THE BEE: OMAHA,: SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1919.
U. S. LEGION WILL
ACT Oil BONUS AT
NOVEMBER MEET
Resolution Demanding Pay for
.'.Returned Soldiers Was
Tabled at, Convention
Last May.
' New York, Sept 26. In reply to
aa inquiry from a local post of the
American Legion, the national
organization of American world war
veterans, as to the legion's attitude
on the bonus question, Henry D.
-Lindsley, chairman of the joint
national executive committee, says
the action of the St. Louis cancus
la ; May, Vhich unanimously tabled
a resolution demanding; a bonus, is
subject to review at the Minneapolis
convention in November it. accord
ance with wishes of the Legion's
members.
. Whil' the Paris and St. Louis
caucutc were as represetative as it
waj possible at the time to make
them, Mr. Lindsley says, the
November convention really marks
the. official birth of the American
-Legion and WWl be so representa
tivi cf. ex-service men ' as to
determine policies which will in
every way represent the desire and
..spirit of those who served n the
Veat war. The letter in full fol
lows: .
"Dear Sir and Comrade:
"In reply to your letter of
August 4, I wish to inform you that
the Ct Louis caucus of the American
tLcgion did not pass a resolution
opr-osing a bonus from our federal
government to ex-service men. The
fa : is that a resolution was offered
, de landing such bonus and that a
delegate to the convention moved
to lay this resolution on the table.
This was the unanimous action of
he caucus;- not a single vote being
cast against laying the resolution on
vthe table..
"It was the prevailing idea of the
St.' Ldt'is caucus that the time was
A then ripe for"the American
.Legion to- go on record as favoring
any of the various bonus plans pro
pos d and that such action as the
American Legion might , desire to
Jake on this important subject
ought to be after general demolili
zatiot., so that there could be the
fullest expression from practically
all ex-service men. The conven
tion in November will be represen
tative to this extent, and at this
convention the bonus question will
undoubtedly be determined in so
fa. .as the (American Legion is con
cern ' try ' accordance with the
wishes of us membership.
"It should he cleaSrly understood
that the action of the St. Louis
caucus is subject to such review at
thi Minneapolis convention as may
then be determined best. Certainly
it " . proper that there be the fullest
possible discussion of the entree
bonus auestion among the members
.1 lU. A n T ,(iAn mi that th
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November convention will correctly
represent the views of those who
served in the army and navy during
the recent war. ,
"The November convention really
markn the official birth of the Amer
ica Legion. The caucus at Paris
initiated the Segjon in the American
Expeditionary Forces and the cau
cuj in St. Louis carried this initia
tio . forwardin the United States.
Tloth caucuses were'as representa
tive aa was possible at the times to
ma'- e them. But we are fully justi
fied in believing that the convention
in November will be so representa
tive as was possible at the time to
determine policies of the American
Legion which will in . every '.. way
represent the desire and the spirit
o? thosj who served in the great
war.
"In the meantime I wish you to
kno-v that in regard to this bonus
question the national committee of
the American Legion is taking no
ofTciaJ action and the, representa
tives of the legion who will attend
the November convention will have,
of course the, freest opportunity for
expressing their wishes and putting
these wishes Into effect. ,
5 "Very Sincerely, '" - -
, , "HENRY LINDSLEY,
v - ' ,! ,; "Chairman."'
The inquiry-came from the rhair
ma.i and secretary of Semper Fide
hs Post, No. 134, who wrote the
national executive committee:
"It is our understanding that the
St, Louis caucus unanimously
voted-as bejng opposed to the bonus
idea at that time.
"While we find no strong senti
ment in favor of a bjnus, at the
same time some of the - ambers
w. to know whether-the American
Legion has finally vetoed that idea,
or whether it is merely in abeyance
until the November convention."
Daniels. Pays Tribute'
To Benson Who Retires
7? From Naval Service
' Washington, Sept. 26. Tribute to
the work of Admiral William S.
