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$. :. EurroUs, of Neso York, Says WE'RE Am sricans We Can't Surrender" Was Real Reply of Lieut. Col. Whittlesey To German Dcszcnd To Quit

One Of The llost prized tradi- t,'ns of tLe war has been shattered the famous "Go to hell' of Lieut. toi Charles w. Whittlesey, of the Lost Battalion" in reply to the T:.rman demand for surrender.
 The message which thrilled the world when the story of the Lost Battalion" was told was never sent, according to Stephen B. Burrows, ot New York, a YMC.A. man, re- gently returned from France, who with Harry w. Blair, of Carthage, -'io.. another "Y'' man, was the first civilian to give aid to the American eerces when they were rescued in the depths of the Argonne Forest lest October. Burrows asserts that TO reply whatever was made to :Ae boche call to the Americans to 1uit.
 During til, six days and nights in which the battalion, cut off from all help, was enduring wounds, thirst, hunger and constant attacks y the Germans. Burrows and Blair were within 1000 yards of the be- laaSuered troops, helping to care fpr the wounded and giving out supplies In support of his state llent that no reply was made to the Germans. Burrows points out that tncre were no means at hand& for sending an answer unless that an- sWcr was an agreement to Surren- Ccr.
 Followed Boys Over Top
 Burrows and Blair were at- ':ched to the 3OSth Infantry and followed the boys over the top chen the 77th Division began it's great drive on the Argonne For est last September. During the drst five days fight, in which the doughboys hacked their way to tho middle of the fourteen-mile wedge of woods, Burrows was at work giving out supplies and car :nG for wounded, and he was in the front lines when. on October 2. the order came to Col. Whit tlesey to advance his men 1000 yards.
 Iae junglc-like density of the forest, the YM.C.A. man relates, Was largely responsible for the suc- csss of the German coup which Lc;sii! cost the lives of Whittlesey anu 0sS ::.,ens As soon as Whittle- s,y advanced, the enemy filtered ny bcti. his Hanks and within a few hours, by means of hidden machine rhLs and squads of snipers and grenade throwers, had cut off the battalion entirely from the 77th's lines. A
 For two days. Burrows says, the late of the battalion was not Known. Then some pigeons arrived giving some details of the disaster aud describing the battalion's pos tt!on in the forest. Meanwhile ev- cry effort was being made to cut C Nay through to the relief of the boys. So strong was the concentra- ton of machine guns. that daylight ssh' iEG was little better than sui.
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WE HOPE.

Our little Ford roadster will, come, home. If you see him phone us and. get reward Taylor & Co. Phones
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It is easy to distinguish the "toil- CTS stoop" from the "dcbutante slouch."
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How can "tank" exist in prohibi tion territory?
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A SOLDIERS TRIBUTE.

Dedicated to Mrs. Armstrong, di- rector of a W. c. c. $. Club at San
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In that case plant the sets in holes punched in the soil.
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When the attention of The Graphic is called to any mis-statement of facts. or to any error concerning any man or thing, correction will cheerfully be made.
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Daily Graphic.

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7vo Y. M. C. A. Men Were Within I, 600 Yards Of Be- sieged Dough6oys During Week Of Peril, and Were First Civilians to Aid Them When Rescued

had been knocked out with er.n- ades and wounded by machine gun bullets.
 This survivor, blindfolded and with the German note in his hand, was led to point near the left flank of the battalion. One O: Whittlesey's men crawled through the underbrush. found the prisoner and guided him back to his con- rades. The note was taken to Col. Whittlesey. In effect. it is sait,. that the battalion, which had been without food for four days, was e.. tirely surrounded and could hope to escape; and urged mat ii mercy to the wounded and to those still living, further resistance should be abandoned.
 According to members of the battalion whom Burrows talked with immediately after their rescue, Col. Whittlesey remarked, after carefully reading the note:
 We're Americans-we can't sur render"
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Could Not Send Reply

