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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH- mu new SO JW AMEHOW SOLPIEli WHO WENT "' AKI'llUIJ (iUYEMPEY MACHINE jUNNDl,OTJ 0) fRAfiC I9I7 BY ARTHmvuwnr EMPEY HAS NARROW ESCAPE WHILE ON PATROL DUTY IN NO MANS LAND. Continued. wire, when we walked Into 13 f Quite a contrast to Wilson was another character In our brigade named Scott; we called him Old Scotty on account of his ego. He was although looking forty. Old Scotty had been born In the Northwest and had served In the Northwest Mounted police. He was a typical cowpuncher and Indian fighter and was a dead shot with the rifle, and took no pains to disguise this fact from us. He used to take care of his rifle as if It were a baby. In his spare moments you could always see him cleaning It or polish Ing the stock. Woe betide the man who by mistake happened to get hold of this rifle; he soon found out his error. Scott was as deaf as a mule, and it was amusing at parade to watch him In the manual of arms, slyly glandng out of the corner of his eye at the man next to him to see what the order was. How he passed the doctor was a mystery to us; he must have bluffed his way through, because he certainly was Independent Beside him the Fourth of. July looked like Good Friday, ne wore at the time a large sombrero,' had a Mexican stock saddle over his shoulder, a lariat on his arm, and a forty-fiv-e hanging from his hip. Dumping this paraphernalia on the floor bo went up to the .recruiting officer and shouted: Im from America, west of the Rockies, 'and want to Join your d d army, Ive got no use for a German and can i shoot some. At Scotland Yard they turned me down ; said I was deaf and ao I am. I dont hanker to ship in with ia d d outfit, but the cavalrys full, so I guess this regiments better than none, so trot out your papers and I'll sign em. He told them he "was forty and slipped by. I was on recruiting service at the time he applied for enlistment It was Old Scottys great ambition to be a sniper or body snatcher, as Mr. Atkins calls It. The day that he was detailed as brigade sniper he celebrated his appointment by blowing the whole platoon to figs. Being a Tank, Old Scotty took a liking to re and used to spin some great yarns about the plains, and the whole platoon would drink these in and ask for more. Ananias was a rookie compared with him. The and discipline could not agree, but the officers alt - liked him, even If he was hard to man age, so when he was detailed as a sniper a sigh of relief went up from , the officers mess. Old Scotty had the freedom of the He used to draw two or brigade. three days rations and disappear with his glass, range finder and rifle, and we would see or hear no more of him until Buddehly he would reappear with a couple of notches added to those already on the butt of his rifle. Every time he got a German It meant another notch. He was proud of these fifty-seve- n, A i hr ' 'i i But after a - few months Father tf r 'il' I x j! I ' ? 1. V V 'T, s , y t A t Vi , ::v Vi ! f f ct t 7. - Hit: ! Two-Hou- two-hou- A Hidden Gun. cut lanes through It; If so, this presaged an early morning attack on our trenches. Of course I had to be one of the four selected for the Job, It was just like sending a fellow to the undertakers to order his own coffin. At ten oclock we started out, armed with three bombs, a bayonet and revolver. After getting Into No Mans Land we separated. Crawling four or r , - Out tn Front. After tea Lieutenant Stores of our section cam e Into the dugout and ln- -. Tormad. me that I ws r?ot a reqqqnoi-tcrinpatrol and would carry six Mills - g "bombs. At 11:30 that night twelve men, our lieutenant -- and- myself - went - out - In front on a patrol In No Mans Land. We cruised around In the dark for about two hours, just knocking about looking for trouble, on the lookout Tor Eoche working parties to see what . they were doing. Around two in the morning we were carefully picking our way about thirty yards la front of the German barbed at U-bo- at L Rheumatism got him and he was sent to Bllghfy ; the air1 In the wake of his stretcher was blue with curses. Old Scotty surely could swear; some of his outbursts actually burned you. No doubt, at this writing, he Is five feet at a time, ducking star shells, somewhere in Blighty pnssy footing with strays cracking overhead, I It on a bridge or along the wall of reached their wire. I scouted along - mmer muhl tt onr pt a n wi tir "th e C. " R. this 'Inch' by Inch, scareelybroathlng. I could hear them talking in their or Home Defense corps. trench, my heart was pounding against my ribs. One false move or the least CHAPTER XVII. I noise from me meant discovery and - at at mud-crunchi- notches. a Boche ' , -- - V '.V - t.