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Newspaper Page Text2 Col. House’s Advice Makes Wilson Majority Presidemt bLO3t ORGANIZATION SUCCESSFUL IN WEST By ARTHUR D. HOWDEN SMITH. (Copyright, 1918, by the New York Evening Post Co., published through special arrangement with McClure Newspaper Syndicate. All rights reserved.) CHAPTER XIX. President Wilson entered the cam paign of 1916 with the chances dis ‘tinctly against him. The man in of fice who runs for re-election is al ways at a disadvantage as compared with his epponent. His record is fix ed and Xnown; his inevitable mis~ takes are glaringly apparent; if his opponent is a man of political sa gacity, he is forced upon the de fensive from the day of hig nomina tion. This was the situation In which Mr. Wilson found himself. No President since Abraham Lincoln had been confronted by so many varied and perplexing problems. Time and ~again In his first term he had been compelled to choose between two courses of action, with the knowledge that no matter which way he directed his st<vs he would encounter bitter denunciation, The many pleces of constructive legislation to his credit were ignored by his political enemies for the sake of making capital out of policies regarding which there were essentially different points of view. His Jofty idealism, his steadfast re ‘puciation »f he sordid forces of mis rule, his unyielding resistance to re actionaries, his devotion to justice in every cause, his unfailing arraign ament of wrongdoing, his determined pressure for social reform, his sub- | ‘ordination of personal Interest to the national welfare—all these were re w and cast aside. And it is only j to say that in the prevailing state ‘of the public’s mind, a clever cam ) against him must have prom i every chance of success. " Republican Hosts Reunited. * The return of Theodore Rovseveit “and the constructive wing of the Pro ‘giressives of 1912 enabled the Republi can party to present a solid front; ‘business men generally in the HEast were against Mr. Wilson, despite the | “huge profits ‘hey had been making Mor two years; his fearless attitude toward Germany had offended a sub "stantial element of German-Ameri wan volers, while his refusal to al- Jow the couniry to be drawn into the “war, without a mandate from th 2 .people, had drawn down upon him the abuse of a vociferous pro-Ally -vﬁmup. headed by Colonel Roosevelt. Finally, his Mexican policy, always ‘@ source of trouble, had been brought ‘4O the fore again by the necessity of ‘@dopting strenuous measures in the ‘spring and early summer of 1916, . Of Mr. Wilson’s renomination there .was never the slightest doubt. The ; men who could ever have con- Pated the nomination with him was i) . Bryan, and Mr. Bryan, whether 10w ?ly or unknowingly, threw pdy his chances by his attitude to- Sward the Lusitania controversy with Gérmany. Mr. Wilson was far and AwWa the strongest man in his Fa.rty. dn fact, no President since Lincoln ‘Bas ever been leader of his party to the same degree. Democracy was solidly behind him. The question his cam| committee faced was the fiecessity «f attracting enough Pro ressive and Independent votes and the ballots of newly enfranchised ‘women to offset the old Republican wajority which had triumphed in 1898, in 1900, in 1904 and in 1908, :»mﬂu of Chairman. ~ The nt was especially for mate in the choice of his national chairman, Vancs McCormick, of ' ! an old Yale football 8 & choice which had the thor a approval of Colonel Houu.‘ or ﬁ s considerable opposition to r. Mc ! selection cmonx‘ mocratic leaders, because he came im a Rey can State. But the ‘resident and Colonel House held . this was utm)l}vdm advantage. | “mednt that he would not be handi capp by the factional fights which Iways laid a burden on the shoulders i et ez e o e o s State. ore ﬂ&umhk Was A Progres pe, who had enjoyed the support and indorsement of Colonel Roose . &8s candidate for Governor in 2, ard he would therefore be an A n for attracting the Progres 5, which the Democrats .He had an exceedingly good per nality, was an excellent organizer, ‘and po d the best of health, ich permitted him to work night | da: o mean advantage for the shairman of a mhl%.wuuou cam ttee. Shortly after he was appoint dhe cs over to New York and pent | day with Colonel House, yho had never met him before. They ke ~and dined together, went to House took his measure. B Likes McCormick. - “McCormic! is a splendid fellow,” was his verdict. “He grows on you. The | you see of him the better ‘you him. He is lovable in dis position, . cheery, hard-working, riendly to everybody, with a peculiar pility for making men get along to. tether and ironing out difliculties. He was the best man we could have Kpicked for the place, and he more "1l " in_c.tln.d the President’s selection © Fundamentally, the Democrats had ‘A strong appeal to make to the voters 4n 1916. ‘“‘Peace, Prosperity and Pre ‘paredness!” was their slogan. In a ‘time when all the other great nations