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OAft MAY OOPKTY TTMES. S*A rSLH CHT. H

P«(> Thre*

as

OVER THE TOP”

|3y An American I Soldier Who Went

Arthur Guy Empey Machine Gunner, Serving in France

FAVORED AT ONCE | Gompers Tells of Growth of Labor Day Celebration.

hAPTER XXVM—Continued. —27— mm) cnerklljr replies thst he did top to flcure It oat srben he t-bi . . very nlce-lookln*. orerenthnidk- voanf thin*, stopped at tny bed e.Ui-1. “WTut sounded you In the 1 n polite bat bored tone I an•rrd, “A rifle bullet." rttb a look of disdain ahe passed he next bed, first ejaenlatlnf. "Oh! y a ballet? I thourht It wss a II." Why ahe should think s shell :ml wss mors of s distinction bests I don’t aee a whole lot of differp .nyself. he American Women’s War hospltvas a hesven for wounded men. •y were allowed erery privilege pos- ,■ mndnclee with the rules snd tniilUlNcipllne. The only fsult wss the men's passes were restricted, cet s psss required an set of paricoL Tommy tried many tricks to out bnt the commandant, an old r war officer, was wise to them all. it took a new and cierer ruse to him affix his signature to the •ted slip of paper. As soon as It would get dark many a climbed over the wall and went hi* own." rsgardlaas of many tlgn* 1ng Mm In the face. “Out of bounds patients." Generally the nurses ' looking the other way when one heat night raids started. I hope Information will get none of them t.-ooble, but I cannot resist the ptatlon to let the commandant thst occasionally we put It over him. One sftemoon I received a note, ugh ocr undergiound channel, from female visitor, asking me to attend imrty at her house that night. I •wered that ahe could expect roc and meet me at a certain place on the well known by all patients, and Tlsltors, as “over the wall." I Id her 1 would b* on hand at sevenny. Atiout seven-fifteen t sneaked my •coat and cap out of the ward and It In tha bushes. Then I told the '*e, a particular friend of mine, that as going for a walk in the rose gsrXhe winked and I knew that evthing was all right on her end. 'Jolag out of the ward, I slipped Into bushes and made for the wall. It dark as pitch snd I wss groping ■ugh the underbrush, when suddenstepped Into apace and felt myself ■hlng downward, a horrible bump. 4 blackness. When I came to my nded shoulder was hurting borriI was lying against s circular of bricks, dripping with moisture, far away I could hear the trickling ’•■■ter. I had In the darkness fallen «n old disused well. But why w»«ut I wet? According to all rules 1 should have been drowned. Perhaps I »as and didn’t know IL As the shock of my sadden stop gradually wore off It came to me th* t 1 was lying oc s lodge and tha' the Isast movement on my part would preripltste me lo the bottom of the well. I struck a match. la It* faint glare I saw that I wss lying In a circular bolv about twelve feet deep—the well had hern filled !■ I The dripping I bed hmrd come from a water pipe over oe •u) right. With my wounded shoulder It was bupowdble to ahlnny up the pipe. I ■’•old not yell for help, because the '-■•nier would waul to know how the '‘"Ideat happened, and I would be b-<lrd before the commandant oe ■ barga*. I Just had to grin and bear '• with the forlorn hope that one of 'be r-turning night raiders would pass snd 1 could give hits our usual signal °f “slss-s-w-s." which would bring him b* I be rescue. Ilvevy half hour I could hear the '•bek la the village strike, each stroke bringing forth a muffled volley of '■uraes oe the man who had dug the well. After two hours I hen id two men '■Iking la low votnea. I rwognlard 1 urpural Cook, an ardent "night raid lie heard my “olsSs s s' and '*tne to the edge of the holt. I exI i.l»«d my predicament and amid a lot which at the fished Taking off our hoots, we sneoked Into **rd. I was sitting on my bed lo "‘e dark. Just starting to undress "'• •ti ihr man next t«. me. tlmger" 1 "i'll- whispered. "’Op It. Tank, ’ere ■nos the matron." I Immediately gr,< under I be covers sn-l feigned sleep. The matron stood '•■king Id low toon to the nigh: nors* "od I fHI saleet When I awoke iu the nMimlag the ' silt Sister, an American, was bending “'•r ms Ad awful sight met my etre 1 u *- coverlet on the twd sod tha »hen**ere n mass of mud «nd grvse siliitr Mir was » good ■H-n all right uad Mlsd to get cleuD clothes and ahrdi 'hat no one would get wtoc hut - r ewa* abr gave me a good longue ' M V but did uot rr| « h Dad Ians la the ''•* se being "a Joke •*< • Isllli.g day 1

