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Boston Folk Tills crowd Jammed Newspaper It himself from a strnlghtjacket us he v for u big collection was taken up foi Most Av _?f 1 Kflauea in Hawaii Is Perpetua Show Place, Performing Day and Night. * I LAVA IS CONSTANTLY BOILINI Crater Covers an Area of 2,700 Acrei and fs Eight Miles in Circumfer. tnce?Paved Highway Leads to It From Hilo, 30 Miles Away. HUo, T. "H.?On the Island of Ha wuii?the big island, us it is called, o: the Iluwaiian group?is located tin only tame volcano in the world. It b a perpetual show place, performing day and night and at times putting oi u demonstradon that is uwe-lnsplrlnj in its grandeur and manifested power On such occasions boat excursions art run here front Honolulu and other lslund towns. It was only lust Marcli that Kilauea belched forth a tiood ol molten lava that tiowed in giant streams over the vast tioor of the circular crater that surrounds the active pit of llalemuumau. The ulg crater covers an area of 2,700 acres and is eight tuiles uround. The pit of constantly boiling, steuniing and screeching lava and gas is situated almost In the center of the originul crmer. The active volcanic pit is more than niretf nines in ciri'uiiuereuvv. Has No Counterpart. From a topogruplilcal standpoint the volcano of Kilauea has 110 counterpart. There leads to the very rim of the cruter a paved highway, all the way from Hllo, 31 miles. The only visible hint that is given one that a volcnno is anywhere around is the white sulphur fumes that may be seen ..during the day and the glowing red of reflected tire from tile live pit at Jiight. So easy is the grade of the highway that the rise from sea level to an altitude of 4.000 feet in less than thirty miles is scarcely noticed, except by the Increased chilliness of the air. Then suddenly at a turn in the fernlined road there hursts into view the hlack. undulating crater of Kilauea. and there conns to one's ears the hissing of the giant cauldron of gas and molten lava in the pit of Halemaumnu. The automobile is run through a pass In the outer rim ipid out ujion the hnrdened lava. The remaining short distance to the performing center Is made on foot. , Owlrig to the accessibility this volcuno is visited by hundreds of tourists every year. It is in such close contact with the everv-day life of the people of the surrounding territory and the home visitors thut whatever dangers there may lie in its occasional over t Man Pays Shoemaker's : Bill After 42 Years : t ? t I I.n IMuta. MO.?Wesley Bowie, J a retired shoemaker of this ? town, was much surprised a few i ? days ago hy receiving pay for a ? pair of shoes lie make n ens- i i toiner forty-two years ago. At ] ? that time Mr. Bowie made for i ! each of three brothers, one of ] j whom was the debtor, a pair of j calfskin hoots. j f This man soon left Charles i ? i county without paying his bill, , I and Mr. Bowie hud not heard of ' him since. <; I The debtor made a personal ' ? trip to I.a Plata to pay his bill. < i Me fouml Mr. Bowie and made ] ? himself known to him. He said 1 i this was the only hill lie owed ! | and he wished to cancel that i obligation. He then offered Mr. , j Bowie a $10 hill and asked if i that would square the deal with I him. Mr. Bowie was perfectly f willing to close tlie account for I that a iioutit and the matter was f settled. The debtor then stated I that he has lived in Montgom ....? ..iiiinif 111it-t v voirs on olio i farm. NO "MISS CHIC Anti-Americanism in Germany Force Sweeping Changes in Play. Berlin, (Serinuiiy.? Munich fhi-utei ttoers are still "touchy" on tin* sal J?*et of Aiuorioa. it appears from a Incident just reported here. The Nolle I'erliner Zeitiinj; tells hoi mi audit nee in the P.nvarinii capiti almost raised the roof in objecting t : Thought This Was a j. .. i ? .' ? j '?> '' ; > > <? w?W.* ... > . : wli)i ? < *iw~; o\v, in Boston, when a handcuff "artist" rvi\ ius lowered headfirst from a roof. The Jo r a charity fund. / vesome V olcanoes * I v | Hows are lost sight of. During the eruption of last March some of the visitors cunie near being cut off by the streams of lava which flowed over the enormous sink that surrounds the main crater. Even small children ven^ tured close to the lapping columns of j molten froth that rolled out of the flery pit. Hotel at Crater's Edge. s Upon the very edge of the big crater is built the Volcano house, a modern hotel where the guests' may view the performances of the restless monster from the windows of their rooms or . from the restful chains upon the vef randas. Many times during the day light tremors of earthquakes may he felt at the hotel, and on ull sides of : the building white fumes of sulphur < | constantly pour forth