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GONE TO HOT SPRINGS

Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Chiles left
Sunday for Hot Springs, Ark,
where they will spend three weeks.
During Mr.. Chiles absence, County
Attorney E. w. Senff is acting as
both City and County Attorney.
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RELIGIOUS

"God loveth a cheerful giver."
There will be a box in each Of the
stores of Punch, Graves & Co. and
Vanarsdell & Co.,, on Wednesday;
when money donations for Local
Charity will be very gladly receiv-
ed by the Epworth League of the
Methodist church.
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BIRTHS

Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Stofer are
receiving congratulations upon the
arrival at their home at Thomson
Station, last Tuesday of a twelve
pound son. Mrs. Stofer was Miss
Rebecca cockrell before her mar
riage.
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Card of Thanks.

! desire to thank my friends for
their kindness and sympathy shown
me in my recent bereavement, es-
pecially do | desire to thank the
pail bearers. ]. B. Spratt., Jr.
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For Sale

Seven-room 2-story modern home
on West Main street, is on brick
street and all street taxes paid.
Possession can be given at once.
Leslie Mccormick
No II Mantelle Park, Lexington, Ky
(20-4t)
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W. C. 7. U. NOTES

the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union. which just closed at Indian
apolis, Mrs. Julia F. Deane, editor
of the Union Signal, said:
"That the conquest Of alcohol
throughout the world will be re-
gard by future historians as one Of
the outstanding events Of the
Twentieth Century, was the state
ment of Miss Julia f. Deane, editor
of the Union Signal, before the
convention. She said:
"The men and women of the next
generation will read in the histories
of their day of three great events
which marked the Twentieth Cen
fury: The European War; the Won
derful inventions of wireless tele-
graphy, aircraft and submarines,
and the mighty moral revolution on
the question of the liquor traffic.
~ "No miracle of such magnitude
has occurred in this century as the
awakening of the people of the
earth to the destruction wrought by
the evil of strong drink and the ef-
fort to Danish it from the civilized
world.
"With vodke absolutely prohibit
ed in Russia, with absinthe out
.lawed in France. with unusual prog
ress in official condemnation and
legal restriction of the traffic in
Germany, Italy, Great Britain and
other European countries, with a
large part of Africa under prohi-
bition by agreement of the Powers,
with nearly all of the Dominion of
Canada without licensed dram
shops or manufactures, with nine
ben commonwealths of the United
States and large sections of the re-
manning territory under prohibition,
with a strong convention of all great
men that the business can never be
legalized without sin, and with even
the supporters of the business in a
panic over the handwriting on the
wall, there is good hope for the
speedy outlawry of the CONNER
cialized drink evil.
"That prohibition not only OF
vodke, but of practically all alcO-
hohc liquors is to continue in Rus
STA is assured by the statement of
NJ. Bark, Minister of Finance, who
said recently, The law is felt by
the Russian people to be not res
friction, but an incalculable boon
conferred on them by a provident
monarch And later in an inter
view, with Hon. Lloyd George, he
,tated, IF l should propose to an
rul prohibition, there would be a
revolution in Russia
"In the suburb of Berlin is a pic
turesque little church surrounded
by peaceful graves, whittier artists
often resort to sketch. Close by
the entrance to this church yard is
a notice, announcing that the key
to the graveyard is to be found in
the neighboring brewery One is
reminded of the unintentional sig
nifcance of this notice as one reads
the dicta of the scientists and ply
sicians of Germany on the alcohol
question. One of them is now be-
fore you, credited to DIR. Hugo
Hoppe, nerve specialist: The
brutalizing effect Of beer alcohol
ism rs shown most clearly by the
fact that in Germany, crimes Of
personal violence particularly dan
gerous boily injuries, occur most
frequently in Bavaria, where there
is the highest consumption Of
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THE SICK
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Miss Asena Mckee has been con-
fined to her room for several days.
Master Earl King Senff has been
quite sick with tonsilitis for several
DAVIS.
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Juicy oranges, delicious apples,
lemons, grape fruit, in fact every
thing the market affords in fruits
at Vanarsdell's.
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Our goods were bought before
the big advance, get our prices, and
save money. T. X. Barnes Il Sons.
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When making preparations for
your Thanksgiving dinner order
what you need from yanarsdelI's.
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!. DEAR MADAM:

