Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-10-10
NEWS GLEANINGS OF
AMERICAN LEGION

AMERICAN LEGION |
NEW YORK. oct. lo.-The Bayern,
first German liner to enter New York
harbor in seven years. locked within |
100 yards of the Office OF the American |
Legion's national commander there. |
but the Legion took no part in the Of /
fetal welcome which New York's I.
mayor extended. Ii was reported that /
Herr Captain Oscar Schwamberger. Of /
the Bayern. commanded German T.
boat during the war of 19l4-lS, but a /
Legion Representatives effort to board
the ship to confirm the report met
with no success
.
WASHINGTON. d. c., Oct. To-
Marshal Foch viii not come to
America to be officially heard at the
international disarmament conference
in Washington. Paris dispatches are
pointing out although he will let his
views on armament be known. The
marsaal's visit is private one. it is
Lcing carefully explained in re-
Spouse TO the invitation OF the Ameri-
can Legion 10 attend its convention.
Premier BRAND win head the French
delegation to the conference. sailing
on October 20, week after Marshal
Foch
KANSAS, CITY. MO-, Oct. 10.--In
the Missouri State convention of the
American Legion. it was announced
that a resolution concerning Grover C..
Bergdoll. draft deserter, was about to
be introduced AS member rose to
read it. another shouted:S II move its
adoption" A roar of approval came
from the assembled delegates and it
was unanimously adopted without
having been read.
| BIRMINGHAM. ALA. Oct 10-The
only ex-service men who can vote in
the coming city election in Birming-
ham. Ala. are those who became dis
abled from wounds or sickness during
the world war, provided they do not.
own $500 worth OF taxable property
| The State Legislatures recently passed
law exempting ex-service men from
payment OF polI-tax. The court held
| the measure unconstitutional, auto
matically disenfranchising the former
soldiers and sailors. The American
tegion found law. however. which
enabled permanently disabled citizens
to vote without payment of poll-tax,
and obtained ruling that minor ply
steal defects will constitute the re-
quired disabilities A man who lost
finger can vote. it is held. whereas a
soldier who came through with all ten
of his digits cannot.
NEW YORK, Oct. 10-Several thous-
1 and longshoremen who struck and
tied up the shipping on the Hoboken,
n. j., waterfront, returned to work
long enough to unload the army trans
port Wheaton with 2,624 soldier dead
on board, allowing American Legion
posts to hold funeral services. The
strikers, many of whom were ex-
service men. declared they would take
care of the bodies of their dead COM
rades despite the wage controversy,
and added: WED do it free if neces-
sary."
WASHINGTON. ID. c., Oct 10.-The
| bodies of four unidentified soldiers,
one from each of the four prominent
/ American cemeteries in France, will
be assembled at Chalons-sur-Marne
and a on-commissioned officer of the
American Army in Germany will Sc
| leet one Of them for return to the
United States and interment in Arl
| ington. As honor guard. General Al
len, of the Army of Occupation, and
/ delegation from the Paris post of the
American Legion will accompany the
body TO Havre, at which port it will
/ be placed on the battleship Olympia
which sails October % for the United
States.