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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29
Captured American Yields
Pick-Ax on German Sentry;
Returns to Tell His Story

wa, questioned Ne asked me how
many divisions were northwest OF
Chateau Imcry
American Pig"
81 thought would make It good aud
strong, and told him forty American
divisions and thirty French divisions
The officer seemed TO yet mad about
this and he kicked me. yelling
'Schwcn, ,chwcu, American Then
they all kicked nc and I was Kicked
ont into the road had had nothing
to cat and NO sleep, hut they took me
out aud gave me an axe and made
mc cut wood They led me into the
woods where Was forced to work cut
ting houph, from tree, with which to
ramoulagc the POSITIONS ol machine
guns They would dix q hole, stick a
machine gun m H. swing II around,
and then take the gun away and TX
another hole They seemed 10 be PFC.
pairing for an American advance"
Hole Filled with Mud.
Il got two hour, sleep Dhat night and
the ucNt day ! va, given shovel aud
sc, lo work mculng hole, IN the road
Ouo Blk hole ! filled with mud instead
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29

room" she said 81 think shall send
YOU over anyway You need change
of thought"
The nurse said few, low, hurried
words to Lillian and then FASTENED
back down the corridor
"Oh. what is it2" ! asked icverShly,
as Lillian came back into the room.
tangled Nerves,
Nothing OF any consequence" Lii
Ian replied "Nour officer is very
nervous today. and they wish to uy
the remedy they have found most ci.
iectiyc-you soothing presence by mN
side"
knew that Lillian was making q
Jest Of the matter IN order to quiet my
tangled nerves but there was Nnmething
about her words which Jared me un-
accountably
CCopyrIEhO
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29

crawled forward some and fou(I xo6uo
black bread. which was weehe oi4
Crossing a stream ! soaked some oe
this and ate H. lay in the woeds fhse
day That night when ] got at b.
tween the lines both the AnI6rs b ans
and the Germans started barrages
said, It's all up with me now. ! hid
under a hummock two feet high while
the top was torn off by machine gun
bullets
Finally the firing stopped and I
started toward our lines and kept go
ing until a sentry cried, Halt
II cried that | was an American, then
he took me in charge and here ! an.
! want TO yet back s soon as can
and gct ono Of those boches that
kicked mc"
Common 10 Use U. s. Uniforms
Donahucs story gave the American
officers good information. The story
about German spies wearing American
Uniform, is being Investigated and
there appears to he good foundation for
It understand that Germans IN Amer
lean uniforms have been coming over
IN ralJing parties, thus getting into our
lines, and after finishing their MISSION,
going back to an appointed spot In The
German Inc, This is possible ~ open
warlare where, especially at night the
front line, are not clearly defined, and
arc often held by outposts at separate
puslN
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29

Of stones, smoothing Il over nicely.
Presently a big gun came along and
stuck In that hole think II must be
there yet Then the next day | had to
help camoullagc some more, working
almost twenty four hour, | was right
up among their guns, and every now
and then an American she'll would come
over and raise hell All got TO cat
was black bread and awful soup. The
Germans had cheese and better bread,
and when ! couldn't eat what they
gave me, they would iaunt me and ask
me II | didn't know enough to stay
oul OF their war
Wear Allies Uniforms.
zone day my work took me near a
group of important German officers
What was my surprise 10 see three men
IN American uniforms come mp 10 the
German Officers and report, then r.
ccivc orders and go away toward The
American lines ! also saw seven Ger
mans dressed in French uniforms, who
evidently had been getting into the al
lied lines and coming back with dope
81 was kicked so much and trcalcd
80 awlully that lost track Of tim,
and did not care much what happened
TO me.
FINALLY one day | decided to take
chance aud try to get back, for u
! got shot ! was No worse off lha
night the sentry placed over mc wen
to sleep He was snoring Soundly
got hold ol the pi,k I had been u'inI
that day and LETT the hochc sentinel 81
he viii never help the kaiser any more
aud started toward the American lines
Eats Bread Weeks Old
81 had to lie IN the grass for thO
nr>t seventeen hours while It was light
with nothing to eat The next night
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29

Mrs D w, MarQuart and daughter
Vida of Norman were in the city yes
terday.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29

