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The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
Predicts Another War
Within Next FelU Years

Another World war more terrific
and on larger scale than the late
war is pending and will occur within
the next decade" was the prediction
of Maj Thomas Amory Lee of Topeka,
Kan, who recently returned from Lon
don where he attended the Fifth An
nual Congress of the Fidac, the fed
GRAFTON of inter-allied veterans organ
izations. as delegate from the Amer
lean Legion. Major Lee arrived at
Nfhis conclusion from addresses he had
Heard ar the Fidac congress by some
of the leaders in the world peace
movement. Even among the most OPP
timistic,p he declared, the feeling that
the world is in imminent danger of
another such catastrophe as the World
war is prevalent
Among other observations made by
Major Lee while abroad was that all
nations are making an attempt to
urge the responsibilities of the world
upon the United States, and that the
British Isles are following the exam
pie set by the United States in the
Eighteenth Amendment
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
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AMERICAN
oL-I:.GOlo
aCopy for This Department Supplied by the
American Legion News service.)
NEW CHIEF
OF FORTY AM EIGHT

A contagious twinkle of the eye, a
fetching smile, a merry laugh, made
George Dobson's election as chef de
chemin de fer of La Societe des Qua
rante HOmmes ct HUT Chevaux, popu-
1arly known as the Forty an Eight or
playground of the American Legion,
almost foregone conclusion. With
his Legion record, they made rare
combination of personality and
achievement which was irresistible
His protests that he feared he would
mot be able to accept counted for
Nittle They were voted down with en-
thusiasm.
Born in Scarborough. England, In
1886, the new chief came to America
as a lad of ten. After attending the
public schools at Brooklyn, N. Y, and
Passaic, n J., he received the degree
of mechanical engineer at Cornell uni
versity in 1909. He has been employed
rs telephone engineer with the West
.ern Electric company.
Dobson was commissioned as lieu
tenant in the Signal Corps Reserves
I'm June, 1917. He served in the Office
of the chief signal officer of the East
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
Ways for Using Hammer
in Making Car Repairs

Care in the use of the machinist's
hammer, which forms a part of the
tool equipment of every automobile, is
one of the first things the amateur au-
tomobile repairman must learn when
working around the engine, says
writer in the American Motorist. With
this hammer he can do more damage
in a moment than good man can re-
pair in week. His first inclination
is to use this form of persuasion on
any and every refractory part, and
this is a desire which should be over
come.
Not only should the hammer itself
not be used on any metal parts with
out the Intervention of a block Of
wood to protect the surface, but care
must be exercised to avoid hitting the
other parts through the inaccuracy OF
aim that distinguishes the unskilled
wielder of this tool.
A poorly-aimed blow that misses its
target and lands on one of the valve
push rods or similarly vulnerable parts
with any degree of force is apt to
cause trouble of an expensive nature.
1t is a good thing for the novice to
be sparing in the use Of his hammer
as a cure-all Do not resort to it I'M
necessarily, and do not use sledge-
hammer blow where light tap win
do the work.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
WARNING AFFECTING
DISABLED VETERANS

Rehabilitation officers Of the Amer
lean Legion at Washington are dis
semInating the following warning af-
fecting disabled veterans who have
compensative claims but who have
failed up to date to file their claim
with the United States Veterans bu-
reau. UNLESS ex-service men with
showing of active tuberculosis prior to
January l, 1925, make application to
the United States Veterans bureau by
that date, they will lose the benefit OF
that provision of the World war vet
Grams act of 1924, which provides
that veterans showing active tubercu-
losis prior to January l, 1925, will au-
tomatically be entitled to compensa-
ton and treatment for their disability.
There are at the present time many
thousands of cases of men throughout
the country who have been rated by
the veterans bureau at less than III
per cent on arrested tuberculosis or
chronic bronchitis, and other diseases.
1t is very probable that large number
of these cases have, since their last
examination and rating by the bureau,
become active cases, and these men
should by all means present them
selves to the veterans bureau for re-
examination before January 1, 1925, or
they will lose the benefit of the pre-
sumptive provision of the act"
Arrangements are now such that
veteran can make claim to the vet
Grams bureau with convenience and
efficiency at recently established re-
gional offices.
Following close upon the order for
decentralization of the United States
veterans bureau, long advocated by
the American Legion, came announce
ment of the opening of district bureau
offices throughout the country which
function as regional Ravens for dis
abled veterans of the World war. Full
authority will be vested in the re-
gional offices to handle all claims re-
gardess of what phase OF the case In
question is to be considered. All mat
ters of awards, vocational training
and disqualification will be- handled,
which will greatly facilitate the
rapid disposal of claims. A claims
and rating board will operate, to con-
sist of a medical specialist who will
examine the men for major disabili-
ties, a medical referee and voca-
tional specialist, who will act in con-
junction with other specialists who
may be called into consultation on
any case. To gain a more personal
connection with the disabled veteran,
the rating and claims board will rate
the man with the veteran himself
present If he so desires and he will
have the privilege Of arguing his
case.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27

