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comfortably near. in heaps still unexnioded.
here The men going to and from the trenches
come in Tor hot tea or coffee and refresh-
ments night and day. a significant sign
torbids more than thirty men to congregatc
at once IN this exposed spot as sometimes
these !. NJ. c. a. dugouts are blown TO atoms
by shell. The one down below in Plug
Street has bean blown to bits and the man
in the one Just up the inc has been under
such Inc for several days that he will have
10 abandon his dugout
lust in font Of us over the ridge IS the
''rSt line OF the present British front There
IS no time to build trenches now or TO dig
themselves in. They Just hold the broken
line Of unconaected she'll holes or swarm in
the great craters which are held by rapid-tire
machine guns. The men go out by night to
relieve those who have been holding the
ground during the previous day 1t is harder
tor the enemy's artillery to locate and de-
stroy men scattered in these Irregular holes
ard craters than if they were in clear line
Of trenches. The British front faces down
the slope toward the bristling German lines.
dotted with hidden snipers and studded with
suffering machine guns. AS the evening
falls the batteries behind and all about us
open fire. Flash after flash Of squirting fame
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communication bitches to meet the Ger
man attack hand to hand
Over two hundred in number, the inva-
derG came sweeping forward under the
protection OF their own fire, apparently
intending to make big haul and quickly
retire Expecting an easy time the two
centre groups Of Germans plunged for
ward to tho American dugouts, but found
that their plan OF attack. would not work
They were met by heavy machine-gun fire,
ard 50 tried to follow the other parties
around the flank.
Here. it appears. an American captain
rallied his men with rifles and machine
guns and went ahead through tho wire
acknowledgements into No Mans Land and
waited for the enemy whom he expected
to BE driven out by his comrades in the
trenches. Soon this occurred, with the re-
suit. however, th&t with Germans in be-
tween thonl. the two opposing groups oe
Americans for time were firing in TIC
direction CT each other. In this fight the
captain was killed, the first member of
Tie 1917 class Of West Point to fail in
action
The battle ragged briefly but bitterly in
front Of the wire cntanglcncnts and in
and around sAell holes. Shoulder TO
shoulder in the dim light the opponents
fought. the Americans with rifle fire gan
butts and fists, the Germans with hand
@renades, while the American barragc he
gan to sweep back and forth across No
Mans Land. soon the snow was Uttered
With bodies hard erenadcs. explosives in
ended 10 blow up the American dugouts
and incendary bombs which the Germans
had no opportunity to use
Meantime in the dugouts and trenches
on either flank Of the German attack 4
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hanging several hundred feet high are half
. dozen huge fixed kite-balloons, with their
occupants busily observing. skctchine. map
ping or reporting the cnemys movements
zach Of these S target for the attacking
aeropianes and the occupants must be ready
At u momcat5 notice TO leap into a para
chute when they are shot down. High above
these balloons . score Of British Danes are
dartng about dashing over tho enerv's
lines acting as the eyes o. the huge guns
hidden away behind u. We are looking at
one far uD seemingly soaring in peace Ike
. graceful bird poised in tho ar, when sud
denly we scc it surrounded by dozen little
white patches OF smoke which show that it
has come within range Of the enemv's anti
aircraft guns and the clouds Of shrapnel are
bursting about it. Most of them break wide
OF the mark and il sails on unscathed over
the enemy's lines. Just above us is hanging
German taube, obviously watching US and
the automobile which had left below in
the road, while the British huge anti-air
craft guns near by are feeling for it, shot
after shot
Eve duck into our little I. NJ. c. A. dug
out, just under the crest of the ridge. 1t is
en- old, deserted German pit for deadly Gas
shells, which even now are living about l,n-
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eaps out from the great guns. Boom upon
boom, deer voiced and varied. follows from
the many calibred guns in the darkness, till
the night is Iurd and the ground beneath us
quivels with the earthquake OF lombard
mcnt
IGN above we hear the piercing shrek
Of the shells speeding to their fatal mark,
and below the crash Of the exploding shells
OF the enemy. which toss the earth in dark
waves into Tho air in the black surf of war.
Gun after gun now joins the great knorus.
swelling and falling in hjdeous symphony
OF discordant sounds. The whole horizon is
Int up and ahamc. The sky quivers and re-
fleets the fash Of the great guns, as with
the constant vibration of heat lightning.
Flares and Nerey lights OF greenish yellow
and white turn the night into CHASTITY dav
and ike the lurid flames OF an inferno light
up the battlefield, while the rifles crackle in
the glare. Here parachute light, like a
great star, hangs suspended almost motion
less above US, lighting up the whole battle
field, and now burning farmhouse or OK
plodlng ammunition dump Eliminates the
sky as from some vast subterranean furnace
flung open upon the heavens. All the lone.
sullen night the earth is rocked by slow in
termltten5 rumblins, till with the silent
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One of the Monster Guns in Use on The
Western Front

