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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
NATIONS BUSINESS

Importers unable to account for
drastic order of Secretary Of Agricul-
ture Wallace closing United States
ports to foreign fruits and vegetables
November /.
Governor Pinchot warned hard coal
miners and operators no stoppage OF
industry can be tolerated.
Reports Of Class l railroads in all
sections show good earning trend.
Attorney General Daugherty de-
cides against further appeal in Read
ing case.
Two hundred million bricks ordered
IN New York from Holland made
from American molds.
National Industrial Conference
Board warns country not to inter
fere with railroads.
Debt cancellations u~nthinkable,
Mark Sullivan, well known political
observer, points out in review Of Ad-
min~istration's foreign attitude.
Business is improving, say Dun's
and Bradstreet's.
Railroad reports indicate July earn
ings will exceed last years.
Producers and Refuers Oil Com
pany directors cut dividends in half
because Of over-produetion CT crude
oil.
Apprehension that he present con-
dition OF oyer-produetion and shar7
price cutting in the petroleum indus
try would lead to dividend reductions
by oil companies is being borne out.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
GENERAL

The Maharaja Gaekwar Of Baroda,
India, richest prince. dies in Holland.
Ward counsel move in New York to
dismiss murder indictment.
President Coolidge, in a letter to
the Lafayette Day National Commit
tee expresses qualification at plans
calling for celebration on September
6 of Lafayette Day and the anniyer-
sary of the Battle of the Marine.
Erection OF government hospital for
insane World War veterans on tract
Of land now a part Of great lakes ma
val training station may be recon-
mended by Hines Of the Veterans Bu-
reau.
President Obregon believes that
Mexico soon viii adopt prohibition.
Tw~enty-eight hour coast to coast
air mail service, long an ambition
Of the post Office department, be-
comes a reality.
Farmers National Council will de.
mand from the next Congress an in
quiry into the Federal Department Of
Agriculture.
Restoration of a monarchy in Ger.
many within a year was predicted by
Representative Aswell, Democrat,
who presented to President Coolidge
some observations gained on a recent
European trip.
Brig. Gen. Charles z. Sawyer will
continue as personal physician to
President Coolidge in the same ca.
pacity that he acted for the late Presi-
cent Harding.
George Harvey, Ambassador to
Great Britain, and Mrs. Harvey were
guests over the week end of Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge at the White
House.
An international elders meet will
be held in San Francisco in connec-
ton with the national convention of
the American Legion October Is to
IS. European as well as American
made machines viii be entered.
Jago-slayia must move for Fiume
settlement by August 81 or Italy VIII
hold herself free to act.
j. S. Gelert, noted sculptor, slashes
his throat and attempts to end lonely
life in Danish Home for Aged in
Brooklyn.
Ward grand jury minutes reveal
witness testified he saw pistol like
the accused said was Peters in apart
ment Of defendant.
All previous records for the slaugh-
tering of hogs were broken in the fs-
cal year. ended June 30, the Depart
ment of Agriculture announced, with
4S.600. 06q.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
FOREIGN

British press for most part unsym-
cisms of Woodrow Wilson.
Labrador gold boom finally izzles
out as disillusioued seekers land at
St. Johns, Newfoundland.
Paris press, criticizing Poincare
speech, INDUCES in sharp recrimina-
tons against American postwar atti-
tude.
Ruhr occupation authorities for first
time begin mining of coal for them
selves.
Senator Wheeler, Maryland, in
dorses President Coolidge for re-
nomination.
Premie. Poineare honors Premier
Baldwin with escort on Paris visit.
Chancellor Stresemann said secret
" to be preparing to abandon passive
resistance in Ruhr.
Commander Owsley, of American
Legion, lays wreath on tomb of Brit
ish Unknown Soldier in London and
makes brief address, as governments
luncheon guest.
Belgium. in reply to British tote
submitted to Paris, calls for resump-
ton of Allied conversations.
Major General Peyton c. March is
wed to Miss Cora Virginia McEntee
at London.
First step toward end of passive
resistance seen as Reich state Off
clals and occupation authorities open
negotiations on food problem.
Many of the delegates TO the Anti
Alcoholic Congress in Copenhagen,
Denmark, are holding special meet
ings at which measures to combat
the use of tobacco are discussed.
Wild ducks, geese, ane and other
members of the feathered tribe al.
ready have started for the South,
said a report from Canada.
Babies are guarded all over New
York city as result of kidnapping
scare.
stresemann announces Cuno offer
OF June 7 as present German govern
ment's reparation settlement plan.
Belgian reply to British note, sent
to Paris, insists on Belgian priority
and legality Of RUM occupation.
Viscount Uchida appointed Premier
ad interim of Japan.
Leviathan outdistances Olympic by
fourteen and a half hours in cross
Atlantic dash.
Kate Douglas Wiggin, American
novelist and author of Rebecca books
dies in England.
Lord B%irkenhead urges United
States 70 help aid Europe.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

