The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1918-01-26
CREDIT FOR ALL.

S%~@0&A kO6 ALL.
And there is credit enough for al
Lowell and all America for whom the
epic of the great war is written the an
pi"its Of Lieut. Pat O'Brien of Ills Ma
5estS tiyIng Corps Will stand as the
premier.
\ thousand dollars for the Red Cross
in admission fees TO the H. Of r haIl
and Grand Theaters was I.oweIl,s an
pfeelation of the barefoot boy who left
years ago to return an iuternatjona{
nero. Great numbers of people were un-
able to crowd into the two aa.lItori,,,,,s
where the receptions were held and the
narrowing story of the battle in The
clouds. the fall to earth. the 5,tnp from,
speeding train and the escape from
Germany was told
AVIATOR TELLS HIS sroRY.
Lieut. Fat O'Bricn talked of rahb.f,.
aud kings-the cabbages he lived on i,
the sevelity-tWo nights Journey arool
through Germany. LuAburg, Bs1EiuD
and the border. aud the King of England
who granted him an audience lasting
hfty~two minutes. And Far was Just as
glad to &C. the old friends at Lowell as
70 grasp the hand Of a king in a vesy
American way and say, "Howdedo" Ut
must have been just as a great a pleas
ure to tbe king TO meet so straight-fur-
ward and simple hammered a man as 1t
was to the f3lks of Lowell to renew
their acquaintance.
Tall athletic. o. military bearing and
well groomed in tho uniform Of a Brit-
tsh officer, the returned soldier made a
splendid appearance. His hair is JET
black. his eyes blue and he is rather
proud Of a moustsche, not very extens-
i've but rather English and also reddish.
TURNER PRESENTS WATCH
High school girls sang. a boys band
Of twenty-five pieces played. l. N
Turner and Joseph Conroy of Hammond
and Frank Gavit OF Whiting spoke and
an elaborate program was built around
the lieutcnant's talk on his thrilling and
manifold escapes from death. lie spoke
with sreat modcsty and with no pre-
tense at orators. telling an interesting
and marvellous story. -Nftcr the public
meetings he was thc guest OF honor al
q banquet in the Schmal Hotel where A.
". Turner presented the officer with
gold watch purchased by the citizons. of
Lowell.
he TELLS HIS STORY.
Lieut.. 0Brien told his story as fol-
lows ia part:
Ol litt seven l.-f'ittfi or august. last
year while flying over the German limos
with five British airuen We became en-
gagged with twenty German machine
accounted for one when a bullet passed
through my lips and passed cut through
the roof OF my mouth. We were 5000
feet above the earth. Tho next [ knew
was in German hospital being
quizzed 10y German officers. While CON
vaiescent ! saw six British machines
engaged with twice that number Of Ger
mans and two Of the former we're shot
down one Of tho slain pilots was my
dearest friend was sent to i prison
camp in Belgium and for three weeks
the town was bombed by allied airmeu.
The food was bad With seven British
prisoners and ono Trenchmau was put
in compartment of train guarded by
four Germans. During the night while
the train was goius perhaps thfrtv-0vo
miles an hour / Jumped from the WIN
dow. iniuring myself ard rcopening The
old wound. That was tho ninth OF Sep
tenaber. Scventy-two days later
reached London. having passed throueh J..
Germany LuXburg. Belgium and reach
ing Holland, eating only vegetables
from gardsus, swimming rivers ana
canals and having narrow escape. from
death or capture. 7 travelled only bv
night and night after night I was ON
the verge OF giving up. It was a month
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