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THE MORXIXG OKEGONLVX, MONDAY, 3IAY 5, 1919. 11 4TH DAY OF BUTTLE IE Front Line of 91 st Division Quickly Straightened Out. 362D INFANTRY IN THICK Devi I-M ay-Care Troops Find Luck Goes and They Bear Brunt of Fighting. BY COLIN V. DYMENT. American Red Cross Searcher With the 91st Division. TWESTY-SEVEJiTH ARTICLE. After the dreadful night of Septem ber 28, in which darkness, rain, cold, lack of clothing and blankets and un certainty, beat against the physiques of wounded and well alike, the 29th. fourth day of ' the battle, dawned with promise of a clear day. It rained again, it is true, on me night of the 29th, but the fatal day Itself was a beautiful one. The front line of the 81st may have Teen wobbly enough through the night, nut in the morning it was rapidly straightened out. Fritz had given the men a miserable night of it. but had not counter-attacked; nor. omitting a demonstration or so on the left wing, did he counter-attack in the morning. His few remaining snipers and nests in Cierges and Baulny and on the south side of Tronsol farm were soon cleaned out, and the morning was still young when the 91st lay in a solidly held line almost straight east and west from north of the Boise de Cierges to the Tronsol farm buildings. The eastern half of this line was held by the 181st brigade. It will be re membered that the second battalion of the 361st had relieved the third after the Miller Hill charge of the 28th, coming up in the night a night so harsh that several officers broke down either in the night or on the 29th as a result of the physical and mental strain. Between 6 and 1 A. M. on the 29th, orders arrived giving the 362d infantry and the second battalion of the 361st the front line for the day on the right wing. The S62d as a whole was still a comparatively fresh body of troops. Headers may have noted how few of its men have been killed in previous articles. Its day to lose had come, how ever. The 862d. a devil-may-care body of troops and well-officered like the SSlst and the 347th machine gun battalion, was among the wildest west of the wild west division. It was full of Montana, "Wyoming and Utah men, with many also from the Pacific northwest and a few Californians. A first-class cattle roping or horse-breaking show could have been got up from the 362d. On the first day of the battle this Teglment had had quite an easy time of it, romping through the barb wire and trench systems in the heart of the Bois de Cheppy with lit tle resistanee. Some of its companies lay down for the night opposite Epinon ville without having had a casualty. On the second day one battalion was in the front wave in the battle of Epln onvllle, but by midnight of the second day not 20 men had been killed or fatally wounded in the whole regiment. On the third day most of the 362d lay in Ies Eplnettes Bois, after the Epinon ville orchard was cleared. There were scattering losses, but it was another light time. Figktinsr Woods Heavy. It feemed proper to headquarters, ac cordingly, that the 362d should take on the tough job of advancing on Gesnes, and the hard-hitting regiment was al ways willing to go. The second bat talion of the Stilst was to fro with it, even in the fisst morning attack. On the right the 37th division was to ad vance, and on the left the lS2d brigade of the 91st. Since the attack' was to be uch a liard oue, and since the deaths were to be bo many, the terrain between the front line and Gesnes (on the right) and between the front line and the region west of Gesnes (on the left) will now be described. Just north of the Cierges woods and the Baulny wooda, the northern edges of which were now just behind the front line of the 91st, lay an irregular ridge of a little mure than 200 feet al titude. This same ridge extended on through the Tronsol farm. The front wave of the right wing, principally 362d. was dug in on the reverse slope of this ridge, near the top, while most of the 361t;t lay behind in the Cierges woods. The front wave o the left wing was for the most part still in the Baulny woods, with a few outposts be ond so that ti-.e lino might be said to run just north of the woods. Pos session of the north side of Tronsol farm was still in dispute. It was about a mile and a half from the woods of Cierges to