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SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1920-01-14

milovala jineho
"a timto vedomim'', pokra
eoval Vernier, "travim smutne
a bezutesne dny, boje Sc nzko-
stlive toho, co jest6 nadeJitl
ma. Tobe aspon kyne ruchu
v$lky zapomenuti, ale ia we
SVEN okoli nemam 1techy a o.
devzdap jsem "a kofist svym
temnym myslenkam -"
Dopis koncil poptavkou, slou
zi-li Thiennet dosud pod Cour-
tialem a vede-li 81, jak Sc ma
iadneho voiina slusi.
Kdyz docetl, ohledl Sc Pier
re po SVEN sousedov..
Thiennet pracn6 roztrhl vel
Ikou obalku, ale silly mu jiz ne
stacily, ably cetne ty listky, kite
ire Sc z nj vysypaly, rukama
pred oeima drzel.
Nekolikratc Sc o to sice po-
kusil, ale pax mu ruce sklesly.
Nemohl cisti, &C videl pismo
otcovo. Vclke Shy vstoupily
lnu do oci
Lezel chvili bezvladne, pax
tslabYm hlasem zaSeptal:
"Poruciku = mily poruel-
Eul"
"Co 81 prejete, Thiennete?"
Zach - kez byste ne
mann sill - toto psani nemohu
eisti = a je domova - kdy-
byste - mi precetl ="
Dustojnik chvili vahal.
MahIzeti do obsahu cizeho
scukromeho dopisu zdalo Sc
nu nedustojno nesluSno. Ale
Ipohled ma utozaka, ktery ne
niel nikoho hlizSiho a duvery
hodnejsiho k teto sluzbe, roz-
ntylil jeho premitam.
"Budiz, Thiennete, prectu
VAN dopis", pravil Pierre a pri
sednuv blize, cetl z hstku hru
bou rukou popsanych nasledu
jici sdelenf:
"Mily hochu, podivis Sc
hGnad, az dopis tento dostanes.
Wis pfece, re zachazim lepe Sc
sekerou nezli S perem. Ale ten
Etokrate to musi byt. Donna nic
noveho, matka j deti jsou zdra
! Wy, ty menSi rostou yucihlede !;
Icelkem Sc mic nezmenilo. Ale
pyoto ii take nepiSu, nybrz z
Jjne pfieiny. Mivam nekdy ma
v2ly krve k mozku bojim sc,
ze tady uz dlouho nebudu. a
prece, iak Wis, mann ma srdci
ledno tajemstvi, ktera jen tob6
chci sdeliti; tajemstvf, jez Sc
tyce veci, ktare Sc sb6hly ten
krat Ia bourlive noci, kdyz
Jsme Sc spolu odvazili do zamc
ckeho parku -"
Porucik Sc zachvGi a jakasi
zvlastni pfedtucha projela je-
no dust.
I Zdalo Sc mu, re je ma prahu
neznameho sveta; tajemstvi, .
nemz nemel tuSeni a ktere i je-
no Sc tyka, bude mu zjeveno.
I "Tobe muze byti jen ku pro-
tspechu, budeS-li do veci zasv6-
!cen.
Slys tedy.
| Upamatujes Sc asi dobre, ze
Jsem tehda vecer. kdyz tax sil
ne, hfimalo a stale Sc blyskalo,
I'D tebe poodesel, abyXh uvnitr
lparku IA zver 81 pocihal. Byia
r,-ehoy, kdyz prave Sc neblyska
DO, takova tina, ze aniz bych to
ibyl tusl, pojednou Y blizkosti
2amku jsem Sc octnul.
Jak pojednou bezdecne Z
hcustiny vystupuji, co vidim
pred sebou? Blesky Sc skrizily
Ia temel dve vtefiny nastalo L.
Pine jasno.
Tu uzfel jsem clovGka, KITE
lrF jednoho prfzemniho okna
'vyskocil, hned pax druhcho,
jenz Sc blizil parkovou aleji.
Uplynula dalsi vterina -
! nlpo CO ocyS+1;lo u,io,. Ill,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29
Worlds Debt Has Increased
From $40, 900, 900, 900 in 1914
to 5000, 900, 000,O 900 in 1920

