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v: TWELVE PAGES DAILY EAST OM(WMIA!T, PEJffcLfcT6!f. CRSaOIf, MONDAY, 8EPTEM22E 2J, 101 if. fACB BEVEIf r -w , if - ' THE CHANNEL: Brush with Dcsiroycstf By Mordauntllafl t MOONLIGHTrON In wnminiiiii in mi i . '. 1 1 " 'f?n?l l' FT. ' '77 I77: -TTTZ - .. . . --,0; v ;:JUi : eJnrow i" -: ' i ! . ' ' piw rl-'--; ' y$H - ' l-fef..y. VBRWt c .rrys"V'u' ;fv:----'r Fl I !..' -n. i eellrnt fortune to itrlxo upin Kuril a niglit for returning from tfie Froncli ibori9 to the white clif f of Eaclaud. but nunicbon- or other I experienced a thrill, fur tlir mdily chip, the Knulish officer ex pressed It, wni ronnpicuoiK nil a muIr hall lUr In the blinding apotlislit. To get to France I had, perfurcc, croed from England, but moist of the time was' monopolized br an attractive I'nrisienne returning; home a&dcr convoy and with ' economic thought. On the way to the const from London I met a charming Briton who when he boarded tbo clfhnnel boat aak) fur a cabin do luxe. 1 had raid tvn abilHuzs nd aixprnee bnlf a crown' (sim.v-two and one-half cents) for a Lerth, and on beholding that a r:itlier ndtjtmo perKnn waa to ocenpv the cabin with me1 derided that I also would like to hare a cabin de loxe. Thereupon I addrT.wed tho purser. He had another cabin, and just as I was abont to book tt I discovered that these cubic feet of comfort would cost for the 1 trip more than tho total return fnre from London to Taris in other words, it 'would hare uiennt nearly twenty dollnrR for tho night' rest. So I slept in the same cabin with the fat man and heard no snhmarines, guns or rough sens, while the man in the cabin dc lino wns a wn.shcO out creature the next morning. I spent six wee ks In Kram e and whs of On the Way Across tho Channel. the opinion thnt 1 could outwit the enhln de luxe agents of the steiimers prior to quitting the fnir I'nris.- Therefore I re paired to the Hue St. Ilnnnnr and snappily I wished to heve two berths 1. c., one whole eti!in. Cost, 1 figured. would totul five shilllitfrN. fmnes. The pnFer.!rer HU! The Transport Is Making Its Final Plunge, T may be prowiic anil" dull tilxjurd a Kteum ulilp ."lying Hit? Ions route bctwon Ejijj- , lund aoJ i ranco, but mid that not on a ' nurOnlipht night. It wa my cx- (own thr tifkft on the cniter nn1 flab- expire!. to engage a berth and adviwd hira to pick the same number cabin as I had, If it wok free. He got it, -and I learned that this chap wan a jockey named Mnrsh, who rnrue of a very famous riding family. The Httle fellow bad been forced to return to or ubotit nin-eti jnnsliitid, as his passport had been granted n rent einpiwd for -.y six months and the time bad hrrpnuted me nirft a drmnnd for. fifty-twn anc Bcveiity-five cputiin". " "And how mutb fa a i - h?" I iskpd in d if.mrt j". TUre? frumn arTen.v i ' .t-t to hnlf a crown). Perfectly evident tht t'.e Btfdi.ihip company wns uiitil1"r.;M.v ojipord to the cre.iliou of a moimnoly r r rSi.-'-iMi;?. linlf'pa&t eij-ht oVluk iu t'n- niniuiu- found me in a tnuit nt l!c ( Inr Sr. Linr--in Iari, w ith bulf n c i ' fur u nUht'i rot, wrkim i- not disiHirted to be weather an a compntM.. Back at the Port la the. course of the r an elderly ninn who bored. IIIn nnme was V . at the KremU port, w - u that the sliip would b'nve tl; (ime, but that nil ) 3 aboard ly ten oVhw-k. twelve hours in t!ie !'n-:.fli . nothinpr to do im psi leT the fact that everybody t:: ' batf-past six, or cumT, ' catch tjic train. Ilowevt 1 time wo were at the ro hinz passports visC-A :ui-: nine the trip up t';e :t:- . y scaivh for ur nll'ith-d I -fr li X observed a -yotuirr Ivl;!