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Show Mabey Declines Leeion Honor In . Harding Cortege INDIANAPOLIS. Ind , Aug. 4. Alvtn M. Owsley, national commander comman-der of the American legion, tonight aaked legion organisations to send their state standards to Washington Washing-ton to be carried In the late President Presi-dent Harding's funeral cortege. In addition, ft committee of prominent prom-inent legionnaires from all parte of the country has been appointed to represent America ' fighting men. Headed by Colonel Thomas W. Miller, alien property custodian. Ihe committee Includes: Past National Commanders Milton J. Foreman, Fore-man, Chicago; Henry D. Linda-ley, Linda-ley, New York; . Franklin DO Her, Philadelphia; John O. Emery. Grand Rapids. Mich., and Hanford MacN'ider. Ma-eon Ma-eon City, la.; National Vice Commanders Com-manders Kdward J. Barrett. 8 ha -boygan. Wis.; Robert O. Hlood, Concord, N. H.; E. F.rte Cooke, , Deweon. Oa. and Chiles P. Plum- ! mer, Casper. Wye; Gov. Charles R. Mabey, Utah; A. A. Sprague, Chi-cag-o; Paul A. Martin. Grand Rap-Ids. Rap-Ids. Mich.; Joseph H. Thompaon. Pittsburg; W. F. Deegenand Em-mlt Em-mlt O'Neal, Louisville, Ky. Governor Mabey announced Saturday Sat-urday night that, much to hla per-eotiftl per-eotiftl regret, he had felt constrained by pressure of affairs here to decline de-cline a place on the American legion le-gion committee which will attend the funeral of the late President Harding. Ha had. he said, wired National Commander Owsley his regrets. |