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Show THE SAUNA SUN. SAUNA. UTAH LUE GRfifW lima OTflE O A Sweet Breath at alt times Amumoan j LEGION (Copy for This Department Supplied bp tbe American Legion New Service.) CONNER WILL HELP PLAN PARIS MEET Benjamin IL Conner, In or WHgleyfe freshens the moutfi commander of the department of France of the American Legion, delivered to the national convention of the Legion at St. Paul, last September, an official invitation to the Legion to hold a national convention in Paris. At that time It was suggested that the convention for 1923 be held in Paree, in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the armistice. Plans are now being considered for holding the 1927 convention In the gay city, which It is the ambition of every veteran to see once more. National Commander James A. Drain has appointed a committee, headed by Past John J. Department Commander Wicker, of Virginia, to Investigate and work out plans for tbe migration of this great body of American veterans to the scene of their battles. Upon Mr. Conner and his associates In the department of France will fall a great deal of responsibility, if the national convention, which has the final power to make a decision, votes to go to Paris. Mr. Conner, a Kentuckian by birth. Is a lawyer by profession. Born at Connersville, Ky., on November 28, By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN HAT new American Shrine, the tomb of the Unknown I tend" In t lie Arlington Nutlonal Cemetery will bulk large In the public consciousness Memorial Itay. To It on Armistice Day turns the peoples heart. Now It will lie the epitome of the peoples observance of Memorial Day. None the less will the people strew tlowers for remembrance on graves of Blue and (Iray and Khaki In every nook and cranny of the land. But the official recognition of the services of Its patriotic sons will he made Memorial Day by the placing of a wreath on the tomb of the Unknown Dead" In front of the amphitheater at Arlington. President Coolldge and members of Ids cabinet will place that wreath. And President Coolidge will make the address of the day. And this Is eminently fitting. For Memorial Day and Armistice Duy not only touch but overlap. Op Memorial Day we Americans assemble to commemorate our soldier deud to express our thnnks for their service, by recounting their deeds of valor, by making new resolves to make ourselves worthy of their name and fame. Unstinted and unushamed Is our hero worship Memorial Day. And this Is well. Time Is kindly In that It heals all wounds. But time Is not kindly If It also brings forgetfulness of the glorious past. What was worth fighting for Is worth reWe ure not n warlike nation, but membering. there Is no fighting man like the American fighting man. The Stars and Stripes has never been lowered In defeat. We won our Independence by fighting for It. We have kept It by fighting for It. So on Memorial Day we celebrate the deeds of our fighting men. Yet the spirit of Memorial Day Is not war hut peace. Its purpose Is not to awaken memories of war and slaughter, nor to rekindle hateful fires of passion, nor to exult over the defeated. We weep because the dead are ours. We thrill pride because they nre ours. We rejoice that they are In Gods keeping. We should resolve anew to dedicate the wealth and power und Influence of the nation to liberty, Justice! humanity and peace. Doubtless the President will make a notable address. The scene and the occasion are Inspiring. It Is said that he accepted the Invitation to speak with thanks. Certainly the opportunity Is great. For all the world will listen and take heed to hU words. It Is known how ardently he desires peace with honor for all the world. In his Inaugural address he said : But there Is another element, more Important than all, without which there cannot be the slightest hope of a permanent peace. That element lies in the heart of humanity. Unless the desire for pace be cherished there, unless this fundamental and only natural source of brotherly love be cultivated to Its highest degree, all artificial efforts will be In vain. Peace will come where there Is realization that only under a reign of law, based on righteousness and supported by the religious conviction of the brotherhood of man. can there be any hope of a complete and satisfying life. Parchment will fall, the sword will fall It Is only the spiritual nature of man that can be triumphant. And Is It known that President Coolidge believes In action rather than words to bring about world peace. He Is making preparations looking to the calling of a second arms conference at Washington. The first succeeded In abolishing competitive naval armament among the great powers. The coining conference. It Is believed, will begin where the last left off. And the President received at the White House the delegates to the recent Conference on the Cause and Cure of War by organized woman and said to them, among other things: Your conference has been brought together to consider the causes and cure of war. In our generation, which has seen the supreme demonstration of the futility and the horrors of war. we ought to be able to count upon an overwhelming sentiment for measures which give reasonable promise of preventing or limiting wars. As our vision of Its frlghtfulness Is dimmed as the edge of Its horror Is dulled with the passing of time, we may expect a corresponding diminution of zeal for Institutions to prevent war. This is unfortunate, but It Is the lesson taught by all experience. For this very reason, every organized movement to keep alive the realization of war's destructiveness serves a helpful purpose. If, tor the next hundred years, the men and women "who fought and suffered to carry on the