,A ' ur n ;,22 EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER PHII.ABELPHIA, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 19X0 c ' ':, -! Htft.i 1 P I I P 1-' l . fr rr Ir, 1 rms THE SOLITARY 'Cowriolit. !. hy AltrrdA Knottt. fie. col orirlost, HIS, bu rubUe I.rdotr fo. ij THIN Milld!) nifi numi JrT Keith Norton make himself at E.f.a.a ! iIabahIiuI linimn Kent I'll ... . . a...... m..a nflllltlir r lIUIlli; IU II iirm-iini mm-. ........ Sing for somebody who choked Mm while; he slept, he discovers n box f X Jewels, which he hides. He finds nn ,, Unconscious jtirl I" the won). ."lie 'had been nttackcd by some imperious creature He take' her to the village. i A stranger attempts to bribe him. Thev qunrrel A hairy .mature at Hacks him, bind him and bin if- lrin flu shallow crave, from which, with great difficult?, escape. Kct.irr.in: f to the house, he find it oerupuc! bv IDlck Wcntworth and hi wife, the I former tenants'. They are visited bv IDick's uncle, who upbraid hi nephew , for foolishness ni worn- and dcstini the wilt made in Hick favor, lie then departs bv wn. of tlie wood nijd lis mytcrinuly niurilered there J Keith and Pick discover tlial the j hidden jewel hne again disappeared. j Dick's wife dicoct that the girl in i jurcd iu the wood, nml who ha lot her memory i licr sister. Two policemen arrive to investigate (lie J disappearance of the elder Went "worth, AM) 1IKRK IT CONTIM l-S The Police Arrive TTE STOOD still nud watched these JCltwo men c-omiiiK townid him wait f r them and thinking to himself lSf then- client meant mall probn bX rum nnT disgrace for himself Set 'he did not sec what else he could Lave done but summon then assistance E STOOD still and watched these H. linil howexer. a strong coninioii that not a word of the extninrdimm Itorv he hnd to tell would 1"- believed by them nnd he was sine he would he suspected of the theft of the missing Jeweln perhaps eeu of being nn ac romplice in the minder of "Id Wentworth In addition, loo. to a 1 that there would be he still supposed, the likelihood of being arrested nml tharged on n. count of his affray with Ms late skipper and the constable that gentleman .hail summoned to his n iistancc It came t.. him Hint nil hi hopes and dreams of re establishing hi posi Hon in the world and winning I'nie jiere foreier doomed, he saw cr clearly that' no dunce lemnmed to him lfi" expression was not iheeiful then his mnnner not crj mntident m wel coming ns he stood and waited fr the two police othcinl .mil he felt instm. tively that their lust impression of linn as the drew neaier was nm thing but favorable Indeed, it i onh truth m confess that his nppeainiue at this mo ment was not prepossessing. f'i he had made little attempt to tidy himself nftei Ms Mng sleep in the c hair in the kite hen and his original ragged clothing had not been improed bj his recent ex periences. It wns therefore, a tall, gaunt figtite untidy, hollow -ejed. fierce and almost primeval looking that the two trim -15 rials saw before them, nnd the e changed a quick glnni" together, and one of them at least felt to ee if the handcuffs In hi pocket were ready for f use. , , . This one seemed the senior ot the two and was in fact Detective Inspector Wilks. of the county police. He was a man of middle height nnd square build. with a curiousl square lmpassne face that seemed as though made of wood and convejed at first sight nn impres sion of dull stupidit that nnl the iery alert and eager light-blue eve contra dieted His companion was Detectie Sergeant Trh e. a tall, melancholy look ing man with a pale face, pale eve and an indeterminate mustache. He was c onsidcrnbh vounger than his companion, but he hnd nlread a high reputation for successful detective nrV. uhich he hnd cm ned not so much hr nnv alertness in igor of intellect a by the-xercie of a trcmenoous ,.,,. , i ..,n nntience lie ue er liri-u uu, c, j .'r. i -- xytx and never gave up. and tnesc nre perhaps the greatest qualities a detec tive can have "Doe Mr Keith Norton lim here? demanded lnpector Wilk of Keith in n somewhat rough and harsh mice and without any preliminary greeting. "That is my name." anwered Keith. "Eh?" saicl the inspector, mry much surprised, for he could not at nrst rec nneile Keith's letter, well written nnd well expressed and plainlv that ot an educated man. with his extraordinarily rairced and battered appearance. "Did you write this?" he nskejl producing Keith's note "Yes," said Keith. "I have been ex pecting you ever since noon .msterday. Why didn't you come before"'" "This is the hrst we nave nenrn. said Wilks. "Who i this Walters you talk about in your note.' e have heard nothing of him." "You haven't .' exclaimed Keith ucli surprised nnd somewhat very m dnnhtful "Hut lie went off mster day iu Mr Wentworth's car straight to you. Do you mean he never got to you?" "Your letter this morning was the