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View of the ceremonies at Ypres, Belgium, attending the unveiling of the memorial to the memory of the mem
bers of the Four Hundred and Righteenth Belgian regiment, the first to die by poison gas during the World war.
Representatives of the allied powers were present.
Fine-Paris Tribute
for Gen. Pershing
Friends Honor Chief of U.
S. Forces in War While
i Still Living.
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Washington.—A memorial to Gen
eral Pershing is being built in Paris,
and thus at least one of the great
commanders of the allied forces in
the World war is to be honored in ap
propriate fashion while he is yet liv
ing, says the Chicago Daily News.
Pershing hall, the central feature of
the A. E. . memorial in the French
<apital, is on its way to being an ac
<omplished fact, although a majority
©f people in the United States have
not yet learned that it was even
Pplanned. :
The reason that it is not a well
known and widely heralded project is
this very fact of General Pershing
being a live and active person. For
this reason the raising of the money
40 build Pershing hall has been kept
more or less a secret. How a half
million or more doilars can be raised
secretly is one of the interesting
things about the creation of P’ershing
hall. =
) Here's the Story.
Here is the taie of what is being
done to build a Pershing memorial
while PPershing is alive, and not em
barrass P’ershing in the course of the
enterprise. Some time ago five promi
ment and wealthy men of Wash
4ngton. D. C., gave a luncheon at the
deading hotel of the Capital city. The
guests were some fifty men and a few
women. Excepting only half a dozen,
these guests were all millionaires, the
wery top crust of wealth, power and
prominence of the nation's capital.
TThe five hosts were: John Hays Ham
smond, retired capitalist; Dwight Dav
4s, ex-secretary of war; Ogden Mills,
assistant secretary of the treasury;
Trubee Davison, assistant secretary of
svar for aviation, and Robert Fleming,
president of Washington's largest
bank. The guest of honor was Gen
eral Summerall, chief of staff of the
United States army.
No mention of this gathering ap
peared in the newspapers. Mr. Davis
presided. General Summerall spoke in
a comfortable, intimate way, because
he was not speaking publicly, but
chatting with a chosen group. He told
a good deal about General Pershing as
the outstanding American of this gen
eration, and a good deal about Per-’
shing as a man and a friend. It was
a delightful talk. Mr. Philip Stapp,
who is the active worker in the Per
shing hall plan, then explained what
the memorial plan s, and sugpgested
that friends of General Pershing in
Washington would wish to have a part
4n it. If so, checks can be sent to
Mr. Davison.
{ There was no appeal for funds, no
public meeting, just the quiet
PEACE BEATS HERO WHOM
WAR COULD NOT CONQUER
One of Most lllustrious Fighters of
Great Conflict Jobless
‘fl» in Hospital.
! New York.—He is one of America’s
heroes, but Dan Edwards is in a hos
pital here suffering from™ a nervous
breakdown which, it is un tood,
was caused by inability to ems
ployment and walking the stpegts un
il he dropped from éxhaustion.
“Who's Who in America” rates Ed
wards among the most dlstlpgul»ghed
persons in the public eye. Hejfwas
one of only two soldiers in the United
States army in the World war; to re
ceive both the Congressional Medal of
Honor and the Distinguished Service
crossy Col. William ¥: Donovan being
tbe other soldier so honored.
Records of » thie™ War+ Uepiftthent
ghow that Dan Edwards on May 28,
luncheon. But since that event Mr,
Davison has been receiving checks.
Their total has not been reported yet.
A similar luncheon at the Bankers’
club in New York resulted in more
than $50,000 in checks. A quiet mail
ing of letters from Mr. Stapp’s office
in New York has brought in many more
thousands. And General Pershing is
not being embarrassed by having a pub
lic money-raising campaign going on
to erect a memorial to him. -
United States Center in Paris.
The memorial which is being thus
quietly but effectively financed is the
outcome of the pilgrimage to France
made in 1927 by the American Le
gion. There is a post of the Legion
in Paris, and while Paris was host of
the Legion the idea of an A. E. F.
memorial building was developed.
Col. Francis Drake, an American bet
ter known abroad.than®at home, al
though 100 per cent American, de
spite his business residence in Paris,
fostered -the plan. The late Ambas
sador Myron T. Herrick warmly ap
proved it. The Legion sponsored it.
A dramatic touch was given to Her
rick’s interest in—it because after his
recent death a letter, dictated, typed,
but not yet signed, was found on kis
desk. It was addressed to John Hays
Hammond in Washington and com
mended to Mr. Hammond the support
of the Pershing hall project. Mr.
