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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
Local Men at Merritt
Get UDsfnfpyS' FSnSse,

CAMP MERRITT, March 8.-The
men of the 9th Division here are Just
as proud of New York City for the
welcome and treatment it has given
them as the city is of the history
making deeds of the men. When the
men began returning to-day after
twentyfour hour leaves in the city
the expressions of pleased delight
were endless
ut was worth all the fighting and
suffering a man could crowd in life
time" said Corporal Roland Virgins,
of 318 West Fifty-seventh Street, com
pany clerk of Company A, 1O7th In
fantry. Virgins visited his home on
a twenty-four hour pass.
Half of the men who had twenty
four-hour passes and returned to
camp. prepared to spend tonight and
Sunday here, were pleasantly surprised
to find new passes available, as the
apple knockers" (the upstate mem
had decided that twenty out of twenty
four hours was too long time to
spend in travelling and had forcgone
their passes.
The two hostess houses were pleas
ant settings for hundreds Of touching
reunions to-day.
Among the visitors were former
members of the 10Th who had last
been seen by their comrades being
carried back, bleeding and insensible,
to some field hospital. A group of
Company men were sitting on their
hunks when dapper, we'll dressed
young man walked into the barracks.
Comrade Returns
Nobody paid much attention until
Sergeant Clifford MacLecse looked up
with shout. The stranger was for
mcr Private William Albaugh, of Com
pany G. His ex-buddies had had a
last fleeing glimpse of him at Lacol-
let in October. A machine gun bullet
almost shattered his jaw. Albaugh
lives at 72S West 181st Street, Man
haitian.
Sergeant Fred Sherry was another
visitor. Sherry, who lives in York
Vile, was with Company G until the
Hindenburg offensive on September 20,
when his right arm was shattered. His
right sleeve was empty-the first time
his comrades had seen him since the
big drive.
The bar on the shoulders Of Lieuten
ant Walter Simonotti did not save him
from staggering thumps on the back
when he stepped into Company G.'s
barracks. Simonotti trained at the
officers school in Spartanburg, being
selected from Company G. He re-
lolned the company when he sailed for
france and received his commission
there. He was assigned to the SD Di
vision, which was moving up into the
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Grocery Clerk Played
''Hero,'' but All in Vain

Joseph Plunkett was almost hero
yesterday. If his holdup man hadn't
turned out to be city marshal 10
seph might have been in line for a
Carnegie medal or a neat and fearful
funeral. But the holdup man was q
city marshal, Marris Florea by name
and the gallant Plunkett thought him
self in luck to have sentence suspend
ed in night court where he was found
guilty Of disorderly conduct.
Plunket is a clerk in Frederick b.
zenberg's grocery store at 1916 Broad
way, where the boss's daughter some
times plays tunes on the cash regis
ter and, all unwittingly on the heart
strings of the boss's clerks. She was
at the cash register yesterday when
man to whom Plunkett took an in
stinctive dislike entered, levelled
something that giistened at the boss
spoke to him briefly and then strobe
to the cash register.
The stranger snatched at the roll of
bills beneath %he fair hand of the
boss's daughter. The boss's daughter
shrieked "Polce!" and "Help!" Gus
toners fled without their change or
parcels. The stage was set for
Plunkett.
With head down and arms out
stretched he charged the stranger.
Inc Stranger emitted sharp Kissing
and dismal groad, while his features
were contorted by the sudden vacuum
in his midst. AS soon as he was par
TALLY inflated again, however, he
seized his doughty Punkett by his
collar and twisted his head until the
young man was gazing squarely at a
badge that proclaimed "City Marshal"
Plunkett gave n dazed glance at the
weapon he had snatched in his attack
and found it to be bit of rolled paper.
It was an execution for u Judgment Of
So obtained against Bozenberg for a
clock. City Marshal Floroa carefully
counted out So from the cash register.
Then he and his prisoner went to the
al rAaAs -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1919-03-09
biggest Moment" of War Described
BY Soldiers of the 9Th Diuision

