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Show THE GRANT8VILLE NEWS, G RANTS VI LLE, UTAH. RECORD OF LAFAYETTE ESCMUDUi OIE FOR AMERKAHS TO REMEtRIER Luxury Wins Saja Petszonk From Real Parents Famous Group of Airmen, Recently' Transferred From Service der the French Flag to the Stars and Stripes, Renders Invaluable Aid to the Allies on the Western Once upon a time little Saja Petszonk worshipped some dirty MEW TORE. down at the State Charities Aid association, where he was left jby his mother, who never went back to claim him. Then later there was a Mine when he was dressed like a little brince, and his playthings were new nd many. That was after he was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Leo D. Shire f d West street Then there came a day when his rightful mother claimed him and he was made to give up bis wealthy little playmates and his nursery to live at n98 Union avenue, the Bronx, where There were no pretty toys and no s to wash his hands and face. But now he Is happy again, for he iU back at the Shire home, and his name Is George Bernard Shire, little IBaJaa mother whoa she found out where her boy was, went to claim him. Mr. and Mrs. Shire wanted to keep him and It was ruled In court that the real mother should keep the child. Later, however, as the result of a visit ,jif Saja to the Shire home some time ago, the boy's parents signed him over to his foster mother. When the papers were drawn up and Baja received his new name be kissed his real mother good-band then paused, looked at his foster mother. Then lth a little smile he ran Into her arms. 41 Eighty-secon- nurse-maid- y fires on Mate, Then Attempts Hunger Death ANGELES, CAL. Fearing that her attempt to end her life by would be successful, friends of Mrs. Harriet B. Berlin, whose husband, William B. Berlin, a private detective, mysteriously disappeared after recovering from bullet wounds inflicted by the woman, sent her to the psychopathic ward of the county hos- LOS pital for observation and treatment She had refused nourishment for 10 days and was lining away because of a broken heart Following a dispute, Mrs. Berlin fired three bullets through her husband's body in their apartment and turned the weapon against her forehead. Her nerve failed her, she told the police, and she was arrested on a , murder. The case was dismissed commit to of assault with Intent charge hfter Berlin recovered from his wounds. Three weeks after he disappeared from the hotel at Fourth and Main streets and has not been seen since. Mrs. Berlin, after a futile search, went to her room In a downtown hotel and remained a recluse. She refused all assistance and declared to her friends that she would seek starvation. At night I see him weeping, Mrs. Berlin said. "He is not far away, I know. If he does not come back to me I shall die. We planned to forget shooting ; we started anew, then he went away. He has tortured my soul fiel his absence as I tortured his soul by shooting him. When the nights come sleep. I have not slept, for many days. Gome back, Bill I Come baric . - to me 1" Mrs. Berlin, whose beauty attracted considerable attention heretofore, was assisted to an ambulance from the office of Captain of Detectives George jgj, Home at central station. She weighs less than 80 pounds and her condition Is considered critical. ' , Ohio Cider Maker Finds New Use for Lime f 0. While county farm agents and bureaus for farm welfare CHABDON, extolling the merits of lime to their agricultural brethren, it has remained for Ben L. Rhodes, cider maker, buyer for the William Edwards and Incidentally deputy company, sheriff, to find a new use for it. As a safety for the prevention of the removal of anthracite or bituminous products by persons who would escape coal bills, Its a winner, says Rhodes, who maintains that the application of it to coal Is fully as Important and beneficial as to land. As before stated, Rhodes Is a elder maker, and has a large mill In the western part of the city of Chardon. .Taking time by the forelock, or the coal dealers before another raise, Rhodes ordered a generous supply of the black diamonds. The huge pUe, as tempting as an array of diamonds kln this day and age, lay In alluring mass In plain sight of all. For some reason, which Rhodes believed entirely explainable, the coal pile seemed to diminish day by day. Neighbors hinted that there might have been women visitors with baskets to the mass of potential heat . Rhodes, the ever resourceful In times of emergency, bought some lime, and with a solution thereof, sprayed his coal pile until it was transformed ifrom a dull black to a dazzling white. Now any chunk that Is removed will be conspicuous by Its absence. Neighbors who can't go to the Rockies this summer glance out of their windows at the big white pile glistening In the sun, and with a fan, are content Meanwhile the coal pile Is Intact with its summer dress of white. Husband Grabs Laurels of Sir Walter Raleigh There are some who maintain that the age of chivalry Is deader doornail, but It seems that Is a mistake. Listen to the story of John Skwarek of North Chicago, who not only qualifies as a model husband, but also gallops off with the laurels of Sir Walter Raleigh. Mrs. Skwarek has a flock of geese that are as the apple of her eye.' This week they wandered off into the garden of a neighbor, Joseph Belakey, who caused the arrest of Mrs. Skwarek. This was because the geese did not leave much of the garden. The woman was arraigned before Justice of the Peace Neahaus of North Chicago, ordered to keep the geese at home and fined 82 and costs, with the alternative of going to Jail if she refused to pay. She refused. Heres where the age of chivalry was revived and the shade of Sir Raleigh stalked. Three days in Jail, said the Justice, sentencing the woman.' Her hus- CHICAGO. band stepped forward. Let me go to jail In the place of my wife. It Is my Hold, he said. for her." to face hardships place It doesnt matter to us, said the Belakeys. It's all right, as long as someone Buffers for this raid on our garden. The law Is the law, and we demand justice." So Skwarek went to Jail In place