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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
CHILD FALLS OUT UNHI'RT

Lawrenceburg, Ind, Oct. 31-Ray.
mond E. Trester, aged three, son OF
cappie W. Trester, locomotive en-.
gineer, fell out of a second story win
COW at their home the other day,
alighting on the cement pavement He
escaped injury. The lad was leaning
out OF the window watching for the
train his father operates when the
chair he was standing on slipped
and. after turning several somersaults
he alighted on the sidewalk in a sit.
ting position. When his mother
rushed out and picked him up. he
wished TO know whether she would
give him 5 cents to buy some candy
He was soon on his way to a candy
store.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Retreat of Fifteen Austrian ..-...--......
Divisions Has Been Cut Off:
Their Losses Appalling

and yet near enough to permit the
supplies to move forward with the
greatest facility.
1t was a sleepy village last Octo.
Der, with 1000 inhabitants, today II
is center of intense activity, with
an American working force Of $4,000
eleven times the population year
ago-with 70 miles of yard trackage,
45 enormous warehouses, and rail-
ways radiating to every point of the
long front held wholly or In part by
American troops.
Last month $4,000 cars we're
moved, or over 1000 a day in this
stupendous stream Of supplies going
forward to the fighting forces.
Colonel Hilgard, Commanding Off
Ger, and Captain Bigger, regulating
officer, explained the details Of these
automatic trains, and later there was
an opportunity to see the trains as-
sembled like parts in a huge puzzle
and started on their way to the front
The basis on which the automatic
trains are made up is as follows:
2 cars of refrigerated fresh beef.
2 cars Of fresh bread.
7 cars of food comprised in the
soldiers ration.
4 cars of fuel for cooking.
IA cars Of forage for horses.
l car of gasolene, mineral oil and
lubricants for motors.
l car for mail and packages.
These are the fixed and practically
invariable elements of each automa-
tic train, the same wants OF food and
forage being repeated day after day.
In addition each division has vary
ing wants Of clothing, ammunition,
medical supplies, etc, as 1t may be In
the midst Of the fighting or further
back in a calmer section. These
varying elements are added to each
train, according to the needs Of the
division.
Thus, Is trains go out daily in Is
each train having some
20 to 35 cars in the fixed and auto
matte makeup, and some Is or %
cars with the varying elements of
ammunition, medical supplies, cloth
ing. etc, dependent on the proximity
to the fighting.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31

there, too. But the wary Americans
had given the chateau a wide berth,
owing to the suspicious fact that 1!
was the only unharmed building in
the town.
Sixteen kegs Of powder were dug
out of the cellar of another chateau
by United States engineers-..a after
they had carefully disconnected a
wire SO arranged as to set off the
explosive the moment the front door
Of the chateau was opened.
A German sword was found stick
ing in the ground at the side of a road
An American sergeant, ever suspic-
ious, tied 5O-foot rope to the sword
handle and from this safe distance
yanked 1t out Of the ground. A mine
blew a 10-foot hole in the middle OF
the road.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31

American Regulating Base, Ad.
vance Zone, France, Oct. 30.-The
automatic train" Is one of the
strange devices which has sprung out
of the war, and there is nothing quite
like ii in the whole range of railway
transportation. 1t has been develop
ed by the American military author
tiles here as one of the necessities OF
keeping up an automatic daily supply
Of food, forage and all requirements,
to every unit of the American Expe-
dictionary Force in France. To do
this with unvarying regularity each
day, so that every man in every d.
vision stretching over vast area
along 300 miles of front. would have
his daily needs supplied was a huge
problem.
The only solution was to secure
absolute uniformity, of standariza-
tion of trains by which the makeup
would be automatic day after day.
And out of this has come the "au-
tomato train" of the American army
which is one Of the wonders Of Am
erican organization.
Watching the makeup of the "au-
tomato trains" as they go forward
to the American divisions on the
fighting front, is like watching some
gigantic iig-saw puzzle, for there is
the same fitting together Of confused
Iparts. until at last all the pieces
form completed whole of fifteen of
these so-called automatic trains" 50
cars to the train, each train moving
off to one of the American divisions.
Here at a small interior village Of
the American Advance Force is the
center from which the automatic
trains move out daily The place is
well forward in the advance zone,
Just far enough away from the fight
i ing to be out of reach of hostile raids
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
INTUITION TELLS YANKEES
LOCATION OF BOMB TRAPS

