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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-08-06

Boomers Ferry, Ida, July 16, 1915.
The board met as board of equal
ization, pursuant to adjournment at 10
o'clock a. M, all members being
present, also the clerk.
The records of the proceedings of
the previous meeting read and APP
proved and the board proceeded to an
examination of book No. 2 of the as
sfessment rolls as by law required and
continued the same up to the hour Of
adjournment.
The board adjourned until Satur
day, July II, at 10 o'clock a. m.
HI. l.. Shively, Chairman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-28
CITY CIVIL SERVICE
BOARD IS UPHELD
Charges Dismissed by State
Commission, Which Praises
Work of Members.

ALPANr. May INSTRUMENTATION
made by the former State Civil Service
Commission that the New York City
Municipal Civil Service Commissioners
be removed are not upheld in a report
submitted TO Governor Whitman by the
present State Commission.
The principal charge against tho New
York city commission by the report
Of the last state commission was that
as a result of its action the civil ser
vice has been mishandled In nearly
every phase of the administration and
the merit system grossly abused"
The report Of the present State COM
mission. signed by Chairman Samuel
II. Ordway and Commissioners Willard
u. McKinstry and william Gorhsm
Rice. makes this m upon the
broad charge:
I'VE cannot agree with these conclu-
sions. As the result of our study of
the matter we are convinced that while
the municipal commission may be
Justly criticised. for certain faults and
errors OF Judgment. yer upon the whole
their administration of the civil service
law and rules in the city OF New York
has been good. that they have done
constructive work which has distinctly
improved the methods hitherto existing
and that there Is no sufficient reaso
for their removal or the removal Of any
of them"
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WILL REPLY TO WHITMAN.
Service Investigators Will
Make q Statement.

ALBANY, May Ex-senator Robert r.
Lawson OF Brooklyn has written a let
ter to Chairman George +. Thompson o.
the legislative committee that ~inves;i-
gated the Public Service Commissions
requesting that n meeting OF the commit
tee be called and that some statement re-
garding the action OF the Governor In
Diminishing the charges against the Pub
lie Service Commissioners he drawn NJ.
Senator Lawson and other Kings
county Senator's are incensed over the
fact that the Governor vetoed two Of
heir Kings county ripper bills.
Chairman Thompson said that a meet
ing OF his committee will be called
within a week or two. 81 that the COM
mlttee can go ahead with Its repor, ID
the Legislature on conditions found in
the Public Service Commissions The
action OF the Governor will have 10
effect on the action of the investigating
committee. Senator Thompson said.
senator LA avs was one Of tho mem .
hers of tho committee who insisted that
q strong report should be sent TO Gov.
Whitman on which he could base cha rges
TO remove the New York city Commits
sioners.
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DOCTORS OUSTED AT
RANDALL'S TESTIFY
Members Of Atypical Board
Tell Of Conditions as They
Found Them.
DEFENDED MRS. DUNPHY