of his wife. In the evening she came to the Jail with a fat basket of lunch, which they hte together. i Front Deeds New York. The transfer of the Lafayette Hscadrille from service under the French flag to the Stars and Stipes recalls the record of the famous group of American airmen on the western front From an humble beginning the has fought Its way up to a where It Is recognized as renpoint dering Invaluable assistance to the efforts of the allies to defeat Germany. It started, to all purposes, shortly after the outbreak of war, when William Thaw H of Pittsburgh was In France for aviation purposes. Thaw Immediately volunteered his services to the French government and as a private In the Infantry wallowed In the mud of the trenches for six months until the French authorities, realizing the Importance of aviation as a war move, called for volunteers. Thaw applied. He had already had considerable experience In aviation, having amazed society at Palm Beach and Newport with his mastery over airplanes, and his services were therefore accepted. His lead was followed by others, until quite a number of American men of courage were enrolled In the French aviation section. The formation of the Lafayette Escadrille followed shortly after. Young Thaw, for he had but readied his majority when the war broke out, was commissioned a lieutenant, and with his comrades quickly made the Escadrille a thing to be feared by the Pun airmen. Gets Baptism of Firs. On May 17, 1918, the American flotilla of the air took part In an expedition over the German lines for the first time as a unit Bullets were spattered at them by the thousand from the German anti-aircra- ft guns, strik- ing the tall piece and propeller of Lieutenant Thaw's machine. Corporal Victor Chapman's plane was also hit but both managed to return behind the French lines In safety. The second expedition took place two weeks later and while the American squadron was reconnolterlng five of the American machines attacked 14 German sirttaft, hoping to drive them pehind the German lines. The Germans opened fire with machine guns and the Americans responded. The explosive bullets used by the Germans did great damage and soon two American machines were forced to the ground, one with a ripped gasoline tank and the other with a broken gun. then two German machines were forced down by the fire of remaining American pilots. Corporal McConnell, who had two machine guns on his swift machine, did great execution with them, but finally after nine bullets had struck his machine he was forced to descend. Such was the baptism of fire encountered by those Americans who risked expatriation because of their desire to fight Expatriation Is correct, Inasmuch as when Thaw desired to visit his folks after a year at the front he traveled home on a French passport The status of these men Is as yet undecided, incidentally. Exploits Attract Attention. It was not long after the formation of the Escadrille that Its members started to battle their way to a niche of recognition. One after another, they lived up to the Ideals of America and winged Boche airmen and con Un- IS WORK OF corps. The fact that he was not talking idly when he swore to avenge bis friends death Is shown by the fact Will Live Long. that he Is the premier ace of the Lafayette Escadrille. Now winging ducted successful expeditions back of a machine behind the German lines menus nothing, or rather not as much the German trenches. Nor was It long before the exploits as bringing them down behind lines, because the latter Is a of the American airmen attracted such attention that readers of American much more difficult feat. To bring' In back of papers became accustomed to know down five GermanIs planes the necessary rewhat the name meant In the headlines the French lines the-Frenc- and began to realize that, whatever the home authorities might be doing, some Americans were fighting alongside the French and British In a manner that brought naught but credit to the United States. Thaw was the first to gain widespread attention. During the first of the raids of the Escadrille he was wounded In the arm, while attacking three German planes near Verdun He had been out with the squadron for several hours and was waiting to learn by telephone that Germans bad been signaled as coming toward France when the telephone operator got a report that three machines of the enemy were in sight Immediately four American airmen hurried to- - their machines with Thaw the first off. His plane quickly outdistanced the others and soon after he sighted a Fokker headed his way and not very far behind It two German machines. He was over German atterritory when he climbed up to the for tack, thinking it Impossible enemy to aim at him without going Into a steep dive. This advantage worked out to such purpose that he was able to get close to the German. I was so close, said Thaw at the time, that I felt like calling to him to get out of the way before I pulled The the trigger of the quick-firefact that the gun jammed after a few shots did not prevent enough bullets from hitting him to send him below. I was so much Interested In my combat that I forgot my comrades, but when I was sure the Fokker was done for I looked around for them. Thaw Is Wounded. Thaws werent there, but two airplanes of the enemy were. had stuck and as I had My quick-fire- r no other arms I got a little out of the enemys way preparatory to arranging the gun. Unfortunately, I did not get far enough and when I was reachI got a bullet ing for the quick-fire- r through my arm. I turned toward our lines and the bullets hit my little NIeuport In several places. When one of the missiles struck my gasoline tank, tearing the bottom open, I shut off the motor and dived for the French trenches. Thaws first big league experience, so to speak. Is cited simply as an indication of what the Americans forced themselves to do from the very first They shirked no responsibility nor danger and battled their way to the thickest of the clashes between the German and French air forces, which became more and more frequent as the .importance of aerial warfare ln- creased. , Side