Soldiers of the 9th Division, U. S.
A., at the two camps, Merritt and Mills,
were asked yesterday to tell what, to
them, were the biggest moments of the
war. Some of their replies are given
below:
Sergeant Harry Scheck, 53d Brigade
Headquarters, Troy. "The biggest
moment Of the war for me was the day
on the Hindenburg line when I was
out repairing damaged barbed wires
and the Heinies laid down heavy
barrage: | never expected to get back
again. did, but l don't know how"
Corporal Herbert Bliss Essed, 1863
West Ninety ninth Street, Manhattan,
SD Brigade Headquarters.-"Th day,
coming back from France, that l first
saw the Statue of Liberty. III never
forget that glorious sight"
Private Edward r. Wright, 106th In
fantry, 1861 Seventy-second Street,
oklyn.-"The afternoon German
machine gun bullet went smashing
through my leg. l thought l was done"
Private William J. Sims, SD Brigade
lot, but I'll never forget the way I
tried to smash through the mess line
on the Leviathan coming back. 1t was
the first night out and | was hungry.
1t was harder than smashing the Hin
denburg line"
Battle With U-Boats'
Sergeant Major G. w. Wetgjen, 53d
Brigade Headquarters, 35 Norwood
Avenue, Brookiyn.-"M first and big
gest moment was going into St. Ma
zaire harbor. on our trip over. We had
an hour battle with U-boats'
Private Charles II. Brown, 53d Brig
ade Headquarters, 1866 Broadway,
Manhattan.-'I can't forget the day
was out on a motorcycle and the ma
chine got tangled in barbed wire and
the Germans began Smelling me-"
Private Harold C. C. Staysa, 108th
Infantry, Olean, N. Y.-'It will be a
long time before | forget August 26,
1918, the day got gassed at Mt. KEN
mel. 1t got me in the lungs and you
can tell the world | thought l was
finished"
Private Edward Montmarquet, 1O5th
Infantry, Cohoes@"The big day for
me was the morning we hit the Hinden-
burg line"
Infantry, Cohoes.-"My big day was
the first day French girl kissed me-"
Sergeant Harry Cochran, l06th In
fantry, SAC West 146th Street, Man
hattan.-"IIl never forget the day we
took some big gun emplacements just
after we opened on the Hindenburg
line
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| Private William McKeon, 105th In
fantry, 425 Fifty-sixth Street, Brook
| lyn.-"Ill never forget the barrage we
laid down just before we hit that Hin
denburg line. The noise was awful"
First Sight of France
Private James Cimino, 105th In
fantry, Herkimer.-"I will always re-
member my first sight of France. That
was my most thrilling moment"
Private William yesterday, 1o6th In
] fantry, Philadelpha.-"M first night
behind the front, when l saw the star
shells lighting up the whole works"
Private Frederick Lagana, 106th In
fantry, Philadelphia. - "My biggest
thrill came when | saw the crowd wait
ing to meet us down the bay yester-
day"
Private John F. Buck, 1o6th Infantry,
27O Albemarlc Road, Brooklyn.-"I was
machine gunner and my big moment
came the day | got German bullet
through my leg, just above the knee
cap. You said it. 1t hurt"
Private Harry C. Hutton, 106th In
fantry, Philadelphia first time
| saw the Stars and Stripes flying on
French soil"
Private Michael Shravo, 1oeth In
fantry, Montclair, N. J.-"The first
lllic nedfu neaVy gun go OIL 1nat
was my first big thrill"
Sergeant Charles Moody.="Tll never
forget the first whizz- bang I heard.
1t seemed screaming beside my ear.
My hair stood so stiff | think | could
have broken it off,"
Trench Full of "Jerries"
Sergeant Floyd S. Mclean, Walton,
N. Y.-"I was on patrol with party
which became confused We were
creeping along at a rapid rate, when l
| looked down-and saw a trench full of
ferries.
Sergeant Leo Flynn, 107th Infantry
Nobody who was there will forget
the morning of September 20, when we
broke the Hindenburg line. 1t was
the march up Guillemont Road to the
tape that l remember best--or worst
Jerry's' artillery had been busy
amidst those who preceded us, and we
passed over ground strewn with
mangled remains and wounded men
beseeching aid which we could not
give"
Sergeant Frank Schwartz, cook of the
107th.--"l fed the men on the morning
of September 80. They were set for
the trip over the top and | knew as
looked at them that many Of my bud
dies were going west"
First class private Dominick Leon,
Company G, 107th.-"There will be no
forgetting by me of the Jerry | saw
scattered into thousand pieces by a
hand grenade one of our men dropped
under him"
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Argonne Forest. Two weeks after his
transfer he received the wounds which
incapactated him.
Corporal Walter Monseese was
arranging to-day for a trip to Harlem
by many Of his company.
1--WE are going to visit little Corporal
Johnny Snyder" said Corporal Mon
seese. 1--WE call him the gamest man
in the A. E. F.
ut was on the morning of September
20, just after we went over the top in
the offensive which broke the linden
berg line, when three of US found
Johnny wondering why his left leg
didn't work. He was hopping around
on his right, the other dangling gro
tesquely where a heavy charge of
shrapnel had mangled it. Johnny
wasn't whimpering, or even excited.
don't think he even asked for a
cigarette. We made a tourniquet out
of belt and stopped the flow of blood.
A stretcher had been brought up by
this time and Johnny calmly let him
self down into it,
1.-THE next morning we visited him in
the hospital. was passing through
ward when somebody yelled ooh, corp,
look at me! Pm out leg Count
'em there's one short And he
moved the stump up and down under
the sheet, laughing all the while. We
voted him the gamest man in the
world"
% of Old Company G Home
Non-commissioned officers outnumber
privates in the 10th Regiment. AL
though there are only 108 men in Com
pany G at present, As of them are cor
porals and above, with 80 pricates first
class in addition. This is the regula
ton number of warrants allowed to a
full war strength company, which num-
bers $50 men. Thirty-three of the
1917, when it left the Seventh Rcgi-
ment Armory, are with it at present.
Thirtyeight men were killed in ac-
ton or died of wounds.
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the British general upon the daring
Of his men.
More 9th Men Due To-day


