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The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18
LABOR UNIONS FAVOR LEGION
Kern County, California, Labor Council
Recommends That All Members
Join World War Body.

While a number Of isolated cases Of
local unions taking action against the
American Legion have been given con-
siderable publicity In the press, practi-
cally nothing has been said with regard
TO the hundreds of locals through the
country that have Endorsed the work OF
the Legion. A story along this line was
recently carried In the Union Labor
Journal Of Bakersfield, Cal, as follows:
There has been q disposition upon
the part Of some persons who are none
too DESTROYS Of seeing a friendly spirit
developed between organized labor n
the American Legion who have gone
out of their way to make representa-
tons to the effect that union labor Is
antagonistic to the Legion. This sort
of instrumentation has been INDUCED
in TO the extent that false reports have
been disseminated to the effect that la
Dor organizations have attacked the
American Legion In resolutions OF con-
demnation. In no instance have we
known of any such attitude upon he
part Of q labor organization. nor 10 we
credit as truthful any report to that
effect. On the contrary organized Ia
bor recognizes the fact that the great
mass of the membership Of the Ameri-
can Legion are working men to whom a
great debt is owed by the nation. II
recognizes the further fact that the
interests Ct the members OF the Legion
are identical with those Of the rest Of
American working men.
The national executive committee as
- 49, ~xnkN A~nrtrftua Rnrnn1ift0 0
OF the American Legion has repudiated
the attempts of those who have sought
TO make the Legion an organization an
tagopistic to lsbnr. & thing which could
never be because Of the fact that from
the ranks of labor came the great ma
FORTY Of the young men who made UP
the army Of democracy.
Union labor has not sought to make
of the Legion q partisan Of unicn,s+l
nor can Il take kindly TO the efforts Of
those designing ones who try to create
anmity between the American Legion
and organized labor.
During the present week a statement
has gone from Bakersfield to a certain
metropolitan paper to the efert thar
the Kern County Labor Council had In
n resolution denounced the American
Legion. The report Is SO mallciously
groundless that 1t could have been in
spired only by q desire to influence the
Legion and labor organizations else
where into an attitude Of ~antagcnism
The Sacramento Labor C0uut,l pHs
,olg' week passed's utgins feS0lnt'pn
vi Endorsement OF the American Legion
and the Kern County Labor Council
has taken occasion TO deny the canard
alleging enmity by stating in unequivo'
cal terms It's friendship for the Ameri-
can Legion, It's membership and its
purposes, In a resolution OF indorse-
ment.
we wonder L the author of the Tibet.
Gus report that the Labor Council mad
condemned the American Legion knows
what proportion Of the men from this
community who served in the military
and naval forces was or now are mem
bers Of organized labor. II be had he
would certainly have picked out a com
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18
Evidence 10 toWed

vahceburg, Ky.-A pot containing a
hah-ccoked chicken and a bucket Of
feathers was brought into court by
Ivan Saunders, who accused w. Lam
ters and II. Bloomfield Of taking his
chickens. The only thing that could
be proved was that the two men had
had chicken for dinner, and the charge
was dismissed.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18
Mo More Fixin' for Him.

Coyington, Ky.-llugh Jones says
he is done fixing something fer some
to fix, because, aS lyo lays, Il got my.
self in n fly G>tn' things 10 he fixed"
A sos ane fixed it with the crnrt,
when Jones was charged with having
connected a copper coil 10 n still. Rev.
nue. agents came upon Jones while
DC W0S at worS,
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18

Legion at nation
al headquarters.
Indianapolis, is a
native Of Oswcgo,
New York, and
has had consid-
cradle experience
In the war risk
insurance bureau
which a b ! @ s
him To handle
with the great
est dispatch the
thousands Of war
risk claims that
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18

Wesley Frost, who has been appoint
ed foreign trade advisor under the
state department. succeeding julius G.
Law, resigned. During the war Mr..
Frost was American consul at Queens-
town and was one Of the consular Of,
fcers who rendered good service Ia
the government. as a great part OK the
most valuable evidence Of submarine
a.,seks and othsr acts of the German
government was collected by these of.
ficers.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18
New Leo While You Wait.

