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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-25

J. W. Patton Writes Story Of
Experiences somewhere"
Near the Enemy Lines.

Some time ago ]. W. Patton. assist
ant scout commissioner Of the District
Of Columbia, was accepted by the war
sent overseas as a ''Y' secretary. Mr..
Patton. probably the best known Boy
Scout executive in Washington tells
OF his varied and thrilling experiences
while working with headquarters in
a dugout forty feet underground
somewhere close up to the lines, in a
letter to his friend, W. D. Ham, Boy
An excerpt from Patton's letter fol-
lows:
Scouting for August Is has just
reached me. In it find an absorbing
letter copied from the Washington
Evening Star over your signature,
which is by far the most interesting
reading I have had from home for
many day. It proves that you can
get what you go after, and that the
boys had their scout farm as they did
In 1917. do hope you will write me
Of the results. and also tell about
Troop No. II. Any Washington news
would surely be appreciated in this
war-torn and shell-devastated land.
Dugout Forty Feet in Depth.
81 am writing from a dugout forty
feet deep, back of the American lines.
It Is shellproof and proof from attack
by air, but doubt whether it would
stand gas attack. However, some of
our officers say 1t is the safest in
France. 1t is necessary to be part way
safe. anyway, for on August 81 had
the pleasure of a German high explo-
sive shell breaking right in the door
way of my Y? hut. It was six inches,
tN and one-half feet long and weigh
ed. say. lis pounds. 1t had come five
miles. I had my raincoat over me for
a blanket and 1t tore the tail of 1t
OF without cutting my legs. broke
gun and ruined my blankets and
equipment generally. 1t tore part of
the roof off and sounded like the end
of the world. These and larger shells
whistle and Shrek overhead days on
end and always at night. One needs
pretty good nerves to stand up and do
the work as it should be done.
Sundays we put on religious meet
ings and how the boys do come. 1t is
hard to speak to them. The fellows
about to go lover the top" really
preach to me. But the singing is good
and we can always have Bible reading
and prayers. Last week I put flower
on the grave of Lieut.. Quentin Roose-
welt. He lies in lovely spot cared for
by the French of the place. For the
Right and for Liberty is written on
the grave.
yesterday morning went up on
top of a high hill at daybreak to see
our attack. There had been a heavy
barrage all night long, starting at II.
The artillery had been passing for
days and Jerry had been busy with
his usual load of coal" When he
makes hit it is taken philosophically
and when he misses the boys say,
What a rotten shot
well, the barrage was like a drum
roll all night until $50 am. Then we
heard a sound like a cry or cheer such
as school children make when coming
out of school. 1t was the 'doughboys'
going over the top. The barrage takes
it up again. Those splashes in the sky
right over our boys are shrapnel
shells breakin and the rocketlike
bursts are the 'starShells.' by which
the boche gets his line on our men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-10-25
Progress Of Americans.

Reports from the infantrymen who
guard the prisoners, say our nrst line
troops have advanced great distance
and have met little stiff resistance,
the Germans having been completely
surprised by the power and depth of
our barrage. Probably they were
surprised, because during the past
week their batteries have been rak-
ing the villages in which we were
situated without even getting a reply.
few hundred shells. and we were
forced to keep under cover constantly.
Last night they knocked hole in the
kitchen dugout, besides killing two
men on the bridge. And few days
before they put ring of craters be-
fore the gun positions.
'Now, however, things are different.
The cross roads are free from shell
fire. Troops move necessarily
through the village. The light artil-
positions. Engineers are repairing
the roads. Only the giant heavies
from their armored trains in the rear
boom internationally. still firing on
after the barrage has ceased.
Gets Glimpse Of Gen. Pershing.
yesterday I saw Gen. Pershing
His car was striking along the road
toward our little village only three
sergeant was driving, with corporal
as orderly, and the general was sit
ting. big as life. in the back seat with
another high officer. A military po-
liceman motioned US to the side, and
the Ccnerars car (four stars and alD
slipped in between US and a mule team
to contine up the road toward the
front.
NO one can accuse Pershing of
lodging danger. The road l saw him
driving over was under German OBJ
servation and shells were coming over
at pretty regular intervals. l sup
most direct-because he. like all the
Americans, wants to feel himself near
the foe. 1t certainly has a good eff
feet on the troops to see their chief
undergoing the same dangers they do.
All of us felt more like unloosing the
thousand shells our battery was to
put over that night. after seeing Gen.
Pershing sail by
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
KAISERISM IN
SCOUT BOOKS
New Method of Propaganda For Ger
many Found at Ida Grove by
u. S. Government
Agents.

