La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959, June 03, 1918, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextSilk Underwear '';; v '!' A-'. .'":- ''' 'v. ' '' ' : K(i(mouiy is found hi the purchase of silk "underwear" necaihsc of .iVs K1 wearing fen him' Perfect fitting undVTwcar of silk affords coiiil'oit and plcasuiv luil'viiovvn tn those who have never worn this kindj Vests, Bloomers, iC ' . Camisoles Envelope Chemise .-',. .'v'.'-V V"-'..-".. '' ';, ;'' ''-'"'J ' . Huv Silk Underwear and he fVimfoi-tahlc. - , . v . ' '. - , " j, . : . . , . V ' Hill's Department Store J "Over the Top By An American Soldier Who Went ARTHUR GUY EMPEY Machine Gunner Settling In Fiance (OupJriliM, IMJ, Of AHhwUur uwtl- , , 8YNOP8IB. ;, , ., ; CHAPTER I Fired by the nsws of 'Hi linking of Dm l.usltRivla hy a Gorman lubmurln. Arthur Guy Empoy, an Aiiwrl can, lorves Ms offlio In Jinif City ami ton to llnclaml wliora he uillsl In UM Urltlsh army. . n fi APM'iiiH If Aflr s. nerlod- of train ing. Kinney volunteers for Immediate srv. Ice and oon flnda himself In real blllcis "somewhere In r-'rnnce." where .he Arm malic the acquaintance of the evor-pres. ent ''coolies.''- - - CRAPTEK inKmnsy auenfls nm nrsi church serrlcra at the front while a l er man Fokker circles over the congrowulon. CHAPTER IV Kmpay'a command iroes into the front-line I renches, and l umlar lire for the first time. , ' nupTKR V Rnimv icnrna to adopt ihe motto of the Brilsii Tommy. "If you ire going to sot it, you 11 swt . w worry.' ' - v . v CHA VTKn ttt ttacK. in rieFWHwi.4 poy Kola his flrat experience a, mass rucriy. . - ttt xtt v. Ft vn Emoev learns how the Qrlllsh sulitlura arc fed. -i.rAr!Mi'u vrrr Ttnrk In the front-JInor trench. Kmpey sees hla first friend of the trenches "KO West." - CHAPTER IX-Kmpcy mimes ins nrsi visit tp o. dugout In, "Suicide Dltcli.' CHAPTKR X-Kmpcy; learns wnai . .Mutes a "day's work" In the front-line .renrh. V. : e '' - TrffiTpTren XI Emooy iroea "over the ;op" for the llrst time in a clinrejo on the jefman ircm'iiea anu wvuhmww 'jayonet thrust. - : mi ( ivrvn vlT.1T.mnev tolna the Fill Me club" as the- homblng squud la called. CHAPTKR XHI-EncU Tommy geia an of '-!! Bath. TlTA7TKlt XlV-TCmpiy helps nij an tdviini'od trench under tlerman fire. CHAPTKtt XV-On "listening post" In Mo Man's iJtnd. CHAPTKR XVI Two artillerymen "put one over" on Old Pepper, their roKimtmtol commander, . - ' ' OHAPTPin XVII-Kmpey nns narrow ee m while on uatrol duty in No Man r jiit. ... CHAPTER XVIH-Bark In rest billets Bmpey wrllea and stnaca a farce comedy. CHAPTKR XIX Momters nave nrnij ways to amuse Ihcnwolvea wldle "on tlialr jwn." - . CHAPTKR XX-Kmnev Aioltlnteera for machine aim aervlce and mica back Into tho front-line trenches. -. - CHAPTKR XXl-Empey amiln oe "over the lop" In n charpre which cost his company 17 killed and 31 wounded, CHAJ'TKR XXH-Trlck ffiJt.H, a,mcllln gun silences One Tothersinuo ruta. ; CHAPTKR XXIlI-Oerman ntlack, rr ceded by kus wave, la repulsed, CHAPTKR XXlV-Kmpey la forced to take part In an execution as a mentbor ot! h. py1 srt. . :ut jv '.i ,:i,r 'on Ills rljfhf t A muclllrw nn. Vli ilklu't It open flrrj acd Suva Ihciu? Ho would trmkc Hint son's crew ilo lli.