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THos. J. OWEN SON. AUcTIoNEERs.

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE UNIM-
PROVED LOT 5Ox114.71, MORE OR
LESS. AT THE NV. CORNER OF 3RD
AND sEAToN SITS. NE. (ECKINGTON).
By virtue of a certain deed Of trust duly re-
corded in Liber No. 3061. folio 76 ct seq, Of
the land records Of the District Of Columbia
and at the request Of tho party secured thereby,
ton. In front Of the premises. on THURSDAY
THE FIRST DAY OF AUGUST, A: D.. 1918,
AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM. the following-de-
triet of Columbia and designated as and being
lot IS in block (now square 356S) in George
TruesdelPs subdivision known as lexington as
per plat recorded In Liber County 6, folio s5,
Of the surveyors office records Of said Dis
ttet; subject to COVENANTS Of record
required at time Of sale and the purchaser al
lowed 20 days to complete the purchase.
Further particulars at time of sale.
WILLIAM 81. WALKER,
A. ERSKINE MILLER,
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WAR UNITS AT UNIVERSITIES

Establishment Of an infantry unit.
senior division. Reserve omcers'
Training Corps. at the University Of
Kansas and the organisation Of q
Signal Corps unit Of the Reserve ON
GERS Corps 1t Yale University were
announced today by the War Depart
ment.
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THos. J. OWEN & son. AUcTIoNEERs.

HND SEaRLY % Nj New rWolsToRY oasTo YGHnc RRick
DWELLING, NO. 432 UPSHUR STREET
NORTHWEST.
By virtue of q certain deed Of trust duly
recorded in LLber No. 1915, folio 265 ct seq,
Of the land records Of the District Of Column
bta. and at the request Of the party secured
thereby, the undersigned trustees will sell, at
public auction in front Of the premises, on
THURSDAY, THE EIGHTH DAY OF AU-
GUST. AID. 1918. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM,
nate in the District Of Columbia. and desig-
mated as and being lot No. 81, IN A. @. Moses
subdivisien Of lots In square 3241, as per plat
recorded in Book IS, page IS, in the sur
vsyor's once for the District Of Columbia.
Terms Of sale: Sold subject to q prior deed
Of trust for 5000 and the amount over and
above said trust to Be paid In cash. deposit
Of 800 required at time Of sale and the pur-
ehaseR allowed fifteen days to complete the
purchase. Further particulars at time of sale.
BENJAMIN HOLLAND,
= ARTHUR G. MOSES.
AAAA8 Trustees.
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TREATIES RATIFIED WITH
GREAT BRITAIN, CANADA

Ratification Of the draft treaties
between the United States and Great
Britain and Canada were exchanged
today at London. Il was oficially
stated at the State Department, max
ing them effective from today.
Evening star., 1918-07-30

Switzeriand's internal situation is
assuming grave aspect as the result
of conflict between federal author
tiles and the labor organisations.
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Relieyed From Active Duty.

MAJ Gen. James b. Aleshfre. o. s.
4, retired. has been relieved from al
active duty, including membership on
the Council Of National Defense, on
account Of continued III health
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THIS AFTERNOON.
Trustees Sale of
Three-Story Brick Dwelling,
No. 6O7 North Carolina
Ave- CT

~ virtue Of a certain deed Of trust duly
recorded, in Gber No. $3.50, folio 40i ct seq.
Of the land records Of the District Of colun,;;
bia. and at the request Of the party secured
thereby. tho undersigned trustees will offer
for sale BY public auction. in front Of the
premises, on TUESDAY. THE THIRTIETH
DAY OF JULY, AID. 1918, AT FIVE O'CLOCK
Pm. the following described land and prem.
1sea, situate in the city of Washington. Dis.
triet Of Columbia. to-wit: Lot "a. In the East
Washington Investment Company's Subdivision
Of part OF square s72, as per plat recorded in
li6er IA, at folio SO. surveyors o6ice. D. c.,
having 4 frontage Of IS feet, running through
to O street, improved by q substantial brick
dwelling containing IL rooms and bath.
Terms Of sale: one-third Of the purchase
money to be paid In cash, the balance in two
equal installments, payable in one and two
years, with interest at per cent per annun,
payable semi-annually. from day Of sale, Sc
cured by deed of trust upon the property sold,
o. all cash, at the option of the purchaser. A
deposit Of 500 required of the purchaser at
the time Of sale. All conveyancing, recording.
revenue stamps and notarial fees at the cost
Of the purchaser. Terms of sale to be com
Piled with within fifteen days from day Of
sale, otherwise the trustees reserve the right
t. resell the property at the risk and cost Of
vertisenent Of such resale in some newspaper
published In the city of Washington, D. G.
ERNEST L. SCHMIDT,
GEORGE II. EMMERICH,
611-d&ds. .exSu Trustees.
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ADAM A. wEscHLER. AUcr1oNEER.

