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1?Mrs. James S. Sherman, wldo1 *onun<o/1 nlH frlonHchlno 9 TvtllPfll d ex-service men. 3?President Vaucla big oil-burning locomotives from Eddy: NEWS REVIEW OF I CURRENT EVENTS Wages of Rail Employees Are Reduced by Board and Big Strike May Result. HOOVER SETS GOAL PRICES Germany Yields to Allied Ultimatum and International Bankers Plan Reparation Payments and Loans ? War Fraud Investigation Begins? British Warn Ireland. By EDWARD W. PICKARD. ANOTHER great strike Is threatened, this time of the railroad workers whose wages have been or are to be reduced by the United States railway labor board. Already the board has made public one deci-i? ?- <? e.nnnnnrw* f.nm VIUII I'UllIIIK UCIU IJ ipW|VW?MW iiwiM the annual wages of the maintenance of way men. and before this reaches the render It Is almost certain another decision wHl have been published slashing between $50,000,000 and $75,000.000 from the yearly pay of the shopmen. Either ruling Is sufficient to bring on a walkout If the men re main In their present state of mind, and still dthe-? may follow soon. The first decision announced orders a reduction of 13.2 per cent In the prevailing pay of maintenance of way men, effective July 1. It affects about 400.000 workers, and their new wages will range from 23 to 85 cents an hour. It was signed by the three public members and the three railway members of the board. The three labor members signed a dissenting opinion, holding that the new pay does not constitute the "Just and reasonable" wages guaranteed under the transportation act and that In fact It does Dot represent a living wage. The majority report however, points out that common labor on railways, even after ihe reduction, will be better paid than similar labor In most other Industries. Edward H. Fitzgerald, president of the railway clerks' organization, took the lead In planning for the prospective strike, Inviting sixteen chiefs of rail unions to meet this week in Cincinnati. He was forestalling an ex pectea decision Dy tne ieaerat oouru | cutting the pay of the clerks, telegra- | pliers and other smaller clnssea There is a possibility that this conference will result In a defensive alliance between the railway workers and the miners. Such a compact really was formed several months ago, but failed 1<> provide for aggressive action unless each step was approved by referendums of the various organizations involved. This lack may be supplied at the Cincinnati meeting. The six federated shop crnfts are concerned not onty In wage reduction. They accuse twenty-two roads of violating the transportation act by letting out shop work to contractors not within the boards Jurisdiction, and their president, B. M. Jewell, has demanded that the board assume Jurisdiction In theae cases and compel the rail roads to restore conditions In effect previous to the alleged violations. He said that unless this were done ' strike ballots would he sent out, regardless of the wage Issue. The hoard already has sIiowd that it sympathizes with the attitude of the shopmen in ibis matter. Wages of train service men are not involved in the present and Immediately prospective rulings of the labor Foard. J JNOFFICIALl.Y hut authoritatively w 11 is announced mm me govern) lent Is raking no action to end the - trlke of coal miners and that It does not look for any decisive turn In uf alrs before the middle of June or the first of July, when the shortage In coal may begin to be felt. Secretary of Commerce Hoover however, does not propose that the consumer shall suffer unjustlv If he can prevent It. He held a conferem-e last week with the representatives of more than 500 producers of bituminous coal whose 1 mines are In operation In the nonunion fields, and told them that he GERMAN BEGGARS IN "UNION" I Are Said to Have Made the Occupation of Mendicancy an Exceedingly Profitable One. Berlin.?Although public mendicancy Is forbidden by law, the streets of ^ Berlin are full of beggars who. especially after dusk, Importune pussersby with harrowing tales, some of which may be true. Mutilated war victims, who exhibit k of the fonner vice president, pho ti Istrlbutlon station. In St. Louis, for pa; lu of Baldwin Locomotive company jsUi stone, Pa., to southern California. would assume personal responsiDinty for fixing minimum prices at the mine, In order to prevent profiteering. He asked, however, that the operators agree among themselves on fair prices In order that the anti-trust laws might not be Infringed. Mr. Hoover then announced what he considered fair prices In three districts. These ranged from $2.20 to $2.00 a ton for the Alabama district; $8.50 a ton for the smokeless coal districts of West Virginia, and $3.50 a ton for the Harlan and Hazard fields of Kentucky and the southern