And for* week every time I passed a patient be would call. “Well. well, here’* the Tank. Hope you are feeling well, old top." The surgeon In our ward was an American, a Harvard nnlt man. named Frost. We nicknamed him "Jack Frost." Be wss loved by all. If a Tommy was to be cut up be had no objection to undergoing the operation If "Ja<k Frost" was to wield the knife. Their confidence in him was pathetic. He was the best sport I have ever met. One Saturday morning the commandant and some "high up" offleers weie Inspecting the ward, when one of the patients who had been wounded In the bend by a 6H of shrapnel, fell on the floor In a fit. ’ihfj brought him round, and then looked for the ward orderly to carry the patient back to his bed at the other end of the ward. The order 1 / was nowhere to be found—like our policemen, they nerer are when needed. The offleers were at a Ioji how to get Palmer Into his bed. Doctor Feast was fidgeting around In a nervous rasnner. when suddenly with

I Author Just Before Leaving for

Home.

a muffled “d n" and a few other qualifying adjectives, be stooped down snd look the man In his arms like a baby—be was no feather, either—and staggered down the ward with him. put ;m U bed and undressed him. A low inrmur of approval came from the pa ruts. Doctor Frost get very red. snd ■ soon as be had finished undressing Palmer, hurriedly left the ward. The wound In my face had almost healed and I was a horrible-looking sight—the left ch*ek twlirtvd Into a knot, the ey# pulled down, and my mouth pointing in a north by northweal direction. I was very downbrart ed and could Imagine myself during the rest of ray life being shunned by all on account Uf the repulsive aesr. Doctor Frost arranged for we to go to the Cambridge Military hospital -* Aldershot for a special operation try ■u <1 make the scar presentable. I arrived ai the hospital and got awful shock. The food was poor and the discipline abnormally strict. N« patient was allowed to *11 on hi* bed. and smoking was permitted only at certain designated hours. The fr.es specialist did nothing for tue except to look at the wound. I made appllcation for a transfer back to Palgutou. offering to pay my transportation, nil* offer was accepted, and after two absence, on-* again I arrived la Hunsey ward, all hope gone. Tbs nest day after my return Doc tor Fro*l stoppad at my :-ed and said: "Well. Kmpey. If you want me to try sod see mhst f can do with tha! scar I’ll do It. but you are taking an awful rUance." , 1 answered: "Hell, doctor. Steve Hrodle took s chance; he bsll* from New Tori sod so do I." Two day# sfter the umlerimker squad carried me to the operating room or "picture*." as wr culled them because of the funny film-, u# see under ether, end the opera lion was per formed II ws» « wonderful piece of sjrgi-ry and s marv.lou* su.-ce** From now on thst doctor can have uij

■bin.

Mure than once some |««»r soldier Ua» been brought Inta the ward In a dylua condition. r.wultlng t*«m loss of blood and eshaukUon caused by bb lujjg jourue) from the trench*'*

special operation, there are always men willing to give some—a leg If necessary to save some mangled mate from being crippled for life. More than one man will go through life with another man's blood running through hla veins, or a piece of his rib or his shinbone In hla own anatomy. Sometimes he never even known the name of bis benefactor. The spirit of sacrifice Is wonderful. For all the suffering caused this war a blessing to England—it has made new men of her sons; has welded all classes Into one glorious whole. And I can't help saying that the doctors, sisters, and nurses In the English hospitals, ore angels on earth. I love them ell and can never repay the care and kindness shown to me. For the rest of my life the Red Cross will be to roe the symbol of Faith. Hope and

Charity.

