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New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

IN THIS plain where one tradition
J locates the Garden of Eden,
and where Zoroaster, the found
er of the ancient Persian religion, was
born, and where the great revival Of
} the Nithraitic rites. which disputed the
claims OF Christianity as world re.
ligion, had it's centre, traveller to- day
finds unique religious condition that
may profoundly affect the future Of all
the churches everywhere. This is the
centre of the ancient HISTORIAN Church,
and about that body as rallying point
there is a conveyance of diversified re-
llgious activity such as can nowhere
else be found in all the world.
AS all students of church history
know, the HISTORIAN Church has a
unique and romantic past 1t bears the
name of Nestorius. who was Patri-
arch of Constantinople in the years 42S-
a31, and who was condemned, many
historians say unjustly, as q hereto
by the Council: of r.phcsus, in the
year 43l. His followers arc opposed
to image worship. do not have the
confessional, allow priests 70 marry,
do not accept the doctrine of purga-
tory. use great deal of Scripture in
their liturgy, which is in the old Syriac
language, and do not cat pork. The
HISTORIANS have been called the Prot
estants of the ancient Eastern churches.
They are the survivors of the Assyr-
Ian race and call themselves Syrans,
or Persian Assyrians. They still use
She Syriac language, such as was in
vogue at the time of Christ. In Pales-
sine the Syrians, who are probably of
the same Aramean stock, use the Arabic
tongue, so to hear the speech of Jesus
and His followers one must GENE TO
this part of the world.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Patriarch Leads Flock
To War on Turk

There is plenty of fighting spirit
lett IN these people, especially among
the mountaineers. AT the present mo-
mcnt, for instance, | have been unable
10 see the Patriarch of the HISTORIAN
Church, Mar shlmmon, whose home is
near this city. because he is several
days Journey away in the mountains,
WIN the special contingent of twenty
i've hundred Syriar. troops, who are Off
lighting against tho Turks and Kurds.
and winning notable victories.
Religion as we'll as political LOYALTY
inspires these people to fight on the
SIDE OF the Allies, for they feel that
'hcir very existence, as q small COM
munty, surrounded by an overwhelm-
ing body OF Moslcms, depends upon
thelr receiving protection from a non
Moslem power. In the calls | have had
from leaders OF all branches of the
Nestorlans tins point has always been
naue most strongly: thev want the
\ oh'ted States or Britain to establish
.ne,i unuef some sort of protectorate
,e ,n"e VII assure them security in their
iiVes and homes. For centuries tbev
have lived under the shadow Of the
sword of islam, and practically evcrv
lamlly or thcm has its own tale to toll
or relatives murdered, of mothers
wives, SISTERS and daughters ravaped
ana OF homes looted or DESTROYED This
sort OF thing ~ so far bevond tho ex0
perlence of ;he knowledge Of tho
western world that it scarcely can he
made roal. ~"'' "'
If given safcty, i, is more than like.
ly that all The Syrians would revert 70
the old HISTORIAN Church. bring;ne
that body up to date the while. Prot,
estant. Catholic. Orthodox and An
glican sall have told me this; and. in-
deed. in the bodies to which they have
seeded there l. preserved much of the
old NestoriaE form. If the war bears
the fruit that is expected, in the wav
OF safety for the smaller peoples, it is
altogether likely that there Will be a
rehabilitation of the historic Mes
torian Church, witE modern spirit
and adaptations.
In THIS matter ! have found an ex-
traordinary possibility, affecting the
whole worldwide Project of Christian
union Within the confines of this
storicd fold Of Ncstorianism there has
grown up a sort of experiment in
Christian unity that is altogether
UNIQUE. All the major divisions of
Christendom have been represented
ny their nighes, resident officials in
the groups of churchmen who have
called upon the visitor from America
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Has Only One
Manuscript Now

