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Ito be Continued.)
Estate of Cordelia Cutler
STATE OF VERMONT


District of Orleans, IS.
The Honorable Probate Court for the Dis
trict of Orleans,
To all persons Interested in the estate
of Cordelia Cutler, late of Barton in said
District deceased,
GREETING:
At q Probate Court, holden at Newport
within and for said District on the 9th day
of April, 1918. an instrument purport-
ing to be the last Will and Testament of
Cordeia Cutler, late of Barton, in said
District, deceased, presented to the
Court aforesaid, for Probate.
And it is ordered by said Court that the
26th day of April 1918, at r. w. Baldwin's
Office in said Barton, at O'Clock D. M,
be assigned for proving said instru-
ment land that notice thereof be given to all
persons concerned, by publishing this order
three weeks successfully in the Orleans
County Monitor, a newspaper circulating in
that vicinity, in said District previous to
the time appointed.
THEREFORE,, you are hereby notified to
appear before said Court, at the time and
place aforesaid, and contest the probate of
said will, if you have cause.
Given under my hand at Newport, in said
District this 9th day of April 1915
1917 K. j. SMITH. Judge
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ammunition on. This man always was
handy fellow; made use Of little
points that the ordinary person would
overlook.
The Germans made three counter.
attacks, which we repulsed, but not
without heavy loss on our side. They
also suffered severely from our shell
and machine-gun fire. The ground was
spotted with their dead and dying.
The next day things were somewhat
quieter, bat not quiet enough to bury
the dead.
We lived, ate and slept in that trench
with the unburied dead for six days,
1t was awful to watch their faces be-
come swollen and discOlored. Towards
the last the stencil was fierce.
What got on my nerves the most was
that foot sticking out Of the dirt. 1t
seemed to me, at Aight, in the moon
light, to be trying to twist around
Several times this impression was sc
strong that l went to it and grasped it
in both hands, to see if / could feel a
movement.
/ told this to the man who had used
it for hatrack just before lay down
for little nap, as things were quiet,
and 1 needed rest pretty badly.
When / woke up the foot was gone.
He had cut it off with our chain saw
out of the spare parts box, and had
plastered the stump over with mud.
During the next two or three days,
before we were relieved, missed that
foot dreadfully; seemed as if I had
suddenly lost a chum.
think the worst thing Of all was to
watch the rats, at night, and some
times in the day, run over and play
about among the dead.
Near our gun, right across the para
pet, could be seen the body Of Ger
man lieutenant, the head and arms of
which were hanging into our trench.
The man who had cut off the foot used
to sit and carry on one-sfded CONVEX
sation with this officer, used to argue
and point out why Germany was in the
wrong During all Of this mOnOlOgue
I never heard him say anything out of
the way-anything that would have
hurt the officers feelings had he been
aliye~-Ha- was square right
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reasoned why hadn't he speeded up
little or been on time, then we would
have gotten off before the order ar
rived? Now it was no Blighty for US.
That return journey was misery to
us; just can't describe it.
When we got back to rest billets, we
found that our brigade was in the
trenches (anOther agreeable surprise)
and that an attack was contemplated
Seventeen of the fOrty-One will never
get another chance to go on leave;
they were killed in the attack. Just
think if that train had been on time,
those seventeen would still be alive.
I hate to tell you how was kidded
by the boys when 1 got back, but it was
good and plenty.
Our machine gun company took over
their part of the line at seven o'clock,
the night after I returned from my
near leave.
At 3 80 the following morning three
waves went over and captured the first
and second German trenches. The
machine gunners went over with the
fourth wave to consolidate the cap
tured line or "dig in,' as Tommy calls
it.
Crossing No Mans Land without
clicking any casualties, we came to
the German trench and mounted our
guns On the parados of same.
never saw such q mess in my life
lunches of twisted barbed wire lying
about, shell holes everywhere, trench
all Dashed in, parapets gone, and dead
bodies, why, that ditch was full of
them, theirs and ours. It was a regu-
lar morgue. Some were mangled hOr-
ribly from our shell fire, while others
were wholly or partly buried in the
mud, the result Of shell explosions cav
ing in the walls of the trench. One
dead German was lying on his back,
with a rifle sticking straight up in the
air, the bayonet of which was buried
to the hilt in his chest. Across his feet
lay a dead English soldier with bull
let hole in his forehead. This Tommy
must have been killed just as he ran
his bayonet through the German.
Rifles and equipment were scattered
about, and occasionally steel helmet
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lover the Top"
By An American Soldier
Who Went
ARTHUR GUY EMPEY
a1l: C, S.,p;oo in France
Y nt- ts.AS- - rth11r Wv CsfDbe
SYNOPSIS.
Machine Gunner Serving in France

