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established 1855 YORK. 8. C., FRIDAY. OCTOBER tl, 1318. NO. 82
| THE ATTAI
| Across France Ii
/ By Fullerti
Soniewheie In Franct-.? Yesterday
was treated to a ride in a two-mar
tank, outside a walled town who.v
history antedates l?y centuries the he.
KinriinK ol the Christian era.
I think that impertinent little tani
was almost equal to the task of sealiriK
or puneturinK the iniuhty bastions
"Mml-puppies" the men at work up'
on the tanks call them. The last-borr
of the lot wore the name in whit?
paint "Daintirio."
Oonninu a suit of overalls, I dim bee
ill at a iiiii'k door. which was siammo,
after rne. I stood where th?f machim
gunner ordinarily stands, the turrcl
enclasping nty head with its leathci
puds like a /real helmet.
('no mustn't go too minutely intc
particulars. Suffice it to say that on<
man operates the nun. the other it
chauffeur. The little craft scuttle.'
over the landscape like a crab, turning
its own length and extricating itself
witli ease from almost any terrain
less fluid than a pond.
Tanks are an old story, hut this 1?
a fairly new and a most auspiciour
variation.
The turret was locked in place. s?
that I ran no risk of losing my balance,
since there was plenty of handles
to which I might cling if I wished.
i was surprised to hnd how much
one could see through slits so narrow
We dip|M-d into a ditch in the open
field and the tank hardly noticed it
Then we plowed Into the wUdwood
"f,.|t it when we mowed
down young trees several inches I hick
I 1 realized that this was the merest
? child's play computed with remaining
in battle fer sixty-four hours without
cessation, as British tanks did at (.'umbra
1.
Itut I could understand why the men
who are working on the tanks ait
praying to be sent into action voiy
soon. A sense of remorseless restlessness
sweeps over the tank rider.
The officer in command must be wellnigh
omniscient.
He must know military tactics. s?
as to be able to work with the doughboy
s.
He must be able to take to pieces
and put together machine guns of the
various types.
He should know both how to run the
car and how to Are the gun. no mat.
^ ter IX/he tank la atanding on its head
*** ^ t vi rn^tiy hjBdiprtnff, w f
Before the apprentice Is put in the
tank he is introduced to a full-size
wooden model, which can be worked
<iuite as though It were the real thing
careening 11 pally over the landscape.
In this model ho trains the gun upon
a target and learns to tire it with such
accuracy that when he graduates to
the tank Itself h? is merely changing
from walls of wood to those of steel.
I was delighted at the Are and zest
of the men who were putting into
commission this Aeet of steel landboats,
the terrestrial destroyers. They
talked to them as fondly as a father
speaking of his children.
The mechanics?soldiers, all of them
?wore hammering and tiling for dear
lift', and. heedless of Ions hours, they
did not need to be told that their work
directly counted toward victory.
The "Atterbury Special." named for
our American director general of
transiiortation. has been nicknamed by
our men the "Attaboy Special."
It traverses most of France, under
all-Amerlcan auspices. using French
cars hauled by u French locomotive.
There are American negro |>orters in
the uniform of sergeants.
I was delighted with the seven
doughboys who shared my compartment
with me.
They had traveled the whole night
before, sitting upright or composing
themselves to est as best they might
on their infant > packs along the corridor.
Hut they we e chipper as field-mice
and fresh as < aisles.
They congratulated themselves that
they did not have to travel in one of
the French t>oxcnrs marked "S Horses
?-10 Men." suph as they had endured
for three days after landing.
The subject vOf the "Eats" was a favorite.
Do you th nk the talk was all
"kicks"? Assi redly it was not.
Itofore long they brought out a new
sort of army hardtack?much softer
and more palatable than the traditional
kind.
I noticed in the legend on this box
that n Philadelphia baking company
made the crackers.
The men called them "bully good
crackers."
Then an expert in high explosives
Introduced a tin of jum?a big one?
for which he had paid two francs and
a half. |
I didn't want to deprive them of any
part of their provender, but they generously
insisted.
"Eats are 99 per cent of the game."
said one. as he licked his fingers and
rubbed them suneptltiously on his O.
U. Suit v*
"You know what Americans are.
You know how they lo\e to cat. Chiel
Indoor sport, winter and sun>mer.
"When you get out in the field It
means ten times as much.
"Starve a soldier and you get him
grouchy. Don't think I am complaining.
1 am not. Our commissary is
doing first-rate.
"But It is simply a question of putting
fuel under the boilers. A man
can't properly do his work on an empty
stomach.
"It's a curious thing, but when you
get a group of soldiers who haven't
had enough to eat you'll find them losing
their ttmpers and picking quarrels
with one another at the drop ol
the hat.
I "Things that didn't amount to anything
before look big when you're
empty. When men are hungry the>
are just like animals that haven't beer
fed. They get rambunctious."
I don't ask for a better beef thai
bully beef, bread and coffee. Th<
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I Americans call the canned beef either 7
, eanned i>uily or canned willy. 0
Thence I went afield to a camouflage j,
. ramp, a curious and engrossing place. j,
ioing most remarkable work that lax- s
. is mechanical ingenuity and the in- t
, M-ntivc faculty, and by means merely f,
tin aitistic sense. ir
Kxhibit A was a group of about 500 I,.