SO0AA lN0I 0Sn0 NSply
 In order to make any reply, the "Y' man explains. either dough- boy would have to carry it, beccm- ing prisoner. or, it would have to be shouted, dangerous proceeding because it would help indicate the position of the batt-llion. So the boys simply dug themselves in and hung on.
 In two days, more than 1000 cas- ualties resulted from the attempts to rescue the battalion. Burrows says. The troops had to make all their dashes by night, and the only route by which they could approach the advance position was up a winding ravine in which the Ger. mans had built narrow guage track. The enemy kept this ravine under constant fire, and the casual ties among the relief squads were heavy.
 When the battalion finally was rescued, Burrows md Blair, who had moved up their supplies, had hot drinks and cigarettes for the 400 survivors as they were brought back into the lines and helped give first aid to the woup:dou ara get them back to tLo drcssing station. P.----.ows $ loud i'll praise of the ,,ssv1e Maj. James A. Roosevelt and his men O.. the supply company since without their help it would have been impossible to get Y. NJ. c. A. supplies up to the boys in the front lines. As it was, Burrows and Blair were always able to give fair ly prompt service. After the first cf October they gave away more than 2S,OO0 francs of supplies to the doughboys of their division, mak- ing no attempt to sell anything.
 Burrows and Blair were with the 77th Division during the Argonpe fight and remained with it until he armistice was signed. Bur- 'ows is married, has three chill lren and is an electrical engineer. Blair, who is still in France, is aWyer.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
PROTESTS GIVING RACIAL
 EQUALITY TO ORIENTAL c

Washington, March T. - Senator Phelan of California, democrat. has cabied the American peace commits slohers in Paris protesting against any provision in the proposed consti- tuition for the league CT nations giving racial equality to Orieatals The Cali tornia senator today sent q CODY of his cablegram t0 Senator Borah of Idaho with request that the latter support his protest.
 Any declaration' said Senator Phelan in his cablegram. in constitu- ton for race equality or just treat ment may be construed to give iuris- diction to league over immigration, naturaIiza tion. e-ective franchise. land ownership and marriage and should be avoided. An affirmative declaration that these are domestic questions should be made in consorance with established Ameriian policy. Senator Phelan told the conlnIs- sioners he believed western senators and others would oppose any loophole by which Oriental peoples will possess equality with white race i'll the United States.
 Senator Borah in replying to Sena- tor Phelan said that while in accord with this attitude. the proposed con stitutjon in it's present form ''un- questionably gives iuriSdiction over 1 immigration to the league"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
LOW CAPT. WEIS6EREER
 "DOCTOREOr GASOLINE

New York, March 2L - Professor Iorcr Adams of Urhanl, His. testi- Tying today for tho Eoyc- 1ment at the ccrrtmsrtial cn Governors Island of Captain Edwin C. Wclsgerrcr or Pitts li.rgh. charged wI.l acts sentimental Co tho Unite ei States aul Great Britain anC favorable 10 Germany. declared that analysis of chemical mixture srhmiited by the deferdatt to the ii.iish war mission as , substitute for gIsoline and slid by him to consist Of C.. per cent water atl per cent. ch'mcais, was in reality e. sature ted ic'utlon of p'cric acid ard gasoline"
 Tho government contends that use of thc mixture with it's silc=od picric etid content would ultimately destroy my internal combustion cneire or mo- ter" and seriously imDai' line opera fer of submarines. mo or trucks and ufLeT milit1"v and naval equipment
 Professor Adams. who was recently discharged as a major m the chemical warfare service. testified hat his an 1'vsIs showed the mixture to contain sIN-tenths of one 1er cent nicric acid tHd ordinary commercia. gasoline. His t'-' he sad showed n, evidence of water or any other ingredients in the fni~turc, although he a1m,tted that th0rc may have been "s.igl.. traces" Of o,fcr chelni,lls which VoriI not ap- rtar in tha analysis
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
5EcN CLASS LETTER TO
 REPRESENTATIVE M'FADD5N

