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LOUIS KLOPSCH
EDITING PAPER
IN WAR ZONE
(Now York Times)
j Just how the boys who a few
months ago were going about their
peaceful pursuits In the streets ol
New York fight and die in trenches
and on battlefields 3,non miles from
home is graphically told in "(' What
Happens," a tiny newspaper edited
and published by the enlisted men of
Company C, lfiath Infantry, formerly
New York’s beloved Sixty ninth.
None of the three editors—Cor
porals Hollis Klopsch, Thomas O’Kelly
and E. F. McCarthy—Is a trained
writer, but they describe what they
see Interestingly and with the human
touch as only those who witness com
rades die and at the same time un
flinchingly await death themselves are
able to do.
With the receipt of the trench
newspaper comes a letter from Capt.
William Kennelly. who commands C
I company, to a relative here, but the
'captain neglects to mention anything
about his heroism in carrying Cor
poral Thomas O’Kelly from a trench
that was being shelled.
"The Man We Follow"
In describing the incident, "(’ What
Happens," under the caption, "The
Man We Follow," says:
“When the rain of shrapnel becanif
so heavy that to remain on the sur
face seemed like flirting with death
Captain Kennelly ordered all his men
[ to the dugouts When all in sight had
disappeared the captain climbed lntc
a dugout himself
"He had hardly reached the safety
zone when a shell proved that the
bocbe had the range. All at once the
I fact that Corporal and Liason Agent
(Thomas O’Kelly, his sprained ankle
| making the trip to safety long and
hard, was not in the dugouti*dawned
on Captain Kennelly In less time
than It takes to tell the captain was
rushing through shell fire to do his
best for one of his men. Fortunately
neither was killed, and the incident
simply illustrates the famous C com
pany spirit."
The Corporal O'Kelly mentioned is
one of the most popular men in the
Sixty-ninth His home is in Limer
ick, Ireland, and he had arrived in
this country on n concert tour from
Australia w hen the Sixty ninth had
been called to the colors. He can
celed all his contracts and joined the
famous regiment as a private. He
was formerly a member of the Royal
Car! Rosa Opera Company.
Perfect Discipline Under Fire
“When the latest edition was pub
lished.” says an editorial, "we were
rookies. Today we are American vet
erans We. have tasted the best or
the worst that 'Fritz' can offer and
liked it. For days the enemy bap
tized us with artillery. Then he gave
us a chance to test our automatics
on his aircraft before the warning of
jour sentries that gas was coming made
us don our masks and seek the dug
|outs. Not once in those trying days
did one man in Company C falter. Not
once did the famous C spirit waver
i Not a man was lost, not a drop ol
American blood was spilled. Tho dls
ripline at all times was perfect, ant
, it is with pardonable pride that wt
point to the remarkable record of tht
C spirit."
Evidently the editors had to qull
j their task at this time to hurry back
I Into battle, for on the next page the
writers pause to scribble a few lines
that are found under the title “In
Memorisin'':
“For the first time we are called
upon to dip our pen In the honored
blood of our dead Corporal William
Elwood and Private Joseph Millet
have laid down their lives for the
cause of humanity. Unflinchingly
fearlessly, even eagerly, they have
met their end When President Wil
son Issued his first call for volunteers
these heroes answered at once. They
have given their all More no man
can give. We who are left behind are
sad. for the gap in our ranks can
never be filled. It marks the first
breach In 'that organization that
worked futthfully at Camp Mills, that
faced the perils of the Atlantic, that
went through the hardships of the
first wlntor In France. To the rela
tives and friends of our dead we ex
tend the sympathy of the men and of
! Ilcors of the company of which they
were members, and for which they
have made history.”
Burled Under the Flag
And finally, under the heading. "Our
Heroes Rest Where They Fell." the
paper says:
“In a little town near the spot where
they gave their lives for humanity
rests all that Is mortal of Corporal
William Elwood and Private Joseph
Miller. Over the simple graves of
these heroes are crosses bearing the
names and their rank, while above all
the Star-Spangled Banner, for which
I they died, floats proudly in the breeze.
Corporal Elwood "as an Irish Ameri
can His comrade was of Herman ex
traction, but they both loved the tra
ditions and principles tor which the
flag under which they sleep stands
well enough to lay down their lives in
its defense Captain Kennelly went
to the graves of the first victims of
Prussian militarism in his company.
Kneeling at the mounds were several
French soldiers who had come to pay
their respects to two Americans who
I had died for France.”
