Brownwood Bulletin (Brownwood, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 130, Ed. 1 Monday, March 24, 1919 Page: 2 of 4
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FUTURE PROHIBITION
LEGISLATION.
i . (Dallas News)
J The battle of the ratios which was
ifaHght when Mr. Bryan tried to con-
.yert the country to the free silver
doctrine was a titanic struggle but
we shall probably think it was tamo
"when we get into the midst of the
battle of the. percentage. The: battle
of the percentages will begin when
Congress takes up the task of; defin-
ing intoxicating liquor. The indis-
pensable need of such a definition
for the enforcement of the Prohibi-
tion Amendment is of course obvi-
ous: The lack of it has already prov-
ed to be an embarrassment to those
who have the job of enforcing the
law forbidding the use of cereals indent of this material is the result of
the making of beer. That the ques
tion has large provocative powers is
manifest Extreme prohibitionists
will probably insist on such a defini-
tion as would outlaw every beverage
in which so much as a trace of alco-
hol could be found by the most in-
quisitive process known to chemical
science. The other pole of this con-
troversy will probably be marked by
men who would permit the making
and sale of beverages containing no
more than 2.75 per cent of alcohol
and between these extremes men in
and out of Congress will graduate
their positions with a nicety which
. will make a kind of human ther-
mometer of prohibition ardor. What
are the possibilties of controversy and
compromise in this question every
one can explore with the aid of his
own imagination. That the settle-
ment will be in the nature of a com-
promise seems rather likely. The
legalization of "small beer" the kind
that gets such frequent recognition
in English songs and stories may
eventuate from the battle. However
this is altogether speculative.! The
only certainty is that the attempt to
define intoxicating liquors willl occa-
sion a fierce controversy while the
likelihood is that it will end in a com-
promise. Texas now has an "official Iree"
ana it is the stately pecan. Largely
due to the efforts of Miss Katie Daf-
fan who has been urging the official
designation of a Texas tree for: some
time the Thirty-Sixth Legislature
p a-jsed a bill designating the . pecan
as the Texas tree and the governor
promptly signed It among the first
b'ills passed. It ;s now Miss Daffan's
Ijlea fo Interest the various highway
associations in a scheme to plant pe-
carir along the roadsides throughout
the state. 1
jtHenator Reed of Missouri wlip was
-asked to resign and present the1 prob-
lem of re-election to the voters in
order that the attitude of the people
loward the League of Nations might
"determined very wisely says he
Svcm't do it. Senator Reed is too good
a politician to take unnecessary chan-
cesespecially such a long chance
as placing his future career In the
hands of loyal Missoufians who very
decidedly do not endorse his views of
the !Le?gue of .Nations and his bitter
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denunciations of President Wilson.
The formation of a Brownwood Oil
Association Ib one of the ' important
sjeps" which has been undertaken by
the Chamber of Commerce during the
past few weeks. The prompt re-
aprri?e given to invitations by many
of the oil men indicate their endorse-
ment of the movement and give also
weight to the conviction that the as-
sociation will be worth much both
I
to the oil men and the city.
:l Every road leading into Brown-
wood skould be a good road: a road
tbat weuld make traveling a delight
a&d would encourage visitors to come
here frequently and stay a long itime.
The roads leading to Bangs and to
each of the other towns in the county
should receive special attention be-
cause all the communities "of the
county should be"aal)le to maintain
communication with each other
through the highways with a mini-
mum of trouble.
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SHIPPED TO FRANCE
THE GOVERNMENT PLANS. TO IN-
STRUCT FRENCH FARMERS
IN AMERICAN WAYS.
(By Associated Press)
NEW YORK March 24. A $60000
farming exhibit is being shipped (his
week to France by (the "War Work
Council of tho Young Men's Christian
Association to be uacd for the in-
struction of thousands of soldiei'3 in
Mr American Expeditionary Force
v." o want lb return tc the farms when
Tie'r regiments are d-juuibiiizul. The
exhibit Avas assembled by the United
States Department of Agriculture at
the request of the War Department
It includes samples of soil from
every county of the United States
dairy utensils egg testar-s cereal and
corn sdiioli's insecticide.; s:nd fungi-
cides. mkI oMier material sufficient to
fnl five ci;s.
