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has presented to President Wilson,
President-eIect Harding, and TO all
members of congress. Probably never
before in the history Of the country
has such an army of orators been
modified TO speak at the same time
upon a single rext.
The Legion aims to present to the
people of the United States the facts
regarding the disabled in the same
language as they were presented TO
the officials of the government The
LegiOn's memorial was carried to the
President at the White House by John
Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the
Legion National Legislative commit
tee. National Commander f. w. Gal
braith, Jr., gave it to Senator Harding
at Marion, where he had a long and
important conference on the disabled
situation with the next President
The Legion denOunces the present
method of caring for the disabled as
a failure" which only can be rem
edied by the entire reconstruction of
the federal machinery dealing with
the problem.
The functions of the three agencies,
which deal with the problems of the
disabled, the bureau of war risk in
surance, the federal board for voca-
tiOnal education, and the United
States public health service, must be
co-ordinated, their machinery decen-
tralized and all three placed under
common control" the memorial states.
AS an equally essential remedy for
existing conditions, the memorial
urges the immediate appropriation for
the use of the unified organization
of a sum ample to build or rent a
sufficient number of hospitals to take
care of the $1,000 ex-service men who
are unable to receive treatment at
present because of lack of beds and
shelter.
The failure" of the government to
afford justice TO the sick and wounded
veterans is attributed by the Legion
to IAN astonishing state of divided re-
sponsibility and wasted effort among
the government agencies with which
the problem rests"
The break in the chain of RESPONSE
bility occurs, according TO the me-
mortal, as a result of the fact that
the war risk bureau is under and re-
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The American Legion, in a period
Of 10 months doubled in membership
and gained 3.417 posts, according to
returns at National headquarters.
More significant. however, is the
growth of the Women'ss auxiliary,
which started the year 1920 with 5000
members and so units. and finished
with an enrolment of 100000 and a
total of 1695 units. Substantial gains
were registered by oil state depart
ments of the Legion end new posts
were formed In the following foreign
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United States has been more liberal
than any other nation in it's provisions
for the disabled soldiers, but that 1t has
failed in large measure to make these
provisions available in spite of the
benefit of the experience of other
nations in the recent war and the ex-
perience of this nation in previous
wars.
I'm the rehabilitation of a disabled
man there are three needs-medical
treatment, vocational training and
financial support" the memorial
states. 1.-The government has recog-
nized the three needs, but overlooks
the fact that they are the simultane-
Gus needs of one man, not of three
different men or of one man at three
different times. 1t makes three prob
lens out of what really is one problem.
Continuing this faulty conception,
ii has given the problem over to three
agencies. All, by force of circumstan-
ces, are exercising functions they were
not intended TO exercise. This pre-
seuts an amazing spectacle of admin
istrative chaos. duplication, wasted en-
ergy and conflict, which is the key
TO the present condition.
''The result is the suffering of the
disabled veterans Thousands are
waiting and have waited for months
for compensation for their injuries
Thousands have waited for months
for an opportunity to re-establiSh
themselves as self-sustaining members
of society by vocational training.
Thousands are in need of hospitaliza-
ton, and the government has no hos
pita facilities available for them. OF
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me to try it. was then In bed part of
the time and my doctor said | would
have to be operated on, but we decided
TO try the Vegetable Compound and I
also used Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative
Wash. | am a dressmaker and am now
able to 90 about my work and do my
homework besides. You are welcome
to use this letter as a testimonial as / am
always glad to speak a word for your
medicine. Mrs. w. M. STEPHENS, HOB
N. Commerce ST., Vernon, Texas.
Dressmakers when overworked are
prone to such ailments and should profit
by Mrs Stephens experience.
Write to Lydia E. Pinkhan Medicine
Co. (confdentiaD, Lynn, Mass, about
your health. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by a woman and
held in strict confidence.
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To take the place of tin food con-
tainers a London factory is making
100000 cardboard reeeptacles week
".
A process has been invented for cut
ting inscriptions into the surface of
wood used for signs to make them per-
manent-
The Pretoria government recently
tried an experiment with a view to
producing rain by dropping dust on
clouds An airplane assembled to a
height of 5000 feet. but the dust failed
to cause rain
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away?" asked the girl. wouldn't its
sounds have grown fainter and faint
err
II guess you're right, said the boy.
1T is fOoling rs by keeping STILL"
whispered the girl. u wish Mrs Wood
Elf would come. would think she
was ugly aow if I saw her. I'm
sure-not to come and help US"
Again they heard noise and again
they shivered and tried TO keep very
still.
They only hoped for the morning
when they could run away from adj
ventures and Just stay where it was
quiet and safe.
oh, if morning would only come
In a moment or two more the boy
peaked out of one eye into darkness
with only the little bit Of "a scrap OF
light which came through from the
far-off stars
He thought he saw shadow Then
he was quite sure ne saw one. He gave
one awful shrek and the girl rushed
to him and put her head on his shout
der.
"Oh, this is terrible. terrible Save
US, don't hurt US. animal. creature
snake, whoever. whatever You are -
the girl cried.
a snake wouldn't listen: no crea-
] ture would" tremhled the boy.
"Oh dear oh dear" said a creature
who at least could speak the language
the boy and girl understood; "oh dear.
oh dear. l can't help signing"
then lighted a little candle which he
carried in a birchbark candlesuck.
Il won't hurt YOU" he said mo.
won't hurt either Of you. I heard YOU
wanted to have adventures and
thought"
I'VE don't want your kind" said
the boy
mo, please. no. said the girl.
Patience" said the creature. and
they saw his face now in the candle
light. for before they had not dared
to look. 1t was kindly and jolly and
round. He looked almost like a moon
with legs and arms. taking a walk on
the earth
I've come to. tell you" said the
creature, that I wasn't roaring. You
bed and so the slightest sound made
you think of wild animals
I've come most especially 10 tell
you. though. that there are no such
things as bogeys and ghosts. And II
you're going to spoil your trip by
imagining all sorts Of foolish things.
you're a pair of silly children.
"Good-by, and OH the creature
shouted as he put out his candle and
went off, please remember that there
aren't such creatures as ghosts and
bogeys. But il You think every sound
means something when you hear # az
night, I feel sorry for your nights. for
the leaves and the wind and the walls
and the doors and the ceilings and the
shrubs and everything else must move
and change their position once in a
while"
So they went back 70 sleep. and were
really very thankful to have had this
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BRIEF INFORMATION

