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Show THE WEEKLY REFLEX, KAYSVILLE, UTAH ABC'n'NG I THE By An American Soldisr Who Went 25 "" P s . Continued. , The presence of the R. A. M. C. men did not seem to disturb the raiders, because many a Joke made In nn undertone, was passed along the winding column, s to who would be first to J" take' ride on tme of the strefcfterS., This was generally followed by a wish that, if you were to be the one, the wound would be a cushy Blighty one. The stretcher hearers, no doubt, hoping that. If they did have to carry anyone to the rear, he would he small and light. Perhaps they looked at me when wishing, because I could feel an a 1 ! c , - lip f! e 'Senaa 1 o q tween my shoulder blades. They got their wish all right. (Jolng up this trench, about every sixty yards or so we would pass a lonely sentry, who In a whisper would wish us the best o luck, mates." We would blind at him under our breaths; that Jonah phrase to us sounded very ominous. Without any casualties the minstrel troop arrived at Suicide ditch, the front-lintrench. Previously, a wiring party of the Royal Engineers had cut a lane through our barbed wire to enable us to get out Into No Mans Land. Crawling through this Isne, our . ' party of twenty took up an extended-orde- r formation about one yard apart. We had a. tap code arranged for onr movements while In No Mans Land, because for various reasons it Is not safe to carry on a heated conversation a few yards In front of Fritz lines. The otlicer was on the right of the line, while I was on the extreme-left- . Two taps from the right would be passed down the lineurtiil I recelved them, then I would send back one tap. The ofjlcer, In receiving this one tap, his order hud'gone down the whole line, had been understood, and that the party was ready to obey the two-tasignal. Two taps meant that we were to crawl forward slowly and believe me. very slowly for five yards, and then bait to await further Instructions, Three taps meant, when you arrived within striking distance of the German treuch, rush It and Inflict as many casualties ns pos--, slble, secure a couple of prisoners, and then hack to your owallnes with the speed clutch open. Four tops meant, I have gotten you Into a position from which It Is impossible for me to extricate you, ao you are on your own." After getting Tommy Into a mess on the western front he is generally told that he Is on his own." This means, Save your akin In any way possible." Tommy loves to be "on his own" behind the lines, but not during a trench raid. The star shells from the German lines were falling In front of us, therefore we were safe. After about twenty minutes we entered the star shell zone. A star shell from the German lines .fell about five yards In the rear and to the right of me; we hugged the ground and held our breath until It burned out. The smoke from the star shell traveled along the ground nud crossed ter the middle of our line. ome Tommy sneezed. The smoke had gotten up his nose. We crouched on the ground, cursing the offender under , our breath, and waited the volley that generally ensues when the Germans have heard a noise In No" Mans Land. Nothing happened. We received two tapTTracr crawled forward slowly for five janls; no doubt the officer believed what Old Pepper had said, Personally I believe that, that part of the - German trench Is unoccupied." By be- Ing enreful and remaining motionless when the star shells fell behind us, we reached the German barbed wire without uiLshap, Then the fun began. I wns scared stiff as it is ticklish work cutting your way through wire when about thirty feet In front of .you there Is a line of Bodies looking out Into No Man's Land with their rifles Ijlng across the parapet, straining every sense to see or hear what Is going on In No Mans Land; because at night, Fritz never knows when a bomb with his name and number on It will come huitllng through the air aimed In the direction of Berlin. The man on the right, one man In the center and myself on the extreme left w;ere equipped w 1th wire cutters. These are Insulated with soft rubber not because the Ger- ,iuaa wire ere charged with ricctrtdty,-bu- t to prevent the cutters rubbing against the barbed wire stakes, which are of Iron, end making a noise which may warn" the Inmates of the trench that someone Is getting fresh In their fiont yard. There Is only one way to cut a barbed wire without noise and through costly experience Tommy has become an. expert In doing this. , I... V mtcO-iUs- cd-- 1 U-- - - . e would-know'th- p I Yj hmlH