The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-12-24
PEI ING IN
LINCOLN TODAY
General Visiting Sisters and
Son Over Christmas in Town
Where He Attended
College.
PARADE OF 1000 AUTOS
Ten Year Old Son Posts Bulletin
Board outside Door and
Keeps Track Of
Schedule.
PARADE OF 1000 AUTOS

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
LINCOLN, Neb.. Dec. 24.-Lincoln.
claiming General Pershing as its
adopted" son. was ready to receive
him today.
The American military commander
will arrive this morning to spend the
holidays with his sisters. Mrs. D. M.
Butler, Miss Mae Pershing. and his
ten year old son. Warren.
Many Of Pershing's former class
mates of the University of Nebraska
are here, vieing to be the first to bid
him welcome and renew old friend.
ships. These men are eager to talk
Of the times back in 1891 when Lieu
tenant ]. j. Pershing served as COM
mandant of the university cadets and
four years later received his bachelor
of law degree.
From the train to his sisters home,
the generals ofI1cial car will be es-
corted by 1000 automobiles, this pa.
rade being the sole public event plan
med for the day. Christmas day will
be observed quietly in family re-
union. Later Nebraska folks will
greet their former fellow citizen at a
public reception and other celebra-
LlQllS Ill ulSa liOliOA. ~
Precautions have been taken by the
generals Young son, Warren, that
Pershings engagements while here
shall be fulfilled without mishap. The
youngster has posted regular mill
tary bulletin board rust outside his
fathers door.
"Eyery morning" Sergeant" War
ren declared, 81 am going to find the
,>y,t that ut fh a
top OF the board and then follow it
with a schedule of everything father
must attend during the day intend
to see he gets to every place.
Glad Hand Extended.
LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 24.-General
Pershing was welcomed home today
for the second time in two days. Lin
coin extended the glad hand and
BLACK jack accepted it with broad
smile.
American Legionnaires. shop girls,
house wives, business men, old college
class mates-every one was at the sta
ton to bid him welcome.
LaCIede, Mo-, may be Pershing's
birthplace, but Lincoln claims him by
adoption and he calls it home. His
sisters and his small son, warren,
live here and with them he will spend
Christmas.
AS Pershing and Warren walked
from the station to a waiting auto
mobile, the general stopped for an
instant to shake the hands Of two
little newsboys.
An icy underfooting and the rem
nants of a December blizzard failed to
keep away hundreds who lined the
streets over which the parade passed.
They were glad to see the American
leader who had done much to make
history since his last visit home.
Stores were decorated and each light
pole bore life size picture of the
general proclaiming the fact that he
was welcome.
If the parade had turned one block
off the scheduled parade itinerary. Per
shing's eyes would have been greeted
by a sign in four foot letters insinuat-
ing "Pershing For President"
He probably would have grinned.
The sign decorates the windows of
the Nebraska "Pershing For Presl-
dent" headquarters. But the parade
didn't turn. Perhaps he will have
something to say about it later during
his ten day visit