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The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-18
oeRMANYs MAYoRs-ThE CITY
 MANAGER IDEA.

Every once in a while are heard words of approval of the method 0f thoos ing mayors which has long been
 i- ,lcration in Gerrln' In that
 country the mayors actually consti-
 tn'c e. profession. When the mayor
 atN of Frankfort :vr instance be-
 comes vacant. the burgomasters lo0k
 over the whole list of men who have
 been signally successful as mayors of
 other cities and they select the be'I
 one that they find In the market. n
 this way a man of the right kind who
 begins as mayor of one of the small
 est cities has a chance to rise. step by
 step, to the mayoralty of Berlin. the
 national capital. Thus mayors of German ctiies are highly trained and
 well seasoned experts In the manage | ment Of municipal affairs.
 From the standpoint of efficiency, the German system has proven to be excellent indeed and no doubt the adoption of the plan In America would within a reasonable time greatly in- cease efficiency In the conduct of city acairs here. In this country, hswever.
 the people of cities have always elect cd their chief executives and It is more than doubtful whether-at least ! in the near future-they will deprive
 themselves of the right to do so.
 However a substitute for the Ger ! man plan a system somewhat similar but one which does not take away from the people the right to elect their mayor. Is being tried in several Am erican cities This is the city man. aeer idea. II was first adopted ir Staunton. Va, it has since been adopt ed at Lockport, x. r. and has beer voted for overwhelmingly by the peo-
 pla of the city of Eureka. Under this
 plan man well qualified by ability and training is appointed to manage
 the citys business. just as a genera manager of a railroad, or of a manu- i featuring company or any other DIE Irivate enterprise. directs and controls | its business. The city manager is ar
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TIE LL.FATED TITANIC.

What ts to be. viii b.. n, oat,7 holding tLr life line of mortals within thc hollow of their hands. allowing the line to pass through. ot different rates of speed during the course Of any particular mortal's career. everI watching 10 break the same when the word hnis Is reached. severed the cord 1f many, shortly after the ill-fated steamer Titanic struck th, icc foe Monday morning in mid ocean.
 II is horrible to think upon. and when in our minds eye We throw open the retina picture of the floating palace, blowing through the waters of the Atlantic at express speed, with twentytwo hundred persons on board. without even suspicion of danger lurking near-thcn in the twinkling of an eye-to be sent 10 face their Creator. causes one and all 10 shudder
 The sympathy of the whole world goes out to those dereaved of their
 
 whom the fats decrecd were to look upon father. mother. sister. brother. son or daughter. standing as they were upon the brink Of death with d watery grave yearning Just below. that would soon eugulf them. Our sympathy is with the living. those .l the pale or effects of earthly sym pathy. they have finished their course their race is run. anu who can say they are not ten million times better of than relatives and friends they were forced tO leave behind.
 The whole world stands appalled, al the enormous tragedy enacted hun drcds of miles u sea. wherein over twelve hundred persons were hurled to death. absolutely helpless. chained right to the spot, without power to move hand or foot to help themselves
 Something must have been wrong either the builders of these huge lev Iathans are off in their calculations or the laws Of mechanics applicable e keeping steamers ahoat under con ditions arising through accident, wherein several compartments art Hooded ale seriously at fault, We realize that the builders did not take into account accidents did not take that sent the Titanic to the bottom oi the Atlantic. hut why:
 The lesson to be mastered from this great calamity is one of perfectinG what Is termed the safety q stem by means of Q series Of bulkheads. Ac- cidents that endanger ships upon the ocean, are more often those of an in- stantaneous nature than otherwise The colliding of steamers going il opposite directions. the bursting oi boilers and other forms of a violent nature that shakes and shiyers tho vessels from stem to stern. disarrang
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oR. J. m. SLOAN.

