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The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
RUSSIAN WARSHIPS
FOUND IN BAD MESS
Sailors Who Had to Clean Them
Up Made iii.

London, March British officers
and men who took over the Russian
Black Sea fleet found more than
their stomachs could stand when
it came to cleaning up the big gun
beats. Filth was everywhere. Dead
rats were in the drinking water.
Men who worked below came above
deck in less than a half hour too
i'll to stand it longer. Boilers were
choked and electric lines were out
of commission. The Volya, the
largest of the fleet. Is entirely cleo
trically driven, but has thirty
switchboards instead of one as in
British ship.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
7-Year-Old Colored Girl
Drowned in E. & O. Canal

The body of Mary Eta Honesty.
colored, years old. who was on Fri
day reported by her parents as miss
ing. was found floating in the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Canal last night by
Charles Pearl. 1865 Jefferson street
northwest The body was sent to the
morgue.
Coroner hewitt was notified and or
dered that an inquest be held tomor-
row.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Japan's Shipyards Hit
Hard Since Armistice

London, March 1.-Of the $50 ship
building yards in Japan. says the
Trade Board Journal. 30 per cent
have been closed since the armistice
was signed and one-half of the re-
mainder are in process of reorganiza- =
ton.
Those yards that will survive will
benefit from the release of American
steel from war embargoes, but the af-
filiated industries are seriously hit by
the prospects of British-American
competition
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Milwaukee Herold "Dies. "

Minneapolis, March 1.-The last
morning edition of the Milwaukee
Herold, German language news
paper, was printed today according
to an announcement by the manage
ment. The evening edition of the
paper will be continued. The Her
old was established more than
sixty-five years ago.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Pocketbook Snatcher Gets 81.

A 81 bill, key, some change and
papers comprised the booty of the
colored man who snatched from the
hand Of MIS-. p. F. Slaughter. 17G
Church street northwest, a pocketboolS
yesterday while she was standing in
front Of i7H Church street She gave
man.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Private Higgins Kills
Self on Fourth Attempt

Private Andrew B. Higgins, MEM
Der of the 1sSth Infantry, yesterday
committed suicide by hanging himself
in a room at St Elizabeth's Asylum.
He was found by two attendants,
Frank Glitter and Frank Flynn.
Three times before HUggins attempt
ed to end his life. Once he cut his
throat in a Baltimore hospital, and
again he jumped from moving train.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
YEGGS BLOW BIG SAFE
BUT GET NO MONEY
Bank Robbers Frightened Away
and Posse Follows.

St Clairsville. Ohio, March l.
Yeggmen attempted TO rob the Ohio
National Bank at Belmont, near
here, today. They succeeded in
blowing open the door of the larg-
est safe, but before they could gain
entrance to the Smaller safe where
the money was, they were frighten-
ed away.
Sheriff Osborn and a posse took
up the trail of the robbers who.were
last seen speeding in an automobile
through MorristOwn about ten miles
west of here.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
BIG CAPTIVE BALLOON
OVER THE MONUMENT
Occupants Get Novel View of City
from Its Basket.

The big captive observation balloon
that was yesterday observed floating
over the washington Monument is
officially designated as model "U. 8.
No. 1877"
Firmly fastened to a windlass the
balloon was at the disposal OF those
who wished to have a novel view of
the National Capital The runaway
balloon of the day before was brought
in by motor truck to the Potomac
Park headquarters late in the after
noon
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Fine Reindeer Meat
Raised in Alaska

Nome, March Alaska is prepared
to furnish the States thousands OF
pounds of meat. 1t is reindeer meat.
In a recent shipment. so tons were
sent down for distribution. 1t is es-
timated that there are 10000 reindeer
in Alaska A reindeer dresses 80
pounds average. Reindeer get their
living from lichen.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Starvation Kills Many
In Big Russian Cities

Helsingfors, March VIRTUALLY all
shops in Petrograd. Moscow and Sar-
atov have been shut down. In Petro-
grad fifty-th factories were closed
and the families OF the workers have
died of hunger Money is valueIess in
the big Russian cities. Smallpox
and typhus are rampant. The ceme-
teries are overcrowded.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
u. 5. Stops Trade Bonuses
Offered by Big Packers

