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Williston graphic., 1918-09-12

"Lst mo ray in the first place." Id
said, "that in thirty years at sea
never experienced such voyage, and
let me say Ia the second place that Il
the young soldiers we had oh board
are sample Of the rest Of the Amer.
ican army at the front, then we can't
lose.
I'VE took on . cargo Of half-wild
mules and . few horses-16OO in all
l believe-at-lAst January. We had
some other cargo too, which we had
to load hurriedly, 40 we received un.
expected orders to hustle to--tc
catch twelve knot convoy, which
was leaving for Europe in . few days
I'VE had on board Z detachment Of
soldiers to take care Of the animals
under command Of three lieutenants
a Mr.. Booth and . Mr.. Smith. The
commander, Mr.. Baker, was gradu.
ate Of . military camp and so was
Mr.. Smith. Mr.. Booth was an old
regular commissioned officer, who
had been promoted. The soldiers
were practically all recruits.
Half way across q storm blew up
and give you my word never saw
anything like it in my life. The vino
blew eighty or ninety miles an hour
and great waves slapped US about as
though we had tonnage of twelve
pounds instead Of 10000 tons. Still
our boat, former German ship
might have stood it, if it hadn't been
for that loose coal port.
"The storm had hardly started
when we found that the ship was
taking water badly. About this time
too, our starboard propeller dropped
off and went to the bottom. The con.
voy in the meanwhile had been or.
dered to scatter. You see in storm
it would be suicidal for the ships to
try to run in any sort of formation
It became q case of the devil take
the hindmost and for q time, let me
say, it looked mighty like we were
the hindmost. The convoy never did
get together again.
"When the storm began, many of
the mules below decks got loose and
we had the devil on the ship for fair,
The animals would go slamming from
one side of the ship to the other
Many Of them were literally torn to
pieces by the tossing and rolling,
Their screams of agony were some
thing awful to listen to, you can be-
lieve me. I never heard horse or q
mule actually scream before and it
sounded like human being in ter
rible agony.
1T was right here that our soldier
boys began to show the stuff of which
they were made. Lieutenant Baker
took command as though tending
and dying mules in leaky ship in a
gale were the most natural thing he
did.
"The first thing necessary was to
appoint squads to bale out the water,
which was drowning the mules by
the score and >was threatening to
swamp the ship. The other squads
had to be assigned to 60 into the
Williston graphic., 1918-09-12

hold and keep the dead and dying
mules from rolling over the bailsrs.
The officers and crew Of the ship he'd
their hands full trying to save the
vessel.
II toll you l can't express myself
when it comes to describing the grit
Of those soldiers. They went at
work with . grin. A little fellow
named George, I have forgotten his
last name, was, I guess, one Of the
heroes Of the whole adventure. He
was 18 years old, and they tell me he
had to drink eight pounds Of water
in order to get by the army surgeon.
You couldn't get George out Of that
hold. He worked on 4 thirty hour
stretch, and Mr.. Baker didn't know
what on earth he was going to do.
He ordered George to tend the live
animals, expecting that, as q matter
of course when he finished he would
20 to bed.
81 was on the bridge with the lieu
tenant when the sergeant in COM
mand in the hold sent word that
George was back on the job again.
The lieutenant sent word that the
boy must turn in and the next thing
we knew the boy was in front of u.s.
l tell you there were tears in the eyes
of every one Of us when he said:
Lieutenant, haven't l made good
then without waiting for an answer,
why did you order me to go to bed?'
"That will give you an idea of the
way those men, most of whom never
had seen salt water before, faced
the ordeals of the trip. The loss Of
the propeller made the ship hardly
manageable in a heavy sea and so we
had to sprinkle oil on the windward
side to have any chance whatever to
ride the waves. We finally got the
leak fixed by making concrete Wall
inside the port, where it swung with
the wind.
1--WE were by this time well within
the danger zone and there was not a
sign of convoy anywhere. How we
escaped the submarines, can't i'm
agine but l reckon that the storm
caused US 50 much trouble at the
same time drove them to shelter. At
any rate we were so busy that we
never thought Of submarine. Our
main care was mules. ...-
1--WE finally hmped into an English
port and picked up a couple of tor
pedo boats, which took US over to
France without any more trouble.
81 was scared to death all of the
time on the whole journey it seemed
to me afterwards, and if did my
duty l don't take credit for I am a
sailor and am supposed to handle a
ship at sea. But you can't put the
courage of Lieutenant Baker and his
men high enough. They were green
andthey were landsmen, and never a
peep of fear or Encouragement did
any one hear out of them. They're
the sort that will lick Germany or I
miss my guess"
Williston graphic., 1918-09-12
Shocking Party
Has Good Time