office hours: to and : to eS0 D. m. Phone. office. Main 4h; resi- dence Black 45.
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Visiting Cards at Nugget Office.
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administrator in chief. He has charge | of all works of construction and ot all administrative details.
 At Staunton the system has yielded very good results one point that is very greatly iu it's favor is that 1t tends to establish and create a body of expert municipal administrators. lt the German system ct promoting sue cessfuI mayors from smaller cities to larger cities could b, applied to city managers. the number If these ox- pcrts tia managing municipal affairs would naturally increase They would constitute new profession that would not only offer steady and remunera- tive employment. hut would give wide opportunity for promotion and for winning high regulations. The adop- ton of this system, as a matter of fact would simply be an extension of our present plan of choosing school superintendents.
 one point that should he taken into consideration with regard to the city manage Idea it that it can be applied to any city or any form of govern mcnt Tn Staunton, for instance. the city government consists of a mayor and two chamber legislative body. It could be applied to a city governed by a mayor and a chamber legis- Iltive body, like Milwaukee, for in stance, or it could be applied to the commission form of government. The commission plan. of course. would have to be modified somewhat, for at present the commissioners themselves. as a rule. administer the various de- partments of city government Tho incorporation of city manager into the system of commission government would probably improve it: at any rate. 1t could make it better adapted ,n the needs of large cities. The com missioners. elected as they are at the polls. cannot as a rule be expert nut nicipal administrators, and. while they can manage small cities we'll. they cannot do as well in large cities. whose problems and functions are more numerous and more complex. If the commissioners should simply deter mine city policies. and leave 1t to the city manager to carry out these poll cies. this would pave the way for ea- pert administration under the com mission plan.
 The greatest need of the big cities Is the service of trained. experienced men-men who are experts in the Va rious fields of municipal activlty-and demand is 50 great and growing So rapidly. thpt in some way t will have ta be met. The creation of city manager. To be appointed by those officers whom the people elect. and he in turn to appoint his subordinates' subject to the approval of the peoples looks like a long step toward establishing q high standard of efficiency in municipal government.
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HARMONY PREVAILS.

since writing the editorial comment ing upon the ratification meeting we learn that slowly but surely all the little complications within the ranks nt the republican party are adjusting themselves. and We can in the near future expect to hear the pleasing voice of Elvood Bruner, the silver tongue orator of the republican party on Seward Peninsula. telling the re- pubucans what is what. That the party is larger than the man. and when the c. O. r. elephant happens to thoughtlessly step upon a follower it hurts. but there is but to grin and take ones medicine"
 From all along the line We are re- ,,iying information that harmony pre- walls in the camps ot the republicans and the regulars arc uniting with the insurgents and progressives te help along a common cause which is Al aska for Alaskans. development of the country. the construction of railroad and a party man in the halls of con gress"
 The strong indication of how Nome will go in the coming election as eN- p-ass by the straw ballot lasi Satur day evening, is working like magic yeast. It is helping to swell the ranks also to unite all together in boosting for rhe common cause-which is AL aska.
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Outside ordinary rad eiesss every Monday and Thursday at , o'clock.
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PHuNk. MAIN NO @.

Copy tor regular advertisements must be n by 10 o'clock on the day Sf puoiIeation.
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N. j. Bryan reports he is going af- ter Governor Harmon. according to recent dispatches You are wrong William. you are gong after the White House job, go why not call a spade spade"
 Let'- see there may be three Will liams. but the greatest of these vii! bo William Taft, while the second strongest in the eyes of Alaskans will be William Gilmore, who is the re- publican representative as candidate for the vacancy to exist in the hSuse CT representatives about the same time a vacancy occurs in the White House
The Nome daily nugget., 1912-04-18

Room for another capitalist paper in Nome Perhaps there Is if some person is willing 10 start up one on a mortgage plaster drawing basis. There is but one paper in Nome We know of owned by capitalists and that is the so-calIed morning paper, owned by th, Mergenthaler company. one Of the largest trusts In the newspaper world.
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OUR CIRCULATION.
OFFICIAL PAPER.
NOME. ALASKA. APRIL IS, 1912.
FIRE ALARM SIGNALS.

l2. Standard Oh Go. iS. Csrstsns Cold Storage. l4. John J. Sesnon Go. office 10. reauqusrters Saloon. 21. Recorders office. 24. Lawrence rotel. 70. Fire department. sl. Discovery Saloon. a2. YorSey's Cigar Store. II. PaoIte Cola Storage Co.,, ssndspit. 4I ihra Ave and Lanes Way.
 Englne House Phone Man 97. Seven Whistles, Water. Three fir. out
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May Far, Womsn's Auxiliary St msry's Parish. Eagle Hall. May 3.
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COMING EVENTS.

