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Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-22

the Willard Storage Battery Company
of Cleveland, Ohio, there is little ex-
cuse in these days of advanced battery
construction for using radio az bat
teries that have wooden cases. mum
ber of manufacturers are supplying
batteries in rubber containers, of which
the Willard All Rubber on Battery
is the pioneer. The ease of this bat
terry is of the same one piece construc-
tion as thei- allrubber automobile
starting and lighting battery and can
be used anywhere with complete safe
ty. 1t can be kept clean and when
polished makes very attractive addi-
ton to the radio set
Imperial Valley press., 1922-04-22

timber remaining in the United States
today is to be found in the three
states of California, Oregon and Wash
ington.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

man as being up o tree. The former Is
to be found in the. cockney comic songs
that concern themselves with hanging out
the washing or coming home with the
milk. The latter is to be found in those
fantastic yarns about machines that turn
live pigs into pig-skin purses or burning
cities that serve to hatch an egg. But Il
will be inevitable, when the two come first
into contact, that the pathos will sound
like vulgarity and the extravaganza will
sound like boasting.
The Englishman is very likely to say
something like, "Oh, you'll be wanting to
get home to your old woman before that,
and asking for kipper with your tea"
And 1t is quite likely that the American
will be offended in his turn at having his
arabcsque of abstract beauty answered in
so personal fashion. Being an Ameri-
can, he will probably have a fine and
chivalrous respect for his wife; and may
object to her being called an old woman.
Possibly he in turn may be under the
extraordinary delusion that talking of the
old woman really means that the woman
is old. Possibly he thinks the mysterious
demand for kipper carries with it some
charge of ill-treating his wife.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

was. tIdl was In some
sort of high street or market-place during
a carnival or a revolution. True, the
people looked rather rich for revolution
and rather grave for carnival; but they
were congested in great crowds that
moved slowly, like people passing through
an overcrowded railway station Even in
the dizzy heights of such a sky-scraper
there could not possibly be room for all
those people to sleep in the hotel, or even
to dine in it. And, as a matter of fact,
they did nothing whatever except drift in
to it and drift out again. Most of them
had no more to do with the hotel than |
have with Buckingham Palace. have
never been in Buckingham Palace, and
have very seldom been in the big hotels
of this type that exist in LondU., or Paris.
But | cannot believe that mobs are per-
petually pouring through the Hotel Cecil
or the Savoy in this fashion, calmly COM
ing in at one door and going out of the
other. But this fact is part of the funda-
mental structure of the American hotel;
it is built upon compromise that makes
it possible. The whole of the lower floor
is thrown open to the public streets and
treated as public square.
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

IF asked for single symbolic figure summing up
whole of what eccentric and interesting about
America to Epghman, should be satisfied select that
lady who complained of Mrs Asqu lecture and wanted
her money back
ONE of the first questions I asked how should
- be disposed to explain the of crime in New York
Naturally replied that might possibly be due the number
of the moment seemed possible that if they
regreabe incidents might possibly have taken
place.
there can be laws liberties in q nursery, the
extension of femnism that there shall be
laws liberties in state than there nursery
woman does not really regard citizens children
She may she is humanitarian, love all mankind but she
does not respect it. Still less does she respect
THE negroes special problem, because of
in the past did to them The japanese . special
problem because of what they may
what they and the Gente in the and future
seem to have the habit Of doing to each other.
HE of the called paging" and consists
OF sending little boy with large voice through all
halls and corridors Of the building making
name The custom is Of course clubs
pared with the wall with which the page
formula of Calling Mr. So and remember particularly
mosphere Of Pittsburgh through which youth
voice the like of which have heard in the land Of
sgan ng ing voice like the Of lost spirit saving again and
would find Mr. Anderson Perhaps had been any
Mr.. Anderson to be found
THE English and the American types of one
way directly contrary The most American sort of fun
involves soaring imagination png one house on another in
tower like that Of skyscraper most English humor
coss OF sort OF oathos OF returning the his
money iashon as when he sits down suddenly
hoe American fantasy in its aspiring spirit describes
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

