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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
PHILLIES SHUT OUT FOR
THIRD STRAIGHT BY N. Y

Philadelphia. May 2.-Failing to
make a run for the third straight
game, Philadelphia allowed New
York TO make clean sweep of the
series today. the score being 6 to c..
the Giants knocked Mains out of the
box in the fifth inning. Doyles home
ee with two men on bases being the
final blow. Hogg. who succeeded
Mains, held the Giants to three
hits. New York today released Pitcn-
ec George Smith to Cincinnati.
New York 900 OIL 400 O-s.a-o
Philadelphia 30 0 0 0 5000 0-o-4-,
ferritt and McCarty; Mains, Hogg
and Adams
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
TIGERS BUNCH HITS AND
TRIM THE WHITE SOX. 9.6

Detroit, May e.-After Chicago had
piled up four-run lead and driven
Pitcher James from the box with
none out III the first inning. Detroit.
with recruit pitcher in the box
punched hits off Faber and Danforth
and won the opening game Of the Sc
ries TO s. here this afternoon Kali
Ito. although wild. was effective in
the pinches and received good SUP
port especially from Witt at third.
Fifteen bases on balls figured in the
game.
Chicago ..40 90 90 1--s-10-3
Detroit .......0 0 x-911 L
Faber. Danforth. Wolfang and
Schalk; James. kallio and Spencer
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
Cubs Indulge in Batting
Bee and Trim Reds. 1928

Chicago. May 2.-Chicago overcame
a five-run lead today and in bat
ting bee defeated Cincinnati in the
hrst game of the series here II to S.
The visitors hit Walsh hard in the
second inning and he was replaced by
carter, who. although hit hard, man
aged to hold down the score.
Regan was unable to stop the To-
Gals when they started on a batting
rampage and gave way to Conley.
who did not fare much better than
his predecessor.
Cincinnati o Of 1o1 o-s-11-2
chicago 2 0 0 l x-12-16-2
Regan. Conley and Wingo; Walker.
Carter and Killifer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
Student Observer Is
Killed at LawtOn. Okla.

Lawton. Ok. May Lieut.. William
Dean Thompson Of the esd Field Artil-
lery. student observer at Port field. was
instantly killed. and Lieut.. Foster Bal
ley pilot. was injured seriously today
when their plane fell 300 feet.
The engine stopped when the men
were doing a spiral and as the pilot at
tempted to coast to landing the ma
chine went into a tail spin. falling to
the earth. Thompson was married
three weeks ago.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
ST. LOUIS OUTFITS THE
INDIANS AND WINS 80

st. Louis. May est. Louis outnit
Cleveland today but the latter team
had better success in punching hits
ana won to >. Joe Wood. playing in
the outield for Cleveland. took a
leading part for the visitors. In the
seventh Inning, with the score tied
he doubled. was sacrificed to third
and scored on single by Bagby.
iris Speaker who suffered an attack
OF ptomaine poisoning last night re-
covered in time TO get into tho game
IN the seventh inning Score:
Cleveland ......o 0 0 o o o o-3-s-,
st. Louis .......2 o 0 0 0 o. OFT
Bagby and @ Nell; Rogers and
NunQmaker
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
Mrs. Fred RidIon

Mrs. Fred Ridlon died at her home
on the Wales road Tuesday noon,
April 80. after Few days illness Of
bronchial pneumonia. She is surviv-
ed by her husband. Fred Ridlon, one
daughter, Mrs. Clifton Maxwell of
Wales. two sons, George of Monmouth
Ridge and James, who resides at
home. Funeral services will be held
from the home Thursday afternoon at
O'Clock.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
W|NSLOW.

The Lafayette chapter of the Red
Coss mot Thursday afternoon with
Mrs. G. II. Downs. chairman. Mrs.
f. c. Towle was elected secretary
treasurer. The branch has a mem
bership Of % ana will meet each week
on Wednesdays. The next meeting
will be with Mrs. Joseph St. Clair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
JACKSON WILL PROBARIY
PLAY THE SEASON OFT

Greenville. S. c.. May Zoe Jack
SON. star outfielder of the Chicago
American League club placed in Glass
l BY the district draft board yester-
day, probably will be able to finish
the season with the White Sox As
Jackson'a order number is far down
the list. officials say it is not likely
1t will be drawn until after two more
ircrements are furnished.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
AMERICAN
RED SOX WIN
ODD GAME
FROM SENATOR'S