Annual Odd Fellows Ball, April 26th, Eagle Hall.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30

y. Sinclair Make loTina! Nn-
of His Candidacy tor
ConSress-Iaiks OF Ecciin. Conf
dent OF Winning.

ut1kt Oi HfiltfiliS.
Especial 30 News IL o~b%.fNcrD
EaNetteHille, April 60 solicitor \.
\ Sinclair, who is 4 candidate II sue
coed Congressman tivttatn, has Tor
Waiueu to the chairman II 5eSrr Try
OF the Congressional Executive COM
mittee the formal announcement ~
his candidacy for the lIgoreSs'onal
nomination, under the rn.es recently
adopted BY the committee and at The
same time mailed 10 the secretary MS
certified check for 500. the deposit
required by the rules
Mt. Sinclair has just g"turnci from
9 short trip throu5h th1 district aid
seems to De confident OF winning. lie
says that the people everywhere an
derotacd the attempt tatt WAS Iaadc
to force a snap prlrDatE ON May 18TH,
! and To d~iSfranchiSe the Democratic
Exe~ utive Committee Of each county
by taking away tn power to appoint
their own poll holders for the primary.
lie says that in every county IL has
visited, the people have Cnngratli't-
ed him on leading the fight against
the political trickery thai had framed
UP the snap primary and the plan u
let the Contra! District COMMITTEES dis
franchise the Democratic authorities
of each county.
Mr.. Sinclair, il viii he remembered.
insisted on August 1st for the prt-
mary. as that date would come after
crops are aid by. He succeeded II
defeating the primary on May 18th.
but got only until June 18th. lie
says that his opponents wanted tho
primary in May because they knew
that he had been making steady gains
in the district and vas growing
stronger every day, and they vrre
fraid to wait long enough u gItt tho
farmers a chance to get oct OF tA"ir
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30
: Ade'S Fables
7HE NEW FABLE r ~ OLD FASHIONED PROSECUTOR Avn
POPULA X IDOLS. M
~ GEORGE ABE Pictures by NRERv Evrp,~C

crackers and set fire to Houses and
was a hard Nut in general. The
PROSECUTOR suggested a Dungeon with
Bread and Water.
Up spoke the Prisoner as follows:
l utIy you TO lay q Hand on me. |
am the Standby of the Comic Artist
and the Star Attraction OF the Col
Ored Supplement. When pull the
S~tep-l-adder from under some Homes
Workingman, causing him to break
ms Leg. or hit a Stout Lady in the
Eye with q Brick, please remember
that | am bringing Sunshine into
thousands of Homes AS [ so on my
way, committing Arson, Mayhem and
Assault with Intent to Kill. am
greeted by Peals Of Childish Laugh
ter. When you put me out Of Bust
ness, you will be handing the Circula-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30
Line to COnncc in Char
lotte With the Southern Railway.

Charlotte, \. c, April 2I.-As tho
result of several weeks negotiations
between Piedmont Traction Company
and the Southern Railway on the
hand and property owners
the main lines of the Piedmont Trac-
ton and the Southern Railway on the
other. a deal vas closed this after
noon whereby in consideration of aD-
proximately $4,000 the Duke syndi-
cate interurhan railway secures q
right of way which will afford physi-
cal connection with the Southern
Railway and make possible exchange
Of freight traffic in car lots between
tho two roads. A contract for the
connecting part has been let and work
has already begun in anticipation Of
he successful conclusion Of negotia-
tons.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30
Recipe, Free
! For Weak Men
-
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Today-You Can Have it
Free and Be Strong and
Vigorous.

I have In my possession . prescriptions
for nervous debility. lack OF v.Sor. wc2k-
ened manhood. falling memory and lame
back, brought on by cess unnaturaf
drains, or the fouiEs OF youth, thai Aas
Gu red so many worn and Eervous men
hight In their own ~nes-wtt any al
ditionai help or medictnethat | .hink
every man who wishes 10 regain bis manly
power and vi-irty. quickly and quietly
should have a copy. So | have determined
to send a copy Of the prescription free VI
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ivelope to any man who viii write me for
1T
This prescription CONES from ! rhysi-
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together
think | owe il. TO my fellow man %
send them a copy in con udcnce so that
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drugging himself with harmful paten
medicines. secure what l believe il tho
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quickly. Just drop me a line like this
Or. A. e. Robinson. 1916 Luck Building.
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of this splendid recipe in a plain ordi
nary envelope free Of charge A great
many doctors would charge 500 70 500
for merely writing out a prescription TX
this-but I send it entirely free
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30
George
New Fable Of the Old-Fashioned
>" PROSECUTOR and h Popular
Idols.

