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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-03
Mayor Grows Peevish.

- Commissioner Johnson was just telling
the assemblage how Mayor GaynOr few
weeks ago was inclined at first to object
TO the manner Of getting the policies
when the Mayor turned and sazed ur-
easily al window that was open Jew
inches at the top. lie called TO his at
tendant. thus !nterrupting the Commits
sioner.
,"Have that window closed he said
The Mayors man passed the word 20
Chief Guerin Of the Fire Prevention Bu-
reau. Commissioner johnson had just
resumed.
What are YOU DOING" cried Mayor
Gaynor TO chief Guerln.
Opening the window. your honor" re-
piled tho fireman.
Il said close it." returned the Mayor
loudly. shutting off Commissioner johnson
for the third time DO YOU think want
tina; draft blowing on my head Chief
Guerin showed the window up and walked
off. Commissioner Johnson resumed for Il
third time
will YOU please close that window!
fairly shouted the Mayor. Guerin. who
had left IT down about an inch. FASTENED
to close it securely.
The Mayor started his speech by COM
plmenting Commissioner Johnson. lie
said the city ought 70 he proud Of him
and the Fire Department After looking
al the exhibit. IT was no wonder. no said
that % per cent of the fires were in
cendiary. Then he continued:
II did not seem possible that such con
ditions could exist here under the Board
of Fire Underwriters You know. they
claim TO be censors of other people. They
want TO run the Fire Department and
half the city government; l am bound to
say that one OF the first things did when
! came In was TO warn the Fire Depart
ment against the Board OF Fire Under
writer's that ] did not wish their judy
ment to be substituted for the Judgment
of the city government
This exhibition is enough TO convince
me that however often i may be wrong.
at least once in my life 1 was right
Now, that is really all 7 have occasion 10
say. This exhibition 10 the citizens was
planned because we want to bring this
home to the whole city II possible. We
want 10 bring il home to the honest bust
ness community. On account Of these
incendiary fires YOU honest people have
10 pay higher rate of insurance. dom
you? The money has 70 be made UP
some way and the honest people who
take out honest Insurance and do not
burn their places UP but carefully guard
their property. have TO pay for this ras-
cality that this report reveals.
The people OF this city want 10 take II
up and discuss II and see that the insur-
apce companies do not continue this
order Of things.
The Mayor observed that certain phases
OF crime in New York were shocking"
I'VE have murderers and scoundrels
that will do most anything" he said.
THAT has all been revealed shockingly in
the last year. OF course, a good many Of
us knew il already"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-03
ARSON EXHIBIT AIMED
AT FIRE UNDERWRITERS
Mayor Opens Show to Prove
Companies Are Easily De-
Ceived in Giving Policies.
NO INSPECTION ON RISKS
One Man Obtained S127, 600
Insurance on 81 Worth of
Kitchen Junk-Draft
Vexes GaynOr.

Fire Commissioner Johnson opened his
arson exhibit In a store, No. 81 Cham
bcrs street. yesterday. 10 show New
Workers. and insurance men in particular.
why there are so many incendiary fires.
MAYOR Gaynor was there and made a
speech.
Commissioner Johnson explained tha'
the Fire Department was not dealihs
with professional firebues. but with meth
DDS of issuing fire insurance policies
without pre-nspection or proper knoWl-
edge Of the risk which places "a premium
upon arson" by offering the financially
weak. lettering or bankrupt an "irres'st-
able temptation" The public. he SAID
was compelled 10 pay excessive premiums
because Of this system.
William II. Norton. a mild hammered
man. clad in an old-fashioned Prince Al
bert and wearing a pearl gray FEDORA
moved about through the exhibit. He
was the man who obtained. in the inter-
est OF the exhibit ali the insurance
amounting 20 $4,000 on couple OF
kitchen chairs. an ancient gas heater.
pair Of soiled lace curtains. salt shaker
kitchen knife and fork ana few other
household trifes valued al 81 These were
the nucleus of tho exhibit The numerous
policies" arrayed along the walls were
the "clincEcrs" 10 commissioner john
sons argument against that way of doing
insurance business
Mr.. Norton said he generally used the
telephone in taking out Insurance with
agents telling them that he wanted IL
FOR 81 900 and sent the money. a rev
days later he received the policy. NO IN
spfctiOns were made. he said. ana no
questions were asked
Newport daily independent., 1913-08-08
Concrete Paving Best.

