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New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

Although we found little to applaud
IN Mark Reeds "She Would and She
Did" except the acting Of Miss Grace
George, it seems to us that Reed may
we'll turn cut to he promising figure
in the theatre. lie has q distinct gift
for recording true talk. His charac-
ters talk as people do. This, how
ever, Is a handicap rather than an as
set in the form which he has chosen
for his first play. "She Would and
She Did" is light comedy, the light
est, perhaps, which New York has
seen in years, and in such a. play the
characters cannot afford to talk as
real persons do. They must talk much
better. We will not say that it Is I'M
possible to write q naturalistlc light
comedy effectively, but at least it is
very difficult. At the moment We can
think of not. one. Certainly all the
American authors who have succeeded
IN light comedy have adopted far
different method. Langdon Mitchell's
II he New York Idea" for instance, is
definitely founded on the scheme OF
making every single person in the play
a brilliant conversatlonalist. 1t is an
enormously amusing play, but | think
few will contend that it has more than
passing resem blance to life.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

In another respect it seems to u5
that "She Would and She Did" fails
Of the requirements Of light comedy
Certainly light comedy should be
agreeable, and Reeds heroine. in spite
of the charm which Miss George is
able to bring to the role, seems to US
to be thoroughly Objectionable per-
scn,y She is definitely bad sport and
her methods of campaign are all Of
the lowest grade. Her weapons are
trickery, cajolery and bribery. We
have seen enough Of women in politics
to feel that the portrait is by no means
typical.
New-York tribune., 1919-09-14

