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The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
For American Prisoners.

Washington special ration fo~
American soldiers held prisoners in
Germany to be distributed by The
American Red Cross in Denmark and
Switzerland has been prepared by the
Quartermaster's Corps. Packages
containing food for seven days will
be sent to the prison camps weekly,
with special packages of delicacies
for invalids.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
To Punish Interference.

Washington. Heavy fines and
Imprisonment for interference with
wires, messages and other telegraph
and telephone property and operations
during the period of government con-
troll are provided in House bill pass
ed by the Senate and transmitted to
President Wilson.
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postnone U. D. c. conventiOn.

Charleston, S. C.-Because of the
epidemic of influenza, the twenty-ffth
annual convention of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, sched-
uled to meet in Louisville, Ky, No
vember 1916, has been postponed IN
definitely by the president-general, U.
d. c., Miss Mary B. Poppenheim. ,
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
There viii Be No Coal Famine.

Washington.-Ther will be no
coal famine the coming winter or
even an APPROACH to the hardships of
las. winter, Fuel Administrator Gar
field announced, but the public must
continue to cooperate with the Fuel
Administration in conservation meas
ures, as far more coal is needed now
than in normal times.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
EanIe-i Commissioned.

washington. The Eagle-1, first
of the new type submarine patrol YES
sells ordered by the navy, was put in
commission at Detroit, and will be
sent Immediately to the Atlantic
coast. Several of the boats probably
will be ready in time to get out be-
fore winter closes the inland water
ways.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
After War Reconstruction.

Washington. A conference at
which latter the war" reconstruction
viii be discussed will take place here
next January, according to an an
nouncenent by the National Popular
Government League. under whose
auspices it will be held.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
New Credits For Allies.

Washington. = New credits of 5000
100000 for Italy and 100000, 900 for
France were established by the treas
nry, making the total loans to Italy
81. 900. 100000 and to France S2,165,-
100000. For all the allies American
loans now amount to 20,476, 666.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
Cut Furniture Manufacture.

Washington Restrictions on the
manufacture of furniture, eliminating
all new pattern for the duration of
the war and curtailing active patterns
so per cent, were announced by the
war industries board.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
Shipping Is Resumed.

London.-Dutch newspapers say
that shipping concerns in Holland arc
taking steps preparatory to resumlng
regu al trips to England and Americl
in consequence of the withdrawal of
the E-bcat menace.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
President Awards Medals.

WASHINGTON. Marshals Foch, Jof-
fire and Haig and Generals Petain,
Diaz, Pershing and Gillian, chief OF
staff of the Belgian army, were award
ed the Distinguished Service medals
by President Wilson.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
Mus Have Fruit pits.

New Yorx.--The government needs
100000 pounds of nut shells and
fruit stone, daily for manufacturing
gas mask charcoal, and is unable to
purchase os,othird that amount.
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Passes Military Bill.

Washington. = The Senate passed
in record time the $4,000, O0O, 900 mill
tary deficiency bill, the last important
measure to be considered before the
prediction recess.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
steel Ship Launched.

New York The 7,500-ton steel
cargo carrier Belyidere was launched
At the yards Of the Standard Ship
building Corporation here.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
Women in Parliament

London.-The House of Commons
adopted a resolution in favor of WON.
en- sitting in Parliament. The resolr-
tom was passed by majority Of 24e
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
1 unoher Restriction.

Washington. Production of lum-
Der will be restricted to the filing of
essential requirements under regula-
lions issued by the War Industries
Board.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
1a New Shins Ready.

Washington. Eighteen new ships
of $4,000 total lightweight tons were
added to the American feet during
the week ending October 25.
The Pulaskian. (Pulaski Heights [Little Rock], Ark.) 1915-1929, 1918-11-01
Pass Deficiency Bill.

