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The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
FIR ST AND LAST
CHURCH SHELLED

aged. Several shells penetrated into
the interior, causing a great deal Of
damage.
Hardly had the damage Of 1915 been
repaired when q new cloud arose on
the horizon and threatened Mezieres
in 1870. New invasion, new fears and
new ruins for our town on the from
tier.
The 31st Of December, 1870, and 1st
Of January, 1871-German Christmas
bOx-the enemy again shelled Me
zieres. The church was principally
aimed at and was once more the vic
tim of the shells, which spoiled the
steeple, burst the vaults, broke the
sculptures and stalned-glass windows
During nearly fOrty-seyen years
these ruins had Scen repaired. The
church of Mezleres had passed the
greater part of this great war without
damage, but in 1917 and 1918 the Ger
mans took away tho FIVE beautiful
bells, the most tuneful and the loud
est in the country, and what is worse
broke the organ in order to get down
the bells. But the church itself re-
mained unlnjured. 1t would have been
too much luck for our church, the des-
tiny of which seemed united to all our
national woes. On November 10, less
than twenty-fOur hours before the ar
mlstlce, the fury Of the retreatlng en-
emy poured out in the vile lombard
ment of Mezleres, which lasted TWEEN.
ty hours. Among other buildings the
Church of Our Lady was struck. All
the stained-glass windows were elthei
totally or partly broken, and what is
more important, the flambOyant null
lions of many windows were broken
The church was struck by many
bombs, some Of which hit the lantern
of the steeple, the tower of the signal
man. Some struck the top, some the
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
GUARANTY PASSED BY HOUSE
House Approves Measure To Hold
Wheat At $2.26-NoW Goes To
the Senate.

Washington,-The wheat guarantee
bill, authorizing the president to use
existing agencies or create new ones
to buy wheat Of the 1918 and 1919
crops at the government guaranteed
price of $2.26 per bushel, and dispose
of it at market prices, was passed by
the House by vote of PIT to Is.
The measure, which carries an ap-
preparation of a billion dollars, was
passed with only two important amend
ments, one changing the date when the
act shall cease to be effective from
Oct. 10, 1920, to June l, 1920, and the
other giving the president greater au.
thority in restricting importations of
wheat to protect the government from
undue loss.
The president is given blanket au'
thority to provide all machinery for
handling the wheat from the time it is
purchased from the farmers until sold
to the consumer, with control over
millers, wholesalers, jobbers and ba
kers, importers, manufacturers and ex
changes. Favorable action by the sen
ate is virtually assured.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
Mezleres Victim Of Hun FeroCity
Even Up to Signing Of
ArmiStiCe.
BELLS ARE CARRIED away
After Suffering in 1921 Its First At
tack Sacred Edifice Got eermans'
Parthian shot-Full Of His
toric Interest.
BY M. Liable A. PoULIN.
In the New York Herald.)

MeZieres, Ardennes, France.-It is a
fact known to everyone that the Ger
mans, after having desperately begged
for the armistlce, shelled the town Of
Mezieres, even up to the exact mo-
ment Of the beginning of the armlstice,
cOwardly and without any military
reason whatever. They aimed espe-
cially at the monuments, which were
well known to them, as they had oc-
cupled the city for four years.
Among the latter the church is es-
peclally to be mentioned. It Is a fine
Gothic flambOyant structure with Ave
naves, the largest and perhaps the
most beautiful Of the country. This
church has had, among other prlncely
visitors, the honor sf celebrating the
marriage ceremony Of Charles TX and
Elisabeth Of Austria (1570). We make
bold to assert that 1t was "the last
of the churches shelled." A fact less
known, although not less interesting,
is that 1t was also "the first Of the
churches to be shelled."
Begun in 1499, 1t was % years old
when in 1921 the imperIals besleged
Mezieres, defended by Bayard, the
knight without fear or reproach. His
tOrians relate that shells were en-
ployed for the first time during this
siege. The enemy shelled the town
for exactly a month, from August 81
until September q, and one part was
entirely destroyed. The monuments
as we'll as the church were struck by
the projectiles, as is proved by the
archives of the epoch, kept in the de
positOry of the department of Me
zieres. Several large holes had to be
mended In the roof Of the churcf
steeple as 'the glass frame of tht
round of the steeple which had beer
broken during the SIEGE"
Many Times Rombarded.
One can notice that the lombard
ments of this epoch, even compared II
those that the history of after time
was to note, were nOt-as certain
people might beieve-"games Of chill
dren.' The churcb Of MezIeres was
however, to undergo more terrible
ones on three different occasions.
Completed with difficulty in 1926
that is to say, a hundred and twenty
seven years after the laying Of tn
foundation stone, it was soon to hay
lived the golden age Of its life. I
say nothing of the fire which brol
out in it's steeple (16S2), neither Of tn
acts of vandalism of the reyolutlonist'
let us speak only of the bombardment
; which it suffered.
The Prussians shelled 1t In 1915. A
Inscription on the wall reminds tn
reader that it was nearly ruined.
: lost its beautiful staine6glass vii
: dows of the sixteenth century and tn
exterior pinnacles were seriously dan
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

