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S"^7T ^ 9,000-ton Unite<
stralia line freighter
*?Captain Charles A,
A days out from Brisbi
Vy arrived In New Yorl
t,e(* UP at tlie nrnjy
^ foot of Fifty-ninth s
'yn* ^st,DS to por
from keelson to funi
ship's log tells a fas
of adventure in the S
Her officers say she is lucky to be aflo?
The West Wind steamed 1,000 ml
bunkers aflre, the record shows, drove
cable lengths of the rocks after an all
gle, when her anchors dragged in a
Newcastle, N. S. W., clawed out of I
bor half an hour uhead of a quaranti
tlon for bubonic plague and had to s
mid-Pacific to tinker her tail shaft,
say naught of being luid up two wee
repairs at Panama.
An entry in the log dated August 1
the ship was joined that day at Pulpi
ney, by one Slnbad. An elaboration
reveuls that Slnbad is a tabby torn <
ship's mascot and supercargo of t
freighter, Canastota, also flying the
house flag, which mysteriously vanis
hands between Sydney and Welling
week in June.
The advent of this feline marine ad
of a vast and mysterious void ensl
fate of 50 men and officers who coi
Canastota's complement, appeared t<
considered an event of rare signiflcanc
say he's the luckiest cat afloat. Hund
seumen are ashore in world's ports
hard times in the ocean carrying trt
bad, rover of the Seven Seas, can
minute anywhere. All he's got to
aboard.
Both the Canastota and West W1
tween New Zealnnd and New South
carrying benzine for the Vacuum Oil
New Jersey. The Canastota had
aboard when she left Sydney bound
ton to take on more cargo. This vest
en of up and down the Australian a:
land coasts as "the bomb ship." Her
Captain A. W. Lockie, a capable oflic
known in New York, Montreal, Havri
Mersey. He ran the submarine blocfc
Montreal and French ports through t
The West Wind, probably in recogi
ards inseparable from the benzine ca
is referred to alongshore in Sydney
Wellington and Auckland as "the coif
commander, Captain Abbott hails fro:
His home Is at 9110 Simpson street, f
Among officers and men of the We
are without mementos, such as burns
of a terrific hurricane that kept the
ing full speed ahead into her anchor <
a thirty-hour fight to prevent pilinj
"Nobbles" off Stockton Bight, Newca
During that storm everything loose r
overside. When day dawned the We
close enough to have tossed a biscuit
only three fathoms of water under h<
typhoon had blown Itself out.
Since the Canastota signaled "All c!
ney harbor that June afternoon, no
has been found. What happened tc tl
probably never be fcnown. Australlar
hold that benzine from punctured cont
Into her bilge, mixed with the water
Ing an explosive gas and blew her sk
u lantern was carried Into the hold h
work on shaft bearing. It is a suflicl
able hypothesis, hut that Is all. W
pened must have taken the ship's
awares, because, although equipped
wireless outfits, the Canastota sent
aid. All any one really knows Is t
Ished?spurlos versenkt.
Far out at sea the West Wind pic
less nlarms sent out by Dalgetty's, Au
ping agents, und by Captain William;
navigation at Sydney, llalf a dozen
the radio chattered: "Report Cann
ing this later to "Report Canastota wr
West Wind laid off her course and
vainly seeking the missing vessel. II
ance constitutes another deep sea mys
able as that surrounding the fate o
States naval supply ship Cyclops. Th
headed for Newcastle.
It was three days later that Sinha
tota's mascot, hounded up the gangpli
Point. William Hodgson, able seainai
Wind, spotted the old cut, having
mutes with him aboard the Canasto
was known as "The Falls of Orkney
out of a British port. Hodgson Ins
nlzed Slnbad's cinder-scarred body,
vent was followed by serious dlscussk
below decks.
Why had Slnbad quit the Canaj
WAS NOT THAT
Friendly Traveler Meant Well, but H
Rather Misunderstood the Clerflyman'8
Statement.
