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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-19
BY Sergeant Arthur Guy Empey

just mentioned "lIoly joe or tn,
chaplain in an irreyerunl sort of way
but no ofrense was meant, rs ther,
were some very brave men anon.
them.
There are SO many instances Of he
role deeds performed under fire in res
cuing the wounded that it would take
several books to chronicle them. but
have to mention one instance per
formed by chaplain, Captain Hall by
name, In the brigade on our left be
cause it particularly appealed to me
4 chaplain is not a fighting man; ht
Is recognized as a noncombatant ant
carries no arms. In a charge or trench
raid the soldier gets Il feeling Of con
tidence from contact With his rife, re-
volycr or bomb he is carrying He ha;
something to protect himself With
something With which he can inhicI
harm on the encmy-in other words
he is able to get his own back
But the chaplain is cmpty-handed
and is at the mercy Of the enemy #
he encounters them, so it Is doubh
brave for him to So over the top, under
fire and bring in wounded Also a
chaplain is not required by the kings
regulations to 60 over in q charge. but
this one did, made three trips under
the hottest kind of fire each time re-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-19
CHAPTER XIV.
Pick aad shoveIs.

49,
aug R'' .''RD o'- oeiore tho FwAH
voice of the sergeant informed that
"No. l section had clicked for another
blinking digging pirty' smiled to
myself With deep satisfaction. had
been promoted rlom u mere digger to
m mbw of the Suicide club aud Wae
exempt from all fadme,. Then came
au awful shock. The sergeant looked
over in my direction and said:
Don't you bomb tIrowers think You
are wearing top hats out here. Cord
in to orders you've been taken up ON
the strength of this section. and will
have to DO your bic with the pick and
shovel same as the rest of us"
put up II how On uy way 10 get
my Shovel. but the ouly lhing that re-
sulsed was loss of good hunor on
my part
We fell in at eight o'clock, outside
Of our blletS, a sort of masquerade
party | was discussed aS a common
laboer had a pick and shovel and
about one hundred empty Sandbags.
The rest. about two hundred in all,
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The communication trench was
ahmt half mile long, zlgzagging
ditch, eight feet deep and three feet
wide
Now and again. German shrapnel
would whistle overhead and burst in
our vicinity. We would crouch against
the earthen walls while the shell frag-
ments slapped the ground above us
Once Fritz turned loose with ma
chine gun, the bullets from which
"cracked' through the uir and kicked
up The dirt on the top, scattering sand
and pebbles, which, hitting our steel
helmets, sounded like hailstoneS.
Upon arrival in the fire trench I'M
officer of the Royal Engineers gave us
our instructions and acted as guide.
We were TO dig-n advanced trench
two hundred yards from the Germans
(the trenches at this point were six
hundred yards aporO.
Two winding lanes, five feet wide,
had been cut through our harbed wire,
for the passage OF the diggers. From
these lines white tape had been laid
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-02-19

here were fifteen tubs (baTels sawed
in tWo) half full of water. Each tub
contained a piece of laundry soap. The
sergeant Informed us that we had Just
twelve minutes in which to take our
baths Soaping ourselves all over, we
took turns in rubbing each others
backs, then by means of garden hose,
washed the soap off. The water was
ice cold but felt fine
Pretty soon a bell rang and the wa
ter was turned off Some of the slower
ones were covered with soap, but this
made no difference to the sergeant,
who chased us into another room,
where we lined up in front Of n little
window, resembling the box Office in q
theater and received clean underwear
and towels. From here we went into
the room where we had first undrossed
Ten minutes were allowed in which tC
get into our "cabbcr"
My pair Of drawers came up 10 my
chin and the shirt barely reached my
diaphragm, but they We're clean-nC
strangers un them, so | was satisfied
Al the expiration of The time allot
ted we were turned out and finished
our dressing on the grass.
When MI of the company had batheC
it was a case of march back to billets
That march was the most uncongenia
one imagined, Just cussing and blind
ing all The way. We were covered witt
white dust and felt greasy from sweat
The wooden underwear issued wa'
itching like the mischief.
After eating our dinner Of stew
which had been kept for us-it was
now four o'clock--we went into til,
creel; ana had another bath.
Ii 'lloly Joe could have heard ou
remarks about the divisional bath,
and army red tape he would HAY,
tainted at our wickedness. But Tom
mY Is only human after. AlL. -e..-.--~
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Jump from Bed
in Morning and
Drink Hot Water
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water each morning
before breakfast.

