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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-09-05

Joined In the general laughter which
followed every sally.
called to q German officer who was
passing our window.
you're an officer, aren't your" I
asked. respectfully enough.
"Yes. what Of itw he rejoined.
swell. In England" ! said. I'VE let
your officers who are prisoners ride
first class. Can't you fix It so that we
can be similarly treated. or least be
transferred to second-class compare
mentT
III had my way" he replied, "you'd
ride with the hogsi"
Then he turned to the crowd and
told them Of my request and how he
had answered me. and they all laughed
hilariously.
This got me pretty hot.
"That would be q D. sight
better than riding with the Germans !"
I yelled after him. but II he consid-
cred that good joke. he didn't pass
It on to the crowd.
Some months later when I had the
honor Of telling my story to King
George. he thought this incident was
one Of the best Jokes he had ever
heard. don't believe he ever laughed
harder In his life.
Before our trnin pulled out. our
guards had to present their arms for
inspection and their rides were loaded
In our presence to let US know that
they meant business.
From the mome:t the train started
on its way to Germany. the thought
kept coming to my head that unless
could make my escape before we
reached that reprlsal camp might a.
well make up my mind. as far as I
was concerned. the war was over.
II occurred to me that II the eight
Of us In that car could jump at given
signal and seize those four Hun guards
by surprise. we'd have splendid
chance OF bestlng them and jumping
OF the train when II FIRST slowed down,
but when passed the idea ON to my
comrades they turned It down. Even
II the plan worked out as gloriously
as I had pictured. they pointed out.
the fact that 80 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. was going to make one bid for
freedom. come what might.
Az we passed through village after
village In Belgium and realized that
we were getting nearer and nearer to
that dreaded reprisal camp. con-
cluded that my one and only chance Of
getting free before we reached II was
through the window! l would have
to 60 through that window while the
train was going full-speed. because II
waited until It had slowed up or
stopped entirely. 1t would be a simple
matter for the guards to overtake or
shoot ms.
I 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.
/ AZ opened the window. the noise
| the train was making as 1t thundered
: along grew louder. 1t seemed to say |:
you're q fool II you do; you're fool
II you don't-you're q fool II you do
you're fool U yCu don't"-afd q ! said
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-09-05
FROM THE WINDOW OF A TRAIN RUNNING 35 MILES AN
HOUR, 0'BRlEN MAKES LEAP FOR LIBERTY.

synopsaPat OBrien. resident Of Momence
service the American flying the Mexican
Joins the British Roya Flying Canada and after brief train
ing period sent to France He
service the 'front.' He
flyers from which he Finally fight
German flyers OBrien escaping
death BY miracle awakes to find himself
hospital, with bullet days in
hospital, he IL sent to q prison camp Courtrai
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-09-05

The ordinary human ear can dete0
tone whose vibration rate II az leass
25,O00 vibrations second. while the
whistle viii produce $1,000 o second,
This upper limit varies with the aga
Of the individual to such an exten1
that. II the upper limit at sixtesg
years Of age were $4,000 vibrations. q
sixty years Of age It weald b. abeQl
2kOO0 Z second.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-09-05
(To BE coNTINuED.3
Spanish Cedar sawdust.

Some curious sses are found for
the better kinds Of sawdust. One Of
these pertains to the Spanish cedar
sawdust, which Ii Of extreme light.
ness. 1t Is employed for packing cheap
chemicals contained In glass and ship
ped for long distances. In this rela.
ton there must be taken Into consid-
Grafton the question Of weight and
freight charges, and SO Spanish cedaS
sawdust enters the equation.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-09-05

Travelling At night and hiding
BY day, subsIstlng on raw veoe-
tables stolen from gardens,
o'6rIen crawis through Ger
many and Luxembourg toward
Belgium. Some Of the terrible
hardshlps that hs endured and
the perIis that he encountered
are described In the next In
staIimsnt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
GERMAN FORCES
Have STARTED
new RETIREMENT
First French Army Pushes
Back Foe in Face Of Desper-
ate Resistance.
(By Associated Press)

