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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-12-07
CHAPTER XII.
Last Day at the Front.

TINE last engagement of any i'm
p~ortance that l was in was the
big attack at Loos in September.
In a big attack like this no one knows
but the commanders just where the
real thrust is coming. Several attacks
are made, and for all we knew ours
might be the real one, or the real one
might be twenty miles away from us.
1t happened that at the time of the
last attack we were almost sure that
the big drive was coming through us.
We were ordered to be ready to move
at a moments notice, and all prep
arations were made for a big shift.
When the attack came we thought that
we were on our way at last, and every
body was counting chickens"
There certainly was some terrible
fighting, and if all we were supposed
to do was to keep the Germans inter-
ested on our front we were very sue
cessful, Several things In this engage
ment deserve mention, and among the
first is the famous charge of the Lon
don Irish.
1uey ndu HOt Decu ucdEu VI NCIJ
much up to this time, but l don't think
there are many who don't know of
them now. They received orders to
take certain trenches at a certain time,
and IN the face of it the thing looked
impossible. The odds were all against
them, and they knew it, but there was
nothing for it but to obey their orders.
Nearly all the regiments have foot
balls with which they amuse them
selves while in rest camp, and when
they go into action these footballs are
taken right along with them. When
the whistle blew for the London Irish
to charge they threw their footballs
over the parapet and made their charge
dribbling the footballs in front of them.
1t was the most reckless, daredevil
thing l ever saw, and it accomplished
the impossible for them. AS l said,
by all rights the entire regiment should
have been wiped out, as the. odds were
against them and they were running
right into a death trap. The fact that
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Continued from last week
SYNOPSIS

Witnesses Royal Horse artillery In ac-
ton. Has a narrow escape and takes ref
uge In a cellar. Is sent to Paris.
Describes bomb throwing and aeroplane
attacks and the bombardment of a village.
Kills a trench digger.
The mining and capture of Hill GO. Sc
cures leave and describes war incidents in
Glasgow. Returns to Ypres in midst of
bombardment.
Motors with an officer through Ypres "
Potizze amid bursting shells and bombs
dropped from aeroplanes. A terrible ride.
Enveloped with poison gas. but gets
through. Carries dispatches through a
fierce three weeks battle. Tells of a Ca
madam attack.
The bombardment of Poperinghe. Slight
ly wounded while motoring. Humors of
trench warfare. Capturing spies. Dyna
hitting a chateau In No Man Land.
Visit from King George. who is thrown
from his horse and injured. Attack on
Loos. A narrow escape and then discharg-
ed and reaches London.
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When the mines were SET or we saw
a sight such as one observes only once
In a lifetime. The earth tremb1ed. a
low, growing rumble ensued, then a
mighty crash, and the air was filed
with smoke, fame, bricks, dust, flying
bodies, heads, legs and arms. Our fel-
lows let out a mighty cheer and charg.
ed across the crater formed by the ex.
plosion. The Germans seemed stunned
by the awful sight they had witnessed,
and we took several lines of trenches
from them with very little trouble. The
losses on the German side we're terri
BILE, and we lost heavily ourselves. The
chateau at HODGE will always be re-
membered by those who saw it.
His majesty the king paid his armies
a visit in the fall. and as | had never
seen King George | was much inter-
ested. | had seen the king of Belgi-
UNI and also President Poincare OF
France, but up to this time | had new
er seen the king for whom / was fight
ing.
We were warned the day before.
and every one had to be bright and
shining for the big event. The king
drove up in a car bearing the royal
standard on it. and you may be sure
that car was given the right Of way
over everything. Two dispatch riders
had dashed along the road ahead of
the car, clearing the way s % that moth
ing should delay the foyal party. I
was one of a large detail of mounted
men who acted as escort to his maj
esty.
When he left the car he mounted the
beautiful horse hat was waiting for
him, and, escorted by the guard, he
rode out to the reviewing stand. He
made a speech to the men, who were
formed up on the parade, and he thank
ed them for their loyalty and devotion
to England in her time of need.
l could only hear a few words of
his address, as | was stationed quite
a distance away from him. AS he fin
ished the speech he saluted. The fell
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lows threw their hats into the air and
let out a mighty cheer. When this
happened every horse on the ground,
including my own, stood right up on
his hind legs and reached for the blue
skies above.
The king wasst thrown In some way
and sustained injuries that were rather
serious. The accident acted as a
damper to the enthusiasm, and the
kings visit ended much differently
than was expected.
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p XII.
Preferred Firing Line to Hospital.

