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New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
Germany Again Asks For
 Lump Sum of Indemnity

Paris. Oct. 8 (By Associated Press.) Germany has reiterated her request for the naming of definite sum of separations and a new proposal has been brought from Berlin to Paris this week by Charles Laurent, French am ba ssador to Germany. The corre- spondent learned this today in German official circles, where it was also pointed out that M. Laurent had em- phasiZed the necessity of immediate ly fixing the total indemnity to pre- vent the economic and political col lapse of Germany.
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
Deaths and Funerals.

Edward Balinskis. the six-months old son of MT. and Mrs. Stanley Balin- skis of lIs Dudley street died this morning. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon and burial will be in St. Mary's cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08

FJv Jv<SALE-MshoEany cabinet talking ma cL l~ and records: half price. Here's
 bargain. Satisfactory terms. l.. F.. An
 drew.. 43s Arch St i0-s-2dx
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
Woman EXOnerated of
 Causing Mans Death

Winsted. Oct. S.-Niss M. Louise Porter of Brooklyn, N. Y, is absolveti of all blame for the death of Felix Zeechin, who was killed by her auto mobile on August 5, by Coroner Her man in q finding today. The coroner says that Zeechin seemingly bad lost control of bicycle he was riding and Was headc-l straight for the autOno- bile and Miss Porter could not avoid {; collision,
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08

FOR sALE-Bedroom and kitchen furnish
 inEs. Almost new. Party leaving town.
 pairvirV St. lo-s s-.d x
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
Public Cheated Out of
 S5OO,OOO,OOO Each Year

Boston, October S.--The annual loss to the American public through the purchase of fraudulent securities was estimated at s5OO.0OO,0 ,0OO by Charles J. Andre, secretary of the national security association of commissioners in testimony before the special state blue sky" law commission. Mr Andrew said that about ten per cent. of the stock offered to the public was worthless
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
Elmer Bcrgcrson.

Elmer Bcrgcrson.
 The funeral of Elmer Bergerson will be held at o'clock Sunday after noon at his late homo in Newington. The funeral service will be held at 2:20 o'clock at the Swedish Lutheran church. Rev. pr. $. C.. Ohman will officiate and the burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
 Charles W. smith.
 Tho death of Charles W. Smith
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
MacSwiney Appears .ss As More Refreshed

London, Oct. S.-Mayor Mae Swinev was more refreshed this morning at Brixton prison, having passed a fairly good night. He had some sleep says a bulletin issued this morning by the Irish Self -determina- ton League but to his relatives Mac Swiney seemed weaker and much more exhausted.
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
Financial
WALL STREET STOCK
 EXCHANGE REPORTS

Wall street close. Leaders fell to low est prices of tho session fin the last kour including the more representa- tive rails. industrials and specialtles. Tho closing was heavy.
 Sales approximated TOO. 900 shares.
 tHew York Stock ExchanKs quotations furnished by Richter & Co, members of tho New York Stock ExchanEeI:
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08
TO LATE FOR CLASSIFICATION

TOR sAIE-Reversibie WhitneS baby car FfaEe in good condition. SIS. Address
 Carriage Box II Herald once. 1o-s-ldx
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08

FOR sALE-four rooms furniture with op- ton of rent: steam heated. Reasonable.
 Must sell at once. Party going to Cali fornla Call from p. m Room 3s.
 Railroad Arcade. 1O-S-3dx
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08

Charles ". smith.
New Britain herald., 1920-10-08

New York-Sixty-tw two thousand dol lars year from "used-to- be- hus- bandi That's what Mrs. Jeannie Elm met French waS granted in connec- ton with her divorce from William Barton French, society and clubman of New York. Boston and Newport. Tho couple wero married in 1916 and have d three-year-old daughter.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
I'm MEMORY OF
BROTHER ELI j. BUTLER.

