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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
SAVED HIS SOLDIER
Gallant Act of a Young Americas
Officer


With the American Troops in
France, (By the Associated Press)
Nov 21.-The American army was
thrilled today by the heroic action of
a young lieutenant in saving the life
of soldier. A private, member of
a patrol, lost his way and went to
sleep in a shell crater in No Mans
Land last night. The patrol returned
and it was found he was missing. At
daylight the Germans saw the soldier
near the line and opened fire with
rifles and grenades. He remained in
the crater. A lieutenant whose home
is in -- Wyoming, saw the man
was in danger of immediate death
and went out over No Mans Land
through a hail of enemy machine gun
bullets several hundred yards, got the
soldier and led him back to the AM
erican lines amid cheers.
After being rescued the soldier said
that when he looked over the top Of
the shell crater the enemy saw him
Immediately and the first bullets and
grenades nearly got him. The atten-
ton of the lieutenant was attracted
by the firing and through field glasses
he saw the shrayne1 helmet Of his
man in the crater. He gave orders for
no rife or machine gun fire on the
enemy lines and then started out,
making part of the way through a
depression in the ground.
The Germans turned their atten-
tion to him and for some minutes bull
lets whizzed on all sides, but none hit
him. The soldier said that he did not
know in what direction his own lines
were otherwise he would have tried
to get to them himself.
Detachments of the American army
who have just returned from tour
of duty in the front line trenches
were badly in need of shaves when
they arrived at their billets. On
many faces boards had made a good
start and the soldiers first thought
was to procure razors.
The American soldiers are ready to
swear by the new caps they wear un-
der their shrapnel helmets. Most Of
them removed their helmets as soon
as they were out of the fire zone and
officers remarked that the caps great
ly improved the appearance Of the
soldiers. Each cap has a little regi-
mental number near the front.
Troops belonging to the units which
have seen more action than the
others had stories to tell and the
less lucky comrades as they call
themselves listened attentively on the
long ride on the truck on the return,
to the billets.
| The officers all spoke enthusiast
cally of the morale, energy and fight
ing spirits of their men. One said his
hardest job in the trenches was re-
fusing permission to go on patrol,
adding "all want to go all the time,
which is impossible"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
AMERICAN SAILORS IN IRELAND

Base American Flotilla in British
Waters-( Correspondence of the As
sociated Press) -Tramps through the
beautiful Irish countryside were the
favorite autumn pastime of Ameri-
can sailors on afternoon shore leave.
The Americans never saw 50 many
pigs in their lives as they have since
they began to wander around Ireland.
Up one of the favorite country roads
they have become fast friends with an
Irish farmer who has a remarkable
squad of trained pigs. Whenever the
sailors visit his farmyard the owner
delights in running his pigs through
a number of evolutions just to make
the sailors laugh. The farmer is
very fond of the youthful Americans.
To one party which called the other
day he presented tiny porker which
they took squealing back to their ship
and adopted as their mascot. One trip
at sea- however, made Piggy so sea-
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
FIRST TINE UNDER FIRE
Our Men i'm France Lived Up to the
Traditions of the American
Army