D,31 BY ORDER OF TRUSTEE
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-25

big rivers I could swim. OF course,
I got soaked to the skin every time
did it, but I was becoming hardened
TO that.
These little bitches, however, were
too narrow TO swim and too wide to
jump. They had perhaps two feet of
water in them and three feet of muH,
and it was almost invariably a case of
wading through. Some of them, no
doubt, l could have jumped if l had
been in decent shape, but with bad
ankle and in the weakened condition
in which 1 was, it was almost out of
the question.
One night 1 came to a ditch about
eight or nine feet wide. l thought l
was strong enough to jump it and it
was worth trying as the discomfort
suffered after Yading these bitches
was considerable. Taking long run,
l jumped as hard as l could, but
missed it by four or five inches and
landed in about two feet of water and
three of mud. Getting out of that
mess was quite job. The water was
too dirty and too scanty to enable me
20 wash off the mud with which l was
covered and it was too wet to scrape
off. l just had to wait until it dried
and scrape it off then.
In many sections of Belgium through
which / had to pass 1 encountered
large areas of swamp and marshy
ground and rather than waste the
time involved in looking for better
underfoetipg / might not have
found anyway used to pole right
through the mud. Apart from the
discomfort of this method of travel
ing and the slow time / made, there
was an added danger to me in the fact
that the squash, squash" noise which
made might easily be overheard by
Belgians and Germans and give my
position away. Nobody would cross
a swamp or marsh in that part of the
country unless he was trying to get
way from somebody, and 1 realized
my danger but could not get around it.
1t was a common sight in Belgium
to see a small donkey and common
ordinary mich COW hitched together,
pulling n wagon. When / first OBJ
served the unusual combination,
thought 1t was donkey and OK or
bull, but closer inspection revealed to
me that cows were being used for the
purpose.
From that 1 was able to observe
there must be very few horses left in
Belgium except those owned by the
Germans. Cows and donkeys are now
horses and mules. Altogether / spent !
nearly eight weeks wandering through |
Belgium, and in all that time 1 don't |
believe / saw more than half dozen /
horses in the possession of the native
population.
One of the scarcest things in Ger
many, apparently, Is rubber, for
noticed that their motor trucks, or lor-
ries, unlike our own, had no rubber
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-25

One evening as vas about to swim
a canal about two hundred feet wide,
] suddenly noticed about one hundred
yards away canal boat mOOred to
the side.
1t was at a sort of Out-of-the-way
place and i wondered what the canal
boat had stopped for. / crawled up
to see. AS / neared the boat/fiye men
were leaving 1t and ] noticed them
cross over into the fields. At a safe
distance I followed them and they had
not gone very far before / saw what
they were after. They were commit
ting the common but heinous crime OF
stealing potatoes!
Without the means to cook them,
potatoes didn't interest me a bit and
/ thought that the boat itself would
probably yield me more than the pO-
tato patch. Knowing the canal-hands
would probably take their time in the
fields, climbed up the stern of the
boat leisurely and without any partic-
ular plans to conceal myself Just as
my head appeared above the stern Of
the boat / saw silhouetted against
the sky, the dread outline Of a Ger
man soldier-spiked helmet and all
A chill ran down my spine as l
dropped to the bank of the canal and
skunk away. Evidently the sentry had
not seen me or, if he had, he had prob
ably figured that 1 was one of the
foraging party, but l realized that it
wouldn't pay in future to take any
thing for granted.
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-25

