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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
CARNATION DAY FOUNDER DEAD
Joseph Adams. Admircr of McI<in-
ley. IL Pneumonia Victim.

KALAMAZOO Mich, Dec IL Joseph
Adams. who originated Carnatiou DAY
in honor OF the memory Of President Ne.
Knley. is dead IT his home here OF pneu-
monia.
Adams was an adm.rer % President
Mckinley and after the latter's death sug-
Eested that on January 90. the anniver-
sary of McKinley's birth. every one wear
"A carnation. the favorite fioNer Of the
slain President The entire country tooN
up tine suggestion
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Lad, ,unRrd Leases >suUith's Housr

L.unpuS. Dec, i2.--rr,mie" Asqu'n has
l,psnd h'e nous" In Hayondish Squdrr to
la.d, Cuuard for a inng period The
Premier recently built u villa AT sutton
Courtney. on a haCkwatcr Of tho Thames,
and II is supposed that when he rctires he
viii go to this new villa
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13

u. G., has announced tho engagement of
his daughter, Miss Henrietta Leland Co''r
10 Donald Williams Nought Mss Cofrr
makes her hom- with her aunts. the
Misses Drake Smith. ,n Eus'rWopd. y. d.
MI NougT, is o son ~ Nj. and Mrs. / :
Vought OF Eng .ewood
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
BELL-DAYTON.
Church Wedding Followed d, RE-
crption at Hotel Narcotics.

The wedding OF Miss Harriet Ray Day
ton daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs Edwin w
Dayton of $50 Yves. End avenue. to
W.nslow NJ Bell OF this city took place
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
Miss wooliey introduced.

Another reception of the afternoon was
aiv-n by Mrs. Park Mason Wooley at her
apartment IN the Apthorp 20 Introduce
her daughter Miss Cornelia Ieggett
Wooliry Among those receiving with the
debutsrte were the Misses Eleanor Scott,
Helen Smith. Ruth Church. Rebecca Han
son. Ruth Singer. Marie Louise Steinway
and Lillian Robertson. After the recep-
ton there was dinner and dance AT the
Plaza. to which others were Invited
sim another reception was that given
Yesterday afternoon by Mrs James Colby
colgate AZ her home. 46 West Forty =
seventh street, for her debutante diugh-
ter. Miss Hope Colgate.
Mrs. Arson W Burchard gave the
atre party last night FOR Mss Harriet
Mckee. tn" debutantr daughter of Mrs
l.. sutton Mckee NJ Pittshurg and Wash
ington, II. G. The guests included the
Misses Margaret Erhdrt. Marian Palmer.
Priscilla Peabody. Elise Rice. Alice
De Lamar. kath-ryn and Virginia Kim.
ball and Sylvia Holt. The Young men
were John j. Emery. Hoffman Nixon.
stuart Landstreet, Theodore Hostetter.
Carl Schmidlapp Georg" r Brokln.
Theodore Farrelly, MclVIll, Sptd.uE and
Lloyd Provost After the theatre there
Was supper ana dance AZ Airs Bur
chards house. - East SiN;y-fourth street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
THE SEAGOERS.

Arrived b, the Red star hucs Lapsnd.
from Liverpool:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
NJ Claim by Grsnd.ons.

The son Alfred was married In 1858
TO Ada L. Woman. and Two sons. Frank
81 and Arthur Leslie. Were born =
tins marriage Alfred Leslie died in 1905
Neither Of his sons has a. vet laid
claim TO a part Of the Leslie estate. Franz
I.csl.e's third son, Scipo. was married iu
1874 70 Sarah 9. McIntyre. and the ouls
child ~ this marriage was Mrs HollaHder.
HAr father died In 1879
II Is asserted IN the complaints TINT
the Baroness dc Bazus was born in 1929
and was employed by Frank Leslie be-
tween 1860 ana 1875. she married Franr
Leslie iu 1875. prior to which time shs
mad been married twice. Before her mar
riJge 70 F:1,N leslie Il is alleged she
was without means.
The plaintiffs SAY that IN 49, Frank
Ie-He's property was very valuable but
that his financial AFFAIRS became involved
and De- assigned q large part Of his prop
cry to Isaac ". England for the benefit
Of his creditors Nir. Leslie settled with
his creditors ln 1873. but died before the
property b.. had assigned 20 Mr. England
.ulld be returned 90 HIM 4. IN, time
" his death b. had property worth
81 600. 600 above a.l liabilities and yicid-
ing {r5.OUo a Yea"
The grauddovShters say mar on De
'ember /, 1879. NrJnk Leslie and his wife
mad. az agreement by which he was n
heuu-ttr to Mrs. Leslie al. Of his prop
e~tv with the understanding that upur
hAr death ,ne could DISPOSE OF uue.th.ri
~ the -stdt. as she pleased
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-13
GRANDDAUGHTER
FIGHT LESLIE WILL
Lay Claim to $500. 900 Of For.
tune Publishers Widow
Left to Suffrage.
CHILDREN OF FIRST WIFE

