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New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
Bv r. F. Van dc Water


rNHE Haymarket Is q fading
memory. The Bowery, that
gaudy, roaring thoroughfare
Of thirty. forty and fifty
...r ago, has crept into senility and
:, dives and dance halls Of yester-
s.v are now pawnshops, second hand
s .,othing stores and Yiddish theaters.
r.v to-day can bound with accuracy
.,.t district over which the "Red
r,cbtn once cast It's lurid glare.
And row behold the police lay
;.onoclastic hands upon another ira
s;t;on Of New York and the vice Of
New York!
They say there IS no dsadline, or
= there Is, they don't know where 1t
lies.
Nick Carter knew, King Brady
and Old Sleuth and others Of the
nickel novel fellowship scarcely could
have existed without the magic Of
that word. The deadline!
Detective fiction of the last gener-
stion played upon it heavily. 1t ran
through almost every tale or article
on New York and its underworld. In
YOUR minds eye you saw it, guarded
BY many indolent, casual appearing
persons who were really great detec-
,ivea Outside its pale criminals
lurked, wolfish and hungry. Inside
It. protecting. impalpable wall the
wealth Of the city rested secure.
No thief, highwayman or bunco
steerer dared cross the deadline.
Highway robberies. bank robberies
and other thefts flourish rankly In
that territory that the deadline was
once designed to guard.
Is No Moro
In an editorial assailing the police
ior the crime prevalent in the finan-
cial district "The World said. this
week:
That famous Brynes 'deadline'
sas ceased now to exist even as an
imaginary mark across the geo.
graphic surface Of Manhattan"
In less nicely balanced phrases
lie men who are known as the fore
est sleuths on the city's detective
torce echo that statement.
'Deadline." one of these ex-
aimed when the searcher for the
Omance of yesterday approached
i'm. There isn't any deadline.
There never has been in my memory.
Except when you newspaper fellers
grote stories about it, | never heard
d it.
Years ago, maybe, there was one,
aut not since I've been on the force.
Perhaps Byrnes did have one. In his
day and with his power he could get
away with it. To-day deadline
wouldn't mean anything more to a
crook than a streetcar line. There
ust amt no such animile."
The seeker for information CROPPED
MS way dazedly from the presence.
only that morning he had read
Deadline' in the headlines Of three
Newspapers. Surely the detective
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
A Great Thief Taker

Thieves and thievery were his sub
jects. Grimes Of violence he took as
they came, but in unraveling the
methods Of the burglar, the safe
blower, the highway robber, and
bringing the criminal of that type
to justice, he stood alone.
He had imagination. He had the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

found in Jacinto Benavente's "La
Malquerida," which is being played
here by Nance O'Neil under the
title "The Passion Flower" In the
final act of this play the chief char
acter shoots her husband because he
has conceived a base passion for his
step-daughter, which is reciprocated
by the girl, although, during the
greater part of the play, her emo
tion has been concealed under a
defensive Freudian mechanism as
hate.
An American Tragedy
But perhaps the most striking sor-
tie against the old order of things
is Eugene ONeill's Beyond the
Horizon" IAN American tragedy"
1t is almost ten years since any
body has had the temerity to pro-
duce such q thing as an American
tragedy. 1t was the one form which
was universally neglected by Amer
ican authors. We might, at times.
support tragic play if it's scenes
were laid in the distant past. No
body, for instance, minded partic
ularly if Cleopatra put an asp into
her bosom in the last act, because
she seemed remote, faraway Der
son, and there was nothing particu-
larly disturbing in her death. 1t was
generally recognized that history
had been heartiess with her, but
she suggested no happening on our
own block, or even around the Ger
ner.
O'Neill's play comes closer home
and strikes at pet theatrical con-
vention. It tells of a hero who
longed for journeys in far coun-
tries and died disillusioned and dis
eased when the twist Of circum-
stances made it his fate to live or
a farm.
1t may be that there Is so much
Joy and happiness in the world Just
now that we are all rather tired of
being continually told about It in
the theater. And again, 1t may be
that the average man has come to
a point where he does not ask wheth-
er the ending is happy or unhappy,
but merely, Is it true2
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15
was "stringing" him. He sought