Hammond, needless to say, is giving
it his support.
To start the A. E. 'F. memorial in
Paris American and French residents
there- raised SIOO,OOO. A handsome
private home located near the Amer
ican embassy was purchased and
plans for its remodeling and for large
additions, including what came to be
known as Pershing hall, were devel
oped. Then Colonel Drake came to
the states last fall, enlisted the aid
of Mr. Stapp and others, formed an
American corporation under American
Legion auspices to handle the work.
and started the quiet money-raising
campaign over here.
More than $200,000 has beeri raised,
and more money will be contributed.
Throughout this activity little has
been publicly said of the plan. If you
want to contribute to the Pershing
memorial you have to know who sis
handling it or wait to be asked or get
in touch with American Legion head
quarters or find out ithe address of
Colonel Drake in Paris or Mr. Stapp
in New York, or, now that this story
is in ‘print, contact Mr. Trubee Dav
ison at the War departmen’ in Wash
ington. The whole affair is so differ
ent from the usual American way of
raising money for memorials or char
ities or endowments that instead of
an army of solicitors pleading with
the publie for funds. people who have
heard of Pershing hall and A. E, F.
memorial have actually been trying to
find out hgw they can give money to
chine gun wounds in his face, body
and right leg, and that he remained
three days and nights in an advanced
position at Cantigny in the face of
continual fire, without food or water,
and after all his men were Kkilled—
and this after he had received nine
wounds. . :
Sent to:a hospifal for treatment, he
escaped and rejoined his outfit, Com
pany C, Third Maehine Gun battalion.
Seven days:-later his right arm was
shot off and his*left leg lost at Sois
sons. With' 20 body wounds-and minus
an arm and a leg, Edwards killed four
of the enemy and captured four, tak
ing hi§, prisoners to his own lines
alone. - For these deeds he was dec
oratedsby- France,!England, Italy, Bel
gium, and other countries. !
“#We: Amerfean’ Legion voted him the
‘gregtest hero of the war, but, it
seems, Edwards can’t find a job in the
it, because they want to have a part
in this lifetime tribute to the com
manding general of our greatest army.
There being no promotional staff, no
publi¢ity campaign, no high-sounding
committee, the whole thing is just re
versing the usual money-raising idea.
Yet it is gathering in sands quite
satisfactorily.
Can Enjoy Honor.
The memorial itself is to center
around Pershing hall, which will be
one of the finest rooms in any build
ing, anywhere, decorated with war
paintings and statuary, forming the
center of a real A. E. F. museum, and
capable of use for assembly purposes
on public occasions.
Numerous other new salons are be
ing added to the memorial structure
as originally purchased, the army,
navy and marine corps, each having
its own rooms; the welfare services
of the A. E. F. planning others, and
some state and special groups enter
ing into the scheme of a complete
American center overseas, which is to
be both a solemn memorial structure
in its large halls, and something of
an American club in a broad sense as
well. Ambassador Herrick wrote to
Mr. Hammond “it will be another
American embassy,” meaning a clear
ing house for Americans abroad.
General Pershing is the last living
commander-in-chief among the allied
forces, only Hindenburg of Germany
otherwise surviving among the final
leaders of the great armies of the
conflict. Haig of England, Jacques of
Belgium, Daiz of Italy and finally
Foch of [l'rance have passed on.
Pershing’s place in history remains to
be fixed, but his stature as a great
leader grows steadily as more and
more of the true history of his task
is known. He commanded a greater
army than any other American, a
force far exceeding Grant’s. He com
manded it in a foreign land, across
the ocean, farther from his base of
supplies than any great army._ ever
fought. And he organized, trained
and led it to a glorious victory over a
stout and daring foe. General Sum
merall calls him the outstanding Amer
ican of our generation, and declares
that he carried one of the heaviest re
sponsibilities ever placed on the shoul
ders of one human being, and carried
it very well, indeed.
