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Show UTAH THE VECIILY r.nrLEX,- KAYSVILLE. - co 771 771 ui 1 JLd 3y An American Afilmi' SoMferWhoWent ' Gey Eiuipsy 1317, THEIR MAKE to disguise the location of hU machine gua and get his range. Some of the most commonly used stunts are as fol- MACHINE Synopsis. Fired by tbe sinking of the Lusitania, With the loss of Anicricun lives, Arthur Guy Empey, an American living In Jersey City, got to England end enlists as a private In the British army. After a short experience as a recruiting officer in London, he Is sent to training quarters In France, where he first hears the sound of big guns and make the aequaintonee of cooties. After a brief period of training trenches, where he takes Enjpeyg company Is sent into the front-linhis first turn on the fire step while the bullets whiz overhead. Empey Icarus,' as comrade falls, that death lurks always In the trenches. Chaplain distinguishes himself by rescuing wounded men under hot fire. With pick and shovel Empey has experience as a trench digger in No Muns Land. Exciting experience on listening post detail, Exciting work on observation post duty. Back In rest billets Empey writes and stages a successful play. Once more la the front trenches, Empey goes, over the top in a successful but costly attack on the e , CHAPTER XXII , -- , Continued. 18 This punishment Is awarded where there Is a doubt as to the willful guilt Of a man who has committed an offence punishable by death. Then cornea the famous field punishment No. 1. Tommy has nicknamed it crucifixion It means that a man on a Umber wheel, Is spread-eagletwo hours a day for twenty-on- e days. During this time he only gets water, bully beef and biscuits for hts chow. You get crucified for repeated minor d offenses. Fritz became a worse nuisance than ever. He was getting fresher and more careless every day. took all kinds of liberties with us thought he was Invincible'. Then one of our crew got a brilliant Idea and we were all enthusiastic to put It to the test. ITere was his scheme: When firing my gun, I was to play my tune, nnd Fritz, no doubt, would fall for It, try to imitate me ns an added Insult. This gunner nnd two others would try, by the sound, to locate lYItz nnd Ids gun. After having got the locution, they would mount two machine guns la trees, in a little clump of woods, to the left of our retne-terand while Fritz was In the middle of his lesson, would open up and trust to luck. By our calculations. It would take at least a week to pull off the Next in order Is field puribhmunt No, 2. This Is confinement In tbe clink," without blankets, getting water, bully beef and biscuits for rations und doing all tbe dirty work that can be found. hours or This may be for twenty-fou- r twenty days, according to the gravity stunt. of the offence. Then comes pack drill" or defaulters parade. sTbl consists of drilling, mostly at the .double, for two hours with full equipment. Tommy hates this, because it Is hnrd work. Sometimes he Ells hla pack with straw to lighten It, and sometimes he gets caught. If he gets caught, he grouses at everything in general for twenty-on- e days, from the vantage point of & . " limber wheel. Next comes C. B." meaning "confined to barracks." This consists of staying In billets or barracks for twenty four hours to seven days. Ton also get an occasional defaulters parade and dirty jobs around tbe quarters. , The sergeant major keeps what is known ns the crime sheet. When a man commits an offense, he Is crimed." that la, his name, number and offense js entered on the crime sheet. Next day at 0 a. m. he goes to , -- the orderly room before the cuptaln, who either punKhea 1dm' or sends him before the with C. B." O. C. (officer commanding battalion). The captain of the company cun only awurd C. B." Tommy many a time has thanked the Ling for making that provision In his regulation. , To gain the title of a smart soldier," Tommy has to keep clear of the crime sheet, and you have to be" darned smart ' . . to do it. I hare been on It a few times, mostly for Yankee impudence.' During our stay of two weeks In rest billets our captain put ns through a course, of machine-gudrills, trying out new stunts and theories. , ' After parades were ovey, our guns crews got together and also tried out some theories of their own la reference to handling guns. These courses had nothing to do with the advancement of the war, consisted mostly of causing tricky jams In the gun, , and then the rest of the crew: would endeavor to locate na quickly as possible the cause of the stoppage. Tills amused them for a few days