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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
Clean-Up Week Has
CfeanSed the Pores
of Mem York.

"LEAN-UP week. which has just
been celebrated, has put an end
TO the enormous collection or
rubbish that the city discharges each
year from cellar and attic in such pro-
fusion and abundance that ii seems as
IL the town must be left as bleak as Il
prison corridor by its removal. Piled
into the truck of the faithful ashman
we behold its issuing forth-mattresses
from the time of the Renaissance. bar
rels. rusty radiators. stovepipe that
predates the Civil War; old harps and
family chromos. Cesar, the stuffed
Dachshund. whose coat has grown
mouldy. has accompanied Matilda. the
padded angora. suffering from post
norton attack OF mango, TO the tuni-
bril- of the ID. $. c. The folding bel
Of the professional joker that always
shut upon company has bit the dust at
last. Tin cans by the million. excel
sior and antiquated gaspipe have gone
also, and everybody in the city signs
relief with the exception of the rats
and billygoats
The annual cleanup is a new. propo-
sition. 1t was first tried year ago,
when the accumulated rubbish from
the time Of Peter Stuyvesant was
hailed TO the light of day. thrown upon
scows and towed to the dumps for fill
ing in land This year, although the
preparations were more extensive than
for the primary experiment, not so
much rubbish was collected. The bulk
OF il was tossed out of the windows
and off the fire escapes when the pio-
neers among the ashmen opened their
arms TO receive it, But the public has
been educated and the municipal de-
partments have been actively at work
and some eighty scows are churning
the waters of the bay carrying as
freight the rubbish that has recently
been consigned TO them-sturdy scows
of ample capacity. with white wings at
the tillers.
The work of last Monday, the first
day Of cleanup week, proved at once
that the scheme, worked out by the
Fire. Street and Health departments,
was both thorough and efficient. No
unlovely piles of rubbish encountered
the streets for any space of time. The
city had been divided into fourteen
districts, which, in turn, were subdl-
vided into sixty or more sections and
only the people in the sections where
Fetherstons carts were directly at
work were requested TO put out their
material Different sections of each
district were notified on the succeed
ing days of the housekeeping, and day
and night shifts of workmen toiled
within those sections until the last of
the unsightly heaps were reposing in
the trucks preparatory to being sorted
and sold to the contractors, who will
transform much of the material into
pleasant parks and the basis for tall
buildings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

lie who goes on q lark is apt to wind
up in a cage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24

N ALMAISON, May %. That is. TO
NE the reflective and sympathetic
AV4 mind. the supreme date i'm The
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
KING OF OFFICE BUILDINGS
Ing Put Up at New York viii
Be a Marvel.

New York is witnessing the con-
struction of the largest Office build
ing in the world. This has become
a familiar announcement in the town
of towering structures. The new
building will weigh more than 200,-
900 tons as compared with the 103,-
900 tons Of the Woolworth building,
the 1850 tons of the Municipal
building and the $3.50 tons of the
Singer building.
To properly secure the architec-
.tural titan a great cofferdam is built
about the area to be occupied by it,
SO that it will really be founded
upon a rock" This foundation is
of solid concrete, a wall six feet
broad and eighty feet deep, extend
ing this distance to bedrock.
The building will have one mil
lion feet of rentable space and towel
aloft to the height of thirty-six sto
ries. 1t is not, therefore, the struc
ture of greatest height, but its ares
of floor space is the determining fac,
tor in its claim to being the great
est of the worlds office buildings.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
SET LIVING STANDARD HIGH
American People Rank az the Least
Thrifty Of the Nations Of
the Earth.

Americans are the least thrifty Of
all nations. We rank below even Ja-
pan and Italy in this respect. In
Switzerland there are 544 depositors
in savings banks for every 1000 of
population. In America only 80 de-
positors for each 1000 Of population.
Commenting on this fact the Maui
titus Magazine says:
Life has grown more and more
complex at a bewildering pace in
America. The more we have gained
in our conquest of material things
the more we have wanted. We have
not been content with simple living
well within our means. We have
constantly reached out to make a
showing equal to our more wealthy
neighbors. This has become almost
a mania among Americans of all
classes. And having succeeded in
raising our standard of living, by
strenuous and unremitting effort to
get ahead, we have not found our
selves any happier or healthier or
more useful to ourselves or others.
What we need is to popularize sim
pier standards of living.
We ought to make it the custom,
make it fashionable, for each family
to live within its means.
A man who earns $4,000 a year
and spends more is no better off at
the end of the year, and no happier,
than the man who earns but $4,000
year.
1t is our ideals, our purposes and
our standards of living that play the
great part in making us really happy
and successful, or the reverse.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
sAWDusT TO PUT OUT FIRE.

