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New Britain herald., 1921-12-14
WILSON ISPAID HIS $35,O0O
MiddleWeieht Title Holder Signs
 Contract to Box in Garden

Johnny Wilson, worlds middle
 weight champion, will defend his title
 for Promoter Tex Rickard in Madison
 Square Garden about the middle of
 February. The champion yesterday
 signed a contract with RiCkArd in which Wilson agreed to box the best title contender available. The con sent of Wilson to q title match under
 Richards auspices was secured when
 the Garden promoter paid the cham
 pion the sum Of S35,000 as the bal
 ance due Wilson from his bout with
 Bryan Downey in Jersey City last la
 bor Day. This sum represents the
 money withheld from Wilson for his
 unsatisfactory showing. When the
 money was ordered withheld. 1t was announced the action had been taken
 at the instgation of the New Jersey
 State Boxing Commission. This body subsequently decided permanently to deprive Wilson of his end Of the Jer- sey City bout purse.
 Wilson's opponent probably will be
 Harry Greb, Pittsburgh boxer who has been competing as a light heavy weight against men of his own weight and against full grown heavywelGhts. Promoter Rickard, under the terms Of the document signed yesterday has until Jan. 5 to name the champions opponent. Rickard said yesterday that Greb would receive the assignment if the Pittsburgh boxer demonstrated his ability to make the recognized middle ;,.l, ~F <ir,l,t hours before entering the ring.
 The signing Of articles by Wilson closes an incident resulting from Wilson's last defense Of his title un- der Richards auspices. which created widespread dissatisfaction. The cham pvon's exhibition against Downey in the ring at Boyle's Thirty Acres last Labor Day was almost unanimously condemned by critics and spectators. The representatives Of the New Jersey Boxing Commission who witnessed the contest were unanimous in favoring the withholding of Wilson's money because of the champions alleged poor showing. It was pointed out at the time, however. that there was it. tie likelihood of this action being sus- tained In a court of law. In view of the fact that the bout had been per mitted to progress it's scheduled twelve rounds without interruption by either the members of the commission or Jim Savage. who officiated ss ref cree. Following the bout Ricknrd de- clared he would never again conduct a contest in which Wilson was a principal. The dearth of cha:npion- ship attractions at Madison Square Garden and the desire to provide his patrons with the most important bouts available led to Richards deci- sion to pay Wilson for his Labor Day bout and arrange for the proposed bout in February.
 The selection of Greb hinges solely on his ability to make 160 pounds at 2 o'clock. George Engle, Greb's man. ager, has insisted that, the Pittsburgh boxer can make this poundage and still be strong. In his most recent bout here, the clash against Charlie Weinert, Greb weighed 161% pounds If he does not weaken himself making the weight, Greb's local admirers are confident the Pittsburgh boxer will take the middleweight championship from Wilson.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-14
DUELTSTS KILL EACH OTHER.

Dyersburg, Tenn. Dec. 14.--George Ryan and Lonnie Tisdale were both killed in pistol duel here yesterday.
 Meeting near the railroad station, the two men opened fire and dropped dead at the same time.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-14

Thunder will sometimes kill oys- ters.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-14

Pelicans swallowing catfish are often killed by the fins of the fish.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-14

Iron ore is mined in A of the United States.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-14
Increase in Salaries

The salaries paid to managers and players of the National league last season, President Heydler announc- ed, amounted to over $1,000,000, which. as compared with five years ago, was an increase of about 70 per cent He congratulated the worlds champion Giants upon their VoCtory in the series and touched pleasantly upon the very successful benent stag ed for Christy Mathewson. Then he made the following suggestions for the leagues considerations:
 1. Lcgisla ton or action looking to the arrest and conviction of pop-bot- tie throWors in the parks.
 2. Protection of umpires in eXhibi- tion games between American and National Lcague clubs by giving the umpires power to report infractions of rules or of deportment on the field direct to the Commissioners office.
 3. Arrangement of exits from the pla yinE fields on several of the parks so as to do away with the necessity Of umpire" coming in contact with the players of either club when leaving the field
 1. Joining with the American league and all minor leagues in an effort to secure return to normal railroad rates md especially to secure the eIinina- ton of the 5o per cent surch0rse on Pullman tickets
 Tn closing President Hey cr said; "1 believe the time has come when the ma. O" leagues must consider ways and means to increase the supply of skilled players and to give proper training opportunity 10 those young men who wish to enter the profession from the college field or from the lots, but who Iccliue to join minor league clubs for fear their free advancement of higher
New Britain herald., 1921-12-14
WINTER CARNIVAL AT WILLIAMS.

