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The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
HOW A SOLDIER
FEELS IN FIGHT

'Moppers up behind will deal with
them. Over broken trenches and torn
ground, slipping, falling, sprawling, l
go for our objective. AS the curtain
Of fire and smoke passes over the vii
lage we make the final squirt forward
and--dig like hi.
Germans Fear Americans.
"The noise increases, the guns get
more angry, shells and showers of
mud and dirt are falling all around
you. The devil seems to be raking
out his furnaces, the sky seems to
crash down on you, then my head
swims, my arms fall to my sides, my
legs grow limp and drop down as /
hastily don my gas mask. And when
I open nay eyes and find myself am
on a stretcher and someone with a
smile all over his bronzed face offers
me a cigarette.
Eyes, we ran the Huns for six days
and five nights, and I did not want
to eat or sleep. 1 tell you it was
grand, and If 1 hadn't been gassed I
feel like I could still be running
them. We started In on the Oath day
Of July, my birthday, and, nDther,
dear, / took no prisoners.
"a German officer said to his men
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
BELGIANS IN ALL ATHLETICS
Compete in Boxing Shows and Other
Events Behind Lines-Water
Sport Is Big Thing.

Those who have not paid mucn at
tention to foreign sports may be more
or less surprised at the number OF
Belgians reported as competing in box
ing shows and other events Denlnd the
lines on the western front, but the
Belgians are by no means newcomers
in athletics.
Water sports are naturally the big
thing in a country which has SO many
rivers and so much sea coast In pro-
portion to its size, and in proportion
to it's population Belgium probably lea
all countries in the number OF it's row.
ing clubs and the number OF oarsmen
in training before the war began IN
1914. They took their rowing serious
ly, these Belgians, and developed great
crews and great single scullers.
The Henley regatta on the Thames
open to amateur Fights, and the high
est rowing honor in the world, was
won by the Club Nautique Gand OF
Belgium In 1906, '07 and 'O9. Harvard
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

the pugilist goes a fatal once more to
the ring, the baseball player to the
bat, the prize racer to the track. The
better part of glory to the champion
is in the discretion that dictates with
drawal without loss Of laurels.
Horses Are Menaced.
"Of American thoroughbreds it has
for years been urged that they are
menaced and too frequently put out
Of the game by excessive racing. They
start running earlier than foreign
horses. They are kept too constantly
In training. Great careers have so
been spoiled, as in the cases of Her.
mis-, Irish Lad, Waterbury and other
fine runners. Parole, winning IL races
in his eighth year, is shining excep-
ton to a general rule of retirement at
five, six or seven years.
"There is said to be no doubt that
Roamer could win more races. lie
could win no greater fame. And there
is no need that he should carry away
more purses. He has earned the right
to kingIy leisure, and to consideration
rather as good horse and good friend
than as a gifted provider of golden
glory"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

Admission, Ala.-Here is the descrip-
ton Of big battle as it impressed IT.
self upon the mind of Sergt. Lawrence
Hopkins of Oxford:
They're off,
SIT sends a thrill through you as
you hear their cry and rise up ana
find yourself in a crowd Of men paus-
ing a moment to light our pipes or
cigarettes and we are hurrying for-
ward with glistening steel in our hands
to meet the foe.
eff 1t were not for these other men
moving along heavily laden to Keep
pace with the barrage one might we'll
stand in amazement at a wilderness
suddenly become crowded with sway
ing humanity, bravely attempting to
weather the furious storm.
1.-THE big guns roll like heavy thun-
der, the little field batteries answer
with q bark, shells scream, whistle,
howl, according to their moods.
Death Is Everywhere.
'SThe quick staccato coughing Of
machine guns goes on increasingly all
around you and is swallowed up in
Its echoes. There is a spatter of rifle
bullets as they whiz by you and you
wonder that you are untouched
Barbed wire tears our clothes to
pieces; mud sticks them together
again. Birds fly at our feet and from
the sky winged airplanes swooI
down. Spitfire tanks plod on behind
crashing and crushing; burning, boil,
Ing oil sends flames leaping to the
clouds; molten phosphorus Is poured
into dugouts. There is gas to blind
and choke You.
"There are laughs and cries; the
laugh Of comrade as he struggles
on, or the cry Of another as he drops
his rifle and puts his hand to his
heart-his last cry. There is the vel
of the hunter, the wild-crying despair
of the hunted. The PUNK of the NOR
tars and the burst Of the bombs add
to the tumult of the storm.
"Stretcher bearers rush to and fro
running zig-zag across the battlefield
with their messages. Then drop int
q shell hole. the cold sweat running
of my face, and breathe. Take my
compass out, get direction adjusted
and when the barrage lifts dive int
the tornado again-and so on. Ger
mans are scarce; they are down below
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
SHOWING HOW SCOTS
FEEL ON ATHLETICS
Sixty Thousand of Them Turn
Out to See Soccer Game.
Public Needs Recreation and Lots OF
Il In Theee Trying Times-Any
Form Of Amusement HeIpe--
Same In Canada.

