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The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-08-08
CHAPTER XVII.
6iiphty.

From this first-aid post, after inocu-
lating me with nntitetanus serum to
prevent lockJaw. | was put into AN am
bulance and sent 10 a temporary hos
pital behind the lines. To reach this
hospital we had TO go along road
about 1--WE miles In length. This road
was under shell fire. for now and then
a flare would light up the sky-a ire
mendous explosion-and then the road
seemed TO tremble. We did not mind.
though no doubt some Of US wished
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"whcre do you come fromr' 7 an.

she Sturted 1ufipihg vi anu u"Nh,
clapplne her hands, and calling out to
three nurses across the ward:
Come here. girls-at last We have
got real live Yankee with us"
They came over and besieged me
with questions, until the doctor ar
rived. Upon learning that was nn
American he almost crushed my hand
In his grip 81 welcome. They also
were Americans. and were glad to see
me.
The doctor very tenderly removed
my bandarcs and told me. after View
Ing my wounds. that he would have to
take me 10 the operating theater i'm
mediately. Personally | didn't care
what was done with me.
In few minutes. four orderlles who
white. brought a stretcber to my bed
and placing me on II carried me out of
the ward, across n courtyard to the
operating room or pictures" as Tom
my calls II.
don't remember having the nncs-
thestic applied.
When I came 10 I was again lying In
a bed In Munsey ward. one OF the
nurses had drnpcd large American
flag over the head Of the bed. and
claspcd In my hand was smaller flag.
and II made me feel good all over to
again see the stars and Stripes"
At that time wondered when the
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-03-07

German soldier on the eastern front:
 Russian Poland. December Is, '14.
 Tn the name of Christianity I send you these words.
 "Wounded Russians are killed with the hayonet according to orders.
 And Russians who have surrender cd are often shot down in masses ac- cordng to orders in spite of their heart-rending prayers.
 Tn the hope that you. as the repre- sentative of Christian state, will protest against this. sign myself, "A GERMAN SOLDIER AND CHRIS
 THAN"
 The third letter. from the western front, shows the same horror of the system of which the writer was wit ness.
 "To the American Government,
 Washington, L. s. A.
 "Englishmen who have surrendered are shot down in small groups. With the French one is more eonSidcrate. I ask whether men let themselves he ilhen pflSohef Tn ofdef To De uiS- armed and shot down ;fterward? Is that chivalry in battle? II iS no longer a secret among tue people; one hears everywhere that few prisoners are taken; they are shot down in small groups. They say naively: We don't want any unnecessary mouths to feed. Where there is no one to enter com plaint. there is no judge Is there then no power in the world which can DIX an end To these murders and "cS- rHe fine victims? Where is Chris tfanfty? Where is right: Might is sfgAt
 "A SOLDIER AND A MAN WHO IS
 NG BARBARIAN"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-03-07
Socialists Oppose System

Many of the Germans. as has been already indicated do not believe the reports of the atrocities committed ny shr Belgian civilians and refuse to ae- cept the system of frishtfulneSs. The SorWaerts, tfe leading socialist paper. which haS very wide circle of read CTS has opposed the policy of fright fuInesS. All honor ta ifs editors who nave So cnuragpna>ly olnnsnl the pow erfui military authority. Its editorial. entitled "Onr Foes" published August 2a3. 19l4, reads as follows:
 "What should one say Nhon cv' T such an organ as the Deutsches oiil- .a demand that the beasts who gre taken aS trancS-tirCurs should not he killed. but unly wounded So that they sRay then be left te f;,te which makes any help iniposSihlcT Or what should we say when t1le Dcut>cles OHizier- Blatt states that -'a punitive dcstruc- tiOR even of whole regions cannot 'af. ford full roeompense for the bones of $ single murdered rrnerailinH "r"!i;t .sicrT Thnsp are th" desires of bioGtt thirsty fanatics and We are ii.orasi GliiS ashamed of ourselves hecatgse il it possible that there ;re people among lis who urge such things"
 "Barbarism," Declares Vorwaerts.
 On the following day August 2t 1914. the VOrwnerts returned to the ,al- ...,f pnr hariSm."
 "One might. iii the first place possibly believe that such dc mand for bloody vengeance fagninSf alleged Belgian outrages1 emanates from a single diSeaSe-racked brain; but it appears that whole groups among certain classes who represent German kultur want to indulge in or cieS of barbarisin and to devise | whole system for the purpose of or ganiZing n war of revenge.
 "What of law and custom! Such thoughts do not stir great natlon.' Thus in tending article of the Der. liner Neueste Nachrichten. the de mand is made that all the authorities iii Brusseis-one. the second burGomaS. ter, is generously excepted should be immediately seized and subjected to triai in order to rxpiate the wrongs which, according to fragmentary and highly uncertain reports, were said to have been committed by the people. They demand that the captured city should immediately pay fine of 50o.. Oo0o00 marks: that all stores of the conquered territory be requisitioned without paying the inhabitants singls penny for them"
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Vor.Yaerts in Protest.