of ships goods, the marshal told a
New York Sun reporter, amounted to
$70O00,000, but this included goods
seized under the blockade, which must
be held pending the conclusion OF
peace. 1t was not possible to say what
the amount of the prize fund would be.
There was plenty of work for the prize
court.
$50 Ships Seized During War.
1.-THE president OOrd Philllmore)
has sat every day since he was ap-
pointed, and there would appear to be
quite another years work before the
court" said the marshal. Including
vessels seized In port upon the out
break of war, which numbered over
100, about $50 ships, have gone, Into
my custody in the United Kingdom.
Hundreds Of thousands Of tons pf
goods Of all descriptions copper,
aluminium, metals, wool, cotton, lard,
oils and fats, coffee, cocoa, dried fruits,
wheat, barley, hides, leather, tobacco,
nitrates, zinc concentrates, diamonds,
pearls, human hair false teeth aad
many other things-all are among the
prize captures"
Abiding to the quantities Of bonds
and securities captured, he said the
interception of these securities proved
powerful lever in British hands,
causing serious interruption of German
trade and damage to German credit.
Amusing Incident.
San amusing incident" said the
marshal, happened in the earliest
days of the war, when upon a large
enemy vessel, brought in by the navy.
some alllgatOrs were found. The Off
Ger of customs at the outpOrt In ad-
vlsing me Of the seizure appeared to
be very nervous of their presence.
Some he thought were dead, because
their eyes were shut, and some were
too much alive.
"The geological society not being
anxious to have them they were sold
to a buyer who subsequently toured
the provinces, exhibiting them as
prize alllgators.
Eighteen months later the owner
appeared in the prize proceedings and
obtained a release of the proceeds of
sale only. He appeared astonished to
find that they had been Sold / don't
know" said the marshal, "hOw ha
expected me to feed and look after the
animals for eighteen months. heard
, that he expressed himself very fQrelRlS
to the innocent purchaser =
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
BRITISH TARS TO
DIVIDE MILLIONS

London.-When w. w. Jacobs wrote
"Many Cargoes" he had no notion his
idea was 10 be plaglarlzed, and pl0-
giarized by a great naval war at that.
But wars-like women-have strange
ways. And not the least strange Of
them is the working of the department
Of the British marshal Of the ad-
mlralty and prize court.
In time of history it was the duty
Of this hlghfaluting dignitary TO ar
range for and attend the execution or
prisoners sentenced to death for MUIR
der on the high seas. And it is on
record that the marshal Of the olden
time attended the execution of Ad-
mlral Byng-a British commander,
who was shot on his own quarterback,
as a penalty for losing battle. Times
have changed. The modern marshal Is
only a milk and water edition of his
sterner prototype. He is the watch
man, stevedOre, caretaker and guar
dian angel in chief Of all German
shipping that has fallen into allied
hands during the war, and incidentally,
Of the British naval prize fund, of
which thousands Of British jack tars
and their officers are now awaiting
their share.
The "Many Cargoes" to be divided
vary from a priceless emerald to q tin
kettle. The gross proceeds of the sale
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
Put Total War Cost
at 45O Billions

