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of the gift yesterday In a communication
to the Board of Estimate.
The house was built in 1888 by Will
lam Dyckman on land originally owned
by his grandfather. Jan Dyckinan. who
came to this country from Bentheim,
W~estphalia, Germany. and was n of
the original patentees OF Harlem. lie
settled In 1866 on sherman Creek, at
about cloth street.
The grandson, builder Of the pr, sent
house. vas horn in 1925. lie was 4
pronounced patriot in the Revolution
and his sons were members of the Vest
chester Guides. He fled with his family
before The British invasion. IN which
the old home on Sherman Creek was
burned After an exile of seven years
he returned and bull, the present
farmhouse. occupying IL for tho re.
mdinder OF his life.
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RAIDERS KILL TEXAN.
Burn Ranch After staying Owner
~. =. Soldier Beheaded.

GALVESTON. Tex. Sept. 2s.-One
American citizen and ten Mexicans were
killed in clashes in the border country.
The principal fight took place fifteen
miles from Delfna, near "A lone ranch
house, which was defended by George
Mangrum and two Mexican employees,
Mangrum was killed.
The Mexican employees fed n the
bandits burned the ranch house and took
three horses. One of the six bandits
was killed in the fight.
In Cameron county four M~eXicans are
reported dead to-day and in Star county
Ave. Not all of these were killed In
fighting according to dispatches some
died as a result of old scores.
Reports from Progreso are that
Private Johnson. who was killed on
the Texas side and his body conveyed
across the river. was beheaded. His
heat was taken as a trophy by the
bandits.
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Joe HILLSTROM WON'T TALK.
Facing Death Friday, He Refuses
TO ImpIicntc woman.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, sept. 70
Despite the opportunities OF the Swedish
Consul and his legal adviser, Joe Hill
strom, condemned to die by shooting
on Friday morning, refused to- day to
name the married woman at who's home
he claims to have been on the night a
grocer and his son were murdered. -.
81 have lived like an artist and VIII
die like one he said. who the
woman Is Is nobody's business. am
innocent of the crime charged to me-
Hillstrom, who has not asked for
spiritual consolation, Is eating well and
sleeping regularly. His guards say that
he has been very brave so far, No death
watch has yet been established. hut
nrobably will be tomorrow.
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Rrucrc ON social welfare.

city Chamberlain Bruerc spoke last
night on The city Budget n Relation
to Social Welfare" in the first Of a series
Of lectures AZ the school Of philan-
thropy of the Charity Organization So
ciety. lie saId that New York will he
able TO extend its social activities in the
next few years only to the extent that
Il is able TO effect economies unless new
sources of revenues are found.
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Equitable Fire Recalled.

Tenants i'm the Equitable Building.
100 broadway, were reminded of the fire
that destroyed the old building in Jan
uary, 19l2, late yesterday afternoon.
when an alarm WAS sent out for the
Fire Department from the thirty-fourth
iloor. The excitement was ended when
II was discovered that some one had
opened an aut attic alarm box.
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WAR FACTORY BLOWN UP.
Swedish Merchants Tell of Dis
aster In German city.

LONDON, sept, ga despatch from
Stockholm quotes the Swedish news
paper Ddgens Nyhefor AZ saying that
Swedish merchants who nave just re-
turned from Germany assert the great
ammunition factory at Reinsdorf, near
Wittenberg. was destroyed by an explo-
sion on August ., Forty-two men, in
Guiding several of the management stan
were killed and many Injured
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WIS. j.. Sergeant Cram Tries tn
Save HiIIstr0m.