Paris, Oct. 31.-Two American Of
ficers. walking through the centra,
square of one Of the towns captured
by the Yanks, started up one street.
Suddenly, one had "hunch."
Let's take the next street." no
said.
They did And two minutes later
the other street blew up with a bang.
1t was another German trap. The
entire street had been mined by the
retreating Huns and a time device
left to detonate it-blowing up, the
Huns hoped, whole regiment.
In another town, a chateau quilted
by the Boches blew up couple of
days after the Americans entered the
region. A time clock had been used
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
(By Associatd Press.)

Washington, Oct 31.-Fifteen Aus
trian divisions operating between
Brenta and the Piave on the Italian
front have had their retreat cut Off
through the captured Mountain pass
vadal by Allied troops, an official
wireless report from Rome today
says. The advantage is being
pressed to the utmost and 1t Is
thought that a crisis is near. Enemy
losses are described as appalling.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Allied Demands to Be Made Of Turkey
(By Associated Press.)

(by ASSOCIATED FreSS.)
London, Oct. 31.-A note from Tur-
key asking for peace is expected mo-
mentarily by the Allied governments,
the Daily Express says it under
stands. The paper adds that the AL
lies will demand a complete and un-
ditional surrender and insist that
Turkey permit the Allied feet to pass
through the Dardenelles and an ade-
quate force be landed on Turkish
soil. Turkey must also deliver UP
certain persons accused of disregard
ing rules of civilized warfare, who
will be given a trial.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Cretia, SlavOnia
And DalmatSa
Set Up Separate
Government
From Hungary
(By Associated Press.l

Paris, Oct. 31.-The Croatian par
lament at Agram has voted for a to-
tai separation of Croatia, Slavonia and
Dalmatsa from Hungary, according
to a Geneva dispatch to The Matin.
hTe report says Agram is bedecked
with the national colors and the peo-
pie are celebrating the passage Of the
resolution.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
CREST OF FLOOD
EXPECTED TO
Be REACHED
BY TONIGHT
ALABAMA, COOSA AND ITALIA.
POOSA RIVERS ON RAMPAGE
(By Associatd Press.)

birmingham, Oct. 31.-Reportg
from Tuscaloosa this morning said
the Warrior river had reached a food
stage of fifty-one feet and damages
are unofflcially estimated at about
three million dollars. The crest of
the flood of the Alabama, Coosa and
Tallahoosa rivers is expected to he
reached Thursday night. M
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Note Officially Delivered
(By Associated Press.)

washington, Oct. 31.-Minister
EKergren, of Sweden, delivered to
lansing today the note of Count
Andrassy, Austrian foreign minister
ASKING the secretary to intervene with
wilson for favorable action on the
austrian request for armistice terms.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
TURKEY UNCOMFORTABLE SURRENDERS;
ARMlSTICE is NOW IN EFFECT
Between
Berlin AND
vienna HAS
BEEN CUT
(By Associated Press.)

