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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-11-05

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A CRITICISM
WOMAN
TT rs not surprising that funny men occasionally
punct,re the American brand Of efficiency A recent
u contribution was furnished by Mr.. Pops in of his
ssfamous speeches. and others peppery.
But after ALL it is serious business, not only prob
lem but as to the poor manner in which we are trying
solve It
We talk about efficiency as gbly as politician makes
promises and forget It about quickly Efficiency is not
something to be worn special OCCASIONS such club
meetings and business mems hncheons and then tossed
into tho closet Of forgetuness and disregard It al
week. day mit and Sunday suit, too
Some people to think efficiency is only big bus
ess thing surrounded by millions and reinforced by ter
xyng statscs- That is part Of it but not all. AMONG
OTHER ELEMENTS Is FORESIGHT.
is4 q q q
We must learn efficiency. We cannot absorb it alto
gsther any than master grammar by looking
ut tho Of the book We need teachers those who
understand ordinary needs, the proper of which
nums the total Of national in any undertaking.
These teachers ought to get down to the little brass
tacks and not aviate around the bronze domes.
They should deal in common horse and not imag
Inc they have succeeded because certain public enterprises
virtue of appeals sentmentals if not hysteria. AND
ABOVE ALL THEY SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE.
For the purposes of this at least the character Of
efficiency that will do the most good ought to be
tical cook stove Unconditional coal HEAVIER and
cooly patriotic Nathan Hale HOME EFF
Cheney MEANS NATIONAL EFFICIENCY, FOR TT
is IN THE HOMES THAT THE RESULTS MUST BE
OBTAINED THAT MAKE BOND SALES POSSIBLE
AND THAT TAKE UP THE EXTRA BURDENS I'M
POSED BY REASON OF THE ABSENCE AT WAR OF
FORMER BREAD WINNERS.
u q
Our national government has been bulleng us on eff
fcency lines persiseny and sensbly but have been
paying too little attention to printed advice while natur
ally looking to practical results We have been
Hooverized for weeks. It has been good work The
have been saving food for the allies and for
soldiers and for the democracy Of the world More eff
cent methods have been employed There has been plan
ming and foresight well arbitrary frugality BUT
THE OTHER DAY LOADS AND LOADS OF FOOD,
READY FOR SHIPMENT TO THE ALLIES, WE'RE
DESTROYED BY AN INCENDIARY FIRE AT BAL
TIMORE PIERS WHERE TT HAD BEEN GUARDED
BY A FEW WATCHMENl WAS THAT FORESIGHT
WAS THAT EFFICIENT MANAGEMENTg
Why those precious stores not properly guarded
We will all 60 saving food, of course and helping in
every other possible but ask national admin
ators to exercise the high character of efficiency they
would impress upon We ask them to set the pace We
ask them to throw out safeguards that the horse may not
be stolen along with the barn door and the lock.
AFS.
NOT FORGOTTEN
I'M OISE is asked to contribute to the camp com
* munty recreation fund total of So $50 900 is to
W be collected for that purpose in the United States
Many may not understand the real objects of this new
movement The money is to be expended at the training
oh hoco
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
Births
BOYS


