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THE ALLIANCE HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 12. 1021
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IMPERIAL TONIGHT
CHARMS, SPELLS and INCATATIONS
THAT LIFT THE VEIL FROM THE
SECRETS OF THE FUTURE.
A Giance for Girls to Learn if They'll
Marry Soon;
Nothing Like it Ever in Photo Before.
"The
Fortune
Teller"
WEDNESRAV, APRIL 1
The TerriiTic Climax to the Great Tragedy That Shook the Founda
tions of Society.
A WOMAN'S SOUWA WOMAN'S HONOR
PAULINE FREDERICK
"The Woman in Room
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THURSDAY, MATINEE
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APRIL 14th NIGHT
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AMERICAN LEGION NOTES
"The first call for reservations at the
rational convention of the American
Legion in Kansas, City, Mo., next fall,
comes from Lewis F. Tuttle Post No.
T4 of Anthony, Kan., and the request
is for reservations for every member
of the post. Anthony boasts a mem
bership of 97 per cent of the eligible
men in the community; even reaching
across the line and drawing: a number
from Oklahoma into its fold. .
A warning to American legion post
officers against using the influence of
the legion to obtain postmasterships
and other political appointments has
been made by H. B. Fell, commander
of the Oklahoma department of the
ex-service man's organization. The
legion commander declared that there
is no attempt to curtail the efforts of
legionnaires as individuals, but that
activities tending to involve the legion
in politics are contrary to the consti
tution of that organization. f
American Indians who served in the
world war are lining up with the
.American legion, according to applica
tions for post charters received at na
tional headquarters. . An application
for a'post at St. Charles, S. D., bears
the name of four Sioux Indians, who
-sign themselves: Benjiman Comes-Out
Bear, Charles Owl Wals-In The House,
Karcis.se MacKenzie and John Bluebird.
"No stone is being left unturned by
the American legion, acting through
its national legislative committee, to
get Grover Cleveland Bergdoll back to
this country and to obtain the release
from a German jail of the two Ameri
can sergeants, Zimmer and Naef," de
clared John Thomas Taylor, vice chair
man of the legion's legislative com
mittee. "There is hardly a man in the Amer
ican legion who does not so feel the
ignominy of the Bergdoll situation but
that if called upon, would gladly join a
posse to get Bergdoll and release the
two sergeants. Since that, however, is
neither practical nor possible, we are
working in every way possible to ef
fect the same results through regular
channels.
"The national executive committee
of the legion has demanded that some
thing be done by the government and
1 have transmitted its request to the
secretary of war. The Paris post of
the American legion raised funds for
counsel to defend the two sergeants
suul otherwise stood valiantly behind
tliem. , The entire organization of the
legion is a unit in demanding, that
-some final chapter be written to this
Bergdoll mess and that it be a chap
ter unlike those which have preceded
it, of which red-blooded Americans
jieed not be ashamed.
An American legion man returning
from a trip through Oklahoma brings
the report that the southern states,
like Nebraska, is experiencing a wave
of patriotism and Americanism
prompted by the activities of foreign
propagandists. Three Americanism
"bills written by the American Legion
und passed by the Oklahoma legisla
ture have been signed by- Governor
llobertson and will become laws on
June 23. One bill provides that the
American flag shall be displayed in
very school room in the state, both
public and private, and that the pu
pils shall be taught proper respect for
it by ceremonials to be prescribed by
the state superintendent of schools.
All teachers must take an oath of
allegiance to the constitution of the
United States and of the state of
Oklahoma under the terms of another
legion bill. Teachers convicted of dis
loyal statements may be removed. .
American history and government
arc made compulsory studies in all
jmblic and private schools under the
third Americanism law. No college or
university may issue a diploma to a
graduate unless he shall have com
pleted at least one year of American
history and civil government.
With their own state legislative ef-
forts well on their way to successful
consumation, Nebraska legionnaires
;ue turning their attention to the le
gion's national program for the relief
of the disahled veterans of the world
war. F. W. Galbraith, national com
mander, has issued an appeal to all
patriotic citizens to bring pressure to
hear on congress for the passage of
this badly needed legislation. The
measures which the legion is backing
in the special session of congress are
the Rodges-Capper, Wason, Stevnson
ind Kenyon-Fess bills.
The Rogers-Capper. bill provides for
the consolidation of the bureau of war
risk insurance, public health service
and rehabilitation division of the fed
fial board for vocational education,
under one head in the treasury depart
ment. The adoption of a definite three-to-five
year program for buildimr new
hospital for disabled men, involving
stn appropriation of ?2o,000,00U U also
included.
Decentralization of the bureau of
var risk insurance by establishment
of fourteen regional branch offices, is
the principle feature of the Wason
bill. Relief of disabled veterans in
hospitals or vocational training from
payment of premiums and provision
for ex-service men to pay premiums
or re-instate insurance at all post of
fices are likewise provided i'or.
