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Much to Be Done He Declares
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By JAMES A. DRAIN,
National Commander. The American
' ‘ Legion.
' INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., July 3—-
Thoughts of members of The Amer-
lcan Legion. as they go about their
tasks of service to community, state
and nation in these summer days of
. 1925. turn back to those other days
i ——summer days, too—in the stir-
rlng year of 1918.
,‘Then the last great drive of the
5‘, enemy was being launched upon
:‘ Paris, launched with the energy
born of growing despair and morale
keyed to the last pitch before break-
ing beneath the impossiblo strain.
'fl‘he world was at a crisis. Amer-
ican troops were swinging into ac-
tlon.~two millions strong. at Chau-
beaqu‘hlerry and all along the line
through the months until that glor-
ious eleventh hour of the eleventh
day of the eleventh month which
brought silence to the great guns
and hushed the bark of rifle and the
biting chatter of mitrailleuse.
1W0 members of the Legion were
part of that mighty effort. protect-
ing our country and helping to
make a better world without
thought of self, vindicatlng on the
field of battle the high. unselfish
pwrpose for which the nation. out-
raged beyond endurance, had enter-
pd the continental conflict.
”When the Legion was conceived in
the American Expeditionary Forces,
taxes but natural. then, that con-
tinuance of unselfish service was the
animating thought. It was my good
fortune to be present at the Paris
ducks in March. 1919. where the
Liegion was born. Not one word was
spoken there—which did not have to
“with cementing the comradeship
formed and grown strong in war.
not one word which did not have to
Eb with using that comradcship for
”the benefit of country and of the
”rid.
Ime American Legion exists to
Billie better citizens and by so doing
bike a better country and a better
Wbrldb It'seeks and aspires and
Idpes to play in the peace-time life
6‘ our nation and for the continued
progress of that nation some such
"dicislve part as our forces played in
wth‘e veg-dict of the battlefield.
. :‘iThe physical organization of de-
birtments and posts scattered all
liter this country and in foreign
Iainds which was set up to give form
and substance to that purpose and
that ideal has been described by the
national adjutant. Heads of na-
tional headquarters divisions and of
A tutorial committees have discussed
. the work which those divisions and
acommittees have done in the past
and plan to do for the future.
They have touched upon our bat-
tle for our disabled comrades in
securing to them the best in care
Ind cure which modern medical
science knows how to provide; our
.‘eampaign for the creation of the
,United States Vcterans' Bureau and
for the improvement and liberaliza-
tion of legislation for the disabled:
but work to insure a real home for
every homeless child of a veteran;
ldlhsted compensation: the unem-
ployment drive by which jobs were
gonad for a million veterans who
yore walking the streets jobless in
1921: our campaigns for better citi-
. aenshlp. better education. better pre-
‘3 .paration for citizenship: the flag
‘i code: American Education Week:
the essay contests: our community
betterment work; and many other
thin!!-
;‘ Those are concrete ways in which
the American Legion has made and
i In making definite contribution to
"f a he national life. National leaders
» Fave witnessed that the American
Legion has accomplished much in
the brief six years of its existence
and is “one of the greatest forces
so: good in America today." a tri-
bute which. we know. has been paid
1er in recognition of our efforts
It service to country.
”But there is much that must be
done. We seek the passage of the
universal service act by which the
.. Mtlon may in' time of war avail it-
' . It on equal terms of its man power
' ‘ fight. man power to work.
"Cconomic power to produce and
easy power to finance. That mea-
j‘ure. dictated by justice, will, we
{fee}. tend to make war less frequent
15y taking the profits out of it and
9' . W1 leave us better prepared for it
fibuld I? chance to come.
“The 'xglon works for peace. It
‘ Egan... ace with justice. believing
faint without Justice and without a
firmsnent means of establishing and
ntaining it there can be no
‘5 We. Pending‘the day when such
[peace shall have been assured. if
M that the l'nited State must
I prepared in keeping with its
ity and its responsibilities in the‘
1d.