wAsHINGToS, Sept. 29.-Mrs. j. Ser
geant Cram, wife OF n membe OF the
New York Public Service Commission
and Elizabeth Gurley Flynn OF New
York. an organizer of the !. W, W,
called at the White House to-day I'm be-
half OF Hillstrom, but were told by Sec
rotary Tumulty that the President had
no power In State murder cases.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 29.-The forty
ninth annual encampment OF the Grand
Army of the Republic reached Its cli-
max to-day, when 10000 veterans
marched. Just as they did fifty years
ago last May. from the Capitol grounds
up Pennsylvania avenue. past the White
House. and were reviewed by the Presi-
dent.
1t was an inspiring sight. The ma
tIonal flag was everywhere in evidence.
The blue uniforms and the we'll worn
battle flags of many regiments carried
In the civil war were predominant. The
veterans in the parade were for the
most part feeble. their steps were
heavy and slow. but their enthusiasm
was u~nrestrained.
one veteran appeared clad in the
faded blue uniform and service cap that
he wore on the grand review march Of
1865. Some sang their war songs as
they trudged along and at times re-
peated the battle yell.
Unable 10 curb his enthusiasm. one
eN-~Confederate veteran. CARRIED in his
butternut uniform. fell into line and
marched over the entire course will the
Pennsylvania veterans. carrying the
stars and Stripes and cheering as Justify
as anybody. In front OF the Presidents
reviewing stand he halted. faced the
President and waved his flag AVID
Cheercd. The President responded by
taking off his hat in salute and clap
ping his hands.
The day was not without its pa
thetic features. More thar 100 Of the
veterans became exhausted in the short
march of seventeen city blocks and re-
ceived treatment at the local hospitals
With few exceptions. their discomfort
was temporary. There were no fatali-
ties as the result Of the parade so far
us could be learned tonight.
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40 POISONED TONIC
VICTIMS TAKE HEART
Not Enough Mercury in SAM
pie Drink to Be Deadly,
Doctors Say.
MYSTERY Is EXPLAINED

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 29.-More than
Forty persons who accidentally slipped
bichloride OF mercury In the Snellen-
burg department store. Twelfth and
Market streets. last Monday morning
breathed a deep sigh of relief and took
a fresh interest in the sunlight to-day
when Drs. Thomas McCrae and George
Grown OF jefferson Hospital announced
that In all probability no one who had
partaken OF the mixture OF nerve tonic
and poison would be seriously affected.
Until the progress of the case Of Mrs.
May Farrell. the young woman who was
employed by the Malto-Hope Company
In the basement of the Snellenburg
store to demonstrate the nerve making
qualities Of the Malto-Hope %"tonic."
was studied for forty-eight hours the
health officials M the physicians OF
Jefferson Hospital were decidedly con-
cerned over the singular accident.
lhere was "a perfectly justified fear
that many OF the tonic imblbers Mt
S~nellenburg's might have swallowed so
much OF the accidental mixture that
Philadelphia was to have n brand new
experience In the slow but deadly work.
ings of bichloridc.
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Get This

The difference be-
tween Saks Clothes and
other clothes is the diff
ference between Com
mon knowledge and Spe-
ciat Information.
4 Anywhere, for exam
pie, you can get q suit
with a lean waist, roll
ing lapels, fancy cuffs,
and latitude in the mat
ter of pockets.
But Individuality in
those things-the sym
metry of that waist line,
a new twist to the lapels,
a creative touch in a
cuff, an innovation in
pockets, a deviation
here, a departure there,
a ray of distinction else
where, and a totally of
difference clean through
these are things which
you cannot get else
where-you simply hare
got to come to SdkI
Suits $3.50 to $50
OvercOats -. $500 to S3S
saks &Guutpaty
Broadway at 34th Street.
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Poisonous Dose small.

However, the case Of young Mrs. Far
rell, herself the worst sufferer from the
accident which placed so many In peril,
led the doctors to reassure others and
TO announce that the quantity Of bichlo-
ride of mercury which got into the tonic
jar was too small to cause alarm.
The accident which sent fear into
forty homes and made many persons
afraid hat a lingering death was In
store for them was one of the most curl
Gus imaginable. TIE Malta-Hope COM
pany, "A California concern which manu-
features "A soft drink. supposed TO be
beneficial TO the nerves. offered at SMELL
enburg's last Monday "a free demonstra-
tlon of their tonic.
In order to iusur" that the glasses I'm
which the tonic was drawn. glasses used
over and over again of course. were
clean and germ free. a solution of biz
chloride Of mercury contained in "A cup
was set by the counter where the tonic
was served. Mrs. May Farrell. the dem
onstrator, was expected to keep a care
full eye on the bichlOride cup and to see
that II didn't get into too close proN-
unity 20 the tonic jar.
There were three Jars on the counter.
one holding three gallons of the tonic.
another containing water. into which
had been poured "A few drops of BIZ
chloride for rinsing and sterilizing pur-
poses, and "a third containing plain
water for the final rinsing of glasses.
1t vas Mrs. Farrell's job. after a used
glass had been returned to her, 20 dip
II first into the jar containing the trace
Of bichloride and then wash it finally
in the jar holding the plain water.
She did this automatically for sew
cral hours while crowds of shoppers in
snellenburg's besieged the tonic counter
for free refreshmeni. but finally she OBJ
served that the jar of tonic was getting
too hot from the gas flame which burned
beneath the urn,
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Injured Jersey Veteran Dies.