TT IS eleven months since April 6, 1917.
and with every passing hour America
i to-day is seeing her part in the war
develop rapidly from theory into fact. A
trench raid here. a bit of artillery work
there. then a German gas attack repulsed
counter raid by reckless doughboys, days
Of tense watching from Substituted
trenches. followed by nights of battle with
raiders creeping in across No Mans Land
all of these clements of modern warfare
have confronted American troops in
France within the last ten DAYS.
To complete the realization that Amer
Ca is at last on the battle line to stav is
the news that IN one engagement alone a
score Of Americans gave up their lives.
and that for valor in the same struggle q
sore of others have just been decorated
~ Premier Clemenceau. Apparently
Americans at home have but one more
war thrill to await, and that is the news
that American troops have at last gone
over the top in large scale drive.
The outstanding event of the last ten
days with the American contingent was. of
course, the affair in which the doughboys
repused a strong German raid on March
/ in the salient north of Toul Other
events of note were not lacking, it is true
in the same period. Four sentries. it was
learned, have been condemned to be shot
for sleeping at their posts. The War De-
partment has been asked 30 review the
sentence of death. General March. Amer
san chief of staff, arrives in America
and deplores the unnecessary muzzlng eff
tsts Of the censorship in France Ameri-
can gunners have again been active, par
acularly at a point where huge naval guns,
fred from railway emplacementS, assist
cd the French in a local operation with
notable success. The Americans suffered
their first gas attack of any consequence
ten days ago, but determined trench raid
by force of more than two hundred Ger
mans on March l really set the pace for
/ American participation, a fact which is
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UH7ITH OUR SOLDIERS IN
w FRANCE" book by Sher-

GA llh OOk SOLDlhRo IN
" FRANCE" book by Sher-
wood Eddy, just published
~ Inc Associated Press, contains a good
deal Of solid and Illuminating comment
snn activities ''over there" The author
mites Of his trip to the fighting front in
Nanders
& IN the midst of our vori, at base camp
aefe came sudden call to go up the Iine'
. me great battle front Leaving the rail-
rss' We TOOK motor and pressed on over
ae solidly paved roads OF France. which are
"s puising arteries OF traffic, crowded with
vans OF motor transports pouring in their
s'esay stream Of supplies for the men and
a1aitions for the guns Now we turn out
~. ~. the r1moling .ank-like caterpillars, which
s'"iy creep forward, drawing the big guns
- Ihe front: then We pass i light field
ss.@ry Next comes battalion Of Tommies
swinging down the road, loaded like Christ
saS lees with their cumbrous kits, sweat
a.s, singing, whis-ling as they march by
'l ~. oogged cheer toward the trenches
We nave crossed the Sommc with its
sueaieries q blood, on across Northern
rance and nov we have passed the Bel
- -. frontier and in the historic fields
f4ahders, where the creaking windmills
r, -s'ii grinding Inc peasants corn and the
- .sA'e church spires stand guard over the
ping villages. 4 turn Of the road brings
sose within sound OF the guns, which by
e'' are heard far across France and along
coasts OF England Soon we enter vii
~ winch lie within range Of the encmy's
ssseies, with thc:r shattered window glass
- TOOLS ruined houses, tottering churches
~ deep shell no,es in the streets. Now we
- m fee DANGER zone and have 10 put on
!. shrapnel proof steel helmets and box res
Ia''fs = be ready io- q possible attack
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confused battle ragged. In one case a Ger
man lieutenant approached the entrance
of a dugout and called out to those within.
Come out, Americana" An American ser
geant came out like hornet, killed the
lieutenant and two soldiers, and when his
captain was killed took command of his
men IN front of the wire and inflicted fur
Their losses on the enemy He was among
those decorated by Premier Clemenceau.
According to a Kansas man, the dead cap
tain was last seen kneeling alongside u
splitting machine gun. blazing away at the
Germans with his automatic revolver Il
saw him fall fat" added the private
The hand-to-hand contest quickly end
ed with the fight of the Germans 80 their
trenches through the American barragc
II the American trenches German and
American dead lay mingled alike. In the
wire the bodies of two German officers
were clearly visible. and many others lay
on the tramped and bloodstained snow
Two American dugouts were wrecked by
artillery fire.
How the troops felt afterward indicates
who they thought Won A young Ala
baman found he had lost his safety razor
and had 10 let the company barber shave
him. He should be a carver az cook
wagon thc victim groaned. Another's
complaint was that. after searching
the RUNS of his dugout for his sweet
hearts picture, 40 found it. in halves,
raincd beyond recognition. An Iowa
youngster went about complaining because
TIE only decent pack Of cards in his squad
WAS scattered in ffty-two different di-
rectons when a she'll burst in his dugout.
4 New Yorker, with his arm in sling,
credited his battered wrist watch with
saving his hand from being completely
severed. All the infantrymen displayed
i.cen distress over the loss of their com
rades. especially the captain, who, said
one. "yvas a fine officer, and took fine care
of his mon. Any one of the company
would have gone through hell at his or
der
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probably the Most Terrific
l. Explosion Ever Heard

