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THE GATE CITY JOURNAL, NYSSA, OREGON Autrnra'a immortala Moat striking instances o f gallantry for which the Distinguished Service Cross has been aw arded Private, Among the thousands of Ameri can soldiers who were awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for con spicuous bravery on the field of bat tle in France, there were a few whose feats were of such an unusual character as to stand out above the others. General Pershing’s staff has selected a number of these **ost notable cases of bravery on the part of the fighting Americans, and a few of them are given below. They present only a few of the thousands of acts of heroism that are given recognition in the official records of the war department. O S C A R F. M I L L E R , Major, 361st Infantry. Private, G. C O S T O N , Com pany, Infan try. H, 15th Conspicuous gallantry resulting in wounds which caused his death won the Distinguished Service Cross for Private Coston. Near Rols de Con- senvoye, France. October 8, 1018, when the ndvance of his platoon had been held up by machine gun fire, and a request was made for an automatic rifle team to ciinrgo the nest. Private Coston was the first to volunteer. Go ing forward with his team under ter rific fire of enemy artillery, machine guns and trench mortars. Privnte Cos ton continued to nd\r.nce after all his comrades had become casualties nnd he himself had received serious wounds. He operated his gun until he collapsed, but his net resulted In the capture of about 100 prisoners nnd several machine guns. He died short ly after from the effects of his wounds. Private Coston’s widow lives at 615 Mason avenue, Cape Charles, Va. JESSE Private, F irst Si. F U N K , C lass, Co. Infantry. L, C. D U N N , F irst C lass, 1st 312th Infantry. Battalion, MEOiCAL EXPERTS PUZZLED Private Dunn (deceased) wns deco rated for conspicuous gallantry in ac tion nenr Grnnde-Pre, France, October 23 ,1918. When his battalion comman der found it necessary to send a mes sage to a company in the attacking line nnd hesitated to order a runner to make the trip because o f the ex treme dunger involved, Private Dunn, a member o f the intelligence section, volunteered for the mission. After ad vancing hut a short distance across a field swept by urtlllery and machine gun fire he was wounded a Beeond time. Still undaunted, he persistently attempted to curry out his mission, un til he was killed by a machine gun bullet before reaching the udvanced line. He lived in Albany, N. Y. — te — H ealth A uthorities Declare Stran ge Illn e ss H a s No Relation to “Sleep ing Sickne ss,” W h ic h O r ig i nated In A frica. Washington— “ Epidemic stupor” is the name the health authorities have decided to give the new disease, wrongly called sleeping sickness, which sprang up a few weeks ago. It has invaded eighteen American cities and several nruiy camps, lias taken severul lives und laid hundreds under its spell. Tlie scientific name of this new mal ady is lethargic encephalitis. It is not "sleeping sickness" and has noth ing to db with tlie real sleeping sick ness. it has been known for only a few years, nnd Its cause and origin are even more mysterious than those of the influenza. The disease, when it was first dis covered in this country, was found to be a form of sleeping sickness com mon in the interior parts of Africa, 'jut a closer observation of the symp toms proved this belief to be unsound. Sleeping sickness as found in the jun gles of Africa, is caused by the bite of a peculiar insect, known ns the tsetse fly. Tlie new disease was first observed In Austria. The first ense noted In England oc curred February 11, 1918, and the epi demic, which never attained large pro portions, came, at least, temporarily, to an end In June. The medical re search committee of England became deeply interested In the new mqlndy and Instituted clinical nnd pathologi cal investigations. The committee found the disease is a general in fectious disorder, characterized by manifestations originating In the cen tral nervous system, o f which the most frequent and characteristic are pro gressive lethargy or stupor and an in volvement of tlie nerve centers con trolling the eye muscles. A L E ’. A N D E R R. S K I N K E R , C aptain, 138th Infantry. MaJ. Miller received the Distinguish ed Service Cross for conspicuous gul- luntry in action near Gesnes, France, September 28, 1918. A fter two days of intense physical aufi mental strnin, during which Maj. Miller had led his battalion In the front line of the ad vance. through the forest o f Argonne, the enemy was met in a prepared po sition south o f Gesnes. Though al most exhausted, he energetically re organized his battalion and ordered an attack. Upon renchlng open ground the advancing line began to waver in the face o f machine gun lire from the front and flanks and direct artillery Are. Personally lending his command group forward between his front line Companies, Maj. Miller in