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NEWS MOST PEOPLE CANNOT ANSWER

John Brittyn, a young physician Of st.
Louis, who had killed himself few
days previous did so on account OF Man.
Before committing suicide DR.. Brittyn
wrote OF his intention, giving reasons
therefor to a friend, DIR. William Martin
OF Pittsburg. from whom the news was
obtained
Not very long atterward further
dispatches came from Pittsburg say
ing that the police had ordered Nan
to leave the city. 1t was alleged that
she had succeeded In entangling a
young millionaire in a way that led
to her expulsion by the authorities. on
Mans behalf 1t was given out that
on leaving Pittsburg she was going to
Join her husband in Los Angeles. where
he was trying to get on his feet after
a somewhat exciting matrimonial ex-
perience with her. Instead. however.
she returned TO Washington. But a
few months afterward her name again
came before the public, this time in
connection with n mysterious attempt
at shooting a young bank cashier.
Then the former member OF the
| 'Florodora' seXtette floated out OF view
| and she was beginning to be forgotten
when, in December, 1910. came word
| from Marlnette, Wis. that in Septem-
! Der OF that year she had been married at
| ST, Paul 10 Capt. sumner Prescott.
| head OF the Prescott Manufacturing
Company of Marinette. her name being
given as Ann +. Martin. Late Capt.
Prescott sold his interest in the manu-
| featuring company and went West to
| live.
This wedding reminded those who
had followed Mans career at various
times that, in addition to other un-
usual experiences, she had already In
dulged in that OF marrying the same
man on two different occasions. He
was Gaines Martin. whom she knew
when a schoolgirl in Baltimore. 1t
was there, in 1899. that she ran away
with him and gave her age as II, but
she did not care for the simple life
and soon was in New York with 'Floro-
dora In 1909 she and Martin were
divorced in San Francisco. but three
years later. in September, 1905, they
were married again in Washington.
And where is Nan Patterson now:
The last I heard about her came in a
despatch from Seattle April 10. 1913
which told an interesting world that in
stea OF being lost on the Titanic she
was living happily in Seattle with her
husband and occupying n beautiful
house overlooking Puget Sound"
Uncle Jimmy glanced at A tall clock
across the cool dining room.
Dear me-" he exclaimed. 1T have
an appointment down town In twelve
minutes. YouIl let me run away won't
your" he continued, his glance including
both young matron and young girl.
Certainly" said the former "but I'm
sorry
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PUSHCART LIBRARIES.

THE pushcart libraries are as char
acteristic of New York as tho
famous book stalls along the
Seine are of Paris or the book shops
are of old London. These perambulat-
ing Libraries are found In surprising
variety. They are regularly licensed
by the city, exactly as though vegetables
or fish were being sold. In Manhattan
alone there are more than two hundred
Of these book hucksters and they sell
books printed In a score Of different
languages. The book hucksters fnd
the crowded streets the most profitable
especially on the lower East Side, where
marketing of all kinds is done for the
most part out OF doors.
The books offered for sale are much
more varied than might be expected
Some hucksters specialize In cheap
paper editions OF popular novels, 9TH
ers use their limited counter space
only for school books, while often tns
most serious ciassits may ne onllea
! from these collections.
There are many obvious advantages
in patronizing the pushcart library
Their wares are temptingly displayed
where he who runs may read. ono
may look over these wares al lelsur0
besides without feeling the Obligation
to purchase one might feel In a BOOK
store. The cheapness OF the rent the
book seller must meet again makes
| possible for him to scale down his pr'ces
and offer genuine bassaius.
Among these book vendors there are
to be found many interesting types IL
! often happens that the salesman 'aN's
his trade very seriously and displays
/ an amazing knowledge OF his wares
Competition is likely besides to he so
| keen that the book huckster gains SKI"
| in selecting his customers.
Like all pushcart vendors he mus
work under the constant orders OF 20
traffic policeman 10 move on. The oeS,
positions along the curhs OF cro"aeu
streets must often be gained by sK'''l'
| iockcying, and the book merchant mus
be constantly on the alert 10 choose '"'
best position and have the necessary
skill TO beat his competitors IN run
ding his stock of books to an adNdp'
tageous location.
