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La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-06-15

mes, desconcertados por cl ataQue ines
perado. heridos por el cstallar de las
granadas, entire las nubes &c polvo
que elias levantaban, quisieron hulr
de aquel sitio al a MERGED del enc,
miSo, pero ahi estaba Marcelino para
impeQirsclo.
FL Soldado mexicano les ordeno sa-
lir, V veinticuatro soldados-dos Off
ciales entire ellcs-salieron &c la trim.
chera. sin armas Y con la cabeza baja
y Sc constituycron prisioneros suyos,
Dieciseis prusianos no salieron del
fondo de la trinchera cuando Marco,
limo Serna 10 ordeno.... no porque
SC negaran a obedecerlo, sino porque
habian sido muertoS en- el estallar de
las granadas.
Djeciseis muertos Y veiticuatro pri-
sioneros, fueron Ia labor de aquel dia,
del soldado Marcelino Serna, quien
condujc a sus pr%isioneroS a milla y
media detras de la Inca dc fuego y
los encerro tras una empal;zada.
Alguros dias dcspues, Marcelino
Serna Sc reunio con su division can
sado de luchar mucho y de no hacer
NADIA notable en- ST. Mihiel.
En- cl boSque dc Irgone.
Zero no es esta Ia unica hazaha
digna del relate. entire las que llerara
a cabo Marcelino Serna.
En- el avance Meusse-Argone, Ser
na fue enviado como cxplorador. a
frentc de un reducido numero de nom
bres, V antes de rccorrer trescientas
yardas hacia el frente de las
I%Ilineas. pudo localizar una aEetralla,
dora alcmara. Regreso a Gar mott
Ioia del hecho al teniente jefe del cuer
Ipo. quien rcgreso con el. Localizads
de nucvo la pieza enemiga, Sc empla-
10 en- site convenience una ametra,
lladora Y SC ordeno a Marcelino que
Ihiciera fuego con ella sobrc los ale
Imanes.
Pero ell fucgo del soldado mexicano
aparecia POGO effective, por cuanto
Que no era aquella su anna, Y dcsco-
mocha cast por complete, cl manejo de
la anetralladora.
Dssesperado &c "A inutilidad de su
Ifuego, Marcelino Serna abandono Ia
ametralladora, Y G,io al ~teniente:
-Coloque Us,cG mi casco en- el ex,
tremo de mi rifle, hagalo salir sobre
la trincAera para cue los enenigos me
%|supongan aoui, d~isparando contra
lellos. y yo, en- tarto flanqueo cl mi
do" de la anetraiiadora alemana.
-:Con que anpIas...?
Ton granadas &C mano.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1919-06-15
EUSILADO Y COLGADO
Lo fpe IN uiaiero que captura
ron los rebeldes en-
Veracruz

ORIZABA, Yer, JUNO 1l.-En el te-
rrihlc asalto que sufrio aver el tren
dc pasaieros que venia dc Alvarado, a
salto que Sc cfectuo entire las esta-
clones de Omealco Y Nuchitl,, Ia es-
Gotta RIO hizo ninguna resistencia, reti-
randoSe viohentamcnte con rumbo a
ia sierra, y los felicistas, una vez po-
sesionados del convoy, ordenaron q
los pasajeros que Sc haiarsn de los
carros, a los cue prendieror fuego.
Como algunos de los p~asajeros sc
mostraba marcaGamente carrancista
ZEN sus ideas, los revolucionarios 10
fusilaron V colgaron su cadayer, sa-
biendose POGO despues que Sc trataba
del Unfortunate ioven Roberto Me
meyer, perteneciente a acomodada
familia de VeracrrZ. Tambien murio
CT senior Carlos Vargas, que Vajaba
en- Ell wagon de primera clase.
Sc recogieron doce muertos de ia
e~scolta Y dieZ felicistas, que fueron
enterrados vi ell mismo lugar, trasla-
dandose a los heridos a esta ciudad.
por estar muchos dc ellos en- estado
de suEIa graYedad.
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Sc llama Marrelino Serna, y es me-

