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CHAPTER I—lntroductory. Pat O'Brien
tells of his purpose in writing the story
or his adventures.
CHAPTER ll*-Tells of his enlistment in
the Royal Flying corps, his training in
Canada and his transfer to France for ac
tive duty.
CHAPTER lll—Describes fights in which
he brought down two German airplanes
and his final fight in which he was
brought down wounded within the Ger
man lines and was made a prisoner of
war.
CHAPTER IV-rDiscovers that German
hospital staff burbarously neglected the
fatally wounded and devoted their ener
gies to restoring those who might be
returned to the firing lines. Witnesses
death In fight of his best chuin, Lieut.
Paul Rainey.
CHAPTER V—He is taken to the of
ficers' prison camp at Courtral. There he
began planning his escape. By great sac
rifice he manages to save and hide away
two daily rations of bread.
CHAPTER Vl—He confiscates a map of
Germany and Just half an hour later is
f>ut on a train bound for a prison camp
n Germany. He leaps through a window
while the train is traveling at. a r»te of M
miles an hour. %
CHAPTER Viil.
Nine Days In Luxembourg.
I was now heading northwest and' 1
thought that by keeping that course
I would get out of Luxembourg and
Into Belgium, where I expected to be
a little better off, because the people
of Luxembourg wer# practically the
same as Germans.
One of the experiences I hud In Lux*
embourg which I shall never forget
occurred the first (lhy that I spent
there. I had traveled all night and I
was feeling very weak. I came to a
small wood with plenty of low under
brush, and picked out a thick clump
of brushes which was not la line with
auy paths, crawled In and lay down
to spend the day.
The sun could Just reach me through
an' opening In the trees above and I
took off all my fclothes except my shirt
and hung them on the bushes to dry
in the sun. As the sun moved I moved
the clothes around correspondingly, be
cause tired as I was I could take only
catnaps.
That afternoon I awoke from one
of these naps with a start There were
voices not a dozen feet from me! My
first Impulse was to Jump to my feet
and sell my life as dearly as I could,
but on second thought I decided to
look before I leapt. Peeping through
the underbrush I could Just discern two
men calmly chopping down a tree, and
conversing as they worked.. I thanked
my lucky stars that I had not Jumped,
up on my first Impulse, for I wus ap
parently quite safe as long as I lay
where I was.
It then occurred to me that If the
tree upon which they were working
should happen to fall in my direction
it would crush me to death! It was
tall enough to reach me and big enough
to kill me if it landed In my direction
and as I could only see the heads of
the men who were chopping it down, I
was unable to tell which way they
planned to have it fall.
There wus this much in my favor;
the chances of the tree falling in Just
my direction were not very great and
there was more than an even chance
that the men would be wise enough to
fell it so that It would not, because If
it landed in the brushes the task of
trimming the branches from the trunk
would be so much harder.
But even without this feeling of se
curity, there was really nothing else I
could do but wait and see what fate
had in store for me. I lay there watch
ing the top of the t#ee for more than
an hour. Time and time again I saw it
sway and fancied It was coming my
direction, and it was all I could do to
keep my place, but a moment later I
would hear the crash of the men's
axes, and I knew that my imagination
had playod me a trick.
I was musing on the sorry plight I
was In —weak, nearly starving to death,
a refugee In a hostile country, and
waiting patiently to see which way a
tree wus going to fall, when there
came a loud crack, and I saw the top
of the tree sway and fall almost op
posite to the place where I lay I I had
guessed right.
Later I heard some children's voices
and again peering through the under
brush I saw that they had brought the
men their lunch. You can't realize how
I felt to see them eating their lunch
so near at hand, und to know that,
hungry as I was, I could have none of
it. I was getting tempted to go boldly
up to them und take a chance of get
ting a share, but I did not know
whether they were Germans or not, and
I hud gone through too much to risk
my liberty even for food. I swallowed
my hunger instead.
Shortly afterwards It began to rain
and about 4 o'clock the men left, 1
crawled out as fast as I could and
scurried around looking for crumbs,
but found none, and when darkness
came I went on my wuy once more.
