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Evening journal., 1921-06-27

very highly by the powers that be.
"One day he went to Peking to
see about it.
What's wrong about me2' he
asked in substance. and the reply
In kind. was that he did not live in
a walled city.
"'Who said I don't live in a wall
ed city, he exclaimed. Send some
one down 10 see II / don't
God i'm a Boat.
when the officials arrived at the
Mandarin's village. sure enough
there was a mighty-iooking wall all
around il. And the Mandarin got
recognition. The old rascal had
turned out the population and built
that wall overnight, or some such.
The natives call It the "look-see"
wall.
At Kiukiang, a city Of $4,000 or
100000 inhabitants $50 miles from
the mouth Of the Yangtze. there are
a couple Of relics worth seeing One
Is a patched up idol all gilded and
everything. and the other is a stone
boat. They are al the monastery
opposite the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society.
thousand or so years ago a
kiukiang about had a vision In IL
he saw Bulddha and Buddha told
him that on a particular day a god
would come drifting down the
Yangtze from far-away Tibet.
Afraid OF Devil.
The abbot, on the appointed day
was waiting on the river bank when
stone boat drifted down to hin
and out stepped the Tibetan divin-
ity.
He got a wonderful reception. oi
course. and people came from Iona
distances to offer their devotion
They made an iron image Of him q
keep his memory green and for cen.
turtles people made pilgrimages {,
kneel before IL.
Then came the TAPPING rebellion
(Which General Chinese" Gorder
helped put DOWN and the God dis
appeared. Recently Il was found
minus an arm and otherwise badl.
battered. in a field near the city
Patched up and repainted. 1t is nov
in a glass case az the Monastery o
| BeneNolence. Ine stone boat d
close by in a courtyard.
The Chinese are very afraid o
the devil. evil spirit and voodoos
The old-fashioned darkey couldn'
2 hold a candle to them for supersti
tions.
+ IIow's Your Feng Shut?
{ "Wind-and-water" (''feng shui''
e priests. or doctors. do a land
Office business over here. Withou
his aid you can't be ill in peace or Ii
in your grave in comfort
s Serpent Hill cuts Wuchang-oppo
a site Hankow 500 miles up the Vans
= tze-in two so. as was bound 10 hap
d pen in time. a street was cut throug
TO facilitate communication betwee
' the two parts Of the city. The pop
e ulation Of the place being nearly
e million. this was obviously needed
II The victory, however. had a car
buncle on his neck, and he sent "a
r a wind and water" doctor. Tn
IS doctor looked very grave. The dra
Evening journal., 1921-06-27
CHILD Is AN AUTO VICTIM

CHESTER, Pa, June 27.-Tony
Kutchin, years old, was run down
by an automobile driven by Felix
Linzki. ager 1s, yesterday. and sus-
tained probably fatal injuries. Lin
Xxi. who surrendered to the police
after he had assisted Captain Harry
Robinson TO take the injured boy 10
the Chester Hospital. was held under
$500 bail for investigation. He said
the child ran directly in front Of his
car when he was making a turn
at Third and Crosby streets, another
automobile that was approaching
from the opposite direction prevent
ing him from seeing the boy.
Evening journal., 1921-06-27

gon under Serpent Hin had had his
neck badly cut into when the road
was graded and was. sore at the
viceroy. Hence the carbuncle.
Hastily calling out all available
labor the viceroy had that road filled
IN instanter. In time. just az the
doctor had said. his carbuncle got
well.
Like Rabbits Foot
At Hanyang-the Han river emp
ties into the Yangtze at Hankow
and the three "Wu-Han" cities
(Wuchang, Hanyang and Hankow)
are on the opposing banks-are To-
Gated the great steel works. The
site was selected by a native WOO
doc" doctor who had TO get the
''feng sheng" right not by an en-
gineer with an eye TO economize.
Accordingly all sorts OF rehauling
and trans-shipments OF ore and iron
and steel are necessary TO carry on
business. adding greatly to the cost
Of operating.
II you build a high smokestack in
China IL may get you into trouble.
II anybody In the country around
about gets an thereafter. the "feng
shut priests are more than likely TO
tell them that evil spirits are worse
than usual because Of the excellent
take-ofr they get from the chimney
stack. This has actually happened.
"Feng hut" is comprehended by
no white man out here Southern
darkies. though, will probably un-
derstand It all right because the
/ general idea is about the same al
good luck or bad luck as admins.
tired by the left hind foot Of q
graveyard rabbit. II means gettini
in right" or wrong with the
spirits.
For there are witches and ogre
and fairies and giants and dwarf
) and all that sort OF thing over here
as any Chinese can prove to the en-
tire satisfaction OF himself ~ least
There is the Little Orphan" tn
stone boat. the three-storied pagoda
and a million other things like tina
TO prove 1t.
. There's a Canadian missionary oi
this boat who says Peter Pan Chin
viii never grow up.
In the next article Simms tells O
the workings and the customs O
. the valuable. ancient potteries q
Kiukiang. the city in which Budd
higm was started in China
Evening journal., 1921-06-27
Miner's Antiseptic OIL. Known ~
Snake Oil
Has Brought Relief to Thou
sands of Sufferers.

