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Evening journal., 1918-01-26
MEN AND "RELIGION"

ligion7"
Perhaps you say that you make no
pretense OF having ANY religion. Well
there are some mighty good men who
make no profession Of religion. But
honestly-dont you know that you
have actually adopted a little creed OF
your own, and that you really consider
yourself superior to a lot OF other fell
lows in this old world who have pass
ed through all that you are now ex-
periencing, but who are now banded
together in a church, for the nirpose
OF organically trying 60 bring more
cheer and gladness to thousands Of
burdened hearts?
And they're doing it-these church
men. in spite Of tremendous handicaps.
sometimes. They make mistakes once
in a while, but did you ever think Of
1.-THE WORST OF THEM CAME
FROM THE SIDE THAT YOU'RE ON
the outsider
Come on-get in the game-PLAY A
MANS PART. Line up with the church
Of your choice, and get busy.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
GEnMAN asoNG or WAN FouNp oN PmsoNEn

found German pris-
captured Cvdae Udne Underlying is the be-
yanqushcd the VICTOR
known TO be Of the sanctions o nnlnaism follows
T the hour and OF
30 gunner the great thy nvulneabe brother calls thee
no o reiuyenate the world2
20 rinenan that DEATH No
enee
harvest OF heads;
winged That trembling flesh ready to
thine thy chidrens
OF Life
the e OF the ynqushed bsorved into
the life Of the slain becomes part OF the slayer
gather the bosom OF thy fatherand
he o world
pity and children The OF the Non
Of what
Why, In killing thine enemy
houl aliye2
Germany, forward Destroy break cast down, spear
kill XIII, killhe path OF glory Is before usl'
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
By The REV. CHARLES sTELZLE.

Most men have just about enough
religion" TO make them miserable. To
such religion is purely a negative
proposition. It's a series OF "Donts'
which keeps them guessing. It's sys-
tenn which ISLANDERS the real thing.
There's nothing joyous or spontaneous
about t.
Haven't you ever noticed the in
functions in the Bible TO REJOICE
That's the keynote OF Christianity. II
your religious life isn't a joyful one
there is something wrong with IL.
WADE QUIT Get beyond the breakers
IT'S safe there, and smoother, and you'll
have a better time all around.
But II you're shutting the Joy out
OF some other mans life there's SURE
'LY something wrong with you. You
may be doing IL by rejecting your own
soured disposition. Your shadow may
be casting gloom over every man that
YOU influence. And II you are SlS-
TEAfATICALLY crushing hope out of
gssn. what can be said for your re
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
CANADIAN OFFICER TO
SPEAK AT ST. ANDREW 5

Sunday services al st. Andrews p.
Z. Church. Shlpley and Eighth streets.
the Rev. r. w Trapneu, rector, win
be: 9.45 o'clock. Sunday school and
Bible class; fl o'clock, morning prayer
and sermon; T.45 o'clock, evening
prayer and address by Lieutenant Harry
Nilsson Of the Canadian Expedltionary
Force. A cordial invitation IS extend
ed to the public.
The offering taken on Sunday Is for
the furtherance Of the work OF the
Church War Commission which Is sup
plementing with voluntary assistance
that Of the overworked chaplains to
the forces. both at home and abroad.
Seventy thousand Of our churchmen
are asking and getting the spiritual
minlstratlons and comfort OF our
church. This Is the first cali and it
IS confidently expected that the mini
mum amount necessary. SJ0OOOO. for
carrying on the work this year will be
exceeded in this days Offering through
out the nation and that every church
man will contribute to this fund to
his utmost ability.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
IMMIGRATION Grief TO
Give ETHICAL lecture

The Ethical Culture Association has
very attractive program for Sunday
afternoon. when the lecture Will be
given by DR.. Frederic C. Howe, Com
missioner Of Immigration at the port
Of New York His subject is "The
Changing America"
He is well known as the author OF
many books dealing with constructive
democracy, and the various public po-
sitions he has held enable him to speak
from the knowledge which he has
gained in personal experience.
Il is hoped that he will be greeted
by a large audience.
The meeting will commence at 4
O'Clock, and will be held in the Rose
Room Of the Hotel dupont.
Appropriate music will be rendered
by the hotel orchestra.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
BERCE Sisters. SINGERS
IN M'CABE REVIVAL

At McCabe Memorial Church, Boule-
ward and Tventy-secOnd street the
Rev. James W. Easley, pastor, services
Tor the Sabbath are as follows:
1890 o'clock, worship and evangells-
tic work: at noon, the Sunday school
meets; Gas o'clock, the Epworb
League devotional service; 7.30 O'Clock,
union evangelistic Service, with the
Berge Sisters.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
union CHURCH Gets
2O new MEMBERS

