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were allowed other than Turkish Of
ficial craft. There were boats on the
Black Sea, certainly; but that way
led only 10 the Caucasus or the
Ukraine. both OF which had been in
enemy occupation since the Boishevik
revolution. By land the only exit was
across the Bulgarian frontier, from
frying pan to fire.
Travelling on the railways was i'm
possible, for at every halt Turkish
gendarmes demanded to see the
identity papers of civilians, particu-
larly those Of Christians. Travelling
cross-country on foot was almost
impossible, because Of the plague OF
destitute brigands that infested every
part of Anatolia off the beaten track
other drawbacks were that, unlike
ours, the compilations of all Le-
vantines-whether Turk, Greek, Jew
or Armenian-were olive; that disguise
was therefore very difficult. and that
in any case a disguise was of little
use without the ability TO speak fluent
Turkish.
The first attempt of British prisoners
to escape from Turkey was late in
1915, when Lieutenant-Co
Cochrane, r. N, with two other sub
marine officers. bolted from Atom
Kara-Hissar and, in night marches,
covered the $50 miles that separated
him from the coast. Then, when all
ready within sight of the sea, the ad-
venturers were captured as a result of
having aroused suspicious by buying
goat for food.
Grand Break for Freedom.
The grand epidemic of escapes and
attempted escapes broke out I'm July
and August. Forty officers made a bid
from Yozgad. about twenty from
Anon Kara Hissar, six from Constan-
t.nople and one from Broussa. while
! several Tommies made a dash from
the Taurus region.
Commander Cochrane in his second
effort led a party of eight from Yozgad
over $50 miles OF wild country, reached
! the coast, Communicated a Turkish
potorboat and drove il to Cyprus and
freedom. The only others who sue
eeeded were Capt. White and 1, who
sailed to Odessa as stowaways, trav-
elled from thence to Bulgaria and
finally reached Salopica.
OF the others all but three were
caught and kept in captivity until tn,
armistice. The three exceptions re-
mained hidden in Constantinople and
carried out valuable propaganda work
1 have already told the story of one o.
them (Col. "Z"), who negotiated with
the Turkish Cabinet and was partl!
responsible for the Turkish armistice
The remaining two were Capt Yeats
Brown and Capt. Sir Robert Paul.
! Yeats-Brown and paul escaped II
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or else detained them, to wait like
wingless flies on a wall. until soldiers
came TO drag them back through the
ratings.
It was a horrid anti-climax, but they
decided to go back. That return jour-
ney was highly unpleasant for there
was not only a risk of death and de-
lection. but also the possibility Of look
ing fools.
All went well. however. Once more
they squeezed through the ratings and
found themselves in the prison garden
again. with a sense of having been
suddenly fiattened.
-Four sentries were looking listlessly
at the diners in the restaurant. A
fifth was by the gold fish pond. The
sixth stood at the ratings about eighty
yards away. After hurriedly busting
themselves Yeats Brown and Paul
walked straight past the sixth sentry.
He turned and looked at his watch
meaningly.
"Just Ave minutes more,- Yeats
Brown urged, I'VE haven't had nearly
enough exercise yet"
The sentry nodded and sighed. then
turned to contemplate the Golden
Horn. The Englishmen continued
round the garden. breathlessly discuss
ing plans.
They See a Light.
Their one remaining chance was
to walk straight out OF the gate ne ar
the restaurant into the main square
To-, - kxfA
sometimes grasp the whole psychology
of situation in a flash. They saw
into the minds of the sentries. who
were bored and unsuspecting. A sort
of provision came to them that thew
would be mistaken for Greek en-
ployees OF the Ministry and could
stroll unquestioned through the gate
II they acted instantly.
It was now getting dark. Yeats
Brown and Paul slipped into a patch
OF shadow. threw away their hats and
taking out the fezzes which they al
ways carried concealed under their
waistcoats. put them on their heads
Then they walked toward the square
To understand their feelings 1t mus
be remembered that nobody had eve
succeeded In escaping from this ancient
pris Z. and the Turks prided them
selves on the fact. Once before a pc
litical suspect had made a desperat,
dash for liberty. but he had beer
caught before he reached the cute
gate. Since the time of Mohammet
the Conqueror no officer OF any ma
tionality had left the dungeon withou
4 M ~
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pure of Damascus Growing Triumph in Arabs Campaign
apt Bot Tells How the Desert Fighters Cut the Turkish
Whirlwlnd Charge-Escape of British Prisoners
the Black Hole Of Constantnople

this superb adventurer was looking
forward to clustered retirement in
Magdalen College. oxford.
Ont OF the Black Hole.
To escape from Turkey was many
times more difficult than TO escape
from Germany. A hundred Britishers
attempted 1t during the war, but only
thirteen OF us succeeded.
In the first place there seemed no
outlet to friendly territory. unless the
prisoner could steal an airplane. On
the Mediterranean coastline no ships
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In the Twilight Of the
Turkish Empire