Few of us would think of throw
ing ordinary sawdust on a fire as q
means of extinguishing it, yet for
certain sorts Of fires it has proven
unusually effective. Water is, of
course, of no avail in dealing with
blazing oils. Sand has been hereto
fore recognized as the proper extin-
guisher for incipient oil fires, but
some daring genius tried sawdust
and found that when thrown on the
surface of the blazing oil it extin-
guished the blaze. Sawdust extin-
cuisines the flames by smothering
them, which is the only effective
method in oil fire. II is more effec-
tive than sand, because it floats on
the surface of the oil, while sand
sinks through Farm Machinery.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
FORTUNATE TENANTS.

In Sydney street, Chelsea, Eng
land, people are living rent free.
But this is not the only place so
distinguished. When the lease of a
house in parts of England is run
ming out, the owner sometimes finds
it more economical to abandon his
property and avoid paying the
ground landlord $500 or so upon
what are termed adaptations.
Meanwhile the tenant lives happily
without a landlord. Some houses
are forsaken even when the leases
are not expiring. Here the explana-
ton is that the owners are mort
gagged up to the extreme limit. If
tax rates go up and rents go down
there is no balance left to maintain
the property, and so it is not worth
keeping. Should the property re-
quire heavy expenditure for repairs,
the mortgages refrain from claim
ing it. Occasionally, too, owners
die, leaving no one to succeed them,
and then tenants with sufficient au-
dacity can lie low and squat" until
twenty years undisturbed possession
gives them permanent ownership.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
COLOR SYMBOL MADE PLAIN
Explanation Of Why Boy Baby Wears
Blue While His Sister 10 cos-
tuned In Pink.

Why should the color symbol OF a
boy baby be blue and that of the girl
pink? OF course the normal color
Of both is pink, and in excess Of cry
ng both are pretty sure to become
blue. And yet none Of these things
explains the fashion of the Russian
.urse maid-for there are nurse
1and fashions, just as there are
orse show modes and the like. So
is that traveller to whom the
rstom brings novelty wonders why
d nurse whom he sees arrayed in the
9;clurcslue impressiveness of the ma
nal costume-say, in a blue color
cheme-should appear an hour later
in a pink plan of attire.
Here, then, is the explanation. The
custom is that if her charge be a
boy her dress must be blue; if the
child be a girl her dress must be
pink. Some one has pointed out
that here is shown the ancient reia-
ton of the sexes, for as in railroad
signaling red denotes danger and
green safety, so with the color
scheme of babes-for pink is no
more than an infant red and blue,
with more vitality Of blending, easily
becomes a green.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
BEGINNINGS OF FREE SPEECH
English House Of Commons First De-
Lucrative Body to Assert Right
of Discussion.

The first Legislative body of mod
ern times to claim the rights of free
speech and free discussion was the
English house of commons, which
declared in favor of such right on
December 10, in the year 1921. This
brave declaration marked a most inn
portant step towards the liberties of
England and of all the world. Prior
to that time the members of the CON-
mons did not dare to criticise the
ruling powers. 1t was this parlia-
ment which first formed the court
and country parties, and which had
engaged in disputes with james L.
Eight years after the declaration of
free speech Charles l. dissolved par
Lament, and it did not meet again
for eleven years. In 1910, however,
what was called the 'Iong parlia-
ment was convened. 1t was this
house of commons that first attacked
the house of lords and voted that the
upper chamber was useless and dam
gerous to the liberties of the country.
The bishops were also excluded from
voting on temporal matters. The
house of peers was abolished in 1919,
but four years later Cromwell dis
solved the long parliament.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
JEALOUS DOUBTS.

"Your neighbor, Mrs. Comeup,
has so much saVoir faire."
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
HAY AND GRAIN,

No. | timothy hay, $22 90
No. | clover hay, $1,000
Clean. bright straw hay, 25c bale
Alfalfa hay, $21I00
White seed oats, 54c
Black seed oats, 53c
Mixed seed oats, Csc
No. 2 white corn. 92c
Winter wheat bran. $500
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
BALD.

