GASTON i Weather Unsettled Local Cotton 224 GenU VOL. XLIII. NO. 247 GASTONIA, N. C., MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 16, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS A DAILY II II ivt II II CATTLE AWARDS ABOUT EQUAL BETWEEN THE TWO RIVAL JERSEY COUNTIE V List Of Prizes In Livestock Department Shows Tttat , Catawba And Mecklenbarg Ran Neck And Neck Competition. Honors were about evenly divided e tweeu Catawba and Mecklcuburg e ties in-the Jersey cattle competition tlie county fair last, week.- Announce incut ol awards show tliat there is very little difference between the lremiums won. . Of interest to Gaston county cattle men is the fact that Howard Khyne, young sou of O. L. Khyne, bent his father in two or three entries in Uueru Bey cattle. ; Young Hhyues entries were club Cows. The list .'of . prizes in the cattle en tries is bs follows: Jersey .Open to the World. Dull under 0 nionths First, Meckleu , burg Jersey Breeders ' Association ; sec ond, Carl Kobinson, Ciastouia. Heifer under 6 months First, Slu " ford & .Bollinger, Newton; second an. I . third, Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders' As sociation. . ; Bull C to 12 months First, Shuford & Bollinger; second, .Mecklenburg Jersey In ouu- Breeders Association. Heifer 6 to 12 mouths First,' Meck lenburg Jersey Breeders Association; , second and third, tfhuford & Bollinger. Bull 1 to 2 years First und secuud, Shuford & Bollinger; third, Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders Association. Cow 1 to 2 years First, V. T. Me Lean, Belmont. Bull 2 to 3 years First, Fred liliyne, Ciastouia; second, 'Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders Association; third, tohuford : Bollinger. Cow 2 to 3 years First and second, &huford & Bollinger; tihrd, Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders Association. , Heifer 1 year to IS -months First and second, Shuford & Bollinger; third, Aleckleuburg Jersey Breeders Associa tion. Heifer IS mouths to 2 years First and second, Shuford & Bollinger; third, Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders Associa tion. " , Bull It -years and over First . uiid sec ond, Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders Asso ciation; third, fcjhuford & Bollinger. Cow :i years and over First and 'third, Shuford & Bollinger; second, . Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders Associu tion. Kegistered Mill, any age First, Meck ... lenburg Jerey Breeders Association ; second, Shuford & Bollinger; third, Fred liliyne. Registered cow, any age;First and second, Shuford & Bollinger; third, . Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders Associa x tion. ' ' ' . Kegistered aged herd First, Jliuford & Bollinger; second, Mecklenburg Jer . Bey Breedrs Association ;third, C.ir)en ter & McLean, Belmont. Registered young herd First and sec ond, tihuford & 'Bollinger; third, iuvk ' lenburg Jersey Breeders Association. Registered bull and his get First and second, Shuford & Bollinger. Guernsey. Calf either sex under 1 year First and second, Dr. A. M. Whismmt, Char lotte; third, Seholtz & Mc 11 vane, Char lotte.' ' Bull 2 years and over First, O. Ij. Khyne, Gastonia. Cow 1 to 2 years First, Howard Khyne, Gastonia; second, O. L Rhyne. Cow 2 years and over FiiNt, Scho'.iz & Mcllvane, Charlotte; second, O. L. Bhyue. Heifer over 1 year and under 2 First, Howard Khyne; second, O. L. ; Khyne; third, Scholtz & Mcllvane. Herd, bull and 4 or more females -- First, Scholtz & Mcllvane. Registered bull any age First, '--rVholtz & Mcllvane; second, O. L. Khyne. Kegistered cow any age First, How nrtl Khyne; second, O. L. Khyne; third, hcholtz & Mcllvane. Kegistered herd, bull and 4 or more females First, Scholtz & Mcllvane. Holstein. Calf, either sex under 1 year First, second ami third, 1). W. Mitchem, Low .. ell. - Cow 2 years and over First and sec- ond, 1. Mitchem. ' Kegisetrcd bull any age First, D. W. Mitchem. r Kegistered cow any age First, D. W. Mitchem. Dairy Cattle, General, Gaston County. Family cow", breeding ami age consid ered,, also most satisfactory evidence of profitable animal First, "W. T. McLean. Sweepstake? Dairy Type. -Registered bull under IS months First and second. Shuford & Bollinger; third, Mecklenburg Jersey Breeders As sociation. Registered btill over IS months First and second, Mecklenburg Jersey