spired his n.en by ills personal cour age and the / again pressed on toward the hostile position. As this ofticer led the renewed nttack he was shot in the right leg, but he nevertheless staggered forward at the head o f his command. Soon afterward he was again shot in the right arm, but he continued the charge, personally cheer ing his troops on through the heavy machine gun fire. Just before the ob jective was reached he received a wound In the abdomen, which forced him to the ground, but he continued to urge his men on, telling them to push on to the next ridge and leave him where he lay. He died from his wounds a few days later. Maj. Mil ler’s widow lives at 1727 West Fifty- first street, Los Angeles, Cal. — te — HENRY Disease Misnamed “Sleeping Sickness” Is Believed to Be Contagious. — tea— PARKER 354th Privnte Funk received the Distin guished Service Cross for conspicu ous gallantry In action near Bois de Bnntheville, France. October 31, 1913. learning that two daylight patrols had been caught out In No Man's Land and were unable to return, Privnte Funk nnd another stretcher bearer, upon their own initiative, made two trips five hundred yards beyond onr lines, under constnnt machine gun fire and rescued two wounded officers. Ills father. Martin Funk, lives In Calhan, Cole Capt. Alexander It. Skluker (de ceased) wns decorated for conspicuous gallantry in action at Cheppy, France, September 26, 1918. Unwilling to sac rifice his men when his company was held up by terrific ftaachine gun fire from iron pill boxes in the Hlnden- liurg line, Captain Skinker personally led an automatic rifleman and a car rier In an nttack on the machine guns. The carrier was killed instantly, but Captain Skinker seized the ammuni tion and continued through an opening in the barbed wire, feeding the auto matic rifle until he was killed, too. Ills widow lives at 64« Elmwood ave. nue, St. Louis, Mo. — cific method hns been devised, and the best that can be done is to put the patient to bed nnd provide good nure- tug. Cold sponging Is often beneficial during the early stages and tends to diminish tlie delirium. For the pain, numbness and tingling of the limbs warmth Is tlie best remedy. Consti pation is obstlnute nnd often difficult ple catarrhal conjunctivitis (a mild to overcome, except by enemas fol “ pink eye") or it may be tonsllitis— | lowed by such drugs ns liquid paraf simple sore throat and cold In the fin or phenolphthnlein. No hypnotics chest. The disease may lie ushered In and no morphine or other prepara suddenly by a fainting uttaek or fit . ' tions of opium should be given. Dally In marked cases the lethargy was ac cleansing of tlie mouth and antisep companied by heaviness of tlie eye tic treatment of the nose and mouth lids, pain In the eyes and blurred \l- should he carried out and respiratory slon. Headache is a common symp complications systematically looked tom, and rigidness was characteris for. The patient should be given to tic of the early symptoms of many understand that his convalescence cases during the epidemic In England. will last at least six mouths after the After the first stages, the symp beginning of the illness. Officials of the United States pub toms of a general Infectious disease become manifest. The patient lies lic health service are Investigating in bed on the linck, often unable to cases of the disease In several cities. make any voluntary movement on ac They are especially anxious to keep count of great muscular weakness; the malady out of the army camps. the face is quite expressionless and The first army camp to be Invaded masklike, nnd there may be definite was Onmp Lee, Petersburg, Vn„ whera double facial paralysis. The patient one death was reported out of nine Investigation made nt the is in n condition of stupor, although cases. camp showed that in each case the true sleep is often not obtained. With regard to treatment, no spe soldier had been 111 with Influenza. Call N ew Malady Epidemic Stupor Into which an enemy grenade was ! thrown, landing directly in the midst of the group. Disregarding hi» own safety, this soldier seized the grenade und attempted to throw it out, but It exploded In his hand Just us lie sue- \ ceeded in getting it above the level of i the ground. His prompt action saved the lives of the men in the shell hole, but he was severely wounded. Pri vnte Mellen lives with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mellen, 28 Worcester street. Worcester, Muss. t e — P A T R I C K G A R R IT Y , Private C om pany C, 354th Infantry. Private Garrity was decornted for conspicuous bravery In action near Betnonvilie, France, November 1, 1918. When his company was advancing across an open field an enemy machine gun opened fire upon it from the left front. Private Garrity nnd two other soldiers being on that flank o f the com pany, immediately advanced upon it. His two comrades were shot down, but Private Garrity advanced alone at a run; and with his bayonet drove the three Germans from