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@. Where is the hall Of fame!
T. E.0. y
A. It is memorial to famous
Americans at New York univer-
sity. Only persons who have been
dead 10 years are eligible. Nom
nations are submitted to an cleo
torate CT 100 eminent citizens VINO
are selected by the counsel OF ING
university.
@. Why is Africa sometimes re.
ferred to as the dark continent
e. L. S.
A. The term is probably applied
to Africa because of the color OF us
people. Another theory OF the ORG.
in of this term credits it to the lac,
that the natives are illiterates anu
the state of civilization is very
low.
@. Where was Admiral Grayson'
President Wilson's physician edu'
Gated? o. NJ N.
A. He attended William anu
Mary colleges, 1858. He ~
ceived his Phi. G. degree at the ~.
versity of the South. sewahe..
Tenn, in 1902, and the same year
received his NJ. D. degree al NV
same college. He graduated l,oia !.
the L. S. Naval Medical school, u
1904.
A. Newberry's plurality wa
1857.
O. What tribe OF Indians at
known as the Cliff Dwellers'
A. This name is applied 70 .as
Pueblo Indians, who are CONSUL,
ed the most highly civilized OF ,as
many Indian tribes found IN ' ,so
country. In 1910 there were "a
distinct Indian tribes in tho un'''N
States and Alaska.
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1752-Washington inherited
Mt. Vernon.
1765-First Expedition to the
West.
1754-Seoond Expedition.
1755-On staff Of General
Braddock.
1sss-Visited Boston.
17S9-Married Martha Custic.
After a youth of toll. which hard
ened the muscles of his character
and body, Washington at q unex-
pectedly became by the death of
his brother the owner of Mt. Yer
non and free at last to give rein
to his restless spirit for adventure
in sports and politics, in love and
war.
A foreign visitor once doubted
the story that Washington threw a
dollar across the Rappahannock.
An American wit ventured to ex-
plain that a dollar went farther
then. and a still wittier American
argued that it was no feat at all for
a man who threw a sovereign over
the Atlantic.
From the bare soles of his feet,
which called for No. 10 boots, to
the crown of his small, we'll formed
head, Washington measured six
feet two. His enormous hands
with their knotty knuckles, re-
quired gloves specially made. Mas
sive. yet lean. his sinewy frame al
ways remained under 200 weight.
A devoted sportsman, the new
squire of Mt. Vernon had the weak
ness of his time and place for card
playing raffles and lotteries. Fo,
five days at a stretch, he hunted
and he chased foxes Is days in two
months. He could clear the tallest
fence without rising in his stirrups
and shoot his nlusket straight tc
the mark with one hand.
In his young manhood Washing
ton found his ''inclinations strong.
ly bent to arms" To softer arms
than those of MARS the young mill
Ldl lSL diSU N do lACi1ucu. uIOu 81
the grave manner he wore even in
his laborious and anxious youth
he was ever ready to wink at a
pretty girl AMI to sigh over hel
through the measures of a dance
Remember, We are not yet come te
the postage stamp Washington. AS
this is the last chance to smile al
him, let us while we may.
Frying posterity finds him at II
pining for a mysterious Rowland
beauty" who would not have the
penniless surveyor. He received
also by his own confession {
"cruel sentence" from a miss
Betsy" and afterward was re
jected by Miss Phillipse of New
York. At last the oft-disappointet
] Copyright, 1920 by James Morgan;
with The Mcclure New.
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Today's Anniversaries

1s2o-The constitution of 1872 was
restored to Spain.
1sz5-Return ]. Meigs, noted Ohio
pionef, and one of the early
governors of the state. died
at Marietta, Ohio. Born at
Middletown, Conn.,, Nov. 16.
1854.
1S31--Amelia E. Barr, a pro,if;c
writer Of popular novels. born
in Lancashire, England.
Died in New York Civ
March 10, 1919.
1Ss2-The order of the Knights of
Columbus was founded at
New Haven, Conn.
1SS7-Nearly 300 lives lost in a
collision OF the emigra IT
ship "Kapunda" with the
Ada Melmore," OF the coast
Of Brazil.
1S95-British House Of commons
adopted resolution in favor
OF home rule for Scotland.
England and Wales.
1s17-Owing to 4 general strike
martial law was declared in
sss Spain.
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TlHllE DAILY SHORT STORY
being constantly invited.

