Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1928, Page 7

PORTABLE SCHOOL CLASSIS RESUME[] ACES UP! .The Fact Story of American Aviators in the World War ?.‘; D THE EVE By JOHN KNOX E i - et Pupils Back in E. V. Brown, Arnex After Ceiling | Is Repaired. [ CHAPTE Preceding chanters told of the first patrol of aitle Tmes by Eddie Rickenha: The Amerian e 01 Aces bers and the first vietories o s Al Winsto Pupils of the portable school build- fng adioining the E. V. Brown School. who vesterday afterncon were marched from their frame structure to the main’ building when & small section of the composition board cetling bulged. were back in their portable this afternoon | following the completion of the slight et R ng over the \r‘ and Chambers took a new pilot i up for his first flight over the lines. He was Licut. P. B. Rurtz and_he had made the acquaintance of Rickenbacker while Tepairs by the District repair shop both were in tralning at Issoudun. It The children. with their teacher. ' was noticed that he showed distinct R Shappirio. were In "'“\“\!gm of nervousness as they were pre- ternoon. when at 30¢ paring to take off. but that was not y noticed a piece of ‘h"‘r\a(‘ll\ unusual, under the circum- wood binding. 21, feet long. which | stances. so neither Rickenbacker nor the scams of the ceiling. had | Chambers paid any particular atten- < awar from the paper. Fearing ' tion to it section of paper and its bimder| The thiee pilots climbed to 14.500 Mrs. Shappirio ordered her | feet very slow as Kurtz's plane was flass to the main building. where they | not performing as it should. and then hed the day's work in the audi- turned north over the German lines !and almost immediately “pegged” th Havcock. assistant super- | German Albatross pursuit planes flving charge of clementary | 1.500 feet higher. Without giving the that when the Dis- | Americans time to reach a higher level + vorkmen sought to repair the dam- | the Germans dived to the attack with ov found that the wood strip and : their machine guns spouting bullets. action of paper board were so fir®- | The three Yanks spun away from the & i o - 'attack and promptlv made attacks of Iv fixed that it would have bacn impos- attac B ket sitle for the material to fall upon the | ‘heir own. Rickenbacker cut out ons : : 5 the Germans and started in pur- R B o ook~ | Suit, Chambers and Kurtz set out after y % the other two. “Rick” chased his man sprung wood Strip to the dreing out of {yor several miles until they arrived over the timbers. or fo the stress of Wind | ip."German airdrome at Thiaucourt, they said could have loosened | gpere the boche suddenly turned tening nails. Mr. Haveock said {aroung _headed straight for his pur- hat while the children had been | uer with both his guns blazing. Rick- actual danger he believed Mrs. i npacker passed untouched through the in TPMOVINS ' stream of explosive bullets and made fiom what appeared to her as 3 quick half-turn which brought him ibility of injury. on the tail of the German in position hn s of the portable at the Grant jor a biast from his guns. which sent Rnad School site. who vnr taken from | «he boche tumbling to *he ground. therr bullding yesterday a_piece | Rickenbacker had won another victory. r paper Toof covering Wwas but the fight had carried him down Blown off permitting rain to leak into|to the 10.000-foot level, where the the classroom. also returned to their | “archy™ fire was cracking around him. {rame uciure today. after District and he was six miles inside the Ger- Norkmen Bad Jaid REw 1ar paper. man lines. HUGUENOT SOCIETY ‘GIVES RECEPTIO Nttherlnndc Minister. Honor Guest, was not going to escape without an- other battle. He Tells of Dutch Aid to raced at the nearest plane with his Fugitives. - fingers on the triggers of his guns. He Friend or Foe. Looking around and above he saw the other two German planes far above {him and racing to the attack. Under ‘such a disadvantage. and with other Germans taking off from the ground b"lol Rickenbacker sought safety in rhe swiftest flight his mlchme could | had_the enemy under his sights. but - he held his fire for a few seconds to ~rman Van Roven. Nether- |get & more deadly aim. Just as his T T e aen. Chantes | fingers tightened to release a biast of Pt Stmmerali were honor guests at e the supposed German turned on D an Mandav mizhi by the | his side and revealed the red. white and Hiicoenot Saciis of Wadhingion at the | blle circle of the American Air Service e | The "German' was Reed Chambers and Following the reception. a meeeting | 1'5 "‘"}b"“m was Kurtz ther of the soety was called. and Dr. Van | fRo CiermAns) tiad Shtabed and ity R \'9'1 Cfl" an intercsting account of ! Fem i e e ¥ O e o the | had been ordered to. the Haguenot refugees | Kurtz Is Killed , the persscutions in!