Three years later. August 26. 1917. the Vorwacrts quoted tho following passage from the Deutscae Tageszet- fnng:
 'We have a ring of politicians whc hold that might makes right tMaeht- poitiker), who despiSe the forces ot the inner life and believe that they must eliminate aii ethical points of view from foreign and soeiai politics. For the,n. Germany sf the present and of the future is the eouR, try of the Kr,prs and Borsigs. of the Zeppelins and the U-boats. Any idea of connection between politics and morals is rejected and any reference to the right of moral method of con sideratiOn is ridieuied as delusion and sentimentality."
 The German officers were provided with the forms to be used in terror fZing the conquered people. The con- mon soldiers were provided with phrase books which would enable them to impose their will upon the terrified people. Minister Brand Whitlock in his report to the state department on September 12. 1917. writes:
 ''The German soldiers were provid ed with phrase books giving alternate translation in German and French of such sentences as:
 "'Hands up.' Ut is the very first sentence in the bOok.)
 "Carry out all the furniture.
 "I am thirsty. Bring me some beer. gin, rum.
 "'You have to supply Il barrel OI wine and keg of beer
 "Lead me to the wealthiest inhabi- ants of this village. I have orders to requisition several barrels of wine.
 "'Show Us the way to -. If you lead us astray, you will be shot"
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German Soldiers Protested.

Thus the teachings of the German War Book and of the German apostles nf frightfulneSs, suspicion and hatred. had now begun io bear their natural fruit. But the voice of protest was not entirely silent. \ considerable number of letters by German soldiers Nho were shocked by the German atrocities were sont 10 Ambassador Gcrard. because he WIS thc representa- tive af rhe United States the leading neutral nation The three letters which follow. in translation. were re- ceived by the American ambassador from German soldiers.
 Here is the protest of a German sol dier. an eyewitness of the slaughter of Russian soldiers in the Masuran lakes and sWalnps:
 .'1t was frightful. heart-rending, as these masses of human beings were driven to destruction. Above the ter fibie thunder of the cannon could he heard the heart-rending cries of the Russians @ Pi1lssians. O PruSsians ' -hut there was no mercy. Our captain had ordered: The whole lot must de :: so rapid fire As have heard. five nsen and one officer on our side went mad from these heart-rending cries. But most of my comrades and the off cers joiled as the unarmed and helpless Russians shrieked for mercy while they were being suffocated in the swa,nps and shot down. The order was: Close up and at it harderr For days afterwards those heart-rending yeiis followed me and dare not think of them or shall go mad. There is no God. there is no morality and no ethics any more There are no human beings any more, but only beasts. Down with militarism.
 "If you are truth-lOving man. please receive these lines from con- mon Prussian soldier"
 Following is the testimony of another
Evening star., 1918-08-08
Mr.. HOOVER MAY LIFT
BAN ON WHEAT FLOUR
Food Administration Awaits Word
From Him After Conference With
Allied Food Dictators.

The ban ON wheat -four may be lift
ed soon by the United States Food Ad-
ministration. and housewives may be
allowed to purchase this commodity
without having to buy an equal
amount of substitutes. as Is at present
required.
The administration is expecting
word from Administrator Hoover. now
in conference in England with the
food dictators of the allies. which
may make it possible to discontinue
the strict wheat -four regulations.
This would abolish the fifty-fifty rule.
Many.instances have been reported
to the administration where wealthy
people bought double the amount of
flour they should have purchased: do
mating the equal amount OF substi-
tutes they were required to buy with
1t to charity, and still have their
usual flour requirements. The food
administration regards these ''philan-
thropists" as disloyal.
Evening star., 1918-08-08

