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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24
's0VfR THERE
The Thrill and the He'll of
the Trenches, Described
by an American Boy.

Sergeant Alexander McClintock Of Lex
ington, KY, and the Canadian Army Has
Gripping Tale That Every American Will
Read, For He Tells the FactsEU nadorn-
ed Wounded, Distinguished Conduct
Medal Man, He Was Invalided Home,
but Is Going "Out There" Again to Fight
For Uncle Sam and His Allies An In
spring, Interesting, Personal Narrative,
Full of the Spirit and Atmosphere Of the
Trenches.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24
No. z. The Bomb
Raid
By Sergeant Alexander McCiintock.
D. c. NJ. 87tb Overseas Batf..
Canadian Gren. Guards.
Copyright. 1917, by the Bell Syn
dictate, Inc.

Sergeant McCIintoch is an american
boy OF Lexington, KY, soho has seen
serctce fn France, soas decorated for
5rGoeyy, soounded, tnUalided home and
nOa0 IL returning to accept q commits
sion This is the second article in the
series. In the first article he describ-
ed his training up to the point aohere
he reached the front line trenches.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24
The Bomb Raid.

The point we were to attack had been
selected long before by our scouts. 1t
was not, as you might suppose. the
| weakest point in the German line. 1t
| was, on the contrary, the strongest. 1t
was considered that the moral effect of
cleaning up weak point would be
comparatively small, whereas to break
In at the strongest point would be
something really worth while. And if
we were to take a chance it really
wouldn't pay TO hesitate about degrees.
The section we were to raid had
frontage of $50 yards and a depth OF
200 yards. 1t had been explained to us
that we were to be supported by
"box barrage," or curtain fire, from
our artillery to last exactly twenty-six
minutes-that is, for twentysix min
utes from the time when we started
lover the top our artillery, several
miles back, would drop curtain" of
shells all around the edges of that 100
yard by 200 yard section. We were to
have fifteen minutes In which to do
our work. Any man not out at the
end of the fifteen minutes would neces-
sarily be caught in our own fire, as our
artillery would then change from
''box" to pour a straight curtain fire
covering all of the spot of our opera
lions.
Our officers set their watches very
carefully with those of the artillery Of
fcers before we went forward to the
front trenches. We reached the front
at II p. M. and not until our arrival
there were we informed of the Zero
hour"-the time when the attack was
to be made. The hour Of 1910 had
been selected. The waiting from IL
o'clock until that time was simply an
agony. Some of our men sat stupid
and inert Others kept talking con-
stantly about the most inconsequential
matters. One man undertook to tell
funny story. No one listened to it, and
the laugh at the end was emaciated
and CHASTITY. The inaction was driving
US all into state of funk. could ac-
tually feel my nerve oozing out at my
finger tips, and if we had had to wait
fifteen minutes longer l wouldn't have
been able to climb out of the trench.
About half an hour before we were
to go over every man had his eye up |
the trench, for we know 1.-The rummies"
were coming that way. The rum gang |
serves out stiff shot of Jamaica just |
before an attack. and it would be |
real test of temperance to see man |
refuse. There were no prohibitiOnists
In our set. Whether or not we got our
full ration depended on whether the
sergeant in charge was drunk or sober.
After the shot began to work one man
next me pounded my leg and hollered
in my ear:
II say, why all this red tape? Let's
go over now
That nOggin of rum is a life saver.
When the hour approached for us to
start the artillery fire was so heavy
that orders had to be shouted into ears
from man to man. The bombardment
was, of course. along a couple of miles
IF front so that the Germans would not
know where to expect us. At II o'clock
exactly they began pulling down a sec
ion of the parapet so that we wouldn't
nave to climb over it and we were off.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24