With this material will go to France
four government experts to supervise
the setting up of the exhibit and td
prepare for the work of insiructir.n
in France. Theso experts will remain
with the Expeditionary Force four
months to teach men assigned from
the army so that the work of instruc-
tion can continue as long as the
American troops are held oversea.".
A. A. Ormsby of the Department 'of
Agriculture is in charge of the ex
hibit. It is announced that the ship
a wide-spread demand among the
fighting men overseas for instruction
in agriculture. Dr. Kenvon L. But-terfield-
president of the Massachu-
setts Agricultural College and member
of the Y. M. C. A. Army Education
commission has .estimated that one-
fourth of the men in the American
Expeditionary Force came from tho
farms of America and that a similar
proportion of them want to return to
lie farms when their (military service
is ended.
Oh its arrival in France the exhibit
will be divided into four parts loaded
on trucks and movedLfrom camp to
camp for demonstration.
The government will pay the salar-
ies of its experts and the Y. M. C. A.
will pay their expenses. It is ex
pected that the military authorities
wi'l assign several hundred instruc-
tors from the army to use thip ex-
hibit in agricultural education. It is
announced that the Y. M. C. A sent
to France in January more than
$700000 worth of text books part of
which bear upon courses of agricul-
ture and that these courses are open
to all fighting men of the United
States as long as they remain over-
seas. Shipment of samples of soil is in-
tended to enable the soldier to dis-
cover how best to utilize the farm
lands in his home town whether he
may come from Maine or Oregon. The
Bureau of Plant Industry has contri-
buted exhibits showing how to fight
insect pests and fungous diseases of
plant life and the Bureau of Animal
Industry lias contributed model farm
buildings dairy and poultry barns
and silos. By the use of these and oth-
er exhibits the soldiers will be taught
scientific farm management
"African Golf' Was Cause
of Negros Demotion
(By International News Service.)
PITTSBURG Pa. March 21. "Af-
rcain golf proved my undong" said
Private Clarence 13 Bruce a Pitts-
burgh negro just back from the war.
"I was a sergeant once and in charge
of a heavy gun. I was ithc boss. But I
couldn't hold that job when the boys
began African golf right under my
hoso. Wljcn the bones started to roll
I began to slip. Well it was buck pri
vate again for me when the officers
caught me down on my knees shooting
sevens and elevens.
"But say maybe those guna of ours
didn't do some execution. We cleaned
up one town so clean that there wasn't
anything alive or whole when tho in-
fantry went in. No sir not even a
dead chicken for our boys."
Finds Diamond Thief
After Year's Patience
(By International News Service.)
CLEVELAND Ohio 'March .24. L
W. Camp diamond salesman for a
jewelry firm here scanned the face
of every customor lor a year in an
effort to find the man who took a
thousand-dollar ring when his back
was" turned. . Then he was rewarded.
Asa Graham asked to bco a tray of
rings. A telephone call brought the
police and Graham was arrested on a
charge of grand larceny.
SANITARY BREAD at Loonoy's.
They all try to inako as good flour
as Whle Crest. Distributed by Looney
Mercantile Company.
WHY NOT order mother's bread
made by Sanitary Bakery and let it
come out with your grocery order!
We get It fresh; every day. l.ooney
Mercantile Co.
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AMERICAN
XHIBIT5
OIL FIELD NEWS AND GOSSIP Mm m IN
Meeting of Oil Men Tonight to Form
Association; Every Operator In Any
Branch of Business Invited to Join
Tonight at 7:30 'clock at the Cham-
ber of Commerce the oil operators of
Brownwood whether making perma-
nent headquarters here or elsewhere
will meet to form an oil association
pursuant to plan adopted by the Di-
rectors' of the Chamber at a recent
meeting.