Two New York packing concerns
the Consolidated Packing and Supply
Company and Stewart, Dickson and
Company, Inc.-have teen ordered By
the Federal Trade Commission to stop
their practice of attempting to infiu-
ence purchase by secret payment Of
money. bonuses and otherwise.
Both companies admitted the prac-
tice a Sederal Trade Commission
statement said, and waived right to
introduce testimony in its support
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Paint Without Oil
Remarkable Discovery That Cuts
Down the Cost of Paint Sew
enty-hve Per Cent
A Free Trial Package L. Mailed to
Everyone Who Writes

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ing a new kind q paint vIthout the use Of oil
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water 10 make paint weather proof. fire pSO1l.
sanitary and durable for outside or INSIDE pain,-
ing. II is the osmsnt principle applied 10 paint.
Il sdheres 10 any srfHcs. wood, stone O. b-ick
SPREADS and look like oil PAINT and cnsts about
OnefOurth as much.
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The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Yanks in Russia
Printing a Newspaper

Archangel: March 1.-American
soldiers in northern Russia are
kept informed on current events
by a paper of their own. The
American Sentinel. 1t is a four
page sheet and the Red Cross sees
to it that it is printed regularly.
Papers are sent by sledge to out
lying posts.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
SIAMESE KITE FLIERS
TURNED TO AVIATION
500 Aviators of Little Kingdom
Took Part in War.

Bangkok. Siam. March 1.-The story
of Slams part in the war has not yet
been told.
When it is told it will be story of
valor.
Siam soldiers took especially to the
air service. Perhaps that is because
the Siamese. like the japanese, are
greatly Interested in kite flying
Everyone. from the king down, flies
his kite on pleasant afternoons. The
king, with a rope of silk half the
size of his finger guides a huge silk
star kite.
Anyway, as soon as Siam got into
the war, the Siamese soldiers showed
their interst In aviation. In October
1917, there sailed from Bangkok SOC
aviators who had been trained by
French teachers and from that time
on there was a steady stream. They
were absorbed into the French anc
italian air fighting forces.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
Free Speech in Italy.

Rome. Mar. IA decree was issued
today abolishing all war restrictions
concerning freedom of speech. The
censorship organization will remain,
however.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02

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The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
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Medore. ILL.,. March Page the
Pied Piper. Medore is advertising
for a competent rat catcher.
The Washington herald., 1919-03-02