It has been claimed that sports In
the United States should be abandoned
for the duration of the war because
the public Is too much interested In
the developments on the battlefelds In
France. For that reason the baseball
season was cut short, football hung on
the ropes and other athletic events are
barely able to stagger along. Perhaps
this Is q good thing for the country,
but few can see 1t, writes correspond
ent. The public needs recreation, and
lots Of 1t, In these trying times. Any
form Of amusement will help, and to
prove 1t look over the following cable
gram from London:
Gall soccer games In Britain were
dwarfed recently by the big cup tie
in Glasgow, In which the Rangers and
Celtics met in the final tie for the
Glasgow cup before the crowd OF co.
600 people. The Rangers won by the
score Of 2 to O."
This is the fifth year of the war in
England and the suffering there has
UGGu kLGdLCL LluI IL ONCL WALL VIC AANA Ns
Hence that 10000 crowd is significant
and shows the popularity of sports.
The same is true in Canada, where last
summer baseball fourished and horse
racing drew big crowds.
During the first year of the war
sports Of all sorts languished in Eng
land and Canada, but improved In the
second year, and for the past two
years interest in all sorts Of sports has
grown to proportions fully equaling the
period before the war and even sur
passing it in some lines. Perhaps II
is on this fact that some of the base
ball magnates base their faith that the
game will flourish next year. Condi
lions cannot be much different here
than in England or Canada. Ameri
cans more than any other people de
mand recreation and there appears nc
reason why sport should not awaken
here as it has across the water.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
SWAMP ROOT
AIDS WEAK KIDNEYS

The symptoms of kidney and bladder
troubles are often very distressing and
leave the system in rundown condition.
The kidneys seem to suffer most, as al
most every victim complains Of lame back
and urinary troubles which should not be
neglected, as these danger signals often
lead to more dangerous kidney troubles.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root which, so
many people say, soon heals and strength
ems the kidneys, is a splendid kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, and, being
an herbal compound, has gentle heal
ing effect on the kidneys, which is al-
most Immediately noticed in most cases
by those who use it.
A trial will convince anyone who may
be in need of it. Better get bottle from
your nearest drug store, and start treat
ment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.-Adv.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
SQUIRT GUN WAS
ONE HUN TRICK

II was just out Of the hospital" he
said, telling of his last engagement.
II had been laid up with whOoping
cough. had just reported back and
been assigned to command Of Com
pany =. We were ordered to advance
first on Saturday, August 81. We went
ahead for two and half miles and
took the German second line trench.
Grey Gets Fatal Wound.
1.-THE counter-attack came exactly at
four o'clock. But, of course, 1t availed
nothing, because we were fully able to
meet 1t with more than sufficient re-
sistance. Our artillery had full sweep
Of the ground over which they moved.
The slaughter was terrible.
ave lay In the position all that
night, and at seven o'clock In the morn
ing made quick move. We took over
line of shell holes about three hun
dred yards in front of us. Then we
started in to clean up the thick nests
of machine guns.
Lieutenant Grey was shot In the
stomach and Lieut.. Harry Blair of
Brooklyn was hit. Then 1 was hit.
After got 1t Blair and myself carried
Grey back to a dressing station. He
died the next morning.
Huns Did Not Fight Fair.
"The Germans were fighting in a
nasty way. 1t was not the least bit
safe to pay any attention to them
when they began to cry 'kamerad."
Many Of them carried a little pistol
called squirt gum 1t shoots q
small bullet like a twenty-five, bet
/ sprays them out at short range. The
pistols keep on shooting just as long as
you keep your finger pressed on the
| trigger. They are good for short range
only. The danger was In this: if you
rounded up two or three or more Ger
mans and ordered them to throw up
their hands, they would, except that
| one of them would be little slow. II
YOU started to lower your gun or pistol
to take them in tow the slow-moving
man suddenly threw out his squirt gun
and opened fire. The safest thing to
do was to take no chances.
"The Germans were doing all sorts
of things that were forbidden by inter
national code. They did not think any
thing Of firing on the stretcher bear
ers, although the men were carefully
marked with white bands on their
arms and were classed as noncom.
batants."
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
YALE STAR PLEASED AT WAR
Jack Kedzie, OId-Time Yale Baseball
Player, Finally Gets Excitement
He Craved.

