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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
TRAGEDY ABOVE THE CLOUDS
Individual combats and Disasters That
Test the Nerves and Wits Of the
Flying Fighters.

Though airplane battles are tire
niendously exciting for all those par
dcipating In them, 1t Is not always in
actual conflict that the nerves and wits
Of flyers are tested to the utmost. Many
adventures may be met In tanner pur.
suits.
Every now and then comes the roar
of gun from below, followed by fash
es Of blue and red, harsh, angry explo.
sions right and left, front and rear
the disappearance In flames sometimes
Of what till then had been n welcome
companion on the wing, the drone Of
some hardy adventurer strenuously en-
deavoring to climb into the night and
now and then the awful spectacle Of
machine emerging safely from a
smoke cloud only to go smash into an
other travelling in different direction.
An awful smash, hideous explo.
sion, smoke, human cries. flames and
then, with volcanic intensity, the sud
den plunging into the abyss not only
OF what few moments previously
were two magnificently equipped bomb
throwers, but four human souls, brave,
proud, youthful and adventurous
Washington Star.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
Triumph OF American DYES.

The latest official reports for the fis-
cal year which ended with June show
that the American exports of anillne
dyes for 1913 amounted to s7,296,OsO.
This, when compared with our imports
Of aniline dyes In 1914, is significant
of the strides made by American chem.
lists in the dye situation. Germany
supplied these coal dyes before the war
and America paid more than $1,000. 600
a year for the products. Today Amer
lea makes enough of the leading colors
for home needs and is supplying other
countries In large quantities, as the
exports indicate.
In the early days of 1915 there were
but seven companies In America pro-
ducing colors. Today it is estimated
that there are about $50 concerns in
this line.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
DOVES OF WAR

A little has been heard about the
work Of the carrier pigeons at the
front in Europe and in many Of the
remoter scenes Of conflict. There is
still more to hear, and when the
whole truth is known some one will
be wishing to decorate the birds for
distinguished service.
On the western front the French
we're the first to employ pigeons as
messengers. In March, 1915, the
first English pigeons were put into
action. They proved so valuable
that their use was soon established
in Egypt, Salonika. Mesopotamia and
wherever British troops were fight
ing.
Pigeons were particularly helpful
to the tank battalions. They were
the tank crews only means Of COM
munication between battlefield and
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
LIBERTY BOND PRICES

No owner of Liberty bonds need
be disturbed by the fact that these
securities have been dumped on the
market lately in large quantities and
at comparatively low prices.
Most of the selling has been due
to perfectly natural causes. The
holders had to have cash, or thought
they did. In most cases their selling
was either necessary or else a piece
Of financial folly which they may re-
gret later.
The current market price of the
bonds, though below par, is not so
far below normal as that of most
other, standard securities. Financial
experts point out that the slump"
in these government issues is really
triyial-that they have dropped
along with the whole list of securi-
ties. but have dropped less than any
OF the rest. That is to say, the
whole stock and bond market at
present is weak" but Liberty bonds
are the strongest thing in 1t.
Naturally, then, as the general
market rises, these bonds will rise.
A return to normal prosperity is
considered certain to send them
above par.
This, then, is time for buying
the bonds rather than selling them.
Anybody who wanted to buy them
merely as speculation could almost
certainly make money on them.
The opportunity is likewise good
for the man who buys as a perma-
nent investment, At current prices,
the latest issues will bring about AZ
per cent. Even at par, these bonds
would still be a bargain, paying
higher rate of interest than the
banks pay, with absolute certainty
Of interest and principal, and with
freedom from the income tax.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
A MINISTRY OF THRIFT

The British government is consid-
ering the establishment of a new ad-
ministrative department called a
ministry of thrift" 1t is intended
to encourage national saving and
make permanent the thrifty prac-
tices adopted by the British people
during the war.
The idea is not merely paternalis-
tic or philanthropic 1t is meant for
the welfare of the people themselves,
to be sure. But 1t is also meant to ac-
complish two very important things;
First, to enable Great Britain to take
care Of her huge war debt; and sec
ond, to undermine the tendency to-
ward radical socialism and Bolshe-
vism.
II this is good thug for Britain,
it is surely good thing for America.
An English government official is
quoted as saying: Great Britain
needed to learn the lessons Of thrift
and economy, but our American
friends needed 1t much more. II
wonder whether they have been in
the war long enough to have gained
the benefits from 1t which France,
Italy and England have gained"
. A definite, persistent campaign for
continued economy, carried on under
the direction OF a governmental de-
partment. would surely help ourl
people to make up any such deficit
in the lesson Of war.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
OREGON SETTLEMENT
PLAN BRAND NEW IDEA

