THE WHITE PISS 8
-TDKOI ROUTE =
The COMFORT
Gate-way \ i service
Route of SA|^ 4
To Yukon Territory, Atlln DJurlct, Utertor Alaska.
During the winter season of 1H7-1S our regular train ser
vice will be maintained NortA »*d South Bound between Skag
way and Whltehorse, trains loSrUg both terminals oa Tuesdays
and Fridays. "' 'i
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our through Mall, Passenger and Freight Service will be
operated between Whltehorse «ud D*w9cm, affording ©redy pos
sible facility for comfortable w1»tar travel bj means of a
THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED STAGE AND AUTOMOBILE LINE.
For full information apply to
C. W. CASH or A. F. ZIPF
Supt. Mail Service Department Traffic Manager
WH1TEHORSE. Y. T. 612 S«cond Ave.. SEATTLE. Wash
White Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 40.
Every Tuesday u<l Friday
No 1. N. Bound l f, ,| ji . , . No. 2. 8. Bound
1st Glass .it Ij^' ' 1st Class
H:30 a. m. Leaves SKAGWAY Arrive* 8:50 p. m.
11:05 a. m. " WHITE PASS L«»ve« 2:20 p. m.
11:45 a. m - LOO CABIN " 1:80 p. m.
12 40 p. a. » J • BENNETT " 12:50 p. m.
2:20 p. m. " CARCK06S " 10:48 a. m.
4:50 p. m. Arn?4 WHITEHORSE " 8:00 a. m.
Passengers must be at depot la time to have Baggage in
spected and checked. Inspection Is stopped SO minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pounds of baggage will b« checked tree with each lull
fare ticket and 75 pounds witil each half fare ticket.
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An American Boy'*
Baptism of Fire
By WILLIAM J. ROBINSON
Copyright, Little, Browa ft Co.
The moat graphic account of the
great war that has yet been written
eomea from the pen of a twenty-two
year-old Boston boy, who has Just re
turned from France, where as dragoon
guardsman, dispatch rider and motor
car driver he served fourteen months
under the British flag. Out Of thirty
one motorcycle dispatch riders be was
one of four survivors.
SYNOPSIS
William J. Robir.son. a young American
on a business trip in London, catches the
war fever and enlists In n Rrltlsh cavalry
regiment and lands r.t Ostend In October,
1914.
Made driver of an ar:nored car and takes
part In battles about Ypres. Transferred
to the army service corps, has further
fighting experiences as a motorcycle rider
with machine gun attached and as a dis
patch rider.
Describes Christmas of 1914 In trenches
south of Ypres. Fearful losses. Kills a
sniper and tells of Belgian spies.
A brush with German cavalrymen. Tells
of motor work and work of chaplains, doc
tors and nurses.
Witnesses Royal Horss artillery In ac
tion. Has a n*rro\v escape and takes ref
uge In a cellar. Is seut to Parts
Describes bomb throwing and aeroplane
attacks and the bombardment of a village.
Kills a trench digger.
The mining and capture of Hill 60. Se
cures leave and describes war incidents In
Glaspow. Returns to Ypres In midst of
bombardment.
Motors with an officer through Ypres to
Potl.'.ze amid bursting shells and bombs
dropped from aeroplanes. A terrible ride.
In the sprint: '..rinir. lilt' kaiser paid
a visit to tin' ileriuaii i reaches. 1 guess
lie came very quietly, for the first we
knew of it was when the (I'TUians in
the trenches opposite us raised a big
board above their parapet. <>n which
Was printed something; like this:
THE EXtrrcROR WAS HERE YESTER
DAY.
HAD YOf ONLY KNOWN!
THE ENGLISH WERE EVER SLOW!
Our chaps printed a board which
went them one better, it si»id:
THE KING HAS IJEEX HERE TWICE.
TOMORROW THE PRESIDENT
OP FRANCE COMES.
WE ARE NOT A I' ::.MD TO TELL, YOU
NOW.
FRITZ, YOt: AHi-: HARMLESS!
To carry the j< ko u> the end, some
body duj; up a silk hat from some
where. and about 1 oYluck all the fel
lows be^au to cheer. They stuck the
hat ou the end of a stick and carried
it alori^ ilic- trench :o that it could be
seen.
That hat was absolutely riddled with
bullets, but they carried it clear to the
end of the treii-!i. mid I lien ihey threw
both hat and slick o'er the parapet, so
that the tlenaans couid see liow they
had been f,> led. And how our fellows
[ howled!
The German-: wer- so mad I think
they would have d"lie i s violence had
they had the opportunity. A little
thins like that uic; us it lot to the boys
in the trenches, and it is the subject
of convcrsutl ii for d::ys and days
afterward.
Later we be^a'i !•> have more trouble
with spies. V.'e cat: :ht bunches of
them but there always seemed to be
more about, Oifasioucllv there would
be a Heluian anion;: them, but for the
most pari they weie Germans. and we
coulu not undor.Uaiid it. We caugbt
them in all ^ui:es. but for the greater
part they .«•: med to fancy lulls as be
ins above kiisiiw i< n. On the face of
the thing thi-» is ii,!icu!ous, for who
can imitate the S r.ecent so as to
Ret by in the British lines?
uiuus who were wearing the kilt, and
they all seemed very much surprised
that the.v should li:i\a ln'cu captured
while posiug a.; S;otcli:r.?:i.
To put a stop to this spying it was
decided to close nil roads for u period
of tweuty-four hour*. All men were
warued that from !) o'clock on such
aud such a night until 0 o'clock the
following night they were not to leave
their units without the special pass
provided for these twenty-four hours.