That night I came to a river and as
It was the first time my clothes bad
been dry In a long time, I thought I
would try to keep them that way as
long as possible. I accordingly took !
off all my things and made thern into
two bundles, planning to carry one
load across and then swim back for
the other. * ,> ■ 1
The river was quite wide, but I am a
fulrly good swimmer and I figured I
could rent awhile after the first trip
before going back for the second
bundle.
the first swim was uneventful. When
I landed on the other side I drank till
my thirst was quenched and then
swam back. After resting awhile I
started across a third time, with my
shoes and several other things firmly
tied to my head. Just about ten feet
from the opposite bunk one of the
shoes worked Its way loose and sank
in about eight feet of \vuter. There
was nothing to do but finish the trip
and then go back and dive for the
missing shoe, as I could not go on
with a single shoe.
Diving In my weakened condition
was a considerable strain, but I bad to
have that shoe and I kept at It for
nearly an hour before I eventually
found Itr-and I was pretty nearly all
In by that time.
That was the last time I ever took
my shoes off, for my feet were becom
ing so swollen that I figured If I took
my shoes off I might not be able to get
them on again.
This stunt of crossing the river and
diving for the lost shoe had consumed
about three hours, and after resting
some fifteen minutes I w.ent on my way
ngaln. I had gone nearly a mile when
I came to another river, about the
same slss as the one I had just crossed.
I walked along the bank awhile, think
ing I might be lucky enough to find a
boot or a bridge, but after walking
about half an hour I received
those disappointments which "come
once In a lifetime." I found that this
river was the one I had Just swum! I
had swum It on the bend and was still
on the wrong side. Had I made only a
short detour In the first place I would
have avoided all the annoyance of the
past three hours and saved my
strength and time. I was never so
mad in my life at myself as I was to
think that I had not paid more atten
tion to the course of the stream be
fore I undertook to cross It, but as a
matter of fact, there was rcully no
way of telling. The river wa* not
shown on the map at all.
"Now I had to cross it, whereas be
fore I could have turned It. I walked
boldly Into the water, not bothering to
take my clothes off this time, nor did
I ever bother to take them off after
wards when swimming canals and
rivers. I found It was impossible to
keep them dry anyway, and so I might
Just as well swim In thern and suve
time.
All the next day I spent In a forest,
to which my night's travel had brought
me about 5 o'clock In the morning. I
kept on my way through the woods
until daylight came, and then, thinking
the place would afford fairly good con
cealment, I concluded to rest until
night.
The prospects of even a good sleep
were dismal, however, for about tho
time the sun's face should have ap
peared, a drizzling rain began and I
gave up my aearcli for a dry spot
which would serve ine as a Kfd. Some
of the leaves were beginning to fall,
but of course there was not enough of
them to form a covering for tho
ground, and the dampness seemed to
have penetrated everywhere.
I wandered around through the
woods for two or three hours looking
for shelter, but without any success,
for, although the trees were large, the
forest wa« not dense, and there was
practically no brush or shrubbery.
Consequently one could get a fairly
clear view for some dlstanae, and I
knew it would be unwise to drop off
to sleep Just any place, or someone
would surely happen on to me.
Once I came very near to the ends
of the woods and heard voices of men
driving by In a wagon, but I couldn't
make out Just what they were, and
Instinct told me I had better not come
out of the woods, so I turned back.
Here and there small artificial ditches
had been dug, which at a dry season
might have cradled a weary fugitive,
but now they, too, were filled with
water. Once I singled out a good big
tree and large branches and thought I
might climb Into It and go to sleep,
but the longer I looked at It the more
I realized that It would require more
energy than I bad in my present weak
and exhausted condition, no didn't at
tempt that.
Finally I chose a spot that looked a
bit drier than the rest, concluded to
take a chance on being discovered and
threw myself down for a nap. I was
extremely nervous, though, throughout
that whole day, and would scarcely get
settled Into a comfortable position and
doze off for a few minute* when,
startled by some sound In the wood*, I
would suddenly awake.
After what seemed like a year or
more, night finally came, and with a
"dud" sky, low-hanging clouds and still
more rain. There was not a star In the
sky, of course, and that made It very
bad, because without the aid of the
stars T had absolutely no way of know
ing which direction I was going. It
was Just a case of taking a chance. I
probably would have been better off If
1 had simply picked out a place and
stayed there until the weather Im
proved, but naturally I was Impatient
to bo on my way when each day with
out food only lessened iny strength and
my ultimate chances of reaching the
frontier.