Breed ers Association; third, ishuford & Bol linger. Cow First, third and fifth, fcjhuford & Bollinger; second, Mecklenburg Jer sey Breeders Association; fourth, W. T. Mrlenn. Herd First, R. L. Shuford; second, L. M. Bollinger, Newton; third, Cnrpen ' ter & McLean. . Herd entered liy county Jersey breed ers Association First. Mecklenburg Jer sey Breeders Association; second and third, Catawba. Jersey Breeders Associa tion. RIGA, Oct. 16. (By The Associat ed Press.) It was announced here todav that Leonid Krassin has resign ed as Russian soviet minister of ; trade and commerce. t , j DULUTII-, Minn., Oct. 16. Wil liam Wright, 59, well known in base ball circles throughout the country, is dead here following an illness, GREENSBORO KIWAN1S CLUB IS ENTERTAINED HERE AT BREAKFAST farty En Route Td Ahevilld Gets Early Meal Here From Locals. DISTRICT CON VENTIO Wealth Of Wit And Feature Program Country Club. V This' morninir tho Gastonia Kiwanis Club entertained a narty of "35 Kiwan inim mill Kiwaniettes from Greens l.oro at breakfast ut the Country Club, The Greensboro party was en route to Asheville to atteud the district meeting iu session there this week, and speut lust, niirht in Charlotte. Air. V. so.. Jones, nresideut of the Gastonia elub, accompanied by Mr. C. W. Guuter, i.i,ir..,l tn Belmont this morning to tiux.t tin., imriv - A "liuee sign "Wel come. Greensboro," greeted the visi tors , at Belmont, and similar signs along the road pointed the way to Gastonia. At the turn into the New Hope road thy party was weicoined,by Mr L. W.. Kellner. and here the "Make it Snappy. Kiwau- ians, Coffee's getting cold. " The n.;., I lemlinir to the club house was .marked with a sign, "Boys,-How do vi.ii vviintr vniir eirirsJ" and here the fun lii'PMil. Tables for breakfast were arranged in the assembly room of the club which was briirht with a wealth or charming Iv arranged Hallowe'en decorations. Mr. K. G. Kankin presided over the nn.iriijm ami srrace was said by .Kev i VV (; .lohuston. Before the -uii-tv was seated the Gastonia Kiwau ians' favored the visitors with a breezy ,.nr' "VVp Hate to Get Ui in the wliii-h a cordial wel f. AltlA WHS extended them by Mayor n. u. neuj . Greensboro Kiwanis Band together with a group of club singers gnve a numuer of humorous selections. The baud trrntesmie clown costume and proved themselves royal entertainers. A mind reading stunt by Messrs. Geo. A. Gray ami Dumeron Villiams was the occasion of much hilarity, and the Gastonia Kiwanis quartette added much fn tl,o ulensiire of the morning with their i)arody on "Home Sweet Home," which brought forth an eiithusiastie en core. Mr.1 "Bill" I'ryor, president of the Greensboro club, voiced the pleasure f.f his nartv at being guests ofc the Gastonia club, and Mr. E. G. Michaels, also of Greensboro, spoke brieny on Greensboro manners as compared with Gastouia manners, he beiug in charge of the manners of the Greensboro party. After breakfast hosts and iriipsta ioined in singing "Till We Meet Acain." and in a burst of band music and hilarious song the Greens boro party were again on their way. A group of Gastonia Kiwaniettes in cluding Mesdames B. M. Jones, D. II. Williams. Lester W. Kellner, K. Greee Clierry and T. M. Brockman, were present to welcome the Greens boro ladies. ; The following is the program pre sented und the menu, as it was not: The iienu Spup, Maxim Silencers will be f ur- gratis bv Ken Gless who was forced to use them by his loving friends. Water, regular wet or 'gar-den variety. Ham, grown in our. own gardens ri;ht. here in Gastonia. Eggs, we intended to have them fried, but thru error they were brought out iu it Ford, hence will be scrambled. Hot Cakes, strongly woven and guar anteed to stand up under the hardest wear. Coffee, "Save the surface and jqu save' all." We think this is the best varnish on the market. Nuts, everybody is, of course, ex cept yourself. y0te The management announces that it is not responsible for the loss of cut glass fruit jars, or other articles of like value unless cheeked in the cellar. We will have the rest of Gas tonia there (if they hear about it) to see that nobody else gets the likker. We ask you to bear with us while the following happenings hapen: Presiding Elder, R. Grady Rankin. Invocation, Cautey Johnston, Song, "We Hate To Get Up In The Morula ", Everybody. Welcome to Visitors, R. Gregg Cherry. Song, Quartette. Stunt A marvelous display of Mind Heading Ability, Mesrs. Gray v and Williams. Three Minute Talks, including a joint discussion by Buck Merriman and Chas. (.old on "The Future Develop ment of Bootlegging." Song, "Till We Meet Again," Every body. So Long Greensboro, Here's Hoping: Your gas holds out ' Your tires hold up . And you hold in, ' " v "On to Asheville. " COTTON MARKET V ' ' ' . CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK; Oct: 16. Cotton fu tures closed barely steady. , Ortober . 