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The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-10-28
FREEZING Water,

The sea freezes at 20 degrees F.
and fresh water lakes freeze at 80 de
grees r.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-10-28
Audacity.

with audacity one can undertake
anything, but one cannot accomplish
everything. -NapOleOn.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-10-28
NOW

is the time to list your
farm with us if you want
to sell
MaryviIle Real Estate Co.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1915-10-28
]. A. McCullOch, M. ID.

Physician and Surgeon
Front Office over George & Mitchell
Drug Store. Both Phones, Office SO.
Residence SO. -A
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
RUSSIA HAS FAILED,
OPINION OF ALLIES
American Back from Fighting
Line in Belgium Tells Of
Disappointment Felt.

Russia is not doing all that was eT-
Tected of her by France and England,
according TO ". {. Peabody, of New
York, who has just returned from ser
vice with the American Field Ambu-
lance Corps in Belgium.
The opinion | found current said
Mr.. Peabody yesterday, was that Rus
STA has not been able to withstand the
German attack. | do not know if the
condition Of her army is better than it
was in the Japanese war, but was told
that her men were poorly Offered and
equipped"
The corps TO which Mr. Peabody was
attached was financed by the Ameri-
can Field Ambulance Association,
whose Office is at ~ Cedar Street
Their equipment included ten automo-
bile ambu.anccs, in charge Of Amcri-
cans.
Among these were Elliot &. Cowdin,
o nephew Of Robert Bacon, exam
bassador 20 France; Samuel Berger,
nephew Of William Jennings Bryan,
and several members Of Squadron A.
Francis T. Colby was in charge of the
corps, which left Paris on December
6, and has since been attached TO the
Belgian army, operating in the small
slice Of their fatherland left to them
about Nicuport.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
BATES is SLATED
TO LEAD MOOSE
County Committee Will Select
Birds Successor Tomorrow
No Fight Expected.

Unless some unexpected opposition
develops Linden Bates, jr., will be elect
ed chairman of the Progressive County
Committee at meeting called for Ter
race Garden at $3.50 o'clock tomorrow
night. Members of the executive COM
mittee have decided that Mr.. Bates is
the right man to take the place OF
Francis W. Bird, jr., who resigned be-
cause Of his removal TO Boston.
Two factions remain in the organl-
cation, the same two that caused the
fight over the first vice presidency at
the annual election in September.
That fight was between Jacob x.
Schf and william Halpin. Schiff won
and has been acting chairman since the
resignation of Bird several months ago.
Mr.. Bates has been a Progressive
since the organization of the party. lie
worked for the nomination of Colonel
Roosevelt by the Republicans at the
Chicago convention of 1912. Later he
assisted in the establishment OF the
Progressive organization IN this state
and city. As a Republican he has served
two terms in the Assembly. As Pro.
gressive he has made two unsuccessful
eanvasses for Congress.
George W. Perkins has consented TO
speak at the meeting of the county
committee and is expected TO give his
reasons why the Progressive party
should remain in existefSce and 70 out
line the kind of work he believes they
should attempt TO DO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
TAXICAB OFFICIAL
OWNED NO AUTO
f. B. Seaman Had Horses for
Own Use, Inventory of His
Estate Shows.

Ecbcrt y. Seaman, late official and
part owner of one of the largest taxi
cab companies I'm New York, seems 70
have preferred horse and carriage for
his own transportation. In the in
yentory Of his personal estate, filed
yesterday, there appear as part of the
assets two horses, a brougham, a VIC
torla, harness and other appurtenances.
But. according TO the inventory, Mr..
Seaman did not own private auto
mobile.
The personal estate Of Mr.. Seaman
was appraised AT S2O9,773, the nearest
unofficial estimate heretofore being
more than 100000" lie left 10 his
wife, Mrs Maria T. Seaman, the income
for life from his entire estate. At her
death this will be divided equally be-
tween his son, Egbert b. Seaman, jr.
and his daughters, Mrs. Carrie l. Ed.
ltz aud Mrs Frances p. S. Oakley. The
testator inserted provision that Mrs
Oakley, a widow, was at no time to re.
ccivc the principal of the one-third in.
tcrest IN the estate If she married one
Leo FaSsler Mrs. Oakley contested
this, but Surrogate Cohalan upheld il
Some of Mr.. Seaman's stock holding:
were Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
$3.50; American Smelling and Rein
ing, SlOI75; United States Steel. 81,
$40; Baltimore & Ohio, $3.50. The III
deity Bank holds as security for loaI
about $4,000 worth OF shares belong
ing 10 the estate Mr. Seaman haC
bonds valued AT about $33 900. His sea
on the New York Produce Exchang,
was valued at $3.50, and among III,
notes that he held was one for $500
made by his son on April 20. 1914.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
FINDS PHONE TOLL
SHOULD BE LOWER
Legislative Committee Will Re
port Rates in New York
Ought To Be Cut.