-ir thily. Ittmlilnif over to tlie gun lie sitw why It hnd ntt openoil flro. ScntttTPtl ninmul Its lmso lay ls rtlll forms. Thoy hail brotiuht tliolr en to consiilliliilo tho cnptiired position, but n Cicinniii iiinclilne riiii hud decreed thoy would never fire again. Lloyd rushed to the gun nnd, grasp ing the traversing handle., trained It on (he Germans. He pressed Ihe Ihuinh plei-e, hot only a siuirp eliek tvn8 the result. The gun was unloaded. Then he realized his helnlessness.. He did not know how to loud the gun. Oh, why hadn't he Attended the machine gun course In Knghindf He'd been offered the ehunce, but with a blush of i shniiie he remembered that he hnd been ufrnld. The nickname of the machine ! gunners had frightened him. They Were CRiled the "Suicide club." Now, because . of this fenr, bis eoitipnny would be destroyed, the men of D com pany would have to rile, because, he, Albert Lloyd, had been nfrnld of s name. In his shnme he cried ilk a baby. Anyway he could tile with them unil. rising to bis feet, he stumbled over the body of one of the gunners, who emitted n fnlnt moan. A gleam Of hope flushed through him. Perhniw this man could tell him how to load the gun. Stooping over Ihe body he gently shook It nnd the soldier opened Jits eyes. Seeing Lloyd, he closed them again nnd. In n fnlnt role, sold: "Get nvvny, you blighter, leave me alone. I don't wnnt nny cownrd around roe." The. words cut Lloyd Ilk a knife, hut he wns desperate. Taking the re yolver out of the hol"tor of the dying mBn he pressed the' wild muzzle to the soldier's, head ami repMed: "Yes, It Is Lloyd. tlu cownrd of Company' D,- but to- help' me flod, If you don't tell, me bow to load .that gun J'll put a bullet through your' brain!"' A sunny smile came oner the coiib tvmince of the dying man and be anld lo n faint whisper: "Good.old boy I I knew you wouldn't disgrace our compnny " Lloyds Interposed: "For God'a sake, If you wnnt t snvo that company you am so proud of, tell me how to loud Unit rt- d gun 1" As If reciting a lesson In school, tho soldier replied In n weak, singsong voice:' "Insert tug cud of belt In feed block, with left bund pull belt left front. Full crank haudlo back on roll er, let. go, anil repeat motion. ' Gun ts now loaded. To Are, raise automatic safety vlntch,' and press thtinibploce. Gun la now firing. If gun stops, nsccr-, tain position of cra: handle Hnt Lloyd will led for no more; With wild Joy at hla heart, ho took a belt from one of the ammunition boxes ly Ing beside Ihe gun, and followed the dying man's Instructions. Then he pressed tho thimibp'roco nnd n burst of Ore ' rewarded 'his efforts. ' The "gun wax working. Training It on the Germans he shout ed for Joy as their front rouk went down. I . Traversing the gun back and forth I along the mass of Germans, be saw j them break and run back to the cover j of their .trench, leaving their dead and wounded behind. He had saved his j company, ho, Lloyd, the cownrd, hnd j "tlone his bit." Releasing thehuinb IpleeOi he looked ar the wnteh on his, wrist Uo wss still alive at "3:K8." . "i'lng!" n bullet sang through the ' nlr, nnd Lloyd fell fnrwnrd across the I gun. A thin trickle of blood ran down I his fare from a little, black round liolej In his forehead. , - ' I . .si j "The sentence of the court had been'. "duly carried out." i I Tho captain slowly raised the limp 1 ; form drooping oven the gun and, win- i I Ing tho blood from tho while fsee, reoil ; ognlzed It a Lloyd, the coward of D , j company. Reverently covorlng the face j I with .his handkerchief he turned to hla j "nonconis" nnd, In a voice husky with I emotions, addressed them: j j "Boys, It's Lloyd, the deserter,. Ho ! has redeemed himself, died the death:' of a hero died that his nintes might;! live." . :; ! That nftcrnoon a solemn procession,; wended Its way toward the cemetery. ; in ine rront a stratcaer was carriea Dy two sergeants. Across tho stretcher i tho Union Jack was carefully spread. Ileblnd tho stretcher otiino a captain and forty-three men, nil Hint were left of D compnny. ! Arriving at the cemetery, they hnlt 0d In front of an open grave. All about . them wooden crosses were broken nnd trampled Into the ground. A grir.sled old sergeant, noting this 'destruction, tnn-.tsred tinder his ibreeiUi: "Curse the cowardly hllghler who wrecked those crosses I If I could only get these two hands around his peck hla trip West would be short." The corpse on the stretcher seemed o move, or It might have been the wind blowing the folds ot the Union '. Jack, CHAPTER XXV. '1 Preparing for the Big Push. ! Unjoining Atwell after tho execution ! 