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The evening world., 1920-08-20
NO. B. R. 7. CLOSED SHOP.
This Demand Must lie ELIMINATED,
says Receiver.

be eliminated by the Amalgamated As
ISOLATION OF Street and Electric Rail-
way Employees OF America before Lind
ley NJ. Garrison, receiver OF the B. X. T.,
VIA negotiate respecting new working
terms.
Rapid Transit Commissioner Delaney
while In conference to-day with Il. j.
Shea, International President OF the
AmalgAmated, and James Sheridan,
local President, DECLARED that Mr.. Gar-
rison had so stated TO him,
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-IME WAS NOTHING TO THIS
STRANGE MAN.

This kind of thing made IT hard on
the workmen, but Searles didn't care.
1t didn't bother him II a workman
took a year TO do task, and when IN
earlier years a boss carpenter remon-
strated at what he considered loss of
his workmans time, Searles replied:
What difference does 1t make how
long he takes TO do that? He's being
paid, isn't heT
Searles was never in n hurry about
having anything finished. Once a
task was ended he lost interest in tne
accomplished thing and went on 10
something else. The saddeBt case OF
this kind has TO do with the superb
monument to Washington he erected,
As "A work OF art Il was the crowninB
achievement OF the American sculp-
tor, Thomas Ball. 1t was designed and
modelled In Florence on a commission
from Searles and occupied the soulp-
tors time for several years. The hero
| ic figure OF Gen. Washington In
bronze stands upon.a n shaft OF white
| Carrara marble which rises from a
base OF the same stone. On each or the
| four corners OF the monument Is a
bronze figue. typifying respectively,
Oppresslon, Revolution, Victory and
Peace, In inches about the upper part
OF the shaft are portrait busts OF the
revolutionary Generals, Lincoln, Knox
Greene and Lafayette.
This was erected many years age
IN what Searles had planned to he
washington Park" which lies across
the road from the beetlng walls sur
rounding Pine Lodge. Mr.. Bail took
the keenest interest In his work and
was gratifed that II was to stand In
n public Enclosure where patriots
might see IL. But the statue stood
in that park unveiled for three years
No one knows why Searles saw Mt c
do this, but there II remained. neg
! fContlnued on Thirteenth PACED
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He Built Them Everywhere
and Spent a Lonely Life
Behind the Impenetrable
Barriers That Kept Foes
and Friends at a Distance,
His Rock Bound Home Son
cealS the Tragedy of the
Neglected Wa in gto n
Monument That Broke a
Sculptor'S Heart.
By George Buchanan Fife.
(stnG Correspondent Of The EVe-
Mag WOFld.D

mihE WorAoD
METHUBN. Mass, Aug. 20. =
Wherever you see a stone wall about
here 1t means Edward +. Searles."
This. from an old resident of the
quiet, well-ordered little town in
which the eccentric millionaire lived
30 many secluded years, dying here
at last only n brief while ago, epito-
mizes the man as Methuen seems
most sharply to remember him--a
builder OF stone walls.
II was behind sucff walls, not only
thick and unscalable, but guarded as
well. that Edward +. Searles lived his
remarkable life and died Just a few
steps beyond the threshold OF his sev-
enty-ninth year. He shut himself
away from every one save few
friends and he was a very lonely old
man, for all that 1t was his own do
ing.
The walls upon wpich the memory
OF him is built are, in truth, every
where in Methuen. on the outskirts
OF the town his 60O-acre estate is girt
with one that suggests the bastion ut
a fortress, with sallyports and frown-
ing gateways--and two sentlnels al
ways on guard at the nam entrance.
His home, within this Enclosure,
Pine Lodge, Is a medieval cluster of
modern buildings, with towers and
columns and spires. II was a place
we'll chosen for shutting oneself away.
Then, too, there are walls TO curb ana
hold the swift stream that flows
through the lower part Of the town,
with great turrets at intervals along
them. And there is a stone bridge
and a series OF stone steps-every-
thing Is stone. 1t seems that this
strange man sought to express himself
IN but one way--stone.
Once when he sold two old build
ings and they were ready to be torn
down he called attention TO the fact
that he had sold the buildings only
not the stone foundations on which
they rested; he wanted that stone for
something else.
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Former secretary Wilson Very Ill.
TRAI1I1. Ia. Aug. 2O.-James Wilson.
former Secretary Of Agriculture, who
has been M az his home here for several
months, Is reported In critical condition.
He was SO years old Monday.
The evening world., 1920-08-20

GAINING STRENGTH DAILY
You can DO Il with Father Jchn'T lIH6l.
.inA--lnrs foaA Aania---ASs5N
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KNOWN ONLY BY HIS EccEN-
TRICITIES..

