THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL
14
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1918.
PORTLAND. OREGON
BATTLEFRONT IS
DESCRIBED
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OBSERVATION PIT
Lieut. Thompson Tells of Seeing
American Shells Strike in
Midst of German Troops.
SHELL FIRE IS ACCURATE
Uncomfortable Feeling Encoun
tered When Enemy's Shells
Are Bursting Close Overhead.
"We norm to be much more than
holding our own at. last," writes Lieu
tenant P. A. Thompson, who has been
serving In France with headquarters
troop. Third army corps, under date
of August 30.
, "An Illustration of the difference In
morale of the two armies Is shown
hn In an attack culled off north
of us a few days ago by our troops
In conjunction with some British tanks,
five Scotch bagpipers went over the
top riding on top with their bagpipes
going full blast. Four of them came
out of It unhurt, and one was kiled.
"How do you think the boys felt
. following those tanks into action? Just
10 to one would have been easy that
afternoon On the other hand there
have been numerous Instances lately
where the Orman machine " gunners
left behind to cover the retreat of
their armies have been found chained
to their machine guns so that they
could not run awny.
Dense Traffic on Road
"Have Just made an interesting trip
to the front lines with a captain of
the Intelligence department and thought
It might Interest you. We had an early
lunch, armed ourselves with our steel
helmets, gas masks, field glasses and
automatics, climbed Into the old Ford
Jitney and were off. You would have
to see the traffic on the roads here
before you can realize the amount of
hauling necessary to keep an army
supplied with the accoutrements of war.
.Ammunition comes first and then the
Ihousand and one other articles needed
from sugar and hay to rubber cement
for repairing observation balloons. We
passed hundreds of trucks and cars of
all descriptions, wagons, carts, artil
lery, machine gun carts, infantry on
the march with their full equipment
(both French and American) civilians
coming back into the recaptured areis
with their Tittle all on their backs or
In wheel barrows or on little carts and
In places the traffic was so dense we
could hardly progress at all. At every
cross roads Is an American and a
French military policeman for regulat-
. lng the traffic, all the same as New
York, and believe me their word Is law.
Burlap Walls Iiesemble Trees
"As we neared the front, the traffic
became less and less and truck train?
took larger and larger distances be
tween vehicles In order that one big
hell, should it land squarely, would
hot do too much damage. Topping a
rise that overlooked the river whlcn
la now the dividing line between France
and "Germany," we entered onto a
piece of camouflaged road. On either
Ide of the, road Is a line of poles some
10 feet in height and on these, hung on
wlres, is a broad hand of green and
mottled yellow burlap, cut Into strips
that wave In every breeze, and from
a distance of a' mile or two It Is al
most lmposslbia to tell these burlap
walls from the surrounding grass or
woods.
"In places Instead of the burlap was
a brush wall, made by cutting bush w
and twining them into the wires which
connect the poles. Of course, the enemy j diately followed by every anti-aircraft
knows the road is there, but it is gun on the American side of the river,
rather hard to locate its exact course, j and a Boche airman came from high
and he cannot see what traffic Is pass- 1 in the air In an almost vertical posi
lng along it. I was rather thankful j tion, diving for one of our balloons, both
that a light rain had laid the dust as ! machine guns on his plane going: at the
dust makes a very
observers and quite
good marker for
often tails forth
a little artillery fire.
Sits Tight In Danger Zone
"The almost incessant exchange
compliments between the opposing ar
tillery was growing louder and louder
as we slowly drove down our wniicrf
roa.fi n n rl fllrnrlv th rr o-tat r. r
our fire was coming from behind us.
We could hear the whirr and whine
of the big shells far over our heads
and believe me, the sound is neither
pleasant nor one which you are likely
o forget in a minute. However, the
captain had not yet donned his tin
hat and appeared to be thoroughly :it
ease so I Just sat tight and appeared
(I hope) to be entirely at home.