In the sudden and unexpected death
1f Brother Eli J. Butler, Westminster
Council No. 10, Junior Order OF Unlteo
American Mechanics. has suffered IT
ranarable loss. A charter member OF
fhe council and for many years us
efficient treasurer, no member OF the
order has been more devoted 70 us
teachings. more Jealous and nnuen-
tiaJ in promoting its interests.
nv his genial, openhearted ana So
c1aI disposition, he endeared h1msel1
70 rs all. Ever the kind and generous
friend. the wise counsellor ana de-
roted brother, in his death each mem
her of the council mourns the loss or
q DersonaI friend By his upright lie
If Christian manhood ne had en-
trenched himself in the hearts of this
community and the fond remembrance
an which he is held by all will form
the silver lining for the dark cloud
that hangs above us all.
His earnest Christian life Is the as
snrance to us that our sudden loss is
his endless gain.
Resolved that we tender our sim
cerest sympathy to his esteemed wife.
and family, praying that in this hour
of their aff1iction they may find the
sayious near, and that "they may put
their trust under the shadow OF HIS
wings"
Resolved, that this memorial be
spread upon our minutes and a copy
thereof, under seal; of the council, be
sent to the family OF our brother.
WIN. L. SEABROOK,
WIN. WtEAGLY,
ROBERT HESSON,
Committee.
Robert Hesson, Councillor.
q Carroll Reese, Secretary.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23

Scratch feed $4.25 per bag
Barker's horse and cattle powder TIC
pack
Roofing $139 per roll
Chestnut wood for sale $500 per cord
in woods
yellow onion sets $425 per bushel
Layer figs Csc lb.
7 packs garden seed for 25c
Digester tankage $5.25 bag
Beef scrap. $5.75 bag
Corn meal &c lib.
Cameo carbide $50 per can
Union carbide $3.50 per can
Hemp carpet 39c yd.
Safety matches 10c doz. boxes
4 lbs. frozen fish for Csc
Cheese 39c lb.
Oyster shell CSC bag
Table syrup $1.00 per gal.
IS chicken fountains for Csc
Knives and forks CSC set
Coffee 25c lb.
Soup beans 10c Id.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23

Coal stoves 1898
Wood stoves $1.98
Bed blankets $1.00
2 boxes Mothers oats for 25c
2 boxes Kekloggs flakes for Csc
2 boxes National oats \for 25c
Brooms 33c each
Large cocoanuts 19c<each
g qt galvanized bucketss~2ae eac"h =
GRADUATED sugar lie Id.
Star crackers 15c Id.
Scratch feed $4.25 per bag
5 gal cans Havoline auto oil $l.9S
Roofing $1.39 per roll =
Kelly axes with handles $1.69
Soda crackers 15c Id.
Light Havoline oil 39c gall
Clark's cotton 5 and &c spool
Kow-kure SOC and $1.OO per box
Cocoa 29c lib.
Calico &c yd.
Champion spark plugs 69c each
Z inch graphophone records soc eaC
Fresh steer beef for sale
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23

Roofing S139 per roll
Yellow onion sets $4.25 per pusnei
Layer figs Csc Id.
Z packs garden seed for 25c::
Digester tankage $5.25 per bag
Beef scrap $5.75 per bag
Corn meal sc lb.
Cameo carbide $50 per- can
Union carbide $3.50 per can
Chestnut wood for sale $4.00 per coro
in woods
Hemp carpet soc yard
Red seal batteries SIC each
Safety matches 10c doz. boxes
4 lbs frozen fish for Csc
Cheese 39c lb.
Oyster shell CSC bag ~
Table syrup $1.00 per gal.
3, chicken fountains for 25c
Knives and forks CSC set
Coffee 25c lb. ~
Soup beans 10c Id.
Mating 45c yard
Hessler mail boxes $1.69 each
Sunshine soap sc bar
Roofing $1.39 per bar
Layer figs 25c lb.
Coal stoves 1898
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
Store Closes 7 O'clock

