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THE MORNING OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, APRIL 28, 1919. S1STPUSHESB0GHES Division's Losses 150 in One Day's Fighting. GERMAN FORCE WITHDRAWS of Terrain Orrr Which Soldiers orthrl? Struggled Is Ic ecribed by Pjmcot. S . BT COLJX V. DYMEXT. 'XmT'.cmn Itt Or dandier wi:h th TMi;TIKTIf article. Tbm utout reactance of th German force In the twin battles of Eplnon Ville and Kclfsfontalne on September rT availed them ltttle. The attack waa renewed on the following morning, and they withdrew. By noon of the ISth the troublesome orchard at Kplnonvtlle was clear, and the IStM. brigade was on Its way to les Kptnrttes Bols. By noon also Kc l.sfontaine was clear, and the 182d brijeade was bound for the Baulny ,t oods. That the fighting of the 2Sth may tetter be understood, this brief ac count of the topography of the area of the third day Is now given: Epinonville. Eclisfontaine. Bouleau woods ana Serteux farm lay In etraiitht line from eat to west. Epln on v tile was on almost the extreme right flank of the division: Serieu farm was on the extreme left flank. Jt was a stout two miles as the crow ilfs from the one to the other. Northwest of Epinonville was the Bois Communal de Ciergrs. or Cierges wood 5. Northwest of Eoliafontaine was the Itois Communal de Baulny, or I'mulny woods. Just as Epinonville an Lcltsfontaine lay in a straight lin three-quarters of a mile apart, so Cierges and Baulny woods lay in a aat and went line a half mile apart. U'tween these two woods to the south, almost set across the opening betwee the ra, was a third wood, Ees Eplnettes Hois. Northwest of the Baulny woods iff a in was Tronsol farm. Tw Pr teats la (eat est. A paragraph as to further direction und distances: It was a mile from Epinonville to the Epinettes woods; trifle mure than a mile from Epinon Til!e to the southern extremity of Cierges wood?, which lay north by northeast from Epinctt?s woods and almost touched them .t the nearest loint. It was a half mile straight north from Eclisfontair.e to Epinctirs woods and a mile and a quarter north west to the southern edge of the H;iuiny woods. From the north wes edge of the Baulny woods to the Tron sol farm buildings was about a half mile. Epinettes woods. Including its open ings, was roughly triangular with Bides of about a half mile. Cierges woods was roughly triangular with sides of two-thirds of a mile. Baulny woods was rouehly potato-.haped with sides of two-thirds of a mile and small ends. A farm called Exmoricux farm, with some building!. Jay just weft of the Epinettes wood. A ravine ZOO yards wide ran between Cierges and Baulny woods, swung around south of the lat 1?r, then turned off northwest toward th Tronsol farm. This -nas the setting, if It can b to any degree visualised, for the -Sth. fighting, which culminated about 4 o'clock in the afternoon In the charge upon Miller hill and frrrm Uaulny m oods. The lo?ses of the third day in dead were about 110 and In wounded a num ber sufficient to make the day heavier In casualties than either of the pre ceding two days. Nearly all of the dead were struck in the Miller Hill and Baul liy woods charges. The loes were in much greater proportion from shell J. re than those of lite 27th. Frlta AKantfjoaa Orchard. Just what made Frits abandon the orchard, abandon Eclisfontaine, pull hack from the Epinettes wood and into i 'ierges and Baulny woods, then pul back from these onto the ridge and into the thickets beyond, all in the course of a single short day. Is not un ler?tandable. He hud wounded and killed three to one and possibly five to ne tn the ?7th and had checked the tumultuous advance of the ?th. Yet en the night of the 27th. he hauled back his field pieces, and. leaving the usual outposts of machine guns and snipers, removed hfs main forces. It used to be hard to determine Just w hat was in rit" mind. There seemed to be noth ing on the Immediate flanks to force m retirement, on kmc iroms oi mc 7in. 37th. Sith. C5th, 77th and so on. yet Ms retirement was general in spite of the comparative mallne.s of his own iosaes. Jf he had the Americans whipped on the ?7th. none of them knew it, for they kept right on going. One of the few to die on the forenoon f the CSth was Private John Nelson of company M. 3 6 1 .