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IN NEED OF. .$4O0,OOO,0OO

Congress was asked today by the
Army ordnance bureau for an urgent
deficiency appropriation of s4o0.00O.000
for the manufacture of ordnance, prin-
cipally heavy guns.
Addition of the s4oo, 100000 item to
the urgent deficiency bill pending in
the Senate was requested by the acting
chief Of ordnance. but Senate leaders
were disposed to delay action and have
the appropriation take it's usual course
through the House.
Although the appropriation was re-
uuested Immediately, it was desired
principally so that contracts for heavy
guns could be let now, with final actual
expenditure considerably delayed.
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YOUTHFUL FRENCH "ACE"
COMES TO TRAIN FLYERS

AN ATLANTI PORT. March s.-A
twenty-year old French ace" who has
been awarded all the war decorations
possible to a flyer by his country, ar
rived here today in the person of
Lieut. Constant Soullier, who in the
last two years has shot down fifteen
German airplanes and killed or cap
tured their pilots.
Lieut.. Soullier modestly admitted his
achievements only when fellow-pas-
sengers on the French liner which
brought him over told of it. He has
come to America on a years furlough
to help train United States Army avia-
tors. For this purpose several of his
machines will be sent across later.
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had been administered to keep her
alive The aged woman had refused
to leave her home when her brother
went out to warn a neighbor of the
approach of the raiders. A few mo-
ments later a bomb struck the house
In another neighborhood a young
woman died as the last piece of wreck
age of her home, under which she. had
been pinned, was removed. She had
been discovered trapped amidst the de-
bris five hours previously and kept alive
by StimulantS, but her injuries proved
fatal. Another girl in the same house
who was eXtricated after several hours
work, survived her injuries.
At noon yesterday a woman died in a
hospital in the outskirts of London
from injuries she had received through
a bit OF wreckage crashing through the
roof of her home.
A large nursing home full of na-
tients; was among the damaged build
ings, but the occupants escaped injury.
Elderly Women Saved.
In one district two aged women
clinging to each others arms were dug
out alive. while at midday yesterday
an elderly man was brought out suf-
fering only from bruises. He had been
buried with his wife and daughter who
early had been extricated and who had
'houSht hiih ueau' AS ne was placed IN
an ambulance the onlookers cheered
Several of the rescued persons still
clung to frightened dogs and cats, while
one woman carried a cage in which was
live canary. The woman had been
caught in a basement when the upper
floors of her home crashed down. A
heavy beam protected her and her pet.
The hero of one neighborhood is a
youth who borrowed a steel helmet to
protect himself from shrapnel and res
cUed his two sisters and their maid after
twelve hours hard work
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Lone American Sentry
Drives off BOche Attack
R0uts Foru Teutons fer Some Penetrate Trench
and Inflicts Casudlties--- Yankees Check
LIQUID Fire Assault.
By the Associated Press.


WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Thursday,
March lone American this attacked an enemy
patrol OF about fov men, had steathy entered
advanced He drove them Off killing the leader
and wounding others.
The OF the that another RAID mao
along line details being awaited eagerly u'
started what there was OF
an offensive this mentioned IN all reports OF
and he has been congratulated heartily by his oceS ana
ades for and leVel-headednesS.
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, shouted. Come out, come out The
Germans needed no second INVITATION.
In fact, those who were still in the
wire already had started out The
small American patrol saw the enemy
trailing back across no mans land.
under fire from the sentry and from
Americans at a point further along the
line. The patrol Joined in the fray and
helped to speed the Germans on their
way by hurting a large number of hand
grenades. some of which probably took
effect. Four rifles were found in the
American lines.
Patrols. both American and German.
are constantly seeking opportunity to
inspect the opposing lines. and the Ger
mans on this occasion certainly did not
wish to be discovered. They cut the
American wire with the greatest eau
ton, making no noise, but the sentry,
who later drove them off, was watching
their performance all the time.
American troops in the sector north
west of Toul have been subjected for
the first time to an attack with liquid
fire. Enemy troops carrying fame pro-
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BOMBS DROPPED FROM SKY
IN NIGHT RAID SLAY PARISIANS
AIR RAIDS MADE
TO TERRORIZE Is
TEUTON'S OBJECT

