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The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
YOunghuSband Gets Permit to
Scale Mount Everest, "ROof
Of the World"
NEVER YET SCALED BY MAN
No European Has Ever Approached
Nearer Than sixty MlIes From lite
Base and Few Travellers Have
Seen Its Upper Slopes.

New YOrk.-Mount Everest, the
Hlmalayan peak called "the roof Of
the world" which Sir Francis Young
husband, the British soldier-explorer,
will attempt to climb next summer,
has never yet been scaled by man.
Towering above the frontiers Of the
hitherto forbidden land of Tibet and
the remote province of Nepal, India,
another land of mystery, the difficult
ties in even approaching Mount Ever
est have been sufficient to battle ex-
plorers.
The worlds highest peak lies in
Tibet, north Of the British Indian Dor
der, yet, so far as known, no Euro
pean has ever approached nearer than
60 miles from its base and few trav-
elers have ever seen its upper slopes.
Explorer Gets Permit.
The attempts which have been made
to ascend some Of Mount Everests
sister peaks Of the Himalayas usually
have been made though Nepal, be-
cause access to them through Tibet
was not open. The approach to Mount
Everest through Tibet is said to be
more accessible and presents greater
prospects Of success than from the
Nepal side.
Sir Francis Younghusband an
nOunced that the Tibetan government
had granted him permission to at
tempt the ascent Of the mountain by
the Tibetan route. 1t was Sir Fran
els, who as colonel commanding a
British mission to the forbidden city
Of Lhasa in 1902, opened Tibet to
civilization.
Mount Everest, named for Sir
George Everest, famous British sur
veyOr general Of India, is the highest
known mountain in the world. Its
trigonometrical altitude is 29,O02 feet /;
its probable height is 29,151 feet. The
next known highest of the Himalayan
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

The following remarkable endorse
ment of Tanlac was given recently by
Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd, at the
Gresham Memorial Home, Gavin Park,
Evansville, Ind, which home was pre-
sented to her by the patriotic people
Of Indiana, as evidence of their appre-
citation Of the services rendered to his
country by her son, Corporal James
B. Gresham, the first American soldier
killed in France. Expressions Of SYM
pathy were received by Mrs. Dodd
from all parts of the United States,
and the newspapers Of the country
carried the story of the first "war
mother"
The shock Of her sons death re-
suited in the serious breakdown Of
Mrs. Dodd's health, but everyone will
learn with interest and pleasure that
she is now In splendid health again.
When seen at her home recently she
made the following statement, giving
the entire credit for her recovery to
the well-known medicine, Tanlac.
"After my dear boys death 1 had
a general breakdown in health" said
Mrs. Dodd. "At first 1t was just in
digestion. My food used to upset me
and had to diet myself very care
fully, which wasn't much hardship,
as lost all desire to eat. Then 1 had
an attack of rheumatism, with severe
pains in my shoulders, back and arms.
Sometimes I used to suffer q great
deal, and my joints would get all
swollen up and stiff. was able to do
very little about the house, and at
times couldn't even cook a meal.
got very nervous and restless, and at
night would lay awake for hours, and
lost many a nights sleep as a conse-
quence.
"a friend of mine had received a
great deal Of help from Tanlac, and
It was she who advised me to try It..
am so glad did for 1t proved the
best medicine I have ever taken. It
soon gave me a good appetite and
seemed to settle my stomach so that
was no longer troubled with indiges-
ton. I don't know what 1t is to have
rheumatic pains now, the swelling and
stiffness has all gone out of my
joints and am able to do the work
Of the house with the greatest ease.
My nerves are now steady and strong.
sleep fine at night, and feel better
in health than ever before in my life.
shall always be grateful for what
Tanlac has done for me, and shall
recommend 1t every chance get"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

try raised and eggs produced. $780,
100000.
1t Is the rule that. in the upward
and downward movements of prices,
farm animals and animal products lag
behind crops. So extreme was the lag
In the price Of animals and animal
products in 1920, on account OF the
extraordinary fall in the prices Of
crops with a short period OF time,
that the total crop value Of 1920 Is
reckOned to be only SO per cent OF
the total value of oil farm products.
In the estimates for a long series Of
years, this is the first crop value esti-
mate that has fallen below 60 Der
cent Of the total Of all products.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
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
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result Of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in a healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
70 become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss Of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous, irritas
bic and may be respondent; II makes any
one 30.
But hundreds Of women claim that Dr..
Kilmer's Swamp-Root. by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions.
Many send for a sample bottle to see
what Swamp Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. By enclosing ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. T.. you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post. You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-AdY.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Will Tackle
Highest Peak


