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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-26

EjF.y 100 the simultaneous examination
o. Nj tad Mrs. Horton Yesterday Mrs.
Horton gave Assistant District Attorney
Doolirs, who questioned The singer all
afternoon evening, the impression
'rt' she and Mr.. Horton were each
wealthy and that pr. Waite had had de-
ssrs upon Mrs. Horizons life because
e. hey supposed fortune.
y tn" examination progressed YES
te-Itv, however. the county investi-
I''o-s' opinion ~ the amount of wealth
Possessed by either Mrs. Horton ur her
lIsrt.J began to stu I'd. Toward night
detectives working on the case decided
the. j: ny. Wait. ever had. as Mrs.
Horton said she now believes. designs
:" h'r life II must have been because
b. mad som. other reasou for killing her
'.'u obtaining money. The officials are
Inclined 20 think. however, ina the lives
~ tlr'" others who might stand in the
Nli o' lr. Waitc's possession of the
s'f.rr fortune IN the Peck family-Dr.
Wat,'s wife. her brother. Percy Peck
~ Grand Rapids. II perhaps his wife's
aunt. Mss Catherine Pee Of the Park
Avenue lIutel-werc in danger frYm
poi,pu.
While Mr. md Mrs. Horton and Mrs.
Dorothy May Van ralm"nocrg. IL whose
dtai ..Ii'fllr III 'SA sfN'lAAs -~'f'l4l
street Mrs. Horton remained in seClusipn
from the time slc left the Plaza until
located a few days ago At Mrs. Van
PalWvuterg's 10y detectives, were clos
ctrd with Assistant District Attorney
lr"l.Hg yesterday DIR. Waite was slowly.
ye-y slowly. recovering from the effects
OF the sulpnonal he took last Wednesday.
l. w. of interest to those who expect
'Nd, Or Waite will be indicted and tried
tor murder ,hat beginning yesterday
morning he was visited repeatedly in the
prison ward not only by br. Connolly,
lead Of ina ward, but ny pr, iregory.
cad Of the psychopathic department OF
Rril",Ie. The only inference drawn
:'"w lr Greeory's pronounced interest
n the accused man was that thoughts
NJ an insanity defence might some day
b. for'hcpmiug and that therefore the
authorities had lost no time in having an
expert such a. br. Gregory look into
nr Yates mental condition from his
'We Ou.
pr onto Schultze. cX-'oroner's physi-
Ran. who had been sent hurriediy o
Grand Rapids for the autopsy on Nj.
lrck'S body. returned yesterday with q
report to District Attorney Swami which
convinced Mr., Swami that the case
agdius' pr. Waite was a strong one.
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me mountains, and is so piped that the town has all it can use and can st,u Keep its sanitary drinking fountains made or porcelain perpetualiy bubblng. There are such places scattered throughout the clty. ketchikan has IA saloons but the man or child who wants a drink of nure mountain water has only to fit His mouth over the little china bowl at any street corner and take in all he will
 In addition to the lake. Ketchikan has a rushing stream that flows in cas- cades and rapids right through the town In the salmon season this stream is one mass of fish, and it's color from bank to bank IS all pink and silver The. fish come by the thousands and swim I'D the stream to spawns, toling their way through the rapids and jumping the falls. At that season anyone may have fish for the taking and vast quantities are saved for the canneries
 The stream l have referred to fur nishes the cIty it's electric power. and it runs the street lights and telephones It gives electric heat to some of the houses During my stay | have had dinner with one of the leading citizens His home Is beautiful house of 10 rooms. lighted and heated by electricity He has a hot water plant, but the water is kept hot by the electric heat from the central power plant, and the same plant supplies his cook stove. He tells me that his bills for lighting and heating even in midwinter are not more than SIS a month
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Start Year by
 Being Cautious

apply of to gentulmen who air detained, for bzness reesuns otherwise, in jail, who may be confined with broken leg.
 Peepu who air susseptibull to cold should not set down in damp phases; if theere air dry phases to sit in, stand up sit frend. They should also be careful of drafts-site drafts air especially gerus.
