El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-24

Germans or their parents were Ger
man" first sgt sam Dreben told sew
eraI thousand people who gathered in
I Cleveland square to hear him Satur- .
day night.
The occasion was the last OF a !
J series Of talks and band concerts that
. were given at the square in the in
/ terest Of the war saving stamp cam I
3 palgu, for the purpose of raising ]
/ SL6O6020 r. Emmett Hines. chair /
I man Of the shock troops of the war
/ stamps workers. who has been in ]
Z charge Of the meetings held at the T.
square, introduced sgt Dreben and /
has been done.
Money Is Demanded.
Mr. Hines said the committee I
thanked the people Of this city for I
their attendance and attention at the I
/ lectures each night He said- There /
/ is sufficiency of man power I'm the I
United States TO win the war. but we I
have been in this war for over 14I
months and a large number of people J.
{ do not seem to realize it, He said /
money was needed. and needed badly ]
{ by the government for the coutinu-
ance Of tho war, and the government Z
was not asking the people To give
I the money but to lend IL at a good I
rate Of interest
Keep Dreben Talking.
There was a large number OF SOL 4
Z diers in the crowd and Sgt Drebeu's /
remarks were particularly acceptable /
I 20 these men After he had talked J
about 90 minutes and would have
stopped, cries OF go on. sam. you're ]
all right" sam. were for YOU. 20 .
ahead were heard from all parts Of /
the audience The audience warmed I
up vislbly 10 the serEeanrs remarks !
and applauLed him Justify. He talked ]
for more than an hour.
At the close OF the talk some one in /
the crowd called for all who intended :
70 buy thrift stamps Monday to stand I
up Everyone stood up Immediately /
and cheered for the sergeant, who. I
returning 10 the stand. said: Don't ]
cheer me, but buy thrift stamps.
money counts. cheers don't
Give TIL You're Down.
sgt. Dreben did not talk much I
about the atrocities of the Germans ]
as many lecturers have done. but told 4
why they should loan the money. He ]
said the people Of this city should be
ashamed Of themselves 20 compel the d
government 20 ask them 10 lend ]
money He expressed the opinion
that everyone should be glad to do
what they could. This is not a time
20 give Till it hurts. but it is a time
"a give until YOU are down and out.
on giving he said.
1T is not right TO call the kaiser
and his Germans dogs. They are not
as good as dogs; they are not as good
as beasts; horses and cows and chick
ems we love, but no one loves the Ger
mans or the kaiser"
Proud to Be n Soldier.
Inc sergeant said that he had Just
come from the funeral OF his little
daughter his only child. who had just
died, and while his heart was break
ing, his spirit was uudaunted and he
was proud 10 be a soldier and proud
70 be able 20 fight for his countr-.
He said ne had served in the Ameri-
can army before and had seen service
TIA the Philippine Islands in China
and In Cuba. and though not a native
born American he was a thorough
American There is but one kind oil
Americaus-either YOU are an Amer-I
lean or you are not There is no room
Tor nythlng else,' the sergeant eX~
planned
No Donation, Best Investment.
regret that / was born in Rus
sia, but ] thank God 7 am now an
american citizen ] thank God T am an
american soldier. proud 20 be here in
the interest OF the war savings
stamps, the greatest investment that
a man mas ever had the opportunity
or making We are not going 90 ask
you TO give anything; we are asking
you 90 make an Investment at an ey-
celent rate Of interest.
SAYS People should Be ashamed. G
1T is a shame that 7 have cot 10 (
get up here and ask you people Of FL i
Faso 90 buy war savings stamps. You c
ought TO be ashamed Of yourselves. / a
DO you know that there are thou B
sands Of III Paso boys tonight that 6
have. given all 20 be at the fr1nt2 Yet f
people here have TO be pleaded with 2
10 invest in the best security in the I
world.
-'El Paso has lot To be proud Of
mere are % officers commissioned y
out or one company OF ID Paso national z
guard. That may not mean much TO :
you, but it's great thing for this ,
city thing this city should be ,
proud Of Ask any soldier what he !
thinks OF one company OF infantry :
that viii supply Is commissioned Of q
Iicers 10 the army. when the FL Paso o.
and Texas boys get over TO France (
and into the batrle front they viii !
make Just as good a showing as any
llonal guaresnen- They know how
fight
Look Out for Pro Germans.
Look out for the pro-German in Z
your own uelghborhoOd. your next
door neighbor. Whenever a man or
woman comes 20 your house and SAYS
they are Americans but think thfsi
country should not be in this war
they are pr0-Germaus. they are rats. .
they are worse than rattIesuakes. they I
are Germans, and when I say anyone v
IS German I am sying the worst Z
-ulus 4 can say whenever you hear %
some person say that they heard p
there had been two American regi-
ments annihilatedi they are pro-Ger- s.
man and damned liars. Whenever v
you see a man walk into a brokers' s.
office and look at the tape and smile p
when he reads that several ships have i
been sunk, he is prO-German. and E
while / do not believe in mob rule %
believe his kind would look pretty n
swinging from telegraph pole. s.
American Worth 10 Germans. S
You hear some people say Ger
mans are the greatest fighters in the
world That is not so. They have O.
Teen preparing for this war for 30 r
years and Uncle sam viii accomplish r.
more IN three years than they have Il
accomplished I'm the 40 years. Just II
wait until the Germans meet uD with y
.hese TeLaus-they viii find out that e.
enc real American is worth more VI
han IS Germans when 10 comes TO
lighting We've got the brains. we've 81
got the men. and you have g0t the
money. now come through. "
Il was in the offices OF the First Ma
1Onal bank this afternoon and heard l
iIr. Hines talking with a man about
Juying thrift stamps. The man is I
well known here and has an income 4
~ about $1,000 a month. He told AR.
Hines that he could only afford so
'ents worth Of stamps a week. Mr..
Hines talked 20 him about % min
ties and then the man agreed 10 buy
$50 worth of stamps After he had
signed his card he sWeiled an up and e
said, 7 have proven I am an Ameri- a
AN I have done my duty 1t made q
ne pretty sore, but I was not in my g