TROOPS IT THE
WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES IN
THE FIERI), France, Jan. 23. — There
is a point on the western battle line
where tlie British Tommy and the
French I’olu meet — where the alli
ance between Great Britain and
France become a reality.
There they are dug in, the man in
khaki and the man in pale blue. There
in the long watches of wintry nights
in the front trenches they sit about
a charcoal fire and think and smoke
together, and make understandable
signs and sounds, though it is set
dom that either can speak the other's
tongue. It is not a show spot, this
meeting place of the two great allied
armies in France, nor is there a de
finite mark to show the dividing line.
It is just a mingling point, not an ab
rupt juncture. For perhaps a hundred
yards at the joining sector the French
and British soldiers fraternize any
visit.
There is no break in the line any
where along the front, and from time
to time the meeting place of the arm
ies is shifted, according to the plans
and the agreements of the French and
British staffs. Often the Germans arc
at a loss to know who Is opposing
them — French or British — and all
sorts of ruses and subterfuges are
resorted to in the attempt to gain
information. It is considered of great
importance on both sides to know
just who the fellows are in the op
posing trench, and when there is a
relief or change in the line, the world
war resolves itself at least locally into
a hazardous game of hide and seek.
Tommy and I’olu have the greatest
respect for each other and if Tommy
has been over very long he generally
knows a phrase or two of French,
which, coupled with war slang that is
common to both armies, gives a me
dium of communication mutually en
joyed. In the front line trenches they
share and exchange their little belong
ings like so many school children
swapping luncheon goodies at recess
time. Cigarettes, tobacco and choco
late are traded back and forth and
oftentimes the midnight meal for
Frenchmen and Englishmen is heated
over the same little stove carefully
concealed from the enemy lest a hand
grenade should upset the supper plans.
This stubborn, dogged, loot by foot
Actriuiu, vvnw no Uiiio ‘"“-I -
redoubts and dugouts and its intricate
geography of trench upon trench, sel
dom lends itself to pictures of martial
splendor, but without design or ar
rangement there occurred a few days
ago a spectacle which will live long
in the memory of the few outsiders
privileged lo witness it.
Two great contingents of the French
and British armies met upon the road,
exchanged salutations and passed.
One was “coming out," the other “go
ing in.” Each column must have
boon at least seven miles long. And
with each was all the paraphernalia,
the panoply and the impedimenta of
modern warfare. There was no stu
died display to the spectacle, no full
dress, no glinting steel, nor burnished
brass. The day was cold and gray
and wet and everywhere was a grim
realization of the business, the ma
chinery of war—war just over the
horizon.
When the two columns were fully
abreast the military picture had at
tained its fullest expression. From
a point of eminence one ccpild look
down upon the undulating road and
see for miles the two colored ribbon
formed by the marching "ISl1
British khalvi niwUia
blue to the left. The columns were
made up of infantry and field artil
lery _ horse artillery the British call
it. There were the famous French
“75s" or “Soixantes quinze” — the
extreme of gun simplicity and effec
tiveness. Some were painted blue
and others had a mottled coat to make
them fade all the more vaguely Into
the landscape and thus cheat the pry
ing eyes of hostile airmen. Their
smoke stained muzzles and mud
splashed barrels were eloquent of the
fact that these were no novices at
the game of war. They were out of
the line now for a brief respite, only
to go in again later.
Opposite the "75s” were the British
18 pounders — not so slim and grace
ful as their French prototypes, but
just about all that a gun should be.
British gunners are willing to admit
that the French gun is “rather some
weapon,” but they have a real Af
fection for their own field piece, which
is absolutely unchakable.
Punctuating the blue and khaki rib
bons now and then were little patches
of smoke and steam, rising from the
field kitchens, for dinner was being
cooked “on the go." It was a little
after noon that the two columns halt
ed and there, mingled in a roadway
lined with the gaunt remains of shell
torn trees, Tommy and Poilu sat down
and ate side by side.
It was the good fortune of the cor
respondent of the Associated Press
in the field with the British armies to
motor through the entire length of
the blue and brown columns. It was
easy to see that the passing spectacle
of the opposite army was of intense
personal and professional interest to
Frenchman and Briton alike. The
RING RECORD!
NEW YORK. Jan. 23. — The ex
ported arrivals of Georges Carpentier
the French heavyweight champion
and l.es Darcy, the Australian middle
weight, for a series of bouts in thli
country in the near future, make thei
ring records of particular interest a
this time.
Carpentier, who Is close to 2!
years of age, stands 5 feet 11 1-;
inches In height and weighs about 18*
pounds at the present time. Dare)
is just a trifle over 21; is 5 feet (
inches tall and weighs between 16!
and 170 pounds. The complete rec
ords of their ring battles are as fol
lows:
GEORGES CARPENTIER.
