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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-08-20
"As Clear as Mud" Said Mr.. Gnu.

"As Clear as Mud" Said Mr.. Gnu.
upon a world which he thought didn't
amount to much.
II dc think it is NICE" said Mr..
Eland.
II congratulate you," said the Blue
Buck.
$50 do l." said the Roam Antelope
with the very big horns.
'You are all good to give your best
Wishes" said Mr.. Eland.
His great long horns were curved.
He was brown, with dark brown
around his knees and at the end of his
tail.
my home" he said, twas on the
plains of eastern central Africa.
There used to live before came to
the zoo."
"How could you have lived in the
eastern part If you lived in the Gen.
trail part?' asked the gnu.
"Quite simple" said Mr.. Eland.
1T doesn't sound simple to me-" said
the gnu, unless you stretched your
head in one direction toward the
east and your body in the center of the
country"
"No," said Mr.. Eland, II didn't have
to do all that. simply lived in a Sec
ton Of the country that was pretty
near the central part, but which was
somewhat nearer the east than the
west"
Sounds as clear as mud" said the
gnu.
Mud is never clear" said the Gland.
'Of course, it's not" said the gnu.
'That rs what meant about what you
said. It's not in the least clear"
So Mr.. Eland tried to explain once
more, but he was 50 much more inter-
ested in talking about the young Gland
that he wasn't very good on explana-
lions.
"Just think !" he said, '"lle will some
day have great long horns, like his
daddy, and they will be curved,
and he will be handsome, like I am"
"You don't like yourself, do you7"
asked the gnu.
EVERY parent" he said, ''likes to
think hts child looks like him, though
1t may not be a compliment to the
child. A parent doesn't mean it con-
ceitedly."
Triumph |" said the gnu. 1--WE heard
and 1 know that the Mrs. Antelopes
'ook after the young, and that the
:eeper often separates the Mr.. Ante
opes then. Isn't that true Of your"
my dearl" said Mr.. Eland.
"What are you calling me my dear
orT' asked the gnu.
II meant to say, My dear SIR" said
Hr. Eland.
"Oh, that is different; go on with
what you had to say"
"rm an antelope, Of course" said
Mr.. Eland, "but I am not talking
about bringing up the young. I am
talking Of how fine my child Is going
to be. His mother can look after him
better than can, to be sure.
'There is the Beatrix Antelope, who
has had four babies; one in the yard
opposite is her own baby. Their fam
lily has two long straight horns, and
they come from South Arabia"
II see," said the gnu, "you are chang
ing the subject so I will listen to you
and not ask questions?" '>
"Ah, yes" said Mr.. Eland, "let
me boast of my son, for it does my
Gland heart good to think of what he
will be. Mrs. Eland will see that he
comes through the baby days all right
and that he learns his manners and
Gland ways"
And all the animals said: "Congrat-
ulations Let's talk of what your son
viii be like" And Mr.. Eland was
very happy.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-08-20
RANDALL

Randall News, (13): Clayton McClay
and Melvin Hall left Tuesday for
North Dakota.
The Ladies' Aid will meet at the G..
L. Volga home Saturday. Aug. 21st, at
2 o'clock and on Sunday morning at
10 o'clock there will be preaching SER
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1920-08-20

Attend St. Cloud Business College,
Shall we help you secure board and
room! Write for new Journal. Vath
& Ahles.-Adv. 1926
The evening world., 1920-08-10
WOMAN ATTACKED
=, BY HER PET CAT
Policeman Kills Animal After Il
Bites and Scratches Mrs.
Anna Ference.

