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New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
by MINOTT SAUNDERS

Paris, Nov. 1.-THE tangled un-
derbrush Of the Meuse- Argorne, st.
Mihiel, Chateau Thierry and other
battlefields are still giving up the
unidentified bodies of American SOL
diers who fell in action ten years
ago. s.
The country has buried its Tn
known Soldier in national
ahrine at Arlington. But during
recent years 1926 bodies have
been brought out of the old bat
tlefields, to be buried in Ameri-
can military cemeteries over here
as unknown" because identifica-
ton Is impossible.
Ten years have passed since the
armistice. But today, and every
day. American searching parties
are going through the battle
grounds, looking for the lost re-
mains of boys who did not live to
toss their helmets and cheer on
that November day a decade ago.
Still 1874 Missing
Forty bodies have been recov-
cred in the last few months. The
American Graves Registration Ser
vice estimates that there are still
1874 American bodies yet to be
found.
A few weeks ago a searching
party went through the Belleau
Wood sector. O>ergrown dugouts.
covered with second growth bush
and brambles, nearly hidden be-
meath fallen trees. concealed by
vines and creepers. were explored
painstakingly. In them. at one
place and another. were found five
bodies. They lay where they had
fallen 10 years ago.
The Registration Service spares
no effort to learn the identity of
the dead men. An elaborate system
of Identification has been devei-
oped. The task, as can be imag-
ined, is extremely difficult.
Tooth Chart Helps
Marks on clothing and equip
ment have been, in most cases, OBJ
liberated. The identification disk
is often missing. When it is. the
army tooth chart is consulted. Ac-
cording 10 Colonel +. W. Van
Duyne, in command Of the Regis
tration Service, this method is al
most infallibie whenever units.
such as compa MES or battalions,
can be definitely associated with
the neighborhood in which body
is found.
From Information We receive
from officers. men and chaplains,
and from War Department rec
ords, We can often associate GER
tain company with the ground
where a body is found" says Col.
Van Duyne. Then, from COM
pany records, We learn that per-
maps three men have never been
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
DECADE AFTER ARlhISTICE, U. S. STILL
FINDING BODIES OF MISSING men

located. From the tooth charts
taken when the men enlisted We
can usually determine which OF
the three we have found"
Sometimes the task of making
an identification becomes arduoua
| in the extreme. One such case Is
now being worked on by Col. Van
| Duyne. The manager of a French
lumber company sent in an Ameri-
can soldiers identification disk.
explaining that it had been found
embedded in log which reached
the mill from the Argonne dis
trict. The tag had been pierced
by a rifle or machine gun bullet.
What Col. Van Duyne is now try
ing to do is find out, If possible,
the exact section with which this
particular tree came, so that he
can hunt In that vicinity for the
body.
Nearly all of the so.7ts graves
in the American military ceme-
teries in Europe now bear the new
stone crosses. In most OF these
cemeteries work is now in prog
ress for the erection of the Me-
mortal Chapels planned by the
Battle Monuments Commission,
headed by Gen. John ]. Pershing.
Visitors books at the GENE.
teries show that the American
people are not forgetting their
| overseas dead. More than $4,000
visited the field and cemetery al
Chateau Thierry this year-an in
crease of 1000 over last year.
Fewer Mothers. Making Trip
1t is noted. incidentally, that
fewer mothers of dead soldiers are
visiting the cemeteries now than
was the case in the first few years
after the armistice. Col. Var
Duyne believes this is largely be-
cause the mothers of men who
served in Franco are now begin.
ming. In many cases, to get ad-
,anced in years, and cannot travel
long distances as we'll as they
could a few years ago.
Another noticeable fact is tina,
foreign visitors to the American
cemeteries are increasing Yearly
Indeed, this year nearly as man!
| Europeans as Americans visited
them. The legion convention here
last year stimulated the interes,
of French cemeteries. and this
year a great many Germans have
visited the cemeteries, especially
the Argonne cemetery at Ro.
magne and the st. Mihiel GENE.
try at Thiaucourt. 1t is estima,.
cd that $4,000 Germans visited
| the latter cemetery this summer
1t is explained that these German:
came to visit the old Ncrdun bat
tlefields, and while in the neigh
borhood took the time to go ant
ray homage to the Americans wht
fell.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
flying ACE tells
| Of end Of Strife
Col. Lahm Recalls Incidents
Connected With Almkics
by WAITER T. BROWN