Gesnes in a straight line. Including the first crest, just behind which the men were dug in in pits, there were three ridges to cross. The ridges were pretty irregu lar, now running east and west and now north and south. In the first hol low between what may roughly be called the first ridge and the second, on the right wing, were two thickets. It was to these thickets that -Miller's bat talion had all but penetrated on the previous afternoon. Huns Held High Places. Straight west of Gesnes and in front of the left wing brigade were two woods: the Bois de la Morine and the Bois du Chene See, north by northwest of the Bois de Baulny and a mile and a half distant from it as a man walks. The Bois du Chene Sec was north of the Bois de la Morine and was joined to it by a neck of forest. Between Baul ny woods and Morine woods lay an ir regular country through which ran a road up a ravine. This road came nearly straight cast from Exermont, striking half way between Tronsol farm and Baulny woods on the south and the Bois de la Morine on the north, then, at a point a mile north of the Baulny woods, turning northeast to Gesnes. From Exermont, in front of the 35th (which had been vainly attacked by the 35th on the previous day) over to Ges nes by this road, was about three miles. Between Baulny woods and the Tronsol farm buildings on the Bouth and the Bois de la Morine on the north were thickets, one of which was described when the left wing fight on the 28th was related. Back of Gesnes, north, northeast and northwest, were high hills, mostly wooded. These hills were parked with German artillery, for they were a part of that great eastern extension of the Hindenburg line known as the K.rem-hilde-Stellung line. In the Bois de la Morlna were doxens of machine-gun emplacements. The artillery and machine-gun positions were as usual manned by an invisible foe. Grim Order la Given. More visible, somewhat, were the machine guns out on the ridges south, southeast and southweet of Gesnes: and these latter nests, supported by numerous riflemen, extended clear up to the opposite side of the ridge from which the 91st was to Jumpf This waa the setting for what may t-e called, for the purpose of this serial, the iatUa ofl Cicsaca. Aa. lia .French. I ARGul DEADLY pronounce Gesnes, it is a single syllable, and the pronunciation is almost like Jane or Ghane. The dougrhboys call the place Gaines. It was a badly knocked about town, lying: in part in the can yon and in part on the side hill beyond. On one side was a cabbage patch that many 91st men will remember. Into the Gesnes front the 363d in fantry and the second battalion of the 361st had orders to strike at 7 A. M. on the 29th, the order arriving: between 6 and 7. It was as if an order had come to a single man to walk into the jaws of come monster. In tomorrow's installment Lieuten ant Dyment will describe the futile at tempt to advance in the morning- and will lead up to the great advance of the afternoon, beginning at 3:40 o'clock. Official Casualty Report. WIS ASHINGTON, May 4. The follow- S casualties are reported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces: Killed in action, 3: died from wounds. S: died In airplane accldant, 1; dud of acci dent and other causes, 16: died of disease. 26: wounded severely, 2; wounded (desres undetermined), 3: wounded slightly, 24; missing In action, 4. Total, SI. Killed in action Parker, R. W. (Lieut.). Champaign, 111. Brown, J. F., Kutledge, Ga. Funk. Hugo, Cottonwood, Idaho. Xied of wouodi Duncan, Thomas. Wayton. Ark. IJifxi from airplane accident Coe. K. . (Lieut. I, Kesbitt, Ulal, Died from accident and other causes Bailey, Rossiel (Serge), Guthrie, Ky. Dunlop, G. A. (ilech.), Chicago. Gabrenja, Tony, Johnstown, Fa. Griffith. J. J.. New York. McMillen. L. L. New Castle. Pa. Post. B. J. C. New Bedford, Mass. Aiewine, J. J., Eplro, Okla. Duncan, W. C, New York. Hughes. A. J. (Corp.), Piano. 6. D Hunt, J. G. (Corp.), Covington, Tenn. Btraulina. Mertln (Corp.), Newton. N. J. Handschul. w. P.. Passaic N Hays. H.. Mount Villa, Ala. Jaquette. J. K-, Olivet. Mich. Lee. R. A. Villard. Minn. j. Sweea; Clarence, F Mont. Died of disease Eaton, C. W. (Sgt.), Memphis. Tenn. Flint, P. O. (Sgt.). Bethany. Mo. Kaltenbach, H. t. (Sgt.), Laurium, Mich. McGrath, J. K. (Sgt.), Kenema, 11 o. Hannan, J. C. (CpL). Lincoln, Neb. Jelach, Thomas (CpL). lronwood, Mich. m Kharar. T. A, Cpl ). Evans City, Pa. fevey, C. P. (Wag.). Plymouth Cal. Whltten. E. R. (horaeshoer). Columbus. G O'Brien, C. I., (nurse). Decatur, Ga. Agnew, W. M., Pioneer, O. Battle. Fred, Gaston. Ala. Blake, Nelson, Easton. Sid. Bolar, G. A. Wilmore, Ky. Calhoun. 