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The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-21

mony
And Xmas all the year.
But men will fight and slaughter
Men on land and sea,
Perchance will hold the battle lines
For Xmas jubilee;
Next da ythe cannon thunder
VIII shake the earth and sky,
Blood will flow in rivers
Same as in years ogn&> by.
Peace, peace in our loved America,
Sweet dreams when Santa comes
By night in his Auto or Taxi
With dollies, guns and drums,
Everything from the ten cent store
Houston and Vanity Fair,
Rocking horses and balloons
viii take us anywhere.
| wish | was a boy again
~ hofS llC SlOlIOuS luh
OF skating like my school days
Fast as horses run.
We made fire upon the pond
And took the brands at light,
And waved them as we circled round
Like the Comets in their flight.
Down the hill across the pond,
All on Xmas day,
Our sleds went faster than the wind
Or wild deer at play;
Kids must be good at Xmas
And little gift you know
Is always precious is it comes
From a sweetheart or a beau.
Ring out the slaves of sin
The tears for millions slain,
Bring gold Frankineense and Myrrl
From desert, hill ad plain;
Ring in the hearts united
The gifts of God to men,
The loves ad friendships plighted
For Xmas comes again.
In the Xmas corner of hearts
Are treasures hidde naway
So tenderly cherished they never
viii be known till the Judgment
day;
Heroes and lovers are there
And SO sacred is the spot,
'ris holy of holies forevermure
Wheer true love changes not.
Ring in the blessed memories
OF the happy days goe by.
And let the feast be joyous
While the happy moments fly;
This day let all reoice
From care and labor free
And the old man take a step
As young rs he used to be.
fod bless the Salvation Army
That always remembers the poor
With Xmas Turkey dinner
And welcome at the door
And the gerat ] ,200 copies
OF the Comet giving cheer
70 The many hearts and households
It eraches far and near.
[ hope every saint and sinner
viii have good Xmas dinner
derry Xmas toeverybody
Likewise timely warning,
While yo uhave the best of fun
AS Xmas days roll on.
Don't eat so much you'll have to
Send 70 ra doctor in the mornig.
hank God for the merry Xmas
When all the world is kind
Md with brighter hopes for the fu-
ture
The wrongs are left behind;
IF we trust in the Xmas Savious
Triumphant DER the tomb,
Dur Xmas joys eternally
In Paradise shall bloom.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-21

Eleven homes in Montgomery coun-
ty have installed water works under
the direction of the county home de
monstration agent.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-21

one girl in Bradley county helped to
pay the mortgage on her father )
place through her activities In the
girls club.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-21

Nos Of Mucf Account,
a man who cant stand prosperit,
isnt likely TO bear up very well under
adyersity.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-21

Hay" you p your subscription to
The mes?
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1916-12-21
F ACTS ABOUT FARMERS
AND THEIR FARMS
AND THEIR FAMILIES

Short courses and camps for girls
past year.
The sun., 1916-12-14
S~URROGATES FIGHT
CLOCK PUNCH PLAN
Tell Court Office Forces Would
BE Reduced to Standing
Of Mill Hands.

Punch. BROTHER. punch. punch with care.
Punch. though you feet like tearing your
hair.
This ditty was especially composed to
be mi by the clerks OF the ~Surrogates'
o II Comptroller Prendergast wins In
his attempt to make those connected with
the court adopt a system Of daily time
reports and wallop a time clock when
they start home after a hard days work.
Surrogate Robert l.. Fowler and
Arthur T. O'Leary. representing Surro-
gate John =. Cohalan. appeared before
terday TO oppose an application by the
Comptroller for n mandamus writ to
'npel the establishment Of q system
which the Surrogates felt would reduce
their office forces to the standing OF mill
hands and cut into their time by making
them CLOCK" themselves at almost every
move.
+. s. Benedict, Assistant Corporation
Counsel. explaining the system for the
Comptroller. said the aim was not to
keep tabs on zach busy little worker,
but to inform the public Of the cost OF
each function" Of his duties.
II you told a clerk to keep a record
OF things that way" said the court. "or
kept such a record yourself. some one
would have to punch a time clock every
ten minutes"
Benedict said ne had heard Of law
Offices where such a system had
lowered in full perfection. Justice
Greenbaum. In the spirit of Missouri.
asked for sample Instances and then
reserved decision.
The sun., 1916-12-14
WAX WRITES MOTHER
FIRST TIME IN 2 YEARS
"Oliver" Tells Her He Never
Took Cent From Woman
and She Believes Him.

