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Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
No Room for Street Cars.

The city of Canton, China, with a
million and a half inhabitants, has no
place for street railway system.
Canton is one of the wealthiest and
most progressive Of all the Chinese
cities, and it would very much
like a modern street railway system.
But the space within the ancient walls
and Notifications is so crowded that
many of the so-called streets are but
narrow alleys, not even wide enough
for two sedan chairs to pass There
is no room for horses and carriages
and certainly not sufficient space for
a narrow gauge railway. But the Chi
nese engineers are not so easily baf-
fed. and Canton will have its electric
railway. 1t is planned to tear down
the ancient stone walls and fortified
tions which encircle the entire city
The material from these walls will be
used to fill some of the old canals
which traverse the city A three-track
belt line will be constructed on the
site of the old wall completely en-
circling the city, and the old canal
sites will be used for feeder lines.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Where CEILINGS Count.

The landlord was very seriously dis
turbed by the final clause which the
prospective tenant insisted upon writ
ing into his lease.
Decorate the ceiling every six
months" he exclaimed Ridiculous.
l never had such a request from any
other tenant, and many of them have
been unreasonable enough, heaven
knows"
May be none of them was a bar
ber," said the tenant Il am. The
ceilings of ordinary trades people
don't count for much, because no
body is going to spend much time
staring at them. With barber ii is
different.
The average man spends a good
deal OF time every year looking up at
some BARRIERS ceiling, and the least
the barber can do TO make it tolerable
for him is to give him something in
teresting to look at.
II have known men to change bar
bers just because they got tired Of
staring at the same old ceiling. May
be you have changed on that account
yourself before now"
The landlord consented to the un-
usual clause.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
CITY OF PALERMO
italian Town Home OF Many
Beautiful Churches
Cathedral Is Ornate Outside Except
for One Indifferent Deme, While
interior Lacks Harmony OF
Design and Conception.

Rome.-Palermo Is wonderfully rieh
in churches. The cathedral is beauti-
full outside except for one dome which
it owes to a wretch of an architect
named Fuga,. who spoiled the inside at
the same time-about two centuries
ago.
The Palatine chapel not far away,
affords ample compensation for the
disappointment of the cathedral IL IS
lined throughout with wonderful mo
sales all laid with a back ground or
dull gold. One seems to be in the
heart of a great jewel. 1t is said that
from the Palatine chapel Wagner de-
rived his conception of the chapel in
"Parsifal"
One goes by tram to the nearby
town of Mon Reale up the mountain
side back of Palermo. Here can be
had an Overwhelming vista Of HILL
plain and bay, with always a fore
ground of orange and lemon orchards,
fig trees and cactus hedges.
The village itself has stone houses
covered with gay little balconies
swung out like birdcages. Many or
the streets are merely flights of steps
slipping under weed-grown arches. Add
the hocks of goats and of children
and an artist could easily perish with
despair at not being able to decide
where to begin.
The cathedral and adjoining cloister
of Mon Reale are one of the most not
able sights in all Italy. The church
is mosaic-lined like the Palatine
chapel but larger, lighter and even
more brilliant. The adjoining cioister
is Saracenic as the Alhambra. 1t Is
a huge square inclosed by walk 1f
coupled pillars" There is endless
variety in the carving of these pillars
and they are gay with varying designs
in bright-colorsd inlay.
On two a particular monk was car
featured among the carvings OF the
capitals. Once he is represented
alone; again in an absurd company OF
birds. The satire was startlingly mod
ern: only now we have it in the MORN
ing paper, not recorded in stone to en-
dure for centuries. When the POM
pous old prelate paced this cloisters
did he hasten his steps bit and turn
away an irate countenance as he
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
PaIermo's Ancient 5attIements.

passed the portrait pillars? There is
none to tell, now that caricaturist and
ridiculed have been for centuries re-
duced to equal dust.
The Sicilians are lovers of the sun.
The better classes take the air ON
their balconies or in their carriages.
In the meaner streets the poor i've.
work, play and visit in the street
itself. Their cave-like dwellings open
directly on the highway. Before the
doors sit the mother with her baby
or her mending, the tailor and the
shoemaker and many folks of many
occupations which they ply in the
open. Washing and ironing are car
ried on outside the front door. The
clothes are hung to dry on the sunny
side of the way. Many are the colors
of the garments thus displayed and
various the hues of the added patches
and many the holes lacking patches
We noted one patriotic vegetable shop
which displayed portraits of the king
and queen framed in onions and garlic
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
rroemsl Out of Service.