A silencer of airplane motors, more
efficient than automobile muffiers, has
been developed in Switzerland.
Electrically heated mattresses TO
keep beds at even temperatures are
being tried in British hospital for
cripples-
Japanese women wear gold pins in
their hair until they reach the age of
twenty-five; at thirty the pins are
white. and at forty the women wear
plain shell combs.
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Kindness Is Rewarded

Some deeds are very small. we
drop them into the soil with scarcely
q thought Kind words. little acts OF
unseIfshness- sacrifices 50 small that
one would be afraid 10 count them
ana yet for each of them there is a
sure harvest The girl who sows low
ingly. unSeltshly. and faithfully. will
reap a harvest golden beyond her
dreams.-Girls, Companion.
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sponsible to an
assistant secreta-
ry of the treas
ury, an officer of
the e X G Gu tive
branch of the gov
eminent, while
the federal board
for vocational ed
ucation is respon-
sible only TO con-
gresS, and is I'M
der none of the
executive depart
ments of the gov
eminent.
The memorial
nCnortC ThoN Tho
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No Show for Author.

People appreciate akespeare
more than they used to. remarked the
student OF the fheater
''What has Shakespeare to do with
IT" rejoined AIr. Storm!ngton Barnes.
haughtily. People are Ill last begin
ming 70 realize the magnificent supe-
riority OF nv acting"
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A Pambearer

How children ger mixed MP on the
sound of words a little Brooklyn
girl was telling her playmate about p
funeral that was to take place thar
afternoon and she said MY papa is
g9ing 10 be one Of the bah bearings:
heard him say so."-Bosfon Tran
script.
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Might Makes Fight.

