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THE 3I0RXIXG .OBEGOXIAX, . THURSDAY, . .3IAY - lt, 1919.
LOSSES OF BATTALION
HEAVY IN ARG01E
Men Move Over Barb Wire Into
and Out of Shellholes.
STAR SHELLS ARE 'WICKED'
Major Killed. Half of Number Sliot
ITn and Rest Are Scattered
During Skirmish.
BT COLIN1 V. DTMEXT,
f American Tied Cross Searcher.- -with the
Gist Division.)
TWE3ITV-THIHD ARTICLE.
"While the 3d battalion, commanded
by ill-fated Miller, was hurrying up to
attack on the 2Sth, and late in the
afternoon while it was miking its
charge over Miller hill, the 2d battalion
of the 361st was dodKing around under
shell fire back near Les Epinettes Bois.
iviajor Ward commanded the 2d bat
talion. He was not a northwestern
man, but out in the companies. E, F,
O, and H. were a number of officers
whose names are well known to north
western readers.
It was about 6 P. M. when news
came to the 2d 4attalion that the
3d had been badly shot up, that Mil
ler was fatally wounded and that there
was some danger of counter-attack.
Nightfall decisions of 91st officers
were constantly influenced in the
Argonne by fear of counter-attack, al
though as at last developed Fritz did
almost none of it. The liun was not
much of a hand to counter-attack in
the dark on "the crazy Americans."
About 6:13 companies 10, F, (J and II
were told to relieve Miller's battalion J
as soon as they could. The men were
all very tired. Their foxholes were
dug for the night. It had started to
rain. The country was strange. The
shot-up battalion was a full mile ahead
and.no one knew just where it was.
'There were boche machine guns and
snipers along the road up (a limited
number that had not been chased out
by Miller's battalion). No wonder the
men looked glum when the order came
in.
Seattle Man Missing.
Lieutenant Cherril It. Betterton, bat
talion intelligence officer, threw some
light on his large scale map to pick
out a route, and the major approved
the route. Betterton was a University
of Washington man. His people live in
Seattle, lie was an S. A. E. No one
knows where he is. He has been miss
ing since the night of the 29th of Sep
tember, after the charge on Gesnes,
and he is one of the mysteries of the
91st as well as one of its heroes. He
is undoubtedly dead.
So. a little more than 24 hours be
fore he dropped out of the life of the
91st, though not out of its loving mem
ory, Betterton took the head of the
column of twos and' started up through
the rain. It was now pouring. The
men had no overcoats, and most of
them had no slickers. Lieutenant Cur
tiss It. Gilbert, now captain of com
pany M, 361st, worked up and down the
long column to see that it did not
break and that silence was kept. Gil
ber, too, was a University of Wash
ington man and came from a fruit
ranch near Yakima. He was battalion
adjutant.
That trip of a mile will long be re
membered by those who remain of the
2d battalion. Over snarls of barb
wire, down into and up out of shell
holes with their cold mud and water,
slipping and sliding and soaked, un
able to see where the next step was to
light, now stopping motionless and all
out of breath till a star shell might
die away, these men kept on going.
At times the column would halt while
Betterton and two of his men would
go on ahead to make sure all was well,
for there was no guarantee that Ger
mans might not be present in force or
that machine-gun nests might not turn
loose on the companies; and again it
would halt while Gilbert and Betterton
consulted over their luminous com
passes. Fritz had pulled back from
this ground only a few hours before;
the 91st had but an uncertain grip on
it;-it was almost a No Man's land yet.
Star Shell Seem Wicked.
Finally a slight rattle was heard
of canteens, lt was an American rat
tle, so the column pushed on and
found the men were out of the 3d
battalion and were searching for water
and from them it got more news of the
afternoon's fight; it got also the gen
eral direction of Miller's battalion and
the location of a German machine gun
that had been laying down fire all
the evening along certain lanes. Once
more it pushed on, expecting to be
heard any minute by the boche gunners
or to be seen when their star shells
went up. To officers whose shoulders
are bearing the lives of men, star sheila
appear wicked, not pretty.
