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we could hear the popping of machine
guns in our front-line trenches.
The boches were greatly alarmed, for
they sent up hundreds of star shells in
an effort to keep No Mans Land well
illuminated. Y Ii was planned to have the
barrage last for forty-five minutes. after
which our boys were to go over the top
and charge into the German first-line
trench, but when ten minutes had passed
we were ordered to cease firing.
We gunners yelped with dsappont-
ment and wondered what in blazes had
We found out soon enough; the engi-
neers had failed to blow up the boche
barbed wire and our lads couldn't get
into the German lines The raid was a
fizzle, but the failure only whetted our
appetites for another poke at the Hun.
We made another try on the night of
March Z. and it worked fine that time.
We dropped tons of shells into the Ger
man front line. virtually obliterating the
trench. Our men walked over nicely bes
hind their barrage, and penetrated to the
German second line.
Raiding began to be habit with us
after that. and 1t was encouraging to
hear how well our infantry boys matched
up to the enemy
Sergeant Eugene McNiff twenty-five
years old. and Corporal Milo Plant
twenty years old. both Of the famous
pated in one of the most important raids
| early in March Before his enlistment
McNiff was employed in a munition fac
tory and Plant was a vaudeville piano
player. After taking part in raid
these two young men made three trips
| into the shell-swept wastes of No Mans
Land and brought in the wounded. They
were awarded the Croix de Guerre fol
their bravery.
| The commanding officer called for vol
unteers to take part In the raiding expe
dition which was designed to bring bach
German prisoners and force Information
from them concerning the strength of th'
units opposite the American trenches
Every one of the 165th volunteered, al
was ito be expected. but only forty o
them were chosen McNiff was selected
from c Company and Plant from I
Company, the latter being in command o
Captain James Mckenna, famous athlet
and lawyer, of New York city
These forty with two officers and fift.
French privates, went to spot ten mile
behind the front lines, and for two week
were intensely trained for the raid unit
every man knew his part perfectly.
When the night of the raid came. tn
boys could hardly be restrained, SO cage
Were they to, get at the enemy
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tions to the breasts of the American
and French heroes After he had conn
pleted the work of pinning medal on an
uncomfortable-lo looking hero, the general,
after the French custom. would kiss
the recipient of the honor on both cheeks.
] sort of filled up, and choked with
feeling every time I saw tine general
put one of the badges on a Yank I,
felt proud of them and proud that I
was one of their countrymen. I re-
member fervently wishing that Georgs
Washington. John Paul Jones. Stephen
Decatur. Abe Lincoln. General Grant
and all the rest OF Americas old-time
heroes and patriots could be present and
see how America is keeping up the old
Yankee traditions in the present war;.
Honest, the way I felt then. / believe
that l could have overcome my aversion
10 being kissed by a Frenchman IL the
general had walked toward me and tried
to pin one Of those badges on my coat.
I know a lot of my buddies felt the
same way about 1t.
(TO BE CONTINUED MONDAY
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their own front-line trenches as soon as
we got there. We found out later that
about 400 men had occupied the terrain
we invaded. About 800 of these men
were killed by our barrage Most of
them were half buried in the ground.
Bits Of torn flesh and blood covered
everything.
The Huns kept sending up star shell
after star shell. and 1t was as light as
day. Sergeant McNiff and fought side
by side. We kept emptying cur auto
matics into the struggling mass of men.
who tried to organize themselves into
some sort Of defensive fighting unit.
About fifty of the Germans had run
away and there was about an equal num-
ber left to oppose us. These were re-
enforced by Prussian guardsnen, big
husky fellows who have the reputation
of fighting until they are killed.
The rescuing party must have come
up right through their own barrage. and
of the Germans to do what those men
did that night. Their gunners never
slackened upon the front-line trenches.
though they knew that their own men
were clicking it tdying) with every
I'VE had intended to stay In No Mans
Land and in the German trenches only
long enough to get prisoners. but the bar
rage that the enemy had put down was
SO hot and kept up SO long that 1t was
NV i'oNiS e.h" - ~AN~' S'S s'N "
went over the top before we got back in
our Gwn dugouts During that time we
crept from shell hole to shell hole and
gained what little protection we could
from the craters.
II suppose our entire. stay in the
trenches wasn't more than ten minutes.
Four Of Cur men were killed and two
were wounded in the encounter
We were all pretty mad during those
hours we waited out in the shell craters
for the barrage to stop, because we
hadn't brought any prisoners back with
Ms.
When we landed back at 1 a. m. the
lieutenant called for volunteers to go
back and get the wounded. Sergeant
McNiff and l volunteered to go, and we
made three trips at 8, and o'clock
respectively. In bringing the wounded
back we had to carry them from shell
hole to shell hole to avoid the murderous
fire Of the Huns"
CHAPTER XIX
French WaN Crosses
TINE Croix de Guerre, a badge OF
i honor which only the highest herosn
wins, was awarded by the French Gov
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BY John C. Winston componpJ


