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Defrduded Of Land,
 Is Arkansan's CLaina

Conway, April 13.-Allegations that he is not the only one of a number of citizens defrauded by an organized ring" of Memphis and Blyt14 Til.e n sn who tttStr.ed Ian, through the practice of fraud, are contained in the chancery court suit filed by c. G. Smith of Blytheville against Ed Garner and w. C. Buch- anan of Memphis and M. F. Me Whorter, J. F. Lyerly and J. NJ. Buchanan of Blytheville In brief, the plaintiff alleges that by ob- taining possession of practically worthless land in Chicot county and setting thereon a fictitious value through a series of notes of du- bious value given in an alleged sale. the defendants obtained possession of his land in Faulkner county and left him with one of the notes, which he alleges he later found to be worthless.
 The complaint says Smith owned certain land in Faulkner county prior to October 20, 1920. Me Whorter represented himself as the owner of land in Chicot county, and it is claimed he deeded it to Garner for consideration recited in one place as $7,300 and in another as S6,100- The cash reputed trans ferred was $500, and two series of notes were given. The second trans fer was to Lyerly, a share croppel near Blytheville, who executed notes to Gardner and secured them by a vendors lien on 100 acres of land near Osceola, so Smith was told At this point Smith alleges that the ring" was ready to approach him and obtain possession of his good land in Faulkner county.
 Smith claims that Gardner dis played Lylerly's note for $1,O0O secured as just stated. J. M. Buch- anan also was present and youched for the 1eO acres of land as high land, dry and covered with virgin timber. Buchanan also claimed ac- qualntance with Lylerly and vouch- ed for him as worthy citizen and worth the face of the note. Smith asserts he admitted his lack ot knowledge of land values and told Gardner and Buchanan he would re. ly upon their assertions. In ex- change for Lyerly's note for ST.. 900 he deeded them his Faulkner county land.
 When the note fell due, Smith says, he made investigation and found that the 100 acres was in Chicot county and practically worthless. He declares that the note was found to have the same value. He also declares that Gard ner subsequently, transferred the Faulkner tract to Lyerly for a con- sideration of S4,50O, accepting ST. 900 in cash. and five notes rang ing from S325 to $1,000. The plain tiff prays court order restraining Gardner and Buchanan from dis posing of the notes given by Lyerly and restoration of the Faulkner property to him. He also asserts that Gardner and his associates have practiced the same alleged deception in other cases which have come to his notice since his dealings with them.
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O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O- (
 D; CHURCHES c
ST. ANDREWS CHURCH

The Rev. c. c. Burke, Pastor D. S. Clark, Esq, Church School
 Superintendent.
 Sundays Holy Communion, FOO a. m. Church School, 9:45 8. m. Morning Prayer, II 100 8. m. Vespers, 7:30 a. m.
 Week Days Wednesday-Litany, 10:00 a. m. Thursdays-Holy Communion, 7 a. m.
 Holy Days-Holy, Communion, 2 a. m.
 St. Andrews Guild meets Mon day, 800 p. m. St. Andrews Parish Helpers meets Thursdays, 3:30 p. m.
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PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Preaching service at II a. m. Sunday School 9:45 a. m. Goal, 120. Help to make it. Woman's Bible Class p. m. Monday. Last lesson for this term. A full at tendance wanted. Review and round table talk on the Book of Acts.
 Remember the young peoples meeting at p. m.
 Junior Endeavor at 4 p. m. No preaching service Sunday night. Dismissed to attend the meeting at the Methodist church to which all our people have been in- vited, to attend and take part. Be in our morning service.
 w. K. 5H0NSTON,
 Pastor.
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o'clock. : Subject of the morning

o'clock. Subject of the morning sermon, "A Premise, an Argument, and a Conclusion"
 Senior and Junior B. Y. P. U. at six forty-five. Let us be on time.
 The prayer meeting Wednesday evening will be conducted by Miss Rogers s. s. Class. Let us have seventy-five present.
 The Missionary Society will meet with Mrs. P. R. Turner Monday af- ternoon.
 There will be no preaching ser wees in the evening as we unite with the Methodist in their revival.
 You will always find hearty welcome at Our services.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Bible school at 9:45. Be on time and you will get to hear the special program that has been pre- pared for the opening. Communion and preaching at II o'clock.
 There will be no evening services Sunday night as we will [ 2 part by our presence at the Melnodist's service, whose revival begins that day.
 Junior Endeavor 4 o'clock. Senior Endeavor, 6:30 o'clock. Prayer service Wednesday even ing.
 We invite you to worship with us.
 k. V. SAYLOR,
 Pastor.
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American Legion Neuus

