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TMCT RULE8 SUBMITTED FOR
MANUFACTURERS USING
SUGAR.
ORDER EFFECTIVE MAY 15
Maker of Confectionery and 8yrup
for Soft Drinks Cut to 80 Per
Cent Homo Canncrs are to Se
cure Adequate Supplies.
Washington, D. C. Manufacturers
(Ming sugar except to mako essential
food products will bo put on otrlct
rations, tho food administration an
nounccd In ordor to assure sufflclont
supplies for home ennners and the
commercial manufacturora of pro
servos, Jamn and other food stuffs re
tarded as essential.
Undor the restrictions, which bo
come offoctlvo Mar 15, manufacturers
of less essentials, particularly confec
tionery and soft drinks, will bo al
lowed to use only 80 por cent of last
year's requirements. Distribution
will bo under a certificate syBtem
which tho food administration bo
llevcs will assuro elimination of ficti
tious demands.
Makers of non-edible products will
be forced to go entirely without
sugar.
Included in the class with confec
tionery and soft drinks aro condi
ments, chocolate-, cnndlos, bovoraga
syrups, fruit syrups, flavoring ox
tracts, chewing gum, cocoa, sweet
pickles, wines, cereals and invert
sugar. Manufacturers of those pro
ducts who ontered tho business or In
creased their capacity aftor last April
1, howovor, will bo cut off entirely.
Tho30 who onterod business or or
panded beforo Novomber 1 will re
ceive only 80 por cent allowances,
and thoso who started or expanded
aftor that date but beforo last April
1 will be cut down to 60 per cent of
requirements.
Control of distribution will bo In
the hands of stato food administrators
who will issuo certificates to all manu
facturers requiring sugar upon do
ll very of Bworn statomonts showing
tho amounts to which each Is entitled.
LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND.
Field Marshal French Chosen to Suc
ceed Baron Wlmbcrne.
London. Flold Marshal Viscount
French bos been appointed lord llou
(cnant of Ireland.
Tho official announcement of tho
nppolntmont of Field Marshal French
as lord Houtonant, nnd of Edward
Shortt, mombor of tho houso of com
mons for Nowcastle-on-tho-Tyno, as
chief secretary for Ireland, wbb is
cued Sunday.
Lord French succeeds Baron Wlm
borno, who was nppolntod lord lieu
tenant of Ireland In 1915, serving to
May, 1D1G, and reappointed tho follow
ing August to tho post, aftor tho Dub
lin rovolt.
Field Marshal Viscount French, of
Yprcs, was commandor in ohlof of
the British oxpodltlonary forces in
Franco and Bolglum at the outbreak
of tho war In August, 1914, until tho
end of 1915. In January, 1916, ho
was appointed commander In chief of
the homo forcos. He is a Knight of
the Most UlUBtrlous Order of St. Pat
rick. Germany Sends Denial.
Washington, D. O. Answering an
inquiry of tho stato department
through tho Spanish government as to
tho truth of roports that Amorlcan
prisoners of war havo boen mistreat
ed in Germany, tho Gorman govorn
mon declared Amorlcan prlsonrs nro
nccordod tho same treatment given
to prlsonora of other nationalities.
War Plant Destroyed.
Now York. Tho plant of tho Mour
or Stool Barrel company, covorlng un
entlro block nt Huntcra Point, Long
'island, nnd ongagod in tho manufac
turing of war material, mostly stool
liolmots for tho government, waa do
fltroved by lira following an explos
ion. About 200 men woro omployod.
The loss la estimated at $100,000.
Place Blame for Fire.
Chicago. Blamo for tho $626,000
covornmont warehouse fire at Wan
kegan, 111., Friday was laid by federal
officials to lack of sufficient fire equip
ment, due to friction botwoen city of
Jlclnls. Tho govoramoat had no etoroa
la the warohouso.
College Women to Go Abroad.