first thing we heard," repeated the in spector. ' I happened to be theie on some other business when it arrived, so I came straight on to see what it meant. Do you say that a Mr. Wentworth has been murdered ? J "He is lying dead in hile Wood over sjar. The perch was wary and swam there," answered Keith. "I think there cautiously back and forth before Ventur is no doubt be has been murdered." ,ng ,, to the cave and sticking his nose "Can you take us to the body?" in jis bright eyes saw Hilly and "les. "Who is he'" "I don't know much about him. I ga.w him yesterdnv for the first time. But I understand he is a very wealthy and well known business man." "Have you any idea who committed the crime," Keith hesitated. "I think I had better tell you the vhole story from the beginning," he said. "H is both long and strange. I don't understand mself a good deal r of what hns happened. You had better come UP to the house. "Are vou alone?" IIP...nl fr.- a 1 a (1 W ( tin la I V. a n. 1 t a . , J-airilk IU n mu;, ,,u n w,v ,IIC 'Si' ,mf Mr. Wentworth's nenhew. Dick L3i. t , II. ' a jveniworin. - V "Where is he?" asked the Inspector M VV Cjll"uilll. ig, trply. i'i "J don't know," Keith answered s'fe went into the wood lnte last night Slid he has not come back. c55ivhr didn't jou come to us last JJStght?" asked Wilks. "After you had found Mr, Wentworth's body and knew something very serious had happened, 'twhy didn't you come to us yourself buttad of merely waiting for this Wal- LT . ..t - ... .1 .. t ....a. aaa.l ITatlt, "- Jim WWI UJi, bi.to ""-i "T had had n pretty bad tme and I fell asleep in a chair and slept till mid night. When 1 woke Mr. Wcntworth wn alone. She said Dick Wcntworth had seen a light in the wood and had cone after it and hnd not returned. I could not leave her there alone anil I wn expecting you every minute. I neer dreamed Walters might not have Inken his tnessnip 1 don't understand I what ran have prevented him. I thought .1. ,ll . -. . f .1 ..--'I. Hie llgill ill me woou uiev nw wns . . , pernaps vour people. I The Inspector giunted and looked at I his companion as if to sk him what i he thought of a torj that seemed per Imp all the more suspicious for being so plausible, and Price, nlmnst imper Illi'lincil io on 111 uie siuiie i pinion, iiiin it happened that deep in thought he kicked up the turf wheie they were standing with hi heel ' 'Hullo, what s the matter?" he tx- claimed For Keith hnd turned deathly pale nnd he staggered a though he were about to full Instiui thely 1'rice put out n hand to support nun, nut ne rc uncred himself b an effort "Don't do that." he nid in tones that were hareU undeistamlnhle. ' Do what? What do ou meau? asked the inspeitor. pii77lei and sus picious 'If the smell of damp enrth I can t stand the smell of inrth." Keith mntteied. pointing to the little hole W,lk had dug with his heel , the ground "I nm snrri. ' he added: '1 nm better now . I thought I wn going to faint." The inspector looked nt the sprgeant nnd the sprgpnnt looked nt the inspec toi, nnd both of them thought, and knew- the culler thought, that tin wns some deep trick of which the purpose was not 'el nppnrcnt "Well. I think, first of nil." snid Mr. Wllks, "mil had better show us where Mr Wentworth's hoc It 1 lmg. nnd then mu inn tell us nil mu know " "Very well." answered Keith, "but T must tell Mrs Wentworth jou nie here He led Hip wnv round the house, the two police ofhcci watching him mrv i loseh all the time, to where Heenie was still sithnfc. chin cu hand, elbow mi knee, as she hnd sat almost without mining all through the long dark night nnd now in the bright warmth of the sun She looked up a thev came near, but in a dull and indifferent manner "He has not come back," she said rcptihlv eleinting hi eebrows. ninn carefully, as one might speak to n little ""''. " , . " ; " " " '..., flowing water in France, the river. That I ""' "' ""' " .""" """- """ .""' '""- "" '""' " ii'-in.-ii i m i-n mat niimoer ot recently .i.L.m.cM KeiH, on the s .. ', M'hc inspector ". " The inspector nibbed hi nose nnd ," l''' '"l bf" " f" ""lusement, for the great and famously , P11, uJnt ,e PI1PI11V. nally wp rnn ,, ome gheU firp ,, cruitfng offices to be ser.ously consul . - . , . i . , .i .!