TIIE NORTH PLATTE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE.
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FOUND VALUABLE WAR RELIC
Oregon Legion Man's Best Trophy of
Big Conflict, Is Worth
Large Sum.
Souvenirs vnrylng from a cliTp off
Eiffel loner to a German beer stein
captured In Se
dan, were brought
back from Franco
by the returning
Americans. H u t
few of the me
mentoes stored In
a doughboy's
pack nre as vnl
uablo uh that be
longing to Georgo
D. Foster, former
ly a corporal of
tho Fourth Engi
neers, Fourth Division, who found a
rare Itoinnn coin that is perhaps worth
several hundred dollars.
While looking for a safo and soft
Bpot In tho ruins of an old houso near
Sergy, Franco, Corporal Foster, now
u peace-loving member of tho Ameri
can Legion In Cottage Grove, Ore.,
found an old gilt case containing u
coin. Ho thrust It Into his pack una
recently turned It over to a college
professor who pronounced It worth
more than Its weight In gold. Its dato.
Is 800 A. D. On ono side It bears tho'
Inscription "Magnus," tho title given
tho Emperor Constnntlne. On tho oth
er side arc the Inscriptions "Votlcs
XX," "Ilentus Tranqullltas," and
"Percursa Trcverls." Tho latter
words, tho professor declares, Indi
cate that tho coin was minted In Trier,
Germany, formerly a seat of tho Ro
man empire.
LEGION MEN BURY COMRADES
Organization Officiates at Almost
Every Reinterment of Men Who
Fell on Battlefields.
With tho thousands of bodies being
returned to the homeland from tho
battlefields of France, the American
Legion has justified Its exlstenco If
for no other reason than tho display
of proper respect for the remains of
tho country's heroes. In almost every
Instance in which tho body of a
soldier who died overseas has been
rolnterr'ed In American soil, Legion
members hnve taken part.
Funeral for Indian Comrade.
Tho photograph shows tho cero
monles of tho military funeral held
by Carl Anderson Post of tho Loglon
at Oloquot, Minnesota, for John Do
foe, the first American Indian from
tho state to bo killed In nction. Tho
tribe to which tho dead soldier be
longed was glad to, allow his whlto,
comrades to bury him In a manner
befitting his brave career In tho serv
ice of his country.
EX-SERVICE BOYS GET JOBS
President of Chicago Qraln Concern,
. Trench Experienced, Does Not
i Forget Ma Buddies.
When Private Paul J. Healy, 33rd
Division, A. E. P., was waiting In tho
trench 08 of
France for the
shell with his
Initials on It, ho
vowed that if ho
got out alive ho
would never for
get tho bravory
and sacrifice of
his c o in r a d o s.
Now President
Puul J. Healy of
the Chicago Grain
Products com
puii.v, Uockford, 111., Is living up to
tho pledge he took on tho field of
battle.
The company which Mr, Healy heads
recently began tho construction of a
new distillery. Mr, Healy ordered
that none but ex-service men bo em
ployed In the construction work, and
Informed all concerned that when the
plant is constructed, veterans of the
World war will bo shown all tho prof.
crenco on tho company's pay roll.
'My hope Is t build an organization
of former Boldlers," Mr. Healy an
nounced.
Mr. Healy cnlluted ua a private In
tho.' Infantry and was discharged a
'sergeant. Ho was gusscd nt Albert,
on jhu British front. Ho Is one of tho
rntfst'. active workers of IJrophy upst
oj tn American Legion in Chicago.
American Legion
Notes
"Tliero Is not tho least doubt In
my mind that If It had not been for the
determined stand of tho American Le
gion, Zlmmcr and I would still be in
prison," writes Sergeant Neff, who
with Sergcnnt Zlmmcr was nrrested
by the Germans following an attempt
to capture Grover Cleveland Kergdoll,
notorious slacker. "The American Le
gion came to my aid during ono of
my darkest hours, nnd It demonstrated
by Its unwavering loyalty toward a
comrade that Its sublime nsplrntions
and lofty Ideals concerning comrade
ship nre a living truth."