22.18; Derember 22.42; January 22.27; Marhh 22.41; July 22.18; Spots 22.45, five points sown. GATOTUA COTTON. Receipts Today ...51 Bales Price ;L..- 2ty Cents Conscience is a still mall voice be cause it doesn't talk enough. 7 jollity At Some Animals That Can Go By Mail WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. The old barnyard rooster cannot travel by United SUtes mail but day-old chicks, according to a postoffice de partment announcement today, still may be shipped from place to place provided their journey may be com pleted within 72 hours. Moreover, these chicks may be insured against loss, but not against death. Harmless live animals, rated as in offensive, and not requiring food or water in transit, may go by mail, along with baby terrapins, soft shell crabs, blood worms and chameleons. Under new regulations, live alliga tors up to 20 inches in length are the only live alligators Uncle Sam will handle. SPECIAL PROSECUTOR : FOR HALL MYSTERY Private Detectives Announce That Murders Were Caused . By Jealousy Pair Were Lured From Home By Tele phone. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., Oct. lu Supreme Court Justice Charles W. Par ker was expected to announce today a special prosecutor to take charge of the inquiry into the murder of the Rev. Ed ward Wheeler Hall, rector of . the I'rot estant Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist, and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor Keinhardt Mills. He is expect ed to name Attorney General McGran, but it is thought unlikely that McCrnn will personally look ufter the nivestiga tion. Mr. McCran is expected to desig nateau assistant to handle the matter. Private detectives working on the case declared yesterday that their investiga tions have convinced them that the mur ders resulted from jealousy. Julius A Braun, employed in the interest of Char lotte und James Mills, daughter and hus band of the-slain choir singer, said that Miss Florencec North, a woman lawyer, representing Cnariotte, nas in ner pos session a packet of letters showing be yond a doubt that the rector and Mrs. Mills were in love. Braun expressed the belief that the love affair became known to some mem ber.- of the congregation, and that the pair were lured from their homes by the telephone calls known to have, been re reived about 7:30 p. in. on the daj-' on which the- were killed. He advanced the theory that the rector nud Mrs. Mills were confronted with each other, slain and then taken to the spot Under the crap apple tree on the Phillips farm, where the bodies were found two days later. He pointed to the fact that -the rec tor's eyes were closed as in sleep w hile those of Mrs. Mills werejeft open, as indicating that the murder was a" crime of passion. - ' TRANSLATING 50 SHEETS OF OLD HIEROGLYPHICS Pennsylvania University Prof essor Sets Himself To Job Of Deciphering Old Papyri Of Egypt. PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 10. Transla tion of fifty sheets of papyri, dated in the reiiru of Ptolemy, ot Philadelphia, but perhaps written many years earlier, was to be begun today at the University of Pennsylvania museum by Ur. Na thaniel Reich, formerly of the Univer sity of Vienna, said to be oue of the only three living scholars capauie oi reading demotic, which was tho short hand of hieroglyphics. Tho sheets were fouiid in sealed cylin ders or jars iu the forecourt of a tomb at t Thebes, by Dr. Clarence totauley Stanley -Fisher, ami Egyptologists have been waiting impatiently for nearly a year to learn the secrets ot ancient Egypt hidden in the mystic writing. Demotic, it was explained, was useu for officieal documents and other rec ords in which a shorter and more com pact form of writing than the hiero glyphics which were useit,for inscriptions nn monuments. Enough deciphering has been done