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The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-17
GERMAN SSTART
BIG RETREAT.
In Northern Belgium With AL
lied Infantry and Cavalry
at Their Heels
WORK HE IS DOING NOTE BEING DISCUSSED

Germans Start Big Retreat-Big
With the Allied Armies in Belgi-
um, Oct. 17.-By thea. P.-4:3O p.
m.-The Germans have started re-
treat on tremendous scale from
Northern Belgium. French cavalry
is approaching Thielt, seven miles
from the banks of the Ghent-Bruges
canal. The canal itself is only ten
miles from the border of Holland.
So fast is the enemy retreating that
the French, British and Belgian in
fantry, at least, in the center of the
battle front havelost touch entirely
with the enemy.
The Belgians advancing astride
the Thourout-Bruges and ThOrout-
Ostend roads have defeated the Ger
mans, who are retreating rapidly.
This undoubtedly is one of the
wars greatest and most vital victo-
ries, for the gallant little Belgian
army, ably assisted by crack French
and British troops, now has driven
the despoilers of it's country from a
large section which the Germans
have occupied since the early days
of the war and has gained positions
of such Importance that the Ger
mans may have to abandon the en-
tire coast Of Belgium.
Moreover thesweeping advance of
the allied infantry, preceded by a
fan of French cavalry advancing
rapidly, has left the entire area in
which are the important city of Lille
and the great mining and manufac-
turing distrists of Tourcoing, Rou-
baix and Tournai, in salient which
is growing deeper every hour ana
which the enemy cannot hope to
hold.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-17
RUMORS FROM BERLIN
OF STRENUOUS CONDITIONS

paying 100000 men assured for
immediate future service, the army
pay roll will top the two-billion
mark each year.
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THE WEATHER

For North Carolina, fair in the
east, showers in the western portion
tonight, slightly warmer Friday
showers, light and variable winds.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-17

We must prepare to provide the
money to pay the costs of classify
ing, organizing, transporting, hons
ing, clothing, training, feeding and
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-17
The French Are Driving the Foe.

The French Are Driving the Foe.
Paris, Oct. 17.-On the entire
front from the Ooise to the Sayre
rivers where the Germans are be-
ing driven from their positions
north of Laon the French are keep
ing in continual contact with the re-
treating foefi according to the report
from the war Office today.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-17
THE KAISER is SENDING
HIS VALUABLES TO HOL-
LAND, AND THE ALLIES
ARE MARCHING ON.
London, Oct 17.-Lille has been
captured by the British.
The people will make peace, de-
clares Socialistic paper.
Rumors Continue to Fly


London, Oct. 17.-Rumors relat-
ing to the course Germany may take
in her reply to the note from Wash
ington is the main topic Of discus
sion in the morning papers today.
Some say that Germany will make
unconditional surrender when it re-
plies to President Wilson. Although
it means that the statement given
out last night by the foreign office
on he Strength of the multiplicity OF
rumors tminating from Germany
was premature yet it is believed
here in official circles that it is mere
ly a matter of time for them to be
proven correct.
Extremely interesting reports are
current regarding the internal con-
rditions in Germany and many OF the
newspapers are printing these to
the effect that the Emperor has been
sending his valuables to Holland
with the ultimate purpose of es-
Gaping there should the necessity
for such course become apparent.
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Rritish Pressed Back.

London, Oct. 17.-Field Marshal
Haig's forces this morning began
their attack on the Bohame-Le-Ca-
team front along the Selle river,
sthsast OF Cambrai. Satisfactory
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-17

There were unconfirmed rumors
that Germany has capitulated and
that Emperor William has abdicat-
ed. The rumors emanated from
Dutch and Swiss sources, and the
editor of the Times phoned this in
formation as rumors around owe"
the country.
The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1918-10-17

Basil, Switzerland.-The German
Reichstag will meet on Friday to
discuss President Wilson's note, ac-
cording to the German press.
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Zurich. Oct. 1.-THE Counts de-
clared war but the people will con-
clude peace, says the Socialist pa
per, the Arbeiter Zeitung of Vienna
in a current article on the situation
created by the Teutonic peace drives
and the messages and answers
thereto.
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Washington Thinks Something Is
Going to Happen