Invitations have been mailed to as
many operators as possible but every
one 'who is interested in the develop-
ment of the Brownwood field either
as operator lease buyer or otherwise
is invited to attend the meeting and
assist in the formation of tho organi-
zation. The plans for. the association have
I been only tentatively formed and will
bo left to the oil men to work out as
they choose. The purpose of the Cham-
ber of Commerce in suggesting the or-
ganization of the association was to
provide some agency through which
the Chamber of Commerce might co?
operate with the oil men insa concrete
way. It was thought by tho directors
Nothing Doing in Field
On Account of Rain; Few
Trades Are Being Closed
On account of the rain which has
made field work impossible most of
the Oil operators were to be found in
their offices or in tho hotel lobbies
today and further than discussing
trades and probable locations there
was "nothing doing."
The day spent indoors however was
not lost entirely because It gave op-
portunity for sober consideration of
tbo situation here and it was expect-
ed that as a result of conferences be-
tween geologists and drillers several
new locations might be finally deter-
mined npon. The entire fraternity here
has been on the qui vive for new loca-
; tions for several days for in such cas
es it is the early bird who sews up
valuable acreage and makes a nice
profit. Inquiry today failed to develop
any new locations definitely made but
the final touches arc being put to sev-
'eral deals on which further drilling
will depend. The outcome of the Part-
ridge test on the Wcedon tract is go-
ing to be the deciding factor In the
announcement of a number of tenta-
tive locations.
Oil Leases and Transfers
Ben H. Wofford of Fort Worth to
Republic Production Co. of Houston
80 acres the north half of 160 acres
A. J. Duke survey. T.hree miles north-
west of Blanket leased by tf. S. Wil-
son to Wofford. Consideration S800
H. S. Wilson to Ben H. Wofford
transfer of above described land. Con-
sideration ?1.00.
T. D. Snipes to C. E. Dittman et
al. 60 acres out of the north side of
160 acre tract northeast one-fourtli of
survey No. 21 B. B. B. & C. R. R. Co.
three miles northwest of May. Con-
sideration $1.00.
Kclease of Lease.
C. C. Culbreath to W. J. Odell south
west one-fourth of Section 12 H. T.
& B. R. It. Co. survey. 166 acres.
Real Estate Transfers
W. N. Thompson to T. J. Bice un-
divided one-half interest in 297x315
feet in W C. Parks addition land con-
veyed by C. L. McCartney to W. E.
Dickerson trustee under date of De-
cember 18th 1918. Consideration
$400.00.
Kathleen Smith to Earl Looney
1014x150 feet out of block 44 Cleve-
land addition to City of Brownwood.
Consideration $3000.
Obliteration of Auto
Engine Numbers Now
Contrary to the Law
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN March 24. A law design-
ed to facilitate location of stolen au-
tomobiles was passed during the ses-
sion of the Legislature which has just
closed and has been signed by the
Governor.
This new law provides that it shall
be unlawful to operate upon tho pub-
lic highways a motor vehicle tho en-
gine number of which has been ob-
literated. In order to care for innocent pur-
chasers of automobiles with engine
numbers eraccd tho law provides
tliat with proper explanation a new
engine number may bo secured from
tho highway commission.
Ukraine and Russian
'Bolshevik Delegates
to Adjust Differences
(By Associated Press.)
VIENNA March 24. It is learned
from thb Ukraine that negotiations
have begun between the Ukraine and
tho Russian Bolshevik delegates fdr a
settlement of their differences. Tho
Bolshevik loader RadowBky has ar-
rived at Ukranian headquarters it is
statedjf
Don't dtand In your own light
visit our ladles' ready-to-wear depart-
ment and save from 20-ip 25 per cent
positively the proper garments right
from the fashion centers. Looney
Mercantile Company
and by interested oil men who have
been interviewed in the matter that a
well organized association of oil men
would be able to not only take care of
tho many problems peculiar to the oil
development business but to suggest
to the Chamber of 'Commerce move-
ments which that body can direct to
the mutual benefit of tho oil men. and
of the city of Brownwood.
