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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-18

1,sln-sa from rars One
&n6 surged to keep up with their
1nxuards over shell craters and rut'
1.1 roads. sometimes axle deep in mud
Is Now columns of turbulent tratic
'Gobred out--thc guns and transports
<|u< three nations following up the
oorsuit. bringing up food and am
nunition and men and more NEIL
THE pursuit is not a dashing charge
Men shout to each other in three
<onxues to clear the way, ana case
themselves by furious shouts anu
xusts of laughter, because ii Is d."
90 slow.
3ut II is too fast for the enemy
pefore he is ready to leave our men
are on his heels. our horse artillerg
4 fring along his tracks pelore ne
can escape with his heavy loads MS
rear guards are captured before 'he
main body Is out CT danger.
n 10 very slow. this pursuit, when
seen from our side OF things put as
muck as hurrying death to masses o'
German soldiers.
Find Good Roads
II ouickens between that all deep belt
OF strife. for beyond that there are good
roads except where the Germans n"N'
blown great craters. and went i"r
many miles throughout country Where
there are unshelled fields where there
are cabbage patches and neat farms'eauS
and cottage gardens and villages Win
red-tiled roofs and houses with glass
windows unbroken--glass, by all the
gods--so that they seem like precious
Jewels to eyes tired of rubbish heaps tha'
we're fair towns. like Ypres.
In one small Flemish town to VIII ch
J went. Iseghem, between Courtrai ana
Thielt there was noI lsouse that
showed any sign of war. though ther"
had been fierce machnc-gun fighting
outside its streets, and there were little
Flemish shops with fancy things in the
windows and big market square. and
converts and colleges with solid walls
and not a single shell hole anywhere
Long columns of Belgian gunnerS
drove through the streets. and they were
received as conquering heroes by 5000
OF their country people, who lined the
pavements and stood out OF the windows
OF the upper stories and stood In tGClr
thresholds.
Almost every house hew belgian flags
that had been hidden in the cellars since
four years. until this day should come
and women and children ran into the
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day. Still, ! understand they are hold
ing at least a third of Courtrai on that
side. Among those now In the town are
the Queens and Mlddlesex.
What makes an astonishing drama
here is that Courtrai is filled with be-
tween $4,000 and 10000 civilians. There,
again, the enemy tried to force them to
leave, and sent away any able-bodied
boys and men between fourteen and
sixty but could not induce large num-
bets of others TO go, now that they
knew the English were so close up.
Many men hid themselves. Others
adopted an attitude of passive resis-
tance, and the German soldiers were
afraid to use force. All the women
except few well-to-do people who went
away to Brussels, remained to take the
risk of bombardment with liberty as
the great prize of courage. so that a
vast population Is still there, for the
most part on the other side of the city
beyond the canal, waiting and watching
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-18

for the moment when the Germans leave
and our troops enter to rescue them.
Many People Come Through Lines
But from the west side Of the canal
many people are coming through our
lines, and our machne-gunners lying in
bitches and behind walls aud In newly
dug trenches. see women with perambu-
lators coming toward them and old
women hobbling up with children at
their skirts and men trudging slowly
among the patter of machne-gun bull
let's Some of these civilians have been
killed. but the enemy IL letting them
escape. and they only have to run the
risk of chance shots.
They tell the tale OF their sufferinGs.
like those others | have seen, but they
have hope that their beautiful old city
will not he destroyed. because the Ger
man soldiers themselves say they will
not blow i up. in spite OF orders Ger
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-18