At Union NJ E. Church, Fifth and
Washington streets, the Rev. w. F.
Corkran. pastor, there will be preach
ing tomorrow morning and night by
the pastor His theme in the morning
will be: God and His Place" In the
evening he will take for a subject
After the Revival, What?"
The class meeting. in charge OF E.
W. Dunlap, will meet at $50 o'clock.
Sunday school at 2 O'Clock, and Ep-
worth League at 6.45 o'clock
The revival meeting that closed last
Sunday was a great success, % peg-
sons have Joined the church and others
will do so. The Nygren party did
splendid work and was a great factor
in the results achieved.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
TYPOGRAPHICAL Union
TO CELEBRATE ANNIVERSARY

At the monthly meeting Of Typo
graphical Union, No. 1913. last night
It was decided to celebrate the thirty
seventh anniversary Of the union at the
Hotel Nobis, on Wednesday, February 20.
The committee in charge Of the
celebration promise TO make It one Of
the most successful events ever held by
the organization.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
OLD sMEnEs CHURCH.

Sunday Aervices at Old Swedes
Church, Seventh and Church streets.
the Rev. Robert Bell. vicar, will be:
Holy Communion at o'clock; morn
ing prayer and sermon at 1870 o'clock;
sunday School at 230 o'clock. There
will be no evening service at Old Swedes
Church as the congregation will take
part in the patriotic service at Trinity
oh
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
INITARIAN SERVICES.

The Rev. Charles A. Wing. pastor Of
the Baltimore church. will preach in
the Unitarian Church. Sunday, January
q. at 1918 o'clock Sol0ist Miss
Wales. assisted by Il. II. Collins In duet I;
organist, Miss Bach.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
PROGRESSIVE sPIRITUALIsTs.

Sunday evening services at the First
Progressive Spiritualists' Church, Pyth-
ian Castle Hall. No. 9O6 West street.
Messages by Mr.. Gillen, Of Philadel-
phia.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
ST. MATTHEW'S CHURCH.

At st. Matthew's p. Z. Church, Eighth
and Shipley streets, Sunday services
will be: Sunday school. 230 o'clock;
Vespers, ; o'clock; holy communion,
second Sunday, o'clock.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
SERVICES AT IyIMANUEL
CHIRCH. HIGHLANDS

The only service at Emmanuel Church,
Highlands, on Sunday. will be at II
o'clock. The Rev William II. Laird.
rector, will ofIlciate and preach at this
service.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
GRANTS CHAPEL.

There will be preaching at Il o'clock
and o'clock tomorrow at Grants
Chapel, Locust street below street,
The Rev. ]. A. Spencer, pastor.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
ONE SOURCE OF
MUCH WORRY.

The fact that, as the Berlin Taegliche
Rundschau phrases 1t. "the Defeating
British merchant IS shaking of the
somnolence Of centuries" seems TO be
causing a good deal OF uneasiness In
Germany. The following extract from
the Weser Zeitung Is typical Of numer-
Gus comments:
England Is actively occupied In re-
organizing her own trade and industry
so that after the war she may, when
the long-planned exclusion Of German
exports comes into force. take Ger
manys place in the worlds markets.
1T goes without saying that In prac-
tice things will not work quite 50
smoothly as has been calculated. One
thing. however, we must impress on
the German people.
1.-The old comfortable conservative
England has been thoroughly reused
into activity by the world war; the old
and somewhat rusty English energy is
bestirrlng itself, and will employ In
fighting all German competition, the
same ruthless brutality which 1t is dis
playing in the conduct Of the military
Evening journal., 1918-01-26

Spiritualist Church, Universal Broth
erhood, meets Sunday evening. Z 80, at
Opera House. Mrs. Crumpton reads
ballots.-Adv.
Evening journal., 1918-01-26
INVITATIONS
TO JAPAN.

