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The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
KING ALBERT ENTERS CAPITAL.
Flowers Thrown Into His Path AZ He
Rode Into Brussels.


Brussels-King Albert entered Brus;
sells last week. He was accompanied
by Queen Elizabeth, Princes Leopold
and Charles and Princess Marie Jose>
Tho royal party entered at the Porte
de Flanders and proceeded to the
Place de la Nation, receiving tremen-
dous ovation along the streets.
Entering the parliament house, King
Albert and his family listened to an
address Of welcome. Then followed a
review of allied troops, which formed
line ten miles long. Flowers were
thrown In the path of King Albert az
the procession made its way along
boulevards lined for miles with dense
throngs. The noise Of cheering rolled
continuously like thunder across the
city.
The return of King Albert to his
capital recalls the kings phrophecT
In an interview with the Associated
Press only a few months after the
Belgins, having checked the first rusa
of the Germans, had been driven from
their country.
"Your majesty, it has been predicted
that you will reepter your capltai
within three months" the corresponds
ent said.
The king shook his head sadly, say
ing:
mot so soon; but some day | shall
ride into Brussels at the head of the
Belgian army"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
M'DO0 QUITS BOTH PLACES
Adoo viii Continue in Office Until
Successor Has Been Named.

Washington. = William Gibbs Nc
Adoo, secretary of the treasury, direc-
tor general of railroads and often dis
cussed as one of the presidential pos.
sibilities of 1920, has resigned his Of
fices to return to private business.
President Wilson has accepted his res
ignation. McAdoo will give up the
treasury portfolio as soon as a success
sor has been selected. He wished to
lay down his work as director general
of railroads by Jan. l, but will remain
IL the president has not then chosen a
successor
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
Bonds of the fifth war loan. to be

Bonds Of the fifth war loan. to Do
offered probably in the spring, will be
Of short maturity, Secretary McAdoo
announced This was interpreted as
meaning five years or less. The secre-
tary said it is impossible now to pre-
dict the size or time of flotation of fut-
ure bond issues, necessary to cover the
remaining expenditures growing out OF
the war, but added that it is entirely
clear that the moment had come when
the interests of the government and
the country would be best served by
the issue of bonds of short maturities
and that that would be the policy Of
the treasury"
Short term bonds, treasury officials
feel, would be bought more readily
than those of longer maturity. Previ-
Gus Liberty bond issues range between
10 and 80 years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
President Mormon Church Succumbs
To Paralytic Stroke.

Salt Lake City. Utah.-Joseph r.
Smith, president of the Church OF
Latter Day Saints (Mormon) died at
his home here after long illness.
Death was dEe3 indirectly. to para
lytic stroke/suffered last April Not
withstandiFg his illness. President
Smith attehded the recent semi-annual
conference \of the church and spoke
strongly against polygamous marriages.
which, it was rumored, had surrepti-
tiously been performed during the last
tow years.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
AMERICANS DOWN
926 HUN PLANES
UNITED STATES AERIAL LOSSES
ONLY 365 PLANES DURING
ENTIRE WAR.
740 U. S. PLANES AT CLOSE
On Day Armistice Was Signed Yanks
Had 744 Pilots; 457 Observers;
23 Aerial Gunners On the
Fighting Front.

American Headquarters in France
When hostilities were suspended,
American aviators had destroyed Gel
more German planes and 35 more Ger
man balloons than the Americans had
lost. Tho total number Of enemy
planes destroyed by the Americans
was S28 and the total number of bal.
looms 70.
Two hundred and sixty-five Ameri-
can planes and 38 balloons were de-
stroyed by the enemy.
These statistics of the American air
activities have been officially revealed
to the Associated Press for the first
time. The authorities now feel that the
deeds of the American aviators should
be made known, together with other
information on this branch of the sub
ject.
On Nov. II, the day of the signing Of
the armistice, there were actually en-
gagged on the front TAO American
planes, 744 pilots, 457 observers and %
aerial gunners.
OF the total number of planes, 329
were out OF the pursuit type, 296 were
for observation and 115 were bombers.
In addition several hundred planes
OF various types were being used at
the instruction camps when the war
ended
Between Sept II and Nov. IL the
air forces operating with the first
army alone dropped 1OS,9S4 kilograms
(about 120 tons) of high explosives on
the enemy lines and supply depots and
railroads behind the lines.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
TEUToN TRAINS BLOW UP.
Bonfire Started by Children Believed
To Be the Cause

