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New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
'toklng for Germany-Not Matter of Choice

they as we'll as the rest had lit up and
were putting away in great style. divided
cigarette with another fellow Remember,
we were sitting and standing on ammuni-
tion all this time. 1t shows how much we
cared whether school kept or not
"The Germans saw the smoke coming out
OF the ventilators and they were crazy with
fright. gang of them laid below and
rousted us out with whips. Mallen and I
were toward the head of the line going up
the ladder, and Mallen was swearing be-
cause he had just lost his monocle and
could hardly see foot in front Of him. He
said sentry had tripped him or knocked
him down, and that when he got up his
monocle was gone.
"They lined us up on deck and read us
the riot act. AS we stood there could see
one man after another put his hands be-
hind his back and then bring them to the
front again. Finally, the man next to me
nudged me. with his elbow. put my hands
behind my back and he slipped something
into them, and passed it to the next man.
Then the first thing l knew there was NAL
len with his monoce in his eye again.
Somebody had found it and brought it up
with him, and we had passed it along al
most the whole line before it got to Mallen.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
j" UNNER DEPEW had pretty
n tough time of it, all in all. His
~ experiences, related in a book

" UNNER DEPEW had a pretty
~ tough time of it, all in all. His
~ experiences, related in a book
which bears his name for title,
and just published by the Reilly & Brit
ton Company, Chicago, are narrowing,
but they are distinguished by remark
able tenacity Of grit and humor
One of the most interesting chapters
covers life aboard the Yarrowdale, where
bunch of British sailors (Depew among
them) was escorted to German prison
camp. AS prisoners these sailors found
the sailing pretty rough. Most Of them
went loony, as the saying is. But here
the gunner himself can tell the tale much
more effectively:
'They had coolie crew on the Yarrow-
dale, and when they routed them on deck
the coolies began to pray, and though it is
nothing to laugh at, I could not help but
chuckle at the way some Of them went
about talking to their various gods. They
were beginning to smell danger, and were
pretty nervous Every one of the coolies
had cane and pair of Palm Beach
trousers. The Huns were loading them in
the lifeboats to be taken back to the
Moewe with their sea bags, and one of
them got too nervous and was slow about
getting into the lifeboat, so The Germans
shot him without saying a word
"Then the Germans called out the names
OF those who had volunteered to 20 stocking,
and this included me. We were drilled
down the fiddley into the freroom. The
fiddley is a shaft that runs from the main
deck Of a ship to the engine room. I looked
around bit and saw a German standing
not very far from the fddley, so asked
him If we would be given shoes. He said
No. Then asked him II we had to fire
in our bare feet, and he said 'Yes'-that
We did not need SHOES. Then he went into
the engine room.
II looked at the narrow passage he went
Through and at the narrow passage Of the
hddley to the main deck, and talked to
my feet like used TO at Dixmude l said:
Feet, do your duty They did it, and /
few up the fddley. never wanted to see
that stoke hole again.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
The Last Chance to
i Put Over a Meetino

so the paciists ruled: because we could
not do anything unless we were all TO-
gether, and there was no mutiny. Thew
said we were hotheads the rest of us, but
l still think we could have made dash for
it and overpowered our sentries, and either
gone over the side with the lifeboats or
taken over the whole ship. It would have
been better for us If we had tried. and
II tho paciasts had known what was com.
ing to us they would have fred the time
bombs themselves rather than 60 on into
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
From "The Range Find
err" Published "SOrre.
where" by the Men of the
57fh Artillery, e. A. G.
Vol. I, No. 3.

