0 ' I ' M i w .Mi & w JfcoN8 of Fishing's jt Qciy ,Moiaca into rtfind Spldiqrs . BARRAGE FIRE ly HENRI BAZIN i.Aarratpoiutent 0 fh Kvxlno Ltiatr With A ,4mrtcan .rmw v Krano sntis lllaalrfttlnir thin article will b n ricioriai nection. UCAN FIELD HEADQUAnTlSltS IN FRANCE. Sept 3. This Is tho story of three days nnd 1'iHlfhts of Ufa with n certain battalion of a. certain regiment or American Infantry encamped In a certain village somowhero In France. It', In some measure, a diary ef their life and their work. It should con vey In part how they have been molded Into trained soldiers from raw recruits In a matter of eight weeks. When these troops debarked nt a French port, only the commanding otneers, lo per cent of the company commanders and most of the sergeants had ever seen nny serv ice. Tho first and last designated had served In tha regular army. Most of the company commanders with tholr otllccrs, were Fort Leavenworth men from five to six months' experience, 30 per cent of tho rank and fllo and noncoms had seen reg ular army servlcoi The remainder of the division had never handled n ride before : they went aboard ship nt home. Out of this outfit a trained army has been born In eight weeks. Absolute credit Is due to two things: First, the ability, earnestness and patriotism with experience of tho com manding officers and noncoms who have seen regular army service ; second, the real tuft tn the average Vijuncai, for ui.v what has cropped out In these Sammees and spread all over the atmosphere of this camp, BEHIND BAtmAGE FIRE Reversing the regular order of talo telling, I am going to describe the last day first, for. It portrays a genuine ovent In this entrain ing work. It was tho- first time American troops had ever witnessed an actual bar rage from 7B"s and' ISO French guns dis charging high explosive shells, followed by an infantry advance under, ma chine-gun barrage. It was the real thing, save that the enemy was not on the Job. If - jhe had been, he would have had to "beat It." We were live correspondents,' guests of a major with twenty years' service, awakened by an orderly while enjoying some of our best sleep at 3:30 this morning. At 4 we were eating hot bacon sizzling In tho pan. with army white bread nnd molasses, washed down by American coffee. At 4:30 we were on the march. We' tramped six miles from the billeting village through a lovely valley . .',", and up three hills to, ah eminence com manding the country for miles around. .,., There we left our horses and advanced on ;' foot, while the battalion stacked arms and rested. It was then 0:30. Within an hour the two. other battalions, plus all the regiments comprising the troops under command of General Slbert. were on the Job. The hills were brown with Ulmkl clad Sammees and they sure were a beau- tlful sight to see. During the tramp occa sional shells passed overhead, French 7S'a , finding the range. Aa we reached the top we could see that they had long since lo . c&ted It. Their objective was a series of trenches built and dug by Sammees during these last ' ' few weeks. These were 3500 yards from the batteries, which were thirty-six In num ber. The' range extended over two hills, ., with deep ravines between. Upon the sec ond hill stood General Slbert, with the mem ' bers of his staff, every commissioned ofllcer '""a under hla command, including a number of ; ,v ' brigadier generals. With them were Gen i eral , commanding the French th . ,' army, and three other French generals, with i , their staffs. O' ALL EYES ON SPECTACLE At 8:30, after explanation of the prob lem,' the spectacle began, with every Ameri can uniformed man eyes to the front. The American-dug trenches far ahead were in the regular first, second and third lines. with communicators: They had been named "Mackensen." "Von Kluck" and "Itup precht" Their distance apart was about 100 yards, The point was to barrage tlum In series of types succeeding each otter and then make an Infantry attack under the final barrage fire. I had often seen this same thing on the actual front and became Intensely Interested In witnessing It without an enemy and certain safety for the entire attacking force. This force, two bat talions of Chasseurs Alpines, were In front of us, deployed In attacking squads and lying flat on the ground ready to spring at command. The trench lengths to bo at tacked were 700 yards. At 8:30 sharp a French field telephone directly behind me gave the order to com mence firing. In forty seconds the first hell eang overhead In Its familiar wicked song. Ere It had struck it was followed by another and during' the next ten minutes thlrty-slx shells per minute fell, or a total of 360. "Mackensen" trench was demol ished completely; as I have often seen .And b n?