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New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
BOY SETS FIRE
TO GIRLS DRESS
Four Year-0Id on 0eathbed, Ac-
cuses Her Five-Year-0Id
Playmate.
WAS REFUSED CANDY
Boy First Applied Match to Girls Fin
ger and When She Persisted In
Her Refusal He Set Fire to
Clothes.

Chicago.-Can a five-year-old baby
commit a crime? In her deathbed
statement Dorothy Noble, four years
old, declared she was burned when
another baby, Robert Scanlon, touched
a lighted match to her dress. Dorothy
died later in st. AIMS hospital.
Her sobbing mother told the story
at the inquest. my baby told me
she was sitting on the back porch"
she said, when Bobby, a playmate,
came out and asked for some candy.
Dorothy had two pieces. She refused
to give him any.
pulling out a box of matches he
had taken from his mothers apart
ment, he said, Then I'll burn you
"And he lighted the match and
touched it TO Dorothy's fingers. she
told me.
Sets Fire to Child's Dress.
Bobby, you mustn't do that-it
hurts she told him.
"He asked her once more for the
candy and still she refused.
"Then he said he would burn her
up and, lighting a match, set fire TO
her dress, according to the story"
Neighbors ran to the child's assist
ance, but she was badly burned be-
fore the flames could be smothered.
The parents of both children live Mt
1913 North Lawndale avenue. Mrs.
Noble is employed nights at the plant
Of the Regan Printing company, and
her husband is chauffeur for w. +.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

purpose. As the spring ring has con
siderable supporting power. as well
as resiiiency, the pneumatic pressure
In the tube can be quite low.
The different parts are screwed and
clamped In such a way that air ut low
pressure Will not escape. Ii will be
een that the upper portions Of the
split tube are squeezed between two
metal parts. thereby forming an air.
tight Ju%ncture. Attachment OF the
complete tire to the wheel is made by
any Of the usual clincher methods.
there being nothing particularly new
in that part of the construction.-Pop-
ular Science Monthly.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

Moran. She leaves for work Mt five
o'clock in the afternoon and the hus
band returns Mt $50. so there is half
an hour in which there is no n at
home to care for the children.
Boys Father Near Collapse.
The coroner expected the usual ac-
cidental death verdict. but after the
mothers story the case was turned
over to the Juvenile authorities for In
vestigation.
Bobby's father, Samuel Scanlon, was
near collapse when he talked to report
ers.
He said he was certain Bobby didn't
know what he was doing.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

~F S~

Shanghai, China. has a public motor
truck service of twenty-five cars.
Uruguay has a motor car for every
14S Inhabitants.
A m~agnetlzed screwdriver Is a great
convenience for the man who works
about his car.
American Indians of today are work
ing In garages, driving automobiles or
trucks and operating farm tractors.
In Concord, y. H., a church run n
garage for the convenience of the mo-
toring members Of the congregation.
When you park on a hill. clinch the
wheels into the curb. 80 that IL the
brakes do release the car viii stand.
anyway.
The average car owner may not
know that a layer OF cinders six inches
thick. makes a very satisfactory floor
for the home garage.
Never mount a new tire as a spare.
To do this is to invite the attention
Of the tire thief. whereas If an old
tire Is used as the spare the dishonest
one probably would turn up his nose
at II.
Almost every farmer in the cotton
belt section Of Georgia owns one n
more automobiles.
No less than $1,000 tractors will be
used this year In the great agricul-
tural districts of Canada.
The New York city police depart
ment uses a BertiIlon system in identi-
flying the many makes Of automobiles.
Europeans claim that in America
The Incentive behind the sales Of 60
Der cent Of the automobiles is woman"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
Jack Brown, on Coyote" Casper.
Wyo, American Legion Stampede.

TO master In an exhibition rivallng the
famous Cheyenne frontier days.
Old timers In the cattle country,
who we're inclined TO scof Mt the pre-
tentioumess of the projected stam-
pede, remained to cheer themselves
hoarse when the opening day came.
and the L~egionnaires with rowels and
quirts proved themselves the masters
of the "bad-actlng" bronchos and sub
dued rambunctious steers In bulldog
ging contests.
The stampede was a success inan-
cially. and will become an annuhi
event with the Legionnalres OF Casper
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
I.oionnsires Aid to Cupid.