When. last March, Burgomaster
Troemel OF Usedom went to Algiers
and enlisted in the Second Foreign le-
gion, Germany made an international
incident OF II.
Like many similar cases, there was
a great deal OF buster but nothing
more. The controversy ended when
the newly-enrolled private published q
declaration that he had nothing to
complain OF.
The enlistment was for five years
But Troemel has just been discharged
for neutrality-suspicious. after having
been for some time in the oran hos
pital.
That Germany fear for his safety
was groundless is shown by a new
statement. that he regrets that he has
been discharged before his term was
ended
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
MAN IS PITTED AGAINST RATS
stabIeman Bitten All over Body in
Fierce Battle With Terror
Stricken Rodents.

Nuuey, N. jim a fight with rats
Charles Gilman was bitten all over
the body, but he killed II of them.
Gilman was cleaning a pit in the rear
of the stable of West Nutley Hose
company when, with pitchfork, he
uncovered a rat nest. The animals
tried to run up the smooth concrete
walls of the pit. Failing, they climbed
up Gilmans trousers.
Gilman dropped his pitchfork and
tried to fight off the rodents with his
hands. Each time he would knock
one down, however. it would come
back. Finally. he picked up the pitch-
fork again, and, knocking off the rats
one by one, killed most of them.
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Ertlnnulahes churnh Elrr

ST. Louisville his congregation.
watched and cheered, Father J. J.
Godfrey climbed the steep roof OF
the Ferguson Catholic church and ex-
tinguished blaze which threatened
to destroy the structure. !
Polk County news-gazette. (Benton, Tenn.) 190?-191?, 1914-02-19
Vanity. Vanityl

Mr.. Woolerton-Yes, sab my
wife's vanity done got me put in jail
wunst.
Mr.. Yallerby-How come dat?
Mr.. Woolerton-Well, yo' see, An
done borrowed fowl outen Colonel
Gunnerton's henhouse one night, an
NAH wife sisted on wearing de wing
fedders in huh bonnet. De colonel
knew de wings, an had me jagged fer
stealth de fowl!-Puck-
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
NAVY READY DANIELS
CABINET OFFICER SPEAKS AT
CLEVELAND DOLLAR DINNER.
Speaker Champ Clark, Governor Cox
and Other Leaders laud the
Wilson Administration.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Cleveland, o. April 21.-Praise OF
the accomplishments of the present
Democratic administration and trib-
utes to Thomas jefferson and his In
fluence upon legislation occupied
speakers at the jefferson dollar din
ner" of the Cuyahoga County Democ-
racy here Saturday.
Among those who made addresses
were Speaker Champ Clark, Secretary
Daniels, and Governor Cox of Ohio
Short speeches were made by Sena-
tor Atlee Pcmerene and Congressman
William Gordon, Robert j. Bulkley and
Robert Crosser of Ohio.
Mr.. Daniels spoke before the stu
dents of Western Reserve University
Law School in the morning. At noon
he and Mr.. Clark delivered speeches
at luncheon given by the City Club.
At this gathering Secretary Daniels
made his only reference to the Mexi-
can situation.
I'VE have had no war in which the
American navy did not figure promi-
nently." he said. IF We go to war
with Mexico now we are in better con-
dition than ever before"
The secretary. because of Mexican
developments. kept constantly in
touch with Washington.
Speaker Clark, like Secretary Dan
iels. devoted large portion of his ad-
dress to an eulogy of Thomas Jeffer-
son. Speaking of recent Democratic
legislation he said among other things,
"'rhe tariff bill is the best. in my judg-
ment, ever put on the statute books.
Graded income tax with proper ex-
emptions is the fairest that can be lev
led. The present income tax has come
to stay. No one will ever dare to re-
peal it,
Governor Cox spoke almost altogeth.
er on state issues, defending his ad'
minlstration.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
FEDERALS FIRE CITY
REPORT HUNDREDS KILLED IN
slx-DAY BATTLE.
Wounded Before Capture of
Pedras de Las Coionlas.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
during a six days battle at San Pc
dras de las Colonias, east of Torreon,
IS placed at 500 in an official report
of General villa to General Carranza,
in which the combined forces of the
Federals. said to have numbered 49,
600 TO $4,000. were defeated by 10000
or 1900 rebels. General Carranza
forwarded the report to Rafael Zuba-
ran, his secretary of the interior, who
remained here after Carranza and 9TH
er officials removed the provisional
capital to Chihuahua
General Villas report reads:
to. you that after six days of terrific
fighting the town of San Pedras de
las Colonias was evacuated by the
enemy which was under the command
of Generals Velasco, De Moure. Mas
and others.
Before the evacuation they set fire
to the greater part of the city. In
these moments my troops are taking
possession of the city. Tomorrow
will forward the details of the battle
TO you. My only regret is that 500 of
my troops were wounded in today's
assault.
Il have captured 100 prisoners.
hope that the great sacrifice OF hui
man blood will be for the welfare of
our country
A telegram from General Benavides
refers to the rebel loss as $50 killed
and wounded. 1t may be impossible
to clear up the discrepancy, but 1t is
pointed out as unlikely that the rebels
would lose half their force in wound
ed alone.
Another telegram, source unidenti
fled, places the federal loss at $500
killed, wounded and prisoners. De
Quoting the 700 prisoners reported cap
tured in General Villas report the
federal loss would be $500 killed and
wounded.
Other reports have it that property
of the Madero family in San Pedro
was destroyed by the federals, as vel
as property of other rebel sympathiz
ers.
Citizens OF the town. suddenly
called upon to support thousands ol
soldiers. are said to have suffered sc
verely for want of food during the last
ten days.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
One Man Killed and Five Injured.

