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The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
JOBLESS PLACED
ON AUCTION BLOCK
BOSTON COMMONS is SCENE OF
QUEER EXPERIMENT. TO
LAST FIFTEEN DAYS.
STRIPPED TO THE WAIST
Curious Crowd Bids for Unemployed
Men, But Bidders Slip Away-Pas-
tor of Church of UnempIoy-
ed" to Continue Auction.

Boston.-Jobless men have been
| placed on the auction block on Boston
Common. Stripped to the waist. after
the custom of the old slave auctiors,
they declared their willingness to WORK
by standing before a crowd of thous-
ands, offering their services to the
highest bidder.
"Shorn lambs of unemployment" :"
their auetioneer, Urban Ledoux, call
ed them.
Ledoux, a philanthropic worker who
recently opened the church of the
unemployed" in the West End, led
group OF 90 to the commons to bring
home. he said, to the people of Boston
their stories OF human misery. just as
William Lloyd Garrison pleaded for
the slaves on the same spot 20 years
ago. 1t was to prove that his charges
were not parasite floaters. but instead.
good citizens out of a job, that he put
some Of them on the block, he explain
ed.
Ledoux's efforts to get work for his
men were not rewarded. OF the three
who stood up for bids, none went away
TO a job, although from the crowd
came pledges TO help tide them over
= week or two while they sought en-
ployment Their leader said, however,
that he considered he had succeeded
in bringing their plight and the hon
esty of their purpose to public atten-
tion and he announced that the auction
was TO be a daily event, to be contin-
ued at least for the remainder of the
month.
Ledoux and his men, box lunches in
hand, came TO the common from West
End headquarters, where he has fed
hundreds. While they munched their
sandwiches, he called for volunteers to
stand at auction prepared to work for
a week for the highest bidders. Eight
men stepped out, two of them world
war veterans, most of them in clothing
that was frayed and shoes well down
at the heels. Each was asked how long
he had been out of work and without
food and shelter
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
ASK NEW SHIP CONTRACTS.
sondhoIders of Green Star Corpora
zion Declare ReceiversFip Imminent.

SondhoIders of Green Star Corpora
zion Declare Receivership Imminent.
New YOrk.-Declaring the Green Star
Steamship Corporation is in danger of
being thrown into receivership, 1000
of its bondholders have signed a peti-
ton to the United States shipping
board appealing for a revision of the
contract under which the line purchas-
ed nine vessels.
Alvin w. Krech president of the
Equitable Trust Company, made pub
lie the petition, which shows that the
shipping board holds first mortgages
on the vessels for $13,743,231 The pc
tition declares that if the board fore
closes a receivership proceeding will
be brought by the Equitable and posi-
bly, other banks among which the
Equitable distributed an $4,000, 900
bond issue secured by nine other ships
owned by the corporation. A total of
$6,40O,000 OF the bonds still are unpaid
and outstanding.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
Legion Man Sets the Pace.

Ageratum, architrave, chamfer,
cleistogamous, elohim. gambit,
guimpe, intaglio, metacarpal, mitosis,
NADIA, pOmology, rocco, Simony. How
many of the above words can you
define? Michael Nolan, 43-year-oId
mental wizard, who has been clasSed
with the worlds best minds" defined
all Of them in less than one minute.
Nolan is charter member of Rainier
Noble post of the American Legion at
Seattle. Nolan, who has been a
lumberjack and a sailor, is student
in the engineering department of the
federal board of vocational training
at the University of Washington. He
was shellshocked in France. He broke
into fame when he established a new
record in the army alpha" test with
a perfect score of 212 points in thir-
teen minutes. The best previous score
in the psychology test was 207 points
in seventeen minutes, made by Yale
professor.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

union and his Legion. a veteran Of
the Spanish-American war. he served
overseas in the World war with the
railroad transportation corps. He was
in Paris. France. when the first caucus
OF service men. out of which grew the
American Legion. was held. and he at
tended and was heard from. Being ia,
miliar with foreign industrial condi-
tions, he represented the American
Federation of Labor at foreign trade
union conferences. and after the war
was appointed 10 the government In
dustrial commission sent to allied ma
tions TO coordinate industrial condi-
tions with those of the United States.
His Legion activities now concern
themselves with his role as national
speaker for the service organization
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

