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Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20
CHAPTER M.
aVHArs W1rH FRITZ

~ We were swimming in money, from 6the receipts Of our theatrical venture, Band had forgotten all about the war, EWhen an order came through that our %hrigade would again take over their %sector of the line.
 n The day that these orders were is Hsued, our captain assembled the con- Epany and asked for volunteers to go esto the machine gun school at St. EOmer. I volunteered and was ac- <cepted.
 Sixteen men from our brigade left Sfor the course in machine .gunnery. Srhis course lasted two weeks assigned 90 the brigade machine gun company. St almost broke my heart to leave my 1company mates. E The gun we used was the Vickers, Slight 1903, water cooled.
 1 1 was still a member of the Suicide Ciub, having jumped from the frying Apan into the fire. I was assigned to HSection i, Gun No. 2, and the first time Sfn'' took position in the front line Trench. . During the day our gun would be saaismounted on the fire step ready for 3nstant use. We shared a dugout with 9he Lewis gunners. at stand to- we would mount our gun on the pa5apet &nd go on watch beside it until stand &own" ih the morning, then the gun would be dis1nounted and again placed An readiness on the fire step.
 . We did eight days in the front line French without anything unusual hap 8ening outside of the ordinary trench Routine On the night that we we're so carry out a bombing raid against the German lines consisted of 3ixty company men, sixteen bombers
 
 Their crews.
 . The raid took the Boches by sur 8rise and was a complete success, the &arty bringing back twenty-one pris- eners. & The Germans must have. been aw- Snlly sore, because they turned loose N barrage of shrapnel, with Q few EMinnies" and "whiz bangs inter Mixed. The shells were dropping into Hlr front line like hailstones. 7 R To get even, we could have left the Prisoners in the fire trench, in, charge Hf the men on guard and let then Eick F,ritzs strafeing, but Tommy Foes not treat prisoners that way. = Five of, them were brought into. my 6ngout and turned over to me so tha1 they would be safe from the German fire.
 In the candlelight, they looked ver5 much shaken, nerves gone and chalxs faces, with the exception of one, . gfeat big fellow. He looked yer, much at ease. I liked him from tht Efart
 1 got out the rum jar and gave eaci h nip and passed around some flags the old reliable Woodbines. Tn, other prisoners looked their gratitude but the big fellow said in English Thank you. sir, the rum is excellen and I appreciate it, also your kind ness.''-1
 He told me his name was Car schmidt, of the 66th sBavarian Ligh Infantry; that he had lived six year ;h New York -(knew the city bette than ,did), and been to Coney Islam md many of our ball games. He wa . regular fan. I couldn't make hir believe that Hans Wagner wasn't tn best ball player in the world.
 From New York he had gone t london where he worked as waite h. the Hotel Russell. Just before tn war he went home to Germany to SC
 Gs parents, the war came and he wa cpnscripted. '-.-.s
 rHo told me he was very sorry t hear that London was in ruins fror the Zeppelin raids | col1ld moi ,con
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20
WANT NORWICH MECHANICS
 't@ FOR U. S. SHiPYARBs.
Local War Bureau Ready to Accept
 Enroilments for Uncle Sam.


 Connecticut mechanics with trades. adaptable to shipbuilding are called upon to. enroll in the United States shipyard volunteers of the public service reserve. They will be called by the government when, they are needed. When they go to work they will receive pay at the. rate prevailing in the yards to which they are assigned. The quota of Connecticut is 10000 condiments of me nready to enter shipyards and build Americas Victory fleet. The enrolment in this state is in charge of the Connecticut state council of defense and Leo A. Korper, federal director, in CO., operation. Norwich mechanics may enrtll at the office of the Norwich WAT bureau, the local agency of the council of defense, which has an adequate supply of enrollment blanks and pledge cards. The war bureau can give, further informa tion. It's office is at 63 Broadway. Arthur F. Libby is the chairman. In other communit enrohments may be made at the offices of the local agencies of the defense coun- cil.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20