Members Of the stypicai board. .ousted
from Randairs Island after II had come
to the defence Of Mrs, Mary C. Dunphy.
the superintendent. testified yesterday
before the committee OF the State Board
Of Charities. Charities Commissioner
kinesbury. who abolished the atypical
board. was not present.
DR.. Max @. Schlapp said that ne and
his fellow atypicai,sts were ousted soon
after sending their letter In behalf Of
Mrs. Dunphy. DR.. schlapp said his irst
intimation Of the boards sudden end
came from the newspapers.
DO you think II was proper for the
board to send a letter OF protest sup
porting Mrs. Dunphyr' he was asked.
Yes, I do" he answered. because
the charges implicated us they alleged
the spreading Of infectious diseases on
Randail's Island and failure properly TO
care for tho children"
DR.. schlapp thought his visits to the
island had averaged one a week when
he couldn't go he sent a substitute, He
never saw any instances OF cruelty.
Sometimes the children showed bruises
and marks tha, Nigh, have come from
falls. There were some complaints. but
they were always Investigated and
usually turned out TO be baseless.
Personally, I believe there ought 10
be more nurses. more attendants snd
more help at Randalls," DIR. Schlapp
said. II have heard that some of the
attendants get SO a month and some
nothing. Ten dollars a month is far
too little"
DR.. Schlspp told Of establishing with
private money that he solicited "A clear
ing house and clinic for children coming
from the children's court. the various
charitable organizations and elsewhere.
who needed careful classification that
they might be best disposed OF. In his
he had the help OF Commissioner Drum
mond. Kinssbury's predecessor.
when Commissioner kinGsbury took
office | went to him asked his
help In continuing the clearing house
work." DIR. Schlapp explained. Il had
previously sent out one OF my usual
appeals for money to keep 1t going. He
nedru OF TINS auu toIu me ne Wouldn I
sanction appeals TO the public for money.
He gave no definite reason. At his
order I stopped the appeal. The clear
ing house work has suffered greatly for
money ever since"
DR.. Herbert Cornwell. also o, the
atypical board. who as secretary wrote
the letter supporting Mrs. Dunphy. said
that in visits 10 Randalls Island he
had seen wounds on children that were
apparently caused by falls but thai
might nav been caused by blows.
The hearing MAY continue this after
noon at 3 O'Clock.
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Heretofore" reads Mr.. Tafts letter,
Smith. who was In charge of the de-
partment Of labor and quarters and sub
s!stence, did not have the commissary .
but am convinced that IL Is good ad-
mInistration to put the conmissary un-
der .he department OF labor and quar-
tiers and subsistence II Is quite pos
s.blc I'm order to avoid certain Treasury
restrictions we may have t. retain the
co,nmissary within the railroad but this
for | wan, Major Devol II necessary 20
be an officer Of the railroad, n neces-
sary 10 control the purchase OF supplies
by that corporation"
Mr.. brakes reply TO this letter. writ
ten after he had met Major Devol and
EXPLAINED matters 10 him. apparently
sought 20 impress Mr. TAFT that because
Of certain legislative enac'merts II
would not be necessary % retain the
commissary within the railroad. even
nominally. Mr.. Drake WAS put on the
stand yesterday by the defence. but his
testimony did not help Salas any.
william Rand. Jr, attorney for The
defence. in outlining his case TO The
Jury yesterday. said he was willing 20
admit, tina, Salas sold 100000 worth
OF tobacco to the Iore IN seven years
but would not Concede tina: any agree
mcnt which might have been entered
into whereby Burke was 10 share one
third of the profits could have defrauded
the Government. To help prov" his point
MIR. Rand put Theodore Shonts, pres!-
den, of the interborough Rapid Transit.
on the stand.
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DEPUTIES ON TRIAL
DENY STRIKE MURDER
Not Armed, Testifics One
Not There, Says Another
Beaten, Asserts Third.


New BRUNSWICK, N. j., May 27-The
def.nce Of tina ton sherin's IDENTITIES
49,, ,---- "
'""'se" WIN "ur"e''ns N'e'A"o'' io
sitoTe and Raii1an Haty' curing me
Roosevelt strike trouble IA a complete
,or,o,
Three OF the men on trial testined TO-
day that they had no firearms on mi
sry 10. when the sbootine occurred Mt
-. T., :, Al. -.-..s .-.,u.,,.u.,
'"o p'""' y '"o A"erioa" As''eu''u'a'
Chemical Company. These witnesses
were James Bavier. Fred Mullen and
william Mclaughlin. They were among
the nine men identihed by Edward Con
ian. an OFFICE boy OF the m com
pany, as having carried reviewers at the
time the deputies made a charge upon
the strikers.
Bavier gave his address A. $50 East
Twenty-ifth street, Bayonne, and his
business as that Of an electrician. He
said II was art Of his duty as a guard
az the factory in Roosevelt TO escort
the office force from thee early morning
train each day TO their pace or employ
ment and that he was thus engaged or
the morning or January 1S when a
crowd or strikers hred Mt him n also
threw clubs and brickbats at the rail-
roan station wnerc he was standing.
lie SAID he was unarmed at the time.
When asked by Acknowledgement Wes-
colt, who Is directing the prosecution.
whether ne considered II a part of his
duty TO go away from the factory to
protect the railroad Bavier responded
AS a deputy sheriff OF the county OF
Middlesex | thought II my duty to pro
tect each and every n OF Its citizens
ana their property"
Under cross-eNdmination Bavier ad-
united that ne n given a false address
when FIRST arraigned. but explained that
he did 40 In order To shield his family
from annoyance.
Fred Mullen gave his address as 339
East Thirty-second street. New York
city. He showed the jury the scars OF
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-05-28
FASHIONS VS.. UNEMPLOYMENT.
Final Sessions Of Charities and
Correction Conference Held.