The toWnStolk OF Metnuen knew
Searles's eccentricities better than
they knew Searles. There had been
a time when they were surprised at
him and the things he did, bat as the
years went on and stranger things
happened, they came to lock UPON him
with an expectant interest, waiting to
see what he would plan next. He was
always planning. He had great stan
of masons and carpenters, employed
by the year, to carry out his plans.
hut he never seemed TO he quite sat-
isfied with what he and they had done.
One afternoon he gave an organ
recital in Serlo Hall, which adJoins
the organ factory he built at the rivers
edge. Only twelve persons were in
Vited to attend, and after some dis
tinguished player from Boston had
entertained the company, Searles
himself played. HIS instrument was
an antique organ, one of the earliest
typea OF organ ever brought to the
countrV, He was a superb musician,
the people say, and often whiled away
hours at one or another Of the three
great organs at Pine Lodge.
During the recital he sat gazing at
the white and gold ceiling OF the hall.
Turning TO a man next TO him, he
saide How long do you think 1t took
the worlmen to build that ceiling?"
In response TO the friends failure 20
guess, Searles went on: ''They said
| il would take three months when they
began, but II took them three years.
/ tore II all down thirty two times"
This was another of his peculiari-
ties: II ne disliked a thing he de-
stroyed It. A few years before his
death he went into one OF the many
rooms of Pine Lodge which had Just
been papered. He had selected the
wall covering, but did not like II, so
he walked about the room with his
cane. scratching and tearing down the
paper with the sharp ferrule. And ali
ne said was. II don't like It; do Il
| oVarw
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Continued on Thirteenth PaEsA
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25

PoIand- China hog. which brought sa5a
fifteen months ago. was lately sold 70 an
Iowa man for SIC, eco, the highest price
ever paid Tor 4 hog.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
ON UP GRADE NOW
Financial Condition of Tenth
District Steadily Improving.
Reserve Bank Report for May
Is Very Optimistic.
HIGH PRICE PEAK IS PASSED
Demand for Loans Continues To
Be Extra Heavy.
Trade for. May and First Half
of June Was Extra Good.

Kansas City. No. June 25.-Re-
ports on various lines Of business &C
tivities for the month Of May, reach
ing the Tenth district federal reserve
bank indicate a tendency to settle
down to a read iustmenr OF a firm and
dependable basis. according to the
May bulletin of the federal reserve
bank
1t Is recognized" the monthly re-
port says. in this important produc-
ing district that while a slight i'm
provemeut is noted, the transporta-
ton facilities are Iamentably made
quate for the marketing OF the pro-
ducts OF the farms, ranges. mines. oil
fields and factories, well as for
proper distribution Of merchandise
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
MARSHALL GOES TO FRISCO
Not Candidate. He Says. But in Role
Of Peace Maker.

San Francisco, June 25.--vice Pres
ident Thomas r Marshall is attend
ing the San Francisco convention not
as a candidate but as a peacemaker.
he declared today
7 am here" he said. AS delegate
at large from Indiana TO do all that
can be done TO reconcile the conflict
ing views of Democrats from the Al
lautic to the Pacific, TO get a safe and
sane platform. to put a good man on
iE-aud let him go TO It.
There must be com promises" he
stated very decidedly. All OF life is
4 com promise And I hope that Il We
are wrong We viii say II in such terms
that the American people will know
it.
Originally" he said I did not "a =
vcr the dry amendment. but Il IS now
part Of the constitution and so long
as il STAYS there 1t should be enforced
I am obeying laws every day that I
have no respect for"
The vice president refuses to con-
slider himself as a candidate
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And as a result there is an added
strain to the already greatly expanded
credits. a siackeuing OF Industrial eff
fort and a prolongstion Of inflated
prices on foods and commodities
conditions seriously affecting the
should have been adjusted months
ago.
Price Peak Passed
While it Is conceded that the peak
Of prices on practically all cOmmodi-
ties has been passed and that altho
declines are not being registered 50
pidly as the public desires, they VIII
more settled and as production of q
larger output OF necessary goods is
realized Evidences that the public
Is curling to some extent its waste
full exrravasances IN spending and
that speculation and ul-advised in
vestment is on the wane, also are OBJ
served
The Industrial situation. according
to the reports. is somewhat easier
than for several months The big
feature Of the situation at this time is
the effort being put forth TO obtain
sufficient help for harvesting the 1920
wheat crop which promises TO be the
third largest crop in history
Loan Demand Continues
The demand fox loans continues
strong. with rates advancing There
appears TO be. however 4 gradual
elimination Of loans for non-essentiaIs
and an effort toward liquidation Of Sc
called frozen loans.
1T is hoped that the banks Of this
district viii confine. so far as posi-
bic. their credit advances 20 the needs
OF the agricultural and livestock in
terests.
The mercantile trade thru the
month of May and the first half Of
June exhibited a tendency. which is
not unusual. to slow down for the
summer months, altho other factors
have been and still are contributing
to the unsettlement of trade condi-
tons.
Wholesalers. particularly of dry
goods. mems and women's wear and
millinery. report a tendency on the
part OF retailers co buy carefully. with
the result that their sales reported
for May were 10 per cent and in some
cases much more than that below the
sales IN April tho in wholesale dry
goods the May sales were up to so
per cent larger than in the same
month last year
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
MAKE DOODLE-BUG TEST
Famous Bigger in Sealed Guess on
Harrington, Peabody. EIbing Fields.