'Willie. Port Sullivan. Tex. Goad, Noah, Peck, Va. Hackett, H. M., 6alt Lake City, Utah. . Hi!. Otis. Hogansviie, ua. Hitchcock. J. A.. Newark. X. J. Holloway, John, Swan Quarter, N. C. Jackson. John, Boscoe. La. James, George F., Anna 11L Lovell. Oliver, Alexandria, La. Madsea, Jesse, Minneapolis, Minn. Moody, W. H.. Baxley, Ga. Riley, Isaac, Newton, Miss. Mounded severely Guppy, J. S. (LL), Melrose, Mas. Bury. E. L. tcook). Chaska. Minn. Wonnded (degree undetermined) Llpman, T. E., Beloit. Wis. Misek, Aleec, no address. Neuhardt, J. J., Crow Rock, Mont. Mounded slightly Evans, F. K. (Lt.), Ulene MlUa. Ps. Trow, K. V. (Sgt.), Hazleton. Pa. Carter, Joe, bneedvllle, Tenn. Casey, A. B., Elsie, Neb. Cawthon, J. A., Ensley, Ala. D'Angenica, Llberto. Providence, R L Dare. K. F., Oxford Valley. Pa. Eidee. H. R., Minneapolis, Minn. Froehliuh, A G., Chicago, 111. Gaughan. F. J., Stillwater, N. Y. Gordon. W. R-, Hartford, Conn. Govotski. Vincent. Pequabuck, Conn. Huron, Prful, New Castle, Pa. Johns, E. H-, .Rochester, O. e Lasak, I. M., Detroit, Mich. Lord, O. G., Los Angeles, Cal. Ixmndsbury, Henry, Richland Center, Wis, McKenney, E. It., Minneapolis, Minn. Mackey, J. B., Salmon, Idaho. Manning, A. A., Keene, N. 1L Miller, N. C, Croswell, Mich. Molbere, Samuel, Cincinnati. O. Mueller, I. W., Syracuse, N. Y. Traylor, Wilbur, Clovis, Cal. Aliasing in action Deshaso, Arthur, Woodsdale, X. C. Murphy. F. D., Guernsey, Ta. , Smith, M. H., Muskegon, Mich. Wilson, L. E., Janesvllle. Minn. COKBKCTIONS. -Erronnufely reported died of digress James. Georce (Cnl.i. Rend. 111. Returned to duty (previously reported died of wound)-r lanelli. Michael. Philadelphia, Pa. Returned to duty (previously reported died of diMcue. Lewis. IX M.. Akron. O. Owen. A. IT.. Waco. Ky. Killed in action (previously reported died) Bowc. Han-oy (Sgt.. Dry Branch, W. Va. Brown, E. If. (Cpl.). Bellevu. la. Brown, K. B. "'pl.). Caney. Kan. Bacon, ('.. D., liurghill. O. Crank. Henry. Lancaster, Ky. Cranmer, R. T., tftaten Island. X. T. Grayson, J. W.. Methuen, Mass, Helmke. William. Holgate. O. Johnston. John, Bedford, Ind. Kotava. Frank. Christopher, 111. Lilya, G. It.. Murray, Vtah. Marchart. George. Cadott. Wis. Died of wounds (previously reported Hied) Imhoff, George L.. New Orleans. I.. Died of disease, (previously reported Hied) Garliinsky. Adams. Rochester. N. T. Returned to duty (previously reported died) Bu.. Elmer, Quakcrtown, Pr. Killed in action (previously reported wounded severely) Karwelat. August (Cpl.). follinsvllle. 111. Bagley, John W., Blackfoot, Idaho. Oerio. Domenlco. Cleveland, O. Brisbin. Emery W-, lavage, Mont. Hart. David P.. Girard. III. Leonard. Charles L.. Walkerville. Mont. Lowery. William, Lancaster. N. Y. Payne, John W.. Flint. Mich. Stover, Colonel N.; Emlenton, Pa. ft'ymck. Powell. Niagara Falls. N. Y. Hilled in action (previously reported wounded, degree undetermined! McDonough, John J.. Buffalo, N. Y. Killed in action (previously reported misHing) Wants. Peter Leroy (Lti, Jersey xnore. l"a. Dawson, Clyde J. (Sgt.). St. Joseph, Mo. Breskin. Jack, New York. Greco. Joseph. Brooklyn, N. Y. H asset. Martin. Chicago, 111. Kock, Henry T., Cincinnati. O. Rose. Henry M..' Wausau. Wis. Stewart. Stannie W., Mtnden. La. Died, (previously reported missing) Doughtie. Porter R., Eufaula, Ala. Larson. Herbert W., Menominee, Mich. Schneider, Arthur F., Louisville, Ky. Yeamann. Joe. Matagorda. Texas. Marine Corps List. The following casualties are reported in the marine corps: Killed in action C Died of wounds received in action. ....... . 