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Buildings from left to right
Refractory, Administration, Chapel

medical treatment. separate and apart
from other prisoners. This provision
is in line with Miss Davis's ideas as
to what should be done with the So
called dope fiend.
The most approved methods OF treat
ment." she says. SHOW that after a few
days, at the most a week, OF medical
care and diet. without the possibility OF
getting at the drug. the patient Is ready
to profit by a considerable amount OF
labor. increasing In quantity each day.
particularly II this labor can be given
in the open air. 1t is proposed to re-
serve at least ono wooden dormitory
for tho treatment OF this class Of cases.
"A number OF cases OF a special kind
have come under the observation OF
this department during the past winter.
where a ward in a private sanitarium
was placed at the disposal OF this de-
partment for their treatment. In one
case a young man who was a city en-
ployee In another department has gone
back to his work in excellent condition.
1t is improper for the city to keep send
ing these persons back to the institu-
lions and to do little or nothing for
them. They are put under restraint in
order to cure them-not to attempt to
cure them Is cruel"
II the plans OF Miss Davis are carried
out the workhouse prisoners now at
! Blackwells Island will be transferred
to Riker's Island and the penitentiary
prisoners will DO taken TO Hart's Island.
The longer term men in the workhouse
are now being transferred gradually to
Riker's Island. where II is proposed to
establish a municipal farm AS soon as
all the boys have been taken from the
reformatory on Harris Island to the
farm in Orange county the penitentiary
prisoners will be taken to Harris Island
and first class Industrial plant will be
established there.
"Our plan" says Commissioner Davis,
-is TO reclaim Riker's Island and to de-
velop II into a modern municipal farm
where short term prisoners can be pu;
to work in the open air instead OF
dawdllng in their cells. thus permitting
the department to follow the agreed
policy OF removing the workhouse en-
tirely from Blackwell's Island.
"The workhouse on BlackweIrs Isl
and Is badly overcrowded and is incap-
able OF being made into an effective
correctional institution. There are pro-
visions at present at Riker's Island fol
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Did uerta Salute the Flag? Where Harry Thaw? Who Was
Patterson? These Are Samples of the Queries That Prove
the Public to Have Short Memory

this was reported by the police columns
and pages OF newspapers were filled
with every detail that could be obtained
bearing on the sensational affair. on
June the Grand Jury. after a several
hours session with William Travers
Jerome, refused to indict her until she
had been brought before It and was
given a chance to testify. 1t was then.
by the way. that many thought they
saw In the brilliant young District At
torney a man who would go far; prob
ably to the Governorship. even TO the
Democratic national convention as can
dldate for the Presidential nomination.
Time flies; that was only ten
short years ago.
"Nan was indicted later on and her
trial wrought the whole country up to
condition almost of hysteria, Every
| one was reading about her; nearly
! every one was talking about her. Moth
| ing within legal limits was left undone
to prove her innocence on the one hand
and her guilt on the other.
AT last the case went to the jury,
which on December %, 1904. disagreed
| by verdict of 6 to 6 and was dis
charged But the very next morning
came announcement that she would be
tried again, and in spite of every effort
she was put on trial for n second time
"a trial filled with dramatic incidents,
one being the exhibition in court of a
human skeleton, with which was demon
strated the course of the bullet which
had killed Cesar Young.
1.-THE winter passed and on May 8,
| 1905, Nan Patterson was set free after
having spent in the Tombs whole year
less three weeks. She had one mistrial
and two trials with juries disagreeing.
Three weeks later, on May 2s, came
dispatches from Wilkesbarre, Pa, say
ing that Nan was booked there for a
theatrical performance The coal region
city was torn up over her advertised
appearance and the citizens made a
vigorous protest against her appearance
in a local theatre characterizing 1t as q
public disgrace.
THE month following, the month OF
June. saw Nan on the stage OF theatre
at Altoona, a member OF company
playing The Romance of Panama The
former 'Florodora' girl made miser-
able showing on this occasion, II was re-
ported. and had n very small audience
She was so disheartened that she left
Altoona for her parents home in Wash
ington. and then the public was given
a breathing spell from Mans activities
until August 81, 1907, when came O
despatch from Pittsburg saying that DR.
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Bunk House at New Hampton
built by Reformatory boys.

same action will DO taken in the city
prison, Brooklyn, as soon as the ca
erer can install his kitchen apparatus.
