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Hpsi B ZlATTAZJ-OTr " : By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN OL. CHARLES S. WHIT^ TLESEY'S "Lost BattalHffil ion" was never lost In tlie HUr > Argonne forest for the Ave L^ days, October 3 to 7, 1018. It was a "Get-There Battalion," a "Hang-On Battalion," a "Surrounded * v Battalion," a "Cut-Off Battalion," a "Never-Surrender Battalion,A but it was never for one minute a "Lost Battalion." The newspaper correspondents, announcing its heroism to the world and searching for the picturesque, coined the phrase "Lost Battalion." Their "Lost Battalion" phrase stuck and still sticks. It doubtless was one of the things that drove Whittlesey over the side of his ship In the night to an unmnrked grave in | the sea. It distresses the fifty-fifty ] survivors of the Whittlesey battalion. | The American people must learn the ] true story of those unforgettable five ] days in October of 1918 and the words . "Lost Battalion" should never be heard ] again on Americun lips. The detachment under command of ? Colonel (then Major) Whittlesey was | composed of GOO men of the Seventy- j seventh division?the First battnllon i of the Three Hundred and Eighth In- , fantry, together with elements of the i Anree nunureu unu ocicum imuuuj and Three Hundred and Sixth Machine | Gun battalion. The men were from ] the upper and lower East Side of ( New York city. Most of them were ) either Immigrants or sons of lmml- i grants. i The Seventy-seventh division was or- j dered to advance through the Argonne i forest. It was nineteen miles of Jun- , gle, with steep hills, deep ravines, i sheer cliffs, swampy streams, barbed- < wire entanglements aud machine-gun < nests?and the Germans had held it i for four venrs! The advance began September 2G. ] October 2 the whole line of advance ( was held up by concentrated machine- < gun fire. Hut the orders were to advance without regard to losses. Whit- < tlsey's objective was a position in , "The rocket"?where two ravines , came together In a swampy place at , the foot of a cliff. Whittlesey's battalion, after a loss ] of ninety men and the capture of two < officers and twenty-eight privates of , the enemy, gained Its objective Octo- ( ber 3. ( And the Whittlesey battalion was . the only detachment that did tight its , way through and did gain Its objec- ] tive. Soon Whittlesey's battalion was ( surrotinded and cut off. He notified , i headquarters by carrier pigeons that i he was cut off. Thereafter there was < no communication for five days. Maj. Gen. Robert Alexander, commanding, ^ believed Whittlesey would hold on and , tried desperately in every possible , way to open up communication. ( Then followed five days of hunger , and thirst and death until the 600 , were about 300. The Germans, who ( were close at hand, made Incessant ] demands for surrender. The Americans, so far as their replies are printable, told the Germans to come and get them. The Germans didn't dare try that. They considered It wiser to throw hund grenudes und to pick off the volunteers who crawled to the spring after water. On the fifth day it looked like death for the whole American outfit. Thut afternoon, at 4 o'clock, the Germans sent in a captured American private, with a white ting, blindfolded. Lie bore a letter from the German commanding officer to the American commanding officer asking the Americans to surrender in the name of humanity. Colonel Whittlesey handed the note OLDEST CONFECTION The greater part of blnck licorice Is derived from Spain, where It Is made from the Juice of the plant und mixed with starch to prevent It from melting In hot weather. The licorice plnnt Is a shrub thut attains a height of three feet, and It grows wild where its roots reach the water. It flourishes especially on the bunks of the Tigris and the Euphrates river. Since the valley of the Euphrates contained FISH SWIM UKaiut uuvyin The human has It on the vast majority of fishes. In that lie can swlra on his back. There Is. however. Just one member of the flnnv tribe that does It quite often. This Is an In- ! habitant of tropical waters, known us the globe fish. The skin on the underside of this fish Is loose and can l>e filled with air at will. When the fish I blows itself out In this manner. It naturally turns on Its back and goes oil Its way In thut position. aitalio otLosi ' U*r?)Y/rtf