Dogs, eats, goats and bears were used as mascots by members of Wyandotte Post of the American Legion in Kansas City, Mo, when they were in the army. To provide shelter for their pets, in peace time, the post has gone on record as fa- ] voring the esta blishment of a mu- nicipal zoo, with the stipulation that 1 their mascots be installed therein. The name of Grover Cleveland will no longer be connected with that of Bergdoll, if the will of Richard L. Kitchens Post of the American Legion at Helena, Ark, prevails. This post has passed a resolution requesting the govern. ment to remove the first two names of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, mo- torious draft evader.
 The first pilgrimage of gold star mothers overseas to visit the graves of their sons will begin about June l, when 100 women of the Amer ican War Mothers organization will sail for France on the Steamship America. In France the mothers will be guests of the Women's Aux Hilary of the Paris Post of the American Legion.
 Newspaper "stories" of routine nature yielded to American Legion news when "The New Era" news paper of Eunice, La, turned over an entire edition to the local Le- zion post during a membership cam paign. Every item except the want ads told of doings of the Legion naires.
 An organization, established in Wilson Township, Pa, in October, 1917 and known as the Mothers of 1917, Regulars" is the nucleus about which Women's Auxiliary of Brown and Lynch Post No. 9 of the American Legion has been form ed.
 Buron Pitts, Commander of the California Department of the Amer ican Legion, recently suffered a nervous collapse after delivering tWo-nour speech at San Olego. Mir. Pitts had been devoting eighteen hours a day to Legion affairs and his illness is believed to have result ed from overwork. His present con- dition is said to be considerably im- proved. Mir. Pitts was wounded in1 action.
 Sixty Sioux Indians, who served as intelligence scouts in the World War, will entertain delegates and visitors to the third annual conven- tion of the American Legion at Kansas City next fall, with a tribal war dance.
 Disabled veterans of the World War, nearly all of them overseas Veterans and members of the Walter Reed Post of the American Legion in Washington, D. C., have adopted
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THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
 c L.. Hammock. Pastor

Last Sunday was a good day with us. Two hundred and eighty eight in s. s. Seven additions to the church 'and large congregations at all the services. Let us make next Sunday even better.
 Sunday School at nine forty-five. Let us have a large attendance. Special music.
 Morning preaching service eleven
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A LIVELY JOB

A customer sitting in the first chair in Scotty's barber shop the other day had ordered all the trimmings" which, of course, in cluded a singe after the haircut. So when Scotty got his taper lighted and got his singe under way, a lit tie kid just outside the door was heard to eXclaim: Look Mama They're hunting 'em on that fel- low with a candleW
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H hungry rooster, who had missed
 meals for five hours, made a Fcuon over S1.15 for each grain corn he could gobble in a three
 r least for the women of the perlcan Legion's Auxiliary in Cim- [on, Nan: After being sold twice
 then being auctioned off, the Fi netted S32S for the Auxiliary. Eeed Tn a show window for hours nOut his breakfast, the bird sud IEE raced 1000 grains of tempt nailsas corn. Guesses were sold
 .eh cents each as to how many
 ls he would eat. He tucked Py ze3 grains and retired for
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Americanization is progressing It took only six languages to print the ballots in the packing-house em- ployes' strike referendum.-Da News.
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One reason why the courts don't have to handle so many drunk and disorderly" cases now is that, un- der present conditions, the under takers get 'em first.-Columbia (S. CD Record.
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A rooming house to take care of ex-service men in coming to Minn- eapolis, Minn., for vocational train ing and to obtain medical treatment is being planned by the combined forces of the Women's Auxiliary of the American Legion in Henne- pin County of that state. The high prices which disabled veterans have to pay for hotel accommodations caused the action of the women's organization.
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what they term '@The Creed of the Disabled Man." which was com mended by President Harding. The creed reads as follows:
 "Once more to be useful, to see pity in the eys of my friends re- placed with commendation, to work, produce, provide and to feel that l have place in the world, seeking no favors and giving none,--a man among men in spite of his physical handicap"
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LA membership card in the Amer In Legion post st Astoria, L. l., bed c. H. Ellis, an organizer of post, $500. Ellis, who is a mer-
 bnt sailor, lost purse containing bt sum while on leave from his |p in Stockholm. After a fruit |s search on land, he returned to ship without hope of ever see k the money again. Just as the |p was weighing anchor, an hon. Swede came aboard and deliv- ed the purse with the money
 tact to its owner, whom he had lated by means of Ellis member |p card in the Astoria Legion
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Following the success of the 'All- herican Meeting for God and |untry," which was held in Madi-
 Square Garden in New York fy under the auspices of the Rencan Legion, Legion members
 ] hold similar meetings in Texas, Rryland, Nebraska, Massachusetts F Virginia during the month of Prh. Americanism meetings have Fn held in Philadelphia and h. lnapolis.
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Disabled veterans of the World War, nearly all of them overseas Veterans and members of the Walter Reed Post of the American Legion in Washington, D. C., have adopted
The courier-index., 1921-04-15