peaks are KIncninjunga, 2S,225 feet,
and K-2, or Bride peak, whose alti-
tude is 2S,191 feet.
Duke Holds Record.
The intrepid duke of the Abruzzi.
who reached the top Of Mount St.
Elias in Alaska (18,O24 feet) and who
at one time held the record Of "farth-
est north" in arctic exploration, tried
to climb K-2, or Bride peak, in 1909,
but failed because from whatever
point Of the compass he advanced he
could find no way up to attain the
summit. At 24,60O feet he and his
companion were in good physical con-
ditlon, although progress was slow
and laboriOus; a thick mist warned
them that to 60 on would have been
Madness"
This achievement Of the italian ex-
plOrer. however, is the worlds record
for mountain climbing. Bride peak is
In the KarakOram Himalayas. Be
sides 1t and its two higher sister peaks,
there are in the Hlmalayas no less
than 75 peaks about $4,000 feet, 4S
above $4,000, 10 above 10000 feet and
five above 27,0OO feet.
Mountain climbing is one Of the
most ancient as well as fascinating
forms Of adventure. It's chief dangers
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Decline Of More Than Five Billion
Shown in 1920.
Corn Leads the List With 81 ,es2, oOo,-
O00-Ten Crops Show Gain in
Value, Oranges Leading.

WashlngtOn.-The value OF farm
crops Of 1920 and Of the farm ami
NAL products and animals sold and
slaughtered, as finally determined by
the bureau Of crop estimates, United
States Department of Agriculture, Is
S19856. 100000 or S5,1O5, 100000 below
the total Of 1919. The drop is almost
entirely confined to crops, among
which the chief declines in value are
Corn, $1,662 100000; cotton lint and
seed. S1,3OOOOO,OOO; wheat, sS54.OOO,.
600; hay, tame and wild. $685., ZOO, 900 !;
tobacco, s24s,OOO,OOO; and oats, &c.,
100000.
On tile other hand, as many as ten
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

are Rvalnnches, landslides, falling
rocks, billiards, falling Ice, falls from
precipices or into crevasses, falls from
ice slopes or down snow slopes.
Some Of the notable mountaineering
ing peaks Of history and the year In
which the peaks Of the various noun
tains were attained follows:
1744, the Titlis. the first true snow
mountain; 1886, Mount Blanc's sum-
NIT reached for first time; 1911, the
Jungfrau; 1912, the Finsteraarhorn;
1918, the zermatt BreithOrn; 1920.
Pixies peak; 1884, the Wetterhorn;
1855, the MOunte Rosa; 1865, the Mat
terhorn; 1879, Chlmborazo; 1888, the
Cordillera; 1888, the Selkirks; 1897,
Adoncagua; 1893, the Bolivian Andes
1899, Sikkim in the Himalayas; 1909,
Mount Ruwenzori. There have been
no pre-eminent achievements by ex-
plorers since the last-named date.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Work
Made Science

study, where every effort is made to
use the latest and most modern meth
DDS in preventing and combating
crime, and where there is an unusual
~ friendly relation between the police
and the general public. are some Of
the distinguishing features of the DO
lice department of Berkeley, Cal. This
city, In which is located the University
OF California, the largest student body
In the world, has perfected a system
OF policing regarded by experts to be
nearly perfect.
Proud Of Police.
Pride in the work of its police is the
boast of every citizen of this Cali
fornia city. In forwarding the eff
cheney of the department every Do
liceman is provided with an automo-
bile, that is combination police ma
chine, ambulance and fire apparatus.
Each patrolman Is qualified as a first
aid man.
Through the use of signal lights and
police horns, this department of 80
men, handling a population Of 10000
persons, covering an area Of nine
square miles, patrols every street and
section Of the city, day and night. No
man patrolling a heat is at any time
more than a minute away from COM
munlcation with the station, and the
entire force could be concentrated at
the extreme limits Of the city within
five minutes.
5eggars Are Barred.
Through the method applied by the
police department and the ordinances
passed by the city, beggars have been
barred from the municipality and the
soliciting Of aims by the fake cripple
has been virtually eradicated. Gam
bling has been reduced to a minimum.
One feature that has attracted I'M
usual attention to the department is
the mapping Of crimes. BY pin
with colored beads, which indi-
cate the nature Of the Offense, the
location is marked on the map. This
quickly indicates where the most seri-
Gus crimes are committed. A general
map shows all the complaints. An
other shows the bad boys Of the com
munity. Still another shows the hours
of the day on which crimes are COM
mitted.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
ASPIRIN
Name "Bayer" on Genuine

