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Then lay down on my stomach ana
crawfed or rather writhed under thN
Wire like a snake, with my feet nrst'
and there wasn't any question OF IaJ
hugging mother earth as closely as
possible because l realized that even
to touch the wire above NE with my
back meant instant death.
Anxious as l was to get on the other
side, I didn't hurry this operation. l
feared that there might be some little
detail that | had overlooked and ! ex-
ercised the greatest possible care IN
going under, taking nothing for
granted
When I finally got through and
Strengthened up, there were still sew
eral feet of Belgium between me ana
liberty, represented by the six feet
which separated the electric barrier
from the last barbed wire fence, but
before / went another step | went
down on my knees and thanked COO
for my long series OF escapes and es-
pecially for this last achievement,
which seemed to me to be about all
that was necessary to bring me free
dom.
Then I crawled under the barbed
wire fence and breathed the free air OF
Holland. l had no clear idea just
whore / was and | didn't care much.
was out of the power of the Germans
and that was enough. ! had walked
perhaps hundred yards, when ] re-
membered the lace / had thrown over
the barrier, and dangerous as | real
ized the undertaking to be, l deter
mined to walk back and get 1t. IiiiS
nccessitated my going back onto Bel
gian soil again, but 1t seemed shame
to leave the lace there, and by eXer-
cising little care | figured | could
get 1t easily enough,
When came to the spot at which
had made my way under the barbed
Wire, | put my ear to the ground ana
listened for the sentry. | heard nm
coming and lay prone on the ground
till he had passed. The fact that ne
might observe the hole in the ground
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IRISH CENSOR IS
REALLY POPULAR
LORD pEcIEs EXCEPTION TO
The CLASS WHICH is oRDt-
NARILY MOST UNPOPULAR.
tBy the Associated Press.)


