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lot of serious accidents have happened
around here" We'll. good luck
Sure, hon chance. eh?" so long"
THE platoon left the wood and
angIed down to the TOrCy road.
A string Of shells howled overhead,
as by the sound or them. and broke
on the road The lieutenant halted
and watched Dam unusual. shellin'
here this time Of night-must know
| it's a relief" 1t was the conviction
of all that the Bochs knew everything.
down to the movements of the lowest
| corporal II think we'll cut a corner,
and take q chance of gettin throug h
| the line over yonder." He led away
| from the road, through the trampled
wheat to his right. away from the
| Smelling. This was really No Mans
| La nd. for the line curved back from
| the wood, and thrust out again along
| the line of another crest. also wooded.
Such intervals were watched by day
and patrolled by night. and ration
parties. carrying details. and other
wretches who had to traverse them
always sweated nightly and antici-
pated exciting Incidents. 1t was full
of smells and mysterious horrors in
the starlight that wheat Once the
platoon came upon pig, feeding nm
| spea kahly The WoAls ahead
grew plain; the men walked gingerly.
straining their eyes at the shadows.
a.. Eighth ma chine-elsn in there
take it easy, you-rieky business,
this-wish to God I'd The platoon
stopped frozen, as they heard the
: charging handle of Hotchkiss snick
back. A small sharp voice barked:
'Halt-who's there?''-"Platoon of the
| 4sth-can we get through here?" MY
God, l dam near gave YOU the clip.
! What the hell. comm up here-dont
| you know you ain supposed to come
Dustin around machine gun posi-
/ ton yOu--''-"All right-all right
shellin' the road down there''-and the
! platoon scuttled past the ElOtchkiss
| gun, while it's crew reviled them. Ma
chine gunners are touchy lot. prone
| to shoot first and inquire afterward:
the platoon gave tina for a man
who didn't scare.
| They turned left now and finally
reached In veie Do hstells. where
Regimentai was. and there the old
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pany runner. showed two ckteeth
al him and said "Sir, the cap'n wants
TO see yoii-"
They crawled delicately away from
the edge Of the wood. to a trail that
took you back under cover. and found
the captain frying potatoes in bacon
grease Going out tonight by pla-
toons. Start as soon Is It's dark, with
the 18th. We are next. 6th Regi
ment outfit maxim the relief-9sth
Company for us. They've been here
before, so you needn't leave anybody
to show them the ground. Soon as
they get to you, beat 1t. Got sketch
Of the map? Have your platoon at
Bois Gros-Jean--you know. beyond
brigade. on the big road-at daylight
Battalion has chow there. Got IL?
Good"
The lieutenant went happily hack
to his men. The word had already
gotten around. by the grapevine route
ana grinning heads stuck out Of every
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roar Of a howitzer. Even a poor
imagination could people the desolate
eraRs with the desperadoes who are
supposed to make those Businesses
their headquarters.
Yet we came through. We estab-
lished our theory concerning the an
cient trade routes, we found the great
| tomhs of a bygone civilization, we
located great fields which were the
| haunts and which bore the relics OF
prehistoric man. We discovered even
more than we hoped to find. and
cached the turning point of the ex-
petition without much personal risk.
Then we started homeward and our
! troubles hogan. Our food ran out ana
we were three weeks without supplies.
ultimately being reduced to HANDFUL
| of beans for sustenance. Hut that ln'
| convenience IA ssed. as did the lack -
| gasoline. when the helated caravan
came In sight and we were able to
! start the motors and bid adieu to the
| Hoggar.
| We had travelled in all nearly 200
| miles to reach our objective. ana we
had an equal distance more to run tn
reach the coast again, and our way
| mack lay across pdil VI 'iic g =
| Oriental This Is a stretch OF giant
sd nd dunes, arid and barren, reaching
more than 500 miles in unrelleVed
| monotony. a land of thirst and land
of death to the unWary
| Like a petrified sea it stretches. un-
ending. forbidding. the epitomiZed
threat of the uncharted spaces where
man receives no quarter and where
aid cannot come. There were two oc'
casions which increased my respect
| for he desert. either one of which
might have resulted less happily than
was the actual outcome.
Always on the expedition we kept
| A close watch for the unusual heCa Use
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hole. well. sergeant. pass the word
to get set-goin ont tonight. Yes. sir.
Ready right now. Is the division bein'
relieved" mo, 9Th Regiment comm
in" "Well. sir, hope to God they
amt late. Did you hear, sir. anything
about us goin' hack to st. Denis, and
gettin' liberty in Paris. an month $
rest?" That unaccountable delusion
persisted in the Marine brigade
through all of June and into July. 1t
never happened. No. l didn't hear
any such thing. But it's enough to
get out of here. This place IL like the
wrath of God
1t was nearly midnight when the
relieving troops came in. The lieu
tenants opposite number reported,
chap he hadn't seen since Quantico,
back in another lifetime We'll,
here we are. Out you 20" II say,
is 1t you. Bob? Heard you were
KILLED" oh. not At ail-heard the
same thing about y11-not strange;
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Measures Wallis Motion.

