I WHITE PASS II
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The COMFORT
| Gate-way i service
d j. a S/FETY
Route or 'On ^
To Yukon Territory, Atlln District, latertof AlMka.
During tlie winter season ot 1S17-18 our regular tr&ln ser
Tlca will be maintained No it* South Beund between Skag
way and Whltehorse, trains learUg both terminals on Tuesdays
WINTER STAGE SERVICE
Our through Mall, Passenger ul Freight Serrice will be
operated between Whltehorse tnd Dawson, aifordin# pTedy pos
sible facility for comfortable w*it«c tratel bjr meana of a
THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED STAGE AND AUTOMOBILE LINE.
eud Fridays.
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For full information apply to
C. W. CASH
Supl. Mail Service Department
WH1TEHORSE. Y. T.
or
A. F. Z1PF
Traffic Manager
612 Second Ave., SEATTLE, Wash
Wh ite Pass & Yukon Route
TIME TABLE No. 40.
Every Tuesday and Friday
No 1, N". Bound a x « . No. 2, 8. Bound
1st Class ..." ' '' lst Class
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11:05 a. m. " WHITE PASS Leaves 2:20 p. m.
11:45 a. m - , LOO CABIN " 1:80 p. m.
12:40 p. ah » ]'BENNETT M 12:50 p. m.
2:20 p. m. " OAHCROSS • 10:48 a. m.
4:50 p. m. Airlve* WHITEHORSE " 8:00 a. il>.
Passengers must be at depot In time to have Baggage in
spected and checked. Inspection is stopped 30 minutes before
leaving time of trains.
150 pound* of baggage will be checked free with each full
fare ticket and 75 poniids witfi each half fare ticket.
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WI LI I AM J. ROBINSON
SYNOPSIS
William J. Robinson, a young American
on a business trip In London, catches the
war fever and enlists in a British cavalry
regiment and lands at Ostend In October,
1914.
Maile driver of an armored car and takes
part In battles about Vpres. Transferred
to the army service corps, ha9 further
fighting experiences us a motorcycle rider
with machine gun attached and as a dis
patch rider.
Describes Christmas of 1914 In trenches
south of Vpres. 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 Horse artillery In ac
tion. Has a narrow escape and takes ref
uge In a cellar. Is sent to Paris.
Describes bomb throwing and aeroplane
attacks and the bombardment of a village.
Kills a trench digger.
The people in Poperinghe, while they
had seen British troops before, had
never had them in the town for any
length of time, and they seemed to be
rerv glad to see us. We had several
Scotch regiments in our corps, and
when they >-atiie nit 11' i!j.; trenches the
first libit* Liu.v > u.ucd a great sensa
tion in ;. v.:i. The:.* kilts were a
neve;- t. u.ee of astonishment to
the IV- •. TI.e woman in the house
where I \»a-s billeted thought that It
was cruel ! > make liietu wear the "lit
tle dresses" in I lie cold weather. She
wanted to know what they wore un
derneath them, and when 1 told her
that they wort* nothing she wouldn't
believe me. 1 explained to her that It
was against orders for them to wear
trousers under the kilt, but still she re
fused to believe.
At this time bomb throwing was be
coming more and more popular, and
besides using the hand bombs we were
using larger ones, which were thrown
by a catapault arrangement. They
could be thrown a long distance and
in mauy cases proved to be very ef
fective. Bomb and grenade schools for
everj- division were opened, and the
men wore- trained to throw bombs
scientifically.
In some places we started using the
slingshot arrangement with which tlie
French throw bombs, bat it didn't turn
out as well for us us R did for them.
I saw one en ? ill which the using of
one of these things was very disas
trous. One of our fellows put a bomb
In the sling and started swinging It.
As he tried to let it go the whole thing
hit the man standing next to him full
in the jaw. Of course it exploded and
killed several men who were standing
near, including the fellow who had
tried to throw it.
During an attack in the Meiiln trencn
es I saw an Incident tliat I will never
forget. Our follows had taken two
lines of treac'nes in a very few min
utes. Ill some places there were Ger
mans occupying a ,>art of a trench
while we held the other part.
A big Irishman cams dashing up with
a load of bombs, and as he came for
ward I saw these Germans raise their
rifles to fire at him. The Irishman was
too quick for them, though, for he
chucked a bomb into the treueh they
were in. and 1 heard his yell, "Split
that between ye, ye swine."
It wiped out the whole crowd of them,
of course, and the best part of it was
that the Irishman didn't alter his stride
the least bit. The expression has be
come quite popular among "bombers."
