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The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-12-27
CARD OF THANKS

We desire to thank every one of our
friends who were kind to us in any
way during the sickness and death of
our loved one. Also thanking the
neighbors forIthe flowers they sent.
Mr.. VIM. H. Ludwig,
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brasse
and relatives.
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-12-27
BURBANK

Mrs. Anna E. Mccoy Georl widow
of F. W. George, died Saturday, Dec.
21, at o'clock, at her residence here.
She was born Aug. 13, 1874, and her
The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1918-12-27
SOUTHWEST MEDINA. COUNTY
Continued from page six)

(COnLlnued Ifom page SIX ~. sss.rz
Mrs. Earl Basom spent Sunday af-
ternoon at the George Robb home.
Christmas promises to be a quiet
day in Pawnee.
The James Eden family expect to
move to Columbus soon.
Harry Welsh is moving from near
Homer to the I. J. Betz farm.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
REVIVE REPORT THAT
GORGAS WILL RETIRE
Rumored That Gen. Ireland Will
Be Surgeon General.

The report that Mai. Gen. w. C.
Gorgas. Surgeon General of the
United states army. is to retire Octo-
ber 3, which was heard here some
weeks before Secretary Baker went
to Europe. was revived yesterday.
The War Department makes the same
comment that 1t did some months ago
that there was nothing to announce
on the subject. Secretary Baker and
Gen. Gorgas are In Europe.
1t Is also reported that Gen. Cor
gas, after retirement. will be assigned
20 duty as medical representative of
the United States on the Supreme
War Council at Versailles, and that
his position of Surgeon General is TO
be given. to Maj. Gen. Merritt w.
Ireland, who is now chief surgeon of
the American Expeditionary Forces.
Brig. Gen. Robert z. Noble, 1t is also
reported, will relieve Gen. Ireland in
France.
Gen. Gorgas Is famous the world
over. Gen. Noble has since the entry
of the United States into the war been
on duty here and has been in charge
of the provision of the armies abruad
and hero with hospital equipment and
buildings.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
CALL FOR DATA
IN TIMES CASE
Senators Ask Documents
Bearing on Brisbane
Purchase:

Attorney General Gregory and A.
Afitct eli Palmer, Alien Property Gus
todian. were called upon yesterday by
the Senate Judiciary subcommittee.
appointed to investigate the purchase
of the Washington Times by Arthur
Brisbane, to produce the documentary
evidence referred to in the Jones
resolution.
In the resolution the Senate calls
upon the Department of Justice and
its United States district attorneys
to produce the evidence and docu-
ments" in their possession.
The subcommittee met yesterday
morning Mt II O'Clock and decided to
ask for the documents before deter
mining whether or not the iivestiSa-
ton will cover the activities Of Ger
man-American> brewers throughout
the entire country. Until the docu-
ments have been placed In their
hands it is improbable that the sub
committee will hold another meeting
When the meeting is called, prob
ably early next week, the committee
will decide what witnesses are to be
summoned.
1t is the opinion Of the majority OF
the members OF the committee that
the resolution should be interpreted
in its broader sense.
The committee appointed to conduct
tho investigation consists of Senator
Overman, chairman, and Senators
King, Walcott, Nelson and Sterling.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
NO ACTION BARRING
EARLY USE OF COAL
Fuel Administration Asks Only Care
full Conservation.

United States Fuel Administrator
Garfield yesterday said:
Neither the United States Fuel
Administrator nor the Federal fuel
administrator for New York has is
sued any order that coal be not used
Tor domestic heating before Novem-
ber /. We are advised that a letter
has been sert out over the name of
the National Retail Coal Merchants
Association, asking consumers to re-
fTain from using coal in furnaces Or
stoves at least untfr-November /.
1T is recognized that during the
coming winter every reasonable effort
must be made TO conserve fuel II the
available supply is TO meet the neces-
sary needs. While the Fuel Admin
istration strongly urges conservation
and bespeaks the cooperation of
the public. it does not insist upon un-
reasonable requirements or that its
request for conservation be complied
with when compliance would be un-
reasonable or would result in sickness
or injury to health"
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
Fire Chiefs Automobile
Runs Into Electric Pole
While Answering AIarn,

For some unknown reason, an cleo
tric lisht pole, which Is usually To-
Gated at First street and Indiana ave-
nue. northwest, got in the way of the
big red automobile OF Acting Deputy
Fire Chief Andrew jackson Sullivan
yesterday.
The pole was completely deroiish-
ed. The automobile was slightly hurt.
hut not enough to keep II from the
fire, which was in the immediate
vicinity. Chauffeur John Wasmiller.
OF No. II Engine Company. who was
driving the car at the time. scowled
at the pole and went on his way.
Neither he nor his chief were hurt,
but both were a trifie peeved.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
FOOD COUNCIL
STARTED HERE
Citizens Meeting Adopts
Constitution and Hears
Administrator.