Wy hoooSidIcu IIonb.J
Paris, Oct. 31.-Communication
between Agram, Fiume and Budapest
with Vienna has been totally inter.
rupted. The Czecho-S -Slovaks have
cut the railroad between Berlin and
Vienna near Bodenbach and German
trains can go only as far as Selma
dau, according to a Zeurich dispatch.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
tBy Associated Press)

Paris, Oct. 31,-The French yes
terday repulsed strong German
counter'attack northwest of Chateau
Porcein, it is officially announced. On
the Disc front there has been only
artillery activity. In the last two
days the French fifth army has taken
nearly fifteen hundred prisoners
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
$3,000,000 DAMAGE At
TUSCALOOSA, ALA, WHEN
WARRIOR river REACHED
FLOOD STAGE Of 81 FEET
IN PRISON TO LIVE

Jefferson City, Mo-, Oct. 31-Frank
Forbes, aged rs, who has served six
teen years in penitentiaries Of Iowa,
Illinois and Missouri, has begun his
seventeenth term here on a charge OF
burglary. Asked why he had been
unable to keep out Of the penitentiary,
Forbes replied, 81 can't work and
have to live"
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
FocRs Terms Of Armistice Reached
Berlin Tuesday Night
lBY Associatad Press. D

London, Oct. 31.-Marshall Foch's
terms Of armistice arrived at Berlin
tuesday night, the Berlin Voosis Zhe
leitung says it learns, according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
TURKS, IN SURRENDER|HC Will
PERMIT ALLIED FLEET T0PASS
I THROUGH DARDANEEL[ES. AND
LAND FORCE IN TURKEY

ltalian armies are now in action.
In all more than 1000 square kilo-
meters of Italian territory was re-
conquered yesterday. Apparently the
whole front is being driven north
ward.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Fighting at Agram
(By Associated Press.

London, Oct 31-Sanguinary fight
ing is going on at Agram, the capital
of Croatia Slavonia according to
private message from Amsterdam.
Some soldiers at Agram did not join
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
(By Associated Prees.)

London, Oct. 31.-British fighting
east OF the Piave has reached the Lii
venza river at Frencenigo and the
Italians have occupied Oderzo, ac-
cording to an official statement to
day
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
AND
TAFT APPEAL \
FOR ELECTION
Of REPUBLICANS
(By Associated Press.)

New York, Oct. 31.-Roosevelt and
Taft issued here today a joint appea,
for the election of a Republican ma
jority in Congress. Seated at a ta-
Bile in the Union League Club they
prepared the statement and discussed
old times while 1t was being typed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31

Only the huge potato crop Of 1917
kept Britain from being starved into
submission early in 1918, British au
tborities now declare. Crop yields
are much greater this year.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
HAVE
WITHDRAWN ACROSS
THE Danube
FROM serbia
(By Associated Press.)

Vienna, Wednesday, Oct. 80. Aus
tria' Hungarian forces on their east
ern wing IN Serbia are withdrawing
from occupied territory and have
completed the crossing of the Dan
ube, according to an official state
ment tonight. Elsewhere In Serbia
the Austrian withdrawal continues.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31

Holding marriage a public duty
the London petrol controller mas
sanctioned the use of motor cars for
wedding parties.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Prisoners Taken
by Associated prasal

London, Oct. 31.-An official
statement on the operations in France
and Belgium today says that a few
prisoners were captured in success.
ful raid last night in the neighbor-
hood of LaQueinoy.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Report to Be Given Out Tonight
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Oct. 31.-The attor'
ney general announced Hughes re-
port on aircraft production will be
given out tsnight.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
(By Associated Press,

'asnngton, Oct. 31.-Lansing to
hOahed the Turkish government
he United States will bring
y 'heir request for an armistice
the Allies
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
F0CH|S TERMS
OF ARN|SI|CE
NOW IN BERLIN
LITTLE DOING ON BATTLE FRONT
EXCEPT ON ITALIAN FRONT,
WHICH Is ABLAZE, ALL FORCES
BEING in ACTION
(By Associated Press.)

Wy aoooCidIou rTeSS.)
London, Oct. 31-A Reuters Agency
has been informed that Great Britain
has officially received definite peace
proposals from Turkey which are re
garded as tantamOunt to uncondition-
al surrender.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Actual Terms Not Received
[By Aasnciatad Press

london, Oct. 31.-The actual terms
turkeys peace proposals had not
'SCned London early in the after
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
Italian Frant Ahlaze
lBy Associated praua !