Corporal Plant. who was one OF the
Pershing heroes sent to Amesica to aid
In the Liberty loan drive, gave me a
thrilling description of the raid. and
wiz let him tell Il again:
The zero hour came at 1897 p. m.."
he told me. 1.-TWO hundred light and
heavy pieces Of artillery and 200 ma
chine guns opened up on a space of 100
yards. Our batteries certainly gave us a
fine barrage.
We went over the top at 7:4O. and
Immediately star shells began to shoot
from Fritzs side, 200 yards away. I
don't know how long 1t took us to get
over to Fritz's bailiwick, but we certainly
did hop It.
THE damage to the German trenches
was something awful They were all
torn to pieces. Sxteen-foot holes were
followed out by our shells. The holes
were eight feet wide. There was groan-
ing and cursing all around us by wound
ed Germans.
THE Germans put barrage right on
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CHAPTER XVIII.
The American Raid
(Copyrfoht, 1918. BY ths

WE determined to do a little raiding
w ourselves and laid our plans with
great care
Both the artillery and the infantry
practiced for four days SO as to insure
the success of the attack
It was planned to have the engineers
place tubes containing explosives under
the German barbed wire, and at the
zero" hour these tubes were to be ex-
ploded so that passage would be made
through the entanglements for our men,
On the evening Of March s we were
given our instructions and ordered to our
posts. At 1 o'clock in the morning, the
time selected for the zero hour, ali the
batteries on our line began plugging
shells into the German trenches. The
sky was lighted intermittently for miles
around by the flare of our guns, and dur
ing the luis the firing Of the big guns
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hath. but this time in a pool Of black
mud.
Up he came. sputtering and fuming
Quit that !" he shouted. Two baths
in one night Is cruelty to tramps."
YOU'LL have to have a third one to
get rid Of that mud. Come out while
| throw you in again" chuckled the
Giant.
II surrender :" walled Tags. II know
when I've got enough
Judge Owl. again enjoying a front
seat, hooted his glee at the tramps'
discomforture.
"Crickety, crickety crack.
The tramp took a bath ker-smack
If he ever gets clean
He'll know better, | ween,
Than to dive like that on his back"
Tags just glared at Judge Owl. but
he didn't dare throw anything. He
climbed out of the river and the Giant
looked the tramps over.
We'll, what are we going to do with
you chaps?"
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THE spider, have always admired
your courage. Countess
"I can die but once"
Perhaps you may care to know that
YOU are not in the slightest danger of
death"
Thanks" she said coolly. you kind
ness Is overwhelming. Or is my-elimi-
nation no longer essential?"
The more flippant her tone, the more
somber Goritz became
My purposes. Countess Strahni
think. you no longer have any reason
to doubt. You are quite safe at Schloss
SZolnok-"
80 is the insect in the web-from
nll other insects but the spider" She
turned away. You cannot blame me-
Herr Hauptmann, if I judge of the fu-
ture by the past"
II would waste words to make fur
ther explanations which are so little un-
derstood, but there are matters of in
terest to you"
CTO BE CONTINUED MONDAY
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ernment to many Americans during
March, 1918.
Some Of the winners were my buddieG.
and I knew first-hand Of the deeds Of
bravery which won for them the greatest
military honor of the French Republic
And every one of them deserved to have
the little medal pinned on their breasts
for they had acquitted themselves wit0
a courage that has FURNISHED anew the
sacred battle traditions of the United
States.
The comforting of the decorations was
accompanied by an impressive ceremony.
The lucky Yanks picked to get war
crosses were lined UP with a number OF
French soldiers, who were selected for
the same honor.
A French military band blared away
at "The Star Spangled Banner" ana
when 1t ceased playing. an American
band returned the compliment with the
"Marseillaise." ti4assNs
Then a distipguished-look French
general, resplendent in dress uniform.
went down the line pinning the decora-
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Great demand for the EVENING
PUBLIC LEDGER may cause you
to miss an instailment Of this very
interesting story. You had better,
therefore, telephone or write to the
Circulation Department pr ask your
newsdeaier this afternoon to leave
your home.
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CHAPTER XIV
Prisoner and Capfice