Benson, who retired because of age
yesterday, after having acted as
chief of naval operations through
out the war, is paid in a letter to the
admiral by Secretary Daniels.
"For more than four 'years," the
secretary wrote, "during the most
momentous period in history of the
navy, you have performed the duties
of the most important office under
the Navy department with an effi
ciency andoyalty that commands
the respect and admiration - not.
only of the navy but of the nation."
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Discovers Town Where
H. C. L is Unheard Of
Lawrence, Kan., Sept. 26. At
last a town has been discovered
where the high cost of living has
made no apparent progress, accord
ing to William Docking, a Lawrence
banker, who has just returned from
this "haven" of refuge from high
prices. The town . in question is
Forsyth, Mo., a hamlet on the
White river, down in the Ozarks.
"Discussions of the high-cost of
living in that town are purely
academic," Mr. Docking V enthused
'There is plenty of food and at the
same prices as were -charged four
years ago."
Be Want Ads offer rare bargains
to persistent readers.
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My HEAKT and
My HUSBAND
Adele" Garrison's New Phase of
Revelations
of a Wife
The, Answer Mother Graham De
manded From Madge.
My scheme for breakfast worked
ant ; beautifully. Long before
Mother Graham had taken her cake
from the oven the aroma of Katie s
coffee was delicately scenting the
air, and my mother-in-law had fol
lowed it to the dining room.
"What tavthe world?" she de
manded, for dnce too surprised to be
aignihed.
, I locked un from the comfortable
chaise longue in the bay window of
the dining room, where I was
ensconced with the morning paper,
I had no particular duties until
Junior wakened, and I did not -are
to leave Katie xto my mother-in
law's tender mercies, especially
when the elder woman was engaged
in anything so nerve-racking as the
concoction of Richard Second's first
birthday cake. So I. took advantage
ot the interval to read the paper
comfortably and leisurely- instead
of simply skimming it on the train
as I usually am compelled to do,
"I thought -you'd be hungry so I
had Katie prepare breakfast on the
electric thing9 in here.'l I answered
diplomatically. "'You said you
didn't want to be disturbed in the
kitchen, and luckily she had every
thing to work with here and in the
refrigerator room.'
r A Surprise For Mother Graham.
"Humph !'V When my mother-in
law cannot find fault she is lost, and
this prospect of breakfast a good
half hour sooner than she could
reasonably have cxpected it appear
ed completely to nonplus her. she
drew the chair from her place at the
table, which was already set, and
observed with an air of nonchalance
painfully assumed: '
"Well! I have a. little time now,
1 have just put my cake in the oven
so I might as well have my coffee I
suppose. J had intended to tell
Katie to make some of those little
hot biscuits this morning, but, of
course that is impossible now.
Her tone was'plainly intended to
mirror disappointment, and the be
lief that in. some way the biscuits
could have been managed. "It was
ther fore -with great delight that I
rose lazily from my seat, sauntered
over to the table and touched the
bell for Katie, Who, I knew was busy
with the grill in the library.
"Mother Graham is ready for her
breakfast, Katie, 1 said sweetly,
when the girl parted with the library
portieres and loooked inquiringly
at me. "I will pour the coffee if
voir will bring her cereal and the
biscuits. Don t bring mine yet.
want my- fruit first."
"Is Richard Coming Home"
I saw Mother Graham start at the
word biscuits, but she would not
acknowledge her surprise at the un
expected gratification of her wish,
not even when Katie bore in
plateful ; of delicately browned
dainties covered with a white folded
napkin. Instead, she took refuge in
an old controversy.
"How often have I warned you,
Margaret, 'about your pernicious
habit of eating your fruit first," she
said tartly. "That iced fruit taken
into your stomach the first thing
cannot help but chill you. You
should begin your meal with some
thing hot." - t
- "Don't you think we've gone over
that enough?" I asked placidly.
"I like my fruit first. You like your
coffee. And we both have medical
authorities for our coarse. So
don't you think it would be a good
idea to agree to differ about it?
