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Connecticut western news., 1918-05-30
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-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 to 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 b1llets
'Somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
INT "cooties."
CHAPTER III-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 Is under
IRE for the first time.
CHAPTER v-Empey learns to adopt
she motto of the British Tommy, eff you
pre- going to get it, you'll get it, SO never
worry"
CHAPTER vI-Back in rest bil1ets, EN-
Dey gets his first experience as mess
krderly.
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed
CHAPTER VIII-Back in the front-line
french, Empey sees his first friend OF the
trenches Ego West"
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first
visit to a dugout in Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con-
etitutes days work" In the front-nne
trench.
CHAPTER xI-Empey goes "over the
top for the first time in charge on the
German trenches an6 is wounded Dy
hayonet thrust
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CHAPTER XVII.
Out In Front.

After tea Lieutenant Stores Of our
section came into the dugout and in
formed me that was "for" a reconnoi-
tering patrol and would carry six Mills
bombs.
At IL 80 that night twelve men, our
lieutenant and myself went out in
front on a patrol in No Mans Land.
We cruised around in the dark for
about two hours, just knocking about
looking for trouble, on the lookout for
Boche working parties to see what
they were doing.
Around two in the morning we were
carefully picking our way about thirty
yards in front of the German barbed
wire, when we walked into a Boone
covering party nearly thirty strong.
Then the music started, the fddler Sea-
dered his bill, and we ReAA
Fighting ss To desk wssA o hayoass
is not very pleasant. Tase 0ssDeae
took 1t ON the run, but our onacer wac
no novice at the game and didn't fox
low them. He gave the order "down
on the ground, hug 1t close"
Just in time, too, because a volley
skinned over our heads. Then in low
tones we were told to separate and
crawl back to our trenches, each man
ION his own.
We could see the flashes Of their
rifles in the darkness, but the bullets
were going over our heads.
We lost three men killed and one
wounded in the arm. If it hadn't been
for our officers quick thinking the
whole patrol would have probably
been wiped out.
I, alter ABOUT twenty minutes wait we
went out again and discovered that
the Germans had wiring party work
Spg on their barbed wire. We returned
To our trenches unobserved with the
information and our machine guns i'm
mediately got busy.
The next night four men were sent
out to go over and examine the Ger
man barbed wire and see If they had
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OVID TIL TOD
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AN AN[ERICAN SOLDIER
WHO WENT " *
ARII1Ul GUY EfIpEY
MACHINE GUNNER SERVING N FRANCE
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lARTHu4 GUY Ef1Evi

with three bombs, a bayonet and re-
volver. After getting into No Mans
Land we separated. Crawling four or
five feet at time, ducking star sheils,
with strays cracking overhead, ]
reached their wire. I secuted along
this inch by inch, scarcely breathing.
I could hear them talking in their
trench, my heart was pounding against
my ribs. One false move or the least
noise from me meant discovery and
almost certain death.
After covering my sector I quietly
crawled back. had gotten about half
way when I noticed that my revolver
was missing. 1t was pitch dark. I
turned about to see If could find 1t ;
three or four minutes previously had
felt the butt in the holster. I crawled
around in circles and at last found it,
then started on my way back to our
trenches, as thought.
Pretty soon reached barbed wire,
and was just going to give the pass
word when something told me not to.
I put out my hand and touched one of
the barbed wire stakes. It was iron.
The British are of wood, while the
German are iron. My heart stopped
beating; by mistake I had crawled
back to the German lines.
I turned slowly about and my tunic
caught on the wire and made loud
ripping noise.
A sharp challenge rang out.
sprang to my feet, ducking low, and
ran madly back toward our lines. The
Germans started firing. The bullets
were biting all around me, when bang
ran smash into our wire, and sharp
challenge, "'Alt, who comes there?"
rang out. 1 gasped out. the password,
and, cropping my way through the lane
in the wire, tearing my hands and
uniform, tumbled into our trench and
was safe, but was a nervous wreck
for an hour, until a drink of rum
brought me round.
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-30

