xAE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, WEDNESDAY; AUGUST 7. 1918,
WELLS GILBERT TO
ENTER RED CROSS
j VORK IN FRANCE
Prominent ! Portland .m Timberman
' to Be Attached to Civil Affairs
Department of Organization.
WILL LEAVE HERE TONIGHT
Departure for Paris Will Be
j Taken in Near Future; Is Well
. i Adapted -to Work Overseas.
Wells Gilbert will leave for New York
this evening and will sail shortly for
Farts to enter the Red Croat service In
France. Mr. Gilbert will' be attached to
the civil affairs department of the
American Red Cross, where his wide
experience as a business, rnan will be
best adapted to the work overseas. Mr.
Gilbert is a prominent - tlmbernian of
Portland. He has been interested 'in all
the local war work enterprises, having
"assisted in several of the big drives.
He has also been in charge of the
funds of the Portland ambulance unit,
which was established by a number of
. local people and which has been re
cently reported as totally destroyed,
captured by the enemy and as partly
taken by the enemy and much broken up
durlnc the big drive in June.
L'nlt Is Smashed 1 p
Sergeant Kenneth A. Wood, one of
the drivers In the unit (which Is manned
entirely by easterners) and who has
kept Mr. Gilbert posted on the condition
of the ambulances and their experiences,
has written that the unit has been
pretty well smashed up, most of the
cars being lost and some captured by
the enemy. Not without honor, how
ever, for the French general cited the
unit for bravery under action and the
few battered remaining cars are now
proudly wearing their Croix de Guerre.
There is a small balance to the ac
count of the Portland ambulance unit
still remaining here in Portland and this
will ' go to , France with Mr. Gilbert,
.who will there look further Into the de
tails of its needs. In case any drivers
are prisoners in Germany the money
will be used for their relief through the
International Red Cross, otherwise it
will go to assisting the remaining driv
ers. A copy of a letter written by one
ef-the boys to his father In an eastern
city is inclosed by Sergeant Wood and
it gives further details of the experiences
of the unit. The letter follows:
Plenty of Hell
Juna IS, 1018.
teT Father: J nut f,w llns after 10
da of boll and plenty of It. a hare again
bean through th mill, and tali me this was
tha worst of all. We had casualties ,and they
are notinaable in a small outfit as our, who
re all alone in the work with the French.
Our dlrision la 85 per cent gone; they were
to first line when "Gerry" started his punch.
bat tbsjr accomplished a great work. Our
men were equally as brare and today they are
the heroes among the pollns that are left. We
cipect to be reinforced with American men.
- Father, the boys rsn those roads while
"Gerry" wasn't missing hardly any foot. Drnre
them oyer the dead men end borses; one fel
low bad to atop and remere the dead from bis
wheels. Tbey went through fields, kept nin-
- Ding while the trenches were the open fields,
enemy machine guns were turned on them. This
,lsn-t a mind story; I didn't. do it. but the men
did. They were eight hours of gas and in it
, - my little dog fell a rictim. We bad fire cars
smashed as clean as a whistle, three of the
t drlrers had to make their way on foot back
s through the trenches.
a I'm mighty proud of these men. My heart
" I ached that first night when we bad to order
' the cars out aa the need came In. It was like
3 gltng- a man a ticket to the undertaker. Yet
1 old they hesitate ? No. each went his way with
a set face and you knew that God willing he
i would' perform bis task. Ohl bow elated I am
now that it is over, with the way they came
1 through this serere test. It took a courage
f end nerre of steel to run thnee shell swept
roads, alone that night. No company with you.
To charge? Not Tou go alone, and it is a
bard job for any man. GEORGE.
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Berthelot
General in America Recently
Some of Hardest fighting
' the Marne Pocket Was
Under His Direction.
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'Wttfc'tae French Armies in the Field.
jwg,.' t'. -(tr, ' P. J Sow jhat the battle
of the Marne pocket'has Ibeen definitely
won, there is time to tell jthe part' played
by the army of General! Berthelot, who
visited America en route from Siberia
to take .command, only Itwo weeks be
fore -the battle opened, BertheJot's army
held the line from Rhelmjs to the Marne
and participated in some! of the hardest
fighting of the whole conflict. ,
A visit to the battlefield. today reveals
to aome extent the nature of -the engage-d
merit, which finally culminated in suc
cess. One indication la the unburled en
emy dead and the great Quantity of cap
tured material such as 3(KM00 shells in
Bois De Arrery, two complete German
batteries and hundreds of machine guns.
These also show how weal the enemy is
prepared.
In many parts of the j front line: ma
chine, guns were arranged seemingly
like pickets, while In, nejarly every nest
was a minenwerfer.' 1 j
The Germane had .l divisions (180,000
men) it) their front linej
Berthelot had fewer. . Nevertheless, on
July 1, the second day (of the German
offensive, he received anj order to coun
ter attack. He did . so feffectively and
GERMANS MASSING TO
PREVENT! FLANKING
(Continued From Page One.)