Denver. = William II. Williams,
chauffeur and ex-fireman. trapped in
smoke, flames and the fumes of burn
ing gasoline, lost his life by suffoca-
tion in fire which followed an expio-
sion in the garage of the Fifth Ave
nue. Auto and Machine Company at
439 Broadway. Williams died when
he had almost reached an exit lead
ing to the street The building was
wrecked and fifteen automobiles de-
stroyed. The damages are estimated
to be approximately $4,000. Five 9th
er men, including Lieutenant Adams
of Truck company No. /, were injured
in dashing for their lives through the
flames which filled the structure fol
lowing the explosion.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
ASSASSIN SHOOTS AT MAYOR.
New York Crank Falls in Effort to
Kill Executive.

New York-In an attempt to take
the life of Mayor John Purroy Mitchell,
Michael p. Mahoney, an apparently ir-
responsible, elderly man, who later
said he was a blacksmith out of work,
fired into a group of three men seated
in the mayors automobile. which
stood at the east side of City Hall
Park.
The bullet from his revolver entered
the jaw OF Corporation Counsel Frank
L. Polk, who was sitting next to the
mayor in the tonneau of the automo-
bile. With blood squirting from his
mouth, Polk was taken into the city
hall and afterwards to the New York
hospital, where it was said the wound
would not prove fatal.
Mahoney fired only one shot at the
mayor and his party. Before he could
fire a second he was overcome by De-
tective George Neun, who. in the ca
pacity of chauffeur, wrenched the re-
yolver out of Mahoney's hand.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
AT INDIANA STATE PROGRESSIVE
CONVENTION BY SENATOR
PoiNDExTER.
.RENOM|NATE BEvER|DGE
SENATORIAL CANDIDATE cHosENl
AND PLATFORM ADOPTED BY
HoosIER PaoeREssfvEs.
western Newspaper uulou News service.

