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Evening journal., 1920-07-01
4yHITL2y
LIFE. II.

How long should skirts be?
That perplexing question is in the
spotlight again.
The National Garment Retailers As
sociation sent home pretty models
garbed in inee-lenzth skirts to Wash
ington, d. c., for inspection.
They were inspected. all right. ali
right
They went 10 Senator Harding's Of
1ce to get his approval. But the
senator saw them first and beat II for
The golf course.
They found other prominent citi-
zens willing to take a look and ex-
press an opinion.
Skirts" said one senator. should
reach all the way down to the hem
-They ought TO be as long as the
lady wants EN-" replied another.
Il should worry how long they
are" observed a diplomat, Il usually
forget my glasses anyhow. 49,.
"rhe most noticeable feature about
these new dresses" commented one
=, who didn't need glasses, 'is their en-
tire absence below the knees.
One senator pointed out that as this
was a modern experiment In ng-leai
hpparel II might be wis to get a
nrst-hand opinion from the special
assistant attorney general. SO they
= trudged over TO Howard Flggs onice
Figg disclaimed any claim TO Delne
an expert in the matter OF feminine
= frocks. But he did think. as he en-
phaticaily put Il, that skirts should
come below the waist
Now, then, II all these wise guys
s. nen't agree upon a little thing like
the proper length OF a skirt, now II
the world are they ever. going "a
hgree on any such important topiS
as the League OF Nations, or the Su'
gar Supply2
They donti
Are there any objections 10 oui
asking at this time just what th'
: world is coming tot
Hearing none
An enterprislng manufactures o
automobile accessories has designed
radiator cap with a whimsical an'
adjustable little figure on 1t.
- "He hts your mood" proudly am
hdvertisinely asserts tho manufact
nrer. "Be you sad; twist KNOB a
and he'll look sad. You rise cheslil y
In the moVing and, presto hhol
eB" makes him smile"
Query, before re-propoundlns ou
priglnal demand for data on the des
Bnation OF Earth-what lever make
him look thirsty?
D'JEyER MEET I'M?
Evening journal., 1920-07-01
EASY, HOME SELF TREATMENT

Overstoutness weakens. the liver be
comes sluggish, fat accumulates. heart
Evening journal., 1920-07-01

the bowels open. putting the patient
on a light diet and darkening the
windows In case the eyes are pain
ful. Al the FIRST sign OF rash a
doctor should be consulted, as there
is frequently a mistake In the dag
nosis. scarlet fever being oftentlmes
suspected. The period Of quarantine
is for eight days.
Evening journal., 1920-07-01
D'JEvER MEET I'M?

MS possibly true in a sort OF a way
That Nfozo Is cannibalistic.
He may eat his fellows, nut not
every day,
And then to an ur9e dictistic.
But. IN on occasion he knocks on a
foe,
Or butchers a baby for FOOD.
Remember and envy, as not 'DreeAes
blow,
That Nfozo goes perfectly nude.
Evening journal., 1920-07-01
SIGNS THE LEMON
EXTRACT PLEDGE

EVANSVILLE, Ind, July Mr.
Petri has signed the lemon extract
pledge. Petrl, other names Dick, ap-
peared In cop court with a lemon on
his breath. How conner" they
wanted 10 know. "And 1t made me
sick; I'll never drink It again." Petrl
concluded
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
RUSSIAN WAR WAITS
THREE DAYS AT BREST
Trouble Threatened Here
Does Not Develop.

The Yomei Maru. carrying the $50
Russian war waits who attracted con-
siderable attention during their stay In
this city. made a stop of three days at
Brest according to a cable message re-
ceived yesterday by the Atlantic Di-
vision OF the American Red Cross, AMI
is now bound for Riga, At Brest the
steamship discharged part of her cargo.
AS soon as the ship reaches Riga the
children will be sent under conduct TO
their parents. Those whose relatives
are difficult to find will stay aboard the
ship until they are claimed. Red Cross
and other agencies are cooperating IN
the hunt for the families of the refugee
The Yomei Maru has aboard food, cloth
ing and medical supplies TO feed and
care for the entire child colony for three
months.
No trouble was reported aboard the
ship because of the stop at Brest. A
demonstration which the refugee chit
dren staged at Ellis Island was said u
have been directed against landing at
French port and caused abandonment OF
plans to send them home by trains
across France and into Russia.
Sixty-one Austrian-H ungarians, for-
mer prisoners of war in Siberia, are en-
ployed aboard the vessel as laborers ana
will be sent TO their homes from Kiga"
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
TOTALS FAR OVER 1919
Voters Listed to Date in All
Boroughs Reported at
10000.
WOMEN OUT IN FORCE
Nearly 100000 More in Books
Now Than on Same Day
Of Last Year.

