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ij" *.*£> . -if A"V 4 *' Heroes were fiMkib «#rf dwringthe «*r. Unusual deeds of bravery became so common that Utile attention was paid to them. Some- ^ f *'* .times Mey found their way into official dis- %>• K-1 patches, but of ten no one heard of them. If if ^ V %now many stories of these brave acts are being told, usually by the pals of the men who dared nd died for their country and for humanity. Below are a few of these unusual stories: •»»»»•»»»•»»»••»»»»»»••»•»•»» How Two Yank Soldiers Held ^ Enemy StreetTillHelp Came O INDIVIDUAL or group of Individuals .. .» can step into the limelight and stay any off" V, T * time without becoming the subject of 'Vi *r<'-f,;crlticism of one sort, or another. And the Ameri- "e,>«an' soldier during his comparatively short paiv |#ticlpatioB in the great world war has come In for It Ms share. « of the -most outstanding criticisms of tM American soldier as ft fighter is that It* doesn't know when to stop, that he's reckless in his courage and seemingly devoid of all care as to his personal well-being or safety In • the accomplishment <Kt; a given object. ^ These qualities of the Yankee fighter were shown recently at the capture jof the town of Sergy by the American forces. It was Sunday morn- * lng. • platoon of 00 men was ordered to go into Sergy and to hold a cer­ tain street. The Germans were still in the town and, were raking all roads approaching with a storm of machine gun fire. The platoon emerged from a wooded shelter on the north bank of the OurcQ and made its way across a sloping field toward the outskirts of the village. There it was met with a withering hail of bullets that immediately began to thih the ranks, but the men kept on 90- ing. As the little company drew nearer the towBT the fire from the German machine guns increased. It became so deadly accurate that by the time the platoon had entered the village only 20 odd of the original 50 men remained, and James Hy­ land of Brooklyn, N. Y., was one of those 20. Immediately on entering the town the platoon made its way to the street it had been ordered to hold. The men sought shelter behind a pile of debris at the head of the thoroughfare, a popr shelter Indeed and one swept by machine guns and snipers from three sides. But the lieutenant in command, who is now dead, decided that inas­ much as his orders were to stay there until lieved, there he would stay. ? - Every Hun in that end of the town seemed •» be directing his undivided attention to the little company of Americans behind its flimsy shelter. The snipers were everywhere. A particularly deadly fire came from machine guns placed in a Red Cross building; so fierce was it that the man- spent nearly all of their ammunition trying to get those guns, and finally rushed the building, but they had to come back. Foodless and waterless, they stayed there all that day. As the hours dragged on, the gallant band grew smaller and smaller. By afternoon all .of the officers had been killed and the privates elected commanders, who one by one were shot down. When relief reached them at seven o'clock that - evening Hyland and one comrade--whose nam£ isn't given--were all that were left of the 50 who started out in the morning. Hyland was in com- . inand, and the two men were shooting their last cartridges at the machine gunners up the street they had been ordered to hold. "but I pot on loll steam, and the old motorcydi* leaped ahead like a kangaroo. "Bing! A big shell busted only . ten feet frorf my machine.Bang! Another exploded to the left of me, and I put on some more steam. Then a whopper hissed over me just missing the top of my tin derby, but I kept on going. "Say, once I rode *a white mule in the circus' . that no one else could, ride--he broke my arm and tattooed me with cuts and bruises. The mule's name was Snowball, and that animal seemed to •have a hundred heels every time I tried to get on .her back. But, believe me. one Boche shell Ut worse than a hundred Snowballs. "It was the hardest work I ever did to dodge the holes in the road. Bing! A shell plunked behind me and ripped off my back tire. Bing! A. piece of shrapnel knocked off my helmet, kbut never touched me. Then I began to smell mustard gas.- My eyes watered so that it was hard for me to see. I don't know how I did it, but I delivered my message, and when I woke up I was in the hospital. "Talk about mules In a circus! Mustard ga» i» mighty rough stuff,"I'm telling you, and it doesn't .help to make speed on a motorcycle, either." And then, because of his smile and his ability as an entertainer in the hospital, Klein was nl(S>> named "Sunny Charles.