There Is a certain good minister f
the gospel who does not make n parad
of his piety or even mention his cal
Ing unnecessarily, particularly wlier
such an announcement might tend t
dampen the spirits of a gathering. It*
cently, In the smoking compartment c
stain: i
nps?^
7M * i?
] Stntes-Au,
West Wind, J
, Abbott, 60 /
xne, N. S. W., /
i harbor and /
base wharf, I
treet, Brook- I
t and rusty VJS I
jel cap. The M I
dnatlng tale I
South Pacific. 1
les with her \
within three \
t-nlght Strug- ^JJr Vvv\
typhoon off ~^L%7 *
Jrlsbane har- ^
ne proclama
hlft cargo In v
All this, to I I ^
ks for boiler
enough to any sallormai
records that sailors have Into the \\
t Point, Syd- son, present custodian
of this entry sailors have much in
.'at, formerly and a sailor's hunch a
he 8,500-ton clares, only the cat ci
U. S. & A. wl>en dissatisfied and a
bed with all seaman has to consider
ton the last w'hivh dou't bi
to a craft he'd like t<
[venturer out judgment. Slnbad lei
irouding the warned by instinct of
istltuted the an(1 went ashore nt Sy
) have been bound vessel?so the bl
e. The crew 1,u? "
Ireds of good ,?"e h"?^ ""?d "i
; because of oi rJewcastle. the "Nohl
. hnt Sin taIn Ahbott rnn Into bt
sign on any intermittent squalls fr,
do is walk in? t0 a as ,the, *
last assuming cyclonic
nd plied be- bei,1S ln U*ht trira was
Wales ports. * m~,
. There was a seven
company of , , ? ..
00,000 cases .1,c?arrlv^
for Welling- 2i- n"rra'c'1 t, c ,"esl
sel was s,?,k. 1 "'^f8
nd New Zea- went about Jllst before
commander. '? <*? ^ """j8 whe
er, was well " e> U, p"w
e and up the ""ch a Mow. The Wes
... ? during the war. Later
cade between , ? . ..
. coal burner. The boile
he war
.i?i .. v.00. enough to properly su
litlon of haz- _ . . . : * , .
. . , the best to be had out
rrying trade, _ . . , .
- Newcastle a matter of six knotS"
wewcasue, ?We heuded into the
" v?X: v steam we could ral
i" if" ?? ?f water most of the ti
t wVn.t fpir The vessel wouldn't ob
st >\ Ind few . , . ...
. . . slammed about like an <
and bruises, . ...
. . sea I ever saw. \\ e we
vessel steam- , ,, .
, , , , at a lively clip, so at
r" ,Ur\lB hooks away. The anc
stle JulV ?4 abcut durk b0th bPKn
tie juij -4 again for the honey
>n deck went , * *
. .... . "From that time on
S st D "itf steaming full speed in
er keeT' The ?*"* ?>' 81
minute she was buryln
stern ln the air and tin
lear" off Syd- jier tun with the bow
trace of her "We weren't ulonc ln
ie vessel will ou^ jjew zeuiand and
1 sea lawyers for Sydney were the on
mners leasea a dozen other crafts w<
there, form- selves. The Century,
:y high when amj QCean island was
y an oiler at rockets every minute o:
ently reason- ntd gun> she seemed t
hatever hap- jt
company un- "The pilot steamer A
with modern t0 the Century's assist!
no calls for after some trouble. S
hat she van- after an all-night sera
were mighty sick folks
ked up wire- nmde port. Other ship
stralian ship- the Armagh and Port
s, director of out of Newcastle for S
times a day her fires out of the fui
stota." vary- She made port safely,
eckage." The "Ours was the wors
swung wide. short holler capacity,
er disappear- hundred tons of coal pi
itery, lnscrut- broke, having been com
f the United bunkers because of fire,
e West Wind benzine stowed all aro'
comfortable comblnatic
d. the Cnnas- worry long over thut c
unk at Pulpit time we shipped a gre
1 of the West ping most of the Sout
served ship- between 2i? and T?0 tons
ta, when she the scuppers. By daj
and sailed swept clean,
tantlv reeoir- "One imnnrtant thini
The cat's ad- Wind through was a go
>ns above und stood by sailor fashion
kept steam on her, stai
itota? Plain share of the time, I gu
KIND OF SPIRITS
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e a Pullman, he fell into conversatlo
with a friendly traveling man, wh
presently observed:
"Pin in the hardware line. What'
>f yours?"
e "Well," the minister responded wit
1- a twinkle in his eye, "I might say thu
e I'm In the spiritual line."
o The other looked about hastily, an
?- laid a cautioning hand upon the minis
>f i ter's knee.
