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VOLUME XXXIII
PULLMAN MAN IN RED
CROSS WORK IN RUSSIA
lyeon K. Wiese, Former Herald Em
ploye, Director of Supplies in
South Russia
Leon K. Wiese, a graduate of the!
State College, and for four years <
part-time employe in this office, is
now director of supplies for the Red
Cross in South Russia, according to j
a letter addressed to The Herald by
R. M. Davidson, major, American :
Red Cross. Mr. Wiese was promi- !
nent in student activities during his I
college career, and was a member
of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. The
letter from the Red Cross major
contains much of interest to Pull
man people and is printed in full be
low.
Sebastapool, Russia.
November 8, 1920.
Editor Herald,
Pullman, Wash.
Dear Sir:
Being a former "Knight of the
Pencil, ' I feel sure that you will j
be Interested in knowing that Leon
K. Wiese, who 1 believe several
years ago served an apprenticeship
in your office, has joined the Amer
ican Red Cross commission in South
Russia, has been given the rank of
captain and placed in charge of the
supplies with the title Director of
Supplies.
As director of supplies, Captain
Wiese will have supervision over the
500 tons of stoics —medical, food,
clothing and household equipment
which the American Red Cross is
shipping weekly to Crimea to aid in
alleviating the terrible suffering
which now exists here.
The attacks of the Bolsheviks in
the other parts of Russia have driv
en many thousands of refugees to
the Crimea, which is far from pre
pared to care for them. For ex
ample, there are more than 300,000
people living in Sebastopol, which
before the war had a population of
about 70,000. In many, many in
stances several families are living in
one room, which is devoid of the
proper sanitary equipment. They
have but little clothing, no beds and
no bed clothing. Fuel they have
none and it is only by the hardest ef
forts they are able to secure enough
food to keep body and soul to
gether. These conditions do not ex
ist among the very poor alone. To
my knowledge, three generals in the
Russian army with their wives are
living in one room —and it is not a
very large room at that.
Rooms rent for from 100,000
rubles to 200,000 a month and are
difficult to find at any price. Bread,
about the only food the majority of
the refugees are able to got, sells for
600 roubles a pound and it is neces
sary to stand in line sometimes for
more than an hour to buy it at that
price. Other food supplies sell at
even a higher rate. Shoes are sold
at, prices ranging from 300,000
roubles a pair to more than three
times that amount. The cheapest
kind of stockings are sold for 25,000
roubles a pair. The man who re
ceives 100,000 roubles wages a
month is considered fortunate, and
most of the women who have em
ployment receive for their services a
month less than they are asked for
stockings.
With these few facts before you it
i 3 easy to see the needs of the Amer
ican Red Cross in South Russia. The
-work the organization is doing here
under the direction of Major Geo. H.
Ryden, director of the commission,
is Indeed a splendid one, one which
is to a very great degree due to the
efforts of Captain and Mrs. Wiese,
■who I am pleased to Inform you are
both well. Mrs. Wiese, who before
her marrriage was Miss Alice Lind
say of Missoula, Mont., has the dis
tinction of being the first woman to
come to South Russia to help with
the Red Cross work.
The experiences of Captain and
Mrs. Wiese since their marriage in
1918 are most interesting. Shortly
after their marriage, Captain Wiese;
went to France as a lieutenant In the !
army and served with honor to him
self and country on the Argonne and
other fronts. He later served ii
Germany. In April of this year he
Joined the American Red Cross and
was sent to Novorossisk. Russia. He
sent for Mrs. Wiese to Join him. but
when she arrived in Paris, those in
charge of the A. R. C. headquarters
did not deem it safe for her to go
T_^ SIXTEEN PAGES
The Pullman Herald
Devoted to the best interests of Pullman and the greatest farming community in the Northwest surrounding it.
to Russia, owing to internal condi
tions. In order to remain in Europe
while Captain Wiese was there she
accepted a position with the Red
Cross in Paris. When the A. R. C.
decided to open a unit In Constanti
nople Mrs. Wiese prevailed upon
those having the matter in hand to
permit her to be one of the person
nel to go to that city so that she
would be that much nearer her hus
band. A telegram was sent to Cap- ]
tain Wiese advising him that Mrs
Wiese had left for Constantinople,]
but he never received it, for two days
before it reached Novorossisk he left
for France to recover from a serious
I attack of typhus fever. Although
I they were not aware of the fact until
later, the ships upon which Captain
and Mrs. Wiese were traveling in op
! posite directions lay almost side by
: side over night in the harbor at Py
t reuse, Greece. Upon his recovery,
; Captain Wiese was sent to Constanti
nople, where he and Mrs. Wiese re
| mained until the latter part of Oc
tober, when they were transferred
to Sebastopol.
