18 THE SUNDAY OREGOMAX. PORTLAND. MARCH 9. 1919. JETER! OF ARGOIE LAUDS MEN OF 91ST ajor A. B. Richeson Returns Home to Recover of Wound. BATTLE VIVIDLY DESCRIBED .Tortland Officer Earnest in Admira tion "of Way Men From West Marled Back Germans. Verdun In the Argonne forest. The division was stopped at Bois de Hesse within one kilometer about five eighths of a mile from the French front line, where the troops were blvouaor.d in the woods, and here they lay In the mud with the rain pouringf down . beneath shelters camouflaged against Hun airplanes.' The western ers were subjected to nightly shelling with gas and other projectiles which came from the Hun lines, but there were but few casualties among the 91st during these attacks. The attack in which the 91st di vision played such a prominent part was launched on the morning of Sep tember 26 after an all night prepara tory bombardment on all known Ger man positions. Casualties Begin Early. Major Richeson's battalion was the fourth in the 182d brigade to move out and came under fire about mid-day when his battalion reached the assault ing wave, which was then temporarily halted by German machine-gun fire. Just prior to making this move Major SOLD ER BARRACKS QUESnON IMPENDS Order for Free Beds at Atkin son School Not Received. Every' staff officer in his regiment was wounded. The result of three daye' bitter as well as brilliant fighting oy his command was about to be de stroyed through a flank movement by the. enemy which could be thwarted by artillery fire alone. A hasty call was telephoned to the supporting' artillery to begin action which would put an end to the expected flank attack. Just as Jie was ending, his call a German ma chine gun bullet tore its way through two ribs and lodged in his lung. Such was one afternoon's experience Cif Major A. B. Richeeon, commander, of the first battalion of the 364th infan try of the 91st division, who returned tu Portland yesterday on sick leave. Major Richeson was formerly a mem ber ot The Oregonian"s editorial staff and resigned this position to attend the first officers' training camp at the Pre Kidio in San ' I"rancieco. where he was graduated with a captain's commission, a rank previously held in the officers reserve corps. Major Praises Troops. Though reticent in referring to his own actions at . the front, which had previously been reported by a fellow officer as being marked with extremely rate judgmeat and courage. Major Kicheton earnestly praised the per iormance of the men of the 91st di-vi.-ion, who entered the fiercest battle r the war without previous experience under fire, but who performed like vet- runs. .Major Kicheson yesterday detailed the travels of the now famous Wild "West division from the time that it formed at Camp Lewis, where for more than a year it was trained. The divi sion left for France on June 27, 1918. The regiment went into training at the department of Haute Marue, about S3 kilometers from Chaumont, where the general headquarters of the Ameri can expeditionary forces are located. During the latter part of July and the early portion of August the regi ment went through intensive training and Major Richeson is authority for tlie statement that the training was in tensive in every sense of the word it being one of the -regiments then be ing prepared for the fall drives con templated by the allied command. The i raining was principally in open war fare. Promotion Is Heceived. At the conclusion of this training, Captain Richeson was promoted to a majority and assigned to command the 1st battalion of the 364th Infantry. About September 2 the entire division as ordered to proceed to the front. 3'art of the movement was made on box cars, but the major portion of it was by marches. The 364th infantry together with other inafntry regiments, reached the vicinity of St. Mihiel. after marching solely at night during period of cold and rainy weather in conveniences which the new troops -withstood in splendid shape, according to Major Richeson. On the night of September 30 the 51st division was one of four lying in reserve of the newly created First American army, then under the per Fonal command of General Pershing. The regiment did not participate actual battle during the St. Mihiel drive, but members of the division saw the artillery preparation and the-a plane activities of both the allied and the enemy forces. French Front Reached. After having been held in hourly ex pectation of being sent into action, th members of the western division were finally