( women ? f renin women ? wwwg I
. strips of burlap painted gritn in and ?
out of the meshes of chicken wire by \
I the kilometer. n
I The burlap was first slashed into j(
. strips by wicked-looking carving y
t knives in the hands of other women.
. Then it was dipped?also by girls?in- t
to barrels of green paint. It was put j|
t through the meshes while still moist, v
, for if the operators wait until it is ?s
j dry it is much more likely to abrade h
, the skin.
They sang and joked at their work: ii
but it certainly was work of the heavi- f
t est kind. t
They started at 7.30 in the morning i|
( and worked until 6, with an hour and u
( a half for lunch. I
In the luncheon interval they could o
( buy for two or three cents soup and
bread at a stand arranged by the Y. c
M. C. A., which elsewhere had a hut r
for t lie men. S
j The Ited Cross had arranged a t
charming creche, decorated with gray e
[ mural paintings, where the women a
with children could leave their babes n
while they tolled. a
J Camou'lage for women? That is a a
question that is of present concern to
many Americans. r
The woman's part at this plant was
that of uncompromising drudgery. \i
cheerfully carried through by those e
who earned every sou of their pay. h
No doubt tiie American woman is ii
able to work at a task that culls on o
, her to plunge her arms elbow-deep in w
xats of green paint, or haul about ir
large bundles of netting (whether of o
wirt* or su m?/?uui in u?.*i um\ iici - v.
sell thoughtfully whither this sort of t<
( woik is bettor worth her while than .1
another. r;
The veil must be drawn over vari- !>
ous ingenious devices for fooling th? si
enemy that are exhibited here. If bet- tl
ter trees are made in Germany 1 have r
>et to see them. There are rows of ?
the irost lifelike steel-helmeted heads I)
and obseivatlon posts that dify detecat
cldfee range. But the ir
pSroMig of such objects as these does H
not call for artists, but for artisans, ei
and the original designs once created a!
and the original models once prepared s<
it hctomes henceforth merely a stere- <*<
otypi'd problem of quantitative supply, tl
Koi the mechanics there is such P
work as that of bending ordinary steel ?
plates into paint va's and rushing s'
through thiin the strips of burlap as
fast as printing presses throw off
newspapers. There are drills and "
lathes for the work in steel and iron, s'
and though women might do this work
it is not what is ordinarily understood n
by the gentle art of camouflage. s<
It might be asked. "Is not camou- 1X1
flage useful on buildings likely to be P
bombed ?"
To which the answer is that bomb- 11
ing is generally committed at night o:
when the camouflage is useless, al- a
though to be sure, the deceptive
painting helps to deceive the aviator ^
who by davtime endeavors to locate ol
important objectives. "
Camouflage on gun carriages and s'
tanks is of material assistance, but
in the case of the tanks especially so
much invd is quicklv accumulated as s
r?i enneenl the oaint. n
The work of Installing the decep- ll
tive object at the front-line trenches r<
is a perilous enterprise to which several
members of the staff have sac- ^
riflced their lives. This is an undertaking
in which the women cannot be ,(
permitted to have a part.
Nobody wants to throw cold water
that shall temper the ardor of feminine
enthusiasm for camouflage, but
, mural decoration Is only a part and a n
very small part, of this applied sci- u
ence. Most of the work is just as mechanical?monotonous
If you will?as
the driving of nails at a shipyard, or
the l>oring of barrels at a rifle factory. ^
It does not require an nrtlst to paint
a burlap bag to resemble the land.
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seape so that n soldier may ensconce
CJ
himself In and look like a leafy bush. ,
it
After the first one has been produced.
as in the case of the rough
paintings of men in steel helmets, rifles
and bayonets, the copies can be
made by those hard-working French
women and refugees from every wardistraught
country who don bloomers ?
and work long hours for the maximum s
wage of seven francs a day. which, to
many of them. Is a godsend. w
"All the art." said a member of the
C!
f staff, "is in making the first one." The
reproduction pressure Is enormous,
and the supply is racing full-tilt to o
keep up with the Incessant demand. a
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Miss Gertrude I.ustig. chief nurse at si
Camp Howie. Texas, base hospital, has s|
been arrested by agents of the depart- A
ment of justice as a pro-German and p
is being held under strict guard at tl
Fort Worth pending advices from si
VV'imhlnirton She was lK>m in Ger
i many, and her sentiments were very ?
strongly Oerman. At the hospital she
i permitted nurses of Oerautn extrac- si
tion to sing German sonars. Miss Lus- si
tig entered the army as a nurse in T
i 1906 and served in the Philippines. In c<
1911 she went to Germany, soon re- ti
turning to the United States, where tl
I she took out first citizenship papers, d
i She failed to register as an alien ene- s
my. She was arrested In an automo- tl
hlle in company with a German s
f preacher.
n
The Vatican at Rome Is reported to p
, have refused to act on the request of c
Austro-Hungary to institute peace n
, proceedings. c,
Philadelphia reported 175.000 cases 8
1 of influenza Monday. New Jersey re- c
' ported 100,000 cases in the state. 8
TREATMENT OF INFLUENZA
Vhat the United States Public Health
Service Knows About It.