Dublin, July 10 Seldom can a per.
son burdeued with the duties of an
important censorship lay claim 10 any
considerable degree of popularity, but
ireland possesses n press censor who
is really poplar even with the man
whose writings he is compelled to
blue-peneil and eritieise The Irish
press censor Is Lord Decies, We'll
known in the United States. and all
classes of Irish newspapermen appear
to be agreed that he is the right man
for the Place
Aord Baeies' censorship office Is To-
eaied on two upper floors in a build
ing on Grafton street, DuhHn--above
barber shop and billiard room.
Irishmen hate ceremony and unneees~
sary formality and Lord Deeies is not
in the least pompous or ceremonious
He is always ready to meet and talk
with the men whose copy he cen
sors. and when the business of the
moment is finished, he is ready to
chat with them for few minutes on
the favorite Irish topics of sport and
horses, on both of which subjects he
is an expert.
The key to Lord Beeies' success as
a censor, however, is probably that he
has succeeded in convincing all clas-
SEES Of Irishmem whether Sim Fetn
or Orangeman OF HIS absolute impair
TALLY and fairness to both sides.
One of the best tributes to his popu-
larity IS that he is occasionally made
the subject of newspaper jokes. lie
has pasted on the walls of his office
some Of the extraordinary letters and
clippings which have reached him. In
several of them he is ioeUlarly ad
dressed as Ills Royal Hlghness, the
Lord High Executioner Of Copy
Dublin"
Lady Deeies, his wife, was Viyiar
Could Of New York.
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER | = Introductory. Pat
oBrien tells of his purpose in writ
ing the story Of his adventures.
CHAPTER H-Tells of his enlist
meme in the Royal Flying corps, his
training in Canada and his transfer to
France fer active duty.
CHAPTER IlI-Describes fights in
which he brought down two German
airplanes and his final fight in which
he was brought down wounded within
the German lines and was made a
prisoner OF war.
CHAPTER IY-4Discoyery that Ger
man hospital staff barbarously neglect
ell he IA ally wounded and devoted
their energies to restoring those who
might be returned to the firing lines
Witnesses death in fight OF his best
chum, Lieutenant Rainey
CHAPTER Vile is taken to the
officers prison CAMP at Courtral
There he began planning his escape.
BY great sacrifice he manages to save
and hide away two daily rations Of
bread.
CHAPTER Vile confscates a
man Of Gerntny and just half an hour
laier is put on a train bound for a
prison camp in Germany. He leaps
through a window while the trains is
travelling at a rate of 80 miles an
hour
CHAPTER ylE-Fce nine days he
caawls through Gernl ny, hiding dur
ing The day traHeling a night srjG-
ed J the stars and subsisting on raw
yege ables. He covers . miles bot0re
reaching LMxembu9E.
CHAPTER ViII-For nine days
more he struggles on in a weakened
condition through Luxembourg in the
direction of Belgium.
CHAPTER IX-iHe endures terrible
hardships, swims rivers while deliri-
Gus from hunger, living like a hunted
animal and on the eighteenth diay az
ter jumping from the train he crosses
into Belgium.
CHAPTER X-When we'll on his
way through Belgium he IS befriended
one night by a Flemish peasant who
feeds him and dirsCi Aim to a man
in Belgian city Will help him
to get passport.
CHAPTER XII ningling with
Belgian peasants he nia9agos TO cIudo
German soldiers and aehes the Bel
gian city where he f s the home ef
he man from whom ne ~.ects help.
CHAPTER XII-Huyiig1r forges a
passport for O'Brien and promises to
assist him in getting into Holland.
Later Huyliger and his associaaes de-
mand an exorbitant sum for their
services and O'Brien break with
daem
CHAPTER XIII-He spends five
days and nights in an unoccupied
house without food except for the
scraps he picks up in night forays.
CHAPTER XIV-To gain confidence
for the adventures to come in his at
tempt TO get into Holland he ven
lures one night into a moving picture
theater patronized by German soldiers.
CHAPTER XV-Some observations
is a Belgian city.
CIIAPTHR XVI-IIe leaves the city
in the daytime and after some hair
raising adventures reaches the iron
tier of Holland.
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or the ladder occurred 70 me as / lay
there, and it seemed like an age be-
fore he finally marched out OF ear
shot. Then I went under The harbed
wire again retrieved tie lace and once
again made my way te Dutch terri
tory.
1t does not take long to describe the
events just referred 10. but the incl
dents themselves consumed several
hours il all. To dig the hole must
have taken me more than two hours
and I had TO stop frequently to hide
while the sentry passed. Many times,
indeed, ] thought I heard him coming
and stopped my work and then dis
covered that 1t was only my imagna-
ton. / certainly suffered enough that
night to last me a lifetime. With n
German guard on one side, death from
eleetrocudon on the other, and starva-
ton staring me IN the face, my plight
was anything but a comfortable one.
Il was en- The 10Th of November.
1917 when | got through the wire. [
had made my leap from the train on
September 9fh. Altogether therefore,
just seventy-tw0 days had elapsed
since | escaped from the Huns. II l
live to be as Old as Methusaleh. never
expect to live through another sew
enty-two days so crammed full Of in
cidenb and hazard and lucky escape.
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SAYS COUNTRY lob
IS BETTER THAN CITY