On the early morning a short, deathly ST
fence followed the weeks terrific lombard
ment. AT 80 a.. the ground opened from
beneath, as nineteen great mines were ex-
Dloded one by one and fountains of fire and
earth like huge volcanoes leaped into the air
Hi!l co. which had dealt such deadly dam
age 10 the British, was rent asunder and
collapsed It was probably the greatest ex-
posion man ever heard earth up to that
time Then the guns began anew to prepare
FOR the attack and carefully planned bar
rage dropped just in front of the English
hattaiions as they advanced. AS the men
came forward the barrage lifted step
by step and dropped just ahead of them, to
pulyerlze the enemy and protect the British
troops. BY o'clock Messines itself was
CAPTURED by the fearless Australians. There
wag most desperate struggle just here
where we were standing at Wytschaete. All
morning the battle ragged along this line, but
by midday il was in the hands Of the dash
ing Irish division. Seven thousand prisoners
we're taken while the British casualties,
ing TO the effective protection OF their ter
rifle barrage were far less than the German
and only one-ffth Of what they had calcu-
lated az necessary to take TINS strategic po-
aition.
"Wo make our way Up to tho crest OF the
Mongineg ridge where we can look back on
the conquered territory and forward to the
new lines The great guns are IN action all
about us They are again wearing down the
enemy in preparation for the next advance
For the moment We feel only the grand and
awful throb Of vast titanic forces IN ter
rible conflict Day and night, in tho air, on
the earth and beneath II, me war IL Slowly
or swiftly being wagcd. The fire Of battle
synonfdeys mr. Ieaps into flames vast
blossoms, but never goes out
4Above us the very air Is full OF connict.
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\ Day With One of General
~ Pershing' Battalions