Sometime this morning the Nieuw
Amsterdam will steam up the harbor
with the 10th Infantry's Sd Battalion,
headquarters, machine gun and sup
ply companies, medical and ordnance
detachments and the 102d mobile ord
nance repair shop The ship will be
met by a committee of welcomers from
the Mayors Committee Of Welcome to
Homecoming Soldiers, who will sail
down the bay in the police boat Pa
troll.
Other features of the celebration of
Monday and Tuesday, March "a and rs,
will be taken up at conferences to be
held to-day and tomorrow. Maj or
General Organ announced himself as
in favor of having the men march down
Fifth Avenue in close formati 1t is
probable that the marchers will move
in mass formation, but representatives
of the Mayors committee argued
against paradng down the avenue in
stead of toward 10th Street. since
their decorations had been planned
with the idea that the men would APP
pear at Washington Square and move
north.
One of the features added to the
two-day entertainment of the division
that was announced yesterday is a
special matinee to be given at prac-
tically all of the city's Broadway thea
tres on the Monday afternoon prcced-
ing the parade. All &C the 10000 men
will be provided with seats. AS near
ly as is possible they will be per-
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mitted to make their choice of attrac-
tions.
In addition, it was announced by
Mrs. James NJ. Bass, who is in charge
Of the social department of the War
Camp Community Service, that four
dances will be given for the men of
the division at the list Regiment Ar
mory. Partners for more than 5000
men will be provided at each dance,
the dates of which will be announced
later
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-14
DOD'tS for Prevention
Of Forest Fires Issued