-:-; mii hI if ir:it"t 11 it b i h only In the time be bud been away from "n eland he had made a am a 11 fortune by riding winners in Spain. Waters, I found ut. was a steamship steward, who had nit home to his family $7,500 in the ;welve months be had been absent from borne, which sum did pot include his ex penses. The little jockey was a bit ner vous about the journey, but as the steam--hip steward had been crossing the At lantic toFranee for the last year he did -tot give any heed to the moon. Yes, the t : -ooji wan bright and planus most nn-1 1 kind. The little chip was distinctly out L ;icd a?ain?t the midnight blue of the I " mer sky. ' :!'io luced myself to the skipper of the ' nnhip.' nnd here was an individual La never would f'ot the war. lie had litaj a pretty narrow escape of spending i uncomfortuble time in Germany nnd 'vas saved from it by a coil of smoke. The aptnin sat down on the red plush seat iu !t:s nhip-sreuted cabin, evidently clad of I;ft opportunity ot talkfinr with a man ftvm America, Had h not taken over "r;:e of the officers of (ienernl Pershing1'! iaff' He told me how he had gripped e'r hands nnd vtdced bis appreciation 1 t the s;rc.it Tnited States was in the , r with Hrftnin nnd France. It was ' man who declared it is the Allies u- 1 in t ;ernY(!iy. and not 1 '11 gland, j Ki nice pud Aajei it a. ' I t's beat the Hun nnd prt caeh other said the Watchers on the Belgian Coast N tlie summer of 1010 several men and I wome,nt members of a house party, rend Xa letter In the Nkw Tork IIkralp from ft Belgian soldier asking some one in America to write to him. "Let'a do it," said one of the party, nd so Joseph I'ickhart receivd several letters while he was enduring the tcdi- onsncss and bravinj, the dangers on the fighting front In buttered Helgium. As a result of this incident a friendship has grown up between him ntid Mr. HaTph It O'Ueilly, of Orange, X. J. letters have been exchanged and the life of the Belgian w ho goes ' 011 fighting for Hie remnant of .his country year after year baa been made happier by the expressions of friendship and the gifts that go to hint regularly and most of whkh fortunately hare reached hiin. Joe's" ; letters give , very interesting views of the persistent endurance of suf fering and the brave determination of the Belgian soldier. Kxtracts from a few of them are. Judicative of the. situation in which the Belgian fighting men find them aelvcs in these continuing years of hard- fcip and struggle. This to what It Nl HH fta winti ri- SOMEWHKK Bf .WJtVHTTM, ' r . fitsesssVr 2, 191. Asrrsll kiteWs.4 We stove burning like fctft, wit aSjJt fifteen soldiers around it. tfl iftssss4iHt. singing or whistling nnd all send i n,r up in th v oirthe puffing of ht- pipes or the smoking of cigarettes. In (be midst of that noisy and smoky kiU hft picture mo writing lo ymv -m'.uju 0,1 v ruck of omil, chairs hehia scat-ie. Tlif eold over here s now tin liin iu to b able to write without fire and the kifchcfi is the only place to find one. I want to nnwwor your lettT while I have time, for in five or hIx days we shall be nt the seaside again, mil wlu wt tur nver there .our service Is h; nb-rbiii-i that it i practically ImiwixiMe to find time to drop e tn fl few lines. We int ii lii! fo go back to the tri'tulu-s about th! tiiue. but there hits been a ehiince in i:ir pco itramtne ngitiu, ami instead of that we have to underco unother period of that beastly seaside business (fTtt watchrs). At this time of the year w th inld min h prefer a ''caNrniale" tn tite trenches' in stead of nil lliese lt'fly ni'iht nnd day watches or guutds on theVmd in the open near the seashore. The secside ! 1 atn getting shk of it, und I think that after the war I shall tiever want tn see it again. It would be mwh nuire etitcrtaiuing to be five to charge with ull speed our foes, to show tbrn how wo can handle swi.rd and lance. But. ulus, it is very much like Hobsou's choice Tor us. FlUat IJNU TIiENCHr.S, UKLGI.V.V L'RUNT, Ounuury, 1!UT. I saw jast been blowing on my fiuge!