Mrs. Anna Ference, thorty-three. OF No.
5O4 East 10th Street. was attacked by her
cat when she entered her apartment last
night and was bitten and scratched on
the arm and legs. The occupants of
the house were startled by the woInan's
screams as she fed down the stairs pur-
sued by the animal.
A policeman killed the cat with his
night stick
The dead cat, together with two dogs
which last night bit boys, will be ex-
amined by the Board Of Health for
rabies.
A collie owned, according to the police
by Morris Schultz of No, 252 East 12Sth
Street, bit William Schilllnger. seven,
OF No PA East 12sth Street, on the face
while the boy was passing the corner
of 12Sth Street and Second Avenue.
John Reilly, sixteen, Of No. 2674 Eighth
Avenue, was bitten on the arm while
delivering some packages in the court
yard OF No. 7O6 Riverside Drive by a
dog owned by Max Stelnmiller Of that
address.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
OWNS A HOME, BUT
HE HAS NO HOME
MaSpeth Tenant Refuses to Nacate
House Because He Has No
Place to Go.

Henry Schaefer, a machinist, living
A. present at No. SOP Forrest Avenue,
the Bronx, owns a home at No. II
Flushing Avenue, Maspeth, but cannot
get into it because it is occupied by
Louis Miller. who refuses to get out.
Miller says he has no place to go.
Schaefer says he has no home save the
one with his son in the Bronx thai his
wife and daughter live at No. 261 Berry
street, Brooklyn. and that all his furni-
ture is in storage in Maspeth.
This is the tangle that Schaefer
brought to-day to Supreme Court JUS
tice Scudder, OF Brooklyn. for unravel-
ling. Schaefer said that ne bought the
NIaspeth house last May and has tried
in every way to get Miller out. Miller
refuses to bulge though an ejectment
suit was started against him.
Justice Scudder said he did not think
that Miller understood the legal aspects
of the case and set Aug, 19 for hear
ing to which Miller is to be summoned
The evening world., 1920-08-10
JAMES O'NEIL, NOTED
ACTOR, is DEAD
Count of Monte CriSto" Dies of
Cancer After an Illness of
Two Months.

NEW LONDON, Conn. Aug. TO-
James O'Neil, noted actor, who ap-
peared for fifteen years in the role OF
Edmond Dantes in Monte Cristo," died
at Lawrence hospital here at 4,15 this
morning. He had been i'll for two
months from cancer Of the stomach.
Mr.. ONen had been In a state OF
coma for a month He was left In u
weakened condition nearly two years
ago after he was struck by an auto
mobile In New York. When his health
began to fail last spring he was seht
to st. Vincents Hospital. New York,
After leaving that institution he sur
fered a relapse and was brought here.
Mr.. O'Neil, who was born in Ire
land in lS47. made his first stage APP
pearance in Cincinnati In 1887. In the
Passion Play IN San Francisco, staged
in 1877. he appeared in tho role OF
Christ. He appeared IN the role OF
Monte Cristo more than 1000 times
a sketch Of Mr.. o'NelPS career Will
be found on the Magazine Paae,)
The evening world., 1920-08-10

We tried football for awhile one
autumn, but the field was hard and
covered with bits of stick and broken
glass, and after some Of the boys had
had a few pounds OF meat scraped
off in being tackled we thought we
had better go back TO baseball.
Like all kids, however, we tried
everything There was n basketball
team, but I didn't go in much for
that, and there were some pretty
good boxers in the school. 1 used to
put on the gloves for exercise and got
a bloody nose now and then. But l was
not much of a success as a boxer-1
loved to clout a baseball. but / didn't
like to clout another boy. was a
big kid and could hit pretty hard,
and l suppose l could have become a
boxer If 1 had stuck to it.. Kid Nc
Coy thought l looked pretty good as
heavyweight last winter. He and
moving picture actor got an idea
when was out in Los Angeles that
L might be able to handle some OF the
big fellows in the ring and eventually
knock Jack Dempsey for a home run.
But this did not make much of a hit
with me. L had my batting eye, and
| didn't want to risk having 1t
mussed up by some ring battler with
wears OF pXnerienCc
The evening world., 1920-08-10
LEND CITY'S MONEY
TO HOME BUILDERS,
MAYOR ADVOCATES
Asks Counsel for Opinion as to
Legality of Scheme to Re-
lieve Housing Shortage.
CASH IN SINKING FUND,
Persons of Small Means
Would Be Favored-S6O,-
100000 May Be Available.

