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on the others They had staIked the beast for some time, and just when they were going to get him, the German changed his course and came right bang up against me. Other wise 1 had not an earthly chance of getting him. was not slow to take the chance offered, and l climb ed above him until I was ready, and then I came lower and let him have red hell. He got 1t right enough, and then I bounded up so as not to get caught in the flames"
 Rescue Attempt Fails.
 It was not our fault that Robinson was not rescued. As l have said, Vedrines was in waiting, ready to- car ry his British comrade to safety, and we had laid our plans for anlbushing the escort which was to go on by road with Robinson and other prls- oners. Unfortunately, at the last minute there was a change of plan. and Capt. Robinson was sent on by train with an important parsonage who happened to be travelling to Ser lin, and was eager to take this dis eQl uo peYoBllB sBM 4Jo0s9 eUL
 The escart was attacked on the road as arranged, and a number of prisoners were released, but we soon found that Robinson was not among them. After this incident the Ger mans sent large bodies of troops into the district to search the woods and roads for escaped prisoners. They encountered & few who were shot at sight, but I am glad to say that the rest Of the men we had rescued got away safely, being sent in parties of twos and threes through to the Brit is h lines at Lille.
 It is really surprising that the British public seem to know so little of the extent to which the escape of prisoners was going on every day in : Fra rca Yat if one lnnl.s III, the nF
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ASTONISHING YORK OF ALLIED
 SECRET SOCIETY IN BEL LGlUhl
How Thousands of British Prisoners Were Freed By Men, Women and Children Who Lived In
 Occupied Districts.

expect to come out alive. think they knew who I was, and they had many old scores against me. How they got on my track I don't know, but if l had not escaped then my life would have been taken. I was so convinced of that as l lay in the room into which they threw me that I thought only of making my peace with my Maker
 "Yes.' I broke in, there Is not the least doubt that they knew you. There must have been treachery some where.
 ''So I think remarked D; and then he proceeded About five in the morning I heard firing outside, and the German officer came in and told me to get ready to leave These damned Belgians,' he said, are at tacktng us. It is men like you who encourage these people to rise against us. They will pay dearly for thIs outbreak
 He hurriedIy left me, and I heard the firing come nearer Suddenly the window was broken in, and some one called to me in French to come out. I went outside, where ! saw a num- Der of German soldiers lying dead, and others taking to flight. l was pushed into Q car, and taken off where you now find me"
 It may be as well if I explain that D. owed his release to one of those occasional outbreaks on the port of the oppressed Belgians. They had seen D. brought in a prison CT, and as they had their own grudge against the officer in charge, q, num- Der of the villagers got hold of the arms concealed near by and attacked , the house. After rescuing D
 they carried the bodies of the Ger.
 man patrol outside the village and
 buried them.
 The German authorities were some time in finding out what had hap. ! pened to the patrol, but they did dis ] cover its loss in due course, anC
 m measures were taken to punish the i villagers I believe that g number ! of hostages were shot, and & fine wa. 1 imposed on the villagers.
 1 RObinson's Capture. ] After a stay of about eight day. 1 Major D was taken back to thu ] British lines by Fonck, who was 1T 1 the neighborhood in connection witt i the landing of French Intelligence l Officers to take a survey of the road l by which the Germans were to re
 treat when they decided on the aban i donment of Belgium
 saw this daring young officer o1 ! several subsequent occasions Lik ! Major Harker, he moved freely abou 1 Brussels and the districts aroun,
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Ghent without being challenged

