The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

LAKE SHORE NEWS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1918 \Sharing Freight Car With Mules Pleases ^^;£M,diM^s£nS^er Bitterness lPf?n§i "* 'PISH Jfgjjflife where the Yanks are giving 'Iglitf chase to the huns, experienced by ;S^ Sergeant J. J. Schroeder, Supply ||g§|| Sergeant with the American_£xpe- 'IPllJll ditionary Forces in France.wife3fe Sergeant Schroeder, in the follow1 "IpiP ing extracts from letters received by -■■•IMP||§ relatives here, possesses the good old ;^i;;!l! ^"kee faculty for the seeing the J||||ffi humorous as well as the dismal and ||ii|! grim side of the world conflict. Serg- eant Schroeder is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schroeder of 711 Park avenue. ^Sfv';S ^■"\\ :V;:0;';:; "Of course it is impossible for me to sprinkle the helpless. ' passengers spread out-in front of. him.. They say that you can get used to anything but I could never get to like that. But it was "almost worth it to see the old Virginian trying to get out of the way. Pie burrowed under the har- ness and tried to hang up a blanket (which the lady afore-mentioned reached down with her foot)--he even encroached on the three mules on the other end of the car and got promptly kicked out for his pains. It was especially distressing at meal times but anyhow they all helped to keep the temperature up. You people talk entirely to irrev- erently of gas. I tell you it is the meanest thing that the mind ever invented. Poisoning wells is Christ- mas celebration beside it. I remem- ber being yanked up out of a sound sleep one morning and told to stand to attention with gas-mask ready-- that being my first experience. It was just breaking daylight "as I went outside and a fresh breeze was blow- ing cooley across the dew-covered fields--from the wrong direction. I never felt so bitter in all my life as that cool breeze touched my face and I had to sniff it to see if it wasn't poisoned and would burn up my lungs to take that long invigor- ating draft that is almost instinctive when you come out into the fresh dewy morning. That breeze, that particular breeze, was not poisoned, but can you imagine poisoning the air a man must breathe. Well they can't hold us off with gas. I am very well. I can ride most of the night now without crippling myself and I am getting much ex- perience watching the sun come up. Sleeping in the day time is the stuff anyhow. My system is accustomed to army chow and I cannot even re- member what a real meal used to taste like. I don't mean that we don't get real meals but there is no pie-a-la-mod|e. The main thing is to relieve that gnawing pain on your insides and that can be successfully managed. Give my regards to all the kind friends and best love to you all^;v?;:^:s ^v^-^-hw-. ... ,-v-^;;:;f4"$I Sincerely, ■ viSikl;*iS-v^£P" ;,;f::Y^^g^| Joseph J. Schroeder. .^IftPII give you any hints of just how or j||ff|||f where I have been occupied but I ^Ullll Inay ke able t0 &ive you a few side- gllgm lights on my experience. I have to ItH;^! save tnem all up till they are old so ppp^! that no conclusions may be drawn ^|||||| from events that are often far apart. TSPff Sometimes I wonder how it would i:l|§||§ff impress you if you could see me just ■«|#@il! as I am. For instance on a railroad ■• v, i^S: trip I made once upon a time. Of |T'-sf course you have heard that most : ;U$. traveling here is done in freight cars. ■■;■ They are all marked eight--Chevaux ■:x??i-?>t •--forty--Hommes-- on the outside. ■•§* ^: That means eight horses or forty <;; g|| men. You see the cars here are not y;:rAlf|§ the big fellows that we are ac- ^ PIS customed to and the wheels are not '■"i^PS solid either; usually they are flat in ■ 3||§l§f spots. Well, on this trip I had the ,.,|||!!*<if good luck to be in a car with seven ;;|g§p|| Chevaux--five from Missouri. It is 5p§|! called good luck on a cold day be- 00<lli$r& cause the Chevaux keep the temp- ®0$$*$ erature up. There were three other ||Hp S fellows in the car besides the Che- '-MiMM vaux and myself. They put four horses in each end facing the midde ■with the halters fastened to the roof; that wedges them in so tight that they can't move around much fpgfi and leaves about six feet in the llflSi middle for the Hommes and the har- £I|§|gf ness. By the way one of the Hom- 'M-ibx-vm, mes was y0ung Hassenauer. ?,:-?#*' |fi I had been riding all night before fjpgfl I got on the car so you can imagine l||f|lfi that even a pile of harness looked f§p|j|f pretty good to me--in fact, a pile of :£v:'i§§f harness is not bad at alt it adjusts pifff itself to the frame much more readly 3^: ||f; than a pile of paving bricks for 0-S0S- instance. At any rate after a couple |||I-%: of hours I woke up and as I lay there IpoflS on the harness with young Hassen- l^'aiS aure curled up on one side of me Sfev{v an<* a long-eared old timer on the §!