CHAPTER Fired by the news Of the
sinking Of the Lusitania by a German
submarine, Arthur Guy Empey, an Ameri-
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
ngs Empey volunteers for immediate serv-
Ice and soon finds himself in rest btllets
somewhere in France" where he first
makes the acquaintance Of the ever-pres-
bnt Coolies"
.hurch services at the front while Ger
man Foklxer circles over the congregation.
CHAPTER Tv-Tmpey's command goes
INTO the front-line trenches and Is under
Ore for the first time.
CHAPTER V-Empey learns to adopt
the motto Of the British Tommy, IF you
Ire going to get it. you'll get it. so never
worry"
CHAPTER vI-3acl in rest billets. EN-
s srSer 9s's MS nFS' experience Us q Al'''
CHAPTER vII-Empey learns how the
British soldiers are fed.
CHAPTER VIII-Back in the front-lne
trench, Empey sees his first friend OF the
trenches go west
CHAPTER IX-Empey makes his first
visit to a dugout in suicide Ditch.
stitutes days work" in the front-hne
trench.
CHAPTER xi-rmpey goes over the
top for the first time in a charge on the
German trenches and IS Wounueu ny d
bayonet thrust.
CHAPTER XII-Empey joins the SUI
eide club as the bombing squad IS called.
CnArrEn XIII Each ToIhIny gets an
official bath.
CHAPTER XIV-Empey helps dig an
advanced trench under German fire.
CHAPTER XV-On listening post" In
No Mans Land.
-rEAPITER XVI-Two artil1erymeT.
,r. o.4r" on OLD Pepper. their reglm
.;,il5-.. q .I.ii.r-
CHAPTER XVII-Enpey has narrow IS
rape while on patrol duty in NO Mans
Land.
CHAPTER XVIII-Bacl< in rest b1llet5
Empey writes AMI stages farce comedy.
tea DTFR XIy-Snldiers have rler-
ways to amuse themselves While 'on -helr
own"
CHAPTER XX-Empey volunteers for
machine gun service and goes back into
the front-line trenches
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wouldn't even take advantage of a

wouldn't even take advantage Of a
dead man in an argument.
To civilians this must seem dread
GUl, but out here one gets so used to
awful sights that It makes no impress
sion. In passing butcher shop you
are not shocked by seeing a dead tur-
key hanging from q hook. Well, in
France, a dead body is looked upon
from the same angle.
But, nevertheless, when our six days
were up, we were tickled to death to
be relieved.
Our machine gun company lost
seventeen killed and thirty-one wound
ed in that little local affair Of
Strengthening the line," while the
other companies clicked it worse than
we did.
After the attack we went into re-
serve billets for six days, and on the
seventh once again we were in rest bill
let's.
ITO be Continued
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CHAPTER Xxx.
"Chats with Fritz"