Revision of taxes downward on all
incomes, high and low will be recon-
mended to the next Congress.
New York Call" bought by unions,
will be city's official labor paper.
Further explanation of enforced
resignation Of Arthur Powell Davis as
Director of Reclamation Service is de-
manded of Secretary of Interior Work
by National Civil Service Reform
League.
Reading trust suit is ended after
ten-year fight.
Higher prices of raw materials en-
tering into the manufacture of goods
supplied by the mail-order houses Is
reflected in advances in prices re-
corded in catalogues now being sent
out.
Columbia extension work has reach
ed 1000, 600 students.
Walter Wellman gives out letter
from President Harding, urging edi-
tors to canvass country on world
court.
With $4,000 reward offered by the
Kn Klux Khan for the slayer of klans-
man Abbott at Carnegie, Pa, Sat
urday night, the authorities took
steps to prevent further disturbances.
Former Attorney General Wicker
sham critieizes foes of League as in
consistent.
Mail plane from Pacific coast to
New York clips hour off previous best
time of postal flight.
Senator Underwood, of Alabama,
comes u for American participation
in affairs abroad.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
SPORTING

Johnny Dundee, worlds feather
weight champion, was decisiyely out
pointed by Eddie kid Wagner, of
Philadelphia, in an eight-round bout
at Philadelphia. More than ten thou
sand persons crowded Shetzline Park
to see the champion in action. There
was no title at stake.
A determined drive against prize
fighting in general, and army and
navy INSTRUMENTATION boxing con-
tests in particular, was launched by
the Methodist Episcopal Church.
"Wid" Matthews, the Philadelphia
Athletics new center fielder, appro-
priately known as Spark Plug"
throughout the American League Cir
cult. is recognized as the best outfield-
er to come up to the majors this year.
A good hitter and a daring base run
uer. he uses a fallaway slide like Ty
Cobb at his best.
William T. Tilden and Brian I. C.
Norton win national lawn tennis dou-
tles title at Longwood C. c., Brook
line, Mass.
Harvard club beats Yale club In
annual baseball game by 3 to l score.
Georges Barbot, flying a motorless
airplane. covered 1872 miles at Vau-
vile, France, in 6 hours and min
utes. This is the record distance and
sLeed for this type of machine.
Eddie Hally, Red Sox scout, says
that available material in the minors
is at least a year away from major
league STANDARDS and that weak big
league org&eizations can only be
strengthened for mex year by winter
trading.
Dempsey and Kearns given renewal
OF licenses.
Firpo begins training in secret at
Atlantic City.
Tilden and Norton beat Johnson
and Alfonso and reach finals in ma
tional doubles.
Roy Meeker, a southpaw, and How
ard Kelly, a right handler, both pitch
ers. have been bought by Connie Mack
from Gastonia of the Sally League. p,
Lefty Groves of the Baltimore ORR
oles was passed by all the major
league scouts who saw him as a pitch
er in the Blue Ridge League. The
late Jack Dunn, Jr., persuaded his
father to buy the southpaw for $500.
Groves will now bring $50, 1000.
Kearns signs articles for Dempsey
for bout with Firpo.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

parts of the same street; nay, each
house has its characteristic smell, and
the blind man knows in a street
through which he often comes where
he is. For the recognition of human
beings the sense of smell is likewise
invaluable. Besides the special smells
Of cigars or perfumes there are
many delicate scents by which he can
recognize e Every material of
clothing has a definite odor, and with
a little experience the blind man can
see with his nose whether one wears
wopl, silk or velvet"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

sharp, and we utilize 1t instinctively
for our purposes, for which the nor
NAL man naturally uses his eyes. The
smell, in particular, helps us in ere
ating a sense Of locality, and Enables
us, in a region in which we are at
home, to ind the way as easily n
surely as if we could see the world
around Us with our eyes. 1t is rela-
lively easy for the nose, as there are
not two streets that have the SAME
odor.
Not only has each street its par
tlcular odor, but also the various
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05
BLIND USE NOSE TO SEE
Man Deprived of Eyesight Declares
Each Street and House Has Its
Particular Odor.