 Look out for mad dogs in August Our usuel an nual supply of mad dogs this yeer will be sumwhat augmented, also demented A demented dog should not be kept upon the premises-I knew man who insisted upon keeping a demented dog long aftur he was ripe and one day the dog bit him in playful sort of way and then left for points The wife of the man points to the print of her husbands teeth on theere mission furniture as a sollem waning to all owners of dogs.
 During the early spring munths you should ware assofedita and onions in a small bag around your neck. This will ward off the meesels and hives. It will also ward off most everybody else and give you an air of distnctson all your Nobody else would have it. Theere air menny uther things would Ike to tell you, for the yeer as full of perris as proh1bsion town is of blind tiglrs but spase de mands that l ceese. Hoping that you will do like wise whenever you feel like doing so am
 Yours trooly,
 BILL VINES. Washington, D. C.
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It Pays to Paint

From Farm and Home
 It rays to paint all permanent build- ihSs that are made of planed lumber and properly finished. If tastily colored With paint properly applied it adds greatly to the appearance of the place This is source of delight to the owner and helps make the family contented. A building that is kept well painted will last indefinitely. A good grade of paint we'll applied keeps moisture from enter ing the wood and also from reaching the nails, the lack of which allows buildings to become weatherworn. and it's parts be- come loose, weak, rotten and misshapen A we'll painted place is not only more desirable to keep, but Is more readily sold, as buyers prefer well kept place and will pay more for such It pays to paint machinery because of the bet ter appearance, and because it will keep the bolts and other parts from rusting or rotting, causing expensive breakdowns and making it difficult to repair. It is especially profitable to keep wagons and buggies well painted, for it keeps the wood from checking and the wheels from shrinking. Every time tire is set it puts more dish in the wheel which weak ems it. For 30 cents a year a vehicle can be kept tight and be made to last almost as long as one will keep up the painting.
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UP AND DOWN BROADWAY--By Allen Griffin Johnson

has fairly outshone itself. The theatres cts have been going at almost any price speculators have demanded. And as for procuring passes-well, we are not mentioning any particular show this week, from which one may gather that paper" is not being freely dis tributed.
 Unlike hotel rates, theatre tickets ascend in price as the demand for them grows greater. The effort to estab- fish cheaper theatre rates here proved dismal failure and now, if it be a is limited only by what the seller can get out of the purchaser for them.
 At a recent special performance at the New York Hippodrome various men of varying fame were placed on exhibit. among them certain well known illustrators and cartoonists. It was when the illustrators were due to appear for the expected applause that the proceedings were halted and delayed by the clever Mir. Flagg, the rest of whose name is James Mont gomery.
 It seems that one of the cartoonists wanted to appear with the illustrators when MT. Flagg objected, which start ed an argument as to the difference between cartoonist and an illustrator After having advanced opinions ga lore, MT. Flagg finally clinched mat ters by stating that the difference lay in the fact that illustrators could draw and cartoonists could not. This of course delayed the proceedings es- pecially as the cartoonists in question developed the idea that words would no longer be of avail.
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any destination, if he wants to, and that on any fair day and observe the pop ularity of our sidewalks. Go further get behind man or woman, selected at random, and follow him or her home The chances are you will have covered several regular miles before you bring up at the door, and you will have walked brisllly all the way.
 City sidewalks are quite different from the yielding sod, but the alleged jar does not seem to hinder circulation-whic makes it clear that this is not an ad- vertisement for anybodys rubber heels
 But the walking is not all that brings health to the Manhattanite. He loves exercise in many different forms and indulges his fondness for 1t yariously. No sooner does the ball go up, indicating that it is safe to skate on the Central park lakes, than they are thronsed with peo- pie eager for this healthy sport. But they do not wait for Central park skating this season. The indoor rnfis are more popular than ever before and there are skaters, or skate-dancers nere, who do everything on skates that the average dancing couple does on ballroom floor and more besides.
 Every vacant lot is filled with young people, or grown-ups. playing games of various kinds and there is horseback riding at all times. In fact. it is in a place like this that one is made to realize the advisability of healthy exercise. In the country it is too often task, but in the city it becomes a privilege. and in New York it is fully appreciated by the vast majority.
