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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
New York Sugar.

New York, Oct. 9.-The market for
sugar was unchanged at 1850 for contri-
fugal. The committee continues to pur-
chase whenever transportation can be ar
ranged for and today reported accumula-
lions of $4,000 bags Of Cubas for October
shipments
In refined there seems to be only a
moderate demand and prices are I'M
changed at Sc for fine granulated.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Chicago Produce.

Chicago, Oct. s.-Butter-Market high
err; creamery, 81 q sec.
Eggs--Receipts, 1902 cases; market
unchanged.
Potatoes-Market lower; receipts. %
cars; Minnesota and Dakota, bulk, $3.50
10: sacks, s1s0Q1 80; Wisconsin, bulk
$15o91.65; sacks, $1.75@1.s0.
Poultry-Alive, market lower; fowls 81
l24hc; springs. Csc.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Evaporated Apples and Dried Fruits.

New York Oct. 9.-Evaporated Apples
Dull; CALIFORNIA;, 13914c.
Prunes--Scarce, CALIFORNIA; eos to zoos,
10@10Ac
Apricots-Active and strong; choice, zoe;
extra choice, %; fancy, FAC.
Peaches-Nominal.
Raisins-Firm
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Charles Riseman Injured
in CHICAGO Auto Accident

Charles Riseman, living at 254S
Chicago street, a travelling man for
the Cummings Check Protector
company, was seriously injured in
Chicago Wednesday morning. Mr..
Riseman was pinned against wall
by a skidding automobile truck
which fractured both limbs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
New York General.

New York, Oct. 9.-Wheat-Spot steady:
No. red, $2.34h, track New York
Corn-Spot unsettled; No 2 yellow,
sL66&; No. yellow. s154%. cost and
freight New York.
Oats-Spot weak; standard, s0h oslo.
Pork-Steady; mess, s42.00Q43.000;
short clear. s4200@50.O0.
Lard-Weak, middle west 1880
26.35.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux City. Oct -Cattle-Recepts, H.
500 head; market weak; beef steers $500
014OO; Gamers. $5OO6675; stockers and
feeders, 81. 5O@14 90.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head: market 15c
to zoe lower; light, s17s061S.OO; mixed
s17.70@17, 90; heavy. $1740@1765: bulk
OF sales, $17.60@1775
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts, $500 head :;
market steady.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Ex.Captain Of Huskers Gets
Commission n the Enqineers

Leonard Purdy of Beatrice, ROM
erly captain Of the Cornhusker foot
ball team, received his commission
as a lieutenant in the engineering
corps of the army and will leave in
few days for Camp Dodge, Ia,
where he will be assigned for the
present,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Turpentine and ROsin.

Savannah. Ga, Oct s.-Turpentine-
Firm ,57kc; sales, ESQ bills: receipts. 80
bbs shipments, s; stock, 2s,770 bbls.
Rosin--Firm; sales, SCI bbls.; receipts
2s9 bbls; shipments, so bbls.i stock, &C.,
ss6 bbls.. Quote: B. s14OO; D, s14.10;
E, s1415; F, s142o: G, $1425; H, s14.S5;
l, s14.5O X, s14S5914.s0; NJ. $3.50; N,
$3.50; VIC, s15.35: WV, $3.50.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Officers Reach France.

Washington, Oct. s.-Arrival in
France of Major General Barnett,
commandant of the United States
marine corps, and Brigadier General
McCawley, quartermaste. general
of the corps, was announced today
by Secretary Daniels.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
st. JOseph Live Stock.

st. Joseph, Oct. -Catte-Receipts, =
500 head; market lower; steers ss.OO@
00 cows and heifers, s6.00Q15. 90;
calves, Sc OO@13. 90.
Hogs-Receipts. 1900 head; market
lower; top. $3.50; bulk Of sales, s1775@
1890.
sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 5000 head
market teady; lambs, 10000 500; ewes.
sS00m9.5O
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
st. Louis Live Stock.