Another Item in the paper describes
j how the two soldiers had been
awarded the Croix de (Juerre after
their death. Others in the company
who received the cross were Lieuten
ant Raymond H. Newton, Sergeant
Eugene A. McNiff. Corporal Hillig and
Privates B. Barry. J Barry. Brawlev,
M Cooney, Duffy. Hurley. Miller. W.
Pelsel and Robinson.
Captain Kennelly is prominent so
cially in this city He is a nephew
of Bryan Kennelly, and besides being
lone of the best natural shots In the
army, is an athlete of note.
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RAINBOW TROUT BITE
WORKERS ON RAILROAD
ANCHOltAOK, Aug. 6.—111 a small
creek that crosses the right-of-way of
the government railroad 100 miles
north of Anchorage, and that flows
Into the Susltna river, the trout are
so tame they feed out of the hands of
the raliroad workers Not only do
the fish greedily devour any suitable
food given them, but they bite the
tends of the fingers of the donors when
the supply of edibles is exhausted.
The hank of the creek was the site
of a construction camp when the rail
road was building in that section, but
only a bridge-building crew, consisting
of about twelve men. is stationed
there now
The timekeeper is (Irani Kruetter.
It was he that first made friends with
the trout and gained their confidence
by feeding them—In the beginning by
throwing salmon eggs into the water,
and then, as the fish radually became
holder, by approaching them closer
and closer with the food in his hand
until finally they would take the eggs
from between his fingers.
Persons feeding the trout kneel on
two logs that span the creek, t’nder
one end of this improvised bridge
there is u deep, quiet pool, which
seems to be the home of twenty or
thirty fish, ranging in length from
about eight to eighteen inches. The
trout are of the rainbow variety, and
they rush to the surface as soon as
a hand is thrust into the water.
The bridge builders do not fish in
the stream, and they zealously guard
1 it from visiting nimrods.
News of the tame trout was brought
to Anchorage by R. I). Chase, pay
master, and H. H l.aughlln, line audi
tor, of the railroad, who make monthly
| trips over the system to pay off era
1 ployes.
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Tuesday, August 6
Feet
High water .12:27a.m. 12.9
Low water . 7:16 a.m. — .8
High water . 1 31 p.m 111
Low water . 7:06 p.m 2.0
Wednesday, August 7
High water . 1:07 a.m. 12 8
Low water . 7:48 a.m. —.6
High water . 2:03 p.m 10 4
Low water . 7:43 p.m 1.7
Thursday, August 8
High water . 1:44 a.m. 12.6
Low water . 8:17 a.m. —.4
High water . 2:32 p.m. 11.6
Low water . 8:20 p.m 1.5
Friday, August 9
High water . 2:20 a.m. 12.2
Low water . 8:44 a.m. .0
High water . 3:00 p.m 10.7
Low water . 8:56 p.m. 1.4
Saturday, August 10
High water . 2:57 a.m. 10.7
Low water . . 9:11a.m. 6
High water . 3:28 p.m. 10.7
Low water . 9:33 p.m. 1.4
Sunday, August 11
High water . 3:32 a.m 11 1
Low water . 9:38am, 1.1
High water . 3:56 p.m. 11.6
Low water .10:12 p.m 1.5
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NOTICE
Meetings of the Boy Scouts will be
discontinued until further notice.
D C. CZKKWKNKA. Scoutmaster
HOMESTEAD SURVEYS
AUTHORIZED BY NEW LAW
Free survey <»f homesteads, where
subdivisional township surveys have
not been extended over the land em
braced within tin* entries, is author
ized by H. R No. 85*;:: The resolu
tion has been adopted by both
branches of congress, and is now a
law.
The act provides that entrymen
may, after due compliance with the
terms of the homestead law in the
matter of residence, cultivation and
improvements, submit to the register
and receiver of the local land office
evidence as to such compliance, duly
corroborated by two witnesses, and
if it appears that the homesteader is
in position to make final proof, the
surveyor general of the territory will
Issue proper instructions for the sur
vey of the land so entered, without
expense to the entryman, who may
thereafter submit final proof ns in
similar entries of surveyed lands
MORE RAILROADERS ARE
CALLER TO THE COLORS
ANt'HOKAGK. Aug. 0 More gov
ernment railroad workers have been
dratted into the military service In
response to the demand of Governor
Thomas lilggs, Jr., for 300 recruits
from Alaska in addition to those taken
under the regular selective conscrip
tion call. Of these 300 recruits re
quired of the territory, twenty-five
were apportioned to Anchorage
Ten of this quota of twenty-live
have volunteered their services, and
to select the remaining fifteen the An
chorage exemption board has drafted
twenty-four registrants, eighteen of
whom are railroad employes.
In all. about 250 former employes
o! the government railroad are either
in the nation’s service or awaiting in
duction
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