given the word which caused an entrainment in French motors, which carried the men, supplies and equipment to Bar le Due, and after few nightly marches the regiment .reached the Prench front, east of t ' r i. 1 J I i t 1 1 a k- " i i - . ' "Gets-It" Peels My Corns Off! Any Corn or Callous Comes Off Peace fully, Painlessly Never Fails. It's almost a picnic to get rid of corn or callous the "Gets-Tt" way. You tpttnl 2 or 3 seconds putting on 2 or 3 drops of "Gets-it, about as simple Major A. B. Richeson, vrbo returned from France. has CHARGE POLICY DEFENDED Representative of War Camn Com munity Service Says' Trustees Must Follow Instructions. Richeson's battalion secured its bap- ism of fire when three huge German hells crashed into the resting place of the battalion. causing 17 casualties. wo being officers of the outfit. The first battalion was fed into the Hacking wave, and it was but a few moments before numerous casualties were caused by heavy German shells. skillfully regulated by boche aero planes. "In spite of this opposing fire, said Major Richeson, "the advance was con inued through several German lines of machine guns and numerous bands of barbed wire. The attack progressed about six kilometers on the first day, and slower progress was made on the second, because German resistance creased. Wooded Hill Captured. On the third day of the attack my battalion, having been designated to attack, occupied the left of the division sector, the 3.-th division Icing 011 our left. An advance of about three kilo meters was made this day, the fighting being terrific and the casualties heavy The battalion succeeded in the capture of a wooded hill, the Xois de Bauline which was virtually a mass of machine- gun nests. In the capture of this wooded hill the boys, who were fighting in their first battle, showed a spirit of courage 1 which was wonderful. It was necessary to go forward through ravines which exposed the men to the fire of the enemy, but they never faltered nor did they even hesitate until the hill desired was under American occupation." Temporary Halt Ordered. The front line of the 91st division was carried on this day by the battal ions of Major Richeson and Major Frederick Rase, also of Portland, to a ridge crowned by the Tronsot farm, a stone ruin. At this point Major Riche son received an order "to dig in and hold on" as the heaviest resistance was being encountered on the right at Gesnes by the 181st brigade and on the left at Kxermont by the 3oth division. It was on the afternoon of Septem ber 29 the fourth day of the memor able drive with the position secure only after terrific fighting with many casualties that Major Richeeon found that every staff officer in his bat talion had been wounded. These wound ed men included Lieutenants Ticer and Mingins of Portland. Indications of a German counter at tack by a left flank movement near Exermont were observed by Major Richeson and he quickly telephoned for artillery fire. It was while he was bo engaged that ne was caugnt in a burst of machine-gun fire, wounded. and turned his command over to senior captain of another battalion who had just reached the hill in sup port. Thirty hours were spent by Major Richeson in rolling along on dark roads to a hospital after having his wounds temporarily dressed at a sta tion behifid the lines. He was taken to Mobile hospital No. 1. then situated at Ulercourt among the Verdun forts. Major Richeson was in three hospi tals in Fiance before he was selected to return. He reached the United States on February 7, having arrived on board the Zacapa. "Portland looks the bfst of all." said Major Richeson as he joined his wife and two daughters yesterday, who have remained in Portland during the period that he was overseas. "France is a wonderful country and the east is alive with activity, but Portland is the only place to live and I'm mighty glad to be back." Ko word has yet been received from national headquarters of the war camp community service by School Director f lummer ordering for service men free soldier-barracks in the Atkinson school building and beds in the B'nal B'rith clubhouse at a nominal Drice. Ray Carter, special representative of the war camp community service for Oregon and Washington, who was in roriiana yesterday conferring with Secretary Arbury of the local organiza tion, explained why the war camp com munity service had not furnished lodging without charge. it is unfortunate that the excellent work being- done for returned and dis charged soldiers and sailors in