THE COUNTY DEMOCRAT, TECUMSEH, OKLA.
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OHIO CHAMP FOOTBALL TEAM IS COMPOSED OF LEGION MEN
OHIO STATE’S 1920 ELEVEN IN ACTION.
Left to Right—Slyker (E), Spiers (T), Trott (G), Nemecek (C), Welch*
<G), Huffman (T and captain), Taylor (E). Backfleld—Workman, quarterback,
has just passed the ball to Doig, with Stinchcomb and Cott formlr.g Interfer-
ence.
When the Ohio State university football team, champions of the Western
conference, hit the line, It had much of the Chateau-Thlerry and Argonne
punch with It, for ten of the eleven regulars composing the first team are war
veterans and members of the American Legion. Moreover, the team, which
defeated Illinois university for the conference title, wus coached by a Legion-
naire.
Legionnaires on the team say that the only reason why the team Is not all
Legion Is because Harry Workman, sophomore quarterback, was too young to
enter the service. Seventeen members of the first squad are Legionnaires.
Ohio State won from Chicago, Michigan, Wisconsin, Purdue, Oberlln and
Ohio Wesleyan and scored 58 points In conference games against 20 for Its
opponents. American Legion members carried the ball over the goal lines for
14 touchdowns out of a total of 20 made by the team during the 1920 season
and also scored five of Its touchdowns out of seven made against conference
teams.
OBJECTIVES OF THE LEGION
National Commander Galbraith Out.
lines What Is Planned to Be Ac-
complished During the Year.
The objectives of the American Le-
gion for the year 1921 were told by
F. W. Galbraith, Jr„ national com-
mander, In a recent speech In Cin-
cinnati, at a dinner attended by Le-
gionnaires and business men.
Mr. Galbraith cited the disabled
man's problems as the Legion’s para-
mount concern and termed the finding
of a satisfactory solution as “one job
that Is going to be done.”
“Woe unto the man,” he added, “or
the bureau or bureau chief who wil-
fully stands In the way of paying the
honorable obligation the government
owes these men. Whoever he is he
will have to get out.”
He warned against the activities of
the I. W. W. and kindred organiza-
tions and outlined the position of the
Legion as follows:
“The time has come when a line
must be drawn between loyal and dis-
loyal Americans. We do not claim to
have a monopoly on patriotism but
because of our service our loyalty Is
a little clearer to our henrts and Is a
little more intense. We Intend to
crush this thing, If It ever raises Its
head, that we already have fought and
licked.”
Mr. Galbraith also spoke of the de-
sire of the Legion to unite with the
veterans’ associations of the allies, In
order to promote International amity.
“People accuse us of being over-
enthusiastic,” he said. “They declare
that we believe ourselves to be the
only patriots. God knows we are not.
If we were It would be a sorry day for
the nation. We know we hnve a hun-
dred million associates and we ask
them to help us because without thel.*
good will and assistance we can ac-
complish nothing.”
MAKE CITY MONUMENT SHINE
Newcastle (Pa.) Legionnaires Qulckiy
Respond When Newspaper “Call”
le Sounded.
An evening newspaper In Newcastle,
Pa., published a “story” commenting
on the dirty condition of the monument
on the public square. The newspaper
went to press about four o'clock.
That same evening there was a meet-
ing of Perry S. Gaston post of the
CONDENSED
CLASSICS
&
TOM BROWN’S
SCHOOL DAYS
dp
By THOMAS HUGHES
Condensation by
William Fenwick Harris
Thomas Ilashn
wbn born Oct. 20,
1N22, nt tlfflng(««,
Berks. In 1H34 bin
father aent Tom to
Rugby to be under
the rharge of Dr.
Arnold) the doctor
and the father bad
been fellow stu-
dents at Oriel col
lfge, Oxford. Both
school and master
were made world
known hr the
book, “Tom
Drown'a Schoo
Day m.” Tom
Huffhea must have
been very much the same sort of school
hoy as the hero of the atory, but la
, fact Georjge, his brother* waa the orlnl
nal of Tom, as Dean Stanley waa the
orlqrlnsl of Arthur.
Thomas Hughea followed In his fa-
| ther’s footsteps at Oriel 9 he was later
| called to the bar, aad eventually was
j appolated a county court Judge.