"As we dropped closer to the river
we approached a little village, or
rather what had been a village, but
Which was now nothing but a heap
of crumbling stone walls and torn up
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treeta. A sentry waved us down to
a stop at the edse of the village anl
Informed us that Fritz waa Bhelltng
the road at the lower edge of the
town rather violently, at which Infor
mation, the driver, rather hurriedly
donned his tin derby and I reached
for mine at the same Instant, but the
captain seemed rather unconcerned, so
I hesiated. But I did want that har.
It is about the most comfortable feel
ing you can imagine to have that
rather heavy tin derby here when you
know there's likely to be shells flyint;.'
Enemy Had Exact Range
"While we remained there two shells
burst In the road below us, and wait
ing until the next one arrived we "made
a dash for it between shells and man
aged to get through In plenty of time
before the next one arrived. They
certainly had the range on that piece
of road. At least two out of three
shells would hit it squarely and tear
a hole In it a couple of feet deep. We
rassed on down behind a small knoll
and left the car and proceeded on foot
and I was much relieved when the
captain finally donned his helmet. The
knoll extended in a sort of ridge al
most ui the river bank, and was cov
ered with small bushes and trees, af
fording fine cover.
"At the extreme edge of the woods,
the captain halted and started talk
ing with someone whom I couldn't lo
cate at all but who proved to be up
in an observation post in the top of a
tree. The two observers came down
their tree and we clambored up into
their platform. They had some won
derful maps of the country there and
a big field glass, also a telephone. It
was my first "close-up" of the enemy
country and I certainly enjoyed my
half hour up there In that tree.
Effect of Shellfire Observed
"Several miles behind the enemy lines
we could distinguish some trucks or
wagons crawling over the crest of thej
ridge and making their way toward the
front line. A small village directly op
posite us was under heavy shell fire
from our batteries and the effects of
cur fire could plainly be seen as it
knocked off the corners of houses and
tore up the roads and streets. I had
a few glimpses of Boche soldiers flit
ting by some openings and exposed
places. It is wonderful how a thou
sand soldiers can hide themselves on
such a small area. It is a case of ne
cessity, however, as anything showing
is certain to draw the fire of snipers.
"Alf the time we were in the tree
the shells from both sides were scream
ing over our heads in a chorus I'll
never forget. And "when some of the
big ones would come unusually close it
was all I could do to keep irom duck
In? my head. Just before we climbed
down, one of our batteries landed n
a German ammunition dump a half
mile or so behind the lines and for n.
few minutes we had a regular Fourth
of July celebration at long range. The
dump evidently contained fireworks of
all kinds as well as ammunition, for
we could see, through the glasses, rock
ets and flares and smoke bombs and
such, exploding in every direction.
Gets Dent In His Helmet
"After leaving the tree (I could have
stayed there all day) we sneaked by
various crooked and always Chidden
ways down to the river bank and down
the river some half mile or more where
we visited some more of the captain's
observation posts and located places
for others. You couldn't see any sol
diers in any direction, but to test the
eyes of the Boche you had only to stick
your helmet over the top of the trench
or show yourself at the edge of some
woods. They have some good shots, as
I can testify by exhibiting my helmet
with a dent in It where I poked it up
to see what would happen.
"We wandered out into an ;old farm
house Just in time to have to take to
a dugout because one of Fritz's 3-inch !
pnnn Vinrl ent th rnnp- nf t Vt nlano ond I
was shelling it in fine shape. Before
the bunch got under cover one lieuten
ant and eight men had been wounded
by flying shrapnel, rocks and falling
walls. After this little party we met
the car at a new point of the road and
dodging back across the exposed strip
of road safely, beat it for home.
Observation Balloon Attacked
"Big sausage shaped balloons belong
ing to our men hung above us with their
tiny baskets hanging below them. Off
about a mile from us we heard a vio
lent burst of machine gun fire imme-
i same time.
He must have started his
fire a bit too soon, because when
only a few hundred feet above the bal
loon, when it was a fine target, he
o stopped firing and beat It back over the
: uerraan lines ai zuu miles an nour, with
I about a thousand guns roaring at him.
He was, however, apparently unharmed.
but a
couple of days later I had the
pleasure of seeing one of our aviators
bring down a German balloon. The ob
server calmly climbed over the side of
the basket and dropped In his parachute
to the ground, some , thousand feet be
low, and landed with ease in an open
field in plain view.