With the British Armies in the
Fild, France did they face
it ?" was the question put to the COM
manding officer of the first battalion
of American troops to come under
shellfire.
"How would Americans face it,"
he snapped back wrathfully.
Yet the question was a fair one.
Seasoned British officers say they
still feel nervous under shellfre.
young troops, just out, when they
get their first taste of it, sometimes
feel pretty sick for a while, and show
it. It's quite natural" So spoke an
English officer who himself has lived
under German shell fire so terrific
that it was heard clear across the
channel.
The fact, then that these young
American engineers enduring their
first ordeal of high explosives with
all the cool nerve of experienced reg.
ulars is worthy of mention.
A personal experience will indicate
in very mild way the kind of sur,
price and strain which successive
punches of Sammies are now under
going.
You are walking along a road
cheerfully joking about the weight
of your tin hat, or about the uncanny
feeling which comes from knowing
that in some observation post behind
the twisting white lines on the ridge
opposite, German officer is watching
you with his telescope. Back of you
hidden British guns are cracking
methodically.
1t is a "quiet day" along the front
Your attitude is that of an idle spec,
tator watching some vast, slow-mov-
ing natural phenomena. That human
lives are involved in the spectacle
hardly occurs to you, much less that
your own is concerned in the drama
Suddenly, with nerve-shattering un-
expectedness, the menacing wall OF
approaching shell stops the whole
party dead in its tracks.
Every fiber in your body vibrates
harshly in the metallic key set by the
shell.
You feel like a trapped animal.
| There is a violent jar in the air and
earth, a roar, shell fragments whis.
/ tie about your ears, and the road be-
hind you is wrapped is heavy pal
of black smoke and dust.
Before you are conscious of safety
from that shell, another is shriekine
in the air toward you and still thirc
is on its way.
"Damn it, they're after u.s." say
the officer in charge of the party
Scatter out in the field each si0e O.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
.GOADED into
USING THE GUN
One that Can be Excused
by Amy Mother
ASSOCIATED Press)

Mineola, Nov. 23.-Marshall Ward,
a dinner guest at the De Saulles home
the night of August 3rd, testified to-
day at the trial of Mrs. De Saulles
for killing her husband, John De
Saulles, to the details of the shooting.
He said he heard De Saulles make a
positive refusal to yield the custody
of their son, Jack, whereupon he de-
clared Mrs. De Saulles said. "Then
there is only one thing to do" and
started shooting. Ward testified that
he rushed in the room and grasped
Mrs. De Saulles' arm, her only re-
mark being, ct had to be done"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23


sick that he was turned over to the
chef and made the centerpiece at a
roast pig dinner, the like of which
the boys had not had since leaving the
shores of the United States.
Bicycling has gained a tremendous
vogue with the American bluejackets.
Scores of them, mounted on machines
of all possible types and vintages,
may be passed daily on the rosds
leading out from the naval base. The
bicycles are rented from local dealers
at about $3.50 to So week. Many
of the sailors have pedaled all the
way to Blarney Castle, while others
have ventured as FAR as the Lakes of
Killarney. They ride through the
streets here at what the natives
characterize as RECKLESS speed"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

the road! And if the shell is coming
very close, throw yourself fiat on the
ground quick! Take to a shell hole
only if there's one near. You only
have a second or two!"
Every shell seems shrieking at you
The sky seems hard, the atmosphere
tense, the fields crudely shelterless
and every shell hole mocking omer
of what's going to happen to you
next. To the tune of the first shell or
two you inwardly make a last will
and testament. Then you manage to
adjust yourself mentally to the stu
alton, and move on again noting
where the shells explode and analyz-
ing your own feelings.
You do all that mentally But ner-
vously you are high strung to the
breaking point.
The nerve strain comes out when
the party finally reaches the verita.
BILE haven-a trench. Knees are uni
versally weak. Everybody sits down
awkwardly in the mud. Faces are
flushed, foreheads perspiring, and
you use two or three matches to light
one cigarette, which promptly you
toss aside after a distinterested puff
or two.
That is roughly what the first ex.
perience has been like to each indi.
vidual Sammy. The terrific nervous
tension is inevitable.
It is under just such nervous ten.
sion that these young American en-.
gineers, fresh from shop benches anG
Office desks, have been quietly keep
ing at work day after day here with
all GOODNESS of old-time soldiers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
STORY OF A GERMAN SOLDIER

