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New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Pasadena Guards
Declare War Upon
Hearst Ne.uspopers

PASADENA, Cal, July 16--The
South Pasadena Home Guards have de-
clared war on all Hearst publications.
both newspapers and magazines. The
purpose of the guards is to maintain in
their community "a healthy and loyaI
public mind. free from influences op-
posing America or any of her Allies" ;"
The anti-H Hearst action was not taken
until after special committee had
studied the international situation with
which Hearst has been identified. An
other committee is now CONSIDERING an
active campaign to exclude Hearst pa-
pers from this city.
These were the resolutions passed bv
the guards:
"Whereas, The United States Of
America and Allied nations are now en-
gagged in a struggle which makes it nee
essary that every influence within our
borders shall give unqualified LOYALTY
and support to our country and to each
and every one of her allies, as we'll as
fair and honest treatment to all now
clothed with governmental authority;
and,
Whereas, Ncwspaper and periodj
Gals are the most powerful factor in
creating public opinion, as we'll as the
most potent vehicle for its dssemina-
ton. and are, therefore. peculiarly bur
ueS" WIN rssPoIslolllty Tor our coun-
try's welfare; and,
Whereas, We, the members of the
South Pasadena Home Guards, a patri
otic organization, desire to maintain
within our community and our country
a healthy and loyal public mind. free
from insidious and designing influences
opposing America or any of her allies.
or tending to create or stir up class
strife and labor or race prejudice. or to
misrepresent any act or word of public
officials; now, therefore, be it
Resolved. That we, the said mem
bers of the South Pasadena Home
Guards, acting solely on our own initia-
tive. hereby condemn any and all pub
lications which by act of commission or
omission fail of absolute and hearty
support Of our nations cause, and
pledge ourselves to abstain and refrain
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Officer Quits Guard
To Be Draft Private
E. B. Clerk, of Albany, Goes
to Camp Dix When Marine
Corps Rejects Him

CAMP DIX, WRIGHTSTOWN. N. j.,
July 16.-Former Lieutenant Edgar B.
Clerk, member of wealthy family of
Albany, N. Y, was anxious to get INFO
service overseas, but found that be-
cause he was in active service in the
New York State Guard, being a mem
Der OF Troop B, New York Cavalry, he
could not enlist in the Marine Corps.
so he resigned from the State Guard.
To-day he came here, and being of
draft age asked to be inducted into
the service as a private. There was a
conference of the officials and he was
assigned to Company 1888, Depot
Brigade, temporarily.
1he former lieutenant saw service on
the Mexican border.
Homer Rodeheaver, former choir
leader for Billy Sunday, is among the
army song leaders who will come here
for their final course in song work.
Twelve thousand white troops are
looked for next week. A quota of
negro troops from upper New York
State arrived to- day
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Charge Hearst
Employe Sold
Secrets ofU S.
Continued from page

can realize what the German Amer-
cans are suffering. Emigrants, how
ever, are showing themselves true ad-
herents of the German cause, openly
and without regard for their own in
terests."
just how Won Skal was implicated in
the purchase of "The Evening Mall
by Germany could not be ascertained
1t is known he was frequently men
toned in the correspondence Of the
higher officials of the espionage and
propaganda ring, and was looked upon
as a man to be trusted by them.
Among the effects of DR.. Heinrich
Albert, the German spy paymaster in
America was found the following let
ter from Paul T. Davis, which shows
that prior to the time the paper was ac-
ouired by Rumely the Germans, with
the approval of Count Won Bcrnstorff
erty:
"June 81, 1915.
Dear Sir: My father, George H.
Davis, has asked me to write to you
about the matter Of the acquisition of
The Mall by DR.. Dernburg and his
friends.
"In November, 1914, my father con-
ceivcd the idea that Germany ought to
be represented in New York by one of
the, papers printed in English. He
spoke to a number of prominent Ger
man Americans about the scheme, and
finally, through Mr.. George Won Skal,
got in touch with Ambassador Won
Rernstorff. Mr.. Percival Kuhne acted
as the head of the movement until il
was found that he could not devote the
necessary time to the matter in hand
and at fathers suggestion Mr.. Ludwig
Nlsscn was substituted
During this time several papers that
we're on the market were canvassed and
investigated, and we decided upon The
Mall as the only paper that was not
too expensive and did not have too
many libel suits TO defend. and the run
ming expenses of which were not too
high. We opened negotiations with the
proprietors of The Mail and proceeded
until Ambassador Count Won BernstorfT
notified both Mr.. kuhne and Mr.. Mis-.
sen that at that time nothing further
should be done in the matter. Mr.. Ms
sen asked that negotiations with 'The
Mail be discontinued saying he had
been requested to do so, and this was
done at his request. and the letter of
dlscontinuancc and the aswer by The
Mail people were read to Mr.. Nissen.
"Despairing of getting the support of
the German government, father con-
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Won't Oppose Firemen
Commissioner Does Not Object
to Their Joining the A. F. of l..

