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ELABORATE CELEBRATION
At a meeting of the Fairbanks
Commercial club and the park com
mission, plans for the celebratior
of the Fourth of July were dis
cussed and a committee was ap^
pointed to perfect the details oi
the celebration.
The celebration is to open wit!
a dance on the night of July 3
the music for which is to be sup
plied by the Fairbanks band. Auto
mobile races, in which at least fiv<
cars will compete, will be one o1
the big features of the celebratior
in the upper iown.
A wire was also sent to For
Gibbon, inviting the rifle and bal
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teams to come to Fairbanks to
participate in the festivities.
The committee in charge of af
fairs is composed of Bob Menzies,
| chairman; H. H. Lumpkin, Pete
i McMullen, Joseph Smith, Charles S.
! Thompson and P. J. Rickert.
J. F. Zimmerman, well known
quartz prospector and miner of the
Fairbanks district, is making the
trip to the Kantishna country in
company with Wiliam McGonigal
and Tom Blaylock, but will not be
associated with him after reaching
' the diggings. Zimmerman plans a
I stay of four months in the district.
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! Official Account Describes
. Gallant Work of Infantry
| On Meuse-Argonne Front
Following is the official account
of the part played by Company M,
325th infantry, in the late Meuse
Argonne offensive, which led up to
further brilliant victories gained by
the United States army, culminat
ing in the signing of the armistice
by Germany.
The writer of the report, Cor
poral Emery F. Tobin, was a news
paperman in civil life, who an
swered his country's call when it
was first issued, and served con
tinuously with the combat forces
on the west front. He was one of
ten men remaining of the entire
company who were in any way fit
to continue fighting if need for
such action arose. Corporal Tobin
remained with the handful of men
holding the position the company
gained until reinforcements came
up.
I Corporal Tobin is the son of
August f’. L. Tobin, a well-known
sourdough miner of Alaska, oper
ating in the Koyukuk country. To
bin, senior, is at the present time
an employe of the Alaskan En
gineering Commission:
Though handicapped from the
very start by a sudden and unex
pected barrage from enemy ma
chine guns as it marched up the
road between St. Juvin and Fle
ville, Company M, 325th Infantry,
succeeding in capturing Hill .,
breaking up successive counter at
tacks and later advancing on, and
taking further ground in the region
to the right, and above St. Juvin,
during the twenty-two days that
it was in the line.
Besides losing numbers wounded
and killed in the first twenty min
utes, and the captain killed, the
sudden deadly fire of the machine
guns from in front and the right
flank of the column threatened dis
organization, only saved by the
bravery of the men and Colonel
W. M. Whitman and Major T. L,
Pierce, who remained in the lead
and directed the company, with gal
lant disregard for their own safety
j From Cornav, on the morning oi
October the 11th, the companj
marched to Fleville, wading through
water up to their knees in the
Aire river, where the bridge hat
been demolished; and from Fleville
marched up the road to St. Juvin
stopping once, when instruction1
were given to the senior non-com
missioned officers. The objective
was “due north.” The enemy was
believed to be a kilometer and one
quarter ahead.
In marching up the road in col
umn of twos, the company wa;
headed by Colonel Writman, Majoi
Pierce and Captain Charles A. Fow
ler, Jr., accompanied for a time
by Major O. O. Feaster. Just be
fore the head of the column reach
ed the road that runs east to wes1
from Sommerance to the highwa\
! on which the company was march
ing, enemy machine guns suddenlj
opened up from the hill in front
and to the right flank of them, out
of the light mist that was hanging
Several fell immediately the first
shot3 were heard.
Under orders, the company jump
ed to the sides of the road, where
a shoulder-high bank offpred some
protection; then in order to secure
convenient interval, spread out Tc
get the enemy to better advantage
for attack and to secure sheltei
from the flanking fire, it would be
necessary to cross the fork of the
road ahead, which was being raked
by machine gun fire.
A shorter way was to climb the
bank and cross over the field at the
point between the roads. Shouting
“Follow me,” Captain Fowler jump
ed up and started across, but \vher
he had reached half the distance
was hit by enemy machine gun fire
and fell. With great 'ndr-ddua
risk, several of his men, including
Private First Class Harry I'alanl
and Corporal James P. Butterworth
crawled out and succeeded in get
ting him down from the open, bul
he died a few minutes afterwards
Under directions from Colone
Whitman, the company went ahead
and although many were wounded
jin the attempt, the men negotiated
j the open road and reached the
j shelter afforded on the north side
) of the forked roads by a high ban!:
j and the depression formed by a
j stream a few feet ahead.
i The enemy, during the night, had
! entrenched themselves in small ma
| chine gun excavations on the top
I of the hill. From these they cor
j tinued to pour unceasing fire. In
j order to take the position it would
j be necessary to go through a line
! pf barbed wire entanglements half
j way up the hill.
The company had gone into ac
tion with but three officers: the
: captain, who was killed in the first
few minutes, as related; Second
! Lieutenant Arthur H. Bormann, and
' Second Lieutenant Frank H. Tay
lor. Lieutenant Taylor was wound
ed when the enemy first opened
fire and, owing to the wound in
the leg, was unable to proceed.
