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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-11-22
CHAPTER XIV.

Each day ia the Argonne levied its
toll of victims, sometimes many. some
times only a few. 1t Is only natural
that the morale Of the soldiers should
not be at its best under these circum-
stances. With the same Indifference
that the men had once gone to their
work to support their wives and chill
dren they now went into action. This
business of killing had become daily
routine. Whenever we discussed our
situation, the crown prince and the
commander. of the Sixteenth army
corps, Lieutenant General Won Mudra,
Jared worst.
longed to the Sixteenth corps, the Thir-
ty-third and Thirty-fourth divisions.
Neither the crown prince nor Won Mud
RI had ever been seen In the trenches.
One of the members on the crown
princes staff was the old field mar
shall, Count Won Haeseler. former COM
mander of the Sixteenth corps, who,
before the war, was considered hu-
man fiend. These three called Clover
Leaf by the soldiers. were far more de-
spised by most of the men than were
the French cannon, which sought our
miserable lives.
The Hohenzollern heir did not find
life hard at his headquarters several
kilometers behind the battle front. It
was easy for him to make himself
popular with his order to go ahead at
the cost of thousands of lives. He was
very we'll liked among the high officers,
with whom he sat behind a stove al
though the progress was not fest
enough for them.
He honored Won Mudra with the or
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-11-22
CHAPTER XIV.

The entire forest Of Argonne was
blown to pieces when we arrived.
Everywhere was artillery, which main
tanned a fire on the villages behind the
enemy's positions.
One of the many batteries which we
constantly had to pass on our march
from the camp to the front, was in &C
ton when we reached 1t.
asked one Of the gunners what his
objective was and he replied that 1T
was any village within range.
A substitute first lieutenant, In
charge of the battery, stood nearby.
One of my comrades asked him If he
did not think there might be women
and children in those villages.
''That would make no difference"
the first lieutenant replied. "WOmen
and children are French. SO what does
It matter? This breed has to be ex-
terminated in order that this nation
shall not think of war again for CEN
tury."
This day was designated for a
storming attack and we were obliged
to be in our positions at seven O'Clock
In the morning. Promptly at s 80 regi-
rnent No. 81 was ordered to attack.
Pioneers led the way. They We're sup
plied with hand grenades. These week
" attacks were opened half an hour
before the infantry went over by q
storm of artillery fire. The artillery
action required very careful calcula-
ton because the distance which sepa-
rated our position from the enemy's
was very slight. 1t varied from three
10 one hundred meters; never any
more. At the point where we attacked
the distance was 20 meters.
Promptly at eight o'clock the artil'
iery started. The first three shells
struck a ditch, but the following ones
hit fairly, that is, right in the French
trenches. Once the artillery had the
proper range whole salvos Of batteries
descended upon them with admirable
exactness. The cries of the wounded
were heard once more, sign thai
many had been hit.
An artillery officer acted as observer
In the foremost sense and directed the
fire by phone. Promptly at $3.50 o'clocS
the artillery fires stopped and we at
tackled. The eleventh company Of the
Sixty-seventh regiment, of which /
spoks before, came under the fire OF
the enemy's machine guns and Is of its
men were killed after they had only
proceeded a few steps outside the
trench
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-11-22

