Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, September 7, 1917, Page 7

B # | 'AMBULANCE MAN R FACED WAR PERILS O Ssvaral Occasions Nar- rowly Escaped. Death, TORPEDOES MISSED SHIP E. H. McCrahon, Veteranized hy His : Experience, Wants to Fight Now Un- ~der Old Glory—Says That Not Even :Dead Are Permitted to Rest In Their Graves In This Awful War. In the hope of winning an officer’s commission at Plattsburg Edward Howard McCrahon, twenty-four years eld, of Brooklyn, has arrived home aft- er serving since last May as an ambu- lance driver for the American: Red Cross on the French front.~ “Ever since America entered the war,” said young McCrahon, “I have felt that I could serve my country better on the actual fighting line rather than driving an ambulance. That s why I am now bere in an en- deavor to win a commission, that I may yeturn to the other side and help in the battle for world freedom and de- mocracy.” Before starting for the flghtiug front last April McCrahon was an inspector for the Acme Die Casting corporation ef Brooklyn. He brought back with him a wealth of stories of the fighting en the French front, . His First Thrill. McCrahon was hardly started on his military carcer before he saw action. He sailed on the French liner Rocham- beau on April 21. Sixty miles off the French coast, while standing with a * group of men at the port rail, he sight- ed a periscope. Almost at the same instant the wake of a torpedo was seen. The ship was swung over, and the torpedo passed about fifty feet astern. The submarine submerged, but again came to the surface, only to meet a volley of shells from the stern guns of the Rochambeau. A second torpedo passed harmlessly by. Wireless calls for help brought French destroyers on the scene, and the submarine disap- peared. “There is plenty of action drlvlng an ambulance,” said McCrahon, “but 1 am husky and in the flush of health, and I think I can serve better in an actual fighting unit. A man slightly erippled can drive an ambulance quite as well as a man with full physical qualifications. 1 think men slightly in- jured should be given the jobs of driv- ing ambulances. while those better able to do so takc up the burden of real fighting. “1 arrived in Bordeaux on April 30 and went inrmediately to Paris, where 1 was made an ambulance driver. After America's entry into the war I asked for my releage from the ambu- lance corps, and it was granted. 1 was discharged July 28. In that short time 1 suw enough to realize the horrors of modern warfare.” Confesses He Was Scared.” McCrahon has the courage to con- fess that on several occasions he was scared. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL KKK KKK KKK KK KX IDA VIRGINIA BROWN * Instructor in * PIANO VOICE DRAMATIC * ART * * Phone 633 . 1017 Minn.. 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M VETERINARIAN Office Phone 3-R Res. 99-J 3rd St. and Irvine Ave. KERRERKRRKKE KK H KKK KK KKK KK : DRS. GILMORE & McCANN PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS . Oftice—Miles Block I RS E R R LR SRR I EEEE R R R R R R RN DR. D. L. STANTON DENTIST Oftice in Winter Blosk I SRR R R R R R R R R KK XK XX KKK KN DR. R. E. RI N * DENTIST 0 * Oftice: Troppman Block * 1 .one 180-J Bemidji, Minn + I EEE R R R R EREREEE R EEREXAXFXXXREKED WH AT b d A A A A AAAAAE S A S DS R s RS b O *®xn Q.t*t*' kk Hh A AR ARE ARk kx *itfitt*tt; Akk K kR tt- AAXKRX AR AR Ak khkdk kAR R Ak Kk > e ¢ whE DR. E. A, ON,M.D. * . PHYSICIAN ANDS8URGEON ¢ Office in Mayo Block . * & Phone 396 Res. Phone 397 + I EE SRR SR ENEERERER] DRY CLEANING Clothes Cleaners for Men, Women and Children “Scared? 1 should say 1 was. But that creepy feeling which may be de- scribed as fright gradually wears off. Perhaps the experience which got my merve more than any other was a gas attack- With my assistant, a chap named - Witzel of Newark, we were en the road, I at the wheel driving. whlen four poilus popped out of the night and yelled ‘Gas!" [ shook like a Jeaf. I was semiparalyzed. But I pulled myself together and awakened ‘Witzsel just in time to don our gas masks. A few more seconds and we would have had our lungs full of the deudly stuff. The gas dttack lasted over half an hour, sweeping the wholo region. “I had another close call. Nearly dead of thirst from driving over dusty roads, 1 took a chance on a drink from a roadside well, although we had been advised against it. Nausea seized me almost immediately, and I was fright fully weakened. I was carried to a hospital, where I hovered between life and death for eleven days. 1 owe my recovery to the untiring attention of a Miss Levy, a trained nurse at one of the French base hospitals. “Usually in gas attacks warning is given by shrill blasts