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New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
MAY ADOPT SWISS RECALL
Arizona Voters TO Choose Be-
tween II and Oregon Plan.

Tucson, Ariz.. Dec. 23.-When the Legs
,ature convenes in Phoenix IN February 4,
will be asked 10 adopt the Swiss system
Of recall, and let the oregon system, which
was voted out of the constitution on d.
cember y on the ultlmatUm OF Pgssidett
Taft. go by the board. llt
The essential difference between the Swiss
system and tho Oregon plan IS that under
the former idea the only thing voted on IN
recall election IS the recall OF the ac-
cused official, and IN the event OF his elm
iuation the Governor appoints bic sue
cessor.
a. A. Worsley. state Senator-elect lsom
Tucson, will propose the new recall sys-
TEN. He Is At work on the measure. ard
will defend il on the ground that under Tie
Oregon system an ofticia! under Gre IS han
dicapped by double fight-a strusge not
only TO retain his position and retu;a
charges against him, but struggle also
against an opposing candidate.
Mr. Worsleys bill viii provide that whsn
the recall is re-submitted TO the people ior
incorpora ton N The constitution the ore
son and Swiss plans shall be placed on the
ballot, SO voters may choose between them
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
SAILOR MANGLED IN SUBWAY
Jumns On to Track at Borough Hall as
Train Enters Station.

Ioseph 2. Pierney, a coal passer from the
1-rited States battleship Connecticut was
r,lIed in the subway near the Borough Han
station. Brooklyn, yesterday morning az
en- o'clock. According to John Booker, the
ticket chopper. the sailor was staggering
when he descended 20 the uptown platform
suddenly he jumped on to the tracks and
began running along them, pulling of his
clothes as he ran.
train dashed in from Manhattan just
after the man got on 10 the track The
shouts of the people and the waving OF
,sa lantern neither served 10 warn, the
s1jlor nor TO stop the train, and the front
Ear S'' 6a.ne 10 a ctandstill over the sailor $
body. The mutilated form was taken RON ON
nNdsr the wheels and carried In pianket
~ The Adams street police station
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
CROPSEY REDUCES PAYROLL
District Attorney Elect Will
Save Kings $4,000 a Year.

James c. Cropsey. District Attorney-slect
of Kings County. announced yesterday
that the salary schedule of his assistants
and chief clerk would be s52,l00 d year. or
s19.S0 q year less than the sum paid an
nually to the outgoing staf. IL became
known yesterday that Lewis L. Birdseye
a former Brooklynite. who now lives in
New Jersey, had been appointed chief clerk.
The office viii pay S5,o9J year
Nr CrOpsey said yesterday his assistants
would be allowed 10 look after the cNii
cases they had under way, but would be
discouraged from taking up new cases
7. H. Bailey. one Of the present Assistant
District Attorneys has consented TO re-
main i'm office for a short time To Initiate
the beginners In the work.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
CANAL F0UR-FIFTHS DUG
Engineers Overcome Big Slide in
Culebra Cut.

Washington Dec 2S.-Another mile post
was set up at the beginning OF this month
in the history Of the construction Of the
Panama Canal when the engineers an
nounced that on that date four-tifths Of the
excavation had been completed. There re-
mained only Se,s697 7l5 cubic yards Of ma
terial TO be removed, and that task is ex-
pocted 70 be completed within the next
year
The engineers have finally broken the
back" as it IS technically termed, ot the
great earth slide into the Culepra cut
which threatened to give much troupie.
This was accomplished by the explosion ol
700 pounds Of dynamite at one time in
tventy-eight 24-foot holes, ripping off the
whole crest of the bank Just above the
Glide
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
MUST WAIT FOR REWARDS
Detectives Who Returned Necklace Not
Sure of Getting Theirs.

Orange, y. j., Dec. % (SpeciaD
John Drabell and Thomas Brown will not be
able 10 enjoy as a part of their Christmas
the receipt of so apiece az a reward for re-
storing 10 Mrs Henry B. Vaughan most of
the $500 necklace which she lost three
weeks ago to-day when boarding train
for New York. salvatore Stopnelli got his
500 and the two mon who carried the tip
to Drabell each got their $40. but the de-
tectives must wait and while waiting, won
der II they are eventually 10 get their re
ward
The Board OF Police Commissioners must
approve the payment of the reward TO tho
detectives before the latter can take IT, ana
the board will not meet until wednesday.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
TO SELL WEEKLY AT AUCTION
The Standard and Vanity Fair Will
Pc Dismissed of by the Receiver.