to Captain McMurty and to Captali [lolderman. Then he put the lette In his pocket with a smile. Those wit liiin say he didn't say, "Go to h?1! Nut the bnttulion said It?out lorn aid with additions that would singe Puritan's ears. The odd-looking picture of thi scene (given herewith) is genuine. I Is an enlargement of a photograp] taken by a member of the battalioi ivlth a wrist camera. It is one of th iiost remarkable photographs of th >var. Later that afternoon Whittlesey am * ' -* /\n us men nearu uie guns ui iuc v/u Hundred and Fifty-third nnd One Ilun Ired and Fifty-fourth brigades forelnj :helr way iu to them. In the mean :ime, Lieut. Henricli Frintz, the Ger nan officer who had sent the surrende note, was arranging to use flame ihrowers on the Americans. But th \merlcans beat the Germans in th? ace against time. And at 9 p. ir October 7 the relieving American Jrove tiie Germans out and reaches :he "Never-Surrender Battalion." The "Come-and-Get-Us Battalion liad reached its objective, had held It abjective and the front of the Seventy seventh division was stabilized. It was a big achievement for th tVhittlesey battalion. It was every where recognized us such. Whittlese; was made colonel and got tlie Congrej iional Medal of Honor. Whittlesey came home and took u liis law practice in New York city Hut he could not get aiway from tli war. He could not close his ears am ?yes and heart to the pitiful aftermat i>f the war. He was a center nroum which the munifold woes of his me; revolved. The buriul of the "Unknow: Dead" at Arlington was the cliinaj He sailed for Cuba for rest. He dis appeared from the steamer in th night. The war killed him Just a much as if he had died in "The Poet ?t" in the Argonue forest. Isaac Siegel is one of the representn tives in congress of New York. H wus born in New York city and repre ?V- .. + tttknwA ..4 ItM.ti SeiHS UIU uisiui-i nunc uiusi VL ??m; :lesey's battalion came from. He wa ,-hulrman of the Overseas commlssioi which visited the front In 1918. Th constant reference to the "Lost Battal on" exasperated him. The unera [)loymeut of the survivors distresses ilm. Articles in New York newspn jers intimating that the "Lost Battal on" was well named angered him Whittlesey's sad end sent him to hi feet in the house in defense of Whit :lesey and his heroes. He furnishes Military proofs that the "Lost Battal on" was never lost. A letter from General Pershing ts Representative Siegel says in part: "In brief, Colonel Whittlesey's com mand was not lost. After it hud beei solated frequent attempts were mad' to furnish food and ammunition b; means of airplanes. Unfortunately, i wus very difficult for the aviutors t locute in the dense forest the positioi one of the earliest civilizations in th worbi, the probability is that Itcorlc is about the oldest confection of al and the taste which the boys nn girls of today like so well was enjoye hv the voumrsters of M.UOO venrs aar< ?Washington Star. The Unloved Task. Even when we have learned the 01 dlnary duties of life, so they no longe have power to fret us or rob us o sleep, the unaccustomed, or the ur wanted retains a nightmare hold upo FIRE-BELLIED TOAD One of the quaintest creutures In uglnable Is the lire-bellied toad. Whe pursued by another creature, he turn on his back and kicks up his legs I the air. Nature has provided him wit a splash of red, looking exactly ilk a pair of bathing trunks, on the ston ach and legs. As red Is regarded t a danger sign by wild animals, n creature will eat him. and so he gel off scot free. Lie is ulso said to ha* ? ,r"" V m gE T Sfcjgi qt&YZTVlZ &e??Stt&T&--->> jT ?y^W/Wj V JF** '/*!?* * of the battalion, which hud been accu'* rately Indicated on the map. These r relief supplies fell Into the hands of the enemy. I mention this as evidence e that the battalion was not lost In the e sense that we clld not Know wnere u i. was. It was cat off. s "Colonel Whittlesey's command, In J making nn advance, penetrated more deeply into the enemy's position than did the adjacent battalions. Communls cation through the heavy underbrush in the forest was difficult, and before connection had been obtained with the 0 units to ids right and left rear the - Germans filtrated through the gaps y which then existed and eventually sue j. ceeded In surrounding the battalion." The official report of the commandp lug general of the