Now York. Two mora units of Am
erican collogo women Boon will start
abroad to carry on bocIo! oSrvice work
in Franco. A second Smith collego
unit waa organized hero and alumnae
-of Barnard collogo also doclded to
send a delegation overaoas.
Commander In Chief.
Parifl. Tho military -authority or
General Foch as a result of tho Italinn
adhesion has beon oxtonded to nil tho
wostorn fronts and tho general now
boconiOH commandor In chiof of all
tho ulllod armies in the wost, says
Marcel Ilutln in tho Echo do Paris.
"Ned" Ennn 8hot to Death.
Chicago. "Nod" Egan, fortuor man-
Bger of tho Mllwaukeo baseball club
of tho rnrfcan association, was
-found rh t 'Mrt with a pistol at hla
ibUIq in a 'jvn'own hotol hero
ADMIRAL TYRWHITT
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Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhltt,
D. S. 0., led tho British forces that
cuvcrcd the daring nnvul raid on tlio
sMbmarlno bases of Zeebruggc and Os
tein!.. Admiral Tyrwhltt bus earned
renown for his work during tho war.
He lins been commnndcr of the de
stroy or flotilla of tho British First
fleet.
Y. M. C. A. MEN SAVED
BRITISH 8TEAMER ORISSA BEAR
ING WORKER8 TO FRANCE
TORPEDOED.
Passengers Taken From Lifeboats by
Destroyers Three Members of
Crew Lost
London, May 1. A pnrty of 57
American army Young Men's Christian
association workers under Arthur B. i
nungcrford arrived In London. The
ship on which they sailed was tor
pedoed Sunday morning and snnk In 12
minutes. All tho passengers nnd all
but three of the crew were saved.
The passengers were picked up In
llfcbonts nnd landed at n British port
On their arrival In London they wore
taken in chnrgo by the American Y. M.
C. A. and Red. Gross.
The number of persons on board tho
vessel wns about 250. One of the ship's
officers said tho Americans conducted
themselves In an admirablo manner.
Destroyers wcro sent Immediately
to tho rescue nnd ull tho lifeboats wcro
picked up within half an hour.
Tho vessel wns struck amidships
while proceeding In n largo convoy
under tho protection of a number of
destroyers. It wns proceeding at about
ton knot In bright moonlight when
struck. Thero wan an Immediate heavy
list and thrco minutes later the boilers
blow up, extinguishing tho lights all
over tho ship.
New York, April 110. Tho vessel
which was sunk In English waters
whllo carrying 57 Young Mcn'H Chris
tian association workers was the Brit
ish steel steamship Orlssa, of 0,430 tons
gross, It wnB learned here.
SENATE 0. K.'S OVERMAN BILL
President Given Authority to Co-ordinate
and Reorganize Government
Departments During War.
Washington, May 1. Rejecting nil
amendments designed to limit the
president's nuthorlty the senato on
Monday passed the Overman bill, with
Its general grant of power for the ex
ecutive to co-ordinate nnd reorganize
government departments aud other
ngencles during tho war.
Tho vote on tho mcasuro, which
now goes' to tho house, was Oil to 18.
Only ono Democrat, Senntor Reed
of Missouri, voted against the bill. Re
publicans who voted against It wero:
Brandegeo, Cummins, Dillingham,
France, Galling, Ilnrdlng, Johnson
(Cnl.), Knox, Polndcxtcr, Sherman,
Sterling, Sutherland.
As passed by tho senate, the mens
uro authorizes the president to "mako
such redistribution of functions
among cxecutlvo agencies ns ho may
deem necessary" nnd to "utilize, co
ordinate nnd consolidate any execu
tive or administrative commissions,
bureaus, agencies, olllces or olllcors
now existing by Inw, to transfer nny
duties or powers from ono existing
department or to transfer tho person
nel thereof." Tlit'ttu powers, howover,
"shall be exercised only In mnttors
rclntlng to the conduct of the pres
ent war."