Cincinnati.-While George Alexan-
der, aged seventy, was watching q pa
rade he slipped and fell, breaking his
leg. The police patrol was called and
he was removed. not to q hospital, but
to IN artificial limb factory. where .
new lcS was attcd.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18
HANDLES WAR RISK CLAIMS
Head of Service Division Of the Amer
lean Legion Has Had Exten-
sive Experience.

Charles f. Sheridan, head Of the
service division Of the American
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18
TEACHERS EXAMINATION DATES
For 1870.

For all grades Of certificates the
dates are as follows: February 1920:
July $40; September 20 October 2;
December "a.
shall be in the Office all day Fri
days and until noon Saturdays. but
other days / expect to spend among
tho schools. VIZ. bRANscN.
61-tf Comm"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-06-18

Humming birds are not found out.
side the Western hemisphere,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
DEMOCRATS HAVE FUND
OF Less THAN 100000

New York. Aug. e5.-The campaign
funds issue held the snotlight ~ both
democratic and republican national
headquarters today
George white democratic national
chairman. after reading that the repuh-
liean national committee had collected
fNH,aba and has pledges for 100000
more. said
"rhe democratic national committee
has received less than 500 0oo-onlv
Rhou, one-tsnth ~ what the repuhll-
cans have collected.
"OuF funds have been coming IN ~
slowly and In such small amounts We
have no need 10 set 10000 subserip-
tlon limit per donor"
The charge made Nv Congressman
Fred Rritten. 81 Illinois that tsLbee
appropriated bv tb~ British parliament
for Ambassador Geddes' entertainment
fund had found iis wav into the demo
cratic national campaign fund' was
lAueheA al hy Chairman white
"Our total fund ~ less than 500 no
certainly disnoses Of that absurditN"
said Mr. white
Fred W. Upham treasurer 81 the
republican national committee, ey-
plainsd that ~ the tsltaSs t2is NoA
had been collected from New York
state.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
BODY OF GIRL
FOUND IN WOOD
Crushed Skill Leads Police
10 Believe She Was
Murdered.
TELLTALE PIECE OF CLOTH

New York. Avg, 25,--The body OF an
unidentified siri aged about 10. dressed
in fashionable and expensive clothing.
was fohnd this afternoon in Grant
woods wood. On the New Jersey shore
OF the Hudson river opposite One Hum
dred AID TWeniy-ffth street The no.
lice deqaren that the girl had undoubt-
edly bten murdered, The skull was
crushed and the clothing was torn and
ciutckek IN the dead girls right
hand vas piece OF cloth, evidently
torn frknI mans dark blue coat. This
gave riseI tn the THEORY that the girl
had been Killed by male assailant
after fghtink yainly for her life
The body was discovered by Louis
parents i've n Grantwood N. j., about
COO feet ft0fa the SPOT where the corpse
had hann aecreted
The police OF Crantwood and Cliffside
were notified at once. From n cursory
examirmtion II appeared that the girl
had either been beaten over the head
or shot at Close range
The police Thought that the body had
been sScn4ed two or three days ago,
A crude enfort had been made TO hide
the body by covering II with brush.
From the circumstances the police
said they did not think that robbery
was the motive forl the crime.
Cutdned In the girls right hand. IN
addition 10 the piece Of cloth, were n
few links torn from gold watch chain
further evidence OF the terrific s:fug-
gle thesNictini made for her life,
Some fifteen feet from whore the
body LAY was large pool OF blood
The girls shoes were found thirty
feet away from the body They were
size md had been purchased In
New York department store. The VIC
tim wah d brunette.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
GOES INTO POLITICS

Chicago, Aug. 25.-Mrs. Alice
Roosevelt Longworth wife OF
Congressman Nicholas Long
worth, Of Ohio has succumbed
20 the political fame OF the
Roosevelt name and is now a
member sof the executive COM
mittee of the republican national
committee.
Mrs. Longworth achieved her
first political afiiliation here to-
day at republican headquarters,
making the pird OF the Roose-
welt family afive in the present
campaign.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
CnrSon Boundary
Line i'm Dispute

