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The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
SHOULD GET ONE MEMBER
Activity on Part of Service Men Dur
ing the Drive Will Bring Number
to 2,5oo,ooo.

"If every member of the American
Legion gets one new member during
or before the drive of May II to y,
the legion will have more than Two
and a half million bone fide, paid-up
members" said National Commander
Franklin D'Olier. commenting on, the
coming campaign.
'sThis campaign is to be the work OF
the rank and file-Of every man In the
legion" Mr.. D'Olier continued. I'VE
have assurances now that every post
and every man is enthusiastic for the
success of this work. The legion felt
IL didn't have all the members II
should have. 1t has not had time to
go after them before. But 1t has the
time now and it has put it up to every
member to work. They are respond
ing with wonderful spirit.
"It is easy to believe that an average
of one new member will be obtained
by every old member. ! do not want
to get too enthusiastic and optimistic
over this campaign, but l believe few
more weeks will see the legion with
more than majority of all former
service men enrolled"
National headquarters of the legion
has sent out a working plan to every
post. so that uniformity of effort Will
be obtained in the drive. Every de-
partment has been assigned its quota
of new Dembers and the departments
have parceled. these out to posts. If
a post gets all of its quota, 1t ranks
100 per cent efficient. Departments
also will be graded in efficiency by
national headquarters. First and sec
ond prizes will be awarded depart
ments by national headquarters and
many departments will award prizes to
posts within their Jurisdiction.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15

Mr.. Ludloff. prior to the war was
with the Maryland Casualty CO. OIL
Baltimore for twelve years, leaving the
position of office manager to enter the
service. He was originally with the
Seventy-ninth division, but was ue-
tached for service with the War hisk
section, where he did special WORK,
first under willard o. Straight anu
later under Col Henry ID. Lindsey,
who later became first commander oi
the legion. Col Lindsey was instru-
mental in getting Mr.. Ludlof to assist
I'm the work of the American Legion
when In its formative state.
Mr.. Ludloff was born in Baltimore
September 10, 1889, and received MS
education there. He worked up from
the position of Office boy to the posi-
ton of business manager with tne
Maryland Casualty company during MS
twelve years connection with the hrm.
He was a regimental sergeant major
In the service.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
PREACH TO GET MEMBERS
Ministers to Aid In Bringing the Amer
lean Legion Family Number
to 2,5oo,00o

Some one at the national headquar-
ters with n flair for statistics has rig-
ured out that four thousand sermons
on the American Legion will be dellv-
cred in churches all over the land on
Sunday. May 10.
Part of the work of posts of the
legion In the membership campaign
to be wnged May II to % inclusive. has
been to enlist the support of clergy
men of all creeds. They have been
requested TO at least make mention OF
the legion in their sermons of the Sun
day preceding the drive. Many rabbis
have slgnihed their intention Of doing
this in sermons delivered Saturday,
May Is.
1t has not been hard to win the sup
port of these clergymen, because the
vast majority already are enthusiastic
legion supporters.
One minister of prominent and
fashionable New York city church fair
ly leaped at the suggestion. He de-
clared he would not only preach an en-
tire sermon urging eligible parishion-
ers to join, but would call on every
man and woman to lend active aid in
the campaign in some way. He in
sisted he was going to roll up his shirt
sleeves and get into the campaign him
self. even going so far as volunteering
to speak from a soap-box in Union
square.
Legion leaders expect to get one
million new members. at least. This
would bring total membership well
above the two and half million mark
and would assure the legion majority
of the former service men and women
of the land.
The drive is entirely a post and
member affair-"a campaign of the
rank and file" Posts are assigned
quotas to reach and will be graded on
percentage of efficiency. Departments
also will be so graded. National head
quarters will give first and second
prizes, consisting of stands Of colors'
to leading departments.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
FOR REMOVING CARBON.