their guns into a near-by dugout, capturing them nnd the gun. Private Garrity’s home address is 3741 Kentnora avenue. Chi cago, 111. — te — M arked by H igh Tem perature. Although a rise in temperature was not observed in all of the 164 enses o f tlie disease of which notes were ob tained, there seemed to be little doubt that there Is always a certain nmount of fever in nn early stage. The fever usually lasts from tw o 'to five days, but may continue for ten or even four teen days. It iriay fall suddenly or gradually with oscillation. A period of subnormal temperature not infre- guently follows. Usuuliy the first symptom is sim R O B E R T L. B L A C K W E L L , Private, Co. K, 119th Infantry. Robert L. Blackwell (deceased) was decornted for conspicuous gallantry in action nenr St. Souplet, France, Octo ber 11, 1918. When his platoon was almost surrounded by the enemy and his platoon commander asked for vol unteers to enrry a message calling for reinforcements, Private Blackwell volunteered fo r this mission, well knowing the extreme danger connected with it. In attempting to get through tlie heavy shell and machine gun tiro tills gallant soldier was killed. The address of his father is James B. Blackwell, R. F. D. No 2, HIndles, N. C. — te — English W ill Be W orld Language By L L O Y D (W estern ALLEN. Newspaper Union respondent.) Staff Cor Paris.—It’s beginning to look as If English will be the world language of the future— with French as a close second choice nnd with German run ning a poor third. This d'seussion of a “ world lan guage” which is occupying consider able attention around Paris, reveals among other things a strange chapter of German duplicity and trickery. It now seems certain that the Germans, knowing the German language was in adequate as a world tongue, tried their best to get the world to tldnk favora bly of certain “ cooked-up” languages— made to order tilings as it were, in or der to prevent French or English from being considered ns the legitimate world languages. These artificial tongues, such as Es peranto, which wns probably the best known to them, in America at least, were fairly numerous and each one was given some sort of an odd name. They were called Esperanto, Ido, Novo- Latin and several other queer-sound ing names. Naturally enough there were a few people in nearly every country thnt took up these tongues nnd learn ed them. But at best the languages were, and are fads, and are unequal to the great tnsk assigned them— the task of becoming a world tongue. Paul Mleille, n French scholar, a col lege professor who holds the chair of English nt the Lycee nnd who is a well- known promoter of international edu cation, is authority for tlie foregoing “ KAMERAD” GUNS USED BY THE HUNS C L A Y T O N K. S L A C K , Private, C om p an y D, 124th M. U. B. Private Slack received the Distin guished Service Cross for consplcuont Intrepidity in action nenr Consenvoye, France, October 8, 1918. Observing German soldiers under cover fifty yards away on the left flank, Private Slack, upon his own initiative, rushed them with his rifle, and single-handed captured ten prisoners and two heavy machine guns, thus saving his com pany nnd neighboring organizations from heavy casualties. Ilis home is with his mother, Mrs. Jennie Mae Slack, Lnmpson. Wis. —te — H O W A R D E. M A D S E N , Sergeant, Co. D, 115th Infantry. remnrks anent Esperanto and Ger man. Ills brochure on the sub ject of a world language has attracted considerable attention in France and England recently. While some political economists nre talking about the establishment of an international currency that will bo worth its face value all over the world, nnd while others are talking of a kind of international government thnt will prevent future wars, of international control of the drug traffic, and several more “ Internationalized" subjects, In cluding international welfare, the Frenchmen of learning are discussing the international Inngunge of the fu ture. And they admit, modestly enough, thnt English will probably be the favorite as a world tongue, be cause English first o f all Is the best known nnd most widely spoken lan guage of business nnd mercantile tran sactions in the world today. • Acknowledging thnt English is bound to he the favorite the French profes sors claim their own language will nnt- urally take second place In preference to German. Possibly the Germans some years ago fo-esnw the coming popularity of English and French nnd the consequent shoving of tlie German Inngunge Into third place in the race, because It was before the war even thnt the "kultnr crusade” for popularizing Esperanto and Ido nnd the other artificial lan guages stnrted, according to Mleille. Briefly, it is Mieilie’s idea and the opinion of other noted French and English scholars that the world needs two languages for Its future welfare —English nnd French. While there was a lot of speculation some years ago about finding n univer sal tongue, such as Esperanto, we had as living