Appalachian fields of Tennessee and Kentucky. The maximum for the Alabama district Is 25 censt a ton below the final Garfield war-time scale, while the maximums proposed for the other districts are somewhat above the Garfield prices. The prices are to apply only to spot coal. GERMANY'S reply to the ultimatum of the allied reparation commission was near enough to complete acceptance to sutlsfy that body, which, after a day's Intensive study of the note, telegraphed to Berlin Its approval of the German promises to balance the budget and to stop the Issue of paper money. The commission then turned over to the committee of international bankers In session In Paris the entire question of German finances and payment of reparations. Those hnnlrora nmnni? whom Is J. Plernont Morgan of the United States, are now studying the questions of Germany's capacity to pay, the guarantees she can give for the series of huge loans that will be necessary, and, In connection with the latter, the possibilities Involved In the Russo-German pact. The German proposals were drawn up by Finance Minister Hermes and are not at all liked by some other members of the Wlrth cabinet and many members of the relchstag. The Stlnnes group especially attacked them as a surrender of sovereignty that will bring on catastrophe. The relch6tag refused to pass a vote of lack of confidence In the government, but the cabinet Is believed to be In a shaky condition. Lloyd George made a statement on reparations In the house of commons In which he strongly intimated that Germany would be granted reductions, postponements and revisions when these appeared necessary, and this was greeted with cheers. France, naturally, Is not pleased with developments, but Is not In position to object strenuously. SENATOR M'CUMBER'S bill for a soldier bonus was approved by the Semite finance committee by a vote of 9 to 4. and he announced he would be ready to make a favorable report on the measure to the senate within a few days. He hopes to induce the senate to sidetrack the tariff debate long enough to pass the bonus bill, but as the latter does not go into effect until January 1 next, many of the Republican leaders are opposed to this idea. The Democrats will support McCumber's plan for immediate consideration of the bonus. The bill as approved by the finance committee is almost identical with the bill passed by the house. The Democrat! are not satisfied with it. and Senator Sraoot will try to have his insurance measure adopted ae a substitute, so the debate in the senate is likely to be a long one. INVESTIGATION of war frauds now is under way in Washington, the first of the government's series of cases, dealing with contracts for disposal of surplus lumber, having been presented to the special federal grand Jury by United States Attorney Peyton Gordon. Attorney General Dougherty Issued a statement saying that at no time during the grand Jury Investigation would any information be given out as to its activities or the nnmes of the cases presented. Meanwhile Senator Caraway and others continue their attack on the attorney general untiuggingly, with the avowed intention of driving liini out of the cabinet* because of ids connection with the release of Charles \\\ Morse from the federal penitentiary. It is stated In Washington that President Harding has full confidence in Mr. Daugherty's honesty and integrity, which of course means that he will not usk him to retire from the cabinet. genuine scars, are always sure of public charity, but many others of the fraternity resort to more or less transparent tricks to excite compassion. They hare established a "trade union" in a suburb where, according to reports, about 130 lenrners are being trained in the art of begging. Including "making up." The theoretical part of this course alone takes six weeks, and is followed by a practical course at race meetings and at doors of churches, theaters and cafes. igruphed in Washington where she nnent of Missouri's state bonus to irting the "Prosperity Special" of 20 THE delectable Senator Tom Watson of Georgia Indulged In another outburst In the senate because Senator Lenroot Intimated the Georgian had made an untrue statement concerning the Hoover relief fund accounts. Watson yelled that he was not afraid of "the Insolent Junior senator from Wisconsin" on the floor of the senate or unywhere else, and that he defied him. Some day one of the husky senators will take Tom Watson at his word and "knock his block off." OVER In England short shrift Is usually given criminals. Horatio Bottomley, member of parliament, editor of John Bull and professional hater of America, has been found guilty of fraudulent conversion of $000,000 In connection with the victory bond clubs he organized among poor people, and was promptly sentenced to seven