The following bulletin, issued by the
"nited States Public Health service,
. ith the sanction of Rupert Blue, sureon
general of the army, Rives about
he best information to be had on th<
ubject of influenza:
What is Spanish influenza? Is it
ornithine new? Does it come from
Ipain?
The disease now occurring in this
ountry and called "Spanish influona"
resembles a very contagious kind
f "cold" accompanied by fever, pains
a the h'-ad, eyes, ears, back or other
arts of the body, and a feeling ol
evere sickness. In most of the cases
he symptoms disappear after three or
our days, the patient then rapidly reoverins:
some of the patients, howver.
develop pneumonia, or inflamaion
of the ear, or meningitis, and
rariy of these complicated cases die,
Miether this so-called "Spanish inuenza"
is identical with the epldem s
of influr nza of earlier years is not
et known.
Kpidcmics of infiitenza have visited
his country since 1617. It is interestng
to know that the first apidemic
/as brought here from Valencia,
Ipain. Since that time there have
een numerous epidemics of the disase.
In 1SS9 and 1K90 an epidemic of
nfluenza. starting somewhere in the
irient, spread first to Russia, and
hence over practically the entire civlia&ed
world. Three years later there
ras another flare-up of the disease,
loth times tin- epidemic spread widely
ver the 1'nited States.
Although the present epidemic is
ailed "Spanish influenza." there is no
eason to believe that it originated in
Ipain. Some writers who have studied
he question believe that the epidemic
ame front the Orient and they call
Mention to the fact that the Germans
mention the disease as occurring
long the eastern front in the summer
nd fall of 1917.
How can "Spanish influenza" he
ecognlzed?
There is as yet no certain way in
,'hich a single case of "Spanish influnza"
can be recognized; on the other
and. recognition is easy where there
t a group of cases. In contrast to the
uthroak of ordinary coughs and colds.
:nicn usually occur in me cuia
lonths, epidemics of influenza may
ccur at any season of the year, thus
rte present epidemic raffed most in?nsely
in Europe in May, June, and
illy. Moreover, in the case of ordinals
colds, the ffoneral symptoms (fever,
aln. depression) are by no means as
t-vere or as sudden In their onset as
ley are in influenza. Finally, ordlnay
colds do not spread through the
immunity so rapidly or so extensiver
as does influenza.
In most cases a person taken with
tfluenza feels rather sick suddenly,
[e feels weak, has pains in the eyes,
irs, head or back, and may be sore
II over. Many patients feel dizzy,
ime vomit. Most of the patients
rimplain of feelinff chilly, nnd with
lis comes a fever in which the tcmerature
rises to 100 to 101. In most
ises the pulse remains relatively
low.
In apt>eurance one Is struck by the
ict that one looks sick. His eyes and
le inner side of his eyelids may be
lffhtly 'bloodshot," or "conffested," as
le doctors say. There may be runintr
from the nose, or there may be
ime eouffh. These siffns of a cold
my not be marked: nevertheless the
atient looks and feels very sick.
In addition to the appearance and
ic symptoms as already described,
icaminatlon of the patient's blood may
Id the physician in recognizing:
Spanish Influenza," for it has been
uind that in this disease the number
f white corpuscles shows little or no
icrense above the normal. It is posble
that the laboratory investigations
dw being made through the National
U r<A.,nn|| nn/1 thn ITnltml
rsrmvu v. uwm u nuu w %*.?
tntes Hygienic Laboratory will furIsh
a more certain way in which inIvidual
cases of this disease can be
^cognized.
What is the course of the disease?
? people die of it?
Ordinarily, the fever lasts from three
> four days and the j>atient recovers.
Ut while the proportion of deaths In
le present epidemic has generally
een low. In some places the outbreak
as t>een severe and deaths have been
umerous. When death occurs It is
sually the result of a complication.
What causes the disease and how is
spread?
Bacteriologists who have studied lnuenza
epidemics In the past have
>und in many of the cases a very
moll rod-shaped germ called after its
Iscoverer, Pfeiffer's bacillus. In other
ises of apparently the same kind of
isease there was found pneumococei.
fie germs of lobar pneumonia. Still
thers have been caused by streptodccI
nnd by other germs with long
rimes.
No matter what particular kind of
erm causes the epidemic, it is now
elleved that Influenza is always
pread from person to person, the
erms being carried with the air along
'1th the very small droplets of mucus,
spelled by coughing or sneezing.
>rcct'ul talking, and the like hy one
ho already has the germs of the dis[tse.
They may also be carried in the
ir in the form of dust coming from
r it'll mucus. umiu uvuduuic ?..??
noczlng, or from careless people who
pit on the floor and on the sidewalk.
a in most other catching diseases, a
erson who has only a mild attack of
1e disease himself may give a very
evere attack to others.
What should be done by those who
Mch the disease?
