The evening world. Newspaper, November 29, 1921, Page 3

a STILLMANS UNITED “Lost Battalion’’ Hero Ended Life at Sea, STORY OF WHITTLESEY’S STAND SMILES AT THREE Girt, She a epipy Seeking Forgetfulness of War’s Horrors, WITH 700 ONE OF WAR CLASSICS | Girls, Not Menai | BEFORE GUY , BIRT | Morbid ver Experiences and a a |Penetrating Argonne Defenses and Then Sur- WIVES IN COURT Gls Pi om \ Refused to Surrender. a And Other Girls’ Praise Makes: S | rounded by. Germans, His Battalion GOES TO: TOMBS Girls Spend Wages, Budget atl | Expert Declares. T > “Girls don't dress to attract: memgnus » hes : =) oy 3 5 The story of Major Whittlesey’s) manded by machine gun positions on | ee 5 ' } Hotel Employee ees Testify That|4IS AFFAIRS IN ORDER. } ited ateaili was one of the claa-| both sides. Sherman Pleads Guilty of |they dreas tor other girls," sala Mo fife’ Lived |. ¢ arr | : ne i atta. There were about 700 men in the 3i 4 “hucks One {ey Cammack, Assistant Seoretary af" f Banker and Wife Lived | oui ide Carefully Planned} | * j sles of tne: war. Although the bates) ae eee esis navance wae une} bgamy and Chucks One Wee’ wew york trust Compars: ie cane jiva really was lost, in the sense (iat | Together fh 1918. dertaken, Inv its progress the bat Under the -Chin, | it was cut off from the rest of the tation lost $0 men. When darkness | | Whittlesey and tus men were! Although into the Germain lines, Their position was on the extreme lest flank of the division, French troops Twenty dollars can be stretched a!" # error, It held out for six day#, (2) y44 been on their left but had been| With No. 3 at No. 1227 42d Street, |7Wenty-five by using the budget obedience to orders. | unabie to advance. Brooklyn, smiled at them all, | Blam.” ghe said. il Tho 77th Division, after seven days} Neither Majov Whittlesey nor: hig/ chucked one under the chin and then “Women are not more extravagant. (ose Jot continuous fighting and advancing. | men knew just where they were, but| Went ally across the Bridge of|'#4" men, bat they are more temptcte ltd tound Itself on Oct. 2, 1918, faciNF | they took up a position and prepared | Sishs to the ‘Tombs to-day, having | the lures, set before the windaw twit the apparently impregnable German] tg defend it. At daybreak ttey | Pleaded guilty to bigumy In Centre pias aa Men do not go about allt; just defenses ‘of the, Argonne Forest,| found themselves near the crest of | Street Court He was held in $1,om |U’cked out in sky blue, terra cotta. .g which had been held and strength=Phill overlooking two ravines, through | Dall for the Grand Jury, hue he [2"4 Mauve apparel. They are prow Since Unknown Soldier’s Funeral, It Seems. to the business girls’ clanseas: at Central Branch Y. W. C. A. thiw Tr morning, telling how to apply ‘the!’ budget system to a working girls’ sal"! Abraham ary, | (Special From a Staff Correspondent). | POUGHKEPPSIE, Ney. 29. As a | mumbér of witne: division and completely surrounded | fe three wives confronted by Germans for six days, it was not him, two of them in tes Among the intimate friends of Col Charles W. Whittlesey, who disap- peared at sea fr United Fruit tin 8 now under put In this position by any military Sherman, who was discovered living ubpeeha failed to app ear to-day, the m the deck of the hearing of the divorce action brought \/ by James A Presi- dent of the National City Bank, (S8turday night and Sunday morning ) against Mrs. Anne Urqu there is no longer doubt that the ty Was adjourned shortiy after noon hy | COMMarfder of the famous “Lost Bat- Referee Daniel J. Gleason. ‘The next | lion" of the 308th Infantry of the Toloa between iliman, tor Stillman, an f i . ‘ tected by the conveni ae massion: will. be on sday at 11] 77th Division*committed suicide. ened for four years. But tt was) one of which, called Charlevaux, they | {dn't seem to mind it one bit ipting. y onvencionality of tat-<a's u Sf That the soldier-iawyer chose mid- imparative to the success of the| had made their advance. On ail] Sherman, well drested and wearing | “nwng piled a. youow eile