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of a le t te r fro m th e tr u s te e s of Zion
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th e G e rm a n la u g u a g e a g a in in som e ra v in e a b e g u ilin g o ffer to s u r re n d
o f th e i r se rv ic e s.
F o llo w in g is th e e r.
T h e o ffe r w as c o n te m p tu o u s ly
c o m m u n ic a tio n in fu ll, a d d re s s e d to ig n o re d .
th e m a y o r a n d c o u n c il:
I t cam e a t 4 o 'c lo c k on th e a f te r
G e n tle m e n :
n o o n o f O c to b e r 7, cam e w hen th e
W ith th e d a w n o f p eace a n d of a s tr e n g th o f th e b esieg ed b a tta lio n
new e ra in th e w o rld , we n o te th a t
m an y u n w elco m e o b sta c le s a n d p ro b ­ w as a lm o st sp e n t.
S ince th e n ig h t o f O c to b e r seco n d ,
lem s of tin- re c e n t p a st h a v e d is a p ­
p e a re d o r a r e on th e v e rg e o f d is a p ­ th is b a tta lio n , d ra w n fro m a re g i
p e a rin g . O ne of th e s e is th e u n f r ie n d ­ m e n t th a t lik e s to c all itse lf "New
fe e lin g to w a rd a fo re ig n la n g u a g e .
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c h u rc h w ork p a rtia lly d e p e n d s upon M ajo r C h a rle s W h ittle se y , h a d h eld
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H o e c k e r, E . S c h w e d le r, H G. M ul- i w ltb in s tru c tio n s a n d ra tio n s , h e a rd
le n h o ff; H. it. G e b h a rd t, P a s to r.
th e v ain b u t u n r e m ittin g e ffo rts of
S om e d isc u ssio n fo llo w ed th e r e a d ­ c o m p an io n re g im e n ts to lig h t a w ay
in g of th e le tte r , b u t th e m a t te r w as th r o u g h tin s tro n g fo rce of e n c irc
te m p o ra r ily s e ttle d by o r d e r in g it lin g G e rm a n s.
fo rw a rd e d to th e U n ited S ta te s D is­
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N ow , la te on th e lifth d ay , th e r e
o p in io n o r a c tio n if h e d e e m s a n y w as no re a s o n to su p p o s e t h a t h elp
a c tio n n e c e ssa ry .
w as a n y n e a re r. A nd th e r e w as e v ­
A c o m m u n ic a tio n w as re a d from ery re a s o n to s u p p o s e th a t th e y co u ld
th e P. R. L. & P. c o m p an y n o tify in g n o t h o ld o u t m an y h o u rs lo n g e r—
th e co u n cil th a t it co u ld n o t g iv e any h o ld o u t, th a t is, a g a in s t d e a tli fro m
a s s is ta n c e in re p a irin g th e sidew all- h u n g e r a n d e x p o su re.
on S o u th M ain s tre e t.
C e rta in ly th e y w ere no lo n g e r in
T h e W ays a n d M ean s c o m m itte i a n y c o n d itio n to fight off a n o th e r
m a d e re p o r t to th e effect th a t a levy guch a tta c k in fo rce as h a d been
of five m ills w ould be n e c e ss a ry fo r m a d e a t th e en d o f tile first day.
n e x t y e a r 's e x p e n d itu re s , a n d upon T h e n a fo rm id a b le e n em y d e ta c h
m o tio n th e re p o rt w as a d o p te d .
m e n t h a d been th ro w n a g a in s t th *
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L u ste d be n o tified to r e p a ir d ra in a g e th e face o f su c h a b la s t fro m o u r m a ­
in fr o n t of h is p ro p e rly w ith in fiteen c h in e g u n s, su c h a s h o w e r o f h a n d
d a y s w ith th e a lt e r n a tiv e of h a v in g g re n a d e s , su ch a cool, k e e n -e y e d fire
th e c ity do it a t h is ex p en se.
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n o r th e r n slo p e of u ra v in e th a t pro
te c te d him fro m th e G e rm a n a rtille ry
a n d th a t k e p t th e g r e a te r p a r t of his
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a lr e a d y s e t sa il fo r o u r ow n s h o re s
B u t in th e co m in g h o m e th e
tr u q Y an k d o es n o t fo rg e t h is new frie n d s a n d th e fa re w e lls tw lx t
F re n c h a n d Y ank a r e m ixed w ith m an y s in c e re r e g r e ts — m id st all th e
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say s— "S.’lo n g p a l, w h istle if ya need u a .”