 Suppose, however, you live here and don't care to take exercise. Then there
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New York restaurants have not begun serving horse flesh as yet They claim that the demand for this must come first. They are, therefore, in all probability, awaiting the advent of a meat famine.
 Tn spite of and in the face of the health talk that opens this article. the board of health has reported record breaking number of deaths from pneu- monia and influenza. During one week there were 272 deaths here from pneu- monia and "A from la grippe. This is. as stated a record. and therefore quite the exception. It seems like lot of deaths, doesn't it? But think of our population and remember the great number of peo- pie who have not died-yet.
 A headline in the New York American of recent date was, Two Choate Wives in Fifth Avenue Auto Accident" Well, that's one way to make people read an item of news, anyway. There was, in reality no scandal attached. The story related that the wife of the former am- bassador to Great Britain and her daugh- ter-in-law were the parties In the acci- dent
 Did you know that all members of what the New York Stock exchange calls "The Board have nicknames? Fact. Alexander c. Morgan, member of the firm of A. c. Morgan sS Co. 9 Broad street, tells the story, admitting that his own nickname has been "Sapolio' ever since he became a member.
 It is also true that the members get very kittenish at times, and indulge in hazing new members. When one new member recently appeared on the floor and exhibited pair of newfan2led gar ters to friend, the friend circulated
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blame for it. speek rum the fullness of ex- periense
 I know who needless in such matturs and refrained frum being beware, and he is the fathur of two sets of twins and has muther-inlaw with settled expression like diseased prune. He also is reguer subscribur the Sufferagetts Jurna and marches in peerades carrying bannur in scribed Vote for Us Muthers." Not that am warn ming yung against getting married-I furmly be- eeve that evvery ought to have a home of his own to stay away frum, but am meerly suggesting causion when a feller is contimplatng matrimony he should be verry causous-then ne should orig mate the idear himself. man who hasn't enuff rignallity to get married without the aid and of enny uther persun is not fit to be meel ticket for enny
 Also this yeer foresee uther things fore seeur stand alone. foresee that the Uropeean will cum to end sum time this yeer-or next yeer- if not then in of the yeers that follow these everybody will be glad to heer this foresee grae prosperity for this country captains of industry will florrish and afford to have hired to watur theare stock: all professional will prosper seedingly and be abul to pay theere amony prompt ly. Farmers will produse large crops and seed and wildcat booze will be plentiful. The litnng rod agint the book agnt and the promotur with his gold edge stocks and bonds, which next yeer will be
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have to climb ladders to get to their homes.
 The best houses are high on the cliffs, far above the harbor. They seem to grow out of the rocks. Nevertheless, some have little patches of garden, al though the soil has to be sprinkled with gold dust to make them.
 In this connection the captain on my steamer coming up told me a story of a Ketchikan man who sailed with him last month. This man was sitting at the captains right hand at dinner. Dur ing one meal he was in a brown study. Course after course passed and he ate but little. At last he burst out in an agonized soliloquy
 q knew I'd forget it! I knew I'd for get itl I knew I'd forget itl"
 What" said the captain. "have you forgotten something your wife told you to bring back from outsider
 "Yes, I have,,' was the reply And [ knew I'd forget it. She made me promise to bring seven sacks of good soil to lay on the rocks and make her a garden. And now I've forgot it."
 This is the character of great part of the southeastern Alaska. The hills are so steep that the soil runs off with the rains.
 Nevertheless, Ketchikan has some beautiful gardens. The most of the homes are frame cottages, and neariy every one has it's little lawn with bushes and flowers. Some of the citi- zens raise vegetables and berries. In the garden of H. c. Strong I saw rasp- berry bushes as high as my shoulder, which give him all the fruit he can eat for more than two months during the summer The berries are large and of fine flavor, and they never become mushy when ripe. Ketchikan also grows entrants and salmon berries, and it has as many beautiful flowers as a section the same size In Seattle or Portland It is a wet city, and the moisture is such that the plants will grow on the rocks with no soil to speak of It has been raining steadily ever since I arrived, and today during a downpour, I asked one of the citi zens:
 Does it never stop raining in Ketch- ikan?"