seme wel ? movenient which had -been lounched! sides riciesthe Biagie Farmiga se puciar Wie ina mene ) ary intervening week Mrs. Still-]ocean for his last resting place was we sides were steep heavily wooded on Sept. 26 that the German defense, pants iriMhl ins meseOOnAeA wan otshe herself. It's the blonde, pons'* ims ° restau nt. h Man's ‘ettorneys are going to work in keeping, his friends say, with his 5 " » | midoured sale: ) ew broken, and at 1450 o'clock P.M.) During th : fut he looked much more like what © Indy who saya, Fes eadunar ies the wpbointe : L uring the night, the hans, sweet, dearie? who spends the nis on the motion to hi aisposition .o carry on his shoulders en-order was given for the division! Knowing their line had been pene Wife 3 said ke told her he was—a nohey: fon ieee et dent of a commniscien to go to Canada te Durdens of others and to apare his +, advance along its entire front. medical student at Columbia Uni " ment of a commission to go to trated, consolidated their fosition in the, rear of Whittlesey's command. Yersity, This last wife, Bertha Schu- ¢ ‘This was not discovered by the Ameri- (at, is the daughter of a Montreal cans until details started for the rear furrier, who was in court’ with her. |for rations and E Company under | She sald that when Sherman married Lieut. Wilhelm was sent back to as- her in Montreal five weeks ag A ovelntorCeriants | came here with him Recent surveys made by the ¥..v . A. throughout the United states show that thousands of working gitls! recelving $17.50 a week usually spend, ae it as follows: Board and room, $10; "oom she Laundry, 50 cents; clothes, $4.60; ear nd agreed to do fare, 96 cents; incidentats, 60 ceni¢: dents of the division that succeeded | in breaking through were to advance, regardless of flank protection, as far possible and hold the position gsined until the arrival of reinforee- nents | Just one clement of the 77th Divi- @o take the testimony of certain | friends from all troubles, Portant witnesses. m all accounts his resolution to It wns rumored to-day thit some destroy himself was hurried by the of the Canadian witnesses who have ceremonies in Arlington Cemetery ready testified hefore the referee Over the Unknown Soldier, He &re desirous of materially changing was one of the pallb rers, and the , that testimony. If they give testi- occasion seemed to prey on his mind. , ot through. ‘That was Major Lieut, Wilhelm’s command was Scepemaeeing ntl he should be “grad- amusements, 10 centa; doctor apd ‘ - . : slon got th - surrounded and scattered, With a “ated” and start in being a doctor. dentist, 50 cents: church an oa mony before a commission in contra- Friends say he became morbid and Whittlesey’s command, consisting of 5 I Aahe\waat : aaa mihi @ction to what they have already more retiring than over Meat the tat and 24 Battalions of | f% Men, he succeeded in breaking SH Said she was twenty-four years 15 cents, Such a small allowance ’tuh 2 : ol. WI Parte oe bai Pn re Genie old, ood ‘make: ace: stateds-it will not be possible, it was Col. Whittlesey disliked the homage | rae gosth Infantry, reinforced by sec-| ‘ough the German fines and rejoin- food makes it hecessary to limit eats » waid, to extradite them for perjury paid to him as one of the heroes of ng the main body of the 77th Div Wife The only testimony given to-day the Argonne, and could not be :n- 1, Lillian Sherman, was ing to hasty lunches consisting of , the stoic tions of C and D Companies of the} 1 one who did not cry dur- on as rolls an¢ tT ‘ 3osth Machine Gun Battalion, The | 09 with the story of the position of | ing the hearing before Magistrate Pano fl sopke ch aie sane as that of Charles Maschord, man- Guced to talk of the experiences of infantry companies in the command Whittlesey’s battalion. | Hating. She is twenty-eight and , ell- o ; lager of the Hotel St. Regis, and Theo- the “Lost Battalion.” He was sought ware A BG) G anda Lieut. Lenke returned with eighteen | ¥a# ee spebatgap ntl lat df pee planning th budgets: ai) aoe @ore Roth, in charge of the Fifth a8 the honored guest of banquets, Le ‘the fortunes of war Major |™€" And reported to Maj. Whittlesey | (ee, yg /tunmia thes have a five. should not stint on clothing or recke« ) j Avenue. dining room of the hotel. Mr. where tributes were paid to his Whittlesey’s ynit advanced through | {at the position was surrounded.