Full citizenship papers were granted
to Sergeant Timothy Moran of the re-
cruiting station here yesterday when he
took the oath OF allegiance before Judge
George Clark, Judge OF the district
court. Moran, who is a native OF Dub
lin, Ireland, has only been in this coun-
try a few years, In 1910 he was a
member of the expcditionary force
which went into Mexico after Villa.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29
Old Stories
HzlNezW9n4Pe Ne, 81,
Twenty Years Ago
from Ze .Zn1eS KYZ

Mr.. and Mrs McDcvitt of Yukon
returned home last evening after a visit
with Mr. and Mrs J NJ. Patterson
Last evening NJ. A. Hollingshead
went to FL Reno whcJe he was mar
ried to Miss Bertha Porter, one of Fl
Reno's tairest daughters.
T. A Witten brother of Dr. Wittcn,
is strong candidate for congress in
Missouri on a republican and gold
democrat fusion ticket
Mrs. D w Marquart and daughter
Vida of Norman were in the city yes
terday.
Fifteen Years Ago.
Roy V. Hoffman of Chandler, was
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs C. {. Pot
tenger of Shawnee during the state
hood convention.
Mrs. J. +. Sharp and children left last
week to spend a few weeks with her
parents at Wichita, Kansas, after which
she will continue to California to spend
the summer.
Will II. Clark, deputy district clerk,
who has been quite i'll the past week, is
somewhat improved
Miss Jeane Turner, the pretty and
clever school girl daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. NJ. L, Turner, has returned from
ten days visit with Guthrie friends
Ten Years Ago.
Mrs Ed OyerholSer and her baby son
with a nurse and maid will 60 to Den
yer as soon as it can be arranged and
spend the summer
Mr. and Mrs. A. l. Welsh of 2ls
West Ninth street leave today for New.
ton, Kansas, to remain over the fourth
joining their son there.
Mrs Floyde Lamband daughter Re
becca, Miss Margaret Pettee and Mrs
Rebecca Beatty left during the weel
for their summer home at Green Noun
tain Falls, Colo, where Mrs. William
] Pettce will join them about the mid
die OF July
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29
MARNE VICTORY
IS DUPLICATED
ON pave Line
Whole Series Of Happy Results
to Come, Paris View

Downright i9iN by tho New York Times,
the Chicnpo Tribune and tho Oklahoma
City TimcHD
PARIS, June 2S--Tt is reported here
that the Austrian defeat resulted in
much larger number Of prisoners than
the Official communlQucs have yet dis
closed
One statement is to the effect in the
last two days alone not less than 10000
AnStrlanS were taken CapuycS. The
Italian victory is now recognized as
incontcStahle as that Of the Marnc. and
there are high hopes here it may lead
90 a whole series OF happy further re-
suits. Most OF the mornings papers
are speculative as 10 how far the ltal-
ianS will be able 10 exploit their tri-
umphs.
Strike Where Weakest.
Joseph Rcmlch in Figaro urges the
allies to follow boche methods Of
striking where the adversary is weak
est and the drive against Austrians,
with all their force while she is torn
with internal troubles and utterly dis
organized at the front Another critic
points out that the Austrian retreat
will be disastrous il not resolutcly fol-
lowed up by the victorious Italians.
Other Rivers Flooded.
Eight miles beyond the Piave the
routed army will have 70 cross the
Liven'a and Lcmene rivers, which most
probably are now at full flood, while
a little further back is the TagIiamento,
an important stream, which will be dii-
flcult to cross by the defeated and de-
moralized Austrians.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29
VII =
Clincher

Two inlanlrymcn were having q
warm argument Finally one said TO
the other
you hit this camp three months ago
with shirt and dollar bill and YOU
haven't changed either one since"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29

T. A Witten, brother of DR.. Wittcn,
is a strong candidate for congress in
Missouri on a republican and gold
democrat fusion ticket.
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-06-29

Mr. and Mrs. McDcvitt of Yukon
returned home last evening after a visit
with Mr. and Mrs. J NJ. Patterson.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-20

the 1st. grade. My teacher is Miss Nave Simpson now don't forget her and besure and don't forget me l have been a good little boy this year Santa.
 your loving friend.
 Harry Tucker.
 Brinkley, Ark.
 Dec 16 1918. Dear Santa: Please bring me a knife, a watch, some fruit and some candy and raisens. l am little boy seven years old. 1 go to Allendale school.
 your loving James AzrO Stewart
 Brinkley, Ark.
 Dec. 16 1918. Dear Santa claus Please bring me some dishes a stove a doll and a doll buggy. bring me some candy. I am in the third grade. I go to Allendale school.
 your loving
 Gladys Maxine Stewart
 Brinkley, Ark.
 R F D Box 66.
 Dec IA 1918. Dear Santa claus. I am 6 years old and can hardly wait for christmas time to come will sure expect you to visit me on that date with a lot of nice things, toys fruits and candies please don't dissapoint me and my little brother most cincerally.
 your little friend
 Evlyn Nesbit Beck.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-20
Some More Santa Claus Letters