The American Legion proved an aid
to Cupid recently when Wiley H. Hay
ward Of Theodore Peterson Post OF
Minneapolis arrived in Waukon- Iowa
with his fiancee and endeavored 10
obtain a marriage license. The clerk
of court demanded Identification OF
both persons before he would issue the
license and Hayward promptly went to
the headquarters Of the Ralph u.
Waters post, the local unit Of NE
Legion. On producing his membership
card two Legionnaires not o. volun-
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
cIuNc TO COATS OF ARMS.

George Washington used. on his sea-
and bookplate, the English arms that
had been In his family for generations
Even the Quakers among the early set
tlers. although they advocated simple
austere living. and abandoned plumes
FOR their hats and lace for coat
sleeves. would have considered 1t a re
nunc,stion of an inherited right. like
r~elInquishing their family names. 70
give up the coats Of arms granted 10
their ancestors
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
You CAN'T PUNCTURE
THIS STYLE OF TIRE
Metal Sections About Sides A.
ford Protection.
Spring Ring in Inner Section Has Con-
adorable Supporting Power as
Well as Resilieney-Attach-
ment Not Difficult.

In the collective detail view Of this
tire, the parts fit together in the or
der shown and form a complete arm
Ored tire having no inner tube. Met
al sections or scales extend about the
sides of the rubber tube and afford
protection against puncture.
The extreme outer section, or part
next to the ground, is Il solid rubber
band or outer tire. The inner section
Is a spring ring placed within the
tubing. the tubing being split for the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
IN CASE OF HARD STARTING
o~verr;chness Of Mixture 10 Freqventiy
Cause Of rroubie-let Gasoline
Evaporate.

A not i~nfrequent cause of hard start
ing is oyerrichness of the mixture.
When this is suspected the driver had
hest stop trying to start for a few
minutes. when the excess gasoline Will
have e~vaporated and very probably the
engine will start OF at the first pres
sure Of the button or turn Of the
frank
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
POOR WHITES" OF PORTO RICO.

Nor was servitude confined to Afri-
cans. Spain long used Porto Rico as
a penal colony. and when public works
no longer required them, the c~onvicts
were turned loose TO shift for them
selves. Most of them took to the noun
tains. where the poor white" popula-
tlon is merou to this day. Yet the
later generations are no more Grim
inal than the Australians; II there Is
much petty thieving. 1t Is natural In
a hungry. overcrowded community.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
eIooded Bull Kills Another.

Tllamook. Ore.-Two blooded and
pedigreed bulls, me st. Mawes III, a
Jersey, and the other an equally aris-
tocratic Guernsey, fought a battle on
the ranch of George Williams near
here. st. Mawes III died of wounds In
fiicted by the Guernsey. The Jer-
sey had been the aggressor.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
IN BRONCHO-BUSTING GAME
dictionaries Prove to Be Pastmas-
tiers Of the Art at Casper (Wyo.)
Stampede.

The Wild West of broncho-busting.
steer-roplng and reckless riding, burst
into new life at the American Legion
stampede held Mt Casper. Wyoa when
untamed horses and longhorns were
brought into town for the Legionnaires
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
Bonds for New Home.

Twenty-dollar bonds, bearing six
per rent interest and redeemable With
in five years, were sold In order to
raise funds for a building for Stanley
Dengler post Of the American Legion,
Cressong. Pa. The post now has a
large stone house for Its home and
has los out of Ill possible members
enrolled in the Legion.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
New LEGION Home Opened.

With elaborate ceremonies the new
home of James oBrien post Of the
American Legion was opened In
shelby, O. The clubhouse. which was
presented TO the Legionnaires by the
town, cost $1,000. Full use OF the
club without cost has been voted to
the G. A. X. by TIE post
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

With seventyIfve thousand former service mel in line and headed by a
aying column of automobiles bearing hundreds Of wounded soldiers the recent
bonus parade In New York city presented a Impressive spectacle a platoon
after platoon If uniformed marchers swept down Fifth avenue amid a tumult
of cheers Thousands of members Of the American Legion were in the ank
and posts sent delegations from Connecticut and New Jersey to participate in
the formation.
Many striking groups appeared in the parade, n OF them being a band
of Mohawk Indians in tribal feathers and wnmpun, all Of them Nanks who
had fought overseas
Another feature vas a huge gun mounted m a decorated truck which by
service mel.
Ninety bnnds along the line Of march played such airs of a days $
"Oyer There and "Nadelon" IS the former doughboys and gobs stepped out
behind them.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
Women Furnish Luncheon.