oa the sheets to ascertain that they contain nformation as to how taxes were levied i ud collected iu Ptolemy 's reign. Mod ern economists are particularly interest ed in this, as the system was saia to have lieen so evenly distributed that it brought in tremendous revenues with no apparent hardship to any ciass. CROWDS VOICE DISAPPROVAL OF NEW TRAFFIC RULES XKW YORK, Oct. 16. A crowd of nearly 1,0)0 iersons in limes bquarc last niKht booed their disapproval or traffie regulation whichc prohibits the holding of street meetings in th theater district, when a patrolman took into cus tody Captain Hheba Crawford, Salvation Army worker, on a charge oi dsoruenj onduct. tseveral attempts were made to take the woman from the .policeman. J no throng followed them into the stoiion ind it whs necessary to call the reserves o drive them to the street, where they stood for more than an hour snouting their disapprovah- One man was held on a encarge oi dis orderly conduct. :, , LOS ANGELES, Oct. 16. The army transport Thomas, bearing- pas- j sengers of the in-iatea ity oi Hon olulu, anchored outside Los Angles harbor early this morning. A quar antine officer was expected aboard about 5 a. m. and it was expected the passengers would disembark between 6 and 1 o'clock. . - ' Twins Arei92J , ' , r - C ' Wo p 1 , r Mrs. Jane L. Ball (aboveJMtl Pleasant, la., and Mrs. R. C. Hack-' enburg, Decatur, 111., twins, have, lust celebrated their 92nd birthday. ' They hope to reach the century mark. J, MR. GEORGE WRIGHT IS INJURED IN AUTO WRECK Car Driven By Alex Haynes Crashes Into Mr. Wright's Car On Franklin And Broad Corner Wright Badly Cut. t Mr. Ceorge L. Wright, of McAdcu- ville, was painfully cut about the head und eyes Sunday ufternou at 1 o'clock when the automobile which he was driving was struck by one driven. by Mr. Alex Haynes, of the Osceola Mill, at the corner of Franklin aml Broad streets. Mr. Wright received three cuts in" the forehead und nose from a broken windshield. The most serious wound is above the right eye. iroin testimony in police point tins morning, .Mr. Wright was going down hast Franklin ou the right side of the street. Haynes was coming iu the oppo site direction and when in front of the & X. station veered to the left, struck Mr. Wright's car and knocked it up on the sidewalk directly in front of the Standard Oil Company's Hilling station. Mr. Wright was knocked from the ear. Haynes was ulso knocked from the car or else got out and walked on down broad street. He was under the intlu- eu-p of limior and was arreted by Sher iff Carroll and Officers Hord and Elliott, At the trial today in Municipal Court before Judge Jones, he was placed under : sfoOO bond for his nppenram-e in court Monday morning, October -'!, when judgment will be-passed, pending the outcome of Mr. Wright s injuries. Radio Caused Arrest Hero Wireless Operator SAX FRAXCISCO. Oct. Hi. Ifadio, which saved the life of Leslie Deney At kinson hist Thursday, when the liner City of Honolulu burned at sea, yester- ay turned against him, and caused Ins arrest. Today he was in custody on the charge of leaving with army funds from the post exchange at Pearl Harbor, near Honolulu. Atkinson's experience was recited in a copyrighted dispatch pub lished bv the ijan Francisco Chronicle oday. According to the account, Atkinson left Honolulu aboard the City of Hono- ulu, and when fate placed him on the rcsi-ne ship, the transport Thomas, ma rines identified him. Radio communica tion between the Thomas and army of ficers at Pearl Harbor resulted in the order for his arrest. Passenger on the City of Honolulu descriled him as the "life of the ship wreck." They said he was jwrtistently cheerful. THE WEATHER North Carolina, unsettled, probably showers tonight and Tuesday; little change in temperature. - STORM WARNING. WASHINGTON. "Oct. 16. The -fol lowing advisory storm warning was is sued today by the wwither bureau: Storm warnings down 10 a. m. Mobile to Cedar Kevs; disturbance over north- PaMtrrn r.ulf'.f' Mexico has decreased in intensity and in now apparently central about twenty miles north and SI west and moving slowly west or northwest aard; disturbance over northwesterti Caribiean sea central north-northeast of Swan Island aud moving slowly north-. westward. , - AMERICAN LEGION'S FIRST TO DISABLED SERVICE MEN, SAYS IN New Orleans is Festive Tread Thousands