** 4 wave engnlfed Wm *nst as he began to hear the splash of the falling debris, then be knew no. more. ,, , He was still sobbing deliriously when the Brit­ ish patrol boat picked him up an hour later. The pilot had exercised his "privilege." How Man "Tackled" a Deadly Depth Bomb and Saved a Ship 1 HtpJEnglish Aviator Exercised ,V-, the Commander's "Privilege n < » How Former Circus Clown Bore ;; His Message Through Barrage :: EVER since we have all been old enough to think behind the things we see we have wan­dered as we have watched the antics of a circus clown Just what kind of a man he really M when out from under the big tent and moving around in the everyday life of the ordinary man. v It isn't likely, however, that we ever thought of a clown as being of such stuff as heroes are made, but here is the story of a former circus clown whit* became a real hero in the great war. Charles Klein of Brooklyn, N. Y., became a. member of the American expeditionary forcett Early in the spring, before General Foch turned 4'Mipon ti»e Germans and IJbegan to drive them. .""back to where they ||rifcame from, Klein was A Retailed to the motor- - W cycle squad as a dls- f |>atch rider. One day early in May, * ^JClein was sitting in a . IsflMugout watching the big v^hells as they went I3creaming and whig* "J||l!ng overhead. But while Klein was matching the bombard- , "ent he received or- ^ ; lers to report to the >mmanding officer of the unit to which he Attached. This officer gave Klein a message to d#* •'j|iver at once, the carrying of this message meaning Mhat he would have to ride straight through a hot jwarrage that had just been laid down. 51 Without a moment's hesitation, with eagerneaa ff|ven, the former clown--a mighty serious-minded t Courier now--took the message, mounted his mi* torcycle and started on his perilous ride. i v "The racket sounded as though a hundred i||6!Ier factories had broken loose," said Klein lj|ter. VIATORS were often compelled to destroy their own machines to prevent the Ger­ mans from obtaining some jealously guard­ ed secret about the new type of aircraft. This U a story of an aviator who did that at the costfof his own life. There were two men--the pilot and his observer^-- In the latest flying boat which England's aircraft builders had turned out. The two flyers were well out to sea when a fog came down and cut them off from their companions. The pilot headed for home, but the engine suddenly "died." A hasty examination showed the pilot that only a repair shop and a squad of expert mechanics could hope to make the engine run again. He told the observer so, and the two men--the ob- , server was really little more than a boy--sat down to watch and wait with 4he hope that a British patrol boat would come along and pick them up. The night came on and the young observer fell asleep. The pilot sat on the deck-coaming and listened all the night through. In the morning the fog lifted and the observer, looking out over the waters, caught sight of a little black smudge on the horizon, which grew steadily In size, and behind it another smudge and another. It was a patrol flotilla rapidly approaching them. The boy was elated. "It is German, my son," spoke the older man in a quiet voice, as he turned his eyes from the smudges to his rock-" ing craft "Have yon your life belt on se­ curely?" "•Yes," answered tpo "Then go over the, side and swim for .ill you're worth." "But don't you want me to stay and help you?" persisted the hoy. - "Get over the side," commanded the pilot sharply, "and good-by, sonny. It is my priv­ ilege, you know." About 200 yards away the boy paused and looked back at the dis­ abled planet The pilot was crouched on the top of the under plane Just over the bomb rack with a heavy wrench in his upraised hand, ready1 to strike a blow. A mile away the first of the German destroyers was tearing the sea in its haste to take the broken plane and get away before the British patrol should appear. The boy turned and swam away from the tragedy which he knew was about to take place. , A few moments later there was the mighty roar of an explosion, and he heard the swish of the air blast along the surface waters and the rush of the approaching wave from the sea disturb- T ISN'T recorded that John Mackenzie, chief boatswain's mate in the United States naval reserve force, was once a great football play­ er, but he was recommended for an honor medal and a gratuity of $100 for doing one of the great­ est football stunts ever reported. The navy department report shows that on the morning of December 17 a depth bomb on boan® the destroyer Remlik brpke loose from its posi­ tion on the stern of the craft, and, bursting its boxing, went bouncing about the deck. A heavy sea was on at the time; in fact, the waves were breaking far over the stern of the destroyer, and the rolling and pitching of the little craft sent the big bomb flying backward and forward to port and starboard, crashing into the rails of the ves­ sel and hitting everything upstanding on the deck with a force that threatened to explode it at any moment and blow the boat to scrap iroh. The actions of thl$ engine of destruction recall Victor Hugo's great description of the gun which breaks loose from its moorings on shipboard and "be­ comes suddenly some indescribable superna tural beast. It Is a ma­ chine which transforms Itself Into a monster. This mass turns upon its wheels, has the rapid movements of a billiard ball, rolls with the rolling, pitches with the pitch i n g; goes, ^eoties, pauses, seems to meditate; resumes Its course, rushes along the ship from end to end like an arrow, circles