from cracks In I the lava formation. For miles around the main crater of Klluueu are to be seen evidences of vast destructlveness wrought by the volcuno In times past, i all going to show that itsV'esent '?nK ' ' period of comparative passivity may < he only a prelude to another dlsas- ( trous performance. It is at Kiluuea that the most thorough sclentiflc study of volcanoes and > earthquakes ever undertaken Is in ( I progress. This work Is In charge of i I'rof. Thomas A. Jaggar, Jr. He con- 1 ducts an observatory and seismolog- t leal station upon the brink of the>vol- c cano, where every phase and move- r meut of the lava pit and the earth tre- v mors are recorded day by day. This f research work has already resulted in t many valuable discoveries, some of i which promise to he of much practical ^ value in the future, it Is asserted. t For one tiling, the conclusion has been reached that the underground , fires of Kilauen may be used for industrial purposes: At the last session of the Hawaiian legislature a hill was in- ( trod need appropriating Sl'o/HM) to make borings in the floor of the big . crater to test the heat supply for J power purposes. While this measure failed of final passage because of the ' rush of other measures that were ' deemed of more importance, it Is regarded as practically assured that the ' next legislature will make the desired ^ appropriation. It is stated that the ' use of this heat in a large power plant x or piping it to sugar mills and other ' industries could be easily accom- s pllshed. t Power Possibility. t t "Volcano power for human use is a 1 possibility," said Professor Jaggar. r for heat Is power, and volcanoes gen- ? ; erate heat. Eartli steam is used di- 1 rectly near Volterrn in Italy. Vast t stores of earth steam exist in Japan, f Iceland, the Yellowstone and New f i Zealand. There is no steam pressure < at Kilauen, hut there is a furnnce of oxidizing volcanic chemicals, with | sulphuric acid and ulum and epsoiu salts as by-products, so that ? borings may discover very Inter- ' 1 esting temperatures and minerals. It is not proposed by boring to tap I a steam Jet, nor merely to discover hot rock; the bore-hole would Immediately cool it off. The source of re- 1 j newahle energy in a volcanic boring is ' chemical process. Cracks near the pit ef Halemaumaii in Kilauea volcano 1 iiuve opened from time to time. Tliey j j got hotter and hotter until they he- j came glowing furnaces, omitting np- j parently merely hot air. If a boring will start such n furnace, then 'JO holes i at such a place will run a respectable : sized engine. ? Itising to a height of 13.000 feet only | a few miles from Kilatuen is the great \ volcano of Muuna l.on, which has in- 1 I termiltent ent|?tlons, the last one of ? great violence heginning in October. 1019. ami continuing for five months. | the Mow coining from a split in the ? ' mountain far down upon its flanks. I The black rolls of treacle lava flowed f for miles through the samlflnts, for| ests and bare rock slopes, linallv ? emptying into the sea. where giant I clouds of steam rose day and night. Myriads of sea tish were killed by the boiling water. Scientific Possibilities. ^ Speaking of results- that may come ; from 'lie research work which tie is eonducling. Professor Jaggttr said: I "Probably the nmst far reaching use j AGO" IN MUNICH s an American background and Atneric. .t names being used in a new thcatri<:il product ion. The authorities, when the manager was brought before them. r~ forbade him from producing the piny * unless the scones were placed in some " other country tlian the Pnited States. The versatile producer readily com iv plied and laid bis scenes in tlm ('anil casus. The name of one character o , was changed from "Smith" to "Smir- . . Free Show r :e a free exhibition of his skill, freeing ke was that It wasn't altogether free, c s e I: Invention Allows Moving if \ Plane to Take Up Fuel ill r Paris.?An Inveutlon recently ;j; ' perfected by Godfrey Cabot of !;!; Cambridge, Mass., designed to !' 1' !|! make possible the taking up of ;|| r ||| fuel by an airplane In motion, o ;i; aroused great Interest at the jj! :<! first congress on aerial naviga- ||;| b |';| tlon held here. t Transatlantic air travel would !j! n !|! be greatly facilitated by this j|| t |';| method, as stops at "airmen's ;i; j| Islands" would not be necessnry !|l h !