MERCA does not think that stupidity practical does
not think that ideas merely destructive things does
and blow his brains OUT rather would all its machinery
to the genius and beg him to blow his brains in.
r RADlTlON does not dead town; it does
that the living dead but that alive.
In Phlladeipha means that it still matters what Penn did
hundred what Franklin did
never could feel in New York that anybody
did an hour ago
IN America stick is commonly called about
something of the atmosphere which the poet described
the nice conduct of the ouded 1t would
alton that when the States
carrying light stick they deduce that if
does nothing else. But luxury
and loungng and most of the
getlc society avoid 1t by instinct
r HERE obviously something practical advantage
with which the American butterfly fits from flower
to flower He force his
he does not force himself Even prejudces
he to insist knowing least he
our knowing him. 1t may be, sensiblites bad
thing that total stranger should talk if friend
but might possibly be if he being friend
before he would talk like
wv HEN first among them suspicion that they
w possessed and practsed a and religion,
the cult of the elevator anced they worshipped the
lift at rate worshpped in he>ft The
OF this suspicion to collect regret
fully abandoned it, far illustrate
social principals underlying the structural plan of the building
Now American gentleman invariably takes
lift. He does take off his the hotel even if it is
crowded with ladies. But he always lady
elevator; and this marks the atmosphere The
lift is room, but the hotel is street.
w HEN first went into of the big New York hotels,
w the first impression certainly its bigness. 1t
called the Bimore and wondered how national humor
sts had made the obvious comment of wishing they had built
such things, the in which they
used almost as public streets or rather public My
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

II
rten Intsnded Not to Diseu.: Prohibition During
nly Too Delighted to Discus. It Over the Nut,
ne. They Were Even Willing If Necessary to
Dispense With the Nuts"
A FOREIGNER is . who laughs a everything except
"A jokes.
MERICANS have naonaies the end Of which
4 for us are at the ends of the earth
MERIcANs average. rather intelligent
IA Englishmen and they well that Hercules
myth and that Mrs. Asquith something of mythOlosist
IN modern America the wealthy all slipping
their cocktails and discussing how much harder
can be made to work only they be kept from fesvy
A MERIcA is making home ou. of vas.bond
"a nation out Of exles. In short, has long be 6g
nised that America asylum. II only 2on
that it has looked like lunasie asylum
r. HE American business and is mono
maniac while the Frenehm.n ha. the romance Of life and
the Americans are really romantic about it
7 WENT America with some notion of not discussing
Prohibition But soon found that welltodo Americans
were only too discuss the nuts and wine
first fancy they never quite finished putting
"a up big building without feeling that it time
pull down again, and that somebody began dig up
first foundations while somebody else putting
HAVE generally found that the traveller fails
BUT thine Away. sndns S Sne snf re pe
ton would tend destruction Everything merely
progresses finally perishes
NIHEN had looked at the lights of Brosdway by night
" l made to my American friends innocent remark
that seemed amue them had looked not
without joy at that long kaleidoscope lights arranged
thing from pork to pianos through the Of
wonders this any was lucky enough to
V1HEN went to the American consulate regularire
ssd my Pa''pSr: % Pc they put nm in my hand. form to be
Up other pa.pe oes. But y SsS %s. ssS TesS
different from form had filed up my life Al
which my friends and invented in our an
paper containing questions like, eff in
Fems%s. ~roe the yS psdse One of my friends
But that |. .nOthe, story and might bring Mr. Pussyfoot
One Of the questions paper was "Are you an an
srshs," To which detached philosopher would
Are You an Then there was the Question oO
% % l sS ;, G he United
question at the end Of my tour and not the beginning
ss % s nnn Tss s had S sn
mo such luck or mot such fool according to our eape
that to Stead when he Circulated the rhetorical Uues
ton, Shal say my brother Boer!"-the ran
among many things that amused me almost to the
point treating dsrespectfuy the most Smus
compelled respectfully think Of the foreign
desPerade seeking to slip into America with official papers
beautiful Be- Ssa, 81 am an anarchist hate you all and wish
United as soon possible & one
my left ouser pocket into Mr. Harding at the
Or again, "Yes poiygamist right, my forty
seven wives are accompanying the disguised
answers is resssurng to know that anarh
and and good that the police only
to ask them questions and they certain to ten
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26
Queer Thin8sMrC Observation-Disclosures.

