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The Robesonian., 1918-07-15
Chairman Travis Resigns From
Corporation Commission.

Chairman E. L. Travis of the State
Corporation Commission Wednesday
night formally rendered his reslg-
nation to Gov Beckett to become ef-
fective August 1. He gave no rea-
son. There had been considerable
criticism of Mr.. Travis protracted alb
sence from Raleigh and alleged inte--
mittent attention to official duties.
He has been chairman since the resig-
nation Of Franklin McNeill in 1912
and member of the commission since
1911, when he was appointed by Gov.
Kitchin. He has been spending much
of his time in Washington during re-
cent months attending, it is alleged
to private business. A. J. Maxwell
The Robesonian., 1918-07-15

and the trains crew. From the train
he enters the base hospital or casualty
clearing station, where a good-sized
busy. Another ambulance journey Is
next in order-this time to the hospital
ship. He crosses the channel, arrives
in Blighty-more ambulanceS and per-
haps a ride for five hours on an Eng
! lish Red Cross train with it's crew Of
Red Cross workers, and at last he
reaches the hospital. Generally he
stays from two to six months, or long
er, in this hospital. From here he is
sent to a convalescent home for six
weeks.
If by wounds he is untitled for fur
fher service, he is discharged, given q
pension, or committed to soldiers
home for the rest Of his life-and still
the expense piles up. When you real
ize that all the ambulances. trains and
ships, not to mention the man power,
used in transporting wounded man.
could be used for supplies, ammunition
and re-enforcements for the troops al
the front, it will not appear strange
that from a strictly military stand
point, a dead man is sometimes better
than a live one (if wounded).
Not long after the first digging party
our general decided, after careful,
tour Of inspection Of the communica
tion trenches, upon IAN ideal spot" as
he termed It, for a machine-gun em
placement: took his map, made q dol
i On t. and as he was wont, wrote Ndll
The Robesonian., 1918-07-15

Ihat mafch was Cnc most uQcOncen!ol
one imagined, just cussing and blind
ing all the way. We were covered with
white dust and felt greasy from sweat.
The Woolen underwear issued was
itching like the mischief.
After eating our dinner of stew.
which had been kept for us-it was
now four o'clock-we went into the
creek and had another bath.
If "Holy Joe" could have heard our
remarks about the divisional baths
and army red tape he would have
tainted at our wickedness. But Tom
my is only human after all.
1 just mentioned "Holy Joe' or the
chaplain in an irreverent sort of way,
but no offense was meant, as there
were some very brave men among
them.
There are so many instances Of he
roic deeds performed under fire in res
cuing the wounded that it would take
several books to chronicle them, but I
have to mention one instance per-
formed by a chaplain, Captain Hall by
name, in the brigade on our left, be-
cause 1t particularly appealed to me.
A chaplain is not a fighting man; he
is recognized as a noncombatant and
carries no arms. In a charge or trench
raid the soldier gets a feeling of con-
fidence from contact with his rifle, re-
volver, or bomb he is carrying. He has
something to protect himself with
something with which he can inf1ict
harm on the enemy-in other words
he Is able to get his own back.
But the chaplain is empty-handed
and is at the mercy Of the enemy II
he encounters them, so it is doubly
brave for him to go over the top, under
. fire, and bring in wounded. Also G
} chaplain is not required by the kings
regulations to 60 over in a charge, bu
this one did, made three trips under
| the hottest kind of fire, each time re
l turning with a wounded man on hi.
back. On the third trip he receive<
! bullet through his left arm, but neve
: reported the matter to the doctor unit
4 late that night-just spent his time ad
: ministering to the wants Of the wound
; ed lying on stretchers.
j The chaplains of the British arm,
J. are fine, manly set of men, and ar
B greatly respected by Tommy.
The Robesonian., 1918-07-15
CHAPTER XIII,
My First Official Bath.

