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yy oferlul Progress In Artifingcflifiglng Demonstrated When American Aviators of Allied Army Meet Adversary on the Lines 1 By LORD NORTHCLIFFE Headquarters cf tb Canadian Army In France, January 28 There is little bitterneaa against the enemy among the Canadian, . American and British " soldiers. They admire him. in mass fighting 'and for his machine-like discipline but ,they have no use for hime In the kind of war fare now going on "Ton' will find the Canadians ' imd Americans a thinking, indepen dent army," remarked a distin guished British 'General who had Y&tven me permission to spend this jiwry Interesting day arid so I found them t0 be. They had - brought to the stock of vitality and knowledge embraced In the wonder- fuK citizen armies of France and England and the qualities inherited . by generations which have span V ned the North American continent with its railroads, chainedNoagara, Jinked up the world's cities and armies by telephone, lit dug; outs with Incandescent lamps, cheered ihem with 'canned music' and brought a thousand other mechanl--.. al idaas to perfection. FROM EVERY CITY If you take a map of the United States and go up and down the American lines in Franct, you will :vflnd : city great or small, which tag nojisent a flying man, abomber an artilleryman", a sniper, or a dis patch rider, to help destroy Prus sian 'despotism. v n the United States you have probably heard more of the spectacular part of the "American work that which en : thralls the whole jwrldr the new, art, of fighting In the skies. t confess indeed, that although I have, spend many weeks at war, the spectacle of winged fighters Ugh in the sunlight is one that Tiold my attention as nothing in the world ver hag in peace times. Wt one was young one has been th Aedby, a close baseball or foot Jmitch but when sheltered, per ; Tiapsiln a trench, one sees two specks approaching each other and and with a pair of strong glasses gradually realizes that one of thhe specks Is an American, who hag giv en up, all home, prosperity and probably life 10 throw himself in to a foreign army, and that the oth er is a brave German, doing what he conceives to be his duty one Tealize8 that here are two combat ants worth watching. Very rarely do the Germans ven ture over our lines and one has to he very far forward now-a-days to get a-good view of the fight be tween the Allies' an dthe enemy in the air, I have had that good for--tune several times, GERMANS SLOW AND CAUTIOUS The air fighting of 1914 bears as mjjch resemblance to the air fight ing of 1917as the old steam automo "bile t0 tiie six cylinder of today. There Is a perpetual match In upeedlng up between the enemy and the Allies. Four or five- miles n hour extra pace means every thing. It. Is not an increase of engine power 200 horsepower that brought about the change so much as the powerful progress of the art of fylng itself and it lg Just here ' that ' the Anglo Saxon and the , Frenchmen beat the slower minded German.- It Is Just' this reason ,fwby "German soldiers' letters are v?f?now so full of complaint. about I overcautious German aviators. -V When Pegoud . Invented ,V looping the loop- the people asked ; .Why? Vhat'a the use of It? Pegoud was a very considerable ' inventor as well At a flyer is the answer. Looping the' loop is a useful maneuver and It has been succeeded by that 'ex traordinary development, the nose dive' In which an airman seems to fall like a stone for a thousand fpet till the spectaters' hair rises from his head in horror then sud denly the -machine 'lattens out and scoots away and you find it only a trick after all. PALLING 8,000 FEET I talked with one of our woundai boys he was Just 19 who had fallen 8000 feet owing to his rud der wire connection being shot through. By a miracle his machine straightened itself out automatical ly within a hundred yards of the ground and the boy is alive and will fly agBln. Iasked him his sensations. He is probably the first man in the world who has fal len 8,000 feet more than ten times the hel?lith of the Woolworth Building. He said that for a l ing time what seemed like hours he knew be was falling' at a tremendous speed and then he lost conscious ness. As in a drea mhe found him self being picked up out of the wreck of his machine by people who. thought he was dead . At the beginning of the air fight there is maneuvering for positions and feinting as in boxing., There, are, s a rule, two men In each machine, a Pilot arid an observer, except in the smaller types, in which the wings are clipped down to nothing to got extra speed and climbing power. Knwledge of the engine and plane power, quickness of decision and accuracy of shoot ing with the Lewis guns are essen tials of the pilot. His observer is piovlded with some form of a pis tol and often with bombs. LIKE GIANT HAWKS Rival p'anes, like giant hawks hover around above or below each other Hill one more expert1 or more daring than the other maneuvers his opponent into a position from which he has either got to fight or flee. The knockout blow is usu ally a sudden descent on the enemy accompanied by accurate machine gun fire. Sometimes it becomes a duel with Browning pistols, in which the men are so close that they can nee .each others eyes. The thing is over before you real ize It. One machine is off arid away