Port land should be marred in the least by a disagreement over beds in the Atkin son school. "I wonder if the Portland people who insist upon having these beds free realize that we are acting a trustees for the money which they and the resi dents of other cities have given and that we must spend this money accord ing to our instructions. Instructions Carried Oat. "Some persons may say. "spend the money for free beds and we will stand behind you.' That is not to the point. We aaked and received money to be spent in a certain way for certain pur poses and as trustees we have no moral right to spend it otherwise. Moreover, there are auditors whose business it is to tee that we follow instructions. We are not a relief organization am we nave ryot the shadow of a right to I family home spend money for relief work. To rc- . ' lieve (he necessities of service men is! the work of the Red Cross and kindred organizations. Would anyone expect the Red Cross to Fpnd money on the recreation work which the war camp community service has organize! to carry on? The function of trustees is to follow their instructions. Task Assigned t Red Cross. "To avert the possibility of any man going hungry or without a bed we re ceived a recent ruling that bed and board should be given to" a man with out funds for a period not to exceed 24 hours. Our workers are instructed to get such a man in immediate touch with the organization whose function it is to give relief, and we have found in the Red Cross the utmost willingness to minister effectively and unostenta tiously to all who- need their minis trations. "I hope the Portland people will un derstand that we are endeavoring to do exactly what they ask their city of ficials, school boards and state of ficials to do, viz., to spend public money lor the purposes ror which it was given and for no other purposes whatsoever. Lvery cent we receive must be spent according to the budget and the trus tees of the war camp community serv ice are held to strict account." Francisco quake he moved to Kelso. His wife died here in 1909. Captain Wright was spending the winter in Florida, where he contracted influenza, and his health has failed rap idly since. MOSCOW. Idaho. March 8.--(SpeciaI.) Asa W. Bradrlck. well-known breeder of shorthorn rattle, whose stock has been on exhibition at Portland and other livestock shows, died yesterday of influenza after a brief illness. Mr. Bradrick lost both his parents In re cember from the same disease. His father, A. V. Bradrick. well-known lum berman and pioneer, followed Mrs. Bradrick. who died three days prior. In December. Mr. Bradrick went to Spo kane to attend the livestock show and sale and was stricken with influenza, which resulted in his death. His wife Is Just recovering from the disease. The young man was the only son and the sole heir of the fortune of his father, which was quite large. YAKIMA. Wash.. March 8. (Special.) The funeral of the late George Don ald, president of the Yakima National bank, was held yesterday from the family home. The service was ton ducted by Rev. F. J. Mynard. rector of St. Michael's Episcopal church, and the eulogy of the deceased was given by Rev. H. P. James. Gomer H. Hughes, 39. formerly a res dent of Portland, is dead in Los An geles. Cal.. according to a message re ceived by Portland friends. He is sur vived hy his widow, who formerly was Mi.-ss Margaret Smith of Portland, be sides relatives in Ohio. OLTMPIA, Wash., March S. (Spe cial.) J. W. Batcheller. who came to French Prairie, near Salem. or., in 1S53 with his parents, died at his home near this city last evening and will be buried by the Pioneers' association Sunday. He was 88 years old and had lived near Olympia for 30 years. As an Oregon pioneer he was engaged in mercantile business and farming. Three sons survive him. ALBANY. Or.. March 8. (Special.) The funeral of Mrs. Charles H. Cramp ton, a prominent woman residing near Oakvtlle. who died at her home Wednes day night, was held Friday at the fam ily home near Oakville. about seven miles southwest of this city. Mrs. Crampton had been a resident of Linn county for the pnjit 14 years, coming to this state from Kansas. She was a native of Nova Scotta and was E6 years of age. She is survived by her hus band and three children: Mrs. Julia Ft. Hickman of Tangent, and Charles W. Crampton and rainier IX Crampton. both of whom returned from the serv ice recently and are residing at the NDUSTRIAL FUTURE GOOD CONDITIONS O.N COOS BAY ARK SAM) TO BK BETTER. Different Mills to Resume