Sincerely yours,
R. M. DAVIDSON,
Major, American Red Cross.
RIG CHRISTMAS TREE
FOR MOOSE KIDDIES
The principals of the Loyal Order
of Moose is caring for and bringing
cheer to the hearts of their children
will he manifested this year in the
form of a big Christmas tree and
program for the families of the mem
bers, on the evening of Thursday,
December .'■'<. Arrangements have
been completed for a visit from Santa
Clans and the committee in charge
of the event will leave no stone un
turned in their efforts to bring to
the youngsters the greatest happiness
of their lives. There will be a good
program rendered by the little folks,
with a few of the bigger one par
ticipating, too, and each of the tots
will be provided with plenty of
Christmas candy and other "trim
ming."
FIFTEEN-CENT DROP IN
LOCAL WHEAT PRICES
Two Hundred Thousand Bushels Un
loaded by County Fanners Tues
day, Followed by Sensation
al Decline Wednesday
After approximately 200,000 bush
els of wheat had been sold by the
farmers of Whitman county Tuesday
at prices around the $1.50 mark, a
sadden slump in the Coast markets
Wednesday sent local prices on the
toboggan slide and 15 cents was
lopped off the quotations of the
previous day. Local dealers esti
mate that at least 25,000 bushels
was sold Tuesday by farmers of this
immediate vicinity. While the Chi
cago exchange showed a slump of
less than five cents Wednesday, the
Coast markets dropped three times
that much and the local prices were
in sympathy with the Coast decline.
Some of the local dealers predict
that the present, prices, around the
$1.35 mark, will prevail indefinitely,
while others forecast a continuation
of the up and down markets of the
past six weeks.
On Tuesday the local quotations
were $1.45 for Red Russian and
$1.48 to $1.50 for club and forty
fcld. Wednesday the best quota
tions were $1.32 and $1.35, for red
and white wheat, respectively.
PYTHIANS WILL MAKE MERRY
A dance and card party for the lo
cal Pythians and their.ladies will be
held in the K. of P. hall this evening.
Light refreshments will be served.
The committee in charge of the event
includes George Fairchild, Frank
Fulkerth and J. W. Robinson. One
hundred and forty members attend
ed the meeting of Monday evening,
when the rank of Esquire was con
ferred upon a class of 12 candidates.
A 6:00 o'clock dinner was served.
MARRIED IX COLFAX
Jasper P. Lawson and Miss Georgia
Venora Dunning, both of Pullman,
were united in marriage at Colfax
Tuesday afternoon. The ceremony
was performed at the M. E. parson
age by the Rev. A. A. Callender. The
young people will reside In this com
munity.
PULLMAN, WASHINGTON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1920
Community Christmas Tree
Pullman's first community Christmas tree will be placet!
at the Main ami Alder street intersection early next week
and mi Thursday evening, December 23, the people of the
entire community will gather to sine Christmas enrols and
enjoy other Vuletidc festivities. A gigantic tree will be
secured tor the occasion from the Moscow mountains and will
he brilliantly lighted with electric globes and surmounted by
an illuminated cross. The tree will be lighted several nights
in advance of the community gathering to advertise the event
.'ml it is hoped that every person in the community will lend
his or her presence to assist in making the first annual com
munity Christinas a signal success
Mrs. E. W. Thorpe has charge of the selection of a big
chorus to sing the Yuletide carols and asks that all persons
who wish to participate in the chorus report at the Federated
church Monday evening at eight o'clock. All of the churches
and other organizations are expected to be represented in the
big chorus.
In ease of inclement weather the festivities will be held in
Martin's garage, Mr. Martin having promised to clear his big
display room for the purpose.