Carbon may be removed from
the automobile engine cylinder
by means of carbon flame.
without lnjuring the mechanism.
If the following precautions.
suggested by the department OF
agricultural engineering of the
Nebraska college of agriculture.
are observed: The radiator must
be filled ith water to keep the
cylinder walls and valves o;ol.
Both valves must be closed and
the piston placed at the top of
the cylinder to confine the oxy-
gen in the combustion chamber.
If compressed air is at hand
after burning out the carbon.
the engine may be turned over
until the exhaust valve Is open
and a Jet of air introduced into
the cylinder to blow out all loose
particles of carbon which would
prevent the valves from seating
properly and thus impair COM
preston.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
ALL IN ON MAY 17-22 DRIVE
General Public Persists in Manifestin9
Friendly Interest in Boosting
the Membership.

Men at national headquarters of the
American Legion are gratitied at the
wide interest in the forthcoming drive
of the legion for new members, by
persons in all walks of life. The CAM
paign will be held May 1922. inclu-
sive.
Although the drive Is entirely an
organization affair and will b" handled
by individual posts and members, the
general public has refused to be kept
out and persists in manifestlng friend
ly interest.
Every day we see evidences of this
friendship of the great American pub
lie for the American Legion" said
National Adjutant Lemuel Bolles. I'VE
counted on this friendship when we
organized for this campaign and every
post has appointed citizens COM
mittee to cooperate with the post drive
committee. The way citizens have re-
sponded is wonderful. Men of all
walks of life, clergymen, teachers. la
Dor leaders, bankers, have united TO
help the legion attain its goal of at
least million new paid-up members.
.'The women have been particularly
friendly. Housewives have sensed that
the legion is the great national force
for security of the home and the coun-
try's solid institutions and they are
raIlying to help us. Many a man eligi-
Bile to belong to the legion has had no
peace of mind until he sought out a
post and put up his dues and came in.
Besides. the women know about the
woman's auxiliary of the legion and
that no woman can belong unless her
men kin-folks belong TO the legion"
Mr.. Bolles was authority for the
statement that this legion drive Will
set a new mark in enthusiasm for cam
paigns in the United States.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15

Under the title High, Low and the
Game" Edwin l.. Sabin. in MOTOR, the
national magazine of motoring, writes
most entertalningly and helpfuliy OF
transcontinenta motoring and what
preparations the prospective tourist
should make to insure safe ana
pleasant voyage.
"Tires2" questions the author. ana
answers: "Any driver who starts out
equipped with less than complete
outfit of the best new castings that his
money will buy gives hostage TO
fortune This may sound bit ex-
travagant. but I'll leave the decision
to the army slly-pilot whom we passed
stranded with two bare rims and
family upon the desert 100 miles from
any supply station. or to the suppos-
edly experienced travelling man who
had been working for ~ hours at a
dobe shack trying to adjust bor-
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
p.rshino a Leoion Booster.

General Pershing is private in that
great army for better Americanism
the American Legion, where rank and
titles are non-existent. ApropOs OF
the legion membership drive. held the
week of May 1922, the former Cine
says: 81 earnestly hope every man
who wore the uniform of the fighting
services in the war will affiliate him
self with the American Legion and
strive for the highest realization of
the ideals for which that great organi-
zation stands"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15

rowed 33 straight side casing on "a
clIncher wheel. while awaiting succor
from a 5O-miIes-dlstant garage"
Spade Is Handy Tool.
Gently insinuating that the trnns-
continental motorist may possibly
have to remove bit of soil on occa-
sion, our author continues: Spade
Man, mani Don't forget your wife.
but for the love of Mike, don't forget
a short-handled spade and couple OF
boards, likewise a slab or two upon
which to base the jack. Where there
are miles and miles of sand and shifty
gravel. and six inches of either applied
just right Will stall car till the grass
grows in waste places, it appears idi-
otic to advise overlanders to pack
spade and adjuncts. Nevertheless n
man there was-from Wyoming. too
of all ranges, who seized upon that
spade as a great invention
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
Lovers Communication.