.tFrom a stan Correspondent q The TriJunel
Albany, Feb. Ex-senator James A.
Foley, one of the legislative commit
tee Investigating telephone rates in
New York City, at a hearing this after
noon on the Lockwood Goldberg five
cent telephone bill said a report Of his
committee would be made next week.
Professor Bcmis, the committees cx-
pert Senator Foley said, had found
that 100000 could be taken from the
telephone company's profits in New
York City and still leave a fair return
on the investment. The committee had
been studying how this surplus could
be apportioned among the various
kinds of service, and had decided:
That toll charges between Brooklyn,
Manhattan and The Bronx of more
than FIVE cents be eliminated.
That the present subscribers rate
en- contract Of eight cents a call be
reduced TO five.
That n reduction be made so that
the tenants of hotels and apartment
houses can have rate Of five cents q
call
Edward ". Beattic. jr., representing
the New York Telephone Company
contended that the bill was conisca.
tory and unnecessary. in view Of the
present investigations ordered for set
Ting for all time the telephone con-
troversy. Senator Lockwood, one OF
the introducers, agreed TO wait for re-
ports on the Investigations, but de-
clarcd that5sf relief was not givea al
that time. 5,he measure would be
pressed for assa-e.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
FINDS NEW METHOD
TOMAKE GASOLINE
DR.. Smelling, Former Govern
ment Chemist, Tells Engineers
of Big Discovery.

Three hundred members and guests
Of the American Institute Of Mining
Engineers sat down at the annual din
ner last evening at the Hotel Aston
kilograms Of regret were received
from President Wilson and Governor
Whitman.
Benjamin Thayer, president OF the
Anaconda Copper Company, outgoing
president of the institute, outlined the
work Of the year. and announced that
the membership had reached the 5000
mark William l.. Saunders. president
of the Ingersoll- Drill Company,
the newly elected president, acted as
POSTMASTER. Gano Dunn, job T..
Hedges, Dr.. Rossiter ". Raymond, sec
rotary emeritus Of The institute, and
John c. Montgomery spoke.
Senator w. A. Clark. Of Montana,
was among the diners, as well as II. $.
Drinker. one Of the first members Of
the institute; d. W. Brunton, Mr. and
Mrs. Karl Eilsrs, Miss Hedges, Profes-
sor James f. Kemp. II. Mortimer Lamb,
4. K. LedouX, Eben +. Olcott, Charles
+. Rand and Professor Albert Sauveur.
The annual election OF the institute
was held in the morning, at the En-
cheering Soc.cty's Building The fol-
lowing officers were chosen. President.
William L. Saunders. OF New York;
vice-prcsidents, Sidney J. Jennings, Of
New York. and Philip y. More, Of St
Louis; directors, 5. A. Taylor, Robert
W. Hunt. IIennen Jennings, George c..
Stone and W. II. Aldridge. The secre-
tary and the treasurer will be selected
by the board.
A technical discussion Of fuels occu-
pied the afternoon session. DR.. Walter
o. Smelling, research chemist, Of
Pittsburgh, announced the discovery
Of new method Of making gasolenc.
He came upon this method after five
years of experimental work. Dr.. Smell
Ing was formerly a government chem
list. For the last two years he has been
financed by John T. Millikeu, Of St..
Louis.
The establishment OF q depreciation
reserve fund each year TO keep oil prop
critics ut a standard value was urged
by Philip ". Henry, Of New York.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
MAYOR DEFENDS
CITY'S FINANCES
Hears Masters Voice" In Wac
ner's Charge New Yorh
Credit Is Poor.