The following interesting conbila.
ton is taken from the latest report
OF the Labor Bureau in Washington
and should be of especial interest To
farmers in this time Of high wage
prices in the cities.
The comparisons made show that IN
reality the rural wage-earners are on
equal footing with those in tae cites,
While they do not receive the s4rle
compensation per week or month, yot,
when living expenses are reckoned
with, the country wage-earner has the
better of the argument, as shown BY
ihe following tabuiation.
FARM JOB VERSUS CITY JOB.
For Married Man.
A farm job at $50 a month equals a
city Job at $105.
/ farm job at $50 a month equals a
city job at $l10
4 farm job at sac a month equals a
city job at St15
A farm job at $40 a month equals a
city job at $120
Not considering the possibility OF
raising some stock or purchase on
shares, which is usual.
For Single Man.
A farm job at So month equals a
city job at $50.
Al farm Job at $50 a month equals a
city job at $50
4 farm job Al So a month equals a
city job al 500.
Warm job at $40 a month equals a
city job at $95
aNot considering the possible share
h profit or privileges, such as the use
oil horses.
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proceeded along it but few hundred
yards when l saw in front of me a
fence exactly like the one / had
crossed.
This is funny" / said to myself. II
didn't know the Dutch had a fence,
too" / advanced to the fence and
examined It closely, and judge of my
astonishment when l saw beyond it a
nine-foot fence apparently holding
i've wires exactly like the one which
had nearly been the death Of me-
/ had very little time to conjecture
what it all meant, for. just then !
heard guard coming. He was walk
ing so fast that / was sure it was a
Dutch sentry, as the Huns walk much
slower.
was so bewildered, however that
{ decided to take no chances, and as
The road WAS fairly good l wandered
down it and away from that mysteri-
GUS fence. About half mile down |
could see the light of sentry sta
ton and l thought l would go there
and tell my story to the sentries, real
izing that as l was unarmed 1t was
perfectly safe for me to announce
myself to the Dutch authorities.
could be interned only if | entered
Holland under arms.
As l approached the sentry box
noticed three men in gray uniforms,
the regulation Dutch color. | was on
the verge of shouting to them wnen
the thought struck me that there was
just a chance might be mistaken
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KAISER DYNAMITEO IN
EFFIGY At Celebration

THOMAS, W. Vas July 1o.-'Kaisef
Bill in efigy was put in a easket and
blown up by dynamite at a patriotic
celobra ion here The body was 100
large to fit into the collin and was
lampled in by Undertaken F. +. Roll
man to the great delight Of big
crowd. The i'd was then placed on
the casket and four stalwart Knights
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of St George carried it a hundred
Yards away where it WAS blown sky.
ward by dynamite in full view of the
crowd Kaiser Bill went to pieces
in a manner which delighted patriotic
Americans.
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CHAPTER XVIII.
Exneriences in Holland.

But I was not quite out of the
woods.
i now knew that was III Holland,
but just where l had no idea. l walked
for about thirty minutes and came to
a path leading to the right, and had
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Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-19
MILLIONS FOR FRANCE.

The statement in Premier Clemen-
eeau's paper in Paris that America
has promised to have 100000 men
In Paris by the end Of the year Is ex-
citing much comment. Secretary Ba-
ker has not assumed responsibility
for the report.
Many weeks ago he told the senate
military committee however that the
government then had hopes Of getting
100000 men TO the front during
the year. Since then his estimates
that 100000 men would reach France
early in the year has been fulfilled
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-19
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
(By Ben King Harnsd.)

On Friday. May 10. the County
War Stamp Chairman convened in
Lexington to discuss the method by
which Kentucky was to raise her
War Stamps assessment. Men prom.
inent in this work were gathered from
every part Of the union. Among these
men were Fred Lyon Of Pittsburg
Federal Director Of War Stamps.
Harris. director Of the New England
States. and Lloyd Burgess, Chairman
Of the State COMMITTEES. Of Nebraska.
Speeches were also made by v. o.
Gilbert and other prominent Ken
tuckians.
Mr.. Burgess was the first 10 put
his state cover the top" in the sale
Of War Stamps. On March 81 from
to p. m. twenty-three million
dollars worth Of War Stamps were
sold In addition to seven million that
had been previously sold. Nebraska
allotment was twenty-six million and
she went four million over her quota.
The State Chairman decided to
adopt the plan Of Mr.. Burgess and
June 2s from 2 TO 4 p. m. was select
as the time for Kentucky 10 make her
drive. President Wilson will declare
this national War Stamps Day, Gov.
Stanley, State War Stamp Day and
Mayor Bassett. City War Stamps Day.
kentueky's quota is fifty million and
Christian eounty's quota Is about
eight hundred thousand. The total
quota for the nation is two billion.
Prof. Marion, the chairman from
Christian county, came back with
even greater enthusiasm than when
he left. and with the same spirit
and vigor which has always aetuated
his interests in public affairs. there
Is no doubt that when Christian coun-
ty goes "over the top" under his
leadership she Is certain to oyersub-
scribe her quota.
The making Of garments for the
Belgian orphans. which was begun
a few weeks ago by the girls Of the
High School, Is now progressing rap
idly. There are about twenty regu-
lar workers and they devote two
hours ON Tuesdays and Thursdays to
this work. The material for the gar
ments is either obtained from the
Red Cross or from friends OF from
the girls who do the work. Most Of
the cutting Is done by the teachers
and the girls do the basting and
stitching. All Of the garments are
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and since then also the German drive
has changed the whole course Of ev-
ents and brought about a speeding
up Of American participation which
has already shown results.
The French article indicates that
under the program a total Of 2,ooo.-
900 American troops would reach
France during the year. 1900. 900 Of
which would be fighting units.
Whether that result can be OBJ
tanned depends on the shipping sit
uation. The men and the essential
equipment for them can be ready.
Under the authority sought by
President Wilson TO organize rs large
an army as II is found possible to
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-19
lBy EpNA HUBER CHURCH.