Work on the organization of a
Citizens Food Council was started
when representatives of the civic
organizations of Washington adopt
ed a constitution last night.
Almost every citizens association
in the city. of which there are
about sixty, was represented at the
meeting. Compissioner Gardiner.
who called the meeting to order. ex-
pressed the desire OF the local Cow
ernmept to cooperate in the work
of the council.
The meeting was addressed by
Clarence Wilson, the local Food Ad-
ministrator. who pointed out the
difficulties which beset the local au-
thorities in regard to the food sit
uation. He stated that high prices
did not necessarily mean profteer-
ing, but II did mean profiteering
when the dealers took advantage of
the crowded condition of the city
and of the markets to charge a
price which provided for more than
a fair margin of profit.
Must Rely ON Dealers.
In pointing out the reason why the
action taken in the cases of those
men who were found to be protiteers
was not more drastic. Mr.. Wilson
stated that the food administration
had no definite price fixing power and
therefore had to rely on the co-opcra-
tion OF the dealers in order to secure
the desired effects. The case of tie
consumer who Is willing 20 pay any
price for food was pointed out as en-
Couraging profteering. The adminIs-
traitor said that this must be stopped.
The food committee of the Park
View Citizens Association, at whose
instigatlon the meeting was called,
submitted a constitution, which was
adopted after some discussion as TO
the qualifications which should be
necessary for membership.
A second meeting at which the or
ganization will he completed and off,
GERS elected will be held IN the Dis
trict Building two weeks from to-
night.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
LEAGUE PARK SHOW
OPENING POSTPONED

The Dare Devils were unable to
open their show at the American
League Baseball Park last night and
hundreds of people were turned away
disappointed. Through the shortage
Of labor and the immense amount of
work necessary for the preparations
and the electrical construction work
the managers found that it was inn
possible to give a performance.
1t Is promised that all will be ready
for this afternoon and there will
be a matinee today as well AS an
evening performance. The locul
newsboys invited by Clark Grifith
will be granted admission this even
ing and all tickets issued for last
nsGht will be honored at either of
today's performances. The Dare Dew
Ills will remain at the park for two
weeks and will gIve two performance
daily.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
SERB COMMUNIQUE
TELLS OF GREAT DRIVE
Capture Bell Kamen. Hill ITO. Stip
and Beeosloyatz.

The following Serbian official COM
munique was issued through the lega-
ton here yesterday:
Sept 26.-On September Is our
troops took a very important position.
Bell Kamen, Hill ITO. north of Demir
Kapou. The same day. they entered
Stip, and have also taken Mont Be-
goslovatz. On the morning OF Sep
tember 26 our cavalry, in pursuit OF
the enemy, entered the town of
Kotchani. On the west our line Is
along the road connecting the towns
of Stip and Veles. Fighting is pro-
ceeding close to Veles. Our troops
have taken a great number of Bull
garian and German prisoners as well
as enormous war materials. In the
flight of the Bulgarians from our ad-
yancing cavalry they left in the roads
a vast amount of different war ma
terials and military trucks. Our prog
ress to the north at this moment is
reaching 30 kilometers in a straight
line.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
INFLUENZA MAY
HALT TROOPS
DUEFOR CAMP
Epidemic Likely to Delay
Mobilization of $4,000
In October.