"The average American over there Is
well fed, well clothed, and except for
the very natural longing for home and
the home folks, seems to be the same
happy, care-free sort of human he was
at home, and above all things, he
doesn't want anyone at home to
worry."
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Thanksgiving Dinner
and Supper
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With Dancing in Arcadian Gardens at I
uultinomali Hotel !
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Dinner and Dandng 5 to 8 P. M. ; $1 .50 per person I
Supper and Dancing 9 to 1 2 P. M. ; $ 1 .50 per person
FAMOUS JASS BAND
be received over phone; Brdwy. 4080 or A-6787
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DENY SALARY
ASKED BV MK
Majority Against Unofficially Is
428; Little Interest in the
Election Manifested.
Teachers in Portland schools were
denied the requested salary Increase by
a substantial majority In Tuesday's school
election. Complete unofficial returns
from the 62 school precincts showed a
vote of 1873 favorable to the Increase,
with 2301 opposed, a majority of 428
against. Little interest was manifested
In the election as is Indicated by the
vote which is only about one-third of a
normal vote In school elections.
The proposed salary increase amounted
to J20 a month to teachers receiving
less than J3000 a year and carried with j
it an additional tax levy of .8 of a mill i
with which to provide the additional
1230,000 necessary to meet the increase.
Members of the board of education
were not opposed to the Increase in
salaries asked for, in fact, they recog
nized the merit of the request! The
board is limited to a tax levy of six
mills and at present the fund available
is Insufficient to meet the salary in
creases. The ballots will be officially counted
by the school board late this afternoon.
Travel to and From
Scandinavia After
War to Be Heavy
Anticipating Improved economic con
ditions In Scandinavian countries follow
ing the war, many are preparfng to re
turn to their native lands. . Other are
planning to send for relatives in
Europe with the Intention of making j
their homes permanently in this country. !
Bookings for Europe reported Tues
day by Dorsey B. Smith, manager of
The Journal travel bureau, include Ole
Nikolai Lerkaugersater of Rainier, Ja
cob and Hans Leirvaag and Conrad
Sigero of Astoria, all to sail from New
York December 10 on the Hellig Olav
for Trondhjem. Norway.
Mr. Smith has daily inquiries from
people who wish to send for their rela
tives in European countries and is for
warding funds or transportation that
will bring many new residents to the
Northwest as soon as passenger traffic
on the Atlantic becomes normal.
NERVOUS
PROSTRATION
May be Overcome by Lydia
E. Pinkham'ft Vegetable
Compound This
Letter Prove It.
West Philadelphia, Pa. "During
the thirty years I have been mar
ried, l nave Deen
in bad j health
and had several
attacks of nerv
ous prostration
until it seemed
as if the organs
in my whole
body were worn
out. I was fin
ally persuaded
to try Lydia JS.
Pinkham's Veg
etable Com
pound and it
made a well woman of me. I can
now do all my housework and ad
vise all ailing women to try Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and I will guarantee they will de
rive great benefit from it." Mrs.
Fbank Fitzgerald, 25 N. 41st St.,
West Philadelphia, Pa.
There are thousands of women
everywhere in Mrs. Fitzgerald's
condition, suffering from nervous
ness, backache, headaches, and
other symptoms of a functional de
rangement. It was a grateful spirit
for health restored which led fee
to write, this letter so that other
women may benefit from her ex
perience and find health aa she
has done.
For suggestions in regard to your
condition, write Lydia E. Pinkham
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The re
sult of their forty years experience
is at your service.
Him
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Specialty Shops to
Aid Santa Claus
In Christmas Bush
Emergency aid to Santa Claus was
agreed upon by more than 100 mem
bers of the Greater Portland associa
tion at the Portland hotel Tuesday
right The meeting was attended by
representatives of specialty shops and
it was unanimously decided to open
these establishments the three evenings
immediately preceding Christmas. A
letter from the state council of defense
was read before the meeting announc
ing the lifting of the ban from holi
day buying.