Minsk, Soviet Russia. Aug. a.
(From Associated Press Stan Core
spondent With Armistice Commission,
via Soviet Wireless to Moscow. 1.-The
Polish armistice delegates are not sat
isfjed with the bolshevist terms which
make reference TO the boundary line
proposed by Earl Curzon. British min
lister OF foreign affairs. The ground OF
the Polish opposition is that the Cur
zon boundary line would In effect be
the. same as a third partition of Po-
land.
In submitting their reply to the boil
shevist delegates the Polish represen-
tatives stated that by agreeing TO this
CurZon line the soviets were seeking to
retain territory wrongfully taken from
Poland by the Russian czars.
Members OF the Polish delegation.
explaining their attitude on this bound
ary issue, said they were willing to dis
cuss the Curzon line with the bolshe-
Wiki at later date, but would not ac-
cept II as basis at this time.
A note attached to the foregoing dis
patch states that the Polish censors
refused to pass a reference TO the Cur
zon boundary line, so that the dispatch
was sent via soviet wireless to Moscow
and London.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
THREATS OF BOLSHEVISM
Do NOT BRIGHTEN U. 5.
People of America Will Defend
Their Institutions Against
All Menaces.

st. Louis Aug 25.-Preservation OF
the Constitution of the United States
and stanch adherence to its doctrines
were demanded by Hampton L. Carson,
of Philadelphia, president Of the Amer
lean Bar association, at the opening
session Of the annual convention of the
organization here today.
"The authors of the Constitution, !"
President Carson said. did not enact
political or social economy or mistake
nervous twitchings for reform"
They did not believe 1t was the func-
tion OF the Constitution to control per-
sonal habits or behavior and did not
place 1t within the power of a small
fraction Of the people to keep the re-
mainder in constant agitation" he
said. t-8
The American people are what they
are because "our fathers were what
they were" President Carson said.
The threats of bolshevism do not
cause fear In this country. he said, and
the people will defend their institutions
against this menace. "Our form of gov
ernment Is American. and American II
will remain" he added
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
PRINCE CALLS RUSSIA'S
TERMS RIDICULOUS"

Warsaw, Aug. "a .(via London). Aug.
25.-Russia's peace terms TO Poland
were characterized as ridiculous" by
Prince Eugene Sapieha, the Polish for
eign minister. today.
Prince Sapieha has suggested that
the Russo Polish armstice and peace
negotiations be transferred from Minsk
to some other city nearer Warsaw un-
less the Russians make good their prom
ise to give the Polish plenipotentiaries
free and uninterrupted wireless COM
municaion.
"The bolsheviki's first offer OF terms
was meant as an insult to Poland in
her hour of travail" said the foreign
minister. ''Now the Russian terms are
ridiculous. Poland is prepared to dis
arm when Germany and pacifed Rus
sia disarm. The world need not fear
that Poland will rob Russia OF territory
as result Of our military victory. The
soviet is likely to come down from the
attitude Il has taken"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
COX STARTS ON TOUR,
LOADED FOR BIG GAME
Promises to Let Loose Volley
at Pittsburgh That Will Echo
From Coast to Coast.

En- Route with Gov. Cox, Aug. as
e. N S)~With n bulging portfolio OF
data calculated 10 prove his charges
that republican leaders are raising a
"slush fund OF $4,000 900, Gov, James
NJ. Cox, democratic presidential nomi-
nee, left Dayton shortly after midnight
for the third and last Of the prelimi-
nary stnmpinE tours which precede his
big swing to the Paclnc coast In Sep
tember.
Campaign expenditures will bc
touched upon only briefly IN the speech
at Princeton Ind, this afternoon and
In that at Evansville tonight, II pres
ont plans are adhered TO, but at Pitts
burgh Thursday night the governor
promises TO let loose n volley that will
echo from coast TO coast.
Until Thursday night the governor
said today, II shall have little n any.
thing 10 say regarding campaign funds
but 7 believe the facts ] shall nresen
at rittsburEh WIN prove interesting. &
Instead 81 stopping ON ~ Princeton
Ind. ~ originally planned, Gov. Cos
will 10 straight through 10 Evansville.
returning 20 Princeton by automobile
for the afternoon speech.
Following the address he. will motor
back 10 Evansville In time for the eve-
ming speech He will leave EvanAvllle
Mt am. Thursday, arriving In Pitts
burgh ~ $50 PM
Gov. Cox arrived In Evansville at
= am. A huge crowd was AT tho sta
tion and committed, headed by BenJa-
min Boas ana Thomas Tnggart. candi-
date for senator. escorted the governor
TO a hotel where breakfast was served.
Tho schedule was again changed this
morning and instead Of going 10 Prince :,
ton, where the governor speaks this
afternoon, by automobile, the nominees
private ear "lroderAi' and the news
paper oorerspondentE' car. were Mt
The remainder Of the train was COM
posed Of cars filled with Cox booHters
who went 10 Princeton TO root for the
governor.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
SYMPATHY FOR STARVING
LORD MAYOR OF CORK

