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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01

Russia. Find Archangel on the
White Sea at the mouth OF ne
Dvina river. Run your hSEer
straight south on the railroad un-
til you come to Vologda. Then look
about 100 miles west of Archange'
and you find Omega, on Omega Bay.
Next trace down the Dvina and
Vaga rivers, locating Beresnik. Tul-
gas and Shengursk. Now locate
Pinega, about 80 miles east of Arch
angel, and | will begin my story.
Notice also, while you have your
map handy, that the Thurman coast
is some 800 or 400 miles to the
northwest, and that/a railroad runs
south from the port Kola to Petro-
| grad.
About 5000 in Russia.
The American troops in Russia
comprised the following units: the
559th Infantry (Detroit's OWN, the
337th Ambulance company, the 337th
Field Hospital company, and one
battalion of the 3l0th Engineers,
approximately 5000 troops. All
were originally part of the 85th
| Division which trained at Camp
! Custer, Michigan. We left the
United States July %, 1918, and ar
rived at Liverpool, England, August
4, 1918. We were detached from the
division and encamped at Stoney
Castle, England. Here our Ameri-
can rifles and automatic weap-
ons were taken away from us and
Russian rifles given to us, and we
freceived the first inkling that we
were to be sent to Russia. We left
Newcastle. England, August 26, 1918,
and on leaving England no one
seemed to have any definite idea as
to just why American troops were
being sent to north Russia. 1t
seemed such a long way from
France and the big show. But
soldiers do ask questions, regardless
of opinions otherwise, and the infor-
nation leaked out, from what source
no one seems to know. that our
mission to- north Russia was as fol-
lows:
First: To guard huge stores of
war material and supplies at Arch
angel, Which had been sold by the
allies to the, old imperial govern
ment of Russia.
Second: To prevent the Germans
from coming through Finland and
establishing submarine base on
| the White sea or on the Arctic
|ocean.
Third: To assist the Russians in
recognizing their own army and to
re-establish the eastern front, thus
diverting some of the Huns atten-
| ton from the western front and
preventing his withdrawal of troops
from the eastern front for service on
the western front.
After fully considering this mis-
sion and the size of the country,
our little bunch of Americans were
not long in deciding that we had
"some" job cut out for us, and we
afterwards found out that we sure
did"
| Coming into the beautiful Arch
angel ,harbor that splendid Septein-
Der afternoon we passed a French
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01

made by an American firm. and
which, the boys said, would shoot
around a corner" These rifles were
far inferior to the American or Eng
lish Enfields and the men had little
confidence in them. They damned
and broke and were inaccurate.
There was not much Boosting about
such American-made equipment.
and no doubt the word "profiteer"
floated across the minds of the us
ers more than once during the try
ing months that followed. When
we arrived in Russia this rifle was
all we had TO fight with, while the
enemy was equipped with all the
weapons modern army usually has.
With this equipment, and weakened
by the influenza epidemic, the
American troops were sent out to
fight--not with months training,
or a weeks rest, or even a days
respite, but loaded directly from
the boats onto boxcars and Larges
and shipped to the fronts. And
many Of those boys had been
drafted the middle of June. 1918.
and had spent one month OF their
short army careers on the high
seas!
Men Start Fighting.
My battalion, the Third, was the
first to debark. We were loaded on
a train of small Russian boxcars
that were waiting on the dock,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01

