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Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-11-22
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Mayor Levy Announced Al
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Following Interesting Moet
Last Night - Various Que
tons Discussed AS Means For
Raising Revenue
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Cloudy tonight, with
light snow; Sunday fair.
somewhat colder.
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New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

The memory of our great attack
upon the Hindenburg line on the
goth of September 1918, in which the
9th American Division, along with
troops from all parts of the British
Empire, took so gallant and glorious
part, will never die and the SER
vice then rendered by American
troops will be recalled with graft
tudc and admiration throughout the
British Empire. l rejoice to think
that in the greater knowledge and
understanding born of perils and
hardships shared together, we have
learnt at last to look beyond old
jealousies and past quarrels to the
essential qualities which unite the
great English-speaking nations.
In bidding godspeed to you whom
for time | was privileged to have
under my command, feel confident
that the new era opened out before
US by the appearance of American
troops on the battlefelds of the Old
World will see the sympathy and
friendship now established between
our two nations constantly deepcned
ana strengthened, to the lasting ad-
vantage of both peoples
General Organs Reply
Major General O'Ryan replied as fol
lows:
My Dear General Haig:
| acknowledge receipt of YOUR very
generous letter commencing the bat
tie record Of the 9th Division. On
behalf of the officers and men of the
division | express appreciation of
your words and of the sentiments
which inspired them. With you |
rejoice in the knowledge that our
relations, born of peril and sacrifices
shared together in campaign and in
battle, constitute an enduring tie
that will be proof against the petty
distractions Of ordinary times.
The personnel of our division. be-
ing Americans, are the descendants
OF many races and peoples, some Of
them having no sentimental or other
ties with Great Britain. 1t is natural
to assume that they entered upon
the service of their division with
the British army with widely vary
ing emotions respecting British SOL
dlers and the soldiers of her col
onies.
l think | fairly state the senti-
ments of our officers and men when
say that upon the completion of
our service we carried with us
respect and admiration for your SOL
diers, both officers and men. We
found them to be brave and patient
IN adversity, courageous and magnan-
lmous in victory and, under all con-
dltlons, highly disciplined and modest
IN department. Toward us thev
acted like brothers-not as formal
allles-in joint endeavor. And 80
we leave France with complete re-
clprocation of the sentiments you
have been kind enough to express
and with gratitude for many kind
nesses, both professional and per-
sonal, shown US by you, YOURSELF
and by the commanding generals of
the I'd and 4th armies and. the Off :
GERS associated with them.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

bread and butter, coffee and canned
fruit.
Dinner-Potatocs, string beans, fried
ham, coffee and bread and butter.
Supper-Codhsh hash, cream peas,
boiled potatoes, stewed peaches, bread
pudding and vanilla sauce, tea and
bread and butter.
Good Eats" To Be Kept Up
Mess sergeants gave assurances that
the daily menus Will maintain the same
high plane during the entire sojourn
of the 9th.
Although military training has been
dispensed with, the rising and retiring
hours are strictly according to regula-
tlons. Reveille blows at 6:1O a. M
and the goodnight blast is at IL
O'clock
Visitors to the camp coming either
by way of Dumont or at the Tcnafiy
entrances are received at the hostess
houses. Their soldier friends are
brought to them by orderlies. Thou
sands of visitors are expected to-mor-
row and Sunday.
Admiring relatives and friends who
expect to be regaled with tales Of
thrilling experiences on the battle
line, are doomed to disappointment
They will probably be told of the
time Charlie Nunamaker of Com
pany f, of the 10th saw a dense gas
cloud drift toward him, reached for
his gas mask to find it shot away and
spent some last moments" until a
harmless smoke screen enveloped him.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Two Men Convicted
In BaH Case Given
3 Months Reprieve
Governor Smith Grants De-
lay Because of John Doe
Inquiry Into Alleged Per-
jury at Their Trials
By BRIGGS