(' ffvtjM W 1U Jfca aWL GkVmfmHr affiflna laaaaaaaaaar unnamed Boche trenches demolished from Verdun t6 Chemln des Dames. . X.tn?ut c'ng. the ranae was advanced to "Von Kluck" trench In a fire of fifty-two per minute, of which half were ISO's. The song of the first told me tho calbre. In twelve minutes the second line was a wreck, and the fire advanced to "Rupprecht" trench, where, for fifteen minutes, 120 ,75 and ISO shells per minute gave a picture of modern warfare. The whole three lines were demolished. That which had been trenches was but shell-nocked earth, nnd the wlro entanglements before them wero cut to ribbons. As the, shelling ceased, a machine gun barrage opened under It, the French battalions sprang to the attack In their gallant style. In twenty minutes of run, drop, fire and run they had covered the' distance, firing rifle grenades and launching hand grenades as they rushed, If these trenches had been actually occupied by the Boche, ho would have been driven as sure ns tho sky Is above. It would havo cost some French lives, of course, but tho driving would have been certnln Just the same. Every American ofllcer and Samtnce looked with alt eyes ot the rcallstlo specta cle, enhanced as It was by French airplanes overhead dropping rockets In Imitation of' bombs. These rockets glistened In the Sep tember sun as so many silver balls. It was truly a movie spectacle, and, no doubt, pic tures will bo shown In the United States and In France beforo very long, ns army photographers wero on tho Job. During tho afternoon American troops were inarched across hill and ravlno that they might Inspect tho shell damage to their hard work of the last month. Many wero the expressions of wonder at tho real havoc created by the modern shell, particularly tho ISO, and the oft-repeated comparison to the moon's surface as seen through a telescope was heard. Tho rest of the afternoon was spent at live grenade practice- by two companies of tho battalion I had temporarily connected myself with, while the other two companies. Including tho band, were put through rifle and revolver prncttce. The major com manding this battalion says that every man In his outfit must be a marksman, and from tho scores made. It looks as It his "must" Is destined to bo a certainty. Upon the two previous days we went through n period of work that In point of hours would be taboo In a labor union's schedule. First call sounded at 4:30 a, m. At 6. after rlflo exercise, a thirty-minute musclo loosener of calisthenics, with rifle In hand, and n proper breakfast, tho bat talion left for two training fields, two com panies going to one field, ono to another and tho fourth, a machine gun detachment, to still another. With the commanding oin cer I made the rounds of these fields, each a mile or moro apart, several times between 8 a. m. and 4 p. m., taking a number at photographs Indicative of what real train ing is. Noisy Meeting of Lake Superior Continued from Fare One the directors, Harvey I. Undcrhlll, retorted that the questions were of a trivial nature and did not reflect on the directorate. Another, Sidney I. Mason, characterized Nolan as an obstructionist. A hubbub of voices followed. Chairman Cunningham also declared that Nolan was obstructing progress, while Nolan retorted that Cunningham was gagging discussion. J Frederick Taylor, president of the Al goma Steel Company, tho corporation's largest subsidiary, tried to pour oil on tho waters by urging that while the corpora tion had not paid dividends for the last six years, and while its reports had not been glowing, the report of the Algoma Steel Company for the present year was most encouraging. He said the Algoma earnings for the last two montjis were vir tually (1.000,000. He held out no hope for "war" dividends, saying that possible prof