Captain w. Leefe Robinson, the British airman who first brought down a Zeppelin on British soil, was another man of whom I saw a good deal at that time, and had the pain or seeing him carried off into cap- taVity without being able to render him the slightest assistance. We had heard of his capture from Vedrines, who had paid a surprise visit that day and the little Frenchman was very anxious We should save the British airman at all costs. At great danger to himself he remained in the nefghborhood that night until it was clear there was absolutely no hope of getting Captain Robinson out of the hands of his captors
 When I said to the excftable little man that there was no hope, he nearly broke down. "Oh, mon Dieu,' he said, wringing his hands and pacing about in his excitement
 'and he was such a brave man, such a good scomrade, and such a daring airman. They will kill for certain
 these Boches. They do not love the
 brave men who fight them from the air. They have sworn to kill him
 if ever he falls into their hands, for Count Zeppelin does not like the man who showed that his airships were not good"
 Nedrines was, unfortunately, right in fearing that poor Robinson would be hI-treated in Germany, but none of us imagined that the tn-treatment would be such as to occasion his death so soon after the armistice brought release for him. Robinson | was very modest and very daring. asked him once about his exploit in bringing down a Zeppelin.
 Only my luck, just luck and noth- ing more" he said. Tt was rough
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What the devil do you mean by interfering in what doesn't concern you ?" he shouted at me, and I have to confess with such g greeting from a man whose gratitude was expect ing rather took me aback.
 Surely" answered, controlling my own anger, you do not call 1t in reference If men risk their liveS to save you from the torment of Ger man prison camps"
 ''Torment be damned, and you be
 damned with it." was the retort of the angry Irishman 'I insist on
 being set free at once, and allowed
 to go on my way, torment or no tor
 ment."
 confess l did not know what to make of this man. He did not strike me as a man likely to prefer Imprisonment to the dangers of the fighting line, and thought it best to ask what reason he had for his strange preference.
 What is that to you" he retorted, and I saw that there was only one way to pacify him, and that was to let him go his way. To the amaze ment of the Belgtans and some Of the British soldiers who had been re- i leased, I told them to allow the l Captain to go back to his German 1 captors-
 i I took the Captain away. and when ] we were alone I suggested that per 1 haps he would not object to telling
 me the reason for his strange prefer 1 ence.
 There is a reason, as you say 1 he replied. "hut what 1t Is you must not expect me to say. All can tel 1 you is that I am going into Germany i With your permission. if you care tc 1 give it, but without 1t if you choose 1 that alternative"
 had to leave the fiery little man and it was not until nearly two years
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ficfal lists, one will see that, after every important battle, there were scores of men at first reported miss ing who afterwards rejoined- Most of these men were actually far behind the German lines when first reported missing, but by one means or anoth- CT they had got back to their units.
 In other cases men reached the British lines before ever being re- ported missing, and their names do not appear in the lists at all.
 Not all the prisoners we helped to escape were grateful to us. Some were absolutely war weary. and even the prospect of imprisonment in Germany they preferred to going back to the drudgery and discomfort of the trenches.
 There was one of these ungrateful men, however who had an entirely different reason for resenting our in reference on his behalf. He was one of 8 party of about 20 French and British officers and men whc were sent to Brussels one morning to march to Valenciennes, where they were to be sent on to Germany by a railway route that had just been re-opened after extension The escort accom- panying them was very small owing to the fact that the Germans were then beginning to fee the pinch-it was in the days of the battle of the Somme-and wanted al their men for the fighting line. Strange Irishrnan.
 About twelve miles out of the city at the close of the first days march we attacked the escort, which wa. easily powered, and rescued tht whole of the prisoners, including ont of whom I have spoken. This wal | an Irish officer, a Captain in rank When he was brought to our hous, ! with the rest the Captain was in { terrible rage.
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(The whole world has heard Of happy escapes of Allied prisoners from the Huns. but few know any thing of the agency by which many of these escapes were aided. It was the work of one of the most amazing secret societies in the world, so- cfety without Q name, presided over by a Scot Frederick Maxwell by name, and among it's members were hundreds of men an7 women, and even children, in the occupied regions of France and Belgium In this series MT. Maxwell tells for the first time the story of his great work.)
 [By Frederick NaxweH.l
 Copyright 1919, by Frederick Max
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
WELL KNOWN EASTON
CIVIC WORKER DIES
Mrs. Matilda Butz Chidsey Was
Noted for Her Many Char
table Enterprises

EastOn, Pa, Oct. 81 Mrs. Matilda
Butt Chidsey, widow of Henry Child
sey aud one of Easton's oldest, best
known and most philanthropic women,
is dead at her home here. She was
eighty two years old last May.
Probably no other local woman was
as widely known as Mrs. Chidsey, and
probably no other woman has Gone as
much for charitable purposes in this
city in several generations. She was
an active church worker in the Re
formed Church. Sho received her cdu-
cation in Easton and later attended the
Moravian College for Women at Beth
lchem, being one Of the oldest aumnac
of that institution.
She was a member of the advisory
board of Bethany Orphans Home. nj
Womelsdorf, and of tho ladies auXili
ary of the Phoebe Deaconess and Old
Folks Home at Allentown
She was one of the original members
of the board of managers of tho Easton
Home for Friendless Children and re
maineG a member of this board MP TO
the time of her death. She was deeply
concerned in the welfare of the Easton
Home for F'riendless Children and OF
the Easton Hospital
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31
OSTEOPATH SEES
GAIN IN LOST SUIT
Or. o. J. Snyder Glad Drug Case
Brought Recognition From
Medical Men
BALDTS WORDS PLEASE