A reprleve of three months was
granted by Governor Smith yesterday
to Jacob Cohen and Frank Ferrara,
who are awaiting the execution of the
death sentence for completely in the
murder of Barnet Baff, the so-callsd
Poultry King" Their execution had
been set for the week of March IT,
The fact that John Doe invcstiga-
tion is now being conducted by the
District Attorneys office here to ascer-
tain if perjury was committed iii the
trial of the two men was given by the
Governor as his reason for granting
the respite
The hearing yesterday afternoon had
very little to do with the Baf case.
Instead, it dealt mainly. with an alleged
frame up" by Philip Musrca to obtain
evidence in cases against men charged
with conspiracy to evade the draft law.
Bernard Freedman was the only wit
ness examined during the afternoon.
He said he was paid $50 by Musica for
"expenses" in procuring affidavits in
not get. Assistant District Attorney
Pecora, who is conducting the examna-
ton, devoted most of his time to an
effort to establish that Musca, during
December, 1917, endeavored to employ
Freedman to secure evidence against
men believed to have been conducting
an redemption bureau"
Jacob Luban, one of the principal
witnesses so far in the Baff investiga-
ton, arrested Thursday night on a
charge of forgery, was arraigned yes
terday before Judge Otto A. Rosalsky
and held in $4,000 bail on each of two
indictments charging forgery in the
second degree. He furnished bail.
Commenting on Luban's connection
with prosecutions which had been con-
Quoted by him, Assistant Attorney
General Becker said:
while he was in our employ for the
purpose of getting evidence. he re-
quested that he be given protection
from police interference with a house he
was running. 1t Immediately occurred
to me that this was not the sort of man
we wanted, and | called Governor Whit
man on the long dis stance telephone.
Governor Whitman characterized Lu-
ban as dangerous and treacherous.
From that moment Luban's connec-
tlon with this Office ceased"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
March p Is Fixed as Date
OF Parade of 9th Division:
Two Days of Gayety Planned
Heroisn1 of ORyan s Men
Praised BY Marshal Haig~

The 9th Division brought back copies
of letter which Sir Douglas Haig,
British commander in chief in France,
addressed to its commander, Major
General John F. O'Ryan, its officers,
-commiss ioned officers and enlisted
men just before they sailed for home.
The British field marshal pays high
tribute to the sacrifices, courage and
devotion of the soldiers from New
York, and assures them that their
name will live long in the memory of
Englishmen.
General Organ i'll reply, assured the
British comman Ter that, although the
constituents of the 9th Division were
such that at the outset they might
have regarded their service with the
British with varying emotions, they
had learned to hold their comrades in
arms in high esteem
Marshal Haig's Letter
Field Marshal Haig's letter follows:
You are returning in victory from
the ilrst campaign in which Ameri-
can troops have fought on European
soll: Secure in the strength and
llmltless resources of your own
great country on the other side of
the Atlantic, the call of outraged
humanity, which from the outset of
the war sounded so loudly and so
closely in British ears, was heard
from afar by the manhood of our
sister nation. people less far
sighted, less imbued with the lofty
ideals of liberty, might never have
You heard it, you gave it heed, and
when the time was ripe and everv ~
city. township, village, hamlet and
farm in your mighty land knew the
tull meaning of the desperate con-
tlct raging beyond the seas, you
flung yourselves into the fray.
ardent and impetuous on the side of
right.
Proud Record of Achievement"
Right triumphed You who now
return to the homes that sent Won
forth in faith, and hope, to make,
if need be, the supreme sacrifice for
the belief that is in you, can say to
those who greet you that in that
triumph you have had your share.
You can point to a proud record of
achievement to the months of pa
tlent, earnest training, to the inces
SAINT strain and watchfulness of the
trenches, to the fury of great
battles. You can point also to your
sacrifices, made with courage and
devotion unsurpassed in all the
dread story of the war-abundant
IN herolsm-sacrifces which were
the price OF world liberty and peace,
which you have helped SO powerfully
to build up anew.
Returning, you and all ranks of the
American Expeditionary Force carry
back with you the pride. affection
and esteem of all who fou ght beside
you, and not least Of those with
whom you share a common language
and common outlook upon life.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Police Move to Block
Civil Service Measure
Bill in Legislature Would Put
Detective Jobs on Com
Detitiye Basis