Of Former Service Men From Every State In The Union Gather For Big Meeting California Wants 1923 Convention Old Memories Are Revived. NEW OKLEAXS, Oct. 10. (By the Associated Press.) The Americuu Le- giou opened its fourth national conven tion here today. Meeting iu a converted warehouse, on the Mississippi river front. decorated wth flags of the allied nations und red, white and blue bunting, the Le gion heard the reports' of its national commander and udjutant. The Legion has in no way diminished in enthusiasm, judging from the cheers and activity which last night pervaded .New Orleans. Clad in uniforms, civilian clothes and the costumes adopted bv state delega tions, the veterans of the world war made merry, held impromptu street dances and generally enjoyed themselves. Practically every state in' tho miimi was represented when the national con vention met this morning, us well as a number of territorial possessions, and representatives of posts of the Legion in foreign countries., California, outstanding contestant for the 192:1 national convention, arrived here dad in broad brimmed black hats, red shirts and kuee boots, the costume of the '4l)ers. ''See the west," was the slogan of the Paci lie coasts delegates, and they were making themselves seen and beard, distributing yellow poppies to delegates and to their women folk. A dozen medlies, reminiscent of. the war, floated through the hotel lobbies of Xew Orleans last night. From ''The Star Spangled Banner" to "Hail, Hail, It's A Strange Story i Here From South Bend SOUTH BEND, MICH., Oct. 16. A story of how he occupied the same house with his wife Harel .Mc Nally, before and after the time he charges she gave birth to twins, and yet he failed to ever see them, will be told in the Hammond county court Thursday by Frank McNally, of this city, who charges his young wife with the murder of the babies, said to have been born last Decem ber, he announced through his coun sel last night. Mrs. McNally has been arrested on a murder charge on a warrant sworn out by her husband and taken to Hammond to face trial. The infants were said by McNally to have been born December 8 last year and not to have been seen alive since. A search, however, has failed to reveal any records attesting to the birth of the children. Mrs. McNally is said to deny ever having given birth to twins. IOWA OCTOGENARIAN FOUND FOOTBALL ROUGH NEW YORK, Oct. 10, " 'Pears to me, now I've seen the first game of my life, that football is pretty rough stuff," said Mrs. 1. X. Richardson, Mi years old, great grandmother, who brought 25 relatives from Davenport, Iowa, to see her Iowa boys win their big game against Yale Saturday. Mrs. Richardson is staying over in Xew York a few days 1 1 fore returning to Iowa in tho private car bhe charter ed for the trip. "I wanted Iowa to win, because my boys and girls atll ivc around ine in Iowa,' she said, "but when 1 saw those young .'players stretched Hat every once in a while, ihy heart just went out to them . Seems to nie some- flllllflP tMttP tf.,1ll.l litivo Iwii.rt flB them but just douse them in the face ! with a wet sponge. They needed moth-, j ering and. I wanted to give it to them. 1 forgot all about the score. Mrs. Richardson and her party plan a round of theatres and dinners during their brief stay iu Xew York. "I'ni curious to L see your town again, she said, explaining that her last visit was in 1-S92. "Styles and feminism?" she repeat ed. "Well you can take a good look at mo and guess how much 1 care for these new faiigled ideas. I in a few months or so past the stage now where I'd take up a lot . of faucv stunts. " LACK OF FOUR OUNCES CAUSED LOSS OF RACE PARIS, Oct. 16. Lack of four ounces' n the weight carried by Dauphin in the municipal council stakes at Long Champs Saturday cost the horse's owner. Cap tain Jefferson D. Colm, 2:!S,450 francs in stake money, and a little more than 200,000 francs in bets, Dauphin being disqualified. Jockey harpe had weighed out cor rectly, but Dauphin's girth snapped, and wag replaced. The substitute, girth was found to weigh 120 grunts less than the original. Dauphin, which was quoted at odds of. 11 to 1 in the unit ue Is, led from start to finish," winning in a cauten ANNUAL REPORT TO MEMBERS Gay Under The Of Legionnaires tho Gang's All Here," none of the old favorites were forgotten. The veterans lapsed from