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I; . Iferc arwar kzzkjakl jzr&farrr jfoozarzu4 v Here come the Doughboys, with dirt behin Here come the Doughboys, their pay Is ii Th^ Artillery, the Cavalry and the lousy 1 They couldn't lick the Doughboys in 10t>,G( -OLD IN KAN"] / By JOHN DICKINSON SHERIV JOME time or other Preside may perhaps have a chance signature to an net of conp to Sergt. Samuel WoodfiH, Fort Thomas, K.v.. a capta! nent commission and retiren: rank. You see Sergeant Woo his captaincy on the fighti France. Also his 'JO years service entitle him to retirement. Als tary authorities have practically picked the greatest fighting man of the A. E would seem as if America could do ik this for her "hero of heroes"?a "It the United States army and a professio Anyway, Senator Richard I\ Ernst oi lias introduced such a bill in the sei Representative Roy O. Woodruff of Mi done the same In the house. Representative John S. Benham n started the movement in the house. Y wg* proud as a peacock because Serge fill enlisted in 1901 from his district?t Benhnm had the clerk read u paragi General Order No. 1G, bearing date o 22, 1919. and signed by Gen. I'eyton chief of staff?Lieutenant WoodfiU's c coinpanylng his award of the Congressh "of Honor. I Benham also put into the Congresslor \ - "Woodfill's army record in full from Ids in 1901. Then Woodruff of Michigan, who wa of iiifuntry in France and at one (ime, armistice, was WoodfiU's coinmanding o given the floor. As a preliminary to gi\ that he would introduce the bill tnei the foregoing, he set forth his flrst-hnnd of WoodfiU's efficiency as a lieutenant i deaux embarkation cainp and related 1 turned from receiving tlie Congress! on a ' Honor at Chatimont without opening about it. "Excellent" behavior. efficient*) estv bnJk large in WondOU's ninkenp. The presentation at C'haumont took the quadrangle Rrlflsh O. II. Q. on Sunt! before a large crowd of American. Ilritls Belgian and Italian officers. Headqmi talion acted as guard of honor. Woodfi other awards in addition to the Cor Medal of Honor. He received the Legiot Tit the hands of the high admiral of t navy and MaJ. flen. Hanson E. Ely pr him the Croix de Cluerre. (with palm), was awnr<led the Legion of Honor and of Prince Pnnilo I (Montenegro). He i the Victory Medal with three clasps, the and Mexican border ribbons und an ej man's medal. Notwithstanding WoodfiJI's exploit an tlons he remained undiscovered as th< heroes." And Woodtill certainly didn't the discovery. When he went to Loui returning troops in the summer of 1919. dier and a real hero at Inst after all ful years that had passed since he enl In 1901. there were thousands hungry tale of the war that Woodtill held In But WoodlllJ didn't tell it. He went qu his work and returned to his eoinmai he was discharged as an officer, he k habit lie had followed from his philij I He re-enlisted at about $84 a month. Then came the preparations for tin the "unknown soldier" at Washington tice day. The board of army officers, searchii ords for the purpose of selecting a si ?im tnfiintrv to act as a body-bearer I known dead, picked Serjeant Woodfill. name was sent to Pershing, the commai A. K. F. exclaimed: "Why, I have aire that nipn as the greatest single hero in can forces." tieneral Pershing's report on fhe her? tilers in the World war contains this Wood til 1*8 deed, given the place of hoia cases of distinguished heroism which al received America's recognition: "I>ceds of valor were too numerous here. Outstanding was the heroism of Samuel Woodfill. Fifth division, in attae handed a series of Herman machine gut t'nnel and killing the crews of each it reduced to the necessity of assaulting tuchment with a pick, dispatching thei BUSTS OF FAMC * The United Service cluh is one of London's famous eiubs In Pall Mall for officers of the twin I.ritish services, the navy and the army. ltusts of naval and military heroes adorn the hall. The duke of Wellington, with Ids