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Evening journal., 1920-03-05
THE LEGION
FOR TRAINING
tFrom The New York sum-


II the politicians thought that univer-
sal military training was shelved by the
evasive action Of the House of Repre-
sentatives on February %, they now
find that they will have to reckon with
the American Legion. That organiza-
tion, which has a membership of con-
siderably more than a million veterans
Of the war and is growing in strength
every day, has decided to make an inten-
siye campaign for universal training in
every Congressional district. The reso-
lion was made the day after the
House Of Representatives tried to bury
the issue out Of sight by reference of IL
10 a friendly committee, not named,
which was to inquire into the cost and
economic effects of a system Of training
and report back a suitable bill some
time or other. But the issue had a great
deal more life in IL than the time
servers, trimmers and paciflsts believed.
They left the American Legion out Of
consideration, which was a very stupid
thing TO do in these days so soon after
the war. The men Of the Legion are
for the discarded remedy for unpre-
paredness. In the words Of Thomas w.
Miller, Of Wilmington, Del, a former
member Of Congress and now chairman
Of the American LcgiOn's Military Pol
icy Committee:
The Legion feels that eventually
the country will realize that a sane
universal training program, with a
r4rr al
Guard operating under the plan pro-
posed in the Wadsworth bill, will
be Of less cost 10 the country per
year than the present system Of
large regular army and a National
Guard operated under the National
Defense act.
In the straightforward and vigorous
speech for universal training which
General Leonard Wood made at Sioux
Falls, s d., on the very day that the
House Of Representatives put the issue
aside. the General made a prediction:
Whether we do II or not will be
left, / think, TO the action Of the
American Legion; to the men who
have been through the war, both at
home and abroad They are all en-
titled TO equal consideration: they
know what they have gone through,
and they know what the country
needs. They are not soldiers any
more; they have gone back to the
great civil body. think il is a great
deal better for them to indorse it
than 10 is for those who are more or
less permanently in the service, and
I think that it is one Of the things
they will act upon and their advice
will be listened to by our people.
General Wood told his audience.
which fairly shook the rafters Of the
Coliseum" with applause, exactly what
universal training was, and his descrip-
tion Of it was very different from the
militaristic picture drawn by the poll
ticlans, who are afraid OF it. General
Wood was not afraid Of IL, and he did
not weigh the effect OF his outspoken-
ness upon his political fortunes. A
franker and more intimate talk an
audience at a political meeting has sell
dom listened To-. The health and ply
sical, mental and moral Improvement
OF young men who would undergo a
system Of military training in RESPONSE
BILE hands, a thoroughly American sys-
TEN, he dwelt upon in terms there was
no misunderstanding.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
rHE MAN IN TIE MOON.

IN ERIIAPs Mr.. Wimingtonian, there's man In the
moon after all. Anyway. Professor w II. Pickering
In command Of Haryard's Astronomical observatory on
the island jamaica has stirred up the scientists by adj
vanclng the claim that there's life on Luna.
For centuries the astronomers have agreed almost to
a man that the moon was a dead planet; that II has no
atmosphere no trace Of moisture not soil; that It
alternately baked by fierce rays, and tortured by far
below zero frigdity The moons day is in earth time,
days and IS hours long one long day is red hot
The next deadly cold The astronomers believed that these
conditions life Of any kind impossible; also that the
said conditions have long since turned any soil there
might once have been on the moon to solid stone
Professor Pickering is astronomer, however lie
is in fact Havards best Since about 1925 he has been
studying the constantly He has photographed the
old girl thousands times. lie has written books about
her and mapped her and the best atlas OF her was pub
lshed by Professor Pickering.
The moons most interesting physical fact through the
telescope rs craers round depressons There are
yariousy estimated to be 100000 100000 of them and
dameters up to sixty miles Professor Pickering
has had his eye glued the crater called Eraosthenes
thirty-eight miles across, for long time and he now
announces that the floor OF Eraoshenes-a plan-fre-
quenty changes its appearance. During the long lunar
day. the plain gets darker and darker and Pickering
thinks that this only from the growth Of vege-
son why not human life2
So far the other astronomers 1vil have none OF IT,
They insist poor old Lady Luna is a dead and buried
corpse they absolutely refuses 10 grant her the boon
IL resurrection and life.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
SELF DETERMINATION" POPS UP AGAIN