years' Imprisonment. He announced he would appeal but was denied ball nnd locked up In Brixton prison. Bottomley will lose his seat In parliament If the conviction stands. IRELAND has about two weeks In which to establish a government In accordance with the treaty creating the Free State and to restore order to a measurable degree. If she falls the British trooDS now In Ulster and oth ers to be sent over will be used to suppress the republicans and the Sinn Felnere and put an end to the border warfare. Such Is the warning given In the house of commons by Winston Churchill, who added that the British cabinet still has faith In Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith. The Irish elections are to be held on June 10 and Churchill said that If De Valera and others who have rejected the treaty are elected to the Irish parliament they must publicly announce that they are bound by the treaty, otherwise the pact will become worthless and will be automatically violated. Collins and Griffith heard Churchill's statement and afterward said they believed they could work out the affair If they had timet Sir Lamlngton Evans, minister for war, has complete plans ready for military operations for the reduction of Ireland, one of the preliminaries being the full occupation of Bublln. Along the Ulster border the fighting goes on merrily and every day a number of persons are murdered. In many localities the Free Staters and republicans are making common causa against the Protestants of Ulster. Bloody conflicts between the military and constables and gunmen take place daily In Belfast. OBSERVANCE of Memorial day wus made especially notable by the dedication of the beautiful Lincoln Memorial In Washington, now virtually completed. It was turned over to the nation by Justice Taft as head of the memorial commission and was accepted by President Harding In an eloquent address. In the great throng that witnessed the ceremonies was Robert Tqdd Lincoln, son of the Great Emancipator. ONE of the pledges of the Harding administration and a prediction made early In the year by treasury officials was fulfilled last week. All issues of Liberty bonds sold at par or better, for the first time. The trading In them on Wall street was very heavy. At the low quotations of last year most of these bonds were yielding from 5 to almost 6V6 per cent. On the present basis of values the 3%s net exactly 3% per cent and the 4s and 4Vis from 4 to 4% per cent TWELVE balloons started from Milwaukee Wednesday In the national race, and at this writing six have landed, In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Missouri. The others probably were traveling northeast. One of the great bags, belonging to the navy and therefore a non-contestant, is filled with /????>??1 o ntm? conrnt rnillfi IJ t* 11 ii IL1 U1JU VC4I I ICO ? ut t? utv. w .M?.v device from which much Is expected. The three balloons that travel the greatest distances will he America's entries In the International race In France Inter In the year. PLANS for the unification of Chlnu are moving forward. Uuon the meeting of the old Republican parliament. bucked by General Wu, the President. Hsu Chlh Chang, resigned and was succeeded by Former President Li Yuan Hung. Overtures huve been made to Sun Yat Sen. The city Is divided Into districts by the "union" which places a certnin number of certified pupils In charge, changes shifts weekly, and collects and distributes the proceeds. These beggars are keen Judges of human nature. Wealthy Russians are said to be their best patrons, Americans, on the other hand, are a puzzle to them. Sometimes, they say, Americans are extremely generous and hand out five, ten or twenty mark bills with princely liberality, but others r?fuse to give anything S FAILS HOSTS CARRYING BANNERS IN WASHINGTON DON'T ACCOMPLISH THEIR AIMS. BARRED FROM WHITE HOUSE Latest Gang of Marchers Sought Release of Those Who Tried to Undo United States During the War? Pacifist Women Busy. By EDWARD B. CLARK Washington.?General Coxey's army, which inarched over the mountains from Ohio and descended on the capital about thirty years ago. is looked on as the progenitor, if that he the word, of all the be-bannered hosts which come here to attempt In a spectacular way to force congress or the administration to do something which the parading ones want done. Washington is a hotbed today, and has been a hotbed for some time, of propaganda of this, thnt or the other kind. Much of the effort is expended in typewriting nnd much in parading. The paruders seldom get anywhere nnd the typewriters fall or succeed as their cases happen to appeal to the powers that be. If a Washington correspondent were moved to write In behalf of this or that cause by the stuff which comes to his office every day he could do little else than constitute