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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-12

The soldier was just getting the max
ings going nicely.
at wasn't anything your men did.
sergeant, that started the lombard
ment." said the captain. They are re
taliating for our firing all the after
noon"
They always seem to pick our sec
tor" said a lieutenant, coming up.
livery one of US was knocked fiat
when the first shell exploded. one cor
poral had his nose cut by q flying stone
We were in the midst of a foot inSpec-
ton and you would have laughed to see
the men running barefoot through the
cold mud"
The men were laughing and kidding
each other. That the close call had
shaken their nerve never occurred to
one. 1t seemed like a chewing match"
between the innings at base ball
game. One soldier picked up his shoes
which he had left on the firing step
on the side of the trench and found
that piece of shrapnel had cut through
the upperS. AS many as could gathered
around him to make comments and
poke fun at him because he was obliged
to wear leaky shoes. Another took his
shoulder pack off the parapet and dis
! covered that a Jagged hole had been
| cut through the handle of his trench
| spade. Ee probed into the blanket and
| brought out a splinter of steel from
shell. Closeness of danger was only
a cause for further animated discus
| sion.
| Two of the shells in this sudden burst
| of vind.ctive firing fell close enough to
| pile dirt into the trenches. Finally we
| reached a place that was impossible
| Two soldiers We're standing there with
rifles guarding the end
| We go over the top and across to
the next sector only after dark, sir"
| explained one.
| Il an willing to take chance" said
! the captain. II guess they will not
waste a shot at one man"
1T is all right with me- 1 said. II
agree"
Keep ten yards apart and step live
| ly, said the captain as he started
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-12
Airplane Fight Side Attraction.

An airplane fight between three
French and five German machines was
in progress as I went into the trenches.
I could hear the rat-tat of the machine
guns and see strings of white smoke.
One of the German airplanes suddenly
dove downward, turned over half a
dozen times like a wounded bird.
righted itself and glided down toward
its own line.
Soldiers were working in the trench
some digging drainage bitches and
others repairing telephone wires There
were other men carrying hot meals to
their comrades farther toward the front,
where cook kitchens are not safe. All
stopped to gaze at the novelty of an
airplane battle nearly above their
heads.
Don't stop in the street." advised
sentry as we emerged from the trench
into a ruined town. Get into the shell
ter of that building you can see over
there. They may throw a shell"
1t was in this town that the major
commanding a battlaion was located.
in spite of the sentry's advice SOL
diers were walking singly or in twos
and performing different tasks in the
what had once been streets. The roof
less walls of former buildings bore
evidence that shells came often and
in considerable numbers.
Sure, l will send you to any of the
trenches you want to see,' said the
major" Capt - is going up as soon
as he finishes eating. Take a picture Of
the headquarters here before you
start"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-12
In Plain View of the Enemy.

We were in plain view of the enemy
and also in easy range. However the
Germans were either not looking or
did not care to waste a shot. We
crossed the 200 yards with no further
mishap than getting nearly mired in a
shell crater
Get down! Get down. was the shout
we heard as We slid into the trench
on the other side, where four engineer
officers were inspecting the wreck of
the ditch. 1T is dangerous here" said
one.
here" replied the captain
We had walked and waded several
miles in the trenches before We started
back The boom of the big guns died
away and the staccato of the machine
guns was starting up to continue until
dawn, which is always the most critical
time. At that time all Army men are
under arms. ready for anything that
might start Now. some were bringing
up ammunition and others were making
all possible preparations before dark
ness set in. Finally, when we were
half way home the gloom was sufficient
for us to climb out of communica-
ton trench and cut across the fields
None of the officers or men com
plains of danger, hard work or bad
weather" said an officer. Long hours
and responsibility-that is what tires
the men as well as the officers Some
minutes of sleep in seventy-two hours
The men never know when they will be
called out for duty. That is why robust
! men are not in the trenches more than
a few days at time"
Dull Whiz of German Shell.
We were passing camoufaeed
American battery when we heard the
dull whiz of a German shell overhead.
While it was still humming in the air
we saw the flash of an explosion be-
hind the battery, and then heard a /
crash. Three other shells followed the
first, but one failed to explode Then
the American battery let go all four
guns at once in reply to the German
annoyer. and once more the region was
silent
Military observers since seeing how
our men conduct themselves in the SUI
preme test of the trenches agree that
America will have a great army; some
say 1t viii be the greatest army in the
world. But all attach big if They
always add IF America sends it over"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-12
More Working Parties Encountered

