Show Captain Austin Fatally Injured In Final Drive V A AV V V I. I CAPT CAlT JAMIs J. S n B. B A AUSTIN Stepson of E. E 0 O. Ho Howard Horard Di Digs Dies s of Wounds in inV France V ELATED sorrow orrow entered another another an- an B BELATED r rother other prominent Salt Lake y a-y homo home yesterday esterday when K 0 O. Howard rd vice president of or Walker Valker received word sord Brothers bank that hint h his stepson Capt n. n James u I n. n uc- uc J B. B c- c h n. n u I n. n uc- uc J c- c Austin had hod died or woun s cs tober y or 10 in France Tho The shock was tho the greater s for Mr Ir and Mrs Howard because the telegram re received ro- ro hero here contained tho the first In Intimation intimation in- in that Captain Austin lidd been injured When hen Captain Austin wrote homo home last on October i C G ho sat on a n. box In tho the woods of or France while writing his letter Ho lie r Jd d he had been through h tho the thickest of or tho the terrific fighting which lasted for three weeks in tho the big drive at Chateau Thierry and had como come out of tho the battle a scratch Captain AustIn was a member of or orthe the e Thirty eighth Infantry Third division General Dickman's command command com coni- mand at the tho time of his death He had been in the service for a little littlemore littlemore more than a year eAr In September 1017 Ini 17 Captain Austin entered tho tIm officers officers' training camp at Fort Sheridan Ill and amI after graduation he was commissioned a a. first lieu lieu- tenant From there he was transferred trans traits to 0 Camp Greene S. S C. C lie Ito remained all last winter Before Be Be- fore foro oro he sailed for France last March he was ivas promoted to a n. cap cup o. o Twice since he went to tor r France rance he was recommended for promotion to a a. major but he de declined do- do dined the proffered honor because ho lie said bald It would take him from his re regiment and out of ot the front frontline frontline frontline line where there he preferred to be After Captain Austin had spent two years at tho the Michigan College of ot Mines Unes Houghton Mich he en entered entered entered en- en business In Chicago from which he came to Salt Lake L. Hero Here lie he was married in the summer of or 1916 to Miss Erminie daughter of ot E. E E. E Calvin then president of or the Union Pacific Railway Hallway corporation Mrs Irs Austin and two children aro arc with her parents in Omaha Neb On his hla recent visit to Salt Lake Lako Mr Ir Calvin and Mr Ir Howard had spoken 9 of t having a family reunion on Jim s return Mr Ir Howard said last Jast night that full particulars of ot Captain Austin's Austins Austins Austin's Aus Aus- tins tin's death were not obtainable Ho Ito assumes that casualty reports were delayed because the cables cable were so bus busy handling other sov gov gov- gov business In the last laRt six weeks Mr Ir Howards Howard's belief beller based on newspaper reports of or fighting that occurred in the final drive a against the tho Huns is that Captain Austin was fatally wounded In the Argonne for forest st or later before Sedan Sedon Besides his parents wife and two children Captain Austin Is survived by a sister Miss Mibs Margery ery Howard 1219 E E. South Templo Temple street lie He was 32 22 years cars old |