of the world had been involved in “war, Mr. Wilson had managed hon _orably to steer clear of hostilities, and yad even succeeded in winning a dip- Jomatic victory over Germany on the pasex issue. In Mexico the Presi gent had upheld American prestige by iis occupation of Vera Cruz, by his dispatch of Pershing’s column into one in pursuit of Villa in March, }l6, and by his mobilization of the Sational Guard along the border in ithe following June, after Carranza trooy had ambushed a patrol of Pershing’s men at Carrizal. Yet, de _: these measures, he had averted war, making it perfditly clear to the e ible authorities in Mexico that ye would give them every opportunity jo solve their difficulties in their own A . Discontent With Policy. ® But there was considerable discon ent with both his German and Mex pan policies, Fortunately for Mr. 'flson, Charles E. Hughes, the Re sublican presidential candidate, elect dto observe a cautiously noncom f‘:llmmdo on these questions, et THE ATLANTA GEOnGiAN °@ © 4 Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes @ ©° ® ® MONDAY, MAY 13, 1918. aiming to avoid antagonizing the German-Americans who were assail ing the Presldent for being pro-Brit ish, or the people who followed Colo nel Roosevelt's lead and denounced him for having falled to intervene in the world war, either when the Cer mans violated the neutrality of Bel glum or when the Lusitania was sunk; and similarly, endeavoring to please all shades of opinion regard ing Mexico, The President was quick to seize the opportunity of taking the of fensive, and it was he and his sup porters who held this strategic ad vantage throughout the balance of the campaign. He took his stand squarely on the issue of peace. He challenged the Republicans agaln 'nnd again: Would they, had they been ‘in power In August, 1914, or in May, 1915, have intervened in the war in Furope? Would they, had they been in power jn the summer of 1914, have marched from Vera Cruz to Mexico City, or in March, 1916, would they have umed Villa's border raids as an excuse for embarking upon hostilities with Carranza and all Mexico? This was an i{ssue Mr. Wilson could safely go to the voters upon, for he knew that the vast majority of Americans Ead not wanted war, either with Ger many or Mexleo, Kept Secrets Inviolate. He never allowed a hint to eseape of the profound secret reasons which had governed his foreign policy. It must he apparent tn anyone who has read these pages that he could have allenced his most unreasonable critics by a brief statement of the coneclu sfons he and Colonel House had reached so far back as the fall of 1918. But for him to have explained at that time might have hampered his influence abroad in behalf of peace, and he considered it was incumbent upon him, above all things, to pre serve every resource he had to ohtaln‘ peace when the right moment came, | In the summer and early fall of 1916 the President and Colonel House sup posed that Germany intended to live up to the obligations solemnly as sumed by her with regard to her con duet of sea warfare. They were con fident that the United States was as safe as a nation could be in such dis turbed times, and they were happy in the thought that this left them free to work for the end of the war in Europe, Domestic Affairs Prosperous, In the field of domestic affairs, Mr. Wilson had nothing to apoiogize for, He could point to the most remark able program of progressive, liberal legislation, enacted and in opevation, which had ever heen socured by one administration in three years. The Federal reserve act, the rural credits act, the Underwood tariff law, the final achievement of an income tax law, a definite program for naval and military preparedness, establishment of the Federal Trade Commission, di rect election of Senators, the indus trial employeeg arbitration act, the child labor and elght-hour laws, Phil ippine independence, and half a dozen other important measures, had set a record, not to speak of the universal speeding up of the Federal depart ments and the anigher moral tone of government. It was a record to be proud of. Had Mr, Wilson been de feated in 1818 he would stili have been remembered in history as a President who threw aside conven tion and placed monumental laws upon the statute books. So much for the issues. The weak nesses of Mr. Wilson's candidacy were as apparent to Colonel House and the Pregident's other advisers as was the strength of the Rg‘publlmna. Big Business With Republicans. Never before--not even in the palmiest days of Mark Hanna's lead ergship-——were campaign funds sub scribed to as they were by the leaders of “Big Business” who backed Mr, Hughes. Colonel House realized from the opening of the campalgn that it would be' impossible to rival the en emy in this respect. To make any attempt to meet them on their own footing would be ridiculous, disas trous. But it is one of Colonel House's political axioms that ‘oo much money in a campaign is liable to be a