W ASHINGTON.—Loo Hall, the yoOTK wood cotter In the Fslrfax countj jail, acmred of the murder of fourteen yeaPOid Bv« Boy. ~ Station. Va., haa nerer read a dime norel and la Indifferent to the employed by the detective* that flyura In fiction.

r ret la there." I

told the prlaooer, glvlnr him a push. A Quilt for him to Bleep on waa thrown Into the crih the door waa locked rad the ofilc-ra went away. "What do you think at thla sort ot treatment?" the prisoner asked Hall after tho officer* retired. “What have you doner Hall Inquired. “Oh, I Juat murdered a nefro down the road," waa the reply. “Whal are

you In here for?"

Tm charred with kllllnr a white rlrf. bet 1 dent know anythin* about It because I didn't do It" Hall told him. Shortly afterward the prisoner went Into a trance; he atarrd at Hall with eyfci open wide, and suddenly be (ripped the bed aprlnn with both handr and began in a frightened whisper to aay: “Look, naan, loot I aee a (boat. What la It? Saa. there K la. If* com Inc in here, boat you aee ft? It looks like a woman. Ifa yetting nearer. Now look, quick; ifa the ghoat of a young girt." Hall calmly lighted a dgareQa and said: So, I don't aee anything, and 1 don't believe you da; eMher/* Outside the celt within earshot a Washington private detective and county officials were listening. In fact they strained their ears until five o'clock, in the morning, whan they turned In, marveling at Ban's composure. Ban later told his counsel: "I lo* ■ night'# rest hut I waa mighty glad ro have company, because I get awful lonesome In that Jan. I wish they would send In others to help me

Whole whirl of thought widen evgrr herd of German priaonent plaits. In one —and I have seen many. When first seen at the bead of a oew column, he appeared simply ridlculoow—In contradistinction to the flamboyant Image the German military ruler* hare tried to folrt upon the world; he was so small, •o shriveled, bts ctethM were sa wria tied, be was so dirty, be ran ao eagerly. Then, as be neared, compaaslotfaeftrd one. Be waa wounded; he ran. encircled by the arm of a friend, and hfs head wabbled weakly as be ran. Be j had e. little pointed beard which < ed upward at the end; be was about forty-fire years old; be blest, gentlest little i on a stone near the dogout entrance;, be would not Ue down, but hi* head rocked weakly on bis small, narrow shoulder*; now and then hi* thla Utile beard pointed straight to the sky; and was aa deathly pale! One of ear furgeons went to him and with long •eiaeora cut away fala blouse. The sod den thing fell to the earth heavy with blood—and here In the shoulder, waa a

1—American Infantry advancing O the firing line thcougb a Wood In Aimer, on:implement* In a IMglaa marsh to permit an Infantry advance. S—Italian sentry post h (he Plavr front where the Austrians In re been signally defeated.

NEWS REVIEW OF THE GREAT WAR

I saw him agalc. later, when I passed the first aid station, lying deed on hit stretcher, abandoned on the ground He had died aectaiogiy In a last waN ■

Me of Ms Poor neck; hi. thin beard . Tuftey ft 6ran ted an ArmistiC* pointed to the sky In a slender spiral; _ ,, htc eyes, rolled back slightly, ware the | OH Terms mat Mean nCT

tjzi ru' srirsss i

One wondered at the Irony of the fat* , •

which had precipitated him Into thr ! ^

whirl of this gigantic advantw-n-*.- , .^RSlAFM [S IN SAME FIX

whr bad been meant ao little far i*j

^ ,1... ~ _ _—- ~~V — »dventure. One of our hospltrl corpr j

am i^e cTt^! W ^ mtec-AIUI War Ccwnd. Ovtervoin,,

-at in the United States bureau of fisheries, bold* a aecure place. Ichthy- K)mr of lhll> . . T1 .. f ^ ^ w . 1

low died whll* I waa carrying him,"

Has All Sorts of Scientific Lore Packed Away a BONG a city fun of government officials noted for being “manraided."

Then tiij rye* by -chance fen oa th« stiffened hands. On one finger was a ring. And the signet of that ring war a skull emphasised by rrossboaes! This little mild bclnr. In his own child Ish way—be also, to best of hla ability, had sought i terrible.— James Hopper la Oolller’a Weekly.

ologtst Is. of courae. hla regular Job, and what he knows about fiahsa, Urge and small, would fill the ocean and

riven, friends declare.

