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MEDPORP SCOT! TRIBUNTS, MEDFOKD OTCEClOyr, TUESDAY, .TUNE 22, 1015 ALLIES LANDING AGAINST TURKS i FIVE DAYS HELL' Australian Soldier Describes Fierce Fiflhtlnq of Land Forces Under Blazing Sun in Dardanelles- Gigantic 15-Inch Guns of Navy Finally Rout Moslems. IFSGE THREE l (y W. H. N'cvlRon.) CAIIIO, Egypt, May 20. "Five days of hell! I havo had my second turn at tlio 'unspeakable Turk and , IIioro arc tlio only worda to describe It rivedayHof hdllj" Tho ejaculation sot tlio Now Zea land "non-com" back on tlio pillows gasping for breath and a nurse hur rylnK to his ihedBlde. I lind Just uflked him how It was over there In the sand In the rialllpoll peninsula as he lay In the military hospital of Cairo Wlth a wrecked splno and n nervous system shot to pieces. Only his promise to tho nurse to Blicak In n low monotone and my pledgo not to excite him won per mission for mo to remain at his side, lie waR a top nergennt on duty as muse finder for his Australian refi tment and a Turkish sniper caught him In the back as ho waB carrying it wounded comrade to safety. Kveryono remembers tlio terrific slaughter on the western front In Kuropo during the first few months of tho war. Well, add the well known methods of tho Turk to thin nnd you S have an Idea of what tho Australian!) who formed tho landing forces for tho bombarding fleet In the Darda nelles had to go through. "I had been watching tho landing of the first detachment through field glasses," said the sergeant. "Sonio whlto boats on the bench and some brown figures sadly still on the gray sand, the green grass nnd a till ed field over which advanced lines of our attacking forco, formed tho foreground. It was like a marvelous cinematograph (moving picture). Steep hills, covered with dense shrub bery, over which cottonwood puffs of shrapnel npepared and disappear ed formed tho background. Him- It 1'YcIm To lie Under I-'Iro "Tow Is It llko over there?" we nsked as our destroyer came along side with Its string of boats. "Pretty hot, boy," answered a smlL Jng old gunner. "And ho was right. Straight for tho beach wo ran, to the foot of the hill (lube Tope, all of us laying flat In tho iboats smiling sickly smiles nt each other, while the bullets pur red and whistled over and around lis. The sharp pointed bullet 'meows' like a motherless kitten as It passes. "Then camo tho tlmo for us to wnde nnd swim as tho destroyer had gone ns closo to the beach as possible with Its tows. Wo Jumped, holding our rifles high and reached tho shore. "I had often wondered how one would feel going Into a tight corner for tho first tlmo, and thon I knew. It was as If someono had given mo a hlow In the stomach with the flat sldo of a heavy spade. Later, however, enmo a sense of elation. "Reinforcements at the double rjulck on the left," bellowed an offi cer through a megaphone, and falling in, we scrambled up the hill to the firing line. In an Instant wo wero In the midst of dead Turks, bayonet ed, scattered ammunition and rifles, nnd millions of files. A terrific sun nnd purring bullets overhead and hot oands and dead Turks under feet, "Wounded on their way back pass ed us, cheerfully saying, 'It's hot ns hell up there.' "Over a hill wo went, sliding, scrap tng, rolling Into the gully below. At tho bottom I saw a wounded man grinning hideously with his shatter ed mouth. 'Hot It where tho chicken got the ax," he wheezed and faint ed as the stretcher bearers came up. Dying Mini's Last Shot "Reaching the firing line I got on the Job finding ranges. With my powerful telescope I could see the Turks retiring. Still the wounded puine back In endless streams, full of Information and profanity, "Then right near me things began to happen, I think a Turk sniper saw my range finder. Two bullets lobbed Into tho trench parapet and tho man next to me stood straight tip and fell hark over my legs. 'Maflsh,' he said, quaintly, the Arabic for finished, and then more slowly, '.Money-belt missus and kids dirty ewlne dirty ' "Then a strange thins happened. Dying, shattered beyond recognition, he rose to his knee and dragged his rifle to the parapet. With a weak finger he took shaky aim at the sky ninl flrott his last shot. t collapse finally In the bottom of the trench. "Hot our ran Re,' said an Austral- tan aconlj!l tie target practice.' He placed u dead man's hat on tho parapet and five 'bullets found It In an Instnnt. "Then we spotted our snipor. Two men crawled out through the bushes. All unconscious the Turk continued his rifle practice until two shots rang out nnd our pair of heroes appeared on our left waving the sniper's hat their equivalent for n scalp. After that wo hnd comparative peace. "Machine guns Rtnrtcd to purr and above soared a seaplane from our fleet. The Turks lobbed some shrap nel nt tho airmen but they escnped nnd turned to report the rnnge. Klftceu-Incli Naval Guns Open Up. "The nnvnl shell screnmed over our heads to explode amidst the Turks. The fi-lnch batteries opened up and the air was filled with sound. Then the 15-lnchers opened up with their terrific boom nnd we