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TRIAL BY INSULT
THE STORY OF "A BROKERS RIGOROUS TEST
Gruff Wall Street Man Assumes Studied
Indifference to Would-Be interviewer
to Determine His Qualities.

charm in numbers. I'll tell you
the secret. I'm reserving his re-
ward for his twentieth request.
Mind you, his twentieth. Then I
shall not only give him the story,
but shall ask him to come in here
with us and make some money.
He's been around the street quite
a while, and knows something"
Apologize punched a button.
The ancient office boy brought in
the reporter. He looked a young
Yankee of parts. AppIegateT did
not greet him. The eagle still
gazed upon the sparkling water.
That was insult number one.
What dye want?" Apologize
said. -
May I have the Consolidated
information today?"
Nav
when may / have it, sir?''
you can't have 1t at ALL
My newspaper needs 1t, ana I
have no other way of getting it,
II don't quite see why that in.
terests me-" @e .t
But, sir''-
Say. young man, understand
from the door man that you've
already been here eighteen times.
Applegate punched the button
again. and said to the decrepit
office boy:
"Show that outv'
The young man pa1ed and
choked. He approached Apple
gate. who still gazed upon the
glinting bay. The reporter said
measuredly:
Before go, am going to
say, something to you, you old
pirate! You are right. This is
the nineteenth time I've been
in and out of this fence, and I've
been bu1lyragged and insulted
nineteen times. Do you suppose
I'd look into your dirty shop If
the office hadn't told me to stick
to you? Do you suppose like
making a living off such carrion
as you?''
The door man was nearing to
lay an irnpotent hand upon the
enraged man.. > butt the reporter
rushed out, and did not return.
Ironface was shaking with
laughter. Apologize merely said:
"He won't do!'
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OF
THE FAMOUS

Douglas Fairbanks, jr., is never
tired of relating amusing anec-
dotes, of which he has quite a
generous repertoire.
Here is his latest: An Ameri-
can on a visit to London who
had drunk not a little, but far
too much, was crossing Piccadilly
Circus, when he caught sight of
a policeman.
Here, constable" he said,
SHAY, do me the greatest (hic)
favor possible for an English
man to do for an American"
The policeman was all atten.
ton.
Il want you to tell me-" con.
tinued the American, where
can see the Four Horsemen Of
the Apip. Apop, Aplca-Four
Horsemen Apapa-Aaaa popipla-
'sno use! Won't you tell me the
timer"
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GrOwirg SpOnges From, Seed

NJ important has the sponge become in everyday
life that it is grown from "seed" like
ordinary land plants Before 1914 the finest sponges
came from the Mediterranean
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Details of Contest.

Inc washington Times, in
cooperation with the. California
Fruit Growers Exchange, in
vites readers Of this newspaper
to submit their best recipes for
orange and lemon summer
drinks.
The contest will continue
two weeks. Thirteen prizes
will be given each week for the
best recipes. The weekly
prizes are as follows:
First prize - Two boxes of
Sunkist oranges.
second prize - One box Of
Sunkist oranges.
Third prize-One-half box of
Sunkist oranges.
One oak recipe file cabinet
will be given next ten highest
contestants each week.
Send in as many recipes as
you choose, but only one recipe
from any one contestant can
be a winner. The best weekly
recipe will be published on this
page. When contest closes,
every contestant will receive a
beautifully illustrated book of
famous California recipes.
mailed from the Los Angeles
office of the California Fruit
Exchange. t' :;
The chefs Of the New Will.
lard and LeParadis will be the
judges.
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By Joseph Johnston, Jr.