II NY Associated Press.)
auon' Oct. 31.-The entire Ital-
=, aOnt is ablaze, a Central News
So from Rome says. All the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31
by Associated Press.

London, Oct. 31.-(3:15 p. m y
The Turkish armistice took effect at
noon today.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31

Australia considers ban on
pleasure motoring to save "gas."
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1918-10-31

(By Associated Press.)
London, Oct. 3l.-Q:00 p. M
Turkey has agreed to an armistlce.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21

eral be revived In order to have officers
OF proper grade to command army corps
NO one should be surprised IL demand
is soon made for the creation of the rank
Of field marshal hitherto unknown in
American armies. with from 1900, 900 to
1'OOOOOO under arms it is desirable that
the commanding officer should be of sum.
cient rank to meet on equal terms the
highest commanding officers in the armies
oi the Allies We may have as many gen.
erals before we are through with the war
as we had Of major generals year ago
rms VIII bc merely one Of the incidents of
making war on large scale.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
Women Nav End the War

Martha Footo Crow, noted American au-
thor and educator has written to Gertrude
Ntbrrton, giving an account of a recent con-
VersatiDn with a prominent German social
democrat. whose words furnish striking cor
rOh"ratinn Of Mrs. Athcrton's predictions in
regard to Germany. The German. Mrs. Crow
explains. had served fourteen years in the
knlAGrs army az a surgeon. and had been
near TO the imperial family. lie had only
been away from the front five weeks.
when will the war end" was the ques-
tOn put 10 him.
when the women of Germany decide to
have it end - was the reply. The Allies will
undOuble edly Win the war. Tho trouble is the
German people have become slaves of a fixed
idea. that unless Naiscrsm prevails Ger
many will become once more n system of
dependencies The war win end when Ger
man women realize it is they who arc bear
ing the burdens making the sacrifces-sac-
c:fccs which serve 10 end. Then they will
demand change and the change will come"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
WHOLESOME CONFESSION

THE decision Of Mr.. MrAdou, Director
i General of Railroads TO permit the rail.
road companies to have about a billion
dollars this year for Improvements is a
confession of past governmental mistakes
which conditions should make unnecessary
in the future
The railroads have been starved for sew.
eraI years. They have sought permission
to increase their rates in order that they
might have income enough to justify capi.
talists in lending them the money needed
to buy new rolling stock, relay their rails
and bring their lines into condition to meet
the demands of increasing business. But
they have been treated most CavaierIy
And now the Government, when it at.
tempts to run them, finds itself handl.
capped by conditions produced by it's own
blind demagogic policy.
The billion dollars to be spent this year
will do no more than put the roads in the
condition they should have reached several
years ago They will need another billion
next year If they are to keep up with the
times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
FASTER MAIL

SPEED records made in airplane mail
delivery. though they are sure to be
amazing, will not content the public for
& long. The means are already at hand to
Improve upon them.
II swift mail delivery is as important
from the viewpoint of Washington as it
appears to the men who run the maiItrucks
IN the streets of Philadelphia Mr. BurIe-
son might easily show the world something
new.
The first essential would he a great num-
Der of babies, timd old ladies and groups
OF acrobats trained to assume the attitudes
4 OF disheartened folk awaiting p r. r.
sfrolleys They should be distributed, along
the highways between New York and
washington. Turned loose upon roads so
populated any mailtrutk driver would in
stantly gather the inspiration necessary for
the annihilation of space. speed records and
all obstacles that interviewed in his path
II enough people were put in his way To he
ruin over he would he sure to beat any
afrplane record.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
PRESIDENTS At PLAY