-.. i , , . ., . ..i... .1.1.. .:. the did not understand hi words, anil .r. .,nnt,l nni i..n,.i In sie Hip n .i i-i.i n.. i.i. riecideH In i-ninm ronnptlmr hn tl, Inr potiinr hni-lc Inlo khnkl for service DREAMLAND AD VENTURES-By Daddy "THE WATER GOBLINS" fPrtinv nnd llill'j, mcirfc titij hj irnlrr nymph c;rai, jro striinminc; ami find thcmsclics nt cm infer- tenter forest, uhere they nre pursued by cannibal fish.) Bill Jabs a Policeman rpHE cam ,n which Peggy and Hilly , found themselves was small and' ... la th. rnilr enters nutside Cleared up they were able to spp about plninl. The floor wa of clean, hnrd sand and the walls were smooth and well built. To their surprise they noticed that the cam wns not a hollow rock, as thev had at first' thought, but was made apparently of I straw It wns a very ooz under the water home. "Wouldn't it be fine to camp out herp''" suggested Hillv "Yes, if vou were sure thnt awful fish wouldn't come back," replied Peggy. ci e ii iiciiit linn siiiur mu n-- i. uui Wp cl better find some sticks to bar thp pnt,nmp sn hp ,,( RPt ,n lf hp does come back, ' declared Hilly, anx iously. There were no sticks in the cavern ' itself, although there were plenty on the rivpr bottom outside. Peggv and Hilly didn't like the iclen of venturing from the shelter of the cam with the cnnn''nl fish prowling about, hut thev knew if the owner of the en" came back they would have no wav in which to fight him. So after inni,;... rniind mrv carefully and see- ing that tne canniDai were not in sight thpy crept through the hole Peggv turned to take a look at the cave, and what slip saw made her month open in surprise "Why the cave i nn old hat." shp gurgled, "and I do believe it i the very same hat that blew from my head into tlie nmr when I was walking along the bank last year " Isn't that fiiiun "" bubbled Hilly Is thnt a spear sticking in it?" That's nn ornamental pin. replied Peggv "You can use it for a spear Hillv and Peggy tuggpd at the pin- spear, and wIuIp it was so rusty it stuck fast, they finnlly gam it a hard Jerk that brought it out And just in time, for a shadow passed above them, and they saw a large fish nosing downward. It wns the owner of the nest i Hilly shoved Peggy into the cave nnd tumbled in after her. Then as the fish a handsome perch drifted toward the piitrnnce Billy stood on guard with his ' pp-uv. "I'gh, only a couple of frogs and they scared me out of my nest," grunted the perch. "I'll gobble them up in a hurry." The perch sw itched his tail and darted nt Hillv. But he didn't dart far. jpilly met his nose with the shnrp point of the spear and the perch stopped in n hurry He not only stopped, but be jumped hack and tumbled over apd over in the water. That spear prick certainly cuci "marl. "I'gh! Gurgle! Gurgle!" went the I perch. "I'll have the police after you." Away he went, unci Hilly grinnea ai Peggy. .m.l't tin likrtfe funilT?" i " - , . ,, "Vps- b,lt """posing he brings the ! police.' nsKeci i-eggy "Why. the police will save us from I the cannibals," answered Billy confi dentl. Just then the cave grew very dark, ami, looking out. they saw a fish that to their eyes looked as big ns an cle pliant. "Is it a whale?" asked Peggy. "Looks more like a big dogfish," answered Billy, and that is what it was, although) of cuurse, thrj were so HOUSE "Who do you mean, ma'am?" asked Wllks, "My husband ; he went into the wood last night and he has not come nut again." Wllk did not answer, but he glanced .at Price again, and the sergeant's thin 'lips formed inniidibly the word: "Hunked." "Well, ma'am, don't worry." said the inspector hriskh, "we'll soon find I... 1 . . ...... -' mm inr imii w mi- , , , .i. - i.- i.a.i lie pnuseii norupiiy, mr mu- mm looked up at him, nud he read In her pves so deep and tragic n fear that his facile official assurance sinldenlv ceased. "Oh, well" he snld nwkwnrdl. "You see." she explained slowl and ginncen ni llie ki-iki'iiiii, ii" nn- nun- ,nde no repone. but turned and looked at the gieen and shad depths of Files Wood as though wondering what wn, hidden there "We are going into the wood now." said Keith to her "I hope we shall fin, hjtn theie all I iglit I don't mean there is nnv dangei for Mm. but 1 think jiiii ought to go indoors and keep the place locked till we come hifck " "I will wait here." she said. 'Hac ou n whistle?" Keith said to the inspector, for her manner was not that of one open to argument "If miu hne, I tlnnk ou might give it to her Then, if Mrs Wcntworth needs help, she could blow it ' "Whin help could she need''" the in- spec.or a-k.d "Strange things linie happened." answered Keiih smhcrl ciu hne, I think ou might give it to her Then, if Mrs Wcntworth need The inspector still looked doubtful, but gam Keeme his whistle ns Keith had suggpsted. nnd then nil tlnee of them started toward the wood As thc np proached it Keith thought lip snw a mommeiit behind n hush not far nwni. nnd I'rice who hnd shnrp ems, saw it, lnn "Some one watching us fiom behind there 1 think sii," lie snid Wilks whispered something, signed to Keith to follow, nnd thei made from cpposite cliiections n sw ift des, ent upon ' the bush Hul when thei got there 1P, found nothing, and no sign Hint an , living thing had eier "been there, nnd d,pj both lookpcl a tnllp discomfited Keith Iniizhed grimly. "It won t be sn eiisv as all that," he gaul Thp othprs did not nnsimr. and Hip went on again ' What do vou think ha become of , that lady's husband'" the inspector asked after a moment r two .small that it was manv tunes larger