SLAYER OF FIVE TO PRISON
German Farmer Who Murdered Mich
igan Family Is Given Life Sen
tence Day After,
Alnin, Mich., May 1. nermnn
Wlttlg, a German farmer, was sent to
Marquette prison Monday night, where
ho will serve n life term. Sunday
morning ho murdered In cold blood
Mr. nnd Mrs. Wllhml Kimball, tennnts
of his, and their three children. Thnt
night he was. arrested and confessed
his crime. Monday ho pleaded guilty
nnd wns sentenced.
French Submarine Is Sunk.
Paris, May 3. Tho French subma
rine Prnlrlul has been sunk as tho re
sult of a collision with a merchant
ship, It wns announced on Wednesday
afternoon. Part of the crow of the sub
marine wns saved.
Opposition Party Wins.
Copenhagen, May 3. Final returns
on tho voting for members of tho
lnndsthlng, tho upper houso of tho
Finnish parliament, show victory for
the opposition pnrtlcs led by cjc-Pre-mler
Chrlbtensen.
74 PERISH WHEN
SHIPS COLLIDE
Steamer City of Athens Rammed
by French Cruiser Off Dela
ware Coast.
12 II. S. MARINES LOSE LIVES
Fire Discovered on Vessel After Crash
and Most of Passengers Leap
Overboard Many Rescued
by French Warship.
An Atlantic Port, May 3. Seventy
four lives were lost when tho steam
ship City of Athens of tho Ocean
Steamship company wns rammed at
1 :30 Wednesday afternoon by a French
cruiser off the Delaware coast. She
sank In seven minutes.
Among tho pnssengcrs on the City
of Athens were 24 members of the
United Stntes marlno corps.
The first engineer nnd a tender on
board the steamer expressed the be
lief that some of the mnrlucs were
lost.
Fire wns discovered In one of the
holds of the City of Athens Immedi
ately after the collision. An attempt
was made to lower HfeboatB, but tho
vessel was sinking too fast.
Most of those on bonrd leuped over
board, and tho survivors were rescued
by the boats of the French cruiser.
The City of Athens carried a crew of
135 men. Sixty-one of the crew were
brought to this port by tho French
cruiser, which was not Berlously dam
aged. The vessel was of 2,300 tons and was
engaged In trade between this city nnd
Savannah.
Among those drowned when tho City
of Atlicns wns sunk wero 12 United
States marine corps recruits who had
left New York Tuesday afternoon for
a southern training station. Twelve
survivors of the pnrty of twenty-four
arrived here.
Tho marine corps recruits reported
lOBt aro:
Daniel Ginsberg, Now York; William
W. Llttlo, New York: Harry Rosen-
field, Brookyln, N. Y.; S. H. Tyng, Jr.,
Garden City, N. Y. ; Berchmans J. Gra
ham, Buffalo, N. Y.
Others reported missing aro:
W. J. Mack, Long Island City, N. Y.;
Hownrd J. Wells, New York; Peter
Hnncgnn, Buffalo, N. Y.; Frank E.
Dixon, Buffalo, N. Y.
Tho cruiser's bow was badly dam
uged by tho collision and 17 o her men
wero reported lost. j
AMERICANS HALT HUN RAID
Germans Take Clothing From the
Dead and Attempt to Reach Yan
kee Trenches Ruse Discovered.
With the American Army In France,
April 30. Tho enemy laid down a
henvy barrage In front of tho Ameri
can i trenches In the Toul sector at
three o'clock In the morning, tho bom
bnrdment lasting an hour.
Aftor on Interval of silence he re
pented tho performance at five o'clock
and half an hour Inter tho Qermnn In
fantry stnrted for tho American lines.
So intense was tho American counter
attack that tho enemy wns repulsed
without getting close enough to be en
gaged by tho Amerlcun Infantry.
Tho Gcrmnns havo been stripping
the bodies of dead French soldiers In
other sectors nnd, wearing these
clothes, havo come over at tho point
where tho French nnd American lines
Join.
This method of nttnek was used
during tho attack on the Americans at
Apremont forest two weeks ago. On
that occasion they spoko French nnd
said they had como to assist tho Ameri
cans but tUc ruse was discovered and
they were driven off.