<: at Intervals In the Atlantic ||| b <!;> ocean and airplanes would hove ;i; ;i; much additional space available l:|l v ;i; for passengers and mall, which |;| v ||! otherwise would be taken up by a i|; fuel sufficient for one crossing. !j; n Mr. Cabot thinks that trans- ||| a ntlantic air navigation will he n ;|| jj; paying proposition within fifteen ||[ |; years, provided airplanes do not jjj J|! carry fuel enough for an entire jj> j;| trip. With a minimum of fuel * |l; and n maximum of space for !j! ' Ij! mail and passengers, It could be ft " ! mode n successful enterprise, 8 ; Mr. Cabot snld. lie assumed !j! n ; that ocean crossings would be j | ! quite ordinary occurrences with- P ; In a few years. o c p vhich can be made of the results of * heinical and exploratory work deal- ^ ng with the cores from Kilauea will >e the application of the knowledge of pining. Ores of copper and the pre:tous metuls occur near volcanic v ocks. Sulphur Is closely associated vith them. Copper sulphide has been t( ound repeatedly in the glowing racks of Hawaiian lava. Sulphides w nay exist underground In the hot re- P ;ion, and such discovery would be tn- ^ erestftig to mining engineers*" n Professor Jaggar's volcanic study 11 it Kilauea has already reached the * >oint where it is known that violent * ruptions may be foretold almost to lie minute, and in ample time to give earning to all persons who may be ( n danger of the outburst. The same e s true as to tldul waves that may be iroduced by volennh > uptions and arthquakes. ' "Our little laboratory at Kilauea," ie said, "was started by an onselflsh u rroup of business men of Hawaii, s I'liey are planting volunteer stations * vith earthquake instruments und will ci cap a crop 01 new discoveries. a i tc similar group in Massachusetts, with w lie encouragement and publicity that ir he Springfield Republican could give, ilaced a man at Naples for volcanic a esearcb, and now they are helped ?ut Py Carnegie's great benefnctloo. ,j( i'he Curnegie institute also is exending its work to the earthquakes >f California under a man who was ormerly seismologist of the Hawaiian t} bservatory." CHARLES HOPES TO RETURN ? Exiled Emperor Calls Hungary Hi* b Fatherland and Count* on If Loyalty. tl ii Budapest. Hungary.?"I regard Hun- J :ary as my fatherland. I am also con- n rlnced that I will return to Huugary." n former Kmperor Charles is quoted as v making this declaration to the corre- o spondent of a Budapest newspaper who f< interviewed him at Funchal, Madeira, " where lie is in exile. "I have the highest esteem for the loyalty of Count Andrassy. Count Ap- b ponyi and Count Slgray and whatever 11 happens | do not doubt the loyalty of c the Hungarian nation," added Charles. " Count Hunyadi, a faithful follower ^ nf the former emperor, has been b obliged to leave Funchal, being unable r to bear the expenses of living there. ^ C Oil on Indian Land*. Billings, Mont.?Filter the Montana Indian oil magnate. The Crows, on their reservation near here, already ^ have begun to receive payment for t their oil lands or wells, or both. Oil t tracts on the reserve give great promise, it Is said, and several Indian millionaires may soon he created. The Crows long since abandoned Indian 1 habits nlid customs and to a large ? extent Indian speech. The only <11 fference wealth will make will he in luxury and display. ski' cod that of "(itadys Clileago. Dot- ? lar rrincess." to "Marsvn Petrograd, r Millionaire's Daughter" The metamorphosed phy was a sue < Could Not Keep Her Out. t Providence, It. I.?Mrs. Catherine ' ('arlcy went shopping and forgot hef i doorkey. The children laid locked tne door. Her hushaiid, a fireman, had a J key. so she turned in an alarm arm t the tire company responded. Her bus- t baud Id her in. v IMPORTANT NEWS ; THE WORLD OVER I il r MPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS o AND OTHER NATIONS. FOR 1 SEVEN DAYS GIVEN a rHE NEWS OF THE SOUTH \ i: Vhit it Taking Place In The 8outh? n land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs a "oreign? p Beneath the flagstones of St. Pet- c ir's, where thousands of pilgrims come g iach year, lies the mortal remains of g ienedict XV., whose benignant efforts, ^ hrough all the years of war were di- t ected toward peace and after the lacification of Europe and the world. The body of Viscount Bryce was t xemated recently at London, after imple but impressive services. No j] ulpgy was offered but the officiating g ninlster in his prayer paid a tribute t o the late political historian in call- t ng him a "blessed and powerful leacemaker throughout the whole vorld, and especially betwfeen the na- v ions.of Great Britain and America." j It is stated in Rome that the vitalty that enabled Pope Benedict XV to esist death so long was the product * f rigorous activity and plain living. p The Bavarian government has for- a Idden the Communist prisoners of he Niederschoenfed jail to hold a carilval which had been planned with he aid of their comrades who are at ^ Iberty. The latter had donated one 0 undred thousand marks' worth of toacco and candies and food. Elsa