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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF f K '1 , AMERICA QLEGKmW (Copy fill I lllh I). ll.Mlllldllt MH'IHIcil ll) tho Aturrlciin l.PKlon Nrwi Sei-lf) "HOBOED" TO GET POINTERS David McCalib, Texas Veteran, Makes "Blind Bangane" Trip to Aid Cx-Service Men. Jobless nml penniless, hundreds f ex-scrvlco melt In tho Wtvst are "riding tin rods" from llllCO Itl pi HOC ill x'iU'cli of employ ment. While others talked about doing someUiing for t hem , Da vl il McCnllb, youiiK war eteran of Dallas, Tex., niudo a long trip as u "hobo" to get Urst-hund Infor mation about this men to devise means of helping them that would bu acceptable to all. "I rode the blinds and blde-door pull mans for S00 miles over the M. K. & T., Santo Fc and Texas and Pnclllo rollroads," McCallli reported to tho American Legion authorities of Texas hnndllng (be unemployment problem. "I noted three outstanding things In the slx-duy trip. First, the real, old 'tlmo hobo of the buck door variety ns almost disappeared. Second, hero were a largo number of young men who were too young to have entered the army. The majority of the men riding tho rods were of this class. Third, there was a comparatively small number of ex-service men on tho rods. They were noticeably untrained In tho ways of hoboing." WAS ONLY COMIC OPERA WAR Americans Experienced Odd Pro visions When Joining Spanish Legion Against Moors. It was Just n comic opera war any how, according to 8J1 young Americans who have returned to New York from whence they sailed two months ago to Join the Spanish Foreign Legion for service against the Moors. The would-be Foreign Legionnaires wero represented In numbers among ex-service men applying to tho American Le gion employment bureau for any kind of work. After enlistment in Now York, the recruits, almost all of whom hud served overseas with the American army, were sent to Ceuta, Africa. There they wero Informed for the first time that out of their pay of -lh pesetas a day (about (50 cents) they must buy their own uniform, food, oven arms and ammunition. "It was the funniest war you over saw," declared George DImond of Brooklyn, who explained that the hard er you fought the more It would cost you for ammunition. If a man fought very hard ho would soon be deeply In debt to the Spanish government. If, on tho other hand, ho conserved am munition and tried to save money, ho stood excellent chances of being lilcked off by u Moor. Betides all that, tho Americans, who thought they wore to bo officers, were assured that they were welcomed only as privates. FREE LEGAL AID FOR NEEDY Loy J. Mollumby, Commander of Mon tana Post, First to Sue in Be half of Wounded. The tirst man In the United States to (He suit against the government In bchnlf of wound ed soldiers was l.oy J. Mollumby, oung attorney of ( I rent Falls, Mont, lie won his case, which was to ob tain hospital treatment and compensation for a service man who became Insane as a result of his war experience. A second suit against the government has been (lied by Mollumby In favor of Chris Tuss, service man, who died of tuberculosis. This action seeks to secure puyment of war risk Insurance to the young man's needy dependents. Tho govern ment claims that the disease was con tracted after Tuss' discharge and af ter his Insurance had lapsed. Mol lumby contends Unit he contracted tu berculosis while in the army. Mollumby, commander of his Ameri can Legion pot In Great Falls, has set up u free local aid bureau for all sick ami wr-vmled ex-servlcu men. Wants Moro Land Opened. ,Vor every' government farm uvull d)lo today there tiro 100 service men Minding in line, according to Secrc lary of tho Interior Fall, who has In formed tho American Legion that the Jovernment Is unable In any degree to satisfy the 'haek-to-the-farin'' crav ing of former soldiers and sailors with out additional legislation. Tho Le gion is endeavoring to huvo more land opened to settlement for service wen. ft" 9 1tk WOMAN IN LEGION POLITICS Miss Ivy Ann Fuller of Kansas Did Clever Work at Recent Na tlonal Convention. Tim ways of the fair ex In politics litis hcon it more or less pleasant stir- prise to tho male :Hv . electorate over f riW.tZ'ii.L VA Ullll-lt till! Vlllfl. -'iT'X.. 'X '.- EiriMF ; '1 K?fB M tmtlltll A Itl il M ll- tiietit. The Amor lean Legion saw the emancipated otors In full swing during Its tecent national convention. Out' standing among them was Miss Ivy Ann Fuller of Kansas. LM f'-sv V One of tho most bitterly waged lights of the convention ventured over tho election of a national chaplain for 1!)'. Tho Fast, West. North and South ):td canillilatos In tho Held with strung backing. Kansas put forth the iiatne of a "lighting parson" and Miss Fuller, In speeches, caucuses and lin ing up of delegates, put him across by a narrow margin. Miss Fuller, a "movlo" actress In New York before tho war, trained In a Vassal college unit for nurses mid then entered a Fifth avenue hospital and later the Waller Itod Institution nt Washing ton. IN BEHALF OF INSANE MEN Test Suit Filed In Providence, R. I., May Affect Numerous Other Cases. Are former soldiers whose minds wero wrecked by shell-shock, wounds and gas, temporarily or permanently Insane? The question Is to be decided In a suit against the government to compel payment of war-risk Insurance, filed In Providence, 15. I., by James B. Llttlclleld, attorney for the American Legion. The action has been taken In bchnlf of three soldiers, Adnm Mlklllwlcz, Gulsscppe Vltullo and James McGee. It Is alleged by the Legion attorney