Disabled emergency officers of the
world war would have the same priv
ilege of retirement on three-fourths
pay as now enjoyed by officers of the
regular army if the Stevenson bill
should be nusspil.
'the Kenyon-Fess bill amends the!
vocational training act to provide vo
cational training for Americans dis
abled in allied armies, vocational
trainincr wiLh mnintnnnr r;iv fm -l'I
disabled men awarded ten per cent dis-
aoiiuy rating Dy tne walk risk bureau
or suffering from vocational handicap
and vocational training for war
widows and orphans.
American Legion to
Assist in Distribution
of Victory Medals
Only ahout one-fourth of the t.5,000
ex-service men in Nebraska have re
ceived their victory medals, and Amer-
I in line?. tMia I 1 1 ni:l-Ail (a OD-
sist in a big drive to distribute the
remainder.
The war department has announced
that despite vigorous efforts by the
army recruiting service and the legion,
less than 1 ,.r00,0)0 victory medals
have so far been issued to the four
and one-half million men entitled to
them. As a result the secretary tf
war has authorized a new drive to dis
tribute the remaining 3.01)0,000 and
i the appointment of twenty-four army
officers to devote their entire time to
the project.
Col. Charles II. Martin, until recent
ly in charge of army recruiting activ
ities, is directing the campaign. He
has divided the country into six re-
, gional districts, with an officer in
charge of the distribution in each, and
a determined effort will be made to
establish contact with every veteran
of the world war who is yet without
his medal, I
Constantine says he has no hard
feelings toward the allies. How much
loes he want to borrow? Detroit
Journal.
Vets Help to Quash
Cash Bonus Bill in
the Nebraska House
With the aid of American Legion
members, the Nebraska house of rep
resentatives last week defeated the
state bonus bill by a vote of 46 to
40, thereby reversing its action of the
previous week. The bill provided for
a referendum on the proposition to
pay to each former service man or
woman of the state $15 for each
month of service -during , the world
war.
Representatives Anderson, Gris-.
wold, Hascall, Westerhoff, Douglas,
Bowman and Reed, all members of
the Legion, issued the following state
ment explaining their votes against
the measure:
"We are voting 'No' for the follow
ing reasons: First, the bill as drawn
would do the returned soldir but lit
tie good. After the act goes into ef
fect it will be a year before any taxes
are collected and money available. At
that time there will be $1,000,000 to
divide up between more than 50,000
soldiers, which would mean that each
man would get about $20. Each year
thereafter he would get $20 until he
received his bonus. It is estimated
that there are more than f0,000 serv
ice men in the state and the average
length of service was fifteen months,
which at the rate of $13 per month
would make a total bonus of about
$11,250,000. Thus it is seen that
f ome men would not get the last of
their bonus for eleven years after the
first payment. This method of pay
ment, of course, would do the service
men but little good.
"Second. While we disclaim any
promises that the American Legion
would be against the bonus bill, yet
we individually feel that inasmuch as
the house has so unanimously aD
proved the soldiers' relief bill which
will require the raising of $2,000,009
by taxation, we do not feel that we
should go on record as being in favor
of a bonus bill at this session. We
vote 'NoV '
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AT THE MOVIES '
The attraction at the Imperial this
evening is "The Fortune Teller," with
Marjorie Rambeau. The press agent
has bewildered. us this time by making
the advertising for his play consist
largely of a number of charms, spells
and incantations that lift the veil
from the secrets of the future. These
ire all interesting, and one or two of
them are instructive; For instance, if
a shy maiden desires to dream of the
man .-he w ill marry, all that is neces
sary is to place the twig of a maple
tree in her stocking, lay it under her
pillow and just before going to sleep
repeat the following word; some of
them are hard to pronounce, but do the
best you can: "Kyrios elementisfime
qui Abraham seioo tuo dedisti uxor
em Saram ct filio e jus obedientist
simo per admirable sigr.um indieusti
Rcbeccam uxorem; indica mihi ancillae
tuae, quern sim nuptura virum per
ministerium tuorum, ,-pirtum Balideth,
Assaibi, Abumalith."
Pauline Frederick is at her best in
"The Woman in Room 13," scheduled
for the Imperial Wednesday. Her
former husband had sworn to make
her pay for her divorce. He laid his
iilansi for the compromising situation
I that would blacken her reputation in
the eyes of the man she loved ami
married. When the smoke of murder
cleared away the woman had es
caped! Who was the woman in Room
13? Was it the wife? Was it one of
1 me otner victims oi iiick i ui ner. i ne
odds are a thousand to one that you
cannot guess Who the woman was.
Con-taixe Talmadue in "The rein
fect Womm" will be shown Thurs
day. It 's the story of Mary Duke,
who vamps her way into the home of
.Jimmy Stanhope, multi-millionaire,
and woman-hater, bringing a series of
I amusing and plea.-ingly thrilling inci
I dents into one of the mo.-t novil cli
maxes ever witnessed
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