y NE w, ftl1I was a 1IOI
~ -onep' said Napoleon
W. Apologize to his part
ner, Ironface Craig. at, the close
of the market. r. 49,
Applegate tilted his chair and
flung his feet upon the window
sill. From the skyscraper, win
dow he looked. out at the diminu-
tive shipping that floated on the
bay. The light shot, brightly back
from the afternoon sun, and Ma
poleon Apologize squinted. Then
he said:
BILL. I don't think I can stand
much more Of this. Twenty years
ago, when o'clock came, in
stead of Hopping down here and
gasping, I used to wish the
market would run along till mid
night, so that I might have it
out again. Say, young fellow,
are you aware we are getting
oid?" ~
Ironface had as many years as
Applegate, but he was not so old.
What except Fate could fell that
bronze bull of man? He had
been a college gladiator. After
these twenty years, when his
tense. friend was all but begging
for quarter, Craig still looked the
leader of Roman legions.
q john he. replied. III / had
thrown into 1t not only my days,
but, my nights and all my nerves
as you have, I don't think I
should be here at all. And man,
think you'd better call 1t evens.
Why don't you quit?'' 4
Eyes, that's it. Why don't
l. quit? Why don't quit2"
For twenty years they had
worked together. Apologize, as
it were, was the eagle,a and Craig
the rock How much prey they
had heaped up! How many q
foe, in those twenty years, had
shrunk back in defeat from those
talons and that aerfel.
"Well?" said Applegate to the
old door. man, with some petu-
lance.
That newspaper man is here,
=.
THAT newspaper man! What
newspaper man. ,idiot?" Apple
gate replied.
"You know, sir-the one that's
asked you for the article eighteen
tines
Tell him to wait, I'm busy"
Eyes, sir
Look here, john" said the
Rock. Hanged If I don't think
there's something to that chap.
How many times has he come for
the Consolidated story? Eighteen?
Well, I call that pretty good"
Eyes. He has brains, but I'm
trying him out-that's all.",
"Oh, one of your famous tests
again, Ell? Well, I think I'd have.
pulled some more hair out, II
you'd talked to me as you have
to him.
81 want to see just what there
is in him. I've hammered him
with all my might, and once or
twice I thought I'd reached the
limit. He had rather. a bad CLINT
in those eyes, but he held himself
down like thoroughbred. I could
ALMOST hear him say to himself.
"I'll land you yet, you withered
old scorpion!" ,-
"Why don't you give him the
story?" ss....
We'll. they say. Bill, there's a,
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THE WAYS OF A HUSBAND = By ANN LIS
A Delightful Narrative of Domestic
Life by a Popular Magazine
Writer.
Writer.

<<r M business woman.
came here to go
u into a vital matter with
you. But-Neal may be ly-
ing somewhere - half dead Il
thought you were human. So 1
told you about him first. That
boy never touched a penny that
isn't his. And you know it,"
"Hoity toity, young woman,
keep a civil tongue in your head"
said a dry voice with something
like a chuckle sounding through
1t. "You turn around and tell
me how long an option you think
I'm going to give you
You'll renew the option?"
repeated in voice so faint and
incredulous that it seemed to come
from miles away. 1 could hardly
believe my own ears. It didn't
seem possible that success had
come in the very moment when
I was leaving Mr.. Tompkins' Of
fice in chagrin and defeat.
When I told Pat that 1 would
go and try to handle Tompkins,"
I had no very definite plan. Des-
perately realized that 1 must do
something about winning back
the opportunity to purchase the
strip of land on which Neal had
sacrificed the option. But the
situation had appeared hopeless
from the moment I began to try
to deal with the gruff old man
who so promptly proved his right
to the title "curmudgeon."
Now suddenly had won. Bart
" Tompkins. had relented and I
couldn't believe it. Nor could I
meet the victory adequately. All
! could do was humble:
You'll renew? Then every
things all right
IT said I'd renew, didn't To-"
snarled old Tompkins. Now no
emotion, young woman. This
isn't a matter of sentiment. It's
business"
Straining every nerve, got
myself in hand. I managed to
walk back across the room
steadily and to seat myself with
an air of composure. But my
lips felt stiff as began to talk.
2. Enthusiastically, I am a
business woman-president of the
A. L. Harrison Company. We
are advertising consuItants.
About the option-can you give
me forty-eight hours?"
That's every darn minute I
will give you," barked my strange
adversary.
And the price remains the
same" I insisted. Sixty thous.
and"
A Blunt Refusal.
"D'you think I'm a Shylock?"
demanded Mr.. Tompkins ''I
made the price sixty thousand
with young Hyland. It's the
same for you"
There seemed TO be a note of
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anxiety in the gruff old voice.
There's our home town." I
murmured hopefully. "Our
mother is buried there-and so is
Father Andrew Hyland. his ffather
and my adopted father"
well. why haven't you had
sense enough to get the place on
the long distance telephone?" de-
manded Mr.. Tompkins irascibly.
you folks who call yourselves
business women make me tired.
Woman's place is the home. Now
get out of here and give me a
chance to do some work. And
remember I'll give you forty
eight hours option and not a min
ute more If you don't show up
Thursday at 1915 to the minute,
I'll sell out to the first bidder or
hold for ten years. Don't know
which,"
Twill you shake hands on
that?" l asked, deeply moved by
the humanity l sensed under the
gruffness.
mo" barked Mr.. Tompkins.
stop babbling like a woman and
get out like a business person and
hustle for the money. If the
boys gone and his sixty thousand
cash with him. you'd better get
the money again quick or some
hot headed fool will say he alb
sconded.''
'They won't dace! I declared
holly.
"All right. Then get out and
hustle. Evidently you want to
save the boy and would at that if
you could stop talking and get
busy. Get out, tell you, and see
what you can do. And. remember
I'll take cash and nothing else.
And I'll deal with you-or Hyland
and not another soul. Good-day
to you.'
"Good-day to you," 1 ventured.
And no matter what you say or
don't permit me to say, I'll tell
you this, Mr.. ToInpkins: You're
a friend to my brother and 1 ap-
preciate it deeply"
'Humphr' came between.
snort and a grunt.
With strange. desire to laugh
Immediately or cry hard I hur-
ried out of the office and straight
to Pats office.
Pat wasn't in and wasn't due
for another hour. This gave me
a feeling of respite. For the
thing most definitely on my mind
the thing l longed to do-was
to call our home town long dis
lance and find if Neal was there.
I'd thought Of a way of manag-.
ing 1t without arousing suspicion.
/ went to a telephone. booth and
put in my call for the proprietor
of the Mansion House-our big
gest hotel. He happened also to
be the mayor. If Neal were in
town he'd know.
bore the delay as best 1 could,
and when finally I got him, and
had INDUCED in a due amount of
greeting and inquiry, I asked as
casually as 1 could manage:
Mr.. Blaney, has Neal reached
home yet?'
why no-is he coning?" Mr..
Blaney retorted.
I'd not realized how high nv
hopes were until they were
dashed. For a moment l was too
unhappy to speak. Then got
myself in hand and managed:
CTO Be Continued Tomorrow
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HINTS FOR THE
HOUSEHOLD