This is the sixth Of a series
A articles by Capt. Alan Bort,
r A. F.. who was captured by
he Turks while flying with Gen.
iIienby's Army of the Palestine.
Eis amazing experiences as a
turkish prisoner of war are the
basis for the present narrative,
IN the Twilight of the Turkish
Empire" He had opportunities
for observing the collapse of
Ottoman power such as few other
men could find.
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All this while Feisul, Nazir and
Lawrence were raising the local Arab
peasants, and soon they added to their
regular force a body Of several thou
sand armed irregulars.~Th The next few
days were spent in further raids on
the railway. in cutting the Turkish
telegraph wires, and IN looting rolling
stock and stores.
Once again German airplanes sought
out the Arabs and worried them con-
tinually with bombs and machine gun
bullets. This affected their morale. for
the Arab. like the Turk, prefers al
most anything to attacks from the ar.
Col Lawrence. therefore, went to azsa-
rak, where he was picked up by
British airplane and taken to General
Headquarters in Palestine. He returned
the next day with three Bristol Fight
ers.
On the following morning, before
they had finished breakfast, the pilots
OF these Bristol Fighters had been into
the air twice, destroyed Turkish two
scatter and driven down three scouts
Afterward the Arabs were troubled
no more by hostile aircraft. That
same evening their morale was COM
pletely restored by a visit from the
giant Handley Page machine which
had recently been flown from Eng
land.
This" said one Arab sheikh, as he
looked at the great airplane, lis an
eagle. The rest are mosquitoes"
Tho Arab force next placed itself
between Damascus and Deraa, and
thus blocked the line of retreat for
large forces Of Turks south Of them.
The Turkish leaders received exag-
gerated reports Of their strength and
in consequence evacuated Deraa, leav-
ing behind them six complete trains.
The Arabs reached Sheikh Saad,
where an airplane dropped a message
announcing that two columns of Turks
were advancing toward them. There
upon they left Sheikh Saad to attack
the smaller OF these two columns.
They came into contact with the
enemy at Tafas and drove them out
of 1t. Before leaving the village the
commander OF the Turkish rearguard
commanded the slaughter of all the
Inhabitants. These included some
twenty small children and about forty
women, most of whom were killed
with lances and rifles. One especially
revolving sight seen by the Arab
leaders was that OF a pregnant woman
who had been forced down on a saw
bayonet.
In the forefront OF the Arabs force,
with Col. Lawrence and old Auda, was
Talal, the Sheikh of Tafaz. Having
been forced to witness the massacre
of his own villagers he gave horrible
cry. wrapped his headcloth about his
face, spurred his horse and. rocking
in the saddle. galloped into the midst
of the retiring Turkish column.
Riddled With machine gun bullets, both
he and his horse fell dead on the
Turkish lance points.
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rather sleepy-and one Turkish officer.
For time the last named kept them
chatting with talk of the war, but at
length conversation tagged and they
babe him good night, making en- APP
pointment to see him again next day.
Yeats-Brown and Paul edged to the
far side OF the garden, where were the
ratings. The six sleepy sentries
meanwhile were watching a stream
of people going into the restaurant
near the entrance gate. They paid no
attention to the British officers. but
continued to look rather sadly at the
Greek clerks who were entering the
restaurant for a square meal-a thing
OF which they themselves could only
dream.
The pair stood on the edge OF the
ratings and squeezed and pushed
their bodies through the gap. thinking
every instant to hear the clamor of
lets. Their heads went through
the ratings and their fiinching flesh
| followed a moment later.
They hung over the drop and looked
and listened tensely for any stir in the
garden. All was quiet. One sentry lit
another's cigarette. A third was play
ing with a kitten. The others had
their backs turned.
They clambered along gently and
reached the printing house situated
just behind the ratings. BY then they
were out OF sight of the sentries, and
the way seemed clear across a patch
| 81 a..xf % Nnyhf srfy
them entrance to the main square
Once they had gained its comparative
freedom they planned to stroll up to
the garage where the Ministry Of War
cars were kept.
Hopes Are Dashed.
Clad in their seedy civilian suits
they relied on being mistaken for Ger
man mechanics by the Turkish sen.
tries. With a cultural word or two
they would start up a car, drive out
Of the square and so to the Bulgarian
frontier. II stopped on the way they
would deliver a few German curses
and open out the throttle. Already
they imagined themselves arriving al
Dedeagatsch in a IS h. p. Mercedes
with full details (Which they had al
ready collected) OF the defences Of
Constantinople. -Tchachaldja and the
Bulair lines.
But these vivid hopes were shor
lived. The ratings led past an oper
window at which three Turks wer'
sitting. Had the escaping Englishmer
interposed their bodies between thu
Turks and the light they would hav,
been in a very unpleasant position
With one hand the Turks could hav'
pushed them down to certain death
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-27
Christmas Tree
King is Jailed;
Famine Feared