PLEAsANrvILLE. y. Y. May 27.-The
Anal sessions of the sixth annual Con-
ference of Charities and Correction OF
New York city were held here to-day.
There was considerable discussion over
the question NJ styles and fashions. II
was started by Morris n. waldman OF
the United Hebrew Charities. follow
ing the reading Of a paper on 'Tnem-
ploy gent as a Social Problem by John
II. SHillady. director OF the Mayors
Committee on Unemployment.
The delegates took sides on whether
the constant change Of fashions In dress
and hats was a good thing. Some
argued II WAS, because tho constant
change tended to keep men and women
at work all the year. others contendcd
Il was bad. BECAUSE the milllners and
others did not dare create anything
in advance and had to keep operating
from day to day.
Mr.. Shlllady said unemployment had
become IA permanent problem in New
York.
Tn report OF the committee on fam
HES was made by Ludwig Merkiin OF
Brooklyn. He favored the establishment
Of a corps Of visiting ,hoisekeepcrs
similar to visiting nurses.
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,een plucked and nothing but ne savawk

been plucked and nothing but the sauawk
Is left"
The personal property tax. Mr.. ssxe
said, was not taken seriously by any
n New York city reai estate. he
said. was all taxed. but because there
were no tax maps up State no one
knew Just how much property there Is
not on the rolls.
Il. T.. Franchot OF Niagara Falls pro-
posed an amend ment TO the Constitution
providing for woman suffrage. cordi-
tional upon the adoption OF the legisla-
tive suffrage amendment by the voters
next fall. The Suffrage Committee has
arranged a hearing for June . on all
suffrage amendments which have been
introduced. including that OF Judge Wat
son Of Utica. which provides for sub
hitting the question to . vote Of the
women of the State.
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ShOnts Takes stand.

Mr.. Shor.s was the predecessor Of
Gen. Goethals as head % the !sthnian
Canal Commission. He testified that
the Panama Railroad was operated ny
the Government az a private corpora
ton. Had the Government operated he
road. he said. It might have lost the
international fre!ghts which II had
been carrying before the ownership was
acquired by the Government.
I'VE didn't care 70 interrupt the mar
ke's Of the world which were using the
rOad as a gateway was Tho way Mr..
Shonis put II. "Besides. II was prortable
IN carry on a commercial business. We
Joined the road commissary and the Zone
commlssary as a more flexible plan TO
avoid red tape
Burke was recalled 70 the stand as the
last witness for the Government lie
admitted that Ricardo Bermudez, who
viii he tried later for completely in the
tobacco partnership. once occupied his
job as head 81 the commissary depart
m'nt
Judge Hunt ordered stricken from the
record five Of the eleven drafts through
which Burke Is said to have been paid
his share OF the pronts.
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LETTER FROM TAFT
USED AGAINST BURKE
En- President Put Entire Pan
ANA Commissariat Under
Army Officer.
SHONTS GOES ON STAND

A letter written by ex-President Taft
on June 10. 1908. when Mr.. Taft was
Secretary Of War. was introduced be-
fore Judge Hunt In the United States
District Court yesterday as the Govern
ment's most important bit Of docu-
mentary evidence at the trial OF Jacob
l.. Saias. who was indicted for con-
spring with John Burke, deposed head
Of the com,nissary department OF the
Panama Canal Zone. to defraud the
Government, through the awarding Of
tobacco contracts.
Mr.. Taft was to have been called as
n witness at the trial. but a favorable
opportunity having been found for the
Insertion OF the letter Assistant United
States Attorney C~arstarphen decided not
to inconvenience him.
The letter, according 20 Mr.. Carstar-
phen. completely refutes the main con-
ten,ion OF the defence-namely that
Burke was an official OF the Panama
Railroad. which was operated as a seps-
rate business entity and not az an arm
Of the Government. and that consequently
any agreement which he might have
entered into for tho purpose Of sharing
In the pronts of the tobacco sold by
Salas TO tho commissary department
could not he construed as a fraud
against tho Government.
Mr.. Tafts letter. written TO Edward
A. Drake. then vice-pres!dent OF the
railroad. Informed the latter OF the Gov
ernmcnt's intention of welding the com
missariat OF the railroad with the sub
sistence department OF the entire zone
under The head Of an army officer.
Major Devoi.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
Census Figures From Fort Madison
Paper Shows That Lee County
Outside of Two Cities,
Didn't Gain.
BOTH CITIES HELP MUCH
Gains Are Noted for Both keokuk
and Fort Madison, and Perhaps
Will Give Total Gain
- in County.