WASH %t;TcN. Jun" t. Now lS me
time. To- stop The forest fires by moi nay
nm. nny. srIS an announcement from
tho Nr,..r.,.,.u MnrcStry association. Her"
are rcu." "d"n'ts" ~ h. pasted mp on
every i,rr door nap
pnr'' throw yugr match away until
yur ar" sGrr II is ont.
Dnui' drop cigarette" or cigar hu'ts
until ~" glow l% '>iinrueh"d.
DON'T I;r,rck "ui y"ur pih" ash"" while
bot or wl,'rc they will tail INTO dry
l.ay.., rr oth"r infl1nmab!" material.
Hnur' build n camp fir any larger
thnn is absolutely necessary.
Don't Levy" i frc until YOU are sure
II j. out: IF u"rr>SHry smother II with
earth vr water.
TN, ". DDS # 'I"rc &C any chance. that y"
rr, my ,rrrnG beyond your control. Hr
'hat II" wind may larry sparks wh"r"
They v.uu'I start Il new Nr".
D,r'i lac ANY NOR" careless with fire
in lh" wr"da HAN r"u ar" with fir" IN
your own hum".
rrn'l l.. ldl, when YOU discover a FIR"
IT, ~, woods. rc YOU cannot put il out
yourself. r'' l"lr
Dnn'i forget that human th"ugh'l"ss-
r..s; and r,uli4.ruc" ar" the causes Of
rrur" 'han h1if "f n" forest Iir"S III This
country. and that IN" smallest sparks
rtnv start = c"nfaEration.
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RUSHING DEBS
CONTINUED Prom Pnge one.)

when they learn how III" transfer was
put over on them.
Fld Easy Task.
For two months Debs has been a keep
or OF records AT the stat" prison hospi-
tai Because Of his age (G4) work as
signed Ia him has been very light. No
causes for his removal have been made
known. During his Imprisonment he
received letters from relatives and init
mate friends only and received gifts OF
fruit. candies and flowers. Kilograms
were frequently sent telling OF plans TO
have President Wilson pardon him.
along with other comrades" Gene"
has had lots of i'm" to think in two
months and he changed his mind about
a lot Of things HI will probably I'M
d"rgo som" additional mental changes
at Atlanta.
When DcbS was assigned to the West
Virginia prison. after the supreme cour.
affirmed the srntenc" against him. OK
ira precautions were taken To prevent
his talking and spreading Socialistic
propaganda among tho prisoners. Addi-
tioral lights were placed around the
walls and extra guards were put on duty
on the outside TO prevent any OF Genes
friends" from getting in to sec him.
These friends will probably be greatly
disappointed when they learn that their
summer vacation trips planned for
Muundsv!!lr will cost them many dol
lars additional, il they want to see
Dear Gene" Other probabilities arr
that Gene" will serve his time for II
Uncle Sam had any Idea Of releasing the
old gentleman he would probably have
turned him loose At MounhaviuA
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England Is Trying for
We||-NOuriShed People

LONDON. juno 13.-rendinE the
snhrncrrlng or the ministry OF FOOD IN
the new ministry Of health. steps arc
h,iug taken To- extend tn" INSTITUTION
of the national kitchen. national r"S'au-
rants, school cantccns and industrial
Cantcens.
MIR Jones. director OF tn" national
Kitchens. speaking at the eleventh
lrbor conference with the ministry or
food. said that III" opinion OF inc MIN
iSirv and government was that IL was
imprsSlhl" To raise the standard OF IN"
nation unless tho people could obtain
good. we'll cooked food.
'rbc government was willing to pro-
vide the necessary rquip mcnt. pr"limi-
nnry advice and tho caypital cNpendit'
urr for any scheme for the extension
Of the nol rmcnt that they approved.
Local authorities private firms. "du-
r:.iinnnl bodies md private schools are
invited Is apply for help I" establish
Kitchens and restaurants for school
children and workers IN industrial dis
tricis \ ten years loan without inter-
est will be mad whcr" satisfactory
prospects # success arc shown.
Mr. Jones reported that go kitchens
and restaurants wei" in existence. ard
M. movement * beng based on Il per-
rr2n"nt economic basis. Tho policy or
tn" DEPARTMENT WIS not IN" force the
national restaurant upon IN" school or
workshop or unwilling local authority.
but to ark them :" put up a scheme and
h.,r Ih,I. IN any way possible.
Tho IL nartrnrrt WAS considering the
csiHhll,hm, NJ AZ = depot for tho pro-
vision Of food to the night workers in
th" printing districts "f tn" city OF
ICndon-DCtrOit Journal.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-14
FAMOUS BELGIAN
PLANT WRECKED IN
SPITE BY GERMANS