DIES MONIES, Ia, Aug. 9.-An
other ingenious way of spreading in
idious German propaganda has besn
brought to light by the state secret
service department
Books are being sold in an alleged
boy scouts series which are palpably
written to influence sentiment favor
able to Germany and to the kaiser.
One Of these, under the title, 'The
Boy Scouts Under the Kaiser" or
Karl Adler's Devotion" was picked
up at Ida Grove by state secret
service representative and forwarded
to Chief W. B. Griffin Chief Griffin
Will ask the government to stop the
sale Of these books.
The book is written in story form
and tells of the travels of two Ger
man boys in France: one Karl, the
other Heinrich. A brief glance
through the opening chapters of the
book reveals the following:
Il wanted to sleep in Sedan to-
night" said Karl.
We're going to- said Heinrich.
We had better not let the French
les see too much OF how we feel.
though. They remember Sedan, too.
foor people. But it was their own
lauit They forced us to go to war"
And they will force the kaiser to
go to war again some day, Heinrich"
says his companion. "They want to
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
AIR MEN WON'T
BATTLE FIRE
Have Unwritten Agreement to Leap
Clear of Flames When They
See No Hope of Being
Saved

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Aug 9.-Lieut
Guy S. Williams, former Des Moines
newspaper man, writes from France
Of the hereism of the Americans from
aviators down to the mule drivers
Lieutenant Williams is in command
of a machine gun company on the
western front.
1.-The aviators have horror of being
mangled and burr I'd to a cinder be
meath their machines" he writes, CSC
they have a sort OF code or religion
which they always follow. When they
see the game is up, they leap clear OF
the planes and take the fall alone. An
American flyer took the leap at 5000
feet"
Telling Of the lengths to which a
soldier will go to save his pets, he
relates the following incident:
THE other day my company, while
bivouacking in a wood came suddenly
under shell fire. The mules were in
danger Suddenly little Russian Pole
ran into the thick Of it and tried to
save his mule But the unfortunate
representative of the Show Me- state
was punctured in leg before it could
be rescued Later, when lieutenant
asked the driver if he didn't know he
might have been killed, he re,
piled: I am a Pole. My father, my
mother, my sister have been killed.
/ have not anybody now. And be-
Sides he added whimsically, I want
ed to save me mulie!"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
Y Mel f
HAM1LT,0N GATE C fry
~ HAM.-ToN: H. AUG: .: a.

Gee, near Elvaston. Mrs. Meade Is
also visiting with other relatives and
friends in this vicinity.
Relatives of Edgar Letter and
Jessie Shields think these boys have
sailed overseas.
L. w. Berdolt has presented his
daughters, Kathryn and Patricia,
with a beautiful baby grand piano.
Miss Addie Athey has returned
home after a visit of several months
with reatives at Arlington, ILL.,, and
Hammond, Ind.
Bert Graham has purchased fine
new Oldsmobile car.
Word has been received by rela-
tives of the death of two more soldier
boys in France. Charles Agnew and
family of Rock Island, ILL.,, formerly
of this city, received a cablegram
Tuesday evening stating that THEFT
son and brother, Albert Agnew, had
been killed in action on July p. Mr..
Agnew had been in France several
months. The young man was a
grandson of Edward Agnew, of Ham
ilton, and a nephew of Mrs. Tate
Smith, who lives southeast Of the
city. Mrs. Fred Kopsicker has also
received the sad news of the death
Of her brother Russell Bell, Of Ka-
hoka, Mo-, who was killed in action
July Is. Thus two more brave young
men have yielded up their lives for
their country; two more homes
where sunshine has turned into dark
ened clouds of sorrow. And yet this
vicinity can expect more such sor-
row, for 1t will be but a short time
until homes in nearly every city, vii
lage and hamlet in the United States
will be burdened with cablegrams
announcing the death of loved rela-
tives in foreign lands. The sincere
coincidence of all our citizens is ex-
tended to the many relatives Of these
two boys.
Paul Mourning, an attorney OF
Rushville, ILL.,, is here visiting rela-
tives, Firman Wetzel and wife and
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank MCGEE. Mr..
Mourning Is here for farewell
visit, as he expects to be called soon
into the United States service.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
To Be Admitted.

