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millionaire fellows usually pay their en-
gineer."
He added. concerning his own resources
as contradistinct from those of his suf-
fering physic an that he had just $72 left
Then with his doctor. his secretary, John
Lenahan( who In unexalted everyday life
at Wiikesbarre Is q clerk at the ReddinG-
ton HoteD, his army Of newspaper men
to DO with the matter). Butch" and his
satellites whizzed through the tube TO
New York.
Gives Unvarnished Record.
On the way over he recounted to- the
reporters as he had done all along on the
trip to those who accompanied him his
many adventures, whether creditable or
uncreditabie to himself-how he had been
arrested, not q single time; how he had
defeated two German rival candidates for
Office by posing as each of them, passing
their cards around In a saloon order ng
single drink for himself. and hastily
departing from an aggrieved constituency
that the next Day voted against the shah
by 'treater" and for him.
lie told. too. how he had served on a
jury that was to decide In his own case
when he was charged with putting little
in the days when he had dairy in
Wiikesbarre. After long struggle he
decided not to hang the jury. but to fine
himself. Then he told Of the incidents of
his trip to New York; how he had made a
great speech to a crowd Of about 500 that
gathered to bid him Godspeed at Wilkes
barre, and to other crowds at Mauch
Chunk and South Bethlehem. telling each
Of them that he was 'ng, by this trip,
ito put Wilkesbarre on the map"
The trip, so far. has cost me about
$500" he said. About $50 was for the
special train alone. And then. We did
drink and smoke some
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Urged to Keep Up Fight.

Representative Gregg said that he knew
something about the street railway bust.
ness. for he had helped to finance and
build q street railway line In western
Pennsylvania. The street railway cor
porations in the District, he said. had
not been required to pay anything for
their franchises, and they had butt their
have companies In great many other
cities.
Keep up your organisation" said Rep
resentAttye Gregg, land the time will
come. i you fall now. when there win be
returned 70 the people the things that be-
long TO them"
Representative Lloyd. while criticising
tho companies Tor not showing moro of q
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A. Small Gathering.

Weather conditions for a time last
night threatened a postponement of the
meeting. Although brass band. sta
toned at the entrance to the temple
had done it's best to attract a crowd,
there were barely a dozen persons in
the hall when the meeting was opened.
w. A. Foster, a member of the COM
mittee, who arranged the program,
brought the speakers to the hall in au-
tomobiles The atmosphere in the room
indicated the kind of weather outside and
the citizens who were on hand to listen
to the oratOry sat huddled in their
overcoats.
p. v. Heating of the Rhode Island
Avenue Suburban Citizens Association.
presided in the place of Attorney char.es
w. Darr Of the committee. who was
called out of town late yesterday after
noon. He read letters from Senator
Works OF California, Representative Cary
OF Wisconsin and other members Of
Congress, expressing regret that they
could not be present, but piedg1ng their
support to the conference bill.
The first speaker was p. J. Ryan of the
Central Labor Union. and also a MEM
Der Of the committee which framed the
citizens transfer bill. Mr.. Ryan said
that labor interests in Washington are
standing solidiy behind the bill.
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FOR STATE CONTROL
Henry George for District
Ownership of Street Railways
WILLING TO VOTE FOR 1T
Addresses Meeting in the Interest of
Universal Transfers.
COLD lessons ATTENDANCE
Citizens Urged by Members of Con-
gress to Keep Up Their Fight.
Chairman johnson Defended.
COLD lessons ATTENDANCE

Government ownership and control o
street railway lines in the District a.
the most effective means of securing t,
the people rights in transportation t
which they are entitled was advocated
by Representative Henry George, jr., OF
New York last night. in an address de-
livered before a meeting of citizens, held
in old Masonic Temple in the interest OF
the universal transfer fight
Mr.. George said he would not hesitate
to vote at this session OF Congress for a
measure which would take the railway
lines out of the hands OF private cor
porations and make them the property OF
the people. He stated that he was in
ciined to believe that street railway
companies could operate profitably upon
a two-cent minimum fare and declared
that 1t was as little as they can do to
grant to the people. from whom they
have secured all their privileges, univer-
sal transfers.
