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/ J.?i-?espt?ruie enuru io ?uu- u Clinrles E. Kay. dean of Tufts collei Former U. S. Senator S. II. Piles of NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENT EVENTS 4 ?? Russians and Germans Almost Break Up the Economic Conference at Genoa. SIGN TREATY OF THEIR OWN v Allies Bar Germany From Chief Com. mittee but Neutrals Protest?Fighting in Ireland Increases?Little Navv Advocates Are Defeat ed in the House. By EDWARD W. PICKARD l?OR several days last week it wat " thought the Genoa conference was about to break up in a row. but al , this writing it appears possible thai the trouble will be fixed up and the ***** discussion Of plans for the econoniit regeneration of Europe will continue Germany and Russia precipitated the row, and the fortnet got most ol % the blame, the soviet delegate, Tchitch erin. being credited with a clever move Following up the negotiations begun vln Berlin, he and Doctor Rnthenau goi ^ together in Rapallo and signed foi their'respective governments a treatj ?- that anticipates what might l?e done rb.v the Genoa conference. The twc countries agree to cancel all war debts all claims for war damages, ugd all claims for damages due to the Soviets nationalizing German property, pro vldlng Russia does not repay other for eign nations for this nationalization In the latter case. Germany maintains the right to claim damages. It is # agreed that Germany and Russia rec ognlze each other and resume full diplomatic and trade 'relations, thai . they treat each other as most favorec' nations, and that the treaty of Brest Litovsk is canceled. Announcement of this pact brought expressions of Indignant protest frotr Lloyd George and Burthou, who were seconded rather weakly by Facta ol Italy, and more earnestly by Theunys of Belgium and Ishii of Japan. These five statesmen then called ,in the delegates of Czechoslovakia. Poland Rumania and Jugo-Slavia and al signed a note to the German delegation telling of their pained surprise 1 at Its action, which they said violated the conditions Germany accepted when she entered the conference, and their decision that as a result Ger many should not be permitted to take part In any future discussions or de clslons relating*to ftusslnn affairs. The Germans took this kick rathet calmly, and some of them said the.\ would rather leave Genoa than with draw the treaty?a choice whicli Lloyd George offered them Wednesday. But the neutral nations?Norway, Sweden. Denmark, Holland fr Spain and Switzerland?promptly lined up against the allies and Joined Russia in the defiant statement, that Ger many could not be barred from participation in discussion of Russian af fairs except by full vote of the conference. This action was actuated both by resentment against the British premiers attempts to dominate f the conference and by the fear thai in the private conversations that have been going on in his Genoa villa arI rangetnents would be made with Russia that would prejudice the. interest? of the smaller powers. The Russian? also insisted that Germany must sit in all conferences because there wert many questions still at issue between % _ Germany ami Russia. On Thursday however. Lloyd George said the Ger mans had agreed not to participate in aic/mavinnc of Russian affairs. * BARTFIOU of France held with Lloyd George that the Russo-Ger man pact revealed violations of rlie treaty of Versailles and that tfie OrinanK must he excluded. He wa? hacked up to the limit by his government. Premier Polncnre sent to the ' French ambassadors in the allied countries instructions to Insist that energetic measures be taken and pen f altles applied to Germany if the Rapa'lo treaty were not abrogated, regardless of whi^t the Genoa conference might decide in the matter. He held that the execution of the treaty WILL BUILD RADIO STATION ^ Plans Completed for Direct Telegraphic Communication Between Sweden and United States. I Stockholm.?For the first time In history Sweden and the United States will have direct telegraphic communication through the erection of a high power radio station which i< to he constructed immediately on the Swedish west const. Heretofore all enhle radio * communications between the countries ^ y A * ? big levee at .Memphis during the Mississij ee. Boston, delivering the first lecture int Seattle, who has been appointed minis! | of Versailles must be Insisted upon now. Both the British hiki me French feel that the Russo-Gernmn pact, while nominally economic, is in ' reality political unci embodies a dlsI tinct threat of a complete alliance of the two countries against the entente. It Is believed, too, that it would result In the commercial suffocation of Poland and perhaps of the other small nations that lie between Russlft and Germany und along the Baltic, and those of the little entente. One thing is evident: France's fear that the Genoa conference would get into a muddle, and her absolute distrust of Germany's good faith and good intentions are justified. A writer in the Paris L'EcluIr says Germany has sent 12,000 "shock troops" Into the Ruhr and Is ready for resistance In Silesia, while tlm soviet armies are threatening the Polish and Rumanian frontiers. He adds: "There Is no time to lose If we want to avoid war." The nationalists of Italy are no less 5 alarmed, seeing In the pact prepara> tion for a great alliance between Geri many und Russia and probably the t entire Islam world and a war in the J not distant future between those pow 1-0 o.wl .