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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
TAX BOARD TO
TOUR COUNTY
Will Visit Every District At
ter December goth.

A tour of the county will be made
by the County Board of Taxation
Immediately after December 90,
which Is the date all appeals must
be filed with Clerk William A. Spen-
Ger, of this city. Mr.. Spencer said
today that no more special meetings
of the board viii be held this year,
but tour will be planned and thus
visits made to every taxing district
In the county. Local appeals will be
heard ON this occasion, as in past
years. Special meetings have been
held In New Brunswick and Perth
Amboy. The number of appeals
from Metuchen and Raritan town
ship is exceptionally large this year.
The appeals received today fol-
low:
Melvin Gcrdan, of Highland
Park, from $1,000 to $1,000.
Sarah q. Smalley, OF Dunellen,
from $500 to $50.
Metuchen Realty Improvement
Company, of 126 Cortlandt street,
New York. from $4,000 to $4,000 on
Raritan township property
Armand P. Daire, OF Highland
Park, from $4,000 to $500.
George w. Stoval. Jr., S3S West
End avenue. New York, fron $I.S0o
to 81, 400 on Raritan township prop
'erty.
Metuchen Realty Improvement
Company, of New York, from s19,-
400 to s12,400 on Woodbridge town
ship property.
Elizabeth r. Voorhees,, OF High
land Park, from $500 to $500.
Lena Gressman, of 237 Burnet
street, New Brunswick; no amount
mentioned.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
MISSING JUROR
is CAPTURED

Kansas city. Dec. Eighty
four hours after he climbed through
a transom over the door OF his room
at the Centropolis hotel. and es-
capped from the custody Of a deputy
marehHl, Harry D. Waldron. missing
Hyde Juror. was brought into court
this morning, pale and haggard from
lodging the police OF three cities
Physicians declare he is undoubts
edly insane. Judge Porterfield is
examining the Jury 70 determine
" aefher the Jury Will be discharged
on account Of Waldrons mental
condition
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
THINK ALI. The
MEN ARE DEAD

Briceville, Tenn. Dec. i4:-With
the finding of the bodies OF Sam Mil
Ter aud his four helpers who had left
messages on the walls of the mine,
as they fed from black damp, IL Is
now believed that none of the en-
tombed miners win be found alive.
The death list will probably be
about 100. Sixty-one bodies have
already hseH recovered and I. ss he
lteved forty are still In the mine.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
STOKES SAID
TO BE DYING

New York, Dec. 14.-It is report
ed at the Criminal Court building
today that William q. d. Stokes,
millionaire hotel owner, is dying at
the Hotel Ansonia. Information re-
garding his condition Is refused at
his apartments. Stokes was operat-
ed upon Tuesday for abgcess Of the
liver. 1t is said he passed bad
night.
with the examination OF few
nnfmportant witnesses the testimony
In the case OF Lillian Graham and
settssssas sstsssas Conrad, charged 7=.-hh Shrottrs
Stokes. was closed this morning and
Attorney Moore began summing up
for the defense
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
FEAR DELHI IS
A TOTAL LOSS

Special 0g Untfed Prsss wsve-
Gibraltar, Dec. 14:Tugs are
attempting to approach the wrecked
steamer Delhi for the purpose OF
resculng the mail and S1.500s00a In
huliion which il still shoard the
founderaa ship The gale ID in-
ereastne Ia violence and It Is feared
&he pelns will hreak vi.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
CAPTAIN MERRITT DIES
AT TER AN OPERATION
spselal ~ unltsa rrs.s wsrs.

New York, Dec. Captain
Israel John Merritt, president af the
Merritt-C Chapman Wrecking Conn
pany, died today following IN opera
tion on his stomach. He was eagnh ~
fws, vaars old Merritt had been a.
prominent figgre In seafarfng elTeies
for scores of years, raising tAetss
sands Of sunken vessels AhioAg g MS
biggest Jobs was an attempt 70 Fa1ss
the spanish vessel sanA oY IAs
Americans ct the battle oH Sal
tiago.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
6 DAY GRIND
SETTLES DOWN
,sotnI b. un.ted Press 1virs.