Union carbide $3.50 per can
Hemp carpet 39c I'd.
Red seal batteries 35c each
lbs. frozen fish for Csc
Cheese 39c Id.
Oyster shell csc bag
Table syrup $1.00 per gal.
Safety matches 10c doz. boxes
8 chick fountains for 25c
Knives and forks CSC set
Coffee Csc Id.
Soup beans 10c lb.
Mating 45c yd.
Sunshine soap sc bar
Roofing S1.39 per roll
Layer figs Csc lb.
Kingston carburettors $6.98
Lemons 19c doz.
Meesler spark plugs 48c each
bars Fels Naptha soap for Csc
Best table syrup $1.00 per gal
2 boxes quaker oats for Csc
Canton flannel 25c yd
25 lib. boxes dynamite $488
so 10. boxes dynamite 1915
Barker's horse and cattle powders tic
pack
Cracked corn $4.25 per bag
Scratch feed $4.25 per bag
Tin wash boilers $1.25
Ford fan belts 25c each
! Government arctics $3.50,
| Picnic twist tobaccoy3 twists fer CSC
boxes post toasties for Csc
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23

Oyster shell CSC bag
Mixed tea Acc Id.
Z packs Smith cough drops for Csc
Mating 45c yd.
Currants 29c pack
Beef scrap $5.75
Store closes at O'clock
Pat-a-cake 33c pack
Canvas leggins 4Sc pr.
2 boxes Washington crisps for Csc
Nantes 8 for 25c-
Cheese 39c Id.
Dannemiller coffee 25c lib.
Pound cans salmon 19c
Ladies' shoes $2.19
Slate covered roofing $2.98
5 gal. cans Havoline oil $1.98
2 boxes matches for &c
Calico 19c ya.
Khaki cloth 45c yd.
48 lb. bags oats $1.5S
25 Id. lard cans 39c
SO lib. lard cans SIC
Oyster shells csc bag
Vanilla bottles for Csc
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
Certainteed Roofing $2.25

i25 cigars in box for SEC
Rabbits lye 10c can
Bat cotton 10c bat
Mems felt boots $2.98 -
Mems white gum boots $4.9S
! IL rolls toilet paper for Csc
! Walter Bakers chocolate 1Oc cake
Galv tubs 75c
| Dat meal &c Id.
Havoline medium oil in your cans SSc
gal.
| 4 bars Fels Naptha soap for 25c
Hanover gloves 4Sc pr.
Mems sweaters zoe
Store closes at z O'clock
Footing S1.S9 per roll
Chestnut wood for sale $500 per core
lin woods
i Yellow onion sets $425 per bushet
Layer figs Csc lib.
II packs garden seed for 25c
Digester tankage $5.25 bag
Beef scrap $5.75
Corn meal &c Id.
Cameo carbide $50 per can
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
COFFEE 25c Pound

Mating 45c yd.
Hessler mail boxes $1.69 each
Sunshine soap SC bar
Roofing $1.39 per roll
Layer figs 25c lb.
Alarm clocks $1.48
Mixed tea 40c lb.
Hersey's cocoa 23c box
Mems four buckle arctics $2.98
Dannemiller coffee 25c Id.
Pound cans salmon 19c
lis lb. boxes Sal-vet $1.25
40 lib. boxes Sal-vet $3.50
100 lib. boxes Sal-vet $3.50
300 lib. boxes Sal-vet $3.50
5 lib. boxes Sal-vet SOC
Wash boards 39c each
lbs frozen fish for Csc
Gasoline irons $4.25
Khaki cloth 45c I'd.
!Shippensburg cord pants $5.98
Feltoleum Coo yd.
Fresh roasted coffee Csc Ib.
!Women's heavy underwear sc
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23