GUSHING a 40-inch brick wall with
the hand to make II move sounds
ridiculous. but a sensitive instrument
used at the Bureau Of Standards II
able to record any motion that occurs.
says Popular MerIa MICS.
The gauge II in contact with the
bricks and is so adjusted that tn.
slightest movement will actuate light
beams In such way that the amour,
81 bending can he told by their dis.
placement. The instrument, an. In.
terferoneter, In employed In making
exacting tests on the solldltv Of sttvsc.
lures and materials.
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his body into it, head first. He re-
fiected that he had bled 40 much
that head.downward position
wouldn't matter. and he didn't want
to he hit again. Men all dead. he
supposed. He couldn't hear any OF
them. He seemed to pass out, and
then to have dreamy periods Of con-
seriousness. In one of these periods
he saw the sky over him was dark,
metallic blue: It would be nearly
night. He heard somebody coming
on heavy feet. and cunningly shut his
eyes to slit wing dead.
A German officer, a stiff. i'm
maculate fellow. stood over him. look
ing at him. He lay very still. trying
not to breathe. The boche had out
his pistol. short Ia rreled Luger.
rested it on his left forearm and fired
deliberately. He felt the bullet range
upward through the sole OF his foot
and something excruciating happen
ed In his ankle. Then one called and
vision. returning his pistol as he
went. =.
Later. trying to piece things to-
gether. he was in an ambulance. being
iolted most Internally. And later he
a sked nurse by his bed. II say. nurse.
tell me-did we get the Bois de Bel
leau?' why. last June" she said.
Its time you were coming out of 1t.
This Is August"
THE battalion lay in unclean holes
on the far face of Bots de Beileau,
which was now United States Marine
Corps entirely" The sun was low
over Torcy. and all the battalion, ex-
cept certain designated individuals.
slept. The artillery. Boche and Amer
lean, was engaged in counterbatte
work. and the prosecuted Infantry en-
loved repose The senior lieutenant
of the 4eth Company, bedded down
under big rock with his orderly.
came up from infinite depths of slun-
Der with his pistol out, all in one swift
motion. You Awoke like that In the
Bots de BelleAu. Jennings. EoRn-
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way Of our outward journey. to be
pa ssing the eternal signs of the
.vengefulness Of the old Sahara. Dot
ted along our route were the graves
of the men who had gone before US.
gone to death either sudden or pro.
tracted
The little graves of the white
fathers. who found that it was not
without it's peril to he Christian In
the desert: the little cross that mark
ed the grave where man had died
of thirst within so Yards of a spring
of fresh water and the memorial to
Pere de F'oucauld at Tama nrasset
give every explorer pause.
To ns It was positively uncanny to
stand At the grave Of DE Foucauld In
company with the very men who
we're responsible for his death. Yet
they are like that. Peaceful now,
at least on the exterior. they Joined
with us in paving tribute to the man
they had ruthlessly killed.
ANY man may he forgiven II his
n nerves get a little frayed under
the enduring threat of the Sahara
There are SO many things that lead
to apprehension. that prompt him to
feel If his sidearms are safe; things
that are not even dangerous. but
nevertheless are exceedingly alarm
Ing.
| remember the days we spent In
the gorges of the Hoggar Range.
where the days are sitting hot and
the nights as bitterly cold. The
great change in temperature splits
the rocks and looSens avalanches of
stone, which crash about the valley
and seem to have heen started by
human agencies. to the accompani-
ment Of deafening volleys as more
stones crack with noise that varies
from the sharp snap Of rife tn the