Provided It can be done under the
safeguard of legal provisions, Mayor
Hylan is in favor of having the city
invest money in bond and mortgage
among small property holders and
prospective home builders as a
means of reducing the housing short
age. He has asked Corporation
Counsel oBrlen for an opinion, and,
II 1t is favorable, will lay the matter
before the Sinking Fund Commission,
which is the custodian of city funds.
The suggestion for the use of Sink
ing Fund moneys for the erection OF
homes was made several days ago by
Alanson T. Briggs, of No. 80 Nassau
Street. In a letter TO the Mayor he
said this could be done provided an
ordinance passed many years ago
was amended. 1t was said the city
would be in position to lend as
high as S6OOOO,OOO.
Mayor Hylan says he is not in a po-
sition to say just how much the city
can lend, but he hopes the amount
will be sufficiently large 10 have an
appreciate effect on the present
housing shortage.
IF it can be done legally" said the
Mayor, Il see no reason why Sinking
Fund moneys should not be loaned on
bond and mortgage directly to those
who wish TO construct homes for
themselves or as dwellings for others.
'If Sinking Fund moneys can be
invested through big financiers at a
small rate of interest l see no reason
why the money shouldn't be invested
IN bond and mortgage to further the
construction Of homes that the peo-
pie are so much in need OF in this
city.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
HIDES WORTH
$4,000 STOLEN
-Four Arrested While Trying to
Dispose of the Booty, De-
tectiveS Saw.

Four men were arraigned in the
Tombs police court to-day charged with
the theft OF imported hides valued at
S25. 900 from the firm OF Perkins Camp
bell & Co. No. so Chambers Street
They gave their names as George Bis
chof. No. 1O7 West 11sth Street; Abra-
ham Gerst. No. 500 West 169th Street.
and two brothers. Harry and Joseph
Kalatsty. No. 62t Hendricks Street.
Brooklyn. They were arrested, accord
ing 20 detectives. while attempting to
sell the booty.
The hides were Imported months ago
by Perkins Campbell q Co. and stored
In local warehouse until last week
when they were loaded to be sent TO
Cincinnati. The day after they were
loaded on a freight car a man, said 10
have been one OF Tho four arrested,
went to the Arm and offered 10 sell Inn
ported hides OF the same description az
those jdst shipped. II II declared by
tho detectives that these were fho same
hides stolen from the company.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
CROWDS INSPECT
GERMAN WARSHIPS
Battered Prizes of War VIII Be
Open 10 Public Two Weeks Be-
fore Becoming Naval Targets.

rne dreadnouEht ostfrissland. cruiser
Frankfurt, and destroyers v-4s. s. %
and G-1o3. battered remnants OF ~
formerly powerful German navy. to-,as
are attracting the attention of the sas
York public. crowds foclting 10 see them
The destroyers are locked at West Tan
Street. and the dreadnought and cruIsQa
are at anchor in mldstream in the NortA
River. The ostfriesland alone crossed
the ocean unher her own steam. the
others being lowed.
The vessels win be open to public IN
spection for two weeks from I to
5 p. NJ. daily, after which the
ostfrlesland will leave for tour OF At
lantlc and Pacific ports. and the other
four vessels will go to Newport News, IN
tow. to be used IN target practice for
American guns.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
MORE
WOMEN WIN RENT
CASE EXTENSIONS
Bronx Landlords Plead for Dis
miSSal When They Find
Court Against Them.

