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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
Novel Gasoline Alarm

latter Through a tube) until the metal
ball dangling from the upper end of the
rod is low enough to han. within a
cup formed by an inverted bell which
%surmounts the tank cap.
The upper end Of the rod is bent in
a curve, so that the metal ball at
tachcd to it's extremity by a short chain
may danglc directly above the middle
Of the c%up-shaped bell.
The movement Of the automobile
keeps the metal ball constantly swing
ing TO and fro. But it cannot strike
the sides of the bell until the lowering
of the float in the tank has caused it to
descend TO q certain point. which may
be determined beforehand by adjust.
ment of the float.
therefore. when the driver hears the
bell ringing it warns him that he has
got only Just so much gasoline left.
And the bell. having started. keeps on
ringing and demanding attention to the
emergency.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02

nNE Of the most uncomfortable things
- in the world is suddenly to dis
cover. when one is motoring far from
N-r,
a supply station. that the gasoline tank
is empty or nearly so. Every automo-
bile driver meets with an adventure Of
this sort at one time or another.
There ought surely to be some con-
t%rivance that would give timely adj
rance warning to the motorist of such
a happening.
A device newly patented by William
Crab, of Naterville. O., performs this
useful duty admirably. 1t is very sim
ple, consisting of a float that hangs
on the end Of a vertical rod which
passes upward through the cap OF the
gasoline tank and with its upper end
holds suspended n ball Of metal.
AS the surface level Of the fluid in
the tank is lowered the float. of course,
descends correspondence. The rod at
tachcd to the float dcsrends with the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
Beating the Potato Bug

raf;c. and in 1864 it crossed the
Mississippi River. In the early even.
ties it had crossed +he Detroit hlver
and Lake Erie was literally alive with
potato bugs. passengers on chips or
whatever else would keep them adost.
They reached the Atlantic coast in
1873, and the beaches were soon
swarming with them. Vessels were.
boarded By them in such numbers that
hatches had to be battened down.
At that period aud for some niue
afterward much alarm was felt lest the
potato would become an extinct vege-
table in the United States. But nature
has a way Of dealing with such mis-
chiefs. and before long. parasitic enc
mics of the beetle multiplied in such
numbers as to make possible it's
control. u
The above mentioned fly, which has
done such good work in Michigan. will
be colonized in other parts Of the
country, and may solre the potato bug
problem for good and all.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02

THE Potato Magazine calls attention
to the fact that certain regions Of
the upper peninsula of Michigan have
been virtually freed Of that notorious
pest, the potato bug. By the operations
OF ! tiny parasitic fly which lays its
eggs upon the striped beetle. Grubs
hstchkd from these eggs bore into the
potato bugs body and eat out his in.
side works. M
If it were not for parasites that prey
upon the potato bug, it would scare
be possible to grow any potatoes in this
country, despite all the far1.er could
do to poison the insect with paris
green. 49,
That destructive beetle was orig
inally; native to mountain districts
of Colorado. where it fed on a wild
variety Of potato plant calledsthe sand
bur. It is supposed 10 have been
carried into Missouri By the cattl,
49, ~ N5N 4EFEs
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02

r ATEST revised figures in regard to
~ Bctelguese give the diameter of that
giant sun as :1e. 10000 miles. The
diameter of our own solar orb is only
S6i, 8 miles.
If q circle be drawn to represent the
enormous disk of Betelguese, with our
sun placed in the center of it, the latter
orb will bear about the relative proper
ton of a double-B shot in the middle of
the largest size Of dinner plate.
If, with this as a starter. a diagram
be made. with relative distances cor
rectly %reckoned. it will be found that
Mercury. Venus and the Earth fall
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
Giant Sun Quarts Worlds Lunainary

within the circle. Mars is Il bit outside
Of it.
All the planets in their journeys
around the sun follow clliptical tracks.
Venus being the ouly one that has u
nearly circular orbit. The mean Tor
averaged distance "( Mercury fr"ln the
central luminary is sc. 1000. U1H miles:
that Of Venus is &c 900 900 miles and
that of the Earth is 93 900 900 miles. /,
But the distance from the center of
the disk representing Ectelguesc To the
outer riu, thereof is 12n, 900 600 miles.
Thus even the Earth. as plotted on the
diagram. appears far within th" circle.
Tho mean distance Of Mars from the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
Baby Teeth
important