Look here. Private O'Shea." roared
the sergeant. Have you any right TO
wear that medal?"
If / amt I don't know who has"
retorted O'Shea belligerently. Il took
it away from the biggest guy in the
outfit -Ameriean Legion Weekly.
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gion in every
state are now
carrying by word
of-mouth TO use
American people
the LegiOn's stO-
ry of the suffer
ing, $ h a m e f u |
neglect and in
justice" in the
governments adj
ministration of
the nations debt
TO the disabled.
which was CON
tained in the for
NAL III e Ia o ri a |
which rha Legion
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pains III lily 6A4C0. J.
found only tempo
raryrelief in doctors
medicine or anything
else | took until my
husband saw an adj
yer tbs e m ent of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e z e ia BILE Co m
pound. l mentioned
Il to a neighbor and
she told me she had
taken it with good
results and advised
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When the first monograph was dem
onsrrated 10 the French Academy II
Sciences the assembled scientists pro-
nouneed it nothing more than feat .
ventriioauism on the part of The opera
tor.
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Sen ErankIln.s Rarnnts

Benjamin Franklin's father. Josiah
Franklin. emigrated to America from
England about 1856. His mother
second wife. was the daughter of Peter
Folger, a leading settler. noted for his
philanthropy ami tolerance.
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90 OFT or 100

Of the winter ailments such as Coughs,
Colds, sDasmodic Group, or soreness
anywhere. may be quickly relieved by
Facher-Balm. Ask your druggist.
Avoid imitations.-Adv
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countries: Argentine Republic, Bel
GUM. China. Guatemala. Japan. Pc
land. Samoa, Santo Domingo and
Peru.
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Givina Up.

Shea woman has to give up a great
deal after she gets married.
He-A man does nothing else but
give mp after he gets married-Bos-
ton Transcript
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Peggy-''My face is my fortune"
Percy-"You ought to wear a veil. 1t
isn't right to be continually flashing
vour roll =
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IN PLEA FOR NEGLECTED MEN
Three Thousand Veterans From Le-
gion Ranks Are Explaining Sit
uation to American People.

Three thousand volunteer speakers
from the ranks of the American LIE
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Needs Many Answers

What is II thar never asks any oues-
tons yet requires many answers A
3oorbel.
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DRESSMAKER
MADE WELL
Followed a Neighbor's Advice
and Took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Vernon, Tex" For three years
suffered untold agony each month with
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09
BY G. G. coRR1GAN

Denver papers, the first to reach
Pueblo after the rush of the big waters
of Arkansas would have the world az
large believing that Sunville woulo
never be known again by Rand ana
/, McNally.
Old man H o may have landed US
solar plexus. but the aborigines OF
the old trading post on the Santa Fe
Trail and the followers of big Chief
"Manitou" are long ways take II
from me- Martin, of being In the n Q.
class. We have been walloped, We ad-
init 1t. We haye been walloped be-
fore. In fact We have been walloped
twice in the same place. From the
first we came up smiling at the count
of eight. FROM the second we are 60
ing to get up with burro giggle at
the count of nine, and should we get
walloped again and be X. O'd we will
get up with grin.
The business district has evaporated.
1t may he strung down the Arkansas
for 100 miles, perhaps some OF 1t now
is going out in the Gulf Of Smetchico
but with the spirit of the three ball
men who come down from Canada. we
say ''ish ga bibble." There are some
homeless. We admit this. There are
some drowned and some missing. We
admit this. But so far old Puetown
nesting under the shadows of the zinc
smelter Is taking care Of her rafugees
ana there Is and mere mas oeen no SUI
fering for want os sSod and shelter.
The home guards under that illustri-
Gus leadership of our beloved MayorI
Mike" Studszinski brought order out
of chaos in a way that will bring him
the applause OF the entire country
when the details get out.
Mike" has shown the world that he
is a second Little Mac of Antietam
when It comes to generalship and Or
Sanizing. The writer who energies
with tnis cffusion OF jargon on a mill
covered with Arkansas mud has been
in half dozen catastrophes and
holucausts including the Frisco Roll.
Pueblo in her calamity has taken hold
OF tne. situation with system under
Mike Studszinski and hts aides and
brought order from chaos almost In
stantaneous. When the militia arrived
| they found ruin and order
There is no real suffering In Pueblo
| today as regards food and shelter.
Profiteering and lootinR as a general
rule always following such a catas-
trophe is conspicuous by its absence.
The Indians are honest men.
Denver papers give our loss rs 3l0.-
100000. Yes, II will be some te5. 900. :
900 when a careful estimate has been
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09
The Old Spirit
of New Pueblo