80 I left the wood" and struck off in
the direction which I thought was
north. I hadn't been at all sure of my
bearings the day before, and as It had
rained the sun failed entirely to help
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1918
me out. but r was almost sure' I imil
the right direction and trusted to luck.
That night I found more rivers, canals
and swamps than I ever found lu my
life before, btft I had the good fortune
to stumble on to some celery, and after
my diet of beets It surely was a treat.
Perhaps It's unnecessary to add that I
took on a good supply of celery nnd
for days I went along chewing celery
like a cow would a cud.
Along towards morning, when I sup
posed I had gotten In a fairly good lap
of my Journey—perhaps seven or
miles —I began to recognize certain ob
jects as familiar landmarks. At least,
T thought I had seen them before and
as I traveled along I knew positively I
had seen certain objects very recently.
Off at my right—not over a quarter of
a mile—l noticed some falrl y good
sired woods and thought 1 would go
over there to hide that day, because It
looked as though the sun was going to
shine and I hoped to get my clothes
dry, and perhups get a decent sleep.
I had this celery nnd a large beet, HO
I knew I would be able to live the day
through.
Finally I made my way over to the
woods. It was still too dark In nmong
the trees to do much In the way of
selecting my quarters for the day and
I could not go a step farther. So I
waited on the edge of the forest until
dawn and then set out to explore the
place, with a vlpw to finding some nook
where I might sleep. Imagine my dis
gust, and discouragement, too, when an
hour or so later I came upon the exact
place where I had spent the day before,
and I realized that all nlglrt long I had
been circling the very woods I was try
ing to get away from, I think perhaps
I had gone all of n quarter of a mile In
the right direction, but then had lost
my bearings entirely, and daylight
found me with nothing accomplished.
The sun, however, did come out that
day, and I welcomed Its warm rays,
as they, perhapfe, have never been wel
comed before. I was very tired—Just
about nil In—but I spent a better day
In the woods than the previous one,
That night tho stars came out; 1
located my friend, the North Star, and
tried to make up for lost time. But
when one Is making only seyen or eight
miles a day, or rather a night, one
night lost means a whole lot, especi
ally when ench day keeps hlro from
freedom. Such 111 fortune and dis
couragements as \thls were harder to
endure, I believe, than the actual
hunger, and tho accompanying worry
naturally reduced my weight. At times
I was furiously angry with myself for
the mistakes I made and the foolish
things I dkl, but I always tried to see
something funny about the situation,
whatever It might be, that relieved'
the strain of habit and helped to pass
the time away. I think If a man Is
overburdened with a sense of humor
and wants to get rid of It, this trip I
took would be an excellent remedy
for It. Right at this time I would
have welcomed anything for a compan
ion. I believe even n, snake would
have been u Godsend to me.
With a name as Irish as mine, It ie
only natural that I looked for gouts
along the way, thinking that I might
be able to milk them. There are very
few cows In this country, and the op
portunities for milking them fewer
than the cows themselves because they
are" housed In burns adjoining the
homes and always ulcrtly watched by
their fortunate owners. I did hope
that I might And a gout staked out
sortie place In the fields, but In all my
travels I never' saw a gout or a pig,
and only a few cows. Several times I
searched nests for eggs, but somebody
always harl beaten me to It, as I never
even found so much as a nest egg.
There was no chance of getting away
with any "bullying" stuff In Luxem
bourg. I knew, because the young men
have not been forced Into the army
and are still nt home, and as they arc
decidedly pro-Oerinnn, It would hnve
been pretty hnrd for mo to demand
anything In that part of the country.
It was not like taking things away
from old men and women or robbing
people thnt could not stop mo*lf they
chose to do so. I thought at this time
thut I was suffering about the worst
hardships any human Delng could ever
be called upon to endure, but I was
luter to find that the best of my Jour
ney was made along about this time.
There were plenty of vegetables, even
though they were raw, and these wero
much better than the things I was
afterwards compelled to eat or go
without.
We frequently heur of men who have
lived for • certain number of duys on
their own resources In the woods Just
on a bet or to prove thut tho "bnek
to-nuture" theory still bus the merits
and will still work. My advice to some
of those nature seekers Is that If In
the future they wish to make a real
good record, try the little countries of
Luxembourg and Relglum with a slice
of Germany thrown In.
