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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09
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arms, when the Germans attacked ths
party. On the next morning. when the
row sFas at an end. it was discovered
that wounded German was lying in No
Mans Land. The Heinies were sweep.
ling our parapet with machine guns, and
lit was dangerous for man to put his
head over the sand bags. Suddenly, how.
ever, man who was looking through a
periscope noticed a figure crawling out
from our line toward the wounded man.
This crawling figure was an American
soldier. 1t was Father Kelly. He got to
the German, lifted him on his shoulder
and carried him in. Even the Germans
were so surprised At the act that they for
got to fire until the chaplain got back
again to safety
Our colonel went up to Father Kelly
when he came in.
why the mischief did you risk your
life in such manner. Father?' he asked
1T was,a crazy thing to DO
But think of the exposure to infection
of this mans wounds Father Kelly said
From hygienic point of view the only
thing to be done was to cAry the mao
in"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09

red haired man at the lower corner Of the
room.
Il would be vera much more in the
minority IL was in the brig {guard
rooml," said tho Scotchman, ducking
quickly to evadc something that one Of the
diners flung good naturedly. at his head.
We made our way to the door and when
there tho sergeant stood for a moment and
looked back
Bully guys these" he said. looking aat
the men seated at the table.
There are quite number Of bogs here
not more than nineteen years OF age.
They came forward and said they were.
twenty or over and got straight on the
strength of the army. And they want to
get to the trenches. It's very lqr 10 hold
them back as it is. They wan; To- get aE
the Germans They're all spl nlil fci-
lows and they're just sample as the
whole American army"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09

am an American, pure and simple"
II Ever been to Skaginaw?" inquired
IStanton, who was doing his best to fol
low the drift of Ronar's conversation.
WAS a while there working with Riff
fer & Vanlips two years ago. said Ronar
I've struck worse quarters than there
Stanton called to the woman behind the
counter and ordered drinks The woman
placed fun glasses on the table. took the
money and went back to her post
''She's a Belgian refugee" said Sulli-
van. SCOT hunted out Of her home by
Heinie and now she's here. She had two
daughters and husband, and she hns
never heard a word from them for over
three years It's miserable life for the
old woman here. She bears up braveiy.
but now and again have seen her eyes
wet with crying"
Stanton was silent, but he put his hand
lin his pocket as if searching for some
thing.
"Shc's trying TO save up some money. :"
said Ronar seThinks she can set up a little
cafe in her native village when the war
is over and when she gets back TO her
own country"
Stanton drew his hand from his pocket
and between his fingers he held five
franc note.
II have no use for this" said the
scaler. $50 we may be able to collect
little between us and give it to the Old
woman toward the cost of getting her
cafe after the war"
Sullivan found another five franc note
and he handed it TO Stanton. Ronar fixed
his eyes on the wall of the cafe as if the
matter in hand did not concern him in
the least. It was evident that he did not1
want to part with his cash. The two
other men waited, one, two, three min
utes, but Ronar made no effort to add 20
the pile. 1t was evident that the third
theological virtue had no place in thet
ma ke-up of this man.
Stanton siznalled TO the refugee aud she
came across to the table.
For your cafe when the war is at an
end" said Stanton.
The woman was very grateful: she
wanted to save money to go back to her
native village when the war was at an
end; she wanted TO set up cafe, but she
could not take money from the soldiers.
But the man from Skaginaw was firm. |
He opened the woman's hand. pressed the
notes into it and closed the fingers.
"F'ineei" he said
"Merci," said the woman. tears of
thankfulness in her eyes. ''You are three
good soldiers
Two" said Stanton, pointing at suHi-
van. then at himself
"Also the other man." said the woman
lie gave me money for my cafe-much
be came in here after be was
paid an hour ago."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09

