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Mrnnmimmm ‘ffSn i • u, I. (8?: i' I'Mriii N»w*p«pvr, Union «ci>? 4T •> , / , v'v/y /1- V*5 Western Newspaper l.’nion I-—American l|ed Cross hospital at Paignton, Kngiamf; matron and must's jna Thierry, near which flu; AnnPricnir marines are holding th • line. 3—Cient. James J 211111 T'huto fc> Wpitrn Newspaper I'nlon PLANE MAY FL^ ACROSS ATLANTIC i dUTcorS s;mi\i> wits , r\ ci'. N > tor returns lor who Matight > not |urriv,imr in such nunn* etTfCtrte capitals had stated, cm pri-omrs admitfed rue^ li*‘ «W vo duwb beulv ot+mJ+lttt- rcrticss iihd jnviiiuTTrTe ccmr- is i}rai"o was nddbd-^nTHe- I'iehl Marshal llni-g to tTie tvi d. including tUd 'Xmorb rd.cst less, >n expressing > . warm CHUMS GO THROUGH LIFE AND TO DEATH TOGETHER Easton. I’a.—Chums for years. 1‘hiJip IUehl and ~*.1o1in ' Earle Kansch of - I’hillipsbUrg. (‘hlifted together in tin" marine corps, went to the name camp, went © Wittiern Newspaper Lnion • machine was being-prepared for Its christening, routes vyord that both of them were killed In .the same battle* • mound (Tiatenu-Thiery. \ GATHERED FACTS i The\Sioux Indian women 'of, •aethmW Hock rc^ervatton ifi ? The Maryland state Industrial-acci dent commission has *yled that where minors' are employed In'violation of the yjiild laisir law, and are,Injured they cannot recover compensation; The b«*nt of treatment combined with quickness is given to the boy* of the marines. •AGE TWO * ' ' - r V A i - X ■ . • N BARNWELL SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH pAROLINA st-=* */ I bis C. mum scouting airplane <>( tjie Albatross class In m en The linn pilot was injured In the tight and unai AMERICAN. FIENDS," SAYS BRITISH OFFICER Their British Cousins—Told to “Kill” and They Sure Did That—Australians Delighted-With Com rades' Prowess at Hamel With the i’.ritish Army in France— A'.l the traditions of The M'niled States Hi my f+u vabu’ mvhh'c brilliantly sus- tained in tin; successful attack made against" fhe (lei mans south of the i „. Itiv'er Soinnije, when tor tin* tirst time Aa’iericay infantrynivri took ' their stand Inside their IHriti^ 1 i cousins and lopght shunldex tu .shoulder with them it gainst the-common foe. It was a baptism of lire fop the Yan kee soldiers uii this front, and they came through -with Hying colors, prov ing titling col#miles for the, Austru-. 11mi wan bu s vllioni they were assist ing. •The Ainerii a.ns fought. like* fiends,”' declared one British staff oliieer. They did all of that. They were magnitieent, and the folks at ho,me may be proud charge and woppushed out. r A few of ourjtoys were too anxious and they got so closX to the bur tin ge fliat tiiey were hurt. My pul was struck by .a shell beshtt* me.” Again lie stopped and this time there r were tenrs tnTds eyes un.T a Tu nip'was working in his throat. There was si lent 1 )* fhr a moment, then' lie went on: “„\W were advancing toward Hamel village and had to go over one slope,, then down into a little valley and up Another hill. We got along all right, T * N _ \ but dow n in the vallev there was a lot en shut in the leg after a gallihpt of hart wire that held us up some, light. IlKwas^, Idue eyed/.Jound faceiK I know I got caught, but not for very V<*HMgster vHpi looked STTlIlTgefy“TTut Tif TWg, place among the older''■veterans. 1 .»» shell-torn valley of the w toimng Somme They w ere lighting over ground ul- ready stained with the blood of tlimf- Siimls of brave soldiers; hut no better troops ever charged across the foiling ; fields than the pioneers from the, American army. Along with tliis^L is j possible tu make the cheer! til state- . incut that jJtcir casualties vveYe very snail I. Virtually Americans came the 'entire body of j vim through . unscathed. slshtnee which tJ>e~ATii v 1 o Anicric:u>-o11\hittg 111. fine docs nut need to detract from the work of the Austral iun s dllng I. ., . nil nf tin* p^4»\Nt*.ss <»( 4'h<* Anirrh’iins. I'l^ soldiers from the tintipoih s, far otlF nutiiheied those from ITT? Flitted St at es -a nd did a- oiirro's-pnnd+ttg .anioiiuiv'd the .sanguinary labpi'.' It goes vyijlfout • saying that -1!