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The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20
PARIS MILLIONS
GREET WILSON
AL FRANCE PAYS PRGsioENT
HOMAGE A. HI ooEs TO
PEACE CAPITAL.
Dimes WITH pOINCARE.
TROOPS JOIN PEOPLE IN CHEER.
ING PARTY ALONG FLOWER.
sTREwN PATH.

WESTERN Newspaper union Nsvs esryioa
Paris. Dec. i6.-Presldent and Mrs.
Wilson made their entry into Paris
Saturday morning. greeted by 2,oo0s
900 OF the population not only OF tho
city but Of the surrounding districts
They we're attended by President
Poincare. Premier C-lemenceau and
others among the most eminent fg.
ures Of France. Flowers were dropped
around their carridge. airplanes
winged overhead. guns sounded.
The city was ablare with ilumina
tons; the b~oulevsrds we're thronsrd
with crowds. dancing and singing and
throwing confetti.
The chief official event Of the presi
dents first day In Paris was a lunch.
o rendered 10 him and Mrs. Wilson
by President Poincaire. u was a gor.
geous affair. but lie outward magnlf'
ioenee and b%rilllance we're ovccshad.
owed by something that went straight
10 the heart Of Paris and Of France.
something touching upon the question
that has been foremost In the hearts
and minds Of all French ever since the
signing OF the armiatice.
Somehow the impression had taken
root here that President Wilson was
opposed to the full payment by Ger.
many Of the damages her armies did
In the ruthless campaigns In France
and Belgium. Somehow a great sec.
ton Of the French people had come TO
fear that he would try TO stay the
hand. not OF vengeance but OF just
and deserved punishment
II vas therefore natural and In
keeping with Frances traditional pol.
icy Of utter frankness that President
Poinoare in his speech at the official
luncheon dwelt taotfuily but candidly
upon this question Of questions. lie
spoke OF the deliberate ~savaEery" and
astounding cynlcism' OF the German
staff In its systematic procedure OF
wanton destruction. He touched upon
the absolute necessity that such
crimes must not 20 unpublished that
their Just punishment IL part and par.
eel OF the justice upon which the
worlds peace must be based here.
after.
In his reply President Wilson. with
equal candor and an explicit direct.
mess that made all doubts vanish into
thin air. spoke his own heart and
mind on this subject
Il avn sure" said he. that I shall
look upon the ruin wrought by the
central empires with the same revul.
sion and deep indignation that they
stir In the hearts Of France and Bel
Eium. and I appreciate, ~ you do, The
necessity Of such action In the final
settlement Of the issues Of the war a.
will Aot only rebuke such acts Of ter
ror and s~pollhtion but make men ev
e~ryvhere aware that they cannot b.
ventured upon without the certainty
OF Just punishment"
President Wilson spent his first
Sunday In Paris by going twice "a
church. laying a wreath on the tomt
OF Lafayette and having a brief con
ferrnce with Premier Clemenceau Anc
anoSher with Col. r. NJ. House. In IN,
evening he rested In preparation fol
the coming n week OF prelim
mary conferences During the after
noon me President made a short cal
on President and Nine. Poincare a
the palace OF the Elysee.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20
$4,000 REWARD IN GOLD

will give Two Hundred Dollars
In gold ms a reward for the arrest
and conviction, upon receipt that
party has been confined in the pen
itentiary, Of anyone caught stealing
= o l. cattle or y o l. horses. Cattle
branded on left side; horses on left
hips. $. BlRCnFIELD, Column
bus, New Mexico. u
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20

Prusalana Tear Down Red Fiag.
Soldiers Of the Prus'
sian guard removed the red flag from
the town hall AZ Potsdam. where the
German Imperial palace Is located
Assassin Stays President Of Portugal.
Iondon.-Dr. sldonlo Paes, presi
Gent OF Portugal. was shot and killed
BY an assassin AZ midnight Saturday
while he was IN a railway station at
Lisbon waiting for a train 70 oporto'
Advieea from Lisbon reporting the az
sasslnatlon say that he was struck
by three bullets, President Paea died
within a few minutes after he was
shot. The presidents assailant'
named Jeetne, was killed by the
crowd. Tsmagnini Bartosa. minister
of the interior. has assumed the presi-
aency.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20