Womans suffrage will he compelled
after all to defend in the courts its right
10 the bulk of the estate Of Mrs. Frank
Leslie tthe Baroness de BazuD under
Mrs. Leslie's Will which has been ad-
mi'ted to probate. Two suits against the
estate. each for siOO. 900 damages. werA
illed ia the supreme Court yesterday.
The plaintiffs are Mrs Florence L. Weiss
bfod and Mrs. Lonctta l.. Iolllnder.
gtanddaughters of Mrs. Leslies husband.
the publisher. The complaints charge
that Mrs. Leslie wilfully neglected 10
comply wi,h az agreement made with her
husband just before he made has viii
leaving his entire estate to Mrs. Leslie.
1he two cOmpldin< are almost alike.
They were Med by James IL. WestCOtt. as
attorney IL is alleged that the la;e
Frank Leslie was horn in 1871 and IL
1854 established the publishing business
from which h. made his fortune lie
was married IN l>il 20 Sarah Ann Wei
ham. by whom he had three sons They
were FrInk "a. born IN lsii Alfred
\. born ia 1915, aud Scipio Leslie. born
n 1871 Frank Lcsl" "a was married
In 1871 20 Hattie Wilbur. and the only
child OF the marriage was 4 daughter,
now Mrs. W" ssbrJd. lie died In 1894.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10

sgists in that State are mobilizing
actively in promotion of movement
that it is hoped will secure woman
suffrage either from the coming
Legislature or the one to follow 1t.
More than 80 active suffrage clubs
have been organized during the last
year.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10
CLEVELAND AUTO SHOW

The Cleveland automobile show
will be unique among all such expo
sitions i'll the country, in that 1t will
be the only automobile show to have
Il piece of music dedicated to it. 1t
is Il brand new wrinkle among auto
mobile shows.
Louis Rich, director of the Opera
House orchestra, is violent automo-
bile fan as well as Il composer of
melodies and he is now at work on
II new piece of music to be dedicated
to the Cleveland automobile show.
THE automobile show has become
such Il typically CleveIand institution
that it is proper for Il Cleveland mu-
sician to dedicate Il number to it,
said Rich. "Sousa named some of his
marches after Washington institu-
tions and other composers have done
likewise: therefore. as the automobile
show is so thoroughly representative
of life i'll Cleveland. | shall take pleas
ure in dedicating Il new number to ii. -
This number will be feature of
each days musical program to be rer-
dered by Louis Rich and his orchestra
at the exposition the week of .Janu.
airy 10th to 23rd in the Wigmore
| Coliseum.
Arrangements are now being per-
fected to have in Cleveland. as guests
of honor at the opening of the show
some of the best known automobile
men in the country.
Officials of the American Automo-
bile association and the Ohio State
Automobile association will be invited
to come to Cleveland and participate
i'll the special opening ceremonies tC
be held the evening of Saturday
January 10th.
a number of other special features
are also being arranged by the man.
agement to lend additional touches
of interest to several days during the
week of the show proper.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10
The NEGRO POPULATION.
It Increased Nearly One Million In
Ten Years.

WASHINGTON CITY.-The num-
Der of Negroes in the United States
proper in 1910 was 9,S27,763, COM
pared with S,SS3,194 in 1900, or an
increase of 993,796. a preliminary re-
port of the Census Bureau announces.
In 1910 Negroes formed 10.7 per cent
of the total population, against 11.6
per cent in 1900 The increase for
the decade was 11.2 compared with
POS per cent among the native whites
and of 30.7 per cent among the for
eign-born whites.
The number of Negro males in 1910
was 4,SS5,SS1 against 4,941,SS2 fe.
males, the number of males to II
females thus being 989 per c.
against ratio of 106 for the white.
The Negroes were the only race in
which there were more females than
males.
The number of Negro rural dwell
lers was 7,13s,534, forming 14.5 per
cent of the rural population.
or total of 1853 counties in the
United States there were only 40 In
which there were no Negroes, and
there we've SO counties in 1910 against
55 counties in 1909 in which 55 per
cent OF the population was Negro.
or the total number of Negroes 10
years of age and over 2,2277S1, or
304 per cent, were reported as illit-
crate. The percentage of illitcracy
decreased from ST. in 1890 to 3O4 in
1910
The total value of farm property
operated by Negroes was $1,144,1S1,-
900 against $49O,941,OOO in 1910,
The death rate among them in the
registration area was 25. per cent In
1000 against 29.4 per cent in 1910.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10
GAVE UP HIS OWN LIFE.
But Saved The Brother He Had Ac-
Ill