shallow graves of the dead. Most OF
the soldiers legs are SCARED to the
knees with bites
| The one thing of which we constant
ly lived In fear was gas attack. /
used to wake in the middle of the night
in cold sweat dreaming that 1 heard
the clatter and whistle blowing all
along the line which meant that the
gas was coming. And finally l really
did hear the terrifying sound, just at
a moment when it couldn't have sound
ed worse. l was in charge of the daily
ration detail, sent back about ten miles
to the point of nearest approach Of the
transport lorries to carry in rations,
ammunition and sand bags to the front
trenches. We had lot of trouble re-
turning with our loads. Passing a
point which was called Shrapnel Cor
ner, because the Germans had precise
range of it, we were caught in ma
chine gun fire and had to lie on our
stOmachs for twenty minutes, during
which we lost one man. wounded. /
sent him back and went on with my
party, only to run into another machine
gun shower a half mile farther on.
While we were lying down to escape
this concealed British battery Of
five inch guns. about which we knew
nothing, opened up right over our
heads. 1t shook US up and scared us so
that some Of our party were now worse
off than the man who had been hit and
carried to the rear. We finally got to-
gether and went on. When we were
about mile behind the reserve trench.
stumbling in the dark through the last
aid most dangerous path overland, we
heard a lone siren whistle, followed by
a wave Of metallic hammering and wild
footing which seemed to spread over
all of Belgium mile ahead Of us. All
any of us could say was
'Gasl"
All you could see In the dark was
collection of white and frightened
faces Every trembling finger seemed
awkward as thumb as we got out our
gas masks and helmets and put them
on, following directions as nearly as
still and sent two forward to notify
me from headquarters when the gas
alarm was over. They lost their way
and were not found for two days. We
sat there for an hour, and then | ven
tured to take my mask off. AS nothing
happened, | ordered the men to do the
same. When we got into the trenches
with our packs we found that the gas
alarm had been one of Fritz's jokes.
The first sirens had been sounded in
the German lines. and there hadn't
been any gas.
Our men evened things up with the
Germans, however the next night
Some of our scouts crawled clear up
to the German barbed wire, ten yards
in front of the enemy fire trench, tied
empty jam tins to the barricade and
then, after attaching small telephone |
wires to the barbed strands, crawled |
back to our trenches. When they start |
ed pulling the telephone wires the |
empty tins made clatter right under |
F'ritz's nose. Immediately the Germans |
opened up with all their machine gun |
md rifle fire. began bombing the spot !
rom which the noise came and sent |
Up rs o s. signals for artillery fire
ilong a mile of their line They fired
| $4,000 salute and lost nights sleep
,ver the noise made by fhe discarded
containers of shillings' worth of jam.
t was a good tonic for the Tommies.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24

There are six articles in this remark
able series by Sergeant McClintock.
Two have already been printed and
the third will appear soon. 1t is the
most interesting one of the series thus
far and is entitled:
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24

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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-07-24

The English Tommy's battle cry as he
breaks from his trench. The bomb raid
and what happened OF sixty that start
ed forty-six failed to return because the
Germans had prepared a surprise for
them. Graphic description OF Sergeant
McClintocks terrible experience
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
GET READY TO LIVE AT
HOME.

Let us urge the farmers of THIS
section to plant everything used
about the home. There has lever
been a time when it will be need
ed more. Plant some cotton or
your money crop and in addition,
plant potatoes, both sweet and
Irish. corn, cane. vegetables Of
all kinds for use in season and to
can for winter. Plant velvet
beans. COW peas and sol ghum for
your stock. III fact get ready to
live at home. That is what YOU
should dc in normal times and II
is even more important that you
do it now when the world IS
turned topsv turvy. IS were, and
no one knows what to expect.
With favorable seasons YOU should
he able to make ample provisions
for the needs of yourself and
family and will therefore be in
dependent regardless of what
turn national affairs may take
DeRidder Enterprise.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children
In Use For Over 80 Years
Always bears ~ 1--
the NZ1.
Signature Of ~N~ "~ssSs
SAYS SHIPS MUST BE KEPT
IN PORT.

