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it ot SEM RTE GOES National Citizen Army and Uni- versal Training Advocated by Adoption of Committee Report By M. P. WEAR. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct, 1—That the American Legion Intends to see that the military system of the United States is better orgnizea and that it intends to see that the men who were in the servic8 are given better ireat- mnt than those who never served their country was plainly shown in the adop- tion by overwhelming majority’ of the unanimous reports of the committee on adjusted compensation and military} policy at the second annual national convention of the legion. Formation, recruiting and mainte-} jAance of the national guard to the ength required law was urged the military policy committee: s to be composed of former se largely from national guard ranks! Wyoming, who was represented } L. Esmay of Douglas, did not consider it' necessary for the American Legion} to dabble in national guard” affairs, | especially the way the national guard} was organized and being conducted in many states of the Union. A national citizen army and univer- sal training of young men, as set forth in the army re-organization bill, was i i approved with the recommendation that the bill be extended. Congress to pass a bill making coi asked a and mili- near the homes of the men taking it, the training to include practically every} branch of the ,s¢ In no case are} the men to be used as soldiers in peace | times. As far as possible the men,are to be] officered by: men from their own ranks.| It was further recommended that mili-} tary training in high schools and col-| leges be encouraged. The present plan} of vocational and educational training| iwhich has been started in the army and other branches of the service was approved and the convention recom-| mended that no backward steps be per-} mitted. Discarding of article 119 in army regulations was urged. The congress of the United States] Was urged to readjust the present law} so that army men could be retired on} pay after 16, 20 and 25 years of service} the same as is done under law now in} the rn { The lacker problem was dealt with resolution adopted asking| national government publish| of slackers’ who evaded | and to procead with| through a that the at once the li: An amendment to the military com-| Mittee report asked that the allowance] for families of service men be continued until the present high inflated costs of} living be reduced. The American Legion convention gave its unqualified approval of the four-fold optional plan bill passed on ay 29, 1920, by the house of repr SOUGHT BY CLEVELAND CONVENTION i AAA vance of the time of meeting of the leonvention to thrash out all matters | pertaining to the seating of* delegates, jwas adopted with the hearty approval lor aN who ‘understood the situation, Which has’ confronted both nations: conventions of thé legion to date, | New state adjutant, Valentine. de [Colonna of Cody: took an active inter: . Jest in all affairs of the convention and sentatives by a vote of 289-to 92 and/is acting. in advisory capacity to the which is now pending in the United)state delegation, M. P, Wear acted ps Siutes senate. “Commendation and ap-| delegate from Casper in the place of broval of the action of the national Col. V nm Dean.of Fort D. A. Rus- executive committee and the national) sell, who was unable to attend the con- legislation conimittee of the legion in) vention. Fred Dralle acted as delegate presenting this bill or one similar to it)in the place of Harry Fisher of Casper, to congréss was made by the conyen-|Mr. Dralle attended the meeting of the tion. So unanimous was the opinion of | national executive committee here Sat- the legionnaives that the committee|urday and attended to all matters per- brought in an unanimous report on|taiuing to the Wyoming delegation, in- such an important and much-talked of! cluding somé of the most important question. {Pre-convention caucuses. only to be re~ The bill_as passed in the house in-/fieved of his acting position as delega- chides, adjusted service pay; adjusted/tion chairman when Mr, Esmay and service certifleate, both according to/C. H. Carpenter arrived in Cleveland, the length of*service; vocational train-| early Monday morning, only a few ing and farm ‘and home aid. -hours. before. the convention opened. The ‘American Legion directed that} Necessity. of having a chairman such action as is necessary to secure;mamed by the state convention and of the immediate adoption be taken by the| having a man who fs able to he on the legion committee in charge of this work ground of the convention in advance before congress. of the opening of the national meeting Wyoming might have had nine dele-|was plainly evident to the delegates gates instead of cight credited to the! from the Cowboy state. Cowboy state if the same rule had been| An address by the new commander of, applied as to other states, which took|the Grand Army of the Republic and in “up to the last minute’ member-! presentation of a new American flag nips a basis for having represen-| to national headquarters by the Relief ives im the convention, Nearly seven}Corps of the G. A. R., and a brief states bogsted their. number of dele-!speech by representatives of both the gates through presenting their ciaims| Relief Corps and the Women’s Auxil- in the proper form before the creden-|iary of the Spanish-American War Vet- tials committee. jerans, added an intefisely patriotic. air ILITARYIS to this committee and favored for Wy: be maintained, —_——. vention. left Wednesday night. 