on edge on all sides of the square so
that the top is just level with the fin
ished pavement. The squares are
filed in checkerboard fashion, that is
in alternate sections, so that it is pos
sible to work around on all sides of
the square in finishing it. 1t is then
unnecessary to use forms for all sides
of the last squares to be placed, as the
blocks help to serve as forms.
The concrete should be mixed in
the proportions of one part portland
cement to two parts of clean sand and
three parts of crushed stone or clean,
screened pebbles. The ingredients
should be mixed thoroughly and only
enough water used to make a quaky
or jelly-Iike mass. Too much water
tends to weaken the concrete. If mix
ing is done by hand care should be
used to see that 1t Is thorough, so that
all particles receive an even coating
Of cement.
Surface Should Be Smooth.
AS soon as the concrete is in place
it should be struck off even with the
tops of the forms or side pieces by
working a straight-edged board back
and forth with a zlgzag motion as it
is worked across the surface. The
surface should then be smoothed down
with a wooden float. long wooden
trowel, which is worked over the sur
face with a circular rubbing motion.
1t is not best to use a metal trowel
too much as the finish produced by
the wooden float is more satisfactory
for such surfaces. Only enough trow-
cling should be done to produce a
smooth surface.
AS soon as the concrete has hard
ened it should be covered with loose
dirt or sand so that it can be kept
moist for a period of week or ten
days The curing is important, as it
makes sure that the surface is hard
and durable and If the concrete is
properly mixed, placed and kept moist
in this manner, it will wear like the
surface of a concrete road pavement.
A low curbing may be placed around
the edges If it is thought necessary.
Such a curbing will add to the APP
pearance of the job and keep the soil
from washing out onto the concrete.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
TranspIanting the Eye

STARTLING articles have appeared
time to time, regarding an astonishing
operation performed by an Austrian
surgeon. This man, according to the
accounts, has succeeded in transplant
ing the eyes of animals In place Of
human eyes which had lost their sight
and has so restored sight to the blind.
Such stories are not only impossi-
BILE. but are also cruel imposition on
unfortunates who have lost the sight
of one or both eyes. Sight Is the most
precious of any of our senses. Any
one who has become blind would nat
urally give anything or all that he pos
sessed to regain his sight. If such
thing were possible, 1t would be
great boon to the world. So much has
been written about the transportation
of glands and organs that the public
is quite prepared 10 believe that the
eve could be successfully transplanted
and sight restored.
But, alas, in spite of the wonders
accomplished by modern surgery, such
a miracle is entirely beyond human
skill. Successful transportation of q
structure from one body to another
either animal or human, means that
the arteries and veins must be so ac-
curately connected that the blood will
flow through them and that the cut
nerves must he united so that they
will grow together and the cut fiber
will be continuous. If the nerves could
he separated into fibers and twisted to-
gether, as the telephone lineman re
pairs a broken cable, this might be
done, but this is not only today but
probably forever impossible.
In few cases glands of animal or
of other human beings have been
transplanted TO other human beings
where they have for short time pro-
duced some effects. But in a little
while they shrink up and gradually
disappear. There has been no case as
vet where any structure from another
body actually lived and worked as a
mart of the new body. Still less would
II be possible for as delicate and com
nlIcated a structure as the human eye
TO be taken out of the body where 1t
belonged and put into another human
eve socket so that the individual oper-
ated on would be able to see.
Sight is the sensation caused by
light falling on the retina. This sen
sation is carried to the brain by the
optic nerve. If the eyeball is de
stroyed or IL the optic nerve Is cut.
no power on earth can possibly restore
sight TO the eye.
&c. 1854 western Newspaper Unisnl
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
Berkeley, California,
Legionnaires' Appeal

In appealing to Berkeley (Cal.) cit
liens to aid with funds needed to build
an American Legion clubhouse, Legion
mares issued the following communica-
ton: 1.-The Legion is counting upon
the gratitude of citizens for the Le-
gion's part in saving them from in
demnity taxes at the order of the kali
ser; the kaiser would have demanded
q dozen or so Babylonian palaces; all
we want is a modest but suitable club
house in memory of those who gave
their lives to save you the price Of
castles on the Rhine"
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27

ern department, as personal aide to
Lieut. Col F. B. Jewett in the division
of research and inspection in the Sig
nal corps. A. e. F., and as Signal
corps Inspector in Army Park G Signal
corps, First army.
Joining Passaic post No. s of the
American Legion, he served as COM
mander for two years He was the
first county chairman of Passaic coun-
ty and is member of the department
executive committee. He was chef de
care or head of Voiture locale No. 8,
Forty an Eight, and served two terms
as grand chef de care of New Jersey.
He was elected sous chef de chemin
de fer In the national organization in
1921 and was commissaire intendant
in 1922 and 1928
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
POINTS ON
KEEPING WELL
DIR. Frederick r. Green,
Editor of Health"
%. ls2l, western Newspaper Unlon-)
Bacteriology in the Kitchen

