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The evening world., 1920-07-03
GIRL SLASHED
AT PENNSYLVANIA
Causes Arrest of Hotel Employee
She Says She Had Refused
to Marry.

Clarence r. Letter a clerk in the
Health Department Bureau of the Hotel
Pennsylvania, was arraigned on a
charge Of felonious assault In tho JEFF
ferson Market Court to-day. The COM
plalnant Is Miss Florence Cody Of No.
245 West 35th Street, who said abe qult
work at the hotel because Letter was
bothering her with requests that she
marry him.
Yesterday she went to the cashier to
get her last weeks pay. Letter met her,
she said. and again suggested marriage.
She laughed at him. and. the complain
ant charges, Letter slashgd her from her
cheek 10 her neck with razor, The
assailant ran out and Miss Cody wal
treated by a physician in the hotel.
Three hours later Detective George J
O'Connell arrested Letter at 3Jth Street
and sixth Avenue. He denied the
| charge.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
FERRAND AGAINST
SPECIAL CONTRACT
IN MOVING VAN LAW
@. O. P. Aldermanic Leader
Favors Evening World Plan
for Its Elimination.

August Ferrand, Republican leader
Of the Board of Aldermen, went on
record to-day as being heartily in
favor of The Evening Worlds plan
for eliminating the special contract"
clause in the present moving van
ordinance, which he said he regards
as the sole cause" of profiteering.
The Republican leader declared
that yesterday he inspected the rec
ords of a moving van owner in
Brooklyn, and is now convinced that
some step should be taken imme-
diately to arrange for moving rates
which would protect the public and
at the same time give the van owners
fair return on their labor and in
vestment.
II was amazed by what I dis
covered in the records shown me yes
terday," said Ferrand. "These went
back only to January, 1919, and
showed that the van owner works his
vans only about two weeks a month.
He had increased his vans from one
to four, the cost Of which ranges be-
tween $1,000 and $4,000, but he ex-
planned that while his vans do not
pay highly, his warehouses do. He
added that two of his warehouses are
now filled with furniture and he
might have to build another"
| Ferrand admitted that the van
owner had not given him the rates
he was seeking, and added you can
put me on record as being opposed
TO the special contract clause in the
| ordinance which comes up at Tues
days meeting of the Board"
Alderman Frank A. Cunningham
who had promised The Evening
World that he would obtain from van
owners an estimate of what they con-
slider fair rates OF compensation fol
various distances, admitted to-day
that van owners had baked al his
request for figures.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
HELD AS WINE SMUGGLERS.
Three Arrested In Boat on staten
Island sound.

Three men who were arrested in an
open boat in Staten Island Sound, be-
tween Roosevelt, N. j., and Stapleton,
S. l.. last night charged with smuggling
seventy bottles Of wine. alleged to have
been brought from Cuba on the u. S.
Shipping Board ship Lake Superior,
were held to-day for arraignment before
u. s. Commissioner Delaney at Perth
Amboy. The men are Arthur Barde-
wyck Of No. 80 Bay Street, Brooklyn
wireless operator on the Lake Superlort
John Mannagotter. a saloon keeper OF
No. II Water Street. Stapleton, and An
thony Mnkowski Of Stapleton. william
Srnnett. No 800 Bay Street Stapleton
was held as a witness.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
TENANTS COMBINE
FOR RENT FIGHTS

Several thousand apartment dwellers
in the Dyckman Unwood) section OF
Manhattan. including those OF the Bend
helm houses on Post and Sherman Ave-
nues. will assemble In a mass meeting
next week to organize against LeNt
October's rent raising affecting fully
one-Afth OF Greater New York's popu-
laton.
They win add their signatures 10 the
Washington Heights and Bronx petit
tlons TO Gov Smith for an extra session
Of the Legislature TO amend the emer-
gency rent laws for the protection OF
tenants against the present stand oil
profiteering landlords for further raisei
on oct. !.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
YANKEE ATHLETE
WINS FIRST EVENT
IN ENGLISH MEET
Speers of Princeton Takes
Hammer Throw in Amateur
Championship Abroad.

