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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF WOMAN SAVED BY LEGION MAN .. IS 4 y A 5 HIE . AMHIffiN LffilGN (Copr for Thin Deprtlnrnt (Supplied by the American I-itlon New Bervlct.) FINDS JOBS FOR LEGION MEN Minnesota Department Commander Holds Remarkable Record as Sol dier, Citizen and Legionnaire. Dr. A. A. Von Dyke, MlnneupnllH. Minn., newly elected commander of the Mlnne.sotn Depart ment of tho Amer ican Lesion, In nc- credited, n m o n g I other things, with ImvliiK found Joba for l.IJOO ox-Horv Ice men. The new cominiuider bus n rcninrknlile record hh h soldier, citi zen nm! legion nnlre. When the Amor lean Legion came Into beJn;,', Dr. VunDyke Imineillntely beenme nn active member. Ho was tho Hrst vice commnnder of St. I'nul l'ost No. 8, which ut tho time was the liirg- J obi post m me uniteu aiaics. iie nan served as chairman of tho Itamsey county wclfure committee and was a member of the legislative committee Instrumental In getting the Boldlers VomiH bill before the legislature. Doctor VnnDylte wnB boni In Alexan dria, Minn., and was graduated In 1003 from tho University of Chicago School f Medicine. He later completed a course In dentistry nt University of Minnesota. During the war he enlisted In the signal corps and because of pre nous training In artillery was sent to the M. O. R. S. camp In New Jersey as Instructor. THE DISABLED ARE FAVORED Olrector of tho Government Veteran Bureau Alms to Give the Doubt to Claimants. Gen. Red Tnpo, merciless foe of the disabled man, has been almost en tirely eliminated through elforta of the American le gion, In It a suc cessful campaign for the passage of the Sweet bill and the efforts of Charles R. Forbes, director of the govern ment veterans' bu reau. Himself a vet-i-rnn and a Le- glonnulre, Mr. Forbes has adopted a policy of seeking out the disabled man, Ins! cud or letting the disabled man's claim Mm! Its way Into a pigeon hole via the route of red tape. The government put nn end to di vided authority In Its dealing with ex Mrvlcu men with the appointment of Sir. Forbes as bend of the veterans' bureau. This bureau dispenses the Insurance, look's after hospital cam nnrt the dllllcult task bt restoring disabled men to their former earning rnpnclty, or creating them anew through voca tional training. Mr. Forties' policy In dealing with compensation claims of disabled men nml women gives the Inuht to the rlnlmunl. "No clnlm," says Mr. Forbes, "shall bo disallowed unless the disallowance Is Imperative, and doubts are to be derided In favor of the dis abled man or woman." HOW TO CURE UNEMPLOYMENT Secretary of Labor, Writing In Legion Weekly, Tells How Situation May Be Relieved. Writing In the American Lcg'on Weekly on "Seeking the Cure for Un employment," James J. Davis, secre tary of labor, sums up the cure In a single paragraph ns follows: "Wage onn.nrs can help by giving tip unreasonable demands, so that em ployers can afford to stnrt their mills ngaln. or so thnt bu'ldlngs can bo built houses, schools, factories, ntores. Merchants enn help by giving up unreasonable profits, so that more people can nfford to buy clothing, furniture, food nml general supplies. The landlord can help by lowering un reasonable rents, so thnt workmen can nfl'ord to nccept a wnge that shall be romi) n living wage as rents are lowered." Warm Welcomo for "Legion" Steamer. After having clipped ten hours off tlie record run between New York nnd Itlo de Jnnicro, the all-American-mnnned sUiuinur American Loglon, hua returned to New York, following her mulilcn voyage. The vessel, with the nmjority of Its crew inombura of the Loglon, wus greeted In every South American port It touejiod by Loglon postH. Along the 1'lutte river from Montovldoo to Buenos Ayrcs, the cap tuln .reported, launches put out from shore and their owners , cracked hot' ties of wine and chiunpngno over tho bow plntcs of the ship na she slowly made her way up tho river. This, he said, was tho South American Legion nnlres' way of expressing thdr welcome. J&bA Mlsolsclppl Lieutenant Awarded Trench Medal of Honor and Life Saving Emblem. A woman caught In a Jam of civil ians fleeing a town in the war zone of Franco was forced over the n n r n j e t of u bridge, falling In to a stream 70 feet below. Son or al 'French olllcerB looked on In hor ror, but a young American ofllcer without hesitation leaped after the submerged wom an, bringing her to the surface and safely landing her on the shore. The hero was George A. Dunngln who at the time was u lieutenant In the liaison service of the United States nnny. For his bravery he was award ed the French medal of honor and the Congressional life saving medal. Today, Dunngln Is In charge of the Shrevoport (La.) sub-station of the United States Veteran's bureau In Furls and London, and wns assigned by the American Legion to assist Gen eral Dawes in the Investigation of the needs of disabled ox-servleo men. Dunngln wns born at Laurel, Miss., and was educated at the Mississippi A. h M. College. Ills military ser vice, which, after nn Injury sustained In it machine gun accident, was In the diplomatic corps, took him to seven teen European countries. "LEGIONAIRE" NAME OF TOWN Arkansas Doughboys Settle on Adjoin ing Tracts In Oklahoma and Form 2,500-Acre Colony. They are beating