U. S. NABS KAISER'S ARCH SPY
Germany's Chief Agent, Left Here by
Von Bernstorff, Is Now In
Prison.
New York, May 3. Germany's chief
ngent left In this country by the for
mer ambassador, Count von Bern
storff, Is now In prison. Lieut. Com
mander Carl von Rodlger Is his namo.
He was arrested Wednesday and Is
held In $15,000 bnll for a hearing May
8. Tho agent of Berlin is nccitsed of
having "started in this country a mili
tary expedition against the kingdom
of Great Britain."
Tho prisoner is also accused of be
ing tho "pnymaster" of the kaiser In
this country and tho "man higher up"
In connection with ninny plots. Ho Is
an otllcer in tho German Imperial
navy. The department; of Justice
Would go no further Into the particu
lars of Rodlger's arrest and activities
than the bare statement In the com
plaint, except to sny thnt tho com
plaint might bo changed later.
Bohemians Are Aiding Italy.
London, Mny 3, Tho Dally Mali's
correspondent snys that Bohemian
troops uro Joining tho Italian troops
ngalnst Austrln and that the first de
tachments nro ulready on tho Italian
fighting Hue wearing Italinn uniforms.
Slew Curser of Flag; Freed.
Honolulu, n.I.,Mny 3. A Jury after
deliberating sir minutes on Wednes
day acquitted Capt. Henry Allen, re
tired sea captain, who April 14 last
shot nnd killed S. J. Walker for curs
ing f.h American flap.
RETREAT OF
VIVID WORD PICTURE PAINTED
BY AN ILLINOIS OFFICER IN
THE GREAT BATTLE.
BRITISH IN HERCULEAN TASK
Although Enemy Divisions Numbered
Ten to One, Slaughter of Germans
Was Ter.1c Thrilling Details by
Lieut. Roswell T. PettiL
Details of the Halg retreat In the
famous battle In PIcnrdy, are most
Interestingly told by First Lleutennnt
Roswell T. Pettlt, M. O.-R. C, of Ot
tawa, III., In a letter to his father,
Dr. J. W. Pettlt of the Ottawa tuber
culosis colony nnd published In the
Chicago Tribune. The Amerlcnn offi
cer endured nine days of the horrors
and wns In the thickest of the fighting
during the retreat of the British Fifth
army from St. Qucntln. Lieutenant
Pettlt's report of the battle thrills, and
the stress of the great conflict are
given before his impressions had In nny
way been dulled by time, written Im
mediately after his experience. Ills
letter follows:
Lieutenant Pettlt'a Letter.
March 30.
Dear Father: Now that the show Is
over for me for the time being, nnd I
have time to breathe and sleep nnd ent
and write, I'll try and tell you about
the battle. Before you receive this
you will have had the whole story from
tho papers, but I know you will be
Interested in knowing what I did In the
affair.
Of course, the things I saw were but
an Infinitesimal part of a gigantic
whole and It would be impossible for
me to give a correct description of the
battle. And as I write this, I do it
with no knowledge whatever of what
has been going on even a few miles
from me.
I have not seen a paper In eight days ;
I have received no mall, and the only
Information we have received has been
by word of mouth, and most of what
we hear must be wild rumors. For ex
ample: The French have advanced
20 miles at Verdun, the Ameri
cans have taken Ostend, and are on
their way to Zeebrugge, and a great
naval battlo has been fought In the
North sea.
All I know Is that on this pnrt of the
front the Germans attacked us In over
whelming numbers, In places ten divi
sions to our one; that they suffered
terrible losses, but finally broke
through our lines of defense, one after
another, and fighting for the most pnrt,
a rear guard action, we have retired
about 15 miles In a straight line.
For a week before the bnttle started
wo had been expecting It; we were
ready to move on 30 minutes' no
tice. I had been out with combatant
as well as medical olllcers on tours of
reconnaissance, definite methods of
evacuation of the wounded had been
worked out, nnd our plans of counter
attack been made. After four or five
days of waiting, tho storm finally
broke.
