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ALLIES' BIG ARMIES
BATTER FOE'S LINES
ON WESTERN FRONT
Two Geat Drives Now Un
der Way in Effort to
Crack German Defensive
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at La bassee ana in
Champagne.
Russians Press Drive on Me
iftel, Pctrograd Reports, But
Berlin Denies Successful
Invasion of East Prussian
Territory.
In a supreme effort to capture Mile
and break the German line of defense
in the Champagne two meat drives by
the Allied are under way. The British
are, concentrating their attack In tho
lA Bassee district and are hurling
rplgltty bodies of troops at the advnnccd
positions of the Germans
Between Rhrlmi and tho Argonne
Forest, the French tiooin are nttiirklnK
In force the intrenched positions, of the
Invader, More than 1,000.000 men of
the Allied army nro belttK ued In 'this
great offensive move. The British have
succeeded in driving back the GermntiH
l several places, while tho fury of the
French assaults hns kept the Kaiser's
general-? from sending icinforrcnienli
against tho BrltMi
In Flanders the Belgians ale also on
tho offensive and hae slightly nd
a,nced their lino.
Tho Germans officially lepoit that
their artillery Are hna checked two
French attacks north of Mesnll, In the
Champagne region. North of Beattse
Jour another French onslaught failed
and two French offlceia und 70 men
were taken prisoners.
Around Verdun the French made
alight gains In the Woovre plain. On
the cast bank of the Meusc they suf
fered a repulse, but lighting continues
on tho Meuse heights.
The Husslan drive Into Northern
East Prussia has gained way. accord
ing to the Petiogrnd oftleial bulletin,
which reports an advance along the
road from Gorzda to Menvl, the north
ernmost Baltic eapoit The Inhabi
tants are reported to have fled to
Koenlgsbcrg.
Today's official bulletin from Berlin
admits that rtusslan forces hae pene
trated to the outskirts of Memel, but
denies nnythlng approaching a new In
vasion of East Prussia on the north
east. Successes are repoited In the
Orzyc and Pissa Vallcvs. .
Ttussla Indignantly denies atrocities
and depredations in East Prussia
charged by Berlin, and threatens dras
tic counter-reprisals for threatened
Teuton destruction of Mages and
Government buildings In Poland.
ALLIES MAKE TWO (MEAT
DRIVES OX GERMAN LINES
"British at La Baaseo and French in
Champagne Press Foe Hard.
PARIS, March 19
Two great drives against the German
army In France are under way, one be
ing conducted by the British, the other
by the Krench. In th !.a Bassee dis
trict, where hundreds of thousands of
British troops are massed, the English
arp battering Jaay at the German lines
In an effort to pierce them and press on
to i.llle
In the Champagne district, between
Tlhelms and the Argonne forest, the
French have concentrated their effoits
to pierce or drive In the German lines
It Is estimated that more than J.000.CW
men are engaged on these two sectors of
the. battle front. Tilings have gone badly
for the Germans since the Allies began
pressing homo the j.nvs of this mighty
vise. The Invaders have been driven
from Nueve Cliapelle. LKplnette, Aubers
Md Ilalpegarbo by the attaokB of the
English, and In the Champagne the Ger
mans have been driven back mllo after
"ralle near Ic .Mesnll, Perthes, Beause
jpur and Soualn
H
iLIES CUT (JEltMAN LINES
NEAR HEIflHTS OF LORETTE
Gnins at Eparges Announced in
French Official Report.
PARIS. March l1)
Further gains for the Allies are claimed
In this afternoon's official communique
ft pro the War Office
It sajs that German lines of communi
cation In the region of Notre Dame de
Lorette, northwest of Arras, have teen
destroyed, their defenders being killed
or captuied
At Eparges, near the Meuse, the French
have taken a salient east of their foes'
position,
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SUNDAY GETS LOUD
GREETING IN CHESTER
"Billy" Cheered by 1,000 in Bin
Tabernacle Talks to Students.
