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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
PATROL CRAwLs
CLOSE TO GERMAN POST
(Ry Associaied Press.

tBy Associated Press.I
. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE. March pa patrol Of four
Americans early this morning crawled
nearly n mile, approached a German
listening post from the rear and
jumped on the German there. throttling
him before he had chance to make
an outcry.
They returned to their line as quietly
as they went. bringing their prisoner
with Thorn. He was put through an
examination by the intelligence Of
ficcrs.
The American guns retaliated heavily
against the Germans. who again last
night dropped more than 600 mustard
gas shells into certain town within
the American lines. There was no
wind. and the gas remained for hours.
Tho American artillery work was very
accurate.
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DESPERATE BATTLES RAGE
Al OTHER VITAL POINTS
IDy Associated Press. !

10y AsSociatcd Press
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE. March 23.-The Germ ans
this afternoon wore pressing their at
tack hard on their right flank of the
British, near Ham, while on the north
ern end Of the battle line desperate
fighting has been going on since yes
terday about Mory, which has changed
hands several times. 1t is reported
that some OF the enemy infantry
pushed down across the Sommc Canal
and drove forward against prepared
positions TO which the British had re-
tired.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
SPRING TREAT MENT
Necessary to Purify Blood and Correct
Weak, Run-Down Condition..


Weak, Run-Down Conditions.
Trying weather. exposure to storms,
the grip. hard colds, pneumonia. fevers.
diphtheria and other blood poisoning,
proStratinE diseases leave the whole
system sub normal-bclow par-weak
and slow--blood depleted and thin. with
that tired feeling, poor appetite, back
ache. rheumatic pains, delicate diges-
tive power or almost none at all. The
ideal treatment is
Hoods Sarsaparilla-to be taken be-
fore meals-thoroughly to purify the
blood and expel poisonS, and
Peptiron-to be taken after meals
to put power into the blood, give
strength. increase red corpuscles and
restore tone. and do IT quickly
IL there Is biliousness, constipation.
bad taste in the mouth, or the blues"
the liver is torpid. Take Hoods Pills
they rouse the liver and relieve all liver
Ills. arc perfectly compa tible with
Hoods Sarsaparilla and Peptiron.-
Adv.
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somme and had driven forward against
the positions to which the British had
retired. German cavalry was seen ad-
rancinE behind the infantry.
There was, small doubt but that the
attacking forces intended to make a
supreme effort to rupture tho British
limo in this sector.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
PARIS PEOPLE warren
r}3S RAID Bl IYixToRS

Y PARIS. March %. The frs, dayl.gh,
ar raid on Paris came today. which
vas one of perfect sunshine. The peo-
PIE OF Paris refused 70 immune ,hc,n-
selves in cellars and other subterran.an
shelters. and the streets always had a
great number OF people In them watch
pg, for an aerial battle.
~ the day passed and the "an clear"
signal was not given. the feeling grow
that something new in the way OF a
raid was expected. This was not ex
planned until an official statement was
isaued, saying that the delay Was due
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
GERMANS DECLARE THEY
DROVE BRITISH ACROSS CANAL

BERLIN, March 90 (via London).-
To-day's German statement announces
that $4,000 prisoners. 400 guns and 300
machine guns have been taken.
South OF the Somme the Germans
broke through the hostile lines. adds
the report, and in an uninterrupted
forward movement drove the enemy
over tho Crozat Canal towards the
west
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
BERLIN REPORT DECLARES
ERGLISII ARMY BEATEN

BERLIN (via, London), March 90
The official statement from general
headquarters this evening says:
The first stage OF the great battle
in France is ended. We have won the
engagements near Monchy. Cambrai.
st. Quentin and La Fere. A consid-
cradle part OF the English army Is
beaten"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
BRITISH SAY BATTLE
WAS FIERCEST or WAR
iBv Associated Press.