working parties increased, as we an
preached the front Some were digging
drainage bitches, some were putfins
in new wire twig revetments and Others
were repairing the damage done by
smells In one place pit twenty feet
across had been cut in the side of the
trench by an exploding shell that morn
Ing, and men were busy with spades
and tinbers Strengthening the line
again.
That firing you hear is our guns
spotting." said the captain The enemy
probably will come back with re-
taliatory FIRE and if it is on this trench
get into the dugouts as quickly as pos
sibIe-"
Yes, SIR" replied the sergeant in
charge of gang of men who continued
shoveling. Shells would have to start
coming before the soldiers would be
bothered thinking about them.
Has there been any shipping today?"
asked the captain after we had gone
through a long narrow passageway
stopping double and had reached a lis
tening post far in advance of the first
line trenches.
mo, sir" replied a soldier Of unmis-
takably italian origin.
Have YOU seen anythingT continued
the captain.
Yea. sir. One showed himself right
ezsr there" Replied the1ealdieE.4 peint-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-12

ing through a hole in the sandbags in
the direction of the German trenches q
couple of hundred yards distant. Il
took a shot at him and got him, sir"
he added with a touch of pride in his
voice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-12
Soldiers Laugh and Joke.

On the lee side of one dugout a dozen
soldiers were laughiI and joking as
they were ~dolling up" to the extent
of scraping few pounds of mud off
their puttees. They also were washing
underwear, bathing and shaving One
Industrious soldier who had been
farmer boy was scratching what had
once been garden to plant seeds. The
hlled with the graves of French SOL
Giers.
Get a picture of us in our front
yard, shouted one. THE folks at home
IN old Kansas City certainly would
never know me now" joked another
All crowded into the sunlight regard
less of the posi- bility of Smelling. These
men had been relieved few days pre-
Nlously but the strain of the trenches
had not dampened their ardor. Instead
confidence had taken the place of any
uncertainty they might have had he
fore they had been in the trenches
They had had experience in the dangers
OF trench life and though some of their
comrades were gone these men had
come pack safely and Were certain to
return again TO the front with the same
confidence. All who have been in the
trenches feel like veterans
would rather be in the trenches
than back here" said one. 1T is TOO
quiet Up there something is doing and
you nave TO keep your eyes peeled "
Inc reason for the presence of the
airpianes was now explained as the
american batteries started firing slow
y aho regularly while we were going
through ditch higher than our heads
toward the front. 1t was the first clear
DAY IN weeks. Our batteries were en-
gagged IN spotting the enemy trenches
Each shot was registered by an air
PIahe' showing whether it was accu-
hers TO secure the exact range.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-12
McGuire's Cigarette Is Banned.

You. MCGUIRE, stop smoking that
cigarette or you will have them shoot
ing over In this direction again. or
dared = sexEeaRtv ina tansa whisper.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
Miss Eugenia Mapes Bride
of David Price at Carlisle