Jack Kedzie, who caught for Yale's
baseball team in 1893, and could have
broken into the big leagues if he had
desired to, is at last getting the ex-
element his restless spirit always ask
ed-he is at the head of Y. M. G. A.
unit in France, and has been given
credit for his rescue of many French
children from a burning, shell-swept
village.
Kedzies life Would make quite ro-
nance. He was, as already remarked,
great ball player at Yale, and had
to turn down major league offers on
account of his large business interests
at home-Evanston, Ill.
For more than 20 years he went
along in a business track, always sigh
ing for adventure, never having the
least show to get any till the chance
"over there was offered.
Then the wealthy Mr.. Kedzie shut
up shop, FASTENED to France and at
the age of forty-seven is having a glo.
rious time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
WHEN ALSACE COMES BACK
First PoiIu to Plant TricoIor on Walls
of Strassburg Gets Request
of $641.43.

Philadelphia.-Th minister of war
in Paris has $641.43 from the estate
of . patriotic Philadelphia Frenchman,
who died 20 years ago, to be paid to
the first French soldier who plants the
French flag on the walls of the city of
Strassburg, Alsace.
This bequest was made by Jacques
G.. Aschbacher, who was a contractor
and also secretary of the French AS.
ISOLATION of Philadelphia. He died IL.
July, 1898, and in his will now on file
at the city hall, he directed that 5000
be given to the first French soldier
who carried out the feat in the 5at
war;
The money was turned over the
French minister of war and now
amounts to over 5000 by reaeoB IT the
accumulative interest.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

Paris.-Ne wonder that American
soldiers astound the French with their
money-spending proclivity. Shops
stocked sufficiently in the ordinary
course of events to last six months
are frequently cleaned out in day
when the Yankees arrive. The Amer
leans just simply buy everything in
sight.
A bunch of troops just arriving from
the long journey overseas, or perhaps
having been shunted around a month
or so after landilk, reach q permanent
camp and are paid off. Frequently
they haven't had a pay day in two or
three months.
Then with their pockets full of the
strange francs they go to town and
make up for lost time. They overlook
nothing from Swiss watch to an arm
full of souvenirs to send back home.
But with all the spending and buy
ing it is remarkable that there are SO
few cases of drunkenness. The wine
shops are open to the Americans at
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
ARMY CHAPLAIN Is SOME FAN
Father Munster Rides Sixty MilesIin
France to Secure Equipment
for Ball Game.

To obtain baseball supplies for the
soldiers in his brigade, the Rev. Fa-
Their William Munster Of Pittsburgh.
Pa, chaplain and athletic director OF
an artillery regiment, rode 60 miles
on motorcycle at night recently.
A divisional baseball championship
was slated to be settled when Father
Munster discovered that the truck
containing the balls, bats and other
equipment was ON the missing list:
AS the division was going to sec.
tor where it would be too busy for
any baseball games for while, Father
Munster was determined that the
championship should be settled. With
out saying word to any of the sol.
diers he jumped on the motorcycle and
rode to a Knights of Columbus club
60 miles away, where he secured the
equipment for the game.
Before the war Father Munster was
at ST. Mary's Of the Mount church,
Pittsburgh.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