"America Is Making Home Out of Vagabonds
and Nation Out of Exiles. In Short, It Has
Lona Been Recognized That America Was an
Asylum. 1t Is Only Since Prohibition That 1t
Has Looked Little Like Lunatic Asylum"
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26


Mr.. chesterton Pl.yfully Poke. Fun at the simpl,
Questions Which Were Asked Him When He APE
Passport to Come to America: In Answer
Absurd Questions, He Was Tempted to Ans
Il Am an Anarchist Intend to Subvert by Fo
Government of the United States. Sticking the Long
Knife Into Mr.. Harding at the Earliest Oppor
tCopyrrht By Doss Mad q CO..
A FOREIGNER commonly he thinks
fantastic without seeing the feature that balances it.
MEXICAN energy a souless machine; for the
IA whole point that he puts his soul into it.
THE love of money different in peasant in
pirate, in a mser a gambler in a great hnancier
or in man doing some practical and productive work
MERCANS worship success in the abstract as sort
of ideal vision They follow money;
they follow money rather than meat and drink
THE saloons no longer existed when was there owing to
the reform which
weather. classes
IT is customary condemn the American materiaist
because of his worship of But indeed this very
worship like worship, devworshp him rather
mystic than materialist
HAD made all the obvious jokes about the Statue of
Liberty. I found it had a soothing effect
Pohibtions the boat point of dignity and
decacy ought given back French
abandoned to the culture OF the
1HEN people of Yankee that he wOships the dollar
" they compliment to his fine spirituality
true and delicate they imagine The dollar ii idol
because mage but it image of and not of
enjoyment.
DO think the dollar is almighty in America fancy
many things migher including many ideals and
rather insane ideals But think might be maintained that
the dollar has another of the attributes of Deity If
omnpotent it is in omnpresent Whatever Americans
think about dollars. is think relatively they
about dollars.
WHEN in train are talking about dollars
" | not foolish to expect them be talking
about the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquna But if they
two English business should not expect them to be
and probably sport in which they themselves
dreamed of indulging
yYIHEN was there people already applying
ercion to tobacco ! why they should
goes with beer what relevant talking may often
lead both to beer and tobacco Talking often drives
in the form of bad company
wv HEN complain, very justly, for instance, great
pictures passing into the possession of American mag
mates ought to remember that paved the way
magnates 1t bad that public treasure should be the
possession of private man in America but took the first
step lightly letting disappear into the private collection of
d man in England.
NOW Prohibition. whether Is a proposal in England a
pretence in America simply that the who
drunk less shall have drink and the who has drunk
shall have all the drink that the old gentleman
in order to make quite safe for him drink excess
who drives him shall be forbidden to drink in mocra-
tOn.
WHILE saying that the Irish could organize
" the Americans complaining, often bitterly,
the power of Irish organization. While the Irish
could rule himself the saying more
egent professor said to me in awe have the
Irish problem here; have entirely Independent Irish
Government"
The Washington herald., 1922-11-26

'WhenI Looked at Lights of Broadway by Night,
Made to My American Friends an Innocent Remark
That Seemed to Amuse Them What a Glorious
Garden of Wonders This Would Be to Any One
Who Was Lucky Enough to Be Unable to Read"
The evening world., 1922-02-11
Midnight! !RiUer!
Quick Toss !???
NOCOrpse! Rum!
Deputy Gets Excited Because Mid
night Skulker Threw Bag
Away and Fled.

AUBURN, n. Y, Feb. il.--Just as
the clocks were striking midnight last
night a man OF foreign appearance,
carrying a large canvas bag. started
across the Washington Street bridge
over the Owasco River.
As he walked he glanced furtively
behind him. His actions aroused tho
suspicious OF Deputy Sheriff Fay
Teeter. who followed him.
Realizing he was shadowed, the man
threw the bag into the swift rushing
current and fied. Teeter pursued him
and placed him under arrest.
The prisoner said his name was
George Decknsky. He refused TO an
swer any other questions.
Believing they were on the trail of
murder mystery. police reserves
opened the foodgates Of n factory
dam and after working for several
hours with pike poles recovered tho
bag from tho bottom Of tho river
1t contained not the expected corpse,
but twelve bottles OF whiskey.
The evening world., 1922-02-11
NEW EVIDENCE IN MYSTERY
OF TAYLOR'S DEATH LEADS
TO WATCH ON SUSPECT
THUGS HOLD UPAUTO
IN MASPETH; GET
$1,000 PAYROLL

