"That afternoon I went to see him. He was pretty nearly gone. That is when he explained, and that is when he asked me to convey to you, messieurs, this message--that he had avenged his honor." These stories of the aviators could be told indefinitely; how they met in mortal combats in the clouds; how they act as sky-pilots for the armies; how they raided the Krupp gun works; how they soar over the navies, but they must be left for future volumes for they are creating a history of their own--one of the most remarkable in the annals of war. (The foregoing stories have been gathered by the _Literary Digest_ from various sources.) FOUR AMERICAN PRISONERS ABOARD THE YARROWDALE _Adventures With the German Raider "Moewe"_ _Told by Dr. Orville E. McKim, Survivor of the Sunken "Georgic"_ This is the dramatic story of the four American surgeons, starved in German prisons, whose demand for release by President Wilson nearly resulted in a declaration of war against Germany. Few more dramatic tales have been brought forth than the story of adventure, hardship and peril at sea, short commons on land and the new danger from the sky which was related by four American professional men. Snapped up by the German raider in mid-ocean, they cruised around for days while the commerce destroyer was gathering in further prizes. Then they made the voyage in the _Yarrowdale_ to Swinemunde, under such conditions that they expected the ship's seams to open and the vessel to sink beneath them at any moment. They lived for more than two months in prison camps in Germany, on the meagre prison fare provided by the German government. This is the record of how the Americans of the _Yarrowdale_, by enduring hunger, deprivation, cold, despair, and days of pitiless imprisonment, wrote their names in the annals of the United States. It is romantic, for the elements of daring naval adventure and of international diplomacy are present. Ambassador Gerard, after several communications to the Wilhelmstrasse, which were more than energetic, was promised the release of the Americans, and the threatened declaration of war on this issue was averted. Dr. McKim, an American veterinarian, was aboard the White Star liner _Georgic_, in charge of twelve hundred horses for the Allies, when she was sunk by the German raider _Moewe_ during its romantic exploits. He was taken to Germany, with the other prisoners, on the _Yarrowdale_. Dr. Snyder was captured aboard the British steamship _Voltaire_, the first vessel to be captured by the raider, while he was returning to America from France. Mr. Zabriskie was the veterinarian on the steamship _Mount Temple_, a Canadian horse transport, which lost three men from shell fire. Dr. Davis and Dr. McKim were on the White Star liner _Georgic_, the most important bag of the German raider. Dr. McKim was the first of the Americans to return and related his experiences in the New York