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Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-26

The Gazette has just received
another lot OF new type faces and
other material which adds much
to the output OF the work OF the
Office. We deserve your patron
age. We have ; full line OF cards
Lettec Heads. Envelopes and 9TH
| er material. Let US do some Of
your work. Let as do your mis-
ute work and any other church
advertisements.
Reader il q biue OF red mark
appears on the head OF your pa
per marked with an X it is to
notify you that you owe for the
paper aud are NOTICED Ito pay up
Misses Willie and lola Urqu-
hari. accompanied their father to
Paducah. Friday.
Mrs. Parthenia Dixon, OF Pad
ucah. was in the city Saturday
looking after her house that is
nearing completion.
Mrs. Bette Turley. Miss Icey
Wimbly OF Brookpcrt. arc very
sick this week. Mrs. Rhodes.
is improving
Mrs. Irehh Haynes. the assist
ant principal OF Dunbar was some.
what indisposed this week.
Several of the Metropolis citi.
zens were In Paducah. Saturday
shopping and 10 see the Liberty
Bell which was to appear on the
10th but owing to the fact that
the bell did not arrive until 4:5o
p. m. they did not get to see it.
as the Cowling leave the wharf
at AGO for Metropolis.
Persons who owe the Gazette
would greatly lesson the hnan-
cial burden of the publishers by
remitting at once.
Paul Baker. formerly OF thi city
but now OF East St Louis. and
Miss Minnie Lashley. OF city were
quietly married last Friday at the
home OF the brides mother ION s,
street. Rev. Patterson. officia-
ting. They lett on the ro:7o q.
m. train for East St. Louis. where
they reside in the future. The
Gazette. wishes for them much
success.
Chas. Gsiggs. the carper went
to Brookport, Tuesday on bust
ness.
Memorial service in memory OF
DR.. Booker T. Wilmington. will
be held at First Baptist church
by the B. Up. U Sunday Dec.
9Th at 6 100 q. m. All churches
and pastors of the city are cor
daily invited to be present and
assist in the services.
Wanted-ioo customers al the
Last Chance grocery to buy 3
cans OF best tomatoes and corn
for 75c.
Ordination Lieentiate license
bi tanks at the Gazette Office.
Rev. J. n. Smith. was Brook
port, visitor Friday.
Costa Sumner. and sister. Miss
Gertrude Of Prookport. were in
the city Monday on business.
Rev. J. B. McCrary. was at l..
charge Sunday and reports a
good success spiritually AMI r.
nancialIy; one convert in the mid
week prayer service. God us
surely in that pIac.
Mesdames. Annie Porter. De-
borah Wilson. and Annie Barnard
were Paducah shopper. Friday.
James Robinson, OF Carbondale
is in the city on business.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-26

When Revolt 10 Dangerous.
It 10 not the instruction OF ignos
rance that IL dangerous, but the re
colts ef intelligence.--Lovsn
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-26

In the sunken Submarine.
-It'e too annoying that we should Be-
stuck down here. ] bought myself
the most splendid tomb only las@
week. "--Lustige Blaetter.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1915-11-26

