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The sun., 1916-12-09
PALERMO REPORTED SAFE.
Cable q ram says Mistake Was Made
About TorpedOed ship.

BosroS. Dec. S.-A cablegram assert
Ing that it was the steamer Citta al
Palermo, and not the Palermo. that was
trr?sdoed of the Spanish coast on De-
cgne<r 3. was received here to-day.
The message came to Robert ~. Boit
4 Co. marine underwriters Of this city,
from their business correspondents In
London.
A. local underwriters were heavily In
'eresied in the insurance OF the faier-
mos cargo and were not concerned IN
'he other vessel. they made special ef-
FORTS TO obtain confirmation OF the Lon
do report. but a received no denhi'e
word AZ the business closing hour.
The Citta di Palermo. an ltai-
itu vessel Of 1859 tons. has been IN ser
vice between Buenos Ayres and Genoa
The Palermo, a much larger steamship
also of Italian registry, was bound from
New Work TO Genoa,
The sun., 1916-12-09
WALLIS ESTATE $762, 224.
81. ChristOpher's Hospital Benents
to Extent Of as7,IO3.

Harrison Pownal Wallis. who died In
a hospital at Mineola November II.
1915. and was a member of the firm Of
Balch. Price & Co. left a gross estate Of
3762.224.69. OF which $675.345.64 is net.
The appraisers report. filed Yesterday in
Brooklyn. fixes for the first time the ex-
act amount. ss7.1os. which Mr.. Wallis. a
bachelor. left to 81. C~hristopher's Hos
pital for Babies. The gift to ST. Chris
topher's was the only charitable bequest.
Half the estate went to friends and
servants.
Mr.. Wallis lived at % Pierrepont
street. His bank deposits amounted TO
1891 1908 and his interest in Balch.
Price 4 Co, is appraised at $446,000
The sun., 1916-12-09
FOUR JANITORS TELL
OF FREE FOOD JOBS
Continued from First Page.

hour and is distributed. The driver re-
turns later, and II any OF the bottles are
still left in the case he Is saved con-
siderable work. Mr.. Evans said he didnt
know how the system can be
The witness told about appeals when
are made to milk companies by en-
ployees in private houses, hotels. res
taurants and saloons with authority to
buy milk for the purchase OF tickets to
parties, balls, &c. He displayed a bun
die Of thirty or more such appeals. In
the bundle was a bookful OF tickets Tor
n rattle on a plush chair which the
company had bought.
1--WE had TO take some chances he
said dryly.
There were also tickets for an enter
,oinment for n man who had lost a leg
and another for a drawing on a 10 gold
piece In a cafe.
The witness said that the amount
paid for such tickets as are taken Is put
down on the c%ompany's books as I'M
cidental expenses or charity"
The sun., 1916-12-09
Eggs Were Of Poor Quality.

Winfield II. Mapes. "A jobber In butter
and eggs. of II Harrison street. bought
five cases of cold storage eggs from Jel-
Life, Wright & Co. of oSt Washington
street on December &. and the cases bore
the same mark as on eggs he bought d.
rect from the Department OF Foods and
Markets. Mapes declared that the
words cold storage" did not appear In
two-inch letters. as the law requires. hut
that the cases were stamped in one
quarter inch letters. Mr.. Mapes said
that an official examination of the eggs.
according to "A New YORK Mercantile EN-
change report. showed that the eggs
were poor quality. no grade. badly
shrunken. thin bodies and weak" He
said the five cases contained seven dozen
and ten rotten eggs.
THE Federal law" he added. "allows
one dozen and a half bad Eggs to a
case. and the Mercantile Exchange has
a similar rule"
Then you complain that the state
Department Of Foods. and Markets asks
you to stencil you cases of eggs in two
inch letters. while they may stencil
cases they sell in only o%ne-auarter inch
le,ters?' asked Judge Ward.
That's 1t exactly" replied Mapes.
Frederick l.. Jelliffe testified that he
handles ~consignments Of foods from
many shippers and acts as commission
merchant also for the Department OF
Foods aud Markets. lie said that tn.
law orders jobbers to stamp cases oi
eggs with letters two inches high. and
that he H. NOT enforced to do this AS hc
Is a wholesaler.
The Wicks committee adjourned &c
meet next Monday at 1880 a. NJ.
The sun., 1916-12-09
sent People Home In Cabs.