N OF until very recently has it come
to be realized that at least four
hfths of all troubles people have with
their teeth during their lifetime are due
to neglect Of the first set.
Parents generally have a notion that
1t is not worth while to concern them
selves much about a child's first teeth,
lnasmuch as they are merely temporary
and must in the nature of things he
replaced By new ones later on.
This. it appears, is a very grave
mistake. because the wearing quality
and proper development of the second
set depend largely upon the welfare of
the first teeth. If they are allowed to
decay the subsequent and permanent,
teeth are bound to suffer. Even the
regularity of the arrangement Of the
latter in the mouth is liable to be i'm.
portantly affected.
Nature does not seem to make the
nrst teeth or such good material as is
provided for those that follow. This is
Indicated by the fact that a first tooth
will often suffer in a couple Of months
as much decay as its successor would
be likely to do in two years. The
process Of deterioration is far more
rapid,
~ Nowadays far more attention is be-
ing given to the health Of the mouth
than ever before, and the newest idea,
which many dentists are taking up, is
to make q regular contract to keep a
child's mouth in good order at a fiat
price yearly, beginning when the
youngster is only three or four years
old. The child is fetched every two or
three months for treatment, which is
usually ~triiing on each occasion. and,
as a result, the prospect of good and
sound teeth through life is greatly en-
HANGED.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02

sun, however, is 141 900 900 miles, and
50 that little planet assume u position
outside.
From suci, a diagram one gets a vivid
notion Of the imm"nSity of l;etclguose.
compared with which orr SUI is n mere
midget. II is undoubtedly a globe Of
burning gas. giving out millions Of times
as much heat aud light as Our sun
emits. Yet. owing to its vast distance
from us. it is. as seen in the sky. only
a point of light.
Nobody has ever seen E~etelgucse. In
a proper sense. we have never seen any
Of the stars. Viewed through powerful
telescopes. they appear greatly more
brilliant. of course, hut they arc still
only points Of light. They cannot, like
the planets, be seen as disks.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02

CYMPATHETIC attention has been
called to the suferings a giraffe
must endure when he has a sore, throat.
But how about the elephant afflicted
with q cold in his head?
The up to. date medical treatment in
the latter case is indicated by the &C
campaigning photograph. which shows
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02

equipped with electric contrivances for
~lelevating, turning and firing.
The carriage is also provided with
light armor to protect the gun crew
from aircraft machine gun fire and
from earth and debris which might fall
if ar enemy shell were to strike the
parapet.
The gun can fire one shot per minute.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
Turtle. Island

Uncle SANS possessions in the far
~ western Pacific are very near, geo
graphically, to British territory.
Thus it comes about. oddly enough,
that the southernmost of the Philippine
Islands is the property of,Great Brit
ain. 1t is called Turtle Island. and
it's sole i%nhabitant is a Chinaman who
makes a business of catching the huge
sea turtles which frequent that small
niece Of terra 6rma.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02

THE pulse Of the great Napoleon is
l. said to have made only fifty beats a
minute. Eighty is not an unusual num-
Der.
But, supposins the case of a heart
that beats seventy five times a minute,
expelling ten cubic inches of blood at
each Stroke" 1t is apparent that the
little pump delivers 45 5000 cubic inches
In one hour, over 1000, 900 cubic inches
in a day, or las may easily be reck-
oned) about 1000 tons Of vital fluid in
a twelvemonth.
In figuring this out. the Scientific
American calls attention to the fact
that a human heart has four compart-
ments-two auricles and two ventricles.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
Hardest Working Part
of the Human AnatOmY

The a~uricles are merely reservoirs. p
energy developed by the pump lis fur
nished by the right and left ventricles-
the right n sending impure blood to
the lungs, and the left, one forcing ths
purified blood into circulation.
The left yentricle alone uses in q day
enough energy to raise one ton ninety
feet.
All the blood pumped by one heart
engine in ono year would suffice to fill
q tank. sixty-one feet long, siixty-one
feet wide and sixty-one feet high. Or, il
the tank were cylindrical and fifty feet
in diameter, it would have to be 115
feet high in order to hold the ! ZOO, 900
GALLONS pumped by n single heart in the
course of a twelvemonth.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
With a Cold in His Nose