Whatever the ultimate valuation of
General Pershing, he is destined to
see, in his lifetime, at least one great
permanent memorial erected in his
name and dedicated to his accom
plishments. He doubtless will receive
this tribute as quietly, almost silently,
as he moves about his own present
duties, which are those of chairman
of the commission in charge of Amer
can cemeteries and battlefieid mark
ers and monuments. Deeply and
warmly appreciated by .his friends,
Pershing remains but partially known
to the American people because, de
spite his fearlessmess of armed foe or
of great responsibility,t. he is a little
bit afraid of praise and public ac
claim,
The Pershing hall plan has moved
ahead quietly because his friends
know this sensitive spot beneath the
grim visage of the soldier. Hence
Pershing hall must be accomplished
without disturbing Pershing.
world of peace despite his great ad
venture when'the ‘whole world was at
war. y : 2
Three Tombs of Ancient
s Romans Baffle Finders
Brescia, Italy.—Three ancient tombs
antedating the- Romans and belonging,
according to local archaeologists, to
a primitive civilization not precisely
definable, were brought to light in ex
cavations here, it was learned recently.
““Human bones, knives and small iron
objects were found in the tombs, which
are rofigh sarcophagi, showing only
rudimentary traces of decoration. The
tombs have no inscription and the
scientists have not been able to de
termine their exact historical period.
Unlucky Visit
Oklahoma City, Okla, — When
Thompsgn Hichiett appeardd at ‘the
courthouse here seeking a divorce he:
found a Jjail sgntence .awaiting ‘him.
The '&éfiu’g sti?h&"?-seéa?n‘(ze%“ Wi as
the man for whom pe had a warrant
THE HAZELHURST NEWS
- The
DAIRY
L~ AT
OVERFEEDING COW
IS UNPROFITABLE
Most Common Error Is Giv
ing Excess of One Feed.
Underfeeding of dairy cows is one
of the ,most common reducers of
profits for many dairy farmers. Over
feeding, however, may be just as un
profitable. A bulletin published by
the South Dakota State college,
“Feeding the Dairy Herd for Profit,”
points out that care should be taken
to avoid the latter us well as the
former.
To avoid overfeeding the bulletin
strongly recommends that grain be
fed according to milk production, “If
the cow increases in production,” it
says, “increase the grain allowance,
Continue increasing the grain as long
as there is an increase in production.
When no further increase in milk re
sults from an increase in grain, it
might be well to decrease the grain
slightly and note if a decrease in
milk results. If this occurs the right
amount of grain is being fed.”
A common error in feeding is to
overfeed .on one or two feeds, thus
giving the cow too much of one nu
trient. For instance, when corn stover
and ground corn are fed in large
amounts the cow is being overfed on
carbohydrates. She can only utilize
a certain amount of carbohydrates be
cause of lack of protein. What she
cannot utilize for maintenuance and
milk production she must throw off;
hence, so far as the cow is concerned
this surplus carbohydrate is wasted.
Those who feel that feeding accord
ing to production takes too much time
and is not practical, are strongly
urged to try it out. “It is safe to pre
diet,” the bulletin says, “that a ma
terial increase in milk will result from
the same feeds when fed according to
production rather than by allowing
the same or about the same amount
to each cow. This, of course, guards
against underfeeding also.”
‘Off Flavors Caused by
- Weeds and Surroundings
" Oft flavors in cream may be caused
by feeds and weeds, such as wild
onion, garlic, leek, sweet clover, and
‘ragweed. Flavors may be absorbed
‘trom the surroundings. For example,
oil, gasoline, and vegetable flavors
may cause trouble. Another class of
flavors resulting from bacterial con
tamination are called stale, cheesy,
yeasty, bitter or acid. All of these
off flavors result in poor quality -of
cream and cause a financial loss to
the dairy farmer. They may be elimi
nated by Lkeeping cows out of pas
tures which contain undesirable
weeds, by handling and storing cream
in clean sanitary surroundings, and
by careful methods in production and
handling. Cooling of cream to 50 de
grees Fahrenheit immediately after
separation and frequent deliveries will
help win the battle against poor
cream,
Ventilating System Is
, Important for Stable
Avoid damp walls next winter by
starting now to put a ventilation sys
tem in your stable, says A. M. Good
man of the New York State College
of Agriculture. Build the out-take
flue from the mow floor tn the eaves
now while the mow is empty.
A good natural draft dairy stable
ventilation system must have at least
one tall out-tuke flue. This should
start about fourteen inches above the
stable floor, and extend to a point
about eighteen inches above the high
est part of the roof of the barn. This
flue ¢r chimney may be built either
inside or outside of the barn. If a
farmer plans to have the flue pass
up through the hay loft, as is the
most common practice, it should be
built up from the mow floor at least
a 8 high as the eaves of the barn while
the mows are empty or nearly so.
Actual Performance Is
Real Test of Machines
Actual performance on dairy farms
fs the real test of milking machines.
