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volume XXX IMAM'S HEROISM 11 TOLD BY FRIEND Corporal Habb, Member of Sumo Company a* Lieutenant lloyd H Maynard, Relates Graphic Story .Just returned from an officers' (ruining school in France, garbed In , new uniform, and with only meagre 'equipment, Lieutenant Boyd May nard refused to heed the pleadings of his captain to remain behind, but went over the top with his men In the great battle of Chatteau Thierry and died a hero's death. A vivid word picture of the heroism and devotion of the Pullman man, the son of Mr. »nd Mrs. Charles Maynard, was un folded Tuesday evening by Corporal Babb, a member of the same com pany as Maynard, the 84th company; {th regiment of Marines, who ad dressed a crowd-aOf nearly 1000 In the college auditorium. Closely as --dated with Lieutenant Maynard (or several months, Corporal Babb held a friendship for the Pullman hero that knew no hounds, and he ns palpably at an emotional disad vantage as he spoke of Lieutenant Maynard and his heroism in* the same building and from the same rostrum iwith which his superior officer and 'company friend had been so closely tsjociated during his college career. Corporal Babb, a native of Chi cago, first met Lieutenant Maynard at Quantico, Va., and they crossed the Atlantic on the same transport. The two became fast friends, and this friendship increased with each suc ceeding day. On Christmas day, at Bordeaux, the two played on the tame football team, representing the Ith regiment, Lieutenant Maynard being captain and quarterback of the eleven.- They went Into the trenches -to gether, bore the same hardships and shared the same happiness. In the battle of Verdun, on April 21, Cor poral Babb was seriously wounded, suffering nearly a dozen shrapnel wounds, which resulted in the pa ralysis of his right arm and other permanent disabilities. As he was placed aboard the ambulance to be taken to the base hospital, the last fords he heard came from Lieuten ant Maynard, and were "Good luck, Babb." Soon after the serious wounding "I his friend, Lieutenant Maynard "eat to an officers' training school. i" Prance and returned to his com pany just an hour before his men tent over the top at Chatteau Thier -- Maynard was not equipped for fighting and had been granted a fur lough to visit Paris, but he refused toaee his men, all of whom had be ■"""e his close friends, go into battle without him, and, disregarding the ""Sing of his captain to stay behind. Nj his platoon into the bloody hat ll* and paid the supreme sacrifice Corporal Babb paid tribute after Monte to his friend as he' related his •"■"•J- experiences, and stated that for 'ours at a time he had listened to Maynard telling of his happy expen *«• at the State College, until, he *M "I almost grew to love / "ie State "■"'lege of Washington myself." The fttllman lieutenant kept a picture of be college football team, champions 'tee west, on his table all the time, 'W pointed with pride to the mem *J of the team, all of whom were •close friends and classmates. Bhi* men' ac('ordin ß to Corporal W>. grew to love Lieutenant May nil a *" a friend and champion, as * &» to respect and esteem him as *T superior officer- and his ex- Nea of bravery and devotion were _ Jttsplration to all with whom he Sg,lb.'contact. i-rl? rleßß in tho faro of odds, de lne<l, and anxious to do his full »v th* 1 ' m°re' Lieutenant Maynard W* ■■'d °1 °f hlB com Pan y' and his "nidi *88 a dlctlnct shock to every -**■**« *ith whom he had come In B-bb , 8 °loße 01 the ta,k of Corporal j U ne ' Judge H. VV. Canfield of Spo-; $i *ddreßßP'l the audience a few I ■""■nth t |,n the interests of the i iS Liberty Loan. H« apologized M«m ming to Whitman county, *Slt» y °Ur Pc° "*1"-" have proved their ■"'•-lon 6 and aga,n -" on such a •"■J »d BtatinK that !t a-» more | 6811,6 ■'» bring Corporal Babb The Pullman Herald _ Devoted to the be., .Mere... of Pullman end the be.t farming community in the Nor.hwe.t .urrounding it. 1,1 touch with the friends of Lieu . tenant Maynard than to preach to the people on patriotism that he bad ar ! ranged the trip to Pullman, He paid ■' high tribute to the alumni and stu i dents of the State College, calling at , tention to the statistics covering all | the educational institutions of the! United States, which show Washing ton State led only by Annapolis and West Point In point of percentage of I alumni and students now in the serv-I Ice of their country. LILT T. PACKARD TO CHENEY ; Second Lieutenant Fred L. Pack ard, personnel adjutant and muster ing officer of the vocational detach ment of the S. A. T. C, and in command of C company, has been transferred to Cheney Normal school, where he will he commanding officer I of the S. A. T. C. Lieutenant Pack ard and his family left yesterday for Cheney. NOMINATE OFFICERS FOR CITY NOVEMBER 5 Only Three Announced Candidates for Nino Municipal Offices to Become • Vacant January 1 Who wants to bo a member of the official" family of the city of Pull man? The two-year official period expires January l. 1919, at which | time a mayor, i".