Vii- C-oON DAILY JOUiJAL, IQliTLAND, I.IOHDAY, FULlAilY 17,
DOUBLE HONOR IS
THAT ACCORDED TO
GEN M'ALEXANDER
,We!I Known Oregon Soldier Was
Military Instructor at 0. A. C,
Inspector-Instructor, 0. N. G.
tTWO CROSSES ARE AWARDED
pistinguished Service Cross and
, Croix de Guerre Conferred for
Stopping the Huns at Marne.
' Doable honor have been placed upon
itae breast of Brigadier General TJ. O.
McAlexander, well known ana loved Ore
row soldier, who was military Instructor
at the Oregon Agricultural college and
Inspector-Instructor of the Oregon na
tional guard before the nation answered
the call to arms. For his heroism In
stopping the Germans at the Ma me the
soldier, then a colonel commanding the
Thirty-eighth infantry, was decorated
with the distinguished service cross toy
the American high command. For the
Bam valorous service he received the
croix de -guerre, with palm for himself
and for his regiment from the French.
The story of this two-fold honor has
'been seeping through to Portland bit
by bit for some time. The official order
covering the honor, however, was re
ceived in Portland only Saturday.
- The story as told in these official
Orders is as follows :
Cited for Heroism
' Brigadier General U. G. McAlex
ander, D. a C. No. 1808.
For extraordinary heroism In ac
tion near Jaulgonne, France, July
22, X918.
As a colonel, commanding the
' Thirty-eighth Infantry. Brigadier
General McAlexander displayed ex
ceptional gallantry when his regi
ment, attacking without support on
either flank, was stopped by severe
" machine gun and artillery fire, by
going ahead of the most advanced
elements of his command and in full
. view of the enemy, leading his men
. by force of his own example to the
successful assault of Jaulgonne and
the adjoining heights. Later in the
day. when progress was again
- 'checked, he personally reconnoltered
In within 60 yards of hostile machine
gun nests and through Information
thus, obtained was enabled to hold "
advanced position with both
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Commanding general and staff offie ers of the 180th Infantry brigade (Texas), including General McAlexander
and Lieutenant Harry W. Jackson, of 5C2 East Ash street, Portland, who, in the words of his general,
"is aft-excellent 'signals.' " Reading frdtn left to right in the picture: Front rbw Lieutenant Colonel E. H.
Teall, adjutant; Brigadier General U. G. McAlexander, U. S. A commanding; Captain F. Naulet, 114th Chaus
seurs Alpin, French liaison officer. Back row, left to right Lieutenant W. S. Blaekshear, A. D. C; Lieu
tenant James A. -Baker Jr., A. D. C; Lieutenant Charles D. Waleott, assistant adjutant, and Lieutenant Harry
W. Jackson, rignal officer. General McAlexander was formerly colonel of the famous "Rock of the
Marne" regiment (the 38th U. S. infantry), which stopped the German advance on Paris in the second bat
tle of the Marne. Croix de guerre with palfns was awarded the regiment and its commander.
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flanks ' exposed for more than
hours.
Home address : Mrs. V. G. McAlex
ander (wife). Santa Monica, Cat
French Official Citation
' The French version of the battle, as
described In the official order authoriz
ing . tile citation, as translated, is aa
follows :
General Headquarters of the Armies
of the North and Northeast Staff.
Personnel Bureau (Decorations.)
Order No. 10,805 "X" (extract) '
'With the approval of the comman
der In chief of the American expe
ditionary forces In France, the com
mander In chief of the French armies
of the North and Northeast, cites
In army orders:
,it 38th V. S. Infantry.
An elite regiment which under the
energetic and skillful command of
its chief. Colonel McAlexander, gave
proof of unshakable tenacity in the
German attack of July 15, 1918.
Attacked tn front and assailed on
- both flanks over several kilometers,
faithful to its mission, it remained
steadfastly upon the bank of the
Marne, hurled back the enemy, su
perior In numbers, and captured
; from him over 200 prisoners.
General headquarters, October 22,
1918.
; PETAIN.
General, commander in chief.
Brigadier General U. G. McAiex
i ander.