cidentally Shot While Hunting.
SUNBURY, Pa.-To save the life
of his brother, Motley Ruggles, whom
he had accidentally shot while hunt
ing and was dying of loss of blood.
Robert Ruggles Of Point township.
Northumberland County, submitted to
a blood TRANSMISSION and gave up two
quarts of his own blood. Doctors de-
clared the injured boy would recover
while the other would die because he
had lost so much blood
White going through an alder copse
Roberts gun was discharged, and
wounded Motley. Half crazed with
grief, the brother carrier and drag
ged Motley to their home, more than
mile away.
Doctors rushed him to the Mary M
Packer Hospital here, where Surgeon
w. l.. Shindel declared that a blood
TRANSMISSION would be his only chance
of recovery.
81 am ready" declared Robert, and
in a few minutes the brothers lay
side by side on an operating table
with the fresh life fluid going from
the strong into the weak body. The
hercu!ean exertions of Robert in get
ting his wounded brother to his home
had so exhausted him that his own
recovery from the great drain Of
blood was impossible.
r"rhland Farms, the Ruggles home,
OF the show places in Central
ylvania.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10
Farmer Finds Fine Costly.

HAMMOND. Ind.-B. Vandern. a
farmer of South Holland, ILL.,, waE
fined 81 for whipping his horse by
Judge Frank Prest here. He did mol
have the dollar, but hired an .uto
for $40 to take the Judge to his farm,
where he could collect the 81 fine,
30 he would not have to go to jail.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10
WHAT ZUBELlN SAID.
His Views AS To Successful Men
In Business

ST. LOUlS.-"The mild hammered,
courteous man, unsuspicious and
without guile, has no chance in mod
ern business" said DR.. Charles Zube-
lin, lecturer and former University OF
Chicago, in lecture in this city
1T is only the grasping, unscrupu.
lus, thick-skinned and tricky minded
men who are successful or can be
successful under our present system
he said.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10
NIGHT SCHOOL IN PRISON
All The Common Branches Taught To
1870 Nebraska Convlcts.

LINCOLN, Mcknight school has
been established in Nebraska's State
prison. There 130 inmates gather In
the classrooms for instruction In
shorthand, tvpewriting, bookkeeping
and all common school branches. 4
number of men are taking extension
work from the University OF Ne
braska. They receive no credit for
this work unless. after release, they en-
ter the. university as regular students.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1914-12-10
ALABAMA SUFFRAGIST.

Mrs. Jacobs Is Hustlng To Get State
Suffrage For Women.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.-Under the
leadership of Mrs. Pattie Ruffner
Jacobs, president of the Alabama
Equal Suffrage Association, sufrra-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-10
WHAT RAILROADS
CAN ACCOMPLISH
FOR ALASKA FOLK
An Army Engineer S Hopeful
Forecast of Development OF
Wealth and Population 10
That Territory
CJ e. Hemphln Ia Philadelphia Pub
he Ledger


