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The evening leader., 1918-08-06
Earl Reading
Arrives London
British High Commissioner Is.
U. S. Goes Home to
Confer on War

New York, Aug. 6.--Earl Reading,
British ambassador and high commits
sloner to the United States, has arriv-
ed IN London, it was announced here
today by the British bureau of infor.
nation. His mission is to confer with
the British war cabinet, it was stated,
TARP0N BOY IN HUN PRISON
London, Aug. 5, 1918.
Mrs. F. Booth,
Tarpon Springs, Fla.
Private w. R. M. Booth now report
ed prisoner Of war in Germany, Cam
not stated.
WAR OFFICE.
The evening leader., 1918-08-06

now in France:
July 2.
pear Mother:
| received your letter yesterday af-
ernoon and would have written then
'ut went to the dentist to get my
eeth worked on, which l had put off
or the last thing. Your letter was
|ated June sth, SO it made good time.
/ am still in the tank corps and
hink | have been almost all over
France. The boys are getting tired of
his "sham" battle going on over here
|ll the time, but we try to make the
lest Of it.
Well, Mother, you ask me if saw
he eclipse. All the eclipse we get is
t night-over candle; then some one
las to sit close and see that the old
Frenchman's barn doesn't get burned,
Well, by the time you get this letter
shall have been in France a year. !
an understand and talk some French.
mt not very much. / landed in this
ountry August 13, 1917, and ! think
was at four o'clock that we tied up
8 the dock.
You said for me to be careful. Well,
The evening leader., 1918-08-06
-FOUR ARE DEAD AND SCORES ARE
IPROSTRATED BY CONTINUED HEAT
WAVE IN GREATER NEW YORK CITY
RICHMOND, VA, REPORTS 1O5 DE-
GREES, BEING THE HOTTEST
ON RECORD THERE,

Washington, Aug. 6,-The shower
area of the far northwest, that is in
creasing in size, offers The only prom
ise of relief from the excessive hot
wave which today overspreads the en-
tire eastern half of the country. Re-
ief, however IS only 46 to 48 hou4s off.
..1r.s- -
New York, Aug. 6,-Four deaths
and a score of prostrations resulted
from today's continuation of the heat
wave.
los in Richmond.
Richmond, Aug. 6.-The official tenn
perature at 2 o'clock this afternoon
was 1O5, breaking all records.
The evening leader., 1918-08-06
B. G. Coachman
in France Writes
Interesting Letter

The following interesting letter was
nceived from B. G. Coachman, who
! now in France:
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15

From the moment the trnin started
on its way to Germany, the thought
kept coming to my head that unless i
could make my escape before we
reached that reprlsal camp l might as
well make up my mind, as far as
was concerned, the war was over.
1t occurred to me that II the eight
Of us in that car could jump at a given
signal and seize those four Hun guards
by surprise, we'd have splendid
chance Of besting them and jumping
Off the train when 1t first slowed down,
but when I passed the idea on to my
comrades they turned 1t down. Even
If the plan worked out as gloriously
as had pictured, they pointed out,
the fact that so many Of US had es-
capped would almost inevitably result
In our recapture. The Huns would
have secured Belgium till they had
got US and then we would all be shot.
Perhaps they were right.
Nevertheless, was determined that
no matter what the others decided to
do, l was going to make one bid for
freedom, come what might.
AS we passed through village after
village In Belgium and l realized that
we were getting nearer and nearer to
that dreaded reprlsal camp, l con-
cluded that my one and only chance OF
getting free before we reached 1t was
through the window l would have
to go through that window while the
train was going full-speed, because II
l waited until 1t had slowed up or
stopped entirely, 1t would be simple
matter for the guards to overtake or
shoot me.
opened the window. The guard
who sat opposite me-so close that
his feet touched mine and the stock
OF his gun which he held between his
knees occasionally struck my foot
made no objection, imagining no doubt
that found the car too warm or that
the smoke, with which the compart-
ment was filed. annoyed me.
AS I opened the window, the noise
the train was making as 1t thundered
along grew louder. 1t seemed to say
you're a fool IL you do; you're fool
II you don't-you're fool II yod do
you're a fool If you don't-and said
to myself "the noes have It, and
closed down the window again.
AS soon as the window was closed,
the noise Of the train naturally sub
sided and Its speed seemed to dimin'
ish, and my plan appealed to me
stronger than ever.
I knew the guard In front OF me
didn't understand a word Of English
and so, In a quiet tone Of voice, l con
flded to the English officer who sal
next me what had planned to do.
"For Gods sake, Pat, chuck IT." he
urged. "Dont be lunatlc! This rail-
road is double-tracked and rock-bal
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15

