Daily Kennebec journal., 1919-10-27
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army to obtain memberships in Au-
gusta next week are urged to at
tend the public meeting in the Hal
Of Representatives at the State
House tomorrow night. when James
c. Jackson, New England Division
manager Of the Red Cross. will talk
TO :her. While tine wu-x>,s are
urged tc come, the public is cordially
invited. :or the meeting is free ana
open o, to al! o,'Ih!.,.a who alo in:Yss'ed in
In addition to Mr.. jackson. Miss
Elizabeth Poss. director OF the RED
Cross Du. eau OF nursing. will also
give TN outline CT the wo,k and as
ice. Cheney c. Jones, director Of ci-
william relief, will also tell how the
Red Cross rushes to the relief of
communities which are visited by
disasters. In view of the recent Red
Cross activities in aiding the citizens
of Corpus Christi when their city Was
destroyed, Mr.. Jones story should
he especially interesting.
At this meeting the Red Cross
workers will receive their genera;
instructions in regard 70 tie local
drive also.
The committee in charge Of the
drive announces that in addition 10
the several reels of films showing
the activities of the 26th Division in
France. they have secured three of
the Red Cross pictures. Helping
Our Boys at Home" winning Her
Way" and Russia, q World Prob
!em." all of which will be shown at
the big public mass meeting at the
Colonial theater next Sunday eve
ming. Everybody is invited to this
meeting also and there will be no
collection or charge Of any sort.
The war pictures, taken by Capt.
Edwin H. Cooper. the official photog-
rapher of the 26th Division-"Y D.
We're recently shown before Presi-
dent Wilson and his Cabinet as the
best representative war films made
in France. The Captains bravery il
securing thees remarkable movies"
won for him the Distinguished Serv-
ice Medal. Distinguished Service
Cross, Croix de Guerre and three sep
arate citations.
He was recommended for the Dis
tinguished Service Cross by Maj.
Gen. Clarence r. Edwards for cap
turing single handed eight German
soldiers, while he was armed only
with his moving picture camera. 1t
happened this way:
When Lieut. Col. Southland of Bangor
.eI his men on that famous charge
which resulted in the capture of Turcy
from the Germans. Capt. Cooper was
out in No Mans Land with his fa:.h-
full camera. waiting to catch a head
en- charging Of the troops toward him
and the German Ines. When the zero
hous" came. Capt. Cooper was ready
and calmly ground OF hundreds Of fee;
Of Am as the Maine boys dashed by in
their charge.
Just as the last OF the American S
went by and Cooper. was getting reaos
10 take his camera further forward, he
saw eight helmeted German heads pop
out Of fox holes" in the ground the
Hanks lad Just charged over. 1t WAS
habit Of the Huns to bury thems.ives
il these little holes, cover them over
with straw or brush and then when the
Up and shoot at them from behind.
But Cooper was quick witted. He ard
his beloved camera were fairly well
hidden in a shell hole. SO took a lor <
chance that his moving picture came-a
would look enough like a machine gun
to scare the Germans. He turned it O ,
them and the frightened Huns held up
their hands and yelled "Kamera ]. -
Capt. Cooper and his machine sud :
escorted the eight shespins prisoners 10
the American lines. The picture he took
during the capture is part Of the :elm;
that will be shown here.
Capt. Cooper will be here personally
and will explain the pictures as they
are thrown on the screen. The Red
Cross films which have been secured
also TO- the meeting here show the ar.
rival Of the doughboys and their re.
ception il New York. hospital train o.
its journey across America and many
human interest incidents encounte-ei
by the train on its way.
Winning Her Way" Is a photopla v
Of Red Cross public health nursing in
small community and shows vividly
the value of this particular phase Of the
Red Cross work In Russia, a World
Problem" scenes of the country ana its
PEOPLE now 50 much in the public mind
are prominent and the Red Cross ac-
tivities In this country of unrest ar.
featured.