The wisdom OF this action Is attested
~ the number of inmates addicted TO
he use of habit forming drugs who
ire now under the care OF the resident
physicians
"On my tour Of inspection" says
Mayor Mitchell on this feature OF the
Correctional work. Il observed some
u the prisoners who were deprived OF
drugs and who are now under the doc
tors care. / was profoundly impressed
with tho necessity OF carrying into eff
feet Commissioner Davis's plans now
pending before the Board of Estimate
which contemplate decent hospital
treatment for these unfortunates.
am informed that they can be cured
providing they get proper medical
treatment while In prison. We know
that large percentage OF the crimi-
nails are drug users. How many Of
these are criminals because OF the drug
habit we do not know. 1t doubles:
is a very considerable number"
Under the law which became efYec.
tive on July | Il is provided that al
persons committed for using habi
forming drugs shall receive proper
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w THEN the announcement came
N/ In the newspapers OF Thurs
w day morning that Huerta had
finally abdicated the Presi-
dency OF Mexico II occurred to
lots OF people 10 ask whether he
ever had fired the salute OF twenty
one guns demanded by Admiral
Mayo on April IGNORE than three
months ago. Many who asked
this question were sure that no salute
had been fired; others were not so sure.
This uncertainty in the public mind
seems to Indicate either that Ameri-
cans are OF mighty short memory or
else these days are so crowded with
important and interesting events that
even one which threatened to precipi-
tate war with a neighboring Power
made little impression. left no distinct
dent. as it were, on those convoluted
brain areas where memory is thought
to have its seat.
The fact is that Huerta did not nre
that salute by o'clock p. NJ of April
10, 1914, or at any other hour.
Having in mind the question OF
Huertas saluting the flag, a young New
Yorker spent an enjoyable hour on
Friday at luncheon in an uptown hotel
where he was one OF a group including
two other men, a young matron and the
perfectly charming girl she chaperoned
by the way" said this man, known
TO his lntimates as Uncle Jimmy, though
only a few years out OF college. by the
way, what has become OF the man who
shot Mayor Mitchell"
~ 4.
questioner. persons Of more thar
average intelligence. but not one seemed
TO know definitely. After a moment o.
silence the narron found voice.
"Oh he's--he's still up in the Tomb
awaiting trial." she said at o venture
But I don't remember to have reaC
Of any Indictment OF him" one of tn
men objected.
perhaps the District Attorney hai
hoHa - i.Inmed up with murderous as
r-uIts that Killed, and bomb throwers
and lodging brickbats from oyster Ba.
that he hasn't got around TO It yet.
suggested the third
FOR several minutes the matter wa
debated and finally Uncle Jimmy offere
to make a bet that he could tell def
nitely.
$50 can T." exclaimed the girl acros
the table from him Hes up in Mat
teawan with other cranks.'
"Are you quite sure?" Uncle Jimm
asked Are you sure he's up in Mat
teawan and not in the Bellevue psyche
pathc ward under observation"
"We-l-l," the girl admitted slowl.
"I'm not absolutely certain"
'Then you shouldn't het'" he do
clared joyously. Now listen and L
tell you definitely that the man VIII
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Proposed Central Group At New
Hampton.

ndent II viii. II means that the tax
payers will be saved millions eventu-
ally, which would otherwise be re-
quired for new prisons with granite
walls iron cell blocks and steel bars
and doors. The reformatory on Harris
Island will be removed TO the farm just
as quickly as appropriations and new
construction permit"
1t was natural that Commissioner
Davis should eive much OF her atten-
ton TO the women prisoners. BY e.
listing the support OF the Court Of spe-
cial Sessions she has been transferring
all able bodied women to the city
vision for classification and where the
women can get work to do.
Miss Davis regards the enforced Idle
ness OF former years as a curse upon
women sent to the penitentiary. In
line with this change q sewing In
structor has been employed TO instruct
workhouse and penltentiary matrons in
the cutting and fitting Of dresses so
that they In turn may be able to give
intelligent direction to tho work Of
women inmates.
For the future there is the Detention
Home for Women which is to be erected
in West Thirtieth street. When II Ia
completed women will be taken there
instead OF to the Tombs. the station
houses or the various district prisons.
