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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
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Tbs funeral OF Buelnor Cooks
TAYLOR, who died FRIDAY afternoon
IN his home, IL North Third street,
will be he'd this afternoon a. :
o'cisek InterneTt viii be in Holly
wood. and services VIII be conducted
&s the grave MI, Baylor was sixty
seven years old Ee is survived by
his wife, one daughter. Mira. Z Il.
Howe, an6 one ron. c. r. Baylor.
There will be no flowers and no
mourning al the funeral according 70
last request " the deceased
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

rrcw X Rhea. the son OF Judge
william + Thsa Of the state corpo-
ration CON n 81 on. wss buried yes
terday afternoon a. Z SO oseolck, ser
VICES beiug conducted by the Rev
N. r. r NcFadon IN the home. &
Es&s< Crsc. stree Iutsrnent was
ia Hollywood
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17

Al thu United Doctors Ofhces. Tenth
and Clay streets, are electrical devices
for the treatment of almost every
known disease. The patient IN the
above photograph is receiving a pain
less electrical current that contracts
and exercises stiEened muscles of any
part OF the body hundreds OF times
each minute. This parttc ular treat
ment Is highly effective in paralysis,
useless limbs, numbness in arms and
legs, and in many cases of stomach
and bowel trouble
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
PROFESSOR TESLA
INVENTOR OF THE
ULTRA VIOLET-RAY

Electricity is the meticins OF the
future. Its currents can be sent
through the body that microbes and
disease germs win be instantly ami
hilated.~
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1918-03-17
HIGH FREQUENCY CURRENTS
CAUSE REDUCTION or
BLOOD PRESSURE

In cases or rheumatism, asthma and
kidney diseases, and also In neurasthe-
uia. with high arterial tendon, the ap-
piicatiOn Of frequency currents
causes a reduction Of the blood pres-
sure. This reduction b progressive
from one treatment TO another. and 90
ours In cases OF arterte-scieroa1D (high
blood pressure> for which the high-
frequency currents are an sEosS1sns
treatment
UNITED DOCTORS
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08
Copper River and Northwestern Ry.
FOUR TRAINS WEEKLY BETWEEN CHITINA AND KENNECOTT

CHITINA AND KENNECOTT Leave Cordova, Second Street Depot, on Mon days, Thursdays and Saturdays Leave Chitina for Cordova Sundays, Tuesdays,
 Thursdays and Fridays Leave Chitina for Kennecott Sundays, Tuesdays and Fridays
 Leave Kennecott for Chitina Mondays Wednes-
 days Thursdays and Saturdays The above schedule subject to change without notice.
 Dining Car in Connection with all Regular Passenger Trains between Cordova and Chitina. Freight received and delivered at Cordova N hurt from 9 a. m. to p m, except Sundays Tickets on sale at Second Street Depot office "nr hour before departure of trains.
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-,.usI or us nau Savcu sOinr ndJter from the day before, and we used 1t 10 fry our potatoes. By hribing one of the guards, h" bought some eggs for us. They cost 25 cents apiece, but we were determined to make this banquet q success, no matter what it cost
 The cooking was done by the prison cook, whom, of course, we had to bribe.
 When the meal was ready to serve it consisted of scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, bread and jam, and q pitcher of beer which we were allowed to buy.
 That was the 29th of Aug ISt. Had 1 known that it was to be the last real meal that l was to eat for many weeks, might have enjoyed 1t even more than I did, but 1t was certainly very good.
 We had cooked enough for eight, but while W" were still eating. another joined us. He was an English officer who had just been brought in on Il stretcher. For seven days, he told uS, he had lain in shell hole, wounded. and he was almost famished, and we were mighty glad to share our ban quet with him.
 We called on each man for a speech, and one might have thought that we were at firSt-Clu%S club meeting. A few days after that our party was broken up and some of the men, sup pose, l shall never see again.
 One of the souvenirs of my adven- ture is check given me during this "hnnqupt" by Lerut. James Henry Dickson of the Tenth Royal Irish Flu silccrs. Il fellow prisoner. II was for 70 francs and was made payable To the order of "Mr. Pat O'Brien. 2nd Lieut." Poor Jim forgot to scratch out the "London" and substitute "Courtrui" on the date line, but its value as n souvenir Is just as great. When he gave 1t to me he had no idea that I would have an opportunity so soon afterward to cash 1t in person, although l an quite sure that what ever financial revcrseS l may be deS- tined to meet, my want will never be great enough to induce me to realize on that check.
 There was one subject that was talked about in this prison whenever i conversation Jagged, and I suppose 1t is the same in other prisons too. What were the chances of escape
 Every man seemed to have differ ent idea and one way, 1 suppose, WAS 1 about as impraCtiCable as another. None of us ever expected to get q chance to put our ideas into execution, ! but 1t was interesting speculation, and anyway one can never tell what op- portunities might present themselves.
 One suggestion was that we disguise ourselves as women. "O'Brien would i stand better chance disguised as n horSe!" declared another. referring to l the fact that my height q am six feet ! two incheS) would make me more con 1 spicuouS as woman than ns man. i Another suggested that We steal a ! German GOthn-a type of airplane used for long-diStanCe bombing. It Is J these machines which are used for
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08
CHAPTER VI.
A Leap for Liberty.

