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Show THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE,UTAH , Wilkes-Barre Mines Cave In and Houses Disa ppe ar Boys Lea rn Loyalty at Y. M. C. A. Sum mer Can1ps \Copy for Thia Depnrtm~nt : : upplled by tbfl ATnPrtca n Legion 1'\ews Service.) INDORSES MOV E TO HON OR MAT HEW SON E!;tnbll shment ot n nationa l nv:morinl to the late Christy Mathew son, basebal l's ~reale~t hf'ro, to be known as t11e Christy Mathew son IUI'Il orial, was given the etHlor~t>meul of the Americ an Legion at a rf'r'ent rnePting of tile nationa l f'Xecuti ve C'nmmittee. Tl1e memol'! al, which will be located at Sarana c I,ake, N.Y., wit ere ":.\latty " spent much of his time previou s to hls death In trying to re,;aln hts health, wlll be ~stablished by his friends in basPhal l, in the L<>glou and by others wlio wish to contrilJUte. of one of the worst mine The purpose of the memori al is •·to Boroug h, In Wilkes- Barre, l'a., faC'ed a serious situatio n as a result photogr aph, made s Thls . Parson counti:'y Ills to loyulty learns boy every A. 0. I.L Y. the Chri::;t~· of of gs had disappe ared the name At all the summe r camps history of W)~oming valley. When this picture was made, two large dwellin the allegian ce "to our perr,etu ate In s pledge cave-In and flag the salute boys the which in ny ceremo the to used shows ln. The main line at Camp Duncan , Yolo, Ill., Mathew son by u fund to be two smaller ones we-re on the brink of the gaping cavern, ready to topple and earth, the Into ail." for justice and liberty with ble, lndlvlsl to nation, aid the sick and needy who come country for which It stands, one of the D. & H. railway was so affected that service was ubando ned. • Sarana c Lake for treatme nt from all states In the Union; and by the efl• tnbllshm ent of a Mathew son :\Iemor lal In club house for the U!;e of 'Yorld war veteran s with the nim of Improv ing their physiC"nl, intellec tual, ethical ..,, ,; and soc!al nature. " toute The big leagues will <'Ontrib wards the memori al by staging beneftt ~ games. On ~II.y 28 the first benefit game was played at Braves field, 1 1 Boston, betln'en the Giants and the Bru ves. A memori al tablet to l\lathew-~ ~ .; son wns unvelh· d hefore tile game. r :\fatty wus an active membe r ot 1 Juckl'on A. lllat thews po~t of the I',_, Legion nt Sarana c Lake, which is made up entirely of dif<abled veteran s. While at Sarana c Lal;c he became ~ ~ re structu new this In will be housed greatly interest ed In the welfare of I ~~ The United States Suprem e court, now occupy ing space In the capitol, to res structu ment govern of of the series the disabled and was Instrum ental ln 1 I! plans now before congres s are carried out. The propose d buildin g ls one r. establis hing a welfare fund und a be erected under the $:50,000,000 buildin g progfam . veteran s' club. The :\Iathew son memo- 1 r1·. , rial will perpetu ate thc:;e two things ~. l ~ his nam~ SURV EYIN G JUNG LE Among the directo rs of the memorial are ·.John J. :\TcGnnv, Judge Kenesa w IJundis and Harry C. 'Yllder, ·»" ,._, come to life again after many year.s Yiew of the \'OICdUO of Santorl r,! In the Greek CJclmle s which hus departm ent comma nder of the L<>glon eruptio n, and many lives have been lost. In New York. :.'\a tional Com. John R. ur lnactlvl ty. Since I•'ebrua ry the >olcano has been in McQuig g of the Legion, Is a charter membe r of the memori al. MRS. H. DE SIBOU R I Sup rem e Cou rt to Hav e Han dsom e New Building San tori ni Volcano ll Eru ptio n Afte r Long Rest (II •I' 'I I I l I ,., Police See Bullet-Proof Ves t [I •' Museum Is to Hav e Pres iden t's Pike Asks Fund s for Verdu n and Liege Memo rials •Appeal has b('en made by l\'utlona l Conuna nuer J obn H. McQ ulgg of the Awerlc an Legion to lllctnht rs of the Lt•gion unu ul' the Legion uuxillat ·y for contrib utions towaru s the erection at YNduu allll Liege of interna tional memori als of the :;acrific es and :,;en·: I lees of tl.e armed forces of all the nations allieu to;;ethe r during tlle World war. These projeC"ts were given formal l.lJproval by tl·e Le.,ion' s m tiona! exccu- ~~ tive commit tee at a recent meeting . The commit tee d re<'ted the niltiona l commmHlt•r to cull upou Leglou naires and auxilia ry mcitJbe rs to cont1·ib ute to the funds for the UH;morials. Contr:Jbut:o ns fur the two funds are being receiYe d by • ·ationul Treasu rer Hobert IJ. 'l',l'lld..!ll, nation·l l hen<l<tuarters, the .\meric an Le;;lon, lnulaua polis, ltld. >.'i· At Yenlun will be erected a gn·at ~ ••.~· the interred ossuary in which will be In order to secure precise triangu - I ' bones of the uuitlent ified dead of the taUon data for Its sur>eys , the- United I ,. ,. .