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close Strange to say II WAS IA French
shell Nhich had wandered from the
right road. Chateau Thierry was ran
OF English troops. but a second note!
found us three rooms and an excellent
dinner. all at peace prices The Ger
mans had passed through, so no liuucurs
could be had No tobacco remained in
the town and our now two DAY old
papers were welcomed as a boon.
The next morning. sunday, we visited
the town and admired the efficiency or
the shell that had Quilted the Elephant
Hotel We recognized also the progress
shown by modern artillery. one house
showed two cannon balls that had EN-
bedded themselves In the wall half way
IN the war OF 1914, which date had been
uainted round them. A shell OF
1914 had passed through that wall and
left little place for painting dates on
that section.
Had we been superstitious We wonld
have turned back that Sunday morning
as our car slowed on the road, slippery
with the rain, and CALAMITY glided over
the ditch into "A vegetable garden. For
tunatelV there was no hedge to run INTO
and no telegraph pole to hit, as all such
| things had been cut down To help 10
make bridge to replace one blown up
| 1t was a long job getting the car on the
| road again, and we had lonely drive
through woods before We reached Dor
mans. also on the Marine We did not
know the risk we ran in motoring
through these lonely woods. Little
parties OF Germans who had lost their
regiments abounded IN them They still
had ammunition and would not inn
probably try to kill the chauffeur ana
occupants OF passing automobile, with
the idea Of taking their papers and
clothes and escaping in the aut"m"hhe
4 few ,,ldys before Colonel ana ms
chauffeur had been killed in these same
woods In this way late in the evening.
At Dormans we had n dispute Will
the chauffeur lie Insisted on takn'
the road 10 Rheims by way Of Epernay
two sides of triangle, while We, stronI
in our faith in the map, insisted on TN
direct road by Nille-en- Tardenols. ]
Is wonderful how a chauffeur driving
car on a mileage basis loves the lon
and roundabout route which consume
the gasolene. We looH the high han
with him and ordered MIN 10 follow IN
direct route, but he had his revenge.
All through this district we heard
how highly the German army appreci
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when We explained that there was too
much for one to carry he allowed two
to go.
"Gendarme' Your rife is loaded
Eyes. mon Colonel"
Conduct these two to their autumo-
u lr and let them bring back their ef-
fccts"
The gendarme seemed impressed with
the importance Of his mission. As We
did not go toward the side Of the car
he expected he seemed to think We We're
giving him the slip, although the street
was huzinG with soldiers. w" brought
back our belongings ana placed them
In the farm kitchen.
Then We met our fellow prisoners,
four Italians, one who gained fame by
describing the Mathis round the world
automobile. race some years ago and
was recently In Mexico, another who
represented Paris paper, the third an
Italian aristoCrat resident in Paris, who
had supplied the car n which they had
come. and the fourth buchanan, a
friend of the three who had driven the
| car.
! They had had two nights of detention
and explained To MS that We lad fallen
! into the very thing We wished 10 avoid
! the headquarters Of the l'ifth Army, and
| thai we were in the hands Of gendarmes
| attached To the s;aff to protect II from
/ ANNOYANCE. As We talked and VursCt
our luck the officer came and said Ver>
severely: These gentlemen do not seen
to realize their position. They are u
my quarters by my PERMISSION eve
were in the kitchcn) and yet not one
even saluted when appeared.
w" hastily explained our ignorance ri
military matters. that we wrr" unaware
that he was u Colonel or thar We wer
imposing on his hospitality II" ac
ccptcd our excuses. THE Incident A..
closed" ho was good enough ~ say ar'
We wer, not taken uut and shot.
He explained that h" was GLAD To l'
us use the kitchen. bat that We mus
sleep in the prison on the straw witt
the other prisoners. Fortunately h
T, added "A was not oVCrCroWded as he ha'
mad six spies 1.-TWO being women Sho
couple of days ago and number -
n German prisoners were leaving ina
day.
After further inspccllnn Of the priso
| and hearing the account the -four liza.
! lars gave Of the two nights they ha
spent in Il We petitloned the Colon,
to let us pass the night in the kitche
sitting on the bench along the iabl'
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around us looking at us with suilen
anger. | caught the words Of one eX-
planning to his neighbor that we were
spies and adding They have been
denounced by the English soldiers |
saw there an old man had seen a the
cathedral and heard him say he had
suspected as much when he saw MS.