London.-An explosion of munition
trains at Hamont in Belgium caused
casualties estimated to be between
1900 and 1000 One hundred and fifty
dead already have been counted, ac-
cording to a Central News dispatch
from Amsterdam The injured were
taken to Budel, Holland.
1t is reported that the cause of the
disaster was bonfire built by chill
dren, which spread to two German
naunition trains nearby.
The destruction in the vicinity, the
dispatch adds, was enormous. Assist
ance was sent to the stricken region
from all directions. Dutch military
aid crossed the border.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
FOOD ON WAY TO EUROPE.
Ships Carrying Food To the Famine
Stricken Countries.

Washington.-Ships carrying 100000
tons of food for the populations OF
Northern France, Belgium and Austria
are en- route to Europe. They are pro-
ceeding under sealed orders to Gibral-
tar and Bristol channel ports. On ar.
rival they will await word from Food
Administrator Hoover as to their final
destinations. Those going to Gibraltar
are expected to proceed to Adriatic
and Mediterranean ports and the 9TH
ers to French and Belgian ports
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
Knitted 14,oss, 900 Garments

New York.-American Red Cross
workers during the war knitted A.
0S9,000 garments for the army and
navy, according to a report made pub
lie here by national headquarters,
In addition the workers turned out
253, 10000 surgical dressings, 22,255,
900 hospital garments and 1464 900
refugee garments.
The work was done under the direc.
ton of $3.50 chapters of the Red Cross,
with more than $1,000 branches and
auxiliaries embracing more than g..
100000 workers,
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
1850, 900 HUNS KILLED.
Berlin Vorwaerts Says 100000 Ger
mans Are Held Allied Prisoners.

Copenhagen.-Up to Oct. 81, $780,,
900 German soldiers were killed and
the fate of 100000 was not known, the
Vorwaerts of Berlin says it learns on
reliable authority. Four million SOL
diers> had been wounded, some several
dimes. The newspaper adds that there
we're 100000 German prisoners in hos
tns countries.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
HOOVER AND HURLEY LAND.
Are Met by British Food and shipping
OfficiaIs-Hurley to Paris.

London. C. Hoover, the
American food administrator, and Edf
ward N. Hurley, chairman of the ship
ping board, have arrived here. They
were met by representatives of the
British food and shipping depart
ments. Mr.. Hoover and Mr.. Hurley
remained here over the weekend and
then proceeded to Paris.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
TELEeRAPHERs GET INCREASE.

Wages Advanced Thirteen Cents An
Hour BY Director General.
WashingtOn.-Railroad telegraphersl
wages were advanced by order of Dt-
rector General McAdoo 13 cents an
hour above the rate prevailing last
Jan. /, with a minimum OF 4S .'ents an
hour, retroactive to Oct. l. Eight hours
hereafter is to be considered a days
work and overtime will be paid at the
rate of time and a half.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
GRAND ALLIED REVIEW.
President Wilson and Allied Execu-
tives To Watch Paris Celebration.

Paris.-When allied troops march
under the Arch of Triumph at the
close of the war allied sovereigns and
chif MAGISTRATES will be present, says
the Matin. 1t is understood the kings
of England, Italy, Belgium and Servia,
Prince Alexander of Greece, President
Wilson, a Japanese royal prince, rep
rssenting the mikado, and official rep
resentatives of China, Portugal, Rou,
mania and the South American repub-
lies will be present. 1t is said that
each ally will be represented by
crack regiment which has fought in
the most notable battles Of the war.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
Georgia Boy Praised.