Going to Happen
events are impending in Germany
That they will come within a week
or a day or month is not known,
but that they are inevitable no one
doubts in official circles. Reports
from Holland via Switzerland indi-
cate that the government is in des-
perate straits.
The report that Germany will az
cept the terms of President Wilson
lack official confirmation, or that the
Emperor will abdicate are still con-
sidered in the realm of rumors. The
report from Sfiss sources that the
Reichstag will beet tomorrow to dis
cuss the Wilson note would indicate
that the answer las not yet heen
drawn or the conclusion regarding
it reached.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04
By Winifred Bla c k

Bright hopes have faded; clear
ambitions have been dimmed;
fond illusions have disappeared.
Fashions Change with Places.
But never in all my life have I
suffered more intensely than / did
when we moved to a new town
and l had to go to school wearing
a dress two inches longer than the
dresses that were the fashion in
the third grade in the new school.
1t was a perfectly good dress of
pretty material, well made and
becoming-blue it was. remem-
ber It as if it were hanging in
my closet at home this minute,
and it was trimmed with rows
and rows and rows of black braid,
and 1t had little black braided but
tons everywhere a button could
possibly be. It was made by the
best dressmaker in a large town,
and we had considered it quite
the latest thing in the other place.
] was suspected there OF being a
little too pleased with it, and some
Of the girls in the old school called
me "Proudy Cat" the first day |
The Washington times., 1918-03-04
Stop the Grab
The Washington. Baltimore Annapolis to Use
streets As Railroad Terminal Instead of Buying Its
Own Property Stop L.
By EARL GOODWIN.

The streets of Washington belong to the United States
and to the people of the United States.
They should not be GIVEN to big railroad companies to
be turned into FREE terminals
The Washington, Baltimore, and Annapolis Railroad
wants to grab four sides of block at Thirteenth street and
New York avenue TO USE THE STREETS as a depot It
wants to make the Masonic Temple convenience and use
the roadways to park its trains.
Suppose the Pennsylvania Railroad asked to use the
Capitol Grounds freight yard. There would be no
difference in the principle
The suggestion grab and should be stopped In the
first place the Public Utilities Commission must determine
whether the W., B. and A has any right in the District
of Columbia at ALL and after that important question an
swered the commission should the forces at work
this proposed unparalleled job to take the peoples streets
for railroad purposes.
The scheme far has been worked ceverly 1t is COM
talk in certain business circles that railroad officials
have the informal assent of the members of the Public U
tiles Commission to put the thing across This cannot
believe
1t would be unwise to place loop terminal any other
c congestor Thirteenth street and New York avenue
because that neghborhood will be busy Fifteenth
street and New York avenue.
But aside from the blindness of the scheme this bare
faced attempt to grab the streets of the city is the result Of
the cames getting beneath the tent many years ago
when the W., B. and A sneaked into the city, It is said
the road streets not through of Congress- but
merely under sort of agreement" Let's have
look at it.
The road claims it is looking for property which to
build terminal but hasn't been able find the right
thing Just yet Does anyone think they serious about
BUYING terminal if they GRAB the city streets FREE
OF CHARGE2
The Washington times., 1918-03-04
"PrOudy Cat" And Like Taunts Hurt

M ISS REBEKAH MAURE-
M TOWSKI ran away from
i school the other day.
She's twelve years old and shes
III the seventh Grade-a little
ahead Of where she ought to Je, 10
20 by the average school record.
She's intelligent, she's interest
ing and she's Interested.
She's good humored. industrious,
obedient and she dresses quite as
well as the rest of the girls in her
class.
But she couldn't stand it min
ute longer. They all made fun of
her and called her queer names
like "Stepladder Mary" and Bean
pole Bessie" and Jumbo Junior"
for poor Rebekah is five feet six
inches tall and weighs one hundred
and eighty pounds.
Those extra inches and extra
pounds make all the difference to
the poor child between happy con-
tentment and misery.
Don't Taught isn't in the least
funny.
have lived through many sor-
rows. / have tried my best to hold
up my head aud smile when my
heart acied, and had all could
do TO keep from wishing | were
dead
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