Chancellor Ebert has decided 70
form a Socialist army to offset the
forces OF the spartacus group.
The London Daily Express says that
Il understands that viscount Miner,
the secretary OF state for war. Ia about
TO quit the government.
Andrew Bonar Law announced At
Glasgow that Il vas unlikely he would
10 chancellor Of the exchequer TO take
the next budget before Parliament
David n. Francis. American amhas.
sador TO Russia. went "a Prrls TO re-
port on Russian affairs 10 President
Wilson and Secretary OF State Ian.
sing.
The value Of the German mark has
fallen below ~ to the Brush pound.
Before the war the mark was worth
approximately 1 shilling, or 20 marks
TO the pound.
Occupation OF Petrograd. Kronstadt
and Moscow 10 advocated by Rear Ad'
miral Kemp. In a letter 10 the Lon
don Times. He was senior British
naval officer In northern Russian wa.
tiers until November.
The former German emperor 10 IN.
titled 10 the right OF sanctuary In
Holland and therefore his return to
Germany cannot be demanded. accord
Ing TO a statement made by Jonkheer
B~cerenbruck IN the lower chamber n
Parliament during a debate on the
visit Of the former emperor 10 Hol'
land.
President Wilson landed In France
At 3:2t o'clock Friday afternoon, Doc.
IA. amid q demonstration OF popular
enthusiasm and national sympathy
such AZ rarely. II ever. has been &C.
corded the head OF a foreign govern.
ment visiting France. The President
left Rrest at I o'clock the same after.
noon for Paris. where the heart OF
France acclaimed him ~ the nations
guest.
Several thousand former inhabl.
tants OF Smyrna and OF nearby locali.
ties have arrived In Smyrna the last
few days, coming from inland districts
to which they had been deported by
Turkish authorities. Their condition
Ia pitiful. Il IL asserted about half
the people deported died OF bad treat.
ment or lack OF food II lie said also
that the women driven from their
homes by the Turks were subjected
TO brutal treatment and that a ma
iority OF the young girls were sold ~
slaves 20 Turkish notables.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20
SPORT

Lieut.. Dagoberto Godoy Of the
Chilean army crossed the Andes noun.
tAins At their highest point In a Brls.
tol airplane.
Levant NJ. Richardson, known ~
the father OF roller skating" died In
Chicago after several years Illness.
He II said TO have put the first steel
ball bearings In roller skates.
Jack Johnson. cabling from BARGE
Iona to New York. has asked II. r.
Booker. Anglo.American baseball pro
moter. TO arrange a bout for him with
either Perky Flynn or Jim Savage.
A schedule OF i5t games for the
American Association Baseball League
this season was agreed upon At the
meeting OF club owncrs at Minneap-
oils. The season will start about May
1 and end late In September
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20

Entered at the postone at Co
lumbus. New Mexico as second class
mail matter.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20

A. Frederickson, A. j. Evans, Jeh
Barnhill aud all other nu patients
with the exception Of Edwin Dean
are able TO be out again, some OF
them looking much the worst for
the wear.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20
GENERAL

Seven frontier villages OF the grand
duchy OF Baden have passed resolu-
lions expressing their desire TO become
united 10 switzerland.
The U. S $. George Washington.
bearing President Wilson and his OF.
fetal parry. passed over the grave Of
the Lusitania, southwest Of Ireland
Many ships from Queenstown met and
saluted the big liner,
Warning to the country that the In.
nuenEa epidemic il by no means end
ed. and that all possible precautions
against the disease should be taken.
was issued by Surgeon General Blue
OF tho public health service. Reports
received by the service show a recru.
descenoe OF the disease practically
from M end Of the country 10 the
other
A collection OF 1885 dangerous
weapons. taken from criminals and
others since Jan. I and valued at $50!
600. was thrown into the ocean of
Scotland lightship by the police dc,
partment Of New York.
A revolution indorslng the Page bill.
now pending In Congress. Increasing
the federal appropriation for through
route highways si0O. 900. 900 a year.
was adopted at Chicago at the clos,
Ing session Of the fourth annual meet.
Ing OF the American Association OF
State Highway Officials. other reso.
buttons passed favored uniform traffic
control laws and uniform non-glare
headlight laws.
With a total value OF si2.272.4l2.O 900.
the nations principal farm crops this
year were worth more. based on
prices paid 10 farmers Dec. ]. than In
any year In the history Of American
agriculture. December crop estimates
OF the Department OF Agriculture
showed that this years total exceeds
that Of the former record year. 1917.
by s0i4.3sO.OOO. There also was n
marked increase In acreage. the ssbs
s95 722 total exceeding that OF last
year by 10000, 900 acres.
Al PietermaritEburg. Union Of South
Africa. a resolution demanding the re-
p%atriatiOn Of Internal enemies. pun.
lshment for the m'treatment OF allied
war prisoners and the retention OF tho
former German colonies, was passed
by an enthusiastic meeting,
An Influenza vaccine said 10 differ
from any hitherto offered the medical
profession, has been produced ana n
now being manufactured for free din.
tribution 10 registered physicians by
the public health laboratory or the
school r: medicine Of the Universally
Of Missouri at Columbia.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20