81 have given considerable time dur
Ing the past two years in conjunction
with the special committee engaged
upon this matter" says Miss Davis "in
| planning this detention home as a
model building OF its kind. Everything
luxurious or ornate has been elm
mated. PlaInness and utility are the
chief characteristics OF the proposed
building. New York will have a model
building at very low cost per inmate.
where every woman can be put to work
II public opinion will consent to women
working who are not yet convicted"
Another problem which the Commits
soner has faced resolutely Is the drug
traffic in the various penal institutions.
She does not pretend that II has been
stopped. but It has been cut down; and
furthermore. she Is undertaking not
only to keep drugs from men and
women while they are in prison, but
also to cure these unfortunates Of their
habits. One OF the first things she
did. and Il took some courage TO do t.
was 10 prohibit outsiders from bringing
food and tobacco to the prisoners.
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asylum grounds at Matteawan, passing
through the gate In full sight Of a guard.
hoped into a go horse power motor
car that had been lowering in the offing,
and disappeared through a crack that
suddenly opened in the atmosphere as
the car shot out into adjacent scenery"
did you ever!" the girl exclaimed,
her eyes growing big with astonish-
ment at this feat Of memory.
AND" continued the narrator, speak
Ing easily. the next heard OF him was
when his car was seen passing through
Stormville. which is thirteen miles from
the State Hospital for the Insane at
Matteawan. as you remember, OF course;
after which all trace OF the fugitive was
lost until August 10. although the
widest possible search was started as
soon as his escape became known"
He paused to lift his glass, and
another OF the men asked casually:
1T suppose you know what happened
after August 17?"
Uncle Jimmy replaced his glass on
the table and nodded. YES, 1t was on
August 10. at about IL o'clock In the
| morning. think-although ! am not
quite sure on that point-at any rate II
was on August 10, a Tuesday that word
reached New York by way of kilograms
dated at Sherbrooke. Que. that Thaw
| had just been arrested at Coaticook.
OF course everybody has In mind the
details of the tremendous row which
attended the attempts to eXtradite him
and to keep him there how the lawyers
sent up to bring him back found the
whole Canadian town up in arms almost
to defend Thaw and to make things un-
comfortable and finally, that in the fol-
lowing month. September of last year,
he was elected from Canada and ar
rested at Colebrook. N. H."
Eyes" the matron interrupted, that's
easy. But what we want TO know is
where Harry Thaw is spending the
present summer--not last summer"
"Gorham, N H." Jimmy instantly re-
piled. Hes still in custody in New
Hampshire while extradition proceed
ings have been carried up to the United
States Supreme Court. About six weeks
ago he left Concord and started for
Gorham. where arrangements had beer
made for him to spend the summer al
the Mount Madison House. With him
went Sheriff Drew and others. Harry
took nine trunks, ten travelling bags
and lot OF fishing tackle. Chances are
he's having a reasonably good time thi,
hot weather"
For a moment there was silence, ther
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he asked as II deeply interested.
by the by. was Elsie Siegel ever
found?"
Never" said the young matron with
great posltiveness. The search was
kept up all over the world for several
years and then abandoned. Isn't It the
saddest thing-and her father such q
famous General"
mot exactly. my dear lady" Uncle
Jimmy said alphabetically. Elsie
Siegel never was found because she
never was lost. She was discovered
murdered in a room occupied by Sun
day school Chinaman known as Leon
Ling. And It is that person who has
been sought for years without success.
not the unfortunate girl. She was the
granddaughter OF Gen. Franz Siegel.
who died long ago. Her father died of
heart disease only a short time since at
| his home here in New York-the latter
part of this April. 1914, l mean"
For some little time the other two
men at table had been exchanging
glances with each other. And as Uncle
Jimmy concluded his remarks about the
Elsie Slgel case one of them said:
You seem to be somewhat primed for
action along a few definite lines this
afternoon. Perhaps you can tell us the
answer to a question OF ours; seems 10
me all you have answered thus far have
been your own questions"
"Shoot ahead" said Jimmy airily,
though suddenly quaking inside. ~
suppose" he continued without a break,
that you all know who Nan Patterson
is, or was. and what became OF herr"
He said this with an air Of such sub
lime confidence that his BLUM carried
again. Neither of the other men did
anything excepting to gaze at him In
fascinated admiration.