STAMFORD BRIDGE, England,
July "A Princeton man. Theodore
c. Speers, took the first event con-
tested to-day in the British Amateur
Athletic Association Championships
here. Speers won the hammer throw.
with a throw Of 14O feet s 1-2 inches.
There was a great crowd present at
the meet, there being special interest,"
in this years championships owing
to the fact that some Of the winners
will be selected for the British team
in the Olympic games. A fair day
served likewise to increase the size
OF the gathering.
The half-mile run was won by b.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
FIREWORKS SALE
BOOMS MT. VERNON
Small Boys From New York Swarm
Across Limits to Smuggle Back
Contraband.

Mount Vernon is TO the small boy
OF New York what Canada is to his
dad-non- Prohibition territory.
The prohibition that enrages the
boy at this time OF year is the city's
little Volstead Act" forbidding the
sale of fireworks for Fourth of July
celebrations.
But a million small boys, more or
less, will be shooting giant crackers
Just the same before the dawn OF
Independence Day,
The northern boundary of New
York CITY is 243d Street and there
Mount Vernon begins. Twenty feet
beyond the line is little row OF
hreworks shops, two dozen or more
each thronged with buyers from New
York who smuggle the goods bach
| home.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
ARMED MEN KIDNAP
DRIVERS OF LIQUOR
VALUED AT $4,000
Five Say They Were Forced to
Enter Autos in Jersey
and Leave Trucks.

Five men in charge OF three trucks
containing $4,000 worth of whiskey
were held up by four armed men pos
ing as Prohibition agents on the Lin
coin Highway, crossing the Kearny
meadows, early this morning, they re-
ported to the Paterson police. They
said they were bringing the whlskey
to New York from Maryland, under
Federal permits, when the four men
halted them at about o'clock.
Three OF the professed Federal
agents were in large touring car
and the fourth man was in a smaller
car. They demanded the truckmens
licenses, and ordered them off the
trucks at the point of revolvers.
The truckmen said they were COM
PEELED to enter the touring car and
the three men drove away with
them, leaving the fourth with the
whiskey. After being driven around
for two hours, the truCkmen said
they were put out OF the car in Pat
erson. They all gave Washington
ID. c., addresses.
There were 500 cases of whlskey or
the trucks, they said.
When policemen reached the scene
of the hold-up the trucks were gone
They believe other hold-up men were
hidden nearby TO drive the trucks
away
The evening world., 1920-07-03
Killed by L. !. Electric Train.

A man was killed while attempting
to board a Long Island electric train at
Arverne Station this morning, An
Identification book In his pocket de-
scrlbes him as Benjamin Smith. busi-
ness address No ~ West 27th Street,
Manhattan, and residence No. $40 Crown
street, brooklyn II Is believed that he
was hit by the hsndrail as the train was
moving.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
HELP wANTED-FEMALE.
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definite assurance OF
rapid advancement.
GIRLS who seek a
business occupation
they can be proud OF.
GIRLS who want to
have the satisfaction
OF doing something
worth while for good
pay.
We now have posi-
tiOns for such girls in
several departments.
No experience Is re-
quired,
The starting salary Ia
Si5 week.
G q p a b e girls can
soon reach earnings
OF $S5 to S1OO a
month.
Apply at
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$40 L l5Oth e.. Bronx.
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Saturdays TO 4 z. ~
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Or telephone
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PHONE COMPANY.
The evening world., 1920-07-03
SPEED BOATS SENT ABROAD.

Two OF the fastest motor boats in
the world, the Detroit ", and the
Miss America, started for England
day on the deck of the steamship
AdriatiC.
Early in August the Harmsworth
Cup Contest for motor boats will take
place in England and these two
beats will be entered by the United
states Motor Boat Association.
which has sent representatives along
10 guard them and see that they are
ready for the test
The evening world., 1920-07-03
Ed Smith to Referee Leonard
White Bout.

BENTON HARBOR, Mich, July s.
Benny Leonard. the lightweight cham
pion, will wind up his training grind to-
day in preparation for his ten-round
championship match with Charlie White
Of Chicago. to he decided In a huge
open-air arena here Monday afternoon.
Ed w. Smith Of Chicago will referee the
match.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
TAXES IN GERMANY HEAVY
individuals Are Beginning to Feel That
Country Really Suffered Defeat
In the War;.