This order carries the croix de guerre
Eith palm to both regiment and General
eAlexander. -On
General McAlexander's staff in
ts and subsequent actions was Lleu
nant Harry V. Jackson, a Portland
San, whose home address: is 662 East
sh street. He also is cited as "an ex
cellent signals,'
Postal Telegraph
Has Begun to Mail
Night Messages
Not only the Western Union Tele
graph company, but the Postal company
as "well, is now resorting to the mails
for the delivery of night telegraphic
letters to addresses in Portland. The
Western Union has been doing this
since last October ; the Postal began
the practice five days ago.
It was explained by Postal officials
Saturday night that the order for this
expedient of service, which means de
lay, came from the postmaster general.
Officials said they had no explanation
of the order.
The order provides that night letters
received in the Portland office before
midnight are placed at once in the
mail for delivery by letter carriers or
in postoffice boxes. Night letters re
ceived after midnight are delivered by
messenger. Messages which are sent
with charges collect are sent by regu
lar telegraph messengers, whether re
ceived before or "after midnight.
Complaint has been voiced by many
business men that mail delivery - means
delays which are costly in many cases,
Instances being cited where an ordi
nary letter mailed in a distant city at
the same time as a night letter was
filed reaches its destination with al
most as much speed.
! Suicide Drinks Carbolic Acid
Carbolic acid, taken with suicidal in
tent, caused the death of the unidenti
fied man whose body was found Friday
horning, lying on the O-W. It. & N.
tight of way. about two blocks east
t the: Grand avenue bridge. The cor
iner is anxious io learn of his relatives,
tie Is described as 5 feet 8 inches
(all. weight 143 pounds, brown hair,
I ark blue eyes, freckled face' and no
ceably short fingers. He also had a
(car on his forehead over the nose.
Landslides Eetard
Progress on Some
Of Mountain Trails
The Eagle Creek and Herman Creek
trails have experienced a number j of
landslides, according to Ranger C." C.
Hon, of the Oregon National forest, who
is spending a few days with Supervisor
T. H. Sherrard of the forest service.
One can 'still get through on foot to
Wahtum lake, howevere, and the slides
will be cleared in April.
During the high water in December, a
log floating down Eagle creek, hit the
center pier of the bridge on the main
camp ground, which caused the center
of the bridge t move down stream
about two feet. ' It is still safe for pass
ersby, and when the high water goes
down the bridge will be put In place.
0. A. C. WILL RECEIVE
ARTILLERY FROM U. S.
FOR MILITARY DRILL
College WillJ3e Center of Train
ing for State; Unit of Field or
Coast Artillery to Be Formed.
American Casualty
List Total, 248,149
Washington, Feb. 17. (U. P.) The
American casualty totals Saturday night
neared the quarter million mark. War
department totals announced to date
were 248,149. Of these 31,363 were killed
in action.
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Oregon Agricultural College, Corval
Us, Feb. IT. That ' this " college will be
expected by the government to carry
on military work on a larger scale than
at first contemplated, is Indicated by a
letter received by President W. J. Kerr.
The college was asked to organize and
maintain a unit of either field artillery
or coast artillery. The question of
which branch to choose haa been re
ferred by President W. J. Kerr to a
special committee consisting of Colonel
Alfred C. Sharpe, commandant, and
Dean O. A. Covell of the school of en
gineering, who will investigate the situ
ation and submit recommendations.
The government contemplates sending
much military equipment to the college
and the assignment of five special in
structors to take charge of the special
ised military features of the work, in
cluding instruction and supplies.
When decision is reached relative to
the branch of service to be established
the government will send a competent
officer, who will spend his entire time
until September working out plans and
assembling equipment material required
in the work. Little, if any, -curricula
modification will be required, as the
present engineering courses and other
branches of scientific work offered by
the college articulate well with the war
department needs.
The war department will nrovlde ar
tillery of suitable caliber, including
howitzers, and American and British
models of 75mm field guns, heavy
Browning machine guns. Browning auto
matic rifles, and projectiles. The col
lege will also receive motor trucks,
wagons, trucks and horses for draft
and riding.
Parting Honor to
Will Hornibrook to
Include Banquet
A complimentary dinner honoring
Will H. Hornibrook, who is leaving for
Washington, D. C. to attend the Demo
cratic committee session as Democratic
national committeeman from Oregon,
will be given under the auspices of the
Democratic state committee on Tues
day at :30 o'clock at the Portland hotel,
Harvey O. Starkweather, state chair-,
man, will preside. .