Sc llama Ma-celino Serna, y es me-
xicano.
Tiene Ell rostro moreno. los adcma-
mes tardos, el gesto scncilIo de IN
hombrc Sano y fuertc.
Viene de la guerra, y sobre cl anna
r;ilo dc su blusa de kaki, luce dos
ccndecoraciones: la Cruz Americana
de Servicios Distinguishes y la Cruz
Francesa de Guerra. las dos mas al,
tas condecoraciones de la epoca ac-
tual. las que conStituyen para un SOL
dado cualquiera Ell mas prec!ado de
los IGNORES.
Sin embargo 81 alguien lie pregunta
q Marcelino Serna. que hizo para me-
recer tan atlas preseas, le dira que
NADIA. absolutamente NADIA, que clio
fue IN trivial incidente.
y sonreira, sencillo. c ingenuo-a-
case ir0nico-y hsblara de otra cosa,
Mas preguntad.e a suS suporto-
res. preguntad 4 sus companeroS de
armas. ' e!los os r~elataran, lleno3 de
! entusiasmo, hazana, apenas concebl-
bic. Nevada a cabo por este meZlca,
no, en- los dias tragicos dc Ia guerra.
En- st. MihjeL
Ell iia y de Septiembrc del ano pa
sado. Sc combatia rudamente en- C!
sector De St. Mihiel.
Narcelino Serna, IN simple solda-
do. hacia un recorrido por Ct campo
dc combatc. en- servicio de patrulIa,
Is 4 la caoeza de su compania. Sc lie
habia visto combatir entertainments
V combatia como los mas braves.
Avanzo por el campo hasta liegarse
g les bordes de una trinchera alema-
ma. dentro de la cual arrojo dos gra,
nadas dc mano. Los SoldadoS tcuto-
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Las Condccordciones.

Tales fueron algunas de las haZa-
mas de MARCHING Serna, pagadas dig
namente por Francia Y por Estados
Cnidos.
En- el mes dc .Abril, Serna. que ha-
hia estado dos meses ell eli Hospital
Militar numero SO, curandose de las
heridas que recibiera en- Ia segunda
de las acciones relatadas, fu6 conde-
Dorado con la Cruz Americana, por el
nisno General Pershing.
Un mes mas tarde, en- Brest, mien-
tras esperaba embarcarse runbn a
Estados Unidos. en- el "Leviatan",
cl mismo General Foch prendio en- su
pecho, en- Il solemne ceremonial, Ia
Cruz Franccsa de Guerra.
Rumbo q Chihuahua.
| Ssrna. ACADIA de ser licenciado en- el
Campo Bowie, ell lugar de desmovilt
Zacion mas cercano a su Residential
Antes de enlistarse en- ell Ejcrcito
Americana, a raiz de la entrada a Ia
guerra, de los Estados Unidos. Serna
trabajaba en- la ciudad de Dallas. er
una casa empacadora.
Sus padres, viven en- una poblacion
de Chihuahua, V en- gu busca va Ell
hijo h%erooico. que tales honores ha To-
Igrado para su nombre.
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Cuando necesite lihros en- espahol
diriJass a Ignscio E. Lozano, lis n.
Santa Rosa. Ave, San Antonio. Tex.
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7 Sc hizo tai y como Ell soldado me-
Nicano 10 sugeri-; sc coloco el casco
en- cl fusil. Sc satj sobre ia trinchera,
V cn tanto SeIEa Sc arrastro hasta
flanuuear 4 los aiemanes de la ame-
t~ralladora. sohre .os que arrojo sus
gcanadas de n,anC.
Todos les que IA manejaban, perc-
cieron hechcs Ledazos por las grana-
das im%placables de Marcelino Serna.
Su teniente habia sido muerto, y
Serna permanecio cuidando su cada-
yer durante nueve horas, bajo el fue-
60 enemigo. hasta que los suyos lie
garon.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
Will Not Advise Destroying Dam.

E. L. Purcell, Deputy Game and
Fish Warden, was up from limo last
week on official business. His visit
was partly to do with the efforts
made by certain St. Francois county
fishermen to bring about the destruc.
ton of the Dam at Silver Mine. Mr..
Purcell intimated that there was nc
likelihood of the dam being blown out,
as the provisions for the passage Of
fish made by the owner, fully met the
requirements Of the law.
Madison county will heartily APP
prove of this attitude of the Game and
Fish Department, believing it to be
the only fair and sensible view to take
of the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Demo-
crat-News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22