The individual German has not be-
gun to feel the peace terms, hnan-
cially.
During the war the Germans have
been loaning their money to the gov
eminent. This year they have begun
to give 1t.
There is an estate tax graduated as
to size and as to relationship. IL I'm
noses the heaviest tax on the largest
inheritance from the most distant rel
alive. M
necuIiar feature of this law, Illus
trating Its severity. is a provision Una
in no case may the tax exceed me
omount of the Inheritance taxed. NO
moan co,fsin can leave spite money
which would compel the recipient 10
nov more than he got, anyhow.
An income tax ranges TO about ~
per cent as the income grows.
There is a profits tax n a heaVy
fax OF wealth increases during the
var-to get the profteers-the usual
toxes for revenue, heavier than ever
and a capital levy is being considered.
With food, coal and clothing short
they are bound to add to the dlscon.
tent. Agitators will make the most oil
the crisis.
But Germany has weathered two
crises as serious: In the most difficult
months lust after the surrender a year
ago; and the peace conference period
when she woke up. as loser. to the
terms.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
RB[1C
ROADS
HORN AUTOMATICALLY T00TS
Device Installed on dead Mans
Curve" in North Carolina Warns
Of Approaching Motor.

Sound your horn!" Dangerous
curve ahead!" The roads are well
fortified with these bright red warn
ings. But you can't see signs by the
roadside at night, and you surely don't
want to foot your horn continually
waking sleepers in the houses you
pass. What then?
The solution lies in the unpreten-
tious oblong piece of metal lying In the
road. As your car passes over IL u
horn a few feet in front of you auto
matically toots loud and long. letting
the people around the curve know that
you are coming.
The device is not unlike the light sig
nal system used in the New York SUD-
WAYS and that are operated autoinati-
cally by the trains.
You will notice two treads mi
lengthwise. As your car passes over
the one on the left 1t will be depressed
and an arm extending downward from
1t will hit a ratchet wheel. This wheei
then rotates and carries with it a larg-
pr WDeel ultdtieu 10 It's siihif
Contacts on the large wheel VIII MT
against electric brushes as II rotates.
Wires from the brushes lead to the
horn and its motor. When the circuit
is thus closed the horn will foot.
But why have this revolving wheei
instead of ordinary metal contaetss
Because If our automobile is going at
the usual rate of 20 miles an hour the
tread will be depressed for only about
one hundredth part of a second
much too short a time for even start
ing the motor on the horn. The re-
yolying wheel tends to prolong The con
tact.
And now for the tread on the right
side. This prevents the horn IRON
footing unnecessarily when a car ap'
proaches from the opposite direction
where it has already passed the dan
ger.
The right tread likewise has an arm
attached to II. But this arm Is nNeo
at an angle so that it almost touches
the arm of the left tread. Then, whef
the right tread Is depressed, the righl
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
BelgiumSketches
The Priest of
Poelcapeue
By Kath.riae EssIes,oa Robests


Poelcapelle is a pleasant sounding
name, isn't 1t? Something like the
name of the Mexican volcano. that al
ways f~ascinates the youthful geog-
rapher. Poelcapelle is not a volcano,
though it might as well have been built
on one as to have been located In West
Flanders. After the Germans and the
BeIgians and the English had finished
sending shells and bombs through 1t,
nothing but the musical name OF the
town remained.
Now, one by n little wooden
houses are growing out Of the battle
field. The people of P~oelcapelle are
coming back to reclaim thei land.
There's one house larger, longer than
the Others-that Is the church. Near
1t is a smaller one to which you'll be
invited II you visit the lost village.
We were there.
The young priest kicked his cling
ing, long black skirt. I'm always tear
ing It," he lamented. AS he sat down
and crossed his knees, khaki-colored
trousers showed above his army shoes.
He was one of Belgium's fighting
priests who had served in the
trenches, not in the robes of the
church but in the uniform of a regular
soldier. Now his sinewy shoulders
bulged beneath the tight-ftting vest
ments Of his order. Its hard to get
used to these skirts again, especially
In this sort of place. l hope you'll ex'
cuse the fact that my house is moi
yet in order" He poured our coffee
from a canteen on the stove. "for
see, we Just finished building 1t foul
days ago The trouble is I'm so busy
/ don't have time to get settled"
Some one looked out of the window
at the few shacks which made TN
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
ROAD TESTS IN CALIFORNIA
conerete on Sides With oiled Ma
eadam In Middle Is Being Tried
on County Highway.

