Evening Star Newspaper, August 10, 1924, Page 6

6 KENTUCKY CLAIS MOST MODEST HERD} Wilfie Sandlin Found Fighting Much Easier Than Fac- ing Admirers. 8pe-dal Dispatc to The Star. + LEXINGTON, Ky., August 9.—Ken- tucky has the most modest hero of the world 3 She also has the “hereoest hero” of the same war in the self-same indi- vidual, and her claim to this distinc- tion is attested by Gen. Pershing and Marshal Foch. The hero hails from a section of Kentucky noted for fighters, and its very name is cnough to throw a man- size scare into a timid chap. Kentucky's star hero is Sergt Willle Sandlin, from Devil's Jump Branch, Hell-fer-Sartin Creek, Leslie County, and he looks the part, with a wiry frame, determined jaw and keen eye, fearless as a fighter, but ex- shy at all attempts to exploit ame, but a tull- fledged monicker—was induced o come to Lexington for the Fourth of | July celebration as tiie honored guest | of Hugh Mc 2 troduced by commander. Lost One War Medal. Murphy had considerable diffi- culty in introducing the modest hero, as Sergt. Sandlin had long the | war misplaced his_citations and lost | one of his medals, bestowed by a for- n government. However, he still d the Congressional Medal of Honor—his own countr: highest decoration — Medal Militaire from France and C. de Guerre with palm, Italian War Cross and decora- Mr. Foreign Wars to membership in that 20 years without payment of dues, with the promise that his membership would be re- newed at the expiration of that time “j? he lived longer than 20 years on the $10 a month allowed him by the Veterans' Bureau for the pport of his wife, two children and himselt.” ptember Hugh McKee Post will take him to Atlantic City to attend the national encampment, if he can be induced to forsake his beloved Kentucky hills for a few days and face a barrage of admiring eves at the national convention of foreign whars veterans. Story of One Big Day. Here is the story it happened in one day: The general advance was on. Six divisions were participating. Sandlin was in command of a platoon. About 7 o'clock in the morning the advance was checked v a hot fire from a machine gun t. An order to_halt and lie down came along the line. Sandlin's men heard it obeyed. Sandlin did not vanced directly on the ma n nest, and at 30 yards threw a grenade Three others followed, and he then jumped into the pit eight men were alive and v Sandlin killed all of them with his bayonet. The line came up sumed command of his men. Half an hour later machine gun again | caused the order to halt. Sandlin did not. He rushed thi had the other, employ: . cs. This time, when his grenades were all. spent, there were four men still defending the nest. ther sing! handed battle—and y were all dead, except Sandlin, the line camé up. Two Germans Give Fight. The third nest encountered was not reached until 2 o'clock. Just as be- fore, Sandiin advanced upon it. His grenades in this nstance wounded every man in the pit. but he had to dispatch two who still gave fight, as well as the others whose wounds had not proved imme v fatal. Later that ret. Sandlin par- ticipated in taking th trong point, which was German battalion quarters. Many were fair, and there was credit given. To_ finish out the day Sandlin cap- tured a hospital group and killed the lleutenant with the latter's own gun, which he wrested from him in a to-hand fight. This pistol, a Lug has as a_ souvenir. He enlisted from Breathitt county, the only county in the United State where it was not nec: men. He was g twice, once betw grenade and onc With shrapnel. Loves the Mountains. Willie dlin loves the mountains of Kentucky. His Fourth of July speech in quoted almost elected him organization for d Sandlin re- when head in at this af- no individual ssary to draft nd wounded eves with a | the right leg on, es it m glad to be here. I thank you for your hospital When I was on the fields of France my heart was in the hills of Kentucky. I will now and let you hear the reall SALE OF 32 pieces Owen Minerva Gold Medal China with dainty blue and gold striping and a lacey scalloped effect. Set consists of Cups, Saucers, Plates, Bread and But- ter, Pruit Dishes, Bowl and Platter-—enough to set a table for six persons. It is given ab- solutely without extra charge to every person who purchases a Sellers Kitchen Cabinet during this sale. BOMBS COMMON IN FAR