and -- cut-betwe- the- stake-an- d )our hand. If you cuf a lre improperly, - a loud twang will ring out on the night air like the snapping of a banjo string. Perhaps this noise can be heard only for fifty of 'seventy-flvynrd, but In Tommy's mind it makes a loud noise in Berlin. Yt luul cut a lam- - about halfway through the wire when, down the center cf oir line, twang I went nn cut wire. We crouched down, euibing under our breath, trembling all aver, our knee lacetated from the w e iij V . ' 1017, by mu h, Arthur Guy Empty t rands of the cut barbed wire on the ground, waiting for a challenge and the Inevitable volley of rifle fire. NothI suppose the fellow ing happened. who cut-t- he barbed wire Improperly was the one wb.bad sneezed about half nn hour previously. 'What we wished Jdm Wotffft never make bis new year a happy one. The officer, In my opinion, at the noise of the wire should have given the four-ta- p signal, which meant, On your own, get back, to your trendies as quickly ns possible," but again be must have relied on the spiel that Old Pepper had given us In the dugout, Personally I believe that that part of the Aa German! reach I u n oce u pi ed we got careless, but not so careless that we sang patriotic songs or mode any unnecessary noise. During the Intervals of falling star shells we carried on with onr wire cutting until at last we succeeded Jn getting through the German barbed wire. At this point we were only ten feet from the German trenches. If we were discovered, we were like rats In a trap. Our way was cut off unless we ran along the wire to the narrow lane ws bad cut through. With our hearts In our mouths we waited for the three-ta- p signal to rush the German trench. Three taps had gotten about halfway down the line when suddenly about ten to twenty German star shells were fired all along the trench and landed In the barbed wire In rear of us, turning night Into day And silhouetting ns against the wall of light made by the flares. In the glaring light we were confronted by the following unpleasant scene. All along the German trench, at about three-foo- t Intervals, stood a big Prussian guardsman with bis rifle at the aim, and then we found out why we had not been challenged when the man sneezed and the barbed wire had been Improperly cut. About three feet In front of the trench they had constructed a single fence of barbed wire and we knew our chances were one thousand to one of returning alive. We could not rush their trench on account of this second defense. Then y, ll' k, r , Macliine Gunner, Serving in France . ( r' m full of blood and brains, then I went crazy with fear and horror and rushed came our wire to I the until along lane. I had Just turned down this lane when something Inside of me seemed HO are the laboring menf to say, Look around." I did so ; a bulTF are the laboring men: let caught me on the left shoulder. It We, the muscle of the tribes and lands. did not hurt much. Just felt as if someWith sun-tro- d d one had punched me In the back, and faces and hands; , then my left side went numb. My arm TFtfA garments, stained and coarse was dangling like a rag. I fell forward With untrained voices , heavy and hoarse; In a sitting position. But all the fear Who brave the death of the noontide heals. had left me And I was consumed with Who mow the meadows and pave the streets. rage and cursed the German trenches. With my right hand I felt in my tunic Who push the plow by the smooth-face- d sod , or shell dressing. In for my first-aiOr climb the crags with a d hod. feeling over my tunic my hand came Yes, we are the laboring, men 4 contact with one of the bomb which The genuine laboring men. I carried. Gripping It, I pulled the pin 'And each, somewhere in the stormy shy, out with my teeth and blindly threw It towards the German trench. I must be it low or high lias a tweet love-sta- r, have been out of my bead, because I For pride have we to do and dare, was only ten feet from the trench and And a heart have we to cherish and care; took a chance of being mangled. If And the bomb had failed to go Into the power have we for, lose our brawn. trench I would have been blown to And where were your flourishing cities gonet bits by the explosion of my own bomb. Or bind our hands of fetter our feet, By the flare of the explosion of the what would the gaunt world find to eat And bomb, which luckily landed In their Aye, where were your gentry then trench, I saw one big Boche throw up his arms and fall backwards, while bis For we are the laboring men I rifle flew Into the air. Another one wilted and fell