When the council proceeds to
the paving of lower Front street
from Main perhaps as far as the
ferry crossing, it would be well
for our city authorities to con-
slider other methods than maca-
dam paving, for here in our
own city well as elsewhere, the
short life of macadam streets
without much repair work has
been unquestionably establish
ed. Nor have many cities been
successful in repairing or max
ing over macadam streets to
anything comparable to their or
iginal condition.
And as the automobile grows
Ina favor and its use becomes
more general, macadam will be-
come even shorter-lived in its
usefulness. The macadam road
east from Newport, parts OF Sc
cond and Third streets, the far
end of Hazel tell the story of a
worn-out macadam thorough
fare and the city should certain
ly profit as others have done
through actual experience.
In town recently visited,
where the rock was not to be
had close by and where other
conditions were similar to New
port, the last macadam paving
cost $1.68 per square yard, the
rock being used to a depth of 8
inches at the curb and increas-
ing to II inches in the center OF
crown of the street.
This same city is now con
tracing for concrete paving at {
cost of $1.10 to $1.44l2 pei
square yard or at a saving ovel
Newport daily independent., 1913-08-08

moval Of a paternalistic tariff
will ruin their state and bring
the grass to grow in the streets
of New Orleans, they should have
been Republicans long ago. The
alarm of these people will not be
taken seriously by the country,
for the rich sugar lands of our
southern neighbor will grow
other crops profitably and for
the good of the nation and the
millions Of consumers, who pay
this bounty for sugar culture in
Louisiana, the industry should be
made to stand alone after all
these years of pampered growth
or allowed to fall. The sugar
producers can and will raise 9TH
err crops, if sugar will not pay.
The fundamental aim of govern
ment should be the greatest
good for the greatest number
and some sections have been sell
fish so long, that they are 10th to
give up what seems their right
full property from peaceable en-
ioyment.
Newport daily independent., 1913-08-08

The way to get the trade OF
the outlying towns is to get into
direct touch with them, and
keep on friendly terms with
them. There is nothing like fire.
quent heart to heart" talks, in
this respect.-Harrison Herald.
All the "heart to heart" talks
in century wont interest the
outlying towns and farming
communities but you just lay
down good road and you don't
have to invite anybody to come.
Fort Smith Times Record.
AS if these "heart to heart
talks would put your team
across the river without
bridge, reduce the hill gardes
and make easy pulling over hea-
w sand. Well never build
towns or roads either with these
wonderful fossilized "heart to
heart" talks.
Newport daily independent., 1913-08-08

the macadam. The paved pOr-
ton Of the street is 26 feet wide
and the concrete has a six inch
crown. Another advantage Of
the concrete street is,-the ele-
walton of the street is not such
that every property owner along
the same has to fill his lot in or
der to keep the surface water
from running off the street into
and upon his own property.
Perhaps the best feature of
all aside from the reduced cost
of concrete over macadam is the
fact that large construction COM
panies are engaged in this line of
work and put a five year guaran-
tee upon their work, which
means that the upkeep cost
within that time falls upon the
contractor.
The "dollarway paving of
which we now hear so much,
and which Pine Bluff is adopt
ing for a long highway is a con-
crete pavement of this charac-
ter to which is added a thin coat
of tar and asphaltum mixture,
which deadens sounds and
makes the riding a bit more easy
at very little additional expense,
These streets are in most cit
les constructed under the super
vision of a city engineer and the
salary of this Official is probably
trivial when considered with
the kind of street secured.
We employ architects for our
buildings and yet much OF
our street paving is done with
out the services of an engineer
and we wonder afterwards why
we didn't get a better job, a
more permanent and lasting
paving.
That concrete affords a better
paving than macadam and at
less cost has been the experience
of many cities and Newport
when considering an extension
of her paved thoroughfares,
ought to investigate before 60
ing ahead.
Newport daily independent., 1913-08-08

Drayage of all kinds handled
promptly. Phone No. 10. =
Chester Robinson. 1Sdtf.
Newport daily independent., 1913-08-08

If the sugar planters of Louis
lana really believe as Senator
Thornton predicted, that the re-
Newport daily independent., 1913-08-08
TIE INDEPENDENT
PERCY III. VAN DYKE
Publisher and Editor
Front ST., NEWPORT, ARK.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

Daily-Singis copy, 8 cents; per
week 10 cents; per month, 40 cents;
per year, $3.50 in advance, by carrier
In city, by mail In country.
Weekly-$1.00 per year, payable In
s~dvancs.
Entered at the postoffios, Newport
Arkansas, as second-class mail mat
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
BOOKS ARE BARRED.