10 walk home ] walked alone. and
Bessie Cromwell and her friends
went on the other side of the street
and minced along. initiating me:
and Bessie scroOched down so that
her skirts would look longer, and
they all Gigglcd, and if I'd had A
dose Of poison handy right then
] would never have waited till |
got home To take It.
Everything Made All Right.
And my mother wouldn't shorten
my dress. She said it was lust
right, and stool it for three davs.
and on the ourth day ! sat up late
at night and took 4 tuck in that
dress-not Il straight tuck, not a
neat tuck at all, but a wobblv
thing that was broad one place and
narrow in another, and in the
morning mother saw it, and she
made me take off the dress and
stay at home. and she tucked it
herself, and never said a word.
Dear mother. She had been a
little pirl once herself, after all.
Poor Rebekah. | do hope she's
found some friends that admire
her for being five feet six inches
tall and weighing one hundred and
eighty pounds-as she surely will
some day.
lslS. L., NcurpsTN" Feature Ser.
yi'-. Inc. Great Britain Rights Reserved.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

wore it. But what cared |? They
envied me, and ] knew it; SO
Switched my little blue skirts de-
family and was almost intolerably
delighted.
But in the new sChool-it was
de classe-oh, horribly so.
Entirely out Of fashion, and not
at all the thing.
Bessie Cromwell wore her skirts
very short, and Mrs. Cromwell was
the wife of the judge. and they
lived on the hill and had a coupoIa
on their house and an iron dog on
one side OF the lawn with its tail
curled up just as natural, and a
boy and girl under an iron um-
brella on the other side. and, Of
course, what Bessie Cromwell wore
WAS always exactly right.
Ii was easy 10 see that my
mother didn't even know Mrs.
Cromwell by sight. and anybody
could guess that perhaps she had
never even heard OF the iron dog
or the coupola themselves.
So ! was sent to Coventry.
No one played with me at recess.
No one ate luncheon with me at
noon. And night when started
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

ELIZABETH HARRISON, Of zoos
F street northeast, calls it The
Argus Eye"
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

MRS. c. f. ANDREWS, 1928 Tenth
street northwest: "a Modern Di-
ogenes Looking Out for Many Hon
est Men"
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

CHARLES NJ. O'CONNELL. 144 U
street northeast, opens up an inter
esting subject. It is the matter Of
making the clerks increase legisla-
tion retroactive so that the in
creases, if granted. will take effect
from January l, 1918, instead Of
from July l, 1918.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

WILLIAM NJ. CONRAD is about
to depart hence and take up his
residence in Louisville, Ky, where
he will be secretary to the southern
division OF the American Mining
Congress. Good-by. Bill, take care
of yourself.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

SAFETY ISLE, says W. L. W., Of
1911 Rhode Island avenue.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

THOMAS DICKSON says it
should be called General Election"
because it halts so many on their
way to the White House.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04
Another Vote for ~BuII Pen

HhOahtA lUNt lOT dull Eeu.
Permit me TO suggest that Bull
PEN might I'LL the bill. While It
may not always be occupied by a full
fedged harness bull. this does not
seem a valid objection against the
name for his corral. We give the title
OF general to a mere brigadier gen.
eral, so the same courtesy might be
extended TO other gentlemen in uni
form. J. II. MILLSAPS,
1921 Columbia road.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

And this from WAYNE c. MAR
TIN:
"After a most careful and search
ing investigation | have come to tha
conclusion that no name whatsoever
is necesSar- lUr the traffic officers
platform at Fifteenth street and New
York avenue"
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

And the very same day saw DR..
ROMULUS A. FOSTER receive his
NJ. D. from the same university.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

After all these facts, guess how
old Danny is today.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04
NAMING THE Tub.

From St. Louis comes the sug-
gestion of JAMES TURNBULL
who says IT'S q "Rubbemeck' S
Roost."
The Washington times., 1918-03-04
HEARD AND SEEN