Amsterdam, via Londan, March
21-Count Won Reventlow, writ
ing in the Dcutsche Tages Zel-
tung, says with reference to the
sinking of the American steamers
City of Memphis, Illinois and
Vigilancia:
1T is good that American ships
have been obliHd to learn that
the Germans prohibition is effec-
tive and that there is no question
Of distinctive treatment for the
United States. In view OF such
losses there is only one policy for
the United States as for the small
European maritime powers,
namely, to retain their ships IN
their own ports as long as the war
lasts"
The Duesseldorfer General An
zeiger says that the sinking Of
three American ships is certain
to produce especial satisfaction.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
SURPLUS LAND COULD
BE MADE PROFITABLE

The average Louisiana farmer
owns or controls much more land
than he utilities for any practical
purposes year after year. and
these surplus lands, generally
speaking, could be made to pay Il
part Of the expense Of the farm
if they were properly fenced and
converted into pasturagc for the
grazing Of live stock. according to
G. f. Nesom, Live Stock EXteE-
sion Service. Louisiana State Uni
ycrSity. While no accurate date
are available that would show
the carrying capacity Of ~ elias
scs Of pasturage. it is certain that
the better pastures in he al'Iyial
sections Of the State have ear
rying capacity far in excess CT
the ordinary estimates Of AVERAGE
land in the southern states. One
pasture of 300 acres. consisting Of
heavy black land sod with Der
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24

muda and white clover carried
nearly two head Of cattle to the
acre for nine or ten months OF the
wears 1918 and 1916. The only
pastures one sees grazed down to
where they are really III the best
condition are the small pIats
about barns and premises where
the mules and family milk cows
have free access to comparatively
small areas.
The carrying capacity of the
cut-ovcr pine and hill lands are,
of course, not nearly so great 1t
is perhaps safe to say. however,
that the poorest Of our pine hills
and flats will carry one mature
animal for every five acres Witt
out improvement, though it is no.
recommended that they be used ny
this way, as all of them can be
greatly improved for pasture pHr-
poses by small expenditure for
seeding with lcSpcdeZa, white and
burr clover. Bermuda and pas
paIum grasses. It is quite prob
able that for at least generation
to come these pine lands are go
ING TO be more useful Tor stock
raising ON an extensive basis than
fO ranv other purpose, and when
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
DIARY GOOD WAY TO
KEEP FARM RECORDS.

A number Of ways which farm
ers may use a diary i'll keeping ac-
counts of their farm business is
suggested in a new Farmers Bull
letin. No. 1872, prepared by the
office Of Farm Management, Uni
ted States Department Of Agricul-
ture. Many successful farmers,
it is said, have found that diary
is sufficient to enable them to keep
track Of their affairs without
compelling them to devote an un-
due amount Of time to elaborate
accounts. There are two classes
of records in which farmers are
particularly Interested: o. Re
ceipts and expenditures; and (2)
the records of work and produc
ton, such as the dates Of plant
ing and of harvesting, crop yields,
livestock feed. etc. In many cas-
es the diary has been found to he
the most convenient means Of
keeping these records. The new
bulletin contains a number of
blank forms and other infOrma-
ton in regard to the use Of the
diary in this connection.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24

ought to be Rivers and Uar-
bors bill passes before the present
fiscal year has closed. But, if we
are to judge the future by the
past, nothing is more certain than
that, whenever another River and
Uarbor bill shall be presented, it
will meet with violent opposition.
Before the extra session con
yenes on April 10th, urge all
friends Of waterways to call upon
their Senators and Representa-
tlves to support appropriations
for the rivers and harbors which
are essential to our national pros
perity and may be vital to our
safety"
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
THE INDICTMENT TO BUSI-
NESS ABILITY.