The Boche opened up on us at 5 a. m.,
March 21, with the heaviest barrage I
have ever heard. "Stand to," wns
sounded, we turned out dressed, and
hnd all our equipment pneked In 30
minutes. Then we sat down and
waited for orders to move. The bar
rage kept up continuously, sometimes
heavier and then of less intensity,
sometimes It seemed to be to the north
of us nnd then suddenly It switched to
the south.
Our bnlloons were up as soon ns It
was light and the airplanes were buz
zing over our bends. The ground mist
gradually cleared and the Germans
put n hall of shrapnel on our camp
and we all took cover, but three men
were hit. Why It is a fellow always
feels safer with a roof over his bend,
even If he knows bullets nnd shrnpnel
and pieces of shell will go through
boards and corrugated Iron Just like
paper.
Ordered to Move.
Our orders to move finally came and
we marched off to the brigade assem
bly point several miles nwny. This us
sembly point wns In a little bunch of
trees about the size of Allen park nnd
behind and separated from a larger
wood In front. In the largor wood
there was a battery of heavy artillery
and shells woro dropping In there two
or three to a minute, and It wns heavy
stuff, too.
Sometimes they overshot tho big
wood and shells were landing in the
open around the little wood where my
brigade had its assembly point. As
we approached our llttlo copse we
could make all this out from some dls
tunce away and It wasn't a pleasant
sensation to feel thnt we were march
ing straight into It.
All the battalions nrrlvcd nnd In that
little copse there must have been at
least two thousand men.' Whnt a
chance If the Germans only knew 1 But
the shells continued to drop In front of
us and on either side, but none landed
among us, and after waiting there for
Russian Worshipers Devout.
The typical Russian congregation,
worships, with a reverence and devo
tion which might well shnuio some
western congregations. There are none
of the luughlng and talking beforo nnd
after the service, none of the smiling
and whispering during the singing of
hymns, which so painfully characterize
restless und tnlkntive Americans. The
Russian quietly and reverently enters
his church, patiently Mnnds through a
service whose length Is often pro
tracted to two or three hours, und
three hours, expecting to be blown to
bits nny second, we finally mbved for
ward. Just as we left the copse, from
behind us, up over a ridge, came n
stream of galloping horses.
"It's the cavalry," someone shouted,
but soon I made out limbers and field
guns.
They galloped past us, going like
mad, took up a position to our right,
swung Into position, unllmbcrcd, and
In two minutes were blazing away. It
was a thrilling sight.
Torn by Shells.
In going forward we went around
the end of the larger wood In front of
us, over ground that was torn to bits
by the heavy shell fire that had Just
preceded, over another edge, across a
valley, and under the crest of a hill.
And here we found the tanks going
over the top of the hill to take up
their position. At this point we were
still nbout a mile from the front line.
At this place I opened up an aid post
under the crest of the hill to take care
of what wounded came In while we
were getting Into position. I looked
back across the valley we had Just
traversed.
Shrapnel wns bursting In the nlr,
shells were whizzing overhend, and our
guns behind me were belching forth
the fire. The noise was deafening.
A railroad ran through tho valley
and an engine pulling a couple of fiat
cars was going by. A couple of sol
diers were sitting on the rear truck
swinging their feet. A shell, burst on
the track and only missed the last car
about fifteen yards. Neither man was
hit and the train went blithely on.
By this time It was getting along
toWurd evening, tho sun wns sinking
In the west, and finnlly went down a
great ball of fire. At the time. I re
member, I noticed Its color. It was
blood red nnd had a sinister look. Wus
It my Imagination, or might it have
been a premonition? At any rate, I
shall never forget the color of the sun
as It set that night nt the end of the
first day of probnbly one of the great
est battles In history. It certainly
didn't look good to me.