Dead and wounded men lay among
the branches and the trees everywhere
on the ground. Every man who was
able to run sped forward to reach the
enemy trench as quickly as possible. A
part of the enemy defended itself des-
perately in trench filled with water
and mud. A terrible hand-to-hand fight
resulted. We stood in water up to our
knees.
Men, severely wounded, lay in the
mud, holding their mouths and noses
above the water. During the fighting
they were trampled more deeply into
the dirt under our feet for we could
not see where we were going; we could
only "roll up the entire trench.
The section won was fortified with
all possible haste. Once more we had
acquired at a heavy cost in human life
few meters of the Argonne forest.
This trench, which we took, had
changed hands many times and even
now we were preparing for the usual
counter-attacks.
Presently the "jackasses" went into
action. The "jackasses" are the guns
of the French mountain artillery. They
were so named because they were
drawn by mules. They are guns of flat
trajectory, kept from so to 100 meters
behind the enemy lines. The shells
from these cannon flew directly over
our heads and cut their way through
the branches at high rate Of speed
Because Of the high velocity of the
shell and the short distance it travels
the defamation when the shot is fired
and the noise Of the explosion, sound
almost at the same instant. These
"jackasses" are greatly feared by. the
German soldiers because they are kept
working day and night.
1t was winter and very cold. The
trenches had been filed with water
and were now nothing except deep
bitches of mud. Under these condi-
tons, through the ice-cold nights, our
routine consisted of 48 hours duty
and II hours rest. Every week a storm
ing attack was made, the success of
which was entirely out of proportion
to the enormous losses. In all Of the
four months was in the Argonne for
ests we gained 400 meters. The fol-
lowing data will indicate how heavy q
price was paid in lives for this little
piece Of France.
Each regiment had its own GENE
terry. There was the One Hundred and
Forty-ffth infantry regulars, the Sixty.
seventh, and One Hundred and Seven.
ty-third infantry regulars and the
One Hundred and Fifth Hirsch.
berg battalion. On the day we were re-
lieved from duty in the Argonne for
ests there were more dead in these
cemeteries than there were survivors
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Copyright by Detroit Free Press
CHAPTER xiII-Continued.

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Enormous forces of artillery were
being modified. New guns continued
to arrive every day and were installed
without going into action. The trans
portation of munitions and material
was also very brisk. We did not sus-
pect at this time that this was the first
preparation for a great offensive.
After four weeks in this vicinity we
were sent to another part of the front.
once more without being told our des-
tinatlon. We marched away and in the
afternoon we arrived at Dun-sur-
Mouse.
Hardly had we entered the town
when tho German crown prince, accom-
panied Oy several officers and large
pack of hunting dogs rode by.
Good morning, pioneers I" he called
out to us.
Then he inspected our unit closely.
He spoke to our captain, after which
one of the officers Of his staff took us
to a Red Cross establishment where
we We're banqueted and given wine.
The headquarters of the Hohenzol-
Tern neir were located at Dun-sur.
Mouse. The ladies of the Red Cross
treated us cordially. We asked them
If all passing troops were as well treat
ed as we had been.
"Oh, yes" e. young woman answered,
''but only few come here. The crown
prince, however, has an especial at
tachment for the pioneers"
We were quartered over night. Sol.
diers told us that Dun-sur-M was
the headquarters Of the Fifth army.
There were gay times in the town, with
an open-air concert every day. The off,
GERS often received women visitors
from Germany.
After q hard march we arrived at
the front positions. In q veritable
labyrinth of trenches, filed with water,
we had the utmost difficulty finding
our way about. Finally we arrived at
the very front. The French were only
ten meters away and before we had
been there two days we took part in q
hand grenade encounter.
Some distance back we established q
pioneer depot. twenty-five Of our men
did nothing but assemble hand gre
nades. We were soon settled and ready
for an emergency.
In camp we were divided among
various troops. They showed us how
the warfare waged at this front re-
quired every imaginable kind of fight
Ing. There was mining, sapping, hand
grenade throwing, mine throwing and
Night patrol battles. This went on day
after day and night after night, with
48 hours in the trench and a 12-hour
rest. The shortage of men made o
less strenuous schedule impossible.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-11-22
Each Day Levied Its Toll of Victims.

Of the several regiments. The Sixty
seventh regiment had more than 1000
dead. All the victims were members
of that unit except few pioneers,
who had been assigned to duty with
1t. There was never a day without
some loss of life, and on the days when
the storming attacks were made. death
had an extremely large harvest
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1918-11-22
When Man ExceIs Beast.