 He replied. with a laugh q hardly know I have lived here only 15 years'
 The city really has rain for more than two-thrds of the year, and over il feet of water falls in that time. It is this that makes the vegetation green the leaves of the trees dripping almost as
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hardware stores, plumbing establishments and machine shops. The stores have plate glass windows and the goods are well dis played. In one window 1 saw a full line of electrical apparatus, including electric irons, coasters and heaters. Another shows a large supply of thermos bottles and baby carriages. The butcher shops have quarters of red beef just in from Seattle and the fruit stores sell rasp- berries and strawberries from Alaska, oranges and figs from California and ap- ples from Oregon and British Columbia. The supply of eatables is quite as good a S that of the provision stores in the states, and the prices are not much higher. h. deed, I believe one can live almost as cheaply in Ketchikan as in Cleveland,
 Kansas City or Kalamazoo
 l am stopping here at the Revilla hotel. This is one of the two leading taverns, although there are others much less pre- tentious The Revilla is a three-story frame building, within a stones throw of the sea. The hotel office is loafing place and pooroom as we'll and the guests and outsiders are knocking the billiard balls over the tables at all hours of the night. 1 nave a room With a path on the second floor, and the charge is S2. 50 per day. When 1 asked as to meals, I was told that the hotel served none, and that I should have to go out to the restaurants. The result is that I am eating at the Poodle Dog grill, where I sit on a stool at the lunch counter and where my ham and eggs or other meat comes to me on a great oval platter such as we use for a family There is no other plate, and eat from the platter. The Poodle Dog advertises as it's speciality the serving of food on hot platters. The food is good and the service is excellent The restau- rant has cabinets or rooms at the side where one can dine in stately privacy if he objects to the common lunch counter
 find Ketchikan up-to-date It has only 20O0 inhabitants. but it has daily newspapers, with telegrams from all parts of the. world. It has sawmin and ironworks. It has seven salmon canneries, and is a mining center for sjl- yer, copper and gold. It has public library, board of trade, several nov ing picture shows and a half dozen well attended churches. The people look about the same as those you see in the states, save that there are many In dians and some Chinese and Japanese The Indians, Chinese and Japanese dress like the whites, and about the only dif- ference is in the faces, which have the racial features of their owners.
 Ketchikan has an excellent water sup ply. It comes from a lake high up in
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riff issue brushes up it's rusty clothes oils it's creeky joints, takes hyperdermick of "pep" and prepairs to dress peerade for the bennefit the peepu Theere will, of corse be menny uther issues-t will in short be good yeer for issues but the tariff is- sue will be given the phase of honnor and frenzied statesmen of all faiths will discuss tariff commits sons tariff boards low tariff high tariff and vars and sundry uther brands of tariff and the plain cit izen will hold his thobbing brow and wunder to him. self for the Hove of Mike how many times am going to be called to settle this dam tariff thing enny how?'
 Then this is to be grate yeer for the suferagetts It is leep yeer-29 days in Febuery this yeer The deer ladies this yeer will only be permitted to solicsit votes for wimmn,' but they can carry side line and solicsit husbands we'll It is to be hard yeer on the mails-single gentulmen will be com peled to not only dodge poytical issues and credi- turs, but they will have to keep sharp lookout to avoid entangling allianses As seer and profit foresee trying times for men who air avverse to universal suffrage and who have not yet embarked upon the trubbled waturs of matrimony. Let them beware of the ides of March and avoid the Sunday school picknick with it's opportunities private and secluded tatee-tates they would the dedly upas tree. They should go reguerly into the beware bizness this yeerthose who fail to be beware don't
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QUEER ALASKAN CITY

smoothly as those which ply the Ohio from Pittsburg to Cincinnati or the Mis- sissipp from St. Louis to New Orleans
 1 despair of giving you any idea of the beauties of this voyage. They are so many and so varied The route from Seattle to Skagway is known as the h. side Passage, and has often been com pared to trip on great river. It is more. It is a winding in and out among half submerged mountains. It is float ing through great lakes studded with is- lands. It is travelling along and within fiords like those of west Norway. Now you have the wonders of the Swiss lakes, ROW those of the Inland sea of Japan and now beauties like those on the coasts of New Zealand There are all sorts of combinations of sea and sky of ever green slopes and snow-capped noun tains. The color effects are beyond de- scription, and the sunsets indescribable in the changes and beauties
 These are the characteristics of South eastern Alaska. The whole district be- tween the Portland and the Lynn canals is composed of islands covered with evergreen trees. The whole country is timbered and some of the trees are four or five feet in thickness Many of the islands have snow capped mountains that rise in green walls almost straight up from the water and their heads are often crested with silver. The most of the mainland is also one mighty wall of green.