Judge Hand has signed an order author
izing Edwin 4. Davis, receiver of the
American Standard Publishing Company,
Of No. l537 Broadway. to sell The Stand
ard and Vanity Fair weekly at auction.
Mr.. Davis issued three weekly numbers
r an expense OF $50 each, but the re-
GENTS were only $50 each. and he paid the
exnenses out OF his own pocket. There are
ouIv three hundred paid subscribers. He
has collected 500 OF the outstanding ac-
counts OF 500.
The most valuable asset is the postothce
rights. The other assets are the once iur-
n.ture. cuts. dies and pictures. advertising
contracts. etc. The sale Will take place on
Tuesday, December %, at p. IN.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
SUGAR CROP RECORD BREAKER
Cuban Production Likely to Exceed AL
Previous Yields, Say Experts.

Havana. Dec. 23-lt now appears reason
ablv certain that the coming sugar crop
win break all records. Conservative au-
thorlties. who recently accepted l'foOHI
tons az the highest possible production for
the wear. now predict l,s25.Oo0 tons which
would cycoed the record OF 1910 by $500
tons
Other authorities place the estimate as
high as ls75Oc0 tons. The increase u At
tributed Ia the continuance o' warm
weather, which b. favorable 10 me grow tn
of the cane The indication are thot the
good weather WI continue dullns the
grinding season
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
WANT PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

Chicago. Dec. 23.-William {. Niblack,
chairman of the Woodrow Wilson advisory
committee in Chicago, to-day sent letter
to Governor Deneen urging him to call a
special session of the Legislature TO amend
the direct primary election law so that
voters may express their preference Oh
Presidential candidates.
New-York tribune., 1911-12-24
Calls Old System Nearly Perfect.

The present subway is only a frag-
lcnt of system laid out by the ola
auld 1rtsi, Board. That system IS
..,.,...t .r.l a. - could bc made.
oios,. thought we should complete II
-, FULLY In ~ completed state We
The evening world., 1911-02-24
NAB POLICEMAN
FOR TAKING MILK
He BOUGHT DAILY

~ don't understand how YOU came to
mako a charge or petit larceny against
this officer when you say he had been
In The habit Of paving for the milk he
took from your I might expect
such conflicting stories from a small
boy. but I don't thinN a man OF YOUR
years should display ignorance. | must
Investigate this case further. and I will
adjourn Il until mex Friday" said
Magistrate Gilroy In the Police court
at Far Rockaway to-day.
The case before him was that OF Po.
liceman Clarence W. Anthony of the
Two Hundred and Seventy-ninth Pre-
cinct. who was charged with having
stolen a bottle Of milk from a wagon
Of n Sheffield Farms Company A. I
o'clock on the morning OF Feb. 10.
The drivA % tho wagon. VILLA
Coombs. made the complaint. On the
stand to-day Coombs said he was APP
preached BY Sergeant Osborne the day
after Anthony took the bottle, and
asked 20 swear out a warrant for the
arrest of the officer on n charge OF petit
larceny.
COMBS said he WA delivering milk
The evening world., 1911-02-24
man UNDER Bed,
BUT GIRLS SLEPT
AND NEVER KNEW
Mamma Gallagher Found a
Foot and Papa and Board
erS Did the Rest.
PAIL OF WATER HELPED.
O'Connor, Saturated Inside
and Out, Explains He SIM
ply Needed Repose.
PAIL OF WATER HELPED.