Here it is in cold type. No man Is
better than a dumb beast unless his
soul is aiame. The beast experiences
all the sensations of the physical ap'
petiteS-Houston Post
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
$500 CLUB
IS STARTED
BY FOSTER

81 want to get some of those
Thrift Stamps" said Neal Foster, a
farmer living south Of Chickasha, a.
he entered the office Of Postmaster
Rarefoct.
"All right, how many do you want,
answered the colonel his mind S
eye picturing a sale of possibly a
five dollar stamp.
81 reckon I'll take about four hun
dred dollars worth" answered NJ.
Foster.
How many" asked the colonel,
thinking his ears had deceived him.
about four hundred dollars
worth replied Mr.. Foster.
"Are you an agent for the stamps ?"
further queried Col. Barefoot.
AN agent? No I'm not an agent.
l want the stamps for myself" was
the answer.
When the order was filled and the
stamps paid for, Mr.. Foster said: 81
Just collected a little note I held and
l thought the best thing I could do
was to invest the money in War
Savings Stamps. As / understand it,
they draw four per cent interest, and
If l get in a tight for money, I can
cash them in"
He was assured that he had the
situation sized up about right. His
purchase amounted to s41S or $500
maturity value. With this purchase.
the Chickasha $500 club was started.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
HAS BASIS
FOR PEACE
DISCUSSION
German Chancellor Agrees With -Four
Views Of President; Never Assail
Swiss Neutrality

By United Press.
Amsterdam, Feb 26.--Chancellor
Hertling, addressing the reichstag
yesterday, declared that President
Wilson's message of February IL
contained some principles that might
constitute basis for a general peace
discussion if all the belligerents
agreed to mutual exchange of
views, according to dispatches re.
ceived here. The chancellor agrees
with four principles OF President Will
sons which form grounds Tor a gen
eral peace.
Regarding the recent Swiss in.
trigue, Chancellor Hertling declared
that Germany would never think of
assailing Swiss neutrality. I'VE hold
the greatest esteem and gratitude
toward Switzerland, and other neu-
trails who preserve their neutrality" ="
said the chancellor.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
SEN. REED
ROMPS ON
COAL BOSS
BY United Press.

BY United Press.
Washington, Feb. 26.-Predictine
a coal shortage of the most disas
trOus character in the near future
unless the fuel administration ceases
experimentation and guess work
Senator Reed of Missouri said today
as he submitted statement to the
fuel investigating committees report
which had beep made at a recent in
Quiry into the fuel situation
Amid the chaos now existing, the
coal business from mine to yard is
one in fact which indisputably ap-
pears" He said, "The uncertainty
must Immediately give way to stabiI-
'ty or we will soon be confronted
with a coal shortage most dangerous
III character"
The committee recommended that
an end be put to governmental inter
ference with the coal business, that
an immediate announcement of prices
be made to prevail after April 1, so
that dealers may make contracts and
give information to consumers so
that they will know what coal is
available and also the prices of the
same. Senator Reed sharply criti-
cised the handling of the situation
by the fuel administration.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
SAMMY HAS BEST OF FRITZ; TAKES MORE PRISONERS

ermore said this 'morning 1T is q
we'll known fact that we have no ne
gro ward here. These men were
thrust upon us by the government
and they have been well taken care
of. We tried, when they were first
brought here, to find place in the
negro section to keep them. We
could find no such place at that
time. 1t was necessary for us to
care for the men so We put them in
our porter's house.
Later, some negro woman called
me by phone and asked me if they
could have the soldiers in Southtown.
The men were located and doing
nicely and told her no. she then
demanded that the colored Red Cross
be allowed to clean the filth from the
quarters where the men were kept.
/ told her there was no filth to- be
taken away. She started to be more
insulting, so / hung up.
"The local Red Cross chapter has
had representative here to inspect
the quarters. If any one else wants
to come, they are welcome. II any
one wants to start an investigation,
that's I'll right. We are ready for 1t
and Will welcome It..
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
CHICKASHA
MAY HAVE
ADV. CLUB
Plan Under Way to Organize Ad Men,
Statesmen and Decorators; Applies
All Classes Advertising

