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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
A Letter From Joe Craig.

A Letter From Joe Craig.
After describing in detail the trip
Of the Mile Laos county boys to Camp
Wadsworth, S. G., Joe Craig, in let
ter to w. G. Doane, gives a descrip-
ton of their encampment, portion of
which we print:
We arrived at Spartanburg at 2 p.
m. and were unloaded at once and
hauled to camp in trucks. This was
where all the boys got their first
touch of military training. We were
assigned our companies and got to
them in time for mess, after which we
were lined up and drilled the rest of
the day. Now you can believe we
slept very well that night under one
blanket. Then commenced the usual
army routine Of being examined and
going before the personnel board,
where we were insured and made our
allotments home. Something new is
the psychological test they give you
to see how bright you are. Only about
five per cent of our Mile Laos county
men were rejected and the same held
good for all Minnesota men. The
officers certainly We're proud of our
boys, telling them that they were the
finest body Of troops they ever saw.
Just about the time our. officers
thought that they had them broke into
the game along came an order trans
ferring them to other outfits. Our
boys were scattered through the 54th
and 18th pioneers, the 3rd artillery and
the 18th anti-air corps and they have
all left here now for over there. Three
of us Mile Laos boys still remain in
Company K, and I have been kept
pretty busy since arrived acting as
instructor.
Last week they filled us up again
from Pennsylvania men. They are a
fair bunch, but not like ours. We
have them all armed now and taught
the rudiments of drill, so we are be-
ginning to wonder whether they will
take our men away again and leave US
a batch of new recruits.
This is poor camp in many re-
CARDS. The temperature runs very
high-110 in the shade is an average,
while I've seen the mercury hit 100
:.
in the shades, but the nights are cool.
Most too cool for one blanket as you
get quite chilly before daylight. The
camp is laid out on hills, making it I'M
even. It's big one, capable of hold
ing fifty thousand men easily. All we
have here is pioneer troops. I suppose
the people there have been puzzledzas
to what pioneer troops mean. Well,
the best way can explain it is they
are helpers to the engineers, building
roads and bridges, digging trenches,
and fighting when necessary, bat the
main idea is the pick and shovel.
I've been acting sergeant since com
ing here, and as I am not yet assigned
only attached to this unit don't
know from one day to another where
I'll go or what TIL do.
The Janicke boy returned to us yes
terday from the base hospital looking
well and strong.
] fully expect that two weeks will
see all the July bunch in France except
for a few of US held to train the new
Polish army, which concentrates here
on September Is.
I tell you the old army game is a
great one. always enjoy it and you
can tell it, as I've gained about II
pounds so far.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
Steals Ammunition Train.

Winnipeg, Sept 10 Charley spen-
Ger, formerly q Canadian Pacific en-
gineer, is credited with having stolen
4 German train On the French Front
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
COUNTY FAIR OPENS.
Indictment Weather on Wednesday
Somewhat Retarded the Bring
ing in Of Exhibits.
Indications, However, at This Time
Point to Fair of More Than
Usual Excellence.

opening of the Mile Laos County fair
yesterday and interfered to great
extent with the bringing in Of exhibits
from the country districts, but as
many exhibits as could be expected I'M
der the circumstances were entered.
There are very good. displays, how
ever, in the agricultural, horse, cattle,
sheep, swine and poultry departments.
In the domestic department. exhibits
of an excellent nature are attractively
displayed and the art hall is thing
Of beauty.
Farmers township clubs are repre-
sented and the quality of the exhibits
is above the average.
School exhibits from Princeton and
therural schools are worthy Of more
than passing notice they greatly ex-
Gel last years displays.
The Red Cross chapter also has a
booth In which the ladies are working
industrio usly for the soldier boys. The
refreshment booths Of this organize
ton are being conducted by the 'vari-
GUS church societies Of Princeton and
on Friday afternoon akRed Cross auc-
ton will be held.
This afternoon, weather permitting,
tie field sports will begin. Sports Of
a similar nature will also be presented
on Friday and Saturday afternoons.
There will be no ball games this year
but q football game will be played be-
tween Princeton and Cambridge. It
has been found impossible to obtain
an airship for this years fair although
every effort was put forth to do so.
The program Of sports and amuse-
ments is hereunder printed:
THURSDAY.
Boys hop race, under Ia.
] Mems lOO-yard dash.
Girls 5O-yard dash, under15..
8 Boys 50-yard dash, under -.
8 Jockey relay, boys under 16.
Bat mems goat light.
FRIDAY.
Fat mems race, Is yards.
Bologna eating contest.
Boys 25-yard dash, under Is.
Girls potato race, under Is.
4 Boys Sack race, under 10.
Football Cambridge VS.. Princeton.
SATURDAY.
Boys 100-yard dash, under 16.
Ladies' baseball throwing.
Cracker Eating contest.
s Fifty-yard sack race.
Shuttle relay for farmers VS.. city
boys, under ID.
Fat mems hop race, so yards.
Ladies 50-yard dash.
Boys forward and back race, I'M
der a.
FREE ACTS EACH DAY.
Florida Troubadours.
Bartino's Aerial Dog Wonders.
B Toga Jap Aerial Gymnasts.
Merry go-round, striking machines
and other diversions at all times.
In case Of rain the association re-
serves the right to call races off.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12