The drumming of the guns contin
ued, twilight gradually deepened Into
night, the signalers stopped their wig
wagging and took up their flash sig
nals, a lot dropped down on us and
put the lights out of business, and
when we left to go forward under the
cover of darkness they were busy put
ting out their telephone lines signal
ers and runners don't have an easy
time.
Shell Dump Goes Up.
Behind us a shell landed in un am
munition dump and it went up with a
rour; then the rifle ammunition started
going off like a great bunch of lire
crackers, aud greut tongues of flume
lit up the sky.
It is reported that the Germans had
broken through our line ani we were
to counter-attack In the morning. We
got Into positions without 'a single
casualty. I opened an aid post In an
old dugout and settled down to sleep
until morning. You may think It fun
ny that one could sleep under such
conditions, but I had been up since
5:30, had trumped about six or seven
miles, hud hud a rather trying day
and wns dog tired.
So I settled down on the rough plank
floor and was soon asleep. I must
have been asleep a couple of hours
when n runner camo from headquar
ters and told us we wero to move off
Immediately. I looked at my watch and
It was 1 :30 a. m. on the second day.
We went back to the railroad, fol
lowed It around to a position some six
miles to the north of us, landing there
about 4 In the morning and flopped
down on the floor of some abandoned
huts to wait further orders. Our or
ders came along about 0 o'clock. We
marched up across tho open prairie,
the sun shining, nnd It was really hot.
Just like some of the warm days we
get the last of March at home. In
going forward It was necessary
for us to march seventy-five yards In
front of three batteries of field guns.
There ure six guns to a battery. They
bhoot an eighteen-pound shell und
while we were there each gun wus
shooting twice to the minute. You
can Imagine tho racket when I tell
you that the discharge of one gun can
be heard about four miles. In addi
tion tho Boche wus trying to knock
out this battery and he wns dropping
his six Inch shells a little too close for
comfort.
Nearly In a Trap.
Then I mnde n lovely mistake. I
wus to establish an aid post near bat
talion headquarters nnd went blithely
on when I met a company commander
and asked him where to go.
"Bnck there about a quarter of a
mile," ho replied. "This Is the front
center company. If you keep on In
tho direction you aro going you are
going up over that ridge nnd Fritz will
be waiting for you with a machine
gun."
So my sergenut and orderly and
myself didn't waste nny time In clear
ing. On the way back I found a gallon
can full of water, got Into a corrugated
Iron shelter and hnd a wash and a
shave. It certainly felt good. I don't
believe I hnd washed for thlrty-slx
hours. It was warm and bright. I
could look out of my shelter and see
our support lines digging themselves
though he mny not understand every
part of the elaborate ritual, he gives
It his unwnverlng attention. Ex
change. Has Coat of Elk Teeth.
Those who are In n position to know
say $3 Is a fair averngo price for an
elk tooth, such ns are sold to mem
bers of tho order of the Elks, ac
cording to Popular Science Monthly.
Much higher prices ure pnld for very
good specimens.
A curio dealer In Stcubenvllle, O.,
In several hundred yards nwuy The
cannon fire ceased, the mnchiu" gum
settled down to nn occasional fitful
burst nnd it wns midday of a beautiful'
spring day.
A couple of partridge flew over me.
What did they know or care nbout alt
this noise nnd rncket and men gettlng
up In line nnd killing each other?
Along nbout throe o'clock things be
gun to liven up again. In the mean
time headquarters had been establish
ed In a sunken road with banks about
fifteen feet high on either side (Inter
tills cut was half filled with dead).
My aid post was In a dugout nour by
and gradually things got hotter andi
hotter.
Our men hnd dug themselves In.,
nnd were popping away with their
rifles. Tho field batteries behind us
were putting up a barrage, airplanes
were circling overhead, both ours undi
the Germans'. The Germnns put up a-counter-barrage,
the machine guns
were going like mad. I was standlng
wlth the colonel on a little rise of"
ground nbove the sunken rood when,
the Germans broke through nbout a
mile to the north of us. They could"
be plainly seen pouring over the ridge
In close formntlon.
