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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07

Just when man had begun to lose
his mind. He would seem Just like
the rest Of us, because none of us was
much better than a beast.
We could not take turns sleeping
and standing watch against the crazy
men. because when we talked about
1t, we agreed that none Of us could
tell whether or not the scptr.es would
20 crazy while on watch and have the
rest of us at their mercy. II was nw-
ful to talk about going crazy In this
way, and to figure that you yourself
might be the next, and that II was al
most sure to happen II you did not
get some sleep soon. But II was worse
to find man near you going. and have
to boot him out with the other insane
men.
The days passed like that, with
nothing to do but suffer, and starve
and freeze. It got colder and colder.
and all we could wrap ourselves In
was the conl. We began to speculate
on where we were. II was not till
later than nn old skipper In our bunch
told us that we had rounded the north
ern coast Of Iceland.
Finally, one day. lad yelled down
Imnd" and we NIL dove for the fid-
Jler like Wild men. and those who
eoud get near enough looked out, and
'mre enough there was the coast Of
Norway, very rugged and rocky and
covered with snow. ne thought 1t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
Atmosnherlc Pressure.

"When high altitude, say 1900
feet, has been reached" says l.. ].
Wilson, airplane expert, writing In
a Southern newspaper, "there is an
atmospheric pressure equal to about
one-nalf that at sea level. The effect
of this lessening Of pressure is no.
ticeable to one who for the first time
experiences 1t. At about 14,000 feet
there were physical sensations at
once experienced by the writer, that
of increased blood pressure and the
exertien following exercise being the
most apparent. The altitude. whether
attained in mountain climbing or by
alrplane, to a certain extent produces
the same effect upon the organism,
the amount differing with various In.
divlduals."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
URGES STICKING TO BUSINESS
Physician Asserts That Too Early Re-
tirement of Successful Business
Men Is a Mistaken Policy.

To old men who are thinking Of re-
firing from active business Or. viii
liam J. Robinson, editor of the Medi-
cal Critic and Guide, gives the cele-
brated advice once rendered by
Punch ito young people about to
marry" namely, "Don't" The coun-
sci often given to those of advancing
years, even by physicians, to take
things easier" to give up this and
give up that-in short. to lead dull.
empty. vegetable existence, is unqual
ifiedly bad, Doctor Robinson thinks,
although. of course. there are excep-
tions and special cases. He writes:
"An old man with very high blood
pressure. e., high for his age
should not engage in business which
is likely to cause him great excite
ment and throw him In fits of anger !;
and a man who is showing symptoms
Of senile dementia should not be in
trusted with important affairs; but,
generally speaking, there is no rea-
son why man should give up his
work or narrow the circle of his in
terests, merely because he has cele-
brated the SEVENTEEN or eightieth an
nlversary of his birthday. .The gen.
eral condition Of the man, his fitness,
should be the criterion, and not his
age in years. We all know that some
people at sixty are actually older
than some are ut seventy or eighty.
"The advice to old men to retire
has sometimes, If followed, very dis
astrous consequences. A man Of sew
enty or eighty is attending to his pro-
fession or business in satisfactory
manner, and he feels well. Suddenly
he decides or is advised to retire and
take things easy for the rest Of his
days. He does-and In few weeks
or months that man Is a physical or
mental wreck and ruin. As long as
he kept mp his mental interests he
was oil right. A sudden change, a
sudden vacuum, l might say, perhaps
the pernicious subconscious feeling
that now It Is all over for hlm-all
that contributed to the disaster And
It is not the physical change so much
as the mental that is the important
factor. I. for one, am sure that men,
tai activity, mental interest, has a
life-prolonging influence, because
mental activity stimulates many. II
not all. Of our vital processes. 1t is
not mental work that ever kills; 1t
is worry that does 1t, and even its
baneful influence has been greatly ex-
aggerated. We know of octogena-
rians whose lives have been one round
of trouble"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
CHAPTER XVI.


