Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, October 19, 1918, Page 5

e a Copyright by Detroit Free Press) We received orders to march to Varennes and left the next morning. As we reached the heights of Varennes about noon we saw the wide country before us and the city, nestling in the valley. Farther up on the heights was Vauquols. Nothing could be seen of any houses but through our field glasses we could make out an enormous ash heap. Shells fell there continuously and we were frightened at the pros- This Village. Moré Than Hands pect of> having S ta. that a Scarcely hae dea ‘the hi a when some shells burst behind us. The French artillery even singled’ out indi- viduals. While Vauquols was possession they could co- entite neighborhood. We r now why this ash heap had been con tested for so bitterly. We ran down hil! till we came to Varennes. The southern section of the town had been wreeked by shells and fire. Many chimneys were all that was left simuding of “whole rows of. houses, Soldiers everywhere collected scraps of metal which were transport- ed to Germany. ‘The church bells were loaded on wagens and sent away. All the copper, tin, brass and nickel which could be found was gathered. The next morning we went into the trenches. We had to reach our posi- tion before daybreak, for with daylight the French kept all the approaches nn- der fire. There was not much of a trench tn Vauquols, All that could be seen was a single stone pile, Diterally, there was not, in this town, one stone left upon another, The ruins of this village had changed hands more than fifteen times. When we arrived one-half of Vauquois was in German hands, The French were in possession of the highest points from which they could overlook the country for many miles, In default of a.trench we sought cover behind the stones, for it was {m- Possible to dig trenches here, as the ar- tillery leveled everything. The soldiers concealed themselves. behind stone walls and fired. Artillery of all call- ber covered these ruins, Auild all this destruction lay an army of corpses, mostly German. . Changed fteen Times. CHAPTER XVII. We were of the opiiion at first that this was only a temporary condition, Prussian Officer Who Participated in the Rew. ing and Pillaging of Belgium, Re sail ir | Fear and fifter. a search of several coh 4 » came into Dar lines with Strodg reserve Units and the wildest kind of a hand-~ to-hand encounter ensued. < Sharp daggers flew from head to head, breast to breast. “Men stood on corpses in order to make new corpses. New enemies continued to arrive. For each man who was killed three others appeared. We also received re-enforcements, thus permitting the slaughter to con- tinue. ‘ Each man fought frenziedly, expect- ing his death blow momentarily. No life was worth a penny. man fought like a beast. I stumbled and fell upon the stones and in less time than is required to re- late it I saw before mea giant French- man with a pioneer’s spade raised to strike a blow. With lightninglike speed | I dodged and the spade struck a stone. | In the next moment my adyersary had a dagger plunged to the hilt in his abdomen, ‘ He went down with a terrible cry and crumpled up in agony on the ground. I thrust the dagger into my boot and seized the spade. There were new enemies all around and the spade came in handy. | I struck an enemy between the head and shoulders, The sharp spade en- tered his and buried itself half way in. I béard the bones crack under | the force of the blow. Another adversary was nearby and Each } | | L.drépped the spade and seized the | e struck the with his fist and the blood ran from my mouth and nose, We clenched. My dagger was in my right hand. 2 5 Each of us held the ther around the. breast, He was not superior to me In strength yet he cling to me as tightly as I did to him, | : We tried to reach each other with eeer but | our teeth. I still Held the da; was unable to strike. | Soon one of us wotlld hive to let zo, While.I was. trying my best to find & | way to kill him there was e terrible | explésion néarby. 