\ New Jersey veteran. Smith Bacon.
of Bridgeton, who vas injured by being
struck hy a vehicle in the streets yester-
day. died to-day.
The men who marched realized that
this was to he the las; grand review
of civil war veterans in Washington.
II is becoming more and more evident
10 those who arrange for the annual
encampments Of the q. 4. r. that
rarades such as that OF to-day will soon
have to bc abandoned. The matter Of
giving up the annual parade has been
seriously discussed for the last few
years, hut II would have been impossible
to have omitted the feature this year.
the fftieth anniversary of the grand re-
view at the close OF the civil war.
President Wilson was in the same
spot hat President Andrew johnson
occupied at the grand review OF civil
war troops on May - and 2j, 1865.
Lieut.-C;en. Nelson 4. Miles and Com
mander in chief David A. Palmer of the
Grand Army of the Rcprhlic were by
the Presidents side in the reviewing
stand.
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Thinking merely TO cool the tonic and
save her patrons from scorched ongue
Mrs. Farrell hurriedly caught up what
she supposed. in her haste, was merely
a cup Of cold water and poured Il into
the three gallons of tonic. In a minute
tonic tasters complained with wry faces
that the stun was as bitter as quinine
and wanted to know why.
Mrs. Farrell herself. anxious to see
what the trouble was, sampled several
glasses of the stuff. drinking far more
perhaps. than any person who had i'm
bibed. She too was aware of the curl
Gus, bitter taste and telephoned to
Joseph Raker. an employee of The Malto-
Hope Company, to ask him what the
matter could be. Mr.. Raker hustled
around To S~nellenburg's. asked "A few
questions. tasted the tonic and guessed
what had happened.
Iiy that time Mrs. Farrell was quite
ready 10 faint and the crowd around
The Malto-Hope counter was made up OF
some very pale faced, trembling per-
sons. Raker Immediately informed the
crowd OF the mistake that had been made
and advised every one who had drunk OF
the tonic to consult a physician at once.
Then he called al and took
Mrs. Farrell To the Jefferson Hospital.
Drs. McCrae and Brown administered
INC USUAL " Nl'fhNiii'iN' '''H'N'''
plenty of milk and white of egg, and
then made the necessary analysis. They
determined that the amount OF bichlo-
ride which had got into the tonic was
no small that there need be no real
cause for apprehension.
Tie nausea and hysterid from which
Mrs. Farrell suffered at first was due.
the doctors thought, to sheer fright. and
they rather expected that others might
let their Imagination run away Win
them. 1t was not considered necessary
10 make an analysis Of the tonic.
II was aid at jefferson Hospital to-
night that Mrs. Farrell would be dis
charged probably tomorrow, az not the
slightest evidence had developed that
she was suffering from bichlorlde pol
eoning. Among the forty and more other
persons who drank more or less of the
stuff no alarming symptoms have de-
veloped.
Many of the victims were s~alesgirls
employed in the department store. About
fifteen of these tool their cases TO
physicians, who found, as the Jefferson
Hospital doctors found, that there was
apparently little cause for apprehension.
THAT twoscore persons are not In dan
ger OF death is merely due, however.
10 the fact that the solution OF BIZ
chloride used for sterilizing was very
weak.
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President Wilson remained standing
for nearly four hours while the parade
was passing. He was enthusiastically
cheered b. every post that passed.
In the reviewing stand with the Presi-
dent We're his two aids, Col. W. w.
Harris of the army and Dr. Cary I.
Grayson Of the nav Secretary Tumu''y,
Secretary and Mrs. McAdoo. Miss Sallie
NcAdoo. Miss Helen Woodrow Bones.
Chief Justice White. Justice McKenna,
Ambassador Jusserand and Nine. Jus
serard. the British Ambassador, Sir
Cecil Arthur Springfield, and other
prominent members Of th" diplomatic
corps. The members of the Presidents
Cabinet We're present. besides Gen. Hugh
l.. Scott. chief of STAN, and Others more
or less prominent in official circles.
Chief Justice White. who served in the
Confederate army, shared in the general
enthusiasm over the event, and many Of
the marching veterans recognized him
and cheercd him.
The parade moved from the foot OF the
Capitol grounds. where il had formed
near the base Of the peace monument
Gen. Miles rode at the head as grand
marshal. The Department Of New York
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13
SIDELIGHTS ON
EUROPEAN WAR