We were swimming in money, from
the receipts of our theatrical venture,
and had forgotten all about the war,
when an order came through that our
brigade would again take over their
sector of the line.
The day that these orders were is
sued, our captain assembled the COM
pany and asked for volunteers to go to
the Machine Gun school at st. Omar.
l volunteered and was accepted.
Sixteen men from our brigade left
for the course in machine gunnery.
This course lasted two weeks and we
rejoined our unit and were assigned to
the brigade machine gun company. 1t
almost broke my heart to leave my
company mates.
The gun we used was the Vickers
Light 1903, water cooled.
I was still a member of the Suicide
club, having jumped from the frying
pan into the fire. / was assigned to
section 1, gun No. 2, and the first time
''in' took position in the frOnt-line
trench.
During the day our gun would be
dismOunted on the fire step ready for
instant use. We shared dugout with
the Lewis gunners. At "stand to- we
would mount our gun on the parapet
and go on watch beside it until 'stand
down" in the morning. Then the gun
would be dismounted and again placed
in readiness on the fire step.
We did eight days in the front-line
trench without anything unusual hap
pening outside of the ordinary trench
routine. On the night that we were to
"carry out" q bombing raid against the
German lines was pulled off. This raid
ing party consisted Of sixty company
men, sixteen bOmbers, and four Lewis
machine guns with their crews.
The raid took the Boches by surprise
and was q complete success, the party
bringing back twenty-one prisoners.
The Germans must have been awful
ly sore, because they turned loose
barrage of shrapnel, with few Min
MES" and "whizz bangs" intermiXed.
The shells were dropping into our front
line like hailstones.
To get even, we could have left the
prisoners in the fire trench, in charge
Of the men on guard and let them click
Fritz's strafeing but Tommy does not
treat prisoners that way.
Five of them were brought into my
dugOut and turned over to me SO that
they would be safe from the German
fire.
In the candlelight, they looked very
much shaken, nerves gone and chalky
faces with the pycpOtiOn of one n
great big fellow. He looked very much
at ease. liked him from the start.
I got out the rum jar and gave each
q nip and passed around some flags,
the old reliable WOOdbines. The other
prisoners looked their gratitude, but
the big fellow said in English, "Thank
you, sir, the rum is excellent and I ap-
preciate it, also your kindness"
He told me his name was Carl
Schmidt, of the SiXty-sixth Bavarian
Light infantry; that he had lived six
years in New York (knew the city bet
ter than I did), had been to COney
island and many of our ball games. He
was regular fan. couldn't make him
believe that Hans Wagner wasn't the
best ball player in the world.
From New York he had gone to Lon
don, where he worked as a waiter in
the Hotel Russell. Just before the war
he went home to Germany to see his
parents, the war came and he was con-
scripted.
= He told me he was very sorry to
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"Boys, I'm sorry, but orders have just
been received cancelling all leave. If
you had been three hours earlier you
would have gotten away. Just stay in
that train, as it is going back. Rations
will be issued to you for your return
journey to your respective stations
Beastly rotten, know" Then he left.
A dead silence resulted. Then men
started to curse, threw their rifles on
the floor Of the car; others said moth
ing, seemed to be stupefied, while some
had the tears running down their
cheeks. 1t was a bitter disappointment
to all.
How we blinded at the engineer of
that train it was all his fault $50 we
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little wooden crosses IN the corner Of
the cemetery set away from the rest.
They read:
Captain
German Army
Died - 1916
Unknown
r. I. p.
UnterOffiZier
German Army
Died - 1916
Unknown
Il. I. z.
CHAPTER XXI.
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LOST

Pass Book No. S0S6, dated August 10th 1917,
issued to Cyrus A. Metcalf by the Barton
Savings Bank and Trust Company, Barton,
Vermont, has been lost. 1917
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-09
SPORT DOPE
BY JACK KEENE.

MANY of the former stars of the
lawn tennis courts have shown
splendid sporting spirit by competing
in the tournaments this season to keep
the flame of the game burning bright
". The appearance of Theodore
Roosevelt PeIl as the defending cham
pion il the great challenge match OF
the middle states championship stands
as a remarkable record of sef-sacri-
flee for the sake of the game Wnlch ne
has followed and adorned.
Before a racquet hit a ball across
the net it was a foregone conclusion
in the minds of those acquainted with
the game that Pell was destined to
defeat. Undoubtedly Pell also knew
the fate that was in store for him.
He has practically had no training on
the courts for two years. His lack
of practice was at once evident n the
rallies as soon as he began the match
against Walter Merrill Hall, as the
challenger Hall had had the beneft OF
a week of stirring action on the courts
Furthermore, he has been playing
lawn tennis of week ends and may
fairly be accredited as being near to
the form which landed him among the
top ten in 1911.
Fred Toney of the Reds is having a
tough year. He recently lost seven
games in row.
base for the champion st. Louis
Browns under Charley Comiskey. is in
clover. Latham, long after he had
retired from active work on the dia-
mond. was John McGraw's assistant
and chief funmaker at the Polo
grounds. But the famous baseball
comedian finally was released and
dropped out of sight.
Latham now has regained a place
in the limelight as the baseball in
structor of King George of England,
who is learning much about Amer
pion story teller and isn't a bit BASH
full. which probably means that the
king will enjoy many hearty laughs.
The Pirates who are now in the
service of their country include no
ers, a first baseman, a second base
man, two third sackers and an out
fielder. The pitchers are Earl Ham
ilton, who is in the navy; Harold Carl
son, in the infantry; Marcus Milligan.
in the aviation corps; Bill Evans,
infantry, and Walter Mails, in the in
fantry.
Catcher Fred Blackwell is in the
aviation corps, and Catcher Willard
Smith in the infantry. First Base
man Ray Miller is in the navy, so is
Second Baseman Billy Webb. Third
Baseman Norman Boeckel is in the
navy, and Third Baseman Hoke
Warner in the infantry. The out
fielder Is Casey Stengel, now in the
navy.
George Smith, former Columbia
university pitcher, who was released
by the Giants to the Cincinnati club
a few weeks ago. has come back to
the Giants. He was sent to the Reds
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The Reds, who looked like pennant
contenders at the start of the season.
are now pressing the Cardinals for last
place.
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American Association.
SAYS STEAMER HIT SHORE
State Commissioner Does Not Believe
Columbia Hit Log.