the elephant with a heavy canvas bag
tied about his trunk and secured by
cords passing over his head and behind
his ears.
In the bottom of the bag is a bucket
Of boiling hot vinegar, the beneficial
fumes of which the elephant is thus
compelled to inhale whether he is willing
or not.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-02
The monster gun elevated to firing position

direction by n man operating ahand- re. Thus the u car be trained upon
wheel. @&%"+& the Target by Il gunner standing below
The carriageI provided with a peri. tho parapet. Though hand Unanswered
scopic sight similar to that of a subma- throughout, the carriage is also
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
.DESCAMPS CONFERS
WITH TEX RICHARD
Nothing Definite Decided in
Way of Bout With Tommy
Gibbons Yet.
BY Associated Press

By Associated Press:
NEW YORK. July G. Georges
Carpenter and his manager, Fran
COTS Descamps, who plan to sail for
France July Il. conferred with Tex
Richard "Wednesday afternoon. AL
though a contest with Tom Gibbons,
the St. Paul boxer. TO be held early
in October was discussed at length
by Rickard and Descamps. no def
mite action was taken, the promoter
said.
Carpenters present plans call for
a vacation of about a month with
mis- wife and baby at Dleppe, France.
after which he Will return TO this
country. Another conference is
scheduled for Thursday afternoon
between Richard and Descamp, and
the Frenchman in company with
Richard viii then go 10 Newark to
view the motion pictures OF last Sat-
urday's championship bout
Georges Still Popular.
Carpenter has lost no popularity
in defeat, Judging from the reception
accorded him on New York streets
today
Alighting from an automobile to
keep his engagement with Richard
the boxer was Immediately recog-
nized and crowds of persons curious
and eager 10 shake his hand. follow
ed wherever possible giving lusty
cheers at frequent intervals. Harry
Greb. the Pittsburgh light heavy
weight, also is seeking a match with
Carpenter.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
MICHIGAN EXPECTS
GREAT 1922 NINE
Loss of Western Conference
Title Spurs Team On to
HOnOrs Next Year.

ANN ARBOR. Mich. July. g.
While loss Of the Western Confer
ence baseball title was a severe dis
appointment to the University of
Michigan team. the student body
already Is looking forward 10 an
other fight for first place honors in
1922.
The work Of Ray Fisher. who sue
ceeded Derrill Pratt as baseball
coach, is warmly commented upon.
1t is pointed out among the campus
baseball enthusiasts that Fisher took
charge Of the team late in the season
and was handicapped by the loss OF
Vernon Parks. star pitcher. rendered
ineligible following charges of hav-
ing played professional baseball De-
spite this handicap, Fisher carried
the team TO within half a game of
the conference championship.
Lose Only Four Regulars.
But four of the regulars will be
lost TO the Wolverines by graduation.
They are Perrin, Karpus, Genebach
and Captain VanBoven. Ruzicka
and Jack Dunn. the latter a substi-
tute outfelder. also will be unavail-
able next year.
The return of Dixon, Liverance
and Schultz is counted upon TO pro-
duce a formidable pitching staff for
the Maize and Blue in 1922. 9th
ers TO return are Wick and Roby.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
MAN is HELDFOR
BLACK TOM BLAST

ALBANY. y. Y. July 6.-Nfichael
Felix Kristoff. arrested here today
by a United States deputy marshal
and held for a hearing July = on
the charges Of making a fraudulent
statement In connection with his
enlistment in the American army IN
1917. has been sought for more than
four years by detectives engaged by
the Lehigh Valley railroad on sus-
picion Of having knowledge OF the
Black Tom explosion N 1915. IL was
brought out at the hearing before
United states Commissioner Lester
T. Hubbard today.
Nash lockwood. an attorney for
the Lehigh Valley railroad. and a
detective contended az the hearing
that Kristof enlisted 20 avoid i'm
phcauon IN the Black Tom disaster.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
JOHNSON WILLING

LEAVENWORTH. Kas., July G.
Jack Johnson, former heavyweight
champion, IS willing 70 meet Jack
Dempsey Labor day under the plans
announced today by Los Angeles
business men, IL was announced
from a soUrce authorized by John
son here Wednesday.
Johnson regards Dempsey as "the
man he Is looking for" It was also
announced, and the negro will agree
that so per cent OF the money go 10
war veterans.
Johnson was declared anxious 20
hear more details OF the proposed
bout.
Johnson will be released here
July 9.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
NO JURORS PICKED
IN BASEBALL TRIAL
Attorneys Predict 1t Will Take
Two Weeks to Complete
Selection.