In addition to the articles which ac-
cuse Japan OF refusing help TO the al
lies, events in Russia have led 10 fresh
discussions OF future relations between
Germany and Japan.
Herr Georg Irmer. formerly German
consul general at sydney, who is re-
garded as an expert on the Far East
contributes contemptuous article
about the japanese TO the Taeglich,
Rundschau. lie says that the japanese
"in their whole character and In their
waiting, treacherOus policy are eX-
tremely like cats" After a good deal Of
insolent abuse. Herr Irmer indicates
that Germany may be willing 20 con-
slider any suitable proposals from Japan
II they are made with sufficient humil-
lty. He writes:
The news Of the Russian catastrophe
Immediately brought our incurable op-
timists 90 the top. one would think
that we had had enough OF that dis
graceful spectacle OF the ovations
which were paid TO the Japanese in the
streets OF Berlin in August, 1914.
Undoubtedly, the japanese Will want
after the war to have Germany's enor-
nous power as a support In the threat
ening DAYS Of the American storm. II
is possible that sooner or later the hour
will come when new ties will be Great
ed between Japan and Germany.
"But at present we are still a Ions
way from that. After such experiences
in the war, we really ought TO have
learned 20 abandon our habit Of run
ming after other peoples. We should bC
absolute fools II we let ourselves be
guided. as regards Japan, by any other
consideration than the imperative OF
our interests.
III the Japanese want TO beg us for
fine weather, let them pay us theiI
state visit; they will find the door oper
at all times FOR their reception. But
Japan must not forget that the value
Of her new friendship Will depend con
siderably upon this step being taker
soon-best OF all In association with hel
liussian ally.
japan must know that it is not only
In Tokyo that people understand how
20 exploit in their own interests the
Iembarrassments Of other peoples
/ AN ARRIVAL"
FROM LONDON.
The Osnabruecker Volkszeitung eves
goes so far as 90 declare that peace q
now only matter Of a few weeks, a:
England has already practically" silver
/ in. The authority for this statement
seems unimpeachable:
1T Is not from our personal convic-
tion that we make the statements wnici
follow. They are based on most reli'
able data which we have obtained from
highly intelligent and even we'll
known parsonage, who has lately ar
rived IN Germany from England.
zone thing can be stated with abso
lutte certainty In the smashing Of Ger
many in which everybody still belleye0
a year ago, when Kaiser Wilhelm mad
his peace offer, NOT A SOUL HAS NOV
"A SCRAP OF FAITH In England it
universally admitted that they are n
longer nghting for the so-called ilni
victory. but merely for a diminution
the German victory"
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

On June "a. 1916. at e:4O in the
arntng our guns opened up. and hell
5 let loose The din wss terrific. a
instant boorn-boorn-boom in your ear.
AT night the sky was q red glare.
our bombardnent had lasted abou,
two hours when Fritz started reply
ing. Although We were sending over
ten shells to his one, our casualties
we're heavy There was constant
stream Of stretchers coming out Of the
communication trenches and burial
parties were a common sight
In the dugoufs the noise OF the guns
almost hurt You had the same sensa-
tlon as when riding on the subway you
enter the tube under the river going
TO Brookiyn-a sort of pressure on the
ear drums. and the ground constantly
trembling.
The roads behind the trenches were
very dangerous because Boche shrap-
mel was constantly bursting over them.
We avoided these dangerous spots by
crossing through open fields.
The destruction In the German lines
was awful and I really felt sorry for
them because realized how they must
be clicking It.
From our front-line trench. every
now and again. We could hear sharp
whistle blasts In the German trenches.
These blasts were the signals for
stretcher bearers. and meant the
pounding or killing Of some German in
the service Of his fatheriand.
Atwell and had 4 tough time Of II
patrolling the different trenches at
night, but after awhile got used to II.
Ny old outfit, the machine gun COM
pany, was stationed In huge elephant
dugouts about four hundred yards be
hind the front-line trench-they were
In reserve. Occasionally would stop
In their dugout and have Il confab with
my former mates Although we tried
to be jolly. still, there was a lurking
feeling of impending disaster. Each
man was wondering. If. after the
slogan, "Over the top with the best Of
luck" had been sounded. would he still
be alive or would he be lying "some-
where In France" In IN old dilapldated
house, the walls of which were SCARED
with machinegun bullets, No. 3 sec
ton Of the machine gun company had
Its quarters. The company's cooks pre-
rured the meals In this billet On the
fifth evening of the bombardment a
German eight-inch shell registered a
direct hit on the billet and wiped out
ten men who were asleep in the sup
posedly bomb-proof cellar. They were
buried the next day and attended the
funeral
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
IN q numbering voice ASKED:
~what did you sayT