1 hod a hard time trying to keep my secret from htm. I think I must have lost at least ten pouudg worrying over j the affair. Heglnning nt seven In the evening It ( was our duty to patrol all cominunlra ! Hon nnd front-lino trenches, innklng note of unusual occurrence, and nr resting anyone who should, t ns, nr ; pear to be acting lu a suspicious man ner. We sb?pt during the dny. nehitid the line there was great ac : tlvlty, supplies and ammunition pour , log In, and long columns of troops con stantly passing. M'a wore preparing for the big offensive, the forerunner of Ihe battle of tho Somme or "Big 1'ush." Th never-ending stream of men, supplies, ammunition and guns pour ing Into the front lines made a mighty Frta.cJemieOiriL. cunotbede: scribed,' It has to be witnessed Willi your own ty to appreciate Us va.-.t-tiraav . r . At our part of the line the Influx of anppllea never ended. It looked like a huge snoke slowly cra'titg forward, never a hitch or break,' w wunderrul tribute to the systenl nnd I'tni-leucy ( Great Britain' "contemptible little urtuy" of live nilllloiui of nien. : s Huge Hrteen-luch guns snaked along, foot by foot, by powerful steam tract tors. Then n long Hue of "four point five" batteries, each gun druwu by six horses, then a couple of "nluo point two" howitzer pulled by immense caterpillar engines. When one of these caterpillars would pass me with Its mighty monster in tow, a flush of pride would mount to my face, because I could plainly reud on the imnin plnle, "Made in V. 3. A.," and I would remember that If I wore a uaniu plule it would also rend, "From the V. H. A." Then I would atop to think bow thin and straggly that nighty, stream would be If all the "Mude lit V. S. A." ports of It were withdrawn. .' . ,' " Then would come hundreds of llin liers and "(1. S." wagons drawn by sleek, well-fed mules, ridden hy sleek, well-fed ineu, ever smiling, although grimy with sweat and covered with the line, white dust of Ihe mnrvelously well-mado French roads. - Wlmt a discouraging report tho Ger mun airmen must have taken Isick to their division comiiMiniluis, und this stream Is slowly but surely getting big ger and bigger every dny, and the pnee is always the same. No slower, no faster, but ever onward,, ever forward. Three weeks before the big push of July 1 as the battle of the Somine has been called started, exact duplicates ot the German trenches were dug about thirty kilos behind our lines. The layout of the trenches was taken from airplane photographs submitted by tho Koyal flying corps. Tho trench es were correct to the foot; they showed dugouts, snps, barbed who do-' tenses mid dujiger spots. . , , Battalions that were to go over In the first waves ivero sent back for three days to study these trenches, en gage In practice nttneks nnd hnve night maneuvers'. Each man was required to make a' limp of the trenches nnd fn inllhii'lze himself with tho names and locution of the parts his battalion was to attack. In tho American army noueoinml sloncd olUcora lire put through il course ii C map making nr mini sketching, mid during my six years' servlco lu the t'nlted Suites cavulry I had plenty of practice In this work, therefore map ping these trenches was n compani Itvcly eusyi task for me. Each mau had to submit his map to tho compnny commander to he passed upon, .anil I Was lucky enough to have mine select ed as being suflUicntly authentic to u.;e in the nlluck. . ' Xo photographs or maps are allowed to leave France, hut In