''Oetwitfirt AFTER WEEKS OF HARDSHIP O'BRIEN MEETS A FRIEND WHO OFFERS TO HELP HIM ON HIS WAY. Synopsis-Pat O'Brien, a resident of Momenee, III., after seeing uprvlce In the American Flying corps on the Mexican border In 11)18, Joins the British Itoynl Flying corps In Canada, and after a brief train ing period Is gent to France. He Is assigned to a squadron in active service on the front. He engages In several hot fights with German, flyers, from which he emerges victorious. Finally, In a tight with four Herman flyers, O'Brien Is shot down. He falls 8,000 feet and, escaping death by a miracle, awakes to And himself a prisoner In a Germnn hospital, with a bullet hole In his mouth. After a few days In the hospital he Is sent to a prison camp at Courtnil. After a short stay there he Is placed upon a train bound for n prison camp In Germany. He decides to take a desperate chance for liberty. He leaps through the open window of the cnr while the train Is traveling aii miles an hour. His wounds reopeued by the fall, O'Brien almost literally crawls through Germany nnd Luxembourg, traveling at night and sleeping by day, living on garbage and raw vegetables stolen from gardens. He Is driven almost to desperation by hunger and, reaching Belgium, ho risks detection by going In the middle of tho night to the home of a Belgian family, where he obtains the first cooked food ho hud tasted In IS days. CHAPTER X. Continued. Tlie knack of making fire with two plwes of dry wood I had often read about, hut I had never put It to a test ami fur various reasons I concluded that It would' be unsafe for me to build a lire even If I bad mutches. In the first place, there was no absolute neiil for It. I didn't have anything to conk nor utensils to cook It In even If I had. While the air was getting to he rather cool at night, I was usu ally on the go nt that time nnd didn't notice it. In the- daytime, when I uu resting or sleeping, the sun was u-ually out. To have borrowed matches from a nelghm peasant would have been feas ible, hut when I was willing to take the chance of approaching anyone, It trns Just as eusy to usk for food us mutches. It the second place, It would have tiwn extremely dangerous to have liuilt a fire even If I bad needed It. You can't build a fire in Belgium, which Is the most thickly populated country In Kurope, without everyone knowing It, nnd I was far from anx ious to advertising my whereabouts. The villages In that part of Bel gium through which I was making my course were so close together that there was hardly ever an hour passed without my hearing some clock strike. Kvery village has Its clock. Many times I could bear the clocks striking In two villages nt the same time. Hut the hour bad very little Interest to me. My program was to travel as fast ns I could from sunset to sunrise mul my no attention to the hours In between, anil hi the daytime I had only two things to worry about: keep concealed and get as much sleep as posslhle. The cabbage that I got In Belgium consisted of the small heads that the peasants had not cut. All the strength hud concentrated In these little hen.13 anil they would be as bitter us gall. I would have to be pretty hungry to day before I could ever eat cabbage again and the same observation ap plies to carrots, turnips and augur beets especially sugar beets. It Is rather a remarkable thing that today even n smell of turnips, raw or cooked, makes me sick, and yet n few short months ago my life depended ln them. Night ufter night ns I searched for food, I was always In hopes that I EiWit come upon some tomatoes or celery vegetables which I really 'Iked, hut with the exception of once, hcn I found some celery, I was never " fortunate. I ate so much of the ft'li'ry the night I came upon It that I was sick for two days thereafter. but I curried several bunches away ith me and used to chew on It us I walked along. Of course, I kept my eyes open all the time for fruit trees, but apparently t wns too late In the year for fruft, as H that I ever was able to find were hvo pears, which I got out of a tree. That was one of my red-letter days, "it I was never nble to repeat It. In tin; brooks nnd ponds that I IMisspd I often noticed fish of different kinds. That was either In the early morning Just before I turned In for "e day, or on moonlight nights when 'he water seemed as clear In spots M hi the daytime. It occurred to me "'at it would be u simple matter to rig 11 I'nok and line nnd catch some fish, kit I had no means of cooking them "Hi It was useless to llsh for the sake of It. (ie night In Belgium my course 'to'ds me through a desolate stretch of country which seemed to be absolutely ""cultivated. I must have covered l'lve miles during the night, without passing n single farm or cultivated j"'1'!. My stock of turnips which I hld picked the night before was gone nn(l I planned, of course, to get enough curry me through the following (lay, The NoM, Star was shining brightly "nit night and there was absolutely ""thing to prevent my steering an ab Nutely direct course for Holland nnd ""'fly, but my path seemed to lie '"rough arid pastures. Far to the ast t to tho west I could hear '""tty the striking of village hells, n,l I knew that If I changed my yurse I would undoubtedly strike farms s nnd vegetables, but the North Star seemed to Ulead with inn in fol- '"w It and I would not turn aside. "lien daylight came, the conse W'jnee wan I whs empty handed nnd I J1"' o find a hiding place for the day. ' "W-ffht 1 would approach Hie first P'nsni I came to nnd ask ,'nr fond, .ut that day I had mis;- vlngs a "ii'h-n,t I would set I ii i . trouble , 1 "lid, and I decide.,' to g,. without ""d iiltoici-thor f,.H thv' d::. By LIEUTENANT PAT, O'BRIEN (Copyright, Kit, by Pat Alva, O'Brien) It was a foolish thing to do, I found, because I not only suffered greatly from hunger all that day, but It Inter fered with my sleep. I would drop off to sleep for half un hour, perhaps, and during that time I would dreum that I was free, back heme, living a life of comparative ease, and then I would wake up with a start and catch n glimpse of the bushes surrounding me, feel the hard ground beneath me and the hunger pangs gnawing at my sides, nnd then I would realize bow fiir from home I really was, and I would lie there and wonder whether I would ever really see my home again. Then I would fall asleep again and dream this time, perhaps of the days I spent In Cnurtrnl, or my leap from the train window, of the Bava rian pilot whom I sent to eternity In "You Can Hear and Talk If You Wish Am I Not Right?" my last air fight, of my tracer bullets getting closer nnd closer to his head, and then I would wake up ngaln with a start and thank the Lord that I was only dreaming It till ngaln Instead of living through It! That night I got an early start be cause I knew I had to have food, and I r'eclded that rather than look for vegetables I would take a chance and npply to the first Belgian peasant whom I came to. It was about 8 o'clock when I came to a small house. I had picked up a heavy stone nnd had bound It In my bundkerchlef and I was resolved to use It as a weapon If It became necessary. After all I bad gone through, I was resolved to win my liberty eventually at whatever cost. As It happened, I found that night the first real friend I hail encountered In all my traveling. When I knocked timidly on the door, It was opened by a Belgian peasant, about fifty years of age. He asked me li Flemish what I wanted, but I shook my head iind pointing to my ears and mouth Inti mated that I was deaf nnd dumb, nnd then I opened and closed my mouth several times to show him that I wanted food. He showed me lneldc and sat me at tho table. He apparently lived alone, for bis 111-furnlsbed room had but one chair, and the plate and knife nnd fork he put before me seemed to be nil he hud. He brought me some cold potatoes and several slices of stale bread, and he warmed me pome milk on a small oil stove. I ate ravenously and all the time I was engaged I knew that he wus eyo Ing me closely. Before I was half through he came over to io, touching mo on the shoul der, nnd stooping over so that his lips almost touched my ear, he said In broken Kngllsh. "You are an Kng llalmmn I know It and you can hear nnd talk If you wish am I not right?'' There was a smile on Ids face and a friendly attitude about him that told me instinctively that he could be trusted, and I replied: "You hnvo guessed right only I am an Ameri can, not nn Knglisliman." He looked at me pityingly nnd filled my eup again with warm milk. His kindness nnd apparent willing ness to help me almost overcame me, nnd I felt like warning him of the consequences ho would suiter if the Huns discovered be had befriended mo. I bad heard that twenty Belgians bad been shot for helping Belgians to escape into Holland, and I hated to think what might happen to this good old Samaritan If the Huns ever i town tftheH knew that he had helped an escuped American prisoner, After my meal was finished, I told him In ns simple lungunge as I could command of some of the, experiences I hud gone through and I outlined my future plans, "You will never be nblo to get to Holland," he declnred, "without a passport The neurcr you get to the frontier the more German soldiers you will encounter, nnd without a passport you will be a