forward across the J7U0 are the laboring menf sandbags then blackness. We are the laboring min: Realizing what a foolhardy and risky We of the iron and waterway, thing I bad done, I was again seized TFAdm fire and eteam and tide with a horrible fear. I dragged myself obey; to my feet and ran madly down tbe TFAo stab the sea with a of oak, prow lane through the barbed wire, stumTFAo blot the ehy with a cloud of smoke, over unicat bling wires, Tearing my TFAo bend the breezes unto our wills, . form, and lacerating my bands and And feed the looms and hurry the mills; legs. Just as I was about to reach No Mans Land again, that same voice Who oft have the lives of a thousand lcnowft seemed to say, Turn around. I did the hmingvolves that hold our ownl so, when, another bullet crack,"Yes, we are the laboring men this In time the left shoulcaught me, der about The genuine laboring men. Inch away from the other wound. Then It was taps for me. And though a coat may a button lack, The lights w;ent out. And though a face be sooty and black. When I came to I was crunching In And though the words be heavy of flow , a hole in No Mans Land. This shell And hole was about three feet deep, so that thoughts come tardy and slow. It brought my head a few Inches below And though rough words in a speech may blend, the level of the ground. How I reached A hearts a heart, and a friends a friend. this hole I will never know, German And power have we, but for our sktU, typewriters" were traversing back The wave would drown and the sea would kill; and forth In No Mans Land, the bullets biting the edge of my shell bole And where were your gentry then ' and throwing dirt all over me. Aye, we are the laboring mend Overhead shrapnel was bursting. I could hear the fragments slap tha ground. Then I went out once more. When I came to everything was silence and darkness ,in No Mans Land. I was soaked with blood and a big flap from the wound In my cheek was hanging over my mouth. The blood running from this flap choked me. Out of the corner of my mouth I would try and blow It back, but It would not move. I reached for my shell dresslpg and fried, with one hand, to bandage my face to prevent the flow. I had an awful horror of bleeding to death and was getting very faint Tou would have laughed If you had seen ray ludicrous attempts at bandaging with one hand. The pains In my wounded HELPS WORKERS IN DENMARK shoulder were awful and I was getting sick at the stomach. I gave up the Labor Insurance 'Law Has Been bandaging stunt as a bad Job, and then Proved of Material Benefit to fa TT7 .s' yy horn-glove- well-patch-ed d well-fille- ; t t In one-ha- lf new-call- ed t -- , ferI are the Wll We are the laboring menf laboring men: - TT who stand in the, ranks of trade. And count the tallies that toil has made; TFAo guard the coffers of wealth untold. And ford the streams of glistening gold; Who send the train on its breathless trips, And rear the buildings and sail, the ships; And though our coats be a trifle fine, . And though our diamonds flash and shine, Yet wears the laboring men . The genuine laboring men. TFo bolt the gates of the angry seas, TFo keep the nations granary keys; The routes of trade we have built and planned Are veins of life to a hungry land. And power have we in our peaceful strife. For a nations trade is a nations life; And tales the sails of our commerce in. TFAere were your "artisans pads of tint Aye, where were your laborers then? For we are the laboring menl T not the laboring menf yilO are not the Theyre laboring men. They who creep in dens and lanes To rob their betters of honest gains; The rich who stoop to devour the poor. The tramps who beg from door to door. The rogues who love a darkened sky. And steal and rob, and cheat and lie; The loafing wights and senseless bloats TFAo drain their pockets to wet their throats. Theyre not the laboring merr The genuine laboring men. And all true hearts that the price would give For honest joy and a right to live, And every soul to truth alive. Willing to thrive and let others thrive. Should rise with a true and steady hand And mflrk these foes with a villain brand, JAnd shame them into the ranks of tod. Or crush them under their kindred soil , Away from the laboring men The genuine laboring men. t Ever Upward fainted. In Blighty." front of me the challenge, Halt," given In English rang out, and one of the finest things I have ever beard on In When I came to, hell was let loose. An Intense bombardment was on, and on the whole my position was decidedly unpleasant Then, suddenly, our barrage ceased. The