ME day of the regimental hike was
H ushered in by the bugler in his
usual most nconsderate manner;
as this was the call left with the
night clerk by most of the boys, why, nat
uraly, the most of us arose, or, rather,
should say unnaturally?
BY looking through the clean window in
our barracks we discovered that it would
be wonderful day for fishing trip or a
baseball game, or ideal for writing poetry,
but on hike what does the weather mat
ter?
The most Of US, or rather our sergeant,
decided that we would take long walk.
Some of the boys that knew about Weston
were quite enthused at the idea. Others with
doubtful sense of humor or no ready made
alibi painfully folded up their packs, sprin-
killed. talcum powder in their shoes, shoul-
dered their rifles and lined up to count off.
The parade was led off by the officers Of
the regiment on horseback, followed by Bat
teries A, B, C, D, E, +, Supply, Headquar-
ters Company.
The first few miles were made in a mill
tary manner, to the songs 1--WE Won't Be
Home Till Morning." cover There" and
other operate selections.
So the first five miles were passed in song
and laughter; the lines were still intact and
many of us were as yet unconscious Of the
Red Cross socks or the dusty roads. We
were still reminded of our general orders
as the government property was still in
view.
Presently we were marching through the
Highlands and the villagers, both of them,
turned out to cheer us on our way by wav-
ing flags, hats or chairs. or whatever was
most convenient. Their enthusiasm was
contagious and we found ourselves answer
ing them cheer for cheer. However, our
ardor soon cooled down as we started to 20
up a forty-fve degree hill right on high,
and still hitting all six. Before we reached
the summit we changed to intermediate and
then pulled into low At last we were "over
the top" and gaily proceeded on our way.
Most of US were boiling over by this time
and were feeling that our rifle was as useful
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

toward the end and gave smaller portions.
"But we did not get macaroni very long
cook from the Yoltaire was cleaning a
copper dixie that the macaroni had been
cooked in, and he was holding it over the
side when the vessel rolled heavily and
dropped the dixie into the drink. sentry
who saw him drop it forced him up to Bade-
witz, who began mauling him before the
sentry even had told his story. After
while Badewitz quit pounding the cook and
listened to the sentry. Then Badewitz said
the cook had put note in the dixie be-
fore he dropped it, SO they beat him up
again and put him in irons. After that
they sent the rest of the cooks back, and
would not let them up on deck again. They
had plenty of canned goods and meat
aboard, but they would not give US any.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
WHY all this toll for triumphs of an hour?

this toll for n -Y0unn
w Lifes short is but flower. Johnson
BY turns catch the fatal breath and die -Pope
The cradle and the tomb alas how nigh -Prior.
To be is better far than not to be- --SeUeU
Though all mans life tragedy Spencer.
But when mighty ges -DnnieL
The bottom but shallow whence they Sir Walter Rdegh
Thy fate is the fate of ai -LongfeUou.
Unminged Joys here befal; -Sothe0eU
Nature each ao his proper sphere, --Congreve.
Fortune makes folly her peculiar --ChwcbU
Custom does not overrule, --Rochester.
a sunshine n a fool. --A3mstronu.
Live we'll, how long short permit to heaven. Milton.
They who forgive shall be forgiven -BdiIey.
Sin clasped close its face French
Vile intercourse where virtue place; -SomervUe.
Then keep each passion down. however DEAR THOMPSON
Thou pendulum betwixt a smile and tear Byron.
Her sensual let faithless pleasure ay Smolett
With craft skill to ruin and betray; --Crubbe.
Soar high to fall but rises -Mdssingey.
We masters grow of all that despise. -Cr0aUleu.
Oh then, that mpous sef.eseem, -BeUttie.
Riches have wings and grandeur dream. --CoWper.
Think ambition tits W1JU2
The paths of glory lead but to the -Gruy.
What is ambition? 'Ts glorious cheat, Willis.
Only destructive to the brave and great. Addison.
What's all the gaudy glitter of crown? dryden.
The bliss lies beds of down. Frdnc Qua7les
How long live, not but actions tell; Wotkins
That lives twice who lives the first life WE'LL -Herrick
Make, then while God friend, Wnp Masom
Whom Christians worship yet not comprehend -HiW
The that's guard and yourself be
For live we how may, yet die must Shakespeare.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

anything the Germans would fire the time
bombs. We replied that at least the Ger
mans would go West with US, but they
could not see that there was any glory in
that. For myself, thought the Germans
would not fire the bombs until the last min
ute, and that we would have chance at
the boats before they got all of US. any,
way. Old Mallen put up quite talk about
1T, and 1t was funny to see him sitting
there on the coal, with his monocle Slip
ping out OF his eye every once in while,
arguing that we would all have an equal
chance OF getting away, even if many of us
did go West. There were only thirteen Ger
man sailors on board besides their COM
mander. This last Hun was named Bade-
witz,
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Cimply Hell in the
~ Coal Bunkers