Its' must be put back Into tho development of the business, but added that contracts ran well Into next year and that the com pany's mills and equipment were crowded with orders. The steel company's open hearth furnaces had reached thejr maximum capacity of 3000 tons daily last Friday, he said, having been running heretofore to only two-thirds of this output. New ore deposits had been discovered, he announced, and Tho new veins now being worked would be ample for the company's needs. After the meeting, President Cunningham said tnat early dividend payments aro a strong possibility. NAME PROTECTIVE COMMITTEE Walter Oeorge Smith has appointed the following members of tho stockholders' pro tective committee of the American Pipe and Construction Company, In pursuance of the authority voted at the stockholders' meeting on October 1: S. Price Stevenson, Francis M. Brooke, Horace F. Week?. Francis X. Qulnn, Alexander Henry Carver, cecretary, and Walter Ueorge Smith, chairman. Ohio Engineer Killed in France WARREN, O.. Oct 3 T. Edward Davis, who went to France two months ago with the United States Engineers, has been killed by a machine gun, according to a cablegram received by his father, B. E. Davis, of Mineral Ridge, today. No details were given. i aeon, now tempting ,it -fc'' mum Ume,, Hu,,Jl. -. aaaaaaB BOY SCOUT MLPS UNCLE SAM uimmumjsmimmmsxmt:xvizz-c. .HlPWafaM9HiHHiHH.aHHI F'.;'uk aaaHfr'? kfaaaflaHHIaSHSaaaaaaaaaflli 'jtmmmmmmm rntwrn r"" ""f HTT,BBp!n i. .i . XrSX' K Af..j.-j... .. . , , . AKkibKuSnlBHHBian Robert Chapman, of Troop 00, is shown clinchinc tho sale of a Liberty Bond to Dr. Charles D. Hart. Tho Boy Scouts in addition to actively pushing the sales of the bonds have established an information bureau at the office of the Liberty Loan Committee in tho Lincoln Buildinp. Point Scored for Thierichens in Trial Continued from I'siee One rlchens wroto that ho was sending "some boxes" through Rohncr, nnd. ho added, "each contains two chronometers. The out sldo of the wooden boxes urc painted 1. 2. 3, etc.. and I ask that you keep them ficlng upward, so that the works will not bo damaged. No other care Is necessary." Tho spectacular captain, the history of whose raids reads llko a hair-raising ro mance, took the stand himself. Calm nnd self-possessed, his high-bred Prussian coun tenance now decorated with a heavy dark beard, he answered tho questions put to him In perfect English, not, however, devoid of accent. Tho chronometers, ho testified, were taken from tho ship to bo overhauled nnd repaired. Ho did not know (hero was a duty on chronometers, ho averred. In tho preliminary examination the cap tain fald that ho wns forty-three, and that ho had been a commander for six years, having entered the German navy In 1S93 as a midshipman. "When tho war between Germutty and England and the Allies broke out," he said, "t was in China In command of another vessel, but I was transferred to the I'rlna Eltel Frledrlch. From that time I was constantly commander of the vessel until I put Into port at Newport News. Vn., In March, 1915. The chronometers wero on the ship when I reached Newport News." "Where did you get the chronometers?" asked Mr. Gray. "From ships that I sunk on my cruises in the war," answered Thierichens. "Wero any lives lost from the ships which you sunk?" asked Mr. Gray. "No one lost a life on the other boats, but I lost members of my crew through accidents and sickness." "What did you do with the passenger, and crews of those ships you sank?" asked Mr. Gray. "I took them aboard my ship and put them ashore at a safe port." "Were thero nny women or children among the, passengers of the sunk ships?" "Yes, but I landed them all safely." Told to explain In his own way Sow he ordered the chronometers taken ashoro in this city, Captain Thierichens said: "It Is a rule cf my navy that these chro nometers could not be given back to the captains of the ships, because they could be used for navigation purposes. Many of them were out of repair, and I wanted to got them In good condition. Neither my self nor any oltlcers or members of my crew wero allowed to go ashoro at that time, so I had Mr. Rohnor's delivery wagon take them to Mr. Fischer. It was under stood that Mr. Fischer wns to keep them until Buch time as I could get them