1t IL regarded as well within the
range of possibility that the General
Stsr may shortly reconsider its order
to Provost Marshal General Crowder
TO halt the entrainment Of the 1890
registrants of the former draft which
had been previously fixed for the sec
ond week in October.
While the wisdom OF the order Il
unauestioned as a measure OF safety
in case OF a continued and rapid in
crease IN the spread and growth of the
influenza contagion, there Is an I'M
dercurrent of opinion here that it may
have given undue emphasis TO the
subject
siacking-Up Feared.
1t has been suggested that the order
may be seized upon in some quarters
as a pretext for a Stacking up in the
top-speed program Of the War De-
paTtment which may even extend 10
Industrial activities.
Those who entertain this view
would not be surprised by the issu-
ancs Of another order within a short
Uue 1NlnZ a new early uale LOT tn6
entrainment Of registTants affected.
Provost Marshal General Crowdel
. yesterday made il plain that the men
ace Of the epidemic, unless IT assumed
fmminently grave proportions, would
not hold back the work of getting tbs
Class 1 men Of the September u draft
into uniform at the earliest possible
moment. When asked If the ordel
would interfere in any way with the
program Of the Provost Marshal Gen
erals Office. he replied:
1T certainly will not result in any
Stacking up Of the permanent pro-
gram. IL the call Is revived the DAY
after tomorrow it would furnish u
no embarrassment in this office We
would simply proceed with new dates
u might require the railroads to gel
out new schedules with the usual de.
lay the railroads exact OF Us in the
transportation of men"
He added that the men affected by
the order will naturally be delayed
until later in the month Of October
which would affect to that extent the
amount OF training they would have
on this side before embarkinS over
seas Student army training camps
will assemble on October l as here
tofore arranged.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
Rose Rosnasky Petitions
Court to Change Name

Alleging that il was a detriment
and a burden to bear her present
name, Rose Rosnasky yesterday made
application to the equity court to
have it changed. She wishes TO use
the name Rose Ross. Mrs. Rosnasky
is naturalized American citizen.
She was born at Hirshberg. Schlesian,
Germany. but came to this country
shortly after birth.
She says that her German name
leads people 10 believe that she IS
pro-German. 1t Is probable the court
will grant her request.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
U. S. FREIGHT SERVICE
OPENS ON MISSISSIPPI
Three Steel Barge. Leave St. Loui.
Today for New Orleans.

A towboat and three steel barges.
carrying ZOO tons of grain and mis-
cellaneous freight. will leave 81. Louis
this afternQon at e O'Clock for New
Orleans. Director General McAdoo an
nounced yesterday.
This will signalize the initial de-
parture OF the government service on
the mississippi River with the tempo
rary equipment which has been found
available and which at present con-
ststs Of five towboats and thirty steel
barges.
Weekly departures from both ST
Louis and New Orleans are contern-
plated. although the capacity of the
carriers is very limited at present.
The permanent feet which is being
planned will have much greater ca
pacity.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
THREE D. c. RCR3ERIES
REPORTED TO POLICE

Three people, victims OF thieves, re-
ported their losses to police head
quarters yesterday.
Salvatore Asaro registered the first
complaint to the police by reporting
the loss OF his poCketbook containing
$40. He believed that he had been
robbed while he slept last night in
his room at 924 Twenty-fourth street.
While away from her home yester-
day, Mrs. Alice NJ. Groves. OF % r
street, northeast reported that her
room was entered and her handbag
taken. Her Durse contained $50 worth
of war savings stamps and 1888 in
cash.
Miss Mary Delveccho. 1902 Eleventh
street southeast told the police that
her dime savings bank was taken
from her home some time this woek
by a thief. She had deposited 100
dimes in her bank.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
Special Draft Examinations.

To provide for the voluntary Undue
ton of certain registrants at the re-
quest OF the army. navy or Marine
Corps, local boards have been in
structed that such registrants who
have made application for commits
SONS in the staff corps of the army.
direct from civil life. may be eN-
amined out OF their turn. as to their
physical fitness.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
HUN BOMBS AMBULANCE.
Vehicle Used for Carrying Children
TARGET for Airman.

a German airplane has bombed q
children's ambulance belonging to the
American Fund for French Wounded
and used to transport patients from
district Red Cross dispensaries to the
American Red Cross hospital at TouI.
according to news just reaching head
quarters. The ambulance it seems
was waiting in front of a police sta
tion at when the bomb struck
the car, burying it in the shattered
walls of a house across the street.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
Battery Named After Hero.

The twelve-inch battery at Fort
Crockett, Tex. has been named Bat
terry Leonard Hoskins" by order of
the Secretary of War in honor of Sec
ond Lieut. Leonard Hoskins. Coast
Artillery Corps. Lieut.. Hoskins was
the son of Daniel +. Hoskins. of East
Las Vegas. n. Mex. He was killed in
action June IS last.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
20 Members Required
p NoU o. tcNzFs.
Eousa as 0as Slot

"a tafef trsaH.- -..-....s.. of IN,
iiouse OF Representatives to order IN,
counting Of a vote by tellers, ana
the House was one vote shy Of thif
number yesterday while amendment
10 the administration emerFenc,
power bill was being considered. Ths
other 4le members were absent. hsv.
ing left the city in anticipation Of a
recess.
On one amendment, ten member
voted in the Affirmative and nine IL
the negative. When demand for tel.
1ers was made, Uncle Joe" Cannon
pointed out that this could not be
done without an additional vote. Nc
more members could be found, so tbs
request for tellers was dropped.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28