Anderson, the only Swedish n ?man holding an aviator's license, p ras instanly killed recently when she t! ttempted to descend to the earth by leans of a parachute. She fell, like n plummet, 2,000 feet, to the earth. tj The Cuban minister in Washington, tl !arlos Manuel De Cespedes, has in- p :iated diplomatic negotiation for the n rith drawal of American marines rom Camaguey, according to a state- A lent issued at the national palace, t< Iving the text of a message from the b linister to President Zayas. ti Dr. Juuan Gujtera3, secretary of 11 ublic health, heads the commission 6 n arrangements for the sixth Latln.merican congress, to be held in Ha- 1 ana November 20-25, It was announed recently. Other members are Dr. 'rancisco Cabrera SaaVedra, eminent a uban surgeon, vice president, Dr. P. a laria Fernandez, secretary. Dr. ' Imilio Martinez and Dr. Jose A. Lopez * el Valle, superintendent o of the Haana Board of Health. o The meeting of the foreign minis- f ;rs of France, Great Britain and Italy ^ ? Paris February 1, the calling of Q hlch was announced recently will be j receded by full exchanges of views etweeu Paris, London and Rome with Q ?gard to Asia Minor, the subject of le conference. In these exchanges ^ n effort will be made to reach an ^ greement as to the main points af- g( jcting the near eastern question so A lat the Paris conference will be able ) proceed on a definitely outlined pro- F ram. B w Vashineton? J Acceptance by the government of! te offer of Henry Ford for the Muscle , ^ hoals (Ala.) power and nitrate plants j as urged before the national agri- ! ^ .iltural conference by James W. Mor- j, in. of Athens, Ga., In an address in : s hich he detailed the conditions exist- j ^ ig among the farmers of the South, i Sl A combination of French, Japanese, [ tj nd, finally, British opposition to ar- ^ cle four of the Hughes "open-door" n octrine for China, has resulted in the w ulet death of that article. ^ Swinging into high speed, the arms e inference has made quick work of le Siberian question, virtually agree- j-] tent having been made on the sole re- tl laining issue of the naval reduction a Ian. - <j Treasury opposition to a soldiers' P onus remains unchanged, but if there t< i to be a bonus it must be provided trough taxation, in addition to taxes h nposed by existing law, Secretary h iellon declares in a letter to Chair- fl ian Fofdnev of the house ways and j a leans committee. Any attempt to pro-' e ide for the bonus through the use n f the principal and interest of the ireign debt to this country, he says. J would be futile as well aH unwise." s Investigation by the house agrfcul- P ural committee of the crop reporting s ureau of the department of agricul- o ure, with a view to "discovering the j ause and instituting remedies for the ! n ^accuracies shown in the reports of ; ti tie 1921 cotton crop," as published j ti y the department, is called for in a ; e esolution introduced in the house by \ a lepresentative Overstreet (Dem.) of ! n leorgia. I n The program of addresses at the na- j Ional agricultural conference, which j 1< overed marketing problems in many ! n hases, was interupted long enough j e o permit Chairman Anderson to deny is he charge voiced in some quarters 11! hat the delegates to the conference e iere hand-picked. Secretary Weeks informed delegates o 0 the National Agricultural confer- J -J nee. i>n session in Washington, that o if there was no Ford offer" lie would t recommend to congress the com pie- j ^ ion of the Wilson dam at .Muscle : l1 ?hoals. Ala. I o A new treaty between the United | States and (Jermany. to create a com- r nission for arbitration of priyate dam-1 1 ige claims growing out of the world f ar. probably will he negotiated under < 1 decision reported to have been ; c sachet) at a dinner conference be- , ween the president, Secretary of State / lughes and leaders of the senate and f louse of Republican persuasion. s Sailendra N. tJhose. director of the I American commission to promote self- s government in India, says that 1,400,- i r 100 are now drilling in India for re-'t rolt against British rule. | 5 The house declared Itself In favor f the government exerting its authorty In an effort to stamp out lynching lassing by a vote of 230 to 119 the )yer antMynching bill. Seventeen Remblicans joined 102 Democrats in votng in the 'opposition while eight )emocrats and one Socialist, London, if New York, voted with 221 Repubicans in favor of the measure. Investigation by the senate of the ctivities of "Persons, association, corioration and combinations, commonly :nown as the fertilizer and waterlower trusts,' alleged to be attemptng to prevent lease by the governaent of the Muscle Shoals project, is irovided in a resolution