Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1920-02-05
BOYS WHO LOST
BAGGAGE Write <. G.
@caseys" Have Found Thou
sands Of Pieces for A. e. +.
Men-10o,000 Yanks At
tending K. c. Schools.

One of the most recent tasks which
the Knights Of Columbus took charge
Of was the establishment of Lost
Baggage Bureau at 461 Fourth avenue.
New York City. Through this depart-
nent thousands of soldiers trunks,
boxes and barrack bags lost while in
transit with the homecoming a. r. f.
have been salvaged. Thousands OF
communications from former service
men are daily received iEquiring after
lost luggage. This service is likewise
free to all the veterans. There Is more
than 10000 pieces of nondescript
baggage on the army piers at Hoboken,
N. j., and in cooperation with the
War Department the Knights are re-
claiming pieces for men all over the
country. Tie knights are also ocat-
ing for relatives the personal effects
of deceased soldiers.
An invitation is extended to every
soldier. sailor and marine now back
to work in "civies" to communicate
with this bureau for lost baggage.
This work will continue indefinitely
and can be greatly facilitated if the
men cooperate by correspo cling with
the Baggage Department. II is add
visable to give the name. rank, COM
rany and organization to which at
tached and description of the prop
erty and where it was last seen.
Go to Casey School.
The chain of supplementary evening
schools which the knights of Column
bus are maintaining throughout the
country are commencing the new year
with total registered attendance of
100000 pupils, all former service men
who have eagerly grasped the oppor-
tunity of securing a better education
through the beneficence of the
knights. No pupil who served his
country is charged a solitary penny
for admission, books are provided free,
and the schools are also free to MEM
bers Of the order. A nominal fee is
charged to non-members or civilians
who have not been in the service OF
the country. Already several hundred
women war workers have been admit
ted to the schools through recent ruiz
ing which provides for their entrance.
More than fifty schools have been
established, and within the next three
months the hope ;, entertained that
every large city a.!,i 'owr about the
country under IT,: auspices of the
Knights. Among i.lr cities where
schools have beer s.''tcd are New
York, Chicago, Bose "affalo, Provi-
dence, Pittsburgh, $, Francisco, At
lanta and other large rs.
i Lafayette Statue to Lorraine City.
Paul Bartlett. the el.ll ut American
sculptor, is preparn. hs models fol
the statue of Lafayette. which the
Knights are going to present to the
historic city Of Metz. This statue
. which will be a replica OF the Bartlett
Lafayette in the Louvre, will be pre-,
sented to France next September. Pres
ident Poincare will preside at the cere
monies and Marshal Foch will unvei
the statue. The present work in the
Louvre was presented to the Frencl
Republic by the school children of the
Unitsd States.
A pilgrimage Of several Thousand
members of the Knights of Col,nbu.
to the Lorraine city on the occasion
Of the presentation of the Lafayette
statue is now being planned. Ever.
member Of the knights will contribut,
to the fund for the statue, which viii
have four bas-reliefs commonwealth:
historic periods of the World War
The French government is plannin!
great celebration in connection Will
, the gift from the Knights throughou
.Alsace and Lorraine. Arrangement
are being made by both church ant
civil authorities to give the Knights o
Columbus visitors and their friend
the type Of a reception which Franc
has been unable to give since the star
of the World War.
Distinguished Americans and French
men are cooperating in assuring tlli
feature Of the celebration
The X. Of c., as an organization, i
one Of the biggest thrift promoters il
the U. S. A. Recent estimates Shove
that the national, state and local cour
ellis Of the K.-C. and individual men
hers have been saved over $500, OOO,0 90
- var and other securities.