him IL yirtuany uesert the army. He
left his post and marched TO the
front A. W. o. L. He went through
the St Mihiel drive and was In the
thick of the Argonne fighting when
an order was issued for his arrest
Neubert didn't mind the arrest but
he hated to quit fighting. A court
martial followed and he was reduced
to a private Later, following the
armistice, he was sent to CoblenZ as
lintotype operator on the Amaroc
News.
Neubert is president of the Great
Falls (Mont) Typographical union,
and is adjutant of the Great Falls post
of the American Legion.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

say that | did not suIfer much more
when my baby was born than used to
suffer with my periods before ! took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound years ago. give al the credit tc
your medicine and shall always recon
JANSEN, MilIston, Wisconsin
How can women who are weak and
sicklyeXpect or hope to become mothers
of healthy children? Their first duty Is
to themselves. They should overcome
the arrangement or debility that is
dragging them down. and strengthen
the entire system, as did Mrs. Jansen.
by taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and then they VIII be
in position to give their children the
blessing of a good constitution.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

ElizabethtOwn, Iu.-Armed quiet pre-
walls in Hardin county, with 500 min
ers reported encamped in the hills a
few miles north OF town and about
half as many deputy sheriffs, private
detectives and citizen guards holding
the roads and nearby hills.
Plans for a sortie into the hills in
force were held in allegiance following
receipt of word that Adjt. Gen. Dick
son was enroute to Elizabethtown and
Rosiclaire as the personal representa-
tive of Gov. Small to investigate the
situation.
County officials are hopeful that the
adjutant general can meet the invading
miners and turn them back without
bloodshed.
Sheriff d. n. Cox wired Adjt. Dick
son asking for 250 Springfield rifles
and the necessary ammunition. Un-
der the Illinois laws the adjutant gen.
eral is required TO furnish the sheriff
with arms in emergencies. LAS sheriff
of Hardin county, Sheriff Cox's mes
sage said, and pursuant to the stat
utes, | make requisition upon you for
arms of 250 guns and necessary am
Huutl4OA. ALI SdllSlleu lHeAI al MS al v
necessary and will probably be needed.
Our county is being invaded from Will
Hanson and Saline counties by armed
men coming in in small groups and
squads.
These men are in the hills north OF
Elizabethtown and Rosiclaire camped
in the woods. My deputies are patroll-
ing the roads at night. but l need addi-
tional deputies which are necessary to
protect the county from this INVASION .
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

lees VIII be paid from the convention
fund. Legion officials promise.
Arrangements are being made To
house prospective brides in homes of
prominent citizens and the bride
grooms in various hotels and resi-
dences. 1t is expected that at least
100 couples will take advantage Of the
offer and preparations are being made
to accommodate that number Of newly
weds
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

16oo pounds of phOsgene, one OF the
deadfiest gases used in the war,
sprung a leak. workmen was killed
and scores were overcome before Pas
cal and companion, formerly with
the chemical warfare service, arrived.
They smelled the gas from distance
and recognizing Its odor, set out for
the origin.
Arriving. Pascal found doctors car
ing for the severely gassed, workmen
running about in gas masks but no
one trying TO stop the leak After
several attempts in the gas-filled plant.
Pascal and his companion stopped the
flow. Both have been honOred by the
town council and recommended for
Carnegie medals.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

Ninety-frst division, was wounded in
u different spots in half minute
during the Argonne struggle. One
high explosive shell burst near him,
hurling him about 10 feet distant. He
had just landed when a second shell
exploded almost under him. tossing
him back to where he started from
He thought it over for several months
in army hospitals.
Also a graduate of Harvard law
school, Paul is junior partner in one of
Seattle's legal corporations He is
commander of Rainier-Noble post of
the American Legion. Seattle
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
JUDGE GoDcHAux WINS.

New OrleaDs.-The suit brought by
former Gov. Luther E. Hall against
Judge Emile Godchaux, contesting his
recent nomination by the democrats as
a justice of the Louisiana supreme
court, was decided in the civil district
court in favor of Judge Godchaux. The
contest was entered by Mr.. Hall. who
ran second in tho race, who claimed
that Judge Godchaux was a resident
or Pass Christian. Miss, and not eligi-
bio to hold office in Louisiana
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
WAR HERO STEALS BREAD.

