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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-06

at the spacious home of Mr. and
Mrs. A. L. Jones. which was dec
grated with chrysanthemums. clue
colors and Halloween emblems.
About forty club women of Clovis
accepted the invitation and attend
ed the luncheon. During the
luncheon hour the ladies were
given several beautiful vocal solos
by Miss Halle Mitchell and Mrs.
Temple Molinari, with Mrs. Wal
ter Krattli at the piano. During
the afternoon the ladies enjoyed
rock at several tables.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-06

are: Tom Truder, Charles Trum-
bull, George Hunker, Roy M. Gaut.
r. J. McWenie, j. Acton, Ludwig
Ilfeld, w. Fl. Springer and Colbert
c. Root. Because of the illness Of
Charles Hedgcock, exalted ruler.
Colbert G. Root is acting as ex-
allied ruler and chairman.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-06

Rv the ennlovment of A special
" devised 'ow-temperature cooking
process, investigators at the Uni
ver@itv of Illinois have succeeded
in obtaining rood grade of coke
from coal which scenes devoid of
o0v cooking nronertv.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-11-06

The New South Wa'es labor gov
eminent, after an investigation, has
ruled that nearly fifty of the lead
ing trades shall in future onerate
eight hours on five days and four
hours on Saturdays.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Gas Kills Aged Woman;
Norris Cautions Public

Mrs. Joanna Metzger, eighty-three
years cid, Of Sol Magenta Street. the
Bronx. was found dead in her apart
ment, Yesterday, as result OF gas
asyphyxiatiOu. The tube of ga $
stove in the room she occupied had be-
come disconnected.
Dr.. Charles Norris. chief medical
examiner, issued warning Yesterday
following numerous cases OF gas pois-
oning. usually reported during the fab
ard winter. He said
There arc too many cases Of
asphyxiation from escaping gas due 20
& habit OF turning off the gas in
boarding and furnished room houses
a. stated hour. In cases where oc-
cuPants of rooms sleeping with the
pas alight there is grave danger Of
their being smothered if the gas is
turned en- again beore they wake.
Another promoting cause of gas
asphyxiation IS defective rubber
hose connection. There should be a
careful inspection in an effort to OBJ
vlate repetitiou Of condition such
as prevailed in the winGer of 1918.
There were 528 cases Of gas asphyx-
latioN resulting in death during 1912.
ir 1910 there were 435 such cases-far
too many for city like New York. All
possIble measures Will be taken to
cut down the figures this winter.
There have been 1891 deaths from gas
poisoning in the last three years.
Most OF these deaths were avoidable "
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Never Committee
Resumes Probe of
Contracts TODAY
Witnesses Called 10 Tell of
Alleged Brides; Further
Inquiry in Police Affairs
Expected Later in Week

The Meyer committee Wi, resume
hearing of witnesses IN connection
with alleged payments Of bribes BY
contractors to obtain contracts on
construction in Queens when its ses-
sions are resumed to-day at 10 o'clock.
The committee will remain N session
until p. m
Witnesses have been summoned 70
testify 10 payment of large sums ii
addition TO the $58 600 already shown
10 have been charged against Queens
taxpayers by contractors who say they
were compelled TO pay bribes to
officials before being permitted to DC
their work
According to information obtained
last night, twelve witnesses await ex-
animation in connection with the con-
tractors alleged payments to individ-
uals. Elon Z. Brown, one OF the at
torneys for the committee, said last
concerning the probable line OF ques-
tioning would be given out, but it
vas admitted that only 4 small part
CT the testimony available has SO far
been heard.
It was also said yesterday that in
vestigation of matters in connection
with the Police Department would be
taken up this week but Senator
Schuyler Meyer, chairman of the COM
rnittee, refused last night to corrobo-
rate this. Senator Schuyler said he
aid not wish to discuss the committee's
actor in advance.
The matter OF isusing licenses to
concerns doing business under city
license is also to De further gone into
This line Of investigation is in con-
nection with conditions suggested b.
recent testimony before the committed
with regard 70 alleged bribes paid Of
ticials for market stall permits Dock
leases will he further investigated. A
mass OF evidence concerning these
leases is said to be in the hands of
the committee and Il large number OF
witnesses have been subpenaed to ap-
peer in this connection.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Importers Open Fight
On Valuation Clause