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Ind that I'm forgotten By al my
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row msnsy from them before ytDu
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ger traffic To- the West during the re-
mainG,r of September and In October
and November.
II :, probable that the attendance
viii conhnuc to increase until tn"
close of the exposition. The farmers
have gathered their ,rops ana are h,-
ginning to reach the Golden Gate.
Like a wise show man, california
has kept her hest act untl the end
of the performance. beginning with
September 80 and continuing until!
The close Of the exposition ON De-
ccmhor / there will he hold Il on
tinupus liv" stock exhibition divided
into many separate shows. Cattle
from Iowa, Montana, Michigan, Ne
hriska. Texas and other states have
already reached the live stock pa
Nilions ana are getting into condition,
The plVilions cover forty acres Of
grounds and If - travel an the
aislcs between the stalls you viii have
iourncyed "A distance of moro than
six miles, The largest stake ever Of
fc-cd in "a live stock exhibition. $40
600. has been set aside for prizes and
premiums.
BESIDES the live stock shows there
are still moro than 250 important CON
crosses and conventions to he held i'm
san Francisco. Among those to take
pace during October and November
are the meetings of the National
I Drainage Congress, of the Motor Truck
club of America. of the American
Electric Railway Transportation AS
soCtitiun, of the United Daughters of
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Chitcrt, Bernard Il. MdyheCk of san
Francisco. was inspired 10y the fact
that it was t. be- made Of permanent
materials and that it would probably
stand long after the exposition had
become but a memory. The arChitcC-
turc is really Roman with a harmun-
iZing strain of /, mpc.ian and Italian
forms, the latter occurring mainly in
the garden details. \ quiet note of
aristocratic elegance Is attained by the
architect as well as by the landscape
gardener in the stIll waters Of the lake
and the sculptural note imposed.
Tho Palace Of Fine Arts, however.
does not complete the great main
group upon which the architectural
c. mmissiun lahOrcd and which Will al
ways remain as the great architec-
tural triumph of the exposition. The
central group consists Of the eight
palaces set in a rcCtanglc with four
facing the harhor, presenting an un-
interrupted facade, and four, imme-
diat"Iy opp. site, facing the hills IT
san Francisco on the north.
The eight buildings lIanked upon tho
west by the Palace f Fine Arts. on
the east by the Palace of Machinery
and ON the south by Festival Hall and
the giant Palace If Horticulture with
its mighty glass dome rising 1856 feet
complete the central group of exhibit
buildings.
The exposition is "A success, At tn,
end of the 20lst day, with still cigh'
ty-ninc days to come, l2,l3G,N $40 sep
aritc entrances had been clicked 10y
the turnstilCs 1T the exposition
gates. For the last three month'
the weekly average has exceeded
900, 900 "A week, and ii is growing
For the last seven days, this articl,
being written ON September 10
there Is an attendance of J6l,
l1G. Still there is no end to IN,
army which is every day coming b,
rail and 10y motor Ia the exposition
city. Hallway officials a out ~
estimate early In september that $50,
Goa visitors We're ON the Pacific coast
and it was said the railroads wer'
preparing for Unprecedented passen
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Vic" a%sHsn" Marina front" sr""o T""p""%%r ~cd~maH~" popesh is r"@.Hn"r ~msca in Rome

