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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-28
Move Made BY Boree.


by Commissioners Cam on the strength
OF affidavits presented BY ". Truxton
Boyce. Federal prohibition director for
Delaware. It is alleged that Palese
has been selling intoxicating liquors AT
s. a quart. The evidence in the case.
il is understood. was secured largely
through the efforts of Frank r Haley.
agent for the Law and Order Society.
and some of his agents. In fact Mr..
Haley provided the money with which
some men were sent to the Palese
home and there are said to have pur-
today that Mr.. Haley had been of
the development OF tie evidence in
this case and that the arrest was due
largely 70 his Efforts.
Mr.. Boyce declared this morning
that he feels they will have accom-
plished much toward the breaking up
of the liquor traffic in this city il they
are able TO eliminate that which he
claims is carried on by Palese. He
said he is of the opinion that one of
the biggest hootleggers, if not the. big
gest in Wilmington has been taken into
custody and it was intimated that
there may be additional arrests in con-
nection with the case. especially among
the agents which Palese is believed
To have employed.
Palese is said to have been a thorn
in the side of the prohibition officers
for long time. Last September his
home was raided by Federal agents
Who took q quantity OF liquor from the
premises and Mr.. Haley claims he re-
moved part of a still. but for some
reason. said to have been a technical
legal error. there were no prosecu-
tions following this raid. Some time
ago Palese's automobile was stopped
while it was being driven from Chester
10 this city and search made on th.
strength of a warrent that had been
secured for the purpose but the only
thing found was quantity of olive
ell and some radishes. Lewis and An
thony PaIese of 1903 Orange street
became involved with the authorities
over the sale or possession of liquor
and their case win be heard before
the General Sessions Court.
The present case against Michael
IL understood to be based not on one
sale alone but on several. Agents for
the Law and Order Society and the
Federal authorities are said TO have
been provided with cash and sent 20
the palese home and there To have
purchased liquor in quart quantities.
This liquor has been preserved but
no attempt was made TO mark the
money for future Identification.
Mr.. Boyce expressed qualification at
the arrest Of Palese as he said they
have been working on the case for
several months. lie said paisse has
boasted OF protection from the Fed
eral authorities and the local police
and he asserted many people had
complained about him and urged ac-
ton againt him, MIR. Boyee admitted
he did not know the source Of Palese's
supposed supply. but stated he SUI
spects it is being brought here from
Chester. probably in trucks. Every
effort has been made to detect il but
without success SO far.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-28
NEW YORK CURB MARkFT.

Reported Daily by Laird 4 Co. Sc.
cnrity Brokers, du Pont BaTdinE.
Yesterdays 10 30
4 IND DUSTklAlS. Close Last
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-28
ELoHL 2/ZzHZY

New York Ave. near Beach. Newly fur
nished and re6ecorased. Offering excellent
accommodations. With home cookins. at
reduced rates J. BiCBAR.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-28
BETTERT1 \. MD.
HOTEI. BETTERTON

High location: magnificent view of Chesa-
6eane Bay. one square from beach. Yeee-
tables from our own garden Open ali
wear Booklet las. T. CREW Proprietor
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-07-28
THE EMERSON

High elevation: new sanitary improve
ments: auto meets ali boats and trains
Write for rates. Vegetables from our farms
electric lights. A. EMERSON. Prop.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
A Refrigerator Without Ice