To Be Admitted.
Indianapolis News: 1t must be ad.
mitted, however, that the kaiser has
come nearer foofing all his people all
the time than any other ruler.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Warder and
| two children, of Burlington, Iowa
visited with their many relatives in
! this city the latter part of the week
and Sunday.
Relatives have received letter
from George B. Kinkade, of Camp
Custer, Michigan, stating that he Is
again back in the hospital, or, as he
expressed it, he 'has been sent back
home again" George has had to
submit to another operation, and
while he is not as i'll as he has been
many times since he entered training,
it is surely very discouraging to him
and his relatives in having to submit
to so many operations and spending
so much of his time at the hospital
that, as he writes, he sis back home
His many friends here will continue
TO wish him speedy return to good
health.
Miss Hazel Agnew, of Rock Island,
ILL.,, is visiting friends in Keokuk
after being the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Tate Smith, southeast Of town.
E. w. Hosford and family are GER
tain that their son, Leith Hosford, is
somewhere in France, as he was ex-
pecting to sail for overseas immedi-
ately after visiting his parents here
about three weeks ago.
Last Saturday workmen CON-
menced the digging preparatory to
building new garage that Fred
Kopsicker will have erected at Eley-
enth and Broadway, where he has
been conducting the garage business.
The old building will be RACED. The
new building will be 60x130 and will
be built Of hollow tile and have q
self-supporting roof. A basement 2E
feet wide will be built the entire
length Of the building under the west
part of the garage. Riley James has
the contract for the masonry work
and A. B. Agnew will have charge
of the carpenter work. When COM
pleted, this garage will be as COM
plete and modern as many of the
garages in cities larger than Hamil-
ton.
Homer Warder, Of Kansas, made a
short visit with his parents and
other relatives here the latter part
of the week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warder have moved
from the McCracken property to the
Turner residence, near the high
school. Mrs. William Kingman, Of
Ferris, Ill, has moved to the rooms
made vacant by Mr. and Mrs War
der.
Mrs. Margaret Mead, of Chicago,
is visiting her sister, Mrs. John NC
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
l68th Lost so
Killed When
Huns Struck

DIES MONIES. Iowa, Aug. g.
The following letter. written b,
colonel =. r. Bennett in a dugou,
near the front line, on the l7tt
OF July, was received by Mrs. Ben
nett this morning:
Living In a dueout, haven't
had my clothes off for week.
The attack came and the Hun
was held on our front, with
great losses. The 169th lost SO
killed and 200 wounded. At
tack started on July IA, along
a SO mile front. Left OF front
gave way and Germans gained
some ground south of Rheims,
west of here.
"Headquarters are in a dug
out with French. Office miles
to rear and | haven't a type
writer. Hard to write on paper
as It is SO damp. We are IS
feet down. Letters may not
come often for a while"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09

get Elsass and Lethringen back; Al
SAGE and Lorraine, they call the PROV
inces we took from them"
Didn't they get enough the first
time. l wonder?" asked Heinrich.
We'll, we shall see. We need not
be afraid with one like our kaiser to
guard the empire"
A passage little farther along
says: They will attack us on all
sides" said Heinrich sadly. THAT
is the towards way. They know that
alone none OF them could beat Ger
many Deutschland ueber allies. We
will beat the whole word If we must,
Karl"
The title page gives the author Of
the book as Major Robert Maitland,
the publishers as the Saalfield Pub
fishing company, Chicago, Akron and
New York.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09

pound So / did, and through it, I
ro oand relief from my suffering and l
, nc believe it saved my life. 1t does
w seem as though 1 can say enough
~ ~ praise OF this wonderful medicine fer
Cn l1 nealth it has brought me- Miss
SJnA LEE HALL, West Plains, Mo.
.refhaps it may seem an extrava-
sant statement to say that this great
M oy saved life; but women like
~ .s: Hall, to whom it has brought
s s,tr, appreciate the danger and
IL aASsrlng they have escaped too well
~, aoubt it! All who suffer should
NJ. u Why risk life and health
p;n,.tt special advice write Lydia E.
Aiiatn Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
ELEVEN IN
COUNTY JAIL
More Prisoners at This Time Than is
Usual at This Time OF
Year, Says Deputy
Sheriff.