Sixty Sioux Indians, who served as intelligence scouts in the World War, will entertain delegates and visitors to the third annual conven- tion of the American Legion at Kansas City next fall, with a tribal war dance.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18

Italian or the glass of whisky from
the dying woman who needs it, why
cannot we do something to have the
Constitution cleanse us of the great
est stain in history-the horrible
stain of divorce?
"As Catholics we obey the law. but
shall we tolerate tyranny? We have
right to protest against a law which
is not right. The principle behind
prohibition is not right and it has
made America the laughing stock of
the world"
The banquet was in celebration of
the advancement yesterday to the
fourth degree of 500 knights of the
first and second districts, which takes
in New York City and the territory
as far north as Poughkeepsie. DR.. r
A. Chicherio, master of the fourth de-
gree of the Manhattan district, intro
duced as postmaster William r.
Bleakley, Justice of the City Court of
Yonkers. The speakers included Dam
iel j. Gallagher, United States Dis
trlct Attorney of Boston; Professor
Thomas S. Lonergan and Thomas
Gagan.. They told of the growth of
the order to a membership of 5000
and urged unity and activity in the
conduct of the local counci1c
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18
French Experts
Here to Study
Water Power
Engineers to Learn How
5000, 900 Horse Strength
Now Wasted in Home Riv-
ers Could Be Harnessed
Will Visit Big U. S. Dams
Rhone and Dordognc Two
Principal Streams Which
Will Operate Factories

France has determined to harness her
swift Alpine streams to overcome the
industrial handicap Of an insufficient
coal supply. The hydraulic power of
the heroic nations tourist haunted re-
gions is to be transmitted into electric
energy for her railroads and factories.
A commission Of French engineers
sent here by their government to study
American water power projects ex-
planned yesterday that vital economic
necessity has compelled their country
men to recognize the existence of fabu-
lous wealth that for ages has been cas-
cading to sea level. P. G. Feuilly, head
Of the commission, said
"Nine million horsepower Is going to
waste in French streams. This is equal
to 40,0O0,000 tons Of coal, and at last
we are going to employ it. At present
France derives about 100000 horse
power from her streams.
United States Prodigal In Saving
"We who are noted for frugality
now come to America to learn how to
save. And what saving You Ameri-
cans are as prodigal in your saving as
in your spending. With my colleagues
I shall visit Niagara Falls, Roosevelt
Dam Elephant Butte Dam, the Big
Greek project near Los Angeles and
others that probably will be recon-
mended for our inspection.
"Twenty years ago when New York
engineers wanted to learn how to build
your Croton Dam they came to France
and studied the 150foot high obstruc-
ton that we had placed in the Furens,
one of our streams.
at is to be the policy Of the govern
ment to develop every possible pound
of water power energy. Besides har-
Messing the streams that have their
source in the French and Swiss Alps
we shall extract power from the
streams rising in the Central Plateau
and in the Pyrenees. The two princi-
pal streams to be utilized are the
Rhone and the Dordogne."
All Wear Ribbons for Valor
With M. Feully is E. J. B. Touche.
who like himself is an engineer. and
M. K. Degrove and H. L. Isartte, gov
ernment engineers Of the Public
Works Department. A fifth member
OF the party is Andre Thimel. All of
them wear ribbons in their lapels. tes
tlfying to valorous service in the war.
NJ Feuilly was asked yesterday if
france contemplated harnessing the
Rhine.
For few minutes thereafter he and
ms associates debated heatedly in their
own own tongue. Some said emphatically.
"OuI, oui, oui," and the others lust as
emphatically said, "NQn, non, non"
lhey fnally agreed for publication that
the Rhine is as yet an international
stream In which several nations besides
france and Germany have an interest.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18
Priest Appeals to
X. of C.. to Join in
Fight ON Divorce
Greatest Evil in Country, As
serts Rev. Father Alexis:
Condemns the Prohibition
Law as Merely Tyranny