Last Sunday the Msssrs. Weather.
WAX, Bill Hussbye, w. s. Arthur, Mr..
Melos, Nick Walton, Floyd Stewart
and Art Sorenson took . trip to Mr..
Blaad's farm to help him shock his
grain. Between this bunch of able
hustlers they made quick work Of it
and Mr.. Blaad was more than pleas
ed with the city farmers. The equiv
alent to the wages these men were
to receive for their work was gen.
erously turned over to the Red Cross
and thanks very much to them. The
men al agreed they had q good time
and it was we'll worth the work.
Williston graphic., 1918-09-12
LETTERS FROM WILLIST0N
BOYS NOW a0VER THERE

uniform by any means ana many q
witty sally, well worth Of ranking
with the best efforts Of Sam Clemens
or Stephen Leocock, is directed at
their non n-comprehending heads. Pearls
before swine? Well perhaps swine
at least is the right word, for Of nc
other animal is one so reminded as
their round, beer-swollen carcasses
and dull impassive faces loom up be,
side the lean, sinewy strength and
alert, eager expression OF the Yankee
doughboy. 4 .,,
And now my dear Nimrod, with
apologies for all the airy perslf1age
and rhetorical bomblast, l will bring
this rambling epistle to a close:
wish l could give you some real dope
on our activities. This, OF course IS
obviously impossible, for it would not
PASS the censor and rightly too. How
ever YOU are getting the general news
through the press dispatches and at
ter the war, the little diary l am
keeping of our local doings, may
prove of some interest. BY this time
YOU know our initial success in the
first round of Uncle Sam versus
Kaiser Bill. We are now reaping the
harvest from the seeds OF our mag"
nificient but somewhat criticised, Or
panization. Extensive it certainly was
and necessarily so; for taxed it 1T
now is, but not strained, may praises
be, in taking care of the olive drab
clad hosts of Uncle Sam as they did
in ever increasing numbers, file across
the Bridge of Ships and swarm down
into La Belle France to fight for
"Liberte, Equalite, Fraterite," which
l say, is really what we are fighting
for; for not until these three hitherto
abstract ideals are translated into
concrete facts will the world be made
"safe for democracy"
Personally we are we'll received by
our French hosts. They give US full
value for the last centime for our
money and accord US thousand small
courtesies. There is a general i'm
preston in France that the Unity of
Command, the need of which was
made apparent by the near success Of
Hindenburg's early spring drive when
the Fifth British Army under Gen.
eral Cough was so badly smashed,
was actually realized only by the
insistence of General Pershing and
Secretary Baker. However true or
not this is, the belief in it certainly
exists and is reflected in the French
attitude towards us. AS General
Mallettere, the noted French journal
ist wrote with a.-CENSURED.
However that is all ancient history.
Foch is now Pilot with Pershing and
Haig at the wheel and severe though
the storm is, the good shop Democracy
still sound through with much ringing
carried away, has, succeeded in work.
ing out from the treacherous sea
shore and is headed directely for the
harbor. Some tacks are necessary
but progress is steady and the at
tainment of the safe haven ahead, al
ready assured.
l am certainly going to return to
the old stamping grounds Immediate
ly after this little job is finished and
we will sure have some celebration.
Meanwhile, best wishes from your old
side kick.
Pvt. Bert Brown,
315 Sanitary Train,
Field Hospital Co. 357
Williston graphic., 1918-09-12