BY ALBERT E. MAY, Omaha
Formerly First lieutenant. Company l.,
s3oth Infantry. American Forces in Russia.
T1NITED STATES history will
have no page in it like the
story of the campaign of the
American forces in north Russia. In
that vast arctic land of ice and snow
and forest and swamp, suffering
hardships almost unbelievable, a
small force of American soldiers,
scattered over $4,000 square miles of
Russia, battledf Yer their lives against
the hordes of bolsheviks, who had
threatened and were determined to
drive them into the frozen White
Sea. For two months before and
nearly seven months after the sign
ing of the armistice, they fought.
Why, they did not know, except for
self-preservation, the first law of
man.
I am convinced, beyond reason
able doubt, after reading newspaper
and magazine reports of the Ameri-
tan north Russian expedition before
its withdrawal, that editors, politi7
clans, the war college and the peo-
pie in general are generally in need
of brushing up course in geogra-
ply. While in Russia we received
few newspapers and magazines and
were amused to read about the
American troops near ,Archangel
in Siberia"--with Siberia 5000
miles away! We smiled when we
learned from these same newspapers
that the American troops on the
Thurman coast"did so and so--when
we never had any American troops
within 500 miles of the Thurman
coast until the late spring of 1919,
when two companies of American
engineers were sent to Murmansk
from France to keep the railroad in
condition ito expedite and assure
the immediate withdrawal of the
American troops" who never were
within 800 miles of that place, and
who couldn't possibly have gotten
to that railroad to be taken out!
And this was after the newspaper
agitation in the United States.
Many Erroneous Ideas
With such foggy and erroneous
ideas, no wonder the stories brought
home by the wounded men and
those that leaked through the Eng
iish censors assumed, at times, pro-
portions in excess Of the zeal truth.
If you think this strange, what
would you say if / told you that per-
haps the War department was also
confused; that from all indications
lit did not even know where the
American troops were in Russia. If
so. why should they send officers to
report to the 539th Infantry and in
struet them to join that organiza-
ton via Vladivostok" and instruct
parents to cable theis-s sons in that
organization via Vladivostok"; and
why did they send those two conf
panies of engineers to Murmansks
/ am not going to attempt to an
swer those questions, but / do wish
TO state few facts to help clear up
the situation. and to answer thou
sand questions that are put to me
daiiy.
II the first place. get ! map Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01
Man SIugged by Burglar
CHARGED With Drunkenness

Police arrested r. M. Grady,
steamhtter, 1919 South Twentieth
street, Sunday morning when they
found him cut and bruised in q va
cant lot near Twenty fifth and Vim
ton streets. He was intoxicated,
police say. His pockets were found
turned inside out. A deep cut on
his chin and bruises about his face
show he had been slugged. A police
surgeon attended his injuries. Grady
was charged with drunkenness.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01
Unidentified Mexican *
Attacks and RobS Woman

"A lone unidentified Mexican
attacked and robbed Mrs. Keys,
negro, 2762 Grant street, Saturday
afternoon in her home. He escaped,
after gagging the woman and bind
ing her to a chair. He stole SIS.
Mrs. Keys told the police she jabbed
him in the stomach twice with a
hat pin she used to fight him off.
She was alone in the house at the
time. Neighbors heard her screams
and called the police.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01

ADJUSTMENTS.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01
Alleged Auto Thieves Are
9. Brouuht to Omaha for Trial

Two men, giving the names of
Roy Gregory, Wallace, Neb., and
Clarence ]. Burris, Kansas City,
Mo, were brought from St. Joseph,
Mo-, to Omaha Sunday afternoon,
charged with the theft of an auto
mobile belonging to Hans Petersen.
22l2 St. Mary's avenue. They were
arrested Friday eight miles outside
of St. Joseph with the stolen car.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01
Americans In Russia Were Outnmbered 10 to By Boshevil
Forces Says Omaha Officer Back From Arctic Fighting Front

possibly 1000 more at the bases
and on the service of supply, In
October 1000 British reinforce
ments arrived, coming some 400
miles across country from MUIR
mansk with reindeer teams.
Concluded Next Sunday
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-09-01
Reds Bombarded Yankees With Ammunition
Bearing Trademark Made in u. S"--Allies
Drafted Civilians to Fight Bolsheviki