London.-The direct cost Of
the war is estimated at $780,
000,0O0,OOO in a special article
in the Daily Telegraph. The
author estimates the Indirect
cost OF diminished trade and
financial disturbance at $25O,-
0OO,0OO,0O0.
"Vast sums" he says, "haye
been used for sheer destruction,
and vast public debts have been
incurred for which there Is
no corresponding property.
Throughout two-thlrds OF the
world the work Of useful pro-
duction has been suspended dur
ing four years and its place has
been taken for the slaughter OF
human lives and annihilation OF
accumulated wealth.
"But there is a moral aspect
to be taken into account. we
may at least hope that we have
put an end forever to the dam
ger Of Prusslan militarism. Il
out of the ruins Of the last four
years there arises a new, bright
er and happier world, then the
billions that have been spent
will not all have been spent In
vain"
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

vault, some the interior Of the cOun-
terforts.
Thanks to the armistlce, which came
Just In time to prevent the enemy
from destroying Mezleres totally, the
damage, though considerable, Is not,
beyond repair. But 1t is certain, too,
that this bombardment is another
proof Of the inslncerlty and the saw
agery ofsour enemies, and-a fact
worth notlcing--that our church, the.
first church to be shelled in history,
was also the last.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
ELEcTRocUTED IN PEN.
Men Hold Up Members of Building
Association In Kentucky

Eddyville, Ky.--Jim Lawler and Pat
Kear2ey, who held up an assem-
bly, Of members of a building asSccia'
ton in Covington, KY, on the 'ight
of March 5, 1918, and shot and killed
two men, were electrocuted in the
state penitentiary here. During the
holdup a third member of the band
was killed, and Chief Of Police Theo-
dore Kluemper was wounded. Lawler
and Kearney escaped with about ST.
600 in currency and were later cap
ture in Cincinnati.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

The best results in the cellar win
tering Of bees have been obtained In
cellars of houses which are heated by
furnaces.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

Clover is rich in materials that form
eggs and egg shells, and should there
for bea valued part Of every ration for
chickens.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

EisneRs Slayer Reported Lynched.
Munich. - Count Arco-Valley, the
young student who shot and killed
Premier Eisner, was lynched by an
angry mob.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
Einht parish In Hotel Fire.

Montreal. - Eight persons perished
when fire destroyed a small hotel at
81 Joyile. in Laurentian mountains.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
Build Of Concrete.

Concrete blocks, or hollow tile, make
ideal building material for poultry
and hog houses, stables and the farm
garage.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
cnntrnl TO Smut.

The tremendous toll which smut
takes annually of the grain crops has
prompted more vigorous measures for
stopping the losses.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
'REAcH PARIS FROM VIENNA, TO
CONFER WITH OFFICIALS CON.
cERNING FOOD SITUATION.
BAVARIAN PREMIER KILLED
Kurt Esner Shot and Killed by Lieut..
Count Arco Valley, Says a Mu-
Mich Dispatch-count
Wounded BY Guard.

Parls.-A German-Austrian delega-
tioR arrived here from Vienna to con-
fer with British, French and American
officials concerned with economic,
food and financial questions, The
Austrian delegates are DR.. Richard
~Schuller, of the foreign office, and
DR. Victor Brauneis and DR.. Hans Won
Simon, of the treasury department.
DR.. Brauneis said misery and famine
were threatened unless the food sit.
uation was relieved soon.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
optinistie Thought.

