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THE OREGON DAILY-JOlfrtNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 191D. i Vm Mi GLAD TO BE BACK FROM SCENES OF WAR Oregon Womten Who Gave Up Homes for Service , of Mercy Abroad Are Now in New York. i STORY OF DUTY IS SIMPLE Major Skene Pays High Tribute r to Devotion of Those Who Worked in Hospitals. .v (Continu Tram Pifa tTr) day on th transport Kaleerln Augruat Victoria, ln-command of 4 8. -nune of 4aso hospital it. nearly all of them Oregon women who gave up their home for service of mercy ; abroad. J : These workers return with happy smile that ; the carnage of which they saw so much Is over and the strain of it all relieved. .:-'. "Goody, goody.' wae their welcome as The Journal's correspondent went on board of the big- ship to report their ar rival. ' Like returning soldiers their story of duty done Is simple and unassuming. ' . For them It v was one long siege of hard work to ss ye gassed . and mangled men who poured in upon them from Argonne, St. Mihlelsand other scenes of conflict, TRIBUTE TO DETOTIQX Major Skene paid tribute to their de votion, "you can't say too much for these nurses,' he said. They worked hard, on one occasion 24' hours at a stretch, and showed efficiency and sacri fice. We are glad to be home, now It ,is over, .but ready to stay as long as needed. It was hard, straining work. : "We were In service from July 15 last year to January 19. , .The hospital handled nearly 9000 cases, surgical and medical. We had about 600 gas cases, most pitiful of all being the sufferers from mustard gas. In those and In pneumonia cases the ' mortality f was large. The -largest number of cases under care at one time was , 15 4 4." COLONEL TEJTJTET IX NAHTES . , Practically half the nurses remained abroad, many volunteering for further duty. Some are In Germany. -Colonel Robert C. Tenney, with the enlisted per sonnel, was left near Nantes, In' the era barkation area, with prospect for early return. . ' . . - -, . . .' .The Kaiserln did not unload Thurs day night, and those ' aboard will tie bark today. , j -,; '-, t While warnings of air raids were given at times; hospital base 4$' at BaioHlep Sur Meuse, 40 miles back of front lines. was not nit ty' enemy airmen. : The nurses returned are : ., ' PortlandEleanor Donaldson, chief nurses Helen u. Budd. Anne Demnev. Efeaqor Ewtng, Elsie Hollenbeck, Letha t-tj Humphrey. Helen B. Krebs. Jean Mc fadden," f Frances McTagert. Anna Schneider, ' Margaret ' A. Tynari. Agnes u .urien, tieorsria li. Morse. ' Salem Eimma Tweed, Koee Clare Wil The Dalles Zetta Galbraith. Winifred ttouthit. , , . -.,. Astoria Rose M, Boyle. i .. Corvallis JulU McFadden. f Medford June Ear hart. ! ' Criterion Gertrude A. Betsworth. ' 'Eugene M- Elisabeth Freeman.' 't ' ' La Grami eM. Ellen Grady.t i ,. Newberg Sadie Hubbard. .1 Junction City Mary Jensen. ! "' Nyssa Donald McDonald. , Dufur Ferae McClintock. Hammond Hazel McGuife. . i Hillsdale Lfllian Oleson, Olive Olesoni Willamina Marjorle Belt. j fheridan Ann Steward. I rlneville Louise O. Summers. Warren ton Emily Tagg. ! Vancouver, Wash. L. Vesta Bunnell. Yacolt Ester Eaton. ' Ilwaco Nellie C Marks. j -Tacoma Marjorle MacEwen.lv Seattle-Lemo Oliver. Eva j XL Willis. Anna C. Berg. -.,,.-!,. Emmett, Idaho Bessie"1 JC .Campbell. Viola. Idaho Jennie Broulllard. Oakdale, Cat Pearl B. Lomrwell.: -Detroit, Mich. Elizabeth Eby. Leesburg, Ind. Ethel H. FettroV Sterling. 