World war and who were compelled afterward to struggle and sacrifice to pay for It, could survive and keep alive the proper realization 6f what war really means, the chance of formulating program to prevent Its repetition would be greatly Improved. But those who lived and saw and felt and knew these things will pass on. They will be succeeded by others to whom a distorted picture of glory and heroism will make Its appeal. So It Is particularly to be desired that measures be Instituted as soon as possible by the men and women who know the truth about war, which may save the future from such experiences as have come In our time. It Is for the generation which saw txd survived to devise measure of prevention. end sweetens the breath. throat Is refreshed and digestion aided. So easy to carry & little packet! Nerves are soothed, - after etfery It may be true that one who la shocked at profanity will prevaricate without compunction. Walk with Spring and Comfort in Every Step SPbings-'sT-P Rubber Heels '&' V Itself: Sea fights Rd land fights, grim and great. Fought to make and to save the state; Weary marches and sinking ships; Cheers of victory on dying lips; Days of plenty and years of peace; March of a strong land's swift Increut; Equal Justice, right and law; Stately honor and reverent awe; Sign of a nation, great and strong, To ward het people from foreign wrong; Pride and glory and honor all I.tve In the Colors to stand or fall. And Memorial Day to the American people means all these things. President Harding said this In a different way when the body of the Unknown Soldier was Fitting words placed In the tomb at Arlington. they were Indeed : We do not know the eminence of his birth, but He died for we do know the glory of his death. his country, and greater devotion hath no man than Hits. He died unquestioning, onuncomplaining, his lips, thut with faith In his heart and hope his country should triumph and Its civilization survive. As a typical soldier of this representative died, believing In the democracy, he fought and Indisputable Justice of his countrys cause. . . We gather him to the Nation's breast, within the shadow of the capltol, of the towering shaft that honors Washington, the great father, and of the the martyred exquisite monument to Lincoln, Here the Inspirations of yesterday and savior. the conscience of today forever unite to make the republic worthy of his death for Flag and country. Some day this Arlington Nutlonal Cemetery will be as much a part of the Capital as if ir were on the other side of the Potomac. For the United States Government has begun work on the Arlington Memorial Bridge, for which congress has auFive thorized the appropriation of $15,000,000. and ten the see bridge completed will years years the completed project. Then the official funerul move from the Capitol to cortege of the great will a way worthy of the over Arlington Amphitheater occasion. An extension will link tip Mount Vernon, where lies George Washington, who directed the planning of the city that bears his name. In who under WashArlington lies Major LEnfant to be the most destined the city planned ington in Also world. In stands Arlington the beautiful Mansion, to be restored; Artbe Washington-Lewas tbe home of Hublington. ns everyone knows, ert K. Lee, which he left when he followed VirAnd In Arlington sleeps ginia out of the Union. the dashing Confederate Wheeler, Joe" Fighting wore the Blue at West Point who lender cavalry hard-fougand on The Plains, the Gray on many a battlefield of tbe Civil War, und tbe Khaki War. The Potomac was in the Spnnish-AmerlcnCivil War between tbe in the line the dividing North nr.d South; ninny a time Lincoln, under the Stars and Stripes of the White House, saw the Stars and Bars defiantly waving on the Virginia shore. So the majestic new bridge Is fittingly named the Arlington Memorial Bridge. It Is a new link And President between the North and South. . e n USKIDE the Wonder Solo tor Wear United States Rubber Company ! y If we fall In this, we shall deserve all aster which will surely he visited upon ue of our failure. Su rely no more fitting pluce enu be found for official recognition of tbe spirit of Memorial Day by the United States Government than this National Shrine at Arlington. It thrills every good American who stands by It. Back of It Is the great white marble amphitheater, built for patriotic gatherings of the people and Impressive beyond words In quullty of material, simplicity of design In front lies tbe und perfection of proportions. smiling Iotomac Valley, with the winding river, and beyond tbe Capital City of the nation, with the George Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial und the Capitol Itself In plain view. And the tomb Itself Is more than a memorial to the American to the "Unknown Soldier Fighting Man who gave his life to his country. It symbolizes far more than this. It is a symbol of every patriotic service rendered by a loyal people. It symbolizes the soldier who never got beyond the training camp Over Here ; the woman who tolled at lied Cross bandages ; the children who went without sugar. It Is as symbolic as the Flag A Better Heel to Walk On And for the beet ehoe mote you ever had Men have a touchstone whereby to gold, but gold is the touchstone whereby to try men. Fuller. try ittcferrromtf Coolidge Is the head of the commission that has It In charge. In Arlington stunds a new War Cross symbolic of muny tilings and suggestive of more. This la a Christian nnflon. "In God we trust Is on our coins. Presidents from Washington to Coolldge have made emphatic public declaration of belief In the Interposition of Divine Providence in great moments that shaped our destiny. The dedication of this War Cross, as the photograph shows, was