He also U a botanist Flowers are a sort of hobby with him. Be knows and loves them all, violet roae. Illy, etc, along vith those that haven't such pretty name*. Friends who tell me about Doctor KeadaU aay that altboagh be doesn't pretend to be a flower expert, he really knows more about botany than many experts. He U tha

author of books and pamphlets, mostly on Ichthyology, and considered at •

great vatoe by sciential*. He is an 11. I> Ha started out as a school teacher. r " and uaed to run, I am told, r aort of aid* line to hla stientifle reaearchea. a ^ nl> ^ «botit nildway big summer camp for bt^i at BAago Lake. Me. ^ He la proud at hU tltU of “Uoansed Maine guide.- You've got to know a ° f **7 ff* " nd - good deal about the Mg woods to get that title. Sort of post-graduate bay ?** nK “’‘ ! v * lB * ble 7 rv °* itt ** ***

scout When Doctor Kendall goes Into the woods to bunt out some now Osh

be can do Ms own gplding.

“Wont yon come and take a hike wltn us. Doctor Keodalir a young woman friend asked him one morning. The party waa all ready to start out

“Biker replied the doctor. “How many milee is ttF “Between five and ten mile*." she replied.

“Oh, yon mean a ramble." replied the doctor. ."And anything below five

~iUcr 1* a stroLL"

A friend of mine, wishing to be Tunny- asked him gravely what ha did

rind In the world. The islands, at 'oral formation, hare tor ages been (be rookeries of sea h'rd*. which have lepnelted guano that has Impregnated the tlmc*tone forming phosphate rock

K) feet In dep«K The quantity <tf i “

phosphate* available la estimated at i

Condition* an Which She May Cease Fighting—-Austria. Badly Whipped on the Plave Front, Brg* for Peace. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. Turley ha* given up. Not walrnig for I he result of armlsilre and peace |wo|>osal* math- to the vnleote allb-s through President WU•on, stir made peace proposals tn the British government early In the week rlnch were considered In Loodon as tantamount to unconditional aurrewdi r. The armistice went Into effect at

noon Thursday.

The request for an armistice rra* carried to Admiral Caithorpr at Modro* by General Towntdiend. released by th< Turks for the purpose. Regularly accredited plenipotentiaries Mlowed. and after three days’ parleys the armistice was signed. It la both military and naval la character, and

were not

WO,000,000 ton*, and aa fertilizer It , MHIc. » was known that they Inrtml la said to riral the famooa nitrate ^ P«>*" of *ke allied fleetr Mds of Chill. Thla phntphate pod- i 'brougl. the Dardanelles. nccoi*Moa of mssh 8S per cent of manurlai value. ' lhr &*1***' ao<l the Dardanelles at against about 27 per cent of tha,. fo ri«- the Immediate release and reheat English phosphate, according to • ,orn all alllM prisoner* -of war.

i statement In New Zealand Dairy* J •** concraslim* that give the allies

Stout Lady Wasn't Interfering So Much, After All

, ~ ' fd to Germany, but have since heed J daewtlr* lead* to tlie expectation of A OOUNTBIFIBD team waa hauling a load of bay Midway of Thirteenth token over by the lirttisb govermnawt, 1 aa early battle between the Billed fl street a comfortably at oat woman stepped from the pavement and called «nd now It ia urged that they be turn- 1 "rets and the German Black sea fleet. M the driver to stop. Be couldn't have beard her, for the buraaa kept on h> over to Australia and New Zealand, , The Utter tnctudes a rumt.tr of pow-

Joggtng. Then the woman ran In front dorr much of thla phosphate 1* need- erful vessel* of varicn* type# stolen

of the team with both handr and volet ed for the agricultural districts ot from Russia.

raised high and shouted to the bay these two countries. j Turkey could not do much Mae than

! I “•rr“* d " r - Bbe had fought her fight

“Slop, there! Stop, I tall you! 1 Cooaarv.ng Sugar. j and was really a' 1 done. General 'AI Trant *° 10 7®®-" | The following bulletin waf among leaby's great riel cries In Palratln* nod The driver and hi* borara doubt- the moat forcefri end effective bits at the recent big advance* of the British lea* had eonacirntiona tcruple* about conservation pi ,Uganda at the New ! expedition in Mesopotamia, together running down stout ladles, for thr Turk food show. It was put out bj with the collapse of Bulgaria which wheel* stopped sad the lero and some ,be Hattonffi Bugar Refining com j way Isolated lier from her allies left l*r no ii-TT- ' r “ t Ltl “->° lntf<5 farmer man climbed ^ Jersey ; i o<brr eourwe thaa oonplete subml* ' ,OWn Stood politely, hat tn hand. -fiavr the waste! I riot. The Greek* were on edge to he to take the lady’s order*. And whll* “One hundred million cup* coffe* permltte<I to marrii on r«o*t*m1not>.c Interview a couple of men on the sidewalk stopped U owl dally in United States. j ami the Bulgarian* wanted to pdn In