 America must build ships-build them in vast quantities and in record tirne-if this nation is to transport its t=oope overseas in large numbers and is to maintain an efficient fighting force on the firing line in France. Of ficials Of this government are agreed that ships-and men to build them must be had at once if America is to rip hole in the fHindenburg line" This is the need of the hour. ma tional need that Connecticut can help meet.
 Germany thinks that America can not build ships. The kaiser knew when he threw out the challenge to this country of unrestricted submarine warfare that there were not enough men in America working on shipbuild- ing to build. an adequate merchant fleet But the nation must have them if it's armed forces are to do any
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20

fighting. that is worth while The ,l;aiser's policy of torpedoing merchant, ships and murdering women and chil- ledge that this country could not build ships fast enough Y to transport sol diers, food and munitions in sufficient quanttiies to, make Americas help count for anything worth while in the war e- z, .o~t ~
 But the Germans did not reckon with the American mechanic. The kaiser. did not realize. that he, was. throwing out a challenge to a nation whose W7orilmen are. able to adapt themselves to any task to which they apply them selves. Ships are not things of mys- tery; they are a product of everyday skill sand industry. The American me. chanic can build ships. The trades with which he is familiar are the very trades which are followed in the ship yards.
 shipyard Volunteers Wansed.
 The nation is now calling. for the enrolment of 2500o0 volunteers who will signify their willingness to enter shipyards and help in this way in the defeat of kaiserisnl. Connecticut is asked to furnish 10000 of these enroll ments. It Is the purpose to take men from pieces where they are not essen tial to the production of wal: materials covered by government contract.
 The enrolment of men for the United States shipyard volunteer of the public service reserve, as they will be known, is being conducted in Con- necticut by the Connecticut state council of defense mad Leo A. Korper,
 federal diriectod for Connecticut of the public reserve, ir cooperation Mir. Korper was appointed director in this state for this and two other important government employment services upon the nomination of the state council of defense.
 Local Agencies Aiding.
 The agencies by means of which the
 enrollments are being made are the war bureaus and two committees oi the council throughout Connecticut All of these have received supplies of enrolment cards and are able to fur nish information concerning the sen rollment for shipyard service.
 l No man is asked to give up his jof and go at once to a shipyard to begir | work Instead, men with trades adapt
 able to shipbuilding are asked to en-
 roll in, the United States shipyart
 volunteers of the public service re-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20

breathing with; difhculty In a few minutes he opened his eyes and | blinked in the glare of the, candiess
 The pair had evidently been drink | ing heavily, foH the alcohol fumes | were siekening and completely per yaded the dugout l turned away fin l disgust, hating to see a man cross the 1 Great Divide full of booze. s One of our officers could speak Ger | man and he questioned the dying man.
 In faint voice. interrupted by ire quent hiccoughs, the unteroffizier told his story.
 There had been a drinking bout l among the officers in one of the Ger man dugouts, the main beverage be- ing champagne. With a drunken leer he informed us that champagne was plentiful on their side and that it did not cost them anything either. About seven that night the conversation had turned to the "contemptible" Eng fish, and the captain had made a wag- CT that he would hang his cap on the , English ,barbed wire to show his con- tempt for the English ,sentries. The wager was accepted. At eight o'clock the captain and he had crept out into No Mans Land to carry out this wager. They had gotten about half way across when the drink took effect and the captain fell asleep. After about two hours of vain attempts the unter- offizier had at last Succeeded in walk ing the captain, reminded him of his bet, and warned him that he would be the laughing stock of the officers mess if he did not accomplish his ob ject, but the captain was trembling all over and insisted. on returning to the ! German lines. In the darkness they | lost their bearings and crawled to-. ward the English trenches. They | reached the barbed wire and were suddenly challenged by our sentry. Be 1 ing too drunk to realize that the 1 challenge was in English, the cap- | tain refused to crawl back Finally the unteroffizier convinced his superior | that they were. in front of the Eng l fish wire Realizing this too, late. i the captain drew his revolver and 1 with a muttered curse fired blindly toward our trench. His bullet no i doubt killed our captain.
 Then the bomb came over and there he was, dying--and good job, too, l we thought The captain dead? Well l his men wouldn't weep at the news. l Without gixins: us any further in 1. formation the unterDfisier died. ! We seached the bodies for ifdenti- 1 fcation disks but they had left every l thing behind before starting on their I foolhardy errand
 Next afternoon we buried thtm in our little cemetery apart from the
 graves of. the Tommies. If you eFe1, go into that cemetery you will see two little wooden crosses in the corner of
 the cemetery set away from the rest. I They read:
 Captain
 German Army f Died-1916
 1 Unknown
 RIP
 | .Tntero ofi1zier
 German Army
 Died-1916
 t Unknown
 RIP. ~ To Be Continued Tomorrow
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20

