Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 289, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 December 1918 — Page 3

FOE CUTS FLYER'S PARACHUTEROPE

AnOincr llOUicDaul . ODServur jnysclf were up In a sausage, were not worried, because the XS 'S'uhX dropped „’t th. A--« .T *>YTklnstvtf» We imb- x amphntM The I? And nllinked T)lazing oaiioon conapsea auu piuugcu ■ ■on AwtenorchM fCet away from us, the nre scotch Ing us. as It fell. > Cuts Parachuter Ropes. “I did not see the German aviator until about a minute after my parachute had opened. Then he drove past me. firing not at me but at the parachute ropes. I saw tracer bullets overhead had cut two ropes. The parachute began to wobble and threatened to collapse. “The enemy flyer drew a. clr.de, then came back, despite the ‘archies’ (high angle guns) whose shells were menacing me as as him. “I tried to use my revolver, hoping I could land one bullet before plunging, but I was hampered by the harness. The coward deliberately grinned at my first shot Then he fired again at tlie ropes. I fell with a sudden jar. I saw a third rope swiftly unraveling; It had been cut, Just then a shell iurst dear and drove the plane away. "Got Foe’s Number." “Imagine my sensation, swinging helplessly in the air, watching the rope the parting of which would plunge me! Well, the parachute collapsed about'thirty feet above a forest Here I am, and my only hope is to get back and get a chanee at that German aviator. I remember his plane numberyes, I got his number!”

DOWN PLANE WITH RIFLE

Remarkable Feat of Marksmanship Described by 'American • ; Newspaper Man. Atlanta, Ga. —How a German. airplane was brought down by a squad of American infantrymen armed only with rifles is graphically described in a letter from Harl H. Coffee, wellknown to newspaper men of the South through his former connection with the Western Newspaper Union, and wl.o is now serving in France with the Eighty-ninth division. A small squad of American soldiers, ' among them Mr. Coffee, was resting by the side of a road, when a German plane, flying very low, passed over and began dropping hand grenades. The Americans opened fire with their rifles and a chance shot struck the pilot in the head, killing him instantly and bringing the machine,to the ground with a crash. This is the first Instance reported where an airplane has been

YANKS IN ADVANCE AFTER GOING OVER THE TOP

Here is a striking photograph showing the advance of an American detachment that has just gone over the top end is rushing on the enemy.

YANKS NOT LENIENT

London.—ls anyone believes the Tanks* are inclined to be lenient toward the Huns he needs ysnly to take a journey aipong the hosmtals and get the spirit of the boys who have been through the mill. They tell some pretty characteristic stories in the hot Pi One of the officers, when asked 'what was the general feeling of the hoys, said: . you have to do is to ask‘one __ two of them to find out. ’ This story is told by one of the offiand vouched for: . «We were going over. The firstblast of the machine guns got us pretty well. > Then ‘Jerry’ started over. We met In the move forward one of our boys yvas shot by a German rifleman. The boy’s chum, standing close 40 me, saw the German who shot the and calling ‘Kamerad.’ This boy*, with his chum lying on the ground,

FOOLS LOAN SALESMEN; JANITOR TAKES $900

Fifty dollars, replied the J will •” ; tJmTetS, them 8 sack spying • "That’s all we can invest now.” - : Iu it was S9OO. *

brought down with rifles, and it is not likely to be duplicated again unless some exceptionally good marksman gets a chance shot home. t

Prison Life Shatters Romance.

Chicago.—The romance of a week was shattered when Mrs. Julia Brothers, daughter of a wealthy Joliet farmer, learned, following her husband’s attempt to end his life, that he had a criminal record which included a two-year term at the reformatory. Brothers was arrested by federal

BIG U. S. NAVY BASE

American Naval Base, France. — Here on this rugged Breton coast there Is an American naval estrfbllshment which Is a sort of composite of the busy activity of the navy department at Washington and one of the big navy yards on the American seaboard. Vice Admiral Wilson, commanding the American naval forces in French waters, has' his headquarters- here, with an executive staff quartered in one of the largest buildings of the city, fronting the Place President Wilson. American bluejackets are on guard at all the entrances, and steady files of American naval officers and sailors crowd the corridors on their various duties. Besides the rush of the port Itself, this Is the naval administration center for 300 miles of the French coast, divided into three districts, with a number of the chief ports into which, the masses of American men and material are pouring. Aside from the American transport fleet which comes and goes, there Is a standing personnel of officers and men in these districts, with some eighty ships—destroyers, . repair ships, converted yachts, mine-sweepers and naval tugs. The shore establishment is on the same extensive scale, with aerodromes for balloons and airplanes, great stacks of coal and mammoth tanks for fuel oil. Naval headquarters is in constant