British Headquarters in France,
Nov. 23.-Illustrations of the chang
ing attitude of many German soldiers
towards the war are contained in cap
tured diaries. Describing the depar-
ture of draft men from depot town
the author of one diary writes:
"First battalion is to supply draft
of ninety-nine men. To conduct them
to - station 800 men are detailed,
some with rifles to escort draft and
others to act as pickets. In the after
noon our men are ready and waiting
for their comrades of the First con-
valescent company, who at last arrive.
But what sight it isl In front
marches a squad of guards with rifles
and another squad. in the rear to
guard German soldiers, our brave
lads in field grey, who, as the news
papers relate in such beautiful Ian
guage, are joyfully going forth to de-
stroy our enemies, inspired by love of
the fatherland. The draft is ready.
The band strikes up q march and the
column begins to move. Guards are
so numerous that here is one for ev-
cry two men. Is it not scandal that
our boys in field grey are led out into
the field TO fight and give their lives
for the fatherland like criminals to
the hangman or worse, like cattle to
the slaughter? It is not enough that
hours before-in fact, as soon as the
departure of draft men is announced
men not forming part of the draft
should be prevented from going into
town, by pickets every FIVE yards in
every direction. No, we must endure
the shame of being escorted to the
: station by guards. Do not the beauti,
full lying stories of our German pap
ers place our brave lads in field grey
who for love of the fatherland fight
and destroy the enemy, in a totally
false light when such things as this
happen? Free sacrifice, indeed!"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
PROMISE MADE To
THE PRESIDENT
BY Railroad BrOtherhoOds Not to
Strike Until Complete Considera-
ton be Given Their Demands
ASSOCIATED Pressl

Washington, Nov. 23.-An amicable
adjustment of the railroad brother
hoods demands for higher wages ap-
peared probable today, following yes
terday's conference at the White
House between President Wilson, la
Dor representatives and members of
the federal mediation board.
Under a virtual promise to the
president to avoid strike until COM
plete consideration be given their de-
mands, the brotherhoods today were
left to lay their case before the car.
riers for action. In case deadlock
develops, the trainmen will again
take their claims before the presi-
dent.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
NOTICE TO FARMERS

County Demonstrator Blackjack IN
forms the Star that number of la
borers will be out of work at Black
Point next week, and he wishes our
farmers to notify him how many they
are willing to employ, and at what
pay, so he can make an attempt TO
secure some of these workmen for
Marion county.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
FIGHT OR BE FLoGGED

British Army Headquarters in
France, Nov. 23.-The Germans have
been drawing troops from other sec
tors and rushing them to the Cambria
region. Among them were two COM
panies of cripples and convalescents,
some completely exhausted and help
less. They were driven forward un
der the whip by their officers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
UNABLE To CIRCLE
THE ITALIANS
Austro-Germans Fail TO Make Fur.
ther Advance in the
Belluno Alps
ASSOCIATED Press)

Rome, Nov. 23.-A great encircling
attack was attempted yesterday by
the Austro-German forces against
Monte MeIetta but the Italians held
all positions, the war Office announc-
ed~today.
ON A DIsHONORABLE ERRAND
Stockholm, Nov. 23.-According to
the Tidingen, Russian diplomat left
Stockholm yesterday for Petrograd
with orders to hand to the Russian
revolutionary government proposals
for peace by the Central Powers.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
o'LEARY INDICTED
Pro-German New York Editor a Sub
Jest for Federal Prose
cution
(Associated Press)

New York, Nov. 23.-Jeremiah
O'Leary president of. the American
Truth Society and editor of 'aThe
Bull" a publication recently barred
from the mails, was today indicted
on a charge of violating the espionage
act and the postal laws.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

Passengers of the Spokane However
Not in Amy Great
Peril
(Associated Pressl

A Pacific Post, Nov. 23.-The
Alaska liner Spokane of the Pacific
Steamship company is ashore today
off the British Columbia coast. Wire
less reports says the passengers are
not in any immediate danger.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
CAPTURED THE
TADPOLE COPSE
British Have Taken a Point that
Gives Them Dominating
Position Near Cambrai
ASSOCIATED Press)

British Army Headquarters in
France, Nov. 23.-British troops early
today drove back the enemy at the
elevation called Tadpole Corpse,
which dominates large section OF
the Canal Du Nord and large part
of Mouvres in the Cambria area.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
BATTLE IN FAVOR
OF THE BOCHFS
Berlin Says Austro- Hungarians are
Gaining Between the Piave
and the Brenta
(Associated Press)

Berlin, Nov. 2S.-Fighting is pro-
crossing favorably for the Austro-
Germans in the italian mountains be-
tween the Brenta and the Piave riv-
ers, it is officially stated. In the
Cambria area new battle is in pro-
gress in the direction of Mouvres.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
TRoTsKY WILL PLAY TELLTALE