His life was one of true service to
humanity! Frederick Maurice waa the
great Influence that worked upon him,
; and he was of the group, along: with
| Charles Kingsley* who devoted them
' selves to the cause of the Worklnjg-
men'a College. He ant tn parliament
always a devoted friend of hia friends,
I the workingmen) ke tried hla hand at
am Idealistic colony* called Rugby, In
Tennesscei he was a frequent visitor
to America* and was n great friend and
admirer of James Russell Lowell*
whose Influence over him Is shown In
the frequent quotations In hla books.
, Hla other volumes Included n sequel
1 to ‘‘Tom Brown at Oxford*99 “Relftfflo
Laid,’9 and his “Memoir of n Brother.”
But he will always be remembered as
the sane and vreat-hearted author who
hna understood something: of the soul
of a schoolboy* and who has written
the greatest book In English of the
schoolboy’s life.
“I
d.
OHIO POST IN BONUS PARADE
Former Service Men of Zanesville Con-
duct Biggest Celebration in His-
tory of Buckeye City.
Two thousand men marohed In the
recent American Legion bonus parade
In Zanesville, O. Free vaudeville on
Newcastle (Pa.) Legionnaires Cleaning
Monument on Public Square.
American Legion where It w-as decided
to give the old monument a much-
needed bath. After the meeting Le-
gionnaires armed themselves with
mops and scrub brushes, soap and wa-
ter and scoured the stones of the
monument until they shone.
NAMES TWO NEW COMMITTEES
Legion Members Are Appointed by Na-
tional Commander on Oriental
and Memorial Affairs.
National Commander F. W. Gal-
braith of the American Legion has an-
nounced the appointment of two new
standing committees. George E. Roose
velt of New York Is named chairman
of the Oriental committee and the
members are: Paul Edwards of Wash-
ington, Orville E. Cain of New Harap
shire, J. M. Inman of California
Churchill B. Mehard of Pennsylvania,
William A. Percy of Mississippi and Al-
ton T. Roberts of Michigan.
The chairman of the committee on
memorials In the United States Is T.
Semmes Walmsley of New Orleans.
Members are: Asa W. Candler of Geor-
gia, Joe S. Harris of Arkansas, Vln-
cent J. Jaeger of New Mexico. Miss
UST as Tom was swallowing his
last mouthful (three o’clock In
the morning), winding his com-
forter round his throat, and tucking
the ends Into the breast of his coat,
the horn sounds. Boots looks In and
says:    ‘Tally-ho, sir,’ and they hear
the ring and the rattle of the four
fast trotters and the town-made drag,
as it dashes up to the Peacock.
| “‘Anything for us, Bob?’ says the
burly guard, dropping down from be-
hind and slapping himself across the
chest
j “ “Young genl’tn’n, Rugby,’ answers
a hostler.
“ ‘Tell young gent to look alive,’
says the guard, opening the hind-boot
and shooting the parcels In after ex-
amining them by the lamps. ‘Here,
shove the portmanteau up a-top—I’ll
fasten him presently. Now, there, sir,
Jump up behind.’
“ ‘Good-by, father—my love at home.’
A last shake of the hand. Up goes
Tom, the guard catching his hat-box
and holding on with one hand while
with the other he claps the horn to his
mouth. Toot, toot, toot! the hostlers
let go their heads, 4he four bays plunge
at the collar, and away goes the tally-
ho Into the darkness, 45 seconds from
the time they had pulled up.”
So Tom Brown started to begin his
school days at Rugby when William
IV sat upon the throne. Squire
; Brown had meditated something as
follows the night before; “Shall
I tell him to mind his work and to
make himself a good scholar? Well,
but he Isn’t sent to school for that—
at any rate not for that mainly. I
don’t care a straw for Greek par-
ticles, or the digamma, no more does
his mother. Wliat Is he sent to school
for? Well, partly because he wanted
to go. If he’ll only turn out a brave,
helpful, truth-telling Englishman, and
a gentleman, nnd a Christian, that’s
all I want.” Upon this view of the
case he framed his last words to
Tom. “And now, Tom, my boy, re-
member you are going at your own
earnest request, to be chucked into
this great school, like a young bear
with all your troubles before you—
earlier than we should have sent you
perhaps.” (Tom was nine.) “If schools
are what they were In my time you’lf
see a great many cruel blackguard
things done, and hear a deal of foul
bad talk. But never fear. You tell
the truth, keep a brave and kind heart,
and never listen, or say anything you
wouldn’t have your mother and sis-
ter hear, and you’ll never feel ashamed
to come home, or we to see you.”
