The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1914-12-26

WeStefner VINO wrote mayor ASK
inS for Z Wife Changes His Mind.
Dead Nan Conducts Own Funeral
Service.
New York, Dec. 2C.-All records
haye been broken during the past 30
days at the naturalization bureau of
the New York county clerks office
when 4,143 men applied for papers
admitting them to citizenship. This
is the largest number Of applicants
ever recorded in any one month in
this county. The rush for citizen
ship is attributed to the steps taken
to enforce the law providing that
only citizens of the United States
shall be employed on public work,
thus barring aliens from employment
on the new subway construction.
Hundreds OF Italian laborers and the
more advanced workers, such as
Firms, who are mainly timbermdn,
took out first papers because they
thought that they could resume
work. It takes five years to make a
citizen, and In the state of New York
the first papers mean only that the
that the possessor OF them intends to
become q citizen as soon as he is
eligible. Before this large number
can REASONABLY hope to acquire the
right to vote and to obtain employ
ment on public works under the pres
ent law, train will be running in the
new subway and they will probably
find themselves performing some
ether kind of work widely separated
from any kind of political control.
The nationalities of the applicants
were as follows: Russia, 1904; Italy,
l.Si9: Austria, 4S7: Germany, 100:
Belgium, G.: Great Britain and Ire
land. 800. Roumania. Go; France.
12; Turkey. 81: Sweden, A; Switzer-
land. IL, Norway. 20; Denmark. II.
Egypt. 9: Greece, 80; Spain, 4; Lux
embnrg. Persia. Servia. Portugal,
leo, I each. II all the aliens in
New York City could vote they
would outnumber the native born
voters by at least 100000 as re-
suit OF which the politicians are al
ways greatly interested, in the in
crease of naturalized citizens. They
usually begin BY supporting one OF
the small parties or factions. but la
ter they usually ally themselves with
one of the two big political parties,
and thereafter never change.
All sorts of schemes nave been de-
visei to detect undertaking in the
sch5ol children of New York. The
latest and perhaps the most practi-
cal OF them has Just been put in
operation in the Little Vienna" sec
tion of the city where the pupils are
being weighed on the city's scales.
1t has been explained by teachers
that the mere asking of a child II
her or she is hungry Is not satisfac-
tory, as most healthy children are
firmly convinced that they do not get
enough to eat. Another difficulty en-
countered is that often when pupil
is asked. did you have any break.
FAST" he will Shave his head be.
cause breakfast CHANGED not to bt
the name of the morning meal at his
home where coffee or some for.
eign word is used to designate the
carly meal Under the new system Of
weighing each child 1t is hoped thai
the problem Of learning If the chill
dren attending school are being pro
perIy fed will be solved. IT week.,
fweighinss show child to be gain
ing weight 1t will be evident thai
1.-The child Is not being starved or poor
lily fed; on the other hand If thu
ffhild does not gain or lose weight Il
i will be taken as an Indication thai
fsomething is, wrong. -, By careful o,
(3scrvation it is hoped that the teach
srs viii be able to find out II partia
8ttarvation is to blame. When til,
Fffity's bureau OF weights and meas
lures first received the request to fur
finish scales to weigh school children
they were somewhat astonfshed, but
I'M little explanation enlisted 1t,
|E.lcarty support. The first weighing
Fttook place several days ago. the pu
Ftptis mounted the scale platform al
1.-THE rate OF two minute In classes
'Scf 40. They seemed to enjoy it
finost of them showing as much GU
riosity as to their heft as the teacher
fAefself
W
+ The recent death Of Richard Can
field long known as New York's gam
bling king. has brought to light a
number of his sayings" among
which, the following is considered one
of the best Discussing his chosen
profession had gone out that a crook
led roulette wheel had been found
when one of the Garfield gambling
houses had been raided, Mr.. Garfield
Ixaid.. 1T is absolutely silly to as
tGort tkaf mr. any other resllect "A he