SAID. III hustle the cooks a bit and gel
tDem to make things tidy SO got the
men on the job and in fifteen minutes
time the room was ready for service
In Catholic myself, but couldn't 60
10 mass. as was orderly sergeant, so l
left the shack to Father Kelly.
L should have had more sense, as !
found out afterward to my cost. The
men, most of them, went to communion,
and that meant that they were fasting.
so when the service was at an end Father
Kelly told them to hunt around and get
something to eat That in a dining shack
when the mess sergeant was out! Gee !!
they did hunt round the kitchen and made
some meal of the grub that was intended
for dinner. When / came back and saw
what had happened cleared out the men
quicker then they ever were cleared out
of anywhere in their natural. But
Father Kelly was out of it before came,
and lucky Job for him too. If he was still
there Id have told him something"
The ness sergeant was silent for mo-
ment, his eyebrows drawn together, his
lips tightly clinched. He was dwelling
on the indignity which had been heaped
on his establishment, but in moment his
face cleared.
But Father Kelly is not such a bad
fellow" he said in a mellower tone than
be had used before. "He's straight as a
lie and a good man.
"He was well liked in his church, back
n America. When he left there to come
o France his congregation made a. col
ection and gave him pile of money He
ook it and when he came out here he
pent it all in making big recreation
nut for the men, Any soldier can 90
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09
The American Padre

HE mess sergeant was annoyed
and, being annoyed. he said angry
words as he sat in front of tho
field kitchen and smoked his pipe
Of American plhg. In such humor /
found him as 1 went for my walk on a
certain Sunday forenoon through the old
French town in which an American bri-
gnde was stationed.
/ had met the mess sergeant before.
IN fact. he had invited me several times
to breakfast in his hut. l was pleased
with the invitation and took full advan-
tage of his kindness. Breakfast in the
hotel at which ] was staying was on the
Continental plan. embracing nothing more
exciting than coffee ard bread.
You do not seem 10 be in n good humor.
Sergeant said as l came up to the
field kitchen.
IT'S that Father Kelly, the Catholic
Chaplain. who has annoyed me-" said the
mess sergeant He came to me this
morning just when breakfast was at an
end.
Can I hold service in the dining
shackF he asked ne.
As you like, Father said. Bot
thought that you we're going 10 do the
business in the rcereation rOom.'
"'Ihe carpenters are busy there now.
putting in a rev platform for the concert
tomorrow night said the priest
@'WelL you can have this shack Il
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09

there; it doesn't matter what the mans
creed is, Father Kelly will make hin
welcome.
"One thing he's very hot on and that
is hygiene. He will talk for hours on
end on the germ theory of disease, sani.
tation and cleanliness.
Hes a regular Board of Health, Is
Father Kelly. It's common talk among
the men that he buys vichy water to wash
himself, in, but the rattling, best thing
about Father Kelly was couple of
months ago, when he first came to
France. We were quartered in little
village as old as the hills, and there was
an old church there, made hundreds Of
years ago. In this church there was q
statue of the Blessed Virgin, and people
from all over France used to come and
visit it 1t was said to cure them of dis
lease and sickness. Father Kelly he'll
service in this church and he fell in love
with the old statue. 1t was perched on
a stand to the left of the altar, and it
had been there for hundreds Of years.
People with smallpox. ringwcrm and other
diseases used TO come there and touch it..
and, if accounts are true, they got cured
of their ailments 1t was wcJl covered
with cobwebs-eobwebs grown sacred by
the passing of ages. But Father Kelly
liked it. He liked it so much that he
took it down, and washed it with brown
soap and hot water.
"But that's Father Kelly right through
He would send the robes on the figure
on the Statne of Liberty to a laundry
He went up with the battalion to thu
trenches the other day, went ont with
the men on firing party and felt very
-n.I.-- tInt hn II, nlni In itllclaA q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09
. young American officer rs e