- At ever-increasi- covering party nearly thirty strong. Then the music started, the fiddler rendered his bill, and we paid. Fighting In the dark with a bayonet la not very pleasant The Germans took It on the run. but our officer was no novice at the game and didn't follow them, ne gave the order down on the ground, hug it close. Just In time, too, because a volley skimmed over our heads. Then In low tones we were told to separate and crawl back to our trenches, each man on his own. We could see the flashes of their rifles In the darkness, but the bullets were going over our heads. We lost three men killed and one wounded In the arm. If It hadnt been for our officers quick thinking the whole patrol would have probably been wiped out. After about twenty minutes wait we went out again and discovered that the Germans had a wiring party working on their barbed wire. We returned to our trenches unobserved with the information and our machine guns Immediately got busy. The next night four men were sent out to go over and examine the German' barbed wire and see if they had ' OUT at Synopsis. Fired by the sinking of the Lusitania, with the loss of American lives, Arthur Gay Empey, an American living In Jersey City, goes to England and enlists as a private In the British army. After a short experience as a recruiting officer In London, he Is sent to train Ing quarters in France, where he first hears the sound of big guns and makes the acquaintance of cooties. After a brief period of training Empeys company Is sent Into the front-lin- e trenches, where he takes his first turn on the fire step while the bullets whlx overhead. Empey learns, as comrade falls, that death lurks always In the trehches. Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot fire. With pick and shovel Empey has experience as a trench digger In No Mans Land. Exciting experience on listening post detail. Ex citing work on observation post duty. CHAPTER XVI HIE The British are of weod, while th German are Iron. My heart stopped beating; by mistake I bad crawled back to the German lines. I turned slowly about and my tunic caught on the wire and made a loud ripping noise. A sharp challenge rang out 1 sprang to my feet ducking low, an ran madly back toward our lines. The FORLORN HOPE OF GERMANY Germans started firing. The ballets TO DRAW HOME SOME OF were biting all around me, when bang! AMERICAN NAVAL FORCES. I ran smash Into our wire, and a sharp who comes there? challenge, I out gasped out the password, Submarines Fail to Sink Transports rang on Account of Convoy and Turn and, groping my way through the lane in the wire, tearing my hands and Against the Defenceless Coastwise Ships. uniform, I tumbled Into our trench and was safe, but I was a nervous wreck for an boor, until a drink of rum Washington. Germany at last has brought me round. brought her submarine warfare to the shores of the United States, apparCHAPTER XVIII. ently in a forlorn hope of striking Attelling blows on this side of the Staged Under Fira. of some home lantic and of Three days after the Incident just re- the American drawing naval forces from the lated our company was relieved from war rones, menace wherq the the front line and carried. We stayed is slowly but surely strangled to being in reserve, billets for about two weeks death. when we received the welcome news In the attacks upon coasting vessels that our division would go back of the almost fn sight of the Net." Jersey shore line to rest billets." We would rerepotted Monday, naval officials see a main In these billets for at least two frantic admission from Berlin that the months, this In order to be restored to submarine has failed. American armed our full strength by drafts of recruits power Is rolling overseas In from Blighty. force, despite the utmost exerEveryone was happy and contented tions of the undersea pirates off the at these tidings; all you could hear coasts of Europe. around the bllleta waa whistling and Lurk for Days for Prey. ringing. The day after the receipt of Now the raiders have crossed the sea the order we hiked for five days, mak- and lurked for days near America's ing an average of about twelve kilos greatest ports. They no doubt were per day until we arrived at the email sent to sink transports, but here again town of 0 they failed. Blocked off the troop It took us about three days to get ships by convoy craft, they have turned settled, and from then on our cushy In fury against defenseless coasters. time started. We would parade from In all the record of destruction they 8:43 In the morning uhtll 12 noon. have written, the raiding party has Then except for an occasional billet struck at no vessels bound overseas or brigade guard we were on our own. and therefore armed for a fight. Only For the first four or five afternoons I ships that could mot hit back have spent my time In bringing up to date been attacked. The only one of half a score of vessels probably sent to the my neglected correspondence. military!! Tommy loves to be amused, and be- bottom that had any real an oil was In or value a to me cargo tamed Tank, for ing sltip they something new In this line. I taught tanker. Some Victims Aboard them how to pitch horseshoes, and this a crews of Some of the craft deThe made bit for about ten game great have been brought Into port, Then to Amerturned stroyed Tommy days. ica for n new diversion. I was up In with a story of eleven