Fire Commissioner brennan an
nounced yesterday that he will put no
obstacle in the path of fremen of the
city in their intention to join the
American Federation of Labor.
"'rhe action of the Uniformed Fire
mems Association was a complete sur
prise to me-" the commissioner said,
but | am not bit worried I am not
yet prepared to say fully what we will
do, but the rules governing the men
as tiremen are clear, and so long as
there is no infraction, do not object"
When asked whether the act of vot-
ing 20 join the federation was in itself
a violation of the rules, the commits
sioncr replied that it was not. as far as
he knew.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
"Rose Fever" Bars
Aviation Recruit
Buffalo Man Disqualified by Ex-
amining Surgeons Because
He Sneezed
Especial Dispatch to The Tribu,e)


WASHINGTON, July 16.-June fever.
or rose fever, may drive sufferers from
it's effects to the mountains, but exam
lining surgeons in the naval aviation
division don't want any patients from
this sneezing malady to take high
altitude cure in Uncle Sans flying
machines
At any rate, the examining surgeons
disqualified Arthur Saperston, of Buff
falo, because while being examined
for the naval aviation service he
sneezed.
"What's that?" demanded the sur
geon.
Gust a little rose fever" said
Saperston
"Well, III have to disqualify you,''
said the surgeon.
But that won't hurt me up in the
air" protested Saperston.
An appeal has been made to the
surgeon general of the navy on Saper-
ston'S behalf.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17

from reading or advertising in such
publications; and, be it further
Resolved, That it appearing to us
that, by design or otherwise, those
newspapers and periodicals known as
the Hearst publications, the policy Of
which Is understood to be controlled or
Influenced by William Randolph Hearst.
have not fulfilled the obligation owing
to the United States and Allied nations
or to some Of those persons now per-
forming governmental functions, nota-
bly, the President Of our country and
the Governor of our state, we particu
larly condemn and censure the said so
called Hearst publications and make
known our disapproval by refusing said
publications access to our homes or
places Of business and by informing all
organizations in South Pasadena Of our
action"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
WoodenShip Launched
At Staten Island Yard
First Vessel of Its Type Built
There Takes Water at
High Tide

Staten Island contributed its first
link to the string of ships that is to
connect the United States with the sol
diers in France when wooden steam
er was launched yesterday afternoon
at the johnson yards at Mariners Har-
bor
High water was at O'Clock, and
promptly on the hour the boat slid from
the ways into the bay. As it started
TO ghde Miss Helen Magruder
daughter of William Magruder. presi.
dent Of the Johnson Company, chris
tened 1t the Aowa, the name selecte d
by Mrs. Wilson.
Present at the launching were W. S
hudson, VINO represented the officials
or the United States Fleet Corporation !;
nany naval officials and hundreds from
Staten Island.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Soldiers Demand
For Anti-Hearst
Buttons Grows
Men of Ninth Coast Artil-
lery Unable to Get a
Full Supply

