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New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

few days time, but if you fellows
want to tyke the chance I'll 20 over to
is section, which is occupying the sec
ond firebay on our left, and see if !
can get i'm to tell us about lis brother.
But. now mind, this fellow is a little
balmy in Us napper. so don't mykc fun
Of i'm
/ confess that | was glad to be rid
of him, but my curiosity overcamc my
fears, so | asked Curly to go ahead.
The rest Of the crew weakly asscntcd,
and Curly went after Jerry's brother.
In about twenty minutes he returned
with him. Jerry's brother came over
and sat on the frcstep next to me. He
sat silent for few minutes, and then,
in thin, piping, high pitched voice,
spoke:
80 you want to ear about Jerry
do you? They called him 'Aunted
Jerry. but he weren't 'aunted; e could
just see-'e could see into the future;
could sort O. tell what was agoin' to
'apren. e could talk to the dead, and
they told i'm. f always 'ad spirits
around 'im-ghosts, you call 'em, but
there amt no such things as ghosts, -
they're souls a-wanderin' around :;
they're about US now"-I slowly cascd
down the iirestep away from him.
Jerry used to talk TO the dead; e
would sit in cemetery at night while
in rest billets, and receive messages
from them what can't speak no more.
Sometimes, lytc at night, can ear,
far aw'y, voices calm to me, but as
vet cawn't understand EN-, but I will
I will"
Ny blood began to curdc.
Curly Wallace, placing his hand on
the speakers knee, softly said:
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Found Dead
Without
a Wound

Curly answered: 'It sure is SO, be-
cause l got it from a lcftenant in
'Auntcd Jcrry's' section"
Jim was still whimpcring. This got
on keys nerves. He gave him a sharp
cuff on the side Of the head. This was
the first time hand had been raised
against Jim since he had joined US,
months back. He gave lkcy pitcous
look, and, sticking his stump of a tail
between his legs, disappeared from the
tirebay. Two days later Ikey made up
for that slap, because at the risk of his
life, during an attack, he raced out into
No Mans Land under heavy fire and
brought in the bleeding body of jim.
All afternoon VIC tried to be as cheer
full as possible, but our mcrrimcnt WAC
very artificial. Every laugh seemed
forced and strained. Haunted Jerry
had sure put the "kibosh" on US.
That night Curly, Happy and were
on watch from 10 to II, and, believe me,
we never spent worse two hours in
our lives. There was not word
spoken among us. l was thinking Of
Haunted Jerry, and no doubt the other
two were doing likewise.
A few days later Jerry's brother was
sent back to Blighty, and no doubt
right now is in some insane asylum in
Blighty communicating with Haunted
Jerry and his spirits.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
The Poem
Haunted
Jerry Wrote

NiCAoSu anu luuuuS
piece of paper, which he opened out
upon his knee, and then in all unnat-
ural, sing-song voice which sent
shivcrs through us rccitcd the follow
ing poem:
Between the lines in "No Mans Land"
With foliage gone and trunk that's torn.
a lonely sentry takes his stand,
Silently watching from morn to morn.
On starlit night. when moon is bright
And spreads its rays Of ghost-like beams,
Against the sky that tree of blight
\ ghastly hangmans gibbet seems
When night is black and winds faint sigh
Through its shel-torn branches means
A call to men, ITO die. to die
They answer it with Croans and groans.
But obey the call for more and more"
And Death sits by and grins and srin.,
And watches the fast-growing score,
The harvest of his scntry's whims
There they lie huddled, friend and foe.
CHASTITY heaps, English, Hun and French
And still those piles forever grow.
They arc fed by the Men of the Trench"
No wooden cross to mark their fall,
NO tombstone theirs. no carven rocks
Just the Lone Tree, with its grim call.
Which forever mocls and mocks
When Jerry's brother had finished s
dead silence ensued. ncrvousl,
lighted fag, and out of the corner
of my eye noticed that Sailor Bill wa:
uncasily squirming on the tirestep.
Letting out sigh. which seemed tc
whistle between his teeth, our guest
carried on:
Jerry weren't much at cheerful
writing, because e 'ad a calling. Even
back 'ome in Blighty e weren't much
for lights nor fun. r took after our
mother. The neighbors called 'er
'aunted, too, but she weren't She
could see things like Jerry.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
That Night
Jerry Was
Missed