English into French with joyous abandon. Xew Orleans, ancient center of French civilization in the Xew World, resound ed to the tramp of young men 's feet also the-feet of the young women who served in the navy and the army nurse corps during the war, a well us the women' old and young, who "kept the home fires burning" four and five years ago and are here today as delegates and visitors to tho convention of the Ameri can Legion auxiliary, composed of moth ers, wives, sisters, and daughters of vet erans of the W'orld War. Early today the veterans and their women folk were en route to the conven tion hall, under the sudden, Hushed dawn of the tropics. A uight of excitement, dancing ami music had not decreased their enthusi asm, and during tho baud msiiie which preceded the opening of the convention, the first session of which was attended by members of the auxiliary, there were frequent interruptions of handclapping and cheering. The legionnaires had not arrived in such large numbers on the first day, as were in Kausns City last year. But their "zip" and "go" were in no way abated. , They were youth incarnate, ready to enjoy a holiday, and ready nt the same time to work for what they conceive their right and proper dues from the country for which thev went tp war in 1917. ''.' O ' ' WORKING GIRL HAS IT OVER PROFESSOR'S WIFE Wife Of California Professor Says Poor Working Girl Has More Money For Spending Than Average College Man's Wife. BERKLEY, CALIF., Oct. 10. Tho "Poor Working Girl", has it "all vcr" a college professor in the matter of allowances made by employers for subsistence, ac cording to Mrs. Dorothy Hurt Bruce, wife of II. L. Bruce, of the faculty of the University of California. 1 In a letter published in the Uni versity Chronicle, a faculty publi cation, Mrs. Bruce takes issue with tho budget for household expenses for faculty members recently an nounced by the board of regents. Mrs. Bruce said that the profes sor's wife must "choose between childlessness or the anguish and humiliation of many years of debt drudgery," if she expects to live on the salary of her instructor husband. She said eight other wives of faculty members agreed with her. Mrs. Bruce said a budget issued recently by a San Francisco teach er of home economies stated a working girl .needed $290 n year for clothes to apiear well dressed. "That allowance," she declared, "would look big to a professor's wife whose allowance for clothes is fixed at the pitiful figure of .0. " In tlm opinion, of Mrs. Bruce at least $350. a month is needed to provide tho bare necessities for a faculty member's family if he lias a wife and three children. CHARGE THAT TELEPHONE HAD BEEN TAPPED XKW BRUNSWICK, X, J.. Oct. 16. (By the . Associacted Press.) A charge Ihat the telephone belonging to Mrs. Ed ward, Wheeler Hall, -whose husband was slain with Mrs. Eleanor Reinhardt Mills, a choir singer in the church of which ho was rector, had been tapiied was the lat est development today iu the investiga tion of the double murder. This licarge was made by Rally Peters, who lives iu the Hall household." She said no important calls now were being made over it. County and state investigators pro fessed ignorance o fany wire tapping. Investigators today claimed to have learned that shortly-before the murder the shun couple had spent a day at Man hattan Beach near Coney Island. As tending to prove that an affection exist ed between Mrs. Mills and the rector, u letter alleged to have been Written him by the choir singer was made public to day. This letter, nnnprently referriug to the Manhattan Beach outing, read in part:- . "Yesterday I was liiiupy, in a way. !n the lioat and iH the water; but on the way Jiome I was thinking hard. Oh, my darling liabykins, what a nindJh we are iu. But I will be content, I will." ' N DUTY IS MNBER Just Started To Fight WitK Regard To Adjusted Compensation. THE MEASURE IS RIGHT. National Commander Outlines Program For Next Year's Work. ! JCEW ORLEANS, Oct. 16. A do. calartion that the American Legion re garded the interests of the disabled ser vice man as Its first responsibility, and that "with regard to the adjusted com H?usation act, we've just etrated to fight," were outstaniung points in then-port of Ha n ford MacXider, national commander, delivered before tho fourth annual convention of the'Lcgian at it opening session hero