The National Council OF American
Importers and Traders announced yes
terday the beginning of a publicity
campaign against American valua-
tion plan. Under this scheme, pro-
posed IN the Fordney tariff bill, tariff
would be levied on imports on the basis
Of market value here, instead Of at the
point OF origin, as in the past.
The mem bers Of the organization
fighting the proposed American valua-
tion plan believe It will make revival
OF foreign trade impossible, intensity
unemployment and generally act as
brake on the prosperity of the United
States. The membership includes p.
Centemerl & Co., Emery Beers & Co,
Franklin Simon & Co, Best & Co.,
Gimbel Brothers, Philadelphia: Theo-
dorc Haviland {: Co. julius Kayser &
Co, S. S. Kresge Company. Milbank,
Loaman & Co. Ovington Bros. Co.,
Semstag e. Hider Bros, George Borg
feldt 6 Co, T. W. Woolworth Com
pany, Stern Brothers, Brokaw Brothers,
Brooks Brothers, Gage Brothers, Roger
& Gallet, Saks & Co, Park & Til
ford, Haviland & Co., james McCut-
ckeon & Co. and many others
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

That which is needed to stop crime
s rot the opcD saloon. but the open
;actories, the Commissioner declared.
tpor Pres dent Harding mas fallen
a 'ask, the largest given 70 mortal man
feT century. i IL difficult to say
FhicA IS the more omiuous. the clamor-
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

Ing ii the world from without or the
silence of .ne people within our own
land, ou. ~ The doors Of our factorics
swing open and as normalcy is restored
the crime waVc VIII recede.
The prevalence Of crime in the
United States is not due to any Jaw,
but is due rather to the laxity of Law
enforcement, and cannot be entirely di-
Vorced from the former period when
the anarchists and TIE vendors of dis
content piled their trade without mo-
lestation from the street corners of our
great cities.
That it is difficult to enforce pro-
hibitory laws we do not deny, and that
there are violations of the law we do
not doCbt. The prevalence Of murder
gives Us serious pause and the enforce.
rent Of tie law ct times seems most
difficult. Shall we, therefore, for the
good Of the land, repeal the laws
agains: homicide, or shall we nullfy
the laws against arson because we find
in times Of business depression there
Is prevalence Of fires that have in
CenQIary Crigin %
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

.-t---- 7--7------ --!'ET.
ATLANTIC CITY, Oct 9.-Hearings
in the appeal which Countess Anna st.
Clair Da Contuoia took from the pro
bate OF the will Of her mother, Mrs.
Alice Gerry Griswold. under which she
was to receive only $500, while the
bulk Of the estate went 10 Mrs. Mary
Nj. Drischman, will be continued to-day
and probably will last for ten davs
longer. Mrs. Drischman is to take the
stand to-day to be examined concern
ing her accounts as trustee Of Mrs.
Gr;sWnll'S n,oNrrtx
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Sacramental Wine Issue
Is Referred to Daugherty

WASHINGTON. Oct. .. = Tho long
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

Connors, twenty-nire years old, ot 257
greenwich Avenue, were arraigned in
Essex Market Court, Scmmers said that
Edward McAree and Connors were the
men who aided in the robbery Of his
place. All three we're held in $4,000
bail for examination on the charge OF
SerHers. Magistrate Sweetser also
he'd Edward McAree and Connors in
$4,000 additional bail each on the
charge OF attempting tc hold up the
taxicaO driver. Conno-s also was
charged with violation Of the Sullivan
law
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

CT denominations on the ground that
the churches were unable to obtain
wines OF standard quality from other
sources. Existing regulations conin-
ing the sale OF liquors in wholesale
quantities to wholesale druggists and
manufacturers have excepted sacra-
mentai WINE dealers pending Mr..
Daugherty's determination OF the law
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

disputed question ot wholesale dealers
in sacramentsl wines being permitted
20 do business under the national pro-
hibition laws have been put to the De-
parlment of Justice for decision. Sec
retary Mellon has asked Attorney Cen
eral Daueherty to rule whether COM
lnercial firms can be permitted 20 deal
ir wines for religious purposes.
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

Under al opinion OF former Attorney
General Palmer which banned whole
sale liquor dealers from selling intoxi-
cants, the Treasury contemplated the
inclusion OF the dealer in sacramental
wines in the general category.
Protests against ban on the dealers
IN wines for religious purposes were
lodged with the Treasury by number
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Bandit Taken In
Saloon; Friends
Seized in Taxi
Shot Fired Into MirrorWl1en
Whisky Is Refused Draws
Policeman, " no FeIls
Hold-Up Man With Pistol
Captive Severely Beaten
Two Captured, After Later
Effort to Rob Cab Driver.
Held as His Companions