James o'Connor blinked az The rising
sun to-day from a knoll in Bronx Park
M knew hat he was very tired. He
had been walking about all night. look
Ing for a dry place to sleep which
wouldn't cost him anything. He earned
nifty cents yesterday ~peddling needles.
hut the drink evil had mred 1t all from
him when night fell.
Mr.. O'Connor walked on. half asleep.
The homo OF John Gala CHER. at No.
2T2 Decatur avenue. confronted him.
Mr.. o'connor lifted his heavy feet and
entered. He was In the kitchen. There
was no place to sleep In the kitchen.
He went up the back stairs. lie opened
. door. Before him was n beautiful.
snowy bed. Rut Mr.. G~ailagher's W
young and beautiful daughters were oc.
cupying all Of the available room In H.
Mr.. O'Connor was too much OF a gen
tlsmen to disturb them: also he was
falling too fast TO look further. So he
softly got 10 his hands and knees.
crawled under the bed and went TO
sleep.
Girls Didn't Spy Him.
The Gallagher girls rose and dressed
and went TO work. without suspectina
he presence OF the sleeping O'Connor.
Tho rest of the family and the school
teacher who boar with them woke
and a breakfast. Mrs. Gallagher
went upstairs to make the beds. In
TIE girls room she discovered the foot
OF James O'Connor sticking from UNI
der the end OF tho bed.
Mrs. Gallagher screamed. She KEEP,
on screaming. Mr.. Gallagher, who is
g~ray-haired and shaky. but quick.
grabbed q bucket OF water and ran TO
her. crying. Where Is the fre?" Be-
mind him were the school teachers.
Mrs. Gallagher screamed right along
and pointed to a foot OF o'Connor. The
school teachers laid hold OF II and drew
him out into the light. Still he snored
peacefully. MIR. Gallagher poured the
pail of water INTO his face. not alto
gsther gently.
Wakes !. .ose ally.
Mr.. o'Connor rose and looked. red.
eyed n uncertainty. at the ring OF
angry faces.
'Dono who you all are" said he.
But IL I've lone anything often any
body. please 'cept 'pologies. Very sorry.
seem be unwelcome here. Wish all
pleasan' goo'by."
They would not let him go. They took
ham to Magistrate Butts IN Morrisania
Court. There Mr.. O'Connor apologized
all over again and the Gallaghers said
they guessed he was not a robber after
all. Magistrate Butts let him OFF with
a scolding.
But / don't know what the girls will
say when they come home and hear
about it," said Mrs. Gallagher. I'm
most afraid to face them
The evening world., 1911-02-24
WOMAN DIES OF GRIEF
AS FATHER Is BURIED.
Mother Goes 10 Grave Not Know.
ing Daughter Had Collapsed
After Funeral.

As the body OF her father. Emil HUT
yren, was being borne out OF her home
at No. A. West SiXty-third street, to the
hearse this afternoon. Mrs. Gertrude
Richardson, forty-one years old, was
stricken with n paroxysm of grief that
resulted In her death a few minutes
lste~
Mrs. HuttSren, widow of the dead man
and mother OF Mrs. Richardson. left the
house and went IN TO the interment in
Lutheran Cemetery in ignorance OF the
death OF her daughter.
Mrs, Richardson had lganaged TO con-
troll herself during the funeral services,
but as she saw the casket being borne
from the house she collapAed In her
husbands arms. Before "A physician
could be summoned she had died from
a hemorrhage OF tho lungs, Coroner
Wlnterbottom was notified and issued "A
permit for Mrs. Richardson's burial.
Mrs Hultgren did not notice her daugh-
tiers absence until she had reached the
cemetery. Then she was told that Mrs.
Jiiohardson had tainted.
The evening world., 1911-02-24
ALWAYS RELY
ON POSLAM

A surgeon in the Royal Navy
writes that In his practise In differ.
ent parts OF the world he has been
brought into contact with Poslam's
work and can fully indorse every.
thing claimed for It. So say thou
sands OF others. Poslam stops Itch.
ing at once and should be used for
the cure Of any skin affection. Sold
by Hegeman's. Riker's and all drug
gists. For free sample write the
Emergency Laboratories. 80 West
Twenty-ffth street. New York.
The evening world., 1911-02-24

In Far Rockavsy Sunday morning when
Policeman Anthony took a bottle Of
milk from the Anthony said 10
him, III pay for this some other time. 4"
The Court asked the witness II the
policeman had been In the habit OF
taking milk from the wagon. and when
the witness reISied that he had, the
further inquired
How long had he been getting in
this wav from you?"
"About two or three years. replied
the witness.
Had he paid for No. Inquired the
Court.
Tho witness aid he had
Tho Court adjourned tho case and
remarked that In the mean time he
would try and ascertain what prompted
the charge ~agalnyt the officer.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28

series. One man received $1,000, an
others five hundred dollars and more.
substantial building and loan
association is a splendid asset to airy
city and 1t Is pity that we haven't
Lake county communities. Any in
stitution that has for it's chief pur-
pose the building of homes is COM
mendable one indeed and well regu-
opportunities for sound investments.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
The Evening Chit-Chat
ny RUTH CAMERON