1
Sbcdhe
Bjr
REHl/RJAMES PEELER
y /yew yorx rmame
f tlie responf
instance, h
firing rock
ney. He v
Here's nnoi
?i<1. Knov
Good luck.
"Also th<
n with insight such as most stroyer sqi
ays of ships' cats. Hodg- *"'tness:
of Sinbad, Insists cats and " 'Abbott
common. A cat's Instinct sistance D,
re the same thing, he de- sen? Are
in go ashore at any port 8ltl?n.
wait another ship, while a "These a
pay losses and other trifles froni sh'P*
Jther cats, and so he sticks w,|en we "
> leave, against his better wanting to
t the Cunastota because ing, which
the ship's Impending fate, thing to tin
dney to await a homeward 1,1 at night,
ack gang of the West Wind "About n
the worst
ty miles off the "Nobbles" the hardesi
files" being headlands, Cap- ln*er 11 wt
id weather, beginning with deck that
sm tlie southeast, increas- "Above j
'arbor was neared, and at the screw
violence. The West Wind of water, a
on her beam ends half the we cou'd *
dicular roc
ty-mlle gale blowing when too darned
tie, the afternoon of Julv "Under s
t Wind's big bronzed skip- $ ,
orders to keep off, so we . ,
dark and tried to beat out " (rn
re our worst trouble was. 8 ^
r to make headway against T!e>\i >nrS,v
t Wind was a turbine boat s nK
they converted her Into a 10 jj.l ^
r capacity wasn't Increased ''
pply her main engines, so ^ "J*
of her In fair weather was fnoug l ,
bouncing li
it storm with every pound ^V^hntl"
se, but our screw was out
me and the engines racing. sn e"
py her helm and was being fa\?,U* ?i
jinpty barrel in the nastiest ? 1
re crabbing It for the rooks cn '
4:30 p. m. I ordered both close on
hors held for a time, but "esneakec
n dragging, and we were
anL "We tool
It was n ding-dong fight.
to our anchor chains and ^ ('[e ,
>ite of all we could do. One ns 1 "'l!K 1
g her bows and slinging her a\ ^rlsb',n
i next she'd be Btanding on e(* (,r 1011
pointing skyward. quarantine
our troubles. The Knlnpol . ur " er
I the Chronos from Adelaide f,v '?r6
ly ships to make port. Half
ere ordered to sea like our- ^ere over>
plvlng between Melbourne outwai
_ . frlnnr civ tn
5 to leeward of us. Bring ?" ? ?? "
r so and exercising her slg- an(' so 'on'
o be making heavy weather isfied. We
and the t
Jnx out of Newcastle, went monkeys fi
ince, and got a line aboard "Ive hon
he came through ail right descended
nible. I understand there people say
aboard her when she finally rlage and
s that had close calls were s'^e, but *
Nicholson. The Mncuiuba, smart lot c
lydney, went by us blowing ersinels
under forced draught. "The Pit
too. for them b<
t plight of all because of Rims heave
On top of that I had five InP tl,e shl
led on deck when the storm home from
ipelled to clean out the port Boston on
, Fire in your bunkers with home. Th<
and Isn't what you'd call a when she'll
in. Well, I didn't lm\e to Over at
oal on deck, because every gathered it
en one, and we were ship- on providir
h Pacific about that time, pending in
went over the lee rail or out ship again,
flight our main deck was and Lyons
forming a
; that helped pull the West chopped lh
od cYew. Every man aboard Mennwhi
and the black gang below cushion en
iding on their heads a good luxuriously
ess. There's a lot in being warmth an
' "You know, I kind of suspected you
' were keeping something under cover,"
- he said. "It's all right with me, of
n course, but you want to he n little
o more careful with strangers, old man.