The city council will be asked by the
association to pass an ordinance pro
hibiting the use of grotesque and poorly
Illuminated street signs, and a petition
'prepared and signed by those present at
last night's meeting, will be presented
at the city hall today. The petitioners
claim that many signs now displayed
are a blemish on the beauty of . the
downtown district and are in other ways
objectionable.
The semi-annual report, read by J.
Wrenger, manager of the association
showed a balance of over J2000 on the
credit side. President E. H. Jaeger
presided at the meeting.
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Hold Union Service
On Thursday Night
Forest Grove, Nov. 27. Union ser
vices of all the churches will be held
hi the Congregational church Thurs
day evening. Rev. Mr. Ebert, pastor
of the Methodist church, will give the
address. Special music will be given
by the choir, under the direction of
Mrs. E. E. Williams.
Patriotic songs will be sung by the
audience for about one-half hour be
fore the service.
Son Arrives Overseas
Forest Grove. Nov. 27. Mrs. William
Abernathy recently received word of
the safe arrival overseas of her adopted
son, Sergeant Robert Ray. Sergeant
Ray enlisted as a private when the
United States first declared war against
Germany. He was stationed at Fort
Stevens, drilling new recruits, until he
left for overseas
Nine More Men Are
Declared Eligible to
'Enter the S. A. T, C.
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallls,
Nov. 27 Nine more men have been de
clared eligible '. to induction into the S.
A. T. C. here. This makes a total of
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IS TOLD AT METING
County Representatives of Food
Administration Told U. S. Must
Help Feed Europe.
Taking advantage of the conference
of county representatives of the state
food .administration held Tuesday at
the Portland hotel, whose attendance
included many women who had served
on the woman's committee of the Coun
cil of Defense. Mrs. Charles H. Castner.
chairman of that committee during Its
existence, called the women of the con
ference together during the afternoon
for an exchange of ideas. She took the
opportunity to express her appreciation
of the loyal way In which the women
stood by her during the existence of the
committee.
W. A. Milne of the food admlnlstra
tion gave an inspiring address on con
servation. Mrs. Fred G. Schilke, presi
dent of the Congress of Mothers, urged
the continuance of the registration of
babies between the ages of 6 months
and 6 years. Miss Ava B. Milam, state
chairman of home economics tor the
food administration, urged strict con
servation In order that the people of
Europe may be saved from starvation.
Mrs. Edith Knight Holmes urged a
greater use of milk, especially in the
feeding of young children. Her address
was seconded by Miss Lillian Tingle,
who suggested the establishment of milk
stations on college campuses where stu
dents may have a drink when they want
it. Miss Harriet Wood, representing
the Junior Red Cross ; Mrs. A. F. Flegel.
representing the Congress of Mothers ;
Mrs. Jennie M. Kemp, Mrs. William
MacMaster and -Mrs. Frances B. Clark
of Burns spoke briefly.
33 out of the 38 recently declared civil
ians because of incomplete induction pa
pers who may complete- their muster.
Lieutenant E. W. Hills, personnel adju
tant, desires these men to report at
once and arrange for the completion of
their induction, which must be made
prior to December 1.
The nine men now declared eligible to
the induction are-: J. G. Beck. Corvallis ;
O. L. Ireland. Baker: W. P. Hubbard.
Corvallis: O. E. Moreland, Portland; H.
A. Myers. Visalia. Cal. : E. C. Spray,
Cottage Grove ; J. L. Spriggs. Portland ;
R. M. Versteeg, Portland : Raymond A.
Dowdell, Mitchell. S. D. ; F. A. Holmes,
Enterprise.
URTHER
FOOD
CONSERVATION
RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE AND ASK
YOURSELF THIS QUESTION: "HAVE
I BEEN TO THE LIBERTY THIS
WEEK?"
A
AT WHAT YOU'RE MISSING
"FATTY" IN "THE SHERIFF" AND
NORMA TALMADGE IN "THE FOR
BIDDEN CITY."
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TO REASON AND TAKE THIS TIP:
BEAT IT TO THE LIBERTY THIS
DOUBLE STAR SHOW IS SURE A
"PIP."