Washington. March e4-Secretary Glass made public today letter 10 Representative Mcl'adden cf Pennsyl- vani8. replying 10 Mr McFadden's in- 0uiry ot the authority by which Sec F-ia Glass has continued John Skel- ton Williams in office as comptroller of tho currency and ex4ofleic nemi CIT of Inc federal reserve beard. Mir. Glass sand hi- -t!on vas based on an act of congress dated March ?. 1895. which WIS construed in 1906 by Attorney General Moody to provide for contin- tnnce In office of all treasury officials af.Cr expiration Of their term of office acd before inc appointment and quail Lcati'n pf their successors. The sen afe fail'd co confirm the renomination lf Sir Williams
 Referring 10 Mfr. McFadden's letter ut iEq-iry Of March l4. Mir Glass said :
 T am pleased 10 observe the omis- sion from your second letter Of the surprisingly offensive implications and accrsa;ions which appeared in the let -r of March l4 which I felt obliged 10 return Co you"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
ACHIEVEMENTS OF BOY
 SCOUTS OF AMERICA

New York, March 24.-Achievcments or the Boy Scouts of America in Amer icanization, dramatizatiou and educa- tion of inc youth of the United States. and the part they are scheduled to play in the nations postwar recoustruc- tion work, were discussed at the an nual meeting here today of the organ izations national council. Nearly 370 delegates. representing 455,0 Boy Scouts, attended the conference.
 In reporting the growth of the move ment throughout the United States. an- nouncement was made that new per manent camp sites were purchased last year in Birmingham, Ala; Los Ange- les Calf: Indianapolis, Evansville and Te7Te Haute, Ind; Montclair, N. J.; Omaha, Neb.; Akron. Ohio; Scranton, and Reading, Pa. and Milwaukee.
 Reports showed that, for meritori- ous work, merit badges were ava ~ded 30,1eo scouts in 1918, as against FPS in 1917, and that 66 honor medal ap- plications had been acted upon, lnclud- ing the awarding of four gold medals to parents of scouts who had forfeited their lives in efforts to save others.
 One of the speakers. John NJ. Phil lips, scout executive of Pittsburgh stated that it costs Allegheny county Pa, si0O, ,0G0 a year to care for it's bad boys" 1900 of whom are behind pris- on bars. while it costs only S40,000 to care for 5000 Boy Scouts, not one of whom, he said, had ever been in the courts.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
HEINRICH VON ECkHARDT
 ARRIVES IN FEW YORK

New York, March 24.--Iieinrich Yon EcAhardt, former minister to Mexi- 60 to whom was sen. the famous Zimmerman note in which Germany proposed an alliance with dcxico and Japan in cas9 the Unitcd States en- tered the war. arrived nelr goray from Mexico City hy way of Laredo. Texas. and St. Louis, on his Way to Ger many.
 Accompan'e0 by J0hanHcs nrunow. a fcrmer Gern11i consul -genera, in Mex i.o. Won Eci<hardt has assura nee from the American and alliei governments 0! safe conduct.
 Eon Eckhurdt and Dr.row. recall ed hy thei-' government, refused to answer qucit.ons upon tttir arrival Eere. They were escorted by three agents of tho department of iustice or tl,eir trip to New York ai.G went from thc railroad station here to a hotel There they sill remai@ probably for several days. until they sail for Europe. IL is understood they vii retHrn to Germany by way Of Hol- lA nd. remaining in The Netherlands fol q few weeks. although for what pur- pose they declined to say-. . With Yon Eckhardt a.e his wife. Trench womai: their 5hre" childreI 1 alld a governess.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
STOWAWAY OFFICERS ARE
 GETTING ROUND TRIP

Washington, March 24-Two army officers en route home on a transport as stowaWays, will enjoy only brief glimpse of home. it was learned today at the war department. They will be shipped back Immediately to face charges on their arrival Sn France. 4 cablegram reported their presence on the ship, and they will be transferred q once on the transports arrival to the first eastbound vessel to sail.
 Similar treatment was accorded five officers, two captains and three lieu tenants, who slowed away immediate ly after the armistice was signed last November Tn that case also the ca ble paved the way for their immediate re- etllts1. Their ssffip t1oclsed on one side of a pier at the opposite side of which lay an outward bound vessel which had been held two hours to await, the stowaWays. They were marched down one gangplank and u1 the other and arrived again in France with the unique experience of having made a round trip to New York without any stopover whatever. The return oi stowa ways for trial is expected to dis courage the practice
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
CAUSE OF ANIL AMERICAN
 SENTIMENT IN RllSSIA