BY EDGAR ASSEL MOWRER.
Cablegram to The Evening Star
and Chicago Daily News, copy
right 1918.
ROME, Italy, March 9-An ex-
ample of the cynicism induced by
German brutality is given by a
captured Teuton aviator, whose
machine was brought down in a
recent raid on Padua and Venice.
He said:
1--WE Germans and Austriana do
not know and do not try to know
where the various commands and
depots are located. When we
lombard n town from above we
try TO destroy it.
I'VE wish to strike civilians be-
cause only in THIS way can we
break the Resistance IN the enemy
countries. When we bombard
Pndua, Paris or London You must
understand that we are not seek
ing military targets. These for
US are secondary. We are only
sOrry that Rome and Milan nre
too far from our bases for our
machines to reach them.
'.IS IL our fault il among the
victims there is always n woman
or child: Let them take better
cover or SO much the worse for
them"
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POLISH BRIGADE MUTINY
SCOTCHED AFTER BATTLE

AMSTERDAM, March "a Vienna
dispatch to the Frankfurter Zeitung
saws that il was alleged during a de-
bate in the lower house of the Austrian
reichsrat on Tuesday that Croatian in
fantry regiment was ordered to march
against a Polish brigade of 5000 men
which, il is reported. mutinied Febru-
ary 10 a pitched battle ensued, artil-
lery and machine guns being used by
both sides. There were heavy casual
ties and the Poles We're finally over
powered and made prisoners.
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"YAWCOB STRAUSS" DIES.
Charles F. Adams, Writer and Read
or Cnnann,h he in pocton

BOSTON, March 9.-Charles Follen
Adams. author of German dialect sto-
ries and poems and known as "Yawcob
Strauss through his frequent appear
ance as public reader, died at his
home here yesterday.
Mr.. Adams. who was seventy-six
years old. began writing for maga-
zines and periodicals in 1872 and in
later years published several books OF
poetry and prose.
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TROTzKY RESIGNS,
LEAVING LEN|NE
|NFULL CONTROL
Virtually Guided Russia's
Course After Kerensky's Fall,
Up Until Recently.
CONTINUED WARFARE
ON GERMANS LIKELY
Premier and Member of Peace Dele
cation Both Indicate Pact Cannot
Last-Petrograd Calmly
Awaits Fate.
ARMY ORGANIZING TO-
GUST BOLSHEVIKI


By the Associated Press.
LONDON, March 9-The social
revolutionarics have decided to
organize national guard TO
overthrow the boIshevik regime
in Russia, according to DIR. EIeff
of Moscow University, who In
quoted i'm Copenhagen dis
patch to the Exchange Telegraph
as saying that the decision was
reached at recent conference
in Moscow.
a great army is now Icing or
Eanized I'm the Don district. sup
ported by COssacks, the dispatch
adds, and it in also planned to in
troduce a republic in RusSia with
n coalition government which
would not accept the German
bolshevik peace. Prof. EleH as
serts that the news of the new
movement had been suppressed
by the Petrograd bolsheviki.
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100000 Bibles to U. S. Troons

NEW YORK. March 9.-The American
Bible Society has just completed the
first consignment of 100000 copies of
its service Testaments. bound in Khaki.
to the American soldiers and sailors
through the Young Mems Christian As
ISOLATION. it was announced today. This
is half of its promised gift Of 1000. 600
volumes. The Testaments are being
furnished at the rate of 10000 copies
a day.
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Pitiable Incidents in London.

LONDON, March 9.--Numerous pitiable
incidents are reported from the scene
of Thursday nights air raid on Lon
don. The eightyyear- sister of a
special constable was found alive un-
der the wreckage of her home several
hours after the raiders had passed.
She was finally dug out after oxygen
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Army Officer Aids Children.