4 Died of disease 2 Missing in action 3 Total 13 Killed in action Barnett. Maurice E. (Lt.). Neenah. Wis. Maglll. Gerald Perham (Sgt.), Brooklyn, N.Y. Taylor Edward W. (Cpl.), Oxford, N. C. Delaney, Leroy II., Cincinnati. O.' Rhodes, Robert J., Jersey City, N. J. Died of wound Dowd, John J., Montrose, Pa. Phtlo, Leonard D., Lansing. Mich. Sircy, Sherman, Oakville, Ky. Tlmberiake. James W Barnhamsville, Va. Died of disease Croaby, Henry M., Nerman Park. Ga. Crozman. James E.. East Lynn, Maaa. Missing in action Miller, Louis F.. HU Clair Heights. Mich. Phelps, William E.. Marquand, Mo. Whitman. Ralph F.. Mechanicsville. N. Y. Killed in action, (previously reported mUe- log in action) dancer, Walter A.. West Philadelphia. Pa. Present for duty, (previously reported missing in action) Scbaub, William J., Rockaway Beach. X. Y. Red Cross Canteen Makes- Profit. TAKIMA, Wash., May 4. (Special.) W. F. Hoyer. at the head of the Red Cross canteen work here, last January bought boxed extra-fancy Winesaps for supplying soldiers returning to Camp Lewis from overseas and from army camps. He has now sold a sur plus out of this stock, amounting to 70 boxes, realizing $4.50 a box, or $1.50 more than he paid. The profit of $105 will go to the canteen. Phone your want-ads to The Orego rhansft iA tka visitors' ja,Ueri,e. ADVERTISE RELIGION, IS DEAN HICKS' PLEA Necessity Held as Urgent as in Business World. CHURCH LIGHT MUST SHINE "If a. Matt Knows His Faith and Is Enthusiastic Over It Ho Will Draw Others to Church." " 'Advertising a church and religion it just as necessary as advertising in the business world," affirmed Dean R. T. T. Hicks yesterday morning in his ser mon at St. Stephen's pro-cathedraL Dean Hicks addressed a large and at tentive congregation, his text being And he went bis way through the city and published what good things Jesus had done for him." He declared that in the field of business advertising is an art. while in the church it ap pears to be a lost art. 'Not merely display ads In the papers or on billboards will suffice In any ad vertising." said the speaker. "There must be the goods to back that up and the salesmanship as well. In the church the kind of advertising that counts most is the manner in which the mem bers live the life and exemplify the faith they profess. If a man knows his business thoroughly he is enthusi astic over it and is a good salesman, for if his wares be worth while he will have faith to speak well for them. In the church if a man knows his faith and is enthusiastic over if he - will draw others to the church. There Is no progress with luke-warra faith. We must have a definite plan of life and we must be well grounded in God's love if we wish to promote the church. Interest Determines Effect. We must make the church a power. but we won't do it if we never attend or take any interest. We cannot touch the lives of others and influence them unless we have within ourselves the true spirit of love and God's grace. Re ligion will make us happy if we use it right. But to be a power of right influence, advertisers of the church, if you will, we must let our light shine forth so that all men shall recognize our faith an glorify our Father which is In heaven. People will flocks to the churches just as they do to the movies if the members live In the spirit of love and God as they should. Let's be as en tnuslastic over our church as we are over our business affairs. The nation knew the value of advertising. That was easily Been in the victory loan drive. The posters and display ads appealed not only to the Intellect and the business judgment but most of all to the heart. Each church member should be a living advertisement for the church. He should appeal to the intellect and to the hearts of those about him. We all want to be 100 per cent Americans. We should be anxious to be 100 per cent Christians. Money Not First Concert. "Don't be afraid to qome to church for fear you will hear a lot of begging for money. I'm not going to worry a bit about the money. It's men I want in the church, not money. If people attend and are interested and catch the spirit of sincerity and brotherly love the money question will take care of itself." The dean urged his parishioners to put their energy and interest into pub lishing and advertising and word of God by being examples of the life the church inspires; to teach by their very interest and daily living the lessons of Christianity and then, he said, "shall be fulfilled the prophecy that Christ being lifted up shall draw all men unto him." The service was well rendered and the choir, directed by Carl Denton, sang a beautiful musical setting for the service. St. Stephen's pro-cathedral will have confirmation service June S and is now