Horinguon, Peabody, EIbing Fields.
kansas City. No. June 25.-"Cou1e,
doodIe-bug. come
That's what you used to say back in
the days of real sport when you got
down sn your knees and blew into a
little round, funnel shaped hole in the
ground And IL the blowing and coax
ing were continued with due regular
ity. the doodle-bug usually came up to
see what you were after
Now the doodle-hug in the oil bust
ness Is something different, altho It
has to do with holes IN the ground and
efforts TO determine whether anything
IS in the holes that may be brought
with profit to the surface. The doc
dle-bug IS an instrument in tire form
Of Il compass. a metal rod or even q
stick that IS used by the unframed.
ungeologicaI engineer who seeks to
locate oil wells and determine their
value
Ordinarily, little credeuce is placed
in the methods Of the -doodIe-bug-
gers" in the oil business. But a group
of oil men was approached by one OF
these practitioners OF the ancient art
of diviuing in Kansas City a few
weeks ago.
The .'doodIe-bugger." c. c. DEM
man of Colorado Springs, offered to go
out into the oil fields for his expenses
and pass on certain number OF
prospective wells for the oil men.
The men decided to take a chance
and Clipped in $500 expense money
The 'doodIe-bugger" then sailed forth
to the Harrington, Peabody and Elbing
fields. in Kansas, and proceeded to ex-
ert his wizardry On twenty-five wells
now being drilled His findings" on
the wells were written on slips Of pa
per. placed in an envelope, sealed and
sent by registered mail ts the Kansas
City group
The local men wished to make a
special test of the "doodIe-bug'' meth
If there were anything in the method
and evidence of its value could be
established a revolution in the oil in
dustry would follow.
So they invited a number Of other
local oil men and business men from
Kansas City and Kansas towns to act
as a committee yesterday afternoon IN
seeing that the sealed package was
properly placed in a vault at the Com
merce Trust company. There the
package viii be kept until drilling
| operations in five Of the twenty-five
wells are completed Then the pack
age will be called for by the commit
| tee and opened to determine the value
or worthIessness of the "dOodle-bug'
methods.
The committee Of guardians and
witnesses is composed of: C A John
/ son. president of the Hartford Ma
Wiekizer president Of the Farmers
state bank, Quinter. Kan. and Fred
| A Gosset. James K Hynne, VI J.
| O'Hearn. Maj. Dick B. F-oster Joseph
/ E McGIynn and H. A Peteruan, all
/ OF Kansas City
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
STRIKERS ARE USING BOMBS


Waterbury. Conn., June 25--An at
tempt to kill several persons who
have been working during a strike IN
the brass mills here was made with 2
bomb early today No one was fn-
Jured- This was the third bomb ex-
pIosiou during the labor troubles
The missile was hurled thru q rear
cellar window Of 231. Railroad RAI
street. the home of AIbinO BibaS. his
wife and-1 3-mOnths-oId daughter. and
four fellow Portuguese as boarders
All five men have refused to stop
work in the Benedict and Buruham
branch OF the American Brass COM
pany. and while. according to Bibas.
they knew they had the i'll viii Of &C
QuaIntauces who are strikers they had
not been directly threatened.
The bomb tore out The side Of the
two and a half story wooden structure,
ripping up the floors and demolished
a corner Of the roof
All the men returned TO work TODAY
at the usual hour
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
FINISH THEIR TARGET PRACTICE
BattIeshIps of Atlantic Fleet Are Now
on Way 10 Home Ports.