E.
Spending More Than Month Sea- Beginning September Fought
Tell Them Why They Were Fighting Live Brit
British Equipment and Were Commanded by British Officers
Ranking Officer of Outfit British Promoted Second
Higher Rank Than American Order Put British in Com
mand-Wha the Boys Had to Stand for in Frozen North
type Saturday night tn. fir. til. story b, FIR:
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without declaration of the duly elected authorities
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Wood was then arrested. Conover vas
installed in Office, and soon after that
the Court of Appeals decided that the
appointment Of the Metropolitan Police
Board was constitutional, so that the
Mayor had to submit
The troubles of the police embol-
dened the gangsters, and for a time
they ran the city with high hand,
particularly in the old Sixth ward
Until the morning of the Fourth OF
July, 1857, however the fighting was
desultory and local and did not assume
the proportions of a general riot. The
gangs of the Five Points, chief among
which were the Dead Rabbits and the
Shirt Tails. so-called because they
wore their shirts or blouses outside of
their trousers. began their celebration
of independence Day by making a
raid on one of the headquarters OF
the Bowery Boys at AZ Bowery. These
rooms were used principally at that
time by the Atlantic Guards, gang
which was used by the politicians for
strong arm work at the polls.
Roach Guards Into Fray.
There was a fight in which brick
bats, stones and clubs were used freely,
but the Bowery Boys had the better of
the battle and Grove the Dead Rabbits
and the Shirt Tails back TO their dens
in Five Points, near Paradise Park,
and around Elizabeth. Mulberry and
Park streets. One of the gangs which
owed allegiance to the Dead Rabbits
In those days and which fought with
the Rabbits in all big battles, was the
Roach Guards, a crowd that had a uni
form. a pair OF trousers with 4 red
stripe. That and an undershlrt was
their battle regalia. This gang heard
OF the victory Of the Atlantic Guards
and assembling all its members
marched toward the Bowery to renew
the attack. Two policemen who tried
to stop them were beaten numerically,
one OF them seriously injured by being
struck on the head with a brick.
But the police sent reenforcements
from the White street station. and
there was a battle in which the au-
thorit!es succeeded In arresting two OF
the gangsters. That didn't prevent the
big fight. however. The police were
finally driven away and the gangs
came together in Bayard street. the
Bowery Boys and the Atlantic Guards
having poured out OF their rooms to
meet the invaders. In Its issue Of
July 6, 1857, The New York Times
gave this description OF the tight that
followed:
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on his cheek where Morrissey had
bitten him.
But the fight didn't settle the rivalry
between the two men and their gangs.
The gangs continued to fight and Nor
rissey and Poole led them in the big
battles. but they did not meet again
as individuals until the afternoon OF
the day on which Poole was murdered.
This meeting was also in Stanwix Hall,
where Poole was drinking with some
companions. Morrissey came forward
and spoke to Poole and insulted him.
One Of his friends handed him pistol,
and as Poole showed no inclination to
fight. Morrissey pointed it at him and
snapped it twice. but it failed to ex-
plode. A policeman came in about
that time, arrested Poole and took him
to the station house, where he was
discharged, Morrlssey was escorted
The sun., 1919-07-27

the scene OF the fight. He started out
alone. but two blocks from the meeting
place he was set upon by a group of
Poole's gangsters and beaten. He re-
treated. came back with some of his
own fighting men. and while they were
giving the Pooles a drubbing he
slipped through the fracas and went
on to meet his antagonist. They had
no sooner faced each other than Nor
rissey rushed at Poole. but Poole
ducked, seized him by the ankles and
hurdled him over his head. Then Poole
fell upon him and the two men lay
there biting, .gouging. kicking and
using every manner Of unfair fighting
trick. Morrissey finally said he had
enough. He was badly beaten and
was In bed for several days. Poole,
however. bore no evidence of the
struggle. with the exception of a cash
The sun., 1919-07-27

still like to talk about the fight be-
tween Morrissey and Poole on the
Amos street dock in 1854 as the great
est of all battles between two gang
sters. The rivalry between the tive
men and their gangs was very bitter
and finally one day they met Nor
rissey offered to bet Poole $500 that
Poole could not pick out a spot where
he. Morrissey, could not whip him.
Poole at first named the foot OF Chris
topher street, but Morrissey knew that
that was in the heart of the territory
controlled by the Poole gang and did
not believe he could get fair play
there. So he offered to bet another
$500 IL Poole would name another
place, and this time Poole said he
would fight Morrissey ON the Amos
street dock, now West Tenth street.
Morrissey had his trouble getting TO
The sun., 1919-07-27