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The Washington herald., 1919-03-02
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to attempt hammering one would be
to hammer both.
That line had to be broken. II there
was any last test for the Seventy-sev-
enth 1t had come now. And SO the
daring command went forth that units
would advance without regard to flank
support. If the division could pierce
the Argonne Forest without flank sup.
port eXteriorly its individual elements
intcriorly could equal the record OF the
whole organization. An advance ele-
ment meant a pivot in hostile territory
on which TANKS could be swung up.
Through a ravine-a spot that the
Boche had thought its own best pro-
tection-the Whittlesey detachment
filtered on october 2. Five times dur
ing the five days that 1t WAS isolated
determined and costly attacks were
made to break through to its relief
Two of these assaults were lead per-
sonally BY Brig. Gen. Johnson. Com
panies Of the 307th reached the starry.
ing, dying men on the night Of October
7 from the right flank.
Only a historian OF real genius will
ever pay a fitting tribute to the men
OF the Lost Battalion" How they re-
pulsed five attacks. how they beat back
flame throwers, how they existed on
leaves, how they unwound bandages
from the dead to dress the wounds
of the newly hurt, how they lived those
endless nights and days among their
unburied comrades. impossible as II
was to bury them-such bravery as
this deiies description.
A vivid chronicle Of the beleaguer-
ment was sent to his friends in this
country by Capt. Uhen Lieut) Will
lam j. Cullen, a commander of one
OF the companies. who won the d. S. c.
by exposing himself to fire In order
that he might signal from an open
place TO aviators who were seeking the
battalion through the trees.
I'VE had left along our march. OF
course, a line Of communications
wrote Lieut.. Cullen, describing the
situation on the night of October 2
after their objective lad been taken
Patrols were sent out on our right
and left, but found there were nc
Americans within three kllometers OF
us. We knew then that our fianks
had failed 20 break through and
settled down to wait for them.
THAT night the Boche attacked
We heard them coming up. although
we could not see them. The forest
was dense and observation difficult
They started the attack with n heavy
concentration OF machine gun fire and
then under cover of more machine
guns at our rear they came In close
and bombed us with potato Washers.
A couple of nervous fingers pulled
their triggers from our ranks. but |
steadied them until the Boche got suf-
ficiently close to be annoying and then
gave the order: Commence firing
The crack of those rifles was certainly
music to me. After about ten minutes
the Boches retired.
The next day they rolled up or
chased in our runner posts, and then
We knew that We were completely sur
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from sectors were they could be i'll
spared. were rushed to the forest. Dur
ing the foot by foot fighting in the
jungle four additional enemy divisions
We're thrown against the Seventy
seventh-the Seventy sixth, the Forty
first the Forty-fift and the Fifteenth
Bavarian.
a noteworthy point in connection
with the push through the forest is
the fact that at no time were the
divisions TANKS protected. Especially
on the left, where the French should
have maintained a straight line OF ad-
vance, were the New Workers. exposed.
And 1t was the tardy progress of the
French. in final cause, that made pos
sible the enfiltration Of the enemy be-
hind Col. Whittlesey's detachment, thus
cutting him OF from the other units
OF his brigade.
The "Lost" Battalion.
1t should be explained here that the
famous Lost Battalion" was never
lost. The apbellation was a choice
catch phrase for the war correspond
ents, but nothing more. It's commune
cations with It's supporting troops were
severed, and It was surrounded COM
pletely, but the idea should not be per-
mitted to persist In the civilian mind
that the men OF the 80Sth with Com
pany X of the 307th, simply blundered
Into Enlargement. Definite orders
had been received by Major Whittlesey
and Capt, McMurtry to take an OBJ
jective on the Blnarville- Viergette
road, about 500 yards east of the
Charlevaux Mil. Take It and hold 1t
they did-how tenaciously and against
what odds all the world knows.
The circumstances Immediately pre-
ceding the Lost Battalion" episode
were these:
For five days the division had en-
gagged in bushwhacking fighting. One
stepped out onto a trail (there were nc
real roads, or around the trunk of a
tree with his bayonet or his automatic
going first So dense was the growth
that at times II was necessary to crawl
sideways through the saplings. There
, were no towns by whose names to re-
cord the advance. There were. how
| ever, tempting rest pavilions with rus
tic cottages: there were oak panelled
mess rooms under whose silk shaded
| electric globes the Boche had bumped
many an enthusiastic II misguided
| stein to Der Tag" There were blue
tiled bathtubs. brass beds. bowling al
leys-comforts and luxuries to widen
| the eyes at beholding.
Four de lube. st. Hubert's Pavilion
the Arbi de st. Louis and Bagatele
Pavilion were some of the divisions
prizes. Men of the 305th and 3O6th
launched attack after attack on these
strongly entrenched spots before they
| could be won.
Each morning the doughboy went
"over the top" until the experience in
volved no more novelty than deciding
upon the kind of fruit one would have
for brealIfast-back in the States
Now, on october l the progress of the
division was halted along the whole
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held the front line. The Vesle- Aisne
fighting had meant 1900 casualties.
To the depths Of their souls the men
were tired OF "corned willy" and gold
fish" dear mothers, never again let
your returned sons find salmon upon
the family menuD. They yearned for
the sight of a civilian. merely. or per-
haps for dance at one OF those gor-
geous Y. NJ. c. A. pavilions at Aix-les-
Bains OF which they had read.
But the long trail" pointed to duty
for the Seventy-seventh. Not once
from the time they entered the line
until the armistice did the division re-
tire to rest billets. Once more in
camions. having been relieved by the
Eighth italian Division, the Seventy
seventh raced for the Argonne sector,
debusing in the vicinity Of Ste
Menehould. With the stealth of night
itself after twenty hours cramped up
in the French lorries, the divisions
units seeped up behind the French
taking over all reserve positions eX-
cept the immediate front line.
For seven days the division was in
hiding from Boche aviators. The men
were confined under guard to the
billeting barns or thick woods. even
being fed by night. And when Amer
lean officers reconnoitred the front line
they went forward in French uniforms,
The Boche knew the French would not
attempt an attack in the impegnable
Argonne Forest and the Boche was
not to be permitted to know, II pos
sible, that the Yanks not only would
attack there but were actually
about to.
With nearly 1000 "replacements"-
troops new to the line, some of whom
had never thrown a bomb or slipped a
cartridge clip into a rife chamber-the
Seventy-seventh went over" at $50
A. NJ. from trenches north of La Hara-
zee and Four de Paris. on September
rs. The artillery preparation was ex-
cellent. A doughboy waiting on a fir
ing step sends a little OF his being
with every shell that sings sweetly
Jerryward over his head. He knows
that the artillery Is adding consider
ably to his lease of life.
No resistance whatever was encoun,
tered until noon. Several enemy
trench systems had been taken before
the inevitable machine guns announced
themselves. And when we began tC
take prisoners they were pitiably mid
die aged. with stringy hair and shall
low cheeks-troops identified as of the
Second Landwehr Division. One OF
them wept with sickening anguish
embracing my knees and Offering me
u handful of German marks.
This is a hell of a battle so far!
said one doughboy in disgust. Like
fighting your grandfather"
That doughboy's ferocity was to n,
satisfied soon. Seemingly the Ger
mans had been taken by surprise
Second class troops had been sufficient
up to this time to hold the forest, de.
Tended as 1t was by nature and un.
attacked for more than four years
Now other German divisions, talker
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Heroic Deeds Innumerable Mark the Record of New
York City's Own in Fighting Its Way Through
the German Defense of Defenses