The meeting tonight will be largely
Informal the Chamber of Commerce
desiring to have nothing to do with the.
direction of the policies of the oil as-
sociation and preferring that the oil
men themselves make all their reg-
latipns and otherwise have full direc- fenced with a nice iron fence and an
tion .of the affairs of the association j ornamental gate" will be placed at the
Membership In the oil association will Center avenue entrance. A "survey of
in no wise obligate 'the oil men to any the grounds has revealed that part of
kind of support o'f the Chamber of-tho cemetery is now out in the corn-
Commerce the two organizations be-imons. This will be placed under fence
lng separate and distinct but desiring straightening the line of fence con-
to co-operate with each other In push-.necilng the old and the new grounds
lng forward the development of the It is also the plan or the Commission
Brownwood field
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EMPLOYMENT
SEHVIGE
C T ID
in severs
CITIES OP THE SWER
.uTSICIPAI -SUPPORT
SYKX DISTRICTS; TWO FED-
ERAL OFFICES OPEN.
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According to announcement
by H. W. Lewis; federal director of
the U. S. Employment Service in Tex-
as the San Antonio and Houston of
fices will be continued as heretofore;
under federal maintenance . and in
seven cities the service will be contin-
ued at the expense of the muniviimii-i
tin Beaumont Dallas Port Worth
and Tcxarkana in each of which local
funds will be used to defray the ex-
pense of the service until a federal
appropriation can be made available
Director Lewis urges the people of
each Texas community to give all pos-
sible assistance to returning soldiers
and sailors in securing positions
so
that they may be protected as far as an organization. This will be held in
possible from exploitation by un-jthe. Chamber of Commerce next Thurs-
scrupulous fee-charging employment jday night at S o'clock. A cordial in-
agencies which are springing up all j vitatfon. is hereby extended to all in-
over the state. Wherever possible thejtcrested In this movement to-be pres-
Organization of local committees to'enu
assist soldiers and sailors is urged.
Meanwhile efforts are being made to
finance the X. S. Employment tc vice
work in all the districts of the state
and Mr. Lewis says that there is now
a possibility that tho federal offices
will be maintained in ninety per i;ent
of the cities where the service
been oueratingi
has
Night Prowlers Meet
In Chicago Home But
Wise Ones Get Swa?
o
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO .March 2.r. Two prow-
lers of the night real dyed in tho wool
burglars. Jimmied their way through
tho front doors of Joseph Phlllipson's
home on Michigan avenue and were
making their way on tip-toes into tho
living room.
Just as one of them stopped on a
creaky flooring board they heard a
noise in the adjoining room. Burglar
business of tightening their grips on
their 'revolvers and douclng the glim'
turned off their electric flashlight
Then from the other room:
"Who's dere?"
"Us burglars. Don't move or we'll
shoot."
"Same here we're burglars. How
in hell did youso get in?"
"Nope just got in when you guys
break in?"
"Back window. What's layin 'round
anything? Been through the place
yet?" . . .
"Nope just got ni when you guys
butter in."
"Where do you got that stuff buttin'
in. We just got going when youso
butted in."
At least that was the dialogue ac-
cording to tho confession of "Whitoy"
Johnson one of tho quartette to the
police.
"Den" continued Johnson. "We de-
cided to split tho honso. The other
guys floktu' tho stuff In the three
front rooms and wo takin' the swag
In tho three back rooms But we got
stung. Mo and my partner hain't had
as much experience as that other pair
and we only got two Libofty Bonds.
The others got all tho silverware and
Jewelry. Dey picked the best rooms."
TO SELL JillAFT LITERATURE.
(By Associated Press)
AUSTIN March 24. When the se-
lective servico system ceased to op-
6rato in Texas ono hundred tons esti-
mated of unused printed matter was
left on their-hands. This is now be-
ing offered for salo as waste paper.
It Is stored irt the basement of the
capitol building.
WHITE CREST FLOUR stands at
the head of the list. Looney Mercan-
tile Co.
ULUUIUI9 UUI1UJU1.1IU
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STKAIGIITE.MXG AM) BEAUTIFY.