I than the were 'Come out of theie You're under arrest I'm the poliiemnn," gurgled the dogfish "What do ou mean b l stealing Mr Perch's home?" t "lf up f iimp nut will vnn ,!iip us from ,,, ,.UImibal hsir'" asked Hilly. "Indeed, 1 II not. I'll let them eat ou. which is what on dcvrm for Mealing Mr. Perch's home." answered the dogfish, poking hi nose into tlip door Hill pricked thp nosp with his spear and the dogfish jumped nwn. in n hum. "I'll ent ou myself for that." he spluttered "If jou can get us," said Hilly. "If jou'll not come out we will hold court nud tr ou right heie for steal ing this nest and stabbing me," said the dogfish He and Mr Perch swam rniar. "I guess thev ham gone We'd bet ter escape from here," suggested Hilly "Come"' But it was too late to escape. Slid i denly the hat cam was raised from THE SQUARE PIANO In '02 or 'OS or, maybe, '04, I called on Miss Miranda Blink each week, three times or more. Her parent didn't hesitate to welcome me but, then, Miranda was but nine years old and I was half past ten. And while the old folks talked of war iu solemn grown-up way We strummed the square piano and we snng of "Old Dog Tray." In '7,1 or '74 or. maybe, '75. I wn a happy college kid nnd glad to be alive. To call on Miss Mirnndn Blinks was natural, nnd so It came about ns tfme went on that I became her beau. And almost every evening you could hear Miranda play, And, presently, our voices blend in singing "Nellie Gray." In 'M or 'R5 or, mayhe, 'SO Our oldest, strumming on the scales, put in her hardest licks; And little brother, now and then, when no one was around, Would sit upon the keyboard hard '. and giggle at the sound. And still, when evening shadows fell v and travelers ceased to roam We'd sing the chorus, old but sweet, of "Seeing Nellie Home." In Nineteen one or Nineteen-two or. maybe. Nineteen -three. Our Claribel had "company" 'Twns quite a blow to me. I fancied she was yet a child' Instead of which I found She was a woman grown who knew- just what she'd have around. The square piano disappeared : an upright took its place. My heart strings trembled though I kept a smile upon my fare. Miranda now has gone to rest and I have lonesome grown. 1 wander, still disconsolate, in places I have known. And downtown in an auction room a week ago today I bought the square piano that Miranda used to play' I'll hove It home I still, 1 hope, am captain nf the slip! I haven't heard from Claribel '. but, hang it, let 'er rip! GRIP ALEXANDER-. DOROTHY DARNITShe Seenis io Know Her Father Well I I I 1 '. II I ' a.11 ill W I' S II 1 V J I fll M ANXIOUS TO SEE YOUR FATHER I I A Mystery Story By E. R. PUNSHON "I don't know." Keltli answered. "1 wood Sfr'L;; l& wn'r.h hasC1rre!uVned,frIomklt'"',nt' have been nearly murdered In this The inspector looked at him sideways and very doubtfully. "Who nearly murdered yon?" he asked. "I don't know," said Keith. The were not far from the spot where stood l,i, .mm great, prominent oak beneath which he had endured his ngon . "Do j on sec that tree?" he said. "Under it 1 was nttacked and near by in grne wns dug." "Well, ou don't seem to have ce . . , . .. "' niething in his tone ami manner """"''l ',. '. of "l,nt .1,P.(,,n!' ''"" th.ougl, It is why I don t Ike the smell of damp earth," he explained "Oh " snld Wilks, still more doubt fullv and still more puzzled. "You might show us ns we arc so near," lie remaiked Somewhat reluctantly Keith led them to the spot. "Do you mean there?" asked Wilks. pointing "Over there where thnt '"onnd I i e sain i, -nn. ii in,-, ,m , M filled in I suppose thev thought it looked rather too suggestive ns it wns nnd that they had better fill it "P agnui Who do you mean bv 'they'? asked the inspector. I "I don't know," answered Keith. "I had better tell ou emrythlng fiom the stnrt. Then ou will know as much as I do. which isn't much. Only I thought inn wnntcd to see Mr Wentworth's bodi first of nil?" i Thei went on again and came prcs enth to where the bod la just as i Keith had left it It had not been touched, nnd the two police officers knell down beside it Their face were gram now. for hitherto the hnd not been quite c crtnin that Keith's stem would not turn out to concenl some trick or fraud of some sort, or pernnps to be merely the ravings of n iunntic "He has been strangled with this hnndkeiclnef," the inspector snld nt in.t Do mi! know whose it is?" he asked Keith "It is marked 'II. W "It belongs to Dick Wentworth," Keith answered rcluctnnth. "The dead nan's nephew nnd the husband of the , .. l !..., Inff ' lady we have just left irONTlNTUD TOMORROW) ... .!,,,. l,nn,lon ,.hn1e cnmnnni nf I...A.I. !?,.., Il lm.111, tnnlrinn WUIiail llllllll. II H.'HH,. . ,,.rn,Lj around in nmneinent, Pcggv nnd Hill found Iheinselies in court before n stern -looking bullhead, who acted as judge and waied his horns threaten- ingly nt them. "Prisouers nt the bar." he Minted. "What have you to say whj ou should not be eaten forthwith U the canniiisil fish?" fTnmonntr terll be told hmc Pcpau nnd lUtty find themsehes sentenced to a dreadful fnte.) Mass for Hero Soldier Mnss for the repose of the soul of Private Cornelius Griffin, of 2732 Par rish street, was celebrated in St. Fran cis Catholic Church, at Twenty -fourth and Orecn streets. Griffin wns n mem ber of Company F, UlPith Infnntry He trained at Camp Meade, went nmrscas July 11, lOlS, and after nctim service in many engagements wns killed. HE I5NT HOME THATS ' mm it mi tsntsjin ir m I n o 1 c uniunr ,!.. .. ii a ii .. .. c u n -e. 1 1 . i .. . . t I I i ANNOYINQ fr-n J YET. J ir h x ' BY THE SIDE DOOR. AND I POSE' J A JJICKEL. 