Alex hysliwiec, y04 McGraw; yaSs
GdowskL 81 konksi; Gus Conn. aga y
hAshngs, David Lee. 7os Beau bien,
hamuei brenpsn. ts0 81 AntoineI Paul
Wierxbick. 2i2 Mitchell: August Brs-
yw,S S,,mn, ,sy pus9is: tsrisy W
Deanberger, so7 Brooklyn, Herman
ximmermAxn. iss Fairvisw: John Ma
tsx NIX. SIS Thirty-seoond; John Do
masslski. IsT Jos. Campau; Marcel
AeN.hon, sts McMiiian; Sieve sssi-
1850 .rwenty-nfth: Alfred L. Emith,
1879 Mckinley. Donald r. Parks. so27
os Snle. Mma1 E spsoen. is9 0,,a p a.s
samaritan hospital, Gordon Wright
asi Dig: Frank TrIaskos 1917 Liver
nSis: Dan Lebed. 2oit Chopin; Joseph
Giosns @ Ciippert; Louis pskom-
inski. 900 oarneidi George Montgom-
cry. $50 Kirby w. Benjamin Field
ham. ss1 Rivard: Frank kapucsi. asa
Alsxandrine; Prank vslenti. 3ti Ro-
wsna; Edward Aumman. 100 welling,
W: william Il. s sina1y as rour.s G
Auson w. Sherwood. ss7 Seventeenth
Earl Savage. % Hunt, Raymond stsf-
fsiS IS otis: Terence {. Hoffman, 40
hospital; Lewis r. Danbennmeyer,
SCI East Lawn: stanley Kryska. s26
Kirby; Roman. Falkoski. Dodge:
Tony wojdynski. i07 Findley: Alex
Grysnsr ito 81 Joseph; George n.
Conrad. Ti2 Monroe.
GIRLS
Thomas y. o.connor. Harvey J.
Campbell. Providence hospital: Rene
II. Burton. 1895 SOFTEN. Peter l..
Rush. 45, Thirty-nrst. John Rymert.
80 Mercier; Ralph Dundss. I23h sey-
burn. Clifford Taylor. 1913 Elmwood'
thony promowiea. Krasow. Aiesan-
so jackson JOS. Koztoski. 1870
Campbell: William Liebig, i449 Bald
win; Theodore Lnest. l0ii Maxwell
Axelrod. Grace hospital; Frank kac-
zynski. 912 Dubois. George Batnak.
is Holborn. Elisha Randall. l3S West
Baltimore. Arthur y. peTamble, Pro-
ST Mary. hospital; Louis / Dun
bard. 565 williams, Edward Policy -
Melross, sanford L Walker; 2gs4
Fast Grand blvd. William Helwig.
Eopelle; Frank Stotkus. ee5 Car
dcnl Dewetr Bennett, Van Wormer
- nitnrium. John DietzleT Sos Les
lie. red Ltnley. 10 Garland FRANK
z.eliuski. POS Buchanan; Huber J
ward Grace hospital anneA Paul }.
schiliing Providence hospital: An
~, i. sokpiaske. s0s MILWAUKEE, F.:
Samuel Goldneid. 3s5 ADELAIDE Claude
r. Collins. 20 Miller. James a. Carr
pointer Harper hospital. EnGaele An
81 ruo. CT Fenton John Martina. 20
Otis. Thomas T. Sinclair 1851 Brook
lvn. george swartE $50 Garfield w.
TerAert W Bakor. ss3 Lothrop John
Miller. 40 Vermont partolomso Ugu-
ciruI. ils Pierce. Andrew Opcrhal.
stsir Hurrboldt. Frank Rarar 100
Nayburv: Ronpid a Reid. sl5 Menle-
'ts ID. TNeohi Obr"Eht"skI. III Thir-
10th VIM Thomas, 81 sherman
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
MOrtuary

AyDERsoN-Mrs. Mary. beloved
mother OF Mrs. W. r. Mech. Mrs.
ID. Ferris and Mrs. A. Doherty OF
Chicago. Mrs. A. Hayford OF OrnA-
ha, Neb. Roy and Christie Ander-
son OF Detroit Funeral from the
home OF Mrs ID. Ferris, $50 sheri-
dan-ave.. Thursday y. m ~ $50
and 81. Catherine church at .
o'clock.
CowLEs-Arthur II. aged years,
10 months. son OF James O. and
Mary .4sance Coweis and brother
OF ". Edison Kinney. Services At
residence, lao Richton-ave., High
land Park. Thursday. Feb, I. AZ
100 .. m. Burial Grand Lawn
cemetery.
DUTHIE Mrs Anna n. puthis,- Jan.
80. 1917. aged 81 years at late
residence, sac pewick-ave.. beloved
wife OF James and dear mother ~
James A. and MrA Leslie r.. Ling
Funeral services Thursday ? p IN
from residence. Interment at For
est Lawn cemetery Via funeral car.
GIANaUE-At Cleveland. ohio. Jan.
80, Bessie A. wife OF James ID
Gianque.
years. beloved husband OF Mary
and dear father % George I. Hare.
Mrs. William Cook. Mrs, Carl
Hughes Funeral Thursday from
sons residence. 4os Monroe-ave. az
.. m. Interment at Woodmere
cemetery.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
Deaths