They had coollc crew on the Var.
rowdulc and when they routed them
on deck the coolies hcgnn to pray, and
though II IL nothing 10 laugh nj could
not help but chucklc ut the way some
OF them went about talking TO their
various gods. They were beginning 10
smell danger md were pretty nervous.
Every one Of the coolies had cane
and pnlr Of Palm Beach trousers.
The Huns were loading them In the
lifeboats 10 be taken hack to the
Mocwe with their sra bags and one of
them got too nervous and wns slow
about getting Into the llfoboat, so the
Germans shot him without saying II
word.
Then the Germans called out the
names OF those who hnd volunteered To
20 stocking and this included me. We
were drilled down the ilddley into the
fire room. The 'fddley Is shaft thnt
runs from the maln deck Of u ship 10
the engine room. looked around n
bIt and saw German standing not
very far from the fiddley, 80 asked
him II we would be given shoes. Ho
grabbed his bayonct. The sentry
yelled and some others cpmc down
from the bridge aud shot Harrington
through the hnnd After they had
beaten Harrington pretty badly, the
bull OF the bunch, Bndewltz himself,
came over and hammered Harrington
all around the deck. Then they put
him In irons and took him to the chart
room.
The next day we were sitting In the
fddley getting warm when the door
opened and there was Badewitz. He
yelled "Heraus!" and began firing ut
us with a revolver, so we beat II back
onto the coal. Pretty soon the door
opened again. But II was only a Ger
man sentry. He threw down a note.
II was written In English and read,
"Pick out eight men for cooks" SO
we picked out eight men from the VA.
rlous vessels and they went on deck
and rigged up galley aft
But we did not receive any knives.
forks, spoons or plates. The first
meal we got was nothing but mncaro.
nj, piled up on pieces of cardboard
boxes. Then we appointed four men
to serve the macaronI, and they got
four pieces OF wood. the cieanest we
could find, which was not very clean
at that, and they dug around in the
lmacaronl and divided Il np .apd put
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
SYNOPSIS.

CHATTER f-Aibert N. Depew. author
" the story, snlisis Ia the United states
navy, serving four years and attaining
the rank Of chief petty of,icer. nrst-clans
gunner,
CHAPTER 1.-the great war starts
coon after he II honorably discharged
From tho navy and he sails for France
sith determination 10 enlist
CHAPTER iIi-iie Joins tho Foreign
Legion and 10 assigned 10 tho droadnauEht
EAssard who're his marksmsnship ~ins
him high bonora
CHATTER iv-Depsw In detached from
his hhip and hcnt With a regiment OF thu
Legion 10 FLANDERS whefs 10 soon nnds
himself In tho front line trenches
CHAPTER Vile In detailed 10 the ar.
tillrfy and makoa the acquaintance Of the
'Ws'. tho wonderful French guns that
have .ay.d the day for tho allleh on many
? battleneld. Before seeing any action. he
y ordered hack 10 HIS regiment In the
ffont line tronchoa
tor" ana gets" bIs nrst German In a bay.
onet nEht.
CHAPTER yli-lIla company takes part
IN another raid on the German trenohou
and shortly afierwnrd assists Ia stopping
narco charge OF tho Huns, who are
moved down aa they cross No Man'a
Land.
CHAPTER viiI-.sent 20 DlSmude with
dispatches. Depow n caught IN a Zeppelin
raid. but escapes unhurt
CHAPTER Ix-Iie Ia shot through the
thigh In brush with the Germans and
Ia sent 10 hospital. whore no quickly
RECEIVERS.
CHATTER N-ordered back 10 soa duty.
pvpew TcloinA tho Cnrnard. which makes
several itipa 20 tho paTdanclleH aA a con.
voy Tho CAHnsrd ia almost battered to
pieces BY tho Turkish batteries
CHATTER Xi--The canaard takea part
IN many hot engagements In the memoir
ablo 0alllpoii canpaign.
CHATTER NlI-Depcw Is member OF
n landing party which ecea norco nghunK
In the trenches at oalllpoli.
CHAPTER XliI-Afer AN unsuccessful
trench raid, pupow tries 10 rescue two
wounded men IN No Mans Land, but both
do before ho can reach the trenches.
CHAPTER Nlv-Depcw wins tho crols
de uurfre Tor bravery IN passing through
terrific artillery nfe 10 summon aid u
his comrades In AN advanced post
CHAPTER Xv-on his twelfth trip 10
tho Dardhncilcs. no IL wounded IN q nayal
engagement and, after recovering In a
hospital az nrent. he IN discharged from
service and sails for New York ON the
steamer George.
CHAPTER XVI-The Coorglc IL cap.
tured By the German raider Moewo. DO.
pew. with other survivors, In taken aboard
the Moewe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07