en- about jerry bcin' missin'. A few
OF 'em got around me, and | described
Jerry to 'em But weren't afraid for
Jerry. 7 knew where c vase were
with is spirits.
That night an Irish patrol went out
ana when they returned they brought
body with them; said they'd found It
at the foot O. the lone tree. 1t were
Jerry, all right, but e weren't 1T no.
where. Two bloomin' doctors examined
i'm, lookin' for wounds. II was dead.
all right and that bloomin' captain
c 'ad brains, e 'ad--was responsible
for lis death. 'E 'ad tried to tyke Jerry
aw'y from is spirits, SO Jerry crawlcd
out to the lone tree to answer it's call.
Il answered it, and now 'c's with the
spirits e loved, and some time III be
able to talk to i'm 'E's with 'em, all
right, know know"
Just then jim started to WINNER. !,
guess if the truth were known we all
felt like whimpcring.
Without another word, Jerry's broth
or got up, and muttcring to himself
passed out of sight around the traverse.
AS he disappeared from view Sailor
Bill exclaimed:
"Blawst my headlights, but if bloke
like that ever slipped in the navy, in
fortnight's time e would bloomin
we'll be an admiral, because e would
be the only one left in the blinkin'
Navy. Gives me the proper crccps.
'Ow in ell s company stands for i'm
don't know. 'Ow about it, Curly
why 'asn't e been sent to Blighty as
balmy?"
"Ill tell you. Bill answered Curly,
/ "this bloke onty gets these fits oeca-
sonally. 'E's damned good soldier
always on the job and next to Cor
poral French and his brother, 'Auntcd
Jerry. 'e's the best scout for work in
No Mans Land that's ever put a foot
in these blinkn' bitches. It's only
lately that c's been 'avng these spells
so often, and yesterday the sergeant
major. told me that c was under OBJ.
servation and that it would only be
short time before e was shipped back"
"ls it fact. Curly" asked Happy,
chat this 'Auntod Jerry crawlcd out
there the way his brother says. and
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
The Lone Tree Sentinel: By Arhu, Guy Enps,
Haunted Jerry's Brother
Tells Gripping Ghost Story
ARTICLE TEN

Sergeant hr Guy Empcy d"horof "Orcr Top has 1cou his
as ono " INC most r'r'd and picturesque War
OF drt'c'es published crcusirclY
tells OF hs om cared experiences aad thrilling
sunnys insta'nent IS Jin-A Soldier Of the King"
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

the lone tree. Bullets from German
snipers would kick up the dirt and tear
tho sand bags all around i'm, but none
of 'cm ever it i'm. No bullet ever
mydc could kill 'Auntcd Jerry, as you
call i'm
"Thc rest O. the blokcs in the trench
would pull i'm down Off the frcstcp.
They thought they were a-savin' his
life. But Jerry weren't afraid from
bullets. e knew, and so did !, that
they couldn't arm i'm. Then our cap
tain-'c 'ad brains, e 'ad-said that
Jerry was balmy, and gave orders to
the sergeant MAJ or to tykc i'm back to
tho doctor TO send i'm to Blirhty.
Jerry was told about this the night be-
forc C was to leave. II was greatly up-
set, and did nothin' but talk to the
splrits-the air was full of 'cm--T could
car their voices, too.
"That night about 10 o'clock Jerry
was missed. The next morning e was
still a-mlssn'. For two days nothin'
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