Special bg United Press rvirs-
New York, Dec. 14Very little
sprinting was done during the night
in the six day bicycle race. Eight
teams are it'd for the lead this
morning with four teams one lap
behind and one team two laps laps
in the rear.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14

900. 900 and 5O0.oeO people were
rendered homeless. There has been
great suffering because Of the con-
fagrafinn, which ia declared TO have
been iRaxcusahle. Fire WAS started
In many places. and the blaze at one
time was mile long. After the fire
British hllleiacke 81 were nut on
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
At,.s,ye - Policemen.

For getting sassy WITH Rateolt
man Chris Hanson, at Smith and 9sssss
streets yesterday Afternoon Hsz91a;
min silver. salesman. Was pla
nnsier arrest, Following se4ess
lecture bv Recorder Henry NJ kenp2
he Was discharged this nornls1g
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14

Ths news wneg Z ~ AeH ~ "a
EVENING NlaksS
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14
SPECIAL H0TICE

Sample pieces of embroidery
also sample garments oI fins hand
emil, Dldered unieF eaF. Sale 10
oIgsinlle from pecs IIssa b DEC.
0ss every aIisfnaoslr as The
jasassry oi sE,a A1egdie / salsepe E0
ISL a ehaad are. aFd 1lslssafG
Sas.. soefh fiys. n +
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-14

guard In the streets, which were
fortified with bags Of grain. The
men on guard were in constant peril
of their lives, as riotfng was gem
eral except la the streets devoted
to foreign concessions. These were
the streets guarded by foreign
frnops
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

Farmers of Wisconsin should inter
ucts sold by their local creameries
and cheese factories. Losses on dairy
products amount to many thousand dol
lars each year in Wisconsin, just be-
cause someone (either the farmer or
the factory MANI does not do his share
toward producing high quality prod
ucts. These losses all come out of the
patrons pocket, for If butter is sold
low, he gets low price for butter fat
Losses which the factory patrons
must bear are due to a great variety
of causes, such as:
/. Improper care and poor quality
of milk and cream received.
2. The unsanitary condition and
equipment of the factor.
;. Lack of intelligence and skill of
the operator and
4. Poor business judgment used in
selling the products.
The effects of the first three causes
are quite generally understood among
all parties interested in manufacturing
butter and cheese, but the influence
of the fourth is less widely known.
The factory salesman may have to
deal with the not uncommon method
of selling butter or cheese at top mar
ket prices, but short in weight because
of defects in quality. The loss to the
farmers my be more from this meth
Cd of cutting prices than would be the
case if a straight cut on quality were
made, as it should be if the butter or
cheese is not up to the standard of the
market.
Various methods of covering up de-
fects in products are practiced, such
as making a small cut in price of one
half cent per pound on the entire ship
ment from factory for one week be-
cause it does not sound so badly to the
farmers as cut of, perhaps 8 cents
per pound on one days products, al
though the shipment of one day only
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

Typical vines of eight varieties of field
peas. Beginning at the left they
are Golden Vine, Potter, White Mar
row Fat, Early Britain, Scotch, Can
adam Beauty, Prussian Blue and
Green.
peas are then gathered with forks
and left in punches to dry. Some at
tachments for leaving the peas in
windrows are also made. The coss
of this type of pea litter with wind
rover is $12 to SIS.
For good work with the mower it
is necessary that the ground be fairly
free from ruts, roots or large stones.
When the ground is -ough there is
much waste of time as Wei as of peas.
When grown on rough land, Held peas
may be harvested with the scythe.
Peas should be cut when about all
of the pods are g.pe. If left until
over-ripe, they are likely to shell IN
cutting and handling. After cutting
the peas may be left in punches to
dry until ready to haul. They may
then be collected in windows and
loaded directly onto wagons. When
rain intervenes, the peas should DC
tuynee soon after the upDer eide II
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