Since then thcr, has been sad de-
cline. Churches have decreased In
number and power. Scholarship has
disappeared. There are to-day no Nes-
torian theological seminaries, except
those maintained for the Church by
the Archbishop OF Canterburys mis-
sion. Priests 'and bishops train their
own successors. Repeated ravages
from hostile ncighbors have destroyed
church buildings and ancient books.
There is now in the possession of the
Church, AM tola, only one manu-
SCRIPT as much as thousand wears
old. Persians Kurds. Arabs and Turks
have wrought their fanatical worst
upon this ancient Christian com
munlon, which, however, has kept the
Iairh in spite Of all.
There have not only been dcfections
TO other branches of the Christian
Church, but tie Syrians themselves
have lost much of the virility and in
dependence of character which is prop
crly their inheritance. The tendency
of Syrians in the United States and
Canada to prey upon the credulous re-
llgioua public by appeals that are not
who'll honest is we'll known. These
mendicants. however, do not fairly
represent their race. though there is a
clear tendency present among this
sorely distressed people to take refuge
under whatever branch of the Church
promises them the greatest protection
from their enemies
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Once World Winning,
But Now Abject

Possibly the most romantic fact about
the HISTORIANS, next to their extraor-
dinary persistence in the face Of cruel
and ceaseless persecution, which has
continued down to the present day, is
their brilliant history as q missionary
rhurch. In the Middle Ages the Mes
torians swept to the confines Of the
known world. They almost converted
rhina to Christianity, and the Nes-
torian tablets are we'll known to all
students of that country. One Chinese
was patriarch Of the HISTORIAN Church.
and dwelt for Il time at Urumia. In
Arabia and India the Church made
wonderful missionary conquests, and at
the present time there are more Mes
torians in India than in Persia or
Turkey, the community which centres
ut Malabar numbering a quarter of 81
million. while there arc only about a
hundred thousand Syrians in this part
of the world, which was the Church's
ancient stronghold.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Last American Rollcall in the Foreign Legion

JACK MOYET, of Mobile Ala.
ALLEN R. BOUNT. of Wilson, n Chicago where he re
sided with his glandmothe Mrs D. 1.ynds Plaza.
ARTHUR BARRY, of Brighton Mass
ALGERNON SARTORIS, grandson of General IT, S. Grant
OSCAR MOUVET, of New York City.
JACK CASEY Of New York City.
MAR1US PHILIP Of San Francisco.
IVAN MOCK, of Baltimore (reported killed January H.
CHRISTOPHER CHARLES, of Brooklyn.
JACK NOE, of New York City.
WALTER RAYMOND PIERCE of Philadephia now in Ay.r;a
NEGROES
JOHN F. BROWN, of Boston.
JAMES BRACEY of Newport, Va.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
Two ook Thirty
German Prisoners

Come over here, kamerad. I called
after him. but he only shook his head
and continued running.
Come over mere, you damn kane
rad, or l'll shoot you,' yelled again.
No kamerad; no kamerad,' he an.
swered back, and kept on running
toward Germany
SO | put my rifle. to my shoulder
a,nd< tired, and kamerad keeled over on
the ground
"A second after the report from nv
rifle my corporal and | were almost
surrounded $; BY Germans. They shot
rlgnt up from the earth. thirty OF
mem from holes and bits Of trenches
lot of muddy heads and evil faces
corporal and got our hands on a
couple of grenades and determined to
take as pany Of that crew with us as
was possible. il we had to die there
and then. We raised our hands to
.hrow' but the thirty Germans also
raised their sixty hands, and with one
voice cried out 'Kamerad!'
"'Amls dc Ia Legion Etranrercl
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
They Were All
Covered With Blood

when l pulled myself free from the
olrt and, stood up, shells were still
coming down with big noise. NV
friends on the right and left were lying
stlli, worse buried than | was.
1T was no use going to dugout
while these friends might still be alive,
was 1t? But felt a bit funny about
pulling them out. didn't know but
what an arm or leg might come off
when pulled They were all in blood
like myself. But pulled and got both
OF them free from the dirt and draqged d
them down the trench to the stretcher
bearer They were both alive,
The 'brancardicr chef,' he says to
me, Barry, don't you go back for the
other; you are a good hospital case
by yourself.' | went back. and guess
that's why they pinned this sign on
me.
When got to the hospital they
scwed my nose back, only it Is straight
now instead of Irish. had a good time
in Paris, out was glad to get back to
my friends in the legion"
Barry is going into aviation.
| asked him how he got along under
French officers two years ago when he
did not know French.
why, all the French l ever heard. "
ne answered, was just three words !:
,Avencez, Legion Etrangere! Avancez.
Legion Etrangere!' Even child could
understand that" ~
AS for the negroes in the regiment
ne declared they are upholdinp the
honor and tradition of the legion in
every battle. Two remain. 4 third
henry Walker, was wounded on the
oomme, got the Croix de Guerre and
was honorably discharged. Confden-
italy Barry whispered to me: "You
can beat the negroes for patrol work
az nignt. They crawl right into the
German lines. The Boches never see
them, and when they do thew Get scared rod
half to death" eN' '@o' eu
"They are brother legionnaires, said
Moyet, of Alabama. '''u
Copyright, 1913. by Edward MarshalD
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
The Legion Tested
At Auberivc