lasted and the other track Is on your
side. You stand every chance In the
world of knocking your brains out
against the rails, or hitting bridge or
n whlstllng post, and If you escape
those you will probably be hit by an
other train on the other track. You
haven't one chance in thousand to
make It'll"
There was n good deal of logic In
what he said, but figured that once
was in that reprlsal camp | might
never have even one chance In thou
sand to escape, and the idea of re-
naming n prisoner Of war indefinitely
went against my grain. l resolved to
take my chance now at the risB OF
breaking my neck.
The car vas full Of smoke. looked
across at the guard. He was rather an
old man, going home on leave, and he
seemed to be dreaming Of what was in
store for him rather than paying any
particular attention to me. once In a
while had smiled at him, and figured
that he hadn't the slightest idea of
what was going through my mind all
the time we had been travelling.
| began to cough as though my throat
was badly lrrltated by the smoke and
then / opened the window again. This
time the guard looked up and showed
his disapproval, but did not say any
thing.
II was then O'Clock In the morn
ing and would soon be light. knew |
had to do It right then, or never, us
there would be no chance to escape in
the daytime.
had on a trench coat that I had
used as n flying coat and wore my
bnapsack, which l had constructed
out of a gas bag brought into Courtrai
by n British prisoner. IN this | had
two pieces of bread, piece of sau-
sage and pair of flying mittens. All
of them had to go with me through the
window.
The train was now going Mt rate of
between thirty and thlrty-flve miles an
hour. and again 1t seemed to admonlsh
me as 1t ratified along over the ties,
you're n fool If you do--you're n fool
IL YOU don't. You're fool II you don't
you're fool If you do. You're n fool
If you don't"
waited no longer. Standing upon
the bench as IL to put the bag on the
rack and taking hold of the rack with
my left hand md strap that hung
from the top of the car with my right
| pulled myself up, showed my feet and
legs out of the window and let go.
There was a prayer on my lips as
went out, and | expected a bullet be-
tween my shoulders, but II was all
over In MI instant.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15

conversation Jagged, and | suppose II
Is the same in other prisons too. What
were the chances Of escape.
Every man seemed to have differ
ent idea and one way, | suppose, was
about as impracticable as another.
None Of US ever expected to get a
chance to put our Ideas into execution,
but 1t was interesting speculation, and
anyway one can never tell what OPP
portunltles might present themselves.
One suggestion was that we disguise
ourselves as women. "O'Brlen would
stand a better chance disguised as a
norse" declared another, referring to
the fact that my height Il am six feet
two inches) would make me more con-
spicuous as q woman than as man.
Another suggested that we steal a
German Gotha--a type Of airplane
used for long-distance bombing. 1t Is
these machines which are used for
bombing London. They are manned
by three men, one sitting In front with
machine gun, the pilot sitting behind
him and an observer sitting In the rear
with another machine gun. We fig
ured that, at pinch, perhaps, seven
or eight Of us could make our escape
In single machine. They have two
motors of very high horse power, fly
very high and make wonderful speed.
But we had no chance to put this idea
to the test.
worked out another plan by which
1 thought might have chance If |
could ever get into one Of the German
airdromes. / would conceal myself in
one of the hanga.s, walt until one Of
the German machines started out, and
as he TAXED along the ground would
and point excltedly at his wheels. This
| figured, would cause the pilot to stop
and get out to see what was wrong.
BY that time would be up to him, and
as he stopped over to inspect the ma
chine, l could knock him senseless,
Jump into the machine and be over the
lines before the Huns could make up
their minds just what had happened.
1t was fine dream, but my
chance was not to come that way.
There were dozens Of other ways
which we considered. One man would
be for endeavorlng to make his way
right through the lines. Another
thought the safest plan would be to
swim some river that crossed the lines.
The idea Of making ones way to
Holland, q neutral country, occurred
to everyone, but the one great obstacle
in that direction, we all realized, was
the great barrier of barbed and elec-
trically charged wire which guards ev'
cry foot of the frontier between Bel
GUM and Holland. and which is closely
watched by the German sentrles.
This barrier was three-fold affair
II consisted first of barbed wire wall
six feet high. Six feet beyond that
was nine-foot wall Of wire power
fully charged with electricity. Tc
touch 1t meant elsctrocution. Beyond
that, at distance Of six feet, was
another wall Of barbed wire. six feet
high.
Beyond the barrier lay Holland ant
liberty, but how to get there was {
problem which none Of us could solvt
and few of us ever expected to hav,
chance to try.
Mine came sooner than l expected
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15