Seventy-seventh dlr. vision, MaJ. Gen. Robert Alexander, e made through the regular military d channels in 1018, bears out the facts It set forth In the foregoing. It is in part d as follows: 11 "Major Whittlesey's eomrt/nnd hnd u been cut off from the remainder of the division for a period of live days, dur* I* ing which time no communication had e been hud with them except by pigeon h messages, copies of which are attached :* hereto as part of this report. The men of the command had curried Into act tion with them two days' reserve rae tions, upon which they subsisted during the five days of their Isolation. Too much credit cannot be given Major s Whittlesey, Captain McMurty (since a promoted to major), and the other ofe fleers and men of this detachment. On 1 Hnn o currnumlpri hv onotnluu I* JSHUi I IftllUIIO, WU.IVMWUV^ v.iv.tf.vu, i- continuully under fire, having suffered d losses of about 50 per cent, they still i- resisted and treated with contempt a I- demand for surrender inude by the i. Germun commander on the morning of s the seventh of October. Even though > this division had accomplished nothing j else during the course of this campaign, I- the exploit of Major Whittlesey and his detachment would be worth the o highest honor. It exemplified the Indomitable spirit which animates the i- division and which has enabled It n throughout to triumph over its very e serious obstacles which it lias eucouny tered." t Americans must forget the "Lost o Battalion" und rechristen Whittlesey's a heroes. J e nerves and brain. How often we dlse like u duty simply because it Interferes 1, with a plau, and we stew over the dlf (j utilities or our particular lot auu side (1 the obstucie to peace In the same quiet >. uess of spirit we bring to the tusk w? love. It Is, perhaps, too much to asb of humankind that work we love shall be as alluring as thut we loathe. Itul - meet the unloved tusk us u challenge r to strength and patience, as without f any doubt, In the sight of the angels, i- something we need to do for our soul's u I good and get It done and over with. a beautiful singing voice. A near re latlon, though he Is not & toad, 1? he barking frog, a creature almost j- ns big as a partridge. When annoyed, n ! he draws In great gulps of air, and is then expels It suddenly with u noise n exactly like the shrill yapping of an h augry terrier. e i- Doubly False, is Headline?"False Teeth Betray Al o leged Murderer." Might have known ts be couldn't trust 'em.?Boston Trau ej script. _ _ ,, : ... ROAD j I BUILDING ! SCRUBBING-BOARD SURFACES Bureau of Public Roads Building Experimental Highway to Determine Cause of Waves. (Prepared by the United Siatcii Department of Agriculture.) What causes a "tarred" road to deI velop that peculiar serubbinp-board surface Is a question that has been worrying the highway engineers quite as much as the long-suffering public. As often as not the symptoms appear In a macadam road that has been : treated with asphalt. But the trouble , is largely confined to roads built with ; tar or asphalt. Concrete and brick P roads never develop such a surface, . and ordinary dftt roads seldom do. The bureau of public roads of the j United States Department of Agri- J culture is building at the Arlington dj (Vn.) experiment! ! farm an experl- I mental roadway 15 feet wide In an at- R ' tempt to discover the cause of the | trouble. The road Is laid nut In the ! form of a circle with a 90-foot ratlins. (J I and Its circumference, 505 feet In . length, is to he divided Into sections, ench of which will be surfaced with a different kind of asphalt or tarred surface. The experimental sections will be built exactly like actual rond surfaces and when completed they will carry a "traffic" as much like actual traffic ^ as It Is possible to devise. The "traffic" will he supplied by a driverless v motortruck which will be held, to (he circular path by means of a long arm ^ extending from the center. The course of the truck will be altered from time 1 to time so that the entire width of the roadway will be traveled. , It has not been possible to determine ^ the cuuse by observation of actual |, mads because there are too many tinknown quantities. The defect may be t due to distortion of the earth under ' the rond surface or to defects In the g surface itself. It Is probably caused | ^ ?? ^ I Treating the Surface of a Macadam ' Road With