Cedar wash tubs S1.98
Sewing machines $24.50
Wemen's storm rubbers 49c pr.
Dates Csc fb.
Buckwheat meal &c 1b.
Toilet sets 1898
Coal oil 16c gal.
Macaroni 10c pack
Steel traps 1925 per doz
Wlomen's sweaters 79c each
Bat cotton 10c bat
Women's leather so1es 10c pr
Mems sweaters 79c each
Nest eggs 19c doz.
Ford Kingston carburettors $6.9S
Water glass eggs preserving 25c can
Sailed fish 4Sc pail
Cocoa 29c 1b.
Fresh roasted coffee 25c lb.
Hot shot batteries $198
Certainteed roofing 1925 roll
Store closes at Z O'clock
Mixed tea 40cl lib.
Lard wanted at &c lb.
Chocolate drops 29c 1b.
Hemp carpet 39c yd.
Soda crackers 15c Id. IN
! IL inch corrugated galv. roofing $i.VV
! per SO.
Mems felt boots $2.98
l3 bars palmolive soap for 25c
Ford wiring 39c yd.
Children's hose supporters loc pr.
Mems red gum boots $4.75
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
Ladies Shoes $2.19

Smith needles 10c pack
Watches $1.39 each
Stable blankets $1.4S
lStock syrup 24c gal.
Bat cotton 10c bat
Chick feed $3.50 per bag
Holly carburettors for Fords $6.9S
Seeedless raisins 25c pack
4 lbs. >lf60en I1sn Tor z5c
Star crackers 15c lib.
rs lb. bags fine salt 39c
so Ib. bags fine salt CSC
200 lb. bags fine salt $1.98
25 lb. bag calf meal SLIPS
Best black pepper 29c lb,
Hominy SC Eb.
Boys hose Csc pr.
Children's sweaters CSC each
Lard wanted at &c lb.
Black powder gun shells soc box
Sunshine soap sc bar
Seedlessraisins Csc. pack
Rabbits I've 10c can
Corn meal &c Id.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JAN. %, 1920

In publishing the directors eleGce Gu
by The Westminster Fertllizer 20. l@ SS
week Mr.. Harvey L. Frizzen snoulu
have been named instead OF MI. Geo'
E. Marker.
Mr. G. A. Utermahlen, near Pleasant
ua1Iev,. is visiting his daughter ana
son-in.law, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Nygren
of Parlett, Ohio, and also his cousins
in New Castle and Mercera, ONO
Mr.. o. E. Weller is to have opposi,
+ior1 in Carroll county, that Is II
enough interest can be manifested py
committeeman w. L. SeabroOk to BACK
another candidate, who has not been
announced.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23

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NIedfOrd|
Prices

2 paper pins for SC
Youths sweaters $1.25
Shippensburg cord pants S5.9S
Bright red barn paint $1.39
Wood stoves $1.98
Certainteed roofing $2.25 per roll
Fresh roasted coffee 25c Id.
Mems heavy khaki shirts SLAB
Children's black hose Csc pr.
SO lb. bags corn meal $3.50
Lard wanted at &c lib.
Galvanized chicken coops $3.50
Coal oil Ice gal.
Seeded raisins Csc pack
Rice 15c lb.
Bulk cocoa 29c Id.
Fresh beef for Gale
Crackers 15c 1b.
Z packs ludens cough drops for Csc
Medium Hayoline auto oil 39c gal.
8 bars Rabbits soap for 25c
!Bushel bags fine salt sec
IfSeedless raisins Csc pack
neal &c Ib.
Soup beans 10c Id.
Lemons 19c doZ.
Good pearl nominy sc fb.
bat cotton 10c bat
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
Everybody Can't 90
To Florida For
The Winner

Most of us have to jog along in our
native cline and make the best of it.
You can keep comfortable if you use
coal enough. Pea coal mixed with
Egg or Stove will save you money.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
To the Dyspeptic.