I win call on the people of Co
lumhus within the next few days
soliciting orders for shade trees
fruit trees. etc, Hold your orders
40 A. Ambrose
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-12-20

The precinct election for the pur-
pose at selecting a justice of the
peace aud constable for the next
two Gears i almost here. II Is not
known but generally supposed that
Judgc Cole will be- a candidate for
re-,l. elton. =. 4. Moore. G. r. Rog-
ers, i. r. Blair. sam Fem, 2. A..
SIM .un and others have been men
toned as probable candidates. hut
no olc has yet announced their in
tcnti,ns OF making the race. II Is
wei, enough To think about this
mat B. at this time. and when It
como, 10 the election let Ms all vote
for tue best men aud for the in
tyros. Of Columbus regardless OF
any personal interests.
Tie committee appointed some
time ago consisting Of J.. l.. Green
wood Charlie Powers and Mayor J.
H. Blair for the purpose Of ascer-
tiuiug as far as possible the inten-
tons IT the war department as re-
gards 10 this camp here. made a
report last sunday afternoon. The
attendance was small but the re-
port was very favorable ind esd and
the source Of the Information CIV
en- by the committee leads pne d
believe that We car rest assured
that conditions VII. remain for q
time nj least as they now are. which
Is oil that any me could expect.
...'
You con set your last dollar that
the ol ra6n Of the southwest haV,
their .Nc ON the developments In
this zine at Columbus. They Val
ley Oh Company cSpect To have
iseir rig going shortly now and th'
we'll will be- watched closer thar
ever. for Il i but little farther 4
the depth the biologists have said
oil viii bee found In large quantities
The ~ paso Times carried a stor,
a few days age stating that l.. NJ
stiles. Of this place, was openinl
up a mica mine IN Rio Arriba coun.
ty New Mexico. that - said tn b
the largest deposit In the Unite'
states. II not In the world. Their,
are i've veins Of mica parallel will
each other that are four feet wild
which crop out for at least on
half a mile, Mr.. stiles has bee
quietly working this claim for IN
past year or more.
$50
There has been moisture enough
the past few weeks stock men claim
Ia insure early spring p~asturage 70
their stock. The ranges are not I
be called good by any means bu
still are In far better condition tina.
they were one year ago, and tn
loss Of stock will not be near a
great as last year. It Is claimed.
The Welcome Home COMMITTEE
Of ihr Red Cross at Columbus con
sisis Of James n. poI. Jack Bree
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-22
NEW AUTO COMPANY
FOR OKLAHOMA CITY

