The Daily Transcript (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 181, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 7, 1917 Page: 3 of 4
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THE NORMAN DAILY TRANSCRIPT
MANY AMERICANS ARE KILLED
ON BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE
Stories of Their Daring Deeds Trickle Over to the United States
From Time to Time, but the Vast Majority of Their Ex-
ploits Will Go Unsung — Many Are in the
Foreign Legion.
New York.—Of the 40,000 Americans
(a rough estluiute) fighting In the
armies of the entente allies, several
thousand have been killed or wounded.
Stories of their deeds of bravery and
their gallant ends trickle over to the
United States from time to time, but
* the vast majority of their exploits
will go unsung. The total of Ameri-
can volunteers participating In the
great war will never be accurately
known.
Many thousands would also be fight-
ing for Germany and her allies, un-
doubtedly, If the British blockade did
aot prevent them from reaching the
front A Yale undergraduate, Karl
Lewellyn, who happened to be In Ger-
many when the conflict began, accom-
panied a German regiment Into Bel-
glum without having any official recog-
nition and was wounded on one of the
early battlefields, near Ypres.
f Then there was First Lieutenant
llelnrlch von Ilelnrlchshofen of St.
Louis, killed while fighting for Ger-
many May 13, 1915. He was In the
Insurance business in Missouri. Dur-
ing the Spanish-American war he
joined the volunteer army and rose to
the rank of captain.
Most of the American soldiers are
in the Canadian corps. In fact, It Is
said in some quarters that a majority
of men In the first Canadian contin-
gent to enter the fighting were from
the United States. They died by
the score when the Germans used gas
for the first time—In the so-called
second battle of Ypres.
Americans are prominent in the
celebrated French Foreign Legion,
and many have died In the engage-
ments of that hard-hitting organiza-
tion.
"On the Field of Honor."
Almost every week news comes of
the death "on the field of honor" of
an American. For one whose. name
gets In the newspapers probably a
score or two die without recognition
of this kind.
One of the latest to fall was II. R.
Delghton Simpson, son of Henry W.
Simpson of New York, who had been
flying for the last two years In Eng-
land and France as a Itrltlsh aviator.
He did not die In one of the many air
battles he engaged In, however, but
came through them unscathed to meet
his. end In a flying accident in Eng-
land.
The American contingent in the
Foreign Legion suffered exceptionally
heavy losses In the Champagne bat-
tle at the beginning of October, 1915.
Lieutenant Sweeney, who had seen
service at West Point; Frederick
Capdevllle, who already had been
wounded In engagements; Edmund C.
C. Genet of New York, a greatgrand-
WOMAN IS COURT BAILIFF
son of De Witt Clinton; Paul Puvelkn
of Madison, Conn.; Elov Nelson of
Milwaukee; Itobert Soubraln of New
lork; David King of Providence, and
Frank Musgrave of New Orleans fell
In this awful Champagne uttack.
In this same battle, Dr. David
Wheeler, a Boston surgeon, came to an beUer known here
end truly heroic. He quit the com- Austin, a title he won by taking daring
paratlvely safe ranks of the atnbulaaee | rojos |n the Aims before he became a
corps and was wounded near the first B„uiler of fortune, died on November
line.
had Invented. He was a lieutenant
In the ltoyal Horse Guards.
Sergt. Florence J. Price, stai
athlete of Brown university and for-
mer New York newspaper man, died
when a shrapnel shell burst In the
dugout where he was sleeping.
He need not have been In the dug-
out. He had been relieved the day
before for a tour of rest miles behind
the first line trenches. But a fellow
sergeai t w ho w as to take his place
complained of Illness, and Instautly
Price volunteered to take his place.
First to Fall in Battle.
Alfred Lucien Pierre Fery would
have graduated at Columbia college,
In this city, had he not left at the
close of the academic year last sum-
mer, gone to the front after a short
course In a French military academy,
and been killed In the Freuch ranks.
Austin C. Kyle, a Brooklyn boy,
Daredevil Jack"
LOOKING FOR THEIR DADDY'S NAME
Suffering Intense pain, the surgeon
crept along the battlefield, refusing
to give up, that he might minister to
the needs of the men in the trenches
groaning from their Injuries.