1. Saw my opponent fall and I my- ‘self felt a terrible pain in tie right’ side of my lower jaw. y, I ran a& quickly as I could to the } hours fo’ a dressing station, where Twas bandage : , My face was so, swollen that the Aoe- tor could not tell whether or jaw had been broken. I was placed on a train for wounded men, botind for Germafiy, and wes , taken to a hospital in Dusseldorf. | 1 arrived at Dusseldorf August 28, | 1915, My wound was not dang and they expected I would be cured in 14 days. Yet it required three weeks. During this time | made up my mind firmly that I would not murder any |more people at the order of and to further the interests of iam, that this war would mean the end of the Hohenzollerns and of Prussian Militarism. I decided to desert to Hol land. { CHAPTER XVII. } T prevailed upon the authorities grant me an eight-day furlough to visit | my home and_I took advantage of this | to cross the Dutch border. I left my home under a pretence of Mitending to visit relatives, wearing civilian cloth- ing. I bought 4 ratlrond ticket to Kal- | denkirchen, a medium-sized town néar | the Dutch border. During my trip to Kaldenkirchen I had plenty of time to revlew all.that bad ha) Te How different everything was after the first year of the war! My home| town, once a lively country settlement, | was noW as calm ag a graveyard. In this town, which had a population be- | fore the war of 8,000 souls, more than | 40 had been killed and many others j crippled. Food was very high with lit-| tle to be had. | ‘There was no enthusiasm for the war manifest anywhere, The people were dowtihedrted, Stunned. It was the same in other cities. The not my-| fo: but after a few days we saw & tonging for peace was universal yet no slaughter bordering on insanity undet- one talked of peace or expressed the taken again and again. By night aa | desire for it. | day it was always the same. Using | One word spoken, which displeased | Verdun as their base, the French con- | the autocratic government, merited the stantly brought up, new masses of severest punishment. Th: ow it is troops, The; ad marshaled ir | heavy guns % the nearer 3 forts by of field rail Id the spring of 1915. beth s t gan an offensive of lo, Bat of an in: | comprehensible, niurderous — nal even at that early date. Germay and Freheh artillery bor! Tlie present Prussian government | ed Vauiquols Bo tat not a squa of Ind Sou uni iP foot | will, sla or aby German citizen to be founda which ha Bor | rt best ite in the same been torn up bj ‘ae Thou and | way that ft 4 the innocent pop- a Shells, ldrge_and sinatl, ulation of Bi | without i into the towi for With a clean ence cléan nights. 1 pi re] ¢ smoke, nt " On the third day the Z ton. cnemy boinbabiiteit abated aormowhat | batred: wil German nation Wi and we were Ofce Moxe sent Into the psd great toward France and Rue bile of debris, which had been | ; a Suaived thousand tne Tt yet dusk, and as the French bad .also Sdvanced an attack developed, “They” ‘The people quietly accepted ‘the enor- mous sacrifices which the wardemand- | | also appended, : Fy ‘so-called, an ever-in- ef pray Hi Ad Bilt fe He adete wd it z g i éeveral nignths fm were ceit on the part of the ment. : It was the desire to preserve peace for the. American. people which im- Oe, dade eat ae | lea fights today it has only kept faith With its democratic principles and as- sisted the world In defensive war Against the autocracy that {s a constant 0 for the . war over § the war the backbone of Prussian milf- tartsm will be broken. The Hinden- burgs and the. Hohenzollerns are doomed. A victory for the allfes will bs a vietory for democracy and a vic- tory of thé greatest majority seeking the welfare of the human race, (THE END) BASEBALL COMES INTO” OWN WITH THE ALLIES NEW YORK, Oct. 18.—The popu- larity of baseball among the Allied nations abroad is spreading so rap- idly that there is already a demand for simple insrtuctions-and rules of the game, printed in foreign langua- ges. To meet these requirements sev- eral expert baseball authorities are collaborating in the preparation of a baseball primer which will be dis- tributed in various sections of Bu- ye. The pamphlet, which will be print- ed in French, Italian, English and Spanish, wil! carry the rules of the game in the simplest form. In ad- dition there will be pages of explana- tious and answers to the questions which arise among those who ure playing their first contests. - These questions and answers will be printed both in English and various foreign languages in parallel columms in order that order that when American and ‘foreign players or spectators meet, without being able to speak the language of their opponents or neighbors in the stands,’ there may be a medium of communicatién at hand. .A glossary of technical and baseball terms. in all vlanguages is ate Supt. E. A. Hutchinson has noti- fied the members of the Wind River Stock association that they may cross the diminished reservation with their cattle, taking the shortest practical route to Hudson at which point they desire to lad, says a Lander report. This is a most ble solution. of _ situation that tened to work } Pa |REGISTRATION — OF SPURIOUS MOSCOW BREAD HARD TO DIGEST | JI MAKES DURABLE STRAW HAT; | PERFUME IS USED AS BEVERAGE FO ERE Som. °F oe ea ; MOSCOW, Sept. 36—(Correspond- cheered vehemently. The fat man| LANDER, Wyo., Oct. 19.—Dr. J.