Washington Congress completed
rhe s6.345. 100000 war deficiency bill
and sent it to the president
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Fired by tho news OF me
sinking OF the Lusitania by German
submarine. Arthur Guy Empey. an Amer:
| can. leaves his office In Jersey City and
goes to England where he enlists In the
British army.
CHAPTER Ii-After a period OF train
ing. Empey volunteers for Immediate serv-
ice and soon finds himself in rest billets
somewhere In France" where he first
ent coolies"
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation
CHAPTER Iy-Empeys command goes
into the front-line trenches and Is under
fire for the first time.
CHAPTER v-Empey learns TO adopt
the motto OF the British Tommy, III you
are going TO get 1t. you'll get 1t. so never
worry"
CHAPTER vI-Back in rest biliets, EN-
pey gets his first experience as mess
orderly.
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER vIII-Back In the front-llne
trench. Empey sees his FIRST friend OF the
trenches "go West"
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first
visit TO a dugout In Suicide Ditch"
CHAPTER X-Empey learns what con-
stitutes a days work" In the front-llne
trench.
CHAPTER XI-Empey goes tower the
top" for the first time In a charge on the
German trenches and is wounded by
bayonet thrust
CHAPTER xII-Empey Joins the "sui-
eide club" as the bombing squad Is called.
CHAPTER XIII-Each Tommy gets an
official bath.
CHAPTER xIy-Empey helps dig an
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER xv-on listening post" In
No Mans Land.
CHAPTER xvI-Two artillerymen put
one over" on Old Pepper. their regimental
commander.
CHAPTER XvII-Empey has narrow es-
cape while on patrol duty In NO MANS
Land.
CHAPTER XvIII-Back In rest billets
Empey writes and stages a farce comedy.
CHAPTER XIx-soldiers have many
ways to amuse themselves while "on their
own"
CHAPTER xx-Empey volunteers for
machine gun service and goes BACK into
the front-line trenches.
CHAPTER XXI-Empey again goes
cover the top" In q charge which cost his
company II killed and 81 wounded.
CHAPTER xXII-Trick with a machine
gun silences one bothersome Fritz
CHAPTER XXIII-German attack. pre-
ceded by gas wave Is repuised.
CHAPTER XxIv-Empey Is forced to
take part in an execution as a member
OF the firing squad.
CHAPTER XxV-British prepare for
the Big Push-the battle OF the somme.
CHAPTER xXvI-In a trench raid.
preceding the Big Push. Empey Is des-
perately wounded and lies unconscious In
No Mans Land for SO hours.
CHAPTER xXVlI-After four months
in a British hospital. Empey Ii discharged
as physically unit for further war serv-
49,
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CHAPTER XIII.
My First Official Bath.