Heavy artillery firing is under
way along the whole front. Occu
pation of the Ciry-Salsogne rail
way station (six mjles east of
Soissons) has created! an interest
ing situation in the region north
west of Braishe, where fairly
strong forces of allied troops arc
filtering in.
In the MoBtdidier region, French
troops are, reported to have
reached the suburbs iof Moreull.
(Moreuil is the most important
town between Amiens and Mont
didier. It is on the east bank
of the Avre, nine miles north of
Montdidier.) j
Paris. Aug. 7- (U. P.) (12:35 p. m.)
Allied troops repulsed German attacks
against La Grange farm, on the Vesie
river line, and captured the Ciry
Salsogne railway station,; the war office
announced today.
West of Montdidier the allies made
progress on a front of about two miles.
"In the Montdidier region the French
made local progress squth of Frami
court and southeast iof Mesnll - St.
Georges," the communique said.
(Framlcourt Is ' two miles northeast
of Montdidier, and a mile east of Can
tlgny. Mesnil-St. Georges Is two miles
south -'of Framlcourt.) I
"On the Vesle the French repulsed
enmy attempts against La Grange
farm and took the Ciry-Salsogne rail
way station;' The French took 100 pris
oners east of Braisne. j y.-
,"Ih the Champagne a local attack this
morning against French positions south
of Auberive (18 miles east of Rheims)
was repulsed." !
GERMAN HEAVY ARTILLERY
IS IN ACTION ONCE MORE
By Fred 8. Ferguson.
With the American Armies In France.
Aug. 7. (U. P.) German heavy artill
ery is in action for the; first time since
the Boches were driven across the
Ourcq. The firing is now the most vio-
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C S. SAMUEL, Geo. Mgr.
Proves Game Fighter
General Henri Berthelot
the next day repeated it. The spirit
-with which Berthelofs army fought con
tributed greatly to slowing up the Ger
man advance across the Marne, farther
to the west, which was their principal
Duroose. Some points, like Hill 240,
had orders'--to hold at any cost. They
did.. Others, instructed to hold off the
Germans as long as possible, even ex
ceeded their instructions.
Berthelot was unaware of the French
counter attack plan mntil it was under
way. When General Mangln's counter
offensive started, Berthelot was ordered
to attack also, sending his reserves
against the Ardre Tlver, a vital German
position. i .
lent since the enemy retreat from the
Marne.- -
This Is the first Indication that the
German guns have reached the lin4
where the enemy Intends to make a
stand. Some are probably firing from
north of the Alsne, but the main line of
resistance appears to be along the
heights between the AJsne and the
Vesle.
The American rear areas are being
shelled and Flsmes is under fire of high
explosives and gas. ' Our gunners are
giving as good as they receive, vor even
better.
Weather Slows Up Battle.
The sogglness of the ground, result
ing from the recent rains, together with
the necessity for caution, has resulted in
complete slowing up of operations.
The southern portion of Flsmes Is
held in force by the Americana Snipers
are being routed out in a house-to-house
search. But infantry operations
In the past 24 hours have been confined
to patrolling and searching out Ger
man lines.
The Boches are keeping the Vesle un
der constant machine gun fire and pa
trols are doing daring work in crossing
the river." Marshiness ot the ground
along the river banks also aids the
Boches, making any movement there
most difficult. The Americans are
forced to flounder through the marsh to
a f dutiable spot, then half swim and
half wade to the opposite side.
Boches Fear Americans.
Increasing Boche terror of falling into
the hands of the Americans can be ob
served. A hill southwest of Fismes was
littered with German dead, all shot in
the back when the position had become
untenable. They had fled rather than
surrender.
Two wounded Boches, who had been
hiding three days, begged not .to be
killed when they were brought in. They
said their officers told them the Amer
icana rtoolcio prisoners.
An. American . balloon observer made
a sixth daring leap to safety when a
Hun plane brought down his gas bag.
In five previous attacks the Boches had
not got his balloon but had forced him
to jump. Tuesday afternoon his balloon
was shot down in flames, but the ob
server landed safely after a parachute
ride. s
Yanks Bag 40 Planes in Month
By Bert Ford
With the British Army, Aug. 6., 10 p.
m. (I. N. S.) German battalions at
tacked in the Villers-Bretonneux sector
during the night, capturing some ground
that had been won by the Australians
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BUCKSAW NOV
HOOKEY CURE
AT-STATE PEN
SALEM, Or Aag. 7 la the good
old days whea a boy played
"hookey" and was eaagot, dad
took aim oat to the woodshed aad
implanted s few lessons In ooedleaee
where he thoaght they would do
the most good.
