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New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
HER FIST MADE A HIT
AND DOG KEPT HIS SEAT
Conductor Accuses Woman OF
Striking Him.

Tootsie, who Is a little white dog,
Mrs. Anna Pryor Smith, OF l66 West
Seventy-second Street, and a conductor
on a Long island train supply the cast
for little drama that had its curtain
call yesterday in Flushing police court
Tootsie and Mrs. Smith, it was re.
vealed by testimony, were occupying
Jointly a train seat when Edgar G. Ain,
the conductor, appeared to take the dog
to the baggage car Mrs. Smith wouldn't
hear Of il.
When the conductor attempted 20
take Tootsie by force, he swears, Mrs.
Smith hit him. And he answered b.
striking her on the arm with a club,
Mrs. Smith alleges.
Magistrate Fitch paroled the con,
ductor, Mrs. Smith and Tootsie, and
will hold further hearing Tuesday.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
PRUDENTIAL AGENTS
TO OFFER NEW PLAN
VIII Appoint Committee on Com
pensation Scheme.

With officials of the Prudential Life
Insurance Society reiterating their de-
termination to discharge some thirty
agents said to be active in the new
union and 500 agents in New York and
New Jersey threatening TO quit in a
body Monday if these men are ousted.
strike was considered likely yester-
day.
A committee will be appointed by the
agents next week 20 submit TO the com
pany a new compensation scheme.
Agents assert that the recently adopted
wage scale deprives them Of part Of
their former income. The company
says the new rate Of payments adds to
the earning power Of the agent.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
DIED.

BIsHOP-Leyi Jesse Putnam, on Sat-
urday morning. July %, after a long
illness. Services will be held at the
late residence, 2206 Andrews av., Uni
versity Heights, New York, Sunday
afternoon, July %, at 4 o'clock. In
terment at Cleveland, Ohio. Cleve-
land papers please copy.
BLIsS-suddenly. on Saturday, July %,
1916, at Manchester, VT, Ernest c.
Bliss. Funeral services at his late
residence, 4l0 Park sy., New York
City, Tuesday morning, July rs, at 10
o'clock.
GUNTHER-Suddenly, on 22d, John
Jacob Gunther, in the Gath year OF
his age. Funeral and interment at
Manchester, W.
SCHANCK-Die at Princeton, N. j.,
Friday, July 2l, Mr.. Joseph Stillwell
Schanck. Funeral services from his
late residence, at Is Nassau ST,
Princeton, Monday, at 2:30 o'clock.
WALKER-At Yonkers, ~ Y, on Satur-
day, July %, 1916. Lawrence Boards
ley, beloved son OF Henry K and the
late Clementine Brown Walker, in
his 18th year. Funeral services at
his late residence, SO2 North Broad
way, Yenkers, y. T.. on Monday, July
"a. 1915. at 3 o. m.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
HOWE DEFENDS
RULE AT ISLAND
The Commissioner Hurries
Back and Warmly Denies
He Neglected Duty.

Frederic c. Howe, commissioner OF
immigration, whose administration was
recently attacked by Representative
Bennett, returned to Ellis Island from
Siasconset yesterday, thereby cutting
two days from his vacation.
During his absence the local immi-
grafton bureau has received vicits from
Representative Isaac Siegel, a member
of the committee on immigration and
naturalization, and John B. Densmore,
solicitor of the Department of Labor.
Mr.. Siegel and Mr. Densmore were at
the island on Thursday and the latter
was there again on Friday.
Byron II. Uhl, the deputy commits
sioner who was detained at home on
Friday because Of illness, went to the
island in the forenoon and met Mr.
Howe on his return.
Howe Denies Charges.
Mr.. Howe. who denied the accusa-
tions made against HIM and his admin
istration by Mr. Bennet, reiterated ms
previous statement yesterday denying
the alleged abuses. he declared that
not one of the specific charges Of i'm
morality had been proved after being
subjected 10 rigid examination.
During the last two years" said
Mr.. Howe. there have been about two
or three reports of alleged impropri-
cites. but these did not come from OIL
cisls Of the island. They were brought
bv warrant cases dcsirous OF having
some special favor or privilege ac-
corded them.
These reports were promptly inves-
tigsted but we're not proved.
"The European War has caused some
trouble in immigration matters in that
il has enforced long and unexpected
detention Of persons ordered deported.
Some Of them, because Of the war, have
been kept here for two years.
These people have no business here.
Ellis Island was not built for such
propose"
Explains Warrant Cases.
REGARDING the reports that warrant
cases have been permitted to mingle
with other immigrants, Commissioner
Howe said. These warrant cases are
kept in separate rooms and AT night
they are locked in these quarters.
throughout the night and day watcn- =
men and matrons are constantly guard
ing these rooms: III, !.
II have permitted aliens under de-
tention TO 60 and come on large porch
and have also opened a recreation
ground for them. | have permitted
fathers TO be with their families, and
have also permitted the detained aliens
70 attend concerts on Sundays and dur
INC the week. Ellis Island is not a
nrison. and even a prison Is not so
inhnu,ane as to keep It's inmates cooped
M in idleness. There have been thou
sand. of immigrants held in the main
detention quarters during the last two
wears and there was not one case OF
impropriety or irregularity reported
during that time"
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
CITY GIVES DAY
TO BkTTLESHIP
Tacoma Firemen Con
tribute Their Dimes to
Help Marjorie.

