music
and short addresses. Dr. Carlton Smith,
the retiring president,, presided at the
1 . ..... ... .. TA.1...l
iruuilucl. ctiuaiui vi tun, ui ruiituuu,
was present as the special representa
tive of the potentate of Al Kader
shrine.
Other officers elected were Zadoc J-
Biggs, vice-president; H. B. Thielsen,
secretary; S. 8. East, treasurer. The
board of directors for the coming year
will consist of the officers of the club
and Walter H. Smith, Fred S. Bynon
and Hal D. Patton. t
GERMANY IS
E
Prices Are Quoted Showing
Increases and Difficulty
In Securing Eatables
Tho following letter from Germany
received by a relative of the writer,
speaks for itself, says the Portland Ev
ening Telegram:
The past two years I have written
you many letters and sent yon many
packnges of newspner8, but have re
ceived no answer. I hope from dnv to
day and week to week but do not near
from you.
My dear children, during this war
we are having an awful time, such ns
we have never before experienced.
In my old age I must live in wan?
and in sororw.
You will be surprised to know wha?
everything costs here. A pound or
bad potato bread that is hardly lit to
eat, costs 17 pfennigs (4jc). We can
only have three or four pounds per
woek nnd this only 'with governmeni
tickets, and unless you have a ticke,
you cannot buy anything, even if yon
havo money.
E's wife hns bought two six pound
.oaves of unstamped bread several
times a week at 3 marks 80 (93c) a
piece and it is very poor bread at that.
Some two pound loaves sell for 1 marc
30 (3ac). We can't eat much bread
and a piece of butter costs 1 mark and
SO pfonnigo (4.1c). Wo can only buy
a quarter of a pound of butter a week
a person, even if we offer to pay
thaler (75c )for a piece, we cannot got
it.
We can only buy one "quarter of a
pound of meat a week and beef costs
2 marks 40 'to 2 marks 00 (00 to 60c)
per pound and pork costs 3 marks 00
'Mc' and veal tho same.
Now you can see how everyone must
loso weight with such food nnd how
peoplo are suifering from hunger here.
A pound of vile tobacco, that in fact
is not tobacco at all, costs 2 marks
30 (63c) a pound. I.Biuoke dried black
berry leaves and you can imagine wha:
a taste and smell it has.
(Continued on page flve.l
Commercial Club Advises
Congress of Conditions
at Chemawa Indian School
Tho committee appointed at a recent
meeting of the Commercial club to In
vestigate nnd report on the condition
of the Salem fndinu school at Chemawa
visited the school a few days ago anil
have submitted the following report
to John H. Stephens, chairman of the
committee on Indian affairs at Wash
ington. Salem, Ore., Nov. 24. llfl.
Hon. John II. Stephens, Chairman,
Committee on Indian Affairs,
House of Representatives,
Washington D. C.
Dear Sir:
The undersigned, appointed ns a eom
mitteo from the Salem Commercial chili
to visit the Salem Indian school nt Clm
mawa, Oregon, and make an investiga
tion thereof and ascertain and report
the needs of that Institution, went in a
body to Chemnwa on November 23rd,
191U, nnd after looking over the school
grounds and the various buildiui;
which neeil remodeling and improve
ments, we have to report as follows:
We find that the government has n
tract of 442 acres of some of the. best
land in this valley. It has on it some
five modern and semi-modern brick
buildings, which are, general speaking,
in good repair.
There arc a number of wooden stric
tures which should be remodeled in tne
interests of health, comfort and educa
tion of the imliuu children. There are
also other improvements needed, partic
ularly drainage, roads, cement wall:
aud improvements in the electric light
and beating system. Considering the
great value of this plant, the large num
bcr of Indians, about C00, in attend
ance, and its favorable location, it "
our opinion that it is a good invesr
meut on the part ot the government, if
PANCHO VILLA HAS
TAKEN CHIHUAHUA
IS LATEST REPORT
'
Trevino Leaves City To Join
Relief Forces But WiD
Return Soon
FATE OF AMERICANS IN
OH DEEMED HOPELESS
General Gonzales With 400
Troops On Wav to Assist
Trevino ..
El Taso, Texas, Nov. 28. rancho
Villa is iu possession of Chihuahua City
and General Thcvino with his Carranzis
ta garrison has evacuated and fled
southward in an attempt to form a
junction witn General Mnrgla's relief
column of de facto troops, according to
reports obtained today by United States
authorities Here and transmitted to
Washington.
Mexican de facto officials at the con
sulate here refuse to make any state
ment except to say that they have no
information and complete confirmation
of the capture of the city is unavail
able up tq the present time
According to United States depart
ment ngeuts, a message early today
signed by Trevino and carried by cour
ier to Tcrrazns to which point tho tele
graph line was open from Juarez stated
that Trevino had left tho capital to
meet Murgin.