| home is now ut No, 78 Basi 1osth Om according to Mrs. Cammack nae Maschord identified photographs of achievement in the war, and his r ; vhich was so tangied with| Runners who tried to get through | Street Dry feet; umbrellas and solld fuudsusb ; register of the hotel showing that plies were always disappointing’ to ‘inderbrusn that the Germans had| Were driven back Lwontyoainveaterslg: Wong at Norah Lionas? che Pele hee eae Eee oy ‘ 3 ; rn enty-six years ld, No. 13 tions,” she sald, “Cor hes on Mr, and Mrs. Stfllman were there in those ‘who had gathered at the ban underbrush that tified it, believing | Fortunately, the position of the) Mast bse Sieare, Mah vine At NO. 18 tons,” she sald, "Cor health ia. iil Februaxy, 1918. quet board in the hope of hearing at! nol Be Daeeuie it com. | ommand on one sloping side of the! were married, according to her, in Of & business gl nepal amsetg.”” 0 4 He also stated that he had frequent-| first hand what had occurred in the| pest sak == | ravine was protected against artiiiery| the Municipal Hullding on March 16°). oT ie Casa Mieiiomeinte Cael ; d forests thi = 8 Re ¥) 1920. It was she who caused his ab ary: ‘ ty seen Mr. Stijlman about the lobby | ‘angled forests of the Argonne | Madison Avenue and 40th Btreet, Mr | ""@ because the artillery was over t affer tracking lim to Brook-| Frank Bunshu, proprietor of a nowiho00%y © o ; while Mrs, Stillman was there, and\ He was honored by the Nation for| Pruyn said, he too was convinced the| the crest of the hill and could not get | lyn : at No. 203 reet, Stapleton, s.")!" had alao seen him entering the stiti-) b/s work, being awarded the Con-| funeral. of the Unknown Soldior| sufficient elevation to drop shells into| Hee father is @ physician, and when |. ye y to the police that” ‘ man suite of four rooms on the sixth | Sessional Medal, but refused to wear} reyed on Col, Whittlesey's mind. | | the ravine. But on the left the posi-| 80° told him of her discovery he jingiars nad entered the barroom of Lye : floor. Mean reps auen compelied to .ky nie “Col. W. Bithiceey, Bee hag He SHU tion was overlooked by a high clift,|} "and ‘then the. two women had Place some time after two o'clock tia. ay i, ray) mntin, m since ia “11, « e 2 o i Roth testified that he, too, had seen | #¥UPeriors on State, occasions. To him | fee Con rontng Miuld not stand i] fom the shelter of which the Ger-|Sherman brought to court. All three morning, at which hour he lett hms, ; ‘i s his, he story of the war was one of hor- COL. CHARLES W. WHITTLESEY, M. H. I Mr. Little said at nis} mans bombarded with hand grenades |h@d a long consultation this mornitg, place. and carried off the cash register, rn ‘ Mr, Stillman about the hotel at this) ong not one of glory, That he| (A® he appeared when he led his battalion into the Argonne pocket.) gay longer) Mr City. “Because of| of the “potato masher” ¢¥pe with Assistant District Attorney |eontaining $71 in cash. te @ime, but never seen them dining! . a4, 3 Wilson. It was interspersed whth| xia s daily reminded of it was not 7 the prominence ‘accorded to him! re Germans attacked in force or 4 | ) 4 acke oree on|tearful outbursts by all save Wife rm 5 Nogethor. f Guy, /Rown until bis old friend of ten|thing snapped, and that was the be-|name the Intruder remarked the co-| widows and orphans the country GARE lina ulght of Ost.§, They were te Pape ae CHER ERES BY Bb me i ' John E. Mack, guardian of GUY). arg standing, and one of his law|ginning of the end.” incidence of it appealed to him in person and wro' aed biieitie Rana | = = | “ t Stillman, the three-year-old child who,” bert 3, fe wi ft lans| Jess | to bim. Many seemed merely to want | pulsed by rife fire, but continued their B DOUBLE TH . : : Tata. partners, Robert I. Little, tof it to- thout telling any one of his plans) = "We have just received a wireless} ii.” syinpathy, and he was a very|hand grenade attacks sporadically.