Women with babies in their arms
and old people were again given pre-
cedence to-day by Justice Morris in
First District Municipal Court, Bronx.
when they appeared in rent increase
cases.
Eighty-hve cases in which women
were the defendants we're weeded out
of the 270 cases on the calendar before
the others were considered.
Court attendants, passing with diff
ficulty among>the more than 500 peo-
pie crowded into a room intended for
100, forced elbow room for women ltd
gants carrying infants and escorted
them TO the bench where swift dispo-
sition was made of their cases by an
extension of their tenancy.
, SO crowded was the courtroom that
many persons gained egress through
windows after Justice Morris had
passed on their cases.
Wholesale applications by land
lords for dismissal of their cases
were made when 1t was realized that
in nearly every instance Justice
Morris was granting tenants stays
of from nine months to a year.
The landlords were chary OF asking
adjournments, as Justice Morris in
such circumstances usually has set
the time of adjournment for a year.
Costs of S. were imposed upon many
landlords when their applications for
dismissal were granted
The Court declined to dismiss the
case of Daniel ]. Mendelson against
seven tenants at No. 1855 Longfellow
Avenue, granting, instead, an extern
sion of tenancy for a year at the old
rental.
To landlords in general Justice
Norris said:
This Court will not look with
favor upon the harassing Of tenants
bringing them here once month and
causing them to lose a days pay
while they are being 'black-jacked
into paying more rent"
The evening world., 1920-08-10
MAXWELL MOTOR
CO. REORGANIzED;;
MERGER PLAN Off
Concern Reported to Have
Received 100000 Fin
ancial Backing.

Financial advances 10 the Maxwell
Motor Company. said unofficlallv =
amount to 100000 are 70 be the
outcome Of negotiations that have
been in progress in New York and
Detroit for three weeks, between rep
resentatives OF the Chase Nationol
Bank. the Central Union Trust Com
pany, stockholders Of the Maxwell
and Chalmers Motor Companies and
others Interested. it was announced
to-day. ef
A reorganization Of the MAXWELL
Company's management by the az
polntment Of committee which IN
cludes the following personnel also
was announced:
Walter p. Chryslar. general mana
ger Of the various motor enterprises
of John N. WHY'S. chairman; J. r.
lIarbeck. George w. Dawson. Presi-
dent OF the Central Union Trust Com
pany: r. r. Tinker, Of the Chase Ma
tionah Bank; Ralph Van Vechten. Of
the Continental and Commercial Bank
Of Chicago; Leo Butzel. OF the First
Old Detroit National Banks James G.
Brady, b. +. Everett. Of Detroit. and
Hugh Chalmers, President OF the
Chalmers Motor Company
Announcement also was made that
because OF unusual financial condl-
tions the time for declaring operative
the plan for merging the Maxwell
and Chalmers companies had been ex-
tended indefinitely.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
MEAT CRoESUSES CONVENE.
Master Butchers of America Begir
Three-Dny DelIberntiOn.

The three-day convention OF the
United Master Butchers OF America
opened to-day in the Hotel Pennsyl-
vania with nearly all OF the delegates
and hundreds OF members present. This
is the thirty-fifth national convention
Of the association, which Is made up OF
retail meat purveyors. 1t has $4,000
members, $500 OF whom are in the met
ropolitan district.
The proceedings were opened b.
George II. Shaffer OF this city, Chair
man OF the Convention Committee. He
sald that ono of the questions to be
taken up by the convention was the
education o fthe housewife in the use
Of the cheaper cuts of meat. Tie said
ne advocated a campaign which would
aid the housekeeper TO choose cuts
which would satisfy and not make such
an inroad upon the pocketbook.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
BROADWAY LOFT
is SOLD FOR CASH
Rogers, Peet & Co. Buy 81, 100000
Property From Waldorf
AStor Estate.

Horace s. Ely g. Co. sold for cash
to Rogers, Peet Company the eight
story office building. wi-h store and
lofts, at S42 to SAG Broadway and 40 to
$50 Fourth Avenue, occupying about
haf of the Bloc, between 18Th and
nth Streets. II has value OF about
81, 500, 900. The property has IA 'front.'
age in Broadway Of 63 fee. and on
Fourth Avenue OF 1876 feet and the
total floor area. OF the building Is nearly
200, 900 square feet. The sellers were
the trustees Of the Waldorf Astor
estate.
The building was put up about ten
or Twelve years ago on the site OF the
famous Wallack's Theatre. afterward
called the Star Theatre
The evening world., 1920-08-10
WOMEN IN RIFLE TOURNEY.
WIN Participate In shooting Con-
tests at Sea GRIT.