Irsnvi A stirrcnaRlMuNPKNT )
CHESTKH. r-a . March IP-Kli IhouS'
and perviiH filled Iho Nlcholson-llem
mlnger tabernacle hole I his nioriilng and
iheered ,,lllll ' Snndaj to the ei ho when
the evangelist entered the building
' Hilly" has pronounced Philadelphia en
thusiastic, but the waUng hnudkerrlilofs
and the roar of applause which greeted
him this morning was equal to any dem
onstration nl the Philadelphia tabernacle
Sunday delivered his Bermon on "Hope."
which he gnxe recently In the Philadel
phia campaign
Many times the intensity of "11111 V ar
guments made his hearers gasp with as
tonishment, especially when ho brought
his fist down on the pulpit with a re
sounding crash and cried,
"If the present ratio of Insanity to the
population of the I'nlted MUlcs continues,
everv man, woman and child In tint coun
tr will lie lnnne In 2J0 ears"
AfOIIINr-i: UN riJUTAl.SMJD
A moment later he had ils nudlcnce
roaring with laughter when he shoutid
"People don't hne to urge you to sit
down nnd rrnm food ilnwn your esopha
gus You know It h for vour good Well
then, for henven s nk. don t he o lark
ns mill luin down unmet lilnit that l
hitter than nnthlns elie nii eer bad
n. r'nnlice In eilo '
At the conclusion of tio smvtip, "Hllh"
called foi 'trail lillleis" nod 5S persons
lesponded In the Imitation. Among
them was "l.ottlo" Howard, a Wfll-known
character In Chester vmo enmc down
'the sawdust trail" ooliblng. She Is said
to bac ered eernl short terms In
tho county prlon
William II. nrry. Collector of the Port
of Philadelphia, greeted Mr nml Mr
Sumlnt upon their arrival In Chester nnd
intioducd them to other members of the
reception committee, which Included-
Gpoige M Hooth, Federal ludge O H
nickinson, Maor William Ward, .lr. the
Re. A I. l.athem. It It Spencer, .1
Iivln Taj lor. the Itev Prank MacDnnald,
Stne i Olauser, .lames I. ItHiikln and
the He I n McClure
The tabernacle at Chester will he
opened on March IS for a ipvhnl to In
condueted hv William P. Nlcliolson nnd
.1. najmond Heniinlnger '
The :evial campaign to be condun-1
by them will resemble thnt now helm
concluded In Philadelphia and will last
six weeks
ullb was greeted warnm i more
thnti 100 students and cuests of Hip Ppiiii- i
Hvlvnnln Mllltnrv C'ollece. whole he stop- I
ned on his mi to the Chester label- I
nnele
'Hlllv" and "Ma.' Collector of Hip
Port and Mrs William II Merry. Judge
O B Dickinson. Lieutenant Colonel M.
C Burt. Colonel T K Cljde, !. A O
Campbell nnd othprs wpre usheied to '
tho platform bj Colonel Cliarles C Ily- !
ntt, while the students snug "llrlgntPii '
the
Corner" nnd other well-known
hvmns
The collegp jells 1p,1 bv Captain Itob-
rt Young nnd Falrwell Long scored a .
leclded hit with the evangelist.
deeld
"Think of It." "I3IUJ-" said, a-i bo held
his audleuco In breathless attention,
"how many voung fellows thero aro in
the world todnv who could never carry
the ball down the Held for a touchdown
or swat It over thp fence I am referring
to thai bunch who are onlj At to make
up a crowd
' Originality that Is, doing things bet
ter than the next fellow Is the thing
that counts these dnjs The Jack-of-all-trades
will soon be wealing out shoe
leather looking for a Job 1 he Govern
ment has inanj big Jobs waiting for the
right man
"1 want jou to reallo that Christianity
Is a gieat asset Get out of the Idea
that to Iip a Christian menus some sort
of dlshwnter proposition I feel the great
majorltv of people -'ant to do right
That Is why I am addressing jou to
day "
Mr. Sundaj's frprtnon on "The Incarna
tion, or tho Dlvlnltv of Christ," vvhlcn
Mr Sunday preached last night, was
printed In the Evbvino LEnonn on Wed
nesday. BATTLESHIP SUNK
BY TURKISH GUNS
Continued from Page One
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Is admitted by near Admiral Quepratte.