1 YET. . GUNS OF 108TH ADDED TO CHORUS IN ARGONNE German Defenses Are Wiped Out by Artillery and Doughboys Advance Without Opposition in One of War's ll KBIC SANVII.I.K Mattery F. 108!li Field Artillery rpllK enmp site chosen at Seniides was not of the best. The weather was I""' fighting nnd of the Americans who ..in, .,i .1,. ,.i.... i,i, Liim,.i ennnnt get over to help you. At present rainy and the place muddy, hut it P".! , ,,,. nrp ,mt ,,, ,,,, of thpm in a grent boon to the mon, for it gave all a I Krnnr(1 ,, ,, f ,,,, nrp no, figh. chance to thoroughly wash In the stream; ing." When the Flench read this last ithcr as they call such bodies oftntemcnt 'they laughed for sure, for ' ' I h.m,ii nn ni' iriiils nrir lam, nil- ivu-- - ' ...,., i'u f. .... ... -. r Schmlkill Hier, while the Vesle. lie- hind which the Germans made such lead.nc to start firing. I p to this time' - eenng ot our onuery .onimnnuer. ,., llitlnir-tiiPted at Dix a few weeks ago . , ,, . . ,, , it had been the tnnt pencefiit rest f-iw''n somehow hnd got a wild idea, al- , ,, . . , . . ,, , strong resistance, could not """'''' ,he men at tl,e guns that they had had! though regimental headquarters knew ' i'"''"- direction of Colonel Dlmr Und Inrger than Darby Creek. Neerthe ! Jft t nml impossible to be-,"1'11 '"ougli that the enemy was fnr sey, of I'hllndclphia. now exceeds 1400. less ei pi. these snnll stream " '. . .. ,,.., ,.. ,.,, n .liort."'"5, , "ecause of the success attending the QpriMiid tIinipiiUiPt in tip win nt fill rtf nn OI ,IM I , , , ,. ... .. .. :r"""";-Z. T :rl" ' 'Z i I i i. i . ... im ' ""p wnw virtually nn nrniK nn imp e,l nnd guns and t, . k can not sw m The better pait of thr .In y at "''"lf thr PnPlny. Whn they did fire their wns of course spent sleeping, hut in the afternoon there wn a general denn ing up. It was planned to mine on thnt night, and bj dusk all pack were roll ed and ho?ses hnrnesscd. Then came the usual changing of order nnd another night wa spent there. On the following night. Nptcmner 'JL'. the regiment pulled out. nnd passing thiough the town of I.e Islettes. began a i'MihIi up a steep grade nnd entered the gloom Aigonre Forest.' IVeparflng for the Ulg I'usli t'rcpniation of an operation on a gignntic scale Were in eidenie on emry side. The road were crowded with traffic of all kind, great naval guns could be seen in the woods nnd a stead stream of men nnd guns were pouring in nc P(pry highwn- n grent continuous imrnde. And furthermore, all tilts work. , . urilPCl III,- wiiiif, -.--r.- it was discomred later, was done nt,Halrj ,, Minnich rushed out to find II1PI1I 111 111C I 113 llllli- III'" M'e'i-' "' , ,.,n f Anieric nils ; nnlv the French wcic nllowecl in the open. thu increns- I . r . t .1 il. . n...,.,al thnt linil 1 1 IIP ing twoiom im- iin.ii ii ..." - accomplished during u.e ..ours oi .u.r.i- , lies. I .... i It... I , miitidnn ' I he loans were ... -' ' y. "board. He then wen. nac. io i.c fiecr nttnclicd to the outfit was Captain K.. , ..n..., u , nu l1, tlir II Wn 11 I .ln. ..!,.. ll.n Inul Clinf clli.lll.l.. , t ...... . .. (. IMII linimn - """ ' stead uphill climb until the ciossroails nf Croix -de- Pierre was readied nerc t1P ipgiment turned into the finest a . . .. .!.. n- ..i. the legiment turned into the finest and camped for the night Here also for the first time some of the fnninus French .i c ,.or seen Deen ilow ii tliei I III" !. I 1 I 1 1 -lllllll "' ! .......... - I ...... ..,.1, ,,,fs ,,f the trunks of gi ent trees, dirt and concrete The were ammunition dump. ' shcllproof, if mi thing could be An I This shelling made it cxttomcly dif I easy day wns passed here, and then fiult Iq get the Inigc amounts of nm after dark the guns momd forwnid to munition neccssnr up to the guns, for take their position. I the Hermans seemed to know the loca ' An excellent place wns chosen just j l.ol nf tl, crest nf .1 hill well camoll II 1 1 .. !,n n,1a f ,wl tilth SnlUP nil! IIHI'li III l" .'