PARIS, Oct. 2S.-Germany's armies
have begun a new retreat, this time
between the Disc and the Aisne. Gen
eral Debeney's first army, in the teeth
Of stubborn resistance and repeated
counter stacks, has succeeded in
swinging it's right flank SO that it
faces east. It has reached Guise and
the Guise-Marle road, driving the en-
emy before it.
General Debeney is now in position
to push rapidly along the upper Disc
valley toward Hirson and Vervins
through a level country devoid of
streams. The first result of his pro-
gress is to force the enemy opposing
the tenth and fifth French armies. ex-
hausted by fruitless counter attacks,
to begin a backward movement which
is eventually bound to extend to the
front before Rethel This will open
to the fourth army a double passage of
the Aisne and Ardennes canal.
General Debeney's success was won
by sheer hard fighting. The import
ance the enemy attached to stopping
this progress up the Disc may be gath
cred from the fact that the Germans
yesterday threw in three fresh divis-
ions, which, however, were knocked
out
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
LIGHTLESS NIGHTS
ORDER is ISSUED

The Fuel Administrator
has announced that a vigor-
Gus campaign will now be put
on for the enforcement of the
lightless nights order of the
United States. Fuel Admiflis-
tration.
Under this order all outside
lights, ornamental and adver-
tising lights and municipal
lights, except those necessary
for public safety, must be
turned off on Monday and
Tuesday nights.
The use of light for illum-
ination or display in shop
windows, store windows or in
signs in show windows must
be discontinued entirely on
the lightless nights.
To the end that violators
may be dealt with with uni
form severity, the United
States Fuel Administration
has called upon the State Ad-
ministrators to report to
Washington all cases of viola
tion.
This conservation campaign
is so essential that H. A. Gar
field, the United States Fuel
Administrator recently an
nounced that no exceptions
should be made.
GUY S. ROBIE,
Fuel Admr. for Wayne Co.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
FREE TRADE IS
| NOT PEACE Term
STATES WILSON
Charges G. 0. P. Leaders Are
Using Peace Conditions for
Partisan Purposes.
(By Associated Press)


WASHIGTON, Oct. 28.-Presiden,
Wilson replied today to Republican
contention that the third of the four.
teen peace terms is free trade plank
by explaining that in demanding the
removal of economic barriers he
meant to suggest no restrictions upon
internal economic policies, but only
that whatever tariff, high or low, any
nation might deem necessary it should
apply equally to all foreign nations.
The president made the explana-
tion in letter to Senator Simmons
of North Carolina chairman of the
senate finance committee who had
written him, asking for a statement
because certain Republican leaders
are attempting to make partisan USE
of the paragraph.
Weapons of economic discipline and
punishment the president wrote
should be left to the joint action OF
all nations for the purpose of punish
ing those who will not submit to a
general program of justice and equal
ity."
He added that to inject the bogy
of free trade which is not involved at
all was to attempt to divert the mind
of the nation from broad principal
of a durable peace. and that it was
lamentable that momentous issues of
this solemn hour should be seized up
on in an effort to bend them to par
tisan service.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
JAPAN TO AID IN
CHINESE AFFAIRS
(By Associated Press)

TOXIC, Oct 2S.-It is believed the
Japanese government has decided tC
take the initiative toward effecting a
reconciliation between north and
south China by giving friendly advice
to the president and leading politi
clans of each side separately. Tang
Shao VI, foreign PRIMER of China, now
is in Toxic and met Viscount Uohida
foreign minister by invitation on Fri
day.
1t is probable that the advice given
each faction in China will be couched
in purely friendly terms with the ut
most care being taken to avoid formal
Intervention. Economic loans to the
north Chinese government concluded
during the Terauchi regime had the
effect of helping the northern govern
ment, but the excited suspicion and
distrust among southerners. The
present government is believed to be
in a position to undertake new pol.
icy toward China.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
Civilians in Evacuated
France Face Hardship
During Coming Winter