introduced in he senate recently by Senator Harris, f Georgia. Mr. Harris said he would ,sk for consideration of the resolution irobably very soon. ' The machinery of the Washington onference virtually came to a standtill while the delegates awaited reults from President Harding's move or a settlement of the Sliantuhg conroversy. The Southern Express company nuft pay taxes assigned upon It by he state of South Carolina for the ear 1918, the supreme court dismissng recently, upon motion of counsel, n appeal which the company had irought to have reviewed decisions by he courts of that state. The com>any contended that it had been derived of taxable property in the state i'hen the railroads were placed under oderal control in December, 1917. Reduction in the wage scales of oficers and men on shipping board vesels amounting to more than fifteen er cent and effective February 6, Is nnounced by the shipping board. Secretary of the Treasury Mellon nnounces the offer of an issue of 4 3/4 er cent three-year short-term notes o the amount of approximately $400,00,000. The issue is to provide for urront expenses, the retirement of j reasurv certificates of indebtedness ! laturing February 16, 1922, and as a i art of the treasury's program for re- j Irin^ notes maturing May 20, 1923. | The demand for early action on 1mligration legislation that would fur- ! her restrict entrance of aliens into he United States, was made recently a the senate by Senator Harris, seior senator from Georgia. / Completion of the Muscle Shoals, ,1a., project has been recommended a the national agricultural conference y the committee on water transporition. No mention was made regardag the offer'of any parties to the overnment to lease the plants there. domestic? Colonel Paul B. Malone, now assistnt commandant of the Infantry school , t Camp Benning, Columbus, Ga., and i rho served with great gallantry with I he American' expeditionary forces in 'ranee, first as colonel and afterrards as brigadier general, seemed vercome with astonishment when inormed of press dispatches from Washington in which Ivy Henderson, f Chester, S. C., was quoted as say- j ig that he saw Colonel Malone shoot soldier because he could not keep; p with his command. Judge J. L. Kent recently denied he motion for a new trial of George Walker, 15 years of age, under life entence for the murder of George j .very. 17, recently at Dublin. Ga. Thirty patients were removed to ! afety when the Lincoln hospital, a 1 egro Institution, of Durham, N. C.,! as destroyed by fire recently. The i )ss was estimated at between $10,000 nd $15,000. The origin of the blaze as not been determined. v.umpiexo cuuiiueuou <n uie Business utlook with regard to building in the rmtheastern section of the United i tates was generally expressed by j I eakers- at the annual convention of lie Southeastern Builders' Supply as- ; notation, at Miami. Fla. The meeting of the stockholders of le Southeastern Express company at irmingham. Ala., after electing disctors. declared a 4.67% dividend,' hlch fs at the rate of 7% per annum, he company was organized about 1 ight months ago. The American Mneeu mof National ristory (New York City) reports that j lie tomb of a pre-hfstorfc warrior, who i pparently fell In combat, ha$ been I fscovered in the ruins of a large; ueblo community dwelling near At?c, New Mexico. It is estimated that more than a nndred Chattanooga, Tenn., families , ave been driven from their homes by lood waters of the Tennessee river, II the motor vehicles of the city govrnment being called into play to love the victims to higher ground. The schooner yacht Iris, owned by 1 . H. Jobson of Manula, Ala., was detroyed by fire while at anchor off 'inellas Point. Fla. Loss $35,000; in- i urance $10,000. Only the owner was n board during the fire. The opening session of the annual ; leeting of the Lee Highway associaion at Chattanooga, Tenn.. was feaured by an address by former Govrnor Brough of Arkansas, who paid glowing tribute to Gen. Robert Edlund Lee. for whom the highway is amed. The contract covering the proposed sase and purchase of the government's nitrate and water-power projcts at .Muscle Shoa%, Ala., has been igned by Henry Ford and returned to he war department by one of the Ford ngineers. At the request of the city council f Chicago, Mayor James- L. Key of Ltlanta, (la., has submitted the prop- j sition for the government to legalize | he sale of "light wines and beer," to i Ltlanta's city council. The mayor ! nits it up to council ju3t as the propsition came to him. The Mississippi senate, at Jcckson, | cceutly adopted a tax ot on<t cent icr gallon lor tlie public road.