It is very important that every peron
who becomes sick with influenza
hould go home at once and go to bed.
his will help keep away dangerous
amplications and will, at the same
Ime, keep the patient from scattering
tie disease far and wide. It is highly
esirnble that no one l>e allowed to
leep in the same room with the palent.
In fact, no one but the nurse
hould be allowed in the room.
If there is cough and sputum or runing
of the eyes and nose, care should
e taken that all such discharges are
ollected on bits of gauze or rag or
apkins and burned. If the patient
omplains of fever and headache, he
hould .be given water to drink, a cold
ompress to the forehead, and a light
ponge. Only such medicine should
be given as Is prescribed by the doctor.
It is foolish to ask the druggist
i to prescribe and may be dangerous to
take the so-catled "safe. sure, and .
1 harmless" remedies advertised by pat- *
, ent-medicine manufacturers.
if the |>atient is so situated that he
; can l>e attended only by some one who
must also look after others in the fam- |
ily, it is advisable that such attendant
wear a wrapper, apron, or gown over
; the ordinary house clothes while in the I
1 sick room, and slip this off when leaving
to look after the others.
1 N'urses and attendants will do well
to guard against breathing in danger'
ous disease germs by wearing a simple
1 fold of gauze or mask while near the
nntient.
Will .'i person who has had influenza
1 before catch the disease again?
rt is well known that an attack of
measles or scarlet fever or smallpox
usually protects a person against another
attack of the same disease. This
I appears not to be true of "Spanish influenza."
According to newspaper reports
the king of Spain suffered an
attack of influenza during the epidemic
thirty years ago. and was again
stricken during the recent outbreak in
Spain.
How can one guard against influ1
enza?
In guarding against disease of nil
' kinds, it is important that the body be
kept strong and able to fight ofT disease
germs. This can be done by hav'
ing a proper proportion of work, play,
and rest, by keeping the body well
clothed, and by eating sufficient
' wholesome and properly selected food.
In connection with diet, it is well to
remember that milk is one of the best
all-around foods obtainable for adults
1 as well as children. So far as a dis1
ease like influenza is concerned health
' authorities everywhere recognize the
I very close relation between its spread
: and overcrowed homes. While It is
I not always possible, especially in times
like the present, to avoid such over'
crowding, people should consider the
health danger and make every effort to
reduce the home overcrowding to a
minimum. The value of fresh air
through open windows can not be
over emphasized.
Where crowding Is unavoidable, as
In street cars, care should be taken to
keep the face so turned as not to inhale
directly the air breathed out by
another person.
It is especially important to beware
of the person who coughs or sneezes
without covering his mouth and nose.
It also follows that one should keep
out of crowds and stuffy places as
much as possible, keep homes, offices,
and workshops well aired, spend some
time out of doors each day, walk to
work if at all practicable?In short ^
make every possible efTort to breathe
as much pure air as possible.
"Cover up each cough and sneeze. n
"If you don't youWl spread disease." ^
r.EMCDAl Nru/fS NOTES. 1?
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Items of Interest Gathered From Va- A
rious Sources.
Brigadier General Chas. A. Doyen. n
commandant of the marine corps n
training at Quantlco. Va.. died there c
Sunday, night following an attack of p
Influenza. He returned from F'rance '
some months ago. 11
The evacuation by the Germans of li
the Belgian coast region Is continuing,
the frontier correspondent of the Am- g
sterdam Teiegraf reports. The telephone
lines between the frontier and
the coast were being taken down on 1
Sunday. The stores of material at
Knokkc. near the coast, five miles from li
the Dutch border, have been set on F
fire, the ivports state, and many fac- o
tories have been undermined in prep- ii
aration for their quick destruction.
"We must have absolute victory, ti
Any kind of negotiation is now more
than ever inadmissible," the words of
President Wilson immediately after
the rejection of the Austrian peace v
proposal, are reprinted by the Epoca e
of Rome. Italy, In large type as sum- n
marlzlng the attitude of Italians to- r
ward the new peace movement. The e
Epoca adds that President Wilson answered
in September the present new n
trap concocted by the enemy. n
Americans fighting under the com- h
mand of General Gouraud are credit- a
ed with an amazing performance in ?
the fighting of last Friday in the
Champagne sector. A detachment, "
assisted by French volunteers under
an American captain, attacked a very t
strong machine gun nest on the slopes "
of BJanc Mont, which had long held
the Allied advance. With the utmost
skill the nest was enveloped and captured
and the entire garrison of four
officers and 269 men was made prisoner.
Seventy-five machine guns,
many trench mortars and several trac- C
tors were taken. The Americans did o
not suffer a single casualty, t
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PRESIDENT IN REPLY
lots Germany Really Mean Vbat
Sbe Says
T IS NO TIME FOR IDLE PRETENSE
f Germany It Sincere In Her Offer to
Agree to Termt Proposed by the
President, It Is All Right: But Until
Germany Gives Evidence of That
Sincerity By Withdrawing Her Armies
From Invaded Territory There
Is No Use Talking of Peace.