l had been in prison at tUurtrai nearly three weeks when, on tn" morn ing of September 9th, l and six other officers were told that We w"r" to be transferred to prison camp in Ger many.
 One of the guards told me during the day that we were destined for q re- prisal camp in Strassburg. They were sending Us there to keep our airmen from bombing the place.
 He explained that the English car ried German officers on hospital ships for similar purpose and he excused the German practice of torpedoing these vessels on the score that they also carried munitions. When l pointed out to him that France would hardly be sending munitions to Eng land, he lost interest in the argument.
 Some days before, had made up my mind that 1t would be Il very good thing to get hold of a map of Germany. which I knew was in the possession of one of the German interpreters. be- cause l realized that If ever the op. p0rtunity came to make my escape, such n map might be of the greatest assistance to me.
 With the idea of stealing this map, accordingly. a lieutenant and l got in front of this interpreters window one day and engaged in n very hot argu- mcnt as to whether Heidelberg was on the Rhine or not, and "" argued back and forth so vigorously that the Ger man came out of his room, map in hand. to settle it. After the matter was entirely settled to our Sntisfac-
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08

bombing London. They are mahned by three men, one sitting in front with q machine gun the pilot sitting behind him and m observer sitting in the rear with another machine gun. We fig ured that. at pinch, perhaps, seven or eight of us could make our escape in single machine. They have two motors of very high horse power, fly very high and make wonderful speed. But we had no chance to put this idea to the test.
 worked out another plan by which 1 thought l might have Il chance if l could ever get Into one of the German nirdrOmcS. 1 would conceal myself in one of the hnngarS, wait until one of the German machines started out, and as he tuXied along the ground l would rush out. shout at th" top of my voice and point cxCitodly at his wheels. This. l figured, would cause the pilot t0 stop and get out to see what was wrong. By that time would be up to him, and as he stopped over to inspect the ma chine, l could knock him ScnSclcsS, jump into the machine and be over the lines before the Huns could make up their minds just what had happened.
 It was fine dream, but my chance was not to com" that way.
 There were dozens of other ways which we considered. on" man would be for "nd"avoring to mak" his way right through the lines. Another thought the safest plan would be to swim some river that crossed th" lines.
 Tn" idea of making ones way to Holland, Il neutral country, occurred tu everyone, but the one great obstacle in that direction, W" all realized, was the great barrier of harhrd and eleC- iricai.y charged wire which guards ev- cry frot of the frontier between Bel gium and Holland and which Is closely watched by the German s"ntricS.
 This barrier was q threo-fold affair. It consisted first of Il harb"d wire wall six feet high. Six feet beyond thnt Wa~ Il niuc-foot wall of wire power fully charged with electricity. To touch 1t meant olectrocution. Beyond that. at u distance of six feet was another wall of bnrbcd wire six feet high.
 Beyond the barrier lay Holland and liberty. but how to get there was n problem which none of us could solve and few of Us ever expected to have chauc" to try.
 Mine came sooner thnn l expected.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08
Sell At A Bargain