ought The something was a conf
dence given him by a very old friend
who unfortunately happened to be a
woman.
To be sure | don't know all the
circumstances of the case. but / am
much inclined to think that he is
well rid of wife who would beseech
him to be dishonorables and who was
not capable of realizing that he could
not love her so well loved he not hon.
or more"
I suppose someone will remind me
That husband should not accept
confidence which he cannot share with
the other half of him.
Perhaps not.
But the question whether he should
accept the confidence is one thing. and
the question whether he should betray
it after having accepted it. is quite
another.
And as to the first question = for
my part I cannot see why it should
prejudice the happiness of couple il
either husband or wife knows some
thing that he cannot tell the other
provided. OF course. that the knowledge
is not anything woich for some particu-
lar reason ought to be shared.
To urge any one to betray a conf
dence is to insult him.
7 To accept a betrayed confidence is
to accept stolen goods.
To betray, a confidence is not only
to dishonop yourself but TO lower
yourself in the eyes of him to whom
you betray 1t.
| And yet none but the most honor
able scruple to ask others to betray
condolences.
| What tremendous motive power
curiosity is.
RUTH CAMERON.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
OPPOSED TO CRAFT.

We don't have to go far from home
to see that public sentiment is now
thoroughly opposed to graft whether
it infests corporations or munfciapE-
ties.
Lately. three have been sent to
prison for defrauding a big corpora
ton and for the first time in the
history of the county severe pun
ishment has been melted out to a
bride taker. And there are indica-
lions that the sword is hanging over
many more
There is a great moral difference
between civic CRATER and plain
holdula man The former is more
dangerous. A robber while SHINING
against society usually harms an in
dividual. With a CRATER, it is diff
erent. He has the power to harm So
cietv in general.
We might illustrate this bribery
danger by comparing a briber with
"a man who indirectly permitted
stream pollution. This might cause
typhoid, deaths would result. and
while not at heart a murderer he
might even be a big-hearted man
the CRATER would be morally respon-
sible and hence his offense is a Vita
one.
Grating, although more respect
able than plain thuggery or porch
climbing is hundred times more
dangerous and this is why the Law
must be SO exacting for offenses APP
parently minor in their nature.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28

Would you ever in the world think
OF teasing your friend of your
brother or sister or husband TO give
you some money or some precious
possession which had been entrusted
to his keeping?
No, of course not you say. What
a silly question"
Perhaps Ii is.
But wait a moment. Did you ever
tease your friend or your brother or
sister or husband to tell you some-
thing which had been told him in
confidence: in other words. give away
to you something which had been told
him in confidence; in other words give
away to you something which had been
entrusted to his keeping?
Can you give as emphatic a negative
to that?
/ doubt it,
And yet is there so great difference
between the two.
OF course. there Is the chance that
the confidence might be a good deal
more precious than money or any ma
teria1 possession to the one who gave
IT, But the principle. / think. is Just
the same.
And yet I know but few people who
have a fine sense of honor about this
thing.
know a woman who boasts that her
husband tells her everything that is
told him even If 1T is in confidence. HE
has to- she says, because IL he doesn't
don't give him any peace
What boast,
Myself, 1 should think she had more
reason for shame than for vain glory
ing.
I know an engaged girl who quar-
relied with her fiance and broke the
engagement because he would not tell
her something which she thought he
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
Heart toHeart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
FLOWERS FOR FATHER.

FLOWERS FOR FATHER.
This true incident. which at the time
was printed in the Madison (Wis.)
newspapers. Is worth reteling.
President Roosevelt was holding a
reception in the Office OF Governor La
Toilette at Madison.
Two little girls edged their way
through the crowd. Although not as
well dressed as some of the other
girls. their raiment was neat and
clean.
Governor La Toilette noted the pres
ence Of the children and asked them
IL they wanted to meet the president.
Abashed because of the attention
paid them. the girls shrank back. but
the governor pressed them. Finally
the elder one said to the governor:
We don't want that. but we would
like something else"
What would you like?' kindly in
quired the governor.
Wed like that flower" volunteered
the smaller one. Papa Is sick at
home and couldn't come. and we'd
like to give him flower"
She was given the flower. a large
American Beauty rose. and was 50
happy she broke down and cried.
Then willing hands stripped several
of the vases. and the little ones were
given all the flowers they could carry
and carriage TO 60 home in.
Not much of a story?
Perhaps not Only there is in it the
touch that makes the world kin--kin 1t
may he for an impulsive moment. but
kin.
Some of those reception guests saw
only the little girls. excited. flushed.
fearful. happy. Others saw this pic
ture:
A sick chamber lacking many COM
forts. the wan face of a father. a
lonely waiting for his little ones. a
Frightening look when the tots came
home in the carriage--loads of flowers.
tears. joy.
And those precious kids,
$ In the midst Of the stirring specta-
Gle they did not forget father. While
others were moved by the magnificent
toilets OF the grand ladies and by the
presence of the notables. these faith
full dears desired but one thing--a flow
er for sick papa.
And that father
Whatever his circumstances, he was
richer than Rockefeller
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28