silence almost hurt, but not for long, because Frltx turned loose with shrapnel, machine guns, and rifle fire. Then all along our line came a cheer and our boys came over the top in a charge. The first wave was composed of Jocks." They were a magnificent sight, kilts, flapping In the wind, bare knees showing, and their bayonets glistening. In the first wave that passed my ahell hole, one of the "Jocks," an Immense fellow, about six feet two Inches In height Jumped right over me. On the right and left of me several soldiers In colored kilts were huddled on the ground, then over came the second wave, also Jocks." One young Scottle, when be came abreast of my shell hole, leaped Into the air, his rifle shooting out of his hands, landing about six feet In front of him, bayonet first, and stuck In the ground, the butt trembling. This Impressed me greatly. CTO BE CONTINUED ) the western front took place, From the middle of our line some Tommy answered the challenge with, "Aw, go to h 1." It must have been the man who had sneezed or who had Improperly cut the barbed wire; he wanted to show Frits that be could die game. Then esme the volley. Machine guns were turned loose and several bombs were thrown In our rear. The Boche In frogt of me was looking down his sight. This fellow might have, under ordinary circumstances, been handsome, but when I viewed him from the front of his rifle he had the d goblins of childhood Imagination to the shade. Then came a flash In front of me, the flare of his rifle and my bead seemed to burst. A bullet bad hit me on the left side of my fuce about half an Inch from my eye, smashing the cheek Have Murdered Thousands. bones.- -- 1 put my band to my face and ' There Ts& danger testfamninrlty, fell forward, biting the ground and even with such a monstrous crime as kicking my feet. I thought I was dy- unrestricted warfare, should ing, but. do you know, my past life did breed Indifference to Its enormity, not unfold before me the way It does says an exchange. Therefore, it la in novels. well to bear In mind that, except whed The blood was streaming down my the attack Is made on fighting ships or tunic, and the pain was awful. When transports carrying fighting men, the 1 come to I said to myself,' "Emp, old torpedoing of ships and sending ruen boy, you belong in Jersey City, and to their death Tar out at sea, is simply .TOaOslteijfft back there as quickly mm as possible. Ing circumstances whatsoever.- - Just The bullets were crocking everhead. how great ' MU of indictment Is be1 crawled a few feet back to the Gering drawn up by. the German, admiralty man barbed wire, and In a stooping po- against Itself Is seen In the statement sition, guiding myself by the wire, I given by the government leader In went down the line looking for the the house of commons, that up to Feblane . we had cut through. Before ruary, 1918, the German had reaching this lane I came to a limp killed 14,120 noneorabatant British form which seemed like a bag of oats men, women and children. This, be tt hanging over the wire. In the dim noted. Is exclusive of the murders done light I could see that .Its hands were npoa peoples of other nationalities blackened, and knew it was the body of one of my mates. I put my hand The Drawback. on Ids head, the top of which had been She HU wife made a man of him. blown off by a bomb. My fingers sank He Yes, but anybody ttat looks af i I Into the hole. I pulled my harjd back him con tell ljfla a bouic-madJob. Tele-gate- - at Ljuaj-.fcxtfinu.- Indies from the stake In your right '-'- ( Arthur Guy Empey Copyright CHAPTER XXVI '7 . ts e People In That Country. In 1907 Denmark enacted a labor Insurance law. Fully 111,000 persons and 00 per cent of the workmen In Denmark are now Insured. (The proportion Is 73 per cent of the men Insurable and 28 per cent of the insurable women.) Practically all the Industrial laborers are insured under the act 'Within the limits prescribed by the the conditions of unemployment law, Insurance vary with each fund. The dues vary from the minimum of 31.40 paid by the unskilled workmen to the maximum of 37 per year paid by the The dally stiworkers in stucco. pend Is one, one and a half, or two krone, according to the financial status of the fund. A krone is equal to about 27 cents. The period of payment runs from 50 days in the year allowed the unskilled laborers to the maximum of 100 allowed the printers. The total amount of the benefits paid in 1912 was 3459,810, of which 53.8 per cent was distributed by the members; 31.9 per cent by the state, and 14.3 per gent The sums spent by the communes. In aid of unemployment from all sources - for - the .five years, during which the act has been In operation, amounts to 31,753,000. such times, and such moods as time compels, labor is sure Just honor. Workers are certain to be valued at their true worth. Labor's holiday becomes more than ever the recognition of mighty forces of the ' most vital importance to all IN mankind.