I suppose that during this experi
ence of mile I made many mistakes
and truveled tnuoy unnecessary miles
which one with a knowledge of wood
munsblp might have avoided and I
fulled to take advantage of muny
things which would have been quite
apparent to one who knew. It must
not be forgotten, however, that I did
not undertake this adventure volun
tarily. It was "wished on rae." I
simply had to make the most of the
knowledge I hod.
At about tlris time blisters began to
appear on my legs nnd my knees
swelled. In addition I was pretty well
convinced that I hud lost the sight of
my left eye. I hudn't seen a thing out
of It since my leap from the train.
When I Imagine the villainous ap
pearance I must have presented at this
time—my unhealed wounds, eighteen
days' growth of beard and general
haggurd and unkept visage—I think
the fear I felt about meeting strangers
was perhaps unwarranted. * The
chances are they would have been In
finitely more scared than HJ
As It was, I was nearly out of Lux
embourg before I came face to face
with anyone. It was about 6 o'clock In
the morning and I was traveling along
a regular path. Just as I was ap
proaching a cross-path, I heard foot
steps coming down It, I stopped short,
stooped over and pretended to be ad-
Justing my shoelace, figuring that if
tho stranger turned into my path he
would proTinbly puss right fiy me: As
luck would hnyo It, he continued oo
his way ond never noticed me at nil.
, After that I frequently noticed
groups of Luxembourg peasants In
the dlßtnnce but I usually saw them
llrst and managed to avoid them.
On the eighteenth day after my leap
from the train I crossed Into Belgium.
It had taken me just nine days to get
through Luxembourg—a distance
which a man could ordinarily cover
in two, but considering the handicaps
under which I labored I was very well
satisfied with my progress.
CHAPTER l)(.
1 Enter Belgium.
I have said it was about the
eighteenth dny after my escape that
I entered Belgium, but that Is more
or less guess work. I was possibly
well Into that country before I real
ized that I had crossed the line.
About the third day after I ilgured
I was In Belgium I started to swim
a canal Just before daylight. I was
then hendlng due north In the direc
tion of the German lines. I was Just
about the wade Into the cunnl when
I heard a German yelling- violently,
and for the first time I knew I was
being followed.
I ran up the hunk of the canal qnlte
a distance and then swam to the op
posite side, as I reusoned they would
not be looking for me there. I found
a sheltered clump of bushes that were
In a swamp near the canal and In the
driest part thut I could find I crawled
In and made myself as comfortable
as possible. Tbe sun come up soon
Tfnd kept me wurm, and I planned to
camp right there, food or no food,
until the ilun got tired of searching
for me. I think I heard them once
or twice that day, and my heurt nearly
stopped on each occasion, but evi
dently they decided to look In some
other direction and I was not further
molested.
At the snmo time I figured that it
wos absolutely necessary for mo to
chupge my course, 'even at the ex
pense of going somewhat out of my
way. I decided to go duo west and
I kept In that direction for four days.
As I was in a very weak condition,
I did not cover more than five miles a
night. I kept away from the rggds
and did all my Journeying throupf
HHP
Map Showing the Proijrels O'Brien
Made In Pasting Out of Luxembourg
Into Belgium. The Heavy Dotted
Line Shows the Course of That Part
of His Journey Toward Holland.
fields, beet patches, woods, swamps—
anywhere provided I wui not likely
to be seen and captured. Food was
an important consideration to me, but
It was secondary to concealment.
At last I brought up nt the Meuse
river at a place between Namur and
Huy, and It was here thnt I camo near
est of all to giving up the struggle.
The Meuse at this point Is about
half n mile wide —as wide as tho Hud
son Itlver ut West Point. Hud I been
In normal condition I wouldn't have
hesitated a moment to swim across.
Kan Diego bay, California, Is a mile
and n half wide, and I hud often swam
across and back, and the Hun Jaoquln,
which Is also a mile and a half wide,
hud never proven un obstacle to me.
In the wretched shape In which I
then was, however, (he Mouse looked
like the Aliunde ocean to me. I
looked for a boat, but could find none.
I tried to get a piece of wood upon
which I hoped to ferry across, but I
was equally unsuccessful.
Oet across I must, and I decided
there was nothing to do but to swim.
It was then about 8 o'clock In the
morning. I wuded In and was soou
In beyond rny depth and hud to swim.
After about nu hour of It I wns very
much exhausted, and I doubted
whether I could mako tho opposite
bank, although It was not more than
thirty or forty feet awny, I choked
and gasped, and my arms arid legs
were completely fagged out. I sank a
little and tried to touch bottom with
my feet, but tho water wok still be
yond my depth.