stalely and aristocratic look, gazes down on members as they pass through the main entrance. Honesty, pride and dignity are written there. Jjk 16p faferrrsfcn*/ d their ear?, nt Harding to affix liis ^ ^ :ress giving /* U. S. A.. la's perma- r== == lent at that dtill earned rfupTh ^rom ^nr.fTzcZ'jriAZ i January C. March, Itntlon ac>n<|l Medal ?f Sergt. Alvln C. Y vision in standing oft ial Iteoord after his patrol was enlistment numbered ten to one; tlesey and his men of s a major xv,w" t,u'ir ,,l,,talion after the in refusin? u> surre finally relieved. Don mcer. was - , JL?i. deeds of unknot itioned In remained t0/test,fy*" knowledge Sergeant York, whc n the Bor- war correspondents t low he re- ,,ol<1 wonl- killed 2."? I Medal of with rifle and pistol i Ids mouth guns and crews. Mil and mod- greatest thing accoin during tlie World Wf . church elder and a < P o.!! Tennessee mountains, ay at 8.. down every proposit French. {lJs f?me_$,-,o.OOO a,n< irters >n - from the movinj II receive, week fop J(X) weel;s i ' 0,111 menfs from several i of onor jr worj.jng to establl he Frenc school; has raised esented to p|wlt,0(1 $20,000 more. I.ater e ^ United States go> the n er introduced In the sei I,.^?..|VXe?r9 have come to notldn rpert ^rlfle Lieutenant Colonel rifle- ^ resthlssoul, h in the nlglit" a sho i i New York to Hnvar hero o wflg carefu||y arrani Help uiong war ended for other svllle with vjetim Just us surely a real sol- o{ bls Bnttallo the event- ttie Argonne forest Isted there |ft t,lP enefiiy's dem for such a h?J!" Over here h his bosom. ,hp 8orroWs of the a letly about ||Hp u? thp wounded iid. When jobless who besieged ept to the pen,i- funeral at Arl .pine days. bn,kP under the stri Wood fill is the on ? burial of ti,ree?a "Regular" on A nil is- T()p menning of ihe that the Infantry is ig the ree- York was a naturnl-h >ldier froiu u great opportunity for the nil- triumph was of the When the sjon?i soldier tralne nder of the Woodttll's father, i ady picked (,,viJ wars, "brought the Auierl- jng to use u rl service In detail, as es and sol- ment. shows that h mention of years' service In th >r over two Pij?ht years' service ready have Mexican liorder. won tenant ami was assi to mention ot" the Mfth Lieutenant from duly V-. i n' king single- acter mark is "exceii i nests near ly with the addition. i turn until us private. corporal, tlie lust de- lieutenant ami was n all. And service us captain. )US ENGLISHME I says lie* Christ inn Science Mon ' lint a head of Lord Nelson at side Is more Interesting. Each of the face is modeled differentlj that the impression of a man of , world is given as you look at the trait from tlie left, and of a dreti as you look at it from the right, the one case the modeling is firtt: the other soft. Even the eyes, "" J r alcriAl of "unmfcrwzr Joj&z&r'' c&o?Sc fiboto <5> 6y * I ork of the Eighty-second dl- 'he tJme of and capturing 132 Germans months nnd literally surrounded nnd out- makes him i ; and Major Charles S. Whit- Ice) at 40 p the Seventy-seventh division, The cital was cut ofT in the Argonne. killing 1!) G< nder and holding out until Here's Woo? htless many died in perform- ?at least t vn heroism, as no survivor "We were moment we > got early publicity from the began to pc hat made his name a house- ,'ihe enemy Germans in a few minutes heovjt greer ind captured several machine "Quick a< irshal Fneh says he "did the mP" nenr ,r pllshed by any single soldier an'' worked ir." The draft found him a ,r>0 VHrtls 1 conscientious objector In the llo,p- T,,en He has consistently turned f',e ar ion to make money out of unimproved 1 royalties estimated at muddy ditcl : picture concerns; Sl.fiOO a t,lis * could 'roni vaudeville; huge endow- "I didn't religions denominations. He war<1 an(' I sh a mountain non-sectarlnn without ex| $12,000 by lecture and has "" " When York was discharged killed fi\e i eminent gave him $B0. Bills ner a,ten,Pt late and house In his hehatf pistol. I tl e longer, so