WAS with mingled feelings that
4 1garishka found the sanctuary Of her
o61ng room. Her abhorrence OF. Cor
- - the murderer Of Hugh Renwick
~ uppermost in her breast. her fear
q HIN q her captor of scarcely less
H0k1 but his tumultuous pies for her
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A Recent Decision

A Recent Decision
Stude THAT girl over there Is
a decided blonde. isn't she?
Stude II--Oh, yes; but she only
decided recently. - Pennsylvania
Punch Bowl.
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HARLEY cox had achieved what the
i i other boys thought a most enviable
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Herr Hauptmann, forbid you"
Whispered Marishka chokingly, wonder
ing now why she had listened to him
for 30 long. II must go-go to my
Goritz straightened and stood aside,
you need not fear me, Countess" he
aid. you see?" he added quickly. Il
( q not touch you.''
Narishka moved a few PAGES away
ma then turned to look at him. He
food erect. smiling at her, his cap IN
&1a hand.
Hf--I must 20 to my room. Herr
f lnHptmann," she murmured haltingly
Ill am yet-far from strong"
- am sorry. I pray that you will
( TEL stronger in the morning Adieu Z:
"a tsAdieu---" she murmured. and hur-
F1ad through the stone portal. aware
X - the gaze Of those dark. slightly
3 6klique eyes which had puzzled. ther
\ Ssclnated-then frightened her.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-11-14
Her Underlined offense.

Edith Cavell was tried for and con-
victed OF an offense which, while she
did not know 1t and was allowed nc
legal adviser to make It plain, had not
been even defined in German military
laws; her judgment was pronounced In
secret and they tried to keep the fact
OF it secret-until they could hurry
their victim out IN the night and do
her 10 death. And Gibson summed 1t
all up, | think, that night, when he
exclaimed:
They've done a job of which Lefty
Lewis and Gyr the Blood would have
been ashamed"
There we're many stories OF how they
we're betrayed; there was the tale OF
the post card sent to Miss Cavell by
the boy whose indiScreet gratitude be-
ira we'd his benefactor, there was an
other that would have it. that there
Was a lad, q ntesst6Evr somewhere
down IN the BoriuaRc, angry because
his pay was not at ouce forthcoming,
betrayc I'd his employers. And only late
~ | heard a fantastic tale to the eff
feet that one Of the accused was n
Somnambulist who talked in his sleep
and that the Germans, as always,
strong on science and modern methods,
hypnotized him m so obtained the
facts. The story is hardly sufficient
for our Anglo Saxon notions Of evil
dence and | think that the explanation
was somewhere to be found in another
dark tragedy which some months later
shocked that Brussels was so accus-
toned to tragedy,
Months later, ono evening In Feb
ruary-the 10th, my Journal says--arter
a dinner at n house whore once there
had been only gaiety and light and
spriShtly talk, l was sitting and smok
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According to German Law"