This was Moyet's initiation into the
rover and the glory and tragedy of the
Foreign Legion. They went into rest
olllets. Then followed the Somme. that
terrible half year of laundering slow
advances by the British and the French.
winch brought on the first German re-
treat; And after that Auberive.
A"Derlve, like Nerdun, tested the
legion to the utmost of human endnrs
ance. and like every great fight. if ;s
marked by the sacrifice on the field Of #
at least one American of the legion.
James Paul. of San Francisco. fell at
auberivee, in the Champagne, and the
story of his death, which has never
been told, follows in the words Of
young Jack Moyet:
I'VE mourncd two mon Of our rcri.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20

old, and although veteran of verdun,
wounded and honored with both the
wounded" ribbon and the Croix de
Gucrre, he maintains that he is only "a
young soldier" and can claim no share
of the lcgion's exalted honor.
tie was In Paris with his father, one
OF the many young Americans. waiting
hopefully for the United States to de-
clare war. Finally, in March; he en-
listed in the legion. and although in
another company, shared the fortunes
Of fire and water with Moyet and the
others.
Blount distinguished himself at Ver-
dun, for he, too, won the war cross
there He is very modest about this
achievement, and he tried to censor
Moyet and Arthur Barry the afternoon,
IN, the Chatham grill room, when /
asked him about his decoration.
1T was in the last Verdun attack. The
"Soixante-quinze" were firing, some
times at point blank range, destroying
everything German, guns and shelters
and bodies, and the big cannon were
taking in miles Of old France that were
filled with the whole Internal machin-
cry of German war.
'"Going over the top i, nothing. It's
holding the trenches in the counter. at
tack that counts" said Blount. "And
God knows there were plenty of coun-
ter attacks at Verdun.
well, one lay after our attack we
got into the German trenches and
started to clean them out. There
weren't any Boches around anywhere.
The lieutenant was inspecting the line,
and when he got to communication
trench, running in the direction of the
German line, he said to the corporal
and me: See if you can find anything
in that trench
1.-THE corporal and went down that
alley. but we didn't find anything. Sud
denly, about thirty yards away from
US saw lone German get up and
rabbit.
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
By William. T. Ellis
Urun,io, Persia.

HN THIS plain, where one tradition
locates the Garden of Eden,
and where Zoroas ster. the found
New-York tribune., 1918-01-20
What American FLAG
Has Done