- - - AH Labor Honorable. It Is harder to makes' watch' spring than to dig a ditch, harder to prepare the lens of a telescope than to make aVatch spring, hard to measure exactly the length of the wave light of a certain element than to construct the most marvelous telescope. YThat is needed in the world is realization of the fact that all labor . Is equally honorable when done earnestwithout ly, with dignity, hatred of those more fortunate, or contempt tec those less fortunate. self-respe- ct, ALL IT life. All this has heed neither tongue nor Of the human spiders whose pen. silk is wove from the lives of toiling men. Byle OReilly on Wendell contributedto the dig- nity and honor of hard work. Never was there more general recognition of the necessity of meeting real trials manfully, and playing a mans part In the serious business of living. Never In reeent times was It more difficult to shirk without discredit or spend the crowded years in Idleness without forfeiting respect and reputation. The world has so much to do, so many great tasks crowded upon its manta and physical resources that work more than ever before the plainest aud most vital duty of all who have strength for service. - 1 "V" HD -- are WORK TO Labor has gained throughout th4 last year In the feeling and thought Of the world. The strain and perils of the times have brought an unusually sober and reflective state of mind. Men and Women have been more than commonly concerned wjth the gravest They hava problems of existence. given more than the ordinary consideration to the needs and dangers of Its pioneers axe those dreamers who ynlonlste Defined. Wage workers, members in good standing of the union of the trade or calling at which they are employed, who realize as a fundamental principle the necessity of unity of Mi their fellows employed at the same trade or calling; who recognize the vital, logical extension, growth and development of all unions of all trades and callings and who strive fen the unity, federation. fraternity and solidarity of all organized wage earners; who can and do subordinate self for the common good and always strive for the common uplift; who decline to limit the sphere of their activity by any dogma, doctrine or ism finally, those - organized wage workers 'who fearlessly and Insistently maintain and contend that the trade unions the trade union movement, are paramount to any other form of organlzatidiTcr movement of labor-i- n the ideal unionists. ON Necessity for Some Useful Occupation Must Be Apparent to Every One 3 at This Time i not enough to win ' rights A king, and write them down in a book, New men, new lights, and the code of the fathers the sons may never brook. What is liberty now were license then; their freedom our yoke would be. And ach new decade must have new men to determine its liberty. Mankind is a marching ' army with broadening front the while. Shall it crowd its bulk on the worn aths or clear to the outward Phillips.- CALLED fA because eternal th:ngs true this is the biggest Law mos. Day and also one of the serious. It is as sober in its relations and aspects as it is ,nsp"J-in- g to labor leaders and members ? labor organizations because it c0If in a time of notable labor gains a demonstrations of labors power am prestige ... Labors Fair I Share-- , "he"wdlgnlty from- - the rostrum, but the -- -- AH women ho--d the world work.1., J produce the worlds wealth are rapida -- w learning that their dlguitj as well i their happiness depends upon ther Men Who Make a Nation. sistenee on a more equitabl ditr The attitude of government toward butlon of the of their 1 products labor lies at the heart of almost every- They have learned that the idf thing that concerns us as a nation. A to secure anything lUe fair nation may be said to consist of those Is by organized effort through band4 -who do Its dally labor, and America together la unions for the rtlslng hour has always boasted that she was the wages and the shortening f home of free labor, that all were wel- - i of toil. corl Through such organized come to come to her shores and par- 4 they have raised the slaadWfi take of her unbounded opportunities. ft? every worker- - i |