'''l'he defense of Doctor Daily was
worth all it cost the state osteopaths il
it brought that expression from Doc
tor Baldy."
That statement was made last night
by DIR, o. J. Snyder, president of the
State Board Of Osteopathic Examiners,
at n meeting of the members of the
osteopathic profession at the Hotel
Adelphia. Doctor Snyder referred to
the interview with Doctor Baldy, head
Of the board of medical examiners,
printed exclusively in the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER yesterday. in which he
said: Personally. I think osteopethy
is n good thing, that it can do things
which medicine, drugs and surgery can
not do" Doctor Badly referred to the
conviction of DIR. Philip S. Daily, Six
ty second and Arch streets.
Doctor Snyder did not agree. with
everything that Doctor Badly said He
continued:
The thing about Doctor Baldy's
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statement that is unjust is that he
would make the public believe that
ostcopaths are not educated sufficiently
to rank with physicians.
"If the right to use drugs needed in
the hospital and in the various special
ties taught now in our college Is taken
away, even though it is provided for
under our law, we might as well close
up and limit ourselves to the oste-
opathy Of twenty Eve years ago.
The meeting last night was called
for the purpose Of preparing to launch
a campaign for 800 900 for the Osteo-
pathic Hospital OF Philadelphia. This
campaign will begin during the first
week of December.
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nioni risuurdc la questlone dcil'Adri-

zioni rlguardc la questlone dell'Adri-
atico
II Ministro Tittoni 81 attcnde in Romn
per la prossima settimana, da Parigi,
per conferire con Re Vittorio Emanuele
con il presidente del consiglio del Min b
istri con j membri del Gabinetto.
Lon. Nitti ha inviato una lettera
agli elettori del suo Collegio nella quale
parla della questione Adriatica ed eri q
tenuta come un indizio del programme
seguito dal Goveruo per la campagna
electorate,
In una parte della lettera, ron.
Nitti dice: ''ll Governo ha riaffermato
le aspiration italiane di Fiume sta
impiegando ogni mezzo per difenderle
contro qualsiasi attacco."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Made with the same care and
supervision that were always cXer.
cised in brewing SchmidtS Beer; in
the same modern and Tanitary brew
house; and subjected to : special and
exclusive process by which the alco-
hol is reduced to less than one-half
of one per cent. But the snappy
taste, sparkle and flavor of Natures
health giving cereals are all re-
tanned.
Puritan Special is now on 'draught where
quality beverages only are given the pref
crence.
In bottles for the home. Mail or telephone
orders will receive prompt attention.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Washington, Dc, 81 ottobre.-Dls-
pacci olsciali da Pari 81 rifettono
l'apprensione che regina nei circoh di'
plomati CT, quella cioe' che limposslbi-
lIta' di una soluzione del problema di
Fiumc potra' originare una grave n
volta In Italia, owe ii governo, che pre-
santemente ha potuto tenere il controilo
della situaZione, Vede dele omore cue
fanno sorgere del dubbt mel potter cor
tsre ulterisimente sull,apposlo gell
Trercito e dellArnata, del quale alcunc
importanti unita' dimostrano Ia loro
determinatezza di difendere litallanita
Nei circoli diplomatici ci 81 dice, che
l'ipsucesso del negoziatl fra ltallenG
rli Stati Unit ha reso In poslnione dci
Gorerno italiano precariamentc lnsl-
cura. 81 rileva che in un reccntc con
clio della Corona, prcsicduto ia he
Vittorio, fu sostenuto che una soluzlone
del problema di Flumo STA imposslbllc
senza un COMPROMISED, g enc anche
Giolitti Salandra, come capi ran
presentanti le organlzzaHlone operalc
italiane, domandarono che II HoVerho
dichiarasse lannessionc dl tlume'
n, noto che il Governo italiano ha
mndl0r9JO COuSlutiNN W NV
precedenti domandc G-o scope. dl
presentare una proposta che fosSe
accettabile da partc del Presidente WI,
son, fissava 10 state di Fiume con Il
porto libero in uuo Stata CuscinetioG,
ma richiedeva che l'italiau ita della
citta' fosse riconosciuta garantlta
Ma Il Presidente Wilson, sccondo ie
notizie da Parigi, ha ritiutato d. accet-
tare l'ultima proposta de Governo
italiano. ST assert see che il tradimento
di Biume da parte del governo signln =
cherebbe causare non soltanto una
royina. ma la rivoluzioue in Italia Ia
procla mazione dell 'annessiune di Flume'
Diplomatiche autorita hanno, lerl:
dichiarato che una tale eventuallta
porterebbe ad una guerra ira lltalla g
Ia Jugoslavia, causerebbe un con-
flitto nei Balcani. e,
E' state ancho aggiunto che il ritardo
neil sistemare Ia questione Adriatlcca
fno n dopo le elezioni general IN
Italia, precipitara' l'annunzio dell an
nessione di Fiume da parte del prescnte
governo italiano, il quale nello stesso
tempo fara' una pubblica dichiarazione
al popoli ed allie nazioni delle ragioni
che giustaficano una tale azione.
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Tie.up Expected in Ohio