Men entitled to navy retainer pay
and not receiving it should communi
cate with the nuvy nllotmont ofllccr,
navy retainer pay section, Navy de
partment, Washington, D, C, accord
ing to the American Legion Weekly.
Applicants should give the following
data: Full name, date of enrollment,
rating nnd class In which enrolled,
present address, present rating, num
ber of retainer pay checks received
(If any) and amount of each, date of
release from active duty, duto of dis
charge from reserves.
One of tho largest single cash con
tributions for the benefit of disabled
ox-service men has been received by
tho St.' Louis city central executive
committee of the American Legion.
Tho amount was $5,000, "without n
string to It," given by Mrs. Newton
L. G. Wilson, wealthy philanthropist
of tho city. The fund will be useJ
exclusively to assist disabled men in
obtaining Just compensation and for
tho relief of their dependents.
American Legion posts in Minnesota
aro having u lively controversy as to
which one has tho oldest Legionnaire
on its rolls. Itcdwood Falls presented
Dr. Gibson, soventy-two years old, who
served with the medical corps at Fort
Benjamin Harrison, Ind., and held the
record until Kimball post Introduced
Adam Brower, seventy-six yenrs old,
and Joo Mason, who admits eighty-six
years and a highly prized membership
In tho Legion.
As a result of a fight waged on tho
AoOr of congress by Ileprescntatlve
Hamilton Fish, Jr., of Now York! u
prominent American Legion worker,
relatives of aliens who served in the
American urmy, navy and murine
corps during tho World war aro en
titled to preferred right of entry in
to tho United States in the three-percent
Immigration to be allowed during
tho next year under the Immigration
bill.
Members of tho. American Legion In
St, Paul, Minn., cast their bread up
on tho waters und It was returned
a hundredfold. Last spring they gave
nsslstanco to a needy mnu. When tho
Legion men were selling theater tick
ets for a benefit performance for un
employed veterans the ex-sorvice mnu
sold COO tickets In two duys. ; As a
result, ICO men were sent out on Job
tho following day.
A vigorous campaign waged, by the
American Legion against dlsloynl uc-.
tlvltles of tho Industrial Workers of
tho World Is responsible for tho stab
bing of a Legion worker by an I. W. W.
fanatic, according to reports received
at Legion nattonnl headquarters from
Pocatello, Idaho. True to form, tho
I. W. W. member nttucked the Legion
man In a dark ulloy, stabbing him In
tho back.
For tho prompt relief of disabled
and unemployed ox-servlco men of Chi.
cngo, Theodore ltoosevelt post of tho
American Legion stuged a stag party,
at which Judge K. M. Land Is was a
guest. Buttling Nelson was In chnrgo
of the athletic program, tho band of
the Great Lakes naval training station
provided music und stage stars con
tributed their services to a midnight
frolic.
Commuters nnd street car fans of
New Orleans may have to walk when
the American Legion meets. Em
ployees of tho New Orleuns Hallway
and Light company have formed a
post of tho Legion. Tho street railway
men ure enthusiastic members of their
post and have promised to attend meet
ings even if they have to bring along
their private curs.
An American Legion speaker has
been asked to explain tho alms nnd
purposes pf tho organization at the an
nual labor picnic to be held Juno IS In
Kansas City, Kun. Tho action, which
followed u conference with tho mayor
of tho. city, Is Intended to cloar up auy
misunderstandings which rudlcai ele
ments may have fostered In tho ranks
of labor organizations.
Only men who were In tho service
during tho World war will bo admitted
to a hotel being erected by tho Port
land, Ore., post of tho American Le
gion Tho post Is, enlarging and re
modeling upper floors of its largo club
house to accommodate 70 men.
Idaho American Legion members
opened their stato servlco and mem
bership campaign with prayers In al
most every church In tho state,
Storo window posters and street car
signs aided Summit post of tho Anier
Icau Legion at Akron, 0., during a
membership cumpalgu.
ffeeee and
&te creeks
in 1
o 'Qui
Athena and
(Prepared by the National Oeonraphlo So
ciety. Washington. D. C.)