In numbering voice asKed:
-what did you sayT'
The sergeant with scarlet look on
his face and his knees trembling.
sInartly saluted and answered:
Nothing. sir"
Old Pepper said:
"well. don't say II SO loudly the next
dime"
Then Old Pepper continued:
in this section Of the German
trenches there are two or three ma
chine gins which our artillery. in the
last two or three days. has been un-
able TO tape. These guns command the
sector where two of our communion
ton trenches join the front line. and
as the brigade is TO go over the top to-
morrow morning want TO capture two
or three men from these guns crews.
and from them l may be able to obtain
valuable information as TO the exact
location OF the guns. and our artillery
will therefore be able 10 demolish them
before the attack. and thus prevent
our losing q lot Of men while using
these communication trenches to bring
up re-enforcemenis."
These were the instructions he gave
us:
take OF your Identification disks
strip your uniforms of all numerals
insignia. etc, lenve your papers with
your captains. because I don't want the
Boches 10 know what regiments are
against them as this would be valuable
Information to them in our attack to-
morrow and l don't want any of you
TO be taken alive. What want Is two
prisoners and II I get them l have q
way which will make them divuige
all necessary information as to their
guns. You have your choice of two
weapons-you may carry your per.
suaders' or your knuckle knives, and
each man will arm himself with -four
Mills bombs. these to be used only In
case of emergency"
A persuader is Tommy's nickname
for club carried by the bombers. II
is about two feet long. thin at one end
and very thick nt the other. The thick
end is studded with sharp steel spikes,
while through the center Of the club
there Is nine-inch lead bar, to give
1t weight and balance. When you get
a prisoner all you have TO do is just
stick this club up In front Of him, and
believe me. the prisoners patriotism
for Deutschland ueber Allies" fades
away and he very willingly oheys the
orders of his captOr. II, however. the
prisoner gets high.toned and refuses to
follow you. simply persuade" him by
first removing his tin hat. and then
well, the use of the lead weight In tn.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

.persuader II demonstrated, and, Tom
my looks for another prisoner.
The knuckle knife Is dagger affair.
sfhe blade. Of which II about eight
inches long with a, heavy steel guard
over the grip. This guard is studded
with steel projections. Al night In a
trench. which Is only about three to
four feet wide. II makes q very handy
d weapon One punch In the, face, gen.
,srally skaters mans Jaw and you
can get him with the knife ~ hs. goes
Y down.
Then We had what we. called our
-ccme-alongs." These, are strands Of
barbed wire about three dfeet alens.
: made Into a moose, at one end; at the
Other, end. the barbs are cut OF and
1 Tommy slips, his wrist through a, loop
) to get good grip on the wire.f II the
prisoner wants to argue the point, why
! just place the large loop around his
neck and no matter, t. Tommy wishes
70 return to his trenches at the walk,
trot. or gallop. Fritz Is perfectly agree
I able to maintain Tommy's rate Of
speed.
We were ordered to black our faces
and hands. For this reason; At night,
the English and Germans use what
they call star shells. a sort of rocket
affair. They are fired from a large
pistol about twenty inches long, which
il held over the sandbag parapet of the
trench. and discharged into the air.
These star shells attain a height Of
about sixty feet. and range Of from
fifty to seventy-five yards. When they
hit the ground they explode, throwing
Z out a strong calcium light which lights
mp the ground In q circle of radius Of
between ten to fifteen yards. They
also have parachute star shell which.
after reaching q height Of about sixty
feet, explodes. A parachute unfolds
and slowly floats to the ground, light
Ing up large circle In No Mans Land.
The Official name Of the star shell is
"very-hght." veFy-lights are used
to prevent night surprise attacks on
the trenches. II star shell falls in
front Of you. or between you and the
German lines. Jon are safe from detee-
rion. ~ the enemy cannot zee you
through the bright curtain Of lixiat.
But II II falls behind you and, a. Tom
my says. you get In the star shell
zone." then the fun hesins !. you have
10 He lat On yoar, stomach and senain
,ahsoaateays uotioqlese pntfl ~ lighf of
the shea dies eat ;This takes. ,Any-
5asissan .tss~hsiis Z sss s...... ....-..,,l.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
CHAPTER XVI.

