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The Washington herald., 1919-09-09

a huge sign calls attention to that
reason:
''Laelede. Mo. The Home of Gen.
John ]. Pershing!
These words. on the sign bearing
the generals portrait painted on q
field Of Stars and Stripes and erected
on the park-soon to be named Per-
shing Park-at the corner Of State
street Just across from the railroad
tracks In q place where II cannot be
overlooked. blaxon forth to q world
why Laclede is sustly proud. {
And II one Is lucky enough to leave
the train
I did. The hrst person I met wal
L. F. Moore. the station agent.
You a newspaper mani" he asked.
I nodded acquiescence.
He drew me into the waiting room
and into his ofiice.
See that" he exclaimed exultaptiy
thrusting into my hands . telegram.
1t was from Gen. PershinE. from
his headquarters In France. Ad
dressed to Mayor Edmound 3. Allen
1t had Just been received. II read:
Express my warmest regards AND
sincere thanks to all my old Laclede
friends for their message
(Signed) Pershing.
Here's what It was In answer to, =
Mr.. Moore broke In when had IN
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09
By HAROLD F. WHEELER

Almost Immediately after the gen
eraI entered the world his parents
moved into the town OF Laclede.
When they came no houses were
vacant and they lived with the
father of Henry c. Lomax. who was
at one time employed as a clerk in
a general store which Mr.. Pershins
opened. and who is now Laclede's
leading banker. Mr.. Lomax knew
the Pershing family Intimately. and
tells many an interesting story of
them and OF John. %
But his stories belong to another
chapter.
This though. should be stated In
telling of the generals advent IN
the world. Mr.. and Mrs Pershin
lived in the LomaH house with their
hrstborn only a few months Then
they moved to house in State
street, quite q distance from the
towns business section. II business
section" that part OF State street
where the banks and stores are.
may be so called. between Ausmus
and Prairie streets. In that house,
known then as the Ballou house,
the Pershings lived. Mr.. Lomax told
me, on February Is. 1862. And on
that day was born to the Pershings
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Milestone. on the Way
From Cadet to General

Here Is the way Gen. Persh-
ing rose to the rank of gen-
eral and the command Of the
American Expeditionary Force
In France:
Graduated from West Point,
1886, age as.
Second lieutenant. Sixth
Cavalry. July I, 1856.
First lieutenant, Tenth Cav
airy. October 90, ISea,
Major, chief ordnance Off
Ger Of volunteers, August rs,
1895.
Honorably discharged from
volunteers, May Il, 1899.
Captain. First Cavalry. Feb
ruary 2, 1901.
Transferred to Fifteenth
Cavalry. August 40, 1901.
Brigadier general, Septem-
Der 40, 1906.
Major general, September
as, 1916. NJ
General, October 6, 1917.
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DR.. SEE SUCCEEDS
MURDERED DIRECTOR

DR.. Tsannyuen Phillip SEE has re-
turned to Washington to direct the
Chinese Educational Mission. He sue
cecds the late DIR. T. T. Wong. who
was murdered in his home here last
winter.
DR.. SEE came TO Washington in 1904.
when Is years old. After being grad
mated from Central High School with
honors. in 1905. he studied medicine
IN George Washington University.
Or. SZe then served as inferno in the
George Washington University Hos
pital, and was resident physician OF
Columbia Hospital for Women from
1915 to 1916. He returned to his ma
tive country in May. 1916. and receIv-
ed an appointment as associate COL
lege physician OF Using Hua College.
Peking.
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more SEATS FOR
The BIG REVIEW
Thousands Disappointed;
Stand Space at White
House Is Enlarged.

Anxious TO please the thousands
disappointed because they were too
late yesterday to buy the 1900 tick
cts sold for the First Division pa
rade, Robert n. Harper. chairman
Of the citizens welcome committee.
will ask a permit to place another
thousand chairs in the stand along
the north side OF the Avenue IN front
Of the White House Col. Harper says
this can be done without crowding
Rush for the small quota OF tickets
at the store Of T. Arthur Smith, yes
terday. assured the members Of the
committee that they need not fear
that Washington will not respond to
their call for a noisy and colorful
celebration on September II.
It is undecided whether Vice Presi-
dent Marshall or Secretary Baker will
represent President Wilson ut the re-
view.
The Senate yesterday concurred In
the House amendment 70 make the
18th instead OF the 18th a government
holiday.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09