ticipafing in the rapidly maturing food
monopoly" which II describes. This
Of the says IN mot the
all displeasing to the big Fuckers. and
]. Ogden Armour and Louis +. swift
frequently were consulted during the
neeotiations looking to acquisition Of
IN interest in yhs industry by the
bankers.
''rne menace of this concentrated
control of the nations food" says the
report. "is increased by the fact that
and odd subsidiary controlled and
affiliated companies are bound to-
gether by joint ownership, agree
ments, understandings, communities
of interest and family relationship"
Control of Stock.
AS illustrative of the monopoly of
the fve companies over the stock
yards OF the country. the commission
the stock in stockyards In these cities
Is controlled by the packers:
Brigton. Mass; Connellsville. Pa;
Dallas. Tex; Denver, Col: East st.
Louis, ILL.,: Ell Paso. Tex; Fort Worth,
Tex; Jacksonville, Fla: Jersey City.
stock yards; Kansas City. Laramie,
Wyo.; Milwaukee. Nebraska City.
Neb.; Newark. N. j., New Orleans,
New York city. Oklahoma City. Oma-
ha. Neb.: Pittsburgh Portland, Oreg;
Sioux City. Iowa: st. Paul, Mimi: st.
Joseph. Mo-, and South San Francisco.
The packers also own stock in yards
at Wichita, Kan: Louisville. KY, and
West Philadelphia. Pa. Armour & Co.
also is reported as owning 1874 per
cent Of the stock of the Chicago yards.
with evidence that Swift & Co. and
probably Morris & Co. were parties
to the negotiations by which Armour
& Co. acquired its interest.
Evening star., 1918-08-08
JAPANESE MISSION HERE.
Newspaper Men, Are Studying
Printing Processes in Country.

A japanese newspaper mission. sent
by the Japanese government to study
printing processes in this country. is
in Washington. having come here yes
terday from New York. where 1t has
been for the last month.
The members of the mission are Mr..
Koyama, correspondent of the Hochi.
a TOXIC daily paper; MIR. Sawada: Mr..
NJ. Shimaya, manager Of Sawada &
Company and editor Of the Nippon
Printing World: Mr.. Kakamura. who
10 accompanied by his wife, and Mr
Wada. The party will leave this
evening for Chicago. where they will
spend two or three days. and will then
proceed to San Francisco. whence
they will sail for Japan August Fl.
Evening star., 1918-08-08
RESALE VIOLATIONS CHARGES.
Complaints Are Made Against Sew
aral Rio Mamie nfurino p1or&s

Complaints charging attempts to
force the maintenance of standard re-
sale prices were issued today by the
Federal Trade Commission against
the Hoover Suction Sweeper Company
of New Berlin. Ohio. manufacturers
of vacuum cleaners; the Vortex Man
ufacturers of paraffin cups, dishes and
their metal holders. and the Enders
Sales Company. New York city. deal
ers in safety razors. Hearings were
set for September 20 to 23
Evening star., 1918-08-08

meat production of the Argentine.
Brazil and Uruguay. and have invest
ments in other surplus s-meat-produc-
ing countries. including Australia, as
well as branches in Great Britain.
France. Italy. Germany. Canada. Dem
mark and Paraguay.
Under present shipping conditions"
the report adds. the big American
packers control more than half of the
meat upon which the allies are de-
pendent"
Evening star., 1918-08-08
INVESTIGATORS ASK
GOVERNMENT TAKE
ST0cKYARD PLANTS

tcontinued from First Page.)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25
TO RECLAIM WASTE
IN WASHINGTON

Washington today is preparing to
join in a nationwide campaign for
gathering waste materials needed by
war industries to relieve the shortage
OF raw materials.
At a meeting last night in the Mu-
nicipaI Building a local council on
waste reclamation was organized. and
this council will cooperate with The
national waste reclamation section of
the War Industries Board In gather
ing essential materials for war pur-
poses.
A committee, consisting OF Miss
Mabel Boardman. DR.. E. Stage Whit
in Mr.. Sterling, Benjamin c. Marsh.
and r. p. Andrews, was appointed
last night to perfect plans for pres
entation at the next meeting OF the
council Monday evening.
The most important materials or
commodities which the War Indus
tries Board desires to reclaim at pres
ent are iron, steel copper, wool, pa
per. brass. cotton. zinc, aluminium, and
rubber. Through the efforts of the
National Committee of Prisons and
Prison Labor, thousands OF dollars
worth of these materials have been
recovered from the junk pile during
the last few months, and il is hoped
to enlist the active cooperation of
every citizen of Washington in this
campaign.
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ARMY WILL BUILD
I. CAMP ADDITIONS