There ore times when every "no will
pray, and I wus no exception. 1
prayed for strength to make those
few wicked yards, and then, with all
the will power I could summon, struck
olft for deur life. It seemed a life
time before I flnully felt tho welcome
mud of bottom and was able to drag
myself up to the bank, but I got there.
The bunk was rather high and I was
shaking so violently that when I took
hold of the gruss to pull myself up,
the gruss shook "'it ;f my hands. I
could not retain my grip. I wus afraid
I would faint then and there, but 1
kept pulling and crawliaf frantically
up that Infernal bunU end finally
made It
Then for tho first time In my life I
fainted—fainted from utter exl.uu*
Uon.
It was now about 4 o'clock In th»
morning mid 1 was entirely unpro
tected from observation. If anyone
hud come along I would hnve been
found lying there dead to tho world.
I'oaslbly two hours passed l-efore 1
regained consciousness, and !h"u, no
doubt, only because the rnlu was
beaming In my face.
I knew that I hud to get away, m
It was broad daylight. Moreover,
there was a tow-path right !her« and
any minute a boat might eorr.o along
and find me. liut it was equally
dangerous for me to attempt to travel
very for. Fortunately I found aomc
shrubbery near by and I hid there all
day, without food or drink.
That night I mode a littlo head
way, but when day 'broke I had •
dreadful fever and was dellriouf I
talked to myself and thereby In
creased my chances of capture. In
my lucid intervnlsjvhen I realised that
I bad been talking, the thought sent
a chill through roe, because In tlx
silent night even the slightest sound
carries far across the Belgian country.
I began to fear that another day of
this would about finish me
To be continued.
GERMANS GREATLY
i STRENGTHEN LINE
DEBPITE OBSTINATE RESISTANCE
ENEMY BATTLE LINE FORCED
BACK AT ALL POINTS.
THE FIGHTING IS SANGUINARY
Americans Prove Themselves Master!
i of Picked Enemy Troops In Sev
eral Bloody Combats.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
Gormans have powerfully strengthen
ed their battle line running across
the Soissons-Khelms salient with ad
ditional reservos and have stubbornly
disputed further passage northward to
the entente allied troops, the enemy
front has been compelled to bend tack
appreciably on all sides of the salient,
except at the anchor points resting
Immediately on Solssons and Rhelmit.
South of Boisnons further wedges
have been drften eastward Into the
enemy front down to the Ourcq river;
eastward along tho Ourcq, French and
American troops have crossed the
stroam at various points and advanc
ed their line well to the northward,
while southwest of Rhelms the allies
have debouched from the wooded sec
tosr and gained the plains, notwith
standing the violence of the enemy's
counter maneuvers. At some points
the Germans succeeded somewhat In
checking the forward movement.
The retirement of the German's still
remains orderly, but everywhere the
allied troops, and especially the Am
ericans near Fere-En-Tardenols, are
pressing them hard. Particularly bit
ter fighting has taken place around
Fere-En-Tardenols and at Sergy. both
of which towns are now well In the
hands of the Fronch and Amerlcnns.
At Sergy the Oermans paid the Amer
icans the compliment of reinforcing
their battle line with two divisions of
well-trained Bavarian troops, men
whose courage previously has been
tested when the tide of battle was go
ing against the Germans. It was an
efTort either to destroy the Americans
or to herd them back across the
Oiircq. The effort resulted In failure.
The battle line shifted back and
forth and Sorgy changed hands four
times, but the Americans proved to be
the masters of the picked enemy
troops and finally drove them out and
retained the village. Heavy casu
alties were Inflicted on the Germans.
GERMAN RELATIONS
WITH TURKEY PART
London. —"The relations between
Oermuny and Turkey hate been set
ered, according to direct Information
from Constantinople."
This announcement Is made by the
Copenhagen correspondent of the Kx
change Telegraph company.
The excitement against Ocrmany,
tho advices further say, has been
growing, particularly after last week's
events.
The Germans recently demanded
the cruiser Humldteh. the only large
ship then In possession of Turkey, ss
compensation for the lireslau, the for
mer German cruiser which wus de
stroyed in the Dardanelles, while un
dec the Turkish (lag. Despite Tur
key's protest the llamldleh departed.