Sergeant E. H. Emmons, of the 9th
Coast Artillery, was among the New
Workers helping to distribute the 81
Do Not Read Hearst Papers" buttons
yesterday.
Lieutenant Claude W. Boyntan, 7G
William Street, who designed the but
tons, was unable to give Sergeant EN-
mons as many as he asked for, the mum
ber he thought he could distribute by the
end of this week. Only the first order of
$4,000 buttons was delivered to Lieu
tenant Boyntan Tuesday, and until the
next consignment is out--in about q
week or ten days-he is allowing the
larger "customers" only a small per-
centage of the number they request
Those whose orders do not exceed 100
will be promptly supplied.
Eager to Distribute Buttons
Sergeant Emmons stated that other
members of Company 6, of which he is
top sergeant, were eager to assist in
placing the buttons in the hands of
citizens who desire some emblem to
identify them as persons who do not
read the newspapers which did not
cease their attacks on England and
Japan even after they became allies
OF the United States. On Memorial
Day the members of Company 6 passed
a resolution pledging themselves not
to read Hearst newspapers for the
period of the war.
AS for distributing the buttons, -
said Sergeant Emmons, 81 should not
want to make any profit any more than
Lieutenant Boyntan would"
Lieutenant Boyntan and the other
distributors are giving out the emblems
at COST 900 for $3.50, 500 for s4.25, or
one cent apiece for smaller lots This
price includes postage.
Nobody would want to make profit
out OF doing something to help back up
the boys in France" continued Ser
geant Emmons. "To my mind, distrib-
uting these buttons is a patriotic ser
vice, because l believe Hearst news
papers have worked against the best
interests of the men who have gone
across"
Soldier Offers to Help
One soldier, as distant as Camp
Wheeler. Ca, has volunteered to act
as UISCTlDuCeI OIL tnc 0nCl-HearSt en-
blems as the following letter received
from Private John w. Stewart, 1O6th
Field Signal Battalion, yesterday
shows:
81 was reading in The Macon News
! that you were trying to enroll people
to wear the 4 Do Not Read Hearst
Papers buttons, and allow me to ex-
press my appreciation of the fact that
there is some one who will attempt to
down that pro- German paper.
"Most of the news stands here have
put printed signs in their windows
reading, we Do Not Sell Hearst's
Papers.
"Speaking as whole, we South
erners are bitterly opposed to those
papers. We do not read them or allow
them in our homes. After it has taken
the stand it has in regard to the war
Il am off it for life,' as we say in the
army.
"lf you will send me some buttons
l will exert every effort possible to in.
troduce them in this town. | am a
mere buck private in this world war
but | will give all my spare time to
this and will take great pleasure in
doing so.
"Please send me the buttons as soon
as you can, for | want to do all car
! toward getting them circulated before
we are ordered overseas"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Osborn Indorsed for Governor
BY Home County Democrats

CARMEL, n. Y, July ls-A rcsolu-
ton indorsng William Church Osborn
for the Democratic nomination for Gov
ernor was unanimously adopted to-dav
by the Democratic committee of Put
nam. his home county.
Delegates to the party conference at
Saratoga July 23 were chosen and in
structed to commend Mr.. Osborn to
the people of the state 'as a Democrat
of the type of Wilson,"
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Mooney Is Ordered
Sent to Death Cell

SAN FRANCISCO. July 16.-An or
der committing Thomas J. Mooney to
San Quentin Penitentiary to await ex-
ecution there on Friday, August %,
was given the Sheriff here TODAY bv
Superior Judge Franklin A. Griffin.
before whom Mooney was convicted of
murder in connection with prepared
ness day bomb explosion here.
Mooney was granted until tomorrow
to arrange his affairs.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Belgian independence
Day To Be Celebrate'

New York, after celebrating 'ui; u,
and Bastille Day, is completing pSs Fl.
for the observance here next sum, nv,
July 21. of the eighty-eighm o.
versary OF Pelgium's indepena0saas''o 0as Ne
At City College Stadium, o'vSs ~. q
sons will listen to patrio az, fson
ard the singing Of Belgi am nS',th o,h
hymn, la Brabanconne, snd w.
songs by grand opera singers.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Wire Control Act
Is Signed by Wilson

WASHINGTON, July 16. - President
Wilson to-day signed the wire control
resolution. empowering him to take
over and operate for the Period of the
war all telegraph, telephone. cable and
radio lines.
Preparations for taking over the
trunk line telegraph and telephone sys-
TENS already have been made by the
Fostoffce Department ana the under
standing is that President Wilson will
entrust the government control to
Postmaster Burleson. Officials think
action will be ordered shortly.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Girl browns Rescuing Bow

Gladies Royale, twelve years old
girl, thought to have lived in this city,
was drowned in Hutchinson Greek,
near South Woodhaven, l.. L., yester
day afternoon. Although unable to
swim, She had gone to the rescue of a
six-year-old boy who had called to her
for help.
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
What Is Going On To-Day

WHEATTESS DAY
WAR SAVING STAMP DRIVE.
CAAfpAlGN FOR RED Cross WAR NoHssa ~,
Young MEMS CNRistIAN AsS.,,..,,s AsS,si,,ss
CAMPAIGN FOR OVERSEAS NofNN', ~
Free admission to the American Museum o. y
raj History Metropolitan Museum ~ ~ r.rs Y
York Geological Park. Van Icruands ssng
scum. American Museum Of Safely
Aquarium. -
Opening of Lexington Avenue brsnch oi ns ~, ~
borough subway. beginning at Forts Se'''-
p. :, 4
Public band concert under the auspices v
lumhis University. University Green =
Meeting OF the New York Tersos iFss Fasn'b ssss
test against high rents. East thtesn''
.. M
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17
Two Killed When Engine
Goes Over SO-Foot Bank

locomotive drawing an empty
troop train from Camp Mills left he
rails in the Sunnyside yards of the
Long Island Railroad yesterday and
rolled down an eighty-foot embank
ment, dragging two freight cars with
IT. Engineer N. Madison of 942 Jeffer-
So son Avenue. Brooklyn, and Fireman c.
Ieneke, of Morris Park, l.. l., were
New-York tribune., 1918-07-17