I wont have to miss many days for I love my teacher and my books too. I have moved to Brinkley since I wrote you the last letter and I have got a pretty home here. I like it fine will close with love and best wishes. Thanking you for your kindness to me so many times. a little friend.
 Elmer Miley, Box574.
 Zent, Ark.
 Dec. 9th. 1918. Dear Santa Claus:
 I am a little girl nine years old. please bring me a doll and doll buggy apples candys and nuts. please bring me a water set for my doll.
 Well you bring lots other things if you wish 1 will close for this time.
 Yours truly
 Fife Eola Taylor.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-20
Some More Santa Claus Letters.

some candy
 I want a little Baby Bear and a little Buggy and some pop corn I want some dishes l want a little Bed I want a car please santa close and a Buggy and a little Baby rattle and my doll a pear of shoes the other pear don't fit her and I want a pear of shoes and a little rubber ball for baby and he wants a little rokky. I want some beads and a dresser and a trunk.
 Esther Junior.
 Keevil, Ark.
 Dec. 18th. 1918. My Dear Santa:
 I will write and tell you what I want, I want a little knife and pop gun and also some fruits of all kind and some candy. am going to school at Allen dale I am 6 years old and am in
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-20
Brinkley, Ark, Dec. 4, 1918.

Bar Santa Claus.
 | wish you would bring me |ne candy nuts and toys and |me thrift stamps for 1 want to Elp Uncle Sam in his work for E sick and wounded. 1 wish |u would take toys and clothes |the Belgiums and all Gttleor- |ans children whose papa was 1ed in this awful war. Bring } little auto. Fill close hoping you will not tget to come. Jewel Gill. Zent, Ark.
 Dec. 10,191S. br santa clase.
 E a letter from a little school tant doll and some nuts and
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-20
Brinkley, Ark.
 Dec. 16, 1918.

 Dear Santa: It will soon be Xmas and I want you to bring me a doll and some fruits please and put it on the Xmas tree. I go to Allendale school. santa please don't forget the poor little children in france. Miss Nave Simpson is my teacher.
 I am 8 years old in the firstgrade
 Lady Barrett. R F D No. 1 Box 59.
 Brinkley, Ark.
 Dec. 9th. 1918 Dear Santa
 Thought 1 would write you. a little letter for fear you would forget me. Although you never have. I would be glad of any thing you are in mind to bring me. I am sick in bed now and have to miss school. Sure hope
The Brinkley argus., 1918-12-20

Dear Santa Claus
 Will you bring me a wagon Tor Christmas? I am a good little boy and go to school.
 Wayne Webster 1 Dec. 16, 1918. l Dear Santa.
 please bring me some fruits candy and a little wagon. I am a little boy 6 years old. I go to school at Allendale. please re- member the little orphan child ren in France.
 From Battemon Summit.
 Brinkley, Ark.
 Dec. 9th. 1918. Dear old santa:
 We'll how are you now? I am going to tell you what I want for Christmas. I would like to have doll, some dishes, doll buggy, a cook stove and some cooking vessels.
 Don't forget the poor boys and girls that haven't any, parents.
 Your Friend
 Natalia Washington.
 Brinkley, Ark.
 Dec. Is, 1918. Dear Santa:
 am little girl 4 years old l will tell you what 1 want you to bring me. 1 want a little stove dishes. washboard, tub and little doll buggy and some fruit and candy. That is all I want this Christmas. But remember my two uncles in France. will write again next Christ mas. Your loving little friend,
 Inez Young.
 Keevil, Ark.
 Dec. 18th. 1918 Dear old santa:
 l will write and tell you what want for Xmas. 1 want you to bring me a ring and work box all kinds of fruits nuts and candy.
 I go to school at Allendale. am 9 years old and am in the 4th. grade, My teacher is Miss Simpson now don't forget her and please don't forget my little | friends.
 l have been a good little girl Santa.
 Your loving friend
 Annie Nave Tucker. Dearest Santa Claus. 1 would love so much to know how you are. So many have the flu and I am afraid you might have it too, I do hope you will be able to see every one Xmas for there would be no Xmas without you dear Santa. Now l if you get to come I'll tell you what I want, l want truck and a gun also some thrift stamps, to go with my others so l can help the U. $. A. Be sure and see all the orphans and our soldiers too. Hoping to see you Xmas and lots of love.
 Your little friend.
 Hardin Tucker. ={-=.{@7
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
DEMAND FOR HOLY PLACES
So Long az Religion Exists There
Must Be Spots Devoted by Men
to Veneratlon.