I Whittlesey Is "gone west," Cml!i I*! le "disappeared from the ship JV1 "L >rt time ago, en route from , in on the Toloa. His going f1"*. ?ra ired. Three years after the " u irun " s It killed him. He was Its Rl,n" as if he had died with those ' located t n" who never came back out <,ame n "Over There" he could say. P'i^i ' W01 lands for surrender, "Go to e was forced to surrender to bring comin fteriuath. He felt he had to ,)l0 to ta,<p I and crippled and dying and an(' as * him for help. The "Unknown ?e ??ns w? Ington was the last straw. He started to It ,jn German don ly professional soldier of the ot,u'r one 1 of the United States anuy. 7 "TVi'i'm old "Regular" song quoted Is ' r? , , , the backbone of the army. " iorn fighting man prepared for ! . ?, "r by environment. Whittlesey's hhn ,iave " spirit. Woodfill Is a profes- Sergeant d to deadly efficiency. ^ iltshire, h !i veteran of the Mexican and Yvur-iliro f! him up to be a soldier," teach- , . , lie at the age of seven. His l,ut furnished by the War depart- to a<tu n e began In 1901 with three- T'"TJ r e Philippines. He then saw J"1? '".J, in Alaska. He served on the fi,,al *ZT gned lo the Sixtieth Infantry '*ve (1 n. his A. 10. F. service whs has n 4?-iiv r. October 31. 1010. His char- W'oontill < lent" without exception, usual- ton. It wj "n inoilel soldier." lie served in" under o lance corporal, sergeant and fortitude, discharged from his A. E. F. dier" he w His total active service at servers." 1TVI hoth are shown, are different. The '* ^ : bust is a replica by the famous Engisli artist. Flaxtnan. the original of which Is in possession of the family,1 I for. the sj(je A New Ambition. so Hubert is a delicafe little chap, lackthe ing the usual hearty appetite of the [ or normal seven-year-old. One day a new ( uner boy appeared in the neighborhood and i In for a week paraded up and down the I i. in block clad in the full regalia of n very 1 for wild and woolly Indian. Mother and < > ^^Q^^H]HHBKH ;/'::-:^:^yCViHllffn i :>v; 4 M Rfl tazwcr ^ ' Ills Inst enlistment was 19 years, 4 21 days. This with his "double time" eligible for retirement (30 years' servier rent pay. Hon describing Woodfill's exploit In prmnns In two hours is rather sketchy, dflll's own account of the performance he high points of it: partly screened by n low fop, hut the appeared on the crest the Germans >ur in shells and machine pun bullets, was entrenched, and also hidden by i woods, and was hard to locate. :tion was needed. I sipnuled several le to pet forward, and I rushed ahead my way across an opening of about by crawling from shell hole to shell I reached a small knoll, dctoured to id worked my way until I pot to an rrind from which I could crawl UP a h about ten yards long. When I did I see the pun position, lose any time. I slid my rifle forplaced the butt against my shoulder [>oslng any part of my body, then iy elbows enough to see the gun and gunners In the pit. One enemy guned to retreat, hut I killed him with my Hen feared to remain In my position dashed to cover of the brush and ran icer, who sprang up to disarm me. I with my automatic.. I had only gone anee when I located another machine wled to a flanking position close up qd sniped five of Its crew and silenced i third machine gun position, and. using icthod of approach as previously aprked my why to a flank position and I Ave of the gunners. There was heavy | ig from the right front which caused I refuge in the enemy's entrenchment, ished into It I nearly Jumped on two ! 10 were crouching there. One of them ' vel a T.uger 011 me. I fired first. The ! hied up and dropped his weapon. The ( cached for his rifle. I squeezed the i him. hut my gun failed to fire. I ; nd grabbed a pickaxe nnd hit the man | Wow on the head. As I turned I saw i rrman had regained his pistol, so I let with the pickaxe, too." Woodfill's wife was Miss I.orena It. nrn in Covington, Ky.. and a direct deDaniel Boone. He had known Miss >r four years before he went overseas, id postponed their marriage in order ite enough money to make the first a little home of their own. The wed lace December 20. 