Eleven men, more than the usual
number at this season of the year,
are confined in the county Jail. Two
of the men are what is known as
county prisoners and two OF them,
Mexicans, are federal prisoners. The
Mexicans are alleged to have stolen
corn from railroad cars in interstate
traffic.
ELEVEN prisoners is an unusual
number for this time of year." said
Deputy Sheriff "Bill" Montgomery to-
day.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
After War-What?

Christian Science Monitor: 1t is be-
coming more and more evident that
even sweeping victory for the allies
and peace on their own terms will
not settle everything, There will still
be necessary, for instance. the usual
number of solutions of the Cleveland,
O., street railway problem annually.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09

Tide cramps every
month so | was I'M
able to do anything.
| had tried every
doctor in w e st
Plains, also every
remedy could think
of, without relief.
One day when l was
suffering greatly a
friend was at my
h Gus e an d said,
why don't you try
Lydia E. Pinkham' 8
LIa Cow
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
Youthful Soldier, Who Was Born and
Reared In keokuk Loses Life
After Citation for
Bravery.
FAMILY IN ROCK ISLAND
Enlisted at Huntington, w. Va, Year
Ago and Went to France
Two Months
Later.

After being severely wounded in
the defense of Cantigny in France
late in May, Private Albert Louis
Agnew took part in the great battle
Of the Marine in mid-July and was
killed.
This information has come to rela-
tves of the eighteen-year-old Keokuk
boy who was born and reared in
Keokuk His father and several sis
tiers live in Rock Island, Ill. A Sis
ter, Mrs. James d. Grant. lives at
1l12 William street, Keokuk.
Agnew enlisted in service without
the consent of his only living parent,
his father, at Huntington, w. Va,
last summer.
The relative of Private Agnew live
at 1924 Fifth and One-Half street,
Agnew, is a workman at the Rock
Island arsenal.
Cited for Bravery.
A brother, Ralph Agnew. is employ
ed by the Velie plant in Moline H.,
and four sisters, Mildred, Ruby, Hazel
and Margaret Agnew, are in Rock
Island The mother died a number
OF years ago.
The Gate City carried a news item
Thursday in which It was stated that
Private Agnew had been wounded and
cited for conspicuous bravery by
Maj. Gen. Billiard of the expedition.
airy forces. The citation was enclosed
in letter to his relatives by young
Agnew. He said In the letter that
he was wounded, but recovering.
Apparently he recovered and took
part in the battle of the Marine in
mid-July, where he met his death.
Agnew went to France two months
after enlisting.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1918-08-09
WOMAN SAVED
MUCH SUFFERING
Bytaking Friends Adviceand
Lydia E. Pinkhasn's Veg
etable Compound.

west Plains, Mo. CT was all run
uo"n IN health, had Indigestion and ter
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
ALL WORK IN ARMY CAMPS BE
 DISCONTINUED

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-All movie manufacturers and distributors have joined the movement to stop the release of new films, owing to the Spanish influenza. Already many movie houses have been closed.
 CAPETOWN, Oct. 1.-The Span ish influenza is spreading rapidly In Cape Town and other sections or Sonth Africa whole households are lying helpless in the native quar- ters.
 BASEL, Oct. II. - Cholera is spreading in Berlin. Notwith- standing preventive measures taken r cases are reported and Is deaths
 WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-Inten- sive training and other strenuous work in all Army camps has been discontinued during the influenza epidemic.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
Greatest Squadron World Has Even Seen Organ s ized by the Ameri-
 can Forces.
BUT ONE MAN IS LOST
Critics and Others Every where Discussing New parture for War
 fare.