Steady gains were shown yesterday in
the registration all over the city. Com
pared with that for the third day in
1919, a substantial boost was apparent
The belief that, as the week neared the
end, the voters would appear at the
polls In increasingly larger numbers
seemed true.
In Manhattan yesterday 6s,745 per-
sons, good percentage of them women.
enrolled for the election. and in Brook
Ign total of 64,9SS were out That
brought Manhattan's total for the first
three days up to 5,292, as compared to
the 146,754 registered during the same
period In 1919 Brooklyn produced
like result, with total three day regis
tration of 49, 204, as compared with the
154,046 listed on the books last year.
The grand total for the third day in
the five boroughs was reported by the
Police Department to be 1926. The
three day total in all the boroughs was
given as 10000.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
SUES FORMER HUSBAND
FOR ALIMONY INCREASE
Mrs. Carrie c. Pitman Asks
for 500 a Week.

Walter c. Pitman was clerk in the
employ of the American Steel and Copper
Plate Company at $50 week, accord
Ing to Mrs. Carrie C. Pitman. when she
divorced him in 1908. At that time he
was directed TO pay her SIS week ALI
mony. Now. states Mrs. Pitman In her
papers, he is wealthy. He has become
the president and treasurer of the firm
at 116 Nassau street and has other i'm
portant business connections. Mrs. Pit
man says she Is an invalid, living alone.
She has commenced proceedings in the
Supreme Court. Brooklyn, to have her
former husband directed to pay her 500
week alimony.
remarked and lives in Orange N. ].
He has a country estate at Mount Pleas
ant, N ]. The former Mrs Pitman
states that after obtaining the divorce
she taught in the public schools and did
private tutoring. Five years ago she
was injured in an accident and has
been practically an invalid ever since.
She lives alone in a four room apart
ment and rents out part of 1t for $50
year
Mrs. Pitman stated in her papers that
doctors have told her worry over her
finances was affecting her health. Her
daughter is married. Counsel obtained
yesterday an order directing Pitman to
show cause on October 10 why the d.
vorce decree should not be modified to
allow for an increase to 500 a week
alimony,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
SON, I9, TELEPHONES,
THEN DISAPPEARS
Stanley Mayer Missing Since
September &c.

Mrs. Irma Mayer of Trinity. Texas,
was at the home of her sister at 532
West 143d street on September 26 on
her way home from a visit to Cuba. She
was waiting to see her 19-year-oid son,
Stanley. who was due to arrive at the
Grand Central Terminal that morning.
The telephone bell rang A voice said;
This is Stanley" Then came the sever
ing of the connection, TO which New
Workers are now accustomed. and STAN
ley has not been heard from since.
They believe he lost both the street
address and telephone number of his
aunt. his relatives said in asking the
police last night to help locate him. He
was described as five feet four inches
tall, 40 pounds in weight, having brown
hair and florid complexion.
Mrs. Ella Watson. who with her hus-
band has been visiting relatives at 1910
Broadway, asked the police to find Mr.
Watson. He started forth on a walk
Tuesday morning and failed to return
He wore a dark suit Mr.. Watson was
described as five fec nine inches tall
las pounds in weight. with dark COM
plexion, hair and eyes.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
NEW STRIKE CALL ON
B. K. T. PROVES FIZZLE
Company Reports Greatest
Gain Since Big Walkouf.

Fewer absentees from duty were re-
ported yesterday by the B. r. T. than
for almost a fortnight. AS this record
followed one of the most enthusiastic
rallies the strikers have had In several
weeks. 1t was regarded by the company
as a certain indication that the posi-
bility OF another general walkout is
small. There were 3,3i7 train employees
of the subwy. elevated and surface divi-
sions at work at noon. as against 1888
on Tuesday.
Reports that extra police had been
assigned 20 guard stations In prospect
of trouble proved to be unfounded.
There was also a report that the strik-
ers had sent out 500 pickets to persuade
the men to go out again. but none OF
these men appeared to be on duty.
Service on the subway and elevated
lines was said to be normal" with 237
trains and 1855 cars in operation. The
surface car operation was said to be
80 per cent. normal.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
LUMBER YARD FIRE
THREATENS PASSAIC
Department Battles All Day
With Flames-Sec0nd
i'm 16 Hours.