After four months In the hospital, 1 went before an examining board and was discharged from the service of hi* Britannic majesty as "physically unfit for further war service." After my discharge I engaged pass;e on the American liner New York, and after a stormy trip acroas the Atlantic one momentous day. In the base iriy dawn. I saw the atatne of lib eity looming over the port rail, and I wondered If ever again I would gc "over the top with the beat of luck

and give them nelL"

And even then, though It may seem ruuge, I was really sorry not to be back In the trenches with my mates War is not a pink tea. bu' In a worthwhile cause like ours. mud. rata, cooties. shells, wounds, or death Itself,

First Suggested. He Says, by P. J. McGuire. Then Secretary United Brotherhood of Carpenter*. j Samuel Gompers. founder and presl- | dent of the American Federation of Labor, gave out for publication some Interesting historical matter on the observance of Labor day. “U n d o u btedly the first •auccentlon of setting apart a day In each year to be observed as Labor day." said Mr. Gompers. “was conceived by the late P. J. McGuire. who was at that time secretary of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. The suggestion occurred during the period when the Knights of Labor was In existence. P. J. McGuire being a member of that organlxatlon. “Writing for the American Federatlonlst In 1902. P. J. McGuire had this

to say:

‘“Pagan feasts and Christian observance have come down to us through the long ages. But It was reserved for this country, and for the American people, to give birth to Labor day. In this they honor the toller* of the «arth. and pay homage to those who from rude nature have delved and carved all the comfort ani grandeur we behold. Small Group Responsible. “•More than all. the thought, the conception, yea. the very Inspiration of this holiday came from men In the ranks of the working people, men relive In uplifting their felloww and leading them to better conditions. It came

Labor Day

O N this day each year America honors labor, and it does so with special sincerity because America is a community of work. There is no leisure class worth speaking of in thicountry, which is worth thinking of whenever we consider our country’s problems. For while workers will disagree on a good many things, may find many interests clashing, may be often struggling againat each other in one way or another, there is something that is deeper than all these difference.';, the common tie of work, the fact that we are all on the job, the big job

which we call America.

EVER since the first Labor Day was celebrated has

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often forget that we are all laborers on the big job. todsy we must remember that inspiring truth and draw closer in the love of America and a new consciousness of what America means to ns and what we mean to one another—the director of vast financial forces and the man at die lathe or the throttle, the captain of industry, and the man or woman who sells its products across the counter, the judge on the bench, the farmer at the plow, the doctor in the sick room, the laborer cm the railroad right of way. the woman in the nursery, the kitchen, the school, the shop, or the office. L ABOR Day this year is a day to be long remembered, a day of inspiration, a day of clasped hands and uplifted hearts, a cay of solemn union, of unwavering resolution, of sacrifice, and yet of confident hope and inspiring purpose. America is at war for a world which will be freer, safer, and happier for all men.

EIGHT-HOUR DAY CENTURIES AGO Mistake to Look on It as a Comparatively Recent Innovation.

Lengthened Working Time Waa Brought About aa Result of Change In the Methods of Prodiction In the World, tfi

[hTVwrli 1° ^ 'nnlnn* uh^rh 'had B F CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL.

W [k, ^ iS* «nfl .kirk In KWr j T '«“>• »"' 1 I™ 1 "<■<«"■'*■ «<

** 1 * * m,n w {-ears attained widespread Influence.

•On May 8. 1892. the writer made

I 1 1

nw mkki-kl n.lk'l. *l«iil elght-honr day. and they all s

anew *« one uuo* ******* *=» to proceed upon the theory that

perience taught me that might help th« ^ Sl^- In therear bourn for a day’s work Is a re- fftn what the snob* call plebeian

the average lhat counts and there Isn't much chance for a high average In Intelligence when the workers toll long

hours.