You observed the other day that a
live opposum was sent through the
mail. in the new parcel post.
All sorts of queer things have gone
through the mail. But queerer than
all the things that the mail has car
ried; much queerer than the opossum
which pretends to be dead when it
isn't which carries it's little ones on
its back with their tiny tails wrapped
around its big tail; much queerer than
anything we have heard of in some
time. is the government regulation
which forbids sending books via the
parcel post.
You mustn't send a bottle of whis-
key, a cap of dynamite or book
through Uncle Sans express system.
Is that not interesting and amusing L?
Isn't it typical of modern conditions
and intelligence to find books, which
certainly ought to beN considered de-
sirable in a republic classed with
whisky, poisons, ill-smelling products
and high explosives, and not allowed
to go through the parcel post.
The average book costs sixteen cents
to manufacture-the average book
selling at one dollar or one dollar and
a half per copy. Our system of book
selling is so poorly organized that the
ordinary citizen pays from eight to
ten time what the book cost.
The United States government
charges, on the average; 80 per cent
of the cost of the book for sending il
through the mail.
A book that costs sixteen cents, or
even twelve cents to make. and some
tir1es less, can go through the mail
only by paying fourteen cents 1t
ought to go through for two cents,
and it could go profitably for two
cents
In order to make sure that books
and knowledge will not be distributed
'carelessly and freely in this repub-
lie. books are actually excepted from
the parcel post system.
If you believe that in a republic the
distribution of books is a good thing
and that every government agency
should help instead of hinder the dis
tribution of knowledge. write to your
congressman and senator in regard to
the matter, and suggest to them that
with the possible exception of food
products, books should have the pre-
ference in government distribution
The Examiner
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
COUNCIL WARS
ON GAMBLERS

La Grande, Ore, Jan. 1S.-War
against people who fail to turn We
hicles at intersections and war on
gamblers, pictured as "Tinhorns and
outcasts from society has been or
dered by the fire and police commit
tee of the county. At the midweek
session a day or two ago, the follow
ing recommendation was presented to
the council:
I'VE, your committee on fire and
police. recommend that the police de-
partment of the city be directed to
see that the ordinance requiring We
hicles of all kinds in turning in the
street of the city to turn only at in
tersections of the streets, is more
strictly obeyed, as it is apparent to
the most casual observer that this or
dinance is being flagrantly violated
every day.
1--WE do further recommend that
the ordinance against gaming and
gambling be more strictl reinforced
II has come to the notice not only
of your committee but of every other
observant person that our city is at
this time overrun and infested with
tinhorn gamblers and other outcasts
Of society.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
ALMOST DISCOURAGED.

A Humboldt rancher returned from
years trip through the east to find
that an old-tlme neiehbor of his a
man noted for his perfect patience
had been having a siege of bad luck
Upon hearing the news he immediate
ly sought out the neighbor to condole
with him.
well, John" he said after greet
ings had been exchanged, II hear YOU
lost all your timber through the for
est fires
The other man nodded.
And they say that the river cut
off your best bottom land; that your
hogs all died of cholera; that your
wife and children have been sick, and
that they have now foreclosed the
mortgage on your other place"
John nodded again. Eyes, it's al
true he said, looking about him al
What had once been his prosperous
farm; its all true. Why. sometimes
1 get almost discouraged, Ladies
Home Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
WANTS STATE TO OWN
ITS OWN RAILROAD

Sacramento, Jan. 1S.-Thoroughly
convinced that the people of Califor-
mia are paying transportation rates
based upon watered stock and that
much as the state railroad commission
wishes to do justice, it can never
reach the root of the evil. Senator
Caminetti is preparing to fight hard
for submission to the people of his
constitutional amendment providing
that the state build state rail high
way for the operation of trains, In
addition he proposes to submit a me-
mortal to congress calling for the con.
struction of transcontinental pub
lie rail highway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
New Parcels Post
Will Require
Thousands More
Employees


