The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1919-06-25

lions represent the difference between
$50 month a private's pay, and $3.50
to Sc a day, the wages Of negro labor
employed side by side with the sol
diers in highway construction in the
south.
The back pay will be paid by the
government, but it will be charged up
against the southern states which
thought they were to enjoy having
model highways built by northern sol
diers and paid for by the war de-
partment at a wage of $50 a month.
The amount due the northern soldiers
will be deducted from the southern
states share of the $200.000,0O0 pro-
vided for in the post office appropria'
tion bill for federal aid in states in
highway construction.
Lively Athletic Stunts ....
The first. big athletic meet of the
year was held at Camp Dodge Tues
day, beginning at $50 in the morning
and lasting all day. There were over
hundred entries in the many events
on the program and many in the
nurses events.
There was some good athletic work
demonstrated and in a few events fast
time was made. The 220 yard dash
went in 25h seconds, which, consid-
|ering the fact that they we're dressed
in regular o. D. uniform, was good.
The baseball game between the
Camp Dodge and the Camp Grant
mines, staged in the afternoon, was
the feature Of the meet, the Grant sol
diers defeating the Dodge aggregation
by hard fought score of Q to l.. Il
Collect Rose Petals for Soldiers at
#. Des Moines Army Hospital I,
Between 300 and 400 convalescent
soldiers at Fort Des Moines want to
make rose beads but they will need
300 or 400 bushels Of rose petals to
begin with. Mrs. Robert F. Porter,
chairman of the hospital committee,
asks that the petals be collected, pack
ed in suit boxes and sent to the Red
Cross at Fort Des Moines.
Found Guilty Of Conspiracy
After a deliberation of an hour and
half, jury in federal district court
found Arthur. Koerners of Washington,
D. c., and Joseph Rhoade, Norfolk,
Va, guilty OF a conspiracy.
The jury held that the two were
guilty of attempting to bribe Lieuten-
ant<H r. Vanstrum, salvage officer at
Camp Dodge, to swing the contract for
the sale of 3O,500 salvaged blankets to
them. i.s ,a5@ tT
Alexander Gross, Minneapolis man,
accused Of conspiracy in connection
with the sale of blankets for salvage,
was ordered released by Judge Mar.
tin J. Wade. .r U.s..
8sth Vaudeville Troupe to Appear
"The Runaways," the show troupe
Of the 88th division. will present its
|YalideYilse Iacts~in.-Qes M0inaa prob
ably at the Orpheum theater
The troupe made a lasting hit with
the French people and with every unit
of the A. E. F. which it visited. It
was only through the direct solicita-
ton of Gen. March B. Stewart, COM
mander of the 175th infantry brigade,
that the troupe, which is composed of
men from every unit of the Glover
Leaf division, was permitted to come
to the states with the organization in
tact. The original personnel of the
troupe arrived in Des Moines last
Wednesday and has been urged ever
since to produce the show locally.
The troupe opened Thanksgiving
day in Toul and since then played for
the boys all over France, in cowsheds
and also in the big cities.
Every man in the cast was a pro-
fessional actor before he entered the
army.
General Weieel Returns
Maj. Gen. William Weigel, who was
In command of the 88th division while
in France, arrived at Camp Dodge
Friday from Washington and assumed
command at Camp Dodge Friday after.
noon. General Weigel has been in
Washington on special duty connected
with the war department.
Gen. Hall at Dodge 80.
Brig. Gen. Harrison Hall now at
Camp Dodge, served overseas as com.
mander of the 177th infantry brigade
OF the 89th division, which was train
ed at Camp Funston by General Wood
and made an excellent record in the
st. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offens-
ives.
All tHTee general OHlceFS HOW as
signed for permanent duty at Dodge
have seen extensive fighting service in
France. Major General Wright, who
Is expected to return soon from Wash
ington, lead the S9th in its major ad-
vances and Brigadier General Babbitt,
now on leave. served as commander
of the regular army artillery brigade.
CHI lDREN'S HEALTH CRUSADE