Merry go-round, striking machines
and other diversions at all times.
In case Of rain the association re-
serves the right to call races off.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1918-09-12
THURSDAY.

Boys hop race, under IA.
Mems 1O0-yard dash.
Girls 5o-yard dash, under15...
Boys 50-yard dash, under -.
Jockey relay, boys under 16.
mems goat fight.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

She bore but few scars OF her many
battles with the elements
Lost for Eighty Days.
Once the Dora was lost for eighty
days and nearly the entire world
watched the progress Of the search
for her. It happened IN 1905. Gales
blew her off her run and carried her
south over the Pacific nearly to
Honolulu. Ultimately she limped into
Puget sound after what was said to
be one Of the most remarkable OF the
many remarkable experiences Of the
brave ships Of the north Pacific.
When the top OF Mount Katmai,
Alaska's great volcano blew off in
1912, the Dora was calling at vii
lagos along Sherikoff island She was
caught in a smothering cloud OF dust
and volcanic ash In Stygian dark
ness she fought a gale for two days
to get away from danger. Her path
was lit by lightning and the noise Of
her engines was drowned by the
roars. Ashes covered her
decks and penetrated into every part
Of her hold.
Record as Life Saver.
As a life saver the Dora had a rec
ord higher than any other boat in
western Alaska water. In 1906 she
picked up passengers OF the wrecked
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

ton train, big Pierce Arrow trucks,
up the road, and these lads tell me
that some tanks have gone up the
road before, that they passed them
on their last trip. BY and by. I
could hear a gun banging from time
OF guns, and these fellows told me
to jump off and I could see the tanks.
They were beside the road. and I
looked EN- over pretty closely There
was American sergeants and corpor-
ais in them and they explained the
whole game of how to handle them
TO me An officer came along and
ducked behind the tank and stalled
off to some. mess wagons that was in
10 a big cook that thought knew
in Chi and asked him. He said no.
but I got talking and I told him my
game to get 4 slant at the show.
just At Right Time.
We'll he tells me that I had Just
happened along at the right time and
was the luckiest guy in the world. be-
cause IN a few minutes the artillery
was going to start up for the biggest
peek at his wrist watch-a lot OF
good guys wear wrist watches. at that
and says it's half-past twelve. At
1 o'clock the show will start We
mopped up a little coffee and some
cheese and bread. and sure enough at
1 o'clock in the morning there was
three booms, like our big - let
ting go. and in a second that whole
sky as far as you could see was LIT
while and the rumble just made you
shake I couldn't stand II any longer
and told this buddy I was going to
beat II forward"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
Alaskan Steamer, Fan1edAs Life Saver, VIII
Go South After Running Thiry-FIiOe Years
Among Ice Bound Waters And Many PeriLs

Coward, Alaska. Nov 1e.-No more
y trips to the westward will be made
by the Dora. = stored little steamer
which for years has braTed the bad
waters lying off that remote part Of
Alaska west OF Seward strung out
along the mainland. Unalaska and the
Aleutian Islands.
The boat has been taken from the
westward run and sent to Seattle. In
her place has come the Eloise. a small
yacht-Iike gas boat from Portland,
Oregon. On her first trop north the
Eloise proved her worth and also got
a taste Of her future when she ran
into an II day gale and was forced
to put into Ketchikan. Alaska
But staunch as the E1oise may be.
Alaskans to the westward viii miss
the Dora, for during these many years
they have come to look to her for
almost everything. The hundreds she
had carried back and forth viii regret
TO learn OF her passing from the run
To the fishermen, cannerymen,
prospectors, and natives Of the vest
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

ton. and II being important also
that they not get too far ahead o.
the infantry.
Just beyond the hump vas 4
clump OF woods, and we began to pour
bullets into that" Sergt AVERT con
tinued, and for = time there was
some smoke Arising above the tree
tops 50 We knew thsre we're Boches
in fun force and shoTered that woods
with lead
Figured Boehes killed.
The machine gun answers were
pretty stiff for awhile, as We went
forward, but Just kept peppering
the time and telling him what we
we're going to do-ciean cut that
woods Ny brothers On either side
some way had the sane bunch The
doughboys back OF ne too were FIR
ing right along with rs and the
Boche IN that thicket must hare
thought AL he'll had broken loose be-
cause first thing knew the firing
virtually stopped and figured AL
the Boches had been killed or had
decided 10 beat It before We AL got
there in force.
Along about this tine I noticed
that the tank boys on the right were
swinging around the side OF the
clump OF trees and from tbs position
OF their guns and the speed Of their
fits TO some F'ritzes running away.
switched 50 as to run along side OF
the thicket at q distance. and joined
the tank boys going around the end
Limp IN Seat.
Just about that time there Vas
volley OF machine gun bullets and
some anti-rtng gun stuff. too, from
a hill a bit 70 my left Suddenly ny
tank Just began to tremble, or some
thing, and then stopped. and shud-
dered all over I looked down ara
my buddy was limp IN his seat. One
OF those damned bullets had come IN
through ny 'buddy's' peep hole and
hit him square IN the face.
Ny buddy was dead his final
clutch on the throttle shut of The
gas and the old tank stopped and
there I was and the other boya went
on That's about AL I know about
that fight. or whatever Il vas. and
I'm waiting around now for another
tank and another buddy too. 70 take
me up front again where things are
doing every minute. This tank bust
ness is great business for tko boys
who like 10 shoot
AVERT said that when he went into
acton he determined to keep count
q the number OF Germans his
machine gun touched orr but when
he began to use his gun he could
think Of nothing but 4 purpose 10
spread death and destruction and
that he quickly lost count OF the
number he saw fall
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
.. S. Jackie Long WayFron1 Salt
Water Looks OOer Fighting OF
Doughbovs IL Front Line Trench

WITH the American Army, Nov. 1s.
w Hello. Jack. what are you do
ing up here: handling some naval
guns7'' asked an American blue jack
ct on the afternoon Of Gen Pershings
attack on the Saint Mihiel salient,
when I found an A. B. in Tapping
blue trousers. jumper and little white
duck cap busying himself around the
rolling kitchen OF a motor truck sup
ply train in Richecourt. which the
Germans had just been driven out Of
that morning.
What are you. Y. NJ. C. A. OF Red
Cross or sOmethingW
Sailor Away From Water.
I explained to him that I was only
a newspaper correspondent. and again
asked him what he. a sailor. was do
ing on the front. a couple Of hundred
miles from the nearest fresh water.
Wen. I'll tell you" he said. but
don't 90 and use my name and maybe
get me in Dutch with somebody. Tn
up here lookin' round to see how the
doughboys work." and he gave a
patronizing wink to half a dozen kha-
XII clad motor truck drivers and NJ P s
who were standing around waiting for
Yeah, I got leave to go to Paris.
and in Paris I bought a ticket to
Noisy lie Sec. I go out there by train
and there I-beat it out on the main
high road going east Pretty soon
along comes big khaki colored mo-
tor truck with U. S. stamped on the
side I hoped It, climbing in over
the rear end and asked the doughboy
driving it where he was going. Cha
teau-Thierry. he tells me. and I bust
along with them as far as that At
Chateau hierry I figured on hitting
transportation up TO Fismes or some
of them other places on the Nesle
where they was all fighting, and to
look over Sergy and those other places
where they was fighting so hard.
In Chatenu-Thierry.
when landed In Chateau-Thierry,
though, I find that everything is go
ing further east and there amt any
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

the Serbiaus heavy sacrifices The ef-
fectiyes OF the army were diminished
by 1000 officers and $4,000 men The
defeat OF the Bulgaro-Germans before
Bitolj was SO great that Mackensen
superseded Gen Bojadji1ev, COM
mander Of the First Bulgarian army.
The German Guards regiments, under
Won Below, were unable to maintain
their positions on Hill 1912 (about
1856 feet), but had to beat a retreat
before the victorious Serbian Morava
and Vardar divisions, and thus the
Serbs. with the help Of their allies.
especially the French, reconquered a
small part of their martyred country.
Guards Home Threshold.
For a long time nothing further was
heard Of the Serbian army, which
stood on guard-without rest or re-
lief-for fully % months on the
threshold OF its home. Not one OF the
allied armies in this war has gone
through so much suffering, physical
as well as moral, as the Serbian. For
three years the Serbian soldiers have
been cut off from their dear ones en-
shaved in SerBia, without any help or
assistance from abroad. During all
this time many Of them received no
news whatever from home. thanks to
the courtesy of the Bulgarians and
Austrians.
A few days ago a Serbian colonel
wrote to me that for seven months
ne had heard nothing from his wife
and children. But the modern Huns
are mistaken II they think that by
these means they can break down the
fighting spirit and morale Of the Ser
bian nation Only a month ago q Bull
garian paper frankly admitted that in
occupied Serbia nobody IS thinking
of peace, and that the entire nation
firmly believes IN the final victory Of
the allies.
Capture Mountain Forts.
In the recent allied offensive the
Serbs captured the most strongly
fortified mountain positions, liberia
ting the entire southwestern port OF
new Serbia. The martyred population
extended an enthusiastic reception TO
their deliverers, who six years ago
broke the chains in which they had
been held by the Turks for five CEN
turtles It is OF extreme interest that
the Jugo-Slav troops. consisting of
Serbo-Croats and Slovenes from Aus
tria-Hungary, originally prisoners in
Russia, and volunteers from the
United States and Australia, yaliantly
took part in the recent Serbian ad- |
vance
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

ship st. Paul. who had been marooned
six weeks on Semedi Island In 1903
she rescued passengers OF the cannery
ship Columbia and IN 1919 she brought
back the men and women from off
the wrecked Olympia In all she has
saved hundreds OF lives.
And now the Dora had gone south
for good Her owners. the Alaska
Steamship company, It Is said, took
her off the westward run when the
government abolished the Alaska
mail contracts, one OF the big items
in the Dora's earnings Reports from
Seattle said Chileans were looking at
her with a view OF buying her for
South American coast route.
Economic conditions westward were
disputed when the Dora left Before
the Eloise came the people on the
Alestian Islands ran short OF food. An
official report said the shortage was
caused by the withdrawal OF the
Dora
Captain c B. Mullen has been mas
ter Of the Dora on the westward run
for many years. The Dora was built
by the old Alaska Commercial COM
pany OF san Francisco, and was one
of the pioneer passenger steamers
running north. She was IL feet long
and built Of wood
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
NTH THE AMERICAN FoRCl

WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
w IN FRANCE. Nov. 1s.-Ameri-
can fighters in the French woman
/ tanks ran into some hot work IN
front Of Romagns during the Amerf-
can army's advance along the west
bank OF the Meuss early IN October
and sergt James AVERT, OF Birming-
ham, Alabama, with his buddy" did
their share In giving the Hun his due.
Avertt's buddy" was killed in the
thick OF the fight By bullet that en-
tered q peep hole in the side Of the
tank and struck him fair In the face.
It was during the American push"
IN the Argonne sector. Avertt's tank
went along with = lot Of other
brother tanks IN line with the
American fnfantrymen crowding them
in the rear. AVERT was the machine
gunner OF his tank while his buddy"
ran the engine and steered the tank
Terror on Faces
7 vas so near a number Of Ger
mans encountered in a shallow trench
that I could see the terror on their
faces when my gun began to let fly
bullets almost in their very faces"
Sergt- AVERT said These were the
first Boches I ran into on this drive
fast as my old machine could fire. and
that was some fast. and 7 just kept
going ahead and pounding away IN
til every last one OF them was
stretched out on the ground
Passing beyond this hastily dug
trench ]. in the meantime watching
my brothers on my right and left
and at the same time keeping tab on
the doughboys coming up. got sight
OF a little batch OF Germans behind
hump in the hill along the roadway
or what had been roadway before
our heavy artillery opened up that
morning. These were machine gun
ners. I soon learned. and bullets be-
gan to splash off the tanks sides
particularly those which struck a
glancing blow.
Keep After Gunners.
I ordered my tank buddy at the
wheel TO keep after those gunners
II 1t cost US all our four wheels. He
did and We went after them sort OF
sideways. and I got around on to the
side of that hump and my brother
on the other side was doing the
same and We wiped that bunch out in
iiffy-I believe II was BY enfiladinz
fire. as the officers call it"
SergC AVERT explained that the
tank men. all OF whom were Anerf-
cans using two men tanks invented
by the French, always watched each
other closely or endeavored TO, the
idea being TO keep a hundred yards
or 50 apart for their mutual protec-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

7 ONDON. Nov. 1s.-systematic, de-
l. Hbe-ate exposure OF British pris-
oners OF war to the fire OF their own
and their allies artillery on the part
OF the Germans while employing
these prisoners at forced labor close
behind the western front, is described
in an official report Of the commit
tee on treatment by the enemy Of
British prisoners OF war" made pub
lie here today through the British in
formation bureau
On short Rations.
Not content with this brutality.
with its involved mental torture. the
Germans also kept these prisoners on
rations less than half those allowed
German soldiers, deprived them Of
adequate clothing. overworked them,
deprived them Of mail from home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
CREW GOES
THROUGH TERRORSON
OCEAN OF LONELINESS
NATIVES Of TAHITI SUSTAIN
LIFE ON SHARKS AND WATER
Sailors Without Glimpse Of Land Ship To Give Them
Hope, Say Hand of God Guided Their Craft and Sent
Unusual Wind To Head Vessel In Shore For Sue
cor; Survivors Relate Tale Of Great Suffering. I

ruasts and later her ruddss, lsaTlas
her q helpless dereiict
with never a glimpse Of iand sr al
to give = ray Of hope, the "Oroman8~
drifted for so days After Is days
the supply Of food was gone The ma
tiTss managed to catch q shark with
hook and line This lasted them i've
days. The rest Of the tine they had
no food An occasional shower pFs-
vented death from thirst
Toe Weak to Rtgas
Then the -miracls" happened Ia
mountains OF Tahiti rose slowly over
the horizon The shifting sea current
brought them nearer and nearer IN
I'll they were finally sighted from
shore and = poWeTboat sent 70 tow
them IN They were TOO weak @ risa
to their feet, but after . few days
ashore all appeared to b rapidly -
covering from their experience
The natives say the hand Of Cod
guided their craft. FOR the prevailing
winds IN these latftudes are from the
northwest, a direction which would
never have brought them to Tahiti
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16

DAPEETE. Tahiti. Nov 1s.--savsd
l by the hand OF God" Is the way
the nine natives comprising the crew
Of the 50 ton schooner "oromana"
characterize their escape from death
after having drifted helplessly 50
days on one Of the loneliest bits Of
ocean IN the seven seas-
When the wreck Of the ''OromanE-
was towed into Papeets harboF this
week one Of the most remarkable
voyages known in these waters was
completed. The vessel . two mast
schooner. owned by natives OF Rima-
tara. an island about 900 miles south
west OF Tahiti, left her home port
without cargo bound for the island OF
Rurutu IN the same group where she
was to undergo repairs and take
cargo OF copra for Tahiti.
Left n Helpless DereIief.
Two days out she was struck By
storm which carried away both her
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-11-16
French See FultiHuent Of Proprecy
-:lI;- -:II.- -:II:- -:I..- -.II.-
War Would Close When Statue ToD0Ied

I ONDON, Eng, Nov. i6.-People OF
Il Albert, France. are convinced that
their prophecy has been fulfilled that
when the famous statue OF the Ma
donna at Albert fell the war would
end in victory for France and her
allies. This quaint conceit grew out
OF the fact that the statue was dis
lodged by German shell fire from its
perch on the tower OF the church at
Albert during the first mad rush OF
the Huns through France IN 1919. The
base OF the statue was so shattered
that Il hung over the main road from
Amiens TO Bapaume which passed
the walls Of the church