The Warrington Herald sent
special Representative out
through the West and south, to
the birthplace of Gen Perrh-
ing, the scenes of his early life,
the town where he thuKht
school, the cities where live to-
day his most intimate friends
and relativesy md then over to
West Point. where he ntted him
self for his chosen career, and
to Washington. where many of
PershIng's associates are now TO
be found-hIs quest being to
md all the authentic facts and
get together all the descriptive
anecdotes that would place on
permanent record the brilliant
career of this most eminent man
of America today. The result
was highly successful.
Each day n complete chapter
will be given exclusively I'm Tho
Washington Herald.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09
VETERAN, LONGEST In
MARINES, TO BE GUEST

Fifty Marines and Marinettes from
Marine headquarters will assist the
oldest Marine-Sergt Maj Edward
Dunn. L. s. NJ. c.. retired-in observ-
ing his birthday anniversary here to-
day.
Dunn served thirty-siX years IN the
Marine Corps. having enlisted in 1850
and being retired in 1886. He witness
ed the growth OF the corps from 1.5OO
officers and men to its present pro-
portion. When Dunn first entered the
corps the dress uniform consisted OF
red swaIlowtail coats. blue trousers
and high plumed hats. His first as
signment was to guard the old Penn
sylvania battleship.
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EARLY LIFE OF
GEN. JOHN .PERSHING
AUTHENTIC STORY
OF THE BOYHOOD DAYS
OF THE FAMOUS GENERAL,

you see." she added pointing to q
porch window.
These were the circumstances at
tendant upon the birth of the Mis-
souri, boy destined to become world
famous.
The world stands In continued
wonder at Gen. Pershing.
If the world stopped to trace hi. life
from the time of his birth there would
be no need to wonder.
His boyhood. It is true, wa, .,mnls
But 1t was the boyhood of the Amer,-
can boy who becomes leader. nrst of
-hoys, then Of men. and who makes
history. 1t was boyhood such As
Lincoln led. AT the same time It wa.
the boyhood OF Mark Twain had Tom
Sawyer live. It was the boyhooo or
Trtle, full-blooded. clean American
born of vtrile, full-blooded, clam
American stock
The first year and a half of hi. life
until after the birth of his brother
Jim. he spent, in the BalIou house.
He passed through the same baby
hood that other children, born In the
circumstances that were his in those
times passed through. From the mo-
ment he entered the world he was
healthy baby. He grew sturdier
and sturdier as the days and months
went by. watched over by a moth.,
none moro tender than whom ever
lived.
Soon after the Pershings moved In
to Laclede, in 81. came the civil war.
Mr.. Pershins became sutler for tho
Eighteenth Regiment Of Missouri. In
62 and '63 he was sutler for another
regiment
The Union soldiers received sl3 a
month and they were allowed to issue
orders for tobacco, canned goods and
such things as they desired on tho
suuer. Mr.. Pershing followed the
regiments. while his wife remained
at home. bringing up her frstborn and
the new baby. Jim. born In February.
1862.
The Original PershinK Home.
Mr.. Pershing came home in 1868 and
opened a store. Then with his family.
he moved into a house at State and
Worlow streets. It was one Of tho
best houses in Laclede. 1t stands
today, little changed from the days
when the Pershing family lived in it.
In SO, and throughout the Pershins
occupancy Of 1t, 1t was painted white
and there were many shade trees
about it. A white. picket fence en-
closed It,
Today many Of the trees are gone
The fence has been removed, and the
house is painted brown. A porch has
been added. In the main, though, 1t
is the same, even as Laclede is about
the same today.
The house is a typical Western
homestead. two full stories in height.
The door in the center with large,
high-ceiled rooms on either side OF it
and large high-ceIled rooms through
out.
And Laclede-
1t will not be DEPRESSING, perhaps,
to try and picture 1t as it was in the
old days and as It is today.
Laclede Is q junction town Of tho
Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road. just about midway across Mis-
souri, on the railroad line that runs
from Quincy. Ill. to st. Joseph and
Kansas City. Mo. Travellers used to
pass through 1t. even despite the short
stop, quite complacently, not even
looking, perhaps, from their windows
to note its beautiful park. 1t Is Diff
ferent now. Everyone looks from the
train windows. And. II one did not
know the reason for the towns fame,
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ished reading. He thrust another
message into my hands.
1t was birthday greeting to the
general from his home town" and
his home towns" boyhood friends.
1t read:
''Laclede citizens extend birthday
greeting. Confident you will lead the
American army to victory.
(Signed) E. B. Allen. Mayor.
Think Of It" Mr.. Moore excIain-
ed. II sent that message on the gen.
erals birthday-perhaps a day or two
before. His birthday was the 18th Of
September. Today Is only the 18th
and We have just received tho answer.
Il tell you when a message goes
to the general from Laclede the gov
ernment just speeds II along and
speeds the answer back. Why. when
l sent that message-I sent to Kan
sas City and they relay from there
the Kansas City operator told me
everything would be held up for it
I guess it was. And things must have
been held up in France, too. For
here's the answer"
A moment later an old negro had
my bags.
I'm Thomas Allen Warheld," he
told me. l knew the general. I
grew up with John. I played with
him. When he was captain. when we
played soldiers here. / was always
on his side. l wanted to be. He won.
He won now. I'll tell you lots about
him"
And later old Allen did. But that
belongs to another story.
Around the Now Historical Town.
A stranger reaching Laclede is i'm.
mediately taken In hand by Allen. He
takes one to Lacledes only hotel-the
Brown Hotel. Like the town, the
hotel is quaint The paper on the
wall as one enters the Office is seen
to be broken at the corners. But It's
hotel you feel at home in. And all
about there are war posters.
I'VE do our bit here" Allen says.
And in the hotel ONCE at night
drawn close up around the cosey
stove, high. shiny. brass cuspidors
about-they chew a lot OF tobacco in
Laclede-one can learn more about
the general than historians will ever
be able TO record.
One leaves the hotel and looks over
Laclede from tho hotel porch. Allen
ones guide. The park is across the
tracks. Great trees. elns and NAPLES,
shade 1t, their branches INTERVENING
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=
One may even sit on the counter;
and Mr.. Lomax and his wife. standing
In front Of their shelves OF singham
and linens. will tell one of the old
days and laugh over the love affair. ''
Leaving the dry goods store one
fnds next door to II the pharmacy
Of Whorton r. Barton. Mr.. Barton
knew the general and he will sit at
one Of his own soda tables and tell
you stories by the hour. Usually
Mayor Allen is In the drug store
too. He has many a tale to narrate-
There are q few more stores, among
them the hardware establishment OF
H. c. Carruthers. In there one may
find Miss Laura Love. She went tc
school with the genera! and has q
lot to tell about John"
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09