tore up our 'first-aid' bandages to stuff our ears. For three hourH the ennnonndo con tinued and nt last we had gained our footing, but at a terrific cost. At least a mile square of the Gal llpoll iHmlnsuln was ours! "As night came the stretcher-benr-ers tolled with their sad loads. Tho doctors tolled like machines, probing, washing, bandaging. Often tho hurts wero beyond aid nnd frequently a handkerchief covered tho face of some man I had known an a cheer ful fun maker aboard tho transport. "The brigadier general was send ing off innumerable messages cool, ublqitltoouH nnd buslnesB-Uko ho In spired others to emulate him. Three wireless stations spring up suddenly and the buzzing sparks told tho fleet where to send their screaming mis siles. Troops and supplies continued to land. It didn't seem llko war more llko a hugo construction camp. "On our left along tho beach about half a mile, u boat, flunk In tho surf, rocked uneasily. With tho aid of a glass I could see Its freight. Sitting upright wero at leaBt eight dend men, and on the beach another 20. A sartor, distinguishable by his whlto enp cover, lay In an nttltudo strange ly llfelllo, his chin resting on his hand, hie face turned to our position. "Tho next afternoon I casually turned my glasses on the pathetic group, and saw' that the sailor was now lying on his back with hlB fnco to tho sky. There was no mlntako; ho had been alive, and perhaps' even now nfter lying there nearly 3(1 hours he wr still alive. I was destined to get yet another thrill. In the center of the henp on tho beach there was some movement. Knvo Colorado In Hull of Mullets ".And then I miw distinctly a khaki enp waving wcftkly, nnd presently n man detached himself from tho group nnd hobbled slowly towards us along tlio bench. Immediately the snipers started t.frcsh. "Four other men and myself mndo of; along the bench to moet tho sad figure, winch by this time had col- lapsed. Ten yards out from our trench wo drew fire, nnd tho bullets whispered confidently 'Duck,' nnd as they tonercd tho water or hit the stones by our feet, 'Run llko tho devil!' I personally cut out tho first hundred yards In, well under 10 sec onds, and although my style might have boon rngged, It was good enough and got me to a small sandy knoll where l was ahlo to talk to tho man. " 'There wore four others still alive out there,' ho said, 'and last night there wero eight, but It was cold, and they'd had no water or food, and couldn't last It out,' That was all. "Wo got him In slowly, and after wards the others, but not until one of tho warships had dealt with tho snipers. I.uter we burled all tho others, "It will bo hard to forget those first days, and oven now J wako nt night with the patter of musketry In my ears only to learn soma cart Is rumbling past the hospital on un easy wheels," "-MI'S WHAT HAROLD IVIARGRAFF CALLS HIMSELF! Idol of the Fox Trot Followers De clares His Emotions Were Dissect ed as Material for Wife's Book. CHICAGO, Juno 22. "Laboratory Husbands!'' The newest thing in spring styles In husbands. And like nil the other ultra things In fashions whether gowns or bride grooms the laboratory husband Is a product of the tango temples. Harold Murgrnff, a dancer woll wj it giWLt ?; v JrjW. mm lm mMSSStSx . . LaHsaLaH pvM iflH"1 Dorothy ltolx'its .Murgrnff and her "LilNirntory llaslmiiil" llnrold Mm graft incut Dorothy Roberts Mnrgraff sent the following letter to newspnpers In several cities: "Since your pnper wns. recontly Interested enoligh to publish my mar riage to Mr. Margraff, will you now please Insert n modest nrttcln stntlng that annulment of name has been procured In tho cant." Margraff was mystified when ho rend that and more so when ho re ceived tho following card: "To Mr. Mnrgrnfr: "To yeu: Roy, man, a genius, n dancer, a singer, a musician, n soul, n body, a man, n spirit I). 8. It " "What can It menu?" sighs Mar graff. "I can hardly bellovo my eyes. Am I only n laboratory hus- bnnd? Our honeymoon apartment only a love laboratory? All Hint sho might study our emotions, Inter to put them In book form?" DUNKIRK SHELLED known to fox-trot followers of New York and Chicago, has Just announc ed, himself ns the first authentic la boratory husband. "I wonder if I'm only to ho n chap tor In my wlfo's book on love," sighs Margraff. "You know my wlfo is quite n writer and plans to publish a book on love, men and kindred Hub JectP. Perhaps she oitly married mo to havo an object for her mentnl dis secting table, I wonder, I really do wonder If that wns her real object." For pretty Dorothy Roberts, who married Margraff soon nfter his whirlwind wooing of Mrs. Ralph Horz, another dnncer, was abruptly ended by tho youth'H mother, has publicly announced that her marriage to Margraff has been annulled. She Is In Reston nnd Hint Is all tho explanation she will give, Simply that her marriage has been annulled, In making that brief announce- UNDRESSED STONE DELAYS WORK ON NEW POST OFFICE NO DAIE SET FOR ETO AMERICA Construction work upon the new federal building nt Sixth and Holly streets Is over three weeks behind owing to faulty brick nnd stone