Mayor Mitchell denounced yesta,l,,
the statement about the financial =,
dition of the city made by ss-,s,
Robert F. Wagner az Albany On Ne
day in support Of the resoluts n
Senator Lawson for an investiuse
"As the statement was quoted D,
papers il was untrue" said the N,,,
THAT kind OF statement mad. b,
political purposes is unfair and I,,.
ders the city. The credit OF tie a,
is absolutely sound and It's hnn,s,
are in good shape. Such ststsr,,,
tend to injure its credit and give q,
city a bad name. I should say 4,
Senator was speaking with his master
voice"
ITO whom do you refer!" the Ysw
was asked.
"The gentleman who sits in Fen.
teenth Street" was the smiling reply
The Mayor said that most Of the boz.
ed debt Of the city had been piled ,
By past Democratic administrator
and that the large items Of exEsat
ture In the last five years had been e.
subways.
It is not true that Astoria, Dn,r
land and Rockaway parks were rV
chased by this administration. gs'
has s14,000,000 been spent in seize.
sites in this or IL the Gaynor admin
tration.
Samuel S. Koenig, president q Z,
Republican County Committee, u.
other party leaders have informet e,
Mayor they do not favor the propose.
city inquiry. William RarAlii
Hearst seems 10 be doing what he a
to bring it on, largely. it is presszA
through his antagonism to Contfs.R
Prendergast and President MeAEery q
the Board Of Aldermen.
The Mayor vas somewhat tistwee'
by the tendency Of some Legislators !
tinker with the statutes under yhn
the city is governed. An example .
this is in the bill to take the poss
to issue marriage licenses from q
City Clerk and give il to the eount
clerks. In some quarters this Is !oot'
on as a plan 10 get rid Of the prs'er
clerks in the Marriage License Bursi-
most of them being Democrats and pc
tected by the civil service.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
FINDS DISEASED
MEAT SOLD HERE
Glynn Commission Urges
State Inspection OF
Cattle Killed.

Albany, Feb. 16.-A large number OF
diseased cattle are slaughtered and
their meat sold in New York State, 1t
was alleged to-day in the report Of a
commission appointed by Governor
Glynn to investigate bovine tubercu-
losis. This condition, the report says
is due to there being no state lnSpec-
ton of meat. -.
The commission believes, statement
said. that a certain amount OF cattle
affected with tuberculosis Is annually
slaughtered and made up into sausage
or sausage meat, which may be eaten
raw and is thus certain TO be cause
of tuberculosis in man."
"Under the present law there IS no
inspection of meat IN this state CON-
missioner Of Agriculture Huson sald
in explaining the allegation, and It Is
possible that LARGE numbers OF cattle
that have generalized tuberculosis are
killed and their meat sold. IL IS pos
sible that this is done without the
knowledge OF the farmer, who may not
know his herd is infected, but a rigid
meat inspection would prevent such
food reaching the people.
In cases where animals have local
lied tuberculosis; that is, in one organ,
the remainder OF the carcass may be
sold. My department turned into the
state last year $4,000 from the sale
of such meat
Commissioner Huson declared that
the lack of meat inspection caused
beef shipped to New York from other
states to have reader sale than
local beef. This, he said, was because
of the federal inspection Of such meat.
In a iii drawn by the commission
TO effect reforms is a provision Tor the
inspection of abattoirs and places
where meat is sold. TO prevent the sale
of diseased meat. Under the presen.
law the commission finds only the
honest farmer who has his herd tested
for tuberculosis suffers, as the la"
does not compel inspection.
The con mission recommended that
farmers be allowed 90 per cent OF the
appropriated valuation OF their cattle
killed which had localized tuberculosis,
and 40 per cent for those that had
generalized tuberculosis. Farmers who
test their own herd would be COM
PEELED to keep q record Of tests and
furnish these to the buyer of the stock.
The commission also urged that the
state be more prompt in paying Tor
condemned cattle Many old claims are
pending against the state.
Members Of the commission were
Seth Low, Of New York; Commissioner
Huson and DR.. L. W. Williams, Deputy
Commissioner Of Health.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17

Hackensack, y. j., Feb. l6.-The Jer-
sey police dog has vindicated himself.
For a while his reputation as a sleuth
was in the balance, when one Of the
German breed last Sunday started on
the trail of two burglars who had ran
sacked the home Of James {. Rudesll,
chief of police at Haworth. The Ger
man hound led Sheriff Heath, of this
town, to two arrests. But in each case
it was sausage, and not crime, that had
attracted the dog.
To-day, however, the canine reputa-
ton for sleuthing was redeemed, when
the second of the two burglar suspects
was captured after he had been trailed
through the woods of Dumont and
Haworth by Due and Witch, two police
dogs from Englewood.
On Sunday Peter Simons, a Greek,
was captured at Tenafty. He was carry
ing away suit of clothes belonging to
the chief of police. Simons confessed
that he WAS one of the men who had
rifed the Rudcsill home and carried of
lot OF siIverware. which he said had
been hidden in house near Haworth.
Accompanied by Simon5, Sheriff
Heath began tour Of the neighbor-
hood in his automobile. Yesterday he
called the police dogs to help him. The
German hound from RidgewJo' was
first summoned lie had been fed on
Irish stew since Sunday night, and the
Sheriff was convinced that he wouldn't
even prick up his ears at the odor Of
sausage. No sooner was the dog put
on the scent than he started for Engle-
wood. The German hound was at once
dismissed.
Heath and Simons were riding along
muddy road through the Dumont
woods, when the Greek cried. There's
the place now!" The Sheriff entered
the house, but the hole in the wall in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
BARE QUARANTINE
STATION EXPENSE
Physicians Urge Whitman to
Turn Place Over to Federal
Authorities.

