| Show 0 VP tin do te 0 J h cow for TUR 8 br P A aramin L N 3 REGARD FOR HEROES WISHES judge ef of seattle hold are R quest of soldier killed in war demand demands first consideration Is the tnt owl wish A ish of A soldier dying on the beld of battle more to be t rf expected than legal forms declied decked out with swung staling wax tax I 1 the rho ame american rl call legion thinks it Is llant cases case be fore ore tha the courts have brought the question to the front Amir according ding to federal judge materer Ic of seattle the wish of a soldier killed la in battle Is higher law than any departmental regulation ac AL cording to this decision agnes daffy claffy sixtita year old alece niece of clarence swank la Is aawar awarded d the residue of swank swanks estate amounting to swank was vias killed in trance depart mental nd tape cluttered ui the calie on account of the death of branks hrank 9 mother the original in handing docu his decision judge ettic cited precedents extending back to the da das of caesar and the air of ancient iloine the latest case Is that of sils ile heton tore IL knapp of IN bew ew york whose hose claim to the estate of arnest chari charl tun bian of the tit one Il hundred undred and biath united states infantry has ben been contested by mason a a s uncle in a muddy dugout before a ft general ad ance vance against the germans mason told bis his buddle oscar the story of hie his engagement and added eliat be he now felt but in this ad advance varie he lie m was as elated stated to go west 11 II if I 1 dont come through thlu h b 5 said be as they started over the top 1 I want el enorse to 10 a e all my ettare mason adiong others vms cut olt oft and captured by the Cler german mans they sere inked ake t b same prison camp for ten d ats t s a bunkle te stifled mason I 1 lay tit on the ground with influenza I 1 hen he was taken away in an abbu lance and his death reported qed event bally a death certificate was issued by the united states government go emment bu but the attorneys for masons uncle con coil tested the case to the extent of ing that the proof ot of death was un satisfactory factory the rhe justice of the soldiers latest will has been upheld in startling fash ton ion by the highest courts of I 1 angland an inglish major of in fantry bild alne alone in his lodgings in I 1 ondon directly utter after the th armistice he lie left no legit wilt will across the front f a photograph of hie his tiance he h had hastily scrawled aalto ail to her I 1 the case vas a brought brOu glit before the high est of 0 england and the will stood TABLET GRACES LEGION SHIP bronze piece in main dining Eno engraved raved with by national commander the american leggoe Le gioe ot of the munson lines tines sailing galling beti between beell bew lork end und buenos alres aires with an ar american amerlean I 1 legion crew crey now bears in ity empl dining galock a ft bronze tablet 41 p 4 1 11 11 14 I 1 k t Z N y F tem A we a jmj m attl i teiKi 14 I 1 A 1 aw ibe iut t u u t I 1 mi uti at l tul kulk t iett tw talt a ams clr tal f fiti lilt 44 tat Q itt i tt vla I 1 lat diw 01 0 A american legion steamship tablet engrams with a dedication signed by the catl nat colli mander of 0 the legion the coniing ot of the tablet drs made in the presence of the ne isea jork and new jerse metals ot of tj e I 1 legion eglon and anti to tn a hundred guests |