preparing for that event. HELP GIRLS, IS PASTOR'S PLEA Campaign for Sisters of Mercy Home lo Be Launched Soon. "I have in stock the best and most exclusive line of monuments and me morials offered in tho northwest today and I am ready to Bhow plans and specifications at any time," was the somewhat startling statement with which Rev. Edwin V. O'Hara, pastor of the Cathedral, prefaced his remarks at the 11 o'clock mass Sunday morning. "My line is unusual in that it con tains no imposing piles of granite, no fluted marble, columns: it contains only the rare privilege of leaving as a memorial to future generations an op portunity to call your name blessed for your good works; for your thought of others in making a substantial gift to a great and glorious Christian work. refer to the campaign we are about to launch to finance our new residence nan tor worKing gins and young women. This will not be a begging cam palgn. It will be a campaign of priv ilege, ror surely it is nothing short of privilege to contribute to a project the purpose of which is to offer to girls and young women of moderate income an attractive residence hall with all the freedom and hospitality and protection and restraint of a home at minimum cost, those devoted women the Sisters of Mercy, giving their en tire time and services without recom pense to this work. A conservative estimate places the number of girls and young women in Portland without homes and home ties at 6000, yet the right sort of. living accommodations are available for only a little more than 100. It is an honest debt we owe these girls who have come from the East and from the rural districts of our own state to earn their living in Portland, to offer them an opportunity to enjoy some of the com forts of a home, an opportunity to share some of its joys by forming the right sort of friends under the right conditions and an opportunity to be counseled and helped in case of Illness, loss 01 position or other misfortune. "We need workers and contributors for this enterprise. There will be a meeting of those interested in the proj ect Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Knights of Columbus hall, corner Park and Taylor streets, and I bespeak a large attendance." SIX HELD POOR INVESTMENT Fate of Sinners of History Cited by Dr. Hlnson in Sermon. East Side Baptist church, preached East Side Baptist church preached yesterday morning on "The Price of a Soul." The theme of the sermon was based on a quotation from George Eliot. "It was not worth sinning for nothing ever is." "That sin is a poor Investment was proved by Adam, who lost Eden fool ishly," said Dr. Hinson: "by Moses, whose spltnetic mood barred him from Canaan; by Achan. who for fine rai ment, gold and silver which he never used, overwhelmed, biaoieU and. amU? in ruin; by Gehazi. whose lie whitened him with leprosy: by Saul, who flung away a crown and throne to find a suicide's grave, and by Judas who for 30 pieces of silver, which ha afterward J flung- away, betrayed Christ. That the abandonemcnt ef the ideal. the closing: of the soul's eyes to the heavenly vision, and its ears to the di vine melody for the sake of the infe- Tior and the transient is vain was evi denced by the long: list of those whose repentance or remorse wails through literature and punctuates all history. The apostle was right when he as serted that the wages of sin, even that wage for which the wrongdoer assidu ously slaves, is death, is corroborated by the millions who have gone the way of the transgressor. The soul, when unable to right itself and recover its lost good, can be redeemed only by the Christ." CHRIST'S DOCTRIXE SIMPLE Dr. A. A. Morrison Expounds Fellow ship With God In Sermon, "Suppose when Jesus Christ came on earth and began his ministry, he had said his new doctrine was so profound, so deep, so difficult to understand that he would start a university where pro fessors of explanatory talent would solve all problems." said Dr. A. A. Mor rison in his sermon at Trinity Episco pal church, yesterday. Fortuniately for all humanity, and Christianity, Jesus did not do anything of the sort. He became Christianity's greatest teacher, and left us a record, the new testament, in which are his clear statements of belief. The only key to his system of doctrine is con tain in his appeal to