WashingtOn,-Ben Moore of Macon,
Ca, machinist in the naval aviation
service, has been commended by Sec
rstary Daniels for bravery in rescuing
Chief Turret Capt. Anthony Fehr af
ter the wreck Of seaplane Aug. 20
off Pensacola, Fla.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
RED CROSS OVER RHINE.
Delegation First Americans Put Foot
On German Soil,

Paris.-A delegation of the Ameri-
can Red Cross crossed the Rhine into
Baden at Huningue (Huningen), plac
ing the first Americans on German
soil. The place where the river was
crossed is a short distance north Of
the Swiss frontier.
The German soldiers accepted Amer
lean flags and officers cleared the
roads for the Red Cross trucks.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
PROHIBITION ENTIRE COUNTRY.
Ban To Continue Until Armed Forces
Are Demoblized.

] Washington.-Th emergency food
stimulation bill, with its prohibition
rider, was finallyfpassed by the senate
and now goes to President Wilson Tor
signature.
The prohibit on rider carried in the
bill prohibits 1.-THE manufacture, sale
and transportatfan of all>alcoholic bev-
srages after July I, next, the ban to
continue until all the armed forces OF
the United States have been demooii-
Ned.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1918-11-28
TwENTY-oNE DIE an PANIC.
Many Children Injured In Moving Pie
ture Theatre.

Castleton, Spain.-A fatal panic oc-
Cured in a motion picture theatre
here when an unidentified person
cried fire" The theater was crowd
ed, most of the spectators being chill.
dren and 20 children and one soldier
were trampled to death. Twelve chill
dren were injured sevrely and twenty
five slightly.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-25
Western Adventure

A turbulent tale of the wild and woolly
West with enough gunplay and furious
riding to appease the most voracious
appetite for excitement. is told by Dane
Coolidge in THE Fighting Fool" The
pases are crowded with Arizona bad
men" Mexican outlaws. desperate cow
punchers, and all sorts of reckless
la awlessness. from the gentle pastime
of shooting up" town to robbing the
through express of its golden treasure.
All of these adventures are spun
about the career of Syc Brown, the
outfightingest fool In Arizona" who,
prompted by personal affection for his
chief and the sheer love of fight. be-
comes deputy marshal in frontier town,
aids in restoring order by strong-arm
methods, turns blithely TO trsin-robbing,
is enmeshed in the tolls of the law, re-
deems himself by the capture of Mexi-
can murderer, and wins an Indian bride
who has captured his fancy.
1t would be captious to insist upon
literary quality in fortnight tale like
this II 10 a 'rattling good yarn"
brimming over with excitement, and the
author writes with verye and as
surance that amply demonstrate his In
innate familiarity with the folk and
ways OF the Far West stes
THE rIQHf1No FooL. BY pane caoIidss.
E New l6Jl: +. P. putten CO. H.5u.
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"FrightfuInesS" Hemised

When the war is over and the time
for the reckoning arrives Germanys ter
Iihle debt will he determined. not by the
shrillncss or volume Of anathema, but by
the pitiless. impersOnal marshaling Of
concrete facts. by the implaCable record
OF indisputahle evidence IT is doubtless
in anticipation of this inevitable day of
reckoning that the two companion
volumes The German Terror in Belgium
and The German Terror in France
have been written Based sUuarely on
official reports, they furnish "A concrete
and consecutive account of the DELHI
erately planned ineNOrably Consummated
campaign of "frghtfulness" which
marked the early days of the German
invasion of France and Belgium
The scope of the new volume dealing
with France Is indicated by the chapter
headings: Prom Liege to the Marne. "
Between Namur and Nerdun." The
Raid Into Lorraine" From Malines to
the User" It continues the narrative
from the point at which it was suspended
in the earlier book, The author is con-
cerned with the military campaign only
incidentally. His chief purpose is to
make the world realize fully the extent
ana savagery of the German atrocities,
and while he recapitulates material that
has long since been made familiar. the
cumulative effect achieved is powerful
and profound
THE GERMAN TERROR IN FRANCE Bv
Company, 81.
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SOME VERSE
OF wartime
Poetry. Good. Bad and Indif.
ferent, O,Ues Its Inspiration
to the Great Conflict