Luncheon, served In real country
style, was furnished by the Women's
auxiliary Of Charles A. Cusick post VI
the American Legion, West New YORK,
n. J., when the post went on an auto
mobile excursion TO Greenwood Lake.
Following the luncheon a baseball
gnme WIS played.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
In Towing.

Whenever II is necessary for the
motortruck to tow another vehicle or
itself be towed the driver should be
careful to hitch the rope TO some part
of the frame and not to the axle. which
nav be bent or broken.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

Clarksburg, w. ya.-For one hour
Mrs. Kate White. age n~lnety-one, Of
Lost Creek, near here. could not
talk, though her mouth was open.
When she yawned her jaw locked, and
II was necessary for a physician to set
the dlslocated joints.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

By Ioosening the front and rear pair
of bolts holding the body to the frame
rattles and squeaks I'm doors and body
viii be practically eliminated by clip
ping a section Of brake lining around
each of the loosened bolts.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

teered TO go with him to the clerk Of
court and identify him and his fiancee,
but later acted az Witnesses to the
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26
Hairhreadth Eecape.

Greensbure, 1nd--A large black
snake had a close shave In a local
barber shop. 1t was identified. just
in time to save its life. as having es-
caped from n show.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

The New York city police depart
ment uses a BertiIlon system in identi-
flying the many makes Of automobiles.
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

Europeans claim that in America
The Incentive behind the sales Of 60
per cent Of the automobiles Is woman"
New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-11-26

No less than $1,000 tractors will be
used this year in the great agricul-
tural districts of Canada.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

&c. Company at Fort Hamilton, whose
eft leg wa= struck b. a She'll fras-
rent, and Mrs. Mary Crossman. o.
9sSl Ridge Boulevard. VINO was taken
% Bay Ridge Sanatorium The TWO
members of the crew OF the Massakan
wno are thought 10 have been aboard
when tne fire started are missing, but
are believed TO he safe, as it was sew
sral minutes after the discovery o. the
blaze before the shells began to
explode.
Mrs Grossman was found uncon-
sclous in the street by motorists. They
took her 20 the sanatorium. where it
was found that her right shoulder vas
broken and that sne N GIT have a
fracture OF the skull.
Pier Virtually DESTROYED
The pier was virtually DESTROYED b.
the ire The lighter and its remaining.
cargo can be saved, Colonel Alfred 4
Hunter, commandant at Fort Hamil-
ton, believes. l. was he VINO made the
estimate Of $4,000 damage to govern
ment property The six-inch shells are
worth $500 each and the ten-inch Shells
$500 each.
When veering from the stranded
Lighter 20 aid the soldiers at the pier
the freboat Gaynor ran aground and
was caught by the falling tide. As
soon as the flames on the pier began to
die down the other frebostS went to
ne assistance Of the police boat, which
mad got line aboard TIE Gavnor A.
once IN an endeavor 20 haul 1T from its
perllOus prcdicament
Deputy Chief Martin was in COM
mand OF the fremen and Fire Commits
sloner Thomas brennan was on the
scene he police were in charg. Of
Borough Inspector Thomas J. Murphy
and Captain Thomas Mcclure. They
established their lines a about a quarter
Of 8 mile from the blazing MIR
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Public Loses Millions in
Wildcat Picture Firms
Small Wage Farmers Defrauded
by Stock Salesmen's Promises
to Make Stars of Them

