Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 220, 27 August 1915 — Page 12
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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM. FRIDAY, AUGUST 27, 1915
KNIGHTS OF AIR
i SHOW CHIVALRY ! TO EACH OTHER j Arista Scad Word to Op- ( .pcdng Amies If Member ; : Lest or Wounded Be- ' ' hind Lines."
FLIERS TAKE RESTS
Strenuous Work Wears on . ' Nerves and Birdmen Are Forced to Take Vacations to Recover Norve.
1Y FREDERICK PALMER. British Headquarters, France, Aug. tT "Tnougrh It has been repeatedly i stated ttaat chivalry does not exist In tnls war," said a British aviator. "this does not apply to the British ' and - German aviation branches. 'Whether it is the individualism of our work and its novelty, or whatever it Is that is responsible, something of 'the old spirit of knighthood main'tains among the flyers of the air. ' When, a British aviator has to de'cend ln the German lines whether i from engine trouble or because his ' engine or his plane has been dami aged by anti-air craft gunfire; the next (day-the Germans report to us his i name and whether he survived, and if j so, whether he is wounded. We al- ' ways do the same. It has come to be ' a custom." -' The reports are made In a manner ; worthy of airmen and they are the only communications that ever pass ! between the two foes which watch tor 'beads to snipe at from their
trenches. What is called a "Message
. bag" Is dropped over the British lines ! by a German or over the German lines by a, British aviator sometimes when he Is in the midst of bursting
shells from the - anti-air craft guns
Long streamers are attached to the
Uttle cloth bag. These as they pir-
ouette down to the earth from
height of seven or eight thousand 'feet attract the attention of soldiers in the neighborhood and they run to
' ge tthe prize when it lands. - Wire News to Relatives.
It is taken to battalion headquar
i ters which wires the fact on to the
i aviation headquarters, where the fate
let a comrade may be known a few (hours. after he has left his home aeroi drome, and, in a few hours someone ld JCngland may know the fate of a
'relative.
"Tbt is one of the advantages of i belonging to the flying corps," say 'the British aviators. "It may be
' weeks before his relatives and com
rades know whether a man who is
missing after a trench attack or coun
terattack Is a prisoner or dead. Such
little kindnesses as this don t inter
fere with your fighting your best for your cause; at the same time they take" a little of the. savagery out of
war. Of course, the rule could not apply to prisoners taken in trench nahtlnr only to airmen. There are
. relatively few airmen on either side
and only an occassional one ever
comes.' down to the enemy's lines." The fliers become a . type with cer tain marked characteristics. No ner
vous man is wanted, and it is time for any man who shows any sign of nerves to take a rest. They seem
shy, diffident men of the kind given
to observation rather than talking;
men who are used to using their eyes rather than their hands. It is a little difficult to realize that some quiet young fellow who is pointed out has
had so many hairbreadth escapes
What tales worthy of Arabian Night's
heroes who were borne away on mag
ic carpets they bring home, relating
them as matter-of-factly as if they
had broken a shoe-lace. Up in their
seats a whirr of the motor and they are away on another adventure. They shy at the mention of their names in print; for that is not considered good for the spirit of this the newest
branch of the service of war. Anony
-rolty Is absolute. Everything is done by the corps for the corps. Some
members have luck, as they put it,
and some do not.
Life in Trenches German Defenders of Socchejr Line Describe Fe&rfcl Fire ; of French Artillery.
FRIEND SAW TULL
LEAP FROM FREIGHT
Detective Isaac F. Burns, of the Pennsylvania railroad has located the
man who was with James Tull when he fell off a Pennsylvania railroad
train and received injuries that re
sulted in his death. The man is George Daugherty, 513 y North D street. Daugherty told the detective
that, with Tull and Edward Mack and James Daugherty, he had gone to the Greenville fair. He and Tull started back on a freight early Wednesday morning, Daugherty said. They bad been drinking heavily and both were very ill from the effects of the liquor. ' Tull, he said, started to get off the train at Glen Miller park and when he climbed over the side of the gondola that was the last he saw of him and he did not know Tull was dead until late in the day. Daugherty did not leave the train until it reached Eighteenth street.