must have followed my escape, they
probably didn't stop within half Of q
mile from the spot where lay.
/ came to within few minutes and
when l examined myself and found no
bones broken, didn't stop TO worry
about my cuts and bruises, but jumped
up with the Idea of putting us great a
distance between me and that track rs
possible before daylight came. Still be-
Ing dazed, | forgot all about the bnrbed
wire fence along the right Of way and
ran full tilt into It. Right there ! lost
one Of my two precious pieces of bread.
which fell out Of my knapsack, but ]
could not stop to look for II then.
The one thing that was uppermost in
my mind was that for the moment ]
was free, and 1t was up to me now to
make the most Of my liberty.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
CTO BE CoNTINUEDJ
TRAIN MIND TO REMEMBER
BY the Proper Exercise Of viii Ono
Can Teach the Brain to Regis
ter Photographs.

A man who has a wonderful memory
says in the American Magazine:
II you can train your right arm to
deliver good blow, you can train
your memory to retain fncts There
are just as many nabby-mlnded men
in the world as there are nabby-bodied
ones. Both kinds OF nabblness are due
to lazlness, the one mental, the other
physical. Z
Above all. you must remember that
the brain is n Photographic machine
and you can make II take an enormous
number Of photographs. don't con-
tend that each man may eventually
have MS good memory ns his neigh
boris, but am firmly convinced that
90 men out OF 100 can have better and
more serviceable memories than they
now have.
Teach your brain to register photo
graphs Of what you want 1t to retain.
Be enthusiastic about II. Work ut II
every day while you are doing your
other work. It isn't very hard. Most
men use about 30 per cent Of their
available energy when they're work
Ing. Concentrate on what you are
doing. Let II soak into you. Absorb
lt--and always absorb 1t with the con-
vlctlon that II is going to stay aD'
sorbed.
There you nave my recipe for
good memory: Determine to remem'
her, don't worry, and learn how not to
let your office worries and work go to
bed with you at highland. above all
things, get into the open and give ma
ture n chance. Fresh air and sum
shine have as beneficial an effect on
the memory as they do on the other
parts of your general makeup.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
ulbra,lons Ear Can Detect.

The ordinary human ear can detect
n tone whose vibration rate Is at least
25,000 vibrations second, while the
whistle will produce 10000 second.
This upper limit varies with the age
of the individual TO such an extent
that, II the upper limit at sixteen
years Of age were $4,000 vibrations, at
sixty years of age II would be about
$4,000 Y second ;
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
Elnwers ON Mountain Tons.

II Is known that upon many OF the
SUBMITS Of the high mountain ridges
Of the Hawaiian islands, In the re-
glons Of heavy rainfall, are open bogs
which support n peculiar and interest
ing flora. Many species form more or
less hemspherical tussocks which rise
above the general level Of the bog. A
snowy lobclla with numerous large
cream-colored flowers as much as
three and half inches long, peculiar
yiolets and n sundew are found there.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
100000 LETTERS FROM FRANCE.
And All Started Promptly For Their
Destinations.

Washington than 100000
letters from American soldiers In
France have been received at Atlantic
ports since July 80 and the Postonice
Department announced that every ona
of them started for It's destination
within "a hours after It's arrival One
ship brought 2,S2s.oOo letters and an
other 100000 ON August :. ana ship
arriving August brought 2,oSl.oQo
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
Mozart Always composlna.