Boston. May Boston TOOK the
odd game of the series from wash
ington S to / today. Shaw and Du-
mont were hit hard and the VISITORS
made FIVE errors. Hooper made three
doubles and McInnis singled three
times in as many times at bat also
keeping his seasons fielding record
clean. Lavan fielded well and made
three Of the five hits Washington got
OF. Leonard. The score:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03

Froebel, that deep student Of chic
culture, said that in the early years
the child's food is a matter OF tne
greatest importance. not only may
the child by this means be made then
INDECENT and inactive. sluggish
mobile. dull or bright. inert or vie0i
ous but. indeed, for his entire liz
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03

4 restaurant that will accommo-
date $50 persons at one time and
will serve 5000 a day is under con-
struction at Washington by the Gov
eminent for the convenience of the
employees Of the Ordnance Depart
ment.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03

''Batted COR Ragan in Sth.
"'Batted for Tragesser in 9Th.
67ston ...........O 0 0 ! @ 0 0 3 %
Brooklyn .....2 0 . 0 x-7
Two-base hits-Smth, Schmandt
Three-base hit-Schmandt Sacrifice hits
i-OM Mara .. Sacrifice fiy-Myers Double
play-Massey and Smith. Left on bases
Boston 4, Brooklyn G. First base on err
rors-Boston ., Brooklyn l. Base on balls
OFF Raglan /. Cheney 3. Hits-On RAJ
gan II in { innings; off Caravan in /
inning. Struck out-By Raglan !, Cana
van l, Cheney s. wild pitch-Ragan l.
Winning nitcher, Cheney. Losing pitch
err. Raglan.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03

Two base hits. Shanks, Hooper 8,
SGuak. Stolen bases. Morgan. Hoop
er. Scott. Skrunk. Sacrifice hit. Nc
Jnnis. Left or bases. Washington 5.
Boston s. First base on errors, Bos-
ton .. Base on balls, OF Shaw .. off
Dumont .. off Craft I, OF Lsonard
.. Hits, off Shaw IN 5 innings: off
Dumont 3 in innings; off Craft 0
in l inning. Hit by pitcher, by
Leonard tMorgan). Struck out, by
Dumont .; by Leonard .. Losing
pitcher, Shaw.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
TODAY'S GAME

Boston at New York.
Washington at philadelphia.
Chicago at Detroit.
Cleveland at St. Louis.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
American League
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Boston s. Washington !.
Philadelphia :. New York >.
Detroit 8. Chicago 6.
Cleveland 3, st. Louis ..
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
STANDINGS
National League
YESTERDAYS RESULTS

Brooklyn I, Boston 4.
New York 6, Philadelphia Q.
Pittsburg !. st. Louis Q.
Chicago -, Cincinnati 5.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
TODAY'S GAM ES

New York at Boston.
Philadelphia at Brooklyn.
Cincinnati at Chicago.
s.. Louis at Pittsburg.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
COLLEGE BASERAIJ.

At Observation-Disclosures 6. Boston
College l.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03
ASIiINGTON
BOSTON

x-Batted for Shaw in sth.
xx-Batted for Dumont in Sth.
ROSTON
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-05-03

-Batted for Henry in Sth.
"Batted cor Ragan in Sth.
$'Batted for Tragesser in 9Th.
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

