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...Denies That His Mr. Podd Is Mr. Ford...
...rest of the story is devoted to that wild adventure, the trek of Del Sol?cattle, men, horses, rifles, six-shooters, across uncharted plains to Abilene, on the trail of the North Star, The difficulties include Indians, stampedes, storms, the fording of rivers believed impossible to ford and, throughout, the complications of an ingeniously villainous plot. A trunk full of land-scrip proves a bone of contention and Taisie's own attractions very nearly wreck things at various times?for far too many people are anxious to marry her. The actions of McMasters often seem very strange?...
...other novel, Khaki, appearing at the close of the War, was badly timed and made little impression. Mr. Podd is the story of a millionaire who starts an ideal Government on an island all his own. Naturally, one's first question to Mr. Tilden is: "Mr. Podd is Henry Ford?" To which he replies: "Mr. Podd is not a caricature of Ford, though the Peace Ship escapade had a lot to do with my writing the story. No?it's a composite picture of various business men I have known...
Died. John W. O'Bannon, 54, inventor of a substitute for leather, founder and former President of the O'Bannon Corporation, which for several years supplied the upholstery for all Ford cars, in West Hill, sanitarium near Riverdale-on-Hudson, N. Y., insane...
Died. Mrs. Helen Ring Robinson, 45, of Colorado, first woman State Senator in the United States, suffrage leader, writer, lecturer, member of the Ford " peace pilgrimage " in 1915, at Denver, after a long illness...