Washington, October 8.?President ^
A'ilson has met (Jermany's peace note 1
vith a move which will, at one stroke. '
levelop whether her proposal is sin- 1
nr mppolv n !?r?>tpnwlon fljid If a
retension It be, fully Justified for all '
inie before the world the prolonging
>i the war with force to the utmost,
dice without stint or limit. At the
mme time the president has left wide
?l>en the door to peace.
Declining to propose an armistice
vhile the armies of the Central powers
t.nain on invaded soil, the president '
inlay called on the German chancellor
o state, as an absolutely necessary
trellminary to a reply from the En- 1
i-nte Allies and the United Stntes,
ihether Germany accepts the prlnci>les
of peace as repeatedly laid down, n
ir merely proposes to accept them "as I
he basis of negotiation" and whether
he chancellor merely speaks for the
lerrnan military masters conducting r
he war or the whole German people.
As the full significance of the preslknt's
diplomacy is disclosed It Iconics
evident that he has left open r
he way to peace and at the same
ime left thte military leaders of the t
'cntra! powers with a question they
aust necessarily answer In. a way that fi
. ill lead to peace or confront them d
rlth an embarrassing situation In
heir own country. n
Among diplomats here the prcsl- I
ent's communication is regarded as
ne of his master strokes. It is point- t
(1 out that upon cursory examination f
t may not show such strong terms as
ome may have desired. All the pres- t
lent's advisers however, are confident
hat as a close consideration reveals s
ts full import, it will be apparent that t
t is a long step forwnrd If Germany a
eally means peace, and that if she
oes not it will strip bare another hyocrlsy
of German diplomacy so comiletoly
that the responsibility for pro- ^
>nglng the war never can be charged
a the Allies, even by the German peole
themselves. d
Text of Presidents Reply. 1
The text of the president's commu- 0
ication was made public today by e
Jinqlng tncolher wiO. th? I
ftl^o'Toxt of Prince Maximilian's
ot^ now publtshed in America for the 0
rst time. At the same time officials u
?t It be known that there would be t
o reply at present to the Austrian u
ote, similar to that of the German r
hancellor. It is not considered nec- I
ssary to deal with Austria until after i
he time comes for a reply to her dom- F
latlng ally.
The following correspondence was t
Iven out at the state department: t
t
"Department of State, October 8, k
918: t
"The secretary of state makes pub- v
c the following communications: c
rom the charge d'affaires ad interim t
f Switzerland in charge of German r
iterests in the United States:
"Legation of Switzerland, Washing- 1
?n. D. C.. October 6, 1918: 1
"Department of German interests. r
"Mr. President: c
"I have the honor to transmit here- *
ilth, upon Instructions from my gov- ?
rnment the original text of a commu- I
ication from the German government c
eceived by this legation late this aftrnoon
from the Swiss foreign office. 1
".Vn English translation of this com- t
lunlcatlon is also inclosed. The Ger- a
lan original text, however, is alone to a
e considered as authoritative. Please f
ccept, Mr. President, the assurances ?
f my highest consideration. 1
(Signed) "F. Odcrlln, I
Charge d'affaires A. I. of Switzerland, f
"In charge of German Interests in !
he United States. i
Mr. Wood row Wilson, a
"President of the United States, I
"Washington."
(Inclosure). a
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Translation of communication from 1
lorman government to the president c
f the United States as transmitted by f
he charge d'affaires A. I. of Switzer- t
md, on October 6. 1918: 8
"The German government requests c
he president of the United States of
imerlca to take steps for the restoraion
of peace, to notify all belligerents
f this request and to Invite them to
elegate plenipotentiaries for the purpose
of taking up negotiations. The
German government accepts, as a bais
for the peace negotiations, the proramme
laid down by the president of
he United States to congress of Janary
8, 1918, and in his subsequent
pronouncements, particularly in his
iddress of September 27, 1918. In orer
to avoid further bloodshed the
Jerman government requests to bring
bout the immediate conclusion of a >
general armistice on land, on water
jid in the air.
(Signed) "Max. Prince of Baden.
"Imperial Chancellor."
From the secretary of state to the
harge d'affaires of Switzerland:
Department of State, October 8, 1918.
"Sir: I have the honor to acknowldge.
on behalf of the president, your
ote of October 6, inclosing the comlunication
from the German governnent
to the president; and I am in*
?~i i r?t hv tha rvrnoiHnrtt tA rAAIIPflt
ou to make the following communicalon
to the imperial German chaneelor:
"Before making reply to the re[uest
of the imperial German govemnent,
and in order that the reply shall
>e as candid and straightforward as
he momentous interests -involved retire,
the president deems it necessary
o assure'himself of the exact meanng
of the note of the imperial Chanel
lor. Does the imperial chancellor t
nean that the Imperial German gov- <
rnment accepts the terms laid down I
>y the president in his address to the j
ongress of the United States on the ,
8th of January, last, and in subsequent
addresses and that its object in
anterLng into discussion would be only
to agree upon the practical details of
their application?
" 'The president feeis bound to say
with regard to the suggestion of an
armistice that he would not feel at
liberty to propose a cessation of arms
to the governments with which the government
of the United States is assorlated
against the Central powers so
long as the armies of those powers are
upon their soil. The good faith of any
iiscussion would manifestly depend
upon the consent of the Central powers
immediately to withdraw their
forces everywhere from invaded territory.
