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'RIDDICK’S LEAD OVER
RANKIN DROPS TO 590
Leavitt Leads Race for Congress;
Wheeler Nevci Torched by Demo
cratic Competitors in Primary
Helena. —Aug. 31. —With returns in
from 850 precincts out of 1, 584 in the
state, Representative Carl W. Riddick
of Lewistown, maintained a lead of
590 over Attorney General Wellington
D. Rankin of Helena, for the Republi
can nomination for the United States
senate. The vote stood:
Riddick. 14,794; Rankin. 14,204;
Pray. 8,659; Anderson, 5,156; Srig
freidt, 2,282.
The count for the Democratic, nom
ination for senate, with 836 precincts
reported, was:
Wheeler. 16,21!); O’Connor, 4,960.
Stout. 4,613; Wells, 3,479.
For congress, first district. 351 out
of 425 precincts gave: Republican—
McCormick, 8.488; Juttner, 3,938; Mc-
Laughlin, 4,108. Democratic—Cooney,
6,773; Evans, 6,720; Hathaway, 2,815;
McKay, 2,460; Gould. 448.
In the second congressional district,
with 478 precincts out of 1105 report
ed the count stood early this morning:
Republican—Leavitt, 6.016; Burlin
game. 5,273; Collins, 3,037; Locke,
2,727; Fleming. 2,336; McConnell,
2,097; Flint. 1,323; Gabriel. 1,092.
Democratic-- Moss, unopposed. 6.142
The vote for chief justice of the so
preme court Is: Republican (270 pre
dncts)--Lew L. Callaway. Great Falls.
8.583; George W. Farr. Mlles City,
4.831; Frank N. Utter. Havre. 2,437
For congress from the First district.
Washington Jay McCormick of Mis
soula, ‘ Republican, and Byron E.
Cooney, Butte. Democrat, are apparent
ly sure of the nominations.
For congress from Second dis
trict, the contest for the Republican
nomination is still In doubt. Gut of
a field of nine, Scott Leavitt and J
M. Burlingame, both of Great Falls,
have jumped into a decisive lead and
are see-sawing in the advantage as new
returns come in. Latest available fig
tires show Leavitt about 743 ahead of
Burlingame. Preston B. Moss, of Bil
lings, is unopposed for the Democratic
nomination.
For the Republican associate Justice
nomination, Albert P. Stark, of Living
ston, is gradually pulling ahead of
Mlles P. Cavanaugh, of Butte, and with
about 400 precincts reported out of
I. in the state, late at night had
11, to Cavanaugh’s 8,728. For the
Democratic nomination John A Mat
thews of Townsend. Is polling four to
one over Arthur G. Waite, of Big
Sandy.
Democratic (254 precincts)—Joseph
P. Donnelly, Havre, 3,362; John W.
Stanton, Great Fall* 2,000.
For Associate Justice, Republican—
(27o precincts)—Albert P. Stark, Liv
ingston, 5.695; Miles P. Cavanaugh.
Butte, 5,620; Jess H. Stevens, Kalis
pell, 855.
Democratic (255 precincts)—John A.
Matthews, Townsend. 8,710; Arthur G.
Waite, Big Sandy. 2,914.
For Republican nomination for the
lower house of congress in the First
district —Washington Jay McCormick.
Missoula, leads with 153 precincts re
ported. with 4.431 ; Charles F. Juttner.
Rutte. 2.606; John McLaughlin, Ste
vensville, 1.922.
Democratic (153 precincts)—Byron
E. Cooney, Butte. 5,008: John M.
Evans. Missoula, 3,984; Mrs. Maggie
Hathaway. Stevensville. 1,709; John
F. McKay. Nixon, 1.678.
Carbon County
Red Lodge. Aug. 30.—Twenty-seven
precincts out of 29 in Carbon county
give for United States senator. Repub
lican —Anderson, 315; Pray, 137; Ran
kin. 396, Riddick. 350; Siegfreidt. 717.
Democrat — O’Connor. 202; Stout,
162; Wells, 79; Wheeler. 344.
Congressman from Second district.
Republican—Burlingame, 289; Collins
270; Fleming, 394; Flint, 51; Gabriel
42; Kirk, 116; Leavitt, 193, Locke
135; McConnell. 255.
Chief Justice-^-Callaway, 769; Farr
533; Utter. 251.
Democrat —Donnelly. 297 ; Jackson
291 ; Stanton.