made. Pueblo is and will be the Pitrs-
burgh Of the West. Newspapers over
the country may exaggerate our con-
dition. There 10 no need for this. It's
bad enough. We desire to hold moth.
ing back that ID truth. We will have
to appeal for aid. which is already on
Its way to US from our brothers and
sisters who are coming to our aid
without asking,
Today under one Of those skies which
has given to the glorious State of Col
orado the name Of Gods country. old
Sol In all his splendor beams down
from Cosmos upon the hustling In
dams who have went forward to the
task of rebuilding from the debris now
heaped high and wide In the business
district, a bigger and better Sunville.
The clouds have rolled by and il is
no longer case OF wait until the sun
shines Nellie. We are up and at it
The birds are again singing merrily
in the maple branches. and the bird
men spiral lazily in the blue ozone
above like huge vultures about to
swoop down and pick the remains of
the followers Of Manitou Trucks. are
removing the dead horses from the
business district and the braves have
taken up the long handled shovel and
are going at II with a vim and a yigor
never known before in the Golden
West. Already in the ruins even be-
fore the swirling H2O had receded our
placards were posted: Tell the world
We viii rebuild".
The power house will soon be fur
nishing us with juice again. and day
and night, Pueblo Spirit, and the wes-
tern pep OF the Indians will WELD the
shovel, the hammer, the saw and the
trowel. and the noise therefrom will be
heard around the world.
WATCH OUR SMOKE has ever
been our slogan. Keep Your Eyes
on Pueblo. Will be our new slogan.
Onward and upward Is the foreword OF
the Pueblo Indians az he again rears
his big tepees skyward
From the smouldering embers OF the
San Francisco of 1906 there arose a
mightier and more beautiful San Fran
cisco to greet the traveller in the year
OF 1921. From the carnage and de-
struction brought about by Jupiter
P1uvius on Pueblo there will arise a
mightier Pueblo than ever before And
as We scent the sweetest ozone that
blows in from the Greenhorn Noun
tains, We are again disposed to say
'tis q privtlege' 10 live In Colorado.
Are We downheartedr We are glad
to say that We know not the meaning
Of this Abracadabra.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09
Manager Pressy Ranch
Takes Terrific Ride

An unusual and difficult ride Of sixty-
'five miles on horseback was made BY
Thomas ]. Scott, superintendent OF the
Pressey ranch, his object being 70
reach Pueblo. The Pressy farm Of ~
ceres is at the foot of the big hog
back three miles north Of Canon City.
Mr.. Scott brought the first authentic
report of conditions up there. from
which 1t appears that the action Of the
elements was exactly like that which
twice occurred in 1894. first on Decora-
ton day and second q week later. That
Is to say. while the river and branches
were at the limit of flood volumes -
they issued from the mountains. this
quantity was immensely added to By
tremendous rainfall along the foothills.
especially toward the Hardscrabblo
region. 1t was the surplus flowing In
to the river from the territory south OF
1t that made the phenomenal deluge.
This or similar action was plainly OBJ
served twenty-seven years ago.
Indefinite reports having reached
Canon of flood in Pueblo, nobody
could think of anyway of coming here
except by automobile which was i'm
possible Mr.. Scott exclaimed that he
could try II in primitive style With
good horse. Accompanied by Mexi
can on another animal he headed south
for Wetmore and Greenwood, thence
to Goodpasture outside the Btulah
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09