Beware Unless you see the name
Slayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-one
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the Bayer
package for Colds, Headache, Neural
gia, rheumatism, Earache, Toothache,
Lumbago, and for Pain. Handy tin
boxes Of twelve Bayer Tablets Of AS
pirin cost few cents. Druggists also
sell larger packages. Aspirin is the
trade mark of Bayer Manufacture Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of Salicylicacid.
ADV.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Spain to Reward Mothers.

Madrid.-MOst Of the Spanish prov
inces are organizing fetes for the in
auguration Of Mothers day." a fea-
ture of which will be the awarding OF
prizes to consplciOusly merltorlous
mothers. The government and the To-
cal authorities are providing funds to
organize and promote the movement,
which aims at the encouragement Of
large families.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
That EMBARRASSING Moment.

. When you have forgotten whether
the new baby is a boy or girl.
swell, well but he is a fine chap,
isn't she? Do her teeth bother him
much? 1 hope he gets through the
winter without getting sick. She looks
like you, doesn't he? Everybody says
1t does"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Have You Seen Anything
of a Lost Indian Tribe7

Washington, D. C.-Has any
body seen anything lately Of the
Montauk Indians2 At last &C
counts they were living on Long
Island, but they seem to have
drifted away and now the gov
eminent is asked to pick up the
trail. Chairman Snyder of the
house Indian committee, intro
duced a resolution to direct the
secretary of the interior to In
vestigate and report.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Yes, We Flnd L That WaN Too.

ut has been truly said" Baggs de-
clared impresslvely, that the world,
financially, is divided into just two
classes-those who borrow and those
who lend"
mot quite right" Bings responded
gloomily. 1.-THE two classes are those
who want to borrow and those who
won't lend"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Shave With cutleura sonn

And double your razor efficiency as
well as promote skin purity. skin COM
fort and skin health. No mug, no
Shiny soap, no germs, no waste, no
Irritation even when shaved twice
daily. One soap for all uses-shaving.
bathing and shampOOing.-
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
These Trout

These Troublesome Times.
Knlcker-What Is the matter With
the wOrld2
BOcker-Unrest, arrest and rest.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
Every Policeman in California
University Town Is an Expert
in Some Line.
SEEKS TO PREVENT CRIME
Each PatroIman In Berkeley Has Mo-
tor car-Entlre Force Could Be
Concentrated In One Place In
Five Minutes.

Berkeley, Cal.-Pollcing a city as
science, where every policeman is more
or less a specialist in some line, where
the prevention of crime is made a
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

Every department OF housekeeping
needs Red Bross Ball Blue. Equally
good for kitchen towels, table linen,
sheets and plllOweases, etc.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

A good detective has intuition; and
he has to have patience, too.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

"Why do you call that performing
poodle Sirius3" Hes a dog star. ain't
he, nOwf"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

Accept "California" Syrup Of Figs
only-look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm.
less physic for the little stomach liver
and bowels. Children love its fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle,
You must say California. ADV.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

"MOney can't do everything"
II know that, but all l want to do
are the things that money can do"
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18
The Placid Exit.