NY one constant friend, the North
Star, to stand by me.
There you are, you old North Star"
cried aloud. "YOu want me to get
to HOllapd, don't you? But this Pat
OBrien%this Pat O'Brein who calls
himself sOldier-he's got yellow
streak-NOrth Star-and he SAYS it
can't be done! He wants me to quit
to lie down here for the Huns to
md me and take me back to Cour-
trai-after all you've done, North
Starr | don't want to follow him-I
just want to follow you-because you
you are taking me away from the
Huns and this Pat O'BrienZthis fell
low who keeps after me all the time
and leans on my neck and wants me
to lie down-this yellow Pat O'Brein
wants me to 90 back to the Huns I"
After spell of foolish chatter like
that my senses would come back to
me for while and / would trudge
along without a word until the fever
came on Inc again.
L knew that l had to have food be-
cause / was about on my last legs.
was very much tempted to lie down
then and there and call 1t beat.
Things seemed to be getting worse for
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-25
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Introductory. Pat O'Brien
tells Of his purpose in writing the story
OF hit adventures.
CHAPTER II-TeHs Of his enlistment in
the Royal Flying corps, his training in
Canada and ms transfer 10 France for ac-
tive duty.
CHAPTER III-Describes fights in which
he brought down two German airpIanss
and MS final fight in which he was
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and was made a prisoner OF
war.
CHAPTER IV-Discovers that German
hospital staff barDzrOusly neglected the
fatally wounded ana devoted their ener-
g1eS to restoring those VINO might be
returned to the firing lines Witnesses
death in night of his best chum. Lieut.
Paul Rainey.
CHAPTER VIE is taken to the Of
hcers' prison camp at Courrai- There he
began planning MS escape. BY great sac
rihce he manages TO save and hide away
two daily rations Of bread.
CHAPTER Vile confscates a mar of
Germany and just half an hour later IS
put on a train bound for a prison camp
IN Germany he leaps through d window
while the train Is travelling al q rate OF 30
miles an hour.
CHAPTER VII-For nine DAYS he
crawls through Germany, hiding during
the day, travelling az night, guided by the
stars and subsisting on raw vegetables
He covers % miles before reaching Lux
emburg.
CHAPTER yIII-For nine days more he
struggles on in q weakened condition
through Luxembourg il the direction OF
Belgium.
CHAPTER IX-He eudures terrible
hardships, sWinls rivers while delirious
from munger, living Ike a hunted animal
and on the eighteenth day after jumping
from the train he crosses into Belgium
CHAPTER X-when well on his way
through Belgium he IS befriended one
night by a Flemish peasant, who feeds
him and directs him TO a man in a Bel
gian city who will help him 10 get pass
port
CHAPTER XI-By mingling with Bel
gian peasants he manages to elude Ger
man soldiers and reaches the Belgian city
where he finds the home OF the man from
whom he expects help.
CHAPTER XII-Huyliger FORCES a pass
port for O'Brien and promises to assist
him in getting into Holland. Later Huy-
Tiger and his associates demand an ex-
orbitant sum for their services and
U Brien breaks with them
CHAPTER XIII-He spends five days
and nights in an unOccupied house with
out food except for the scraps he picks up
in night forays.
CHAPTER XIV-To gain confidence for
the adventures 10 come in his attempt to
get into Holland. he ventures one night
into moving picture theater patronized
by German soldiers.
CHAPTER Xv-Some observations In 9
Belgian city.
CHAPTER XVI-He leaves the city in
the daytime and after some hair-raising
adventures reaches the frontier of Hol-
land.
CHAPTER XVII-He passes the cleo
trically charged wire barrier that sepa-
rates Belgium from Holland by digging
under the wire. Seventy-two DAYS after
he had leaped from the train ne breathes
the air of freedom.
CHAPTER XVIII-Assisted by the Brit
ish consul at Rotterdam he finally reaches
England and gets a summons from the