Other members of Congress. including
Lloyd Of Missouri and Dyer of Missouri
addressed the meeting, and although
not in every instance pledging them
selves to vote for the citizens con-
ference transfer bill. they advised the
conference to keep up Its agitation and
carry the fight into the next session of
Congress, If favorable action on the bill
should not be obtained during the pres
emf session,
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SPECIAL NOTICE!

No matter how old small the photograph is, if
bring the Photographic Office 43 nth northwest
let before decide that suitable
production
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at the end OF the week for a breathing
spell and to get close to nature. In
the spring he helps the hired men put
in the crops. and in the fall he takes
part in the harvesting. He knows how
everything should be done and he
watches closely to see that all things
are done properly.
In the evenings he foregathers at the
little country store with the neighbors.
To them he is not the mayor Of New
York. but "Jedge" Gaynor. simple. I'M
assuming, neighborly. as he has always
been. Because he has always kept close
to the people and studied conditions.
even when he was on the supreme
bench and theoretically far removed
from contact with the world, the may
or knows what the people want and
! understands their needs.
Still, there are some people who. from
selfish motives, do not want such a
man as mayor Of New York. They
have found that he has no ingrained
respect for vested interests" and all
that sort Of thing. When It was seen
! how the mayor started out they tried
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friends. the mayor has talked affection
ately Of his boyhood days on a none
too prosperous farm at little place
called Skeeterboro, near Utica, N. z.
1T was a hard place." he says. 1T
was a hard school. We worked hard
and we ate little. and we did not al
ways have enough to eat either" Some
Of the rail fences he built still stand.
Mayor and Practical Farmer.
There are many ways in which May
or Gaynor is far out Of the ordinary.
and in all of them-in his manner OF
thought, his plainness and directness
Of speech and, in fact, his whole philos-
ophy Of life-he is more suggestive OF
the first and greatest of the martyred
presidents than any man who has been
in public life for half century. Not
only is he proud Of the fact that he
was born on a farm, but he clings to
his own farm at st. James, N. Y. It is
a real farm, too. without any frills OF
fads, just such a one as might be
found in Iowa or Nebraska, despite the
fact that it is within two hours Of the
metropolis. The mayor goes out there
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to lure him away to Albany with the
bait Of the Democratic nomination for
governor. The mayor bluntly refused
to become a candidate. He wanted to
finish his job in the city,"
With the activity in national politics
which. according to the almanacs, is
always to be expected about this time.
the mayor came to be regarded as a
presidential possibility. It was assert
ed that he could carry New York with
out making fight, and 1t was believed
by many people that his would be q
name to conjure with throughout the
country. 1t was recently announced by
one Of his supposed friends that plans
were being made to present his name
to the Democratic national convention
as a compromise candidate. The may
or. VINO seems to delight in disrupting
presidents and setting politicians by
the ears. spiked that gun as promptly
as he had nailed the other one.
II am not candidate for or aspirant
to any Office" he declared. "An I want
Is to be let alone. want to make as
good job as can Of being mayor"
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Il ought not to have to beg" he ex-
planned. "for I am an old soldier. but
am almost starved and nearly fro
zen"
Don't you get a pension7" asked the
mayor sharply.
mo. sir. I am entitled to one. but
I never have been able to get it." His
weak. eyes were steady and his tone
honest. The mayors voice. which had
been stern, became sympathetic.
II can tide you over temporarily" he
said. "but you are entitled to perma-
nent assistance. Come with me-"
In the basement of the city hall is a
room set apart for the use Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic in which
to receive applications for aid from old
soldiers. The mayor escorted his ward
to this room. The young man in charge
of it was reading. with his feet on the
desk and seemed annoyed at being dis
turbed.