SEA GRIT. n. j.. Aug 1O,-The an
nual Sea Grit rife shooting tournament.
which viii again combine the various
matches Of the New Jersey state Rife
Association. the New York state Rifle
Association and the Association OF AM
erican International Rihemen, will be
Aug. 30 to Sept. 7.
The schedule, as arranged at the pres
ent time. provides for the shooting OF
the team matches during the opening
days OF the tournament while the indl-
vidunl events viii come later II is
expected that many women will parti-
cipate. as they did last year.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
CHAMPION SHARPSHooTERS.
First n. j. Cavalry of Newark
Establishes n Record.

SEA GRIT. N. j.. Aug. 1O,-officers
and men OF the Machine Gun Troop,
First New Jersey Cavalry of Newark.
have established a record for marks
manship SURPRISING all known per-
formances in the National Guard of
the United States. In the QualificA-
tlon shooting during the past week
the troops record was ~ experts. 10
sharpshooters and 10 marksmen. with
only II men not qualifying.
Capt Horton w. Huttenlech, troop
commander, a crack shot, VIII shoot
for the New Jersey State team at
Camp Parry, o., this month.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
CHILDREN SUFFER
THROUGH LACK OF
HOMES IN JERSEY
Families Which Cared for Wards
of the State Oppressed by
Exorbitant Rents.
TRENTON. N. j.. Aug. 10.

TRENTON. N. j., Aug. 10,
THE breaking up Of many
homes, due to demands for
high rent, has resulted in the
return of the state Board OF Chill
dren's Guardians of many children
heretofore boarded with private
families, Miss Frances Day, SUI
perintendent declared in a re-
port rendered by the Board to-day
TO Commissioner Burdette O.
Lewis Of the State Department OF
Institutions and Agencies.
Families which have been as
sisting for years in caring for tho
States wards. the report asserts,
have lost their homes and are
unable to ind adequate quarters
for their own children. The BOARD
Is in a quandnry AZ 90 where 1t
viii ind hOmes for the children.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
BUNGALOW TENANTS KICK.
New Leases Would Compel Them Go
Move HOmeH-But Whitherf

About 1900 families owning bunga-
lows on leased land OF the RockawAy
Point Company at the eastern end Of
Rocknway Beach are aroused by the
compauy's latest ultimatam. Its
terms. they complain. provide not
only for n greatly increased rental at
the end OF the present leases. which
expire this season. but also for "A sur
render Of the bungAlows themselves
at the expiration OF new leases which
are to run six years.
Many OF the bungalows are owned
by city firemen and policemen who
have invested all their savings They
say they are now required either to
move their bungalows away--and
they don't know where TO move them
or else TO Sign the new leases.
The announcement OF the rigorous
terms IL alleged TO have been made
by william NJ, Greco, one OF the COM
pany officials.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
TALLEST POLICEMAN HURT.
wriEEIinE Fire Hose at Coney
Island BIase knocks Him Down.

Patrolmsn Henry Schmidt Of the
Coney Island police. who Is the tallost
policeman on the force. higher than Me
high cost OF luxury. standing sIx feet
ten and one half inches, and Weighing
900 pounds. was injured early to-day at
a Are on the ride known as the whip
at Bowery and Jones Walk. cohey
Island.
He suffered decorations and bruises
and his uniform was torn from him
when a hose got away from the firenen
and knocked him down. Schmidt hal
turned in an alarm.
The blaze did 5000 damage.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
ATTIRE, LEAPS INTO BATHTUB.
Woman Probably saves Her Life
When She Finds Home AbIaae,

Her clothing ablazs from contact
with flames in her apartment at No
$50 East 121st Street, which she found
when returning from marketing to-day,
Mrs Sarah Cohen, slXty-seven, probably
saved her life by leaplng into a bath
tub full OF water, Her hands and
wrists we're severely burned,
The fire, which caused about o., 600
damage, is believed to have started
from cigarette being thrown from
an upper window and landing on pill
lows placed by Mrs. Cohen on a WIN
doE sill la ain
The evening world., 1920-08-10
KAHN ONE OF MUMM
STOCK PURCHASERS
Banker a Member of Society Which
Bought Entire Supply for
8S.OOOOOO Francs.