Alexander Woollcott, author Of
The Command Is Forward Century,
an excellent book, mentions Clare
Runners Good Gracious. Annabelle'
and "a Successful Calamity" as pieces
of quality rather similar to She
Would and She Did" This seems to
us a singularly inept comparison. The
charm Of the Hummer pieces rested
wholly on the sponsibility of what
everybody said and did This was car
ried to the point of fantasy. "She
Would and She. Did" has nothing of
the fantastic quality. 1t is decidedly
literal. 1t could very we'll happen as
written. but it is too dull to. be good
light comedy and much too limited in
subject to be comedy.
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Continued on Following Pq0el
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severally the heroes whose exploits
are OF record. But as most of the
foregoing mention has fallen to the in
fantrymen. the record of the 105th Ma
chine Gun Battalion, built up around
old Squadron A, First Cavalry. New
| York city. may appropriately be chosen
as a specimen of the whole.
1t comes from the field diary OF
Major Stanton whitney, battalion
commander, and 1t skeletonizes like
| this:
| First IN action. under continuous
| enemy fire, opposite Mount KENNEL.
| Suffered casualties daily, July s-Au-
| gust 20.
Transferred to the Dickebusch sec
tor in Belgium. Held front line posi-
tons, repelling raids, making raids
and patrols, always under continuous
artillery and machine gun fire. with
| perfect observation from enemy posi-
lions.
August 31'September the battalion
| took part In the attack on Vierstaat
Ridge September 81. into action
against the Hindenburg line. The bat
talion's share in this battle lay near
Bony.
/ October II, battle Of La Selle River,
crossed under heavy fire from an OBJ
stinate German stand.
! October IS, engagement at Jonc dc
Mer Ridge. near Arbre Guernon. Oc-
tober 10 and. 20, final engagement, an
advance against machine gun nests at
st. Maurice River. near Chatillon.
Random Handful of Heroes.
The hero Major Whitney selected for
the newspaper men to besiege when
the battalion came home Is Sergeant
Reidar Waller. Company A, who lives,
or used to, at 104 West Ninety-sixth
street. He has the Congressional
Medal and the British Distinguished
Conduct Medal. He won them in from
lof the Hindenburg line, when he
noticed one of the big British tanks
full OF high explosives and helpless and
on fire after the explosion of German
ground mine beneath. The Germans
also had a barrage right where the
tank was lying. Waller reached It,
opened the door, lugged out a British
Lieutenant and two privates and
helped them back to the lines.
Then, just to round Off the day, he
did some fancy wing shooting with his
machine gun. and bagged an enemy
airplane that was annoying him.
A random handful of Gen. Organs
particular, recognized heroes--and
mind you. the mere names and ranks
with the decorations would stuff a
newspaper column bursting full-in-
cludes Private Michael Valente, Com
pany d, 10Th Infantry, regiment
which got twenty-four Distinguished
Service Crosses. ten British military
medals. and several other medals and
crosses, American and British and the
Second Battalion Of which had every
company officer put out OF action In
the "Hindenburg line show" the non
CONS. taking their places like seasoned
commanders.
This Mike ralente, during that show
took a dislike to two German machine
gun nests that were enfilading the
regiment east Of Ronssoy. and check
ing its advance. He loaded up with
grenades and proceeded TO wipe out
the nests. one after she other, making
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a fine list OF non-coms in this regi-
ment
THE gamest man." was Capt. Con-
roy's designation of Capt. Ireland, who
has a Distinguished Service Cross.
Leading his men against an especially
wicked fire he was wounded by n
shell which burst right at his feet.
He had to go back to the field dressing
station. but as soon as he was patched
up he rejoined his command, and next
day stormcd and captured the OBJ
jective.
lO5th Was In Every show.
The 1O5th, according to Major
Charles A. Macarthur. was 1.-THE one
regiment that was in every show.
This regiment, II will be remembered
was formed of the old Seventy first
of New York city and the old Second
companies of which came from several
cities up State, with "A number of men
added trGyn-tNe partition of the, old
Twelfth.
AS for stories of personal exploits
the commander. Col. James A. An
drews. could remember none more re-
markable than that of 1--WE men OF
Company NJ. The five were James j
Manning, 5S3 East 1Sith street; John
Storey, 45 Washington street, and
Joseph Denninger of 25S Fifty eighth
street, Brooklyn: with Abraham Zirt
of Ellenville, o., and Selig Reich OF
San Antonio.
In the advance late in the afternoon
OF September 81 against the linden
burg outworks. the fourth platoon
thirty men under Lieut.. w. h. Turner
got ahead of the rest of the outfit and
were cut OFF. Lieut. Turner gave or
ders to keep on going. They kept on
through four German lines, fighting
every yard of the way. and by the
time they reached the fourth trench
nine men and the Lieutenant were all
that were left, and the Lieutenant
looking over the ground rom the
trench, was shot through the head and
killed. Corporal Henry Gill was the
man next in rank among the sur
vivors.
The three trenches behind them were
now full of Germans spraying away a
them with machine guns. They stuck
; to 1t few minutes, and then. seeing
there was no further use and nothing
to be accomplished by dying, surren.
| 6ered,
! Fight weeks they were kept in dirty
bilets OF the highly movable German
prison pens Just behind the lines
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movable because the allied troops
were moving the enemy Rhineward at
the rate of thirty kilometers a day.
The captives had plate of cabbage
soup and n cup OF acorn coffee apiece
as days rations.
Comrades Fire Spoiled Escape.
Finally the Germans prisoners we're
separated and assigned to more sta
tionary pens. These eight were among
200 who were shut up in cave at
beaumont.
Manning and private named
O'Donnell of the lO6th escaped, knock
ing out guard and running for it,
After a terrible experience they had
almost gained the front lines had got
within a few feet of where they could
make their last dash TO rejoin their
comrades, when the Americans opened
up on the territory around them with
gas and II. L. shell. The two had no
gar masks 2nd had 20 choose between
asphyXiation and giving themselves
up to the Germans. They chose the
latter, and had a still rouGher starva-
ton time of it till the armistice, suf-
fering threats and physical abuses in
Passing through several German prison
camps.
BY the way, the first of many Ger
man prisoners taken by the Twenty
| seventh was one Cnterofiizier Brumme
of the l35th Reserve Infantry. Eighth
| Division. German army. lie was the
trophy of men of the l05th Infantry
WIN GOT him ppar Dickeblscb Lake
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two attacks on each, bringing in eight
prisoners when he was through, al
though badly wounded himself.
In the same company was Private
Jack ii. Wilkinson, who came home
bemoaning the fact that he hadn't
secured the undertaker's privilege be-
fore his outfit went up against "Old
Man Hindenburg's Line" He says
there'd have been a fortune in dead
ferries. He isn't saying, however.
why they gave him a d. S. c.. but his
major told tales on him behind his
back. Private Wilkinson volunteered
to bring a wounded officer and a
wounded private out of rain of ma
chine gun fire. He went on his hands
and knees with plenty of attention
from the German gunners and sue
ceeded In dragging and carrying both
men In.
Not less than ten rescues OF dis
abled tanks In the open field under
fire are on record. a specially salts
flying little Job of heroism was done
by Private Harold A. Shipman, Com
pany b, 10Sth Infantry. Shpman was
wounded, pretty we'll knocked out
when he noticed that the guards bring
ing in some forty German prisoners
were being punished by hidden Ger
man snipers. and that the prisoners
were taking advantage of this to pro-
duce small pistols and help kill off the
guards. What Shipman did was to
catch up a Lewis gun, shotgun fash
ion. sign to the surviving guards TO
stand clear and methodically make
good Germans of the forty renegade
kameraden.
"BEavest" Hard to Choose.
Shipman comes from Buffalo. Pri-
vate Wasyl Kolonczky, Company c.
107th, comes from the East Side OF
Manhattan. He is the man who sailed
cut into a smoke screen from the
trench and came back with thirty liv-
ing German souvenirs.
The 106th Infantry Regiment, which
is Brooklyn's own. won't like this ac-
| count II II does not make mention OF
Father Eilers, their regimental chap
lain, and one of those clerical heroes
whose conduct throughout the A.,E. f.
redounded to the glory OF their cloth
Father Eilers," said Capt. James G.
Conroy OF Company G, who happens to
hail from Denver, sis a wonder and all
the boys are strong for him."
AS to the bravest layman in thi.
regiment, the awards have varied
Some say 1t was Lieut.. Thomas l.
Ward Of Company L. who, badl,
wounded, but able to travel, remained
forty-eisht hours in shell hole under
| heavy fire in order to succor Lieut.
William ii. Boullet, who was badl,
wounded and couldn't travel. having
got 1t through both legs. Ultimately
comrades rescued both.
, Another unwilling candidate put for,
ward for recognition as regimenta
hero in chief was Sergeant 10,
Maloney of Company g. All commits
/ stoned officers Of this company were
killed or incapacitated on September %
and Sergeant Maloney Inherited tn,
command A German sniper hit hin
with u bullet under the eye, but II,
stuck to the job. He was only one o.
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The 9th Division in Action