Here" said the mayor: indicating
the impoverished veteran, zig an old
soldier who is entitled to assistance"
The clerk, who was Of the type known
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This unconventional chief executive
Is g. great advocate of walking as an
exercise. and, as in everything else. he
practices what he breaches. At sixty
years Of age he is In perfect health and
every day. practically. he walks to and
from his home in Brooklyn to the city
hall regardless Of the weather. Men
who would fear to approach him with
In the dignified confines of the city
hall have no hesitancy in going up to
him and telling him their troubles on
the street Yet he is quick to detect
the genuine unfortunates from the
counterfeits. During the last holiday
season he discovered that Brooklyn
bridge was infested with professional
''panhandlers'' who were preying on
the crossing crowds. He notified the
commissioner Of police before any one
else. and the annoyance was stopped.
Helped Civil War Veteran.
On one Of the coolest mornings Of the
winter as he was swinging across the
bridge he was approached by an cd
man, plainly in distress. who apollo
getically asked assistance.
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not moro than six months. The bal
loon is classed as a work Of science.
OF course while the believers in. the
big "gas bags with paddles" as the dir
igible balloons are sometimes called,
have been busy with their tFansatlan-
tic plans the heavier than air aviators
have not been resting on their laurels.
At least two Of the worlds well known
|airship operators have announced their
intentions Of going after the honor
that will accrue to the first man to ny
from continent to continent They are
Harry N. Atwood, who few from st.
Louis to New York city. and James
". Martin. known az the Harvard all
man. Each asserts he will ny across
the Atlantic ocean. independently o1
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, al fresh" lasny started to ask a NAM
Der Of irrelevant questions. who arr
you. anyway" he petulantly inquired
when the mayor expressed some impa-
dence with his manner.
1t ought not to make any differ.
ence." was the quiet reply. but 1t may
interest you to know that I am the
mayor Of this town. and."-as his voice
took on q harsh tone-"if you don't
| give this old man the attention he has
earned and treat him with respect I'll
have you thrown out Of this building
| in two minutes"
The clerk gasped, begged thousand
pardons and summoned an officer from
an inner room, with profuse assurances
that the troubled veteran would be well
cared for. The clerk himself told the
story.
An Earnest Foe Of Graft.
Reviewing some Of the difficulties
which had been encountered byehis adj
ministration. Mayor Gaynor said: I'VE
have got to get rid of all this petty
graft and meanness in the government
| OF the city II we can. How discourage
ing it il that many men who are hon.
| COT SAOu6As dS IASy 81 AWFUL du1Ou8
US. seem to feel that no such rule Of
! honesty binds them when they get into
the employ of the city or have dealings
with it." This well illustrates the Cay
nor point of view. How much annual
graft has been abolished since he took
| Office it is impossible to state or even
| closely estimate. Certainly it runs into
the tens of millions, probably into the
hundreds of millions.
He took the police in hand and by
vigorous measures put an end to club
bling, to indiscriminate arrests for
minor offenses and to the wholesale
photographic Of prisoners and placing
their pictures in the rogues' gallery
without regard to their innocence or
guilt. All undue interference with the
| rights of the citizen was eliminated.
Favoritism was done away with and
political. social and religious influence
became an unknown quantity for the
first time in generations.
| The mayor is not fanatic. There are
many instances Of his observation-disclosures
and practically effective methods of ac-
| complishing results.
Following up his ceaseless war on
graft and favoritism the mayor direct
ed that the civil service system be ex-
tended to cover every department Of
the city government and that all ap-
pointments be made in numerical order,
just as they were certified by the civil
service commission. One of the may
| or's pet theories is that party politics
have no place in purely local affairs.
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der Of the island, there has been in Ul-
ster slight decrease in population be-
tween 1901 and 1911. Ulster contains
5,s22,3a4 acres, not quite one-fourth Of
the entire island. It contains. however.
Belfast, the largest Irish city.
While the other three grand divisions
Of Ireland generally favor home rule
and are Roman Catholic by faith. Ul-
ster, which is about one-half Presby-
terrain and Episcopalian. Is divided on
the question.