Mr.. Evans said that sometimes he at
tended the receptions for which ne
bought tickets and even went to the ex-
pense Of sending people home In ABS
when there was a storm. lie recailed
an instance where he paid for cabs Tor
thirteen people home from such a gath
ering. lie added that such expenses are
incidental to running a milk business
and admitted that ultimately they are
paid by the consumer who buys the
milk.
a. J.. Conklin. In charge OF canvassers
for a big milk company on the East
Side between 10th and THIRTEEN streets
said his concern pays sup~erintendents
and j~anitors OF apartments from 90 cents
to 81 for each customer they get VINO
buys a quart of milk. He explained that
the length of a householder's lease enters
into the price paid.
Thomas J. May. employed by F.. +,
Iowenfels ~ Son. egg dealers at 3fs
Greenwich street. testified that on Tues
day last he bought a case OF eggs 'thirt!
dozenJ. from the state Department ol
Foods and Markets. and that the eggs
were not stampai cold Storage" despite
the order Of Commissioned John j. Dill
lon himself hat the eggs should be sc
branded.
The sun., 1916-12-09
straus Depots serve 1000.

The Nathan Straus pasteurlzed milk
depo,s cared for 1000 babies through
out the year. 900 during the summer
and only one of them was lost by death.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
JAIL PRESIDENTS LIVED LONG
Except Three Who Were Assassinated,
Each One of Them Attained
Old Age.

An anonymous letter to the Lancet,
discussing longevity among great men,
recalls that the longevity of the presi-
dents of the United States is remark
able. Their ages were as follows: Six
ty-seyen, ninety, eighty-three, eighty
five, seventy-three, eighty, seventy
eight, seventy-nine, sixty-eight, seventy
one, fifty-three, sixty-ive, seventy-four,
sixty-four, seventy-seven, fifty-six, six
ty-six, sixty-three, seventy, forty-nine,
fifty-six, seyenty-one, sixty-seven, fifty
eight years. Those at fifty-six, forty
nine and fifty-eight were, respectively,
Lincoln, Garfield and Mckinley, who
were assassinated. The ages of these
"a men totalize 1868 years, or an aver
age of sixty-nine years EACH showing,
as Is believed, that the stress and re-
sponslbility of leadership seem to have
no effect on longevity. The following
causes of death are those popularity ac-
cepted: Washington, pneumonia (more
correct accounts state edematous af-
lection of the windpipe, or membra-
nous croup) +; J. Adams, debility Jeffer-
son, chronic diarrhea; Madison, debil-
ity; Monroe, debility; J. Q. Adams,
paralysis, Jackson, consumption and
dropsy; Van Buren,, asthmatic catarrh !;
Harrison, bilious pleurisy; Tyler, bill
ious attack with bronchitis); Polk,
chronic diarrhea; Taylor, cholera NOR
bus and typhoid fever; Fillmore, debil-
ity; Pierce, dropsy and Inflammation
of stomach; Buchanan, rheumatic
govt; Lincoln, assassination; Johnson,
paralysis; Grant, cancer of the tongue
and throat; Hayes, paralysis of the
heart; Garfield, assassination; Arthur,
Brights disease, paralysis and apo
plexy; B. Harrison, pneumonia; Nc
Kinley, assassination.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
NO JOY IN GREAT WEALTH
Altogether PowerIess to Confer Happi-
ness on Owner, According to
Charles M. SchWab.

money for moneys sake" Charles
NJ. Schwab, the steel magnate, ex-
claimed, according to a writer in
American Magazine, lis futile goal
to air. Mt. Money is merely one way
In which a man may measure his
achievement; but there are many 9th
er ways.
81 always pity the man who says,
/ when get so much money am go
Ing to retire and enjoy life.' The
greatest thrill that can come to any
man Is the thrill OF successful accom-
plishment.
'Tn the last year I have had oppor-
tunities to sell out Bethlehem for al
most fabulous sums. They did not
even interest me. If I gave up my
business I would be resigning my
greatest interest In life. l want TO
make Bethlehem bigger and better all
the time. / don't want to make it a
money mill. l want to make it the
greatest success possible, the steel
standard of the world.
'sThere is no enjoyment in great
wealth." he went on at last. zone of
the greatest happinesses of life is In
having something to look forward to-
something just out of reach--some-
thing that you are not quite able to
afford. When a man reaches the place
where he can get any of the worlds
purchasable things simply by writing
out a check, he has cut loose from
happiness unless he lis fortunate
enough to have powerful interests of
constructive sort quite apart from
his money.
"When a reasonable man Is getting
$4,000 or $4,000 year he is getting
the most he can possibly want to sat
isfy his needs. When he gets more
he begins. to invite unhappiness, and
the more he gets the more unhappiness
he invites. One soon loses the enjoy
ment of spending money. One soon
wearies of riding about for pleasure
in private yachts and private cars"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Baskets In Short SupplY.