The United States Civil Service will
require the appointment of approx
mately $4,000 employees during the
coming year.
The opportunities for positions in
the Civil Service were never better
Civil Service positions are desirable
because the hours for work are not
too long, salaries are good ani GER
tain, and promotions are frequent.
The greater number of appoint
ments will be made in the Post Office
Service, paying from $500 to $1,700
and more per year; the r. F. D. Ser
vice, paying s1.100 per year to stand
ard routes; and the Railway Mail
Service, paying from 5000 to $500
per year.
If you are an American over IS
years old and can read and write you
can make sure of appointment to one
of these positions by study of an 1.
c. s. Civil Service Course.
Just mark and mail the coupon be-
low and we will send you booklet CIV
ing names of /. c. S. students who are
now holding Civil Service positions at
good pay. We will also tell you how
you, too, can enter this most pleasant
and profitable employment
Pleasant work-good salaries-po-
sitions for life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
500 REWARD. S1Oo

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that science has been able to cure
In all it's stages, and that Is Catarrh.
cure now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being a constitutional disease. re-
quires constitutional treatment. Halrs
Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation Of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the consti
tuition and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much faith
In Its curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that 1t fails
to cure Send for list Of testimonials.
Address F. ]. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, Ohio
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipat,on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
WIFE OF HARRY THAW
ADMITS SHES PENNILESS

New York, Jan. 1S.-Through her
attorney, Evelyn Thaw. wife of Harry
Thaw, the slayer of Stanford White
admitted she is penniless and unable,
to stand the expense of a second trial
in the suit of Gorham and company
to recover two thousand dollars worth
of jewery. 1t is alleged she pur-
chased the gems while her husband
was awaiting second trial. No set
tlement has been made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
Presbyterian Church

Alta and College streets, Rev. S. L.
Grigsby, pastor. Services as follows:
Sabbath school and Bible classes at
10 a. m. Preaching at IL a. m. and
1880 p. m. Subject of the morning
sermon, The Mystery of the Gospel"
At night, subject, "Christ's Pre-emi-
nence, or He is Lord of All The
young people of the church are re-
duested to meet at the church at
$50 D. m
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

I interesting one. Delicious refresh
ments were served at the conclusion
of the afternoon
The new officers of the Improved
| Order of Red Men were installed al
the meeting Tuesday evening. they
being Guy Cook, sachem; L. Moody
senior sycamore; E. NJ. Rogers, ju-
nior sycamore, and w. Z. Cahill
prophet. The other officers are not
elected until July
-"
The first meeting of the season of
the Tuesday Afternoon Bridge club
was held this week with Mrs. Roy
Alexander as hostess. Several guests
besides the members were present.
w. l.. Thompson.
The Jolly Neighbors were enter
tained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs.
Harry Bickers at her Water street
home. Five Hundred was played,
Mrs G. l. La Dow capturing the high
score prize.
Mrs. Thomas Vaughan. who recent
ly left Pendleton to make her home
In Portland, is visiting at the home
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. l..
Smith.
Mrs. r. Alexander returned last
Sunday from a winter visit in Port
land with her daughter, Mrs. Elmer
p. Dodd.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
HALT CALLED IN
THREATENED STRIKE

New York. Jan. 1S.-Another halt
was called in the threatened walk
out of the thousands of hotel employ
es called by the unionists, who an
nounced that no action will be taken
until Sunday when the employees will
vote whether to strike or not.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
CHILDREN WHO ARE sICKLY.

Mothers who value their own comfort
and the, welfare of their children. should
never be without a box of Mother Gray's
sweet Powders for Children, for use
throughout the season. They Break up
Colds, Relieve Feverishness, Constipation,
Teethlng Disorders Headache and Stomach
Troubles. Used by Mothers for 90 years.
THESE POWDERS NEVER FAIL. Sold
by all Drug Stores, 25c. Don't accept dny
substitute. Sample mailed FREE Ad.
dress A. s. olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

Bushee Chapter, order of Eastern
Star. enjoyed a social time at the
meeting Tuesday evening, the occa-
sion being the retirement of the old
officers and installation of the new
and a banquet being given in honor
of both past and present officials.
The following are the officers INSTALL
ed: Mrs. Harry Bickers, worthy ma
tron DIR. ]. A. Best, worthy patron:
Mrs. w M. Peterson, associate ma
tron; Mrs. Mary Johnson, secretary;
Mrs. Mary Jordan, treasurer; Mrs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