For the publica ton Of an article en-
titled, America is the Obstacle"
which the American charge d'affairs
considered insulting to the United
States, the Swedish Journal Alton
bladet, Of Stockholm, is to be prose-
Cuted
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28
ENGINEERS OFFERED
NAVAL COMMISSIONS

Junior lieutenanCies will be created
in the navy for civil engineers who
are able to PASS an examination and
qualify In other respects, the Navy
Department announced last ight. De-
tails concerning examinations ca be
obtained from the Bureau OF Yards
and Docks here.
Men now enrolled in the naval re-
serve are eligible to take this exami-
nation. No person, however. who will
be under % or over 35 on November
II will be permitted to qualify. In
addition to an allowance for COM
mutation of quarters, light and heat,
the pay will be $500 a year.
London.-In a report issued by the
government on application for pat
ents. 1910 were from enemy subjects.
Of which S44 were granted. Agitation
for the notification of these patents
is constantly heard.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-28

Other Suits-Conserya.
tive and Young mems
SIS to S65.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11

must confess that we got little i'm.
patient, although I'VE realized that
every time a new man was called 1t
meant that some one else had, in all
probability, been killed. wounded or
captured.
One morning an order came in for
scout pilot and one of my, friends
was assigned. I can tell you the rest
OF us were as envious Of him as If it
were the last chance any Of US were
ever going to have to get to the front.
As it was, however, hardly more than
three hours had elapsed before an
other wire was received at the mess
and I was ordered to follow my
friend. afterward learned that as
soon as he arrived at the squadron he
prevailed upon the commanding off,
Ger of the squadron to wire for me.
At the Pool Pilots Mess it was the
custom Of the officers to wear shorts"
-breeches that are about eight inches
long, like the boy scouts wear, leav-
Ing space of about eight inches of
open country between the top Of the
puttees and the end Of the shorts. The
Australians wore them In Salonih and
ut the Dardanelles.
When the order came in for me,
had these shorts" on, and didn't
have time to change into other clothes.
Indeed. I was In such a sweat to get
to the front that II I had been in my
pajamas think I would have gone
that way. AS 1t was, 1t was raining
and 1 threw an overcoat over me,
jumped into the machine, and we made
record time to the airdrome to which
had been ordered to report.
AS alighted from the automobile
my overcoat blew open and displayed
my manly form attired In "shorts" in
stead Of in the regulation flying
breeches, and the sight aroused con-
siderable commotion In camp.
Must be Yankeer" I overheard
one officer say to another as 1 ap-
preached. mo one but Yankee would
have the cheek to show up that way,
you knowW
But they laughed good-naturedly as
came up to them, and welcomed me
to the squadron, and was soon very
much at home.
My squadron was one of four sta
toned at an airdrome about eighteen
miles back Of the Ypres line. There
were 18 pilots in our squadron. which
was scout squadron, scout machines
carrying but one man.
A scout. sometimes called a fighting
scout, has no bomb dropping or recon-
noitering to do. His duty Is just to
fight. or, as the order was given to me,
'sYou are expected to pick fights and
not wait until they come to you'll"
When bomb droppers 60 out over
the lines In the daytime a scout squad
ron usually conveys them. The bomb
droppers fly at about twelve thousand
feet. and scouts q thousand feet or 30
above them.
II at any time they should be at
tackled, It 10 the duty Of the scouts to
dive down and carry ON the fight, the
orders Of the bomb droppers being to
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11
PREFACE