As long as religion exists men will
look for its holy places. If they do not
find its sanctuaries ready at hand In
the natural features of the country In
which they live. or If they are not pro-
vided with places consecrated by the
history Of the past, they will make
them for themselves In their churches
AID their shrines.
Men need some special place where
they can know that they are In the
Divine presence and can offer their
homage before his throne. The places
of mems veneration are frequently i'm
pressive and beautiful. but, on the
other hand, they may be the barest
buildings, having nothing of grace or
beauty to please the eye. Yet the
meanest building becomes ablaze with
Divine glory to those who have met
God within its walls. And where gen.
Grafton after generation Of men. each
In its turn, has bent In reverence TO
worship, or to listen In faith to the
word of the most high IN warning en-
enlargement or comfort as they most
need, they have dedicated holy places
with a reverence due to the honor Of
God and the memory of his people,
London Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
NO DAINTY DISHES SERVED
~Coarse Fare" All That Is Offered to
Diners Who Celebrate the Birth
day of Samuel Johnson.

An unusual celebration Is the din
ner In honor of Dr. Samuel johnson,
most distinguished English writer OF
the eighteenth century, given for many
years on the anniversary of his birth
at Litchfield, where he was born In
1909. Literary men from all over Eng
land assemble at the banquet and the
menu is always the same-the coarse
fare" beloved by the author.
Americans would call it square
meal with all the trimmings, for the
dishes specified are beefsteak pudding
with kidneys, haunch of mutton, oys-
tiers and mushrooms, apple pie with
cream and toasted cheese, ale and
punch, to be followed by dish OF
strong tobacco and church-warden
pipe for each surviving guest. This
Is strong meat for strong man and
a Litchfield Johnson dinner is always
"stag" affair. The house in ST.
Mary's square where Johnson was
born is now a museum and library OF
rare first editions of "Rasselas," the
"Adventurer," the dictionary, "Ram-
BIER and Johnson's political tracts
and poetical works. as well as about
10 different editions Of Boswell's
Life"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
READ WHILE YOU ARE YOUNG
Work a Week May Spell Success
In Life for You.

Were l twenty-one again, ! should
do a great deal of reading. l believe
In reading. / don't recall having ever
read anything that didn't do me some
good. wish / had read more when
l was young.
If were twenty-one again l should
read many books. | should read the
standard novels to get good way of
expressing my thoughts. should
study the great philosophers, but with
the temper of an iconoclast. The
study Of philosophy Is a wonderful
stimulant to the intellect, but must be
undertaken with a mind alert to fall
lacy.
There are books which present act
ualitfes In statistical form and couple
such statistics with authoritative COM
ment. / refer to the various govern
ment reports on various subjects that
engage the interest of the man who
wishes to be well informed. Our gov
eminent wastes thousands of dollars
printing these reports, which need not
be wasted If only our young men would
read.
Read! cannot too strongly recon-
mend good reading. Six hours each
week Of serious reading is not much,
but 1t may mean the difference be-
tween $20,000-a-year executive and a
S25 clerk. Readl Learn to think with
and against-the deep thinkers Of
the world.
All Of the time while you have been
studying and reading and learning to
disagree with the philosophers, when
their logic falls foul of your own rea-
soning, you should be doing something
that is productive Of well-earned
money.-William Maxwell. In Golfers
Weekly.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
NAMES IN ASIA'S GOLDEN ERA
What Genghis Khan, Destroyer, and
TamerIane, UpbuiIder, Accom-
plished In Samarkand.