xHR WILSON'S much yaunted principle Of "seli-deter-
Nl mnatlon" so loudly proclaimed before and during
the peace conference and completely dsregarded when
the treaty was written finds renewed expression in ms
notes on the Dalmatan question In the note Of February
9th stated that the President believes ii Ito be the
central principle fought for in the that no govern
ment or group OF governments has the right to dispose
OF the territory or to determine the political allegiance
OF any free people
When he gave his assent 10 the treaty Mr. Wilson
found no moral dincuty In including some 100000
Germans in Czecho-sovakla or in subjectng about B.
100000 Ruihenans Polish rule without their consent
Even 10 his own settlement Of the Adratc dispute wilson
proposes TO turn over about 100000 Jugoslavs to Italy
The net result OF the solution arrived at by Lloyd
George and Nilerand is to present Jugo-sava with i5O-
600 people Of its own while giving Italy $1,000 at an
other point Mr. Wilson viii have dinlcult task in JUS
fying his position on the out argument Of self
determination
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
"OH, LET'S
DON'T"
People With Thin, Pale
Blood Are Listless and
Want to do Little
MORE RED BLOOD
CELLS NEEDED
Take Pepto-Mangan, Famous
Tonic, and Say Let's Co."
Instead of Lets Don't"

When normally healthy, ambitious
people begin 10 lack energy and tire
easily-when they are quickly discour-
aged and low in vitality, IL usually
means their blood has grown weak.
such people are called anemc, or
rundown" Build up the blood and
YOU build up the health and spirits
Pepto-Nangan is a pleasant tasting red
blood builder and IL contains exactly
the elements which poor. pale blood
needs 10 become rich. red blood.
Red blood means rosy checks, bright
eyes. a clear brain, a firm step. Pepto-
NIangan has placed thousands Of people
who needed building up in the full
bloodcd. energetic, vigorous class. II
changes the "let's don't attitude to a
lets go" attitude. Recommended by
physicians for thirty years and sold all
over the world.
Pepto-Mangan IS sold in both liquid
and tablet form. Both contain the same
medicinal ingredients.
Buy Pepto-Mangan az your druggists.
Re sure the name "Gude" is on the
package Without Guides it Is not
pepto-Alangan.L advertisement.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
HOME SEEKERS.

TT IS reported that in some cities including Wilmington
moving van drivers being stopped on the streets
by home-hgnters wle demand to know where me loau
Of furniture they are hauling came from.
Upon receiving the desired information they hurry 70
the vacated house 10 make first claim on il.
And more than that: Homeless folks are watching
the divorce court news In the papers, and homes that
are about broken mp by divorce are besesed In aa
vance by persons eager to the unhappy
families move out
II mystery many that there Is shortage Of homes
today when before the war there sort OF place
for everybody to live 70 some extent the shortage
can be aserbed to the immigration Of country folks into
the cities To much greater extent 1t reflects rising
standard OF living In the new America.
The new America demands bathtubs and electric lights
regards fresh air and sunlight as the natural right OF
every child n every home It calls for sanitary plumb
ing and other conditions that make for good health IL
demands strip Of backyard with every home and bit
OF lawn in 'front.' Always honorlng its women, It asks
for homes so arranged free the housewife from The
old drudgery.
That is what the great hnnt for homes means II Is
crusade for health for decent living for wholesome COM
fort for cleanliness, for better family life.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
DO YOU REALIZE
YOU MAY BE One
Nine Out of Ten Said to Be
Slowly Poisoning Own
System.

Few realize what an enormous num-
Der OF people among those who live in
such localities as this suffer from auto
intoxication," said the Tanlac Man.
This condition is nothing more or less
than the self-poisoning OF vital organs
and is the foundation Of most ailments
and diseases.
when the organs become nervous
and debilitated they are unable to throw
off the accumulations Of waste matters
because they are weak. The putre-
factive germs set in and the sufferer
finally succumbs to poisons generated
within his own system. Jaundlce, hard
cold. constipation. Indigestion, bilious
ness, headaches, backache. dlarrhoea
nervousness, dizziness and arrangements
Of the stomach and bowels are common
symptoms Of this trouble"
Tanlac, which is so wide In its field
OF. usefulness, so certain are the re-
suits, so quick and so thorough are IFS
beneficial effects that the preparation
seems more like a miracle than like
medicine, is sold here by n. B. Danforth
and all leading druggists.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
MORE HARM THAN GOOD.