For removing verdigris from
metal there Is nothing more-ef-
fective- than a strong solution of
soda and hot water vigorously
rubbed on the affected part.
A brass bedstead should be
cleaned with furniture cream, and
afterwards polished with a soft
buster.
When making paste for stick
ing purposes the flour should be
mixed to a cream with cold water
and boiling water added until the
paste is Of the right consistency.
This method prevents /the paste
going sour. and causing an I'M
pleasant odor.
To tighten cane-bottomed chairs
wash the chair in a strong solu-
ton Of soda and water and let it
get thoroughly dry. When dry it
will be found that the cane has
sf1runk and the seat frightened.
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boxes will be awarded Immediately
after selection Of the most practi-
cable, new, tried and tested re-
cipes. There will be no delays,
and the winners names and win
ming recipes will be announced in
these columns.
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"Dyou think I'm a Shylock?"
demanded Mr.. Tompkins. "I
made the price sixty thousand
with young Hyland. It's the
same for you"
There seemed to be a note of
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WHEN DID 1T
HAPPEN?

1. When did 100000 Chinese
perish in a flood Of the Hoang-Ho
river?
2. When was Barney Castle,
which contains the famous Blar-
ney Stone, bulls? 81
3. When did Daniel O'Connell,
the Irish liberator. die?
4. When did the English finan-
cial scheme for trade with South
America. known as the South Sea
bubble, collapse?
S. When was the English poet
Robert Southey, born?
ANSWERS to these queries will be
printed tomorrow
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ANSWERS

To yesterdays questions:
1. st. Augustine, Fla, was set
tied in~1565.
2. The "Mayfower pact" was
signed by the Pilgrims aboard the
Mayflower, November II, 1920.
3. A great fire destroyed the
center of Portland, Me-, July a.,
1866.
4. The Cuban revolution against
Spain began February 20, 1895.
s. The tuberculosis germ was
discovered by DR.. Robert Koch in
1882.
Copyright. 1923, King Features
Syndicate, 1nC.)
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NeW. White Metal

FOLLOWING the discovery of non-tarnishable
L silver comes the news of white metal which
resists both tarnish and corrosion, and has re-
markedly deep and brilliant luster when polished
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Laid on with a towel"

A modern slang phrase for over
doing flattery, did you say?
No. 1t is taken from Shakes
peares LAS You Like. It,"
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ADVERTISEMENT.
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If Kamnex-take one tablet-that's
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It's a new formula, but a most
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acetanilid or habit forming drugs.
For severe pain take two. If
your druggist has neglected to
stock them get them at Peoples
Drug Stores, 80 tablets, so cents.
Ask for Karnnex
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
THIRD VALE NCIA
ORANGE SHOW AT
ANAHEIM MAY %