INU OK STKEKTii IX CEMKTEHY
WILL BE UXDEKTAKEX.
The Cemetery Commission held a
very busy session the latter part of
last- -week at County Judge Itobt. E.
Lee's office. Many matters looking to
the improvement of the cemetery
were considered and definite stops
were taken which will ultimately
make of Green leaf - cemetery a model
city of the dead.
Among other things planned is the
cutting of a ditch around the ceme-
tery which will carry off the water
that comes down through the ceme-
tcry from the hills to the north and
west following every heavy rain.
The old part of the grounds is to be
r -
to straighten the streets as. soon as
practicable though this involves prob-
lems which will take time to sloyo
inasmuch as it necessitates. the mov-
jing of from forty to -sixty graves ma-
Jny of which are unmarked and un-
; known.
The streets as fast as possible will
ho graded and graveled and put in
good condition.
Vbout the first of the month men
IfOH
will -be put in the cemetery with in-
structions to cut the "weeds on all va-
1 YEN I"Kant lots- An' effort wijl be made to
see . that all occupied lots are cleared
of weeds by their owners.
The funds at the disposal of the Coni-
) mission is not large but they hope to
j use it to a good advantage and in a
1 .
Kubstantial improvement in the ap-
pearance of the place.
f The help and co-operation of the
citizenship of the city in asked nr. this.
. work by Chairman Leo. .
Meetingf to Organize
Band Will Be Held
On Thursday Night
The idea advanced through these
columns recently advocating the or-
ganization of a band for Brownwood
has met with such generous response
that it has been decided to call a
meeting for the purpose of effecting
The Editor
Brownwood Bulletin.
Dear sir: I. want to congratulate
you and all who are taking a part in
the movement to build up a jband or-
ionization in Brownwood upon the
resuiis or your won
Responses from the young men of
tho town have been very gratifying
indicating that there is u musical el-
ement in our town that needs but fos-
tering and encouraging to give to
Brownwood. a distinct musical atmos-
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more beneficial in the development' of
tlie young. It affords an outlet for the
oxhu'berant spirits of youth and di
verts it into channels which have an
influence on tho life of the 'boy- ft
brings him into contact with people
of refinement and opens up to him
opportunities that without a 'musical
training would be hermetically seal-
ed to him the while it affords to his
growing sense of the beautiful in mu
sic a field of pleasure that is not.
equaled by any of the arts. From the
point of utilitarianism it puts him in
touch with the best people should he
decide to change his location and very
frequently has offered opportunities
to boys suffering from handicaps
that would never have been opened up
to them but for their musical educa-
tion. The organization of a band I trust
will bo but tiro first step in utilizing
every musical impulse in Brownwood.
Among our 15000 inhabitants without
doubt can be gleaned enough voices
to form a musical society. Our col-
lege faculty will doubtless co-operate
With such a movement next fall and
in the meantime good -work could be
accomplished through the introduc-
tion of short musical sessions in our
schools. This would help develop
what voices might be available by the
time wo are ready for organization. -Yours
Very Truly
J. W. DUNN.
Czecho-Slovak Army-
Is Sent Against the
Hungarian Forces
(By Associated Press)
COPENHAGEN. March 24.-The
Czecho-Slovak army has been sent
against Hungary according to an of-
ficial report received in Vienna ami
forwarded hero. A Berlin dispatch
says tlmt T. C. Masaryk president of
Czccho-Sloyakia has resigned.
I will meet the prices of all roput-
ablo dairies after April 1st. Palrland
Farm Dairy Jack Smith Proprietor.
137c
WHITE CREST FLOUR stands at
the head of the list. Looney Mercan-
tile Co.
Maj.-Gen. Traub Has Keen Sense
of Humor; but Hun Officer Puts :
One Over Which He Does Not Tell
By Frank A. Stetson
(International News Service; Staff
Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON March 24.Majpr-
Geheral Peter B. Traub in command
of the Forty-first Division has prob-
ably the keenest sense of humor and
greater natural dramatic ability than
any other officer of his rank in the
army.