Sentries were placed 'J00 yards apart
on all the roads in the daytime and 100
yards at night. All these preparations
were made very quietly and the great
est secrecy preserved. I was detailed
with my car to patrol certain roads
during the twenty-four hours, and, of
course, all the other roads were pa
trolled too. We had orders to stop ev
er}' one we met, and if they were not
provided with the special pass we were
to take them prisoners regardless of
what uniform they were wearing. It
looked like tiresome work, but it prov
ed to be rather exciting.
I started" over my route promptly at
0 o'clock, and yon may be sure I was
all on edge to make a capture. My
ear was flying the flag of the army
corps headquarters, so I was not both
ered by the sentries stopping me. I
went over the route the first time with
out meeting a soul who wasn't quite
all right I was much disappointed,
for I thought I would be picking up
gcies wholesale. Ou the second trip I
began to' trunk taut* I was gcfing to
have about the same luck as I (lid od
the first, for everything seemed very
fiuiet and i>eaeefnl.
1 came to the village of Herzeele and
turned into the road which leads to
Watou, and, as I said. I was begin
ning to lie sick of luy job. There was
rather a sharp curve in this road, and
as I turned it I saw by the light of
my electric headlights two men stand
ing in the middle of the road. The
minute they caught sight of :ny car
they started out across a field as hard
as they could go.
I yelled at them and jammed on my
brakes. They didn't stop, so I pulled
my revolver and sent a couple of per
suaders after them. That brought
them to a halt all right, and I hey start
ed yelling "Friend!" at the top of their
voices. I twisted the searchlight on
my car around until tiie light shone full
on theui, and then I called to them to
keep their hands in the air and come
back on the road.
It, but I assured them if they didn't I
would 1111 thetn full of holes. I cer
tainly felt fierce enough to do It. They
came up on to the road, and I made
them stand one on each side of the
ear. Then I noticed that one of them
had on a pair of German soldiers'
boots, and then I knew that I had a
fish for sure. 1 got out and searched
them, but they were unarmed.
What was worrying me was the fact
that in taking them back one of them
would have to sit behind me in the
car. I took off my spare tires and put
them in the back of I lie car, and with
the straps I bound one fellow's feet
and hands. I piled hi:.i into the ton
neau and made the other sit In front
with me. I assured him if he made a
single move 1 didn't like I would
pump him full of lead I*. D. Q.
In this way I took them into camp
without accident. They were shot as
spies two days later. Our haul for the
twenty-four hours was thirty-one spies,
and every one of them was a German.
One of the most terrible things I
ever witnessed was the destruction of
the chateau at Hooge. The chateau
was lu a very peculiar position, being
on the dead ground between our trench
es and the Germans. Sometimes we
would hold it and sometimes they
would, and it offered great chances to
both for sniping.
Sometimes we hsld part of It, and
they would hold the other part. Then
there wus some great hand to hand
fighting. Our fellows in one room
would be digging holes through the
wall to pot at Germans in the next.
It was so close to our trenches that
we did not dare to shell it, and the
same thing applied to the Germans.
It was decided to mine the thing and
blow it off the face of the earth. I
think the Germans had decided the
same thing, and it was simply a case
of who would get their mines laid first.
We got the jump on them, and when
everything was ready a".r hoys enticed
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the Gerfnans fnto It, aiiu theii 'the work
of destruction started. I was sitting
on horseback behind some staff officers.
We were about half a mile from the
place, but we had our ears stuffed
with cotton to prevent the explosion
from injuring our hearing.
When the mines were set off we saw
a sight such as one observes only once
In a lifetime. The earth trembled, a
low, growling nimble ensued, then a
mighty crash, and the air was filled j
with smoke, flame, bricks, dust, flying
bodies, heads, legs and arms. Our fel
lows let out a mighty cheer and charg
ed across the crater formed by the ex
plosion. The Germans seemed stunned
l>y the awful sight they had witnessed,
and we took several lines of trenches
from them with very little trouble. The
losses on the German side were terri
ble, and we lost heavily ourselves. The
chateau at Hooge will always be re
membered by those who saw it.
His majesty the king paid his armies |
a visit In the fall, and as 1 had never
seen King George I was much inter
ested. I had seen the king of Belgi
um and also President Poincare of
France, but up to this time I had nev
er seen the king for whom I was fight
ing.
We were warned the day before,
and every one had to be bright and
shining for the big event. The king
drove up in a car bearing the royal
standard on it, and you may be sure
that car was given the right of way
over everything. Two dispatch riders
had dashed along the road ahead of
the car, clearing the way so that noth
ing should delay the royal party. I
was one of a large detail of mounted
men who acted as escort to bis maj
esty.
When he left the car he mounted the
beautiful horse that was waiting for
him, and, escorted by the guard, he
rode out t<> the. reviewing stand. He
made a' speech to tfie men; \vVo were
formed up on the parade, and he thank,
ed them for their Joyalty and devotion
to England In her time of need.
I could only liear u few words of
his address, as I was stationed quite
a distance away from him. As he fin
ished the speech he saluted. The fel
lows threw their hats into the air and
let out a mighty cheer. When this
happened every horse on the ground,
Including my own, stood right up on
his hind legs and reached for the blue
Bkies above.
The king was thrown In some way
Bnd sustained injuries that were rather
serious. The accident acted as a
llamper to the enthusiasm, and the
king's visit ("tided much differently
than was espvcted.
(Continued Tomorrow) [
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