MY First Official Bath.
Right behind cur rest billet was q
large creek about ten feet deep and
twenty feet across, and it was habit
OF the company to avail themselves of
an opportunity to take a swim and at
the same time thoroughly wash them.
selves and their underwear when on
their own. We were having a spell of
hot weather, and these baths to us
were a luxury. The Tommies would
splash around in the water and then
come out and sit in the sun and have
what they termed "shirt hunt" At
first we tried to drown the "cooties,"
but they also seemed to enjoy the bath.
One Sunday morning the whole Sec
ton was in the creek and we were hav-
ing gay time when the sergeant ma
jor appeared on the scene. He came
to the edge Of the creek and ordered {:
'Come out Of it. Get your equipment
on, drill order,' and fall in for bath
parade. Look lively, my hearties. You
have only got fifteen minutes" A howl
Of Indignation from the creek greeted
this order, but out we came. Disci-
pline is discipline. We lined up in
front of our billet with rifles and bay
onets (why you need rifles and bayo-
! nets to take a bath gets me), full
quota Of ammunition, and our tin hats,
Each man had a piece Of soap and q
towel. After an eight-kilo march along
dusty road, with an occasional shell
whistling overhead, we arrived at q
little squat frame building upon the
bank Of a creek. Nailed over the door
Of this building was large sign which
read divisional Baths" In a wooden
shed in the rear we could hear a
wheezy old engine pumping water.
We lined Up in front of the baths,
soaked with perspiration, and piled
our rifles into stacks. A sergeant of
the r. A. M. G. with yellow band
around his left arm on which was
rs. P" (sanitary police) in black let
ters, took charge, ordering us to take
off our equipment, unroll our puttees
and unlace boots. Then, starting from
the right Of the line, he divided us
into squads Of fifteen. I happened tc
be in the first squad.
We entered a small room, where we
were given five minutes to undress
then filed into the bathroom. In here
The Robesonian., 1918-07-15
CHAPTER XIV.
Picks and Shoveis,
! had not slept long before the sweet

Picks and Shoveis.
had not slept long before the sweet
voice of the sergeant Informed that
''No. section had clicked for another
blinking digging party" I smiled to
myself with deep satisfaction. / had
been promoted from a mere digger to
member of the Suicide club, and was
exempt from all fatigues. Then came
an awful shock. The sergeant looked
over in my direction and said:
Don't you bomb throwers think you
are wearing top hats out here. Cord
in to orders you've been taken up on
the strength of this section, and will
have to do your bit with the pick and
shovel, same as the rest of u.s.
put up howl on my way to get
my shovel, but the only thing that re-
suited was a loss of good humor on
my part.
We fell in at eight o'clock, outside
Of our billets, sort of masquerade
! party. I was disguised as common
laborer, had a pick and shovel, and
about one hundred empty sandbags.
The rest, about two hundred in all,
were equipped likewise: picks, shovels,
sandbags, rifles and ammunition.
The party moved out in column of
fours, taking the road leading to the
trenches. Several times we had to
string out in the ditch to let long col
umns Of limbers, artillery and supplies
get past.
The marching, under these condi.
tions, was necessarily slow. Upon ar.
rival at the entrance to the communi.
cation trench, looked at my illumi
mated wrist watch-it was clever
o'clock.
Before entering this trench, wore
was passed down the line, mo talking
or smoking, lead off in single file, GOV
ering party first"
This covering party consisted of 81
men, armed with rifles, bayonets
bombs, and two Lewis machine guns
They were to protect us and guart
against surprise attack while dig
ging in No Mans Land.
The communication trench wa!
ABOUT lldlL d lQll0 1OuS, d LiSLuSSiu(
ditch, eight feet deep and three fee
wide.
Now and again, German shrapne
would whistle overhead and burst il
our vicinity. We would crouch agains
the earthen walls while the shell frae
ments 'slapped' the ground above US
Once Fritz turned loose with ma
chine gun, the bullets from whic
"cracked' through the air and kicke
l. up the dirt on the top, scattering san
and pebbles, which. hitting our stee
e helmets, sounded like hailstones.
t Upon arrival in the fire trench a
r officer of the Royal Engineers gave U
e. our instructions and acted as guide.
s We were to dig an advanced trenc
:, two hundred yards from the German
S (the trenches at this point were 81
hundred yards apart).
l.. Two winding lanes, five feet wild
r had been cut through our barbed wir
S for the passage Of the diggers. Fro
t, these lines white tape had been lal
L,
The Robesonian., 1918-07-15
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The Robesonian., 1918-07-15
lover the Top
Rv An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
,h,. Gunner Seroins IN France
-1-o---ght 1917, By Arthur Guy Hmpey)
CHAPTER XII.
Bombing.

Bombing.
Tho boys in the section welcomed me
,oot hut there were many strange
Zoos p Several of our men had gone
,r wost in that charge, and were lying
somewhere in France" with a little
.rooden cross at their heads. We were
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17
OUR FIRST CITIZEN.

presenting Colonel Roosevelt to |udience on the campus of Trinity
 ge yesterday. President Flavel $. Ter referred to the speaker of the
 las "the first citizen, statesman, philosopher of America, besides ling on him many other compli- Earv terms which must have b even Teddy blush. We have al- thought that President Wilson
 Ir first citizen and we are sure
 hundreds of thousands of others k the same, and so Prexy Luth- Introductory remarks came as ewhat of 8 surprise. We didn't E quite what to make of his |ments, and were inclined at first |e rather indignant, but then we lied that only a few weeks ago kn Yale men voted the Kaiser the best man of the hour ard we con- ourselves with the thought that |llege president. too, must have little joke once in a while.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17
PREMIER RADOSLAVOFF.