hole. Rain fell in torrents as they
reached that place. Six young men
also on horses were twenty minutes
ahead of them and crossed a creek
water. But in that twenty minutes 1t
had risen to such depth that Scott and
his companion had to swim their
horses. which meant being themselves
in water above the waist.
Canon City had no special damage
but Four Mile bridge. this side. went
down. and from there eastward to
Pueblo there is not a known bridge left
standing. on either the Arkansas river
or its creeks. Eight Mile creek bridge
being one Of those wrecked. even Its
approaches gone,
Miles of track has been displaced or
washed out. on both the Rio Grande
and Santa Fe railroads. For great
stretches the tracks must be entirely
rebuilt.
The village of Portland was badly
damaged and at last accounts the Rio
away. Accounts Of the condition of
the cement works at Portland do not
agree. One statement is that the plant
Is demolished. 1t is said the cement
mill at Concrete. standing back farther
from the river. is not so badly injured
and can shortly be in operation.
Showing that affairs at Canon City
We're no worse than on many similar
occasions. Mr.. Scott had nearly hun
dred young pigs on his farm and lost
only one OF them by the storm.
But he had no information as to the
rainfall toward Cripple Creek and
Colorado Springs except that Phantom
canon poured out tremendous run of
water and Its bridges probably suffer
ed. AT several points the Arkansas
river showed far greater width and
volume than was ever seen in the past.
The roaos above canon toward the
west We're not put out. OF service. =
number of people came down from
Salida to Canon to explore the upper
river. But there is no traffic between
Canon and Colorado Springs. Scott did
not see or learn Of any loss OF livestock
on his adventurous journey, but hardly
saw a bridge intact
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09
Flood Conditions North and East

Denver. June S.-At Sterling in
the northeastern part OF the state the
flatte rose six inches during the
night and today Colorado rangers
were pacing the binks as guards to
all approaches. The river went up
two inches at Fort Morgan. north
est OF Sterling. but no fear OF heavy
damage in that district Is held. be-
cause of the low valley thru which
the Platte flows.
The flood situation in northern
Colorado apparently In becoming
worse The ST. Vrain and Poudre
rivers, as well as the Platte. were
higher today than ever known be-
fore. Highways and farms are flood
ed with several feet of water and the
rivers are still rising.
At Lasaile conditions remain un-
changed. The high water In the
Platte river which struck Denver
,oday Is expected here tonight but
further damage IL not looked for.
At Lonrmont the crisis II believed
y have passed when river started to
lii late :hs afternoon. The water
has been recedinx gradually since 5
p. m Greatest damage done 40
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09
TO CAR OWNERS

The Red Cross is in vital need of
automobiles and drivers. both pass
enger cars and trucks. Until telephone
communicat ton Is again In operation.
the only means of delivering messages
over the city is by motor. All supplies
must be delivered by motor: trains un-
loaded and the sick and needy moved
about.
Public spirited citizens who are not
engaged in other relief work are earn
cstiy requested TO report to the Trans
portation desk In the main lobby of the
Court House and serve TO the fullest
extent possible. President ]. F. Kcat-
ing. the local chapter of the Red Cross,
states that where equipped. the Red
Cross will furnish gasoline.
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09
PROMINENT REPUBLICAN,
Is SUDDENLY STRICKEN

Washington. d. c.. Juhe Alvin
T. Hcrt OF Louisville. KY. Republican
national committeeman from that
state. died suddenly here today.
MI Hcrt who was 5s years of age
had come here to attend the meeting
of the Republican national committee.
Death was said to be due TO apoplexy.
He was Ill on a train Sunday night.
Mr.. Hoyt had also been prominently
mentioned as cabinet possibility and
later as the next Republican national
committee chairman. In the 1916 cam
paign he was western manager for the
Republican party,
Pueblo chieftain., 1921-06-09
British Steamer
Struck Huge Iceberg

Halifax. N. s., June S.-The British
freighter Seapool struck an iceberg off
the Newfoundland coast today and
slowly is making for st. Johns with her
forefoot broken and her forepeak full
of water.
Boston, June s.-Announcement that
. steamer had struck an iceberg in
mid-Atlantic and was believed to be
sinking was contained in radio mes
sage received at the navy yard here
today. The message did not name the
steamer and gave the position only ~
<s.ao degrees west longitude.
The message read:
"Just struck iceberg: position tS:3e
west longitude. Some one near pleas
ansWer. Believe We are sinking"
The distress call was received on q
continuous wave. which requires high
power sending station.
For several weeks steamers arriving
here reported vast Ice fields off the
Grand Banks.
New York. June S.-The British
freiRhter Seapool struck an iceberg In
mid-Atlantic today. Private reports
received here gave the name Of tee
steamer after a radio message had beeu
picked up in Boston stating that an
unnamed craft had crashed Into q great
block Of ice and was believed to os
sinking.
The seapool. a steamer Of l.to7 grose
tons, was built in 1913. She was last
reported leaving Montreal for Dublin
June 2.