ASSOCIATED Press Feature Writer)
Chicago. Nov. ~. W-col. Frank
p. Lahm. chief Of the Second Amer
lean army corps air service. hung
up the military telephone in head
quarters OF the 25th aero squad
ron. near Toul, sand gazed silently
into space.
THE wars over" he finally
shouted to Capt. Reed Lands. COM
mander Of the squadron.
That's how Reed lands. son Of
Kenesaw Mountain Lands, base
ball commissioner. and one Of the
outstanding war aces Of the Unit
ed States. learned Of the armistice
10 years ago. Lands officially was
credited with bringing down 10
planes and twice that number un-
officially.
The squadron was at mess and
the hilarity was at its highest when
Lahm arrived from headquarters
and told them the news.
Some men cried, others just mt
and thought. some hurried out to
write letters" recalls Lands. "A
tension was broken. None Of US
had thought Of the war ending.
We knew it would some day. but
we lived only from day to day. al
ways In the present"
The 25th was disappointed. Lam
dis relates.
1.-THE squadron, just down from
the British front, had fumed and
fretted four weeks before planes
were sent to US, and when they
came they did not have guns. 1t
was another two weeks befors
guns arrived. That was tho week
before the armistice. We had
watched Frits sail over US. drop
ping his bombs and machine gun
ming a column of troops, without
our being able to fight back. Some
Of the boys wanted to 20 up In the
gunless planes and battle Fritz
with their automatic pistols"
The next day Lands and some
Of his gang" went for . final pa
troll.
"Our planes didn't have bomb
racks so we carried them In our
laps, pushing them out over Metz.
We dropped down on our field .
few minutes before IL o'clock"
A few days later Landis. Capt.
Hobby Baker. the former Princeton
athlete, and Maj. Charles Biddle OF
Philadelphia motored into Metz,
where they were mistaken for and
welcomed as Marshal Foch and
his staff before they could explain
their identity.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
0bERND0RFF MAKES
real Peace Plea
German Si6ner Of Armsdce
Fears Hatreds

Editors Note:-Count Alfred
M. F. F. Won Oberndorff Is the
scion OF an old Bavarian noble
family. He was in the German
diplomatic service attached to
the staff OF various German
Embassies and Legations IN
Europe until he was appointed
German Minister to Norway in
1916. In 1918 he became Ger
man Minister of Bulgaria. There
he received the commission to
represent his country as one OF
the delegates in the Armistice
negotiations. He Is now living
privately in Munich.
BY COUNT ALFRED NJ. F. F. Won
OBERNDORFF
German Delegate at the Armistice
Negotiations
copyright. 1928, by United Press)
Munich. Nov. - (UP)-On the
morning of November II, it was
precisely ten years since We &C.
cepted the terms Of the Armistice
in the woods of Compiegne.
We arrived on November 3. The
next day. November 3. the Empire
which we we're to represent broke
down in the tempest of revolution.
For us. since that day conditions
in our Fatherla I'D remained shroud-
ed in darkness. Conscious Of the
immense burden of our respond
bility, we waited for the news. Only
a few hours before the expiration
of the - hours of grace granted
us by the enemy .......... our re-
quest to prolong this period in view
of the revolutionary changes in
Germany had been rejected-did
we receive two kilograms request
ing US to sign the Armistice.
One from High Command
One of these came from the new
Berlin Government: the other-and
this had to be decisive with us-wa!
sent by the High Command which
had remained at its post. Thus
at least We are spared the tormen
Of doubt when we signed the docu
ment which certified Germany's de
feat.
To be sure, for us Germans too
"Compiegne" signifies the end o
the most sanguinary and most dis
| astrous war the world has evel
seen. Yet could We but think will
Bitterness of an Armistice which
was the preparation OF a peace
hardly less saturated with hatred
than the war itself?
But One solution
II the terrible world conflagra.
ton is not to rest on Europe as ar
eternal curse. there is but one solu
/ ton: The nations which for cen.
turtles have been entrusted will
the task Of guarding the cultura
treasures OF mankind, and who's,
destructive conflict had imperilet
Western Civilization. must, boil
victors ana vanquished. candid!
and honestly join hands in ulti.
! mate reconciliation. The idea o.
another war between the chic
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12