TIME man with chip his shoulder usually makes
4 himself a lot Of trouble.
Obyiousness Of this trlsm is amply Illustrated by the
way Major A. v Darympe Central states prohibition
enforcement chief advertised rum rebellion in North
ern Michigan which carried less ck than near-beer
There wasn't a rum rebellion Fact is the local author
tiles Of Iron River county and had been enforcing
the prohibition law.
one Of Darympe agents. overzealous to make record
tried to supercede The local district attorney failed COM
planned to his chief and several hundred dollars Of the
taxpayers money spent in organizing and transport
ing to Iron River a perfectly useless army.
The most charitable view Of the whole ridiculous
hastily consdered action is that Major Dalrymple had
chip on his shoulder Such public officials usually do
the good cause they represent more harm than good
Enforcement Of prohibition is no more important than
orderly and legal conduct The part Of officials charged
with it Prohibition Commissioner Kramer seemed to
realize this in recalling Dalrymplc.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05

II they really Danish Wilhelm to the island OF Cursca
they should change the name TO Curakaiser.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
CO.'S RACK rn CAIIrnRNIA

SAN JOSE. Cal, March 5-Niary Pick
ford who won a divorce from her hus-
band owen Moore, in Nevada Tuesday,
passed through here yesterday en- route
10 Los Angeles She was accompanied
by her mother and another woman.
The party reached the railroad sta
tion here in a closed auto and dashed
for the train as IL was ready to pull
out. evading interviewers. Previous to
reaching san Jose the movie star was
unrecognized. Miss Pickford and her
mother are believed to have left Reno,
New. Wednesday night.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
Gems of Thought
Being funny is the most serious Kind Of work

Being funny is the most serious kind OF work.
.-:-:-:
Poor pencils and dull boys are so hard to sharpen.
faithful man shall always abound with blessings.
:--:-.
The average woman would rather be married than
happy.
:--:-:
Women trust TOO much to general and not enough to
particular.
:-:-:-.
Pride has only two forward spring and an
early fall.
:-:-.--.
A noise Ike ready money viii wake man when an
alarm clock fails
:-=:-:
Occasionally spends a lot Of time at his club
because there IS no place like home
Don't worry over rlnes. II You must worry. pick out
something worth while, then get busy
Wonder why spinster can never really remember
anything that happened good many years ago.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
Resident Has Awful
Experience

IL was twice confined in hospitals, in
the last one nothing but cruel water
was injected into me times a day. as
nv stomach would not retain any food.
I suffered terribly; was reduced to a
skeleton. My folks saw an ad Of Mayr's
Wonderful Remedy and It has surely
saved my life. ! weigh $50 lbs. nov" "
It is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes tie catarrhal mucus from
the intestinal tract and allays the in
Illumination which causes practically all
stomach. liver and intestinal ailments.
Including appendicitis. one dose Will
convince or money refunded. J. NJ Eek
erd and druggists everywhere
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
REprArr>G MS BLuNDERs IN Tnr onlrNr

- HARLES r. CRANE. Of Chicago, one Of the heaviest
~ contributors 10 Democratic campaign funds has been
selected by President Wilson as minister to China
He is TIE same gentleman whom Mr. Taft appointed to
tlst posi- ia 1909
He recalled he eve oi salins because Of indis-
Greet remarks he had made and because he and one Of
as secretaries did not meet with the approval Japan
Apparently DR.. Wilson seeks TO repeat in the orient
.lie .actess diplomacy ne has exhibited in Europe
Evening journal., 1920-03-05
With the Photographers

BYRON Beardsley does not put any more pins In the
edge OF his vest other day while carrying the hind
end OF piano upstairs the latter pressed against seven
pns in his vest The pins stuck into his stomach. Byron
couldn't let go the piano and he couldn't get at the pins
unless he did So he had to stock It out until he got to
the top Of the stairs.-Ridgeneld Press.
Evening journal., 1920-03-05

The Want Ads have TO do with the
selling and renting of farms. with the
jewelry trade, ana with house decor
atng.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25
Central Operators At
Smithville Shifted