It has proved a labor saver in many
medium and large-sized herds and
has. been adopted by thousands of the
best dairy farmers in every dairy
state. This leaves little roomrfor any
objectiod on the ground that it might
influence production adversely. Only
if it is handledimproperly or careless
ly or is in poor mechanical condition
will the milker fail to get most of
the milk. : :
" Compareg. to good hand milking, the
milking, machine can claim no advan
tage on*the basis of its effect on pro
duction.
Good Cows Best
In a dairy experiment run in Steph
enson county, lilinois, it was proved
‘that the feed cost of making 100 pounds
of milk in the high-producing herd
in the test, which averaged 11,195
pounds of milk, was;63 cents, as_com
pared with $1.05 for the poor produc
“ors of the test which averaged 4,980
‘pounds of milk. The high producing
herd of ten cows werepartiy<puie
bred and partly grade Holsteins which
YOUTH CAUGHT
BY HUNCH PAYS
WITH HIS LIFE
e ——
Policeman Who Couldn’t
Pass “Exams” in Clever
Piece of Work.
Fresno, Calif.—~When Allen FEllis,
Fresno minor, was hanged in San
Quentin prison recently, it was testi
mony to the worth of a “hunch.”
The hunch was that of Policeman
Dana H. Tullis.
Ellis shot and killed, Charles O.
Weisert, Fresno automobile firm ac
countant, when the latter scornfully
refused to raise his hands at the ban
dit's command. William Kreiger,
nineteen, drove the light roadster used
by Ellis and Lowell Davis, eighteen,
in the holdup job. -
The murder took place about ten
o'clock at night in one of the best
residential districts of Fresno last
June 5.
w within two hours the city of
5, persons was fairly aflame with
indignaticn, Weisert was widely and
well known. The city had suffared a
recent plague of boyish bandits—later
established as the Weisert murder
trio—preying upon gasoline service
station operators, small store owners,
and occasional residential pedestrians.
Not a Single Clew.
All of the city’s 175 policemen were
turned out for the midnight man hunt,
And not a single clew was developed!
Then came Dana H. Tullis, typical
heavy-bodied “flatfoot” beat man, with
a hunch!
“Give me a car and another man,”
he told Police Chief J. W. Walker,
“and I'll bring those boys in.”
Walker did. And Tullis brought
them in! The boys were still drowsy
with sleep when they were hauled into
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police headquarters in the early morn
ing hours. They had but fallen asleep
in their beds at Sanger, 13 miles east,
when Tullis, a second Fresno officer
and a Sanger constable roused them.
Tullis had seen the youths riding
aimlessly ahout the city’s streets ear
lier in the evening. He had known of
them as irresponsible characters.
And, as he explained it, he had the
hunch! -
A curious sequel followed Tullis’
feat. Oflicials thought to reward Tul
lis by a prometion to detective ser
geant.
F2ils on Examination.
Tullis failed to pass the civil serv
ice examination! He couldn't read
and write well enough!
Kreiger pleaded guilty, and received
a life sentence. Ellis and Davis stood
trial. Ellis,-as the “triggerman.” was
sentenced to the gallows. Davis got
life. Kreiger and Davis both are in
San Quentin prison. 3
ENllis’ attorney, W. A. White, used
every resource in attempting to free
the youth from the gallows’ threat.
He appealed to California Appellate
and Supreme courts, and all without
‘avail. e rested his case on the as
‘sertion that Ellis lacked four days of
being eighteen years of age—the min
imum age subject to capital punish
ment in California—at the time of the
murder. All appeals failed. Califor
nia school, court and community rec
ords show the boy to have been but
four days lacking of ningteen years
at the time of the Weisert slaying.
Beauty Betrays Girl
Sought as Gem Thief
Atlantle City, N. J.—Nineteen-year
old Ermyntrude Smith, red-haired and
pretty, was arrested on the Boardwalk
here recently on a jewel theft charge
made by Milton A. Mackay of Pitts
burgh, her former -employer,
[le accused the girl, who was a
nurse maid in his home, of stealing
SIO,OOO in jewelry and clofthing whilé
the. Mackays were visiting in .New
York. ! |
Miss Smith was in a rolling chair
when she ‘was arrested. Police de
clare her attractiveness aided them to
recognize her. She was held without
bail “for extradition. She confessed
the theft, according to police, and sdld
she sold the gems to an unnamed man
in the Bronx for) 80, - - i
..« .Catch “Wild Man" Sl
" Dawson, N. M.—New Mexicos-swild
‘man, ‘who ‘for ‘more than six monfhs
‘has_livesd in.a -mountain. peals .cave,
subsisting ™On=*"ShEep-+stolen™ fronr
ranches and eaten raw, has been cap
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Ideas for Revamping ”
Houses Marred by Time
Modernizing the home need have no
terrors for the home owner, L. 'l’.4
Henderson, secretary of the Loulsville
Building Trade bureau, said in a b‘l-:
letin to contractors calling. attentiom
to safeguards that must be observed.