Associate justice. Republican—Cava
nattgh, 450; Stark, 645; Stevens, 480.
Democrat —Matthews. 561 ; Waite
193.
Railroad commissioner. Republican—
Boyle, 854; Sands. 723.
Sweet Grass County
Big Timber. —Aug. 30.—With two
small precincts missing the vote In
Sweet Grass county Is ns follows:
Senate—Anderson. 73: Pray, 216.
Rankin, 68: Riddick, 283; Siegfreidt
72.
Congressman—Burlingame. 217 ; Col
11ns, 8; Fleming. 144; Flint, 29; Ga
briel. 80; Kirk. 90: Leavitt. 43; Lorke
124: McConnell. 71. Chief justice—
Callaway. 377; Farr. 329; Utter. 82.
Associate justice Cavanaugh. 59:
Stark. 799; Stevens, 57.
STILLWATER COUNTY
Columbus. Aug. 30.—Stillwater coun
ty completed gives for United States
senator: Republican—Anderson. 196:
Pray. 102; Rankin. 411; Riddick. 762:
Siegfreidt 127. Democratic—O'Con
nor, 38; Stout, 51 ; Wells, 12: Wheeler.
73.
Congressman from the Second dis
trict: Republican—Burlingame. 156:
Collins. 222; Fleming, 221; Flint, 45;
Gabriel. 76; Kirk, 192: Leavitt. 203;
Locke. 106; McConnell, 182.
START SECOND EN-
TRANCE TO MINE
Former Butte Digger May be Hero;
Loose Rock in Tunnel Gives
Hope to Workers
Jackson, Dal.—A new effort has been
started for the rescue of tin* 47 men
entombed in the Argonaut mine here
since last Sunday night.
While work was continued at the dif
ficult task of reopening away from
the 3,600-foot level of the adjacent
Kennedy mine into the 4.209 foot level
<»f the Argonaut workings, other crews
set to work to break through a wall ot
rock and dirt fn.:n tb;- Kennedy’s
3,900-foot level, which would admit of
entrance Into the Argonaut shaft at a
depth of 4.650 feet.
Mining Experts directing the rescue
work would not estimate the length of
time required to reopen either of the
unnels, but the belief was prevalent
hat neither crew could hope to reach
he imprisoned miners in J< • < than 48
hours.
Practically the only hope lies in find
ing the men in air pockets in the lower
’evels formed by bulkheading the en
’rances to drifts to prevent gas fumes
from the burning mine from reaching
hem. If the men had the strength and
presence of mind to bulkhead the mine
they could live for several days, and
’nay yet lie found alive.
Ernest Miller, one of the entombed
miners, accomplished a similar feat in
Butte, Mont., some years ago. when he
saved himself and 25 companions from
death through sheer courage and pres
ence of mind. In the Butte disaster.
Miller counseled with his conrades and
♦hey bravely set to work walling them
selves in. chinking the cracks with mud
and effectively cutting off the gas
fumes. On the fourth day rescuers
reached them.
VETO EXCUSE FOUND
Hi LAND BONUS BILL
Backers of Measure Beg Enemies Not
to Load Measure Down tor
Harding’s Axe
Washington.—All pending amend
ments to the soldiers’ bonus bill have
heen disposed of by the senate, but
whether a final vote would be reached
soon depended upon the number and
length of speeches.
With favorable action assured, the
paramount question in the minds of
friends and foes alike was the recep
tion the measure would receive at the
White house. There still was no offi
cial word from the president, but cull
ers who discussed the subject with him
said they gained the Impression that
the addition of the land reclamation
project and the provision for the pay
ment of the bonus out of the interest
on the foreign debt, had made the bill
even more objectionable than It was
in Its original form.
Leading proponents of the hill urged
throughout the debate that the senate
refrain from “loading <?»wn” the meas
ure with additional amendments which
might furnish further ground for a
veto. All proposed changes were re
jected by decisive majorities. First
the Burst! m amendment to pay the
veterans half cash immediately and the
remainder in five years, was voted
down. 44 to 27. Then, without a roll
call, the Smoot proposal to pay the
bonus with a manufacturers’ sales tax
was disagreed to.
Senator Smoot presented and argued
at length in favor of his plan to give
each veteran a paid-up life Insurance
policy, maturing in 20 years or sooner
at death, but this was rejected, 46 to
18. Before offering it. the Utah sen
ator eliminated the sales taxes pro
vision.