The basket man has been having
troubles of his own since the begin
Ming OF the war. Baskets which were
imported from France and Germany
come now In uncertain quantities from
Holland, which has no willows. Some
of the old stock from earlier importa-
lions still remains. Among these are
baskets which came from Germany
and go largely to the South. where
they are used for small market bas-
kets. They are the old-fashioned kind,
high and reticul-shaped, with cover.
A basket In its cheapest form, which
Is devoted to the baby, Is of splints.
1t Is an extra-size market basket with
the usual handles at the ends. This
Is swung on simple iron frame and
makes a baby's cradle. Others of
these with ribs for a hood top are
placed on the floor, having no stand
ard.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Through Sewer on a Bike.

Not since the fictional days of Jean
Vatican has a trip through sewer
occupied so much space in print as
the one made recently by the engineer
of the newly constructed six and one
half miles of sewer at Pasadena, Cal.
The trip was an inspection tour and
was made on a motorcycle. To have
walked the full distance would have
taken several hours. SO the engineer
conceived the plan of lowering a motor
cycle into the pipe at the clean-out
hole In the beginning of the main ar
terry and making a trip de luxe.
He had never before ridden a motor
cycle. Hence he chose one equipped
with a tandem seat and selected an
experienced driver.
A gas headlight on the motorcycle
illuminated the passage. The distance
was traverse1 in two hours, in spite of
the numerous stops made to investi-
gate walls and manholes.-Popular
Science Monthly.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
CHANGE IN TABLE MANNERS
Things Which Would Have Been Bad
Form In Olden Times Are
Now All Right.

Formerly 1t was forbidden to absorb
gravy with bits of bread stuck upon
ones fork, and so to wipe the platter
clean. Good manners required that
one should not take excessive pains
to get this gravy, however fine 1t might
be. One might, indeed, dip piece of
meat or potatoes In 1t. At an earlier
period, In the times of our grandpa
Tiers, manners were even more strict.
A good tone at table then demanded
that one should always leave some
thing on the plate. This stupid fashion
had long disappeared even in times of
peace, and Ii Is now regarded as bad
manners rather than good to leave
anything on the plate. But in peace
time one did leave the remains Of the
gravy. War time and the scarcity of
fats has produced change, and doubt
less this Is right.
The fate of other table customs has
been similar. Gnawing at bones, If II
is not done In quite too ugly fashion,
will hardly provoke disgust today, and
today 1t will be hardly possible to JUS
tify the leaving of pieces of bread,
which formerly was in many places a
rule. What eyes a hotelkeeper would
have made two years ago Ii a guest had
brought a piece of bread with him to
dinnerl Today thousands of people do
1t, and nobody minds.-Berlin Lokalan-
zeiger.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
The "creat White PLAGUE"

At the present time about one in
ten, or 10 per cent, of all the deaths in
England and Wales Is due to some
form of one disease--tuberculo
About 10000 die of consumption in
England and Wales each year, and an
additional 10000 of tubercular disease
of the bones, glands or some other
part of the body other than the lungs.
There is good reason to believe that
there are a quarter of a million con-
sumptives in our midst continually,
and 10000 persons suffering from
some other form of tuberculosis.
These are appalling figures, and they
justify the name of the Great White
Plague" that has so aptly been given
to Observation-Disclosures Tit-Bits.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
MACHINE COUNTS THE COIN
Method of Relieving Congestion at
Railroad Ticket Windows ls
Successful.