their awords lnt plowsharps Is the biblical way of say ing that veterans of the World war are going back to the farm. In Arkansas, on a 2,500-acre tract, "colony" of sixteen former service men descended from Tulsa, Okla., and set tled on adjoining quarter-sections of land. All of them were members of the Joe Carson post of the American Legion and they plnn to establish a trading center nnd town under the name "'Lcglonalre." The doughboy colony U In Scott county. Most of the settlers will be nblo to call the land their own In sev en months as the state allows two years of war service to count on tb residence requirement. Some of the men will spend the win ter on their land, clearing timber, building, hunting and trapping. It Is c&tlmatttl that 100 service men of Tul &u ultimately will settle on government laud. WAR WORKER AIDS JOBLESS Entertainer During Conflict Enlists to Help Unemployed Ex.Servlcs Men In New York. Miss EUcrbo, Wood will be remem bored by many ex-service men for her work as an en tertainer of the Y. M. C. A. corps m Franco. With her own troupe of young women she 6icnt u year "beorlng the doughboys In the overseas camps. I lor service, how ever, did not end with the w a r. She has enlisted to help the unem UM ployed ex-service men In New York. When ."The Man Without n Coun try," the Mltn-verMon of Edward Ever ett Hale's historical story, was shown In New York under auspices of tho American Legion, Mlsa Wood volun teered her services, and at each per formance read the preamble to the con stitution of the Legion and gave a pa triotic reading. The proceeds from the show were used In the welfare work aiuotig Jobless ex-service men. MAKES CITIZENS OF ALIENS Americanization Committee of Montana Post Successful In Preparing Ap plicants for Naturalization. Training nllens for citizenship hns been successfully carrlwl out by the Americanization committee of the Great Falls, (Mont.) post of the Amer. lean Legion. A class of 87 aliens haa. Jiibt finished preparation for natural ization under direction of the Legion committee, and 37 of them were admitted to citizenship. This was an unusually high percentage, ac cording to the naturalization ofllcer. Another clnss of 100 foreigners la now In training for the citizenship test. They recolvo Instructions from the Legion committee twice n week. Following the i course of Instruction they are subjected to preliminary ex aminations to determine their fitness for citizenship. Many Graves are Unmarked. Recaufio of a shortago of government grave-markers and the failure of congress to appropriate funds for tholr purchase, the graves of thoiihnndi of Amerlcnns killed overseas are un marked In this country, according to a report of tho American Legion, filed at Washington. The 1jglon's legisla tive conimltteo will petition the congress to pt aside sulllclent fundi to ftilow the purchase of a marker foi euch crave, as required by law. Wfeif 5 R?dL A W& KKEHBM TT iBM V ! 'tJr?J -M& . XXSS-gft , , ,, gL.. i I , J i w i M44'- hSiAM: 'ff Lwwiif paaBsMt8LjBB8aHMHI Roof of the "Straight" (Prrpurtd by the National Oeoifrmihlc So ciety, WgKhlnKtnn. D, C.) When France obtained the mandate for Syrln after the World war, she fell heir to what Is reputed to be the oldest "living" city In the world Damascus. Nearly 4,000 years ago the nrlter of Genesis mentioned this old city, and spoke of It us a place of ote. It existed when the I'linraobs ruled over Egypt; It probably saw Babylon rise, mid certainly It fciiw that proud city fall. And It has lived as other world-famous places about It have passed into oblivion or lost their glory: Memphis, Thebes, Nineveh, Sardls, Tyre, Sldon, Jerusalem, Stisn, Epliesus a long procession of mighty cities. Situated ut the head of Arabln, near the east end of the .Mediterranean and on the land route between Egypt and the rest of Africa on one hand, and Asia and Europe on the other, Damas cus occupied u position In which It could not avoid Importance. With the establishment of Mohammedanism, It took on increased Importance as the assembling point for the final long crossing of the desert sands to holy Mecca. And when It Is added that the. city is encompassed by n fertile plain through which flows an abundance of water, Its early consequence, Its viril ity and Its long life can easily be un derstood. It Is set In the oapls of onses, a grove more than BO miles In circuit of nut nnd fruit trees In terspersed with gnrdens'of vegetables. No wonder the Redoulns from the snndy stretches of Arabia and Syria called It "the pearl of the desert I" In recent times Damascus was the second city In Turkey, being surpassed In size and Importance only by Con stantinople. Now Aleppo, also In old Turkish territory, and since the war, a part, too, of French Syria, hns about overtaken Damascus In size. Hut Damascus' hoary traditions will long give It flrst place In the hearts of the East. Fascination of Its Streets. Damascus Is the rendezvous of poo pies from all parts of the Moham medan world. One cannot be long on Its streets without being Interested In the motley crowd of humanity that swarm through them, and, In spite of creed nml nationality, manage to keep sweet tempered. The urban Da iniiscene rubs against the swarthy, sun-burnt sou of the des-crt without oxen a xx'ord of scorn or anger; die Mohammedan shoulders