"I think you are adopting a very
impertinent tone toward me, she
retorted acidly, and for the next few
minutes devoted herself strictly to
her cereal and the delicious omelet
which Katie brought in next.
- "Has that ape got over her tan
trum??" This was her next coritri
bution to the conversation, deliver
ed .explosively as the girl left the
room after serving the omelet.. She
still looks sulky." '
"I think she is simply worried for
fear things arent cooked right, I
replied auicklv.
"Well, see that she keeps out of
the kitchen and my way until I get
that cake out ot the "ovenr my
mother-in-law retorted.-
As if her own words had remined
ed her of a duty, she v sprang, up,
rushed to the kitchen, and evidently
inspected the cake, for she returned
in a moment flushed and trium
phant, and announced that is was
"rising beautifully."
She drank a second cup of coffee
and then folding her arms on the
table before her, looked at me stead
ily. '
"Is Richard coming home for
Richard Second's bithday?" she de
manded. (
I hesitated only a second. 'I
might as well be "hanged for a
sheep as for a lamb," I quoted to
myself, remembering that I had in
sisted to Mother uranam that there
was no quarrel between Dicky and
me. . '
"Of course he is!" I asserted.
"But he is so busy that I don't1 ex
pect he will get here much before
tonight."
"Humph P she ejaculated again,
and the monosyllable, which was the
only reply she vouchsafed me, held
no more of doubt than did my own
heart. "
, (Continued Monday.)
Suspected Murderer of U. S.
Girl Really Killed German
- Naples, Sept 26. The police au
thorities here now declare that the
man arrested in Naples September
16 in connection with the alleged
murder of a supposed American gir
named Miss Eljis, was really de
tained on a charge of having killed
Paul Gertie, a German student in
Geneva, February 19, after having
robbed the victim of 20,000 francs,
and that Miss Ellis never existed.
The man under arrest is Marcel
Luxemberg, 30 years old.
'a dispatch from Naples Septem
ber 16 said the arrest of Luxemberg
had developed an alleged murder
case in which an American girl was
the victim. The police asserted that
the prisoner confessed that in 1909
he eloped with a Miss Ellis, an
American girl, then living in Geneva,
and that shortly afterward he mur
dered her.
How Pershinff StoDDed "That Awful Band"
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As Commandant at Uniyersity; x)f Nebraska
Henry H. Wilson Tells of Old Days in -Lincoln
y Studied Law and Was Admitted to Nebraska
, BarThere Were No Excuses From Drill While
"He Was in Command Gave Boys His "Pants,"
. to Cut Up for Souvenirs. r
From the Indian reservation, Jack
Pershing again returned to Fort
Niobrara, where he remained until
August 27, 1891, when he was
granted a leave of absence. He re
turned to his home in Lincoln. Neb-
and there, much to his delight, he
was to remain for four years. There
also, much to his delight, he was
able to attain one of the ambitions
of his earlier, days become a law
yer as well as a soldier. For, while
on leave, he was detailed to become
professor of military science and
tactics at the University of Nebras
ka in Lincoln.
To Nebraska University.
The story of his beine detailed to
the university is interesting. As I
have told in a previous installment.
Jack Pershing's family, while he vjas
at West Point, had moved to Lin
coln. Jack Pershing had visited the
family there when on leave, and the
Lincoln people had come to respect
and love him, even as the people of
his old home town, .Xacleder Mo,
So when a. vacanev came in the chair
of military science and" tactics at the
university, leading citizens of Lin
coln decided they would do their
utmost to nave the War department
appoint Jack Pershing to the post.
Governor Thayer of Nebraska, now
dead, .personally asked the War de
partment to appoint Jack Pershing,
and the department acted favorably
upon the request. .
The appointment was made on
September 25, 1891. -
Jack Pershing assumed his new
duties on -that .day. And from that
da until October 1, 1895, when he
was ordered to join his command
the Tenth cavalry, then' the crack
colored troop of the army, to which
he had been assigned when he was
promoted to a first lieutenancy on
October 20, 1892 at Fort Assinni-
boine, Montana, he gave the best
that was in him.