1017. She adds n ition?t^iat of "Model Husband." is thirty-eight years old. He stands leven mcnes, weigns iow pinions mm cli chest. i\ us made much of by oflhlnJ Washingis a severe ordeal for him. but. borders. lie bore his honors with soldierly At the funeral of the "t'nknown Solas perhaps the "observed of till obdad fully expected an immediate demand for a similar outfit. Hut apparently Robert had not been impressed by the war paint and feathers. At least so they thought, until one evening he startled them at dinner by demanding "two pieces of meat and two potatoes and two of everything." "Good for you, son!" cried Ids father, joyfully. "At last you're hungry?" "No." replied the little fellow slowly. "I'm not hungry. Hut I'm going to eat Just enough to get strong enough to lick that Indian!" ?.The ?. xmtiwuat | MllMUVALN LEGION (?opy fur This Department Supplied b] the American Legion News Service.) \ GOES TO PRISON FOR BUDDY Harry W. Haley, Canadian Soldier, Serve* Time to Save No Man's * Land Comrade. A story of personal sacrifice, unique In annuls of the World war. Is thai of Harry W Ik Haley, who servet In Leuvenwortl m M prison to repay t j Jm war-time bmldj fc -Mfci f(>r ,lis "fe- Halej TTm 'ia8 wr,tfen th? American Leglor 1' the first uccoun - .-Jg 'l',s ft<,t'on* Wounded ant # &]rWwBlR ,oft no m,,nf land. Haley, 8 f ?L Canadian soldier was slowly dying from loss of blodd when he was picket] up by Private Thomas G. Jones, an American. After taking bis buddy tc safety, Jones disappeared. Back Iri the lines again, Haley was captured by the Germans and loot all trace of hli rescuer. On May 20, 1021, Haley arrived at the lroine of his sweetheart In Canada. Ills wedding wns to occur at 8 o'clock and the guests were ussemhled. Then Private Jones renppeared. He had deserted the army at Fort Slocuin, N. Y., because, be sold, they were j^iing to send blm^back to Germany. He was suffering from mustard gas burns and had a wife and two children/dependent upon him. Haley acted quickly. Telling Jones to return to his wife and keep quiet, he Informed his fiancee of his intention, She declined to wait while he served the term Jones would have to spend in prison. At the hour of the wedding Haley took o train for St. Paul, Minn. He cave himself to the first police officer he encountered, declaring he was Private Thomas G. Jones, wanted for desertion. Tried by court-martini at Fort Crook, Neb., Haley was sentenced to dishonorable discharge and six months In prison. He had served af! but 18 days of Ids sentence when authorities, by checking fingerprints and Identification learned of the substitution. The Legion Is petitioning President Harding to purge the dishonorable discharge from Haley's record. NOTED LEGION GUEST BUSY Marshal Foch Nearing End of Tour of Forty-Two States and Jaunt That Totals 16,000 Miles. When Marshal Foch sails for Paris and much needed rest, he will have traveled a total of 70,000 miles on jUlH , his tour of 42 states as guest of the American Leglnn. More than V 200 towns and cities will have 1 been visited hy \ the allied gener- ^ nlissiino. In each of which the loeal Legion post and * reverybody in the /y / community put forward their best to 'entertain the French hero. The Legion tour tabes Marshal Koch from coast to coast and fiom New Orleans to Minneapolis. Despite his seventy years, the eating of artistically gotten tip hanqurj-.s which are niorp -or less digestible, and almost as many speeches each day as there are hours, the marshal will go back to France "feeling fine." He likewise withstood the administration of the degree of LL.D. conferred upon him by 17 universities and colleges. One of the marshal's last photographs. taken In an unguarded moment. depicts his "fighting face." according to his aide's. American Legion members of the Koch pnrty. however, declare It moreover shows the effects of the long strain on the allied leader. Above the Draft Age. John Sylvester Myers, one hundred and two years old, .walked *roin his home lit Lime itidp'j -to liloMnshurp, l'a., to address a meethip of t lie Hloomshurp post of the American Leplon. Myers told how he tried to pet Into service durinp the World war. hut was rejected, because he was "above the draft ape.