marked man." I asked him to suggest a wny by which I could overcome the difficulty. He thought for severul moments and studied mo closely all the tim perhaps endenvorlng to make abso lutely sure that I wus not a German spy und then apparently deciding In my favor, told me what he thought It was best for me to do, "If you will cull on this mnn" (mentioning the name of a Belgian In a city through which I had to pass), he advised, "you will be able to make arrangements with him to se cure n passport, and he will do every thing he can to get you out of Bel' glum." .He told me where the man In que tlon could be found nnd gave me some useful directions to continue my jour ney, nnd then he led me to the door. I thanked him a thousand times nnd wanted to pay him for his kindness nnd help but be would accept nothing. Ho did give me his name nnd you may be sure I shall never forget It, but to mention It here might, of course, re sult In serious consequences for him. When the war Is over, however, or the Germans are thrown out of Belgium, I shall make It my duty to llnd that kind Belgian If I have to go through again all that I have suffered already to do it. CHAPTER XI. I Encounter German Soldiers. What the Belgian told me about the need of a passport gave nib fresh cause for worry. Suppose I should run Into a German sentry before I succeeded In getting one? I decided that until I reached the big city which the Belgian had men tioned nnd which I cannot name for fear of Identifying some of the people there who befriended me I would proceed with the utmost precaution. Since I bad discarded my uniform nnd had obtained civilian clothes, I had not been quite as careful as I was at first. While I had done my trav eling at night. I had not gone Into hiding so early In the morning ns before and I bud sometimes started ngaln before It was quite dark, rely ing upon the fact that I would prob ably be mistaken for a Belgian on his way to or from work, as) the case might bo. From now on, I resolved, however, I would take no more chances. That evening I came to a river per haps seventy-five yards wide and I was getting ready to swim It when I thought I would walk n little way to llnd, If possible, a better place to get to the river from the hunk. I bad not walked more than a few hundred yards when I saw a boat. It was the first time I bad seen a boat In all my experiences. It was firmly clmlued, but as the stakes were sunk In the soft bank It was not much of a Jnb to pull them out. I got in, drunk to my heart's content, shoved over to the other side, got out, drove a stake Into the ground nnd moored the bout. It would have been a slmplo matter to have drifted down the river, but the river was not shown on the map and I had no idea where It might lend me. Very reluc tantly, therefore, I had to abandon tho boat and proceed on foot I made several miles that night nnd before daylight found a safe place In which to hide for the day. From my biding place I could see through the bushes a heavy thick wood only a short distance away. I decided that I would start earlier than usual, hurry over to tho wood nnd perhaps, In that way, I could cover two or three miles In the daytime and gain just so much time. Traveling through the wood would be comparatively safe. There was a railroad going through the wood, but I did not flguro that thut would make It any tko less safe. About three o'clock that afternoon, therefore, I emerged from my biding place and hurried Into the wood. After proceeding for half a mile or so I came to the railroad. I took a sharp look In both directions nnd see ing nn signs of trains or soldiers, I walked boldly ov?r the tracks and continued on my way. I soon came upon a clearing and knew that someone must be living In the vicinity. As I turned a group of trees I saw a small house and In the distance nn old mnn working In a garden. I decided to enter the house and usk for food, figuring the woman would probably be old and would be no match for me even If she proved hostile. The old woman who came to the door In response to my knock was older than I expected. IX she wasn't close to a hundred, I miss my guess very much. Shu could not speak English nnd 1 could not speuk Flemish, of course, but nevertheless I umdo her under stand that I wanted something to eat. She came out of the door und hol loed for her husband In a shrill voice thut would huve done credit to a girl of eighteen. The old man came In from the garden and between the two of them they managed to get the Idea Hint I was hungry und they gave me u piece of bread a very small piece which was quite a treat. The bouse they lived In consisted of Just two rooms the kitchen und