| The three flew back to the home field France until the cdict of toleration in and circled for landings. Rickenbacker 1782 put a stop to the emigration. | waiting to see that Kurtz got down 5r "Florain 4. C. Vurpillot. president | safely. As he was waicning the new < society. expiained the provisions | pilot. he saw his machine suddenis he edict of Nantes. and the final ch culminated in_the ~ The socicty” voted to elect | ~Imina of the Netherlands president. The Quecn is a | rdam of Aémiral Gaspard de . whos~ birthday on February ac cricbrated by the meeting ~ncav evening. Ali deseendants of Huguenots residing in Marvland. Virginia. Delaware or this ie 10 membership in the recently es- | e nexi meeting of the society wili eld March 12, in the Lafayetie | ‘The election of offizers and an- banguet will be April 14, com- g the anniversary of the igation of the edict of Nantes. Arthur L Conger. U S. Infantr: wen relteved from duty at Beriin ary attache to Germany and | land to take effect July 1 nnd proceed to Boston for 6uty | the O-zanized Reserves in the Pirct R Three larze 0 sapphires set in a beautifully pierced 18-kt w YPISTS see better and work faster by Emeralite—and e« 1. S0 do clerks, exec big boss! Pro- es standardize on y improving creasing output te bas an Kmerald Glass sde and a special screen that ves ord rending or working. e offices lonk betier put - Jess up- htonevery Lrst eye insurance, sre branded for A for demonsestion, wlectrical dealere Y Mie wupply and G Mebiddin & Co ren Fotshintad 1674 ERALI TE KIND TO EYES " The Full Line of IMI'RALI'IF LAMPS | Che ;(mwmwwp | end with = apipal I Mlld sule, purely vegetable — TO-NIGHT TOMORGOW ALIIGHT 2 and Sold by 249 Washington Dy, swung about and | The other ' TR &, o o | \Nlrh mmzht to earth, where it crashed | immediately. | | and burst into flames Kurtz was instantly Killed Later in the day it was learned that | Kurtz was subject to fainting spells when coming down from a high alti- tude. but had concealed the fact for fear he would not be permitted to do his part in the air if his weakness bocame known Another good man had gone west rather than yield to an enemy even though that enemy was within himself. May 19 was a historic day for the 94th Squadron Rickenbacker and Licut. Walter Smyth of New York had gone out on a voluntary patrol in search of a fight and Rickenbacker had two brushes with an Albatross. in both of which he and the Germans death by the narrowest of margins and mn the course of which he lost track of Smyth. Fearing the worst for his comrade. Rickenbacker hastened back to the airdrome, where his fears re- ceived a fresh impetus as he saw a crowd of pilois and mechanics on the field When he landed he got a far worse shock than he would have received il Smyth had been shot down. Lufbery was dead! The story of “Luf's” death has been told in a previous chapter. A French ace from a n by squadron had flown to avenge Lufbe: death, but he, too. .was shot down by the same German whose guns had sent Lufbery down in flames. Another French fiyer had bet- ter luck, and the German pilot who killed Lufbery never returned to the airdrome to report his victory. Dougl: Campbell had also pursued Lufbery’s slayer. On the way back, Campbell had met a German Rumpler plane and had - wounded ! killed the rear gunner and the pilot. sending the plane down in- sid> the American lines. The Germans had begun to pay the long price that was to be collected for the death of Raoul Lufbery. As Spring marched on into Summer, the pace of the war in the air grew more rapid. The new pilots of the American Air Service were acquiring skill with practice and each day ot flying weather saw the score of victories mount higher and higher. On May 27, 1918, Douglas Campbzll went off on a private trip by himself toward Metz. Above Pont-a-Mousson he saw a fleet of British bombers on their way back from a raid mto Germany. The big de Havilands were forcing their Liberty motors to the limit and flying in close formation—followed by a swarm of Ger- man planes which _had been stirred up by their raid. Ope of the British ships was having motor trouble and was falling behind and below his compa lons. three Pfalz scouts were on his tail Campbell. who was riding far above the battle, dived headlonz on the Pfalz group. shooting one down with the first biast from his guns and sending the others back into Germany in wild fight Then he acted as escort to the crippled British plane until he saw it arrive at its airdrome in satety. - When i returned to the headn-»er 74th at Toul. he learned that the Brite ish pilot and observer hau o. .. ' woundea and that ne had saved theu lives by coming to the rescye. On the 28th of May Rickenbacker ST UNRRRI TG BRAUINITT I M | e G 0, WEAT IS NICER ”\ DINNER Q RING? gular Price, $70.00 Reduced to $54.50 Pay 75c a Week! brilliant diamonds an4 gold mounting NING