MISS MARY SANDERS
BRIDE OF R. A. PRATT
Kin to Service Conducted at St.
.lames' episcopal Church — Voting
People Will Reside on Coast
The marriage of Miss Mary San
ders to Henry Arthur Pratt, of Seattle
took place at St. James' church
Wednesday afternoon at 1 o'clock.
The church was beautifully decorat
ed with greens and baskets of
I flowers.
Preceding the ceremony, Miss
Helen Mallory Jones of Portland
sang "Beloved, It Is Morn." The
groom and the best man, Mr. Eldon
Jenne, entered from the vestry i
door to the strains of the wedding
march from Lohengrin. The usher-.
Messrs. Mclvor, Cable, and Fluhrer, J
leaded the procession, followed'
by the bridesmaids, Miss Gertrude!
Pratt of Seattle, sister of the groom; '•
Miss Marjorie Heaton of fipokane,
and Miss LaYolle Dutton of Pullman.
All three were gowned alike in
orchid taffeta with hats of luce and
tulle and carried Godfrey chrys
anthemums. The maid of honor,
Miss June Sanders, sister of the bride,
wore a town of cream silk lace
over pink kitten's ear satin. She
wore a picture hat of pink tulle over
silver cloth and carried Ophelia
roses.
After all had assembled about the
altar, the bride entered on the arm
of her father. Her gown was of
Ivory satin and chiffon with orange
blossoms and rose point lace, which
\ was worn by her great grandmother.
Her train was of wide satin rib
bon which also formed her girdle,
falling from a bow at her hack. She
wore a long tulle veil arranged
with a band of Point d'Gaze lace,
which belonged to her grand
mother, caught in at the back with
a spray of orange blossoms. Her
only jewel was a diamond brooch,
the gift of the groom. She carried
a shower bouquet of white roses.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Gilbert W. Laidlaw, the |
double ring service being used.
Immediately after the ceremony
\ the bridal party, relatives, and most'
intimate friends, adjourned to the
bride's home, where the wedding j
| breakfast was served.
The bride is the daughter of Mr
| and Mrs. Charles R. Sanders of Pull-'
man. She graduated from the State
College in 1920. She is an accom
| plished pianist and a member of
j Kappa Alpha Theta, Mv Phi Epsilon,
'and P. E. O.
! Mr. Pratt is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Pratt of Seattle. He at
tended the State College, finishing
at the University of Pennsylvania. 1
He is now engaged in the automobile
i business on the coast.
! Mr. and Mrs. Pratt left on
j the 3 o'clock train for a honeymoon
, In southern California, after which |
they will make their home at Issa
nuah, Washington.
The members of the local I. O. O.
r P. and Rebekah lodges, with their,
families, will enjoy a basket dinner
on the afternoon of Christmas day,
at 5:30. All members and their fam-j
• tiles and visitors are invited to at
!tend. J
I A
PULLMAN MEN TO I
GOOD ROADS MEET
i
Klemgard and Wall Will Represent
Chamber of Commerce at Meeting
of Eastern Washington High
way Association
James S. Klemgard and Gearge 11.
Watt will represent the Pullman
chamber of commerce at the meeting
of the Eastern Washington Highway |*
association, to be held today in Spo- j
kane. The highway department of
the State College will also send a del
egate to the meeting and .1. li San
born of this city will be there as a,
[ representative from the Whitman
county board of county commission
ers. Many important road matters
I are slated to come before the meet-;
ling for consideration, and the local .
I representatives will urge thai the.
| Eastern division of the Inland Empire
highway be completed as rapidly as
possible. Work on the unfinished
part of the road from both ends to
ward the center is proposed, under
which plan work would start at Pull
man and Garfield, and proceed to
ward Palouse from both ends.
F. J. W'ilmer of Rosalia is being
groomed as a candidate for the pres
idency of the Eastern Washington
Highway association, to succeed F.;
VV Guilbert of Spokane, who has ex- \
pressed a disinclination to accept the
position for another year. Mr. Wil
Diet' is a good roads enthusiast of the
highest order and would prove an
excellent man for the important po
sition.
in the meeting of the officers, leg
islative committee and board of di
rectors of the Eastern Washington
, Highway association, held in Spokane
last week, it developed there would
be about $9,100,000 for distribution
by the legislators, made up of purely
state funds:
The public highway fund, $2,400,
--000.