Walter Zmuda. 90 Fordyce-si..
months. bronche pneumonia; Msrl
MAdlgan. 81 Park-hve about n
Ande Hughey 5S2 Scotteu-ave
months. broncho pneumonia Eve
Funtukia is9 BARley-ave.. years
diphthcria; Emile Crawford. 81!
Burns-ave. 81 years. senticemia
Louis HUM. i67 Pieree-st. IS years
Chronic nephritls: Gustave Neu-
bauer. 1917 willis-ave. T.. So years
cardisc dilitation; Tracy sass. 261
Hendricks-st. ~ years. cerebral APP
opleNy Carrie Lapp. 40 Twenty
ninth-st.. % years. Inflammation OF
brain. Floyd Johnston. St Mary s
hospital. about 80 years. spinal men
nights. Daniel y. Turner. i49 Krupp-
st. 80 years. pulmonary tuberculosis,
Anna Bavelak. IS Delmar-ave.. rs
years Inquest pending David Me-
Caiden. 80 Hamtramck- ave. 50 years.
ska. Is days. pemphigus neonstrium
Frank Shields. 357 W. Elizabeth ST..
% days. Inquest pending, Bernard
NowAk. 1891 McGraw-sve.. 2 months.
broncho pneumonia, George Stoddard,
Receiving hospital: about IS years.
Receiving hospital. about - years.
fractured skull. VIM. Arthur Nc
Quirk. 622 Mack-ave.. 80 years. lobar
pneumonia. Edmund Lubenski. 632
Medhery-ave.. months, looar pneu-
monis; Joseph Weiss. $40 81. Joseph
at. 30 years. Cirrhosis OF liver; Va
ieria Manis. Samaritan hospital. !
year. broncho pneumonia JOIN
Burke. u Burdsno-st.. about 81
years. GUrtfc regursftation, Leonard
II. Gutowsky, i0s Hancook-avc. w.
l year. cereoro spinal meningitis.
Elizabeth Klicber. 2ss Roosevelt
ave-. years. acute parcuchymRtous
nephritiss Joseph Magsiski. 1850
Tbeodore-s'.. 10 days lobar pneu-
mcnls. John Patrick. ~ Heathyille.
month. proucho pneumonia VIM.
Bielak. McBrearty, years. diph-
iberia. Johanna Warczcinske. 1893
81 Aubin-ave., S. years. lobsr pneu-
monia; Harry Hsrrigan. IS Greenfield
ave. acute myocarditls: Frances T..
Dunning. Grace hospital annex. ~
years. plemia; Susanna ID. Mccall
White. 24S Virginia Park, - years
Intestinal obstruction; Thomas l..
Palm. 81. Mary's hospital, 80 years.
carcinoma; Mary Jansen, 80 Mel
drum-Ave.. 80 years. senllity; Mary
Jane Purdy. Sal crswford-ave. 8
months. bronoho pneumonia; Mary
Sralaneski, Receiving hospital. about
so years. inquest pending, Agnes
Fleming Been, las Frontenao- blvd.
SO years. broncho pneumonia. John
J. l. Ciutton. III winder-st., 60
years, apoplexy; James A Eyler.
abs0T w. Grand blvd. 80 years. sbscess
OF liver; Bella Brossesu. 1so Locust
at. So years. tuberculosis OF lungs:
% years. lobar pneumonia
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
American Soldier in European War,
In Letter to Chun1 Tells of the Horrors
Of Germans Death Dealing Gas Attack

about IS or 20 seconds In which 20
adjust your smoke helmet which Ia
made OF cloth. treated with chemi-
Gals.
There are two windows or glass
eyes. In Il. thru which you can see.
You breathe In thru your nose. the
gas. passing thru the cloth he'll
met. is neutraiised by the action OF
the chemicals. The foul air Is then
exhaied thru the tube IN your
mouth. this tube being 30 construct
ed that II prevents the inhaling OF
the outside air ar Gas.
One helmet 10 good for i've hours
OF the strongest gas. Each Tommy
carries two OF them. slung around
his shoulder In q waterproof can
vas bag. He must wear this bag
NJ all times, even while sleeping
To change q defective helmet. you
take out the new one. hold your
breath. pull the old one on. placing
the new one over your head and
tucking In the loose ends under the
collar OF your tunic.
For minute. pandemonium
reisned In our trench. Tommies
adjusting their helmets, bombers
running here and there. and men
turning out OF the dugouts with
n1ed bayonets. 20 man the fire step.
Reinforcements were pouring out
OF the communication trenches. We
machine gunners were busy mount
ing the machine gun on the psrapet
and bringing up extra ammunition
from the dugout.
and soon fills the trenches and dug
outs. where IL has been known 10
Turk for two or three days. until the
air is purified by means OF large
chemical sprayers.
We had 10 work quickly. as Fritz
generally follows his gas with an
infantry attack.
A company man on our right was
too slow In getting on his helmet
He sank TO the ground. clutching
at his throat. and after few spas
modic twistings. went west. II was
horrible 10 see him die. but we
were powerless 10 help him In The
corner ~ traversf. a poor little,
muddy. cur dog. our company pet.
WAS lying dead. with his LAO paws
over his nose.
Jim. It's tho animals that suffer
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
OIL MAKES
INDIANS RICH
Mrs. War Eagle and Sister Get
$4,000 In Royalties and
Live In Shock