a blow at the kaiser, are called upon to enroll in this service. They must remember, however, that their duty now, is to enroll and to remain at their present tasks until the government calls them to service and directs them where to go.'
 First Need is Ships.
 In a recent telegram sent out by. Charles Pietz, vice president and gen. eral manager of the emergency fleet corporation, said in speaking of the need of shipyard volunteers:
 1 Without a great industrial army ready to take it's place as the need of l labor in the shipyards ever grows more urgent, We cannot carry out the | shipyard program, on which hangs the | fate of our men in France and of our allies the world over. To win the war our first need is ships, and to ] build the ships uor first need is ear- nest and skilled labor
 Some Yards Nearly Ready.
 In a subsequent telegram to the I Connecticut state council of defense, MT. Pietz said: Within 50 days, three huge govern ment yards will be completed and i more than 6000O workmen will be re- I quired to furnish them with the. three eight-hour shifts necessary if these | yards are to turn out their ships ac- cording to schedule. The shipping I board now has 706 ship ways. Of these 302 are for Woodes ships and 414 are for steel construction. The yards in which they are located only work one eight hour shift every day, six days, a week. This is monstrous. If we are Ito keep ahead of the submarine we need three shifts 52 weeks. in the year"
 Secretary of War Tells Need.
 Secretary of War Newton D. Baker says of the ship situation:
 The number of men we can place and maintain in France will depend upon the number of ships available for their transport and supplies"
 When Secretary. Baker was before the senate committee on military af- fairs on Jan. 2S he said:
 I've will have more than one e-hal1 millian men in France early in 191S and we have available, if the trans portation facilities are available to us Il, 100000 men who in. 1s5S shall be shipped to France"
 The transportation and support oi these men will. require at least 5000 900 tons of new shipping.
 l The SnlpydFQS VIII neeA GoU,VuV mel to build ships to transport this ton, mage. They will not be needed all a once, but merely as they are called int service by the government.
 EnrolI-To Beat the Submarine.
 The Connecticut workman who ii ready to servie his country in the ship. yards should enroll now at the offict of his local war bureau or town com mittee of the state council of defens' so that he can be notified when need ed. The enrolment form which h. will fill out is a card containing in formation concerning the man and hi special abilities. The man also vii sign a card volunteering his servic in this work. This card will be sen to Edward N. Hurley, chairman of thi United States shipping board a Washington. and the man will receiv a Certificate of Enrolment" in tn United States sllipyaTd volunteers o l the public service reserve Then whel
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To Be continued Tomorrow.
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the nation is ready to use his services the man will receive notice and com plete instructions from the govern ment.
 America must build hundreds of ships in order. to beat the kaiser.
 Connecticut mechanics may be de pended upon to. render their full share of assistance to the nation in the task of building Americas Victory fleet of merchant vessels.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20

with their friensd, enjoyed a sled ride last Friday evening to Westford, ,wheTs they attended an entertainment and baked bean supper at the church. a
 Mrs. Mary Hewlett has been spend-t ing several days with her daughter in South Windham
 Mrs. Gaylor is entertaining her daughter from Manchester. -ss.ss-
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20
WARRENVILLE
Fifth Wedding Anniversary of Mir. and Mrs. Raymond o. Baker-Sled Party to Westford to Attend Entertain- ment.

MT and Mrs. Raymond O. Baker celebrated their fifth wedding anni- versary at their home Thursday even, ing, Feb. 14th. About 35 friends were field, West Ashford and Willimantic playing games and in singing. Ice cream, cake and coffee were served MT and Mrs, Baker received severa beautiful and useful gifts.
 The Who Do, club held specia meeting sat their rooms Tuesday cen. ing.
 Earl E. James, a student at Wind ham High school. has been spending the past week with his parents here
 Sled Ride to Westford.
 The young people of Warrenville
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20
Reminder to Spain.

It might profit Spain if she'd turn back page or two of history and brush up. on the things that happened to her once before when she thought to snatch a pin-feather or so from the grand old American eagle.-Macon Telegraph, '.e
Norwich bulletin., 1918-02-20
EAST. WOODSTOCK
James AIdrich Writes From Arkan- sas-community Club to Suspend Dues of Boys in service-Meetine of Glover Circle.