Tom's father was a great asset to
the boy. For though he belonged to
what Is called the upper middle class,
the opinion which the squire loved to
propound above all others was the
belief that a man Is to be valued wholly
for that which he Is In himself, for
that which stands up In the four
fleshly walls of him. apart from clothes,
rank, fortune, and all externals what-
soever. He held further that It didn’t
matter a straw whether his son asso-
hls great fight with the bully of Rugby;
or poor Jucob Doodle-calf (as the boya
nicknamed him), In whose hands
everything came to pieces and In whose
head notnlng would stick, or Job Rud-
kin, whoso scandalized mother demand-
ed on the occaslou of a visit from
Madam Brown - "Job. Job, where’s thy
cap?”
‘What! Bennt'e on mn head,
mother?” replied Job, slowly extricat-
ing one hand from a pocket and feel-
ing for the article In question: which
he found on his hend nnd left there,
tc his mother’s horror and Tom’s great
delight.
Rugby was a new world for Tom,
He was a sturdy, and combative urchin,
able to fend for himself on his own
heath; yet It was a groat boon for
him that he fell Into the hnnds of a
hoy of his own nge, hut a hit nhend
of him at Rugby. The first sight he
encountered on his arrival was n lord-
ly crowd of youngsters who looked
quite ns If they owned the plnce. One
of these young heroes ran out from
the rest nnd nceosted Tom. “I say, you j
fellow, Is your name Brown?”
“Yes,” said Tom, In considerable as-
tonishment, glad, however, to hnve
lighted on some one already who
seemed to know him.
“Ah, I thought so; you know my
aunt. Miss East; she lives somewhere known as Mrs. W. W. Dickenson, a
(own jour way in Berkshire. She 1 middle-aged woman who has hunted
wrote to me that you were coming to-
MAl>l>F.MN(i5
111 jnffie
Moose* Grizzly and Unknown Tenderfoot
1 1J ANCOUVER, II. C.—Few big game
I V hunters in the Yukon are ns well
day, and asked me to give you a lift.
You see,” said his friend, as they
strolled up toward the school gates,
“a great deal depends on how n fellow
cuts up at first. If he's got nothing
odd nbout him, nnd answers straight-
forward and holds his head up, he gets
on. You see I’m doing the handsome
thing by you, because my father knows
yours; besides, I want to please the
old lady. She gave me half a sov
this half, and perhaps’ll double It next
If I keep In her good books.”
Thus began a friendship which last-
ed through all their school days and
meant much to both of them. Friend-
ship and loyalty and good sportsman-
ship are great features In this book,
w’hlch shows an Insight Into the brain
and heart of a boy which Is Just as
wise In the year of our Lord 1920 as
It was In the days of William IV
Tom and East were together In
games, In mischief, In fights, In
good deeds, or In deviltry, as they
were In Ingenious syndicating meth-
ods of working out the mysteries of
the Greek nnd Latin languages. And
years later, when the wise Doctor
Arnold of Rugby decided that Tom
was headed toward destruction, It was
by means of friendship for a weaker
boy who needed his protection that he
rescued him. What was the marvel of
the doctor’s power over boys? “We
couldn’t enter Into half that we heard;
we hadn’t the knowledge of our own
henrts or the knowledge of one an-
other; and little enough of the faith,
hope nnd love needed to that end. But
we listened, as all boys In their bet-
ter moods will listen (aye, and men,
too, for the matter of that), to a
man whom they felt to be, with all
his heart and soul nnd strength, striv-
ing against whatever was mean and
unmanly and unrighteous in our little
world. It was not the cold, clear
voice of one giving advice and warn-
ing from serene heights to those who 1
were struggling and sinning below, j
but the warm, living voice of one who
was fighting for us and by our sides,
nnd calling us to help him and our-
selves and one another. And so,
wearily and little by little, was brought
home to the young boy, for the first
time, the meaning of his life: that It
was no fool’s or sluggard's paradise
into which he had wandered by chance,
but a battle field, ordained from of
old, where there are no spectators, but
the youngest must take his side, and
the stakes are life and death. And he
who roused this consciousness In them
showed them at the same time, by
every word he spoke, and by his whole
daily life, how that battle %vas to be
fought; and stood before them their
fellow-soldier and the captain of their
guard. The true Bort of captain, too,
for a boy’s army, one who had no mis-
givings and gave no uncertain word
of commnnd, and, let who would yield
moose, deer, caribou, mountain goats
and bears for many years In immense
stretches of territory which are still
marked “unexplored” on recent maps
of the Far North.