"Why, oh, great philosopher, do you
permit yourself such lengthy dis
courses before quaffing the hemlockT'
inquired one of the members Of the
Socrates Yessing club.
"It's this way" answered the Sc
rene sage. 'Xantippe promised to
slip cake of yeast into the mixture
and am waiting for 1t to work."
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1921-02-18

MRS. ALICE GRESHAM DoDD,
ava mother Of the first American
soldier killed In France, who gives
entire credit for recovery Of her
health to the weII-knOwn medicine
Tanlac.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

! VACANT ground. Allegheny ave. Ciesrh.ld,
Branch Penna, r. r. CHALLENDER'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

IMMED. PoSS.; modern hollow tile and
stucco dwelling: y rooms !nclosed porch !:
financed: $4,000 for quick sale. George l.,
Barnes. 1901 Chestnut st. Walnut 46s5.
HIGHLAND PARK-Six-room modern de-
tached home: stucco over brick; lot COZ
100: newly decorated: reduced $500. D. r.
RYAN, 5918 Market or kirklyn, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

FACTORY site, n. w. cor. 25th WhsTIo0.
lot 227 II. front. along Penna r. n hy
1856 Il, deep: excel. labor facil easy terms
@, II. Webb. 81 Wldener Bldg. Locust l4T4
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02
BERwYN
ELKINs rARK

STONE house semi-detached slate roof.
rooms: on Lincoln Highway; near station
lot 25x220; $4,000. Box rrs, Berwyn, Pa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

HsnsEss slsDs9s sss ss... ssii .sg' =. s'Ia a ass
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

IF YOU are In the markHt Tor = nome So
McMchael about II: that's all. j. Nc
Michael 5Sth and Springfield ave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE REAL ESTATE For SAFE

CCHNER store and dwE., 10 rms; Maschcr
2o30 \, Front st, sun
40. 2iTH-Brownston~, ~ rms fne Io
cation ANXIOUS TO sell. Glenn. 1917 Coluln
t3SOO-2il4-l6 HAROLD S1.-House and 4.
car gar. cunningham Bonsal alb. LehIgh.
2l22 Z. COMMISSIONER Sr.-Four rms
shed; 5000; finance. Dersmaler 2o0! 4 ~
294l LAWRENCE ST.-8r. & bath. toI00.
finance Jos. BersmaLer. 2202 n % ST.
S34oO-VACANT. 263S W. Turner; 4 large
BATH all cows. Owner. Care, 1870 N.24th
reasonable MYERS. 28n4 y. sth e..
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
TI,,GA

23D ST. Desirable 3-story residence.
porches II rooms. gas and electricity; 25x
100. near Tioga and westmoreland sta
tions. Apply Room S1h. I0lt Chestnut 81.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02
CHEsTNUT HILL.
Observation-Disclosures

TWIN house; near station; elec. lisht. hot
water heat,-D rooms bath; garage priv
7. W GRAHAM. Jr. 6n5 Land Title Rdg
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

$3.50 DOWN AND SIS PER MONTH for ~
months busy you an Orange Heights estate;
60 orange and grapefruit trees. fine building
ste overlooking lake and care Of your prop
erty for years: a real opportunity: write
for booklet and map too sY. Orange Heights
Estates. Telegram Bldg Lakeland, Florida
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

RuildlnE Lots. Factory sites. Etc.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02
Bu,in.ss Properties npd Store.

STORE with warehouse In rear; Front n
Allegheny ave; suitable for any line; ver
esirable for business requiring space Mann
Allegheny ave. and @ Ht.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02
REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
PENNSYLVANIA FARMS
NEW JERSEY FARMS
wv Ds,.ss'.S = ~
FREE ILLUSTRATED CATALOC

Choicest NEW JERSEY FARM bargains
with stock. tools, crops included fully
described--many in committing zone. others
near seashQre resorts; prices range from
5000 up. with others on easy terms, Write
NEW JERSEY FARM AGENCY
S37 Real Estate Trust Bldg. Phla
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-08-02

NEW Colonial dwellings reduced In price; ia
rms, 2 baths, hot-wster ht. hrwd, floors
MCCORMICK & MCCORMICK
Lincoln Bldg. or Elkins Park
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-12-23
Monden Scoffs at
Idea of Bonus Out
of a Beer Tariff