-1 Infantry, mho had j.ot expected to die. Ncbon lay in a jit on the nisht before with Sergeant Arthur C. I'aultn of 1211 East Korty vecond street. Eos Anceles, CaL, on the reverse slope of the cannn at Eplnin Mllc. and when a shell fell c!oe to the Tt!t without hurting them he said: Well, we're luky enouxh to get out of that one. J think we re lucky from row on. H wa a great hand to talk nbout the fighting, and mas confident he would es-;tpe. He emerged from his pit on the ZMh and was Jut starting to walk when a 77 lit four or Ave feet to his richt. He went to his hands and knees, then on down, without murmur iug. Nelson came from Astoria, Or. "lie was a fighting little devil," said Sergeant 1'auiin. affectionately. cll Weames Tftrre. The shell that killed Nelson instantly fatally wounded Private lelbert Hoili !ar, wounded Privates lixon and Wel ler and shocked Sergeant I'aulin him self so that he was out for a day. Hol iday, struck in the stomach, mas euf fertr.g greatly, and though hurried back lo tfce Brabant held hospital, died there That ly. His emercency adclre?s mas TTheo McCIups:. box 74 Anaconda. Mont. Sertre.mt Virgil Prtriek. also of cont rary M-3CI. was killed about ll::o A. 2d., a little beyond Epinonville. A sniper off on the richt had been shooting around and Lieutenant Trouchet told llti-4r-lr trt rl-ink Kim Th morc-o- n quad together, climbed out. and had j;Ht 5i yards from the old German :rTrl pil In whl-h they had lain when machine gun opened from the left and forced him back, lie was within eix eet of the pit again when a large piece of ahell cut his shoulder to the bone, levered his pack strap and entered his seek so that he sank in his tracks. Company M had pacd through the Epinettes woods, and In helping to clear them had got scattered a little, svnd was told to reorganize in the open private Tom She'se of Raymond. Wish, liad gone out of the woods for that purpo.e when a. machine sun hit him. Sergeant John Golden Barnett of Wasco. Or., who went back as th company was forced into the woods again, found helse's wound below the ribs on the richt side, bandaged It and told him: "Tom, you're pretty sick, but you'll be all right. Fight it out." lie made Shclse promise he would not five vc. tut Selja'a race was already turning:, and he died before a stretcher . ...... ' Private Edward A. Gaedecke of Seat tie. company M. probably died on the -nth. lie was hit in the afternoon and was carried back by 347th machine frun men. At 8 P. M. he was half uncon acious and complaining: of cold. Next morning: he was dead. A shell splinter had hit him. Gaedecke was an excel lent soldier, but a trifle deaf, which perhaps kept him from becoming non-com Shell Falls Beside Co I am a. Just as Company G of the 361st started up out of the canyon at o'clock the same morning:, a shell struck Private John Anderson of Rainier. Or. Private Taul Washington of Siletx, Or. Private Glexen K. Hamlin of Seattle. Private Thorwald Y. Rowley, address unascertained." and Private William R. Young of puyallup. Wash. The com pany was advancing in double file to get into line. The shell fell beside one column, just behind Captain C. J. Min nick of Kansas City. Mo., and Sergeant Orlando B. Hardy of Lakeview. Or., and wounded the next five men. Anderson and W'ashington died instantly. Ham lin died on October 11 at Fleur-sur-Aire and Rowley Is believed by his com pany to have lain dead In the heap