London, Nov. 23.-Leon Trotsky,
the Bolsheviki foreign minister, ac-
cording to a Reuter- dispatch from
Petrograd, announces that Russian
secret diplomatic correspondence in
his possession will be published i'm
mediatelv.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
CONDITION Of
THE CAMPS
Being Investigated by Surgeon Gen.
eral Gorgas Aided by War
Department Committee
ASSOCIATED Press)

Washington, Nov. 23.-Food con-
ditions in the army camps are under
investigation today by war depart
ment committee headed by Surgeon
General Gorgas, with view particu-
larly of eliminating waste.
AT CAMP WHEELER.
General Gorgas and his party are
at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ca, today.
FOUR DEATHS
Macon, Ca, Nov. 23.-Governor
Charles Henderson of Alabama and &.
party of three Alabama officials are
coming to personally look into condi-
tions at Camp Wheeler. The Alabama
party will arrive at a. m Saturday.
Surgeon General Gorgas, Assistant
Surgeon General w. C. Rucker and
three other officers of the public
health service arrived last night.
There were four deaths at Camp
Wheeler today. Pneumonia is given
as the cause of death in each case.
Among the dead is Carl w. Lawton,
Safety Harbor, Fla, 124th Infantry.
Lawton had been i'll for several weeks.
In the base hospital there are 159
cases of pneumonia and 958 cases of
measles. The majority of the pneu-
monia cases have resulted among
measles patients who were GONZALES
cent.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
ENGLISH ADVANCED

London, Nov. 23.-The British have
advanced their line slightly in Flan-
ders, the war office announces. The
situation on the Somme front, south
west of Cambrai is unchanged.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

The performance of the FIorentine
Musicians at the Temple this evening
win begin at o'clock. Please try TO
be in your seats at that time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
TWO PER CENT IN ONE MONTH

Washington, Nov. 23-General food
prices throughout the country ad-
vanced two per cent from August to
September, this year, the bureau of
labor statistics announced today. Of
the twenty-seven staple articles OF
died on which the compilations were
based, seventeen increased in price,
seven decreased and three remained
stationary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
BOY SCOUTS, ATTENTION

Scoutmaster Stephens asks the Star
to notify the Boy Scouts to meet at
the library at z o'clock this evening
to attend to important business.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

w. K. Lane, NJ. D., Physician and
Surgeon, specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and
Throat. Law Library Building, 0cala,
Florida. tt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

The performance of the Florentine
Musicians at the Temple this evening
win begin at o'clock. Please try to
be i'm your seats at that time.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTING

When you have plumbing or elec>
trical contracting. let US furnish you
estimates. No job too large and none
too small. If H. w. Tucker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

There is bread and bread, but the
best bread to eat is the famous But
ternut bread. made at Carter's Bak-
cry, and on sale at retail grocers. H
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

A good many people who read
Hearst's papers are afflicted with
Hearsteria.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

Have your prescriptions filed at
Gerig's by registered pharmacists. If
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
WAR INSURANCE LOWERED

Washington, Nov. 23.-On account
of a. reduction in the number of ships
torpedoed last week the war risk bu-
reau has lowered the insurance rates
on vessels passing through the sub
marine zone from five to four per
cent.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
CAPPs HAS RESIGNED

Washington, Nov. 23.-Rear Ad-
miral Washington L. Capps, chief
constructor of the navy. has asked to
be relieved of the position of general
manager of the shipping boards
emergency fleet corporation, because
of i'll health.
Admiral Capps will probably be
succeeded by Homer L. Ferguson, now
president of the Newport News Ship
building Dry Dock company. Fergu-
son has been asked to take the place.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
FIGHTING IN FINLAND

London, Nov 23.-Another general
strike has been delivered in Finland,
according to dispatches received here.
Minor fighting has been reported
from various parts of the country.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

Let us do your BANNER, PEN
NANT and SIGN work. Smith Sign
Co., 215 N. Magnolia st. 23-6t
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23