For several days he has thrilled
Washington military and Congression-
al circles with vivid accounts of real
action in France and as a raconteur
he has been voted par excellence. One
of the best stories of the war how-
ever is told "not by the General but
about him by officers recently return-
ed from France. '
General Traub went over to France
as a brigadier of the Twenty-Sixth
Division under Major-General Clar-
ence B. Edwards. After the customa-
ry preliminary training the division
was split up for the advanced train- J
ing witli the French General Traub's i
brigade finally landing right on the
ChemTn des Dames in Malmaisou
Wood. It was here that Gen. Traub
and Iifs men "learned the business"
as he himself -expresses it. The bochc
found out that the troops opposing I
them were Yanks and decided to give
them a taste of modern warfare. On
one occasion according to General
Traub they sent over 20000 gas shells
in twenty-four hours.
General Traub learned to keep the
phone on the job and thereby hangs
this tale. One evening after an un-
usually quiet flay the General was
aroused by the ringing of the phone
at his 'elbow. He pulled down the re-
Across Siberia in Mid -Winter
A Terrible Trip; Cold Severe
And Travel Facilities Scarce
En route from Vladivostok to Omsk the Czecho-Slovaks who were fight-Rus.-ia
to visit the headquarters" of I ing- with the Siberia? army. ' The. Bol-
the All-Russian government an As-jsheviki rushed into the house which
soeiate.: Press correrpondent crois- j was then occupied by a Russian mid-
ing Siberia in midwinter stopped at die-class family hacked the furniture
Irkutsk or. tt.e shore of Lake Baikal ! to pieces with their bayonets dragged
where tho Bolshevik! and Czecho- the woman of the house to the streets
Slovaks fought in. the. streets a year by hor hair and shot over the head of
or more ago. The correspondent's j her husband in an effort to force him
letter which follows describing his ; to hand over his money and valuables
visit to. the Siberian 'city affords a j The terrorists also menaced the par-
glimpse at conditions prevailing atjents with the death of their children.
this important station on the Trans-
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oiut-1 iiiji i an civ iumii uenveuii
Vladivostok and Omsk and conveys an
idea of the difficulties of winter travel
in Siberia.
(By Associated Press)
. IRKITSK Jan. 20. (Delayed)
Irkit-'k is of considerable military and
political interest because it has defi-
nitely marked the westerly limit of
the Japanese occupation of the grea
Trans-Siberiah railroad the westerly
liir.it of the zone of influence of Geh.
Semenoff the Cossack leader and the
beginning of the sphere of territory
clearly dominated by the All-Russian
government at Omsk headed by Ad-
miral Kolchak.
For (he newcomer unused to the
severity of Siberian winters Irkutsk
possessed much of the dramatic and
unexpected. The city is separated
from tho railroad station by the tur-
bulent Angara river and when we ar-
rived the pontoon bridge across the
river had been destroyed by floating
ice. The river steamer used to trans-
port passengers when the bridge was
down was immobilized by a heavy
fog that hung over the Angara.
To cress 'the river to the American
consulate and telegraph office the
travelers wore compelled to depend
upon a score of hardy rivcrmen in
stoutly built rowboats. On the shore
stood thousands of people waiting and
clamoring to get across the river.
Hundreds of sleighs or droskies had
driven down to the river's edge wait-
ing for passengers from the other side
of the stream. As the fog shifted
slightly one caught glimpses of float-
ing and swirling miniature ice-bergs
out in the river.
Terrible Cold.
The cold was terrible. Almost it
f rozo the very breath as it panted from
the mouths of tlte waiting shivering
travelers. The polar aspect of the
scene the" crowd of ice-covered peo- your forebears will be able to come
pie the shouting and cursing boat-1 hack and redeem the fair lands of Al-
mnn. Mm exr.Uintr droskv drivers clam-' sace-Lorraine from oppression" the
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of everything made It all a picture not
soon to be forgotten. As tho row-
boats struggled in tho floes ono of the
Americans exclaimed "it reminds one
of the picture of Washington crossing
tho Delaware."