with Anderson and W'ashlngloD, though not dead on division records. Karly on the 28th. near the plank walk In the canyon. Lieutenant Joseph II. Steam of Lxs Angeles was killed. He was struck by shell fragments in the left thigh and left foot. He waved his arm to the medics, giving: the as semble sign, for he was close to the dressing; station. The medics came at once and In a half hour he was on his way to a hospital. He died the next day at Fleury-sur-Aire. In the list Installment Lieutenant Dyment will continue the story of the advance of the 2Sth leading up to the attacks of the afternoon. ELKS' DELEGATES ELECTED Albany lodge Will Bo Represented at Klamath Sessions. ALB A XT, Or.. April 26. (Special) The Albany lodge of Elks has chosen the following delegates to attend the state convention of the order to be held at Klamath Falls next August: C. I Morris and EL V. Nixon, of Harrisburg; X. M. Mackey and G. A. Ehumaker, of Newport; A. B. Hinx, of Jefferson; W. H. Kline. R. J. Hunter. T. J. Nolan and J. C. Lowe, of Corvallis: S. H. Elliott. John Lt. Ray and August Muetze. of Lebanon: lr. H. A. Lcininger. C. H. Cor an, Z. 11. Rudd. W. H. Hogan, K. D. Cusick. M. Senders. J. Otto Lee, W. F. i'feiffer and A. J. Rousseau, of Albany. Alternate delegates were named as follows: II L. Weathcrford and W. L. Wright, of Harrisburg; A. Waugh and ester Martin, of Newport; victor L. Looney. of Jefferson; S. R. Hartsock. A. R. Woodcock, Gene M. Simpson and W. T. Johnson, of Corvallis: A. B. Mill- sap. Seymour W ashburn and fe. P. Lach, of Lebanon; Edward H. Horsky, Dr. B. it. Wallace. Wayne Dawson, J. J. Bar rett. B. J. Hecker, Bert C. Crawford and 1 1. K. Hector, of Albany. BENEFIT TO OREGON Letters Praise Efforts Frank Branch-Riley. of MANY CLUBS HEAR TALKS Success of Tour Starts Agitation to Make Advertising Campaign Permanent Official Casualty Report. ualties Man. TTTASHINGTOX, April 2 VY nre reported as follows: Killed In action 1, died from wounds 4 died in airplane accident 2, died of acci dent and other causes 23, died of dis easo 18, wounded severely 6, wounded (degree undetermined) 2, wounded slightly 22; total S7. Killed In mrtom Johnn. J. fc Yates Center, Kan, IHeJ of wound Wfiibrod, 11. J. tCpl.K Frnton. Ia Brothrrtun, K. E., Sniiiva'f, Fa. Kob?rt. Emll, L" real on. Neb. Komfduhi, Hrnj.. Hound up. Mont lfed f airplan accident Nkhoit, Urittn (Lt.), Worcetter, ,nrno, J. J., .Not lork. Iied f mat accident and other cause Flu I in rd, fc. L.t.i. Kcvrre. llasa. Hrown, Herman i.-Rt.). New York. Jackion, V. J. CSfft. . PHtsburR, i'a. Hrown. E II. (i pl.l, t ney, Kan. Wa;mn, E. R. ii'pl.), iedan. Kan. Goethe. C". E. Cpl.. Upliemlnjr. Mfch. f.reenateln. S. A. (C'pl. . Bayonne, J, Mi'lrr, I. t. CpI.), L.a Moti, Ia. luffy, J. J.. I!ridsport. Conn. Felter. Sam, Kniy, Ala. ass. II. C. Union Hill. N. J. HuMir, E. Tm I-ouipvill. Ky. nulh. EitcF. Memphis. Tenn. .'atson, J. ;.. Weilinston. f. D. W i i k I na, Walter. San A n ton I Tex, Harlow. G. II.. Ocean Grove. N. J. Berk. K. Feaaenden, N. D. Ht. iRnac. Weil Warren, Mass, Hrown. A. H.. Ayers. Mo. ounoil. Mrswnln. Milton, F:a. Hueisemann. W. J.. St. Louis. Ma. ioav, J. H . liammondvll.e, O, uiim. C 4 .. A Due vme, oa, Hietl of dlM-aae Fioa. I. E. n.'pi., Lebanon. Fa, 'olt. Joe iw-c), HutliK, Ark. rota. Celetino (ad.. H. Lou!f. Mo. Hrotherton. Ernest L., 'J02 Norib Sixteenth street. ror:ianii. Or. Connors. Harry. Kansas City. ilo. errl. J. Miernlan. v yo. Kloopfcr. E. t;.. JTiit-yrus, O. nttstnn. r.. H., l nomson. ua. .e:th. M. V.. Aurora, lit. MeAtee. WIMie. Dennison. O. Mi-loe"l, C. M.. Brooklyn, X. T. Huix. rciao. Albuquerque. . M. her. J. A., Philadelphia. Pa. :-p.ntr. t. W . .hoo. field, a tinson. John, Ramer. Ala. Teeter, 1. Mansfield. O. Tear. Joseph. Prairie Du Chlen, Wk, Wr-tbronki, J. M . Glover, Ok: a. Wounded HchUr Adams, Wiiliam. Klleniburr. wash. COBRtCTlONS. The