A Socialist member has intro
fluced into the Pennsylvania Leg
islature a bill placing graduated
tax on incomes so that no one
would ever receive more than
$4,000 a year. This is typical of
a type Of proposition that is grow
ing more and more common. The
federal income tax has already
been increased. Efforts to adj
vance it still further will GER
tainly be made.
The Scriptures lay down the
proposition that to whom much
is given, of him shall much be
required. The man of wealth
gained his dollars not wholly by
his own industry. He had given
to him a higher degree of power
and skill. In so far as this was
Unborn, he is entitled TO no credit
for it, and should be willing to
contribute according to his abil-
ity to pay.
But we must be careful not to
kill the goose that lays the gold
EN- egg. Savage tribes live ac-
cording to SociaIistic principles
with their property in common.
They don't rise to civilization I'M
fill they are willing to encourage
individual initiative. The mo-
ment they give d man what he
earns, that moment education be-
comes possible and human com
forts multiply.
The able business executive
pays his way. if he is honest. A
good manager can double the pro-
duction of loosely run plant. 1t
is business proposition to let !
him keep his small proportion Of
the profits. even if it does make
him wealthy. However he can af-
ford to paw heavily toward taxes,
and should give literally to all
philanthropies.
A heavy tax on wealth is legiti-
mate, provided it does not check
business enterprise, and discour-
age men of superior ability from
exercising those powers. But the
public should see that there is a
limit. beyond which taxes would
not be profitable to the commun-
itv.-Ruston Leader.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF
NEW IBERIA.

The Chamber of Commerce OF
New Iberia in special session last
Tuesday night passed the follow
inc resolutions calling for a spec
ial session Of the Legislature:
Whereas, the Farm Loan Bank
established in New Orleans, to
serve the states Of Alabama, Miss
issippi and Louisiana will be ready
to make mortgage loans on farm
lands and improvements III the
near future, and, whereas, owing
to the widow S doWry law
which operates as a first mort
gage to the extent of $1,000 upon
the real property Of the communl-
ty after the husband S death and
bv reason Of the requirement OF
the farm loan system, that loans
be made on first mortgage, only
the benefits offered by the farm
loan bank will become Immediate
ly available to the farmers Of
Louisiana, therefore,
BE it resolved, that it be the
sense of this body that the COVER
nor of the state of Louisiana be
memorializcd to convene the
State LEGISLATURE in special SEES
sion during the approaching sum
mcr for the purpose of cnactlng
whatever law may be necessary to
remove the existing legal barrier
in the premises.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
NATIONAL RIVERS AND
HARBORS CONGRESS.

eff there ever was time when
the friends Of waterways should
I bestir themselves, that time is
now" declares Honorable JOS. f.,
Ransdel!, United States Senator
from Louisiana and President of
the National Rivers and Harbors
Congress.
Not dollar has yet been APP
propriated to continue the work
on rivers and harbors during the
coming fiscal year, and, unless
the needed funds are provided at
the extra session of Congress,
practically all work Of this char
acter must shortly be stopped.
in all the harbors from PASSPORT
TO Key West and Brownsville
from San Diego to Seattle, from
Ogdcnsburgh to Chicago and Du
luth, and on all the rivers Of the
country, great and small, hun
dreds Of dredges will be stilled.
thousands of boats and bargeS
will be tied up to the banks and
IS of thousands Of men Will be
discharged.
"Not only did the Rivers and
Harbors bill fail, but the Sundry
Civil Bill as well. 1t is in the lat
ter bill that appropriations are
made for projects which have
been placed under continuing
and to the completion
Of which, therefore. the honor of
the Government has been pledged,
"The passage Of the Flood Con-
troll bill gives authority to place
the Lower Mississippi and the
Sacramento Rivers under con-
tinuing contracts. AS one who
has used his best efforts through |
many years to secure the passage |
Of this bill, am naturally graft
fed at this result, but thorough
|y agree with the opinion, which
has been repeatedly and officially
expressed by the National Rivers
and Harbors Congress, that ev-
cry important project should be
put under continuing contract, so
that it might be pushed to
prompt completion.
at is my deliberate judgment
that no better Rivers and Har
bors bill was ever framed, or one
more free from items justly sub
ject to criticism than the one
which recently failed to receive
in the Senate. 1t
provided for many important pro-
iects in AL parts of the country,
ninety new ones. Yet
FIVE Senators: KENYON Of Iowa,
Sherman of Illinois Watson Of In
LLAMA, Harding of Ohio and Jones
IF Washington, signed a minority
report opposing this bill and sup
ported a substitute which would
nave completely revolutionized
he method Of making River and
Iarbor appropriations.
"Let me name a few out of the
many projects on which a stop
page of work is threatened. There
s the East river, where a better
entrance to the Brooklyn Navy
7 ard for our battle ships is need
d. President Wilson secured an
appropriation to begin this work,
although the Rivers and Harbors
Committee had voted to omit all
lew projects from the 1915 Bill I
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES.