WASHINGTON. Oct. 2S.-Food SUP
plies for the civilian population Of the
Lille region of France recently evac
mated by the Germans. are at an ex
tremely low stage and only energetic
measures BY the commission for relief
in Belgium Will prevent much distress
during the coming winter
Dispatches received today at the of
fees of the commission here said the
present supply of food in the region
cannot possibly last more than two
weeks. All communication systems
were destroyed by the retreating Ger
mans and motor lorries must be de
uended upon to bring up the needed
supplies. Much sickness also is re-
ported in the Lille region and condi-
tions there were described as even
worse than III the adjacent Belgian
territory.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
WANT TO
HELP FORM PEACE
fBy Associated Press,

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2S-A pro-
test against any peace terms dictated
by President Wilson alone apI repre-
sentative of American pus!.c opinion,
through senate considerstsca of the
peace treaty was made in Tee senate
today by Senator Knox Of ( ernsylva-
MIA, republican and former secretary
of war, in an address charging the
President with political partisanship.
Democratic senators prepared to re-
ply to Senator Knox forecasting gen.
eral discussion of peace and war COM
bined with the partisan political ques-
tions.
Congress today completed the $6,-
345, 100000 war efficiency bill and sent
it to the president. The senate ac-
cepted without discussion the confer
ence report previously approved by
the house
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
TEXT OF NOTE

BASLE, Oct. 2S-Austro-H Hungary in
notifying President Wilson that it is
ready to open peace negotiations and
arrange an armistice, asks President
Wilson in its reply to begin overtures
on the subject. The Austro-Hungar
ian minister instructed the Austro-
Hungarian minister at Stockholm yes.
terday to ask the Swedish govern
ment to send the following note 10
Washington:
IN reply to note of President Will.
son OF the 18th 19th) of this month
addressed to the Austro-Hungarian
government, and giving decisions of
the president to speak directly with
the Austro-Hungarian government on
the question of an armistice and peace.
the Austro- Hungarian government has
the honor to declare that equally with
the preceding proclamation Of the
president, 1t adheres also to the same
point OF view contained in the last
note upon the right Of the Austro-Hun-
garian people, especially those of the
Czecho-Slavs and the Jugo-Slavs.
Consequently Austro-Hungary ac-
cepts all the conditions the president
has laid down for the entry into the
negotiations for an armistice and
peace. No obstacle exists, according
to the Judgment Of the Austro- Hungar-
Van government to the beginning of
the negotiations.
"The Austro-Hungarian government
declares itself ready in consequence
without awaiting the results Of other
NEGOTIATIONS to enter into negotiations
upon peace between Austro-Hungary
and the states in the opposing group
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
Wilhelm Won't Abdicate
But He Is Willing 10
Make Some Changes
fRy Associated Press)

LONDON, Oct 2S.-Emperor Will
liam has no intention of abdicating
but is willing, If it is for the good of
the people, to ordain that his rights
shall be re-framed according to a
statement attributed to German court
circles. The emperor is said to have
remarked:
Il will not abandon my sorely tried
people, but if necessary, am ready
to become something like hereditary
president Of German republic like
the kings of England, Belgium and
France"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
'FOCH IS Man TO
ANNOUNCE TERMS
LONDON URGES
Brevity of German Reply
Shows Desperate Need of
Peace, Says Press.
(By Associated P-ess>