To the Dyspeptic.
Would you not like to feel that your
stomach troubles are over, that you
can eat any kind Of food that you
crave? Consider then the fact that
Tablets have cured 9TH
ers-why not you. There are many
who have been restored to health by
taking these tablets and can now eat
any kind of food that they crave.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23

sep 26-tf
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1920-01-23
WANTED!

VIII pay highest cash price for
calves received at, the railroad sta
ton every Tuesday morning from $50
to $50 O'Clock. Will also pay highest
price for guineas.
d. PAUL BROWN,
Phone 37.M. Westminster, Md.
nor. DC a
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
RITTER SWEET.

When Summer gay has gone her way
And skies are gray with snow ana sleet
jsuu leaves of brown and red arc down
.nen blithey blooms the bitter sweet
When Winter gray comes down the way
While snowflakes play about her leet'
And skies are grim and light is dlm
.erenely blooms the bitter sweet
When Flowers have fled-when grass Is ue'u
AND no green shred remains to greet
glie hungry eye that glances by
In beauty blooms the bitter sweet
When earth is bare-"Despalr! Despair!
Shrek everywhere the winds tnat meet
Ettt never gale can make 1t quail
The hardy wholesome bitter sweet
Pit token this of grief or bliss,
or all we miss, of all we meet
OF all we fear hope for here,
The brave undaunted bitter sweet
And like thou art to every heart
That dwells apart-and incomplete;
And cnss and sways and signs and says
oh life is sweet-but bitter sweet. 49,.
Arthur Goodenough, in Springfield hepuoiio'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

the country. The foreign-born head OF lam
lily who locates on farm, as many OF the ltal-
ians and Polanders are doing nowadays, usually
has American families for neighbors. At scnool
in most farming communities, only Ens.lsh
speaking BOYS and girls are met by the children.
They are not as is the case in the cities, smut
out from the recreative pleasures OF the neigh
borhood. Under such conditions the children
of foreign born parents quickly absorb Amer
can ideas and customs and even the parents De-
come Amercanized to an extent seldom reach
ed under the conditions which govern the lives
of foreign-bo residents in the cities.
To those who are DESTROYS Of seeing the aliens
who come to our shores assimilate American
ideals, thoughts and customs, to become Amerl-
cans in all that the term implies, the tendency
lately shown by Italian and Polish families to
leave the cities to take up farming is most graft
flying, for it means quicker AUGMENTATION
of those families than would have been accomp-
lished under the environments of the city.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28
A GRATIFYING TENDENCY.

II is becoming quite evident to those who
nave given the matter intelligent consideration
chat children Of foreign-born parents become
more quickly Americanlzed in thought and Gus
tom when surrounded by the environments
common to rural life than they do when they
mass the most impressonable period of their
lives under the conditions that exist IN the
cities. In most large cities where there is a
large foreign-born population the people OF
each nationality flock by themselves, thus form
ing what is commonly referred to as the Ital-
ian quarter, the Polish quarter the Russian
uuarter etc. In these sections, the children, al
though born in this country, live home life
where the language used and the customs fol-
lowed are quite generally those Of the land from
which their parents came. The environments
nj the public counterfeit those of the home life
to an extent but in schools located in one of
these districts where reign-bOrn families pre-
dominate the children of such families usually
form an overwhelming majority Of the pupils
It is not at all rare in such districts to hear a
large number of the pupils when at play using
almost exclusively the language Of their pa
rents native land.
When foreign-born families settle in rura
communities the children grow up under fan
different environments. Especially is this true
when they reared in the farming sections Of
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28
STANDARDS OF LIVING.

