The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-01-08

Ing at his safe return.
 The many friends of Sergt. Carl Estes of the Eighty-second division, will be glad to learn that according to letter received from him he came through the war without scratch, in view of the terrific fighting which this division en- countered in the Argonne. Sergeant Estes accounts himself exceedingly lucky in So completely lodging the Boche bullets. He hopes to be back in "the dear old U. $. A" very soon.
 Lieut.. J. D. Kirkpatrick Jr., has re- turned from weeks visit to Memphis where he was the guest of friends whom he had met while stationed at Park field.
 Capt. Edgar Bowron, who is stationed at Brest. France, writes interestingly
 of the arrival of the presidential party in that city. Captain Bowron declares that the most impressive figure in the
 whole assemblage was that of Black Jack" Pershing. rIn a letter recently received here Lieut.. Sidney P. Smith, son of A. G., and a brother of E. D. Smith of this city, declares that the food he is getting in France would satisfy the mos; picayunish epicure. Says Sid: These people over here are so simple they can't understand their own language.
 I have talked French to them and they just stood there with their faces as blank as wall"
 Private Joe McDavid writes that | while walking down street in Tours, France, he ran across his first cousin, Joe smith, whom he didn't even know was in the army. Private McDavid de- clares that the sun hasn't been out in
 three months and people paddle around like ducks all the time. At the meeting of the president and fellows of-Yale university on December 16. the following vote was passed: Voted to authorize the secretary with the approval of the president, to send in the name of the corporation and at the Christmas season a mes sage of sympathy and appreciation to the families of Yale men who have lost their lives in the country during the war
 The roll of honor in Memorial hall
 bears this simple record: John Paul Jones Class of 1912 october 23 1918.
 John Paul Jones, who practiced law in this city prior to his entry into the service, was familiarly known to his friends here and University of Ala bama alumni over the state as Booze" For years he was an all-southern foot ball baseball and track man. Later Booze" went to Yale where he grad uated with honors. When war was de clared he enlisted in the mosquito fleet but was forced to return home on ac- count of injuries and died at Selma
 about four months ago.
  I farr, H. far to them
 Capt Archibald Roosevelt received cablegram today from Lieut.. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr., saying that he and his brother, Lieut. Kermit Roose- welt, both with the American expedi- tionary force in Europe, were together.
 Captain Archibald sent a cablegram in reply.
 DR. DERBY SAILING
 Theodore said also in his message
 that pr. Richard Derby, husband of Ethel Roosevelt, was sailing at once for America. Lieutenant Colonel Derby l is in the medical corps, "a having sailed 1 for France early in the war. Mrs. Derby is at Sagamore Hill. ] Many persons of prominence called 1 at Sagamore Hill today and there will l be many more tomorrow. Represent l ing Cuba came Carlos Manuel Ces- 1 pedes, minister to the United States; /, Alfonso Foreade, secretary of the , Cuban House of Representatives, and Cayetano De Quesada vice consul Aft CT telling Captain Roosevelt how high
 was the esteem in which the Cuban people held his father they informed him that at the request of the people of Cuba the government proposed to erect in Havana a monument to the colonel.
 Another Sagamore Hill caller was Col. Alexander Saubert, medical corps, '. s. A., who had at various times attended the colonel. After talking with Mrs.
 Roosevelt he said she was bearing up
 remarkably well. She possessed traits of character which were proving her sup ican people had little realized how much the former President depended on Mrs, Roosevelt throughout his career.
 REPLIES TO PRESIDENT l Captain Roosevelt replied today to the
 eat legram in which President Wilson ex- 1 fea her loss The message was dispatched ] in New York by Elon Hooker, who was | treasurer of the old progressive national committee and who was Sagamore Hill | visitor today. In this response to the President Captain Archibald said; ! President Woodrow Wilson, American I Peace Mission. Paris, France: I Permit me to thank you, on behalf of Mrs Roosevelt for your courteous
 message of sympathy.
 | ARCHIBALD D. ROOSEVELT, | Captain Twenty-sixth Infantry.