Coming and Going
:, Ihe A. E. +. has apparently edited
the slogan "They shall not pass" into
They shall pass-and repass."
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-12-12
THE KAISER'S WILL.
Said to be a True Copy.

In the Name of Gott, Amen
| take the name OF gott again IN
vain. l have violated every rule OF
Colt, but the people must be fooled.
l, Wilhelm, the greatest murderer
the world has ever known; fearing
that all my low, undetermined and
vile schemes will not protect me
now that the yanks are on the JOB,
and feeling that they are going to
name this world an unsafe place for
me, make and declare this to be my
last Will and Testament:
FirstM Ky first pt,s wish and g aeSire
it in the neckski; is to will Russia
to my silly sons; so they can get
Cannon Fodder there for future
wars, but l fear President Wilson
will rescind this clause and give
Russia to her people. hate this;
because hate democracy.
Second give and bequeath to
France all of her land and Alsace
and Lorraine, not that love France
so much, but / cannot stand the mil
lion voices of her seventy-fives, that
have walked me in my sleep, and
bother me by day. They have spoken
$50 loud and often, that / must heed
their cry. do not like to 40 tins,
now to return stolen property.
IA Third give and bequeath to
Belgium her land and ruined homes:
It is my wish however, that ] be not
A1nade to pay for all the damage done
for / had to satisfy my fiendish sol
diers who destroyed; because they
were ordered to do SO. / trust the
good Allies who | have hated SO
much, will not make me. pay the des-
truction for | love to be cruel but
hate to pay for it.
FOURTH give and bequeath to
Italy, peace and quiet for her Do,
mains, for her gallant soldiers did
not treat my brave and kind men
tenderly and I do not want my re-
fined Huns and their Austrian broth
ers contaminated by Italy's brave
men, i generously give up all claim
to her territory.
Fiffh-To Great Britain / leave
the air and sea; as my attempts to
control both were hard and trying on
my brave men, that have decided
out of the bigness of my heart to let
her have her gallant navy, her air.
,lanes and her sea coast unmolested
y my will. !.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-12-12

had defended the hill was the. wait
ing for some one to come down and
be surrendered to.
ANY one who wants to be my
prisoner this day has got to come to
me-"
Thus said the weary lieutenant as
he limped on his way, and SO the
lieutenant colonel stayed hungry in
his dugout and was obliged to sur
render next morning to two privates
passing by on their way for water.
Capture of Hill 28S
Hill 2SS, which rises northwest of
Romagne, under the very apex of
the Kriemhilde Stellung was cap
tured on October "A. It's capture is
part of the record of one of our great
regiments, peculiarly efficient and
destructive regiment which came in
to glory on the Ourcq.
Early in the morning of the 14th
it had the hill completely surround
ed. On the top as the Americans
started up with rifles, automatics
and Stokes mortars, was heavily
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-12-12
DeSnerate RuSineSS Ahead