 The islands are of all shapes and sizes and they float upon sapphire seas. When the tide is low-and the tide here rises and falls to the height of a two-story house-these islands seem like floating gardens. There is no, vegetation below the mark of high tide The islands are bedded upon the rocks and as the water falls the living earth seems to be lifted. Then the forests are seated on rocky pe- destals of stone, and mountains of green and white rise high above their rocky foundations. Then the vegetation does not begin until 15 or 20 feet above the water, and there are only steep walls of black rock below. As you sail it is easy to believe that the earth is made of rock. The rock shows out through the trees. Here bold cliffs, brown and gray walls several hundred feet high, rise straight up from the blue waves; there the rocks show out of the thin growth of pines on the hillsides, and everywhere you have the rising and falling black rock foundation
 the northward Now they widen into
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wurth frum five to six to one, but which air now wurth 17 sents tun, will be in our midst smoking the same old pipe and earnestly requesting you to dreem out of the pipe yourself. He will save you the annoyance of being trubbled about investing your surplus by changing sed surplus to a deffiste, if you will but heed his alurrng song The hired gurl will ask for a raise in sallery and if you summun up the corrage to refuse it. she will your imported hair restorer for seesunnng the pancakes and you will be trubbed with ingrowing whiskers July and August will be bad munths for speculation; gentul- men holding three of kind should not raise before the draw in July August especially if theere is tall dark strangur in the game. You shCeld consult yor perryskope and ascertain if possibul your lucky unucky munths in this yeer for it is yeer sus
 septibul to sudden and violent fluxuasions. The lucky munths you should remain indoors much possibull and refrain rum pawsing to mediate in frunt of oughtomobile. If man must mediate he should do away rum the bizzy marts of trade
 otherwise the corrinor will be called to offiSiae on his estate and vissibu assets. The lucky munths you should play to finnish Theese air the munths you want to get out and keep bizzy-mingle with your feller citizens and take advantage of them often as possibu Above all, keeping moving and on the alert during theese munths, if nuthng up insyour immediate visinnity go to uther sity
 if you can borrow the mummy to do so. This does not
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is one alternative-you must have money. New York is a city of great distances. Unless you are willing and you are forced to become a pedestrian, and you can get nowhere without walking few miles. And even he who rides upon the "L' and subway lines is forced to go up and down stairs, for it is not every "L' sta tion that is equipped with the moving stairway, or, as Boston puts it, the escalator." However, for fear that too much exercise may have an ill effect upon some of you who have been lead ing strictly sedentary lives, we will shift the topic until the discussion veers perceptibly:
 A combination of Christmas holidays and the big automobile show has brought record number of visitors to New York city recently. During the past week about 25,OO0 more people were in town than were here at the same time last year. The automobile show is one of the biggest crowd drawers New York puts on. Every hody seems to like to go. Those who have cars may be interested and those who have not like to be seen there people may think things, you know
 The hotels have all been crowded to capacity. When ex-Goxernor Walsh of Massachusetts tried to get room at the St. Regis he was forced to sleep in the ballroom. Rates have been held steady, however, which is one thing New York must be given credit for conventions or what not never cause the hotel men to advance rates here as in other cities.
 And during this busy time Broadway