"They drilled US down into the coal
bunkers. 1t was simply hell there. Coal
dust to breathe and eat and sleep on, only
we could not sleep because we had to use
the coal bunkers for all purposes, includ-
ing that of the toilet, and after short
time not one of us could sleep.
ALSO, by this time, some of the men had
lost their heads completely; in fact, had
gone violently crazy, and the rest of us
were afraid of them. We were all thinking
of the fight that might occur at anv mo-
ment between the Yarrowdale and some
other vessel, and we knew we were In the
nkellest place for the vessel to be struck.
Even though We were not hit amidships. if
the ship were sinking, we did not think the
uermans would give chance to escape.
we inquired from what they had said that
we would go down with the ship. And going
down on ship in which you are prs-
oner is quite different from going down
with one for which you have been fighting.
You arrive at the same place, but the feel
Ing is different.
some OF us thought Of overpowerinr the
crew and taking the vessel into our own
hands, and we got the rest of the sane or
nearly sane men together and tried to get
up scheme for doing it. was strong for
the plan. and SO were Mallen and several
others, but the Limey officers who were
with us advised against it. They said the
Germans were taking us to neutral CONN.,
try, where we would be interned, which was
just what the Germans had told us. but
what 9sw Of US believed,
esGhsn souas othars ss3d thas II 70 ssastad
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

that future. However, that Is split milk.
"We were not allowed to open the port
holes while we were in the bunkers, under
penalty of death, and there in the dark, in
that sinking air, it is no wo der many of
US went crazy. Among us w.s fellow
named Harrington, about six feet tall and
weighing around $50 pounds. He seemed
to be all right mentally, but some
of thought afterward he was crazy.
Anyway, do not blame him for what he did.
Harrington rushed up the fddley and
opened the door. There was a German SEN
try there, and Harrington made swing
at him and then grabbed his bayonet The
from the bridge and shot Harrington
through the hand. After they had beaten
Harrington pretty badly, the bull Of the
bunch, Badewitz himself, came over and
hammered Harrington all around the deck.
Then they put him in irons and took him
to the chart room.
"The next day we were sitting in the
fddley getting warm when the door opened,
and there was Badewitz. He yelled,
'Hieraus!' and began firing at us with a re-
volver, SO we beat it back onto the coal.
The others would not 60 back after this,
but Mallen and did. We had sat there
about three-quarters of an hour, when Mall
len lost his monocle. 1t fell all the way
down to the stoke hole, and thought for
sure it was gone this time, and so did NAL
Ian nn1 sk, o1Snl L.
door again, but we were too quick for him,
and he did not catch US. had to shove
Mallen over, though, because he could not
see.
"Then the first thing we knew, back came
the monocle. One of the stokers had found
it on his scoop just as he was about to
swing the scoopful into the fire doer, and
there it was, still unbroken. Mallen wa.
SO glad he almost went crazy, too.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05

"HE present editor Of "The Ossi-
ming Star-Bulletin," the official
IL journal Of Sing Sing, is about to
relinquish his task to other hands
Ito No. 68586. His swan song appears
in the last issue of that interesting
paper:
"With not few qualms-not of con-
science or fear, but of sincere regret-do
we bid our readers adieu with this issue of
'The Star-Bulletin.' 1t is the third time in
our career as institutional editor here,
twice with the old M. W. l.. Bulletin and
this once in the same capacity to our pres
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
" Am / Doing My Part? :
DAUL TOMLINSON writes IN ~
l. May issue Of "McClures".