0LovERsvILfk, N. r.. Dec. 13.-With
tears streaming down her wrinkled face.
Mrs. Anna Wax. mother Of "Oliver Os-
borne" read to-day the first letter she
has received from him In sever years.
Charlie wrote me that he never took
a cent from a woman In his life. and /
believe him." said Mrs. Wax. He never
did anything wrong when he lived here.
and / know he told me the truth.
II hope they won be too hard on him.
He has his good points. and they are
many"
Mrs. Wax said her son wants her 10
see him In New York. but she cannot 80
there unless he sends the money.
"Oliver's'' buoyant spirits forsook him
when he was informed yesterday that his
trps to the Federal Building must cease
until the Tanner prosecutions are re-
opened after New Years. Compared with
the brilliance OF his receptions In the Of
flee OF Roger i. Wood. Assistant United
States Attorney, life In his cell in the
Tombs. especially over the Christmas
holidays. Is a gloomy prospect to the
popular prisoner.
Mr.. Wood will remain in his home In
Baltimore until after January 1. and in
the meantime there will be no one in the
Federal Building qualified to put Oliver
through his PAGES.
II want to get out OF this dungeon and
meet some moro people," he pleaded with
his keeper yesterday.
The sun., 1916-12-14

Judge Corrigan. That, in his opinion.
had been the division Of labor on the
plaintiffs side.
Characterisins the suit as an attempt
to satisfy the Magistrates spleen and
to get money from an innocent and
ignorant party" the attorney set forth
at length the contention Of the book
publishers that they believed that the
Magistrate Cornlgan" In the novel was
The other Sides Turn.
Henry Newton Arnold, counsel for the
plaintiff. who had been tugging at his
leash during his opponents grafton. i'm
mediately jumped up when his chance
came and asserted with all his %eloquence
that the Magistrates visit to Mrs. Thaw
was entirely proper and within the Law.
He declared hat the defendant company
did not dare attack the character Of the
Magistrate by this "i~nnuendo' when the
case was open because the highest
character witnesses In the land would
have been called for him. and then the
defence would have been smothered.
1t was assumed that this superlative
recommendation as a character witness
related to Col. Theodore Roosevelt. whom
the plaintiff had intended to summon to
his aid in case assaults were made upon
his reputation and some R~ooseveltian
agg%ressiveness seemed necessary.
The lawyer declared that Mrs. Seville
had no motive to perjure herself. as
she had the Magistrates assurance that
In any event he would make no EFFORT
to have her husband write his next
novel In jail. The first testimony Of
Mrs. Seville. according to Arnold. was
the true testimony. and the only kind
that the jury need bother their heads
about.
The comparative value Of either Of
Mrs. Saville's two brands Of testimony
did not seem to appeal TO Justice Con-
In his charge. He did not appear to con-
slider either was trustworthy. saying
that at would be unsafe for a Jury to
pin its faith to an acknowledged per-
jurer."
He also said that In the Dyes Of the
law II was immaterial whether the pub
fishing concern was Ignorant" of the
libel. or whether the book was a type
rather han a direct attack upon the
plaintiff that gave him a shredded
reputation. Then the twelve good men
and true went out to collect their
thoughts.
The sun., 1916-12-14
Mrs. Vanderbilt Takes Apartment.

Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt. who has
been living in Lenox. Mass. will spend
the winter in New York in one OF the
big apartment houses in Park avenue.
Mrs. Vanderbilt arranged yesterday
through Worthington Whitehouse and
Douglas l.. Gilman & Co. to lease James
II. Snowden's apartment OF twenty-one
rooms and five baths in the new house
AT the northwest corner Of Park avenue
and Fifty-ffth street. Mrs. Vanderbilt
takes the apartment furnished and will
pay about SIS. 900 for the use OF II.
The sun., 1916-12-14
CORRIGAN'S FATE TO
Be KNOWN TO-DAY
Jury to Bring In Sealed Yer
dict in His Suit for
100000.
LAWYERS ARE HOSTILE
Justice, in Charge, Says Main
Point Is Book Firms KnOwl-
edge Of Libel.
LAWYERS ARE HOSTILE