Operation nntl All Business Men Are I'u 1 1 of Optimism. Obituary. KELSO, Wash., March 8. (Special.) In the death of Captain A. W. Wright at Seattle Sunday Kelso lost another of its fast-dwindling group of civil war veterans. Captain Wright was 79 years of- age. He served with dinstinctlon throughout the civil war after enlisting in the 3d Ohio volun teers in 1861. and attained the rank of captain with the brevet of major on the field of battle. After the con elusion of the war he practiced medi cine for a few years, but moved to C'ali fornia in 1870. In 1SSS he was married to Mrs. Sally Wallace Brooks, mother of Mrs. Rose Strain and Miss Belle Brooks of this city, who are spending the winter in Seattle. After the San BIARSHFIELD. Or., March 8. (Spe cial.) A much brighter outlook In the financial and labor situation on Coos Bay is seen in promised resumption of lumbering operations commencing next Monday and in other prospective indus trial projects which are looming on the. Immediate horizon. The North Bend Lumber & Mill company etarts its mill Monday, after a shut-down of two months and a half, and also its log ging camp on Davis slough. The Bueh ner Lumber company Is opening its camp at Lakeside and plana for start ing a second camp in th same district. It is now believed the Smith indus tries will be operating in every depart ment probably by April 1. A. H. Pow ers has ordered his men to be on hand for logging by March 15, and Receivers Denman and Boles are reported to have made financial arrangements to. Flart the mills between April 1 and 15. There is also a prospect that the dis mantled pulp mill on the Smith prop erties will be taken over by an outside company- and operated aa soon as ma chinery can be obtained. All the business men arc optimistic and expect Coos Bay to be going at full blast by May 1. The Coos Bay shipyard is engaging every soldier who applies there for work, and the other soldiers who have returned are being placed in various lines of industry, many having stepped into the occupations they left when they went to war. lac "iets-It," TccI Off Corn This Way. putting on your hat. "Gets-It" does away forever witli "contraptions," wrappy plasters, greasy ointments that rub off, blood-letting knives, and scissors that snip into the "quick." "Gets-It" eases pain. Your "jumpy" corn shrinks, dies, loosens from the toe. You peel the corn painlessly from your toe in one complete piece. That's where the picnic comes in you peel it off as you would a banana peel. Nothing else but "Gets-It" can do it. Get peaceful, common-sense "Gets-It." "Gets-H," the guaranteed, money hack corn-remover, the only ure way, costs but a trifle at uny drug store. Mf'd by E. Lawrence & Co., Chi cago, 111. Sold in Portland by Owl Drug Co. 21 stores on the Pacific Coast. Adv. The Japanese Way to Remove Corns Doesn't Hurt a Bit Easy and Simple The Magic Touch of Ice-Mint Does It. Just a Touch Stops Soreness, Then the Corn or Callous Shrivels and Lifts Off. Try It. Your Feet Will Feel Cool and Fine. Just a touch of Ice-Mint and "Ohl" what relief. Corns and callouses van ish, soreness disappears and you can dance all night or walk all day and your corns won't hurt a bit. No mat ter what you have tried or how many times you have been disappointed here is a real help for you at last. From the very second that Ice-Mii'.t touches that sore, tender corn your poor tired, aching feet will feel so cool, easy and comfortable that you will just Bigh with relief. Think of it: just a little touch of that delight ful, cooling Ice-Mint and real foot Joy is jours. No matter how old or tough your pet corn is he will shrivel right up and you can pick him out after a touch of Ice-Mint. No pain not a bit ot toreness. either when applying it or afterward, and it doesn't even Irritate the ekin. Ice-Mint is the real Japanese secret of fine, healthy, little feet. I'revcnts foot odors and keeps them cool, sweet and comfortable. It Is now bellini; like wildfire here. Just ask in any drug store for a little Ice-Mint and give your poor sirfiering. tired feet the treat of their lives. - There is nothing better, nor nothing "Just as good." Adv. Tniasm fc- V K .-.