" 'The president also feels that he is
lustifled in asking whether the impe ial
chancellor is speaking freely for
he constituted authorities of the emjlre
who have so far conducted the
war. He deems the answer to th??se
luestions vital from every point of
lew.'
"Accept, sir. the renewed assurances
>f my high consideration.
(Signed) "Robert Lansing."
WILSON'S TERMS.
rourteen Propositions that Germany
Must Accept.
Covenants of peace must be reached
n the open.
Freedom of Boas in peace or war.
Elimination of economic barriers
imong nations associated to main'ain
>eace.
Guarantees of armamen reduction.
Adjustment of colonial claims imtartlally,
based on popular rights.
Evacuation of Belgium.
Evacuation of Russia.
Evacuation of French territory and
ighting of Alsace-Ix>rmlne wrong.
Readjustment of Italian frontiers on
>asis of nationality.
Free opportunity for Austro-Hunrarlan
nationalities for autonomous
level opments.
Evacuation of Serbia. Roumanla
nd Montenegro with guarantees of the
lalkan states.
Sovereignty for Turkish portion of
he Ottoman empire with autonomy
or other nationalities.
Independence for Foland with outlet
o sea.
Association of nations for mutual
ruarantees of independence and terriorinl
Integrity for nations both large
nd small.
WEPT FOR THE ARMY
)ut Rumanian's Queen Promised to
Fight Again.
Queen Marie, Rumania's heroic "sollier
queen," wept when the gallant
tumanian army was demobilized by
irder of the Germans; but she declar<1
that it would not be for long, that
tpmanla would flght again.
The disbanding of the army of 300,
00 soldiers was one or the stern m cosines
forced upon Rumania by the
erms of Germany's humiliating and
incompromiaing peace treaty. Empeor
William of Germany gave King
'erdlnand of Rumania just one month
n which to strip his army of all its
>ower.
In a great open stretch of land at
he foot of the Carpathian moun-|
ains, not far from the Austrian fronler,
the queen, accompanied by the
;lng and the royal family, reviewed
he regiments of officers and soldiers
rho had fought so bravely during the
ighteen months that Rumania faced
he four formidable foes that surounded
her.
As each division paused along the
ine of march, there were repeated
leinonstratlons, shouts of acclaim, and
nany marks of affection on the part
if the troops for their beloved queen,
vhom they revere with a devotion alnost
as fervid as that shown by the
>ench soldier for the memory of Joan
>f Arc.
On the way to the review every inlabitant
of the villages through which
he queen passed gave her a demonitration
so overwhelming that she herlolf
acknowledged that it was the
rreatest single tribute she had recelv
tl at the hands of the people since the
jeginnlng of the war. There could
>e no doubt, even in the mind of the
lrmest pacifist, that Rumania's flghtng
queen had the whole hearted sup>ort
of the entire population in her
itruggle to stave off a humiliating
>cace with Germany.
As the men who had fought on the
languinary field of Marasestl, which is
he Gettysburg of Rumania, marched
>y, each bearing on his breast the
loveted "Michael the Brave" medal
or gallantry, the queen broke into
ears and, turning to the king, who
itood beside her, said in a voice that
>etrayed deep emotion:
"What a tragedy that this magnifl:ent
army must lay down its arms!
3ut, please God, it shall not be for
ong. I repeat it it shall not be for
ong! Germany by her might and
jrutishness may subdue, but she can
lever crush the spirit and will of my
oldiers. With God's help, we will
ight again, and I pray that the day
s not far off. My soul will never rest
intil the honor of the country is vlnlicated
before the eyes of our Allies."
MUMS AHE nu OKUH IS.
\merican Spirit and Sure Aim Makes
Tham Sick.
They are no sports, these Huns,
vrites Brigga Adams, in the Atlantic;
hey will never attack unless with
>verwhelmlng odds, and even then
hey never come across the lines; so
n case of engine failure they are sure
;o get safely home. Yet our few marhines
over hostile territory fly straight
nto the swarm of them, bring down
iix, and all return and have but one
nan hit Jt isn't luck that they come
dirough; it 1# superior shooting, due
0 a large steady machine, and a
sporting blood In the men that
nakes them play the game, no matter
vhat the odds. Though the Hun has
1 decided advantage fighting over his
>wn territory, it is a large factory in
lis defeat for It is an open acknowl dgment
of his Inferiority, and it takes
iut a little spirit and some cool shootng
to make him sick.
James B. McCreary twice governor
>f Kentucky, six years a representaJve
of his state in the United States
lenate, and for several consecutive
erms a member of the lower house of
congress, died at his home at Richnond,
Ky., Tuesday after a brief 111isaa.
SERVING AS AN INSTRUCTOR
Ikey Brooks Has Returned to Camp
Sevier
HE VENT ACROSS WITH THE 119TB
North Carolina Soldier of Company
E, Talks About Experiences In Bel*
glum, and Tells of the Fine Work
the Americans Are Doing Over
There.
Correspondence of The Yorkville Enquirer
Camp Sevier October, 5.?Whom
should I run across yesterday but Sir
Scant Isaac E. Brooks of Company E.