Shots Start Village Fire
Missoula. Mont.—The village of Hu
son, 25 miles west of here. Is afire, ac
cording to reports reaching here. The
reports said the general store and post
off’ce had been burned, along with two
smaller buildings nearby. The North
ern Pacific railway station also was
burning, the message said.
The fire’s origin was not learned,
but the agent nt the Chicago. Milwau
kee & St. Paul railway station here
said five shots from an automatic rifle
preceded the outbreak of fire, a win
dow was shattered in the store and a
woman ran from the building scream
ing “fire.”
The sheriff’s office here lias been
notified.
First Indictment in Herrin Massacre
Marlon, Lit.—The first Indictment in
connection with the Herrin massacre,
tn which 22 persons were killed June
21 and 22, has been returned by the
special grand Jury investigating the
mine war. The name of the person in
dicted was withheld, pending arrest.
One Dead, 20 Missing in Explosion
Cumberland, Vancouver Island. —One
man is known to he dead. 20 are miss
ing and many are Injured, as a result
of an explosion In the Dunsmuir mine,
of the Canadian collerles here re
cently.
Dynamiters Derail Tender Only
Cincinnati. —An explosion of dyna
mite on the main line of tjie Cleveland,
Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis at Ar
lington Heights, a suburb of Cincinnati,
derailed the tender of a work en
gine.
FORD SAYS WALL
STREET TO BLAME
SITUATION WILL END WHEN
CONDITIONS RILE ABUSED
PUBLIC INTO ACTION
DETROIT FACTORY TO CLOSE
Thousands Will be Jobless; Coal Short-
22* ** Cause; Country Must
“T irow up Its Hands
in Surrender”
Detroit.—lndustry, the country over,
must "throw up Its hands in surren
der,” within a few weeks. If the rail
and coal strikes continue, Henry Ford
declared in announcing the decision of
the Ford Motor .company to crose its
plants here and in many other cities
September 16, because of tlie fuel sit
uation.
Mr. Ford held financial interests re
sponsible for the industrial tie up. de
claring the “money barons” were man
ipulating the labor unions and that
public officials, state and national,
were impotent in the crisis. The
strikes would end. he continued, “when
the majority of the people are cold and
hungry enough to resort to drastic
action.”
“Continuance of those disturbances
tn the economic life of the nation is
due simply to the greed and avarice of
Wall street,” Mr. Ford asserted, adding
that these interests “dominated the
railroads, coni mines and public utili
ties of the country.”
The deadlock in strike negotiations
indicated, he declared, the existence
of “a plot to unload the demoralized
and rm-down railroads onto the gov
ernment at their own price and to
mulct tlie people through excessive
coal prices.”
Ong hundred and five thousand em
ployes of the Ford Motor company
throughout the country will be without
jobs after September 16 and in addi
tion several hundred other workers
employed in industries furnishing ma
terials for the Ford plants will be af
fected.
BOOM IS SEEN AHEM,
HIGH PRICES TEMPORARY
Soft Coal Production to Reach 9,000,000
Tons per Week In Immediate
Future
New York.—Both indications ns to
the trend of business and finance, and
opinions as to the fall prospects, have
shown marked diversity during the
past week. Settlement of the soft coal
strike is generally expected to be re
flector! In a sharp gain in production,
a figure as high as 9.000.000 tons a
week being mentioned as likely to he
realized In tlie immediate future. On
the other hand, it Is pointed out that
tlie government’s schemes of priority
must remain in force for some time,
particularly until the needs of the
northwest have been taken care of. so
that the steel industry is likely tn feel
the restriction Imposed by fuel short
age for some weeks to come.
The 20 per cent Increase In steel
wages meanwhile Is Interpreted as In
dicating that steel manufacturers ex
pect to be able to dlsjinse of all their
available production this fall at fa
vorable prices, a conclusion which Is
reinforced by the present restricted
scale of operations as compared with
the rate of activity dnrlng the spring
and early summer. Whether or not
steel prices will rise materially above
present levels, however, remains to be
seen.
Arguing from the Increase in wages
In the coni nnd steel Industries which
nre symptomatic of shortage of com
mon labor, and the higher prices of
coal and steel products, some observers
conclude that the country Is entering
a period of “Inflation.” While deflnl-
Itons of this term vary considerably
what Is probably meant Is that some
thing like a booin. short lived or other
wise is to be bred of a general rise in
commodities prices
Sweden Stays Wet
Stockholm lncomplete returns In
the referendum on the ipipstion of pro
hibition Indicated strongly against It
The ballot thus far reported iKS.OOo
voted against nnd 129.000 for such n
measure. It was a day of great ex
citement throughout Sweden.