Bituminous Materia!. In some way by the wheels of motor vehicles?how and why the engineers have not determined, largely because they have never possessed all the farts . > with regard to surface and subsurface I conditions and character and weight f of traffic. c \ OILED ROADS ARE APPROVED 1 Operation Must Be Performed Intelli- 1 gently or It Will Make Con- ' ditions Worse. f I The American Highway Bulletin, f which approves of oiled roads, oh- 1 serves that oiling must he performed s intelligently or it will make conditions f worse instead of better. According to ' this authority it-is useless to oil a dirt f road which is not thoroughly drained and properly graded. It is a waste of s money to oil a road which does not * have a smooth hard surface free from r dust. If the surface is uneven, oil [ collects in shallow depressions and t ' softens the surface so that after the r ' first heavy rain the travel tends to c i make uiudholes at these places. If s there is dust on the road, the oil com- t * - -'"o* tn i) snrt of S DJnes wuii in*: uuiiL i" ? - mnt, which the truvel over It quickly t breaks up Into large flakes or scales, s But If the road Is In proper condition s to receive the oil and the right kind of oil is used, the oil percolates Into I the pores of the earth for a depth of < i several inches, sealing them with an \ : asphaltlc binding material which f unites the surface into a tougher mass t than the original surface. The oil i i cannot make the road any harder, for s only st<>ne or gravel will accomplish ? 1 that, but it will prevent the displace- s ment of the earth particles under airy J loads which an earth road is adapted r to carry. If the oiled surface is ini- | mediately covered with a thin layer of t clean. Imrd sand, the travel will not r i disturb the oil and the travelers will t suffer less inconvenience. ' * { r Gate for Crossings. i A new safety gate for railroad cross- ( ings is designed which stretches across s the road like- the old style gate, but is f flexible and elastic, so that it gives in- j stead of breaks when run Into. The f gate will force the vehicle backwards, j away from danger. I ( Useless Work on Roads. , ,ii..| rimils :ij this season is (U h *?u un I ... .. worse than useless unless the soil Is ? very dry and the road is hard rolled after working. Automobiles In Madeira. Although the island of Madeira has i an area of about 2.10 square miles, with not more than 20 miles of roads suitable for motor traflic. there are n between 70 and 80 automobiles and 20 1 motortrucks on the island. Milk Makes More Eggs. d Sour milk builds feather ai d hone f In the llock. and makes more eggs. ' " F Highway Departments. .v State highway departments ?re now '' ?stnblished in every state in the Uulor 1 ^kitcmcnH ^CABINETS! Jpyrlpht, 1922! Western Newspaper I'nlon. "They are such dear, familiar feet that Ko Along the path with ours?feet fast or slow ^nd trying to keep pace; If they mis- j take, Or tread upon some flower that we ! would take Upon our breast, or bruise some reed. Or crush poor hope until It bleed, We must be mute. Not turning quickly to Impute Grave fault; for they and we Have such a little way to go?can be Together such a little while along the way We will be patient while we may." SEASONABLE GOOD THINGS. A tasty dessert, which may he prenred nny time during the year, is the following: Tapioca Pudding. ? Co?k iifteen minutes one tnblcspQonful of tapioca and a pint of milk. IMsjvi solve a tahiespoonful of gelatin in one-half cupful VjLrrfij of cold water. Add one~ * half cupful of sugar, the yolk of an egg and add to lie first mixture. Pour over stewed rled peaches or apricots and one-hulf " ? ?'? 1 *. + ?? (n r u sliced nanana. \\ nen iuui om m ne-half cupful of whipped cream. Grapenut Pudding.?Take one packge of lemon Jello, dissolved as usual; dd one cupful of steamed raisins, ne-half cupful of sugar, one cupful of rapenuts, six walnut meats cut tine, fix all together and mold. Serve rlth whipped cream. Rhubarb Pudding.?Take three cupula of pieplant, cut In sjnall pieces; aix with one cupful of sugar. Melt me-third of a cupful of butter and alx with three cupfuls of bread rumbs. Make Alternate layers of mead crumbs and fruit?three of read and two of fruit. Bake one lour. Serve with hard sauce. Take me cupful of powdered sugar, onehird of a cupful of creamed butter ind, when well