Carlisle, Pa, Jan. 12.-In a we'd
ding event at noon to-day, Miss Eu-
genia Mapes, of Carlisle, and David
w. Price, of Bridgeport, Conn, u
Dickinson law school graduate, were
married at the home of the brides
mother, Mrs. A. NJ. Mapes, in West
Louther street. The affair was at
tended by about fifty immediate rela-
tiVes and friends.
The Rev. DIR. A. n. Hagerty, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church,
had charge of the ceremony, the
ring service of the denomination be-
ing used. The bride wore a taupe
afternoon gown of duchess satin.
Her attendants were garbed in the
afternoon costumes of varied hues.
The bridesmaids were the Misses
Rebecca Thompson and Edna Lo-
gan, of Carlisle; Jeanette Price, of
Peckville, and Marguerite English,
Ocean City, n. ]. Martha Shearer,
of Pittsburgh, was flower girl.
The best man was Mr.. Shelter, a
prominent Bridgeport attorney. Af-
ter a wedding journey to Eastern
cities the couple will live at Bridge
port, where the groom is engaged in
the practice of law.
Mrs. Price is a daughter of Mrs.
a. NJ. Mapes and prominent socially
here. She attended Dickinson Col
| lege and was a member of the Chi
! Omega Sorority. The groom is a
/ graduate of Rochester University
/ and a member of the Theta Delta
| Chi fraternity there. He graduated
from the Dickinson school of law in
! the class of 1914.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
PICK NEW MEN
AS ELIGIBLES
AT CAMP MEADE
Pennsylvania Boys Will Be
Given Chance to Qualify
as Officers

Camp Meade, Md. Jan. 12.-Another
coming the way of some of the boys.
Announcement was made at division
headquarters yesterday that an exam
ining board had been established for
the purpose of determining the fitness
OF enlisted and selected men here for
commissions as second lieutenants in
the quartermaster's corps.
These men will go before this board
Tor rigid test. The successful ones
VIII be put on the eligible list and
will be given commissions as vacan-
cies occur The commanders of the
various military units have been re-
quested to send up for examination
the men in their regiment best suited
for such work. In the various Penn
sylVania regiments there are men who
Eeld nigh positions in financial insti-
tutions, and who would be particu-
larry well adapted for this branch of
the service. This new announcement
brought cheer to many of the Penn
sylvanians who had been disheartened
by their failure to gain entrance to
the officers training camp.
The students in this camp are
working hard. harder in fact than at
any time since they came here. They
are getting the most intensive kind
of intensive training. and they have
it impressed upon them that thev
must learn quickly and well. as this
. Is time when every second counts.
Delays they are told mean much to
the Germans. This note is accentu-
ated in their training.
Some of the trousers which once
covered the legs of the boys back
at home and some of the shirts that
| kept them warm will be worn soon
by poor Belgian men and youths.
| Thirty-four cases of clothing, con-
tanning among other things 1000
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
Explains Importance OF
Motors Breathing Capacity


by unusual breathing capacity in
a motor" says ]. a. BentZ, distribu-
tor for Nash cars. lis meant the
ability of the moor TO get more
gases into its cylinders, filling them
its lungs-more completely before
each explosion,
1.-The better a motor breathes, the
more powerful are its explosions
The more powerful its explosions
the more power il puts into the drive
of the car.
I'm every day language. what is
meant by the breathing capacity OF
n motor is it's ability to inhale the
live bases into its cylinders and to
eNhale the burnt bases. The eXhal-
ing process involves no engineering
problem worth mentioning. 1t is the
inhaling with which engineers have
had most difficulty.
The live bases must be teased
from Carburetor to cylinders so that
they will fill the cylinders most COM
pletely before the explosions take
place.
In this process great care must
be taken to use to it's utmost the ma
tural inertia of the gasses. The
engineers have aided them only
slight pressures. always less than the
atmospheric pressure.
Consequently it is extremely inn
portant that the passages from the
carburetor to cylinders be rs
straight and as smooth as possible
so that the resistance to the in
flowing gases shall be reduced to q
minimum.
Because the straight, smooth
passages of the valve-in-head type
offer less resistance TO the gases
coming into the cylinders than do
the curved, rough ones of other
types of motors, the valve-in-head
type has naturally the greatest
breathing capacity.
Starting with this natural ad-
vantage, Nash. engineers have fur
ther perfected and improved this
type of motor until the Nash per-
fected valve-in-head motor inhales
exceedingly we'll. This has been
accomplished by Strengthening and
enlarging the passages from carbu-
rotor to cylinders, and by providing
extra large valves and high valve
lifts
That is why the Nash Six motor
is known as the deep breathing mo-
tor. 1t this feature which is re-
sponsible for the speedy accelera-
ton and great versatility of power
in the Nash Six"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
America Far Behind
in Airplane Schedule