We had an orchestra of seven men
and seven different instruments. This
orchestra was excellent, while they
were not playing.
The performance was scheduled to
tart ct p. m.
At 10 there was a mob in front of
our one entrance and it looked like a
big night. We had two boxes each ac-
commodating four people, and these
=s Immediately sold out. Then q
militant idea came TO key Cohenstein.
Why not use the rafters overhead, call
Sezn boxes, and charge two francs for
eat on them? The only difficulty
vss how were the zen to reach these
i,oxea but to key this was mere de-
tall.
He got long ropes and tied one end
around each rafter and then tied lot
of knots in the ropes. These ropes
would take the place of stairways.
We figured out that the rafters
would seat about forty men and sold
that number of tickets accordingly.
When the ticketholders for the boxes
got a glimpse of the rafters and were
informed that they had to use the rope
stairway, there was q howl of indfgna-
ton, but we had their money and told
them that if they did not like it they
could write to the management later
and their money would be refund: ,
but under these conditions they would
not be allowed to witness the perform
ance that night.
After little grousing they accepted
the situation with the promise that il
the show was rotten they certainly
would let us know about it during the
performance.
Everything went lovely and it was a
bowling success, until Alkali Ike ap-
peared on the scene with his revolver
loaded with blank cartridges. Behind
the bar on a shelf was a long line OF
bottles. Alkali Ike was supposed to
start on the left of this line and break
six of the bottles by firing at them With
his revolver. Behind these bottles =
niece of painted canvas was suppose,
TO represent the back of the Nar, at
each shot from Alkali's pistol IL man
behind the scenes would hit cne Oh tho
bottles with his entrenchiGg l7Ol
! handle and smash it, to give he j. y
preston that AlI.ali was good shot.
All7ali Ike started in and aime'' ~
the right of the line of bottles instead
of the left, and the poor hool' hch:"d
the scenes started breaking the bottle
on the let, and then >no hovfolE"1'
turned loose; but outside Of this i;ttit
Iasco the performance was huge sue
cess, and we decided to run It for q
week.
New TROOPS wr@e constantly coming
trough. ana f1r six performances We
lad the IS. r. O." sign suspended out
s:1c.
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CHATTER ~ 9.


|SSES sSseeS@s% F&@
TA4ea Gays afseR sas en@.es@e 5B 81
lated eur eeA@% - eeses4 Ss@sm
the front line sgG e@ssea. ~e saayl
In reserve billets for about two weeks
when we received the welcome news
that our division would go back of the
line ''to rest billets." We would re-
main in these billets for at least two
months, this in order to be restored to
our full strength by drafts of recruits
from Blighty.
Everyone was happy and, contented
at these tidings; all you could hear
singing. The day after the receipt of
the order we hiked for five days, max
ing an average Of about twelve kilos
per day until we arrived at the small
town of o..
1t took us about three days to get
settled, and from then on our cushy
time started. We would parade from
8:45 in the morning until II noon.
Then except for an occasional billet
or brigade guard we were on our own.
For the first four or five afternoons I
spent my time in bringing up to date
my neglected correspondence.
Tommy loves to be amused, and be-
ing a Yank, they turned to me for
something new in this line. I taught
them how to pitch horseshoes, and this
! game made a great hit for about ten
days. Then Tommy turned to Amer
! lea for q new diversion. I was up in
! the air until happy thought came to
: me. Why not write a sketch and break
Tommy in as an actor?
: One evening after flights out" when
you are not supposed to talk, impart-
! ed my scheme in whispers to the sec
! ton. They eagerly accepted the idea
! of forming q stock company and
could hardly wait until the morning
for further details.
After parade, the next afternoon
was almost mobbed. Everyone in the
section wanted a part in the proposed
sketch. When informed theTn that i
would take at least ten days of hare
work to write the plot they were bit
terly disappointed. [ Immediately go
| fHuSy, maze QeSK out OF DlScuiC IlH
in the corner Of the billet, and put III
a sign "Empey & Wallace Theatrical
Co." About twenty Of the section
upon reading this sign, immediatel.
applied for the position Of office boy
I accepted the twenty applicants, ant
sent them on scouting parties through
out the deserted French village. Thas
parties were TO search all the attics TO
discarded civilian clothes, and any
thing that we could use in the prop
of our proposed company.
About five that night they retTrne
covered with crime and dust, but load
ed down with q miscellaneous ass0rr
ment of everything under the SUI
: They must have thought that [ wa
going to start a department store
judging. from the different things the
brought back from their pillage.
, After eight days constant writing
completed a two-act farce coined
which / called "The Diamond Palac
Colnnya TTr1ny, Tho c,10unof;ay ne on
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-30
CHATTER XIX.
On His Own.