was "stringing" him. He sought
other information.
"Deadline?" repeated an inspector
who for years has supervised much
OF the detective work Of the city.
"Obs that's Just newspaper stuff.
Only place ever heard Of it is when
you fellers write"
One felt uneasily that in his grave
Thomas Byrnes. "ths greatest detec-
tive in the world" "the thief taker''
and establisher Of the deadline, must
be turning over with the rapidity of
pinwheel. Here was the Younger
generation in Police Headquarters
repudiating the work for which he
Is most widely known. Sacrilege
But the deadline has gone. It has
vanished with the old Central Office
and despite frequent resurrections
in fiction and for the purposes Of
newspaper "color" 1t is no more.
A plunge into the archaeology of
the Police Department yielded some
data to the searcher for the dead
line. A rummage through news
paper "morgues" produced more. 1t
was some comfort to be assured
finally that that barrier which the
police Of to-day repudiate so scorn-
fully did actually exist in the years
before they and the writer were
born.
Born i'm 1880
The year 1880 saw the birth Of
the deadline. Fulton Street was the
thoroughfare through which it ran.
It was an intangible wall erected by
Thomas Byrnes, then inspector and
later Chief Of Police, to guard the
financial and jewelry store districts
against the depredations of thieves
and confidence men.
For a decade it fulfilled its pur~
pose and then, as the character Of
the city and its inhabitants changed.
as they did so swiftly toward the end
Of the century, it was abandoned,
became catch phrase and now it is
& tradltion-nothing more.
Blue Of eye, pink Of face, with a
walrus mustache, Byrnes dominated
the Police Department in his day.
He was not the bull-necked, roaring
type that Devery exemplifed. In
appearance he was more common
place. In mind he was more intel
lectual.
In his day he was known as the
greatest detective in the United
States, possibly in the world. For
eign orders offered him during his
control of the city's police force
attest that his reputation extended
beyond the bounds Of New York
City, which then consisted of Man
haitian Island and a feeble settle
ment in the Bronx.
A Great Thief Taker
Thieves and thievery were his sub
jects. Grimes Of violence he took as
they came, but in unraveling the
methods of the burglar, the safe
blower, the highway robber, and
bringing the criminal Of that type
to justice, he stood alone.
He had imagination. He had the
New-York tribune., 1920-02-15

THE "DEAD LINEv' estob-
4 Kshed across Neau York
1t Fulton Street to bar crin,-
',,ojs from, the financial dis
riot, but moW fallen into
dSSMse
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10
COMB sage, TEA
INTO GRAY HAIR
Dafkens Beautifully and Restores
It's Natural Color and
LnstIe at Opce..

Common garden sage bfewed into 4
Heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol
added. will turn gray, streaked and
faded hair beautifully dark and lux
urtanG Mixing the Sage Tea and Sui
phur arecipe at home. though. ID
troublesome. IAN easier way Is to get
the ready-to-use preparation improved
by the addition Of other ingredients
Q largo bottle. at little cost, at drug
stores, known as "Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" thus avoiding q
lot OK musS. n ps~r.sS "a
While gray. faded hair is not sinful.
we all desire to retain our youthful
appearance and attractiveness. BY
darkening your hair with Wyeth's
Sage and Sulphur Compound, no one
can tell. because 1t does it so natural
iy. so evenly. You just dampen a
sponge or soft brush with 1t and draw
this through your hair, taking one
small strand at a time: by morning
all gray, hairs have disappeared. After
another application or two your hair
becomes beautifully dark, glossy, soft
and luxuriant and you appear years
younger. Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur
Compound Is delightful toilet requi-
site. II Is not intended for the cure.
mitigation or prevention Of disease.
ADVERTISEMENT
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10
# KIDNEYS AND
BLADDER BOTHER
TAKE z glass Of Salts to flush ont your
Kidneys and neutralise irri.
tating acids