still the floor of the trench was about
three inches deep in soft, sticky mud,
On my right heard Il low muttcrinc
and splashing in the mud, and around
the traverse, into our tirebay. CARRYING
box of ammunition on his shoulder,
came the most weird looking soldier l
rad ever seen. AS he passed in front
OF nc he turned his gaze in my direc
ton, and a cold shivcr seemed to run
up and down my spine as looked into
his eyes. They we're uncanny; a sort
OF vacant stare, as if the owner Of
them was looking into the Great Be
yond. AS this soldier staggered
through the tirebay, almost bending
double under the weight of the am
munition, and passed from view around
the next traverse, it seemed to me as
if the Grim Reaper had stalked
through
Shuddering a little instinctivcly
turned my eyes in the direction of the
rest of the crew. They were also
SNdl NY az lHc traverse, around WnlCn
the gloomy looking soldier had dsap-
peared.
My heart sank to zero and | had a
sinking sensation in the region of my
stomach, and on the parados in front
of nc, like moving picture on a
screen, flashed cemetery, dotted all
over with little wooden crosses. | felt
queer and uneasy.
Curly Wallace, in low, half fright
cned voice, eXclaimed:
"Blime me, that was 'Aunted Jerry's
brother, the one who clicked it by the
old lone tree. If you blokes want to
get the creeps you
Curiosity ought TO ear I'm
OVercalne fellows claim that
My Fears it's unlucky to
get i'm started.
They syc that one
c. is carers is sure to click it within
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
He Used
to Sit
and Muse


maturity put lis nymc down as a-goin'.
"In our dugout Jerry would tell me
'ow many dead were around the tree
Ow e could count 'cm in the dark
don't know, but e could see could
sec
"Somctmcs in the daytime C would
rig up Il pcrscopc on is own, and sit
on the trcstep for hours a-lookin' out
in No Mans Land at the lone tree and
the bodies around it. This sort o. got
on our captains nerves, and C gave
Jerry orders not to use a pcriscopc
After this. order Jerry used to sit off
Dy 'imself on the tircstep a-musin' and
a-musin'. T he other blokes laughed
at i'm, but l knew what he were
sdoin'-'c were a-talkin' to the spirit
of the lone tree.
"Thcn c got sort O. reckless, and bc-
cause it were against orders for i'm to
use a periscope 'c used to, in the
bloomin' daytime, stick lis cad over
the top and gaze in the direction Of
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

time to come when once again 1 would
be able to say "hello" to the old girl
with the lamp in her right hand guard
ing New York Harbor.
Although it was warm and sunny.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

that he was found
dead without a
wound on him ? If
it's so, he must
have had a bloody
poor heart a n d
died that Wav."
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27
Dead Lay
Thick Near
Lone Tree

line trench. 1t was pretty we'll
knocked about by bullets and she'll
fragments. 1t made pretty good
guide post, stickin' sort O. lonely like
up against the skyline at night. Re.
connoltring patrols and bombing
parties used it to show 'cm the wye
back to their trenches, because, y'know,
cut there in the blackncss it's easy to
lose your wye, unless you ave spirits
a aguidn' you.
"Lots of times English and German
patrols would meet near the lone tree,
and many 'and-to- and fight would
tyke plyce around it's roots.
( "At that part o. the line 1t were
pretty 'ot, what with the rifle and ma
chine gun firing; the only time there
would be lull in the firing was when
rcconnoitring patrol was out in
front, and then, as you know, you
couldn't fire for fear Of lifting your
own blokes. All around the lone tree
were scattered many bodies, mostly
English and German. Some of 'cm
ad been a-lyin' there for weeks, and
when the wind were a -blowin' from the
German lines toward us it was sort of
unpleasant in our front line.
every time the captain would call
Tor soldiers for a reconnoitring patrol
Aunted Jerry, as you call i'm, alw'ys
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

Jerry's brother
nodded in Il COM
pretending way,
and reaching into
the pocket Of his
tunic drew out a
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

was card of Jerry.
Then the Royal
Irish Rifles took
over Il sector Of
trc nc h on our
right. A lot of
Ol1r h1ol-cc ~ Il
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