II In our hands. We had 10 eat II
nfter thnt from our grimy fingers.
Those who were helped irst had TO go
farthest back on the coal 10 eat II.
and those who were helped last got
less. because the diyidcrs got more
careful toward the end and gave
smaller portions.
But we did not get macaroni very
long. A cook from the voitnIre was
cleaning a copper dixie that the mac
aronl had been cooked In. and he was
holding II over the side when the ves-
sci rolled heavily. and dropped the
dixie into the briny. A sentry who
saw him drop Il forced him up TO
Badewltz, who began mnullng him be.
foro the sentry even had told his
story. After n while Bndewltz quit
pounding the cook. and listened 20 the
sentry. Then Badewltz said the cook
had put note In the dixie before he
dropped II. NO they beat him up again
and put him In irons. After that they
sent the rest OF the cooks bnck. and
would not let thcm ON deck again.
They had plenty Of canned goods and
meat aboard. but they would not give
us any.
Five OF the men were buried nj sea
that day. More men were going mad
every minute. aud II was a terrible
place; pitch dark. grlmy. loose coal
underfoot. conl-iusty air to breathe.
body.fllth everywhere. Some OF the
crnzy men howled like dogs. But we
were not Ms much afraid OF these ms
we were Of the others who kept still.
but slipped around In the dark with
Jumps Of coal In their hands. We
got 40 we would not 40 near each
other for fcqr we were running into a
crnzy man. Those OF us who were
aane collected as near the flddley as
we could. and we would not let the
others get near rs, but showed them
back or shlcd Jumps Of coal at them.
And every once In a while some one
Of us would begin to net queer. May
be he would let out howl suddenly.
without amy warning. or he would
Just quit talking and begin TO sneak
around. Or he would squat down and
begin to humble. We could not tell
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
SHOWN TO CROWDS
How Germans Turn Their Cap
tives to Account.
Idea 10 10 psIuds the People Into
Thinking That Military Victories
Are Constantly Being Won BY
the ksIssrs Soldiers.

Ivan 3. Rossiter. q Canadian soldier.
has Just been In TO see me. For q
year be was a German prisoner. When
the Germans caught him he was badly
wounded In the right hand. They
took him to a hospital, where. without
the use Of an anesthetic. they cut on
one OF his fingers and removed five
pieces OF bone from his mangled wrist.
They said that they had no anesthet-
les TO spare for use on a "schwein-
hund." and added that they were saw
Ing their anesthetics for their own
wounded soldiers. Rossiter showed
me what Is left OF his hand. II isn't
much, and what Is left Is Of no use,
except ss reminder Of that German
surgeon who operated without giving
an anesthetic.
While Rosslter was In Germany he
was moved about from one prison
camp TO another until he and other
prisoners we're exchanged for German
prisoners held by the allies. This
moying-about process was the most
interesting thing he described. He
was never allowed to stay In one place
more than a few weeks. In the year
that he was there he was In nine diff
fercnt prison camps. located In yari-
Gus parts OF Germany. On each trip
the train that was transferring these
wandering prisoners stopped at every
station. German officers got out ey-
cry time the train stopped and told
people that the prisoners were all new
ones--just taken. Rossiter says that
one excursion Of this kind began at
four o'clock In the morning and lasted
until late at night. And always at ev-
cry station were n crowd OF people 10
jcer M these new" prisoners. many Of
whom were French and Bclglgus who
had heen In captivity for two years.
II 90, to be like theatrical troupe
l3ayirg one night stands--only faf
more boresome. for the prisoners were
never allowed TO leave the trains or TO
communicate with the crowds that
came 10 see them. Rosslter says that
one company OF British artillery
''takce the palm" for touring Germany
in the guisc Of new prisoners. They
were captured in the fall Of 1914 and
they are still playing to packed
houses.
In other words--to fool the people
Is Gerlnany's policy. Bismarck be
lieyed IN thar idea. He once said that
Il is impossible TO overestimate the
stupidity OF the human race. No
doubt the kaiser feels just as con.
temptuous about us. In his mind, men
nre nothing but so many tons OF flesh
and bone TO be used to push back
boundary lines.
This war is for the purpose Of pre-
venting human beings from becoming
as boneheaded as the German emper-
or would like them to be. II is a war
against the thick skull. On one side
are those great nations whose policy
is to teach the people to think for
themselves. On the other Is the Ger.
man autocracy, which says: "Believt
what l tell you" Imagine trying in
this country to palm off a tralnload OF
veteran prisoners as new ones.-Johr
M. Slddall, editor of the American
Magazine.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07

said no. Then ! asked him n we had
70 hre In our fire feet and he said
yes-that we did not need shoes. Then
he went Into the engine room.
] looked at the narrow passage he
went through and at the narrow pas
sage Of the fddley 10 the main deck
and I talked 10 my feet like ! used 20
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07


