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The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-10

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Mrs. Porter Pierpont, some time be-
fore continuing their journey to their
summer home in Milton, Vt. Both had
been indisposed some time from an
attack of the lagrippe, but left feel,
ing quite we'll again. Their old
friends are always sorry when the
time comes for their annual spring
departure.
Union services were again held on
Sunday night at the Methodist
church. where Rev. W. W. McCord is
still conducting a revival service with
excellent results. The interest in
these services has been steadily grow
ing and the daily services are all well
attended. The service on SUNDAY
night was attended by congregation
which taxed the seating capacity OF
the church and the aisles were hllec
with chairs.
i Mr.. Waterman Avener Jernlgar
v and Miss Allie Lucille Blaine of jack
{,sonville. were married on Wednesday
of last week in Jacksonville. Mr.
land Mrs. Jernigan are Housekeeping
I'm the Coleman cottage on SummT1
street. The bride will be remember
ed as a most charming young lady
who accompanied her aunt and uncle
to this place last fall and who re-
NAMED here for short time, ther
vert to jacksonville. Mr.. Jernlgar
has for some time past been clerk
ing in the Chamberlin store. He l!
one of the popular young, men OF th'
place and is being warmly congratu
lated.
Mai. w. B. Ladue, U. S. Engineel
in charge of waterway Improvement
in Florida. with Mrs. Ladue, wa
here on Sunday, coming up on thei
government launch. During thei
stav Major and Mrs. Ladue, wer
quests of President Tillinghast OF tn
board of trade. This was Major La
due's first visit to this section and h
EXPRESSED himself as greatly surprls
! ed at the buiness Of the place and II
=. needs for better navigation. II
thought the trip here and the plac
S most beautiful. He also eXpresse
< himself as willing to undertake tn
work of improvement at a point mos
: needed and this Capt. William Mile
d had no difficulty in convincing him t
= he the removal of the bar at the hea
5 of Crescent Lake and near the er
s trance of Dunn's Creek. Major La
dne said that he would begin h
It work bv remoging the bAp and; hope
d to get at this soon.- me party re
d turned to the 0cklawaha river wor
in the evening. "'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27

The total number of islands under
the possession of the United States at
the present time is 5000, according to
report just received by the National
Geographic Society at Washington,
D. c. The wonderful development Of
our island possessions since the I'M
furling of the American flag over
them is shown in the report, which
follows:
1.-THE islands under the possession of
the United States now support pop
ulation of 10000, 900, or more than the
entire United States a century ago
Their commerce exceeds 5000, 900 900, or
more than that of the United States
in any year prior to 1850; the Ameri
can capital invested in them aggre-
gates approximately $400 000, 600; they
send us $100000,000 of their products
every year, and take in exchange
nearly 100000, 900.
1.-THE island of LuZon, in the Philip
pines, is as large az Belgium, Holland
end Denmark, which support a popu-
lation of $1,000. 900; Mindanao is as big
as Indiana, Hawaii is as large as Con-
necticut, and Porto Rico is larger
than Delaware and Rhode Island put
together.
when the United States took hold
of Porto Rico, fifteen years ago, there
was but one building in the entire
island which had oeen erected for
school purposes; today there are 1000
buildings erected for school purposes
There were $4,000 pupils enrolled in
the public schools in the first year Of
the American administration; now the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
THE OFFICERS WHO WILL COMMAND

Under the State Constitution all the officers of
brigades regiments cavalry troops and gun batteries
elective. the field officers by the commissioned
officers of respective regiments and the captains
and leutenants by the enlisted men. The Governor
appoints the major-general In 1898 when the regi-
ments were broken up to make volunteer regiments
the Governor appointed all the regimental officers
and the department the brigadiers Governor
Voorhees,, who had idea of what made a good
officer and did not care appointed officers he
influenced.
This appointing power is entirely removed
from the Governor and will be exercised by Secretary
of War Garrison in the name of the President He will
be guided by information from army experts The
records of National Guard officers will be examined
and such records in possession of the
department. They obtained from the schools
for officers, from the federal army maneuvers and
from the reports of regular army inspectors
As a rule in New Jersey the National Guard officers
have favorable records and probably changes will be
made in field and staff 1t is certain that Brigadier-
General Hine will command the brigade and equally
certain that the First regiment will have Colonel John
D. Fraser it's commander.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
TIE QUESTION OF MEDIATION.