When the petals of the great laurel
magnolia are touched, however light
ly, the result is a brown spot. which
develops In a few hours. This fact Is
taken advantage of by the Sonth
American lover. who pulls magnolia
flower. and on one of its pure white
petals writes motto or message
Then he sends the flower. the young
lady puts it in vase of water, and In
three or four hours the message writ
ten on the leaf becomes perfectly vlsl-
BILE, and remains so.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
Early Days Of Tobacco.

While tobacco was getting a foot
hold in England marvellous medicinal
properties were ascribed TO 1t, and un-
til Raleigh blew smoke ostentatously
from his nostrils because he liked II
the addicts of the time usually pro-
fesssed to be smoking for the GOOD OF
their health. BY the year 1914 the
number of tobacconists in and about
London was estimated at 1000. just
before that time began the great to-
bacco persecution"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
Every Member Instructed.

Every member of the American Le-
zion. which will hold a nationwide
membership drive May 1922, has been
instructed in Primer of Legion facts
and Catechism of Legion questions
and answers. 1t is expected that with
the use of this data. plus natural en-
thusiasm. every member Will get at
least one new member. This would
bring legion membership above the
two and a half million mark.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
EA(U]7r@H00[30[LL5
MEMS @96Esa ~

More tires are prematurely de-
stroyed through under-innatlon than
from any other cause.
1t is now conceded that a satisfac-
tory heater is an essential feature OF
motorcar equipment.
A consiunt check of the mir pres
sure Is one of the secrets of big auto
mobile tire mileage. f.
The glossy finished leather substi-
tute upholstery is better than the dull
finished. the latter being prone to
crack or lose Its coloring material
through friction.
End play in the crnnkshaft is apt TO
first he noticed when the car Is throt-
tied down to around five miles per
hour. when so-called bucking will take
place. accompanied by knocking.
Do not neglect the Inbrication of the
snring shackles. Rust often clogs up
the small vents and keeps out the OIL.
Ry using common kerosene OCCASION
alIy these holes Will be kept open.
An emergency trick for oiling a
spring is to go over II with kerosene,
wiping Off the dirt as you do SO. and
guiding the kerosene down the sides
80 that It will run In between the
leaves.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
IL Paws to Be Good.

It is cheaper to be good American
than a bad one. Lemuel BOlles, ma
tional adjutant of the American Le-
gion, who is directing the membership
drive to be held the week of May IL
%. points out that for S3 year a man
can belong to the American Legion,
while it costs Sc TO belong TO the l..
w. w, not including fines. The l. w.
w. member. however. is at little ex-
pense to himself while in jail.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
"ExeIusiveness" in the Legion.

National Commander Franklin D.
Olier of the American Legion. speak
ing at the City club in Philadelphia re-
Gently, coined phrase which promises
to be one of the strong pulling slogans
of the American Legion membership
drive May 1922. "Only about one
American in twenty" said he, sis priv
ileged to join the American Legion.
A man isn't just one in million when
he joins the legion. He is one in
twenty"
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
Old Veterans as Boosters.

Nine G. A. Il. veterans, the entire
enrolment of small Nebraska village.
came in body to post headquarters OF
the American Legion and demanded
they be allowed to take part in the
campaign for membership. May 1922.
The oldest was rs and served with
sherman on his march to the sea. The
nine seemed to favor the idea of max
ing speeches at a mass meeting and
were enrolled for this purpose.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15

American Legion,
and the many let
tiers rec civ e d
from posts and
members regard
ing questions OF
policy, it was
found necessary
to organize n de-
partment to ham
die the corre-
spondence. II. E.
Ludloff, formerly
of Baltimore. was
placed in charge
of this work.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
School Children Are Helping.

School children are expected to
prove able workers in the American
Legion membership drive May 1922.
Already the youngsters are riding
he boys at home who are eligible and
asking them why they are not in the
legion. They have to think hard to
tell why they are not.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
For Curtain Rod.