New York.-Philip Raimondo, who
said he was playwright. a former at
tache of the American embassy at
Paris and that he had been decorated
for service at Cambrai when the Elev-
enth Engineers dropped their picks,
grabbed their rifles and plugged the
gap in the British lines, was arraigned
in West Side court charged with steal
ing loaf of bread Raimondo was
thin and haggard and his clothes were
threadbare. He said he had been
sleeping in parks and Railways for
several weeks.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
LOST A POUND A DAY.
Former British Aviator's Hunger Strike
Enters 33rd Day.

Lethbridge, Alberta.-Capt. E. l..
Janney, former British aviator, entered
the 33rd day of his hunger strike in
the Lethbridge jail with a record of a
pound in weight lost for every day he
has been on strike. He weighed 10
pounds when he began abstaining from
food and now weighs 1877. Jail physi-
clans reported his pulse and heart
were considerably weakened and ad-
vised that forcible feeding be resort
ed to.
Capt Janney's hunger strike was be-
gun in protest against his arrest on a
charge Of obtaining money under false
pretenses in connection with flotation
of an aircraft compsrv
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
Pin Scratch Costs Thumb.

Hickman, Ky.-Blood poisoning re-
suited from a pin scratch received by
Mrs. w. r. Emery in the thumb of her
right hand, and amputation of the
thumb was necessary in order to save
the hand. Mrs. Emery scratched her
thumb on a brass pin while washing
clothes, infection and blood poisoning
following Immediately.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

American tackle
on the Yale foot
ball team cOndi-
toned Charles H.
Paul. S e a t G,
Wash, for one of
the World wars
most unusual eX-
perienceS.
Paul, then a
first lieutenant In
the Three Hun
dred and Sixty
fourth infantry,
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

y. J., was checked
and hundreds OF
lives saved by the
quick and fearless
action of Michael
Pascal, form e T
yeoman Of q n
American torpedo
boat destroyer and
member Of the
local American
Legion post.
When q huge
I q n k containing
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
Revolt Rumor False.

Bogota, COlombia-Reports that a
revolution has broken out in Colombia
are false. The Colombian cabinet re-
signed in a body because of the oppo-
sition to it, which developed in Par
lament, but the administrative crisis
will. it is believed, be solved soon The
country is completely tranquil.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
BAN SALARY sLACKERS."

Chicago Girls Warmed Against Loafina
in Vocational Department
Chicago.-Bobbed hair and short
skirts have received Uncle Sans ap-
proval in the federal board for voca-
tional training here. But Col. Charles
r. Forbes, the director, drew the line
on powdering noses, loafing or making
social calls in office hours.
Wear anything you please, girls"
he said. BE comfortable, but don't be
salary slackers, because there are hum
dreds of cases of disabled men await
ing your attention. And when a Grip
pied doughboy comes in here, smile his
Encouragement away"
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
REPORT RICH GOLD STRIKE.

Stampede Follows Discovery Along
Wilbur Greek, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Fairbanks, Alaska.-Reports here de-
scribe the richest gold strike since
Cleary Greek days along Wilbur Creek,
north of here. A stampede of miners
and prospectors was under way imme-
diately.
Advices reaching Fairbanks News
Miner by telegraph, mail and in per-
son, indicated sensational discoveries.
Experts left to investigate. The pur-
ported bonanza was a few miles from
Brooks. Details were meager.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

New Representative of sew
eral steamship lines handling foreign
freight will meet here to consider de-
mands of longshoremen for an eight
hour day in new wage contract ef-
fective Oct l.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

b 2tter citizens.
Rev. John w. In
ger, Nashville.
Tenn, the Legion's
national chaplain,
win marry without
charge all Legion
naireS who attend
the third annual
convention Of the
service organiZa-
tion at X a n s q :
City this fall. AlE
maria &c license
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

American Legion
of Montana. has
what is believed
TO he the most
unique war rec-
ord of any man
who served in the
A. f. F.
He was ser
geant instructor
in France, but
his desire 10 get
INTO the front-line
fighting caused
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
DEBATE ON WORLD COURT.
John Bassett Moore Mentioned As the
American Member.

Geneva-Electione for the IL
judges of the international court, ere
ated by the league of nations, already
has begun and is developing considera-
bic ardor. This is particularly true
among the South American deIega-
tions, which, basing their claims on
their numerical strength in the league,
are asking for four judges.
John Bassett Moore who is in Amer
lea, is the most often named as the
United States representative.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
STRIKE AREA RULED
BY ARMED TRUCE
MINERS AND DEPUTIES READY
FOR DICK
INSON ENROuTE.
ACTION BY GOVERNOR SMALL
Sheriff At Elizabethtown Calls For
Additional Rifles and Ammuni-
tion-CIaims Miners Treaten-
ing Invasion.