II
young American officer Ms -
lit his cigarette and fixed his yes ON the
men at the table, But how about tho
little houses. the only homes they havcs Of
the peasantry being wilfully destroyed by
the HunsS Poor iclgium!''
Dinner had just come to an end In the
company messroom. and the speaker. .
Yale student. was dwelling upon the sns-
ferings which the people OF Belgium baL
endured in the war. The young man VISA
an officer in the American regular ara,s
and he had seen service on the Mexic7R
border Two OF his brothers Joined tas
British army after the sinking OF tho
Lusitanln and had been. killed. ono at
Yprcs and one on the Somme.
II know is pretty bad" said the Yais
student; "but when see the refugees
right here in this town. old women ans
young children. simple people v 30 ha.o
never done amy harm to soul, ", ban.
ished from their own homes and fafusn
out to go wherever they may. it make, IA
wild. There is one old white hsi,of
woman that met yesterday. She is .
Belgian and was driven ont of her cvtiiti.s
when the Germans came there. What hse
happened In her home she doesn't S'.-4
Her husband has disappeared, MS n a
he two daughters. She has not hc. i
word from them and knows noth.rt ~
their fate. Maybe they arc all dead rs
for NIL that she keeps a brave face au&
makes the best of her plight, I ~R
kncel down to that woman. She k 800
what war and all it's terror is and 80
she keeps brave heart and has n cLs ~
word for everybody, We don't know wNss
wa is and never will know. Men mo
see war. uut women feel II. I have mef
mothers here who have lost their children
and who do not know whore they arc. A
ruined church may be rebuilt or repaired,
but home is different matter"
'"Thp Americans soldiers seem to be on
very friendly terms with the natives
herc." said. q had just come to x
that morning and the hospitable American
officers had invited me to dine with them
that night.
Z sWhy notg" exclaimed the marksman:
its an honor to be among such people.
The women are so kind and so generous
TINT it is impossible not to like them. And
the menl We see some o, them coming
back here from the trenches, men who
have been fighting since the outbreak of
war. They speak to us with such polite
ness that they almost make US feel AZ
II We had bestowed some honor on them.
"Onr mon are on the best terms 3ith
tho people about here" said the Yale msr.
The soldiers at present are collecting TOR
a fund - give n dinner to the BelrIaa
-efugees. Every man quartercdi In the
iowa is contributing to 1t. Several hars
written home for toys for the cluldrc1.
Who are suffering from the war. And ia
addition to this several Of our men have
lnblicd for lcaye 10 get married to Fnrnea
iris. After the war = nnHhsz nf warSea
vii leave one republic t0Eo to he stAsr.s
"And nothing win tend to s'r-eEtb~u
he entente cordiale more than thaIrIss.e
he marksman with 4 smile.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09
The Top Sergeant

I was on the second day of my visit to
the American army in France that ]
was given fhc opportunity of seeing
the men in billets and barracks
At eleven O'Clock in the forenoon / was
handed over to the care Of Top Sergeant
Casey. an Irish-American. six feet in
height. with shoulders as broad as the half
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09

HERE were three Of
them, three soldiers
Of the American
Army. and Fate, in
n whim, : brought the
three of them to-
gether. 1t happened
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-07-09
The Entente Cordis E

rkX TES. it's pretty lad --Aae
churches shelled ~ -vD
4 by the Germans" - -
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
OUR DENVER BOYS FAREWELL
APPEAL.
My Creed.

I believe in the United States of
America as government of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people
whose just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed; democ-
racy in republic; sovereign Nation
of many sovereign states; perfect
Union. one and inseparable, estab-
lished upon those principles of free
dom, equality, justice and humanity
for which American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes.
l therefore believe it is my duty
to my country to love it: to support
its Constitution; to obey its laws; to
respect it's flag; and to defend it
against all enemies. I go to fight for
my country and I trust that those
who remain behind will be as true as
We who have gone. If I do not return
look after my niece.
(Spooks) VIM. Goff (at Union Station)
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
DREADED ENEMY, OF AVIATOR
Most Expert Airman, Caught in Fog,
10 Practically At Mercy Of
Circumstances.

Nothing connected with the history
of aviation is more remarkable than
the way in which the weather difficult
ties and dangers of n few years aro
have been reduced to the level Of
minor inconveniences by the Increased
skill Of aviators and especially by i'm
provements in airplanes. 1t Is hardly
an exagge-ntion TO say that at the
present time the only serious outstand-
ing meteorological problem Of the avi-
ator is fog. .
There is no means OF keeping ones
bearings when flying in or over a
fog. and the same Is. of course. true
of low-lying clouds. The compass
tells which way the machine is point
ing at any moment. but not the d.
rection in which 1t is flying. except
when travelling exactly with or
against the wind. There are no land
marks in the air. Even more serious
is the problem OF landing in a fog.
The chances are always considerable
OF striking dangerous obstacles, such
as trees, buildings. or telegraph wires.
or OF alighting in bodies Of water,
swamps. etc. Moreover. as one vet
eran flyer has stated. ''what is dis
tressing to the airmen in fog Is the
impossibility Of knowing whether he
be slightly climbing or slightly de-
scending full TIT into hills, trees or
houses without time to save the stu
ation.~
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
MORE WHEAT IN BIN
LESS ON TpE GROUND

