THE SUNDAY. OREGOXIAX, rOETLAXD, OCTOBER 2G, 1919.
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FOOLED GERMANS
Mysterious "X Army" of
Americans Hold Verdun.
WIRELESS PLAYS ITS PART
Code Messages Sent for Enemy's
Benefit After "Key to Code"
Had Been Carefully Planted.
WITH THE AMERICAN FORCES
IN GERMANY, Oct. 1. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Tricks of the game of
war are coming- to light frora time to
Mm as each side tells its 6tory. One
of the most successful of them was
practiced by American forces in-' the
Meuse-Argonne battle "last fall, when
the last great allied offensive was at
its height from Switzerland to the
sea. An Imaginary army conceived
by a handful of American Junior off!
cers was "thrown into the field over
night and for days five crack German
divisions just east of Verdun, In the
Etain region, were kept cn their toes
momentarily expecting an attack
which never materialized.
At a dinner table in a Coblenz cafe,
overlooking the Rhine, an American
intelligence officer recently told the
story of the creation of the "mythical
X army," as it was called. It appears
that the Germans were expecting an
attack in the Etain sector at any time,
and the Americans knew it; but at
that phase of the game the first United
States army was devoting its energies
to driving the enemy out of the Ar
gronne forest and the hill country on
either side. Bo the mythical army
was created, in preference to a real
diversion, requiring many men, to
convince the German commander that
it would not be wise to weaken tha
Etain front to the benefit of the
Meuse-Argonne front, where a des
perate battle was proceeding.
Story of the X Army" Told.
Five fresh divisions had been placed
by the Germans on the Etain line.
These constituted their last and finest
reservoir of available divisions. The
Americans realized that the minute
the Germans decided that this was
not a danger point, any or all of the
five divisions could be withdrawn, re
placed by exhausted and fragmentary
divisions coming from the battle
fronts, and that the appearance of
the fresh troops in line west of the
Meuse would have a tremendous ef
fect on the American offensive.
The "X army" was assigned to a
front from Bezonvaux to Fresnes.
From the morning of October 22 un
til just previous to the armistice this
army "functioned." Captain Charles
H. Matz, of Hubbard Woods, 111., was
commander-in-chief. Captain "William
H. Dearden of Springfield, Mass.. and
Washington, D. C, was chief-of-staf f.
Lieutenant John H. Graham of Lex
ington, Va., was chief f "troop move
ments"; Captain O. W. Neidert was in
charge of G-l, or administration; and
Lieutenant H. T. Griswold of Old
Lyme, Conn., was 'hief of artillery.
The staff of the "X army" were all
members of the intelligence section of
the first army and of course, before
beginning operations, had secured the
consent of their chief. Colonel Willey
HowelL
Code Key Furnished.
The wireless and the telephone were
freely used to convince the Germans
that the Americans were preparing
for an attack in the Etain sector. To
make sure that the Germans would
be able to "break into" the code used
the Americans furnished them with a
satisfactory key.
One wireless station, of the X army,
was established in a clump of woods
rear Verdun and was christened
"headquarters of the X army." This
station functioned until the end of
the game, all "orders" to the army
going out from this place by wireless.
Soon after the station began work
ing the Germans located its where
abouts and frequently shelled the
woods and vicinity, apparently in
hopes of breaking up the radio of this
latest or annoyances.
I he "X army" also had a portable
radio station, which moved about and
represented itself as a different sta
tion every day or two.
ine sector in which the X army
was at worn was directly under com
mand of the 33d French corps, and
me roving wireless station caused
considerable excitement among the
French soldiers as it sent' messages
to make the enemy believe that sev
eral fresh American divisions had
moved into the area. The French,
unaware oi tne plans or the X army
etarr, at times thought the Ameri
cans had lost all sense of reason and
on several occasions so reported the
wireless plants.
Bogus Radio Stations Reported.
The first message from the X
army headquarters was a general dis-
patcn to all wireless stations in the
army area (none of which actually
exisieo; in tne new code, of course,
directing that one of the stations an
swer or make use of any of their
sending instruments, for fear of the
the alert at fixed hours to receive
messages. The effect was to warn
the Germans that a large number of
wireless stations must have been set
up and to advise them of the hours
when the enemy ir.tercepting stations
should be on the alert for the Ameri
can messages.
This was followed by a series of
messages designed to indicate that
the X army was preparing for a full
riedged operation. In order to In
form the enemy of the geographical
limits of the sector of the X army,
many messages were directed to
Imaginary officers at existing towns
on tne ttain iront.