While it is possible that there may be no especial significance attached to the resignation of Premier Eados- lavo1f, which is reported as having been rendered to and accepted by the King of Bulgaria, 1t would not be by a rupture Ill diplomatic relations between the United States and Bul- garia. Tn view of the position taken by Washington, it is difficult to be- lieve that our Government would as- sume the initiative in such q step, but pressure may be brought to bear by Gcrn1a any upon Bulgaria so that the latter country would have no other choice than to hand our minister at Sofia his passports, The Hun Junk CTS have been necessarily c1amoring since our entry into the war for & severance of diplomatic relations be- tween all the Teuton allies and the United States, Thus far, however. we are St war with only Austria and Germany. Minister RadOslavoff has repeatedly given our diplomatic and consular representatives at the Bull garian court positive assurances that he would do all in his power to avoid break between his country and ours, and this. too regardless of the course followed by Germany. The Pan-Ger- manists have declared that it is in~ furious to the cause of the central the United States remain at Sofia where, they claim, he has opportuni- lies galore to observe military prepar- ations on the part of an ally of a country with which his Government is al war. This contention, by the way, IS almost identical with the ar gument put forth by those ill this country who have repeatedly urged Washington to declare war on Bull garia and Turkey. Be that as it may, however, it appears to an observer as though Premier Radoslavof resigned because he was not in sympathy with Berlin, and therefore had to go.
 The resignation of, Premier Rados- lavoff removes from public life an able diplomat who has ever been a staunc}l adnirer of America and things American. It will be interest ing to learn from the course of future events the reasons which prompted him to resign.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17
THE AUSTRIAN OFFENSIVE.

After extensive preparations the Austrians have attacked the Italian armies on a front of about 100 miles, extending from the northeast part of the Asiago Plateau eastward to the Piave River and thence along that line to where it joins the headwaters of the Adriatic sea. Although they claim 10000 prisoners after the first days fighting, the Austrians cannot derive much satisfaction from their assault They succeeded in crossing the Piave. under terrible sacrifices, only to be driven back across the stream by British reserves. Every inch of ground yielded to the enemy during the first hours of the battle has been regained and the Italians report officially that they have taken 5000 prisoners thus far in the coun- ter-attack.
 While Austria may be confident that her armies, reinforced by troops recalled from Galicia, can push for ward again. she will find that her sol diers are not taking the Italians una wares Or unprepared as was the case last Autumn. The Italian army is better equipped now than ever be- fore and Italy can depend on her AL lies to supply her with all the men and materials she may need
 Furthermore, internal troubles in Austria will not permit of an offen- sive on anything like the scale of the previous one. This latest thrust ap- pears to be 8, desperate lunge in the
 Do you buy War Savings Stamps? hope of obtaining q victory with which to appease the threatening mobs in Vienna and Budapest It was doomed to failure before it be- gan.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17
The Volunteer Age,


fETOm the NOrWlCh Bulletin. ,
 In connection with the efforts to secure the necessary number of men to carry on the war, to do the inn portant work of producing the sup plies and to overcome idleness in face of the labor situation, 1t is only what might he expected when the idea of Secretary Baker to increase the age limit for voluntary enlistments so as to include men between the ages of forty and fifty-tive meets with favor
 How great the number of VOllln- teers would be should the change be made it is impossible to tell. There are not 3 few who are longing to do their part and are not satisfied with what they are doing. Family ties would restrain many, but pa< triotism was never at a higher pitch and from the 7,500,000 men in the country between those ages there seems to be good reason for believa ing that there are enough anxious for some part in the service who would make an excellent showing. The secretary's idea is to give them a chance.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

An editorial in a Hartford morning paper today began as follows: Par sons theater last December is now playing at the Gayety theater in Lon don, but with Joseph Coyne in place of Frank Craven" We don't know yet what it was all about but we agree with our esteemed contemporary that it does make one feel awfully foolish when anything like that gets by the proof reader.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17
AU REVOIR..

Fodey one more member of the faid staff forsakes his desk and his Pwrfter to journey across the seas take Up the task of athletic in fctor to the soldiers in France, un- the auspices of the Young Mems fstian Asso This time it Is kene J. Clerkin, our sports editor. !ne", as he is familierly known, wanted all along to help in war k, and now he leaves us to labor new field. It is in every sense a pr of love which will engage our fciate in the war zone. Voluntar- he placed his services at the dis R1 of the organization which is such noble work behind the ches, and his task will be to help b up the spirits of the boys on the le line and to provide healthy and resting games as a diversion for n in their moments of recreation. |erhaps it will fall to his lot to be sned to a sector where other Her. . men are fighting the battle for dom. If that should be the case can well imagine their joy at the val of an old associate, and we picture them fairly devouring the
 of sporting dope" which Gene" ell qualified to impart to them.
 whether he meets old friends or
 we are sure that in 8 short time ne' will make many new friends
 will learn to appreciate his work o we whom he leaves today.
 he zone of war operations will be Particularly appropriate atmos- re for 8, man like Gene. who
 been connected with games and ests for many years. During the
 he has been identified with our It's page he has undoubtedly wit led thousands of battles for su-
 