-s ftBO rvooing niy imuni ctigeiurr tor aoout i ten minutes ia rdr to have my hands wijrm enough to hold n f'icil. as in -my present "den" it Is most' horribly cold. I am now In the trenches for the peri.wl of forty-eight days, the place a 1 at her dangerous one. We have to endure J heavy bombardment, while the bullets Whistle all around. But ulnco three years . ihsit sort i.nu d to it. f thing we pet a bit nccus- i March 31, IMS. S'nce I Inst wrote 5011 we have had a j hell of a t me! That :s the strongest ex j'presMwu I know in KngMsb. but it is not jiienrly strong cuougli. I h:ne lived biteiy i;ie uio; iirriiie it.i,n 1 r.ave hnti t-inc.e the 'beginning of the war. nohibard uients. v hii :h it is simply rsfless to :rt tempt to describe, and in which every possible sort if project Irs were tiseif. :ttiaclK horribly fierce, with poisonous uaS and Oanictiwerfer. mj;. 1 all sorts of explociivcM t It j t !ii:y ne could 'mncine or dreatu f. These h'-nViv Ilnus stnrted yn 01 r front first. as if t'..cy wanted to give u dixersuiit M'f.ce t!:e!r big at tack ou the Sn'.i'ixie, of wbih you have certainly l;c.;.il a:d whk-h is still on. AHhocgh it was on sina'ln r scale, it was a nice bit rf'wtrl:. 1 e u tell Jon. I hiring a fortiti'lit every im-h of the irro'.nnl w.is d'.sp- t d ficreeiy. The I.wse were great, hv.t the enemy V grea lei. 1 i dare say. Anyhmv. tli.'.i ilitl not pi' ion the shoulder when it's over, captain. The Night of the Moon. ne might have begun his story with. "It was just such a night as this is,' because the ' moon wow ! it wns some moon had been shining in just about the same way in very much the same spot when he bad his encounter with Germans. The captain leaned bark in his cabin, lighted a cigar, anj actually began with : "I suppose 1 ought to be glad to be here. I am." To be specific, the captain that event ful night at the last minute consented to take as a passenger a staff officer who was in such haste that he had not bad time to devote to war formalities, but as the skipper was acquainted with Mm tbe officer's credentials were waived and they started. IF is vessel was the Queen, and on that particular occasion she wns making the crossing light and without passengers, except for the staff officer. Thcmoon, important nnd conscienceless, ; glowed down on the masts and decks of the Queen while the skipper nud the staff officer paraded the bridge. seemed as distant to them ns it would haVe in June, 1U1.4. They broached the subject of the folks at home, of the despicable conduct of the Huns, of the ubiriuitous Koyal Navy, nnd were a. dozen miles off the Knglish cliffs and the moon had disappeared and the sky was begin ning to show signs of dawn. "Only a little while and we'll be home the staff officer had observed. The captain looked around and suddenly observed dart hulls and believed they were British destroyers. He gazed at the blauched Hues they made iu the. waters at the distance ns they ploughed swiftly on their way. aud then saw streams 9 flame from tbe funnels. . "They're not Knglish," said the skipper, "Must be the new Trench destroyers. (Jod. they can go-what'r'' Yes- replied the staff officer, "but those destroyers of ours arc wonders at steaming back to Knglan-1 immediately after they have convoyed a ship over, Seems to me every time that they are half way across the. straits before one fnn dis- Bj embark, mid glad to be rid of their en urges. ' , The destroyers came closer, and through his glasses the captain saw something which was bewildering, and then it sud denly scenii to dawn 011 him that these were not Knglish, not even French, but enemy vessels. Hid engine room telegraph rang out full speed ahead, with a hope that the atmosphere uiicht camouflage h ship so as to permit her to get home. Above A Remarkable Photograph Showing a British Transport Just as She Is Sinking Bow FirsU- Below A Destroyer Racing to Port with the Survivors. captain and it would, hare beta diffictr to determine by his attire. There was an explosion sad the Qaeeal caved in amidships, her propeller twins ing