Back Of the extraordinary condition
or comfy that exists among the Syrian
chrlstlans lies thrilling story of
American courage and resourcefulness
1nat may must be told in another article.
~ ~ the American flag had not flown over
!he gate OF the American Mission dur
,lg the hrst SIX months of the wear
@ ioio 'he travelling newspaper man
would never have seen the strange and
beautiful commingling of churcbmon
who ordinarily sustain only polite and
formal relations toward each other if
lhey are not IN open antagonism.
ror elghty years the American Pres
nyterans have been established here.
and to-day the little band of Americans
are more highly regarded and trusted
ana leaned upon than any other force
or agency. think it was a bishop
VINO said, during one of our discussions
as 10 what KIND OF protectorate the Sy-
rlans should have, eve should be happv
to have a protectorate under DR.. Shedd ShrdS}
as IN the past" thus limiting at the fact
varlously expressed by others present
and revealed in countless ways, that the
dean of the Presbyterian Mission here
really has more influence than the
fatrlarch himself, or than any consul
or governor. This, too, is a story for
another telling; but it may be men
tioned III passing that even the Persian
uoVernor-and this is Persia sought
protection with the Americans when
danger threatened from the Kurds.
Bishops Ransom
Was $4,000
One of the men with whom | have
oeen in conference is Mar Ella, of the
Hfeek, or Russian, Church. During the
presence of the Turks and Kurds, two
ana halt years ago, he was sought by
the Moslems, and for time escaped.
under the shadow of the American
premises. lie disregarded advice. how
ever, and ventured forth, until he was
caught on the roof of the PRESBYTERIAN
Church, hiding behind a chimney.
Bishops come high, for the Turks held
MN Tor $4,000 ransom, threatening
70 shoot him at once if that sum was
not delivered. He and his friends, like
an otner Syrlans at the time, had no.
where else to look for succor but to
'he Americans. The latter accepted the
responsibility, as part of their general
and multiform task of rcnresent;nr
ciViilzation. There was considerable
dickerng, just as when buying anv-
thlng In the Orient, and after some
weeks the bishop was given to the
Americans for ransom of $1,000
which, by the way, his Church has not
yet repaid "s ''o'
=, over and over I have heard it said
mere by Syrians that there would be
no syrian nation left hereabouts, had
~ not oeen tor the courage and help
1uiness OF the Americans, some Of
whom laid down their lives in tho
struggle to save the Syrians. Now the
Americans are busy about another
task, that OF feeding the starving
Syrian refugees and of rehabilitatine
those who can get back to their homes
| do not know any spot on the man
where a man feels prouder to be an
American than in this inaccessible cor.
ner of Persia.
tCcnystsh' 1918. BY Tho Elus serv!c~)
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
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Standlnu oF fhA -aaue

Results Yesterday.
At Pittsburgh 3, Brooklyn /.
At Cincinnati 6, New York S.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
ALLOTMENTS MAY
APPEAR SMALLER

Oklahoma City, Okla, Aug. 16-
Oklahoma dependents of enlisted or
drafted men should not worry in case
their allotment allowance checks
from the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
ance are reduced in amount or if the
checks should be slow in coming.
The July allotments are not payable
until August and the August allot
ments until September.
The reduction in amounts is due
to change in the ruling. Hereafter
the Bureau will pay allotments o..y
when they carry with them govern
ment family allowances and then
only in the amounts required to sup
port such allowances. All other IA.
lotments will be paid by the brancn
OF the military or naval service
in which the man is enlisted. The
minimum Of $500 per month will be
paid by the War Risk Insurance Bu-
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
FEW CROCERS AT
SESSION HERE ON
SUGAR RULINGS

But a small per cent OF the retail
, grocers of Chickasha were present
at meeting called for last night at
The Farm Bureau by Arthur Ersland,
secretary of the retail mercrants as.
sociation to discuss an organization
for regulating the sale of sugar in
the city and county and take up new
sales checking system aimed at the
elimination of repeated ordering. All
grocers of the county will be bound
by now individual sales record rul.
ing just issued by the federal food
administration, the county food o..
flee announced this morning.
BY the terms of the late sugar
regulation cdict,. every retail grocer
in the United States must at once
begin keeping ali accurate record or
each sale Of sugar to his customers
and in addition, under emphatic or
ders from the federal administrator,
IL compelled to make weekly re-
port OF such sales to his local food
dictator Accuracy in keeping records
of sugar purchases was urged upon
the merchants at last nights meet
ing by both c. NJ. Hollingsworth,
county administrator, and the secIo-
tary of the retailers association.
Duplication of sugar orders must
be eliminated, state administrator,
z. B. Amcs, insists in recent letter
to all county agents. Cases of ha5.
itual "repeaters" have been reported
to The food department and vigor-
GUS warfare is to be waged on the
practice. The new system of personal
record will keep a close check on
violators of food rulings and run
down the sugar order repeaters, 4.
HOllingsworth thinks. Weekly reports |
will enable all grocers to make out
black lists of purchasers who con-
trive to get around government sugar
restrictions by ordering from various
stores.
No new sugar cusomers are to be |
taken in the future b yand retailer,
Mr.. Hollingsworth told the local !
Prepared records on
which the reports of merchants may
De submitted to the county food ad-
have been ordered IN
United quantities and will be supplied
'nly until grocers of the county are
bile to provide themselves with the
necessary forms for making state
nents, the retail merchants associ.
.tion secretary stated today,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
FOR
WOUNDED
SOLDIERS