oretion Agricultural College, Cor
wallis, Jan. lS.-The Oregon land
settlement plan. which provides for
the reclamation and purchase OF
lands for resale to soldiers and 9TH
er desirable settlers. and which
practically guarantees the success of
the settler by supervision OF the
farm management department OF the
Oregon Agricultural College. ls the
first project of the kind ever at
tempted. according to II. d Scudder.
professor of farm management, who
has just returned from Washington,
d. c.. where he received promise of
favorable legislation on the plan.
This plan OF ours has captured
everybody" he says. 1--WE have been
promised Just the legislation we
want-broad enough to provide for
cooperation OF the states with the
federal government and permitting
us to carry out our Oregon land set
tlement plan.
Model farm management farms
for settlers in every part OF the state
will be our program in future land
settlement. and the federal leglsla-
tion will provide the funds for re-
clamatlon and purchase OF lands for
resale to soldiers on the easy pay
ment, low interest plan. We expect
to get the necessary state legislation
to go with this at the coming ses-
sion.
THE authorities at Washington
tell us that the application of the
farm management idea to settlement
Is brand new and our model farm
farm is the first thing
,f the kind ever attempted. The Of
Ice of farm management has prom
sed us funds for both Investigation
Il and demonstration work In farm
In Oregon"
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13

Legal Blanks at the Courier.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
Interested In Eirearms

When brother returned from Sunday
school, mamma explained to him thst
he soon would be old enough to sing
In the vested choir and probably would
be accepted as a member, If he was q
good boy. She emphasized the matter
OF department and said some who
were good and faithful in attendance
got to carry the cross in the process
sional, others to carry flowers.
do any Of them carry reyolversr'
little brother inquired.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
Gains Tbrouoh p,..r...

The best qualities of mind and char
acter-courage, sympathy, self-mas-
tery-have been forged on the hard
anvil Of distress.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
The Man Who Know.

No one knows better how some great
task intrusted to some one else ought
to be done than man Of no practical
experience Of his own.--Ohio State
Journal.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
Business Woman.

"Ah, here comes Mr.. Rocks. I'll be
nice to him and maybe he'll make love
to me SO my husband can sue him for
alternating my affections"
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-13
Speed Of an AnteIans

1t is estimated that an antelope can
travel at the speed of 40 feet or more
for each second.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
Yin meine &nnbem.

SD babe meme Sbub Geparatur-
&erfitGtte an @uitab @laier unb
Sobn %pcrfal,ft unb %ipGbreno i6 bier.
nit meinen ~perebrten &llnben meinen
ber5liditen Sanf abltattc fir oas mir
bisber eripieiene @oblrpollen unb
Sertrallen, crillde ib tie basieIbe
aud n%eincn @adfolscrn I'M @eiddite
ilbcrtragen 81 mollen. GbenfallS
mo6te i6 iolhe meincr &llnoen, Die
nit mir in Rednung iteben, inner.
balb oen nGditcn 5rpei @oden in Der
@erfit1tte por5uipreden uno @bred.
hung gu balten.
Geo. S. 2eiba6.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30

IS lit nnbersleidlid. SD lit an
'einem 2eberbei6nerben unb mein &C.
iidt mar nit brounen Slefen be.
oedt," idreibt Srau S. S. 8aIoi bon
Seattle, @aib. ~Nadoem i6 spei
Slai6cn Sorni's @lpellfr6uter ge.
bral,dt battc, pcri6manoen oie Sleden
5uiummen nit meinem 2eberleioen.
Set ben letten 5nei Sabren lit OIL
penfrdatcr unier Samilienarat gene
len unb id fam iogen baB i6 mic CT.
ne Mteoi5in gcfunocn babe, bic bamit
bergli6en meroen font,te." &ein Soil
lit 10 i6linm ltnb fein 2eiben 10
i6iuer gepeIerl, baB Sorni's Mlpen-
fr1ltter nift nod, @lttes geipirft bit
te. Gs lit nidt IN @potbefen 5rt ba-
ben. IS lit elm ifli6tcs, altmooiides
&r1l,terbcilnnittel, melfes Ben 2enten
'bircft gcliefcrt miro. Wan idreibe
an Or. Setcr Sobrnep & Cons Co.,
2501 @aibington glbb., Chicago,
Sn.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
Id)tnns Iftien . Snbaber.