back In testifying lor the Government, Todd Daniel, an agent for the Department of Justice, admitted under cross-examination by Mr. Gray that, from an investigation, he had learned that the chronometers really had been taken from the ships raided In Thlerlchens'H exploits on the high seas. The counsel for the defense vised thH admission as the main ground for the quashing of the indictment. The section of the smuggling act. Mr. Gray pointed out, under which the captain has been Indicted, provides that duties are 0 IS. crisp over the glowing of a camp fire. It's toasted that's what brings out the very delicious fkvor.Youwouldn'tlikeitraWa. Apply the same idea to the famous Lucky Strike cigarette. They have delicious flavor, be cause the Burley tobacco It's Toasted rsz3S!5?rxwsrOf4SS Litrr.i to bo collected only on goods Imported from foreign countries, nnd ns tho Government, ho continued, by ono of Its own witnesses, hnd merely shown that they were brought In by Thierichens from ships on the high seas, a case hnd not been mado out. DUELING WOMEN SHOOT nOY Child Receives Bullet During Quarrel Between Negro Women Robert Jones, three years old, of 1723 North Twenty-third street, wns accidentally shot In tho left leg last night during a quarrel between two negro women. Tho bullet, according to tho police, was fired by Eva Magee, of 2315 Bonsall street. Tho police are looking for her. Tho boy was taken to tho Northwest flencral Hos pital AUTOTRUCK HITS CHILI) Little Girl Is Taken to Hospital and Driver Arrested Annie Rrazln, eight years old, of 1943 North Thirty-first street, was struck by an autotruck nt Thirty-first nnd Ilerks streets today and suffered sovcre bodily Injuries. Sho was taken to tho Mary J. Drexel Home. Max Harwltz, of 1947 North Napa street, driver of the truck, was arrested and held In $300 ball for a further hearing by Magis trate Collins. J Hanscom's Grand ' Banquet Coffee is posi tively the finest in America ; all good judges admit that, and only 5c a cup, with pure fresh cream in all of the Hanscom's Res taurants. 1721 rhrttmit St I'.M'J MnrkH r ii'.'U .iiurkrt .St. 731 Market mill Throuclioul I lie City Seeley's Adjusto Rupture Pad Increase efficiency of a trui 50 THUMB m SCREW I'Atente,! lEGULATOR RUPTURES GROW WORSE IlernuMt ntarlr rvrrr one hat falne liUt ronrtrnlnr Ihelr iiatur and trvatment. Correet Information anil Inatrnrtlnti rhrrrrullr Un nllliont thane. All our appliance are free from tha Injnriou. feature! common r found In trottci and we hae attrceeded In cnrlnc a Urea oercentaa of onr enntnmera. I. B, SEELEY. 1027 Walnut St. Cut Out and Keep for Jteferance b f t roiled coals AtfCUftL ?l Tnrr ibi; KERENSKY BEATEN IN COALITION FIGHT Russian Congress Votes Down Cabinet Plan After Adopting It DIRECT BLOW AT PREMIER I'KTKOUItAD. Oct. 1. Tho AUHutwtau Democratic Congress to day voted, 813 to U0, ngalnst a coalition Government. Tho decision Is n blow directly at Premier Kcrensky nnd tho irovlnlonnl Government. Ycsterdny tho Fame conferenco voted, 7CG to 688, In favor of n coalition of all parties In tho formation of n Cablnot which uhould firmly administer tho Jtusslan de mocracy. Tho vote today came after the conference had formally determined to rcponslder that decision. Tho sudden change of mind by the demo cratic conference is Inexplicable unless tho llolshevikl and nntl-Kcrensky forces seized upon a moment In the proceedings when tho majority elements were nbscnt to hurry through a reconsideration of Tucsdny's voto mm then hnd sufficient strength to over throw tho previous ote sustaining Kcr ensky. Tt was pointed out that in tho voto of Hpprovnl vt n coalition Government tho totnl number of delegates who participated was HR4. Tho second vote, for rejection, was cast by only !I93. Four hundred nnd slxty-ono delegates were nbsent. v Rejection of a coalition plan In such a fashion may or may not stand. Kerensky's supporters hnvo Insisted that unless Ker ensky's. Idea ef a union of all elements in tho Government wns approved utter chaos would follow In Russia. U. S. Soldiers May Uuy Liberty Bonds WASHINGTON. Oct. .1. American (sol diers fighting at the front will be given nn opportunity to help flnanco their own campaigns by subsrrjblng to tho second Liberty Loan. -In general order number ISO. promulgated