Why, for all you knew, I might have
's been a federal agent."?Philadelphia
Ledger.
h
it Surely Do!
Philosopher says clothes give a man
d confidence. Sure. He'll go a lot of
s- places in clothes he wouldn't dare to
go without 'em.
r sy x/fW&tJO* flACHAMER
ir backing In n situation like that. The
a fine thing to have, too, but It adds to
ilbilities of the man on the bridge. For
ere are a few messages."
Captain Abbott dug a sheaf of papers
dispatch box and handed over a batch
messages picked up at the height of
West Wind?Are you standing by ship
ets? Answer forthwith, request Rear
istrallnn navy. PARKES."
is agent of the U. S. & A. line in Sydvas
busy with the wireless thut night,
ther:
, West Wind: Radio at hand. Cannot
0 you. Daigetty, Newcastle, in comwlth
navigation department seeking
r you will do all possible to hang on.
PARKES."
1 executive officer of the Australian deladron
wanted specific Information, as
, West Wind: Are you In need of asestroyer?
Can boats live in prevailing
your anchors holding? Send your poEXECUTIVE
FLEET,"
re merely the official messages. Others
i in our area asking us to stand by
ere driving ashore at top speed and all
know whether our anchors were holdthey
d ned well weren't, added somee
tang of life on the West Wind's bridge
nidnight there was a lull, and I thought
was over, but in those cyclonic storms
t blow is toward the end. Half an hour
is worse than ever, and everything on
could be jarred loose went away.
:he roar of the wind, the screaming of
when she lifted her stern 20 feet out
nd stamping of big seas on her counter,
lear the surf crashing on those porpenrks.
That was notice enough we were
close for any good use.
iuch conditions one doesn't relish carryadio
.conversation with every shore offeels
like asking a few questions. What
me Just then was how we could save the
ur own lives rather than in answering
uch as 'Are you standing by?' We were
herever we could get hold and that was
icarlous.
nit an hour I thought we might turn
minute. You see, we hadn't cargo
oard to hold her down and she was
ike a rubber ball. I had pumps rigged
nd began shooting oil over the bows,
much tp do with our coming through
ept the seas from breaking aboard and
chance to get about on deck. We were
nve the oil.
lawn broke the storm died. We were
he rocks. With the wind moderating
1 up on our anchors, got 'em both aboard
;d In over the bar. It was certainly a
el a level deck under our feet again,
c on cargo and made for Sydney. That's
had came aboard acting as Important
he owned the boat. Our last call was
e? where we finished loading and stortne.
We just missed a bubonic plague
order at Brisbane. If we'd been un
the West Wind would have been lyyet.
ig minute we left Brisbane our troubles
We made better time than any on
*d voyage, although we were only logseven
knots, but It's steady as does It
g as she kept plugging along I was sathove
te for an hour off I'ltcalrn Island
raders tried to swop two ring-tailed
;>r Sinbad.
rd a lot about these Pitcairn Islanders,
from the mutineers of the Bounty. Some
they're all half crazy from Intermortoo
little contact with the world outrom
what I've seen of them they're a
if folk, mighty religious and sharp tradenlniers
are short of cats and pay well
ecause of the rat plague. Our flre-room
d clinkers at the boat crews for lnsultp's
mascot. The remainder of the route
i Panama was uneventful. We made
November 8 and later came on down
; West Wind is laid up. I don't know
1 go to sen again."
the Port of Cnli in Jane street, foreist
night a council of sea lawyers bent
ig for proper care of Sinbad the Sailor
at temperamental traveler's decision to
Present were Scotty, Mac. Lee, Walsh
of the West Wind's fire-room force,
fund to supply the family cat with
er and grade A milk this winter,
le, Sinbad, recumbent on a red silk
nhroidered with gilt fringe, stretched
before the hearth fire's grateful
d blinked and blinked and blinked.