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
NOT MUCH SURPRISED
Washington.—While no official no
tice of the breach of relations be
tween Turkey and Germany—or rath
er the central powei-s for without
doubt Austria Is Involved with Oar
many In the dispute with the Ottoman
government—has reached Washing
ton, officials expressed little surprise
at the Copenhagen dispatch lhat
Uermarfy and Turkey had severed re
received from London sayln* lhat
lattons. In official circles hero for
some time past, It has been realized
that Ocrmany. In h'ir efforts to serve
both Turkey and Bulgaria In the divi
sion of spoils resulting from the en
forced peace treaty with Rumania, had
Incurred the 111 will of both her allies
TREMENDOUS STORE OF
GERMAN AMMUNITION
With tho American Army on the
Alsne Marne Front.—The tremendous
stores of German ammunition found
by the Franco American troops In the
forests of Ki rs and ids. loads officers
to believe that the silled offensive
nipped In the bud German plans for a
momentous drive upon Epernay.
The forests and the surrounding
country north of the Marne ware vir
tually one great arsenal for German
ammunition of all kinds.
IOROUB FORWARD
ALLIED PRESSURE
Washington —French and American
trop* wero still pressing forward vig
orously th« cunuialKii that baa up to
tbli time succeeded In ejecting the
enemy from mora than half of the
Alano-Marne aulent. Belated an
aounoement from Berlin that further
withdrawal had been In progreaa alnce
laat Friday night left It greatly In
doubt aa t® where tho German high
command plana to make a stand.
ENEMY LOSES ME
ESTIMATED 200,0011
AMERICANS ARE CREDITED WITH
ONE-FOURTH OP LOSSES IN
FLICTED ON GERMANS.
FOCH'S TRAP MAY BE SPRUNG
Will Fo*s Yield to Fat* and With
draw, or Contlnus the Fight
to a Flnlih?
With tha American Army on th*
Aline-Marne Front.—With the aldaa
of the Sotaionirßheimi sack coming
steadily closer together, the German
crown prluce'a geneials are driving
their men mercilessly In an effort to
hold them off long enough lo extricate
the armies threatened at the bottom,
north of the Marne.
The American and French troops
are never far behind the retreating
forced, and the vicious roar guard ac
tions are not sufficiently resistant to
enable the Germans to proceed In th*
orderly manner planned.
At Dormans, north of the Marne and
east of Chateau-Thierry, the Germans
counter-attacked, taking the position,
but weer promptly driven out.
Minor advances have .been made by
the allien In th* woods In that part of
the sector
The Americans have occupied Cour
pod on the road to Kere-Ea-Tarde
nolH, and the French position* have
been advanced until Oulchy-Le-Cb»-
teau la dominated by the (una.
It la estimated unofficially that the
enemy losses are more than 204,004,
of which 60,004 were Inflicted bjr the
Americana. The prlionera alone num
ber over 20,000 and the loaaea In dead
and wounded are appalling.
Should the Franco-Brltlab forcea be
able to enlarge their advance mate
rially, the great trap might be finally
aprung by final overwhelming b!6wa
oa both aldea. In that event, all of the
victories pictured In tonlght'a ru
mon might be well realized.
To the cool Judgment of army offi
cers, however the situation did not
warrant, on the basis of any Informa
tion available at a lale hour, the as
sumption that the time had come
when the jaws of Foch'a great viae
might be cruahed together. Knowing
what they know of the strength of the
Oermana massed to hold back the
menacing flank attacka. they believed
It entirely possible for the enemy to
escape northward. The queatlon In
their minds was whether he had final
ly determined to retreat and surren
der all the ground gained in hla ef
forts elnce ha struuk the French
lines on the Chemln-Des-Damoa last
May, or had resolved to light It out
to a finish where he now standa or on
llsea slightly withdrawn from their
preaent position near the Marne.
Late advlcea Indicated that further
withdrawal was ID progress along the
southern loop of the line. Franco-
Anerlcan advances north of Dormana
shews that polnta to which the enemy
baa clung tenaciously for day* are
being taken Pressure all along the
line from Jaulgonna to tha Ourcq
probably has made theae moat south
erly Oerman positions untenable, It
was said.
SIX NEW DIVISIONS TO BE
ORGANIZED AT EARLY DAT!