After stating that While composing
Mozart never went TO the piano, Me
metschek remarks: "lIis imagination
distinctly and vividly presented to him
the whole work he had conceived"
Mozart, as he told his father, was al.
ways immersed In music, went about
with It all day. and liked TO speculate.
study and reflect. From his wife we
learn that his mind was always In mo-
ton, that he was continually compos-
inc
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
ITALIANS FLY OVER VIENNA.
Drop Manlfestoes And Return Un'
molested

Rome--A squadron Of Italian air
planes, commanded by Captain Ga
briele d'Annunzio, has flown over
Vienna and dropped maniiestoes. The
planes were not molested.
The official communication issued by
the War Office says:
Enemy detachments twice attacked
the Col Del Rosso salient, but were
repulsed.
1--WE have bombed the military es'
adjustment at Pola. Near Trent two
hostile machines We're brought down"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
CHAPTER vi.
A Leap for Liberty.

I had been in prison at Courtrai
nearly three weeks when, on the morn
Ing Of September 9th, and six other
officers were told that we were to be
transferred to a prison camp in Ger
many.
One of the guards told me during the
day that we were destined for re-
prisal camp in Strassburg. They were
sending us there to keep our alrmen
from bombing the place.
He explained that the English car
rled German officers on hospital ships
for a similar purpose and he excused
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15

I landed on my left side and face
burylng my face In the rock ballast,
cutting It open and closing my left
eye. skinnlng my hands and shlns and
strainlng my ankle. For n few mo-
ments I was completely knocked out,
and If they shot at me through the
window, in the first moments after my
escape. l had no way Of knowing.
OF course, II they could have stopped
the train right then, they could easily
have recaptured me. but at the speed 1t
was going and In the confusion which
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15
rpoM THE WINDOW OF A TRAIN RUNNING 35 MILES AN
HOUR, 3RlEN MAKES LEAP FOR LIBERTY.

evnopss-Pat resident Of Momence Ill., after seeing
e In the flying the Mexican border In 19o
% he British Royal Flying Canada and after brief train
@ norod He assigned squadron In active
vce front He in several hot fights with German
% from victorious Finally in fight with four
non yers lie falls 5000 feet and escaping
b by miracle awakes to find himself prisoner In German
ta with bullet hole in his mouth After few days In the
honitol he is a prison camp at Courtrai.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1918-08-15

Travelling at night and hiding
by day, subsisting on raw vege-
tables stolen from gardens,
o'Brien crawls through Ger
many and Luxembourg toward
Belgium. Some Of the terrible
hardships that he endured and
the perils that he encountered
are described In the next In
stallment.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-12-18
WHALE CANNING
IN CANADA
U. S. Commerce Report.

A Canadian whaling company has
been canning whale meat for a num-
Der of months in British Columbia. In
a letter to the Commercial Intelligence
brance Of the Canadian Department of
Trade and Commerce, it says:
lowing to. the demand for whale
meat for food we have erected a can
merry where we expect to pack 10000
to $4,000 cases of whale meat this sea-
son. We have also erected three cold
storage plants to- handle frozen whale
meat. We also own and operate two
freight steamers, n Of which has a
cold storage capacity of 500 tons. The
specie of whales taken on this coast
yields three to IL tons of prime meat,
and only the prime meat is used by
us at the present time for canning or
freezing for food. At our plants the
meat is handled in an absolutely sani-
tary manner, and to this end we have
gone to considerable expense. Owing
to the whale being a hot blooded man.
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-12-18
ALLIES ARE FED
BY SELF denial
Generous Doing Without il
America Supplied Food
to Europe.

