El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-03-16
D. NJ. MEM To
GIVE 4 SHOW
Plan Big Vaudeville Event
at Texas Grand; Hold
Wrestling Bouts.

Saturday evening. March %, a
troup OF some 90 performers, made ur
largely OF enlisted men from the
305th Q. n NJ r. S. unit, will stage
a delightfully."- original program OF
vaudeville features at the Texas
Grand theater. One OF the brilliant
items OF the performance viii be the
featuring OF a Russian ballet, COM
posed entirely OF local talent and pre-
scented under the direction OF Pvt.
Charles Czarnezki. OF the 505th-
Many viii remember a similar feature
OF last falls festival, which Car
nezki carried out with success.
Sergt- Jules Verne Allen, Of com
pany A. IS to be one OF the partici-
pants, and viii render q one-act mu-
steal comedy. Another feature viii
be the presentation by q 12-piece or
chestra. under the direction Of Sergt
S. Wall, OF company b, Of several
original songs and instrumental Sc
lections. the words and music OF
which were written and composed by
Sergt Claude Johnson. OF company
G. One OF these q song enuLleQ
Beautiful Land Of Dreams" which
has recently been published, viii that
night be given It's premier prQduc-
ton in FL Paso. Another selection
By Sergt Johnson IS an instrumental
which was inspired by the Galveston
flood OF 1915, in which Sergt. John
son was himself marooned- He was
for six years a member Of the Sew
enth infantry and one OF Gen E 5--
stOn's famous expedition 10 vera
Cruz in 1914. Pvt Beavers, OF COM
pany c. and Pvts. Farley, Bath and
Forsner, OF company a. are among the
leaders OF the enterprise.
The entire performance viii be
given for the benefit OF the 305th's
newly organized band. 20 members OF
which have been secured. ana at least
20 in prospect who only need the
requisite complement Of Instruments
to inauEurate their career. Couduc-
tor Wall, TO whose executive ability
and enthusiasm IS due in large mea-
sure the bands present plans. has
had IS years experience as musi-
cal leader. He organized the Pa
rific Electric band OF Los Angeles.
and was for some time a clarinet and
sa~onhoue soIolst OF the first field
artillery band. was for several sea
sons a fea ture OF the Considine cir
cult. and for two years was one OF
the attractions on the white city
musical program, Chicago.
The 305th program VIII include
eight acts
Wresderz Crowd SD Han.
A triple wrestling card that kept
q big crowd on edge for an hour OF
lively contention was the attraction
at the sgd field artillery recreation
hall wednesday evening
The events in order were.
BuEler Jones, weighing in az 1A2
pounds. carried battery D colors In
a well matched struggle with Pvt.
Cook (WeiEht 1856 pounds. OF the
headquarters company. Although the
former annexed a single fall after a
few minutes tryout he was unable
70 durlicste the feat. and the bout
was declared a draw
Pvt Anderson. OF company p. lf5
pounds. next measured his muscle
with Pvt Fairbanks. OF the headuuar-
ters battery. and the latter. weighing
in at 40 pounds. secured a first fan
with a hammerlock IN four and half
minutes. but following that found
his anita gonist too slippery Tor FUR
Their uunishn- ent. although the fl-ht
went on for q full 90 minutes 20 the
final draw.
The big event or the evening. how
ever. was the prettiest kind OF q
battle between wagner ZleEler, u
the supply company weight l3S
rounds. and Pvt Hickman. OF bat
terry D fweiEht $50 pounds. The
latter overcame his lighter weight
antagonist with p combination body
scissors and hammerlocE for his first
fan in nine minutes. and followed &c
I'd with a second and deciding one in
another body scissors clinch. The
usual big crowd was in attendance.