Fort Monroe Va. June 25.-The
battleship squadron Of the Atlantic
fleet has completed It's big gun prac-
Lice off the Virginia capes ard its
various units are to-day speeding 70
their home ports.
The batrIeshipS Pennsylvania Ari-
IONA Oklahoma North Dakota prob
ably will reach New York late today.
TIE Delaware is proceeding TO Bos-
ton while the Utah and Florida are
going 70 Portland Ne TO attend the
hundre5th ann1vsrsarv Of the entrance
-of Maine into the union.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25

state Fire Marshal on Trail of Gang
Out Of Kansas City.
Twenty-Five l. " W reported 70
have left Kansas City the first of the
week for various points in the harvest
fields are being hunted for by depu-
ties in the state fire marshaFs office
Lew T Hussey. state fire marshal. an
uounced that he had sent instructions
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
40. U. ". ATTENTION

Members of Upchurch lodge No. IA
are requested to attend our regular
meeting FRIDAY evening June 18th
Music and dance
J. c GOODELL.
Master Workman.
H G. THOMPSON.
Adv Recorder.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1920-06-25
ASPIRIN
Name 'Bayer" on Genuine

"Bayer Tablets of Aspirin is genu-
inc Aspirin proved safe by millions
and prescribed by physicians for over
twenty years Accept only an IN
broken -Bayer package which con-
tains proper directions TO relieve
Headache. Toothache. Earache. Neu-
raIgia. rheumatism, Colds AMI Pain.
Handy tin boxes of Il tablets cost few
cents. Druggists also sell larger
t.Bayer packages" Aspirin is trade
mark Bayer Manufacture Monoacetic-
acidester of SaIicyIicacid-
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to his deputies to pick up these men
who It is claimed went to the harvest
fields to stir up trouble
The Washington herald., 1920-11-28

Henry Radford Allen. who has the
principal comedy role in "Heigh-
Ho," which is coming to the Shu-
The Washington herald., 1920-11-28

Verdi; Star OF the Orient (tone
picture). by zamecnik; Arabian
serenade." by Lansey: -Kismet," by
Hsnlere; Sous La Fume D'opium,'
from suite Japonaise." by Mouton;
"A Vision of salome." by Lamps;
Veil Dance" from Ballet Suite.
The Queen of shsba,- by Goidmark:
Ballet Music from Faust" Gounod: :
Fantasia Samson ct .Dalila," By
Saint-Saens: 'Otello" Selection. by
Verdi; "A Song Of India" from the
Legend Sadko." by Rimsky-Korsa-
kow; Procession Of the Sardar''
from Caucasian Sketches" By
Iwanow.
A door In the rear left corner OF
the tiny Comedy Theater in New
York. leading to the basement In
perhaps the most cursed single OBJ
ject In the entire house. And II de-
serves to be. because at each OPEN
ing IL begins dull squeak that con-
tinues until II is completely closed
again, this process requiring several
seconds and often causing audible
protests from the rear of the house.
Invariably when The Bad Man.
reaches q spot where absolute quiet
should reign. one hears the steady,
low, annoying mean Of this squeak
ing door. Which should be a lesson
and a warming to other theatrical
managers.
The Washington herald., 1920-11-28
HEARD AND SEEN IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE

Avery Hopwood. who has four
successful plays running simulta-
neously on Broadway, is out at the
Lasky studio in California studying
photoplay technique. Jesse l. Lasky
has him under contract to write
original photoplays during three
year period.
A few of the literary clan at the
Lasky studio at HOLLYWOOD were
talking things over. Elmer Harris
said something about a highbrow
he knew, and Mary O'Connor had
previously used the popular phrase,
He's q lowbrow."
Then up spake Avery Hopwood,
delivering himself of this mouth
filing definition:
The difference between highbrow
and lowbrow Is the same as, on the
one hand. Browning. Bacon. the in
herent sin, the fourth dimension
and Eurtpedes and, on the other.
Laura Jean Lbbey, ham sand
wiches, near-beer, / and her, red
nannels, toothpicks and hot dogs"
Leon Brusiloff, director Of the
Columbia symphony Orchestra, Is
onering an overture novelty at
Loew's Columbia this week, in con-
nection with showings of Behold
My Wife" which he believes will be
of extraordinary interest to the
musically inclined. In 1t Is Puer-
ner's Overture Militaire," and It
supersedes Merry Wives of Wind
sor," last weeks number. Mr.. Bru-
silof and Trumpeter Raymond Pc
ters received a number of congratu-
lations on their solo renditions of
Frimfs Sweet Dreams during per-
formances of the past week.
Three years ago Ted Reed, or
rather J. Theodore Reed, as he was
then known, was assigned by Uncle
Sam to accompany Douglas Fair
banks on his transcontinental tour
In the interests OF the Liberty Loan
campaign At the close of the drive
he abandoned a highly lucrative
position as an executive officer Of an
automobile accessory corporation in
Detroit to enter the Fairbanks or
ganization at the lowest rung Of the
ladder.
From compiling titles. assem-
The Washington herald., 1920-11-28
The Theater's Love School