purely military. Perhaps the meaning of the services wns that this Nation trusts in God, Is dedicated to liberty und peace, and does not wage aggressive war for selfish purpose or conquest and through the prowess of its fighting men has never known defeat. "Taps" Is blown by the bugler in memory of the glorious dead. Memorial Day will see tills War Cross heaped high with flowers, symbolical of the gentler emotions that round out the observance of the national holiday. Mayhap some will lay flowers on the War Cross In memory of the devoted women who deserve well of their country no less than the fighting men. Exceedingly fitting would that be. d Mid the tombs I stand Bearing lilies In my hand. Comrades: In what soldier grave Sleeps the bravest of the brave? flower-wreathe- Turning from my comrades eyes. Kneeling where a woman lies, I strew lilies on the grave Of the bravest of the brave. So wrote Thomas W. Higginson ninny yeurs ago. And no truer word was ever penned. For a brave heart Is a brave heart, though Its courage may differ In kind. A brave heart In a mans breast liustens him to the firing line. A brave heart In And u woman's breast bids him "God speed." often the womans lot is the harder and her sacrifice the greater. In the World War woman showed that her courage was like to mans by going into service as near the front as she could get. Yet often It took no less courage to stay at home. Arlington will never lie complete without a great memorial to womans devoted service In time ot national emergency. Admiral George Dewey no longer rests In ArIBs body has been transferred from lington. the cemetery mausoleum to the Washington cathedral. where President Wilson also sleeps. The removnl was made by authority of the War department upon request of Ids widow. The body will rest In the crypt of Bethlehem chapel until Hn adequate memorial can be built Va the cathedral. Admiral Dewey was for many years a devoted member of the chapter of Washington cathedral. The services were affecting. The widow, now eighty, was tenderly assisted by Secretary Wilbur and was escorted by the old admirals Badger, Hodman. Eherle, Hilary Jones, Wood, and Colvocoresses. all of whom were with Dewey at Manila. Harding will not sleep In Arlington. Ills last resting place will he near Marlon, Ids home town. The Harding Memorial association has raised of which $000,000 will be used for a $StK).000 mausoleum. $100,000 for the purchase of land and $100,000 as a fund for the perpetual care and maintenance of the memorial. The National Fine Arts commission has asked that deolgns be prepared under the direction of the award committee composed of Paul Cret of Philadelphia, Edger-to- n Swartwout. New York; John Huisell Pope, New York, and Henry Ilornhostel of Pittsburgh. The design to he finally adopted must have the approval of a special committee of which Secretary of the Treasury Mellon, Secretary of War Weeks and Charles M. Schwab are members. On this Memorial Day of 1025 pay tribute of flowers to the soldier dead at home; wear a popmen. In memory py. made by disabled of those sleeping "Over There," and give thanks that you are an American citizen! Benjamin H. Conner. he has practiced his profession for 22 years or more In bis native state, in New York and in Paris. He has been vice president of the 1878, chamber of commerce in honorary secretary of the American Navy league in France, member of the board of trustees of the American hospital and vice president of tbe Association of International Jurists In Paris. Mr. Conner is a member of many professional bodies, Including the American Bur association, the American Society of International Law and the American Economic association. He is a writer on legal and economic subjects. Entering the service as a captain of PlftlN American France, Infantry at Paris on August 14, 1917, Mr. Conner served on the staff of the First division and the Second army corps. He was later counter-espionag- e officer In the First army of the A. E. From DecemF. until the armistice. ber, 1918, to March, 1919, he was chief of the legal department in the bureau of war damages at the peace conference. He was promoted to major on February 22, 1919, and was discharged at St. Aignan on March 13 following. Privilege and Duty to Be Member of Legion Congressman Hamilton Fish, Jr., of New York, In a recent statement commenting on membership In the American Legion, said: "Every veteran of the World war should belong to the American Legion. It Is a budge of honor and a privilege limited to those who served In the armed forces of the United States durlig the war and received an honorable discharge. The Legion should count its membership by millions, uot by hundreds of thousands. It is not only the privilege, but the duty of every qualified veteran to apply for membership and the same applies to those women eligible to membership In the auxiliary. There are tens of thousands of young men who are not qualified who would give their eye teeth to belong to the American All-Americ- an Post at White Eagle, Okla. An post of the American Legion In the strictest sense of that term is located at White Eagle, Okla. All the members of Buffalo post of the Legion there are Each member of American Indians. the post owns an allotment of land from the government and all reside on the reservation near White Eagle. The Buffalo Braves, only recently organized, are making plans for a membership drive through which they expect to sign up all eligible members of their tribe in the vicinity of White d tiigle. Say Bayer Aspirin INSIST! Unless you see the Cross on tablets you Bayer are not' getting the genuine Bayer Aspirin proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for 24 years. 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