New York, Aug 25--Eamon De
Valera president OF the Republic OF
ireland. today cabled the following mes
sage 10 the wife of Lord Mayor Me-
Sweeney. OF Cork, imprisoned by the
British and reported dying OF result OF
his hunger strike:
ITO Lady Mayoress Mcsweeney.
Cork, Ireland:
I'VE all sympathize with you and
pray for you in your suffering II IL
by these heroic sacrifices OF the in
dustrial that, alas. our country has 10
win her way TO freedom. Your example
and that OF your husband will remain
an inspiration for every generation.
May Ireland always have such
women and such men.
(Sgncd)
DE VALERA AND COLLEAGUES"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
BREAKS W0MAN'S RECORD

Antwerp. Aug 25.-EtheIda Blelbtry.
Woman's Swimming association. New
York. added another broken record to
the long string piled up by American
athletes in the olympic games when
she won the 100 meters. free style, for
women. here todty. She did the event
In / minute i3 as seconds. shattering
by many seconds the record established
by Fannie Durack. at Stockholm. in
1912 Miss Durack's record was
minute 10 As seconds.
Irene Guest, Philadelphia. finished
second. and Mrs. Frances Cowles
Schroth. San Francisco. was third.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
WOMEN WHO VOTE MUST
ALSO PAY POLL TAXES
Senate Hasn't Time to Deal
With profiteers-Recom-
mend Committee.

Nashville, Aug. Especial lin the
senate today. Mr.. wilde. chairman OF
the committee TO draft q bin against
proflteering, reportnd that the commits
tee would npt hmvo time 70 prepare the
bin durink tlin rxtlA session. He said
10 would Aattr nnl@ANa resolution au-
thoriEing tho governor TO appoint a
committee 70 prepare such blu for
submission % the regular session IN
Jaunary. The senate adjourned TIL
Friday at 2 O'clock After the meeting
OF the senate. The committee on elec-
lions voted to recommcnd for passage
the bin proyld Ing for the payment Of
poll tax by wesnan between 2i and 30
years OF age. who exercise the right OF
suffrage, hut rgindefifiR imperative the
issuance OF dtRtrcgs warrants against
those who rofuee b Nxercihe the right.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
GEORGE WHITE DENIES
RECEIPT BRITISH MONEY

New York. Aug 2S--George White.
chairman OF the democratic national
committee today denied the charge made
by Representative Fred A. Rrltten
Of Illinois, in Chicago Yesterday that
$4,000 appropriated by the British par
lament 20 he used by the British em-
hassy az Washington for entertainment
purposes had found its way into the
democratic national committee"
The ahsurdity Of such a statement Ia
proved hy the fact that our total coll
ccted. since the San Francisco eonven-
tion. is less than 500 boo" Mr.. White
said
In denying that the democratic orga-
nlzhtlon had received British money.
Mr. White said he wanted 20 can at
tention to the difference between the
100000 collected BY the democrats ana
the amount Of over $500 900 which Fred
W. Ppham. republican national treas
ured. yesterday admitted had been re-
cslved by the republican national cam
patgn committee"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
HAVE AMBITIOUS PLANS
FOR "GREATER POLAND"