< 11 iu,l nnllnnc . I CID UIIU LUC UI1ICU liU PLANS are under way for a financial conference to l>e culled by - the European banks*of issue to dis. cuss plans for the regulation of curi rency, in which conference the United t States Federal Reserve hank will he * asked to take part. Meanwhile, great r bankers, including J. Plerpont Mor? gan, are arranging to meet in Europe ? to study the question of an interna, tional loan to Germany to help in the I reconstruction of that country, to Im' prove her exchange and to assist her In paying the reparations. In view of Germany's repeated refusal to pay, the ullied reparations commission i virtually has turned that problem i over to financial experts. THE long drawn-out peace negotiations at Dalren between Japan 1 and the Far Eastern republic have been broken off. and Japan lias decided to send more replacement troops t into Siberia. The Chita delegates, i according to Tokyo official statements. ? after gaining some of tfieir points, ' made what the Japanese considered j Impossible demands concerning pro> tection of lives and property of for! eign residents, and the ojten door, and threatened to quit the conference I if these were not conceded. Tokyo thereupon instructed its delegates to > withdraw. I C TILL another pence conference? I tliut between the leaders of the Irish factions?does not seem to be > accomplishing much, for the fighting in Ireland goes on with increasing bitterness. Pe Valern's Easter coup did not eventuate, hut one of his ad herents attempted that day to assas> sinate Michael Collins, head oP the i provisional government, and there were bloody clashes between the re publican and Free State forces, which , were continued all through the week. I In Dublin the "rebels" occupied the Four Courts and other buildings and engaged In bnttles with the Collins troops; and In Belfast the Catholics and Protestants killed and burned and looted to their hearts' content. ^ TIRREP^ by President Harding's ; ^ dismissal of employees of the bureau of engraving and printing and i other bureaus, and by rumors of plans to restrict the operation of the merit law generally, the National s Civil Service Reform league called a : conference of all interested organizations and individuals to meet In Wash' Ingtoo April 27. That engraving hui renu affair Is causing the administration ii lot of trouble and the end Is not yet. In attempting to explain the i President's notion tlie official organ of the Plate I'rintcrs' union assorted the country was flooded with millions ! of counterfeit federal reserve notes and other treasury issues. This was , flatly denied by Secretary Mellon. CHAIRMAN PAT KELI.EY of Michigan and his cohort of "little ' navy" men went down to defeat in I the house of representat'ves last week, and If the senate does as it is expected to do the United ?tntes will lw? aide to maintain a navy of respectable proportions. In committee of the whole the house by a vote of 177 t" "RIO adopted the amendment to the committee bill which provided for an were relayed from London to Paris. The riksdag long ago appropriated the Initial sum of 2.000.000 kroner, more than $.".70,000, to begin the work, but it was not until recently that the Swedish state telegraph board and the Radio Corporation of America reached a satisfactory agreement, under which the fees for till radio traffic will be j divided equally between the two counj tries. I When the state telegraph board re: ported to the Swedish government that i ] the previous obstacles in the way of j THE CH ipl river valley Hoods. ti.?1'roiessor lie college's radio lecture course. 