We were told that, according to the
German law, whatever hat may mean,
i was only the military governor in
the jurisdiction in which the so-called
crime had been committed who had the
power to receive or to grant a plea for
mercy. | do not know as to that;
Germany military law seems TO be
whatever "Messieurs les Militaires'' are
moved at the moment to call II. Won
SauberZwelg said hat he alone had
the power to receive our plea for mercy
or even to grant a few hours delay;
he accepted the responsibility. Ard
long after'yard when he had been re-
moved from his post at BRUSSELS |
heard OF him haunted, II not by re-
morse at least by the memory OF the
deed and necessarily explaining to all
who. would listen why he had done
always as "Dle Cavell'' whose "mur.
d%erer," as he did not shrink from
phrasing 1t. he was said to he. He had
2 son, an officer In the army, who had
been horribly wounded; q bullet had
PARSED through the head before the
eye binding him FOR life. Perhaps,
said the enraged and sorrowing father
one OF the very men whom Die Cavell'
had helped TO escnpe had fired that
shot that thus .mutilated his boy.
Baucn. the Brussels architect, was
shot that morning because It would
have been too bald. 10 patent even
from the PruSsian viewpoint. to hurry
out a woman all alone and XIII her,
Ana no 1t was Baucq's IN luck to be
chosen for a fate that might have been
no worse than that OF SEVERN or the
others whose lives were saved. Poor
Baucd has not been often mentioned in
connection with the tragedy He was
10 leS9 Illegally condemned, no less
toully done to. death, but his fate was
swallowed IN TN the rrentrr horrnr ~
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published by special arrangement
with the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
copyright. 1918. by Brand Whitlock,
under the title Memories Of Belgium
Under the German Occupation" All
rights reserved. Copyrighted in Great
Britain, Canada and Australia, All
lights reserved for france, Belgium,
Holland, Italy. Spain. Russia and tile
Scandinavian countries
Why was Miss Cavell singled out
among all the others as the ore 10 be
shot at dawn oU the morning after
.ol.denEuI!ou2 Why. II justice, even
rude military Justice. were being done.
wa, they not all quut. OF Rt least con.
dpu we'd 10 DEATH Why thiA signal DIS.
tlnctiou, this marked Il ! tragic dis
I'll imiratiOn"
Bocause Edith Cuyen was English;
that was her pftense And so they slew
her. slew the nurse whO had cared f0l
their own wounded sUldieTs--those gen
erals with stars nm thciT breasts and
iron cyUsses, bestowed tOr bravery and
galiautty, They could not even await
the unfolding Of their own legal proc
n}srs; they could nor wait even the
fcw days they had allotted 10 the
Countess de BelleNille. to Madame
Thufiez or to SEVERN the Belgian, al
though the countess and Madame
Thulie6. If all that Is now known of
NIle fblllDlol ana tff TRIAL IL True. were
AZ deeply involved as Miss Cavell
They had been associated In a con-
spiigcy, II the word may be employed,
to aid British soldiers to escape; the
only Fact that saved the Princess de
Cruy was her declaration that after the
WCn reached Brussels she did not know
what became of them. But Mes
g%ieureg les MilitHires" must hide their
intentionsl perhaps even from their own
colleagues in the government OF ocCu-
patton. and shuttle their frail victim
out by stealth in the night, like mid
night g%arroters and gunner. because
she was English, The armies OF Great
Britain were Just then making a great
offensive and it was partly in petty
spite for this, partly an expression Of
the violent hatred the Germans bore
everything English, the savage feeling
that had been fOstered II kept alive
and famed into a. furious flame by
historians and Herr Professors and
Herr DOktors and Tierr Pastors and
editors with their editorials and hRr-
angueE and hymns of hate, that they
did what they did. 1t was in that spirit
that they pronounced their Judgment
secretly in her prison cell and hurried
her out and slew her before dawn and
another day should come in which the
voice Of pity and NJ humanity could
get itself heard. They could not watt
for that, and they would not disturb
Won Blasing the"a at his game Of
bridge In the chateau at Trois Fon-
taines.
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1 SPEND the evening.
.
AT THE theater.
.
WITH SOME friends.
AND AFTERWARD.
SOME ONE suggests.
A BITE to eat.
AND WE go in.
AND THROUGH the lobby.
AND FIND q sign.
ON CLOSED doors.
AND THE sign says.
THERE l: . strike.
AND ALL Of the cooks.
AND THE walters.
HAVE QUIT work.
AND SOME one tells me.
THAT THE walters.
DEMAND MORE money.
AND THE hotel.
WON'T PAY It to them.
AND W. cross the street,
40 ANOTHER hotel,
AND MORE closed doors,
AND ANOTHER sign.
AND WE CAN'T get in.
AND WI go home.
AND FORGET it.
AND THE next day.
WE READ in the paper.
THAT THE milk man.
WHO BRlNGs our milk
is HAVING trouble.
WITH IIIs employer.
AND NAY quit work.
AND WE won't get milk.
AND We fuss a little.
AND FORGET about 1t.
AMI WE hear thA r~Arrshovs
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ss x :. s, A.. Twice Told Tales News y x Of "' ."s
NOVEMBER IA, 1908.