PARIS. Aug. lotto II. Kahn. New
York banker, is one of the Society OPP
tory. which for S5.OOO.OOO francs has
bought the Mumm champagne proper
ties.
The society. under rs charter. will
also engage in Commercial. industrial
and financial operations in all coun-
tries. especially in European and AslatiC
Russia. as well as the States border
ing thereon"
The evening world., 1920-08-10
PLAYED ALL POSITIONS ON HIS
BOYHOOD TEAMS.

But let's get back to baseball
Brother Matthias had the right idea
about training a baseball club. He
made every boy on the team play
every position in the game, including
the bench. A kid might pitch a game
one day and find himself behind the
bat the next, or perhaps out in the
sun field. You see. Brother Mat
thiass idea was to fit boy to jump
in any emergency and make good.
So whatever l may have done at the
bat or on the mound or in the out
The evening world., 1920-08-10
Negro Editor Apologies In Court

Marcus Carney editor OF the Negro
World, was called for trial in General
Sessions to-day on a charge OF Grimm
ally llbelling Assistant District Attorney
Kilroe. Garvey's lawyer read an apol-
ogy and a retractlon and said the docu-
ment would be published in the Negro
World saturday. With this understand
ing It was promised that the case will
be dropped next week. Garvey accused
Kilroe OF trying to frame him up" for
the benefit OF business rivals.
The evening world., 1920-08-10

field or even on the bases l owe d.
rectly to Brother Matthias.
With SO many teams n the school,
the ambition OF every boy was to
graduate into the next higher team
and eventually to make the first team
which had uniforms-and everything
l think l must have had an apti-
tude for baseball, because when |
was in the swaddllng league they
could never keep O rattle in the era
die with me, At st. Mary's 1 guess
l gave more thought to the game
when off the field than the other
boys. used to practise batting with
a couple of the kids pitching to me-
The balls they pitched were not very
fast, but l was learning to keep my
eye on theNball. I'm going to have a
lot to sayVsIbout that later. II the
baseball fans think that my home
runs come easy now, they should
have seen the games at st. Marys
in the early smuggling days when ]
often made three homers In an after
noon. We played baseball practically
all the year around, even in winter
II the weather was good. 1t wasn't
anything unusual 10 play even three
games in one day. My specially wac
catching. but under Brother Mat
thias's rule might pitch the second
game of n double-header. And If a
third game was played / might find
myself at first. But l think 1 liked
batting best of all Why there were
seasons at St. Mary's when [ made
sixty or seventy home runs. But
wasn't the only kid who punched
them out. Some of the other fellows
were right on my heels For team
hitting we made our present Muder-
er's Row of the Yankees look like the
Hitless Wonders.
The evening world., 1920-08-10
BABE RUTH TELLS HOW HE GOT FIRST REAL BASEBl
HOME RUN BAT
OF MIGHTY BABE
ON SHOW HERE
Also a Baseball and They VIII
Go to the LickieSt Booster
of the Police Games.

CsnABE' RUTHs favorite
X bat, which he has used
this season in making
his home run record, and a base
ball bearing the signature OF the
Bamblno arrived in New York
to-day by parcel post from De-
trolt and are on exhibition in
show window OF Weber g. Heil-
broner's store at 44th Street and
Broadway.
The bat and ball will be pre-
scented to the person who pur-
chases the biggest bunch Of
tickets for the Police Field Day
Games at Gravesend Race Track
on Aug. II and Aug. 2s. Exhibited
with the bat and ball Is a signed
statement attesting that the bat
has been used by the home run
king,
The evening world., 1920-08-10
"There Goes Our Team, -
Boy Said of Babe Ruth
Batting Wonder Tells of Being Signed by Jack
Dunn-Made Seventy Homers a
Year on Boys Nine.
Blu "Babe' Ruth.
By "BGbe'' Ruth.
CHAPTER ii.

CERTAINLY
to ST. Marys
our hcol was1 centAm
The evening world., 1920-08-10
THE BABE" LEARNED EASILY
AND MADE big TEAM"

There were several OF us who got
pretty wise in baseball and we grad