OToE. Okla. Jan. 3l.-Mrs. War
Eagle and her younger unmarried
sister had 10 work hard at one time.
tic younger woman did II because
she liked brightcolored shawls and
shining trinkets. Mrs. War Earle did
IL because she was compelled 10 in
order TO support her lord and mas.
ter in the style 10 which he had
been accustomed
Then one day War Eagle the In
Clan became involved In SCRAP"
4 gang OF cattle rustlers was cap
tured and War Eagle was found in
the bunch. His board bill now costs
him nothing.
The fow acres OF rock land be-
longing 10 the family would not
have supported dozen healthy
grasshoppers had IL been planted to
grain But game and Ash were pler.
tiful. and Mrs. War Eagle, greatly
relieved ~ the exit OF her chief,
took life BIT easier.
men some men came along ana
finally made her understand that
they wanted 10 punch few holes"
in the solid rock OF the hills on her
ground. She made out that they
might paw her for tins privilege.
They did and still are paying her.
Two Of the first few holes tored
brought oil gushers. In short. Mrs.
War Bride and he: ulster have OBJ
tanned something over $4,000 each In
royalties. End thst IL onIy the begin
ming The two squawS have desert.
cd their cid tepeo md now live
In a ieKls shack But the result
CT their prosperity shows in their
gorgeous raimont. me colors OF
which put the rainbow TO shame.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
MOrtuary

HEN 30. 1917. az his
residence, isa Marston court. VIII
liam j.. beloved husband OF Mary
and dear father OF William =. and
Harvey Hendricks Mrs. Geo. n.
schmidt and Mrs Adam Siebert.
Funeral Friday. February 2. 1917,
from residence at $50 70 Holy Ros-
AIRY church at 3 O'Clock Burial az
MI Elliott
JoHNsoN-Suddenly Jan. 20. 1917.
az her residence. SO RowenH-st..
Lila Sturtevant. wife ~ II Olin
Johnson. Funeral services from
house Thursday afternoon at ?
o'clock.
McCoY--Jan. so at residence. SIS Ar
tinery-aye.. William. beloved hus-
band or the late Janet. dear father
OF Mrs. Richard Downs MIRA Al
pert Cooper. Patrick "a. and Mrs.
Earnest Pedder. Notice OF funeral
later
Euclid-ave. west. James ". beloved
husband OF Henrietta A Taylor.
aged ~ years. Funeral Thursday.
Feb. ]. at p. m.
TooMEY--Jan. 20. Richard. beloved
uncle OF Louis Sevigne and Gather
Inc Sevigna Mrs. Charles Devine.
Mrs Patrick Sheehan. Virginia and
David Walsh. Funeral from resi-
dsnoe OF nephew. Louis sevigne.
SOS coplin-ave, rhursdsy at $40,
and Annunciation church at 8
o'clock via auto.
vARNEY-Jan. 80. 1917. at her resi-
dcnce. 80 Piauette-ave. Mary J.,
widow Of George A. ~ys<r,x. Flu
neral Thursday. Feb. J. isl7,\at /
o'clock. Burial at lockwood. Mich,
via funeral car.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31