James Aldrich writes from Eb- bertsfield, Ark, that he enjoyed the trip. going by way of Washington. At Memphis a fine dinner was served the boys by the Red Cross It is very
 Alpha Witter who has been at Fort Slocum for. a few weeks has been transferred to Texas. ...
 Mrs. L. H. Linderman entertain ed members of Lapus Midi club Sat urday afternoon! E4 l.
 Mrs. Roscoe Alton had the Mission ary circle meet at her home Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. A F. Hubbard was the leader.
 Community Club Meeting.
 The regular meeting of the Co1nmu nity club was held last Wednesday evening. It was voted to suspend all payment of dues of the young men who have enlisted. Miss Katherine Seward, of Putnam, gave several pi- ano solos, also musical readings each number being heartily applauded Supervisor Harrington gave a tall; on Schools. A social hour followed. Miss Eleanor Lindernan left Satur- day for Middletown where she is teaching.
 Mrs. Agatha Bugbee of Putnam. i: spending soae timewith her son, Chas Bugbee.
 Clover Circle Meets. i The Glover circle met with Dorothy BundX Saturday afternoon. Clara Ed dy was leader.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03

for Denison, where he Joined the com
pany of soldiers going to Camp Dodge
Friday.
Mrs. M. j. Breen was an eastbound
passenger Wednesday.
E. H. Swasey and Chas. Smith were
county seat callers Thursday.
Miss Kathleen Luke was here from
lndianola the past week and spent
several days among friends.
Miss Fern Kingery enjoyed visit
from her mother, of Adair, who came
Saturdayand spent Easter with her
H. b. Fishel was down: from ,Deni
son Friday and visited at the parental
W. E. Fishel home. e.:
~ Thomas Ahart was an Omaha visit
or one day last week, to which place
he accompanied a shipment Of stock
Mrs. Bessie Holcomb and son. o.
liver, and daughter Maxine, accompan.
ied by Mrs. Fred Coleman; were visit
ing in Woodbine Thursday.
Mrs. A. e. Alleman was in Sioux
City Wednesday, where she went to
have an operation, performed. but her
physician being absent at the time
she returned home. She expects to
return there in about ten days when
she will undergo the operation.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03
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1.-THE BEAST OF BERLIN"
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THANK God that picture company
has at last had the nerve to come out
and call the kaiser the Beast OF Ber-
lin Thus Numbered Burr Macintosh
at the opening OF Rupert >]ulian's mas
,terpiece, THE Kaiser, the Beast of
Berlin" in New, York. City, as he
jumped UP on. tile stage Of the Broad
way, theater in an exuberance of over
yelling enthusiasm. Shaking, his fist
at the screen when Julian's wonderful
representation Of Americas arch enc
my had just faded, Macintosh hurled
defiance at the Prussian and declared
that only our sickly half-heartedness
had prevented our, having the kaiser
at this moment where Rupert Julian
consigned him, in the film. For the pic
ture which Renowned Pictures Corp
has just sprung on waiting public
not only gives a graphic insight into
the private life and personal charac-
teristics of the vainest and cruelest
man on earth, but settles the war and
the kaiser too to the" entire satisfac-
ton of every one who is not protitlng
by his depravity, moral and physical.
Rupert Julian s studied physical like
ness to the mad dog OF Europe was a
startling and clever piece of work, but
the way in which the story Of the kais-
er's ,intriguess.. andes4 differentiation TO,
take Europe by surprise is intertwined
with q. fictitious story centering around
a blacksmith iOf LOuvan is still more
|'crgter: :Fors TIN ssiipietnre 81 meyer he,
comes a war picture }n the accepted
sense There are no battles, no slaugh
ter, no. hospitals. Yet all those are
definitely implied by the intense strug-
[gle Of the little group Of stricken Bel
gians and commands OF the imperious
court of the, Hohenzollern.
But 1.-THE Beast Of Berlin has just
started a cycle of anti-kaiser films.
Ex-Ambassador Gerard's my Four
Years in Germany. is splendid con-
tribution to the anti-Prussian, fight
which this country must wage within
her own borders. And there is an
other still to come called Berlin via
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-04-03

America" written by Elsie van Name
and produced by Francis Ford, a
former. director for, the Universal COM
pany. Ford has organized company
of his own called Fordarta films and
after finishing his patriotic film he
will; produce five reel feature, "a
Man Of Today" and a fifteen episode
serial to be called "The Silent Mys-
terry" Ford has been i'm the picture
business for ten years and he made
Universars first serial, Lucille Love"
DORIS KENYON, MAGNATE,
Doris Kenyon, whom many will re-
member for several dashing serial pic
lures, is now at the head of her own
organization, which is known as De
Luxe Picture, Inc, and has engaged
studio in Westchester county in
which to make a series of pictures.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-13
Jury Called For
January Term