and then things came to 'T a standstill. ' One of the boys cm my gun claimed that he could play a tune while the gun was actually firing, and demonstrated this fact oqe day on the target range. We were ery enthusiastic and y, If Fritz refused to swallow our halt. It would be Impossible to locate his special gun, and that'B the one we were after, because they nil sound alike,' a slow pup-pup-pu- Our prestige was hanging by a thread. In the battalion we had to endure all kinds of Insults and fresh remarks ns to our ability in silencing Fritz, Even to the battalion that German gun was a sore spot. Next day, Fritz opened up as usual. I let him fire away for a while and then butted In with my I kept this up quite a while, used two belts of ammunition. Fritz had Btopped firing to listen. Then he started In; sure enough, he had fallen for our game, bis gun was trying to Imitate mine, but, at first he made a horrible mess of that tune. Again I butted la with a few bnra and stopped. Then he tried to copy what I had played. He was a good sport all right, becauso his bullets were going awny over our heads, must have been firing Into the air. I commenced to feel friendly toward him, This duct went on for five days. Fritz was a good pupil and learned V . ! . 1 V i 1 I 1 n until novel.. Speaks at Washingtons Tomb on ' Independence Day. by Arthur Ony Em pry GUNS PERFORM SOME MARVELOUS TRICKS, German lines. SAYS PRESIDEIIT Llachins Gunner, Serving in Franco Copyright EMPEY AND HIS COMRADES will' 7771 .100 X YW MCHTtiM Showing How Fritz Is Fooled. . settlement lows : At night, when he mounts his gua over the top of his trench and wants to get the range of Fritzs trench he adopts the method of wffiat he terms getting the sparks." This consists of firing bursts from his gun until the bullets hit the German barbed wire. He can tell when they are cutting the wire, because a bullet when It hits a wire throws out a blue electric spark. Machine-fetfire Is very damaging to wire and causes many a wLIng party to go out at night when It is quiet to repair the damage. To dlRguIse the flare of his gun at night when firing. Tommy uses what Is called a flare protector. This Is a stovepipe arrangement which fits over the barrel casing of the gun and screens the sparks from the right and left, bot not from the front So Tommy, always resourceful, adopts this scheme: About three feet or less in front of the gua he drives two stakes into the ground, abou five feet apart Across these stakes he stretches a curtain made out of empty sandbags ripped open. He soaks this curtain In w'atcr and fires through It The water prevents It catching fire and effectively screens the flare of the firing gua from the enemy. Sound Is a valuable asset in locating a machine gun, tut Tommy surmounts Gils obstacle by pluclng two machine guns about one hundred to one hundred and fifty yards apart The gun on the right to cover with Its fire the sector of the left gun and the gun on the left to cover thut of the right gun. nils makes their fire cross ; thef are fired simultaneously. , By this method it sounds like on gun firing and gives the Germans the Impression that the gun Is firing 'from a point midway between the guns which are actually firing, and they accordingly shell that particular spot The machine gunners chuckle and say, Frit ' Is a brainy boy, not alf he aint" But the men In our lines at the spot being shelled curse Fritz for his Ignorance and pass a few pert remarks down the line in reference to the machine gunners being windy" and afraid to take their medicine. XXIII. CHAPTER Gas Attacks and Spies. Three days after we had silenced Fritz, the Germans sent over gas. It did not catch us unawares, because the wind had been made to order, that is, it was blowing from the German trenches toward ours at the rate of about five miles per hour. Warnings had been passed down the trench to keep a sharp lookout for gas. We had a new man at the periscope, on this afternoon In question; I was sitting on the fire step, cleaning my rifle, when he culled out to me; Theres a sort of greenish, yellow cloud rolling along the ground out in front. Its coming " But I waited for no more, grabbing my bayonet, which was detached from the rifle, I gave the alarm by banging an empty shell case, which was hanging near the periscope. At the same instant, gongs started ringing down the trench, the signal for Tommy to don his respirator, or smoke helmet, as we call It.Gas travels quickly, so you must not lose any time; you generally have about eighteen or twenty seconds In which to adjust your gas helmet. . - rapidly. In fact, got better