LONDON, Oct 2S.-"The brevity OF
the reply to President Wilson's last
note is measure of it's significance y
says the Daily News. President Will.
sons note put an end to further argu-
ment. 1t is due to DR.. Solf, the Ger.
man foreign secretary, to say that his
note is precisely what the occasion
demanded"
"If peace, as the new posture OF
Germany wants us in believing, is
coming within reach" the newspaper
continues, there must be no delay In
taking steps to end hostilities. There
is no justification In fighting on for
what can be had for the asking. The
terms for an armistice must be ngor-
orous, but must not be needlessly so. "
The Express, enumerating the latest
occurrences in Germany, including the
reply to President Wilson, exclaims: !:
"The signs portend enough, pointing
to a speedy end of the nightmare and
indicating an acceptance of the terms
soon to be dictated"
The Chronicle says: "The German
reply Is, In effect, an unqualified ac-
ceptance. Nothing remains but for the
associated powers to announce with
out delay the program of naval and
military measures which the armis-
tice necessitates. 1t is unlikely that
Germany will object to the details af-
ter agreeing to the principle. If her
situation were not desperate she
would never have gone as far as
she has. If any confirmation were
needed as to the significance of DR..
Soils reply, it would be found in Gen
eral Ludendorff's resignation"
Still Unsatisfactory.
The Daily Mail hopes and believes
the allies will not do anything SO
foolish as to Immediately disclose
the terms upon which they are willing
to grant an armistice. The paper says
the German reply does not meet Pres
ident Wilson's questions, and. after
summarizing the most recent happen
ings in Germany, declared in effect,
that nothing is altered there.
"The sword is still in the hand OF
autocracy," the paper says. 1T will
be time enough for Marshal Foch to
oIdIC tiIC tCi Acu LudL SWOCu mas
been broken or surrendered"
"The promptitude of the reply may
be accepted as convincing evidence at
least Of Germany's desire and need of
an armstice," says the Post. "Dr.
Solf's assurances regarding far-reach-
ing changes are not very satisfying,
however. Nothing has happened as
vet to suggest that anything funda-
mental has been changed in Germany
except the expectation of victory =
The first condition of any armis-
tice Is that Germany shall be unable
to break it or refuse the conditions
the allies distate. If the German gov
ernment means business it will send
to Marshal Foch, but
from present indication Germany's
rulers are intent only on gaining
time"
The Times says: There is no new
viewpoint in the German reply except
that 1t seeks rather crudely to impose
upon President Wilson and the allies
the initiation Of proposals for an arm
istice. 1t is for the Germans to ap-
proach the naval and military COM
manders with their formal petition for
a cessation of war"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
32,249 Listed in
British Casualties
1By Associated Press)

LONDON. Oct. 28-British casual
ties reported for the week ending to-
day numbered 32,249, compared with
37,150 for the previous week. They
are divided as follows:
Killed or died of wounds, officers,
1876: men. 5.3O7; wounded or missing
officers. LII; men, 25, 365.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28

Germany Only Vulgar
Movie" and Kaiser Is
I.!a. Its Hero, Says Harden
(By Associated Press)

LONDON. Oct 2S-A Copenhagen
dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph
company quotes Maximilian Harden.
the editor Of Die Zukunft of Berlin. as
saving in an interview with the Ber-
lingske Tidende of Copenhagen:
I'VE started the war with dirty
trick and all our subsequent victories
have been the results of dishonesty.
William II is a film hero and Germany
a vulgar cinematograph show. We
sit today on the ruins of thirty years
Of Hohenzollern politics"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28

For Wayne County by w. e. Moore
Fair and continued cool tonight,
temperature near freezing. Increasing
coludiness and rising temperature.
Tuesday.
General Conditions-The general
storm of the past thirty-six hours
caused general and heavy rains
throughout its path. Snow Is report
ed as far south as northern Texas.
and heavy SHOWS over parts Of the
middle west. 1t is considerable warm
er In western Canada, 20 at Calgary.
Alb. Severe cold weather prevails
over central Alaska. "a below zero at
Eagle. Another storm is making its
appearance over the northwest and
promises return to unsettled wealth
er within day or SO.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
AGREES TO TERMS OF WILSON'S
NOTE OF OCTOBER IS; WILLING
TO STOP FIGHTING AT ONCE

erms Set by Wilson Provide for Liberation Of Captive
Naionalities Held by Austrian Empire German
Reply Arrives at Washington Considered Ac-
acknowledgement Of Presidents Note and Expression
Of Anxiety for Peace-No Reomder from Wilson
Expected d-Amishce Terms to Be Announced by
Allies Soon.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
LUDENDORF AND HINDENB HAVE RESIGNED
fRv Associated Press)