Census figures for the townships in
the county are showing a decrease &C
cording to the figures compiled by the
Fort Madison Gem City. The two
cities in the county, Keokuk and Fort
Madison, however. show an increase.
The following is the Gem City's story
concerning the decrease which they
claim to have found: sa9 sFi
The gathering of the census in Lee
county is now nearing completion, in
fact, all Of the townships Of the
county outside of Fort Madison and
Keokuk have been completed and the
figures Of those districts are showing
for the most part large decreases in
population over the last state census
which was gathered in 1905. Prac-
tically every township in the county
is showing large decreases compared
to the records ten years ago, the dis
trict occupied by the cities of Fort
Madison, Keokuk and Donnellson are
the only districts in the county that
will show an increase in population.
AS the figures in this column will
show the large decrease recorded in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
Help the Stomach
Digest Your Food

When the stomach fails to digest
and distribute that which Is eaten,
the bowels become clogged with a
mass of waste and refuse that fer.
ments and generates poisons that
are gradually forcea into the blood,
causing distress and often serious
Illness.
5 Most people naturally object to
the drastic cathartic and purga-
tive agents that shock the system.
A mild. gentle laxative, positive IN
its effect and that will quickly re-
Iieve constipation is DR.. Caldwells
Syrup Pepsin, sold by druggists at
fifty cents and one dollar bottle.
1t does not grippe or cramp, out
acts easily and pleasantly, and Is
therefore the most satisfactory
remedy for children, women and
elderly persons. For free trial
bottle write to DR.. W. B. Cald'WeH,
452 Washington St, Monticello,
Ills.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
A Notre Dame .Lady's Appeal,

To all knowing sufferers Of rheuma
tism. whether muscular or Of the
Joints. sciauc, lumbagos. backacba
pains in the kidneys or neuraleia
pains, to write to her for a home
treatment which has repeatedly cured
all of these fortunes. She feels Il her
duty to send it to all sufferers FREE
You cure yourself at home as thous.
ands will testify-no change of Gil.
mate being necessary. This simpIe
discovery banishes uric acid from the
blood, loosens the stiffened joints. Dur.
ifies the blood, and brightens the eyes
giving elasticity and tone to the
whole system. If the above interests
you for proof address Mrs. NJ. Sum.
me-s, Box r, Notre Dame, Ind.-Ad-
vertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
DonneIfson on Increase.

According to the cards so far re-
ceived by the county auditor, the
towns of Franklin, Montrose and West
Point show a decrease in population.
Donnellson shows a large increase in
the past ten years.
In all the county outside Of Keokuk
and Fort Madison, shows a large de-
crease in population, but it is believ-
ed that the deficiency will be made up
when the figures of the two cities are
known. 1t Is believed that the growth
in the cities will greatly increase the
county figures over the last state CEN
sus and the last government census.
The total figures for the county
outsied of Keokuk and Fort Madison
gained in the present census are given
as 1927. The total figures for the
county outside of the two cities in the
last state census were 1895. showing
decrease Of 1928.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
women Did Weav,no

bne h. .,ent days the weaving was
(omapsys the women and the rug was
her . nrst child of her brain.
fiental no longer any Of the old
lie n rugs which are genuine for
NJ rug which has been made
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
keosauqua Man Dies.