WASHINGTON, Oct 1.-The par ticipation of $50 machines in the first great American air raid against the German camps North of Verdun, marks the greatest air offensive of the war or the world has ever seen.
 Details of the full effects of the raid are still lacking. However, it is believed that the French and pos sibly the British co-operated in bombing some of the towns farthest East from the Allied positions be- yond the Mouse to Metz. Shortly after the American fleet took to the air, number of British machines buzzed over the American lines and set off in the same direction.
 Only one man was lost in the American air raid.
 An air critic explains that the Germans were first to inaugurate the squadron formation in air ser vice, the Allies in the beginning confining themselves in most part to single combats or few machines cooperating together These Ger man squadrons, however, were small as compared with this recent Ameri- can expedition, which was by far the largest air operation in the war This critic explained that for the Americans to send into the air at one time $50 machines in any kind of formation required the very high est skill and constant training, since one careless aviator might cause much damage to the whole. He said that it marked new and distinct departure of the Allied forces foI aerial warfare, on large scale and in line with earlier predictions that mastery of the air and air forces would prove the shortest route to Berlin. Other military critics de clared that the world, for all time must marvel at the rapidity with which the United States trained and placed expert fliers into battle or such a large scale. The incident is considered one of the high water marks of the war, and is engaging comment on every hand,
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
REVOLUTION IN CANADA
 NOW BREWING
Police Uncover Evidence of Such Associations in Twenty Industrial
 CenterS

OTTAWA, Oct. 11.-Investigations by the Dominion police reveal revo- lutionary associations formed in at least twenty industrial centers throughout Canada.
 The organizations are carrying on active propaganda, seeking the or ganization of the Socialist foreign clements in favor of an international peace at any price.
 The Dominion Government has evi dence that these organizations are a direct outgrowth of Russian Bol sheyihsm. spread through the ef forts of the l. w w. organization in the United States.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
Germany Still Hopes

BASEL, Switzerland, Oct II. - Commenting upon the response of President Wilson to the German re- quest, the Strassburg Post says. a ray of hope for peace has not yet disappeared, but it is enveloped in thick fog.
 The newspaper declares that the only hope now lies in the fact that the note from President Wilson be not entirely rejected It says that whatever the German desire for peace may be, this desire cannot be satis fled with the conditions under which it can be realized.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
Feared That 300 Lives Are Lost When Japanese Steamer Sent to
 Bottom.
SOLDIERS ARE MISSING
Giant Submarine SheIIed Lifeboats Ticonderago; 600 Lost on Mail
 Steamer.

A BRITISH PORT, Oct. 1.-The Japanese steamer Sirano Maru, of 1885 tons, was toropedoed and sunk last Friday by German submarine South of the Irish coast
 It is feared that 300 lives have been lost
 A Japanese and an American war ship rescued few survivors.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
MEAT DEALER UNDER BAN

Profiteering in meats, giving short weights and handling meat unfit for human consumption have brought the Booker Packing Company. of Indian apolis. Ind, into difficulties with the Food Administration.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
RESERVATIONS IN ORDER

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 1.-The Der ows the resignations of two leading German commanding Generals as the result of the appointment of Gen. won Scheuch as Minister of War. The paper probably means Leuden- dorff and Hindenburg, who recently have lost much of their former pop uIarity.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
Germans, Hoping for Peace and Prepare Reply to Wilson's Peace Note
 Answer.
FRENCH PRAISE WILL SON
French Deputies Commit tee Approve Presidents Note; British States
 men Like it Too.

COPENHAGEN, Oct. 1.-The Ger man reply to the questions contained in President Wilson's note has been drafted, after conference between the new Imperial Chancellor Maxi milan and Vice Chancellor Von Pay pen and other ministers and repre- sentatives of the Government
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
Soldiers Reported Lost

ATLANTIC FORT. Oct. IL - Twenty survivors of the American steamship Ticonderago, torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic, arrived here on a British freighter. Their ac- counts are generally credited that there were 250 soldiers aboard who were either killed or drowned.
 The survivors claim that a giant submarine shelled the lifeboats af. ter disabling the steamer and silenc' ing her guns.
 The vessel was sunk Oct. 2. She carried horses mostly and fell be- hind her convoy because of engine trouble This makes the third boat which has been torpedoed after sep arating from the convoy, because of an accident and indicative that sub marines closely follow conveys in the hopes of singling out their prey
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-10-11
BELGIUM GIVEN
 ANOTHER CREDIT
 BY UNITED STATES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 11.-Belgium has been given another, credit. this time s5,O0O,000 making a total cred it from the United States to the Al lies of $7,224, ,766, eco.