«-•, hig- framed -men from AustrafTa, .wjto. fe:(f neither man nor diwjI. fought-.with tliV fierceness w hh'h has rHtjde 'llietn. a ter ror tig tne ehemv •* *» * "N. ' | TIik Amernxdi truojis who were fo take p:>Yt wa re brigaded W 11fixtllT'Lr An said lie was twenty years old, hilt he was nothing indie than a likable boy witJ^a winning, hut somi'whiil wistful, Mnile.' I he correspondent iutroduei'd himself am! told the little soldier how pruiid ovei \i,u(|v was of- the, Ameri cans. I lie hoy’s lips trembled, hut his eyes brightened. “Arc .'on from America, -too?’' he cried, as he.eaghrly put otj-t a hand, "t di. I'm su glad of that.” Nu was homesick and hurt and.want- , • .. 4 * ci»1111 urt 1 roiirs^iiirlHx|y I rum homo. A Iricndly chit began and the so^- dier_4'lung desperately' to the eorre-j spondeut-'s hand. Suddenly his eyes lHatched on fho correspondent's Itrit- Isb uniform and a look of disa]i|iolut- Ym*nt came to; his- face. “You're pot a Yankee, yire'you?” lie asked, and his eyes were moist. The i'oi respoiiih nt assured him to the con trary. . Instantly he . hrightene*^ and throwing Ids arm over the correspond ent's shoulder exclaimed: . 'Tm migh-f-y glad of that. I'm glad are a. Yankee-, too.” Then lie told the story of his part in tile buttle and lucre is tin* way it ran: “We all were ‘very anxious to do well and ivo'iyere reyidy to fight to a finish. - We klievv Iliere was 'trouble for.us over there in No .Man’s Land. None of* our bov* cared for tlrat, hut tnr un> (hr nttark nil (In* inrn oj my company : got fogctliicr amf sTt*<*dy~ tiands rtni 4- gaiif giMid-liv^idr. ! you s, e, vve did not know if vee siipuhl ”(Mir i*hini meet iiVarn. K’- ihvo, welding of the Ufilc f . • ■V yT plans vvelie i are- Signal to Advance. ”1 liad "WdrkejJ^vei;.y ifard to learn tit he gmiTXaildierTfor i vvatiTeii to lie a cri'dir to the folks haek homo. I gtleSsieKtlTUSt ha V 0-tea I'llyd some filings, Ijjriiiy comma tide r gave me kl of wur VIST'S.to lead over the top as Corporal. Aiel MIX Hy* !l lTUIght w dll.” ■\ Hr , paused, -tils face glowing' with almost' • dr: uii Atiiet-ican tire fully' ndiearse, knew llis| rote h.-fidy veteran' army. 1 eiv along the front iwiTii. but the I’.ritish Were wnteliThg every mov, keenest atteiitioh. 'i.lU'se otticers dtr vvnv nTTTspokeTrfy w !, ! jt le v li d seen. Unjoined to ‘‘Kill,” gvn'lfi The and tloii centipiled': ‘‘AT iniTTriTgiit, Wedtiesdav we torw ai d and .laid out im the epen i11g’ for t)e‘ signal .j'r'fflfvrmre.■ Went vvait- Tlleti nien were fighting like anv- and killing a lot of I.oelufs who were in ttie trenches and shell holes. A good many'-of. the Hermans were yvlling - •Kamerad,’ and surrendering foo. ‘‘Two of tho Bodies came running up jo me with their hands over their , heads. I didn’t know vvliat to do with them, huf an officer came along and sefiT them to the rear, 1 K . ‘ X • Wounded, but Killed Two. j ‘•Then vve Went on and Xi'i about reacTuMl our olijecttve when something tilt mein the leg and 1 went down. I tried to got it|' ImtJUi.v leg wouldn’t Id me and I was djzzy. While I was on my knee I saw two Bodies charging at me with fixed bayonets. 1 had the- hijtf of thy ritle resting on the groiuTd: my. finger on the trigger, and I tired when they wore about ten yards away. One of tin in fell over dead, but the other kept op eotping and was on me before I could throw in a fresh cart- I ridge. - \ ‘‘Then I knew I had to figijWnlni with tite ha-yonet like a navMT So I got 1 to my feet somehoyirfXM+id as he jahhed at me with hk< Imyonet 1 par ried It with tnymffK' and then swung Hie rifle t<»T(m head as tiard\as 1 could. The-blow broke his ^kiill and he vvy>m down. v vWfhat's all I romemlicr until 1 vvokiNj n\) and found a ebum beside me. lie had gone out and hroiigh* me back." That finished tin- pcrsonnl story of tills iM*y who had fought and killed and I been . woiimted. init lie-laid something 1 else which was much on his mind, j \fter much hesitation it finally viuiie out. * ^ \ ”1 wtefiTg "TTTuy"Tfttie glrk-nt-h«»me is iiappy," he said anxiously. Te/erring tn lies sweetheart in ( r ’lii'eag«. Tlie rrrTvHpnndent told him she eertginly lie very liap|iy aiid proud, to tmvtjsjjow well lie |iad done: ' • I hojlKshe vv-ili-M-Mx” lie