days Imprisonthe air until a happy thought came to ment nboard an enemy submarine! me. Why not write a sketch and break During that period, scores of troop and supply ships have passed iu and Tommy In as an actor? One evening after "lights out," when out, on the business of crushing the German army in France. The you are not supposed to talk, I Impartfound no weak link in the chain of seced my scheme In whispers to the tion. They eagerly accepted the Idea armed craft that guarded them. Secretary Daniels went to the.capl-to- l of forming a stock company and Monday to tell members of the could hardly wait until the morning house naval committee that the raid for further details. After parade, the next afternoon I was designed to frighten the American was almost mobbed. Everyone In the people into demanding the return of section wanted a part In the proposed war vessels from the other Side. He need sketch. When I Informed them that It gave assurance that congress would take at least ten days of hard have no apprehension as to protection and that there work to write the plot, they were bit- of the American coast will be no recall of forces from the terly disappointed. I Immediately got war gone. busy, made a desk out of biscuit tins In the comer of the billet, and put up MORE SHIPS AND SOLDIERS, a sign Empey A Wallace Theatrical Co. About twenty of the section, Such la Reply of Americana to Gerupon reading this sign, immediately man Attacks. sppUed for the position of office boy. I accepted the twenty applicants, and Washington. Into the teeth of the sent them on scontlng parties through- kaiser were flung two defiant chalout the deserted French village. These lenges from the United States senate ravages parties were to search all the attics for as soon as news of the discarded civilian clothes, and any- In "American waters reached that body thing that we could nse In the props Monday. t Senator France of Maryland introof our proposed company. a bill appropriating $(100,000,000 duced About five that night they returned covered with grime and dust, but load- -, for the construction at once of twenty ed down with a miscellaneous assort-- , battle cruisers and ten scout cruisers. Senator McCumber of North Dakota ment of everything under the sunJ an amendment to the Introduced must was! have thought that I They army appropriation bill, digoing to start a department store,1 to Increase the the president recting Judging from the different things they five million men, to Immediately army brought back from their pillage. After eight days constant writing I exclusive of farce comedy completed a two-aChild Labor Law Invalid. which I called The Diamond Palace The federal child laWashington. one Saloon. Upon the suggestion of taw of lOlO, forbidding Interstate of the boys lu the section I sent a proof bor of the program to a printing house in shipment of products of child labor, London. Then I assigned the different was June 3 declared unconstitutional Inparts and started rehearsing. David and Invalid by the supreme court. the government Belasco would have thrown up his junctions restraining hands In despair at the material which from putting the statute Into effect and I had to use. Just imagine trying to restraining a Charlotte, N. C., cotton teach a Tommy, with a strong cockney mill from discharging children emaccent to impersonate a Bowery tough ployed byJt, were sustained by the court. or a Southern negro. Adjacent to ouf billet was an open r Work Day Demanded. field. We got busy at one end of it and r A work day, with Chicago. constructed a stage. We secured the minimum a of $0 a day, was the wage lumber for the stage by demolishing an old wooden shack In the rear of ultimate aim of the L W. W. in the western mining centers. This was disour billet. The first scene was supposed to rep- closed Monday by government witnessresent a street on the Bowery in New es, who testified at the trial of the L W. W. leaders before Federal Judge York, while the scene of the second act was the Interior" of the Diamond Landis. Palace saloon, also on the Bowery. Shop Workmen Ask Higher Wage. In the play I took the part of Abe Washington. Representatives of Switch, a farmer, who had come from OtM railway shopmen Monday aked 500, Fumpklnville Center, Teno, to make the railroad administration not to put his first visit to New York. Into effect the new wage scale withIn the first scene Abe Switch meets out upward revision for their crafts, the proprietor of the Diamond Palace great dissatisfaction would be saying Saloon, a ramshackle affair which to created. the owner was a financial loss. The proprietors name was Tom Textile Mills Closed. Twist cm,' Ills bartender-bein- g named Nev Bedford, Mass. The textile Fillem Up. mills of this city, employing 35,000 After meeting Abe, Tom and Fillem operatives, were shdt down Monday in Up persuaded him to buy the place, consequence of a general strike called r raising It to the skies and telling by the textile council Sunday. d wondrous tales of the money taken of the operative ha ve'tera over the bar." on government