about, springs aside, evades, rears, breaks, kills, exterminates." The bomb was a regular sized depth charge, weighing hundreds of pounds, and it would havo been Impossible for anyone to have lifted it and carried it to safety even If one of the crew had cared to take the risk of catching It In its wild rushes and rollings about the deck. So the offi­ cers and men stood for a time watching the charge as it thrashed madly about, wondering what to do, and not knowing what minute the in­ fernal machine might explode and send all hands flying into eternity. Suddenly someone cried "The |ID has come ont!" Whether Mackenzie had been In some other part of the ship until that moment, or whether he had been standing with the others staring In hopeless wonder and was only aroused by the cry, reports do not say. But it is recorded that less than a second after the shout was raised the' plucky Yankee boatswain's mate dashed down the deck and flung himself on the rolling bomb, much after the fashion that football players throw themselves on the ball. Three times he had his arms about it, but each time It tore away, once almost crushing him as the roll of the ship hurled It upon him. The fourth tim^, however, he got a firm hold on it, and with almost superhuman effort heaved It up­ right on one flat end. Then Mackenzie sat do\Vn on the deadly charge--though even In that po­ sition the bomb might have exploded and blown him to atoms--and succeeded In holding it until lines could be run to him and the charge lashed safely to the deck. The commanding officer of the Remlik In hit report recommending that the medal of honor b* conferred on Mackenzie, says: "Mackenzie, In acting as he did, exposed bis life and prevented a serious accident and prttih .. able loss of the ship and the entire crew. Ha<} the depth charge exploded on the quarterdeck with the sea and the wind that existed at the time there Is no doubt that the ship would have been lost." Mackenzie Is a native of Massachusetts. His home Is South Hadley Falls. m IDD FACTS WORTH KNOWINi ^ - • • ' -yJA'* • Tokyo has 800 public baths ftt Which person*, the at very trivial cost. ^- It is estimated that there are nearly 20,C borlglnal Australians living in a wild state<in t&g developed areas of that continent. Water tanks that work successfully are beln£ Jtoade in Australia from native clays, one of llHy* l|00 gallons capacity having been constructed. J| A'patent has been granted for a dishpan witb partition dividing it In half so that dishes ca® washed in out aide and rinsed In the other. FUTURE HIDDEN FROM CLAY. Could the shade of Henry Clay, roused from the slumbers of more than threescore years by the pandemonium as 100 engineers tied down their whistle cords and shrilled forth exultant shrieks, have trod the atmospheric space from his haunts in the Blue Grass country to Sault Ste. Marie a few weeks since, and looked with dull eyes on the newly finished engineering feat spread out be­ fore his astonished gaze, he would have been forced to admit that his declaration back in. 1§40 was at least shortsighted. , "It Is a work quite beyond the remotest settle­ ment of the United States, If not In the moom" said Henry Clay on that memorable occasion, when by the power of his silver-tongued oratory he influenced the congress of the United States "to defeat a measure by which a canal could be dug around St. Mary's falls. He was believed, and the project that now In finished form ranks In world importance far great* er than the Suez canal, and in some minds greater than the Panama canal, was condemned as im­ practical. It was not until 12 years later that congress saw its mistake and yielded to the per­ suasion of influential citizens of Michigan and New York to grant an appropriation of land whereby the state of Michigan could finance the excavation of a canal!--J. Paul Chandler in Detroit i f f . ' t - ,"'z-y HER VOTI, V.. ;• "How how yoa going to vote, Gnce?" nt "Depends- on the weather. If it nuns I IH have to vote in a mackintosh."--Judge. About one-half the population of Turkey iar ^B« "fable to read or write. f It has been computed that eight or ten rabbits eat or destroy as much as grass as one sheep. In Spain are 1.600,000 bee hives, from which the qnnual production of honey is around 28,000,- . 00l» pounds, valued at about $5,000,000. An artificial hand of European Invention • featured by an electromagnet to enable a weaiftii to manipulate tools and other metal articles. \% Resembling old-fashioned kitchen furniture, a library seat has bfeen designed with a back that can be swung up on the arms to form a reading table. Y. M. C. A. IN DARKE8T RU89MC' The rural group (of the American Y. M. C. A. In Russia) dealt with another need of national magnitude. The mighty Volga basin, covering more than half a million square miles. Is unable even In normal times wholly to feed the huge population it holds. E. T. Cotton in Association Men says a floating exhibit was made up to visit and Impress the teeming riverside communities with the importance of more sowing, better pro­ duction and fuller conservation. A staff of 35 was organized to demonstrate with models, moving pic­ tures, lantern slides, charts and lectures such neg­ lected subjects as Seed selection, cultivation, dairy ing, horticulture, animal husbandry, bee keeping, domestic economy, play life for children and other aspects of community welfare. This association conception and undertaking won Instant recognition, the government furnish­ ing a steamboat, a barge and some funds. thousands* ̂ ¥11! See Qfortoui Polsl* bilities in Settlement of Avail* ' able Farm Land in This Coun> ,,v: .:.tiy and in Canada. J,n j *$lhpra!r is over, i^fcce trill l*%e Signed, the fighting nations have aheathed their swords, and the day of reconstruction has come.