himself a plender, pro or con. for a hundred different endeavors. The latest street demonstration has been In behalf of prisoners who today are where they are because they attempted to undo the United States In the time of trouble. A procession of men, women and children has tried several times to make Its way Into the White House, carrying banners of various kinds. In order to Induce the President of the United States to set free men vho did their best to jeopardize the liberties of their coun- | try when It was in the throes of war. ; Sentimentality That Falls. President Hnrdlng refused to meet the paraders In behalf of the so-called political prisoners. One of the banners which has appeared, and at this writing still Is appearing, nt the head of the column of paraders, Is borne by the side of a child who holds one hand upon the staff. The banner Is Inscribed: "I never have seen my father." It was believed by these paraders In behalf of the seditious that this banner certainly would win the day with the President and the people. There are some hard-headed patriotic ones In this town, however, who know that there are a good many American children whose -others died for their country In France some months before the little ones were born and who probably would not have died If the prisoners of today whose release Is sought and the thousands of persons who escaped Imprisonment for like talk and like deeds, had not by their Influence prevented the United States from preparing Its men fully for the battlefield, giving them adequate means of personal defense and adequate means for defense against batteries of artillery and ships of the air. Judging from the present-day capers of persons akin In sympathy and In doIIcv to those who are parading In behalf of the imprisoned ones, there Is to be no ceasing from the endeavor to propagandize In America In behalf of un-American policies. Women Who Would Be Disloyal. Recently In this city there was held a meeting of women who form the American section of an International league which declares Its object to be to secure lasting peace In the world. At a meeting of representatives of this International league In Geneva not long ago )t was voted to be the sense of the gathering that In the years to come no woman of any land should raise her hand to help her country In case It was called upon to take up arms against another nation, or even If the call was to arm Itself for purely defensive purposes against Invasion and tyranny from without. Any amount of printed propaganda material was received by the Washington correspondents from the representatives of the American section of this International league. The Intimation was that the American women who were to meet were to pledge themselves to refrain from all war work In case the United States should become Involved In a conflict. What would this mean? It would mean simply that If this country some day should find It necessary to defend Itself against foreign aggression the women members of the American section of the International league and all the women they could Influence to follow their own course, would refuse to do works of mercy for Amerl . n wounded, or to do those other things which woman knows how to do for the comfort of the soldiers fighting In the field for their country's sake. Three foreign women, It Is announced, will travel through the United States to speak in behalf of the objects of this international league. One of them Is an English woman, another Is a French woman and the third Is a German woman. They all have the nonreslstance Idea and their endeavor probably will be to | attempt to bring American opinion to the point where It will be willing to make a second ltussia out of the United States. Senate's Tariff Bill Changes. The finance committee of the senate Old Babylon The city of Babylon, when built by Nebuchadnezzar, formed one of the greatest and moAt magnificent the world has ever seen. Ancient historians can find no words to describe the grandeur of the pulaces, the splendid edifices, large gardens and pleasure grounds, especially the hanging gardens, a sort of lofty terraced structure supporting eurth enough to grow trees. I maue -,o->i cnauges in the lurllT bill as It wus formulated und passed by the house ol represematlves. Figures occasionally tell a story. Seemingly they ilo so ir this case. With more than two thousand amendments proposed by the senate tor the house hill It Is easy enough to understand why the debate on the measure is expected to run along until tired nature calls u halt. Any stumper who desires to discuss the turiff bill Intelligently during the coining congressional campaign must sit up late nights and burn much oil in his student's lump. The tariff measure Is a formidable looking document. Just how much of u