Right behind our rest billet was a
large creek about ten feet deep and
twenty feet across. and II was a habit
an opportunity 10 take 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 "shlrt 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 a gay time. when the sergeant ma
j0r appeared on the scene. He came
TO the edge of the creek and ordered /:
"Come out Of II. 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. Dlscl.
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 bath gets meh a full
quota Of ammunition, and our tin hats.
Each man had a piece Of soap and o
towel. After an eight-kilo march along
dusty road. with an occasional shell
Whaling overhead Wa arrival M n
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Of this building was larg" sign which
read divisional Baths" In n wooden
shed In the rear we could hear n
wheezy old engine pumping water.
We lined up In front Of the baths,
soaked with Precipitation, and piled
our rifles into sticks. A sergeant II
the r. A. NJ. G. with yellow band
around his left arm on which was
as. T." tsanitnry police) In black let.
tiers. took charge. ordering us to take
on our equipment, unroll our puttces
and unlace boots. Then. starting from
the right Of the line. he divided us
into squads Of fifteen. happened to
be In the first squad.
We entered n small room. where we
were given five minutes to undress.
then filed into the bathroom. In here
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there were fifteen tubs (harrels sawed
In two) half full Of water. Each tub
contained piece ~ laundry soap. The
sergeant Informed us that We had Just
twelve minutes In which to take our
baths. Soaping ourselves all over. we
took turns In rubbing each others
backs, then by means of Il garden hose.
Ice cold. but felt fine.
Pretty soon a bell rang and the wa
ter wns turned on Some 81 the slower
ones were covered with soap. but this
made no difference to the sergeant.
who chased us into another room.
where We lined NJ In front II n little
window. resembling the box office In n
theater and received clean underwear
and towels. From here we went into
the room where we had first IMPRESSED.
Ten minutes were allowed In which TO
get into our "clabber."
My pair 81 drawers came up Ia my
chin and the shirt barely reached my
diaphragm. but they were clean-no
strangers on them. 80 was satisfied.
Al the expiration Of the time allot-
ted we were turned out and finished
our dressing on the grass.
When all Of the company had bathed
II was a case OF march back TO blllets. |
That march was the most uncongenial
one imagined. just cussing and blind
white dust and felt greasy from sweat.
The wooden underwear issued was
itching like the mischief.
After eating our dinner OF stew,
which had been kept for us-lt was
now four o'clock-we wen, into the
creek and had another bath.
II 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.
just mentioned Holy Joe" or the
chaplain In an lrreverent sort OF way,
but no onsnse was meant, as there
were some very brave men among
them.
There are 50 many instances OF he
role deeds performed under fire In res
cuing the wounded that It would take
several books to chronicle them, nut
have 10 mention one instance per
formed by a chaplain Captain Hall by
name, In the brigade on our left. be-
cause II particularly appealed to me.
chaplain Is not a fighting man; he
is recognized ns noncomhatant and
M In h.t
raid the soldier gets II feeling OF con
fdence from contact with his rifle, re-
volver, or bomb he Is carrying. lie has
something to protect himself with,
something with which he can lnfllct
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 n
he encounters them, so Il Is doubly
brave for him 10 go over the top, under
fire, and bring In wounded. Also n
chaplain Is not required by the kings
regulations 10 go over In n charge, but
this one did. made three trips under
the hottest kind Of fire, each time re-
t6rnlng with wounded man on his
back. On the third trip he received
a bullet through his left arm, but never
reported the matter TO the doctor Until
late that night-just spent his time nd.
ministering to the wants OF the wound
ed lying on stretchers.
The chaplains Of the British army
are a fine. manly set Of men. and arc
greatly respected by Tommy.
CHAPTER XIV.
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S11,5O9.9S
CARRARD'S RED CROSS FUND STILL
GROWING.
More Names This Week and Next.

Garrard County's gift to the
Second Red Cross Campaign is
s115O9.95; over IS per cent of the
quota allotted to the county. This
is a splendid showing, but the people
Of Garrard County are ready and
willing to give that much more to the
Third Campaign when asked for it.
One $4,000 Liberty Loan Bond
and one $500 War Saving Stamp,
was donated by Mr.. Banks Hudson,
to the county school teacher collect
ing the largest amount Of money in
her district for this Red Cross cam
paign and to the county school teach
err who turned in the largest number
Of names regardless of amount, res
pectively. The money to be used
in the districts as the winner thinks
BEST
Miss Brunette Arnold of West
Point School No. 81 gets the Liberty
Loan Bond with a total of $234.50.
Miss Eva Merryman, of the Car
tersville District, No. 2, gets the War
Savings Stamp with total of 81
Names.
The Buens Vista Consolidated
School collected the sum of S2s5.00
for the Red Cross. Most of this
money was obtained by Miss Myrtle
Ruble who deserves the greatest
credit for her good work for the
cause. Miss Ruble collected in the
High Bridge District alone the sum
of S16s.25.
In the printed list of contributions
to the Red Cross several errors we're
made in the copy. Mr.. n. K. Speaks
was down for $4,000 when it should
have been $1,000. The contribution
of Mr.. and Mrs. r. |. Burton, was
duplicated as was the report Of
School District No. 40.
We had hoped to complete the
publication of all those on the Red
Cross Honor Roll list in this issue,
but found it impossible, so the list
will be concluded in our next issue.
If any names have been uninten-
tionally omitted, we would thank
such persons to call our attention to
it.
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And Hes Worth Listening To.

The man who really has nothing to
.'v generally talks less than other peo-
rl' because he considers IL worth CIV
ing soiue thought to.
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Kindness pays. "Boilnd potatoes"
says nm authority on culinary matters,
"are ever 50 much better II they are
gently boiled. York Telegraph.
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-06
Optimistie Thouoht.

NJ whom the good praise and wick
II hate ought to be satisfied with his
,pulation.
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Truly Republican.