*' The centenarian fold an interestinp story of Ids life. He had served in the Mexican and Civil wars, and was rejected from service durinp the Spanish-American war because of his ape. He has also served in the navy. He it us been married three times, his last marriape beinp at the ape of ninety-two. "I feel Just as pood as I ever did,'' declared the veteran. He Is Not Dead but Sieepeth. "So the saloons are dead." mourned the overseas veteran, returninp to the land of the free, for the first time j since 11)17. "Yes," answered his friend cheerily, I "but you can communicate with their | spirits."?American Lepion Weekly. Several Little Bracers. Seth had been advised by his physician to cure liimscJf of the liquor habit by taking something to cat Instead of something to drink whenever he felt the craving coming on. One day lie came rushing down from his hotel room to the dining room and yelled at the astonished waiter. "My (Jod! The Mian in the next I'oom has just killed himself. I Just heard the shot. For heaven's sake, bring me a double order of ham and eggs and a piece of lemon pie right eway!"?American Legion Weckjy. I Carrying On With the American Legion 1 < An army kitchen and 1,000 cots have ?een placed in former barracks at w Cleveland to care for Jobless ex-service men. A ? per cent discount on all purchases has been accorded members of (c 1 the American Legion by the majority .if merchants In Arcadia, Flu. ? ? f There is a Polish post among the posts of various nationalities of the , American Legion. Argonne is its name and It Is located at Toledo, O. SCI * ? tu Motion pictures are shown three st, 5 nights a week at the American Legion 1 theater, which has Just been estab- m( ilshcd by a post in Alta Vista, Kan. " " kn 1 Agents of the Chicago American Le- [j, 1 gton post which has undertaken the t0 * reconstruction of Mesnll-en-Arronalse, j|f ! Plcardy, have gotten the project under Wi - way. \V i . . . ti( 1 Harold Wells, Petersburg. Va.. blind- th ei In the war, was loaned $1,000 by the ne ' American Legion post there. He es- 8it ' tqhllshed u tobacco shop and has puld Co 1 back the debt. to ; bl< Tills country Is well rid of Grover no C. Bergdoll, slacker, according to an bo Illinois American Legion post, which an 1 recommends that the War department th drop the case. ce w< 1 The few remaining Confederate vet- up eruns of Tennessee were able to uttend W the annual meeting of their association ho because of the efforts of 20 American Ao Legionnaires of Nashville. ag dii ( Employees of the elevated railways t0 1 of Chicago have formed a post of the : American Legion and have dedicated a a 1 bronze plate to the memory of eight ' "L" men killed In the war. (*e uc Four lending concert companies are j"* ' to appear In Christopher, III., this win1 ter because of the American J^eglon If* post there, which lias succeeded In Innugurating a lyceum course. I ? t0 , ftll The state of Michigan has bought the community house at Camp Custer, gj( improved the place and turned It over to the American Legion posts to be afl used as u hospital for veteraps. m{ scl Wlille Cincinnati was discussing ttjf te, need of cleaning the William Henry fj,( Harrison statue tjjere, the Bentley American Legion post, armed with brushes, buckets and soap, did It. ? # A % A mAfl rta n flnrr Boo hoon Cf\ Vfln thfl nurcin.ni. " ?" B" Hellenic post, Minneapolis, of the ^ American Legion, by the (ireek citizens ' there. The post Is composed of Gre- ^ clan born veterans of the A. E. ... ,nl Five hundred ex-servlr? men acted gQ as "supers" In the