this ense it ap pealed to me as n valuable souvenir of the grcnt war und I managed to-smuggle It .through At this time it carries ii-initury-Importance 'aVthe SiliWi lines, I nin happy to say, have slnco been advanced beyond this point, so In having It In my possession I nirj not breaking any regulation or cautions of the British army. ' The whole nl luck was rehearsed nnd rehearsed until we heartily cursed tile, one who hnd conceived the Idea. The trenches were mimed according to a system which made it very simple for Tommy to tlnd, even In the durk, any point In I lie German lines. These Imitation trenches, or trench models, were well guarded from obser vation by numerous allied planes which constantly circled above them. ; ,o (Ionium iilipliiiie could approach within observation distance. A re-: siiicled, urea was miiiuliiliied nnd no civilian was allowed within three ' miles, so we felt sure that we hud n great surprise In store for Fritz. j Wheft we took over the front lino ' we received an awful shock. The . Germans displayed slgnbonids over the top of their trench showing the : names that we had called their f trenches. The slgus road "Fair," "Fact," "Fate," and "Fancy," nnd so on, according to the code names on our ninp. Then to rub It In, they hoisted some more signs which read, "t'ome on, we are ready, stupid Eng lish," ' It Is still a mystery to me how they ohinlned this knowledge. There hud been no raids or prisoners taken, so It must have been the work of spies In our own lines. Three or four days bpforo the big push we tried to shatter Frilz's nerves by feint attacks, nnd partially suc ceeded us the olllcial reports of July 1 show. Although we were constantly bom barding their lines day and night, still we fooled the German several times. This was accomplished by throwing nil Intense barrage Into his Hues I then using smoke shells we would put J n curtiiln of white smoke across No ' Man's l.nnil, completely obstructing his view of our trenches, and would raise our cnrtuln of tire i as tf In an actual attack. All J down our trenches the men would ; i shout and cheer, nnd Fritz would turn ! loose with machine-gun, rllle, and I shrapnel Are, thinking we were com- lug over. i After three or four of these dummy J ntlacks his nerves must have been nenr the breaking point. tin June SI, ltl, nt 8 -AO in the morning our guns opened up, nnd hell was lot loose. The din was terrltle, n constant hoom-hoom-hoom In your ear. At night the sky .wns n red glare. Our bombardment hud lasted nbout two hours when Frlta stnrtd reply ing. Although we were sending over ten shells to hi one, our ensunltles were heavy. There was a constant slrenm of stretchers coming out of the communication trenches mid hut-tal parties were n common sight. In Ihe dugouts the nolso of the gun almost hurt. You hud the snine sensa tion a when ridlug on the suhwuy yon enter the tube uiuhr the river going to Brooklyn a sort of pressure on the ear drums, aii3 TTie giotiml cimMuiuly t10 assistance eventually of bolweeu ttviuliUiig.-.". .. 21(10 uuil :i,uou wointn, ou living m i Tbe rood, behind the trenches were ,Hry r,.w bh;i is. TIiIh Ik doim so vuy diiiigiicus bev.iise. thicks sliriiu- lnot un ihe groeervmcn manbo reach. nel was conjiijintiy uursiiug over meiu. (Jl ra )y Uml often und that any in We avoided these dangerous spots , rotiiin tfon sent out hy the United crossing through open lields. ., 'States Food -Administration may ' The destruction la tho German linen 'reKci1 the Cjmsuniers who never See was awful and I really felt sorry for a pilB. . 'ihem l.ecuuse I realized how they must i ,The s,m , (n COunnlttee f 5 of be clicking It. . . , 'tJ)A 60 wolllen to .each tlis- From our front-line trench, every tl.,tt , t0 bBve overy grocei-y store now and again, wo could hear sharp s.lHlieii onee mth. 