st. Louis, Oct. 9.-Cattle--Receipts
300 head; market Csc to soc lower; ma
tive beef steers. s11.50Q1S.25; yearling
steers and heifers, $s.5O915.5O; cows,
$7.50@12.50; stockers and feeders, $500
1900: fair to prime southern beef steers.
s1O.OO9180O; beef cows and heifers, $3.50
@15.OO native, $775@17.25.
Hogs-Recelpts, 1900 head; market
steady with yesterdays closes; light,
$l79O@1825; pigs, $15Oo@1ZOO; mixed
and butchers, $17s0@1S50; good heavy
s1S.5O91S6O; bulk, s17s0D1s50.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 1000 head: ;
market steady; lambs, SIC 5O@16.75; ewes,
s1OO112.OO; Gamers and choppers, $500
IA
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Dallas "Over TOP

Washington, Oct. 9.--The Dallas
district reports every county in the
drought-stricken district of west
Texas oversubscribed. Even Mexi-
can laborers are buying bonds.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct 9.--Cattle-Receipts a.
900 head; market draggy on all kinds;
best native and western steers; best
butchers stock and Gamers steady; others
weak to 15c lower, calves, SOC to 75c
lower than yesterdays close. Beef at
tie, good, choice and prime. s15.00Q1s5O;
common and medium, 1915 @ 1900;
butcher stock cows and hetfers, 1880
1915; Gamers and cutters, s6.65@7.60;
stockers and feeders, good. choice and
fancy, s1o.50913.75; inferior, common and
medium, s7.50@10.50; veal calves, good
and choice, s1675@17.b0; western range.
beef steers, s13.75Q1775; cows and heif-
ers. ss,75913.00.
Hogs-Receipts, $4,000 head: market
closed weak, mostly 10 cents lower than
yesterdays average; butchers. $1S.S5@
1870; light, SlsOO@1s;50; packing. s17.45
@1s15:; rough, S1700Q17.40; pigs, good
to choice, s16.0O017,00.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, $4,000
head; market good and best fat classes
strong, higher in spots; common and
medium grades dull and steady to lower;
lambs, choice, prime. s16.0e@l335; me-
dunn and good. $13.75@16.00; ewes,
choice and prime, s10.25@10.5O; medium
and good. $s.OO@1O25; eulls. s35OQ7.OO.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10

New York, Oct. 9.-American prints to-
day were priced at 1914 instead of %
cents and no protection or price suaran-
tee was given. Burlsps were priced by
the government and are unsettled. Silks
were quiet
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
ers, s7.5Oe14Oo; bulls, ss.759s.oO; calves,

s7.00@13.00.
Hogs-Receipts, 1900 head market 15c
to zoe lower; bulk. $l75O@1S.5O; heavy.
$177591S50; packers and butchers $3.50
Q1s4o; lights. $l7+OQlS.25; pigs. $3.50
41700.
Sheep and Lambs--Receipts $4,000
head; market steady: lambs, s1350Gl5
yearlings. s10,0O@12.00; wethers, $4,000
1880; ewes, $s.OOQ9.50; stockers and feed
ers S6.OOMl700
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Kansas Cjty Live Stock.

Kansas City, Oct. 9.-Cattle-Receipts,
$4,000 head, including 100 southerns steady
to 15c lower; prime fed steers, s17.5O@
1900: dressed beef steers, sl2.oog170O;
western steers. s11.00@1E50; southern
steers, 7.50@13.oo; cows, ss.oO@1225;
heifers, s7.0OQ1 1900; stockers and feed
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
OMAHA GRAIN MOVEMENT.
RECEIPTS IN OTHEF. MARKETS.