New York. March 24-Respo ty for the anti-American sentiment in Russia was laid at the door of Colonel Raymond Robins. former head of the Red Cross mission to Russia, Colonel William Thompson and other Ameri- cans whom he characterized as tBol- sheviki apologists.' by Hermen M. Donner, former representative of the Finnish senate in the United States, speaking here today before the Ma tional Civic fedora ton.
 MT. Donner declared he had "abso- lute knowledge" that Colonel Robins, while in Russia, made a trip to Mur- mansk. without the knowledge of Am bassador Francis and the military and naval attaches. and created the inn pression there that the American gov. ernment was supporting the Bolshe- wiki against the kerensky government. It took the American ambassa dor sev- eral months to counteract the effect of this announcement, he declared
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
SEEK A FULL PARDON
 FOR EUGENE V. DEES

New York. March 24-A full pardon for Eugene V. Debs, former socia list presidential candidate now under a ten years prison sentence for violation, of q espionage jaw. and arInesty for al persons imprisoned for honest expres- sions of opinion against Americas cause ill the war, were urged in a pc ution cabled today to President Will son by the executive committee of the social democratic league of America.
 The release of Debs was advocated on the ground of his advanced years, high moral character aud long years of devoted service to the cause of hu- man freedom, notwithstanding his vio- lation of law"
 In their plea for amnesty for other convicts under the war time statutes, the petitioners excluded those who de- fled the law or purposely aided the enc my" They added that America could afford to be generous to honest oppo- nents of her course, now that victory has been achieved"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
THREE SEAPLANEs NOW
 AT ROCkAWAY BEACH

New York, March 24.-Three of the four sea planes with which the nags department plans b attempt its trans-- Atlantic fiight are now att the naval air station at Rockaway Beach. from which the flight will start. They are known as the N C-1 tyne os machine The fourth plane is under constrtlc. ton at the manufacturing plant Of the Curtiss AeroDlane and Motor corpora
 Minor changes are now being made in all the machines at Rockaway Beach, but it is expected that trial flights will he made within week or ten days and the actual trans 4 tlantic flight started soon after May l. At least two of the three machines at RockaWay already have been flown
 Lieutenant Commander John II. Towers is in command of the prepara-
 tions being made at RoCkaway Beach
 Each of the three seaplanes there is
 equipped with three Liberty motors,
 having 1000 to 1900 combined horse power Experiments are now being
 made in the arrangement of the mo- tors but it is believed that the final choice will provide for two tractor or , pulling" Dropellers and one pushing propeller There will be four Liberty motors in the fourth plane, now under construction, and these will be ar ranged in the so-tstlled tandem
 type" with two tractor and tive | pusher" motors
 1 The speed of the first three sea planes has been estimated by the 1 builders ta 10A miles an hour
 1 The original gasoline consumption provided for q ssutained flight Of six | teen hours, but changes in the design 1 1f t1,,1T oI1 FA, l increased storage snace substantially ! increasing the gasoline capa city. l It is believed that each plane vii 1 carry a minimum crew of six men, two of whom will be pilots and the othert mechanics and observers.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
pEMoslLiZkTloh SYSTEM
 IS TO BE SEEDED UP

zor+ wortii, Texas, March 24.-While Secretary of War Baker as attending ;nncbeon heTe today, Gai'cIai March, ..iief of staff. visited the scene Of the death of his young son. Lieutenant rcyton C. March, Jr., wi;o vas killed last year in an airplane crash.
 When General March reached the srot where the boy fe.; he found 1t banked with flowers in tl.e form of an ,itplape's wings Lieutenant Pas chal, who acoompa nied @eneral March on the trip was in tha plane with ycung March when they ftA.
 7oth Bake. and March said the de- mobilization system would ha revised so as to male 1t nossiht: to muster raen out in forty eight hoirs after their arrival II now ta+e' about ten days or two weeks.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
LEGAL DECISION THAT
 THE WAR HAS ENDED

