Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1922-05-05
NEWS NOTES FROM
 AMERICAN LEGION

garding, the payment of a bonus has been expressed by Samuel Go1npers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in an address before the Connecticut state federation at New Haven. President Gompers strongly favors the American Legion's adjust ed compensation measure, and said:
 "The American Federation of Labor believes that the men who risked their lives, gave up their jobs and are now out of work should be compen- sated. Business would be revived, and an enormous amount of money put in to circulation, while the public at large would be affected financially very little if Congress passed a just taxation act"
 Keel ze robbair' will be brand new French battle-cry this summer, for Paris reports that the French cap ital is to be treated to league base ball, la Americaine, box scores and all.
 Four teams, two made up of Yankee war veterans and two selected from French athletic clubs, will make up the league which the American Legion in Paris is forming. The Legionnaires also will instruct in the proper throwing of pop bottles.
 Games will be played, starting May 20, on the Bagatelle grounds in the Bois de Boulogne.
 "Ex-service men of the House of Representatives are determined to in vestigatc the alleged illegal fraudu- lent transactions of the War and Navy departments and to see that prosecutions are waged to bring to justice these individuals who by tech nical means or otherwise defrauded the government of huge sums of money during and after the close of the war;" says a announcement made at Washington by the legislative com mittee of the American Legion. Two House committees have been appointed to investigate all contracts and ex- penditures made by the two depart ,ments.
 As measure of preparedness for another flood, American Legion men of Pueblo, Colo., are establishing two rescue stations outside the flood ter ritory where ropes, boats and other equipment will be kept.
 On, one of their regular tours of Boston hospitals members of the American Legion and the Harvard glee club stopped at the bed of a sol dier who was dying. The question of whether or not the collegians should sing was answered by the veteran: "Sure, it will be happy memory to carry across with me-"
 About a month ago 40 St. Louis men bought pages of newspaper ad- vertising to announce their opposition to adjusted compensation, adding that they were world war veterans. Mis- souri is paying state war bonus' however, and the American Legion, distributing bonus application blanks found that these men were among the first to apply for the state compen- sation.
 If Seattle young men become sea- sick at club meetings, they will have an honest alibi. An American Legion post has bought one of the U. $. shipping boards wooden hulls, moored it to a dock and will use it as a Legion clubhouse.
 One of the most novel stunts III jurisprudence took place at mock trial conducted by the American Legion at Birmingham, Ala, and pre- sided over by Judge H. B. Abernathy nationally known jurist, to instruct new citizens. The talesmen were SIX service men, none of whom spoke English, and six Birmingham girls.
 A woman m Tennessee who sa" Marshal Foch while he was touring the United States under the auspices of the American Legion, has writer the marshal asking him to send he' one of his worn-out'shirts. She wants to make an apron, she declares, anc would like to have it autographed.
 Even the movie stars know how Ii feels, the American Legion of Min neapolis, Minn., reports. J. Warrer Kerrigan of Hollywood has writer the state bonus board of Minnesota asking that his $2S5 war compensation be hurried up and paid" Kerrigar enlisted as a buck private and wa' d;srharped second lieutenant