 ball field and in the boxing arena.
 now 1t win be his good fortune to ess the most colossal struggle
 staged in any part of the globe. will see 8 finish fight between two nty contestants. On one side is (e Sam with his Allies: on the T., the Hun and his vassals The Ia extends from the Alps to the In Sea. The goal of the Hun is dominate the world; that of the Is is to make the world safe for kzed peoples. And our own he'' will be one of the seconds in
 e Sams corner, helping to train
 keep physically fit the heroic iators from this country who go h to give battle to their monster bnent. Those who have followed
 sports page know that Gene" ly fails to pick winner, and we
 sure that added zest and enthus-
 will be given his work by the
 conviction that his men are in right, as we'll as by his unswerv-
 faith in their ultimate victory.
 revoir, Gene, and God bless you.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

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New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

Today IS the 143d anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the occasion will be fittingly observed in Boston and vicinity. Soldiers from the Hub who are temporarily in France will observe the holiday by picking off the Hun snipers of Bunk CT Bill
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

Discovery that the music of Amer ica' is not of German origin ought to make it possible for those who have worried over the matter to breathe easy once more. Most Americans. however, have been serene in the knowledge that there never was any question concerning the origin of the words and the sentiment.-Ne York Herald.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

The faithful Karl Rosner describes the kaiser as appearing Fin radiant health. bronzed and bright eyed" His majesty is curiously immune from the diseases which 'nalnutrition vis- it's upon his people at home.-New York Sun.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

George zisll, a linotype operator in the Herald composing room, was married today. Our hearty congrat- ulations to George and his bride, and with happiness and prosperity.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

Dr won kuehlmann prophecies and yearns for the day when ships again will sail the ocean under the Black, White and Red flag" We can even afford to share his hope and belief. The flag sported by the ships he has in mind is now all black.-Philadel- plia Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

It was pointed out in the early days of the war that the Germans did not like the British or French bayonots. Now 1t is said that they do not like the Am merican bayonets Well, well, there's no pleasing some eople.--NOrwich Record
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17
FACTS AND RANCHES.

One excuse for the coming short age of sugar is that the Huns are li- able to sink sugar carrying vessels.- MlddIetOwn Press.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

Appears where nothingness did exist.
 Wise men eXult. ". C. NJ. in Emergency Fleet News.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

"Lenine to Visit Berlin and Vien~ ma" ".-Headline. We could wish him nothing worse.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

And it's surely getting harder and harder for a. fellow to defend himself against a job;--Bridgeport Telegram
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

Jerry O'Leary was captured under an automobile. Was it ftivyer, too :?
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

The reason why some men never reach the top Of the ladder is that they are lWays willing to stop to hold it steady for some one above.- Albany Journal,
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

enemy seacraft. The United States will now do what he has so long pro- posed --Syra Cuse Post Standard.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

It is a fine notion to put 10000 Ne gro conscripts together, for camping and for fighting. Race pride has in creased mems valor ever since wars began, and whoever thinks the Ne eroes have none of this is graveiy Brooklyn Eagle.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

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New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

Admiral Perry has worked himself sick campaigning for airplane bases along our coast for defense against
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17
ACTCALTIY.
~O-'--s

 Times untroubled by the turmoil of
 war:
 Peace and content, world made free
 Of oppressions dismal rule; The Nations bound together eager Each to serve the other, but Withal Severally fearing naught because X nower greater than in other days Worked for evil: 2 force for good, Never resting, yet ne'or exerting on The earth Curse~-all these the sage
 Saw and marveIed. Marveled that amidst the clamor of There was conceived a giant that grew To become a b1Ilwark strong En0uch to stand between a weakened People and a tyrant turned mad; MightiIv wrought of steel and wood And n7ayhap stone: a moving. m3elG Fleet of messengers that could bear Comfort to the grieving; carry across The seven seas all things that help And sole ce men Victory for Good of right over might? The weak lnapnant? A monster slain And lasting peace made sure For all nations? An, a vision That will return to taunt! But the savant chose to believe And faith in the will of a determlned q PeOple O ercame false doubts: l The dream takes form and a,CtU9lity
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

pessinlist is a man who turns II, an alarm every time he notices the fires of enthusiasm. - Philadelphia Record.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

town man always arrays himself on the side of the "frail little woman'' who is being "perseCuted".-C Capper's S Weekly.
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

When we get that million men across We will have an army "every- where in France" M phis Com mercial Appeal,
New Britain herald., 1918-06-17

A scientist has discovered that hen lay eggs in the day time because a night they are roosters.-ChiCag gc Daily News.