*&! other and the- -solemn- -ey*«< of, the III: ? seven Chevaux starring on us I won- jW ";: dered what mother would say if she ';:; could see her child down curled up |s:? under the noses of those old hay- t burners like Christ in the manger. ■"^::;';' Its a long road from that brass bed ? rj: with sheets in it. Playful Missourians :.:.,,. Of course the pose didn't last long ■:S :: for after their fatigue had worn off '£■';> " the Chevaux began to cut up. Es- : i ; a pecially the five gentlemen from y|:^; Missouri. There were only three on s, ) I ' one end and that gave them a chance /Bi ; to romp around and disturb the i«~v; ^ peace. On the other side was a 'pjfS patriarch of the hybrid family. She 'i^i^} had the longest face I ever saw on ;|??Vl any mule and if you are familiar t 3r with mules faces you can imagine fjf; :i how long that is. At least a yard '$f)0S:M not counting the ears which would ||||;i give her a foot more. Anyhow she |f|v::;t had a playful disposition. She would !&:;:!:- stand there with the most benevolent I^JmJKi expression in the world and the jS;j£'■;.:' minute everybody was asleep she 0i<;;:\-- would gently insert her fore foot in fV:y the harness and begin to work it' When the new Selective Service f^M ha«k and "nder her- At different law goes into effect, occupational ^i ; times I pulled a collar; a blanket roll,' exemptions are going to be harder If and all kinds of miscellaneous from to get than heretofore, because the !;fe :f. under her hind feet. I had a riding "Work or fight" order is going to lit: whip and whenever I caught her in ! stick. According to a statement by ly? JA the act she would get a whack on Secretary of War Baker, telegraphed S& the yard, of fact. It was a fair tar- to the Publicity Department of the <:ty get. The best I could figure out was j State Council of Defense, to get that she had a bet with the other exempted from military service be- CALLS WORLD CONFLICT "MOTHER'S SACRIFICE" Emery E. Ehlert Pens Letter To Brother Declaring Mothers Bear ';i;!j'*St!§:S|ii-Ithe Burden^i8:c?#iSSSI ■£5§ HAS SEEN MUCH ACTION hF'* aV Fought Huns With the Marines In Many Battles Since Last ■»M:. ;».»".• pvs-T.-.-.';: J."■-• SpritlS? ,r'V-s« <-.•&!%•"-• :ViV,nr' AUTOS ARE GOING uprf^* - NOW IS TIME TO BUY iSi^*: By C. E. Bridges *:--: When our present limited supply of new automobiles is exhausted, we will, practically be out of business. except for buying and selling used cars. We believe that if all the new cars that we have in stock were used until the middle of next summer, they could be readily sold at that time for 20 to 30 per cent more than we ask for them new, as there will be no new cars for sale next summer. There will be practically no auto- mobiles manufactured except for gov- ernment use until the end of the war, and then it will take a year to get the production started and at least another year to get back to normal basis of production, and even then the prices will be 25 to 50 per cent higher on account of the shortage of steel and high price of labor. There is more money in this coun- try than ever before, which means cheaper money. Our advice is to buy a reputable car and get the use of it for a year and then sell it at a profit. "WORK OR FIGHT" WILL HAVE REAL MEANING NOW mule as to whether she would get more whacks or more harness. Then she found out another trick. The back of a freight car makes a good sounding board and she would throw one of her hind feet into it with a report like a cannon shot. She would stand there with the most innocent look in the world and fire that old hoof into the slats without a move- ment in front. But there was that tell-tale gleam in her half-shut eyes. She couldn't shut them all the way and see how we were taking it. It was worth the trouble to see her come to "attention" when I reached for the whip. One of the other commuters had a touch of influenza. Every two min- utes he would give a sneeze and cause he is in an indispensable in- dustry one must continue in such work. As soon as he gives up such a job, except as a striker in a labor dispute, he becomes liable to military service. Shipping Board Wants Men Four thousand volunteers will be accepted in September by the United States Shipping Board for the Merchant Marine training ships, it is announced by the Board, 2,000 for training as firemen, 850 as sailors, and 1,150 as s-tewards, cooks or mess- men. They may enroll at special re- cruiting stations maintained by the Shipping Board in drug stores in all parts of the state. "It's a mother's sacrifice these days," says Emery E. Ehlert, one of Uncle Sam's fighters in France with the 97th company, 6th regiment, U. S. Marines, in characterizing the world war, in which he has been en- gaged since early last spring. :|f; The following letter recently re- ceived by Charles F. Ehlert, a bro- ther,, from the former Wilmette boy was written while he was recuperat- ing from a spell of sickness. V::■ ■-: ■"'--vwK Chatillon sur