Raises Milk Fund Selling Gasoline
El Paso.--The general manager of a
gasoline company donated one day’s
gross receipts of the company’s hlggest
filling station here, tn n milk fund /or
babies. Approximately $Bl6 wa s
raised.
Race War Threatens Over Negro Crime
Wichita Falls. Tex.—A crowd of be
tween 500 and 600 persons surrounded
the combination city hall and Jail a I
Electra, near here, where John Love.
25. a negro porter, hold tn connection
with an attack on a white girl is under
guard of 15 deputies. Love is sched
tiled to go to trial In t|ie near
future. ,
After the arrest of the negro, a negro
restaurant was burned. It is reported
that firemen working to extinguish the
flames were ordered by men in the
crowd to cease the.'- efforts.
CAVE-INS SEAL 48
INJIERY MIKE
Exits From Inferno Crumble as Rescue
Crews Fight Flames; Little
Hope for Rescue
Jackson, Oil. —All hope for the res*
cue of any of the 48 men trapped by
fire In the Argonaut mine here is
nearly lost. The fire has risen from
the 3,000-foot level to the 2,400-foot
level. A portion of the main shaft be
low the 2,700-foof level caved in. and
workmen can remain at the 2,400-foot
level to the fight the flames only a few
minutes at a time. The men are be
lieved to be on the 4,500-foot and lower
levels.
It has been definitely established
that there has been a cave-in In the
tunnel connecting the Argonaut work
ings with the nearby Kennedy mine,
so that, even If it were possible to
break through the massive concrete
bulkhead closing this tunnel “it would
take a month,’’ according to one of the
miners, to get into the Argonaut’s
levels by that route.
The Argonaut mine, one of the fa
mous gold producers In California, was
opened 25 years ago. The mine is con
trolled by New York men and is a short
distance from Martell, in Amadore
county. The Kennedy mine adjoining,
was opened In the 60’s and always has
been productive.
If the tunnel In the Kennedy has
collapsed, little if any hope It* ex
pressed for the entombed men.
TRAIN WRECK PART OF
FLOT, SAY STRIKERS
Confession in Gary Tragedy Which
Cost Two Lives, Reported
From Four Men
Chicago.—Confessions of actual par
ticipation in the wrecking of the Mich
igan Central express near Gary, Ind.,
recently, by the removal of 37 spikes
from a rail, were* made by the four
men held In rjnnection with the dis
aster, which cost the lives of two en
ginemen, according to police authori
ties.
Following the alleged confessions,
five of the nine arrested In connection
with the case were released, but six
others whose names were withheld,
were taken into custody. The four
from whom it was said confessions had
been obtained, were all declared to be
striking shopmen, although it was in
dicated that no union officials were
Implicated in any way in the train
wrecking plot.
Officials asserted that they had un
earthed evidence of widespread sabot
age plots. According to J. J. Rooney
of the United States department of
justice, wholesale quantities of “com
munist” literature and propaganda end
detailed plans for a series of sabotage
attacks already have been uncovered.
Sacred Wine Rules Issued
Washington.—New regulations cov
ering distribution of wine for sacra
mental purposes In accord with the re
cent opinion of Attorney General
Daugherty, have been Issued by Inter
nal Revenue Commissioner Blair to be
come effective September 25.
The regulations provide that manu
facturers or Importers of sacramental
wine may sell only to rabbis, ministers,
priests or other authorized officials of
a church. Church officers may not
manufacture wine for their Individual
use nor for the use of the congregation,
but may qualify ns proprietors of bond
ed wineries for the purpose of manu
facturing wine for religious purposes
nr may be employed by qualified wine
makers to supervise the production of
sacramental wines.
Michael Colling Laid to Rest
Dublin - -Michael Collins rests in the
soil of the Irish free state, for which
he died fighting. He was hurled in the
Glnsnevln cemetery, where lie the
bodlee of Arthur Griffith. Parnell and
other patriots and many of his com
nidi's In the struggle for Irish freedom.
The whole nation mourned: the
thousands at the graveside and those
who sorrow.»d in Dublin were only a
fraction or he whole. Dublin might
have neon a city of the dead; a great
hush wn« everywhere, yet almost a
million people were there standing or
kneeling on the streets: gentry from
the fine houses In the suburbs and the
poor from the slums; women wrapped
In their shawls carrying their Infants
or lending their >»we-strlcken children.