Tho northern end of Passaic. n. j.,
was threatened with destruction by fire
yesterday when flames swept through
the yards and plant of the Passaic- Der
gen Lumber Company and several small
buildings on Main avenue. From iu'oo
A NJ until 7 o'clock last night the nre-
men were kept at work preventing
bigger loss. and during that time trolley
lines passing through that section OF tne
city were held up. The railroads MAIN
line. located only few feet from tne
rear of the lumber plant, was tied up
for an hour. The entire Passaic FIRE
Department was called out.
While the firemen were giving their
attention TO the lumber company's prop
ertv and buildings Immediately adJoin-
inc II a dozen small fires were started
through the city by embers that had
been carried by a forty-nile wind.
Chief Reginald Bowker estimated the
total damage at between S40o,ooo ana
S500000.
The lumber yard fire was the second
bir hlaxe in Passaic within sixteen
hours Tuesday night the sash. door
and blind warehouse of Milton Z. Hay
ward. located in Van Wagner place.
was destroyed with loss OF ABOUT
Sc. 900. Chief Bowl1er, however ala not
regard the grouping of two fires IN SIX
teen hours as anything more than
coincidence.
Az the time when it was believed the
second blaze would develop into a con-
flagration and that quick work was
necessary to save lives, the ponce began
a house TO house canvass In the Vicinity
of the lumber yards, driving tenants 10
the streets with their valuaoies.
In the family of William H. Smith, an
unbolsterer, of S3S Main avenue tney
encountered a rebellion against tne evic-
tion order Smith and hss wire ana chii-
dren, as we'll as relatives, reiuseu 70
leave the place They salo tney nau
occupied it for a quarter of a century
and would not be put out. But preseiieiy
tbe roof famed up and crashed In. ana
sparks foated down the Stairs iheS
decided to seek other shelter
One OF the lumber cocmpany's biggest
structures. a three story brick planins
mill collapsed when the wooden beams
had burned through. AS the walls teii
into the street they carried with them
telephone wires as well as high tension
electric cables, cutting communication
and mower off and endangering the ilVes
of firemen who were working IN the
ruins. a.
The fire had long Roadway before II
was discovered. A cigarette tossed INTO
n pile of shavings and sawdust Is pc
lieved to have been the cause or IL. Inc
light wood smoke that arose from the
shavings was carried away on the nlgn
wind. preventing the employees in the
vicinity from knowing the place was
ablaze.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
NO REDUCTION HERE
IN COST OF DINING
Federal Investigator Starts
Inquiry in Restaurants.

Arnim w Riley, head of the flying
squadron of the Department of JUS
tice, started an investigation yesterday
to discover whether there Is or has been
any proflteering among New York city
restaurant owners. Although in Chi
cago restaurant prices have fallen from
10 to 30 per cent. within the last week,
there has been no noticeable change in
the prices In this city.
Interviews with managers of various
restaurants here brought forth the in
formation that there Is no price reduc-
ton in sight. In the higher class res
taurants those in charge say that meat
and poultry markets are going higher
and that wages for their help are higher
than ever before, for which reasons
1t would be suicidal for them to. make
any noticeable reductions in the prices
they are now charging.
Managers of chain restaurants said
they cannot reduce their prices, for they
have never raised them in proportion
with the advance of wholesale food
stuffs, and are therefore selling as
cheaply as they can.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
SING SING CUP IS
OFFERED TO Upton
What Sort and for What Not
Yet Decided.

Sir Thomas Upton thought SO much
or Sing Sing and it's inmates after his
visit there two months ago with Leon
Weinstock, vice president of the Prison
Commission, that he wishes now to pre-
sent them with a silver cup, according
to a letter from the baronet, made public
yesterday by John S. Kennedy, presi-
dent of the State Prison Commission.
He does not know. however, what sort
Of cup would be most suitable to inmates
OF a penal institution and has asked
them to decide.
The convicted wags-that Is, the wags
among the convicts--have suggested q
tea cup. as most reminiscent of the
donor but others. more hopeful, hold
out for something in the shape of good
old English wassail bowl. The question
Is still agitating Sing Sing.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
JAIL SENTENCES FOR
MOTOR CAR SPEEDERS
One Goes to Workhouse; An
other to City Prison.

without alternative of fines. two con-
victed automobile speeders were sent to
Jail yesterday by Magistrate W. Bruce
Cobb in Traffic Court. The defendants
were George Costldi, 321 West Sixty
seventh street, who was accused of driv-
ing at thirty-six miles an hour In River
side Drive. and Joseph Kaylauskas. 429
Grand street.
Costildi was sent to the workhouse
for ten days, the other to the City Prison
for FIVE days. The cases OF 1877 alleged
speeders were heard. and $4,000 in fines
was collected.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
SELECTION OF JURORS
OPENS M'MULLIN CASE
Trial of Former Dry Agent
for Murder Begins.