..',,. m.... . dugouts convenient! neai The guns weie put into old gun pits built by t1P French and preparations were well 11nder way when there mine the usual lonllict of order Wiling thnt thi poi- tjml ,a,l nlrcndy been assigned to the French nnd thnt the batter must mom. insjtjon wns then tnken on the crest of Mont cl Villers. onl nbnut 1MM) I meters behind tlie front line. The whole 1 regiment wns stretched nlong n oordiuoy road hnvnig n front for the (went; four gun of about a half mile. A narrow gauge railroad ran by tlie guns nnd grentlv facilitated the earning of nm- munition An Army Underground When tile hunt foi quarters began, it wns discovered thnt the hillside, just to the icar, wns honcvconibed with dug- i0thprs in our sector opened up. Never outs, but unfortunately occupied In the1 wii,ln p frf-Pt that sound. I had second line French infnntry. It was I thought 1 had hcaHI the noise of a oneof the oddest sights I have ever seen. barrnKOi bt ,,, , 11(1 1Par( Kovv upon row oi iiugout. i me in ineni regular palaces, for here the I rend, had! spent four winters nnd had certainly made themselves comfortable Some of them even boasted of running wnter, aud nearly all had electric lights. Others were fitted up for kitchens, hospitals, and writing rooms, or "foy er," a the French sign told us. Ever -clilnr- ins there tn make this hillside hotel for cave dwellers ns conifortnble as possible. The men soon found homes with the Poilus, and after living so long in the open o'n the march the little homes with fireplaces seemed very fine indefed. Orders soon came around that the men must not talk loud or shout or do anything that might show that they were present in the wood. "We nre very- close to the front line," it was explained. "In fact, closer than such large guns have ever been brought be fore, for we are ahead of the 75s, If the enemy should become nwnie of our positions they could mr easily blow us to pieces with trench mortars." So every one took especial enre not to be seen or heard. Although the telephone lines were laid, ail communication over them was forbidden, unless n French man did the talking, fnr fear the enemy might cut in on the line somewhere nnd hear American voices, i More German Propaganda , Our care justified itself for on the night of September 23 a German plane I Hew over and dropped some propaganda. lit wns written iu Frpuch and said iu substance about this: "Why do you keep on with tlie war? Wp, Germany ffcy ytm peace. You are tlie dupes of VERY 1 -i-u A-Ts-vr-ras-' t yri crrfrj- iaisi l?A vrn ira CATUtrD cM 1 ) ci I DFOHivDc; V .wwoul,,, . n ,. . -r;jn, ' nnj.iv vr i WEC "-"- ' '' f VERY MAD GOING INTO A PL-ACfc. l-MJrd- ( ' Zi- HE ONLY HAD Greatest Battles tthe Kngllsh, who nre letting you do nil phone lines established and nil wn in ., . . "....'. . ' lllHi HIP rrRIIUPIM HUH IMII. ii rmi i . IL.. ii t 1!.. !. I uiiniirr irnni uip iniin iiur in'iiuuvi - virtually no fl,lnK on the, positions. It was here that the regiment met with moie fatalities. I Supply Company Ixises Men The supply compnii base nnd the leginientnl echelon had been placed just to the icar of the Croix-de-Pierie cross roads and on the night of September -4, .lcrr cut Joose on thnt plnce. The shells, hoimmr, fell in the regimental I nren. A number of the supply rnmpnn had pitched their shelter tents under n large tree. ,Iut after the hnd turned in, dead tired lifter a strenuous day's1 work, the shells began falling near the cross roads. They seemed fin nwny, sn the men remained where the were when 'one suddenly fell light near the tree. Cries for help and first nld soon roused the enmp. nnd First .Sergeant thnt some of tlwm were senousl n,,nrl,ijl lln ,l!ll, CllP liplfl nf Snnif j (hpm () , rM(li ,, . . .. iniiIIK nn ninhulnnce. got Priiytes Mc ,, f nellefonte. Tn.. nnd ii.,..ii rviirei-. of Howard. I'n.. on . -. .. ii i i 1 uruillici. lll-siMI"- ii.'" ."is i"i ".. were still falling close nud that tlici" wns plenty of gns in the air. nnd hitter part of Februar.i . the colonel said. found that AVngc.ne.s Ddwin lliooksand concerted into an agricultural fu.,d that AVngoneis Ddwin lliooksnd concerted in ntui Chatlos Doll lnd nlso been hit nml , h--Iiool. instnntl killed. At the sninc time C Among T& Phi in iiiniii,, ,,...... ... .--- llntlcri lost lrinte .1. II. Vnn Miter when n shell landed near the niniii Hon of the little inilroad and continued " p" nulslllK lire ill .1 eiinc-lll HI .tCTValS riieie wcic no engines on this i road and the hauling power wns men ' or horses. A tlie Hermans used ' plenty of gas, it made gas masks nee .essnr when passing nlong the allcy, I nnd thus grcatl retarded the work. Despite thi.. tlie mpii worked like Tin Ijans and by midnight of September- 'J5 all the necessary powder and shell weie close to the gun. The tree hnd nil 'been cut and wired in position by n icompnny of the 10.1d Kngineeis, and I now nt n gimn signal the wiics were slnslied nnd the waj cleur to woik. Hig Ouns Open Up The hour gimn for the regiment to start w.is 2:30 a. in. About 2, heavy firing was heard on the