Thirty persons had perished that
day -in attempting to cross the river
in small boats. Nevertheless the
Americans - embarked in one of the
boats and after a struggle for life
in the ice-floes crossed in safety.
Fortunately the fog lifted in the early
afternoon and the' big river steamer
was able to make tho return trip.
Irkutsk is an impressive-looking
city in the heart of winter with its
flne-loking buildings and its many
green-domed churches. The Ameri
can consulate is located in a spaci
ous well-tyirnlshcd apartment which
was the scene of exciting events dur
ing the stirring Incidents of the year
1917 when battles occurred in the
streets between the Bolsheviki and
V!
ceived and. asked: "Whatiis. it?
"You are Brigadier-General Peter
E. Traub commanding the. Fifty-first
Infantry Brigade of the Twenty-Sixth.
Division?" "
"Yes what is it?"
"You are now in your . P.. C. (post
command or .dugout) 2"
"Yes." '"- . . -
"You have so many men in such-and-such
advanced post?"
"Yes but what Is i?" '
"I have just captured your outpost.
I am Herr Lieutenant . and - you
can go to hell."
The connection was broken and Geh.
Traub sprang from his improvised
bed giving delineation of character
studies in which the whole gamut of
emotions was. run the most effective
however being those in which rage
and disgust were portrayed by un-
printable language.
It was afterward learned that the
German lieutenant had this informa-
tion before the raid was accomplish-
ed and having an excellent command
of the English language decided to
pay his compliments to the General
and give him some idea of the ex-
cellence of the German intlligjf.nce
system.
From then on General Traub took
no chances of any information leaking
out. and if this story is true it may
have had something to do with the
decision reached later by General
Traub to send Y. M. C A. workers to
the rear areas when a military en-
terprise was to be put under way and
which has made him the subject" of
considerable criticism from thoge
sources. - ; "
iLater the consulate authorities took
over the house and the family was
glad to have the "protection which
the presence of the American consu-
late afforded.
In December 1917 some 6000 cas-
ualties occurred ih the street fight-
ing in Irkutsk and today one may see
the houses riddled with shot and
shell.
Gen. John J. Pershing
Comes from Fighting" .
Stock Back In 1700
(By International News Service.)
GRKENSBURG Pa.. March 24.
General John J. Pershing comes from
fighting stock. Rev. Dr Justus X
Pershing cousin of the General of this
place has come into possession of a
letter written by one of the ancestors
of the Pershing family. In America
which sheds added lustre on the
Pershing name-.-
Back in 1744. in the village of Kehe
in Alsace-Lorraine the Pershing an-
cestry fought under Emperor Charles
against the Magyars and It was found
that all able-bodied men between six-
teen and fifty must join the landwehr
to help keep their country from being
pillaged by the Austrians.
There was.- little love for Emperor
Charles in that conntry and Frederick
Pershing Sr.. whose eldest son gave
his life defending his emperor against
the Magyars was determined that his
youngest son Frederick Jr. a lad of
sixteen should not become an Imperial
sailor but should go to America to es-
tablish the Pershing name.
"Under the hearthstone Frederick
Pershing Sr. had secreted a bag of
gold coins'' the letter received here
by Dr. Pershing says. "This Is not a
! "arge sum of money my son but per-
haps it will aid you to reach the
American colonies and perhaps you or
father told the lad as he bade him
farewell and Godspeed.
In due time the youth reached
America and his letters back home
resulted in his father and several
brothers with their families emigrat-
ing to America in 1749.
Frederick Pershing - Jr. married a
Miss Wyant in Baltimore and sev-
eral of his sons settled InDerry town-
ship. Westmoreland county where
General Pershing's grandparents and
where his cousin Dr. Pershing were
born.
Tho Pershing family history shows
that one or more Pershing names are
inscribed in "every war in which-this
country figured from the Forbes cam-
paign for the relief of Fort" Pitt In
1755 to the present time.
K The Western Pennsylvaala Persu
ings plan to hold a big family reumloa.
on the Pershing homestead in Derry
township and have the commajudef of
the American forces in the world war
as their guest of honor
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