a bedroom. The kitchen was perhaps fourteen feet Kquure, eight feet of ono side being tnken up by nn enor mous firepluce. Whut was In the bed room I hud no wuy of telling, as I did not dare to be too Inquisitive. I made the old couple understand that I would like to stay In their house all night, but the old man shook his head. I bade them good-by and dis appeared Into the woods, leaving them to speculate as to tho strunge for eigner they hud entertained. From the great density of the popu lation In this section through which I was now passing I reullzed that I must be In the outskirts of the big city which the Belgian had mentioned and where I was to procure a puss port. Village after village fntercepted me, and although I tried to skirt them wherever possible I realized that I would never mako much progress If I continued that course. To guln a mile I would sometimes have to make a detour of two or three. I decided that I would try my luck in going straight through the next village I came to. As I approached It, I passed num bers of peasants who were ambling along the road. I was afraid to mingle with them because It was Impossible for one to talk to them and It was dangerous to arouse suspicion even among the Belgians. For all I knew, one of them might be treacherous enough to deliver me to the Germans in return for the reward he might be sure of receiving. ' About 0 o'clock that evening I came to a point where ahead of me on the right was a Belgian police station I knew It from Its red lights and on the other side of the street were two German soldiers In uniform leaning against a bicycle. Here was a problem which called for instant decision; If I turned back the suspicion of the soldiers would be Instantly aroused und If I crossed the road so us not to pass so closely to them they might be equally sus picious. I decided to march bravely by the Huns, bluff my way through und trust to I'j-ovldenee. If anybody Imagines, however, that I was at all comfortable ns I approached these soldiers, he must think I am u much braver man than I claim to be. .My heart beat so loud I was afraid they would hear It. Kvery step I took brought me so much nearer to what might prove to be the end of all my hopes. It was a nerve-racking ordeal. I was now within n few feet of them. Another step nnd They didn't turn a hair I I passed right by them heard what they were saying, all hough, of course, I didn't understand It, and went right on. I can't say I didn't wnlk a little faster as I left them behind, but I tried to maintain an even gait so as not to give them any Idea of the Inward ex ultation I wns experiencing. No words can explain, however, how relieved I really felt to know that I had suc cessfully passed through tho first of n series of similar tests which I real ized were in store for me although I did not know then how soon I was to be confronted with the second. As It was, however, the Incident gave mo a world of confidence. It demonstrated to me that there was nothing in my appearance at any rate to attract the attention of the. German soldiers. Apparently I looked like a Belgian peasant, and If could only work things so that I would never have to answer questions and thus give nwny my nationality, I figured I would be tolerably safe. As I marched along I felt so happy I couldn't help biiminlug an air of one Last Photograph Taken of Lieutenant O'Brien Before His Capture. With Him Is His Chum, Lieutenant Raney. of tho new patriotic songs that we used to sing at the uirdrmue back in Ypres. In this happy frame of mind I cov ered the next three miles In about an hour und then came to another little village. My usual course would have been to go around It through fields, back yards, woods or whatever else lay In my wny but I had gained so much time by going through the last village Instead of detouiing around It nnd my appearance seemed to bo so Unsuspicious that I decided to try tho same stunt again. I stopped humming nnd kept very much ou. the ulert, but upiu-t from ! law I ;j hit i that, I walked boldly through the main street without uny feeling of alarm. I had proceeded perhaps a mile along the main street when I noticed nlieud of mo three German soldiers standing nt the curb. Again my heart started to bent fast, I must confess, but I was not nearly so scared as I hud been an hour or so before. I walked ahead, determined to fol low my previous procedure in every particular. I had got to about fifteen feet away from the soldiers when one of them stepped onto the sidewalk and shouted : "Hult!" My heart stopped beating fast for a moment, I believe, It stopped beating altogether! I can't attempt to de scribe my feelings. I