Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 27 October 1918 — Page 7

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1918*

LOCAL BO* TELLS OF HIS "COING OVER TOP"

Fmd& German Shock Troops Noi Match for Americans, Especially In Close Fighting.

Ail the thrills of going 'over the i top."* including ilie somewhat shaky fooling that comca -just before the i •word is given, .are aptly described by! Jack Corner, a Torre Haute boy, in I hotter t'. his pal, Frank Worstcin. Thr, I soldier even admits he w#s seated,' but once in German tranches all fears: vanish, he writer. Comer dcclarta th* Boche canaot stand cold steel, and expresses his surprise at the lack of i rral hand-to-hand fighters in the tierman army. Hut let him tell his ow u »ttory, a yarn of a guy, as he puts it,

Mho went over the top, and did his i bit. Here Is the letter: "Dear Old Pal: How is the -world I »or\ing you, and how is the Old Hut'.'j You will have to excuse this writing. «s I am somewhat nervous .since I Came away from the front, where we made a big drive last month. But I am I On a quiet front now, and expect to be myself before long. 1 don't suppose there is much use to tell you anything in regards to the drive, but I will te!l you a story of a guy who went over the top in that dfive, and did his bit. It was aiy first time over the top, find i I'll be frank about it—I sure was •cared. In the German front line, it •Was understood, were the crown prince's pjeked shock troops. I was standing In the* trenches that first morning, it was just daybreak, and knew that the time to go over was very Close, jand felt a sickening feeling right the pit of my stomach.

How One Feels.

1« thought of a thousand things, but all at ones our artillery opened up "Iftrig a front Of 40 miles, and it funded as If all hell had broken loose, uV. Oh, I tv i.shod I was back home on corner instead of being on the tt o tern front. But as I stood there dreaming we got the "q** to go, and, automatic like, I was up and over, flying along- fcfr the German front lino, yelling like an Indian. As we hit their f-ont line, .1 expected to find a real lighter, b^t those guys cannot stand the gaff. Just make for your man, and never falter, and the cold steel gets his goat. The majority of them get. down 'on their knees and holler, "Oh Kamarade." Rome times they get by -with it. and—sometimes—they don't. It's just as you feel about It.

T.was on that front several days and nights, fighting my best at all timfs. Sometimes I felt as though I couldn't go an inch more, bnt something would say. "Push on. Jack," and I'd go to it •gain, and I can eay this much, that after taking over the first line of German trenches I was not afraid of anything. I had a number of my pals lolled alongside of me, and that'made me want German blood all the more. We were finally relieved by a Scotch division, yau know those fellows who "Wear skirts. I couldn't help laughing

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when I first saw them, but they are good fighters, rfind the Huns call them "The Ladies from H—."

One From Pittsburgh.

Just before being relieved I got a bunch of prisoi\ers In a dugout, and I noticed one in particular. He looked kind o$ sheepish, and I asked him if he could compree English. He answered in very good lingo. He had formerly worked in Pittsburg, Pa. I asked him what he thought of the American soldier. He replied that he had fought against every nationality in the allied army, rmd would rather meet any of them than the American. "You guys are not soldiers, you are butchers," he said, and I guess he is right, for the way we took those Huns was a shame. I know of a few "square heads" who will be late in getting hom«, for they butted into the wrong guy when they tackled Yours Truly.

Well, Rabbit, I will cut the -war stuff. I suppose a guy gets a little enthusiastic when he has been over the top, but take it from me, Old-Timer, it is no pink tea at that. And neither is a

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As the Clock Turns Back

At 2 o'clock this morning all clocks were turned back one hour—by federal order.

As tlic war brings change after change in our manner of living and eating, so it has enabled us to produce a. better «nd better -war-bread. It is Butter-Nut—so -wonderfully light and delicious.

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cootie hunt. Che all the boys my best regards, and tell them all to write. I will close in a hurry, or as the Frenchmen say, "Toots Sweet," meaning right now.

Your old pard, JACK COMER.

B0CKVHLE PHYSICIAN ILL.

ROCKVILiLiB, Ind., Oct. 2«.—Dr. C. C. Morris, Rockville's oldest physician, and a widely-known man, is very ill with influenza. His sickness adds to the gravity of the epidemic, as it leaves only three doctors in the field, one of whom, Dr. J. T. Collings, leaves for training camp on Nov. 12. The epidemic continues unabated.