4 Casper remained until Thursday for committee. BONY OF MAS, TEENOR T BE (ND AT FINAL REST (TOLD NEBRASA HOM tragedy. of Tuesday by from Cleveland, Okla. body to her own former held at that piace. ton, friends here. Omer Teenor, day morning ‘trom Wichita Fall. The recommendation that the chair-|to the convention sessions. man and states be chosen sufficéently all representatives from all The report of the finance committee in ad-!which will be for maintaining the pres- by Coroner Lew 'M. Gay. oe Being, knowing, fundamentals of success. A beautiful story of Old Kentucky. The story read by ten million people. LYRIC Continuous 1 p.m. to 11 p. m. TODAY Tempes AND | “AMERICA’S RICHEST BACHELOR” WEDS POLISH SINGER—According uns Ine 9 a cable from Pat Alexander Smith Cochran, known as “America’s richest achelor,” and Mme, Ganna Walska, Polish prima donna, were married there A recently. Mr. Cochran is 45 and the owner of tho Smith Carpet Works of oNigetee Yonkers, N. ¥. He is also a well | peared on the concert stage in the own sportsman, ted Stat Mme. Walska has ap- A TWO-REEL COMEDY —N-e-x-t— AT Another Comedy — Live and Let Live With Snub Pollard and Sunshine. Sammy —N-e-x-t— PATHE NEWS. Showing the latest exclu- sive picture of the Polish war front. —N-e-x-t— Topics of the Day The greatest human digest of the world. : Pa Take a tip. \For the love of Mike, come early! We have got the best show in } town, We appreciate FALL || WINTER. your patronage and will try and make you com- fortable. Dainbyrn = i) i) ry —COMING— to 14 years, at The Fall Styles are here and ready for careful moth- ers to inspect. Coats of many styles and: colors in warm, serviceable fabrics, neatly trimmed and well lined. Ages 2 JUDGE LINDSEY ‘THE SOUL OF YOUTH’ by the scenario writer who $7.75 and upwards. gave the screen version of Huckleberry Finn and Tom. Sawyer, Mark Twain’s great story. ming that the \present national dues} ‘ A long series of: resolutions, prepared by the resolutions~eommittee, was pre- sented at the closing session of the con- 'A majority of the Wyoming delegates Fred Dralle of meeting of’ the. new national ex¢cutive Mrs. Sare Hawks, mother of Mrs. Meryl .Teener, who was killed in the her . husband, Claude Teenor, artiyed here last night Mrs, Hawks will take her daughter's home in Car.|! RSE ii Rear ee = roll, Neb., and) funeral services will be The funeral party will leave here to- morrow*afternaon on the 245 Burling- { Mrs. Hawks is Wearing up under the | shock of her daughter's death. hettet than had been expected by her many = é arrive heré. Sun- s es Texas, to take charge of his brother's body, according toa message received doing—the three 9 shows: Upon: the, vote cast In the 83. nor: ern, western and middle states, Har ing for Cox. Opponent Holds Advantage Only in Solid Soutuh in Poll Being “Taken by the United Drug Company ¢ toral vote—Harding 8, Cox 167, The total popular vote {% 126,865, Cox 90,585; electoral Harding 364, Cox 167. a 46,280, the electoral mijority 197, toral college is 631 and quired to elect. E : : CARD OF THANKS. Bulletin No, 2 of the Rexall straw vote being taken in the United States by the United Drug company, has been received by the Kimball Drug company. the local Rexallstore. The Kimbait company is handling the bulletins for the state of -Wyoming, twenty-eight stores, and receives daily reports-which fire tompiled here and wired to Boa- ton headquaxters. The bulletin received today, Which ts'Germany, nineteen of them a2 tabulation of the vote chst at 8000 members of the Prussian assembly assistance and floral offerings durii the illness and death of our baby, Joseph Robert MacDonald. MOTHER AND FATHER. CASPER’S: TODAY ALWAYS FINEST AND WORTH THEATER WHILE TOMORROW 5 5 TH ~ We yA! fia 4 e Al A 4 i — he. Z 1 va i (ORTH | HIS OWN LAW Pegi eee _J.Parker Read Jz ——-ALSO— MUTT & JEFF —IN— “The Great Mystery” AND LATEST CURRENT EVENTS Admission—30c, Including Tax Iris Concert Orchestra Every Afternoon and Evening Shows Begin at 1:00, 2:00, 3:30, 5:00, 6:30, 8:00, 9:30 ‘CAPITOL LIFE’ McGREW Phone 153 : Rexall stores throughout: the country brought down to moon September 27, - ing receives 116,684, Cox 65,746 in the popular vote, while the electoral vote !s a clean sweep for Harding 356 to noth- In the 15 southern states the trend is toward Cox, the popular vote show- ing: Harding 20,181, Cox 34,839; elec- Harding vote The popular majority ‘for Harding is | The total number of votes in the elec- 266 are re We wish to thank the many friends and neighbors who so kindly gave their darling 10-1-1t% iS SEBEL One hundred and fifty-five women are now sitting in state parliaments in being Attention, ; Movie Fans! Jesse L Lasky presents 0° GEORGE MELFORD PRODUCTION Roscoe (falty! Arbuckle} (by arcangement with JOSEPH M. SCHENCK) ; 4 TheROUND UP See the classiest western picture of the ages. See the battle with fhe In- flians. See the rescue on the burning sands of Ari- zona. See the great round- up ’mid canyons, gulches, high cliffs and the valley of coyotes, where quick- ness of the trigger meant the life of the man be- trayed and the man who went out into the wilder- ness to bring him back, See the United States army post at the edg> of civilization. See how they looked in the ’50’s. It will make you sit up and take notice, and you can’t help saying, “How in the name Y of God did they make it?” Say, mister, there is no exaggeration to this Picture. Every detail of the early days is brought out to the finest point. ROSCOE (FATTY) ARBUCKLE ; GEORGE MELFORDS pesca ‘THE ROUND Up? A PARAMOUNT PICTURE SEE FATTY ARBUCKLE As Slim Hoover the Sheri Hundreds of ladisisd: perne ys and outlaws, gatling guns, six shooters, horses, scouts, etc. ; Admission 25c and 50c Children, come in the afternoon All Seats 50c¢ after6 P.M. This Picture is still playing in Ne York at $3 and $4 midieis- sions. If you are afraid to ohn chance, don’t come, om our money back satisfied. Positi the only shows in Caney Soa an iron-clad guaran.