Washington, Dec. 23--Legislation
to finance a soldier bonus out of tax
es on the legalized sale and manufac-
ture of beer and light wines was de-
clared today by Representative Mon
dell, of Wyoming, republican leader
of the house, to be out of the question
"early or late, by congress-"
The statement of the republican
leader, made from the house floor,
was considered generally as giving a
setback to the beer and light wines
proposal which recently was put for
ward as possible means of raising
bonus funds.
Representative Hill, republican Of
Maryland, veteran of the world
war, previously had told the house he
was certain former service men were
not opposed to the plan for raising
revenue for bonus by such plan.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-12-23
CHURCH IS.
FACING A SHORTAGE IN
MINISTERS FOR PULPIT
(By Associated Pressl

New York, Dec. 23.-The Episc0-
pal church in the United States faces
a real problem, the steady decrease
in the number of recruits for the
ministry, commission appointed to
investigate the subject declared in a
report made public today. This sit
uation, the commission stated, "is
mare grave. sthanSaseepas a.sheE the
case with other religious bodies"
In the diocese of New York, where,
in the fifties, there was one minister
for every 491 communicates, the
commission found that today there
was only one minister for every
1928.
The report, made by Rev. DR..
George Berthell, of Philadelphia,
Dean Fosbroke, of the general semi
nary, New York, and Rev. DR.. Har-
ry Nichols, covered an investigation
of many months.
1t showed that on a general aver
age throughout the Episcopal church,
the ratio of ministerial recruits to
communicates annually was l to l.
251.
1t was shown that today there was
an excess of 1,277 stations over the
net number of clergy available to fill
them, and attention is drawn to the
fact that approximately 40 per cent
of the new ministers ordained in the
Episcopal church in the last ten
years have come from Methodist
Presbyterian or Baptist denomina.
tions, and none from the Episcopa
church.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-12-23
WANTS TO RETAIN SUBMARINES;
DALL'S RECESS REGARDED FA VORABLE
Color Line Is to
BE Drawn in Cafe
OF Representatives
(By Associated Pressl

Washington, Dec. 23.-protest
against the practice of permitting
negroes to patronize the house of
representatives restaurant was made
today by Representative Aswell,
democrat Louisiana. In a letter to
Chairman Ireland, republican, Illi-
nois, and democratic members of the
committee which is in charge of the
restaurant management, Mr.. Aswell
said four negroes had been noted
acting in the restaurant during the
past few days. The Louisiana mem
Der asked by whose authority the ne
groes were admitted and whether
this is to be the practice of your
committee under the present admin
istration."
Gentlemen of the house," Mr.. As
wells letter continued, SHOULD have
this information now so they may
know whether to keep their families,
friends and themselves away"
Assurance is said to have been
given that hereafter the restaurant
would be restricted to white persons.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-12-23
Arrested Officers
Claimed They Fired
in Self-Defense
CBy Assoc,atsd Prezs.,

Austin, Tex, Dec. 23-The four Of
ficers against whom murder charges
were filed by police sergeant Ed. R.
Nitzchke, for the shooting of "Peeler"
Slayton, taxicab driver, in an alley
adjnoiign what is known as "Ku Klux
Klan hall, declare they. fired in self
defense, Nitzchke today told chief Of
police Griffin. The four men, Bas-
set Miles, federal prohibition officer,
L. E. Young and ]. I. McNeill, city
police officers, and w. E. Mayberry,
custodian of Camp Mabry, refused
to comment on the charges.
According to the story Nitschke
says was told him the lights on the
car were not lit and the shots were
fired in the darkness. Nitschke did
not explain why the shooting occur
red. Eighteen of the men previous
ly held for the shooting, and whom
Nitschke declares innocent, waived
preliminary trials yesterday, and
cases against the other two were
dropped.
Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1921-12-23
Wireless Used to
Summon Firemen
to False Alarm
nBy Associated Pre.sl

New York, Dec. 23.-Wireless te-
legraphy was used for the first time
here today for summoning firemen
to combat flames, and it proved to be
a false alarm. The crew of the po-
lice boat, John F. Hylan steaming
down the East river, saw what ap-
peared to be a serious fire on the
Manhattan shore near Sixtieth street
and wireless dispatch sent to police
headquarters resulted in three en-
gines, two hook and ladder trucks
and fireboats being rushed to the
scene.
The firemen found, however, the
supposed conflagration was a series
of bonfires kindled in some large
garages under construction, the pur-
pose being to dry the walls.