Fed to the Enemy.
Meanwhile the roving wireless .sta
tion was working overtime day and
nignt. it Degan sending out mes
sages in the Fresnes sector and try
ing to give the impression that it
was several stations at widely sepa
rated locations. One message in par
ticular was peculiarly designed to
add to the enemy's suspicion of the
approaching trouble an imperative
demand for 200 copies more additional
of the Conflans sheet, "Plan Direc
teur map." This could only be in
terpreted by the Germans, the Ameri
cans agreed, as preparation for a
coming drive on the Briey iron center.
In addition to the wireless the X
army also had in operation, on the
front between Bezonvaux and Fres
nes, a telephone squad a careless
squad which set up telephone sta
tions here and there and sent mes
sages and talked shop 'and gossiped
at night about the arrival of some
old friend from America with such
and such an outfit.
The X army telephone squad took
no chances that the Germans might
not hear the conversations the Ameri
cans desired them to record. They de
liberately grounded their wires, so
the enemy could "listen in," and
crawled out into no man's land in
the darkness and hooked one of the
American wires over onto a German
barbed wire in front of an abandoned
trench system. In the front line of
modern warfare the telephone is a
most dangerous instrument for both
sides devised apparatus which within
certain limits can pick up conversa
tions over enemy lines with which It
is not even connected. So the Ameri
cans felt certain that all their con
versations were heard by the Ger
mans. -
Results Soon Noticeable.
Two days after the X army .began
functioning, the results began to be
noticeable, the nervousness on the
part of the Germans being exhibited
in many ways, the enemy first send
ing over a large number of airplanes
to make reconnaissances.. The Ger
mans also began a series of trench
raids, to obtain prisoners for the
purpose of identifying units of the
forces opposite them. German pris
oners captured by the French told of
wild alarms in the night on the part
of the German forces, hurried rein
forcement of the main line of resist
ance and various other movements
which indicated that the enemy was
exerting extreme watchfulness on ac
count of the activity of the little
army being operated by a handful of
Americans.
When the armistice became effec
tive, November H, the little American
mythical X army, still held its
ground in the field near Verdun, and
opposite five crack German divisions
stood their guard not even suspecting
that they had been tricked by a hand
ful of Ingenious young Yankees who
were delighted at the results ob
tained by their mischievous schemes
which had worked so successfully in
deceiving the wise old German veter
ans of a five-year war.
OREGON PUPILS IN EAST
STUDENTS CONTINUE WORK
TAKEN CP BEFORE WAR.
LUXEMBERO FOLK
FOND OF DUCHESS
People Vote 4 to 1 to Retain
Their Present Ruler.
SUFFRAGE GIVEN WOMEN
Cbarlotte Is 24 Tears Old, Slender
and Girlish, Whose Simplicity
of Manner Is Remarkable.
Several Married Couples Included
Among Those Attending Massa
chusetts Institutions.
BY LAMAR TOOZE.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct.
(Special.) The
Cambridge and
large this year,
students from
25.
Oregon colony In
Boston is unusually
The majority of the
Oregon enrolled in
Harvard or Massachusetts Institute
of Technology are graduates of the
University of Oregon. Many of them
had begun courses at Harvard or
Massachusetts Institute of Technol
ogy prior to the war, but In com
mon with university students the
country over, dropped their books at
the outbreak of the war and went into
the country's service.
The colony includes several mar
ried couples Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Church of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. Kane
(Katharine Toomey) of Portland and
Mr. and Mrs. Lajnar Tooze of Salem.
Living in Cambridge are Mr. and Mrs.
Melville Sastham, formerly of Port-
and, who have just returned from a
two months' visit with relatives in
Portland. .
Enrolled in the medical school in
Boston are: William Murphy and Will-
am Livingstone of Portland, Frank
Scaiefe and Paul Spangler of Eugene,
and Wayne Stater of McMinnville.
Studying osteopathy in Boston is Or
ville Monteith of Albany.
The following are in the school of
business administration: Anthony
Jaureguy and Hugh B. McGuire of
Portland and Joel Richardson of La
Grande. Nellis Hamlin of Roseburg
and Cleveland Simpkins of Salem are
in the college, Mr. Simpkins being an
nstructor in biology. Mr. Simpkins
was sent by Harvard to the West In
dies during the summer months on
research work for the biology department.
Nicholas Jaureguy of Portland and
Lamar Tooze of Salem are the only
Oregonians in the law school. Walter
Church of Eugene and Kenneth
Moores of Portland are following a
course at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. Mr. Kane is in the Har
vard graduate school working for a
doctor's degrfie.