and the other crashes down crashes down to earth. The British army does not per mit the names of Its flying heroes to be published. In telling you, therefore, of the American flyers I must deal with these Americans with the French army. Lieut. Thaw, of Pittsburgh, was one of a number af the Americans who en tered the famous Foretgn Legion of the French Army at the out break of the war and is now senior Americas flying officer in France. His name and that of his collea gues are better known in Europe than in our own country. In giv lng a list of those whose names are known (some, alas, Hlng beneath a wooden cross) I can say no more than they are worthy representa tives of a great nation. ROCKWELL OF ASHEVILLE Lieut Thaw wng followed by Bert Hall from Teyasf James Bach D. Maaon; Silas Lurterry; James McConnell of Chicago; Chouteau Johnson of New YoTk; Elliott God win; Klffln Rockwell of Ashevllle, North Carolina ' Clyde - Dais Peekshlll, t.,Y.if. and Victor Chap man. , . . ' i , The policy of American aviators ! J 1 I I -. - I I ; i 1 : i Ui -T -1 . S ;-- ' . ' . PR. CLARENCE POE Editor of the Progressive Farmer, whose" address at .the Alkrama next Saturday will mark the Climax of Community Service Month in Pasquotank JARVIS SEEIEY HIES YOUTH WHO LEFT HERE WITH OUT GIVING PARENTS INK LING AS TO HIS DESTINATION WRITES FROM BRAZIL HUH POE .SIR HE'S coume WILL BE SPEAKER AT LAST COMMUNITY SERVICE MEET ING OF THE MONTH SATUR DAY, FEBRARY THIRD Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Seeley were overjoyed to receive Mbnrtay a let ter from their son, Jarvls Seeley, who shipped from Newport News September &0th on the Norwegan barque Siam, and from whom they had not heard since the boy, a youth of 19, left here on September j 17th, 191. They feared tnat ne had shipped on a horse ship, a number of whifihJjatftJee; .unl1 since that time with some loss 01 life. They now learn tnai uieir fffforts t0 trace him were unavail ing because he was sailing under an assumed name. The letter was dated at Bahia Brazil, and was written on the 31st day "of December. "I was sixty- three days making the trip here says young Seeley, "and I have been here five weeks. On Wednes day, January . 3rd, we sail for Port Lincoln. on the South Cost of Australia, where we expect to arrive wltfiin the next sixty or ninety days.' Seeley says he 18 happy as a lark and had a fine time Christmas "spending fifty dollars," in United States money which is a at pre mium in the Southern Republic. With quite the idiom of the foreign er, Seeley says that he expects to return to "The States" after he has been to Australia. COTT WANTS VSJ li m CHAIHGANG m Cphoon and tMarkham On. Hai With Compromise :Wbicll Gent leman cFrom PasqUcotank Tunis Down. PAY UP WEEK TO BE OBSERVED MERCHANTS OF CITY TO CO OPERATE IN NATIONAL EDU CATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR BETTER RETAIL CREDIT 8Y8 TEM serving with lhe Frecnh army is that of the British and French to attack. They have played a goodly part in the Invention of constantly changing tactics of fighting . My last recollection of American soldiers was their well spread table at which there was everything a tired man 'from across the Atlan tic eould want from turkeys to, doughnuts.. I put one question to a score of those whose mothers' weren't ashamed t0 raise them to be sol diers. I asked them, why they had come. The reply of the Amerjcar in France is the same every time whether you meet him with the Canadian army, the British army, or the French army-they all say word tp this effect woeK, cnllaffi k WHY THEY FIGHT m "The sort of thin? that has been going on in Europe Jt a result of the horribte organized sava'gery, of the PrussIanB has got to- be stop ped. We want to stop it before it reaches our country. We have come over here to do - It and, Thank bod", we know we are help ing to do It, and that1 it is to be thoroughly done." "' To which one of them added, as It Is I'ellved that the disappoint ment of the first Community Ser vice Day when Dr. Clarence Poe, Editor of the Progreoslvo Farmer. Farmer, was unable to be present is to be efaced at next Saturday's meeting. Supt. V. M. Htnton has receiv ed the following tffegxara from Dr. Poe: J ' 'I wiM be at the meeting -next Saturday unless prpvident,ially . H pre vented." ' - "" '"" Perhaps no man In the . state would be heard with more interest by Pasquotank County .people than Dr. Poe, who Is so well known to Pasquotank farmers and their fami lies through his excellent and pop ular farm paper, and it is very much hoped that a large number of the people from out of town can attend this last Community Ser vice Meeting of the month. Bad weather and worse roads have mareded the work of the Community Service Committees throughout the county in spite of their earnest efforts and untiring zeal, and have kept away from the meetings the lane crowds of coun try people hoped fro at Saturday's meetings. The next Saturday's meetlna-. February 3rd, shall be the banner meeting with no disappointments In the aim 'and hope oftho6e Inter ested in and holplng In Community Service Month. The meeting will be held atelve- en o'clock at the Alkrama and in addition to Dr. Poe's address an excellent program will be carried out by the leaders in Community Service Work. SISeb , iRy United Press i Washington, Jan. 30 The Kai ser's next move toward inter national