Then the Mayor came out To receive ms.
Clad in a nurses white dress, bearing
the Red Cross armlet. she told MS to
come in. For the acting Mayor Of
Scissors Is Nine. Jeanne Vatican
Macherez.
The real Mayor and most Of the
municipal officers disappeared long ago
when the approach Of the Germans was
certain. on their arrival two prussian
officers dema nded the Mayor. and Nine.
Macherez stepped forward and said
81 am the Mayor"
She treated with them and her
energetic attitude saved the city from
much III treatment at the time.
The acting Mayor handed us over 10
| the army officer who had been appointed
Mayor (fOr French laws will not yet
allow even a Nine. Macherez to become
an official Mayor. The officer looked
/ over our papers and talked with us a
few minutes, apologzing for keeping us
but explaining that in the tense state of
the peoples nerves II was advisable &c
make n show Of thoroughly examining
any one accused of being n spy, and he
begged us not 20 remain after lunch but
to leave by 80 As he was stu talk
ing a soldier hurried in and asked hin
to come with him,
What for?'
AN alarm, The Germans are COINS
to attack. They are not two miles
away"
The officer hurried away and we att
an excellent luncheon, altnougn TN
bombardment now was quite keen
shell every two minutes-the firing pre-
pnratory, we supposed, to the assault
After lunch we stood In the street AM
saw a shell hit house not 200 yard
away Then French aeroplsne flew
into sight high In the air, from IN
French lines, 10 inspect the German po
sltons. which were in a stone quarry o.
elevated ground north OF the town. TIL
, Germans launched their shells AT hir
in vain. The shells burst high In tn
air, but not high enough, and hus
, mushroom shaped clouds Of black smok
|, followed floating through the air. TIL
: aviator disappeared, but returned agai
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Receiving Permission to Visit Zone of Military Operations
They Witnessed the Bornbardn1ent of scissors, Ran
Into General + eadqu and Were Made
Prisoners for Three Days

dral, still showing brave exterior, but
house near by had received shell
since the morning and bricks and stones
covered corner of the cathedral
square. IL was our intention to make
for Rheims, as we had heard already
that II was under fire. Nillers Cottcret.
to which place the officer mayor had
Endorsed our permit. we wished to
avoid. as we had an idea that 1t was
the headquarters of the English STAFF.
Now the very beginner in war cor
responding learns to avoid those places
where Headquarters STATS abide. The
high proved officers who abide in them
are busy on war plans and the sight
OF correspondent is az a red rag to a
bull. only more so.
However. fate took us into its hands
and we lost our way as we left scissors
and wandered about considerably. The
rain returned with dusk and We de-
c,ded to stop at the first hotel We could.
We passed villages and towns without
! finding an empty bed. Requests for
dinner were laughed al tn" enemy
| and the allied forces had passed that
way and everything edible had disap-
peared. The Mayor OF DulChy, n largo
| town. regretted he could not find us a
room or a meal. His town was fun
Of qoldiers and refugees from SCISSORS
and other places. He advised us to con-
| tinue tin we reached Chateau Thlerry
on the Marne. a town with a first class
! hotel. the Elephant.
THIS we did ami arrived after dark
ON asking after The Elephant We found
that It was out uf business. one shell
had opened II 40 widely that il had &c
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eight days the people who had not left
the city had undergone the nervous ten
sion Of not knowing at what moment
a shell would fall near them At first
they had kept to their cellars, but now
a few were at their doors, indifferent
to fate.
We ran across two men with remains
OF English khaki uniform on. one wore
regulation coat and peasants
trousers, the other a regulation over
coat Both had regulation caps. They
told us they had been captured by the
Germans and had succeeded In escaping
by jumping through a window. They
were not interesting, had little TO say,
but gladly took cigarettes and franc
piece to buy drink
As we returned to the hotel we met
an English correspondent whose
speciality Is photographing and who had
been some days at Scissors for the
DdilU Mail We were Just about to
begin lunch when four soldiers arrived
and notified us we were under arrest
and must go to the city hall. We
started with the idea that It was mere
Formally, a question Of showing our
permit.
The people We met in the street looked
askdnce at us We could tel from
the remark OF those following MS that
they believed we were German spies
! 1t was fortunate for us that they were
not numerous. as any crowd could have
! lynched us without trouble. Rightly OF
wrongly. the people OF scissors were
| convinced that German spies were still
/ in the town.