And what Il has done FOR others Il
viii do for you. Don't continna 20 suf-
fer with rheumatism. neuralgia, stun
and sore muscles. cold In the ches'
Group. coughs and kindred aches and
pains Ask your druggist for a bottle
Snake OiO, use according 20 directions
and know what it means 10 bc ffee of
pain.
powerful. penetrating pain relieving rem
edy on the market Refuse mutations.
nothing like q. Genuine. golden red color.
only 35c zoe and $40 bottles. Miller
Drug Store
Evening journal., 1921-06-27
AZ PER CENT. OF
DELAWAREANS VOTE

According TO government statfs-
tics OF the total vote cast at tho
elections last November. AZ out OF
every 100 residents in Delaware
voted at the election.
Indiana led with 43 voters out OF
hundred. South Carolina being last
with only four voters to the hun
dred OF population.
Eight thousand Wilmington cfti-
zens. otherwise eligible to vote-
failed TO register.
Evening journal., 1921-06-27

william Philip Simms, famous
war correspondent and writer
on international affairs, is study
ing conditions in China for
The Evening journal. He tells
here of his observations ON a
trip up the 3,OOOO-mile Yangtze
River.
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Janssens experience of interest chilless wives.
Mon Wis want to word of praise for wonderful
medicine We fond Of children and for time after
hams Vegetable Compound and it me now have nice
the credit medicine and shall always recommend
II. H. JANSEN Milston, Wis
Held of adds testimonial e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She says:
Mane Wis"I condition and very irregular My
booklets
Pkhams Compound
healthy
such homes that chss and
blessed healthy children Vegetable
Compound has restored the mother to strong and healthy as
larites, dspacements weakness and nervousness
ailments
of the surgical oneey caused by dspace
growts although that's
readily Lydia E. Pnkharns
Vegetable
with perfect safety and often troubles
Therefore unable
relief and regrefy hdless
Lydia Pkha Compound brought health
and happiness darkned illness despair
Lydia e. Pinkham's Private Textbook upon "Aments
Peculiar Women will be free request Write
Lydia Pinkham Medicine Massachusetts.
This book contains valuable information.
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PLAN TO FIGHT PROPAGANDA
Will Urge Congress to Make English
Language and American History
Compulsory In Schools.

Henry J. Ryan, who succeeded Ar
thur Woods as national director of the
Americanism commission of the Amer
lean Legion, has announced a definite
program of Americanism activities
which Legion leaders believe will eff
fectively combat anti-American propa-
ganda at Its sources.
The plan includes a sympathetic re-
ception to the immigrant and a method
of providing him with opportunities to
school himself in American ideas; i'm
proVement of immigration and natural
ization laws; measures to stop the cir
culation Of Bolshevist and ]. w, W..
propaganda, and providing a greater
chance for education in citizenship
among the adult native born.
The Legion's campaign will start
with the school, which is characterized
by Mr.. Ryan as the foundation of char
acter building. "No greater problem
challenges the American people than
the. school," said Mr.. Ryan. Sweeping
changes must be made in our schools
or revolution and the destruction Of
America will be but matter of time.
The school system of America, as con-
stituted at present, is incapable of de-
veloping the type Of intelligent citizen
ship which is the foundation Of a de-
mocracy, and without which human lib
erty has no champion. The changes
which the American Legion advocates
are, first, that English shall be the con-
trolling language in all schools, and,
second, that the study Of American his
tory and civics shall be made compul-
sorry to all school pupils. To accom-
plish these proposals the Legion will
petition congress to formulate reso-
luton recommending to state legisla-
lures the passage of statutes embody-
ing these changes"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11
Sporting Squibs
of All Kinds