A compilation of statistics by Homer Hoyt'
Who writes in the Annalist, shows that the av,
srage annual consumption Of food in the United
States is one thousand, nine hundred pounds
Der capita per year, while the average in Japan
s nine hundred and five pounds. The Amer
ran not only eats twice as much as the Jap but
HE food is more than twice as good IN variety
and character. To maintain this higher stand
ard of living the American workman needs
protective tariff to give him an equal chance III
competition with the Jap workman who has
been accustomed to palmer food and less OF 1t
Americans could do with less food, and palmer
food. if they wanted to or had to- But there is
no need to sacrifice our comfort and enjoyment
in order to supply larger market for the Jap
The protective tariff barrier over which the
jap merchant must climb before he can sell his
goods in America should be reconstructed
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

French bonds backed by a nation in the
throes of an industrial reconstruction and de-
preciated currency, are at a premium in this
country Liberty bonds, backed by the finest
security in the world, at discount. Of course
there is explanation for this but to the ordinary
observer it looks like calling seven six or black
white.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

Where the baby gets it blue eyes from is a
topic which scientists have turned to for their
most recent indulgence, but as a problem of
family discussion it has little of the interest
which adheres to the question as to where
'baby's six-vearold brother got his first black
EYE.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

A countryman is as warm IN tustlan as a
king in velvet, and truth is as comfortable
in homely language as in line speech
Sturgeon.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

After ALL isn't artistic profession the ereates. -
is? For what counts, is Of value IN the "otu
day? Greek statues, the Italian pictures, the
Of Beethoven the plays Of Shakespeare ne Peop.e 80
have made beautiful things the oene1aeo ..;nos
kind. At least SO the people VINO love oeaut''u S
think.-E F. Benson.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

into ponds
raised the market
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

When man says he wishes 70
-no.Ir n 49,, 's.o-k'v" ahont so''e
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-28

:, thing he means he wishes to speak
] to Won dicr -ro~ahly about something
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02
CITY NEWS

Pie social at Belmont school
house, Saturday night, Sept. 4.
DR.. George Wilkinson, eye, ear,
nose, throat specialist, over Millers
shoe store
Retail grocers close all day Labor
day, Monday, September 6. Edward
.DeYong, president
"A marriage license has been is
sued to Bonnie B. Zane and lone Rock
hold, both OF Harrington, Iowa
Funeral services for the late John
&C. Clemenson wa5 held this after
noon at o'clock from the sons resi-
dence, 11S North Sixteenth street and
interment occurred in Oakland Gene
terry. The Rev. Huell Warren Of
ficiated and the pallbearers were S.
IF. Clemenson, Frank Clemenson,
Walter Clemenson, Ed Dillon, George
Luft, G. Roy Whaley.
The Rev. William S. d. Lamont
officiated at the funeral services OF
the late Melissa Johnson, which were
held this afternoon at Montrose from
the Episcopal church. Mrs. Johnson
was an old, well known resident l..
Montrose, having lived most of her lie
there. Her death occurred at Kansas
City, Mo-, September /.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-09-02
STATE MEETING
OF THE LEGION
Annual Report Shows Membe rship OF
1929 in Iowa in 523 Posts,
Great In
crease,

limited Press Leased Wire Service.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Sept. q
The total membership of the Amert
can Legion in Iowa now is 1929, the
annual report of Adjutant John Mac
Wicker. Des Moines, read to the an
nual state convention of the legion
which opened here today. revealed
This represents an increase of 1928
members over that of last year.
Legion posts in Iowa now number
523. an increase of AL over that OF
the preceding year. Sioux City leads
in membership with a total paid up
membership of 1899; Davenport is
second with 1879 members and Des
Moines third with 1,136 Legionnalres.
In the number of Legion posts, Iowa
ranks fourth, Adjutant MacVicker ad-
vised the convention, being topped
only by New York, Illinois and Penn
sylvania.
The convention opened this morn
ing, Mayor J. F. Rail delivering the
address of welcome Following roll
call. the working committee was ap-
pointed.
The convention was scheduled to
vote during the day on a proposal
to amend its state constitution to per-
nit the executive committee to ap'
point the adjutant. Under the present
constitution, the adiutant is named by
the convention The change was
recommended by the executive COM