Bv Associated Press
BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
IN FRANCE. March 23.-The British
gallantly lighting. are still presenting
solid front to the fiercely attacking
Germans. although the defensive troops
have withdrawn their lines in certain
places for strategic reasons. All day
yesterday and much OF last night the
conflict continued to rage with in
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24

nerves Tonight whom An alarm was
given at 8 o'clock.
The "all clear" signal was given at
1920 before the population could learn
whether the warning was against an
airplane raid or whether the long
distance German cannon had resumed
operations.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
} the bombardment by long distance

to the bombardment by long distance
cannon.
Pieces OF the shells. on examination.
were found to bear riding marks. which
proved that they had not been dropped.
but had been fired from a gun. This
left a greater mystery than ever.
Another thing which turned the
thoughts Of the officials to the POSSIBLE
ity that a cannon was being used was
the regularity with which tho bombs
fell, one every fifteen minutes.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
GERMANS SUFFER HEAVILY
FROM MACHINE-GuS Fire

Tho initial German efforts were aim-
ca at Lagnicourt. at the northern end
OF the sharp Camtrai salient. and at
Souzeaucourt. e the southern point of
tho salient After the first assault. the
Germans. hring great quantities of
smells into the British positions, length
ened the attacking fronts several u,iles
az p"th ends of the salient Apparently
neS gained the first line British most;
lion on the sectors attacked but SUI.
fered severely from British rine. ma :
chine-guh and artillery IRE against
their solid advancing ranks.
me Germans have not vet taken
advantage OF the Concentration or AL
nee attention oh the Cambria tron,
70 make az attack on another section
IA nc west. The intense artillery
poH'haFdment in the VcIdun and Ypres
sectors however. continues. Along
me Chemin -des- Danes and in tho
ShAh'pathe the German guns have been
:hr'nE violently but three small Ger
man attacks la The Champagne were
repu!sed BY the French.
Especially bitter lighting occ,rroa
last night in the regions Of Roiscl
Mory, Moody tMorohios) ana Beauru.,z
The British air service has been aojr,,
valuable work with .ty rnncninc 80
against the advancing enemy.
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BERLIN SAYS $4,000 PRISONERS
HAVE BEEN TAKEN

IRy Associated Press
BERLIN, March 20 GBritish Admiralty
per Wireless Press).-"The captures so
far reported by the army group Of
Crown Prince Rupprecht arc $4,000
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
GERMAN CAVALRY SEEN
FOLLOWING Up INFANT

BRITISH ARMY HEADQUARTERS
FRANCE, March 23.--It was reported
this morning that enemy infantry had
pushed down across the Canal d. la
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-24
PARIS GETS WARNING

OF A THIRD RAID
PARIS. March 23.-Paris received a
third warning of nn air attack within
twenty-four hours with unsha ken
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08

There were dozens OF other ways
which we considered. One man would
be for endeavorlng to make his way
right through the lines. Another
thought the safest plan would be to
swim some river that crossed the lines.
The idea of making ones way to
Holland, a neutral country, occurred
to everyone, but the one great obstacle
in that direction. we all realized, was
the great barrier OF harbed and cleo
trically charged wire which guards ev-
cry foot of the frontier between Bel
GUM and Holland, and which is closely
watched by the German sentries.
This barrier was a three-fold affair.
1t consisted first of barbed wire wall
six feet high. Six feet beyond that
was a nine-foot wall of wire power
fully charged with electricity. To
touch it meant electrocution. Beyond
that, at "A distance of six feet, was
another wall OF barbed wire six feet
high.
Beyond the barrier lay Holland and
liberty, but how to get there was a
problem which none of us could solve
and few of us ever expected to have
chance to try.
Mine came sooner than / expected.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08

OF my life II could have gotten away
then and fooled that Hun-he was so
cocRsure.
Later we were marched to the train
that was to convey us to Germany. 1t
consisted of some twelve coaches,
eleven of these containing troops going
home on leave, and the twelfth re-
served for us. We were placed in a
fourth-class compartment with old,
hard, wooden seats, a filthy floor and
no lights save a candle placed there
by guard. There were eight of us
prisoners and four guards.
AS we sat in the coach we were an
object of curiosity to the crowd who
gathered at the station.
Hope you have a nice tripl" one of
them shouted sarcastically.
drop me a line when you get to
Berlin, will your shouted another in
broken English.
"When shall we see you again? p
asked a third.
Remember me to your friends, will
you? You'll find plenty where you're
going" shouted aDothev.
The German officers made no effort
to repress the crowd, in fact, they
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08
CHAPTER VI.
A Leap for Liberty.