King.
CHAPTER XIX-He Is presented to the
king who listens with deep interest to the
story Of his adventures
CHAPTER XX-Arrives safely in his
home town of Momence, III
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me the farther l went, and all the
that electric barrier between Belgium
and Holland, even if l ever reached
there alive. What was the use of
further suffering when / would prob
ably be captured in the end anyway?
Before giving up, however, decided
upon one bold move. l would ap-
prOach one of the houses in the vi
cinity and get food there or die In
the effort.
l picked out a small house because
l figured there would be less likeli-
hood of soldiers being billeted there.
Then / wrapped stone in my khaki
handkerchief as a sort of camouflaged
weapon, determined to kill the occu-
pant of the house, German or Belgian,
If that step was necessary in order
to get food. l tried the well in the
yard, but it would not work, and then
l went up to the door and knocked.
1t was l o'clock in the morning. An
old lady came to the window and
looked out. She could not imagine
what | was, probably, because l was
still attired in that old overcoat. She
gave a cry and her husband and a
boy came to the door.
They could not speak English and I
could not speak Flemish but 1 pointed
to my flying coat and then to the sky
and said "FIeger" (flier), which 1
thought would tell them what l was.
Whether they understood or were
inundated by the hard-looking ap-
pearance, l don't know, but certainly
it would have to be brave old man
and boy who would start an argument
with such a villainOus looking char
acter as stood before them that night!
had not shaved for month, my
clothes were wet, torn and dirty, my
leggings were gone-they had gotten
so heavy / had to discard them-my
hair was matted and my cheeks were
flushed with fever. In my hand l
carried the rock in my handkerchief
and / made no effort to conceal its
presence or its mission.
Anyway, they motioned me indoors,
gave me my first hot meal in more
than a month True, it consisted only
of warm potatoes. They had been
previously cooked, but the old woman
warmed them up in milk in one of the
dirtiest kettles 1 had ever seen.
asked for bread, but she shook her
head, although / think 1t must have
been for lack of it rather than be-
cause she begrudged it to me. For
If ever n man showed he was finished,
/ did that night. / swallowed those
warm potatoes ravenOusly and l drank
four glasses of water, one after an
other. 1t was the best meal l had had
since the "banquet" in the prison at
Courtrai.
The woman Of the house was prob
ably seventy-five years old and had
evidently worn wooden shoes all her
life, for she had a callous spot on the
side of her foot the size of half dol
lar and it looked so hard that doubt
whether you could have driven nail
into it with hammer!
As l sat there drying myself-for L
was in no hurry to leave the first
human habitation l had entered In
four weeks-I reflected on my I'M
happy lot and the unknown troubles
and dangers that lay ahead of me.
Here, for more than month, l had
been leading the life of a hunted
animal-yes, worse than n hunted
animal. for nature clothes her less
favored creatures more appropriate
Iy for the life they lead than I was
clothed for mine--and there was not
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lutely sure that was not German
spy-and then apparently deciding in
my favor, told me what he thought II
was best for me TO do.
IF you will call on this man.
mentioning the name of a Belgian in
-, a city through which 1 had to
pass), he advised, you will be able to
make arrangements with him to Sc
cure a passport, and he will do every
thing he can to get you out Of Bel
gium."
he told me where the man in ques-
ton could be found and gave me some
useful directions to continue my jour
ney, and then he led me TO the door.
l thanked him thousand times and
Continued next week
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-25
CHAPTER K.
ExperIences in ReIaiunl.