Why is man and woman, half the
time, feeling nervous, despondent,
worried; some days headachy, duh and
unstrung; some days really incapaci-
tated by illness,
II we all would practice inside-hath-
ing, what a gratifying change would
take place Instead of thousands OF
half-sick, anaemic-looking souls with
pasty, muddy compilations we should
see crowds Of happy, healthy, rosy
checked people everywhere. The rea-
son is that the human system does not
rid itself each day Of all the waste
which it accumulates under our pres
ent mode Of living. For every ounce
Of food and drink taken into TIE system
nearly an ounce Of waste material
must be carried out, else it ferments
and forms ptomaine-like poisons which
are absorbed into the blood.
Just as necessary as It Is to clean
the ashes from the furnace each day,
before the fire will burn bright and
hot. so we must each morning clear
the inside organs of the previous days
accumulation Of indigestible waste and
body toxins. Men and women, whether
sick or well, are advised to drink each
morning, before breakfast, glass OF
real hot water with a teaspoonful OF
limestone phosphate in it, as harm
less means of washing ont of the
stomach, liver kidneys and bowels the
indigestible material, waste, sour bile
and toxins; thus cleansing, sweeten
ing and purifying the entire alimen
tary canal before putting more fooc
inlo the stomach.
Millions of people who had their tlrr
at constipation, bilious attacks aci(
stomach, nervous days and sleepless
niEhts have become real cranks abou
theT'morning inside-bath a quarter
pound Of limestone phosphate will mo-
cost much at the drug store, but Is
sufficient TO demonstrate to anyone
It's cleansing, sweetening and freshen
IuB effect upon lle eystem. A-.--.A,-1A A-11A
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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 ] found out that q
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 a bunch of us
on the fire step, with broad grin on
his face, asked
"Who is going to volunteer for listen.
Ing post tonight? l need two men,"
II is needless to say no one volun-
teered, because 1t is anything but al
Gushy job. / began to feel ncom%rt.I
able as knew it was getting aroundI
for my turn Sure enough, with anotherI
grin, he said:
"Empey, you and Wheeler are duel
so come down into my dugout for in-I
structi0ns at six O'clock"
Just as he left and was going aroundI
q traverse, Fritz turned loose with al
machine gun and the bullets ripped theI
sandbags right over his head. II gaveI
me great pleasure to see him duck
against the parapet. He-was getting al
taste of what we would get later out
in front.
Then, Of course, it began to rain. II
knew it was the fOrerunner of mis-,
erable night for us. Every time hddl
to 90 out in front, it just naturally
raincd. Old Jupiter Pluvius 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 the German engineers or
sapperS who might be tunneling under
No Mans Land to establish a mine
head beneath our trench.
OF course, In our orders we were told
not to be captured by German patrols
or reconnoitering parties. Lots ot
breath Is wasted on the western front
giving silly cautions,
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the enervating sensation was always
present. It made me hate war and
wonder why such things We're counte-
nanced by civilization and all the spice
and glory Of the conflict would disap-
pear, leaving the grim reality. But
after leaving the spot and filling your
lungs with deep breathS Of pure, fresh
air, You forget and once again want TO
be "up and at them"
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on the ground to the point where we
were to commence work. This in or
der chat we would not get lost in the
darkness The proposed trench was
also laid ont with tape.
The covering pfity went out first.
4 After Il short wait, two scouts came
back with information that the work
Ing party was to follow and Garry on"
with their work,
In extended order two yards apart,
we noiSelcSSly crept across no Mans
/ Land II was nervous work. every
minute we expected a machine gun to
open fire on us. Stray bullets Cracked"
around us, or Il rieochet sang over
I head
Arriving at the taped diagram Of
/ the trench, rifles sIung around our
shoulders, we lost no time in getting
to work. We dug as quietly as pos
Sible but every now and then the noise
Of pick or shovel striking a stone
would send the cold ShiveIS down our
backs, Under our hrcaths we heartily
cursed the offending Tommy.
AT intervals a star shell would go up
from the German lines and we would
remain motionlcys until the glare Of its
white light died out
i When thc trench had reached a
depth of two feet we felt safer, be-
cause it would afford us cover in case
we were discovered and fired on
The digging had been in progress
about two hours, whom suddenly he'll
seemed to break loose in the form ot
machine-gun and rife fire.
We dropped down on our bellies ir
the shallow trench, bullets knocking
up the ground and swapping in the air
Then shrapncl butted in, The music
was hot ana Tommy danced.
The covering party was having 6
rough time of It; they had no cover
just had to take their medicine
| Word was passed down the line tt
beat it for our trenches. We needed nc
urging; grabbing our tools ana Stoop
ing low, we legged it across No Man,
Land. The covering party got away
TO a poor start but beat us in. The!
must have had wings because we low
cred the record.
Painting and out Of breath we tum
bled into our front-line trench. | tor,
my hands getting through our wire
but, at the time, didn't notice it; m!
journey was too urgent
When the roll was called we founC
that we had gotten It in the nose fo,
63 casualties.
Our artillery put barrage on Fritz
frOnt-line and communication trenches
and their machlne-gun and rifle fir
suddenly ceased
Upon the cessation of this fire
stretcher bearers went out to look 70
killed and wounded. Next day W,
learned that 21 of our men had beer
killed and 81 wounded. Five men wcr,
missing; lost In the darkness, the,
must have wandered over into the Ger
man lines, where they were cithe
killed or captured.
Speaking Of stretcher bearers an,
wounded it is very hard for the aver
age civilian to comprehend the enor
nous cost Of taking care of wounded
and the war in general He or she get
So accustomed 10 seeing billions Of dol
lars in print that the Significance o
the amount Is passed over wlthou
Thought ----'------------ a'.-sss----.----
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CHAPTER XIV.
Listening Post.