3Tb. Legion will never forget its
great tasks. the care of the dis-
' .' and the orphans of the war,
long asvthere shall be one who
Q helping hand. Steps to
.nffoct to that high resolve are
being taken through the raising
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COMMANDER ORAIN NRITES
_ IOEAIS 0F BOYS WHO NARE
UP THE AMERICAN LECION
Says Organization Is Making a Definite Contri-
Life—Calls It One of
English Miners to
Fight Wage Cut
LONDON. July 3.—(AP). Min-
ers' delegates from all the coal
fields in the country. meeting at
a private conference of the Min-
ers- Federation today. decided to
resist the mine owners' proposal
.for lower wages and for exten-
sion of the present seven day
hour to eight hours.
I
PROF. wRISTON
TO BE IIEAOOT
. LAWRENCE O.
Resigns From Wesley-
an to Take Presi-
' dency of Wisconsin
Institution—Writer
MIDDLETOWN, Conn.. July 3
(AP).—Henry Merritt Wrision. Ph.
D.. professor of liigory at Wesleyan
University. has resigned to accept
the presidency of Lawrence Univer-
sity, Appleton'Wisconsin. which of-
fice has been vacant since the death
of Dr. Samuel Plantx in November.
1924. Professor Wrislon was grad-
uated from Wesleyan in 1911 with
the dcgrce of B. A. and'obtaincd his
M. A. at the same insmutlon. He
took his graduate work from 1911 to
1914 at the Harvard graduate
school by which he has been grant-
ed the degree of doctor of philos-
oDhY.
lie distinguished himself at \Vcs-
lcyan by liis‘study of the United
States diplomatic service slid its
problems and his activity in the In-
stitute of Politics at Willianistown.
Mass. He did signal service for the
university as executive secretary of
tho Wesleyan Endowment Fund
campaign. lie was active during the
war in the work of the Connectitut
State Council of Defense. His wife
was Miss Ruth Cotton Blgclow of
Springfield. lllass.. and both he and
she were graduated front the
Springfield High School in 1907. She
was graduated from Vassar in 1911.
Professor “'i'iston. who will be one
of the youngest collcgc presidents in
the country. was born July 4. 1889.
at Laramie, Wyoming. He is a
writer and lecturer. lie will go to
the Wisconsin coeducational institu-
tion in September. ]t is interesting
that \Vcsloyan‘s eighth president.
the late Bradford l‘aul liaymtfnd.
came in 1839 from the presidency of
Lawrence University.
TEACHERS KILL '
CHILD LABOR
RESOLUTION,
INDIANAPOLIS. July 3.—(A. P.)
A resolution specially naming the
proposed Child Labor Amendment
to the Federal Constitution and
pledging the continued support of
the National Education Association
to its passage was defeated by the
Association at its final session here
today.
TWO BOYS EACH
LOSE 3 FINGERS
IN MACHINERY
WATERBURY. July 3. — (AP).
Two boys each lost three fingers of
their right hands while playing
around the mschine'ry at the Snags
Sand and Gravel Company this
morning. They on George Geahsn.
12. of 69 Lounsbury street and
Thomas Derwin. 13. of 106 South
View street. The boys are at St.
Mary's hospital.
PASSES DIVIDEND
CAMDEN. N. J.. July 3.—-(AP).
Stockholders of the Victor Talking'
Machine Company today received
notice from the board of directors
that the dividend customarily due
July 15 would be omitted. The com-
pany has been paying 88 a share
annually.
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of the $6,000,000 endowment fund:
Nor will the Legion ever forget
those other tasks of service to
which it has dedicated its best of- '
thought and of endeavor. The Amer-
ican' Legion will never lay down
its arms in the cause of civic right-
eougness until "the eleventh hour of
the eleventh day of the eleventh
month." when the victory shall have
over over here and the last falter-
been won. when the battle shall be
ing wearer of the starred wreath of
service in its aureole of .radiant
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TIRST ELECTRIC
CARS IN CONN.
37 TEARS ACO
On July first. 1888, thirty-nine
years ago. the first electric traction
system. the forerunner of the Im-
mcnso street for system in Couuccti-
cut today, was put into operation in
this State. The opening of tlils' sys-
tem followed “A. beginning of opcr-
aliens in America's first street car
line in Richmond. \‘n.. by two
months.