gs miro hermit befannt aemaht,
Dab Die 10. Sabres : Seriammlung
Der Morriion 8anf anl
3. SUM, 1919
I'M ganfgebGuoe in Morriion, 500.
l%tottttnocn miro beginneno 8 llbr
pormittags unb menigltens 8 Stun.
oen oatcrn miro, allssenommcn Bob
borber Der 3med ser Scrianrmlung
erreidt merben miro. Scr ;3med ole.
Ter %eriammlline beitebt in scr @abl
bon tilnf 0ireftoren fir sic eclonntc
ganf anf Die Daller bon einem SSabr
uno lolder onoerer @ei61ften melfe
oorgebradt peroen m6een.
s. S. Iertens, 8r1iibent.
attelt: 6. s. @ertens, Sefr.
Mtorrii on, $50. Ben 10. Weai 1919.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
Soldiers to STUDY

Paris.-With the arrival of General
Rees from Washington on detail from
the war department to take charge of
the army educational work, progress
has been rapid along the lines laid
down In the program submitted by the
Y. M. c. A. army educational commits
sion. Text books required to satisfy
the demands of the men for instruc.
tons are coming overseas rapidly, &C.
cording to Prof. John Erskine of Co.
Iumbia university, chairman of the "Y"
commission; post schools are starting
up at the rate Of 40 to d division and
groups of officers and men are being
absorbed by French and British uni
versities to the limit of their capacity.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
General Praises Y. M. c. A.

Paris.-There are some fools in the
Y. NJ. c. A.. according to Brig. Gen. ].
+. O'Neil Of the Ninetieth division.
Our Y. NJ. c. A. is everything to be
desired" said the general. "Among the
employees are some fools. One of them
was such a fool that he would not
stay away from the front line, and he
got so tied up with Boche shells and
other projectiles that we were forced
to recommend him for a Distinguished
Service Cross. That is a sample of the
men you have sent to us. Please keep
this work up and whether 1 am com
mandlng this division or not, the things
that you have done will make a lasting
impression upon it."
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30

Warum in ben 0ereinisten Staa.
ten. benz toblenrei1tsn aanbe Der
Melt, elm RcbIenmausel berridt, err
9tbt fi6 aus einem 8eri1t oes Glen.
babntommiiidrs bon Weit 8irginiu.
Sn biefem 8eridt tperben bic 3uz
ttdnbe sef4iioert, bic am @noe Der
3tpeiten Sanuarpo1e i'm Weit 8irsi.
niasRobIenrepier beitanoen. BON ben
1852 @ruben i'm annaipbasR epier mo,
rem Ill auber 8etsieb; aber nidt
ettpa. neil bic 800 feiernoen Berg.
leute iih tpetgerten, ~ arteiten, ions
beru neil Te tueseu WasenmanaeIs
feieru mubten. SIN Repier Glarts.
burgsGlemina feierteu aus oemfelben
Grunbe nabe3u $500 Wann, unb
BON ben 143 @ruben pieies Repiers
lasen lot fill. IS lit einleudteno,
bob in 10 turser 3eit Oronuna in
bas gbaos ui6t Su brinsen mar.
Wenn man mad ben @riinoen fir
bic berriGenoe Goblennot frast, pirs
man aud benz 8eri9t pes Mrbeits.
fommiiidrs BON Weit Wirsinia Bead
tung fdenten miiiien. gebnlide Der.
bdltnifie ino in anbsren Staaten
ebenfalls porberridenb. Dies bietet
cine trefflihe SIIuitration Don Der
.poraiisliden efficiency" Der Gifen.
Standardization.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
Samiasung.

@ir ipredcn biermit ltnieren ge
ebrtcy Nadbarn unb Sreunoen fiji
ibre, pGbreno Der Granfbeit unb mad
Dem Sobe unieres gcliebten @ater
Sruoer ullb @roBbater,
@ilbrlm Soelmer,
eripieicnen 2iebesbicnitc unicren in.
nigitcn 9anf aus. gbcnfalls ber5l
0anf gaen bic Dem 9abineeihieoencn
Die lettc Gbre crluieien, ionic fir Die
reiden 8lumcnipenoem ben @abr.
tld)trGgern ltnb Defenders Srn. So
itor &asmann bon Scr ct. Gauls,
fir icine ber5lihen SroItes.
mprte.
Die tranernben !Sinterbliebenen.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
Cine ipariame iyrau.
Bon S8nas Yauer.