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Roche always shelled. 1t was little
farm, pretty well knocked 70 pieces
now. but the Reeimental was reported
to prefer it to change; they had
the Boche's system down so that they
could count on him. His Smelling al
ways fell into method when he had
long enough, and the superior man
could. by watching him few days.
avoid unplea "a ntneSs. La Vote du
Chatelle, as the world knew received
his attention from HAS to 1910 every
night. Then he laid off until 3. when
his day shift came on. You could set
your watch by it. The platoon went
cheerfully past.
A full kilometer farther they linked.
at a furious pace. Then the lfeuten-
ant considered that they might catch
rest; they had come long way and
were In a safe spot. Ten minutes
rest out Of every hour was the rule
when possible. He passed the word.
Fall out to the right Of the road, y
and sat down himself. little way OF.
feeling for his chewing tobacco. You
didn't smoke on the front at night
lights were not safe. And chewin'
was next best. Then he observed
that the platoon was not falling OtH
They stood in groups on the road. and
an angry mutter reached him. What
tn hell?-Goin' ont. an then he
wants to. rest" "Yeh. Fall out on
the right Of the road he Gays. the
fool" The lieutenant knew his men.
as you know men YOU live In hell
with. He got up. chuckling.-"Well.
II that's the way you feel about it
come on. you birds" and he set them
a killing step, at which no man COM
planned
The dawn was coming when they
rendezvoused with the battalion In
Rois Gros-Jean--beans for breakfs st.
and hot coffee, and tins Of jam. That
afternoon they had of their clothes
for the first time In three weeks or
so. and swan in the Marine at a place
called Croutte. And at formation
they heard this order published
VI Armee
Etat, jor
1892 An QCiA Ie 80 JUN, 1918.
In view Of the brilliant conduct Of
the 4th Brigade Of the and Cnited
States Division which In Q spirited
fight took Bourescha& <tzad the impor-
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are devoted to increa sing the
cum Of our knowledge of the earfh
u-e live in II is field with wide
variety. a country for the most part
unknown, with attendant thrills ana
dangers,
The dangers decrease az the num-
her of our wears IL told. and the "a
hara il by no means the place 1t used
70 be, either for uncertainty nj route
or of the temper of the people. Yet
there remain stretches with the priml-
tive risk undiminished. the natura !
dangers unsurmounted. and it is
matter Of chapce. often ;he fall Of the
dice. which determines the outcome.
Specially equipped motor cars today
do in weeks what the more custom
arv camel takes months to 90. Re
sides which there are other adVan-
tages: machine guns. for example. ana
modern protective equipment. wire
less ard the like. which At least tend
to minimize the risk.
Go II fell that the expedition | re-
Gently led across the Sahara was IN
happier situation than was the lot 81
other expeditions that crossed in times
rome nv. The object of this expedi-
ton was the establishment OF the oio
trade routes of the Romans ana
Cartha and the search for
nossjble lost cities or civilizations in
the heart of the desert.
The excavations at Carthage and
Utica, of which l have been one ri
the directors for some years past. had
led us to believe that the Carthagini
ans carried on a trade of considerable
proportions to the very heart ri the
desert. even az far Az the Sudan. end
we had a few indications If the routes
followed. though by no means con-
elusive evidence which could he ar-
oepted without further investigat ion.
The old Roman nilestones told us
much. those fascinating Baedekers In
stone. which gave the ancient traveller
so much information of the route he
was taking-where there ware good
stounine places. where there were hot
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Controlling FireAies.