The scene of Connecticut’s first
stop in electric traction was the Nau-
gatuok Valley. The system was in-
stalled for hauling freight help-fin
the so-cailr-d Naugntuck docks and
the factories in and around Ausonla
and Derby. ‘it was undoubtedly the
first electric freight transportation in
the world.
The charter of the corporation
which owned the systcm permitted if
to "use any power cxcopt stcnm." so
electric power was within its bounds.
The complete electrical equipment
was bought in April. 1888. The Inc-
tor was about 18 foot long. weighed
17.5 ions. was bozo-d in. and hung
About six inchcs above the tracks.
It was made by the Pullman Ciii‘
Company.
On May first an Hill'llll‘ll was made
to run the motor. but someone had
blundcrcd. 'i‘hc roof of the car was
to ohigh and when It was run under
a bridge. disaster resulted. It took
two months to drop the roof two
feet and to equip it with a trollt-y
polo that could he laid flat on the
top of the car. The. floor on each
side of the motor bad to he dropped
to allow the operator licad room.
On July first. olurrations \vcrc bo-
gun again and continued until the
steam boat company with which it
was connected went out of business.
INCREASE 0F MINISTERS’ I’EN-
SIGN.
0
mosrorv. July 3 (Apr—Pensions
to cicrgymen who have had a serv-
es of twenty years In the Unitarian
ministry and are 65 years old or
more, have increased from $27.th in
1910 to more than $600 in 1925. it
STATE LISTS
CONCERNS TNAT
GIVE DISCOUNTS
HARTFORD. July 3. -— (AP).
Deputy State..Comptroller 1’2. II. Wil-
kins has had printed in pamphlet
form the names of business houses
from which the departments and
stalc institutions purchase their sup-
plics with a statement showing the
discount which has been allowed
the state in the payment of bills
in the past and indicating the pro-
mises of discounts in the future.
A number of firms refuse to allow
discounts.
it has been the aim of the comp-
irolicr's office to secure a discount
of Tit-least two per cent when a bill
In paid within 15 days from the time
of delivery of goods purchased. The
pamphlet contains about 1.280
nuiu‘cs. The distribution of the
pamphlet is restricted to the de-
partments and institutions of the
Slillt‘, and it is of a confidential
nature. The purpose of printing the
pamphlet Is to enable those who
have charge of purchases to see
“here they can buy with financial
advantage to the state.
Spanish War Vet Head
Makes Appointments
liAR'i‘l-‘ORD. July 2.—(.\P). Com-
mander I-‘rank E. Shea of the Con-
neciit-ut Depul‘lmcnt of United Span-
ish “for Veterans has issued the
first number of his general ortrrs,
in which he appoints John J. Jiv-
lilabtm _of Hartford. department
ndjutuni: and George K. Dwyer. oi
liui'lford. department quartet-master.
illiter- appointments are: depart—
ment chief of staff. Patrick J. Ro-
tors. 'l‘hompsonville; department as-
sistant udiulant, Raoul W. D'Arclie
Hartford: department Inspccior
.lolm J. Conifers. Rockville: depart-
ment judge advocate. Frank P. lt‘cu-
ton. Willimautic; department sur-
geon. Dr. Thomas J. Ryan. Water-
hmy; chaplain. Reverend Lester
Briggs, Milford; department pairiog
tic instructor, \Vinder E. Reed. New
London: department historian. Rein-
hold Person. Bridgeport: department
WILL BEGIN
» CRUISE JULY 11
Hartford and New Ha-
_ vén. ,Men .on‘ First
Trip—Bridgeport to
Go On Second .