-', 11: unds to be divided 60 per cent to the ounties wliere collected, and 40 per ; ent to the slate highway commission. Fire seriously damaged the Devon (venue carbarn ol the Chicago surace lines recently, destroyed loO treels cttrs and forced fifty families iving nearby in cottages to the streets cantily clad. Wellington Fish, genial manager of the surface fines, said lie loss would be approximately $1,* .00,000. BOY SCOUTS ^Conducted by Natlonul Council of tho Boy Scouts of AmoricM.) SCOUTS WIN PRAISE At the Kansas City convention of the Americas Legion a thousund or more boy scouts from the two Kansus cities and from Independence, Mo., ucted as police for the big parade, which attracted the biggest crowds in the history of the city, and so splendidly did they do the Job tliut the papers wrote thein up almost as enthusiastically as they did the Legion itself, and the legion voted them a resolution of thanks as well as passing a general resolution indorsing the movement and urging Leglotjnuires to become scout leaders. Fifty picked scouts from different troops served as an escort lo distinguished visitors, a staff of aides to the chief of police and as ushers to the reviewing stand. Nine of the fifty were E.tgles. Every day of the convention 70 scouts acted as aides, ushers, and runners; 75 boys every day acted as traffic aides and had churge. under their lenders, of parking thousands of automobiles; 50 l>oys cere on duty every day In the various Information booths scattered throughout the city, and curried on u regular communication service between the booths. Another Interesting good turn was the drawing by Eagle Scout James N. Pickering of the map of the city, a hundred thousand of which were printed and distributed among the visitors and delegates. "All In all," says Scout Executive Wright, In speaking of the event, "the boy scouts rendered a good piece of service." According to others the service was more than good. It was great WHY EE A SCOUT? "Stew Judklns," first-class scout of Topeka, Kan., knows why he Is a scout, and makes no bones of/ telling the world, either. The following statement appeared in a local paper under Ids signature: "I am n boy scrtot because I like to lie one. The longer I am a scout the better I like It. A scout learns things and has a pile of fun learning them. You know how a regulah guy likes a good swim, n good hike, fussing around the woods, honest-to-goodness ixiy games, snagging a few fish and then eats them until he busts. That's what you get at a boy scout camp, and you ain't going to blame me for liking to be a boy scout. To be a regular guy In this game, you got to play and live according to the rules. You sure And out what kind of a guy a kid K and If be isn't what he should be, he either gets mighty lonesome In a gang >f scouts or comes across. I'll tell the world I'm glial to he a scout, and I know a few hundred other guys In Topeka who will shoot you the same dope." BADGES FOR SCOUTING The Albany (N. Y.) council reports that public health arid firemansldp are two of the most popular Merit badges among scouts. Nearly fifty boys have qualified In public health since October 1, 1920. and forty have qualified in firemanship. The authorities report that the Intelligent interest taken by the boys in these Important brandies of public sendee has had a marked effect upon the life of the cfty. Roys living in the more congested regions have helped materially in making their homes and neighborhood deantr and more sani tnry and hnve hrongtit tne matter or sanitation to the attention of their pnrents. In the course of their public health work the scouts have Inspected the city sewage disposal and filtration plants and visited the state laboratory. examining the methods of water testing and other sanitation processes. SPECIALIZE IN KNOT-TYING For two years past the champion speed knot tier, among the Paterson (N. J.) scouts hns heen Scout Edward Giles of Troop No. 3. The laurels hnve, however, recently passed over to Scout Sam Keldman of Troop 14 who starts with nine ropes and ties tht> nine knots required for tenderfoot rank in exactly 19 seconds. "Knot racing" has become a popular sport In the Paterson scout world, quite a number of hoys being able to tie the nine knots at a speed ranging anywhere from thirty seconds to one minute. Troop 4 is the banner troop as a whole in tlie difficult art of knot tying. NO BOY PROBLEM. Butte. Montana. Is conducting a scoutleaders' training course. Its scout executive, Benjamin Owen, ..Inline flint flirfhpr CXtensiOII of SCOUt Ids Id the city is practically impossible until adequate leadership is Assured. "There is no hoy prohlpin in Butte so fur its scouts arc concerned. It Is a man's problem." says Mr. Owen, "(jive as competent, trained leadership and wp can organize scores of troops in Butte, which