OF course Tommy cannot always DC
DtodG2iig plays under fire but while
II rest bi;iets he has numerous other
= ~ CT &:avgins himself. lie is a
lr?at gambler, hut never plays for
largG e.H'.>s. G, ne H., i. o:ch COM
pany, "or viii Gad regular Garfield.
THIS MAJ ban%5 nearly all the games
OF chance and is an undisputed author
ity Oh the rules of gambling. When
ever there is an argument among the
Tcmmies about some uncertain point
as 10 whether Houghton is entitled TO
Watkins sixpenee, the matter is taken
to the recognized authority and his de-
cision is final. ..s....s..-. -s-...
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Grown and Anchor" and "House."

Grown and Anchor" and House"
The paraphernalia used in Grown
and Anchor" consists of piece of cam
vas two feet by three feet. This is
divided into six equal squares. In these
squares are painted club, diamond,
heart, spade, crown, and an anchor,
one device to a square. There are
three dice used, each dice marked the
same as the canvas. The banker sets
up his gambling outfit in the corner OF
billet and starts bally-hooing until a
crowd of Tommies gathers around;
then the game starts.
The Tommies place bets on the
squares, the crown or anchor being
Ply cd the most. The banker then
rolls his three dice and collects or pays
out as the case may be. If you play
the crown and one shows up on the
dice, you get even money, If two show
up, you receive two to one, and If three,
three to one. If the crown does not ap-
pear and you have bet on 1T, you lose,
and so on. The percentage for the
banker is large If every square is
played, but If the crowd is partial to,
say two squares, he has to trust to
luck. The banker generally wins.
The game " blouse" is very popular
also. j. lakes two men to run 1T. This
gar consists of numerous squares of
:ardboard containing three rows of
numbers, five numbers to a row. The
numbers run from one to ninety. Each
card has d different combination.
The French "estaminets" in the viii
lagos are open from eleven in the morn
ing until one in the afternoon in &C.
cordance with army orders.
After dinner the Tommies congre-
gate at these places to drink French
beer at a penny a glass and play
"H use."
A. soon as the estaminet is suffi-
lent, crowded. the proprietors of the
itous, game get busy and, as they
tenn it, FORM : school," This consists
of hing round and selling cards at
a fra C c;' =. r. they have ten in the
school, tie acllers OF the game de-
duct tN fran g for their trouble and
he winh get eight francs.
Then Ia gar starts. Each buyer
pl res his 'rd ore him on the la
BILE, 'irst bre, ill, , matches into fif-
teen Nieces.
/ One If the b. ''.ers # the game has
,qvdboal squa"., eac. with a num-
Der printe Thereof from. one to nine
. ty. He r.. : on tn tabl" and cries
out: eyes Wn, my lucky lads"
All noise ce, -os and every re is at
tention.
Tie cronpier ccs hi> rarn ~ the
bag and draw. crth no red
squar,, and ,mm, tcly CT ".. he
number. The ma: ; ~ Cr-f> .,c. d
with tkat pa. tica.a. ~. ~ .
covers IL, square Y IL. '"Gi," III,
one who c~v@rs tlc fit. rnai!N' = on
his card a. shouts ~ suse.' The
other hacker immediatCiy comes over
TO him and vl"iflcs the card by calling
out the numb $ thereon To The man
with the ~ AS each number is
called lie p!"ks it out OF the ones
picked FROM i.e 1as u.iI S,TS, Tight.
If the count IS ri.y,.t 80 shouts, House
corrrc,, LAY h ;..',:r @r&'lrnIan. end
sell him Il cc"@ for the next school,
The lucky &C.. man generally buys
one unless Ie has u miser trace in
his veins.
Then another collection is made, G
school formed, and they carry on witt
the game.
The caller-out has many nicknames
for the numbers such as ''KeIly's Eye
for one, Legs Eleven" for eleven
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cut lanes through it; if SO, this pres
aged an early morning attack on our
trenches.
OF course had to be one Of the four
selected for the job. 1t was just like
sending a fellow to the .undertaker's
to order his. own coffin.
A. tnr n'eiocK we started out. armed
Connecticut western news., 1918-05-30