Brookline Swimming club is twen-
ty-five years old.
England has issued its challenge for
the Davis lawn tennis cup.
Robert f. Herrick is chairman of
the rowing committee at Harvard.
Norton B. C. Of Worcester will try
to develop single scullers this year.
Dates for open golf championship at
Columbus Country club are July 10
to %.
Pasadena Will hold the National A.
A. u. track and field meet July 1, 2
and 4.
Only three veteran members of the
Princeton crew are retaining their
places.
washington and Jefferson will open
its track season with the Penn relays
April %.
University of Pennsylvania is try
ing to encourage rowing in the Phila-
delphia high schools.
Tommy Murray, former boxer, has
been selected to act as trainer for
the Boston Americans.
Indiana legislature Is endeavoring to
pass a bill to prohibit all commercial
sports on Memorial day.
Canada is preparing to launch a
schooner to regain the international
fishing trophy from America.
William T. Tilden and Mrs. Molla
Biurstedt Mallory will compete in
France and England this year.
A relay team representing the COM
bined French universities will COM
pete in the Penn relay games.
In responses to a would-be purchas-
err. J. L. Stadler recently placed a
price of $4,000 on the four-year-old
trotting colt, Peter Beiler. by Peter
fhe Great.
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WHAT THEY DO WITH BONUS
Seventy Per Cent of Minneapolis Men
Increase or Open New Saw
ings Accounts.

What do ex-service men do with
their bonus money received from the
various states?
Some persons opposed to handing
out cash to the men either by the
states or nation, give as their greatest
argument that the beneficiaries will
squander the money foOlishly as soon
as they get it.
But the experience Of the Wells
Dickey Trust company of Minneapolis
which firm has been instrumental in
advancing $2,265O00 to ex-service men
through special arrangement with the
bonus board, completely overturns this
conjecture. Figures just compiled by
the cashier of the trust company show
that of the 1924 claims handled by
the bank for Minneapolis men, 20 per
cent of the men increased their own
accounts and 26 per cent opened saw
ings accounts at once.
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BASEBALL FAN WANTS
PLAYERS NUMBERED
Suggestion Made to President
j veeck of Cubs.
Scoreboard System Identifies Only
Players In Action, While Bugs
Want to Know Recruits Who
Are Sitting on Bench.


Now comes the baseball fan with a
request that all diamond athletes wear
numbers on the backs of their uni
forms, a la football, so that with the
aid of scorecard they could be recog-
nized. The suggestion was made to
President yeeck of the Cubs by Cub
rooter who resides In Indiana Harbor,
writes I. e. Sanborn in Chicago Trib-
une.
The Cub executive replied that the
electrical scoreboard system of flashing
the numbers of the players as they
came to bat did away with the neces-
sity of labelling them by attaching the
numbers to their uniforms; but the In
diana fan came back with the argu-
ment that the scOreboard system iden-
titles only the players In action, while
the fan wants to know the rest of the
athletes, including the recruits who
are hfved In the coop most of the time
except during the preliminary practice
or an emergency.
AS to the identity of recruits and
noncombatants, the great majority of
roOters are not interested. Only the
thirty-third degree fan wants to know
the future greats. The rooters Of less
degree are satisfied to know the stars.
And it would seem like lowering
of the dignity of players like Babe
Ruth, or Grover Alexander, or Ray
Schalk, or Bill Killifer, or Ty Cobb. or
Eddie Collins, to ask them to wear
numbers on their backs. It might be
all right to label the rockies that way,
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WISHED THE LADY HAD ACTED
Probably Youngsters Comment Found
Echo in the Minds of Others in
the Audience.