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PR IX I,A MATH
W h e re a s : W o o d ro w W ilson, P re s id e n t of th e U n ite d S ta te s and
P re s id e n t of th e A m e ric a n R ed C ross, h a s su m m o n e d ev ery c itizen
of th is c o u n try to tile c o m ra d e s h ip of U N IV E R S A L M E M B E R S H IP
IN T H E R E D C R O S S ,—
A nd W h e re a s : M e m b e rsh ip in th e A m erican Red C ro ss is a n e v i­
d en ce of lo y a lty ,—
A nd W h e re a s : T h e A m erican R ed C ro ss is on th e eve of th e
g r e a te s t y e a r's w o rk in its h is to ry , su p p ly in g a id a n d m a te rlu l e n ­
c o u ra g e m e n t to A m e ric a n s o ld ie rs on d u ty in F ra n c e , R u ssia , S ib eria
a n d in th is c o u n tr y ; ta k in g c a re o f th e d e p e n d e n ts of s o ld ie rs in th is
c o u n try by m e a n s o f H om e S e rv ic e ; a id in g in th e re c o n s tru c tio n of
E u ro p e by a s s is tin g th e r e p a r tr l a te d c itiz e n s ; a s s is tin g r e tu rn e d
s o ld ie rs to p o sitio n s; p ro v id in g h elp a n d e n c o u ra g e m e n t to w ounded
s o ld ie rs , a n d in o th e r w ays a s s is tin g th e w orld to reco v er fro m th e
re s u lts of th e w a r,— •
Anil W h e re a s : It is d e sire d th a t e v ery u d u lt citiz e n becom e a
m e m b e r of th e A m erican Red C ro ss th a t all m ay feel th ey h a v e a liv ­
in g p a rt In th e w o rk o f th e S o ciety ,—
N ow, T h e re fo r e : I, G. W. K en n ey , M ayor of th e city of G re sh a m
s ta te o f O reg o n , do h e re b y p ro c la im th a t th e w eek of D ecem b er 16-23
he d e v o te d to t i n p u rp o s e of s e c u rin g m e m b e rsh ip Ip th e A m erican
R ed C ro ss a n d d o u rg e e v ery c itiz e n to jo in th e Red C ro ss an d <o
a ss ist in p ro m o tin g u n iv e rs a l m e m b e rsh ip in th a t o rg a n iz a tio n .
G iven u n d e r my h a n d (h is 6 th day of D ecem b er, 1918.
T ile fo llo w in g le tte r w as received
by Mrs. J. W. H e n d ric k s fro m h e r son
C u rtis :
B ase H o sp ita l, No. 6, O ct. 29.
My d e a r M o th er:
1 know you a re
w o n d e rin g w hy I h a v e n ’t w ritte n In
alm o st th r e e w eeks. B ut I d isclaim
all re s p o n sib ility ns we hav e been too
busy to w rite , a n d even If 1 h ad w r it­
te n 1 co u ld n o t h av e m a ile d It.
1 h ad been In tw o big b a ttle s b efo re
th is o n e, a n d a s th e o r d e r re a d to a d ­
van ce th r e e k ilo s, I th o u g h t we w ould
h a v e It c o m p a ra tiv e ly easy fo r we
h ad a d v a n c e d a t th e r a te o f 20 kilos a
day on a n o th e r fro n t. W e s ta r te d at
d a y b re a k w ith a te r r ib le b a rr a g e b e ­
h in d us. b u t th e G erm an g u n s o p en ed
up in r e ta lia tio n an d r e tu rn e d s h o '
fo r s h o t.
W e ad v an ced slow ly d u r ­
ing lu lls fo r no o ne co u ld go fo rw a rd
In tile face o f th a t sh e ll fire.
At
n ig h tfa ll we w ere s till a k ilo from
o u r o b je c tiv e b u t o u r c o m m a n d e r w as
re so lv e d to m a k e It, a n d p u sh ed on.