119th Infantry. 30th Division (my old
company and one of the first real
friends I made after coining into the
army). He's back from Europe after
three mouthy of fighting with the gallant
Thirtieth and has l>een assigned
to the Twentieth Division as an instructor?come
to show the boys preparing
to go over. Just how the
Americans and especially the Thirtieth,
are putting the fear of God and
right into the Germans. It was a great
surprise to see Ike since I had no idea
that he was on this side and he went
on to say that it was some surprise to
him on a night early in September
when after a hard day at the front
line he was informed that he was to
leave on the morrow for the states.
"L?t me tell vou, buddy," he said,
"that's a great country over there nnd
all that; but when I got near this side
the other day and saw the Goddess of
Liberty again, there was a creepy
feeling that went all through me which
I had never experienced before and if
it had been possihle I would have huggod
the old girl until she busted, even
if she is made of bronze.
"Ikey," as we used to call him, is a
fine looking chap. His home Is in
Newborn X. C. and he's hnd six years'
service in the army and navy of the
I'nited States. He's a veritable Ad
mirable Crlchton in many respects.
He's an artist of no mean ability, and
a great athlete, and when he plays
certain selections on the piano if you
aren't made of stone you'll come pretty
near crying. His three months over
then? and in it, as a member of the
Intelligence Department of the 119th
Infantry, has given to him a certain
seriousness and air of calm deliberation
that he never had before. He has
the look of a man who has heen
through the valley of the shadow of
death and has come out better and
stronger and wiser by reason of his
("treat Adventure.
Naturally I had many questions to
ask him about conditions over there
and about the old company and a lot
of other things and he appeared to be
; quite willing to talk about almost anything
I wanted to know. So for three
hours over cigarettes and coffee I sat
and listened and asked questions
while he talked.
"The Thirtieth was doing business
within a month after we landed over
there the latter part of May," he said.
"We have been in Belgium practically
ever since we went over and we are
proud of the fact that we were the
first American division in Belgium.
,We have been fighting, all right.
Don't you forget that. Fritz is some
soldier and we have quite a little respect
for him. But since we have been
up against him and have whipped the
stuffing out of him time and time
again we know that we are better soldiers
than he is. Consequently we do
not consider that he has anything on
us.
"The common opinion among the
French and Belgians Is that the war
will be over in another year and possibly
before that time. But much hard
fighting Is to be done before it Is over.
We must lose many men and the
Germans must lose many men before
It Is over. We haven't done any fighting
as yet on the enemy's soil to
speak of. and it's a cinch that he's
going to fight like the very devil when
w? get to the Dolnt where the conflict
Is being waged altogether in his own
backyard"While
of course casualties on
our side have been pretty numerous in
a way, yet they have not been very
great considering the large number of
men engaged. For instance, up to the
time that I left for the states about a
month ago. old "E" company of the
119th had lost only throe men killed
outright. Of course there had been a
number who had been wounded; but
very few of them seriously.
"It's no picnic over there on the
battlelines. And let me tell you. If you
ever meet a lad from over there who
tells you that he went over the top
time after time and wasn't scared, why
you Just tell him that Ike Brooks says
he's a?liar and send him to me. They
are all scared. It isn't human not to
be. I've been over more than once
and take it from me I could hear 'em
playtn "Jesus Lover Of My Soul" from
the time the barrage started until It
was ail over every time.
"That reminds me." Sergeant Brooks
said with a laugh, 'of a little incident
that occurred back in August. I had
had a very hard day of It and that
nlirhf a Rrltlah nrmv nfflrpr en me Into
my dug out and said that ha had just
received a number of new draft men
whom he wanted to send on a trench
raid that night with the view of picking
up a German prisoner or two for
Information purposes. He said he
wanted a non-commissioned officer to
go along with them Just to "steady"
them. Would I go?
"Well, I didn't want to go: but I
managed to twist my face Into a
sort of smile and murmured something
about being delighted at the honor.
But I was wondering all the time who
the dickens was going to 'steady* me.
Well, we made the raid and those
j English rookies acted like old vets.
I We got a couple of Boches and considerable
Information out of them. I
must confess though, that I was just
a little unsteady when I got back.
"Some lads tell you they dread
rifle fire most and others speak of their
fear and dread of machine gun bullets "
contlnUirf^!>ergeant Brooks; "but as
for me, deliver me from artillery sheila
The whine of those things as they
come flying through the air and the
terrible roar that follows their bursting
gives me the bow wows and make
me wonder what's the use anyhow.
There Isn't but one thing to do when
, ... . 't - : -t. v.:./
they burst and that is to ran riat on
the ground and take your chancv. It's
a poor chance. A party of eight of us
wore on the road to Ypree one day
when Fritx began dropping a few big
ones, just for the fun of it One of
mi' i rti?iiii-iii9 ui a uuisiiiib nni??v
struck the gun stock of one of the
members of the party. We didn't run.
