The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-02-14
COBB WOULD KILL
ALL B0LSHEVISTS
Humorist Tells Tulsans
/. w. WIS Should Be
in Potters' Field.

"Boilibelsts should be converted
into perishaple freight. The l. W
W are good only for fertilizer in q
rotters field. Let US purge our
selves or the chemical rctort of the
melting pot by processes of dCpor-
tRtion. Make this America for
Americans
Thus did Irwin ;. cobb. famous
newspa perman and lecturer, stamp
the cures for unrest in this country,
in his lecture on Made In America"
Laughter and tears came apparently
Ht the speakers will as the well filled
convention hall applauded or rOared
with laughter as his arguments and
jests fell from his lips.
The melting pot for foreign
countries was probably alright in it's
day, Mr.. cobb said, but the chem
ical rCtort from continual stirring
OF 1he contents OF the pot may yet
infect the nation. Now Is the time
to clamp the lid on our national
boundaries and set about to purge
ourselves OF this foreign menace by
processes OF deportation, Let every
man work for clear. pure 100 per
cent AmCricanlSrn.
"Eutangliug alliances at this time
would menace our nation. This idea
of world peace Is only a dream and
In my opinion always will be a
dream. 1t IL one OF the idealistiC
phrases which entrap the unwary
Let us keep away from these ma
tions which would bespOil our great
no ton.
Competition, said Cobb when a
small dog began to bark inside the
hall shortly after cobb had an
hounced that his voice was I'm bad
order. Humor spanning from the
southern darkey variety to the pc
euliarities Of German army officers
brought rounds Of applause ~ he
compiled complicated sentences with
remarkably perfect dialect. Cobb
told many OF his experiences while q
war correspondent In Europe
One day, five Of US correspond
ents left Brussels In taxi" he
said, and went for a ride toward
whore we thought the battle Of Wa
ierloo was fought without knowing
Il, We came TO the battle front. APP
percntly we had discovered hole in
the liQe which the Belgians and
Fiench d'd not know existed We
TAXED through, not knowing. our
selves. that we we're going into the
German territory. Then we came 10
the German part OF the line and went
through another hole which the Ger
mans apparently knew nothing about
either. We didn't know where we
were until wo came to a village ana a
German officer accOsted us. We were
allowed to go to Il town back OF the
lines, whore we caught sight Of the
fourth son OF the kaiser.
After being arrested and sent 20
the rear, In Germany, two OF us man
aged 10 send n message TO the kaiser
himself We were then granted
pa to go anywhere any time. and
get anything We needed. We were
allowed to carry firearms cameras
and have an automobile of our own.
This was very good Of tho laiser
considering that I'VE were total
strangers 10 him.
while We were in France. I came
across a negro Who said that he came
from Florida. when / asked him
how he got into the service, ha said,
/ boss, "A white man came to our place
and told US we could get IS n day In
New York working for the govern
fnent \ bunch OF us went up ther,
ana they took us down to "A long low
building ana led us oyer narrow
bridge through a round hole. After
ali OF us had passed through that
round door. the white man closed the
| door and locked it. I looks out of
! the window and that there dock Just
naturally sailed away and left us. 80
Unusually realistic negro dialect
added spice to the numerous detailed
| experiences of the colOred soldiers
| In Franc" as told by the speaker
! Another story told by Mr. Cobb was
that Of a group of Salvation Army
work ers
| Ar ignorant major genera" Cobt
suld. ordered a req siment TO take q