All -ousst -(s)- ~ the !ysasassn Esont
At brigade headquarters I, happened
to ovefhear q conversation between our
G. o. G. general o1icer cOmmanding)
and the divisional commander. From
this conversation I learned that we
were to lombard the German lines for
eight days, and ON the nrst Of. July the
-big push" was to commence.
In few days orders were issoed to
that effect. and It was eommonS prop
erty all along the line.
On the afternoon of the eighth day Of
our ''strafeing." Atwen and I were sit
ting In the front-line trench smoking
fags and making out our reports Of the
previous nights tour Of the trenches.
which we had to turn In to headquar-
tiers the following day, when an order
was passed down the trench that Old
Pepper requested twenty volunteers to
go over ON q trench raid that night to
try and get few German prisoners for
information purposes. immediately
volunteered for this Job. and ,shook
hands with Atwell, and went to the
rear to give my name to the oflcefs In
charge Of the raiding party.
I was accepted. worse luck.
At 9:45 that night we reported to the
brigade headquarters dugout to receive
Instructions from Old Pepper.
After reaching this dugout we lined
up in a semicircle around him, and he
addressed US as follows:
"All l want you boys to do Is to 70
over to the German lines tonight, sur
prise them. secure a couple Of prison
ers. and return Immediately. Our ar
tillery has bombarded that section Of
the line for two days and personally I
believe that that part Of the German
trench is unoccupied. 30 just get cou-
pie Of prisoners and return as quickly
as possible"
The sergeant on my right In an un-
dertone. whispered to me:
.Say. Yank. how are We going to get
couple Of prisoners II the old fool
thinks personally that that part Of the
trench II unoccupied,'-so1nds kind Of
fishy. doesn't Il mater
had . funny sinkins sensation In
my stomach, and my tin hat felt ~ II
1t weighed about ton and my ent1(usi-
am was netting awny. Old Pepper
must have hsafd H. sergeant speak
haeauae he turned IN his direction and
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
CHAPTER XIV.
Preparing for the Bio Push.

Preparing for the Big Push.
Rejoining Atwell after the execution
had a hard time trying to keep my
secret from him. i think must have
lost at least ten pounds worrying over
the affair.
Beginning at seven In The evening it
was our duty to patrol all communica-
ton and front.line trenches. making
note OF unusual occurrences. and ar
resting anyone Who should, to M. ap-
psar to be -actins in q suspicious man
Der. We slspt during Tie day.
ADuh1nA ~ llaog tAore Wa1 nVat sc.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

Dollar silver msans much for, Cslo-
lr.do. Whlsit isatrue that thssDsiss
d mining has materially advanesd 4
the past year. yet with . Axsda peioeI
for the white metal tie owners of ~
yer properties know what 70 d -
5HsebgAsse steeE stand. III, alyane-
~ ee,eGp.tsaaisa. v6s. psysrilc lcS1sr!
Islfuaes1teA eAans41ls ssaelsinerM g.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10
LETTER FROM
CIMARRON SOLDIER hoy
Kelly Field, Texas, =
April 16, 1918.

Lear OneS All,
Well, we had q big time today, -
will tell you all about it:
Miss Margaret Wilson sang here at
the K. c. building last night, and See-
retary Of the Treasury McAd1o
spoke here this q. m. We nut % .
parade and drill, and three Of the avia-
tors went up and put on the best -
hibition ever seen in the U. s., 20 the
experts declared. They flew in squad
ron formation, looped the loop, nose
dived, spiraled, few upside down, did
the tail spin, slid down backwards,
and about everything else that ones
could do with machine they did Il,
To "top it all off," the brother Of Ruth
Law, the famous woman fiier, did .
parachute drop from an aeroplane
5000 feet up, the second time Il has
ever been done. Altogether, it was
something we will never see again
and that we viii remember . foae
time, SO you see, army life has IL
compensations otter all.
How is old Colorado. and how are
the roads for the cars? got the
gloves and feel more like myself when
/ use them.
VIII have to close for this time. Nv(
best regards to every one.
Your loving son,
PVT. J. F. LINSCOTT,
Div. IL, Line g, i
Kelly Field, No. 1, "
50; San Anaonio, Texas.
Gunnison news-champion., 1918-05-10

on. according to the code names On
our map. Then to rub it In. they
hoisted some more signs which read,
Come on. we are ready. stupid Eng
iish."
1t is still a mystery to me how they
obtained this knowledge. There had
been no raids or prisoners taken. %
1t must have been the work Of spies
In our own lines.
Three or four days before the big
push We tried to shatter Frits's nerves
by feint attacks, and partially sue
ceeded as the official reports Of July
! show.
Although We were constantly bonn
harding their lines day and night. still
We fooled the Germans several times.
This was accomplished by throwing
an intense barrage into his lines
then using smoke shells we would put
a curtain Of white smoke across No
Mans Land. completely obstrueting
his view Of our trenches, and
would raise our curtain Of IRE
as II In an actual attack. All
down our trenches the men swould
shout and cheer. and Fritz would turn
loose with machine-gun, rine. and
shrapnel IRE. thinking we wero co..
Ing over.
After three Or four Of theso aunny
attacks his nerves must havo beea
near sths hreakins poans.
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