thought that the Jig was up that all I bad gone through nnd nil I hud escaped would now avail mo nothing, mingled with the feeling of disgust with my self because of the foolish risk I hud taken In going through the vil lage, combined to take ull the starch out of me, nnd I could feel myself wilting ns the soldier advanced to the spot where I stood rooted In my trucks. I had a bottle of water In ono pocket nnd a piece of bread In the other, and as the Hun advanced to search me I held the bottle up In one hand nnd the piece of bread In the other so that he could see thut was all I had. It occurred to me thut he would "frisk" me that is, feel me over for arms or other weapons, then place me under arrest nnd march mo off to the guardhouse. I had not the slight est Idea but that I was captured and there didn't seem to be much use In resisting, unnrmed as I was and with two other German soldiers within u few feet of US. Like u flash It suddenly dawned on me, however, that for all this soldier could have known I wus only n Bel gian peasant nnd that his object In searching me, which lie proceeded to do, was to ascertain whether 1 had committed the common "crime" of smuggling potatoes. The Belgians were nllowed only n certain amount of potatoes, and It Is against the laws laid down by the IIuus to denl In vegetables of any kind except under the rigid supervi sion of the authorities. Nevertheless, It was one of the principal vocations of the average poor Belgian to buy potatoes out In the country from peasants and then smuggle them Into the large cities and sell them clan destinely at a high price. To stop this tralllc In potatoes, the German soldiers were in the habit of subjecting the Belgians to frequent search, and I was being held up by this soldier for no other reason than that he thought I might be u potato smuggler ! He felt of my outside clothes ami pockets, nnd finding no potatoes seemed to he quite satlslted. Had he but known who I was he could have earned un Iron cross! Or, perhaps, In view of the fact that I had n heavy water bottlo In my uplifted bund, it might have turned out to be n wooden cross ! He' said something In German, which, of course, I did not understand, and then some Belgian peasants came along and seemed to distract his atten tion. Perhaps he had sulci : "It's nil right ; you may go on," or he may have been talking to the others In Flemish, but at any rate, observing that he was more Interested In the others than he was In me nt the mo ment, I put the bottle In my pocket nnd walked on. After I walked a few steps, I took a furtive glance backward nnd noticed the soldier who had searched me re join his comrades at the curb nnd then stop another fellow who had come along, nnd then I disappeared In the darkness, I ennnot say that the outcome of this adventure left me In the same confident frame of mind that followed the earlier one. I wns sure I had come out of It all right, but I could not help thinking what a terribly close shave I had. Suppose the soldier had questioned me! The ruse I bad been following In my dealings with the Belgian peas ants pretending I was deaf and dumb might possibly huve worked here, too, but n soldier a German soldier might not so easily have been fooled. It was more than an even chance that It would have at least aroused his suspicion and resulted In further Investigation. A search of my clothing would huve revealed a dozen things which would have estab lished my Identity and nil my sham ming of deafness would have availed me nothing. As I wandered nlong I knew that I was now approaching the big city TURKS PROFANE HOLY PLACE Mount Sinai Disfigured by All Sorts of Markings of Spots That Christians Hold Sacred. He must he an unimaginative man, whatever his creed, who can uscend Slnnl without a thrill of reverence. Here wns given the law that Is In scribed on the countless tablets of half a world, the maxims that have ruled much of the lives of billions of men nnd women for thousands of years. The barren grandeur of the peaks, the rocky dlillculty of tho ns cent, are pitched In the proper key. Unfortunately, the Moslem rulers of the region have cluttered up the neighborhood of the mount Itself with all manner of childish legends nnd "uuthentlc" relics. Orientally tolor nut, they have not only accepted the Jewish traditions of the spot, which have become a part of their great ri val religion, Christianity; they have added to them und overlaid them with all manner of crude superstition. Thus they will show you the very rock where the children of Isruel set up the golden calf, and another com monplace bowlder which Is guaranteed to be tho one smitten by Moses when the wandering