A NYBODY who has lived on board ship in
"A the tropics. knows what a water
monkey is. Indeed, the contrivance is in
rather common use on land in hot ATTITUDES.
It is a receptacle of porous carthenware
with a capacity of some gallons and filled
with water is hung up in a shady and breezy
place. Thereby evaporation is encouraged
and the water is sufficiently cooled to be
palatable for drinking.
A new. kind of iceless refrigerator based
on the same principle is the invention of
Milton A. Snider, of Detroit. 1t is made
Of porous earthenware in sections that fit
together, one advantage of the sectional ar
rangement being that the affair can be
handled and moved about with less danger
of breakage. The material of which it is
made is rendered less fragile, however, by
wires running through the walls to serve as
re- enlargement. 1t has a tightly fitting cover.
with a knob on top for lifting the latter
off, and this cover is re enforced by wires in
the same way. The cover and the sections
interlock by tongues that fit into grooves, SO
as to fit tightly and securely together. And
around the interior of the refrigerator run
lodges upon which rest wire shelves for the
accommodations of articles of food.
In use, the sections are first immersed in
water until we'll saturated. Then they are
put together and the refrigerator is placed
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
Near Neighbors in the Sky

THERE are so many stars in the sky that
L it is possible to devote special study
only to a relatively few.
Thus, until the other day. no particular
attention was drawn to Barnard's star, as
it is called. That it finally attracted notice
was due merely to observation of the fact
that it seemed to be travelling through the
heavens at extraordinary speed.
A passenger on a railroad train sees the
telegraph poles flying rapidly past. Houses
in the middle distance seem to move more
slowly a stecple in the far background of
the landscape much slower yet. The effect
would be the same If the train were stand
ing still, and the poles, houses and steeple
all in motion at equal speed.
The inference, then, in the case of the
star, was that it was probably rather near
to us; but it was a surprise to discover, on
measurement of it's pardllax, that it was
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
Fraudulent Containers

CONGRESS is making an effort to d Q
- away, by legislation, with certain forms
of fraud which have become SO familiar that
the public at large has almost ceased to take
notice of them. I
One of these is the bottle, with a bottom
so shaped as itself to occupy@a large frae-
ton, maybe as much as one third, of what
ought to be space available for fluid con-
tents. Olive oil bottles are usually made on
that deceptive principle. Another is the bot
tie, commonly used for cherries, strawberries
or olives, which is made of extra thick
glass, the latter incidentally serving to mag
Nifty to the eye the individual fruits. An
other is the ts'slack filed carton, a term
applied to a paper Or pasteboard %container,
which, while actually holding the net weight
Of product declared on the label, looks as if
its contents were much larger than they are
in fact.
Spaghetti is commonly put up in these de-
ceptive packages; likewise candy, which is
sometimes packed in boxes with false bot
toms. In some instances the contents are
wrapped in extra heavy paper, to help fill
the cartons. Oatmeal, rice, macaroni, pep
per, spices and other condiments 's.faked' in
this way are on sale at every grocery, the
object sought being to mislead the purchaser
as to the quantity he gets for his money.
When the law was made requiring that every
contniner of food should declare on it's label
the net weight of it's contents, an effective
embargo on cheating was thought to have
been established. Attempts to evade, that
regulation have been few, because too dan
gerous. But clever rogues soon saw a way
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

gas produces a bright flare at regular inter-
walls.
Some of the lights, however, are SO ar
ranged as not to flare during the day, the
device used to gain this end consisting OF
three small metal bars. Two Of the bars
are gold plated to reflect light. The third
is blackened, so that it may absorb the rays.
Consequently. when daylight comes the black
bar expands and lengthens slightly, while tue
others do not, and thus is produced an
energy sufficient to close a valve and shut
off the acetylene. At nightfall the black bar
contracts, the valve opens and the intermit-
tent fare is resumed.
A new type of structure for carrying an
automatic light supplemented by a warning
bell has already been set up in the Chesa-
peakc and in n few places elsewhere. 1t is
a steel shell, which is set upon the sand Of
the bottom. Then the sand is pumped out
from the inside, causing it to sink. Wood
piles arc driven inside Of it and cut off at
the water level; the water is pumped out of
it, and it is filled with concrete. A hollow
chamber, however, is cast in the concrete to
contain acetylene tanks.
The structure carries a 6arelight. But
to provide for occasions when fog might
render the light invisible, a bell is mounted
on the concrete deck of the steel ~caisson,
a piston energized by the intermittent escape
of soda water gas from a reservoir on top
of the hell causing the clapper to strike a
loud note at regular intervals.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
Dolly Made of. Candy