Exports from this country since 1t
entered the war have kept starvation
from Allied Europe and have main
tanned the health and strength of those
who have been bearing the brunt of
II battles. so that they could hold
u to victory. Now that hostilities
have ceased we must the add
ed burden of keeping starvation from
increasing its toll upon the millions
who have been liberated from tho
PrusSian yoke. Famine would undo
the work which has been accomplished
in freeing he world for democracy. No
stable government can be established
by hunger. A starving people turns
to rioting and anarchy. Food has
given strength and courage to the ma
lions fighting for democracy; it must
now give the nations strength and
tranquility to re-establish themselves
in freedom and democracy.
Without our help it would have been
absolutely impossible for the Allies to
maintain a living ration. Since our
entry into the wal we have been con-
tributing largely to the support Of one
hundred and twenty million people
whose normal food supplies have been
cut of, whose production has fallen
almost to the vanishing point, whose
fields have been devastated by Ger
many. The food exported from the
United States in the past year has
been sufficient to supply the complete
ration of twenty-five million people.
1t is hard to grasp the magnitude
and significance of the assistance
which has been lent the Allies b. the
patriotic. voluntary service Of the
American people. The food we sent
abroad last year would have been SUI
ficient to feed one-ffth of our popula-
ton. And this was done In spite of
the fact that we entered the year with
short crops. Our surplus was practi-
cally nothing. An overwhelming pro-
portion of the food that left this u
try last year was saved out Of the nor
NAL home consumption of our own
people.
In spite of difficulties met in inter-
nal transportation and shortage Of
ocean tonnage u food exports last
year amounted to a figure that a few
years ago would have been unbelieva-
BILE, Even the most optimistic element
of our population faced with anxious
CONSERVATION the prospect which
opened before us with the beginning
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-12-18
SUGAR TESTED
MORAL fiber
Doubters Declared Saving Sta.
pies Would Be Easy Compared
With Sacrificing Luxuries.
FIGURES SHOW RESULTS.
Americans Demonstrated Sturdy Sup.
port Of War by Conserving for
the Benefit Of the
Allies.

When figures began to show def
initely that the people Of the United
States were actually reducing their
consumption Of foods needed abroad,
the United States Food Admins
tration was told that it was com
p%aratively easy to bring about conser-
walton Of staple necessities, but that It
would be far more difficult to accom-
plish an actual decrease in the use of
luxuries. The doubters took sugar as
an example, and declared that it would
be practically impossible to bring our
consumption of sugar down to a point
that would meet only the food needs
of the people.
Now that demands upon ocean ton
mage will be lightened, European ma
lions will be able to go farther aield
for foodstuffs, and will no longer be
entirely dependent for sugar upon
North American supplies. With the
stocks now in prospect, we will have
sufficient sugar to place this country
back upon normal consumption If the
present short rations in Europe are
not materially increased. If the Eu-
rOpean ration is to be materially in
creased over the present low amount
1t al be only through the American
peoples making it possible by con-
tinued restriction to a greater or less
extent here.
The fact that the Food Administra.
ton has been able to relax the volun-
tary sugar ration is in itself proof that
the ration of two pounds per person
per month was generally observed
throughout the country. This conser-
walton allowed the Food Administra-
ton to build up a reserve, and to tide
Dver the period of scarcity, until the
the new crops of Louisiana cane and
beet sugar were ready for distribution.
The records Of the Food Admins
tration show that in July, August, Sep
TENDER and October 9 5000 tons were
distributed. Normal consumption for
that period is 100000 tons. This
shows a definite, concrete saving of
over 100000 tons. These figures APP
ply to sugar consumed, on the table, In
Lue hltCIIeu duu III luc VdTIOuS AHuuS-
tries, and show co~nclusively that in
the homes and public eating places of
America, where 20 per cent. of all our
sugar is consumed, the sugar consump-
ton has been reduced by more than
one-third.
In the four-month period begin
ming with July, this country normally
use 100000 tons of sugar per month.
Last July 100000 tons entered into
distribution. In August only 225,OO0
tons were distributed. In September
the figures showed 279,OO0 tons, and
then fell, to 100000 tons in October.
There could be no more definite
proof that the American people have
given their loyal cooperation and sup
port of the war.
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INDIANS HAVE
FLU CURE

Billings.-A large number of deaths
reported among the Indians on the
Cheyenne reservation, are due, it is
thought, to the unusual treatment of
influenza, devised by tribal medical
men.
The scourge was rife among the In
dams from the start and the tepee
doctors evolved the following "cure."
They build bonires and heat huge
granite stones.
Then buckets of water are cast upon
The Devils Lake world and inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1915-1920, 1918-12-18

Mrs. Erick Melting received a dis
patch on Thanksgiving day that her
son, Ludwig Melting had been killed in
action in France on Oct. 3rd. Ludwig
left Milton in Sept. 1917 for the train
ing camp and later went to France
where he served at the front and final
ly met his death as above stated.
Private Melting is a brother of Mrs.
A. S. Floot, and Mrs. H. o. Christoph-
er who have the sympathy of the en-
tire community in their bereavement.