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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
WHAT LOAN VALUE
CERTIFICATES WOULD HAVE

Adjusted service certificates would
have loan value on tho following
basis; For the first three years the
certificate holder would be allowed
to borrow from bank 80 per cent
OF the valuo OF his adjusted service
credit, plus tho interest thereon at
AZ per cent compounded annually.
From three TO six years following
Issuance Of the certificate he could
borrow IS per cent Of his credit plus
interest; after six years, s7h per
cent, plus interest. In case OF fail.
ure to make payments on these
loans when due. tho veteran would
not lose his certificate. The secre.
tary Of the treasury would DO 70.
quired 20 take them up and veter.
ans have tho option OF redeemlns
them by paying loan and interest,
this provision 10 remain In effect
during tho 2o.yenr life OF the certlfi.
cate.
Q. VOCATIONAL TRAINING
AID. This provision allows the vet.
eran 10 apply his adjusted service
credit. computed In this option AZ
f1.75 n day. 10 complete an educa.
ton Interrupted by the war.
4. FARM OR HOME AID. Vet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
THE LEGION'S SIDE
Of the Fight for Adjusted Compensation

for The star telling the American
LeEion side Of the fikht for tho Adj
TASTED Compensation measure. ex-
plains la full tho bili which u now
before congress. IL 1. what the Lc-
kion men wait. Dr.. iiintan ~
jones ha. made a careful study Of
the bill and knows what the Legion
naircs are thinking about.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
Why Daughertv Won't Do

SENATOR WALSH, after smoking out evidence OF mis-
- conduct in the lease of the naval oil by for
mer Secretary FALL objects TO having the turned
pver to Attorney General Daughery for legal action to
recover the navy's oil supply.
And rightly So Daugherty was appointed because he
had been good political manager and because he knew
how to pass out political jobs TO party advantage lie
was good fellow, mixer, politician. That has been
his way of accomplishing things.
! Daughertys record, since he became attorney gem
era is of consistent loss of the pubcs cases until
The morale of the department of justice is at ebb level
To make Daughertys position worse he and Fall have
been close friends in the Harding cabinet
With that his record Daugherty won't do to handle the
of the public the private eXpoters to
The nayy's OIL
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

ernns who wish TO make improve
mants on city or suburban homes,
or purchase or make payments on
city homes or farms or pay Off land.
Cd indebtedness. may receive for this
specific purpoao adjusted service
credits based on length OF service In.
crvaAsd by % per cent
8. LAND SETTLEMENT AID.
An optional plan o. applying HIS
credit upon Tho purchase % a tract
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

depend upon
Wholesale niauEh.
ter. what results
~ too great n
shock for human
masses 70 fully
comprehend.
Those soldiers
Of ours who
served overseas
were stepped In
n horror that
viii haunt them
as long a. they
live. Those OF
nur man Who
were called into
nrruIrr hut VIZ
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
WAR DUTY CAST BACK
LIFE WORK OF FIGHTERS

They were out Of civil life for pc.
RODS varying from n month or two
to two years and half before the
federal government released them.
They were cast back into civil life
that had adjusted itself 10 doing with.
out them. As war heroes they we're
welcomed, as out-of.work civilians
they were excess so far as the civic
structure was concerned.
Room was made for many OF them;
many forced their way into positions;
others, many, many others. were not
so fortunate. Tho transition was not
accomplished all at once. either. For
immediate economic rcadjustment
the government helped cach man
with n mileage allowance for travel
pay and n $50 bonus. Aside from
this. the vast majority Of the com.
mon soldiers and sailors were
broke" Army service didn't make
milllonalrea out OF soldiers.
On December 6. 1929. Roprosenta.
tive Watkins, OF Oregon. introduced
In the house Of representatives. nj
Washington a bill entitled ITO pro.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
HEADING CASUALTY
LISTS WAS MECHANICAL