"The Tacor1a Daily News" Of Wash
ington. recently announced final day
for It's Marjorie Sterrett Battleship
Fund. Department stores increased
their work. children walked miles to
reach the Office and old men and women
bTlyed the hot sun 10 contribute their
share TO the America while there was
Sill chance.
One large store appealed TO its clerks
and hardly one failed 20 contribute
iiremen .n one station Jumped their
e'mss and bought a share" in the bat
leship.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
QUlCk-MKNIGHT.

yas nIoert Quick, of Sheepshead Bay, and
rss s rIa Mcknight, of Brooklyn, were
cSea last night in st. Marx 3
eh, Sneepshead Bay, before large
t,s t'co c: o. friends. They left for Allan
- V'sy after the ceremony.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
CEMETERIES.

THE WOODLAND CEMETERY.
s.3d ST By Harlem Train and by TrollsN
Lots OF small size for sale.
Once. 10 East 23d ST.. " Z.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
WHAT IS GOING ON TO-DAY.

Lrcurs.ou of tho Janes G. Blaine Club OF the
"a Assembly District TO Point PisssAnt. % The
Hudson. Par IS. Esss River. 10 q n
Bsnd eorosrs IN paTkA sfssrnooo
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
UNDERTAKEN

JAMES A. HUSSEY PxxLoss PxSEMa
3o3t Madison Ave Phone i712 HaEiAms
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23

Notices OF marriages and deaths must
DO accompanied By full name and address
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
MARRIED.

LOGAN-BAIN-Mr. and Mrs. John
Balm, jr., $40 West S6th st, announce
the marriage, on July q, Of their
daughter, Marjorie, TO Spencer II.
Logan, OF Chicago.
New-York tribune., 1916-07-23
YESTERDAYS CONTRIBUTIONS


'oA4ECrED BY ". c AND H. A MITCHELL.
TlEADWELL y. Y
80, = Brand % cents. James stone. 20
~ william Suson. T. l. Wiicor. jams
-. Osiss G.d TnonD Munaliy. 10 cents
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
Nervous7-Need Padding.

It is considered beneficial to- be
whipped or spanked" provided it is
done mechanically. In the mechanO'
therapy departments of up-to-date in
stitutlons, the whipping post" a me
chanical device for therapeutic pad
ding. is an accredited healing ma
chine.
You are whipped by straps of heavy
cloth or leather attached to two rapid
ly revolving posts. When you take
the treatment you step Backward into
the flying whips and receive their
blows upon your legs, back, abdomen
or chest, depending upon the malady
from which you are suffering.
The impact of the straps is just suf-
ficient to set the blood in free circula-
ton. There is no smarting, stinging
sensation because the straps are broad
enough to eliminate any possibility Of
n cutting blow. You are padded rath-
er than lashed. The whipping post"
is valuable in many types of nervous.
ness.-POpular Science.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
Trees and Faces.

You can tell a good many interest
ing things about a tree just by looking
at it. Sometimes it leans far over in
one direction because a careless foot
trod upon it long ago. Sometimes all
the branches point one way, and this
tells us what sort of winds it had to
face when it was a sapling. People
who know about trees can tell almost
the whole history of one by looking
it over.
But trees are not the only things
whose life story is written upon them
where everyone can read it. Every
day your thoughts and your acts are
writing u record on your faces. The
boy who is overbearing, and the girl
who is peevish and fretful, may try to
hide these faults from those outside
their homes, but it cannot be done.
Little lines are coming about the eyes
and lips which tell the whole story as
plainly as words could do it. Be care
full that the record they write upon
your face is of thoughts and acts that
are loving and kind.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
BEAT YOUR WHEAT YIELDS!
FARMERS RAISING OVER 80 BUSH.
ELS PER ACRE PROFIT FROM
THEIR SEASONS WORK.

The indicated average yield Of
wheat for 1915 is reported by the
United States Department of Agricul
ture to be only 14.1 bushels per acre
compared with 16.9 bushels per acre
last year Nine million less acres are
in wheat and a decrease in total yield
Of three hundred million bushels less
than last year is predicted. Wheat is
a high priced crop and every bushel
counts.
Weather conditions during the re
mainder of the current season will
have an effect upon the yields. The
early handling of the crop, including
the blowing, preparation Of the seed
bed, the kind of seed used, the atten.
tion given to the fertility Of the soil
and to the supplying of plantfood to
give the crop good start and carry it
along to maturity, are among the fac
tors that determine whether next
years wheat field will make profit
over and above expenses.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
WOULD HAVE MEANT MUCH
England offered to Trade Gibraltar
for Florida, but the Deal
Was Not Made.