This is the final instaIment of the
overseas adventures of the Seventy
seventh Division, written by Lieut..
Arthur McKeogh, formerly of THE
EVENING SUN editorial staff.
New York City's Own proved it's
worth as a fighting unit in its first
days in the trenches. Having held
the trenches for forty-fve days in
Lorraine, the Division moved into
the "Crucibfe of the Vesie." where
they came under the terrific fire of
the enemy artillery. Henceforth
their fighting was to be in open war
fare.
Lieut.. McKeogh now tells how
the Seventy-seventh distinguished
itself in major battles. browning its
giories in the Argonne victory. and
gives the ever thrilling story of the
Lost Battalion"
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rear guard actions to the divisions ad-
| vance, the Seventy-seventh occupied
nine French villages, Villers-en-P Pray
eres. on the Aisne Canal. being the
furthest north.
The country was rather open, but
cleaved by many ravines, with isolated
| wooded hills. Chalk quarries had been
pitted with Boche dugouts. practically
| Inaccessible to our shell fire when they
| had held these positions. These caves
were not protected, Of course. against
| the Germans own rear areas. which
We're now our front. and his shells
searched out many dugouts in which
he had lived a few days before.
A great disadvantage in settling In
enemy dugouts lay In the fact that in
variably he left snares in them. If his
retirement had not been undignified
for its haste. A mustard gas trap in
a dugout at La Petite Logette, near
Blanzy, made a total casualty of the
154th Infantry brigade Staff. Brig
Gen. Evan NJ. johnson. Major Bradley
Martin and several aids with about
40 men. mostly runners and engineers.
were gassed.
AS usual, precautions had been taken
before entering the dugout. the engi-
neers having removed a buried gas
shell timed to explode during the
night. But mattresses on the hunks
had been treated with the gas liquid
and the heat Of the body brought out
the fumes. Jerry was ever a crafty
sort. He knew that a mattress, to a
man who had been wallowing in muddy
funkholes for weeks. would prove 10
be a nocturnal bit of fleece lined
heaven beyond his resisting.
| During local encounters at the
| Aisne the enemy was particularly
stubborn" in the language of the
communicates. toward our right flank
in the vicinity OF Glennes and Revil-
Ion. 1t was near the latter village
that Capt. L. Wardlaw Miles, formerly
a Princeton professor. in command of
Company l, 30Sth. distinguished him
self in such marked fashion that he
was recommended for the Congress
sional Medal OF Honor.
Capt. Miles, just back from the hos
pital, was leading an attack in support
of the 307th. Two Lieutenants were
killed and he was wounded by machine
gun bullets in five places, especially
in one leg. since amputated. When he
could no longer stand he ordered his
stretcher bearers to carry him forward
that he might encourage his men and
supervise the placing OF automatic
rifles, Capt (now MaJor) Lucien 8.
Breckenridge, his senior, had to order
him from the field. But the game pro-
lessor had already taken his objective,
and 1t was held.
Orders for n New Move.
The division was OH the point Of I'M
dertaking a major operation against
the Aisne position when orders came
FOR new move. The fond anticipation
of the doughboy was rest area. For
eighty days, excepting the time spent
in travelling, the Seventy seventh had
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line. The German front was a single
wall Of concrete and wire and flying
lead. Our artillery had been left be-
hind for want Of roads; and even had
the artillery been available, Yank and
Boche were in such close contact that
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seventh. a spirit OF high determination
and cool courage that was to inspire
the New Workers. later to their con-
quest Of the Argonne.
Between September and September
10, with the Boche opposing formidable
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Orders for n New Move.