The worlds debt has been estimated
at 5000, 900, 100000 compared with S4O,-
000,00 900 in 1914.
Paper currency throughout the world
has increased 600 per cent since 1914,
while the gold reserve behind it has in
creased only 40 per cent, according to
statistics. The face value of paper
currency Of thirty principal countries,
which totaled $7,25O,OOO, 900 in 1914,
has increased to S40,0 ,O0O, 900 at the
time of the armistice and to 50.O00,-
100000 in December, 1919, exclusive of
$4,000 10000 issued by the Russian
soviet government.
Germany, Austria-Hungary Turkey
and Bulgaria show and advance In note
circulation from 81, 200, 100000 in 1914
to S12,300, 100000 at the close of the
war, and SIS, 77O,O00,OOO in December,
1919, the gold reserve falling from
$600,000,000 in 1914 to 1927, 100000 in
1919, the ratio of gold to notes declin-
ing from 49.7 per cent in 1914 to 5.5
per cent in December, 1919.
In the eight principal countries of
the allies, paper notes increased from
$1,166, 900, 900 in 1914 to 2,420, 0O0, 600
in 1919, while the gold reserve in
creased from S516,000,O 900 to 81, $50, 600
900, a ratio of 44.3 in 1914 and 500 In
1919.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29

CLOTHES may be worn, but e
out" is the slogan of the Salvation
Army secondhand stores maintained
in connection with the organizations
industrial homes Throughout the coun-
try. Particularly in these days of high
prices the stores have become effective
allies of the poorer classes in combat
ing the Fl c l..
In these verttable "Old Curiosity
shops" may o. purchased shoes,
clothes. hats. fulnfture, stoves and a
great number OF other household arti-
cles. This material is salvaged and
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29
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MOVING PICTURES.

One day Edison caught sight of the
camera which had. hitherto had an
easy time, but from that moment 1t
was doomed. Edison harnessed 1t I'D
with a set of gears and a revolving
shutter and set it to work photo
graphing speed, history, romance,
humor and travel.
AS soon as this was done moving
pictures became. enormously popular.
The moving picture theatre immedf-
ately leaped into being and began to
compete with the street car and the
cigar store for the nickels of the pop-
ulace. In consequence the limited
supply of ive-cent pieces became
so overworked that a nickel which
doesn't register at three tills each
day Is loa1ng on its job.
Moving pictures are making us &C.
quainted with the world and famii-
lar with the great men of all times.
The scenery of Java, Sahara and
Siberia are chestnuts to us, though
We may never have travelled 100
miles on a railroad train. For five
cents We can see King Solomon quar-
rel with fifty wives, in colors. We
have seen so many battleships
launched, kings crowned and buried,
tigers shot, highwaymen freed, pugil-
lists demolished and mountain peaks
scaled, that most of us are extremely
bldSe and the trees on the streets
would have to walk off arm in arm
to get more than a yawn out of us.
This the trees will never actually do.
but they are likely to do anything
on a moving picture film, which is
a great assistance to Nature, some
times.
In moving pictures we may also
see ferocious Indians chasing the
brave hero down a macadam road
and barbecuing him against a troll
ley pole; likewise we may discover
the temperamental cowboys captur-
ing a horsestealing Mexican and
synching him in the wilderness
around the corne from a hat factory
In New Jersey, This teaches US not
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29
ORDINANCE NO 21o.

AN ORDINANCE to amend Section One of
an ordinance entitled, An Ordinance to
improve a certain public highway in the
City of Pleasantyille, known as Wright
Street, approved July 21, 1919.
Be it Ordained by the Common Council of
the City OF Pleasantville that Section One of
an ordinance entitled, Ordinance to i'm
prove a certain public highway in the City
Of Pleasantville known as Wright Street.
approved July 81, 1919, be and the SAME is
hereby amended to read as follows:
Section l.. Be it Ordained by Common
Council of the City of Pleasantville that
there be improved a certain public highway,
in the City of Pleasantville known as Wright
Street, which said Improvement shall begin
at a point in the middle of the Right of Way
of the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad
Company's property where the middle line
of Wright Street as established and monu-
mented intersects the same, and from thence
extending enthusiastically along the middle
line of Wright Street as established and
monumented, the same being at right angles
with Chestnut Street, six hundred eighty
three and seven one-hundredths feet to a
point in the middle line of Maple Avenue, If
said Maple Avenue were extended, by grading
and gravelin~ the same the full width thereof
between the curb lines and as otherwise set
forth in plans and specifications therefor to
be approved by Common Council, which plans
and specifications, among other things. shall
provide the manner in which the work shall
be done, the materials to be furnished and
used and the superintendence and supervision
of the work.
Section ?. Be it further Ordained that all
ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent
herewith be and the same are hereby repeal
ed and that this Ordinance shall take effect
Immediately.
Passed at a regular meeting of the Com
mon Council of Pleasantyille. New Jersey,
April 10, 1920.
CHAS. NJ. CHATTLE,
President of Common Council.
Attest
NEHEMIAH ANDREWS, City Clerk.
Approved April 81, 1920.
THOMAS F.. CRAWFORD,
Mayor.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29

