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!•«< mt. Scot t herald Published Every Friday at Lente Station. Portland, Oregon. J. K. UPDIKE - - - - Proprietor .... Manager America ’a .ìmmnriala C W. SMITH Entered as second-clase mail mat ter February 14. 1*14. at the post- office st Dents, Oregon, under act of Congress. March 1. 1474._________ Subscription price - • 41-40 * >**r Phones: Tabor Till. D41—1111 6411 Ninety-second Street On the uw department's records there it a roll of "America's Immor tals." It it the roll of officers and mon to whom there has been award ed ths Distinguished Service Cross in recognition of ads of unusual gallantry in action. Behind tach of those awards is a story of surpass ing bravery that deserves the wid est publicity, but pages of newspar per space would be required to print them all. Officers attached to Gen eral Pershing’s staff have selected from the hundreds of official reports a number that typify most strik ingly the gallantry and spirit of self-sacrifice that made America's army invincible. Here are a few of them: THE GREATEST HORROR IN HISTORY At the Sunday school convention at the Kern Park Christian church la»t Sunday, when the Friends school from Lents carried off the banner for percentage of attendance, a res olution was adopted, urging all the schools of the district to rally at once to save the starving children in the Bible lands. The plan proposed by the conven tion was to ask each Sunday school to give its offering on the fifth Sun day of June. August and November, and then to continue with a great Christmas program and offering. This action followed the reading of recent cablegrams from Asia Minor THOMAS O. NEIBOUR, by State Director J. J. Handsaker. Private, Company M, 187th Infantry. “There are 500 children homeless Private Nelbour, whose home La at in Nazareth, the town where the Sugar City, Idaho, was decorated for child Jesus grew up," declared Mr. conspicuous gallantry tn action near Handsaker. "We should be glad that Ijindres-et-St. Georges. France, Octo this suffering did not come upon ber 16. 1918. On the afternoon of Oc the world 1900 years ago, or Jesus tober IS, when the Cote do Chatlllen of Nazareth might have starved to had Just been gained after bitter fight death as other children are starving ing. and the summit of that strong bul wark In the krieohllde Stellung was be in Nasareth today. ing organized. Private Nelbour was “Children are dying in Bethlehem sent on patrol with his automatic rifle as they died under Herod’s prose squad to enfilade enemy machine gun cution, but their death is the slow nests. As Private Nelbour gained the torture of starvation, rather than the ridge be set up his automatic rifle and was directly thereafter wounded In merciful death of the sword. “In Jerusalem, children are starv both legs by Are from a hostile machine ing in the arms of mothers who have gun on his flank. The advance wave no food to give them. In the Cau of the enemy troops counter-attacking casus, conditions are frightful and had about gained the ridge and al though practically cut off and sur menacing and rapidly growing worse. rounded. the remainder of his detach “Erivan, at the foot of Mt. Ararat, ment being killed or wounded, this a town of 30,000. has now a popula gallant soldier kept his automatic rifle tion of 100,000. virtually all the new tn operation to such effect that by his comers being refugees. At least 45,- j vwn efforts and by fire from the skir mish line of hie company at least 100 000 of these are without bread.” Mr. Handsaker reports to the Her yards in his rear, the attack was ald that on Tuesday he received still checked. The enemy wave being halt ed and lying prone, four of the enemy later word to the effect that can attacked Private Nelbour at dose nibalism is becoming quite common quartern These he killed. He then in the Caucasus. moved along among the enemy lying On the southern shore of the Black on the ground about him. In the midst Sea, around Marsovan, there are 61,- | of the fire from his own linen and by 500 orphans, whose parents were his coolness and gallantry captured either massacred by the Turks, or eleven prisoners at the point of bls pis died as a result of the hardships and tol and. although painfully wounded, exposures to which they were sub brought them back to our lines. The counter-attack in full force was ar jected. rested, to a large extent, by the single “The little children are diseased, | efforts of this soldier, whose heroic ex wretched in clothing and shelter and ploits took place against the skyline except where we are able to supple tn full view of bls entire battalion. ment it, are subsisting on a morning and evening soup diet with black EDWARD C. ALLWORTH, bread allowance, a situation which is Captain, 80th Infantry. laying ideal conditions for a cholera Oapt Allworth won the Distin scourge with the coming of hot guished Service Cross for bravery in weather. action at Olery-le-Petlt, France, No “Our plan is to organize adequate vember 6, 1918. While his company ly on a basis of 1200 children, and ■ was crossing the Meuse river and canal use this basis as the temporary home at a bridgehead opposite Clery-le-Pe- and clearing house for discovering tlt, the bridge over the canal was de and placing children with relatives stroyed by shell fire and Oapt. All worth's command became separated, or in other