Greece, In carrying on In Asia Mi
nor, against the Turkish Nationalists,
what may be called tho only major
war uow in progress, uttrncts atten
tion anew to tho prolonged, presence
of tho Greeks on the world stage.
There aro few purullels to the strik
ing racial phenomenon of Hellenic
continuity throughout the vicissitudes
of 2,000 yenrs. Modern research bus
penetrated the dark byways of me
dieval Greek history, and we now
know thut the Greeks, whatever their
temporary fate, have preserved un
broken tho thread of their national
existence.
Tho firmest bond which unites the
Greek of today with his illustrious
forebears of tho golden nee Is the
Greek langunge, the essential cle-.
ments of which remain ns they were
In the days when the tongue served
as tho medium of tho noblest poetry
nnd tho subllmest philosophy which
tho rnco lias yet produced. This
tongue traces Its unbroken lineage
back through medieval and New Tes
tament Greek to the classic speech of
Pinto and of his contemporaries.
And yet, with all this continuity
of language, v thcro exists now In
Greece a linguistic condition of af
fairs around which centers a contro
versy nt onco comic or tragic; for
there nre In Greece two languages,
or, rather, tho ono languago. in two
forms ono written by tho newspa
pers, spoken by tho educatpd classes,
and used in parliamentary debates
nnd In public documents, Including
tho Scriptures, tho circulation, of
which Is regulated by law; and tho
other a vernacular used by ,tho mass
es of the people, containing many
words of foreign origin, especially
Turkish nnd Italian, arising from
those periods of foreign occupation,
with a much simplified grammar rare
ly reduced to writing, except for prl
Vato communications. Tho former is
the cultured tonguo; the latter tho
popular Idiom; and between tho two
thero rages a merciless warfare, In
which fanatical Btudents of tho uni
versity have lost their lives, ministers
their portfolios, and a Metropolitan
of Athens his miter.
Greece of Today Almost New.
Greece of today looks back only
three generations, If ono places Its
origin In tho war for Independence,
which was concluded by the protocol
of London In 1830; "and, witnessing
tho progress which In that brief span
hns been made In n land of such
sparse resources, one cannot see how
praise can be withheld from a people-
who have accomplished so much.
When tho city of Athens pnssed
from Turkish control and was des
ignated as tho capital of tho new freo
kingdom of Greece, it was u mere
handful of wrotched huts clustered
about the Acropolis. Today It Is n
thoroughly modern city, with splen
did streets, magnificent public build
ings, handsome residences, attractive
parks, and most of tho modern im
provements of which western cities
boast, Tho building of this city nlone
In a land of such scanty resources Is
fairly comparable to the development
of our own rich West, .and as meri
torious when all tlfo circumstances
are considered. Indeed, had the Greek
of today nothing to his credit save
tho building of tho attractive capital
of his nation, that alone would bo
sufllclant to rank him among tho con
structive agencies of tho modern
world,
In this city of old memories and
now hopes, Greok life centers now as
In Its classic duys, und here ancient
and modern Greeco aro Inextricably
mingled In a curious medley of mo
dernity and antiquity, which colors the
most ordinary of ovcry-day affairs.
On every hand arlso the shattered
monuments of its splendid pust, and
even tho tiniest fragments which
servo to link tho life of tho present
with the days that aro gone aro most
carefully preservod.
Guards Its Antiquities.
Tho Greek government Is keenly
allvo to Its responsibility for tho safe
guarding of its antiquities, nnd tho
dopnrtmcnt of archaeology, under tho
chnrgo of tho ministry of education
and religion, Is painstakingly organ
ized and prudently 'administered. Tho
museums at Athens aro handsomely
housed, conveniently arranged, ac
curately catalogued, and open to in
spection nnd study without fee, this
Iftttor being a point of great prldo
the Acropolis.
with Athenians. In addition there are
now, at various points In tho kingdom
where research is going on, smaller
museums devoted to the preservation
of the treasures of the locality.