On reaching the city hail We had Il
! wait a little in the entry, the crowd
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a couple OF hours later for another look
round, again attracting the enemy's fire.
Two thirty came, but we could NOT
drag ourselves away from more excite
ment than we had had In Paris for
weeks. Under the guidance OF our Daily
uciI friend We went down the street
leading to the river, where there Is
bridge. From the last house we could
see the German position.
III we all 70 on to the bridge the
Germans will send a shell at us said
the Ddiiy Mall man, there Is no dam
ger. as the time 1t takes to get the
range will allow us to get back behind
he street At first II one person went
on the bridge they would fire M him,
but now they wait for several at
time. not being willing to waste a shell
on one" But We were willing 10 accept
the sta cement without testing Its truth.
We wandered round to the city hall
again and found Nine. MachercZ outside
receiving the wounded. who were now
arriving in rapid succession. AS each
! stretcher was carried past she said a
cheerful word to the occupant If he
| were French and made some friendly
motion If he were African then direct cd
the bearers where to take their burden.
| She warned us she had received word
that the Germans were approaching In
force and that we had better leave.
We went into the college court to see
| the damage done by a shell which had
fallen while we were I'm the town. fo"-
| tunately not on the wing occupied 10y
wounded men. The college had been
made into "A hospital but we at once
! noticed that no Red Cross flag flew
| over II.
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permit examined and the gasolene re-
placed, we proceeded.
That day we got as far as Lagny-sur-
Marine, where we found u hotel open a
satisfactory dinner, rooms and break
fast on Saturday morning at the cost
of less than SIS for the four, including
the chauffeur. We had not reached the
region touched by the war as yet. being
only fifteen miles, as the crow flies.
from Paris. The car was left that night
in an open she'd yet none OF its miscel-
laneous contents was missing in the
morning. and II should be recorded here
that often as 1t was abandoned to itself
In the course of tho two following days
we never lost thing, although the
chocolate, cigars. &C, must have been
temptation to the soldiers who gath
cred around It.
Through Meaux. with its bridge de-
stroyed by the English as precau-
tfonary measure. and It's cathedral
fortunately unchanged by lombard
inent, We FASTENED north toward Sois-
sons. Almost all signs of the severe
| fighting that had been carried on in
this district had been cleared away
An occasional dead horse could he SEEN
but no dead soldiers.
| Wnen we reached the heights about
Mareuil even an unframed eye could
see that shot and shell had swept over
| the road. Trees were shot of or scored
with deep lines. huge holes marked
where shells had fallen. Close by the
road at one spot were the remains Of n
German Taube aeroplane which had
been brought down, and dozens OF un-
fired German shells lay piled up in rows.
Beautiful pieces of work, they were
each covered with wicker basket work
and had heather attachments to carry
them by. Two or three French soldiers
stood by them. presumably TO see that
the regulation against removing any
thing from the battlehelds was not
broken. But their interest in n news
paper given them by the war correspon-
dents was so absorbing that hey did
not seem to notice when two shells were
removed from their wicker cases, which
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would make perfect umbrella stands,
the married correspondents agreed
Each would have liked TO carry off a
shell. but ignorance as to how much
or little shaking would explode .hem
prevented such lOotlng.
As we drew near 70 scissors it be-
came evident that we were going 10
give a liberal Interpretation 10 our per-
init, which specified We should keep
back Of the firing line for our new
field glasses showed us French artillery
in position but not firing, and our ears
told ua that the guns were booming.
Just before entering the town we met
n crowd Of slightly wounded men walk
ing to the rear. All sorts Of uni
forms were there -Turcos. Scnegalese,
various types OF Africans and 1t seemed
10 me, Hndus our chauifeurs began
! giving them cigarettes, and 1t seemed
| as If we never should be able To start
! again. Their gratitude, 4 expressed IN
| incomprehenslhle calculations, was
easily understood one wonder IL thsse
men from their distant sunny hcuaso In
/ Africa had any idea what they were
| lighting about in a distant country,
! We bowled into scissors about j.