WASHINGTON Oct. 28-Austria Hungary, close the
of allied armsce terms replies to
President Wilson's October 9 and declares her readiness
to negotiate peace and immediate armsce all the
Austrian fighting fronts
The Austrian also accepts all the views
by the president Thus would indicate that Austria
willing the Czecho Sovaks and JugoSav determine
the of independence they desire from the Hasburg
but with the text of the reply not yet received this
point is not clear.
reply Germany concerning armstice terms has
heena
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
Epidemic Rapidly on
Decrease in County

"The influenza epidemic is SEEM
ingly very rapidly on the decrease" "
DR.. J. M. Bulla, county health officer
said today. No cases have been re-
ported from the county, he said.
Dr. T. Henry Davis. city health Of
ficer said that only four new cases
have been reported to him in the last
two days and only one new case to-
day.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28
PRINTED IN BERLIN.

AMSTERDAM. Oct % = President
Wilson's note to Germany was printed
textually in the German newspapers
Thursday evening and Friday morn
ing. The Vossische Zeitung of Ber
lin printed the English text alongside
the note in German.
Aside from the junker organs. which
proclaimed the necessity of every man
coming to the front for the emperor
and the empire, many papers ap-
parently contemplate without excess
i've lament the prospective disappear
ance Of the Hohenzollern dyna sty.
The emperor's abdication is again
strongly rumored to be impending.
1t is noteworthy that the Frankfort
Gazette hints at coming sacrifice
with comparative equanimity, and
both the Berlin and Frankfort Stock
Exchanges showed an improved ten
dency as a result of President VIII
sons note.
Fears are not concealed that the
entente conference at Paris will put
forward demands incompatible with
German honor" but the anxiety to
know the exact terms of the asso-
ciated governments puts everything
else in the background.
Anger and shame are bad counsel
lors,' says, the Lokal Anzeiger. of Ber-
lin. which is content to leave the de-
cision to the army leaders. 1t is a
significant sign of the times that
Prince Charles Max Lichnowsky's
pamphlet. blaming the German govern
ment for starting the world war and
saying that Great Britain did every
thing to avert it, has been permitted
to reappear in Germany.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-10-28

The German governments reply to
President Wilson's last note, assert
ing that negotiations for peace are be
ing conducted by the .people's.govern
ment with actual constitutional pow.
ers. and that terms Of the allied gov
ernments for an immediate armistice
are being awaited, reached the Swiss
legation by cable this morning.
No Reply Expected.
This communication is regarded
here merely as an Acknowledgement
Of the Presidents note, with an indi-
cation of the anxious desire Of those
now IN power at Berlin to hasten the
coming OF definite statement of the
terms upon which their enemies will
permit hostilities to cease.
The President is expected to make
no rejoinder. His personal exchanges
with the German authorities. officials
said today, ended when he transmitted
the correspondence to the allies. The
next step must be on the part of the
cobelligerents acting In concert.
fTeSS ulSpdtCueS W Tic I1dSuc II dAS-
mitted to the state department today
says General Ludendorff resigned his
post as first qhartermaster general
and real leader of the German army
as the result of complete disagree
ment with Prince Maximilian, the
chancellor. There was no possibility
of a reconciliation. according to these
advices, and the emperor was COM
PEELED to accept Ludendorffs resig-
ton.
Situation Unchanged.
The diplomatic situation is just
where it was when President Wilson
informed the German government that
its request for an armistice and peace
had been transmitted to the allied
governments. The next step expected
was the submission of terms of an
armistice to Germany.
Announcement from London that
Premier Lloyd George and Foreign
Secretary Balfour had left for France
with naval and military advisers fore
shadowed an early meeting of the
supreme war council at Versailles.
While the military and naval members
Of the council are drawing terms of
an armistice which will be tanta-
mount to surrender by Germany, the
kpolitical representatives of the en-.
'tente powers are expected to discuss
tn individual peace views of their gov
ernments with view to formulating
n complete program to be presented
IL Germany accepts the terms of the
arrnistice