being constantly invited.
Until
One Sunday. Edward Stanley, the
junior partner of the firm, called.
Stanley was a college graduate.
sportsman, tall, dark and hand
some. SO naturally Ann accepted
delightfully."- the invitation for a
spin in his shiny yellow runabout.
Out into the country they sped,
past verdant farms and placid
lakes, shooting quickly up into the
mountains. green with the. sum-
mer's brilliant dress, the smooth
roadway winding out behind them.
The sun was setting gorgeously red
and gold when they stopped at a
little inn that lay tucked away in
cool pine grove.
Seated at an Immediately white
covered table. they were served tea,
slices of crisp toast and strawber-
ries. In the several pots set artis-
ticaliy about, flowers bloomed in
bright array. The rays of the set
ting sun filtering through the green
leaves entwined in the lattice work
of the arbor onto the gray stone
floor and the brilliant contrast of
the flowers made a very pretty pic
ture.
6 Pretty little place." remarked
Stanley. glancing about him.
Eyes. isn't it thought" cried
Ann delightedly. '.Just look at
those bea-u-ti-ful flowers there!
What are they, l wonder?" nodding
toward a pot Of deep red flowers
near them.
They're called bleeding hearts,
/ think" Stanley replied.
Ann arose from the table.
I'm going to steal one.' she
said. "Ill only pick one" She eau
tiously broke q blossom OF.
Nov, Sir Stanley, II you give mo
n raise . aha AYclainAd laurh3nr1v
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Belinda.

Belinda.
The quaint and charming name of
Belinda is derived from the Italian
Though most frequently applied in
modern fiction to the sweetest of
the sex, and pretty couauets, Be-
linda means a serpent. So beware,
young men, of the baby doll who
answers to the cunning, old-fash-
Toned name.
How Belinda came to be evolved
is not clear to etymologists. She
simply appeared in Italy, and is be-
liayed to have had her origin in
Queen Anne's Augustan age. The
first Belinda recorded in history
was the wife of Orlando, a debut
sufficiently prominent to spread the
name far and wide. But greater
vogue was to be hers, and when
Pope chose Belinda for his heroine
in The Rape Of the Lock-" her per-
manence was assured.
In those days, it needed only a
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The mystery of the long range cannon has
been solved, though the German guns that
shelled Paris seem to have been successfully
concealed A French inventor has sold to his
government gun which is guaranteed to shoot
120 miles. Belgium is manufacturing similar
weapons at Liege. When all Europe is armed
with artillery of this kind the buffer states
which have been considered so essential for
the protection of the larger countries will no
longer be of use Nearly every capital will
be constantly under the guns Of one or more
potential enemies and starting war will sim
ply be matter of getting some fool to pull
a trigger
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AT FACE VALUE.
copyright. 1920, by The Wheeler
Syndicate, Inc.)
BY Caroline Storey.