That country is republican where
'oncsty and merit are recognized and
'vvurded.
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OF NhflOus KINDS OF mana ErtnnueS,
from the old "jam tin," now obsolete,
to the present Mills bomb. the standard
of the British army.
II all depends where you are rs Ia
what you are called. In France they
call you bomber" and give you med
ais. while In neutral countries they
call you an anarchist and give you
"1ife."
From the very start the Germans
were well equipped with effective
bombs and trained bomb throwers, hut
the English army was us little pre-
pared in this important department Of
fighting MS In many others. AZ bomb
ing school nm old sergeant of the Grcn-
adler guards, whom had the good
fortune to meet. told me NJ the dlscour-
agements this branch of the service
suffered before they could meet the
Germans on an equal footing. Paci-
fists and small army people In the
L. :. please read with cnre.) The first
English expeditionary forces had no
bombs at all, but had clicked lot Of
casualties from those thrown by the
Bochcs. One bright morning someone
higher up had an idea and issued an
order detailing two men from each
platoon TO go to bombing school TO
learn the duties Of bomber and how
10 manufacture bombs. Noncommis-
stoned officers were generally selected
for this course. After about two
weeks at school they returned To their
units In rest bllets or In the fire
trench, as the case might be. and got
busy teaching their platoons how to
make "jam tins"
Previously an order had been issued
for all ranks 10 save empty jam tins
for the manufacture Of bombs. A pro-
fesSor Of bombing would sit on the
fire step In the front trench with the
remainder Of his section crowdlng
around TO see him work.
on his left would he pile Of empty
and rusty jam tins. while beside him
on the fire step would he mlscella-
neous assortment Of material used in
the manufacture Of the "jam tins"
Tommy would stoop down. get an
empty "jam tin" take handful Of
clayey mud from the pnrnpet and line
The inside ~ tho Tin with This sinh.
stance Tben no vouIJ roach over
nick nm his de,o,,,or and ,xn,osiv.
and ipsar, ,beu IN tho tin ,us. mo.
trudinr ON tho fire s,en would no n
pile of fragments OF she'll shropnel
balls. bits OF iron. nails. etc.-onvthIng
that was hard enough 10 ssnd over 10
Fritz; he would scoop IN n handful Of
this Junk and nut II I'm the bomb. Per.
hans one of the pIatoon would ask him
explain that when the bomb explodeJ
these bits would f,y about and kin ar
wound any German hit nv same. tho
would Immediately mil +,
button OF his tunIc and hand ~ IN
the bomb maker with SWELL blam.
me. send this over ms a souvenir" or
another Tommy would volunteer an
old rusty and broken jackknIfe: both 4
would be accepted and Inserted.
Then the nrofessor vouId ,ake nm.
other bondfnI ~ mud and mn IN. II,
ofter which no vouId nuncb a hole In
the lid of the fin and nut II over the
top OF the bomb, the fuse sticking out. I
Then perhaps he would tightly wrap I
wire around the outside of the tin. and |
the bomb was ready to send over TO !.
Fritz with Tommy's compliments.
A niece of wood about four inches
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CHAPTER xiv.

Picks and shovels.
] had not slept long before the sr>se
The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-06-06

Continued from last week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23
RELAY TEAMS ALL
READY FOR PENN
MEET ON SATURDAY

Washington will be represented by
three relay teams at the big Penn
relay games to be held in Philadel-
phia on Saturday. There is also a
possibility that two Georgetown attn
Ietes will go up Friday for the col
legiate end Of the program.
Dorsey Griffith and Bill Gates, Of
the Blue and Gray relay team. viii
probably be given a chance at the
sprints and hurdles in the program
for Friday.
In the high school championship
relay OF the United States Central
High School is sending it's crack
quartet. Bill Foley has gotten n
strong team together for the big
race and can be expected to make
his usual fine showing.
Technical High School viii send
relay team to the games to COM
pete in it's class. Tech won handiIy
last season. At Central, Mclean. Con-
raids, Defibaugh. Johnson and Holden
will probably go up. Tech will have
Mcnamara. Gross, Burgess. H. Car
penter, and g. Carpenter TO select for
the race.
Georgetown win send Griffith,
Gates. Connolly. and Durack to COM
pete in the South Atlantic title race
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23
DEPARTMENTAL IS
GETTING STARTED
WITHEIGHT TEAMS