Crowning the city of Athens stands
the sheer and mighty rock of the
Acropolis, dominated by tho Parthe
non, matchless even in Its ruins, which
projects tho changeless purity of its
lines agnlust the background of the
changing centuries, which have made
of It In turn the. shrlno of the vea.al,
tho church of the Christinn, the
mosque of the Moslem, and now and
over tho Idenl of ail lovers of Uip
beautiful.
Near at hand cluster the chief rem.
nants of the glory that was Greece;
on the one side the tiny gem of the
Temple, of tho Wingless Victory, so
chaste and delicate in its proportions
nnd outline, and on the other the
Erechtheum, with Its Unique porch of
the Caryatides.
Hard by the stairs of the imposing
Propylnea rises the sturdy rock of
the Hill of Mars, whence St. Paul
declared the unknown God and Inci
dentally tdok the Athenian mensure
for all intervening time. At a little
distance stands the rough-hewn .Benin,
where. Demosthenes and Ctcslphon
strove in matchless phrase, while Just
below rlso tho Ivory-tinted columns of
tho Temple of Theseus, best preserved
of all tho classic remains.
Against such a background it is
easy to project the ties of sentiment
which bind the life of th& Greek of
today to that of the classic worthies
from whom he claims direct descent.
With only a slight shock ono will
learn that the man who gives him
his morning coffee bears tho tremen
dous name of Themistocles. And yet
It Is difficult to visualize tho modern
Athenian with those who once walked
his streets.
It Is only In tho islands or deep in
tho country, where the Albanian flood
which swept across the Attic plain
has never reached, that ono finds the
facial lineaments nnd tho bodily grace
which the ancient sculptor has taught
the modern world ns being common
to all Greeks of classic time.
Its Agriculture Backward.
Greeco is essentially a land of agri
culture, pre-eminently Intended to bo
such; but, owing to the tremendous
drain by emigration from the rural
districts, the progress of agriculture
has been painfully deficient. In niuny
places tho land Is tilled only by wom
en and girls. Many of the men 1mve
gone off to America.
Many find the Athenian climate
agreeable. Cold winds thero are, to
bo sure, In winter, blowing down from
tho snow-capped hills above the town
or blowing up from tho sea at Phal
eron; but thero are no frosts; the
roses bloom during every month of
tho year-; oranges ripen In the open
air, one may pick his breakfast fruit
from tho trees outside his window.
Tho summer heat Is easily endurable,
the absenco of ruin removing tho hu
midity which mnkes American mid
summer so Intolerable. One cannot
truthfully say that midsummer nights
In Athens aro really cool, hut thero
Is a sensible difference fron the heat
of the day and a freshness which al
ways makes sleep possible.
At tho beginning of the hot season,
there is usually an exodus of the
court, tho diplomats and the wealthy
from Athens. To take their places
there flock to Athens a.nd to the sea
side hotels nt Phaleron and to villas
nnd resorts at Kephlsin-In-the-hllls
numbors of rich Greeks from Asia
Minor and from Egypt ; and tho wholo
city reverses tho order of its winter
life, turning night into day and spend
ing most of the hours between sunset
nnd sunrise out of doors. Everywhere
about tho town, on the roofs of clubs
or Eiotels, in tho gardens or on tho
terraces of restaurants, beneath tho
pepper trees of the parks, and even
in tho streets, tables aro spread, and
probnbly as many as 100,000 people
dlno In the open air each night of an
Athenian summer.
Throughout Greeco and Indeed
throughout tho entire Bnlkan.region
English is much heard, because of the
great numbors of Greeks who have
returned home from America; and
few travelers in tho Peloponnesus will
fall to recall ot almost every railroad
station the eager face thrust In at
tho carriage window nud quivering
with tho demand, "You fellers from
I America?"
RED CROSS TAKES
GHARGEOF WORK
Reconstruction of Pueblo in
the Hands of Relief
Organization
CONTRIBUTIONS A NECESSITY
Early Reports of Damage to the City
Were Not Exaggerated Missing
List Stands at 130 Fear
an Epidemic.