Many Races Claim Boone.
From any investigation of the legends
ar\d facts of the past it now
appears that the identity of an Individual
even so well known as Daniel
Boone is not to he ascertained easily.
There was apparently an English
Boone, a pure Irish one, a German one.
and two or three more representing
other nationalities. It is just a question
of time and a little more invest!
gation and we may hear of a Scuudi,
navian Daniel Boone, a Greek, an Arubj
iun, und what not.
IMPROVED UNIFORM INTiXNATIO!
SimdayScho
' Lesson
(By iti_?. i'. L>. L
Teacher of English Bible in the A
Bible institute of Chicago.)
Copyright, 1922. \Ve?tern Newnpaper 1
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY
ELISHA'S HEAVENLY DEFENC
LESSON TEXT?11 King? 6:8-23.
GOLDEN TEXT-The angel of the
encanipeth round about them that
Him, and delivereth them.?Ps. 34:7.
REFERENCE MATERIAL?Dan. 1
Heb. 1:14; 11:27.
PRIMARY TOPIC?God Takes Ca
Ellsha.
JUNIOR TOPIC?Ellsha and the A
of Jehovah.
INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR T
?Our Unseen Defenders.
YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULT T
?What Faith In the Unseen Can L
Us.
1. The Syrian King Sorely Tro
(vv. 8-12).
his plans miscarried.
II. The Syrian King Tries to
Eiisha (vv. 13-18).
1. He sent an array t<\captur
(vv. 13, 14). Upon learning
Eiisha was making known hi
tions, he determined to put an t
the matter by trapping him and ni
him a prisoner. IIow foolish t
human cunning against divine
dora. Horses and chariots are u
when God is against us. God's
poses cannot he thwarted. If G
for us, who can be against us'
2. Elisha's servant frightene
15). When he awoke one in<
he saw that an armed host wj
camping about the city. Viewed
the humun standpoint, we d<
wonder that he was affrighted.
3. Elisha's encouragement (v
He assured his servant that, t
they were surrounded by the i
array, there was a mightier
or heavenly defenders round
them. Eiisha did not shut his
to the real danger, but looked 1
helpers of God watching about
4. Elisha's prayer (v. 17). He
that the Lord would open the e,
his servant so as to see sp!
things. When the Lord opene
eyes <ff the young man he saw
"the mountain was full of horse
chariots of tire round about El
Itound about us all the whil
angels guarding us from danger,
reason we do not see them is th
lack spiritual sight. Christ oti
fender is neurer than hands and
Let us trust Him. True religl
a belief In the supernatural,
open our eyes! The Holy Splrl
reality and Is ever with us.
5. The Syrians smitten with
ness (v. 18). The same God
opened the eyes of the young
blinded the eyes of the Syrians,
deals with men according to
moral attitude. When men wl
have the light, God sends darkn
III. The Syrian Army Tr
(vv. 19-23).
The would-be trappers are
trapped.
1. Army led by the man soug
them (vv. 19, 20). Eiisha led
to Samaria and asked the Lo
open their eyes. When their eyes
open they saw the man whom
hut nnt nf tlid nlnpp U'llPPi
nVU^IUl ?'U?. MVfc MV fc..V J'.MVW ......
sought hiin. Instead of seeing Ii
Dothnn as they expected, they
him in Samaria.
2. The generous treatment o
Syrians (vv. 21-23). The king of
wanted to smite the captives,
Elisha forbade him and ordered in
that they should be fed and sent
to their master.
3. Peace between the nations (\
Tiie mtycy shown to the Syrian!
such a profound effect upon then
they came no more to make war
Israel. What a fine thing if we
have such humanity shown today!
The Harvest of the Earth.
And I looked, and behold u
cloud, and upon the cloud one sa
unto the Son of Man, having oi
head a golden crown, and in Ilis
a sharp sickle. And another
' nine out of the temple, crying u
loud voice to hiin that sat on the <
Thrust in thy sickle, and reap; fn
harvest of the earth is rl
Revelation 14:14,15.