Following a junction with Murgin, the
message stated, Trevino .will return and
attempt to drive Villa out of Chihua
hua City. The wire was received by a
relative of Trevino, Uifited States of
ficial said. '
High United Stntes authorities de
clare they beliove the report.
Before Gonzales troop .trains pulled
out of Juarez early today, scores of
cases of cartridges were loaded upon
the cars.
May Change All Plana.
Officials prefer to wait the ontcome
of the fighting in the vicinity o'f the
state capital before going on with mili
tia plans. They admitted frankly that
if Villa possesses Chihuahua City os re
ported, "real trouble will be popping"
throughout northern Mexico and particu
uarly at Juarez, across from El Paso,
within another week. In such circum
stances, authorities do not wish to weak
en the border patrol.
If the outcome - of the. Chihuahua
fighting, however, completely elimin
ates Villa, the war department will pro
ceed with withdrawal of General Persh
ing's column at the close of 40 days and
wifli the complete relief of the militia
forces.
The decision temporarily to halt mili
tia withdrawal plans followed receipt of
a telegram through official sources
(Continued on page six.)
it intends to pursue its policy of Riv
ing its Indinn children a good educa
tion, teaching them the way of civiliz
ed life, to appropriate tho necessary
money to make Borne of the old build
ings more sanitary, homelike an I
healthful; to improve the grounds and
surroundings so they will compare fav
orably with the stato institutions u
this community; and to erect a few new
fire proof buililins, which nre needed
to make n complete and efficient ed
ucational plant.
Among tho new buildings we believe
the' government would be justified In
furnishing, is a library to cost in tac
neighborhood of .'),0II0.00. Wo believe
this would be a good educational in
vestment. At present a small room n
one of the buildings is used for the
purpose of stacking up several thous
and volumes.
Another new building needed is on
administration or office building, We
were surprised when we entered tne
dingy suite of rooms in u very old Viuitit
ing where the business of the school is
transacted. It is an old wooden build
ing, the floors are rough and uneven.
The structure was evidently built for
some other purpose. There is no fire
proof vault in the building. We believe
a suitable fire proof building eouid be
constructed for $7,300.00
We believe a nc.. building is also
needed for vocational anil industrial
training for girls. The presert one Is
very inadequate, being built of wnoir,
and entirely too small to accommodate
the large classes. Apparently it was
never designed for its present use. We
consider this work in domestic science,
which includes sewing and cooking, the
(UoDttnued on page two.) .
Completion of Alaska
Railroad Delayed
. Seward, Alaska, Nov. 28. Delays in
construction .will prevent the comple
tion, of the government railroad between
Seward and Fairbanks before 1920 or
1021, instead of 1918 as contemplated,
Captain Frederick Mears, of the Alaska
railway commission, said here today be
fore departing for Washington, D. C,
where he will make his report.
The tracks along the Tufnagain arm,
between Seward and Anchorago will
probably not bo completed before 191s
instead of 1917. Bough weather and
delays in obtaining supplies supplies
are responsible for the delay, Hears
said.
GREAT AUNT OF
pght Hour Laws and Food
Embargo Will Be Siorm
Centers
Washington, NoVi 28. Congress must
burn the midnight oil prodigally if it
would finish its labors on schedule at
noon March 4, in the opinion of many
early congressional arrivals todnjv-
The mere routine will consume a long
while, leaving but little for the rail
road labor legislation, food embargo
questions and other major legislation
destined to make the closing days of
tho sixty fourth sesion notable.
Republicans frankly say they dom
believe everything fun be "squeezed into
the allotted space and they are willing
thut much shall hang fire, since they
argue they will have more power In
the congress that begins in December,
1917.
Leaders estimated that practically
thirteen weeks will be consumed in ar
my, navy and other regular yearly ant
"regular special" appropriation bills.
This will leave a scant month for oth
er mensurJs of wide importance.
If the supremo court erases the Adam
son bill from the statute books, con
gress cxpeuts presentation of another i
eight hour law. There are ailtlitions to
it contemplated, at any rate, and the
"compulsory investigation before strik
ing" bill will be a storm center.-
The big sensational scrap of the
whole session, however, will come from
the food embargo measures if these are
pressed as now planned. A row equall
ing or surpassing that over the McLe
more armed ship bill is anticipated.
Measures designed to permit forma
tion of exporters' trusts, as a post-war
protective stop, will also feature the
session if there Ib time for everything
LOANEDBY AMERICA
Bankers, However, Feel Safe
Even to Increase This
Sum Greatly
New York, Nov. 28 New York bank
ers today said they did not believe the
federal reservo board desired to inter
fere with grunting of loans to the va
rious warring nations and that the
board warning was directed only, nt cer
tain classes of loans.
As for shutting off loans to the bel
ligerents, one banker said such action
was not in sight.