It w as at tills tim e , th a t I w as w o u n d ­
ed s lig h tly In th e leg. a n d s e n t to th e
re a r. H ow ever, I le a rn e d la te r , th u t
we h a d m ad e It. No o n e co u ld hav ?
c o n d e m n e d th e enem y fo r c o w ard ice
in th is b a ttle fo r th e y d ied w ith th e ir
g u n s. O ne c a n n o t h elp but a d m ire
th e fig h tin g q u a litie s of th e s e men
fo r th e ir b ra v e r y a n d te n a c ity .
1 e x p ect to be buck w ith th e co m ­
p any in a w eek o r so, in fa c t, 1 w as
s u rp ris e d a t b e in g s e n t to a B ase.
p o sitio n sh ie ld e d fro m a n ln d u s trl
ou s tr e n c h m o r ta r w hich had o p en ed
up a t th e sid e.
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h ad s e n t up a ll th e p ig eo n s he hau
b ro u g h t, uud he hud n o t le t u day go
by w ith o u t m a k in g v ain e ffo rts to
sen d ru n n e r s th r o u g h th e G erm an
lin es. No w ord fro m th e d iv isio n o r
th e re g im e n t h a d re a c h e d h im . no
w ord o f any k in d , th o u g h he knew by
th e m essa g e c y lin d e rs seen fa llin g
from tile a ir p la n e s , o n ly to be lo st
like n e e u le s in a h a y s ta c k , th a t an ef
i fo rt w as b ein g m ad e to se n d iu s tru c
tio n s to him .
So he h a d only I l l s
o rig in a l o rd e rs .
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a b id e.
T h a t w as th e first re a s o n .
T h e seco n d re a s o n , th e o n e th a t ap
p eale d to a ll th e m en a n d h u sh e d ev
cry d is s e n tin g voice, w as th e fa c t tha*
in th e a d v a n c e 8 0 m e n h ad been
w o u n d ed . To fight th e i r way back
w ould h a v e m e a n t d e s e r tin g th e 80.
It w as u n th in k a b le . T h e n eueh h o u r
a d d ed fre sh n a m e s to th e list of
w o u n d ed , e a c h n a m e a fre sh re aso n
why th e b a tta lio n m u s t hold th e r a ­
vin e a t a il costa.
llrotlici-liiMHl o f th e B esieged.
A m o n g th e m en w ho cam e aliv e
FA IRV IEW GRANGE TO
o u t of th u t ra v in e w as v isib le a f r a ­
ELECT OFFICERS
te r n ity tlia t hud n o t, a n d co u ld not
h av e, e x isted w hen th e y w en t in th e
T ile r e g u la r m e e tin g of F a irv ie w
b ro th e rh o o d o f th e b esieged. A p ­ g ra n g e w ill be h e ld to m o rro w , begin
p ro a c h an y o n e of th e m to d ay nm l n in g w ith a sessio n in th e fo ren o o n .
th e i r first a n d la s t w ord o n th e ir ex T h e u s u a l g ra n g e d in n e r w ill he en­
p e rie n e e is a lw a y s a w ord 111 d ev o ted jo y ed a t n o o n , a f t e r w h ich th e le c tu r :
p ra is e of " o u r m a jo r ,” th e officer p ro g ra m w ill ho g iv en .
F o llo w in g
a ro u n d w hom th e y ra llie d a n d w h o se tile le c tu re h o u r th e a n n u a l ele c tio n
ste a d y , d a u n tle s s s p ir it saw th e m of officers w ill tu k n place.
th ro u g h .
S u p p o sin g th is Is n " v a le o f te a r s .”
" O u r m a jo r ”-— h e Is L ie u te n a n t
C olonel W h ittle se y n o w — Is u prod th e r e 's no re a s o n w hy you sh o u ld
u c t of P la tts b u r g , a W illia m s C ollege m a k e it an ocean o f th em .
m an , w ho, in th e d im fo rg o tte n d ay s S ta n is la w K o z lk o w sk i, of M azpeth,
b efo re A p ril, 1917, lived a t 136 E a st L. I.