of a horn. Shell dodging comes as a matter of course. Those used to the ‘song’ of the shelis can tell almost within a few feet of where they will fail. The size of the Ahell can also be determined by its shriek, “I must say a kind word for the French officers. No matter what the surrounding conditions may be, they are always the perfection of courtesy. There seems to be a spirit of common brotherhood between the French officer and his men. Danger Lurks Everywhere. “It seems that not even the dead are to be permitted to rest in their graves in this awful war. Not far from St. Quentin a cemetery was within range of cross fire between a Canadian con- tingent and the German lines. The shells tore up the graves and scattered the bones in every direction. “It is dangerous to touch anything tound on the ground from which the Germans have retreated. To move a simple looking stick in the ground may mean the exploding of a mine. I know of a soldier who picked up a wrist watch lying alongside a wall. The act exploded a bomb on the other side of the wall, and the man lost both eyes. Ghe! THE BEMIDJI PIONEER ¢ 1 Groceries to Fead You For Fair Week This is the logical place for you to buy your gmeeneo—all of your groceries.. . We carry everything thnt even the most fastidious taste could desire. " There is qfinlity in every article we sell, and this is known to every customer who buys from us. Have you noticed that once a citizen starts to buy here they invarigbly oogtinqe to buy here? “There’s a reason,” and they know’ When you buy here you will know, too. = Prices to Suit You We don’t wonder that people kick about the price of living these days. They ought to kick. - We kick ourselves, and we kick to such a purpose when in the wholesale market that we get our goods at the very bottom prices. When we kick with the cash in our fist the prices come down. That's where YOU come in. WE KEEP THE PRICES DOWN IN PROPORTION AT THIS STORE. You get the benefit. ervice to Please You We never allow any one to give better service than we give, Mighty few can touch us in this respect. We want to KEEP every one of our customers, hence we give them service—together with prices—that DOES keep them. It’s a great’ combination—goods, prices and service—and it is so satisfactory to our. customers that it keeps us moving all of the time. g But we're here to move B W.16. SCHROEDER Mlnn. Ave. and 4th St. PHONE 65-66 BEMIDJI, “MINN. Our Yard Stock Is Complete Delays are expensive at this time of year —they add materially to building costs. That is 'wWhy we have equipped ourselves to serve you promptly —right out of stock on hand in our yards here. . No requirement is too large nor too small for us. Any service we.can render to help you flmsh your building before winter, or in time to take care of your crop—is free. See us or phone us what you need. St. Hilaire Retail Lumber Co, "o THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 6. 19i7 3 We Are Going 1o the Fair Are You? If you have any sparé time we would be pleased to have -you call in and see us. BEMIDJI JEWELRY GO, 210---3rd $t. Qur New Location One Door East of Fair Store T It Pays fo Order Storm Sash Early K Yes, I know it' SKEEMS rather queer to even TALK about storm sash now, but at this season of the year when every one is 80 . E busy getting ready for fall and wmter, time flies very fast. : . And what’s more, there’s no telling when cold weather makes its first viifl,. When it DOES come there’s a rush for storm windows and ’ usually some orders can’t be filled immediately because we run out of certain sizes or have to get odd sizes made. That means a delay and sometimes suffering. “YOU CAN JUST AS WELL ORDER YOUR STORM WINDOWS NOW AND HAVE THEM READY JUST WHEN YOU WANT THEM. Why not do it? ® See us this week. Smith - Robinson Lumber Go. | ‘“One Board or a Carload” , Do You Prefer? The Manufacturer m the Clty or . The Drugglst in Your Home Town Are Recognized as Perfect Products Made in Bemidji by ‘Your Druggist E. F. And Guaranteed by Him lIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHflIIIIIHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||||I < = Remember, A. Ph. Goods NETZER Tmlel Preparations and Home Remedies q IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII — Next week is Beltrami County Fair Week and practically every farmer within fifty miles of Bemidji will be in the city to attend the fair and do their early fall shopping. We are new merchants in Bemidji and we would like to have you come in and look over our stock and get acquainted with .us. ‘Don’t Forget We Have Special Bareai_ns for Fair Week Your money cheerfully refunded if you are not satisfied. Bemidii Shoe Store .Whose .. Guarasn.tee \ e i L