Promoters of wildcat motion picture
concerns have mulcted tho American
public Of millions Of dollars during the
last year. according to report made
after careful Investigation bv -ho
vigilance committee of tho National
Association Of the Motion Picture In
dustry. During the four months Of its
Investigation the committee probed
the affairs of more than seventy com
panies, the report says, and Of that
number found only Two or three Of the
alleged producing concerns that had
actual assets at the time their stocks
were sold to the public.
Mattresses, bootplacks and small
wage carners in virtually all callings
have been the easiest victims of the
wildcat promoters, the report SAYS
The method Of the stock statesmen in
approaching these people has almost
invariably been to promise them con-
tracts al high salaries as motion pic
rure stars.
One case cited in the report involves
a picture company said to be now en-
gagged in the production Of photo play
near New y orN City. During the period
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

them the entire credit for breaking the
Hindenbure line. notice now that an
effort IS being made n locate one c1
the four American cemeteries IN France
a. Bony, 70 be known as Flanders Field.
The location Of such = cemetery should
by all means be at Belllcourt.'
Commenting on the point al issue. an
officer Of General Pershlng's staff said:
1T takes cooperation and organiza-
tion to win an offensive, just a it does
to win football game. and such cor
troverses as this are childish Both ot
the divisions in question did valiant
service. but neither one Of them. nor
any other single division, could have
accomplished much alone
"Tnere is no reason for one part Of
the American army to be jealous o.
critical Of another. and such actions by
men in authority have an unfortunate
influence on the Younger men Wnc
served under them"
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

OF irz preparation for production, the
committee found, hotel porters. wait
resses, chamber maids and other wage
sarners presented thems elves for the
employment promised them by the
salesmen who had sold them stock in
blocks proportionats TO their earning
capacity. None Of them was suited TO
the work and they were shown an OBJ
scure clause in their contracts OF pur-
chase which stated that their engage
ments as stars were contingent upon
approval by the managing director.
This approval was not gwen IN any
case. although some of the victims had
travelled long distances 10 avail the m
selves Of the opportunity promised
them by the salesmen.
The report asserts shat the tot4!
capitalization % the wildcat pro jects
in the motion picture field is more than
S25o.o00.0oo annually. Much OF ,h.S
worthless stock. .he committee found
has been marketed through tne mails.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
City Shelled
in Pier Fire:
Many Injured
Burning Lighter Runs Aground
(centinu.o from 3as- sne

pared to snunt it away from this new
source Of danger if necessary.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Baker to Ignore Protest
From Thirtieth Division
Quarrel Over 27th's Claim That
1t Smashed Hindenburg
Line Called Childish
20. e Trlhur-,, Wash.roto. Rur,cu

P-o-- n. T-tbure', Washington Bur>cu
WASHINGTON. Dec War Depart
nsnt officials indicated to-day that no
acsior you'd be taken on the protest Of
the 2O.h Division against what is
termed an eeor. on the part Of New
YORK State residents TO gain for the
x'a Division, New York's famous Ma
noral Guard division, tne credit for
rr.ssing me Hindenhurg line.
BON q ,ns divisions were operating
~.:n tae British during N. latter part
Q. ire 1sr ard the records show that
ne !ine 7as pierced in different places
o. re tUo American commands.
senator n7raons, n Nortn Carolina.
"a forwarded % Secretary cf War
sass- e,ter w~itten 20 him hy
lolo,el Aioert l. Cox. president Of the
'.7 c<ory' Association, organized
" ren no rerYed in the 30th DiYi-
''r. vs'cl says IN part;
Irs-. nas been continuous Effort
~ t.s cart of no people ~ New York
e'sts u 2si, - thrro,alves and 70 the
nlti.rs Tco n Franc. represented
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