Columbus, o.. Oct. 81 .-- BY \. P.l
State headquarters Of the United
Mine Workers OF America was busly
engaged today preparing for a complete
tieup Of the bituminous coal mining
industry in Ohio. All Of the more than
40, 900 coal miners in the state are cx-
pected TO heed the call to strike. In
the meantime reports from all parts Of
the state told of the contscation of
thousands of cars of coal by the rail
road administration.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-31

Roma, 81 ottobre--Petcr A. jay, in
caricato d'affari ll'Ambasciata Amer
icana in Roma, ed il Conte Carlo Sforza
sotto -segretario di State al Ministero
per gil Atari Esteri, hanno frequenti
conversation scambio di comunica-
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|L'ORA GRAVE Ed Il
PER|COL0 D1TAL|A
L'Induglo SulIa SoIuzione del
ProbIema di Fiume Potrebbe
Causare la Rivoluzione

Published and Distributed Under
PERMIT NO. 341
Authorized by the act Of October y,
1917. on ile at tho Postoffice OF Pnila-
A. S. BURLEsoN.
Postmaster General
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-10
WESLEYAN Won
FROM BAUERS
BY 6-2 SCORE

| Special 10 ne IIlltliI6'''N'1'
| RUCKHANNON. W. Va. June AN
avalanche of smuggling IN the fourth ana
! again in the eighth gave Wesleyan a
victory over the Wheeling Bauers oy
the score Of CO.
! The game was well played and there
were some brilliant plays on the part
of both teams. +. Blake pitched hhe
game for Wesleyan. allowing but TWO
clean hits. BcCk's home run to ma nc
field brought the Grandstand To It's !ee''
The Baucrs first scored IN tho fourth
when Bero walked and won't to thIru on
Seuharts single. Giles famed. Ncl'h
flied 10 c. Flake. but R"ro Was h''a AZ
third until Blake made wild pItch. IN
the same inning Stark singled t'"'K
was safe on Salisbury's error Dunn
dou blcd TO deep center. scoring SlhTh
Ross sacrificed, scoring Beck. and 'dnn
sped home on thr throw to nrst, COM
pIeting a pretty play.
Woods scored for the FauerS in inc
eighth on a single, an out and Johnson
error. ~
Wesleyan came back in the cigh'n
with two scores when Hall doubled,
Stark and Beck singled. Dunn Sacr'hc'd
and Johnson singled The score:
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DORSEY LEADS
wv. BASMEN