greater handicap than an as set. “Too much money s an evil" he says. “It reacts upon Its spenders. The best cause can be ruined by It Look at what happened to the fusion municipal campeaign in New York City In 1917. Too much money wrecked the chances of a good ticket, It is always best in a campaign to ketp your expensos down to strictly legitimate purposes—office work, typ ing, paper, the telephone and tele graph, and printing. Cireularizing s a feature which can easily be over done. It never pays with city peopie They throw away the literature sent to them; they have too much to do, too many interests, to give the time to reading it. But in a campaign in rural districts, good printed matter frequently is wvaluable, as country people have fewer resources for amusement.” To Organize Closely. Colonel House's basic idea of the campalgn was to try to organize 16,000,000 voterg for Wilson, precisely as you would go about organizing a precinct for the election of a justice of the peace. In other words, he ad vised the political managers to use the lowest possible unit of organiza tion, and to employ meticulous care in reaching every voter, Many Dem ocratic leaders doubted that it could be done, but Colonel House insisted that if hig scheme would elect a jus tice of the peace it would elect a President, and in the end he con vinced them. The chief difficulty was lack of money. but in this respect they did the best they could in the circumstances. 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AR P gl st ; ¥ & Thameaeß - it A R AL L 2 oS e 3 Gl el RO et L AR S G s @%fag( i Sl ¥ao A, (AP FRe T S oSR B R TP e i TR ; . # LSRR R . % R J < . AR B R DR 4 : B BRI IR £ is; % e AANP T b 0 s ee s har S ] ) S : ol S 1 WL e s FHOTO BT INTERNATIGNAL Gutzon Borglum, the noted sculptor of the Stone Mountain memorial, shown in his New York studio. Mr. Borglum has been a figure in the airplane production inquiry, and his charges have aroused administration cireles. He himself is now accused of seeking to profit personally from his closeness to President Wilson by promoting an airplane plant to manufacture craft for the Government. relying for success in the West upon ‘the normal Republican majoritics re turned in the past. I'or example, the Republican managers simply squan dered money in New York, which they regarded 1n 1916 as more than | ever the pivotal State of the Union, with its 45 electoral votes. The allot- ] ment of funds in New York was said to have been as high as $5,000 an election distriet. In Pennsylvania, In diana, Illinois, Ohio, lowa, Michigan, Wisconsin and in New England the same conditions prevailed. Winning of West Advised. Colonel House counseled the Dem ocratic managers to go quietly out into the West and, without drawing too much atftention to their exertions, make every effort to win over the States which had shown radical ten dencies in recent elections, especially the woman suffrage States. The Re- Eu‘blk‘lna mostly ignored these States. olonel House, with his ear close to ‘the ground, had perceived the direc tion in which they were drifting. In‘ a few States where the Republicans | ‘were working hard, such as Ohio, ‘Klnnp and California, the Democrats let themselves out to meet their op ‘ronents. with results surprisingly sat- | sfactory. It was a daring plan. It meant that Mr. Wilson's victory could not be won by a very wide margin, and | that a slip-up in a vital State would | mean a defeat. As it happened, the election turned entirely on Califor nia, where thirteen electoral votes were won by little more than 3,000 majority, largely due to the rallying of the women and Progressives to Mr. Wilson. It was one of the tensest elections in ‘the country’s history. The New York evening papers of election day-—all "but The Evening Post—conceded the ‘electlon of Hughes, for the impressive majorities he rolled up in the East and Middle West, it was taken for granted, would be duplicated in the Prairie, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast States. The New York Sun, the next morning, November §, an nounced that Hughes had “swept the ‘West,” and already was assured of ‘more than 291 electoral votes, a safe margin over the 266 necessary to elect. Even The New York World, stanch supporter of Wilson, that morning conceded Hughes' election, stating that he had carried twenty three States, with 284 electoral votes. Tide Changes. A few hours later the outlook was materially changed, as the close re turns of the Far West began to come over the wires in detail. There, it was seen, in State after State, which the Republican managers had confi dently looked upon as safe, Wilson was running neck-and-neck with Hughes or leading him—and always the Wilson votes kept increasing while the Hughes votes decreased. On the morning of November 10 Mr. Wilson's election was assured be yond cavil by his victory in Califor nia. He received 277 electoral votes, the odd one coming from West Vir ginia, where there was a split, seven