beefsteak TO oiackensd eyes and ar.
MICA to brubed mouths and banda
The school that John Pershfng at
tended in the eos was a wooden
building. hardly more than q shanty.
Today there is brick school Of
which any city might be proud. But
To pick up the thread of the gen.
erals hfe.
John was almost when his father
returned from the war And health
ier boy could not have been found
west Of the hississippi-esst Of V
for that matter. He was a tov-heao-
ed youngster, even as his only son.
Warren In Lincoln IA today. He had
bright blue eyes. He was a keen.
alert. wide-avake boy
mo angel; no devil; just boy old
Allen says.
cTo be continued tornorTo~)
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09

On the north corner Ia the Lomax
and Standley Bank
This is Laclede today.
II was much the same In the .6os.
OF course there were not many
trees in the park. II had just been
cut from the prairie and was covered
with doxtail horseweeds and timson.
There was a stockade on II. too.
The generals first battles were
fought near the stockade. Traces OF
IL still remain There he first learned
tactics, storming the stocksde with
his gang" The civil war Was Just
over. He led the ''Yanks." The en-
emy-the other ''gang"-were the
''rebelsT' snowballs was the an1mu'
milton.
} And sometimes the casualties were
great necessitatng applications O,
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09
Demand 40-Cent Cotton
As Justified by Crop

New Orleans. Sept. S-Forty cents
pound for the 1919 cotton crop
Is the price which the American
Cotton Association will declare is
justified by the cost of produc-
tion, 1t became known here today.
The association met here today
for a two-day session.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09
Carranza Orders Cease
Firing on U. S. Planes

Mexican authorities have issued or
1ers to their consular agents and SOL
diers along the border to stop firing
On American airplanes, the State De-
partment was advised today.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-09
Fire Damage Is $50.

Fifty dollars damage was done
yesterday afternoon, when nre Of
Unknown origin occurred In IN.
Capital Traction Company car barn.
l21t II street northwest
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their second child. JIm-James F.
PershIng. OF Chicago.
People confuse Jim's birth with
John" Mr.. Lomax explained. That
is why people say John was born
here in the Ballou house. 1t must
nave been Jim's birth which Mrs.
Burnett witnessed"
The BalIou house still stands and
Mayor Allen will tell one today.
even as he told me. that the general
was born there. Never a stranger
comes to the town but the mayor
will lead him forthwith to the
house. And II Mrs. Eliza SkuIly,
who occupies the place now. chances
to be at homo one may step inside
and look through it But Mrs.
Skully cannot tell the visitor of tho
facts.
A young woman-young and
charming-is Mrs. Skully. She does
not need to tell one she had not
seen Laclede when the general was
born. Mrs. Skully was then uu-
thought of. one knows. Call on her
and she will show you the house.
Nor Is she too busy, when one de-
sires TO take picture OF the house.
to pose outside her door. her A.
year-old son Herbert, and his dog,
beside her, to lend color to the
Il don't know whether the gem
eral was born here" she told mo
'.But I keep a picture of him there.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-06
Maple Grove.