"
st. Louis, August lG.-George w
Simmons, manager of the American
Red Cross for the Southern Division
il completing plans for the caring
for wounded and crippled soldiers
sent to this section fthe country.
The American Red Cross plans 20
operate re-education Institutes in
which sailors and soldiers will be
taught new trades and maintained
while learning.
A Red Cross bureau has been es-
tablished in st. Louis to obtain posi-
tions for civilian cripples. This bu-
reau already has created demand
for such workers and when the sail
ors and soldiers crippled in France
return the work of the bureau will
have become so well known that the
Red Cross will find little difficulty
in finding them positions, it is be.
eved
1t is planned to establish such bu.
reaus in all the large cities of the
Southwest.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
Games Today.

Games Tnday,
Chicago at Boston.
st, Louis at Philadelphia.
Detroit at Washington.
Cleveland at New York.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
MORE LABOR Is
ENROUTE TO CAMP
in VIRGINIA HILLS

The fourth car load Of laborers re-
cruited from the county this week by
the United States department of Ia
Dor for civilian war work will en-
train lste this afternoon for Camp
Eustis Lee Hall, Va, it was snnounc-
ed at the local labor bureau at noon
today. This shipment viii be com
posed Of approximately forty-six men.
the number depending upon the size
Of the car furnished.
a total Of several hundred men
have already left Oklahoma this
week for the eastern heavy artillery
cantonment and stiIl more viii be
shipped as rapidly as limited trans
por;at'"n viii permit According TO
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
CRIST FOR
LAW MILL
PLENTIFUL
Drag of Officers Through Two
Street Continues to make
Business for Courts.

And still the law mill of the county
grinds grist from the haul made b.
county officers on a festive little
poker game stated some days ago on
Two Street and in which some seven
negroes were rounded up.
Several cases have been disposed
OF in connection with the drag. but
things are still a-popping. Thereby,
the Golfers of the county are beng
repenished by the payment of fines.
Yesterday afternoon in Justice T. p.
Moore's court Jim Porter entered a
plea Of guilty to a charge of gambl-
ing and was assessed a fine of S25
and costs, the total amount being
$S7.45, all of which made it a com
paratively expensive session for
Jim, considering the fact that the
game was broken up before the ulti-
mate winner could be determined.
Also in the justice court. w. G. Car
ter was bound over to the action of
the district court under a bond OF
$1,000 on a charge OF maintaining a
place where intoxicating liquors are
sold and where gambling is per.
mitted- He made the required bond
yesterday evening.
In addition, Judge win Linn issued !
an order making the temporary in
lnction against Cartcrs place per.
manent. Under the order Carter
must close his place, unless he give
; bond OF $500. In this event he will
be permitted to open the place and
= legitimate business. but in
10 case win the INJUNCTION permit the
iale Of "Red Eye" Mule or other
ntoxicants thai, under prevailing
'riccs make the pocket book look
ike it had come in unsuccessful
'outact with q steam roller
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-16
STAR BILL is SLATED WHEN
VERDEN AND LINDSAY HOOK
AT UNIVERSITY PARK SUNDAY

The biggest fireworks of the year
TO date as regards base bali will be
uncorked here Sunday at University
park when the Verdcn and Lindsay
teams hook up to decide certain per-
sonal differences and incidentally the
ownership of $3.50. The game Will
he called at 4 o'cicock.
These clubs have been having it
out from time to time for several
weeks and have not yet decided the
ultimate winner. Last Sunday at
Lindsay, Verden coppod the long end
OF a 4 to 2 score in a ID inning bat.
tie. This gamc was tied in tho
fourth inning and remained even Ste
phen until the fourteenth
It's due to be a pitchers battle
between Roy Fentress for Vcrden
and Graham for Lindsay. Both are
former leaguers and have good rec
ords behind them to sustain Fen
tress played last season in the South
ern league with Memphis where he
went like a house a-fire. This sea
son he was with the same club until
The war conditions put the organiza-
tion out Of the running. Fcntre5s
lacks whole lot of needing an in
PRODUCTION around these parts. He