war noetry Of commanding greatness
Is seIdo,,, har,, ,,,.ir ,,,,,,r os.or .bo heat
49,.
Vi 'he confilct mas Waned' ne re'''E'
notable poems evoked thus far by the
war might he counted on ones fingers
,r,,,,, A., ,,., e s,,,a,,
description and essay nave oeen en-
riChed by a number of works Of strk-
ing mower that owo their origin directly
,
W '''' gu '"Ss"'
Traces of sincerity and vitality may
be found in. n few of the latest books
oe ,,or - 49,, r.. ,,, 1905, rar,
"'''
'heN Il" not require detalled Analysis OF
comment. II Is said that Captain Cyril
Morton Hornes Songs OF the Shrapnel
Shell" were written under fire in the
trenches. \ mind distracted and
hcmused by the immnence Of death is
not in the ideal mood for the creation
Of poetry. but Captain Horne has writ
ten some good verse The most sron-
taneous and sincere things in the hook
are TO the Love of a Year Ago" with
its haunting usefulness. and "EnEland.' V
obviously written in the glow Of pas
siOnate pride and love.
There is far easier lit, and far
greater vitality and variety in the
Rough Rhymes of Padre" by Wood
olh' me ''' A. Studder-h"hheoF'
NJ. G., e. F.. There is not a preten-
tious poem IN tho collection hut the
unnollShed, sanGN speech of Tommy in
the trenches is renrOduCed with "A de-
gree oi haturaIheSS ana lack nt az
fcrtation that never strains the readers
sppsn of re,lity I,s,o,,i,II, d,fferept
S'"S' "' real,N' rSseh'laIE o'teren,
IN spirit are the fragment. war ana
the CptiristiC ''rhn Snirti hui they
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An american Boy in France

seventeen year-old Princeton fresh
man tells with hoNish artlessness Of his
experiences in the American AmhulanC
Corps in France during the first eight
months of 1917 in Ambulance 464."
Like many other volunteers in the am.
bulanCe, he Confesses that after leav-
ing high school, he found his job. after
six long months, becoming mOnotonOus,
and | was aching to get away. - try
my hand at something else And So. he
SAYS, 1T didn't take much to urge me
on" after reading a plea for ambulance
workers.
The narrator's experiences We're tNpi-
cal of those Of scores of other youths
who were animated to volunteer as am
buIanCe drivers, partly by a desire to
aid heroic France. partly in spirit of
adventure He found everything inter-
esting. and reCounts every scrap of news,
every incident in the daily round, with
unf1agging zest. Letters from nome
we're greater events than buChe shells
which tore great Craters in the earth,
and submarines which never material
ICED caused the authors eyes to bulge
with boyish wonder and excitement.
Those who anticipate dramatic re-
cital of stirring events that have made
history will be disappointed in the
book. Those who share with youth the
faculty of finding adventure in the
commonplace will find the spirited mar
rative entertaining.
TnseIv Illustrated New York: The Mac
milan Company. 81 30.
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History in the Making

some or me most fascinating pages
IN American history are nose "nlch
nay. mdhe Ie,,i ItNr, We" ,is neS ueaI
swa ved fnreirn no,icy and ar tines baNs
s"dHeu 'oreis" poilc! anu at '''nes nave
neen Iraus.o VII rh runseuGenCes li NE
iic ' kne,vs ,no nothinq of these nnrxs IN pun" omr
intarnational reIationships and tho in
trieues hehind many of them thev have
not found their way into any of our
FORMAL hietoriee
ioinia' "'.'u' w.
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Letters of a Soldier

The spirit in which the youth of
America Is entering the war is admir-
ably reflected in a little sheaf of Let
ters from an American Soldier to His
Father" now published, with virtually
no editing, other than the elimination of
irrelevant personalities. NThe letters are
from curtis Wheeler Second Lieutenant
of Field Artillery. L. s, r., to his father.
Edward J. Wheeler, editor of Current
Opinion.
There is little fresh information about
the war in the letters, and the clash of
battle is negligible in them. But thew
do exemplify the high spirit and youth
full zest of the author in manner that
should inspire potential soldiers in the
army of democracy and their parents
and friends with hope and courage. The
letters reveal the fact that the writer's
thoughts were centered more on artistic
srd Arnold Ren-
nett. Carlyle and Grieg's music-than
on the grim things of war. Yet when
the time comes for seryice he is ready,
and the note of good cheer is pervasive
and infectious to the last,
LETTERS FROM An AMERICAN SOLDIER
TO HIS FATHER By Curtis Wheeler
Igdiaasp0iis' soy Merrill comr<nS.
s. t1c = ~ I
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WHEN THE TANKS
FIRST APPEARED
4 ldnkee Describes How the
Nerc Machines Terrified
the Germans