A FREELY ran he made to glow
"A steadily for - hours. inst cad of
flashing on and off. by injecting into
1t tiny hypodermic dose of adrenalin.
At the end OF the "a hours. however.
the flies die. apparently exhs listed by
the large amount of energy put forth.
The effect of sdrenalin on living tie
sues is usually to cause intense con
traction Of the Involuntary muscles.
and 1t Is thought that this drug. when
injected into the FREELY. holds rigid
the set Of muscles that ordinarily re-
lax and contract in fla shing on and off
the light.
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Hydraulic StOp.Watch
\ "HYDfaATLIC stop-watch" h

A "HYDRAULIC stop-wstch" has
"A been perfected by an Indiana IN
ventor. for use In timing racing cars.
An ordinary three ausrter-inch gar
den hose IL used. SAYS Scientific Amer
lean. 1t In laid across the track At
the starting point. connected with a
cylinder barrel and both filed with
water. when the driver In qualifying
BON the track the front wheels Of his
machine pressing upon the hose force
the water into the cylinder barrel
which operates a lever. In turn starts
a stop watch, and as the driver
crosses the hose again It stops the
watch.
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around The sergeant beside the
lieutenant stopped. looked at him with
frozen, foolish smile and crumpled
into a heap of old clothes. Some
thing took the kneecap off the lieu
tenants right knee and his leg
huckled under him He noticed. as
he fell Sideways. that all his men
were tumbins over like duckpins;
there was one fellow who spun
around twice and went over back
ward with his arms up. Then the
wheat shut him in and he heard cries
and a moaning. He observed curious
ly that he was making some of the
noise himself. How could anything
hurt an? He sat up to look at his
knee-it was bleeding like the deuce
and as he felt for his arst-aid packet
a bullet scared his shoulder. knock
ing him on his hack again. For
while he lay quiet and listened to
odd. thrashing noises around him. and
ofs to the left a man began to call.
very pitifully. At once he heard
more machine gun fire-he hadn't
seemed to hear it beforehand now
the bullets were striking the ground
and ricocheting with peculiar whines
In every direction One ripped into
the dirt by his cheek and filled his
ewes and his mouth with dust. The
lamentable CRYING stopped. most OF
the crawling. thrashing noises stop
ped. He himself was hit again and
again. up and down his legs, and he
lay very still.
Where he lay he could just see
tree-top-he was that near the wood
A few leaves chung to 1t: he tried to
calculate, from the light on them.
how low the sun was and how long
il would be until dark. Stretcher-
bearers would he along at dark.
surely. He heard voices. 80 close
that he could distinguish words:
"Caput?"
"Nein NIGHT allies"
Later. forgetting those voices. he
tried to wriggie backward into
she'll hole that he remembered pass.
Ing. He was hit again, but somehow
ne rot into a little ekell hole, or rot
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ny COUNT RRYON DE PROROK
FR. G, s.

RORABLY Saharan exploration
has the most fascination Of all
the challenges the present
world offers ia men whose lives
are devoted tn increa sing the
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'Nejp.nicht allies

Later. forgetting those voices, he
tried to wriggle backward into a
she'll hole that he remembered pass
Ing. He was hit again, but somehow
be got into a little ell hole, or got
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-15
MRS. VECKER
In CONCERT.
FORMER KEY wEsTER ENTER
TAINs MUSIC LOVERS
IN PANAMA

Mrs. Paul Vecker, formerly Miss
Jennie Williams, of Key West,
now recognized as vocalist OF
brilliant magnitude in the Panama
Canal zone, recently appeared at
a concert given by the Choral Club
of the Isthmus of Panama, as an
nounced in one of the publications
of Panama, which, in advance of
the concert. referred to Mrs.
yecker's wonderful voice in the
following complimentary way.
eve may well be proud of some
of our own local talent, and a star
of brilliant magnitude in our home
armament is Mrs. Paul Vecker.
whose magnificent dramatic
soprano voice has in the past de-
lighted many 1sthmian audiences.
She will sing several solos, among
them "The Death of Joan of Arc, "
and zone Fine Day. from
Madam Butterfly. The lyric sweet
ness of Mrs. vecker's singing is
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-15
CHARLES KETCHUM
ANNOUNCESFOR
REPRESENTATIVE
KEY WEST CITIZEN WILL
MAKE RACE IN JUNE PRI.
MARY AS CANDIDATE FROM
MONROE COUNTY

Charles H. Ketchum comes for
ward today making his fo.mal an
nouncement as candidate for rep
resentative from Monroe County
at the coming June Primary. Mr..
Ketchum Is the first to make his
announcement for the Office TO
which he seeks. and is also the first
candidate of all to make known
his candidacy which starts the ball
rolling in matters polite.
Mr.. Ketehum. ii viii be recalled,
was elected as q representative
from Monroe County to serve at
the special session of the legisla-
ture held some time ago for the
purpose of taking up the Monroe
County District water bin. which
was overlooked on the oversight
Of some member Of the state de-
partment. which neeessitated the
calling Of special session ef the
body in order 20 have the measure
enacted in due time.
Mr. keteham is well and favor
ably known 70 the voters Of this
district, and has large following,
al Of whom predict his election at
the coming June primary.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-15
REALTY BOARD
HOLDS WEEKLY
MEETING TODAY
ENJOYABLE LUNCH EoN
TAKES PLACE At LA
cONcHA HOTEL; MANY
GUESTS ATTEND