There is an old, true saying tss. :
actions speak louder than words At tnu
time, when the whole world is raeked "
the greatest war in history, when civillse'
tion is fighting for its life. it might not y
arniss for Americans to apply this saying =
themselves. Let every one of Us ask am
self the question, Am doing my par, =.
am l spending my time in criticism OF taess
who are trying to do theirs?'
America is like big family. Wssqpav
bic sometimes among ourselves, but wnss ~
an outsider interferes we present unisss
front. The difficulty just now Is that 81 :
US do not realize how much intsr1eienes
Germany can furnish. Ours 10 80
country, and in spite Of certain d!sse1s
forts as yet the war has not greatly -
fected many Of US. We are still wrsnens
among ourselves over various massr
There is an abundance Of words; but oesss
are the things we need -.
Certain newspapers in Germany n.sss =
ually refer to Americans ~ 'windbaes =
is true that we talk big But our counMs
is big, and we think in big tsrznA We
used to big thinge. II may slso = ~
that IL has been our custom to baasS i.
Tie for the hsnsnt sf foreisnsr.. =
sometimes ve lore 70 critistse = - 81
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Major Higgimsom Retires

if we were to have country worthy Of the
name we must work for it, educate it, as
we'll as fight for it, and this duty lay upon
every individual citizen, be it man or
woman.
. "The end of the Civil War left me with
out an occupation or money, and with a
wife whom it was my first duty to support,
SO for many years my hope for music lay
asleep. At last, in one or two years, end
ing in 1880, luck had turned my way and
enabled me to take up this project in
earnest early in 1881"
No successor to DR.. Muck had been
named when this edition of The Review
went to press.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
4 Camp Lyric
The Kellys Are at It Again!
(Parody)

sergeant Fa'o1ak Simmons, Battery "a"
1st T. NJ. B., "Somewhere in F'ronce.")
OLD Battery "a" is in mourning now
" since life has lost its Joy,
For we haven't had payday since Napoleon
boy;
Our francs and sous are shot to hell, our
pocketbooks are flat,
And just to buy one shock Of rum we'd
have to hook our hat
We haven't had cent of pay since we ar
rived in France,
For with the clerks that we have got we do
not stand chance
CHORUS
For the clerks are at it again,
And making the payrolls wrong;
The privates are caNing them fancy names
And cussing like hell the whole day long;
They're yelling about their pay.
But their pleading is all in vain,
For they send the payrolls off one day
And the next day they're back again.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
That
Regimemt0l
Hike

hike as trapdoor is to q rowboat, or
an anchor to a drowning man. In fact, we
would gladly have traded the rifle Tor pair
of roller skates, or given our Saturday pass
for ride in Ford.
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Alaska's F1owery Statute

ALASKA l. lOVVCly OldIuCC =
April Legislatures ~
Alaska passed the following statute:
An Act
n declaring Territorial and
- floral emblem of Alaska.
forth hill and stretching
dae' to fromC Beins
Sea, Alaska has a wild flower which on every hill
and in valley; and,
WHEREAS, Of the quality
nes upon tho rugged the dominant trait of the
"" n obstacle
insuferabe hardships, fol develr.
a nations house;
Pioneers asked the
" of
or an emb
o
azu
he
m o
a s*
n
ou9 me-not
(DAR1aNG)
Therefore,
Of wild forgetmenos
the blue fsetmno designated declared
torial flower floral emblem Of the Territory Of
Alaska.
Approved April
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Question Why are hkss'

Of the jaunt, and with what energy we still
retained pitched the dog tents.
We cannot say that we dined sumptuously,
but would suggest that the provender pro-
vided by our mess sergeant was greatly ap-
nreciatod
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
Admonitory Couplets
A Mosaic

This amazing literary curiosity contributed
Chappe editor The National Magazine to "7he New pub
Kon Accompanying
effect gear searching fitting the
from English poets
The compiler A.. Deang -
New-York tribune., 1918-05-05
On April %, 1917, Says "Law Not
Alaska passed the following statute:

A little flower blossoms
forth on every hill and
dale,
Tho emblem Of the Pio-
neers upon the rugged
trail;
The Pioneers have asked
1t and we could deny them
not;
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-06