may be of inferior quality. The loss
to the farmers, however, is often more
from a small cut in price on large
amount than the larger cut on the
product of one day.
Another loss is sustained from a
gradual decline in the quality Of the
butter and cheese made at a certain
factory without its being noticed by
the operator because of his limited OPP
portunities for learning how his prod
ucts compare in quality with the mar
ket standard.
The many opportunities for the i'm
provement of the products of our
creameries and cheese factories and to
thereby reduce the losses caused by
defective quality in both butter and
cheese each year, suggested the idea
Of sending sample packages to some
central place each month where these
could be examined and scored by COM
petent and impartial judges.
This idea has now been put into
practice and packages of butter and
cheese are received and judged every
month by the dairy department of the
Agricultural College at Madison. This
gives an opportunity for improving the
qaulity of dairy products sold in the
state and in many cases these have
already been materially improved.
About 100 factories have taken ao-
vantage of this monthly scoring during
the first year and farmers should do
all they can towards the sending
of butter or cheese to the Wisconsin
agricultural college from the factory
they are interested in. A poor score
ought to stimulate the factory man to
do better and a good score encourages
him to do his best.
A certificate of the official monthly
scores is given each year with such
official records, the products from
high quality creameries and cheese
factories can be sold at an advanced
price.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

isfied. The particular scene OF the
performance came and Keene, look
ing into the wings, saw Jones yawn-
ing and stretching. He gave him the
speech for his entrance, but Jones did
not bulge. He repeated it without
success and then had to fake the
scene, which fell fiat, running the per-
Torrance. Keene came off the stage
in a fury. why didn't you come on
when you saw me waiting there"
Didn't get my cue" said Jones. I
gave it to you twice" 8'Not the cue
Mccullough gave me-" What cue did
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

THAT has been arranged, Mr.. Keene.
Jones, the house property man, is
going to play the part. I'll send for
him" Jones appeared presently. He
yawned and stretched his arms con-
tinually, putting two or three gaps in
every sentence. The part consisted
of two lines, but on them hung the
vital situation of the play. Keene
sized Jones up for his wardrobe and
then asked him if he was ready to re-
hearse. NO" said Jones. Il played
the part with Mccullough twice" That
seemed promising and Keene was sat
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

dry 80 as to dry the under side. II
left too long III contact with the damp
ground the dry peas absorb water,
swell and the pods burst
Peas should not be left exposed to
rains in uncovered stacks, for the
loose character of the vines permits
rain to soak in readily. The stacks
should be covered with canvas or
boards. Marsh hay, If used literally.
will do to cap stacks. Peas may be
unloaded with hay fork, taking care
to spread them evenly on the stack.
Unless this Is done the peas will be
hard to handle at threshing time.
In the large pea-growing districts
the crop is threshed with the ordinary
grain separator, using pea threshing
attachment The cost of threshing is
little more than for small grains. One
or two Of the concaves of the thresh-
er are removed and blanks inserted.
The cylinder is also rotated at less
speed than for threshing small grains.
Most makes Of threshers can be fur
nished with these attachments.
Inc IacC CnaI HeIu peas cdH only Do
raised with success in comparative
" restricted area, makes the market
price per bushel higher than that OF
most small cereals. Another reason
is that canning factories also come In
for their share Of the pea crop.
AS to price, peas are well in the
lead, the best Scotch peas selling
usually for twice as much as No.
hard wheat. In point Of yield per
acre peas will average somewhat
above wheat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
Didn't Get the Right Cue

as by doubling and by putting tin
suit on the electrician now and then.
One play had long cast, however,
and the advance agent was instructed
to pick up some local man for one of
the bits" Keene arrived in a one
night stand and made his way to the
theater to meet the recruit for the
play IN question. He introduced him
self to the manager and explained the
situation. The local dignitary said:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
Som Keene's Experience With the
Local "Supe" Who Had Played
With Mccullough.

When Tom Keene took long tours
through the northwest, where tragedy
s still in favor, he used to keep his
company down in numbers on account
Of the jumps and the high railroad
fares, writes Drury Underwood. There
were various ways of doing this, such
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

There is somewhat prevalent idea
that peas are expensive to plant, har-
vest and handle. AS matter of fact,
this crop when cut with a mower
with a pea litter attachment can be
harvested cheaply. The long guards
which are attached to the cutter bar
leave the low lying vines so that they
may be cut close to the ground. The
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
Rash.