Syndicate, Inc.)
BY Caroline Storey.
They we're both quite young.
Ann Bowen was a stenographer
In the large firm of Hardley G.
Stanley, Inc.
Jack Austin was Woodworking
young doctor in a hospital just
outside the city limits.
She was auburn haired, with
bright blue eyes, pert nose. a pair
Of red lips and was popular every
where she went.
As for him
He was dark, fairly good look
ing, serious and ambitious, with
blue-gray eyes and q firm chin.
It was under an April moon that
they first Essed-both were feeling
dramatically inclined and neither
regretted 1t afterwards. After that
he called more frequently. until
they parted. three or four months
later. when he unreasonably de-
manded that she choose which she
would do: Give up her male
friends entirely or keep on as she
WAS doing.
She had looked at her pretty
nose critically in small hand
mirror and said. nonchalantly:
Don't be absurd Jack. Is my
nose shiny" and promptly sub
merged that pert member in q
Anffy powder pun. Jack had stared
IT her a moment with a strange.
hurt expression In his eyes, then
S,sAiked away, without even a good
sty.
For two months after that, Ann
would come home at s. all tired out
from her work. to hustle away at s
ID : dance, party or some Of the
other good times to which she was
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General Wood has issued statement in
which he says he is satisfied that the charges
by Senator Borah concerning use of money
in the race for the Republican nomination we're
made for the deliberate purpose of influencing
votes in the coming primaries. The general
may be little green at the political game, but
lie is coming along fast
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breaking with sobs. 20, Jack-my-
nose-is-is it-broken?"
yes, answered Jack. tenderly.
but it's going to heal Ill right, |
know"
Ann lowered her eyes.
is my nose shiny-dear"' she
asked half tearfully.
With a glad cry Jack sank down
beside her.
Ann, dear-will you"
AND all Ann could do was to nod
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to jounce or tiggle them around -
though determined to make them
give up whatever they may have
had for dinner. 1t may be . mere
coincidence. but I notice that such
mothers are most likely to expert
ment on their babies with. dope
purporting to be good for digestion.
worms. collie, and l don't know what
all. Well. what could . kid expect
from such thoughtless or careless
mothers?
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
The Barber.Surgcon.
I am q young woman II years
old. l have q wart on my chin.
Do you think it would be all right
for me to have a barber take the
wart of for me? U. U.
Answer-The barber-surgeon isn't
SO extinct as the dodo, after all.
My dear young womap, II had .
nice 17-year-old chin and . vart.
I wouldn't let the blacksmith. the
barber or any other skilled artisan
monkey with it. I'd 90 to a physi-
clan.
Croak, Croak, Croak.
Would you advise removal OF
adenoids from a baby 10 months
old. We were told that even after
they are removed they grow in
again. Is that true? T. w. E.
Answer-Yes, would advise re-
moval Of adenoids il they are caus-
ing any trouble. l should not take
seriously the kindly assurance that
they will grow in again. The old
women are a sad lot
Galvanized Pots.
Food cooked in a galvan-
lied vessel and allowed to stand
for a few hours in the vessel before
eating it becomes poisonous. Is
that so?
Answer-No.
Lemons and Milk.
Kindly advise whether milk
should be avoided at the same meal
with vegetables or citrus fruits.
]. W.
Answer-Well, instinctively one
would not care for milk on ones
orange or grapefruit, but aside from
instinct or natural appetite, there
is no objection to taking milk and
vegetables or citrus fruits at the
same meal.
Sedentary Guy.
I'm a sedentary guy, employed
in a bank. Do you think exercise
taken night and morning would be
good? S. J. F.
Answer-I'm another. But be-
lieve me. I'm in the pink Of condi-
ton all the time from exercise TAX
en- night and morning. I've even
plotted out system" and will send
you the system if you'll furnish the
necessary S. A. E.
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Stocks of edibles being low the radicals who
have been fighting for the possession of Ruhr
are beginning to show more conciliatory spir-
it. The fellow who controls the food supply
can have the last word in most any kind of a
political argument.
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They say that moonshiners OF Georgia and
Alabama have formed union. Not surprising
Next they'll be violating the antitrust laws.
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Argus Information Bureau


Director Washington full
brief All nQwn0
individual No attention VII
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wright 1920 by James Morgan published by special arangm
with The Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09
Policeman Shoots Student

MILFORD, Conn, Sept. 8.-A police
inquiry is to be made into the clash
between the town police and pajama-
clad students of the Milford School, q
private preparatory institution here,
last night, Commissioner Stanley N.
Clark said to-day.
DR.. Samuel Rosenbaum, head Of the
school, also declared that it is the in
tention of the managers to sue the
town because of injuries suffered by
Spencer Libby, of Iron River, Mich,
who was wounded by bullet from the
The students were holding 4 pajama
parade at Milford Center. Libby and
Lee Gimbel, Of New York City, are I'M
der bonds on charges of breach of the
peace.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09
TRANSPACIFlC MAILS

The connecting mails close at tho Gen.
eraI Postoffice and City Hall postofrice
Japan. Corea. China. Siberia. siam,
French Indochina and Netherlands East
lndtes. via Seattle. steamship Monteagie.
September 9.
Japan. Corca and China Especially ad-
dressed only via San Francisco, stearnship
Seiyo Maru. September g.
Hawaii. Fiji islands. New Zealand and
Australia. via Vancouver and Victoria,
d. C., steamship Niagara. September 10.
Hawaii via San Francisco. steamship
Manoa September 1G
Japan. Corea. China. Siberia. siam
French fndochina and Netherlands East
tember II.
japan. corea. China. Siberia. Siam
French fndlachiun, Netherta ndA East Indies
and Philippine fslands, via Victoria and
Vancouver. u. c., steamship Empress ei
Asia. September 10.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09
City Directs Sale To-day
OF Apples at So Barrel
Six Carloads of the New York
Bumper Crop, Duchess Grade
A. Arrive i'm the CITY