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mobiles and the Grant IS also among
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The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-22

the greatest difference in comfort and
! pleasure m shopping with closed or
an open car remember how used to
suffer with the first open car we had
In winter ! could never bundle up
enough o. keep warm and in ummer
felt as though / had accumulated all
the dust m Oklahoma Now. | jumT into
the car lightly and comfortably clad
| can wear my ordinary Srcet clothc,
and I arrive 40 the shops unruifIcd
Now that vc are asked 20 carry our
parcel, home. / simply have them sent
ont 10 the car. and that is the end Of
II.
Indispensable Car.
"Nawrtlly one has 10 90 out in the
afternoon very often and this is another
time llll q closed car is Indispensable
You know. YOU can't very well 20 out
in an afternoon iro.k m m open car.
II YOU do YOU have to bundle up like
Old Mother Hubbard and even then
you feel gritty and dusty wi en- you
arrive at your friends house for tea
or whatever It may be- You can't wear
fluffy or tr,lly things in an open car
without feeling brdragped after a few
blocks
"Nlght is the time when the closed
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PAU. Tao,I N,'.''.'''a SI" @ uu"''.uly.
the air ,on w,n, in Closed ar Ly
lust opening the windows. This is an
other great advantage. too-you get all
the air you want, but not too much
You can turn on the heater and close
the windows and he as warm as you
like in the closed car
"Pcople think that the closed car IS
only ft for town use, and there they
make a great mistake 1t is more
necessary in the country than in town,
IN exactly the same ratio as It is colder
IN the country than in the city In
the country YOU often have 10 drive
twenty or thirty miles 10 a dinner or
dluCc-aud It B, rmnos lille 10 DO this !
IN comfort in an OPP car In winter
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-22

that's the only kind I'd have. like the
kind OF car that needs a chauffeur. al
though his wages adds TO the cost of
Keeping a car Some of my friends like
the electric cars and they tell nc how
nice they are in many ways
"Yes, prefer the closed car and
You'll find there are a good many others
who do That's the reason YOU see so
many IN the streets nowadayS-
To prove this It is only necessary 10
watch the run Of traffic At any Of the
conge,,ed corners Of the city. The
closed car is here 10 stay, and it seems
likely that 1t will become more and
more nnnmlAr
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-22
REDDrR.TRUc".MhKER
WILL BE EXHIBITED

{. II Anderson, president Of the
Hughes, Bozarth and Anderson com
pany distributors, in speaking of the
Rcdden-Truck- Maker said; Anyone
figuring on purchasing a truck this
wear will do well to inspect the Red
den Truck Maker When YOU consider
that truck of this kind gives the scrv-
ice OF a lton truck which costs twice
as much both in price and upkccp. it
IS easy to understand why merchants
and farmers are buying this type of
truck cuuiumcui"
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-22
OKLAHOMA CITY
QUICK TO ADOPT
new CLOSED CAR
Women Can Use It to Shop
During Worst Weather.

Winter may he the time Of discomfort
for most people, but il is the time
when the sun shines for The closed car
manufacturer The street, ul Ohlahuu @
City prove this All along Broadway
and the side streets oi the residential
sections, the prcl.mtnlnrc of closed
cars is most noticeable There are
three or four OF them to every open
car and the people riding in the closed
cars, both electric and gasoline, seem
10 he three or four time, Us C0uf0u.
able as those hraying the icy blasts ,n
the open cars
There are more closed car, in the
city than ever before and the number
continues to increase. Reasons for lm,
were given by a woman who had re-
ceived a closed car for her Christmas
present
Is Necessary.
"A closed car is absolutely ncces-
say," she said 81 couldn't get along
without ono This is nv third and
think it is the incest I've We, had.
remember the first ono; It was a great
numbering ark and the interior was
done to represent a ballroom or some
thing Of that kind
MY second closed car was of the op-
posite type. being more Of a boudolr on
wheclS--all gold, white, and that sort
OF thing, with lace curtains and cut
glass flower stands and a toilet set II
was lovely for a woman's use hut it
was really too decorative for utility
purposes Now this last car is exactly
what need and must say that the
designers are making wonderful pro-
grcSs in their understanding of the
practicabiliy Of the town car II rs big
enough to cary four. and can make all
the speed YOU need for either country
or town driving
There are 50 many reasons why ono
should have o closed car in Oklahoma
just take the average day Of my car.
II is up and about shortly after &
o'clock The children finish breakfast
Q few minutes after g and then come,
school II they depend an the ordinary
transportation they arc likely 10 be de-
lsyed, and in addition they have ~ fight
the rush hour crowd, So they take
the closed car TO school Nv boy goes
to his school first and then the chluf
feur drops the girls at theirs. II the
weather is zero or there is a snow or
rain storm they all get to school dry
The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-01-22
Commencing Tuesday k1oE'ning

g until Saturday, January 26, we will offer The
Model ApperSOn Automobiles in lots to suit the
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-16