/ without even being asked To show our
| hermit. and at once We were aware
| that we were in town that had been
bombarded severely. The landlord OF
the Golden Cross unbarrcd his door ano
promised lunch in an hour II We would
be satisfied with faux ii.et OF beef as
Joint As war correspondents prepared
TO face anything we agreed to the menu
which included fried potatoes, salad
! cheese and other items,
Before going to look at the cathedra
and city We were shown what had onc'
been a dining room in the hotel =
shell had fallen and demolished u an'
most Of the next house, While we wer
In the cathedral, the moor Of which wa
covered with R,ass and one chapel o
which had been entirely wrecked b!
a shell. we heard a peculiar whistllni
, sound in the air which even We anna
tours knew at once was n shell. In
. second or two It fell, not far away
Then we knew that We were in tow
that had not only been but actuall
! was being shclled.
: we wandered round and saw IN
: results on every side Not hous
a had escaped, II seemed Some had los
' their windows only. others had bee
struck by a melinite shell and onl
e fragments of the walls remained. Fo
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ated champagne and cognac, and gold
topped empty bottles along the road
added their testimony. 1t suggested
new form Of defence for France in the
future. Instead OF forts round the
frontier. huge stores of champagne and
barrels of cognac might be kept. beyond
which II seemed no German army would
pass.
Proud OF overruiing our chauffeur We
bowled along mcrrly till about II
O'Clock. when we approached a village.
The sentry outside held us up. but after
n glance at our permit salutcd and ley
MS proceed.
That's q marvellous pass" one Of
us was saying when suddenly we were
told 20 halt again.
Tho little village swarmed with sol
ders Of all kinds and empty automobiles
lined the street 10y dozens where the
pavement should have been. Tho new
arrest was made by an officer, Major,
who seemed unimprcsse1 by cur magic
paper.
Descend and follow me" he said,
and led us TO what in peace days was
probably the village school. lie left "
outside and as he entered I heard him
say, More journalists; then the door
| shut.
In two minutes he was out again and
| told us TO follow him again. ordering
| two soldiers to come as well. lie led
us into farmyard. The centre wa
| occupied by the usual manure heap and
farm buildings occupied three sides. or
the side opposite the entry were tho cow
houses and piEsties. one cowhuuSe door
was open and the ominous wore
prison" was chalkcd on it in large let
tors We were told that thos' were ON
quarters. hut that we had the freedom
uf he yard and adjoining garden.
The Major who had captured III
saluted with charming ana highl!
amused smile and left Us. Anothe
officer took charge ~ us dressed In
different uniform. lie asked us at ono"
Have you any provisions with you?
W. said yes. in our automobile.
zone of you may fetch them" Blu
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
LEADS FIGHT ON
DIRT; VOLUNTEERS REPORT
The Alleys Are Filled Today
With Debris from Vacant
Lots and BaGkyaTdS.

This is cleanup day in ID. W. Aup-
perle's district north of Main street
and east of Sixth and a score of vol
unteers are out delving into forgot
ten piles of trash in as many back
yards. The alleys are being filled
with mounds of litter that viii be
hauled out by the city teams next
week.
Members of the WOman's club took
an auto tour over the district and
found that preparations are being
made to clean every vacant lot in the
whole section.
Not only is il a cleanup day but
perhaps no other part OF the city has
seen so much painting in the past
ten days as this. Dozens OF home
owners have been buying paints or
employing painters and shining up
their premises. Considerable repair
ing has been done, too. and there is
also some building going on.
This part of the town will be the
city sanitary all right if enthusiasm
counts for anything" said one active
worker this morning. People are
taking more interest in this cam
paign than eyer before, so far as |
know, and we are going to show
results"
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Tree Ordinance
Finally Passed

With numerous amendments and
qualifications Commissioner Holm
burg's forestry ordinance was last
night finally passed by the council.
The provisions to designate the sorts
of trees which may be planted by res
idents In their parkings were elimi-
mated and now even Carolina poplars
and cottonwoods may be planted un-
der certain restrictions.
The ordinance was taken from the
table at the request of Mrs. Walter
S. Sullivan and Mrs. Emma ID. Ches-
ter. 1t had been chucked into a
pigeonhole several weeks before, and
the resurrection was the signal for a
forensic debate of some magnitude.
Commissioner Carson opposed the or
dinance in all its forms and was. to a
certain extent, Joined by Commission
er Rankin. The mayor stood with
Holmburg and Commissioner Vor-
beck's stand was conciliatory and IA
vorable to a compromise.