build sawmill. =
Made-in-Kansas City exposition
Sept. "a to Oct. "a.
Fair Play-Polk county to get two
new Nash army trucks for road work.
Columbia Reinforced concrete
bridge to cost $500 to be built here.
La Monte-$15,000 bond issue car
ried to build high school.
Houston Texas county S225,00Q
road bond issue voted.
Governors and representatives of
state highway departments of Okla
homa, Colorado, Nebraska, Missouri,
Kansas met to plan further appropria-
tons from congress for highway con-
struction.
Charleston-Paved street program,
started two years ago, is rapidly near
ing completion. The original con-
tracts were for G6 blocks of asphaltic
concrete, and this has since been in
creased so that, by the beginning of
the winter, almost 100 blocks will have
been paved in business and residence
sections. The completed work has
cost over 100000, with about $780,
900 yet to be completed.
st. Joseph will pave Frederick
street.
st. Louis-26 bungalows and num-
erous apartments planned for west
end.
Bonneville-$70,O00 bond issue car
ried for city water, sewer and park
improvements.
Hollister-Biggest crops of grapes
and Elbelta peaches ever produced in
this region will be marketed this
year.
Columbia Methodist Church,
South, will erect buildings that will
cost $350,000.
Kansas City-$250,O0O Building TO
be erected for motor ear repair shop.
Hogs sell in Chicago for $23. The
Federal Trade Commission will next
be investigating profits of farmer and
advocate government control and reg
ulation of farms.
The scarcity of calfskin is one of
the dominating factors in the pro-
duction of shoes. The farmer is get
ting almost as much for his wet skins
las high as S5 cents pound has been
reported) as he did for the whole ear
cass in former days.
Potean, Okla, Sum, A lawyer in a
court room may call man liar,
scoundrel, william or thief, and no
one makes complaint when court adj
journs. If a newspaper makes such a
reflection on a mans character there
is libel suit or dead editor. This
is owing to the fact that the people
believe what an editor says
New England displaces 100000
tons of coal with oil this year.
Bolsheviks, /. W. WIS and radical
socialists find themselves to be quite
as useless to society as the fifth
wheel of wagon.
Helena independent: Berger, con-
victed Socialist, says he prefers the
i. w. w. to the American Federation
of Labor, because the Wobblies arc
"class conscious" Yes, to the extent
of smashing employers machinery
and burning. forests and farmers hay
stacks,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
MISSOURI WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL REVIEW

Aug. 11.-Sedalia Milling Company
to increase capacity from 275 to 800
barrels daily.
Kansas City gets storage battery
factory.
Kansas City Million Population Club
is certainly doing the work. a man
and his wife and 13 children have left
Higginsville for Kansas City to make
their homc.-Higginsville Jefferson
ian.
Lamar to have a new gymnasium.
Muskogee Phoenix-A hard surface
ed road in front of your farm would
straightway increase the price S25 an
acre.
Carthage-New $4,000 shoe fac
tory opens Aug. 10.
Observation-Disclosures for cree
ton of First Christian church award
ed.
Nashburn man sold $4,000 raspber-
ries from 10 acre field.
Kansas City Ice & Storage Go. in
creases plant to $4,000 tons.
Dewitt is to have electric light sys-
tenn.
Everton-A car of new wheat was
shipped out this week.
Everton--Rock Prairie road bonds
sold and work started.
Kansas City to have new $650,O00
8-story mill and elevator.
How can our country pay high pric-
es for labor and high prices for pro-
ducts of the soil and have low-priced
finished commodities
Kansas City to get factory to make
ventilators.,
Everton grading streets, building
cement cross walks, erecting two
story brick block and mill and ele-
vator will soon be receiving their
share of this years bountiful crop.
Kansas City Gas COMPRISING
plant is enlarging capacity.
manufactured let for the
erection of the $4,000 gymnasium.
Savannah--Bill introduced in Con-
gress for $4,000 postoffice.
Western Union Employees have a
system of arbitration and do not be-
lieve in strikes, Voluntary mediation
of labor troubles is growing.
Barring Country Club has adopted
plans for a $4,000 club house.
Edina-Special road district includ-
ing 65 square miles carried by big
vote.
Rails, Petite, Harrison, Scott, Mis-
sissippi and Jasper counties have re-
ceived approval Of State Highway
Board and Federal Government for
improved highways under the McCul-
lough- Morgan road law.
Joplin--Phillips mining company to
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
TRUSTEES SALE
Whereas, Frank Brown and Ma