left, nnd ns the time crept along so the sound of gutis came ucarer. Hy the appointed time it , lnd readied us and our cuns nud all Wollsly aR , u tap ,libtol besides a nnn It .... deafeninir. t.f sav the g, to say the least; speech was impossible. And the roar was continuous, foi it wns said later that if nil the guns crowded in thnt one little sector could hnve been placed huh to hub they would have made a Hue two miles long. I looked down the vnlley behind us. , t "Bs onp continuous sheet of fire, Hack of us were the 75s. to the rear m" lr,-i. ''ke otirs, and back of them 'till larger guns, nnd so on. all firing nt once and all firing ns fast ns pos sible. Aid even nbove the roar of the guns one could hear that whining shriek of the shell in full flight, nnd fortunntcly for us all goiug nud none coining. Until nearly noon the npxt day the hring kept up, the range constantly iu creasing, men word came back that tne intantry una advanced nnci i cached their objective, meeting no lesistante When we later aiivv the giound over which we had fired we did not vvouder thnt the Germans hnd fled without fighting, for tiiose who stayed did uot ' last long, (treat dugouts weie smash ed in, three or foui shells having land ed in one plnce just u 'inAss nf shell holes and absolutely uuattentnble. So accurate and well planned had been the firing that no placp had been left un touched where the enemy might find shelter, while some of the holes made bv the shells from the great guns at oiirnlnv at the home office. Business ses rear were large enough to put an ordinnr.v house into and still have room to spare. By noon nil was quiet, except for occasional firing at long range. Orders! enme for us to ndvancc the next day, nnd nil expected a quiet night. Just us' I wns getting Into bed I had orders to report at headquarters of my battery. There I wns told that It was thought the Germans were making a counter- I nttiick nnd to take two others nud go i ; the trcnohc, .d h. if i Now that .' look tack on that night 1 laugh, hut It wns nnj thing hut funny when Corporal Holnn, Watson. Mike Wagner and 1 started looking through those deserted trenches, with drawn revolvers, to find a German army. It was pitch dark, we had no specific or- tilers except to proceed In n general ill rectlon, toward where "we could hear machine-gun firing. Furthermore wo ,,n't know just what to do If we did fim, th(1 cnpn)J for ic tllpy orp thpre we'd have small chance pf-gctting back. Hut go we did on and on through cnpinj were way off and thus relieving i rrl nrnrtAr - r m w-r ,pn nrnnnrPnrMCO . Ilr H H .A TA 1UUL! ULUIIUL UUll I LU E Pk:iolL: D... axj.- Philadelphian Returns After Service With Base Hospital That Entered Germany . pnm n -p.,,,- ..... oini IjUULU lAKt 20,000 SILK . , ,, .. Scheduled for discharge today nre the Colonel f.eorge M. Coates. of 17.10 103,1 Supply and lOItd Ammunition imL.r ." "r. ' '1?"", 'ro.mlTra!"s nn(1 Headquarters, the 107the omrseas llase llosilltol fifi. n unit innde mi nf ,'. ."" "Kr".. ""'""" l cnsunls. which was establishecj at Alle 1 my. There were six hospitals, with ac commodations for 10.000 patients. The hospital staff lonsistcd of 1!)0 officers, ,"00 nurses nnd IiioO men The hospital center wns in commnnd of Colonel .1. II. Toicl. of the icgular arm, nnd. as fnr n Colonel Coates Knew, the only other Pennsylvania of nn OHHIUPl 1, KlIIOI'Il. Willi WnSWJtll HllSC 70 The center wns abandoned in the ladelphians nriiiing -i(Vi .-.- -I -- I"un?' cre M llliiim J. Learning, -1020 I ;V "et. ?tr,p . nionias V. Regan, IIOL'3 Nouth Hutchinson stiect; Hnrrv h. A.I Kline, 721 Smith HofFlnnn street ! Alc I ander M Wilson. 2.11 1! Xoith Hrond street: William Halenthie! "i'lft Smith Fifteenth street; James W. Hi adley, '. P.. made public by Colonel William Br'esni, a-Mv1lL!1,;h"!s?:, VliaZ I''!"- """'"P- sll0, that the regiment "mli'.'crt.'n'clc',!,1: a'W,1'-1 trn.-oe officer, .and .175 men street; .loseph K. I'eteis, 2012 West Thompson street : MauriicAT Newport. ."12 West Kleauor street ; John K. Live- ey. Hu.stletoii : Willinm '!'. Smith. 1110 , i" JW1' larP ,.-''' Wrin?r1, JS1 Last fhitano sheet: htuuk J. Morrlsey. S3S Wnnewood load: Jolin .T. (Vis. f - sid , 3720 Sluiitou street : Samuel Mc I.oy, lfiO" West Robinson street; John R. (Jade. 4534 Xorth Gratz street; Joseph Hluni, 1104 Porter street; Ed ward J. Doran. 1(131) Winton stiect: Joseph Hltimenfield. 71!) -Mifflin street: Robert Hlnckbuin, 2S52 Jlnschcr street ; Willinm If. Kans, 22!) Westmoreland street: Pntrick Mori n (iOS West Har old street ; Leo C. Blum ; John A. Tan ner. 331!) Rand sheet; Willinm Her ion; Albert F. Blown. 1811 Carpenter sneer: imam cinwtoru. ttj Noitl Third street: Andrew Rivielln! Leslie Fenler. 5402 Regent direct, nud George' The mcinbeis of the veteran corps Eflinger. 