Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-12-24
NO TRUTH In
RECENT RUMOR
GOSSIP HAD 1T HARRY WOROBEC
EXECUTED AS A SPY AT
CAMP LEWIS
IS NATURALIZED CITIZEN NOW
Was Disappointed Because He Could
Not Go To France

Yesterday Otto F. Mathiesen re-
ceived letter from Harry Worobec,
End Company LIST Dew. Bn., Camp Lew
is Wash which will be of interest to
Worobecs many friends here inasmuch
as a rumor went the rounds some time
ago to the effect that Worobec had
been executed as a spy. Worobec
was among the first of the Boomers
Ferry boys to go to Camp Lewis and
before he was drafted he had worked
here and at Eastport for several years
for Mrs r. e. Kuehn, as a cook. No
one seems to know how the rumor got
started and none who knew Worobec
gave it any credence all his ac-
quaintances seem to think that he is
as loyal and true-blue American as
could be found anywhere. Following
is his letter in part:
well, Otto will try to write you
few lines to let you know that l am
still alive and getting along fine.
hope you are getting along fine.
81 am still in Camp Lewis. 1 guess
you thought | was in France by this
time with the rest of our boys but 1
am not, much to my disappointment.
| didn't get to go because l was not
want to go and my company command
err tried his best to have me go but
there was nothing doing. l certainly
did hate to see the boys of my COM
pany go without me and l will admit
that l was crying like baby when l
had to tell them goodbye because ev-
cry man in that company was more
than a brother to me. l was trans
ferred to 1st Co., 166th Depot Brigade,
just before they left and Gee, if you
ever saw a lonesome boy, it was me at
that time. Arthur Zimmerman was
the last one that came to me to say
Goodbye" but his eyes were filled
with tears so we could hardly say a
word to one another. l wonder how
he is getting along? Did you hear
anything from him? l hope he is all
right. 1 had a letter from him when
he first landed in France
/ was cooking in the 4th Co, 166 De-
pot Brigade for two months and then
l got transferred to End Co and have
been here ever since. 1 was natural
lied the 9th of September so. now /
am real American. But even if l
am a real American l cannot go across
because it is too late, the war is over.
/ am only sorry that 1 was in the army
for 10 months and didn't even have
the chance to see the Germans but
anyway / think that l did my little
share right here where l am.
had to cook for 500 men so you can
imagine just how much grub it takes
to feed bunch like that and besides
we were very short of cooks and IL
was a hard job to get one that was
any good but now it is getting to be
a snap. We have only 240 men left
in this company and they won't be
here long-will be mustered out in a
day or so. We cooks will be the last
to be mustered out. l think we Will
be out in a month or so.
l used to take a visit once in a
while to Portland with my mess SER
geant Portland certainly is a nice
place and there are lots of nice peo-
pie there. l haven't been in Breme-l
ton for five months so last Friday ]
thought l had better go over and sec
the Murphey folks and 1 had a nice
visit and was sorry that l could2
stay there longer"