A blind man can see with his nose
So, at least, writes a blind man who
has made a study of his WI faculties
and those Of his companions in dark
ness, a London Tit-Bits.
1.-THE sense of smelling among the
blind" he says. grows exceedingly
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

White House, and the decision was
tive federal and state organization for
speedy and systematic distribution of
bituminous coal. coke and other sub
stitutes to the anthracite consuming
and New England states were asked to
send representatives to a conference
With the interstate commission In New
York August % to consider distribu-
ton plans. Mr.. Wadleigh believes the
consumer can and should be educated
In the use of fuels other than anthra-
cite. With plenty of bituminous coal,
coke and oil, the problem is mainly one
of distribution.
President Lewis of the United Mine
Workers says the union will "adminis-
ter to the operators the trouncing of
their careers" Chairman S. D. War
riner of the operators policy commit
tee says the operators are standing
pat OF their offer to submit every dis
puted issue to arbitration.
The gasoline price var In the Middle
West is still going on and has spread
even to Seattle. Incidentally, 1t has
served to cause politicians to consider
Governor McMasters of South Dakota,
who started 1t, as a possibility for the
Republican vice presidential nomina.
ton next year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

ga S LUMINOUS as the skies of
"A France and as hard as Lor-
raine steel is the way the Paris Matin
characterizes the reply of Premier
Polncare to Lord Curzon's recent note.
The answer was handed to the British
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

7 Asst week was an eventful one for
- American aviation. First and most
important was the successful test Of
the air nails contemplated coast-to-
coast service. This trial lasted sew
eral days and involved day and night
flying, the pilots being guided at night
by big beacon lights. 1t is intended
that the service between New York
and San Francisco shall require not
show that this will be entirely pos
sible.
Wednesday evening the Darling
bomber, the largest airplane ever con-
%structed, was given its first test at
Wilbur Wright field. Dayton, o., and
it surpassed ever the fondest hopes of
its designer, an Englishman, under
whose direction it was built for the
United States army. This plane, which
is propelled by six Liberty motors,
has a wing spread of 100 feet and
weighs 10000 pounds. Its fuel tanks
have a capacity of 2,120 gallons. 1t
carries seven machine guns and bombs
totaling 1900 pounds in weight. One
of its most valuable features is its slow
speed on take-offs and landings.
Earlier In the week the air service
carried u a series of maneuvers IN
der simulated war conditions In which
an armada of sixteen great Martin
bombers flew from Langley field.
Hampton. Va, to Bangor, Me-, 800
miles, in eight and a half actual fly
ing hours, going through numerous Of
fensive maneuvers en- route and final
" Saving the Maine city from a
supposed naval attack. At Mitchell
field, Long Island, the bombers were
joined by seven De Haviland swift pur-
suit planes.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

g OMETHING like a million dollars
- damage was done in the Arkansas
valley in Colorado by the breaking of
the Apishapa river dam Wednesday
after a c%loudburst. A great wall Of
water swept down the valley, carry
ing houses, live stock and other prop
erty with 1t. Railroad and automo-
bile traffic was d~emoralized. Before
the telephone wires went down the
inhabitants had been warned.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

0ELOGGING parties" which became
L so popular In Oklahoma that the
governor put Tulsa under martial rule,
have spread to three other southern
states, Texas, Georgia and Florida, and
under orders of the governors Investi-
cations are going on with promise of
drastic action.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-05

CPAIN Is having a very disagreeable
war with rebellious Moroccans In
the Ceuta district. Old General Wey-
Ter. the Butcher of Cuban days, was
called or to command the Spanish
forces, but declined because the gov
eminent would not give him dictatori-
al power. Probably the government
could 500 put down the rebellion were
it not afraid the necessary expense
would cause a popular uprising.
FOREST fires have laid waste a large
L area in the beautiful French Riv-
lera familiar to tourists, and many fine
villas have been destroyed. About 49,
600 acres of forest land were destroyed,
and eight persons persisted.
Evening star., 1923-09-30
About the Feather.