Corn-No, white, l car, SLAB. No. 8
white. l car, $1.ls. No. 3 yellow, l car,
$40. No. yellow, cars, s1,10. Sample
yellow, 2 cars, 1907; No. mixed 4 car
s1.37. No. 6 mixed, 2 cars, $1.OS. Sample
mixed. l car, s1.O6.
oats-No. 8 white, cars, sc. No. 4
white, l car, 64c. Sample white, car,
65hc.
Rys-No. Q, car. $3.50. No. 8, car
$3.50.
Barley-No. g. 1 car, s2c No. 4, 3 cars
sOc. No. l feed, / car. sOc. Sample,
car. 90c.
Wheat-No. l hard, cars, s2.1sh No
hard, 1 car, s2.15h; 2 cars, s2.15. No. 3
hard, cars, s213; cars, $2,12; car
(smutty). s2.07; / car (smutty), s2.06 No
hard. l car (smutty), s2.0s. Sample
hard, 1 car. s2.07. No. / northern. car
(smutty), s2.14h; car (smutty). $212.
No. 2 northern spring, 1 car (smutty),
$40. No northern spring. cars (smut-
tV, s2,O6, No. mixed, car (smutty).
s2.Os. No. mixed. / car. Sail.
Chicago closing prices furnished The
Bee by Logan & Bryan, stock and grain
brokers' S15 South Sixteenth street.
Omaha
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
New York Produce,

New York. Oct. 9.-Butter-Market
firm; creamery higher than extras, $50
5s1ac; creamery, extras, 5sQ5Shc; firsts
SEA @57hc.
Eggs-Market steady and unchanged.
Cheese-Market firm and unchanged.
Poultry-Market firm and unchanged.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
MinneanOlis Grain.

Minneapolis, Oct. s-Corn-s1. 20 @
122
Oats-62963c.
Flax-s353935s.
Barley-s3@91c.
Rye-s1. 57la @1.5sh.
Bran-s2S77
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
Kansas City Grain.
New York Cotton

Kansas City, Oct. Accommodations
s1.25A; November, sl.21; December
SIl9 ..
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10

ST. Louis, Oct. s.-Corn-October,
s121k; November. s1.1s.
oats-october, csc; November, 67%c
bid.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS.
Fresh Military Successes Bring AbOu
Acute Weakness in Corn Market

Chicago, Oct 9.--Acute weaness which
developed in the corn market today came
entirely from news of fresh military sue
cesses against the Germans and from
bearish views of the diplomatic outlook
After an extreme fall of cents bushel
prices closed unsettled. 9Ac to SIC net
lower, with November, $114N to S115A.
and December s1.13H to s114. Oats lost
&c to 3%c, and provisions Acc to 81.
Sharp breaks in values, together with
general selling began as soon as the corn
market opened, and increased in violence
until near the end Of the session. Then
profit taking by shorts led to somewhat
better rallies than those which at times
had briefly interrupted the main down.
ward sweep of prices. Throughout the
day. all factors except those relating to
the war failed wholly to get attention.
This was notably the case with the gov
eminent crop reports and with word that
permits for the shipment Of corn were be-
ing issued less freely, and that instead
preferences was given to oats.
Lowest prices reached were nearly
simultaneous with bearish reports as to the
attitude OF Austria.
Liquidation and absence of demand was
much more evident in the oats market
than on any recent occasion.
Provisions dropped with corn, despite
buying ascribed to packers.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
New York Cotton Futures.