GREELEY. COLO, Nov. 2o.-J. NJ.
Peterson. better known as the Christ.
mas tree king" is in the county jail
under heavy bond. and Greeley CHI
dren are Threatened with GhTis;;ssssii...'
tree famine,
Peterson was arrested on complaint
of parents OF TWO minor girls. and is
being held under s., 600 bond. which he
is unable to give Besides being
Greeley's only Christmas tree mer-
chant, Peterson is also known as 2
perennial candidate Tor city and coun-
ty cfice Last May he was indepen-
dent candidate for mayor on an inter
national peace platform The Il
points of his platform were published
in practically every large city in the
United States.
He had recently announced his in
tentlon of running as independent can
didate for sheriff at the next election.
Peterson lays his present misfortunes
to his political ambitions.
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FUNERAL OF MISS
JUANTIA HALEY

The funeral of the late Miss 5uanita
Haley took place from Wilson's under
taking chapel at 2 o'clock this after
noon. and was private, owing to the
city health regulations. Only the
members of the immediate family
were permitted to attend the service,
which was conducted by Rev Mr.
Burgess. pastor of the Christian
church. Miss Haley suffered during
the earlier part of her illness from
diphtheria, and to prevent a possible
spread of the contagion 1t was decided
by the authorities that the funeral
should be of private nature.
AT 1890 this afternoon brief pub
lie service commemorating the life
and character of the deceased was
held at the Wilson chapel, which was
attended by the friends OF the be-
reaved family and friends. An ad-
dress was delivered by Rev. Burgess
The remains We're laid to rest in
Lakeside cemetery.
Few deaths have taken place In this
city in recent years that have evoked
more of general sorrow and regret
than that of Miss Haley, al the sym
pathy of the community goes out to
the bereaved family in the loss it has
sustained. Miss Haley was an un-
usually bright. winsome and talented
young woman. and her almost tragic
death has awakened an expression oi
sorrow in nearly every home in the
community. Her heroic fight for life
her patience in her suffering and hel
devotion to the right as she saw II
deeply impressed those about her ant
revealed character that was strobi
and loveabie. Such people do no
die; they are redeemed from death.
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South Canon
High School Notes
BY PAUL LOGAN.

A successful box social was held,
under the auspices OF the junior
class at the high school building last
Friday evening. A program preceded
the selling of the boxes. This pro-
gram consisted OF music by the girls
glee club. 500 by Hiss arnold,
readinrs hy Sarah Beston, Edna Bur-
CESS and Paul Logan "a solo by Mrs.
L. b. Woodford and some pleasing Sc
iections b. The Lincoln Park orches-
ira under the leadership OF Mrs.
Woo9ford Two purnt-cork artists
acted as auctioneers and aroused a
good deal of enthusiasm over the sale
The boxes were all disposed of a,
good rrices, the proceeds going to
swell the treasury OF the junior class
Tuesday evening double-headeI
basketball game was pulled off at the
Y. M. c. A. The freshmen and eighth
grade game resulted in a victory fol-
the freshmen. and the juniors de.
: feated the seniors by small score
The interclass championship now lies
between the juniors and freshmen.
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Man Burned i'm
Florence Fire