By Associated Press:
CHICAGO, July 6.-No jurors had
been chosen at the end of Wednes-
days session in the baseball trial
also three were accepted tentatively
by both sides. Indications were that
the section Of the II men to weigh
the evidence would 60 into extra in
nings, some attorneys "Wednesday
predicting that a jury would not be
complete for two weeks. The de-
Tense IN examining veniremen We'd
nesday laid stress on the testimony
OF an accomplish. asking each one if
he realizes that a person called an
accomplice IN legal terms would be
called a traitor in international deal
ings and a 'snitch' in the language OF
the street"
Some Of the men were asked If
they realized ball players were the
only persons bought and sold in this
country since 1861 while another
question was whether the prospec-
tive juror understood that the men
on the Chicago team. for example.
were picked up all over the the
country by scouts just as a sultan's
harem is gathered"
A motion by thu defense that the
state tell which Of his witnesses were
the accomplices who had agreed to
turn states evidence was overruled
by Judge Hugo Friend.
We'll, I guneSS we know it's Bill
Burns said Atty. Thomas Nash Of
the defense.
''And this man Of mystery, Billy
Maharg. whose real name is Graham
-Maharg spelled backwards. has
one of their pinch hitters, too" the
attorney said.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
EXPECT PIRATES
TO MEET INDIANS
IN WORLD SERIES
Both New York Clubs Look
Like Runners-Up With
Season Half Over.
BY HENRY L. FAIRFIELD,

United Press stan Correspondent
NEW YORK. July 6.-Figurng
the Fourth" as the half way mark
il begins TO look like both the ma
Jor league remnants are in"
The Pittsburg Pirates and the
Cleveland Indians, close TO the mid
die Of the season. seem 10 be almost
sure winners in the two races.
Both clubs are going along play
ing steady. easy ball. taking the
breaks well and getting the best out
Of their talent.
George Gibson has been gettins
good pitching all season and his club
is playing a great defensive game
as we'll as packing a good punch in
the pinches.
Indians Have Punch.
The worlds champion Indians
have been leading the league just
because they possess the stuff Of
which champions are made.
Iris Speaker has had a lot OF bad
luck all season. His pitchers-Cov-
eleskie. Bagby and Mails, who ought
TO win a pennant alone, have been
awfully slow in getting away and he
had a tough break 10 overcome in
the accidents that deprived him Of
Bill Wambsganss and Steve O'Neill.
The two New York clubs look like
the runners up.
The Giants, afflicted by their an
cient malady, infeld trouble. are
just moving along in second place.
John McGraw's great Iitching STAFF
turned into an Gin and outer" and
the club generally has been a dis
appointment.
'Razzes' the Yanks.
The Yankees. possessing the
greatest wealth Of material in the
major leagues, cannot make a mil
lion dollars worth Of stars do ordi-
nary work. Miller Higgins has a
great ball team except for his out
field, his catching department and
three or four pitchers.
He has the great Babe Ruth and
a lot OF prima donnas. Babe wins q
game now and then with a homer
but he loses just as many with his
terrible work in the field. Wally
Schang, who ordinarily ought to be
first class catcher, has been nc
better than the relegated Truck
Hannah.
The Boston Braves are proving
the surprise Of the National circuit
and the Cardinals, after getting
away to a bad start. are rounding
into some of the form that was pre-
dicted for them before the start OF
the season.
Washington goes right along in
the American league winning games
and the Tigers are being kept in the
first division by Ty Cobb, who is
helping Iris Speaker 10 show that q
player can do things besides play
The Browns, with all their hitting
talent. can't get along without
pitchers.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
THREE-MINUTE JOURNEYS
Where Men Give
Their Ancestors
a Yearly Banquet
By TEMPLE MANNING

