Evening Star Newspaper, March 21, 1926, Page 79

\l THE SUNDAY STAR, Veterans of Great War American Legion. McGroarty-0'Connell Post, No. 7. the American Legion, will hold, its next regular meeting March 24" at S pm. in the boar om of the District Building. haportant matters relative to sran preference will be taken up. The post is assisting the national commander to go “over the top” in his membership drive, and several applications will be acted upon Final arrangements 1w formed will be made. Veterans interested and eligible for membership in the Legion are requested to ite with Post Adjutant Lucket, 119 D street north- reuux et 40 Femmes, of Legion, will meet 1. at 3117 N street, Killeen and Mrs. will act as hostesses. afternoon members of the salon e invited to attend the installation ‘of officers of the Belleau Wood Post, . American Legion, at the home 8 Emily Carey. 201 Forest "hrifton, 'V Miss Cavey is R vice president of the § and 40 Plans are being perfected by two fun-making organizations of the American Legion. the 40 Hommes et aux and the 8 Chapeaux et 40 . for a joint banquet April 7 at the Lee House. The guests of Lonor will be Capt. Paul J. MeGahan, historian nationale of the 40 and 8, Mrs. George Dobson, president nationale of the S and 40. TFollowing the banquet o program will be pre- sented by the 40 and S under the direction of 1 i nd chef de guerre. ie remainder of the evening will be devoted to dancing. Reservations ng made through Kolhos, Mrs. Kenneth A. McRae, Mrs. D, J. Donovan and Miss Emma Kent of the § and 40, while Dr. MacNeil has charge of the reservations for the 40 and §.. Blanche W. Scallen of Minneapolis, department secretary of the American Leglon Auxiliary in Minnesota, has heen appointed chairman of the newly- formed American Legion Auxiliary national musle committee and will direct a mation-wide movement of the auxiliary to sponsor music in all fts phase: The auxiliary voted to form a music committee and to organize a national music program at the national con ntion at Omaha in . In com nee ‘with this action, the national sic committee was named by Jliza London Shepard, national pres. fdent. Others on the committee are Mrs. Cornie Glynn Cocklin of Rutland, Vt., J. 5. Damron, national v president of the auxiliary, of Poca- tel daho. The principal aim of the auxilia music program is to encowage group &nd community singing by auxiliary members, Miss Scallen declared. The units will form quartets and sextets, wccording to the present plans, and shese unit organizations will compete wt district and department music and singing meets, where the best of them will be chosen to sing at national con- ventions. Miss Scallen is now prepar- Ing the detailed plan of conducting the district and department meets. Boys® base ball leagues that will participate in the Junior All-American the | Mrs, . 11 | the first “ladi Base Ball League sponsored by the American Leglon have been organized and are under in 21 States, according to announcement made here by James 1. Barton, national adjutant { the Legion ch department of the Legion is devising its own schedule of play in the respective communities and will select State winners. Later a series of inter-departmental nferences is anticipated to devise nd means of bringing togethe) rtment and regional winners. The regional winners will probably be brought together at the national vention of the Legion at Philadelphia in October to play off the first junior world series. The honor of his long and faithful service as finance officer, the members of George Washington Post, No. 1, the American Legion will give a farewell dinner to . . Hardy and an evening of entertainment at the clubhouse, 1820 1 street, April 1, at 7 o'clock. Past Finance Officer Hardy served four con utive vears In charge of the finances of the post and also as ! treasurer of the board of governors of the clubhouse. He was appointed by Comdr. Charles B. Hanford in 1922 and served as finance officer under Comdrs, Lew S. Mohler, Percy B. McCoy, Wallace Streater and Charles haw. Capt. Hardy, who is con nected with the United States C and Geodetic Survey, has been ordere to Seattle, Wash., for duty, to be gone for several years. The committee in testimonial dinner is c Comdrs. Howal Lew S. Mohler, Streater, | and Comdr. Murphy. At the meeting of the post last day evening two leglonnaires elected (o membership in the post, through transfers. They were Charles I3, Mulhearn, transferring from Provi- dence Post, No. 1, Providence, R. I., charge of the mposed of Past chairman: nd Wallace Krauskopt Tues- were George E. Killeen Post, No. De- partment of District of Columbia. The post voted to hold a “ladies night” one evening in each month, the date to be selected by the entertain- ment committee. The offer of the George Baldwin McCoy Unit of the American Women's Leglon to assist the post in rendering aid to former service men, especially those still in the various hospitals in this city, was accepted and a vote of thanks extended to the unit in a vesolution adopted at the meeting. It as also voted to extend an invitation to the members of the unit to attend night” to be given by the post in the near future. Comdr. J. J. Murphy announced that Guy Withers, a member of the post. was ill at Mount Alto Hospital and William F. Mahony was at Wal- ter Reed Hospital temporar At the last meeting of James E. Walker Post, the American Legion, applications were received from Sherl- dan Jones, U. B. Martin, Benjamin H. Hunton and James C. Powell. An in- vitation was received to attend the Spanish-American War Veterans re- union next month. A committee, con- sisting of C. C. Johnson, West Hamil- ton and A. C. Newman was appointed to co-operate with the captain of No. 4 engine company to get a modern equipment. Veterans of Foreign Wars. The department encampment of the February Jurpasses the Greatest January What the public thinks of Dodge Brothers Motor Car is impressively reflected in current sales." ’ Veterans of Foreign Wars will be hiéld in the gymnasium of the National CGuard Armory, June 10, 11 and 12. The delegates from the various posts of the organization must be elected before April 1. To co-ordinate and expedite the business of the depart- ment encampment this year, Depart- ment Commander Huhn will shortly announce the chairmen of the various encampment committees, so that they may perfect thelr arrangements in advance of the convening of the en- campment. National Capital Post, No. 127, served a banquet to more than 300 members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and their friends at Pythian Temple, March 17. The department officers were present in a body and the department commander summarized the achievements of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in the District of Co- lumbla during the past nine months, emphasizing the splendid work which had been accomplished by the various posts and auxiliaries in relie nd hos- pital activities, and announced that the roster of the organization showed a very material increase in member- ship. ~The banquet was followed by dancing, the music being furnished by the orchestra of National Capital Post The department welfare committee is arranging an outing for the vet- erans in the various hospitals in the District, and as soon as the various subcommittees have completed their arrangements for this outing a defi nite date will be selected. ¥ront Line Post, No. 1401, Veter- ans of Forelgn Wars, will in the fu- ture only* hold onec meeting in a month for the business, while one meeting will be held for the entertain- ment of its members and all A. E. I veterans. This post has been work- ing to win the cash prize being of- fered by the District of Columbia De- partment to the post gaining the greatest perventage of membership. he post will observ day of the declaration of war by cere- monies in their clubrooms, and it will also plan similar affairs to be held on the anniversaries of every battle of importance in which our t engaged during the World War. Delegates to the 1926 encampment of the District of Columbia Depart- ment, V. I, W., will be chosen at the next meeting, which will be held at National Guard Armory. The executive committee at a meet- ing held March 13 denounced the so- called blue laws for the District of Co- lumbla. The officers expect to attend in a body the seventh anniversary cel- ebration of National Capitol Post, No. 7, on the night of April 12. Comdr. . B. Jennings notified the executive committee that he will offer honorary life membership in_ the post to Joe Harris, outfielder of the Washington base ball team. Should Harris accept the offer Comdr Jennings will invite the entire Washington team to the post rooms on the night of the mus- tering in. Comprehensive additions to the group buildings at the Veterans of Foreign Wars' new national home for widows and orphans of ex-service men, located at Eaton Rapids, Mich., are projected this Spring, according to the announcement of Albert J. Rabing, past commander-in-chief of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars and president of the national home, fol- lowing the recent annual meeting of the officers and trustees of the home. Ground has already been broken for a New York State building at the home. The buflding will be erect- ed and endowed from funds raised by a mammoth military ball of the De- partment of New York at the New January, 1926 was the greatest January in Dodge Brothers history. Yet February, with actual retail deliver- ies of 18,516 cars surpassed it by 24 per ‘cent! Midsummer business in a month of Wainter Storms! A $10,000,000investment in new buildings and equipment has brought new high production records but still there are indications of a serious shortage. The time to buy is NOW. For the car is better than ever before— and the price astonishingly low. seeesaan F. 0. B. Detroit .8795 .$795 .$845 .8895 Excise Tax reduction effective NOW. No reason to delay your purchase MOTOR COMPANY SEMMES 8 Dupont éircle‘ Raphael Semmes, President 613 G St. N.W. 1707 14th St. N.W. Main 6660-—Night Phone, Main 1943 Dopce BROTHERS MOTOR CARS Madison Square Garden, New York, on Washington's Birthday. Two State of Michigan buildings will also be erected this Spring and further additions are projected by the Department of Pennsylvania, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and others. ‘The executive council of National Capital Post, No. 127, Veterans of Forelgn Wars, held its bi-monthly session, Comdr. A. E. Plerce presid- ing. Trustees, consisting of Past Comdr. Daniel J. Leahy, Clarence P. Brower and R. O. Johnson, submitted their report. The budget committee, consisting of Past Comdr. (leorge J. Neuner, Quartermaster Ernest Wick- strand and Adjt. Harry P. ments and John J. Allen, perfected the 1926 schedule. Junfor Vice Comdr| Wil- Ham P. Cavanaugh announced that another large‘class of recruits would be on hand for muster tomorrow evening. Chaplain Thomas R. J. Cavanaugh, in charge of transporta- tion, announced that the transporta- tion committee met with representa- tives of the Chesapeake and Ohfo Railway Co. and d¢ led upon the fol- lowing route for the trip to El Paso, Tex., where the twenty-seventh Na- tional Annual Encampment of the Veterans of Forelgn Wars will be held in September: Washington Loulsville to Memphis to San Antonio to Kl Paso. Michaell Guifree, in charge of en- tertainment, announced that plans for “Stag night,” March 29, at 1. O. O. ¥. Hall, 419 Seventh street, and the seventh anniversary, April 12, .at Pythian Temple, 1012 Ninth street, are being completed. Mrs. Margaret Lidstone. president, announced that the Ladies’ Auxillary, National Capital Post, has perfected its program for a five hundred card party next Tuesday evening, March 23, at Pythian Temple. The proceeds will be used for hospitals and relief work for ex-service men and their dependents. The committees in charge are: Reception, President Margaret Lidstone; Past Presidents Mrs. Margaret Jacobson, Mrs. Eliza- beth Jeits and Mrs. Katherine Bar- rack. Committee on arrangements, Senfor Vice President Mrs. Laura Weaver, Junior Vice President Mrs. Bessie Quinlin, Mrs. Elsie Miller, Mrs. Mae Cotter and M Ena Allen. Music, Miss Ethel Weaver, Miss Dolores Hanley, Mrs. Mary Hanley, Miss Helen Faugherty and Mrs. Maude Cooper. Refreshments, Mrs. Mary Grant, Mrs. Gertrude Clark, Mrs. Josephine Fitzpatrick, Mrs. May Mitchell, Mrs. Anna Dougherty and Mrs. Laura Hale. Prizes, Mrs. Cath- erine Dean, Mrs. Mable Priece, Mrs. Martha Mitchell, Mrs. Fernanda Statsberg, Miss Bernice Barrack and Mrs. J. B. Much. Military Order World War. So enthused were the members of the D. C. Chapter of the Military Compare only your most thrilling and delightful driving experience with what this great Eight holds in store for you. a new luxury of performance that is daily winning men and women MARCH 21, 1926—PART : Order of the World War over the suc- cess of their ball, held on Lincoln's birthday, that it was decided to hold another .nilitary ball at the Hotel Mayflower April 12. Gen. Lloyd M. Brett has appointed the following committee to have charge of the arrangements: Lieut. Col. George I'. Unmacht, chairman: Admiral T. J. Cowle, Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, Admiral Luther E. Gregory, Lieut. Comdr. Lewis P. Clephane, Lieut. Col. Robert P. Parrott, Lieut. Col. Fred B. Ryons, Maj. A. H. Don- dero, Maj. A. Coulter Wells, Maj. Wil- llam L. Symons, Maj. ¥Frederick W. Patterson, Capt. Watson B. Mil- Edwin 8. Bettelhelm, jr.; Capt. J. Frailey, Capt. H. Turner Lew!s and Capt. Paul J. McGahan. ‘The arrangements are being