An experiment in road construction
over adobe land is being made In a
section OF the county highway between
Baypoint and Pittsburg, Cal.
Experience has shown that concrete
roads built over adobe land results In
the cracking and dislntegraiing of the
road in a few seasons and in an effort
TO overcome this trouble County Sur
yeyor Arnold is having the link OF the
county hic hway constructed in a man
ner tried in several eastern states and
proved successful.
The concrete is laid in WI separate
sections. zach eight feet vice, with a
two-foot strip through the center. In
his strip is placed oil macadam'
which is placed level to the surface
of the concrete and the entire surface
is faced with n topping.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
FEAR BLASTS OF THE SHELLS
Accidental Bursts are Numerous and
Lives Are In Danger When COL
Ieeting Unused Weapons.

In the vast. desolate fields thou
sands of unexploded shells have been
picked up by prisoners and. though
there are details hauling them away
and exploding them in remote valleys
every day. there are still long ranks
of them everywhere. Sparks from To-
comotiyes and from small fires where
battlefield rubbish is being burned. oc-
~casionally set fire to patches of dry
weeds and the accidental bursts are
Roads passing places
where shells are being set off are
guarded, but it is from the accidental
blasts that the danger comes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26

down with you? The town cats may
be coming in today. We've expected
them every day this week."
"The town cats!
"Yes. The government gives each
district that's rebuilding a certain
number of goats. cows. dogs, pigs and
cats. We are anxious for our cats.
The mice are thick here"
"And do you always meet the ami
mails at the train?"
Certainly. Their coming is an
event OF Importance. We do all we
can to welcome themAand besides,
some one has to sign the receipt for
them and see to their distribution. The
Office has devolved upon me-"
As we stood before the coach Of our
train we said good-by to the priest.
In response to a noisy meowing from
somewhere up in front, he FASTENED
along the path to greet the cats.
We sank into the cushions, glad to
he going back to the comforts of cit
les.
mo wonder they put young priests
out here. An older man would be
worn out inside Of a month" John
settled more comfortably. "It's these
young fellows. fresh from the trenches
full Of energy, who keep hope goins
in the people. I'd think the soul Of
man who lives In this depressing place
wouId mood a LOT of helm fo keen from
losing its God"
thought Of the laughing youns
priest. with his clear eyes and hi
| straight. vigorous shoulders. and on
| Of the black draped skirts Of his cas-
sock Tapping about the khaki arm.
trousers. They are well named
these fighting priests" l said.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26

structed across the old battlefield
made me shiver.
"Of course it will be cold. and I've
no doubt the breezes will blow through
many walN. But thank God, I've
plenty of clothes for the people"
"YOu have plenty of clothes" The
exclamation sounded foolish, but real
~, it didn't seem possible that one
man had collected enough garments
to clOthe a town, wen If it was u very
small town.
"Yes." he explained. They came
from a relief organization In the Unit
ed States. Not long ago a lot of them
arrived, addressed to "The Priest OF
P~oelcapelle." We went to look at the
clothes. There was almost every Kind
of everything. As l held them up for
inspection. | smiled at the kaleido-
scope of incongruous fashions n
would see in Poelcapelle the coming
winter. The priest read my thoughts.
ooh. we aren't particular about style
out here, as long as the clothes are
warm, lie dIisWeTeu-
$50 you really do get our things. af-
ter all? We've heard all sorts OF
| stories about them going astray. not
being used, and other dreadful tales"
"We get them. and we are mighty
glad to get them. I'm keeping these
to distribute when and where they
are needed. 1t won't be long, you see,
before I'll be in the clothing business
too"
And incidentally" some one added
you play host to wandering travellers
If you keep it up mex summer, when
the tourist season opens, you'll have
to run a tevern. too"
"Tll let the other citizens do that
it's really the only business they cal
follow successfully here. We can
farm or grow garden-there's too mucl
debris in the ground
Our train was due soon. and ~
were rising to leave.
ats so convenient to have a trail
that stops here now. 1t has been do
ing it for Just two weeks. All our foot
has to come from outside, you know
and now 1t comes much more regular
~. I'll go to the station with you
or rather the ticket stand. Our station
is still a thing of the future"
We protested that we had taken to-
much of his time.
"Oh," he demurred, 'Tm glad to Sc
people. always. Won't you let me wal
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26

land. I've seen nothing but dead trees
myself"
as the town growing very fastf"
We wanted information.
as IL? I should say so. Visit us
IN three years and you'll see a ethyl"
He dropped his half-laughing tone.
But the trouble is that people come
back and have no place to stay till
the government committee puts
through an order to send out materi-
ais for a shack, and then the shack
has to be built. That's n Of the
things that keep me going every min
ute. They seem to think the priest
can do everything-even unwind the
red tape of government. I'm town
scribe, and a hunter of homes for the
homeless rolled into one But It's
surprising to see their hope. In spite
of all the difficulties"
what will the people do In the win
ter9 These houses look so thin.
Won't II be cold out hereY" The very
thought Of the wind sweeping unob-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
FIRST cuocKMAKER UNKNOWN