Patrolmen of the lower grades in the
Police Department, it became known
yesterday, have been organizing in a
quiet way for the purpose of blocking
the passage of a bill pending in the
Legislature which would make the rank
of first grade detective competitive
position to be determined by a civil
service examination.
The bill, which is favored by some
members of the Detectives Endowment
Association, is to be presented by Dep
uty Commissioner John A. Leach. as
chairman of the legislative committee
The patrolmen assert that the post
of first grade detective is their one
solace against the slow promotions and
discipline Of the department. The pa
trolmen point out that when a patrol
man is cited he'usually is made first
grade detective with pay at $2,45O a
year.
The new bill also would make the
rank of second grade detective tenn
porary position, limited to $50 mem
bers and salary of $3.50, and the
third grade unlimited, at $3.50.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
9Th Men at Merritt
Like Camp and Eats
But Wav,t to Go Home
StaN Corrcapondenc,


CAMP MERRITT, N. j., March g.
Taps here tonight found the members
of the 9th Division we'll fed and fit
.tingly entertained. Their second day
back in America was spent eating
three splcndidly cooked meals, TAX
ing morning stroll and an afternoon
nap and attending movies or the camp
vaudeville at night. There was no
drill and few details.
A new camp record for speedy de.
lousing was established by the portion
Of the 9th Division here. At 2 o'clock
this morning the last man had passed
through the atcrilizing processes and
was ready for parade, or to be dis
charged from the service
Practically all OF the New York Cit,
men Of the 10sth Infantry and the twt
battaiions Of the i07th in camp were
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Men of 9Th
At Camp Mills Granted
Ledue for 2I Hours
stan Correspondenc1


CAMP MILLS, March 7. Officers Of
the 9th Division made good to-day on
their promises to be generous in grant
ing passes to the former New York
Guardsmen quartcrcd here Four thou
sand men, Approximately so per cent of
the New York doughboys in the bar
racks here, were headed for New York
City by noon.
The men given leave to-day, Colonel
James NJ. Andrews, of the 105th an
nounced, are due ba& nt Camp Mills
in time for roll call at y a. M to-
morrow. He urged the cooperation
fef parents and friends of the soldiers
il seeing that the mcn return on
time. Those living in Manhattan,
Brooklyn, and the Bronx, were given
first chances at the passes to-day
After all the New York Guy men have
visited their homes, coughboys who
live upstate, or in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey points, VIII be granted
leave of absence. and passes for is
or possibly 70 hours will be granted
if necessary, it was SAID here.
Three thousand men who had been
up the greater part of the night and
had gone through the required sani-
tary or "delousing' treatment by 8
o'clock this morning, were the first
to get passes. Major Jackson, who is
in charge of the sanitary plant. an
nounccd that all the men had received
this treatment by 8 o'clock tonight.
5000 Visitors in Camp
Not since the days when the old
69th and the rest of the Rainbow
Division we're training here has Camp
Mills had so many visitors as to-day.
Lieutenant Colonel Charles II. Smith,
camp quartermastcr estimated that
fully 5000 persons came to Camp
Mills between 8 o'clock and dusk.
There were happy reunions in the
various Y w. c. A. hostess houses on
the edge of the camp, where Captain
Louis II. Buisch, head OF the military
police, had stationed twenty orderlles
who rushed back and forth on motor
cycles summoning men for whom vls-
itors were calling. The battery of spe-
cial telephones in the Y w. c. A. head
quarters was congcstcd all day with
the rush Of messages to men in camp
/ The text of most Of them was: "Telc-
phone mother at once. Are YOU we'll :!
The general exodus from camp
brought disappointment to hundreds
of mothers, fathers and relatives who
came to camp on early morning trans
only TO find that the boy they wanted
had obtained liberty pass and had
headed for New York and presumably
home SO thert were both laughter
and tears of disappointment IN the big
Y. W. c. A. headquarters.
Boys Like Place and Eats
The men here are receiving every
possible attention. Colonel Smith
who for twenty-five years was n mem
Der Of the New York National Guard
and came here as camp quartermnster
in the summer Of 1917. made n per-
sonal tour of inspection of the 9th
barracks to-day He asked man after
man "How arc you being treated, boys;
do you like the place ?" The invariable
answer was "'rhs is paradise com
pared to what we've been through. The
eats are fine"
"If you want anything at ALL" Col
onel Smith assured most Of them "all
you hive to do is sing out for it,"
He also announced that men whose
uniforms are not absolutely prescntable
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