WTHEN the audience at New York the.
w atre demanded a speech of President
| Wilson, he arose in his box and remarked: /:
Ladies and gentlemen. you are laboring
under a deluson. You think you see the
| President of the United States You are
mistaken Really you see a tired man
| having a good time.
Mr.. Wilson is to be congratulated on his
ability to forget that he is President and
| on his determination to enjoy himself
when the opportunity offers. Theatre.
going is one of his favorte rclaXations, in
spite Of the inherited prcjudiCes of long
line of Presbyterian haters Of play-aCtins.
Golf is another of his relaXations. Talking
with Colonel House Is a third. He may
have many more including reading light
novels and abstruse PHILOSOPHERS, each
equally dsracting TO "A brain exhausted
with the cares Of state.
The supCrstitious may find comfort in
the though that our only Presidents who
died violent death were the men who
did not know how to play. Lincoln never
played, even as boy. Life was too serious
for him from tho beginning. He enjoyed
a good story. but there is intellect Ial and
not physical relaxation in humor. Gar
field was a worker and not a player, and
Mckinley amiabc and gracious gentleman
that he was. acquired the frock-coat habit
early in his political career, Nothing so
dchumanacs man as the sable Ccrements
Of the official uniform.
The picture of Grover Cleveland in old
clothes and a slouch hat, with a gun or a
fishing rod. Is familiar. Cleveland and
Joe jefferson used to sit for hours in a
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER FARES

TUE ruling of the Public Service Com
= mission that a rate of fare, fixed in one
set Of circumstances, may be changed
when circumstances change, means that
<ns charges of public service corporations
4fe 90 be fixed in accordance with the
nffnciples of equity.
n The man who assumes that this decision
<4n1cates that the demand of the Rapid
F*nsit Company for six-cent fare will
4p2roved jumps to conclusion un-
7ffanted by anything in the evidence
M the FIRST place. the Public Service Com.
Wlse'on has consistently refused TO CON
eent 20 any fare increases to raise money
p make purchases which should be made
t{ me proceeds Of an issue of new shares
~ capital stock or bonds In the second
1'ace' the Rapid Transit Company must
o<'ofe 10 the satisfaction Of the commits.
4ion chat il is unable to pay an increase
q wages out Of funds already in its pos
<e<elon until the proposed lease with the
t<[< provides for adjustment of income
<o operating charges and other expenses.
=f|'e local fare question will be decided
re facts in the local transit situation.
~ NOT yet been demonstrated that
Et are suficient to warrant an in.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
Khaki Invented by the Soldiers

Khaki pronounced with the accent on tbe
second syllable) is an East Indian word
meaning dust color, earth color In the
dry season in India the fields and vegetation
turn brown and the roads are heavy with
dust which, carried by the winds soon covers
the foliage of trees and shrubberv
In the earlier days of the British occu-
patton of India the British troops wore white
cotton or duck uniforms in the hot weather
Of the dry season." writes Colonel D. viii
liams in Army and Navy Uniforms, but
these stood out so plainly against the pre-
vailing dust color of the roads and surround
ing country as to make their wearers distinct
targets for the bushwhaCking snipers of the
enemy trbesmen. Learning from bitter ex-
perienCe the necessity for making themselves
less conspicuous. the soldiers dipped their
uniforms in muddy pools and streams TO
give them the same color as the background
against which they must appear. This
showed good results in reducing the casualty
lists, and dust-colored or khaki uniforms
gradually replaced the white uniforms with
cOlored trimmings for summer service and
later for the same reason similar color was
also adopted for the winter field or fighting
uniforms of the British army"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-21
STAND ON YOUR RIGHTS

livery enrolled Republican is qualified
- 70 vote in his party primaries today,
Regardless of whether he voted the Town
Meeting party ticket last fall.
& The courts have so deCreed and the Dis,
trtct Attorney of Philadelphia has an
snounced that he will enforce that inter.
pretation Of the law. Every voter there
fore, has behind him the support of the
legal officers and the promise of protection
IN the exercise of his undoubted rights.
To say that the Republicans who voted
for the Town Meeting candidates, chem.
relves Republicans forfeited their party
standing is to deny to citizens that indie
pendence of action in local elections With
out which there can be no progress
The boilers last fall are not the kind
of men to be buffed out of their rights
py factionalists. They will stand on their
privileges as free citizens To-Day.