-c .councilmen, a clerk, treasurer and attorney must be ready to be Inducted Into office. The primary election to name a Blate] of candidates is scheduled for Tues day, November 5, and the time for the filing of notices of candidacy ex pired with only three aspirants hav ing deposited the necessary dollar to show good faith and to entitle them to a place oa th ■ official primary election ballots The offices attracting candidates are the only paid berths in the of ficial family circle, and all the filed candidates are Incumbents. City Treasurer J. S. Clark has filed notice that he will again make the race for his present position, and in all prob ability will have no opposition. The same is true of City Clerk Matilda F. Gannon and City Attorney D. C. Dow, The office of mayor, together with five councllmanic jobs, however, are going begging, and the citizens whose friends get the busiest with pencils and stickers on primary election day will be given places on the ballots for the regular election, which will be held December 3. Aside from the three offices for which notices of candidacy have been filed, nominations must be made for the following offices at the primary election November 5: Mayor, for term of two years; councilman-at-large, two years; First ward councilman, four years; Second ward councilman, four years; and two Third ward councilman, two and four years. The polls will be open for the pri mary city election from 11:00 a. m. until 8:00 p. m., and the following polling places, in each case the same as the polling places for the general county election to be held the same day, have been designated by the city council: Ward 1, precinct 41 —City hall. Ward 2, precinct 51 — P. C. I. building. Ward 3, precinct (14— Christian church. Ward 3, precinct 72 -Episcopal church. NO TRANSFERS OF SOLDIERS Instructions were received yester day at the State College military headquarters from the War Depart ment not to transfer any men to training camps or military organiza tions until further notice. This means that the members of the pres ent detachment of 300 men receiving vocational training will remain until the epidemic of Spanish influenza dies out. and that the arrival of the new detachment of 600 men. sched uled for October 16, will he deferred. coI'NTV MEET oil The county, meeting of the Farm ers Union, scheduled for October 15 in Pullman, has been abandoned, ow ing to the epidemic of Spanish in fluenza. PULLMAN. WASHINGTON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER I I. 1918 OFFICIAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given to all persons concerned that by reason of the appear ance in epidemic form of Spanish Influ enza in the City of Pullman, for civic reasons of public health protection, all public places where people assemble are CLOSED This includes schools, all places of amusement, dance halls, pool rooms, churches, Sunday Schools, lodges, con ventions, etc. This order to become effective at noon, Thursday, Odober 10,1918. When all danger of epidemic has passed this order will be raised. Approve Budget for 21-111 Levy City Council Adopts Municipal Hud gel, tor .I'M") Which Will Lop Three and One-half Mills From Lasl year's City Tax Xo taxpayers appearing before the city council at the special meeting Monday evening called for the pur pose of bearing objections to the pro posed budget of the city of Pullman as prepared by the councilmen and given official publication, the city fathers approved the budget in its entirety, incidentally lopping three and one-half mills from the munici pal tax of this year. The budget as adopted calls for the raising of $21,821.90 toward the city expenses for 1918 by taxation, as against $25,410 for the present ye;?r. On the basis of a city valua tion of slightly over a million dol lars. a city levy of 21 mills will raise the required amount, while a taxa Series oi Lectures by Dr. H. H. Powers Dr. H. II Powers, whose course of lectures at the. State College last spring, aroused such great Interest, will return and give another series of discussions of problems pertaining to tho war October 21 to 25. Dr. Powers will divide his lectures into two courses, as follows: Course I — Economics of the War 1. Economics of the War —Monday, October 21, at '.ceo a. m. 2. German Plans of Economic Con quest —Tuesday, October 22, at 10:00 a. m. 3. The Cost of the War— Wednes day, October 