^ What of ItT > , Hundreds of thousands ef 'then, taken from the fields of husbandry, | from the ranks of labor, from the fow walls of the counting house, and the confines of the workshop, taken from them to do their part, their large part, in the prevention of the spoliation of the world, and in the meantime re­ moved from the gear of common every­ day life, will be returning, only to find In many cases old positions filled, the machinery with which they were for merly attached dislocated. Are they to become, aimless wander­ ers, with the ultimate possibility of augmenting an army of menacing loafers? If they do It Is because their ability to assist in laying new founda- fions, in building up much-required structures, is underestimated. Men who fought as they fought, who risked and faced dangers as they did, are not of the caliber likely to flinch when It comes to the restoration of what the enemy partially destroyed, when it comes to the reconstruction of the world, the ideals of which they had in view when they took part In the great struggle whose divine purpose was to bring about this reconstruction. Inured to toll, thoughtless of fatigue, trained In Initiative and hardened by their outdoor existence, they will re­ turn better and stronger men, boys will have matured and young men will have developed. They will decide for themselves lines of action and thought, and what their future should and will be. On the field of battle they developed alertness and wisdom, and they will return with both shedding from every pore. Action was their watchword, and It will stand them In good stead now that the din of the battle no longer rings In their ears., or the zero hour signals them to the fray, and lfVlll continue their entire existence. But if they return to find their Old avocations gone, their places filled, the institutions with which they were connected no longer existing, new walks of life and employment must be opened to them. It may be that the counting housjg, the factory, the workshop will have lost their attrac­ tion. The returned soldier will look elsewjiere for employment; within his reach there Is always the "Forward- to- the-Land" necessity. In this lies the remedy that will not only take care of a multitude of those who may not be able to return to their former occu­ pations, whose desires are not to do so. whose health prohibits them from in­ door life or whose outdoor habits from the past one, two, three or four years have given them such a taste and de-1 sire for It that confinement would be unbearable. Farm life will thus ap­ peal to them, and the indications are that It will be taken advantage of by thousands. It means much to them as well as to the continent of America that provides the opportunity to the world at large, and to the stricken and famished nations of Europe, who, not only today, but for years to come, will require the sustenance that can only largely be supplied by the United States and Canada. By following the pursuit of agriculture the returned sol­ dier will continue the cause he so greatly advanced when fighting on the field of battle. Both countries have undeveloped areas yet open to settle­ ment. - There Is little need here to direct attention to the wealth that has come to the farmers of Canada within the past few years. It Is not only in grain growing that unqualified and almost unequaled success has followed honest effort, but the raising of horses, cattle, sheep and hogs has been a large source of profit. These are facts that are well known to the many friends and acquaintances of the thousands of farmers from the United States who have acquired wealth on the prairies of Western Canada. Farms of from one hundred and sixty to six hundred and forty acres of the richest soil may **u! FINOS FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH. ? Si place in the United States or Canada has a lower death rate than Kelley's island. Lake Erie, according to Dr. Paul Fitzgerald, chief of an east­ ern Insurance company's bureau of statistics. The island, the home of a large stone-quarrying Industry, is the home of approximately 5,000 peo­ ple. For years the insurance company has been in- - suring a large percentage of the population but •« never has been called upon to pay a death claim, says Doctor Fitzgerald, who in his report to head­ quarters will refer to the island as "the head, of the fountain of youth." Natural gas has been discovered at Velsen, province of Overijsel, Netherlands. It is being sold at four