We have had some rainy weather
the past week or two.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Parsons have
Sharp place near Leon.
Mrs. Frank Miller and daughter
Frances, have been visiting her
parents, the past week.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. G.. Fesler and sons
Orville and Charley, were visitors
at Grand River Saturday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Edwards
and Mrs. Edwards sister were
callers at Grand River Friday after
noon.
Frank Green called on Charley
Fesler Sunday.
Paul Brannaman called on Orville
Fesler Friday night of last week.
Ralph and Leslie Edwards called
on We're and Vandal Crees Sunday
afternoon.
and Frank Green were Grand River
callers Sunday evening.
S. D. Miller and Mr.. Clark called
on J. G. Fesler Sunday eveninr
Miss Anna Fesler, who has been
having the sore throat is not much
better at this writing.
Jack Alexander called on Charley
Fesler Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Frank Miller is going to stay
with Mrs. Clark a few days this
week.
Ralph Edwards called on Orville
Fesler Sunday evening.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-06
Franklin.

Corn husking is the order of the
day around here now.
e. j. Hutchinson, Of Clovis, Cal
ifornia, came last week for visit
at the home OF his sister, Mrs. Will
Scott, and family.
work for his uncle, Walter Snyder,
of near High Point.
Sam Duffield called at the Glenn
Petticord home Sunday afternoon.
Albert Watson was a caller at the
John Cox home Monday evening.
Mrs. J. w. Fisher and daughter,
Mrs. Clara Mason, and little daugh-
ter Martha, of Osceola spent a few
days last week at the Sam Duffield
and Glenn Petticord homes.
George Smith is erecting a new
dwelling house on his farm here.
Clifford Mccullough spent Satur-
day night with Oscar Watson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Sears and
daughter Dorothy, visited Sunday at
the Waiter Snyder home near High
Mrs; D. E. Knapp spent wednes-
Mr.. and Mrs. D. V. Teaney.
Mr. rO and Mrs Viii Scott and
daughter, Miss Mae, also Mrs.
Scott's brother of Clovis, California,
visited Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. U.
S. Muck and family.
Carl and Dewey Mccullough are
husking corn for Guy Mccullough
now.
Der of young people enjoyed a
Halloween party at the U. S. Muck
home Friday night.
Several from this neighborhood
hauled lumber for the new church
from Leon Monday.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-06
Bethel.

Well it seems as though winter
was here to stay awhile and not
many are ready for it.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dobson visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. Sherm Turpen
and wife last Monday.
Harve Morgan was Davis City
caller last Monday.
Mrs. Dow Parker returned from
Newton and New Virginia, Iowa, last
Saturday where she has been visit
ing the last couple of weeks.
moved on the Ollie Reed farm for
the winter
Luther Baker was dragging the
roads last Monday
Sherm Turpen and family visited
his sister, Mrs. Fletcher Honn, last
Sunday.
Lew Dobson and wife called on
home folks last Sunday afternoon
Frank Dobson and family called
on his narents. Mr.. and Mrs. Joe
Dobson. last Sunday afternoon.
Ach Bay got caught out one day
last week in the rain he wont to
mill at Davis City and made his way
back as far as Tom Bakers and
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Dohson were
business visitors at Davis City last
visited his no~"1ta. Mr.. and Mrs
Tom Baker last Sunday.
Miss Cecil Baker has been visit
! ing her sistor. Mrs. Lewis Dobson
at Davis CITY tho last few DAYS.
Price Rex returned from St. Joe
Mo. lost week. He didn't like the
country down there verv we'll.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-06
Pleasant Ridge.