filming of a motion. ^ picture at Mumaroneck, N. Y. Th^ jn were sent to enact a "battle" by a New sn York American Lejlon employment bu- ^ reau. ln, to Twelve overseas veterans refused to ml face death again ln fumigating Imml- jnj grant ships. The American Legion gp employment bureau In New York had jes received the call from the Immigration ail officers. au ah Due to the propaganda of the Amer- f0; lean Legion ln Birmingham, Ala., the 0f hundreds of former service men have get been placed In positions ranging be- nf . fween that of short order cooks to con- an struction foremen. thi ? . cII Work has beeii supplied every applicant at the Wichita (Kan.) American Legion post employment agency, according to the Department of Labor. Seven states have been surveyed and that city heads the list. * . cai By means of entertainments given o( by the school* children of Minnesota, ge( the American Legion Auxiliary of that wt state will be enabled to erect a build- gC( ing to care for destitute veterans on w( their discharge from hospitals. bo po Unemployed service* men of MInne- pr, hnoils have been organized by the | 8C< American Legion posts there and are w j campaigning the city, selling hand- pa hags, automobile booster plates and similar articles bearing Legion sane- gin tTon. sei ? cei Jerked from his floor-bed by a rush wl of 50 proffered positions, u Kansas City set former soldier has been able to support himself, his wife and five chll- pL dren. He had registered |fie previous day at the American Legion employ- J i.ient office. 801 \ daj Oscar K. Onrlstrom. Aledo, III., new commander of tlie United Spanlsii War (||s Veterans. was one of the committee of fifty A. K. F. men which started the (ij American Legion in Paris In 1919. He j.{t] ,ls an adopted member of the (J. A. 1(. ^ of Illinois. , Feeling against < J rover C. Bergdoll, slacker, was so high at the Missouri state convention of the American I.e- j glon that when it was announced tliat tuk a mption was to lie rend,about him it i,),, was passed by popular acclamation be- mil fore even reading It. I t.?i * * * ow Adjusted compensation will not h* ro|| squandered by former service men j according to a Toledo (O.) newspaper gC0 According to figures front a campaign jng 17t? want home aid, 88 want ?-jisIi. 41 fln, chose the certificate plan and 5 pet |,8l cent want vocational traiuing. hi,, ? j ? 1??? T m.ln lint lilt* AlliniUlll K?>i?n w...v Ilj charge of the $VJ5,000 raised for the j^| care of disabled and Jobless soldiers of tw that state. Interest from this amount Sp| us well as the principal, are to he used yjr in particularly needy cases. ? t * * * pol duns were cleaned for a leopard the hunt by the American Leplon post In Parsons. Mo., when it was learned pr, thaf the escaped animal was header- |n<i Car their town. Hut the $50 honu* fhr for "capture alive" deferred the hunt gai A Texas ranger of toe outfit set out the to rope the leopard. He has not yet tg I BOY SCOUTS Ws onducted by National Council of tha Boy bcouta of America.) * k:eps scouts busy By virtue of being kept on the spot the national capital, Washington outs find plenty of worthwhile good ins to do. A case in point is the enuous and important service renred in connection with the cereoniul homage to the unknown dead, om the moment the body of the unlown soldier was transferred from e battleship Olytnpla to the cupitol, tlie liour when the last of the Arruis e day crowd dispersed, the scouts ire on duty early und late. On the ednesday afternoon flreet-dlng Armls e day they helped keep the line at e capitol in the drizzling rain. The xt morning a large delegation, con'tlng of two scouts from each troop ntributlng, acted as u guard of honor the boy scout wreath placed on the ?r of the unknown soldier and from on until far into the evening other outs were on guard with the marines d police, keeping the plaza clear and e great throng moving in orderly prossion. Early the next morning they ;re again up