Although the Houvet waH a battleship
of the old stjle, having been constructed
in ISM, she carried powerful armaments
nnd was a formidable lighting machine
Tho Houvet was laid down In l&il and
completed in ISM at L'Orlent She was
Ki" feet long and "0 feet In the beam
Her tonnage was U.007
The armamenti of tho Houvet weie,
Two 11-Inch (40-callhre) guns in turrets
fore and aft, two 10-Inch OO-callbrei guns
in tuirets on thn beam: eight 5-lnch guns
singly In tuirets, eight 3-ltich guns ID
3-pounders and 10 1-pounder. She nlso
carried two 18-inch tori edo tubes sun
merged Her noi nml complement was CM
men
The ship was driven with tluce screws
and was capable of 17.S knots She was
equipped with Harvey armor
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EVENING LEDGERPHlLATELrHIA FKIDAY, MAftCH 19, T915,
"THOU SHALT BE MISSED"
Text: Samuel xx, IS, "Thou shalt be
missed, for thy scat will be empty."
"The temperntUre falls CO degrees When
somo persons walk In your presence, and
the earth friezes There are some who
chnnge even thing Into flowirs
"Ood tioer planned for our son to bo
a drunkard oi jour daughter wavward.
Some one ma) take our place when joil
am gone, but no one can do what Ood
planned for jou That Is why David was
tnlssoil, He was such a cheerful fellow.
Ood's plan of salvation Includes overy
bodj, hut oxerjbody will not bo saved,
fpr some of Jolt rcjert Him
"Von take the loved ones out of jour
homo and It will he Just like n seputclue
tegitrdles of our lino rugs, tapestries,
bilc-'a-hrac nnd fHien I could take 'Nell
and tho babies anil live In a hut and ho
hJpp, but take them away from me nnd
I would cry mtclf to death
"It a a sad thing to walk around and
see a 'for lent' sign In beaten. What's
that for, Lord' 'Oh, planned that for n.
Philadelphia man, but ho was too busy
trvlng to make mone ' A hired girl ono
tlmo said, 'I don't appear to belong any
where' She was hid away In the kitchen
and a lot of ua arc hiding from the Lord.
Thank (lod somo of us can take our place
down hero.
"The kind of n life jou live will be ic-
flerted In others. If .xou blight 5 our life
jou bllgbt othors.
"Tho pldco that Clod planned for many
men and women to occupy will bo empty
and thov will be missed. Ihey aro dis
appointing Clod, and the wont disappoint
ment In tin world Is to disappoint Ood.
"When find planned the linlvprse He
had to tiikr noii and me Into Kinsldeiii
Hon Up gnu. us lungs thnt we might
brenlhe tho nlr alio IKe He crented
everything with jou nnd hip In mind
And now thnt Ho Ins planned the world
big enough and full enough for vou to
live In, jtu go out and don't taro n
thought about It This old woild could
neer naxe come bj Uiance
"When Ho rrentpd jour life. He had
to consider Hip Inlluenco that you would
bring upon the IKea with which jou como
In contact Just as tho architect who
plans a 100-storj building In Xow York
considers eon bit of pressure Hint will
bp brought to tieai upon cer part
of It
'If on would onlv reall7e what part
Miu plaj In Ood's plan, ton would do
more prajlng nnd more woik fur Ood .s
house on earth
' raid said: "I shall dwell In the house
of the Lord forever' Ood has prepared
a house for jou, as well, but jou cannot
saj' "1 shall dwell In the house of the
Lord forever' when vol! have no use for
Ood's house down here
"If T raise mj hand T bring Into play
rprtnln forces, i disturh innumerable
ntonis. Don t jou suppose when von
live vour IIvps that vou touch other llve-s
with Its Influence, thnt the lives volt
touch maj be mndp better or blighted"
'Ood has made a place for ou
on
eiuth Mv birthplace, mv paientage,
w ere
planned rot hip bv God I hod nothing
to siy about bring born back 111 thnt
little, old log nbln In Town, with the
dirt floor God imde provision for nil of
vou You worp born In one plnce. 1 In
nnothpr
"Some peoiilo blamo the Lord for hav
ing given them at their birth certnln
evil tenncneies to w men iney nave vieiue.i
and hecome sinful. What about the good
-irs m- k- j"" hi """ " """'
"on t pav am aiieimon .imu no
uifi mve jou evil teriociirips, nun vou
v elded Instead of fighting ngalnst them,
ll"'i't He provide ton w Ih -a jatlon If
jou accept Tcsuh Christ He will gle vou
bnck the nlace He has iirennrpil for jou
Ood Intended that vou and 1 should
lnest our IIvps foi Him. But to Invest
vour life for the devil Is a disgrace a
dlstriacp I don't cnie who It is.