3.? :er to Colombia. j enlisted personnel of 80.000 lnsteiu OI int'Il. A H*\V UlljS lllici 1111. wns confirmed by a record vote o 221 W 148, and tiien the bill wni passed and handed on to the senate Ninety Republicans voted apainst th< personnel Increase and 48 Democrat! supported it. The measure carries ? total appropriation of $251,209,000 which is $18,(XX),000 more than was fixed by the appropriations commit tee. Further increases are expecte< in the senate. THE fipht of those who believe ii adequate national defense is nov centered on the army hill. In thi: the American Leplon is takinp actlv< part, National Commander MncXide appearinp before the senate appropria tlons committee to denounce the hous* bill which provides for only 115,(XX enlisted men. He snid: "The American Leplon unqualified ly backs up the President, the secre tary of war, and General Pershinp Ji their support of necessary appropria tlons for the National Guard, orpan i/.ed reserves, reserve officers' train inp corps, and civilian military train inp camps as recommended by tin War department, and also support the uosition that approximately 150, V)0 men Is the minimum numbe needed for the regular estnhllshraen to perforin its proper mission In ou plan of national defense." SOMETIME during the present sea son the senate will pass soldie bonus legislation. So much was de termined by the Republican senator in caucus by a 3 to 1 vote, and the; asked the finance committee to repor n bill "within a reasonable time.' Rut they reached no decision as t( the form the' bill will take. The, righ of the senate to add any revenue pro visions to the bill passejl by the hous< Is questioned, since the Constltutloi requires that revenue measures mus originate In the house. Republirni leaders of both senate and house an again discussing the plan of financini the l?onus by the sale of British bond? and it Is understood that If these ar found available through the work o the foreign debt commission. Presl dent Harding will not object to tha method of raising the funds: Witl tlifs in view efforts are being rnnde ti postpone senate consideration of th< honus measure until after tlm tarif bill has been passed, by which tlm* it Is expected the work of the com mission will be far enough advancei to give assurance that the long-tern British securities will be available. FLOODS and tornadoes have beei playing havoc In the Middle Wesl Through much of the Mississippi rive valley the rivers and streams havi broken their levees and overfiowei honbc /lalnrr vnct rl<imn(r/2 It many towns and inundating mlll'on of acres of land. Unseasonably eoh weather added to the distress of tin people who were driven from thei homes. The windstorms were mos severe In southern Illinois and south ern Indiana. Several towns wen hadly wrecked and about fifty live were lost. THE two Portuguese aviators wh< started from Lisbon to fly acrosi the Atlantic to Brazil In severa "Jumps" got ns far as St. Paul's rock about a thousand miles from the Oap< Verde islands, hut smashed their plarn In making the difficult landing there A new plane will he sent to them bj the Portuguese government to enabh them to complete their Journey. WOMEN from all parts of tin Western Hemisphere assemblet in Baltimore. Md., at the call of tin National League of Women Voters t( r 1. C?Mllfr t *11 Mil II ?u??jn 1*1 I ill H i n ?I1 child welfare, women In industry, pre vent ion of the trnfHc in women, civ! unci political status of women and in ternationai friendliness. It is hopec the conference will lead to close co operation among the women of the entire world. RRPKRSRNTATIVR BLAND of In diana has drafted a bill whicl authorizes tlie President to appoint ? "coal Investigation agency," composed of'the director of the geological survey. director of the bureau of mines, director of the census and commis sinner of labor statistics and six othj ers to be confirmed by the senate. It J would be {riven sweeping powers tfl obtain Information. building ilie station had been removed, contract bids were cnlled for from the lending radio constructing companies of the world. On the basis of offers thus obtained it is calculated that the cost ef the new station will not exceed .">,000,000 kroner, about $1,-KHI.(HK). One reason strongly favoring an immediate start of work is the serious unemployment situation in Sweden. It is believed that at least $1,000,000 will find its way into the pockets of the Swedish jobless. :eraw chronicle, cherav PUT iW BEffl THE TREATY Ml 0 CONGRESSMEN SEEM BOUND TO REDUCE IT SO FAR +HAT IT WILL BE USELESS. CALLED 'WASTEFUL ECONOMY' 9 Experts Protest Against This Course, While Administration Officials Object to Attempt of the Legislators to Fix a Governmental Policy. By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington.?It seemingly Is the intention ot' congress so to lix matters by legislation Niat the United States navy, so far as size and efficiency are concerned, is to lull below the plucd assigned to it in the treaty which resulted from the recent international conference. It will bo remembered lhat the ratio of the three- greatest fleets of the world was fixed at The Uuited States is one of the -Vs. The Navy department seems to be convinces that I t lie law mutters ueiure nic/ t,v? * through with it will so Hx things f that the sea forces of Uncle Sum 3 shall fall in equipment, person* * nel and In general