The trial Of Stewart n. McMullin,
former prohibition enforcement agent
who is charged with the murder OF
Harry Carlton, chauffeur, while on
prohibition raid In a building on East
Seventy-sixth street March II, was con-
tinued yesterday before Judge Juiius M
MAYER II, the Federal District Court.
Twelve jurors were chosen tenta-
lively when the trial was adjourned
until this morning. Judge Mayer adj
hered to the Federal practice OF per-
hitting thirty challenges to the State
Assistant District Attorneys Alfred
]. Talley and John T. Joyce appeared
for the State. State Senator James j..
Walker and Assistant United States At
torney John L. Joyce were counsel for
the defence. Several OF the talesmen
were excused because they had con-
sclentious scruples against capital pun
ishment.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
TYPHUS CASE IN PORT.
G12 steeraEc Passengers Taken to
Quarantine Islands.

Discovery Of violent case of typhus
in a woman passenger In the steerage
OF the Noordam of the Holland-America
line caused the detention yesterday of
that vessel in Quarantine. The first and
second cabin passengers were taken In
barges TO the lines Hoboken pier. after
careful medical examination disclosed
no symptoms of the contagious disease
in them.
The 612 steerage passengers were
taken to Swinburne and Hoffman ISL
ands. where they will be in Quarantine
for twelve days. The vessel will be
fumigated thoroughly before being al
lowed to proceed to her pier.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
WOMAN TAKES BICHL0RIDE.
Mrs. Lillian BeclSworth, Former
Actress, in Critical Condition.

Mrs. Lillian Becl5worth. 81 years old,
OF 231 Summit avenue, West Hoboken,
walked into drug store near her home
yesterday and informed the clerk that
she had taken dose of bichloride OF
mercury. She collapsed moment later.
The clerk administered an antidote that
revived her, and she was taken to the
North Hudson Hospital.
She told authorities she had been an
actress and was employed as maid
by Joseph Roth in Weehawlsen until
last week, when she left for West Ho-
boken. She said she has a daughter in
NnVa Scotia.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-10-07
N. Y. U. FUND NEAR MILLION.

Announcement is made at New York
University Endowment Fund Headquar-
ters. 512 Fifth avenue. by Vincent Rob
erts, chairman of tho national alumni
committee. that the fund is nearing the
end of the first million mark. or par
ticular importance to the fund Is the fact
that the viii of Jacob II. Schlff be
queaths $50 900 TO the New York Unit
versity School of Commerce. Accounts
and Finance. This was Mr. Schiffs sec
ond gift to the university. He gave
$50. 600 In January, 1917.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-06-05
ASPIRIN INTRODUCED
BY "BAYER" IN 1900
C0Ok fer name "sayer" on the tablets
then you need never
worry.

IF you want the true, world-famous
Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians
for over eighteen years, you must ask
fer "Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin"
The ''Bayer Cross" is stamped on
each tablet and appears on each pack
age for your protection against iml-
tatiOns.
In each package Of 'Bayer Tablets
Of Aspirin" are safe and proper direc-
lions for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia,
ToOthache, Earache, Rheumatism,
Lumbago, Neuritis, and for Pain in
general.
Handy tin boxes containing u tablets
cost but a few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer' packages. Aspirin
ls the trade mark Of Bayer Manufac-
ture of Monoaceticacidester Of Salicy-
ucacld.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-06-05
HIuhIY pannernns Gas


Carbon monoxide, constituent Of
illuminating gas and a substance
given Off by a coal-fre burning with
a smokeless flame, is so deadly that
its use as poison gas in war has
been considered. 1t proved unsuitable
for this purpose, but is a source Of
danger in closed spaces where there
are leaky gas pipes, the fumes from
automobiles in operation, or the dis
charge of exhaust gases from explo-
sion engines. Industrial and coal
mining risk from it is so great under
certain conditions that a special alb
sorbent for use for masks has been de-
vised. This material has been named
hopealite, and originally consisted Of
a mixture Of so per cent of mangan-
csc dioxide, 30 per cent Of copper OK
ide, 10 per cent of cobalt dioxide and
8 per cent Of silver oxide. Slightly
modified since the first trials, the com
position is stated to work effectively
in gas canister, absorbing the carbon
monoxide from the air breathed, ex-
cept when impaired by accumulation
of moisture.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-06-05
CITY Of ANCIENT GLORIES
Lima, Peru, n the Past, Was a capl.
tai Of Color and OF Almost
Eternal Carnival.