There is no one that does not once
in his llfe do II silly act.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28
Hooo Are Economical.

i, Hogs are the most economical AMI
mal to ralse for meat OH the farm.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

London-Kurt Eisner, the premier
Of Bavaria, was shot and killed. The
premier was killed, according to Mu-
mich dispatch received in Amsterdam,
by Lieut.. Count Arco Valley. The
count was wounded severely by
guard.
Kurt Eisner, who seized the reins
of government in Bavaria after the de.
position Of the royal family early in
November, was a socialist Of the more
radical type, and recent reports from
Munich have been that he was head
ing spartacan movement against the
moderate and conservative factions in
Bavaria.
The Arco Valley family has been
prominent in Bavaria and Germany
for years, a count of that name haV'
ing died at Rio Janeiro in 1909, while
German minister to Brazil.
Eisner, a Jew, was born in Galicia,
and at one time was editorin'chief OF
the Vorwaerts of Berlin.
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

London.-A German wireless mes
sage received here quotes Philip
'Scheidemann, German chancellor, as
saying that Herr Rosshaupter Bavari-
an minister of war, has been killed
The Southern herald., 1919-02-28

Munich.-Herr Auer, Bavarian min
lister of war, has been shot. The shoot
ing took place during session of the
Landtag, while Auer was alluding to
the assassination of Kurt Eisner, the
Bavarian premier.
Auer fell wounded in the left side
and Deputy Osel was killed and two
other officials were seriously wound
ed. The shots were fired from the
public gallery and caused panic
among the deputies. The diet building
is being guarded by the military.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-30
HENRY WA[THALL IN
 'LONC LANE s TURNING

For the average drunkard to re- form with saloon on every corner is about as easy as to hoist ones self out of hell by ones bootstraps'
 This is a statement made in Hallie Erminie Rives' book. ''The Long Lanes Turning" which has been dramatized for Henry B. Walthail by thte National Film corporation and released through Exhibitors Mutual.
 The question of the saloon or pro- hibition is one that is dominant at the present time The country will soon see if the claims of prohibition are justified, but in the meantime the assertion at the head of this column will find many adherents.
 The question is treated in "The Long Lanes Turning" in highly dramatic and original way. How one victim reformed is shown with the high lights of love, honor, blacllnail and murder thrown on the screen in play that will undoubtedly create a lot of discussion.
 In this the last production of Henry | B. Walthall, 'The Long Lanes Turn | ing" three Of the original members of the cast of ''The Birth of a Ma tion" are again working together.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-30
HAYKAWA PLAYS ROLE
 0F tAVENGER IN FILM

Sessue Hayakawa Japanese star of the screen, has a great dramatic op- portunity in his new production, His Birthright,' a play based on the de- sire for revenge of a Japanese youth whose father is an American naval officer, produced by the Haworth Pictures Corporation for Mutual.
 The play is splendidly staged and photographed. Included in the cast are Marin Sais, Howard Davies. Mary Anderson, Tsuru AoH. Sydney de Grey, Harry von Meter, Mayme Kelso.
 A Japanese fishing village, with the native fishermen hauling out their nets. with cute little Jap babies in the streets, a big Pacific liner blow ing it's way to western shores and old Fugiama, tthe sacred mountain of Japan. with it's snow- capped peak flashing in the sun, are some of the photographic items that stand out prominently in this popular picture which will be shown at the Colum bia theater on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week.
 Sessue Hayakawa is very popular with most motion picture theateI soers and this picture tends to in- crease his following It is truly His
Arizona republican., 1919-03-30
Weeks Happenings
 At Local Theaters

BlA-This afternoon, tomor- row afternoon and night, Henry B. WaIthaI in "The Long Lanes Turn ing" together with the Sunshine comedy, Divers Last Kiss" and Bud Fishers Mutt and Jeff entitled ITO the Rescue.' Tuesday and Wednes- cay a combined vaudeville photoplay program. Thursday, Friday and Sat urday Sessue HaYakawa in His Birthright" together with a Strand comedy and Hearst's News.
 ELKs-Tonght the Del S. Law renee Company in Ut Pays to Do RishtS Monday and all the week, with natinees Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, the great comedy drama "Pierre of the Plains"
 AMERlCAN-Tonight at 7 and at o'clock the comedy in musical setting twice Brightly next week with mat Her sGloVes;" Monday night and jnees "Wednesday, Saturday and Sun day, the tabloid musical comedy. "A Good Fellow" with Blue Ribbon fea- ture pbotoplay.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-30
COURAGE THAT COUNTS
(From New York Times)