thought it funny that I fooled with
maps and seemed to know what was
going to happen and that made more
The first thing did that made the
boys begin to change their attitude
toward me came on July 23 of last
year, when | crept out at night and got
behind the German lines. remained
there for twenty-five hours could
speak and understand German, so was
able to bring back lot of informa-
ton.
"Then, on August 81, another thing
happened that made the fellows begin
to think that maybe | was an Ameri-
can just like them. Australians began
Smelling our trenches by mistake, and,
against the colonel's order, | crept
through their fire and stopped them. |
suppose | was taking long chance, but
| didn't think of that
Escaped German Prison
"By this time the boys were BEGIN
nlng to look on me as one of them
Then came my final stunt, on October
~, IN the fight against the Hindenburg
line. | had been scouting around and
foolishly tried to capture German
colonel, two majors and twenty seven
officers, whom l stumbled into. They
took me prisoner.
after trying to pump information
from me behind the lines, they took
me to prison thirty miles from the
front. | managed to get lie, and
one night cut my way through the wire
stockade that walled US in. got
away and walked thirty miles to our
lines, killing a German who tried to
stop me en- route. l was half dead
when | reached our outposts, but
was safe.
"Those are some of the things that
made the boys change their minds. |
think they're for me now, even though
was born in Holland"
And the circle Of doughboys shout
ed: "YOu bet We arc!''
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Heroic Exploits of Albany Soldier
DispelIed Doubts of His LOYALTY

CAMP MILLS, March 7-When Ser
geant Henry j. Schuurman, who before
the war was man of all work on the
estate Of an Albany millionaire, sailed
for France with the 9th Division. he
bore the stigma of suspected pro-
Germanism.
To-day there is not man in Com
pSny c of the 105th Infantry the
doughboys trust more. In his COM
pany barrack room this afternoon
Schuurman told the story of the
heroic exploits overseas that con-
vnced his comrades he was zone hun
dred per cent American" and won him
their faith
the outbreak of the war in the 10th
Infantry. At Wadsworth l was classi-
fed with the 105th. l had trouble from
the beginning. l can laugh at it now,
although it hurt me terribly then.
"You know, | was born in Holland"
Schuurman continued in his peculiar,
halting way. "Notice my peculiar Ger
man accent. That's what made the
boys mistrust me. They thought was
a pro-German. Some of them even
looked on me as a German spy. Some
times they went for me-"
Given "Clout in the Ear"
"You bet" interrupted lanky
doughboy, who was in the circle around
Schuurman. ~ remember giving him
a clout in the ear one night"
Going over on the ship some queer
things happened that made it look as
though there might be spy among US.
The boys thought of me-" continued
Schuurman, "and think got me beaten
up" He laughed.
."Overseas ! was transferred to the
intelligence division Of our outfit
used to pore over maps and one day I
told the boys the big drive was COM
ing on the Hndenburg line. They
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

absent on twentv-four- hour passes to-
day. They constitute about 80 per cent
of the personnel of the outfits. The
other 90 per cent will depart for
twenty-four hours at noon tomorrow.
On Monday pass system will be in
sttuted whereby 20 per cent of the
men will be granted twenty four hour
leave each day. Incidentally mild
drill programme will be begun on Mon
day, consisting chiefly of parading re-
hcarsas for the triumphant procession
up Fifth Avenue. The men arc eager
for the parade-not for the honor and
cheers, as Sergeant Charles Moody, Of
320 East Fifty-third Street, member
of the 10Th, put it, but because after
the march comes the discharges.
Nearly Every State Represented
The rcplaccments in the two outfits,
men from practically every state in
the Union. will be returned to their
draft areas after the parade, accord
ing to Lieutenant Colonel Nicolas
own heroes will probably be sent to
Camp Upton for rehabilitation
The men with distant homes are cngcr
to leave.
~ could just about get home in time
to say goodby to my folks on IL
twenty pass" said Private
Emory Edwards. Of Susquchanna, Penn,
one Of eighteen men TO answer roll
call Of Company G, 107th Infantry, on
September 20. when the eth stormed
the Hindenberg line.
Very little time was spent in lament
ing. The men crowded into telephone
booths and the telegraph office to
notify friends and relatives Of their
fcturn. They are highly satisfied with
Camp McrEtt rations. for the following
REASONS:
Brcakfast--Oatmeal. fried bolopnn.
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