NJ plA'nuue' Snio ree'' 10 your
au,y' iney u'o I" hno : new UP .ne
i'no'ey. never "hh'e" 10 see ,n"'
5'ohe no'e "s"'"
sneaked up 10 where the rest OF
,he lehows were ana tne gunrus
drilled US into NO. hoid. Ihere was
nothing but ammunition In II. They
bnttened the hhtches down on US,
which mhde the hoid WATERPROOF. Ana
az thnt made u pracucaliy airtight the
only air the oso OF us got was through
the ven'ilntors' TINT hold was GER
thlniy foul.
Ihey next day some OF the men hnd
got cigarettes somewhere. In Few
minutes they as wen as the rest had
III up ana We're puihng away In great
style. l divided n cigarette with an
other FELLOW Remember, we were sit
ung ana standing on ammunition all
this Time. ~ shows now much we
cared whether school kept or not.
The Germans saw the smoke COM
Ing out OF the ventilators and they
were crazy with fright A gnng OF
them laid below and rousted us out
with whips
They lined us up on deck and read
us the riot net.
They drilled us down into the coal
bunkers. II was simply terrible there.
Cont dust to breathe aud eat and sleep
on
Also ny this time some or the men
had lost their heads completely; In
fnct, had gone violently crnzy. and the
rest or US were afraid OF them. We
We're nli thinking OF the night that
mlght occur any moment between the
farrowdnlc and some other vessel and
we knew we were In the likeliest place
FOR the vessel to be struck. Even
though we We're not hit amidships, II
the snip We're sinking we did not think
the oormnns would give us chance to
escape We figured from what they
had said that we would 20 down with
the snip Ana going down on ship IN
which You are prisoner Is quite dif.
ierent from going down with one for
which you have been fighting. You
arrive at the same place, but the feel
ing IL different
Some OF Us thought Of ovcrpowerng
the crew and taking the vessel into our
own hands, and we got the rest Of
the sane or nearly sane men together
ana tried to get up u scheme for doing
1t. was strong for the plan and So
We're several others, but the Limey Of
hcers who were with us advised
against 1t, They said the Germans
We're taking us to neutral country,
where We would be interned, which
( was Just what the Germans had told
us, but what few of us believed.
Then some others said that II we
started anything the Germans would
iire the time bombs. We replied that
ut least the Germans would go west
1
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
All kinds o. Commercial Printing
1t the Courier Office.
Canadian Emphasis

BY the bye, don't be shocked by our
damning and swearing. It doesn't mean
the same in Canada as 1t does over
here. It's natural to us. In Canada
everyone swears. My little boy--he was
six years Of age at the time-was
swearing one day In the kitchen and
the cook told him II he was not care
full his teeth would drop out. He looks
up at her-only six years of age, mind
you--and says. "Daddy's teeth haven't
dropped outl" What do you think Of
that?-Gen. Alec McDougall Canadian
Forestry Corps, In London Chronicle
Interview.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
rhe California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company
TIME CARD
Daily except Sunday
Effective May l. 1918
Train l lv. Grants Pass 100 p. m.
Train lv. Waters Creek ?:05.p. m.

.lll trains leave Grants Pass from
he corner Of G and Eighth streets,
opposite tie Southern Pacific depot.
Tog all Information regar ling
freight ana passenger service call At
the office Of the company. Lund5urs
or phone i3l for same
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Ito be continued.


The real blessing, mercy, satlsfae-
ticn, is not In the having or the lack Of
merely outward things, but In the con
sciousness that the true sources OF
life and happiness are deeper than all
fhese.--John White Chadwick.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
Doctor or Plumber ReouIrsdf

She-The doctor, e sez to me, ''Nrrs.
Stnbb." e sez, "wot's wrong with yer
Is thorough derangement of yer
whole clstern,' e sez --Tntler, London.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION
DRAYAGE AND TRANssgH

THE WORLD MOVES; SO do we.
Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone
397-R.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07

Butter Wrappers printed to COM
ply with the law at the Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07

:. G. ISHAM. drayage and transfer.
Safes. lianos and furniture
moved. packed. shipped and stor-
ed. Phone Clark q Holman. No.
so. Residence phone 124-R.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07

roR SALE

FOR SALE 1917 model 5-passen-
ger Ford In Good condition. Clyde
Il. Niles. Obtf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-07
MISCELLANEOUS

FOR TAXI sERvIcE-can 1881;
country OF city calls; stand at
stag. a. J. Powers. as
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02
COURAGE In Insects,