"When American bankers and invest
ors conio to the conclusion that war
loans nre not good risks war louns will
cease," he said, "but there is nothing
to indicate the approach of such be
lief." Loans mado by American bankers to
tho warring nations nre now npprunch
ing a two billion dollar total. The
largo transactions include:
Anglo-French credit $500,000,000
First British collateral loan $250,000,000
Second liritisli collateral
loan $.'100,000,000
French collateral loan $100,000,000
French commercial credit ..$100,000,000
City of I'aria loan $ 50,000,000
French municipal loan to
cities of Bordeaux, Lyons
and Marseille $ 00,000,000
Russinn loan (secured) ...$ 50,0(111,000
Russian loan (unsecured).. 25,000,000
Wheat purchase credit (Bri-
tish) $ 23,000,000
Canadian loans:
Dominion $120,000,000
Provincial $ 55,000,000
Municipal $ 0(1.0(10,000
Open credits iu London . . . .$100,000,000
Total
....$1, 795,000,000
JUST DISCOURTEOUS
Washington, Nov. 2S. The British
refusal to grant the new Austrian ani
bassador, Count Tnrnowski, a safe con
duct surprised authorities here today,
though they said this government could
do nothing about it.
The state department had merely no
tified the nllii's of his coming without
asking a . safe conduct. The refutal to
givo this conduct is regarded in dip
lomatic usage as discourteous, but nut
an affront which would involve any
coinpliintioiis.
E ZEPPELIN
A rASS OF FLAME
FALLS 8,000 FEET
Thousands On Shore Watch
Battle Between Aeroplanes
and Airship
GREAT CHEER GOES UP AS
' SHE PLUNGES INTO SEA
Second Big Raider Set On Fire
By Aeroplane Also Falls
in Sea
H
London, Nov. 28. Eight thousand
feet aloft, above the North sea, British,
hydroplanes sent a German Zeppelin
hurtling down to destruction in flames . -today.
A little earlier, anti-aircraft
guns, co-operating with an aeroplane,
accounted for another German air raid- y
er of York and Durham counties tho
air cruiser also sinking, aflame, into
the water.
Graphic details of tho British success
in repelling the 27th aerial raid made by
tho Germans since the first of the year
were announced today by General Lord .
French, commander in chief of the Bri
tish home forces. He said damage in
lives or property 'from bombs dropped
by the raiders over York and Durham,
count ies during the night were believed
slight
The first Zepoplin, which apparently
entered over Durham, was pursued -by -an
aeroplane as it turned homeward.
Not until theZepcpliu was over the
sea off the Durham coast did the Bri
tish aviator succeed in reaching a vital
part. Then he brought tho great dread
nought of tho uir down, a burst of
flume. '
'A Thrilling Alx Battle.
The second German Zeppelin entered
over "north Midlands, dropping bomba '
at several places," trench's state
ment said. Then she turned homeward
nnd sought to escape, with British aero
pluues pursuing aud anti-aircraft guns -peppering
her aerial course. Finally the
great vessel was apparently struck.
The last part of her journey was irtada
with great difficulty, tho Zepeplin lame-,
ly pressing onward. She woe unable to
reach the coast by daybreak.- Later,
somewhere aloft ou tho Norfolk const,
tho German crew apparently effeeted
repairs. The machine immediately pro-
ceeded eastward, arising rapidly-to a
height of 8,000 feet. Then four naval
aeroplanes attacked the Zeppelin nine
miles at sea- An armed trawler aided -in
tho attack. Finally a whot reached a
vitul part and the great ship sank from
the sky a blazing mass at 0:45 o, m.
Thousands collected on the shore
and breathlessly witnessed the duel ot
forces of the air, water and land for
shore batteries also poured their fire at
one of the sky drendnaughts joining in
the fustllndo from aeroplanes and armed
trawlers.
There was a great cheer from these
spectators of the combat us the Zeppelin
rushed downward, destroyed, like a
great blazing comet.
Germany Has Lost Six. -
Germany has lost one or more of her
Zeppelin fleet on every attempt she baa
made at a raiit over England since Sep
tember 3. tyth last night's score, Ger
many hns lost six giant machines since
that time.
I'se of an inflammatory bullet in
aeroplane rapid fircra and anti-aircraft
guns repelling Zeppelins has made Bri
tish defensive work against the Ger
man raiders particularly effective. Lieu
tenant Kobiiison was the first of the
home guard aviators to bring down his
Zeppelin prey by such a bullet. This
was on September 3, when the raiders
killed two and injured 13 by bomb drop
ping. On September 23 two more Zep
pelins fell victim to England's de
fensive system ono by shots fired from
an acroplnne, the other from tho fire olf
au anti-craft gun. On October 1 the
fourth dreadnaught of tho air was
brought down in similar fashion.
Travelers from England who have
witnessed these Zepeplin raids and de
nt ruction of the raiders say most of the
aerial defensive work is being done by
young British aviators ranging in age
from 18 to 21. They nre boyishly keen
about the "spin" and the greatest riv
alry exists in tho dangerous business. o
attucking the huge aerial cruisers.
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fair, southwester
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