man gunners are also sparing the place,
and are only Smelling the outskirts and
approaches.
and II will he followed by Others. when
our Allied troops will enter many his
toric towps and give back to France and
Belgium much Of the country that has
been so long divorced from them The
enemy's retreat will now go fast and
from hundreds of thousands of hearts.
SCARED II not broken by this wars long
agony, there Is going up a cry of 10Y
because the enemy is departing and lib
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to protect IT, But the French forced
their way around on two sides. and on
the third side n French battalion wait
ed to get the signal that they should
attack frontally
March Miles to Battle
Some of these men were machine
sunners who had marched twenty-one
miles before reaching their line of. at
tack, anR then they had to wait under
very fierce gunflre. But at last they
sprang up and went forward into Rou-
lers.
There was a dreadful sweep OF bull
lets in the streets from German ma
chine guns and one party of them, with
young officer met this morning.
came face to face with an old battery
in the street The German gunners fired
six rounds Then one of them shouted
out: Don't shoot! Don't shoot
am an Alsatian." and he made the 9TH
ers surrender and took mis- own lieu
tenant prisoner.
As soon as the French entered RoUlcrs
the Belgian people emerged from their
cellars. and with cries OF Joy ran toward
the soldiers and embraced them. one
officer mot. a conmandant and most
gallant looking soldier. was a priest be-
fore the war and was canon with the
cat scdral Of Bcsancon and professor
at that college.
'ft was the first time had ever been
embraced by u girl since I became n
priest" he told me laughing, and !
said:
"Hullo. my little one. this will never
do =" and pretended 10 box her ears
before telling her | had no right to her
kiss. But, after all. it was kiss of
peace. and ! was not really angry about
It.
The Mayor came rushing up and said
BE careful. for Gods sake! This
town Is mined"
And truly enough there were big
charges of dynamite and trench mortar
bombs. twenty bombs to each frightful
charge, in the belfry and under the
towers Of other churches and at cross
roads: but by some freak OF careless
moss. perhapS because they had no other
men. the German commander of Roulers
had left his mining to be done by SOL
diors who did not carry out their orders
cNccnt at crossroads and under one
church tower The glorious old belfry
of Roulers still stands.
Roulers Only Shell
And all the town stands, SO that II
Is stit fair TO see from the outside with
it's beautiful Flemish houses. But eacl
house was Euttod before the Germans
left Thep striDped off the paneling
took away doors and window panes, ano
crnrN hit of fnrniturt. SO That ROulers
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BERLIN UNENDURABLE
Argentine Legation in Germany
Worried by Situation

BuenoS Aires. oct. is-The Foreign
Office has received dispatch from
the Argentine legation in Berlin say
Ing that the present situation in Ger
many Is unendurable.
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erty is theirs again. and tidines Of
those they love on our side OF the lines,
and peace for them. however long the
war will last
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Is nothing but shell. and there ~
nothing left TO the inhabitants
The Germans wished TO sehd every
BODY away and threatened to turn them
out at the bayonets point. but many
hid one man I met hid for ten Gays
WITH four comrades in the chimney oil
factory and others refused TO go anu
showed such passionate ,motlon tnat
the German garrison was airalu 10
enforce the order.
There was an astounding situation at
Courtrai. our Irishmen had been teelins
their way close to il with sharp hgnl-
ing at Heuie and other places hortn'
the enemy's rear guards falling BACK
before them when their pressure became
too hard and last night they gained
possession of that quarter OF the toWh
which IL divided by the canal from tne
main streets and the market place ana
the famous old belfry which has rung
out the history of Courtrai Tor many
hundreds of years in triumph anu
tragedy.
Some engineers tried to gain bridge
heads across the canal by building pom
toons while they were swept by machihe
gun fire from the opposite banks, ana
succeeded in doing this, so that some
Of our men crossed by much DARING
and in most deadly risk
blown From One Room 10 other
one officer of ours forced his way INTO
a house where there were some Germans
with trench mortars. and when he was
blown out of one room he went INTO
another, and was blown out OF tha''
and then into IA trench near lhe HOUSE,
1t was far too deadly place for our
men to stay In small numbers anu inc!
we're drawn back to the vest sue vi
the canal, where they remained !eS'er-
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roadway and gave nags to the Belgian
gunners. who hung them on their limbers
franciscan Friar Dances
! think must have been the hrst
man in khaki to be seen by these "e'-
gian people since their rescue b. the
French and Belgians. for I shared an
ovat on with French officer, who was
with me. "Vive le France. 80 and "Nive
rAnglotcrre :" Were cried out by Old
men and women and young girls aaI
children. Every man and boy waved his
cap. A Franciscan. friar IN his brown
habit and sandalcd feet. with big beads
hanging from his belt. was actually
dancing from his doorway from sheer
ioy, and other monks waved their hands
and beads.
spoke with some young priests who
are professors at a Colleg" thtr", ana
asked them some questions. How had
the Germans behaved; What Hid they
think Of things"
"Sir." said one Of these priests IN
good Engl sh. Il cannot tell you what
We have suffered. ! dare not tell YOU.
lest should break down and weep
which would be bad on this day OF Joy.
The Germans were hard with us. We
had no liberty Of any kind and were
under iron oppression. We were not
allowed to % even to the funerals OF
our friends or from one village to an
other. We had no news Of the outside
world except what was in the German
papers, and but for the Spanish and
...t Il
have d ed from hunger
Good Germans Among bad
There wcrc good Germans among
those in this town: let US cell the truth
about that. There were men who hated
the war and all its cruclt,. hut it is
their education and their military sye-
tenn which makes them brutal and un-
sensitive to human suffering.
THE officers wore worse ami. i'm spite
Of the iron discipline which made their
men salute them with rigid faces these
German soldiers hate their officers with
a dead V and fierce hatred and one day
will wreak their vengeance"
These priests told me that during re-
cent days the Germans have made no
disguise that they are lost.
1T Is finished with us they said
There is no end but in our defeat"
Even the officers admitted that tho
tide had turned and that their only hope
was peace.
At Roulcrs ! met some French officers
and men who had foucht their way into
this town. fine old Flemish town, with
a tall belfry ana spacious market
square and many o'd churches with
noble towers. The Germans did not
want to leave this plac". They fought
for it hard girdl'ng it with machin,
guns and having many field batteries
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Blown From One Room 10 Other