-Z TNw wtM.' a ih t.!i-T H3-i tn I ii .i s f ------'-'--'JffiW- ui I. i ts 1 v i 'MWl " ''"jH'MfcJIW 1 ' - ' r m . m or m 1 r t m n r 1 1 - - - . ... . i. . ... T" 1 S 1 f i "nrsMITlB T MMfl (St'. -''!lfc'l Hi - - rmiiiii " 1 tin 'fin r -(mm ?i m mm 1 " The Chemistry of Extra Mileage Chemical research added miles of extra service to Racine Multi-Mile Cord Tires by the develop ment of the Racine Absorbing Shock Strip. The Racine Absorbing Shock Strip is an extra strip of blended rubber, of graduated resiliency, uniting the toufch rubber of the tread to the rubber ized cord fabric carcass of the tire. This perfect welding of tread and carcass through a scientifically constructed neutralized zone, means absorption of road shocks and elimination of danger of tread and carcass separation. That's the u'Ay of the added miles of service. Extra Tested Value Racine Multi-Mile Cord Tires are carefully ILxtra Tested through each stat,e in their construction. Proved Racine principle of multiple-strand construc tion is an assurance of greater tire mileage, greater riding comfort and greater cronomy in car operation. Over all pavements and roads non-skid construc tion scientifically perfected in Racine Multi - Mile Cord Tires fcives definite driving certainty. Note this contraction which the Racine Robber Company s chemists de Teloped an extra atrip of rubber scientifically com. pounded to eliminate dan ger of tread and carcaia separation. J 5 iC''n" '"n'"'1y ' I I r A Absorbing Sljock Strip Developed by Racine Rubber Company's chemists, this Absorbing Shock Strip adds miles of extra service. 1 he greatest step toward tire economy is the purchase of your first Racine Multi -Mile Cord Tire For Your Own Protection Be Certain Every Racine Tire You Buy Bears the Name Racine Rubber Company, Racine, Wisconsin SOLD BY DEALERS EVERYWHERE Distributed in Northwest by BALLOU & WRIGHT SEATTLE, WASH. PORTLAND, OR. AN OLD RECIPE TO DARKEN HAIR Sage IF YOUR EARS RING WITH HEAD NOISES If you have roaring, buzzing noises in your ears, are getting hard of hearing and fear Catarrh al Deafness, go to your druggist and get 1 ounce of Parmint (double strength), and add to it i pint of hot water and a lit tle granulated susar. Take 1 tableupoonf ul four times a day. This will often bring quick re lief from the distressing' head 'noises. Clogged nostVils should open, breathing become easy and the mucus stop dropping into the throat. .It is easy to prepare, costs little and is pleasant to take. Anyone who has Catarrhal trouble of the ears, is hard of hearing or has head noises should ge this prescription a trial. WORKER SUES FOR $25,000 .Northwest Hospital Association and Dr. Van Vlerah Defendants. 15. B. Ross, who Bays he paid a dol lar a month to the Northwest Hospital association to insure himelf for hos pital treatment if sick or injured, yes terday filed suit for t25.000 against the association and Dr. Clyde Van Vlerah. He is an employe of the foundation Steel company and on July 30, 1918. an Achilles tendon was severed by a chisel. He alleges that he went to ' Dr. Van Vlerah and was told that his Injury was not serious. He walked home. He later found he could stand no pres sure on the ball of his foot, and con sulted other doctors. They told him his tendon- was cut, which he alleges the first physician had failed to inform him. An operation at a hospital followed but because of the delay he alleges the tendon had to be spliced, and as a result he believes himself to be crip pled permanently. ia Albany Elks Honor Kecorder. ALBANY, Or., March 8. (Special.) T. G. I-.ewelling, city recorder of Al bany, has been chosen exalted ruler of the Albany lodge ot Klks to serve for the year. Other officers chosen by this lodge in the annual election this week are: Esteemed leading knight, Senator K. D. Cusick; esteemed loyal knight, J. J. Barrett; esteemed lecturing knight, M. Parker (re-elected) ' treasurer, Har ry B. Cusick (re-elected); tiler, Edward H. Horsky ire-elected): trustees, Frank Barrett. Charles H. Burggraf and W. C. Tweedale. hrank w. Horsky, the re tiring exalted ruler, was chosen dele gate to the meeting of the grand lodge of the order at Atlantic City next July and Harry Schlosser. a pant exalted ruler, was named alternate. Tea and Sulphur Turns j Gray. Faded Hair Dark ! and Glossy. Lift Corns Off! Doesn't Hurt I Don't let corns ache twice ! Lift any corn or callus off with fingers Here's magic 1 For a few cents you can1 get a small bottle of the magic freezone discovered by a Cincinnati chemist. Just ask at any drug store for a email bottle of freezone. Apply a few drops upon, a tender, aching corn and in stantly that old bothersome corn 6 tops hurting, then shortly you can lift it out, root and all, with the fingers. Just think! Not one bit of pain before applying freezone or afterwards. It doesn't even irritate the surround ing akin. Bard