In inserting rod in curtains IL
thlmble is placed over the end of the
rod 1t will run easily through the head
ing. This eliminates the possibility OF
tearing and saves great deal of time
and patience.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
FOR APPLYING TIRE CHAINS
Never Use Tool to Draw Them So
Tiaht That They Cannot Creep
Casing is Weakened.

in applying tire chains never use
n fool TO draw them so tight that they
cannot creep. If the cross grip can
not move to II new position on the
tread every time It touches the ground
II soon cuts deeply into the rubber
and then fabric. seriously weakening
the strength of tho casing.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15

and turpentine. sheet of paper
should he placed back or the rauIa'or
10 protect the engine. ana around me
outer edge. to prevent the liquid from
bespattering the brass finish.-A. T.
Andrews, Chicago. In Popular Me-
chanics Magazine.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
Iovino Kindness Needed.

The man who feels weary of living
may be sure that he does not love his
fellow creatures as he ought.-Arthur
HELPS.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15

Cause Of Much Trouble.
More troubles can be traced TO iack
kf fabrication than tommy other cause.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
O Tile @
AMERICAN
LEGI0N
Copy for This Department
Supplied by National Headquarter,
OF the American Legion
HE ANSWERS THE LETTERS
Il. E. Ludlof Is Placed In Charge OF
Department to Handle American
Legion Correspondence.

In view OF the many inquiries re-
ceived at national headquarters of the
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
uIinol. Now Has $1,000.

The paid-up membership of the
American Legion in Illinois Is now rs-
ported TO hA more than 10000.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
PAINTING WITH
0ILCAN DEVICE
Homemade Outfit Similar to One
Shown in Illustration Makes
lob Very Easy.
IS DIFFICULT WITH BRUSH
When Working on Radiator Place
Piece of Paper in Position to Pro-
tect Engine and Prevent SPat-
terina Brass Finish.

Painting an automobile radiator
quickly and thoroughly with brush
is difficult. A homemade spraying
outfit similar to The one shown IN the
illustration, made rhe job easy.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
Working of Pump.

When the air is forced through the
horizontal tube r and caused to pass
across the opening in the upper end of
the vertical tube A, the liquid in the
can is drawn up and forced out IN n
fine spray. A mixture for spraying tne
radiator may he made of lampblack
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15
Makeup of Outfit

Makeup of Outfit.
Tie outfit consists of one-haif-gai-
ion oil can, made into an atomizer by
attaching tire pump to the end OF
the pipe B. piece of small brass
nine. A. was mounted in one side of
the can. the upper end of 1t extending
n short distance outside of the top.
second piece of pipe was mounted IN
horizontal position In the top OF the
can. as shown at B. If handle Is at
tached to the can, as at c, the piece OF
pipe p may pass through 1t length
wise and extend short distance be-
vond the end of the handle. Boih
mines we're soldered to the top of the
can, and the screw top was proVlueu
with n gasket 20 make 1t tight.
The Colorado statesman., 1920-05-15

More tires are prematurely de
stroyed through under-in1atlon thai
from any other cause.
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-12-17
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