Across the hall from Mrs Huddleston
on the fourth floor Was Mrs. Mary d
Duck with her four little daughters,
one of whom was ill Her husband. an
Army officer. is in camp. Another Army
officer living in the building was at
tempting TO get Mrs. Ducks children
out when the first fremen arrived and
came 10 his aid.
r. X Lord. whose apartment also is
on the fourth floor, had started down
the hallway with his wife when the
smoke partly overcame them They
were struggling back to their apart
ment when hremen reached them.
William McCambridge, Miss Margaret
McCambridge and Mrs. E. W. Reeve
who were in another apartment on the
fourth floor. waited on the fire escape
landing for firemen to come for them.
Pocket Flashlight Shows Way.
Mr. and Mrs c. G. Duganne and Miss
Charlotte Pemberton made their way
through another apartment to a fire
escape 1t. was still dark. but Mr.. Du-
game had a pocket fashlight and led
the way down the escape TO the ground
Bert Cohn, downtown merchant
brought his mother, sister and brother
TO the street from their apartment OF
the second floor before the arrival OF
the fremen.
When Miss Annie NJ Sheahan was
awakened by the ringing of the fire
gong she ran TO her telephone and call
ed her brother-inlaw. Charles J. Co
lumbuS. secretary of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, who
lives around the corner.
Come and get US; the building is or
fire." she screamed.
When Mr.. Columbus reached the scene
fremen were bringing Miss Sneatar
and her two sisters Misses Mamie anC
Helen. down the fire escape from the
second floor
Rosa F. Downing, an attorney, took
his wife and child from their apart
ment on the ground floor without
trouble.
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Arrest Diarmid Lynch, Sinn Feiner

LONDON. March e.-Diarmid Lynch.
Sim Fein food controller" was ar
rested Thursday in connection with the
recent Communicating of pigs in Ire
land. according to an Exchange Tele-
graph dispatch from Dublin.
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Berlin Reports Action Re-
prisaI for Attacks Upon
German Cities.
Numerous PitiabIe Incidents
Reported in London as Result
of Teuton Aerial Assault.


By the Associated Press.
PARIS, March 9.-Gernlan aviators raid
ed Paris last night. Early reports show
that bombs were dropped with some loss
of life and property. Signals that all was
clear were given at 1890 am.
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Berlin Calls It Reprisal.

BERLIN, March ., via London.-"Paris
was again attacked with bombs last night. .
the war office announces, ''as reprisal
for the throwing of enemy bombs on the
open towns of Treves, Mannheim and Pr
masens on February 10. The attack was
very effective"
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ScantiIy Clad Men and Fire.
men Rescue Winston Dwell
ers by Way of Fire Escapes.
MANY ENDANGERED IN
EARLY MORNING FIRE
Praise for Firemen Who Brave
Smoke-Filled Apartments to
Save Occupants.

More than fifty women and children
we're carried down fire escapes to safe
" when fire swept the Winston apart
ment house, 3l45 Mount Pleasant street,
shortly after o'clock this morning.
When truck No. 6 and engine No. II
arrived in response to a telephone call
they found scantily clad men and wom-
en-, many of them with children in their
arms, trying TO fight their way through
the smoke filed corridors. Occupants
also were crowding out on the fire escape
landings of the four-story building.
There were approximately 100 persons
in the building.
Feared Excited Would Jump.
Although there was more smoke than
fire in the building, the fremen were
afraid some of the occupants would
become excited and jump before they
could be reached. The fremen who re-
sponded to the telephone call immedi-
ately sounded an alarm. bringing four
companies and Battalion Chief Don
oboe. Chief Donohoe sent in second
alarm as soon as he reached the scene
After an exciting ter minutes of res
cue work the firemen had every occu-
pant out of the building and by 4
o'clock had extinguished the last flame.
Fire Marshal Nicholson estimated the
damage roughly at $1,000
Carries Sick Woman Out.
One of the most timely rescues was
performed by ]. NJ ONeil of truck No.
6. who carried Mrs Emma j. Miliken
from her sick bed on the third floor to
an adjc5ning apartment house. Miss
Nanette Milliken. the sick woman 3
daughter. also was rescued
Howard MARROW carried his invalid
mother Mrs. Estelle S. MARROW, from
their apartment on the second moor
with the assistance of a fireman
1t was shortly after O'Clock when
Mrs NJ A HuyldiesIon. whose apart
nlent is on the fourth floor. was awak-
ened by cries of fire. When she opened
the door of her apartment smoke
swirled in from the hallway. Mrs.
Huddleston rushed to her telephone and
called fire headquarters. She then
awaken ed Miss Angelica NJ. Simonton.
who was in her apartment. but the
smoke was TOO dense in the halls to
allow any one 70 escape that way. They
waited at the fire escape landing for
the fremen-
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Others Endangered.