Chickasha is to have an ad club
if plans that are now under way are
carried out. Not much time is go
ing to be wasted in getting the clul
in operation it is believed, consider
ing the fact that practically all ap-
preached seem in favor of the ven.
ture.
The plan is to further the efficien
cy of all classes of advertising and
craftsmanship in Chickasha. 1t does
rot apply exclusively to newspaper
advertising, but to advertising in the
stores and business places, in the
way of displaying goods on counters.
in show cases and to the hundred
ard one ways Of making a store at.
tractive instead of the opposite
Especial attention IS to be given
to the art of dressing a show win
dow and from time to time, it is
planned to have the various window
trimmers about town, trim before
the club, their idea of a model win
dow in their respective line. They
will be asked to give their reasons
for bringing out certain features and
the general way" of the entire win
dow
GRIn addition, salesmanship will be
taught and discussed. 1t is argued
that very few statesmen know just
why they make sale or the steps
required to make that sale. The
fundamental principles of salesman
ship will be studied in an effort to
make more efficient the sales forces
of the various Chickasha establish.
nents. This, because advertising
and salesmanship go hand in hand
Every firm in Chickasha that sells
goods will be entitled to representa-
tion in the Chickasha ad club and
may have as many members as de-
sire to join. The cost as outlined
will be practically nothing as the
one idea of the club will be to get
the various salesmen and advertising
men together to discuss the business
in general and to determine by the
expression of their ideas, what con-
stitutes good advertising and what
class of advertising is bad. A mee'-
ing will be called in few days for
the purpose of organization.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
TWO NEW
MEMBERS
JOIN CLUB

Brownwood Emerson, the 13-year
cid son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. E. Emer
son Of this city, is now the youngest
member Of the Grady county $1,000
club. Not only that, but he is the
Youngest member so far reported in
Oklahoma.
re was initiated into the mysteries
Of the order this morning when his
father and mother purchased $1,000
worth of War Savings Stamps, ma
turity value and presented them to
him
Another member of the club, add
ed this afternoon, is Mrs. Mary Rus
sell, 623 South Fourth street Her
order for $1,000 worth of War Saw
irgs stamps was secured through
MS. G. B. Snider, working in the IN.
terest of the War Savers campaign
in the city. Mrs. Russell is the sec
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
WAR SAVINGS WORKERS
IN CHICKASHA, GET BUSY!

district an opportunity to sign the
pledge card? II you failed to find
some of them, did YOU go back after
them? Have you made it plain that
anybody who is willing to buy even
one Thrift Stamp during the year
can sign card? Are you sure that
you have done your work as faith.
fully as we expect the boys sent to
the trenches to perform theirs?
MIR. Kayser is going to summon
his workers into war council tomor.
row to initiate another forward
movement; he is going to do his ut.
most to have Chickasha make rec
ord Ct which all OF us win be proud
Gilbert school district reports that
more than 80 per cent Of the entire
population have signed cards. Mn.
nekah township reports 700 cards
signed; If Chickasha should main.
tain that kind of ratio. the city would
give something like 1000 signed cards
Surely, the people OF Chickasha are
not going to allow the rural districts
to outdo them. 1t is up to the indi
vidual workers and the Job must be
completed by Thursday night No,
body wants the city to be placed in
the Stacker column. The people are
eager to do their bit--they want to
hep win the war "Over the top"
for Chickasha-get busy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26

Mr.. ]. w. Kayser, chairman of the
War Savings campaign in Chickasha
reports that about $500 pledge cards
have been signed. This is about one
half of the number which he expects
from ChickasLa. 1t is evident that
there must be some strenuous exer-
tions on tie part of the workers il
Chickasha is to 30 over the top be.
fore the campaign closes Thursday
Light.
What's the matter9 Are the peo.
pie of Chickasha lacking in patriot.
ism? Surely not. Have the work.
ers Stacked on their jobs? We know
positively that some of them have
not but are forced to conclude that
in many cases the canvass has not
been a thorough one. All of the
lkers appointed by Mr.. Kayser are
under solemn obligation to the gov
ernment to perform the duties i'm.
posed on them and those whom they
ask tc assist them are just as sol
emnly obligated. Every one Of them
ia a member of the War Saving Ar.
my--scldiers in the truest sense Of
the word; each one is unit in Tn.
Gle Sans big war machine.
Mr.. or Mrs. War Sayings Worker,
are you sure that you have given
every man. woman and child In your
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26