The resignation of Frank r. Hall
as city engineer was filed and ac-
cepted.
The press of other business pre-
vented the building ordinance from
being taken up. 1t vii be discussed
next week.
The garbage collection will in the
future go to the best bidder. The
contention of Commissioner Holm
burg that Schwenker is under civil
service was not upheld by the city
attorney, and the work viii go out
by contract at once.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
WEATHER FORECAST.
Furnished by the
US. DEPARTMENT. AGRICULTURE

For Grand Junction and vicinity:
Fair tonight and Thursday; not
much change in temperature.
. For Colorado: Tonight and Thurs
day fair; not much change in tenn
perature.
March 81, p. M: Temperature.
%; relative humidity, 46 per cent;
wind, southwest. miles per hour;
weather, clear.
April /, 6 a. m: Temperature.
AZ; relative humidity, 6S per cent:
wind, southeast, miles per hour;
weather, partly cloudy.
Highest Temperature: Yesterday.
81; same date last year. as; same
date during last twenty-one years,
76.
Lowest temperature: This morning
to a. m, 40; this date last year,
%; this date during past twenty-one
years. II.
Mean temperature yesterday, 46,
which is below normal.
Precipitation: During past twen-
ty-four hours, T; total since first of
month, T; normal for this month,
.76 inch.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Weather Conditions, 6 a. m.

tData from Geographic reports.)
An area of moderately high pres
sure apparently central over north
ern Alberta covers the most of the
country west OF the Mississippi val
ley; it is accompanied by tempera-
lures about normal and generally
clear or partly cloudy skies, except
in Alberta, Saskatchewan. and the
Dakotas, where cloudiness is general
A slight disturbance central near the
southern extremity of Lake Michigan.
is causing generally cloudy unsettled
weather over the eastern half of the
United States. Precipitation was fall
ing at observation time at nearly
all reporting stations in the region
extending from Minnesota and
Missouri eastward to the Atlantic
coast. Excessive rain is reported at
Shreveport, where SAT inches has
fallen within the past 4S hours, most
of it on Tuesday. The lowest tenn
perature reported is 90 at Edmonton.
e. S. NICHOLS,
Local Forecaster.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
Check Your April Cough.

ThaWing frost and April rains
chill you to the very marrow, you
catch cold-head and lungs stuffed
you are feverish-Cough continually
and feel miserable-You need DR..
Kings New Discovery. 1t soothes in
tlamed and irritate throat and lungs
and stops cough; your head clears
up; fever leaves, and you feel fine.
MIR. j. T. Davis of Stickney Corner,
Me-, was cured of dreadful cough
after doctors treatment and all other
remedies failed. Relief or money
back. Pleasant-Children like it.
Get a bottle today. so cents and 81,
at your druggist.
The daily sentinel., 1914-04-01
OLD VETS IN SOX
CLUB; PLAY HERE
TOMORROW, 8 Pm.
Walsh, FOurnIer, Sullivan, BGr-
ger, Blackburn to be Seen
in "Chi" Uniform,
HESTER NAMES HIS LINEUP

Big Ed Walsh, playing right field.
Will be only one OF the old White
Sox veterans to be seen on the fair
grounds diamond tomorrow when
Comiskey's Kids meet the Salt Lake
Skyscrapers. Jack Fournier, Russell
Blackburn. the $4,000 beauty. Joe
Berger and Ted Easterly are among
the members of the last years reeu-
lars who will participate in the
game.
Herb Hester this morning an
nonnced his lineup for the contest.
Knapp and Allen will pitch against
the SoX men, the left-hander prob
ably concluding the contest. Strip
will match with Hester on first.
Brady on second. Potts and Bradshaw
at short and Caldwell at third. Huels-
man, Galena and Davis will cover
the orchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Potts and son
arrived last night from Battle Creek.
Mich, and Arthur Caldwell, the new
infielder, came from Santa Barbara.
This practically concludes the
Skyscrapers' lineup as it will go
through the Union association sea-
son. Ralph Craig Of Trinidad will
come in a few days later. A new
catcher is expected in shortly from
the east.
The game tomorrow should be a
good one from every point of view.
The locals are in excellent shape
while the Soxmen have been rehears-
ing on the coast for three weeks.
They defeated Reno and Ogden Mon
day and Tuesday and play the Muir
ray team of the Union association in
Salt Lake today.