From Saint Mihiel to Switzerland
the front was inactive during most
OF the war. There was COMPARE
lively little devastation. and it was
quickly repaired.
Figures Tell Story
The official figures from the De-
partmant of Devastated Regions
furnish comprehensive picture of
the enormous work Of reconstruc-
ton during the past ten years. So
far France has expended 1882
$4,000 francs to repair war devas-
tation. 1t is estimated about thr-
teen billion francs is still required
More than eight million acres of
land were ruined, and all but 4
few million acres have been 70
claimed. Six hundred and fifteen
thousand homes have been recon
structed, but 27s.o0o remain to be
rebuilt.
OF the 1876 public buildings de-
stroyed. 1926 are rebuilt. OF g.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
BULKY WAR HISTORY
Eighth French Volume Printed .
Many More TO Como

Paris. Nov. II. (CP)-The French
National Printing Establishments
have turned oat the eighth volume
OF the official history of the war
unbound, and only the surface of
the subject has been scratched.
The new volume consists Of SIS
pages, but there are three volumes
OF annexes. each consisting OF
nearly a thousand pages and an.
other volume Of nothing but highly
technical military maps. The cam.
paign covered is the first period
of the operations to the north Of
Salonika.
The history Is being published
by the French General Staff, but It
Is certain that long before 1t 10
concluded the present French mil
itary leaders, their subordinates
ard their subordinates will have
been dead for years.
1t required forty-eight years for
the official history of the Franco
Prussian war Of 1870 to reach com.
pletion. In those days telegraphic
and typewriter communications
were unknown for battle purposes.
But the new history already has
at its disposal more than $1,000
dosaers. some Of which contain q
thousand different document
army orders. official reports, COM
muniques - or several million
pieces Of evidence and defense
which must pass through technical
military hands.
Only one volume ID to be com.
pleted each year.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12

European nations had to be made
as unthinkable as the idea of an
other Civil War is In the United
States.
In the meantime, q third name
has been added to those Of Com
piegne and observation-disclosures.
This sounds better to our ears.
Yet will it, more and more. exclude
the sound of the other two names?
viii Europe definitely come to rea-
son and unity under the sign of
Locarno?
The nations long that this be
30. But are the statesmen ready?
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
BY JAMES A. MILLS

BY JAMES A. MILLS
ASSOCIATED Press Staff Writer)
Serajevo. Jugo- Slavia-While all
the world is celebrating the termina-
ton of the World war this little
! Bosnian town, where the war actual
Oriental lethargy and Incidence.
seemingly oblivious of the mighty
place it occupies in the worlds his
tory.
With its green hills studded with
myriads of peaceful Moslem home
steads. its ninety-and- nine minarets.
its beautiful old gardens. cypress
trees and tropical vegetation, Sera-
jevo Is indeed picture OF perfect
peece. 1t wants to forget about the
war. It's 10000 inhabitants seem to
be lost in a dream among the an
cient Mohammedan city's lovely YER
dured mountains and flowing val
leys.
No Great Monument
Except for a large stone bench for
the accommodation of pedestrians,
which was made by the Serbs soon
after the Armistice. there is moth
ing to mark the historic spot where
the World war actually had it's
origin.
The monument erected by the
Austrians to the memory of Arch
duke Franz Ferdinand. heir to the
Austrian throne. and his wife. whose
assassination here June IS. 1914,
was the precursor of the world con-
flict, was destroyed by the Serbs
when they took Serajevo in 1918.
They replaced it with tablet on the
house in front Of which the crime
was committed. This tablet in turn,
was obliterated by the Serbs them
selves upon the petition of municip-
ality of Serejevo it being argued that
the phraseology of the inscription
was offensive to Austrians, many
thousands of whom still visit the
ancient Bosnian capital.
i a Tragedy Still Fresh
The circumstances of the shooting
OF Archduke Franz Ferdinand and
his wife. Sophia, II years ago are
still fresh in the minds Of those who
witnessed that tragic event which
was to envelop the entire world in
the flames of war. The archduke. a
nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph of
the Austro-Hungarian empire. was
paying his first official visit to Sera-
jevo.
Although Bosnia had been a part
J Of the Austro- Hungarian empire
since 1908. there was no place
where the archduke would have
been in greater danger of his life
} than Serejevo. for the Slavs resi-
} dent there looked upon him and his
uncle as two of the principal bar
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
LAUDS
WORK Of League
Results Afford High Encourage
ment, He Says
BY SIR ERIC DRUMMOND
General Secretary of the League OF