>., . •' battle which raged around that crucial Stafes coast and geodeti c survey Is ;§point in a\lie<l defeus~. It Tl'ill comrC"ed to l.mlld towers In the oft('n of I memor ate eii<peclally the trench jungle higher than the highest trees. ont_. tion Donaum Associa Fort tional near s Interna ba~·onet the of the tion disthe conven Only from such a height can Louis Vi'e!sbrod attende d the series tant horizon be seen and the neces- of Chiefs of Pollee In Chicago and demons trated the bullet-p roof. vest. Above The o>:~uary Is to con;;ist of a central a uy hlm. at nted blank surmou , point fire chapels to of Egan sary observa tions made. In this pho- he Is shown permitt ing Lieut. Charles to"Wer In which a light Is to burn fortograph survey ~clentlRts are shown The French <:Oillmlttee In ever. constru cting a tower around a treeo on the project , under the chairof charge the Island of Mindan ao In the PhilipMar~hal Petain, has ofof manshi p pines. It consist s of two Indepen dent 1 fered to the United States as Its part structu res which do not touch at llilY ' of this Interna tional memori al the '' point, the outer support ing the obcentral tower. Contrib utions of Leserver, an(! the Inner the Instrum ents , gionnai res to the Yerdun memori al which are not disturb ed by the obGov. AI Smith Is here seen holding the three-p ound pike which Preside nt will be used for Its erection . The server's movem ents. instead of eating the fish, commit tee in charge hopes to huve Conlidg e caught and gave to him. The go>emo r·, mounte d It will be placed the memori al comple ted so that 1t may f;ent it to the state tnxiuer mlst, and after being CHARLES P. BIXEL be decllcat ed In 1927, when the Amer· In the state museum . lean Legion conven tion Is expecte d to be held In Paris. At Liege in Belgium the memori al Is to tal;e the form of a ch·ic hall, with rf'prese ntation for each allied countt·y In it. " _, Was on Red River Tra il60 Yea rs Ago I Climax ing ·a series of elopem. euts that have stirred Wnshln gton socl.ety, :\llss Mary Bickers und Henri L. J. de Sibour, son of Vlcomt e and Vlcom. tesse Jules Henri de Slbou.r, were I quietly married In Baltlmore-cathe~ral. The bride ,Is the da.?ght er of 1\Irs. Wllllnm M. ·''ebb of W ~shlngton. ~Ir..J?e: Slbour has long been noted :tor lils prowes s ln athletic s, and was conch both In basebal l and footbal l at Yale. Ric kard and His Fair Fian cee COLONEL ROOS EVEL T Four Depa rtmen ts Pass Their Memb er ship Quota Four departm (•nts of the Americ an Legion had surpass ed by June 1 their member shi[) quota for the ~·ear 1!)21) as set by the nationa l Jwadqu arters or the organiz ation. acf'or<ling to National Adjuta nt .James F. Barton, who pointed out that the Leg-ion is head ed for a record memhe n;hlp ~·eat·. The departm ents whleh ltave pal<l'f'd their quota, In the order of "going over the top," are Florida , \Vyomi ng, A1·izoua and Idaho. "In vil'W of the fact that the member!<hll) qnotalii for th{' (]('partm ents have been ~et conside rably In advanc e of the )O:!.'i membe rship enrollm ent, the achieve ment of the four dt'partm<>nts in surpass ing tl1t>ir quota mouth~ before the enrl of the year is the mor(' comme ndable, " de<'lare d Ad jutnnt narton. ..,Charlet> P. Bixel, a Chicago cadP-t Jobs for Vetera ns Napole on llnyden , sevoenty-se>en years old, of Lntellle r, Manito ba, wa~ of the West Point class of 1927, has sing ::lien's po~t of the -~n~er·· Adverti t at Gratul Forks, just been elected sports editor of. the easlly the most plctureB que figure In the ox cart pagean the e•llflcnt ion lean LPgion In ('hira~o mnint.t; r.s an Pointer , the cadet's monthl y maga- N. D., on the campus of the Unlve-r slty of North Dakota for ion when it f;topped • emplo~·ment bureau whir·h ~!'<'lll'i>« zine. Cllnrles was appoint ed to the- of the membe rs of the Columb ia river historic al expedit ox cart driver over jobs for post memhe rs call'ng fnr ~al academ y three years ago by Congre ss- en route to the Pacific Northw est. He was a regular from Fargo to \Ylnnl· aries as hlJ;h as $10,001) a ~ t'at', T>ur man Martin B. Madden . Since that the- Red River trail CO years ago, his route haYinl1, been the east side ot lng the year good jobs were found for time he has led In many branche s of peg. Ills father, Peter Hayden , opened the first trail up 1,05 men. tbe Red River of the North. the school's actlvlU es. ' ' I r I I 1 l l Worl~ For-th& .first time since !he war, .. Col. Tb~odore floosev clt thq other day donned a uniform . He w s assigne d to a fifteen- day training peri: s with thtt ,.;x<lusiYe vhotog- raph uf Tex Hlckard , prize-fi ght promot er, atu.l his hride- od at the Plattsb urg barrack t thut regimen 1n Twenty -stitlt, the sari1e to·lw, ~!iss ~Iaxlne Hodges of !\ew York, made at the Congre ss lwtel lmmehe wus attncj,te d to dur~ the waf Chit·:tg-ll. :.\I:. Hlcknr d sal<! the weddin g would take place In Septem ber .i fight. ey when on duty 1.n l!'rance . Py-Tnm Dempf< the (llntt-'• · ''"1' |