Mrs. James Woodland and daugh-
ter, of Lamont, were visiting the
past week with Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
South.
Mrs. Lavina Immersion spent Fri
day night with Mrs. Allen Pence at
Rev. E. G. vanderpool was called
to Blythedale, Mo-, last Thursday, to
conduct a funeral.
H. l.. Brammer, John Hopkins
Henry Immersion and Sanford Fo-
land made business trip to Grand
River Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Poland spent
Sunday with their daughter Mrs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Briner and
family of Elk Creek and Mrs. VIM.
Brinner spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. H. L. Brammer.
George Poland made a business
trip to Leon last Saturday,
Mr.. Barnes was called to
Chicago on special business the past
Mr.. and Mrs. Judson Vanderpoor
many friends in this neighborhod
James Munyon spent Monday
night with his brother. Claude Mum
yon, of near Beaconsfield and other
friends.
Jackson Bohall, who has been
visiting with his son Frank Bohall
and family, of Minnesota for the
past two months returned home Fri
day. He says when he left there
the snow was eight inches deep and
was still showing and very cold Mr..
Bohall seemed very glad to get back
to old Iowa where the grass is green
and warm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Jimmerson
and family spent Sunday with Mr..
and Mrs. Roy Crabb at Tennessee.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Woods
snent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. E.
G. VanderDool.
Mrs George Ball spent the past
week with her daughter, Mrs. Homer
Brown.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-06
ENGINEER GIVES OUT THE
FACTS,
Thomas Jennings Makes An Actual
Gain OF Seventeen Pounds.

"The best proof l can give that
Tanlac was the right thing for me
lis the way it has relieved my sui
fering and built me up said Thorn
a. Jennings, the we'll known trans
fer engineer employed at Rock Is
land railroad shops, living at SOL G.
Avenue, North, Cedar Rapids, Iowa,
while discussing the medicine, re-
Gently.
SAT the time l began taking. Tan
one hundred and twenty pounds, but
l now balance the scales at one hun
dred and thirty-seven, making an
actual gain of seventeen pounds, all
from the use of five bottles of the
medicine. l was suffering, from q
bad case of stomach trouble and a
results of a severe spell of typhoid
fever last Fall. In fact. for about
two years I had been suffering from
gas on my stomach and pains all
through my body I could not eat
without suffering from indigestion
afterwards and had lost weight
until l was almost living skeleton;
could hardly keep going
"Seeing Tanlac so highly endors-
ed l got bottle and had not taken
but few doses until there was de-
cided change in my feelings. I have
taken five bottles now and am
simply feeling like a brand new
man. my pains have all left me and
out the least trouble with my
stomach. I am feeling just fine and
no one could see the wonderful
change Tanlac has made in me and
doubt it being great medicine. II
I ever need a medicine again I will
certainly get Tanlac for I know
now what it will do. I am telling
Recommend it to anyone who wants
the best" =
Tanlac is sold in Leon by E. E.
Bell in Lamont by j.. F. Jones.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-06
Elk Creek.

Mrs. Burrell Stephens and Mrs.
Idaa Gravatt and daughter, Laura,
called at the John Jay home Mon
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. N. Stephens and
son, Loren, and Mrs. Burrell
Stephens were Lamont callers Tues
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Treanor, Mrs.
Hendrickson, Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ
Stephens and son, Loren, Mrs. Susan
Bedell, Mrs. George McHarness, J
ems called at the Gravatt home
Wednesday.
L. N. Stephens while down to his
new farm near Lamont found a
holly hook out in bloom the 2Sth
day of October. How is that for
Iowa?
Mrs. Burrell Stephens left
Wednesday for her home in Salem,
Mo.
Harry Andrew was seen in this
vicinity Wednesday.
Lester Smith was seen in these
parts Saturday.
E. B. Ryan and sons have, been
building fence the past week.
Miss Laura Gravatt called on Mr.
and Mrs. Malcolm Hart Saturday.
D. S. Miller was seen in these
parts one dav this week
Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm Hart came
Saturday and visited over Sunday
at the Gravatt home.
The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1919-11-06

Heartburn, heaviness in the stom-
ach, bloated feeling, coated tongue,
bad breath, dizziness and vertigo
(blind staggers) can be quickly re-
lieved by Prickly Ash Bitters. Men
who have used it say that can eat
heartily without misery, where be-
fore they tried it the most health
full food seemed to get them out of
fix. Price $1.25 per bottle E. e.
Bell, Special Agent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1919-08-21
PROTESTS INVASION BY u. S.
John Sheffield
High Flyer; He
Finds Is Great

The thrill of his life was receiv-
ed this morning by John Sheffield,
president of the Chamber of Com
merce, when he was taken on an
aerial spin of 40 minutes from Sou
ther Field by Colonel RAIDER, COM
manding officer. The two ascend
about 1890 o'clock, and flew over
Americus and large part of Sum-
ter county, including Andersonville
and that section. After alighting
Mr.. Sheffield declared his expert
ence the greatest ever, and that
had had no idea the country was
so beautiful as it appeared from
high above it.
Mr.. Sheffield was taken up in full
fillment of promise made some
time ago by Colonel RAIDER when
permission was granted by Wash
ington to take the president and
the secretary of the chamber aloft.
Mr.. Perkins was given his fight re-
Gently on cross-country trip to
Dublin.