He sald: o
“The owner must be assisted In
choosing a reputable contractor and a
financing agency. ‘l'his should be
done before the weork is begun.. Re
gardless of the size of the, job.‘
whether it be a small repair job, or
the making of an old house through
eut into & new one, a sketch should’
be made by a reliable architect,
which skould be agreed upon by the
family desiring the improvement,
Once this sketch is made and aeeepts
ed, then specifications should be
drawn, together with a legal con
tract. After this has been done, two
or three reliable contractors should
be called upon and asked to bid.
“With the financing “arranged for
and definite plans and specifications
to bid on, the contractor will give the
lowest cash price that the work can
be done for. e
“The owner can save considerably
more on the contract price by having
a definite program to begin with more
than all his supervision fees and fi
nancing costs. =
“By handling a job in this maner,
the owner is relieved of worry aund
unexpected costs and, in many cases,
liens being filed on account of unpaid
bills.” o
Movement for General = ;'
Roadside Beauty Grows
Roadside beautification has become
general throughout the United States.
In this new era a road becomes a
work of art. There is a. ‘“State
wide Beautification club” in’ ¥lorida;
an association, “Friends of Qur Na=
tive Landscape,” in Wisconsin; the
“Colorado Historical soclety” in Colo
rado, and various organizationsfrom
garden clubs to chambers of "om
merce in Arkansas, Alabama;: ‘West
Virginia, Kentucky, North and Sp}ltll
Carolina, and Virginia. California
now has 600 miles of trees,pjanted
along highways; Oklahoma is plant
ing highway trees steadily; Delqwnre
has many of its highways landsciiped ;
Arkansas calls systematic beautifica
tion “a worth-while investment of
public funds”; Michigan planted 140,
000 pine seedlings along highways in
1928; Indiana 10,000 small ‘evergreen
trees, and Massachusetts more than
50,000 trees planted on highways in
the past 22 years. State after state
may be cited, with mention of Mis
souri’s new landscape architect for
its roadsides, Pennsylvania's forestry
unit, and Connecticut’s landscape di
vision.
State Makes Beauty Spots
In Connecticut, where rivers and
lakes are near by, shrubbery and trees
have been removed to open a view.
Several fine vistas which have hither
‘to been lost are now offered. The
state is doing much planting of in
digenous species. Dogwood and lau
rel, when removed to clear the view
of a distant scene, are replanted else
where and small growths of natural
shrubbery in which forest fires start
easily have been transplanted to road
side gardens.
Providing Picnic Nooks )
The Connecticut highway depart
ment is encouraging family touring
and picnics by creating wide spaces
by the road for the parking of cars
at a safe distance from the thorough
fare. In selecting picnic nooks the
commissioners have been guided by
the natural -advantages. Where the
trees provide ample shade and a
spring bubbles up, the road is wid
ened. Several cars may be driven in
to the cleared area wilere they will
not be a hazard to other motorists.
Frightful Fire Waste
The importance of guarding against
home fires is shown in estimates of a
large insurance company. In the last
ten years, according to this firm,
enough money has been wasted, on
the average, in fire losses to pay for
101,000 one-family houses at the cost
of construction prevailing in 1926, or
to pay for all the new residences
erected in ‘56 principal cities of the
-United States the same year. :
Correct Iceas in Painting
Large houses on small plots of
ground ,are best painted in unobtru
sive colors—that is to say, colors that
fend themselvey to their immediate
surroundings. Blue-grays or gray
greens show off such houses to good
advantage without making them ap
pear too unwieldy for the size plot
upon which they have been erected.
Build Well for Beauty
Good and lasting construction is an
essential quality of real beauty. Shod
.diness. and beauty are hard to con
ceive as existing together in the same
creation, so when we build we must
‘think of economy, construction and
beauty n the“closest relationship.
. " Work for Civic Leaders
~ Most of the {mprovement work Of
{atm a Is done by & dozen men whom!
‘the other citizens back up.~Exchang®