cINCE remotest antiquity feathers
~ have been used to adorn the human
race, but an ordinary feather. like
that from the wing of a pigeon, is
passed over as commonplace. Such
a feather has however. many won
derful features.
The vein of a feather Of the sort
Just mentioned is composed Of little
barbs, and on one side of the quill
are no less than 600sDf them. These
tiny barbs are really miniature feath-
ers, and on both sides of the quill
there are, therefore. $4,000. TheseN
barbs in turn are made UP of barb
ules, of which each barb will show
no less than 275 pairs, and each pair
has a series of curved hooks called
barbicels. These work into opposite
series of grooves so tightly that the
air cannot force its way through the
feather. Hence they assist the owner
of the feather in its fight. In con-
trast TO this feather is the.long. web
less plume of the bird of paradise,
the tail feathers OF the Tyre bird and
the bristles about the mouth OF the
nfghthawk.
Still another sort OF, feather is found
in the down of geese and swans, in
which the center shaft Is nearly or
quite absent, as are also the hooks,
the barbules being soft and long.
Evening star., 1923-09-30

aey?" unused Feedbox. He stayed al
he rail to see Bittersweet through
lis workout. Runs just like his
mother" thought Feedbox. Eases
lcng the first half and runs the Sec
md. Way real horses run"
x = x
n TEXT morning Feedbox again saw
Y Nitromite, Sweet Lady and Bit
tersweet work. and saw the same
performances repeated. That even
ing. with the race two days off. Feed
box accidentally bumped into little
Terry Morgan. first-string jockey for
the Tobin stable
Hi, Terry" greeted Feedbox.
Rotten growled Terry.
'S'matter?" Feedbox aueried.
''Feelin' bum. All in. Got the
rheumatism, bad"
so? Where's 1t bother yuh?"'
Shoulders and arms the worst" 8
That's tough luck" Feedbox COM
miserated. Reckon you don't feel
like ridin' anything that needs. pull
these days?"
Pull? Say. Feedbox, I couldn't
pull anything"
"Oughta lay Off"
Fat chance. When old man Tobin
hires jock to ride, at jock rides
ALA time said Terry.
The Feedbox Fool went on home to
Evening star., 1923-09-30
by
JONATHAN BROOKS.

morrow. see? with my sick kid
brother, for California
Tobin stamped down the stairs. and
the Feedbox Fool turned to follow
him.
wait minute, kid" interrupted
the friendly Judge. Were you bet
ting on the racer"
Absolutely. All bets but two ]
made on the mare to win
"Whew" said the judges. whistlins
In unison.
But those other two bets?"
Ten each, in combination: The
mare, Bittersweet- and the bIack
horse to finish that way
"Bittersweet to place? Why that
said the Judge.
That? Oh, I'm a gamblin' fool"
Feedbox laughed.
Tom Appleton walked UP the track
with Feedbox.
"Feedbox, you're an artist" said
Appleton. ~ follow you all the way
except for just one thing; Why did
you pick on young Tobin to hand out
that tip? How did you know him?"
"Know him?" echoed the Feedbox
Fool. He's the bird that doubled the
rent on my kid brother for his old
man. See?'
Tom Appleton comprehended. What
did he give you?"
Two tens" said Feedbox. And !
put 'em both on the combination q,
q hundred to one. One for me and
one for you, see?"
TOO much money" said Tom Ap-
pleton. Keep it, kid
I've got enough TO buy half OF
southern California to cure the kid
in." Feedbox rejoined. "You take it.
And listen, Tom, you keep the mare
for me till get back, will you? And
II you can get hold Of that colt, buy
him for US, fifty-fifty, hey?"
Copyright, 1921
Evening star., 1923-09-30
Wool Drying.

A MONG the chiefest and most seri-
Gus operations in the woolen
industry Is the drying of the wool
The more gently and uniformly the
wool is dried, the better is the re-
suit attained. For should the wool
be slightly damp in some of its parts
the dye does not take we'll and the
results an uneyenly died yarn that
shows In the texture of the woven
goods.
Oyerdrying is also to be guarded
against. BY some manufacturers the
wool from the squeezing roller. is
whizzed into a hydro extractor which
drives out SO much of the moisture
that the further drying is easily eff
fected.
The commonest way CT drying
however, is to spread the wool as
uniformly as possible over a frame
work OF wire netting under or over
which is a range of steam heated
pipes. A fan blast blows air over
these hot pipes and the heated air is
passed and forced upward or down
ward as the case may be, over the
layer of wool that rests on the net
ting. In this case, unless the wool
is spread with great evenness, it
gets unequaIiy dried, and at points
where the hot air escapes freely II is
much over dried.
A more rapid and uniform result
may be obtained by the use Of me-
chanical wool drier, a close chamber
divided into horizontal compartments,
the floors of which have alternate
fixed and moving bars. Under the
chamber is a tubular heating APP
paratus and a fan, by which a power
full current of heated air is blown
up the side of the chamber and
through all the shelves and compart-
ments successfully, either following
or opposing the wool passing through
the machine.
The wool is introduced by a con-
tinuous feed at one side of the cham
Der; the strength of the blast carries
1t up and deposits 1t on the upper
shelf, and by the action OF the NOV
able bars, which are worked by
cranks, 1t is carried forward to the
opposite end, from where 1t drops to
the next lower shelf; and SO on ii
travels to the extremity of the lower
shelf, passing out by the delivery
lattice, well, evenly dried.
Evening star., 1923-09-30