John Semmers, proprietor Of the
saloon at 126 Seventh Avenue. was an
the point Of closing the place early
yesterday morning, when three men
entered and demanded whisky. Upon
being refused they drew revolvers and
commanded Semmers and two belatea
customers at the bar to throw up their
hands. One of them. said later bv the
police TO have been Frank McAroe
t"enty-one years old, o. lit First Ave
nue.. walked to The till and rifcd it
of $50.
One OF The customers inadvertentIv
lowered his arms bit, whereupon Nc
Aree fred two shots into the mirror
behind the bar. Patrolman Edward
Doyle, OF the Fifth Street station, heard
the shots and dashed into the saloon. to
see McAree searching the pockets of
the customers, while his companions
Owed througl a rear door and ESCAPED
to the street.
Robber Reaten Severely
The policeman struck McArec ovsr
the head with the butt of his revolver
Telling him. Before he could be res
cued, Doyle says, McAree was beaten
severely by the men he was trying to
rob
HALF an hour later. while McAree
was being booked at the station, two
men Jumped on the running board OF
tsxicab driven by Isidore Zimma rulan
at Ninth Street and Second Avenue and
demanded his money. For answer, the
driver stepped on the nocelerator,
which caused the car to bound forward
so suddenly that tho would be robbers
We're thrown heavily TO the street.
Zimmerman stopped his machine at
the next corner, where he was over
taken by a side-car motorcycle bearing
Sergeant Challan and Patroman kirk
win Of the Fifth Street station on a
tour Of inspection. AS he told his
story he caught sight OF two men
climbing into another taxi AZ Eleventh
Street and Second Avenue and pointed
them out TO the policemen IS the men
who had accosted him Challan and
Kirkwin overlook the second car at
Tenth Street and Avenue A. crowded Il
into the curb and forced a halt
Patrolman Saves Sergeant
Sergeant Challen flung open the door
on ne street sijn of The Gao and pul!a,
man later Identified as Edward Me
&ree, twenry-three years old, al SIG
East Sixteenth Street, who said he was
brother OF the man previously ar.
rested in Semmers's saloon. As lie did
so, Challan says, the other man in the
car pointed revolver at him and was
about to pull the trigger when Patrol
man hlrkwin opened the other door ana
feled him with his nlsntatica
Later, when the McAroe brothers and
the third man, who said he was John
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10
Foes OF DRY Law
Breed Anarchy.
Haynes " arms
Prohibition Head Declares
Bootlegger Has Spirit of
Bolshevik and Assails
Attitude of Disrespect
Liquor Yender q Traitor
Insists Personal Liberty Is
Net Infringed Upon:
Crime Move to Recede

Ihs Eigateenth Amendment was De
tended ard the popular attitude CT
d,srespect toward IT attacked BY Fed
eral Pro- :bitlon Commissioner Roy A
HAYNES in sn address on "American-
i5r." delivered yesterday afternoon at
ire West Side Y. II. c. A.
I've sign that points to the eva
sion Or disregard O. the Eighteenth
Amendment is on the highroad of an
srchv ar5 lawieSsness. and leads
toward the fulfiinene Of Macaulay's
tragic prophecy that the civilization Of
the United states would sc destroyed
hy iavlessucss engendered within her
avn INST itutiors." Commissioner Haynes
declared.
when. for the qualification Of their
a7pctites or he promotion OF their IN
terests. lawyers. bankers, great nler
chants and manufacturers and social
leaders, bota men aud women. disobey
and sccT 81 this law or any other law
they are aiding the cause OF anarchy
ard promoting mob violence, robbery
and homie de; they are sowing dragons
teeth, snl they need not be surprised
when they ind that TO judicial or po-
Ice autr ~.tv can save our country or
humanity from reaping ire harvest.
sa,s erc-t unanimously adopted ny
the jud'c.a. sect'en of 70 American
Bar Association as : warning 10 pri-
vste citizens and public law officials
VITO az encouraging lewlessncss 10
prohibit elfoTcen nsIt.
Spirit Of the Anarchist
AYE short .ighted American who
fails to see IN rAe boo.legger of to-day
hoth the spirit CT ;ae anarchist and
pO19 - ,tois -,,r
spsn 49,, - .hs roaiir'
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uon .'.~' 9of"r,o1s - 80
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NNr'iei ue D." -''s ''iH ~ ". .D'' 60
Wai@s ~ i.ie' Is j" s.'e '"s' e"aiys's
u" 'iVi1te.' a.- sst -" ~ aug sV''4-
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"Tt. r,sr.s,.si H., s.re,.,,.o., s.,
like soap hrbb'o. Il aopears iri-
-escen- and real het vixen punctGred
taere IS nothing IN u. They say the
( s-teerta Amendment infrI9ges upon
persona. lt2erty ~ restricting ones
personal habits NV every iaw does
nat ~ .erser or smaller degree. The
lat1i... .s| sfeA,4s !a1erte1es "ta
New-York tribune., 1921-10-10