Hebrews were thirsty. Exhibit C Is the rock ou which Moses broke the first tablets In his anger. Then there Is a garden with a chap- d. Inclosing the spot where Elijah wa fed by tua raveua. A second chupcl la which my Belgian friend had apokei of and which I would have to enter If I wus to get the passport, and I realized now how essential it was to have something to enuble me to get through tho frequent examinations to which I expected to be subjected. While I wns still debuting in my mind whether it was going to be pos sible for me to enter the city that night, I snw in tho distance what an- 1 peared to be an arc light, and as 1 neared It that wns what it turned out to be. Beneath the light I could mako out the forms of three guards, and tho thought of having to go through tho same kind of ordeal that I had just experienced filled me with misgivings, Wus it possible that I could be fortunate enough to get by ngaln? As I slowed up a little, trying to make up my mind what was best to do, I wns overtaken by a group of Bel glun women who were shuffling along the road, und I decided to mingle with them and see if I couldn't convey the impression thut I was one of their party. As we nppronched the arc light, the figures of those three soldiers with their spiked helmets loomed before like n regiment. I felt ns If I were walking right into tho Jaws of death. Searched by German Guards. Bather than go through what was In store for me, I felt that I would In finitely prefer to he lighting again III the air with those four desperate Huns who had been the cause of my present plight then, ut least, I would have a chance to fight back, but now I bud to risk my life and take what was coming to me without a chance to strike a blow In my own defense. I shall never forget my feelings as we came within the shaft of light pro jected by that great arc light nor the faces of those three guards as we passed by them. I didn't look directly nt them, but out of the corner of my eye I never missed a detail. I held a handkerchief up to my face as we j passed them and endeavored to iml- j tate tlie slouching gait of the Belgians i ns well as I could, and apparently It worked. We walked right by those guards and they paid absolutely no j utteutlon to us. If ever a fellow felt like going down on his knees nnd praying I did at that moment, but It wouldn't have done to show my elation or gratitude in that conspicuous way. It was then well niter 11 o'clock and I knew It would be unsafe for me to attempt to find n lodging place In the city, und the only tiling for me to do was to locate the man whose name the Belgian bad given me. He hud given mo a good description of tho street and had directed me how to get there, and I followed his Instructions closely. After walking the streets for about half an hour, 1 came upon one of the landmarks my friend Jiad described to mo und ten minutes afterwards I wa9 knocking at the door of the man who was to make It possible for me to reach Holland and liberty! At least, that was what I hoped. O'Brien Is promised help In getting across the frontier to Holland, but Just as he is re joicing over the prospect of early freedom, he is rudely awakened from his dream. Read about it in the next install ment. (TO BIS CONTINUED.) the garden Is sacred to Moses. Near by Is a Moslem relic In the shape of a rock which bears the footprint of Mo hammed's camel, a sort of a legendary fossil. Even In a Christian monastery this somewhat primitive Insistence on marking the concrete spot where re ligious history was made seems to per sist, for you will he shown an altar which Is said to bo erected over the site of the burning hush. Wood Grapple Saves Work. The handling of logs by means of a crane equipped with a good grnpplo Is not only more spectacular than the old method, but It effects nn Immense saving in labor nnd has inndo it pos sible to pile logs to n grent height. Similar outfits are used In handling ties, posts, pulp wood, etc. The grap ple Is made like n clamshell bucket except that the scoops are replnced by curved steel tines, In the grasp of which a Inrge number of logs cun be held nt once. Popular Mechanics Magazine. Main Thing. "I rented the haunted house I hnd on my hands to nn actor." "Did he know It wns haunted T" "Thnt's why ho took it. Said he wanted to see the ghost walk." Tho Ilomnn catacombs are 6S0 miles In extent, and it Is estimated that something like 15,000,000 dead are there interred. ALLIES' PRISONERS OC 120.