Civilians read tho casualty lists
day after day until this process DO.
came a mechanical ono that left little
more impression. gave hardly moro
OF Jolt 10 conseiousneas than read.
ing today OF a death or two In an
automobile accident.
But look you into the homes OF the
gold star mothers and into tho hearts
and minds OF those other good people
whose boys went west" either In
France or in the plague camps at
home. Wars horror struck like
lightning there.
The experience was not sport or
n frivolous thing that the men en-.
gnged in for fun.
1t was a part OF the upbuilding OF
the United States OF America. II tho
boys did their work well.
II they failed. what thcn7 IL the
United States was no secure, why
place these men in servicc7 why
send any OF them across n submarine
infested ocean 10 n foreign land7
Did they ask 10 bo scnt7 Did they
refuse TO 30 when ordered? Would
the others kept at homo have refused
to go, IL ordereds
Consider this for n moment. that
up TO April. 1917. and tho few months
following. most OF these men wore
civilians: 90 per cent OF them were
civilians with civil pursuits, trades.
professions, businesses. They weren't
soldiers, professional or amateur.
Yet the safety Of the whole economic
structure Of this country was In.
trusted to these 100000 men lifted
out OF civil life.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
"NoW 1t Can Be Told"

NOV it be told why Edwin DENLY, of Detroit,
large ovabe good natured but wholly inexperienced
and untried picked for secretary of the navy and
why Theodore Roosevelt selected his assistant.
Plans of more adroit and clever called for inno
and anesthesa for the policy heads OF the navy
They must be insensibe to certain ampuations about
TO be made from the navy.
I DENLY and Roosevelt lived up to expectations DENLY
divided his time between football games, junkets and
visits with gobs and Roosevelt went in for afterdinner
speeches and newspaper interviews The navy itself
DENLY signed away the naval oil without really
knowing what in the paper prepared by former Sec
rotary FALL it brought out in his testimony before
the senate committee while Roosevelt did not appreciate
developments enough to protest until ii was all
T. It's high time these gentlemen giving up their
jobs to make way for too smart to be the tools of
others. either innocenty otherwise
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

not sent overseas. Bcnsed this horror
because they knew not when the
order might come sending them into
the heart OF Il. Those who were dis
qualified for service for any reason.
regardless OF how patriotic their i'm.
pulses or their willingness 10 serve,
must inwardly have brcathed a algh
ef ...f4.E
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
Jobs for Nobility

n MILLION dollar jazz palace where unemployed
counts and barons will be employed dancing part
ners and hosts, viii be built in New York
Isadore j. Faggen invented this wonderful idea
Some humorists consider it funny. Rather it's pathetic
Not that sorry for nobility forced to hunt job
Wed like to force honest work of the parasite
noblemen who stay in Europe bankrupt and plot political
ly or set their traps for American heiresses
The former nobleman who is willing to work as a
dancing partner waiter, to make honest living has
our respect to the hilt.
Patent office says fois s trying to invent perpetual motion
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
Story No. 3.

vide adjusted compensation for world
war veterans. 10 provide revenue
therefor. and for other purposes"
This bill was referred 10 the ways
and means committee and ordered 10
DO printed. II Is the adjusted com
ponHatlon act which tho American
Legion believes the people OF tho
unlted States individually and IN tho
vast majority ineorne. II provides
adjusted compensation for tho world
war veterans for whAt1
BILL ~ MEASURE
LONG OWING To MEN
Ia Il a reward for soFvlce In dc.
Tense OF the country that IL being
asked In u an honorary bonus
given because tho American forces
assisted the allies In knocking ou,
tho insane strong man Of Europeg
Rather u Il a provision that should
have been made long ago 10 readlust
himself in his civilian surroundings,
10 help him Ia overcoming tho handi
caps that confronted him. and 10
many cases s,ili confront him. be
cause Of tho fac, that no wAa taken
out OF clvll life for a time and then
dumped back into u TO shift for him
self after civil Ito had become &C.
cus,omed 10 doing without him.
Any citizen can obtain a copy Of
this Watkins bill b. writing 10 h
CONGRESSMAN al Warrington. nfief
y. the bill can be summarized "a
follows:
To equalize It's application fairly
for all who served honorably IN the
military and naval forces OF the
country between April s. 1917. and
July /, 1919. compensation Is re.
duced 10 a basis OF days OF service
at tho rate OF il.as a day for ssrv
leo with the cxpeditienary forceu
overseas aud 81 q day for service
on homo roll.
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pictures minute that
h MI the changing expressions cSIrmer
face.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
BILL DOES NOT GIVE
CASH TO SOLDIERS