'one-fourth' of whistle blasts In the Germau trencher . (1latrict being covered onco n liiese .muses were uiu eiKuuie ioj: stretcher bearers, und meant the month. Thoy who assemble a circle of are given commodity sheets upon which n fair- food price grounding or killing of some German la um wrvice vi Ills iinnn niuu, - t ,iQi I,,. I'nll. Atwel! and I had a tough time of It, ' " AUllistrat,on. With patrol lug the d in emit trenches at " night, but after awhile got used to (t. shf" , 'U Z, , , ,, ..j, ' stores and obtain, the prices charged My old ouilit, the niaehtou gun com- Complete records are kept, nnny, was sti.Uo.ud 1,. huge elephant vlolatr8 of the law are ,11- dugouts nhout four hundred yards be- ' . ' hind the front-line trencb-they were c0treA and reported o theood Ad lu reserve. : Occislonally I would stop ministration's committee in St Lours, in their dugout nnd have n confab will. Secret Servlco men are detailed on my former mates. AlUiough wo tried ;lhet cases and each offender is dealt to he Jolly, 'still, there was a lurking ; 'lh no his case merits," feeling of tmpendlng disaster. Each - . f mull was wondeiiiig, If, utter thej 1 XKW Sl'HKDl'LK BKGIXS . slogan, "Over the top with the best of ; . S - ', ' ' luck," hud been sounded, would he stIU Too Soon to Announce How the Ser be alive or would he be lying "some-; ... ;. .vice Will Be Liked. where in France.;' In an old dilapidated j ' . house, the walls of which were Bearred ' The new train schedule went Into with i.iachlnegun bullets, Xo. 8 sec- effect yesterday and tho local be. Hon of Ihe machine gun company had tween. La Grande and Baker made lis quarters. The company's cooks pre- the trip on schedule lime. This part piired the tneiils In this billet. On thfcof the change is unite agreeable to fifth evening of the bombardment a tho public. West bound trains wcro tlormnn elgl.t-i.ieh shell registered a:.ate loday and ,he fllU force 0, tne direct hit on the billet and wiped outleJlunge b!LS not yet heen felt . ten men w no were nsieep, in mo sup-; posedly bomb-proof cellar. They were hurled the next day oud I attended the j tuner"' i KLKVKX HOYS WAXTKI). (To IMS continued ) -o- . (Ciuitinued from -page one) AGAIXST I'HOFITIOEIUNG government expense, fitting thorn to serve in army- positions," says the War .Department order, ''requiring" knowledge of auto mechanics, gen eral mechanics, blacksiriithing, 'sheet j metal working, plumuling, carpen- V ST, LOUIS, June 1.- St. Louis j try and radio operpting incident to women are working to keep food many kinds of military service, both pi-Ices normal.. According to a recent at the fronf and behind the lines. Kt. Louis Women nt Work To Keep ' Food Trices Xormtil. '. . ' "The men taking this course -will receive, thorough instructions which will be of great personal value in both in report made, lo the Committee on Public Information, Division of Wo men's War Work, . by Mrs. George Oellhorn, chairman of the Women's ' working their way ahead, Central Committee on Food Conner- ,the army and in civil lit'ey '. vutlon United Stales Food Adminis- j "This is an exceptional opportunity tratlon, conceited effort Is made to for energetic, ambitious men, Qual pvevent profiteering, v I ified: registrants should present them- 'Firstj we are organizing by wards ', selves to their local boards for vol and Weclncts," wrote Mrs. Gellhorn. iuntaiy induction. When volunteers "Second, by mothers' circles, parent-! present themselves, local boards will teacher associations, clubs, and other j induct qualified men. until their al- women's organizations. Third,; by laities' church societies and through churches and schools. "The price investigations will have lo.tment has been fillet). ''The voluntary period will continue until June 7. After Juno 7, no more volunteers will bo accepted." " " - -- ! f 1 STAR THEATRE I GOMINGi! S.' j ' v I? EM EMBER TITO DATES ; S i SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY. Our Line of Flour Substitutes Is Complete ' Use: Baking Powflcr with ' Substitnteg nntV luivc better breml. ' - ' have several different pamphlet?) -on. bakhm and .nokiiiK 'with substitutes. Yours iov tlie asking. ' ' ',. . Store opens 8 a.m.; Closes (J. p.m.