Real New York apples--red and
juicy, the kind you used to give to
teacher on the first day of school
will be on sale to-day at the Atlantic
and Pacific stores, under the direction
of the Commissioner of Markets, Ed
win J. O'Malley.
The price will be SO barrel and 81
a bushel basket. This Is at the rate
Of Ave cents pound, or four two
and one-half inch apples for q nickel.
The Commissioner announced yes
terday that he had arranged for six
carloads Of Duchess Grade A apples,
the first Of the new bumper crop, to
be sold under municipal direction. The
Lee freight terminal, but 1t was prom
ised that the sale would begin to-day
Next week the James M. Butler chain
stores Will have similar sales.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09
Compers Arrives
To Effect Merger
OF Labor Bodies
Organization of Central
Federation Here Will Be
Completed at Mass Meet
ing To- morrow Night

Samuel Gompers, president of the
American Federation of Labor, came to
this city yesterday to complete the
consolidation of the various labor
bodies Of New York into one strong
central organization. He was accom-
panied by Frank Morrison, secretary;
Mathew Wolf, vice-president, and
William Roberts, national legislative
agent of the A. F. of L. The party
has established headquarters at the
Continental Hotel.
The merger, however, is not without
its political aspect, the move being
to eliminate the radical anti Gompers
factions in the central labor bodies
of Manhattan and Brooklyn, who have
been strongly in favor of a separate
labor party.
Mr.. Gompers, together with some
other big labor leaders, always has OPP
posed a distinct labor party, believing
that labor's interests can best be
served by working through older polit-
ical parties. Through the policy of
boring from within" Mr.. Gompers
hopes eventually to obtain for labor a
controlling influence in one of the ex-
The finishing touches to the CONSOLE
dation will be made at g. mass meet
ing at the Central Opera House, East
Sixty-seventh Street, tomorrow night.
Delegates from about 1000 unions in
the greater city will be present, repre-
senting about 100000 organized work
ers. Hugh Frayne, local organizer Of
the A. F. of L., said that at this meet
ing plans for welding the body into a
tremendously working organization
will be perfected and officers elected.
Despite the non-partisan attitude as
sumed publicly by the executive Of
ficers Of the A. F. of L. it is known
that they have for a long time been
working to effect an organization Of
this kind, to be able to use it as a pow
er9ul political stick when necessary.
AS Gompers and a certain section Of
organized labor have openly come out
for Governor Cox, it is not improbable
that the new central bdy will be used
to help the Democratic candidate.
Mr.. Gompers will hold numerous
conferences with leaders regarding
local conditions during his stay here.
Among the matters taken up yester-
day was the dispute between the
United Cloth, Hat and Cap Workers
and the United Hatters of America
over a matter of jurisdiction.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09
Tells
Of Jamaica Bay
Piers Project
Proposal to Develop Great
Sub-Port of New York
Outlined to Members of
Flatbush Commerce Body
Fifty Year Lease Asked
Warehouse Company Presi-
dent Declares SO to 100
Millions Would Be Spent

The dream Of the development of a
great sub port Of New York in ia
maica Bay was visualized yesterday by
Deputy Dock Commissioner Henry A.
| Meyer and other city officials to 100
members of the Flatbush Chamber Of
Commerce, who made an inspection trip
to the bay on the police boat Patrol
Lewis H. Pounds, former Borough
President Of Brooklyn and president
of tho Flatbush Chamber of Com
merce, headed the delegation. City
and private engineers outlined the vast
possibilities of the project.
Picking up the party at Pier A and
the foot of Fulton Street, Brooklyn,
the Patrol, in command of Inspector
James W. Hallock, of the Marine Di-
vision of the Police Department, sailed
slowly through the Narrows and the
inlet to Jamaica Bay and on tortu-
Gus course in the inner channel to
the National Lead Company's plant on
Mill Basin, where a shore dinner was
served.
For the first time in public A. H.
Greeley, of Cleveland, president of the
American Chain of Warehouses, out.
lined his proposal to the city to de-
velop large port terminal at Jamaica
Bay, which would include the construc-
ton of six piers with four support
ing warehouses. Mr.. Greeley's plan is
already under consideration by the
Board of Estimate and a public hearing
on the matter will be held September
20 at the City Hall.
Greeley Explains Plan
Mr.. Greeley explained that his COM
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09
Legion Honors for Ward