the Jew as If they were brothers In the faith; the spotless vlbltor (rom the Occident Jostles the not-nny-too-elcnn peasant from the surrounding villages, wh.le l'ersliius, Moors, Afghans, Indians, Egyptians, Sudanese, and others from many parts of the globe hurry along, all Intent on something of Importance that has brought them to this me tropolis of the Orient. On tho Btrouts are to be seen ven ders of almost ex cry thing under thu sun, especially In the xvay of eatables, and, to those who are familiar with tho value of the goodseoffered for sale, the words of the native visitor are plain when ha Informs you that "In Damascus you can sup or breakfast for nothing," because of the little cost of food. On the same street, within u few yards of each other, inny be seen the vender of cucumbers with his wares fresh from the garden, exposed on a donkey's back (when the load xvus sold In pre-war days, It brought be tween 20 and .10 cents) ; the bread seller xvlth his warm cakes of bread on a tray resting on a stand ready to supply tho hungry xvlth a good-sized loaf for a cent, and the vender of milk, xvho for another cent will glxc you a largo basin of sweetened milk In which to soak your loaf. At differ ent eeosons you mny fare xvell at little cost off melons, grapes, apri cots, plums, penciled, apples, orange, figs, etc., sill the products of the gar dens and orchards around the city. All Due to the River Darada. Hut some will ask whence comes all this abundance, for In no other part of Syria or l'alestlne la there such u profusion of, fruit und vegetables at such loxv prices. The cuuue is the Street In Damascus. abundant xvnter supply provided by the ever-flowing and life-producing riv er Ilnrmin, tho Ahann of the HIble. Itlslng some miles northwest of tho city, the river Is conducted to all parts of Damascus through thousands of channels. It Is also tapped to Irri gate the gardens, orchards, nnd fields outside the city that are constantly under cultivation to supply tho needs of the Inhabitants. There are many pleasant spots b; the river's side, whither the Da mascenes resort after the work and business of the day to pass an hour over the coffee cup or the ex'er-uccopt-able water pipe as they talk over tho news of the day or tho doings of tho outer xvorld as revealed to them through the Arabic or Turkish papers. Would you Investigate closer eonie of the most primitive nnd Interesting doings of the Damascene, turn aside to the place where the famous Damas cus curtains uro made, und there In semldarkness you xvlll find dozens of lads and men engaged In weaving these requisites of the home on the most primitive of looms, and yet they nre able to produce an article that xvlll compote xvlth anything from the mot complete und up-to-date factorv In Europe. Or, would you see how thousand of bushels of flour und measures of oil are produced, you have only to turn nsldc into one of the ninny mills t6 sou that Instead of steam the patient camel Is used to turn thu mill xvhose stones crush the grain or bruise the berries or seeds from which different oils are extracted. Some will say, primitive, Indeed; but the Damas cene's reply would be that It Is ef fective and Inexpensive; und, where time Is of little object, these are Im portant Items. ( Views From a Minaret. Dut the sights of Damascurf are not ml on the streets. For u good view of the city Itself one must get tiie fa vor of a minaret keeper, uud have his permission to climb to the gallery of tho minaret and from there look out over the roofs, courts, towers, uud streets of the city below, lie It said to the credit of the Damascene that, although he Is u faithful follower of the "desert prophet," the fanaticism so oftei. exhibited by Mohuufhicduuii Is absent In him. An Interesting outlook of the city Is obtained from u inlnaiet near the west end of "the street called Straight." From this position one immediately appreciates how xvell that ancient thoroughfare deserves Its name, for It runs In a direct Hue across tho city from xvest to east for about one and u half miles. This street, which Is roofed In, still bears the same name as in the days of the Apostle l'nul. The principal attraction of thu cltj Is the great mosque, which Ib located In the heart of the busy capital and can only bo reached through one of its many populous streets. This spa- clous resort for worship xvas rebuilt, early In the Twentieth century, tho funds being contributed from nil parts of the Moslem xvorld, for In 1 81)11 the edifice had been almost entirely de stroyed by Are. Tho mosque hns had a varied ex. perlence, being ut one time a heathen temple, then a Christian church, then held Jointly by the Mohummeduns und Christians und used as church und mosque ut the sumo time; but since the Eighth century the Mohammedans have had the solo use of It for their own purposes. In the mosque Is tho reputed tomb of John the llaptlst's head, a shrine respected alike by Mohammedans uud Christians. Tho local tradition says that after tho execution of thu Mes siah's forerunner his head xvus sent to Damascus, then the capital of the district over xvhlch Herod had Juris diction, so that his superior ofllcer might, seo thut tho deed had really been done and one supposed Inciter to rebellion disposed of. 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