Montreal Quebec, Jan. 12.-Ger-
many will have nothing to fear from
the United States air fighting forces
during the coming spring because the
American aircraft program is far
behind" it's schedule, according to
Major William A. Bishop. winner Of
Victoria Cross. who addressed the
CanadiPa Club here yesterday. He is
credite with shooting down forty
five G rman aircraft,
MAJOR Bishop characterized as "un-
fortU late" the advertising which has
beer given the United States Govern
merits aircraft program. He said
that while France would find it i'm
possible further to enlarge her air
plane fighting forces during the COM
ing half year. Germany, knowing
Americas intentions, has greatly eX-
panded her flying corps in an effort
to gain supremacy in air warfare.
Consequently, he declared, during
the next few months Great Britain
will have Ito face the most terrible
time she has vet faced and especially
from the point of view of war in the
air"
Americas assistance in maintaining
allied air lighting superiority may
be felt" by summer, he said.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
RED CROSS AIDS
MANY FAMILIES
Home Relief Department Sees
That Soldiers Depend
ants Do Not Want

More than forty families have al
ready been visited and more than
$3.50 has been expended for the re-
lief of families by the Home Service
Department of the Red Cross, ac-
cording to a statement made by Mrs.
Lyman ID. Gilbert, president of the
local chapter last night. Mrs. Gill
bert tells OF the departments work,
in her statement, which follows:
In view of the numerous news
paper articles about Harrisburg fam
lilies of soldiers at the front, who
are in need, 1t seems wise for me as
chairman OF the local Red Cross
Chapter to make a statement about
what the Red Cross is doing, has
done and hopes to do for the fam
lilies of the men who are serving the
colors. We feel that we have per-
haps not taken the public sufficiently
into our confidence as to the work
We are doing. This policy has been
followed because we consider that
the families of our soudiers are en-
titled to have their affairs handled
with the greatest dehcacy and con-
sideration for their feelings
The Red Cross Home Service De-
rartment wish to act as real friends.
our sympathy, our advice, and
when it is needed, our financial help
are freely given. To go more into
detail, some forty families have al
ready been visited. Something over
$3.50 has been expended by the COM
mittee in direct relief, or in loans to
families where the government al
lowance under the War Risk Law
has not been received. Rent is be-
ing assumed in some cases, grocer
les in others, temporary loans in
10 81 ~
of the families the need is only acute
because the government has not yet
been able to send the allowance pro-
vided for under the law adopted last
October.
Help For Aurands
while temporary and permanent
relief make up large share of the
work of the committee, there also
ere many friendly acts of service in
which there is no money expended.
These include the correspondence
with the War Department, for those
who do not know how to go about
it, helping wives or mothers to fill
out application blanks for the gov
eminent allowance, corresponding
with the soldiers themselves and
sometimes with their officers, find
ing employment for members of the
families at home, reporting bad
housing and health conditions to the
proper authorities, and many other
practical forms of helpfulness.
The Aurand case is receiving
careful attention, and we expect a
favorable result from the govern
ment's action. In the meantime the
Red Cross is doing all the family
will permit them to do, to be of SER
vice.
THE committee in charge of this
work includes leading citizens from
all walks of life, known for their
humane and patriotic motives. A
trained social worker has been en-
ployed, and she is assisted by large
number of earnest volunteer visi-
tors.
For the Harrisburg Red Cross
may l urge the active cooperation
of the citizens of Harrisburg in re-
porting to us every case in which we
may help in any way?"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
COMMERCIAL CARS
MAKE LONG TOURS
Dealers Drive New Dodge Car
Through Snow to Home
of Purchaser