Sos maren gar %betrIbiane Better
fir uniereinen, oa Der Wenib eril
beim Baron anfine unb boditens nod
t. t. Staatsbenmte, obne unteridieb
Der Ransflaiie, oils b6bere 8eien re.
ipeftiert nuroen. Erug elmer aber
gar oas aainsoeiden bes Mhiienfuiics
auf Der Stirne, Damn gab es 2eute
geniig, Die eineh iolden i'm ipeiten
gogen angItlid auSpifen, obmobl
lie getpiB feline neutrality-suspicious. 81
fiirbtcn batten. Suipcilen fam es
Dor. oaB elm t. t. 9camter trosoem
Sidter mar. ODER aii6 umgefebrt,
Damn idiittcIten ale DIE Serren Die
aDpfe, nift etpa Inn gu probieren,
Oh Tie ctrpas orin bdtten, - @ott be.
bite, - bas batten lie ni1t n0tig,
tie gaben auf bieie 8eiie nur ibrer
Mibbiaiguns iiber ioId grobe Ser.
lesung bes Stanbesbemubtieins als.
oriid.
Sas a0es lit anoers %gelporoen,
beut5utage fanst idon tief - tief
lnterm Baron Der Meni1 an, Der
8itter miro geebrt uno gefeiert,
manfmal iogar eineeiperrt uno Der
t. t. Staatbeamte bat, troe Der nun.
oerlfonen Uniform, obne llnteridieO
Ser &angflaiie, ieiren Nimbus lGnait
u%erloren.
Dos empfano Die feline Srol,
Suii, Satin zines ebenioIden &c.
anlten. iiber ale MaBen bitter, oils
lie gum eriten Male in ibrer jungen
Gle TIM CONNER auf's 2ano aeaan.
gen NOR. Die Softer fir oieien
Sdnoaufentbalt batten iid Die bel.
ben 2eutden' mGbreno bes gan3en
Wtnters abge6arbt, bas nod febIenoe
tpuroe onrb einen aiisgiebigen Dor.
ihub erganst, trosoem aber langte
eS ni4t 10 redt uno Srau Suii
Huibte fnidern unb fnaliern uno iid
ieIbit 6ie beideioeniten @eniiIie Der.
fagen. Sieie f~inan5ieIlen Sdpieria.
fetten bIieben ben iibrigen CONNER.
gaiten ieIbitperitGnoIib ni6t perbor.
gen unb Srau Suii begegnete LIBERAL
mitlcioiscn ooer ip6ttiiden 9liden,
ia, lie mubte oft aerl,lg 8ebensarten
anboren, baB belIt3utage ieIbit ioIde
Selte in Die Sommerfriite gingerl,
Die iid bieien Gurus eisentIih niht
erlauben oiirften. Mb Soft ia, =
Sran S,tii COB linen nit gorsem
Screen redt uub Tie mare aud bieI,
piel lieber 81 'Sauie geblieben, uie
aber mare ibr @atte BON oen Sole.
gen iiber hie adieI angeiebcn NOR.
ben, bate er nidt sleidiaus cine
Sa%nopobntrg, tpenit es audi nur eit
Stabinett mar, gemietet. Sbr auf.
entbalt auf Dem 2anoe mar ourd.
trdnft nit allen mogIidlen 2eioen
unb &iimmerniiien, bon oenen lie if.
rem 8atten nod Der Iiidfebr nit
Srdnen in Den gugen Witteiluna
mafte uno lid babel bod unb teuer
perihfpor, ME mebr mieoer etluus
abnlifes mitsumafen.
Hidts6eltppcniger iinoeu mir
Srau Sui i'm nGfiten Sabre an
oenicIben Srte. Sn ibren 8erbGlt.
riiien boitc iif nidts geGnbcrt. Sic
lparte unb Oarbte, fniderte uno
tndiiierte, genait mie i'm Soriabre,
oennod aber mrlroe iie a~uentbalben
init Der groBten Sodadtune mo 3u.
porfomnicnbeit bebanbelt, bel ieoer
S%elegenheit mi,roe lie aussescidnct
lino feline, Dem all9emcinen Inter.
baltnngsbcoiiriniie cntgceenfon.
ntetoe SeranitaItune murSc obne lie
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30