Wanted Immediately
for Overseas
THE United States Government requires
Il the assistance and support of every
and driver of automobile in the United
States.
The demand for gasoline for aeroplanes
and tor transporting food, clothing and
ammunition boys the front is
enormous
All transportation authorities agree that
gasoline in the United States,
but there many ways to waste in
it's
Here is your opportunity to do a real
patriotic service
.''DOn't Waste Gasoline"
Keep it in nind-uhen planning to
use your car, -
Keep it in mind-luken rOuttnq mo-
tOr-truck runs,
Keep it in mind-for fear you WiU
let the motor unnecessarily
during stops.
Our relationship andd drivers Of
AUTOCAR trucks enables feel assured that
they will unheltatngy do their duty
We example that will be ct by
AUTOCAR truck and drivers in the conservation of
gasoline will be followed every automobile
and driver, whether of passenger car or truck
besu reduction n the gaso-
line consumed that official regulations regarding this essential
fuel should not be
THE AUTOCAR COMPANY
oaa~mnw Ardmore Pa.
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And all the town stands, SO that II
Is stiil fair TO see from the outside with
it's beautiful Flemish houses. But each
house was guttcd before the Germans
left Thcp striDped off the paneling.
took away doors and window panes. and
every bit of furniture. SO that ROulers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
DAILY MARKET QUOTATIONS.
nuSuNESS IN GRAIN
IS AT STANDSTu.L

chicago, Jan. 1S.-Business en- the
hard of trade was almost at stand
.t,ll this morning because Of the cold.
MANY brokers wore overcoats and
,eIeeraph operation from the floor was
entirely suspended.
Corn quotations kept within narrow
limits. Opening prices which ranged
Ann unchanged figures to sc lower
With January 1.27S and May 1.24%
IA i24h, we're followed bysa slight
rally. reaching in some cases trifie
above Yesterdays finish.
prospects Of continued cold weather
nnheld the market in the late deal
inrs. Prices closed steady at s1.27h
January, and sl.24%@1.24% May. un-
changed TO &c higher. as compared
Nth "a hours before.
Oats showed somewhat greater firm
ness than corn. Extreme scantiness
al receipts was responsible.
Higher quotations on hogs tended
to strengthen provisions. Gains, how
ever, were not important.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
STOCKS DROP THEN
SHOW IMPROVEMENT

New York, Jan. 1S.--Stocks contin-
ued to sag in the dull first half hour
of the stock market today but irreg
ular improvement set in toward noon.
United States Steel, Marine preferred
and Mexican Petroleum rallied to 2
points and Texas company scored an
actual gain of points. Buying pow
er was little more than nominal, how
ever, traders evidently awaiting fur
Their developments in the industrial
situation. The bond market was fea-
tureless. Liberty 312's sold at $3.50 to
9S.4S, first As, 97.06 to $500, and Sec
ond As at 1922 to 96.14.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
RECEIPTS FALL OFF:
HOGS MAKE ADVANCE


chicago, Jan. 1S.-Scantiness of hog
receipts brought about sharp ad-
vance today in prices. Cattle and
sheep were also scarce.
Hogs. 1000; tomorrow, 5000;
strong; l5c to zoe above yesterdays
average: bulk. 16.50@16.S0; light, 16. 90
q 1873; mixed, 16.20@16.90; heavy,
5000 1880; rough, 1620@16.35; pigs,
l2.75@1550.
Cattle receipts, 5000; tomorrow, l.
600; firm; native steers, S.40@1360;
stockers and feeders, 70O@10.90; cows
and heifers, 6.0O@11.90; calves, SIS
@16.25.
Sheep receipts, 1000; tomorrow, g.
600; firm; wethers, 9.S5@13.40; lambs,
IA 60G117S0
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
SILVlS