1t is apparent from activities to be
observed around Dodge Brothers
Works in Detroit that neither dealers
nor the general public are losing time
in their drive on the commercial car
department. Nearly every one of the
long and constant professions OF pas
senger cars which leaves the factory
gates for cross-country runs to the
homes of dealers is headed by one
or more of the incorporating COM
mercial cars on which delivery be-
San only few weeks ago. The fleets
of cars in this respect are not un-
like the great troop trains of trucks
which were almost invariably pre-
ceded by a Dodge Brothers touring
car or roadster when the motor sys-
TEN of transportation was introduced
in the American Army on the MeXi-
can border.
Drivers usually are eager to be as
signed to the commercial car, for, in
the snow and blustery winds, its
warm curtain enclosure is a comfort
not to me sCorned. At any rate an
emphatic remark to this effect was
made by party of Georgians a few
days ago when their arrival from the
warm and sunny south was heralded
by the first snow storm of the win
ter. Owing to the difficulties of
freight car transportation many.
dealers from all sections of the coun-
try are meeting the demand for cars
by going TO the factory and driving.
them through to their destinations.
This method will be followed the en-
tire winter, regardless of weather
conditions.
Commercial cars already have
been driven to such far distant points
as Lawrence, Kans.. Atlanta, Ga,
Hannibal. Mo. Paris, Tenn. Gin
Cinnau, o, Waterloo. Ia, Daven-
port, Ia. JohnStown. Pa, and Terre
Iaute. Ind. The first commercial
car went TO the Dashiell Motor Com
pany. Chicago.
Commenting on the immediate de-
nland which greeted this car
the dealer in this city, said:
Almost since the day Dodge
Brothers began building motor cars
businessmen have asked why a COM
mercial car was not added to the
lire, as the standard passenger car
obviously possessed rugged. depend
able characteristics which could
easily be made TO serve a more gen.
eral purpose. In fact hundreds of
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
RUSSIA BOWS TO
TEUTON DEMANDS
[Continucd from First Page. !

sheviki Telegraph Agency at Petro-
appeal to the soldiers and workmen
and as reply to the German peace
proposals. The appeal refers to Ger
lmany's rejection of the proposals
framed previously and their open
talk of anneXations. In the event of
separate peace the call declares the
Russian republic and its councils will
be surrounded on all sides by
enemies.
American and French fnanciers, -
he continues ARE rendering money to
provide war material for Kaledines.
The German bourgeoisie are quite
prepared to use them as allies for
sitting the Russian revolution. These
are conditions which raise for the
Russian peasants and workmen the
whole question of the defense of the
conquest achieved by the revolution
and of the holy war against the
bourgeoise not only of Russia, hut of
Germany, France and Great Brit
tain.
should the bourgeoise be victor
ious they will take vengeance in the
shape of the most cruel terror and
torture, drenehing the land with
blood, and which would put in the
shade the torments inflicted by the
satellites of the Car. 1t may be that
holy war on the fronts as we'll as
behind the lines stands before us as
a terrible and unavoidable fate"
Krylenko maintains that the old
army is exhausted and that a new
one must be created with the Red
Guard as a nucleus and that it must
be subject to rigorous, revolutionary
discipline.
"comrades." he says, "the people
of Italy, Spain, France, Austria and
Switzerland watch you with hope
and await the call to battle against
their bourgoisie. Their soldiers will
not march against revolutionary
Russia. Enroll yourselves in the
ranks of the peoples guard and safe
guard the revolution and Socialism,"
The appeal concludes by declaring
there will be no compulsion in re-
cruiting, and appealing to the COM
rades in the Ukraine to respond to
the call in order to defend liberty.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-01-12
RESERVE UNITS
TOBE ORGANIZED
Adjutant General Beary Will
Have Conferences at Phil
adelphia Next Week

Tentative plans
have been made
for the organiZa =
ton of about n
dozen units of
the new Reserve
Militia and at a
conference to be
held at Phila del
phia on Monday
between Adjutant
General B e a L v
and Charles Il.