! Did it ever occur to you how
many disease germs are hid away
in your wool blanketsl If not
you should stop and consider
this important matter for the
prote ton of yourself and fam
lily. We wash and sterilize them
in a scientific manner. Phone
10, we will tell you all about it,
MT. STERLING LAUNDRY co.
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GREETING CARDS

We have an elaborate line
of fancy embossed cards,
either printed or engraved,
suitable for both business
and social Christmas Tokens
Place your order now.
Advocate Publishing Co.
a a 4. - a a a a
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We have the finest line of fruits
Of any one in the city apples ban
anas, Grapes, Oranges, Grape
Fruit and Box Apples.
S. p. Greenwade.
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Order your groceries early
Thursday as we close our store at
one. o'clock. Vanarsdell & Co.
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Juicy oranges, delicious apples,
lemons, grape fruit, in fact every
thing the market affords in fruits
at Vanarsdelps. '~f1,
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Buy your shoes for the family at
Puch, Graves & Cos.
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No. 6l60
REPORT OF THE CONDITION or ne
Montgomery National Bank

Sterling, Kentucky, at the close of business
November II, 1916 ."
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RESOURCES

RESOURCES ."
/ Loans and discounts Observation-Disclosures. $194S14.
. Overdrafts unsecured .................. 1908.
g. U. S. Bonds deposited to circulation ' "'-
(uar vaue) .................. $4,000.
t. Securities other than U. S. bonds mot in
Guiding sOcks) owned unpledged 1862.
g. Stock of Federal Reserve Bank $50 per cent
of subscnpion) OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $3.50.
Z Value of banking house .................. 5000!
TO- Net due from approved
in New York. Chicago st. Louis 1922
Net due from approved
agents in cities 69292S2- 1860.
IL. Net due from banks and bankers
(other than Included in 10 or 49, 6,l32.
49, Other checks banks in the city
reporting bank ............. 7O5.
A. Outside checks and other cash items 33946
Fractional currency, nckes and cents l4OS3- 4SO
10 Notes of other national banks l45y
8 Lawful in vault and with Federal Re- a gao
Bank NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 2368S.
10. Redemption fund with u S. Treasurer and
due from U. S. Treasurer ,.-.,. 5O0y
Imperial Valley press., 1916-12-20

Board adjourned to meet December IS
1916. W. F. BEAL,
Chairman of Board of Supervisors.
Attest: M. S. COOK,
County Clerk.
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10000 HEAR B0URKE COCHRAN.
Says All Charitable 1ustitations
should Get state Ala.

Addressing more than 10000 men and
women assembled In front Of st. Johns
Hospital in Long Island City yesterday
afternoon n in the presence OF tho
Right Rev. Charles i. Mcdonnell. Bishop
Of the Brooklyn diocese, w. Bourke
Cochran defended private charitable in
situations and declared that they SHOULD
receive State aid He was the principal
speaker at the tw%enty-ffth anniversary
Of the founding OF the hospital.
CHARITY TO be effective must be ad-
ministereJ by hands OF love" said Mr..
Cochran. THE State cannot dispense
charity. The result Of the States at
tempt at charity has been the poor
house, the House Of Refuge and the In
dustrial farm. Men entering these In
stitutlons are a little better of than
men In prisons.
NO man has ever come out OF these
institutions to hold important positions.
But many men have come from private
institutions like st. Johns Hospital and
taken their place among the big men OF
the world. a victim Of accident or
disease is not a crimina n hould moi
he treated as a criminal and told where
he must 60. but he should be able TO
say where he would go"
Magistrate James J. Conway n Ber-
nard NJ. Patten. State Senator. also
spoke.
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BETTING DUPE sHUNs COURT.
Woman Doesn't Appear Asains,
"BrOadway bob" and ..ktd."