“Seven!} million caps tea used dalfe such an enterprise, and there mat riot In United Stnti-*. | Ing and threat* of reroiiniou in the

*W)n<- hundred nnd sereuty mllllea Turkish capital,

cup* tea and coffee. | Latest news from Mesopotamia tell* Tf even an avenge of half a tea- of the capture of the entire Turklrii

janonful of sugar |>er cup ta left tm- army on the Tigris,

dissolved at thr tmttom of eu|is of tea The United States wa* not at war iUd cwf'-e I be warir would be 1.700,- ! with Turkey and ao nominal!} lias on

j part In the peace negotUtlon*

the two were

?ut In a few comucots

"I’d like to knqw what right that woman baa to Interfere with that maw He ts treating hi* borara all right. There ought to be a Uw to atop such

MddUag.-

“That'* what I tell my wife, but Ifa no use trying to stop them, one* they take r notion to do what their cl ah* call drlc work." While they Jabbered another pa**er-by. who had also lingered to watch

the woman and 11*:ec to her critic*, felt euch a vital yearning for detail* _ that she waited until the stout woman returned to the bricks to ask tf the old noO i^nda of —[g-j- dailyt

Iriver had 1-een bucking Into the rules of the B. P. C A. The woman taughed -stir jour aur-r until It dissolves ' tie* been taken for granted tliat tfah With a Joyous humor that was good to hear: It'a eatlmated tliat nae-fhlrd t • on» ' rountry will at least lie consulted In • W} soul and bcgly. no I That'* cld man Jlmpson. aa fine an old fellow half of all sugar uaed In home* If the inatle.-. Probably Cotooei JUmw. “ llvr< '- ool I y°u have to holler at him now—he's ao deaf. My brother used.la tew and coffee. Think It over now personally representiag tin- prral

;! In your home? Isn't then tteni at the councils at Versallle*.

*uy» hay from him far hU horse, and I wanted him to know our new address.' Then the pa seer-by went her way, feeling ashamed of the rude curiosity

if those Ill-Judging t

a chance for saving?"

what Mr.

Proof That Some Statesmen Can’t Write Speeches I T IS a good wide Jdmp from a Maryland ox cart to a flat wlthlo a stone'* tlirim Of the .apcol, but a woman made the leap a week ago. Htie wai

trtiing tuafhar wofiaia about It—In a turkeys that had strayed out on the mala road, when Uncle Tip, our farm hand, came along with the empty ox cart, after hauling a hogshead of tobacco tn the boot. The post ot up that tray and. for a wonder, he ha<

. I don't get many lei

ma. aa fur tnrttsttiHi*. I rrrkoi nr was about my flrat. It tool Mudri Juet one psg.- to let mthat Ids wife wa* dew a with th.

acetic

FT Ison thluki

: Turkey, a* well as about the real of

Moat Useful Vapetab!*. | >be wurid. *n>l can tell the reioespoiaWere I to scIhcI ««r- w-getable from 01 ,Uv entente governi-irni. It the wealth of the suipirer and fall *>«• that In tlds matter tM smate yield, to In- allowed It* um- through- Will bate no voice, aa It intctida to the entire mason, 1 should without have tn nutk'n* peace lreat.es with the hesitation Choose the tomato. N., ..tie nations with which America I* at war. was rounding up m> er garden product—except prrt.np. tha I —Mspotal"—may Ik- used In *<• tnany way# I The Gerrmn. goterannut having aig by IlM-lf. n* a salad In dozn t of dw nlfled It* full set eptauce of the allied helou* cornhlnallom; In *oup». (lewa, term* a* a hu*i* of arrangmieui* for a oUd “madr” dishes. There U hardly cassath.n of hostlllllrs. the Inlrrallled an) Vegetable and meat eomhlnatioo supfem- war council In VersaUles tvh‘«1i G not lm|.roved by It* ad-.itiuu. Spaut moat of the week x-ttllng tipuii And beside* It* t>r *eat-duy value dur- the term* of armistice that should hilar It* u-nson. II I* one of tU- w-gria | iu»|«»e.l on the Hun*. It was «greed

that the

led for V

t-eplng.