COON after this | reported sick for
y the first time since | had been in
the British army. | had a growth
in my throat, and they sent me to a
hospital in Armentieres. There they
removed the growth and put M to
bed Oh a stretcher.
l was in the hospital only three days.
and during my stay there the Germans
shelled the town the entire time. |
felt awfully sorry for the poor fellows
there who were helpless and didn't
know at what moment a shell might
come through and wipe them off the
face of the earth.
l stood it for three days, and when
Isaw that they had made no move to
discharge me from hospital l asked
the orderly In my ward when l would
be likely to get out.
"Oh," he said, you won't be out of
here for a week yeti"
won't II" l asked. "WeI, you just
go down to the other end of the ward
and turn your back for a few moments
and see whether l will get out or mott
He said he couldn't do a thing like
that, but the next time he was down
there l simply got up and walked out.
In these hospitals so near the firing
line there are no such things as beds.
and one simply lies on a stretcher with
his clothes all on.
When l. reached the gate of the hos
pital l found a policeman on duty
there, but l simply said the magic
word "Duty" and walked right by him.
/ got a lift on a motor lorry for four
teen miles, and l walked the other
eight back to camp.
When l returned and reported my
self they asked me for my discharge
sheet, but | said | had lost it, so there
was nothing they could do about it.
In the spring of 1915 the kaiser paid
a visit to the German trenches. / guess
he came very quietly. for the first we
knew of it was when the Germans in
the trenches opposite us raised a big
board above their parapet. IN which
was printed something like this:
THE EMPEROR WAS HERE JESTER
DAY.
HAD YOU ONLY KNOWNi
THE ENGLISH WERE EVER SLOWi
Our chaps printed a board which
went them one better. 1t said:
THE KING HAS BEEN HERE TWICE.
TOMORROW THE PRESIDENT
OF FRANCE COMES.
WE ARE NOT AFRAID TO TELL YOU
NOW.
FRITZ, YOU ARE HARMLESsi
To carry the joke to the end. some
body dug up a silk hat from some
where, and about l o'clock all the fell
lows began to cheer. They stuck the
it along the trench so that it could be
seen.
That hat was absolutely riddled with
bullets, but they carried it clear to the
end of the trench, and then they threw
both hat and stick owe the parapet, so
that the Germans could see how they
had been fooled. And how our fellows
howled!
The Germans were SO mad l think
they would have done us violence had
they had the opportunity. A little
thing like that means a lot to the boys
in the trenches, and it is the subject
of conversation for days and days
Rfterward.
Later we began to have more trouble
with spies. We caught punches of
them, but there always seemed to be
more about. Occasionally there would
be a Belgian among them, but for the
most part they were Germans, and we
could not understand it. We caught
them in all guises. but for the greater
part they seemed to fancy kits as be-
ing above suspicion. On the face of
the thing this is ridiculous, for who
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s:rMn.u,
FOURTEEN
MONTHS
Il AT II
By WILLIAM ]. ROBINSON
An American Boys
Baptism of Fire
Copyright, Little, Brown & Co.

The most graphic account Of the
great war that has yet been written
comes from the pen of a Twenty-Five
year-old Boston boy. who has just re-
turned from France. where as dragon
guardsman. dispatch rider and motor
car driver deserved fourteen months
under the British flag. Out of thirty.
n motorcycle dispatch riders he was
n of four survivors.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-15
Empire Theatre