' God has planned a place for me in the
chmch Ood hns prepared a plnce In
His church for everv sinner In Philadel
phia Hut vour place in church Sundnvs
nnd nt the Wpdne-iliiv night prnjer meet
ings is eniptv Yet vou nre responsible
In part for the success of God's plan
What vou aie and what jou are doing
hns much to do with the success oi f.iliuie
of Ood's enuse
"God might have sent all angel down
here to conduct th'sp meetings In Phila
delphia, but Hf's not in that business Ho
sent me Instead. He ufps earthen ves
sels He might have hint an angel to lie
pantor of the TirM Prcsbvtpri.ui Church,
but He uses i.ntlinn vessels
"Win do vou go about criticising tho
church for having so innny hjpocrltes in
if You me tn blame that there nre M
munj hvpocrltcs to count You might
give jour heat t to God and make one less
hypocrite.
"Of the grown men and women who
went oJt of Cgjpt toward thn promised
land, although God planned that all of
them should enter, otily two ever did
They fell out of harmnnj with God's
plan.
"A lot of peoplp me going to lull. God
did not plan Hint they should go tn hell,
but thov nro going to he lost. Just as sure
as jou live and breathe The Lord never
planned for prisons The Loid never
planned for penitentiaries. Tho Lonl
never planned that jour boy should be
come a drunkard or jour girl become
wavwaul
"I lellevo that Just as much as jou or
I fall oi succeed, Gods plan will fail or
succeed "
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SHOT AT HYPOCRITES
Continued from rage One
thoro who criticise tho church nnd Its
members.
"Why do vou go about criticising the
church for having so many hypocrites, in
It?" he nsked "You arc to blame for
tha. You might give jour heart to God
nnd mako one less "
During his sermon ho emplojeil many
of his humorous thrusts, which brought
loud npptauso nnd laughter from tho big
audience.
Among the delegations In the taber
nacle this afternoon were 30 representa
tives of the Mth and Diamond streets
gnrngo Thoj brought all aiitomooue
hot n with them nnd Insisted that Itodcv
sing the "Brewers' lllg Hoesrs" so that
they might have nn opportunity to dem
onstrate Its power
j "Al" Maul, one-tlme pitcher nnd ox
eout for tho Phillies, wna on tho plot
form to hear his old friend "Billy" make
home runs.
Tho opening praver at the service was
delivered bv the Hev Cliarles r. Scott,
a missionary to China who hns recently
returned from Tslng Tali.
The thank offering continued to grow
this morning, Mntiy checks and cash con
tributions arrived nt tho Sunday resi
dence nnd In the office of Hdvvnrd H.
Ilonsnll, in the Land Tltlo Building. It
Is anticipated that tho 50,000 maris will
be reached today.