II does not provide for any carl
paymenta. except as Will bs noted
below; what II does provide Is ad
justed service credit In amounts not
20 exceed 5000 in the homo servlce
classification or se25 In the oyerscaa
classification. for all veterans or
honorable service up TO and inciud
ing the rink OF captain In the army
and marine corps or lieutenant In
the navy.
This compensation, after tho SEQ
bonus paid nj the time OF tho vet.
Grams discharge from service II dc.
Quoted. may take. ut tho individuals
option, one OF tho following forms:
/. Adjusted Service Pay. This,
tho only cash feature provided for In
tho bill, IA payable only to men
whose adjusted service credit. after
deducting tho SEQ discharge bonus,
comes TO $50 or less. Roughly. !t
affects only men who served lcss
than four months. cThis provision
must be accepted by veterans who
arc not entitled TO more than 500
-. Adjusted Service Certificates.
These certificates arc paid.up en-.
dowmont insurance policies. payable
at tho end OF 20 years to the voter.
an II he Is still alive, or. II no dies
in tho interval, 10 his estate. The
certificate would have n redemption
value at the end OF tho 2o.yoar peri.
Cd Of tho adjusted service credit.
plus 25 per cent. tho whole plus AZ
per cent, compounded annually. This
would come TO 3.o15 tho value OF
e1.-..la.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30
Not CAN but WILL

sDOGER DOLAN comments: II see there's another
IN commission to determine how much Germany CAN
spay. When these experts get thru the next thing in
-order will be commission to determine how much Ger
fmany WILL pay. Some diplomatic thinking reminds us
of the famous river two miles wide and two inches Deep
dispatch bes.d Renal was an
Aren't to get an ideal
a Freak
Fl ENIN lawyer, freak His deadliest enemy
IL has to admit that he always put men before prop
ery. That's not common in the training propensity or
practice of lawyers.
Right or wrong, worlds blessing, worlds curse
Lenin stood up for folks rather than for dollars.
The purpose of presidential definitely
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

Provincial legislatures Spain abolished
tanned politicians The Dictator business has It's points
Ccue has formula curing bald heads which, successful win
utterly ruin musical comedy and vaudeville
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

office folks m trying perpetual
machine How foothe who invented perfected
that long
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

Maybe the Me1icans viii finally say 1t with Flores.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

dispatch bgs.d Renal was an
attempt asassnats him. Aren't those quick get ideal
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

Keep Coolidge slogan the bandwngon
oubt Is AMI wugon
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-01-30

Europe likes Charlie Dawes vgor speech told
they win like the later figure OF his speech all win be well
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-17
HOREJSI-KODET

A pretty church wedding took place
at St. Mary's church in Bechyn Tues
day morning when Miss Rose Horejsi
and Mr.. Joseph F. Kodet took the nup-
tial vows and were united in the holy
bonds of matrimony Promptly at
ten o'clock the bridal party entered
the church and slowly marched. to the
altar Miss Mayme Horejsi, as brides
maid, lead, and following her came
the bride looking beautiful in a gown
of white canton crepe with Spanish
lace, with train veil, arranged with
orange blossoms in coronation effect,
and carrying a shower bouquet of
roses, carnations and ferns.
The ceremony was performed by
Rev. Father Jiracek in the presence
of large number of relatives and
friends of the happy couple and fol-
lowing the ceremony, nuptial high
mass was celebrated.
From the church the bridal party
repaired to the home of the brides
parents in Beaver Falls township
where reception was held and where
a wedding dinner was served, at
which covers were laid for thirty GU
ests.
The bride is daughter of Mr.. and
Joseph Horejsi of Beaver Falls and is
esteemed by all her acquaintance for
her amiable and winsome manner.
The groom is son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jos. Kodet of Henryville, and is known
as an Industrious and energetic young
man of excellent character.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-17
PELZEL-SALFER

A very pretty church wedding took
place at st. AIMS Catholic church in
Wabasso last Tuesday morning at 9
o'clock, when Miss Clara Pelzel be-
came the bride of Mr.. Joseph Safer,
Jr. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. NJ Moitzheim and was attended
by large number of friends and re-
1atives of the young couple. Immedi-
ately following the ceremong we'd
ding reception was held at the home
of the brides parents, which was at
tended by the immediate relatives of
the contracting parties. A wedding
dance was given at the City Hall in
the evening.
The bride is a daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. B. H. Pelzel of Waterbury town
ship, and is highly respected by all
who know her. The groom is son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Salfer, ST., of
New Avon township, and is one of
the Industrious young farmers of that
community. They will make their
home on the groom's farm, six miles
east of Wabasso.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-17
Seaforth

