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The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-27
WAR WORKERS RETURN
THEIR THANKS

The committee in charge of the card
party given for the benefit of the "kit
fund" wish to extend their sincere
thanks to the public for their generous
support. Also the merchants who are
giving us the benefit of their profits.
$153.95 was the proceeds of the party.
Will the Leavenworth boys called
into the service, please leave their
names and addresses either with Mrs.
Hamilton, at the postoffice, or at the
War Workers Headquarters. We
have a kit for each one.
Fourth Liberty Loan campaign
opens September 28th.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-27

The Kumtux Club will not meet for
Red Cross work Friday, Sept 27.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-27

ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS

The Kumtux Club will not meet for
Red Cross work Friday, Sept 27.
Word was received here yesterday
by Mr.. L. J. Nelson that the case of
the State of Washington against John
Koerner, on appeal from the superior
court of Chelan county was dismissed
by the Supreme court in Olympia on
the 23rd inst. The verdict of the trial
court was affirmed.
After a stay of ten days at Soap
Lake, Mrs. John Koerner returned to
Leavenworth yesterday.
Miss Jennie Vickers from Dru1y
spent Thursday in Leavenworth shop
ping.
Mr.. Walter Koerner is now engaged
in the sale of the Automatic Water
Vaporizer, made by the Auto Water
Pep Co., of Seattle. He installed
quite a few the past week, and the
users are all very well pleasd. s27%
Mrs. R. C. Nichols and Miss Pearl
Hghfill from Tye spent Thursday in
the city on business.
Mr., Gordon Helmick came up from
Wenatchee, Tuesday and visited with
his mother, Mrs. Helmick, until Thurs
day, when he took No. ! for Seattle
where he intends to spend the winter.
Mr.. j. w. Shinolt who spent the
past two weeks on the Geo. Sinclair
ranch near Peshastin, left Thursday
on No. 1 for Seattle
Mrs. F. S. Durham who spent the
past six weeks with her sister Mrs.
l.. Lamb, left Thursday for her home
at Auburn, Wash.
Miss Pinkle, who spent several days
with her cousin, Mrs. Bert Hegler,
left Thursday for her home in Ohio
Mr.. Roth, uncle of Mrs. Bert Heg-
Ter, left Thursday for his home in
oregon.
Miss Roxie Ross, left for her home
in Spokane, Thursday, after spending
three weeks with her aunt, Mrs. J.
Arbogast on the ranch near Peshas-
tin.
Mrs. Mary Markham arrived Thurs
day form Everett and will visit with
her niece, Mrs. H. F. Ring, several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Greeve arrived
from Michigan on No. last Friday
and spent a few hours here and then
proceeded to Merritt to visit Mrs.
Greeve's brother, Nelson Forsythe
Both Mr.. and Mrs. Greeve lived here
until some eleven years ago when they
removed to Michigan and have lived
there since. About every two years
the call of the west is so strong they
have to come back.
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radicals and long-haired. soap-box ag-
itators of the country. Every day that
passes sees the majority of Americans
more closely united in the one aim of
winning the war. Naturally each day
loyal citizens become less and less toll
Grant of the activities of persons who
in any way hinder the war program,
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-27
BIG SURPRISE TO MANY
IN LEAVENWORTH

People are surprised at the IN
SLANT action of simple buckthorn
bark, glycerine, etc, as mixed in Ad-
ler-i-ka ONE SPOONFUL fQshes
ENTIRE bowel tract so completely it
relieves ANY CASE sour stomach,
gas or constipation and prevents APP
pendicitis. The INSTANT, pleasant
action of Adler-i-ka surprises both
doctors and patients. 1t removes foul
matter which poisoned your stomach
for months. Wheeler's Drug Store.
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Another Red Cross dance was given
at the Chiwaukum school house Sat
urday, Sept. 21st, with nearly as good
results as the first. The net proceeds
amounting to $51.00 which was equal
ly divided among the National League
the Council of Defense and the Red
Cross.
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The Automatic Water Vaporizer

The Automatic Water Vaporizer
eliminates the gummy, baked and
erystalized carbon from your engine
and keeps it absolutely clean. Talk
to Walter Koerner about it. SGT"
Mr.. NJ. Anthony, manager of the
Continental Coal Co., of Wenatchee,
says that the Automatic Water Vapor-
iaer, which he is using on one of his
trucks in which he is using distillate,
and one on his Dodge car, is saving
at least 30 per cent and is well pleas
ed with it and recommends it to all
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Near midnight refreshments were
served, the guest drawing the name
of his lady partner from hat
Earl left for Seattle Friday morn
ing to attend high school.
The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1918-09-27
GOW-ROACH WEDDING

Mrs. Pearl Cow and Mr.. Martin
Roach were married, Sept. Is, at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh McShane
by Rev. A. H. Morton. Mr.. and Mrs.
Roach left Saturday for ST. Paul,
Mimi, where they intend to spend a
month or six weeks with relatives
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and are insistent in their demand that
such people either be put into mill
tary service or in Jail for the period
of the war. Those who can not be
turned into soldier material, can read
lily be Accommodated in the prisons of
the country.
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ADVERTISERS TAKE NOTICE

Under the new government reg
ulation and the urgent need of
conservation, The Echo must in
sist that all advertising copy for
the current week must be in the
office not later than Wednesday
noon of each week to insure in
sertion. 1t is to the advertisers
benefit to have his copy in the of
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and more attractive advertisement.
The advertiser will also get a bet
ter position in the paper and get
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Mr.. Advertiser, get your copy in
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If it comes in late it may not be
possible to get your ad in at all,
in any event you will get poor
looking adj, and it will be in any
old out-of- the-way place. Get your
copy in on time. Wednesday noon.
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SHUT THEM UP.

The conviction of Debs and Hay
wood should serve as a lesson and a
deterrent to the activities of all wild
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Try a Want AID in The Echo.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1918-03-06

About every twenty minutes the SEN
try in the next traverse would fire a
star shell from his flare pistol. The
'plop" would give me start OF fright.
I never got used to this noise during
my service in the trenches.
I would watch the arc described by
the star shell, and then stare into No
Mans Land waiting for it to burst. In
its lurid light the barbed wire and
stakes would be silhouetted against it's
light like a latticed window. Then
darkness.
Once, out in front Of our wire, /
heard a noise and saw. dark forms
moving. My rifle was lying across the
sandbagged parapet. 1 reached for it,
and was taking aim to fire, when my
mate grasped my arm, and whispered,
'Don't fire." He challenged in a low
voice. The reply came back instantly
from the dark forms:
"Shut your blinkin' mouth, you
bloOmin' idiot; do you want US to click
it from the Boches?"
Later we learned that the word. "No
challenging or firing, wiring party out
in 'front.'" had been given to the sentry
on our right, but he had failed to pass
it down the trench. An officer had over
heard our challenge and the reply, and
Immediately put the offending sentry
under arrest. The sentry clicked
twenty-one days on the wheel, that is,
he received twenty-one days field pun
ishment No. 1, or "crucifixion," as
Tommy terms it.
This consists of being spread-eagled
on the wheel Of a timber two hours a
day for twenty-one days, regardless of
the weather. During this period, your
rations consist of bully beef, biscuits
and water.
A few months later met this sentry
and he cOnfided to me that since being
"crucified,' he had never failed to pass
the word down the trench when SO or
dered. In view of the Offense, the
above punishment was very light, in
that failing to pass the word down a
trench may mean the loss of many
lives, and the spelling of some impOr-
+ant enterprise in No Mans Land.
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Pretty soon the cook poked his head
in the door and shouted: "Hey, Yank,
come out here and clean your dixie -
I protested that I had wasted q half
hour on it already, and had used up
my only remaining shirt in the at
tempt. With look of disdain he eX-
claimed: elbow me, your shirt! Why
in - didn't you use mud?"
Without word in reply I got busy
with the mud, and soon my dixie was
bright and shining.
Most of the afternoon was spent by
the men writing letters home. I used
my spare time to chop wood for the
cook and go with the quartermaster to
draw coal. I got back just in time to
issue our third meal, which consisted
of hot tea. I rinsed out my dixie and
returned it to the cOOkhOuse, and went
back to the billet with an eXhilarated
feeling that my days labor was done.
1 had fallen asleep on the straw when
once again the cook appeared in the
door Of the billet with: "Blime me, you
Yanks are lazy. Who in - a-gOin' to
draw the water for the mOrnin' tea?
Do you think I'm agOin' to? Well,
I'm not" and he left. 1 filled the dixie
with water from an old squeaking well,
and once again lay down in the straw.
(To be Continued.)
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were constantly whistling over the viii
lage and bursting in our rear, search
ing for our artillery.
These cellars were cold, damp and
smelly, and Overrun with large rats
big black fellows. Most of the Tom
mics slept with their overcOats over
their faces. I did not. In the middle
of the night I woke up in terror. The
cold, clammy feet Of q rat had passed
over my face. [ Immediately smoth-
cred myself in my OvercOat, but could
not sleep for the rest of that night.
Next evening, we took over our Sec
ed our way through a Zigzag COM
municatiOn trench, six inches deep
with mud. This trench was called
"Whisky street. On our way up to
the front line an occasional flare Of
bursting shrapnel would light up the
sky and we could hear the fragments
Shaping the ground above us on our
right and left. Then a Fritz would
traverse back and forth with his type
writer" or machine gun. The bullets
made sharp cracking noise overhead.
Lie DOy III VI HE IISu-
tice crumpled up without word. A
piece of shell had gone through his
shrapnel-proOf helmet. I felt sick and
weak.
In about thirty minutes we reached
the front line. It was dark as pitch.
Every now and then a German star
shell would pierce the blackness out
in front with it's silvery light. I was
trembling all over, and felt very lonely
and afraid. All orders were given in
whispers. The company we relieved
filed past us and disappeared into the
blackness of the communication trench
leading to the rear. AS they passed us,
they whispered, "The best O. luck
mates"
I sat on the fire step Of the trench
with the rest of the men. In each
traverse two of the older men had been
put on guard with their heads sticking
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trench mud therefrOm, because at 8 :45
a. M, they had to fall in for inspection
and parade, and woe betide the man
who was unshaven, or had mud on his
uniform. Cleanliness is next to gOdli-
ness in the British army, and Old Pep
per must have been personally &C
quainted with st. Peter.
Our drill consisted of close-order
formation, which lasted until noon.
During this time we had two ten-min-
ute breaks for rest, and no sooner the
word, Fall out for ten minutes" was
given than each Tommy got out a fag
and lighted it.
Fags are issued every Sunday morn
ing, and you generally get between
twenty and forty. The brand gem
orally issued is the "Woodbine" Some
times we are lucky and get Gold
flakes" "PlayerS'' or "Red HusSarS."
Occasionally an issue of life Rays"
comes along. Then the older TOmmies
Immediately get busy on the recruits
and trade these for "Woodbines'' or
"GOldfiakes." A recruit only has to
be stuck once in this manner, and then
he ceases to be recruit. There is
reason. Tommy is q great cigarette
smoker. He smokes under all condi-
tons, except when unconscious or
when he is accommodating in No Mans
Land at night. Then, for obvious rea.
sons, he does not care to have a light
ed cigarette in his mouth.
Stretcher bearers carry Tags for
wounded Tommies. When a stretcher
bearer arrives alongside of a Tommy
who has been hit the following CONVEX
sation usually takes place: Stretcher
bearer-"Want a flag? Where are you
hit?" Tommy looks up and answers,
eyes. In the leg"
After dismissal from parade, we re-
turned to our billets and / had to get
busy Immediately with the dinner is
sue. Dinner consisted of stew made
from fresh beef, a couple of spudS,
bully beef, MacOnochie ratiOns and wa
ter-plenty of water. There is great
competition among the men to spear
with their forks the two lonely pOta-
toes.
After dinner I tried to wash out
the dixie with cold water and a rag,
and learned another maxim of the
trencheS-"It can't be done" / slyly
watched one of the older men from
another section, and was Mortified to
see him throw into his dixie four or
five double handfulS of mud. Then he
poured in some water, and with his
hanvs secured the dixie inside and out.
l thought he was taking an awful risk.
Surprising the cook should have seen
him! After half an hour Of unsuc-
cessful efforts / returned my dixie to
the cook shack, being careful to put ON
the cover, and returned to the billet.
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over the top, and With their eyes try
ing to pierce the blackness in mo
Mans Land" In this trench there
were only two dugouts, and these were
used by Lewis and Vickers machine
gunners, so it was the fire step for
ours. Pretty soon it started to rain.
We put on our "macks," but they were
not much protection. The rain trickled
down our backs, and it was not long
before we were wet and cold. How
passed that night I will never know,
but without any unusual occurrence,
dawn arrived.
The word "stand down. was passed
along the line, and the sentries got
down off the fire step. Pretty soon the
rum issue came along, and it was a
GOdsend. 1t warmed our chilled bodies
and put new life into us. Then from
the communication trenches came
diXies or iron pots, filled with steam
ing tea, which had two wooden stakes
through their handles, and were car
ried by two men. I filled my canteen
and drank the hot tea without taking
it from my lips. 1t was not long be-
fore I was asleep in the mud on the
fire step.
My ambition had been attained! I
was in a frOnt-line trench on the west
ern front. and oh, how wished were
back in Jersey City.
.~yaTJgT5T- ~BAp-rov
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CHAPTER w.
"lnto the Trench"


The next morning the draft was in
spected by our general, and we were
assigned to different companies. The
boys in the brigade had nicknamed
this general Old Pepper, and he GER
tainly earned the sobriQuet. I was as
signed to B company with another
American named Stewart.
For the next ten days we crested"
repairing roads for the Trenches, drill
ing, and digging bombing trenches.
One morning we were informed that
we were going up the line, and our
march began.
1t took us three days to reach re-
serve billets-each days march bring
ing the sound of the guns nearer and
nearer. AT night, way off in the dis
lance we could see their flashes. which
lighted up the sky with a red glare.
Against the horizon we could see
numerous observation balloons or "sau-
sages" as they are called.
On the afternoon of the third days
march 1 witnessed my first airplane
being shelled. A thrill ran through me
and / gazed in awe. The airplane was
making wide circles in the air, while
little puffs of white smoke were burst
ing all around it. These puffs appeared
like tiny balls of cotton while after
each burst could be heard q dull
''plop." The sergeant of my platoon
informed us that it was German air.
plane and I wondered how he could tell
from such q distance because the plane
seemed like a little black Speck in the
sky. I expressed my doubt as to
whether it was English, French or Ger
man. With a look of contempt he fur
Their informed us that the allied anti
aircraft shells when exploding emitted
white smoke while the German shells
gave forth black smoke, and as he ex-
pressed it, "It must be an Allemand be-
cause our pOm-DOmS are Smelling, and
] know our batteries are not off their
balIy nappers and are certainly not
strafeing our own planes, and another
piece of advice-dOn't chuck your
weight about until you've been up the
line and learnt something"
I Immediately quit "chucking my
weight about from that time on.
Just before reaching reserve billets
we were marching along. laughing, and
singing one of TOmmy's trench ditties:
I want to go home I want to go home,
L don't want to go to the trenches
more
Where sausages and yvhizz- bangs are ga
lore.
Take me over the sea, Where the Allie
mand can't get at me,
Oh, my, I don't want to die,
I want to go home
when overhead came q "swish'' through
the air, rapidly followed by three 9TH
ers. Then about two hundred yards to
our left in a large field, four columns
of black earth and smoke rose into the
air, and the ground trembled from the
repOrt-the explosion of four German
fve-nine's, or "coalboxes'' A sharp
whistle blast, Immediately followed by
two short ones, rang out from the head
of our column. This was to take up
"artillery formation" We divided into
small squads and went into the fields
on the right and left Of the road, and
crouched on. the ground. No other
shells followed this salvO. It was our
first baptism by shell fire. From the
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waist up was al enthusiasm, out from
there down, everything was missing. l
thought I should die with fright.
After awhile, we reformed into col
umns of tours, and proceeded on our
way.
About five that night, we reached the
ruined village of H, and I got my
first sight of the awful destruction
caused by German Kultur.
Marching down the main street we
came to the heart of the village, and
took up quarters in shellproOf cellars
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SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I-Fired by the news of the
sinking of the Lusitania by a German
ran. leaves his office in Jersey City and
goes to England where he enlists in the
British army.
CHAPTER II-After a period of train
Ing, Empey volunteers for immediate serv-
Ice and soon finds himself in rest billets
somewhere in France, where he first
makes the acquaintance of the ever-pres-
ent "coOties."
CHAPTER III-Empey attends his first
church services at the front while a Ger
man Fokker circles over the congregation.
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The Humble Penny.

More than a billion cents have been
coined in the last decade, making the
number coined from 1893 in all 2,S04,-
O00,OOO-an average of 81 for eaclf
man, woman and child in the United
States. Considering the demand for
them, and the fact that every cent is
worth more than it's metal value, it
seems as if the government might mint
in a 12-month more than 152 ,S46,21S-
the achievement of the record year.
Boston Globe.
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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-07
AMERICANS DEFEAT HUNS

The stage"
battle showing
points planned attack the they
villages
with the and pstency their attacks The Germans
thrown three divisions 00 the fighting
cans but unable to hold
The telegraphc and cable follow
ike Coma
WITH THE AMERICAN TROOPS ON MARNE
table development
all of
the and glad to get of the fighting
This the
although
sufficient food at times
must be imagined however, that they did strong
fight officers
but the dashed into them yelling like Coanch Indians plying
bayonets rifles
Marine Kills Two Officers, Wounds
taking
tackled single handed
his rifle killed officers
Another about take when the German
himself
having cale him
to so.
of Destroyed
WASHINGTON-Snator with the naval
heads Allied
so all the that hy
have cut the losses o shipping n half
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-07
MUST HAVE MORE
CLASS ONE MEN
CLASSIFICATION OF REGIS.
TRANTS TO BE REVISED
PERCENTAGE is TOO LOW

WASHINGTON-A general revis-
ion of the classifications under the
selective draft service act was start
ed by Provost Marshal General Crow
der when he telegraphed today to
the governors of all states ordering
Investigations to determine the rea-
son for the small number of regis
trants being in class 1 in some To-
calities.
Lists of some boards show an ave-
rage of 28.7 per cent of registrants
are in class 1, while some boards have
even fallen as low as 10 per cent.
Thousands of men now in class
should be put in classes 1 and 2,
Marshal Crowder said.
The instructions also ordered in
vestigations to determine if any men
had been enormously put in upper
classes when they should have been
placed in those lower down.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-07

AMERICAN MARINE, Friday-(by AS
German lines late captured the village Torcy and drove their
Bouresches, northwest of Chateau Thierry.
holding
attacks pushing back through the of Boesches
Virtually detectives when the against
held the
face attacks strong German forces
The did include taking Ty but the swept
restrained but driving the Huns before them
reached right of attack
the Beleau Wood fighting
Americans Take PrisOners-French Make Gains
PARIS (OffciaAmercan fighting battle
Beau Bouresches
of Chateau Thierry.
successful and prisoners taken
On the Marine northwest Chateau Te the French captured
Nam in Am Casualty
casualty
S. died of disease wounded severely, g.
Still sticking Around"
ATLANTIC mehantship arrived
attacked submarine off the
between the
number Shots the merchant ship escaped unnured and
this ships
hu1rying the locality where the submarine
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1918-06-07

in progress at last reports near Torcy
which lies about two and a half miles
east of Veuilly.
The French attack this morning
was to straighten out the American
line, and it was a brilliant perform
ance. In this they were assisted by
the American forces. American in
fantry cleaned out one group of 80
Uhlans who were mounted.
Don't let one escape" shouted a
big American. All but one was kill
ed; he was captured. ~
The Americans advanced in a solid
phalanx, their strong determined
faces and great physique an inspir-
alton to their gallant French COM
rades, who now regard them with
brotherly affection.
On Tuesday the Americans faced
a Saxon division; on Wednesday a
guard division; today crack Prus-
sian division, and also a battalion Of
famous jaeger sharpshooters. The
Americans caught one scouting party
of eight sharpshooters and killed
them all.
The battlefield tonight presents a
lurid picture, with great flashes like
lightning racing across the sky. The
heavy guns are roaring in the dis
tance like thousands of drums being
beaten. simultaneously the sky is
being lighted here and there with the
bursting shrapnel in the trail of
enemy aircraft.
The wounded Germans were hur-
ried to hospitals and given quick
treatment.
Some of the Germans said they
had been told that the Americans
were not trained, but that they had
found the Americans could shoot