Be sure to visit the Rexall Store
at the fair grounds. Gerig's.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
WEATHER FORECAST

Fair tonight; slightly cooler north
portion, probably light frost interior
north portion; Saturday fair.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-11-23
AP CAMP WHEELER

General Gorgas and his party are
at Camp Wheeler, Macon, Ga, today.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-07

Please announce shat 7 am a can6l-
date Tor the nomination Of city clerk
ON tAc democratic ticket ~ The pr.mar-
iez I'D be held in Hammond. March q,
ls1T
a-1- CHARLES D. sCEONERT
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-07

Tlin TIlsrs gives the woTld's news
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-07
500 31O1. s10s
HAMMOND lprlvato eEchange1

LARGER PAID UP CIRCULATION TWO OTHER NEWS
PAPERS IN THE CALUMET REGION
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-11-09

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WE CAN follow it with our SUPPORT to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-13
SEES AN ECONOMIC WAR
AFTER PRESENT CONFLICT
Especial CabIeEram to The Sunday Star
and New York Times.)

Especial CabIe.ram to The Sunday Star
and New York Times-)
THE HAGUE. May 1.-THE Dutch
commercial paper Exports and I'M
ports has an interesting article on
economic espionage. against which. it
points out, neutrals are helpless. and
asks whether neutrals will be obliged
to take sides in the economic war after
the war. pointing out that the knowl-
edge gained and still being gained by
the belligerents about the neutrals and
their economic life is invaluable, as.
when the military war is finished, an
economic war Is evidently to be
waged with undiminished force.
The London Times indicates this in
an article entitled Foreign Trade Pol
ICY" advocating the supplying Of Brit
fsh firms with information gained
through consuls. censors. oversee trusts,
blacklists, etc. 1t Is to be expected
that other entente countries will fol-
low the example. so that trade between
the belligerents will be impossible and
neutrals will be forced to take sides
The Dutch paper feebly protests that
this is an insult to every neutral mer-
chant. 1t is evident that the Dutch,
IKE the Germans. are awakening to the
fact that the allies also hold trump
cards economically. and that even after
the war their striving at neutralism
will have to continue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-05-13
IMPASSE NOW REACHED
IN AFFAIRS OF IRELAND
Parliamentary Party's Efforts Ap-
pear to Have Been Baked by
Sim Feiners.
Especial Cablegram to The Sunday star
and New York WOrid.l

Especial CableEram to The Sunday Star
and New York WORLDLY
Copyright. 1917. by Press Publishing Company.
New York World)
LONDON. May 12.-The Irish parlia-
mentary party Is In the biggest crisis
Of the many 1t has encountered and
overcome in the past thirty-fiye years
Its members regard the result Of the
South Longford election 20 direct a blow
to their representative position that the
strongest action IS being considered.
1t is understood that while the whole
party agrees that the Sim Fein successes
have undermined their position SO seri-
ously they can no longer claim to rep
resent the Irish people. there is a DIFF
ference of opinion whether the party
Sim Feiners and government face to
face or whether having resigned, they
should contest their seats again as the
only constitutional means of deciding
whether Ireland really wants them or
the Sim Feiners. The majority is be-
lieved to hold they should go down fight
Ing IL they go down at all
This frame of mind among the Irish
leaders plainly indicates they do not ex-
pect the government solution Of the
Irish problem to be offered Thursday
will be acceptable. They seem convinced
that any scheme involving any sort of
partition will be repudiated by Ireland
and some species Of partition seems to
be the foundation of any solution ten
dered by the government The Irish
party blames the government and particu-
larly the late coalition government for
the impasse now reached in Irish affairs.
The Irish party position is that 1t ac-
complished its task when it got
home rule on the statute books and
failure to put the act into operation
played into the hands OF the Sim Fem
ers. while by including Carson in the
cabinet the government presented the
Sim Fetnors with q winning card II In
one Of the ironies Of the tragic situation
that at no time has British unionist
feeling been so favorable to home rule
as now, but the Orangemsn and Slim
t'einers have between them apparently