VVJHEN a visitor sees wailschia1
w housewife turning the house up
side down" he naturally suspects
some one % the many religious festivals
Is approaching. But he may look at hez.
1elghbore for similar evidences In vain,
let that house IS undergoing q ms 1
particular cleaning. What Is the re6sonf
Being a BIT conservative. perhaps. the
visitor does not az first make inquiry.
But as he sees every mat and rug IN the
house brought out, beaten and shaken.
and only taken In again when the very
iaSt speck Of dust has been banlshed. be
nay grow even more curious II he
looks In at a window he VIII see each
article Of furniture moved from ia
usual place end undergoing a thorough
scrubbing and polishing. Not a single
article Is lef. 20 bear dusty accusation.
The house seems indeed being made
spotlesa for the entertainment OF IA
unusually honored guest
The mystery grows moro perpiexinR
when the gala lights In the house are
lighted. Yet through the window may
be seen only the usual members OF the
household gathered about the table
which groans with good things Per-
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
BASEBALL SCIONS
EXPLAIN HITTING
Terrific Slugging in Majors
This Season Blamed to
Many Causes.

CHICAGO, July 6.-Here are the
reasons advanced by some of base
balls leaders in explaining the in
creased long distance hitting:
IRIS SPEAKER, manager of the
world champion Cleveland Indians
Ineffective pitching is the cause.
They've barred the emery ball, the
splitter and all the old deliveries.
The pitchers haven't anything left
but a glove and a prayer and they
work the prayer overtime"
TY COBB, manager of the Detroit
Americans" Baseball moves in cy-
cles We had the cycle OF the great
base running, the cycle Of great
pitching and now we have the cycle
Of heavy hitting. It won't last long"
JOHNNY EVERS. manager Of the
Chicago Cubs-"It's the lively ball.
The ball is so fast the players can't
handle it and the force that used TO
be used in bunting now puts the ball
out of the in-field. The fast ball is
Gripping infelders and spelling the
game"
Says That Ruth is Cause.
JOHN HEYDLER, president of
the National league-"Babe Ruth
caused it, Rabe made every one
think it was easy TO hit homers and
now the batters swing their hard
est. Everyone takes a full swing at
the ball. Result; more long hits
than ever"
KID GLEASON, manager OF the
Chicago White Sox-"It's partly the
fact that the weather has been so
bad in the central west that the
western clubs pitchers are not in
condition Most Of the heavy hit
ting has been in the east by eastern
clubs against western clubs pitch
ers."
FRANK NOVIN. president Detroit
American league clUb-"Its not the
lively ball, for there is no such thing.
The balls are all the same. The hit
ting is caused by rules prohibiting a
pitcher from doctoring the ball a
little. He'd rub dirt on il 70 roughen
It up a little. spit on it and do lots of
other things TO enable him TO get
better grip. These things are barred
now, and the pitchers are ineffective
as a result"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-07-07
GLOWING TRIBUTE
PAID TO GEORGES
BY JACK DEMPSEY
Champ Denies Marriage RU
mOr-Willing to Meet
Jess Willard Again.


CHICAGO. July Jack Deu1PI
sey, tho worlds heavyweight chamI
pion, arrived here Wedne sdaj
"homeward bound" The champior
IS enroute 70 visit his mother II
Salt Lake City.
Jack made three definite s;atei
ments TO reporters here. He del
clared he would not meet Carpen1
tier again. expressed a willingness 4
fight jess Willard and absolutely -
MED that he intended getting mar
ried.
Il viii fight anybody that the
great American public wants me I'd
fight. The public IS my boss" he
said But I viii not hght Carpen-
tier again. 7 don't think the puoliq
viii be interested IN seeing that bait
tie fought over again. win hght
Willard II the public desires g."
Anxious TO See Mother.
Dempsey said he would remain IN
Chicago until Thursday night be-
fore going west 70 his homo. 'I'I
sure be glad 20 see the little old
lady he added. II guess she'u be
Just as glad 70 see me. She wired
me right after the fight and was
tickled 20 death over the result
That telegram did me more good
than all the other congratulations
put together"
The little old lady" is his motheri
What about the rumor regards
ing your marriage?r he was asked.
Nothing 70 it." said the cham
zion.
Every time I go out there some
one starts the rumor that I'm en-
gagged or about 10 be married.
have no such intentions at this ts9sz
The champion still commented abS
his fight with Carpenter.
Carpenter is a tough kid. al
right He put up a great battle.
The willard fight wasn't compared
TO IL. Carpenter sure had me going
in that second round. HIS right
hand Is all that has been said about
it." was his tribute.