Tanks Get Into Action.
Then the tanks camo up, and yout
should have seen them run! Just like
rabbits 1 Tho tanks retired; the
Boches reformed nnd enmo at It
ngnln. They tell me that at certain
places our men withstood fifteen suc
cessive attacks and thnt the Germnns-.
went down in thousands. One Welsh
man told me that his gun accounted
for 75 In three minutes during one
wave. Machine-gun bullets were nipping
nround me, tho shell fire was gcttlngr
hotter, and even though It was a won
derful sight to watch I decided "dis
cretion wns tho better part of valor?
or something like that, and got down.
In my dugout.
I was sitting there smoking a cig
arette when my orderly came down,
and said I was being relieved nnd waff:
to go back and work with the ambu
lance. Fifteen hours later tho man,
that relieved me was captured. But
I am getting ahead of my story.
I went back to the advanced dress
ing station through the hottest shell
fire I ever experienced. More than.,
once I went down on my face when a
shell burst and tho pieces went whiz
zing over my head. I spent the night
In a mined village where tho advanced;
dressing station was located, and all
night they shelled It to blazes. It was--remarkable
how few casualties we
had. About eleven o'clock the morning of
tho third day a shell blew In the side
of our post, but luckily no ono wns
hurt. We stuck to It until about four
In tho nfternoon, when we saw our
men retiring over a ridge In front of
us, keeping up a continuous machine
gun nnd rifle fire, nnd we bent It bark
to another village nnd opened anoth
er post.
The Begrimed Lord.
About ten o'clock on "tho morning of"
the fourth day I. rd Thyme, my col
onel when I was with the battalion,
stumbled Into th shack where I was
sitting. Ho looked like n ghost He
had lost his hat, Ids face was covered
with a four days' beard, tho sweat
had traced tracks In the dust from hls
forehead to his chin. His sleeve was
torn and bloody and he had a gash in.
his arm where he had been struck by
a piece of flying shell case.
"My God, doc, are you here?" he
said. "You got out Just In time. The
battalion Is all gone. The sunken rond
Is filled with dead mostly riuns,
damn 'em. The lino broke on the-
rlght; we were surrounded, and at
tho last we were fighting bnck and
back. Only thirty of us got away."
So we knew the Boche had broken,
through to our right and our left, nnd
It wns a question of how long It would
be before we, too, were surrounded,
but we wanted to stick It out as long,
as we could.
But not more thnn nn hour later a
medical officer rushed In from one of
the bnttullons and between gasps for
breath told us tho Germans were on
the edge of the village, had shot him
through the sleeve with n machine
gun bullet (luckily thnt wns nil), nnd
for us to beat It.
The ulnlh day, sitting around the
flre in our mess after the best dinncr
we had had In days, the commanding,
officer handed me some papers nndi.
said, "Here Is something that will I
terest you, Pettlt. I want to sny we
shall be sorry to lose you."
And this Is what It was: "Lleut
Roswell T. Pettlt, M. R. C, Is relleveir
from duty with the British army and
will proceed to the A. E. F., where h
will report for duty."
I leave for Paris In the mornings
This has been a long tale, but the half
of it hasn't been told. I hope I haven't
strung it out too much.
I have Just been informed that all
my kit had to be burned to prevent It.
falling Into the hands of tho enemy..
I shall probably want you to send me
some things from home, but will see
what I can get hero first. Your eon,
ROSWELL.
has a coat covered with 3,300 of these
teeth, which he values at $10,000, and.
does not wish to sell It at that or any
other price. Tho coat proper waf
made by an Indian In Manitoba, Cun
ada, and Is sinew sewed. It weighs
2S pounds. Thero nro two rows of an
telope teeth, 159 In all, down the front.
Tho owner of the coat Is u promi
nent member of tho order of Elks und
wenrs the coat nt all conventions
With the coat the qwncr wears an or
unte lncc mndo of the largest of the?
elk teeth In his collcctloiu
r
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