kin's anatomy are separately wrapped with
paper. which is transparent in order that
the seductive colorings Of the candy may
show through. The arms and legs are sticks
Of lemon Or peppermint candy: The head
is q candy ball. The body may consist
of two or more, irregular chunks Of candy,
absolute life likeness being not considered
necessary. ;
End twists Of the stick -%wrappinss serve
to represent hands and feet: Other twists
Of the paper are left long enough to be,
fastened together by q single piece Of Irvine
SO tied around the body as to hold all the
parts Of the doll together. Features are
painted on the paper enyeloping the head.
This kind Of doll, with suitable sucking
economy will last. a long time after being
sdismembered. Ns M I
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

only six and a third flight years. distant
from the earth.
1t is a small sun much less in size than
our own solar orb and our nearest n%eighbor
in the heavens, with the exception of Alpha
Ccntauri, which is four and a third light
years distant from US. Alpha Centauri is
a double or two suns, each about the
same size as ours, which revolve about q
common center Of gravity.
The next nearest star is Sirius, which is
the brightest stellar luminary in the north
crn heavens. 1t is nearly nine light years
distant. Next come Pisces Australis,
twenty-five light years; Arcturus, forty
three light years; Beta Crucis, sixty-four
light years, and Alpha Eridani, 100 light
years.
A light year is the distance travelled in
a twelve month by a ray of light moving
1S6, 900 miles q second.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

to get around the obstacle thus placed In
their path.
The whole idea Of the flake" bottle and
slack filed carton is based upon the fact
that the average purchaser does not take
the trouble to examine the weight statement.
on the label. He-it is usually she, Of
c~ourse-judges the quantity Of the contents
by the looks of the package. She thinks in
quantity rather than in terms of weight, and
SO is deceived.
Cheats of this kind have multiplied enor.
mously during the last few years. Canned
tomatoes and certain other timed foods
often contain an excess of water or other
liquid, increasing their cost to the consumer.
Now Congress proposes to enforce the use
Of standard bottles and cartons, which, it
is thought, will serve to remedy the mischief.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
Human Hair Ropes

TN THE great Hongwanji Temple, at
L Kioto, Japan, are preserved twenty nine
immense ropes made of human hair: They
represent voluntary offerings of tens Of
thousands of Japanese women.
The temple is as large as a European
cathedral. Ninety six massive pillars sup
port the roof at a height of 1928 feet.
The timbers for the great structure were
all dragged from the mountain forests and
tliftedainto their places BY the above-men-
toned ropes, for which nc material other
than human hair was considered sufficiently
honorable.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
Keeperless light on Lake;
Superior

TIME airplane has lent a fresh horror to
L warfare by rendering it practicable to
set fire to enemy property over unlimited
apeas beyond the fighting front.
.'Incendiaries' Gas they are called) suit
able for this. purpose had not been developed
toSanY great extent.np to the outbreak OF the
late war, but during that gigantic conflict
they were multiplied and made incomparably
more efficient.
= Even now our own Chemical Warfare
Service is working hard at the problem, in
the expectation that in the next war such
agents Of destruction will be employed much
more extensively.
NJ. Early in the recent war phosphorus natur-
ally suggested itself as an incendiary> agent,
To put it out is almost impossible, and a
small pellet Of it falling upon a man will
infict painful burns that take weeks to heal.
Hence the common use Of phosphorus bombs:
A solution of yellow phosphorus in carbon
bisulphide will take fire Of its own accord
on exposure to mir. The mixture finally
decided upon as best by our Chemical War
fare Service, for use in drop bon1bs,'S
consists of these two ingredients together
with benzenc, heavy oils and a small guam
tity of INT.
: This compound was tested BY hanging a
can Of it from q support and firing rife
bullets through the can. A stream then
issued without ignition until the liquid
IS reached playground, when it took ire
ms It spread. Thrown upon water,
1t spreads rapidly and burns fiereely, ~
but for this sort of use, to insure ~!
ignition, small chunks Of sodium
(Which is set on FIRE BY contact with water)
are added. "a.
A mixture Of lubricating oil with 20 per
cent of ammonium nitrate gives, when dis
charged from bombs, immense flames which
burn for ten or twelve minutes. This com
pound, used together with .'thermit,' : proved
the most effective 'incendiary'' during the
war. as
Thermit-has familiar industrial uses. II is
composed Of aluminium and iron rust, both
finely powdered and thoroughly mixed to-
gether. When raised to high temperature
81 the setting of Of 4 small charge Of shigl,
fEHr SYftEaESASINIS
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