EAST; G. Emil-Kela'ch, Graduate _ In Foreign Service, Works for U. S. : Traveled 50,000 Miles. Finds Employment Is Highly Attractive. Traveling 50,000 miles on Uncle Sam’s business thraugh Soviet Russia, Siberia and China, and “where bombs were as |' common as potatoes. and considered more of a staple commodity,” is the ex- perienca of Emil Kekich, secretary to the United States trade commissioner at Riga, Latvia, since his graduation from the Georgetown University School of Forelgn Service in June, 1921. During the last two years and a half Mr. Kekich has met, in the course of his duties, rulers of countries, envoys, generals, usurpers, abdicators and ad- venturers, all of whom, he writes, con- vinee him more than ever that “the best possible position a man can occupy in the present world is that of being a plain American citizen.” A close-up study of Old World conditions, Mr. Ke- Kich declares, shows it to be increasing- ly evident that “the greatest national wer materially and spiritually in the world today is the good old U. S. A., and that its interests abroad are ac- cumutating day by day by the sheer passive force of that power.” Hails From Illiaof% who haila from Alton, . won a hts of Columbus erhelar- hip at the Georgetown Foreign Servics hool and prepared for the United States commercial service at that insti- tution. Several months after gradua- tion he received an appointment in the foreign service of the Department of Commerce. But allow Mr. Kekich to de- scrihe his adventures of the last two and a half years, as he does in the fol- low*ug letter to Thomas H. Healy, as- sistent dean of the school : “éme memorable day in November, 1921, windy, Kegich and wreck of war. time the city was a hotbed of T lution and political intrigue and guarded by the Japanese army of oc+ cupation. It was the stronghold of the last shattered remnants of the great army of whites who had been making history in the interior ot Siberia since the time of Kolchak. refugees, ragged soldiers, Ith, unhappiness and misery were everywhe T Witness to Shooting. “Things hardly brightened up in the course of ensuing days. One of my first experiences was to witness the horror of the shooting of a brave young white officer by several reds, ¢ one of whom he killed, how- . before expiring himself. ‘The next’ thing was to see several bomb- ing parties in the streets, and to be- come inured to the necessity of never being without a Colt. Hombs were as common as potatoes, and considered more of a staple commod- ity. Marauding was carried on whole- sale because of the inability of the government to enforce order. After several months of life in Vladivostok, if one can call continual dread of impending events “life.” in which 1 saw several revolutions and over- turns, several times expecting to be an innocent victim along with others, I naturally came to the conclusion that the was not over, and 1 have been reluctant to come’ to any other conclusion since leaving the Siberian metropolis and traveling and observing in many lands. Though improving, the world seems to be still in turmoil, and it is partly this fact which imparts the zest to work and the tinge of romance in life in the foreign service of our great country at the present time. Meets His Fate. v chief, Trade Commissioner C. J. er, and I sojourned to Chita, Siberia, and later to Harbin, Man- uria, where I unexpectedly but overwhelmingly met my fate. This fate was not unkind, as we have been happily ever since. 1 was subsequently. sent to Peking, Shang- hai, and, finalty, Riga, traveling in all close to 30,000 miles in two years and a half. “During this time we met in the course of our duties rulers of coun- ies, envoys; princes, peasants, gen- soldiers, usurpers, abdicators and adventurers, retaining more than ever the genuirie feeling that the best possible position a man can occupy in the present world is that of being a plain American citizen. During this time it became increasingly evident that the greatest national power ma- terially and spiritually in the world today - good old United States of America; that its interests abroad are accumulating day by day by the sheer passive force of that power. American ideals, notwithstanding old prejudices and traditions, seemed to he really making an impress on world affairs. Our foreign com tercourse apparently living SELLERS KITCHEN A Carload of Sellers Cabinets