ances and strikes until after the
war?" was asked,
For the present labor is forced
to give in. 1t is inevitable at this
time" answered Macdonald.
Labor leaders do not object to
Walter Longs national registry bill
requiring all persons in England be-
tween the ages of fifteen ard sixty
five to declare their fitness for war
work but they look upon 1t as somex
thing that may lead to form of con-
scription according to Macdonald.
He added.
{. This bill embraces the provision
of compulsory registration and lays
down certain penalties: hardly
think 1t will result in conscription,
but in the hands of clever minis
ter it. can be brought around and
twisted to assume practically the
same form. British labor cannot
object to this because it's hands are
tied by the penalties exacted, but the
workmen of this country viii vfo-
lently object to absolute bald mill.
tary conscription because 1t is un-
necessary. The government has been
informed of the workmen's intention
and that is to stay in the fight and
help save the country. When the
country Is saved the workmen will
say what he has to say"
British labor, Macdonald con-
cluded. would hardly attempt any
national tie-up even in the event OF
impending military conscription, but
would oppose such an issue In every
other possible way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13

tore and he represents a cuetom as
old as the ancient palaces under
whose broad portals he is singing.
His name is Sor Capanna and he is
known from one end of Rome to the
other for is he not the composer of
that modern satirical song, big
William?" He is singing it now and
for one solda you may buy the same
poetic narration of the improvisa-
torres estimation of the Kaiser.
Sor Capanna is ono of many i'm
provisatores in Rome today for the
entrance Of Italy into the war has
brought them all out again like
mushrooms-or perhaps one should
say flowers after rain. They sing,
most of them, songs of love, fare
wells of soldiers departing to the
war, admonishing their sweethearts
to be brave and true during their
absence. Many of them sing the
compositions Of Sor Capanna, peer
of improvisatores but the majority
Of them tmprovise. All improvise
the music 30 that the words you hear
sung under your window at night
may be the same you heard the
morning In the. piazza but the music
Is altogether different.
Sometimes group Of improvisa-
torres, with harp and violin and a
singer, recount the sorrows and the
yearnings OF the departing soldiers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13

close TO the surface.
If the soil is low in fertility and
humus II is well to apply s-12 tons Of
manure per acre and 800 10 400 lbs.
Of fertilizer high in phosphoric acid
and potash. The yield will be better
II top-dressed with acid phosphate
and muriate of potash either in early
spring or after the first or second
cutting.
While some have successfully seed
ed alfalfa in the spring with a crop
of oats or barley, and even in win
ter wheat or rye, the best practice
seems to be to SOW It during August
as crop by itself. This seeding
can be after early potatoes, after tie
grain crops or in extreme cases after
a crop of timothy hay.
In the average season the moist
ure condition will be a factor for
careful consideration and If possible
grain stubble should be well disked
before plowing, while after timothy
sod 1t would be almost imperative.
This season the moisture conditions
are more favorable for seeding al
falfa than the several seasons pre-
ceding.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13

But Pone stops to listen. The serv-
ant girl bruEhing tear from her eye
surreptitiously buys copy Of the
touching ballad for a penny. Others
crowd forward to listen to the words.
From morning until night you may
run across them, these singers In the
squares, beside the Spanish steps,
near the churches. Some of the i'm
provisatores strumming their plain
tive tunes on the guitars use ballads
of other days brought up TO date.
And II the improvisatores collect a
couple of lire from one concert and
sale OF librettos they are more than
satisfied.
One of the songs heard most fire.
quently in Rome has highly Eu-
genie fiavor-even IN its dialect
10 scarto di vittorio non 10 voglic
Quando RIVE IL mio amore me 10
piglio."
Which is to say
Those refused by Victor Emanuel
/ do not want;
When my love returns from the war
will marry him"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13
BY WILBUR S. FORREST,
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent.