A politician was making speech
at one of the towns school houses.
Naturally, he was telling of all the
accomplishments of his administration.
And always after he had told one
he turned toward his wife, who was
in the audience, and said:
"My wife will bear me out in what
have just told"
Over and over he repeated his rather
long-drawn-out boasts, despite his
yawning audience, always bringing the
lady in at the finish.
But at last he stopped.
Then an irrepressible high-school
youngster turned to his companion
and said in tone loud enough to be
heard by those In his vicinity.
"'Pm so tired that l wish his wife
had borne him out the first time he
suggested it."
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but where would the manager draw
the line between the stars and the
near stars?
One day at the Polo grounds in New
York, when Christy Mathewson was
nearly at the end of his active career,
four men were shown to a box direct
ly behind the press coop. AS they took
their seats Big Six strolled out to warm
up for the game, and one Of the quar-
tet asked the usher who he was. The
lad looked at him and replied: "Are
you trying to kid me?"
They were not. None of them knew
Mathewson, who for more than ten
years had been a nationwide figure;
yet it would have been an imposition
on the slab hero to ask him to wear a
number on his back for the informa-
ton of those four men, who were prob
ably the only ones out of 10000
crowd who did not recognize Big Six
when he left the bench.
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UNWILLING TO TAKE CHANCE
colored Man Evidently Had Little Con-
fidence in His Own Judgment in
Important Matter.

A visitor in Kentucky came across
that rare specimen, an unmarried col
ored man.
The negro was quiet, elderly per-
son, not shiftless, but quite industri.
Gus, so the northern man felt curious
and determined to find out why he
had remained single.
'Uncle Jim, how does it happen that
you are so opposed to matrimony?"
The old fellow looked up with grave
face, but there was twinkle in his
eye, as he replied: "Me sub! ! amt
exposed to matrimony."
"Well, why is it you have never
married" his inquisitor continued.
Haven't you seen anyone you likedf'
"Lawdy! yessah-but you see it's
thisaway; I couldn't resk my judg-
ment."
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from Princeton university with the de-
gree of civil engineer.
Mr.. Fell was construction engineer
and officer In number of public utili-
ty companies Of Pennsylvania before
entering the service. A graduate of
the Second Officers Training camp at
Fort Niagara, N. Y, Mr.. Fell rose
from second lieutenant to major during
his army career, which was spent in
various southern training camps.
The record of Mr.. Fell as commander
of George r. Anderson Post No. 60 of
the Legion at Ardmore was SO success
full that he was elected department
commander at the last Oklahoma con-
vention.
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Gift of Historic Textbooks.

The Holland Holton collection of
textbooks, numbering more than 1000
Volumes has been given to Trinity
college in North Carolina, on behalf
of the grandchildren of Martin Rowan
Chaffin, who taught school in Davie
and Yadkin counties, North Carolina,
beginning in 1850. Fifty of the vol
umes were used in the schools of the
state from 1920 to the Civil war; The
Holton collection, is intended primari-
ly for the use of the department of
education at Trinity college, but the
books will be readily accessible to the
public and private school teachers of
Durham and Durham county.
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Flowers From President Wilson.

A bouquet Of flowers from President
Wilson was sent every day to Wells
Hawks, veteran press agent and COM
mander of s. Rankin Drew Post $40 of
the American Legion at New York
during his recent illness. Mr.. Hawks,
while on a visit to Washington, was
suddenly taken down with infamma-
tory rheumatism and removed to
George Washington hospital 1t was
while he was In the Washington hos
pital that the President, member
of the American Legion, aided his
"buddy.n
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11

In which the losing side suffered the
penalty of serving as kitchen police
for general feast. After the contest
the ex-service men not yet enrolled
were assigned to individuals until the
last man in the territory was signed
up.
Members Of the post are scattered
over a section 20 miles long and 10
miles wide. The post centralizes re-
sponsibility by providing that the post
officers shall serve as members Of the
executive committee. 1t boasts of a
first-class Women's auxiliary, an or
chestra and basket ball team. Spice
is added to the monthly meetings by
permanent entertainment committee
which arranges for athletic contests,
motion pictures or feasts to wind up
the meetings.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11
Seeks Dead Sons Watch.

Comrades Of Harry A. Millener, who
lost his life near Malancourt, France,
when she was acting as a runner for
the One Hundred and Forty seventh
Field artillery, Thirty-second division,
are requested to provide information
in regard to hunting case gold watch
which Millener carried at the time Of
his death. Fred J. Millener, 5S8 Child
street, Rochester, N. Y. the mans IA
Their, is eager to obtain the watch as
remembrance Of his hero son, and
has written to B. w. Galbraith, Jr., ma
tional commander of the American Lee
gion, to obtain assistance.
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Blasts Hopes Of Politicians.