23, at 11:00 ft- m. 4. Systems of War Finance—Thurs day, October 24, at 1:30 p. m. 5, Problems of Reconstruction —Fri- day, October 25, at 10:00 a. m. Course 'J—War and Democracy 1. Democracy in the Far East; War Changes In China and Japan — Monday. October 21, at 8:00 p. m. 2. Russia in Revolution; the Hope less Past and the Anxious Pres ent—Tuesday, October 22, at 8:00 p. m. 3. Democracy in the Central Powers; the Challenge to Efficient Autoc racy —Wednesday, October 23, at 8:00 p. m. Dr. J. L. GILLELAND, City Health Officer. tion of 2 1 1/2 mills was required for the present year's running expenses. The budget as officially approved carries I he Item of $1000 for the es tablishment of a cemetery fund, with ii view to the ultimate purchase and Improvement of the Fairmont ceme tery, south of the city, The council men included this Item in he prelim inary budget as a tentative estimate only, but in the face of its favorable ieceptlon by the taxpayers of the city, none of whom objected to the Item, it was retained. The budget of expenses Includes "3870 for salaries, $3573 for street lights, $5000 for labor and material tor street work, and i 88.90 for all other expenses. .side from this $6000 is Included for liquidating in part the old Indebtedness fund, and $220 for Interest on sewer bonds The estimated revenue from all sources is placed at $1330, which, de ducted from the estimated expenses. leaves $21,821.90 to be raised by taxation. 4. Democracy in Great Britain; Is Democracy Capable of Larger Co ordination —- Thursday, October 24, at 8:00 p. m. 5. Democracy in the Oldest Repub lic; War and Democracy's Unfin ished Work — Friday, October 25, at 8:00 p. in. All lectures will he in the college auditorium and tho admission will he as follows: Family ticket, both courses, $1.50; individual ticket, both coi rses, $1; student and soldier tickets, both courses, 50 cents; individual admis sion, Single lecture, 25 cents. Tickets are now on Bale at Watt's Pharmacy and at the accountant's office at the ollege. , — > j PULLMAN BEATS MOSCOW . The Pullman high school football team won the first game of Its bed ule Saturday afternoon when the! team representing Moscow high was beaten, 1 i to 0. II was Pullman's game from the start, the only ques- j tion Icing the size of the score. One of the visiting players suffered a, cracked collar bone. i IKK IF, IM 1.1.M.w BONA BALE DRAGS , vi noon yesterday Pullman was I ahout $40,000 short of subscribing its quota nt 1175,200 of bonds of the ' Fourth Liberty Loan. The commit* tee in charge met Wednesday and de cided to send out a second letter to j persons who have not yet subscribed I for their share of the bonds, it is ! hoped that, the full amount will be subscribed before the end of the week. There have been comparative ; ly few complaints over the Individual apportionments, but people have 1 horn slow about going to the banks jto enter their subscriptions. This call must he met and the sooner the i quota is reached the better it will be for Ihe i (immunity. Roy LaFollette of Colfax was in Pullman Wednesday with a fine sam ple of his bean crop, lie sowed 27 acres and expects a yield of over 20,- 000 pounds. PUBLIC GATHERINGS ARE PROHIBITED Vigorous Measures Taken by Author* it ties to Prevent the Spread of Spanish Influenza in Pullman As a result of*a consultation held yesterday morning by Mayor Swain, City Health Officer Ojllleland, City Superintendent of Schools Graham, Vice President Waller, Colonel May and Captain Collins, it was decided to close the schools, churches, lodges, theatres and pool rooms, and pro hibit all public gatherings In the town and at the college. No Quaran tine will be established, but as soon as anyone develops symptoms of Spanish Influenza that person will be isolated. According to the statement by Mayor Swain there are 25 cases of Spanish Influenza In the city, five of Whit developed yesterday morning. If the precautions adopted do not stop the spread of the disease more drastic action will be taken. There will be no recitations at the college, but light drill will be con tinued. The students will not he confined to the campus, In case the epidemic spreads, steps will be taken to requisition enough large buildings close together to accommodate In patients, so that the work of the physicians can be facilitated. The order took effect yesterday at noon, and until further notice all public gatherings will be strictly pro hibited. ONLY FOUR DATS LEFT The registration books for the gen eral election will close next Tuesday, October 15. This means that if you want a voice in the selection of a con gressman and of legislative and county officers, you have just four days in which to qualify to cast a bal lot. At this election