F o r ty - f o u r th s t r e e t, N ew Y ork, and
B ut p e rh a p s th e warmest p lace of
p ra c tic e d law dow n a t 2 R e c to r all Is fo r tw o y o u n g p riv a te s of th e
s tr e e t, w h e re th e S ix th
A v en u e L M edical D e p a rtm e n t, w ho, In th e ah
th u n d e r s by on its w ay to th e B a t­ Bence of any su rg e o n , to o k c h a rg e of
te ry .
lie wounded, w o rk in g w ith th em
It is of th e s ta m in a of th e m en th u t n ig h t a n d day so f a ith fu lly t h a t w hen
C olonel W h ittle se y sp e a k s sp e u k s in Hie re lie f c a m e a t lust th e y d ro p p ed
w o n d e r a n d u d m lru tlo n . H e had feebly in th e i r tr a c k s a n d hud to lie
k n o w n th e m first a t C am p U pton, an c u rrie d o u t on s tre tc h e rs .
u n p ro m isin g m isc e lla n y of y o u n g
T o n a m e th e s e few is JiiHt to g iv e
s te rs , g o in g fo r th to w ur fro m F if th in s ta n c e s fro m an h ero ic c h a p te r in
A venue a n d fro m lo w e r E a s t Side, th e s to ry o f th e fight w hich m ad e th e
tru c k d riv e rs , c o lle g ia n s , d re s s m a k ­ A rg o n n e F o re s t p h rt or A m erica, i.
e rs , sw e a ts h o p
w o rk e rs,
acto r« , fight w hich b eg an at d aw n on S ep ­
c le rk s, Id le rs, all th e stu ff of w hich te m b e r 26 an d did not end u n til O c ­
New Y ork is m ad e. H ow o n e a n d all to b e r 11, w hen th e last liv in g G e r­
th e y p ro v ed tr u e , s te a d f a s t, h o n o r ­ m an hud been p u sh e d o u t o f th e f o r ­
a b le A m e ric a n s o ld ie rs th u t Is tlie lr est. By th e n , u n d e r s te a d y fire from
c o m m a n d e r's s to ry .
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A m i. G o th a m ite th o u g h h e Is. you w ere p u s h in g
b rid g e s a c ro s s th e
On«* D a y 's H â tio n s .
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T h e first q u a r te r ly c o n fe re n c e of
th e M e th o d ist E p isco p al c h u rc h w as ,,,en ,h p n " ’e lv es <b a t »'ad so re d u c e d
h eld la s t n ig h t in th e L e a g u e ro o m ,h e fo rc e o f t h a t lh tlp « a rr is o n .
To b eg in w ith , th e y h ad hro u g h *
I t w as p re s id e d o v e r by D is tric t Su
p e rin te n d e n t T. B. F o rd , w ho p re f | w ith th e m o n ly e n o u g h iro n ra tio n s
aced th e b u sin e ss se ssio n w ith a n < ° W ' th e “ n ieaK erl>' th r o u g h th e
e a rn e s t a n d in s p irin g a d d re s s o n the first d ay . M any h ad n o t e a te n th e n ,
so w illin g ly an d so th r if tly w ere th e y
stew a rd s h ip o f p ra y e r
R e p o rts w ere q u ite in c o m p le te in butibi*n ,lin g '»»e food su p p ly fo r th e
m ost d e p a r tm e n ts a s b u t few se rv ic e s wounde<1* 1 hen all th e b re a d an 1
h av e been h e ld so f a r sin ce th e be c h o c o la te d ro p p e d fro m th e a ir p la m
G. W. K E N E Y , M ayor of G resh am .
g in n in g o f th e c o n fe re n c e y e a r, b u t h ad fa lle n w ith in th e re a c h o f th e
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F o rd , w ho sa id It ex celled t h a t o f an y I ch p w in 8 lp a ' PS «"'» w a sh in g th e m In th e s tr ic te s t se n se o f th e w ord.
h e a rts w ould finish th e m , tin* w ord may lie s u re I k * <l<x*w not f a il Io w ith sw ift w a te rs of III«* A ire, w hich ru n s
H e h as b een c h a rg e d a g a in s t h is
o th e r c h u rc h w h ich h e h a d v is ite d f OWI1 "
w a te r b ro u g h t a t n ig h t
flashed fro m d u g o u t to d u g o u t, lik e h old so m e o f I I k * praiM * fro m N ew a lo n g th e n o rth e rn f r in g e of th e
fro m th e little s p r in g a t th e b o tto m i "
bp lip v ,"K " •»""'*? w ro n g to hib
Y o rk . Inn insists fie rc e ly th a t it lie w oods.
d u rin g th e q u a r te r . A cco rd in g to th e
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