cents a cubic meter. A Canadian whaling company has been 'canning , whale meat for a* number of months in British Columbia. > V '• Castor oil. I# used in Japan in cotton spinning/ in thte manufacture of artlfidaf leather, as a * lubricant, and when refined as a drug. According to the estimates of the' Swiss agri­ cultural department the grain crops of the coun­ try, with seed requirements for 1919 deducted, will give for present £rom tg* 100,000 metric ton*. ^ = • _ In Western Canada Grain Growing fe 1 Sheep and Hogs brings certain aacce*. I^a emsfto 1 am raise 20 to 45 bo. of wheat to the acre aad bay * Land at $15 to $30 Per Aerm --Good Grazing Land at Much Lett, Railway and Land Co'a. are offering ----at to , eeekera to aettle in Wcatera Canada and enjoy. beri» j far the purchase of stock or other fanning requirements can be had St 1 The Governments of the Dominion and Pit/*luces of i wan and Alberta extend every encouragement to the 1 You can obtain excellent land at low prices on easy terms, and gat MghBdOaa1 for your grain, cattle, abeep and bott--low taxes (none on improvements), good markets and shipping facilities, free schools, churches, splendid climate and sure crops. For filustratfd literature, maps, description of lands for sole to •hewan Alberts, reduced raiboasl rat Immigration, Ottawa, Canada, or C. J. Broughton, Room 412, 112 W. Adam* Street, Chicago, BLl M. V. Machines, 176 Jcffanon Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Canadian Government Agents be secured on reasonable terms, and with an excellent climate, with a school system equal to any in the world, and desirable social conditions, little else could be asked. Canadian statesmen are today busily engaged planning for the future of the returned soldier with a view to making him independent of state help after the Immediate necessary assistance has been granted, the main idea being to show in the fullest degree the coun­ try's appreciation of the services he has rendered. But now that the war Is ended, and the fact apparent that of all avoca tions the most profitable and independ ent is that of the farmer, there will be a strong desire to secure farm lands for cultivation. Ganada offers the op­ portunity to those seeking, not as spec­ ulation but as production. The deep^ est interest is taken by Federal and Provincial authorities to further the welfare of the farmer and secure a maximum return for his efforts. Large sums of money are spent In educa­ tional and experimental work. En­ gaged on experimental and demon­ stration farms, and In the agricultural colleges, are men of the highest tech­ nical knowledge and practical expe­ rience, some being t professors of In­ ternational reputation. The results of experiments and tests are free and available to all. Educational oppor­ tunities for farmers^ are the Ancern of the government and appreciation Is shown by the number of farmers who attend the free courses. Agriculture in Canada has reached a high standard, notwithstanding which lands are low in price. Thus upon the United States and Canada for many years will rest the great burden of feeding the world. With free interchange of travel, diffi­ culties of crossing and recrossing re­ moved, Canada may look for a speedy resumption of the large influx of set­ tlers from the United States which prevailed previous to the war. Dur­ ing the war period there was a dread of something, no one seemed to know what. If the American went to Can­ ada he might be conscripted, put in prison, or in his attempt to cross the border he would meet with Innu­ merable difficulties, m4st pf which, of course, was untrue. These un­ truths were circulated foir a purpose by •• an element, which, It was discov­ ered, had an interest In fomenting and creating trouble and distrust be­ tween two peoples Whose language and aims In life should be anything but of fin unfriendly character. The draft law of the United States, adopt­ ed for the carrying out of the high purposes had in view by the United States, kept many from going to Can­ ada during the period of the war. The citizen army of the United States was quickly mobilized, and contained a larg% percentage of the young men from the farms. In this way mnny were presented from going ,to Can­ ada. That is all over now. There are no real or Imaginary restrictions v there is no draft law to- Interfere. On the contrary, there Is an un­ fathomable depth of good feeling, and the long-existing friendship is strong­ er than ever. This has been brought about by the knowledge of what has been done in the recent great strug­ gle, each vying with the other In giving credit for what was accom­ plished. In thought and feeling, la language, in aims in life, in work, to desire to build up a new world, there has been bred a kinship which Is aa Indissoluble as tin* it tisement The man who bows to the inevitable seldom does it as a matter of couctesy. Get New Kidneys ! The kidneys are the most overworked organs of the human body, and when they fail in their work of tillering out and throwing off the poisons developed in the system, things begin to happen. 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