Show TO WAIR AGAINST SWINDLERS national organization takes steps to spirg full force to stamp out practice notional national and departmental off officers leers of the american legion have recently brought to light several instances in ili which unscrupulous swindlers lers have hae successfully capitalized the grief of the lie next of kin of americans who lost their lives tit in tin the world war and tile the yn tlona national headquarters has taken steps to owing awing the full force of the moro than legion posts behind a move movement anent to stamp stania out tile the practice the mother of a dead soldier whose grave had never been located recently was told by one of these parasites that he would visit washington it 11 she paid bald ills his expenses and find out nt at firsthand first hand what bo be done later tit the impostor reported success and advised the bir ened family that the be body dy would be sent home A brother became sue suspicious ki cizius and ili by a personal call nt at the wair department learned that no inquiry ever had been made another woman whose son had not been heard from since howaad reported wounded while fighting in the argonne received a letter signed with tier her sons name ask asking ingher her to send ilin him money she made a n trip to cleveland cc eland 0 only to find that the letter was vita a hoax hear later she rec received elved a telegram signer with her ber sons name and notified the police in the town from which the vies message sago had been sent the man who hod had attern attempted ted to defraud her was arrested at the he instigation of ilia iho legion police of a california city are arc on oil the tra trail of a trian man said to have made 6 11 irac practice tice of corresponding alth t the he next of kin of deceased soldiers with a view to them ile iio wrote a letter purporting firsthand first hand information concerning the death of one of these missing classing sold solders ars whereas investigation t ti gation showed the writer of tile the le letter t ter had never boon outside tile the united unile states during tho ali war lemuel bolles legion national adjutant has urged nil all posts and departments to assist in warning relatives of missing heroes against paying any roomy oney tor for information or service of this nature as both the legion and tile tho war department are willingto willing fo provide nil available authentic information tit nt nil times without charge |