contracts. almost certain depth. After covering my sector I quietly crawled back. I had gotten aboqt half way when I noticed that my revolver was nilsiing. lt was pitch dark.' I turned about to see if I could find it ; couldnt be far aw4y, because about three or four minutes previously-- 1 had felt the butt In the holster, I crawled It around In circles and at last found It, then started on my way back to our trenches, as I thought. Pretty soon I reached barbed wire, and was just going to give the password when something told me not to. I put out my hand and touched one of the barbed wire stakes. It was Iron. One-thirgaged ...... JErnpey. stage, his play, under., difficulties but with great success. The next installment tells about it. (TO BE CONTINUED) Used Vast Amount cf Wire. It has been estimated that the wire In the cores and sheathing of the cables that have been made since they were first used In 1837, would reach from the earth to the moon. worlds-submari- ne STATE tIECS E3 HI, n M Utah Is called upon to furnish 053. men for military purposes during June. The municipal market at Salt Lake was formally thrown open to the pub He on June 1. Two Salt Lake youths convicted of stealing from a war garden were fined $25 each, and warned that a second offense would mean a reform school sentence. of the board of bounty commissioners In the effort - to conserve cotton goods Is nrged In a letter from W. F. Jensen, commissioner of commercial economy for Utah. With an Improvised catapult, about forty youngsters totally destroyed an unoccupied brick house: In Salt Lake of the gang City. The will be called before the Juvenile court Thomas Horn, 65 years of age, a miner, was fatally Injured by a premature explosion at the United Promontory Mining Companys property at Promontory Point George A. Horn, a son, was slightly Injured. Because his folks call him a slacker, and for various other reasons which appear to him sufficient Robert A. Thomas, a cook, who lives at Salt Lake has demanded that he be admitted to am Tells How Lydia ELPinkW, Vegetable Compound Restored Her Health. Philadelphia, Pa. I was very waaV always tired, my back ached, and I fe t rickly most of th tune. I went to doctor and he arida had nervous inch, eestion, whtch added to my weak 1 condition kept m worrying most ef the time and he aid if I could not stop that, I could not get ring-leade- rs the military service of the United States as a cook. A reward of $10 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person who steals from, trespasses on or In any way damages a war garden, has been offered by the city committee on agriculture and food production at Salt Lake. Within a few days of a year from the time It was mailed from Ogden, the registration record of Wllmer John May, serving as a missionary for the Mormon church at Auckland, New Zealand, has Jnst been received by the county exemption board. DanlWeggeland, Utahs veteran artist, known for generations as the father of art In the state, died at Salt Lake, June 2, at the age of 91 years. Although his health had been declining during the past year, his mind was alert and clear to the end. The officers of the company to which Raymond F. Crow, U. S. marine killed In France, belonged, have sent letters to Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Crow, the parents, at Salt Lake City, giving an account of the brave manner In which he faced death for his country, Tventy full miles were covered by the Utah boys at Camp Kearny In less than seven hours marching time and records" showthat this Is the longest march made in one day by units of the division, although practically' all of them have now completed their hikes; As an acho of the disaster of last fall when Harry Krupps automobile tore Into a safety zone at Salt Lake, Injuring several persons, Miss Evelyn Foster ha$ filed suit against Krupp, asking for $10,000 damages, pins $1000 to cover physician's fee and hospital bill. Declaring that she was on her way to join friends at Sacremento and that the only way rite conld get there was by beating ber way, Mrs. A. C. Stevens, 80 years of age, was taken Into custody at the Southern Pacific freight yards at Ogden' and booked as a vagrant. All German alien females in Utah are to be registered June 17 to 22. A female subject of Germany who has not become naturalized through marriage, remains a German alien, and is required to register, even though she has declared her Intention of taking out first papers. Pursuing his policy of eradicating tuberculosis among cattle In Utah, Dr, IL-- Iloggan, state livestock in- spector, Is . prosecuting an energetic campalgn ln the southern counties. He w 111 soon make another tour of Inspection In the southern and central parts of the state. With a promise of a bounteous har. vest In Salt Lake county, yet owing to the mild, pleasant winter and the Increase In Insect pests last season, all indications point to a considerable damage, vvhich is being done and will continue to be done by Injects and pests throughout the season. Tledge day for War Savings stamps has been fixed