SMITHVILLE, March 25.-J. H.
Randall, Jr., former mayor of Smith
vile, and first trick operator for the
Central of Georgia Railway, has been
given the position of freight agent at
Cuthbert. Although his many friends
regret to see him leave, they are glad
that he has received the promotion.
Mr., Randall was operator here for q
number of years.
j. o. Morris, formerly agent at
Florala, Ala, takes Mr. Randall's
place at first trick here. Mr.. Morris
has moved here, with his family, Mrs.
Morris and small son, and will make
Smithville his permanent home.
F. K. Sessions, of Bronwood, has
received the position of second trick
operator here, which was made va
cant by the retirement of T. ]. Mills.
Mr.. Sessions has not taken up his du-
ties here yet, but is expected to short
ly. Mr.. Mills is preparing to open a
garage in Dublin, Ga, where his son
resides.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25
KIWANIS CLUB
LAUNCHED HERE
Americus VIII Have
Branch of International
Organization

Announcement was made today of
the organization of the Americas XII
wants club, as branch of the XII
wants Club International The or
ganization, which has just been
launched here, is composed of a
group of representative business and
professional men, banded together
for fellowship and service. AT their
invitation Warren Kimsey, field rep
resentative of the kiwanis Club In
ternational, has come to Americus to
assist in completing the organization.
Mr.. Kimsey is the man who at the
beginning of the war made such a
great reputation for himself as song
leader Of the 82nd division at Camp
Gordon, Atlanta.
In connection with the announce
ment of the names of the officers of
the local Kiwanis club, it was stated
that invitations would be extended
at once to number of other local
members of the organization. The
officers are. President, ]. Lewis Ell
lis; vice president, J. E. Sheppard !;
secretary, Evan Mathis; treasurer,
Eugene Bailey; chairman board of
directors, Lee Hudson; directors, w.
NJ. Jones, Nathan Murray, Sam R.
Heys, Edgar Shipp, George Marshall
and W. S. Kirkpatrick
The Kiwanis club is an interna-
tiOnal organization, some four years
old, with a membership at this time
Of $4,000, and growing rapidly. In
Georgia it has active clubs in Allan
ta, Macon, Augusta, Columbus, Ath-
ems, Rome and Lagrange. 1t is rep
resented in almost every state in the
union and province in Canada.
1t is a business and professional
mems organization, founded on plan
and principles very similar to those
of the Rotary club, the well known
international organization. It's
membership, however, is limited to
two Representatives from each classi-
fication of business or profession, in
stead of one ,/as under Rotary's rule.
Memberships are never by applica-
tion but by invitation. The clubs
purpose is expressed in its motto,
"We Build" The organization pro-
vides a vehicle whereby representa-
tive men of a community may get to-
gether at weekly luncheons for the
purpose of knowing each other bet
ter, forgetting their worries and
troubles for an hour or 50, and,
when occasion presents itself, do
something constructively for the
community good
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25
BLAMES DANIELS
FOR SHORT NAVY
Capt. Palmer Says Sec
retary Procrastinated
Too Much

WASHINGTON, March 25-"Pro-
crastination on the part of Secretary
Daniel was responsible for the
serious shortage in personnel which
proved ''the initial handicap of the
navy in the war;" Capt. Leigh C.
Palmer, wartime chief of the bureau
of navigation, testified today before
the senate investigating committee.
Capt. Palmer declared Secretary Dan
iels was unable to appreciate the ne
cessity for obtaining and training
men in advance of the actual decla
ration of war. He said that just be-
fore the United States joined the
Allies the secretary ordered enroll
ment in the reserve corps stopped.
Replying to a question by Chair
man Hale, Capt. Palmer said he did
not stop but went right ahead, as he
needed men. The witness said con-
gress was not to blame, as it gave
everything the department asked for.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25