WilliamstoWn, Mass. Dec. 14.---ialf dozen or more colleges are expected to compete in the winter carnival to be held under the auspices of the Williams Outing club on Feb. and 4, announcement of which was made today Dartmouth has already ac- cepted an invitation to compete, while Amherst, Colgate, Vermont, Ne Gill and Middlebury are also expect ed to send teams.
New Britain herald., 1921-12-14

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The Washington times., 1921-07-25
ALASKAN FLOOD
OF FIRE

4 the recent meeting of the
n American Society for the Ad-
- - vancement of Science, DR..
Robert +. Griggs described a fiery
food which occurred in Alaska in
the valley of Ten Thousand
Smokes" Here he found traces of
the food Of fire which, issuing
from a assure in the earth. swept
a roaring torrent of molten sand
through the fertile valley, devas-
tating all in It's path for a distance
of more than fifteen miles.
From thousands of assures live
steam, heated gas and smoke is
sued. One could do ones cooking
in any of the smaller holes. And
that was the only salvation of
the expedition, for all fuel had
been destroyed by the flood of
fire. 1t is only few steps from
the steaming assures to cave
IN the side of a glacier in order
to have the most perfect refrigera-
ton in the world.
The explorers tents were steam
heated, as IT were, and the bath
ing conditions were Of the best,
for a stream from the glacier fed
a crystal pure lake. In the mid
die of this lake a steam jet bub-
bled, and IL was possible to get
any desired temperature
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happened to be the one to discover
that that place in the roof was
leaky again, had felt a glow of
cleverness and efficiency. Now.
however. she not only had to learn
of the leak but to interview the
carpenter. an ihterminable person.
Grounds have TO be kept in or
der; hedges trimmed, lawns cut
The gardener, no longer directed
or praised, took less trouble with
the garden. 1t was no longer full
of flowers. Now gardens have to
be full Of flowers, AMI 30 Diana's
garden, that had been Franks,
had TO be filled.
Diana Moves to Town.
A goyerness, any stranger in the
at this time, and one morning
Diana decided very positively. but
with painful misgivings. that Tam
must have lessons, and that she
herself must administer them to
her.
Very gradually Diana began to
take an interest and a pride in
the hundred and one domestic
items that had come down upon
her. And toward the end of the
season the grounds and the garden
had made a real place for them
selves in her life. She often
thought about them when she did
not have to.
y II this was a blessing there was
a curse mixed up with it. For
whenever her natural good taste
began Involuntary to consider GER
tain radical changes that ought
TO be made If the place was to
The Washington times., 1921-07-25
Do You Know Your Planet?
TOO MANY ARE IN IGNORANCE OF 1T
BY Garrett p. Serviss