Miss Mildred Atkins OF 272 West Sew
enty-fourth street did not appear yester.
day In forkville court against two men,
whom the police call s~"Broadway Bob
and THE Manicure KID Miss Atkins
old them. they say. that Broadway Bob
offered 10 place $500 OF her money on a
horse belonging to his friend, August
Belmont"
Under The names of John Hogan OF
the Hotel Wallick. and Harry Davis OF
22O West Eighty-fourth street Magis-
trate Murphy held the two men In 81. 800
each. Detectives Martin and DAILY will
search for Miss Atkins. The two pris-
oners denied that they tried to fleece
the young IN
They were arrested on Saturday AZ
they left the Biltmore. where. the de-
tectives say, Broadway Bob. called also
English Bob or Hogan. had an engage
ment with Miss Atkins to introduce her
to Mr.. Belmont.
The detectives met Broadway Bob and
Miss Atkins on broadway near Fifty
third street on Friday night. and heard
her bid him good-by az "Dr. Stevens
They told Miss Atkins who they though,
"Dr. stevens was. and after her sur
prise had subsidized got her to make the
engagement for Saturday. She didn',
keep II. but he detectives did. Now
they want her to keep an engagement
with Magistrate Murphy.
According to the detectives the Mani
cure Kid has just got out of Sing Sine
after serving a five year term and
broadway Bob has dom ten terms for
offences committed In almost as many
cities,
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he had killed his fa~ther-in-law. al
though he denied at first that he had
caused the death OF his mother-in-laN.
Subsequently. IN Bellevue Hospital. while
he was convalcscing from the effects Of
drugs. he made "A complete confession.
admitting that he had poisoned both
Mr.. Peck and Mrs. Peck. because he
wanted their money. There was little
doubt that he had planned to kill his
wife.
Waite's father and mother and two
| brothers have been doing what was pos
t!ble in his interests. and will be In
court to give him their support. Mrs.
Margaret Weaver Horton. Waite's art
! affinity" will be a witness for the
state. Other witnesses will be Miss
Ellen Peck, DR.. Jacob Cornell and the
druggist for whom Waite obtained arse
mic.
Assistant District Attorney Dooling
last night conferred with three of the
scores OF witnesses for whom tho prose-
cution has sent out ~subppnas, Mr.. Dool-
ing would not give their names, but said
they were prominently connected with
the case. Mrs. Horton was not one Of
them.
Until late at night he was immersed
in the 5000 pages OF testimony in
written form which the District Attor-
ney expects TO put In. evidence. More
thar 100 exhibits, II was said. would be
offered by the state.
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SCHIFF URGES JEWS TO
Be GOOD AMERICANS
Warns Them That Selfish
Course Caused Persecu-
ton in Russia.

A strong plea for his hearers TO be
good Jews and at he same time good
Americans was made by Jacob II. Schif
yesterday at the exercises dedicating the
Central Jewish Institute, in East Eighty
fifth street near Lexington avenue.
Jews of America posses a great ad-
vantage over any other people" said
Mr.. Sch!f. Jews Of the city Of New
York stand at the parting OF the ways
Are we to be American Jews or Jews
who happen to dwell In America? The
great trouble OF Jews in Russia was
that they insisted upon speaking their
own language and adhering too closely
to their own customs. This made preju-
dice; persecution quickly followed.
so 1t is In this country, and we must
profit by the sufferings Of u fore
fathers. We ant our children to be
Jews and remain loyal to Judaism.
love Yiddish and It IL a fine thing for
our children to read the laws and Bible
In tho original. language. But we want
also TO ave our children grow up Amer
leans and have American ways.
TOO many Jews think they should be
Jews and not Americans, II persisted
In II will lead to grsit moral suffering.
BE a good Jew and be a good American.
II is not American to live a separate
life"
WI II lolu " al eultoT1dl tttC
made upon him by ForDdrd. a Yiddish
paper, He learned that the writer had
been in this country only eighteen
months, while Mr.. Schiff had been here
ifty-one years,
Rabbi Herbert Goldstein. religious and
general director Of the new institute,
and Samuel 7. Hyman. president OF the
institute, Endorsed MIR. chin's views.
More than 1000 persons were present
at the exercises and subscribed $1,000
toward paying the $780, 900 debt on the
$4,000 building. The Institute II a
tireproof, six story building. contains a
large gymnasium, a roof garden and
Fairgrounds. sixteen classrooms, "A syna
gogue and religious meeting room. II
will accommodate 1000 school children
and will be under the direction Of the
state University, with Regents standing
1t will be one OF a c6ain OF such build.
ings to be established In Manhattan.
Others who took part In the services
were Rabbi NJ. s. Margolies, Rabbi II
Pereira Mcndes, DR.. Cyrus Adler and
Israel u%nterberg.
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STUDENTS TO RUN BOOK STORE.
Cooperative Organization Forming
At city COLLEGE.