Mrs, Chas. Davis and son Mark
were Redwood Falls visitors Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Davis were gu
ests of Harry Davis and mother Sum
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Starr and little
son accompanied Miss Grace Gallery
from Redwood Falls Sunday and were
supper guests of Mrs. Jeanette Davis.
The Catholic ladies gave one OF
their suppers at the Workman hall
Sunday. A very large crowd was in
attendance.
The Mogensen child who was badly
burned about ten days ago is slowly
improving under the care OF DIR.
Brand of Redwood Falls.
Seaforth played kitten ball with
Lucan at Lucan Saturday evening.
Alvira Mum is teaching near Vesta
this year.
Tom Johnson of Redwood Falls call
ed On his sister, Mrs. John Longbot-
tom one day the past week.
Bert King who rented his farm and
held a sale Saturday will move his
family to Montana.
Geo. S. Davis and family visited
at the w. Byington home Sunday.
Mrs. Lew Dickerson and daughter
Betty of St. Paul spent the past week
her with Mrs. Dickerson's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Longbottom.
Services at 10 o'clock next Sunday
at the Presbyterian church.
Pat LAWN moved his family tt
Vesta the past week where the two
older children are attending higf
school.
Mrs. John Mum and daughter Vera
were Redwood Falls shoppers Satur
day.
The ice cream social given by the
Ladies' Aid Saturday evening wa:
largely attended. Between twenty
five and thirty dollars was realized.
Leonard Pape has been slowly i'm
proving the past week.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-17
Morgan

Mrs. w. F. Stoltz was a Sleepy
Eve visitor on Wednesday.
Miss Lauretta Parker who has re-
Gently completed business course
in St. Paul was home for short va
cation. She returned to ST. Paul on
Sunday an company with Paul Walk
er. mo 9Hk "
Miss Alice Sorenson left Sunday for
St. Paul where she will continue her
studies in Music and Dramatic Art.
Frof. H. Peterson went to the Cities
Saturday returning Sunday with Mrs.
Peterson.
A. w. Hartwick was in the Twin
Cities the first of the week where he
went to consult specialist for throat
and nose trouble.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Nielsen enter
tanned, Mrs. Nelson's parents, Mr..
and Mrs Haggerty and daughter Ma
define from ST. Paul during the week.
Andrew Tauer purchased the re-
sidence Of Mr.. Bendixsen, better
known as the H. NJ. Ball residence
during the week.
James Adams accompanied Frank
Gerstman on bunting trip into the
Northern part of the state returning
home Wednesday.
| D. S. Smith and family of Redwood
Falls were Morgan visitors Sunday
Mrs. Henry Albrecht and baby of
Virginia, Mimi. were guests at the
James Gilland home the past week.
/ Mrs. w. j. Mcdonald and sons
Stewart and Malcolm of Walnut Grove
with Mrs. Kenneth Mcdonald OF
Wheaton were Sunday callers at the
F. S. Pollard home.
Violet George, the little daughter
! of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer George is i'll
with pneumonia.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. James Gilland Of Brookville
township on Monday.
Howard Gilland is attending Com
mercial College at Mankato.
F. B. Hartwick received message
on Thursday that his sister, Mrs.
Anderson had passed away at her
home in Snokomish, Washington.
/ Mrs. F. B. Hartwick was called to
the bedside of her brother Sam Giem,
who is seriously ill, following an OPP
\ eTdtlOu dt tuC AdyO uooPiIdi. 0hI o.
Hartwick drove to Rochester with her
nephew and neice, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Simons of Morton.
Mrs. Walker Dresser and son May
nard and little daughter of Fairfax
| were visitors at the Andrew Harried
home from Monday until Wednesday.
Miss Georgine Adams is teaching
| in the public schools at Olivia.
/ Miss Netfie Larson of Delhi is as
sisting Miss Agnes Jensen in the mil
linery store.
Will Marchant of Minneapolis is
looking after business affairs here
He is the guest Of his son Howard
Marchant and wife.
John Heckler of Rock Falls, Ill is
visiting at the home of his daughter
Mrs. Ernest Gluth and family.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-17
Teachers Institute