peace Is considered one of the critical steps in peace develop ments and is anxiously awaited here. It is he'd that the Kaieer in the statement now en route can mater ially advance the possibility of. Vn early termination of war at time, or, on the other hand, should the forthcoming discussion of the president's senate address be bun gled can seriously retard the movement; . , i sum gooumgut ' I 'If anyone asks you what sort of a time the Americans are having Just hand them out the good home word Bully .. , . . , Indications are that Elizabeth City will observe National Pay Up Week with a rousing celebration. A number of representative bu siness men at an informal lunch eon at Scqtt & Twiddy's Monday afternoon expressed htemselves as enthusiastically in favor of the plan and the Chamber of Com merce, with Manager Pugh direct ing its activities, is getting be hind the movement "with the pur pose of enlisting the support and, interest of practically every mer chant, wholsaler or retailer In the city. Manager tugh, J. C. Sawyer of Owens Shoe Company, and J. R. Bowden of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Works were named as a committee to . estimate the. approximate :f ', cost of the proper observance of the week and to call upon the varlou$ merchants of the town and invite them to co-operate in the the cele bration . The luncheon, quite an enjoy able affair, was served in the bal cony at Scott & Twiddy's at two o'clock. After the repast had been done ample Justice to and the guests were enjoying their cigars, Mr. W. O. Oaither, Presi dent of the Chamber of Commerce, asked Manager .Pugh to state the purpose of the meeting. Mr. Pugh tersely set forth the history of National Pay Up Week and its purpose. He told what its obser vance had accampllshed In other towns an(1 stated that in his opin ion It would be a splendid plan for Elizabeth City to observe National Pay Up Week, February 19th to 24th, this year. He explained that the' Chamber of Commerce was ready to engineer the p'ans, but that the merchants would be ex pected to defray the costs of the advertising campaign. Mr. Dan Morgan of the D. R. Morgan Company made a nToYion that the movement be undertaken. While discussion was in progress Mr. Oaither was called out on an important business matter, and Mr. F. M. Qrlce ..was asked to act as temporary chairman. Mr. Morgan's motion was carried with out a dissenting vote and the tem porary chairman on motion appoint ed the committee as alerady named' to take up the matter further with Such merchants as were not pres nt and enlist their co-operation. ' The co-operation of all at the luncheon of whom there were be tween twenty-five and thirty pres ent, was assured. Fire On Poindexter A angro restaurant, barber shop and lodging house at 157-159 Poin dexter atreet was gutted by flame Tuesday morning between ten and eleven o'clock. The house was an old frame building and 'th, eflames would have made quick work ' of By I. P. DAVIS (Advance Staff Correspondent) Raleigh," Jan 80 Representat!v3 Scott's bill to permit the peopla cf Pasquotank to vote for or nzn'.i : the .chain ""ganj In that court? which was to come before tts Committee of the HoUse today ha J been .postponed until Wednesday afternoon. - v ',; ' ;' V. Messrs W. L. Cohoon and Thos. Markham arrived In the city til morning for the purpose of ' oppos ing the bill. The , original data set for the election In the bill 1j the first Monday in August of thij year. . :-...-.. , A compromise, upon which they agree not to fight. the measure has been offered by Markham. and Co- hoon. This la that the elect! n be held at the regular election In 1811 Bcott has .refused t0 accept the com promiso amk the fight promises ta w rm up before the committee. More Interest has centered around the local fight of the mem 1. n- ' . . ucr irum rasquQiann ana tnos op posing him from home, , on meas ures . Introduced in the House than probably any other local bills that have come up. Scott has a large number of friends In ' the House, and the chances are that-hl9 bill will get a favorable report fron ' commfttee and-that ;;it' 'will pasa that branch of the legislature. Ha says he is on the ground and , con- BeijuBiiuy nas me oetter. er tne fight to begin with and that he in going t0 keep it up until the close of the General Assembly. , Pughf After Gates Road Mr Pugh, Secretary of the Cham ber of Commerce, is alio here fa the interest of a bill to permit the building of a road from Gates Coun ty iS Ellrabefh City. " British squaohq:: ii. s. he iu German Raider Believed Off Coast: o New York and English War Dos in Full Cry for Prey (By United Presa) New York, Jan. 30 The ' entire' North Atlantic 1 squadron, of ; the" British army was ordered into the waters adjacent New York today searching for the i. German Raider is the report here. MRS BARNARD DEAD' News reached here , by telephone Monday evening of the death of Mrs. Barnard of Shawboro at the home of her eon, Mr. John P. Bar Barnard of that place. Mrs. Bar nard was the mother of the late Clifton Barpard of Elizabeth City, the entire block but or the prompt action of the fire department which had three streams of water playing on. the ; building. ? The huildinj was the property of 'Dr Rr T. Ay dtett and the loss was covered at least partially by Insurance.
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