KEOSAUQUA, Iowa, May 22.-Cap-
tain L. H. Regur died Thursday morn.
ing after brief illness, at $50, at
the home Of his son, William, with
whom he has made his home since
coming to Iowa twenty-three years
ago. Had he lived till June II he
would have been ninety-five years old
He was unusually we'll preserved, able
to go about the farm and look after
several duties. He was captain in the
civil war of a New Jersey company
OF infantry. He Is survived by four
sons, William and G. W., of near Keo-
sauqua; Joseph, Of Keosauqua, and
Winfield s., of New Jersey. Funeral
services were held Friday afternoon
and the remains taken to Delavan, ILL.,,
on the evening train, where interment
was made beside his wife, who pre-
coded him twenty-nine years.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23

purposes, the shape and design Of the
rug indicate the use for which it was
woven, as for example there are
dowry, rugs, prayer rugs, the hosts
rug, the hearth rug, the marriage rug
and mosque rugs. The dowry rugs
were woven by young girls and the
beauty of the rug often brought to the
weaver many suitors. These dowry
rugs are never sold and when on very
rare occasions one is seen hanging on
the wall of a museum, one would not
be far af1eld to conclude that it had
been stolen at some time by somebody.
The hosts rug is woven in design
showing the spot on the rug where
the host should stand and the spot the
guest should stand. The hearth rugs
are woven with exactly the same de-
sign on each end. and as to every Eng
lishman his house is his own castle, so
to an oriental he is safe against all
the world as he stands on his own
hearth rug.
Prayer Rugs for Sale.
Prayer rugs are the rugs which
are most often offered for sale, for
this reason The orientaIs going to
Mecca on pilgrimages carry with them
rugs on which to kneel three times a
day as they face the sacred city. When
they reach Mecca the rug has served
its purpose and they are there sold
and in time reach European and Amer
lean markets. The prayer rugs have
a design woven at one end where the
devotee bows his head and a design
where each hand rests as he bows.
These three strongly marked designs
at one end of the rug make it easy to
recognize prayer rug. The largest
oriental rug ever woven is sixty feet
long and was made for a mosque in
Constantinople."
Miss Brown told many interesting |
things regarding the designs of rugs
and the designs peculiar to Turkish, |
Persia. Turkoman, Arabian, Bakhara |
and other rugs.
Following the talk many illustra-
tons showing the methods Of weav-
ing, and cclored pictures Of some OF
the famous carpets of the world We're
shown.
Delicious refreshments were served
in the dining room. Mrs. w. G. Blood
and Mrs. James Young assisting in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
Ask for 1t Next Time and Take

the various townships. West Point is
even showing decrease in popula-
ton. The figures have been received
by County Auditor Meyer.
With the completion of the gather.
ing of the census in the cities of Fort
Madison and Keokuk the figures Of
the county will be entire. With the
census gatherer working in their last
wards in both cities the result of the
census in the two towns will be
known soon.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23

within the last fifty years conforms
to the old methods in dying and in
weaving. Extensive travelling by tour
lists to the oriental countries has Sc
increased the demand for these rugs
I that the industry has been CONNER
cialized and the increase of CONNER.
cialism has proportionately decreased
the artistic quality of the industry and
the religious sentiment involved in it.
The real oriental rugs were woven
with infinite pains, by slow process.
To make a rug was. often life task
and was undertaken as one would
choose any vocation or profession as
a life work The warp Of the rugs
were made of silk and cotton, while
the wool is woven Of camels' hair,
angora, cashmere, or sleeps wool.
Black is Missing.
"Often the women walked through
the meadows and the woods picking
the wool from the bushes and thorns
and spun it as they walked. Return
ing to their homes, the thread was
dyed with vegetable dies and woven
into the rugs They had no means Of
dying black and all the black threads
in an oriental rug came from the oc-
casional black sheep or the black
markings on white sheep. This is
why there are no great spots of black
in oriental rugs, only black outlines.
The oriental rugs have in the warp
countless number of knots. The most
famous rug in all the world is the
Ardebil, and is in the Victoria and AL
bert museum, South Kensington, Lon
don It has in it eighty-three million
knots, three hundred and eighty knots
to the square inch. 1t took thirty-five
years to weave it.. The prevailing
color of the Ardebil is rose. 1t was
woven in 1900 for sacred mosque
Expert judges Of rugs are able to tell
their age and origin by the knots In
the warp.
"The rugs were woven for various
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
Happy Thouuhti

Rolfe Arrow: You can give yoIr
competitor competition without hating
him. Get acquainted with him-he
may be real nice sort of fellow.
after all.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-23
In Fort Madison.
The Fort Madison census to date
Horses for itaIy,

limited Press Leased Wire Service. ]
EAST ST. LOUIS, ILL.,, May 22.-The
last consignment of $4,000 horses or
dered by the italian government was
sold here today to Italian army off,
GERS.