the Christian: First desire. Have faith. Trust me. His doctrine is simple. "Sometimes, when trouble seems to oppress us and when we view the world in turmoil, .wreck and despair confront us. At such a time comfort comes when we reflect on the blessed fellow ship we have with God the father whose sons we are. .Christ taught us to have friendly interest for and to love one another. In such communion, never mind if you do not have much money. If you are not a large contributor to church funds. Be rich in faith and love for God." In the service of holy communion that followed, there were 67 communi cants. CHINA TRADE LOOMS BIG Banker Says Orientals Are Anxious for Business. NEW TORK. Opportunities for American trade in China are virtually boundlless, if sufficient shipping can be supplied, says W. C. Lane, vice-president of the Guaranty Trust company, just returned after six months in China, wherehe has been organizing branches for the Asia Banking corpor ation, of which also be is a vice-president. "America," said Mr. Lane, "is a word to conjure with in China, The Chinese think there is no other country like ours. China still stands amazed at the fact that we returned the Boxer indem nity. This proved that w were con cerned disinterestedly with the welfare of China. The Chinese look upon us not as 'dollar chasers,' but as the fairest-minded people in the world. Noth ing stands higher in Chnia and with the Chinese 'than an American's word, or his pledge. For many reasons they are desirous of doing business with Americans. "I have no hesitancy in eaylng, there fore, that on the whole the opportuni ties for American trade in China are very good indeed. The Germans used to do a vast business in China, but they are out of the running now, and will be for some time at least. A large share of their former business should now come to ua if we can get the ships to carry the goods in competition with the ships of other countries. "The most immediate problem now Is tonnage. When I left China a few Brit ish and American ships were beginning to make their appearance. But tonnage still 75 per cent of the problem. If our government will supply ships that will carry goods at rates which will make competition possible, the present opportunities for American trade are almost boundless. The other 25 per cent of the problem Is one of finance, and that really isn't a problem any more, for concerns like the Asia Banking corporation stand ready to finance the merchant, whether he import or export. The opportunities for American business In China have-been facilitated by the opening there of Amerloan banks, which havestudied conditions and learned how to operate under the existing handicaps. The currency sys tem of China is unbelievably crude. Tho only thing that bears any sem blance to currency as we know it is the Mexican silver dollar. The remain der of the currency consists of bank notes. These notes, however, are good only in the province in which they are issued; notes of Shanghai are not good in Peking, for example, and oven branches there of the issuing bank in Shanghai will not take the notes of their own head otnee except at a dis count. There is still another crudity. All values are estimated in tacla, not in dollars, but the tael Is not a coin it does not pass as currency. It is a lump of silver stamped by the mint of the province in which it is issued. The taels of different provinces have dif ferent values. The Hongkong tael has not the same value a the Shanaghal tael. So that when a Shanghai man buys goods in Hongkong he has to fig ure out his expenditures first in Shang hai taels, then their equivalent in Hongkong taels, and before he gets through with his business he has fig ured a lot and paid a good deal. "China must have a national system of currency, but I am afraid she can- not devise one for herself. The great question is, who is going to do it for her? All we can hope is that lt will fall into the right hands. "I feel that the welfare of China is partlcuuarly the concern of the United States, not alone from the businss viewpoint, but by virtue of the obliga tion which a strong man owesto a friendly. weaker one. It is the duty of all the allies to see that China's needs are not exploited for the benefit of any one nation, but that her people them selves, as well as those who assist her, share equally in the development that la sure to come, and that, above all, the integrity of the Chinese as a nation is assured." Editor Appointed Private Secretary. YAKIMA, Wash., May 4. (Special.) Harry B. Averlll, president of the Miner-Echo" Publishing company of Roslyn and Cle Klum. has been appointed- private secretary to Representative-elect John W. Summers and will accompany the latter to Washington. Mr. Averill's associate, William H. Tot ten, will manage the newspaper proper ties. Seattle Man I Decorated. SEATTLE, Wash., May 4.