Fueblo, Colo., The rebuilding of
the city of Puoblo, including the re
construction of wrecked homes, tho
restoration of the business and in
dustrial sections devastated by the
wntcr and the administration of re
lief throughout tho Hooded district has
been turned over to tho direction of the
American Red Cross Disaster Relief
administration.
All who contrlbuto to assistance of
Pueblo aro requested to send their
subscriptions to tho American Red
Cross for use in Pueblo, in which relief
treasury all funds will be pooled. All
disbursements will he audited to tho
Wnr department, It is said.
Pueblo business men have expressed
a desire that any money or aid that
may bo appropriated by congress for
relief be made available through the
Red Cross.
Those In charge of the work say
that every possible dollar that can bo
contributed will be needed, not only
for immediate relief but for the long
and painstaking task of rehabilitation
which now has started. According to
a statement by James L. Flescr, man
ager of the southwestern district, the
damnge has not been exaggerated In
early reports.
Lntest available- flgur.es from tho
Red Cross and other official sources
show more than 130 persons -are listed
as "missing" as a result of the flood.
Tho 'missing" list Is conplled by mil
itary authorities and the Red Cross
from Inquiries which hnve come in by
telegraph, mail and personal inquiry.
It will probably be many days before
a complete list of the dead Is com
piled.
It Is estimated that 200 square miles
of territory have been completely
denuded of crops.
Fear of disease and precautions for
tho protection of the public resulted
in the Issuance of an order by Colonel
Patrick J.'Hammrock forbidding any
outsider to enter Pueblo. Clearing
away debris is proceeding rapidly, but
the stencli from tho mud, dead bodies
of cattle, and it is feared, humans, Is.
giving tho entire district a fearful
odor.
Forecast Bigger Wheat Yield.
Washington, D. C. The department
of agriculture forecasts the country's
totnl wheat crop for 1021 at 820,000,-
000 bushels, as compared with a pro
duction of 787,000,000 bushels in 1020.
Included in the 1021 total was 578,-
000,000 bushels of winter -wheat, com
pared with the same as last yenr, nnd
251.000,000 bushels of spring wheat,
compared with 209,000,000 bushels
last year.
Tho acreage of winter wheat was
88,721,000, which is 2.5 per cent greater
than last year's acreage. The condi
tion of winter wheat on June 1 was
estimated at 77.0 per cent, compared
with 78.2 per cent on June 1 last year.
The average of spring wheat was given
as 18,023,000 and Its condition ns 03.4
per cent, compared with 89.1 per cent
last year.
Nebraska's Population.
Washington, D. C. Nebraska, with
n total population of 1,200,372, had
1,270,210 whites, 13,242 negroes, 2,888
Indians, 189 Chinese, 804 Japanese nnd
thirty Filipinos, Hindus nnd Koreans,
the census bureau announced.
Foreign born whites constituted 11.5
Jicr cent of the totnl population, com
pared with 14.8 per cent In 1010.
In Wyoming in 1920 there were:
White. 100,140; negro, 1,375; Indians,
1,343; Chinese, 252; Japanese, 1,194;
Filipinos, Hindu nnd Korean, ninety
two. The foreign born white popula
tion was 13 per cent of tho total as
against 18.0 per cent In 1910.
Flood. Not Unusual.
Denver, Colo. Pueblo's present
.flood Is not the first to occur due to
tho overflowing of the wnters of tho
Arkansas and Fountain rivers, both of
which havo their source in this stato
and moot in Pueblo. In August, 1004,
during a flood, a passenger train was
washed Into the river from the tracks
near Pueblo and more than a hundred
lives were lost. Othor floods, not so
serious, hnve occured almost anually
from the spring rising of tho Fountain
river.
Nine of Family Perish.
Pueblo, Colo. A total of 22 wns de
clared known to bo dead as the result
of tho flood in tho towns of Avondnle,
Vineland nnd Boone, nnd tho district
between Pueblo nnd Boone, 20 miles
down tho river, according to a report
by Ranger 12. L. Trounstlne, In charge
of a relief party of rapgers that went
to Boone. According to Ranger Troun
stlne's report, nine of a family of 10
perished at Avondale. Tho family's
nnme Is Ortlbeez. A 15-year-old boy
was tire only survivor.