available homes, and as part of it being on the east bank of the permanent home for the large num ■ canal and the remainder on the west bers which cannot be placed.” bank. Seeing his advance units mak From Sivas, which is farther in the , ing slow headway up the steep slope interior of Asia Minor, comes this ahead, this officer mounted the canal bank and called for bls men to follow. report: “Most of the children are in the Plunging In he swam across the canal greatest misery and dying rapidly. , under fire from the enemy, followed by bls men. inspiring his men by his ex Many people are sleeping in the ample of gallantry, he led them up the streets in this dreadful cold, clothed ■lope. Joining the hard-pressed pla only in the most awful rags. The toons In front. By his personal leader orphans who come to us have one ship he forced the enemy back for shirt on, made of something like more than a kilometer, overcoming ma chine gun nests and capturing a hun sacking, only much coarser.” An appeal will be read in every dred prisoners, whose number exceed Sunday school in the Lents district ed that of the men in his command. next Sunday, asking the schools to The exceptional courage and leader ship displayed by Capt. Allworth made assume the care of one child or more. possible the re-establishment of ■ For $60 a year the children’s lives I bridgehead over the canal and the suc can be sustained, and as fast as sup cessful advance of other troops. Capt port is assumed, the number so cared j All worth's home Is at Crawford, Wash for is immediately telegraphed to ington. New York where funds are advanced - m- for their care, and the Sunday LOUI8 CUKELA, schools are given until Christmas, if | Lieutenant, Sth Regiment, U. E. M. C. accessary, in order to secure the Lieutenant Cukela was decorated funds. for conspicuous gallantry near Vlllers- "These measures are being taken,” Cottereta, France, July 18, 1918. When said Mr. Handsaker, “because if we , his company, advancing through a wait until Christmas there are car wood, met with strong resistance from tain sections that will be wiped out an enemy strong point Lieutenant Cu entirely from starvation, the death kela, then a sergeant, crawled out from the flank and made hie way toward the rate now being 2000 a day. German line in the face of heavy fire, "Four shiploads of supplies have disregarding the warnings of bls com already been dispatched and about rades. He succeeded In getting behind 500 Americans are on the field doing the enemy position. Rushing a machine the best they can in the grim fight gun emplacement, he killed the crew with his bayonet. With German hand with famine, disease and death. "The task is so overwhelming that grenades he then bombed out the re It is enough to exhaust the efforts maining portion of the strong point of all the agents, both public and His home Is in Minneapolis, Minn. — private. We are trying to relieve •YDNEY G. QUMPERTZ, what Ambassador Morgenthau calls First Eergeant, Company £, 132nd the greatest horror in history.” Infantry. —m— For Rent—Store room with living rooms in connection. Good location. Call at 6632 Ninety-second St. S. E. Bergt. Gumpertz was decorated for gallantry beyond the call of duty In action In the Boise de Forges, France, September 28, 1918. When the ad- vancing line was held up by machine gun fire, bergt. Guntpertx left the pla toon of which he waa tn command and started through a heavy barrage to ward the machine gun neat. Illa two companions *oe* became caaualtlea from bursting shells, but Bergt. Guiu ports continued on alone In the face of direct fire from the machine gun. Jumped Into the nest and silenced the gun. capturing nine of the crew. Bergt. Gumpertx' home Is at 7VI West 178th street. New York city. MICKIE SAYS / wh AOOA YA J9ST *015 A ‘ ihciouo l Women BO8>s\ Cars 'At »MO- uno cHScu son - th * PAM* ANOW*«AY«AA , A* SAY 5\N* V« HSAAVS US. ih MAY* SO«- OOTt«H AVI ABOUT rt »S «T «»ONT MSN SOU THAI IMP’bAKaul. VOAOH rtoiunu* you '** * unnino in in ' PAP** * 'N Hl «AYS POU*.* VISONI OUOHTA VUAlT TIVL LAS* ©kV T* MHUV i I •UU«C*lPTlONS'Nwe^ *IOHV AUOUT tT, ÙA SAY) CHARLES F, HOFFMAN, Qunnsry Sergeant, 49th Company, Sth Regiment, U. S. M. C. Sergt. Hoffman received the Dis tinguished Service Cross for an act of conspicuous gallantry In action with the enemy near Chateau-Thisrry, France, June 8, 1918. Immediately after the company In which Sargt. Hoffman belonged had reached Its ol>- jectlve on Hill 142, several counter-at tacks were launched against the line before the new position had been con solidated. Sergt. Hoffman was at tempting to orgauise a position on the north slope of the hill wheu be saw twelve.of the enemy, armed with five light machine guns, crawling toward his group. Giving the alarm, i\c rushed at the hostile detachment, bayonet ted the two leaders, and forced the other» to flee, abandoning their guns. His quick Initiative and courage routed the enemy from a position from which they could have swept the hill with machine gun fire and forced the withdrawal of C. Hoddy, 138 lllmlcna our force*. His bom« Is In Brooklyn, street, received a telegram from the N. T. Salvation Army stating that her two -ons, Ralph and Jason Buddy, had THEODORE PETERSEN. landed in Philadelphia and were on Sergeant, Med. Det. 151st Field Artil- their way to Camp Dix to be dis- lery charbed. They will probably be Sergeant