Evening star., 1923-08-12

A meeting of the National Press
Club Post, No. 90. the American
Legion. will be held at the National
Press Club next Tuesday night. The
! call has been issued by Capt John
H. Craige, L. s. NJ. c.. senior vice
| commander. Col. Edward B. Clark.
| the post commander, will return
from Marion. where he has been at
| tending the funeral services of
President Harding. to attend the
meeting.
Announcement has been made that
the play. Miss Fearless and Com
pany." which has been previously
given under the auspices OF the
L. s. S. Jacob Jones Post, No. ?, the
American Legion, Will be repeated,
Miss EurIce c. Dessez. post COM
mander, has scheduled the event for
the evenings of September II and Is
at Carroll Hall. 924 g street north
west. John Lewis Smith, department
commander. has given his approval
TO the project and legionnaires and
others interested in the work being
done by the woman veterans of the
bership of the L. s. s. Jacob Jones
Post are taking a lively interest in
the event.
erty custodian. who was chairman
Of the special committee appointed
TO represent the American Legion
nationally AT the funeral services for
President Harding. has expressed his
appreciation of the fine work done by
District Of Columbia legionnaires in
connection with that event Not
| only was the Department OF the Dis
| trtct Of Columbia represented by
committee of ten in tho funeral pro-
l CAESiOn memorial
held at Keith's Theater under Amer
| lean Legion auspices on Friday after
/ noon. he declared. was one of the
| outstanding features of the nation
wide mourning that was given ex-
preston as a consequence OF Presi-
| dent Coolidge's first proclamation 10
the people.
! Men who fought in the world war
are now asked 10 aid in formulating
plans for world peace. The American
! Legion's assistance is reGuested by
the American Peace Award in pro-
noting the national contest for the
! best plan submitted by which the
| United States may cooperate with
other nations to achieve and pre-
serve the peace Of the world for
by Edward W. Box Of Philadelphia
The legion already has entered
upon program to encourage world
concord through the 1nterallied Vet
Grams ASSOCIATION, composed or war
fighters from eight nations. Among
| the measures to promote peace ad-
vocatcd by the LEGION are the world
| court and the universal draft Of
capital. labor and industry. well
/ as fighting men, during any future
I conflict.
Sergeant Jasper Post. No. I3. the
| American Legion, at a meeting Thurs
! day night adopted resolutions of SYM
pathy on the death of President Hard
! Ing. A copy OF the resolutions was
| sent to Mrs. Harding and also one to
DR.. George T. Harding.
Commander Thomas J. Frailey, who
| presided at the meeting, and W. 3.
Thomas and r. A. Cusick were selected
of the department TO be held Septem-
her and =. The alternates are: W.
r Chapman. T. H Nolte, r. G. Fraser.
New members elected were: Or. NJ. C.
Goldstein. J. J. Miles. T. P. Doran.
F. W. Mcintyre and II. y. B!edsoe
Equality Walter Reed Post. No. 2S4.
Veterans OF Foreign Wars. has made
arrangements to take a large delegation
of members to the annual national en-
campment which will be held at Nor
| folk, Va. August IS TO 81 Edward S.
| Bettelheim, jr.. John D. Wichhusen A..
L.. Millmore. Fl. c. Forney. L. Z. DON
aldson and James E. Mackley have been
elected delegates.
| The next regular meeting of the post
| will be held Thursday evening. Sep
| tember g. at which time the big mem
bership campaign will be started un-
| der the leadership of Sam Berlin. Sew
| eral valuable prizes will be awarded to
| the member who makes the best boost
| ing average.
The entertainment committee is per-
fecting arrangements to present an in
| teresting program for the open meet
| ing and entertainment scheduled for
| Thursday evening. September 20. and
| all members are requested to bring
| their wives. mothers, sisters. daugh-
| ters or sweethearts. as this entertain
ment Is being provided especially for
| the members and their ladies'.
The Ladies' Auxiliary of Equality
| Walter Reed Post will hold It's next
regular meeting at the home of Mrs.
| James II. Reed, 1928 B street south
| west. Thursday evening. September s.
. at which time the program covering
I the fall activities of the auxiliary will
| be outlined.
| Special train facilities and railroad
| routing have been arranged to carry
| Washingtonians to San Francisco Tor
the national conventions of the Amer
| lean Legion and La Societe National
] Des 40 Hommes ct s Cheyaux, which
will be held there from October 10
| to 10.
The department of the District of
| Columbia Of the American Legion.
according to Department Commander
! John Lewis Smith. will be entitled to
at least nine delegates and nine al
| ternates to the national convention of
| the American Legion.
Voiture Locale, 174. the Washing
| ton unit OF the "Hommes," will be
| entitled to Ave delegates and five al
| ternates to the national meeting of
| that organization.
| Last year several hundred Washing
| tonians. including the band of George
| Washington Post and the Fife and
] Drum Corps Of the Vincent B. Costello
Pest. made the trip to the New Orleans
! convention of both organizations. A
| like humber are expected to make the
transcontinental trip to the San Fran
| cisco convention.
, There will be a particular interest
| attached to the delegation from
| voiture Locale, ia. Of the 40 and s,
| because 1t will seek to obtain final
| of a grand voiture, which would es-
| tablish the organization in the Dis
trict of Columbia on an equal footing
| with the organization In other states
in all probability also support DIR,
Stanley Rinehart for reelection as
| sous chef de chemin de fer, or vice
| president. and Paul J. McGahan, the
| premier historian national, for an
| other term in that office.
| A transportation committee, headed
! by Maj. A. J. Donovan, has completed
/ a study of the transportation ques-
| tion and has filed report setting
| forth a schedule and the rates that
| will apply on a special train that has
| been arranged to carry Washingto-
| mans to San Francisco.
| The special train will leave here
| over the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
October 10 at $40 pm. and arrive al