that tho Uireo arc totally disabled as n result of Insanity. The government Insurance bureau, Mr. Llttlefleld charges, has refused to pay the In surance of the men on the ground that they may recover. Their minds dwarfed from shell shock, several thousand ex-service men are confined In Insane asylums ami private and government hospitals. Tho decision sought Is that the men nre permanently dlsnblcd and as such are entitled to tho full money allow ance awarded by the government In stead of a small temporary compensa tion. The result of the suit filed In Providence will affect similar cnes about to be filed In all parts of the country. MEDAL 0PH0N0R MAN DUPED John J. Kelly of Chicago Badly Ad vised in Signing Petition for Release of Prisoners. That his Medal of Honor brother, John J. Kelly, Chicago, had been "duped" Into sign ing a petition to President Ilnrd Ing for the release of Eugene V. Debs and 145 "political prisoners" Is a chnrge made In a letter to national headquarters of the American Le gion at Indianap olis from Michael J. Kelley, also of Chicago. The Congressional Medal man. a former mnrlno who wears several for eign decorations in addition to tho highest award at the disposal of tho American government, has informed President Harding liy letter, according to his brother, (hat "I allowed myself to be badly advised. I now reallzo that I should have had confidence In my President and his administration of the government of the country for which I fought and should have re frained from lutcrforence In the mat ter." Needs New Poll-Tax Law. In passing an amended bill exempt ing ex-service men of Alabama from lliii payment of poll tax, tho legisla ture of that state has unwittingly dis franchised the men It sought to bene fit. The amendment, was held tincon stltutlonal and tho only ex-service men permitted to vote In recent elections wero those who became disabled from wounds or sickness during the war, provided they did not own $.100 worth of property. George Lewis Hallos, commander of the Birmingham post of the American Legion Is drafting nn amendment as a substitute for the one declared unconstitutional. It will bo submitted to tho legislature at an extra session cnlled by Governor Kllby. Totally Indifferent. Tho rush hour crowd was gathered walling for cars. A middle-aged, red faced woman dug her elbows Into con onlent ribs, regardless of owners. "Sny," she bellowed nt n stout gentle man, after a particularly vicious Jub: "docs It moke any difference which of these enrs I take to got to Greenwood cemetery?" "Not to me, ma'am," he replied, slipping through nn opening In the crowiL American Legion. Weekly, W.V.AM ft T' Sr l$&sMEm?&l&4 C ' mm Kom, mbi ccxcwy Scene in Chinese (PrepnrcJ by the National Qeocrnplilc So ciety, WaehlnEton, 1). C ) Among all the far Hung possessions of the British Ktnplio, Hong Kong might bo called the gem. Many Brit ishers look upon it as their local col ony ; and It Is Indeed n city of super latlvcs. It Is tho pivot of British com nierco, naval power and Influence In the Fnr East. Travelers acclaim Its terraced city the most beautiful In the Far Fust; Its deep, commodious hnr bor Is one of tho best In the world; and In the tonnage of shipping entered and cleared It is outranked since thu World war reduced Hamburg's Im portance! only by New York. It Is the commercial gateway to the vast cm of southern China and the Islands to the south. On the military side Hong Kong Is stronger thnn GIbrnltor and Is the base of one of the most powerful fleet units In existence, the British Asiatic squadron. Finally It Is one of the most prosperous communities to be found either East or West. Much of Greut Britain's pride In Hong' Kong arises from the fact that It has been built from nothing In Just four score years. In 18J10 Hong Kong was a bare granite Island, nominally a part of China, but Inhabited only by a few thousand fishermen and groups of the pirates who made com merce off the Chinese const a thing of hazard and uncertainty In those days. When British merchants clashed with tho Chinese In Canton In lSIt'J and found it necessary to leave that city, they retired first to the Portuguese settlement nt Macao, seventy-live miles down the Canton river, and then com pletely off the mainland to the rocky Island of Hong Kong. War followed this commercial friction, and when Great Britain emerged as the victor In 1811 she demanded, and the fol lowing year was given, outright tltlo to Hong Kong. Despite the common idea, Hong Kong Is not a city, but nn Island. It Is eleven miles long and from two to five miles wide with nn area of moro than thirty square miles. The city, which to the popular mind constitutes Hong Kong, Is olliclally named Vic toria for the queen who ruled, in Bri tain during Its greatest growth. But though the name Victoria is used In ofllclal documents and on some maps, to most of the Islanders the big com munity of hulf u million souls Is merely "the city." Victoria and the matchless harbor are on the Inner bide of the Island, and as tho ship approaches Hong Kong only the little developed sen ward side Is seen. In tho distance It seems little dlfTe'rent, except for Its size, from the bare grunltc Islands among which It lies. As the steamer draws near differences uppear; patch es of verdure arc discerned; the line of a highway stands out on the sides of Its towering hills, nn occasional pane of glass reflects a llnsh of light from among the trees. Yet there Is little hint of tho presence of n great city of half a million souls on the far bide of the Island. Has Wonderful Harbor. .When