A delegation of American Legion men,
bers of this city will meet the steam
ship Panama when it arrives here on
Saturday and escort the body of Ebert
F. Ward, who, until his recent death was
the department commander of the Amer
lean Legion at Panama.
The body will be taken to the Penn
syvania Terminal, where it will be
placed on q train for Washington
Burial will be in the National Cemetery
at Arlington, and a delegation of Les
gonaries will be at the Union Station
in the capital to accompany it to the
grave.
Ceremonies here will be conducted by
the Franklin Simon Post, and will be in
charge of w. H. Clark, post commander,
and E. J. Wood, post commander. Other
Lcgionarics are asked to accompany the
escort
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09

pany operates warehouses in los cities
IN the United States, has unlimited
capital and is willing for the sake Of
obtaining port of entry and outgo for
the development Of foreign business to
cooperate with the Federal and city au-
thorltles in making the private develop
ment OF Jamaica Bay all it should be
1or the best interests of all concerned.
Mr.. Greeley was emphatic in his
declaration that there were no "jok-
ers" in his proposal and no suggestion
invited investigation of his plan and
declared that he had laid all his cards
on the table.
IL Is proposed under the Greeley plan
to rent the city-owned land on Mill
Basin, adjoining Barren Island, under
a leasehoid for fifty years, with an in
creaslng rental for ten-year periods,
which would amount to $1,25O,000 at
the end of the fifty-year term, when the
land and all the improvements made
by the company would revert to the
city free and clear.
The company. he said, would expend
lars in developing the terminal during
that time. The land back Of the piers
and warehouses would be interlined
with railroad tracks, he declared, which
would invite the erection of various
industrial plants and become eventu-
ally, he hoped. one of the greatest m
dustrial developments in the country.
Albert B. Hager, manager of the
Mill Basin Ship Yards, described the
rapid development of the four large
industrial plants at present located on
Jamaica Bay. The Board Of Estimate
was severely criticized by Mr.. Hager
nd ~ fo, nf
ton on the Jamaica Bay project.
Work Soon to Begin
Joseph A. Guider, Commissioner Of
Public Works in Brooklyn, represent
ing Borough President Riegelmann,
declared that the members Of the
Board of Estimate were not asleep on
the project, but said they had to pro-
coed slowly. He pointed out that
for the construction of the first of the
seven proposed thousand-foot piers on
Jamaica Bay, and said that work on
the first pier would begin soon.
He said that Mr. Greeley's proposal
would not conflict in any way with the
city's plans, but that it had to be taken
up and considered as a separate mat
ter. Mr.. Pounds and Mr.. Meyer COM
mended the Greeley plan, and also out
lined the comprehensive development
which is being urged upon the munich
pal authorities.
Others on the trip included Com
missioner of Markets O'Malley, Henry
Hesterberg, Commissioner of High
ways, Brooklyn; Philip p. Farley, con-
sulting engineer to the Brooklyn Bor-
ough President; Commodore Forshcw
(retred), of the United States Navy;
Frederick j. II. Krackc, Joseph N. Neef,
William D. Buckner, Carl S. Holden
reich, Oliver II. Holt and Joseph E.
Clark
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-09-09
Ship Output of
American Yards
Gains Slightly
August Production Above
yuly's, but Below Other
Months; Trend Downward

An increase is announced in the
number of ships built in American
yards and officially numbered by the
Bureau of Navigation during August.
The total for the month was 17s
vessels, aggregating 259,210 gross tons,
compared with 173 vessels Of 217,239
tons during July.
Of the August total, 46 ships, aggre-
eating 224,310 tons, were steel sea-
going vessels. Only six sea-gong wood
en- ships, of 1918 tons, were completed
during August, new low record for
this kind of shipping.
The output of steel sea-going steam
ers and the total of all types by months
SO far this year have been as follows: