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New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Two French
Saloons
Were Open

(Frcnch saloons) were still open and
did a thriving business.
Occasionally shell would burst in
the village, but the civilians did not
seem to mind it; just carried on with
their farming and business as usual.
"'We decided to make thorough
search of all houses, barns and build
ings for concealed wires, and did so,
but with barren results. Nothing sus-
p!cious was found. This search wasted
tive days and we were in desperation.
Watch and question as we would, not a
single clew came to light.
"'Durng this time two large bodies
of troops had passed through, and each
time they were heavily shclled, with
dire results.
60 On the sixth night of our ass gn-
ment. utterly disgusted, l. being in
charge, had decided to chuck up the
whole business and report back to "Old
Pepper" that we had made a mess out
Of the heanvestigation. My partner plead
ed with me to stick it out a couple of
days more. and after he gave me a
vivid description OF what "Old Pepper"
would hand out to us | decided to stick
1t out for six months, if necessary. To
celebrate this decision my side-kcke r
offered to blow to several rounds of
drinks. Now, This fellow had never
during my acquaintance with him Of
fered to spend ha'penny, so I quickly
accepted his offer, and we went to the
nearest cstaminet.
Sitting around long table, drink
ing French beer and smoking cigar
cites, was crowd Of soldiers, laugh
ing, Joking, arguing and telling stories.
We sat down at the end of the table,
and in low tone tried to work i'm
possible theories as to how the spy, if
there was one-by this time we were
doubtful could get the information
back to the German batteries.
''Rlght across from us were two
soldiers arguing about farming. Sud-
DENLY my side-kick pinched me on the
knee and whispered:
Listen to what those two fellows
across the table from US are saying.
1t sounds good"
"I listened for about minute and
then paid no further attention. At that
time farming in no way interested me.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
We Were
Sent to
Catch Him

the task OF discovering and apprchcnd-
ing this spy. To us it seemed an i'm
possible job, as there were no clcws to
work upon. AS is usual, our general.
old Pepper" called us in and said:
There is a spy working in the
village of B; go get him"
'Foolishly. ] butted in and asked for
further information. | got it, all right.
With u lowering look which made me
tremble. he roared:
"Go and dig up your own clews.
What are you with the intelligence de-
partment for? Intelligence department!
1t ought to be called the 'brainless de-
partment if You two arc a sample of
the rest"
Somehow or other we didn't stop
to argue with "Old Pepper."'"
At this point Sailor Bill butted in:
"Blime ne. he's just like an admiral
we had in our navy. this old Pepper !"
A chorus Of, ooh, shut up! You're in
the army now" cut off Bills story.
We knew Sailor Bill. If he ever got
started talking navy nothing short Of
a gas attack could stop him.
Sailor Bill. with an indignant glance
around the circle, relapsed into silence.
Curly Wallace exclaimed:
"To 'ell with your admiral; do you
want to hear this story? If you do,
shut up and let me tell it,"
eco on, Curly. Never mind; he's
harmless CALCULATED Happy Houghton
Curly carried on with:
"Getting our packs and drawing
three days rations, we started hiking
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

-7E WE'RE in rest billets in the
~ little French village of S.,
about ten kilos from the front
line trench. No o's gun crew were sit
,inc on the ground in circle around
their machine gun. while a sergeant
newly returned from special course
IN machine gunnery at st. Omer was
cxpoundng the theory of scientific ma
chine sunnery He himself had never
s,iuslly been under fire with a machine
gun. but from the theoretical point he
sure could throw out the book stuff. I
must confess that his flow of eloGuence
passed over my head like Zeppelin,
and noticed an uneasy squirming
among the rest Of our crew.
Happy Houghton, who was sitting
next to me, leaned over, and, with his
,vc on the sergeant, whispered in my
ear:
"Blime me. Yank, isn't it awrful the
way he chucks his weight about?"
1agreed with Happy
The sergeant at last reluctantly dis
missed US. We dismounted our gun.
put it in its box and stored it
away in our billet; then VIC reassem-
bed under an aprle tree in the orchard.
and while the rest of US INDUCED in
shirt hunt Hungry went after our
ration of tea. Hungry was sure on the
job when it came to eating. Pretty
soon he returned with a dixie a quar-
Ter full of tea. two tins of jam, a loaf
Of bread. 'arec piece of cheese and
tin OF aprlcots which he had bought
st nearby French estaminet. He
dished out our rations, not forgetting
generous share for himself. After
we had finished out came the lnevi-
table fags, few puffs from each man.
and the ball of conversation started
rolling.
Curly Wallace cleared his throat and
started in WITH
Remember that village we passed
through ON our march up the line
about two weeks ago? You know. the
one where that big church with ali the
shell holes in it was right on the cor
her where we turned to the left to
take the road at st. A---?"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
The Story
of the
Two Spies

morning, when |
went down with the quarter (uuarter-
master sergcant) 10 draw coal. met a
fellow at division headquarters who
told me mighty interesting story of
now he aud another. fellow rounded up
couple Of spies.
inns bloke. through modesty and to
cover up his own good work, tried to
make me believe that it was only
through lucky chance that he stun
pied over the clew which led to the
SSpies' arrest: but I'm a-thinkin', and
1 Know you'll all agree with me, that
~ was not so much luck as it was
clever thinking. I'm not much at tell
ing story, but I'm going to try and
give 1T, as far as | can remember. lust
the way he handed it out to me.
1T seems that this fellow who told
me the story and another chap had
been detailed to the divisional intell-
gence department and were hanging
around divisional headquarters, wajt
ing for something to happen.
Nov, here's the story as he reclcd it
of to me:
About three kilos behind division
headquartcrs was the old French village
ol b. one OF our important roads
ran through it. This road was greatly
used by our troops for bringing IN sun
plies and ammunition for the front Inc.
1t was also used by large numbers of
troops when relieving battalions in the
fire sector.
"'Of course. on account of this road
being in range of the German guns It
could be used only at night; otherwise
the enemy airmen and observation bal
looms would get wise and it would be
only short time before the road would
be shelled. thus causing many casual.
ties.
"'For the last ten days reports had
been received at division HEADQUARTERS
that every time troops passed Ger
tain point on this road, marked bv an
old church, they were sure to click
heavy shell fire from the Boches. On
nights when no troops passed through
there, would be very little shelling, if
any, but If a battalion or brigade hap
from heavy shell fire
Upon receipt os the first two or
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

three Of these reports we put it down
as strange coincidence, but when tho
fifth report Of this nature reached us
it was evident to us that a spy was
at work, and that in some mysterious
way the information of thc/movements
of our troops were communicated by
him to the enemy.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Reported
The Whole
Affair

and detail of six men with fixed bay
onets, went to the farmers house that
night and arrested him. He protested
his innocence, but We took him to
military police headquarters, where,
after a gruellilg questioning, he at
last confessed
"1t was a mystery TO US how this
farmer knew that troops were coming
through, because he never made mis-
take in his schedule. After further
questioning he explained to US that if
we searched in his cellar and raised up
an old fagstone with a ring In it we
would find telephone set. The other
end of this Sc, was established in an
estaminet in a little French village
eleven kilos distant. His confederate
was SO situated on the road that troops
coming into the village had to pass the
door. AS troops only march at night
while in the fire sector, his confederate
could safely figure out that the pass
village until the next night, when, un
der cover OF darkness, they would start
for the next village and would have to
pass the point in the road by the old
church. He would Immediately tele-
phone this information to the farmer,
who would change his horses accord
ingly. The hill on which he did his
ploughing could be easily observed
from an observation balloon in the
German lines, and thus the signal was
given to the German artillery
"'We still carried on with our third
degree, and got further valuable infor-
nation from him.
{" If in the ploughing two gray horses
were used on two consecutive after
moons it meant that the use of the road
had been indefinitely discontinued for
troops and supplies.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

scheme worked. For weeks afterward
that road was only occasionally shelled
and our troops and supply trains used
it at will. The spy at the other end
was rounded up and both were taken
to the base and shot.
"'We reported back to "Old Pepper"
expecting to be highly commended for
our work, and we were--I don't think.
All the blooming blighter said was:
Well, you certainly took long
enough to do it. have damn good
mind to send you back to your units
for incompetency and inefficiency."
"'Wc saluted and left"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Appeared
Driving
Two Grays


the horses and went home.
We remained in hiding, afraid to leave,
because we wanted to take no chances
OF being seen by the farmer. We had
forgotten to bring rations with us, so
1T was miserable wait until o'clock,
at which time the farmer reappearcd,
driving two blacks, which he hitched to
the plough, and carried on until 4
o'clock. and then knocked off for the
day. That night troops came through
and, as usual, were shelled.
Next morning at daybreak we again
took our stations in the hedge, this
time bringing rations with us. The
farmer used the. same grays in the
morning, but in the afternoon he ap-
peared with black and a gray, and
again knocked off around o'clock. No
troops came through that night and
there was no shelling.
V" Next day the farmer repeated the
previous days actions--two grays in
the morning and black and gray in
the afternoon; no troops, no shelling.
1--WE were pretty sure that we had
him, but this arrestmg q spy on slim
evidence is a ticklish matter. We didn't
want to make a mess of the affair, or
perhaps send an innocent man to his
death, so the following day we again
took up our stations. Sure enough. it
was two grays in the morning, but in
the afternoon he used two blacks That
night troops came through and were
shelled. We had solved the problem.
"'When it got dark and it was safe
to leave the hedge we Immediately re-
ported the whole affair to the town
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

was a rich harvest
to be rcaped from
the sale of farm
produce, beer and
wines to the troops
billeted all around.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

it for the village of B.. We ar
rived there about in the afternoon,
and after putting our packs and ratons
in an old barn, which we intended to
use as our billet during our stay in the
village, We left on general tour of in
Spection.
"'Therc were about three hundred
civilians in the place, who preferred to
brave the dangers Of shellfire, as there
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
The Enemy Within
Rounding Up Two Spies
ARTICLE NINE

Sergeant rth G"y hmpey duhor Of "Ouc uou his
,nce the most d and picturesque the Great or
M series OF articles published exclusively Neu Tribune
tells Of has o"m rared experiences thrilling Neat
Sundays instalncnt IS 'The Trees Sentinel"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

" Myself an d
another bloke, who
had been working
with mo for the
last tw O weeks,
We're assigned to
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

We all rcmcm-
bcred it and turned
inquiring glances
in Curly's dircc-
ton.
"W II, this
nOrninr vhon 7.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

major Gan English
officer detailed in
charge of a French
village or town
occupied by Eng
lish troops), who,
orcomnoniod hv ia
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
BY Arthur Guy En,pey

ourselves in this and waited for de-
velVpmentS.
"'At about 6 in the morning the
farmer appeared, driving two grays,
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
CIew Led
To a Man
Ploughing

gave up in disgust My partner was
still attentively listening to the two
across the table from us. Another
poke in the knee from my partner and
| was all attention. One of the fellows
across the way was talking:
Well. don't see why this French
blghter should change horses in his
plough every afternoon. I've watched
him for several days. Now, in the
morning he uses two grays, and then
about . in the afternoon he either
hooks up two blacks or gray and
black. French ways may be different,
buo this frog-eater is very partial to
the colors of his team. He works the
grays all morning and then changes
them in the afternoon. Now, figure it
out for yourself. He starts work with
the two grays about 6 o'clock in the
till noon. That's six hours straight.
Then he sticks them in the stable, lays
otfsfor two hours, and in the afternoon
about o'clock the new relay of ami
mails comes on and works up till 4.
Now. anybody with any brains in their
nappers knows that that is no way to
keep horses in condition. working one
team over six hours and the other team
only two hours. | know, because we
Rave been farmers in our family back
in Blighty for generations"
81 was all excitement, and a great
hope, surged through ME that at last
we had fallen on the clew that we were
looking for. Restraining my eagerness
as much as possible, l addressed the
fellow who had just spoken:
Well, mate, l don't like to ntrude
into your conversation, but I've also
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

l wanted TO catch
that spy, and
started devisinp.
impossible theo-
ries as to the ways
and means of do
ing so. At last |
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
2,1OO Pairs Mems Silk Socks, 84c. Pair
Other Offerings for Tuesday

Boys overcoats at 81. .s5. Originally $3.50
Second floor. West Bldg
-, The Lamp Store Offers Oil Glass BANQUET I.,mn.
lhat Were 1898 at $50 Third floor Central rlev
Stamped Linen Centcrpieces, 22-inch, That We're
43c., at 24c. Tbira ooo- ,, ,,'s ~
BED Spreads, White Crochet and Satin Finish in
Single and Full Sizes, Now $2.1O to $3.50
Subway floor, West
Standard Beached Muslin Sheets, 11s . 21a Yard.
at $l.O6 Reduced from Higher Prices
Street Eas
Dainty New Swiss Flouncings in Medium Designs Of
ooi'd Embroidery, II Inches Wide, a 55c Yard
Street floor. Bldg
More laffeta Percaline. SO Inches Wide, in Black
and White Reduced from 29c. to 19c. Yard
Street floor Livingston ST. Central Bldc
lVo Patterns in New Crisp Percaes, Regularly 2sc
lard at I9c Yard Street Subway floors West Bldg
Six-lnch Moire Taffeta Ribbons at 2oc Yard
street floor l.astr
Cotton Cluny Lsces in Heavy Weight for Edsings
and Insertions, &c. to &C. Yard.
Bldg
36c: Dozen John J. Cark's Soft-Finshed Spool Cot.
ton' Black or White, Several Sizes, at 29c. Dozen.
Street hoor Livingston Central Bldg
&c Peroxide OF Hydrogen, Large Bottle, at &c.,
street floor. Livingston St. Fast Bldg
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

"'U nder a strong
guard which con-
cealed itself in the
hedge the farmer
was made TO use
two grays for two
afternoons. The
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Savings on House
hold Sundries

No1uSn Fod Naphtha Powder, at
221:, from 27c.
Liquid Veneer, at 18c., from 25c.
Old Dutch. at q for SOC, from 1oc.
Vans No Rub, at 2 for 15c., from
1Oc
Electro Silicon. at l2c., from CSC
Opitz Paste, at 1Oc., from 15o.
D'xon'S Stove Polish, at 2 for 7c.,
from Sc
Vulcanol. at 7c., from ioo.
A. q 5. Borax, at &c., from t4c.
BeStene, at 3 for 1oc., from Sc.
Sanlflush. at 19c., from csc.
O'Cedar Oil. at 18c., from 25c.
Wizard Polish, at SIC, from soc.
Orona. at 14c., from 2oc.
'Rlckett's Blue, at 2 for 29c., from
1Sc.
Ricketts, Blue, at 2 for 15c., from
10c
Buffalo Ammonia at 2 for 1ee
- from f5c
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
The Gray
Team and
The Black


well blime me. there might be rea-
son for this bighter doing this, but !
can't figure it out at all. If you can
explain it go ahead"
az answered.: well, perhaps if you
can give a little more details about it,
it would be easy enough to explain.
Who is the farmer and where is his
farm located?"
"'He swallowed the bait, all right
and informed me that the farmer was
ploughing a field on a hill about five
hundred yards west Of the church at
the point where our troops were being
shelled.
"'Buying round of drinks, nudged
my partner and he came in on the con-
versation. The two of US, by adroit
questioning, ,Sgot the exact location of
the field and a description of the
farmer.
"I pretended to be sleepy, and yawn-
ing, got up from the table, saying that
| was going to turn in and left. My
partner soon followed me- Upon
reaching our billet we outlined our
plan. We decided that next morning
w, would get up at daybreak and scout
around the field to see if there was
hiding place.
"'Sure enough, along one edge of the
field ran a thick hedge. We sscreted
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

Next Sundays instalmcnt in this
series is: "The Lone Tree Sentinel"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

which he hooked
to the plough and
carried OH with
his work. To us
there appeared
nothing suspicious
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

been a farmer all
my life and l don't
see anything 80
queer in the ac-
tions of this
French farmer"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

xrrE WERE in rest billets in the
~ little French village of S.,
about ten kilos from the front
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-03
AT MCKENZIE

Robert Webb is in Minneapolis on
a business mission.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-03

After enjoying "A Kiss for Cinder-
ella enjoy the dinner and dance at
the Mckenzie. O'Connor's orchestra
at their best 5-3-4
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-03
TREASURE AND
e. TRINKET DRIVE
ON TOMORROW

Tomorrow morning early will be-
gin another war drive in Bismarck in
which the Camp Fire Girls will make
a canvass of the city for the Treasure
and Trinket fund.
This fund, which goes to help our
aviators at home and abroad. Is de.
rived entirely from the sale and melt
ing, down Of jewelry, plate, gold and
silverware of any kind donated by
people throughout the United States.
Tomorrow is Bismarck's chance to
help in p this popular and important
work. .."'
The Woman's City ederation is
Lack Of the movement and there is
much interest in sending Bismarck
over the, top in this drive too. The
Camp. Fire Girls Of the various
groups of the city will start out in
the morning on their canvass. The
committee is looking for nothing but
success: and are planning for a large
shipment from Bismarck to the fund
headquarters. The fund goes to help
our aviators at home and abroad, and
is the only fund existing for this
work. 1t Is the only opportunity Civ
en- to the public to help by gift in
the provision for the protection of our
boys in France. ~ .-st-..sa
Every cent that can be raised for
the aviators is none too much. The
airplanes make every soldier in the
trenches "a thousand times safer than
he would be without them. The more
airplanes there are in France and
the better they are equipped, the
more chances our boys there have to
come home safe.
s@,z. Save the Boys! How?
Every soldier in the trenches has a
thousand more chances of protection
and getting safe home again if he is
protected by an .airplane than If he
is not. Chances of safety increased
a. thousand to one Chances OF cas-
ualty decreased thousand to one.
HELP THE APPLIANCES!
The Treasure and Trinket fund
goes to the airplanes!
HELP THE FUND AND SAVE
OUR BOYS. .T. T.
Treasure and Trinket Fund Program.
Beautiful singing, picturesque cos.
tunes and ceremony, earnestness and
enthusiasm marked the meet at the
high school auditorium last night. A
program of an hour and half was
given before an audience of club wom-
en-, younger people belonging to or in
terested in the Camp Fire, and friends
of the enterprise Mrs. J. M. Martin,
president of the City Federation, pre-.
sided, The first number set the tone
of unusual picturesqueness with the
entrance of the Camp Fire girls in cos
tune and the candle lighting cere'
mony with the camp fire cong
Burn, Fire, Burn" sung and acted by
Ruth Erlemeyer. Several Camp Fire
songs with action followed. Miss
Huxley then spoke on the work OF
the Treasure and Trinket fund. Two
songs followed, and the program con-
cluded with the impressive display
of the flags of the allies, followed by
the unrolling of the American flag and
the singing of America"
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-03
MAUDE ADAMS WONDERFULLY
POPULAR WITH ALL CLASSES
OF AMERICAN PLAY PATRONS

The considerable interest that is be-.
ing taken in the appearance of Maude
Adams at the Auditorium Saturday
May 4, seems only natural for no one
needs to be told that the little &C.
tress is wonderfully popular with all
classes OF theatregoers. Each sea.
son finds her following larger than it
was the season preceding and while
some may ascEibe this to her person
atty, her charm, her magnetism, or
he rart, it is not to be forgotten that
the little lady always gives the public
the very best to be had and that in
the very best manner. Miss Adams
is happy in the possession Of another
of Mr.. Barrie's plays this season. 1t
is "A Kiss For Cinderella" and it is
credited with being one of the most
fanicful and exquisite works in which
she has ever appeared. This is the
play in which she is to be seen here
and the sale of seats for the present.
alton is now open. The heroine of
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-03

the play is a lovable little waif, who,
like Peter Pam" brings one back to
youth. Mr. Barrie never breaches,
he never scolds and never
handles sordid problems. One thing
he does in his new play is to show
that no matter how poor one may be
regarding the goods Of the world he
is rich if he possesses healthy mag
nation. His little heroine is of the
class that has to imagine it's happiness
or 60 without and she is the soul Of
cheerfulness. "A Kiss for Cinderella"
arouses the intellect and clutches at
the emotions. The scenes are distrib'
uted throughout three acts. The big
scene, is of course, the one in which
the little girls dream of the grand
ball is shown. The comedy has been
staged with great care and there will
be found. so it promises, much to adj
mire in the play itself, the manner of
it's staging and in the work Of the
actors surrounding Miss Adams.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-05-03
MANY ENJOY DELIGHTFUL
PROGRAM PRESENTED BY
CAMP FIRE GIRL GROUPS

A delightful program under the di.
rection of Miss Densford was present.
ed at the high school assembly room
Thursday evening by the lama, Wica.
ka and Sakakawea Campfire girl
groups in the interests of the trea-
sure and trinket fund campaign which
is to be conducted Saturday.
The numbers included songs and
ceremonials, drill, executed with
eight beautiful flags of our allies; the
singing of patriotic songs and an I'M.
usually fine address by Miss Hinck-
ley. Mrs. J. Maurice Martin, presi-
dent of the City Federation of Won.
ems clubs, presided.
Tomorrow is treasure and trinket
day for Bismarck, and these patriotic
Campfire girls will endeavor to call
at every home to receive any scrap
of gold or silver which can be spared
to create a. fund for the benefit Of the