roads behind the IIindenburg line
Gen. Organs troops were marching
under light battle packs up to tho
front lines, singing and joking
and laughing quite as II they were
going to a baseball game at the Polo
Grounds instead of back into Il seeth-
ing hell of screaming shells. rafting
machine guns and poisonous gases.
Never in my life" said Mr.. Graz
vath, have | seen anything or coma
in contact with anything more Won
derful or more inspiring than the NOR
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in front Of Mount KENNEL to report
how the ratlons were getting to the
men near Dtckebusch Lake. "Dickey
Bush" of course. to the Twenty-sev-
enth) There was constant Smelling at
night, for It was only then that trans
ports could be moved UP. The road
came under heavy shell fire. Many
men and animals were wounded.
'"At one moment Kincaid jumped
into a shell hole full Of water. When
the shooting let up he realized that he
was not alone. A crouching figure on
the edge held an immense wicker
cage.
I'm Hennessy Of the - said the
voice. Good Lord, mani exclaimed
Kincaid. haven't you got enough to
look after without toting that big
basket? What's in it?'
Jaw, thems boids, Major was the
answer The birds OF course were car
rier pigeons. And that amt the woist
of It, Major. ] hear they're going to
give us dawgs!'"
And that brings up the story Of one
hero of the Twenty-seventh, highly
popular hero too, who must not be
overlooked. His name is Don. his race
| Is CCOlCI, HIS pculSiS co Noiiio oiiN iAAS
rank official mascot OF the 106th In
fantry. He came home on the Leria-
;han with the best OF them. Don
wears two wound stripes. At Vier-
staat Ridge a machine gun bullet
nicked one OF his forelegs and On the
Hindenburg line his neck was creased
by shrapnel ball. He has a service
stripe too. and this citation with Col
Wards own signature:
Fearless and true and always
faithful to his comrades, Don,
Company Il, 106th Infantrys. four
legged mascot, deserves special
mention, and with the full consent
OF the entire company this notice
OF his service record is made:
Joined r Company Of the
Twenty-third Regiment while
camped at Yorktown, n. Y, and
went as a member of the company
to Camp Wadsworth and through
all the engagements overseas. He
was twice wounded. both times in
battle. lie il entitled to wear wound
stripes, also a service stripe for his
p, six months overseas service.
Being a good mascot he is also
entitled to wear the divisions in
sigma. 1t is requested that Don he
given conspicuous place in the
i'ie Vi hdrcii III INC pdrdue'
among otIer ilascotS was the mllt
white one OF the lO4th Machine Cur
oa'.a.oh' known as Inc halser'
Goat" and goat sure enough.
Three New New York Briradfer
Tho oil >ou, vor,. r;,.,a, <..
;sh.. -, p,..1,- rI ~
saw sorrica ,,i,h ~. , - I, ~ !,
Co. c.nr ny. %. 80 o"e =
oo,,o ,,N',. nea'e' sun ai''
,an,ha,o ~ -. "'
of Education who secured physicia
training for the boys in the publi
SCHOOLS Under the younger Gen
"hgate the artillery or the old divi
sion went into the Arsonne battle an,
won laurels at Bethainville, Chapel
"a court, Mezieres and Sedan.
AZ Another is Gen. Charles I. Debe
Y. voise. of a historic Brooklyn family
re Who commanded the First Cavalry Of
20 the Mexican border as Colonel and il
the great war was Colonel OF the 1914
infantry the Old Seventh Regimen
with additions until his promotion an
re assignment to command of the Fifty
a. third Brigade. Major Mortimer Bryan
lg succeeded him in command of tn
The third is Gen. Cornelius Van
I'd derollt' VINO as Colonel commando
& the lO2d Engineers in Flanders, an
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IF Guardsmen, Leaders in Turning the Tide
"HoMEWARD BOUND"