and doing, taking their (pointed places - along 'the uvenue. ith the passing of the parade, the ys fell In with the throngs w*ho t eked to Arlington, only to return aln to duty In the afternoon to help rect the crowd gathered informally pay Its respects to Mr. Wilson. At the ceremonial Itself at Arlington picked body of scouts participated, aded by Colin H. Livingstdne, presint of the Boy Scouts of America, and companled by Huston Thompson, esident of the local council, Orville Drown, scout commissioner for ashington and Edward D. Shaw, out executive. As the wreath was iced upon the bier the scouts, coming attention, repeated the scout oath d law. Continuing during the whole riod of the conference for the conleration of the limitation of aruiu;nt, 100 scouts will be dally on duty pages, srrangernents having been ide with the superintendent of hools to excuse them from school at idanee during the days In which eir respective turns to serve come. COUTS HAVE RADIO STATION Scout Executive F. R. Nelhel of . Raul Is, with the aid of the clt? tabllshing a wireless station, which 1! be officially called the Boy Scout unleipal Radio station. The operatl room wft be In the city audltortn and the aerial on the roof of the me building. It will be the most mplete receiving and sending station the West. It is expected that raesges will carry by radio telephone as r as 500 miles and by telegraph itruinent 1,500 miles. The plan Is co-operate with troops and cominlties throughout the state,. mak? weather and crop reports acces)le to farmers, to transmit by wiress telephone the municipal concerts, d lectures which are given in the :dItorlum. Flans are being made for co-oj>eratlon with the state restry department In the reporting forest fires. Sixteen enthusiastic [ruts form She charter membership this enterprise and their leader Is experienced scoutmaster who was e chief radio Inspector of the Pale coast fleet. \ SCOVER MOONSHINE PLANT Wtfile taking a woodland hike, a oup of boy 8couts of a Virginia city rcelved a peculiar odor at their mplng point. Tliey thought little It at first and went on with their Hit activities as scheduled. As time >nt on the odor remained and two suts poking Into a thicket of tall teds discovered a miniature still. The ys hastened back to town and rerted their discovery to the federal ohlbltlon officer, who, guided by ' nits, went to the spot and destroyed mtever remained of the moonshine rnphernalia. This particular troop is only chartered September 8. and ice tliut date It has glvbn a valuable vice at the county fair, and sueisfully fought a serious forest fire ilch threatened to destroy a negro :tleinent. * / EDGE AID TO U. S. CONFERENCE Vt a recent rally In Syracuse, N. Y., ne 1,700 scouts, representing Onoe;u council, listened to a stirring >ech on the Issues at stake In the arniament conference, at the close which they passed a resolution de- . ring their support to the United \ ites government In the efforts to limarmament. The resolution was elessed to President Harding. GOOD TURNS IN BRIEF ^ San Francisco boy, finding a man ;en suddenly ill on the street, took ii to a hospital, spending all the ney he possessed In car fare and isequently having to walk to his n home later, a distance of three es. ?onie Stnifhtown, Long Island, nits, scouting the woods and follow- 1 trail marks like regular Indians, illv discovered an octogenarian who ii srniyen orr rr"in iu? m'uic ?uu useif thoroughly lost. Boy scouts of Alhatiy are rejoicing the gift of n fine new camp site on nflerhook lake, Including about enty acres of wooded land. Tills lendld gift comes from Mr. and s. r.eorge C. Hawley, who during nofor trip were so Impressed by the liteness of groups of scouts whom >y met along the way they decided ?y couldn't do better thun give their >perty to those manly, courteous Is. ''Mrs. Hawley and I believe # it the boy scouts is a coming orilzatlon and we want to encourage hoys who are In It," said Mr, * iVjey. V %V