:, . Lincoln Claims Pershing.
I went there, to Lincoln, and know
tl&t Jack Pershing will never be for
gotten by Lincoln people. Indeed,
they claim with pride today that
Jack Pershing is their very own,
even though he does give his resi
dence as Cheyenne, Wyo. And they
base their claim upon the fact that
the generals only surviving child,
9-year-old Warren, all left to him
of the Presidio tragedy in which his
wife and three daughters perished,
lives in Lincoln with the general's
sisters, Mrs. D. M. Butler and Miss
Ann -May Pershing, in, the' Sutler
home on B street. Where his jon
lives, the Lincoln people say, must
be the general's home.
What Wilson Said. ' ; ;
Visit Lincoln with ; me and tajfc
with men wheyknew Jack Pershing
when he was professor at the uni
versity. ' . :
First call upon Henry H. Wilson,'
president of the State Bar associa--tion-f
Nebraska, the only member
of the university's law school fac
ulty of 1891. Mr. Wilson is 64 year
old, an unusually well preserved
man, and he recalls the days from
1891 to 1895 as if he had but just
lived them. - . .-. fI- . -
"I remember-Jack Pershing as if
it were yesterday that he was with
the university," the lawyer said'to
me when I talked' with him in his
office at Lincoln. "He was ..one of
the most able men it has ever been
my fortune to meet.
"There was much about him to
impress me. Jack was young and
Lincoln was the capital of our state
then, even as it is now. And then,
as now, it was the center of the
state's social activities, especially
during the legislative sessions. Jack
was a young man a young, officer
fresh from the Indian wars and he
could easily have been a social lion.
But he did not care for that' role.
No. . . :
"Instead , of ' whiling avyay his
leisure time, the time when he was
not engaged in his professional du
ties, which was much, Tack studied.
Yes, the year he came here the uni
versity opened its law school, and
Jack was one of the first to register
as a student. 'J was a professor in
the school. I recall him as a keen,
bright student, quick to grasp legal
propositions. He stood high in the
class and was graduated with it in
1893 with honors, securing the. de
gree of doctor of laws. Later he
was admitted to the Nebraska bar."
Was Nebraska Cadet, i ,
'But to leave Mr. Wilson for a
moment and talk with one of those
students, grown to manhood now j
Col. William Hayward, who com
mands the 15th New York infantry,
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i . Henry H.V Wilson.
National GuanT a : colored outfit.
Colonel Hay ward1 was a cadet at the
University, ot Nebraska under Jack
Pershing.
"The .university," said Colonel
Hayward, ."under , the terms of its
charter,, had to provide compulsory
military training in the college cur
riculum and maintain a cadet bat
talion under command of a regular
army officer .assigned by the War
department ,' W drilled three days
each. week, and studied and recited
drill regulations, tactics, guard duty,
military -field engineering and kin
dred military subjects.
' No Excuses from Drill.
' "Commandants "'had 'been there
before Pershing and commandants
came after him. But there was only
one Pershing. . . His predecessors
had maintained a battalion, but
when he came the battalion began
to amount to something. The uni
form was changed. T4 cap was
changed: ' '
"Prior to Pershing's advent ex
cuses from drill vere easy to obtain
and were constantly availed of. but
after his advent it became unhealthy
ta ask" to be excused from drill.
Even members of the varsity eleven
and the varsity nine felt a little
guilty 1 when practising instead of
drilling.
Stopping the Band.
"Pershing was a glutton for work.
He was a severe disciplinarian. But
he was always just.
"I recall a humorous incident.
There was a band indirectly under
Pershing' command, but with a
civilian instructor named Easterday.
This unhappy leader had - to take
talent as it came to him. The band
could play a few pieces loudly and
enthusiastically the plain umpahs,'
but when it came to difficult pas
sages of music most of the bands
men took their pieces out of their
mouths to blow theraout or found
some excuse for not playing: , :
"One day we had a grand review
on the campus at which the govern
or and other dignitaries were pres
ent The battalion passed in review
at quick time. The band had coun
termarched and played for us and
all had gone well. The second time
around , was to be in double time.