London.-First Lieut.. Ira J. Hodes OF
Brooklyn, N. Y, and Berkeley, Cal.'
praises Lieut.. Audrey Grey of Berke-
lev as one of the gamest American
officers he ever knew.
Lieutenant Grey, fearfully wounded
and at the point of death, said:
aDon't take me, boys; clean 'em out
first"
BY cleaning 'em out" he meant TOT
them to keep on driving at the Ger
man machine gun nests until they
were abandoned. He did not want TO
interrupt the progress on that part OF
the line for an instant.
Lieutenant Hodes was wounded IN
the left Ieg-the same leg in which ne
had been shot during the Spanish
American war.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Money Burns Their Pocket

certain hours, generally from 5 80 to
8 80 p. m But the average American
does not like French wine, at least
not at first. French beer has nat,
weak taste which does not appeal ut
all to Americans. There is no whis-
ky, and even were it available the
Americans would not be allowed to
purchase 1t. Cognac is the nearest APP
proach to whisky and this must be
obtained by stealth-sort Of boot
logging process.
Many thousands of American sol
diers, disguised with the light wines
and beers which only they may pro-
cure, have foresworn booze entirely,
gone on the "water wagon" for keeps
and will be in good trim for the ma
tion-wide prohibition they will face
when they return to the United States.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
DUFFY WOUNDED IN FRANCE
One of First Athletes to Run 100
Yards in Ten Seconds Is Injured
on Firing Line.

According to report in New York,
Hugh Duffy, one OF the first athletes
to run 100 yards under ten seconGs,
has been wounded on the firing line.
Duffy enlisted with a Massachusetts
infantry regiment shortly after this
country entered the war. He is recov-
ering in a hospital in France and ex-
poets to return to the first-line trench
es within a short time.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

service to victory over the team Of the
u. S. s. Arizona at Stevens field in HO-
boken recently. The score was 10 to 6.
The old-time Cambridge captain
quickly demonstrated that his naval
duties had in nowise dulled his ability
by scoring a field goal from the 10
yard line in the first period, gaining
three points for his side.
In the fourth period he scored a
touchdown and kicked goal
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
wife,s Letters Are Her Own.

Chicago.-It wasn't that the judge
believed wiley should be receiving let
tiers from "Jack," saying he'd be in
the city soon with bundles of love for
you," that made Judge Gemmill turn
a deaf ear to, the complaint of r. A.
Sullivan Of the Sher-Lak hotel. 1t was
only that the judge believes no man
has a right to open his wife's letters.
Pay her SO a week for support and
leave her mail alone-was the courts
order.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Favored by Nature.

SLOW old is your baby brotherT
asked Robert of playmate.
zone year DID," replied Willie.
"Huh !" exclaimed Robert. "Tve got
dog a year old, and he can walk
twice as we'll as that kid can"
"Well, he ought to-" replied Willie
"He's got twice as many legs"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
wanted. nTranp Prihter.n

gaIina, Kan.-Owing to scarcity of
tramp printers" the like which has
never been recorded by the old-tirne
editors, papers in this section of the
state are suspeading.
The latest is that Of the Barnard
Bee, published at Barnard, near here.
u the last issue Of the paper, the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
DISMISSED" SAID COURT
DIsorderIy, Tattered and Torn, he
Brought Out Roll and Bought
5000 of Liberty Bonds.

Chicago.-"Want to go to the Bride
well or work?" Judge LaBuy in po-
lice court asked Tom Mcintosh,
charged with disorderly conduct-Tom,
who was battered and torn and all
forlorn.'
81" said Mcintosh, Sam workman.
Put me down for $500 in Liberty
bonds"
And out of his sock he took draft
for 1857.
The Judge signed him up on his
bonds and then
Dismissed"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
CAPTAIN LOST TO WILLIAMS
Francis Stewart Enters Officers Train
ing School for Infantry at
Camp Lee, Va.

Another Williams captain has de-
parted to join the colors, Francis b.
Stewart of Ossining, N. Y, having en-
tered the officers training school for
infantry at Camp Lee, Va. He served
as leader of the Purple track team last
spring. Stewart was a middle-distance
runner and had represented the Purple
in cross-country and relay, as well as
track, for three years.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
BRIcKLEY STILL GOOD KICKER
Former Harvard Gridiron Star Plays
With OId-Time Dash and Bril-
lIancy in Recent Game.