Transfer Of the Quarantine station
from state to federal control. a move
long urged by the New York Academy
Of Medicine, IS made the subject Of
report sent 20 Governor Whitman oy
the academy's public health commit
tee. Increased efficiency and marked
economy in the expenses OF the state
arc the results promised by the com
mittee. Of which Dr. Charles l.. Dana
is chairman.
"The first step pending the action by
the legislature" the report states,
may be taken by the Governor re-
oups ting the surgeon general OF the
United States Public Health Service
10 take over the Quarantine station and
Amounting commissioned otiicer OF
the Public Health Service RS Health
Officer Of the Port"
Il is pointed out that the term Of
the present Health officer expires some
time this month, making what seems 70
The committee an appropriate opportu,
nifty 20 effect the change recommended
by the Academy Of Medicine. II IS
rointed out also that the sum asked
for expenses for the coming year IL
not so large as was spent in 1914, but
that IL is greater than the amount
necessary to meet urgent needs Of the
state.
ut is larger, for instance" the re-
mort goes on. than the amount which
will be required for the maintenance
of all the states institutions for the
mentally defective. 1t would buy a
site and build and equip an institu-
ton for 700 mentally defective girl de-
lnquents and maintain il for two
years. It would provide buildings
at the new Mohansic State Hospital
for 600 insane patients from New York
CITY. and thus greatly relieve the de-
plorable overcrowding Of the institu-
lions for the insane in the metropoli-
tan district which has existed for a
generation
These and other pressing obligations
are neglected, the report maintains,
because the state lacks revenue now
exercised in d strictly federal func-
ton. Moreover, the committee de-
clares, the government, without any
expense to the state, can carry on the
quarantine service more efficiently
than the state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
DR.. HOMER GIBNEY DIES
Prominent Surgeon Succumbs
After Long Illness.

Or. Homer Gibney, ffty-fve years
old, one of the foremost orthopGdic
surgeons in New York, died yesterday
40 his home, % East Thirty-frst Street.
He was the brother of DR.. Virgil P.
G.bney, the orthopoedic specialist. For
several months he had been in il!
health.
Dr.. Gibney was born in Lexington,
Ky. After he was graduated from
Kentucky University he studied medi-
cine in the Atlanta Medical College
and the College of Physicians and Sur
gcons, Columbia University. He was
a member Of the American Medical
Association and the Academy of Medl-
cine and was associated with several
hospitals. lie belonged to the Ardsley
and Democratic clubs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
CLERGYMEN WAR
AT BIBLE HEARING
Proteslants For, Catholics and
Jews Against, School Script
ure Reading.


Albany. Feb. l6.-After a hearing in
which feeling ran high on both sides,
the Assembly Committee on Education
this afternoon reported out the Greln-
er-Talett bill, requiring the reading OF
at least ten verses Of Scripture IN the
public schools at the beginning OF each
davis session. The vote was to :,
Asscmblymen Stephens and Oliver, New
York City members, opposing. They
will endeavor to have the bill amended
so as to exempt New York City. A
large delegation of Protestant clergy
men appeared for the bill, while it was
strcnuously opposed by representatives,
Of Catholics and Jews.
The only Protestant clergyman to OPP
pose the measure was the Rev. Charles
Graves, of the Unitarian Church Of
Albany. He called some Of the con-
tents Of the Bible stuff
Assemblyman A. +. Smith said the
mass Of the people OF New York re-
scented the bill as an unjust interior
ence with their school system.
If such a practice is sought" he
said, "a prayer could be adopted TO
which the children of all religious
faiths could bow their heads. This
measure might bring about situation
By which the schools on the East Side
Of New York would have TO be closed.
Some OF those schools are attended al
most entirely BY Jewish children. and
their parents might refuse to let them
attend school where Christian
Scriptures were read
In answer 20 this argument several
of the Protestant clcrgymen said there
was nothing in the bill to prevent the
verses to be read being taken from
either the Jewish, Protestant or Cath
ollie versions of the Holy Book
Philip II. Donnelly, Of Rochester,
attorney for the State Federation of
German Societies, said the bill was
unconstitutional. and that If il became
law it's validity would be tested in
the courts
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17
NEW YORK ADOPTS
MARDI GRAS FEST
Southern Celebration Captures
Two Hotels, and Bids Fair TO
Become a Feature.