0urdaclii6rt. Dian rianrfe Tie Tsral
bon, fnirte unb ihertuenaeIte BOZ
ibr uno ieierte ibren 8ebmrts. uni
Hamcustag nit ri%idbaltsloier 9egei.
Itcrung. Sbre fnappe Soft, ibr ulebr
els bcibcioenes Nmartier bepunoerie
MA als iclten gu fin0enoe an-
iprud)sloiigfeit, mo lire notseorun-
gene GuBerite Spariamteit ipnroe oils
ser susiluB ibres nift ieines sIci'
den ~finoennen, wirtiddftliden Gin.
lles gcprieien.
limb nober oieier @anoel2
Srau Suii erbielt bon ibrcm @at.
ten ieocn Snmstae cine YoItampei.
Jung anf bunbert 8ronen, mas ila.
.iirlid) iofort aIlgemein befannt pur.
DC. am ndditfolgenoen Wontas
ididte iie ibm Die Rote in einem
einseidriebenen 9rief tuieber Suriid.
mas niemano erfubr, unb tpdbreno
Elm urlo oerielbe 9etrag allm0hent.
lid Gin unb Der panoerte, beretne.
ten bic iibrigen @dite am Sdluiie
Der Saiion, Dab Die feline Srai Jed.
5~ebnbunoert aronen be5ogen unb nllr
oreibunocrt alsgegeben batte, Dem.
nod nit einem eriparten Saidengelo
BON orei5ebnbunoert aronen bcim.
febre! - 0as lit cine Srall, Die
%rerltebt's - uno babel nod 10 jung!
- llno in pelb' suten 8erbGltnii.
len oieie 2elrte le6en miiiien - unh
er lit bod nur ein fIeiner Beam
fer.
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
@as f6nnen Sranen nidt?

Der ~bosbafte YIauberer inn Ser.
ter gunb" idreibt in elmer Der les.
ten Nutnmern oes glattes: 90 be.
gegnet mir zines Cages cine quite
gcfannte, cine ebriame Saube, bic
fid als. ... als iebr itreitbares
Srallen3immer entpuppte. Sic iud,.
telte NIT Dem Seigefinger energiih
in Der 2uft berumL aIs oh lie mid
mic Seig mitten auseinanoer bauer
mcDte un0 legte entibleoen 8ertpab::
rilng elm gegen meme beIeioigenoe
ltnterihatung Der Srauen. 0ie
SraIen, iaste iie, fonnen .mebr aIs
Webliuppen iInb Saucrfralit MAIDEN;
iie fonnen einfad a1es un6 iteben
ben NGnnern nidt i'm geringiten
nod, 2iebe Grau, e~ntgegnete it.
Sic peritanben mid p0uig nib. ga.
5cit babe ib alIes @ute bon Den
Srauen geiast: ie iino gnsel, MIR
cob tie feline Scden tragen; iie jino
iniere a%ugenneioe. l1no ia: iie
fcnnen alles, aQes; bon Der gpa uno
Der Selena an beiisen mir Die I'M.
triigliditen btitoriiden 9elege. Sic
fpnncn beiipielstpeiie @ebeimniile
orsge5eifnct bepabren, Die iie nidt
fennert. Nur - brei 9inae f0nnen
Die Srallen niht:
Seine STRAIT fam ridtia pfeifcn.
Sic miien nibt einmaI, pie man es
na6t. Sa piiideln iie ben @uno,
oils obs gum 8iiiien ginge, iauaen
Die Suft Elm uno b%ringen baum Elm
Samnertonlein 5uItanoe ehpa mic
ereitagige Spusen.
&eine Srau fam rittia Ste;ne
t%rerfen. Ga iteben iie baIbbabia Fin,
tlihteln NIT Dem arm 10 freu5oumm
bcrum. 9raftlos unb riftunasIos
forfeit Der Stein Damn ~irgenomobin
ourd Die Suit.
Seine 6rau fam ridtig 9IeiItiite
FIFTEEN. Sic ~brinaen MIR 10 l6abiae,
ccrfnorbte ,pcrfriippelte Spiten au.
l:atloe, oab es eillem in Ser Seele
tpebtllt, einen ld0nen Safer. ooer
SaberItiit 10 ueridanoeIt gu ieben.
Sa ltebt es beim MannpoIf
gliidlidermeiie earS anoersl Sdon
Gle @uben pfeifen nit eritaunIid)er
&einbeit Die idoniten McIooien, A.
y. Bupphen, on biit nlein allaen.
lterlt, uno lpellll ie gar nod Die Yin.
ger IN ben Wltlo itefen, 10 ourf).
reiBt ino ourfibmettert es Die 9uft,
Dab ein alterer ebrianer analter.
bart beinabc Elm S6l1glein frieat,
reenn Der idJriue Bfifi mnpermutet
icin DIR trlfft. limo I'M 9Ieiltift.
ipitcn iino mir groBartig: fIott, fl.'
eelruno lit oas Sol3 lino sroBsiiaia
fein Die Spse. Gin folder bon
flnitfertigcr @annerbano georediel.
ter Spis lit in u%niercr ireubelceren
Seit cine mabre I%ltgcnmpibe, ilno Die
i6onIten 3eid,nungen, Die ano1dtia.
item, eoeliten @eoanfen entltromen
Gem unideinbarcn glei. llno aor
i'm St%eineuerfen iino mir Meilter.
Man ibale MIR cinmaI einem BIZ.
ben 81. nit lpelder Strait CT aus.
bolt, nit mcldem Sdtul,ra uuo
S2id er wirit. nit pcl6er Siderbe,l
CT 0aS 3iel CREDIT!
@clnc &eOc! Die Srouen f6nnen
nift allcs. llub 10 1arge lie nihi
rittig pleiIen ,Stcine pericn uno
&!eiitlIte ipitcn fomen, 10 ionen ie
oas milBlac 8creoe bon Der @Ieid,.
hereftianna NIT Dem mdnnlideu sc.
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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30
TELLS OF THRILLS
when SHELLS FLY
MAN WHO SAW WAR ON FOUR
FRONTS ESCAPES DEATH
MANY TIMES WHILE sERv.
ING SOLDIERS.