Must Be Moved Moved Quickly Every modern housewife knows the Sellers— the cabinet with the wonderful labor-saving con- veniences. We have just purchased a whole car- load of them at special quantity price. To move these cabinet s quickly and to adver- tise our store we are making the above offer to women who will come at Sellers at special carload p you without extra charge once. You can get the rice. And we will give a set of dishes as de- scribed and illustrated above. A Transparent Measuri; FREE zations. Any woman who comes visits our Kitchen Cobinet Department. ng Cup to every woman who No obli- may have one. THOMPSON BROS. 1220 Good Hope Rd. Lincoln 556 ANACOSTIA, D. C. (Closed Saturday Afternoon) THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., AUGUST 10, 1924_PART T. in the forelgn service, on account of the peculiar_conditions obtaining in Russia and Siberia, I have found much more gaod than bad. The work in the service, whether it be political, economic or commercial, is always fascinating to the young man having the bent, and in- terest seldom lags. 'In addition, the American is favored by the prestige s country. The word “American,” curiously - enough, is magic almost all over the world, and the American |gets in where others don't, which is half the battle. Every one seems to be favorably disposed toward him, and . unless something is radically wrong he is usually persona grata wherever he goes. Iven the lowliest in rank in the service of the United States Government or American firms abroad finds himself treated by emi- nent people with amazing considera- tion. Thus, in the last analysis, all that the young man who goes career in the foreign service needs is the capacity of acting as decently abroad as he does at home, and of not 108ing his head. “The fleld is enormous for the rela- tively few to be chosen to do con- structive work for American interests and, concomitantly, for foreign. . . . ain that the men who are in the foreign service wield a great influence, both diretly and indirectly, on the policy and destiny of their country. With the expansion of American interests abroad, this influence, as far as the United S 8 |8 conoerned, is ap- rentl d grow greater th 4 cor spondingly ~ to of the American people. Our foreign serv - ico fraternity is making wooderful i progress.” AS POTATOES U. STUDENT SAYS Lot A Good Memory. From the Edinburgh Scotsman. It was an American tourist's first visit to Edinburgh, and he made nu- merous inquiries of an old native of the town regarding places of inter- est. After the old man had satisfied his thirst for knowledge in regard to things romantic and historic, he in- stant growth, in spite of our relative passivity in that regard, and that with further improvement in world conditions _this situation would ~be immeasurably enhanced. Finds Service Attractive. “From my still limited experience, seems that life in the forelgn ther for the Government ncerns, is merely a obeying orders in- telligently and ing at all events, taking the good with the bad. Al- thouzh I have probably had some- ®Aat more. than my share of hard- saip in the kind of soldierin " replicd but last Saxophone — Chaice of the Popular Stays s = ALL America dances to the music of the Conn. For the great re- cording artists and their orchestras, use and endorse these world-famous instruments in their phonograph work and all other engagements. We have several very good used in- struments that we will sell on easy terms— Used Saxophones 40 o, Used Tenor Banjos Clarinets 16 1, 20 o, Also Representatives for Waymann Tenor Banjos tHomer L.Kitt Co: 1330-G'STREET CABINETS August 11th to 16th Used Cornets 10 , Used Ted Lot This is the week we give away dishes. TRY MALTED GRAPE NUTS — THE DELIEIOUS NEW DRINK — AT ALE OF OUR SODA FOUNTAINS Special Candy Feature! Johnson’s Mint Nibs Large Can— About 1 Pound. ...... 390 Johnson” Mmt Nibs are dainty straws with a delicious pepper- mint flavor and a wonderful creamy center. All the family will enjoy these tasty morsels. Large can (approximately one pound). Special, 39c. 60c Ventilated Baby Rubber Pants Special, 490 These Baby Pants are fash- joned of purest quality gum rub- ber—well made, strong and very durable. Special ventilating feature in- sures comfort for baby, even in the warmest weather. A good value at 49c. 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