Waahington.—"With reference lo
the American program." Oeneral
March said. "I have directed to be or
ganised In lb« United State* alx now
dlvUlona during tha month of July
The** alx dlvlalona will bo organized
at Camp* I)evena. Meade. Hharldan,
Cunter. Kunaton and I.ewl* and will
bn numerically designated from » up
toH. In the organltatlon of theas
dlvlalona, we Intend to u«e an a nu
rlaua In each one of them two regular
regiments of Infantry whlrb have been
taken from the regular reglmente atlll
left la the United Htatea guarding util
ities. quietly replacing them during
the laat month or two by home guarda.
Theae regiment* are now moving Into
the dealgnated camp* aa the national
army
MOUTH OF POCKET REDUCED
TO 21 MILES IN WIOTH
London.— Urltlah and French troops
bave advanced to Oueux and Mery
Prcmecy, In the battle sector Ju»t
went of Ilheliii*. according to Infor
mation received here from the battle
front The new line ahowa an ad
vanes of about two mile* toward
Flames. The mouth of the pocket Is
now only 21 mllea wide and the whole
distance hntween the iwo aide* Is
under the rang*' of the entente al
lied guna.
TO STOP PROFITEERING
IN CEREAL PRODUCTS
Wanhlnfton.- Fair price* to govern
the »al« of flour and milling product!
at every rnllllriK point In the United
Hiaten ha*' been worked out with a
vlow to utopphiK all prrjflteorlng Lo
cal price* repreneiit the freight de
dU'tlona from Ihe i.(aboard price*.
Jobber*' prliea are required to be not
more than 25 to SO centa a barrel orer
tbo delivered coat, and retailer*' prices
not more ihan $1 10 a barrel over hi*
rut nrlr*
UUli-MY-TISM— AntWptic, Re
lieves Rheumatism, Sprains, Neu
ralgia, etc
A high authority says the Ger
mans have sixty weather experts
at the front. The number of
crystal gazers is not mentioned,
but it probably is large.
It is time to begin to talk about
the drives toward Berlin and
Vienna.
NO. 26J
GRAHAM CHURCH UlßECToijjfl
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Graham Baptist Church—Re
U. Weston, Pastor.
Preaching every first and
Sundays at 11.00 a. m. und 7.00 wm
m.
Sunday School every Sunday
9.45 a. m. W. I. Ward, Supt. I
Prayer meeting every Tuesday
7.30 p. m.
Qraham Christian Church— N MaUtil
Btreet—Rev. P. C. Lester.
Preaching service* overy Swfl
frourth Sundays, at n.l|M
Sunday School every Sunday at. 3
10.00 a. If.—W. R. Harden, Supe«ll
intendent.
New Providence Christian Churchill
—North Main Street, n*ar
Rev. P. C. Lester, Paator.
ing every Second and Fourth 8n»JB
day nighta at S.OO o'clock.
Sunday School every Sunday atfl
M» a. m.—J. A. Bayllff, Superia-1
Undent.
Christian Endeavor Prayer MMIhI
o"*ock. ery Thul>adajr «"«" at 7.«A|-,M
Friend"—North of Qraham Pub>-&fl
lie School, Rev. John M. Permar,^H
Preaching lat, 2nd and 3rd Sun
days at 11.00 a. m. and 7.00 p. m. |
Sunday School every Sunday
9.45 a. m.— Belie Zachary, Superin- I
tendent.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
evening at 7.30 o'clock.
Methodist Episcopal, south—cor. : J
Main and Maple Streets, Rev. D.J|
E. Ernhart, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday at 11419
a. m. and at 7.30 p. in.
Sunday School every Sunday at-a
1.45 a. m.—W. E. Green, Supt
M. P. Church—N. Main StreattJu
Rev. R. S. Troxler, Pastor.
Preaching first and third Huo- I
days at 11 a. m. and ( p. m.
Sunday School every Sunday at 1
0.45 a. m.—J. L. Amick, Supt.
„ Elm Streets 1
Rev. T, M. McConneU, paator.
Sunday School every Sunday at I
'•4# a. m.—Lynn B. Williamson, Su- 1
perin tendent.
t (Travora CUpe|)-i J
J. W, COegg, paster.
Preaching every Becond and 1
Fourth Sunday* at 7.30 p. m. |
Sunday School svery Sunday at '■
M 0 p. m.—J. Harvey White, So-9
perlntendant.
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