Bandits boarded the automobile
of the Improved Office Partition COM
pany at the entrance of the factory
In Maspeth yesteday and forced the
clerks who had the payroll money
for the week to turn about and drive
through crowded Grand Street.
the clerks with revolvcrs
they forced them to give up the
money they were carrying. S2,700, and
escaped.
The police kept the robbery secret
until to-day in the hope of making an
arrest before announcing the robbery.
clerks. had slowed down to enter the
factory inclosure when the men
stepped out beside the automobile and
displayed revolvers.
The bandits explained that they
wanted the clerks to hand over the
money when asked. but not before
on pain of being killed. They gave
the word at Bittman and Grand
Streets, a particularly crowded cor
ner. Bass gave them n package, in
which was $1,000 in bills. Bass, who
had hoped to hold back 800 of the
payroll, was forced to turn u over.
Then the bandits told the two to
drive to Flushing Avenue, slow down
and go half n block before looking
back. When they did look back their
passengers had disappeared.
The evening world., 1922-02-11
IMPRISONED IRISH
TO Be FREE.AT ONCE.
BRITISH ANNOUNCE
Armed Men Hold Up Lorry of
Police Near Cork and
Seize Rifles.

LONDON. Feb. II Omitted Press) -
All Sim Feincrs imprisoned in Eng
land for political offences before the
Irish truce will he released immedi-
ately, the Colonial office announced
to-day. Offenders against the law
from political motives after the truce
was signed will be dealt with later
CORK, Feb. II ASSOCIATED Press).
A lorry load Of police travelling
from MacroOm to Bandon this morn
ing was held up by armed men. The
attackers captured the car, together
with rifles and equipment, but there
were no casualties.
The police were on their way to
London for dCmobilizatlon. When
they reached Lissarda they found the
road blockadCd with automobiles,
necessitating a halt The police, after
Il brief engagement, were obliged to
surrender but they were not taken
prisoner. and after the attackers had
dccamped, they came back to Cork.
BELFAST, Feb. II (Associated
Press) Sir James Craig, the Ulster
Premier, returned this morning from
his visit to London, announcing that
before leaving London he had been
assured four additional blttalions of
troops would bc sent to Belfast i'm
mediately.
Sir james said he had set no time
limit on the British action to secure
tho release of the Unionist prisoners
taken in the recent raids. This state
ment was supplementary to his dec
laration before leaving for home that
in the event of failure Of the British
authorities to secure the release OF
the kidnapper men he would carry
out his own plans
Shooting occurred in the North
CContinucd on Second Page)
The evening world., 1922-02-11
% VIOLATIONS
IN THEATRES Of
BROOKLYN; SHUT
One Described as "Bad Fire
Hazard" Another as "Unft
for Public Use"

The Broadway Lyceum, at No. s37
Broadway, Brooklyn, the fourth OF
the Brooklyn moving picture theatres
70 be closed following an inspection
Of 1871 by Borough superintendent Of
buildings Albert L. Klcincrt, was
notified to-day not 10 reopen its
doors until further notice. The pre-
lImlnary inspection resulted in a re-
port that the theatre vas under a
factory and a dwelling and insurfI-
cicnt fire escapes and exits had been
provided for them.
The special Inspection began as a
result Of the collapse Of the Amcn
can Theatre in Brooklyn, while
under construction. and Of the in
creased caution following the Itnick-
rrbocker Theatre disaster at Washing
Ton. Violations were placed against
ntty-flve of the total number SO far
Inspected, while seventy have been
rosscd as complying with every rcgu-
lItOn.
While many violations have been
found, Supt. Klenert said o-day that
mo- structural defects which would
make a building unsafe have been dis
The evening world., 1922-02-11
TEX RICHARD HELD
ON GIRLS CHARGES
FOR GRAND JURY
Sport Promoter Placed Under
Bail of $4,000 in West
Side Court.
FRIENDS RALLY TO HIM.
Court Room Is Crowded by
Prominent Members of
Sport Fraternity.