1t was six in the morning when we
arrived at our rest billets, and we wse
allowed to sleep until noon; that is
If we wanted to 90 without our break
fast. For sixteen days we remained
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CHAPTER XII


The boys in the section welcomed me
back, but there were many strange
faces. Several Of our men had gone
West in that charge and were lying
Somewhere in France with a little
wooden cross at their heads. We were
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Must Have Name AS
Evidence of Good Faith.

A taxpayer sends communication
to The Leader on the water question.
but fails to accompany it with his
name.
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ing them, He takes a Jam tin from
the fire step, trembling Il little, be-
causc ii is nervous work, especially
when new at it, lights the fuse on his
striker The fuse begins to "slzz" and
sputter and a spiral of smoke, like
that from a smolderng fag, rises from
IT, The platoon splits In two and
ducks around the traverse nearest ia
them. They don't like the looks ana
sound of the burning fuse. When that
fuse begins to smoke and "sizz' You
want to say good-by to it as soon as
possible so Tommy with all his might
chuckS It over the top and crouches
against the parapet waiting for the
explosion,
Lots Of times in bombing the Cam
i'm would be picked up by the Ger.
mans, before it exploded, and thrown
back at Tommy with dire results.
After lot Of men went West in this
manner an order was issued, reading
something Hike this:
"To an ranks in the British army:
Art.,. t.,t4t.... .t r t q
.. I '7''.,'s .'' i'''' "'''' "'''i +
/ slowly one tive tbreetih
This in order to give the fuse time
enough to burn down SO tUt the boGb
would explode before the Germans
could throw il back
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''' ~ N''''' wa ''' ''0 '''' p ''N'
10 get ria Of That "jam tim because
from experience he had learned not
TO Ifust IT,
Nheu the powers tnat he realized
mat they could not change Tommy
lhey decided TO change the type of
bomb anu did so-suhstituuug the
chair brush the Cricket ball. aud
later the Mills bomb.
The standard bomb used in the Brit
ish army is the 'Mills' 1t is about the
shape and size of large lemon AL
though not actually a lemon Fritz in-
sists that il is; perhaps he Judges it
by tha havoc caused by It's explosion.
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Small maps OF Logan county foI
sale al Leader Office ssass. a,ssassAssx
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tCONTINUED TOMORROW
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-08
DENUNCIATIoN OF BUSINESS