following" cabled corrections are ?sued as an appendix to the regular ca5ualty list?: W ounded, dec reo undetermined (prerloiuly repvirted klllcl an swoon lln;:niev. John. Pit;sbura;. Pa. Ket u rncd to d uty prcv loosiy reported illrd la acton Hducrr, C. R- iSgt.y. Garrett. Pa. :berson. J. A. cpi.. oreemooro, c, ltusa Nunno. Hrtjo'Kiyn. N. l. Keumed to duty (previoaaiy reported died enn. Einar. Nr well, Is K II led la action (prsvlonsly reported diedi Ufton. U. E.. Koionfl. Ark. Iran! a. fc-teplicn. Hrookijn, .X. X4 off. 4i. L- Pallisa. C)k;a. M.renson. B. I. Pjyion. Or. Killed In action ( previously reported undfd severely c. J. H.. Piatt City. Mo. Killed la action (.previously reported mlMinci adWena. F. M., KernieT. N. tl s. Oasburf. in. K.rroncoualy reported died of diseai estbrooK. J. M.. TrebSoc. Mira. lied of wounds 4 previously reported winr mi. Joseph. Brooklyn. V. T. Hied previously reported miavdnrM ukoeki. Frank Set.. Gardner. Mass. .teniein. J. J. ('pi.). Chicago, 111. arker, W. 1. Tort homer, O. caiz. J. M.. Cluropee Kalis, Mass, shannon. E. R.. Richmond. a. Konham. O. A.. Marion, Mich, urke. If C. Frederick, Md. ;k. W. V.. HHdeeoort. Conn. Wi- More Than Ever INSTANT POSTUM is appealing to coffee drinkers. Its rich flavor, healthfulness, convenience and Economy are among the reasons why. The success attained by Frank Branch Riley in the east and middle west through nts illustrated lectures on the nortnwest has started agitation to have Portland or the state obtain his whole time in crivina- Orcsron and Portland publicity throughout the -east. Letters received by members or the Pacific Northwest Tourist associa tion give evidence that Mr. Riley is meeting with much success in present ing the northwest to members of civic organizations and before the most ex clusive eastern clubs. As travel to Europe will be limited for several years, it is believed a large number of tourists may be drawn to the northwest. Members of clubs who have beard Mr. Riley include many wealthy persons who annually make long tours. So enthusiastic have they become over the northwest, as de scribed by Mr. Riley, that he is be sieged with requests for return lecture engagements. Talks Spur Tourist Travel. "In some way Portland or the state should obtain the service of Mr. Riley declared J. P. Jaeger, managing di rector of the Pacific Northwest Tourist association, "lie is taking the east by storm and thousands of persons there are coming to Oregon. Denver spends annually for publicity J200.000. Sure ly Portland would reap great advan tage by placing Mr. Riley in the field as its representative. Exclusive clubs of the east and mid dle west anxious to obtain Mr. Riley for a return engagement are: Inion League club, Soutu Shore Country club and Illinois Athletic club of Chi cago, Toledo club, Toledo Rotary club, Colorado Mountain club of Denver, Chicago Advertising club, Chicago En gineers' club, Cleveland Advertising club. Cleveland Athletic club, City club of Boston, Explorers' club of New York City and Cleveland Advertising club.. Publicity la Kar-Reacbinar. "Tour association will cash in 100 times for money spent to send Mr. Riley east," wrote K. R. Kelsey, secre tary of the Toledo Rotary club, to W. J. Hofmann. president of the North west Tourist association, after Mr. Riley had delivered his address before that body. "Call this advertising if you choose, but I call it patriotism, as well, from its effects on the minds of the audi ence." This was written by K. M. Andrew of LaPorte. Ind., of Mr. Riley. Mr. Riley addressed the students oi the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland and in appreciation one of the Instructors has written Mr. Jaeger as follows: "I have long felt that the west of fered special advantages to young en gineers. Personally I attach special importance to his mission, because he succeeds in arousing