Burning Lighter Runs Aground
When about half the distance to For.
Lafayette had been co:e.el. however.
the Massakan. loV in ~ wa.e- hon
the tons OF water winch pipe lines aad
oeen playing upon i. ran agro1ud on
a mud fiat The army sni nav boats
stuck TO ii, while the cirys ireboats
put back to the pier, where the lianes
were entirely beyond tn control of the
army f~men. By tins tine smells no
longer were exploding.
v nile they were fvinC through the
air the peril was at its height Some
of them struck in Fort Lafavette.
where marine was nit by a fragment
and some on the Brooklyn shore Torn
roofs and walls in houses. great fur
rows in the Shore Road ard a half
dem oilsned automobile bear witness to
the fatefulncss of the haphazard FIRE.
The automobile is tnst Of Jacob
Schmitt. head Of the Plaza Motor Cor
poratlon of Brook vn. II is a sedan
and Its owner, with mis- wife, MS son
William and the latters wife and two
year-old daughter. Elsa, and Charlie
Ward, Of 1870 Essex Avenue, Dayton
Ohio. were seated in IT,
They had selected spot on the Shore
Road at least 500 wards from The pier
from which 70 watch the spectacular
blaze. Suddenly the air about them
Vihrated TO the SHREK of 6-inch shell
and there was crash and tinklinc
spatter Of flying glass The missile
rad torn aWaT the roof of the car and
mlsslng its occupants by about TWO
feet, mad plunged into the hard sur
lace OF the Shore Road about fly feet
behind the car.
All Of those IN the automobile were
cut by the broken glass and splinters
and were suffering from shock. Sur
seons We're on hand 10 treat them with
IN minute or two, five hospitals hav-
I'M, sent ambulanc-s TO the scene and
others having been dispatched by the
Red Cross and the medical corps Of the
army and navy
Ricocheting from the road, the pro.
jectile took upward slant and ven
through the second story Of Gustave
Cations home, 943S Fort Hamilton
further from the pier than Schmitt's s
automobile
The house was drilled from wall tc
wall. partitions and furniture beine
wrecked and a rug Sc. afre. Mr. Cal
ton. his wife and children. who were
packing un few belongings. propara-
tory TO flight. We're knocked fla, by tn
m pact. Surgeons wio attended the r
found none of them injured although
all were suffering from shock
The other casualties Included Cd rd
Soren SON. the marine a. Fort Lafayette
who was struck in the right leg bv a
shell fragments Joseph Martin. Of the
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
$500. 400 Spent in Charity

The Charity Organization Society
received $500 .45o.e7 ana disbursed
$500, 1921 in the last twelve months
according 10 report made a. its
tnirtyel ghth annual meeting. Robert
W. de Forest was elected president;
otto I. Barnard. vice esident: Har-
old T. Mhite. treasurer. and Lawson
furdy. secretary and general director
On family relief slS7 .42025 WAS ex-
pended. against slal.346.7l the pre-
ViouS wear. The budget for next wear
.or family relief MAS reported a.
$4,000. THIS coming year the So
c.ety must raise sJl 500. the report
says- Ks income rom endoNmcutS j.
bout $4,000. Its general work iu-
clIdrd such departments rs a burean
ot ADVICE and information. = tenemeu:
house committee and i school OF soc a
work
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
EpiscopaIians End Canvass

personal call has been made upon
every Episcopalian in the United State.
it MAS announced yesterday. and as
result the revenue Of the Church hs7
been greatly increased.
This visitation. which was complete
Yesterday. wiN be followed TINS weeA
by missions. Next Sunday viii he oh
served conSecration Sunday. whon
mem berS o. the churches VII be asked
70 Sisn cards pledging service.
Bishop Burch and committee a.
pointed by him have invited Rishoa
Guerry. o. South Carolina. and D.
Freeman. OF Minneapolis, 10 conduct r,
mission preaching. They WI preac
daily ri and : p m. Bishop Guerr''
AZ Synod Hall and DR.. Freeman ~ Ca
vary Churcn The mis~ioners VII ho.t
MONDAY services A. Trinity Church on
cane Sdsy. Thursday and Friday.
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

HOr can dp0rtme eNt house oarners
pay for coal for this winter, quhen
ma11y millions Of their rents wW re-
m0in IN the hands Of the Municipal
Courts for sererol m0nths2
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06
Man Showers Kisses on Strange
Girl and Is Sent to Bellevue

Orla Nielsen. who said he was the Of
fetal bird feeder at the Bronx Zoo,
tnrew his arms around Miss JacQuelin
Pavnter, Of 2919 Mont Street. Philade,-
phia, at the Pennsylvania Station last
night and enthusiastically kissed her.
He was dragged away By Elwood Al
bright, Of PHILADELPHIA, the young
woman's escort, and turned over to
New-York tribune., 1920-12-06

Patrolman George Drexel Of the West
1hirtv-seventh Street station. He was
sent to Bellevue for ohservatior.
At Bellevue Nielsen insisted that he
lived and worked st the zoo. but this
statement was denied by geological
Park attendants
The American Jewish world. [volume] (Minneapolis ;) 1915-current, 1920-07-16
THE AMERICAN JEWISH WORLD

ten years form the conclusion.
Then man, weak and silly becomes
the sport. of children.