MOST people think Of germs or
A'A microbes as awful things which
produce disease. So they are. some
of them.
But there are also good germs that
work for man when he knows enough
to let them.
Pasteur. in 1862, showed that the air
and the soil are full of germs of all
kinds. some of which he proved are
the cause of fermentation and some Of
the diseases of animals and men.
At once. scientific men all over the
world began to look for these little
creatures. They found many different
kinds and they also were able to ex-
plain by them many everyday things
which had for centuries been misun-
derstood.
When the housewife in the kitchen
mixes her dough for bread, she puts
in small amount of yeast. Why7
Because she knows from her mothers
teaching and from her own experience
that the bread won't rise" unless the
yeast is put In.
What is yeast? The human race has
used 1t for ages. When the angels
came to visit Lot, before they de-
stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, he gave
them "unleaven bread" that is. bread
made without yeast. God commanded
the children of Israel, through Moses,
that the feast Of the Passover was to
be of unleaven bread, because they
were not to wait even for the bread
to rise before leaving Egypt. Every
one knew for centuries that yeast was
needed to make bread rise, but no one
knew why.
In 1870 Housen and Pasteur showed
that yeast was little plant which
grew very rapidly In warm, moist
dough; that as it grew, it gave off car
bonic acid gas. The gas made little
bubbles in the dough and so made 1t
light.
Pasteur found that there were differ
emf kinds of yeast. Some made sweet
bread, some made sour. He showed
the bakers how to make pure yeast,
which would always make sweet bread.
Fermentation was another mystery.
Why did fruit and vegetable juices fer
ment and turn sour? Pasteur found
that it was due to little plants floating
in the air; that if the fruit was heated
so as TO kill any of these plants that
may be in 1t and then put in alright
cans or Jars, it would keep without
spelling.
Every housekeeper, when she bakes
bread or puts up fruit, is running a
practical meteorological laboratory and
is using the knowledge which Pasteur
gave the world.
Before Pasteur's time there wasn't
can of fruit, vegetable or meat in
the world.
Today, we can every year millions Of
pounds of food for future use.
&C. 1924. Western Newspaper Union-)
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
Revenge is Sweet

Mcintosh made fine art of mean
ness. When travelling he would keep
redcaps busily attending to his bag
gage and then purposely forget the
tip until the starting of the train made
1t almost impossible
One morning, however, he executed
this maneuver once too often on the
same man.
Dear, dear / am so sorry" he
said, as the train gave lurch for
ward. 81 quite forgot to get change
"And I am very sorry, too, sir was
the mans dry retort 81 quite forgot
about that grip Of yours-it's lying
on the platform
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
Urges Importance of
Accuracy in Records

That the American Legion auxiliary
win undoubtedly become hereditary
organization, corresponding to the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton. was the declaration of Miss EN-
ma Hadorn, secretary of the Kansas
department of the auxiliary. in stress
ing the Importance OF accuracy in filing
historical photography of members.
.sThe records of the present members
Of the auxiliary will be Invaluable to
coming generations" declared Miss
Hadorn.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
African Dean Is Gloomy

johannesburg. South Africa. has
what the residents call a gloomy
DEAN in the person of Rev. NJ
Ponsonby. He thinks that no honest
man can look ON South Africa with
hopefulness unless there is radical
change The white man has inter-
fered with the black race, he says,
driving them from agricultural and
fighting to industrial occupations, and
by spreading half castles over the en-
tire country through marrying the
black women.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
cutlcura Soap for the Complexion.

CutIcuFa soap TOT the OonPEeAIoH.
Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum, and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Advertiseme
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27
Frank Criticism

She was in hurry TO keep an en-
gagement and FASTENED out of the
house a few steps ahead of her hus-
band. Footsteps sounded behind her,
and, thinking Jim was approaching,
she turned abruptly. grasped manly
coat sleeve, and asked breathlessly:
as the powder on straight"
at is not" answered a man she had
never seen before.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27

Constipation generally indicates dfsordered
stomach, liver and bowels Wright's Indian
Vegetable Pills restore regularity withous
gripping. 372 Pearl St, N. Z. Adv.
The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-11-27

Time is a great master, he rules
matters well.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-16
BERKELL PLAYERS
START FINAL WEEK
Comedy New to City VIII Be
Given at EngIiSh'S,