i had been in prison at Courtrai
nearly three weeks when, on the morn
ing of September 9th, and six other
officers were told that we were to be
transferred to a prison camp in Ger
many.
One of the guards told me during the
day that we were destined for a re-
prisal camp in Strassburg. They were
sending us there to keep our airmen
from bombing the place.
He explained that the English car
ried German officers on hospital ships
for similar purpose and he excused
the German practice of torpedoing
these vessels on the score that they
also carried munitions When
pointed out to him that France would
hardly be sending munitions to Eng
land, he lost interest in the argument.
Some days before, l had made up my
mind that ii would be a very good
thing to get hold of a map Of Germany,
which 1 knew was In the possession of
one of the German interpreters, be-
cause l realized that If ever the OPP
portunity came to make my escape,
such a map might be of the greatest
assistance to me.
With the idea of stealing this map,
accordingly, lieutenant and 1 got in
front of this interpreters window one
day and engaged in a very hot argu-
ment as TO whether Heidelberg was on
the Rhine or not, and we argued back
and forth so vigorously that the Ger
man came out of his room, map in
hand, to settle 1t. After the matter
was entirely settled to our satisfac-
ton, he went back into his room and
watched where he put the map.
When, therefore, learned that was
on my way to Germany, l realized that
it was more important than ever for
me TO get that map, and with the help
of my friend, we got the interpreter
out Of his room on some pretext or
another, and while he was gone con-
fiscated the map from the book in
which he kept it and concealed it in
my sock underneath my Logging. AS
had anticipated, it later proved of
the utmost value to me.
got IL none too soon, for half an
hour later we were on our way to
Client. Our party consisted of five
British officers and one French officer.
At Client. where we had to wait for
several hours for another train to take
us direct to the prison camp in Ger
many, two other prisoners were added
to our party.
In the interval we were locked In a
room at hotel, guard sitting at the
door with a rifle on his knee. 1t would
have done my heart good for the rest
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08
WAS SWINDLER
FOR so YEARS
Death of Jim Jordan Closes Ca
reer of Picturesque
Character.
HIS VICTIMS ARE MANY
Gold Brick Artist of Early Border
Days, Who Stole Million, Dies
in Baltimore Hospital Dead
Broke.

Baltimore, Md.-The death Of Jim
Jordan at the ripe age of seventy-five
years in the Johns Hopkins hospital,
has brought to an end the career of
one of the greatest and most pictur-
esque swindlers that America has ever
produced. Jordan was not "yeg"
or "gunman" or a "holdup man." He
played the confidence game in the
early border days, when three-card
monte was the center of attractions in
the numerous gambling shacks in the
West, and later sold "gold bricks" TO
the innocent tenderfoots., Toward the
end of his career as a confidence man
Jordan became a poker shark. He
crossed the Atlantic on the luxurious
ly-equipped liners and never was
averse TO play a 'quiet little game"
He made a fortune estimated at a mill
lion during the half century he OPP
Grated as a confidence man, but when
he died he ran true to form and was
broke.
Began Career as "Steerer."
Jordan served his apprenticeship I'M
der canada Bill" the most successful
confidence man who roamed the West
during the early days. He first was
employed as a "steerer," but showed
such early proficiency that he rapidly
came to be full partner to Canada
Bill" Jordan soon abandoned the
monte game and went into the broad
er and more lucrative field afforded
by the gold brick" industry, and rose
step by step to be one of the most sue
cessful poker sharks that operated on
transatlantic liners plying between
New York city and European ports.
Jordan had close call on the ill
fated Titanic, which was destroyed at
sea several years ago. The swindler
had been booked for passage and
would have sailed had not the steward
discovered his identity.
Jim killed two and perhaps three
men in the early days of the West.
One of his victims was "Bill" Mat
thews, killed in Chicago. Jordan made
run for 1t and reached California,
but came back and was picked up by
the police in Chicago cafe. Jim was
convicted and sentenced to 20 years i'm
the penitentiary. He served four years
when he was pardoned. Jim then
Joined up with some railroad gamblers
and went to Denver. Colo, where he
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08