than his teacher. I commenced to feel jeulous. When he had completely mastered the Empey la assigned to the tune, he started sweeping the road intelligence department, but finds It it not the soft" snap again nnd we clicked It worse than ever. But he signed his death warrant that he anticipated. The next installment tells of some of hie by doing so, because my friendship turned to hate. Every time he fired he experiences In his nevr Job as a played that tune, and we daneedv The boys in the battalion gave us the Hat Da! They werent In on (TO BE CONTINUED.) our little frameup. , The originator of the ruse and the Acts of Heroism Recognized. other two gunners had Fritzs location decided to become musicians. Twenty-fou- r acts of heroism were After constant practice I became taped to the minute; they mounted recognized by the Carnegie hero fund two quite expert in INe tune entitled "All their Theguns, and also gave me the commission in its fourtecnU annual next afternoon was set for range. Conductors Iluve Big Feet. meeting. In seven cases sllve medals were awarded. In 17 cases,- bronze When llmd mastered this dune, our the grand finale. Our three guns, with different eleva- medals. Ten of the heroes two weeks rest came to an end, and lost, their once again we went up the line and tions, had their fire so arranged, that, lives, and to the dependents of nine opening up together, their bullets of these pensions took over the sector In front of C aggregating- - $ 1,500 would suddenly drop on Fritz like a a wood. i year were granted. In addition to At this jpqlnt the, German trenches hailstorm. these money grants. In two cases, ran urn and the base of a hill, on the About three the next day. Frit was appropriated for educational s :tttTof whka was a dense wumLTkls. 'as wood was Infested with machine guns, sharp blast on a whistle, it was the sig- needed nnd approved, nnd in Yl cases which used' to' traverse our lines at nal a greed upon; we turned loose and awards aggregating fS.000 were made will, and rwecp the streets of n little Fritzs gun suddenly stopped la the for -- other worthy- purposes.- - payvillage, wnere we were billeted while nfiddle of a bar. We had cooked his ments In these eases will not be made goqs&Jtnfl.our,ruse hail worked. A ft er until the Jtw uxdit- - kavo been ft!' approved There wqs one .gun In particular firing two belts each, to make sure of by the commission. we our dismounted It our Job,. hurriedly whirh u'd to get our goats. hud the Commeal In Honduras. . exact. rangy of our elephant dugout guns and took cover In the dugnuhAYe or tho markedsuccesS'of entrance, nil every morning, nhout the knew what to ..expect soon We dtdnr Urn" rations were being brought up. Its have to wait long, three salvos of recent governmental and private efcame over from Fritzs forts to promote the production of wo uld knock up the dust on the ' ; more' than' one Tummy west artillery, a further confirmation that more cereals during the period of the r Y7. or t Blighty, by running into w had sent that musical machine-gunne- r war, writes Consul Walter F. Boyle. on his Westward-boun- d i jourtiey. Iuerto Cortes, an American company . i That gnu never bothered us again. has imported and erected the first mill on edge, ;s got our We were the heroes of the battalion, for the milling of corumeal. This was 1 "'rits f?em?d ta know it, because c ' Our our captain congratulated us, said it purchased in the United State and 've'us an hours I . i tlacMne gunners was at was a neat pi we of work, and, conse- has been erected at San Pedro, Sula, , ; !.j various ruses to locate quently, we were all puffed up over the Honduras. It is a small equipment, ; 1 but marks tha beginning of m new ; : ' yrn cut of action, but stunt I to te failure, and . There are several ways Tommyuses " spy-catche- r. - . . , . S2,-1- - lH5nkesv--payiut-ikt- - wmrrwgcmw"T-7r..-- whizz-bang- . 1 , ra as rt. s te-ade- - 00 I that It Is azr taerffmatle privi!ft t concert with men cut cf every nation what shall make not only the liberties Says Blinded Rulers of Prussia Havo Roused Forces They Knew Little Of Force Which Once Roused Can Never Be Crushed to Earth." Mount Vernon, Va July 4. President Wilson In his Independence day -- Yle-sire- d of America secure but the liberties of are every other people as well. We are we perhappy In the thought that mitted to do what they would have done had they been la our place. There must now be settled once for all what was settled for America In the we great age upon whose inspiration a fitting Is This surely draw today. out place from which calmly 'to look our upon