1t would to be equivalent to invitation to
eorce and a continuation of war, with all its
ascendant horrors loss of life devastation of homes
and property and nterminable suffering and misery
not to agree to and accept mediation in connection
with the Mexican crisis if 1t is not too late for accom-
rlishment and can be brought about without national
tishonor
Peace is to be desired; peace without dshonor.
This does not mean peace at any price, but
Hasis of the dignity that this country to itself
in order command the respect of the countries of
the world, the peaee-loyng and the warlike.
An insult to "Old Glory must be atoned for and
full reparation should he demanded for wrongs in
hicted, lives lost and property destroyed.
If these things can be achieved without bloodshed
and long and bitter strife the battlefield will any
true American and lover of home and country say
that the effort should not be made?
In the face of the fact that several nations have
proered services in the way of mediation that Euro
pean powers have expressed deyout wish that the
conflict will go further, and millions of people in
the civilized world praying that may be avert
ed should the United States ignore all peace offerings
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27

What with his so-caed Home Rule" act proving
a source of torment and trouble to commission-goV-
erned municipalities bond brokers and legal advisers
of cities operating under the walsh Act agreeing
that it is an obstacle the sale of bonds for pubic
improvements, and his preferential voting law loom
ing ND as most dubious perplexing and tantalizng
problem Senator Charles oConnor Hennessy is attain
ing an unenviable reputation architect and
Trainer of legislative bills
His boosted purity of purpose social reformer
Is dimmed yea even eclpsed and obscured by the
dearth of simplicity design and utter lack of lucid
ness in the laws that he thrusts upon the people.
His whine that 1t is all the fault of City Counsel
James R. Nugent, of Newark, that his acts are being
found so bothersone, when Mr.. Nugent. not repre-
sentng commission governed municipality mas
no concern the matter is lost to sight and hearing
in the camor raised by the city counses of Trenton
Jersey City and other "Wash Act" communities that
test case be instituted in the courts to review the
intricate Home Rule act and enable those munich
palities to conduct public business with feeling OF
security safety denied to them by this sef-same
Home Rule" law The appeal is for relief it is not
move to soothe and please lawmaker whose law is
referred to as Legislative blunder.
That other beautiful sample of perplexity, the
preferential voting law, has got the voters of Or
ange and Irvngton by the ears that they don't know
where they at.
Nor can tn language expressed in the law
itself explain.
1t is not an understandable measure.
In Orange a committee composed of such inte-
gent persons as former Judge Thomas Davis Mayor
Frank Murray and George Perry has been appointed
to make clear" law that isn't clear its face and
enlghten the public to bill that it is admitted
is difficult" to comprehend
In Irvington they are having moving picture shows
fbo
the voters. Orange is going to follow suit
That is, Orange is to have moving picture shows for
the purpose revealing the people mysteries of
a voting law that to be oh, plain, simple so
easy
And in the face of all that is before them of vital
matters visible to the naked eye there be Newark
ers who invite for Newark this same condition of
chaos and confusion
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
A NEW DIAGONAL THoRoUGHFARE

Mayor Haussling's signature to the Board of Works
resolution requesting the Common Council to appro
pirate 81 500 600 for the opening of thoroughfare
from Central and Broad street straight to the
Pennsylvania railroad station partly carries out the
scheme of city planning of the board embracing a
diamond the to relieve the congestion at the
-Four Corners
The opening of this diagonal street and of a new
thoroughfare from Hasey street Branford place
connect with Springfield and South Orange avenues
will have results to open the eyes of those citizens
who look with deep distrust upon all important public
improvements and the thereof.
We must make room for new population. We
must make all principal street crossings safe for
pedestrian travel And it is an imperative duty at
this time before property increases in value to almost
prohibitiye figures to carry out consistent plan,
make Newark more habitabe and at the same time
more attractive
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27

lumbermen. Yet they are available
Tor purchase at low rates and many
or the timber stands are readily ac-
cessible. The forest service, in its
desire to utilize to the best advantage
al of the resources of the federal tim
Der holdings, has been seeking proper
uses for these trees and has expert
mented in making pulp from them at
It's pulp laboratory at WauSau, Wis.
an auxiliary of the forest products
laboratory at Madison. The Wausau
laboratory is equipped with standard
machinery and all experiments are
carried out under conditions which
duplicate commercial practise.
AS a final test of the value of some
of these new woods under practical
conditions, arrangements were made
between the forest service and the
newspapers to print some part of
their editions on paper made from
various woods that showed prom Sc
as substitutes for spruce. These
woods We're ground at the Wausau
laboratory; the product was then
mixed with the usual proportion of
chemical pulp and made into news
print paper, rolls of which We're sent
to New York for the experimental
run.
The new woods must fulfill many
COnuIlIOilS as 10 COlOI, IHISn anu
strength. In these trial runs, most
of the paper is made from various
Western frs, which show considerable
promise, but the investigators do not
consider their tests complete until
they have subjected the paper to ac-
tual printing conditions. They grow
throughout the mountain ranges of
the West, particularly in the Pacific
coast States.
In addition to their interest in find
ing new uses for little-used woods.
federal forest officers naturally desire
to keep the news-print paper manu-
featuring industry within the United
States. They, therefore, seek to pre-
sent the opportunity offered by many
of the woods on the national forests,
where there is supply of cheap wood
available for many years to come.
Other woods have been tried for
pulp by the forest products labora tory
and other newspapers will make ex-
perimental runs of the paper. Any
one interested in this experiment, or
in other wood pulp tests carried on by
the forest service, can secure exact
information by writing to the forest
products laboratory at Madison, Wis.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
The Cnntain,s Lament.