1t is uncertain when the first clock
was constructed. Its invention IL
claimed by many nations There Is a
tradition that the first clock was in
vented by the Chinese in the year 200
b. C.. and another that 1t was invented
In Germany In the eleventh century.
The first clock of which we have any
description is the one which was set
in the tower of the palace Of Charles
v of France in 1879 by a man anne
Henry DeFick
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
ORIGINAL JUNGLE SAM"

During the revolutionary war there
a man by the name of Samuel
Wilson. who was engaged as an in
spsctor Of provisions. He was known
by his friends as Uncle Sam" In his
work he stamped inspected goods u.
So which initials happened to stand
for his nickname as well as his gov
eminent. Thus the two became iden-
tical. Uncle Sam as an old man with
vbiskers was taken from Samuel VII
son--Exchange.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
WASHINGTON IN POLITICS.

Washington was a F~ederalist, and a
strong party man at that, but he was
unanimously Elected to the presidency
by the Federalists and Democrats he
was also the unanimous choice when
running for reelection. John Adams
was vice president under Washington
and succeeded him in the presidency.
There was n contest, however. in ld9o
between Adams. Federalist. and JET
ferson. Democrat, In which the former
was the winner.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
TnIs HUsTLINo AGE.

of course we are all the creatures
of our age. The Injuries Of yesterday
become the needs Of today. IL We
were suddenly transported into me
DAYS of our grandparents. we would
find the manner Of life ~unbearable
They Travelled by stage o. on foot. and
arrived on time. Today he fastes'
expreSs trains scarcely meet nj needs
and We are continually seeking foi
faster means of transportation aDc
communicative
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
EIMS.

No natural Gothic arch compares
with that formed by two American
elms. where their lofty jets of foliage
shoot across each others ascending
curves. TO intermingle their showery
flakes of green When one looks
through a long double row of these,
no beholds a temple not built with
hands. fairer than any minister. with
all its clustered stems and f1utterfns
capitaIs, that ever grew In stone
Holmes.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
POOR ROADS WORK HARDSHIP
eo,,,nuity and Value Of District
School Work Impaired Where
Children Cannot Attend.

Rad roads innict twofold hardships
nm tho oue-room district school. Where
the school is on a poor road. a com-
mon practice in severe weather Is TO
Keen the children at home. The at
tendance is thus. at times. almost en-
tirely depleted. and the continuity and
value of school work are much i'm
,.fra1
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26

..town." and asked II the congregation
was big enough to all the chapel.
Not just the people from Poelca-
pelle." he said. THE soldiers who
come from the reconstruction camps
about here ill 1t pretty well. But my
religious duties are not what keeps me
40 busy. It's the other things"
I was sitting on a low cot. A sud
den movement sent a small round
parcel to the floor. and a handful OF
hazelnuts rolled In every direction.
We all dived t rescue them.
"They are a gift from one OF my
parishioners." The young priest gath
cred them together. Goodness only
knows where he found them In this
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
HARD LUCK.

Earth in the upper peninsula is so
kind that. tickle her with a hoe and
she laughs with a harvest, but there
are some drawbacks. it seems. A
farmer down at Au Train put out cab
bage one year. and grew perfectly
marvellous heads weighing. every one
of them, forty pounds or less. but dog
gone the luck. next year the piece was
just like cut-over land again. and 1t
tool the farmer all season to clean out
the cabbage stumps-Detroit News.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26

arm swings into the left n n
throws It clear OF the ratchet b
There Is no rotation and no conse-
quent footing.
The device was invented by Charles
Z. Lyman OF Asheville, N. c., and the
first one was installed on Dead Mans
Curve" In Buncombe county near the
building of n casket company.-Popu-
lar Science Monthly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-03-26
BENEFITS Everybody.

When the roads Of the great pro
ducing ones Of this country are i'm
proved. benefits will accrue not only
20 producers. but to consumers