Peoria, ILL.,, July 9.-That the ILL
fated steamer Columbia struck shore
and not floating log appears to be
the consensus of opinion among the
federal and state Investigators who are
here in an effort to determine the
cause of the disaster
The Columbia did not strike a
log" declared William L. Sackett
state commissioner of public water
ways, today. Il believe she hit the
shore. All of the divers who have
worked or are now working in the
wreck have been instructed to refrain
from talking about the condition of
the hull and that rule will hold with
the rest of us who are working on
the case.
The story of one of the survivors
who had been examined by us while
we were at the wreck was that a tree
tore across the starboard side of the
craft and raked her from stem to
stern"
1t is upon that statement that the
investigators have based their opinion
that the steamer struck land.
Double guard was placed about the
steamer yesterday after the federal
| men concluded their examination.
They watched the wreckage thruout
the night.
Eighty-Two Bodies Recovered.
Eighty-two bodies have been recov-
cred from the wreckage. Twelve 9TH
ers are PORTED missing and the death
toll will probably reach ninety-five
or 100.
The first of the bodies floating in
the river was found late yesterday.
1t vas picked up half mile south of
the point where the steamer sank.
CORPS of expert engineers has
been ordered to F oria by Commits
sioner Sa ckett tor the purpose of
making a complete survey of The
river in the vicinity where the Column
bia sank.
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Heinie Zimmerman has returned to
his old form and Heinie Groh is once
more the second best third baseman
in the National league.
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Paris, July S.-The idea that paper
stuck on glass windows prevented
them from being shattered by the ex-
plosion of bombs near has been ex-
posed as valueless by government
scientist who has just completed sx-
haustive tests. Parisians in the belief
that the paper protected the glass had
decorated their windows with miles of
paper strips, many more or less artis-
tic designs being evolved.
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Fred Toney of the Reds is having a
tough year. He recently lost seven
games in a row.
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employees GET RAISE
Postoffice Hike Means S25,20O In
crease in Topeka Alone.

Employees in the Topeka postoff1ce
department, 126 in all, will receive
5000 year raise in wages, effective
July 2, according to an announce
ment coming from W. o. Rigby, post
master The increase in the total pay
roll will be $4,000.
The employees will receive their in
crease under a recent act of congress
which authorized a national wage hike
for all postal employees. The increase
is incidentally the first general one for
postoffice employees in fifteen years
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Food For ans

GEORGE E. PHAI
(Copyrighted.)