EIizabethtown, Il-With roads into
the hills 10 the north rendered impass-
able by a heavy rainstorm, all imme-
diate danger of a march on Elizabeth
town and Rosiclare by miners from the
Salina, Williamson and Franklin coun-
ty coal fields has passed, in the opinion
of county officials.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
True Words Spoken in jest.

"Say, Madelon, this nver's some
thing awful"
II YER sorry, mon cheri," answered
his French bride. Il spick tomorrow
wiz de liveryman n"-American Legion
Weekly.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
Raw Material Supplied.

Mamma-Johnny, why did you steal
the jam?
johnny didn't want TO diSappoint
the preacher. He prayed for all our
sins TO be forgiven and 1 didn't have
any sins.-American Legion Weekly.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

wonder what makes the boss so
hard-boiled lately?''
Well, they say his missus keeps
lin in hot water all the time -
American Legion Weekly.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
That's Why.

Mother, why don't the pictures of
men angels ever have whiskers?a
Because men get into heaven with
such a close shave, dear" American
Legion Weekly.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
IDLENEss AFFECTS MIND.
And Work Is Best Aid for Mental Dis.
orders, an Authority Says.

Morris Plains. N. J-"UnempIoy-
ment is one Of the dangerous factors
in bringing about mental disorders"
said DR.. Marcus A. Curry, of the state
hospital for the insane, in a statement
here. Work" he added, lis one OF
the most effective curative agents for
mental disorders" DR. Curry also
urged the establishment OF a govern
ment hospital for mentally diseased
ex-service men.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

of the Interna-
tion a I Printing
PresSmen and As
siStants' Union Of
y rth America,
founder of Press
IN g n 5 II o N e,
Tenn. and until
recently national
vice commander
OF the American
Legion.
Mr.. Berry has
two hobbies his
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16

1A4EuAAAAAEs We AAE Z
very fond Of children
and for a consider
able time after we
married / feared i
would not have any
owing TO nv weak
condition. / began
[ taking Lydia e
Pin K h ans Veue-
table Compound aDd
now / have q nice
strong healthy bahv
GIRL. / can h0naztIv
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
TIE KNOTS WITHOUT CHARGE
Legion's National Chaplain Agrees &c
Officiate at National Con-
Vention Events

Because he believes that married
memhers of the American LeeInn make.
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
LEGION MAN SAVES LIVES
Former Yeoman, Member of New
Jersey Post, Aids When Town
Is in Danger.

A postwar gas attack which threat
ened the entire town of Bound Brook,
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
IN MIDST OF SHELL SHOWER
Husky Seattle Legion Member Was
Wounded Twelve Times Within
Half Minute.

The weathering of three years rough
and tumble as a Walter Camp All
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
THE LEGION is HIS HOBBY
Former National Vice Commander
Also Devotes Much Attention to
Labor Affairs.

Time does not hang heavily for
George L. Berry. president since 1907
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
TEsTIFlEs TO DEATH PACT.

Suicide and Girl He Shot Had Been
Forbidden to Marry.
Cedar Rapids, Ia.-At an inquest
over the body of Edward Chocholka,
who shot and seriously wounded Miss
Bertha Shack, a sweetheart and then
killed himelf, Chocholka's s brother tes-
titled that he was satisfied that a
death pact existed between the two be-
cause the girls parents had forbidden
their maria Re
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
HOLDS UNIQUE WAR RECORD
Editor of Legion Publication Left Post
and Marched to the Front
A w. o. l..

Walter I. Neubert, editor of the
Servica Star. otfieial publication of the
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
THIS YOUNG
MOTHER
Tells ChildIess Women What
Lydia E. E.Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Did for Her

Millston, Wis want TO give you
. word of praise for your wonderful
The Aberdeen weekly., 1921-09-16
Gle
AMERICAN
0lL-I:;GN)N0!
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the American Legion News Service.)