|German ambuscde weatel Git} 1S SUR ow i ie qo-defendant in she action, said to-| 44), he sailed at noon last Saturday on the | from Capt. Grant of the Toloa,” he farted man, 1 noticed a . * a ence NON e ay wr psi OS fh ; . tender hea: The battalion lost eighty men in the|and four wounded taken pi @ay that he will produce the boy at) «oj, -whittlesay,” he said, “had a| United Fruit liner Toloa, which fs duc| said, “saying that a man named|change in him after he came back aahiine ohibevient onere | 75c ' &ayof the hearings should the referee mogt prilliant mind, and a most order-| to-day in Havana. Twenty-four hours| Whittlesey has disappeared over-'| from Washington, but I never thought i i ’ One of the prisoners was sent back : j 9 life. The funeral] On Oct. 4 the last of the rations was | with a note from the sont deem this to be advisable. 2 he would take his lt with a note from the German com ; |:¥ and logical one. Pursuant to Capt.|later he was missed when he failed | board. » {in Arlington apparently was the cli-|given out to the American soldiers, |mander demanding “by appealing to| not J. Phelps Classon, son of a eae Grant's wireless of his instruction to| to appear in the saloon at meal time,| “Was is first name Charles?" | MHO# 1 SO laneas he wentl there was water In the ravine, and |¥AUE humane sentiments’, the. sure | testified that he 4 <eported bi are dP credulously, but Capt. " ' . be of. tt pbankeralready has hotel | 00k into one of the drawers in his|A steward reported his stateroom had} asked Pruyn Incredulously, but Capt-} through . j Masihkl valunteora:. akanged (ellen Tender of he A MerANE, Major af eafied on the Stillmans at the hotel) desk, we found there the records of/not been used during the night. Grant had not-mentioned the firat| Mr, Pruyn's sister-in-law was at sedi ma pag iupoeea tive he . Capt: MeM ) in February, 1918, and that Mr. Still-| tweive hich he haa ol avae, the Bruyn home on Riverside Drive | enough of it to keep the thirst of the Capt, Holderman, the surviving com-| « Dee Ol Le iaeannpy at twelve cases of which he had charge.| An omcer of the ship went to the "ame. 2 tied up|Thanksgiving afternoon, and she said | men satinfed. manding officers, read the note. They| | , fan was sti LD nee | OF each were pencilled notes showing | stateroom and found a note for the| Then Pruyn, alarmed, ca °) Gol. Whittlesey, when he called there,| at o'clock in the afternoon, Ger- | tok in the white vlothis in order that] ’ : Gonsidpred to be of vital importance) just how it stood in court, so that|Captain asking him to notify Frank | White & Case, then Whittlesey's|;ugned and talked in a manner un- mang who could speak English yelled |20thing that might be construed as a| “ \& Ahe}defense as affecting the pater-|oach can be continued without any|R. Whittlescy, the Colonel's father, |andiady, and when he had about | usually gay for lim. She also told of Se ee ee ae roalecea |ttRian caerenaer coal eseen: * { a : Solonel''s , a orders ere designec ord went throw ° ed | nity of Guy Stillman, which Mr. Still- | Geiay in consequenc® of his death. eh n'a death, Mr, Whittlesey's | concluded that the missing passenger | ois playing with the baby. fe thatthe Germans dad) damanaedice thas denied. ‘The boy was born in| “wrist was hin way, He was of aladdress in Piutaneld, Maan gras given, {of the Toloa was none other than the| | “As he was ordinarily #0 very autet to cause the men of the "Tost Bat: | surrender, ‘The men-set up. a yell = . ee ofl) » received 5 , rs alion to leave thete e \*Like hell we'll st ler! Ci ver | Betoes’ feet ft Mr, Clasaon|Tpersensitive nature, and the war] ‘The note requested that John B,| Colones ho received nue dreaieel b Uisib said. cin the evening Me) start for the rear. But the Ameri- ebsites ae Gh rm é » er testimony o: T 8 hi . et - stor 8 also be | from