At last it seemed as if the mile must
have been covered. Gilbert and Better
ton went on ahead to make sure the
direction was right. The muddy, water
eoaked, unslept companies stood or sat
or lay around in the rain, men and
commanders, waiting. This was about
9 o'clock on September 28 They found
what was left of the 3d battalion
dug in on the south slope of Miller
bill.
Gilbert and Betterton set out walk
ing straight up. The first time the ma
chine gun let loose, from a ridge off
to the left, they decided it was better
to crawl and then from foxhole to fox
hole they crawled asking for officers.
In these foxholes on the side of the
ridge the remnants of Miller's men
were lying in mud and water, some
dozing, many too cold to sleep. Be it
known, however, that the two bat
talions, just as the rest of the 91st,
were still full of fight. Their predica
ment was one of the miseries of war in
the Argonne. Every division had the
same thing. Miseries never daunted
Americans much. They "busted the
line" just the same.
Gilbert and Betterton found two offi
cers in a hole 1 by 3 by 5, chattering
with the wet chill. One of them was
Lieutenant Bob Woodyard, a Univer-
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lity of Washington man. Thus' there
were three University of Washington
men together in that queer spot in the
Argonne.
Battalion in Old Quarry.
Woodyard, a good lieutenant from
company I, could only mumble, "We've
had a hell of a fight. Are you here
to relieve us?" The newcomers told
him they were, and got him to guide
them back to the third battalion P. C.
(post of command).
Third battalion i. C. was an old quar
ry. The quarry was 20 feet deep at
the deepest. It was now Just a mud
hole with its sides covered with slime.
One section of it held about 40 men,
wounded, and around the outside were
more wounded men; and the sounds of
pain were constant reminders of the
Miller Hill charge. Sometimes 91st
relatives inquire of the writer why
wounded were often so long in reach
ing the hospital. This story is one of
the answers. What ambulance could
have made it up to the quarry; what
men without lights could have carried
the wounded back? To show lights
meant death from the Hun.
Gilbert and Betterton slipped and slid
down what had been a series of steps,
and in the dimness beheld the silhou
ette of "Lucky Jim" Fortune, the lieu
tenant who, as described in the story
of Miller's wounding, had been told by
the major to take the battalion - when
he should be gone. Fortune was adju
tant of the third battalion. Gilbert ad
dressed hm. but the big fellow reached
out and tried to touch someone else and
looked in another direction. "Hello,
Gil." he said in a weary voice, "where
aro you?" Gilbert reached up from be
low and grasped Fortune's hand; then
Betterton spoke, asking where he want
ed the second battalion to go.
"Hell of A Time Had."
"What a hell of a time we've had."
answered Fortune, "major . killed, half
the battalion shot up and the rest scat
tered everywhere," . and for quite a
while Gilbert and Betterton could not
get a word in edgeways. Fortune, a
picturesque talker always, revived.
The tale of the afternoon's fight had
to be told, and when Gilbert and Bet
terton did get a chance to talk, they
could scarcely make Fortune realize
they had a comparatively fresh bat
talion waiting to relieve him. But
Woodyard and other officers did have
the drift and made preparations to
guide the new companies to where the
other companies were. Betterton went
back, brought up the battalion, turned
the companies over to their respective
guides. The third battalion crawled
out and the second crawled in. The
third could not take its wounded, as
will have been obvious, and these
shelled men and shot men remained
the rest of the night in and around the
quarry, a few of them moaning mis
erably for there are wounds when
silence is hard; and sometimes men
moan when unconscious.
The story of Miller hill and of the
change of position between the second
and third battalions of the 361st on
the night of the 28th, which has occu
pied three installments, has been told
as not untypical of war in the Argonne,
a war that Americans won.
In the next installment Lieutenant
Dymenf will describe the battle, at the
left of the 361st when the 182d brigade
tried to emerge from the Baulny woods.