tigure r' e bill will cut in the coming election nobody as yet knows. Virtually every day the Congressional Record gives some thirty-five or forty pages of print to the speeches made In the senate on the day previous. The tariff Is one thing apparently that cannot be talked to death. Occasionally there Is some humor to be found In the customs laws or In their preparation, or In their enforcement or non-enforcement. During the hmtrlnirtt In tlio flnnriCP Committee Of the senate on the I'ayne-Aldrlch bill the provision of the measure affecting chemlculs was under consideration. A New York man representing the manufacture of celluloid In New Jersey was on the stand. The committee was discussing the question of the duty on things which enter Intc celluloid manufacture. Suddenly Senator Kern of Indiana, who since that day has died, turned to the witness and said sternly but with something of a glint In his eye, "Are you responsible for the celluloid collars?" "Yes, I Invented them," replied the witness. "Well," said the senator, "my search Is over. I have been trying to locate the responsibility for celluloid collars for years." John Wilkio's Tariff Story. John E. Wllkle of Chicago, one time and for a long time chief of the United States secret service, wrote a tariff or a near tariff story some years ago which, like Charles Reade's "Hard Cash," was a matter-of-fact tale. The story lingers In the memory of WashIngtonlans. A prominent American woman was visiting In China. Just before she was to set sail for the United States a friend presented her with some specially grown Chinese teu, worth, It was said, something like $25 a pound. The gift was received, and then the American womuu knew the beginning of a hard fight with conscience. She did not want to pay tariff on the tea when she took It Into America and yet she knew that to smuggle It In was something like a crime. Taking the tea she put It Into small, separate packages and hid It In various places about her personal belongings. On the way from China to Honolulu where the vessel stopped the American woman dreamed nightly of men In uniform boarding the ship at the Hawaiian port, discovering the smuggled article and lugging her off to Jail. She slept more uneasily than a crowned king. She was wretched day and night, but her determination held to get that tea home without paying the government anything. Her Conscience Conquered. From Honolulu to San Francisco her conscience and her fears Jointly kept her sleepless, but she hung on grimly to the determination to get her spoils In unobserved at any hazard. Her baggage was examined at San Francisco and apparently the customs officer discovered nothing dutiable. The danger over and with her tea safely in her trunk and with no further fear of detection, the American cnorl tn Wnshlncrton After arriving In the capital ahe found that her conscience still troubled her and that sleep was not wooed as easily as In the days of her non-smuggling Innocence. She Invited her friends to partake of the delectable tea, but she had little gladness at her five o'clocks. Finally conscience conquered her and she went straight to the Treasury department, to the proper official thereof, and tearfully told hlra of her guilt, saying that she was willing to pay the duty thrice over to get back the Innocence that once was hers. In her mind she reviewed the terrors of the voyage Including the sleeplessness of her nights. "How much duty shall I pay on the tea?" she asked. "And please don't send me to Jail." The official looked at her with amused kindness. He said: "Madam, there Is no duty on tea." Telepathy. The word "telepathy" Is said to have been Invented by the society for Psychical Research about 36 years ugo to describe the supposed process of transmitting thoughts at a distance. It means the communication of inluds ?thought transference?without any means known to science. Telepathy might be compared with wireless telegraphy, which also transmits Ideas at a distance. Dog Knew Too Much. "I once possessed a splendid dog," said Percy. "He could distinguish between a vngubond and a respectable person."' "What became of him?" asked Grace. "Oh, I was obliged to give him away. He bit me." Crime of the Future. When we note the large number of automobile thieves now In evidence, we wonder how long It will he before airplane robbers will be lifting things through the skylight.?Boston Transcript. Plants Harmful Do not have flowers or plants In the bedroom, particularly overnight. Poisonous gas Is evolved from the colored parts of flowers both by night and day, and from the green parts in addition at night. It Is pleasant to have flowers In a guestroom, but for the reason just set forth they should not remuln In the sleeping chamber. The way to get around the difficulty Is by the use of a