our task, that we may fortify And spirits for Its accomplishment from Is place this. the appropriate which to avow, alike to the friends who look od and to the friends with whom we have the happiness to be associated In action, the faith and purpose with whiqh we act. Hun Rulers Fear Own People. Tlds, then. Is our conception of the engreat struggle In which we are gaged. The plot Is written plain upon suevery scene and every act of the stand hand one On tbe preme tragedy. the peoples of the world not only the peoples actually engaged, but many others also who suffer under mastery but cannot act ; peoples of many rlees and In every part of the world the people of stricken Russia still, among the rest, though they are for the moment unorganized and helpless. Opposed to them, masters of many armies, stand an Isolated, friendless group of governments who speak no common purpose but only selfish ambitions of their own by which none can profit but themselves, and whose peoples are fuel In their hands; governments which fear their people and yet are for the time their sovereign lords, making every choice for them and disposing of their lives and fortunes as they will, as well as of the lives and fortunes of every people who fall under their power governments clothed with the strange trappings and the primitive authority of an age that la altogether alien and hostile to our own. The past and the present are In deadly grapple and the peoples of the world are being done to death between them. Settlement Must Be Final. There can be but one Issue. The settlement must be'flnal. There can No halfway debe no compromise. No half-wa- y cision would be tolerable. derision Is conceivable. These are the ends for which the associated peoples of the world are fighting and which must be conceded them before there can be peace : L The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere that can separately, secretly and of its single choice disturb the peace of the world ; or, if It cannot be presently destroyed, at the least Its reduction to virtual Impotence. 2, The settlement of every question, whether of territory, of sovereignty, of economic' arrangement, or of political relationship, upon the basis of the free acceptance of that settlement by the people Immediately concerned, and not upon the basis of the material Interest or advantage of any other nation or people which may desire a different settlement for the sake of Its own exterior Influence or mastery. 3. The consent of all nations to be governed in their conduct towards each other by the same principles of honor and of respect for the common law of civilized society that govern the individual citizens of all modern states In their relations with one another ; to the end that all promises and covenants may be sacredly observed, no private plots or conspiracies hatched, no selfish Injuries wrought with Impunity, and a mutual trust' established upon the handsome foundation of a mutual respect fur right 4. The establishment of an organization of peace which shall make It certain thnt the combined power of free nations will check every Invasion of right and serve to make peace and justice the more secure by affording a definite trlbunnl of opinion to which all must submit and by which every international readjustment that cannot be amicably agreed upon by the peoples directly concerned shall be sanctioned. U. S. Can Never Be Crushed. These great objects can be put into a single sentence. What we seek Is the reign of law, based upon the col-seof the governed and sustained hr the organized opinion of mankind. These great ends cannot lx achieved by debating and seeking to reconcile and accommodate what statesmen may wish, with their projects for balances of poorer and of national opportunity. They can be reached only by the determination of what the thinking people of the world desire with .theh longing hope for justice and for Social freedom and p. portunlty. "1 can fancy . that the air of this place carries the accents of such principles with a prouder kindness. Here where started forces which the great nation against which" they were primarily directed at first regarded as a st Its 'tmtliori fy T tit ' wT, Teh 1ms long slnee seen to have been a step in the liberation of its own as --well- as- - of the of -- theUnited States and I stand here now Toilet for '.your dre(, Everything table, traveling kit or automofaiij tour. Toilet sets, manicure' or completely fitted case and pjec. rail? We have the handy thing, ye need. Prices are modest . BOYD PARK foommsai MAKERS OF JEWELRY ICO WAIN STRICT , SALT LAKE CITY ! MUST BE FINAL