Infinite Protection.
When thou passest through tin
tors, I will be with thee; and tin
the rivers, they shall not ove
thee; when thou wulkest througl
lire thou shalt not be burned; nc
shall the llames kindle upon th
Isaiah 43:2.
1. The King's plan. (v. 0).
method was a kind of guerrilla \va
?armed bands made Incursions
the enemy's territory. lie deteri
as to where camps should be lo
r.o us to intercept Israel's army
plan was clever, but his greut
take was that he left God out c
calculations. There Is one
where all plnns unci movement:
known (Heb. 4:13).
2. The enemy's movements
closed (v. 9). The man of God, 1
Ing the enemy's movements, was
to tell the king about them. El
advice was more than a matcl
the wily plans of the shrewd
hadud. Israel's sufety lay mo
the man of God than In their war
3. The king of Israel heeded El
word (v. 10). This was true wi
By obeying the prophet's wore
saved himself and army many I
Those who are truly wise heed tl
vine warnings. Great blessings 1
come to men If they would bee
warnings of Scripture.
4. The Syrian king's perp
(vv. 11, 12). In Ids perplexity 1
sembled his servunts and demi
that the traitor be made known
believed that some were pluyln*
the hands of the enemy; thei
he would put an end to the trea<
This was denied, and one of hi:
vunts declared that the king's
ments were reported by Elishi
prophet, even telling to the kl
Israel what Ben-hadad spake 1
bedchamber. Ben-hadud was wi
honnncu nf lila slnS hut he
<AL LEGION POST PICKS BEAUTY
\ MIm Edith Patterson Crowned by Ac.
/"Il kansas Body as Most Beautiful
' Girl in America.
T Arkansas conies forth with Miss
Edith Mae Patterson to prove that, as
>ER^ QuentIy been ^
y* crowned the most
L01"11 beautiful girl In F
fettr America by critl5:1-23;
^ Jl ca\ members of
7w the Itoy Klnard
re ot ~ pOSt 0j tj,e Amerrmlea
'can Le*ion- Arkunsas stands ready a
to stake her against all comers.
OP1C Digging around in oyster flats in the
,opIC Arkansus river, assiduous citizens pro^
for duced a beautiful pearl which they
bestowed on Marshal Foeh during his
visit. And picking around in the Arubled
kansas diamond mines other citizens
uncovered an Arkansas diamond,
Ilis which was presented to Hanford Mac- ?
rfare Jfider, commander of the Legion. Per- f
hd? sistently refusing to be "mlsunder- I
uined stood," this hearty state Is manifest- !
cated jng surprising fertility of soil, with
- H's its diamonds und pearls and women*
mis- '
'JJ'* PLANS GREAT MOUNTAIN CAMP '
s are d
American Legion In New York to Pro- c
dls- vic*e Hunting Lodge for the Tu- I j
(now. bercular Ex-Soldier*. t]
i able ,
isha's Curing tubercular ex-soldlers by giv- .<
ii for 'nR them a bunting lodge In the Ad- j.
Ren- ,rondacks ls the most recent plan of t
re in the American Legion In New York *
riors 9tate- A mBnimoth mountain camp, 30 t
isha's m"os trom Saranac lake, has been se- c
sdoia cured- ,ts doors to be opened to the j
ls he tO,000 service men who cannot now
Limes, dnd a bed. In the adjoining forest, j
lie dl- comprising 12,000 acres of state pre- e
would serve> w'll soon be scattered lean-tos ^
j tl)e and shelters, where disabled men will t
bunk In solid comfort, breathing the ^
it air which can restore them to health. ^
ie as- Permission to use the preserve as
inded a bunting ground has been granted bf
X He the state; and at the main camp on I
' jnt0 Big Tupper lake there will be bowl'efore
ing al,eys' motor boats and athletic I
herv delds at the displosal of the patients.