today, Major General Tnskcr II. HIIhs, chief of stuff, Instructs commanding generals everywhere to In stitute aggressive campaigns for subscrip tions among their men. m -AMD NO W WITH JUST 1 'jrfKW VXX433& at the same price a car witn Red Seal Continental Motor and Timken Axles of the Velie standard. Actual price comparison with four com peting makes shows Velie to , be almost $200 underpriced. Velie is making history like lightning, and the public is ,not slow to see it. It means fame for Velie and oppor tunity for the public. . V e 1 i e ' s manufacturing scope is enornious. Closed Passenger Cars in Sedan, Town Car, Coupe, Cabriolet, ive and severf passenger Touring, four-passenger Sport model and two-passenger Roadster, in open bodies. Trucks in Three-quarter, Two and Four tons capacity r'or every hauling "require ment. We extend a hearty welcome to Vubllc and Trade. Opening Week is from Oct. 1st to 6th Inclusive. i La Rocke Brothers (Incorporated) Velie Motors Corporation Manufacturers a Rpd. Dr. Weinle Found at Brother-in-Law's Continued from rm One appointment as chuplaln, nnd pending nctlon on this petition by tho Government, ho uenl lo Camp Meade, near Ualllmorc, to do ro llglous work among tho selected men Doctor Nicely was In Ilaltlmoro yflteP day and sought Doctor Welglo at his hMe , He hail gone, checked out, and the clerlt didn't know where ho had gone. Doctor Nicely nsked a policeman where to look for him and was advised to try other hotels. This Doitor Nicely did. He found his, brolhor-ln-law and promptly forgot having mado nny Inquiry of a policeman. Tho policeman, however. reporleU to his su periors nnd soon all tho Hatllmoro police were looking for Doctor Welgle. When Doctor Nicely wns told of this by tho Kvbnino I.KDUi:it today, he tele phoned tho Ualtlmoro pollco to call off the search." Dr. Welglo as n result of his exertions among tho soldiers Is not In the best ot health nnd will stay with Doctor Nicely until his application for n chnplnlncy Is acted upon. Mawish Little A beautiful collection of odd little finger rings now so popular with the ladies. One with sapphire and two diamonds, in gold gypsy set ting, is exceptional value at $25. S. Kind & Sons, DIAMOND MUltClIANTS r -m WE ANNOUNCE JPENING OF OUR W AUTOMOBILE i-LANT 1 2 1 4 N. BROAD St. A project made possible by combining a world-famous line of motorcars and trucks with a cherished ideal. . It marks the ascendancy to top-notch position of a quality product whose successful manufacture covers a period of nine years and whose field of operation is lim ited only by the two spheres. There are many reasons why Velie has become one of America's biggest institutions in the past two years. Chiefly, however, is the one that Velie forced the hand of manufacturers of inferior quality goods by giving the public the best car it has ever known at a price which, by some, was considered impossible. August, locally and nationally, was one of the big gest in the history of the Velie Light Six. At $1185 Velie is the best value in the world, it is impossible to buy anywhere I. i i , .. . igifl uiseX Am ITALIAN CRUISER, AK FIGHTS OFF SQUADi UOMK, Oct, 3. Tho Italian seout t.J AqullA, encountering t,wo Austrian AtafS ,crs In tho neighborhood of ( altaro, lgu,W 1110 itniinn piiuuuiuh mm men .liaailiT enemy lo Durnszo, when flro broke outirfl I tl . na.lr. n till ttfrt ! im i . . . 32M Austria airplanes, seeing the 8CaJ? tlimculty, bombed her decks and threa a iriiiu n -.- zinnia, ,,jj nflrc, valiantly nttacked nnd held jHl enemy unm " "- oiuauran arrlrTJ rri, nncmv fled to Cattaro. Th n 'is .1.. A, .ull.i wns FXtlniriilnlirul -. ,C,1 ... . ..ka.1 an rail, tn I... I.-. . 4li cruiser iti"" nu.., tu ,Kl uhpc. Woman Killed ly Tnll Downstalrg' Kcl7.ed with nit uttack of vcrtlirn tf! Tinso Pell. HPVenty-onc ycurn old. 2i!!ft wSI Gordon street, fell down n flight ot sUtlljl nt her home, dying within u fcw mlnuiiSl Tho woman whs pronounreil dead by !. jj W. nanus, iiu iorui iweniy-ninth etrwtl ...i.. n,,,,i flint tier nenk Wn l.fti,- .m WI1U iw.i,,.. .. - "vicil. Finger Rings 1110 Chestnut St. JI3WUU511S SIKVKHSMITIIH :i 0 m H ' 1 ALaVJSte ;mzi 'fjs iK .i.ki, - ... .. & & $$' VT&4A, .:m" $ "HIIIM vn ' lift. A yHv V i?d
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