Al Whereas, Frank Brown and Martha
III. Brown, his wife, by their certain
Need of trust, dated the goth day of
March, 1912, and recorded in the Of
Afice Of the Recorder of Deeds of St.
Francois County, Missouri, in Book
i96 at page 1872, conveyed to the under
signed Trustee the following describ-
ed real estate, lying and being in the
County of St. Francois, and State Of
Missouri, to-wit:
n All of the surface rights in and to
that part of the S. w. quarter of
Section No. 10 (Ten) in township No.
886 (Thirty Six), North Range (Five)
East described as follows:
Beginning at stone at the north
east corner of 46.37 acre tract of
land lying south of the Public Road,
and running thence South 11.86 chains
ITO a stone in the north right-of-way
Zine of the Illinois Southern railroad,
thence in a North-westerly direction
with said right-of-way line distance
fof 12.14 chains to stone in said right
of-way line, thence north 500 chains
4 to an iron bar set in the Public Road,
thence East along said Public Road
1850 chains to the beginning, contain
ing 1915 Twelve and fifteen-one hun
dreds) Acres.
This decd made subject to the deed
from P. z. Mcdaniel and wife to the
Federal Lead Company, dated March
9Th, 1907 A. D., and recorded in Book
No. 81 at page No. 1877 of the St.
Francois County Decd Record.
Which said conveyance was made in
trust to secure the payment of GER
tain promissory note in said deed of
trust described; and whereas by the
terms of said deed Of trust and note,
said note is past due and remains un-
paid; and whereas the Trustee named
in said deed of trust is absent from
the State; therefore, in conformity
with the provisions of said deed of
trust and at the request of the legal
holder of the said note, /, the under
signed Trustee. will on
Saturday, September 10, 1919,
between the hours Of nine o'clock in
the forenoon and five o'clock in the af-
ternoon of said day at the South front
door of the Court House, in the City of
Pennington, st. Francois County,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
Calf Causes Motorcycle Accident

Paul DeGuire of Fredericktown sus-
tanned three fractures, two of the left
leg, one being at the ankle and one
above the ankle, and the third frac-
ture being on the left foot, by calf
running into his motorcycle and ditch
ing it. The accident happened last
Friday evening about fifty yards from
the junction of the Pennington and
Iron Mountain road while he was
coming to Bismarck to attend the fun
eral of Mrs. Pirtle.
Mr.. DeGuire stated he was going
about twenty miles an hour and the
calf was on the side of the road and
when he got directly opposite of it, it
started to cross the road and ran into
the motorcycle. The machine landed
on top of the calf, but he was able to
crawl to where it was and released it
and it scampered away through the
woods.
Mr.. DeGuire laid there about ten
minutes when Vernon Gale came
along on his way home from Farming
ton. About the same time another
automobile, going in the opposite di-
rection arrived there and the occu.
pants assisted Mr.. Gale to place De-
CURE in his car and he was brought
to town to the home of his brother
Frank.-Bismarck Gazette.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
Cape Girardeau County to Erect
Memorial.

On Thursday of last week the Coun-
ty Court ordered that $1,000 be ap-
propriated to help erect suitable
monument to the men of this county
who were in the service during the
war.
Under law passed at the last ses-
sion of the Legislature the State will
appropriate an equal amount for this
purpose. The limit Of the State ap-
preparation for memorials of this
kind is $1,000, and the court decided
to ask for the full amount by making
an appropriation of equal size.
A committee went before the court
on Tuesday and asked that an appro-
priation for this purpose be made.
The memorial will be erected on the
court house lawn in this city.-Mis-
souri, Cash-Book.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
Killed After Months of Ill Feeling.

AS a elimination of trouble Of some
months standing shooting affair oc-
Cured Sunday forenoon on the Frank
Pullman farm about mile and half
east of Netherlands, Everett Baird,
we'll known farmer, shooting and al
most instantly killing Walter jenkins,
who lived close by. A shotgun was
the weapon used and apparently it was
loaded with buckshot, or at least a
large size shot was used, judging by
the holes made in the hat of the slain
man.-Caruthersville Democrat.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
Body of Dead Man Found.

An inquest was held over the body
of a man found floating in the Missis
sippi river, last Friday. There were
no marks or other means of identii-
cation. The verdict Of the jury was
that he came to his death by drown
ing and that he was about fifty years
of age. The body was buried in the
city cemetery on the same day.-Ste.
Genevieve Herald.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22

tools, nitro-glycerine and some soap
balls in which had been mixed the ex-
plosive. What they have done or will
do with the suspects we have failed to
learn. But Hudson Super Six in the
Ozarks is just the trick to make the
natives sit up and take notice, which
probably explains why the robbery
was not pulled off.-Scott County
Banner
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI NEWS
Finds Marked Terrapin.