Berlin, Aug. 25.-(Exclusive Cable TO
the !. N. s. and London Daily Express)
A newspaper correspondent who has
just returned from Upper Silesia and
Warsaw declared today that ambitious
plans for a greater Poland" are being
matured by Polish leaders. The Poles
IL was said. will extend their borders In
every direction as far as they possibly
can. The, correspondent attributed the
recent disorders in Upper Silesia 70 the
intense nationalist spirit OF the Poles.
who. elated over the victory over the
Russians are looking for a revival OF
the glories Of the ancient kingdom OF
Poland. although the modern country
will be democratic In It's political char
acter
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
BERLIN DENIES RUSSIANS
RETREAT In DISORDER

Berlin. Aug. 24-Reports that the
northern Russian bolshevik army is re-
treating from Poland in disorder are
denied by Prosken dispatches to the
Tageblatt. The correspondent at that
East Prussian town says. on the other
hand the soviet retirement is being
conducted methodically and that all
baggage is being moved In wagons
The correspondent declares he has
witnessed the retirement Of the bolshe-
Wiki and that he saw 100 Polish pris-
oners, mostly rich landowners. being
taken along by the Russians, 'presun-
ably because the inhabitants Of the dis
tricts being traversed by the retreating
forces fired on soviet troops"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
DEPARTURE IN c. 0. P.
METHODS DESCRIBED

New York, Aug, 25.--A departure in
republican methods of raising campaign
funds was described here today by Fred
w. tpham. national treasurer. who said
lhat never In the party's history had
campaign fund quotas been a. well
distributed over the entire country as
~ present. ''of the amount already coll
leeted by the national committee. some.
thing like 100000. New York has con-
tributed only $4,000, while In former
national campaigns the Sate's share OF
the total has been NJ least rs per cent"
Mr.. upham said. lie declared that, II
the sums collected by national state and
county organizations were Jumped to-
gether. the total would be less than 50
per cent OF tho $4,000, 900 named by
Gov Cox.
og the s7,0000o0 assigned 70 New
York as its campaign quota. Mr.. Upham
said. Only one.third would go into the
national fund
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
BOLSHEVIKI RETAINING
SURENESS OF MANNER
Polish Victories Over Soviet
Armies Not Affecting Minsk
Peace Conference.

Warsaw Aug. 24,-(A. P)-Polish
victories over soviet armies which in
vaded Poland apparently have not af-
fected the bolshevik delegates at the
peace conference being held in Minsk.
A wireless dispatch received from
Mtnsk today by Foreign Minister Sa-
pieha asserted: 1.-The bolsheviki at to-
days meeting continued to retain their
sureness Of manner"
''The message received today de-
clared, according to the foreign office
announcement, that M. Danishevsky,
chief of the soviet delegation, in his
reply to the Polish representatives"
declarations said, among other things,
'the Polish front is guarded by France
as a part of the general front against
soviet Russia"
Soviet Russia" he is quoted as
adding, cannot abandon its point of
view upon the question of Polish dis
armament until Poland proves she is
acting as a sovereign state"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
MONEY ALONE WILL
SAVE GIRL FROM TRIAL

San Francisco, Aug. 25.--Pretty 1s-
year r-old Edith Mitchell tearfully waited
to a telegram sent to her st. Louis
home asking that 5000 be sent her at
once
Unless the money is forthcoming Miss
Mitchell tsces a trip to Kingman. Ariz.
to answer 10 a charge Of having forged
a check for $3.50. Love OF romance
caused her 20 leave her home in ST
Louis and go TO Kingman TO take a
position as schooiteacher.
1T was so awfully rough there" said
Miss Mitchell. who first Registered as
May Robinson. Il simply couldn't
stay"
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-08-25
REVIVINC WALL OF STEEL
AGAINST BOLSHEVIKS

Paris. Aug. 25.-Spurred by the Pol
ish victory over the Russians, French
antibolshevik agencies are energetcally
working today to revive ex-Premier
Clemenceau's wall Of steel" against
the bolsheviki from Menul on the Baltic
TO Odessa. on the Black sea.
Active negotiations are in progress
between Paris and the headquarters or
Gen. wrangel and the antisoviet forces
in Jfkrania. The Ukrainians are counted
upon by the French to forge the missing
link in the wall
Antibolshvik leaders in France con-
tend that, II this barrier is erected, the
allies would be in a position 10 dominate
completely any further peace conference
with Russia.