DIES IN LOUISVILLE.

George Seng. 219 South Ninth street, received word Saturday of the death of his brother, Frank Seng, at Louisville. Ky., of Influenza.- Mrs. Frank Seng, •wife of the decedent, had died of the Paine disease on Wednesday, Oct.. 16. The funeral will be h-kl at Louisville, where -Mr. Seng has been in the meat business for more than ol yearn.

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BUSINESS NEWS

BY PIERCE CALTOJT.

There is one man who lias made General Pershing "take water." He did it at the point of a gun, too. Surprising as it may seem, this man lives in Terre Haute. The incident which has never been recorded on the war records happened in the Philippines when United States troops were stationed over there. William Riley, better known as "Mike." was one of the buck privates who enlisted with Co. D, !1st U. S. volunteers, which were recruited from Terre Haute and the vicinity. Mike was on guard duty one early morning when he heard the clatter of horses' Hoof coming down the road. He soon discovered that the sound came from across a small stream. "Halt, advance and be recognized," said Mike. It's all riKht. sentry," came the reply. "Advance and be recognized," '.aKain commanded Mike. This command with the click of the cartrldjr^s entering his rifle did the work and the rider waded the stream which wast waist deep. Mike nearly dropped dead when he found himself face to face with Pershing who at that time was a regimental adjutant. I'ershing was very fond of hunting and it was his custom to leave the camp before the others were up and spend the early morning hours in quest of game which was very plentiful in that section of tiie country. Mike is not telling manv people of the incident, yet he is tickled re think that he put one over on the big man of the day.

Citizens' Trust company has the

distinction of being the first bank in the Lnlted States to offer the free use or its safety deposit boxes for the deposting of Liberty bonds. Last August, arter the Liberty bond campaign, thev made the offer to the people of this icinity and I). Huss Wood, the president, telegraphed the suggestion to Secretary McAdoo and since that time banks in nearly every city of the states have been advertising the same offer to the people of their section,

Bilversteln Brothers have taken the agency for the Columbia grafanolas and are showing all the newest denigns and finishes as well as a great atock or all the new records.

CAE STRIKE IS ENDED.

BUFFALO, Nt. Y., Oct. 26.—The striking street car conductors and motormen of the International Railway company this afternoon ratified an agreement entered into by their officials arid representatives of the companv Operation of the cars, it was announced would bepin immediately. This was the twenty-third day of the strike.

THE DEPOT BRIGADE

(Editor of the Tribune: The bovs in Camp Taylor, who read the Tribune

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Oct. 27. Vigo). I went to join the army, I thought'twas mighty fine "To be a gory hero in the very front line, To mess around with hand grenades— 'twould be amazing fun To jab a hungry bayonet Into a howling

Hun.

To get my right arm shot in two and lose my eagle eye And hang my spinal column on the barbed wire fence to drv. King George would come to greet me and take me back to Blightv And pin a colored ribbon on* my pretty little nighty Then when the war was over, with all my deeds bewilderin' I'd scare into conniption fits my children's children's children. And so .1 came to Taylor—the weather w%rt to zero. And Underneath the shower bath I hardly looked a hero. They stuck me in the kitchen, mounted guard all night, And I was such an Ichabod my clotheft thev looked a fright. I ecrubhed the hall a dozen tiroes and finished up the floor The corporal, he came along and said, 'Now scrub some more." They bawlen me out at reveille, th«y agged me at retreat. They made remarks really think I'd better not repeat But worst of all their insults—alas, the sorry trade— They turned at last and stuck me in the

Depot brigade.

Now all the friends I ever had are fighting TTuns in France, They've released Old Clory to the winds in Pershing's great advance. They've died in German dugouts they're given lives to save Some other wounded fellow from a muddy Flanders grave. They've swept, like eagles through the sky and won the cross of war. Their vouth is like a flaming sword, their fate a falling star. But I am here in Taylor—God knows how long I'll stay. I search the printed list of dead with growing dread each day. For when the war is over and all of history made. They'll say, "He stayed in Taylor in the

Depot brigade."

With apologies to Private Willnrd Matties, bripade surgeon's office. 164th Depot brigade. Camp Funston, Kaa.

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Edna M. Brown was granted a divorce from George R. Brown, in the Superior Court Saturday yaf'ternoon, and her former name of Ambrose, restored. She alleged that her husband ordered her to leave their home and that he found fault with everything that she did.

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