STAR. WASHINGTON. escaped | s |oreanization are located in the Brown Particularly When it Is N. €. WEDNESDAY. F bors of his staff hore are unable to mv( whether the Parker property 18 being | sought as a home for the national head- quarters or for the ofiices of the execu- tive chief, located here at present. sale of the Atlanta Kian property strengthened the belief that the Parker | property is sought for a new home for |the national headquarters. The Atlanta dispatch did not reveal | \Khl‘lhrr the Kilan would continue to| | occupy its present national headquar- | ters offices in the building. The West- | ern Union Telegraph Co. has rented several floors of the Klan Building in Atlanta for several years. The sale price given by the Atlanta Cflns'llu-i tion was $1.100.000. The building was | cwned by the Klan, but operated by the American Building Co. as a hold- ing concern. the dispatch stated. W. F. Zumbrunn, general counsel for the Klan. who has offices at 1701 K street, could not be reached today. In a previous statement he said he was unaware of any plan either to change the office of Dr. move the national headquarters here. Tm- Parker house is separated from | ATLANTA OFFICES OF KLAN ARE SOLD Transactlon Slrenglhens Be- lief Headquarters Will Be Moved to Washington. An Associated Press dispatch from Atlanta today stating that the Atlanta Constitution said today that the Brown Building. a 10-story office structure in the heart of the business seetion, has been sold by the Ku Klux Klan ‘o the Western Union Telegraph Co., served to strengthen reports that the nnummll headquarters of the Klan will be moved | 0 Washington. Negotiations for the leasing of the four-story house at 1723 Rhode Island avenue as a new national headquarters for the Klan have been under way for several days. it was learned Monday. Although local Klan officials are unable to confirm the general beliel that the national headquarters will be located here, the sale of the Atlanta property | indicates that the Klan officials are can- | sidering moving the headquarters from ihe Southern eity. = Miss Laura Harlan. Washington real estate agent, who is repmesenting Mrs. Richard Wayne Parker. widow of Rep- resentative Parker of New Jersev and owner of the Rhode Island avenue prop- erty. refused to say today whether the ‘ Klan had completed negotiations for the | leasing of the property. ! Staffl Here Uninformed. At present the offices of Dr. Hiram W. Evans. imperial wizard of the Klan, are located at 1700 K street, and the operating departments of the national Irfilden(‘fl It is in one of Washing- | tions. some time. KDECLARES PACIFISTS WASTING TIME IN U. S. Col. Robinson Wonld ]-lnvr Efforts Expended Abroad. Where Pacifists are wasting their time in the United States. Col. O. P. Robinson. U |S. A., declared in an address before the 1Mary Washington Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution | at_the Washington Club last night i Col. Robinson suggested that the paci- fists be deported to foreign countries, | where they conld be of rcal service in quieting the warlike tendencies of the | nations that are always seeking war. and Campbell took off early for a vol- | “We want war with no one.” Col. Rob- untary patrol in search of German |inson said. “and we seck no territory. planes which might have ventured hence the pacifists are wasting their across the American lines. When they | time in this count had reached 18.000 feet they saw two “While the organizations that aro Albatross photographers and four Pfalz; seeking peace are doing laudable work, scouts flving in formation toward the | which should he encouraged, they haie American lines. The Americans dove | never absolutely prevented war.” Col to the attack a moment too soon and | Robinson declared. “It is necessary that the German's saw them and turned | we keep up our natfonal defense so thaf back. Keeping far away from each|we can insist on arbitration. if possible. other the two forces fired a few shots |and defend our rights in case arbitra- at cach other from lonz range and |tion is impossible.” he said the maneuvers drifted out of American | “This is the richest Nation in the territory and back over the German; world.” Col. Robinson continued. “and ‘nes. The Germans set several very | we have it in trust only for the future obvious traps by letting one ship fall | generations * behind in the hope that the Americans | would be lured into attacking it and thus fall victims to the other five. ~ Rickenbacker and Campbell were too experienced to fall for this strateg and the Germans gradually widened the distance betweerr the lone ship. which | was acting as “bait.,” and the other five. in the hope of making the lure more enticing. After a few feints the Americans displayed a vast indiffetence to the lone plane. Then the Germans widened the gap just a