explosive, the oxygen in the iron rust PUSHES
over to the aluminium particles flor which it
has greater chemical affinity with such
violence as to convert the whole mass into a
flaming fluid.
The newes intensive type bomb de-
veloped by the Chemical Warfare Service is
loaded with thermit, supplemented by sodium
nitrate and a solid oil. The thermit ~lique6es
the oil, SO that by the time the container is
burned through and melted, there is a ire
lnendous burst of fame.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
Bats With Eyes and Ears

Bats, while abnormally sensitive to such
sounds, inaudible to human ears, have little
or no capacity to hear certain much louder
sounds. Experiments have shown that they
are not disturbed by the voices Of persons
speaking loudly, but are greatly disturbed
when hands are clapped or paper is torn.
Tearing Of paper causes themSto futter and
slacken their speed. Bats move their wings
very rapidly, making ten or twelve strokes
per second. This produces a very high note
that is not generally audible to man, but
which easily becomes so with the aid Of the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
BeacOns for Mariners
That Operate Themselves

Hawaiian archipelago, has not been extin-
guisbed for ten. years, save on occasions for
readjustment. There are a lumber of them
in Alaskan waters.
These keeperless light stations cost SO little
to run thai. they represent a great saving to
the Government. Furthermore, thanks to the
cheapnessS II the method, lights can be null
tiplied to an extent that would hardly be
practicable if men were required to operate
them. Acetylene is the illumihant employed.
a tiny pilot fame burning all the time, while
an ingenious mechanism actuated by the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

uOW can a bat, flying at top speed in a
AAroom, successfully avoid contact with
any Of q number of fine silk threads strung
across the room? The bats wings (accord-
ing to. Prof. Hamilton Martridge; Of Cam
bridge, Enklandy produce by their vibration
sound-waves too high in pitch to be audible
to human ears, but which send back echoes
from all solid objects nearby. The bat has
ears peculiarly attuned to catch these echoes,
and 80 may be said to receive sound pictures
of surrounding objects< In other words, 1t
s'sees,' with. its ears.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

microphone. Naturalists have long realised
that the bat must possess some extraordinary
means Of guiding Its flight, but they failed
to realize the true nature Of the apparatus.
Cuvier thought that the creatures power OF
finding Its way about In the dark vas due
to an exceptional development q tie touch
sense residing in the delicate membranous
wings. The hearing Of bats seems toss be
more acute than that of any other kind Of
animal, and it is observed that The onterp,ost
parts of their ears are movable and =.
tremely sensitive.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

Most of the bombs dropped by the Ger
mans in England carried thermit. The
British baby inccndiary bomb" extensively
used during the war, was loaded with the
same destructive mixture, to which barium
nitrate was added. These babies weighed
only six and a half ounces apiece and wer'
packed in a timed iron container which,
according to size, held from IA to 21O of
them. One 1Iandley Page bombing airplanH
could carry .16, 900. They could be dropped
in the contamcr, to fly in ali directions when
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