II You Don't Register You Cannot Vote

Registration hours to-day p. m.
TO 10:30 p. n,
Every other day this week, excepting
Saturday the hours of registration
are the same. On Saturday the last
day of registration the polls are open
from a. m to 1880 D. m
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the electroscope in Fig. 81, and the
body not charged will become charged
by contact with the charged body. The
two bodies repel each other.
Drop a suspended cork into glass
tumbler Gig. 81. BY bringing an cleo
trified stick of sealing-wax to sides
of the glass, the cork will be influenced
as though the glass were not between.
An electrophorus is an apparatus
for obtaining static electricity Gig.
10Y. Run melted sealingwaX into a
can cover having narrow rim, so
that it will be nearly brimful Gig.
1D. Cut circular piece of tin an
inch smaller in diameter than the COW
err, and tack it at its center to a thread
spool Gig. 12). Fasten a short glass
rod into the spool hole.
To charge the electrophorus, rub the
sealing-wax briskly with flannel or
wooden cloth. Then, to charge the tin
disk, take hold of the glass rod handle,
place the disk upon the sealing-wax,
and touch the finger of the other hand
to the top of the disk Gig. 10Y.
Raise the disk by the glass handle,
then bring it close to a finger or your
tongue. and a spark will jump across
the gap. To recharge the disk, re-
place it upon the sealing-wax, touch
your finger to the disk as before, then
raise the disk. The wax surface re-
quires only an occasional recharging.
The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-05-18

and Leon Bakst. the Jewish artist
who was at one time expelled from
Moscow because of his being II Jew. in
art. The success of three Jews i'll
three different fields of human en-.
deavor at that particular time is a
matter of greatest Significance. Who
indeed. might have supposed that at
IL time when the very life Of the ma
jority of our people was hanging in
the balance and tho ground had liter
ally been taken from under their feet
Jews could be so selfforgetful as TO
devote themselves with heroic zeal
and unsurpassed ardor To the cause
of art and science:
And vet. here. as elsewhere. i'll the
manifestation of his genius. the jew
is only following the ase-long irhdi-
ton of advancing and promoting the
worlds work. 1t was thus III the
dark ages of medieval times. when the
nations were engressed in feudal
strife and the Jew WAS engaged III
interpreting the thoughts of the East
to the thoughtless West, 1t was thus
in the early days of the Renaissance
when he made the works of Arabic
thinkers accessible to Christian schol-
ars. it was thus during the recent
war. when, sacrificing his life on the
battlefield of the ungrateful nations.
he Mt the same time also applied nm
self ardently to the cause OF cul-
turc and dedicated his efforts aud MS
energy to art and science. and 1t rs
thus now when. needless of antl-sem
itic attack and assault. ana obvious
of his own fate and lot. he devotes
himself to things noble and glorious
in order that the world may become
immeasurably and inesrimably en-
riched through the accomplish meii's
and achievements of his .geifi'ls.-
From an editorial in The Jewish Led
ger, New Orleans.
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Tel. Main SEE
N. SCHRIBER
Decorating. Painting
ass" HHHa-arH 3D..
Contracting Il
1888 Newton Denver, Colo
THE OBSERVER.


VI w. Hi"s'en ieeeP
~, i" ~. Son III
says "i"'hs o''''
.n'
Is "'
''''"'" ma
ms "pPe",""ee :" Niie'iea "s
's' As'e"" ~ so'en'is.'
"'"i' nave u"i'c iioie hoi 'u"''isni IN
se"e'"i anu ioi >-'"h'Sni 4" p'r''e""i
IL" nay so"'e W -Na' i"'
itiSsoh' as one Vi the great thhihei'
VI ,"e "o'i" ""oni aii A"e'ie" "e
hsh'c" " h"ioi' r"uher tirAh as
ie'oer III separ'l,e movement Oh
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philauthropic Societies, Mortimer L