SCHOOLS OPEN SOON
The city schools will open on September 13, and the indications are that there will be a large enrollment of students. On Monday the janitors of the differnet school buildings will start to clean up and there will be fresh and sanitary rooms ready for the students when the schools open. Every building has been fumigated by the city health department and most of the halls have been decorated.
BY BERNARD KELLERMANN, (Author of "The Tunnel.") ON THE WESTERN GERMAN FRONT, Aug. 27. I have seen them and talked to them, the men fighting out there in the trenches of Souchez. Just now they are resting, but tonight they will be fighting again 4 like - demons. The roads and paths for miles around are under a fearful fire. Almost every second a shell bursts with, a deafening roar. Through this inferno they must pass. Then they will be in Souchez. What ia Souchez? A small village which nobody knew a few months ago, and which now will never be forgotten. The little hamlet is marked for all time, like Gravelotte and Woerth. If hell keeps books the name of Souchez must be entered in large letters. There is nothing left of the village but a heap of ruins. The houses left their places, jumped to the street and collapsed. A little creek runs through the hamlet, the brook of Carency, but its banks are destroyed and it has left the bed through which it peacefully ran for centuries. With a sad murmur the yellow, dirty water flows Into - the crater formed by explosions of hundreds of thousands of shells. ........ Dodge French 8helle. The trenches are a few hundred yards from the village, behind a cur
tain of fire. Through this curtain our boys in gray must pass. There are
no communicating ' nassaees the
rrencn artillery on the heights of Loretto does not permit them can only be reached over the open field, through
me unceasing hall of French shells.
But our men are fearless. The
fact that many of them may not live
to see tne next morning has no- terrors
for them, and does not even rob them
of their good humor. .They are all as
brown as : berries, and the heat has
pealed the skin from their noses and ears. Their uniforms were all field-
gray at one time, but nobody is able
to distinguish their color now. Only the first sergeant looks as if he had just come from the tailor shop. His uniform is spotless and his hands are
carefully manicured. ' Traces Course of Trench. With the long finger nail of his little finger he traces the position on the map. Before the war he was a high school professor, but now he is a soldier every inch of him. "This is our trench," he said explaining the map to me. "Over there on the heights of Lorette, the artillery of the enemy stands. "Yesterday we were under heavy fire from 7 o'clock in the morning until 9 o'clock at night. Our trenches looked as if a giant steam plow had run through them. We could not hear nor see anything. "Of course we had losses, but that can not be avoided. A 25-centimeter shell burst near me. A trench was destroyed and we were buried. "About 9 o'clock in the evening the shells began to fly over us. The enemy was trying to drive back a relief column and to storm what was left of our trench. Our lieutenant, a young man of 19 years, shouted a command, and in a moment our trench resembled an ant-heap. We dug our
selves out. Most of our guns had become worthless, but we had hand grenades.
Use Had Grenades. "The French swooped down upon
us, but we sent a couple of dozen of
the grenades into their ranks. Stand
ing in the shell-craters we threw more bombs. The smoke was so thick that we could 'not see each other. For a moment the enemy recoiled, but, then believing, us finished, he advanced again, as he had -received reinforcements, yelling, singing and laughing, we threw still more grenades. "At the same moment we noticed that the Frenchmen were also beginning to attack from one of their trenches at our right, in the direction of the sugar refinery. Like, peas from a barrel the they came pouring out of the smoke. The lieutenant shouted: 'One man to the front with grenades!" A single soldier advanced and started to throw bombs. Who was it? . Throws Back Foe. " 'I did it,' answered one of the men, a farmer from Silesia. took an armful or grenades and fired away at random, but the bombs hit their mark. The Frenchmen fell back. When they advanced again I had no more grenades and had to run. They sent volleys after me. but I safely reached our trench, again and jumped into one of the craters.' "We could do no more,' interrupted another soldier, a youth of barely twenty years. 'It, was Impossible to hold that section of the trench, as it had been completely destroyed. There
was nothing left of it.' " 'That was no reason to give up the fight,' the first sergeant said reproachfully. 'You still were twelve
men and should have held out.' "The Frenchmen believed themselves sure of their success, but our lieutenant was ready for them. He sent eight men ahead into the craters, and the fire of, this little detachment mowed the enemy down when he came on in close formation. In the meantime our machine guns had been brought into action and the French were driven back in front and at aur flank. "But' the section of the trenph for which we fought had become useless to us. We gave it up and slowly retreated, keeping het enemy at a respectful distance by a heavy rifle fire. "For a short while the enemy took possession of our destroyed ditch, but he could not hold it. When we retook it by a counter attack we found it filled with the bodies of dead French soldiers. We quickly dug ourselves in again, but tomorrow the impaired trench may be in the hands of the enemy once more. Then we will have to retake it again, and so it goes on."