blended, add a teapoonful of flavoring, using one-third emon and two-thirds vanilla. Fo\d in he beaten white of an egg. Frozen Fruit Salad.?Out in small ilts the fruit from a can each of plneipple, white cherries, pears and teaches. Mix the prepared fruit with he juice from the cans; add two oringes, one-quarter of a grapefruit, cut n bits, two cupfuls of mayonnaise and >ne pint of whipped croarn. Turn into he freezer and freeze, turning the rank slowly. Then pack In brick nolds. Serve In slices on lettuce. This will serve 35 persons. Behind the cloud the starlight lurks. Through showers the sunbeams fall; For God, who loveth all his works, Has left His Hope with all. -Whittier. GOOD THINGS A good pudding and Inexpensive Is: Steamed Molasses Pudding.?Beat _ one egg, add one^ ?~p r fourth of a eup? > jd 'u' molasses, t w o tablespoonP fuls of melted one-fourth of // a CUi>,U' SUo?rone and onefourth of a caput of flour, two teaspoonfuls of soda llssolved In one-half cupful of hot vater. Steam in small molds one lour, serve wun un egg suuce. Apple Fritters.?Mix and sift toretlier one and one-third eupfuls of lour, two teaspoonfuls of baking lowder, one-fourth tenspoonful of salt ind then add one beaten egg to twobirds of a cupful of milk and com>1 tie the mixtures. Cut two medium ilzed apples into eighths, slice the dghths and stir Into the batter. Drop >.v spoonfuls Into hot fat and fry unii brown. Roll in powdered sugar. Swiss Cheese Savory.?Dip round illces of bread in melted butter, :prinkle with salt arid pepper, paprika ind n little lemon juice. I'ut one-half lound of Swiss cheese through the neat chopper, add one tablespoonful >f chopped parsley, one tablespoonful if canned or fresh pimento, two tablepoonfuls of butter creamed, four nblespoonfuls of milk or cream, with :alt and pepper to taste. Force hrough a star tube onto the bread. :prlnkle with cheese, heat hot and <erve. Southern Italy Salad Dressing.? iflnce fine one green pepper, one stalk if celery, place in a bowl and cover vitli a French dressing prepared as 'ollows: One-half tenspoonful of musard. one tenspoonful of paprika, onemlf tenspoonful of salt, a minced dice from a clove of garlic, two tableipoonfuls of garlic vinegar, live tnbleipoonfills of salad oil. Put Into a j mttle and shake vigorously for five nlnntes. Now prepare a cooked dress- j ng as follows: Take one cupful of j nilk, six tnhlespoonfuls of flour, stir ! ind mix well and put over the fire j o rook; arli] five tahlespoonfuls of :jirlic vinegar and cook for three niniites, then set aside while preparing the following: Heat one egg. add ne-half enpful of salad oil. one teapoonful of mustard, one-half teaspoonul of paprika, one teaspoonful of salt ind one clove of gnrlle cut in very Ine hits. Mix well and add to the repared milk. Heat very hard and ring the mixture to the boiling point. >ok for rsvo minutes, then cool and hill. T'se this on chopped or shredled cabbage. Both Animal and Bird. One of the strangest animals known 3 the platypus, n creature Inhabiting he river hunks of Australia and Tasaania. It resembles botli an animal ml a bird in that Its body und tall re like those of a beaver, while Its fell lect and bill, remind one of a uo t>. It h as teeth for chewing Its ood. hut It has no ex'ernal ear, alhough its hearing Is acute. It lays >ggs like a turtle, hut suckles Its ottng. A specimen of the animal has ecu placed on exhibition In the Nalonul museum, Washington. katar Enduring Hou HOME, sweet home, Is mnde much sweeter and more livable by those endearing little house garments that women delight to wear within their own four walls. Any male person will acknowledge the charm of colorful coats and dainty jackets or crisp and cheerful house dresses, In the compauy of frivolous breakfast caps, worn when Ids women-folk start the day right. And at Its close, the tired business man Is much refreshed by the sight, at his table, of unusual and interesting house gowns. The pleasant thing about It Is that anyone may have pretty breakfast jackets or select house dresses and aprons thnt are attractive as well as practical. There Is nothing more worth while than careful choosing of these everyday things. Just now It Is the very simple breakfast coat of colored taffeta, in plain or changeable weaves, that appears to be uppermost In the minds of women who are making a choice. These coats are straight