Let us go through a day with The bat
TALON chartered in this village At O'Clock
IN the morning the first bugle sounds The
boys are quickly on their feet. DRESSING
Washing, getting ready for the days drill
in half an hour they are tucking away a gen
efous breakfast provided BIZ Uncle Sam of
not bacon, fried potatoes and coffee. rood
homo made bread and as much Of it as a man
can eat. They get meat twice day ard
VIC nave found soldiers in Europe who
receive ratlons that compare with the food
that our ooys receive
BY GAO a. N. the men have reached the
drill ground on the open fields above the
village and are ready to begin the eight or
nine hours Of hard work and exercise that is
before them. Half Of each day is spent with
the French troops, learning more quickly
with an object lesson before them. and the
remaining halliday is spent in t.a:rinr By
themselves. The French squad goes through
the drill or movement. then the American
battalion. after watching them, Is put through
She same practice. They arc trained IN BAY
onet work and charges, IN musketry and ma
chine gun practice, in the handling Of grer-
AIDES and the throwing of bombs There is
evidence OF speeding I'D and an apparent
pressure to get them quickly into shape in
order 10 take their place in the trenches
before the winter sets in. A few weeks at
The front with the French troops viii soon
give them experience, and after a winter in
the trenches the men Of these first divisions
viii doubtless form the nucleus Cor LARGE
American army, and provide the dr;lln.asters
quickly to train the men for he snrng otTer-
sive
On the day we were there. after a hard
mornings drill, the colonel assembled three
oattalions and put them through the frst
Tegiinentai formation ard the first regimental
review since landing in France. The men o.
she 1st I'd and Sd battalions marched by, and
one could quickly contrast the disciplined
movements Of the veterans or old soldiers
with the crude drill OF the new recruits.
some Of whom could not keep step or smooth
ly execute the movements.
after nine hours Of hard drill. the men
swung cheerfully down the hillside into the
village street. Now they have lined Up. and
with ravenous appetites are waiting for the
evening meai. We are almost as hungry as
they, ard are glad 10 share the meal with
them. Here the table are huge piles of
good homemade bread. It is almost the first
white bread we have seen after months of
brown war bread in England and France.
Here are heapng plates of good pork and
beans, timed salmon, plenty of fried potatoes
and piping hot coffee. This is followed by
delicious pudding, as gopd as the men would
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dawn the birds wake and the war giants
sink for 4 Few hours in troubled sleep Then
the new day breaks and the warplanes climb
m the clear morning air to begin the battle
nfresh"
In another chapter MI EDDY, setting
down his observations while with General
Pershng's force. asks: What is the life
that our boys are living here a the
irony::' And this is his answer TO an
ever-interest;ne ouegtion:
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have had in their homes. Well fed. we'll
clothed, we'll equipped, sleeping under Uncle
Sans warm blankets comfortable Gold
Medal cots, our boys we'll cared for
The Irish standard., 1918-08-31
No. 20SS1.
ORDER EOR HEARING

State of Minnesota, County Of Henne-
pin. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ru-
dolph G. Verbeck, Deceased.
On receiving and filing the Petition
Of Selma V. Boyle of Hennepin County,
Minnesota, praying for the allowance
of an instrument purportng to be the
last Will and Testament of said dece-
dent and presented Herewith as and
for such last Will and Testament and
that Letters of Administration c. t. a.
be. granted thereon to Mary Verbeck Of
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter appear before this Court
on Monday the 10th day of September,
is1si -, at ,;a 10 a. m. at the Probate Court
said County and then. or as soon there
after as said petition can be heard,
show cause, if any there be, why said
petition should not be granted.
And 1t Is Further Ordered, That no.
tice of such hearing be given, by pub
fishing this order once in each week
for three successive weeks, prior to
said day of hearing, in the Irish Stand
ard, newspaper printed and published
in said county.
Dated at Minneapolis, this goth day
of August, 1918.
BY the Court:
JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court.
c. E. RYBERG,
2703 l.. Lake ST.
Aug. 24-31, Sept. z.
The Irish standard., 1918-08-31
WELL-KNOWN HASTINGS
BUSINESS MAN DEAD

John Kane, prominent business man
of Hastings and former treasurer of
Dakota county, died at the Mayo hos
pital in Rochester last Monday. Mr..
Kane was an old and active member
of the Hastings division of the A. o.
H. and had large circle of friends
and acquaintances in the Twin Cities
and throughout the state, all of whom
will learn of his death with deep re-
gret.
The Irish standard., 1918-08-31
easily be contrived and buttressed by

easily be contrived and buttressed by
the enginery of State.
In every generation the Irish ma
tion is challenged to plead to a new
indictment, and to the present sum-
mons answer is made before no mar
row forum but to the tribunal of the
world. So answering, we commit our
cause, as did America, to "the viru-
Gus and humane" and also more hum
bly, to the Providence Of God.
Well assured are we that you, Mr..
President, whose exhortations have
inspired the Small Nations Of the
world with fortitude to defend to the
last their liberties against oppressors,
will not be found among those who
would condemn ireland for a deter
mination, (which is irrevocabIe, to con-
tinue steadfastIy in the course
mapped out for her, no matter what
the odds, by an unexampIe unity Of
National Judgment and National Right.
Given at the Mansion House, Dub
lin, this 11th day of June, 1918.
LAURENCE O'NEILL,
Lord Mayor of Dublin, Chairman of
a Conference of representative
Irishmen whose names stand here.
under:
Joseph DevIin, John Dillon, Michael
Egan, Thomas johnson, William
O'Brien Uabor); T. M. HeaIy, Viii.
liam o'Brien; Thomas Kelly, John
MacNeiII, acting in the place of e.
DeVaIera and A. Griffith, deported
18th May, 1918, to separate prisons
in England, without trial or accu.
sation-communicat with whom
has been cut off,"
The Irish standard., 1918-08-31
BISHOP SPEAKS AT
PRINTERS CONVENTION
CONTINUED from Page ~