address at George Washington's tomb here said that the father of his country and his associates spoke and acted, not for a class, but for a people and that it has been left for us to see to It that It shall be understood that they spoke and acted, not for a single people only but for all mankind and were planning that men of every class should be free and America a place to which men out of every nation might resort who wished to share with them the rights and privileges of free men. The president then referred to the present world struggle and said that the peoples of the world find themselves confronted by a selfish group of nations who speak no common purpose but only selfish ambitions of their own and by which ndne can profit but themselves and whose people are fuel In their hands. He declared that these governments are clothed with strange trappings and the primitive authority of an age that Is altogether alien aud hostile to our own. He said tbe pust and the present are In deadly grapple and tbe peoples of the world are being done to death between them. The rulers of the central powers even fear their own people, said the president. He declared that there can be but one Issue In this war and the settlement must be final ; that there can be no compromise and no halfway derision la conceivable. The president urged the establishing of an organization of peace which will make It certain that the combined power of free nations will check every Invasion of right and serve to make peace and justice the more secure by affording a definite tribunal pf opinion to which all must submit. - The president in closing his address aald : "The blinded rulers of Prussia have reused forces which aroused can never be crushed to earth again for they have at their heart an Inspiration and a purpose which are deathless and of the very stuff of triumph." Text of Addresa. The text of the presidents speech follows: Gentlemen of the Diplomatic Corps and My Fellow Citizens: I am happy to draw apart with you to this quiet place of old counsel in order to speak a little of the meaning of this day of our nations Independence!. The place seems very, still and remote. It Is as serene and untouched by the hurry of the world as It was In those great days long ago when General Washington was here and held leisurely conference with the men who were to be associated with him In the creation of a na tion. From the gentle slopes they looked out upon the world and saw It whole, saw It with the light of the fu tare upon It, saw It with modern eyes that turned away from a past which men of liberated spirits could no longer endure. It Is for that reason that we cannot feel, even here, in the lmmedi ate presence of this sacred tomb, that this is a place of death. - It was a place of achievement A great promise that was meant for all mankind was here given plan and reality. The as soclatlons by which "we are here surrounded are the inspiring associations of that noble death which Is only a glorious consummation. From this green hillside we also ought to bd able to see with comprehending eyes the World that Res "about us and should conceive anew the purposes that must set men free. Planned Universal Freedom. "It Is significant significant of their own character and purpose and of the Influences they were setting afoot that Washington and his associates, like the barons at Runnymede, spoke and acted, not for a class, but for a people. It has been left for os to see to It that it shall be understood that they spoke and acted, not for a single people only, but for all mankind. They were thinking, not of themselves anil of the material Interests which centered in the little groups of landholders and merchants and mcHernffaTrs with whom they were accustomed to act. In Virginia and the colonies to the north and south of hergbut of a people which wished to be done with classes and special Interests wnd the author lty of men whom they had not themselves chosen to rule over them. They entertained no private purpose no peculiar privilege. They were consciously planning that men of every class should be free nd America a place to which men out of every nation might resort Pbo wished to share with them the rights nnd privileges of free men. And we take out cue from them dd we not! We Intend what they Intended. here in America believe our participation la this present war to be only the fruitage of what they planted. Our l .10 I nt , ' -l ; Tevett-Rgafrt- peo-pie- . 