Gertrude Ederle had her goggles sealed with paraffin to render them water tight. Gertrude possessed a contract from both the "New York Daily News" and "Chicago Tribune" when she attempted the Channel swim a second time. The money she received paid her expenses and provided her with a modest salary. It also gave her a bonus in exchange for exclusive rights to her personal story. The "Daily News" and the "Chicago Tribune" got the jump on every other newspaper in America. Another American swimmer in France in 1926 to try and swim the Channel was Lillian Cannon from Baltimore. She was also
Carlo Ederle part of the Third Army Artillery Headquarters, which had the role of neutralizing the enemy's artillery efforts. In December, when Italian troops withdrew from the front to regroup and reorganize, a colonel told Ederle he was going to recommend him for promotion and reassignment away from the front because he had skirted death too often "with a smile on his face." But, says one report, Ederle refused promotion consideration if it meant he would not remain at the front. During the afternoon of December 4, 1917, Ederle went to an observation point at the bend of Zenson on the Piave