Many people on the ground report
ed seeing this streak of smoke in the
sky and thought it a comet in the
heavens. Later report was given
out that meteor had fallen in the
vicinity of Dayton.
Just a short distance above 3d.
900 feet | encountered extremely
bumpy air conditions, which l believ-
ed to be due to the disturbances caus-
ed between the region of the atmos-
phere affected by ground winds and
variable temperature and the upper
air, or atmosphere, where the wind
velocity is constant and where scien-
fists proclaim that the temperature
rises slightly at higher attitudes. This
was confirmed a few minutes later
when l found that my thermometer
had risen from minus SO below zero
to 62.8 below centigrade. | also be-
gan to drift backward at a rapid
rate, showing that had at last reach
ed the region of the constant anti
trade winds.
Where No Man Had Been.
l was now in region where no
living thing had ever been before. No
bird ventures so high; no man had
ever approached this height. l look
ed below Immediately beneath the
machine | could clearly distinguish
objects, in spite of the great distance,
because of the thinness of the air /
was at the center of a circle of visi-
bility about 200 miles in diameter.
Away from the center objects became
less and less distinct, and at the end
was nothing but mist.
The ground was covered with
snow, and the towns and cities stood
out like checkerboards, for in the
streets the snow had melted, and the
thoroughfares became black lines.
Looking above, l saw that the sky
was not blue at all, but pale green.
This astonished me, but scientists say
that if | had gone little higher the
sky would have been black, and l
would have seen the sun, the moon
and the stars shining at once in the
heavens. The explanation of this is
that light is produced by the friction
caused when the rays of the sun pass
through the heavy layer of air about
the earth-and | was above that
layer.
Suddenly, at $4,000 feet, my oxy-
gen failed again, and upon opening
the valve wide realized that | must
Immediately return to a lower level,
and set my controls for a rapid de-
scent.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25
Plenty of Poison For
Weevils, Says Meredith

COLUMBIA, March 25.-Increas-
ed production of calcium arsenate
will make it possible for farmers to
wage war against the boil weevil this
year on a greatly enlarged scale Sec
retary of Agriculture Meredith told
the members of the South Carolina
branch of the American Cotton Asso-
citation in address here today. He
said the inadequate supply of busting
machines was hindering the eradica-
ton process, but the output of ma
chimes soon would be sufficient.
He declared the department will
ing to place a federal quarantine to
confine the pink boil weevil to the al
ready infested areas in Louisiana
and Texas.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25
Copyright, 1920, N. E. A.

Copyright, 1920, N. +. A.
They say my heart expanded to
three times its normal size later, but
it was beating fast when l climbed
into the cockpit of my plane and
heard the motor roar on the morning
of Feb. 27.
l was dressed in a fur-lined suit
and helmet, which covered the entire
head. My moccasins and gloves were
fur-lined and | had an electric warm
er on the control stick to keep by
hands warm
The machine had three hours fuel
and l had two bottles of oxygen, suf-
ficient for four hours flight, if they
functioned properly.
McCook Field Fades Away
The machine took the air at IL 40
o'clock, and l saw the little men on
McCook Field fade away as gained
in height and set out in the direc-
ton of Richmond, Ind, SO miles
away. l was headed due west. /
planned to fly until my fuel was ex-
hausted and l felt sure | could
climb as long as | had gas.
With the strong, westerly winds
which are encountered at great
heights, | knew my drifting back
ward would be a considerable amount
and as it was desirable to land at Nc
Cook Field upon my descent, the far
ther west | could get the better.
Gradually more of the earth spread
out before me, objects becoming
smaller, when suddenly at an altitude
of $4,000 feet, the oxygen failed to
come through the supply tube. The
automatic regulating valve had prob
ably frozen up, so | Immediately
switched to second tank which had
a simple hand-operated valve. The
oxygen began to flow once more, so
| again resumed my climb.
Temperature Drops Fast.
Dayton was now the size of news
paper The temperature was drop
ping very rapidly, but the sky SEEM
ed much brighter and the air fresher.
Two hundred miles distant l could
plainly see the Ohio River, like a
thread of silver lying in the sun
shine.
At $4,000 feet only a few cirrus
clouds remained above me.
At $4,000 feet my thermometer
registered temperature of minus So
degrees below zero Fahrenheit. The
exhaust of the engine now worried
me greatly, as it blew about my head
and filled the cockpit with clouds of
white steam, probably due to the
condensation of the water vapor
,,rocopt II, tbo ayhauct nf n UacoIipa
engine.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25
WESEL HOLDS OUT, BUT
QUIET PREVAILS.

BUDERICH, March 25.-(By AS
sociated Press) Complete quiet pre-
walls temporarily at Wesel, the Ger
man stronghold besieged by revolu-
tionary workers, but peace between
the opposing forces has not been de-
clared, the Associated Press CORE
spondent was informed this morning
over the telephone by headquarters
of General Habitsch, commander at
Wesel.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-03-25
British May Ask Pay
For Ships Not Returned

WASHINGTON, March 25-Great
Britain is considering the presenta-
ton of claims to the United States
for losses caused by the retention
of the Imperator and other former
German ships "After completion of
United States services in which they
were engaged" Consul General Skin
ner at London reported today to the
Department of Commerce.