Z. GARGES, chief clerk of the en-
gineer department Of the District ot
Columbia government.
No Washington man is better
known than Dan Garges. He was
born here and has been identified
with the District government for ]
don't know how many years.
Dan was born in the. same year
that Congress overthrew the old
territorial form of government in
this District. On the day he was
born a select Congressional commit
, tee had Governor Shepherd before
it to explain some Of the details OF
the famous board Of public works
of sacred memory.
Also that same day the papers
were filled with indignation because
w. W. Corcoran, the banker, after
whom is named the beautiful Cor
coran Gallery of Art, offered to lend
$4,000 to teachers in Georgetown,
the sum being one months pay for
the teachers, who were in distress
because the city of Georgetown
wasn't meeting its bills.
One paper went so far as to ac-
cuse the banker of bluff and self
advertisement, saying that if he
would pay the taxes he owed, etc,
etc. All this row was Strengthened
out satisfactorily, however.
On the same day Mr.. Garges was
born many well-known Washington
lawyers went to the Capitol to see
Morrison R. Waite sworn in as
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
of the United States.
Granulated sugar lCas ddUertsed
that day at eight and oHe-hdif
pounds for 81. Cheer mp, t0e aren't
so badly of.
And here's a coincidence, perhaps.
GEORGE N. ACKER, A. B., on that
same day received the degree of
NJ. D. from the medical department
of Columbian University, and the
District of Columbia has benefited
thereby ever since.
And the very same day saw DR..
ROMULUS A. FOSTER receive his
NJ. D. from the same university.
After all these facts, guess how
old Danny is today.
WILLIAM NJ CONRAD is about |
to depart hence and take up his /
residence in Louisville, Ky, where |
he will be secretary to the southern f.
division OF the American Mining /
Congress. Good-by. Bill, take care
of yourself.
CHARLES NJ. O'CONNELL. 144 Z
street northeast, opens up an inter-
esting subject. II is the matter OF
the clerks increase legisla-
tion retroactive so that the in
creases, if granted, will take effect
from January l. 1918, instead Of
from July l, 1918.
That would allow many OF the
families to meet their bills
which have been piling up as the
cost of living has been steadily ad-
RANGING at a rate never before at
aimed.
J. ERNEST HURST, a student Of
he classics, in answer to my query
the Latin inscription on
he Hahnemann monument, at Six
eenth and Massachusetts avenue,
saws the correct text should be:
Similia Similibus Curantur.
NAMING THE TUB. /.
From St. Louis comes the sug-
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

MRS. F. PARIS, I2O4 E street
northwest, calls it.:
Over Here Tub,
Over There Tub,
Watch Your Step Tub,
Safety First Tub.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

That would allow many OF the
underpaid families to meet their bills
which have been piling up as the
cost Of living has been steadily ad-
vancing at a rate never before at
tanned.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

LETT, 2OO3 Third street northeast.
"Pullman's Pulpit" saws ASSES
SOR WILLIAM RICHARDS.
"Semaphorm" says D. ]. O'BRIEN.
"Hold Up Station" is the name
given it by ED HENNING.
A suggestion from JOHN B. Nc
CARTHY, c. H. RYAN, and E. H.
MORRISON would call it the Filing
Board" in memory of the discharge
Of CHARLES NJ. FLING, the motor
man who was discharged because he
believes in union labor.
However, the Fling matter relates
to the Washington Railway and
Electric Company and not to the
Capital Traction Company.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

]. ERNEST HURST. a student Of
the classics, in answer to my query
concerning the Latin inscription on
the Hahnemann monument, at Six
teenth and Massachusetts avenue,
saws the correct text should be:
Similia Similibus Curantur.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

The Pulpit-EMILY ]. HOW
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

And here's a coincidence. perhaps.
GEORGE n. ACKER, A. B., on that
same day received the degree of
NJ. D. from the medical department
of Columbian University, and the
District of Columbia has benefited
thereby ever since.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

M ISIS REBEKAH MAURE-
W TOWSkI ran away from
school the other day.
The Washington times., 1918-03-04

Granulated sugar ICas ddUertsed
that day at eight and oRe-hGit
pounds for 81. Cheer up, 10e aren't
so badly of.
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ALI France at Mar.

IF YOU want to see @ whole nation
in arms, go to France, says hearty
good-looking United States soldier
boy Just back from the war front, ana
now in a hospital. "It's not just IN
the cities. It's in the little country
towns. I've seen old women at work
In the fields, women so feeble that they
had to walk with a cane when they
weren't working. I've seen an OLD
French mother wheeling fertilizer up
to the top Of the hill. She had to DO
the work because her men folks were
in the trenches. After every trip up
hill she came totteing down, and you
might have thought she couldn't wheel
another load. She did. though. I tell
you, the spirit Of those French people
is the wonder of this war"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-10-10

occasion to call at the station, driv-
ing up in his car. Upon entering the
station he wore a pair Of handsome
automobile gloves. When leaving the
place he left his gloves behind. He
missed the gloves next morning and
remembering that he had left them
at the sugar station, returned for
them. 1t so happens that the COM
mittee which is collecting clothing
for war stricken Europeans is also
housed in the same building with the
sugar emporium. Upon inquiring for
his gloves one member Of the commit
tee said: "Were those your gloves?
We thought they were left here for
the war relief boxes of clothing and
they were packed last night" Upon
investigation he found that the lady
was right-and the box in which the
gloves were packed was tightly nailed
and ready for transportation.
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0, SAY, CAN YOU SING?