dashed up to the German who had shot him. The Hun cried'for mercy. He was on his knees. " repeated the Yank. ‘You get noWiercy from me. Tm going to run this bayonet through you, turn you on .your back,- and then put your helmet on the gun-stock. That’s the only monument you’ll get, you dirty Hun.’ “The German pleaded for mercy again, while the boy held the bnyonet against him. “ThenTthere was a second’s suspense. Then the grunt as the bfiyonet went home and the Hun was bowled over on his back. Then the boy said to me: - . “ ‘Lieutenant, if I lose this'gun will it be charged up against me?” • ‘Not a bit, go ahead.’ told him. - i “Then’he shoved the gup until the muzzle went through the German’s chest, the bayonet deep into the ground. Then ne calmly took the

REPRESENTS AUSTRALIA

Henry Yule Braddon, the prominent and well-known Sydney business man who has just been appointed commissioner for Australia to the United States. Mr. Braddon is a member of the New South Wales parliament and his position, which is the first of its kind, represents the growing inter course between Australia and the United States. ' ■

government officer. He jumped from, the'fifth story of the federal building while being cross-examined.

wireless touch, with the whole range of this naval activity, along the 300 miles of front and far out to sea. where the convoys are steadily moving In and out It is a huge work this big establishment is carrying on. On the strictly naval side are the defensive and offensive operations—defense of American and other allied shipping across the Atlantic, and Offensive tn the war of extermination being made against enemy submarines. Outside of the naval operations there is the steady march of a vast naval construction at all the ports along this 300 miles of sea front, repair plants, fuel stations, oil tanks, water works and all the requirements of a great naval establishment which is constantly expanding.

HUNS LOSE TWO U-BOATS

Sunk In Attack on Hospital Ship Bringing Wounded Yanks Home. * Knoxville, Tenn. —Five submarines attacked the ship Mount Vernon, which was bringing 150 wounded American soldiers back to the United States.and two of the U-boats were sunk, says William Matthew, member of the crew, in a letter to his grandparents, Mr. and. Mrs. L. C. Matthews, Chickamauga avenue, this city.

INDIAN PRINCESS GOES TO SING FOR SOLDIERS

Denver, Colo. —Princess Tslanlna, daughter of a Muskogee Indian chief and widely known throughout the West as a talented mezzo-soprano, is en route to Europe to sing for American sokders. Thomas Evans, halfbrotberof the princess, recent--ly was killed •In the bafttie of St Mlhlel.

Hun’s helmet, placed it on top of the gun and said: your monument you t Hun!’”

Flagpole 346 Feet High.

Camp Lewis, Wash. —The tallest flagpole in the world, measuring 346 feet has-been erected here and from Its peak flies the Stars and Stripes. The flag is 60 by 90 feet. The pole is set in 12 feet of concrete.

SCRAPS of HUMOR

' Something in. Hie Favor. ,' < "You have not always been as kind to me as you might have been,” said Mrs. Dubwaite, in tearful tones. *♦ know I haven’t, my dear,” replied Mr. Dubwaite, “and I’m sorry. But you will have to give me credit for one thing.” ' “What is that?” "I have never forgotten the respect ,a gentleman owes the lady who bears his name and'presides over his home so far- as to speak of you as my ‘old woman.’ ”

VERY ATTRACTIVE. Mies Needle—Oh, Mr. Magnet, you u*e so attractive. Usually What He’s Up To. “Whenever I see the proprietor of a restaurant advancing toward me with a fountain his hand I fear the worst” "Fv ir the worst?” “Yes. The chances are .that he’s going to mark up a few more prices on the menu card before I can order my dinner.” Gracious. 6 “So she turned you down?” “Yes, but she was very gracious about it” • “What did she say?” “She said she couldn’t think of marrying me but she hoped I would keep on proposing so that some day she might be able to point me out to her husband as the man she might have married.”