The Key West Realty Board
held its regular weekly luncheon
meeting at the La Concha hotel
today. Arrangements have been
made for holding all future
luncheons on the private porch at
this popular hostelry.
The report Of the public affairs
committee on the question of the
mosquito control showed there Is
no city ordinance on that subject.
Matter referred to legislative COM
mittee with instructions to en-
deavor to induce necessary legis-
lation.
Visitors present: C. G. Noting
ham, vice president First National
Bank, Chattanooga, Tenn, and
Norman E. Mack, owner and pub
Usher of Buffalo Times, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Mr.. Nottingham in speech
said he and Mrs. Nottingham had
just finished a tour over prac-
tically the entire state of Florida
and in every place they had seen
wonderful progress - building
going on in every small town as
well as the larger ones, and were
much impressed with the progress
being made. Foundation of the
prosperity of the state lies chief
" in its roads and it has made
wonderful progress in road build
ing. In a tour of six days they
did not go over q single road that
was not good. except one stretch
of twelve miles. They are thor
oughly sold on the state, he said,
especially the grand playground
from Stuart to Key West. Peo-
pie of Key West are doing won
derful things in the way of boost
ing the highway and water pipe
line. Mr. Nottingham is deeply
impressed with Improvement
shown here since his visit last
April. People of Key West are
ito be congratulated on the prog
ress they are making. Key Wes;
and the keys are going to be the
biggest thing in Florida. the speak.
Ter said.
Norman E. Mack said: Key
West IS bound to grow. He sees
more future for Key West than
/ for any other city in Florida and
thinks the time near when there
VIII be = great boom in this city.
People ef Key West, he said,
have every reason to be most con
tented and satisfied with the
progress the city IS making and
with its future. He does not
think ans community in the stats
has = better prospect for becoming
a great city than the eity Of Key
West.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-15
POLITICAL POT
STARTS TO
BOIL

Hon. Chas. H. Ketchum
started the proverbial ''poli-
tical pot" to boiling today
when he tossed his hat in the
ring by announcing his cam
didacy for the state legisla-
ture, Of which position he is.
the incumbent, having been
selected by special election
TO fiji out the unexpired term
Of Hon. J. +. Busto. resigned.
It is expected that the June
primary this year will cuI-
inmate a somewhat strenuous
warming-up Of politics in
Monroe county. as there win
be quite a number of aspir-
ants for each Of the numer-
ous offices to be filed by the
next election.
The citizens here win be
privileged to vote for one
United States senator, a state
senator. criminal court Judge,
county solicitor, county COM
missioners, as well as candi-
dates for number of posi-
tions of minor Importance.
For the U. S. senate can
didates will compete for the
place now held by Duncan U.
Fletcher.
For the Office Of state sena-
tor now held by VIM. II. Ma
lone, and in the state legis-
later to succeed Chas. H.
Ketchum.
County commissioners will
be elected, the present board
consisting of ]. Otto Kirch-
heiner. chairman; VIM. r.
Porter. Braxton Warren. Hill
ton Curry and Carl BervaIdi.
Judge Of criminal court,
of which Judge j. yiaing
Harris Is the incumbent. and
the otEice Of county solicitor.
now held by ]. F, Bnsto.
A supervisor Of registration
viii be elected for the Office
now held by JOS. Roberts.
Members Of the school board
win be elected, the present
members being Millard Glib
son. Clarence II. Pierce and
A. Lopex.
There are many local peo-
PIE that have aspirations for
the ofsices that win be made
available through the June
primary. and interest is al
ready warming sp with assur-
anee of an interesting contest
Cor she olssces. from The lowest
to the highest.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1926-03-15
STRUCTURES ON
MEACHAM TRACT
MOST ATTRACTIVE
SEVEN MODERN RESIDENCES
IN COURSE OF coNSTRUc.
TIoN ARE NOW NEARING
COMPLETION

The seven modern and most at
tractive residences now in course
of construction on the Mcachafn
tract at the east end of the island
are beginning TO assume finished
appearance. Several of them are
nearing completion, and they are
most attractive in their graceful
architectural lines and ornamental
exterior form.
The filing station at the turn of
the highway opposite the biologi-
cal station is one of the neatest
and most up-to-date in the city.
The seven residences under
construction, the filing station
now being finished, the laying of
sidewalks now in progress, with
perhaps a hundred yards com
p.etcd, altogether present scene
of building activity on the Mea-
cham tract that is inspiring and
encouraging.