The reputation Of Goods Man" lies
this morning in the jury's hands. To-
day when the sealed verdict Of the su-
preme Court jury ID opened It will be de-
cided whether the novel Is a partial and
uniattering biography Of Magistrate Jo-
seph r. Corrtsan. as he claimed In his
$4,000 libel suit against the Bobbs-
Merrill Company. It's publishers. or moth
ing worse than an attempt to uplift the
Tenderloin.
The case went to the Jury late yeeter.
day afternoon following vehement final
arguments by the opposing counsel which
would convince the ordinary listener that
both were right. After the fury had de-
liberated for half an hour they were in
etructed by Justice Con to deliver a
sealed verdict and all hands went homo
to get what sleep they could except
George Bronson Howard. author Of the
book, who Is 90 far away. In Los Angeles.
that he ID not likely to feel the present
tension in New York's atmosphere.
In his summing up the lawyer for the
defence was 30 hostile in court toward
the lawyer for the plaintiff. and vice
versa. that the ordinary listener would
have gathered that whenever the two
lawyers met outside they had to be
separated by friends. Each side used the
word ''~dastardly'' in referring to the ac-
tons Of the other.
began in the Morning.
John L. Lockwood. counsel for the
Bobbs-Merrill Company. began the
shindy in the morning by formulating
the doctrine that "a man In known by
the company he keeps and then kept
up the pace he had set for himself by
pointing to the Magistrate as an ac-
acquaintance OF Patrick J. tJack)
Francis. Stephen n. Lingard and Evelyn
Nesbit Thaw and making the trial COM
plete In every essential by mentioning
Harry Thaw.
Judge Corrigan." he said. admitted
that he had been calling upon Mrs.
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw in her apartments.
where he met Teddy Gerard. the &C.
tress. He called upon Mrs. Thaw to
recommend the employment Of certain
counsel In Harry Thaw's lunacy pro-
ceedings."
The attorney came right out nat and
called Mrs. Margaret Saville a brave
woman. Mrs Saville's friends were UNI
able yesterday to furnish the $4,000
bail fixed on her perjury charge. and SO
she had to stay In a cell.
In dealing with the influence by which
he said Mrs. Saville had been led to
give false testimony through fea OF
harm to her former husband. Lockwood
gave the jury to understand that
though the voice was that OF Lingard
and Francis. the hand was the hand OF
The sun., 1916-12-14
HERE'S TO THE GIRL
GIVEN BY AMATEURS
Comic Opera at Plaza Hotel in
Aid Of Grosvenor Neigh
bOrhOod House.
DANCE FOLLOWS PLAY
Debutantes and Other Men,
bers Of Society Are Seen
in the Cast.
DANCE FOLLOWS PLAY

"Hsse's - the Girl"-Comic Opera By
Amateurs 1t Phase Hetsl.
Cast of Characters.
Sheldon Hale. . detective.
Reginald T. Townsend
Leila Lupin. "detectivette."
Miss Nina Paris
yanchstts Faurot. "detec,ivette."
Miss Caryi Hackstan
Polly Pinksrton. "detectivette."
Miss Madelains Lynch
Moira Moriarty. "detectivette."
Miss Constance De LAnoy
Kiethiids Kennedy. "detectivette."
Miss Genevieve Sanford
Berthe Bertiiion. "detectivettc."
Miss Mary Colt
Bobby Bailey. Henry s. sturgis
GLADYS Loveiiest. a movie queen.
Miss Helen A. Hoadley
Head Walter. .Roderick Tower
Isabelle Randolph. ... Miss Mimi Scott
Prince Ferdinand Of Loravia.
John X. Hodges
Miss Sophia Randolph. Isabeiie's aunt.
Miss Betty Carson
Amesita Carramba. an adventuress.
Miss Amy Bradish johnson
Aatsnis spinorelii. formerly Prime
Minister Of Loravia. Curtis n. Browne
Prince Louis Of Loravia. F~erdinand's
twin amman. John X. Hodges
Landlord Of the Twin Prince Tavern.
Albert F. Piokerneii
Captain Of Louits Army"
Roderick Tower
prtaesss citrona OF Lima.
Miss oraos Bristsd
Chief Of the Loravian Police,
Roderick Tower
The sun., 1916-12-14

Paul Relmerr. tenor. gave a song re-
cital yesterday afternoon In the Comedy
Theatre. His programme contained two
groups Of German songs, one OF French
and one Of popular and folk songs. Mr..
Reimers was heard at his best In the
French songs, TO which his light voice
and delicate style were well suited.
The sun., 1916-12-14
Mr.. EIkus Gives q Prize,

Abram J. Eikus. recently appointed
Ambassador to Turkey to succeed Henry
Morgenthau. IL the donor OF a prize OF
800 for the best essay by "a student Of
City College on n phase Of Jewish
literature. history or achievement. The
contest Is open to my student OF the
college.
The sun., 1916-12-14
GETS WHITE SULPHUR RECORD
James Brown Potter shows Ability
a. a Pedestrian.

