The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-05-02

attention during til summer
months.
A noted actor will suddenly dietn
fulfllment Of the prognostication
that men past so who have reached
high place must give way to the
young,
Persons whose birthdate Il Is will
have successful year in business,
but they should not speculate.
Children born on this date may
be quick tempered and positive in
nature. These subjects of Taurus
may be exceedingly talented,
tCopyrighi. 1890 BY the Mcclure Nes'oiprr Srdlcael
Germans picked or tho wounded au
left no man alive, the major replictN
mo more than we did. Lookingy
out over no-man's-land one could not
be sure whether movement there
revealed a wounded man or a soldier
crawling out for information. and wa
took no chances. on the contrary
the Germans were sly enough to
want to wound our men instead Of
Kill realizing that 1t often put two
men out OF the fight, one going TO
the assistance Of the other. When
it's your life or his one has no s. a..
pies about picking | heard san
American call into q German hole
once and asked how many there
were OF them, The answer came
back Seven Then here's a SOU
venir for each Of YOU and he threw
in "a grenade that killed them all.
Some Of the men have strange
ideas regarding the officers. ono
time, just before entering the fight
"A man came to me and asked that |
carry his money for him.
But I'm going into the fight
too | said.
Yes. sir, l know, but I'm afraid
I'll get Killed and I've got $50 that
want to get back to my sister, ! wish
you'd keep for me, sir"
But man, do you think I'm bull
let proof? | might get killed my
self, and II your money Is found on
me you could never prove that it
was yours
The poor fellow was wounded
that time, but months afterwards
Joined us in Germany. lie told me
he was surely glad he kept his
money. as he had received no pay
since he went to the hospital and
would have been without a gent ex-
cept for that eighty"
one OF the questions put by an OF.
ficer who did not get over waS
whether or not the Germans really
preferred falling into American
hands, and Major Howes told OF
German captain who was made a
prisoner, and, upon finding that his
Captors we're americans, asked to
go back and tell his comrades, who.
he stated. would he glad to surren-
der when they found they were 10
be prisoners of the Americans. The
major consulted higher officers who
advised giving II a trial, He is
only one man." Sley said, eve might
risk it," The captain returned later
with more than 40 Germans.
II was only the little stories OF 9th
ers that were easily drawn from
Major IIowes; 1t took many inquiries
TO make him tell of one maneuver
that was OF the sort that led the
Germans to believe Americans super
men. and which scared them into
capitulation. Men present, some OF
even higher rank. who, themselves,
had fought back tho boche trench by
trench, sat tense with interest land
eXclamations of "Nerve!" "Grlt!l
and the like were involuntarily ~
tered as the major told how. along
with others, he led his entire battal-
ion miles behind the German lines
whore, the enemy finding Americans
behind as well as in front of them,
surrendered without n shot. Such
tactics saved thousands of lives. IL
was successfully tried upon several
occasions-once upon two nights in
succession.
AS | could piece IL together II was
done something like this: Selecting
a black night, two Americans who
talked German were sent ahead, en-
gagged each enemy guard in converse
ton and killed him. Then our troops
came quietly up I'm twos. Down the
German road they marched, trudging
past and rubbing elbows with Ger
man soldiers who were going toward
their front line trenches, the enemy
thinking, II at all they thought other
than OF heaven and home, that the
silent marchers passing were the
soul-weary men they were being sent
to relieve. An exclamation uttered
false step to arouse suspicion, and
all would have been over. The nerve
of the American. Content in the as
sured knowledge that miles OF Ger
man-occupied trenches lay between
them and the allies lines, German
officers at their game OF cards, or
eating, reading, sleeping, were
thrown into CONSERVATION when guns
OF the 9th infantrymeu thrust them
selves in heir faces, No wonder they
thought the Americans supcr-men.
No wonder the war ended shortly
thereafter.
II was never wounded" laughed
the major. Il must have had a
charmed life. Upon landing in New
York last fall l was almost afraid 10
cross the street for fear of being
knocked down by an automobile.
couldn't believe that going through
so much | could report back whore
] started from in the whole condition
/ left in"
BE that as it may, 1t is said tlat
many man is wearing wound
stripes for less than the injuries re-
ceiyed in three instances by Major.
Howes, but he would not take his ses
riously enough TO report to hospi-
tai and thereby have them recorded.
It's Just "A bit OF American history
that was made in France, and made,
too. hY ono WIN nnnln IN frnm The