The life of soldier on the front not
only its dark, hut its light side, is
vtVidly pictured by Corporal Il. Derby
Holmes in his "A Yankee in the
Trenches \ Eoston man, he enlisted
in an English regiment two years ago
and was sent to the French front
Patrol work was his principal orrupa-
tion. hut he took part in several attacks
in two Of which he was wounded In
one Of these attacks he had an expert
enCe absolutely unparalleled. Early in
the morning there came from the rear.
he says. "a tremendous whirrng burr
ing. rumbling buzz. like swarm of
giant bees" It was made by FIVE tanks
AN absolutely new thing to US. Their
secret had been guarded 50 carefully
even in our own army that our bat
talon had heard nothing Of them" He
gives remarkably interesting and
thrilling description Of the way in which
the one he followed closely crushed the
German trenches. causing the grayha cks
20 swarm up out Of shelters and dug
outs literally in hundreds and hold up
their hands, whining, Mercy Ckame-
radO.
When on patrol duty one night some
Of the men with him stormcd Ger
man trench and they brought back the
body of man nailed t" a rude crucifiX
The man was the sergeant | had talked
to earlier in the night What had hap
pened was this He had, no doubt
been taken by a German patrol. Prob
ably he had refused to answer questions
Perhaps he had insulted an officer The
medical officer who viewed the body
said that without question the man had
been CruCified alive Also 1t was said
that The same thing had happened be-
fore" With his comrades. the British
"Tommcs," and their sanGy and at
times rather vulgar way Of talking. one
gets well acquainted and agrees with
him tha; they are loyal and brave and
hard fighters
a YANKEE IN THE TRE>CHt,S Rv r.
Derby Holmes, corporal Of the Twenty
second London Battalion Of the Queen &
Roval West Surrey Regiment illustrated
from photographs Boston: Little Brown
G. Co. S135
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by the destruction of Serbia and the
binding of Bulgaria to their chariot
wheels. Dunajec was the battle which
made Mitteleuropa a possibility, and
it was the battle which made the
Germans to believe that they were
winning the war and could not be
defeated"
They must he learning better now"
Doctor McFabre remarked.
Il hope So" said |. But it will
take time to convince a nation which
has had the war map held up before
it showing its victories. but the day
Will come when those victories must
be turned to defeats. The blunders
Of the British have conspired to con-
hrm the Germans in their view. In
the summer of 1915 when the Ger
mans were busy on the eastern front
1t would have been possible for the
English to break through the west
ern front If the men sent tc Gal.
hpoli had been sent to France instead.
and II the shells wasted there had been
fired at the Germans. The French and
British could then have gained ground
that the Germans could not have won
back again, in Mr.. Simonds's opinion
The merit Of this history lies in
its evident impartality. Mr.. Simonds
studies the politics and diplomacy as
well as the military moves with the
calmness of a student completely de-
tached from the conflict His con-
Clusions may have to be revised when
we have fuller evidence. but they are
Just and fair so far a. the testimony
at hand makes possible. OF course,
he does not COntine himself to the de-
feat of Russia. There are chapters on
the submarine campaign. on the en-
trance of Italy into the war, on the
battles of Ypres. on the Gallipoli fiasCo
and on the campaigns in the Balkans.
1t closes with the end of 1915. The
next volume will take up Nerdun and
the campaigns which revolved about
that great siege. Mr.. SimOnds is max
ing what is probably the hest war
history that was ever written about a
war while it was in progress"
GEORGE W. DOUGLAS.
HISTORY or THE WORLD WAR BY
ynl. IL. Tho Making Of Middls Europ~.
garden city; Doubleday, Fag" Co.
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