| want to say-and this is con-
fession l have never made before
the only woman l ever loved was a
printer. She was printing press and
type setter and everything else. She
took a piece of paper and with the
stencil A, b, c, she showed me the
alphabet, and when l was five years
of age she taught me how to read.
l refer to my mother. She was the
first printer and l loved her, and I
love her memory still. You gentle
men, of course, know very we'll that
it would be out of place for me to
detain you this hot sultry morning
with any story of the great things you
and those you represent have done.
l wish, by the way, to compliment
you as a union, because you have al
ways played fair. I think the mem.
bers of the Typographical Union have
been among the best members of labor
unions throughout the whole United
States For many years l have kept
in touch with the history of the Typo
graphical Union, so-called ''The Big
Six of New York, and have nothing
but admiration for the way in which
you have conducted your labor diff
culties when such arise. l also con-
graduate you on your patriotism.
When l think that out of $4,000 mem
bers that something between 1000 and
5000 are now in the service of the
United States, offer you my congratu-
lations and compliments. You have
set an example to other unions of pa
triotism and loyalty, and I know that
our fellow -countrymen are in SYM
pathy with all that you have contrib
uted in the service of the country. l
do not know that want to say any
thing else this morning, other than
that l wish you welcome to- the city
of Scranton. l hope that your visit
here will be extremely pleasant, and
while we have here the mayor of
Scranton to invite you as far as the
The Irish standard., 1918-08-31
(No. 2O779.)
Order for Creditors to Present Claims
Etc.

(NO. GUIlJ.)
Order for Creditors to Present Claims,
State Of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin. Probate Court.
In the matter Of the estate Of Frederick
G. Winkenwerder, Deceased.
Letters Of administration on the es-
tate Of FREDERICK g. Winkenwerder, de-
ceased, ce,a late Of ,t the colPty Of Hennepin
to Michael ]. Gill. of said county and
state,
1t is ordered that six months be and
the same lis hereby allowed from and
after the date of this order. in which
all persons having claims or demands
against the said deceased are required
said county of Hennepin for examina-
barred.
1t is further ordered. that the first
Monday. in March, 1919. at 10 o'clock
a. M, at general term Of said Probate
Court, to be held at the court house in
pc an6 the same is hereby appointed as
the time and place when and where the
said Probate Court will examine and
adjust said claims and demands
And it is further ordered, that notice
OF such hearing be given to all credi-
tors and persons interested in said es-
tate by forthwith publishing this order
weeks, in the Irish Standard, a news
paper printed and published in said
county.
Dated at Minneapolis. this 18th day of
August, 1918.
BY the Court:
JOHN A. DAHL,
S-l1-24-3l Judge of Probate.
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lre|and's Appeal
To America

(Continued from Page ~
The Irish standard., 1918-08-31
No. 2OSS2.
ORDER FOR HEARING,


State of Minnesota, County of Henne-
pin. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of Mich
ael G. Powers, Decedent.
On receiving and fling the Petition
Of Ella e. Gibbs of Hennepin County,
Minnesota, praying for the allowance
or an instrument purporting to be the
last Will and Testament of said dece--
dent and presented Herewith as and
that Letters Parliamentary be granted
thereon to said petitioner;
1t Is Ordered, That said petition be
heard and that all persons interested
in said matter appear before this Court
on Monday, the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1913, at 10 a. m. at the Probate
Court in the Court House at Minne-
apolis in said County and then, or as
soon thereafter as said petition can be
heard, show cause, if any there be. why
said petition should not be granted.
tice of such hearing be given, by pub
fishing this order once in each week for
three successive weeks, prior to said
day of hearing. in the Irish Standard. a
newspaper printed and published in said
County, and by mailing a copy Of this
order to all the legatees named in said
will and heirs-at-law of said decedent
when their address is known or can be
ascertained by due diligence, at least
fourteen .Q4) days before the date of
said hearing, unless notice is waived.
of August, 1918.
By the Court:
JOHN A. DAHL,
Judge of the Probate Court.
JOHN A. SWEENEY.
Aug. 24-31, Sept. Z.