Ford's latest improved Ton Truck, worm gear drive, extra wide wheels on rear (8 inches wide), solid Duval tires; built for hauling fuel, Has platform top, hickory stakes. Practi- cally new. Runs a few times as a jitney from Seward to Bear Lake. Have had load 15 to 20 people. Was bought last winter before the advance in automobiles. I can and will sell at a bargain, as war re- quires me to go Outside. Can be seen at Ford Garage, Sew ard.
 INDEPENDENT FUEL co.
 Seward
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08

Ghent. our party consisted of five British officers and one French officer At Ghent. where we had to whit for several hours for another train to take us direct to the prison camp in Ger many. two other prisoners were added to our party.
 In the interval we were locked In room at hotel, q guard sitting at tn" door with rifle on his knee. IL would have done my heart good for the rest of my liz. if I could have gotten away then and fooled that Hun-he wnS so cocksure.
 Later we were marched to the train that was to convey us to Germany. It consisted of some twelve coaches, eleven of these containing troops going home on leave, and the twelfth re- served for us. We were placed in q fourth-class compartment with old, hard, wooden seats. filthy floor and no lIgNs save candle placed ther" by a gLss7-4 There were eight of us prisoners and four guards.
 As we sat in the coach we were an object of curiosity to the crowd who gathered at the station.
 Hope you have nice tripw one of them shouted sarcastCnlly.
 Drop me q line when you get to Berlin. will you?" shouted another in broken English.
 When shall We see you againf" asked n third.
 Remember me to your friends, will you? You'll find plenty where you're going!" shouted another.
 The German officers made no effort to reprcss the crowd fin fact. they joined in the general laughter which followed every sally.
 called to n German officer who was passing our window.
 You're an officer, aren't youT l asked, respectfully enough.
 "YcS what of it?" he rcjoned.
 Well in England" l 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 ITunSItTTtH to StCbDu-tldSN ttlIHuIl l- ment?'
 If had my way" he replied, you'd ride with the hogs !"
 Then he turned to the crowd and told them of my request and how he had answered me. and they all laughed hilariousy.
 This got me pretty hot.
 "That would he a d--- sight better than riding with the Germans, 7" l yelled after him, but if he consid- 1t 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. l 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 rifles were loaded In our presence to let us know that they meant business. From the moment 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 reprisal camp might as we'll make up my mind, as far as was concerned. the war was over. It occurred to me that If the eight of us in that car could jump at n given signal and seize those four Hun guards by surprise, we'd have splendid | chance of besting them and Jumping of the train when 1t first slowed down, but when l passed the idea on to my comrades they turned 1t down. Even If the plan worked out as gloriously as had pictured, they pointed out, the fact that 50 many of us had es- Gro be Continued)
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08

tion. he went back into his room and l watched where he put the map.
 When. therefore, learned that l was on my way to Germany, realized that 1t was more important than ever for me to get that map, and with the help of my friend, we got the interpreter out of his room on some pretext or another, and while he was gone l con iiscated the map from the book in which he kept 1t and concealed 1t in my sock underneath my logging. AS l had anticipated, 1t later proved Of the utmost value to me.
 l got it none too soon, for half an Eour later we were on our wav tn
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08