New York Oct. 9.-Cotton-Futures
opened steady; October, 31.40c; Deem
Der, 75c; January, 10000; March,
80 02c; May. 30c.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
New York Coffee,

New York, Oct 9.-There were a few
July contracts for sale at the maximum
price at s.s5c in the market for coffee fu-
lures here today which probably reflected
realizing on the slightly easier ruling of
the futures market at Santos. Otherwise,
however. there was no pressure and prices
were we'll maintained at the full max
imum figures, with the market opening
and closing net unchanged December
shorts showed little more anxiety to secure
cover delivery being exchanged for
December at 40 points and for March at
10 points. while March was exchanged for
September at "a and 80 points. October,
$500: December, $500; January, S.s5c;
March. s.25c; May. 9.55c; July. 9.S5c; Sep
TENDER. 10.15c.
Spot coffee, firm; Rio Is, 10Ac; Santos
As. lac. An improved demand was re-
ported from western sources. Compare
lively few fresh offers were reported in the
cost and freight market at prices above
a parity.
The official cables showed an advance Of
1875 reis in the Rio spot market as COM
pared with the last quotations. Santos
spots were not quoted but futures were
225 to ATS reis lower Brazilian port re-
ceipts. $4,000; Jundiahy receipts, $4,000.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10

New York, Oct. s.--Cotton closed steady
| at net loss Of 20 to 81 points.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10
New York Money.

New York, Oct. 9-Mercantile Paper
Unchanged.
s4.76 9-16.
Francs-Demand, $547%. cables. s5.46%
Guilders-Demand, 44Ac; cables, 44%c.
/ Lire--Unchanged.
Mexican Dollars-ITnchanped
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-10-10

Linseed.
Duluth, Oct. 9.-Linseed-$3.5S.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

double so that we will know how to do
it when we start for Berlin, and then we
won't have to stop for meals.
| miss the candy most, and every day
there is regular subway crowd near
the canteen trying to get the much de
sired sweets
Every day we have few minutes in
which to see how fast we can run up the
stars SO that we can get on deck if a
sub presents us with an honest to good
ness torpedo and gives US q bath
There are more decks on this ship
than there are articles of war for us to
obey.
A fellow said that we must get our
water on the we'll deck, so | tried and
think he was kidding, because | couldn't
find any wells or faucets either. There
is another deck they call the boat deck,
but IT'S the same as any other one, and
hasn't even canoe on it.
The forecastle don't look like castle
either, and don't leave any one tell you
1t does cause know different
Saw some flying fish to-day, and heard
that they build their nests on the rollers
and feed on the crust of the waves.
didn't see.any nests, so | amt sure yet.
| am getting tired of seeing nothing
but ocean and sky. 1t must be easy to
run transport. All we have done since
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

we left was follow the fellow in front
Of us
was told our company must eat in
twenty minutes, so | will close now be-
cause the captain will get sore if don't
eat when he says | should. | will write
more some day soon. So long
Yours truly,
BILL (Corp.O.
p. ST you erey join the Army, join
as an officer, because they don't have to
leave the boat until last, and it sure is
tough to be the first to get wet
The chaplain of infantry who sent in the
above letter wrote as follows: Permit me
to submit the prize winning letter which
took first place in large field of contest
ants while our organization was crossing
the Atlantic. Six money prizes, contributed
from the chaplain's fund, were given after
the unanimous decision of three Judges,
brigadier general, British captain and
naval nsign. The theme given by the chap
lain for the men to write upon was 'One
Week on an Army Transport and no less
than 500 words could be written, nor more
than 1000. Human interest was the only
point of excellence to decide as to who the
winners were. The whole contest served
to relieve the monotony of sea voyage
and the judges stocked up with laughs to
last them for the entire campaign Editor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06

We didn't volunteer,
But, God knows, it wasn't fear;
We were those who long before
Formed the mass that hated war.
1t took the Hun Of Potsdam
TO show us where We stood;
Now we're in it to the finish
And the finish will be good.
We didn't volunteer.
But, God knows, it wasn't fear:
We'd have gone in later, anyhow
Well, anyhow, we're here,
We hate those Huns, the Germau,.
For all the things they've done,
And Of the things we hate them for
Our being here is one.
We didn't volunteer.
But, God knows, it wasn't fear:
The flag we carry won't be furled
Till Uncle Sam un-Huns the world
NJ. G.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
half hour before sunset so that we are
asleep by A a. M, when he wakes us up
Just Water and Sky