The College OF the City Of New York
will organize a cooperative book store
In September provided $500 Is obtained
from the student body this term.
Pledges for so cents each have been
collected from $50 Undergraduates.
Tho trustees of the city College re-
Gently authorized II cooperative book
store and appointed a board To pur-
chase the private bazaar which does
business In the corridor. The business
will be an exclusively student enter
prise. The profits will he divided among
The shareholders at the end of the col
lcge year. Undergraduate managers
to he elected by the directors vii! he
in active charge.
Prof. Alfred u, Compton has peen
elected treasurer Of tho proje". and
Henry Hsrsp. 1915. secretary.
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GIRL SAYS MAN CUT GOWN.
staten ISLANDER who HAD X nife in
Theatre Arrested.

Carlo Sontor, "a years old. a foreigner,
Of ~ jefferson avenue. Graniteville,
staten Island. wac held in $1,000 bail
by city Magistrate Evins in the New
Brighton police court yesterday on a
charge of destroying a silk dress OF
Miss Ruth Fitch, 1G years old, OF Broad
way. West New Brighton.
Miss Fitch says that she was in an
amusement house In Port Richmond
when Sontor took "A seat beside her. A
few minutes later she heard the ripping
Of her skirt and turning found that
SontOr had "A long knife in his hand ann
mat her skilt was cut from the waist
to the bottom,
Detective Alderman arrested Sontor.
Several other young women will appear
against Sontor to-day.
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THOMPSON EXPECTS WIRE
INDICTMENTS IN BROOKLYN
Holds Off His Committee Inquiry Awaiting Action Of
Kings Grand Jury in Charities Case-Seymour
Threatens to Bring a Civil Suit.

In which the latter SAID that neither he
nor his clients ever represented them
selves to be agents Of J. =. Morgan 4
Co. In their war munitions activities.
Judge Swami in his letter said:
More han a month & I called
o to the District Attorneys ONCE
mi I informed o that William J.
Burns. the detective. lac installed a
"detectaphone' in your office n had
on many occasions at night during
you absence entered your Office and
rea your papers and correspondence.
and ! urged you most earnestly to
appear before the Grand Jury n
lodge a complaint against William J.
Burns.
I urged you on other occasions to
appear before the Grand Jury for
this purpose and you declined to
lodge any complaint against Burns.
You have now heard all OF theevi-
dence brought put before the joint
committee. and l now renew my re-
quest that you appear before the
Grand Jury any day during this COM
Ing week that you may select and
make a complaint against Burns. or II
o wish to lodge a complaint against
any other person please come with the
evidence against him n I will have
II presented with OF testimony be-
fore the Grand Jury.
Unomcial wire Tappin6.
Mr.. Moss explained that while the
Thompson committee did not wan tc
wander too far aHeld from It's purpose
to try to trace commitments and obli.
cations n other matters related &c
the dual subway contracts which havs
faded into tnsignihcance in the last
week. he believed the committee ought
to inquire into many other angles o.
tho wire tapping practice Of the Police
Department. not excepting the charities
case. He Is convinced that there IL q
great deal OF unofficial police wire
tapping which does not 90 through thu
office OF the telephone company.
DR.. ID. Z. Potter. one of those whose
telephones were tapped In connection
with the charities investigation. sale
yesterday that he would appear before
the Thompson committee and testify 4
Mayor Mitchell 10 q witness and tell
the administrations side Of the contro'
versy.
DR.. Potter also said that he had beer
visited by three policemen who did tn
tapping in the charities cas- and they
seemed interested to know whether DR.
Potter and his aggrieved confreres har
bored n III feeling against them. HI
assured them he did not.
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Or. Cecile Greil. arrested on Satur-
day night charged with performing an
illegal operation. was held yesterday
In $1,000 bail for examination on
on Thursday by Magistrate McQuade
in jefferson Market court. The girl
on whose behalf the charge vas made
Is In "A serious condition. She says her
name IL Violet French of Tarrytown.
DR.. Grcil escaped from the Ancona after
the steamer had been tOrpedoed In the
Mediterranean.
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Too Late TO Enjoy Prosperity.