F, the most--the horses, mules. cattle,
dogs cats and rats-they have no
helmets 10 save them. AT times.
gas has been known 10 travel is
miles behind the lines. with dire re-
suits to all living things.
A smoke helmet. at the best, Is a
VIE smelling thing. and II 10 not
long before one gets violent
headache from wearing II. Well.
our 1s-pounders were bursting In
No Mans Land. In an effort. by
the artillery. 20 dispense the gas
clouds. while the firestep was lined
with crouching men. bayonets nxsd.
and bombs near at hand 70 repsl
the expected attack To break this
up our artillery had put q barage
OF curtain FIRE on the German lines.
had trained my machine gun on
their trench and its, bullets were al
ready rakins the parApet.
Then over they came, bayonets
glistening. In their respirators.
which hAxe q largo snout In front.
they looked like some horrible night
mare, some horde OF weird beasts.
All along our trench the rifles and
machine guns spoke. Our shrapnel
was bursting over their heads. and
they went down in heaps. but new
shouts took the place OF the fallen.
sothing could stop that mad rush.
The Germans reached our barbed
wire. which had previously been de-
molished by their shells. and then
II was bomb against bomb. and the
devil for all.
Suddenly. my head seemed 10
burst from a loud crack" in my
ear, and hot needle pierced the
ear lobe. Then my head began to
swim. throat got dry. and heavy
pressure on my lungs warned me
my helmet was leaking. Turning
my gun oyer 10 No. 2. changed
helmets. My ear was bleeding.
The trench started TO wind like
snake and sandbags appeared to be
floating in air The noise was hor'
riblc. sank onto the hrestep.
needles seemed 10 be pricking my
flesh. then blackness'
was awakened by one ~ my
mates removing niy smoke helmet.
How delicious that cool fresh air
felt. in my lungs
4 strong wind had arisen and
dispersed the gas.
They told me | had been "out"
for three hours They thought !
wac dcaG
Tho rtt4cs had been repulsed
after hard APhi Twice the Ger.
mans bad gained foothuid in Our
rench. but had been driven Op' by
counter-attacks
Tho trench vac filled with their
dead and ours
Thru r. perlscopc. counted Is
dead Germans huddled about in and
ON our wire They were a CHASTITY
sight in their horrible looking respi
ratcrs
examined my first smoke he'll
met A bullet had gone thru il on
the left side. just grazing my ear,
and the gas had penetrated thru
the hole made IN the cloth.
Out OF our crew OF six. we lost
two killed and two wounded.
That night We buried all the dead
excepting those in No Mans Land.
In death there is not much distinc.
ton: friend and foe are treated
alike.
Jim. We also use gas, so there's
no Kick coming from either side.
VIII have 10 close as my head is
still aching from the effects OF
Fritz's perfume" No sleeping in
the dugouts for u. they haven't been
sprayed yet. and I'm taking no
chances Yours,
EMP.
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
WHAT is GOING ON IN GERMANY
A. TOLD BY THE NEWSPAPERS WE GET FROM
THE TEUTON EMPIRE

/ me. AZ vordun. and on the lsonso
Nc had 20 suffer serious hank al
lacks. and the Russian oft~nsi' ,
vas at arst successful in Mace
donia. our situation was not very
reassuring
Thanks. however. TO the sue.
cesslui activities OF our u-boats
and 10 bad harvests IN many part,
~ The world England. Italy. And
Russia Seoniy felt the pangs OF
want. Now RumAnia's rich harvest
Is ours The Ions battle on the
Sornme has been won. Should a
second battle occur, our front stand
firm.
"On the lsonzo everything Is In
order In the Mediterranean our
U-boats are successfully destroying
the Entente lines OF communica-
ton with Salonika in Macedonia
the enemy attacks have been -.
pulsed With sanguinary losses.
THE Rumanian army is crushed.
annihilated. In Wallachia We have
won brilliant victories All Rus.
sian attacks have been defeated.
Our front has been shortened and
IS now completely closed between
the Black sea and the Baltic
The formidable plans OF the
Entente have failed. We ars the
yictors. and. as victors. We must
dictate the peace
Berlin Organ Sees Reform BY
Foreel"
There Is note OF protest nidden
in this article from the Berlin
Welt:
The compulsory civilian service
law Is nothing more OF less than a
reform by force OF Germany's en-
tire economic life.
The liberty OF the trades coun.
ellis, the liberty OF tho individual.
and the liberty OF domiclle will he
abolished.
= Everything that does not direct.
ly serve the war will be abolished
The whole OF the country will be
turned into a vast military camp
Every industry that Is not useful 10
tie war viii be stopped. every man
will be removed from the spo;
where he Is OF no use TO the wa
TO be placed where he can do His
share"
Hamburger Fremdenblatt sees n
future menace TO Germany In the
British boy scout movement Says
this pa. er:
"one OF the greatest dangers with
which Germany Will have to reckon
In the near future Il represented by
the formidable military training and
organization OF youths in England
More than 10000 young people are
already enrolled I'm the battallons
known as the imperial cadets OF
the city OF London
'of FIR greater Importance. how
ever. from q military point OF view.
Is the boy scout movement, which
In these days represents nothing
more nor less than regularly
planned English military plot
against our people in the immodl
ate future.
Boy scouts number many hun.
dreds Of thousands. and each o.
them is carefully inoculated by the
military authorities with hatred OF
all that n German"
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31
In tho Fire Trench.
Somewhere In France. =
Pan German Demands Calais, Mar
seliiesl