by side with Thaw was Raoul Lufbery, who was the first American mentioned for bringing down five hostile planes. His case was rather unique, In that his parents died when very young and he was brought up by a family at Bourges. At thirteen he ran away from home, his tours finally bringing him In contact with the aviator, Maro Pourpe, who trained him to be his assistant Lufbery was of French nationality, bjt when he desired to enlist in the French army at the start of the war he was turned down because it was r. fellow-airme- n LOVE necting link between the people and their fighting men. Some, if not all, these officers will be given the opporof In Men Supplies Red Crass Charge tunity to follow the soldiers to Euat Bass Hospitals Serve rope, though no one in the volunteerWithout Pay. ing Is required to pledge himself to go abroad. Cross Red American The Chicago. In calling for volunteers to serve States Is placing men with United in this capacity without pay. Col. Red of In commissions charge army U. 8. A. Medical corps, J. R. Cross supplies at every base hospital, said: Kean, and at every training camp, cantonThe Red Cross realizes that men ment, mobilization camp and other of the desired caliber cannot be ashired,' are sailors or soldiers where place but must be attracted to the service sembled. entirely unselfish motives, and a These men are chosen from volun- by to help their country in this desire e thirty-onthan more teers who ore time of national emergency. years of age the draft limit and men are the more muture much given preference so that no one may be put MAY NOW GET HIS $50,000 at civilian work who might better serve with the army. They draw no pay, Overthrow of Cur May Enable American to Collect Legacy Left but are given quarters and subsistence In accord with their rank. by Aunt At each such station there will be at least two Red Cross representatives, Albany. The overthrow of the cur one of whom will be commissioned and the revolution In Russia may captain, and the others lieutenants. mean the collection of a $50,000 legacy They ulll have charge of oil ship--1 to Simon Sanders of Albany. Twenty ments of Red Cross supplies to such years ago Mrs. Dora Sanders, n military station, and will be the con wealthy aunt, died In Kief, Russia. THEIRS discovered, be was an American. After many appeals he was allowed to go with Pourpe as his mechanic: Lufbery Swears Vengeance. Pourpe was killed soon afterward and Lufbery swore to avenge him. He Importuned his superiors to allow him to train as a pilot and his request was finally granted and shortly after he received his pilots certificate he was transferred to the American flying quisite to be termed an ace. Luf- bery, who comes from New Haven, was the first American aviator to turn' the trick. So month by month as the Keen drille grew, with more and more Americans attracted to It by Its exploits, the number of German planes destroyed by the American airmen grew In number. Very few weeks passed but what the Lafayette Escadrille in the official French communiques, and there are so many ordinary feats of bravery performed every day on the firing line that It requires something above the ordinary to break Into official reports. Thaw and then Lufbery were given medals of honor and several times cited for bravery. Others followed, the last being Sergeant Andrew Campbell, to whom official recognition came but last week, and who could safely be called a superman from his deeds of the past month or two. Death Tell Heavy. Naturally, the death toll was comparatively heavy. Among those who were rated as good fighters and their life for France were Victor, Chapman, Norman Prince, James McConnell, Renald Heskler, Kenneth Rockwell and Edward Genet Others, however, took their places, It being only a month or so ago that eight young Americans of prominent families left for the front for service. They were selected from one hundred' applicants for the service. Such is the brief record of the Lafayette Escadrille, an organization that has fought as Americans should. Its record will not be sunk In Its transfer to General Pershings forces, for sentiment on the part of both American and French army chiefs favor the retention of the distinctive name. At present plans call for the commissioning of Lieutenant Thaw as a major, with present members of the squadron being named as captains and lieutenants, to take charge of American aviators who will shortly Join Pershings troops in France. who-gav- SOUTH RALLIES AND RAISES BIG CROPS Jackson, Miss. The campaign conducted in the South last spring for food and feed crops has been successful The corn yield of Mississippi will be the greatest ever known. In some sections, 100 bushel will be gathered to the acre. Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee will also produce big yields. More acres vjere planted to corn than ever In the history of the South, according to unofficial reports. . Walks to Enlist McAlester, Okla. Just because he mistrusted the Missouri, Oklahoma h Gulf railroad, John F. Dunham walked 85 miles to reach the Rock Island lines on his journey to enlist When Dun- ham reached here he was sockless and coatless. He made the Journey In three days. leaving her entire estate to her nephew. Sanders went through all of the necessary legal procedure until his attorneys told him it would be necessary to return to Russia. He had left the curs domains at the age of sixteen, evading military service. To return would have subjected himself to ten years' Imprisonment In Siberia. He decided he would remain a poor man under the Stars and Stripes rather than risk Siberia. With changed conditions due to the revolution, he. now plans to return and lay claim to the estate. 78 DRAFTED OUT OF 20 Wisconsin Village Furnishes Largest . Quota In Accordance With Its Population. Cumberland, Wis. in accordance to population this village probably' will furnish the largest quota for the new national army of any single community In the state, if not the nation. Out ot a total population of 2,000, 120 were registered, of which 78 were among the first to be drawn In the great human, lottery. |