Letter received this week from
John D. Mellor from France by Miss
Dorothy Penman of this city.
Somewhere in France, Aug. 4, '18.
Dear Dolly:
AS l have not received any letters
from you for a long time l thought
l would write and find out where the
matter lays, with you or the mail
man. l wrote to you sometime ago
but have not received any answer yet.
1t is pretty hard to write letter here
for we have nothing to write on, and
besides we have been pretty busy.
| have been up to the front several
times, but have not gone over the top
yet, but can never tell when I will.
Maybe l never will get a chance to
from the looks of things here. This
sure is some country here. am in
the northern part. The work that l
am in is the only kind for you can 20
when the others cannot.
Please write and tell me what YOU
want me to bring to you for souvenir.
There is lots of things here and have
lots Of money on hand at present. l
am sending you a couple Of pieces Of
paper money, twenty-seven cents in
all. One 9 Frans is worth II cents in
our money and the other is worth 10
cents in our money. I have seen sew
eral Germans and have shot several
already. They started to attack US
but we saw them first. l would like
to tell more but cannot for the censor
would only stop it.
suppose you are working hard
these days for it is near harvest. II
sure wish was back there again, but
will not be back until this Job is done
over here. Let's all hang together
and it will soon be over, and then We
will be back so much the sooner. Il
have not seen any of the boys from
home yet but can never tell when I
will get to see them.
MY address has to be- in the center
Of my letter: Co. C. 1O8 Field Snpnal
Batt., American Expeditionary Forces.
American P. O. 78O, France, so do
not be surprised when you find it
there for it is the rules.
suppose you think this is blood
that | am writing with, but it is red
ink, it is the only kind can get
where I am.
! Sherman says war is He. But
Williston graphic., 1918-09-12

we cannot let thing like that bother
The boys are all having : good time
right in front of my feet ana can
hardly write. 10. -.
Army life is sure some h1e 0ot
serve again.
So good night. With love to all,
John s. Mellor.
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
SPECIAL NOTICES
ATTENTION
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISERS

A POORLY worded. consumptfYe
- looking advertisement has very
little pulling power.
If your ad is not pulling the maxi
mum amount OF results there - .
reason We have employed trained
men whose business It Is 70 make
classified ads pay. They have made
= thorough study of classified adver-
Using not only in Washington but
n other large cities. IL will not
nblfgete you in any way to have our
representative call on you We will
not try TO sell you anything. We
simply want to show you how an
Intelligent force can be applied TO
your business.
PHONE THE TINES
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
100000 MENARE.
NEEDED ON FARMS.

The United States needs 3.ooo.ooo
men fsr work on the farms thlA
spring, and 10 the farmer does not try
to compete with cities and Industrial
centers. the cost OF living viii con-
tinue to soar, according to figures OF
the employment service OF the De-
partment OF Labor. which are soon to
be made public.
In addition to this. IL was stated. in
the four years OF European war this
country has lost the services Of :, $780,
900 workers through the choking Off
OF immigration, most OF whom would
have gone on to the farms or at least
titled enough soil-for their own needs.
The problem IL q serious one" said
one official OF the department. today.
I'VE are In favor OF slow demobIl-
ization of the army. As Il stands. we
are bound to>be short'some 175,0Oo, 900
bushels of wheat this year-that L..
our maximum crop last year 10 not
enough to meet the foreign and do
mestic demand. The wheat reserve
conserved by the food administration
will dwindle soon at this rate, and q
Is absolutely essential that the farmer
pay more wages in order to attract
workers from industrial 'centers."
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
C. CHILDREN
QUIT SCHOOL; WORK

That poverty in Washington caused
parents OF more than 1000 children
between the ages of twelve and six
teen years to withdraw their children
from school to be put to work IS
shown by the report OF the Children's
Bureau OF the Department Of Labor
made public today, in which 1t states
that q survey Of conditions during the
past year brought the above eonclu-
sion. -
/ This survey was made in ecnnse-
ton with the baek-to-seho drive
now going on in Washington. Cap
tains OF the teams who have been
working together with more than q
hundred women report great success
IN persuading parents to return chill
dren to school A meeting win be held
Tuesday in the board room of the
District building and reports OF the
activities of these women will be
made.
The report Of the Department Of
Labor is given In part here:
The total increase in the number
of regular employment certificates is
sued in 1917-1s1s over that for 1916
1917 was 1eS per cent. Especially
great Is the increase, 205.7 per cent.
EcpOTIcu EOT COiOroo boys.
in Washington working permits
may be issued to children between
twelve nd fourteen by the Judge OF
the juvc ,,le court upon proof Of need.
In permits issued to children because
OF poverty the Increase this year over
last was 295 per cent
The bureau made special inquiry 10
learn the occupations into which these
children under fourteen had gone. In
1916-1s17, of the az children gFantal
poverty permits. 5zps, 1nt went fnoo
stores, "a per cent be, Sc office mes
sengers, IL per cent rent into. the
Government departments as mes,
sengers, and per cent went into fac
tories. In the year. 191I-1o1S the
number OF poverty permits issued
jumped to 1,095. OF these, Al per cent
instead of IL per cent entered the en-
ploy OF Government departments, 40
per cent instead of So per cent went
into stores, II per cent were employed
as office messengers outside the de-
partments and per cent entered fac
tories"
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
DC. COLORED GUARD
HELPED WIN FIGHT