Other apartments in the building were
occupied by G. r. Carpenter. Miss l.. ].
Busey, w l. Smith, A J. Stunz. S NJ.
Selinger. Mrs. II. W. Merriam Mrs
Irene VI Smoot and Benjamin B.
Schneider.
Chief Donohoe said the fire appar-
entity started in the basement in q pile
OF cinders near TIE furnace. The flames
ate their way to the first floor, where
the speaking tubes from the veStibule
to the upper floor caused a draught
and drew the fire up the partition
around the staircase 10 the roof. AL
though the firemen confined the fire to
the one side of the building in which
it started, the dense smoke penetrated
every room
The property is part Of the estate OF
Anna r Schiffman. Joseph Schiffman
a relative, said he believed the damage
would be covered BY Insurance.
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Praise for Firemen.

Many occupants of the apa rtment
commended the firemen for the manner
in which they brought out the people
and checked the blaze.
Anybody who is not in favor OF the
two-platoon system for firemen.' said
F. *. Lord, should have been here
this morning and seen these men CROP
ing through smoke-filled Railways 10
rescue our families. l think it was re-
markable that they were able to get
everybody out without a single mis-
hap"
II think we owe our lives and much
of our property to the fearless conduct
of the men who came to this fire." said
Mrs. Huddleston.
In addition to rescuing several wom-
CD and children. one fireman found a
parrot talking away in an apartment
he second floor. Although the bird
:eer1ed unconcerned about the fire, it
Ia;Lde no objection to being carried
dnvr e fire escape by the firemen. Sew
Cal canary birds also were rescued.
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Subject to Penalties.

ANY dealer or consumer who violates
the foregoing regulations will be subject to
Inc penalties prescribed by the Lever act
"Such further regulations will be issued
s may be necessary to enforce the esser =
tial features of the foregoing plan.
THE purpose of the plan is to secure the
broadest and most equitable distribution
possible during the coming year. The
fueI administration is assured BY the rem
resentatives Of the National Retail Mer-
chants Association that the retail dealers
throughout the country will lend their
hearty cooperation in the performance OF
this patriotic service
Although no reduction in the retail price
of bituminous coal to consumers was made
the fuel administration yesterday began
announcement of revised prices for such
coal at the mines. the first made public
showing sharp reductions in Colorado
Utah, wyoming and Montana Prices for
Iowa are almost completed and those for
other states will be announced as soon as
determined The idea is for a general re-
vision before the beginning Of the coal
year on April l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-09

GAS MASKS FOR FRENCH
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-09

WITH THE FIGHTERS-A page
of graphic pictures from the war
zone.
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MOTORISTS!

In the automobile section
OF tomorrow's Sunday Star
will be published the first of
a series of maps for interest
ing automobile trips of vary
ing lengths around Wash
ington. These maps are pre-
pared by touring experts. 1t
is planned to have one each
Sunday during the season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-09

PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TEST
OF THE NEW BROWNING MA
CHINE GUN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-09

Every photograph in the Pictorial
Section Of The Sunday Star tomor-
row is worthy OF your careful at
tention. Here are few Of them to
lock for:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-09

WINE AS A DAILY RATION
FOR THE FRENCH SOLDIERS.
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PICTURES

PICTURES
. Every photograph in the Pictorial
; Section of The Sunday Star tomor-
row is worthy Of your careful at
tention. Here are few of them to
, lock for:
NIGHT SCENES IN WASHING
ToN-A full page of remarkably
. artistic photographs Of various
} Washington beauty spots taken at
night. -------------
A DRAFTED MANS DREAM.
POSTERS FOR THE THIRD .
LIBERTY LOAN cAMPAiGN-A
} PAGE of reproductions of the strik-
. ing posters to be used by Uncle {
sam in his next liberty loan drive.
WINE AS A DAILY RATION .
FOR THE FRENCH SOLDIERS.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE TEST
, OF THE NEW BROWNING MA
CHINE GUN.
WITH THE FIGHTERs-A page
Of graphic pictures from the war
; zone. --
GAS MASKS FOR FRENCH
SCHOOL CHILDREN.
PRESIDENTS OF WASHING
TONS NATIONAL eANkS-A full I
pace of pictures OF the executives
of the city's national repositories.
WALTER CAMP IN UNIFORM.
, LIEUT.. COL. CHARLES e. LEE,
; THE BRITISH BIRD MAN, WHO .
HAS BEEN STARTLING WASH :
INGToN WITH HIS FEATS IN
THE AIR.
PHOTOGRAPHS OF WASHING
ToNiANs.
! HUM ! n0tN ~ page OF
> war pictures.
You can't afford to miss seeing
these pictures in the
PLANOGRAVURE
. SUPPLEMENT
of The .
SUNDAY
STAR
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NIGHT SCENES IN WASHING
ToN-A full page of remarkably
artistic photographs Of various
Washington beauty spots taken at
night. -
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A DRAFTED MANS DREAM.