Playing in the same dashing, bril-
liant style that marked his career as
a gridiron star at Harvard five years
ago, Charles Brickley, now an ensign
In the United States navy, led the
football eleven of the naval transport
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Eli in the West.

Within the middle West football
area five former Yale players are
coaching-Fred Murphy at Northwest
ern, Alonzo Stage at Chicago, Doctor
Williams at Minnesota, Herman Olcott
at Great Lakes and Howard Jones at
Iowa.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

bouts in the West. His first engage
ment was at Camp Grant, and his work
was so satisfactory there that the
commander of the Great Lakes naval
station had him officiate in the bouts
that were contested at the station. In
all the bouts that he refereed his de-
cisions gave general satisfaction.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
HARD DOLLARS WORRY
GOTHAM OLD-TIMERS

New York.-For the first time
infapproximately fifty years the
good old American silver dollar
has again made it's appearance
on Broadway. Many "old-timers"
finger them gingerly, take bite,
shake their heads and mutter
''phoney." Nevertheless, the dol
lars are good ones. They are
arriving In the pockets of
France-bound soldiers from the
Middle and Western states, and.
well, the majority of them will
not be spent in France.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Old SHINGLES Buy Bonds.

Cambridge, Massey collecting old
shingles, Charles and Dorothea, two
young patriotic Americans, earned
enough money to make the first pay
ment on a Liberty bond. The two chit
dren worked all day gathering "shin-
giles for Uncle SAM" as they expressed
il.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Changes German Name.

Atlanta, Ga.-John Won Hadeln, an
American with German name, testi-
fed before the federal court that he
could stand the reflection no longer
SO his name is now John f. Vaughn
Vaughn declares he has not a drop Of
German blood in his veins.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
INVESTS INSURANCE
IN BONDS AND STAMPS

Dalton, Ga.-Left $4,000 In
surance by her son, Amos Har-
din, who died from a wound re-
ceived in action in France, Mrs.
Mary e. Hardin turned the en-
tire amount into Liberty bonds
and War Savings stamps. Mrs.
Hardin says she takes this meth
cd in helping the government
and to avenge her son. Her
husband, Eli J. Hardin, gave
his life in order to save fell
low workman endangered from
noxious gases in well. For
this act Mrs. Hardin received a
Carnegie hero medal and a pen
sion.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

editor announced that owing to lack
of surplus printers, it would suspend,
until such time as tramp printer
came around. In the meantime, the
neighborhood will have to go without
news.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
II May Take Wings.

Bess-So Van Speederly has Inherit
ed a million? How long will 1T last
him?
Bob-That depends. If he blows 1t,
ten year; if he invests it, about five
Town Topics.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Hiuh Cost of Moving.

Savannah, Ga.-The high cost OF
moving in Savannah has obliterated
the old saw that sit is cheaper to move
than pay rent" 1t now costs from
$40 to 500 per load to move, because
of the extreme scarcity Of labor and
the high cost of upkeep.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
MIIIie jackson as Instructor.

Willie jackson, Philadelphia boxer,
who jumped into fame by knocking
out Johnny Dundee, has been appoint
ed boxing instructor at the Pelham
bay naval training station.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Murphy Is Now Captain.

]. 81. Murphy, former Dartmouth
college star, is captain Of the Rumkil
Island naval station football eleven.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Don't trifle with a cold
Its dangerous.
You can't afford to risk
Influenza.
Keep always at hand a
box of
<AILtS
CASCARA IL QUININE
%SSSS
c..a-s ~oid rernedv for 90 years-in tablet

Standard cold remedy for 20 yeats-in tablet
form--safe. sure, no opietes-bresks up 9 cold
h,o - &c - fe;is The genuine box has Red top
with Mr. Hills picture. At All Drug Stores.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

London's telephone and telegraph
wires extend TO 1850 miles overhead
and 921 900 miles underground
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Not That Branch.

"What a stentorian voice he has"
"No, think it is more like the Jones
side of the family"
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

The business Of the London stock
exchange, under peace conditions, re-
quires the services of $4,000 persons
levery day.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12
Norton Killed in Action.

Fred Norton; former Ohio state uni
yersity football and basket ball player,
is among those recently killed in ae-
ton.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1918-12-12

Japan has a giycerin manufacturing
plant which has a capacity OF about
300 tons a month.