Chicago.-More than 700 Y. M. @. A.
workers saw service with the soldiers
OF the American expeditionary force in
the front lines during the last months
of the war.
Frank NJ. Van Epps. seriously
wounded while serving as a Y. NJ. G. A.
worker In the ArgOnne, told of some Of
his experiences In a talk at the Y. M.
@. A. college here:
On the way to France last April on
the Oronzo, Van Epps and Sc other
~" men narrowly escaped drowning
when the ship was t~orpedoed by a
German U-bOat.
Van Epps was divisional secretary
Of the Y. M. C. A. outfit. He worked
with the Fifth division until the arms.
tice wassigned. He was dressed up In
a doughboy's uniform when he arrived
here. A limp and a kitbag slung over
his shoulder containing what Is left of
his equipment complete his %couvenirs
OF more than six months service over
seas.
'on ASPps cu" thC wal VII lOuI lIOulS
IN France and Alsace, serving in the
f1rst-line trenches on two Of them.
When the Oronzo was tOrpedoed on
April 20 go miles off the coast of
Wales U-bOats "got" two out Of a con-
voy OF seven steamships. The .Oronzo
went down in IL minutes after she was
struck, and Van Epps and other "Y"
men lost all their baggage. They were
picked up by n torpedo-boat destroyer
and landed at Hollyhead, Wales.
In Front Line.
In southern and middle Alsace, Van
Epps was In the first-line trenches and
at st. Mihiel, when the drive opened,
he became a stretcher bearer after his
supplies ran out. Getting word to
shift to the ArgOnne, he Travelled all
night by train, on trucks and afoOt,
and spent the next three weeks Sleep
ing In shell holes and trenches when
he was not at work.
At Madeleine farm, on October IS,
Van Epps and Thomas f. Hadley of
Iowa, another Y. M. C. A. man, set up
shop In an old barn. All but three Of
the twenty-five "Y" workers went back
get supplies. The barn had been
under shell fire for several days. but
Van Epps and Hadley decided it was
good enough to sleep in. They built
a bed Of boxes of jam, with a tub of
chewing tobacco for a pillow and lay
down.
Half a mile back, an American bat
terry was hammering the Germans, and
two German airsplanes came over look
ing for the position. They let go two
bombs which landed on each side of
barn. Soon came n third, which
struck the roof, bringing down q mass
Of rafters and beams and scattering +,
shrapnel. A splinter was driven -.
through the calf of one of Hadley's !
EGGS and a piece of shell tore through {
both of Van Epps' thighs. 5
After dressing stations and field hos r
)itals had finished with them they Y
spent half a day in an ambulance and {
hen were put aboard a French hos
,ital train, where they remained an
'ther two days. One of these days was
Sunday, so Van Epps, at the sugges-
ion of some Of the doughboys, put
m" a service, conducting it propped
Up in his stretcher. ,
Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1919-05-30

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be5ablen, menn oas Sabr' auf benz
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