Miss Molly King, the charming
screen stsf IN the second episode u
Mystery Of The Double Cross, is one Of
the feature attractions at the Empire
tomorrow Saturday. Superlatives
are unne sesssry. II Is sufficient to
sav that this is good picture. It's
qusiity has passed The test Of puaiie
opinion. the star, Molly King, is adj
mirabje The story is mysiifving and
contains al Tie elements you expect Of
a good motion picture Don't miss
this feature.
The Gates Of Doom, iiee reel pro
ductiom featuring tiaife MeD8wclA. is
lhe other feature Oh tomorrow pro
efam This Is story d love auf var
fare in India, most 81 the seeue b eing
iaid ST BHHeh Army post Claire
Mcdowell PLAYS Inc dDaole role Of In
dose, nHtiye woman. who secretly
-fies an English officer; and her
daughter, Agatha. The naive up
rising, TIE caravans crossing the dts
EFT, the views OF the walled city, and
the funeral pyre are few Of lie scenic
fealures Of this production.
Afonday = iBfiiing episode Of Patria
with MTs Vernon Castie vii be
shown. Mrs. castle ~ PnfTiH thau.
ming ia ihis superb new SERIAL SHOWS
remarkable versatility she shoots
&Bh the dead sure aim VI frontier
maid. @Ee swims with grace and
abandon Of mermatd. she dives
from dizzy heights. sic drives mo
tor at a speed That defies ell inv. she
tides with the easy daring Of a COW
girl She inughs, cries, dances, MAKES
loye-she paftrays eli womhnly emo.
tons with the power Of great artist.
National preparedness is the theme Of
Palria, with y delightful romance in.
tefwoven. Louis Joseph Vance, the
author, never wrote a better story.
Monday Grace CunsTd and Francis
Ford in The Purple Mask in two reels,
= three part Gold Seal drama and an
l. 10 two reel komedy make up the
program, adv
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-15
Bradley Theatre

Tonight, Friday, the unusual per-
sonality Blanche Sweet in Para
mount drama of exceptional. merit
called Those Without Sin, also new
Burton Holmes and comedy reel.
Saturday, the accomplished Triangle
star, Lillian Gish, in Fine Arts
picture play called Stage Struck, a
highly interesting and entertaining
photodfama Of stage life. Also a new
comedy.
Monday, the two well known favor
ties, Dorothy Dalton and Charles Ray
in a Triangle Inee play called Back
OF the Man, a wonderful story OF mod
efn American society life and politics.
Also the latest Pathe news and Til
angle comedy.
Tuesday, Francis Bushmnn and Bev-
erly Bayne in the third episode of the
big Metro serial picture called The
Great Secret, also beautiful Alma HIM.
ion in powerful Art Drama picture
called Pride and The Devil.
Wednesday, the most emotional
beauty on the screen today, namely
Pauline Frederick in the greatest play
OF all time entitled Sapho. Miss
Frederick Is more suited TO this role
than is any other living artist today
and the picture as produced by Para
mount is one that reflects much credit
both on the producer and Pauline
Frederick.
Thursday, one day only the artistic
cara Kinball Young, In a SeiZnick
pictufization Of the famous novel; fht
Easiest Way. A bigger and IN uch
better production than The Com mon
Law. adv
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-15
n. Il. CoIored Giants ID Putnam

The New Haven Golored Giants play
the Putnam team on the Fairgrounds,
Sunday at p. m. This club IS the
fastest and strongest bunch that ever
invaded Putnam. The local fans will
receive treat in baseball such As they
have rot seen for some time, as this
promises to be one inning Of excite
menl after another. The Colored Giants
have not been beaten this season. And
their record Of last year STANDS up rs
one 10 be ensied. They won ~ out Of
a. games played. such a streak Of
wins very few clubs can boast, aud
shows that the OPPONENT teams 10
meelahe Putnams are no slouches
Their line up is: Golson If, Allan Be-
Goodman #; &. Culver S.; considered
by Reddlng rs the greatest short stop
In the county, Twyman %; Red
mond ID; Johnson CT; scott c and
Smith p "Cannon Ball. ReddinR,
the well known Smoke who has
pitched tor Putnam several times the
last two years, Is personally acquainted
with these Duskies from New Haven
and recommends them ASA fist class
team. lie adds that everyone on that
team is a star by himself.
The local boys will be McNamee,
Andrews, Duggan, Manning, Barni-
Gle, The Gilmore brothers and Hanly.
That this oflering'is the best put up
TO the Putnam Fans In some time
goes without saying and nobody
should fail TO see this big game.
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-15
ChIIdren's Day at Woodstock