FLORENCE, Nov. 21.-The boiling
over of the tar in the crude stills of
the United refinery at 1870 Thursday
morning resulted in a fire which
caused some little apprehension for a
time, inasmuch as the men did not
respond to the continued blasts of the
big whistle, and the workingmen at
the plant We're obliged to fight the
flames as best they could
Fortunately it was not as danger
Gus as the fire of last week, aud the
only serious damage was the loss of
oil in the stills. After battling for
some time the flames were subdued.
One of the unfortunate occurrences
in connection with the blaze was the
serious burns sustained by Joseph
Mcclure, stillman, who was working
on the top of the stills when the fire
started He was showered with the
burning oil, and his injuries consist
of painful burns on the face, both
hands and one of his feet. The skin
peeled from his face when the wounds
were dressed, and the attending ply
sician is unable to determine at this
time the extent of the burns.
The young man suffered a great
deal of pain after being brought to
the home of his mother, Mrs. D. J.
Mcclure on East Third street, but
he was resting somewhat easier this
morning. He is bedfast and is
swathed in bandages. Mr. Mcclure
continued to fight the fire after re-
ceiving his injuries
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MRS. RENDEL DIED
THURSDAY MORNING

Mrs. Lorena Rendei. wife of ]. n.
Rendel. died at the family home. $50
Ohio avenue, at / o'clock this morn
OF a little more than weeks dura-
tion. She contracted a severe cold
about 10 days ago and pneumonia de-
veloped last Saturday. Her condi-
ton was serious from the first and ii
was evident to those about her that
her chances for recovery were not at
all reassuring. Despite the utmost
efforts TO check the ravages of the dis
ease she grew gradually worse until
her vitality gave way before the as
sauits upon it. and the end this morn
ing was not unexpected by her
friends.
Mrs. Rendel was born in Ohio Au-
gust 16. 1862, and was aged 81 years
months and 8 days. She had lived
in Canon City for about IS years and
had a wide circle of friends and ac-
quaintances She was kind, charit-
able and hospitable. being highly es-
teemed by all who knew her. She
was member of the Christian church
and of Harmony lodge. Rebekah lodge,
and was active in the enterprises of
both organizations.
Some four or five years ago she
was married % ]. n. Rendel. her for
mer husband. James Watson, havinr
died several years previously. II is
understood that the funeral will take
place from Wilson's undertaking es-
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GUESTS OF MR..
AND MRS. A. c. EULER

c. z. Fuller and Herbert Finch OF
Binghamton, n. V, accompanied by
the formers daughter, Mrs. Meeks of
Springfield, ILL.,, arrived here from the
East day or two ago and are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Fuller
and family, 524 Pike avenue, for a
short time while on their way to San
Francisco, Cal. where they will spend
the winter. Mr.. Fuller is an uncle
and Mr.. Finch and Mrs. Meeks are
cousins of their host
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oUlJA BOARD GAVE
CANON CITY GIRL cLEW
tcon;inuea from rage onel

fCoEtinueu from rage Oael
here, the girl was born or adopted
from this Institution. which police be-
lieve is an orphanage. after the IA
ther had been killed, or died. and the
mother had been forced to relinquish
the child Detective McCabe has To-
Gated parties in Lafayette who are
said to know the secret of Mrs. Jones'
babyhood. but who have so far refused
TO aid the police by divulgine any
thing.
An exact copy of the answers given
by the ouija board recently are in the
possession of the police. who are in
clined to attach much importance to
the replies. According to the board,
the girl was adopted by Mrs. Snider
and is of foreign birth. ice pick.
spelled out by the board, is in the
Gem meat market Your father was
killed with the ice pick He was
wealthy. Your mother is living in
Indiana. Your father was high Of
fetal once in Germany"
The police are communicating with
all the relatives of the girl in Indiana.
with the police of Lafayette and In
dianapolis. with the birth registers of
both cities ad the hospitals. and cIews
to the girls identity which may lead,
as she believes. to a fortune as well
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|MUNCIE. INDIANA
OFFICIALS GIVEN
PRISON TERMS ON
FRAUD CHARGES
Used the Mails in Promoting
Fake Fights in Muncie-
Mayor Included.
,ns Unltea Rcc-s.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND. Nov. 25.-
Mayor Collins, Prosecuting Attorney
Horace Murphy and 21 otner we'll
known citizens of Muncie, Inc. with
their police associates, have been
given varying terms OF Imprisonment
and fines b. Judge Anderson of the
Federal court for using the mails to
defraud in fake fighls.
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TIE RADOSLOVlckS
HAVE BABY SON