will save any question of hoys' welfare." LEGION VOTES FOR SCOUTING The American Legion at It? session at Kansas City passed the following resolution: "The convention recommends to post commanders that they co-operate in the hoy scout movement and encourage members of the I.pgion to render such service as tltey may he able, especially as organizers and scoutmasters of troops." I; also passed a resolution of appreciate o to the local boy scouts for livir service during the convention LOANS FOR EX-SERVICE MEN i Uommander MacNider Is Originator of Plan to Aid Men in Need of Assistance. Buddies who are "broken In health and battling their way through red tape tor their Just disability compensation" will he the beneficiaries of a big rotating fund, details of which are being worked out at national headquarters of the American legion. The fund is designed to provide loans, without security and at a iow rate of Interest, to ex-service men In every state who are in need of assistance. Commander MacNider, who originated the plan, says that such a provision Is of vital necessity in order that worthy men may keep their selfrespect during a period of financial stress. Ex-soldiers who do not need the ready casli provided by the government's payment of adjusted com- , pensatiou have signified their willingness to turn over their bouus to the fund Hundreds of instances of sick and wounded ex-service men falling back on charity while their claims were being reviewed are shown by Legion reports. Tubercular victims whose condition has been brought on by poison gas or exposure have gone to sanitariums In the West and have been denied immediate treatment and become public charges, it Is declared. Some help for these men during the period of readjustment Is of prime Importance, according to MacNIder. HELPED ENTERTAIN THE BOYS Mrs. Jessie Er6kine Danced in Francs ?Now Treasurer of County Legion Committee. Mrs. Jessie A. Ersklne says she used to dance 9,000 steps a week at Tours, France, tfor the edification and amusement of attractive. Now most as many treasurer of llie comm'tcee of thj American Legion, In New York statf. |Irs. Ersklne wns chief stenographer In the quartermaster department, and was also chief sister in the department of sports and pastimes, which was less official but Just as Interesting. She succeeded In being A. W. O. L. ^ twice without being given her sailing papers. DIRECTS MORTARS OR SOULS Eliot Porter, State Chaplain of L?gion in Montana, Recognizes No Denominational Bars. Eliot Porter's efficiency In directing trench mortars was no greater than his proficiency in directing soul s. As state chaplain of the American lo * tana, he built up a * splendid repuia- IfW o. - .& tion as notable as Hritish field artll- jL I ery. Mr. Por- ?i ter, who is a Presbyterian, was one of the three men who wrote the narional ceremoniul ritual for the Legion. He worked in conjunction with a Catholic priest and a Jewish rahbi. He recognizes no denominational bars in his Legion work, and at the 192t convention nominated a Catholic to succeed him ns state chaplain. j Carrying On With the | American Legion m The 53 Americans who received the Congressional Medal of Honor will each receive the Italian war cross. General Zaccari. chief of staff of the Italian army, has announced. % The National Guard of-the country, with an enrolled strength of 132.000 men, has reached h point only slightly below thnt of the nation's regular army. ? During the war the British Red Cross collected $95,000,000, of which $70,500,000 was expended. The membership was 126,000. Women members numbered 90.000. ? A proposal has been made In Washington that the President give an American flag to the next of bin of each deceased soldier whose body Is not returned from France. \ * The Congressional Medal of Honor laid upon the tomb of Great Britain's unknown soldier will be encased In a glass-fronted box and affixed to the tomb, according to the wish of the dean of Westminster Abbey. ? The annual report of the commissioner of pensions discloses on Its rolls the names of 64 widows of the War of 1812; 109 soldiers and 2,156 widows of the Mexican war and 3.784 soldiers and 2,509 widows of Indian outbreaks prior to 1891. World war veteran* are not mentioned in the report. ? Despite his personal need. John Manses, a ueedy wounded and maimed ex-service man of Minneapolis, relinquished his Job at hotisecleaning in favor of iiis buddy. Arthur Holtz, who had been without work live weeks longer. * * Efforts of an American Legion committee to obtain preference for ?*xservice men were regarded by President Harding when he affixed his signature to an order by which veterans are to be retained in civil service. should reductions be necessary. ? '.A- *->