upward, and in so short ft time therJ was nothing but ft lew me peia mam wreckage to tell the story, aside frofn tft panting destroyers and tbe little boats. t The shots had been heard and anotheM flaming; set of funnels bussed forth' frotsa the white cliffs. It appealed to the GeiJ enemy destroyer circled around and around, keeping up ft good speed. The staff officer bsd joined tbe men on the deck, discretion in such an instance being by far the better part of valor. "Gif me your babers,' said one of the German officers, pointing his pistol at the captain. "Everything we have aboard in the wax of papers are in my cabin answered the captain. "Knglish schwein. schnell!" ordered the Hun. The German was pale and his band shook with excitement, so obviously that it was problematical what might happen with ft weapon of which his finger touched the hairspring trigger. The captain took his time, and this elicited from the German : "Get dose babers now or I blow off your English head." The skipper went to his cabin, some times the point of the pWol touching him, tbe Ilun'a breath exuding a stale odor of alcohol as he leaned over the Queen's Pangeri master. The captain placed his hand in his pocket to produce his keys, a movement mistaken by the German, who pushed the point of his weapon on the skipper's tem ple. "One mofe nd you are dead.' "Just a minute," said the skipper. "You - 0 Disguised in Oihlcm . . - "By God, they are Germans! tbe cap tain said. and. turning to the staff officer, hr tidiuomhcd r "Nip into that cabin and get those clothes oU uud put on an oilskin. Do it as fust as you like, for hey'd like to have you in Berlin.' The staff officer obeyed with alacrity. The flaming futinrls meanwhile ap proached, nud the intentions of the enemv raft were ominous iu the: extreme. Time pawuMt slowly.- And yet there were the Knglish shorts. But not a chance for the Queen to eseaic the pirates, the rats which hn eluded the terriers. A so'id shot passed close over the bow .f the Queen, but the captain refused To ' more than that, they did j slow down. Another shot caught her :is tli.-i. they took I -t midships, and only then did the brave s. 80 r.fter a fort j ki: ivr decide th:( escape ww out of the en 1 ir-t one men 'question. me or tne destroyers there st.Mh'tl. Thru s u!-jwrre three of them dtishrd up to the d nnd started tlicir!)ncen, and with hardly a wigtrnf sluckco- n)mre int nl.ened ; speed banned lose- to the passenger thrcutth. am, unt li'ilil any more than thirty !io: night' fighting they lnoie than wb -n Tin v denly the hoehes v-ca- terrific diiw in spot of U s front. How 1 have eome jcraft's' stern, n couple of German officers Hirnrrfcb ft safe and sou ml without being land two men springing from the war craft' killed, wouided. pnitoned by gns or made'tn the Queen. prisoner i cannot uo.l.'-s:-'".!. .Vas'l he skipper reappeared from his cabin, many f mi CiMnci.Vs wite not as lueky ! 1 Musing 11 lead weighted bag overhand as I have Im-tij, and I lotd two of my veiyj unseen by the Germans, who held their good friends. lautouiatu-s ready tn kill registers. The asked me for the papers and I'm looking for them. S He unlocked drawer, and then the Briton told the German to get the papers himself, knowing that there was nothing there from which the enemy could glean information. The German snatched up the documents and pocketed them and then went on the bridge. The other officer and two men, assisted by men who bad boarded the vessel on another bump from tbe destroyers, attached bombs in vital parts aboard the steamship. Abandon Ship, "Gif de order to get away," said the German senior officer. "Abandon ship!" was' given, and the boats were dropped from their davits. In the excitement of getting away the Ger mans omitted to steal the brass compass or the engine room telegraph. A boat had been sent from one of the destroyers, and soon the skipper, the staff