will be given new outfits, so the 9th
Will be in fine shape when it parades in
New York City.
The men are still talking about the
reception they got in New York City on
their arrival there yesterday. at was
wonderful" Colonel Andrews said. "We
knew there was welcome planned
but we didn't know how it would work
out. We were amazed and surprised d
by the bigness of it,"
Piece by piece the story of the 27th's
exploits overseas is being told.
"Our men were real tighters," Colo
mel Andrews declared. MANY of our
battles were in fogs, early in the morn
ing, and our compasses were effected
by the metal in shells flying all around
us. Often there was absolutely moth
ing to guide us. In some engagements
the men literally had to hang to the
coat tails of the men before them But
they went ahead just the same"
Private Tracy Cowan, nineteen year
old youth who comes from Schenectady
n. T., and served overseas as Colonel
Andrews orderly and runner" told
visitors to-day how he used to duck in
to shell holes to escape enemy fire
while he was "chasng" messages on
the front.
But the best way found" he said,
was to keep on going right through
the fire and take chance on not get
ting hit. Mine was the most thrilling
Job IN the regiment, think I'd rather
be runner than non-com any day
II had lot of fun. One day a shell
splinter went into my hand. had it
pulled out and dressed and went on
with my work. I'm entitled to wear a
wound stripe for that, but don't feel
that | ought to. think the only men
entitled to wear those decorations are
fellows who lost leg or arm or had
some other serious injury. And they're
entitled to wear half a dozen stripes y
eve had the 'Heinies' almost crazy
said Private Edward Montmarquet, OF
the l05th
1--WE went for that Hindenburg line
on September 20, 1918, and before we
started over we laid down barrag-
which the Germans told us was the
worst they'd ever been up against. It
lasted four hours. and started at a 80
in the morning. Some barrage! Their
we went over"
"Those Huns amt fighters" Private
Sylvester Greeley, also of the l05th
interrupted. "Why, the only way to
catch German is to catch him run
ming We had them snutty. 1t was
Kamcrad!' ali the time.
"Wcll. I'll say it was a great war
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08

members of their congregations
preached TO them. The gathering was
held to discuss local plans for the
S6,0OO,OOO victory campaign which the
national committee Of Northern Bap-
tist Laymen is preparing to launch.
Edward L. Ballard, James c. Col
gate, F. W. Aver, Fred P. Haggard
Charles II. Sears and G. Howard Estey
described plans the laymen have made
to make the campaign a success and
challenged their spiritual leaders to
go and do likewise. Speaking for the
clergy, the Rev. Dr. John NJ Moore,
pastor of the Marcy Avenue Baptist
Church, Brooklyn, accepted the chal~
lenge.
A BURGLAR with a Crude against
IA lawyers Skinned up the front of
an apartment house at $50 Park Ave
nue. before dawn yesterday. Opening
window in the apartment occupied
by Trowbridge Galloway, an attorney,
he entered and helped himself to the
Galloway jewelry and money.
He departed without disturbing any
of the family and swarmed up the
face of house across the street at
t35 Park Avenue. There also he Sc
lected for his operations the home of
lawyer, Dean Sage. He did not sue
ceed in catching Mr. Sage mapping,
however, and had to Chamber down and
take to his heels.
pERSONs on the Pennsylvania sta
Il ton platform of the Seventh Ave
nue. subway who had been given to
understand that Woodrow Wilson was
we'll on his way to Europe, had their
faith in Presidential integrity severely
joltcd yesterday when the living image
of Americas chief delegate to the
peace conference stood before them
With long train of the curious be
hind him "Woodrow Wilson, paced up
and down the platform for several
minutes before some one hailed him as
"Mr. President"
'I'm just varnish manufacturer"
he told his audience. my name is
Edwin Besuden. My office is at so
Church Street-not in the White
House. People are always mistaking
me for the President, but I'm not a
bit like him. never say May l not,
for example"
New-York tribune., 1919-03-08
Special Welcome for 10Th
Escort of Honor and Reception
Being Arranged

There is to be a special welcome for
the i07th Infantry when it returns ia
New York complete on the day before
the 27th Division parade. Representa-
tives of the 7th Regiment. New York
Guard the eth Regiment Veterans. the
War Veterans and the Women's Auxil-
larry of the l07th Infantry virtually
have completed plans for this welcome.
There will be an escort of honor
from the railroad terminal to the 7th
Regiment Armory. After the regiment
has been demobilized there will be h
reception.
Former members are asked TO COM
mnnlcate with the Veteran Association.