Tex .Rickard was held in $4,000
bail in West Side Police Court by
Magistrate George w. Simson this
afternoon on a charge of rape in the
second degree preferred by Alice
Ruck and Anna Hess, girls under six
teen years old, at the instance of the
Childrep's Society.
Max d. Steuer said his client could
not raise $4,000 bail on short notice
and asked that the bail be restored to
the original figure, $1,000 Assistant
District Attorney Pecora protested
I'VE have evidence of other crimes
he said THE bail should not be !. .
than 10000"
Rickard sent a few of the fgiCn
who had crowded the court room uG
ing the last hearing OF the case out
get n bond. Magistrate Simpson #
he would come back later in the aI,".
noon and accept bail.
The session was devoted to s.u
ming up by Mr.. Steuer and y
Pecora. Mr.. Steuer read the tr5..
mony of the two girls and picked
to pieces, showing many disciD
ancies and contradictions. He claim
ed that, as a whole, the testmou'
was not reliable. He also elaine,
that there must be positive corroho
ration in order to hold the defcndan!
to the Grand Jury.
Mr.. Pecora argued that suffic'C"'
confederation had been given. T.
deciding the point Magistrate Sim1-
son agreed with the prosecution sar-
ing:
THE statue is, IF it appears that "a
crime has been committed and thcr'
is sufficient cause to believe that the
defendant has committed the crime
he must be held" 1t is my duty 10
hold this defendant to the Grand
Jury if | consider the cause suIfl-
cient, which ! do.
Il am satisfied that the girls were
present on Dec. Is at No. 20 West
47th Street l cannot conceive thc'
being there for any other purpose
than the crime alleged. | cannot be
lieve they could fabricate Il story and
the long and thorough cross -examlna-
tion of the learned counsel for the
defense"
Rickard remained in the court room
in the custody of Mr.. Stcucr while
his friends were scouting for a bon1.
From the fact that he had no pond
ready it was assumed that he had
believed he would be rendered a dcCi-
sion holding him.
The evening world., 1922-02-11
'Wizard' Wouldn't Vote for
Ford for President, TOO
Ambitious"

Thomas a. Edison celebrated MS
seventy-fifth birthday by taking half
a day off at his laboratory at West
Orange, n. j., and spent most Of it
being interviewed.
II feel fine. Me retire? Never!"
who do you think is the greatest
man of our time?" he was asked.
II don't know" he replied. II am
too busy to meet men. But 1 liked
Teddy awfully well.
Sarah Bernhardt is a great woman
and she is full of pepper still"
AS to the proposed soldier bonus
he said
II think it might be postponed
while. These men ought TO get
something-but should wait until the
country gets on its feet"
The radio is the biggest invention
of recent years." he said, "and all
phases of radio such as the telephone
and the Marconi wireless.
There is no limit to what the new
radio amplifier will do. This will be
developed so that we can hear ants
talk-if they do talk
On Prohibition he said:
mo light wine or beer are needed.
Every man of sense is for a law to
keep them out"
AS to Henry Ford
II believe Ford will make success
of the Muscle Shoals project. HIS
methods are good Ford wants to hclp
the farmer. He is also down on Wall
Street. If he gets this contract I an
going to help him with it.
81 wouldn't vote for him for I'resi-
dent. He is too ambitious. But I'd
vote for him twice as the head OF any
manufacturing concern"
As to the Limitation of Armament
Conference
"It was succcssful-at least, it was
much better than nothing.
~ believe in preparing for war, but
entirely through experimental work.
The country should never cease eX-
pcrimenting in deadly gases and big
GUNS. We hloN ioN W Nl'''
them and never be surprised ny the
rascality of any other country By
constant experiment, we will be le-
llevcd of the financial burdens and
will do away with big navy and 4
large standing army"
AS to the liquidation of the foreign
loans
"I believe in postponing all de-
mands for repayment, You can't get
blood out of q stone
As to the progress of his effort to
devise a practicable CO-Ordinatcd
moving picture-talking machine:
81 have found out that the people
do not want talking movies. one OF
the redeeminG features of moving
picture shows, apparently is thcu
silence. But l still hope for "a time
The evening world., 1922-02-11
WOMEN DANGEROUS
AS T. N. T., SAYS
BILLY SUNDAY

sPARTANBURG. S. G. Feb. II.
The movie industry will blow
up II they all don't clean house.
The bad feature is that it's the
stars and not the dubs who are
getting in bad" Billy Sunday said
here to-day.
1.-THE woman game is as DANCE
Gus as T. y. I. No one ever
played It and got away with II.
Woman's eyes have slain more
men than poison gas, The devil
himself couldn't get Adam to bite
until he baited his hook with a
woman. And they've been nib
bling ever since"