Amid setting that will be as
beautiful and colorful as the old pal
aces of the Pharoahs on the banks
of the Nile, the third Annual Cali
fornia Valencia Orange Show will
be held at Anaheim for nine days
beginning May %.
Although California Valencia
oranges, famous wherever the gold
en- fruit is known, will be the prin-
eipal exhibit, the exposition will by
no means be confined to this fruit.
Southern California lemons, grape
fruit and avocadoes, the most nu-
tritious fruit known, will also have
prominent place in the show.
The site of the 1923 exposition
is the Anaheim City Park, less than
two blocks from the heart of the
city. Two hugh tents, the largest
that have ever been used, will house
the exhibits.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
Urges Harding,
Works to- Visit
BOu | der Site

SAN DIEGO, May ID Mayor
John l.. Bacon, acting in the capac-
ity of president of the Boulder Dam
Association, today sent two strong
kilograms, one to President Hard
ing and the other to Secretary of In
terror DR.. Hubert Works, in each
ease the recipient being urged to
spend one day at the Boulder Dam
Site during the visit in June or
July of the party.
The secretary of interior was
asked to come because he is in
charge of the reclamation work, is
member of the Federal Power
Commission and will have to make
Il report on this legislation at the
coming session of congress. His de.
partment through the Fall-Davis re-
port is already strongly committed
to the Swing Johnson bill. Secre-
tary Works himself has not seen
either the dam site nor Imperial
Valley.
The kilograms have followed a
dozen or more similar messages from
Farm and civic organizations as
well as prominent members of the
Republican party.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
BUCKLAND WON'T
TALK ON H0LTON
POWER QUESTION

a. w. Buckland, foreman of the
grand jury stated today he had no
comment to make when shown q
copy of a letter which the Press
has received from Robert Hays of
Holtvilie, and which the latter ad-
vises was sent to b. II. Lien, secre-
tary of the grand jury, relative to
the failure of the Holton Power
Company to reduce rates charged
for electricity.
Accompanying Mr.. Hays letter
was communication which he re-
ceived from the railroad commission
on April "a, giving facts respecting
the decreased cost at which electric
ity is purchased by the Holtor
Power Company. "It appears from
the records of the commission that
the Hoiton Power Company was
granted a general reduction IN the
price of electric power in 1922, but
nc proport;onate reduction was ex-
tended to the consumers by the
company Mr.. Hays letter states.
Asked if the grand jury is invest
igating the price of electric power,
Mr.. Ruckland reminded the Press
representative that members Of the
grand jury are bound by oath not
to reveal any of the work Of that
body until such time as it is deemed
advisable to do so, andthat until the
proper time comes, its work cannot
be discussed and the members must
respect their oaths.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
FORD HAS EVEN
CHANCE OF BEING
1924 CANDIDATE
Hated - by Politicians
But Public Strong
For Him
BY LAWRENCE MARTIN
United Press Staff Correspondent

WASHINGTON, May 15.-Henrv
Ford has more than an even chance
of capturing the democratic nomi-
nation for president in 1924-if he
wants it.
If Ford goes in it will be Ford
against the field and Ford will
have more popular backing than
any other one candidate could show
today.
He will be bitterly fought by
most of the leading democratic
professional politicians who do not
like him because he is not Il pro-
fessional politician. They regard
him as an interloper and declare he
is not a good democrat any more
than he is good republican.
But they are confronted with
the fact that Ford not only could
carry the democratic south, but
that he would poll big popular
vote in the middle west and the
far west. His strength in the in
dustrial east among the working
men would be considerable. The
politicians admit that, though they
say he could not carry any northern
state east of the Alleghanies.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
FORMER VALLEY
AWAIT OR HURT
IN PLANE FALL