notably Asia. We will be fore warned
by a trembling of the earth and we
shall know that the end of our trou-
bles is in sight when most of the
necessities of life are wanting. Els
pecially will milk be scarce
Blood and fire will surround France
throughout the year, according to
Nine. De Thebes. Brest. Toulon and
Paris will be especially cursed. Paris
will have epidemics. floods. attempts
against the lives of well-known peo-
pie. and IF those men. whose inten-
tions good enough, can not get to-
gether, Paris will be in ruins
Emperor to Lose Crown.
Spain will have lively doings: there
will be plots and counterplots, but AL
fonso will save his crown. Emperor
wilhelm, of Germany, Will not be 50
lucky, 1t would seem.
There will be no dominating Ho-
henzollern any other Prussian
across the Rhine. That is what Berlin
will get for its violences and political
barbarisms. I have said. and I repeat
that the days of the emperor are num-
bered. and after him all will change
in Germany. I speak of his reign, not
of his life.
England mas pad Destiny IN store
for her; there are tos be deaths, fires
etc. But 1t Is the same everywhere
1t will be the black year
The United States is no exception
to the rule. The present government
ii seems will be knocked down and
rolled in the dust of defeat. new Sc
Will take up the reins.
! Nine. De Thebes explains the new
a agufu n
insurgents who will "dethrone" Presi
dant Taft
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
A DEAR MOTHER STORY.

The fellow who plays game
illegal under the laws of Indiana or
countenances one and then sets up a
howl that it will ruin the fair name
of his city to have game or practice
exposed or called to public attention
stands before the public eye just
about the same as the man who gets
drunk, commits a crime, gets into
police court and then goes begging
the officers of the law and the news
papers to keep the matter quiet on
account of his dear mother. See the
point, neighbor, Some duties begin
at home. Huntington Herald.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28

Paris. Dec. 2s.-Mme Thebes, "the
witch of the Etoile quarter the
worlds greatest seeress," has issued
her forecast for 1912. The famous
'pythoness' to whom nearly every
well-known man in France has jour
neyed to have his fortune told" pre-
diets that the very devil will be 70
payy all over the world.
Next year is to be the black year"
Nations will be upheaved a great
European war Is to be fought: the
high cost of living is to go higher;
Paris probably will topple into ruins
babies won't have enough milk: Kaiser
Wilhelm of Germany will lose his
crown. etc.
MINT. DeThebes "prophesies' are
strangely interesting. Even IL she be
not inspired the fact remains that
wherever she gets her Information,
however it is that she tears aside the
curtain for her peer into the future.
she often hits the bullseye. If she isn't
a real prophecies. she's corking good
guesser.
France Faces War.
She says in part:
For France everything points to
war, but L believe this will come not
before the latter part of the year
unless, that is, things are not com
promised beforehand Falling of war
In 1912, the nation in 1918 will have its
last year of grace; then war will be
inevitable. Between now and then the
chance n peace and war are about
equal The catacyism foreseen is SC
great so widespread, that 1t is dan
gerous even, to speak of it, lest it be
precipitated
Not only will 1T turn Europe upside
down, but other continents as well
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-12-28
IT WILL BE TAME THEN.

The democrats over Indiana are
tickled apparently over the Lee met :
dent. 1t furnishes them a diversion
and like good fellows and wise fellows
they are not permitting any grass to
grow under their feet while taking
advantage of it. Incidentally it gives
the democratic factions who have
their digits clamped in each others
weasands, a chance. to draw their
second wind. The man who predicts