Philanthropic Societies, Mortimer l..
tectory and Aid Society at Haw-
thornc, declared that the community
has gone probation mad"
1t is his opinion that delinquents
guilty of serious olfcnses are given
their freedom too soon and that in
stitutions fail to deal effectively with
them because of this policy. Accord
ing to him, great care must be eXcr-
cised in dealing with dclinquents so
that in giving them n second chance
they are not given the opportunity for
Il second offence.
while on the subject of delii-
euency,' said Mr.. Scl,iff, Il would like
to say something about our present
methods of dealing with juvenile de-
linquency / hope i will not be mis-
understood because ] believe in prOba-
ton. We have gone probation mad.
l believe that the present tendency OF
the courts is toward too much proba-
ton. / can only judge from my own
experience at Hawthorne.
Ten years ago we could do some
thing with the great bulk of boys who
serious offences, were sent away suiii-
cicntIy unhartlened by Il process of
education to live ,decently. Today it
is the exception for us to get boy
~; n, whom, yva nuu really do ANYTHING.
The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-05-18
NOMINATING CONVENTIONS FOR
JEWISH CONGRESS.

Nominating conventions for dele
gates to the American Jewish Con
gress will be held in New York and
many Other cities on Sunday, May
2.nd. The idea of establishing the
Congress on a permanent basis, to deal
with general Jewish questions and
also to enlist the. support of all Jewry
in the work for the rebuilding of
Palestine. has been endorsed by rari-
Gus Jewish National ana Central Or
ganizations and different communities
in the country. The nominations and
elections now being held are in keep
ing with the decisions reached at the
Conference held in Philadelphia last
May and ut the Preliminary Confer
cncc held in New York on March
Goth.
Most of the local Jewish organiza-
lions of New York are expected to
take part in the nominating conven-
tions to be held on the 22nd of May.
Greater New York has been divided
into fourteen Gi) districts. and each
district is to have its own convention.
Each society. lodge. congregation
Talmud Torah and every other kind
of association has been asked to send
one delegate Detailed information
can be secured from the General
Board of Elections Of me Provisionni
American Jewish Congress, which has
its offices Mt / Madison Avenue. The
The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-05-18

en- cloth, will become electrified, and
will attract bits of paper Gig. %. An
interesting experiment is to make n
small hoop out of a paper strip. and
cause 1t to roll by means of an cleo
trified stick of sealing-wax or rubber
comb held close to its edge Gig. 81.
To detect the presence of static cleo
tricity, make an electroscope Gig. A..
Cut small square of cardboard (A),
and stick pin through it (B). Make
the piece balanced on the pin out of
paper. Gut 1t to the shape shown in
Fig. 5, fold 1t in half, and notch it at
the center of the fold. Make hanger
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HANDlCRAFT
FOR BOYS
Copyright by A Nicely HalL)
EXPERIMENTS WITH STATIC
ELECTRICITY.
D 4. NEELY HALE

Place a sheet Of paper upon a wood
en- table top. rub the surface with your
fist Gig. ~, raise q corner, and note
how the paper clings to the wooden
surface. The paper will also cling to
your clothes or hands, and will lift
bits of paper.
Sealing-wax or rubber comb,
rubbed briskly with flannel or WOOL
The Denver Jewish news. [volume] (Denver, Colo.) 1915-1925, 1921-05-18

Canton crepcs. charmeuse satin.
finest tafTetas and geOrgette COM
binations-a group of high-class
dresses regularly worth up to $50.
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ID out of paper, and paste 1t to the
sides of G over the notch. The hanger
rests upon the pin point. To use the
electroscope, bring a charged body
toward it. One end of c will swing to-
wards the body in the same way COM
pass needle Is attracted by a magnet.
Fig. shows another form Of cleo
troscope. Make standard out Of
pieces A, B and G, and suspend
piece of cork CD from the end of G
by means of silk thread (E). An
electrified rubber comb or stick of seal
ing-wax (E) will attract the cork.
A body charged with static cleo
tricity will attract body not electro
fed. Bring the two together (for ex-
ample, cork ID and sealing-wax. E Of
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Taffetas. georgettcs. tricotines
and satins. all in fine group of
now styles and colors. Many OF
them regularly worth up to $50.
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MORTIMER l.. SCHIFF DEGREES
LENIENCY IN PROB ALTON
WORK.

In a recent address before the .Coii-
ference ON Delinquency held ny tue
Federation for Support OF JEWISH
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It is easier to go down hill than
TO back up. but rllis is the point; you
can back up
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A boy continues to be his mothers
net even after he's become hs fathers
pest.