111. Wlnnifred Franklin. Bransford, Ont Velma Schultls. Also Vlda U. Fatland and Agathe Hol lo way of Portland and Gertrude Palmer of Pomona, CaL ' - SERVICE HEX ttETCBX ' Lieutenant Harold R. Holm ;of Walla Walla, Wash., former bank bookkeeper, came home on the transport j Iowa in charge of a detachment of 67 men for Camp Lewis, members- of the 188th infan try. He went over as a private, winning a commission ' in a training camp in France. Few men of this detachment reached France in time to fight Those from the Northwest are: - I" i Portland Sergeant Warren C. Jtaley, Corporals Warren P. Foreman, Harry M. McDanlei, James H. Wilson Jesse Little. Arthur W. Olson. Hugh W. Parks. Erwln M. Roeckel, Dale Tully, Orvii A.i Walker, Mechanics Joseph Damain, Gladwin C. Smith, John R. Doyle, Privates : Cecil A. Berry, Grant Dorland, Chester p. John son, Russell M. Kent, Jacob Lewis Grover C Warrmer. .. " - . -j - . t v., ; Merlin Corporal Lawrence L4 Enyart, Crowley Bugler Owen B. Mtx&m. Pendleton Corporals Ray E. Baker, j 1 Direction of Jensen - Von ,Herberg LAST jiUERlTE CLARK TIMES TONIGHT 'THREE-MEN AND A GIRL" NEW SHOW TOMORROW And BelieveUs 'Tis a Fast One Keeps You Roaring on High From Start to Finish. , WILLIAM RUSSELL BRASS BUTTONS" I u . Plenty, V -tor J v) J . , . . . ' ' Lloyd G. Bowman, Mechanic Leroy Yard t.lr M Tntin t T U n Fossa Corporal David Smith. Private Williams K. Yintis. ' La Grande Corporal Porter T. Dial. ; Ontario Private George W. HarreU TUrul Ttov W. Heartte. r - '-' T " M Antral Sorlnes Corooral James O. i lr1lr.tnnPrlvat Ran ford B. Blaine Walla Walla, Wash. Corporal Frank J. Christen. Garfield Corporal Earl H. Barnes. ' )thers -were in this detachment from W . fa... . . .a a. rnore distant points u uio wormwwi wu Eastern states. : pnrninv nn tf. Sierra . Thursday were: Sergeant Jess Edwards of Baker. Privates John H. Mason of Portland and from the Nineteenth balloon company, p.i0.t. Tn.nh w Orthnr of Port land, from the 143d machine gun eom- pany, all in convalescent aeiacnmenw TRANSPORT BRINGS FIGHTERS FROM ITALY VnV Inrll 11. TT. P.V Th transport Dante Aitgnierre irora mmi- .Atii.c kan tnaiT wiui loos mail. InciudingK the following - uniU : Three t i rrKiv-annf Infantrv. detactlp nuiMiou ' ment of field and staff headquarters. machine gun company, suppiy cwanj and companies H and L, ease hospital 102 detachment, casual cumji". ftcgiai manual - The Dante Allghierl brought the last of the United States sowiers wno iu"iv -...I.. .,n Ti-m The heroes of the Italian campaign included 28 of- m.n mntitlv Ohioans. They AswVla SVI1U w wa , were under command of Major Constant c.rfhvnrth nt nievelana. uour soiaier brought back. Italian brides. Titta Rufio. tne. itauan orn.onw. w BBi uncr several times for the soldiers on the way over. He was o .rreant in the Italian artillery for two and a nair years. Other transports arriving loaav e the Mercy, a hospital ship from St. Na- t (ha tranmort OtaefO. The Mercy brought In ten officers and 375 enlisted men in convalescent rrum M,rrv narrnwlv escaped ac -i k., .tn in TTrnnrB and return On the way over the vessel barely missed a floating mine, wnne ieeima- ner w thrtfugh a dense fog off Sandy Hook late Thursday a collision wiuv me sieam er Charles graley was averted by a mar gin 01 zu leeu . Awnn-. tiu aiv nd wounded officers at TTnhnicn trxiav was Lieu tenant Royal W. Mingins. Unity. Ore. DEPARTURE OF TROOPS FOR CAMPS ANNOUNCED glllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIItniiiiiiiiiiiiu 1 Special Sale for Easter I H BEAUTIFUL TRIMMED HATS Worth i' A i : $16.50, on tale Saturday for. v:. ; . . 3) iU ; E3 . -. - .... . , ,--.-.... , . I tz Aoalargeasortmentat'$7.SO', ,j ; j See our ' windows tonight and make 'your : selection j I . . 130 TENTH ST., NEAR ALDER .1 "Wise Women Wear WiUon MUVmery . : J -WILSON r.-, Ttrnii Anrll . 18. fL N. S.) Troops scheduled for other demobillaa tion camps today were: For Camp Kearny, two oiiicers. a men, of 115th hospital train ; four off i 79th Infantry brigade headquarters ; two officers, nine men, 80th infantry nngaae neaaquricr . w officera, 101 men, 40th division headquar ters. For Fort Bliss. Tex., one omcer, si men, 159th infantry. " For Camp Bowie. Tex- one onicer, tu men, 159th infantry. For Camp Pike, Ark, one officer. 74 men, 169tn Infantry. ' For Camp Shelby, miss., one oincer, St men, 159 h infantry. ; For Camp Gordon, one orncer, 11 men, 159th Infantry. . For Camp Jacltaon,. . V.. one onicer. 41 men. 159th infantry i one officer, 85 men, base hospital 13. For Camp Dodge, Ia one officer, 325 men. 169th infantryu nt officer, lOfl men, 115th sanitary train. . FEW OF ORIGINAL MEN x REMAIN IN FORTIETH New Tork. April 18. The fragments of two Fortieth division machine gun battalions. the original personnel of which was organised at Camp Kearny, Cat., from the national guard troop of that and other far western states, re turned here today hardly recognizable as the units which sailed from HQboken for France last year. 4 The two battalions shortly after they arrived in France were stripped of all their Husky western fighters and these men were sent into the front Jine di visions as replacement; when those di visions were so sorely depleted of men during the days of the-'Argonne battle last. September. Many of them have since returned in casual companies, ick and wounded. Others of .them will never return, their bodies lying under the bat tlefields of France and Belgium where they died to make the allied victory pos sible. . . ..- , . ..- 19,000 SOLDIERS ARE EMBARKING FOR CAMPS Brest, Ap'rU18.-i-XUt P.WThe port of Brest' established a record in, troop em barkation . In preparing . the remaining units of thForty-second (Rainbow divi sion) , for -sailing Thursday.. Nineteen thousand, troops, Including some portions of the Seventy-Seventh (New York na tional army) division marched' aboard six transports.- .- Only the 117th ammunition train of the Rainbow division remained, and that will leave Saturday. . Five of the ships, the Missouri, the Mount Vernon, Pretoria; Pueblo - and Huntington, were en route today. The Leviathan; delayed In coaling, was sched uled to start later today. . - - ' New Mail Boxes. Received Lebanon April 18. H. T. Kirkpatriek. postmaster of this city, has received 10 city mail boxes which will be imme diately installed in different parts of town. The boxes will be attached to metal posts. A FOR RENT! PHONOGRAPHS - We have a limited number of beau tiful Cabinet-phonographs which . we offer fer rent at very attrac tive, propositions. ; Call early and let us explain our plan to you. The number for rent is limited. - t ' Out of town people, write for par ticulars. . REED -FRENCH PIANO MFG. CO. "r-i-i--"'--' t ''U .''