Iture of Loganberry juice, immense
quantities of which ae now being furn.
ished every cantonment of soldiers in
America, as well as the camps where
soldiers are now in France, while all
the large battle ships of the navy are
supplied with this delightful beverage
with a kick in it,"
The outlook for the season of 1918
is very bright, but Salem is determin-
cd to Ego over the top this year, not
only with a starch FACTORY, arrange.
ments for which are just being com.
pleted, but she needs a furniture fac
bory, a box factory, as well as the
promised "Jiffy-Jell" factory which
will put Loganberries on the market
in a somewhat different shape, and
almost all these prospective factories
Deepen, in a measure, on the farmers
of the country.
Will they do it, and still ''keep Sa.
lem in the SUM- ON Loganberries,a as
wellas these other plants2
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-06
FOCH'S CONFIDENCE
CONTINUED from page one)

William Philip Simms' dispatch to tho
United Press from British headquarters
announcing that the Germans are now
within one and one-half miles of the
Paris-Amiens railway, means that traf-
fic along this line is under fire from
the German artillery.
The Germans will have to be pushed
back from their present position before
safety of transportation on the Paris
Amiens main line can be assured. 1t is
probable that General Foeh's immed-
late activity will be conferred on this
work.
There are other railway lines behind
h direct Paris-Amiens route that can
serve adequately enough for tranypor-
tation work, but it is highly desirable
for reasons of French morale that the
Paris-Amiens road be cleared Of the
German menace This line which con-
meets Calais with Paris is the most fam-
GUS in France and its severance by
on Hindenburg would undoubtedly
cause much short sighten rejoicing in
Germany.
In the face of this problem, General
Foch's optimistic outlook is encourage
ing. Nobody knows the meaning Of the
situation about Amiens better than he
does. If he feels a sense of security, it
must be because he knows the allies are
in a position to remove the present dan
ger to Amiens and it's railways.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-06

are dependent upon the rivets that you
drive and the ships rAat you launch.
The great battle field-next to the
smoking battle field of Francois the
bla:ksmiths' shop. the machine shop
and the shipping ways, and the roar
of your furnace and the noice of your
riveting arise from your strife and
mighty contest which must hold open
the seas for civilization. 1t is a high
and honorable responsibility that rests
upon you, the shipbuilders of America
and you must meet it fully. -nG some
day when the war is done and German
despotism has been destroyed, it will
not be only our army and navy which
will pass in glorious review before our
nation, but also it will be the ship
builders of America to whom our graft
tude is shown-the shipbuilders who
worked with full and untiring endeavOr
through many days and months in order
that the ocean might be bridged and
civilization be preserved"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-06
MANY ENTRIES IN BIC
A.A.U.A THLFT|CE EVENTS
many Enlisted Stars From
Army Training Camps
Are Competing
By G. B. Blanchard

(Un1ted Press Staff Correspondent
Great Lakes, Ill, April 6.-The cen.
trail A.. A. U. championships with an
entry list of 200 track and field head
liners promised to develop into a four
cornered battle.
The Great Lakes naval training sta
tinO school with its many enlisted stars,
Notre Dame University, Chicago and
Illinois Athletic clubs appeared the
strongest organization when the ath-
letes took the track here this afternoon
before a huge crowd.
Charles Dean, president Of the A. A.
U, today said the hall is one of the
best in the country for the purpose.
Much of the special work of construc-
ton was done by jackies from the train
ing station, which beasts experts in al
most every trade. The building accom-
nodates 10000 and early indications
were that it would be filled to capa-
city, mostly by sailors.
The meet, generally held in the even
ing, vas set for this afternoon to en-
able city crowds to get back to Chica-
&c.
Among the stars entered are 10 Loom
is, Floyd Smart, champion Of the long
route hurdlers; Earl Eby, one Of the
f~lestest in the thousand yard event; An
dy Ward, Splinter; Eddie Fall, miller;
Ed Kuburek, pole vaulter and Avery
Brundage, champion all round athlete.
Ward, Fall, Kuburek and Brundage are
jackies now. Illinois probably will send
Homan up for the sprints, Michigan
will enter johnson in the hurdles and