BY WILBUR S. FORREST,
Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent
London, August 1, (by maiD-
British labor is today working hand
in hand with the government to save
the nation. That, for the moment,
is the status of British labor. But
after it is all over British labor slil
have something to say to the British
government.
This was today the unqualified
statement to the United Press of
Ramsey Macdonald, member of par
lament and leader of the British 80
cialists.
The Something" that British la
Dor will have to say to the govern
ment after the war, according to
Macdonald, is that war is unneces-
sary and the elements that make
Wa possible must be wiped out"
But in the meantime contin-
ued Macdonald, British labor has
come to the stage of realization that
the government must be helped out
of it's difficulty and inevitably British
labor must forget the past and look
to the future by helping the govern
ment fight for its existence"
British trades union members and
leaders are now In khaki by thous-
ands and tens of thousands are put
ting in hard licks In war munition
factories and other government
work, declared Macdonald.
DO you mean that labor hence
forth will overlook all It's Industrial
grievances and postpone these griev-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13
SOWING ALFALFA
IN THIS COUNTY
Is to be One of the Greatest
Crops of the East, is the
Opinion.

There is no doubt that alfalfa is to
be one of the great crops OF the east.
Many acres will be sown in Middle
scx county this season and what Is
true of this county is true OF the en-
tire east
While some of the failures to get
good stand Of this crop will be due
to the mechanical condition OF the
soil, most of them will undoubtedly
be due to the lack of proper care in
the use of lime and inocu-ation.
Alfalfa will do well on a variety
of soils provided it is well drained
and does not have a dense hard-pan
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13
SONGS IN ROME AS
SOLDIERS BATTLE
Popular Improvisatores in Italy
Since Nation Was Plunged
Into the Great War.
BY ALICE ROHE

Omitted Press STAFF Correspondent
Rome, July 16 (By maiD D-Moon-
light in Rome, the sound of guitar,
a singers voice declaiming deeds of
war, of love, of partings, of prom
ised returns. In ancient palaces
heads are silhouetted against yellow
squares Of light. In the Piazza a
crowd gathers about the singer.
Yes, this is the twentieth century
Rome and the singer is no medieval
troubador. But he is quite as pic
turesque, quite as romance-laden as
though he had lived hundreds Of
years ago. For he Is an improvisa-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13

Private Emergency Hospital.
One of Cincinnati's once buildings
is supplied with an excellent emer-
gency hospital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-08-13

Optimistic Thought.
The beginning of excellence is to b
free from error.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1915-12-17
immigration Subject
OF Discussion at the
Commercial Club Meet
RULGARIANs STOP AT BORDER

The matter Of immigration was TAX
en- up at the meeting Of the State
Federation of Commercial Clubs this
afternoon. The session did not begin
until about IL o'clock this morning
owing to the fact that the snow storm
has delayed some of the delegates and
the greater part of the forenoon was
taken up in getting organized for the
work Of the meeting.
immigration has and will hold the
attention of the meeting all Of this
afternoon and it is expected that be-
fore night there will be more Of the
clubs of the state represented.
Ward D. Williams of Chicago pre-
sented The Chicago Herald plan of
immigration advertising and publicity
work, which was presented by him
at the meeting Of the. executive COM
mittee Of the North Dakota Bankers
association yesterday. There was a
committee from the bankers organiZa-
tion at the federation session this aft
ernoon. This committee is composed
of F. w. Cathro Of Bottineau. j. e.
Phelan Of Bowman and w. c. Mcfad-
den OF. this city and was in attendance
at the session this forenoon and after
noon for the purpose Of taking up the
set forth by Mr.. Williams.
with the commercial club representa-
tives.
At noon today the delegates to the
meeting. the bankers COM
mittee and a number OF Fargo busl-