Prominent Yakima
Man Among Those
Killed in Action
Yakima, Nov. 27. Lieutenant France
C. Johnson, only son of Mrs. Mary D.
Johnson of Zlllah, was yesterday re
ported killed In action in France. The
family moved here after the death of
the father. Judge Johnson, prominent in
territorial days and In the early devel
opment of Alaska, and settled on a fruitj
ranch in the lower valley which the
mother and son brought to a high state
of cultivation, making It one of the
show places of the valley.
Lieutenant Johnson was one of the
first men sent from the valley to an
"officers' training school and he gradu
ated from the Presidio, got his assign
ment and was sent abroad. He is the
second commissioned officer from this
valley to die, the first being Lieutenant
Dow R. Cope of the aviation service.
TURKEYS 40c TO 45c
At Frank L. Smith's. 228 Alder street:
Very choice geese 35c to 40c
Ducks, also choice 1 35c to 40c
Smith's 'own chickens 30c to 35c
Holiday roast beef 15c. 18c. 20c
Farm pork roasts 25c and 30c
Sausage, absolutely fresh 18c
Beefsteak, all choice cuts 18c to 25c
(Adv.)
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Great Joy
To
With
Store Closed All Day
Santa Claus Will Arrive
In Portland Thursday
Watch for Him in Your Neighborhood
Santa has chosen Thanksgiving Day as the day when he will arrive in Portland from
his home in the Nerthland. Thursday he will drive through the city for boys and girls
to ee him. Watch for him in your neighborhood. Look for Santa when you hear the
sleighbells. - -
He Will Be at This Store Beginning Friday
He wants all the boys and girls tq come and visit him in our Sixth Floor Auditorium.
You'll find him in his own house. Go right up and speak to him he has a royal welcome
for all. He would like you to write riim a letter and tell him what you want for Christ
mas. You can deposit your letter in Santa's own mail box adjoining his house.
He Will Give a Plaything FREE
to every child under 7 accompanied by a grownup who visits him between 10 A. M. and
12 M. Friday morning. Be sure to get one of these interesting toys.
Thanksgiving and
War Sayings Stamps
We are thankful for our land.
We are thankful for our homea.
We are thankful for our in
stitutions and civilisation.
We are thankful for our boys.
Make their hearts glad and their
courage strong by buying more
War Savings Stamps.
C. S. JACKSON.
State Director.
Lieut. Larrabee Was
In German Prison
Lieutenant E. P. Larrabee, who is
mentioned In the list of prisoners at
Karlshuhe, Germany, Is a son of C. X
Larrabee who, for nearly a quarter of
a century, owned Holladay's addition
ana ror wnom larrabee street was
named. C. X. Larrabee nor any mem
bers of his family ever resided in Port
land, their home being in that portion of
Bellingham which was laid out as Fair
haven and which Mr. Larrabee also
owned.
Makes This
Once an Occasion of
and Great
Be Fittingly Observed
Due Measure of
ifTUALrrY Store or Portland
WHY ACCEPT
GRAY HAIR?
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It Is Unnecessary
wvBL w umrn wuuiu iaun.ii i vuo & -
con who suggested having the teeth
pulled out because time had impaired
their usefulness ; or not caring for the
skin because maturity and wrinklea
usually go together.
Yet many middle-aged women aor
rowfully accept gray hair as inevitable,
when proper care will hold Its dark.,
youthful color indefinitely.
Q-ban Hair Color Restorer is a de
lightful toilet preparation for restor
ing gray, streaked with gray or faded
hair to its youthful color and lustre.
It is not a dye. It simply brings back
gradually and naturally the original
color and beauty tf the hair. Does
not stain the scalp or rub off. Does
not interfere with fchampoolng or wav
ng. Eradicates dandruff. Easily ap
plied. The makers of Q-ban have been
known for a generation as specialist
In the treatment of the hair. Sold by
all reliable druggists everywhere on
Money-Back Guarantee. Price. 7ac. (Ad
PEACE
Gratitude
Both
Thursday
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