Automobile liscense fees, $6,000,
--100.
An additional unappropriated bal
-1 ance from 1919, $700,000.
I These figures do not take into con
sideration $3,500,000 of permanent
I highway money which will also be
appropriated to the counties by the
I legislature, and federal aid approxi
mating $3,000,000 which the high
way commissioner will use with
funds provided by the state to carry
out his state-wide program.
A program for* suggestion to the
convention of the Eastern Washing
ton Highway association, which will '
Ibe held In Spokane December it.
was outlined wh'ch provides for the
completion of five cross-state road '
including the eastern division of the
Inland Empire highway and bridges !
at Central Ferry.and Newport.
It was the concensus of opinion
I that Eastern Washington should be
I connected up with well macadamized .
, highways and hut 25 miles of pay-
I ing was provided for in the sugges
lion This policy will be recom
mended for Eastern Washington in
order thai the people might have all
year round service ar 1 as traffic de-,
velopa too 'treat a strain for the ma-1
cadam'zed system, rectlons carrying
the heaviest traffic to be paved.
j In the preliminary meeting re-'
I
ferretl to above it was decided that
the resolutions committee, legislative
committee and hoard of trust.-,
should be made up of delegates who
are not members of the legislature;
the purpose being to h.i 11 represen
tative men strongly hack of the log-!
islative program which the legisla- '
tors of Eastern Washington will be
expected to carry out.
PLEAD GUILTY TO
GAMBLING CHARGES
Tommy Taylor and Arnold Robert
son entered pleas of guilty to a gain
bling charge in Justice Henry's court
Friday, the former being fined $'511
at d costs and the latter $25 and
costs. It is alleged that the game
Was conducted in Taylor's room.
Sensational rumors that other citi
zens were Implicated in the gambling
j game and that Information would be
[ filed against a public official for par
ticipation In the game, thus violating
I his oath of office, were rife for sev
eral days, but up to the present time
! no other arrests have been made
FOUR PAY FIXES 101 l
DISORDERLY CONDUCT
One hundred dollars of good Pull
man money went to Colfax last Sat
urday when a quartet of Pullman
young men Including Archie Hately,
Albert Hately. Ivan Kendall and Ira
Christian, paid tines aggregating
that amount on disorderly conduct
charges. The charges grew out of
the conduct of the young men at the
dance at Kwarlsville grange Friday
evening, when, it is alleged, the
members of the quartet became in
toxicated and behaved In a disorder
ly manner. Saturday they were
rounded up and taken to Colfax,
where each entered a plea of guilty
before a Justice of the peace. Fines
of $*25 each and costs were assessed
against all of them.
CIRCULATE PETITION
TO annex PROPERTY
Ask That Stinger's Addition anil
Parts of McGee Flats Be Added
to Corporate Limits
Petitions asking that all of San
ger's addition and parts of McGee
flats, north of the college campus, be
added to he corporate limits are now
being circulated and are being large
ly signed, It Is necessary thai the
signatures of one-fifth of the voters
at the last municipal election be at
tached to the petition before the city
council can call a special election to
rote on the question;
The district prope d to be annexed
to the city, described in tin? petitions,
is that Included in an imaginary I'm
drawn from the present corporate
limit line on North Monroe street,
down the county road to the right and
up McGee flats to the old Cllne prop
erty, thence through the college
grounds.
The petitions are being circulated
by a committee headed by F. E. San
ger and here is little doubt that, the
necessary signatures will be secured,
both inside the district and outside.
The proposed annexation will add
over I 1"1 to the population of the
City, of whom probably more than SO
will be voters.
LEGION WILL ELECT
TUESDAY EVENING
Joint session with Women's Auxiliary
Will Be Held in K. of I*. Hall
A joint session of nurd-Price
post of the American Legion and the
Women's Auxiliary to the Legion will
be held in the K. of P. hall next Tues
day evening. December 21. The
business session of the Legion will be
followed by a social hour The prin
csipal business to be transacted will
be the election of officer! for the en
suing term. The nominees for the
various offices are as follows:
Commander Leon K. Martini.