Back Giving Out?
Is a constant backache spoiling your
summer? Do sharp pains stab you at
every sudden move? Are you so tired
and downhearted you can hardly keep
goings? Likely your kidneys have
slowed up, causing an accumulation of
poisons that well kidneys would have
filtered oil. Is it any wonder you feel
so tired and depressed and havo head
aches, dizzy spells and annoying blad
der irregularities? Use Doan's Kid
ncv nits. Doan'8 have helped thou
sands. Ask your neighbor!
A Nebraska Case
Mrs. Ora Lewis,
llio Barady St,
Falls City, Nebr.,
says: "My back
was weak with a
steady ache and I
couia naraiy Keep
at my housework. X
had dizzy spells
and black specks
before my oyes. My
kidneys acted too
often. A friend ad
vised me to try Dean's Kidney Pills
and a couple boxes corrected' the
trouble so that I felt better In every
way."
Cet Doaa'i at Any Store, 60c a Bes
DOAN'SSIV
FOSTER. MILBURN CO., BUFFALO. N. V.
FOR SALE
CALIFORNIA LAND
10 acres, located In Qlenn Co.', Cat.,
mile to school and two miles to town. All
of tract In cultivation. Soli is silt loam
with almonds main crop. Orchard of 759
almond trees. Can be Irrigated by 'well
If needed. No Improvements. This almond,
orchard lies on the Orovllle-Wlllows lat
eral of the state highway and will soois
be paved, making this an exceptional buy.
Price is ttOO per acre with possession to
be arranged. For further Informatloa
write or see
JOHN N. WBSTBEItG, Butte City, Calif,
VICTIMS
RESCUED
Kidney, liver, bladder and uric add
troubles are most dangerous be
cause of their insidious attacks.
Heed the first warning they give
that they need attention by taking
COLD MEDAL
The world's standard remedy for then
disorders will often ward off these dis
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further attacks. Throo sizes, all druggists.
Look for the nana Gold Medal oa every box
and accept no imitation
Cuticura Soap
Complexions
Are Healthy
Sets 25c, Okbaeat 25 and 50c, Taicsa 25c.
Valuable.
"Mr. Grnbcoin seems to have a
great deal ot confidence in his private
secretary."
"Tho young man Is worth $20,000
a year to Mr. Grabcoin."
"Yes?"
"Why, he can send callers away,
thinking' that the only reason why they
can't see that great man, who may
be telling a funny story to another
dummy director, Is because he's work
ing sixteen hours n day to keep the
country from going to smash."
Queer.
"He's queer."
"In what way?"
"Well, he's forever buying tick
ets to church socials and amateur
thentrical performances."
"A lot of men do that and they're
not queer."
"I know, but this fellow actually
goes to tho things."
The charm of a bathroom is Its spot
lessness. By the use of Red Cross Ball
Blue, all cloths and towels retain their
whiteness until worn out. Cc.
Tact.
"How did you get your boy to study
arithmetic? I thought you said last
winter 'thut the study wns positively
distasteful to him."
"Well, you see, I told him that arith
metic was useful if lie wanted to fig
ure the batting and fielding averages
of the boil players, and now wo can't
keep him away from his multiplica
tion and division tables."
Really Quite Simple.
Betty was lato for school several
days In succession, and her teacher
took her to task for it, saying, "Can
you glvo mo a good reason for your
being late?" Betty was quiet for a
moment, and then said, "Wo Just
sleeps Is all I know."
Rotation of Numbers.
Numbers run as follows: Units,
tens, hundreds, thousands, millions,
billions, trillions, quadrillions, qulntlU
lions, sextillions, septilllons, octillions,
nonllllons, decllllons.
Sure
Relief
6 BELVANS
mot water
Sure Relief
JLL-ANS
W. N. U., OMAHA, NO. 25-1921.