enthusiasm for. our country. In these times we need to kindle the spirit of patriotism among our young men." HEMP STOCKS BEING TAKEN Philippine Government Plans to Bun Rope-Makins Industry. MANILA. P. L. April 27. The Na-j tional Development company, subsi- dixed and controlled by the territorial government, has begun a movement to take over hemp etocks in the Philip pine islands. The government corporation plans to purchase rope-making machinery and establish a rope factory in Manila. In this manner it is hoped to maintain the price of hemp and to prevent the pres ent stock in tbe islands from selling at low prices. The Victory Loan should appeal to you as a pa triotic duty, but must appeal to you as an investment op portunity. INVEST NO Hibernia Savings Savings Commercial Trust Open Saturdays 6 to 8 P. 31. HOME RULE COUNTED SURE FATHER O'GORMAX COXFIDEXT OF IRELAND'S FUTURE. Sinn Feiners "ot Rebels, but High Idealists, Sajs Priest in Port land on Way to China. "Sometime within the next five or ten years perhaps sooner Ireland will get home rule. The Sinn feiners are not rebels; they are high idealists. I do not speak as a sinn feiner, in the strict political sense, but as an Irish man who loves Ireland." The speaker was Rev. Patrick O'Gor- man, born in County Cork, Ireland, who was visiting yesterday at the cathedral residence. Father O'Gorman arrived in this city Saturday night and planned to leave last night for China, where he will be a Catholic priest in the province of Tung-Tang, near Pekin. Father O'Gorman is 48 years old and for two years was chaplain with the artillery of the seventh British divi sion in France. "It is not true that the Irish people were slackers in the late war," said Father O'Gorman. "In the English di vision where I served along with two other priests there were many Irish soldiers, and the division figured as an English one. It was the same in other divisions of the British army. There were 400 to E00 Catholic priests in the British army altogether. 'Real home rule for all of Ireland is bound to come soon. Ireland 13 an old nation. Young nations such as the Jugo-Slavs and Poles now are recog nized by the powers. Why not Ire land? I was living near Dublin dur ing the recent revolution, and can bear witness -.to the fact that it was not engineered by real sinn feiners but by radicals and syndicalists mas querading as sinn feiners. That revo lution hurt the Irish cause lor tne time being. 'As for Sir Roger casement, ne was crazy gone in the head." said Father O'Gorman. "He did not know what he was doing. The sinn feiners will yet save Ireland. They are true idealists. The present Lloyd George cabinet can not last long. It may be tnat we snail get our independence from the English labor party. British laDor is a true friend of Ireland." , " -.I B lne wonderfully Popular Saturday Evening Post Story 9 i m III' ' i I I H in a . i - .. -Fry--, m x V 'i ni r JI r,t v?w ! Playing riC V Although the hospitals near Dr. Rockey were bombed, he was at no time in jured. CHANNEL TO BE DEEPENED Government to Maintain 2 Depth at Coos Bay. MARSHFIELD. Or.. April 27. fSne. cial.) The coming of the dredge Ore gon to this port means deepening of me cnannei irom an 18-Ioot depth, as recognized by the government, to 22 feet. The Port of Coos Bay expended Jbuo.ooo to dredge a 25-foot channel. but it has shoaled and the new project of 22 feet implies the government will maintain that depth. The dredging will extend from Charleston bay to the Smith mills, approximately 15 miles. The channel from Charleston bay to J the bar is maintained by the seagoing areage uoionei f. s. Mlchie, but the work is adequate only in the summer time in maintaining the desired 30 feet of water-in that stretch. Captains en tering here In the past winter 6aid the water on the bar was as ehoal as IS feet at times. Major Rockey Returns. Major