-V. '-f-h.;-1 : V. tTietor, Celambta and 4Iiea Y Pbenograpbs si4 Beeoras, ' Pianos and Flayer, Flaaes ' Washington at 12th St, 16 YAfJKS DIE IN ; WRECK IN FRANCE Troop' Trains in . Collision Neir Le. Mans When One of En- i gines Breaks Down. Brest,- April' IS. (TJ. P.) The casu alties in the. troop train collision near Le Mane Thursday were given out today- as 16 American and six French soldiers killed and 15 American and 90 French soldiers injured. - A partial list of the American dead included: X Howard F. Lacey, 319th engineers. Virgil J. Randall, 10th engineers. Kzeklel Skipper,-106th engineers. Thorion (possibly T. H.) CRyan, 33d engineers. . Corporal 'C Re wenport. 319th e gineers. : . 1 ; y. f j. , Orza Harokinl Moa, 10th engineers. P. C. Schulte, 119th engineers. William. Glidwell, 106th engineers. .John Davison, 10th engineers. : George F. Mullins. attached to general headquarters. - .. - Sergeant Huff. 1103d aero squadron. O. W. Hefflin, 8th infantry. The collision, it was stated today. was due to the troop train being forced to halt because of a break down of the engine. Torpedo signals were placed on the track a thousand yards In the rear. xne engineer 01 tne special was said to have heard the torpedoes, but was unable to stop his train in time, owing to its high speed. - :v " 11 m in pi s Blockhouse Built in 1856 Is to Be Saved Takima, Wash., April 18. Don M. agency, is taking steps for the preser vation of the eld block house at Fort Simcoe. It was ' erected In' 1856 and is all that is left of the old stockade with Its four corner block houses which was put up at the close of the Indian war in The loge were cut from the near by hills and the finishing timbers sent from - the east, shipped "around the Horn, then up the Columbia river' and freighted from The Dalles. . f r Realistic Battle1 Is ; To Be Reproduced . At Peace Jubilee ' Tacoma. April 18-(U. P.) As a part of the program for the Northwest peace jubilee here the week of July 4. the "Bat tle of the Argonne" will be reproduced at the Tacoma speedway, with 1500 soldiers from Camp Lewis. The - battle will be in miniature of course, and will be shown for two days July t and 5. The auto races are on the .fourth. - . - ?' ' ' . ? ' Colonel-Harvey J. Miller of the First Infantry : will have charge of the men. and the plan ef action will be worked out by five officers, all of whom have seen action in France.' v; ; Some of the features promised In the spectacle will foe a charge "over the top," barrage-fire by camouflaged artil lery, an observation 'Calloon and an air plane, machine grim fire and cleaning out machine gun nests, ambulances taking back, the "wounded" and all the outstand ing features of modern warfare. Includ ing a smoke cloud. ! . , Minimum Pay $6; , 47 Hours a Week .; . - Detroit, Mich., April 18. (I. N. S.) Six dollars a day minimum wage and a 47-hour week will be instituted by the Wadsworth Manufacturing company Monday, according to ' Frederick K. Wadsworth, president of the corpora tion, which makes automobile accea- Carr, superintendent of the Takima sories. The comptfny has been In con troversy with soma 2500 of its- employes who went on strike Wednesday, and accordinR' to tabor . leaders . at the plant. tn is announcement is the result of the workers demands for more pay and less worK. Eden Ames Bound Over ' ' Lebanon,-. April 18. fiJen Ames of Sweet Home waa" bound - over to the grand Jury by Justice of the Peace Roloff on a statutory .charge. He . U In jail In default of I1Q0O bonds. , v l0KO uxi -ssl. 7UA tic u&x. OA 3: New May: Numbers Of r. mm. m m n ' n - mi mm t i a :. ; i Ponselle's First Butterfly" Record It u more than Ponselle who tinrs 1 "Va Bel Di Vedreroo." 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