We hadn't been iu Poperinghe many
days before the German aeroplanes be
gan coming over us. Tiiey didn't do
any damage at tirst, and I wondered
why they didn't drop any bombs. Ev
ery morning about 5 o'clock two or
three taubes would appear and fly
back anil forth for u few minutes, and
then they would go away, and we
wouldn't see any more of them until
the nest morning at the same hour.
At last we got used to them, and they
didn't bother us at all. Once in awhile
our guns would bring one of them to
earth, and then there would be one
grand rush to the place where the ma
chine had falltvi. I saw one fellow fall
one morning, and as I had by motor
bike I hopped on and dashed down the
road to try and find him. He had come
to earth safely, but his engine had been
put out of commission by a piece of |
shrapnel. He had set fire to the ma- 1
chine and was calmly sitting on the
ground some distance from where it
was burning.
Some flying corps fellows were there
Just a few seconds ahead of me, and
they made him prisoner. As he got to
his feet he remarked In perfect Eng
lish, "I had a presentiment that I
fourteen
MONTHS
THfe^yNTT
An American Boy'*
Baptism of Fire
By WILLIAM J. ROBINSON
Copyright, Utile, Brown ft Co.
The most gmphlo account of the
great war that has yet been written
comes 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 he was
one of four survivor*.
The Irishman Veiled, "Split that be
tween ye, ye swine."
wouldn't get back this morning. Oh,
well, c'est In guerre, do with me what
you will."
However, he was a Gertuau; a great
many of our enemy could speak the
king's language.
We knew that sooner or later these
aeroplane^ were going to take a good
stiff crack at us. and we were expect
ing it every day. The first air raid on
Foperinghe came about a month after
we had taken the town over. I had a
new car, and I had been out with It for
a trial run. When I got baek to Poper
inghe I ran into the Grand place and
stopped in front of the general billet,
whore the corps and guards were liv
ing. I had the engine still running and
was Just sitting in the driving seat
listening to it.
It was a cloudy day, and I remember
hearing an aeroplane, but I thought it
was one of our own, for one of our
flying grounds was close by. Suddenly
a taube shot down through the clouds,
and a second or so later there was a
deafening explosion, followed by two
others in quick succession. The first
bomb landed about thirty yards away
from where I was. and the pieces flew
all around me.
Altogether there were forty-six cas
ualties from that raid; eleven were
killed. There was only one British sol
dier and one French gendarme killed
among the military: the remainder
were all civilians. A military funeral
was givou them all, and it was one of
the most solemn a-d impressive cere
monies I ever witnessed. British sol
diers carried our poor chap and French
soldiers carried the Frenchman. The
civilians were carried by their own
townsmen.
Each coffin was wrapped in the na
tional flair.and escorts and firluc parties
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of eacli of tC5 tLVee u&tions were In
attendance. The Belgian Old Guard,
the old veterans, turned out ivith their
band and In dress uniform. During
the service in the church, and in fact
until the whole funeral was over, three
aeroplanes, one Belgian, one Trench
and one English, circled back and forth
over the city. The streets were lined
with soldiers, all with reversed arms,
and the band played the dead march
all the way to the cemetery.
This was only the tirst of many raids
on us In this town, and many a poor
civilian who had harmed no one met
hla death In this way.
If It Is still standing there is very
near the front at Vlamertinghe, not far
from Poperlnghe, a chateau where one
of our divisions had their headquarters,
the corps headquarters being at Poper
lnghe. It was a beautiful place built
on the old style, with enormous grounds
and a moat all around it.
While sitting on a table in a room in
this chateau I first heard one of our
really big guns tired. I kuew that these
guns bad been placed In the grounds of
the chateau somewhere, but at the time
I never thought for a moment what
was likely to happen when they went
Into action. I was talking to one of
the fellows about an air raid that we
bad Just pulled off.
Suddenly and without the slightest
warning came this terrific explosion
that lifted me off the table and dumped
me halfway across the room. The
whole place rocked, and every window
In the house was broken. We rushed
out to see what had happened and
found that ono of these guns liad just
been fired. I mention this merely to
show what damage the concussion
alone will do.
During the time the divisional head
quarters was in this chateau the strict
est rules were cuforced regarding keep
ing under cover und showing no signs
of activity around the plnce. To look
at it from tlif? otTAiKICone Woulu never
dream that on tlie inside several gen
erals and their staffs were working
a tremendous fighting machine. No
autos, motorbikes, bicycles or horses
were allowed within the gates, and
when a man went in he had to keep
under the trees all the way. At night,
while the place was brilliantly lighted
on the Inside, not even a glimmer
showed from the road. I guess it was
about the most quietly conducted head
quarters. oy.-.tbe jvjiole front.
(Continued Tomorrow) [
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