Capt. Grant, confirming It, \took a friend of mine to the theatre. e e jand ! S. at Beau t he wae a week-end fied mote pornio nh war tae ane cave A ; pects pee pa . Col. Whittlesey’s effects on “I had heard that after the cere-leans were wary. ‘They were sparing| Runners had ocean ID RettaR ty in a Box ool x ; : | BOR OSs Mito RUE: WAR BCA RSOBI SY y e turned over to the |mony at Arlington he was moody and|of their ammunition, but they madi |({rOug): and ip the might of Oct. 7) é/ of thp ‘stillmans at their country! reminded of what took place ‘over|of Col. Whittlesey in Williams Col-| Toloa will be turned over to the | MONS Ot TiN Ot ne ee en who a Ba Rie! Clint AAT kent (BRT TCC: Mo Taare ce Colgate’ s Vanity came place,; Mondanne. in the holiday 8€8-| there: by the calls on him. in the|Jege and his former la® ‘rtner here, |AM@rican, Consul at Havana, and |fejt he must carry the troubles of the | thelr rift , pt the |Capt. William J gan, broke the eafea : fea of 1918 and that they were on! miagt of an important case he would| a third request. In oto the| Capt Graht has betn advised by the |whole world on his shoulders, He|Germans away trom the top of the|German line in the rear of the “oat| & new Colgate first-aid for the clever ?!, 2 : flendly, terms at that time | receive a message from a mother, wife|Captain was that gage lott | United Fruit Line to give all the facts |undoubtedly thought of all the suf- | cliff, |&, Whittloney’s command, seduced to| itl proud of ber good looks Compact om ' e) —___o——— ‘ ‘onnected with the disappearance of | {0 Miiereatea in be {| Sure that the httle band of stead men, returned to the division powder, compact rouge, full size mirror or sister that son, husband or brother | in the stateroom be yed. c He was interested in bettering hos, | 482 men, ae inihandsome. gold colored Tt by BURGLARS GET PERFUME, | was aying, and to please ‘come dver.'| i ¢ " Col, Whittiesey to the newspaper men | pital conditions for the wounded men|fly dwindling effective Americans! ‘The Congressional Medal of Honor « case. It has Ing, a ec There was a me for Robert | » 4 ies : y, the Ge rus awarded to” Major Whittleses, | perfect Colgate quality—the at ‘ CAKE AND CREAM SODA| " “He would leave everything to go to| trie of the law firm resarding whore | 4! {Dat port. And gelling, work f0e:the,Jeblese saint could nak Kel Arey “ine Grama | Ti hn wae, promoted to ana. cao ot | Of wed tmee foe nie Geach ie meee some home or hospital to do what he |certain papers might be found, ending: | THE Toloa passed Atlantic City as |". stelzar Whittlesey, ainter-in-|and oaths and the language of the Lieutenant Colonel, Capt, MoMur a : Taken From! could to alleviate the sufferings of|«; will not return | darkness set in Saturday night, The! aw of Col, Whittlesey, said at hev|men of the “Lost Hattalion" in re-try Was also awarded the ¢ , mettle COLGATE'S; 1 ai the Cash Register. selec iwarn iat DEiiik whiie aees : be Oe , | fext morning she was down off the| homie, No, 42 East 78th Street, that | ply blistered the leaves on the streets, sional Medal. He was twice wounded those |, while see. In transmitting these details by | ‘ her husband and her husband’s|At frequent intervals, during Oct. +, /and hia citation states that “the suc- | Burgiers sawed aff two locks on the} ing to it that everything that could be| wireless Capt. Grant added to his | Vi"é!ni@ capes. . ; sarents were convinced there was no|@ and 7 the Germans attacked with | Cesstil defense of the position was| A th ago he acvepted Rea P ” $) front door of the drug store of IApsett| done was done to ease the last hours | messag ¢ a io} ; 7 f a other cause for the suicide of the|hand grenades due largely to his efforts siteer | - Bros., et 150th Street, and Broadway “Won' * ,| Cross Chairmanship and plunge jo han ‘depression due to after Neht and it of the “ ur privates of the n y | A sane esti morning and cleaned out the| of the dying soldier. I have known) “Won't you please extend mytiito"the campaign for members, de- Coonel than -depr A) Ke.and position