"This ere lone
tree sentinel Jerry
writes about was
an old tree in No
Mans Land, about
a 'undred yards
from our front
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

resulting. 7 h e n,
with a deep sigh,
he would resume
the picking process.
l had just finished
a letter home, and
was eioh;pr for 4I,o
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

put lis bloomin'
nymc on the list.
1t got SO that after
a while e was
never asked if e
wanted to go; the
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

NNE sunny afternoon our guns
crew WAS sitting on the fire
~ step of a front line trench, just
:, from. Of Gommccourt Wood.
+. Happy Houghton was busily engaged
!, rigging up fash screen to hide the
s.re of our gun, which VIC were to
mount on the parapet that night.
Sailor Bill was sewing piece of
Khaki cloth over his tin hat, because
the night previous, while on sentry go,
standing in the moonlight, with his
head over the top, the rays from the
moon had reflected from his steel he'll
met and a couple of German bullets
had knocked up the dirt within a few
fee. Of his head.
As vas usual with him, Hungry Fox
croft was wrestling with tin of bully
beef. while Curly Wallace was hunting
for cootlcs.
key Honey, with our mascot, Jim,
vas sitting on the frestep, his back
leaning against the traverse of the fire
BAY, picking mud out of his harmonica
With a silver of wood. Jim seemed
happy and contented, not knowing the
i,te in store for him. Two days later
poor Jim was killed by German bull
s and We buried him behind the
lines, placing little wooden cross at
he head Of his grave. After working
. few minutes at the harmonica, 1key
would pause, put it to his lips and
tlow into it., squeaky, rattling noise
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

get the creeps you
ought to ear in,
talk. Some O the
fellows claim that
it's unlucky to
get i'm started.
They syc that one
a "a nl;ol- - u.;.l.:.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

c. is carers is sure
New-York tribune., 1918-01-27

Womens Hudson Seal dyed MuskraD Co.ts Re-
oueed from $3.50 to S17s Second floor Central 1uIInr
Winter Coats at $2l SO. Second noor Central r.i'l-
Misses Goats That Have Been s2l 9s to s27. so at
$l6.5O. SECOND ,or S, ~ ~' p,' 'o al
Womens Silk Dresses, Exceptional Values at SO. 90.
Second Noor. Central l.uilllug
he Grand Finale Of the january White Sale
ohers' Among Other Fine Bargains. ightgowns, For
merry $'io 10 >l.4o' at 94c econd floor Euildng
Womens Kenyon" Wool Jersey Suits Great Values
at $1875. Second floor Ia@, rnns,n
Sale of Beautiful Spring Sample Skirts at So. s5
Second floor, East 15uding
suede OPP Patent Leather Shoes Reduced from
$7.95 to $5.95 s;econd floor wcs, rnJ,1in
so Fine Corsets at Half Price, $249
Second floor. East Fulfilling
Misses and Children's Cotton and Lise Stockings
Neouceo 10 K Y c. pair Second floor, East Building
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08

miles away. It was Catherine Il or Russia who made the Crimea a part ot that country and built the famous city of Sebastopol the strongest citadel on the Black sea: possibly at that time the strongest in the world.
 That was in 17S3. In 1854 there blew through Europe the fierce storm of the Crimean war. when Russia strove with France and England and Turkey over question of church protection. Sebas- topol became the. storm center. and the world had never seen such fighting as befell within sight of it's walls. There the guns thundered on the Malakoff and the Redan day after day, and
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08

to wake the memory and fire the ina : inationl Here on the promontory, jut ting out into the Black sea, in the legendary days of Greece, 1phigenia, daughter of Homer's Agamemnon. was priestess in the temple of Diana after her preservation from the altar of sac rifice From that shore her eyes must have watched the sea moodily. for her sentence was to siay every Greek who landed in the harbor. The story of her escape is the climax Of one of the old Greek tragedies.
 Here on the site rose the old Tartar valley of Akhtia, and Genoese colonists built Balaklava like a suburb. eight
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08