, HARTFORD. July 3 (spy—0r.
deu'hgve been issued from the Ad-
jutant General's office that the first
cruise‘of the naval militia. C. N. (3..
will begin on the Eagle 21. at New
Haven.~July 11. Men from Hart-
ford and New Haven. thirty-three
from the first devlslon and thirty-
two from the second division, will
be on board. The ship will. be in
command of Lieutenant Commander
F. S. Craven of New London. The
cruise will cover two weeks. The
route will be alongthe New England
coast
Maine. Stops will be made at Block
Island, Bost and Portland. Tar-
get practice 1 be held off Montauk
Point, Long Island. The cruise will
end at New York where there will
be an inspection by the command-
ant of the 3rd Naval District. The
Eagle 27 will be one of squadron of
the naval militia ships from Con-
necticut. New York and New Jer-
BC '.
aThe sccmfd cruise of the Connec-
‘ ticut uaVal militia will be held for
the third and fourth divisions. be-
ginning at New Haven on August 1.
Men on board the Eagle 27 will be
from Bridgcptlt. The ship will be
in command of Lieutenant Com-
mander H. L. Seward of New Lon-
don. Commander Nelson W. Pick-
(-ring of Ausonlb. of the Connecticut
New York and New Jersey. The
route of the first cruise will be fol-
lowed.
MUSSOLINI WINS
FENCING MATCH
ROME. July 3 (AP).——Premicr
Mussolini today indulged in an im-
promptu fencing exhibition during
commencement exercises concluding
the gymnastic course of cadets in
training for officers‘ commissions in
the Fascist militia.
.\llf'l‘ watching the exercises for
a while the Premier jumped into
the arena and challenged one of the
best fencors present. The crowd. in-
cluding the leading military author-
ities, expressed admiration of Mus-
solini‘s ability. lie was very agile,
kept his opponent constantly upon
the (intensive. and finally forced the
latter to acknowledge dcteat.
Several Promotions \
Made in Nat’l. Guard
liAIiTl-‘Ollll. July 8 (Alva—Sm"-
N‘ul promotions in the Connecticut
National Guard have becn announced
ly the adiutant gt-nersl's office. Sec-
ond Lieutenant Edison 0. Davis.
192d 1!. A. has been appointed First
Lieutenant. to remain on duly with
Battery A.. 192-1 F. a. Sergeant Ed.
ward J. Leary. Battery A. has been
promoted to Second Lieutenant."
same battery.
Lieutenant Colonel James W. Gil-
son. 1". A. Rea. has been appointed
Lieutenant Colonel. Adjutant Genero
ai‘s Department. Captain Clarence
M. Knox. Q. Ill. (3.. has been ap-
pointed Captain. Air Service. and
assigned to the 1181b Observation
Squadron. First Lieutenant Robert
C. Rice. 192d F. A. has been trans-
ferred to the Headquarters Battery.
same regiment.
Major Houghton Bulkcley. aide de
camp, Governor‘s Staff. has been
granted. a leave .of absence for July.
One hundred and twenty-two en.
listed men of the naval militia. C.
N. (3.. will take the summer ti‘hin-
ing cruise of two weeks in four sec-
was announced tdduy hy the Ameri- marshal]. Charles P. Dunlny. New tions, the first two from July 11 to
can Unitarian Association. I “NHL 25.
glory shall have passed in . the
, great beyond-
a
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WALL STREET
CLOSED ALL DAY JULY 4th
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BRITISH NOTE
NOT NEANT TO
NORT ANERICA
don Newspapers Re-
garding Debt Re-
minder
I.ONDON’. July 3 (AP).—Great
Britain's action in jogging the me-
mories of her war debtors is treated.
by the press in more or less routine
manner. It Is taken for granted that
the reminder was promoted by the
recent debt funding conversations in
Washington. which the British Gov-
ernment followed closely, but it is
contended that Great Britain has not
the least idea of interfering in any
arrangement the United States may
reach with her other debtors.
Foreign Secretary Chamberlain's
recent circular note to Great Brit-
ain‘s debtors referred no more spo-
citicsliy to France thin to the other
dohiors of the country. It is recali-
ed.’howevcr. that France took no
notice of the. letter addressed to M.
t‘lemcntol by The British Chancellor
of tho Exchequer. Winston Church-
ill. la'st ‘cbruary. other than to
make formal acknowledgement of its
receipt.