? Each Legion post in the state has been
ve. given the chance to put up its own
^ tlie lean-to, men of that post to be given
n (jj precedence In occupancy. Twenty <
llg .. thousand dollars has already been sub- j
"rrled scr,bed to the fund. (
icause
CHIEF FIJN-MAKER BUSY MAN <
Trap
President Elver* of "40 Homme* et 8
e him Chevaux," Forced to Resign at (
that 8tate Adjutant.
s ac
:nd to Edward J. Elvers, national presiiaklng
dent of "40 homines et 8 chevaux"?
0 put fun-making sowis
clety of the Amerseless
lean Legion, flnds \
t pur- that the duties as 1
od be head of a "funny" j '
f organization are IB? . ' j
d (v. more pressing fg*
>rnlng than any serious vt :*Wf ,
is en- .work. Making fun J4 % *&/
from took so much of / '
j not his time that he 1
was forced to re.
16). sign his former ll
hough position as state J
Syrian adjutant of the
host Legion in the state of Oregon,
about One of the proud moments in Elver's
1 eyes life was when, before a crowd of 7,000
to the people, he presented Marshal Foch
them, the little gold badge of the order?box- 1
asked car, horse and all.
yes of Kivers began his military career In
[ritual 1010 In the National Guard. During
d the the war he served 1-5 months overseas
r that as captain of the machine-gun corn's
and pany of the One Hundred and Sixtylisha."
second infantry, which was not, as he
e are says, a fun-making society.
The
at we A Footles* Hunt,
r De- "Whoof!" panted Dottle Dimple- )
I f?et- knees as she sank Into a chair in the J
Ion Is theatrical agency ortice, "I've simply '
Lord, rUn my legs off trying to see the manat
is a ger of this show about a Job In the
chorus."
blind- "Lady," said Otis, the office boy, "I
who ain't seen the manager, but if that's '
mun, the case yon might's well go back 1
God home."?American Legion Weekly. 1
their ? 1
II not 1
apped S Carrying On With the j t
American Legion j j
now i
ht bv Twenty hospitals in three years is
them lbe reconl of one dlsubled fighter disr(1
tl) covered by the American Legion. j
\wre * * 1
C ? .Ji I.~ l?ot
they tX-SOIQierfj WIIW IIUYC IU.11 men u,0ethey
charge papers will be able to obtain j,
Ira at duplicates under a bill now before s
saw congress.
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A sum of 850,000,000 has been raised 1
. 1(^ by Australia for the use of her un- *
sr'le employed former soldiers. Another
' u great sum has been raised to buy
lS.ea. land for farms to be cultivated by
back i
them. 1
v
'. 23). Frederick P. Peters, Fort Worth, t
* had Tex., was unconscious when he was c
i that handed over to the American Legion J
upon p0St in thut city. Diagnosis revealed j
could that what he needed most was ham s
: and eggs. p
t t
Marshal Foch was made an honorary
vvjlite member of the Cambridge (Mass.)
f |ike Post of the Grand Army of the Ite- t
i ills public. A delegation of Civil war j,
hand vetePans PlQU?d a bronze meddl on ^
angel "l6 chcst' ... F
Posts of the American Legion ara
r flie helping stem the crime wave by put,
_ ting their unemployed Legionnaires to v
*,e' work as special police officers. t(
? *
Fifteen per cent of vocationalIzed r
ex-soldiers of the Pacific northwest ?
? wa- have gone "bnck to the farm," pre ongh
ferrlng agriculture to other vocations,
rflow
i the Easterners will be given a "view of
'Ither America" when they join the second n
ee.? annual ascent of Mount Hood, to be
conducted by the Hood River (Ore.)
post of the American Legioy. u
Mwm
urn
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?opy for Thli Department Supplied Vt
the American Legion News Service.)
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VOODFILL WON HIS EMBLEMS
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lonors Everywhere for Sergeant Who .
Exterminated Machine Gun
Nesta and Many Germans.
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When Sergt. Samuel Wobdflll pays <
casual call on a friend nowadays, '
he Is given "tlj^ * y
^11 ^ freedom of the
v~jPJT longer possible
mm for hl:n to travel
merely as a "person."