421 AUTOISTS ARRESTED
Motorcycle Officer Keports Speeding
Cases Numerous in April.
A report 'made by Sergeant Frank
Ervin, in charge of the motorcycle
speed officers, made to Chief of Police
Johnson for the month of April, ehows
421 arrests and S1950 assessed in fines
by Municipal Judge Bossman.
The majority of cases handled by the
motorcycle officers were for speeding,
while a number of violations of the
traffic ordinances occurred. A number
of stolen automobiles were recovered by
faergeant Grvin a unit.
The amount of individual fines ranged
from $2.50 for violation of traffic ordi
nances, such as cutting corners, travel
ing with open cut-out. parking longer
than allowed or In prohibited places.
to $100 imposed on Douglas M. Burrell
Tuesday. This fine, say the officers.
was the largest ever imposed by a
municipal judge in Portland.
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TO STAY IN RUSSIA
War Department Makes First
Positive-Announcement.
PORTLAND MAN ANSWERED
Assistant Secretary Crowell Informs
Senator . Chamberlain Action.
Deemed Not Advisable.'
' OREGOXIA.V NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, April 30. Withdrawal of
American troops from Russia has been
under consideration by the war de
partment for some time, but has not
been found advisable, Benedict Crow
ell, assistant secretary of war, told
Senator Chamberlain today. This is
the first positive statement given out
by the war department of this ques
tion with regard to which there have
been many contradictory reports. The
announcement of this decision was in
reply to a letter from F. Elmo Robin
son of Portland. Or., submitted to the
department by Mayor Baker.
It is expected that the embargo on
the exportation of apples to Australia
will be removed soon, the department
of agriculture assured Senator Jones
of Washington today. The secretary
of agriculture said, however, that if
early action is not taken he will ask
the department of state to communi
cate with the Australian government.
Northwest apple producers have been
protesting against the embargo.
Archbishop Christie and the Rev.
J. C. Hughes headed the telegraphic
protests reaching Senator McNary to
day from Oregon against the league of
nations. Archbishop Christie . tele
graphed: "Hold( yourself free from
league of nations until you hear from
Oregon on self-determination of Ire
land," and the Rev. Mr. Hughes' tele
gram read, "League of nations exclud
ing Ireland from el '-determination
illogical and unjust. Stand pat until
you hear from Oregon on subject."
Other Oregon protests all from Port
land came from J. M. Q'Farrell, James
H. Black and Andrew C. Smith.
On the transport F. J. Luckenback,
which sailed from Brest on April 28
and due at New York May 9, are one
officer and 54 Oregon and Washington
troops assigned to Camp Lewis.
Mrs. Eva Willis. The Dalles. Or.,
just back from the war front in France,
where she served as a nurse with base
hospital 46, will get no further than
this city on her way back to Oregon.
Mrs. Willis on her arrival here was
urged to take charge of the surgery at
the District of Columbia Emergency
hospital in this city and accepted the
place today.
With Miss Zetta Galbraith, also of
The Dalles and formerly with base
hospital 46, Mrs. Willis has been the
guest for three days of Mrs. W. E.
Humphrey, wife of the former member
of congress from Seattle. Miss Gal
braith left tonight for The Dalles.
GOVERNOR SEES 'FRAME-UP'
Man Held at Seattle for Wyoming
Authorities Is Released.
SEATTLE. Wash.. April 30. (Spe
cial.) Joseph Rhetmstrom. realty deal
er, held by the sheriff's office for ex
tradition to Wyoming in connection
with charges of misrepresenting the
value of lots near Bremerton in sales
at Sheridan, where he is alleged to have
sold many thousands of dollars' worth,
was granted his liberty by Sheriff
Stringer Wednesday morning.