, readily convince yourself by ques-
tioning fellow travellers. And no less
important is it to know, as If by in
stinct, the direction of the most inn
portant parts and places in the world
from the one where one dwells.
But, to return to Shackleton's
search for islands whose exact situa-
ton is unknown and whose very ex-
istence in some cases is uncertain.
Putting aside the practical advan-
tages to commerce and to world com
munication which the accurate locat-
ing and description of such islands
would possess, 1t is enough to say
that we owe 1t to ourselves as intel
ligent inhabitants of this little planet
to leave no spot of 1t UNEMPLOYED and
unmapped.
An animal that lives by browsing
the heritage is justified in paying no
attention to sandy tracts where no
grass grows, and in knowing no
more of the world in which 1t lives
than just so much as it finds under
its muzzle. But man does not live
by browsing alone, although some
persons apparently think he does.
If he is worthy of his race his
thoughts and his mental pictures are
more linpOTI dnt 10 MIN IMAM any
thing in his outward, merely physi-
cal. life. The discovery Of an I'M
known island, and the putting of IT
into his mental chart of the world,
are as delicious to him as the taste
Of the finest viands.
/ would recommend as good vaca-
ton reading instead of any novel
whatever, such books as these:
Captain Cooks Voyages of Dis
GOVERN, Lady Belcher's history Of
the mutineers of the Bounty,
Herman Melville's story of life in
the cannibal valley of Typee in one
of the Marquesas islands, accounts
of the voyages, in the South seas
and elwhere, of the early navi-
gators, and the first circumnavi-
gators, like Magellan and Drake,
who in the sixteenth and seven
teenth centuries astonished the
stay-at-home world with thrilling
accounts of strange lands, islands.
seas. and peoples whose night skies
were adorned with the Southern
Cross and made mysterious by the
Magellanic Clouds.
Choose books that have maps II
possible, and when you read about
foreign lands and oceans, as when
you read history, always have a
book Of maps at your elbow. This
very obvious requirement Is al
most always disregarded by read
ers, and / believe that such disre-
gard, or neglect, is a prime cause
of the general ignorance of geog-
raphy.
The Washington times., 1921-07-25
ADVICE TO THE
LOVELORN
BY Beatrice Fairfax
DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:

DEAR MISS FAIRFAX:
MY sister had a friend whom she
NH loved dearly, but they quar-
relied, 1t being partly his fault,
but chiefly hers, and she hasn't
heard from him. in almost two
years. have tried to make
her forget, but it seems she cant
Now, she tells me she is going to
write him, as she cannot live
without him. I told her 1t would
be ridiculous to do so now. He
may be married for all she knows:
but she said If he is he can tell
her-and she is willing to take the
chance, but will await your ad.
vice. We live together and have
no one else to advise us. A. G..
Your sister probably will never
be contented until she has writ
ten to this man. Let her send a
dignified letter saying that she
misses her old friend and hopes
that If he is free to do so, he will
come to see her and let her tell
him how sorry she is for her share
in sad misunderstanding. She
must be prepared to find that his
interests are elsewhere. But the
blow to her pride won't matter in
comparison TO the amount OF UNI
rest she is now enduring.
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NHACKL ETON' proposed
search for certain more or
~ less mysterious islands in
the South Seas" interests me, L
Will confess. more keenly than all
the political and social news of the
day. l have been a far wanderer
and a great traveler-in my mind
AS long as I can remember.
My actual travels have not been
very wide-the United States, Eu-
rope, a glimpse of Africa, that is
all--but with that other part of
man which does not hobble on two
legs / have gone as far as any Of
the navigators and explorers, and,
whenever l have time l wander
with them again on their great
expeditions, accompanied by their
ghosts or by those emanations of
themselves that rise and meet the
eye like real beings in the pages
of their narratives and journals.
To me the explorer seems almost
the happiest of men. Perhaps the
most amazing thing revealed by
Mr.. Edison's questions designed to
test the knowledge of college grad
yates was the blank ignorance of
geography that many, if not the
majority, of the examiners dis
played.
An educated" person who can
not make in his mind a fairly cor
rect picture of the globe, seeing,
as IL all were before him, the rela-
tive situation of it's oceans, CONT
nents, seas, lakes, principal rivers,
mountains, etc, ought to go to
night school and widen his knowl-
edge. Until he does so his mental
outlook on his surroundings is
hardly more comprehensive than
that of an ant.
Imagine a man anywhere in the
United States, who, If asked in
what direction Europe lay, would
not know which way to point. Yet
you can find such persons! Some
times this may be due to tenn
porary ignorance of the direction
of the cardinal points, such as
often besets a voyager. That, of
course, is excusable. provided 1t is
corrected at the earliest possible
moment.
1t is a kind of duty that everyone
owes to his own security to keep
himself informed of the directions,
north, south, east and west, no mat.
ter where he is. But II is a duty
habitually neglected. as you can
The Washington times., 1921-07-25
Shadows of the Past
By Beatrice Fairfax