New additions to camps in this coun-
try that the construction division has
authorized to undertake follow:
A Liberty theater, Camp Mills, $685.
900.
The construction of building at
Dayton, Ohio, on land owned by the
National Cash Register Company, on
ordnance work ----.,--
Extension of Baltimore depot ware
houses. S22s.sso.
In order to overcome the greatly
overtaxed water supply at Fort Ogle-
thorpe because OF the increase in the
number of camps at Chickamauga
Park. Ga, the construction division
has decided to purchase the land and
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water rights to the Green Lake lands,
re-enforce the existing distribution,
install tanks, and develop water sup
ply. 1t will also purchase the Ridge
dale pumping station with its land and
equipment. The cost is estimated Al
S352, 900.
Alterations viii be made to the
Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle. Pa,
in order to make II ready for future
hospital uses, cost $4,000.
Fifteen hangers and one camp will
be constructed at Cemmack Field,
Long Island. to accommodate four
aero squadrons. costing 500 sos. A
similar camp will be erected at Baby
lon Field. Long Island.
A central steam-heating plant will
be Installed at Fort Sam Houston for
old wards, and the two new two-story
building at the base hospital Cost
SIOI 900 H-.---
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FOE TO RETURN Loo, !. 8, ),

LONDON. oct 2J.-zValuabie works
OF art belonging to museums and pri-
waite owners in the regions Of Sagn- Z j
b-ai. EQUAL. and Vaienciennes. now fH===s
tho hands OF Germans will be re-
turned unchanged. to their OwnoFS---
after the war -
This encouragement Is made IN q
German wireless message receives
here The message rays that theN
works Of art have. under the orders
OF the supreme army command, been
sent 10 place OF safety. 20 save them
from destruction by bombardment,sS- :
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25

terday was carrying nurses to homes
of influenza patients. She is working
each day from 4:30 o'clock to 6:3c
o'clock.
Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, wife OF the
Presidents physician, has been one
of the most enthusiastic and indie
fatigable workers. Mrs. Rupert
Hughes, wife of Major Hughes. the
novelist, Mrs. Thomas P. Gore, wife
of Senator Gore, and Mrs. John New
bold were early volunteers.
Also in the list of more than hun
bred workers are Mrs. Victor kaun-
mann, Mrs. Joseph NJ. Stoddard, Mrs.
T. IT. Gaff. Mrs. ]. Lord O'Brian, Mrs.
Charles Bell, and Mrs. S. B. Rogers.
This work. has been going on now
for about two weeks.
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FINDS CURE FOR
TUBERCULOSIS.
CONTINUED from First Page.)

ianian commission sat rigidly in the
ampitheater pit, the sufferer was
placed on the operating table.
Operation Described.
Ten minutes after entering the
room. a semi-coma into which he had
sunk was fast disappearing, color had
returned to his shrunken cheeks and
the operation was pronounced a sue
cess. 1t was predicted that necovery
might speedily follow.
Under the skilIfuI fingers of DR.. de
Botelho, and a corps of trained nurses,
the operation was of a simple nature.
Describing it, Dr.>Herz said:
1.-THE patient was FIRST given q mild
and local anesthetic which was not
destined to produce inconsistencies.
A delicately arranged nitrogen tank
Gene shaped and having a pressure of
100 centimetres was brought to the
operating table. A needle resembling
a hypodermic point and connected by
a tube to the nitrogen tank was
thoroughly sterilized and then swift
ly inserted directly into the left side
and through to the plural cavity Of
the lung.
without pain and barely conscious
Of minute incision caused, nitrogen
gas was forced under the hundred CEN
timeter pressure into the walls and
cavities of the lung proper for several
minutes. With the withdrawal of the
needle a complete collapse of the lung
followed, and with its breathing func-
tions stopped a further spread OF the
tuberculosis germ was stayed.
Noted Spectators.
Breathing was easily maintained
through the untouched lung, and
with sufficient force to stimulate and
maintain heart action to a normal
degree"
Those OF the Brazilian high COM
mission present were DR.. J. L. Man
draechia. DR.. ]. A de oliveira Botelho.
DR.. NJ. F. Marbardi, Capt. B. Lisboa,
Lieut.. Col. Alipio Cana, Capt. NJ. Far
gundes, Lieutenant Franklin, Capt. N.
Tuxeira, DR.. Vicenti Moraes, and First
Lieut.. L. ProcOpio,
After their VISIT to the hospital, the
distinguished visitors were guests of
Drs. Conley and Herr in an inspection
of the penitentiary, where they ex-
pressed Amusement and surprise at
the sanitary and reformatory methods
employed.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25
Surrender To Allies,
Urges German Soldiers
Brother From Hamburg

WITH THE BRITISH ON THE
WESTERN FRONT, Oct. 26.-
An example of the forces prey
ing on the minds of the German
troops is found in a letter which
a captured private received from
his brother in Hamburg, written
October IL.
The. letter reiterates five times
that peace is certain Within a
few days, and urges the soldier
to surrender. Tor avoid death in
some other way.
He surrendered to the Ameri-
cans near Baznel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25
RE BOILING ELECTED