One must not think Of the modern
city Of Lima, materially enlarged but
spiritually diminished, deposed from
her original supremacy over the Amer
lean southwest to the. point Of losing
her own characteristic stamp, with her
regional customs forgotten an disfig-
ured by bastard and outlandlsh edi-
fees and married in her surroundings
by the decline and neglect Of her
country seats and the death Of her an
eient woodlands.
We must think of her as she was in
her most propitious years, in the first
two centuries Of her foundation;
crowned with olive trees and orange
trees, amid the shimmering curtains
of willow groves and banana planta-
tons, made fragrant In her patios
and gardens by viOlets, carnations,
convOlvuli, abundance and sweet bas-
lis; the land Of flowers and Of per-
fumed waters; the Indian capital of
lofty and solid towers, of balconies
and fiat roofs, Of tiles and suffered
blinds, of skirts and nantes almost
Moorish, whose disguise maintained an
eternal carnival, the city Of elegant
balls, of sprightly nuns, of courtly fes-
tivals, comedies, tournaments and bull
fights, Of luxury and ostentation; the
beautiful creole, devout and sensual
daughter Of Sevilla and the grand
daughter Of sultana; the mother of
virgins and saints, of pompous gentle
men and learned doctors, caressed by
the golden peals of her 60 churches
and by the incense and chants of her
infinite professions.
Beneath an air Of exquisite tempera-
ture and a glistening and brilliant sky,
grew Lima, the living image of grace;
and she extended over the thresholds
OF the tragic country her veil of smil-
Ing delicacy and elegance.
Back Of Lima and the coast, the re.
gion Of the siesta, Of negro slaves and
the easy life, however, arose the sier-
ra, immense and still undivided. the
true Peru, from Paste to Las Char
cas-, well called. at the beginning of
the colonization, Nueva Castillo and
Nueva Toledo, because, in truth, it
seems physically greater Spain, gl-
gantic and lank; an austere region,
upheaved and craggy, a land Of weari-
ness and pain, more subjugated and
AFFLICTED than Ireland, Palestine or Ar
menia.-JOe de la River Aguero in
Mercurio Peruana, Lima, Peru: Trans
latiOn for Inter-America.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-06-05
Important to all Women
Readers Of this Paper

Thousands upon Thousands Of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove TO be
1othing else but kidney trouble, or The
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
y the kidneys are not in healthy con.
GHon, they may cause the other organs
b become diseased.
You may suffer pain IN the back, head.
aehO and loss Of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, hrita.
be and may be respondent; it makes any
enc 60.
But hundreds Of women claim that Dr..
hdimsr'S Swamp-Root, by restoring
health TO the kidneys, proved TO be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for . sample bottle to see
What Swamp-Root the great kidney,
iveF and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to Dr..
ktlmer q Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
nay receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Pest You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-06-05
x.Ray Movies.

The newest invention in phOtog-
raphy is the X-Ray moving picture. 1t
has been possible, of course, to look
through ones body and make pictures
of living organs, but now every move
ment of every part Of the body may
be reproduced on the screen. The
slightest movement of the heart, the
muscles, joints, intestines and lungs
can be watched for hours at a time.
Such pictures are expected to be Of
the greatest Importance to medicine
and surgery and make possible many
new cures. These pictures have been
made so far of animals only but hu-
man beings win soon be filmed in the
same way. The human body will
have no secrets in future which the
physician and surgeon cannot read
Boys Life.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-06-05
Grain Dust Explosion.

The United States department Of
agriculture recently gave a very prac-
teal demonstration Of the danger of
grain-dust explosions in improperly
operated elevators. A miniature sheet
iron building was used for the demon
stration. A lighted lamp was first
placed in the tiny structure and a Ia
blespoOnful Of powder, gathered in a
grain handling plant, was then blown
into the model building with a pair
of bellows. The result was. an explo-
sion Of considerable force. The au-
thOrities point out that cleanliness and
installation Of efficient ventilating app
paratus win reduce the peril of grain
dust explosions.