Washington. May 1.-THE thou.
sands and thousands Of drafted men
In the National Army realize but
little how important a part a little
woman played In the great gamble
which sent them into the military
forces.
When Senators and Congressman
and War Department officials sing
the praises Of the draft system they
always mention Provost Marshal Gen.
eral Enoch Crowdcr. Lieutenant Col
onel Hugh johnson, Lieutanent-C Col.
Allen Gullion and a few others, but
none Of them seem TO know that
major Billy" wellborn is a mighty
big factor in the draft machine which
Is running so smoothly.
"Major Billy" Is a little girl who
keeps the thousands and thousands Of
rules and regulations for draft
boards running straight. She Is just
a little girl and she lisps. but she has
been a real major in handling one Of
the most difficult tasks in this war.
When the plan of the draft was
first announced there were a few
rules and regulations laid down.
major Billy" learned the rules and
regulations. New rules and regula-
tons were added every day as new
situations and new cases came up,
and "Major Billy" remembered ev-
cry one Of them.
The rules and regulations grew
too fast for the big officers TO remem-
Der them all so they began calling on
major Billy" for information and
she had IT, The time has now come
when she Is generally recognized as
the best informed person in WASH
ington on the draft system. There
isn't anything about II that she
doesn't know.
Anxious mothers write TO find out
when their sons win be called in the
Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-19
Endless Rules and Regulations Of Oral
Known to One Little Girl" major Billy"
By EDNA HUBER CHURCH.

draft. Indignant fathers want b,
know why their sons. who worked I'll,
days a week. have been drafted Will,
that boy across the street still
lounges in the corner pool room
John Jones IL going 10 be called next
month and he wants to know whai
clothing he shall wear. Billy Smitl
was married the day the draft Law
was passed and he wants 10 know
whether he Is entitled 10 exemption
All Of these questions come IN
floods. by word Of mouth or by let
ter.
Major Billy" answers them al
and answers them right away. be-
cause she knows all about, the draft
regulations.
Secretary Of War Baker can't CON-
mission women In the Army. but II
he could Il Is n safe bet that General
Crowder would ask for q commission
for Major Billy" Her associates
have given her the recognition Of her
ability. however. because they have
dubbed her Major" Lieutensnts,
majors. colonies and even a
brigadier- general sll salute major
Billy as one Of them.
All Of this Is written from obser-
walton, and there isn't a quote In this
story from "Major Billy" because
she refuses to be quoted. but just the
same her associate officers win tell
all about her efficiency. She Is only
a little girl. Of the pretty type Of our
mothers. and her lisps and her little
touch Of Southern twang are mighty
harmonious to the ear. She bushes.
too. ri
"Major Billy" always signs her
name "W. wellborn." II Ia strongly
rumored, though. that her parents
christened her wilhelmins wellborn,
but the officers In the Judge Advo-
cate Generals ONCE just call her
Major Billy"
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train, equip and transport. II h known
that officials expect at least $780,
600 men to be under arms during
the next twelve months. Many be-
lieve that even a larger force can
be handled and IL now appears quits
probable that a total Of 4.ooo.o 900
during the year viii be nearer the
figure.
The full power Of the American
nation must be used to conquer Ger
many.