Rolfe E. Boiling, vice president OF
the Chatham and Phoenix National
Bank of New York, was unanimously
elected president and a member OF
the board of directors of the CONS
mercisl National Bank at a meeting
OF the directors yesterday.
Mr.. Boiling had formerly been con-
nected with the First National Bank
of Baltimore and the Lynchburg Ma
tional Bank of Lynchburg, Va.
He will enter upon his duties on
October 2S
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25
YANKS SLEEP IN PALACE

LONDON. Oct. 25.-King George
heard the other night that Eagle Hut
was overcrowded and hundreds of
boys landing from an American trans
port were on the streets in London
without beds. He sent word: Send
100 over to the palace for bed and
breakfast"
Secretaries secuted the streets,
found the men without rooms and
sent them to the palace in automo-
biles furnished by the King and the
Y. NJ. c. A.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25
MOVIE ACTRESS DEAD:

NEW YORK. Oct 35.-Anpett@ oi
Seeios. Iea1ng lady for Charles Chap- ~
lin. died Wednesday at Lutheran Hg41tAS'
pital Of pneumonia, following Spanish
influenza
She vas twenty-seven years old Guff-
lived OF 800 West Eighty-fIfth stTesll
Private funeral services will be held
at the Campbell Funeral Church this
afternoon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25
PRINT POPE'S PLEAS

ROME, Oct. 25.-The Vatican will
publish soon-a white Book" con-
tanning official documents Of its ac-
tivities to end the war, it has been
announced.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-10-25

Thrift stamps bought for yourself
or your children cultivate the right
spirit.
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ANOTHER SOLDIER MISSING.

The name of Private W. F. wach-
stetter, Anderson, Ind. has been
added to those listed as missing in
sinking of the Ticon1eroEa. the War
Department announced today.
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MRS. GEORGE
VANDERBILT
AMONG THE
VOLUNTEERS

II the worst comes to the worst and
they need q job in hurry, more than
q hundred of WashingtOn's most
prominent women can qualify as first
class chauffeurs.
Volunteering their cars and their
own services as drivers at the begin
ming of the Spanish influenza cpl
demic, they have been on duty both
night and day driving doctors and
nurses to homes of influenza suf-
ferers, carrying hot food from relief
stations and performing all sorts Of
errands to speed up the work of all
the various organizations engaged in
lighting influenza.
So far their batting average is
somewhere around 1000 They have
demonstrated that they are afraid of
nothing, from influenza germs to nat
tires, and after more than two weeks
OF "chauning" experience, they can
drive to any city address, whether it
be northwest, northeast, southwest or
southeast, without ever deigning to
consult city street directory.
Report Each Day.
These women who answered the ap-
peal OF the District Chapter OF the
Red Cross and the Public Health
Service report each day at the Web
ster School, Tenth and H streets
northwest Some work all day, some
several hours. others. work in emer-
gency.
At the school they wait for a job
in. much the same fashion a taxi
driver reports to his headquarters.
One assignment may be to rush a
doctor to a dying patient, another
90 take anurs8 to a ease"
Some drivers are exclusively for
taking food to patients. They re-
port to the. school, fill up their car
with thermos bottles containing
bouilIon, milk or liquid nourishment,
and proceed to distribute the bottles
TO q list OF addresses with which they
are furnished This work necessi-
tates going into the homes of in
fluenza sufferers. Many war work
ers living in boarding and rooming
houses with no one to care for them.
not sufficiently i'll to be removed to
q hospital, are fed three times a day
in this manner.
Mrs. Vanderbilt Busy.
Among those working in the early
evening yesterday was Mrs. George
Vanderbilt, wife of George Wander
biIt. the millionaire. Her work yes
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G. A. ENMONs.
2O7 Pa. Ave. s. Z.
Y. A. FINCH,
24ls 18th st. ~. ".
VIM. II. FREY,
1874 14th st. ". ".
RICHARD GASCH &
SONS. 9l4 9Th ST. N.
W.
THE FRANK GLAs-
cox ELECTRIC CO.,
1905 18th st. y. W.
p. z. GOLDBLATT.
1923 Pa. Ave. ~. W.
NATHAN GOODMAN,
2O10 18th St n. W.
GROCE'S,
nth and z Sta. N. ".
JOHN c. HALEY,
18th St. and Vermont
Ave. n. W.
GUSTAV HARTIG,
SOC II ST. ". W.