the divinity of Jesus and were more
or less sympathetic to Judaism.
Some of them found that Jesus mo-
where had abolished the Sabbath and
sanctioned the celebration of Sunday
and so they returned to keep the sew
enth day Sabbath holy and were
called Subotniki Sabbath observ-
ers). A large number of these peo-
pie openly separated themselves from
the Orthodox church and formed
congregation in Saratov about 1910.
Popes were sent to win them back
to the Russian church but failed.
They were imprisoned, tortured, a
number of them executed but they
still remained steadfast. Finally,
even the despotism of the czars down
to the days of Alexander I and
Nicholas I had to give up the at
tempt as hopeless and exiled these
sectaries to the Caucasus where they
remained to this day. Not all of
them are Jews in the fullest sense,
but almost all of them reject the be-
lief in the divinity of Jesus. A great
number adopted circumcision, OBJ
served the dietary laws and pro-
claimed the belief that the Messiah
has yet to come. Our historic sourc-
es are meager because these men
were plain people who did not write
books and least of all boosted of
their religion. The Jews took lit
tie interest in them and at any rate,
being constantly afraid of persecu-
ton, did not write of them. Only
exceptionally we learn of their ex-
istence. The scholarly rabbi Jacob
Emden tells us that in 1853 some
deputies of such converts from
Ukraine came to Hamburg asking
for support of their numerous fol-
lowers, who, unable to Withstand per-
secution, had emigrated to Turkey.
There they undoubtedly were COM
pletely absorbed by the Jewish COM
munities which they joined.
Another branch remained, as we
said before, in Pennsylvania. Here
was a country which constantly
changed hands between Magyars and
Turks or occasionally established an
autonomous government and so it be-
came a place of refuge for people
who could not exist in a country
where the narrow laws of the church
were rigidly enforced. Besides the
Unitarians who had come to this
country as refugees there was a num-
Der of Magyars who joined the new
movement just as in Poland, at first
rejecting the belief in Jesus divinity
and then adopting the seventh day
Sabbath and other ceremonies.
When the home government became
stronger they were prosecuted. Freed
from the Turkish rule the native
princes convened church councils
which adopted strong measures to
suppress "heresies." There was
Polish pastor, Blandrata, who set
tied in Pennsylvania and proclaimed
the Jewish religion. 1t was then
rather uncomfortable to remain in
Poland, especially when under King
Stephen Bathori, 1874, the Jesuits
obtained practically control of the
p11f
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-12-17

new missionary societies would begin
a systematic activity for the CONVEX
sion Of Jews to Christianity. I feel
that no one need be excited over this
statement. They may find few
more scamps who, as Rousseau al
ready said $50 years ago, are always
willing to sell the conviction which
they actually do not have, but the
great mass of the Jews can afford to
smile at such pompous announce
ment. Judaism never retaliated by
sending out missionaries Of it's own
but it nevertheless obtained converts
who, because they were not enticed
from their former religion and be-
cause they adopted religion which
could bring them only disadvantage,
socially and materially, have proven
their sincerity by the mere fact OF
their conversion.
We will perhaps in a short time
hear about large settlement OF
proselytes found in the Caucasus
where just now Turks and Armeni-
ans are wrestling for supremacy. A
press dispatch informs us that the
city of Eriwan in Trans-Caucasia
was occupied by the Bolshevist army.
This place is the center of settle
ments of Russian peasants who in
the course of time have converted to
Judaism and have resisted for CEN
turtles all attempts by brute force and
persuasion to renounce their convic-
ton.
The story goes back to the time
of the Reformation when the reli-
gious question agitated the whole
population of Europe and even a lit
tie earlier. Our information is rath-
er meager but it is sufficiently
exact to tell us that in 147O Ka-
rate Jew named Zechariah had so
impressed two Russian popes, Diony-
cious and Alexis, that they became
Jews. The latter adopted the name
of Abraham and his wife that of
Sarah. It seems that they still re-
NAMED officially priests of the Rus
sian church and in such way sue
ceeded in winning over quite num-
Der of prominent laymen and pre-
lates. Among the former was Theo-
dore Kuritzin, secretary to Gar Ivan
III (1462-15O1), and among the lat
ter, the arch-priest Zosima who after
{ wards became metropolitan and as
such compelled to take part in vari-
GUS church councils which discussed
the growing dissent in the church
! and adopted measures to suppress all
sects. He must have felt consid-
erably inconvenienced, for he re-
signed his position and retired to the
monastery.
The movement grew in spite Of all
protests and communications, and
large number of members of the
Orthodox church formed a sect that
was called Molokani (milk people)
a name not fully explained, accord
ing to some derived from their re-
fusal to eat meat and according to
others because they believed in the
! true milk of nourishing faith. AT
any rate they showed considerable
leanings towards judaism, rejecting