Virgil Moore, formerly of this
city, and now located in Los Angeles
khere he has established n considera
BILE reputation in aviation circles,
had close call from death yester-
day when an airplane IN which he
was attempting to break the alti-
tude record dropped 1900 feet. Upon
examination by physician Moore
was found to have broken leg, Il
broken arm, and possible internal in.
.iuries. He is in an unconscious con
dition and the doctors attending
him state he may be crippled for
life in the event he does not die.
Aviators who saw him fall were
surprised to find that he had not
been killed outright.
A portion of the right wing of
Moore s plane broke off as he was
making a spiral turn and the plane
started to fall, Moore meanwhile
making desperate efforts to right
the plane so it would glide to the
earth.
Moore was well known as an in
ventor and designed combination
automobile and airplane, which he
attempted to place on the market.
Several local men ccn;ribaied to a
fund to enable him to raise suffi-
cient capital to finance company
to market the machine but it was
unsuccessful.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
MEXICALL POLICE
AID ]. Y. OFFICERS
IN NABBINC. MAN
Found in Mexicali, is
DepOrted Across
Border

Thanks to the cooperation of the
Mexicali police and government of.
ficials, John NJ. Super, 80 year old,
charged in Brawley for seduction,
was taken into custody last night
and is held prisoner at the county
Jail, awaiting a preliminary hear
ing The girl in the case is at the
county farm, held as material
witness against him.
A, warrant for Super S arrest was
issued in Brawley several days ago,
and after investigation he was To-
Gated in. Mexicali. Sheriff Gillett
and Deputy Sheriff Evans went to
that city last night and took the
matter up with the Mexican Off
cials who gladly offered their assis-
tance in taking Super into custody.
He was soon found and arrested by
the local officers.
Sheriff Gillett spoke highly this
morning of the splendid spirit of
cooperation given the Imperial
County officers by the Mexicali of
ficials and stated that violators of
the law on this side of the line make
their biggest mistake when they
think they can find refuge in Mex
icai. UnGet instructions from
Governor Lugo, the police and mill
tary authorities have shown time
and again that they are with the
county o-iiciers in their efforts to
apprehend criminals.
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
INNOCENT FORD
CARRIES MUCH
BOOTLEG, CLAIM
Calipatria Man Rounded
Up on Serious
Charges

What Sheriff Gillett claims is the
capture of one of the cleverest line
runners, happend yesterday after
noon when Undersheriff Bert I'm
derwood and Deputy Sheriff Oswald
took into custody, Frank Vrive of
Calipatria, following Investigations
by Sheriff Gillett, and charged him
with illegal possession Of liquor.
On instruction from Sheriff Gil
lett, the officers confiscated Vlive 3
Ford car, and though it was appar-
emily rs innocent as any Ford ear
can be, investigation revealed an in
genuously constructed gasoline tank,
which would defy detection by any
officer, even with close inspection.
A partition had been cleverly spot
welded on the inside Of the tank, so
that its capacity for gasoline was
reduced to one-fourth the usual
amount. Sheriff Gillett pried off
the end of the tank at the county
jail, and found several quarts of
Canadian Club whiskey concealed
in the interior.
Find Liquor Cache
While at Calipatria, the officers
investigated the premises at Vrive =
place and found another hiding
place for liquor in the yard, though
it was empty when searched by the
officers. A fire place had been set
out in the yard, such as is usually
used on wash day in the valley, and
it, too, was as innocent looking as
the Ford. The Officers seraped
away the embers Of the fire, and
found a round plate beneath them.
Lifting this up revealed a section
of stove pipe, and when Underwood
stuck his arm down the pipe, he
found large tub buried in the
ground, which had undoubtedly
been used rs cache for liquor An
other cache in IN clubhouse was
found to contain six quarts of tequi-
Ia
Imperial Valley press., 1923-05-15
WIND, FLOOD, FIRE WREAK DESTRUCTION
Be Glad You
Live Right
Here!

How thankful we should all be
to live right here in Imperial
Valley!
There are many advantages of
life here shat we are liable to
lose sight Of in our annual CON-
plaint about "the heat
Today's telegraphic news is
loaded with reports of death and
destruction in widespread areas
Of the east. ToInadoeg, flood
and fire have combined to take
ghastly toll of life and properly
in Texas and Arkansas, with pitt
ful scenes enacted that beggar
description.
Another cold wave is headed
for the extreme eastern states,
following one last week that did
ine5timable damage to budding
fruit trees and crops.
Spring foods are raging in
many sections, with one in Indi-
ana reaching such proportions
that bridges are going out ard
lives being lost.
So we say--we know Of no
better place to live than right
here in Imperial Valley, where
our only discomfort is caused by
the efforts Of our good friend,
Old Sol, trying to make our
crops grow and bringing down
upon his fiery head tbs mailed
lotions Of the thoughtloss and
impatient for doing it.