I ID. e. HemphM Ia Philadelphia Pub
hc Ledger
Washington one If tire dn-
|avolHable conseauanepe 81 war IS
the Interruptfon ~ ordinary pursuits
Iof the peonia tbe enpiovment OF
thousands of mon NJ arms who would
Iothcrviea ~ 4pgsg.d ,r business. the
I interference ultb constructive work
bv Tho governrepf arJ the fearful
Iloss ~ industrial aaerey iu the waste
of war
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"Hi Tot th' behelI| pI''liN"l,9f ol
,t'" pai INV I.N l"M HlN'H 'h'i
'Nth tap'puV'VnV iI WIN ."7. no "il"
.4H teil' put lt VIII t"a' 'n"' iiuO ~
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Uel 'ne i"lla ilii l"H"i WAC y
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ll'n ~ Neeplls i"'.n WIN W. so ,.'ilI
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Say lhat u "o's nor even WIN ~
li'H 'Ap,H 'lli' y h.VH'
w ~" tilal y u pl"1''s'is 's'N' '"'
hasliess
AlAsha ls very llth lh iiilIl'I9l re-
sour ~ wac po"sI" lol'i isNssi"
uy tnt unite" statues ln ITO l"' ''-
-DU.N WV.
Inc treaty 81 cessioh oi sdle, was
conc uded ~ Washl hsl"Il. maIth ~
o' . ana was PFC. Ht'h'ei ~ eSluel''
NiluI w iils"h tns '.'
StaI' We l"Iih"l '.'l'ei'l VT we
Ii'"ll was iii'9' 't .''Ai ,',,u''.
the irst Jnitfd S'"ig7 sg3oieIs 20 al-
'lte nolhs n't'et1 wv S.i..,,i
ul lhi.I.' ana com pans ~ ,'' 'r.'''"
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Wealth 81 the Iefrhofl'
ID Was not until s97 thirty years
later. chat news came Of wonderful
discoveries uf gold n the Klond'ke
and thrn The rush of adventures and
builders SEA In from ma parts of the
world captain D. Henry Ray of the
Eighth infantry. was detailed hy the
F4r department to nuke "A thorough
investigation oil conditions. and he was
apcompauica bv Lieutenant vs.. T.
Richardson "a graduate Of the West
Point. now lieutenant colonel Of i'm
fautrv and president OF the board of
road commissioners for Alaska For
about fourteen years Colonel Richard
son has been engaged in the work of
Blazing the WAYS of Alaska. He has
baeu Ip washington making up his re-
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-10

Why travel about looking for work ?
Let the journal lo the travelling for
you.
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-10

more than s6f,00O.000 and iu 1918 20
more than s61010000
The white population Of The ter
r.tory IS about $1,000 and probably -
per cent of this population Is physi-
calls bleSf performing military duty
with the building VI The government
railroad there will be q large increase
cf population ami the chance VI de-
veloping the territory along many
lines II agriculture, commercial anu
manufacturing interests
what effect the war IN Mexico VIII
have On the building of the Alaskan
railroad no one can see at this time
but In the end 1t Will be built ana then
Alaska will be brought within the
range Of commercial enterprise
Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-10
Upton To CROW
TEA IN AMERICA
ON LARGE SCALE
-am0us Yachtsman Announces
New Industry VIII Be Start
ed iD Southern California
Immediately

san Diego. calf. May gThe esq
Establishment ln America vi the tea
growing industry 0u permanent scale
sufficient o. supply al ten require
ment 0f the United states and Cam
ada was announced here today hy
consent 81 -.r Thomas j Upton u
~ the surprising result of what Sir
Thomas equally famous as yachts
man ana tel merchant had originally
intended for temporary exhibit 90
The Panama California exposition. "a
open ID SIN Diego an January 3. 1878.
The start ~ thi Industry as lu
American institution. supplying near
~ 100000 600 pounds per year for
The United states alone viii mako an
appearance 10 San Diego harbor b
fow days when q ship from the lip
ton plantations in Ceylon D. due This
initial CONSIGNMENT ~ made up ut
several hundred growing tca plants. to
ne set out BOO the Upton reservation
40 the .NposltIon there 90 take root
as Tho firsi tea plants in American
s1iI
That vas an Sir Thomas had ORIG
naliH eluiemplatfd--I temporary eN-
hibit which should attract attention
hy reason of itg novelty But the dee
tailed reports IN bis experts who
found conditions off sou and climate
iu southern california markedly Sim
mar to .thas. ina cevlon. gave me BRIT
ISIS merchant another idea Tho FIRST
information oven tho exposition of
Helala had of hie reai intentions was
acquired from cablepram received
from SIN Thomas as folowa
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Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-05-10