81 happened to think Of It," Uncle
Jimmy went on. merely because of the
tremendous amount OF comment being
made over Mrs. Carman in this Bailey
murder case. You mustn't feel badly
he continued, addressing the other men,
"at not recalling the details in connec-
ton with Nan Patterson, because per-
haps not one New Yorker in n thousand
passed since the country was startled
by a sensational murder with which her
name was mixed up"
Jimmy took a leisurely draught from
his glass and launched into the follow
Ing "reminiscences:
1T was on June 4. 1904, that q book
maker named Cesar Young was shot
In the back and killed while In cal
alone with Nan Patterson. As soon q,
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"Oh. Jimmy" the girl interrupted,
you simply must come out to see US
the very first week end you've got open.
want you to teach me how you re-
member all these things"
"Well-perhaps you could learn my
method, but doubt IT," he said, smiling
and starting for the door.
In the course OF which remark Jimmy
told the truth. His method was 10 go
carefully over newspaper files and make
copious notes Of certain past sensations,
then carefully to memorize the main
facts thus noted
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SOAP IN MEXICO.

t"ROM tho personal appearance Of
r. the natives I came in con-
l. tact with when went to
that part OF Mexico few
years ago" said q New York travelling
man. ut did not seem to mo as II tho
manufacture OF soap could be an indus
try Of much importance in that coun-
try, but I found out, when l came 10
Quataro. that soap was an important
Item In the domestic economy OF that
region. at any rate But its use was not
for lavatory or laundry purposes.
ut was the coin OF the realm, 90 I,
speak; the legitimate medium Of ex.
change. as / discovered, much to my
surprise. when the change received for
my coin in making some purchases was
three cakes Of soap. Tho fact then
appearing that soap vas money,
recognized why Il was that 90 few
traces Of its being put TO tho ordinary
use could be discovered.
Subsequent experiences showed M
that there was a good deal Of soap man
ufactured in Mexico; but how much was
used for Its ordinary purpose and how
much as a substitute for a more con-
venient circulating medium never
knew. At Zapotlan, in western Mexico
there were several large soap factories
and the business had grown to much
Importance. After witnessing the method
OF making the soap. however. I wal
quite content to use my Mexican soap
as money rather than as an adjunct Of
the toilet.
mot far from Zapotlan is a small
lake. the waters Of which are densely
alkaline. Washing up on the shores
they leave a thick deposit Of alkali
That necessary ingredient in the manu-.
facture OF soap was transported from
the lake TO the factories packed on the
backs OF mules, or. In many instances
on the backs OF poems,
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FAVOR mitchell Is satisfied 7
N II that he made no mistake when
wi he ran counter to all prece-
dents and the objections OF
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-08-06

OF this same town. Aside from poll
ties, he Nas = surveyor, and made the
preliminary surveys ON nearly every
canal In the upper Snake River val.
icy.
Mr. Clark's first public service was
Tour years a. councilmAn from his
saId. Asa result OF his ability and
good judgment during this time, as
we'll as his conservatism OF the inter
ests Of the public. he was two years
ago elected Mayor by larger plural.
ny than the combined pluralltlsS OF
all his predecessor
During his term Of ofiice A. Mayor.
the clustered street. light and arc
light systems have been extended,
four and u half miles OF water mains
laid tJa, 0O0 worth Of improvements
Ia the city power plant have been In.
stalled; and this has been accom-.
pllshed without bonding the city.
About four miles Of pavement has
also been laid also two big sever sys.
TENS completed nearly -four miles OF
side SAlks have been built; the city
warrants have been made the equiva.
lent Of cash the cheapest labor sm-
ploVed 10y the city Is $50 for eight
houn work, Ne was in.tEumenta,
la getting the Carnegie Library
started on basis Of a property worth
s22, Oo1. and u will bs completed
aithin ninsty dAys. one Of the most
important Items of his AdminisIra.
tlon II that the oi.y taxes this year
are twenty seven per cent lower than
the preiuus le'y.
Tie subject OF the above sketch Is
the democratic candidate for COVER
nor ot ld..bo. In addition To his
spleedid business ABILITY As shown
ia the above article, Mr.. Claik Is
knoSn a. man Of unimpcachAbie
character, stauncb dsueScfts and
- ~ ever ~ay deserving OF the 10y
ti support of the democrats Of the
state.