out Of the place by the policeman and
permitted to go after walking two or
three blocks.
Poole went back to Stanwix Hall
late that night Shortly after mid
Night some of the members of Nor
rlssey's gang. including such lights as
Lewis Baker, James Turner and Pat
rick Mclaughlin. also known as
"Paudeen," came into the saloon. Nc
Laughlin called Poole vile name and
offered to whip him.
You are not worth fighting" said
Poole.
Sail in. boys!" cried Turner, turn
ing to the men with him. =
Throwing off his cloak Turner drew
a revolver. which he levelled in the
hollow Of his arm. Poole sneered at
him contemptuously, as Turner
squinted along the sights. and laughed
uproariously when Turner pulled the
trigger and the ball lodged in his own
arm. But the next instant Turner
fired again and struck Poole in the
leg and as the latter stumbled and fell
Baker stepped up and said:
II guess I'll take you, anyhow"
Baker then drew O revolver and
shot Poole In the left side, below the
heart. He fired again. and missed,
and then Poole struggled to his feet,
seized carving knife from the bar
and dashed after them. But they
escaped, and Poole fell into the arms
Of a friend at the door and was taken
to his home. He lived for fourteen
duva ard than dIAd Tho y.olica a -
rested eight men for the crime. in
Guiding Morrissey, but none OF them
was punished. Baker escaped after
the shooting. and made his way to
Jersey City. where he was struggled
on board a ship bound for the Canary
Islands. This vessel was overtaken by
a fast clipper ship owned by George
Law, one OF Pooles political hackers
and leading member of the True
American party and Baker was taken
of and brought back for trial.
The Famous Battie OF 1857.
The famous gang fight Of 1857, prob
ably the greatest free for all night that
New York ever witnessed-at least
that Ia the opinion of many men who
have knowledge of that and subse-
quent gang hghts-occurred during
a time when the Police Department
was demorallzed by reason OF a fight
between Mayor Fernando Wood, who
favored the old Municipal Police, and
the new Metropolitan Police Board,
which had been created by the Legis-
lature as a reform measure growing
out of general laYiess conditions and
The sun., 1919-07-27
Welded by Gangsters and Famous Battles They Wagec
Old Timers Still Talk of the Morrissey-
Poole Clash as Greatest of All Fights
Between Rival Leaders -McGurk Re-
called as "Wickedest Man in World'

the increased affiliation Of politicians
and gangsters. There were several en-
counters between detachments Of Mu-
nicipal and Metropolitan Police. and
on one occasion Daniel Conover, who
had been appointed Street Commits
sioner, and who sided with the Metro
politan Police faction. had to get a
warrant before the Mayor would per-
NIT him to enter the City Hall.
= But there was fight before he got
in. The Municipal Police refused to
let the Metropolitan Police enter, and
twelve persons were wounded in the
resulting battle. The riot was only
quelled when the Seventh Regiment,
then passing down Broadway to en-
train for Boston. was called in. Mayor
The sun., 1919-07-27
Five Points District the Scene of Mem
orable Gang Fight That Strewed the
Streets With Dead and Injured in
1857, and Many Other Conflicts

This is the second of series
of three articles in which the full
history of the gangs and gang
STEERS of New York, from the
earliest days, will be told for the
first time.
The sun., 1919-07-27

Continued o" F0H0Wtr9 o0e.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23
Lower PRICES
. ARE RESULT OF
OHIO CAMPAIGN
Hundred Indictments Return
ed Against Profiteers-H.
6. L. Falls 10 Percent.

COLUMBUS, o., Aug. 23.-When
five individuals and four corporations
were indicted today by the Franklin
County Grand Jury for alleged VIOLA
ton of the Valentine antitrust law in
l'rice-fxing on bread, the number or
those accused amounted to almost lou.
Indictments now are pending in all or
the larger centers Of the state and In
some of the smaller ones, as WELL All
the charges concern actual necessities,
such as bread, meat and milk.
Only three days, are lacking to COM
plete the first month since announce
ment was made of the determination
OF the state to end profiteering If the
practice could be ended. Canvasses in
all Ohio cities show that the cost of
living has been reduced approximately
ten per cent and that the general
understanding in favor of still higher
prices for all commodities has been
succeeded by trend toward lower
prices.
Delays Arc Eliminated.
Legal delays have been eliminated
through speedy hearings and trials,
and the most important case now Is
pending in the State Supreme Court.
This is the Columbus Packing COM
pany litigation. It Is possible that this
may be decided within a short time.
as the case now is before the court
completed. and the only question is
the method for disposal Of the ~out-
lawed" pork loins, as the violation Of
the cold storage act was admitted by
the defendant.
With the reluctence Of Federal au-
thorities to act, the state may follow
up victory in this case with speedy
~xs g. g. L.
which boarding has been charged.
Upon the announcement of decision
favorable to the state, scores of suits
would be filed Immediately, and If the
public interest did not require immed-
late disposal of the products they
could be kept as a public reservoir
against higher prices, reversing the
"stabilizing" process that has govern.
ed the past.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23