A. E. Paul Rockey. son of Dr. E. W. Rockey, returned to Portland Sat urday after nearly a year spent in an evacuation hospital just back of the firing line. Prior to his enlistment Ma jor Rockey was associated with his father. He left this country last July. SECOND WIRE IS STRUNG Telegraph Delays Between Eugene and C009 Bay to Be Remedied. MARSHFIELD, Or., April 27. (Spe cial.) With the stringing of a second commercial wire between Eugene and Coos Bay, the Western Union Telegraph company hopes to eliminate much of the trouble which hampered communi cation for a period of three years, fol lowing the completion of the new line along the Southern Pacific Willamette Pacific branch. The new line extends into the Co quille valley as far as the county seat, and will be continued to Powers. This will remove a considerable load from the Marshfield terminus and, it is be lieved, remedy most of the delays. Work yi Wapato Project Stops. YAKIMA, Wash., April 27. (Special.) Construction work on the Wapato project in the Yakima reservation has been cut down because .of lack of funds. Only such work as will con tribute to crop production this season will be carried on. Yakima Votes' Good Roads. YAKIMA. Wash., April 27. Yakima county's ?500.000 road bonding proposi tion carried yesterday. Returns from 64 precincts out of 96 and including ail the larger precincts, gave 2982 for the bond and 163 against. the! Qhfton in PCTTIGREWS G I R.L" Up Mt. Hood Scenic Mutt & Jeff Cartoon Comedy HELMET URN IN SORROW FACE OF STATCE' SEEMS TO BE WEIGHTED WITH SADXESS. Drink a cup of Nuraya tea every day. Closset & Devers. Portland. Adv. German Helmet Awarded as Prize to Victory Bond Buyer Displayed in Foyer at Liberty Temple. "With an infinite sorrow in the young face, the urchin that patiently holds the goose over the fountain in the foyer of the Liberty theater seems weighted with sadness beyond understanding" of those who pause to look,- then laugh. The confident expression of faith in self and power to conquer the whole world so characteristic of childhood seems under a cloud of injured, pride. For the little fellow looks out upon humanity from beneath the dour head piece that was once the possession -of Prussian officer who made an en gagement to wear it for a certain Paris breakfast that was not to be. And the iittle lad whose blithesome fea tures usually suggest smiles of sympathy and love, is hurt because he doesn't relish derision. Perhaps it is worth a sense of pained patriotism that this is so, for the little chap. is firm in loyalty, first to his country and then to the masters of the pretty playhouse, of which the goose and the boy are so much a part. But there is a grave doubt as to the patriotism of wearing a Prussian helmet, even one captured by American soldiers at Chateau Thierry Or the Argonne. All this came about through the fact that C. S. Jensen bought JJOOO worth of victory bonds at victory hut Satur . day and was the first subscriber to receive a German officer's helmet for the purchase of that amount, pursuant to the offer of Charley Berg. In seek ing a suitable place to display the hel met, the lad at the fountain was chosen for the part. An overseas cap is what the youth, has come to regard as the finest head piece in the world; .a Uermant helmet doesn't satisfy. Phone your want ads to The Orego- nipn. JIain 7070. A 6095. HAYN E S M(1F BREAD HAYN ES-FOSTER BAKING CO., TODAY TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LAST TIMES THE MISS, MISSES OR MRS. WHO MISSES THIS MISSES SOMETHING GREAT! ANOTHER MASTERPIECE D. W. GRIFFITH'S THE GIRU who stayed: AT HOME Thrills, superb mountings, mingled pathos and laughter, true, sweeping in sights into the hearts of men and women. A new D. W. Griffith better than ever. I m ' WW . :: $ i - lV'i It ;K 1 I f'rl1!, I- ) 1 MURTAGH MASTER MUSICIAN ON OUR $50,000 WURLITZER 1