'He says he always takes his wife's
advice"
'He's a no such thing. Look at
the top of his head"
perhaps he takes it after {,
struggle"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
UNENcouRAGEp.

ais that boy of yours learning to
play the piano?"
81 hope he is. But from the way
it sounds | don't think So"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
NOT THERE.

Art Critic--What do you think "
he ehiara oscuro in this marine
oainting1
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
HOpkinSViIle Market
Quotations.
Corrected March 2, 1914.

RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
Country lard. good color and clean
14c and 15c per pound.
Country bacon, tic per pound.
Black-eyed peas. $3.50 per bushel
Country shoulders, 15c pound.
County hams 21c'per pound.
Irish potatoes. $1.30 per bushel.
Northern eating Rural potatoes.
$1.30 per bushel
Texas eating onions, 1925 per
bushel, newistock
Dried Navy beans, $500 per
bushel
Cabbage, new, 8 Genus q pound.
Dried Lima beans. 60c per gallon.
Country dried apples. 10c per
pound. 8 for 25c
Daisy cream cheese, 25c oeI
pound
Fell cream brick cheese. 25c per
round
Full cream Limberger cheese, 25c
per pound
Popcorn. dried on ear. &c per pound
Fresh Eggs S0c per doz
Choice lots fresh, weIl-worked
country butter. in pound prints. 30c
FRUITS.
Lemons. 25c per dozen
Navel Oranges, zoe to 4Oc per doz.
Bananas, 15c and 25c doz
Cash Price Paid For Produce.
POULTRY.
Dressed hens. 12ac per pound
Dressed cocks, &c per pound
live hens, lie per pound; live cocks
Sc pound; live turkeys, l4c per
pound
Roofs. HIDES, Wool AND TALLow.
Prices paid by wholesale dealers to
butchers and farmers:
Roots-Southern ginseng, ST. 70 Id
Golden Seal" yellow root, SI.35 II
Mayapple. 81; pink root. 12c and IS,
Tallow-No. l. Al; No. 2, &c.
Woodbury., I0c to I7c;:sC
Grease, 21s. medium, tub washed
2Sc to 3Oc; coarse, dingy. tubwashed
18c.
Feathers-Prime white goose, soc
dark and mixed old goose, I5c to SOC
gray mixed. I5c to 30c: white duck
&c to 35c. new.
Hides and Skins-These uuotationI
are for Kentucky hides. Southern
green hides &c. We quote assorted
lots dry flint. nc to I4c. 9-lU De
ter demandi
Dressed geese. lie per pound fol
choice lots, live 81
Fresh country eggs, 25 cents pei
dozen
Fresh country butter Csc lb,
A good demand exists for spring
chickens. and choice lots of fresh
country butter
HAY AND GRAIN,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
PARAoox,cAL HUMoR.

'What makes Smiths drinking
jokes so popular2"
81 suppose it is the dry way he
has Of telling them"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
LOTS OF EXCITEMENT.

"Plenty of excitement at the Wen
bat wedding"
$50"
"Even the horse threw a SHOE"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
AMBIGUOUS.

'"You remember, / barely missed
you several times last year."
'Yes," said the guide.
"Well, Pm a better shot now"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-03-05
ADVANTAGE OF EeoIsM.

He-Bighedde is always thinking
for himself.
she-Yes. In that way he always
avoids having much ON his mind.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
FARMERS ON TAX BOARDS

For the ret time in the history OF the
state, the agricultural industry Will
have adequate representation in the
taxing force of the stae. The Warnes
tax law, which has been so bitterly
fought by the city millionaires, makes
that possible.
Upon the suggestion Of Governor
Cox, the members OF the State Tax
Commission have announced that there
will be representative of the agricul-
tural industry and a representative OF
the business interests on every coun-
ty board OF complaints OF three mem
bers. The third member Will be select
cd from some other walk In life.
In the small counties, where the ag-
ricuItural industry predominates and
there is no large city. there will likely
be two representatives OF the agricuL
tural industry on the boards Of com
plants, while In the large counties,
like Cuyahoga and Hamilton, there
viii be two representative business
men, and one from the agricultural in
dustry
This decision was made to give the
two industries which 20 10 make the
major portion of the tax duplicate in
each county voices in the equalization
OF returns OF property for taxation, a
farmer and business man will thus be
able to review assessments of proper
ty in their respective industries anC
10 correct what injustices may have
crept into them.
Appointments to the Boards OF Com
plants are to be made by the Slat'
Tax Commission. subject to the an
proVal OF the Governor. No COnadera
ton will be given TO these SELECTION
until the middle OF May
For the expenses OF the Boards o
Complaints in 1914 an allowance o
$4,000 has been made by the Stat
Tax Commission. These bodies vii
replace the county boards OF equalixa
tion and city Boards Of Review, whicl
operated under the old plan at an an
nual expense OF S260.000
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
eARsgR FoRNIssr cox