strength fur i below the treaty authorization. This 3 the department says Is called economy, i The sailor experts say that it Is wuste. Curious things are happening In con3 gress today. The house appropriation - committee is uttempting to Hx u policy 1 for the government In contradiction to the plan outlined by those whose dpty It is to recommend policies and then 1 to ask tlfut the proper appropriation f of money be made to carry them out. s So far as can be determined it seems 5 to be the intention of the approprlar tlons committee to recommend only * enough money for a navy whose enliste ed strength shall be limited to Go,000 3 men. It is said thut such a nnvy will be wholly inefficient. Service men say * that an Inefficient navy Is worse than " no navy, and they are telling this 1 to congress. It is said with due * deliberation by some administration ' officials that the government just as well might retire from the seas as to keep afloat a fleet inadequate for e any purpose of offense, defense or 3 proper training. r Harding Opposes Wasteful Economy, t Tho ProuMonf la nnnosed to What r *,,x- - -? ? service tnen cnll the folly of spending money*on a useless thing. Apparently . the administration believes that if a r few additional millions will make _ I Uncle Sam's navy strong within its llms i Itations of size, the additional millions v will be well spent. Notice virtually t has been given that the President is ? j willing to serve the ends of economy, r, but notice has been given with it that t there Is such a thing as wasteful econk omy. e e The committee on naval afTalrs of r! : the house of representatives has rect ommended a cut in the naval personnel i to about 80.000 men. It seems that s the house appropriations committee is i? willing to recommend to the legislait tors that only enough money shall be e appropriated to pay 00.000 men. It is f by this declaration of the amount that . It i? willing to recommend for expendt Iture on the navy that the approprlati j tions committee is attempting, as it Is r> declared here, to fix a governmental p i policy which it Is the duty of the Navy T department and of the committees on e naval affairs to fix. It is believed that if the plan of the 1 appropriations committee carries, and a the fleets of the United Stntes shall he reduced to squadrons of no particular strategic value, such ships as a Uncle Sam has must he concentrated In the waters off one coast or the r other In order to maintain even an e appearance of being serviceable. Cannot Protect Both Coasts. 1 <f Service men say the situation is just j as It would be if It were possible that a the United States one day was to be r attacked from the north and from the I south simultaneously by two hostile . forces, and there were only soldier? s enough to muke some kind of a dein8 onstration against one of the invading armies. It would be necessary to leave one frontier exposed, i The administration seems to be g alarmed today over this matter chiefly 1 because of the seeming determination , of the men who hold the money bags ? to Ignore the executive departments ? and to attempt to frame their own pol. Ides for the protection of the country, 7 and to pay no heed to the recora? mendations of men who have made such matters their life's study. Officers Have Psychasthenia. j There Is evidence of greut Interest throughout the country in * the reports of the surgeon general's ' oflice concerning the results of the ' physical examinations which regular " army otHeers are now undergoing. It is said that many cases have been found which, taken together, show 41?4 ? nllniunt la injlt a ?irilll*c nai-nuo.il IU.I..VII1 affecting some of the officer veterans. Medical experts call It "psychastlienia.'' There is something almost mystic about this trouble which Is affecting some of the men who saw service in ! the war. Of course today it Is not possible to bring all the men who saw service to the examination room, and ' so the results of the Investigations which are being made can come only , from the comparatively few regular ' officers who have been ordered before examining boards to see if their con1 HIGH MOUNTAINS OF MONTANA Six named peaks in Montana have elevations exceeding 12,000 feet, and several unnamed peaks rise to greater heights, according to the United States geologicul survey. All these peaks are In the Heartooth National forest, in Carbon county, in the south central part of the state. The highest of these is Granite peak, 12,8T?0 feet; the next highest is Mount Wood, 12,7.">0 feet. \ 7, S. C. (lition is such thut retirement from the service is desirable. Tliis comment lms been made and printed upon tills subject: "It is regarded by army medical officers as highly probable that full Investigation of this subject may bring to light a positive scientific explanation of some part of