Joined in the general laughter which
followed every sally.
called to a German officer who was
passing our window.
you're an officer, aren't your? I
asked, respectfully enough.
Eyes, what of it?" he rejoined.
swell, In England" said, 1--WE let
your officers who are prisoners ride
first class. Can't you fix 1t so that we
can be similarly treated, or least be
transferred to second-class compart-
ment?"
"If had my way" he replied, you'd
ride with the hogs!"
Then he turned to the crowd and
told them of my request and how he
had answered me, and they all laughed
hilariously.
This got me pretty hot.
"That would be d sight
better than riding with the Germans !"
/ yelled after him, but If he consid-
cred that a good joke, he didn't pass
IL on to the crowd.
Some months later when had the
honor of telling my story to King
George, he thought this incident was
one of the best jokes he had ever
heard. don't believe he ever laughed
harder in his life.
Before our train pulled out, our
guards had to present their arms for
inspection and their rifles were loaded
in our presence to let US know that
they meant business.
From the moment the train started
on its way TO Germany, the thought
kept coming to my head that unless /
could make my escape before we
reached that reprisal camp might as
well make up my mind, as far as 1
was concerned, the war was over.
1t occurred to me that II the eight
of us in that car could jump at a given
signal and seize I'd Use four Hun guards
by surprise, wei have a splendid
chance of besting them and jumping
off the train when it first slowed down,
but when / passed the idea on to my
comrades they turned 1t down. Even
If the plan worked out as gloriously
as / had pictured, they pointed out,
the fact that so many of US had es-
capped would almost inevitably result
in our recapture. The Huns would
have secured Belgium till they had
got us and then we would all be shot.
Perhaps they were right.
Nevertheless, was determined that,
no matter what the others decided TO
do, j was going to make one bid for
freedom, come what might.
AS we passed through village after
village in Belgium and realized that
we were getting nearer and nearer to
that dreaded reprisal camp, l con-
Guided that my one and only chance of
! getting free before we reached 1t was
through the window / would have
to go through that window while the
train was going full-speed, because If
waited until IL had slowed up or
stopped entirely, IL would be a simple
matter for the guards to overtake or
shoot me.
opened the window. The guard
who sat opposite me-so close that
his feet touched mine and the stock
Of his gun which he held between his
knees occasionally struck my foot
made no objection. imagining no doubt
that found the car too warm or that
the smoke. with which the compart-
ment was filed, annoyed me.
AS / opened the window. the noise
the train was making as IL Numbered
along grew LOUDER IL seemed to say
You're fool IL you do; you're a fool
II you don't-yOu're q fool IL you do
you're a fool IL you dOp't"--and ! said
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08

shot Cliff Sparks, an innocent bystand-
er, in fight in a gambling house.
They didn't hang a man in those days
for mistakes and Jordan came clear.
Sports" of Border Days.
In the early border days Jordan's
came was known throughout the West.
With his partner, Canada BILL head
quarters were established at the IA
nous Marble hall. the rendezvous OF
sports" They posed as farmers and
didn't need any makeup. During the
Leadville excitement Jordan and sew
eral Of his confreres organized a gang
that worked the cattle ranch game
near Denver, Colo. They secured "A
small ranch of about forty acres that
had a wide range extending into the
foothills. In those days there were
many Englishmen going to the West
looking for ranch investments and
some Of these visitors knew very little
about Western ways.
Jordan would get in touch with one
Of these tenderfoots and take him out
to his ranch where he would round up
a number of cowboys who would
reach headquarters" just for the fun
Of trimming their guest. They would
have fake ranch superintendent ana
fake set of books, showing how many
calves they had branded that season.
They would point to the wide expanse
around their miniature ranch and call
u their range. Jordan and his gang
probably sold the ranch a dozen times
for big flgur"~
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08
CTo BE Continued
snanlsh cedar sawdust.