night after night the English soldiers lay under the stars and sang the song of the camp, and as they sang,
 Forgot was Britain's glory;
 Each heart recalled different name, But all sang Annie Laurie.
 There fever and death walked through the ranks. and there Florence Nightingale. angel of the Crimea,' carried her ministrations to the wound ed and dying.
 There, in the Balaklava district on the winds of destiny went the Charge of the Light Brigade setting an im- mortal example of obedience and cour- age to all men of all the wars of the
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08

world! And there, in that final hobo caust Of burstling shells and roar of Delching guns, the banner of the allies went to the towers of the Malakcff and tne hedan; and Russias fight was finished in defeat.
 This is the shadowy outline of the history of the most famous fortress of Europe one of the most romantic local ities of martial annals. It is for this place that the Teutons strangling hands are reaching under the order: Prom Odessa, on to Sebastopol."
 The history of the site of the town runs the long gamut rom the glory that was Greece to the misery that IS Russia
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08

ford yesterday when several prison CTS in the county jail were brought before him for arraignment. Dills, who is well known in the valley, struck McArthur a blow on the jaw when the two men had a few words at a dance hall in Tolleson. This was on March 15 and it was nearly two weeks later that McArthur, way past middle age. died at St. Joseph's hospital. From the time he was taken to the hospital until shortly before hts death it was believed tha, he would recover. He had even been well enough to appear on the streets and the counsel for the defense, by
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08
SEBASTOPOL WAS
 CITY OF ROMANCE

(Memphis Commercial -AppeaL) From Odessa on to Sebastopols' Such is the kaiser's plan as outlined in the general dispatches.
 Sebastopol. What q word with which
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08

cross examination at the preliminary nearing, attempted to show that Me Arthur died from other causes. Dills will be defended by Judge A. C.. Baker
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08
MARVIN D|LLS WILL
 ENTER PLEA MONDAY

Marvin Dills. the youth charged with the murder of W. F. McArthur will enter his plea in the superior court Monday.
 This was decided by Judge stan
Arizona republican., 1918-06-08
25 All-Linen Dresses, pric from $12.5O to $25, at F Pri'

"A most timely tip to women who planning the mak ing of linen dress. Every one of them is new style -Colors pink, light blue, cadet and natura linen. They go sale today
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-12
PROVE THEIR PATRIOTISM
timers In Mountains OF Kentucky Raise
siN Times Their Allotment for
Second War Fund

In this section OF Virginia it is not
always remembered that long lino
o. southwestern counties--part of the
famous Ninth Congressional District
lie over against the bordcrline OF Ken
lucky. Not the Kentucky of wide
stretches OF blue grass, blooded horses
and prosperous cities. but that noun
famous part of the State where law
!essness at one time was rife and the
stranger who venturcd into the noun
tain Businesses held his life in his
hands.
The line between Kentucky and Vir-
ginia runs along the top Of Big Black
Mountain and on the Virginia side they
say over in Harlan''-this being in
the old days OF the Ku Klux Khan the
most notorious Of the mountain coun-
ties Rut with The present war. Har-
Ian has come to the front In new
role. and the lighting spirit OF her
clansmcn has found 4 new field Of
activity. In "Great-Hearted Coal
Miners" Hortcnse F!exner tells the
story OF the second war fund campaign
among the miners In the mountains of
Kentucky. Harlan County raised six
times as much money as II was asked
to. ind Miss Fiexner tells the following
amusing story OF Henry Beaute. "one
OF the big Red Cross workers for Har-
Ian" 20 illustrate the spirit with which
the miners worked IN the campaign:
AT first Henry Beaute worked under
difficulties. This was because one
night he made "a statement that some
body interpreted wrongly. Beaute was
arrested as n pro-Gcrman, tried and re-
leased. Eut his feelings were outraged
and he asked 10 be used IN some spc-
cial way on Red Cross day. to prove his
loyalty. He was given pledge cards
which the miners were 10 sign. and
Reaute proved that he was In earnest
by getting every man at Tway TO sign.
II wanted chanst 70 show en-
said Beaute. and did. One thing that
made me work so hard though. was be-
cause they claimed the gov'ment need
cd the coal (Eeaute got out s?2 worth
OF coal on Red Cross day) Resides
he said, 7 asked every man to give
proved ] wasn't 10 German
He stopped minute and went on.
II m going 30 cit in this fight yet.
They hen shown pitchers Nv the
Kaiser In thiN town and ! seen 'em. The
Kaisers pitcher Cits in my blood. Hit
makes me so mad ] thrown the coal
plum over the cars. The Kaiser and
his gineration are goin' TO be killed
out "
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-12
CASUALTY REPORT is
BELIEVED TO BE IN ERROR
Lieutenant Hnr.vcod, of Rlchmond, Re
ported Killed. Snid To lie I'm
BnSc hospital.