Furthermore. so far as is known.
nothing definite resulted from the
visit of the French experts to Lon-
don to discuss the matter with Brit-
ish treasury officials. r‘
COLIISIONS OF' '
AUTOS AND B” . S
SHOW DECLINE
Records Indicate That
Most Accidents Are
D u e to Bicyclists’
Carelessness
HARTFORD. July 3.——(AP.) Al-
though there has been a general in-
crease in motor vehicle accidents in
the first half of the year. collisions
between automobiles and bicycles
have declined. according to records
of the state Motor Vehicle Depart-
ment. Up to Tuesday. 137 bicycles
had been struck by motor vehicles
and all but 40 of these accidents are
recorded as having been due to the
bicyclists‘ carelessness.
At that rate the total number of
such accidents for this year will be
nearly 30 per cent less than last
year's record. Out of 899 collisions
between automobiles and bicycles in
1923. 354 were due to' the bicyclists-
carelessness and out of 380 similar
I
_ acgdepts last year. carelessness of
bicycle riders was held to be re-
sponsible (hr 318..
A systematic campaign of educa-
tion is being carried on by the cycle
trades of varies. to reduce ‘bicycle
accidents.
Names Health Men to
.Visit Summer Camps
HARTFORD. July it (AP).—-Dr.
Stanley H. Osborn. the state com-
missioner of public health. has as-
signed Howard Dunbar and Howard
Shaughnessy. who are employed. in
the bureau of sanitary engineering
of the Depai‘ment of Health. in
charge of Warren J. Scott. to in-
spect summer camps, boarding
houses, wayside eating places and
shore resorts to see that they are
kept in a sanitary conditiomw Mr.
Dunbar and Mr. Bhaughnessy will
act in cooperation with local health
authorities in all the towns of the
state. A similar course was taken
last year with satisfactory results.
Boy Near Death in .
Fourth Accident
BRIDGEPORT. Jill? I (“L-
With a fighting chance to live dose
pitethe seriousne. of his condition.
Friedef! sphberg. eleven. of this
city lies in St. Vincent‘s Helpful to:
day while police are investigating
the circumstances surrounding the
first ‘serious.premature Fourth of
July accident to take place in this
tilt. ~ "
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That Is Claim of IA“. yhe plan to report the race from the
Air Liner Crashes ,
At Aerial Derby
I,CROYDON.England. J’uIy 3 (AP).
—-An air lines carrying officials and
newspaper men to observe today’s
aerial derby around England for the
King’s Cup crashed near Durham.
The wings of the plane were dam-
aged hut there were no casualties.
16 COAL AND
IRON POLICE _‘
LOSE POSITIONS '
HARRISBURG. Pa.. July 3 (AP).
-—Rcvocation of the commissions of
16 coal nad iron police of the West-
inghouse Electric and Manufactur-
ing Company. East Pittsburgh. each
for “conduct unbecoming an officer
of the Commonwealth." was announc-
ed today by Dr. Clyde L. King. sec-
retary of the Commonwealth.
The revocations result from an
micr Jockey. entered a plane, piloted investigation by State Police. Re-
hy Captain C. E. Barnard. Among'fiiorts filed with the secretary charg-
the competitors are Alan Cobhamu ed the men with collecting costs of
winner of the race last year. and prosecuting in violation of the State
Captain G. DcHaviland. The favor- Iaw. and in several cases with other
its in the betting. however. is "Long "unbecoming conduct.” ‘
Tom." a royal air force machine.
air was abandoned.
CROYDON. England. July 3 (AP).
——The serial derby around Great
l’lritain for the King's Cup began
this morning. with fourteen competi-
tors. The total distance to be cov-
ered is 1.658 miles. and the race is
expected to occupy two days.
Steve Donoghue, England's pre-
b
driven by Squadron Leader Long- A PMINPNMI Remark.
ton. (Waterbury Democrat.)
A man never knows what real
Advertise in the Sentinel for the happiness is until he falls in love.
best results. and then it is too late.
Fitting Shoes Carefully to Little Feet
We have always specialized on shoes for childr‘cn. We be-
lieve we have the best and sturdiest shoes for children that
can be found.
But more important we know how to fit them correctly, feet
must not be' cramped; shoes must not chafe.
Buy the next pair of children’s shoes here
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