This brought quite laT'Th from the
marching column directed at mo, and J
instantly made up my mind that ou.'
sketch should immediat,l.y run in OPP
position to "Blighty-T-hat Hopes"
When we returned 70 our billet from
the march, Cur!ey Wallace, my tle-
atrical partner, came running over to
me and said he had found swani'y
place in which to produce our show.
After taking off my eGuilne2t, an
followed by the rest OF the section,
went over to the building !.a la;2 ricEe;:
! out. It was a moEstrouS barn with y
/ platform at one end which WUI:d make
an ideal stage. The section got right
on the JOB, and before ni>ht h,,d TIA,
place rugged out in apDlc-}ic &C.,.
The next day was Sunday and after
church parade we put all our time c.
a dress rehearsal, and it went fine.
[ made four or five large signs m
nouncing that cur compan., would oIc2
no that evening at the King George jio
! Fifth theater, on the corner of L--.il.3t
street and SanIbag terrace. Genera
adrission was one-half franc. FRS
ten rows in orchestra one franc, and
boxes two francs. By this time Oul
printed programs had returned from.
London, and l further announced thai
on the night of the first performance
a program would be given free OF
charge to men holding tickets costing E
franc or over.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20
TWO SUSPECTED IF ATTEMPT ID
 BLOW UP VAULT.
William Dees and William
 Porst Taken in Charge
 On Suspicion of Compile ity in Buckeye Affair

In the capture and arrest of William Dees and William Porst, the authorities believe they have the men who at tempted to rob the Buckeye bank last Thursday night.
 The two men who are believed to have dynamited the vault of the bank were taken into custody yesterday by Deputy Sheriff E. J. Warren, who has been on the lookout for the pair since the crime was reported
 The suspects were closely questioned by deputies of the sheriff's office and their conflicting stories did not leave much daubt in the minds of the au- thorities but that they have the right men.
 Dees and Porst were employed on ranch in the Buckeye valley and the circumstance of their leaving is an- other suspicious happening, state the officers. They were away from the ranch the entire night in question and on their return next morning gave notice. Their excited manner aroused suspicion and the matter was at once reported to the sheriff, whose deputies made an exhaustive search for the men.
 In the meantime Arthur Clark Carl Hunter and Vernon Bass were ar rested and held on investigation for the same offense. They have not vet been released
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20

purchased on the fifty-fifty basis with wheat substitutes.
 A ruling which will affect large proportion of the meat shops of Ari- zona states that sales of licensed food commodities to ships, hotels or restau- rants are wholesale and not retail and license is required to make such sales, no matter what the amount of the sale" There are any number of butcher shops and other retail concerns in Phoenix which are furnishing hotels, restaurants and boarding houses with taken out liclDses, it was stated. These should apply for license to the food ad- ministration, license division. Wash ington, and application should be made at once to avoid action against the dealer as a violator of the food control act.
 Hay press men purchasing rye from farmers and thrashing the rye grain and disposing of 1t to mills are subject to license, according to another ruling. Merchants settling farmers accounts by taking corn from them, and selling it are engaged in the distribution of corn and therefore subject to license, is another ruling.
 A new rule has been promulgated in regard to the sale of wheat flour sub stitutes, which permits retailers to sell only three pounds of substitutes with five pounds of whole wheat or graham flour. Washington dispatches carried this rule but owing to the omission of the term whole wheat" it's meaning was not clear.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20

tation is necessary to reduce margin between producer and consumer.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20

All music lovers of Phoenix should hear Carl A. Lambert and his famous company, the Schumann Quintet, We'd nesday evening, Hi-Y Lecture Course Adv ds
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20
Tine Hand Which
 Rocks the Cradle
 Guides the lPlow

Flowing the field when man labor could not be produced, Mrs. Joseph J. Hyde, former Latin instructor ot the Salt Lake high school, has for the past few days been preparing her 30 acres for cotton.
 The university graduate, aPpreci- ating the needs of the hour, has donned the costume of the field and has taken over the work of a man. At her ranch southeast of the city, the clever, cultured woman, IS fast becoming accomplished in manual labor, in which she believes that all women should be competent.
 While she Iabors in the field she has also to care for her two babies and in a clear patch of land has spread blankets where they can romp and play. Across the clear stretch of country she watches over them, combining the work of nurse, maid and blow hand.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20
"Face Value" is Hip Attraction