500 Renew Coal Strike
Herrin, 111--About 500 union miners
of the Consolidated Coal company, em
ployed In a mine near Clifford, four
miles northwest of here, went out on a
strike when the company officials re
fused to remove a surface boss.
Coal Seizure Averted
Philadelphia.—Government Interven
tion or seizure nf mines In the anthra
cite stride situation will not take place,
it was learned here from n highly au
thoritative source. Further In forma
tion from this source was to the effect
that very soon, probably within a week
representatives of the anthracite oper
ators and miners will sign a peace pact
that will send 155,000 miners back to
work with neither slue receding from
its present stand to make no further
concessions.
SHORT
WYOMING
NEWS ITEMS
Public schools In Cheyenne will open
; as usual for tlie fair term Sept. 5.
After shooting Ills stepfather to
.death, Sam Anderson, a Rock Springs
youth, killed himself.
The first trainload of coal from the
Hanna mines, since about the first of
April was sent from that station over
the Union Pacific a few days ago.
The Intentional poisoning of cattle in
the Goshen county ranges is charged
in a report made to Dr. B. F. Davis,
state veterinarian.
Natrona county high school will send
is band of twenty-five pieces to the
Wyoming State Fair at Douglas on
‘Casper day,’’ Sept. 15.
•The miners In the Rock Springs field
went to work in earnest after a day of
leaning up and inspection of the in
teriors.
Reflection of the sun’s rays came
near causing a small conflagration in
the window of the Trlpeny drug store
at Casper, when a small blaze started
in the drapings was extinguished.
Control of the Cnspo.i Dally Tribune
and the Wyoming Weekly Review has
passed from J. E. and E. E. Hanway
to Charles W. Barton, for several
5 ears assistant publisher of the New
York Morning Telegraph.
Dick Stone of Gillette Is In receipt
of Information from Arno B. Cam
merer, acting director of the Depart
ment of the Interior, that the sum of
S4OO has been appropriated for the
erection of a shelter cabin at the base
of Devil’s Tower.
His team taking fright at a huge
rattlesnake and dashing frantically
across a hay field, George O’Nell of
Greybull was thrown from the hay
rake when It struck an irrigation
ditch. The rake passed over his body;
lie was badly injured.
Harry Harder, 10, died recently
upon Ids arrival at the hospital, after
having been struck by a bullet from a
revolver In the hands of Everett
Meyer, of the same age, in a field
near Crow Creek on the Fort Rus
sell Military Reservation. Officers
are convinced that the slaying was ac
cidental.
Orders have been Issued by Super
intendent Baldwin of the federal fish
hatchery at Saratoga, and Superintend
ent Frank Cook of the State Fish
hatchery at Laramie, to close all fish
ing from San Lake, in the Medicine
Bow national forest, from Sept. 1, 1922,
to June 30, 1923, to permit the depart
ments of the federal and state govern
ments to erect and operate an “eyeing”
station at that lake.
The assessed valuation of the real
estate, personal property, town lots
and live stock of Albany county, for
the taxes of 1922, will be $19,532,968,
to which later will be added the vaiua
tion fixed by the State Board of Equal
ization on the railroad, telephone, tele
graph and car lines In the state. The
valuation of cultivated irrigated lands
In Albany cqunty Is $261,627, of uncul
tivated irrigated lands, $1,271,587.
Engineers from the state highway
department are encamped In Plum
bago Cation, northeast of Laramie, en
gaged In surveying for a highway to
connect the Lincoln highway in Al
bany County with the Yellowstone
highway In Platte County. It was
stated that the survey would be com
pleted this summer and the road con
structed next year, through the co
operation of the state and federal
government, as a federal project. The
distance between Laramie and Wheat
land is about seventy miles, but the
new road Is expected to be shorter
than that, connecting at the nearest
points on the two highways.
The Burlington railroad will begin
needed Improvements at Glencross, on
the north side of the North Platte riv
er, according to Jack Leary, division
traffic manager. The plans call for a
new modern depot, fifty feet long; the
construction of a viaduct opposite tlie
county bridge, and tiie extension of
present switching trackage.