It seems very strange to be «r-

hours shortened. The wonder la that It took mankind ao long to recognlas the fact. In the olden days, when me man made a pair of shoes, let us soy, he could exercise his mind and please hla taste In designing and creating

them.

In these days, to stand all day turning a piece of metal back and forth, or tending a machine that cuts out leather heels. Is to flatten the mind, pervert the soul and darken the life. The more people you have working long hoars at these deadly employments the worst for the average condition of the population, which Is the

only national strength.

Everything that really counts come* out of the masses, the common i»cople.

the general run of mankind.

All the Inventions that amount to

anything come from that source.

AI! the idea* that really help come

laugm me uibi migui ucip iu. - ... . eigm uours lor s uay * »ors i* a reboy wko m.) !u»,e to fo. It 1* tkl.- • -i-bo. mod " mi &>—“U«k. a leap lo the dork, a aotlrlpattoa la tar worae than mllia ’ “ . 5T . . ... darlac eijerinieBk nod nobodjr Itaowa tlon la ct.ll life a to.o ataod. to .. . , " -ha. m.j of tk

of the Ban above him. .ooden how k. " ^ h™

could ever Ml hi. Job. When the On. "h”"" 1 'T . _i «. cv.v,i,,_ I. vtrect parr.de. which would publicly

co ® e * ,how 1 je 'drength and esprit de corps and at IL and to «urprta«d to , f u* trade and labor organlxatlon*.

T ™lhmtii the parade should be followed by

be fills his responsibilities. It la reallj .

“out there."

i picnic or a festival In s

. ...... I 'he proceeds of the same lo be divided

'** baa nerve for the hardnhlp.; lh« j

Interest of the work grips him; he find* _ . . _ relief In the fun and comrade .Mp ol Observed as Fertal Day. the trenches and wins thht best sort 01 “It waa further argued Labor day happiness that comes with duty well ibould be observed at one festal day (jour. j m thr year for public tribute to the THE KND_ I renluK nf the American Industry. There war* other worthy holidays repreaen-

ROMEO WAS CLAD IN KHAKI,

•—- ; ” _ , I if the loduffrial -plriL the great vlttl Play* the Popular Gam* Choking fow of pvrr7 Mtlon . Re suggested the Dinner Table to Work on Af- | ^ ^ MooaBjr ln September of erery

year fjr such a holiday, as tt would

fcctiom of Waitress.

may

As a matter of fact. It Is so old it makes Bunker H1U monument look like a thing of yesterday. It existed before the ten-hour day. the twelvehour day or the fourteen-hour day. Four hundred years ago among our forefathers an eight-hour working day

was the rule and standard.

If there had been no change In the 1 skiing these things In America, way we produced thing*, eight hour* j N'««rty TO years hare passed atnrwould probably Australia adopted the eight-hour day. be the standard A P ril 2L 1856. was the day. In Anatoday. and any- ( ra<ia It is celebrated new as a kind body that warned “ f Fourth of July—a day of national to lengthen It freedom and greatnea*. would be looked In the United States we are still upon as a dema- 1 talking about It more or leas. "The gogue and revolu- j glorious spirit of American progress" tlonlsL ' goes rather lame when you think af

It was only be- 'baL

bad an '

I, is natural that we should be eag-r ! w®* »« the most pleasant ueaaou of enormous Increase In the pressure for G0D ' S G | FTS ARE FOR TOILER

to do Whatever we can for the boys “* F^r. nearly midway between the production, particularly since the In-ssu-k ^1 *“ “• - -

at one,* the Idea was entbustastlcsUy

Parable Show* That Only Thoe* WillIng to Bear Burdens May Enjoy

tha Good Thinga.