The following Cass county citizens
were today called for jury duty in
the January term of cass county dis
trict court: ]. w. Boeing, Fargo;
Charles Grieve, AYR township; Ed
McHench, Fargo: george Gagnon.
Page; A. B. GuptlI, Fargo: j. B.
Ashelman. Fargo; Eriek T. Erick-
son. Normanna township: ]. w.
Johnson, Stanley township; Ben
Johnson, Fargo: John Cooper. Far
go: Ed StangIer. Clifton township;
Charles ]. Lee. Fargo; Sam Bayard,
Fargo: A. j. Westerdahi, Fargo; T..
C.. Beth, WheatIand township: M.
p. osgood, Fargo; j. T. Radford.
Warren township: A. L. Wall. Far
go: ID. p. Metcalf, Casselton; Carl
Buttke. Buffalo township; Gil Glenn
enson, Stanley township; Gust N.Y.
strom. Warren township: F. A. Tan
ger, NRich township; John Hannaher,
Fargo: Julian L. Lemieux, Fargo;
John JEFF, Rochester township; Alex
ander Watt, Watson township; Os-
car Kiorlie, Fargo; W. l.. SprouI,
Buffalo; Leland Lane, Hunter; c. r.
Lee, Fargo: C.. E. Gebeke, Arthur
township: Maurice Kaufman, Fargo;
Ed c. Anderson. Fargo, and F. ".
Hutchinson, Fargo.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-13
LARELING WAS YAtiuE.

A certified copy of the confirmation
by the federal circuit court of appeals
of the S7,250 fine imposed by Federal
Judge c. r. Amidon in federal court
in Fargo a year ago on the Schmidt
Brewing Co., st. Paul, for mislabeling
shipments into North Dakota, received
in Fargo today by Col NJ A Hildreth,
United States district attorney, stated
that the word, Select" on casks of
beer might mean pickles or anything
else. Attention was also called to the
fact that North Dakota serial number
guaranteeing the purity of the con-
tents of the casks had been used in
stead of the government serious num-
har
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-13
STEADILY GROWING

Do not fear that because Fargo
School of Business formerly AJAX
er's has so students more than at
this time last year there will not be
plenty OF positions. The A. B, C.. now
F. S. B. had nearly 400 calls for Of
fee help the past year. A free regis
ter Of competent help is maintained
to supply business men with assis-
tants. Day and night school and cor
department-adv.
WITH RED CROSS.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-13
Dinner Stories

A New York poet, as reported in
THE Writer" says: Poetry is de-
lightful But poets are so very poor
ly paid. / know rich man who has
a beautiful, golden haired stenog-
rapher. The girl said to her en-
ployer the, other day: I am going
to get married, sir And am going
to marry a poet Dear mel said
the wealthy man. Then you will
leave us, EN-? No. sir she replied;
4 shall not leave you. but / shall need
more pay"
At a certain Welsh railway station
which rejoices in the name of
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-13
Kindred Bank
Robbery Fooled

Robbers were unsuccessful in their
attempt to rob the Kindred State
bank at Kindred, Cass county, ac-
cording to a report received at the
Office of w. C. Macfadden, secretary
of the North Dakota Bankers as
ISOLATION. The robbers drilled into
the vault door, but missed the lock-
ing mechanism and the charge they
exploded only damaged the steel
facing OF the door.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-13
TurNk yoUNesTERs Thieves.

Police at Red Wing, Mimi, are hold
ing two young men, who, were arrest
of wearingaapparel not their own, &C.
acording to a 'telegraphic query re-
ceived today by oLuis Dahlgren. chief
of police. Red Wing officials believe
the youngsters are from Fargo, put
gave no names. Chief Dahlgren is in
Yestigating.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1918-12-13
BANK SUES ON NOTE.

The case of the Northwestern State
bank of Cloquet. Mimi, VS.. NJ ]. Nc
payment on a note, was commenced
in Cass county district court this
morning. J. f. Callahan, Casselton, is
attorney for the bank, and A. G.. Lacy,
Fargo, for Mr.. Mclean. The bank is
suing to recover on a note given by
Mr.. Mclean for farm electric light
ing system which proved defective.
The bank discounted the note.