VIM. Depcw, who lives southeast of
town, recently came across a terrarin
on his farm marked "a. w. R., 187"."
1t is supposed chat the terrapin was
marked by Albert William Russell,
son of the late William Russell, who
removed to Texas in 1877. The Rus
sells lived on the farm now owned Ivy
Mr.. Pollock, adjacent to Mr.. Depew's
County Register.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22

Missouri, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash, the above
described real estate to satisfy said
note and the cost Of executing this
trust.
C. H. ADAMS, Sheriff, Trustee.
Dated August 9Th, 1919. ct
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22

Let us now follow while we can
The victim of this clever man.
His wife beholds him and she cries,
"That suits not fit for mortal eyes!
Who sold you such a thing as that ?"
And low he mutters, "Doodlebat".
"What Doodlebat ?" then answers she,
HELL get no more good coin from me-"
Now comes a neighbor and he sees
Those trousers bagging at the knees
And straightaway he must be told
Where such fearful thing was sold,
81 need a suit" says he, "but oh,
To Doodlebat I'll never CO."
The gentle parson of his flock
Beheld the garment with a shock
And shook his head when he was told
Twas one that Doodlebat had sold,
The women when they stopped to chat
Discussed that suit from Doodlebat;
Whenever that shabby suit of blue
In street or hall came into view
1t cost old Doodlebat lot
Of business that he might have got.
1t advertised him far and near
AS one that honest folks should fear,
And Doodlebat so sharp and slick,
Believed he'd turned clever trick!
Edgar A. Guest.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22

thus invested goes through the Gov
ernment's hands and will be expended
in extending the commerce of the ma
ton and for the wealth Of every i'll
habitant in it.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
ATTEMPTED Bank Robbery Failed.

The Van Buren, Current Local, by
all the rules of country journalism,
will have one of the biggest bank-rob-
berry stories this week it has ever been
that journals pleasure to print. Ac-
cording to the st. Louis Republic, four
men in a big Hudson Super Six auto
mobile drove all around the town, had
a thorough look over the country sur
rounding Van Buren, which thoroughly
aroused the suspicious Of the populace
Of that sleepy little village, and when
they drove up to the bank on the pre-
text of getting some change they were
promptly nabbed. It was found that
they had complete outfit u burglar
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
Found Dead on Road.

Henry Belkin was found dead in the
road near the Ebenezer school house
Monday shortly afternoon by some
school children. The matter was at
once reported to Coroner Barron and
Prosecuting Attorney Tesreau, who
went down to conduct an investiga-
ton.
He had left home that morning to
bring a load of lumber to town and
his team was found some distance to-
ward town from the body. The au-
thorities arrived at the conclusion that
he had fallen or had been thrown from
the wagon and that one of the mules
had kicked him or that the wagon had
crushed him. There We're several
bruises on the body. There was moth
ing to indicate foul play.
The body was brought to the home
of his mother on College Hill that eve
ming and the burial was Tuesday.
Mr.. Belkin was something past SO
years old and unmarried. He lived
with his father and another brother
several miles south of this place.
Fredericktown Democrat News.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-08-22
THE SHORT-SIGHTED
BUSINESS MAN

He was business man, and he
Was sharp as any man could be-.
When night had put an end to trade
He'd count the dollars he had made
And chuckel DER some clever bluff
BY which he'd sold some shoddy stuff.
One day by artful ways and cute
He sold working man a suit,
The garment had been poorly made,
He knew the dye in it would fade,
He knew the coat would lose its shape
And hang just like a woman's cape;
Yet when the man went on his way
He thought he'd spent clever day.
The sun., 1919-08-31

arch who Is abandoning his country
men. NICHOLAS OF Russia, from the
disjointed accounts of his fall which
are at hand, seems to have disclosed
a certain manly dignity. But FERDl-
NAND the Fox, his dream Of throne
In Constantinople shattered, his AFRO
gance gone, did not cut an inspiring
figure. To Judge by him the world
will say royalty Is a poor lot.
But were 1t to Judge by ALBERT Of
Belgium the decision would be diff
ferent. Here was a monarch who
lived up to the best traditions Of royal
service. Simple. brave, devoted, per-
sistent, he won the admiration of the
world In war and holds It In peace.
And GEORGE Of England, differently
placed, comported himself with dig
nifty, observing the etiquette custom
prescribes for Britain's nominal ruler,
doing his part for the common good
a fine figure in troubled times.
Twas BURNS who said Il: The
rank is but the euinea's. stamp; the
mans the gowd for a. that. "