window box. TO SEND HOME TOWN PAPER American Legion and Auxiliary Endeavoring to Supply News to Disabled Men in Hospitals. There are 30,000 young Americans who were wounded while fighting during the World war or who have become sick following their service In field and cunip, now confined to hospitals over the United States. Most of them are hundreds of thousands of miles from their home town, friends and relatives. Many of them can do nothing but read to pass away the time. The American Legion auxiliary, tuiupuscu ui nit: wives, iiKHiitrs nuu sisters of service men. is endeavoring to have personal, cheerful letters written to these men. Now the Legion is trying to have people in the men's home towns send the home-town newspaper to them, either every day or every week. There are not more than five or six ex-service men from any average-sized town in hospitals, the Legion estimates, and asking newspaper editors to send free copies of their papers to their home-town boys in hospital is not ask'ng too much, nor more than citizens would be willing to do. The Legion Is forwarding to Its*officials In each state lists of names of men from that state in hospital, and asking that local newspaper editors send their papers to these men. Newspaper editors who are Interested, the Legion announces, are asked to signify their willingness and to request lists of names of men from their towns, from national headquarters, Indiunapolis, Ind. AIDS STRANDED EX-SOLDIERS Bill Franklin, Washington (D. C.) Port Commander, Assists Men Seeking Claim Adjustments. Every stranded ex-soldier who drifts Into Washington, D. C., in hope of getting a com* pensatlon claim adjusted, by Bill Franklla / gpBB local post com' mnn(ler of th ft* fWK ,JJ American Legion, i ^||These men are mental red tape sometimes In the "WjaMfflBj | broke while waitWffiSJUKBwMSE. intr. Hill Franklin hunts them up and If their compensation claims have a chance of settlement they are tided over by Franklin and hir unit, the Vincent B. Costello post of Washington. Taking care of these men stands the post an average expense of over $5 a man. If men come in with hopeless claims they are helped In getting home. The District of Columbia has recently taken over a large share of this work. EXPERT ON ARMY PAPER WORK "The Walking Encyclopedia," Unofficial Army Title of Marion E. Pollock of A. E. F. "The Walking Encyclopedia" Is the unofficial army title of Marlon E. Pollock of the A. E. F. and the Amer- /RRjv lean Legion, now chief of the per- ' sonnel division of MB* ^ the United States Veterans' bureau and colonels, and even second lieutenants addressed him with deep respect. 1 Pollock served In France as chief of the orders division of the adjutant general's department. After the armistice he could quote practically word for word every order Issued from general headquarters during the war. ? ? j Carrying On With the j j American Legion The famed "blue devils" of France have been chosen to occupy the Rhineland areas now being evacuated by the American forces. To receive a compensation check for $2,500 on a $250 claim was the experience of David Phillips of Dover, 0., an ex-soldier. Phillips refunded the $2,250 at once. * * Japanese tenants on farms of the Yakima (Wash.) Indian reservation have been ousted In favor of service men, official Washington has Informed the American Legion. Nebraska posts of the Legion will report directly to their state headquarters by radiophone. They also project community entertainments all over the state by radio. * * * The nggregate insurance now carried by ex-soldiers on the government war risk policy amounts to $3,o0O,fHX),<X)0, according to Charles It. Forbes, director of the United States veterans' bureau. * One year more has been decided upon by congress for the granting <>f medals for gallantry in the World war. Army officers contend that many deeds of valor by enlisted men have not yet been recognized. ? 0 "Because he was kind to me In camp and in the hospital," was the reason why Emery Bankston, World war veterun. who died in an Oteen (N\ C.) hospital, left his $10,000 government insurance policy to a Y. M. C. A. secretary. So many women and girls who form an American Legion post of war nurses in Minneapolis, Minn., are getting married, following war romances, that a men's auxiliary, composed of husbands of the fair Legionnaires, U being considered. .1 . A: i , BOY j SCOUTS I ?6? (Conducted by National Council of'the Bojr Scouts of America.) A MODEL RURAL TROOP The following letter from H. H. Kurtz, scoutmaster of Locustdale, Troop No. 1, Honeybrook, Pennsylvania, shows that the scout program is equal to any situation in the hands of a devoted scoutmaster: "This is strictly a rural troop. The borough of Honeybrook, of less than w/vrv '-I.