lie wasn't hurt much at least he
seemed less hurt later in the dav than
mat department OF the Luna authorities
interested in the Bostock show and the
new concession called Aerial Night
Attacks.' Here We're thousands throw
Ing money 10 the birds and the Bostock
show. with the only Bonayita in charge,
had got in so late from movie work in
California that things weren't In readi-
ness yesterday and Will not he until
today or tomorrow. and the aerial
show. which Is the most pretcntious
Offering OF all the new stunts in Luna,
also was not able 10 hit It's stride yes
terday while the going was SO good.
But Bonavita and his lions and the
aerial attacks upon n painted and sur
prisingly c~Ollaps!ble city OF London vii.
lie on the Job before many hours of the
present week shall have passed. And
in the meantime the other thousands
or billions-of Coucy attractions are
painting with pros Gritty.
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And with the first sign of spring some
weeks x the Common Pcrpul set mp "A
holler about the condition, or lack u
condition, of Surf avenue, Therefore
whoever is responsible for keeping the
avenue in condition seems to have de-
cided to skin the avenue VI from end.
to end, just now being a good time Of
course to break surf avenue up into a
Jigsaw picture puzzle and then put IL
together again.
A traffic cop (name dclctcd out OF re-
spect for his job suggested yesterday
while trying to untangle an automobile
traffic miNup worthy of Fifth avenue at
the cocktail hour OF twilight hat per-
haps 1t wouldn't AVE been IA bad idea
to repaye Surf avenue before the season
had got its stride. but perhaps the
| street pa vers objected to the early spring
weather conditions down by the sea,
One scmi-ciyic Improvement that
stirred ny three rousins cheers every now
and then, however. was the new Sea Beach
subway express service, which carried
thousands and tens of thousands from the
coal cellar of the Municipal Building in
Manhattan out into the daylight of Surf
avenu In less than half an hour. In
other words. instead of clawing ones way
to standinc room on a poky trolley car
or "A TANNED elevated train one iropped
| into the tiled and cuNcreted subway
station across from Manhattan's Hall
Of Justice, entered new steel ears, was
! shot %northward underground for a few
| blocks. whizzed over the Manhattan
Bridge, went underground again and
then came out into the sunlight for a
fast surface ride over tn" meadows and
on to the island.
II IL now possible, therefore, for u
Manhattanite to go down to- SUIT
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over twenty minutes more than 1t would
take tho Manhattanite to go to the pic
ture show around the corner from his
own home and see Charlie and Doug and
Mary and Theda and Geraldine In the
same pictures.
All the Old Attractions.
What with Luna and Steeplechase and
the clutter of shows that pave the acres
where Dreamland once stood all in full
swing with the Bowery one composite
explosion OF target rifles. shutting feet,
sizzling hot dogs. brass bands, plus
happy shrieks aloft as the Dip the Dips
and Rough Riders and Red Devils
whirled between Coney and the heavens,
and with great stretches of dancing floors
or excellence on all sidcs-and all
damned with daiCers-the only unhappy
folk In sight were the high hurdling
chaufeurs trying to leap over contrac-
tors obstructions littering Surf avenue.
out to seward there were two tenn
porarily unhappy folk early in the after
noon. The shore crowds first grew in
terested In the two when their launch
oiew up about threc-quarters of a mile
on Henderson's walk. The two motor
lists Jumped overheard as flames began
TO get to work on the disabled launch
ana were picked out of the quiet waters
-
ny passing motorhoat shippers. later
I was learned that the two were Stephen
McClusky of "a Morris street, Jersey
Clty' and John Boyce Of 1877 Warren
street, Jersey City. The police boat
Patrol saved what was left OF the
launch.
Then Miss Sadie Purisch OF 30 Amboy
street while bathing off Wards bath
houses got cramp. Morris ~Sorenberg
and Sammy Rosenthal. both living az
. "iIiett street. pulled Miss Purisch
ashore. Then Detective Walter Corey
or Special Squad 2 whileon his way
10 his home in Edwards place. Conev
lsland-th's however, was at daybreak
decided that some oratorical persons
who were settling the war or something
were too noisy and Jumped into the
argument. The orators jumped upon
Detective Coffey and damned MIN upon
the head with a bottle. breaking the
bottle.