--One of the highest honors that France can pay her heroes, and one rarely bestowed upon foreigners, the medal of chevalier of Legion of Honor, has been given to Lieutenant-Colonel Ralph G. Devoe of Seattle, according to a letter to his parents. Colonel Devoe was made com mander of the Nantes hospital center last February. The average length of life in the six teenth century was only 21 years, while in this, the twentieth century, the aver age life is 46 yearn. In India, how ever, the average life today is only 24 years. DRIVE FOR CLOTHING NETS 92,601 POUNDS 46 Tons of Wearing Apparel on Way to Europe. THIRD CAMPAIGN TRIUMPH Local Red Cross Crnsad In Behalf of Xbt Sufferers Waged Under Serious Difficulties. Forty-six tons of used clothing, bed ding and shoes were shipped by the American Red Cross of Portland to Tork, cn route for the destitute people of Europe, according to a re port made yesterday by C. B. Waters, ex-president of the Portland Rotary club, who was director of the drive. "Four hundred and twenty-five gi gantic cases were shipped." said Mr. Waters. "We took pains to see that even the cases were made of good lum ber and exceptionally good nails used, so that both lumber and nails could be used In the reconstruction programme. "While the Portland chapter failed to make its total of 180 tons asked, yet the 92.C01 pounds shipped were as much as Seattle and San Francisco ob tained together." Tbtrel Drive Dlfficalt 0e. In addition to the clothing shipped $60.57 was obtained for relief work from the sale of rags, which came in with clothing bundles. The clothing drive was the third held by the Red Cross. The first was directed by Edgar Smith, netting over 60 tons, no collecting media other than the fire stations UHng used. R. F. Prael directed the Second drive, which, to obtain 57 tons, lasted nearly four weeks. In the third drive, which Mr. Waters directed, there was indication that Portland had reached the bottom of the old clothes chest, for the cloth ing donated was of better quality than in previous drives, and evyy possi ble collecting medium, including two days work by 200 Rotarians, was re quired to obtain the result. Mrs. Waters directed the packers, this task betng performed entirely by members of the Americai. Red Cross, most of whom "were also wives of Rotarians. Tribute Paid to Helsers. "I think wo have every reason heartily to congratulate Mr. "Waters and the members of the Rotary club for a most remarkable achievement in the face of difficulties." said it. V. Holder, assistant general manager of the Red Cross. Mr. Waters paid a tribute to the laundry, grocery and department-store drivers who had helped with the quota, and especially to Ralph Meyer, presi dent of the Yale laundry, as well as to the firemen who not only handled the clothing, but at times helped to sort it. OLD MILL USED BY HUNS Vegetable Seeds Vised to Produce Oil a- l-'at Substitute. COBLEXZ. One of the sights in Re- magen for American soldiers quartered in this section of the occupied area is a primitive etone mill used by the Ger mans for the production of a vegetable substitute for animal mineral oils and fats. An oil was made here from the seeds of beech trees and the fodder plant, rape. These seeds were mixed in equal parts and ground in the stones of Hie old mill. Twelve pounds of seeds yielded about one quart of oil and left a highly-nutritious cattle fod der. Remagen has been the headquar ters of the Kath infantry. New York's 'Old 69lh" of the 4 2d division. JAIL DOOR KICKED DOWN Two Girl Find No IMfficulty in Winning AVay to Freedom. OREFLKV. Two Denver irlrls. dy ing their names as Loretta Smith and Helen Starr, each Is years old, who were arrested here in company with two strange men at a local rooming- house, did