Some curious uses are found fol
the better kinds of sawdust. One OF
these pertains to the Spanish cedar
sawdust, which is of extreme light
ness. 1t is employed for packing cheal
chemicals contained in glass and ship
ped for long distances. In this rela
ton there must be taken into consid
GRAFTON the question of weight ant
freight charges, and so Spanish cedN
sawdust enters the equation.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08

The ordinary human ear can detec
a tone whose vibration rate is at leas
$4,000 vibrations a second, while tn
whistle will produce $4,000 a secone
This upper limit varies with the All
OF the individual to such an exteu
that, IL the upper limit at sixties
years OF age were 10000 vibrations. u
sixty years Of age h would he sbee
$1,000 q second.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08


stretcher. For seven days, he told us,
he had lain in a shell hole, wounded,
and he was almost famished, and we
were mighty glad to share our ban
quet with him.
We called on each man for a speech,
and one might have thought that we
were at a first-class club meeting. A
few days after that our party was
broken up and some of the men, / sup
pose, l shall never see again.
one of the souvenirs of my adven-
ture is check given me during this
banquet" by Lieut.. James Henry
Dickson of the Tenth Royal Irish Flu
sileers, fellow prisoner. 1t was for
20 francs and was made payable to
the order of "Mr. Pat O'Brien, 2nd
Lieut." Poor Jim forgot to scratch
out the London" and substitute
"Courtrai" on the date line, but its
value as a souvenir is just as great.
When he gave it to me he had no idea
that would have an opportunity so
sUon afterward to cash it in person,
although / am quite sure that what
ever financial reverses l may be des-
tined to meet, my want will never be
great enough to induce me to realize
on that check.
There was one subject that was
talked about in this prison whenever
conversation Jagged, and / suppose 1t
is tile same in other prisons too. What
were the chances of escape.
Every man seemed to have differ
ent idea and one way, 1 suppose, was
about as impracticable as another.
None of us ever expected to get a
chance to put our ideas into execution,
but it was interesting speculation, and
anyway one can never tell what OPP
portunitles might present themselves.
One suggestion was that we disguise
ourselves as women. 20 Brien would
stand a better chance disguised as
norsel" declared another, referring to
the fact that my height q am six feet
two inches) would make me more con-
splcuous as woman than az a man.
Another suggested that we steal
German Gotha--a type of airplane
used for long-distance bombing. 1t is
these machines which are used for
bombing London. They are manned
by three men, one sitting in front with
machine gun, the pilot sitting behind
him and an observer sitting in the rear
with another machine gun. We fig
ured that, at a pinch, perhaps, seven
or eight of us could make our escape
in a single machine. They have two
motors of very high horse power, fly
very high and make wonderful speed.
But we had no chance to put this idea
to the test.
/ worked out another plan by which
thought / might have a chance If /
could ever get into one of the German
airdromes. / would conceal myself in
one of the hangers, wait until one of
the German machines started out, and
as he TAXED along the ground would
rush out, shout at the top of my voice
and point excitedly at his wheels. This,
l figured, would cause the pilot to stop
and get out TO see what was wrong.
BY that time / would be up to him, and
as he stopped over to inspect the ma
chine, / could knock him senseless,
jump into the machine and be over the
lines before the Huns could make up
their minds just what had happened.
1t was fine dream, but my
chance was not to come that way.
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08
FROM THE WINDOW OF A TRAIN RUNNING 35 MILES AN
HOUR, O'BRIEN MAKES LEAP FOR LIBERTY.

synopss-Pat resident after seeing
the Mexican border in 1916
British Royal Flying Canada and after brief train
IL o a active
hot fights German
with
a a prisoner a
hospital, a his q the
prison
The Yale expositor., 1918-08-08

Travelling at night and hiding
by day, subsisting on raw veoe-
tables stolen from gardens,
o'Brien crawIs through Ger
many and Luxembourg toward
Belgium. Some Of the terrible
hardships that he endured and
the periIs that he encountered
are described in the next in
stallment.
The Alaska daily empire., 1918-07-27
FOOD ROW IS
 LIKELY BETWEEN
 TWO COUNTRIES
Both Germany and Russia Need All the Food That Is Available at the
 Present Time.

' 1I -f J j f- M
 WASHINGTON, July 27-Advices received here say that the food situation between Russia and Ger many is at an acute stage, as there is not enough food for both coun- tries.
 The burning question now is which of the two countries shall get the food that is available.
 It is reported that German soldiers with threshing machines shave been sent into the Russian grain country, and that the Russian peasants have agreed to allow such amounts as the Germans decide they may need.
 The Germans are also requesting cattle and horses from Poland and Lithunia.