votes going to Hughes and one to Wilson. He received a total of 9,129 - 2689 votes against 8.547.328 for Hughes, or a majority of 581,941, From be ing a minority President he became a majority President, and even more impressively so geographically speak ing. The Republican party was revealed as pent up in narrow stretches of country along the northern third of the Atlantic seaboard and in the Middle West around the Great Lakes. Ohio intervened between the two Re publican blocks of States, isolating one from the other. Even in rock bound New Kngland, New Hampshire had gone Democratic. Everywhere else, North, South and West, Wilson had won. Only Oregon on the Pa cific Coast and South Dakota in the Prairie group had remained Republi can. It was impressive—or depress ing--as you happen to look at it. House Always Calm. Through all the hurly-burly of the days immediately preceding election and following it, Colonel House pre served his calm and his curiously de tached vision. He refused to grow excited; he refused to despair; he re fused to worry. The morning after election day, when the President's prospects still seemed black, he was cheerful and confident. He had made his calculations, and he beileved in them, ungll they were definitely prov ed wrong. All night he had rested with a telephone at his bedside, sooth ing distracted State chairmen, advis ing on the issuing of statements. But he did not show it, except for the lines of fatigue in his face. His eyes were clear, his manner unhurried. “Wait until we hear more from the West,” he advised. “Even here in the East the first big majorities for Hughes are falling.” His confidence was justified, The West went Democratic, and Mr. Wil son won by the same tactics which elect a justice of the peace. “It wag a great personal triumph for the President,” said Colonel House long afterward. “But it was more than that. It was a political revolution, a realignment of national sentiment. It was the most encour aging sign in American politics.” | (To Be Continued Tomorrow.) Girl Is Jailed f or Soldiers’ Farewells Policeman Nick Carter saw Euge nia Doughty, 18, of Brooklyn, hug and kiss a soldier at the Terminal Sta ticn. Policewoman R. C. Perkins, sta- Itioned at the Terminal, said she had seen the girl bid a demonstrative good-bye to many soldiers in the last three weeks. ’ The court said, wheh the girl was vp for preliminary trial Saturday morning, that while maybe there was not any law anywhere making it an offense for a_girl to hug and Kiss a soldier, per se, this Brooklyn girl, possessing an unusual amount of pul chritudinous charm. was a menace tc the soldiers, and she wag placed in jail in default of £IOO hond. Attorney C. G. Battle represented the girl, ind Jerome Simmons, repre senting the committe on training camp activities, prosecuted the case. (By International News Service) NEW YORK, May 11.—Asserting that more than 3,000 American air planes might have been in use on the western battle front as far hack as last March, Gutzon Borglum this aft ernoon issued a statement countering the charge that he had hoped to reap financia! gain as a result of his alle gations against the Government's air craft program. He denied with vigor that he had been actuated with selfish purposes and insisted that his friendship for President Wilson has never been mis used. “1 deny the charge that I improperly used the President's authority in any matter whatsoever,” said Borglum, “either in a manner to offend good form or to constitute a breach of con fidence. The people who are opposing me presented that charge to the Pres ident in a way to offend him, as it nat urally would.” To Launch 3d Ship SAVANNAH, May 11.—The Savan nah Engineering and Construction Cempany will launch its third ship Wednesday. She is built for the French Government. The ship will be launched under the name of Inez, but will be renamed at one the Verdun, commemorating the great battle of that name. She is of 18 tons register and cost approximate ly $250,000 to build. 2 Men Injured When Motorcycle Hits Curb In a motorcycle accident at South Pryor street and Georgia avenue Sat urday afternoon, Robert K. Richard son, of East Point, received a broken leg and severe bruises and cuts, and W. H. Hill, of No. 214 East Hunter 'street, was slightly injured. Richard ‘son was taken to Gray Hospital. Hill went tc his home. Both were riding on the machine, which crashed into the curbstone. ' Bod U. S. Nurses’ Body to Meet Here Next Year Atlanta will be host to the next con vention of the American Nurses' As sociation, which has been in session in Cleveland, Ohio, this week. A telegram from Fred Houser Sat urday announced that Atlanta had won over Boston and Asheville. There were 1,500 delegatcs at the Cleveland meeting. LEWIS IS ENTOMOLOGIST. A, C. Lewis, who has Dbeen acting State entomologist since the resigna tion of L.ee Worsham, has been elect ed to that {x)sltion by the State board of entomology. W. W. Chase was elected as his assistant. WOULD 3USPEN JINE AL T (By Internationai News Service) WASHINGTON, May 11.