HORGANTOWN. w. Va. Jun"
Walter F. Dorsey. who REGISTERS ~
university "a being from Mount ''''N
on, West va. wherever that IS. has
,,,rtic;notcd in only eight of IN" severn
ICON varsity games fer West Virginia.
.bia season, but has amhSN"d inc VHLy'
comfortable batting av"raC" "l 80 T.
mark. incidentally. that would d"
,-.dit 70 Ty Cobb himself. though. al
curse " must DO conceded that IHr'
~ has hardly BEEN facing tn" sam"
hand Of pitching that Tyrus raymond
Cobb faced daily. Dorsey played an
tbro,ph the 1918 season. ana credit a
hly but in practice as VOL as IN Inc
Arst gan,e this year n" seemed 70 r" IN
elunn and after being NJ four tunes
{, the opener without III" S'nH!'n'"
- n nit shelton hcnchCd mm IN favor
~ NrrfCn and Lat'"rrl"r. II" hr'k'
locu against Ohio Wesleyan. and there
b,s becn no thought "f mn"hInR hIm
eirce In his first seventeen trips I"
mo plato following his reinstatement.
he got twelve hits for an av"raE" "i al
most 100. Just by way Of f"ttrni;
even. too. ne got five hits IN eight trips
against tho Wheeling team. tn" aEcr"-
cation that had set him back s" COM
pletely In tho opening game that Shell
ton had benChed him.
Captain Rodgers is hitting for III"
comfortable aycraE" of ,%13. i mari:
that is not attained by every college
hitter. WHOM opposed To pitching such
as that offered by Cornell. Lafayette.
Penn State. y racu$c. TN" IttsburEi,
slOnul team. Rodgers IS D"lns widely
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-10
PLAN ANNUAL OUTING

The members Of the mems BLDG ciAss
- v.nce Memorial church Of Woodsdale
are looking forward with much pleasure
70 the seventh annual outing OF INC
class. which is scheduled for sometime
this month. In 1913 the men went 10
10 1saak Walton Club. UP Big Wheel'
inr creek. In 1914. 1915. 1916. and 1917
the outing was held at Blayneys Grove
while in 1918. the class drove BY auto
mobiles to Epworth Park. Bethesda
Ohio.
A meeting Of the officers and mem.
hers Of the class will be held tonight
at the residence Of MT. Alfred Penlis
Hawthorne Court, Woodsdae. at Whicn
time the date and place for tho DIG
day will be selected and other plans
laid to insure an enjoyable Gay.
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sRan' for Vanguard In NTH.
1Batted for, Cheney in seventh
Two-baSe hIts-Eeale, Salee, Mar
guard.
Home rUn-Rath.
Stolen base-BrcSSler.
Sacrifice hits-Rath ,. Sallee.
Left on bascs-Brooklyn g. Cinctn
natl S.
ney ..
Hits-OT MarQuerd. 5 in innings:
OF Cheney. In > innings; of Mitchell.
in . innings.
Hit by pitch"r--By Cheney !.
Struck out-By Sallec l. by Mitchell
!. Losing pitcher. Vanguard.
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FOUR IN A Row

ST. LOUIS. Mo- June . ST. Louis
made il four straight from Philadelphia
by winning TODAY TO |. DOak was hit
freely bur received excellent support.
tho gam" being r"plcto with sp"ctacular
plays. \ back running one-handed catch
by Seathcote. which robbed Baird OF
home run. featured. Score:
PHILADELPHIA mn non o1o--1 . .
81. Louis .O 600 "3l 0nX-6 N o
Jacobs. Prendergast and Adams; Doak
and Clemens.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-10
CLEAN SWEEP
FOR THE REDS
WITH DODGERS

CINCINNATI. Ohio. June s-Clnc'n-
nx4t made a clean sweep Of their series
win Brooklyn BY winning their fourth
straight game here today. 7 TO :. Naln
made a homo run in the frst inning anu
the locals were never headed.
1a-ouard was badly injured IN inc
nfth inning when he stumbled over sec
ond base after making two-oaSe MT,
He fell heavily 70 the ground and mad
TO be carried OF the field His leg was
found to be broken and he Will De OUT
~ the game for several weeks. II not
Tor 4he entire season Score:
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Standing Of Clubs.
EAGLES
VS., YORKVILLE

Mkt Sunday afternoon the Martins
Ferry Eagles will play their frst OF
series Of games with the Bauers. MIC
Cnnk"ys and Yc-kvtlle AT League PARK
with Yorkville as the opponent.
Tho fans Of this city and vicinity ara
looking forward 70 these games WIN
much interest. as IN" best team IN the
valley will he decided.
Tho Ferry Eagles will b. out severa
nights this week for a hard WORKOUT.
as thcv expect n hard contest.