THERE has been a good deal Of trouble
L recently about lights set up for the hene-
fit of mariners in the Philippines, where on
many small outlying islands our lighthouse
service has established automatic flash ap-
paratus.
The contrivance used for the purpose OPP
crates itself, showing a brilliant warning
light at regular intervals of a quarter of a
minute or half a, minute. Native savages
are disposed to regard the phenomenon as
black magic. attributing it to evil spirits,
and in a number Of instances they have
cvinced their disapproyal' of it by smashing
the installation.
Within the last few years the lighthouse
service has installed hundreds of these au-
tomato lights along the shores of the great
lakes. OH the gulf coast and in Atlantic and
Pacific harbors. Several of them have been
newly set up at points on the Hudson River.
Three, which are visited only once in six
months, arc located on rocks far out at sea
off the coast of Honduras. One, i'll the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26
World War Developed the Torch of Mars

explosion followed impact with the ground.
The Chemical Warfare Service has sug-
gested to our Navy Department the possible
advisability~of using "incendiaries." If It
were desired to set fire to coast cities by
long-range bomba rdment, they would be very
useful. But, for the present at least, the
navy men are not inclined to accept the idea.
They prefer high explosives.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

A WOMAN, Adelaide M. Porter, of
"A Greenwich, Conn.,, is the inventor of a
new kind of doll. 1t ought to be particu-
larly attractive to young folks, being made
Of candy. The various parts of the mani
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-10-26

near a window or in some other place where
it will be exposed to a current of air, thereby
encouraging evaporation. The more rapid
the evaporation the cooler will be the in
terror of the continuance. To keep the walls
wet and thus secure continuous operation of
the device, narrow ring shaped troughs that
run around the outside Of the refrigerator
are supplied with water from time to time.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-18

John Mccormack. King ~ Irish ten
c-s vas heara n his hrst New York
concert 81 the season at the HlFPcdrame
last evening. The great auditorium was
Hlied 20 CAPACITY and the stage fairly
hu.Sed with extra chairs. \ McCor-
mack concert n New York IS an assured
success even before the sale Of tickets
begins and so las, nights cent was a
success from every angle
NJ Mccormack was aPrlauded until
hs actVa!ly blushsd He. is accustomed
20 applause but he has apparently new
az outErown n seemingly hoy!sh mHd-
estv that shows Mt times when enthY-
s!asIn carries his audiences 20 high
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-18
TEMFERMENTAL DIFFER
ENCES

A French ma game rec@n;lr asked
n-~ber IT famous persons What : the
creates: force IN th" World The re-
plies shohc1 r. ther vide range OF
opinion. and. coming E:am the type Of
persons Questioned = :acE CT any great
or solid UNDERLYING unified or coherent
idea OF such :orce. The answers vera
ms varied as we're tia occupations Of tho
persons :ntr-rogacet: forme. president
said the greatest core IN the world Is
common sense" = famous genera!
called I, Mature a famous author
Democracy" t"nl.Gi.t author Pride
and so on: Mob !!!'r:,'." Fear. "froft-
GERS IL human weakness" Money
Conscience" DISCRIMINATION" and
love
II IS worthy OF passing ah''r" tina;
rone cs the famous PERSONS defined 80
greatest force In the w1~.d - ~"
church - The Tea,&..-s Q: mrs.
IL a Latin countrr- SCH as r:,"''.
where a beautiful cathedral Is th:n;
% pride In every city and "t,@S". aHl
where the "A:S; com:nnr'on" * III"
creates. event IN the 10 oi a,uos' ..;"",
child. Il IS % Re wondered Why TIA
church was torgot;en u ~, ais" s"e'n
curious Why some OF the definitions d
not refer 20 THE Horn. T. hos" wSo
know the yea, ho-.r-. :. O.: -, french
reople a5I Nat :: .-1-'r'@T' part =
plays in the govR-c:H"r' - -" '""'.'.-
lie. Il vii! seen! n'"-a ".V 49, ~ ~.
the word Home" ~ -. - ""ll II;
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-10-18
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