Mrs. Idler-Let's see! Wasn't there
some scandal concerning that Broad,
head girl?
Mrs. Chatter-Oh, yes. Don't yoR
recollect? She married for love-
Puck.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
= 159OIN.HT nm DEaEHSE
EERks 0@ZEH RE4CH
RFIAazHT NTH. c. CESS POOP
I'M ZHLE9 UEROCT
m. W<75HWH7ZR

Take Pittsburg, where, as we
have seen, the typhoid rate was
127 per 100000 population. Pitts
burg is a city with a population
in excess of $4,000. Hence it's
annual death roll from typhoid
must have amounted to 31k times
1877, or something like 444. At
$4,000 a life, this death roll Will
cost Pittsburgh $2,664,OOO a year,
or $26,640,00O every decade. And
the loss to the entire country, fig.
uring the typhoid deaths at 10000,
reaches the astounding total of
$120,O0O,O00 a year, or $1,200,00O,.
900 every decade.
This estimate, however, is with
out question too conservative
Mr.. Allen Hazen, an eminent
American engineer, says in his
book, 'Clean Water and How to
Get It." that the reduction in the
number of deaths in five cities,
brought about through water puri'
f1cation, amounted to 440. I'm
proved general sanitary condi-
lions, he says, we're responsible
for 1877 of the 440 decrease. The
typhoid reduction amounted to
only II. The reduction in the
number of deaths from other
causes amounted to 232-three
times the typhoid reduction. II
this ratio of deaths due to water
holds good generally, then our ty-
phoid deaths are only a small part
os 40 doathc d1,n To had xuatnr
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
1t Seemed So.

Geraldine-What is your business?
Gerald am a gentleman.
Geraldine-Are you on a leave OF
absence just now?
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
consoIina.

NONSOInys
"All the publishers in the country
have turned my song down."
Cheer up. Think what a laugh
we've got on the fellow you stole the
music from"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

sons died; in Lowell
1872 out Of $50; in
Lawrence 81 out of
141. OF 514 cases
in New Haven 73
resulted fatally.
B u t Ter had Sc
deaths and 1870
cases. In Scranton
there were III
deaths and Lis
cases; in Cleveland
472 deaths and
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

he give you?" Come on, you Idaho
sausage"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
Experienced Advice.

ct guess 1 can cook up a story 20 ex.
plain my doings to my wife"
'Tf you do. it wMl result in FAM
lily stew"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

is string of good-sized
towns-Plymouth, Wilkes
Barre, Wyoming, Blooms
burg, Nanticoke, and others,
all of which empty sewage
into the river, and a number
of which take their drinking
water direct from the river.
Wilkes-Barre does, and its
pumping station is on an
island in the river. When
the stream overfiows, as it
does every spring, the pump
well is flooded with the foul
est of water-the rolled river
flow containing suspended
sewage and the reeking, sui
phurous waste Of coal mines,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03
There is a somewhat prevalent idea

yields protein than other
grain the time Improves the SOIL
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-08-03

Scoring
hbitns School the Wisconsin Agriculture
The Washington times., 1911-08-18
M|DD|ES ABSENCE
FROM RIFLE SHOOT
IS CAUSING REGRET
Camp Perry Today Is Look
ing At Championship
Team Contest.