Hero Helps Many.
How many he temporarily put out
of agony nobody will ever know, but
his hypodermic nnd his supply of
morphine were used on all the fallen
soldiers he could find In a five-mile
10 In the great battle of the Soiume.
The first American volunteer wear-
ing the uulforin of Frauce to fall In
battle was Fred Stone of New York.
He died from a shell wound received
while operating a machine gun for Bat-
talion C of the Second regiment of
the Foreign Legion in January of 1915.
He was formerly secretary of the Unit-
ed States consulate at Buenos Aires.
Four Americans In graves marked
"Died for Frauce" lie In the little
FRANCE'S WAR MINISTER AND WIFE
MOTHERHOOD
WOMAN'S JOY
Suggestions to Childless
Women.
A permanent war shrine in a London side street, with the names of 7.r> 0 men w ho have gone to the front from
that particular neighborhood. The picture shows two youngsters spelling ou t their father's names on the tablet.
•Others Also Hold Official Positions
In Oregon County Gov-
ernment.
Albany, Ore.—For the first time In
the history of Linn county and per-
hap of the state a woman Is acting
as a circuit court bailiff here. At the
beginning of his term here Judge Bing-
ham appointed Miss Leila Mitchell of
Albany bailiff of his department.
Her service was coincident with the
beginning of the terms of the first
woman officers of Linn county, Miss
Velma Davis becoming county record-
er and Mrs. Ida Maxwell Cummlngs
ceunty school superintendent.
crawl. Then he was picked up and
carried to the rear, exhausted and un-
able to aid further.
While talking to the captain of his
company, a German bullet killed the
captain and wounded Doctor Wheeler
a second time. But even after that he
attended several wounded men.
Klffen Rockwell of ^Atlanta, Ga.,
caine to a spectacular end In an air
battle on the Alsace front.
lie rose alone In an armored air-
plane nnd attacked a German machine.
He emptied the magazine of his rapid
flrer at his adversary, but while turn-
ing to encircle his foe the German shot
him In the head.
With his machine he dropped like a
stone. Whether the bullet or his fall
killed him was impossible to deter-
mine.
Last October Jack Moyet of Mobile,
the youngest man in the Foreign Le-
gion, brought to Paris the news of the
death in a hospital of Frank Clair, a
Columbus (O.) man, and George Del-
peuche of New York. They died from
i wounds received July 4 last when the
legion stormed Belloy en Santerre.
! The engagement at Givenchy on
' June 17, 1915, also resulted In the
I deaths of several American legion-
naires. These were Russell Kelly of
New York, Herman E. Hall of Chica-
go, John Earle FIske of Wooster, O.,
and Kenneth Weeks nnd Henry Farns-
j worth, both of Boston.
i Weeks was twenty-six years old and
had written five volumes of short
stories and several plays. He went to
Paris fivo years ago to study at the
Beaux Arts. He was a member of the
D. K. E. fraternity at the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology.
He enlisted at the outbreak of the
war and spent the first winter In the
trenches. He was chosen bomb-throw-
er for his squad and was mentioned In
dispatches for bravery.
Farnsworth slipped away to Europe
Just ufter the war started without his
relatives' knowledge. He was sent to
the hospital on several occasions, but
always returned to the front with
great eagerness.
Kelly, son of a New York lawyer,
had distinguished himself In many
lights and written home long, breezy
nccounts of his experiences. He was
ut first reported captured by the Ger-
mans and his family had a long dreary
seven months of uncertainty before
t hey learned the sad truth concerning
I him.
William Lawrence Breese, son-in-
law of Hamilton Fish and formerly
j secretary to American Ambassador
Page, in London, became a naturalized
j British citizen after the war started
j and was killed by an explosion while
testing a new grenade apparatus he
cemetery near the Bols Sabot, where
they fell in September of 1915. Their
names are Henry Farnsworth, Henry
Walker of New Orleans and Frank
Surrey and Sergt. E. Duval of New
York. .