think that one of the worst things
I had to contend with in my journey
through Belgium was the number Of
small bitches. They intercepted me
at every half mile or so, sometimes
more frequently. The canals and the
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1918-07-25

as far as 1 could see, the road was
lined with German soldiersl What
they were doing in that part Of Bel
GUM did not know, but you can be
mighty sure l didn't spend any time
trying to find out.
Again it was necessary to change
my course and lose a certain amount
of ground, but by this time had be-
come fairly well reconciled to these
reverses and they did not depress me
as much as they did at first.
At this period of my adventure, II
day or night passed without Its thrill
1 began to feel almost disappointed,
but such disappointments were
rather rare.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-05

west will SPEND lot Of money for en-
larsement OF their buildings. which win
consume lumber. shingles. paint and
perhaps patented roofing We have all
ready been advised &c advances in Ger
tain materials. which enter into The
manufacture OF our product: we have
learned that some building materials
have increased: but in no case have we
been advised of reduction. except per-
haps In the case Of bituminous coal.
which production This year exceeds that
of any other YEAR because of war actfyi-
ties and now with conditions becoming
normal the dealers are beginning 10 ask
YOU 10 buy coal instead OF your begging
them for coal as has been tile case in
the past year aac "A nalr
Getting back 10 our subject q the
outlook for the Farm Trade To indi-
cate the general feeling Of business
hopefuness with the different lumber
dealers. let me quote from the words
expressed at meeting of the Michigan
Hardwood Manufacturers ar Detroit.
Michigan, on November 18th; namely.
The Field Is Ready For the plow'
Farm trade viii take advantage OF
changed conditions; for the farmers as
class now arc ahundantly able to make
improvements they have had in con-
temptation before the period of war.
Money is a commodity. 4 bushel Of
wheat viii buy more Of building today
than ever before in the history OF the
world ANY farm produce that is rails
Cd on the American farm will buy more
building material than ever before. So
in considering what YOU now term the
high price of building material consid-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-05
NEW NIGHT
MESSAGE RATES

Manager c. l. YuilIe of the local
Western Union office announces a
scale OF greatly reduced rates for over
night MESSAGES. effective January I.
The new rates are calculated to de-
velop new class Of Geographic cor
respondence consisting OF short com
munications which should not suffer
the delays inseparable from physical
transportation in the mails but which
Will not stand the higher rates nee
essarify charged for the longer night
letters The new service, known as
night messages. is designed to sup
plement and round out the night let
ter service. The minimum night mes
sage rate is 2oc. and for Csc ten word
overnight messages can be sent a
considerable distance. while the max
imum rate IS soc as against a maxi
mum of 81 heretofore charged The
new rates should not only prove a
boon TO the business interests OF this
city but lead to the same large use
Of the telegraph in social correspond
ence that prevails in European coun-
tries.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-05
SOLDIERS
COMING BACK

PARIS. Dec 5-ln addition 90 the
steamers Empress of Britain and Nd
riatic bound for New York with SOL
diers the Canopic has left Liverpool
for Boston with FORTY officers and L.
o52 men of the air service. 1t was Of
hclaliy announced todaE
TIE Empress OF Britain is carving
six aero squadrors comprising TWEEN
tv officers and $50 men. four air ser
vice construction companies of "a Of
lcers and 9s5 men and about 400 sick
and wounded with attendant nurses.
medical officers and men. Aboard tne
NdrIatic are seven squadrons total ng
twenty three officers and 9I6 men and
nvo air service construction companies
comprising twenty -one officers and
f.014 men
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-05

forth for congressional consideration in
the annual report Of the interstate COM
merce commission regarding the future
OF the railroads.
The report in brief follows:
Whatever line of policy is determin-
cd the fundamental aim should be TO
secure transportation systems that viii
be adequate for the nations need even
in the time of national stress. To this
end there should be provisions for
prompt merger without friction OF all
the lines in time of emergency.
This merger would be such" SAYS
the report. as would be necessary for
the demands Of the domestic and for
eign commerce" 1t would assure only
the construction absolutely needed:
would encourage inland waterways and
Of rail and water transpor-
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-05
Stop Itching Eczema

Never mind how often you have tried
and jailed, you can stop burning, itching
eczema quickly by applying a little zemo
furnished by any druggist for 35c. Extra
large bottle, SLIGO. Healing begins the
moment zeno is applied. In short time
usually every trace of eczema, letter,
pimples, rash, blackheads and similar
skin diseases will be removed.
For clearing the skin and making it
vigorously healthy, always use zemo. the
penetrating, antiseptic liquid. 1t is not a
greasy salve and it does not stain. When
others fail it is the one dependable treat
ment for skin troubles of all kinds.
The Z. ". Rose Co.. Cleveland. O.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-12-05
LIVELY FUN MAKERS
AT THE ORPHEUM

O'Neil and Walmsley proved the Iiv-
lest funmakers the Hammond Orph-
tum theatre has had in coon's age.
hen the yopened Yesterday as a fea-
ture act of the midweek bill. When
Walmsley complained that the horse
he bet on ran the other way" O'Nefi
opined he should have played" him
both ways"
The race track was muddy. Il
thought YOU said that horse liked tht
muda" questioned Walmsley
Yah" replied o'NeiI, "he likes It so
we'll he runs back the other way so
they can't kick in his face"
II is O'Nen who declares that the
way to keep horse from frothing at
the mouth is to teach him to spit