Moving pictures haze been taken of
practically everything.
ener but 1t is an improvement over
the old ten, twent', thirt'," variety
because the audience cannot hear the
remarks of the characters. Moving
pictures have been taken of practical.
ly everything in the world, inclu6.
ing the pyramids and WashiDgton's
monument, but no one has taken
a moving picture of a baggageman
accommodating a crowd of hurried
passengers. A standing or even sit
ting picture can handle this subject
perfectly. 284
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29

to believe all the moving pictures
tell us. 1t is, in fact, one of the
most accomplished of liars. It is
possible in a moving picture factory
to make a magnificent and awe-in-
spring volcano out of a pile of sand.
"a roman candle and a barrel of soap
,suds.
More people are watching moving
pictures today than are watching
chorus girls, which is a sign that the
world is getting better. The picture
melodrama Is not a brain strength
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-05-29

put in disable condition by workers in
the Industrial homes of the Army.
Prices charged for the reclaimed
products are absurdly low, but still are
sufficient to cover the wages of the
men and women who do the repairing
as well as to provide in most cases for
the Overhead" cost of maintaining
both the Industrial Home and Its IRE.
tail" store.
The shop shown in the picture Is 10
Gated in the negro section of Rich
mond, Va Similar institutions for al
races and creeds are found in practi
| cally every one OF the larger cities ID
I the United States.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
COAL SHORTAGE IS RELIEVED
 BY WORKERS

WASHINGTON, Sept. IS (by Asso- ciated Press). The coal shortage throughout the country, which was most severe in New England, and the northwest states, is being gradually relieved The statement issued the day before yesterday by the union officials recommending that all coal strikers in the Pennsylvania district return to work immediately has @ beneficial effect, and no further lab or troubles are feared for the pres ent. The situation has so much i'm proved, that the shipping board has withdrawn the order giving priority of shipments of coal to New England. There is no longer any fears that New England will suffer in the coming win ter for lack of coal That section is great user of anthracite, and the operators have agreed to see that the full amount of fuel necessary will be supplied. The conditions in the north, west are still somewhat serious,' and the board announced that the order giving priority to coal shipments to the northwest would be continued in
 force indefinitely. T
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
CHICAGO PAPERS SUED
 FOR LIBEL.

CHICAGO, Sept. Is (by Associated Press) An interesting aftermath Of the primary election in this state last Tuesday, was disclosed today, when it was learned that Mayor Thompson, on behalf of this city, had filed slander suits against the Chicago Tribune, and the Chicago News, the two lead ing newspapers of this city, charging them with false statements concerning the city's financial condition, which had prevented the city from borrow ing needed money to conduct it's bus mess, thereby suffering damage to the amount of twenty million dollars Each of the defendants are asked to pay the city ten million dollars The statements in question were campaign articles appearing in both newspapers, which supported the LoWden ticket for state officers and opposed the Thompson faction, to the effect that the city was bankrupt and it's treas ury exhausted, due to mismanagement and incompetency of the Thompson city administration.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
VETERANSFICH7 OVER REPEAL
 PROHIBITION

WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept IS (by Associated Press).-The veterans of foreign wars who have been in con- vention here concluded their labors today with the annual election of of ficers. Captain N. E. Woodside, of Pittsburg, Penn, former adjutant of theT hirty-eightr United States infan. try was elected commander-in-ch chief for the ensuing year. His election was unopposed. J. w. Jones of Portland Oregon, was elevated to the post of junior vice commander. The session just concluded was one of the most important in the history of the organ ization, as it's membership has been greatly increased since the termina, tion of the war in Europe, which war added greatly to the number of men eligible for membership.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
ARREST BROKER FOR THEFT OF
 LIBERTY BONDS