not like confinement in the city jail, and kicked their way to lib erty. The door to the woman's department. where they were confined, was wood. and one of the panels was kicked out. the girls then got chairs and opened a high window, which was not grated, and escaped. The men were fined $15 and costs each. AVar-Bnllt Community Hcserted. SlfENANDOAH. Pa. Kern Dale, i town in the Catawissa valley, two miles this side of Ringtown. is a veritably deserted village. Only one family now lives there, a man wtth his wife and children, who are in charge of the farm of the PuPont Powder company, whose plant is nearby. Fern Dale consists of 13 double blocks and had a population lake once each morning-more 1 li. . , - fnscfVaivtVf5,!!,, A Checking Account is a household and business necessity. A monthly statement showing; all deposits and with drawals is furnished and every canceled check is a receipt. As a depository for your funds select A Conserrative Custodian Hihernia Savings Bank Savings Commercial Trust Open Saturday, 6 to 8 P. M. of 250 people during the war. The company dismantled the works a few months ago, shipped the machinery away and most of the employes went also. Ringtown had visions of an in dustrial boom when Kern Dale was started, but the signing of the armis tice has dissipated the roseate dream. WOMAN, SAVING CAT, DIES Red CrobS Worker Kalis Into Pond and Is Drowned. DEDHAM. Mass. In an effort to rescue the family cat. that had jumped in Rodman's pond. Miss Alice Dowling. 23 years old, a secretary at the Boston Red Cross headquarters, w'sa drowned. Although Dr. Edward W. Finn worked over her an hour, it was impossible to bring the young woman back to life. It was shortly after 7 o'clock in the evening that Miss Alice and her sister. Blanche, IS. discovered that the cat was missing. They left the house and followed along a road leading to the pond about -30 yards away. They saw the cat on the shore, and when they went to catch the animal it jmped into the water. Blanche, who is an expert swimmer, plunged in after the cat and succeeded in rescuing it. Whilo Blanche was swimming back to the shore. Alice became hysterical, and waded in to help her sifiter. She could not swim, and before Blanche could reach her. she had disappeared beneath the surface. The younger sis ter tried to reach her, but could not. She made for the shore and ran to the house for help. Dennis Sullivan and Archidelle Woodard responded. Getting the location of where Miss Dowling went down, Woodard plunged into the water. After several attempts at diving lie found the body. IT. Finn was called and sent for the police pul motor. but was unable to revive the young woman. DEBT INCREASE NOT GREAT Statement of Comparisons Said to Have Left Wrong Impression. WASHINGTON, May 4. Secretary Glass said in a statement last night that the published comparison of the government's expenditures of approx imately $1,190,000,000 In February cre ated a wrong impression. "Ordinary expenditures during April were less than $1. Out. 000,000," taid Mr. Glass. "This is less than for any month subsequent to April, 191$. Although the net increase in the public debt during the three months of January, February and March. 1919, aggregate more than $.1,344,000,000, Pr at the rate of more than $1,100,000,000 a month, the net Increase in the public debt durng the month of April, l'JIS. w.is only $510,000,000 as appears by the treasury's daily statement of April 20, IK IS." Honor Planned for Major. SKATT1.K. May 4. Major-General William II. Johnston, who commanded the 91st division in France and who ia now commanding officer at Camp Lewis, Ta.com a. will be the guest of honor at banquet to be tendered by Seattle business men here Monday night. "Victory Ship" On Way to New York. .PANAMA, May 4. The t'nlted States destroyer Calhoun, which will serve as the "victory bhip" on the last leg of the coast-to-coast victory loan cruise, vtaged by the United States navy, is on her way hark to New York, having it nec- essary says Corn Flakes You 11 Like elcared from Cristobal yesterday after the arrival of the destroyer Crane from tho California coast. Progress of the loan subscriptions governs. the speed of the cruise. IT. S. Averts Siberian I'amiue. WASHINGTON. May 4. 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