Whenever one Is shown a ruin In
Samarkand, the native explains that
"Genghis Khan destroyed it." II
monument still wears some vestige of
its former grandeur "Tamerlane erect
ed It," Everywhere Is carried down
from generation to generation memo
ries of Genghis Khan, the destroyer,
and Tamerlane, the upbuilder. 1t Is
to Tamerlane. who reigned at the end
of the fourteenth century, that Samar-
kand owes its most beautiful monu-
ments. Elsie r. Well writes in Asia
Magazine. With his exploits he In
spired the imagination Of countless
poets Of as many nations, including
Christopher Marlowe, for he was a
great sovereign and organizer as well
as mighty conqueror. When Tanner
lane returned 60 his capital after van
gushing most of Asia he was deter
mined to make 1t the loveliest city in
the world. To Persia. Mesopotamia,
India and China he sent for the most
celebrated artisans, ordering them
here to create their masterpieces.
Byzantine, Persian and Arabic infiu-
ences In art were all melted into a per-
feet harmony-greens and blues mel
lowing into each other like the sea
and the sky-a vast and reverend
chorus Of beauty.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
LIttIe Romance Of Today.

There is a flavor Of sheer romance
about that Partizanski flag with its
Scottish thistle, English rose, and Rus
sian bear embroidered by the English
ladies of Kermanshah, which figures
in a striking little dispatch from cor
respondent Of the Times of London.
Partizanski Is q Cossack under the
command of Bicharakoff, "the man
with the face of an iron dreamer" met,
with his troop, by the way, at Kasri
Shirin. There was a Colonel Leslie
among that Cossack troop who spoke
no word Of English and only word or
two of French, having been an 'exile,"
as he put it, "for over three hundred
years." an ancestor of his having come
to Russia in the reign of Ivan. He
had read of pipes, in his family rec
ords, but it was at Mendali, on the in
hospitable borders of Luristan, that
he heard the music of them for the
first time, and it was Punjabi piper
who played the Cossacks in.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
Army Nurses In Peace Times.

There is a corps of regular army
nurses maintained In peace times as
well as In war times. When nurses
volunteer under the Red Cross organi-
cation and enter the army service they
assume the same status as that of the
regular corps of nurses. A nurse aid
receives no pay for her services.
Transportation and maintenance, how.
ever, are supplied Nurses and nurse
aids. sworn into the government serv-
ice through Red Cross channels, and
all nurses employed by the army and
navy are under the order Of the army
and navy medical departments. II a
nurse or nurses aid Is incapacitated
through service, either in this country
or abroad and thereafter. because Of
disability suffered while In the service,
is unable to provide for herself, there
is not known under the law any means
whereby she can secure the benefits
of pension.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-11-26
LATIN QUARTER OF TOKYO
An klnds Of Schools and Colleges for
the Seeker Of knowledge to Be
Found There.

Tokyo, considered the educational
center Of the country. vibrates with
student life. In addition to its I'm
perial university, there are two large
private universities with over 1900
students, various technical schools,
commercial schools, normal colleges,
high schools, middle schools, foreign
language school, Buddhist and mission
airy schools and 234 primary schools,
Gertrude Emerson writes In Asia
Magazine.
The presence of thousands Of young
students from distant parts of the
country who have answered the lure
of the capital has brought about
curious housing problem. Many
schools provide their own dormitories;
most Of the provinces support one, and
certain philanthropic persons make
contributions. The greater number Of
these Tokyo dormitories and boarding
houses are located In the quarter Of
Kanda, or the Latin Quarter" as the
students themselves euphemistically
call 1t. limbo Che. the principal thor
oughfare, with its rows and rows Of
little open-faced secondhand book
shops catering to the promiscuous stu
dent taste. almost rivals the Quais of
Paris. A tour Of inspection will throw
an interesting side light on young
Japan's mental furniture. There is
invariably a section devoted to foreign
books, most English TRANSACTIONS Of
such writer's as Maupassant, lola,
Baudelaire Maeterlinck, and the Rus
slams; Ibsen. Oscar Wilde. Shaw and,
by the way Of showing the open mind
edness of the age. Schopenhauer and
Conan Doyle very frequently side by
side on the same shelf. Then there
are volumes of theology and innumer-
able self Helps to Practical English"
1t is curious, indigestible, i'll assert
ed mass of literary material-this
that the japanese student avidly swal-
lows. like prescribed dose, convinced
that with one gulp he will become mas
ter of all Western wisdom.