af the eet wore awarded the Distinguished Ser- “I've found the relish _ perfumery case, which had been filled him to go to three funfrals 4 week,| warmest sympathy to his family spite having changed his business’ for the first few days after the|manding officers of\the 17th Division Vice Cross for exceptional gallantry A my Sith $4400 worth of goods for the noli- | ANd it is pretty well Khown how he! John B. Pruyn of No. Rector Street, /connection to take up banking 1aW. ceremonies attendant upon the burial lon Oot’ §, and an artillesy barrage while the “Los Nattalion” was sur- they all fall for in the rm day ti Then they helped .nem-| cared for the boys in the hospitals, —|a former partner of Col. Whittlesey, |W. C. Whittlesey, an uncle, who of the unknown soldier she sald he /from American gune broke up a Ger. rounded. Phill C Lad ea eng eerie fall,” Fanny informs us, > . “9 ” d S me vee n Street, dj been extremely morose, mu ‘man mi attack in je morning of e rved at talior setives gf chocolate cake and ice cream 4 ae dent an migih - ar bas sige ropes torte ae ant | sala today, he was Inclined to th few days ago brightened up and she|ihat day,” White clothe were placed |and were aimoat continually under flavorsome, fasci soda, *: and asked him to lunch, but he @aid| Minor ©. Kelth, First Vice President) velief that the tuneral in Arlington believed this change in his mental jon the ground to attract the attention | fire as they carried messages from| f natin, ‘They Pook $40 from the cash register, | that he had al-eady lunched. I no-|of thy United Fruit Lane, at the iat-|depresged his nephew |condition came after his determina-|of American aeroplanes, which con- | place to place in the command. e a ticed then the wan expression about) ter’s offices at 2 o'clock yesterday nate Pichuivee ey, 8 brother, “Es | tion to kill himeelt.. sea cAlth trolled ae air in that seater, é | Joseph Friel volunteered to try is New, Coated, Sanitary Wrapper _ : ves at the 44th Street address. He| As to his legal affaira ehe said they| On Sunday, Ogt. § the effective|get rough the enemy {ines on the LMADRR KOENIG TO GO ABROAD, |his face, It was careworn and gray, /afternoon. Halt an hour passed and| wag iil'and the word of his broiner's | naa odie taal aceire eg male tha7 MORE EM tadlon hed Care see RiGhT nt oe arene naa polenta el AINCRE ‘ is 8, Koenig, Chairman of the! but I did not attribute anything un-|Pruyn was expressing himself at a) death was kept from him until there! go cited the fact that he had Leen to $78 men. Lieuts. Peabody! number of others had been to his Republican County Conimit-| usual to it for the reason that he was! loss to understand the absence of hi#| was no doubt of it being true, Then) handling a matter for an uncle an@ en Moon of the Machine Gun Rotta!- knowledge Sidney Smith, although Mig she Gamuim’, Roquefort Paver - Mra, Koenig for Eu: nan of sedentary character, He friend when another official of the| Mr: Pruyn told him and the brother| the papers for thie litigation were all j{OR were killed that day neverely wounded in the eurly stages \ Aiea eae He peers Hight tor eiaanews uy train andinee a In order and th tical ‘patrol of ni nt out fine t 19 and plans to return before e was & ed to Keith’n | left fo 'y train and auto- | found in order and the case practica 0] of nine men went out on of the fitting, refused to get onto! CN SE... conla: papeat 00 eee Trt ine pioture. Of the {line w dmitted to Mr. Keith's} mobile, hoping to grt there before the |\y slosed, with @ mote explaining me leas morning of Oct. 7 to try to find a action, and by hia aocurate rifle fire EE. ire. Leslie Wi war and its consequences a his mind joes: me gad news shoulda reach his parents, | few things that were te Se deme ag of Soak thas had been dropped | was effective in discouraging German | Made by SHARPLESS, Phita. ee long as he could and then some- At the mention of ‘Whittlesey’s © Afterward, at the Williams Clu», fr, Little, his partnem @8 Greoplans, They ran into a attacke. EON te ene A acai, a saiiy< ~~ ew T