The ceaseess denuncaon of business which
Washington doing the country harm than all the German
devltry in the country This denncaon is largely
the federal trade commission which under the craftsmanship
Edward N Hurley, honor to the nation while
dhonor Then it upbuidng power; is
sructve than all the poGeanism and heading the
ton straight for the chaos of Bolshevkism
If President Wilson would the nation from chaos
exists Russia his first step should be abolish the
commission to out of Office the sociast anaahstc mud
singing, undertaking element which dominates it, If
tinued differed the federal trade will bring
disaster business and thus nation
commission to the railroads and everything dependent
upon them.
The possibilities of evil under the present operations
trade commission lightly regarded
Mr. Wilson The commission sowing the seed for dsrust
and dsorganization activities than did
BernsOrH and all his of liars and ooe It's work distinct
contribution to the chaos which Germany seeking develop
did in Russia where it brought about conditions which
the Boevc element incompetence
of anarchy and chaos the
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-08
SUPPLY SHIPBUILDERS WITH
MILK

Twelve regrlgerator milk cars were
recently put in operation in Virginia
through the efforts of the Bureau of
Markets and interested local dairy
men and make distributors. Before
these cars were sent to Virginia there
was surplus of milk produced in
the valleys in the western part of the
State, but because of lack of adequate
transportation facilities it could not
be transferred to Norfolk, Newport
News, and other coast points where
the increasing population of ship
builders and Industrial workers had
intensified the demand for milk. t
was ascertained that the valley sec
ton would have in excess of local de-
mand approximately 5000 gallons of
milk for shipment daily, and the
amount needed for Government use
alone at the coast points was 10000
gallons daily, an amount too large for
the eastern and central sections of
the State to furnish. Shipments are
now being made at the rate of three
cars a day, which is solving the prob
lem of both consumers and producers.
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POLLITT.

The following announcement has
been received here:
DR. Bertha c. Lietze
announces the marriage of her ward
Nina Riddeford
Lieutenant Basil Hubbard Pollitt
on Saturday. July the twentieth, One
thousand, nine hundred and
eighteen
Church of Our Saviour,
Cincinnati, Ohio.
Lieutenant Pollitt is the son of Rev
Il. S. Pollitt, of Fairmont, w. Va,
Mrs. Pollitt was reared in Cincinnati.
Lieutenant Pollitt and wife are both
A. B. graduates of the Cincinnati Uni
versty. He having received his de-
gree a year ago, and his wife received
her degree in June He enlisted in
April 1917, in the Marine Corps and
has been located for a year at Guam
tico, Va. He was signalman in field ar
tillery. The groom received his COM
mission as Lieutenant July 18th. They
were married in the Episcopal church
Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, and were en-
| tertained at the Gibson by DR.. Bertha
Lietze. They went to Washington
where Mrs. Pollitt will take a position
during the period of war, and for the
present Lieutenant Pollitt is at Guam
tico, Va, awaiting his assignment
Fairmont (W. Va.) Times.
Lieutenant Pollitt was former res
ident of Maysville and for time his
father was presiding elder of the
Methodist Church in this section.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-08-08
MAYSvIllE IS ASKED
TO TAKE ACTION
Nation Wide Campaign Inaugurated to
Prevent Flag Being Carried
Horizontally.