come a powerful factor in ~incrcasinS
special SKIN in the trades.
The development cf the internal
combustion engine records "A triumph
in the production of power and a re-
lated advance in the development of
transportation. From the giant Diesel
engine in the Palace of Machinery,
which, burning fuel oil at the cost of
but g. cents AN hour, produces 500
horsepower, to the prodiGious agri-
cultural motor hat will trcmhlc and
throb as it lays it's W tracks over
vast agricultural lands. and also in
the great motor truck that feeds the
railroad branch lines and brings the
far interior into direct touch with the
markets Of the world, may he soon
illustrations of the varied uses to
which the internal combustion engine
is put,
In the Palace of Agriculture is a
giant sagehrush plough that will cut
off and turn beneath the earth a for
est of ~sagebrush almost as high as
"A mans head. In the Palace of
lIillNll'l lill'll may wv lbNllu lllt new
armorcd motor truck, now AN impor-
tant factor in the worlds greatest
war, in contrast with the wasp of the
air, the heavier than air machine,
which. too, is playing its deadly part
in the European conflict,
The demonstration of the transcon-
tinental telephone is especially inter
csting because the visitor becomes q
participant, or rather a recipient. Its
use is being brought to the attention
of the exposition siGhtsCcr hy an oN
traordinary exhibition. Each after
Don in the Palace Of Liberal Arts
an audience of several hundred per
sons may be seen gathered in an au'
diturium with bowed heads as t. IN N
attitude of devotion, They are listen,
ing to the voice of a man in New
York who reads from the headline
of the Sew York. papers. III" thou.
sands who for the first time hear TN,
human voice projected from the op
posite side OF the continent expert
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as great an advance over the Worlds
Columbian Exposition in Chicago in
1923 rs the year 1919 marks an adj
vance I'VE that year.
y summary of the notable advances
would include the improved methods
OF transportation, the motor truck,
the aoruplano, improved methods in
the s'ncration of power, the Diesel
engine and other Internal combustion
engines, the advanced methods of In
accommodation, the transcontinental
telephone and the increased develop
mcut of wireless. \ message from
Germany was recorded by the EXPOSE
ton wireless, "A distance of $500 miles,
The wireless telephone, too, is just
coming into being.
If the writer were asked to pick out
twenty striking world developments
recorded at the exposition he would
select the following:
Diesel engine.
Trauscont!uental telephone and audion
ampliiier.
development Of n~itrates from air.
color photography.
cure for houkworm in the South.
Motor truck and gasolene driven farm
machinery.
The dcrOplanC.
pNN-Icctyl cuc gas burner.
Vocational teaching in schools.
Advance In steam locomution.
Tc~lcgraphouc,
Wireless ~tclCgraphy.
Wireless telephone,
synthetic camphur,
Mesothorium, "A derivativc of radium.
Advance in illumination.
The submarine.
Watt II ampcre hour meters
lNcs, Sc, from coal tars,
Pure food movement.
And yet this list is in it's very ma.
ture Inadequate, II records hut 1
few of the spectacular advances
There are thousands that might b,
recorded in many industries, in sur
gerry, in educational work. in the ad
ministration Of tcnements and of pris
ons, IN the high development of or
eanized labor, which OF itself has be
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upon the south facade, Is the exquisite
treatment # the 'platercsquc period
of Spanish architecture.
To tho classic Palace of Fine Arts
must he accorded the distinction Of
having been almost universally pro-
nounCed the most beautiful of the cN-
position palaces. And, A. il VIII re-
main as a .egacy from the expos ton
To San Francisco, some attempt at a
description of it will not he ont Of
place. OF all the buildings. il seems
h most enduring. ~ viewed from
the opposite side of tho forest burdrrod
lagoon in which its mai,silc proper
tons are m!rrorad it prcsc. Is the cf-
feet of an ancient ruin, a temple OF
some hygonc . ~oVcrgruWn with
vegetation sprung up in the CoJr~c OF
the centuries.
The palace describes a grdc. ful arc
following the curvature of tho lagoon
Before it's steel and concrete frame
and following It's contour, arises fan
aloft a double row Of Corinthian colon,
nades with columns Colorcd to rcsCm.
BILE striated marble, From its upper
ave- drop long skeins of moss aur
Towering vines; n huge bed uf he,
gonias in their flaming red forms q
broad panel below the cavcH, Before
the main entrance ana prof. citing ont
into the lagoon rises a great dome,
rOtunda 1915 feet in height.
Beneath the dome ON the interior Of
the rOtunda Is a series of classic Greek
panels by Bruno Louis Ximm, repre-.
sentinG The InattllnahlC in Art
Poetry, or the Triumph of Pegasus
and the chariot Of Apollo" Figures
Of the classic arts 10y Uric II. Ellcr-
husen are set between the Ximm
panels, Beneath the dome and on tho
inner vault of the dome are prca,
murals, by Robert II. Reed The fouI
larger panels have To do with the e n
ceptlon ana birth of art, lis commit