Whichever we passed q Belgian home or other building which had been wrecked by bombs by our airmcn our guards mad" us stop moment or two while they passed sneering remarks among themselves.
 One of the most interesting souT". mfrs I have of my Imprisonment at Courtrai is photograph of group of Us taken in the prison courtyard, The picture was made by one of the guards, who sold copies of 1t to those of us who were able to pay his pricc-One mark apiece.
 As we faced the camera l suppose We all tried to look our happieSt. but the majority of us, l am afraid, were too sick at heart to raise smile, even for this occasion. One of our Hun guards Is shown in the picture seated at the table. l am standing directly behind him, attired In my fly ing tunic, which they allowed me to wear all the time l was in prison. as is the usual custom with prisoners of war. Three of the British officers shown in the picture, in the fore ground, are clad in "shorts.'
 Through all my subsequent adyen- lures I was able to retain print of this interesting picture, and although when l gaze ut 1t now It only serves to increase my qualification at my ulti- mate escape, 1t fills me with regret to think that my fellow prisoners were not so fortunate. All of them by this time are undoubtedly eating their hearts up in the prison camps of in terior Germany. Poor fellows!
 Despite the sCanty fare and the re. strictionS we were under in this priSon We did manage on one occasion to ar range regular banquet. The plan nsE which was necessary helped to pass the time.
 At this time there were eight of us We decided that the principal thing We needed to make the affair sue cess was potatoes, and I conceived n plan to get them. Every other after noon they took us for a walk in the country, and 1t occurred to me that If would be a comparatively simple matter for us to pretend to be tired and sit down when we came to the first potato patch.
 It worked out nicely. When we came to the first potato patch that afternoon, We told our guards that We wanted to rest bit and we were allowed to sit down. In the course of the next five minutes each of us managed to get Il potato or two. Be ing Irish, l got six.
 When We got back to the prison, l managed to steal handkerchief full of sugar. which. with some apples that we were allowed to purchase, we cas- fly converted into sort of jam.
 We now had potatoes and jam, but no bread. It happened that the Hun who had charge of the potatoes was n great musician. It was not very difficult to prevail upon him to play us some music, and while he went out to get his zither I went into the bread pantry and stole a loaf of bread.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08

Your eyes fitted, Compound and stigmatic lenses replaceds See Os. borne.
The Cordova daily times., 1918-08-08
VIM. A. HESSE

Mining Engineer
 U. g Mineral Surveyor. U. s. Deputy Surveyor. BOX 13 CORDOVA, ALASKA
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-11-30
Objection to Farms By Returned Soldiers
Is Cause Of Worry
By DR.. ]. 7. SIMMONS Of Toronto

Provision for the soldiers returning from the and the suggestion
that plan be evolved place them farms being given
attention students great deal has been written the
about this problem purely academic 1t has been suggested
that the soldier has lived long of doors that he will be oah to
return the desk factory In there lot of truth in this
but does not balance the desire of the soldier be constant contact
with his comrades.
Not long ago survey Of two hundred soldiers who in
convascen homes made by expert Canada 1t showed that
about SO cent had been brought farms but only about 10
cent had remained there small proportion owned farms and only
about per declared they wanted return agriculture This Of
to be regretted but does not look promising for the plan
to send the soldiers to, the farms
We know that great many from the farms since the began
have gone the cities and entered factories greatly advanced wages
They have had taste of the life and will be difficult get them
back the farms 1t is therefore going be very prob
lem. We have have till the soil feed the
the cities The and other farm machinery will
help make the lack machinery cannot be without
the help of the population increasing all the time making
increased production of food products absolutely This
of the difficult results of the which will require great
deal of study and planning to meet.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-11-30

America Every steamer from these journeys
possibility an additional shpoad soldiers
II the allies were compelled these
whole 1000 supply today would require 100000
ping imam at present IN for this purpose If North could
next year provide the whole of allied necessities
tons OF shipping Every ship ship built weight
blow against the Germans will not alone by the ships we build
but by the ships that save
II the allies forced rely wholly on the remote markets for
their food would have soldiers the burden
grow less IN the future for every ship build
replace losses and to increase army the front
Therefore the whole waood problem simply and solely deter
natlon OF the amount of food that be spared from
The marginal amount must be drawn from the
Our ability supply the allied world lies in four irectons
First The United States usually produces surplus
for export and above normal consumption surplus we
export without disturbance
Second We have years exported other than allies
By partial complete embargo of these shipments slightly
the supplies available to the allies
Third We expand the planted, haves
normal thereby enlarge the surplus export through increasing
production
Fourth Our normal consumption food anywhere
from 10 to ~ per cent than maintain public
health and strength and restrict the national
sumption to need and thereby increase exports.
We have thus far the allies concerned marginal
small normal surplus the embargo abnormal surplus
be created by stimulated production and further surplus be created
by reduction consumption Our reslnc of in these
four directions principally the latter such that have the
will do maintain the strength Of the allies and people, and
all talk of famine hya Our world food situation to be
interpreted mne worst to be interpreted terms Of soldiers
France aernavy be interpreted larger ship
building programs.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-11-30