Mr. Hornibrook will make the chief
address, after which prominent Demo
cratic men and women will talk on
constructive plana for th party' Inter
ests, both state and national.
Miss Mary F. Neely, soprano soloist;
Miss Marcella Larkln, violntst, and Miss
JS.tten Pnt. wm give a musical.
This Joint committee on reception has
been appointed : Messrs. and Mes dames
C. S. Jackson, Harvey Q. Starkweather,
C. U McKenna, F. a Myers, Will Moore.
Elton Watkina, Robert A. Miller, George
F. Alexander, Bert E. Haney, A. F. Fle
gel. F. B. Vogler, Xxjtus Langley, J. D.
Mann, William D. Bennett; Mesdames
Robert Berger, M. L. r. Hidden, Herbert
Alice M. McNaught, C. C. Van
,t?,du.?herman -MUM and Milton. A.
Miller Misses Leona L. Larrabee. Myr
tle Smithson and Annette LeBleu.
Reservations may be had by telephon
ing Main 6199 or the Portland hotel.
Claims of Belgium
Opposed by Holland
Amsterdam. Feb. 17. Violent opposi
tion to the claim of Belgium before the
council of 10 at Paris Is being mani
fested by the Dutch press. A report
given wide circulation that President
Wilson Is opposed to Holland's claims
conceding the Scheldt waterway and
LimbuiTE has given rise to bitterness in
certain circled notwithstanding the grat
itude of the .Dutch for the American re
lief work. - - - T'-
Bonanza Branch of
Klamath Falls E. R.
Is Near Realization
Klamath Falls, Feb. 17. Last year
Robert E. Strahorn, who has the con
tract for the construction of the Klamath
Falls municipal railway from this city
to Dairy, 20 miles east, made a propo
sition to Bonanza residents that if they
would furnish the right of way and the
ties, he would lay the steel on a branch
from Dairy to their city, a distance of
7 miles further southeast.
Since then arrangements have been
made with the reclamation service for
the use of water from Lost river for
the irrigation of a number of large
tracts around Bonanza, and several
large projects have been -installed al
ready for use this season. With the
prospects of more tonnage from that
neighborhood the residents o.f the Bo
nanza neighborhood have worked hard
on the proposition as made by Mr.
Strahorn and the right of way has been
obtained and practically all of the ties
and necessary help are on hand. And
according, to word just received here
from Mr. Strahorn he is anxious to
complete the line to Dairy and to extend
it on to Bonanza yet this summer in
time for use this fall after harvest of
the 1919 crops.
The line of the Klamath Falls muni
cipal railway has been completed to
Olene, 12 miles east of here and train
service is in operation to that point.
Trade Resumption
'With Turkey Plan
Washington, Feb. 17. (U. P.) Re
sumption of trade with Turkey and Bul
garia has been authorized by the war
trade board under orders of the allies'
supreme economic council, now sitting
in Paris. Arrangements have been com
pleted. It was stated, to insure that the
resumption will not lessen the effective
ness of the armistice conditions. The
action is the roost extensive opening
of territory since the signing of the;
armistice.
One Flyer Killed,
One Hurt in Crash
Fort Worth, Texas, Feb. 17. (U. P.)
Peter Brugnoni of Dodge City. Iowa,
was killed and Lieutenant O. Uustafson
of Two Rapids. Iowa, was injured, prob
ably fatally, at Barron field near here
late Saturday when their airplane fell in
a tail spin. Lieutenant Gustafson right
ed the plane and brought it out of one
tail spin at a great height, but the ma
chine immediately was caught in an
other and crashed.
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AMNUAL CONFERENCE
OF SALVATION ARMY
DRAWS 150 WORKERS
Four-Day Program to Be Marked
by i Business Sessions and
Hotel Luncheon.
The annual conference of the north
west district for the Salvation Army,
comprising Oregon. Washington and
Idaho, will be held in Portland Febru
ary 1 to 23. Inclusive, with ISO dele
rates from the three states. Presiding
over the winter war congress will he
Commissioner Thomas Estill, command
ing Salvation Army operations tn the
western states, assisted by Colonel J.
Fynn of Chicago and Lieutenant Colo
nel T. W. Scott of Seattle. Officers of
the soolal, rescue, and field departments
will be present and will participate In
the programs. All public gathering
will be held In the Salvation Army hall,
12K First street.