Frank Sailing conductress, Mrs. Rob
ert Wilcox. associate conductress; Mrs
7. NJ Henderson marshal; Mrs
James Perry, chaplain; Miss Maud
Jones, Adam; Miss Muriel Sailing
Ruth; Mrs. G. l.. Miller, Esther
Mrs. Mae Goodman, Martha; Mrs. B
S. Burroughs. Electra; Miss Florence
Forshaw, warden; Edmund Mabie
sentinel.
Mrs. Clarence Penland entertained
on Thursday afternoon in honor oI
Mrs. &C. Calvin, who has been heI
guest during the week prior to es.
tablishing her home at the corner OF
Aura and Bluff streets. Mr.. and Mrs
Calvin have been living in Portland
for the past three years but have re-
turned to Pendleton to make their
home here. Mrs. Penlands guests
were Mrs Mark Moorhouse and son
Mrs. Frank Hays and son, Mrs. Ro-
land Oliver and daughter Mrs.
Charles Bonney, Mrs Carl Power,
Mrs. d. c. McNabb, Mrs Fred Earle,
Mrs. Sam r. Thompson and Mrs.
Richard Mayberry. Sewing was en-
joyed during the afternoon and light
refreshments were served.
With the ground covered with snow
for the first time this winter, sleigh
ing has been the chief pastime of the
week and every evening has heard
the tinkle of hundreds of sleigh bells
and the merry shouts of the pastim-
ers. Several large parties have driv-
en- over the snow to nearby farms
during the week. On Monday evening
one of these parties went out to the
Storie- Ritner ranch on the reserva-
ton and another wound up at the
Porter ranch north of the city.
One of the joyous sleighing par
ties of the week had the farm of Mr..
and Mrs. James Thompson as it's des-
tination. the visit from over the snow
coming in the nature of a surprise to
the Thompsons, who are newlyweds.
The trip was made on Tuesday even
ing and the party was composed of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Strand, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roy Alexander Misses Laura
Mckee, Irene Shea, Iva Hill and
Pauline La Fontaine, and the Messrs.
James II. Sturgis, Fred w. Lampkin,
Herbert Thompson and George Hill.
Announcements have been receiv-
ed by local friends of the wedding
of Miss Lois Ethel Hutchins to Mr..
Frank Gregory Stevens which occur
red at Wailuka, Hawaii, on Christ
mas Day. The bride was formerly
teacher of art in the local schools
and left Pendleton two years ago for
the Hawaiian Islands to take a sim
liar position. Mr.. and Mrs. Stevens
will make their home at Paia, Maui.
While local people are enjoying
sleigh riding, one Pendleton couple
is experiencing the pleasures of real
summer weather. Mrs. Edwin p.
Marshall writes from Honolulu.
where she and her husband are
spending the winter, that everybody
is wearing white clothes and COM
planning a little about the warmth.
She states that Mr.. Marshalrs health
has improved greatly since their ar
rival there.
One of the most enjoyable sessions
of the Thursday Afternoon club this
winter was held last week at the home
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
First Christian

Main and Jackson streets Tolbert
F. Weaver, minister. Preaching IL
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Morning sub
ject, Christian Education" Sunday
school 1920 a. m. Christian En-
deavor $50 p. m
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

Washington, Jan. 1S.-The senate
committee recommended the follow
ing appropriations for buildings: Ell
lensburg, eighty-five thousand; Alb
erdeen. a hundred and twenty thou
sand
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
CHURCH of the Re,iecmer

Divine service with a celebration Of
the Holy Communion at IL a. m.
Evening service with sermon at 1880
o'clock. The Sunday school will hold
its annual missionary service at 10
O'Clock. Charles Quincy, Rector.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18

One of the most enjoyable sessions
of the Thursday Afternoon club this
winter was held last week at the home
of Mrs. E. T. Wade. The program
dealt with the old English cathedrals
and abbeys. their architecture and
music, and proved to be an especially
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
BaDtist.

E. Alta and Johnson street. Preach
Ing services Sunday morning and
evening at the usual hours by Rev. E.
Burton of Aberdeen, Washington.
Sunday school at 10 a. m. The b. Y.
P. U. at $3.50 p. m.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-18
Atthe Churches Tomorrow
FIRST Metnodist EpIscopaI.

Webb and Johnson streets. n. Ev-
ans, pastor. Preaching. IL a. m. and
1880 p. m; Sunday school, 10 a. m. !;
Epworth League. $50 D. m.