49,. morning a great Judge, who
,n,n promoted to the Bench be-
ms. H. could not connec as u Law
= 1imbcd up on his Perch and di-
- the Lord High Sheriff TO feed
-, few defendants.
ny have rounded up a tough
bun. i II Ginks." SAID the Attorney
- Gonor to Soak them good and
4 49,. first to be led in was a grin
~. IMP with a wide Mouth, large
a. IS and tapping Ears.
Nas proven that he stuck Pins
in, mis- grandmother and blew up
r, Gentlemen with Cannon
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30
SIAMEN UNIONS RE.>DINI.
ii Life Boats on Must IA.
Inspected Before >eaTnen and sail
or- VIII sail.

tBy Tho Associated F'-ess-1
liverpool. April Eth. liverpool
branch of the Seamen's and ~fircn.ns
Union adopted a resolution today that
on and after April 80 tha men wilt
refuse to sail on any steamer unless
representatives OF tho un:on are oil
lowed TO inspect the life boats. The
union also demands that the seanten's
wages shall be increased = our
pounds. ten shilling Approximately
$50 and the iirenen's wages - Use
pounds per months.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30
AGENTS WANTEDtEasTe,r'i'e teTn .

chance to build up permanent business.
Mail rs SO for 3S-pound Feather Bed and
receive, without cost 6pound pair pillows.
Freight on all prepaid. New feathers. Best
ticking. Satisfaction guaranteed. TURNER
4 CORkWELL~ Feather Dealers. Dept. ~,
Charlotte. n. c. Our reference: CONNER
s.al National Bank.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30

ton ln a~ful Wallop. ] am not a
Criminals am an institution
~ fcmember you very WE'LL said
the Judge. You are my Excuse for
a Box Of ChOcs? If | made w like
IN ordinary Sadie and talked Straight
Stun. do YOU think / could last
throi@il Ten Editions? ! may not be
1iGn.,n. but | can raise the Temper
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30

allure of every Flathead from Bangor
to San Antoine"
you are dead right" said the
Court. W couldn't keep house
withou you"
SO she proceeded to Exit, sheer
ingly, her Garments rustling and a
faint Aroma of Niolets lingering in
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30

And many a girl who stars mi
with the intention IF raElns = "4n1~
for herself winds up ny farming ne
lob over to co1He man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-04-30

\ man may smile n smile and
be 4 villain still-especially if he
does his smiling in the wet goods
department.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-07-27

growths of the epithelial cells, which
frequently come on young persons and
after a time disappear of themselves,
though they may sometimes persist.
There are many supersitions regarding
the cause of warts and the remedies to
be used for their removal. Warts may
often be removed by the use of some
caustic application. For instance, a
corrosive collidion may be prepared
by dissolving one part of mercuric
chloride in twenty parts of collodion.
The wart should be painted with this
twice a day, care being taken not tc
touch the healthy skin. Sometimes
warts may be removed by the simple
use of nitric acid or strong acetic acid
first protecting the skin around by rub
bling on a little vaseline so as to pre-
vent the acid from spreading, then b!
means of a glass rod a glass stoppe
applying carefully small drop of thu
acid to the wart and repeating occas
ionally.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-07-27

Ethel Bowen and Galloway Bennett,
Miss Zoe McDuff and Mr.. Gotten, Miss
Annie Bowen and Mr.. Cooper, Miss
Carrie Knox, of Brookhaven, and Rob.
ert Farley, Miss Kate Farley, Miss
Francis Rocker, Miss Bliss Farley;
Messrs. Jack Hill, Henry Bernon,
Frank Farley, Harvey Turner, Robert
Harris and Claud Turner.
4 - Il.
Mary venabIe's Birthday Party.
Miss Mary Venable, the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Ven.
able, celebrated her eighth birthday
Friday by entertaining company OF
her friends at one of the jolliest of the
seasons festivals for children. Hell
entertainment was given on the large
pretty lawn and numerous interesting
games were played. Ices and cake
were enjoyed.
Those who took part in the pleas
ures of the afternoon we're Eloise an,
Alleen Love, and their guest, Mildret
Morehead, of CORTLAND; Katherine
Power, Sara Louise McInnis, Luc.
Cragin, Frances Cline, Mary Louis
Eure, Grace and Doris Wills, One
Woodward, Dorothy Roth, Frances an
Esther Davis, L. C. Dorr and her CUES
| Yvonne Duval, of New Orleans; Myrtl
and Virginia Lovett, Ruth Wildel
Edith Hinton, of Florida, Margare
Venable, Virgil Morehead of Cour
land; o. c. Grigsby, Jr, Dudley Col
ner, Leonard and Chapman Hill, E
win Roth, Edwin Rawls, Donaldso
Burke, Lee and Stokes Edmonsol
Pierpont and Howard Camp, HaI
mond H. Hinton, Jr., of Florida, Pert
and Rudolph Johnson, William Folla
bee and Norvel Ballard.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-07-27
MELON THIEF and
SPEED DEMON
Shot At
MR.. J. F. POLK SURPRISED THREE
oARklEs IN HIS PATCH
LAST NIGHT.