Every battery has rangezcnart on which distinctive landmarks are. noted, with the range for each. These land- marks are called targets, and arc num- bered. On our battery's schart. that 5000. 8 degrees 30 minutes left D 29s battery consisted of four 4.5 howit- gers, and fired a 95-psuDd H. F. shell. As you know. H. E. msahs high ex plosiye.' I don't like bummlpg up my own battery, but we had a record in the division for direct hits, and our boys were just pininE away for chance to exhibit their skill in the eyes of Fritz.
 "On the afternoon of the fourth day of Fritz contemptuous use of the road mentioned the captain and l were at our posts as usual. Fritz was strafe- ing us pretty rough. just like he's doing now. The shells were playing leap. frog all through that orchard.
 "f was carrying on conversation in our 'tap' code with Casscll at the other end. | ran something like this:
 "'Say, Csssell, how would you like to be in the saloon bar of the Kings Arms down Rye lane with . bottle of Bass in front of you, and that blonde barmaid waiting to fill 'em up again:'
 "Cassell had fancy for that. par tcular blonde. The answer came1back in the shape of volley of cusses. changed the subject.
 After while our talk veercd round to3the way the Boches had been exposing themselves on the road down on the chart as Target IT. What he said about those Boches would never have passed the reichstag, though I believe it would have gone through our censor easily enough.
 "The bursting shells were making such din that packed up, talking and took to watching the captain. He was fdgeting around on an old sand bag with the glass to his eye. 0eca- sionally he would let out grunt, and make some remark l couldn't hear on account of the noise, but l guessed what it was all right. Fritz was get ting fresh again on that road.
 "Cassell had been sending in the tap code to me, but was fed up and didn't bother with 1t. Then he sent 0. S., and I was all attention, for, this was a call used between us which meant that something important was on. was all ears in an instant. Then Cassell turned loose.
 "You blankety blank dud, l have been trying to raise you for fiftAen minutes. Whats the matter, ar8fvnu asleep?' (Iust as If anyone could have slept in that internal racketD ) Never mind framing a nasty anywer. Just listen.'
 "'Are you game for putting some thing over on the Boches and Old Pep per all in one?
 "i answered that | was game enough when It came to putting if over the | Boches, but confessed that l had h weakening of the spine. even at the mention of Old Pepper's rame.
 (Lonlinued Next Week.)
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

AS soon as 1t was dark, Wheeler and erawied to our post which was about halfway between the lines. It was raining bucketfuIs, the ground was sea of sticky mud and clung to us like glue.
 We took turns in listening with our ears to the ground. 1 would listen for twenty minutes while Wheeler would be on the qui vive for German patrols.
 We each wore wristwatch, and be- lieve me, neither one of us did over twenty minutes. The rain soaked us to the skin and our ears were full of mud.
 Every few minutes q bullet would crack overhead or machine gun would traverse back and forth.
 Then all firing suddenly ceased. whispered to Wheeler, Keep your eye skinned, mate; most likely Fritz has patrol out-that's why the Boehes have stopped firing"
 We were each armed with rife and bayonet and three Mills bombs to be used for defense only.
 had my ear to the ground. All of sudden I heard faint, dull thuds. In low but excited voice whispered to Wheeler, T think they are mining, listen."
 He put his ear to the ground and In m unsteady voice spoke into my ear:
 "Yank, that's patrol and it's head ing our way. For Gods sake keep still"
 was as still as a mouse and was scared stiff,
 Hardly breathing and with eyes try ing to pierce the inky blacknesS. we waited. I would have given a thou sand pounds to have been safely in my dugout.
 Then we plainly heard footsteps and our hearts stood still.
 z A dark form suddenly loomed up In front Of me it looked as big as the Woolworth building. I could hear the blood rushing through my veins and 1t sounded as loud as Niagara falls.
 Forms seemed to emerge from the darkness. There were seven of them in all. tried to wish them away. I never wished harder in my life. They muttered a few words In German and melted into the blackness. 1 didn't stop wishing either.
 All of sudden we heard stumble, muddy splash, and a muttered Don ner und BNtzen," One of the Roches had tumhled into shell hole. Neither of us laughed. At that time-it didn't strike us as funny.
 About twenty minutes after the Ger mans had disappeared something from the rear grabbed me by the foot. nearly fainted with fright. Then a welcome whisper in cockney accent.
 II sly, myte, we've come to relieve you"
 Wheeler and crawled back to our trench; we looked like wet hens and felt worse. After swig of rum we were soon fast asleep on the fire step In our wet clothes.
 The next morning I was as stiff as n poker and every joint ached like q bad tooth, but l was still alive, so 1t did not matter,
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27
CHAPTER XVI.
Battery Q 23s.