mite too far- and the two Yanks plunged down with blazing guns. sweeping t before them to a fatal crash Flirey. Building at Atlanta. Dr. Evans is now visiting in the Middle West and mem- —_— near Convrisht 10es ) TOMORROW—Read how the 94th and 95th celebrated Memorial day. 1918, with a memorable series of victories, and how Jimmy Meissner flew home without wings nm" more. 5% We are offering these drastic reduc- tions in order to clear crowded floors of all samples of which we no longer have a reserve stock. These va represent the very cream o flcors. style, quality, construction You can't afford to mis: tomorrow. ODD PIECES Cdd Wceed B:ds 9.95 o wonder (il Values 11 By ast ot Wheny Simmons Day-Bed and Pad Complete day-ted with cretonne pad with valance Makes a full size brd Two dollars more for ends $13.75 Chifforobes ot gumwood in oak or finish, fully beauti- grained Choice of one |l with two lar doors or pictured $15.95 And Terms Of 75¢c a Week! — AllCatton Mattress The Place to Buy Your Dinner Article of Ring! FBRUARY 15, 1928 W SHERMAN BURNS ABSOLVES FATHER Also Warned Operahves Not, to Approach Jurors, He Says, in Defense. W. Sherman Burns, secretarv and treasurer of the Burns International Detective Agency, charged with Harry F. Sinclair. Willlam J. Burns and two Evans or to others with criminal contempt of court. | testified today in his own defehse in the Supreme Court of the District of Matthew's Catholic Church by one | Columbia. Burns directed his first testimony Fall-Sinclair case. and said father's connection with the agency for *he last vear or two was only casual He said he had not consulted his father | ahnm the oil jury surveillance. His father. he said. did not know of the jury shadowing until after mistrial | of the ofl case. Burns detailed how he had accepted employment for the agency's operatives to shadow the jury. Henry Mason Day. Sinclair official. " he said. told him “these people (jurors) are not locked up. I want them covered. I want to see a square deal.” Burns then ordered Charles G. Ruddy manager of the Burns Philadelphia ! office. to take charge of the surveillance He testified he cautioned Ruddy that no juror must be, approached or an- nnvr(‘ and if any juror seemed aware the surveillance he was to be dvnpn»d, Burns said except for the trans- Are you thrilled at the thought of a new car for the bright Spring days? Some one will get an equal thrill from the thought of having a used car like your old one. Find this party by a classified ad in The Star under. Sale Automobiles. mission of the instructions he took no part in the jury shadowing. He denied he had any knowledge that reports of William J. McMullin, a Burns agent, | | were false until November 5, three days after the mistrial. BRICK MAKERS URGED ' 70 ADVERTISE GOODS Develnpmmt of Specialties Sug- gested to Increase Business in Competition. every idea from some R. R. Cunning- The public get form of advertising. ham of New York told the 600 dele- gates to the tenth annual convention of the Common Brick Manufacturers' As- soclation of America at the Hotel Wash- ington this morning. Mr. Cunningham discussed “The Merchandising of Brick." Advising the delegates to develop ton's most fashionable residential sec- toward eliminating his father from all\(pv('mllin( to compete with other brick The house has been vacant for connection with the jury shadowing in’ manufacturers. | the he said, “Add an idea o a staple and you have a specialty. Every one wants the specialty. The public gets its ideas from some form of advertising. Advertising merely cre- ates the idea: you have to follow up your advertising, The delegates were received by Presi- dent Coolidge at the White House to- day at noon. The annual dinner and dance will be held at the Washingt Hotel tonight. Merle Thorpe. edifo: Nation’s Business. will speak. En’“‘r- tainment has also been arranged Henry J. Jova of Roseton. N. Y., vice | president of the association. presided at INSPECT TODAY Apartments ideal and enjoyed at The Argonne maintained at rentals favorably with those of other which do not afford the many program included addresses by John N. Hoffman of Wash- ington, Charles A. Bowen of Detroit, Joseph Meadon of Pht'adr'pmz and Floyd W. Flint of New York. slons were led hy W. F. | Chicago. president of the association; J. A. Pugh of Norfolk, \a and W. Mershon. Cleveland. An open forum disc vital to the in row's program. Subtects to be di include “Reducing the Cost of Brick in the Wall Comparative Costs, Brick {and Frame Houses” and “Wrat Is the B Kind of Local Advertizing.” sa.so Phlhdelphla $3.25 Chester $3.00 Wilmington AND RETURN Next Sunday, Feb.19 Lv. Washington . . 7:35 AM. Ar. Philadelphia . . 10:47 AM. RETURNING Lv. Philadeiphia . Lv. Chester Lv. Wilmingten 7:20 PM. 7:50 PM. 810 PM. 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