The company which operates the
tube under the North river having re-
ceived many complaints from patrons
about delays at the ticket windows,
started an experiment recently, de-
signed to prevent the late conner from
missing q train because of delays In
the ticket line, a New York corre-
spondent OF the Pittsburgh Chronicle
writes.
The experiment applied only to the
station in Jersey City. The ticket
chopper at that point was authorized
to allow passengers to drop coins In
the ticket box. Either tickets or coins
were accepted. The practice did not
prove satisfactory, however, for the
ticket chopper was no cashier and, be-
sides, he could not help chopping the
nickels instead of the tickets. So the
company installed separate slot for
coins. This worked better, but over
burdened the ticket chopper with
duties, and still another correction
was necessary. The railroad company
then installed a motor In the coin box.
This motor counts every penny, nickel,
dime, quarter or other coin which is
deposited In the box. All the ticket
chopper has to do is to turn crank
once In a while. The experiment, 1t is
said, has brought satisfactory results.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Novel illumination.

The city of Seal Beach, Cal. Is now
attracting attention because of the
novel idea of Illuminating the entire
water front which has been carried out
by the officials. A battery of Al pow
erful searchlights, each being of more
than 25,000-candle power, has been
placed on the outward edge of long
pier which extends out into the ocean
from a point at the center of the wa
ter front. The Illuminated water front
may be seen far out at sea, while the
searchlight beams are visible for miles
inland.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
NEWS OF ILLINOIS

Quincy, IL--T am ghld to tell what
DR.. Pierce's Anuric has done for me !;
It is q fine remedy. I have been 0
great sufferer with my back and hip
for years but Anuric did wonders for
me. I have taken two SOC bottles of
the tablets and tell everyone what a
good medicine it is."-Mrs. Stella
Steckdall, GA Madison st.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
original little Liver Pills. These tiny,
sugar-coated, antl-bilious granules-
the smallest and the easiest to take.
One little Pellet for a laxative
three for a cathartic.
Put up In sealed vials-a perfect
vest-pocket remedy. always conven-
lent.
For sale by druggists.--Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Aeroplane on Flying Boat.

A most unusual aeronautical expert
ment Is being carried out by German
experts, according to Popular Mechan-
les. 1t deals with the development of
powerful flying boat which carries,
for both defensive and offensive pur-
poses, a, swift, mosquito-like aero
plane on its back. The machine, when
last heard of, was being put through
test flights. but had not at that time
been sufficiently refined to warrant its
actual use.
The new machine has such remark
able stability, carrying capacity and
cruising radius that Its engineers think
1t can be made to replace the bulky,
highly expensive Zeppelins which have
proved disappointing.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Drinking of Water
(BY '. NJ. PIERCE, N. d.

The general conclusions Of the latest
Medical Scientists proves that drink
ing plenty of pure water both between
meals and with ones meals is bene-
fetal to health. 1t has now been prov
en- by means of the X-rays and actual
tests upon many healthy young men
that the drinking OF large amounts OF
water NTH meals Is often beneficial.
Therefore If you want to keep healthy
drink plenty of pure water mot Ice
water), both with your meals and be-
tween meals. II yon ever suffer from
backache, lumbago, rheumatism, or any
of the symptoms of kidney trouble
such as deep colored urine. sediment
In urine, getting out of bed at night fire.
qnently and other troublesome effects,
Take q little Anuric before meals.
These Anuric Tablets car be obtained
at almost any drug store.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Touuh Luck.

swan Cush is an extremely unlucky
chap"
Gle isn't usually considered So"
II know, but you ought to hear him
talk about his misfortunes. Six months
ago he decided that he had made all
the money he could possibly use, so
he bought farm and retired. He
started to sink an artesiun well in or
der to-insure supply of pure water.
And what did he do but strike oil?
Now he's got to get back in harness
again and make whole lot of money
that he doesn't need at all out of that
oil well. Don't you pity him from. the
bottom OK your hearth
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

IMITATION IS slHcEREsT FLATTERY
but like counterfeit money the imita-
tion has not the worth of the original.
Insist on la Creole" Hair Dressing
it's the original. Darkens your hair In
the natural way. but contains no dye.
Price si.0o.-~Adv.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Tho Eternal Feminine.

Manager of Bus Company--And SO
you want TO leave?
Con6uctorette-Not II you will put
me on service IS. I'm tired of being
asked IL I'm 45i--London Opinion.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
The Test.

II suppose when you went out in
your new touring car, you felt 1t was
turning point in your career"
1T was. My wife turnel pale and
the car turned turtle"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

DR.. Pierccs Pleasant Pellets are the orig
inal little liver pills put up 40 years ago.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
Different Malady.