ment t. the earth and It's prugrcss ana
acceptance by human intellect. TN,
-four other panels Symho,iHc the roul
Colds ~ California. the gold of In,
poppy, OF the citrus fruits, Of tho
wheat and of the metal.
1 In his design for the palace, the ar
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from ivory and fashioned by a single
hand. 4 radiant city Of palaces. a
city of the Orient with its flashing
domes and spires, rich in oriental COL
oring. in n natural setting that recalls
the Mediterranean: suggesting, for eX-
ample, the Bay Of Naples in the neigh
borhood of Sorrento.
The Tower of Jewels, rising i35 feet,
o. high as the average thirty-scven
story city block. towers far above the
first rim Of the hills that embrace the
site. ON either side are seen the
balancing domes and towers and
minarets. and before the grounds are
passing the ships outbound to the
awakening Orient or returning with
their rich freightage.
This Is the exposition soon to pass
away. ~undeniably the most beautiful
architectural creation in the world.
Nowhere upon the earth, it seems safe
TO say, may one behold so magniti-
rem a collection Of architectural mar
wells within a similar area. IF the
Palace of Fine Arts could he set up in
Rome" said "A great Italian architect
TO the writer, travellers would feel "A
vision Of it had we'll repaid a journey
half around the globe"
There IL an absence Of set forms
about the fair, a spontaneity in its
artistic expression. 1t m as a
revelation of an artistic impulse In the
life of a nation. II Is only in this way
that we can explain the art that has
lowered into such gorgeous bloom at
San Francisco.
The exposition was fashioned by a
Joint commission of a number of no.
table architects who worked in col
Alteration with the color staff, with
the landscape engineers and with the
lighting experts to produce a harmoni-
Gus whole. Their success is due to
the plan upon which the architecture
commission operated, Although its
members labored in unison and in its
sessions each feature was considered
in Its relation to the ensemble, yet
each architect had some definite de-
tail. To Mckim, Mead & White OF
New York was given the great central
court, the court Of the Universe. To
Louis c. Mullgardt of San Francisco
was given the great eastern court, the
Court of the Ages, "A Gothic conception
rich In details and producing the i'm
preston of some great cathedral. Tt
Henry Bacon Of New York was given
the western court, the Court Of the
-Four Seasons. Each Of the courts
secluded and set apart, presents Il.
" distinctive charm and lndiyidu,
atty without clashing with the archi,
lecture Of the exhibition as "A whole,
The outside facadcs OF the palace,
comprising the outer wall of tn,
walled city" were designed by W. n
Fayille Of San Francisco, It is hi
wonderful wall, rich in ornamentatlon
that ties the great buildings into al
architectural design. On the nortl
from their inches in the wall the grea
bowleggcd pirate, the ]bucCaneer ant
tho conquistadore scowl savagely "A
the thousands Of merry makers VIII
throng the Mar-Ga- ksxs. Sal 49,
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radcs will hr features of intcrcs, he
tore thc exposition closes,
IIulnuia, success, too, has come. al
though tho year 1878 least of all years
in the christian calendar would have
been selected for tn" holding of a
great iutcruati nal exposition. ON
that February morning Wfou the cN-
position opened and san Francisco
througrl to sec the glory for months
hidden hy the twenty foot hedge i
opened with u debit ut 81. 200, uuO loaned
by the hiuks of san Francisco. The
MANAGEMENT decided the debit should
hc paid while the exposition was in
progress. Il was good business and
good advertising.
Former President William Howard
Taft. whose comment, san Francisco
knows how" helped the Golden Gate
city To- win tn" far, who broke first
ground for tho palaces and who has
taken a signal part in guiding tho
great enterprise, ulliciatod at the cerc-
monies when the debt was formally
wiped out. Thousands were gathered
in the Court of the Universe ON the
night # September 3 when the "Oul
of Debt day ceremonies came To their
conclusion. Those vino came saw MIR
taft, standing under "a SHAFT of light
from the Arch of the Rising sun, plac,
upon 10 funeral pyrc the cancelled
notes to the amount of 81 ,20O, 600, ano
as he held the burning papers aloft
a part of the MORTGAGES uf 500 pages
the cheers of thousands rcsouudct
! through the corridors, Now the great
fair, with its hiG indebtedness paid
has emerged from every shadow of de
preston and is rounding the tinA
stretch in the rae" to assured success
with six months passed there ha'
been ample time To pick out some u'
the more notable exhibits. Many q
these promise great chances in indus,
try. liut no mind could classify ul
measure the wealth uf the achieve,
m"uts recorded. for a~ltoeother thor,
are some five hundred thousand CN.
habits representing every phase at
human activity, This exhibition mark
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As Great Exposition
Draws to a Close Its
Success. Artistic, Eco
nomic and Financial,
Is Reviewed
ny HAMILTON WRIGHT,