the little fiat. deep In thought. After
next evening, when he went out for
a walk again, it was to seek some
private bookies and place his roll on
the morrow's race.
The day of the race Feedbox went
about his business, handing out care
full opinions anent the chances of
various aid sundry ponies. and TAX
ing his money as if nothing were
afoot. He saw Tom Appleton and
asked him to tell his jock to make
his run with Sweet Lady in the last
half mile. Furthermore. he expressed
the hope that the owners of Bitter
sweet would be smart enough to in
struct their boy the same way. Apple
ton nodded. in understanding.
Lay little for me. kid. along with
yours. will your" Appleton pleaded.
For the rest. the Feedbox Fool did
nothing but keep an alert eye out
for a slender, somewhat dandified
young man who, he felt sure, would
appear at the track before the fifth
race. in which Sweet Lady, her Spn.
and Nitromite were to start. Came
to the fourth race, and still no sign
of the man. Feedbox started patrol
ling the lawn about the clubhouse.
AS tha race ended he saw his man
leaving motor car.
The Feedbox Fool contrived to bump
into the young fellow, hurrying to-
ward the mutual sheds. Excuse me-"
said Feedbox. stumbling to his bal
ance and catching at the young mans
sleeve. Let me puck up your hat
Awful sorry. Didn't see you comm"
Ought to watch your STEP" growl-
Evening star., 1923-09-30

starters, all of them contemptuously
described by Feedbox as hopheads.
caused turmoil. The drugs that set
these three afire delayed the start.
Then the barrier few up and the
race was on.
Just like I thought" muttered
Feedbox half aloud. Hope 1 get
these. Tobins. Gotta win
He could see, at the far turn, the
gigantic Nitromite pounding to the
fore. Close. behind him fiuttered the
three hopheads. Starting slowly
and already three lengths back were
| along side by side.
Standing on tiptoe, he kept his eye
on the big black. But when the
horses came pounding past the last
sixteenth post the Feedbox Fool
shifted his scrutiny from Nitromite
to little Terry Morgan, up aloft.
"I knew it, I knew it," whispered
the Fool to himself. THE kids all
| in. He's rassled with that big brute
until he's done. Horses run away
with him and Terry can't hold him."
Sweet Lady and Bittersweet, run
ming side by side, running easily and
freely, 1t is true, still We're running
in the ruck, now six lengths back.
But there's a mile to co." thought
the Feedbox Fool. "And lot can
happen in four quarters"
Down to the turn they rushed,
Nitromite holding his long lead, the
three hopheads dropping back. Six
lengths still separated the black and
the two bays, mother and son, as
| they swung around the turn to the
back stretch Strung out in the
straightaway, the three continued
their rushing game. And then the
Fools heart leaped within him.
'Terry's lookin' back. Terry's look
in back!' he exulted. He knows the
horse is through. He knows it,
X 4 x x
IRON that moment the Fool gave
l. his attention to the little. bay
mare and her rugged son. The boy
on Bittersweet let the colt have his
head and the bay four-year-old took
the bit in his teeth. Sweet Lady
nelQ ner clip, running SmOOtnly, ana
swung along length behind the colt.
To the half they went in that order.
But when they passed that mark Bit
tersweet was only three lengths be-
hind Nitromite and the mare four.
Whirling up alongside on the last
turn, the boy on Bittersweet began
his ride to race Nitromite into the
ground.
1.-The colts on top" yelled the rail-
birds.
Bittersweet rushed to the fore,
neck in front. before Nitromite could
answer his challenge under Terry
Morgan's- whip. Nitromite charged
up to even terms again. and so the
pair came slaahing down the stretch,
head and head. The crowd arose to
cheer the hattie.
But where WAS Sweet Lady? Young
Tobin asked himself the question as
he peered at the track. The Feedbox
Fool knew the answer.
She'll come through on the in
SIDE" gloated the Fool. Terry will
ride off the colt and the mare will
take 'em both at the wire. She's