Harvey C. CARRIER has been COM
PEELED to abandon his pussy-foot meth
ods and come out in the open against
Gov. Cox. There is no surprise that
CARRIER is against Cox. .'There is a
reason" For some years CARRIER has
been the reputed legislative agent of
a big telephone company. The Cox
administration has not been conduc-
i've to things being put over, by
big telephone or other "interests.7 o'
Probably for the very same reason
CARRIER fought Gov Harmon's re-
election, he is now fighting Cow
Cox's. 20" ."'h +'' ri ~
Doubtless CARRIER will fnd con
genial association with the city mil
lionares and the liability insurance
companies who are opposing Gov. Cox
and making a joint fight for the repeal
Of the Warnes taxation law and the
workmen's compensation law. s0
Perhaps CARRIER would also enjoy
being on the payroll of those who are
fighting the two laws mentioned. 1t
would berfat piolkings" for CARRIER.
1t may be said of Gov. Cox as was
one time said of President Cleveland
by Gen. Bragg, I'VE love him for the
enemies he has made"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
RADIUM IN HANDS
OF FOREIGNERS
ljnltedStates Has CnlyTWo Grams
Of Thirty Available For Use.
WHAT DIRECTOR HOLMES FINDS

Head Of Bureau Of Mines Says He Is
Unable to obtain a Quantity OF
Radium Sufficient to Meet Needs OF
Various Cancer Hospitals -- Un-
necessary Waste Of Natural Gas
and Coal. ,, .H
Washington, March %. = Director
Joseph A. Holmes Of the federal bu'
reau Of mines in his annual report
tells in detail OF the bureaus unsuc'
cessful efforts to obtain a quantity Of
radium sufficient to supply the 20. or
more hospitals of the. public health
service and ..'serve, in part, to meet
the needs Of the various cancer hos
pitals of the country %, 3. a"a .'
It rs estimated by Director Holmes
that 'fln the United States $4,000 per.
sons die each year from cancer Ex-
planning that radium fs considered the
most promising cure. for certain types
OF cancer, the director says the most
serious barrier to progress In demon
strating this is the scarcity Of ra.
dunn. The report is attracting un-
usual interest, as congress is prepar.
ing TO enact legislation to develop
and conserve the country's radium
resources.
There is probably not more than
30 grams of radium now available
for use In such treatment in all coun-
tries," the report says "Of this
amount there is probably not more
than two grams Of radium bromide
in the United States, in the hands of
few surgeons"
European countries have secured
practically all Of the present available
supply.
Referring to the bureaus activities
in preventing unnecessary waste OF
the nations mineral resources, Direc.
tor Holmes say that last year there
was saved in Oklahoma alone $10,.
100000 worth of natural gas. The
waste OF this product that still con
tinues annually In Oklahoma is esti.
mated TO be from $4,000, 900 to $20,.
100000, and in all the fields Of the
country 1t reaches total of 100000
900 annually. A few more years OF
further delay and this valuable source
OF natural wealth will have been
wasted-a permanent loss, the report
adds.
The director estimates the unneces'
sary waste of coal to be 25O,O0O,OO0
tons annually. He expresses the opin
don that an Investigation, costing
probably $4,000, would result in a
saving of 5O,OOO,OOO tons yearly
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
SEEK cLEMENcY FOR MURDERER

indianapolis, Ind, March 23-The
State board Of pardons, which met
here today for a. session of several
days, is expected to receive and act
upon petition for clemency In the
case of George Miller, one of four
men who were involved in the muir
der of Mrs. Mary Nichols in this city
five years ago. The murder was one
OF the most brutal and revolving in
the records of this county. The aged
victim and her gardener were at work
in field near her home on the out
skirts of the city. The four men, who
were under the influence of liquor, at.
tackled the couple for the purpose OF
robbery. The gardener was gagged
and tied, but the woman made resis.
taDce and was dubbed to death. The
proceeds of the robbery amounted to
$3.50, which the four men divided
among themselves. All four were con.
victed and sentenced to life imprison-
ment. Miller's friends now ask elem.
ency on the ground that he was but
nineteen years old when the crime
was committed and was influenced by
his older companions.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
CLOSE OF MILWAUKEE, cAMpAIoN