The conference will be opened with a
luncheon to be given Wednesday at It
o'clock in the grill of the Hotel Port
land when the members of the organi
sation which conducted the Salvation
Army drive last year, and others Inter
ested In the work of the Salvation
Army, will be present.
O. C. Bortameyer, manager of the
drive. Is In charge and is arranging an
Interesting" program of addresses. Thurs
day and Friday the sessions of the con
ference will be especially for Salvation
Army workers. Saturday evening at t
o'clock a program of music affd drills
presented by the young people, will be
the attraction. Sunday afternoon at 8
o'clock Commissioner Estill will conduct
a special praise service assisted by
Colonel J. Fynn and a number of of ft
cers. At 8 o'clock Commissioner Estill
SALVATION ARMY MAN
LEADS WESTERN WORK
Commissioner Thomas Estill of the
Salvation Army.
'will condact a special salvation meeting,
The public mill be welcome at these
three services.
Commissioner Est ill is one of the im
portant men In Salvation Army work
and he brings not only much native abil
fty but a wide experience, having com
manded the forces of the Salvation
Army In Australia and South Africa
and tiavlsg also been prominently lden
tlfied with the army work In Japan.
Seasoned slabwood and Inside wood,
green stamps for cash: Holman Fuel
Co. Main 353. A-3353. Adv.
Big Liquor Ring Is
Smashed, Believe
Federal Of ficials
, Discovery of transactions Involving
the bringing of liquor .into this state
on a large scale was disclosed by United
States Attorney Haney Saturday when
he requested Federal Judge Wolverton
to raise the ball of O. R- Merrill and
Thomas O. Patterson of Seattle to $2600
each on an Indictment to which they
had entered a plea of not guilty. Pat
terson was at liberty on bail of J1000
and Merrill on $1500.
In the arrest of these defendants, the
government authorities believe they have
broken up one of the biggest bootlegging;
tings In this section of the country. .
. The new evidence wlll be presented
to the federal grand Jury, February 24.
Tie Indictment, to which Patterson
and Merrill pleaded not guilty, was re
turned ten days ago and also Involves
another man, whose name is unknown
to the government ' officials. The In
dictment charges that these two de
fendants drove an automobile to Cali
fornia and filled the tonneau with bot
tled liquor. The car was driven back
to Oregon and was shipped from Med
ford to Corvallis, where it was seised by
the federal authorities. - . -
Positions at $55
A Month and Board
Go Begging in City
Who wants a position in a private
family as cook, nurse girl, maid or sec
ond, maid at a salary ranging all the
way from $35 to $55 per month, with
room and board thrown in?
This is a question that is perplexing
the mind of Mrs. Bruce Scott, head of
the women's division of the United
States employment service, located In
the Lewis building at Fourth and Oak
streets.
Mrs. Scott would like to have at least
60 girls or women- register with her tot
positions named above, the lowest salary
offered being 3i and the highest to 5
per month.
. But there are few responses to the
calls for this line of help.
Mrs. Scott says she Is reluctant to
encourage girls from distant points to
come to Portland to seek employment,
but as local help cannot be found she
sees no other course open"
Annual Police Ball
Assured Success to
Swell Benefit Fund
All is In readiness for the annual ,
police ball to be given February 23 at
The Auditorium. About 5000 tickets
have been purchased by business houses
and cltisens.' This 'ball Is given for
the purpose of maintaining a fund for
the care of disabled, sick or 'wounded
patrolmen. During the past year sev
eral patrolmen passed away and many
were sick with lnfluensa, and at these i
times the fund was used advantageously.
The committee in charge of the dance ,
are Captain It A, Circle, Inspector II.
A. Nlles and Patrolmen 12. S. Kaney and '
F. It. Ooldstone, president of the as-!
soclatlon.
Bavarian Army to
Combat Bolshevism
Berlin, Feb. 17. (U. P.) (Delayed)
The Bavarian government has called to
the colors all ablebodled men within the ,
state for the purpose of forming a home ,
defense guard to "combat Bolshevism,"
according to advices received today.
Russia Must Have Food
Washington. Feb. 17.- (U. P.)
Starvation will be Russia's fate unless
aided by America. William W. Welsh,
who recently returned from Russia. Sat
urday told the senate committee Investi
gating Bolshevism. Food and clothing
are the great needs, he aald.
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