4oepek, speak proudly nnd'-wff- h con- fident hope of the, spread of this revolt. this liberation to the great state of the world Itself. The LIhukd rulers of Inreria have aroused forms they "knew Uttle of forces which, onre abused, can never be crushed to parth again for they have at their henrt an inspiration and a purpose which are deathless and of the very stuff of Rush Work on Locomotives. Washington, July 3. The fires of the 1,41 hvornotlves ordered by ih rallrmul admlnNtratlon in M.v In BARGAINS IN USED SO lonlj:S0 rannmi tight wed en-8oi- ck. to J800. cond!tiotT prt!. Writ lor Bon. L'ud Car Dept., JUruUIl-Dod- d LEARNING CARS Otiiatab:!- -. N. . Oaittamj ftrw cu term Jz tf 4uiM It ad Auto Co, Ut Uk C!tr WHITE MAN'S WATS Eskimos Said to Be Making Gratify. 4ng Progress as a Result of Missionaries' Teachings. On Herschel island, where the sun shines continuously for eight weeks In cummer, the Eskimos had a sun dance not always clothed In the garments of propriety, a writer In an exchange say. They had an idea that when the sun came back Its movements were directed by an Invisible power, but they had no tangible conception of a God. They had no belief In a future life, either of reward or punishment Today they are religious, truthful, kind to their children and to the aged. They are ambitious to learn ; they are practical, extremely Industrious, sanitary In. their habits, well clothed and well housed. Insanity is unknown, but tuberculosis Is common. They whale In summer and trap In winter. They are clever in trading, good workers on land, water and ice, and take excellent care of their household effects. Tools, If broken, are neatly repaired. When on Herschel Island or nt Fort Merherson, they eat the white mans food with great relish. In summer they eat their fish nnd blubber raw and In winter frozen. They like food cooked, but It is a matter of indifference to them. They will barter for the white mans food, eat a hearty meal of It, and then go out and eat blubber and raw fish as dessert The contents of a deers stomach they consider a' great delicacy. KEEP HIM REASONABLY BUSY Preacher Serving In V. M. C. A Hut" In Training Camp Finds Hit Duties Many and Varied, 1 If there Is a notion' that Y. M. C. A. the camps consists in selling stamps and handing ont pocket testaments, let it be dissipated at once. One preacher, serving in a hut in a New Jersey camp, reports that he has done almost everything under the sun Work In except preach. He has built fires, swept floors, looked after hundreds of packages of laundry, umpires basketball games, ora ganized a glee club, circus, sold Ice cream at the canteen, and driven a flivver ten miles and back three times a week to provide raid cream. He has written letters home for boys who could not write, and he has taught those same bov3 their, first lessons in the English language. ne has been a repository for hundreds of heart secrets, and he has served as trustee for the care of os many as thirty' Liberty bonds at a time, Terhaps oddest of his many tasks was one that came his way on a wild and etormy night In April, when the master of arms at the military station entered the Y" hut after taps, carrying a red box under his arm. Say," said the master of arms, "Veve got a lot Of T. N. T. mines stored at the station, n ores the detonators, In this box. Theres considerable lightning around, and It isnt eafe to leave these things close to. the mines. Would you just ns soon take care of the box over night?" The Red Triangle man slept that night (or tried to sleep) with enough high explosive under his cot to blow him half way to heaven. Btnge-manage- d War. Prisoners to Form Club- A dozen British prisoners of war who had, escaped from Germany met at a dinner recently given in London to celebrate their escape. At this d.n-nIt 'was decided to form a club conmembership of which was to be fined to those who have succeeded la making their way out of a prisoners of war or internment camp lo r many. The site of tbe club preml has not yet been settled, but the elu will certainly be the most novel ihiuJ cf Its kind in London- - er Tack Window Shades. off TTKori' the window riaule ' the rod take a rime strin-g- , or anf hind of strong tape and put the ta tlw4 ihraoghr It.- -' No matter lull on It or the spring breaks, it ET not tear off 4-- f , -- agja."" Tigers Fend of the Water.. Tigers are extremely fond of bah leg. In a zoo. If a tub he provid'd, D they will engor'y make use of Ks Clinics for ihiutlen. They are Aerate swimmers, and in funner dr.ys was reckoned r.t Singapore that thtf ate a Chinaman a night," swimnin across from the mainland to get k;m- - tirt They Don't Deceive 1 men," said Uncle wreio.a makes portend deys gettiu when (ley's only loafin' around. & fdaav-Som- e |