BY United Press.
Washington, Feb. 26-The Ameri.
can government is striving its ut
most to stir the Russians to the de.
fense of their nation against the Teu.
tons. Aided by the radicals, this
government is continuing an educa-
tional campaign in Russia. The pres.
ident is behind the move.
The government is permitting the
passage of hundreds Of cables from
radicals in this nation to the Bolshe.
wiki leaders, containing q distinct
warning of separate peace and the
friendly outstretching Of the hand TO
encourage struggling, war-torn Rus.
SLAMS. The president is waiting for
a spontaneous reaction in Russia.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
GRADY co.
SOLDIERS
AT TRAVIS

The boys who left for Camp TRAY
is in the last increment from Grady
county have arrived at their destina-
tion and "all is WE'LL" according to Il
telegram which was received from
Private Clyde B. Turner by the loca'
exemption board this morning.
In his telegram Mr.. Turner states
that the members of the local board
have received favorable comment
from the officers at Camp Travis for
the efficient manner in which the
papers of the local men were made
out, He says that they are now go.
ing through the trial physical exami-
nation and are soldiers in the max
ing.
The telegram follows;
"All Grady county boys arrived
yesterday at 9 o'clock a. m. The
Grady county board is to be congraE-
ulated on the efficient manner in
which their papers were made out
and the work has received favorable
comment from the officers. The
men are all in good spirits while we
are now going through the trial phys
ical examination. The officers are
all pleasant and we are soldiers In
the making
Private c. b. Turner"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-02-26
Reports Negro Soldiers Confined Here
Exaggerated; Quarters are Good;
Well Cared For
ANXIOUS TO JOIN
ENGINEER DIVISION
Greatly Improved Physically; Now Await
Authority 10 Move Men; Hospital
Head Makes Statement

Since the retention of two negro
troopers for treatment by the Chick.
asha Hospital, on orders of the Unit.
ed government, from various sources
among the negro race, have come
complaints and an accusation that
the two negro soldiers were not well
taken care of, especially as to san,
itary conditions.
A negro paper published in Okla.
homa City devoted considerable
space to the incident, claiming to
have sent staff correspondent mere
to investigate the situation. His
findings" were 1oatured prominent-
iy on the front page under glaring
headlines, in which was charged dis.
elimination against the black race.
1t has also been charged that the
authorities at the Chickasha hospital
would not allow the colored Red
Cross to care for the soldiers.
The facts in the case are these:
On February II, the 5O7th Engineers
were enroute from Camp Travis to
Camp MERIT, N. J. They passed
through Chickasha, where Will Hart
Of Company B, and Robert Turner,
Of company A, were taken from the
train for medical treatment on or.
ders issued by the command of the
division They were taken to the
Ch'ckasha hospital AT this institu.
titA, there is no negro ward, hence
The men We're assigned to the por-
-ers house
This house is a frame structure
md is located in the back court OF
The hospital The room to which the
men were assigned as quarters, is
with bed, springs and
chairs, a stove, while the
walls are adorned with pictures
Withal, it is a comfortable looking
llace. There is south exposure
With west window The door was
,pen this morning and a fire was
'urning in the stove. Hart and Tur-
ler were sitting on the bed busy with
/ game of Monte" The place is
lean and there is plenty of fresh
iir. Everything was warm and cozy.
Neither of the men wore hat or coat
The topic uppermost in the minds
# the two soldiers was concerning
yhen they would rejoin their divis-
on. They were in the best of spir
IS, except that they wanted to be
II their way.
How has the Doc been treating
our" they were asked.
Fine and dandy" was the reply.
All we want to do is to join our
On February Is an operation was
on VIII Hart. He was
from rheumatism. His ton
lis were removed and he is rapidly
Il can walk around good now"
aid Hart this morning. "If anybody
ad told me it would help the rheu-
latism to cut out a guys tonsils, I
-ould have called him dern fool,
ut it sure done the work for me-"
The orders left with the hospital
uthorities we're to treat the men
nd when able to travel to send
lem on to Camp Merritt. They are
sady to move now but the hospital
having trouble in getting the au- ,
iority checked up. The hospital
lanagers are in touch with Camp I
ravis and expect to get their au.
iority checked up in a few days.
Speaking Of the situation, DR.. Liv. t