(1 Guns Taken From Germans Now Nearing 2,000. HUNS SEEK SHORTER LINE Moral Effect Of Allied Offensive Upon German People And Armies Too Great To Risk Retirement Di rect To Old Position. London. The total Entente Allied captured on the western front since July IS now approach 120,000 prison era and 2,000 guns. The British cap tured more than 21,000 prisoners, between August 21 and August 26, while the British total losses In the same period, including all killed, wounded and missing, wore only lightly in excess of that figure. A considerable proportion of the British casualties are in the slightly wounded clasti. The total cupturea by the Brit ish since August 8 exceed 47,000 otfl. cor and men and the captured guns number nearly 6 0. British mllitury observers say it Is now clear that the Germans Intend to retire to a shorter line on the Western front, where they can obtain better defensive positions against the constantly repeated Entente Allied blows and so that the enemy can econ omize hU forces, which has become an urgent necessity on account of his lessening man power. Moreover, the moral effect of any . kind of retirement lias been proved , to be ve ry great on the German people and armies, and the enemy's present Intention Is undoubtedly to n.nlce a stand on some line well west of the Hindenhurg line, If possible. The Germans are watching a very favorable line along the AUette, Oise, Somme und Tortllle, but It remains to be seen whether they will he per mitted to make a stand there," or even carry out a retirement, "according to plan." to this line without It being broken somewhere else by the eager Allied forces. The mr.t Important obstacle to the Gorman scheme at present is the re cent British advance on both sides of the Scarpe, which is a serious flanking threat to the whole Hinde:iburg po eltlcin. The British are already al most in contact with the famous Dro- court-Qucant "switch" run.iln? from Queant to Mile. It Is clear tlie Germans ennnot per mit the British to advance further in this quarter without rndansorlng their whole plan for a gradual rttlrcc ment to the south. The resistance which the ei'-mv ha be-n making on the west fiont has varied greatly on different parts of the hundred-mile sector on which the battle Is raging. Some German dlvi alons have been fK'litinn with their old-time determination while others have been surrendering very freely. , While It is necessary to gua-d ttiainst exacgerrted expectations of German rollapse. It Is nevertheless true that Hie fighting of the last month has given definite evidence of a notable eh lerloratlon In German morale. There also Is proof of increasing Insubordination nnd disobedience to orders, which is very significant In an army bearing the renutaMon of the German machine. Captured .orders tell of the refusal of new drafts to cuter the trenches. Others censure olllcers for laxity In dealing with of fenders. According to authoritative reports, the present uprising In Ukraine con tinues and serious conflicts with the German and Austrian forces are con stantly taking place. The railroad strike there has Increased In serious ness and considerable danini" has been done by the strikers. The Ger mans, It is said, are finding Increasing dlillculty In controlling and exploit ing tho country. In Western Siberia, the Ciecho Slovnks continue- their progress east ward, It Is reported. Verckhnle Udlnsk. 60 miles enst of Lake r.al!kl. Is repeated to have fallen Into their hands. In spite of reports that Cc-n- eral Somenon Is powerless he has turned up again and advanced Into Siberia. On the Usurl front some fighting has been reported between the Bot slievikl nnd the Czecho-Slovaks. The Japanese have put In nn appearance on this front. In the Caucasus, the Turks have made no further attarks on B: l;u. The arrival of the British forces there had nn excellent effect upon the popula tion. It Is said. Kvery, vffort is bein? made to organize the local garr'on and place the town In a gull ible state of defense. JEWS RUSH TO ENLIST. Want To Serve With British In Palestine. New York. With the approach of the day of registration of the men liable to draft In the American Army, there has been a rush of Jewish men between Ihe ages of 18 and 45 to en list In the Jewish Battalion of the British Army serving in I'alertlne. Since Monday there have been 400 volunteers, here, it was announced. 'and 350 of them have been accepted AGAINST NONESSENTIALS. Farmers Need Labor; Petition The President. Washington. Delegates to the Fed eral Board of Rirni Organization la session here nuthorlaed a petition to President Wilson to shut down lilt nonessential Industries. The resolu tion said there was a serious shortage of farm labor, and that the agriculture! Industry hud been more seriously af fected by the army draft than an other.
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