responded tlionglitful+yrmmT then added: ••Would it htX'»w l much trouble fur lind to let-lier FIRST AID FOR MARINES Did. I lie American fcoti V.el k 'J'-lp; of tips fitfy.V drillmasi, ills talks thVsc A tiled can's of alT A hu ge number : of paid -the pirice, and the men ■TTie frotiirt ho United Stale*.exacted-a heavy toll'. The -AhiV'rVa iVs over the success vvliioh they tui.d were naturally.happy of the .operation in leaved a c^editahle were, no- loss p'a b litirt. and the Australian V •ple: >ed with their new-found j The'general iij command <V the Atnericaii troopspvytts also pleasi^l vvijli he ' 1 ' * ‘ ■' ' th\t* vvork.hiy men iiad tloike. ft Mir tixmps utiderstW*! tlioroiighly when they went over the tAp that they were expected to do not less than any of their allies,” said the generaUto th« correspondent. “It* ports which I havd received fropj tile Australians iiuli. that our boys conducted thenfselyes you to drop her just know' that I am nil ri know v hen f shall hav« write.” ‘-. Jy ■' Thiit totter will go •'inmieiliately, tm pending its arrival the girl in Chicago should know that he is wound'd. but. as fib himself says, nil right. Appar- ontjy, ids wound fs nijii si rifiTLsT, • C.erniati prisoners.^ ttikenf recently, ’have Jkoii surprised to leant oi the nunrher of .Vnm-rii’:j?is on tliis side Tlieltienmin higher commaud has been - • -’ . who ha*s become an ‘‘ac t. -—Yulu J11 .Chateau _jeut. James Artiiand Meissner of Brooklyn. NEW PRESIDENT WILSON BRIDGE AT LYONS Til's is tlTe^rtew President Wilson bridge across the Ulione ut Lyons, France,' which has just been dedicated. It was begun >mve tlie starting of the war. ’ * ITALY’S NEW GUN FOR SUBMARINES LAUNCHING THREE SHIPS This new typf 1 of-gUM mounted iyn tie inarimvis proviiig that it surpasses any tin: far t]eveh>Hi‘d.' Ilpit Herman T*-l>p:it>! luve tlms \ Lew of the. ■sJiipvvHys* at Newark Lay yards its tln> Aiaino^a.-Alcotia and Chetopa were lat'incheil sir.u.itf.ne- ousjy- • ..j 1 ■ --CCS —- .. - ’ vvith great credif apd di<I ally hat eojuld have been wishepl.” . — — r~ ij* * ' • ' The correspondent visite^ camUty : fdfnYfrtJT ^TaTTftrfN tnXm* Tbtne dfffKe j,, u tnuich in (lie MnrmWegiun tins wo untie* I Yankee^ \Vlio had gone f-ntied States marine receiving tiret througii tlie fl|^it. ' :iid by a inemlter of tlie Rfd Cross. Boy Corpo»»l'«'Story ’ j He Misunderstood. "Yes,” said The Australinn ’soldk*/. who- vyas beijptg shown round London, “you’ve got some fine* places’ Ju re. IV# iin’t got■■ nothing ' like flienp in Ans-, J ' ^ | h ’ 11 -trallit. Tliat place, now,” pointing to the hoti’miit Kustoti Station, "tliat’s n •grand place! You do tilings oi r Trrfu5f„kargpv scale tlian vve do.” “Keally, I idways thought /.th y.xre ever so» much . iiigger in ,,'Aun* cridla.” 1 “Well ! That there place, now—we’d think that ever so much too big iff * \u-tralia.” • " , \ y ■ f “YcS; ljut you^-emenilier'vvliat a v lot >f pm.iple visit London through xhi3 t'atlon.” ' * ‘ "Still, it’s a bMt big for iw luirpos*." ‘.‘But surely you have hotels as big is that In-AustraJht ?” • Ifyou etill that nrr hotel? igt ‘Hotel L This is tiie Amerirarr imilt l'kitirllcY-l’a‘gt ,— airpfUne Langk-y.constructed the protm.sed lligli^ ii’ro-s the- AJ tan tic. The pjelurc yvas. made us The -‘*. t ! l ° ll;r ” r !t wns ,hl< ticket 1 — 1 ———g —ua.. | office!“—rj'tnlnTrfHvmniiT;— Mother Knew. Little fJIrl (before .miitije In.v.ntu 4 Lylbg on a cot, flanked by HiHlNli toUlers, was a Chicago lad * h o had A change m the styib-of English rlflv Ihikom have organized u. JU'hI Crows Attendant (after a pause) —-That’s tilers.Is said to be responsible, for the auxiliary. ‘Mercury, the messenger of tl»t gods rsyaised price--of aluinlnuui. . - -Jn Chinn there are oIPnnd salt wells have read about him, no doubt. According to a census taken in p»*n-., niore than-11,001) feet deep which have I * Mother—Of courRe she But. murk, which has alemf one-third of the . been drilled through wdi.d rock by ^you know, my little girl hasn’t such. of Wisconsin, that country, bus-1 hand with the must primitive fmpU’-l® very'good memory for Scripture.- rnore than 5,-luO.OOO fruIt treeH.^ , T j raenta. ; Boston Evening Transcript