Samuel Easterley, who recently has
been i'll with typhoid pneumonia. was
brought home from the Moline city
hospital Friday afternoon much i'm
Miss Catharine Buell. was taken to
the Lutheran hospital Friday, suffer-
ing with sudden severe attack OF APP
7: Anderson has arrived, home from
a visit at Kansas City.
Mr.. Rosenberger and family visited
with relatives and friends in Daven-
port Thursday and Friday.
Mrs. "A. Parks spent Tuesday in Mo-
line.
The regular semi-monthly meeting of
the Ladies Aid society OF the Baptist
church was held as usual Wednesday
afternoon with a large attendance
Clifford Wilson is i'll.
The members and friends of the La
dies Aid society of the Silvis Memorial
Methodist church met at the church
business, which followed the devotional
exercises, some hours were passed
quickly in sewing and general sociabil
ity. Later refreshments were served
by the committee. 1t was very pleas
ant and profitable meeting and large
collection was taken in.
School began here Monday after a
two weeks vacation.
ID. Hull and family, recently of Mo-
line, have moved into the j. l.. Early
residence on First avenue and Sixth
street. James Evans and family. who
formerly resided in the country south
west of Silvis, also have moved to Sixth
street, Silvis.
Rev. Mr.. Lewis of Rock Island preach
ed at the Baptist church here Sunday
morning i'll the absence of Rev. James
Price Payne, the regular pastor, who
is visiting relatives at Denver.
Miss Bethel Bruce has been ill., ---ar
Mrs. Wyatt Rosenberger of Moline
visited relatives and friends here last
week.
Considerable suffering is reported to
have resulted from the recent coal
famine in the west end of Slvis.
Mrs. Cameron of MoHne entertained
company of SilTis ladies Tuesday
afternoon.
Moline spent Sunday at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Parks at Silvis.
Mrs. George Hampshire visited friends
at East Moline Sunday.
Word was received here that Victor
H. Dumbeck of Silvis. who was so pain
fully injured in an automobile accident
in Silvis, has entirely recovered and
has been discharged from the hospital
and is recuperating at the home of his
sister. Mrs. Hoffman, in South Rock
Island.
Union services were held at the Bap-
fist church Sunday evening for the pur-
Leer of the Silvis Memorial Methodist
church delivered the sermon.
Andrew Tubbs is ill.,
The home of Mrs. r. Wilson of Eighth
street was the scene of very pleasant
surprise party Wednesday afternoon
and evening, when 50 of her friends
went to her home, completely surpris-
ing her. After some time spent in
games and contests a o'clock dinner
was served: 1t was the occasion of her
25th birthday anniversary. A lovely
cake, frosted in white and decorated
with pink roses and lighted candles in
gilded holders, served as centerpiece.
Much merriment prevailed throughout
the entire afternoon and evening, and
1t was a time long to be remembered by
the self-invited guests, who brought
decorations of flags and flowers with
them as well as Well-fllled baskets of
delicious eatables. The hostess was
presented with a large array of useful
and beautiful gifts
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
Chicago Grain.

Chicago. Jan. 1S.-Corn. No. 3 and
No. 8 yellow nominal; No. yellow,
1ss; No. yellow, l.40@1.50; 10. 8
yellow, l.S3Gl.43.
Oats, No. 3 white, S0k@S1Ac;
standard, 81 a q SIC.
Rye, No. 2. nominal.
Barley. l.40Q l.b9.
Timothy, 5.00G 500.
Clover, 2000G $500.
Pork, nominal.
Lard, PAST.
Ribs, $500 24.37.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
Kansas City Livestock

Kansas City, Jan. 1S.-Hogs, re-
ceipts 10 900; lower; bulk 15.S0@16.10;
heavy 16.OO@16.2O; light 15.S0@16.10;
pigs 11.00@1400.
Cattle, 5000; steady; steers $500
1875; cows 6.50@10,50; heifers 1000
100; calves 650@1375.
Sheep, receipts 5000; steady; lambs
1600@1700; yearlings 13.00@14.S5;
wethers 11.50Q13.00; ewes 10000
1885
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
5-DA YPERIOD OF IDLE
NESS BEGUN TODAY
Continued From Page One.)