—Senator Watson, of Indiana, this afternoon gave notice in the Senate that on Monday he will move to suspend the rules that he may offer an amend ment to the revenue bill to suspend the proposed increased rates for sec ond-class mail matter. The amendment would suspend the increases from july 1, 1918, to July 1, 1919, These rates affect newspapers almost entirely and the proposed in crease has been contested by newspa per publishers. Under the :aw, which goes into effect July 1, the rates are fixed according to zones, Publishers contend that his will not only decrease the revenue of news papers, but will prohibit their wide circulation and deprive the pubplic of the benefit of the ideas of various sec tions of the country. Intreduction of a new revenue bill at the preser.t session will l'e the signal for a renewed effort to make income and excess profits taxes payable in in stallments instead of in a lump sum, it was learned today. Advocates of the installment sys tem hope the Treasury Department would reverse itself and permit pay ments of this year's taxes in that way, when an accurate estimate of the amounts the last revenue will bring in is available., They believed, in view of the difficulties the banks are having in supplying the cash nec essary for tax payments and at the same time financing (Governiment war loans, their plan will be adopted as an amcndment to the new revenue bill without sericus opposition. As opposed to the administration plan to double the amounts to be re turned by income and excess profits taxes, factions in both houses will urge heavy taxes on luxuries. Taxes on all gifts is now being put forward as a method of raising revenauaes. Representative Hull, of Tennessee, will lead a fight to impose heavy taxes on all sales of dlamonds, pearls, furs and other articles of luxury. He believes such taxes would discourage traffic in these things and thus would release man power for other work essential to the prosecution of the war. 2 Recruits Enlist For Tank Service Atlanta next week will send her} first recruit to the tank service. lke‘ Cohen, of No. 155 Love street, has re ceived notification that he has been‘ scecepted in this new and hazardous branch of the service. He will leave Monday for Columbus barracks, and after a short course of training there will proceed to Gettysburg, Pa., where the tank camp is lecated. Eugene McNeel, of Marietta, also has joined the tank corps and will leave Sunday for the training camp. He is a broth er of Ensign M. L. McNeel, of the navy recruiting office, ¥ i |Atlantans Visit Decatur Market A number of Atlanta housewives, who had motored out to Decatur last Saturday, anticipating the opening of the Decatur Curb Market by just one week, returned this Saturday and were ampiy rewarded. The farmers were on hand as early as 7 o'clock, and so were a number of automobiles, bringing women from the Druid Hills and other near-by sections. There were all kinds of spring vegetables, and broilers which sold rapidly at 50 cents each. The entire stock was exhausted within a short time. The market will be open Tuesday and Saturday of each week during the summer months. Postal Increases State Tax Returns An increase of $117,949 over figures for last year is shown in tax returns to the Comptrolier General's office by the Postel Telegraph Company. The property valuation for this year is $391,601, as compared with $273,652 last year. This is a revised report, the Comp troller General having refused to ac cept the original valuation of $284,571. Grant Park Pool 3 Soon To Be Ready Announcement was made Saturday morning at City Hall that the swim ming pool, under construction at Grant park, will be completed early in June. Councilman C. T. Hailey said he will ask the city for additional funds for the maintenance of the pub lic swimming pools this summer. | 1 : 0 | Centrists ppose Hertling's Policy (By International News Service.) AMSTERDAM, May 11.—Berlin newspapers are now discussing the possibility of a Government crisis as a result of the Catholic-Centrist ef forts to split the majority bloc on the question es Cancellor Von Hert ling’'s eastern policy. Mathias Erz berger is leading the new Centrist op position. INDIAN BILL APPROVED. WASHINGTON, May 11.—The Sen ate this afternoon adopted the con ference report on the Indian appro priation bill. Maj.Rasmussen,Famotig® Soldier of Fortune, Slaifg’ By Hun Shell in Franée By NEWTON C. PARKE, ‘ Staff Correspondent of the Interna tional News Service. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 9-—(Delayed).