There isn't any use running from the
bin ones because a piece of shrap is
just as likely to hit where you are going
as where you came from. I started
to din a trench with my tinner
nails and oh. hoy. you'll never realize
what a wonderful shovel or pick or
whatnot you have in your tinners until
you net out in No Man's land with
those darned shells a huzzlnn and a
sinning over you.
"The fighting over there is largely
a series of raic.s Into the other fellow's
trenches by small parties. I'll never
forget one night when I started with
one of these crowds about 11:SO. Our
troops started a barrage?they always
do that when a raid starts. Fritz
wasn't slow in coming back and
for nearly an hour that sea of iron
flowed. There was nothing for we
fellows of our party to do but lay flat
on our bellies and pray to the good
Lord and our respective good josses
to be with us. It seemed as though
the barrage would never lift. You remember
Hall of ourcompany? He was
with us lying right next to me. I had
nothing but my fingernails to dig with
again that time and Hall had an entrenching
tool. He managed to dig a
deeper hole than I. The put-put of
machine gun bullets was a steady
song and had I held my tin helmet
six inches al>ove my head I could have
gotten a handful for souvenirs.
"Finally Hnll got his right In the
thigh. 'I'm hit,' says he to me and my
reply was.'sorry, old man; but I can't
do any thing for yon now cause my
little ball of yam will be all rolled up
if I so much as move.' The lad seemed
to realize that and Just lay there
and quietly grunted.
"Well, that hell was still In progress
nt 4:30 the next morning, and about
that hour Hall whispered to me that
he *.vas bleeding to death and that if I
couldn't get him back to the lines
pretty quick why his name was Den
nla.
"I didn't relish the Idea of moving
even then, though the Are hail subsided
somewhat and the machine gun
bullets didn't seem to come so fast. I
didn't know what to do. He was my
buddy nnd I hated to see him die.
Yet, I didn't want to die.
"In another half hour the fire had
ceased altogether and I made up my
mind to beat it to the lines for stretcher
bearers. Fortunately Just as I
started a medical officer and two
stretcher bearers made their appearance
and carried the boy to safety.
He's in the hospital now and the
doctors say It will "or eight jijoatba pQ- ?^. ~ n ,
foca.be will walk again. '
"Oh It's a tough life," Sergeant
Brooks went on; "but It's a great game
if you don't weaken. There Isn't any
doubt but that the show now belongs
to the Americans and our Allies over
there freely admit that the Germans
would long ago have gained the victory
had we not come Into It.
"We Americans got along well with
our Allies. I think, though, that we
like the French best. I am sure that
I do. We have been fighting a great
part of the time alongside the
English. They are some fighters too,
you bet. But the Frenchman?well.
I don't know exactly how to make myself
clear, but it seems to me that he
Is most like an American and they
seem to think that the Americans are
the greatest folks on earth.
"I've come over," Sergeant Brooks
concluded "to help Instruct the Twentieth
Division In the methods we are
using over there in bringing this thing
iu u. buu'ciwiui vuiiv.iuniuiii * e-vww
will go hack to the Thirtieth when the
Twentieth goes away, and I'll not be
sorry to rejoin my old mates.
"Am I'm going to marry and settle
down In France after It's all over?
Hell. no. Why, I'd rather have a barrel
In America for a home and a pile
of leaves for a hed and salmon to eat
all my life, than to own the whole
darn country over there."
Jas. D. Grist.
The Value of a College Education.?
The present Is not the first time, as
some have said, that the government
of the United States, has given recognition
to the Importance of college
training In the midst of the war. It
was In 1862, In the midst of the Civil
war, that President Lincoln signed
the Morale act, to which most of the
agricultural and medical colleges of
the country owe their foundations.
The recognition given to the colleges
now, however, la even more direct.
Special provision Is made for them to
instruct men while war Is In progress.
About 60,000 drafted men are constantly
receiving Instruction in mechanical
subjects In educational Institutions.
This number will shortly be
increased. The students' army training
corps provides an opportunity for
any man of draft age, good physique,
and high school education to go to
college at the expense of the federal
government. While he is in college,
he receives, in addition, the wages of
a soldier. What further proof could
be given to the value attached to college
training as a preparation for
serving the nation In time of war?
It is certain that the value of college
training will not be lost sight of
when peace comes. Various proposal*
hn vo hwn nrnde in congress to
give returning soldiers special opportunltes
to receive college training.
Whether any such plan is adopted or
not, college education will occupy an
unprecedented place In the consciousness
of the nation.?Kansas Indus- *
trial 1st.
Thirty-six German Divisions Shattered.?^During
the four days' fighting,
beginning September 27, on the St
Quentin-CambraJ battle front says
General Haig's report of October 1, we
engaged and defeated, with heavy losses,
thirty-six German divisions (approximately
>60,000).
During the month of September the
British forces captured 66,300 prisoners.
including 1.500 officers, and also
700 guns of all calibres and some
thousands of machine guns. During
the months of August and September
the total captures by the British
amounted to 124,618 prisoners, including
2,781 officers, and about 1,400 guns.
Prof, A, C. Fulton of the faculty of
Davidson oollege, has been bound over
to the Federal court by Commissioner
Cobb of Charlotte, N. C? on a charge
of misuse of the mails. He was re
leased on a bond of $500.
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