Western Newspaper Uuion News Service
indianapolis, Ind.-Former United
States Senator Albert ]. Beyeridge
was nominated unanimously for that
honor again. and the boom of Theo-
dore Roosevelt for President in 1916
WIS formally launched at the state
convention Of the Progressive party
here. The Roosevelt boom was inau-
gurated by Senator Miles Poindexter
OF Oregon.
A platform was adopted and state
ticket, with the exception of governor
and lieutenant governor. nominated.
The platform adopted pledges the
party to work for the elimination OF
all breweries and saloons in the state
and indorses the Hobson resolution
now before Congress. 1t attacks the
Democratic administration and criti-
cises its Mexican policy.
Other planks indorse the Initiative.
referendum and recall for all elective
and judicial Offices a statewide direct
primary law; the short ballot, equal
suffrage for women, home rule for
cities, elimination of the Judiciary
from politics. prohibition OF injunc-
tions in labor disputes. revision OF
state laws to eliminate technicalities.
n minimum wage for women. free
school books and law to compel the
giving Of ample notice before a strike
or lockout.
Another plank opposes the approval
OF any treaty with Colombia. which
provides for the payment of s25,00o.-
600 to that country.
Senators Poindexter OF Oregon and
Clapp OF Minnesota, and Charles Sum
ner Bird. former Progressive candidate
for, governor of Massachusetts. We're
the chief speakers at the convention.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
DISCOVERS OIL AND GAs|
FIND MADE WHILE DRILLING
WELL FOR ARTEslAN WATER.
Both Quality and Quantity Declared to
Be Of Encouraging Nature
File on 10000 Acres.
western Newspaper Union News service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service
Grand Junction, Colo.-Oil and gas
in considerable quantity have been
discovered near Redvale. San Miguel
county, in a we'll drilled for artesian
water. The discovery was made at a
depth of $50 feet. The prospects are
splendid for a new oil field.
More than 10000 acres have been
filed upon as oil land and the rush
continues. A company has been formed
practically with unlimited capital,
headed by Chaloner b. Schley of
Colorado Springs ana Bulkeley Wells
of Telluride to develop the field on a
large scale.
The new field is located on the line
of the much-talked of North and South
railroad between Albuquerque and
Grand Junction. Its nearest railroad
point at this time is Placerville, on the
Denver and Rio Grande. fifty miles
away.
While the existence of oil in the
basin" has long been predicted by
biologists. surface indications, such as
appear in many other fields are wholly
lacking, making the recent discovery
wholly unexpected.
A new boiler and other machinery
have been ordered and are on the way
to the field.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
mITcAElL's AssA'LAnr HELD.
Mahoney Charged With Attempting
Murder In First Degree.

New York-Michacl p Mahoney.
the gray-haired crank, who attempted
to assassinate Mayor Mitchell and In
so doing wounded Frank l.. Polk. cor
poration counsel, was arraigned In
the Tombs Police Court on charge
of attempted murder in the first de.
gree. He was held in $4,000 bail for
the grand jury.
When the amount OF the bail was
announced by Magistrate Sims. Ma
honey smiled and said. why not
boost 1t little? The more the mer-
rier''
Polk was resting quietly at the
New York hospital. Surgeons expect
he will recover rapidly II no complica-
tions develop.
Before his arraignment Mahoney
was taken to police headquarters.
where $50 detectives, all masked,
looked him over" None of them was
positive he had ever seen the man be-
fore.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
CHICAGO SWEPT sY GALE.
Forty-eight Mile Storm Knocks Down
Pedestrians and Causes Many Fires.

Pede estrians and Causes Many Fires.
Chicago.-A wind with velocity OF
forty-eight miles an hour swept Chi
cago. telling pedestrians, tearing down
signs and smashing windows and
causing forty-three fires.
w E. Vossler was killed by flag
pole that was broken off by the wind
and thrown across his automobile
while he was riding with his daagh-
ter Alice, four years. old,
When the gust of wind snapped off
the sixty-foot pole yossler put on full
speed The heavy pole struck Vossler
across the head and killed him. The
car dashed onward unguided.
After running half block the auto
mobile struck lamp post and was
wrecked. The child was thrown out
and severely injured
Albert Goldbach, while loading lum-
ber, was knocked senseless by plank
that was blown from the top of pile
of lumber.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS
REPEAL SILLY, SAYS FORMER At
ToRNEY GENERAL.
5onapsrte Declares That United States
viii Be Absurd Not to
Accept Benefits.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Washington.-Advoc of the ex-
emption of American coastwise YES
sells from Panama canal tolls had
their inning before the Senate canal
committee when the first witness ap-
peared in opposition to the repeal of
the exemption clause.
Former Atty. Gen. Charles J. Bona
parte of Baltimore, Md; Russell l..
Dunn of San Francisco, Cal, and Rep
resentative Humphreys OF Washington
attacked the repeal on various
grounds.
James Brown Scott, secretary of the
Carnegie endowment for international
peace. was questioned by Senators
Bristow and O'Gorman as to the mo-
lives of the organization in participat-
ing in the propaganda for the repeal
Of the exemption clause.
Bonaparte asserted no nation would
have been so foolish as to build the
canal with the understanding that 1t
was to derive no special privileges
from II. He said the position that the
United States was bound by the same
conditions in the use of the canal as
the other nations of the world was
unreasonable and absurd under all
The circumstances"
Dunn spoke Of the economic import
ance of free tolls to California in par.
-icular. Representative Humphreys
said the benefits the Pacific coast
states had expected from the canal
were about to be given to British Co
lumbia.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
eumper crops Seem Assured.