First Lieutenant Herman W. Smitn
was another of those first wounded,
also being hit in the leg by a ma
chine gun bullet.
Lieutenant Bormann formed the
company for attack, sending over
groups of six to ten men at a timc.,
who, forming in line of skirmishers
under the brave leadership of Ser
geant John Carty, rushed up the
hill and drove the machine gunners
from the hill. Sergeant Carty ad
vanced in an unusually brave and
gallant manner, standing up in the
face of the fire and urging the men
on, until, just after he had gone
through the line of barbed wire,
he fell dead, a machine gun bullet
through the neck. Corporal Chester
Moyle was another who set a shin
ing example by his bravery and
courage, being killed later in the
day defending the position they
captured.
Hardly had the company reached
the top of the hill when the enemy
was back with a counter-attack, in
force. Our own artillery fire, fall
ing short, amongst our men, to
gether with the enemy barragi
landing at about the same time
forced the men to fall off to the
left where a sunken road offeree
i some protection. Taking heart, by
what they believed to be nr ex
; tensive retreat, the enemy came or,
Lying off to the left in a shell
hole, one of the men, Private Georgt
Fuldner, unaware that the mer
were falling back, was left alone
His companion in the advance
Private Joseph Cleary, had beer
killed beside him. Before he knew
!what had happened, the enemy prac
tically surrounded him, but, fight
ing desperately, he succeeded ir
I killing three and capturing two oi
his opponents.
Suddenly rising up, with bayonet
fixed, the men to the left, r.ndei
the leadership of Corporal Blaist
and in command of Major Pierct
and his adjutant, First Lieutenanl
Raymond R. Goehring, rushed for
ward against the enemy, succeeding
in scattering them and once m6rt
taking possession of the hill. Tw.
more counter-attacks followed dur
ing the day, both of which wer;
successfully broken up.
Lieutenant Bormann was wound
ed in the first attack, leaving tht
company without officers of its
own. Lieutenant Goehring anc
Major Pierce, though both woundec
early, remained with the companies
until their wounds forced them out
Major Pierce, when wounded the
third time. During the first night
made especially uncomfortable by
water-soaked leggings, the mer
holding the hill succeeded in ward
ing off an enemy patrol.
On counting up the men at tin
end of the first day, there wers
found to be fifty-seven out of tw
hundred combatants. While thi
excitement of the first day hat
caused some to get separated fr-rr
the company and to attach them
selves to Companies I and L, thi"
great reduction was caus;.l n th*
main by the casualties of the firs'
day.
The second day, the company was
joined by Second Lieutenant Wi!
bert E. More, just assigned, wht
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took command of the remainde:
of the company. For three day
it was impossible to bring up foo(
from the kitchen located in Fleville
and the men, still under constan
shell-fire, subsisted on such emer
gency rations as they could gather
and food from the German packs
i The second and third days th
! company was in reserve. Th1
| fourth day, at 8:30 in the morning
' the company again went to th
i front line and drove the enem;
jback. The company was divide
into two groups, one led by Lieu
tenant More, the other by Sergean
Adam C. Shults. The group lei
jby Lieutenant More did brave am
'good work, the other lost liaisoi
for a time.
The days following were day
I of attacks and counter-attacks, dur
I ing which the remainder of th
'company was led by non-commis
jsioned officers such as Corpora
| Archie Walsh and Sergeants -Josepi
[j. Donovan and Paul J. Hartley
who did good work in the a’osenc
of any company officers, Lieuten
ant More having been wounded am
evacuated on the sixth day. Abou
: a week before the company wa
! relieved, it was joined by Firs
j Lieutenant Clyde H. Steward, wh
! had been on special duty with th
jbattallion transport, who commanr
j ed the company until the end, whe
i it went out, November third. Tc
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wards the last, the company was s
depleted by casualties that at on
time there were less than ten com
batants remaining. Of the ca;
ualties, about thirty-six were kille
in action.
The company rendered a fine a:
count of itself, as a whole and ir
dividually, and the number of case
of personal heroism and bravery, i
recounted, would reach a high fig
ure. It overcame handicaps an
forged ahead.
Heimberger’s Cascade Laundry ha
just been renovated. Has sanitar
baths and furnishings. Shampooin
and electric drying a specialty
Terms reasonable.
SOCIAL DANCE
Sat. May 14
UNION MALL
Mrs. Belle Campbell - Director
SCENE OF SHE
TACOMA, June 12.—The inmate?
, of the city detention hosiptal staged
j an uprising early this morning, their
11 action being based on the claim
. [ that they were not being properly
i fed by the city. At a signal, the
,' malcontents attacked the nurses, but
| they were prevented from doing
, serious injury to the employes by
. the arrival of timely reinforce
. ments.
t The ringleaders of the revolution
3 have been placed under arrest.
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BOSTON, June 12.—Walter Hag
en, of Oakland Hills, won the na
tional open golf championship in
this city today, playing off a tie
with J. Brady, of Oakley. Hagen
led at the finish by one stroke.
In eighteen holes, Hagen went
around in seventy-seven, while
Brady’s score was seventy-eight.
’ The match was witnessed by a
great crowd of golf enthusiasts, the
course being lined with interested
spectators.
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