O, say, can you sing, from the start
to the end,
What so proudly we stand for when
orchestras play it;
When the whole congregation, in
voices that blend,
Strike up the grand tune and then
torture and Stay it?
How valiant they shout when they're
first starting out;
But 'the dawn's early light" finds
them foundering about.
IT'S "the Star Spangled Banner"
they're trying to sing,
But they don't know the words of the
precious, brave thing.
Hank, "the twilight's last cleaning"
has some of them stopped,
But the valiant survivors press for
ward serenely
To "the ramparts we watched, "heh
some others are dropped,
And the loss of the leaders is man.
ifest keenly.
Then "the rockets red glare" gives
the bravest a scare, M,
And there's a few left to face tine
bombs bursting in air.
IT'S a thin line of heroes that manage
to save M,
The last of the verse, and 'the home
of the brave"
Chicago Standard.
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Boys and Girls Club County Fair.

The boys and girls of Ward county
are going to show the people of the
county what they have been doing
to help "Win the War" by exhibiting
their products at their own Fair
which is to be held in Minot Nov. 6,
7, 8. There will be a large number
Of visitors in Minot at this time and
the boys and girls want to demon
strate to these people from all parts
of the state that they are up and
coming.
Premium lists have been mailed
cut to all of the boys and girls who
are members of the Club Projects.
The premium list provides for exhibits
by clubs and by Individuals, and is
liberal in it's scope, considering the
fact that these are war times. Prem
iums are offered for potatoes, poultry,
bread, sewing, garden truck, sugar
beets, canned goods, ETC., that are
the product Of the labor Of the boys
and girls.
At the close of the fair, those who
are willing to do so will place their
exhibits at the disposal of the Red
Cross and the exhibits will be sold,
the money going to the County Chap
ter.
During the Fair demonstrations
will be held at which time the differ
ent clubs will explain the work that
they have been doing this past sum-
ner and also demonstrate what they
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-10-10
Somebody Must Have Told Him.

Somebody Must Rave ! old him.
Jay McCord of exemption board No.
3 finds the young negroes Of the dis
trict an inexhaustible source Of de-
light. "They refer he says, quite
rightly to their 'consecratlon papers,
One of them, whose patriotism was OF
the right kind, returned his question:
naire the other day. We'll, George
do you waive Exemption asked him.
oh, yassah, boss, yassah. Anil wave
anything. Jes' give me flag-a Unit
ed States flag If you got one-an'
Anil show you whether All kin wave
it,"
Another, says Mr.. McCord, wrote Id
his QUESTIONABLE that his allowance
to his wife was 500 month.
"That's fair enough" l said. Lets
see-how much DO you make?"
"Tcn dollahs week, boss. Abs q
porter"
"Ten dollars week, eh? Then
you shoot craps
The darkey's eyes bulged with SUI.
prise. "Huccum yo' know dat, boss,
he gasped; "who done toll you An
shoot s?"-Chicago Tribune.
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and VICINITY

Martin Zabeck of Foxholm is max
ing arrangements to move. to Mlno1
soon to make this city his home
Atty. Dorr Carroll has located ms
offices in the new Jacobson block'
Joining A. M. Thompson's law Office.
G. A. harrington of White Earth
has purchased the Ray Pioneer from
Edwin j. Knudson. ,
Mrs. Clarence l.. Grover is expected
home from Williston Thursday, Wnere
she has been visiting.
Miss Mary McKone has gone to
Westby for short visit with her
mother, brother, and other relatives.
Arthur Mott of Ray died at Won
Point, Mont, of Spanish influenza.
w. w. Tyler and family have ,n m9v-
ed to Minneapolis, where Mr.. Iyler
Will engage in business. They leave
with the best wishes Of many friends.
The DR.. Naysmith lecture which
was to have been given here Friday
evening has been called off on ac-
count of the epidemic.
James Scofield has finished thresh-
ing his wheat out on his big farm,