The Departmental Baseball League
Will get under way April 20, when the
War Trade Bureau team and the
Fninance and Accounts Club start
proceedings on the White Lot.
The circuit will play through the
summer as an eight-club organization.
At last nights meeting C. T. Kirby
was elected honorary president and
Jack O'Leary secretary.
The teams with their managers fol
low: War Trade Board, Tom Daily;
War Risk Insurance Accounts. Rodney
Longe: Personnel q. NJ. c, J. Glesen-
feld; Agricultural Department, Jack
OLeary: Finance and Accounts, Q. NJ.
q. o., Jack O'Brien; supply and Con
troll, Q. VI. C., Z. Davis; Department
of Commerce. o.. \. Reinhardt, and En-
gineers, 34Tth Detachment, George
Lyons.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23

Two OF the best performers in col
Iege ranks today happen 10 be former
western High School lads. Ray
mond Peck was picked by experts as
the best guard in college basketball
this season. Last fall John Whelehel
was a halfback on Gilmour DObie's
great machine at the Navy. Whelehel
has also made the baseball team this
spring.
The Army and Navy Props boast
four players at the service schools.
Hazelhurst, Foster, and Wieks are
regulars on the Army team at West
Point, and Bob Bolton is at the Naval
Academy. Dorsey Griffith, South At
lantic title holder in the hundred
and four-forty, is at Georgetown. with
Bill Gates, a former Central track
captain. who holds several indoor
sprint titles.
Johnny Stokes, another Central
lad, has earned fame at West Point
in football, along with Tug" Nc
Evan. another former Army and
Navy Prem lad. Three former Tech
meal High School lads are making
good with a will in college on base
ball teams. fDave Pfeiffer, last years
Tech baseball captain, is Lehigh's
regular pitcher. Johnny Eiseman
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23

and "sehnitz' Snyder. at Maryland
State. are with curley Byrd's base
ball team. Snyder also make good In
football.
At Cornell Irving Howard. former
Western High captain, is plotting the
Ithacans in baseball Munson Lane,
another Washington boy, is repre-
senting Princeton's wrestling team.
while Edward Tyler, still another
Washington lad. is with the Uniyer-
sity OF Virginia wrestlers-
lied" Welliyer, a Washington boy
at Johns Hopkins. has earned all
sorts OF praise from the Baltimors
scribes on account OF his pitching
this season. At Cornell Edward c.
Fortier, a former Tech runner, IL
one OF Jack Monkeys star half
milers- He viii compete at Penn
this week. Jack Dudley, District
junior champion, and Ceutral's tennis
star OF last season. is at Swarthmore.
Alfred and John Stands, Washington
boys. are on ViFBiniaiss cross country
team.
The war took many washington
boys from the colleges and from rep
resentative teams, but their places
have been filled by just as capable
athletes.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-04-23
wild BILL" WILL
PLAY AUCTIONEER
AT TIGERS START

DETROIT, April pa revival OF
"rhe Auctioneer" will be offered on
the NavIn field stage at the 1918
christening tomorrow afternoon. and
the proceeds will be turned over to
the Detroit navy recruiting station
Ensign Coleman in charge.
Unavoidable circumstances pre-
cIude the appearance Of David War
field in the leading role and so wild
william" Donovan will understudy
the celebrated tragedian- The I'm
tanned One" will appear In front OF
a patriotic drop, battleships. Destroy
ers, marching marines and other
Jackie figures in the foreground. ana
make an appeal to the good citizenry.
Instead of Turing the dollars forth
because Of the alleged price sacri-
flee Auctioneer Donovan will endeav-
or to bid up in the hundreds OF dol
lars a baseball with the signatures
of Ty Cobb, Hughie Jennings, iris
Speaker, Ray Chapman, and Lee Foil
on Il. Bill has guaranteed the boys
whose ~. HIS" are scribbled on the
pill that he will not dispose OF IL TO
designing and inscriptions people
who make a business Of forgery and
Exiting" checks.
Mayor Marx will throw the first
ball TO Charlie Bennett, the old-time
Tiger catcher. A huge service flag
will be flung to the breeze, bearing
: ten stars. that many members OF the
Tigers being now in the service Of
their country.