(From New York Times)
 "The only things which matter in war;" John Masefield says, "are cour- age and the love of your comrades" :" They win battles, they save beleagured battalions. Courage in emergen- cies is heroism, and for extraordinary heroism, the distinguished service cross is awarded by our government. A humble recipient of it, as announced in an order by General Pershing, is Abraham Krotshinsky of S11 Ritter Place, the Bronx, a private in company K, 307th Infantry. He was barber in a Park Row shop when drafted He was one of the two men who carried the news of the famous Lost Bat talion" to the commander of the Amer ican forces after it had been surround ed in the Argonne Forest. communi- cation with the rear cut off. He volun- teered for a service which seemed cer- tain death, for other men had fallen wounded, or had been killed, or were
Arizona republican., 1919-03-30

accounted missing in attempting the duty which the youngster from New York sprang to perform with no jl lusions about it's perils.
 The Argonne Forest was full of Bloody Angels" The organization to which Krotoshinski belonged had de- cided to die rather than surrender Runner after runner had been shot ou, they were all Volunteers-to get through the enenly's lines and bring relief. Every man was target as soon as he went lover the top" It was the valor of cold blood that made him run the risk. He would probably be the victim of a sniper if a shell did not do the work
 Death by an ordinary wound is bad enough, but it has no such terrors as extinction by shell, the shattering of the human frame into indistinguish- able pieces, which accounts for so many of the missing" No man had got through, the beleagured battalion knew this, for there was no cheering of re- lieving troops, no signal of aid com ing. Then the call for a volunteer was made again. Krotoshinsky spoke first, stepped up to the ordeal, went over in full view of the enemy, and was off
 General Pershings citation says that patrols and runners had been re- peatedly shot down." There seemed
Arizona republican., 1919-03-30
VAUDEVILLE AT COLUMBIA

The incoming vaudeville program to be shown at the Columbia Tuesday and Wednesday, is headed by Beeson and Harris in a clever skit, "The Raw Recruit" providing twelve minutes of frolic and fun, followed by Gird and Kema in a comedy singing, talking and dancing act of unique and very unusual execution. George Evers pro vides twelve minutes of rip-roaring fun in his Imaginable latest skit in
 what he styles himself, 'Dr. Laugh
 oligist" in "A Classic in Jazz," while
 tthe vaudeville program is closed with
 Equillo and Maybelle, novelty equilli- l brists, popularly known to the cir 1 GUS world as extraordinary wire artists.
 In addition to this excellent vaude-
 vile program a big photo play pro-
 gram is added, among which is the 1 Chester Outing pictures. which will 1 be the last of this series.
Arizona republican., 1919-03-30
uSic, Movies and t1e Drama the 7eaters o Phoenix

little hope, a ghost of a chance, for the private from the Bronx.
 What a sight it must have been, the race against death, At Port Hudson the Confederates cheered the Massa- chusetts hero, Col. William Francis Bartlett. jumping the tree roots of their. abatis on a white horse, as he led his men to the charge far in ad- vance Of them-he went down at last, once more grievously wounded. One acannot imagine the Germans cheering the private from the Bronx as he faced the hell of their fire, now stumbling, now up again, always going forward undaunted to save the battalion, but if ever a fighting man deserved to be cheered sby a generous enemy it was this courier who was captain of his soul and dared all for love of his com rades.
 Colonel Roosevelt extolled two of his Rough Riders, one of whom survived
 for making q run through the fire of ' the Spaniards in Cuba, but what a sprinkling of bullets it was compared
 with the inferno of crater making shells and machine gun volleys in the
 great war.
 Ine pFlN3le rom the BTOnX IS now
 numbered among the bravest of the brave. "Guess what my best staff of ficer was before the war" said a British general to John Masefield, whe The generals "bravest' staff officer
 had been a "barbers assistant" ano the generals second best staff of | ficer had been a "mill<man's assist ant" carrying cans on the early route The generals "ravest" staff officer
 used to sell ribbons over a counter | before the war. So you never know what your neighbor off for the war i: | going to do. And about the stocl 1 and names of the heroes to be vol i can never tell, especially when fifty l natkonalities leap from the melting l pot at the call of arms. If the grea war has proved anything. it is tha
 men of all races and from all cline!