Ulster being bound to the rest Of Ire
land by indissoluble geographical ties.
why do not Ulster men throw In their
lot with the folk of the fellow prov
inces and become Nationalist. as the
men Of Connaught and Munster and
Leinster favor independence? In tho
first place. these north Of Ireland men
are not Of the same stock as the rest Of
tho Irish. The men Of the south Of ire
land are Celts. The folk Of the north
are descended from emigrants from
England and Scotland In the seven
tenth century, when Irish resistance
to English domination, one Of the
bravest and most stubborn fights In
history, had depopulated the eastern
and northern portions of the island.
There entered with them the trouble
some and dangerous matter Of differ
enoe in religious beliefs. While tho
rest Of the 1rishmen had ever been
numbered among the most devoted adj
herents Of the Roman Catholic church.
these newer Irishmen. who felt them
selves for many years alien to the soil,
were members of Protestant commune
ties.
The proposed home rule bill. which
cannot be considered in parliament I'M
til the end of March at the earliest
owing to the pressure Of financial mat
ters, purposes giving to Ireland lin
tied measure Of home rule. The Irish
parliament is to have full control of
customs and excise, but provision will
be made for the continuance of COM
plete free trade between England and
Ireland. Ireland is to receive for flf-
teen years an annual imperial subsidy
of $10.000.000. after which she will make
contributions to tho imperial expendi-
lures based on percentage of her rev.
enues. The Irish parliament will con-
sist Of two houses. Ireland will con-
tinue to be represented In the imperial
parliament, but in greatly diminished
numbers. The Irish parliament Is t
have no control with respect to thu
navy, army. militia, foreign policy
coinage. military camps and coas
lighting. and win be forbidden to estab
lish or endow any religion or deal viii
any religious matter. ys.p-rt.
"'..19. d. JOSEPH N'fNTYRE.
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ERf1APS by the time this
reaches the readers eye that
organ will have been assailed
by big newspaper headlines
announcing EXTRA! BALLOON
SAILS ACROSS THE ATLANT1C!"
In that case kindly translate into the
past tense whatever is said herein in
the future tense. But It does not seem
likely at the present writing that that
will be necessary. for the start of Jo-
seph Brucker's transatlantic balloon
trip is not scheduled for an earlier date
than March s.
For several months Joseph Brucker.
a German American Journalist. has
been working to perfect his plans to
fly across the big pond which divides
US from Europe. h has been confident
its phases the problem of dirigible bal
experience Of Wellman, Zeppelin and
others. He believes that in the Parse
val type balloon which he has had con-
structed for the purpose of flying
across the Atlantic he has reached tho
last word in the matter Of dirigibles.
Bruckers airship 10 called the Su-
SAoAO. ~ AAo w 0A OuAAS III oCIAlA S131O
at the famous German aerodrome In Jo-
hannisthal. Europe was chosen by MI.
Brucker as the starting place because
he believes that transatlantic aerial
voyages have a better chance of sue
cess when started from the Canary is
lands in the spring of the year to take
advantage of the westward winds. His
airship contains. when inflated, 1900
cubic meters (about $1,000 cubic feet)
Of gas. 1t 10 22o feet long and about
$50 feet in diameter. It is constructed
on the Parseval principles which have
been proved successful In European
flights and has three balloonettes. sit
uated in the interior Of the main gas
bag. The balloon is capable Of lifting
about 5000 Kilograms. Of which 5000
are gasoline for the use Of the motors.
Two motors develop 230 horsepower,
which In discussions Of the proposed
flight were said to be able to give to
the airship speed Of forty-eight kilo-
meters (about thirty mtles) an sour
| with the add Of the trade Winds
Underneath the big balloon has been
afnxed . motorboat to afford refuge ia
the aviators in case of accident Mr.
Brucker and his associates have taken
every precautdon. OF course, but they Dc
not intend to drown In case their biz
gas has takes notion to poke bar nose
or her stern into the Atlantic.
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the other, of course, in August Of the
present year.