The captain STROBE the quarter deck
As glum las he could be,
They'd taken all his Pommery Sec
And thrown it in the sea.
They'd lightered all his stock of wine
They'd jettisoned his rum;
And as he viewed the foaming brine
His fellows heard him hum:
"No more I'll see the yellow bear,
Or camels green and pink;
It's water, water everywhere.
But not a drop to drink.
The captain was a sturdy chap
Who'd sailed on many a ship,
And ere he went Co take a nap
He used to take ii sip.
And oft in weathering u storm
Or steering through fog,
He took, TO keep his body warm,
A steaming glass OF grog.
But now he sings In deep despair:
mo more shall glasses clinll;
It's water. water everywhere,
But not a drop to drink"
To him then came his orderly,
Enlisted thus to sail;
He said: what will your order be,
Grape juice or ginger ale?
Or would a beady glass of pop
Go better with your lunch?"
The captain said: IF you don't stop,
At you I'll take a punch"
'I do not fear" said he my jaw;
You'd suffer If you did;
A punch is something that by law
You captains are forbid.
Now blow my old topgallant stays
| He answered with a sigh,
"Just like the navy nowadays,
Your wit is far too dry,
And yet 1 fear you'll have to walk
The plank along with me;
There's too much spirit in your talk
| My little orderly.
| We sailor men must now beware
| OF what we say or think;
It's water, water everywhere,
But not a drop to drink"
| Detroit Free Press.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
ADMINISTRATION BAcK.sTAIRs INFLUENCES.

1t is true, as a Pennsylvania University professor
says that grave questions of foreign policy not
understood by the American people, who content
such questions settlement to the personal
views of the President and thes secretary of state,
subject to such influences may at the time be
dominant at Washington" We have recently seen
striking proofs of this statement
The Panama tolls question was supposed to be
settled by the vote of Congress the Panama canal
bill by the platforms of the political parties by Mr..
Wilson's pledge at Edgewater in this State, and his
election that pledge and this cumulative judgment
suddenly swept aside by the views of the
President and secretary of state subject to the inu
ences at the time dominant in Washington"
The public knows nothing of these powerful and
nsdious influences, but only their effect Senator
Beverdge said of President Taft that he a good
man, surrounded by men who knew exactly what they
wanted Many otherwise puzzng things in
domestic, well foreign, policy can be explained
by backstars influence. And what else is it that has
made administration policy inconsistent,
Trajectory and so incomprehensible?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
Metric Scale for England

a large number of countries to legal
ize the metric carat, and by the be-
ginning of the year 1912 it was in use
in fifteen countries, including France
and Germany. In 1906 the Board of
Trade issued about 100 circular let
ters to leading members of the trade,
but so little interest was at that time
taken in the subject that barely
quarter of them took the trouble to
answer, and most of the replies We're
to the effect that no good reason could
be seen for the suggested change.
However, the rapid spread of the
new system in other countries
aroused the attention of the jewelers.
themselves, and in July, 1912, the Ma
tional Association of GoldsmithS at
their annual conference unanimously
resolved that it was desirable that
the metric carat should be adopted
in this country with as little delay as
possible. Eventually it was an
nounced on May 20 that the Board of
Trade had decided to apply for an
order in council to apply the unit to
the United Kingdom.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
u. S. Owns 5000 Islands

total is $4,000. The island then had
one well constructed road of forty
miles, connecting It's two principal
cities; now there are nearly 1000 miles
of road suitable for motor vehicles.
Then the production of sugar tho
principal crop, was $1,000 tons a year;
now it is 100000. The foreign com,
merce was about S20,000,000 a year;
now it is nearly 500, 100000 Then the
island bought about $2,500,000 worth
Of our products a year; now nearly
$40 900, 900 Porto Rico and Hawaii
supply about one-fourth of the enors
nous amount of sugar used in the
United States
Hawaii has been extremely pros.
porous since it became permanently
under the American flag in 1900. The
assessed value Of property has in
creased one-half in that time, the
value of the sugar crop has more than
doubled, the deposits in banks have
trebled, and the deposits in savings
banks have quadrup1ed. The irriga-
ton system is the marvel of the en-
cheering world, and the quantity OF
sugar produced per acre is far in ex-
cess of that of any other spot on the
globe.
1.-THE Alaskan Islands and mainland
cost us 81, 100000, an expenditure that
many believed to be quite unjuStif-
able; yet for many years the annual
value of the sealskins alone approxi-
mated che cost of the entire area
while at present the value of the cam
ned salmon sent us from Alaska in
single year Is twice as much as the
entire possession cost.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27