Governor Wltfcyeombe Is golag to
try similar methods at the state
penitentiary, only Instead of a
hickory switch he will ase a back
saw. AH eoavlcts who play hookey
hereafter will be seat to the wood
shed where aa armed, gnard will
see to It that they everlasting saw
wood from morning to night.
Tharber, Kelly, Armstrong and
Jones, the four who recently es
caped and were eangbt, are making
awdast fly today. The governor
says this method of panlshmeat will
not only keep the men from playing
hookey again, hat will keep the
prison snpplled with cat wood. ...
astride the Cobble-Bray road on July 31.
The Germans advanced on a front
of 1000 yards to a depth of about 500
yards.
. American aviators stationed on this
front brought down four German air
planes in one day and shot down two
others but of control, making a total of
40 in a single month.
x maing ine.r secor quiew. wie "VLganisatlon of the local board is
leans asked for permission to patrol befnown tQ bft ffrcat but ,t , :xpectedJ
yi ai n i a. i . a. i a
yond the zone assigned to them
Four German machines were, at
tacked and sent down in flames within
four hours!
One Yankee airman from Chicago has
four Boche airplanes to his credit and
several others have bagged three apiece.
The British are elated over the fine
work of their comrades in such a short
time.
The sky fighting has been marked by
brisk machine gun duels.
In the combat in which four German
machines were bagged the Yankee
marksmanship was easily superior, but
the Germans had 'all the advantage of
position.
Hafg Reports Advances .
London, Aug. 7. (U. P.) Counter at
tacking between the A-ncre and the
Somme. the British troops early this
morning regained all the more import
ant positions lost Tuesday southwest
of Morlancourt and took a number of
prisoners. Field Marshal Halg an
nounced today.
The British also advanced their line
a short distance on both sides of the
Clarence river, taking a few prisoners
and two machine guns.
Huns Under Flanking Fire
Paris, Aug. 7. (U. P.) (12:30 p. m.)
German positions at the flanks of the
Aisne-Vesle line, west of Rheims and
east of Soissons, are being subjected
to an enfilading-- artillery fire. It was
learned here this afternoon. More than
half the enemy lines between the Vesle
and Alsne also are under a flanking fire-
City Charter Defeated
Aberdeen, Wash., Aug. 7. (L N.'S.)
The new city charter which provided for
a managerial form of government for
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PREPARATIONS START
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Machinery to Be Made j Ready
When Bill Extending Ages
Is Passed by Congress
William' F. Woodward, chairman of
local board No. 7, has a'ceepted the ap
pointment as chairman of the central
registration committee, called for In a
lengthy message received Tuesday by
Captain JT: E. Culllson of the; Oregon
selective service from Provost Marshal
General Crowder. The committee will
formulate plana for the registration of
America's man power under the bill now
before congress.
The central committee Includes all 10
of the Portland local boards and the
Multnomah county board. The exten
sion of the draft ages to Include 18 to
21 years and 31 to 45 years, and the
shortness of time In which toi prepare
for registration, as it is believed that
September 5 will be the date on which
the men included in the new ages will
register, makes It necessary that the
machinery be oiled for action 1 as soon
a.s the bill is signed by President Wilson.
The central committee will coordinate
and supervise generally all preparation
for this registration and direct the reg
istration itself.
The task confronting the ttate or-
that the national draft organisation will
respond and make all preliminary ar
rangements. . The registration will be .made in the
customary voting precincts in the Juris
diction of each local board.
That plans for registering can be car
ried on without great delay, local boards
are requested to appoint a registrar
or registrars for each precinct, one for
each probable 80 registrants.
Adequate arrangements for interpre
ters should be made also, it was pointed
out
In a circular to all draft boards. Cap
tain Culllson advised them to begin
Immediate preparation
this city was defeated at a special elec
tion yesterday by a majority of 230 votes
according to figures compiled today. So
cialists and many labor union members
opposed the charter.
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Burleson Is in Favor
; of Consolidations
: Washington, Aug, T (I. N. &)
Consolidation of ; telephone companies
under federal control la Indicated aa a
part of Postmaster General Burlesoh'al
wire control scheme. In a statement is
sued by the department today.
Already several telephone companies
are negotiating for consolidation and
the. department favors this and urges
other companies to do the same, the
statement declares.
Although no mention Is made of con
solidation of telegraph companies, it
waa believed that no opposition to such
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- Eleven Injured in Wreck
Blanca, Colo., Aug. 7. Eleven passen
gers were injured when a Denver & Rio
Grande railroad train waa wrecked by a
broken rail today Just west of Blanca,
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person can conduct Public Dances or
attempt to teach Dancing, but real
dancers and successful instructors are
very few. Phone M. 7656.
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