Surveying the damages done by the
German horrics In Belgium during the
war. the correspondent OF tn" Man
chester Guardian" describes IN" condl :
tons he found a At IN, snys :''" "o'NS u
in 1917. having previously removed
some $4,000 tons Of machinery. m" Ger
man rulers Of Belgium sacked "hat re- re-
manned. With prrI"rsc ,hormmE ti, ,S;.
concrete foundations Of thu ma h,iIS.
The place looked rs though gutt"d by
IRE II took the Germans many months
OF labor to kill this factory. Nothing
I had read about the scientific sabotage
Of the German in d"struCtiv" mood
had prepared me for this disgusting
relic Of their rule
'-The far more extensive ruin near
works-.whiCh saw
another dsy is the classic example Of
this sort OF thing. Here vas an "nHln-
ecring establishment famous through
Europe, only to b. compared with Arm
st rong. Whitworth or another great Eng
fish works Of that rank. Now nothing
remains but hundreds of acres Of black
association. In 1916 the Germans turned
this place. which used To employ l,ouU
men, into desert. taking $A.@VO.uUO
worth Of machinery to Germany. and dc
porting tho Belgian workmcn 10 work
II there. Five million pounds they SAY.
must BE- spent TO set tockr"lIS gong
again as before. Tho great blast fur
naces were ravayscd by dynamite. Th"r"
was something nauS"atinG in tho SIGHT
Of this deliberate wiCk"dn"SS. DId IN"
English narnc of the FOUNDER John Cock
erell. a great man in his day, CIV" a
special stimulus 10 Tcutnn fury" or
WAS II n c"Olly calculated attempt To
kill BclgiTn competition"
AT half z dorm SPOTS by tn" Sldr q!
tho pleasant Meas" "" found during our
dandcrinEs what tn" army knows rs
| dumps They are really riEAntic as
vnr,hlinS az cynrv kind ni lp:llr thing
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HIGH PRICES HERE
TO STAY, BUSINESS
LEADERS BELIEVE

WASHINGTON. June 13.--Lcading
business men ald bankers throughout
tho country. in replying 10 tho question
asked by the United states department.
of labor will prices fall?" unanimously
express the opinion that any material
recess SION from .hc present hlCh stage OF
the living cost is not 10 be expected IN
IN" near future. while most of them
voice tho belief that prices will never
work back To tho pr"-war level
Tho greatest danger Of our economic
structure today" i. Ogden Armour de-
clarrS, arises from tho Iailnr" OF many
TO recognize a new and higher lever OF
prices. hasCd on permanently increased
cost Of labor and high taxation. Those
who postpone building or buying IN the
hope Of materially lever prices. he adds.
are specializing in tho misfortune OF tho
nation.
Labor Costs a Factor.
Major General t;Octhals' says "" can
return neither 10 prc-war conditions nor
rrr-war prices. and james II. Forgan or
The First National Bank II Chicago feels
that high cost labor prccludcs low
priced products.
Jacob IT. Schiff srrs cause for re-
joicInC in present conditions for in
tense activity oven though accompanied
by high prices is far TO h. preferred 10
tho blight Of inactivity. stagnRtion. idle
moss and suffering attrndnn' upon un-
sound. unbalanced production and rap
idly falling prices.
Theodore y. Vail. president Of the
American TelcphCn" & Telegraph Co.
says that tho present reimbursement per-
lNd cannot No scientifically compared
with tho reconstruction wears after tho
CGvil War. when III" fan in prices was
caused hv the rmcrgon"c Of machine
mad" goods. which largely displaced
hand made commodities. \ BARTON Hep
burn. chairman Of III" board Of the
Chase National bank. holds mat th"r"
can hc M radical drop in prices without
a decline in wages.
Wealth Greater.
W. l.. Douglas. vhce manufacturer III
Brnckton. Mass. points out that N" per
capita wealth If tho country has in
creased from 81 10 SCI since 1914. and
this change. hc says. caused tho raising
81 the price level. which will remain as
il is until tho ucr capita wealth changes.
T. Coleman Du Pont. asserting that
prices ar" kept IN ny high wages. do
rlarcs that thor" ran b. no sever" Gu;
in wages. and h'rc" II" pric" dccllAc OF
Importance.
John n Ryan. president OF tho Ana
conda Copper Company. Sccs prospects
Of n downward revision rf prices and
wages but docs not bClicv" that the
level OF prices will! fall permanently as
low as before the war.
julius Rosrnwald. president Of the
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GERMANS PRAP AIRING
FOR ALLIED INVASION