SSTHERE boards in the same
house with me a man of
thirty-nine, handsome and
comfortable in his state of life.
About six months ago, without any
warning, i just seemed to wake up
one morning loving him vita all
my heart. Since then / have been
so miserable. A friendship, clean
and wholesome, has, sprung up be-
tween us and each evening 1 lool
forward to the chats we enjoy on
the porch of the big house where
we live. This man has asked me
about five or six different times IL
he could take me out to some place
of enjoyment, and each time 1
laughingly put him off. But no
one knows how hard 1t has been
to refuse, as / enjoy nothing more
in life than his company
Now, the reason have not
gone out With him is because /
have heard SO much about his pre-
vious life.
He treats me with the greatest
respect and I'm sure IL l were not
so reserved our friendship would
now be love affair Sometimes
his attitude is almost fatherly, for
instance, IL ii is raining, he insists
that / wear rubbers. He seems to
enjoy talking to me and sometimes
calls me an interesting child
Once he said, L wish all women
We're as sweet. and good as you
Another thing, he always laughs
at marriage, saying ii means
prison, but somehow. I don't think
he means It. My aunt, who knows
as much as / do about him, resents
his attention to me, as she says
he is not of the marrying sort.
He has spoken of nothing seri-
Gus to me, but still1 have seen the
expression in his eyes when he
looks at me, and they say eyes
can't lie. Should 1 encourage him?
Should l go out with him? And, If
asked, should ! marry hm2 last
your advice on this matter and I'll
be so grateful" writes Margaret.
1t has never seemed to me that
any human being-man or woman
ought to be compelled to live in
the shadow of what has been. This
doesn't mean that 1 think we are
free to go along gayly SHINING and
cheating and stealing our pleasures
and then decide that the unworthy
is all over and we are ready to help
ourselves to life's prizes. But
do believe that the man or woman
who has blundered may come
back"
If out of a past which lacked
ideals and fineness a man builds a
better self with new standards and
changed aspirations, why should
the new self be compelled to pay
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who made those letters was gay or
sad, working or idling. sick or well.
The postmarks told her that after
leaving New York he had gone to q
place with an Indian name some
where in Massachusetts,, but not
even Peter Manners. of whom she
made inquiries, could or would tell
her anything about 1t.
Sometimes, when she was feeling
particularly low and blue, she won
dered If he ever saw anything of
that awful Mrs. Herriot.
Harassed and miserable in the
present, and dreadfully troubled
about the future. Diana showed a
gameness which would have i'm
pressed all who knew her II they
had known that it was gameness.
was living quietly in the country
with Tam because she wanted to.
Restless almost to madness at
times, she showed an outward pa
thence and cheerfulness that must
have caused the Recording Angel to
look up the record that he had kept
of her since the day she was born
and wonder IL he ought not to erase
the N. G.. which he had penciled in
the margin on hearing of her di-
vorce and substitute a question
mark.
II she had not found outlets for
her energy, Diana might well have
persisted. Fortunately there were
many things in which she had never
taken. and did not yet take, the
slightest interest that simply had TO
be done. There were such things
that Frank or, in his absence. Mrs.
Langham had always attended to.
In the old days Diana, If she
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fulfill it's possibilities. she ran
against the solid rock that to ef-
feet these changes would either
take more money than she could
afford. or several seasons Of vege-
table growth.
She could not give them even
one more season. BY the time
the lilacs bloomed again she would
be Mrs. Ogden Fem, and she
would not be the mistress Of these
grounds or that garden any more.
It would be years and years before
they could even have a little place of
their own anywhere and that, as
Diana sometimes reflected, was
tough luck just when she was get
ting to like the country and to learn
something about IT.
That Ogden Fem would ever con-
sent to be benefited In the slightest
degree by the alimony which Diana
received from her husband was un-
thinkable. And, therefore. unless
his affairs prospered very much
more than they were at the moment
prospecting they would be poor peo-
pie.
Only Tam should benefit by the
alimony, after the wedding, and
what sums remained over after pay
ing for her needs should be put in
the savings bank for her. Ogden
himself had suggested that arrange
ment.
Late in February Diana moved to
town. In one of his letters to Tam,
Manners had written. Tell Mumsey
that i sha'n't want the apartment
any more, and that in case she does,
the rent has been paid till the first
of June" And upon reading that,
Tam had asked a childs question:
And when you move into the
apartment, will Fahzer move out
here?"
Why two such charming gods as
her father and mother did not live
together any longer was a great
puzzle to Tam. She had been told
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mother who lives with you is ire
mendously useful. Diana had UNI
pleasant visions or being more
closely tied to domestic matters
than she had ever been tied before.
IT sha'n't enjoy living here after
what has happened" said Mrs.
Langham. II have u few thousands
a year, and / think i shall go
abroad"
Surely, mamma, you'll stay for
my wedding! People would think"
81 shall be on my way to the we'd
ding" said Mrs. Langham, but
am afraid that i Shall be taken sick
in Paris. And isn't 1t rather late to
worry about what people will
think? II / tell even my intimate
friends that it's all Franks fault,
isn't that enough?"
So Diana and Tam were left to
keep house in Westbury all by
themselves, and the person they
needed most was the person whom
Diana had insisted on driving from
the house.
Diana was beginning to realize
what a weight of responsibility the
average decent American husband
staggers under. All that RESPONSE
bility had been shifted to her own
shoulders and she found 1t most
trying to carry.
Still, If she was to be a verv
poor mans wife the training was
excellent. She got cut OF the
habit of rushing off to tow:l at
the slightest excuse. You simply
couldn't leave a little child with
no one more reliable than the aver.
age servant to look after 1t. and
get the right doctor If it ate
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, poison.ivy, or the best bonesetter
IL it fell down and broke it's neck.
Free? She was tied hand and
foot! At least when she was
Franks wife she had come and
gone as she pleased. She had been
able to see her lover day after day.
Her responsibility was above sus-
picion. But now that Frank no
mother had packed up her things
and gone abroad 1t was as ditfci-
cult for her to see him as II she
had been a nun in a convent.
But of course she could write to
him and receive his letters. And
she did write to him often, and he
came back to her with from one
to three letters a day: but for
them both 1t was growing more and
more difficult to throw any new
and original illuminations upon the
wonderful and eternal love which
they had for each other.
Diana Is Kept Busy.
From Frank Manners she re-
ceived no letters. And her cur
iosity as to what had become Of
him, and her anxiety for him be-
came acute. 1t is true that Tam
often had letters from her father.
But they revealed nothing what
ever of the man save his love for
his child.
They were beautifully printed. as
a rule, so that Tam could read them
for herself, and. as a rule, they were
extra illustrated, in pen and ink. in
wash, or sometimes in color.
Love they revealed, and magma
ton. But even Diana, who knew
him best, could not say IL the man
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A Story Replete With Dramatic Epi.
sOdes and Conflicting Passions
Made Into Motion Picture