That the 3T2d Infantry, formerly
the First Separate Battalion. eolored
District National Guard. played a part
in the victory at the Argonne forests
is shown today with the name Of Pri-
vate Frank Garner, colored, on the
casualty list Though listed as only
slightly wounded, Garner had his
right arm amputated from the shoul-
der, and did not seem to mind 1t when
he walked in on his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. George B. Garner, of 1884 Fifth
street northwest, last night. He re-
turned from overseas a week ago with
other wounded men of the 3T2d In
fantry.
Garner told the story OF how the
Germans were pushed back on the
Meuse, partly by the colored District
Guard, who suffered heavy casualties
He went over the top with the FIRST
wave of men on the first night Of
attack. The enemy was scared by
the sudden change from white to
black Yankees opposing them. he
says. "Our squad" said Garner.
found shelter in a shellhole. A
boche threw a grenade into our midst
and the fellow next to me had both
of his legs blown or My arm was
shattered. and ] lay low while the
rest advanced. Ithrew my weapons
away when a form crawled toward
me. 1t was Gus"
Augustus Garner. the brother OF
Frank Garner. was in the same COM
pany, and stayed by him for hours
until the stretcher bearers came.
Frank Garner Is twenty-three years
of age and a graduate of the colored
Business High School
The 70 owing colortd soldiers sIe
reported wounded.
Se-gt. Carl ]. RaIt'p'0 IRE. husband of
Mrs. Nellie Baltimore, of 936 L street
northwest. has been wounded slight
ly in action overseas. Private John
p. Montague, whose next of kin Is
given as Mrs. Mary E. Montague, was
wounded in action during the last
days of the ArEonne fighting. George
Contee, who is a wagner with the
A. z. F. was wounded severely
while in action overseas. His next
of kin. Mrs. Margaret Contee, of
1904 Turner street northeast. has
been notified. Private William Il.
Smith, son of Mrs. Mary I. Smith.
20O3 Twelfth street northwest, is
named in today's casualty list as
wounded, degree undetermined. Mrs.
Cynthia Smith. OF 100 Nineteenth
street northeast. has been notified by
the War Department that her hus-
band, Private Leroy Smith. has been
wounded. Private Charles II. Will
liams, who served in the District Ma
tionaI Guard. has been wounded
slightly His next OF kin II Mrs.
Margaret Wllliams. OF 614 Thlrd
street southwest
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
DEATHS

PAYNE, Catherine B.. beloved wife Of T.
Z Payne, died Friday. Dec. Is, l312 18th
st. N. W; high mass from Holy Trinity
Church Dec. 16, 9:15 a. m. Friends may
view the body at wises' Chapel, 29th & NJ
". w. New York papers please copy.
Lie
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
women TO BURN
PRESIDENTS Words


President Wilson's New Fresdoms
and an bis utteranres on securiug q
mocracy at the peace eonf1rapes ane
suffrage for womeR wa be sdrped y
Lafayette Square to1orroE. aercrflne
to a<rssoiufion pasatd a Fcsferda5
sessfon q the tbree-da1s eens<re1ce
OF The National Wo1nans r3fty ne
various Stafes Hiil y rcprtseHted By
delegates. ana each state chairman
win ears@ a torch TO help light tia
FcoAnI ssation- complete. plans for the
DISSATISFACTION will be ANNOUNCED az
at the National Theatsr at . o'cloek
this afternoon
Mrs, Tosean Bennett, Of Hartford,
Conn. at this meeting will present
prison pins to the twenty-six suffra-
gettes who have served prison sem
fences during the year In their effort
to secure the passage OF the amend
ment. There will be a musical pro-
gram by an orchestra and song num-
hers. The spseakers will include Mrs
Harriet Stanton Batch, OF New YORK
city; Miss Maud Younger, Miss IAtox
Burns and others.
A dinner was held At suffrage HEAD.
quarters last night at which the nc-
cessity for political freedom Tor Vcuf
en- was discussed by Ms Florenee
Kelley. secretary of the consouAtf
GeaRues Mrs. Elisabeth ChHrb erdinIs
Of California; BGiss Anne Go0dric,1
dean of the Army Nurses Training
School; the Rev. Olympus Brown. 7of
Baltimore; Mrs. ]. A n. Hopkins, ~
New Jersey, and Frederick O'Brien,
of the food administration.
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
ONLY rs MARINES
CAPTURED FOE