How shall we regard the following
observation, made. not in the world of
the higher animals, but in that Of
insects, so different from ours? 1t
was in the Forest of Fontainebleau. On
a stone half dozen ants gathered
about bit of food were RECALLING them
selves with avidity. From time to
time l approached the group of cpl
cures with my finger. at a distance of
about decinleter (about four inches
distant) all the ants quit their repast,
save one who did not see fit to disturb
herself. Finally put my finger very
close to the group: all the ants fed, ex-
cept the one that had not been fright
ened before. She turned suddenly to-
ward me. remained motionless for
few moments, erecting herself on her
legs and menacing me with her man
bibles; then she rushed upon me with
all her speed. This observa-
ton proves two things-that these lit
tie creatures are capable Of reflection,
and even Of an extraordinary courage.
and that all the individuals of the same
species do not act with predestined GER
tainty, in the same Observation-Disclosures.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02
Bohemia Favored by Nature.

Mature has favored Bohemia per-
haps more than any other part Of ELL
rope. Its soil is so fertile and climate
SO favorable that more than half OF
the country is cultivated and produces
richly. In its mountains almost every
useful metal and mineral, except salt,
Is to be found. 1t is the geographical
center Of the European continent,
equally distant from the Baltic. Adrt-
ATTIC, and North seas, and though in
closed by mountains, is so easily &C.
cessible, because of the valleys Of the
Danube and the Elbe rivers, that it
served as the avenue Of many armies.
Besides Bohemia the Czechs occupy
Moravia and adjacent territory in
Silesia. The Slovaks, who show mere
~ dialectic differences from the Czechs,
extend from Moravia eastward over
most of northern Hungary.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IL Mr.. McAdoo is looking for a 81
d year man to run the railroads, the
Waterloo Times.Tribunc suggests our
own Clifford Thorne, 1.-THE only re
liable railroad expert, the only man
for the job, in fact"
IL you have a sweet tooth pull it,
/ Advises the Iowa City Republican,
I'VE have seven whole years to
Y equabble over the question Of nation
nj prohibition says. the Sibley .Trib.
une. Let us win one war alta time. Z
The George News says that higher
taxes are inevitable II the general as.
\ sembly meets in extra session, and i
will be necessary next year in any
event,
sAG'Thefe are hundreds of friends of
nvernOr Harding over the state.
-, "a the Storm Lake PilotTrbune,
sswho really will be pleased that there
has seemed to be break between the
governor and one Pierce, publisher of
the Homestead.
The Knoxville Journal believe that
the policy of universal military train
.fng ought to he adopted Immediately
~ this country. If 1t cannot be Sc
cured now, when we are in the midst
OF great war, it can never be Sc
cured, II the Journal fears. J
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02
ARMY is TO GET LARGE AMOUNT
Also Want Money to Purchase Seeds
So That Farmers Of Country
May Increase Production.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Am urgent
deficiency appropriation of approx.
mately $1,33S, 100000 for the army,
navy, food administration and other
government war work will be asked
of congress soon after the holiday re-
cess.
The largest item, for the army, will
include $7O0,000,0G0 for the quarter
master corps for supplies; $5O,000,O0o
for ordnance and $140,00000O for the
engineers.
The department of agriculture will
call for $6,000,000 for the purchase of
seeds to be sold to farmers for re-
plenishing the nations crops in addi-
ton to $2,5O0,000 provided for the
same purpose in the food survey law.
The food administration will ask for
So, 100000 to make total of $4,5OO.0OO
available to it for the current fiscal
year. in addition to amounts allotted
from the presidents $100,O00,OO0 fund.
The navy department already has
asked for $55,000,000 deficiency appro-
priations Besides these deficiency ap-
preparations contemplated the war de-
partment already has asked $1,123,-
100000 additional to the regular esti-
mates already submitted.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-01-02
&s u
Day Of the Guilds.

The monks carried art safely
through until the guilds Of craftsmen.
precursors of the trust and Of organ
lied labor alike, should wax strong
enough to safeguard It's destiny. In
deed, as early as 1880, a powerful So
ciety of goldsmiths had existed In Lon
don, for we read in the records that a
workman was fined that year for being
without license. In 1898 "six discreet
workmen' were appointed by the king
to. mark all silver plate with a leo
pards head, the first known English
assay mark, an epochal moment for the
connoisseur and the collector, to whom
the hall marks and the record In Gold
smiths hall Of every piece have made
English silver an open book Of facts.
Exchange.