The Leading Pastime.
AItho this cruel war may lay
A heavy iron hand
Upon the sports with which today
Men pass the merry hours away
And spend their time in careless play
Turnout our blessed land;
AItho seasons sporting crop
May be skinny one
Altho the boxing game may drop,
Altho the wrestling game may flop,
Altho the game of ball may stop
Until We trim the Hun;
Altho the indoor sports may fall
And outdoor sports may droop,
Tho football. tennis. basketball
May answer to the nations call
And yachting, golf and nearly all
The rest are in the soup;
Tho other sports may fade away,
One sport will never lag;
In January or in May,
In summer mid the new-mown hay.
1t grows and blossoms day by day
The ancient game of Tag"
Baseball is rapidly gaining popularity
in Europe. When the war is over it may
become the international pastime. Then
then will be the time to mete out fitting
punishment to the kaiser. Sentence him to
be an umpire for life
The lull on the western front is due to
the fact that the kaiser is designing an
prince.
Kid Billings, the pugilist. is not in any
way related to the late Josh Billings, but
when he fights he is kwite komickal.
Homeless.
They drive it rudely from the door
Out in the stormy night.
They tell it rudely to begone;
They chase it hfther, fro and yon,
And not soul has pity on
The Dempsey Fulton fight.
If IT were as hard to start a fight be-
tween two nations a If ia n hiring "
champion heavyweights together in a
joust of fisticuffs, this would be peaceful
world.
We have forgotten the names of the
three pugilists whom Jack Dempsey will
meet in deadly combat in the course of the
week. But it makes no matter. A sparring
partner by any old name would smell as
sweet.
Cy williams is hitting the pill with great
eclat this season. Probably making up for
those he missed last year.
Cy is re-establishing his reputation as a
long distance hitter. Some Of his hits are
The lady ball players who are appearing
lem At the same time they may cause
another problem-that of umpiring. With
lady ball players on the job. lady umpires
couldn't keep his mind on his work.
July 4, 1918.
A hundred ships of oak and steel,
A hundred ships of sturdy keel,
A hundred ships right off the reel,
Across the seas to dash.
A hundred ships will hit the sea,
A hundred gallant ships and free,
And every name in Germanee
Will hear the splash.
1t would not have been possible to launch
all those ships on the Fourth If Joe Jack
son had not helped to paint them with his
trusty baseball bat.
Historians tell us that the National Lea que
once had twelve clubs Now it has two.
Fred Merkle is touching second with
great frequency these days.
Promising Lad.
Fred Merkle is rising youth,
A bold and fearless lad, in truth,
And as the days roll on. forsooth,
The lad is growing holder.
Some future day, it seems to me,
That promising young lad will be
A famous baseball star, when he
Has grown few years older
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George Smith. former Columbia
university pitcher, who was released
by the Giants to the Cincinnati club
few weeks ago, has come back to
the Giants. He was sent to the Reds
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Smith Center Boy browns.

Smith Center. July 9--While -vad
ing in the Solomon river, Charles Dick.
II years old. stepped into deep hole
recovered
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under an agreement which stipulated
that when Matty had no further use
for him the Giants should have first
call on his services. an agreement
similar to that which governed the
transfer of Jim Thorpe to Cincinnati
and his return to the Giants in 1917.
This is Smiths third season in fast
company, tho he spent a part of last
summer with the Rochester club. to
which he was farmed out by Manager
McGraw, and he is slowly but surely
developing into a most competent box
man. 1t is probable that. he will now
take his place as a regular on the
Giant hurting corps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-07-09
THEY MET FOR TALK
Dempsey and Fulton Try to Find
Location for Bout.

Chicago. July SACK Dempsey
and Fred Fulton were scheduled to
meet here today. But it was merely
for a talkfest. Managers for the two
heavyweights hoped to find a location
for their proposed fight. Six rounds
in Philadelphia or ten rounds in Mil
waukee appeared today to be alterna-
tives.N
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MONDAY GAMES.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.

New York lat Chicago. .....-.....3 ! /
csusey. smith, ogden and Mcarty; Tyler II
and KiIlifer.
Second game
C Ne% aork .-''''''.'.'''.'''.-''''':3 /
Perritt and harden; Hendrix and XIII
fer.
Philadelphia Eat Cincinnat) ........s o
oeschger Davis, Walters and Adams !;
Burns; Eller and Wingo-
Boston lat Pittsburgh. .....--.....5 g o
Raglan and wilson; Comstock, Sanders
and Schmidt, Archer.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Chicago lat New York;. g 9
shellenbach. Danforth and schaik; Rus
sell, Finneran and Walters
Detroit Eat Philadelphia) ....... IA 5
Philadelphia .16 10 1
Gallo, Cunningham and Yelle; watson,
Geary and McAvoy.
Cleveland lat Boston, ...............0 4 0
coveieskie and o'Neiii; Jones and Agnew.
Second game
Cleveland .-................... I
Morton and Thomas: Mays and schang.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
Louisville lat Columbus). ...........2 9 Q
Boardman and Kocher; George and Wag-
ner
Kansas City Cat st. PauD. ..........1 9 /
II. Han and onslow; Merritt and Har-
Milwaukee Cat Minneapolis). ........7 2
Kerr r and Murphy; Williams, Palmero
Hughes and Coleman.