officer, clad in greasy stoker's clothes, and the crew were off in boats waiting to se the end of the Queen, praying that a British war ship might appear to save the passenger vessel. Just before the bang came the German officer remembered that be wanted to take the Queen's captain back to Berlin with him. In his haste, however, he had omitted to observe in which boat was the , man as no time to pause in search of tasw captain. He and bis crew were pica: el' up by one of the English destroyers, wbiH a couple of other British war ships chasej the rats back to their holes, pin gins W few shells into their unholy midst eat) route. And here was the British skipper! "And now'a our getting out time, aaidj he. "Ye gods, it's lovely to be free froasf the Huns. Quite a lucky chance, though-' The "hawsers vrere slipped from the darftf bitts. standing like iron nea on the doek and with a voice shouting her and there off went our ship for English shores. AbJ the moon God bless those clouds w hicks had come np during oar talk in tbe cabin f Ten minutes later I must have fa lies, asleep, for the next thins; I knew wi were in England, and the captain has been, as usual, on tbe bridge all night. 'Tempted Zepp raid last night. policeman told me as I passed through th gates to the train. 'Two of the blightet brought down, though." LEAVE IT TO THE ARMY By RAY I. HOPPMAN. ii-iji ';'. jldJtMriablk I -CO -ivift-r M-WE ftaf Tfi? -New Itoui. fcvorv man who enters the army Is a belter man, iliysk-ally 1 "-feii "Reeeie" McWmker blown in by the draft? Oh, gee! what a joke." His acquaintances laughed. "Why, Reggie's a weakling, he'll tail m tne test, His back is a curve: take a flash at his chest. That fellow's too feeble to cripple a fly. McW inker a soldier? 1 hat pale looking gruy.' Why, Retrtrie can't walk up a seven block hill Without telegraphing the fact that he's ill. Good night, he's so thin that he really looks cheap; Hi always is walking arounj nait asleep. His muscles are softer than puttv, and say, He never did work and he can't anvwav. He once tried to balance a box on his head: It made him so weak that he crawled into bed. for having done so. , i But when he came, back, oh, but when he came by You should have seen Reggie, as broad as a haclr His chest was srfbig that it pushed up his chin. His shoulders were wide and Kis waistline was thitv,' His muscles, once Cabby, were harder than steely And how he could punish the eats at a meal., -He had a quick way and a spring in his step." He teemed with good nature, ambition and "pep."' -His eyes had a snap and his cheeks a glow; . , He seemed not the same guy they once used to kno Hellfted his mother clear off of the groum' Before he got ill if he lifted a pound.. And when he shook hands, why, he gave you a grtft That made vour eyes tearv and auivered vour liD, What? "Reg" in the army? ' Oh, boy, he will die; He looked like a prince in his coating of tan, It won't do a'thing to that stoop shouldered fry." ' A fine looking soldier, a strong, able man. Well, "Reg" got examined and just about passed, H& looked like a man who was eager for figfh, A shock to" his frietids; in A I he was classed. To fight to the end when he knew he was right They mailed him his notice, then sent him away A man from the top cf his head to his toes, To a camp in the South, a most weak looking jay. A fellow created to wear khaki clothes. And when he departed his cronies all said, - "So this was the weakling blown in by the draft. "He's gone, for he'll never come back except dead." The pale looking guy at whom evr'yone laughed S, He nut in four months at the camp, then came home Reggie McWinker. a man throurh and through. On a leave of five days before riding the foam. It just goes U-yshow what the army can do. HELLO. BELLOWS) ( , HftvJtN'i' VOJ BEtW CM-LED VET ? SVf NfO "THE KHftVil, Boy. ES-T THING in -(HE W02LO FOR. Yft J i if. i! .Haj JwSsaaJji Si Otimt