traitor Hoover. In special orders is
sued by the fuel administration last
night concerns packing beans, canned
milk and roasting coffee for govern
ment contract also are exempted.
Announcement that the use OF all
forms of fuel, wood, oil and natural
gas as we'll as coal would be prohib-
tied caused considerable confusion to-
day and strenuous efforts are prom
ised to have wood, oil, natural gas
and water power users exempted.
i-~+ Munition Plants To- Run.
All the principal munitions plants
will be permitted to work at full ca
pacity under the fuel restriction order.
AS announced last night by the fuel
administration, only portions of the
plants making condenser tubes would
have been permitted to operate. 1t
was an official mistake. All the Du
Pont Powder plants and the plants of
Is other great companies mentioned
in last nights official announcement
as being restricted to manufacture of
condenser tubes are by the official
modification today permitted to run
full blast.
1t is understood that some additions
to the excepted list will be made to-
day. Meanwhile the fuel administra-
ton is concentrating its efforts on
clearing up shipping congestion.
Others To Be Exempt.
From the flood of applications for
exemption piling in, it appeared that
steel plant mills and wooden plants
making cloth for soldiers uniforms
would receive favorable action, prob
ably being added to the list
1t was ordered today that only one
ice making plant may operate in any
one place. The exempted plant, how
ever, will be required to furnish its
product to the closed ice plants at
production cost.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
Sioux CITY Livestock.

Sioux City, Iowa, Jan. 18.-Hogs,
$4,000; steady; light. 15.60@l5.S5;
mixed 15.S5@15.95; heavy, 1880
1906; pigs, 12.OO@13.5O; bulk. 1850
1900.
Cattle, $500; steady; steers, $500
1880; cows and heifers, 7.00@10.00;
calves, S.00@1200.
Sheep, 500; steady.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
st. Louis Livestock.

st. Louis, Jan. 1S.-Hogs, $500;
higher; lights 16.25@16.60; pigs 14.25
@15.75; mixed 16.30@16.70; good
heavy 16.60@16.70; bulk 16.30@1665.
Cattle, $500; strong; steers 5000
1850; heifers 70O@1350; cows 5000
1850; calves 5.75@15.00.
Sheep, 1000; steady; lambs 14.00@
1850; ewes 11.50@12.00; wethers 11.50
@12.75.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
New York Metals,

New York, Jan. 18.-Metal exchange
quotes lead Arm: spot 700 bid; spelter,
quiet; spot 7.62@7.75.
Al London, copper spot and futures
no pounds. electrolytic 125 pounds |;
I'm, spot 295 pounds; futures POI
bounds los; lead, spot 20 pounds los !;
INJURIES 2S pounds los; spelter, spot
o. pounds; futures so pounds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
New York Provisions.

New York. Jan. 1S.-Butter, firm;
receipts, 5.027 tubs; creamery higher
than extras, 531a @54c; extras, 53c;
drsts. 49@521sc; seconds, 45@4Skc.
Eggs, strong; receipts, 2,549 cases;
fresh gathered extras. 70@71c; extra
drsts, 69c; firsts, IS; seconds, 61@67c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
Kansas CITY Grain.

Kansas City, Jan. 1S.-Cash corn,
No. 2 mixed, 1.s4G1.67; No. white,
l.70Q1.73; No. 2 yellow, 1.70@1.72.
Oats, No. 2 white. S3c; No. 2 mixed.
S0Gh c.
Rye, 1S0Q1.S2 Hay, unchanged.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
Chicago Markets
Chicago Provisions.

Chicago, Jan. 1S.-Butter unchanged.
Eggs: Receipts, $50 cases, I'M
changed.
Potatoes: Higher; receipts, 80 cars;
Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota
bulk, 2.l5Q2.20; do sacks, 2.20@2.25.
Poultry. alive. lower; fowls, Csc;
springs, &c.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
Hog Range Day to Day.
Omaha Livestock.

Omaha, Jan. 1S.-Hogs, 1900;
steady; heavy. 15.S5@16.15; mixed,
15.90@16.10; light, 15.S0@1615; pigs,
10.00@15.50; bulk, 15.9O@16.10.
Cattle, $500; steady; steers. $500
1850; cows and heifers, 7.25@10.50;
calves, 9.75@1325.
Sheep, receipts, 1900; steady; year
lings, 1200@15.00; wethers, 11.00@
1900; ewes, 10.75Q12.50; lambs, 1900
Q1725.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
St. joseph Livestock.

st. Joseph, Mo-. Jan. 1s.-Hog re-
ceipts, $500; higher; top, 1880; bulk,
Cattle receipts, 1880; slow; steers,
S.00@1a.00; cows and heifers, 5000
1925; calves, 6.00@1400.
Sheep, 1900; steady; lambs, 1900
1915; ewes, 6.00@12.25.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1918-01-18
Peoria Grain.

Peoria, H., Jan. 1S.-Corn, unchang-
ID; No. 3 yellow l.651a bid; No. yell
low 160; No. yellow 1852; No. 6 yell
low l.31@l.44; No. mixed 1.55 bid.
Oats, unchanged; No. 2 white 81A;
standard SOY; No. 3 white S0%.