Perching had given the band care
ful instructions. . The band, leader
had assured Pershing that double
time music would be properly exe
cuted. ' "When the band struck up the
double time ye gods I The battalion
could drill very well in double tine
without music. But with that music!
No ' thousand legged worm could
have kept step with it. Pershing
stood it for a, few minutes, then
realized the hopelessness of the sit
uation. " 'Stop , that band that- awful
band!' he yelled. - -v. '.
"The band stopped., None of us
were present at the interview later
between Pershing and the band
leader. But no such exhibition
ever occurred again. -
Pershing Gave Away Pants.
"When Pershing left us the cadets
who had served under him wished
to have some sort of a badge by
which to remember him. Several
were in favor of a gold medal. Then
one boy had a real brain throb, with
the result that a committee headed
by John W. Dixon, now a law part
ner of Judge J. O'Brien, called on
Pershing at his headquartefs- and
asked him for a pair of his breeches.
" 'What in the world do you want
with a pair of my breeches?' Persh
ing inquired with-amazement
"He was informed that the boys
wanted to cut them up so that the
blue of the breeches and the yellow !
of the stripe might be made into
service ribbons, rershing was
plainly affected.
" T will give you the best pair I
own .he aid. ,-.
"And he did. We had our service
Texas Guard Leads.
Austin, Tex., Sept 26. Texas has
approximately 'two-fifths of the en
tire national guard enlisted person
nel in the United Stites, according
to information given out at the state
adjutant's office here, upon con
firmation from Washington.
Drops Dead In Court 1
Reading. . Pa., Sept 26. While,
seated at the defendants' table in the
main room of the court house listens
jng to his wife testify) against hii
in a non-support case, EdwareV
Groomis, of this city, fell to thej
floor unconscious and died a few
miniitrs later' t t . t
Worth.-while savings can he had
of the Greater Bowec Store.
iii every deputaMHt
h t The golden opportunity " of nineteen-nineteen
n
those who want real value. In fact, regular old-time priee
prevail on 'hundred"" of articles. Ton will absolutely be
surprised to see the remarkably low prices that are on our
BEST. '
ribjjpn."
(Continued
Tomorrow.)
Ak-Sar-Ben
VUitors:
The custom of happy reunions
during the Ak-Sa,r-Ben Festival
will reappear this year and,
as . heretofore, this Greater
Store will be .the logical meet
ing place an old-time welcome
awaits Ak-Sar-Ben visitors here.
Our four mammoth floors are
filled with autumn and winter
clothing and wearing apparel.
Every dollar's worth of it the
best that America affords and
at the lowest possible price con
sistent with quality, without
which there is no economy.
WHEN YOU COMB TO
OMAHA COME DIRECT TO
THIS GREATER STORE -MEET
YOUR FRIENDS
HERE, USE OUR PHONES,
REST ROOMS, INFORM A- -TION
BUREAU. CHECK
STANDS THEY ARE FREE
L- t Indian Medicine Man j
Dies at Age of 109 Years.
Prince Rupert, B. C, Sept. 26.
"Skookum Charlie" Williams. 109
years old, last of the medicine -men
of the "People of the Rabbit,", is
dead on the reserve of his tribe on
the . Skeena river, 90 miles inland ,
from Prince Rupert. '
The venerable Indian was Once
the most powerful medicine man of
the coast tribes, ne grew ncn, as
Indian wealth is reckoned, by his
incantations and his sale of charms
and amulets.
A storage battery has been invent
ed with a strong transparent coyer
onach cell so that it's condition
can be readily examined.
J0HN A. SWANSON, Pres.
WM. L. HOLZMAN, Treas.
V
A.D. aa
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' " . '
The season's most popular shades
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Clothes, for the particular, go
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v -. . .- - .- ;.
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1 $19.50 $24.50
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Along with the leasodettikg came eaomous ,
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