THE MORXIXG OKEGONLVX, MONDAY, 3IAY 5, 1919.
11
4TH DAY OF BUTTLE
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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
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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
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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. The food
famine and typhus epidemic which
threatened Serbia, have been averted
through the work of the Vnited States
food administration and the American
Red Cross forces, the headquarters of
the latter agency was notified today in
a message from Red Cross headquar
ters at Saloniki.
- 172 1 Men Arrive From Bret.
BOSTON. May 4. The transport Wil
helmina. with 73 officers and 16J1 men
on board, arrived from Brest today.
On board were the 1-Oth field artillery.
57th artillery brigade headquarters.
324th bakery company and several
casuals.
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How Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
I Prepared For
Woman' Use.
A visit to the laboratory where this
successful remedy is made impresses
even the casual looker-on with the reli
ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness
which attends the making of this great
medicine for woman's ills.
Over 350,000 pounds of various herbs
are used anually and all have to bo
prathered at the season of the year when
their natural juiees and medicinal sub
Stances are at their best.
The most successful solvents are used
to extract the medicinal properties from
these herbs.
Every utensli and tank that comes in
contact with the nedicine is sterilized
and as a final precaution in cleanliness
the medicine is pasteurized and sealed
in sterile Dottles.
It ia the wonderful combination of
root and herbs.- together with tho
skill and care used in its preparation
which Has made this famous medicine
so successful in the treatment of
female ills.
The letters from women who have
oeen restored to health by the use of
Lydia E. PinkhanVs Vegetable Com
pound which we are continually pub
lishing attest to its virtue.
AMERICANS
MAKING GOOD
AT SIXTY-FIVE
Don't worry about old axe. A sound
man is good at any age. Keep your
body in good condition and you can be
as hale and hearty sod able to "do your
bit" as when you were a young fellow.
Affections of the kidneys and Madder
are among the leading causes of early
or helpless age. Keep them clean and
the other organs in working condition,
and yon will have nothing to fear.
Drive the poisonous wastes from the
svstem and avoid uric acid accumula
tions. Take GOLD MEDAL Haarlem
Oil Capsules periodically and you will
find that you are as good as the next
fellow. Your spirits will be rejuve
nated, jour muscles strong and your
mind keen enough for any task.
GOLD MEDAIj Haarlem Oil Capsule
wiU do the work. But be sure to get
the original imported GOT.D MEDAL
Haarlem Oil Capsules. Tbey are re
liable and should help yon, or your
money will be refunded. For sale br
most druggists. In sealed packages
three site.
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