The man ^ **
w'10 cleaned out *
^ree machine
gun nests and
fv *Ult:u JLt' \JKT* lsscmo(
dS a morning's
:' job found Jersey
>J City. N. J., walt.
Uig for him with
trass bands when ne dropped In to
Isit the American Legion. The utext
lay he charged over to Nevy York
Ity where, as guest of Supreme Court
rudge McCook, he was welcomed from
tie Bronx to the Battery.
Woodflll says of his soldler-fatfcer
that he learned about shootln' from
ilm." And he shifts all the credit for
lis heroic deeds to the government.
It was Just the efficient training of
he regular army," he explains. He , .
laims that his twenty years as "regu- ,
ar" should qualify him to speak.
The sergeant wears his laurels well.
Je Is striking In appearance and.
omewhat serious in manner. He
nlues even more highly than decoraions
the tribute of his vivacious little
vlfe, who claims he Is "peerless at
iltchen police duty."
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'LAYS PART ?0F UNCLE SAM
rormer Private in Civil War Needs
No Makeup to Participate in
Pageants and Parades.
Uncle Sam. long the product of
mrtoonlsts, exists In the flesh In the
>erson of George
private in * the
pending his lat- f V
er days at the |^|^psKS^L '
United, States |
Soldiers' Home In
Washington, D. C. V1
With his steel
)lue eyes, white
oatee, Campbell
s such a perfect
ncarnation of the |||f j|||
Artist's conception W&Mw
uf Uncle Sam that he needs no makeup
to make him the most attractive
figure In a pageant or a parade.
To keep up with the times, Campbell
has adopted the George Washington
post No. 1 of the American Legion,
the first post to be organized. He 1* , j
rhp offlrial erandfather of the unit,
and takes great pleasure in fighting ?
over the Civil war for the benefit of
his younger buddfcs.
Born in Ireland, Campbell was
brought to America as an infant. During
the Civil war he served with the
Seventeenth Infantry. Now-a-days
nothing pleases him more than to don
his red, white, and blue costume and
lead a parade. *
Announces French Nativity.
Maurice (Jimmy) Brocco, who with
his partner has for the past two years
won the Madison Square Garden bicycle
race, has announced his French
nativity after reports had him an
Italian. He was born In Fismes, on
die Vesle river, Department of the
Marne, 33 years ago. Fismes was
ecaptured by American troops in July,
1918, in a desperate encounter.
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Post Is Thanked.
Official letters of thanks from Lord
^urzon of Great Britain and the Britsh
ambassador have been received by
:he American Legion post at Soinerrllle,
jN. J.,-which held a military fuleral
over the body of a Bri|ish army
:aptaln. As the captain had no rel-*
itives In this country, the city wa?
ibout to Inter the body In the potter'a
leld.
Armistice Day Casualties.
There were 3,912 casualties in the
I. E. F. on Armistice day, November
II, 1918, according to the adjutant
cenernl's office. Of these, 268 were .
tilled, 2,769 severely wounded, 466
ilightly wounded. 177 slightly gassed
md 232 wounded and gassed, degree
indetermined. The Fifth division^ bore
he brunt of this day's -casualties.
Foch Would Have Big Staff.
"If there ever is another war," said
rerdlnand Foch, marshal of France,
hit* anpnlflnc nt Ills trio of 16.000
ulies through 42 states as the guest
if the American Legion, "those In the
Lmerican Legion responsible for or;unlzlng
this Journey shall be on my /
taff. I compliment the American peoile
on its American Legion."
Would Hold Training Camp.
General Pershing has recommended
he retention of the nine main trainlg
centers?(Jumps Devens, Dix,
leade, McClellan, Kno* Custer, Fort
Uley, Travis, and Lewis.
Back Home Again.
Alice?Have you written to that
ronderful man you hecam^ engaged
o at the seaside?
Virginia?I've been trying to get '
ound to it. but I can't think of his
ame.?American Legion Weekly.
Anticipation.
"You look dejected."
"Yes. Married life gets on my
erves."
"lleen married long?"
"No. The wedding takes place to
.orrow."?Amerlcun Legion Weekly,