The matter of the stresses III the
railroad track is being given great
deal of study and Investigation at the
nresent time, with the hope OF dlS-
covering something by when the
number of accidents to railroad trains
may be cut down. A subcommittee
has heen appointed by the American
Society of Civil Engineers to act in
conjunction with another OF the
American Railway Engineers Assocl-
alton. and the first meeting OF tne
Joint committees was recently nelu
in chicago. The United States steel
Tornoration has appropriated the sum
of $40. COO for the purposes of the com
mittee, and a further sum of $2OOO
has been made by the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers
An attempt made to bring about
the restoration of the house at 80 81.
Martins street, Leicester square
T,ondon. for many years the residence
of Sir Isaac Newton, has failed Tor
the reason that the structure mas
been allowed to get in such a de-
plorable condition that preservation
is said to be hopeless Therefore, the
building is being torn down. Inc
structure was not only historical
from the fact that it was the resi-
dence of the great philosopher from
172O to 1725 and was the place of
some of his most important work
but also the subsequent home of DR.
Burney, the composer, and his daugh-
ter Fanny, who wrote her first novel
in this house.
1t has been recently announced that
the fourth American Road Congress
and the convention of the American
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
FEDERAL TROOPS FOR COLORADO

The shocking conditions in the strike regions in
Colorado have called for the exercise of the federal
authority to suppress awessness, for the State troops
seem to be guilty well the strikers. In fact
such conditions would not have been created if the
State military had been commanded by officers with
judgment and tact. Their only idea appears have
been to shoot the least provocation. and provok
ing savagery they practised it.
The federal government has constitutional right
to order troops into State for police duty but the
troubles in Colorado have been extending beyond
State lines and present ugly phases that national
in character The regulars under thoroughly trained
officers, cool and dspassionate well resolute
They always respected and may be depended on to
end the state of anarchy in Colorado
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
Earns More Than Her Father

In Farm and Fireside, w. Milton
Kelly, writing an article entitled Mr..
Farmer in Account with Mrs. Far
mer," recites many interesting facts
about women in farmers families
who have made good financially. Fol-
lowing is a story he tells of farmers
daughter:
"a few years ago, while visiting my
old home, l met a young woman who
was making a success of the poultry
business. She was an unusually intelli-
gent woman, but her father was con-
stantly harping about the amount of
feed he was furnishing and about the
premises being overrun with the pesky
hens. / made the suggestion that the
daughter pay him moderate amount
for the use of the houses and yards
and for the feed required to maintain
the fowls. In this way they could
keep a record of each branch of the
business and be Independent of the
other The first year the daughter
made a profit of more than 5000 after
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-27
Search for Pulp Woods

A recent issue of large New York
paper was printed on paper made
from woods which have not been used
heretofore for news-print paper.
The sheet which newspaper readers
hold in their hands each day is made
of wood. If one looks closely, the
little wood fibres can be seen, espec-
tally in the margins where the print
ing does not obscure them. The
larger part of the wood so used is
ground up, while some of it is re-
duced by the action of chemicals. The
chemical pulp has the longer fibres,
and a certain proportion of it is added
to the ground wood, to give the fin
ished paper the required toughness.
Spruce, abundant in the New Eng
land and Lake States and in Canada,
has heretofore been the standard
wood for making neWS-print paper,
and, as long as there was a supply
sufficient to meet the needs of the
paper industry there was no reason to
seek substitutes. But heavy inroa la
have been made on the spruce forests
of the western part of the United
States in this day of great circula-
tions and large editions, especially o.
sunday papers, with their many
parts. On a rough estimate, a news
paper with an average circulation of
sixty thousand copies and an average
edition of twenty pages, uses each
day the product of about four acres
of forest. When this figure is multi
piled by the great number of news
papers published in the United States,
many of them with much larger
editions, and when this is further
multiplied by 965, because many papers
are issued every day of the year, it
can be seen that the drain upon the
forests is enormous. Foresters say
that even under the most approves
methods known to their profession
it could scarcely be expected that
spruce would be able to hold it's own.
but would need experimenting by
other material.
1t is but natural, therefore, that
paper manufacturers are looking fol
new sources of supply which will fur
nish an abundance of wood pulp at
a price which will not be prohibitive
Poplar and a few other woods are
used. but they do not go very far.
In the national forests there are
many woods considered inferior by