Plans are under way to perfect an
organization of Oregon students here
OREGON PIONEER BURIED
Mrs. Susan Henderson Pyburn Is
Laid to Rest at Wasco.
WASCO, Or., Oct. 25. (Special.)
Mrs. Susan Henderson Pyburn, an Or
egon pioneer, who died this week, was
burled here today. She was born in
Missouri in 1843 and with her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Lyge. Mul key, crossed
the plains with an ox team in 1853.
settling near Eugene. At the age of
13 she was married to John Hender
son and moved to Jackson county.
Later they went to Benton county.
near corvallis. She was married to
Jacob Pyburn, a civil war veteran, in
1873. Since 1887 she had lived in
Sheridan county most of the time.
near Rufus.
Eight children surviving are J. H.
Henderson and Lyge Henderson,
Blodgett, Or.; Oren Henderson, Mrs.
Al Hines and J. A. Pyburn, Rufus, Or.
Mrs. W. E. Miller, Portland; Mrs.
Charles Warren, Yakima, Wash., and
Mrs. H. H. March, Vancouver, Wash.
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LUXEMBURG, Sept. 29. (By the
Associated Press.) The Grand
Duchess Charlotte, ruler of Luxem
burg less than a year, signed a law
granting suffrage to women before
they had asked for it, because, she
told the Associated Press correspond
ent, "it seemed the time to do it."
"So far as I know," the errand
duchess said, "the women never made
any special demand for the vote.
There is a movement throughout the
world for such things and it seemed
the time to do it. The women have
come up step by step until I think
they are ready for it."
The matter of submitting to the
people a choice of retaining the grand
duchy, under her or someone else.
or of establishing a republic, she ad
mitted with a smile, caused her a
little anxiety, though . she signed the
law for a plebiscite also. "I. felt
the people would vote for me," she
added.
Grand Duchess Popular.
The vote was about 4 to 1 to re
tain the grand duchy and the Grand
Duchess Charlotte as ruler.
The grand duchess received the
correspondent in the morning, an
hour after the government began
counting the ballots that decided in
her favor, but before the first re
sults of the referendum reached her.
The ruler of Luxemburg Is of the
house of Nassau, one of the richest
reigning families in Europe, but the
simplicity of her manner has been
remarked by many of those who
know her. The former Princess
Charlotte took over the government
upon the abdication of her sister.
the former Grand Duchess Marie-
Adelaide, of whom the peace con
ference at Paris disapproved.
Ruler Only 24 Years Old.
The present grand duchess is 24
years old. She is of medium height,
slender and girlish with a most com
plimentary eagerness to listen. Her
rather small face is broad across the
forehead and tapers very slightly to
fine small chin. The triangular
effect is emphasized by the fashion
of dressing her chestnut hair rather
fiat on her head, and puffed out at
the sides. Her face seems to light
up and her eyes to become perceptibly
more brilliant, in a flash, as some
thing Interests her.
The chateau of the grand duchess
is at Colmar, nearly 20 miles from the
city, but much of her time is spent
n the palace at Luxemburg, where
the correspondent was received. She
chose to speak English during the
audiences and, contrary to custom, en
couraged questions. "Politics" was
taboo by direction of the minister of
state.
Politics Are Not Pleasing.
Concerning the decision of her
subjects between a grand duchy and
republic, she said:
"I hope the vote will be favorable.
"Being a ruler is very Interesting.
but without the responsibility, of
course, life would be very much
freer and quieter. I am sure the
people voted for me because it is the
surest way to preserve the inde
pendence of the country. But it is
not for myself that I hope, for I don't
like politics. In politics there is so
much that is false. It is all false.
false. You read one thing, and it
is not true; tnen another, and you
ao not Know wnat to'Delleve."
This was said with a little burst
of enthusiasm that made the grand
duchess seem like one of millions of
other girls who did not have to sign
big, windy documents for careful
ministers or state. It emphasized the .though I would never regain my
air of simplicity the grand duchess health." says Mrs. Hans Petersen of
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ent, she stepped forward halfway to I never felt warm and comfortable, but
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ing, i am giaa to see you," and
shaking hands In a manner that
seemed to eliminate the necessity of
addressing her as "Your Highness."
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ly Revised Time.
The hands on the clock in the public
auditorium were turned back one hour
at midnight and as a result this Sun
day afternoon's popular concert will
begin at 3 o'clock, revised time.
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at the Sunday afternoon concerts to
day, while Professor Frederick W.
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a varied programme. Every indication
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