■vmratnrllc imarmauon. uiv oevw i w* — —-— - , i —— — -- mean for the workriarv may pray io be delivered from the cogent reasons he advanced, and rr* nothing but toll and sleep, our frienda. writes "An American at one? the Idea waa entbustasttcany ln modern times the Increase of la-

Woman" In the Outlook. I M^raced. , ' bor-savlng machinery should have offA homesick lad .. likely to want First Parade and FertivaL | all that. The average factonr (Jod wUl uke care of mr." And « ha either an atmosphere like that of hl« -The first Labor dry parade and fea- hand or transportation worker now Is CVTe BW|iy hp ha(J an j do , vn to own home or el»e the exotic flavor th« „f the Central Labor union of 200 or 900 times as efficient a* the wa , t for God fo takf> of hlnj expectation of which has helped him New York city. September 5.1882. was average worker of 75 year. ago. bnt After nwh „,. he l>rcamP huncry and tn undertake the great advrolur* *o al-v;4y an Impmdng auccen*. From that he Is no better off. The bog< Increase ni >thlng came hi* w*y. ttut In the dlscheertly. ^ ™ !“ ; L"™ ° U,PUt h * S n0t * h ° rtrnrd hU tanee be saw some hor*e= laden with

‘ ^ " packs which he knew contained food

family among my neighbor* the Un'n-d States, observed today In hours.

the son of the house waa aeand*li»ed every rlty of the land. The plan was ThU la plainly wrong. It Is rottenly when one of their guest* at Sunday next Indorsed by the annual conven- and Intolerably wrong. It I* dangerdinner made the perfectly simple snd Hot, of the American Federation o.* Lu- oualy wrong for the community. The natural requr*t that he be permitted bor. and .the general assembly of the eight-hour movement seeks to set It

after the mewl to repair to the kitchen Knight* of Labor. It spread rapidly right homes. Thev 1«1 him a fine march,

where the pretty »> nitre** wa* Fer- f rnm dly to city and from town to The right-hour Idea mean* some- k . ml-■Ion wa* denied, but young Romeo lown council* and alate leglala- thing to the worker, but U lot more nuu u<

wa* not di*c»uraged. and thl* letter j tnre* took It up snd made It a legal to the rest of society,

cumr “To the Girl That Walt* for Mr*, holiday, until finally. June 28. 19*M. It how this U. Up to 1874 wm S.> snd-So: You are the br*t ever, became u national holiday by act of L, Bn( i chlldrer. worked Ifl hour* Are yon keeping company with any- congress. ! day. or something Uke that. In the

body?" He added hi* name ami « few “The 'nltlal artlnn takttl setting Welsh coal uilues.

person*! detsll*. an* thl* dell clout bit (part oa ,. ,|uy In the year on which « Women hnmcwd like cattle dragof Identification: “If you don’t know ,hi. actlvltle* and beneficial K „i from the mine* great basket*

which soldier wrote thl*. It I* the one | nflo .. n , v „f nrgunlzed labor occurred „ r ^1. There wa* a board In you , wu , 1 ■ lull touched your hand under the dish a , tll( , aftero'Kin meeting of the thrd the center of the runway with cleats ’•’til I*** T«>u by. carprlng, qojl gtftu when yon j>as*ed the pototoea." ,, a y „ f fourth annual s-aslon of oaUed upon It. Bent far over, their on ,h,Hr b * ck *- —LouU Glubc-Dem-

—* the federntlon. October 9. 1894. the heads almost to the ground, the worn- “ <Tnt -

When Horeet Get "Pipped." convention being held Hchloesoer’* en brctvd their feet against these “ When au army horse is wounded ( «| llr>E , K The resolution creating drat* and tugged at their loads. f S H necessary to add that such -.bout the face or Jaw It 1* not *ctil ijj*,,. j n y wa* Introduced In the con- Most of I he in were unsexa-d by tbrir I strength implici solemn responai...wn to the veterinary lines, but ll Trnt | on ,,y A ramrron. a delegate lo | L Nature mercifully made them In bilitiei? Mu»t Americans be told kept to be tended by Its driver fnrtn cjilcago Trade* and Labor ramble of beer »>»#« «°'ce* *0 far reachmg and so

— iwem-s iw

And oo be grew so hungry that

be followed them.