The division was OH the point OF I'M
dertaking a major operation against
the Aisne position when orders came
for a new move. The fond anticipation
of the doughboy was rest area. For
eighty days. excepting the time spent
in travelling, the Seventy-seventh had
The sun., 1919-04-13

CONTINUED on FoHowmg PaSs)
Evening journal., 1919-10-03
A BERGER Sees
COUNCIL 'CZARDOM'
Resents Presidents Call
Down" When He Is IS
Minutes Late in Appearing
OTHER SOLONS
THOUGHT IT JOKE

Taking offens, at a reprimand adj
minisiered by President Lyon, OF City
Council. last night to tardy Council
men. city Councilmen Abberger de-
clared himself in no uncertain terms.
The verbal ilt that occurred at the
conclusion OF the Council meeting was
sided. however. President Lyon not
making any reply TO Councilman Abber-
ger, who paraded up and down the iloor
0f the Council chambers casting de-
p % looks at the president
d reprimanding The Councilman for
being late, President Lyon asked that
II any member was ill or could moi at
Tend the sessions, he should let the
clerk know. as the session last night
was prevented from starting because
of the lack of a quorum. Mr.. Lyon
concluded by saying that the law stated
plainly that the meetings were 10 begin
at o'clock.
As Mr.. Lyon ceased speaking. Coun-
Gilman Abberger. who was one Of three
members who arrived in Council cham
bers at sl5 o'clock, jumped 10 his feet
Evening journal., 1919-10-03
DAY OF AT0NEMENT
BEGINS AT SUNSET

Today at sunset begins the Biblical
fast day, known as lom Kippur or Day
Of Atonement. II is the most solemn day
in the calendar Of the Jewish people,
and will be ftllngly observed by the
local Jewish community.
Services Will be held at 6i5 o'clock
this evening in Adas kodesch synagogue
sixth and French streets. The services
will be opened by the chanting OF "k0l
Nidre." a very ancient prayer the
melody OF which is very solemn and
impressive.
Rabbi David 3. Swiren will deliver
his Nom Kippur sermon following The
k0l Nidre PRAYER. Tomorrow morning
at 1890 o'clock the Rabbi will deliver
an address entitled, "What Are Wee"
These discourses OF Rabbi SNiren will
be enthusiastically received by AN as they
promise to be highly interesting. They
will be scholarly, timely and witty. The
rabbi will also deliver a special prayer
for the heroes that have fallen in The
war for the world and for democracy
All those boys who have been in the
service are especially invited 20 attend
these services and listen 10 the scr
mons. All men and women OF Jewish
faith will fast throughout the day and
spend It in solemn prayer. Business
places will be closed until tomorrow
sunset. The newly engaged cantor, Mr..
plOtkin Will conduct the musical part
OF The services.