ship ments. Kant week a conslgmf eut of stone to he used In the building was received Horn Auburn, Wash., nnd It has since been discovered Hint the Aorkmon In the quarry forgot to pol ish or cut tho material down to proper size. The stone failed to paiH die government Inspector, and It will be necessary for tho stone to bo brought to specifications hero, and a force of stonecutters will be put to work this week roinedylng the error. Delays have been frequent this spring on the building the difficulty M LONG RAN E GUNS F GERMANS PARIS, June 22 -Tho French war office this afternoon gave out a statement on the progress of hostili ties which reads "The seaport of Dunkirk wut bom harded last night by u piece of long rnnge nitlllery. Fourteen shells wero thrown and some persons belonging to the civil population were killed. "Ilelglau troow nt n point to the south west of St. (leorgu, took pos session of a Herman trench, nil the defenders of which wero either kill od or tuken prisoner. "In the sector to tho north of Ar ras during Inst night, the eneiii), following u bombardment of great In tonslty, attacked at several points WASHINGTON June 32. Ainu., sudor Geruiil has been unable to lenni ns yet when he will receive the flrnnmt reply t" the InM American note on Mibmarino wurfure. Presi dent Wilou said toilnv lie ioeoivel u dipnleli from Mr. Henird .velerdii. and that the umhusMidnr comed un able to conjecture the time uliicli would he icqiiircd in llerliu lor it preparation. The new note liioli the United Slate will .ond to (Jermunv mi the eiiho of the American steamer Will iam II. Fi-ye is nlioiil ready and probably will be dipaleied liet'on me pro-iiioui icae- ior tno Milliliter white house tomorrow nipht. FRENCH SENDING MAIL TO ALSATIAN TOWNS 1M.OI !... ,1.1...... I. .W.I. .. I being tho receipt of brick that failed I '""' """"''" " vioru c. to bo of the proper color. Next the f,"'" ,nt n l,ol,l ,0 ' southeast of steel beams showed streaks of fuultl-1 'Soucl,M' w,,uw ,he' woro "W""'"I in gaining a looung in a section or a trench. In the region oof "The Hess, Part of tho Interior steel work has been put in shapo, but work on this department Is hamiorod by the Inability of finishing more than tho basement. It Is expected that the lulck and stone work will bo completed by Aug- t in, when tho carpenters and ' plumbers will begin. The contract ' calls for the completion of the build ing ready for occupancy by May 1st, liMG. Lnlorlnth,'' the enomy suffered very heavy losses. A Herman counter at tack last evening directed against the positions which wo had captured to the east of the Quonnevleres farm was checked bv our Infantry and nr tlllcr fire The enemy made use of bombs (ontalinnr asphyxiating gas" PROBLEM NEED OF SHELLS GREATEST ALLIES ARE FACING LONDON, June '2'2- Pnviil I.lod Oeoruo, uiinittci1 or munition! who letiirned from a Week-end stay at HonloKiio, where lie consulted Alliert Thonins, French under secretary of war, on the munitions question, i" foimine; committees in London ns well ns in nil mnnufncluriitir towns to take mlvnntnjse of every possibil ity for iucreiiHini; Ihe production of munitions, which it the uruvost pioli lem confieiitinu: Hie nlliim in nil the itloi of wnr. The Timet this morning prints n disnaleh from its cot respondent in eastern Franco, who nsseilt that if tlio French troops uio to drive homo their offensive m overwhelming toroe they must use n Iremendouslv bis -orciisod bulk of iimmuuittou The sumo lesson ooinos for Knglnml Ctoiii the Wncvic front, he points out, while Hie retreat of the Russian nnniet in nulicin hummers it home nguin. The correspondent says the daily mil put of shells certainly it miieii lurKor limit it was four months nqo, nnd Hint it is )ossihle u reserve sup plv of nmmuuitioii is boiug built up much more rapidly nt the front than is apparent. EAC E EFFORTS TALIAN AN 12 MILES; CAPTURE TOO FORTRESSES NOW UNDERWAY WASHINGTON, Juno 22 Presi dent Wilson revenled today Hint all the offers of mediation in Kurope which tho United States has made publicly or seml-publlcly have been disclosed and that at present no now efforts wero being mndo. Foreign GENEVA, Juno' 22-Tho Trlbtino prints tho following dispatch from Labnch: "The Italians on tho night of tho 10 th gained ground 12 miles north liif f!nr(ln wlilln tnitttinfint nt Ptnvit thoy captured two forts nnd, several trenches In which wero found two machine guns. "Along the Isonzo tho artillery duel seems to have turned to tho advan tage of the Italians and the Aus trlntiN are beginning to bring, up heavy guns on the eastern front. "A council of war wns held at La- Ibnch on the evening of tho ibth. rchduko Eugene, commander In governments genornHv, he snld, were! chief of the Austrian forces opernt nwnro of the fulled Stntea to doling against Pnly, ts expected to ar- nn thing possible to neslsi in bring- rive on the Gorlzla-Trlesto front on lug pence, 'the 23d." rmm ir''Zff': 'ttfffkat. 'SS? TfesaiS&SzzlB mJW2 tmEMSmmAM cwfrtat itu 1 IF a woman can t keep a secret, ole Mother Nature ain't a woman. 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