On landing safe at home
We never more will roam
Across tho briny deep,
But safe at home we'1l Keep '"
(And sleep and siecp and sleepU
We never moro Will roam,
On landing safe at home!
Mother calls me Hero, sister calls ne
Yank,
Father calls me soldier
But the boys they call me
"Biankety .binnk. blank.b iaEk!.
Good.by, "oofs," good.by vim
Good.by packs and voids withinI
Good.by biIIets. pommc de terres,
None.point.twos and Jerry snaresj
Good.by coolies. good.by shells
Good.by bo.ooo. mad moi.seilesi
-Homing Songs Of the New York Dfvi.
sion.
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The Twenty-seventh
Division at the End

The following figures represent tn
Twenty-seventh Divisions strength
In France toward the date OF its re-
turn. The grand total was 25,S2s
officers and men:
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One BattaIion's Record.

Short Of the big book, or set OF big
books, sure to be written some day, no
history of the division in France could
do justice to the individual records of
the outfits that made up the New York
division. not to speak OF celebrating
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hits from cleverly concealed anti
tank artillery. or the twenty-six
tanks that had started out one alone
was just about able to limp back in
a sorely disabled condition.
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-12-27
AMERICAN URGES
UNDERSTANDING OF
u. S. AND JAPS
Continued From Page f)

increasing proportion of japanese to
Americans in Hawaii, which brings us
right back to the economic eompeti-
tion again. A Ladies Agreement Inn
iting the number of labUrers wives
going to America would restore the
situation to the wise basis reached by
the 'Gentlemen's Agreement. The lack
of q ladies Agreement permits econ
onlic friction to increase, with GER
tain result that none Of us cares to
contemplate.
Let me close by referring to the
greatest surprise Japan has given me-
When I left home ! believed that q
democracy was the best form Of gov
ernment for any people, but ! have
learned here that your ancient system
is as wise for you as is ours for u.s.
Every nation develops tendencies
needing correction. In such a case we
have to wait for public opinion to be-
come sufficiently educated to demand
correction, but with YOU it is only nee
essary for the imperial government to
issue an order Edicts of Tokugawa
Shotgun in 1888 and 1885 forbade Jap
anese participation in ocean naViga-
ton and this interdict lasted two and
quarter centuries, but suddenly q
wiser edict corrected this state OF af-
fairs and merchant marine promptly
sprung into existence which Is now the
wonder of the world. Therefore. Just
as heartily as | cry. Long live the
great republic which | love with all
my heart, | EXPRESS my respectful adj
miration for tho ancient and honored
imperial government of Japa11."
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-12-27
CHINESE ORDERED TO
QUIT BUSINESS IN SONORA
AFTER DECEMBER 81

El Paso, Texas, 26--Charges that
Chinese residents in Sonora are en-
deavoring to bring about armed inter-
vention of the United States in Mex
leo, that their alleged standards of
living are a menace TO the health as
well as to the economic welfare Of
the state, and that they have violated
the law regarding the employment Of
MeXicans to make up at least so per
cent of the force of any given estab-
lishnient were made recently by
Governor Adolfo De la Huerta, of
Sonora, in a message to the chamber
of deputies at Mexico City, outlining
the reasons of the. state government
for ordering all Chinese business
houses in Cananea closed after De-
cember 81. 1918.
Governor de la Huerta points out
that the closing order was originally
issued August 8, 1918, but that at the
request Of certain Chinese residents
of Cananea, the state government in
agreement with the mayor of the
town, granted the Chinese merchants
permission to remain in business un-
IL the end OF the year
"Their efforts abroad having
failed the Governor's message reads,
certain Chinese are now trying to
persuade your honorable body to
send armed forces to Cananea in their
behalf, believing that the weapons
which were once welded by the peo-
pie to defend the liberties of the pro-
letariat will be turned against Them,
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-12-27
RUSSIAN WORKERS IN u. S.
EVEN OPPOSE RED RULE