3334 Filbert street. will report nt the nrmory nt 3:10 o'clock in tlie afternoon in full dress BOYS FROM GERMANY HEREihrtlh'rnru Irepoit five minutes later. Officers and Captured Ammunition, Also Brought mrn ot tho 1,,!),h " Teport in field prt iw c,.,.i,i I uniform. The band nnd field music to Port by Steamship , . t at ., .c,ocI- i ne steamship ...astern hea. carrying captured German ammunition nnd'elcven ordnance, soldiers of the Second Army of Occupation lias arrived nt this poit. The soldiers were taken on n tug to Pier 78, nt Snyder avenue, and then they left for Aberdeen, Md. Severnl Pennsyivnnians were nmong the soldieis, whose duty it was overseas to go through the evacuated towns nnd explode nil mines nnd death dealing imps !. uy nn- tiuiis. me snens vvur tinker, on behalf of the French brought home will he sent to Aberdeeu Government, to Captain Frederick C, Proving Grounds to be examined. Ser- Wheeler, of Chestnut Hill, nt Coblenz, grant Harold Tillbtson, of Latham, ' Germany. Captain Wheeler is n son Kan., was cited by the French for of Mrs, Gibson Bell and the late Bow bravery. The other ten nre: Sergeants mnti Wheeler, II. E. Peiry, Robert W. Lnnge, Gil- I The citntion accompanying the award more Keitzcr, Rolnnd F. Fox, Willinm stated "thnt Wheeler, in nction near Kirkwood. Corporal AV. II. Linncn and , Vierzy. on July 10, 1018, led his corn Privates Sherman Pnrkes, David Good- PnuJ' to .advanced position in spite of mnti and Clarence Cline. SPROUL TO SPEAK TONIGHT t Governor to Address Life Insurance Men at Banquet Governor Sproul will address officials and agents of the Pern. Mutual Lifcl Insurance Company tonight at n ban - ,Upt in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. which will bring to a close their meet ing. in celebrntion of the company's seventy -second nnniveisnr.v. The participants gatheiecl here Tucs- ' sinns nrp belnelield this morning. This afternoon nt 2.30 o'clock the insurnnceJ men will make n boat trip down the i Delnware river to view the shipyards. CoprIg;ht, WJO, h The Hell Sjn.llmip lm T7 OF 28TH DISCHARGED Supply, Ammunition and Sani tary Trains, With 107th Artil lery, Out Today ... t SOME JO N REGULAR AHMT lf More jhan 200 "Iron Division ,ptcl., hnvp rc.PUsted In the regular l""n "n,p " " 5 mnwil- 'ny at ( amp Dix before the uemomu ration of their division, several umei M Europe. Totnl re-enlisting since re- lecrtiitlng work a general school of in struction for recruiting officeis, espe cially in the Philadelphia and New York districts, will be organized under direc tion of Colonel Lindsey. The discharge of Twenty-eighth Di vision veternns is progressing rnpidly. Virtually the entire 1011th Field Artil lery Regiment wns demobilized yesterday, n totnl of llioS of these soldiers leaving n t ,al trnins for homp (.om. munities. Other units discharged in clude Twenty-eighth DMsion Head quarters. 10.1d Field Signnl Ilattnlion, Fifty-fifth Infantry Brigade Head quarters, Twenty-eighth Division Jlili lary I'olice nnd n detachment of th Kllltli Infantry. l Field Artillery and the 103d Sanitary Train. OLD FIRST LOST 396' WITH 2615 WOUNDED . FINAL REPORT SAYS ' Twentv-onft Offirnrq nf 100th ' wenxy one UTTICerS oi lUJin Infantry Slain-n-Memorial Services Sunday The official casualty list of the 109th i Infantry, the old Fiist Regiment. N. ""'" ",r u,lllu ,l """ "'' "nioo "" ''"'' ' 'n,,t until Nm ember 11, when tlp armistice was signed. In addition, thirty officers nnd 546 lm'" npre "-""ndeil seriously, fifty-four mP n,i msf . ,. ...nn,i. - - ' ' ll"l III V 11 It I i llUUilltru slightly, four officers nnd 270 men were gnssed nnd one offioer and 570 men missing or taken prisoners. The total number of replniemcnts in tlie legiment wns 124 officers and 4304 men. In commemoration of the sacrificed innde by the men on the cnsunlty lists, tlie mteran corps of the First Itegiment will hold memorial serices at Holy Trinit Church next Sunday. Captain Hojil W. Toinkins, rector of the i inure h, will officiate. Commander J. Caninbell Gilmore. head of the veteran lorps, will be in commnnd. DECORATE CAPT. WHEELER French Croix de Guerre AVIth Palm for Philadelphia Officer Awmd of thp Proir rip 'Hnprra with pnlm tins been made by Secretary of severe losses due to terrific2 machine gun unci artillery fire. In consolidat ing his position he passed up aud down the line iu the open, nnd although se- veiely wounded, made a trip of two hundred ynrd to report the position of his own and adjoining units." Wheeler had been awarded two Dis- ringuisneti r,erv ce i rosses or conspicu- - "" '""'".' " ".,. ". Vatican Explains Brazilian's Visit Koine, May 21, Dr. Epitaeio res son was received by Pope Benedict, al though he was a guest of King Victor Emmanuel, because he has not jet as sumed the presidency of Brazil and thus no precedent wns broken, according to a semi-official communication from the Vatican, By Chas. McManua x -s " -, h ' !
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