garments, a little shorter than the petticoats worn under them, and having three-quarter length sleeves. They are provided with small patch pockets and finished at the edges with ruchlngs of the silk. The pockets are an Invitation to gay lowers or fruits of silk to find a resting place on them. Silks, laces, and all their pretty I kindred in fabrics, naturally travel' Ribbons in S the road thnt lends to breakfast Jackets, and ribbons are nearly always found in their company. Printed cottons, in the finer weaves, make some of the most pleasing Jackets, lace and ribbon trimmed. These are usually more simple In design than the lace Jacket shown In the illustration, which, being longer lived, merits more time In making. For this, val lace edging and insertion are set together in pan els, and those joined to form the handsome little affair that will delight its owner. Satin ribbon, arranged in loops, lends It color. For the ambitious needlewoman a dainty piece of neckwear is shown. It may he found in the shops, ready made, but it soars in price when made by hand, and becomes an accessory to be proud of, having that quality of' elegance which belongs to hand-work, j This season the most time-honored of trimmings for hnts finds the i stanchest support; for smart worn-1 ?n have approved with emphasis j the ribbon-trimmed hat. They are api Collars on Capes and Coats. Collars on evening cape* uuu *.?mo . are puffy affairs of fur, velvet or silk. . or of large flowers evolved from these materials. Agnln, they may he of fur j run through puffs or hands of ihe i material, or formed by alternating! strips of velvet and fur sewn together. Train for Evening Frock. A black evening frock hHS a novel train consisting tf a panel attached at the shoulders, split Into two parts, each ending In a long point finished rJT\i-n.<?S e made iome f SLfi Garments pnrently enjoying the many ingenious ways, sometimes Intricate and unexpected, in which ribbons have been worked up into forms new and strange and beautiful. Their old friend and alJy in the cause of beauty has taken on new charm, vindicating the judgment of designers who use It. The last hats of winter and the first hats that hint of spring are here and a lot of them are cheerfully be-rlbhoned; whoever needs new .millinery may choose these final figures in the year's millinery pageant. Ribbons on hats for present wear are applied to shapes of velvet or felt, and for southern tourists, or the deml-season, to satin, crepe or silk hats, as the four handsome models pictured here reveal. At the head of the group Is a small French sailor of velvet, with a soft crown?It might be made of any other millinery fabric. Narrow, metal* edged ribbon is applied to'it, row on row, in scant ruffles, and It has a sprightly finish in pointed ends of velvet thut spring from a knot at the side. In a hut of georgette, with drooping brim, definite crown lines are emphasized by covering the side crown with many little loops of narrow plcotedged ribbon, the same ribbon finishing Its mission with a double sash about the crown and many ends reaching toward the brim edge. A hat that would be attractive In any fabric Is pictured in felt and I I" 1 i \ " I'. ;M f K/~* ?/ fi /> ; . I >mart Hats makes use of piuited ribbon for rosettes on the crown and as en upstanding decoration for the brim edge. This model is made in many colors. The wide-brimmed picture hat of velvet demonstrates the elegance of all-black, with folded sutin ribbon ingeniously arranged in au ornament centered with a rosette. This model Is handsome in satin also. /J .. <7) C0PY1I0HT IY VUTKN NtWAttX UNlOH Tub Suits for Children. Tub suits of cottou or linen nre allthe-yeur favorites, and very practical these wash garments are for children living in well-heated houses or apartments. However, the wool Jersey suits usually stand a lot of wear before cleaning Is necessary, and If carefully handled this fabric washes sat isiaciuruy. with a Jot tassel on the floor anfl caught in ut the waist with a Jet girdle. Would Like to Join Him. "You're busy," I said, noticing the forceps in the dentist's hnnd. "I'll Just take a little stroll Hbout the village until this affair is over." "Gee, gosh," came the rueful voice from the depths of the dentist's chair where a freckle-faced lad sat gingerly angering h swollen Jaw. "I wlsht I could go utong with ya."?Chicago Tribune