-except Satur day, when we elose 8.30 p.ro. Please plioie firdevs eai'l.Vj ' - Harris Grocery Phone Main 70 and 77, Farmers, IJlaek 192 408 North Fir Street . Across the Track "United States Food Administration License No. G50255." . inn Qualified registrants are Urged to. present themselves to the local board for ' voluntary induction. If the re quired eleven for Union county have not responded by the 7th of June the local board will complete the. allot ment bv selection In sequence of or der numbers from class one. Una a Good Opinion of 'baniborlaln's ,'..'-. . Tablets. j: "Chamberlain's Tablots are a won der. I never sold anything that boat them,", writes TV B. Tressoy.: Rich mond. Kv. When troubled with indi gestion of constlpntlon give them p. li lal ' Practically Everything Has Raised But Telephone Service i i tif. - -V !i. - - . - ePk & S .11 j Beast of Berlin ' , The fireatt'Kt lVtu.i'e Ever Screened-- j YOU MUST NOT MISS IT. - ! sf arthIatre W . fr 4- Sf 41 4 4"I4X : ' ' AAAR RREAD ' We make War Bread fresh every day. Every Monday and Wednesday regular War Buns. Try our Liberty Bread. We also -have the most complete line of Home-made Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts, Snails, Coffee Cakes and Cookies in the city. : . .- - - . r , ;; All made according to Government regulations. DUTLI BAKERY 3 1 7 North Fit St. Just Acroasthe Track i 3lftsasrtljlMNsrJlP1 StJWIIWWWiiaMnilWI j Now is the time to set out your I Tomato Plants Mr. Grain Farmer: Are you prepared to handle your grain in hulk! Do not wait until Spring' nnd Summer whon you are buried with work and worried with labor shortage, but build your granaries now. Yon can buy the lumber and roofing paper for a first-class 1000 bushel portable granary for $54.58 and it will last for years. Sacks for the same amount of grain will cost you $125.00 and this would be a dead loss against this year's crop. A (franary of this sine can be moved anywhere and can bo . filled directly from the thresher, doing away with high priced labor handling and sowing sacks. The boys in the trenches nerd the sacks for sand bags for the protection of their very hves. and. perhaps your boy is among them. Spen i- your money in your own valley by buying lumber manufactured at home. When you buy sacks part of the money goes to India. BUILD YOUR GK.VNAK1KS NOW Be prepared by building them before the farming season opens up, bo sure to get good lumber, well seasoned, as low grade lumber will give you trouble in a few seasons. Don't Use green lumber. Save money keep what you spend at homo p event loss nd damage from exposure to weather leave tho sacks for our boys in the trenches; help win tho war by building lannrics now. rnrtablo granaries of this type are universally used in other scctiunc One trip with a good team will haul the ma terial for one granary. For particulars as well as prices on Union County lumber for all farm purposes, see The George Palmer Lumber Co, LA GRANDE, OREGON Get yours this week before they are all gone ! CHERRY'S FLORISTS Help win. the War. Plant your Garden now. Yes! I Said Oil Stoves For less. And the best Oil Stoves on earth. Also a new line of Reed Babv Carriasrcs. 1 at a Remarkably Low Price. Harris Furniture Store . H. a HARRIS, Proprietor 400 FIR STREET Phone: ted 3171.