One of the hlggcst meetings held out
side the tnbernnclo today was the fate
well Hireling to Homer A Itodoheavei,
Sundnj's iholr lender, who bus been
In chargo of the work nmong joung men
nnd hns cotidtu led main factory meet
ings Tho farefcll meeting took placo
In tho big plant of tho Pord Motorcnr
Companv, Brond street and Lehigh ne
nue, ond wns nttended by emploves of
12 Industrial establishments of North
Philadelphia This meeting began at 12
o'clock
At the same hour Mrs William Ashcr
spoke nl the plant of the American
Cigar Compntiv. lllh street nnd Wash
ington avenue AIs Hoso Pettprnlf spoko
to glrl of the Oeirmnntown High School.
In tho l'lrst Methodist Hplscoptl Chinch,
Geriiinntown, nt 2 30 o'clock.
There were 401 converts last night, when
"Hilly" preached his gient sermon on
"How Shall We I'scape" This brought
the totnl of converts for tho day up to
600 men nnd women
Among last nlglit'u "Imll-hlUois" vveto
almost all tho members of a delegation
of 1W representing the Old Gunrd of
Pennsylvania. Civil War Veterans They
vvero escorted to the platform bv William
Duist the nnlv survivor of the Merrl-
mnc, who lilt the trait a tevv eiu.vs
ago.
Among the ntheiM weic a largo num
ber of emploves of the Baldwin Loco
motive Woiks nnd Policeman "Joe"
Gabriel, of the 2Mb Pollto District, who
has been one of Sundav's personal bodj
guards since the campaign started
There weie more Hum filXIO persons In
tho delegation for whom leservallons
had been meide Tho largest delegation
consisted nf 1W members of lodges of
tlm Knights of tho Golden Hagie
Ihnplojes of the Link Belt Conipnnv
e-ent Sundnv a i heck to bo applied to
Bumlay'a personal think olTerlng They
nlo vent n gift to Choir Lender nodo
heaver There weio many other gifts for
"Billv" and "Mn." Including $C0 from
Holmo nnd Mcllhennv.
Among the visiting delegations were
repicscntatlvos nf Jpffeison Medical Col
leg the International Y M C A. Tinln
Ing CoIIpkp, of Spilngfleld. Mnss , tho
American Oarage and Machine Conipnnv,
the Market Street Title nnd Trust Com
panv, Henry C" Hlddle & Co, the Pem
broke V. Hoi ton Companv, Hip Horn &
Hnrdait Baking Complin, the Men's
Hiblo Class of the Wnkefleld I'resbv terinn
Church, the Pi nnsjlvnnla Ocni Works
and the Ldwnad G Budd Manufacturing
Companj
Reception for Rodeheavcr
L'lght bundled employes of manufac
turing concerns In tho neighborhood of
Broad street ip.iid Lehigh avenue tendeicd
Honiet A nodeheavei, of tho "Blllv"
Sunday pnitv. n farewell reception In
the Tord building enily this afternoon
Kohcrt I Klecs. of the North Branch Y
M A . imelei whoso atibpiits the meet
ing wns held, presided and presented
"Itodev" with n pnrt.e fiom the 1'oid
emplo.ves
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FOREIGN LEGION LOSES
1115 OUT OF 1500 MEN
FIGHTING FOR FRANCE
American Tolls How Fel
low Countrymen in Fa
mous Organization
Marched to Front Under
Stars and Stripes.
rollouinp f the arrond nf Ihr ryctrlt
nrM sforlcs by t'hll limln , ein Atnnlrnn
)irtripn;itrmnii, ipicj fought with the fn
moua I'rrnch rorelpn Lcploii In the
fifiiclFH for four month The fliat afeiii
In the aetica teas published yesterday.
By PHIL ItADER
fopjrUht, 101B. b the I nlled I'rrrs
LONDON. .Marcn i
At lenst nne Aincrlcnn Hub that I ltnew
of hns tlown In tho great war M com
rarlo nnd I In the French foreign legion
went to wnr uneler Ita folels, nnd ns o
marched out from Paris nbout the mid
dle of October und started on our 1M
mlle tramp to tho front tho Trench
cheered Hip Slam nnd Stripes nlth hu?e
ilellffht When "Oulda" wroto "Under
Two KIhks" ilie nn telllliR nf mv irffl
inewit. the famoun old Viencli foreign
I.cbIoii In wlilcli every man lights under
the Trench flag and carriei In hli heart
Hip tlioughta of his own countrj'i banner.