Joan Darby came from nowhere and lived there during her girlhood. Had she not taken a desperate chance in jumping from swift moving train, she might have remained there all her life. or been confined in the reform school for girls for that was where she was headed for when she jumped. Fate guided her footsteps and what hap pened to her and her love affair as she grew to womanhood is the gist of the smart snappy, human interest story found in Face Value" with Mae Mur- ray in the part of the wayward girl. Not since Miss Murray played The Dream Girl' has she, it is said. had a vehicle of such splendid appeal The picture runs the gamut from the novels of the poor to the palaces of the rich. Leaping from a moving train, swim ming swift river. being arrested as a diamond thief and going through many fast moving stunts make up the things that Mae Murray is called upon to add to Face Value.' The picture is aug mented with the Usual News Weekly. Ethel Clayton is underlined in ''The Woman Beneath" while Constance Tal- madge in her second picture comes Sunday.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20
"Meltinq Millionsv at Empress

The story of man saved from him. self is the story of Melting Millions which will be seen at the Empress to- day. George Walsh, who plays the star role, outdoes the high standard of good work he has been doing for William Fox pictures; and Anna Luther, the winsome and charming heroine, IS more winsome and charming than ever.
 Just because Jack Balentine had money he thought that he had to spend it. The mere fact that his fath- CT, (Sidney Deane) had left him about a million dollars was incentive enough to his spendthrift powers. He did his utmost to show himself unworthy of his legacy.
 In leaving the money, Jacks father had also left something else, Vera Nor ton (Velma Whitman). a widow. to whom old Balentine had given minute instructionsf She was to consider her. self officially engaged to Jack; and she was to marry him and his money at such time as she thought him worthy.
 Vera liked Jack, but she liked him more as son than as a husband. She could have mothered him without a fortune, but to marry him without it seemed criminal to her. She decided to save Jack from certain ruin.
 How she saves him and James him and finally becomes Mrs. Valentine, is all told in this story of spendthrift.
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20
F|CMAN PRESENTS SUPREME SHOW
 IF LOCAL SEASON

The age of miracles has not passed.
 A delightful farcial comedy from far away Broadway has been presented in Phoenix.
 Brandon brothers having promised the supreme event of the season" produced it in Nothing But the Truth and gave local theatergoers a New York success on the same gener- ous lines enjoyed by the people of the metropolis.
 Written in a clever, snappy manner. abounding in humor the comedy has wonderful possibilities that are fully realized by the excellent cast.
 To win bet of s10,0OO which he is gwen by his fiancee to invest and dou- ble for her in few days, Robert Ben nett Is drawn into a bet He declares tnat he can speak the truth for 24 hours and the attempts to make him lose, the deep schemes laid, the uues- tons asked, furnished scores of anus ing scenes which are handled in de- llghtfully humorous fashion.
 In the extraction of fun from this material the work of Max Fignan is nothing short of delicious Ii is A role fuil of fat and he plays it delight fully
 Clem Bevirx is supplied with a won- derful part as one of the three men In on the bet His. exaggerated calm and solemnity are quite as amusing as the quick humor of Figman. Another splendid performance was. that of Mac M. Barnes, who plays the father of Bennetts fiancee, the one who sug- gested the bet. What he suffered at the expense of his suggestion was cleverly interprted
 Miss Lolita Robertson could not nave been surpassed for the charm she put Tn her role. She was not only charming but her appearance was a delight Remarkably pretty, the act ress costumed her part pleasingly as did all the other members of the wei balanced cast.
 The setting. too, is most satisfactory and altogether the attraction the most acceptable the Ellls has booked this season.
 The play will be repeated this after noon, tonight and tomorrow,
Arizona republican., 1918-02-20
ADJUSTMENTS
"her Unborn Child"

A few years ago-a very few, too the subject of birth control would not have been discussed in public or by the press, but with the progress of thinking in general which broadens the educa- tional viewpoint and the desire of the public to be enlightened on subjects which a few years ago they were sat isfied to let be known to physicians and those claiming higher education, the playhouse contributes its bit in Her Unborn Child"
 France and England were the first to present dramas of discussion Tn the theater. The most notable example of this kind is "The Blindness of Virtue, by Cosmo Hamilton.
 Her Unborn Child' comes to the Elks theater for three nights-wlth daily matinees-commenc Friday, Feb. %,