She has Just returned after a se-
ries of exciting ndventures in the Tes-
lli/ Lake country, where she spent
some time hunting moose and griz-
zlies.
To avoid being frozen In, Mrs. Dick-
enson had to make a flying trip out
of the country, with plenty of provi-
sions, hut only a leaky 82-foot boat
and a white guide. For nine days
she nnd her companion battled with
the turbulent waters of the Hootalin-
qua river, snld to be the wildest
stream In the Yukon, frequently hav-
ing to rush for the shore and bale out
the bout to avoid sinking. Every morn-
ing the boat hud to he chopped free
of lee before It could he tunnelled.
While Mrs. Dickenson faPed In her
objective, hugging only game of aver-
age slz she did see the skin of what
she bel. ed to he the biggest grizzly
ever shot In the Yukon.
It wus shot, curiously enough, by a
tenderfoot from Chicago. The tender-
foot and hls guide came across the
partly eaten carcass of a splendid
moose, evidently killed only a few
hours before. For half an acre the
ground was torn up, showing a terrific
fight hnd raged.
The guide wns confident the moose
hnd been attacked and killed by a grlg-
zly, and that only a bear of extraor-
dinary size could have overpowered
the hlg moose. Knowing the grizzly
would return later to finish hls feast,
the two men waited until evening. The
OMengo hunter got hls game.
The moose head, which had a
spread of five feet, was taken to Chi-
cago.
Who Is the Chicago tenderfooL No*
body seems to know.
She Makes Wise Old Gotham Take Notice
MEW YORK.—The woman drove up
il to one of the biggest Fifth avenue
department stores In a gorgeous limou-
sine, told “James” to wait, nnd strode
straight to one of the department
heads. Impressed by her beauty and
nonchalant air, he offered to conduct
her personally. Her mission was to
select $5,000 worth of the most ex-
pensive sort of goods.
Having finished her purchases, the
“distinguished shopper” suggested
that she pay $500 on deposit, nnd
“take the things along In my machine,
you know.” After a consultation, it
was agreed to let one of the store de-
tectives escort her—nnd the $5,000
worth of goods—to her home, which
she said was In Flushing. “Home,
James,” she commanded the chauf-
feur. Off whizzed the limousine. But
Instead of driving to Flushing, the ear
was taken at top speed to Young’s
snnltnrlurn, a pluee where inebrtutes
are cared for.
“Be back In a moment with my hus-
band and some one to carry the things
Inside,” she said to the detective.
Inside, she sobbed out her tale of
woe. Her “poor dear husband,” she
said, was outside in her automobile,
“having one of those horrid fits, when
he doesn’t know who he Is and what
he Is doing.” Indeed, he thought he
was a department store detective.
She begged that poor hubby be taken (
Inside and kept safe until the “attack”
was over.
Out flished two of the huskiest at-
tendants of the sanitarium. The store
sleuth tried to explain. The next mo-
ment the detective was carried Inside,
battling In vain.
No sooner had the trio disappeared
behind the sanitarium door than the
heroine slipped Into the limousine and
—that was the last seen of her, and
of the finerj’. The detective became
so violent that they had to put him In
a padded cell. He was finally released
at midnight.
Amazing Story of Betty and Josephine
'-SHE WAS AFRAID
JO l\EFUSF
M
1LWAUKEE.—The arrest of two
pretty girls here brings out an
amazing story, which starts ten months
ago with the nrrlval from the rural
town of Big Bend, Wls., of Betty
Bergernieistcr, nineteen. Betty went
to work at the Toyo Art store In the
or make a"^'t™“ce7would‘fight"ih“e fight ! I'la"kln,lt0n Arcade. At a dance one
out (so every boy felt) to the last gasp nl*ht    Josephine \an Iler El-
and the last drop of blood.”    I J"’ 1B,,th we/e of, ',,e same age, and
.    _    _    ..    .. they became fast friends. Josephine
And so Tom lived his life from he v .orke„    the Kesselman-O’Drlscoll
first green days to the last memorable
Legion Bonus Parade at Zanesville, O.
the afreets was a feature of the after-
noon and a Mardl Oral festival at
night. Cttlsens said It was the biggest
celebration in Zanesville s htetory.