Milwaukee, Wis, March 23-Politi-
cal leaders gave final Instructions to
their heutenants in the Milwaukee
campaign today and the lines were
drawn tight for the primary election
tomorrow, when candidates are to be
named for mayor and other officials
to be voted for in the next municipal
election The advocates of ncn-parti-
san government are making a hard
fight to continue the present admini-
stration in power, while the Socialists
are fighting equally hard to bring
about restoration OF the Socialist
regime, which came to an end with the
non-partisan victory two years ago. It
is generally believed that the results
of the next election can easily be fore
casted from the size of the vote re-
ceived by the mayoraIty candidates
in the primary tomorrow The candi-
dates for mayor are Gerhard Badine,
the present incumbent, and the head
of the non-partisan candidates; Emil
Seidel former mayor and choice OF
the Socialist party, David $. Rose
another former mayor. and Theobald
Often, a former congressman
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
I. i. 4 i. i. i. i. 4. + Il j. {. 4
+ DEMOCRACY ~, =

/ Mr.. C. X. Wright who has returned
home from Cleveland, is on the sick
list.
DIR. II. f. Dowds was In Amity Tues
day on business.
Mrs. Edith Lea and son, Cecil, took
dinner with Miss Ada O'Brien Tues.
day.
Mrs. Lesta Barker is very sick at
this writing.
People in the village received an.
nouncements of the marriage of Mr.
VIM. Loney and Miss Lottte Newton
this week.
Mrs. T. w. Loney is spending the
week with her mother in Mt. Vernon,
Mrs. Barker, who Is on the sick list
The Misses Margrete Dowds, Fay
Davis and Mr.. Earl O'Brien attended
the party given at the town hall Tues.
day evening.
Mrs. Pama Newton who has spent
the winter with her daughter at Lex
ington has returned home.
Mr.. Mark Deakens has moved TO the
Stanton Doty farm.
Miss Mary Rogers has resigned he,
position as teacher of the primary
room on account of the serious Illness
of her monther Miss Shrlmplen was
hired to finish the term
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24

Commissioner of Labor Statistics.
Chief Inspector of Mines.
Chief Inspector of Workshops and
Factories.
Chief Examiner of Steam Engineers
Board of Boiler Rules, five members
State Board of Arbitration and Con.
ciliation, three members.
In addition 1000 taxing Jobs we're
abolished.
CREATED BY GOVERNOR COX
Agricultural Commission, three
members.
Industrial Commission, three mem
bers.
Superintendent OF Public Works.
Civil Service Commission. three
members.
Liquor License Commission. three
members.
The civil service and liquor license
commissions were created in response
to a mandate from the people; the lat
ter has produced 100000 of new dey
enue.
The score stands: thirty-nine of
fees abolished by Governor Cox and
thirteen created, not included the 490(
taxing jobs abolished in the different
counties, ISL. To-, yt.s
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
BIG CARNIVAL OF
SPORT AND ATHLETICS

Chicago, ILL.,, March 23A1l arrange
ments have ben concluded for the
first annual indoor athletic carnival
of the SpOrtsmen's Club of America,
which is to be opened in the Coliseum
tomorrow night and continued until
the end of the week. The carnival
promises to be the biggest affair of its
kind ever pulled of In Chicago The
first four nights will be largely pre-
liminaries to the grand finale which is
to be held Saturday night. Star ath-
Ietes from all over the middle West
are entered to compete In the ath-
letic events, IN addition, the program
will include competitions in boxing
and wrestling, fencing ana revolver
and rifle shooting
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-24
KING AND KAISER TO MEET

Vienna, March 2S Emperor vii.
liam, who Is on his way to his villa on
the island of Corfu, will be met at
Venice tomorrow by King Victor En-
manuel. The diplomatic world is in
cined to attach considerable sigui-
fcance to the meeting Of the German
ana Italian rulers at this time. Wen
na understands the meeting to have
been arranged designedly for the pur
pose of strengthening the links in the
chain binding Germany Austria and
Italy in the Triple Alliance, with a
view to the possible necessity for fur
ther concerted action by the three
powers, both in the Balkans and the
Mediterranean.