Republican farmer., 1919-03-14
BEDDING

arrived from France last Sunday on several transports and disembarked at Hoboken were Sergeant J. B. San ford, Jr., of Bedding Center, and Pri- vate John O'Keefe of Bedding Ridge. Judge Sanford went down the Bay to meet the incoming squadron on one of the boats of the welcoming com 1nittee, but in the pouring rain failed to distinguish his son among the masses of men that thronged the decks of the steamer Nfeuw Amster- dam, and as the soldiers were at once transferred from Hobokcn to Camp Merritt in New Jersey, returned with out seeing him. Sergeant Sanford, however arrived home on Tuesday night, being met by his father at South NOrwalk The young man, whose bravery in action won him the British Medal of Merit and the American Distinguished Service Cross, is in excellent flesh and spirits. None of his three wounds lett any permanent disability, although his in jured hand is not yet restored to nor nal feasibility. The engagement in which he received his wounds was one of the most desperate of the war.
 His regiment, the 107th, was one of those assigned to the task of breaking the Hinden.burg line and capturing the St. Quenten tunnel, through which the Germans were enabled to bring forward endorsements under cover. This underground passage also en- abIed them to place troops for attack Ing the advancing Americans in the rear, thereby creating @ situation which made the success of the as sault seeming inpossibility In front of the a,Ssailants there had been three deep trenches with concrete firing steps, each trench protected by a belt of .barbed wire entangiements 20 to 30 feet in width. The fierceness and deadliness of the defense is part Iy Indlcated by the fact that it put out of action all but one of the 26 British tanks of the heaviest tyne. Nevertheless the 107th pressed on and won their oJjechve, this wonderful achievement being accomplished at Nendhuille on Sept. 28 of last year. It was in the inferno of that attack that Sergeant Sanford persisted, after oelnS wounded, in going forward until two more wounds brought him down.
 The day before the 1O6th Regiment oI the same division to which Priva te o'keefe belongs, had been engaged in another desperate action having for its object the capture of the out post positions of the Hiudenburg line in the Donue locality. After terrific fighting they cleared the way for the next forward movement as planned. O'Keefe was not in this engagement, being at the time still 2 ma t-i iTg4- aI
 His poisoning did not come about through inhalation, the usual way, but by eating food which had been exposed to the gas fumes The food was awaiting his detachment on their return to duty in the front line trenches and he and some others partook of it before the danger had been realized. The sickness which resulted in his case was severe and of long duration
 Private . Keefe visited his parents on Monday and returned to Camp Merritt the same day. A number will go from this town to see the home coming parade of the 27th, which takes place il New York, March 25th.
 Recent business transactions be- tween Gabriel Finck of Jump Hill and Ridge residents have resulted in a situation possessing interesting complications. Finck gave John Muennich a $24 check on a Bridge port bank to complete payment of a $44 grocery bill. At about the same time John koIosky sold a COW to F'inck for $74 and accepted the lat ter's check in payment This check Muennich cashed. Last Saturday the S2+ check, which had been placed with a Danbury bank for collection, came back to Muennich, protested. From this fact and from information which reached him he concluded that the S74 check would also be dishon- ored and on Monday began getting busy in an effort to protect his inter ests. On Tuesday morning Kolosky went to Finck's place, the latter being then absent, and reclaimed the COW. Later in the day a horse supposedly owned by Finck was attached by Muennich in a suit to recover for S24 check and protest costs. Then the unexpected happened in a notice from the Danbury bank that the COW check of S74 had been honored by the Bridgeport bank on which it had been drawn. Thereupon Muennich did a little figuring which showed that a. accounts stood he owed FInck a balance of about $25. This he proffered. The latter failed to see matters in that light however, and in a heated conversation over the phone demanded the return of the COW and threatened all sorts of law suits, which demand and threats the other man ignored. And there the case rests for the present.
 The condition of Mrs. Martha Os- born, who was prostrated by apo plexy at Washingt D. C., about two weeks ago, has undergone no mater ial change in the last few days. In the early part of last week there was a slight improvement following second shock, which made her con dition critical, and she has since held her own and perhaps gained a trifie. H. Sanford Osborn returned from Washington last Saturday and is in receipt daily of a report from the attending physicians.
 The project for utilizing the Mark Twain villa as a hospital for invalid soldiers whose pre-war pursuits were artistic appears to have fallen through as nothing to advance it has