Craig.-Never in the history of Mof-
fat county has its farmers been more
optimistic than at present, with bump
er crops assured and the most pros
porous year of a decade ahead of
them. Plans to quadruple the acreage
of wheat and the other grains and po-
tatoes are in rapid preparation. Spring
blowing is already in progress. despite
the fact that the snow has not yet
entirely disappeared.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Workman Meets Horrible Death.

Pueblo.-Caught in the betting and
carried into a wire weaving machine.
Clyde Gigles. nineteen, was mangled
beyond recognition at the Warner
Wire Fence Company's plant. Gigles.
who was an experienced weaver, came
here a short time ago from Ottawa,
Kan, where he had ben employed by
the same company.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Teacher Snaps Ankle; Holds School

notwithstanding to give up her
school work because a broken ankle
kept her at home. Miss Maude Ward.
teacher at the Sears school. near here,
induced the school board to allow her
to hold school in the Sears home,
where she boards and where she now
teaches with her foot propped up on
pillows. She was out with party of
young people visiting Pawnee buttes
and attempted to climb to the top. She
slipped and fell, breaking her ankle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Father and Son Killed in Mine.

Victor-George Wright, sixty-two
years old, and his son. Earl Wright,
twenty-eight, were killed in the Col
den Cycle mine when a rock weighing
more than two tons fell upon them.
The men were working between the
ninth and tenth levels of the mine in
what is known as the caved section.
The coroner will start an investiga-
tion to determine whether negligence
caused the accident.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Pioneer Indian Fighter Dies.

Boulder-George Clark, eighty-six
years old, a resident of Boulder county
for fifty years, and in the early days
scout and stage driver, died here.
He is survived by a granddaughter.
HIS stories of skirmishes and hair
breadth escapes from the Indians are
famous in this section.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
House to Buy Bridal GIFT.

Washington. - Members of the
House of Representatives decided to
present a wedding gift to Miss Flea
nor Wilson. who is to become the sec
ond White House bride of the present
administration when she weds Secre
tary McAdoo on May 7.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Eort Bliss GUARDS praiaed-

FL Paso, Tex.-Melvin L. Switzer
and A. T. Flanery, the Twentieth in
fantry sentries who fireo on two Mex
leans interned in the prison camp at
Fort Bliss, were commended by Cap
tain G. P Estes. executive officer OF
the camp. after an investigation.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Wilson Is Wedding Guest.

Washington.-President Wilson at
tended the wedding of Representative
Henry D. Flood of Virginia, chairman
of the House foreign affairs commit
tee, and Miss Anna V. Portner OF Ap-
pomattox.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Busch Heirs Fioht Tax.

Los Angeles, Cal.-Heirs OF Adolf
phus Busch. including his widow, Mrs.
Lilly Busch, and her six children,
filed in the Superior Court a contest
against the $4,000 inheritance tax
fixed on the s1.1s4.767.7S estate left in
California.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Bans Mexican Battle Movies.

Chicago-"Movies" showing Mexi-
can battle fields, with dead and wound
ed in the foreground, were banned by
Major Funkhouser. morals censor
The picture men protested that the
films taught peace lesson by show
ing the horrors of war.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Fairbanks Hurt By Fall.

Frankfort. Tnd-Charles w. Fair.
banks of indianapolis. former Vice
President. was slightly injured when
the speakers stand ON the court house
lawn collapsed during the arbor day
exercises here.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Former Boulder Man Dies.

Boulder.-Word has been received
here of the death of Hosea B. Hooks.
pioneer of this county, at Flora Wis
ia, N. NJ. He was engaged in mining
in this county and other parts of the
state for thirty years.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Idaho offers Services.

Boise. Idaho, April 20.-Governor
Haines of Idaho telegraphed President
Wilson that Idaho desires to be the
first state to offer the services of her
national guard. The guard consists
of one regiment
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Murrax Is selected AaaIn.

Colorado Springs.-Arthur Murray.
who organized the city Fairgrounds
last year. has been reengaged for this
year. He comes from Cleveland, Ohio.
-Four of the city teachers will be en-
gagged to assist him this summer.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
convIcts Attacked in Road Camp.

Boulder-The convict road-building
camp in Boulder canon was attacked
by unknown men and volleys of rocks
hurled at the tents. A similar attack
was made soon after the tents were
pitched.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
White House Wedding on May 7.

Washington. - The President and
Mrs. Wilson announced that the we'd
ding of their youngest daughter. Miss
Eleanor Randolph Wilson. and Secre-
tary McAdoo would take place on
Thursday. May Z.