COBI,ENZ. Jun" l3.-Whnc Pans re-
morris indicate that the treaty Will 5000
be- signed. runners GltCrinS in from unoc-
ruDIrd Germany point otherwise.
Wealthy Germans in cities and towns
within n radius Of nifty miles from inc
br;dgchcads occupied by III" aiIi"d ar
mics arc reported to be Withdrawing
funds from banks and sending them 70
Berlin and other safer places. ho"ns
mon Of military age. one report says
are also lea, nS the territories hkS,E 10
ma occupied by the allied forces. Mean
while Gcr,an shops in the areas nearest
tho occupied districts arc stu stocEInP
IN with souvenirs which they c"nhdch'ly
believe they will have an opportunity 10
sell TO American soldiers.
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FLAG DAY CELEBRATION

NEW YORK. June l3- with more
Than ONO OUn men and women actively
enrolled III support cf the National Ser
urity Leagues campaign against Dol
shevism. thousands OF flag day celenra
lions inspired by III" League as means ,a.,If
~ combating the radical menace Will
be held throughout the country, tomor-
row, the organization announced today
Municipal departments civic aSsocia-
tons schools and other ORGANIZATIONS.
together with branches Of tho lragu" in
variou. cities Will cooperate In the days
observance.
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Special to The Iutelligenccr.
MORGANTONN. June l3.-Captain
Ira f Rodgers Of the West Virginia
baseball team. who is finishing ms
diamond career with the alumni game
next Wednesday, Is probably the most
sorpht-after athlete West Virginia has
ever turned out so far az the big
leagues are concerned. Rodgers Was
last year importuncd by Cincinnati ana
other National and American league
clubs TO sign contracts and tho latest
dope Ia to the effect that Connie
Mack Is hot on his trail and has even
called him up on one or two occasions
TO try to get Rodgers promise to play
with the Athletics Rodgers - hitting
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-06-14
New MatamOraS Woman
Makes Her First Visit
to City Of SiSterSVi|Ie

Special Dispatch to The Intelligcnccr.
SISTERSVILE, w. Va. June l3.-.I'
go"s without saying that tho spirit II
'wanderlust" docs not course very FREQ
ly through tn" vcinS of Mrs. 4. NJ.
Grimes. Of New MatamUrhS, Ohio.
Although Mrs. Grimes has lived for
many vars IN the down river town,
which is only about IA" miles distant
from SistPrsvi!le. today is the first time
she has ever been in the city. Mr2.
Grimes was accompanied by her hus-
band and three children
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Scars Roebuck & Co.. Chicago. says:
1T is my belief that the rrSGc o,
prIccs for the necessities OF H." VIII
average little. II any. lower than at tn'
present time. OF course. th"re VIII W.
some exceptions. but | d" not look lor
sudden or viol"pt reduction IN inc ncat
fr,urc q side from those which have been
artificially stimulated.