The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-11-18
YANKEE TROOPS IN
GERMAN TERRITORY
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4 trying out new planes and practicins
machine gun fire.
The doughboys already are specu
lating on when they will be SEN
home.
When do we go homer" is the
iQuestion most frequently on the lips
iof doughboyS and officers. They ash
lit of one another and of every new
Iarrival. Correspondents are besiegeC
with the question.
The next most frequent question is
who fired the last shot of the war p
iOf course, every man at the front
claims the distinction. Thousands OF
men who were in, the front lines
when the war ended had not removed
their clothes for weeks. Troops from
Kansas Missouri, Nebraska and Okla.
homa, had no opportunity to remove
their clothes or battle for Ave weeks,
American sanitary officers SATURDAY.
We're completing the work of removal
ling Stenay which was occupied just
five minutes before hostilities ceased.
Hundreds of doughboys also were
busy purging the town of evidences
of German occupation which were
abundant. Every street had been
given a German name Main street,
for instance, was Kronprinz strasse.
Residents insist the street should be
named Wilson or Pershing.
When / was in Stenay Saturday /
visited the chateau which the former
crown prince occupied during the Yer
dun offensive. 1t had been trans
formed into an American headquar-
tiers and major was sleeping in the
crown princes room.
French women who acted as care
takers said Frederick William spent
much of his time during the verdun
fighting playing with his dogs in the
garden.
Emperor Wept Bitterly.
ZURICH, Nov. 1S.-A high digni-
tary describing Emperor Karls abdi-
ca ton at Eckartsau castle, said he
refused to sign the document until he
was persuaded by Cardinal Czernoch.
He finally consented. weeping bit
Iterly.
The journal venkon reports that
soldiers attacked Godollo castle win
the intention of numbering the royal
family. but that Karl and the EN-
press managed to escape TO Ecksis-
sau.
Last Shot of War.
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMIES
IN FRANCE, Nov. 1S.-Captain Eddie
Rickenbacker, Of Columbus, Ohio.
dean of American aces, is believed to
have fired the last shot of the war
He was given the honor of making
the last flight over the German lines
before the armistice became effective.
Rickenbacker left his hangar at
l10:45 a m. Monday for his last flight.
At exactly 1859 Rickenbacker
passed over German transport col
umn and held the trigger of his mac
chine gun down for a minute
In thas time he poured $50 rounds
of shot into the Boches. who scattered
before him.
General Liggett yesterday decor
ated Rickenbacker. Lieut.. Louis ST.
mon. also OF Columbus, and five other
aviators, with the American distin-
guished service cross.
Both Rickenbacker and Simon were
granted medals by the French govern
ment last week
In an Airplane.
AMSTERDAM, Nov 1S.-The Teie-
graf stated today that a German air
plane passed over Zevenaar Sunday
carrying high placed parsonage. be
lieved to be the German empress
zevenaar is small village fifty
eight miles southeast of Amsterdam.
Papers are confisca.ed.
ZURICH. Nov. 1s.-The hungarian
gov eminent has confiscated Count
Tisza's papers concerning the origin
of the war
Soldiers are reported TO have killed
Countess Itchy. Count Wekerle's es-
tate at Danos has been pillaged and
the castle destroyed.
Does No. Want French.
AMSTERDAM, Nov lS.-A demand
that the Rhine provinces be occupied
only by British and American troops
was made today by the Cologne Ga
zette This newspaper professed a fear
that the French would Incite the popu-
lations of these provinces.
Kaiser to Return.
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 1S.-The
workmens' and soldiers council of
Potsdam announces it has learned
that the former kaiser is planning to
return to Germany, owing to the dis
turbances in Holland.
Has Never Abdieated.
PARIS, Nov. 1S-t1o:15 q. M
The Berliner Tageblatt declares that
Wilhelm has not abdicated, explain
ing that he only fed from the coun-
try The newspaper points out that
the act OF abdication was not pub !
lished.
In Metz Tomorrow.
PARIS. Nov. 1S.-German soldiers i
have been rioting in Metz since No !
vember 10, according TO correspon- 1
dent of LeMatin, who went TO that 1
city TO await its restoration. The
French are scheduled TO enter Metz
tomorrow.
A Visit to Brussels
BRUGES, Belgium, Nov. IS.-Thir- 4
teen American marine officers return
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