Atwood figures that about forty to
forty eight hours would be required for
the trip from Newfoundland to tho
nearest point on the Irish coast. He
has been training himself to keep
awake that length Of time and believes
the machine on which he has been
working will be able to carry a heavy
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the rising Of the long and eagerly
awaited sun Of home rule. North Of the
historic river the reddening Of the
eastern horizon is dreaded as a portent
Of blood and fire, of submission to the
numerically stronger south, alien In
race and religion. These are the IN
stable elements now held apart by the
strong arm Of England. The Ulster
men profess to fear an explosion when
the partition Ia removed. Tho Irish
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Bros. No. s copyright by American Press
AssOciaf iOn
EW YORK has had many
mayors. but not until William
2 j. Gaynor took. Office had 1t

EW YORK mas mad many
nj mayors, but not until William
]. Gaynor took. Office had 1t
ever had a farmer mayor
not at least, since long before the wa
terway at what is now Canal street.
downtown, stopped being the northern
boundary of the city. There have been
merchants. lawyers, politicians - big
men, all Of them. but all Of them much
alike, typical New Workers., circum-
scribed by conventionaHties.
Mayor Gaynor, on the other hand, is
the most unconventional man with
whom New York has been intimately
associated for generations He brought
with him the fresh air OF the country,
with its quietness and restfulness, but
also with Its action, along with a dis
tinotive and decided personality. He
views situations through clear eyes,
studies them with an analytical mind
that disregards traditions and has a
homeiy and hearty way of saying
things that is widely different from the
stereotyped forms so long in vogue.
He believes that spade is a spade and
thief thief no matter what his name
nor what his position
More than once when in a remin1s-
cent mood and among his intimate
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Nationalists scott at their fears. assert
ing that Ireland can govern itself.
In Ulster, which lies at the very north
Of Ireland. are comprised the counties
Of Antrim and Belfast county borough,
Armagh, Cavan, Donegal, Down. Fer
managh. Londonderry. Monaghan and
Tyrone. These counties have a popu-
lation Of 1,51S.572 Census Of 1919. as
compared with 2,863.379 for the rest Of
Ireland. In common with the remain
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Last December this question arose in
connection with the trip Of the Su-
chard, If the balloon succeeds in speed
ing from Europe to the United States
shall the treasury department impose a
customs tax on her? The matter was
taken up seriously in Washington, and
1t was decided that the balloon should
be admitted duty free into the United
States. but under bond to remain here
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- - - home uI*l n.nn of Stand $4,000 ~ -

IA i and Ulster will be right"
or whether Ulster, out
numbered in acres and
population by the rest Of Ireland, will
yield to the wishes Of her neighbors
and accept the home rule which Eng
land seems willing at last to grant is
the question now agttating 1rishmen
thu wosid over. South Of the Boyne
IIG1end Looks tovaEd. England and seea
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THIS MAN, WITH OTHERS WANTS TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC

ERHAPS by the time this
reaches the readers eye that
organ will have been assailed
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since Tuesday midnight. All saloons
are closed and no one seems TO be
taking any chance by violating the
law, because the mayor has announc
ed that II any on the list Is com
planned OF his name comes of.
The third day OF the drouth started
with the anti forces rather bewilder-
ed. They had contemplated manda-
mus proceedings, but are fearful that
getting the matter into court will
mean several weeks of delay and they
are hopeful OF getting the saloon bus
mess going again within a week.
The mayor had offered TO com
promise by allowing few OF the
lesser Objectionable parties now un'
der the ban TO go on the main list
but this has been withdrawn and he
now refuses any compromise. fhe
other side In face OF the nothing do
ing" ultimatum has also renewed It's
determination and II now appears that
there will be no change In the situa-
ton even by next Monday night. the
date set for the limit OF the contro'
versy.
To add 10 the drouth the breweries
have closed up shop and are just at
tending to the calls OF their regular
customers for bottle goods. The brew
ers are In sympathy with the mayor
In his efforts TO cut out the dives.
Mayor Woodruff has retained coun
sci and will fight to the last ditch
he says, II the matter gets into the
courts. His chief legal adviser is A
II. Mcmillan, who is an alderman anc
chairman OF the retrenchment com
mittee