Up the hill be tolled, while still In . the distance were the food-laden

r with the hunger.

At last he came near to where the horse* had stopped earlier In the day, and there hi- found food that had been

left over.

'Thl* I* harder than work." be aald. "and now I realise that God will take cure of the nun who 1* up and doing.

Then II la that a good driver * rar* ivn , „* follow*:

come* In. for the men tend them moot r*refull), feeding them by hand, boiling ibelr oat*, making them iiu*»*e* and spending most of the day »l'h 1 h.-lr .-barge* until they can feed In . ontforl again, ll la thl* jH-r-roal ,-are of the man for hi. horse that ha. b.-.ii the cause of the new order tlul . all horae* have lo fie returned from hospital to their ..wn unit* «gmu : for a

lived. That the first Monday In 8 apt ember of each year be set njurt it* a In'H.rnrc’ nallonal holiday, and that we recommend It* observuncr by all wane-workers. Irrespective of sex.

calling or nationality.*

“W J. Hsmmond. representing the International Typographical union, from New Orleans. Ln.. wn* president

of thl* convention. The accn-dltol criminals or ► delegate* to thl* convention numbered eile*. only twrenty-ulx. m j Hoc!ely had

’ nppalllug

Serve

Uke

Cattle

ir .Hev had * r * inxepAf^bly united with the fat* f t ^ ^ the nation and the obligations of offspring, brought cfaixcnohip? The labor organixatioau forth Idiot*. and their leaders are today closer The little ctili j than ever before to direct contact drvn 1 hut worked : with thr government, and more than

lines •

*0 Injured or hnitaliaed that they grew up ell her range ty|w* Imbcn pay for all this, and

ml m

ut the only thing that will a

Long Loaves Ara Moot Economical.

A l»af weighing on<- pound cotiloln

Afli-r j 11 |wr pent of water If 11 I* r'"“* and only 94 cent If It Is ^tindn- m Therefore. *he who Imy* long luarr ert* 140 grnmi.ie* nwirr actual food f^ I,, r nmidct thx.n ah-- who boy* r>»un

*urf«f». t*.i’ tbau It la '

o

NE trouble ol those who talk them Mill.

u their lack *! knowledge of how the partnership I* conducted by those who control capital It may l»c a partnership ol a certain kind, but where capital make* all f f the taie* and insists that this

, is it- righ* inasmuch aa it own* the 1 1 cxcital. and labor is forced to accept 1 these roles without Question 'he ,

. quality ol the partnerehip eatablivhr 1

is rot calculated to give satisfactory (

! dividendt i:> those who toil for wag'* ; and who constitute by 'ar thr rna

ion’/ in thta so-called partnership— ‘

1 McUera’ JournaL

when It t

•me of It* •r* vli.lcutwould be

ir* of

the past they are bound to

Momentous Labor Day.

tabor duy has a *ihh-1uI tui-unlng In this country. It Is e«|Hi-!iilly a day celrbrat.-il by urgnulx**! labor. Even In this aspect thl- LoIm* day ha* a renew 1-1I Mgiilflcanrc, for In thl* hour 01 the nation’* grave decision trade unionism throughout the Innd ha* ptedgud the »tr tigth of It* arm and the for

of It* spirit I

Job. thi- Job of Am element of the until moment more ln*|>

•• big

BMon- 11-ring of union lal-r. Il» lenders awl 11* tin- I rank and file, to the nation’* cati , c ,*m1 Thi* la tin- enlightened will ..f fi 1 wel- [ men. conscious of the big Job and tea urklng to defend IL