Aliens Foot-Ease, the antiseptic powde'
to be shaken into the shoes am
sp1inkled into the foot-bath. 1t re
lieves painful swollen, smarting fee
and takes the sting out Of Germs an
bunions Nothing gives such quick am
permanent relief for sweating, callcus
tired aching feet as Allen Eoot-Lase
the standard remedy for % years. SOLD
by Druggists everywhere, 25c Always
use it to break in new sho. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S
Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y. 2
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24

0ssssI Try nj Hair sses soel AuHy and
hGUuafui6ost . q cent bsttle
Sf DandsSine.

+ you care for heavy hair that glis-
1o0s with beauty and - radiant with
n: has N insoRparabls ssftAsss and
- auRy and 1sstrsss, Try DAndsrine
J0se 80 Application doubles the
beauty q your halr, Decides It iAms-
nlatsay 2lssoavss every particle 81
oAA4ruR. Tea ca not have nice
Asevy, healthy hair II you have
4aAAru1. This 0sGtruettvo Dsurf robs
% hair & ~ iustrs. it, strsagtA and
II vsTy LIE. and II net Overcome Il
D9odaoss 9svssisAnoso md ituAlnx of
1AS scalp: he hair rcsts ~ n,
11oosa and de: tAea ~ hakS fnlH cut
pA Surely sst 29osnA Doonae q
kAS~-1on's DaHdsF1ue fsom an drug
1t0re and Inst txU II
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
JACKSON, MISS, MAN
Tells How To Cure Chronic Cough

Jackson, Miss.-"I am carpenter,
and the Grippe left me with chronic
cough, rundown, worn out and weak
i took all kinds of cough syrups without
help. | read about Vinol and decided to
try it. Before ] had taken a bottle /
felt better, and after taking two bottles
my cough is entirely cured, and | have
gained new vim and cnergy."-JoHN L.
DENNIS.
Vinol is a delicious non-secret tonic
which is guaranteed for coughs, colds
and bronchitis and for all weak, run
down conditions.
J ohm r. Taylor, Druggist New Iberia, La.
New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1917-03-24
EVER SALVATED BY
cAL0MEL? HORR|RIA
Calomel is quicksilver and acts
like dynamite on
your liver.

Calomel loses you a day! You know
what calomel is. It's mercury; quieI
silver. Calomel is dangerous. -
crashes into sour bile like dynamite
cramping and sickening you falo6leI
attacks the bones and should n5ever be
put into your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish, con-
stipated and all knocked out and believe
you need dose of dangerous calomel just
remember that your druggist sells for
so cents large bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone, which is entirely vegetable and
pleasant to take and is a perfect substi-
tute for calomel. 1t is guaranteed to
start your liver without stirring you up
inside, and can not salivate
Don't take calomel 1t makes you
sick the next day; it loses you a days
work. Dodson's Liver Tone straightena
you right up and you feel great Give
it to the children because it is perfectly
harmless and doesn't grippe.