—Ma jor A. Rasmussen, soldier of fortune, former major in the Canadian army and one of ‘the best liked officers in the American army, has been killed by shell fire on the sector between Amiens and Paris where the Ameri cans are fighting with the French. Major Rasmussen’s home was in Portland, Oregon. He was a tall, dark haired, handsome chap of sol dierly bearing who had taken part in several filibustering expeditions in Central America. Later, he fought with the Carranzistas in Western Mexico. Shortly after the outbreak of the war he obtained a commission with the Canadians, where, oddly enough, his closest friend was a captain from San Francisco, who had fought with the Huerta forces in Mexico against the Carranzistas. This captain and Rasmussen had been assigned to the American forces last fall by the Brit ish. The captain was an instructor, his specialty being bayonet work. Popular With the Men. Rasmussen taught the Americans first corps school but later was as signed to the army school, showing the men the fine points in agegressive bayonet work. He proved extremely popular with his students. In January Rasmussen tvas trans ferred to the American army and al most immediately he was placed in command of a hattalion of one of our best regiments. Shortly afterward these troops entered the line on the Toul front, In a German gas attack Rasmussen was slightly gassed, but refused to go to the hospital, although ordesed there by a doctor. He suffered for a week from the effects of the gas. Victim of Fallin Hammer Loses Suit Attorney R, l. Milling Saturday had won in his court fight with Attorney T. C. Battle, who was seeking to col lect $5,000 damages because of having been struck on the foot by a hammer that accidentally fell from the win dow of Attorney Milling's office on the fourth floor of the Kiser Building, at Pryor and Hunter streets. A jury in Judge H. M. Reid's division of City Court found a verdict in favor of At torney Milling. Attorney Battle was passing along Hunter street at the time of the ac cident. The descending hammer haa become loosed from the handle while Attorney Milling was driving a nail for a picture in his office. The ham mer first had struck the floor and then bounded out of the window. . . Liquor Disappears; ) Custodian Removed SAVANNAH, May 11.—For ‘ex treme negligence,” as determined by the Grand Jury, J. C. Sipple, Sheriff of the City Court, was removed today by Judge John Rourke, Jr., of the City Court, as custodian of liquors held as evidence in cases pending. Cecil Maxwell was appointed in his place. About five cases of liquor disap peared mysteriously from the store room while Sipple had them in charge. The Grand Jury investigated the cir cumstances and returned the verdict of “extreme negligence.” Thomasville Service Flag Still Missin THOMASVILLE, May 11.—The whereabouts of Thomasville's service flag, which disappeared in a myste ricus manner several weeks ago, still remains unknown and all attempts to find it have been in vain. The town is determined to have a service flag, however, and if all efforts fail, a sub seription will be obtained for another. 1,200,000 Men Called WASHINGTON, May 11.—There have been called to the colors to date over 1,200,000 men, it was learned this afternoon at the office of Provost Marshal General Crowder. Fresh drafts are constantly being prepared. . i Pause Aspires To Be | . . 1 County Commissioner! T | Paul S. Pause, of the Frank E.. Block company, Saturday announced his candidacy for the Fulton County Commissinn, to represent the country districts. The primary will be held on September 11. i e e r——— Stomach ills | permanently disappear after drinking | the celepbrated Shivar Mineral Water. Positively guaranteed by money-back offer. Tastes fine: costs a trifle. De livered anywhere by our Atlanta Agents, Toursey & Munn Drug Store, | Mariettadand Broad Sts. Phone them. | —Advertisement. l On a certain night in April, mussen’s battalion began movin f ; ward a certain town in the ~ ' between Amiens and Paris. e Ramussen, who was a commandin figure on horseback, rode up f§ ﬁi cottage where the American coFres spondents were quartered to ﬁm‘; good-bye, £ v;g‘:ﬁ g “Well, I thought I had seen‘fé&b“é last of the Somme country when I was with the Canadians in the big Somme show, but you can never knoy where you are hound for when you "are soldiering,” said he. “If they get me this time you fellows can di vide my stuff, but you wo 4 much in the way of clothes.n‘ L not taking any chances with gok % uniforms. Right now I am wearin L my old British tunic.” Had No Fear of Shells. S Just then there was the shagp whine of a shell, the noise increasin in volume. The correspondents dt ed their heads as the shell burst § . field about 30 yards away, but mussen merely flicked the ashes i his cigarette and laughed as he - claimed: ; “The old boches just seem to low me around.” Rasmussen's battalion sta moving in the dusk, while Ge shells were bursting in the villag Immediately before he started B mussen leaned down from his hg¢ and shook hands with each col spondent, wishing them good W anil “hoping they would get tl bellies full of shell.” Then he ki the hand of a white-haired old Fre woman who had taken hot wat his room every morning. V hee his horse he departed in the di ness. 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