Kidney and Bladder weakness result
from uric acid, says noted authority.
The kidneys filter this acid from the
blood and pass it on to the bladder, where
It often remains ia irritate and infame,
causing burning, scalding sensation, or
setting up an irritation at the neck of
the bladder, obliging you to seek relief
two or three times during the night.
The sufferer IL in constant dread, the
water passes sometimes with scalding
sensation and 10 very profuse; again.
there is difficulty in avoiding it.
Bladder weakness, most folks call It,
because they can't control urination.
While It IL extremely annoying and some
times very painful, this is really one of
the most simple ailments to overcome.
Get about four ounces of Jad Salts
from your pharmacist and take q table
spoonful in glass of water before
breakfast, continue this for two or three
days. This viii neutralize the acids in
the urine 90 il no longer is source Of
Irritation 10 the bladder and urinary or.
gans which then act normally again.
Jad Salts is inexpensive, harmless.
and is made from the acid of grapes and
lemon juice, combined with lithia, and
+ used by thousands Of folks who are
subject 70 urinary disorders caused BY
ufic acid irritation. lad Salts is SPLEEN
did for kidneys and causes no bad
effects whatever.
Here you hsse pleasant, ef1ervescent
Nthia-wateE drink which quickly relieves
blad1nr trouh1e
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10
Hot Water for
Sick Headaches
Tells why everyone should drink
hot water with phosphate
In Is bes-re breakfast.

Headaches are caused by auto
intoXication-Which means self
poisoning.> Liver and bowel pois-
ons, called toxins, sucked into the
blood excite the heart which
pumps the blood so fast that it
congests in the smaller arteries
and veins of the head, producing
violent, throbbing pain and dis
tress, called headache. You be-
come nervous, respondent, sick,
feverish and miserable, your
meals sour and almost nauseate
you. Then you resort to acetani-
lid, aspirin or the bromides,
which temporarily relieve but do
not rid the blood of these irrita-
ting toxins.
A glass of hot water with tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate
in it., draR before breakfast will
not only wash these poisons from
your system and cure you of head
ache, but will cleanse, purify and
fresheD the alimentary canal.
Ask your pharmacist for a
quarter pound of limestone phos-
phate. 1t is inexpensive, harm
less as sugar.
If you aren't feeling your best,
if tongue is, coated or you wake
up with bad taste, foul breath or
have colds, indigestion, bilious
ness, constipation or sour, acid
stomach, begin the phosphated
hot water cure to rid your system
of toxins and poisons.
Results are quick and is claim
ed that those who continue to
fiuh out the stomach, liver anil
bowels every morning never hav
any headache or know miser-
able moment.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10

struggling for breath at night;
your cold or catarrh disappears.
Get small bottle Of Ely's
Cream Balm form your druggist
now, Apply a little Of this fra
grant, antiseptic, healing cream
in your nostrils. It .penetrates
through every air passage Of the
swollen mucous membrane and re-
lief comes instantly.
Its just fine. Don't stay stuff
ed-up with cold or nasty ca
tarrh.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10
METHODIsTS PLANNING TO
OBEY COMMAND OF JESUS

! Jesus gave three commands; Go
preach, SO teach. 60 heal.
The Nethodists Of the Mississippi
Conference, which includes only the
southern half Of the state, have with
in their territory 49S preaching places.
which indicates the way IN which they
eadeavor to fulfill the first Of these
commands. Their three colleges, two
training schools and 451 Sunday
schools indicate their interest In the
second command. But the Mississippi
Conference Methodists have never
made any effort TO attend to the third
commend Ia - organized way until
through the present effort to build q
HOSPITAL al Hattiesburg. Miss.
Remember the third command Of
JeAus when called upon to subscribe
to 1.-THE fund for the Mississippi Mhtho-
diAs Conference Hospital during the
va sk May 80 to June 6
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10

III the United States there are $780,
900 preventable deaths year. or l,726
evary twenty-four hours twelve Lust
t1nias q week. The Methodists Of
Nj ssissippi propose to aid in prevent
in& some al these deaths through
th1r new hospital, which Is to b
erd cted In Hattiesburg. A call for
Inn ds to build this hospital will Be-
maie during the week May 30-June s.
Bol prepared 70 aid n this humanita.
-i6n movement
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10
TO Georgia New Cherry, Non Res
ident (P. @. Address Tn
known s

You are commanded to appear
before the Chancery Court Of Ran.
kin County. Mississippi, on the
fourth Monday in September,
1920, to defend the suit "a said
court Of Walter Cherry, wherein
you are y defendant.
Witnessed, this the 3rd.. day 81
June, 1920, s
S. p. DONNEII, Chancery Clerk.
N, n. 4eIN m Solicitor
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-06-10