Beauty may 60 beautifully in any.
thing made of silk or anything made
OF fur, with clear conscience and
without criticism-for these are things
the soldiers don't need. So there are
Magnificent fur wraps and less snen-
did but quite as beautlfu. ones made
or satins and silks for those who
choose to wear them. There is plenty
OF latitude in this matter Of wartime
dressing to allow those who can af-
ford it, to go as brilliantly clad, when
occasion makes opportunity, as in the
past, or to dress as simply as for a
promenade. There are several minds
as to what BELTS the times.
Since fur and silk are at hand moth
Ing more is asked by the creators of
styles, except customers to buy the
beautiful things that can be made of
them. At one of the New York style
shows the lovely evening coat which
is pictured above shows how well an
American designer succeeded. This
wrap Is not too gorgeous to be youth
full, is clever and original enough to
be interesting and there are not two
opinions as to- its beauty.
Even Paris, after four years of war,
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-11-30

ing of wheat and shelled corn. The
actual grading is done by licensed in
spectors who are not employed by the
department but operate either indie
pendently from fees collected for their
services or are employed by CONNER
cial or state inspection departments.
The work Of the inspectors is checked
up by representatives of the grain
supervision division of the bureau Of
markets, which also maintains district
supervisors and serves as court Of
appeals whenever grades assigned by
inspectors on interstate shipments are
questioned by growers or dealers. All
this organization assures that wheat
ant shelled corn inspected by licensed
inspectors will Sc ga Sad in accord
ance with the same fixed standards
whether sold by country elevators, at
terminal markets or in foreign mar.
ketS.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-11-30

with air raids always imminent and
amid a thousand difficulties, has had
the courage to carry on it's business
of creating beautiful apparel. The
French feel that this is a necessity.
Their genius for clothes has been such
an asset that place for it must be
maintained. They have been much
given to black and white for evening
gowns and wraps and a cape very full,
Of black satin lined with white satin,
Is so quiet and elegant that it compels
everyone's admiration. 1t has an Inn
nense collar of monkey fur. There
are other satin capes in dark shades
Of brown, made up with moleskin col
lars and banded trimmings, and black
satin long, loose and ample coats with
deep cape collars and banded trim
mings Of beaver or other furs.
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-11-30
High Spots In Agriculture.

Notified butter IS due largely to un.
oven distribution Of salt.
Operation OF gins Mt rapid speeds
INJURIES the tlher Of cotton by cutting
II.
Three ts FOR caring for milk in the
home; Keep Il cold, covered and
clean.
Oats uttered to make them weigh
NOR" ca u legally be shipped in In
tcrStato commerce.
ton of soy beans VIII yield about
t"rtN GALLONS of oil useful in various
NnNg.
'he hundred and twenty-five pairs
o. birds nest on the average farm in
tho Northwest
Garlic flavor can he eliminated by
heating mill, To IA degrees F. and
Moving air through Il.
The sense of direction In migratory
hird7 Ia az marvellous as 1t Is mystic
rious. The familiar Inhabitants Of the
dooryarl martin boxes return the next
year, though meanwhile they have
visited, pra2li.
The melting point of Southern-nade
hnttor Ia higher where cattle are fed
cnttonseed products.
Fali blowing, disking and narrowing
hr'p tn destroy eggs Of grasshoppers
fnd other insects.
Delicious table strip can be made
from cull and waste apples by home
methods developed by the United
States department OF agriculture.