DEATH IS OTHER
FELLOW WITH
(By United Press)
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIELD, Feb. 15. — (By Mail.)—
Life in an observation balloon section
is a great game of tag. Death is the
other fellow. He is always hot on
your trail and every now and then
ho gets you in a corner. Then you're
It.
“Get the major to tell you J»ow he
was carried over the German lines
and hack again all In one night,’’ said
the young lieutenant, as he tugged at
the end of a tiny wire cable, in the
little basket under the "sausage’’ high
in the wintry sky. But the major was
too modest. He said:
“Oh, all right. I’ll tell you about
it after dinner tonight.” He did not
like to talk about his own exploit,
though he mentioned several of bis
men who had been the heroes of ad
ventures in the clouds. But I did get
to read the official report of the in
cident, and this was the story:
Shortly after midnight one night,
the major, after carrying out certain
experiments at about a mile high. Big
nailed that he was ready to come
down. The winch on the big lorry in
the road began to grind and at 12:17
a. m. the sausage was swaying just
out of reach of the landing squad.
Then, by "an error of judgment,” as
the report puts it, the winch turned
a revolution too far. The metallic V,
where the balloon’s short cord was
spliced to the wire cable parted like
a piece of sewing thread.
With a bound that jerked the basket
this way and that like a ball on the
end of an elastic string, the balloon
went skvine.
At 12:12 a. m., the balloon was a
mile high. The major had not used
his parachute, to which the harness
about him was still attached, because
the wind at a mile, and below, was
away from the German lines, which
ran some two miles away. Instead he
pulled at the valve cord to let the
gas in the sausage out.
Still ‘‘valving,” to use the vernacu
lar of the game, the officer, at 12:27
a. m. found himself at above 10,000
feet, or about two miles above the
earth. It was bitter cold and getting
colder every instant.
At 12:40 a. m. he passed the 15,000
foot mark. Though he had been keep
ing the valve wide open all the time,
the balloon still soared.
How he looked downward. There
were lights below, lights which flared
up for a minute then went out; great,
white balls of light hanging in the
air and illmuinating the countryside
beneath them.
The major, in his sausage, was
‘‘crossing the line.” He knew in an
instant what had happened. He had
risen to a high cross current of air
and waB being swept over the German
trenches into German territory.
It was too late to jump now. If he
tried the parachute and landed safe
ly it would be only to be taken pris
oner by the enemy.
So cold that his marrow seemed
frozen, he now set about to tear up
his maps, notes and everything that
might help the Germans. Leaning out
of the basket and peering down he
could no longer see the flares sent up
to light the trenches. The Indicator
showed that he was falling now, rath
er rapidly. Making sure that he had
destroyed all papers, he waited.
Still falling, the major threw out
some ballast to check the rapid des
cent. One faint hope still was left
him: he might be blown back across
bis own lines again by the air cur
rents nearer the ground .
So much as he could he husbanded
his ballast and his gas, jockeying the
balloon like an aeronaut in an inter
national race, his prize for winning be
ing his freedom. If he lost the best
he could hope for was prisoner of
war for the duration of hostilities.
There could' be no half way.
At a mile high, the balloon was still
dropping, though slowly. No lights
were visible anywhere. The sky was
murky and there were no stars to
serve as guides. It was to be a fight
in the dark, a hit or miss without see
ing what he was doing. The absence
of trench flares looked bad. He must
have drifted far behind the German
lines.
After a time the faint outlines of
fields, houses, trees and haystacks
began to loom up and presently, with
a fairly hard bump, the basket struck
the earth, bounding up again some
200 feet. After a few of these bounds,
the officer, calculating the right mo
ment as best he could in the dark,
pulled the rip cord to let out the gas.
The rip cord broke at the point
where it entered the balloon!
Suddenly the balloon came to a halt
just above the ground. There were
voices beneath. There was a moment
of suspense, then the major heard in
good English:
"Lively there! Get into those ropes
you blighters." A squad of Britlsl
Tommies soon had the sausage an
chored. It had been blown back ovei
the lines into a wide salient occupiec
by the English.
The official report, of course, mere
ly narrates the plain facts in a plali
way, Just an the captain of a fire com
pany would tell how the blaze his mei
put out started. The adventure, thii
game of tag with death, was all part
of the day's work. So It had to go
down In (he records quite as If It had
been n requisition paper to the com
missary department for another crate
of pars and beans.