Sheriff Stringer acted on receipt of
an order from Acting Governor Iouis
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par)c!V?Ci'J in pfont in excess
AMERICAN
ROOFS
F. Hart, revoking the extradition war
rant issued at the request of the gov
ernor of Wyoming. February 27. Gov
ernor Hart said that he had investi
gated the affair and was convinced that
Charles J. Schreibeis, at whose request
the extradition proceedings were in
stituted, was not acting in good faith
and expected to "use the prosecution
for private purposes."
SIX-HOUR WORK DAY URGED
Seattle Metal Trades ' Council In
structs Delegates to Oakland.
SEATTLE, Wash.. April 30. (Spe
cial.) On recommendation of its board
of business agents, the Seattle Metal
Trades council at its weekly meeting
Instructed its delegates to the -special
POPILAR MISICAI. COMKDV
PRESEXTKD AT THE
11L1LIG.
One of the most popular musi
cal comedies, if we may judge by
its success in New York, is en
titled "Going Up" presented by
Cohan & Harris which will be
seen at the Iieilig for the rest of
the week beginning tonight. It
is a musical play built on a solid
foundation. Fir.nt of all it con
tains a coherent story in which
there is an unusual amount of
comedy, threaded by love interest,
funny situations and' catchy
songs, -the whole interpreted by
a fine singing and dancing com
pany. One of the biggest of the many
hits in "Going Up" is the "Tickle
Toe" number, a song and dance
number that has literally swept
the country with its cadence and
rhythm; other popular numbers
axe "If You Look In Her Eyes,"
"Kiss Me," "When the Curtain
Falls." "The Touch of a Woman's
Hand," "Do It For Me." "Going
Up" and "I Want a Determined
Boy."
The cast is a large one. Includ
ing among others. Bobby Watson.
Mary Lane. Betty Parker, James
H. Manning, Raymond Ellis. Lil
lian Raymond, Jay Dillon, Ethel
Dale. William Wndsworth. Ar
thur Cunningham. P. H. Leonard
and Bettie Parkin.
convention of the Pacific Coast Metal
Trades District council to be held at
Oakland. Cal.. next week, to urge that
a six-hour work day. with a four-hour
limit on overtime be made one of the
provisions of any new coast shipyard
wage agreement the convention may)
undertake to negotiate. i
The delegates were further in
structed also cn a recommendation
from the board of business agents to
demand that May 1, International La
bor day be included in any such pro
posed agreement an a holiday and to
work for the establishment of a uni
form wage scale for shipyard laborers.
Daylight Saving Protested.
ALBANY. Or., April 30. (Special.)
A resolution condemning the system
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mniuiiwini.iwm mniiniinamBininjmminMiiMnii.i.inir;ia
of time whereby clocks are moved
ahead an hour in the spring and
changed back to sun time In the fall,
has been adopted unanimously by the
Farmers' union at Lacomb. It is as
serted that the new system is a detri
ment rather than a benefit to farmers.
. Oratorical Contest Xears.
VN1VERSITY OF OREGON. Eugene.
April 30. (Special.) Tryouts for the
annual oratorical contest with the Uni
versity of Washington have been set
for Friday, May 2. Thus far three men
have signified their intention of en
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dows does not always mean style
after -months of service. It does
if the clothes are from Steint
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Wayne Baney of Eugene and Joseph D.
Boyd of I-odl. Cal. Hoeber represented
Oregon in the recent Oregon state ora
torical contest held here. The time and
place of the contest with Washington
are yet to be arranged.
Motorcyclist Seriously Injured.
While riding his motorcycle on Wil
lamette boulevard Tuesday night, Davis
Goodfellow, 20, of 411 Fiske street. St.
Johns, is said to have run into an au
tomobile. He was knocked unconscious
by the impact and his right leg was
broken. He was removed to the Good
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1.1st of Missing Daily Reduced.
WASHINGTON. April 30. American
soldiers reported as missing in action
hereafter will not be presumed dead by
the war department until the expira
tion of six months. A cablegram from
General Pershing, received by the de
partment today, stated that systematia
search and checking of records - was
daily reducing the list of missing.
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