Mary Price of West Virginia and Mrs. elated with lords’ sons or plowmen’s
Julia W. W heelock of New York. j *ons, provided they were brave and
honest. So Tom had a merry and right
democratic time with the boys of
the village, and learned much that
stood him In good stead when he got to
Rugby, among other things to value
man or boy wholly for what was in
him, whether It waa Harry Wtndbum.
the quickest and beet boy In the par-
iah. who taught him the turn* and
hold* which later carried him through
Baseball at Auction.
Frank Frisch, star third baseman
of the New York Olanta. auctioned off
a baseball autographed by himself at
a block party given by John Fraser
Bryan poet of The American Legion.
New York elty. Frisch la a member
of the poet
night, when he was “chaired” round
the quadrangle by the eleven, shout-
ing In chorus:    “For he's a Jolly, good
fellow,” himself as great a boy ns all
the rest, despite the passnge of the
years and hls dignity of captain. It
Is a story of humanness, with all its
good points and Its frailties, hut espe-
cially of loyalty and of friendship; of
games, so much like our own in spirit,
and yet so different In details; of East
and Arthur, of the brutalities of the
old fagging system, the school bully
and Tom's classic fight with him, of
the final war of Independence against
what was mean and sordid.
“•‘I wont to leave behind me,’ said
Tom. speaking low, ‘the name of a
fellow who never bullied a little boy
or turned hls back on a big one. And
then, I would sooner have the doctor's
good opinion of me as I really am
than any man's In the world.’ ”
company music store, 517 Grand ave-
, line, and lived at 045 Twenty-seventh
! street.
They went to dances together. There
was always the contrast of clothes.
Josephine’s were many and of the
finest; expensive hats, gowns and
shoes. Betty’s $15 a week provided
her with but few pretty dresses. For
months she wondered at the source of
Josephine’s seemingly endless supply
of money. Josephine was noncom-
mittal. Betty never asked.
A month ago Betty found out She
found In Josephine’s purse a crumpled
bill of soles slips of the Kesselman-
O’Drlscoll store. She also found
money. Betty said nothing to her
chum. In the meantime Josephine
took Betty to Chicago, lavishing money
on her chum on several trips. Back
In Milwaukee the girls were together
a great deal of the time. Then Jo-
sephine received an anonymous letter.
It demnnded $100, saying the writer
knew of her Irregularities and would
expose her If the money was not left
r.s an answer to a “blind ad” that
would appear In the local newspaper.
Josephine put $100 In an envelope and
left It at the newspaper office.
A week later a second letter asked
for another $100. Developments led
to the arrest of the two girls. Both
confessed—Betty to writing the black-
mailing letters and Josephine to tak-
ing money from her employers.
Father, Mother, Baby and Mother-in-Law
ifETUCHEN, N. J.—Mr. and Mrs.
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Her Inclination.
“How about your poem. Vane*
“The editor returned It with
grets.”
“Regret* T
“Tee; with ao many res-eu that 1
feel tempted to eend It to h m again.’
—Loulrrtlle Courier-Journal.
j [ban three years ago. The arrival of the
baby 18 months ago Increased their
| happiness. The young husband sug-
| gested they live with his mother here
until hls bride and the baby were
stronger. Here is what followed, as
she narrated It to Recorder Weber,
when she asked for separate main-
tenance from her husband and the cus-
tody of the baby:
“From the day we went there, my
inother-ln-law never allowed me to
touch my child. She would not let me
hold the little fellow or bathe him,
or care for him In any way. She
could not let roe caress him once, or
even kiss him as he slept.
“She thought modem girls were not
(It to be mothers and rear chil-
dren. My mother-in-law had five chil-
dren of her own. I do not understand
sky she should eovy me my little one.
She treats It very kindly, to he sure.
'Hut George. Jr, la my baby, not
Her’*. 1 do not want him brought
up a stranger to hls metber. I do
net want hi* lost diverted to any
other woman. I Just hnd to leave and
fight for my son.”
The young husband stood beside hla
wife as she spoke and made no de-
i nlal. Recorder Witwr directed that
the baity he returned to Its inotbtw
I and that Neun make sufficient allow-
1 anc*> to provide for both. Neun re-
turned to hls mother's home. Mr*
Neun looked after him, weeping. She
said:
“When I find an apartment I wtl)
live with my baby. If my husband
wishes to come with os, we will be
glad to have him; bet beby and I will
not be separated any
ter what happens.”