tho ship has nosed around the end of tho Island ut the west or through the narrow pussngo near the eastern end, the greut harbor and city come Into view. Duo to two peninsulas which extend from the mainland close to the Island ami to the indentations of the shore of thu Island Itself, thu harbor, covering 10 to ID bqunre miles, seems landlocked. It has thu appear auce of a pond set down In a vast Irregular granite bowl, In this deep harbor nil thu world's navies and a lurge part of tho world's combined merchant fleets might boa anchored without undue crowding. And there in truth on almost any day of the year may bo seen generous samples of tho naval or civil craft of nearly every maritime nation, while among them move busily countless Chlueso (Qvro&iHooo urtOGRyfooo Quarter of Hong Kong. sampans and numerous launches of the hurbor. For nearly five miles the water front Is an unbroken quay which the dwell ers of Hong Kong, borrowing the name from the famous quay of tho Portuguese at Macao, "call tho Pruyu. Great ocean liners can dock directly beside this quay or at one of the many wharves which extend outward from It. Back from the sou wall n broad road extends along the entire water front of Hong Kong, and facing the harbor across It are public buildings, business houses and some of the great warehouses which proclaim Hong Kong's chief activity- the distribu tion of merchandise to and from southeastern Asia. Many of the structures are faced story upon story by the arched external galleries or loggias, like our porches, that have become characteristic of British archi tecture In this semi-tropical Island. But looking at Hong Kong from u ship In thu harbor, the newcomer gives only scant attention to. thu water front, Interesting as Its appearance and ac tivities are. For Victoria Is a city of terraces; the whole city Is spread out before htm as though It wero a map upon the wall. His eyes are Inuvlt ably led upward to row upon row of buildings clinging to the sides of a great hill, past patches of bare rock and forest, to dwellings perched near the crest of the ridge. To the right, at the very peak of the island, rise tho wireless towers of one of Great Bri tain's most Important radio stations. Climbing Up "The Peak." Suburban conditions are not reached In Hong Kong by moving outward as In most thickly settled communities, but by moving upward. On thu level area of the middle portion of the town near tho water front much of which, Incidentally, has been reclaimed -from thu harbor arc thu banks and count ing houses, tho business structures and warehouses of the merchants and shippers. To the east iind west Chin ese merchants hold sway. This level mercantile region of Victoria extends only a few blocks from the hurbor's edge. Back of It rise steeply the lower slopes of "the Pcuk" against whose green sides the light buildings of the residential section of the city stand out boldly. Most of Victoria's cross streets surrender unconditionally at tho foot of the hill' and arc trans formed Into stair steps, A few, as though more determined to conquer the heights, wind with many contor tions, covering rods that they may rise feet. But parallel with the edge of the hurbor tho streets continue, each on a different level, like receding shelves or tho tiers of scats of a huge theater. The first zone of shcIMlke streets that rises above tho mercantile level Is, Victoria's "Chlnntown" where live thu greater part of the closely packed multitudes of Chlncsu who havo comu from the mainland to cast their lots under tho British flag. The next level In Vlctorlu's soclul stratification Is u closely built up sec tion of substantial houses occupied by British, Americans, Portuguese, and Indeed by representatives of most European nations and thu United States. Farther up the sldo of tho peak, above tho closely built section for westerners, nro tho residences of the more wealthy, net In spacious grounds, half hidden in gardens. Hong Kong Is In effect a colony of Chlueso ruled by thu British. But In spite of tho fact that 05 per cent of tho population is Chinese, pcoplu of many nations and creeds have made u placo for themselves In this uulquu community. Near the water front may bu found representatives of almost any nationality or rucu one likes, from Portuguese to Norwegian, and from South Sea Islanders to African. And in splto of this socmlug stngo set ting for eternal turbulence Hong Koiiu Is. the most orderly city of the East Don't Forget Cutlcum Talcum When adding to your toilet requisites. 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The government forest rangers re port a great number of benvors this year, and the Indications arc that there will be planty of skins for furs unless the laws which now protect tho nnl miils are greatly relaxed. Two years iign In the Coclictopa forest In Colo rado there wore !200 beavers, estimat ing four or five to a house, which Is a conservative estimate. This year there are 111,000 animals. Heavers have completo protection In 2.r states niul have become so numerous that they are a nulsunce. "Tho Fittest." "bo you believe in the survival of l he fittest ?" , "Not as much as I used to," replied .Senator Sorghum. "The chnp who innlces a hpeclnlty of throwing ora torical tils iMi't nearly as influential s he neI to be." Tho housewife smiles with satisfac tion as she looks ut the basket of clear, white clothe and thanks I led Cross Ball Blue. At all grocers. Ad vertisement. Were li not for the bliss of Ignor ance, some people would always be unhappy. 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