There Is q common idea that the age
Of miracles is past. Perhaps 1t is, but
If SO, the change must have come about
within the past few weeks-after es-
capped into Holland. r'or If anything is
certain in this life it is this: this book
never would have been written but for
the succession of miracles set forth in
these pages.
Miracles, luck, coincidence, Provi-
dence-it doesn't matter much what
you call it-certainly played an impor-
tant part In the series Of hair-breadth
escapes in which figured during my
short but eventful appearance in the
great drama now being enacted across
the seas. Without 1t, all my efforts and
sufferings would have been quite un-
availing.
No one realizes this better than do
and 1 want to repeat it right here be-
cause elsewhere in these pages may
appear occasionally to overlook or
minimize it: without the help of Provi-
dence I would not be here today.
But this same Providence which
brought me home safely, despite all
the dangers which beset me, may work
similar miracles for others, and 1t is in
the hope Of encouraging other poor
devils who may find themselves in situ-
ations as hopeless apparently as mine
Oftentimes were that this book is writ
ten.
When this cruel war is over-which
/ trust may be sooner than I expect 1t
to be- hope I shall have an oppor-
tpnity to revisit the scenes of my ad-
ventures and to thank in person in an
adequate manner every one who ex-
tended a helping hand to me when 1
was wretched fugitive. All of them
took great risks in befriending an es-
capped prisoner and they did it without
the slightest hope Of reward. At the
same time hope shall have chance
to pay my compliments to those who
endeavored to take advantage of my
distress.
In the meanwhile, however, can
only express my thanks in this ineffec-
tive manner, trusting that in some
mysterious way copy Of this book
may fall into the hands of every one
who befriended me. I hope particular
ly that every good Hollander who
played the part of the Good Samari-
tan to me so bountifully after my es-
cape from Belgium will see these pages
and feel that l am absolutely sincere
when say that words cannot begin to
express my sense of gratitude to the
Dutch people.
1t is needless for me to say how
deeply 1 feel for my fellow-prisoners
In Germany who were less fortunate
than l. Poor, poor fellows-they are
the real victims of the war. hope that
every one Of them may soon be re-
stored to that freedom whose value
never fully realized until after had
had to fight so hard to regain It.
PAT O'BRIEN.
Momence, ILL.,, January II. 1918.
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11

whacks than I was looking for later
on.
Needless to say, my parents were
very much opposed to my risking my
life at what was undoubtedly Mt mat
time one of the most hazardous "pas-
times" young fellow could select, and
every time had a smashup or some
other mishap I was ordered never to 60
near an aviation field again.
So went out to California. There
another fellow and I built our own
machine, which we flew in various
parts Of the state.
In the early part Of 1915, when tsou-
BILE was brewing In Mexico. I Joined the
American flying corps. was sent to
San Diego, where the army flying
school is located. and spent about eight
months there, but as I was anxious to
get into active service and there didn't
seem much chance of America ever
getting into the war, resigned and,
crossing over to Canada, Joined the
Royal Flying corps at Victoria, b. 9.
was sent to Camp Borden, Toronto,
first to receive instruction aud later to
instruct. While cadet I made the
first loop ever made by a cadet in Can
ada, and after I had performed the
stunt I half expected to be kicked out
of the service for 1t. Apparently, how
ever, they considered the source and
let 1t go at that. Later on had the
satisfaction Of introducing the loop
as part Of the regular course Of in
struction for cadets In the r. F. c.,
and want to say right here that Camp
Borden has turned out some Of the
best fliers that have ever gone to
France.
In May, 1917. I and seventeen other
Canadian fiiers left for England on the
Meganic, where we were to qualify
for service In France. 3t
Our squadron consisted of nine
Americans, O. G. Robinson. II. A. Mil
lei. T. 8. McClurg. A. A. Allen, q. B.
Garnet. 81. X. Boysen. 81. A. Smeeton
and A. A. Taylor, and myself, and nine
Britishers, Paul n. Raney, ]. r. Park.
G. Nelmes, c. r. Moore, T. L. Atkin.
son, +. Q. Conry, A. Muir, z. A. L. f.
smith ana A. q. Jones.
Within a few weeks after our ar
rival In England all of us had won our
"wings"-the insignia worn on the
left breast by every pilot ON the west
ern front.
We were all sent to a place In
France known as the Pool Pilots Mess.
Here men gather from all the training
sQuadrons in Canada and England and
await assignments to the particular
squadron Of which they are to Secome
members.
The Pool Pilots Mess is situated q
few miles back Of the lines. When
ever pilot Is shot down or killed the
Pool Pilots Mess is notified to send an
other to take his place.
There are 30 many casualties every
day In the r. F. @. at one point Of
the front or another that the demand
for new pilots is quite active, but when
. fellow is itching to get into the fieht
! - badly as I and my friends were
Gilpin observer., 1918-07-11
CHAPTER u.
! eeeame . FIqhtlna seout.

OeSaV IIUHSIHU cC0uts
started flying In Chicago in 1912. I
was then eighteen years old, but had
had hankering for the air ever since
can remember.
As youngster followed the ex-
ploits Of the Wrights with the greatest
Interest, although I must confess I
sometimes hoped that they wouldn't
really conquer the air until I had had
whack at It myself. / got more