NOVEMBER IA, 1908.
Jose Miguel Gomez and Alfred Zayas
are the candidates in the Cuban presi-
Dental election today.
Mayor James H.. Malone today re-
ceived acceptance Of the Memphis Ter
minal company for the franchise eA-
ended to build a union station.
Differences between Holland and
Venezuela; Russia and Austria, and
Germany and her people are gradually
becoming worse.
Emperor Huang Kgsu of China and
the dowager empress both died last
night; insistent rumors have 1t they
died OF slow poisoning.
Capt. Joseph Phillips, OF Nashville,
IS the guest of Col. r. r. Snowden at
his home, "Annesdale,' on Lamar ave-
nue.,
Miss Ada Lee Norfleet, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. +. M. Norfleet, was mar
Tied to James l.. Riley, Of Atlanta, Ca,
last Wednesday.
Miss Lucille Hobbs and Herbert Lee
Owings were the contracting parties
az q pretty wedding at the LenGg
Methodist church last night.
Two London ~suffragettes, Miss RAY
Costelloe and Miss Elinor Kendall, are
the guests of Memphis for today.
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For War to Victory

There was a few francs and a few
precious trinkets, all her poor little be
longings. And yet-how vast, how NO.
BILE, how rich an estate!
The modest English nurse who,e
strange fate il was to be so suddenly
summoned from the dim wards Of sick
ness and Of pain to a high place among
the worlds heroes and martyrs VIII
have, in happier. freer times, her monu-
ment in Brussels: some street or pub
lie place will bear her name, the schoo0
she founded viii be called after he
and continue her mission of healiug
in the earth. And when the horror ~
her cruel and unjust fate shall have
faded somewhat in the light Of Us
emergent sacrifice, the few lines s. .
wrote and the simple words she spoke
as she was about to die will remain 70
reveal the heights that human HauIe
may attain, and 10 sanctify a memory
that will be revered as long as faith
and honor are reyered of men.
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We talked all afternoon, a terrible
afternoon. l was weary and depressed,
weary Of the long strain, weary of ne
gotiations in French of all accents, and
| was still seedy and under the horror
OF that awful night. The cold rain
railing in the park. refused to
give the statement he desired or to au-
thorize any expression in the nature Of
an excuse, a disavowal or a regret. SO
1t was left.
Some one brought to the legation
and committed TO my care Miss Cavell's
prayer book, with its touching entries,
written in her own hand, firmly. that
last night, with the verses OF Scriptures
that had given her comfort and then,
last entry of all, written while she was
yet alive and life stil pulsing within
her, when, in a world other orderered,
long years OF devoted service might
have been hers, the legend, the epitapu
that need not yet have been:
Died at Z am, on Oct. 12th, 1915"
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NOVEMBER Il 1899.

w SEN W. loaos
The Wetter building, $50 Main street.
containing the Y. NJ. G. A., the
Schmalzreid Stove Company and the
Pythian Journal newspaper, was burned
last night with a $50, 900 loss; three
persons were killed when they jumped
from an upper story.
Rev. Sam P. Jones, famous evan
gelist, last night concluded his re-
vival at the auditorium.
The Scotland Eighth Ward Demo-
cratic club held a regular session last
night, j. J. Williams. candidate for
mayor, received the clubs Endorsement,
The United States government is de-
batting whether to restore Queen Lii
%uokalani to her Hawaiian throne or
annex the islands.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thaddeus Wilson have
returned after two years abroad spent
i'll Egypt, Syria and Northern Africa.
The advantage Of the big car works
on the ~Binghamton tract will SO ben-
eft the community that the village
win rival Brownsville or Fulton, XIV,
in six months, it is predicted.
The benefit for John Mahoney, man.
ager of the Lyceum building, which
was burned, will be held soon in the
auditorium.
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A E CITIZEN GONE

III. r W. w' pa passing away OF Andrew |. White this country and
Ns "o.Io mas lost a great citizen. He was a profound tL;oLsr
anu d r1Pe Scnoar and a hard worker to the last OF his long life
re served ms country in every capacity where he could make
'"nse" useiul" Ezra Cornell furnished the money, but corrcll
university, the most democratic educational institution in thr
monu, IS te product OF Whites labor and genius. lie was a
nen o' means ana gave Cornell 10000 volumes from his own
Pa."' Hofaiy' ana S3oOUO III cash to put the library on its
.ee' ne was not above the ~drudgcry of teaching or serving
ns sIate IN the legislature, OF below serving his country as
ASA -" a iorelgn court. He was an alLround man,
equally interested in classical and practical Iearn;rr Al a.
nS'ory ana other works are a precious heritage for coming
generations he believed in his country and endcavored to
lines he did perhaps as much as any one man in the Country
re was a man OF peace, but peace hath her victories no less
renowned than war, and he won many Of them. Peace to his
ashes " 40