The Endorsement Of candidate for
political preferment by any organiza-
ton of the American Legion in Illinois
will result In disciplinary action for
the offending organization, it was de-
cided at meeting Of the state execu-
tive committee of the Legion. The I'LL
nois legionnaires further resolved "that
we disapprove the use Of the name of
the American Legion or Of the prestige
of office or membership therein by any
person for the furtherance of his per-
sonal efforts to promote any political
candidacy or partisan principles"
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Participation In Athletics,

Athletic programs have been devel-
oped in a number of state depart
ments Of the American Legion. In In
diana and Iowa Legion basketball tour
naments are under way, and in Massa-
chusetts, under the leadership of
committee composed Of notable Mas
sachusetts athletes, Legion members
propose interstate competition In a
number of major sports.
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Self-Explanatory.

Recruiting Sergeant Wot's yer
name and wot branch Of the service
dye want to be INF
Perkins (who stammers)-Pip-p-pup-
pup-pup-
r. s. (writing) Cant speak Eng
nsh and wants to Join machine gun
outfit.-American Legion Weekly.
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Just Like Home.

The woman district attorney was on
her first case. For half minute she
Numbered oratory, piling question after
question upon the quaking defendant,
without giving him chance for re-
ply. Then after her fifteenth: Nov,
didn't you?" she paused for breath.
In the ensuing silence those in the
courtroom heard the judge murmur
dreamily:
Eyes, my dear, you're perfectly
right, perfectly right" American Le-
gion Weekly.
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Legion, is vice
president of a
large steel con-
struction company
in Ardmore, Okla.
Born in Wilkes
Barre, Pa, Mr..
Fell was educated
In the public
schools and Harry
Hillman academy
of that city. He
W as graduated
from Mercersburg
academy and later
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11
SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS
Wisconsin Legion Hero Is Honored by
the Lawmaking Body of His
Home State.
Sergt. Vincent P. Kielpinski, kept
a platoon Of the Thirty-second divi-

sion in such good
condition during
the World war
that he was called
upon by the Wis
consin state SEN
ate to keep order
In the legislative
chambers by as
Stunning the Office
Of sergeant at
arms. A winner
Of the Distin-
suished Service
cross and the
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The Brute.

She-Do you remember, dear, how
before we were married you used to
tell me I was worth my weight in
gold?
He-Yes; and do you remember
how terribly skinny you were in those
days?-Boston Transcript.
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Dickens Of a Selection!

Wright Dickens, the English writ
er, had a great faculty for selecting
names.
Permanently the Dickens didn't
he select a better one for himself,
then?
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Arthur Wissman Post, Avon, s. D.,
Rounds Out Its 100 Per
Cent Membership.
To serve as commander Of an Amer
lean Legion post, which includes every

eligible ex-service
man In its dis
trict Of 200 square
miles, is the hon.
or conferred on
David L. Wick
ems of Arthur
Wissman pos t,
No. $50, Avon.
s. ID.
In rounding out
its one hundred
per cent member
ship, the post con-
Quoted a contest
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11

Croix de Guerre, Sergeant Kielpinski
became interested In the American Lee
gion as soon as he returned to Amer
lea. He organized the Quentin Roose-
welt post of the Legion and is now
serving as post commander.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11

bers of Kensington Post of the
American Legion at Philadelphia have
just finished painting their summer
clubhouse and have renovated it from
top to bottom.
BY doing the job themselves, the
members Of the Pennsylvania post
have saved the price of numerous en-
tertainments which are planned for
the summer of 1921
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11
Born Experts.

Some girls can't keep beau. others
can fan a spark" into a regular
"fame. Boston Transcript.
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Unsanitary Prices.

She-Don't you think the food they
serve In this restaurant is healthful7
He-Maybe, but the prices are sick
ening.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-03-11

Pluck usually wins. A mans sue
cess often depends upon his ability to
pluck Others
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q IhE O.
AMERICAN
LEGION
Copy for This department Supplied by
the American Legion News Service.)
IS PROMOTED TO COMMANDER
Ardmore (OkIa.) Man So Successful
That His Worth Was Recog-
nlzed by Home State.

III. B. Fell, commander of the Okla
homa department of the American