A nation wide campaign to prevent
the American flag from being carried
horizontally in street parades has been
launched by the Cincinnati Chamber
of Commerce The chamber had
adopted resolutions opposing this
practice as the flag is used to collect
money in this manner and the local
organization has been asked to take
some action in the matter.
The resolution adopted by the Gin
cinnati Chamber of Commerce fol-
lows:
Gradually and generally through
out the country, there has developed a
practice of carrying the United States
flag horizontally in professions for the
purpose of receiving contributions
from bystanders. While the purposes
are most praiseworthy, such use Of
the flag is neither dignihedl nor prop
err for the emblem of our country
The reverence in which wei hold the
flag of our nation moves us to pro-
test against its being used in any
manner that detracts from It's dignity
therefore be 1t
Resolved that the Cincinnati Cham
Der of Commerce urge that the flag of
the United States shall not be used
as a receptacle for money offerings
either in professions, parades or on
any occasion. Be it further
Resolved That a copy of this res,
olution be sent to the affiliated orgap'
izations of the Chamber of Commerce.
of the United States with request
that a similar action be taken by
them"
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"THE MOTHER AND THE LAW.

An intense drama in five parts in
which pretty Miss Helen Martin plays
the part of-the girl-supported by
Miss Florence Hacket as the mother
and Henry ]. Sedley as the man. A
drama of protecting love of a mother
who was forced by circumstances to
be separated from her baby, and while
later on serving as a nurse in a pri-
vate sanitarium suffers the humilia-
ton of seeing her daughter who had
grown into beautiful girlhood become
an unwilling inmate of the institution.
thus without the daughter knowing it
she was surrounded with the love of
her own mother who succeeded in
bringing about a marriage that ulti-
mately proved happy. Pastime \spe-
cial today, afternoon and evening.
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"A DASCHUND
BECOMES VERY
ROYAL AMERICAN
Actor Coming Here Next Week Tells
Interesting Story of His Dasch-
hund, Now Mascot In
Army Regiment.

Jack Valmore, the singing comedian
with the Halton Powell Company
which plays the Washington Theater,
all next week is responsible for the
following: 81 once was the PROUD
possessor wo what | consider the most
positive patriotic poodle in America"
said Mr.. Valmore in the course of a
conversation in the lobby of the Har-
lin Hotel last night. During the sea-
son of 1913, while playing an engage
ment at the Majestic Theater in Dali
las, Texas, small boy who was one
Of my most ardent admirers, present
ed me with one of those long drawn
out kind of dogs called a dischhund
who answered to the name of Fritz"
The dog and myself became constant
companions. When war in Europe
was declared in the summer of 1914,
Fritz" showed his German breeding
by listening intently to every CONVEX
sation or story, telling of the sue
cesses of the Germans Arms and in
every way to evince his satisfaction
Should the talk be in the slightest de-
gree, favorable to the Allies, he would
yawn disgustedlyy, find a nice soft
spot and go to sleep.
When President Wilson declared
war on Germany last year, Fritz was
disconsolate. He refused to eat, to go
on the streets, chase cats or do any
of the things that a perfectly con-
tented canine loves to do One day
when his spirits seemed to be at the
very lowest ebb and l expected every
moment to see him lie down and end
1t all, was seized with happy in
spiration. Poor old fellow" I said
to him "I'm going to change your
name. You shall be called Fritz"
no longer. From now on your name
is Sammy" Just at that moment, a
band came around the corner playing
"The Star Spangled Banner. With a
loud bark of Joy, the dog sprang upon
table and seized with his teeth a
small American flag that happened to
be there, jumped to the floor and
proudly ran up and down waving "Old
Glory. / rose to my feet and stood
at attention. The former Fritz" is
now mascot in one of the regiments
at San Antonio, Texas.