Show PLUS AMERICAN LEGION 18 RAISING FUND OF FOR GRAVES IN FRANCE V POPPY THE OFFICIAL FLOWER blood red blossom of flanders field will be put on resting place of every american who died in the service by EDWARD B S CLARK in iii Wais washington hington in this ot of alay ma the soldiers sold iuis of our wars ure are preparing for memorial duy day in arlington the hie national cemetery lie ile thou thousands bands upon thousands of baldier lead dead within tile the last three years the bodies of comrades of the world war have been laid to rest under the trees shadowing joda gods acre on oa the lie virginia hill which rises from the bank of tile HIB within sight of the tl capitol this year itar members of the american legion are aie trying to raise it a fund of to be set aside to bear interest which can call be used to purchase flowers for the decoration de of the lie graves baes of the lie dead in france in addition tin nn attempt Is bettig ninde made by the lie legion wilbes of tho district to raise another fund the alio interest intel est of which Is to be used through the lie years ears tor for memorial day purposes sei in arlington and tit in the smaller cemeteries of the capital city tho the preparations for memorial lay day in it the capital this year ear tire me on a larger scale than ever before thousands upon thousands of ex asun service ice met men die db luring over every spur and nover never can there be n lack of names bitines on the alie soldier death list until war for till nil time shall pass pais amity no grave Is neglected whether it lie he that of one fine who fought in fit the revolution or of one for whom taps was son rounded tided after lie he tin and laid down his hh rifle ns as a soldier in the the regular army of today poppy the memorial flower some time ngo ago the largest organization of ex service men of the world war var voted to supplant the poppy of france with the daisy of america its as the memorial flower of the legion quickly after tills this action was taken it wits was reconsidered and the alie poppy has come back into its own it Is difficult to find any man who served in the war for civilization who does not hold to the poppy as the proper flor loral al emblem of an order whose men fought in the fields where the bloodied blood red lower flower grows in washington today are aie be ing ns sold for the benefit of the memo elal day fund tor for tile the graves of tile soldiers of the world war possibly it Is not getherall gette generally rall 7 realized how tunny aomen women there were who actually en ell into the armed service of tile the united states many women were eni listed for semi military duty some of these duties involved personal danger lo 10 0 the enlisted this month in washington tile ex service women are engaged in the work of making copples pop ples it la Is difficult to tell without the use of ithe alie sense of touch lint the flowers which they are making are not the poppies pop ples of flanders field on every grave of a veteran of the lie world war tit in france and in the united states on memorial lay day poppies will have it a place with the lowers flowers of the homeland in france Irn the lie greatest memorial lay day exercises will be I 1 anc ed tit nt Roni no magne agne here about american soldiers lie the reel lle the french gave to tin the united states forever tile the grent great tract where the of tit alio american lend lie ile burled from a height bright near ronia Koin agne ne can be soon seen mount tind the shadowing outlines of the argonne forests with till all tit alip fields of hattle which lie in between there on mountain on hillside on oil plain and in valley americans gave up ill their lives live fur for liberty most alost of thern them 10 llo lo virtually whore where they fell and on may 30 of this year and on may 30 of till nil the years to come they will not be forgotten fund of Is needed it Is understood that the sum MIDI of will be necessary to insure that on oil every memorial day flo loners of america and france will be placed place upon tho resting place of every american soldier of the world war the fund will remain untouched the lie I 1 inter ht t only being used A liberal computation 1 has been made and it Is believed that it if the hum buni of fifty cents for fol eliell grave lie be set et aside it will bo be to remember worthily tho lie dead of if the world war it hits has been said taint there Is satisfaction in the ranks of the veterans of tile hie world war that the puppy poppy or of I ann field alel and all europe fo for r that mat ter cr has bas been reinstated in fit Us Is place it the weinor memorial lill emblem of tile the american legion it la Is the poppy of I 1 liina ri of the gallfy of the marno of tile lie afo mobile elle undid of lid id stretches of tile geue and taw curtsi fur tsi of the argonne Ar for centuries in france tit ilni poppy lins his been regarded ng as tit tin wal vr li dinver olver or peili aps lis rather as w the lip tl cloel lo oel vr if f wars aftermath after matli its color Is significant fl of flee and ns as it grous gis iliin dantly on virtually till nil of tit the h ittle fields of Fril frence lice and as lie I 1 v 11 hile ie country tit at one ahm or anther 1 r lm lias lieen it battlefield the puppy lias roine conie to be looked upon ni as a fl 11 I 1 I 1 ting I 1 it met memorial lot III I 1 of the lie lead heroes of the himl the french soldier i looks ul upon n tit poppy ns as it a symbolic flower today Ameri american crin soldiers who served sile side by a side ide with the french look upon it likewise lodge and the world court what action will the senate commit tee on foreign relations take on president hardings ha ri linga proposal for american membership la in the international court of justice the answer to this question perhaps ts to more vital to the subject matter of the presidents proposal than to Is the result of the presidents appeals as a they make themselves manifest in the attitude of the people of 0 the country every politician and every student of the world court matter la Is looking ahead to next december and in the meantime Is trying to learn something in advance of the possible action of the senate committee which will have in charge the work of making a report on the plan to the greater body of the senate senator henry cabot lodge of massachusetts the chairman of the foreign relations committee already hns has issued a statement on the court plan generally the senator did not commit himself definitely one wily iby or the other but lie said enough to make it known that hut if lie he continues continue to feel ns as lie feels today lie Is likely to favor some changes in the presidents proposal st il when the matter goes before his committee for consideration senate committee will be changed the hie foreign relations committee will not be the same body next net winter mat it Is today the committee still exists because senate committees have hae continuous thit ious life just as the senate has but several of its members dropped chopped out of congress us its a result of the last election and their places must be filled as soon ns its the new congress convenes in december the administration because of its advocacy of membership in the world court cobit of course desires that senators f a favorable arable to its plan shall be glea given places on the committee emch Is to gle give the plan consideration 1113 and d to make report thereon the hie administration however cannot appo appoint int senate cohnn ittzes and neither Is I 1 it t supposed to exercise tiny any influence in the il appointment in titter senators tire are extremely nely jealous of their prerogatives the I 1 he new republican and democratic members on tile the foreign relations committee will be appointed by the senate the republican majority picking its men and the democratic minority picking its men for the vacant places these three republican senators on the committee were defeated atel tor for reelection at the polls last november mccumber Ale Cumber of north dakota new of insinna and kellogg of minnesota two democratic members of the c committee pomerene of ohio and hitchcock of nebraska were defeated for reelection election re while senator williams of mississippi also a committee member declined to be a candidate to succeed himself |