CHICAGO, Sept. IS (by Associated Press. Lloyd H. Wilson, a wealthy bond broker, with offices in this city was indicted yesterday, charged with receiving stolen Liberty bonds. The bonds in question were stolen from Charles Whitney, an officer of a New York city trust company, by a mes senger employed by him. The messen ger was later found dead and hidden in the bushes near the New York state line in Connecticut. The amount of the stolen bonds was $173, 100000. The police have been Investigating the matter of stolen Liberty bonds for the past six months, and have un- earthed evidence to prove that a gi- gantic system was operating, and that the bond stealing was deliberatly planned and carefully consummated by master minds, the messenger boys be- ing only pawns in the game. Wilson was arrested few days ago in Bill ings, Montana, and was being held there, pending action of the grand jury in this city.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
COX PRAISES
 JOHNSON IN CALIFORNIA

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Sept. IS (by Associated Press) .-Governor Cox of Ohio made his first speech in this state yesterday, speaking before large and enthusiastic audience. The utterances of the speaker were greet ed with considerable applause and cheers, particularly when he spoke of Senator Hiram Johnson. The Dem- Ocratic candidate for president praised Johnson highly as leading exponent of prOgressivism. He flayed the Re- publican leaders and big business stat ing that a close alliance for mutual profit had been formed between the two. Cox said that he had always ad- mired Senator Johnson since the lat ter's entrance into public life by his fight against railroad control of the state of California He declared that he especially admired Johnson's frank ness and lack of hypocrisy.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
SCHUBACH IS
 CLEARED OF FRAUD CHARGE

y SEATTLE, Sept. IS (by Associated Press) ).-One of the defendants in the ship building trials now going on here, was released today by Judge Neterer, when at the close of the evidence, on motion of attorneys for the defen- Gent, he ruled that there was not sui ficient evidence to go to the jury on, as far as Albert Schubach was con- cerned. Mr. Schuback is president of the Gray's Harbor MOtorship Corpora tion, in which concern the alleged fraudulent transactions, by which the government was robbed of thousands of dollars, took place. The trial con- cerns the giving of a bonus on the construction of ships during the late war. The attorneys for the govern ment and the defendants will argue the case today, and it is expected that it will be given to the jury before nightfall.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
LARCEREWARDS OFFERED
 FORCAPTURE OF CUlLTYN k WALL STREET BOMB OUTRAGE

NEW YORK, Sept. IS (by Associa- ted Press) All of the various bodies including, city, state and federal off, cials, who are Investigating the Wall street explosion, are now agreed in their conclusion. They all say that the tragedy was caused by bomb ex- plosiOn and was not an accident. The department of justice is bending all its powers to locate the perpetrators and a wide drag net has been thrown out, covering every district in the en- tire country to entrap the originators of the plot.
 The investigators are being spurred in their work by rewards aggregating S2O,00000, which have been offered by the City of New York, and by the ac- cident insurance companies who sui fered heavy losses The police, for mer soldiers, and individual citizens are lending their aid to the federal agents. The belief that the tragedy was the result of radical plot has been increased by the finding of radi- cal and anarchistic literature in a postoffice box near the scene of the tragedy, shortly after the explosion
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18

While many streams would produce from few hundred horse power dur ing six or eight months of the year, the other months there would be lit tie if any power available. The aver age power required for grinding one ton of pulp every tWenty-four hours is not less than seventy-five horse power.
 The most economic unit to establish is mill of not less than 100 tons for every tWenty-four hours, which is to be the capacity of the projected plant. In order to constitute a successful en- terprise it will be necessary to have power that will produce at least 7,5OO horse power every day of the year. MT. Hazelet said he belived his site was capable of producing that amount of power after sufficient. reservoirs were constructed to impound the large run off in the summer months.
 The forestry service estimates the timber of Prince William sound as equal to three billion board feet or six hundred million cords of wood. One cord of wood is approximately equal to ton Of pulp, so it can easily be figured out what timber on Prince William sound would amount to in value and the length of time that it would require to manufacture the tim Der into wood pulp with one 1OO-ton mill.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
LORD MAYORS MUCH WEAKER
 UNCONSCIOUS

LONDON, Sept IS (by Associated Press) Lord Mayor McSweeny, of Cork began the thirty-sixth day of his hungar strike in Brixton prison yes terday The prison physicians said yesterday that there had been little change in his condition of note, ex- cept that they could see gradual de- terioriation in his system. The pris- oner is daily growing weaker, but is still conscious and converses with his wife and sister when they come to see him. His family is as determined as he is that he shall take no food, and on one occasion when his sister came to the prison and offered him some Lourdes water to him, he re- fused to drink it fearing it contained diluted food of some sort.
 LONDON, Sept. IS (by Associated Press) Early this morning report was issued that Mayor MacSweeny had passed very bad night. His condi- tion is now much worse than it has been at any time heretofore. His A state is described in the bulletin as one of complete exhaustion. He is still conscious but so weak that talk ing is almost too great strain.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
PROJECT MVOLVNC$},M0,o00
 AND EMPLOYING 800 MEN
 WILL BE BIG B0ONTOCORD0VA