: Ing -

I IM

rerialn pasaengei tclght prove etc lx k* held up for U Which thay won't Ira

.* r In i-onsldrratioo *■/ my l.uard | 1 li • a good thing 1 came rigid r Jock. 1 don't sea how he gelt ch make* hi* work awfully hard Her a Itepubtlcaa, and be ha* «

Ives. It aland* to reaaol

’ I *«

I Hi

boya aend home anno uctug they haw fallen In love with “s little Vnnrb gtri ' and will s- od their swecllo -rt'a picture biter. The* follow* a phut*

nf a six or seven-year-old sweet, hllu the e-dillcr boy from Amecprotecting and msking happy, and *)iii|<atby make a groat

Detroit Free Pres*.

graph

imld be rxceerlinglv dras-

th. There was not th.- slightest dUpo etiinw tc leavr- to the Grrmana any mean* of renewing hostilities if th< sUbacquiDt peare nrg..tiallun* *U>dM fall through It wa* brileved that the term* would Include evncuatiiui of all Invaded territory within H filed peritwl; i urrrndrr of all todnnncr and ammunition; wfibrlrsnsl of (H-rnuiu fureea beyond the BidII.- and thrtr lie moMHaaflon; aumuder of the frontier fortresses; ret ease of all alllml prtxan era of war. German prtaouetv being held to help In rsstoration ..f .leva,

rated territory

* number ot U-boMs.

In effect, all thlr ulisnlnte surrender of Onnuny. and the allies woulii be In a poslt'oo tadk--tate and enforce any ptaer arrnngemefiti Uic) taw- fit to make. It la the luteotlon of the allied g<>\ emun m*. and the ardent fieri re of the allied armies and people*, that nothing leas than tbb. aha II l*e demanded of Germany. Whether the Hrtn* have yet been brought to a condition where they will accept sucli terms was a question. Many military authorities beUev- they will elect to fight for a while longer before submitting ao abjectly. and million* of the mldier* nad civl>.s n* of the allied ns Hook fervenrly hope thl* will be the cw*e Otlc erwlac. they feel. Germany would evrupe too easily from suffering Nome of those horror* of war which her armed fort-ew have ruthlessly Inflicted oa ethers nnd over which her people have gloated with savage glee. Of courv.no ouch deliberate tahuiranltiea n> th.* German wolffier* hare pnictiqrd eouhl or would be |irarticed by the troopif of the allies, but the German dtle* ami towns could be made to feel the terrible hardships that accompany oceupatlnn by an invading metuy. and the Inhabitants could be taught a Devon that would go fer toward deterrim them from ever aufiportlng a war of ngKremdon. even If tbelr rulers were left with the power to start each a conflict. The allies ai* not vlndleGre. but they Intend that Mere Justice shall be meted oat to Germstiy; and in tM* tlx AmerU-an soldiers who hove seen what has been done to Belgium and northern France are. tf possible, more determined Than thr soldier* of any other nat!oc. They, and all rtgbt-uhtd-ed Americans at iMwoe. feel that ■loppy aantimrotailty of the “forglvcyiiur^wemy" order ha* T>o piae* tn dealing* wKh the Huns. —mIf Germany accept* the teems of the armistice and begH* t« carry them oof In aiquiKia good faith. U».great war may Is- moridered as virtually ended. This, however, doe* net mean that peace..Wtl) l.c nesptluted With Che Irrraetit gpwruoi* ,.t . <ft . Genaony. Prince Max. the cfasnceilor. sought

Wilson as to the genulnenew of the Uennan reform* by which the lesijile are «up|Ki«ed to have come Into control of the government. But Mr. Wh son. as well as the government* of Great Britain and France, la more than skeptical. It Is true that the com mon people of Germany are l*elfig allowed to speak and even to act a* •‘ever before, hut It Is far from .errata that toe power* of ruvemu-rtii apivrcBtly grunted to them cannot Ikwtyied out ta a moment by the kaiser and Id* masters, the Junker*, when they hue attained their end*. The whole matter of German guvennocntal he*-* ami method* Is too enni|>tlrated fw dlsea■sloii In them- rolumc*. hut It will rejmy careful study by (hose who wish to keep olirvasi of the current of

event*.

