The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1921-01-21
Varied Fortunes and Dilemmas
Faced by Soldiers Who
Ran Away.
POLICE ARE AFRAID Of THEM
American Ex.SoidIers Are Held 20 Ne
Desperate characters--Many Who
stayed In Search Of Excite
snert Found u.

New York.--Fiyc thousand American
A. w. q. LIS are sim wandering about
France 900 Of them being In shat
dear paree." They are the youths who
we're simply dying with ennui after the
srmistice was signed and hence start
ell out to seek excitement, Apparently
most Of them have found It until they
are cntir fled up." to Judge by NIL
reports OF The d0ings of these runaway
doughhoyS. remarks the Literary Di-
gext. Take the case OF one army driver
sng. busted" the machine into smith.
Greens. got scared ana ram Now he
drives q laundry wagon into Paris
from one OF the suburbs. He has no
discharge papers, Inns lost the pay he
had coming, and also his fare back
home. and In scared stiff every time be-
comes 10 Paris. The French abuse him.
and yet he dare rot quit. He can't
60 home "a III. United States without
papers. aud he "a III constant danger
III befng nahbed by the French authori-
ties ~ he explained 10 another A,
~, q. l.. who had been mere fortu-
nate eit.a ~ In Paris the An,erl-
enn * .soidierA are held 10 be desper-
ate characters. The II. e. l.. depart
meni of Criminal investlgalIonl are
afraid Of them and let them alone. II
III said that the project 81 police stated
some time ngo. IN a friendly way. TINT
NIL the automobiles stolen la Paris ARE
stolen by these remnants OF the A. u.
Y. Al least such II the talk OF the
bomlevar,is, according to Sterling liei-
liz. who gives an account of the eS.
soldiers In an article la the Pittsburgh
Dispatch Seine Of Ills Information he
gained from lad who. with more luck
thnn moSt of his companions. wHs
ready 10 stari home with roll vi 5,nn
francs In bis possession. OF this
youth uelile tells Us.
Fool Was \ Scientist
Iamlesen. I will enli him. student
of Massachusetts Tech. came ever
With the army and was used IN the
frnnt tine for electrical work. pemeh.
illxess ia lraere. be went with French
faandry near Nantes. In the suites
n
sIi9Ns and could produce steel harder
than ls any process known 10 these
Nantes ls,ople Working with them
far Freheh waEes. tau, with sense
.nough uat tn show them how he
DID IL he al last got homesick aud
tnsd his hass that he was going 10
gait. The Frenshnien were In coustrf.
nation They has bull, np "a r.pnta
ssou fos this steel aud did NOT know
haws 30 make IL
'''fhe Md II only twents.three wears
old. explains his buddy. .and being
faoi. he snld his PROCESS To the
Frvnch for these a,oD francs He
might as we'll have had i1.sS
francs
This yoHng man toto the writer of
several fellows he knew and what had
hefsilen them lie said he knew one
A, ". %. l.. who struck Il rich
son country read he met french
Kid boy go shiny bike, 'Hsllu. Amer
l.ra sadisr " he Sings ont TIN going
to s,e eeN bay and I've got ;sn truacs
You carry IT. Runaway Md. SURF
snd this A. ". @ l.. tad MAS i.inpted
That's right lie took care of the
money and they slept IN q haYracs
Next morning. when he was thinking
how 90 shake ia. kid. n hlg htu. tour
ing rar CONES rushing down upon 'en
A. ~. u. l.. does quick Ihlnkin' I
.l'iesse dont tell them that | hlnbh.d
gx-pt ar shed tearsl last night the
Md begged. Leave II all To mei' the
A. W. o. l.. answered. aud when the
kids folks Jumped cut be laughs n
good laugh. Here w. are. o. r.. all
homeward bousi. and winks 10 the
mother. confidential Here's our
money. he says 10 her later: you
madame. had better keep II TIL We
start on for America again. some day !,
by gosh. they took him home with
iiism- He's with them yet. Teaches
Che kid 70 box and talk United States