The spirit Of ''nrst TO hght and AT
to give up was so'strongiy inculeatst
in the United States marines sent =
the battle fronb> that in the pefie1.
from April to September 1,-ths'F'
casualties were % per cent alnaoss
.one-fourth OF, their entire strength.
and only twenty-five man were tsAea
prisoner. according to the annual re-
port Of Major General Barnett cor
mandant OF the marine corps, ISSUE
yesterday.
In large measure the report ditis.
with the administrative functions ~
the corps, much or the official data
OF the battle record Of. the oFganfza
tion having been printed In the ntgy
report.
The report shows that before lha
signing OF the. armistiee $50 officsrs
and 1.321 men were sent TO FRsrf
The list Of casualties shows that fo--
ty-four officers and Ills enlistsd nsr
died in action and that 20 officers snd
2,s32 men were wounded.
The Washington times., 1918-12-15

FOR $4,000 Trees

With a little bag Of Douglas fir
seed, ALI that could be obtained in this
country at this time. p. s. RidsdAle.
secretary OF the American ForestF1
Association, sailed from New York
for France today to offer the help cf
America in reforesting the deVastStbd
areas of France. =,
Douglas fir IL the first asked Tor
by the officials Of the French govern z
ment, and Mr.. RTdsdale estimates 81
600 trees are in. the bag he taBs4
with him to Eurpe. In Paris he WI
attend a conference with French gov
eminent officials relative to the vork
For collecting the seed that Fraure
will want" said Mr.. RidsdaIe befo =
leaving, "the members of our assoctz-
tion. the forestry departments OF Us
various States, the Boy Scouts. AID
other organizations will be. call
upon to help.
"A million, and a quarter acFcS ~
forest in the north and east OF Franz
have been practically wiped out dU
ing the war. They were cut down ~
the contending armies for use sir
trench building, for barracks. To-
roads, for Y. N. c. A and hospii
buildings. or were blasted to pies
by shell fire. But the sacrifice W.
not IN NdAhs AOt eAO $3.50 1SNSh-S
value OF the forests materially aid
France and her allies in checking
German drives and saving more or
France from invasion by the Ger
mans.
The service which the American
Forestry Association and its members
will consider an honor. to perform-is
to aid in the restoration OF these
forests which France had to sscrificsO-
under the pressure OF war. for no war
has ever made such 4 call upon the. {
forests for materials -.
Almost a million French people :
were dependent upon these forests
for six months OF the year for Sf1ive-.
lihood. and the French goy0fnmeht
faces a great economic pH0blem In.
them with ree6urces f0-
themselves uotil the f6r-
ests are restored"
The Washington times., 1918-12-15
CARD OF THANKS

Main $500. CLASSIFIED Advt- Dept.
The Washington times., 1918-12-15

McLEAREN-We wish to express our sin
cere thanks to relatives and friends for
their kindness. sympathy and beautiful
floral tributes at the death OF our husband
and father, HARRY WILLIAMS McLEAR-
EN- wife and Daughters.
alexandria, Va, papers please copyD
The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-11-21
TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS AT NIGHT
Handicaps Of Fog and Darkness Have
Been Overcome by Development
of New Process.

Neither fog nor darkness handicaps
the supereyes of the war department
signal corps cameras, according to
Edward Hungerfofd, who describes
the remarkable progress of wartime
aerial photography In Eyerybody's.
He gives some interesting examples:
II have seen a photograph of a wan
ing moon over Rome-taken by the
new process. 1t is the first real pic
ture of the moon that l have ever seen,
although l formerly attempted the
thing myself. Most of the moonlight
pictures that one sees are fakes
made by photographing the sun In
various unusual and artistic phases.
Gut this was real. One could see the
tiny pools of water standing in the
uneven places OF the tagging, the
pickering street lamps at the corner. A
picture whose reality almost makes IL
uncanny. And the photographer who
took the picture in the rain was ar
rested by a gendarme as being mental
ly unsound. He was only released
when he took a picture of the lieuten-
ant at the police station and proved
beyond a question that.he could make
good portraits by artificial light.
81 have seer photographs made by
this new process from the front row of
a theater balcony during the progress
of the play; others made in church
during vespers and illumined entirely
by the candles upon the high altar.
The process is very new and 1t is very
wonderful. Moreover, it is susceptible
of adaptation to night observation,
both from airplanes and upon the
land"