Of tho I to) men I started out with only
SS3 wero nllo February 1 Theto nro
Btrnnge men In tho Foreign legion, men
wlinso lives hae been tulstcd III one
mv or other, men with ixista, men
with elnrlt perreH, men nhn mint to ille,
but lin hae stopped nt suicide You
neer nsk n man In Hie Foreign l.'glnn
who lie tea Ily It
I had Inline! llir Fnieign I.cglon lie
tauso I lind been told that If I got Into
thu Trench iHIng eorp, which 1 w lohed
to do, 1 must first heroine n member of
thu Foreign Legion
MAItCIf TO TltKNCHK5?
I didn't Intend to go to tho trenches,
but tho first thing I knew no wero
under way with our American flag Iblng
over hi bound for tho front. My ar
rangements for entering tho flying corpi
had guno awr, nnd hero I wns, only
nn ordinary private. catr.ilng n rlflo and n
pack weighing 9t pounds. We marched for
fllv. tliis, 10 liours a dav, for 43 mlnutew
at a stretch, with tle-mlniite rests At
lnt wi3 i rue tied u llttlo lown which,
tin- told us, was threo miles from the
tienchcs Wo lunl liecu all aglow to
get Into Hie lighting
' It It lie Jum our luck tn be held In re
serve" "Wo wont get to the trenches
for .a long time " I hope thev get us
into fighting right awin We line! mule
these lemnrkH IiundiedH of times during
our long march An euderlv c.iine up to
tho position wheio we were standing
and said, "We'ie to go ellrcetly to the
trenches " It wns llko a 'dous.. nf cold
water. Wasn't this Just a llttlo bit too
sudden? wo thought. Then a terrific
chattering broko nut among up. Hvery
man wns trvlng tn prove how ready hn
was .Men alwavs elo tlt.it In a pinch, I
found. Inkes weie. mnele in unnatural
tones I.ouil lauglis were hlgh-pllcliPd
.Men slapped others on tho backs bols-
ea! Action sm mi ;A
Pictures k fcM
of the jjtfNNMiA
Great War m'
Photographer on Train Under Fire,
Risks Life to Get Pictures
of Real Battle
Standing unprotected on top of engine cab of armored train firing broadsides as it
dashed through the battling lines at Arvin, this daring photo-soldier captures both
armies with his camera. You see
Artillery Duels Outside of Louvain.
Fields Guns in Action Near Antwerp.
German Army Entering Brussels.
L'nguEements Between British and German War-snips.
And many other thrilling
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Two presentations daily
Ewttmg
turoustv. I didn't know that Ml these
ntngs were unfailing signs thl ",?
tugging nt our heart. I had hundreds of
chances In tho days to come to etudy
mi elf and other men In tho periods of
danger, and I've learned that fear al-
WTho bra"' man Isn't the man who has
no fear; ho Is the man whe .has and
hhTrnates moro than the bullets
rs it. or wnu itnm '" .,--- --
.nr. Minn the bullets of the
cll?.,riy u-.t n raw miles more
that
afternoon and at last foun.t ourselves In
n deserted lino lown. vu. -
been strewn with relics, Trench caps,
French knapsacks, broken French rifles,
French graves. I found myself wonder
ing why wo saw no German relics I
began to understand that evil things
could happen to us nu well ns to tho
nermans. Wo weie K'nffl" k'V "";
mans, but In tho meantime what tvere
they going to do to us? I was an aver
ago ma... straight from the sidewalks of
Frisco, and what was ni'i''"" vf '.
mltul could have happened to the mind of
any man I Know. We could hear shoot
his now. distant rumbling. Our, nenea
were striitiK tense.