SO | just kept staggering around.
and the sentry came up to me and
looked me over pretty hard. Then !
thought for the first time that things
might go hard on me, but figured
that II ! quit the play acting II would
be all over. SO ! staggered right up
to the sentry and looked at him drunk
enly. expecting every moment to get
one from the bayonet.
But he was so surprised that all he
could do was stare. So l stared back,
pretending that saw two Of him. and
otherwise acting foolish. Then | guess
he realized for the first time that the
chances Of anybody being drunk In
that camp were smnll--at least for the
prisoners. lie was rubbing his ear
oil the time. but finally the thought
seeped through the ivory and he began
to laugh. laughed, too. and the first
thing you know he had me doing It
agnin--that Is, the imitation. One
SNOWFALL was enough, figured.
used to talk to him quite often
after that. We had no particular
love for each other, but he was gamer
than the other sentrles, and he did not
call me schwclnhund every time he saw
me, so we got on very well together.
His name must have been Schwartz,
guess, but 1t sounded like "Swatts" to
me. 80 Swatts he was, and I was
"Chink" to him. as everybody else
called me that.
One day he asked me II l could
speak French, and sald yes. Italian !;
yes. Russian; yes. No matter what
language he might have mentioned I
would have said yes, because I could
smell something In the wind, and I
was curious. Then he told me that II
I went to the hospital and worked
there. I might get better menls and
would not have to go so far for them,
and that my knowing all the languages
said ! did would help me great
ways toward getting the job.
Evidently he had been told to get q
mnn for the place. because he. ap.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-16
CHAPTER XIII.
pespaIr-and Freed dom.

While was working nt the hos
pltal conditions ut my old barracks
had been getting worse and worse.
Very few OF the men were absolutely
right In the head. guess. and almost
all had given up hope Of ever getting
out alive. Though they put up n good
front TO the Huns. they really did not
cnre great deal what happened to
them. The only thing to think about
was the minute they were living In.
The day came back two English
men. who had suddenly gone mad.
commenced to fight each other. II was
the most terrible fight have ever
seen. II was some time before the
rest Of Us could make them quit. be-
..ssc at rfst we d,d net know they
were cias.. Wirn we had them down.
however, tlicy we're scratched and bit
ten aud pounded from head to foot.
npth of them bled from the nose all
that night, md towutd morning one
of them became sune for few min
utcs und then died. The other was
taken away by the Germans. still
crazy.
Another lime an Australian came
Into our barracks and very seriously
told us that he had a drag with the
German officers and that he had been
10 dinner With them, and had had tur-
key. potatoes, coffee, butter. eggs,
sugar In his coffee, aud all the luxurles
you could think of. We just sat and
stared nt him. II seemed impossible
that any OF our own men would have
the gall TO torture us like that, and yet
we could not possibly believe that 1t
had really happened. Finally, one
fellow could not stand II any longer.
Vie was nothing but skin and bones.
but he grabbed dividing board and
there were Just two wallops the
board hit the Australians head and
the head hit the floor. Then half u
dozen more pounced onto him and
gave him a real licking. When he
came to he had forgotten all about
the wonderful dinner he did not have.
Not long after this the ,usslan doc
tors proved to the Germans that there
was no black typhus In our barracks
and we We're allowed the freedom Of
the camp except that we could not
visit the Russian barracks. That was
no hardship to me nor to the rest Of
us. except one chap from the Cambrian
Range, who had a special pal among
the Russians that he wanted to see.
And, Of course, when II was verboten,
he wanted to see him all the more.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-08-16
THREE HUNS IN FIVE
MINUTES-SOME RECORD

Topeka. Kan. Aug. 16.--Lieuten-
ant Hudson. formerly OF this city.
and now with the American aerial
forces in France, recently brought
down three German airplanes in five
minutes, according to an announce
ment today by Mrs. Mary Wear, as
sistant state librarian, and Hudson's
aunt. The aviator's father, Paul
Hudson, now in Washington. receiv-
ed news OF the feat from the COM
mander, Mrs. Wear said.