A walk from Sioux Falls, S. D., to
the national capitol at Washington,
D. (’., by Mrs. Kenneth 8. Anderson
Ims at Inst resulted in the release of
her son, Joe Anderson, a former Fort
D. A. Russell soldier. Joe was con
victed In the United States District
Court In Cheyenne of forgery and sen
tenced to serve two years in the fed
eral penitentiary.
On June 19, 1023, a postal conven
tion will be held In Cheyenne, with
tlie postmaster general and probably
other high officials present. A large
attendance of postmasters from cities
and towns of Wyoming and adjacent
states Is expected. Postal problems,
service, Improvements and conditions
generally will be discussed ami a pro
gram will be arranged that will be of
interest to persons both in and out of
the service.
Preliminary steps are being taken to
the starting of the dam construction
program, southeast of Powell. R. V.
Sass Is to have charge of the construc
tion of the dam which Is to be fifty
feet high and which will water some
17,64)0 acres of land on tlie south sldo
of the Shoshoni river.
Wyoming is one of the six states
that show a reduction in tlie number
of automobiles registered until July 1,
1922, us computed with the figures for
the same time last year, according to
the list Just published by the Automo
bile Industries Magazine.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1922.
'Che-
(Copy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News Service.!
TO MEMORY OF GALBRAITH
Bronze Tablet Is Embedded in Huge
Boulder on Spot Where Com
mander Was Killed.
“Dedicated to the Memory of Fred
eric W. Galbraith, Jr.’, National Com
mander of the American Legion, who
was killed on this spot in active serv
ice of the American Legion, June 9,
1921,” reads the Inscription on a
bronze tablet embedded In a huge boul
der which has been dedicated by the
Legion in memory of its beloved com
mander.
-
.' • .1
Galbraith Memorial.
Mr. Galbraith was killed in an auto
mobile accident near Indianapolis,
while in active senice of the Legion.
The rock and tablet were recently
dedicated at a special service held by
the headquarters start and attended
by National Commander Hanford Mac-
Nlder and Mrs. Lowell F. Hobart, pres
ident of the American Legion Auxil
iary.
KID CORPORAL SCORES AGAIN
John Shoemaker, Through Phoenix
American Legion, Draws West
Point Appointment.
The “Kid Corporal” has scored
again. John Shoemaker, who enlisted
1 I
in the army at
fourteen and
served many
months with tlie
American expedi
tionary forces In
France, has now
received presiden
tial appointment
to West Point.
Shoemaker re- I
cently graduated i
from a high,
school In Phoe
nix, Arlz., sphere
he took special courses in military tac
tics under Maj. Claude Decatur Jones.
Major Jones became Interested In the
lad because he had such an unusual
war record.
Young Shoemaker served with a ma
chine gun company in the Fifty-fourth
Infantry for two years, during and fol
lowing the World war. His West
Point appointment followed a cam
paign in his behalf by the Phoenix
American Legion and Major Jones,
who were anxious that a war veteran
should take the place at the military
academy vacated by Charles Barrett,
an overseas hero, who graduated at
the bead of his class last June.
POLAND SEEKS LEGION PLAN
Government Asks American Body for
Details In Matter of Employ
ment for War Victims.
One of the highest compliments ever
given to the peace-time efforts of an
organization was paid the American
Legion when the Polish government
asked that the Legion explain its
plan used In the successful campaign
for unemployed former service men In
the United States in order that jnst
such a system might be used for do
ing away with unemployment In
Poland.
The Legion furnished a detailed
outline of the scheme used In this
country, and has received a letter of
thanks from T. Holnko, commercial
department manager of the consulate
general.
More than 400,000 ex-soldlers were
given at least temporary employment ■
during the first week of the Legion’s
drive and it is estimated that now
more than 500,000 men are In
permanent positions largely through
the efforts of the American Legion.
Ex-Tommlee Cheer the Legion.
Ex-Tommies who attended the first
annual conference of the British Le
gion in London recently, rose en masse
and cheered H. Nelson Jackson, na
tional vice commander of the Ameri
can Legion, when he read the greet
ings of Commander Hanford Mac-
Nlder and the entire American Legion
to these “buddles” in the mother coun
try. The message of good will and
comradeship was received for the Brit
ish Legion by Field Marshal Earl
Haig.
Many “Bummed” to Convention.
Because of the financial depression
and lack of government compensation,
many penniless disabled veterans of
the World war walked and rode in box
cars to San Francisco to attend the
second annual convention of the Dis
abled American Veterans of the World
War, according to Raymond Creelman
end Robert M. Smyth, members of the
national staff.