corns, soft corns, or corns between the toes, also hardened calluses on bottom of feet shrivel up and fall onT without hurting a particle. Ladies! Keep freezone handy on your dresser. Wonderful t Almost everyone knows that Sage Tea and Sulphur, properly compounded, brines back the natural color and lustre to the hair when faded, streaked or a-ray. Years ago the only way to get this mixture was to make it at home, which is mussy and troublesome. Nowadays we simply ask at any drug store for "Wyeth'a Sage and Sul phur Compound." You will Ket a larga bottle of this old-time recipe, improved by the addition of other ingredients at very little cost. Everybody uses thi preparation now because no one can possibly tell that you darkened your hair, as it does it so naturally and evenly You dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time; by morning the gray Hair ais appears, and after another application or two your hair becomes beautifully dark, thick and glossy and you look years younger. Adv. Tells Impoverished Men and Women IIott to llernmf Health?. MrffBKt Karrcrllr, Magnetic nad lBorou. I hrrr.l.raln arintnene Tablet. Ad--laed for 'I'hr-lr Wonderful Toale lropertlca. mega il For Sprains and Bruises The first thine to do for a sprain or a bruit e is to cover the hnrt with a piece ol flannel soaked with OmeaOiU Qmck ra te asoauy lollows Uu tropic treats Ion't envy the nmn or woman with abundant energy, vitality, and the ever- present smile of cordial magnetic per sonality. Kesolvo to banish your lan guor, your tired, worn-out feeling, your aches and pains, your mental worry and distress, by supplying your system with plenty of Iron, phosphorus and vege table tonics so that every organ of your body can perform its normal functions from the vigorous blood supply that courses throusrh your arteries. Tone up the liver, stomach, kidneys, and bow els, diitest your food better and supply your nerves with the vital elements in Cadomene Tablets, and you won't need to envy anyone. Just iret your body and nerves working rlKht and nature will help you d the rest, t adomene Tablets are sold in sraled tubes by all frood drucgists and are guaranteed to pleas you or money phck. .aov. Everyone Should Drink Hot Water in the Morning Wash away all the stomach, llvsr, and bowel poisona before breakfast. How He Quit Tobacco Inia vetrrn-n. S. li. J.miupher. was tdtliclei to the cxceMlve use of tobacco for miny years He wanted to quit, but n-fdd Kornetkintf t iir'p him. Ho i.ml of a t? book that tcll about to baoo habit ami how to ronnur it oulrkiv. ."- i y and aflv. In a recent letter ne wri.c. I have no riesiro for tobacco ny more fetl like a new man." Anyone doMirinn a copy of tM book on tobacco habit, smoking and oliewmc can tet it free, postpaid, by writing t- Kar-. j v ood. TI-.1, F t n t ion K. N c w ork Citr You will ho Mirprleed and pleated. ..t, A.ii.tar nr-r'A. utroncer h-art. k..... ininn ttiinroieti eveairht. lnrreLsed w.cnr. loncer life and other advantagea If you quit potsonlns youraelf- Adv. Phone your want ad to the Orego ntan. Phone Main 7070, A 609i. To feel your best day in and day OJU to feci clean inside: no sour bilo to coat your tongue and sicken your breath or dull your head: no constipa tion, bilious attack., rick headache colds, rheumatism or ga5y, acid stom ach, you must batnc on the inside like you ballio outside This is vastly more mportanU because the i-kin pore, d" not absorb Impurities into the blood, u hll. the bowel pores d. pays a w-ll-known phyt-lclan. To keep th-se poisons and toxin well Hushed from the siomacn, liver. kidneys and bowels, drink before break- last t-ach osy a grtaHs of hot water with a traspoonful of limestone phos phate in it. This will cleanse, purity and freshen the entire alimentary tract. before puttintr more food into the stom ach. (Jet a quarter pound of limestone phosphate from your pharmacist. It is Inexpensive and almost tasteless. Drink pliosphated hot water every niorninc to rid your system of these vile poisons and toxins: alo to pre vent their formation. As soap and hot water act on the kin. cleansing, sweetening and puri fying, so limestone phosphate and hot water before brcakfa.-l act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. Adv. Tobacco Habit Cured Not only to users of pipe and clears, but the vicious cigarette habit is over come by using tne -MTU VI t-'." treat ment. Price, complete, postage p:ud, $1.10. I.ni-Davit Drue Co., Third and Yamhill, -pt. U, Portii.nd. Or., I When writing meulion this paper.) 1