Cher, vf-- "':i-;:'::'V'v ■*■ France. '■'&i'uiY;:m ^.;f>; Aupst^8,^ 1918. Dear brother: fc^^diK^^c-^^^/^ It having been a long time since I have written you, and now that I have the opportunity I thought I would drop you a line to say that I am all well, and in good shape again. You cannot imagine what war is, at home, that is, the fighting part of it, and let me tell you, "Bud", its sure some trying to stay whole. However I have been in and out since last winter and ready to go back for more. I have been on two different fronts now first at (cen- sored) and later at (censored) and believe me it was some hot. I have been here now going onto two weeks. You will notice I start- ed this letter on the 8th and with pencil, but did not get a chance to finish it as I got a slight attack of influenza that night and have been over in the sick bay.;^||||j'§:i^"^;:^ My stomach was knocked out, no doubt from the change of water as I certainly have been drinking many different kinds of water since I have been in this country. I guess I have either ridden or walked over all of it. I will soon be back with a comp- any again, and the boys are out for a rest now where I expect to get paid and have a little furlough and then go back to the front again. &?>■% War Is "Mothers' Sacrifice" «^ You know, "Bud", this is a long war and so far I have been lucky, but I may not always come out so good in the future battles that I will engage in so that if anything does happen to me, you will try and com- fort mother the best you can as its a mother's sacrifice these days. If I get it.. I hope it's in battle as I have seen some of my buddies get hurt, before they ever got in the first line. I am doing my bit alright old top and have no fear of going over the top with fixed bayonets. Its been drilled into us so much that we all obey like a machine, and when the marines go over its a pretty sigh! and some line, and when we come the huns beat it and they call us "Devil Dogs". ::.,-yvV:;-A: Practices Shooting I have been praticing up while here shooting machine guns arid rifle fgrenades, and, with a rifle, I am a pretty fair shot. The huns have one wicked gun, called a "whiz bang" and if I ever get home I can give you a good imitation of it. I hear they are going to draft from 18 to 45 now, gee, you might get a lick in it yourself but I hope not soon. Well, old chap, I guess I will saw off and drop mother a line, so hoping you are well and with love to you and Mabel, I am, f^S^i mm^^f.stK:*?'!:. Your brotherMP$:J':m'>l A Toast To Our Flag Here is to the BlueVi>.,pf,..i..^hH§.^yfjnfd swept North, i^i-S'^';:-M0^k As we meet on the fields of France. May the spirit of Grant be with you all, As the sons of the North advance. Here is to the Gray of the sun kissed South, As we meet on the fields of France. May the spirit of Lee be with you all, jlUlj -11 |^ As the sons"of the South advance. Here is to the Blue and Gray as One, As we meet on the fields of France. May the spirit of God be with us all, As the sons of our Flag advance.g^j-; HOOD ____ EXiRA v TIRES HOOD TIRES ffi Arm BETTER than !,, GOOD Tires Inquire about the WHY of the EXTRA PLY at &M The Evanston Tire and Vulcanizing Co. TELEPHONE EVANSTON 4338 /TpHE attention of Telephone sub- 4- scribers is invited to the following order of the Postmaster General: ? ;■ Q>'"Order No. 1931: MSlil August 28, 1918. g ; "Owing to the necessity for conserving labor and & material and to eliminate a cost which is now borne 'f by the permanent user of the telephone, a readiness ; " to serve or installation charge will be made on and ^ after September 1,1918, for all new installations, also S a charge for all changes in location of telephones. Installation charges to be aa follows: Where the rate is $2 a month or less___$ 5; ■ Where the rate is more than $2, but not exceeding $4 a month_Z________iiiL--lO :^0"/^ Where the rate is more than $4 a month--15 S : s;^ The moving charge to the subscriber wifl '¥£< be the actual cost of labor and material nee- r , easaryfor making the change. *In accordance with Bulletin No. 2, issued by me r August 1, 1918, stating that until further notice the ■ - telegraph and telephone companies shall continue'/ ' operation in the ordinary course of business through ' regular channels,' in all cases where rate adjustments ' are pending or immediately necessary, they should - be taken up by the company involved through the usual channels and action obtained wherever possible. In all cases, however, where rates are changed such changes should be submitted to me for approval before being placed in effect." A. S. BURLESON, Postmaster General. CHICAGO TELEPHONE - COMPANY ...**w$. BRIDGES assss pa*pc life mmm 'i'Hl 1111629 Ornngton Avenue MttEvanston sss ms:& Iff lie 5886 'mm ;s^^"iiiSilsiaiPiBi^f^^SiM Sis?l: if^ributor fjlf 1 V '4u>ti?^-f:'r0W'i m ^mm SI ^i;i1:tw in ^ **i5! -v'fy^.'r'f^ >c 'Sil*PI#,-r Buick *Mgffi fe^MgSBfev.:;';; ;"'"■'■.'■•£|fH; $ 1