Born January 12, 1894, Lens France
Rounds
1907— Bourgois (won) .4
Wetinek (won) .4
Mazoal (lost) .4
1908— Moinereau (knockout) .S
Salmon (knockout) .If
Salmon (won, foul).13
Repine (won) . 6
Regrand (draw) . C
Regrand (draw) .2(1
1909— Ranpin (knockout) . 8
Wetinek (knockout) .1
Ranpin (knockout).7
Dorgetille (knockout) .11
Regrande (won) .15
Simon (won) .10
Achalme (won) .10
C'hereau (won) .6
Relinger( won) .6
Dorgetille (won) .10
Redoux (won).15
Gaillard (won) .t;
Paul Til (won) .10
Gloria (lost, knockout) . 6
Paul Til (draw) .20
1910— Pickard (knockout) .8
Ranpin (knockout).. .. 8
Young Warner (knockout) .. 7
Jim Campbell (knockout) ... 5
Young Warner (won, foul) . . 7
Gaillard (won) ..10
Cuny (won) .8
Percy Wilson (won) ... .8
Henry Demien (won) .10
Dack Daniels (won) .10
Paul Til (draw) .15
Jean Andony (draw) .10
Huckshlre (lost) .8
Snowball (lost) .4
1911— Rrochet (knockout).7
Randall (knockout) .5
Goldswain (knockout) .4
Gray (knockout) .it
Randall (won) .10
Daniels (won) .10
Young Nipper (won) .10
Meekins (won) .10
Stagg( won) .10
Calbourne (won) ..10
French never ceases to marvel at the
Scotchmen in their khaki tunics, plaid
kilties and bare knees. The Scots
who were in the long brown line on
this particular day had a small but
vigorous pipe band with them and
the Highland music delighted the
passing Poilus.
And to the Brtish the French
soldier is magnificent. Tall and stal
wart men rode and marched in the
blue line that passed the brown. Many
of them had been in the fighting since
the first days of the German invasion,
but the more than two years of the
hardships of war apparently had made
no inroads upon their magnificent
physique. Strong and clean limbed
they were, some of them fiercely
bearded despite the serio-comicukase
of a lew months ago that the beard
of the Poilu must go. But without a
Jj^Lrd a would cease to b» a
Tabu. All were splashed with the in
evitable mud of the broken battle
fields. The horses, looking warm and
happy in their long winter coats, were
fairly covered with mud as well.
Something about the spectacle re
minded one of the Civil war days, is
America. Perhaps it was the old lim
ber wagons in the line. They tried
other sorts of more modern wagons
at the beginning of hostilties in Eu
rope, but soon the old limbers came
back into their own.
| Loughrey (won) .15
IEustache( won) .16
Evernden (won) .15
Sid Burns (won) .15
Young Joseph (won) .10
Harry Lewis (won) .Id
Piet (lost) .Id
Dixie Kid (lost).5
1912—Battling Lecrolx (knockout. 9
Hubert Rowe (knockout) .... 5
Jim Sullivan (knockout) ...2
Joe Gunther (won).20
Willis Lewis (won) .20
Frank Klaus (lost, foul) ....19
Billy Papke (lost).17
1913—Mareau (won) .8
, Rice (knockout) .2
Cyclone Smith (knockout) .. 3
Gunther (knockout) .14
Bomb. Wells (knockout) ... 4
A1 Laurie (knockout) .3
Williams) knockout) .4
Jeff Smith (won).20
Abbott (knockout).3
Bomb. Wells (knockout) ... 1
1914—Pat O'Keefe (knockout) ... 2
Joe Jeanette (lost).15
Mitchell (knockout) . 1
Hubert Roe (knockout) .. .. 3
Robinson (knockout) .2
Gunboat Smith (won, foul) .. 0
Kid Jackson (won, foul) ... 4
LES DARCY.
Born October 28, 1895, West Maitland,
New South Wales.
Rounds
1911—Winner of 140 and 147 pound
tourneys.
1912—Jimmy Burns (knockout) ...11
Dave Depena (won) .9
1913— Billy Hannan (knockout) ...18
Reg. Delaney (knockout) ... 7
Joe Shakespeare! knockout). (I
W. McNabb (won).20
Hob Whitelaw (lost) .20
1914—Jack Clark (knockout).9
Young Hanley (knockout) .. 5
Bob Whitelaw (knockout) .. 5
Billy McNabb (knockout) ... 4
Fitz Holland) lost) .2o
Fitz Holland (lost, foul) ...lx
Marcband (knockout) .5
Gus Christie (won) .20
Fred Dyer (won) .2d
1915—Jeff Smith (lost) .5
Loughrey (won) ... . . 2d
Fitz Holland (won) .20
Henry Demlen (knockout) ..5 ,
Fitz Holland (knockout) .. .15 i
Jeff Smith (won, foul) . 2
Mick King (knockout).II)
Eddie McGoorty (knockout). 16
Billy Murray (won) .20
Jimmie Clabby (won) .20
Billy Murray (knockout) ... (i
Eddie McGoorty (won).8
1916—Geo. Brown (won).20
Hardwick (knockout) .7
Les O'Donnell (knockout) . 7
Buck Crouse (knockout) ... 2
Alex Costica (won).4
Dave Smith (knockout) .12
Dave Smith( knockout) .. ..11
Jimmie Clabby (won).20 "
(Jeo. C-hip (knockout) .0 I
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FAVORITISM AT
(By Associated Press.)
MADISON, Wis., Jan. 23. — A reso
lution has been adopted by the slate '■
university, summoning its president, ■
Prof. Vanhise, to explain why Max •
Eastman, a Socialist, was denied per- :
mission to speak at the university •
building, while W. J. Bryan was per- :
mitted to address a prohibition meet- |
ing in the university pavilion.
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Oh, girls, give him a tip as to what :
your lunch basket will look like, so ■
he will be sure to get it.
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Times office.
TOWN OF CORDOVA.
Municipal Taxes.
Town taxes are now due and pay
able to the town treasurer, H. I
O'Neill, at his office.
Said taxes will be delinquent on
the second Monday in February, 1917,
at the hour of C o'clock p. m. Upon •
all unpaid taxes after that time a pen
alty of five per cent will ve collected.
H. I. O’NEILL,
Town Treasurer.
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requested to do so at once.
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John rtawson hns removed his bat
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poslte the Cordova House.
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