WHITE SULPHUR STRINGS. W. Va. Dec.
13.-Miss Josephine osborne arrived
here to-day from New York. James
Brown Potter and William J. Duane
started for New York, Mr.. Potter made
a record as q pedestrian here. doing ten
and twelve miles daily. Mr.. and Mrs.
John S. Davis started for Baltimore to-
night.
Many surgeons who attended the con-
vention OF the Southern Surgical and
genealogical Society started away this
evening. Two sessions were held to-day.
The sun., 1916-12-14
Photos by W. Burden stage.

n Mrs. Austin Flint. Miss Adelaide
Flint, Mr. and Mrs. Bradish johnson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gordon King. Miss
Violet King. Mr.. and Mrs. Arson Il. Mo-
ran. Mr.. and Mrs. Harry J. Luce and
Mr.. and Mrs. John II. Lynch.
The performance will be repeated to-
night and will begin promptly at $50.
The sun., 1916-12-14
Col. Charles p. Bryan III.

BALTIMORE, Dec. l3.@Col. Charles
Bryan. Ambassador e Japan in
Taft's Administration and
previously 10 other for Ign countries, is
critically I'll here. Col. Bryan Is GO
years old. His home 10 in Elmhurst, III.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
BASKET BAIL IS
 CHIEF SPORT AT
 SlTKA; CHALLENGE
(special Correspondencel

SITKA, Jan. 80. - Basketball is now in full swing here. The Red and White quintets of the ladies bas- ket ball team staged a game on the 2Oth and the Reds won by a score of 20 to IS. Both teams showed they had practiced hard and several very good teamwork plays were made. One can easily see by the score that the game was thrilling.
 The Sitka Athletic Club basketball quintet will play the Alaska Native Brotherhood on Feb. 2d. A real scrap is promised, as the A. N. B. defeated the S. A. c. in a previous game by 2 score of 21 to 20. If the S. A. C.. wins the game on the second they will be the champions as they recent ly defeated the Sheldon Jackson school by a score of 23 to IS.
 The Sitka Athletic Club is endeav- bring to secure a basketball game with Juneau, The locals have not forgot ten the game of two years ago when the Juneau bunch invaded Sitka and went back with the scalps of the locals hanging to their belt. The game then was played to finish, 21 to z. with SitSa on the short end.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
TRIP WEST
 OF THE ALAMEDA
 GOOD LIST SOUTH

After making a slow trip to tho Westward and return, the steamer AL ameda arrived here this morning at 5:S0 o'clock and sailed south at g o'clock. The Alameda was delayed all along the line by cold weather which interfered with handling freight and taking water for the boil CTS. The longest delay was at se- ward where the freight had to be handled twice on account of the dock being burned. southbound the Ala meda loaded 1900 tons of high grade copper concentrates at cordoya.
 Among the passengers from Vest ward points on their way south on the Alameda were; E. M. Brosins, hardware merchant of Seward; "Dutch" Blanclkwell, well known freighter from the interior; Jack Dal- ton, the famous trail breaker; H. J. Rutherford, of Valdez; w. J. Zinck. connected with the cable office at Se- ward and who has been transferred to the States; G. B. Mcdonald, of the Granby compahy on his way from Valdez to Ketchikan: H. R. Slaburn, we'll known business man of Seward; E. W. Searles. paymaster for the Copper River & Northwestern rail- orad on his way to Seattle on busi- ness; Mrs. W. Estes. wife of the chief clerk of the Ellamar minesS Mir. Da- vidson, purser of the Dora accompan- jed by his wife. and many other well known business men from all parts of Alaska.
 Passengers leaving Juneau for se- attle were R. B. Martin, J. Krodich, c. c. Cross, W. J. Crews. Mrs. H. Oren- stein, Egle Bushmann, c. Eredson, H. NJ. Bowman. J. Lilin. Ed Wall, James Freeburn. Miss Freeburn, z. R. Che ney, Peter Covich and Mrs. Nagle.
 From Douglas for Seattle were Mrs. NJ. Wilhelm, Eloise Howard, and !. Van Hulle. From Juneau for KetchI- kan were O. Loistad. George vingar, and for Wrangell, A. Shyman and Gus Gillis.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
MINING ENGINEERS
 FAVOR NEW LAWS;
 HAS COST MUCH MONEY