That any wheat-grover can save
enough wheat to pay for new team
Of horses a year simply by putting tin
strips over the knotholes In the floor
of hi. wheat barge" and by fastening
a canvas strip three inches wide all
around the sides OF the barge next to
the floor. is the belief OF l.. H. Rust,
prominent insurance man and rancher
o( Weld county. who has himself tried
out the wheAtsAvinG scheme
As the header moves along the
wheat field and the grain is thrown
into the barge. considerable Of tho
grain heads sitt through the loose lat
tice-work Of the barges' sides aud sift
out also through knot holea In the
floor Of the barge. Mr.. Rust declares.
the ''ieaky" barge commonly leaving
\ trail OF wheat behind It a. II moves
along
The canvas strip fastened firmly to
the floor Of the barge and extending
from three to six inches up the sides
would hold all the wheat heads in:
The Denver star., 1918-10-12

trench.
They sstonish the Allies. but they
astonish the Germans still more. They
still follow the old set rules of trench
warfare where necessary. as at Can
tign.. but once in the open the fAnk
is individuality itself.
1t costs forty y-one $50 bonds to put
one of these long. lean fighting boys
on the front. His living expenses will
have cost nine bonds and his personal
equipment. six. 1t takes thirteen $50
bonds to buy his service equipment.
His pa, np TO the time he is trained
and in the fighting takes the proceeds
OF another nine. His housing anS
final transportation to France take
four bonds more =
We must have millions more OF him
Every advantage in numbers means a
quicker. less costly finish to the war,
and it is a proud American who can
say that he has a representative
equipped and trained with his money,
breaking precedents" somewhsrN II
France.
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
NUT SHELLS
US.
GAS SHELLS

The lives OF hundreds Of soldiers in
the Allied Armies will depend on Nut
Shells this winter.
with the passing Of the fruit season
the ecsrbonproducing fruit pits which
the whole country has been saving for
use in Gas mask manufacture will ne
longer be had.
From NOW ON. therefore. don't
throw away = single Brasil nut. wal
nut, hickory nut. buttsrnut. or COCOA
nut shell. Olive. date and prune seeds
are still available. Save them.
The shells collected by the Red
Cross In the Western states are sent
to the Gas Defense Division of the
Army. Potrero Station. San Francisco.
There expert chemists heat the
snolls in retorts under terrific temper
ature till the shells are reduced to
pure carbon of unusually high absorb
ent qualities.
Mustard gas" all the lachrymators.
and the yellow and green cough
gases" are all neutrAlixed by this car
bon.
Denver collected enough pits and
shells in ONE WEEK to save the lives
Of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY.ONE
The Denver star., 1918-10-12

God is not the creator of our evil
mind.
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
,sr1 ., toe Censor. Copyrlsht 1915.

Its against all precedent. It's sim
ply not done. you know"
An American and an Allied officer
crouched behinu precarious shelter
near Bois de Belleau during short
bombardment preparatory to an at
tack 1t was the man experienced IN
wears of trench warfare who made
the remark
The American laughed. These fel-
lows will break something else be-
eide precedent before they are
through. 1t may not BE d"ne. but
look. they are doing it,
Several platoon waves of long. lean.
lanky Yanks had emerged from shell
ter and were advancing in typicAlly
American style. There WAS no bar
rage no slow. methodicsl walk be-
hind artillery protection, which has
long been the proper thing on the
Front They dashed forward, took
cover. dashed forward again In short
rushing charges. cheerfully wiped out
. few impeding machine gun nests
and mopped up sector OF Hun
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
Your Job Printing Solicited
Good Bye-Good Luck.

go to put into execution what l
have learned in the public schools of
Denver. l go to learn how to fight
and be fought. Whatever ny fate,
soon or late, uphold the standard OF
our race. Wipe all determinations
from the City of Denver and State of
Colorado. My folks feel bad; visit
them often; cheer them up and en-
courage the relatives and friends of
all of your drafted boys" l bid Old
Denver Good Bye. Good Luck and
hope | will safely return. Remember
my family.
Claude F Davis.
Denver Star Pressman.
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
RAYS
Quick Lunch
Room Mrs; r,s..,...... ELLA KAY
1902 Welton Street

Breakfast, 6 to 10: 80 am: Dinner.
IL to pm. Once served, We have
your patronage. Well season Chitter-
~
ltngs served daily. Big chicken din
ner Sundays, 26c. Ice cream, chill.
sandwiches. etc. Phone 4S3s
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
And They Did