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the American Legion News Servtce-)
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-04

corporation or by the treasury. In either
case new burdens would be laid upon
nll the people. Further borrowing would
in all likelihood tap the very sources which
might otherwise he available for private
operations or which the treasury is now
compelled TO reach TO meet current obliga-
tions of the government.
''Therc is no question that tho borrow
ing of the government should be limited
TO the minimum requirements and that
the government should not be called upon
tofurther finance private business at public
expense. To the extent that Europe is
able To furnish additional securities, prI-
vatc financial institutions here will doubt
less find means of giving the necessary
accommodation. The way has been opened
for added legitimate efforts to promote
foreign trade. Financial agencies IN aid Of
exports, privately financed have already
been planned to operate under the act
approved December "a, 1919, authorizing
the organization of banking corporations
90 do foreign banking business. Ono cor
poration has been organized in the south
and second of larger scope is IN course of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-04
men would feel Justified in taking is re-

men would feel justified in taking is re-
stricted
'"rhc experts of the Brussels conference
reported that "one Of the chief obstacles
To tho granting of credits as the absence
in borrowing countries of sufficient Sc
c,lrities for ultimate repayment. Until
this obstacle h re moved il is difficult TO
SEQ how materiallylargere exports 20 Europe
are TO be made oven Il exporters aided or
tlnaided BY government finance stands
ready to d. their part. |, is remarkable
that Europe is able to make mn effective
demand for as large volume Of our goods
rs she is making II is gratifying evidence
of her recovery and progress toward full
production and soundcr financial condi-
tions.
Under the law, ;f the activities of the
corporation were resumed no direct adj
vances could DO made to producers and
If they could he they would not accom-
plish the objects in view. They would
not create demand for our products.
They Guild be made only 10 exporters
or TO banks engaged in financ-
ing exports, and il they did in
some measure stimulate exports
they would probably not have the effect
apparently most desired of substantially
increasing those of agricultural commodi-
ties Already with the larger volume Of
exports which Europe is taking from us,
she is exercising her option such as meats,
presumably because she herself has be
come more largely self sufficient, or is
again providing herself with supplies
from distant countries which with the
opening up of shipping since the armistlee
have once more found their place III the
markets Of the world 1t is highly probable
that the most immediate and consplcu-
Gus effect of the resumption of the cor
porations activities would he an effort
ON the part of exporters to shift the iinanc-
ing of their operations from ordinary
commercial channels 10 the government
This would be unfortunate. II would
continue the government rs an active
factor in ordinary business operations.
II activities of any considerable magni-
tude resulted they would nccessitatc the
imposition of additional taxes or further
borrowing, either through the war finance
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-04

development These agencies may be
expected to act nr promptly and ms liberal
ly and helpfully as sound business con-
ditions will permit. Through reliance Of
such enterprises, rather than through
government intervention may we expect
to secure return To stable business re-
lntions.
"For many months there has been a
demand that war agencies should be
abolished and that there should be less
government Interference with business
/ have sympathizcd with this view and
believe that IL iS applicable to foreign
trade as well M TO domestic business !
am Of the opinion now two years after
the armistice, the nation should resume
it's usual business methods and return
To its reliance on the initiative intel
ligence and ability its business lenders
and financial institutions.
I'VE shall not witness an Immediate
adjustment Of domestic and international
trnde relations. The burdens of war are
not lifted when tho fighting ceases One
sad thing about the war is that it leaves
behind it legacy of economic ills and Of
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-04

suffering from which there If no escape.
Conditions. however, are improving both
here and abroad. The difficulties with
which we now nro confronted are Of small
consequence in comparison with those
which wa have met and overcome. Fuller
restoration awaits the adoption Of con-
structive measures Of large consequence
The secure establishment Of just peace
in the world; the cessation Of fighting
everywhere; the more complete resumption
in Europe Of tho normal courses Of 10
dustry, the return of her people TO sounder
fiscal and banking policies, and tho break
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-04
Red Pepper Stops
Rheumatic Pains
Sore. Stiff Joints atism
Lumbago and Pain Vanish--Try it and

Red Pepper Rub takes the "o,rch
from sore. stiff, aching JOINTS. II cannot
hurt YOU. and IT certainly ends that old
rheumatism torture at once
When you are suffering 50 YOU can
hardly get around, just try Red Pepper
Rub and YOU will have the quickest
relief known. Nothing has such concen
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-01-04

trated, penetrating heat ne red peppers
just as soon as you apply Red Pepper
Rub YOU will feel the tingling heat. In three
minutes it warns the sore spot through
and through. Pain and soreness are gone
Ask any druggist for jar Of Rowlcs
Red Pepper Rub II costs but little.