thildTenls Day services were held Mt
the Fist church Sunday morning The
program WINS The Pilgrims Quota
tons from the old New England prim-
er were recited by the little people.
The Landing OF the Pilgrims was read
by Miss Ruth shepard, Elizabeth Rol
Inns and Fosdiek Harrison in costume
were Betty Alden and Peregrim W htte,
Florence Dean was Liberty and pa
geant OF young girls in costumes of
different nations were presented with
Bibles and reading books, as emblem
attic of what America aims to do for
the stranger within her gates Three
babies from the cradle roll Henry T.
child, Lloyd Williams and Elizabeth
Spalding, were presented for infant
baptism.
The Sunday evening service was
conducted by Il. Il. Hall who was at
his best in talk upon Sius Of the
Mind.
Walter LlndemAn WINS home sunday
accompanied 10y N, French, supefiu.
iendent Of the estate where he IS EN-.
ployed
Gardner Richardson has been in
town recently tie is piannlng ior
army HE ia the near future,
Henry Greene and life from Wof.
cesleT, William GhnHn and family
from Providence end Mrs Florence
Paine from banielsan have been Val
ieysiee guests this week,
Clarence ". Bowen and family have
arrived at Bald AIN for the summer.
Mr.. Perkins aud " lie attended com
meneement exercises At MI Hoiyokt
College This week, their eldest daugh
ter being member of the senior class
Mr.. Sampson aud wife motored Il
VI elesley this week, their daugh ter re
turning with them.
Richard Child is this week intro
ducing his bride TO many Woodstock
friends and relatives (she finding her
self one among six women bearing the
name of Mrs. Child who are giving
her & cordial welcome.
r. Il. Hall and wife extended most
cordial hospitality To Woodstock peo'
pie Tuesday afternoon at 1 O'Clock
when Clarence Hall and wife very in.
formally received the friends OF the
bFidegroom's childhood aud early
manhood who can sincerely congrata.
Late him on his bright prospects for a
happy home.
Captain Hlnriehs has 50 far tegained
his health As TO be at his post Ia Well.
feel, n Y, near Troy. where IN his
connection with the Ordinance Corps
he Is inspecting the manufacture 81
large guns. Ills friends are glad that
bis work for his eountry Will be tn ihC
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-15
Trolley Line Inspected

G. e. Elwell, engineer Of the public
utilities commission, accompanied by
Samuel Anderson, representing the
road, made tour Of inspection of the
liues Of the Shore Line Electric rail-.
way in this part Of the state during
Thursday
Putnam patriot., 1917-06-15
An important Distinction.

zone great difference between man
and a mule began the affable cynie,
is TINT a mule is very quiet just be-
fore he registers kick"
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Violin Solo.

An especially interesting fea-
ture of the Friday afternoon re-
cital at the Edison Concert hall,
182 Peachtree, was a violin solo,
Fritz Kreisler's "Liebesfreud, :"
by Miss Emory Todhunter, of
the Lanier university, in harmo-
ny with Richard Czerwonky's
Edison record. Other much ap-
preciated numbers were a violin
and piano duet by the Misses
Emory and Catherine Todhunter
and a vocal selection by William
y. Ormsby, of Headquarters
company, 325th infantry, Camp
Gordon.
Recitals are given at the Edi-
son Concert hall every Friday
afternoon from a to 5 o'clock
which are proving very enter.
taining.-The Constitution, At.
lanta, Ga.
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Death Of Christian Walk.

Christian Walk, well known
and respected citizen of Lexing-
ton, died Tuesday at 2:9O O'Clock
a. m. at his home, 2O1O Frank
lin Avenue. Mr.. Walk had been
in poor health for some time.
On the Both of October he had
an operation for hernia, the re-
coyery from which was retarded
by heart trouble. He had been
confined to his bed since last
Saturday.
Mr.. Walk was born in Lexing-
ton, February 27, 1856, and was
6l years of age. He was married
to Miss Emma Hainkel of this
city, January 10, 1881, who with
two children, Mrs. Robert Stall
ing, of this city, and Albert
Walk, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, sur
vive. He is also survived by one
sister, Mrs. John Bartlett, of
Denver, Colorado, and four
brothers, Adam, Jacob, John
and William, all of Pueblo, Col
orado.
} Mr.. Walk had been an employ.
ee of the Winkler Furniture
Company for seven years and OF
: the Missouri Pacific railroad fol
J nineteen years. After he left the
railroad he engaged in the saloor
business at the corner of MAR
| and 10th streets.
: Mr.. Walk had lived his whole
life in Lexington and was knowI
t by everyone. He was a generous
1 and kind hearted man, and vii
: be missed, not only by the i'm
S mediate members of his family
e but by many who were recip
: tents of his bounty.
The funeral services conducte,
:, by Rev. j. c. Bierbaum, wer
4 held at the Trinity Evangelica
t church, yostein'any aGternoon a
o 2:30 o'cloeA~s with thesA
y - ~ IS mud
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Association Elects Oficers.