-UI,-.,. "O />nlw in eonllfs. iuu lmiuimums gdcs uo u.i.j Tlie remaining 28 come from little hamlets or distant farms; 18 are farm boys?boys who live, perform work on farms. Nearly all are, in a greater or less degree, active tillers of the soli. "The country Is admirably adapted to scouting with wide and fertile valleys, long ranges of wooded hills, ' clear streams. We claim as our territory a section of about 200 square miles. Boys live from five to ten miles from scout headquarters. This fact makes certain arrangements necessary which will be explained. "We set up a high Ideal. We determined however we might fail In other things, to place the chief emphasis on the oath and law. Scoutcraft was , distinctly secondary. After four yea* we still keep the Ideal in view. No boy may enter the troop unless we are satisfactorily assured that he will do his best to do his duty to God, his country, and obey the scout law. "Every boy Is In a patrol and knows his number. Each patrol is properly officered, the officers being chosen on the ground of worth and merit. There are no elections. The two senior * j ^ 1 ?i? ?nfmal ino/lopfl patrol leaaers, uus si*. iiauui and their six assistants form an 'offl'cers' council,' which administers discipline, outlines the policy of the troop and advises with the scoutmaster. Nothing of importance is decided (except in emergency) without the council. "Every scout Is uniformed, and every scout procures his own uniform. A poor boy will receive aid from the troop treasury, which he may make good as he is able. Insignia Is provided by the troop. Each scout is given his proper badges, shoulder knots, service stripes, etc., and it Is required that these matters be In place, and that they be correct The troop is governed by a point system. This Is rigidly adhered to, and each boy reports his 'points' on honor, at the business meeting. The system governs the 'good turn' and all the matters of the oath and law, and attendance and inspection. In uniform, or out, and at any time and place the scout salutes his superiors, once in the day. Strict and unquestioning obedience is required as well as regular attendance at tfll of the business meetings. "The scattered condition of the troop forbids a weekly meeting; so the business meeting, held once a month, is to he attended. No boy may go else where on that evening. "In addition to this business meeting, each patrol holds a monthly meeting. Here the Indoor scoutcraft work Is done, and boys are examined as to tests, or prepared for the court of honor. "Several features peculiar to this troop, have proved valuable. Each boy, entering the troop, undergoes a partial physical examination. His record Is kept, and he Is examined periodically, and his development noted. The records show a splendid physical standard In the troop. "Every boy who reports, on honor, a perfect score of points for three consecutive months receives the *100 per cent duty shield. Four such periods entitle him to the Maltese Cross , award. We have a boy, of unimpeachable rectitude, who has won the award for perfect score for two unbroken years. "The patrol that gains the greatest number of points in a month is entitled to the custody of the flags?the Troop Flag and the National Ensign. The patrol whose efficiency is adjudged the highest for the year, receives a medal. "Official hikes are conducted at frequent Intervals. No winter hikes are held. The country boy has his fill of winter experiences In his long journeys to and from school. But when spring conies we hike. The patrol most fully represented In the year's hikes receives a medal. So also does the individual scout who Is present at the greatest number of hikes. Each hike Is conducted by a leader, usually a troop officer, who Is responsible for the welfare and behavior of all scouts who are present. No Sunday hikes, no tests passed on that day, and attendance ut Divine service required of all." SCOUT SAVES KIDDIES Two small children were playing in a Manhattan street when a delivery wagon horse suddenly frightened starting down the street at a gallop?all the ingredients of a possible tragedy! But. a scout was at hand, Emil Kozel ! onzek, by name. Instantly taking in ! the whole situation, mentally awake, as scouts are trained to be, Emil darted into the street, snatched the children to safety from almost under the feet of the runaway. Prepared again! PINCHOT PRAISES SCOUTS Oifford Pinchot, state commissioner of forestry for Pennsylvania, recently announced that the department had been making rapid strides in eliminating fires from the state forests, and adds: "Much credit for this is due to the Boy Scouts of America, and especially to the scouts who are enrolled as Pennsylvania forest guides. It is only right that the unseflsh interest of these guides and their loyalty should be suit* I ably recognized." A