Gpstant relied mo waiting.
isbhr eiogged nostrils open right
~ tho air passages Of your head
Ane and You can breathe freely.
NJ mona hawking, snuffling,
blowing, headache, dryness. No
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Natural Child Gets
Its Fathers Name

Fargo, N. D-The first case under
North Dakota's law enacted to estab-
lish the legitimacy IF children born
our of wedlock, has been completed in
Cass county courts and child so born
has received it's fathers name and
heen declared his legitimate heir. The
law 'sas passed by the legislature on
March, 1917,
Under provisions Of this, act, which
said to be the first of it's kind in the
country, a child born out of wedlock
is declared to be the child of it's ma
tural parents, as such is entitled to
support, shelter, and education equally
with other children born in legal mar
riage and is entitled to share in any
heirs.
Suit to establish the natural parent
age of the child, the law provides,
must be instituted within a year after
birth, the facts in the case to be
proved as in any other legal action.
This is construed as placing the bur-
den of proof upon the plaintiff.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
CLOSER RELATIONS
WITH S. AMERICA

Buenos es-Interchange of news
between North and South America
through connection of the South
American newspapers with the news
agencies and newspapers of the United
States has brought about "a better
and more thorough feeling of CONNER
cial and social brotherhood in every
nation than would have been possible
in anything less than decades under
other conditions" Don Jorge Motre,
director Of La Nacion, told members
of the American Club, of Buenos Aires,
at luncheon recently. Speaking as
a publisher, Mr.. Mitre said, 81 con-
sions of journalism"
"After ALL" he asserted, "the great
est service a newspaper or news
agency can render to the country in
which it is located, in particular, and
to the world in general, is to spread
informative items that will assist
prospective investors, merchants bank
ers or any other persons interested
in obtaining a definite and true know
ledge of conditions in a country where
their future may lie"
Mr. Mitre said the ideals and duties
of the newspapers in the upper and
lower halves of the western hemis-
phere were the same. "The methods
of newspaper making are different"
he added, "and even these differences
are becoming smaller and smaller"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Seven Coupons
for City Heat
One Prospective Customer Is Found
Among the People Interested in
Continuation of Service.

Six old patrons of the city heating
plant had returned the coupons prom
Using to take rejuvenated services this
morning and in addition Chairman
Chas. H. Pfennig of the citizens com
mittee had received one answer from
resident who would take the service
if installed.
at does not look as promising as we
had hoped" said Chairman Pfennig
this morning." but there is some in
terest being shown and we hope for
more responses by Tuesday evening.
am convinced that if a personal can
vas were made number of new Gus
toners could be secured at the rate
suggested. / am not certain that the
present radiation could be doubled"
II was announced today that anoth-
err meeting of the present users of
heat from the central station would
be called for Wednesday evening at
which time final program for ac-
ton will be mapped out.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Marked Difference
in Boxing Rules
Pugilist Expert Raises Claim That
Dempsey Fouled Willard Accord
ing to English Rules of Game

New York-The marked difference
in the Interpretation and enforcement
of boxing rules and regulations in
this country and England is well illus
trated in the impressions gained from
witnessing the film views of the Demp
sey- Willard heavyweight champion
contest. The movies of this bout have
been exhibited privately several times
in the United States. One or two
puglistic experts have raised the claim
that the pictures clearly show that
Dempsey fouled Willard in the first
round by hitting the title holder while
he was down. They found little sup
port, however, for their charges.
The same films viewed through Eng
lish eyes recently brought forth sew
eral articles by prominent pugilistic
writer's who charge that Willard was
fouled not once but several times and
that under English boxing rules Demp-
sey would have been disqualified and
ordered from the ring. The following
is a typical English view of the af
fair as printed in one of the most
prominent London sport dailies:
Gin that single round (the frst) Will
lard was sent down no fewer than sew
en- times, but on three occasions he
was hit when still "down," according
to the spirit and letter of the rules
of boxing in this country. Each time
Willard was put down Dempsey
practically stood over him ready to
strike again and would have done so
bod not the referee got in front of
him and pushed him away; but on the
three occasions specially mentioned
Willard was hit while still more than
half-waS to an erect position, and
helpless to defend himself. After be-
ing sent down for the sixth time, and
while still grasping the middle rope
and struggling to rise, Willard was
hit again and again, until he half roll
ed, half sank, to the floor in neu-
trail corner for the seventh time. In
England Dempsey would have been dis
qualified then, if he had not been
when ne committed any one of his
previous technical breaches"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
WINS new HONOR
FOR AMERICANISM
Mrs. Anna Adams Dickey,
Former KenOsha Teach
er Wins Contest.
MRS. BRADFORD, JUDGE