Mrs. Robert Nelson. chairman
Of food conservation for Las An
imas county. recently attended \
Tsa-Party. Along with the Hot
Oolons the Hostess trundled in
. Crsamer and that obsolete ar
tiele of furniture, the Sugar
Bowl.
All eyes wsre turned to the
9uEar-Bowl. The First Guest
lifted the lid with Visions Of
Helping Herself.
But there in the Sugar Bowl
was not = vestige of Sugar
Just . little AMERICAN FLAG.
Help yourself to the Cream"
smiled the Hostess. "And Salute
your FLAG"
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
1nE GRAND EAThe xON
TiNuER TO PI EA9G.

Everybody who vista Larimer st.
knows that their visit 10 not complete
until they have stopped in and beeu
entertained BY the high class pictures
OF the Grand theatre. They Just Try
ID satisfy and please verybody.
The Denver star., 1918-10-12
DEMOCRACY.

. A DEMOCRACY is FOUNDED UP
ON EQUAL RIGHTS. EQUAL d.
TIES AND EQUAL RESPCNSiBili-
TIES FOR ALL CITIZENS-EQuAl
RIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PPIVI-
lEGEs TO NONE. THAT is REAL
DEMOCRACY.
The Denver star., 1918-10-12

We desire your Job Print
ing. Hurry up work we are
making a specially Of, Have
US do your work. Star, 1926
9th street
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-09-07
HOW MANY GASLESS SUNDAY'Si

Nashville. Sept 4.-The number oil
gasless Sundays in the state depends
on the manner in which citizens en-
ter into observance of the Presidents
request. Many who failed to observe
last Sunday did so through ignorance,
| am informed. Those who failed to
observe the request to conserve gaso-
line should be published. Such a plan
vas followed in one section of the
state and explanations have been in
order for several days. Indications
now are that restrictions on pleasure
driving in automobiles on Sundays
will continue for a month or six weeks
all depending upon the spirit which
the citizens of the state obey the Pres
ident's request. Let there be no gas
oline slackers in Tennessee next Sum
day.
W. E. MYER,
Fuel Administrator for Tennessee.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1917-19??, 1918-09-07
(Ry Associated Press)

French and American troops are
fast driving the Germans out of their
positions in southern Picardy and in
the sector between the Vesle and
Aisne rivers. So rapid has been the
progress of the Allies-the French
in Picardy and the Americans and
French from Soissons eastward toward
Rheims that the retirement of the
enemy has the appearance of the be-
ginning almost of rout.
Meanwhile Field Marshal Haig in
the north, from Peronne to Ypres.
has been almost as busily engaged
with his troops in carrying out sue
eessful maneuyers which are only in
a slightly less degree or rapidly fore
ing the Germans everywhere to give
ground. Haig's men again have made
the Germans taste bitter defeat on
numerous sectors and the end of the
punishment for them seems not yet
in sight
In the latest fighting in the region
extending from the old Noyon sector
to scissors the French have reclaim
ed 80 villages from the Germans;
have crossed the Somme canal at sew
eral points and are standing only a
short distance from the important june
tion of Ham, with its roads leading to
st. Quention and La Fere.
On the south they have made fur
ther crossings of the Ailettc river and
are fast skirting the great wooded re-
gion which arcts as barrier to dir
ect attack on Loan, the Chemin Des
Danes and In western Aisne defense
of the enemy. Seemingly at the pres
ent rate of progress this barrier
shortly will have been overcome and,
indeed, the entire salient northwest
of Soissons oblterated Already the
French south Of Fresnes on the fringe
Of the high forest of Coucy, have pen
etrated the old Hindenburg line.
All behind the lines northeast of
Noyon great conflagations are to be
seen, particularly around Jussy and
La Fere which fact apparently indi-
Gates that the Germans intend to fall
back as. fast as they can to the old
German lines running southeastward
from st. Quentin.
The French and Americans are hard
after the Germans between the Vesle
river and the Aisne and for more than
eight miles, extending from Conde to
Viel-Arcy, they have driven the enemy
across the Aisne and are standing on
the southern bank of the river East
ward toward Rheims, almost up to the
gates of the cathedral city, the Ger
man line is falling back northward.
At the anchor point Of the line in the
vicinity of Rheims, retrogade move
ment here would necessitate a straight
ening of their line perhaps as far