 The day after this I received the glad tidings that I would occupy the machine gunners' dugout right near the advanced artillery observation post This dugout was 2 raamy affair, dry as tinder and real cots in 1t. These cots had been made by the n. Els who had previously occupied the dugout. I was the first to enter and promptly made a signboard with my name and number on 1t and sus- pended 1t from the foot of the most comfortable cot therein.
 Tn the trenches 1t Is always first come, first served" and this Is lived up to by all,
 Two R. F. A. men tRoyal Field ar tillery) from the nearby observation post were allowed the privilege of stopping in this dugout when off duty.
 One of these men, Bombarder Will son by name, who belonged to Bat tery D 23S seemed to take a liking to me, and I returned this feeling.
 In two days time we were pretty chummy, and he told me how his bat tery in the early days of the war had put over @ stunt on Old Pepper, and had gotten away with 1t,
 will eadeaver to give the story as far as memory will permit in his own worlds
 q came out with the first expedi- tionnfy force, and. like all the rest, thought we would have the enemy licked in jig time, and be able to eat Christmas dinner at home. Well, so fur, have eaten two Christmas din ners in the trenches, and am liable to eat two more, the way things are pelnting. That is, if Fritz don't drop 'whizz-hang' on me, and send me to Blighty Sometimes l wish l would get hit. because its no great picnic out here. and twenty-two months of 1t makes you fed upe -----
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

tery, or lance corporal as you call it fin the infantry, used to relieve the telephonists. We would do two hours on and four off. l would be on duty in the advanced observation post, while he would be at the other end of the wire in the battery dugout signal ing station. We were supposed to send through orders for the battery to fire when ordered to do so by the Observa- tion officer in the advanced post. But very few messages were sent. It was only In case of an actual attack that We would get chance to earn our two and six day. You see, Old Pep per had issued orders not to fire ex. cept when the orders came from him. And with Old Pepper orders Is orders, and made to obey.
 "The Germans must have known about these orders, for even in the day their transports and troops used to expose themselves as If they were on parade. This sure got up our nose, sitting there day after day, with fine targets in front of us but unable to n i Old Pepper. his orders. the govern ment, the people at home. and every thing in general. But the Boches didn't mind cpssiDg. and got very care less. Blime me, they were bally in sulting. Used to, when using certain road, throw their caps into the air as taunt at our helplessness.
 ah 4Aya N1xn- In civil life and joined up when war was declared. As for me, I knew Morse, learned It at the signalers' school back in 1910. With an officer in the obser- vation post, we could not carry on the kind of conversation that's usual be- tween two mates. so we used the Morse code. To send, one pf us would tap the transWitter with his finger nails. and the one on the other end would get 1t through the receiver. Many an hour WAS whiled away In this manner passing compliments back and forth.
 Tn the observation post the officer used to sit for hours with a powerful ! pair of field glasses to his eyes. Through cleverly concealed loophole he would scan the ground behind the German trenches, looking for targets and finding many. This officer. Cap tain A by name. had habit of talking out loud to himself. Some times he would vent his opinion, same as a common private does when he's wrought up. Once upon 8 time the captain had been on Old Peppers staff, So he could cuss and blind, in the most approved style. Got to he sort of a habit with him.
 "About six thousandyyards from us, behind the German iiDes. was road in plain view of ourrp0 St. For the last three days Fritz hnd brought compa- nies of troops down this road In broad daylight. They wye never shelled Whenever this happened the captain would froth at the mouth and let out volume of Old Peppers religion which used to makesme love him.
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