Mrs. Anna Adams Dickey Of North
Freedom, former teacher in the schools
of Kenosha and the wife of R. B.
Dickey former principal of the Keno
sha High school, was awarded fourth
prize in statewide contest conduct
ed by Milwaukee paper to gain from
foreign born residents an answer to
the question: "Why love America"
Mrs. Dickey came to Kenosha as a
little girl and for many years she was
one of the best known and most pop
ular of the teachers of the Kenosha
city schools. Her husband is now in
the banking business at North Free
dom.
Mrs. Mary D. Bradford, superintend-
ent of the schools of Kenosha, was one
of the judges in the contest and more
than hundred and thirty contestants
took part.
Where Hearts Desire Is Fulfilled.
Here is what Mrs. Adams wrote to
win the fourth prize in the contest.
Il came here young girl. APP
preaching New York harbor in the
dawn of an early June morning in 1892
my heart thrilled with JOY at the beau
tiful sight; the maple trees, the my
Rad lights, and, towering above all,
the statue of Liberty, proclaiming this
to be the land of freedom, opportunity,
hope and home; the land where the
only position denied the foreigner is
that of president; the land where a
persons achievements are limited
only by his ability.
came to an American community
and found schools, churches, libraries
and homes open to me. / love Amer
lea because it gave to me the consuma-
tion of my hearts desire, an educa-
ton, so that I might be able to render
larger measure of usefulness to my
adopted country and to my fellowmen.
believe this to be the land where
the desires of the human heart may
be most fully realized, not only for
ourselves but for our posterity. We
have a beautiful, healthful country of
varied and unlimited resources, gov
erned by constitution that guaran-
tees "life, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness" to all.
have never viewed our flag from
a foreign shore that / did not expert
ence thoughts that lie too deep for
tears. It is with telling of pride,
security and exaltation that / step
back on our own beloved soil and say
my land, my flag, my home"
Anna Adams Dickie.' .
Mrs. Dickey was born in Ulster, Lon
donderry county, Ireland, of Scotch
Irish ancestry; arrived in the United
States June, 1892; she was naturalized
in Kenosha in 1905.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1920-03-25
Bishop Webb Confirms
Class of Forty Five
Delivers Powerful Sermon in st. Mat
thew's Episcopal Church at the
Sunday Morning Service

Right Reverend William Walter
Webb, bishop of Milwaukee, conducted
impressive confirmation services at st.
Matthew's Episcopal church on Sunday
morning. The event was the regular
annual visitation of the bishop to Ke-
nosha and Rev. Charles Everett Mccoy
rector of st. Matthew's and Rev. Jack
son L. Cole, of st. Andrews Mission,
had class of forty-fve ready for con-
firmation by the bishop. Fourteen of
the class were from st. Andrews Mis-
sion and attested the good work of the
Rev. Jackson L. Cole has been doing
in that field
The bishop, in long but very in
teresting sermon, complimented the
ST. Matthews parish on the good work
it had done in the nationwide cam
paign. and congl atulated the church
in general on the success Of that cam
paign throughout the entire nation
The large fund, stated the bishop, will
be of the utmost good in extern ling
his work in. the Wisconsin diocese
and will enable MN to give living
wage to all the members of The clergy
within the mission field.
The rector. Kew. Charles Everett Ne
Coy, assisted by the Rev. Jackson L..
Cole, presented the class for con.
firmation and Rector Mccoy conducted
the devotional services.
The subject Of the bishops sermon
was taken from the writings of St.
Paul, and read "Be Strong. Quit Ye
Like Men," It was one of the most
pow erful sermons ever delivered in
St Matthews.