The Redwood County Teachers In
stitute will be held this year in Red
wood Falls under the direction of Miss
Fern Kennedy, superintendent OF
county schools. 1t starts Monday NOR
ming, September 29th and will continue
throughout the week. More than q
hundred teachers will come here to
attend these sessions and those hav-
ing rooms which may be rented by
the attending teachers are asked to
notify C. A. Lauterbach who will keep
the list. 1t is part of the city's OBJ
legation as host to see that the teach
ers are comfortable and pleasantly
housed and this means that many pri-
vate homes should be opened to them.
Early reports to Mr.. Lauterbach will
be much appreciated by Miss Kennedy
and others concerned in making ar
rangements.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-17
MRS. FRED R. WEICKS

Redwood Falls friends of Mrs. Fred
R. Weicks will be grieved to learn of
her recent death at Walnut Grove.
She was for many years a resident of
Redwood Falls and vicinity and her
husband was a member of Company
L. during it's border and war service.
The Walnut Grove Tribune of last
Thursday says:
This community was grieved yes
terday afternoon to learn that Mrs.
F. R. Weeks had passed away at
the Slayton hospital where she had
been taken Monday and operated up
on at $3.50 that day for an abcess on
the appendix. Although Mrs. Weeks
has not felt just well for long time,
she was not taken really i'll until last
Friday.
"Mrs. Weeks Mamie Kempf) was
born twenty-nine years ago the 18th
day of July, and spent most of her
life at Redwood Falls. She was un-
tied in marriage to Friedrich R..
Weeks, October oath, 1919, and they
have spent their married life at Wal
nut Grove. To them was born one
son, Donald Friedrich who was four
years old the 18th of July.
Besides her sorrowing husband and
little son, she is survived by two
brothers, Henry Kempf of Elgin,
North Dakota, and Gaylord Kempf of
Minneapolis, and uncle and aunt liv-
ing in North Dakota.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1924-09-17
Delhi

M. R. Myers of Redwood Falls was
a business visitor in Delhi Wednes-
day.,
Mr.. and Mrs. C. C. Walker of Ros-
sic, Iowa recently purchased the Mil
ton Turnwall house occupied at pre-
sent by Hugh Mckay.
Dan McCorquodale of Echo visited
relatives here Thursday and Friday.
Louis Hoffman and family visited
friends at Golden Sunday.
G. E. Lundburg and wife were call
ers at Montevideo Tuesday of last
week.
j. A. Piersol and wife returned the
first of the week from three weeks
visit with relatives at Charles City
and Rockwell, Iowa.
Mrs. Thomas Mckay in company
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Colville OF
Redwood Falls motored to Minneapo-
lis Friday where they will visit rela-
tives several days.
Miss Bernice Parker visited We'd
nesday atsthe E. L. Wright home at
Redwood Falls.
]. l.. Borg and wife, j. A. Lager
strom and wife, David Jacobson and
family, Victor Johnson and family
and Miss Tena Leslie attended the
golden wedding anniversary of Mr..
and Mrs. Tom Tradewell at Belview
Sunday.
Robert Ochs and Miss Bernice
Parker were weekend visitors in the
Twin Cities.
George Chroup, wife and SON Leon
spent last week at the Charles Chroup
home at Morton.
Frank Okins and wife left Thurs
day by auto for a visit with relatives
at jamestown, Steele and Minot, N.
I'D.
Wesley Mckay, wife and little dau-
ghter, John and James. Mckay and
Mrs. John Blanchard drove to Morris
Saturday where they visited relatives
and friends until Sunday.
Miss Lillian Stevenson who is with
her aunt Miss Bessie Leeper at Cokato
where Miss Leeper is teaching this
year, was visiting Delhi friends a
couple Of days last week.
/ D. R. McCorquodale received tele-
gram Sunday morning announcing the
death of his sister Mrs. Price Lille at
ueT uOIiS dt NdOOSoIO, Sdll1OA OSe|
urday.
i Miss Anna Schumacher of St. Paul
is guest at the home of her sister,
Mrs F. M. Stronach.
Mrs. Katie Sinnott of Redwood
4 Falls was Delhi business visitor
MONDAY.
Roy Castle of North Redwood was
a Monday business caller in the vi
cinity of Delhi.
i Little Margaret Haas of LeSueur
is at present making her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. w. R. Rogers.
|, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Rossiter and
little daughter of Des Moines, Iowa
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Ira Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. A. Marsh enter
tanned Mr.. Marsh's father and mother
4 j. A. Marsh and wife of St. James,
and brother Henry Marsh and family
of Dexter, Iowa the first Of the week.