Can Give Him Pointers. “I hear Madge is engaged to a manr who manufactures artificial optics.” “I» that so? Well, I reckon she can give him a few. points when it conies to making those goo-goo eyes.” * -Oh, Mani “I shall never ask Hobbs for his advice again.” -'•What’s the matter?" “He never thinks what .1 have made up my mind to do is right.” Doesn’t Look Like IL . Y<ft Say Bankus is a genius?” - “That’s his rating. Why?” “He doesn’t look it. His clothes fit him and he lives regularly, and he isn't everlastingly trying to be funny." ——: An Arch Thief. Betty—Do you think Jack will steal kiss? eMarie—Well, my dear, they say a criminal always returns to the scene of his crime.

Commercially Speaking. “I understand yop have several speeches ready for delivery.” “Yes,” answered Senator Sorghum. “They are ready for delivery; but they remain uncalled for.” Home Keeping. - “Does your husband stay home evenings?” , / ' ■ “Sometimes,” replied Mrs. Chuggins; “when the motor breaks or the gasoline gives out” > Hard Work. “How did you amass your great fortune?" “By hard work,” replied Mr. Dustin Stax. “But I never saw you laboring.” “No. But it was very frequently hard work to keep from getting exdtcd and doing the wrong thing.” * Not Frco- 5 “Is this a free translation?” asked the customer in a bookstore. “No. sir,” replied the clerk, “it will cost you a dollar fifty.”

Silk Frocks for the Small Girl

In the shops devoted to children’s clothes it is apparent that even, small girls are more likely to go often in silk attire than in pre-war days. Frocks of crepe de chine and taffeta are taken as a matter of course in outfitting the little maid of today. de chine is Infringing on the* territory of cotton fabrics so rapidly that we will soon consider them together when the time comes for selecting goods for many kinds of garments. The immense advance in the price of cottons will help along this demand for silks. For everyday wear, chambrays and ginghams, along with some new weaves in heavy cottons, are still the bear liked materials. In pink, blue, yellow add green, the chambrays are made up with white cotton poplin collars and belts or with organdie or batiste or other lingerie collars, for girls from two to six years old. For parties frocks of crepe de chine or net, or fine embroidered batistepre the choice for these little maid?. Having arrived ,at seven years, other

Business Skirts, Sport Skirts and Others

The separate skirt to be worn with a shirtwaist has established its place In the regard of business women, as firmly as the coat suit It answers the same purpose and makes opportunity for variety, which is the spice of apparel as of other things. In stormy weather the girl who goes to business relies upon an enveloping storm-proof coat since she must get out rain or shine, and wears under it the regulation and the best outfit for business—a tailored blouse and skirt or a plain tailored frock. Besides these work-a-day, utility skirts there are the very smart skirts for informal wear, that are classed as sport skirts. They meet the need of the woman who wishes to be smartly but Informally dressed and to embody much individual style in the simplest of costumes. They art worn with various coats and sweater coats, and each year sees them produced In a greater range- of styles and prices as

stlks appear over the horizon of the little girl. But nothing is prettier than taffeta which is the Bilk for youth. A frock of it, made for a girl of twelve, is shown here. It is a quaint affair with a plain, full skirt gathered onto a short-walsted bodice that is laid In two irregular plaits at the waistline. A sleeveless overbodice is cut in tabs at the front and back and finished at the edges with a piping of the silk. Each' of the tabs is adorned with three small, silk-covered buttons set in a rbw. There is a flavor of other days in this demure little frock,, which has been perceived and has been carried out in the hair dressing of its young wearer. An old-fashioned round comb holds wayward locks In place and a wide band of ribbon dutifully and without bows or furbelows, sees to it that no stray ringlets fall over the brow.

When the dress does not resemble a coat It Is -quite likely to resemble a suit High collars appear on a number of the fall models. -•

women are educated to their character. Just now those for southern tourists are coming over the horizon for the benefit of smart women who leave the North In January. They are in rich colorings in plaids, crossbars and plain fabrics. There are some very rich skirts in plain satins, In tricolette and heavy, fawny weaves of silk, especially effective in black and white, These are worn with blouses that match them hi quality. \ There are skirts of other thing* than fabrics; those of white, black or tan leather, which may be heralding the day of the airplane or meant for any other service, or sport, that demands the greatest strength, art’ among the new showings. The new dressy skirts of silk or satin prove th* most interesting of all. '• A