Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-10-03

lnelTS. Well WcIc bAOI uedu ON other
side of him. Tho British were so
hard pressed he was disregarded. SC
lie dashed forward and lay down i'm,
mediately in the rear OF the British
suns. He said that the German IRE
was wonderfully accurate and rapid
The Teutons would concentrate theil
entire fire on M battery and when
that was out Of action would turn Il
another. . g4 .. wter
When the British retired before tho
German onset he remained in the
trenches so as to get pictures of the
charging Germans at close quarters
He snapped pictures until the Ger
mans were within a hundred yards .oi
the abandoned trenches and then ran
for life. He said the storm of bullets
was SO thick he was afraid the Kansas
undertaken would never get the job oil
burying him. He says the British be
haved withsthe greatest gallantry and
retired in perfect order. but they
would have been wiped out If they had
remained. 68ageat rF.i.r ff't tres
Fed by French. iae3 jfaa
That night he biyouacked with a
French line regiment, the men giving
him food and a blanket The next
morning he was arrested for the tenth
time and taken before the general
commanding the division and stripped
and searchedkand sent. to tAmiens un'
der guard with orders to leave instant
ly for England. 5a.,l a. %;ajets W.
At the train for Boulogne was pull
Ing out, packed to the doors with refu'
gees, he noticed a first-class compart.
ment marked reserved and oocu.
pied only by a young woman. a9nlaTt,
The train a moving, but Thomp
son took a running jump and dived
through an open window into the lap
OF the astonished woman. She was
considerably startled until he ex'
planned he was an American. ~ %lf
The woman, who was young and
good looking. proved to be a Russian
Of high family leaving Paris for St
Petersburg. ge q. 'sa%tai,
The government had given her the
compartment, but she had lost her
maid and all her money. Thompson
told her the Scotland Yard detectives
would search him when the train
reached Boulogne. and asked her II
she would conceal his films on. he1
person.
, Paid In Cigar Coupons.
She consented, but asked for the
danger she was mourning to be paid
5000. He had only $50, so he paid her
the balance in cigar coupons, which
he explained was American war cur.
rency. She seemed quite satisfied,
Thompson said he paid her almost
enough coupons to get a briar pipe.
At Boulogne, he was arrested,
stripped, and searched, but nothing
was found. He was permitted to con!
tinue to London, where he went to the
countess hotel and recovered his neg.
atives. An hour later he vas on the
way to the continent again.
He landed at Ostend and managed
to get a train as far as Malines. Their
he started to walk Is miles to Brus'
sells, carrying a huge camera, and over
coat. field glasses, a revolver and 300
films. = V 81 81 "rat-a
When he was ten miles from the
highway a dozen uhlans suddenly
spurred out from a wood and covered
him with their pistols. He pulled an
American flag out Of his pocket and
shouted "Hoch der Kaiser" and "Aut
Weidersehen," which was all the Ger
man he knew, s t
l. Upon being examined by the Ger
mar officers he explained that his Ca
madam credentials were merely a blind
to get through the lines Of the allies,
and. that he, really represented alsyn.
dictate of German newspapers in Mil.
waukee, whereupon he was released
and sent into Brussels in a motor car.
grl isa g Taken az Spy. ~
Next day a German officer saw him
chatting with an English girl In front
of a cafe and ordered his arrest as a
SPY. Thompson said: IAN right, I'm
used to being arrested, but Just wait
until l getyour picture" ~" 80
The officer was 80 furious y he
smashed the camera with his sword. I,
The Germans destroyed all the Aims
and ordered him to leave the city In an
hour or be shot. He left and walked
so miles from Brussels to 'Ostend,
whereI met him in the consulate. He
said he had been there over night, was
tired of the quiet life and wanted to
see some excitement, So j brought
him with me in our car to, Antwerp.
The last I saw Of him he was wiring
ing the hand of the chief Of the gem
eral staff and asking permission to
take pictures from a Belgian aero
plane. They might a. we'll give him
permission, because he will do it any
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