Iw-spltc refieuted demand*, ta 'he I •rex. and public speeches, that be al> dlcatr. the kalaer refuse*, to sacrtfiiv himself for tha good of hi* rmintry Hr is rejmrtrd to have raid be would he willing to bt-nnae the rtieradltary prerident" of Germany, slid also that whin he ivinsider* the rigid moment ba* eotne. Ik- will step down from hi* throne. The (faieialisl paper*. rsjK-rtal •y. have been denounrhig him and hi. moebilra bitterly, and the fart Gist ltd* ha* gone unpunished, riiows that the suite rucy |* lti*|ng gr-.und fa*l. The rotgnatiita of Gen. Erich Ludendurff. firsl quartermaster grn.-ral and considered Die “bruins" of i> ■■ Gennan army, had a murknl effect In Germany. In-tag taken to signify the downfall of mllltarisni lie qidl. II wa* aappuard, l*-cau~- the e<«iro| ,rt tullllary matter* wi^ put in tha hand* of tile civil aitthofltirs. It vt-,.* rvfMWT «l that V»n Hdidenl.«re would order the mun-twsrttal ut l^driidorff Viti--will later order Gm i-nrt i..urtlBl of "lilmiy" wa* nut Mated.

mil n t'-m- t!l a •raem! and Hud-pi-a i Vienna, and tha great arapon „f w the

Uharira were havler a very ii -,i of It. The Italian front. «->.ni,-..r» ly quiet far many week*, hiar -l w a gnat a track by the alllev and J lu a week the Auatr^n- i.ad I driven tack all the way hetr.-cs Brenta and Xenmm bend. Thtar* began the . Mttnrirc : nd speedily alttad by lirf BriM-h. IT and American coottngeoi- 1 hi- r Ing of (be Plave by thr*.- • n i forces wa# raid » he n «d right, swenfag Jmri*n • nod c- 1 of the river, she, .m Civat wedge Into The co-n that apertUly gave them po— the tag AuKtrino Ixu-e t.f \ -i Then Hie acttaB been me- gen - the entire line. The HritUh - wing euiarrd Ariogo. mud In thr « ter reached rt*e Elvrnm river, r.nd it ItElJenv oceutitad the Mty .<f tidog BHwa th- fcsfiMw bind Hi- !•: t'orred a crossing ed the I'i«n- ■

M.rirt

ta.rder the Gulf of Vcr

line <rf ail wda

the Wave and' the Brent* ti..- •

At "tin umfi Xlivi-K** t aili-i 1 taken about aG.Oflb pHasasri and I rir.res of material. Yfce nnn.u from Vienna, that Austria Hua wa* wllbdrawrttig her troop- fow because mt her daaira fiar peac- ~ ed rntiier ridiculous, tfn Thur-U, i» Dtax tor no armlrilcv. —Iffi— The weak «ae almarnt a* ih-e^B for The Auatrian force* In N-rtiinM* Mnoteufgm They were dri'*-’ king, (kiuAwjuu aafi batore i 1 " “ the week the allies were ao the ube opposite Ilungwrlan wM'- ri had nearly reached their «• Ileigrade. In MtaHeoegrUrdu operaled with the *t'»mnrked succsm*. Rada|*--i |><>rtsd • t* be atarmed by tin • ii«n that the Jugo slav* wen the (t-Milan frontier and atirty In conjunction pKb the slh."

are sal'l '• ►o frightened Emperor Oharb- ' has taken rsfug- ta <me •* hi* •••'‘J* |j far from the cuptml and sant b|» j dmi to cnovber sirorglo-ld I’rertura ^ My hr wit], still be parutittcl to rrissiajj the ruler of Austria, tor he I- —tl* f ' [ sonally unpopular, bat whal •“» haa ta Mure for him end W» •H* 3 * 7

Hy desperate lighting tl» lari we-k slowsd op the tdvwace * the allies ta IW-lglum and FrrI *•' It <vsa thiv« dear ta Korh'a nriiltary did .77 cuttaa. in tbet.* rammer tiw I t."* w ere aided by the fart ihat I he

■vgton the Am

Gi rawny now stami* ■il-ai.<Wn<-d her sllle*. for Aastils llongary » urging quick aciloa mi her ptra fi*r •‘•fsirate nrmlkllee slid peace. T dlktategratlon of Austria liungu noted 1**1 week, mam- rsidd progie

The Croatian Jiariiam.nl nt Arruui d* J weak. Th* Yankees «*tw need the total ** |iarstii'ii of Ouatla. | marked superiority ta thl* «"» Ma«»ala and Dalmatia from Hungury. their heavier gun*, said to he 1 Th- Carrito Rlnvak* got Into action I naval guns cm mobile iwour snd rat the railroad he l ween Berlin shelled Lunguyon and at her Hit" and Vi«*.i.a near bodenhach so that J with doculed effect.

^ going Into action ta »h# Wravnj long and •vcitinwm* fight In- ,l ’ J Wee* gained esniplrte control ] Hots Kril.-u rnri of Ibd Men** i hi-id iu iigniuri ;Sww*<til aout" , tuck*. West of ths river there lively nrt Ions north of Grand Vr>j The srtUtcvy of both Oramt. Americans wa* eopsrialty aril'-