the 'hone-dry" law passed by the last legislature will be referred to the voters for ratification or rejection. If you want to help keep the Btate "dry" show ltJiy reg istering and voting "yes" on this very important and wholesome measure. FREE FRENCH LESSONS Free instruction in the French lan guage is open to the people of Pull man and community through the de cision of the State College to open classes for the benefit of the public. The classes will meet twice each week and will be in charge of Prof. F. A. Grundler, assistant professor of French at the State College. All per sons desiring to enroll In the classes are asked to communicate with Prof. Grundler at once. DEMAND UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER Upon motion of Prof. 0. L. Waller the chamber of commerce, at the regular Tuesday luncheon unani mously instructed the secretary to send the following telegram to U. S. Senator Poindexter: "Pullman chamber of commerce, by unanimous vote, adopted resolu tion demanding unconditional sur render of Central powers as pre requisite of peace negotiations." NUMBER 51 BIG SQUAD REPORTS FOR FOOTBALL WORK Pour Teams to lie Organized for Intercompany Contests—Varsity Team Later Pullman fans are assured of at least one intercollegiate football game this fall as the result of action taken by the athletic council .Satur day, when two games with Idaho University were sanctioned and a Thank-giving day date with Oregon Agricultural College was accepted, to be played in Protland, Ore. A provision was attached to the O. A. C. game, however, that In caso the army officials do not observe Thanks giving day as a full holiday the game will be played the Saturday previous. Another game will probably he sched uled with Qontaga. The decision of the athletic council to turn out a football team is the re sult of a desire on the part of army and college officials to give the stu dent-soldiers every opportunity to take part in athletics. Every man who desires to turn out will be put through tho paces and the company rivalry will make possible the par ticipation in actual games of a maxi mum number of men. Nearly 100 husky soldier-students responded to Athletic Director J. P. Holt let's first call for football candi dates Tuesday and it is expected that the squad will be even larger before the week ends. To take care of the small army of candidates Director Bohler has selected men to coach the candidates for each of the three teams to be organized among the S. A. T. C. and the fourth team, to In clude only students who are not members of the army organization. George and Jenne, both members of last year's freshman team, will round the Company A men into shape, while Schroeder and Mclvor will show the Company B men how to play the game. The Company C as pirants will be under the tutelage of Kotula and Benson, both of whom have had experience under Coach Lonstar Dietz, while Brandt, a mem ber of the varsity squad last year, will have charge of the "outsiders." Bach of the four teams to be or ganized will play one game each week, under the schedule prepared by Director Bohler, the first contest being scheduled for Saturday, Oc tober 19. At the conclusion of the Intercompany series, the men who have shown the greatest promise will comprise the "varsity" squad, when games with outside teams, including Idaho and 0. A. C, will be played. Many of the candidates for the four teams of the "league" have had considerable high school experience, and a series of exciting and close intercompany games is expected. LIGHT VOTE POLLED AT RED CROSS ELECTION A very light vote was polled at the election of officers for the Pullman branch of the Red Cross last Tues day. The result was as follows: Chairman — Mrs. G. W. Owing, 30; Mrs. Lincoln, 2; Mrs. Cammack, 1; Mrs. Met/, 1; Mrs. Thorpe, 1. Vice chairman —Mrs. Cammack, 33; Mrs. Folger, 1. Secretary—Mrs. Lester Folger, 21; Mrs. Lincoln. 12; Mrs. Ewing, 1. Treasurer —A. K. Metz, 33. SOME GRAIN NOP THRESHED The rainy weather has caught a few farmers with grain not yet threshed, although the big percent age of the 1918 crop is safely In the sack. R. W. Gwinn has some 200 acres of barley and wheat yet to com bine, while several other farmers have smaller tracts to cut. A few days of good weather will permit of the finishing of the harvest, while the rains of the past week or 10 days have been of Inestimable value In putting the ground In condition for fall plowing. RED CROSS DANCE AT WHI'LAX A big Red Cross dance will be given at Whelan grange hall Friday evening. October 18. Music will be furnished by Bobble Green's orches tra, and a big feed will be served at midnight. A cordial Invitation Is extended to everybody to attend the dance and help a worthy cause.