"We'ro to cross tho canal on tho little
bridge nnd go to tho f"mhouso, said
nn orderly. "But Jou must cross th
bridge one at a time, so ou won't draw
the German nre." T
There were 32 of us in my, party.
wns the third to cross the bridge. As I
inn : could hardly bcltevo thnt I. from
elderly Pan Francisco was running from
bullets; wns running from ,?'"''""
that I was this man who was cntorlni,
"hi the farm jard we found n grave
marked In n wooden cross. It wns next
to the dung heap, but on tho cross ind
been mnrked the nnmc "Jooclt Hclne
mann," und other lcttctlng boro tho
prnlso of French Boldlors for tho brav
ery of the Herman llcntennnt who rested
s' we stood thero wo heard a terrific
whistling In thn nlr. nnd n huge shell hit
tho earth behind us.
THAU OF DCATII TlUUMPIIP.
Suddenly nil fortitude departed On
the mnrch no oun of us would have ad
mitted to another thnt he would ever
tun Hut now, with one nocoid, we wero
all willing nnd nnxlous to run some
where "ryt's go over to the bnrn." Severn!
shouted.
We started for It when wo heard nn
othcr whistling, and the old bam wns
broken Into huge spllntcro before our
eyes.
"Whero do you follows want to go?"
tho words enmo from a llttlo sergeant
who enme up behind us. Ho didn't seem
the lenst excited. IIo was accustomed
tn shell lire.
Wo told him we were headed tor the
barn "You're right," ho said. "Shells
never strike twice In the hamo place.
Alvvn.vR go where the last shell lilt nnd
veiu't be safe "
t last thov got us into another bnrn
in a nearby town nnd told us wo could
pleep tiicre.
We piled Into the bnrn una wero soon
nsleen Hut in tho morning two of us
were dead from bullets which had come
through crevices during the night. We i
didn't have tlmo to bury them; we were
told that other men would take care or
that part.
I think It nil dawned on us then how
valueless a dead body Is, whether It's jour
own or another's. It wasn't long boforo
we bad lost all sentiment about the dend
At first, for instance, wo woro shocked to
Siege Guns Shelling Positions.
The Bombardment of Ghent.
The Great 42-Centimeter Guns in Action.
Latest Photos of the Kaiser at the Battle Front.
scenes with the British, German, French and Belgian
been secured for a limited engagement and are
FORREST THEATRE .
afternoons at 2,30 and evenings at
One Cent
know that, In the irn,t, .. 75
of tho cook and his orter',, !
dead otery morning after I 1 WS
bin kettle of noonday ''M m
n has nbout nvo hours fiL'9
soup is cooking, nui ll r Hilt (i
tome,! to tho plan ,, ! .bM!it J?
to pride' .,, ShW
llttlo cemeterr !imI,i .k. """"fc li
inornln. . - uV." .."wn Ui" 5S
rndes lhflf n,l stsKwUs? ftffj
front therp wars dnv ..tl r ,0Utv.
o would lean,8 hoTln' &'&
without knowing Krt E!l ltHh
mr In.mtlnstanlTnd&W
him. W'UlnC" llhou' hnKffiJ
;uo "J,o wna to comft w)i
not even joke about ti?0 iJl?W
becamo. a part of the .u ..!' tHt
?' : f'ysn-CR.S
our heart strings tnTZS
selves to any living ti,i i1"1 w
losing It. I did not 'dir'. w
ono of the trench dog.? dar ' In!
IM THE THENCII Mi. !
o climbed a hill bordering ih". .?
At the summit was a trench v?Ml
entered. It wound away nl, L' !"ll i
street. It led us Into a mat.,,?"
cross sunken paths, ror tm. irtttl,,,r
were led through this "pig. In "?' ,'
puzzle, when tmddenly we I cm z?
front trench Men with rifle, r "?.
Ing everywhere Homo shootln
Idle, nullcts had been hUtUnt J it!
Iieads constantly And we hid ZS1
fnTA!0 ,0 Ul SUnd TVUhout Si
Forty-seven days were to nan ., i
we, In the machlno cquad, w,t, " TJl
this trench, and wa were to l,,n, X?
beasts8 "l Bl0ry' bUt n,y Twft'
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