Prohibition and divorce were as
sailed by the Rev Father Alexis, C. P.
provincial of St. Patrick's Monastery
Hoboken, in an address last night al
banquet of 1000 Knights of Colum.
bus at the Hotel Astor.
Father Alexis declared that prohi.
bition had made the United States the
laughing stock of the world.
He described divorce as the greatest
evil in this country to-day and urgec
the Knights to join with the Church
in the fight against it, as they did ir
the crusade against Socialism.
Divorce is not the vice of the
poor" he said, '"but our newspapers
are filled with accounts of divorce:
in high circles. In Cincinnati a shor
time ago d girl, fourteen years old
said she never had seen murder.
wonder if the day is far distant whel
boy or girl of that age will be abl
to say they never saw a divorced MAJ
or woman.
at is high time that some body o
representative men stand up in thi
nation and save it from the terribl
scourge of divorce, which is anti
Christian. There are 10000 divorce
granted every year. Think of wha
that means to children, homes an
hearts. The Church needs the aid 0
the Knights of Columbus in its fieh
against this curse.
"If group of men can take tn
honest drink from our mouths. tn
harmless glass of beer from the work
ingman, the glass of wine from tn
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18
Brinden Graduated From
Convict sSRookie'' Class
Labor Czar, Granted Freedom
of Prison, Is Visited by
Wife and Sons

OSSINlNG} N. Y, April 17.-Robert
r: Brindell, wealthy labor czar, i'm
from the "rookie" class of prisoners to.
day, was granted the freedom of the
prison: He was allowed to receive Wis
ltors for the first time since his com
mitment two weeks ago. His wife and
two sons motored to Sing Sing and
were permitted a twenty-minute inter
view in the afternoon.
!. Brlndell on completing his proba-
yard company. He is reported to have
mingled with the crowd in the prison
yard and attracted considerable atten-
tion.
Although he is now ull-fedged con-
vlct Brlndell will continue to do rough
work. 1t is expected that in about two
weeks permanent job will be found
Tor him. Failure of the prisoner to
pass pas the recent educational test pre-
cludes the possibility that he will be
assigned to a clerical task.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18

ticaily ruined his business. II they
would investigate me and Red Mike
1T would be an awful knock to us. too.
They told me that Abe Rufe never had
no good words for investigations after
that.
"Look at what inwestigationing done
TO Mr. Brindellstein, which he is now
An Sing Singing chal house Look at
what it done to the White Sox base
balling team when, they, went too far
and looked under the pillows. If they
could do no business no more and you
might as we'll close down Tommany's
Hall.
II am feeling so rotten about this
thing that went out to the Ships
Meadow, in Central's Park. where they
are having q music week. l am a
pretty good singer, because I practice
in the winter time singing quartets
with Ring Lardneck, of Great Neck,
which he is q writer for The Saturday
night Post. So I started to sing them
a fine quartet. But cop got fresh and
made me that / should stop.
Poor Business Hits Art Instinct
"Cops is too fresh here, anyhow.
They would give it the freedom from
the city to Morris Missinglink, the
Belgine poet. and the President from
the Irish Republicans and lot of
other fellers from the old country, but
when feller who is in business for
himseluf and pays some Of his taxes
would open his mouth they would put
his foot in it. So l couldn't even cele-
bration music week on account bust
ness is so rotten that l couldn't even
afford the first instalments on funny
graft.
"Do me for favor. Tell the in
westigators not to look into my dark
room, anyhow until could get the
comicals moved. Also, you could tell
them that the boys at Tommany's Hall
wouldn't like to be investigated un-
less it is done in a nice way. The
Tommany Hall fellers has always been
good friends with me, and whenever I
would want to borrow blackjohn l
could always get one there Well, so
long. Don't tell nobody that you seen
lzzy Kaplan. will be under the base
ment in Tommany's Hall until it is all
over the nwestigation-if could find
room there"
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18
Bedtime Stories
The Twins Meet Their Father
By Thornton W. Burgess
Beauare the stranger avith q smile
Lest 1t but hide q trickster's gaule.
Mrs. Bear.