New York. Dec. 26.- Evidence was
given at today's executive session of
the legislative committee which has
been investigating radicalism in New
York state that the Union of Russian
Workers the organization to which
large proportion of the radicals re-
Gently deported on the transport Bu-
ford belonged includes the soviet
government of Russia in its antagon-
ism to all forms of authority, George
j. Starr an investigator of the COM
mittee. testified that at one of the
meetings of the organiZa tion a reso-
luton was adopted condemning the
Lenine- Trotzllv variety Of government
as being as reactionarv as any other
form.
Evidence also was given the COM
mittee that the union of Russian
workers has more than 1000 mem-
bers in the United States, organized
IN seventy hrauches and that it has
seventy -one branches in Canada. AS
an indication of the kind of doctrines
the organization advocates, a circular
was submitted which it was testified
had been circulated throughout the
country at the time of the attempted
assassination of Premier Clemenceau
OF France last spring. This circular
described the premier's assailant as
"a bold and loyal son of the oppress-
ed Masses and termed his act a
"foly duty
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-12-27
ANNUAL MEETING N. NJ.
PUBLIC HEALTH ASSN
TO BE HELD JANUARY II

The annual meeting of the New
Mexico Public Health association,
which was scheduled for January y,
has been postponed until January ~,
.C p. Anderson, executive secretary,
announced yesterday. The later date
was chosen so as to give ample time
to receive and tabulate complete re-
turns from the Red Cross Christmas
seal campaign and have the report
read at the meeting.
DR.. George Thomas Palmer has
consented to be present and address
the annual meeting, lie is president
of the Illinois Tubeculosis association,
aud is also secretary of the Illinois
state board of health, Mr.. Palmer
is being brought here to discuss the
functions Of volunteer agencies IN
public health work and to tell of ways
Of obtaining cooperation between of
ficial state agencies and volunteer
agencies. He is said to be an au-
thority on health matters ana the
members of the New Mexico ass cia-
ton, expect to receive many, benefit
tial pointers as the result of his visit
to the state 5sf
Albuquerque morning journal., 1919-12-27
y DEATHS FROM
DRINKING LIQUOR
CHRISTMAS DAY
IntoxiCant Brought From New
York City Is Believed to
Have Contained Deadly
Wood Alcohol.

Chicopee, Mass. Dec 26.-Twenty-
seven deaths had resulted tonight
from the drinking of liquor bought in
Hartford. Conn, and drunk in this
city, Holyoke and Hartford, Iester-
day, last night and today fourteen
men and one woman died in Chicopee,
eight men in Hartford and four in
Holyoke.
A number of other men were in a
critical condition tonight AT hospitals
i'm Holyoke and Springfield. -Four
men were under arrest in Hartford
and three in Chicopee. pending the
result of autopsies to be held late to-
night.
Police investigations in Hartford
indicated that the liquor which was
sent to that city. from New YORK con-
tanned wood alcohol Part of it was
sold at a bar in Hartford part was
bought az that place by persons who
carried it away and part was sent to
hotel in Chicopee FANS. State and
federal authorities i'm Massachusetts
and Connecticut We're aiding the po-
lice of Chicopee, Hartford, HolyolSe
and Springfield tonight in their ef-
fort TO determine responsibility for
the deaths.
SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Dec, Eight.
cen persons are dead and several
others are critically i'll in hospitals
here and in Holyoke, as the result, It
is DelleNeu. OF ufl1lklHS some HOAJOuS
form of alcohol contained in liquor,
which the men are said to have
bought Christmas day Fourteen of
the men died in Chlcopee and the
other four in HolYoke. Many of those
! III in the hospitals are not expected
to live.
Two men were arrested by the
Chicopee police tonight and are being
| held pending autopsies. They are
| Charles Perry and William A. Baker.
a bartender.
The police authorities began an in
vestigation today and it was reported
bv the Holyoke police tonight that the
liquor had been traced to Hartford,
where it was purchased earlier in the
week, Until autopsies have been per-
formed no statement will be given out
by the police. 1t is expected the
autopsies will be performed late to-
night
Later tonight theIChicopee police
announced that Alexander Perry. pro-
prietor of the American House in
Chicopee Falls had not heen arrested,
1t was said he had left the city and a
search for him had not revealed his
whereabouts. Charles Perry. his
brother. was released tonight under
$4,000 bonds pending the outcome of
the autopsy,