it is anything pertaining to the
heart
"A little book was once published
called How Men Propose and 1t
ran through many editions. Every
body enjoys either watching or
making love. and In the theater ole
has q great chance to see others
do it. Folks instinctively copy what
they see on the stage and uncon-
sciously try to make love in real
life as 1t is done before the foot
lights.
"Just thing of the hundreds Of
shop girls who have gone to see
Irene and decided that, in their
own lives. IL the opportunity would
present itself, they would act Just
as the little girl on the stage IL a
wealthy stranger. who afterward
haunts their dreams, ever showed
up in real life"
The Washington herald., 1920-11-28

Yes, girls, It still is possible t,
The Washington herald., 1920-11-28

become q star even II you're in the
chorus now. Elaine Palmer. Of THE
Halt Moon" is a splendid example.
Four seasons ago she was one of the
chorus ponies in VERY Good Eddie
Now she Is one of the principals In
this Charles Dillingham; production.
Albert J. Lena, for the past ten
years an active figure in motion
picture affairs, has just been placed
In complete charge of w. K Zieg-
fields studio activities. He will
continue to act as general manager
for Emile Chautard. the director,
who Is now filming Mr.. Ziegfeld's
FIRST production at the Peerless Stu
dio. Fort Lee, N. ].
The acting of James K. Hackett
In Macbeth" in London, appears to
have made an unusually strong i'm
preston. He has been playing at
the Aldwych Theater since the FIRST
Of this month. The Chronicle critic,
in reviewing his performance, said
in part: He played with a dignity
and natural command with which no
English Performance in memory can
compare to complete advantage"
After several seasons in which
young women Of the stage have held
most of the starring" spots in
Broadway musical and light comedy
productions, It may be seen that the
current season is one in which men
are prevailing. Among them are
Raymond Hitchcock. in 'Hitchy-
Koo;" Joseph Cawthorn, in The
Half Noon" Frank Craven. in The
First Year." George NJ Cohan. in
The Meanest Man In the World
Holbrook Blinn, in The Bad Man,
Frank Bacon, in 'Lightnin';" Arnold
Daily, in The Travern;" Jack Haz-
zard, in ''The Night Boat" Frank
Tinney. in Tickle Me-" William
Norris, in kissing Time;" William
Kent, in 'Pitter Patter;" "Poodles'
Hanneford, in Good Times" Fred
Stone, in Tip Top" and others.
According to an announcement mt
made this week by Frank Lloyd,
Goldwyn. director and oficial of the
Motion Picture Directors Associa-
tion, II Is to start work shortly on
a palatial home in the heart of the
film city, on Highland avenue, near
the Hotel Hollywood, a rendezvous
for the film players and directors.
This Is to be the first building dedi-
Gated solely to the furtherance of
the eighth art.
Mr.. Lloyd. Reginald Barker, JOS
eph De Grasse, William D. Taylor,
Thomas Ricketts, and many other
notable directors are spending
much time to make this a note
The Washington herald., 1920-11-28

bert-Garrick next week. was q
prominent fgure on the musical
comedy stage OF England for many
years before the war. An soon as
the mobilization OF the British ar
mics begun he enlisted. and served
with such distinction that he is nov
the possessor of the Victoria Cross
That means. also. that he IN the
most modest OF heroes. and that
when he now and then misses a step
in one of his absurd dances Il is
because n piece OF shrapnel in his
leg has caused a slight lameness
which he always forgets the mo-
ment he hears his cue. Mr.. Allen
appeared as Bert I'm the original
London production of The Better
ole" q part he played for two
years. He was featured with
Blanche Bates and Holbrook Blinn
In Getting Together" his singing
Of Il Want to Go 'Ome on Clutches"
being one of the hits OF the piece.
Eddie Garvie. fat famous and al
ways funny; is still playing the
leading comedy role in Betty. Be
Good"