Vice commander--Clyde Myers,
John McPherson.
Adjutant, finance officer and his
torian—ll. A Struppler.
Chaplain—John Hays,
Sergeant-at-arms—Frank W. Stak
Color bearers—N. Telle and Fred
Scraper.
Trustees —George Gannon, neorgo
T. McMahon, F. Lowery. N. Telia, N.
Dow, F. Hodges. Clyde Myers. J. Mo-
Pharaon and Wm Rivers.
I
ANOTHER OF THE
OLD GUARD PASSES
Je*M 11. Lewis, Whitman County
Pioneer, Answers tho Final
Summons
Jesse 11. Lewis was born In
Brethltt county, Kentucky, on May
3. 1830, and entered the long trail
at Johnson, Wash., December 1.1,
1920, aged 90 years, seven month*,
and seven days.
In March of 1840 the Lewis fam
ily left the Ulue Crass state and
located in Andrew county, Missouri.
When the war with Mexico was
waging Mr. Lewis answered his
country's call and served with honor.
Later he spent a year in the terri
tory west of the Missouri river in
government service among the In
dians. Ii was a year of great hard-
I ship and enlivened with a number
of narrow escapes from the hostile
redskins.
On May 6, 1861, he joined a com
pany of emigrants headed for the
Oregon country. They crossed the
plains with ox teams. Leaving the
Missouri river at St. Joseph they
followed the rail of the 49'ers,
ciosslng the Rocky mountains to
the north of Pike's beak After
foiling the Green river for some
'distance they headed for Fort Boise,
where they rested for a few days.
After leaving Fort Boise they crossed
the Blue mountains and following
the Columbia river until they came
to the Cascades and crossing to the
south of Mount Hood, arrived it
Out side Settlers place on Septem
ber 11, 1851.
The company settled in Marlon
county. It was here that young
Lewis met and woed Miss Mahals
J, Dixon, whom he married on Jan
uary 30, 1868. Nine children were
born to them. Frances Etta, died
in infancy and Alia CL, is also de
ceased. The living are George W.
of Midvale, Idaho; William Mr 01"
Poison, Montana; Mrs. Margaret E.
Johnson of Eugene, Oregon; Mrs.
Alice Harrison of Potlatch, Idaho;
Mary J. Lewis of Johnson, Washing
ton; Mrs. Ida Little of MOSCOW, Ida
ho, and irvin Lewis of Pullman,
Washington, all of whom were In
attendance at the funeral services.
Mr. Lewis also leaves It grandchil
dren and nine great grandchildren.
In 1876 Mr. Lewis sold put bin
holdings in Oregon and moving over
land with his family, located at Day
ton, Washington. A year later he
moved to Union flat In Whitman
county, where in- resided continu
ously until a few months before his
decease, when he moved to Johnson
to spend the winter.
Deceased had the distinction of
having lived 70 years in the North
west. Forty-four of these eventful
years had been spent in the .i
--louse country, where he had been one
of the stalwart pioneers. Always a
public spirited man, he had been
1 Identified with every forward move.
He was one of the heavy contribu-
I tors toward the fund for building
the first grist mill at Colton.
Mr. Lewis left a work of historical
value in the nature of a carefully
kept diary, covering a period of over
30 years. The diary chronicles all
the events of importance in the coun
ty during that period and also daily
weather data.
He contributed generously toward
the founding fund of Washington
State College. He became a char
ter member of the Seats Grange.
While a citizen of Oregon he served
a number of years as justice of the
peace with honor. But the record
he prized most of all was his consist
ent Christian life. He became a
Christian over fit) years ago and Was
faithful unto death. For a quarter
of a century he was a godly elder.
During all the years of his pilgrim
age he was never sick. The first
meal ever carried to his bed was
taken to him after the fall that re
sulted In a fractured hip. This ac
cident occurred on November 29 of
this year and the shock proved too
severe for his impaired constitution.
He fell asleep at 5 a. m. on Decem
berll.
His Master
Made his dying bed
As soft as downy pillows are.
Upon His breast he leaned his head
And breathed his life out sweetly
there.
Three years ago Mrs. Lewis was
called Into the land beyond. Since
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