'Ts your husband blase. Mrs. Come
upf
mo, indeed; he's only rheumatic"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
New Brand.

A novel umbrella is equipped with
storage battery electric light in Its ham
die.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
No Mistakes.

81 don't believe that is live wiraiS
"Well, touch it if you want to %
dead sure about it,"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

Call man a diplomat, instead q
a liar, and he will be pleased. Yse.
it amounts to the same thingl
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

'Dr." is an abbreviation used to ex-
press the relation between patients and
physicians.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

A pear tree on the farm of J. 8.
Eagle In Shoemakersvllle. Pa, 163
years old Is bearing fruit.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

No Need 10 Say Anything.
Paf--What did Polly say when Ar
thur proposed 10 herr
Clnre--Nothing; she accepted him.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

Money Is useful as servant. but
fyrannlsal rs a master.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
SOAP IS STRONGLY ALKALINE

and. constant use will burn ont The
scalp. Cleanse the scalp by shampoo.
ing with La Creole" Hair DRESSINGS
and darken, in the natural way, those
ugly, grizzly hairs. Price. s1.00.-Advb
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

Cuba annually imports about co..
900 600 cubic feet of lumber.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
The Locality.

where is the principal fightingT
Il think 1t is Somewhere In
France"
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Tn The system

Take the Old Standard GROVE S
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know
what you are taking. as the formula is
printed on every LABEL showing it is
Quinine and Iron in tasteless form. The
Quinine drives out malaria, the Iron
builds up the system. so cents.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

Douglasville. n. j., has dwelling
occupied continuously for 200 years.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17

After extensive experimenting an
EnglIshman has perfected stean-driv-
en- motorcycle.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
The Domestic View.

Excl see bread has risen.
Mrs. Exe-Well. we want our bread
TO rise, don't WEI
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-11-17
A Solemn Warning.

A Solemn Warning.
'Do you think our republic is In dan
Eerf'
Certainly not" replied Senators Sor-
ghum. 'It Is reasonably snfe now.
All / say Is that | shudder TO think
OF what may befall II II should hap
pen not TO be reelected"
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-03
Attack on Cortright
Not of Recent Date; No
Rattan Used, He Says.
70 the Editor of The Farmer:

To the Editor of The Farmer:
My attention was called to-day to
your news item of Thursday night
headed Pupil Pummels Principal
After Chasing Teacher" which was
your account of the arrest of five boys
from this school by Officer Larkin and
their hearing at the City Court at
which Judge Wilder sentenced the Es-
certainly is a 1urid tale Permit me,
in the interests of truth, to state the
following facts:
The opposite, Buckley and Flood
boys were hailed to court upon the
complaint of Jacob Lunin for repeat
eddy stoning him. I was called upon
to testify regarding their generally
troublesome conduct, truancy, etc.
The Samperi brothers were in
court upon my complaint of hinderin g
the free passage of the pupils of this
school on Wheeler Avenue, of their
brutality in dealing with other boys
of the school, and of incorrig ibility.
Two boys, victims of their shameless
treatment, were present in court as
witnesses. The Samperi's are old Of
tenders.
No boy has as yet defeated the prin-
cipal in any Office ftbout,'' there have
been no boxing contests INDUCED IN
between principal and boys, no teach
er has been attacked by any pupil in
this affair." no pupil has struck the
principal, the principal has not grab
bed a rattan and struck pupil nor
called the police for assistance nor
been bitten in the leg or elsewhere.
Things are not run at this school in
this manner.
The only possible basis of fact for
these narrowing details in this sensa-
fiona1 article were the citations made
from the past conduct of the Samperi
boys. My action in the case was based
on the conviction that the continued
presence of these boys was a menace
to the best interests of the school and
to the safety on the street of the other
children.
Very truly yours.
E. E. CORTRIGHT
The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1916-02-03

eording to the federal census esti-
mate for 1915, Salt Lake in it's first
season attracted about quarter of a,
million paid spectators at an average
Of rs cents per head. The club not
only cleared up a debt of 100000, but
I paid 10 per cent dividend on a,
capital stock of 100000, distributed
among about 500 stockholders. AL
though Los Angeles and San Fran
cisco each have four times the pop
ulation of Salt Lake, the Utah club
paid those cities more coin than they
paid it. Salt Lake was the grand,
glittering success in a season mark.
ed by failures. Now go ahead and
answer the question that initiated this
paragraph.