A wood pulp plant, the first unit of Which means an investment of $3,000,- 900 and will give employment to 500 men, is one of the industries that will be established on Prince William sound next season by parties already extensively interested in the territory. George c. Hazelet has just returned from G alena bay where he had Engi- neer Hesse and a crew of men survey water sight which he has filed upon for power purposes in the manufac- ture of wood pulp. During the win ter measurements will be taken of stream flow in order to ascertain it's full capacity and early in the spring work will begin on the evelopment of the project providing the measure ments prove it's availa bility.
 The project will include the con- struction of a large dam for storage purposes and it is hoped to develop an average of 10000 horse power daily. If this power is available, and it is confidently believed it is. A pulp mill will be installed and wood for same secured on the sound In speaking of the enterprise MT. Haze let said that the two necessary requi- sites were plenty of cheap power and an available timber supply; that the power sufficient to operate a mill is extremely hard to find on the sound.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
DYNAMITE CRENADES
 UNCOVERED AT SPOKANE

SPOKANE, Sept. IS (by Associated Press).-A steam shovel operating north of this city yesterday uncov- cred twenty pound sack of dynamite grenades The find is considered as significant by the local police author ities because the explosive was found near the spot where the convention of the Northwest l. w. w. was recent ly broken up by the police./
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
STEAMSHIP WREACHU
 ON FIRE AND SINKS

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. IS (by Associated Press) A fire of un- known origin caused a large amount of damage here today when the steam ship Wreachu, of the Merchants and Miners line was badly damaged while in the yards of the Baltimore Drydock Company. The vessel sank finally and the full amount of the loss can not be determined.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
 OF PATRIOTS
 TCEN'TRALIA.

CENTRALLY, Sept. IS (by Associ- atedp Pess).-The local papery ester- day received in the mail, threatening letter signed, "The Revenge Commit tee of Milwaukee, Wisconsin," The letter stated that all who had parti- cipated in the Armistice Day parade here on Nov. II, 1919, and escaped dur ing the tragedy which occurred, would be subsequently killed. The letter has been turned over to the federal department of justice, and its origin and authorship are being investigated
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
FIRE DESTROYS
 BLOCK CENTER IDAHO TOWN I

ELLEN, Ida, Sept. IS (by Associated Press).-A fire which at one time threatened to destroy this town swept through an entire business block in this city late yesterday, resulting in a loss of $3OO,OOO. The local fire de, partment was unable to cope with the flames and it was only the timely ar' rival of apparatus from the nearpy towns, which prevented it's spread. No lives were lost, but the buildings a1' fected were completly destroyed.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
ROCK SLIDE CAUSES
 DEATH OF FIREMAN

VANCOUVER, B. C., Sept. IS (by Associated Press).-A fatal train wreck occurred yesterday on the Can adian Northern line at McAvee. The accident was caused by the train run ming into a rock slide. Fireman B c. Dedman of Kamloops> was instantly killed, and Express Messenger w, N Hartman of this city, seriously wound ed.
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
HARDINCTAKES WHACK LEAGUE
 OF NATIONS

MARION, Ohio, Sept. IS (by Associ- ated Press In a front porch speech today, Candidate Harding made an un- equivocal attack on the League of Ma tions as devised by the peace confer ence and fathered by President Will son. He stated with emphasis that it would be impossible to reconcile the American constitution and the league covenant The two could not work together, and if the attempt was made it would only result in injury to the country. Senator Harding declared that the time has come, meaning the present campaign, in which the people of this country must decide whether or not to abandon the charter of rights, conceived by our forefathers and under whose beneficient provi sions we had achieved nationality He said "the constitution or the covenant is the paramount issue before the vot- CTS in this election, and we cannot be governed from Washington and Geneva We cannot follow the pres ent chief magistrate, who is forsak ing the father of his country"
The Cordova daily times., 1920-09-18
SIX HUN COMMUNISTS
 HAVE BEEN ARRESTED

GENOA, Italy, Sept Is (by Associa- ted Press).-The police are searching ly Investigating the circumstances of the bomb explosion on the stock ex change and six Hungarian communists have been arrested.