today. "With regard to adjusted eotupensa tion legislation" the report declared, "we've only just started to fight. The adjusted compensation legislation is right we know it is right nud right always prevails in America. A great well-financed attack by interests which we cannot help but feel are sordid and selfish lias given us one little set back. But those who represent the people in Washington are with us by great majorities. Xo one man, un touched by the war. without kith or kin those who served no one group, finan cial or otherwise, can. stand between the wishes of the American people and the futillment of what they believe to be a just obligation. y "The American Legion is gathered here in conveution assembled to build from its four years of experieucea its platform for the legion year which lies ahead. The legion 1s recognized as the voice of tho men and women who served with the eolors during- the great war a wholo generation. It must lie our duty to so build it that its tremens dous power and possibilities may be di rected that it shall be as it was dedi cated, to the highest . service to our Uod and to our country, "Every eligible man aud woman must be made to realize that if their best effort is not in ' the legion they are just as much slackers as those who hid when the country's life was at stuke. To avoid that duty is to be tray our right to citizenship. "Never before in the history of America has such a great force in our national life appeared never has such power and prestige been granted. I quote to you the words of one of the greatest soldiers of modern times, ' The -American Legion is the cradle of the whole future of, America.' - "In relating hero some of the en deavors and nets of the national or ganization, there is no thought of per sonal pride in accomplishment. ' ' V hat has beeu accomplished, yoil have accomplished.' - 'This year started auspicously. The receptions ! for our distinguished guests at Kansas City und all over the United States constituted a tremendous under taking splendidly performed. The loch tour as a public service not only to our country but to our allies grip ped and held the public mind. "Starting a year of memberslun during one of the greatest industrial depressions America has ever exper ienced, the American Legion has grown in membership. Its post active and functioning in 49 departments in this country aud 23 others scattered over the globe number eleven thousand two hundred odd. ''I am well aware that the very de finite stand which has been taken in earning out your commands has not aided in recruiting or holding those who place financial gods as their gods, or who are not willing, as good Ameri cans, to forget their personal prejudices to help serve the whole. Those men -have lost the best thing the1 service ever gave th conception of their duty to , serve those who served with them to i stick with the lad who had not had ! their advantage, who labors under an j unfair handicap. He was the finest, 'man under adversity and hardship that uou ever ereatecr just the average young American service man. He gave . all he 4iad and always will the man on whom this eountry must always de pend the fellow who carried the pack. ''While in the early years -of legion activities men joined, some only out of curiosity or because others joined, be cause in the great wave of enthusia.-ni it was the thing to do-r-the member ship now, in this fourth year, is the solid, substantial actual fighting gang, who intend to stay with it, to carry va through all the coming years, that this legion of ours shall be the greatest out standing symbol of service to all -America. "Thousands of posts have built themselves so well aud so deep into their communities that their examples alone guarantee to the United States an asset for good, ' "Forty per tent of the legion's membership is iu towns of under 2j00; tlie highest type of American citizenship. "Our efforts in a national way wilt be covered in the report of the Na tional Americanism commission, nation al education week, our activities in th boy scout movement, and the national (mv contest. "The reports of 'he chairmen of th various national committees, will covrf their respecti-" achievenu-uts. Ti ' have been far reaching eoiiictt i.i deuce of rsl axompIih:mits, in (Continue J on r-aj

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