asleep by A a. m, when he wakes us up.
Just Water and Sky
Anyhow, the boys are all happy, and
every night when the lights go out,
about eight, harmony quartets sing US
to sleep.
The first day out we amused ourselves
by watching the ships and the changing
color of the water, but on the second
day we only had the water and sky to
look at, which was tiresome
On the third day the Germans did
their best to start something with their
subs, but our gunners were rather cruel
to us, because they sank one before we
all saw it, and scared the rest of them
away.
Every day we have some music hand
ed to us by the band, because the au-
thorities believe that it takes wine.
woman and song to make soldier
happy. Realizing this, they gave us
everything but the wine and woman.
We also had church service, and it
was we'll attended by those who wanted
to be there, those who had nowhere else
to 60 and those who were caught in the
crowd
We are drilled every meal time. We
get two day, and eat them on the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
A PRAYER FROM THE RANKS

Silent, the snowy mountain tops
Keep watch through the starit night:
Safe in her valley the village sleeps,
Wrapped in her mantle of white.
Can this be France of the lannon's roar
And the shell-torn battlefield
France Of thousand thousand graves
And wars grim harvest yield?
IN the gently swaylng tree-top there
A wlthered leaf still clings,
And, venturous harbinger of spring
A lone little songbird swings;
Yet why are the young men seen no
more,
And why do the women wear black!
ASK of that distant muttering roar
Which the hilltops echo back.
Maker of Earth Can Thy children be
blamed
If they fling up their question to Thee.
When the husbandnan sleeps meath the
soil he should tll,
Why such things as these must be-
Yet, 10. we have come DER long, weary
way
To Stay with the sword and be slain.
Mems feet to restore to the pathways
of peace,
Though we never tread them again.
Grant US this prayer: that the toll that
we pay
Shall not have been levied in vain:
That when it is sheathed the sword Of
the world
May never see sunlight again.
When the roses shall climb DER the
crumbling trench
And the guns are all silenced in rust.
May War find grave where none shall
disturb
Through the ages his mouidering
dust,
JOHN FLETCHER HALL. Sgt. Go.
A.. - Inf
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
GERMAN PRISONER
FAITHFUL ORDERLY
Binds Up American Officers
Wounds When She'll
Bursts Near
THEN FETCHES LITTER BOYS
And Tie Was Terribly Surprised
When They Asked Him
Why He Did 1t

The other day typical German SOL
der. rather more than less intelligent in
manner and appearance than the aver
age, jumped into an American trench
near Cantigny.
He had been part of German patrol
ana ne had lost his way in the midnight
darkness. He fell squarely into the well
coming arms of an American lieutenant
who as battalion scout was waiting
there for his own raiding party to re-
turn.
A little later the Yank was on his way
:, the rear, with his prisoner trotting
silently in tow, when German shell
burst close beside them, seriously wound
ing the American and sending the Boche
scamperhg to cover. From this cover
the latter emerged cautiously after few
moments, and, as the lieutenant called
him, came trotting over.
The lieutenant spoke German
Il am wounded here in. both legs" he
said, land there's a nasty wound in my
arm. Will you get out your tourniquet
and stop this bleeding, and then get out
mine and see what you can do with it,"
German Works Quickly
The German worked quickly and effec-
lively at his task Growing holder, the
lieutenant told him where he would find
the P. c., explained that he could get
litter bearers there, and asked him to
take the call for help
Off the prisoner went in the darkness,
and the lieutenant, knowing that it would
be only too possible for him to escape
through the lines to his own territory,
wondered what would become of the mis-
sion. He knew when, before the wait
had become intolerably long, the litter
boys appeared, explaining that the Ger
man had come back with them far
enough to point out the place where the
lieutenant lay. Then he had been shipped
off to the rear.
The lieutenant was so grateful that he
insisted feverishly on word being sent
along the line that that prisoner should be
treated with special consideration
Why He Did 1t
Back at divisional headquarters the
next day after they had drained
him dry of all the information he pos
sessed about the disposition of troops be-
hind the German front line, the officer
. conducting the inquiry hrn1Ipht IN the
story of the mans capture and the hui
name work he had done. 1t did not seem
to be one of those cases of spiritless
boche passlonately anxious to be capt
ured.
Why did you do it? was the question.
The German soldier opened his eyes in
mild surprise,
why he replied, II was ordered to-"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
The Arn1y's Poets