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RED SOX LIKELY
Tim
(By United Press)
BOSTON, March 8. — Whether Bos
ton can repeat its American league
championship again this year depends
it is admitted upon whether Jack Bar
ry, new manager of the world’s cham
pions, can drive his men to the same
speed attained by Bill Carrigan.
Jack started south day with his
first string men. Battery men and
newspaper men were in the party that
climbed aboard a train here for Hot
Springs, Ark., where the team again
will condition itself. Charles Wag
ner, Joseph Devine, Forest Cady and
battery men not in Boston will join
the train en route. The Red Sox pre
sent the same solid front this year
as a year ago. The battery men ap
pear, if anything, to be slightly strong
er than when they took the champio
ship, and if that is the case little more
could be expected. Babe Ruth, south
paw star, should be better this year.
He has had more experience. Wyck
otf and Pennock, two hurlers who have
been a long time arriving, are expect
ed to show at their best this year.
Joe Wood's arm, on his own declara
tion, is ready for another long sea
son. George Foster says he has re
covered his cunning and will accom
pany the first party to Hot Springs.
Dutch Leonard, Ernest Shore and Carl
Mays are expected to be just as good
as ever.
The outfield probably will be com
posed of the veterans Lewis and Hoop
er, with Clarence Walker and Chicg
Shorten alternating in the middle gar
den against right and left hand pitch
ing. This is an outfield which stands
out as one of the best in the game,
combining fielding with hitting pow
er. There is nothing uncertain about
the infield. Dick HobllUel and Del
Gainer are available for first base
duty. Manager Jack will be at sec
ond. Everett Scott at shortstop and
Larry Gardner at third base. There
will be no deviation from this unless
Harold Janvrin is played for a time
at second in order to give Barry a
chance for rest
The infield defense of the Red Sox
is only slightly less efficient than in
as many years. It is a defense which
tightens with such a visible force that
it is almost impossible for an oppos
ing team to send a winning run over
in a close game. The presence of Jack
Barry, balancing every cog, the cool
ness of the veteran Gardner, haB bal
anced this club as no other in the
country. The Red Sox and the Dodg
ers will open a series of spring ex
hibition games when they appear on
March 28 at Memphis. From there
they will go to Little Rock for March
29; Oklahoma City, March 30; Kan
sas City, Mo., March 31 and April 1;
Davenport, Iowa, April 2; Peoria, 111.,
April 3; Indianapolis, April 4; Lafay
ette, Ind., April 5. Tte teams will
separate at Lafayette, the Red Sox
going to Toledo for a game April 7.
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on Tuesday, April 3, 1917. The polls
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said Cordova, and the polls will open
at 8 o’clock a. m. and continue so open
until 7 o’clock p. m. of the same day.
This election is called for the purpose
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serve for the ensuing councilmanic
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treasurer of the Cordova school board,
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or her Intention to become a citizen
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and continuously six months next the
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who are citizens of the United States
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of the Cordova school district.
Witness the hand of the Town
Clerk of said Town of Cordova, and
the official seal of said town, this 9th
day of March, 1917.
EDWARD F. MEDLEY,
(Seal) Town Clerk.
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NOTICE.
Because of the new ordinance for
bidding dogs on the streets of the
town except when under leash, the
council has decided to remit the pro
portion of the license fee of $2.00 for
the period from March 1, 1917, to
Ju^p 30, 1917. All owners of dogs who
have paid the license fee are entitled
to a refund of one-third of the amount
and may have the same by calling at
the office of the Town Clerk, at Room
1, Adams Building.
H. A. SLATER, Mayor.
Edward F. Medley, Town Clerk.
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DOVA PRECINCT.
In the Matter of the Estate of A. B.
Cooper, Deceased.
NOTICE TO CEREDITORS.
Notice is hereby given by the under
signed, administrator of the estate of
A. B. Cooper, deceased, to the credit- i
ors of, and all persons having claims
against, the said deceased to exhibit
them, with the necessary vouchers,
within six months after the first pub
lication of this notice, to the said ad
ministrator, at C. M. Frazier's office
in the Town of Cordova, Territory of
Alaska, the same being the place for
the transaction of business of said
estate.
Dated February 6, 1916.
W. J. SHEPHA p
Administrator of the Estate of A. B.
Cooper, Deceased. -—
First publication February 6, 1917.
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