| BUENOS AIRES, Oct. 18.— encé of Associated Press.)—The av-jacknowledeged the applause good-| Hoyt Huckins has been appointed su-| Argentine government has refuse ‘@rage Rassian wants bread and rest| naturedly and took no offense at the | perintendent of the Wyoming School) permit « local firm to register a t} from the-tarmoil thru which he has|*houted inquiries of “How do you|for Defectives at this place, to take) mark which would have perpetufy > passing for the last four years; do it on & quarter of a pound of!chatre on November ist. Laxburp's words “spurios verse) Ss fe rer bread a day?” } Dr. Hutkins, Who cme here with in the now famous telegram to BY. ¢ believes he will eventually ———_—————- his family a year ayo from Torring-| in which he urged the German find @ two blessings. He doesn’t We give quality and service. Har-| ton, Wyoming, has built up a fine) ernmént to sink Argentine ve know ly how, but he’s hopeful. | ris, the metal strip man, phone 271J. practice and would not agree to ac-/| without leaving « trace The Russian public is struggling ——-——— lcept the position until assured by the} The case has been widely along with great patience, making Let me put your doors and windows | board that he is not expected to give! mented upon m-the local newspa the most of its very limited food sup-|in good shape by installing Allmetal|it up: He will maintain his down-| which have upp the act ply, making over its much-worn | Weatherstrips on them. Harris, the’ town office und continue his prac-) the govertiment im refusin clothing, polishing its shabby shoes |weatherstrip man, phone 271J. tice, but will reside at the home and! words of the former Germ and getting all the amusement it can 10-17-10t (give to it his personal supervision. | here to be perpetuated in / out of life by attending the theaters 5 Dr. T. G. Maghee, who has been! conimerce. and visiting the summer gardens. The superintendent since the resignation | ~ NEW SUPERINTENDENT ; oe List your property with us. Moscow's bread allowafice is one|Security Loan Company, Room 4,,of Dr. A. H. Cooper, will again re- quarter of a pound daily for each | Kimball Bldg. 10-1-tf sume his practice. | EEI E y | person—if he gets it. And the qnal-| ep |. The institution now has about-one} } ity of the bread varies so greatly that | Seen about yout metal weather-|hundred patients and the number is} INSTITUTE } theré is much betting arid jesting|stripping yet? Get busy. Call 271J-|constantty growing. i ; as to what sort of bread the food | 10-17-10t re oe cm ORNVEE CREE { committees will supply the following | or Schulte Hardware company 8 | 7 ¥ Highest | just received a catload of Cole “Het | CIQUOR AND DRUG ADDICTI¢ Kimball | Blast and Great Western Heaters. Jt| cured by a scientific course of nj phone, will be to your interest t+ look these| ation. The only place in Colo4 12-tf over before purchasin 10.15-6tl where the Genuine Keeley Reme«! day. | Liberty Bonds wanted. Straw enters largely into the com-|cash price paid. Room 4, position of the bread supplied to| Building. Security Loan Co ° , Potrograd and other cities | 70: far m the grain-producing centers. | Someti the straw is chopped so finely it cannot be detected: On other days it is so coarse and abtindant that straws an inch long may be found. 4% recent cartoon in the Moscow Movoye Vreyma showed an old man pi a straw hat. -Two urchins Hhaplond straw hats were playing at is feet, and & loaf bread from! which long straws Wére protruding lay on | the table, A neighbor who stood be- ; side the weaver inquired: “How do you find the bread these days?” The reply was: “We ¢an’t eat it, but it makes.ex- | cellent straw hats,” ai ‘The dearth of alcoholic drinks forded the subject for a cartoon that gave Moscow a hearty laugh. . A cus- tomer holding 4 bottle of perfunie in Kis Hand stood before an apothecary, to whom he complained: “1 don’t like the odor of this Eau} de Cologne.” | “Gkatious ,one doesn’t smell it} nowadays!” the druggist exclaimed: | “One drinks it!” } Under the greatly restricted diet enforced by the food shortage, per- sons in all walks of life have lost flesh to Such an extent that really fat men and women aré seldom seen. The chief work of tailors and dressmak- ers” mi s is taking in of gar- djust them to reduced Indiana Transit Co. Freighting, Contracting, Hauling NO JOB TOO SMALL, NO JOB TOO BIG. Agents for Indiana Trucks Indiana Transit Co.. F. H. FLETCHER, President. : § ; i { ; | { t ' | i f \ J. J. STANTON, Treasurer. H. L. YOUNG, General Manager. figtres. ~ At a rétent musichall performance an énormbdus fat man who was shown to a seat near the stage broke his chair into ‘pieces as he sat down. 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