El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-06-17
SAYS STRIKERS
ARE TRAITORS
Knickerbocker Says Shoot
Them; Military Command
ers Church Speakers.


d5ns. such as raiIroaders. munitions
workers and the like who threaten to
strike at times like these are traitors.
/ and when the government OF the
] United States wants them to lrbri-
/ trats their difficulties and they re-
fuse and say strike. I am I'm favor
OF lining them along a wall and
I shooting them" Rev. Percy r. Enick-
/ erbocker told the huge audience at
the Trinity Methodist church Sunday
night
This is not the time TO talk strike,
or talk anything else except work
that is necessary for the winning OF
this war What If the men over in
the vermin ridden trenches Of France. +
who are offering their lives for $50
a month. should want TO stop fiEnt-
ing az the end Of the eight hours.
They would be lined UP and shot.
Rev. lfr. EnicSerbocker said.
lirz. CorrinEton Reads Roll
These remarks marked the close or
The dedication ceremony Tor the
church service flag. which contains
1T4 stars representing that number
Of young men who are now iu the
army. Mrs T. N- C0rriuErou. who i
lf- kuiczerbocker called "thc little I
names Of the men. many or whom d
are now serving I'm France with the .
American expeditiOnary forces
The main auditorium was packed .
and in the Sunday school room sew
era1 hundred more persons were
crowded. The Seventh cavalry band, .
under the leadership Of r. III. Hirsch-
berger furnished music.
Band Plays Medley
Special music was furnl cd nT @ /
Quartet composed or Mrs w ID
Howe Mrs r. c. Nall. g.. o.. Ballard +
and i. T.. CoEEeshall. who sang Tent
in- Tonight" as the opening souE- al
collection was taken and the band
PLAYED medley Of popular airs as an
ofrertcry The airs were How Can
Bird" "The Old Oaken Bucket.
sweet Alice Ben Bolt" "Oid Black
Joe" when You and were Young
Maggie Tramp. Tramp, Tramp.
Rocked in the Cradle ot the Deep.
Maryland My Maryland, after the
Battle Mother when Sammy Comes
Marching Home and "Auld Lang
Syne."
Brig. Gen. Robert I. Howe. COM
handing the III Paso military dis
trict was on the rosrrum. as was also
Irs. Howe and Col s. ]. r. romp-
klus. commanding the Seventh cav
airy
Following the offering the service
flag was uudraped By Misses Ernest
Inc Lurry. Lila Thomas. Jean StricN-
land and Mabel shea
HOWE speaks on sacrifice.
Gen Howe said he had never
spoken in church before, and iQr
that reason he felt that he should
have the attention Of everyone IN the
room He said
II take for the subject OF my adj
dress the paragraph in The Bi1la
where Abraham and Isaac are on the
mountain together and God ASKED
Abraham for the supreme sacrifice
his son. This was the supreme otier-
Ing Abraham could make. and this
service flag here represents the SUI
nrCme sacrifice that many mothers
and fathers Of this city have made
Hun shnn't Cruelty World
1.-The service has represents l-e
highest ideal the people % Americ1 4
can rise to; DO represents the SUI
nreme sacrifices OF the mothers
heard a woman say the other day inaL
she could think OF no greater agony
ce7t the agony she would reel u PC
did not want o. go. and ] thank =
God here tonight that the BOYS OF
America are going and they an want
20 co. great numbers OF them are go
Ing over the seas. and through tnese
boys the American people are Eoin-
90 teach the dammahle Hun he can
cruelty the people Of the world on
the iron cross Of Germany
Service flags eGualiZe all ranks,
and the star Of a private is as bright
as the star OF general The gem
eral concluded his remarks by recit-
-nE the Battle Hymn OF the Eepuo-
.ic,' saying 90 eNemplitled america
part en- this great war
Wrs Howe n Speaker.
Rev. Nr. Enickerbocker then intro
Iuced Mrs Robert T. Howe. whom
he called a general greater than Gen
Howe Mrs. Howe made an interest
.nr talk ON che Red C-Oss Work. she
said. ~The general has told you about
Abraham and Isaac am sure l-
sarah had been there she would nave
been a little slower gathering those
stones and she would Ave seen the
amb quicker than Abraham alu-
Tompkins Speaks for soldiers
Col Tompkins said he had never
.afIref fn church before and o. was
an entirely new experience for hlHl
He said his language was not l-e
kind generally used in church.
'I appreciate the honor OF being in-
vited to this dedication ceremony ana
[ have enjoyed it immensely ] think
The enlisted man Of the army is an
right I have been with them Ee'-
many years and have learned tnal
the private soldier is pretty Eoo4
feITogr TO tie 70 in time Of trouble. ]
am glad to know the people ~ TINS
country are seeing that an enllsle4
man in the army is not an outcas- Pc
cause he wears the uniform or ms
government I feel very keen on TINS
subject and am glad 20 see tne peo
~ wake 10 the fact that an enlisted
man I'm the army is human.
want No German Peace
Rev Mr. Kuickerbocker took as ms
text Greater Love Than This halh
81 Man Than That He Lay Down his
4 10 T-o- a Friend" After reviewing
humber Of the atrocities Of the GER
man. that have come TO his knoWl-
ef-e Rev. Mr. kuickerhocker saia-
ave want no German peace; we want
a peace made by John j. FersAlH- ~
Tr,oz-ov- Wilson. we want reace
on righteousness, and we
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