The name OF Lieutenant Franklin \
tarwood. of this city, heads the cas-
Waty list among those killed in action.
This may be an error. stated Licutcn-
ant liarwood's father, of 1904 Park
Avenue. The most OF the names in the
list are those Killed from two TO three
weeks ago. but some of them as late us
July 30. But MIR. HARDWOOD received 4
cab!cSram from mis- son on July IS
stating that he had been wounded on
July is and was then in Base Hospital
No. lci lie stated tina; he had cablcd
lic"tHNlnt iarwood. that he mad wired
Adiuiant General Mccain Saturday
night. hut that he had so far received
no reply from either. Hope that the
report OF his having been killed in ac-
ton - error. and that the name should
be among those wounded is had by
This community.
Lieutenant Harwood graduated At the
University of Virginia in the class of
1909. He took his military training at
PiattsburG, and was In France with
General Pershing. He was member
OF the sixteenth Infantry. ranking as
a first lieutenant hls unit has been
III the trenches since Cctober OF 1917.
and that unit has the record for length
OF time spent in the trenches without
leave. Lieutenant Harwood wen,
through the battle OF Cantigny and the
lighting In that sector during Nav ard
June.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-12
ROUMANIANS BLESS AMERICA
hish nnd Low Learned What Starry
Flag Floating From Relief
Stations Means

thermometers TO whom Roumania
was a remote country reminiscent NJ
the grammar school geography classes
are now on terms of intimacy with that
't'ie country 10 whom n Richmond
man. Henry w. Anderson went To ron
aer ala and comfort with that notable
com EMISSION sent out by the Red Cross
niue over year ago
An article in the September issue of
current periodical says: when the
commission went to Roumania. thew
found the nation in so sore plight
iackins everything from food and
ciothinG to medicine. that IL was de-
clded that at least, part of the com
MISSION must remain indefinitely to do
what work 1t could. II was land of
woe and death. Typhus was abroad.
but without hesitation two-thirds IF
The members said that they would re-
main.
They stayed through such an evil
ume OF famine and contagious sickness
Ind utter restitution as few countries
ever have suffered They stayed. and
they worked, and they succeeded. Rou-
mania never will forget America. and
there is no Roumanian, high or low
who did not learn to bless the starry
flag that hoated from the relief sta.
tons"
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-08-12
ANOTHER CARY THREAT
Local Food Administrator Warns SUI
gar Honrders AEnlnst Unpn-
triotic PTnctice.

Local Food Administrator T. Archi.
paid Cary has issued another of his
Characteristic threats relative to the
matter OF boarding sugar. In this spc-
cane instance ii concerns that class Of
househo!ders who are buying under the
ruling which allows them twenty-five
POUNDS Tor canning and preserving. Tho
I"rchascF signs card TO this effect
ana dup!icatc card is sent TO the of.
mcc OF me local food administrator by
Riocers or the city. In this way
II is easy TO check up unpatrio;ic c,,i.
|cns who arc violating The priv;io,o
"y securing this twenty-five pound al
D''heht IRON more than one dealer
- 20 TINS time no local householder
mas peHn prosecuted by the food adj