made along the lines of the previous ball, the ballroom being arranged in the form of a sunken-garden effect of the Riviera, with palms and @itting-out places, and additional novel features are being arranged for by Capt. Demonet. American War Veterans' Club. The officers and members of the toard of governors of the newly organ- ized American War Veterans' Club were gratified at the receipt of a let- ter from Gen. John J. Pershing, ex- pressing approval of the club and com- mending the objects of the organiza- tion, which is composed of veterans of all wars in which the United States has participated. “The objects of the American War Veterans' Club appear to be most worthy, and | have no doubt that it ‘will be of very great benefit to the entire membership” said Gen. Persh- ing. His letter concludes: “The organ- {zation has my full approval and best wishes for success.” At a meeting of the officers and board of governors of the club last Sunday evening at the home of Lieut. Charles Riemer, secretary of the club, Lieut. Col. Fred B. Ryons, president of the new organization, had as his guests Lieut. Col. and Mrs. W. R. Brooks of Omaha, Nebr. Lieut. Col. Brooks is representing the reserve officers of the 7th Army Corps at the conference being held by the War Department this month. He was en- rolled as the first non-resident member of the club. The board of governors is in receipt of inquiries from various parts of the United States and there is a possibility of the new organization broadening into a natonal organization. Honorary membership in the Amer- jcan War Veterans' Club has been con- ferred upon all holders of the Congres- sional Medal of Honor. ‘The next meeting of the club will be held tomorrow at the City Club, at which time plans will be discussed for the coming installation of the newly- elected officers. meeting of the For Hupmobile Eight—Touring, five-passenger, $1945. T five-passenger, $2345. All prices £, o, b ouring, seven-passenger, Sedan, Berline, $2445. Coupe, two-passenger, with dickey seat, $2345. Detroit, plus reveaue tax. board of governors will be held at the City Club at 8 o'clock, to be followed by the meeting of the entire member- ship at 8:30 o'clock. The selection of an insignia and design for a button will also be discussed at this meeting. Veterans' Joint Committee. The veterans' joint committee met Tuesday night with the lowing members present: Albert “Michaud and James A. Burns of the United Spanish War Veterans, Majs. Hale and Lud of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Lieut. George W. Phillips of Disabled American Veterans, National Comdr. Howard, National Adjt. Fox and Maj. Charles W. Freeman of the Army and Navy Union, John M. Watts and Clarence . Brower of the So- clety of Santiago, Capt. Thomas J. Frailey, Irancis F. Miller and the chairman, Harlan Wood, representing the American Legion. H. 8. Halverson, chairman of the oint committee of the State ington, addressed the meet- ing relative to the work of veterans on the West coast in preference mattes ‘The final draft of the annual repor of the activities of the committee was approved and ordered printed. The partments, posts and camps of all organizations will be furnished a copy. The committee directed the chair- man to advise all applicants for relief that it could not take up cases involv- ing requests for promotion or in- creased salaries. Tmproper classifica- tions, however, are considered within the jurisdiction of the committee. 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LONDON, March 20.—Frequent ac- counts which reach England of the prevalence of crime in American citles have led students of the richest and rarest storehouse of crime literature in the world, the “Black Library"” of the famous Old Balley Court in Lon- don, to suggest that the speedy, severe punishment served to English crim- inals during the “crime waves” of the seventeenth and eighteenth cen- turles, might serve to reduce the law- lessness of American cities England then had armed despera- does as numerous as gunmen in Chi cago, but hold-ups on the King's high- way were punished by death. The “Black Library"” contains an account of how at one sitting of the court nine robbers were sentenced to death. A man tried for stealing ‘““one basket and one cloth. value 2 pence, and 3 keys.” met summary justice. Two words record case, “guilty: death.” In 1780, a man was sentenced to death for stealing a pair of shoe buckles. The “Black Library” never stops growing. 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