languages in this world of ours the two tongues that completely filled all requirements. There wns renl- ly no need for Inventing a new lan guage. There has been a kind of official adoption of the Iden that English nnd Frencli shall he the world languages of the future In the fact thnt proceedings at the peace conference hnve been con ducted in these two languages. Tho procedure has been cumbersome, It is true, but it has been possible for prac tically tdl of the delegates to under stand everything that takes place In the way of speech making. The French clique of educators pro moting tlie plan of making English and French tlie common international tongues wnnt the peace conference, or the league of nations, to perpetuate tho procedure of the pence conference ami make both tongues tlie official lan guages for conducting tlie business of the league of nations. Semiofficial communications hnve been addressed to the various govern ments thnt were lined up ngnlnst Ger many, and to many officials of all these governments recommending the plan. Numerals senators and deputies hnve gone on record ns favoring the scheme. Her Engagement Ring Is the sweetest thing a girl can own. It m ay be either large or small, but should be pure white— set right. Those we are show ing w ill suit you, and our modest prices ease the way. 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Even for this "No. 1" had no eyes, for he had had a weary middle watch nnd hod was his only Interest. But he did notice a weird figure, apparently human, crawling about near the “ bandstand” of the after gun. He went to Investigate and found the surgeon probationer, dad In a chamois leather overall suit. In which he had been sleeping on the ward room couch below— for every one must sleep more or less clad, ready to turn out at a moment’s notice. He wns feeling about In the dark, ap parently In search of something. “ What on earth are you doing, Doc?" he asked, and got the brief an- •Tver, “ Laying a gliost." The first lieutenant grunted and disappeared below, leaving the doctor to Insert a patter wedge between a loose rattling •hell and the side of the stand In which It was placed. A ghost. In naval language. Is a noise which cannot be accounted for. In a destroyer one becomes a con noisseur in noises. The steering gear clank» heavily at Intervals and the rhythmic beat of thé engines Is always there, changing only when the speed Is 'altered. In heavy weather the washing nnd heating of the water makes a hundred noises. But ghosts nre extra noises and should he avoidable. Some misplaced or 111-fitttng article or a loose screw may cause the noise, and with the ship’s vibration It will knock or rattle with a regular persistency thnt will Irlve the most placid mind nearly to frenzy, and sleep will rarely be the victim’s portion until he hns left hi» warm hunk and found the cause of the trouble nnd the ghost Is laid. Wrought Iron From Ore, Wrought Iron Is not commonly pro duced direct from the ore, but a Call-' fornla metallurgist, using petroleum as fuel, claims to avoid the usual trou bles and to obtnln pure Iron at a much leduced cost. The ore, after grinding to puss through a sixteen mesh sieve. Is mixed with some heavy oil, such as •sphnltum. The mixture is made Into cylinders, each o f a size to yield about 150 pounds of reduced Iron, and these cylinders are placed In the furnace and gradually heated to the welding point of the iron, then taken out and compressed Into blooms. A little sili cate rock Is added to give slag enough to hold the semifluid mass together. To avoid reoxidatlon— tho great diffl- eulty In previous processes— a reduc ing atmosphere Is maintained in the furnace, nnd the bloom Is compressed before entirely removing from the fur nace. The time required for heating through nnd reducing la given as four or five hours. A Croix de Guerre man of the American army, one of Ohio complement, Sergeant Madsen was decorated for holding brills hands two “ Kamernd” guns which were used effectively by Ger Generous R oyal Gambler. conspicuous gnllnntry in action at mans In their "surrender” to American troops. The German method was to One of the most romantic gambling Bois-de-Consenvoye, France, October throw up their hands when encountering a small American force and to bring •torles Is told by Mr. Thlselton-Dyer 22, 1918. When the platoon which he tlie gun from concealment nnd Into play «hen the Yanks approached within, of a plainly dressed stranger who once was commanding was held up by an firing distance. took his seat nt a faro table, nnd after enemy machine gun nest, Sergeant •n extraordinary run of luck succeed Madsen, taking an armful o f grenades, ed In breaking the bank. “ Heavens !” advanced alone over ground swept by SIGNS 20 CHECKS AT A TIME exclaimed nn old, Infirm Austrian offi — t e — mochlne gun fire, put the machine gun cer who sat next to the stranger. “The J O S E P H A. B U F F A L O , out o f action, routed the enemy and Mechanical Device A id s W a r Risk twentieth part o f your gains would permitted the platoon to advance with Private, C om p an y F, 258th Infantry. Bureau in Handling Immense make me the happiest man in the Business. Private r.uffnlo, who lives with h*s out casualties. His mother, Mrs. Mary Whole Towns Are Wiped Out in because sick and well nre herded to world !” gether In many homes. mother, Mrs. Pearl E. Buffalo, nt Box- V. Madsen, lives In Baltimore. Md. "You shall have It, then,” answered Poland. In many of the Isolated villages by, Okla. was decorated for extraordi Washington.