D1 S11N LINN D1tS sAsAOASD
General Secretary of the League OF
Nations
Copyright, 1928, by the United
Press)
Geneva, Nov. IL. (UP)-The ten
years that have elapsed since the
signing of the armistice that ended
the Great War hays witnessed. In
the creation and development OF
the League of Nations. the first or
sanized effort on the part OF free
nations to maintain international
peace.
It Is idle to expect that after a
single decade it may be possible
to foretell the final result OF this
vast experiment. My feeling is that
the results SO far obtained. slight
though they may seem to such as
have not realized what obstacles
are In the way. cannot but afford
high encouragement to all men and
women of good will.
Equipped with machinery for the
peaceful settlement of international
disputes, whether by way of judi
cial settlement, arbitration or con-
Citation, the League has in several
cases availed to stop hostilitier
which were impending. Moreover
It has constantly sought to complete
and improve this machinery with
a view to its effective use In the
future.
The ninth session Of the Assem-
bly, which has just ended was re.
markable for the attention paid te
the need for perfecting the ma.
chinery at the disposal of the ma.
tions for the pacific adjustment Of
their disputes: thus a draft treaty
was drawn up by which nations
pledge themselves to accept the
peaceful settlement Of all their dis.
| putes without exception, and con.
| sheraton was given to important
problems affecting the Permanent
| Court of International Justice.
II the crisis which the League
has resolved hitherto have mo-
been SO grave as others which have
arisen In the past or which nigh
arise in the future, 1t is to be be
lieved that. with the steady growth
in the authority of the League ant
the steady Improvement in it
machinery. it may be able to dea
with the most serious crisis which
may arise no less successfully thai
with those that have tested IT.
early strength.
see no reason why those VII
established the League Of Nation
should for a moment regret tn
use they made of the costly oppor
tunity which offered itself tel
years ago. Surely the CONTINUED
efforts of those who in their vari
Gus ways work for lasting peac
will in time prevail against tn
still redoubtable forces that oppos
them.
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riers to their uniting with their
brother Slavs in Serbia.
Ignoring the warnings he re-
ceived beforehand upon the perils
of such visit, especially upon the
greatest of Serbian national holi-
days, the archduke insisted upon
fulfilling his mission.
Picture OF Peace.
1t was a splendid clear summer
day The city was picture of
peace. Yet there was latent feel
ing OF uneasiness in the streets, es-
pecially among the Serbian popula-
ton. The archduke was not popu-
lar. and word was passed secretly
among the Slav leaders that a plan
was afoot to kill the heir to the
Austrian throne.
AS the archduke drove to the city
hall in his automobile bomb was
thrown by a worker named Chabri-
novitch, and a number of the arch
dukes staff were injured. The
archduke. however. insisted upon
continuing his procession through
the town. AS his automobile ap-
preached FRANZ Joseph Quai (now
Noivoda Stepa QuaD he changed
his plans and ordered the driver ia
turn UP a side street.
Student Fires Shot
AS the automobile slowed down
to make the fatal turn into the side
street Gavrilo Prinzip, a young Bos.
MAN student, one of a group of Il
serbians, who had waited all morn.
ing. arms in hand, to sassinate
the archduke, stepped forward
through the crowd and fired a shot
which killed the heir to the Aus.
trian throne almost instantly.
A second shot rang out, which
Urinzip says. was intended for ar
Austrian general escorting the
archduke. but it struck and killed
the archduke's wife, Sophia. In The
flash of second the whole history
OF the world had been changed.
Kaiser Acts Quickly
Hardly had the echo of the assas
sins shots died away when Kaiser
Wilhelm II of Germany exclaimed
The Serbs must be cleaned up
and that quickly" Within a few
weeks Austro- Hungary dispatched
an ultimatum to Serbia containing
the most humiliating condition,
and demanding a response within
As hours. Accepting the advice o.
other European Powers. Serbia de.
cided bravely to submit to most o.
Austro- Hungary's demands But, t,
the CONSERVATION Of the entir.
world. the Vienna government re
F""'+''e capitulatory repl,
~ unsatisfactory" and July 20 de
.-bdnIat Serbia. In an
other fortnight Europe was drench.
led in blood.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
THREE SIGNERS LIVING