r UNDOUBTEDLY the external APP
pearance OF the exposition, the
~ sublimity of its setting, the
vast palaces grouped IT, per-
feet harmony. the waves of color and
the originality of it's architecture are
what rave most impressed the mill
ions who have thronged to the Golden
Gate. This Is the first impression of
the fair. And yet in the harmony of
the completed production there is. as
in the nature of all harmony, a per-
lection in detail. n relation between
the various artistic phases of the ex-
position hat produce the enchanting
ensemble.
Perhaps the best point Of vantage
from which to gain the clearest con-
cept Of the exposition Is from the
heights Of Belvedere, across the Bay
OF San Francisco. From this point
M beholds the exposition spread for
three miles along the harbor's edge,
extending from the very entrance of
the Golden Gate half way to the Ferry
Building. And II presents n single
picture. It is rs n mighty cameo cut
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Copyright. 1919. Wy tho Panama Zinc
International E>p-tl'''u '"mpt's
"Acroteria." a heroic winged
figure, replicaS of which adorn
the gables of many of the main
exhibit palaces. BY a pupil OF
the Paris Beaux Arts.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12

Troops have been sent to all parts of the park but up to late hour tonight they had found no trace of the highwayman.
 MlSTRlAL DENIED
 NEW YORK. July 9. After serious clash between Deputy Attor- ney-General cook. representing the prosecution in the Thaw trial, and Attorney Stanchfield, counsel for the defense. the prosecutor asked Justice Hendricks this afternoon to declare a mistral and dismiss the jury. The motion was promptly denied
 The climax came when the court announced that doctors had declared that Evelyn Thaw was too ill to take the stand. and issued an order dismissing his previous order for her arrest, stating that her testimony given at the two previous trials would be admitted in the present case.
 Attorney Stanchfield then declared that the state attorney had in court Dr. Flint, an alienist who had a woman lip reader with him observing Thaw. Cook then demanded a mis- trial. on the grounds that such a re mark was improper before jury.
 Thaw took the stand again today and related the history of his early life.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12
Thursday

German officials have admitted that the Teutons have been checked i'll their drive of the Russians south of Lublin, Poland IL is explained. however, that the check is only of a temporary nature, and that il Is expected by the Germans that the northward drive of the Russians will be resumed soon.
 In dispatch from London, 1t is asserted that the reason the Teu- tons were checked was due to the arrival of strong achievements and much ammunition for the Russian troops. It is explained in this tele- gram that the Teutons' advance has been checked at two points.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12
Wednesday

The big battle in Poland is stin in progress, according to today's re ports. but it is asserted in dis patch from Petrograd that the Rus sians have managed to check the advance of the Teutons south of Warsaw. It is denied in the dis patch from Petrograd that the Ger mans have broken the lines of the Slavs south of Lublin.
 The fighting between the Aus trians and the Serbians, which has been suspended for long time, promises to be renewed with some vigor In d dispatch from Nish. the temporary capital of Serbia it is explained that the Austrians have started a general offensive move ment along the Danube river,
 It is reported from Paris that the Germans are massing their troops on the French frontier in the Al sace region, and that it is expected that new OlItnSlNt movement IS planned for that district.
 In a dispatch from London it is stated that the French casualties in the war up to June 1, totaled 100000
 That the Germans have made slight gains in the Arras region, France, is the statement made in a dispatch from London. The Ger mans are said to have started de termined attack there on the French lines.
 Turkish troops and warships have begun a severe attack on the ships and troops of the allies in the Oar danelles region, according to a re port from Paris. In a dispatch from Athens. 1t is asserted that seven German submarines have join ed the Turkish fleet in the Oar daneles, and will be used in at tacking the warships of the allies there
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12
Monday

German and Austrian troops un. der the direction of General Mack ensen are advancing in wedge shape into the Russian lines in Pc land. The advancing wedge is nov ing from the south at the rate Of about five miles day, it is report ed in telegram from London.
 The Russians are stubbornly re sisting the attacks of the Teutons, of Warsaw, and extending southward to the Austrian border, is swaying in death struggle, it is reported.
 The Sultan of Turkey, who was re- ported to be dying on Sunday, is dead according to report from Athens. Greece.
 French troops in the Moselle re- zion are reported, in dispatch from Paris, to be regaining some of the ground they lost recently to the Germans in that section.
 General Soukhomlinoff, the Rus sian minister of war is reported, in a dispatch from London, to have handed in his resignation His ac tion in this regard is not understood by the military authorities here, as it was supposed that he was an eff ficient official.
 The allies are reported to have made a general attack on the forts of the Dardanelles, but the result is not reported.
The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-12
Tuesday

The GermanAustrian troops that have been driving the Russians out of Galicia, are reported to have bro ken through the lines of the Rus sian5 south of Lublin, Russia. thus leaving the way clear for the Ger mans to march northward on War saw.
 The great battle in Poland is con tinuing in other sections, in addition to the place where the breach was made in the Russian lines. The Russians admit the success of the Teutons, but assert that the victory is only of temporary nature.
 On the west line. the Germans have been making some advance, it is stated in a dispatch from Paris, The Teutons have been making gains in the Argonne region, but have