Norman Prince, sergeant major of
the Franco-American aviation corps,
died on October 15 from Injuries he
received in an accident behind the
lines. Twice the young man had been
decorated for skill and valor.
Dennis Dowd, a Brooklyn boy,
fainted while flying at the aviation
school at Buc, near Paris, and fell
300 feet to death. He was qualifying
at the time for an army flier's license.
Second Lieutenant W. M. Nichols of
Spartanburg, S. C., who was with the
Uoyal Field artillery, was killed In
action on September 27, 1915. The
young man was wounded In the early
stages of the war, but recovered and
returned again to the battlefield. He
was a son of Judge George W. Nichols
of Spartanburg.
Julian A. Lathrop, a Harvard under-
graduate, was killed last April. He
left college to Join the American am-
bulance corps In France. Reports of
his death said that "he died while on
the field of duty from effect.! of a
wound received when transferring
wounded to a relief hospital under
heavy fire."
Richard J. Howard of St. Louis was
killed while fighting with the British
troops In France last March. He was
a lieutenant In the Scottish "Black
Watch" regiment.
Robert L. Cuthbert, who made his
home here at the New York Yacht
club, was killed in July of 1915. He
was a member of King Edward's
Horse.
Frank D. Byrne, a formed financial
writer of the New York Sun, was killed
"somewhere In France." He left New
York last February and enlisted as a
private In the Royal Dublin Fuslleers
Henry Augustus Colt of New York, a
member of Princess Pat's regiment,
was killed last August. He was a
son of Joseph Howiand Colt, a trustee
of the American Defense society.
Lieut. Albert G. Spalding, Jr., of
Tenth Royal Innlskllllng Fuslleers,
was killed In battle last July.
Lieutenant W. E. Iledger of New
York, an aviator with the British
army, fell from a great height while
fighting an enemy machine. He was
twice decorated for valor before be-
ing transferred to the Royal Flying
corps.
Some of the other Americans killed
In battle are: Harold Chapln, Ameri-
can actor and stage manager; Jack
Janz, John Prentice Poe, Jr., famous
football player; Eugene E. Molse of St.
, Louis, and Paul Nelson.
Each of the two Pennsylvania avenue entrances to the White House is
being picketed by sfx members of the Congressional union, each of whom
holds a banner with the inscription: "Mr. President, what will you do for
woman suffrage?" The pickets are on duty from nine to five each day, the
Individuals being relieved at frequent Intervals.
CHURCH OF PRESIDENTS CELEBRATES
Tessle McNamnra, telephone switch-
! board girl at the big munition plant of
| the Canadian Car and Foundry com-
pany on the Jersey meadows near
Klngsland, w ho happened to glance out
! of a window which overlooked a long
avenue of concrete and Iron one-story
buildings and saw a wisp of smoke
curling from the eaves of building 30,
! a shed stored with 200 gallons of gaso-
line and used for cleaning and polish-
ing high explosive shells. With one
: bound, Tessle was back at the switch-
board, her headgear adjusted, fighting
to conquer her rising panic. She beat
down her fears (she knew what smoke
i wisps portended In a vast plant packed
with tremendous explosives) and rapid-
ly connected with shed after shed—
j Just a word or two; "Fire In shed 30—
I sure to reach shell cars on side track
I —don't wait a second—get all men
out," As Tessle sent In her final calls,
red-hot fragments of steel ripped
from the bursting shells and flung high
In the air descended upon the roof of
the headquarters bnllding within five
feet of her head. Some of the pieces
tore through, one Just grazing her.
She fainted. With building after build-
ing exploding, McArthur, the fire chief,
and a few of his aids dragged the un-
conscious girl from the switchboard.
' 1
KAISER AND HIS STAFF AT THE FRONT
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This shows him In Poland. One of the few pictures
\ new photograph of the kaiser and his staff at the front
showing the kaiser's short left arm.
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j
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Historic St. John's church, Washington, on Lafayette square, opposite
the White llouse, the church of practically all Episcopal presidents, Is cele-
brating Its one hundredth anniversary.
mioqbhmrats"
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