that she should see her father very
often, but she had seen him very
seldom and she loved him very
much.
That beloved father was working
very hard on the murals for the big
grill room. He had taken a studio
apartment in a free and easy part
of the city and his former haunts
knew him no more.
He had broken with Mrs. Her
riot. and she had made the break
easy for him II tried my best
to make him happy" she con.
fided to Miss LeNeuf. land some
how I feel as If 1 had only sue
ceeded in degrading him. It's best
as it is. I'd do anything in the
world for him. and he'd do a whole
lot for me-"
Like A Criminal.
Exit Frank Manners" said
Miss LeNeuf; "enter--?"
Delaney Stairs" said Mrs.
Herriot in a business-like voice;
"once he's lord and master he'll
be a jealous proposition, but l
like lots of things about him. He's
open-handed for one thing and
simply rolling. You may not be-
lieve it, my dear, but / am not as
young as / used to be, and / have
sworn a solemn oath that the
nest in which / finally wrinkle
and shrink to death shall be well
feathered."
AS they drove away to the
station, Diana, who was very
thickly yelled, did not look back
at the house. She held one OF
Tam's hands very lightly in both
hers. This did not prevent Tam
from looking back.
when FahZer moves out" she
said, he will look after my chick
ems"
Diana made no comment. Her
beautiful brows tightly knitted
behind the thick veil, she was ex-
ercising every ounce of control
which she possessed. She felt
like a criminal going to execu-
ton. In the train this thought
occurred to her:
Go be continued tomorrow
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