Day now breaks; our shift is done.
For daylight fights lure not the Hun.
We thank our stars-an easy stunt:
A quiet night on the Western Front"
Sgt. JOHN J. CURTIN, Hdqrs. Co., Inf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
TRENCH POEMS
I-On the Fire Step

The sun goes down behind a hill,
For half an hour all is still.
The sky grows dark, the stars appear
We watch the moon through cloudlets
steer.
We hear the rumble of the wheels
Of ration carts, with store for meals,
And then-a flares great flaming ray
Turns brooding night to broad midday
Next, we can hear machine guns fire
They cut into the foes barbed wire
One hundred rounds, and then they cease;
Again is No Mans Lane at peace.
In dugouts deep the tired men snore
While big rats run across the floor
And one man twists from left to right
IT'S hard to sleep when coolies bite,
The breeze watts over No Mans Land
The martial strains of martial band
The Huns, no doubt, rejoice in glee
Ger tales of transports sunk at sea.
But our guns spot that German band
The gas shells scream Ger No Mans Land
For fifteen minutes-then al's still,
And-no more music behind the hill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
Corporal Bill Wins Prize by
Telling All That
Happened
GOBS GROWING FUNNIER
All the Ancient Jokes and Lots of
New Ones Help to Kid
Men in 0. D.
On board the u. S. S. ca,

Dear Friend Earl.--It is now week
since ] first set foot on one of Uncle
Sans transports, so I thought I'd use up
some of my time writing you letter
and telling you what time / am having.
When we started out for the trans
port we found out how considerate the
Gen. was for us. While we were in
camp we were quarantined, so he had Us
leave when it was dark so that we
wouldn't see the town and feel sore BE-
cause we wasn't allowed in it. 1t also
saved us from sunburn and being sun
struck, this night march did
Before we were put on the transport
we were put on an excursion boat COT
course we were crowded, but that
stopped a lot of fellows from seeing
anything. which prevented homesick-
ness) and given an hours ride in the
harbor
When we finally arrived at the trans
port every one wanted to be first on
board.
Well, my company was first, and we
were all glad, but I knew there was
some catch in it or else we would not
have been first.
There was, just as | thought. The first
company on had to go down furthest in
the ship, and that's why we were first, !
guess.
When we saw it we got sore, but I'm
sure we did not say anything we could
be contaminated for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-10-06
Didn't Like Chambermaid

There was an ensign or admiral or
something detailed to our sleeping quar-
tiers to show us where we were to sleep
and to act as chambermaid But we
didn't like the way he acted, so we dis
missed him when We knew where our
hunks were.
The man who built our hunks sure
didn't want US to be lonesome at night
when the lights went out. because he
made sure to put us close together Why,
he built them so close that if / stretch
my legs I've got to make excuses to two
fellows who claim that l try to push
them out of bed
have top bunk and the first thing
that struck me when l got into it was
an artistically white painted solid iron
beam. hit it with my thinker, and
every time l put my Stetson on remem-
Der the beam. Of course, the lump on
my head will soon go away, know for
fact. Why, it is only half as large as it
was one week ago.
They are afraid Of the ship getting
filled with water, so they left the springs
out of our hunks.
We aren't allowed to smoke. but every
cot has it's pipes That was Joke, didja
laugh?
1t is tough job to go to sleep here,
and the Gen. knows it, SO he has us start