Berlin. Nov. IL. NUP)-Three of
the Germans who signed the Ar
mstice are still alive. The fourth.
Matthias Erzberger. the only politi-
clan on the delegation, is dead. He
was killed by the bullets of two
assassins at the South German
health resort kniebis on August
26, 1921.
The three other German signers
Of the Armistice. Count Alfred Won
Oberndoff, Major-General Won
Winterfeld. and Commander Ernst
Nanselow of the German Navy. are
now private citizens and take no
part in politics.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12

49, factories ruined, 1921 were re-
constructed. All except 81 Of the
1000 schools destroyed are now
rcoccupied. All except three OF
the 2I1 ruined mines are again in
operation. Nearly 1000 miles OF
railways were rebuilt, anad 33,34S
miles of roads.
Another decade will pass before
the great var is entirely healed
And future generations will be able
10 see during many decades traces
Of the war.
Tomorrow Miller describes his
visit to the Messines - Wytschacte
Ridge Battlefield and Belgium.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12

30 American divisions greatest
military naachins In the nation's
history. at the front and In re-
serve In France and Belgium.
The military maps Of that day
chronicle the fact that In the line
ready to continue the drive against
the Germans were four ''fresh" ant
- tired" Yankee divisions. In re-
serve there were three "fresh"
and II tired" divisjons.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12

Gross earnings Of the Canadian
Pacific Railway for August increased
more than 100000 over the cor
responding month Of last rear.
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
80 AMERICAN DIVISIONS

These We're Active In Field at Wars
End
Washington, Nov. u. P-Dawn
Of November II. 10 years ago, found
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12

OF sAenmuy mood The
year will In n tn Of III AnniMce Da h O
o
ds is he
cdors " d. he nknSd
New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-12
WAR SCARS ON BATTIEFRONTS ARE
ALMOST HEALED AFTER TEN YEARS
Reconstruction Is Nearly
Completed In NORTH
Rheims, Southwark, Still
Shows Signs of Ravaging

Editors Note:-Whcn the
Armistice finally silenced the
guns that 10 long had wrought
death snd destruction = large
Part Of France and Belgium
vas devastated. Ten years Of
peace. however. have permitted
the nations to rebuild and re-
construct its wasted areas.
Webb Miller, United Press
staff Correspondent. has made
a tour OF tho battlefields visit
ing the principal sectors OF the
old front from Flanders to
saint Mihiel.
He now tells VI. In . series OF
four articles, what he saw along
that memorable front where
the War God once strobe
mercilessly.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-14
INFORMATION FOR PARENTS

NEW YORK, April IA. (P)-Triplets occur but once in every 6,2O0 births on an average, figures from four large New York maternity hospitals show. But twins surprise about one, set of parents out of every 100.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-14
AGED SLAVE DIES

MOUNT SALEM, Ont, April 14. (P) Graves, once negro slave in Kentucky. died here at the age of 104. He escaped to Canada in 1842.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-04-14

When the outer sole becomes thin or worn thru, the inner sole spreads and makes the shoe look out of shape. pesoling in time will save the shape If the shoe. SEWARD LEATHER WORKS