A rival TO New Years Eve was born
in New York last night 1t was some
thing Of an exotic infant, as its name
"llardi Gras' shows, belonging to a
warmer Southern climate, but it gave
some lusty kicks and demonstrated
that il would be able to thrive in this
supposedly rigorous North. =.
The introduction Of real Mardi
Gras celebration not the kind they
have at the end OF the Coucy Island
season. but the kind they have IN Ne"
Or.oaus-Was Do response TO the yeaIh-
iugs OF some SOutHeuers DID town LOT
the sort Of festival they used 10 IeFel
Therefore. Lucius ". Boomer, Of
/ the McAlpin, started out 10 see Wnai
could be done. For one thing, he ar
ranged to hand over the gilllroom at
. his hotel for the experiment. BY md
night it was filled with guests IN
pierrot costumes, dominos and othei
carnival g4rb, and armed with NOISY
Adele Rowland and Thurston Hail.
Of The only Gin company, were
king and queen. il was their pre-
IN-AN 1--WE To mani tA... 'a'N r..h
do stunts for the entertainment oil
the company.
Among those who entertained par
ties a. the McAlpln were William
Hurd Hillycr, of Atlanta; DR.. N, NJ
Carr.ck. Of Dallas; W. P. De Saussurc
Mrs. Henry Page Groner, Charles r
Taft. Colonel B. B. McAlpin, Charles
~ Braiuard. c. II. Murray, L. c. Cor
q don, James Allison and Senator Hewitt
over at the Hotel Clarldge Henry
T. Merry, the manager, caught on to
the idea and turned his main dining
room over TO the maskcrs. Nobody wa.
allowed there without costume and
mask and there were prizes for the
most beautiful and most original cos
tunes.
Among those present were Pcrcjva
s. Hin, president Of the American To.
bacco Company; Joseph A. Flynn, vice
president Of the Thomps -StarrCtt
Company; A. Takanini, Paul Arm
strong Marguerite Leslie. John Mason
Mr.. and Mrs. Holbrook Blinn, DR.
Walter Bell, Mr.. and Mrs. p. $. Coe
DIR. and Mrs. J. Harrington and Colo
mel and Mrs. Joseph Ullman, of New
Haven.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-02-17

fore relinquishing that right" Mr.. Metz
REPRESENTATIVE webb, who made one
of the principal speeches for the ad-
ministration, as crted that the shipping
trust chad the country by the throat
Last December the shipping trust
took out Of the pockets of the people
$4,000. 600 more than the freight rates
should have been" Mr. Webb argued.
"ln twelve short months we could save
the people the amount this bill repre-
seuts and could afford 20 burn the ships
we buy
These speeches were typical Of dozens
Of short addresses made by the oppo-
rents and proponents Of the bill.
Safe Majority for Rule.
As soon as the House convened Chair
man Henry, Of the Rules Committee,
presented the rule approved by the
cau.us last night, providing for forcing
q vote on the ship bill. The first roll
call on ordering the previous question
on the rule showed the administration
had safe majority. The previous
question was adopted by a "Ote OF lol
20 l2t, but sixteen Democrats voted
with the Republicans IN opposition.
Following forty minutes OF partisan
debate on the merits OF legislation by
gag rule" the Democrats forced the
adoption the rule, and the six hours
debate on the bill was begun,
on the adoption of the rule twenty
nine Democrats broke away from party
lines and opposed IT, The vote was
lsG to 1879, with the following Demo
Gratis voting no:
Mcssrs. Borchcrs, Donohoc, Gallivan,
Deitrick. Moss. Morrison. Shackelford
Sisson, Witherspoon, Ba:hrick, Gordon,
WhitGcrc, White, Brockson, BroEassrd
Galloway, Dies, Slaydon, Gerry, kindel
Bartlett, Montague, Jones, Murray,
Davenport. Page, Stevens, OF New
Hampshire; Fitzgerald and Pattcn, OF
New York.