In rest billets, digging roads, drilling, and other fatigues, and then back Into the front'line trench.
 Nothing happened that night, but the next afternoon I found out that a bomber Is general utility man in sec tion.
 About five o'clock In the afternoon our lieutenant came down the trench and stopping in front of bunch of us on the fire step, with broad grin on his face. asked:
 "Who is going to volunteer for listen ins post tonights l need two men,"
 It Is needless to say no one volun' teered, because 1t is anything but a cushy Job. began to feel uncomfort- nble as I knew 1t was getting around for my turn. Sure enough, with another grin, he said:
 'Empey, you and Wheeler are due, so come down Into my dugout for ins struetiQps at six o'clock"
 Just as he left and was going around a traverse, Fritz turned loose with a machine gun and the bullets ripped the sandbags right over his head. It gave me great pleasure to see him duck against the parapet. He was getting a taste of what we would get later out in front.
 Then, of course, 1t began to rain. l knew 1t was the fOrerunner of mis- erabie night for us. Every time had to go-out in front. IL just naturally rained, Old JuEiter fluvius must have had it in for me.
 At six we reported for instructions. They were simple and easy. All we had to do was to crawl out Into No Mans Land, lie on our bellies with our ears to the ground and listen for the tap tap Of tine German engineers or sapperS who might be tunneling under No Nuns Land to establish q mine head beneath our trench.
 Of eo,Ese, in our orders we were told not to he captured by German patrols ar reeannaiteripg parties, Lots al breath Is wasted on the western front Eiyiag silly cautions.
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER Fired by the news of the sinking of the Lusitania by a German submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri- can, leaves his office in Jersey City and goes 10 England where he enlists in the British army.
 CHAPTER II-After a period of train ing. Empey volunteers for immediate serv- Ice and soon finds himself in rest billets 'somewhere in France" where he first makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres- ent "cooties. |"
 CHAPTER 4II-Empey attends his first church services at the front while Ger man Fokker circles over the congregation.
 CHAPTER IV-Empey's command goes Into the front-line trenches and fig under fire for the first time.
 CHAPTER v-Empey learns to adopt the motto of the British Tommy, If you are going to get 1t, you'll get 1t, so never worry"
 CHAPTER vI-Back in rest billets, Elm. pey gets his first experience aG mess orderly.
 CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the British soldiers are fed.
 CHAPTER VIII-Bsck in the front.line trench, Empey sees hts first friend of the trenches Ego West" visit to q dugout in Suicide Ditch"
 CHAPTER x-Empey learns what con- stitutes days work in the front-lihs trench.
 CHAPTER xI-Empey goes lover the top" for the first time In charge on the German trenches and Is wounded by havonet thrust
 CHAPTER xII-Empey joins the ".ui. eide club as the bombing squad Is called, CHAPTER XIII-Each Tommy gets aH official bath.
 CHAPTER xIv-Empey helps dig aa advanced trench under German nre,
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

 generai-yes, 1t was Old Pepper would have court-martialed the whole expeditionary force. Nobody went out of their way to disobey Old Pepper in those days, because he couldn't be called a parson; he was more like a pirate, If at any time the devil should feel lonely and sigh for proper mate, Old Pepper would get the first call. Facing tbe Germans wasn't half bad compared with an interview with that old firebrand.
 "If company or battalion should give way a few. yards against su- perior force of Boches, Old Pepper would send for the commanding off cer. In about half an hour the officer would come back with hls face tfie color of a brick. and in a few hours
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

just walls Of sandbags. From 1t splendid view of the German lines could be obtained. This post wasn't exactly safe. It was hot corner, shells plunking all around, and the bullets cutting leaves off the trees. Many time when relieving the sig nalcr at the phone, had to crawl on my belly like worm to keep from being hit.
 Tt was an observation post sure enough. That's all the use 1t was. Just observe all day, but never a message back for our battery to open up. You see, at this point of the line there were strict orders not to fire shell, unless specially ordered to do so from brigade headquarters. Blime me. if anyone disobeyed that command our
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27
CHAPTER xV.
UlstenInu Post.

Listening Post.
 It was six in the morning when we arrived at our rest billets, and we were allowed 10 sleep until poon; that Is, if ws wanted to 70 without our break fast. For sixteen days we remained
The Huttig news., 1918-04-27

what was left of his command would he holding their original position.
 .I have seen an officer who wouldn,t rav d-n for thousand quld spend i've minutes with the old hoy. and when he returned the flow of language from his lips would make a navvy blush for shame
 What I am going to tell you Is how two of us put 1t over on the old scamp and got away with it. It was risky thing, too, because Old Pepper wouldn't have been exactly mild with us If he had got next to the game.
 Me ard my mate, lad named Har- " Cassell, Il bombardier in D 23S bat
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-05-17

The Democrat has been turning
out an extra amount of job work
during the past month. An extra
printer has been on the force for
two weeks and still we are behind
with orders The class of work put
out by the Democrat together with
the reasonable charges are the two
factors that 60 long way toward
getting the business A new supply
of the best quality letter heads ever
brought to Monroe City has just
arrived.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-05-17

Mrs. Harold Davenport left FRI
day night for Fort Riley, Kan,
where she will spend two or three
months with her husband who is g
member of the 23rd Co., 164th
depot brierade and who was recent
ly made a sergeant. He is attached
to the detention camp. instructine
new recruits as they arrive.
Monroe City Democrat., 1918-05-17

Miss Maude Scott returned to her
home at Anabell Monday to visit
her parents before going TO Quincy
where she will attend Business COL
lege. Miss Maude was a member
of the Senior Class this year and has
completed her four years of High
School work in this city. She made
her home during the school months
with her sister, Mrs. w. ". Tate
and has made many friends during
her four years stay in this city.