Mr.. ]. F. Polk, who has a watermel-
on patch on the old Duncan McInnis
place, states that he has had more
trouble with his melon crop this year
than ever before in his life. It was
first invaded July the 4th, since which
time he has kept pretty close watch
on it, but it seems that the invaders
have also kept watch on him, and the
luscious sweets have been taken away
with regularity.
About nine O'Clock last night, Mr..
Polk secreted himself in his corn
patch with his double-barrelled gun
loaded with buckshot. Soon thereafter
three dusky depredators stole into the
inviting melon patch where the light
of the moon facilitated movements,
and greatly accelerated them when
the outraged owner came out of his
hiding place. The three burr-heads
broke in as many directions, one tor
nadoing through the corn as he swept
in close proximity to the artillery.
One charge of the shot was sent after
him but 1t probably did no damage as
the race was surely to the swift and
discharge from gun was tame NOV.
, ing behind that scampering scamp
! The other two took to the open and
made for the fence where the wire
. failed to snap as they flew into 1t
temporarily OBTAINING them and taking
Z suitable toll of hide and clothes The
: ENHANCEMENT gave Mr.. Polk time t.
= gather near unto the entrys for thi,
/. hastily arranged Marathon, and whel
n the difference with the wire was ad
justed and the last lap was entered tn
l. other barrel Of the shotgun was UT
" loaded at one of the departing.
4 Some three weeks ago Mr.. Pol
caught no less a parsonage in hi
field than a "cullud" parson accom-
panied by another parsons daughte
At this time Mr.. Polk was unarmet
but ran bluff and placed the culprit
under arrest and started for ia
Q With tbom. At tue light MUmen
= however, parson and gal broke for Ii
y erty anu gained II, since wnIcn Cir
. Mr.. Polk says word has reached hi
:: that the parson has Dragged" on h
escape.
~
- Water melon stealing is an offeni
~ the sinfulness of which has never bee
-, determined to the satisfaction of mai
~ minds. Some contend that 1t is
- darkey's prerogative, but the own
of a patch can never view 1t in tn
light.
Mr. Irwin Russell, Miss
sippi's brilliant dialect poet
- his christmas Night in the Quarter
:. has "Brudder Brown" say, in ask
the Divine blessing on the festiviti
about to follow: "de sinfulness OBJ s
). depends on de spirit what you go
:. and does it in," and perhaps many
d. melon litter is urged on by convt
. lent sense of duty-to his innards
-. least.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1912-07-27
AND TAN MOOSERS
HOLD COUNTY CONVENTIONS

Jackson, Miss, July 27.-County
conventions of the black and tan fac
ton of the Bull Moore party were
held in large number of counties in
the state today to select delegates to
the state convention to be held here
on August list.
The Kinds county convention, called
to order at the noon hour, was COM
posed exclusively of negroes, who do
not seem to attach any seriousness to
the announcement that Col. Roosevelt
desires his Progressive party to be
exclusively white mans organization,
insofar as Mississippi is concerned
| The leaders assert vehemently that
they have had no word from Senator
! Dixon, direct or indirect, to quit the
game, and that if it is Roosevelt's in
tention to give them the double-cross
he must do it publicly when their dele
CATION demands seats in the CONVEX
ton at Chicago on August '5th.
The feature of the oreuing sessie
Of the Kinds county convention wa
y. ~.sN4>& y. De : " '.A,(
negro preacher, who delivered an az
dress highly laudatory of Roosevelt
and especially commended him fc
standing by Minnie Cox, postmistres
= at Indianola-an incident for whic