the restlessness that lias been evident among the former soldiers since the war. It may well be. it is said, that the struggle left its lasting mark upon thousands of men who underwent severe nervous strain." Surgeon General M. W. Ireland hns said concerning tills matter that an analysis of the records "probably will show that physical deterioration was more marked in the commanding personnel of the regular army than in the emergency forces, because a relatively larger percentage of the former was charged with greater responsibilities entailing excessive strains, both mental and physical." mount vcrnon in Ojjririyiiiuc. Bands of pilgrims to Mount VerI nou cljiily are increasing in nuiti1 hers. Viie Jwriter does not Know how many thousands of Americans go | yearly to the place where George1 Washington lived, and diyd. but the i number is something enormous. At : tills season of the year with the | spring getting into its full beauty the i visitors to Washington liuve the best ' of till seasons In which to make the ' Journey to the home of the Father of | His Country. If George Washington never had lived ut Mount Vernon, bad not died fliere, and bad been buried In the Antipodes, there would be excuse enough for the visit to the place of seventy times seven the number of pilgrims who go yeurly down the Potomac to stand on the towering hill and to look off down the reaching river valley. Not long ago on a Journey down the Potomac a foreigner who had married an American wife was on the boat. He was much more Interested In the beauty of the Potomac's bank3 and In the history of the country beyond its banks, and In the life history of n.?u'.iohliKrfnn thnn wns his 'iClllHC American helpmate. Misinformation for Foreigners. The foreigner asked his Americanborn wife if George Washington was born at Mount Vernon. She answered that he was; which he was not by many miles. The foreigner asked his American wife many other questions to euch of which with almost invariable inaccuracy she made answer. This was a traveled American girl. There is a fairly well grounded belief that she had met und captivated her husband while she was doing Europe In an automobile or was rhapsodizing | on the beauties of the Rhine, the i'o. or the Danube. * Perhaps some day this American woman will go back to her husband's land and will listen to his stories of Itls Americnn trip, and in the enthusiasm of the nature which he made manifest on the Potomac he will tell the untruths concerning George- Washington which he learned from his American wife. Mount Vernon has been written about by almost everybody who lias seen the place. It has not fallen to the lot of everybody to see It in springtime. It Is a noble place, a fitting resting ground for the First American. It seldom fails to one's lot to see such heroic trees. There is a giant oak which stands sentinel over | the first burial place of Washington. The body was removed from tne onse of the oak about ninety years ago. It never should have been removed. It is said that Washington selected the place where his body now lies and left Instructions thnt one day a change of sepulcher should be made. The onk which guarded the first grave must have been standing for two centuries. The view from the place is inspiring enough tf> kindle the eyes of the dead. The view from the new tomb is fine, but it is nothing to the grand sweep of river, hilltops and forest which appear before the eye from the place where Washington slept for thirty years after his death. G. W.'s Trees and Library. The visitors who go to Mount Vernon peer Into the tomb and then straightway go to the house. There is *n interest, of course, which attaches to any of the belongings of Washington. but it seems to be a mntter of regret that of the thousands who go to Mount Vernon the interest In the mirror which Washington stood before when he shaved himself, and in the spoon with which he ate his porridge. If he ate porridge, is greater j than in the forest trees under which ' he walked in the garden whose hedges of formal cut were planted hy his hand. There is. however, a reul living Interest in the library of the old home. In the main the books are copies of those which were on the shelves in Washington's time. The originals, it is said, are in several libraries of the J country, but mainly In the Boston Atlien?Mim. There is an original, however. which is open at the tirle page, so that if the light he good the visitors who pass along the rail which ' guards the library may read Washlng: ton's name written In his own hand, and can read with it the title of the 1 book which our George the First thought worthy enough to buy. Looking upon that title page one i cannot help wondering what the gen| tie Martha Washington would have said if she had perused the text. Probably sbe would have reproved George because of