CAMP PERRY. Ohio, Aug. 1S.-One
team and two individual matches are
today engs ging the attention OF the
sharpshooters on the fifth day of the
tournament OF the National Rife Asso-
clation. The championship company team
match, ten shots at 200 and at COO yards
for teams of four-not six as hereto
fore-started the days card. 1t was
won a year ago by the Fourth Com
pany. United States Naval Academy.
The District of Columbia for years
figured large in the match. Company
l. OF the First Regiment. won 1t in 1913
and 1904, and Company c, Sixth Bat
talon. In 1899 and 1897.
Company K, of the Second, is COM
peting today. The Annapolis cadets
are not here this year to defend their
title. The absence OF the "middies"
from the association and the national
matches-the Annapolis authorities de-
Ctded that their summer cruise should
not be interfered with-is a matter OF
very general regret in camp.
The long-TarSe tyro match was the
other attraction this morning. the
match last year that brought an inter-
Sergt. s. CLARK, an Indiana farmer who
never shot rifle until 1903. but who
banged out no less than nineteen
straight bulls-eyes. The contest is a
ten-shot race at l,00G yards with any
military rifle and any ammunition.
Two matches unfinished yesterday
were concluded this afternoon-the Ma
National Rifle Association members
at 600 Yards.
The Washington times., 1911-08-18
AVATORS To SOAR
HIGHER OVER CITY,
NEEDING REQUEST
Aero Club Of Washington
Cites Dangers Of Low
Flights.

Following the steps taken by some of
the big aero clubs of the European
countries, the Aero Club OF Washington
has requested the licensed pilots of this
city not to make any more flights over
Washington, pointing out the great dan
ger in doing so. The only exception in
the request is that II an aviator thinks
he should make such a flight he should
Soar at a greater height than 1000 feet
This prGcaution is taken 20 prevent
accidents that are liable to occur II
an aviator scars low over the city and
has to make landing on account Of
bad engine. In such case, the Aero
Club points out, an areroplane would
nine times out of ten be dashed to
pieces on the tops Of buildings because
landing places in a thickly settled city
are not to be had. But in flying at
an altitude OF LOCO feet or greater, in
case OF accident to an engine, the driver
would be able to glide considerably over
mile and have a chance of finding a
landing place on some vacant lot in the
city. The aviators claim that If they
should be flying directly over the
United States Capitol at an altitude of
l,5O0 feet and something went wrong
with the engine, they could easily vol
plane all the way to the White Lot or
Monument Lot and make a safe land
ing.
In flying low over the city voIplaninE
Fible, thus increasing the danger to an
aviator.
All the flyers in Washington will obey
the request Of the Aero Club.
The Washington times., 1911-08-18
Commissioners Put
Ban On Explosives

On recommendation Of Fire Marshal
P. W. Nicholson. the Commissioners to.
day amended the police regulations sc
as to prevent the carrying Of explo.
sives through the streets of the Dis.
trict.
Request Tor a permit to carry dyna.
mite through the streets was made OF
the Fire Marshal recently by a resi-
dent Of Silver Spring, Md.
Although the request was refused, II
in the police regulations TO prevent
The regulation prohibits also the car.
rying of dynamite in any street car
or vehicle used for the transportation
of passengers
The Washington times., 1911-08-18
Army Aviators May
Go South To Drill
During the Winter

Although nothing definite has been
decided. the probability Of the estab-
hshment Of winter quarters for the
Government aviation school somewhere
in the South is good. and perhaps
when the cold weather visits this sec
ton the flyers will leave College Park,
Nd, for a warmer country.
Palm Beach, Fla, and Aiken, s. c.,
are said to be the two logical points
for the camp, though other cities intend
to make strong bids for 1t. However,
the men may be split up into two
groups and one sent to Florida and the
towns have many natural advantages
that are absolutely essential for an avi-
alton school, such as fine water and
good weather, but the one bad fea-
ture the officers and men would en-
counter, is that the aviation field at
either place would be constantly over
run with visitors.
Palm Beach and Aiken are big winter
resorts and hundreds of people would
flock to the grounds each day to watch
the flights. There is, of course. no OBJ
lection to people watching the flights
or making visits to the aviation school,
but in their overanxiousness to get a
place Of vantage in order to see the
machines ascend and descend they often
get in the way Of an aeroplane, max
ing landings and ascensions extremely
dangerous for both flyers and specta-
tors.
The sfficers. can accomplish more in
winter quarters II they can get in some
small Southern city where the popula-
ton is not of that rowing kind. because
II would be but a question of a few
weeks until the home folk in a small
town would become accustomed to see
ing the machines and the crowds soon
would grow smaller, and the men would
then be enabled to get down to hard
work for the winter.