for June 28. On that date Director George T. Odell of the war savings commission for Utah expects to telegraph Frank A. Yander-Up- , chairman of the national war savings commission, that Utah has gone away over the top in Its campaign. Utah has been asked to subscribe $9,000,000,000 to War Savings Stamps, and of this amount $1,000,000 has been subscribed for. This leaves $8,000,000 to be sold. While the million dollars wor-tdisposed of has required five months. It has been determined to sell the remaining $8,000,000 In the current month. Struck by an automobile driven, at. a hi gh - speed - a s - she was n earing her home at Salt Lake, Mrs. Margaret Henderson, wife of Herman Henderson, a soldier In the national army at Camp Lewis, Wash, was killed, and her CPmpaniaa-Joh- n Gilroy;'" an' old friend of the family, received numerous body buises. well. I heard so much about Lydia E.Pmkhama . . . . Vegetable Com- pound my husband wanted me to try it 1 took it fora week and felt a little better. I kept it up for three months, and I feel fine and can eat anything now without distress or nervousness. -- Mrs. J. Worthluve, 342 North Taylor SL Philadelphia Pa. The majority of mothers nowadays overdo, there are ao many demands upon their time and strength; the result la Invariably a weakened, n nervous condition with headaches, backache, Irritability and depression and soon more serious ailments develop. It Is at such periods in life that Lydia E. run-dow- Pinkbama Vegetable Compound will restore a normal healthy condition, aa It did to Mrs. Worthline. ' DAISY FLY KILLER jm - N T attracts and kills allfll. emnlmi, "71. ha. LuM HfdfatiMal r Up mr; til mmm. uataU will cot Ml ahjtnahmi MUilfSMl-f- . sew sawsas. - a a mta Ova Solfby SflfWp w I MGt hr n pmtf, trapfl, lot 11 Mb ava sooki.ym. n. y. His Hat. One night a policeman found a iinn lying unconscious on the pavement as a result of a brutal assault. Near him lay a common bowler hat. Suspicious of a certain person, the police arrested him. He was not able to give an account ef his movements on that evening; also the hat fitted him like a glove. A clever lawyer pleaded his cae so Impressively on the risk of accepting a hat as sufficient evidence that the Jury acquitted the prisoner, and he was discharged. Before leaving the dock he turned to the judge and, pointing to the hat in the courtrom, said: ' My lord, can I ave my at? rear- sons Weekly. 'Dandruff and Itching. To restore dry, faffing hair and get rid of dandruff, rub Cutlcura Ointment Into scalp. Next morning shampoo With Cutlcura Soap and hot water. For free samples address, Cutlcura, Dept X Boston. At druggists and by malL Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50. Adv. SAW POINT OF RESEMBLANCE Youngsters Comment, However, Could Hardly Be Called a Compll- mentary One A fond auntie was left to amuse her small niece and nephew while their mother went shopping. James became deeply interested In his toy engine and tiny Ruth was absorbed in watching auntie cut out beautiful paper dolls. One of these appealed to her particularly and she would scarcely wait for auntie to finish. Oh, auntie. Isnt she pretty? She3 v blue. Yes,, she is lovely. And see w hat a fancy dress she has on. Look at her long-train.- "' The last word caught serious-mindeJames attention. Auntie, s!hw me the train. Auntie pointed to the deep flmineo which was set on with large plaits and hlch was long enough at the back for quite a sweep. James took It In hi hands and examined It closely and silently for a few moments. Handing It back, he said solemnly: I suppose you conld call it a train. It looks something lik a d cow-catcher- ." AH Complete. "Katherine was playing In her yard, where a little calf was grazing. A woman who was passing remarked. Why, Katherine, what a cute little calf you have. Yes," answered Katherine, "weve got the cow to It In the barn." Locust Eggs as Fertilizers. Locust eggs, treated with sulphuric acid and lime, are used as fertilizer In Mediterranean countries when the Insect are numerous. DdYdti Efaov' The Fine Flavor . osmst Motor Launch Sunk. Of .the, .drastic ,thp. ruling naval on May 23 a number of men employed motor launch Ozark with om member as waiters in hotels and restaurants in of her crew, Charles E. Ilk hard. s. fl re- L tah have quit their jobs to seek which the department cannot in an, of Chiple.v, Fla., in a heavy sea off the coast May 12. was announced takrexceptloiTTor" Some have gone to work in the smelters, while others Monday by the navy department. have taken employment ou railroads, New Army Tractor. la response to an imperative call for Washington. The latest production thousands of additional nurse for ser-- v of the army ordnance hureau, a five ice In the army, the Red Cross of Utah ton armored artillery tractor for han has. through the State Nurses- -, demon t rated hei ing field gtms,-wa- s elation, opened a campaign to supply er er without delay its share of the nnmle Mondiy virh Secretary General !I n.h, chief of f. presvn. required to fillemamK ne nt B-- st-f- t zts FOUND: i:ii:ootiier 7LIES A 9 |