Petersen (deceased) was home the last of next week. decorated for conspicuous gallantry in action at Peronne, France, March 5. r 1918. Mortally wounded during au enemy bombardment. Sergeant Peter sen. though himself too weak to min ister to other wounded soldiers, direct ed his associates in treating the wounded and refused to receive assis tance himself until all the others were cared for. When gas shells began to fall In the vicinity he directed the men in adjusting their masks and was the first to test for gas. He continued to supervise the treatment of the wounded, despite the fact that he was suffering great pain, until the arrival of the surgeon, who sent him to the rear. He died on reaching the bos pltal. His mother, Mrs. N. J. Peter sen. Ilves at 99 Central avenue, Osh kosh. Wls. like to come to us for their motor accessories because of the sei vice give. which we No maiter how ex- acting or in hew great a hurry you may be, we can and will >erve you courte ously and efficiently, THE LENTS GARAGE AXEL KILDAHL, Proprietor 8919 FOSTER ROAI) Home D61 Tabor 3429 SaeaeMe8MH8M*M»44»*»8*»**4»8*<»4**68H»«488M86»»»W»»4*H*»«4»HW»SS8»46MH88868M»Wm8 ........ .. i < i < < i > > > > • > ’ I First-Class Sheet Metal Work and Repairing Guttering General ¡Repairing. Garlmge Cana, Flour Bins Wash Ro'lvra. Stove Pipe», Chicken Fountains, ducken Grit- Feed Boxes and Chicken Fen I Troughs A. S. PEARCE. The Tinsmith < > <> <► Foiter Road. Opp. P. O. Tabu- MJh Multnomah State Bank Lents Station. If you are not now a cus tomer of this Bank» we in vite you to become one. JAMES D. HERIOT, Corporal, Company I, 118th Infantry. Corp. Heriot. who lived near Provi dence. 8. C., was decorated for con- splcuous bravery. resulting In bls death, at Vaux-Andigny, France, Oc- tober 12, 1918. Corp. Heriot, with four other sol* dlers, organized a combat group, and attacked an enemy machine gun m*st which bad been Inflicting heavy cas ualties on his company. In the ad vance two of his men were killed, and because of heavy fire from all sides, the remaining two sought shelter. Un mindful of the hasard attached to his mission. Corp. Heriot, with fixed bayo net, alone charged the machine gun, making bis way through the fire for a distance of thirty yards, and forcing the enemy to surrender. During this exploit he received several wound* In the arm. and later In the same day. while charging another nest, he was killed. DONALD M. CALL, Second Lieutenant, Company B, Tank Corps. Lieut. Call was decorated for con spicuous bravery in action near Varen- nes, France, September 26, 1918. Dur ing an operation against enemy ma chine gun nests west of Varennes, Lieut. Cal), then corporal, was In a tank with an officer, when half of the turret was knocked off by u direct ar tillery hit. Choked by gas from the high- explosive shell, he left the tank and took cover in a shell hole thirty yards away. Seeing that the officer did not follow, and thinking that he might be alive. Corp. Call returned to the tank under intense machine gun and shell fire and carried the officer over a mile under machine gun and sniper fire to safety. Lieut. Call's home is at Lurch- moat Manor, N. Y. CHARLES DI8ALVO, Private, Company B, 354th Infantry. Private Disalvo (deceased) was dec orated for conspicuous gallantry In action near Remonvflle, France, No vember 1, 1918. When the combat group, of which he was a member, had been halted by enemy machine guns, Private Disalvo alofie charged for ward. Attacking the nest, he killed one gunner and forced the rest to surrender. His act enabled the group to continue (heir advance. During the charge on the nest he was so seri ously wounded that he died on the field. His widow llv<-s at 3305 Arling ton avenue, St. Louis. Mo. JOHN J. KELLY, Private 78th Company, 8th Regiment, U. 8. M. C. Private Kelly was decorated for gal lantry in action at Blanc Mont Ridge, France, October 3, 1918. Private Kelly ran through our own barrage 100 yards In advance of the front line and at tacked an enemy machine gun nest, killing the gunner with a grenade, shooting another member of the crew with bls pistol and returned through the barrage with eight prisoners. Pri vate Kelly’s home is at 6149 Klmlixrk avenue, Chicago, Ill. Portland, Oregon 4 per cent Paid on Time Depoits SHERMAN IIARKSON, Cashier I : I- I V IE bo The Economy of Big Bearings The Hyatt high duty bearings on the axle shafts and the Timken* on the pinion shafts of Dort cars are big enough to give a fair factor of safety on car* of almost twice the weight. Yet, Dort bearings throughout the chassis are proportionately just that over-big. It’s not for ordinary driving that Dort bearings are fitted. 11 is for the emerg ency strain upon them—and above everything else for long life and very infrequent adjustment. Bearings are of the right type for their particular duty—cone and cup in front wheels, New Departure ball bearings on the transmission main shafts, phosphor-bronze on the trans- mission countershaft—big ones, all of them. Dort bearings don’t wear out. They stay tight longer. But, when adjqat- ment does become necessary there is provision for quick and eas/rtake-up in every bearing in the car where ad justment is at all feasible. We will point out these unusual point* to you. The Lents Garage, Local _____________ Agents - - DO KT MOT O K C A K COMPANY Xrïtnt*Mch. 4 4 444 4 ei 4 4 4 4 4 4-4444444 4 4 44 44 4 4’44