Mr.. and Mrs. Rodoslovick. formerly
residents Of this community, but now
making their nome at Ca!yton. n. NJ,
are the parents OF fine 12-podnd boy
bay. born to them on November 10.
The concentrations OF their friends is
in order.
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TWO MYSTERIOUS
FIRES in FEDERAL
PRISONS CAUSES
A BIG MONEY LOSS
Sing Sing Prison and Ft.
Leayenworth Have SINH
lar Trouble on Same Day.
(nN I.nitcn rrcss.,

OSsINING, n. y. Nov. 21-An in
cendiary tre, which broke out here
while the water main was cut off, de-
stroyed three storage buildings in
Sing Sing prison causing S100o.OOO
loss.
LEANENWORTH, KAN. Nov. 21--
a mysterious fire in the Federal
prison here destroyed seven buildings
with loss of $l5O.O0O.
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Enlistment at O'Clock Sunday aft
ernoon- The obsequies Will be con-
Quoted by Rev. Mr.. Burgess, pastor OF
the Christian church The body will
be laid TO rest in Lakeside cemetery.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-11-27
FOR Sale-Automobiles

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Firsi-class
automobile for 5-6-room cottage. p.
o. box 15S. 2Ts-p6t
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FOR SALE-Lands of the Rainbow
Park Land Company of Floronce,
Colo; Oldest water on the Arkansas
river; price from $3.50 acre up; terms
TO suit buyer; will allow one-third off
on all cash paid down; s100 paid down
given credit Of $50; tracts from
acres up: vegetable, fruit and alfalfa
lands: all lands are within . miles of
the postoffce. Address Rainbow
Park Land Company, Florence. Colo
rado. 274-tt
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FOR SALE-NlisceIIaneoul

FOR SALE-One Sharpenless sepa-
rator. Gil Forest avenue 274-p6t
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FOUND
MISCELLANEOUS

MONEY to loan on frst-class real es-
tate security at per cent. Ad-
dress &C." Record office 277-pst
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WANTED-Good reiiap;e gin or
woman for general hougework; no
washing. Address Box 81, Canon
City. 272-p6t
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WANTED--A chambermaid; good
wages. Phone Mrs. ScheIble, West
cliffe. 27b-3'
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WANTED-woman for general house
work. by day or week. Call at 52s
Pike avenue. 27S-p2
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WANTED-HELP.

WANTED Middle.agec woman as
housekeeper by widower with two
children, z and 8; more for home thar
wages. Box 369. Chandler, Colo. 212-pt
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-07-29
Lynn, Ind.

A surprise dinner was given at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cox in hon.
or Of Mrs. Cox's birthday. Those en-
joying the day were Mr.. and Mrs.
James Chenoweth and family, Of near
Winchester; Henry Cox. Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Chenoweth and daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Miller of Winchester, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Chenoweth. Virgil
J. Cox of Newcastle spent Sunday
with his parents here. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Haisley Of Columbus, O., spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. S. U. Hill.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. James of Rich
mond spent Sunday with relatives
here. Miss Grace Houser Of Indi-
annapolis has been visiting relatives
here the past week. Mrs. Emma
Humphreys left Thursday night for
Michigan to spend month with her
daughter and family. ..... Miss Anna
Clark spent Sunday with friends in
Muncie. DIR. George Alexander OF
Terre Haute spent Sunday with rela-
tives here. MI and Mrs. Newton
Reed left Saturday evening for Green
vile, O., where they will spend week
visiting relatives. Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Fulton were Sunday guests OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Harvey.
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Losantuiue, Ind.

Nolan lookout spent the weekend
in Muncie with home folks. :. Miss
Beatrice Virgins was Sunday guest
of Miss Dale Tawney.. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank McGungill and daughter and
Mr.. and Mrs. Emrice McGungill and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. B. M. Hurst. $3.50. Ray Doughty
Miss Winnie Bruver and Miss Doris
Cooke were Sunday guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. H. H. Virgins. 80. Miss Anna
Arbogast spent Sunday with Miss Ona-
Cooke. 1890. Mr.. and Mrs. Murl Bald
win Of Anderson were weekend quests
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver Ford. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ohio Vernon and family of New