Louisville. ky. March @'-- federal Jrdsa Walter Evans. Geciding case which hinged unon an in.erpt etItton of when the European war ended. today decided that the war was brought to a close wheu the arnlistca v&s signed ana that President Wilson 'in an of Gc5al speech had made | laI declara- ion upon which the coUr- lrredicated lhe decision.
 Judge Evans refused to take cog ni'iance of 2 telegram fro1. Attorney
 ieneral Jahatr to the cf1crt that con- "yess declared war and only congress could terminate it as far as the nited States is concerned ty ratify- ing a treaty of peace. and brushed asiae q quot ton from Secretary of ar Baker that tine arnlis;i,.e meant clly a cessa; ;on of hostiii,ies. The case at bar was that Of resident of Louisville charged with q violation ot wartime military restrictions.
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
HAY DECIDE TO SCRAP THE
 BATTLEStIP MASSACHuSET

Boston, March 34 The hattleship Ms,ssachusett;; is now being surveyed to determine whether she will be Ecrapped, Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt said in q letter to Mayor Peters today. He added that should the Massachusetts i,c condemn el it was more than likely that the department would commemorate the name by assigning it to | new battle slip or cruiser.
 Disposition of the figur, of Winged Victory. winch is decoration Of the ship, was the principal subject of Mir i,oosevelt's letter. He said that, if if were removed it could he loaned to .hl city. subject to possible use off q
 ;ter MassaC rusettS
 The battleeiIip Massachusetts was tuilt in 1891, She was in the Ore cons class
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
HITCHCOCK AND LENRoOT TO
 DEBATE LEAGUE OF NATIONS

Washing on. March 94.-Senator Hitchcock of Nebraska chairman of The foreign relations committee of the ltft senate. announced today that he had accepted a1 invitation 10 debate the proposed constitution for league of nations with Senator Lenroot of Wisconsin. before the Economic Club rl Nov York April z.
 senator Hitchcock said he also had agreed Co participate III joint debate ur fhe same subject in Philadelphia with George Wharton Pepper. con sttIt 5nai lawyer Of that city and the manager or the League for the Prcser- ratiou of American Independence, re- crltly organized by opl ,nents Of the proposed covenant. The debate will be held April 5 and will be sponsored by Inc Contemporary Club of Philadel- phia, the League to Enforce Peace, and fhe League ot which MT. Pepper is an official. Governor Sproui oi Penasyl- iania will preside al tho meeting
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
FOOD AND CLOTHING
 TO PLACATE BUDApESr

Chicago. March A - Immediate sending of food and clothing to Buda pest Tor dlstrlDution tnrou shout Hun gary as q means of restoring order was urged in a statement tonight bv Congressman r. H. .Laguardia of New
 York, formerly in the American con sular service in Hungary.
 Order must be established or BeI
 shevism will spread" the statement said If it. is not curbed 1t is liable i:to spread to the newly formed govern
 ments ol Poland. Czecno S,ovakia and 1 the Juso Slav- Serbian kingdom. T advise the immediate sending of food and clothing to Budapes for dis ] triput1on- throughout the country. An Amer1can A mission should immediately be sent there to advise and aid in the restoratio of order There are many ! loyal American citizens in America of 1 Hungarian blood. whose services could be enlisted to return 10 Hungary and i aid in the re-esta blishment of normal i conditions"
Norwich bulletin., 1919-03-25
NEW DRAMA DEALS WITH
 THE INVASION OF BELGIUM

New York. March "A - Maurice Naeterlincks "A Burgo2lasler of Bel gium," drama based ou tne clash ing of German militarism a:!d Belgian I Iatriotisn, Was introduced to the American pt.i,:ic tonight al the Bel mont theatre Presented r2 an Eng iish company. the performance marked the initial effort of tac Inter-Allied -Aft Association "to bring about mu- tual understanding of the art of the allied nations.'
 It's action laid within Q single day, tiae play depicts in It's opening scene the peaceful simplicity Of q village eurgomaster': home, (which is rude ly shattered by the command of the invading Germans.
 Belgian official must tc executed u1,ess he discovers the assAilsnt of Tputon officer shot. in all probability by one of his own men. The play ,.right, passing his story upon an in client described in the Belgian White Ecok, spares his audie' ce no more tan reality spared his countryraen, in his unfolding cf the tragic plot.
 LydaH Swete played the leading yS-4 4Tf