Show GERMANS SHOOT SHOO afa DOWN 6 BALLOONS twelve observers in ili one day trust to parachutes in leaps for life PERIL IN BURNING GAS BAGS flames alicel lively y to overtake 0 the de DC sc endIng Observers Many narrow escapes from death one relates Relate ii experiences behind tile tho british lines lit in france leaps for life front from burning observation balloons hen attacked liy by ger cr man airplane wore ere described by 1 observers observer 1 of the lir ldAh honl corps to nn an associated press coi corre respondent spon dent when lie visited ono one of llido limps camps behind the lines it few dna days iio ago A balloon ascent tit nt the front Is nevor never noor noer a undertaking and on one adny recently when tile tho coi respondent correspondent alq i cited a station in n fairly hinc tive pint part of the lio line six bal balloons loong 12 men inen nvere shot down own ly by air till nil within sight of ono one another r one of alie lie 12 officers who lio were cro compelled to rench firma by tho the pirn para chuto route told th the story of ills his trip dip we were perched perrl iod nt lit feet ll 11 he sold and had h id been up only half nn an conr when lien a column of smoke two miles attracted our notice there ROCS goes no 10 sill sald my lily oh erff r two to white alte hecks flouting floating earthward ciu told its lint flint the ilie two IMO pa mengers of the balloon lind had got fiot clear in III time just then two tuo sli similar tillar specks appeared sud denly front from under mother another bollo Ixil lonn oll warning us its that the lh roche una out for a wholesale killing ills his time six more white specks now flow wid since it was is evident lint the entire file wits being attacked I 1 gave avo the order to jintil doin sudden attack by airplane at 1000 fret feet I 1 ordered the lie winch fi stopped topped no more balloons lind find been tit nt tacked find although ours won mas now limy flip only one on up till I 1 could seo roe infighting pinne pannes ascending from the ner bromes behind us to away tile lie t nelly enemy so I 1 decided to venture tit lip agnall wo we ascended to feet tills fills time tillie flat and soot were mere tit nt work ork again iraln tham ahn suddenly something happen ed cd it swiftly ns fas in n R brenni we even eien seo sea the german alba tross but our ground nod ills his scouts gave enve us the alio alarm just it or two before the lemk ans ft as on oil us I 1 board nv mv obi observer erver tit nt tile the telephone suddenly sud lenly ehnts hats that stand by byl I 1 bood heaven He oven then lie turned calmly to mo me ank said with n smile sorry old man annn we must bet out nt at once 11 iio a bell helped C d I 1 le 1110 I 1 over tile side first 1 I dropped tint and heard n bumph nuni ns as the pnra chuto left la its case till this was aa the hist sensation I 1 attempted tempted nt to lion ly ns an I 1 fell lice n stone for arx ret fret I 1 saw tile tho shoot violently up word rind then alien lily iny view was ns blotted out by if large white bilto umbrella which suddenly above my lily liend field I 1 ro alizA that flint the lint and opened I 1 look flown domn ns as I 1 felt lily iny body swaying easily in ili alie tit breeze tile roar above told file 1110 that lint tile the albatross find lone its work ork and tic lie anllo n wis was you cannot tt if course maneuver n rind there la in the lie possibility of tile burning balloon inching ing you find burning your only menus of escape lift before I 1 reached tile ground I 1 w tar far in ili front the he albatross crash ing to earth minus a wing mini slie she had been hian lilt lift liy by a cluster of 0 antiaircraft elick the next tiling filing I 1 knew was flint I 1 wa ua lying in lie file middle of n plowed alil field while lill a short off oct I 1 saw lily iny observer coming across toward me narrow escape from death all 12 of tile tho officers of the ho M wrecked decked balloons esea lied safely on this ills occasion they ore not always so fortu I 1 tinte at till this rome it few anys lily ia bore rore tin nn cancer won ns shot and killed dpn dropping in III hlf ills balloon lind had been sot get ollre by a oer ger ninn inan airplane and ns an usual lie ile liti ills companion took to their purn para c I 1 1 files they lind had hardly got clearoe cle arof the he balloon when lian the attacking clr plane swooped snooped down oil it lj alf lit chine gull eun in full play one or of tho hilll III cars as killed mid all although hough file olli er cr escaped ills parachute was torn loin by b 11 bullet the balloon commander told alie lie story of nil officer who lind find go gone lie up mono and hose balloon was as shelled when han flying tit nt feet on these liepp oc callons it Is dangerous d ing erous to haul down doin for the position of the winch Is the thereal given away to the lie encina gunners at lust last after a cloud cloi il of shrapnel smoke lind hall appeared alivio st under the basket fill aind no response crime cowit alio telephone cilione wire alro to inquiries us as to wh ellier everything tiling was nil right tile ground bround officer gave the order to haul down ten tell minutes inter the lie touched tile alie ground and the observer wits found lying nt at the lie bottom of the basket unconscious but unhurt it won a bad case of shell shock from which the e officer was so loverill verill months in recovering A few days ngo ago nt at n bearby station n balloon suddenly nrc for no renson reason the two observer 1 tried to os enrio in their parachutes but lie blazing balloon overtook lion and they were more killed theories Theo iles us its to tile ilie calise of lie were cro but lie ono one most generall y accepted was that tho lio balloon had been beell ired fired by b nn nil electric spark from bioni a thunder cloud GIVE B BOMBS TO TOTS soldier tells of inhuman ats acts practiced by Bo boches clies f do bradly adly missiles disguised as toys and set to explode at certain time chicago th the thrilling story of ills bin experiences against e the like huns it in frinco walk anft told ty by st ret lonea jones of the royal british l lohl ar 1111 ll lery ory in tile tho plithie court here three times he was dl and alln laiks tittles lie went through tile tho hor bor rora of being over there ila II 11 9 lifts been apen doing duty tit nt tile tho III it lih office her sine since ills discharge in ili 1017 1 la 17 lie still carries a piece vt shrol inel tit in lila ills skull ro re nt 1110 battle of cypres ypres when for aye days anys tic lio lily lu lit I 1 n eliell dolcy aiole without food or drink until ulita I 1 A I 1 I 1 ofil I t III dog rescue rescued liani jumps was in tile nt at alar lion that city wait tile tho destroyed 1 i 1710 1 kj tv ilera the boches ga edve I 1 to life lio children bombs pointed painted ace toys oy laid ml set net to explode in a few inin minutes tiles gilld jones joins the poor kliar ald 4 they never hit hd a chance clin yes I 1 puw colne of these explosions and I 1 saw old women wol liell given tile the bayonet wo charged thein but our officers woul dat let us kilt them we lint hol to thein prisoners when they hollered 1 kin anerd nerd d alien when I 1 was d tile ho boche isucher throw ino lio into n 10 foot pit with a lot of other oilier they told ino ice I 1 coutil get lit it if 1 I corkell in tile the fact factories cries I 1 told them to go it to li p find nj stayed sti yol in the pit one two of us ua overpower ett n R gutirr climbed upon lie rope which they used to let water down to us ua unit escaped we e went through woods und and rivers until wo we got to tile the sen sea wo we got on oil a fishing bout boat and woke up on alio coast of cionni guard find notional national army limps callipi the order stitt c 3 that lint runny many or of the jiley lenders leaders linao ha v e been taking tau au 75 and liberty bonds ile fie charging iia fig much ns its 10 per cent interest on short ehno loans |