The twins, Boxer and Woof-Woof
had begun to wonder if they and
their mother were the only Bears in
the Green Forest. So far they had
seen no other. Then one day, as they
were playing about near the Laugh
ing Brook, while little way off
Mother Bear was busy tearing open
an old stump after ants, Woof- Woof
discovered footprint. She showed
it to Boxer. Then the two little cubs
sat up and stared at each other and
their little eyes were very round
with wonder.
Mother Bear didn't make that foot
print" whispered Boxer, as if he were
afraid of being overheard. "Who do
you SUPPOSE did? ?"
Woof-WQof moved a little nearer to
Boxer. II haven't any dea," she whis-
pered back, and hurriedly glanced all
around. at wasn't Mother Bear. for
there is one of her footprints right
over there and it is different. There
must be great big stranger around
here" A''0
How the maker Of that footprint
would have laughed had he heard him
sell 'caHed a stranger in the Green
Forest. You see, Mrs. Bear really
was the stranger She had come down
there to live only the fall before. But.
OF course, the twins didn't know this
there. '''e0
The twins drew very close together
and stood up that they might better
stare in every direction. They were
a little frightened at the thought
that big stranger might be near
Ihen they remembered that Mother
Bear was only little way off, and at
once they felt better. They saw no
stranger. Everything about them
seemed just as it should be. They
cooked their little ears to listen. All
they heard was the sound of Mother
Bears great claws tearing open that
old stump, the cawing of Blacky the
Crow faf in the distance, the eurgle
OF the Laughing Brook and the whis-
pering of the Merry Little Breezes in
the tree-tops.
Now, not even Peter Rabbit has
more curiosity than has little Bear.
Presently Boxer dropped down to all
fours and approached that FOOTPRINT.
Already he had learned that his ears
are BETTER than his eyes and his nose
is better than his ears. His eyes had
told him nothing. His ears had told
him nothing. Now he would try his
nose.
He shifted at that footprint and ths
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18


WASHINGTON, April l7.--The disturb
ance that was central over Ohio Saturday
night moved directly eastward to the mid
die Atlantic coast attended by rains in the
Eastern states, the Ohio Valley and Ten
nessee and rain and snow and strong
winds In the southern lake region. Fair
weather prevailed to-day from the Mis-
sissipp Valley westward except in north
ern California, where there local
rains
Much colder weather overspread the
north Atlantic states. the Appalachian re-
gions. the Ohio Valley, Tennessee and the
eastern Gulf states to day, while there was a
reaction to somewhat higher temperatures
IN the upper lake region the upper Mis-
slsslppi Valley. the plains states and the
Rocky Mountain region.
Ine outlook is for generally fair
sippi River Monday and Tuesday, except
that rain or snow Is probable along the
New England coast Monday morning
temperatures will be much lower In the
middle and south Atlantic states. whiIe
they will rise slowly in the region of the
Great Lakes, the. lower Ohio Valley and
tennessee Monday and almost generally
east OF the Mississippi River Tuesday.
storm warnings are displayed on the
atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to
Boston. ~
District Forecasts.-Eastern New York
Cloudy and continued cold to-day. To-
morrow fair and warmer.
Western New York-Cloudy with slowly
rising temperature to-day: to morrow fair
and warmer.
Southern New England-cloudy and
somewhat colder to-day. probably rain
TINS morning; tomorrow fair and warmar
Eastern Pennsylvania-Cioudy and much
colder to-day; tomorrow fair with rising
temperature. -'iiS
New Jersey and Delaware-Cloudv and
much colder to-day; tomorrow fair with
rising temperature. ~
New-York tribune., 1921-04-18
Retiring Organizer
Assailed by Compers
Kennedy Accused of Being an
Employer and Acting Under
False Pretenses
Special Dispatch to The Tyibun.

BINGHAMToN, N. Y, April IT,
Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, replying
to the request of Fred E. Kennedy that
his name be stricken from the Fedora
tons list of organizers, after thirty
years service, because he found labor
union demands unreasonable, charged
that Kennedy had been serving under
false prctenses, because for the last
seven years he had been an employer of
labor The letter was made public here
to-day.
There is no room in the labor m ove-
nient for employers" wrote Mr.. Com
rcrs. He ridiculed Kennedy's sugges-
ton that profit sharing was preferable
to union wage scales, and said that
kennedy's argument that he could not
pay union wages destroys all hope the
profit sharers would have of earnings
ss much as they would obtain under the
union scale.
"Your request that your name be re-
moved from the list of organizers is
complied with without regret" Mr..
Gompers wrote.