BOSTON-It has cost mining com panies of the United States approxi- mately S2OOOOO,OOO to conduct and light litigation arising from the apex law which has been on the federal statute books at Washington since 1872. This estimate was made by Senator Thomas of Colorado, former y governor of that state.
 Congress will be asked to codify the mining laws at the request of the country's leading mining engineers. 1t being the opinion of a large number hat they should be treated at one time and not piecemeal.
 The doom of the Flaw of the apex" appears written. for it has not a sin- gle friend in the mining profession. nor among government officials whose duties have to do with the country's interior welfare. This was evidenced lt a gathering of the Mining and Met 1llurgical Society in Washington a lew days ago when the unanimous op. inion was expressed that the apex aw had outlived It's usefulness. Not only were the engineersp resent of this opinion. but telegrams were read rom B. B. Thayer vice-president of the Anaconda, D. c. Jackling. general manager of the Utah. Chino, and Ray Consolidated. and John Hays Ham, mond. each favoring the elimination of the apex law from the atatutes.
 A bill favoring the appintment of T committee of five. to include two mining men. two government depart ment officials and one lawyer. may be introduced in Congress in the hopes that a start may be secured m remodeling the country's mining avs, through the committees ef- forts.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02

A graphic story of the Serbian re- treat was told today by Miss Cissy Banjaminf pretty English nurse. says the New York Sun. She arrived here on the White Star liner Adriatic.
 I joined the British hospital at Kraguyevatz eight months ago" said she. There we had 9 field hospital with 70 tents. When tho Bulgarian invasion began we were transformed into Q flying hospital and moved to Pirct. near the Bulgarian border.
 We fled before the Bulgarians to Semendria on theAustrian border, and in October we moved to Dobre- dora. Here the Serbs were defeated, and from that time for 50 days our hospital fled daily. In seven weeks we scarcely slept in the same place twice.
 The wounded were brought to us in automobiles. and after we had patched them up they were taken to the base hospitals. On November q I rejoined the base hospital at Pris- tina and then moved to Prizend. At
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
PIECE OF STALE BLACK BREAD
 ONLY FOOD SERB HAD FOR DAYS
 ACCOUNT OF SERBIAN RETREAT
Aoo4AnAHAN4N4ANANHooooo

the latter place we lost all our equip ment and our hospital ceased to ex- ist.
 Tn the retreat that followed we were generally six hours ahead of the Bulgarians. The courage and patience of the Serbian wounded was the most wonderful thing l have ever witness ed. The most severely wounded. who were seemingly dying, walked for weeks at a time. They marched with us over the mountains into Montene. gro.
 Hundreds d'ed of cold. Prisoners of the Serbians by the thousands re- treated with us, and they were in a pitiable condition. The Serbs had little or nothing to eat. but what they had they shared with their prisoners. One Serbian lived for five days on small piece of stale hard black bread. A small loaf of bread cost 40 dinars. about ss."
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02

Give The Empire an opportunity to quote you prices on printing.
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
It pays to advertise in THE EMPIRE.
Sad Fate.

Think of being driven from homo" said the girl who reads novels, "out into the cold world. facing-the wind and snow"
 "I know exactly what 1t feels like" replied MT. Growcher My youngster wouldn't be satisfied till I give him a ride on the sled he got for Christ mas."-Cw Washington Star)
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02

Fresh aowers today, Winter Pond. 2.2.2t
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
WILL INSTALL NEW TELEPHONE SYSTEM
 IN YoUNc'S STORE

The first ntcrcommunicating phone system in Juneau will be installed soon by the c. W. Young Go. The sys- tenn will have 12 phones on one trunk. At the present time the buildings GOV CT O great deal of space and commun- ication between tho different depart ments Is slow and unsatisfactory re- sultIng in @ great deal of wasted time. The new system will connect all departments. plumbing shop, re. ceiving desk, shipping desk, store. fur. nIture department. paint and oil de. partment and three offices. Other phones will be scattered about the building and warehouses where they are needed.
 -o--s-s-
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
HITS THE TOP CREST OF WAVE
Hello. Empire Y"

Hello, Empire
 Hello yourself. Whats want ed."
 "Why, hurry up and send your advertising man right down to see me. Gunner Blomgren. Of the Sanitary Grocery. Listen, everything I advertised in my specials in The Empire last week. went like hot cakes on cold morning. l have other big specials and the people are wait ing for me to inform them. Hurry up and get that man down here"
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02
MEETING IS POSTPONED.

The regular quarterly meeting of the Juneau public library association has been postponed from Thursday Feb. 3 to Thursday. Feb. 10th. BQ order of
 MRS. R. D. ROBERTSON,
 secretary-rreasurer
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02

The Empire prints more paper and has by Q long way the most regular paid subscribers of any newspaper In Aferlrn zee
The Alaska daily empire., 1916-02-02

Fresh flowers today Winter G Pond. 2-2-2t
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-12-05
FINANCIAL NEWS
GENERAL ADVANCES ARE IN ORDER
AS TRADING ENDS IN WALL STREET
Banks Discriminate in Making Loans-Money Eases Up
After Publication of Presidents Message-Docu-
ment Is Favorably Construed
NEW YORK. Dec. 5.


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