POSTERS FOR THE THIRD
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAiGN-A
page of reproductions of the strik-
ing posters to be used by Uncle
Sam in his next liberty loan drive.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-09

PRESIDENTS OF WASHING
TONS NATIONAL BANkS-A full
pace of pictures OF the executives
of the city's national repositories.
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WEATHER.

Rain tonight and tomorrow; warmer
tonight.
Temperature for twenty-four hours
ending pm today: Highest, 55, at 5
pm. yesterday; lowest. So, at 2:3O am
today.
Full report or page A.
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Continued on Fourth PageD
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-23
PREFACE.

There Is common Idea that the nge
Of miracles Is past. Perhaps It is, but
II so, the change must have come about
within the past few weeks-after / es-
capped into Holland. For II anything IL
certain In this life II Is this: this book
never would have been written but for
the succession of miracles set forth In
these pages.
Miracles, luck, coincidence, PrOvi-
dence-lt doesn't matter much what
you call lt-certalnly. played an impor-
tant part In the series Of halr-breadth
escapes In which figured during my
short but eventful appearance In the
great drama now being enacted across
the seas. Without II. all my efforts and
sufferlngs would have been quite un-
availlng.
No one realizes this better than ] do
and want to repeat 1t right here be-
cause elsewhere In these pages | may
appear occasionally to overlook or
minimize II: without the help Of PrOvl-
dence would not be here today.
But this same Providence which
brought me home safely, despite all
the dangers which beset me, may work
similar miracles for others, and II Is In
the hope Of encouraging other poor
devils who may find themselves In STU
atlOns as hopeless apparently as mine
Oftentimes were that this book Is writ
ten.
When this cruel war is Over-whlch
trust may be sooner than expect 1t
to be- hope I shall have an OppOr-
tunlty to revisit the scenes Of my ad-
ventures and to thank In person In an
adequate manner every one who ex-
tended helping hand to me when l
was a wretched fugitive. All Of them
took great risks in befriendng an es-
capped prisoner and they did 1t without
the slightest hope Of reward. At the
same time hope shall have chance
to pay my compliments to those who
endeavOred to take advantage Of my
distress.
In the meanwhile, however, / can
only express my thanks In this lnei1ec-
tive manner, trusting that In some
mysterious way a copy Of this book
may fall into the hands OF every one
who befriended me. l hope particular
ly that every good HOllander who
played the part Of the Good Samari-
tan to me so bOuntlfully afteromy es-
cape from Belgium will see these pages
and feel that i am absolutely sincere
when say that words cannot begin to
express my sense Of gratitude to the
Dutch people.
It Is needless for me to say how
deeply feel for my fellOw.prlsOners
In Germany who were less fortunate
than I. Poor, poor fellOws-they are
the real victims of the war. hope that
every one Of them may soon be re-
stored to that freedom whose value ]
never fully realized until after | had
had to fight SO hard to regain 1t.
PAT O'BRIEN.
MOmence, ILL.,, January II, 1918.
Baxter Springs news., 1918-08-23
CHAPTER 90.
Captured by the Huns.


I shall not easily forget the nth Of
August, 1917. l killed two Huns In
the double-seated machine In the
morning, another In the evening. and
then l was captured myself. ! may
have spent more eventful days In my
life, but I can't recall any just now.
That morning, In crossing the line
on early morning patrol. noticed
two German balloons. / decided that
as soon as my patrol was over I
would go Off on my own hook and see
what q German balloon looked like
at close quarters.
These observation balloons are used
by both sides In conjunction with the
artillery. A man sits up In the bal
loon with wireless apparatus and d.
rects the firing Of the guns. From his
point Of vantage he can follow the
work of his own artillery with a re-
markable degree Of accuracy and at
the same time he can observe the enc
my's movements and report them.
The Germans are very good at this
work, and they use a great number Of
these balloons. 1t was considered O
very important part Of our work to
keep them out Of the sky.
There are two ways Of going after q
balloon In machine. One Of them IL