what she saw there, but one enn imagine his ready answer, thnt the story was written by a holy man of Martha's chosen church. The name of the book is "A Sentimental Journey." GATES IN A ROMAN CAMP The "praetorian gate" was the nutne of the front gate in a Itomau camp. It was always the gate that faced the enemy. Kvery Itoman camp had four gates. The "decuman gate" was opposite to the praetorian gate, und was the farthest tfrom the enemy. The gates 011 the right and left sides of the camp were called respectively the porta principalis dextrn and the porta principalis sinistra. I ' I @1flf #. Amemcan legion (Copy for '1 Uia Department Supplied by j the A.meric?n Legion New* Service.) i OHLINGER A VALUABLE MAN Former Intelligence Officer Frustrated Many Anti-American Activities During War. Tlie name of (iustavus Ohlinjjer i iiiiirht h?vp meant something; to the kaiser during the war, and It did. 1 Tlie German soci- , $ et'os t'ult were rampant during PgHg t he period knew well Captain Gusf WK: ~%t * tavus Ohlinger of I MMZ ' *e Intelligence) I department of the i - United States. He ^ broke up their ( fJm&hA. \V meetings and t many ot these societies und their activities ceased to operate by reason of his learning so much of their propaganda and plottings. His home is In Toledo. O., where the American Legion has as its communder this same Gustavus Ohlinger. The Legion convention was in full blast in his home city when a wealthy t Toledoan burst in and announced that he would pay the entire expense of the ex-service men's gathering if they would drop their bonus stand. What Ohlinger told him was never learned from a five-foot shelf, but it was good enough to cause a hurried exit on the part of the Toledo business man. That's why the Legionnaires like him. Kid gloves might he alright to use sometimes, but Ohlinger doesn't draw them on when he tackles Legion problems. s\4' Harmnn nnroritnrrp !n Phi nil AJV/1 II %JJ UCilUUII pui V?iwnv > a close friend of the lnte Theodore j Roosevelt, world traveler and famed as having ridden a bicycle across South Africa are a few of the things that show why "Gus" stands ace high with the Legion men and also why he must be reckoned with by any group whose Americanism is i questionable. ___ r LEGION PAPER'S BOSS SCRIBE Philip Stapp, Formerly Editor of Overseas Publication, at Head of Hoosier Publication. It is said that every town and village in Indiana boasts at least o?e author whose writings have won some degree of fame in the lit- f erary world. , [ Reared in this % &%*. IjL atmosphere so fa- W vorable to scrlh- >>/ biers, it was in- f e v 11 a b 1 e that . J V Hoosier mem- ^ Mis hers of the Amerlean Legion pi should desire ? M some medium of expression for their Legion Ideas. The result was tire establishment of the Hoosier Legionnaire, which recently starred publication with a circulation of 32,000. Philip II. Stapp of Greensburg. formerly editor of the Hour Glass, over t. i t a : mi tori n cr | SPUN piIIMlClll ll'll VI me v.. I Seventh" division, is editor of the Indiana publication. A delegate to the Paris caucus of the Legion. Stapp was appointed a member of the first national publicity committee of the Legion. During his 20 months of service in the war, Stapp rose from "buck private" to a commissioned officer in the field artilfery. The newspaper Is sent to all Indiana Legionnaires every week. ? MANY "OUT OF COMMISSION" i Nearly Dozen Destroyers Which Wort Coveted Gold Star on Stacks, Are Doomed. I A typewriter has at last defeated nearly u dozen of the destroyers which .for four years zigzagged through the North sea end in the submarine zone of the Atlantic and gained notable victories over German submarines. The coveted gold stars, worn on the stacks, i where all might see and know that a German sub had met death, were awarded the Parker, O'Brien, Cummings. Porter. Davis and many others which have been ordered "out of commission" by the Navy department. "Out of commission" means nothing more or less than that the fast growing navy junk pile grows higher. Never aguin, probably, will these greyhounds j of the deep circle around a fleet of ; transports, suddenly dive off to one , side, sweep back again, drop a depth ! bomb, and then watch the oil come to j Burfnce that shows another German submarine has gone down to visit Davy Jones. The thrills of the deeds of these "star" destroyers are a bit over9had- j owpd by the news that the Shaw is i slnted for the scrap heap, too. She was escorting the huge British transport Aquitanin when the rudder jninmed and the giant ship ran her down. The Jacob Jones also brings back sad memories. She is named for the first Illfated torpedo boat of that name which was sunk while battling in the submarine zone. Foch Was On? of Them. "Why an honorary member; wasn't : I one of the men from Tarbps who j fought during