A meeting was held at the City
Hall Tuesday night for the pur-
pose of re-organizing and re-
naming the old Associated Char
tiles Association. Both were ac-
complished without casulties. II
is now the Lexington Provi-
dent Association" and the off.
GERS are:
D. Warren Sherman, Presi-
dent.
Mrs. Thomas Fletcher, Vice
President.
Mrs. Felix G. Young, Secreta
Try.
E. N. Hopkins, Treasurer.
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Births.

Capt. and Mrs. j. w. Bare,
1909 Main St., announce the
birth of a son, Monday, Decem-
ber 8, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bourlier an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Sunday, December 8, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Vocat an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Friday, December 7, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Hulver an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Friday, December 7, 1917.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Hord an
nounce the birth of a son-Tell
Danie-Sunday, December 8,
1917.
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Christmas Savings.

Traders Bank has just distrib-
uted $19,472.6O-the Christmas
savings of it's customers. With
the Government bond issues,
Savings Clubs, Stamp Certifi-
cate promotions, Building &
Loan Associations and other
savings devices, the community
is receiving good opportunities
and good training in thrift hab-
its. If the war should lead Amer
leans into thriftier ways it would
be no small recompense.
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Death of an Infant.

Mary Frances Odell, the g.
months old daughter of Mrs.
Bessie 0dell, died at / O'Clock
Monday morning at the home of
J. c. Stapleton, 1911 Railroad
street, after an illness of twenty
four hours of pneumonia.
The funeral services, conduct
ed by Rev. Robert L. Cowan
were held at the Stapleton home
at 2;30 o'clock Tuesday after
noon.
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LEXINGTON PEOPLE HEAR
WORLD FAMED SINGER
Signor CiccOlini in Tone-Test
Concert With Edison PhonO-
graph is Superb.


The tone-test concert given |
last Thursday night at the
Grand Theatre by the Edison
phonograph people, represented
in Lexington by Westerman g.
Barnett, gave the audience the
most beautiful singing ever
heard in this city. If Signor Cic-
colini had included a group of
English songs, he would more
nearly have Appropriated the
taste of those who heard him.
and would perhaps, thereby,
have received a less unenthusi-
astic response; but the artist
was by the nature of the
concert compelled to sing only
those numbers of which he
had made records, and as
he is prominently an opera
singer, his recorded work is
naturally Of a kind in which he
excels. Another point to be ta-
ken into consideration is the re-
straint which must continually
be observed by the artist while
singing with the reproducing
disc, and the mezza Uoce effect
made thereby might misleac
some in the audience to under
rate the singers freedom of tone
and volume of power-in JUS
this connection we are certain
that more than one hstner wish
ed the Signor might forget hi,
machine and let us hear on,
phrase sung as if he were sup
ported by a full orchestra.
The cellist, Mr.. Joe Glockner
was also an artist of ITO smal
account, and his instrumen
proved a more adaptable ton
ksvir to taat ~ ,,.,,,S,. ,,i.4Tt n
vocal example. AS to the re
creating Of the tone in each case
one feature invariably betraye
the identity Of each-that of vo
ume of sound. The synchronisr
also was at times Imperfect
which was no fault of the instru
ment, but for actual tone repro
duction the Edison is a marve
escaping perfection only by tn
actual absence of the soul qua
ity of the human voice.
Taking the concert as a who'll
even tho it was called merel
a tone-test, Lexington people a.
preciate the enterprise and gel
erosity of Messrs Westerns
and Barnett in giving them q
opportunity to Judge for then
selves of the Edison's meri
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.Ioins WireIess Service.

Leroy Glish has volunteered
in the United States Radio Ser
vice. He will leave on the 9th of
this month for the Great Lakes
Training Station, and after a
three months course in the Ra-
dio school, he will be sent to
Boston, Moss, for the finishing
touches.
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Death of DIR. Still.

DR.. Andrew Taylor Still,
founder of the School of Osteo-
pathy, died Wednesday morning
at his home in Kirksville, Mo-,
in the Goth year of his age.