— The war risk bureau the stranger as he left the room. A Chicken on a Jag. starving peasants lined the roadside now Is Issuing checks for allotments, servant speedily returned and pre nary heroism In action nenr Fey-en- A chicken owned by a woman living | and begged for food. For weeks they allowances, Insurance jind compensa sented the officer with the twentieth Hnve. Frnoce. September 12. 1918. A l though be was seriously wounded early near Jeffersonville, Ind.. ¿‘got on a Pitifu l T a le s of D istre ss and Suffering hail been living on an Imitation bread tion in tI k * same months that they full part of the bank, adding: "M y mas made from potato peelings, dirty rye due. T old by the Red C ro ss in action. Private Buffalo remained In Jag" a day or two ago but it was the \ ter, sir. requires no answer." The nnd the hark o f trees, but the supply Mission. the fight throughout the day, leading owner's fnult, the chicken might plead, j Announcement wns made thnt 1,062.- successful stranger was soon discov She had some whisky put awny. used ! of even these ingredients had been 566 checks were mailed In March, rep- ered to he no other than the king of small parties o f men against machine gun emplacements, killing two of the on physician's prescription for her presenting a total of $39,148,323.05. Prussia In disguise. Washington.— Pitiful tales of the dis exhausted. enemy himself and refusing to be heart. The chicken was sick nnd she tress and suffering throughout eastern Since the bureau’s establishment, neur- Sympathy as a Fine A r t evacuated until late at night, unable diagnosed the case as heart trouble so j and southeastern Poland have been ly $419,000,000 hns been paid out. W om an G ets Money Back. thought she v-oild try the same rent- 1 Sympathy Is one of the fine arts. It A mechanical device by which 20 to fight furth*» brought to Warsaw by members of Marinette, WIs.— Seventeen years rdv. She gave It “the tintest drop,' enrich, not Impoverish; the American Red Cross mission who ! ago, at a hand concert in this city. checks nre signed with nn actual pen should but the chicken did not need much. signature at one time has been In strengthen, not weaken; Inspire while C L I F F O R D E. M E L L E N , Neighbors say they are satisfied tht j have Just returned from nn eight-dny Miss Adeline Pratt, deputy register of tour of Inspection during which they deeds, lost a pocketbook with several stalled to assist In handling the It comforts. It la easy enough to say Private, C om p an v A, 104th chicken wns cured, but it Immediately covered 1.500 miles nnd distributed dollars and a keepsake knife in it. She enormous volume of business trans you are sorry. It Is easy to grieve with Infantry. began n fortnns war dance, exempli- 1 your friend over his trouble nnd pity food, clothing nnd medicines In 20 cit was surprised recently on going to acted by the bureau. Disregard o f his own safety In an fled the different steps of all the differ ies snd numerous villages, according him for his mishaps. But the sympathy the post office to receive a packet con effort to save his comrades won the ent redskin tribes, passed from these which Is o fine art doea not encourage to cable advices to the Red Cross taining the knife nnd money without In H a rd Luek. to ,th e waltz, two-step, one-step and Distinguished Service Cross for Pri him to give way to despair. It stimu headquarters here. any explanation. Whether she lost the Swartswood, N. J.— Jepha Stoll, vate Mellen. The act was performed other dances not yet Invented, and at> j lates. It puta hope In place of heart Everywhere they found typhus, pocketbook or It was stolen from her farm hand, couldn’t eat breakfast nn- j In the Bols Haumont. France. Octo cording to the faithful narrator tried ache. It points on and up. Do not she does not know, but efforts to re- til he’d driven alz miles to buy a match ahlch had practically wiped nut whole ber 15, 1918. Private Mellen, an offi to sing “The Star-Spangled Banner," 1 Smallpox and trachoma also ’ cover It by advertisin g at the time to atart a fire to thaw hla falae teeth wrong your friend with the sympathy cer, and eight other aoldb ra. were sur hut this Is probably an exaggeration, j lowns. which will make him feel like pitying oat of tbe water glass. prevalent, epVlemlca threatealng | failed. even If not actually untrue. rounded by the enetny i t a shell hole. himself. SCOURGED BY TYPHUS j i /