the war?" snid Marshal Focli when he was asked to become an honorary "member of the Tnrbes, France. Federation of Former Combatants, a French organization similar to the American Legion. The latter outfit thought the Marshal was so much one of them that they made him an active member in George Washington post or Washington, D C.. the first Legion post organized, when i?e was on tour in this country. WHY SOUSA JOINED LEGION The Noted Bandmaster Say? Ha Thinks It Is a Rattling Good Organization. "I Joined the Legion because I had a right to. being in the navy, and I d |d its activities are being spread into all parts of the world by the band leader's men. Thirty-two of the master musicians who make up the Sousa organization are ex-service nmn. and nearly all are affiliated with the Legion. They come from every part of the country and saw service in every branch of this country's military organization during the war. When Sousa took hold of the Great Lakes bund it was a group of sailors, whose right to play under him could have come only with their enlisting nrUl* !?/? /.MAnf/l fl.nf 'Am AVOP M Willi lilt" VI I'WIl LllC&l l?nrn ?iu What he did with this group of musical talent became known the country over. What they learned under Sousa couldn't have been learned anywhere else, and the tlner points of the musician's art are being shown to the hundreds of Legion posts whose personnel is made up of one or more of the gobs who mnde up the largest service band of the many brought into being during the war. NAME DESTROYER FOR PRUITT Highest Honors Paid One of Pershing's Men Who Went to Death in War. It Is seldom that one of Uncle Sam's sea fighters is named for an enlisted man of the nuvy or marine corps. This has t>een done In the case l)P !W?P.jA of Corp. John Prultt, one of Pershing's hun- * W$$L dreds of heroes. * who died from Wounds while ,' ^^y*mT fighting Ger- L ~ mnns. Honors had been heaped on Corporal Pruitt before he r^;vSSlr^d. #PK met death, but the naming of a destroyer for him didn't take place until long afterward. Mr. and Mrs. George Pruitt of , 1 Phoenix, Ariz., have Just received from the Italian government a citation and the Italian war <yoss, Croce di Guerre, in recognition of their son's valor nearly four years ago. The citation told of young Pruitt's singlehanded battle against two mnchlne gun crews, capturing both, killing two of the enemy and taking 40 prisoners. Under age and therefore ineligible for the first draft, Pruitt volunteered for sendee with the marines less than 4, three weeks after war was declared. He was in France in January, 1918, and served as a "Devil Dog" until his death. His body was brought back to j this country and burled with all the i honors that nre a hero's, in the National cemetery at Arlington. LEGION HAS CEMETERY PLOT i Racine (Wis.) Organization Will See That No Ex-Service Man Sleeps in Potter's Floid. ? The American Legion at iiacine, j Wis., has taken over a part of one of the city's cemeteries and will hold It In order that no one of the ex-service men who did his share in the army or navy during the World war need sleep , In a potter's field. When the Legion's work on Its acquired plot Is complete, Racine will have a miniature Arlington. The plot is circular and will be fittingly arranged In order that It may look as much ac possible like tire national cemetery In Virginia. The Legion men have authorized the expenditure of $5,893.50 for the land. A steel mast, from which will fly the Stars and Stripes Is one of the first things the organization will buy. Already Racine's 55 ex-service men are buried In two of Its cemeteries. An effort Is to be made to have as many of these as possible transferred to the new plot. Room for the burial of more than 300 veterans Is being allowed for. The next session of the Wisconsin legislature will be asked to raise the - ? a. t-I^L a t/\ nil At*' o Lis fKn amounr WHICH IIIC siaic anunn n>. mt> burial of a war veteran. At present this amount Is but $50, but It Is hoped that this will be Increased to $75 or t $100. | Carrying On With thelj ? American Legion >> It rained $500 for the Legion in Toronto recently. Insurance was taken out against more than 10-100 of an inch on a celebration day. The precipitation was. 14-100. Bronze doors will lead into the $250,000 memorial hall to he erected at Centralla, Wash., in honor of the four American Legion men who were killed by I. W. W. members In that city. Forty-five hundred communities will , have citizenship clubs formed by the Legion auxiliary to discuss current events. Ex-service men confined in Minnesota hospitals are being treated with birthday parties as fast as their natal days roll around. * When a Des Moines, la., family lost ^ Its soldier son by death from war wounds, it asked the American Legion to find an ex-service man willing to be adopted.