80, at 2 o'clock p. NJ. at which c. O.
Drayton. an Illinois practical farmer,
will deliver the address ON "A Twenty
Thonsand-Dollar Union by Farmers
and for Farmers"
The association has for its object "a
square deal market at every county
town and a wholesale price on all you
buy"
The first meeting. Angus Is, will be
held In the high school building at
Eldorado. The; other dates follow:
August 3e-High school building at
New Paris.
August 27-School building at Camp.
bellstown.
August 2S-High school building,
Lanier township.
August 29-Htgh school auditorium,
Dixon township, August 80.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23
London Smoke Horror
Attacked by Engineers
(By Associated Press)

LONDON. July IA (By maiD.-Coal
scarcity and the uncertainty Of the
supply for the coming winter are
combining to turn the attention Of en-
gineers to some system Of smoke con-
sumption which. while saving fuel
will serve to cleanse London's murky
atmosphere. To the present no prac-
teal system that win come within the
purse of the average householder has
been devised, but experiments along
that line are being carried out by q
number Of corporations.
London uses soft coal IN preference
to anthracite and within an hour after
six o'clock in the morning, when Lon
don servants arise, the air is filed
with long sptrals Of smoke from count
less chimneypots. The sky soon Is
entirely obscured.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23
Judge Brutality Beats
Friend of Negroes

AUSTIN, Tex, Aug. 23.-John r.
Shillady, a white man, secretary of the
National Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People was severely
beaten and placed on board an out
bound train for st. Louis Friday.
County Judge Dave J. Pickle. of
Travis County, declared that Shillady
had been 'fncfting negroes against
the whites" and had previously been
warned to leave ustin. Judge Pickle
said the attack on Shillady was made
by himself, Constable Charles Handy
and Ben Pierce none Of whom, he de-
clared, would shirk responsibility in
the matter. He emphasized the fact
that he and his companions were act
ing unoff1cially, however.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23
Stage Beauties Take
Department Store Jobs

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Stage beau
ties who, when the Rialto was not
bothered with a Thespian strike, re-
ceived fancy salaries, now are earning
from SIS to $50 q week in department
stores, according to Mrs. Shelley Hull,
who is directing Relief Bureau at
strike headquarters.
Many are acting as telephone opera.
tors. Governor Alfred E. Smith was
unable to come from Albany today to
attempt to settle the strike.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23

Cca shell which carried and of the center erod when
between the
the cn shell and the lower the outside shell which the
spark
conca shell the eecde
which the small portion against shoulder Shout
these
these washers wdns the Extra
between
top porcelain.
evident
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23
Monument of Man Whose
Murder Started War, Do.un

(By Associated Press)
SARAJEVO, Bosnia, Aug. 20 (By
Mail) The Slavs have torn down the
beautiful monument Of granite and
bronze which the Austrians erected to
the memories Of Archduke' Franz Fer
dinand and his wife, Sophia, Duchess
of Hohenberg, which stood at corner
Of the bridge here where their assas-
sination by Prinzip furnished the spark
that set off the world war. 1t bore a
bronze plaque showing the figures OF
both Ferdinand and Sophia.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23
PREbLE FARMERS
TO HOLD MEETINGS
FOR MARKET PLAN

EATON, o., Aug. 23.-Justice for the
farmer will be the keynote OF q SER
les of meetings which will be held at
various points in Preble' county during
the week of August Is, with q view
to promoting interest in the proposed
county farmers cooperative elevator
association.
The closing meeting will be held at
the courthouse here, Saturday, August
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-23
INSTRUCTOR RESIGNS

OXFORD, O., Aug. 23.-Miss Chloe
Henry, of Athens, o.. instructor in
French and Latin in the Oxford high
school, yesterday rendered her resig-
nation to the village board of educa-
ton The vacancy has not been filled.