STORES ASKED TO SHUT DOORS ON LABOR DAY
A strenuous effort is being made by the Central Labor Union to have all of the local stores close half a day on Labor Day and they have a committee which Is visiting the merchants with that object in view. The Unions are asking the merchants to close from 12 to 6, and most of them have already signified their willingness to do so. ' All the theatres will be- closed on the afternoon of that day and the candy store proprietors have also agreed to lock up their shops. Every effort is being made by the labor unions to make the Labor Da j celebration this year surpass all other events of a similar character and they can do so "with the co-operation of the business men. Many novel attractions have been arranged for the picnic at Athletic park and if the stores are closed for half a day it is anticipated that there will be a record breaking crowd. All business men who are willing to help the unions in this matter are requested to notify L. C. Harrison, secretary of the union.
RUCtELY COMMITTEES AHHOiltlCE NEW PLAN Creditors and Security Hold- . ers Propose Formation of Another Concern.
A plan to re-organize the M. Rumely company, r manufacturers of agricultural implements now under receivership, was announced In Hew York yesterday by committees representing thp various creditors and security holders of the company. It is proposed to form a new company to take over the existing business and provide , funds necessary for
its -continuance -by the- issuance - of these new securities: $3,500,000 tenyear 6 per cent sinking fund debentures; $12,500,000 6 per cent preferred cumulative stock, participating . after January 1. 1919, and $13,750,000 common stock. . ; ' The re-organizers plan to pay the claims of creditors, amounting to about $14,500,000, with securities of the new company on this basis: Three per cent of their claims in debentures representing unpaid interest to March 1. 1915; 85 per cent in new preferred stock, and 40 per cent in new common. . . Holders of existing $9,750,000 preferred and $11,780,000 common will be entitled to participation in the new jlan on this basis: Preferred shareholders on payment of a $17 assessment, will receive $17.89 in new debentures and $50 (par value) In new common stock. , Common shareholders, on payment
of a $9 assessment, will receive $9.47 in debentures and $25 (par value) In new common stock.
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KILLED FOR MURDER.
OSSINING, N. Y., Aug. 27. After being five times reprieved, Karol Dranlewcz early today went to his death in the Sing Sing electric chair for the murder of Ivan Marysewicz in New York, in December, 1913.
HAIR ON FACE NECK AND ARMS
WHAT CAUSES IT
COMMANDING TURKISH
FORCES ON THE LAND
EL (IJl IH
Nature does - not produce coarse
stubborn growths of superfluous hair
They are caused by the unwise use of
so-called hair removers.
The only way to gain control of such
growths is to devitalize them. It is im
possible to accomplish this result with
pastes and rub-on preparations be'
cause they only remove hair from the
surface of the skin. DeMiracle, the original liquid depilatory, devitalizes hair by attacking it under the skin as
well as on the skin.
imitations or DeMiracle are as worthless as pastes and rub-on preparations because they lack certain in
gredients that DeMiracle alone con
tains which give it the power to rob hair of its vitality its life sustaining
force. .
- insist on the genuine DeMiracle and
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