1t was then 10 O'Clock. The plan
was to form at the foot, consolidate
there, and charge up the steep slope
that afternoon at "a desperate
there on the top was a German gar
rison so placed that it's close-packed
machine guns could rake any troops
attacking Lieutenant Behrndt's
company was the first to reach its
position at the foot, and it seemed
pity to wait there when any, min
ute the rising wind might shift the
protecting fog. The lieutenant Wa:
all for going on and up at once:
I'm going up that damned hill
he told the major, faint German
accent reappearing in his speech I'M
der the stress of the excitement,
and when l get there, I'll stay
Then, up the steep, narrow path,
Lieutenant. Behrndt and few men
vanished; Foll loving; went, went t the
lowed I'D in the fog. -.
They reached the top and the
first Of them put two machine guns
out of business. That gave them a
foothold. They widened it. Soon
the whole platoon was operating on
the crest, their rifles firing steadily.
Now and again the mist would life a
|
ing their eyes through their field
glasses from some distant outpost,
could see lean, unmistakable Yam
KEGS standing up in the underbrush,
aiming coollV like hunters stalking
game in the woods back home.
Battalion in Possession.
Steadily the cleared space widen
ed. Soon it was big enough for a
company. The company came up.
Thus grew and grew the American
colony on that long plateau-more
than kilometer long-and by noon
the battalion was in possession
1t would be almost true to say
that Hill PIP was taken by Lieuten-
ant Behrndt, but he must and will
divide the trophy with Sergeant Am
sley Smith, for Sergeant Smith,
springingly suddenly to command OF
another company, heard what Lieu,
the changed plan, and without ask
| ing for further instructions or max
ing any comment on the job, gath
cred his men behind him, went 81
lently up the western end Of the hill
and there worked out the same tao
tics that were in progress toward
the east.
guessed from the fact that $50 pris-
oners with 800 machine guns, of
which more than half We're captur-
ed in operation. Not all the pris-
oners were checked back at once, for
the Americans pushed hurriedly on.
By 1880 that afternoon the first bat
TALON was using the crest as the
jumping off place for further ad-
vance that carried them kilOmeter
to the north.
"A Groggy Pied Piper.
Back from that further line lieu
tenant came, looking groggily for a
first aid station. A piece of shrap-
mel had torn it's way through his
helmet and, once inside, had spun
around and around without so much
as scratching his skin or cutting his
hair. But it had given him a bit of
a start and he wanted rest. Yet
all along the route, emerging from
scores Of little hidden dugouts,
scared Germans had come and sur
rendered to him, gathering behind
him in a detected caravan like the
children of Hamelin behind the Pied
Piper.
BY the time he was back on the
crest of Hill 272 they numbered 81,
and there German rushed forward,
impressive with the important It'd
ings that deep in the deepest dug
out of them all, the lieutenant col
onel commanding the regiment that
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1918-12-12
HOW AMERICANS FOUGHT.
Stars and Stripes Tells How Amerl
cans Made History in ArgOnne
and Routed the Germans.

Mrs. Jack Gelatt, OF Leon, has re;
ceived a copy of the Stars and
Stripes, published in France, dated
Oct. 25th, which contains the follow
ing graphic account of how the
Americans fought at Argonne, her
husband Serg. Jack .Gelatt, OF co.
D, 25th Engineers, having been IN
this famous scrimmage, and Jack
will have some story to tell when
he comes back to Leon one of these
When the American conquest Of
Argonne recedes into history it Will
take form as logged, inch by inch,
foot by foot fight for a desolate and
difficult land. And as the success
above the all blanketing October
fog that hides the valleys, SO meny
ory will hold fast to certain hilltops
that will rise sharp and clear above
the msts of time.
These are certain crests, fiercely
fought for, tiercely defended, fierce
~ won. Each is worthy of black
just as conquered planes are mark
ed after the victorious flyers names
in the table of our aviatOrs.
hills are aided on their way to fame
by some vivid, picturesque name
Dead Mans Hill, Montsec, Vimy
Ridge, such phrases catch the popu'
lar eye and linger in the memory
But it is not so with the nameless
crests of Argonne.
Richene Hill, there is, to be sure
and most valiantly was it stormed
and won on the east bank of the
Meuse. And then, of course, there
is high Montfaucon itself. But, fol
the most part, the Argonne hills are
known each by the contour figure
which marks it's height.
Numbers to he Remembered.
Yet, the engineers can tell a stir
ring tale of how they took Hill 269
while those who fought for HUI w
and Hill 2SS and lived to tell the
tale will never forget those mum.
are but three out of many.
1t was on October 9 that Hill 272
was taken-a great day in the his
tory of a great division which, IN
that week, moved stubbornly forward
for six kilometers over country Sc
bitter and SO holly defended that 1t
made all it's earlier battlefields seem
like fair Fairgrounds, all its earlier
advances seem r like Joyous ;ts r9mps w BY
taken by the famous first battalion
of the old 18th Infantry which SO
distinguished itself under Scissors
It would be almost true to say
that Hill 272 was taken by one
lieutenant. a young lieutenant OF
term in the line. This was Lieut..
August F. Behrndt, who was born
in Berlin back in the early '9O's,
but who was completely and hotly
an American when the war came
and found him practicing law in
Kansas City.
Finally Gets a Company.
When his division pitched in near
scissors, and again at St. Mihiel, he
fumed a good deal because he was
always assigned to the humdrum
duties of supply and transportation.
He champed at the bit with his de-
sire to lead a platoon. and finally, in
Argonne, his chance came, He was
leading company of his regiment
on the morning of October when
the first battalion stole forward out
of the words and. under cover of a
dense, clinggins fog approached the
foot of Hill 272.