Pl1-German Demands Calais, Mar
selilesi
There's no; much peace agitation
Ia the Pan-German movement. jndg'
ing by what a leader In that agita
ton, DIT. Glass. writes In a Wuert.
temberg paper. the Beobachter
The war must not stop until
Calais and Marseilles are in Ger
man possession.
AS soon as the English reply 20
the German peace ofref IL received.
the Pan.Germsn league will cireu'
late vigorous appeal which viii
at the same time give publicity 60
the claims OF the league, and utter
strong protest against the i'm
perial government in regard TO its
attitude toward the enemy.
Already a new pamphlet IA Ne
ing prepared In which the demand
Is made that either Tirpitz or Fel-
kenhayn be placed at the head Of
the government At the same time
an active agitation Is being engl-
neered against the imperial chan.
cellor and state secret ". DR. Helf-
ferieh"
indemnity Demanded BY Titled
Writerl
Count Won Mlrbach- Sorquittan
writes in the Preussiche Zeitung
For the future security OF Ger
many a large indemnity Is just r.
important as the acquisition OF ter
ritory IL necessary for strategic rea.
sons. without n sufficiently large
war indemnity the economic exis-
tonce OF Germany. already unde;
Tho burden OF heavy taxation, would
not prosper but collapse.
Germany requires speedy and
strong economic revival in order TO
be able 10 pay for the army and
aeet necessary for her security
even after the war"
Another Wants Peace To End Cor.
questsl
The Munich Posts view Is that
peace is desirable. In order that nc
more German blood be split in fur.
Their conquest. II calls for moders.
ton. in the following words:
1--WE are continually tuning about
the French and English Chauvin.
lists, but really the time has come
FOR us 20 look nearer home.
The German people Will certain
Iy not wish 10 see the war prolonged
into the immeasurable distance 30
that We may take Belfort from the
French. conquer Egypt. and annex
the whole OF Courland. As against
such conquests the blood OF our best
men weighs much more heavily Ia
the scale"
Germany Is victorious. the sent.
oficial Norddeutsche Zeitung IN.
sIsts. in the following article:
TT TX not inappropriate ~ thu
| stage 20 strike balance between
the general military outlook az II
IL At present and as II was In tho
summer OF 1915. when the Central
powers were faced with an attack
extending from the channel 20 SR
onlka and from the Pripet as Far
n the Black sea.
The position OF the Central pow
va then seemed far from hopeful.
Dns,And's starvation policy pro
iucsd painful results. On the Som
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31

The Times has obtained for pub
hcaiton The letters from the trenche Z
81 young American serving In the
British army Ina France. who has un-
dersons most thrilling experiences
He describes the war at nrst-hand.
a. no reporter could see IL. and the
letters undoubtedly constitute ono OF
the most remarkable Newspaper fea-
lures on the whole war, The writer
10 Arthur q. Empsy. . Brooklyn boy.
The letters are written To HIS chum
Jim. Just returned with the militia
from the border. The nrst one de-
scribed a charge in which Empey
was temporarily disabled by . bay
onet thrust The second appears
In tho Fire Trench.
Somewhere In France
Dear Jim:
Received your letter with Ruth's
address. Thank you I'll send her
q neld postcard: she won't know
A what 10 mako Of r.
Jim. we have Just bean thru q
German gas attack. We don't get
much rest you see, and take II
from me. had q close shave. A
bullet clipped my ear and was
nearly gassed. but managed TO
wiggle thru. I always Wa a alp
perry cuss. when II comes to saving
my skin. how about itf
Fritz can only send over gas
when the wind II favorable. that is.
II must be blowing from his trench
TO ours. A nve-mile perhour wind
is the most suitable.
For the last two or three days.
the wind had been made 20 order,
so we were expecting Fritr TO get
nasty, and were ready for him. He
lived up 10 our expectations and
the gas arrived on schedule.
We had a new man AZ the peril
scope. on this afternoon In ques-
ton. I was sitting on the Are step.
! cleaning my rife. when he called
out 10 me:
There's sort OF greenish. yell
low cloud rolling along the ground
out IN front: It's coming"
But waited for no more. !
grabbed my bayonet and gave the
alarm by banging an empty shell
case which was hanging near the
periscope. At the same instant.
gongs started ringing all up and
town the trench That's the signal
or Tommy TO don his smoke hex
met
Gas travels fast. so you must not
lose any time. You generally have
The Detroit times., 1917-01-31

Milwaukee's Advertising show, for
which preparations have been max
ms for several months. will be
opened today in the Auditorium in
that city and continued thru the re-
mainder OF the week.