Next week viii be Farewell week.
Of the summer season of the BerkeH
players ar English's- Broadway
and Butterrnilk," comedy by VIII
lard Mack, VIII be the offering in
stead of Scrambled Wives" origf-
naI1y announced, the change being
made by Manager Charles Berken
because the latter play would not
require the full strength of the COM
pany, and then, too, it has been
given previous stock production
here
Broadway and ButtermiIk7 is not
a farce. 1t is a straight comedy,
with q rural atmosphere 4
The action takes place in little
country town where Nine Nadine
and Tom Burrows both typical New
Workers, chance to meet Nine Ma
dine comes to the country seeking
rest, recreation and relief from the
strenuous activities of the metropo-
lis. She proceeds to capture tbs
hearts Of all the town boys, and
amuses herself by carrying on sew
eral f1irtations. When Burrows,
travelling for a tfnware concern, puts
up at Mrs. Denby's boarding house
he too succumbs to the chargs Of ths
fair visitor.
In a humorous fashion Dan Cupid
engineers a matrimonial handicap
with complications pfling up thick
and fast, and in which three we'd
dings occur instead Of one, to the
accompaniment of a great deal OF
good fun. Blanche Ring starred in
the New York production Of Broad
way and Buttermilk."
Jean Oliver and Eddy Waller VIII
have the leading roles. The cast will
include Idabelle Arnold, Larry Sui
Ivan. Herbert Dobbins, Mary HILL
Robert Fay, Alexander Campbell,
MYRTLE Stringer, Sherold Page, Hen
rietta Floyd and William " Hull
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-16
COLLEEN MOORE HAS
A DIFFERENT FILM ROLE

At the Circle starting tomorrow
will be shown Colleen Moore and
Conway Tearle in quite a different
type Of picture than this duo have
as yet appeared tin.
Flirting With Love" is a First
National picture from Leroy SCOTS
novel, Counterfeit
Bob and Gale Sherwood and their
co-entertainers are being held over
for another week. This makes the
fourth week of this group of Indian
apolis favorites. They have been
busy all week readying an entirely
new offering which is not so much
trouble TO them as 1t might be to
other entertainers for this clever
band have appeared for as many as
forty consecutive weeks in one
theater giving a complete change Of
program each week.
In Flirting With Love-" Colleen
Moore shows us that she can do
other parts that merely the "fapper"
here she partrays a role which at
times is highly emotional and in
these tensely dramatic scenes she is
not found wanting. The story with
the stage as a background is plaus-
lible and yet unique.
It deals with the romance Of an
actress. a highly temperamental
stage player. who pretends to lose
her memory that she might get into
the home Of the man responsible for
eensOring her successful show.
Later she feigns dual personality.
and it is in this assumed character
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-16
THE Scan

Before his departure for
Hollywood this week, Jesse L.
Lasky, first vice president of
the Famous Players-Lasky
Corporation. in charge of pro-
duction. announced that Ferenc
Molnar's play. 1.-The Swan"
would be produced at the Long
Island studio next month with
Elsie Ferguson in the role made
famous last season by Eva La
Gallienne at the Cort Theater.
The picture will be directed by
Dimitri Buchowetzki, who
arrived in New York last week
after having directed Pola
Negri in two productions.
-" The Swan, said Mr.. Las
ky. will mark the return of
Miss ferguson to the screen
after an absence of nearly two
years. Following her successes
in 'Outcast,' her last Para
mount picture, Miss Ferguson
has been starring in stage pro-
auctions until such time as we
could find a story which was
suitable to her talent. Both
Miss Ferguson and myself feel
that IN The Swan we have
vehicle which will give the star
an opportunity to appear at her
best"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-16

Thousands Of boys between the
ages Of Is and IS leave England for
Australia every year to do farm
work.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-16
Rounding
Round
TheaterS
With


WALTER D. HICKMAN
This city will have two theaters
Offering burlesque during the 1924-25
season. The Columbia Wheel season
is already underway at the Capitol.
Plans are made for the opening soon
Of the Broadway as the home of Mu-
tual Wheel Burlesque. Fred Block
and Charles p. Salisbury OF the Nu-
tual interests were here this week.
The following statement was issued;
Emphasizing its assurance Of early
activity in preparing for next season,
the Mutual Burlesque Association,
owning or controlling thirty-six
theaters IN principal cities Of the
country. has dispatched Fred Block.
a director of the corporation and
Charles P. Salisbury, special repre-
sentative. on a tour that will COM
prehend a visit to every city on the
circuit. The Mutual wheel So
called, will provide as many shows
as there are theaters, and the thirty.
six are now in active rehearsal pre-.
pairing for opening on or about Aug.
%. 1t is the avowed intention OF
this association to present modern
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-08-16
ing With Love. ,

Mister Smiths will offer Blanche
Sweet in Those Who Dance" a
problem movie. At the Isis for the
first half of the week will be Hoot
Gibson in The Sawdust Trail"
The Apollo will present an English
cast in This Freedom