"rht denomination of the routes
~ the ruId or roads is one of the
most important questions to Doe tc.id-
ed The chief eugineerlne problem
wIil hr tuo bridging Of numerous
streams lsI Is glaciers. where diff
cults WH g. found in getting suitable
foundations
There has bcon talk of the use OF
thg Panama canal equipment BOO the
construction vt the Alaskan roads,
hut understand that Colonel iOethais
Is uf the opinion that 10 would bee bet
ten business lo sell the equipment on
the ground u Panama Tor what ID VIII
hring. aHI tH purchase outright equip
mcnt go Tie .haractcr required u this
railroad obstruction The two en-
giner1ne problems are OF wholly
different gh8aUter one being the
problem al removing a large mass Of
material short distance under trop-
ZEAL conditions and the other the
problem largely of surface work With
10 comparatively small mass OF mate
Triad to 81 hIndled. and extending over
long distances i'm an Arctic region
where th6 frost les g factor OF primary
Importance once the United States
has entered upnn the construction OF
the ia.r.1f. WAYS ana means wlll be-
/ fouui tu overcome the cnginecr.ng
/ dHuiu.acs ana the enterprise viii Zee
|a.eompN -hei hut the problems of
eunslruo ION must be worked out eU
IueH limos ami AS conditions serve.
Since 1850 the total mineral pro-
duetlnn III Alaska has amounted 10
about -o.001 600. and The total value
TT tHe fuf ana seal products % alout
the me Sem. ar from these two cor
three sources OF wealth Alaska has
yielded something like $60o. 100000 iu
% H,uc over thirty years and the sun
face has hardly been scratched lu
ffHf- tnr- r1t1f vAlHe nf fr4ar ba.
tween Alaska ana tho United state.
The river press., 1914-02-18
The Safety Pool

OF all the safety-first devices being
adopted by railroads and manufact-
urers to reduce the number of acci-
dents on their property, the queerest
has been operating in Thayer. Mis-
souri,, last summer. 1t consists of a
swimming pool with springboard
raft and dressing room.
The railroad at that point had been
a great attraction for boys, and many
accidents had resulted from young
sters "hopping" freight trains. The
railroad superintendent fitted up the
swimming conveniences on a pool
owned by the company and notified
the boys that any of them reported to
have been seen on train or on the
T, tracks would be barred from the
swimming pool. There have been nc
boys injured on the railroad since
that notice was given out.
The river press., 1914-02-18
The Romantic History
OF Panama Road,
Built by Americans

~1XTY-F1vE years ago three
- Americans secured a concession
~ from the Colombian govern
ment for Il railroad across the
isthmus. In 1S47 Frenchman had
succeeded in getting concession. but
he could not raise the money to even
make u survey. and when he dropped
his rights the Americans went after
them, and in December. 1S48, Colom-
bia granted permission for the road
to William H. Aspinwall. John l..
Stephens and Henry Chauncey.
The three Americans had in view
the handling Of the immigrants bound
for the recently opened California coun.
try. and Aspinwall already had start
ed a steamship line between Panama
and San Francisco. The discovery Of
gold in California paved the way for
the raising of the necessary money for
start.
But railroad building in 1850 was
far from what it is today, and con-
structing fifty miles across country
which had the reputation Of being
the most unhealthy in the world was
no easy task. After years work,
when the line had been run only seven
miles inland to Gatun. the money gave
out altogether, and the promoters did
not know which way to turn.
Then bad wind and good luck came
to the enterprise. A sailing ship
bound for the mouth of the Chagres
river, where it was customary to land
passengers for canoe trip up the
river to within eighteen miles of the
Pacific, was unable on account of
storms to put in there and instead
landed it's cargo and human freight at
Colon. the starting point of the rail-
road.
The seven miles of railroad became
popular at once. and one may be sure
that the rates charged were high
enough to suit even railroad rate
maker of today. But. despite the high
rates, the seven mile road was so much
better and faster than the Chagres
river route to the same point'that the
company prospered, and money poured
in again. From that day to this the
Panama railroad never has passed
dividend and has paid from to 81 per
cent yearly.
1t was in 1850 that the work was
begun on the road. and five years
later, on Jan. %, the first railroad
train was run across the continent.
The river press., 1914-02-18
Honesty is the Best Policy

Senator Frank b. Brandegee of
Connecticut smiled when the topic
turned to honesty and said he was re-
minded of party who once stole a
dog.
One afternoon the canine kidnapper
met a congenial friend on the street
and the conversation Immediately re.
verted to the aforesaid kioodle.
Maybe you don't believe it, Jim.
impressively remarked the first, "but
l want to say right here that honesty
is the best policy after ALL"
"What yer drivin' at, Jake?" re
sponded the second, wonderingly
"Guess yen have ter come ag'in."
"You know that dog what stole q
few days ago. don't you?" queried
Jake.
eyes," returned Jim, with a ques
tioning look, what about him?"
Fer a whole week l tried ter sell
him for a half dollar, an couldn't dc
it," answered Jake, IAN then l tool
him back to the woman what l stole
him from an she give me five dollars.