You know that for everlasting sta
bility and stubborn resistance there is
nothing in the world like Gibraltar
Did you ever hear of a curious little
bargain, which was never cOnSummat-
ed but in which that great rock at
the mouth of the Mediterranean fig
ured as part of the price? 1t had to
do with an important part of our
country, and yet it is seldom men
toned in any Of our histories, says
a writer in the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The impregnable fortress was fought
over by the Spaniards and the Moors
for two centuries, and it came in for
the keen interest of Oliver Cromwell,
who thundered at the British the fact
that if they ever hoped to become the
dominating sea power of the world
they must control the Mediterranean
from Gibraltar. This great necessity
was never lost sight of, but suit
able pretext did not arise until the
war of the Spanish succession, when
England and France were at each
others throat for the mastery of Eu-
rope.
Under Admiral Sir George Brooks
the British fleet made an unexpected
attack on the Spanish defenses and
captured Gibraltar in 1904. Presently
the English sickened of their bargain.
That was long before the digging Of
the Suez canal by the French and the
Egyptians, and the cost of maintain
ing the rocky fortress appeared to be
out of all proportion to its worth
When Spain was approached by Napo-
leon for the purchase of Florida, as q
blow at England from the western the
alter of the AnglO-French war, Eng
land offered to trade Gibraltar for
Florida. Had the trade taken place,
England would not have become the
mistress of the sea.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
Feed Vegetables Several Times

For years hundreds of successful
truck-growers have been making one,
two or even more applications Of fer.
tilizer on crops each year with profit.
The method gains favor because it is
a money4maker. Sweet corn, beans,
cabbage, tomatoes and host of other
crops benefit greatly by this practice.
Apply with = cultivator attachment,
five-hole grain drill or fertilizer bugle.
If crops are slow in starting use a
fertilizer containing more than 1 to 2
per cent ammonia. To hasten matur-
ity and to improve quality, use fer
tilizer containing s to II per cent
phosphoric acid If soil is muck, or If
for root crop, apply fertilizer con-
tanning more than per cent potash.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
HON PhRSON BROWN
HELPED FARMERS
Studied Up Life History Of Hes
sian Fly and Found Proven
tive Measures Advocated
BY U. S. Department Of
Agriculture

MARY, I've simply got to find out
what the Hessian Fly is and what it
does and why all the farmers are con-
tinually talking about it without seem
ing to do anything else," said Parson
Brown to his wife, the other evening
as he returned from a trip through the
countryside. I'm going to write to
the Department Of Agriculture and the
state experiment station and see L l
cannot find out about the pest"
The letters were sent and few
days later several bulletins were re-
ceived by the Parson, who took them
into his study and read them thor
oughly several times. He learned the
habits of the Fly, that the eggs hatch
in the late fall, and that the young
must have tender young wheat plants
upon which to feed and deposit them
selves, else they die. Finally in
Farmers Bulletin $40, of the U. S.
Department of Agriculture, he read
the following statement:
"All practical measures to COM
bat the fly must necessarily be in
the nature of preventatives, look
ing (1) to the elimination of the
pest in the young plants in the
fall, and (2) to the increasing OF
the vigor of the young plants in
order to enable them to counter
act the insects efforts when pres
ent. Under the first come late
sowing, rotation of crops, burn
ing of the old stubble, and the de-
struction of volunteer wheat.
Under the second should be class
ed the enrichment of the soil, its
thorough preparation, and select
ing and properly sowing the best
seed"
In the same bulletin, he found dis
cussion CT the value Of some quick act
ing fertilizer as a preventive measure.
The second statement was the follow
ing:
"The application broadcast OF
some quick acting fertilizer con-
tanning a large percentage of phos-
phate (phosphorus) made as soon
as general infestation is apparent
will cause the plants to tiller more
freely and give them sufficient
vigor to Withstand the winter and
thus increase the number OF
healthy stems the following spring.
While it may seem far
fetched to bring forward as pre-
preventive measure the enrich
ment of the soil, fertile soil will
produce plants that will withstand
with little injury attacks that will
prove disastrous to plants growing
on an impoverished or thin soil.
It is also on the thin or
impoverished soils that the diff
fully of sowing late enough to
evade the fall attack and at the
same time secure a growth suf-
ficient to withstand the winter is
encountered, and whatever can be
done to obviate this difficulty will
constitute a preventive measure"
MARY, I've not only found out about
the Hessian Fly, but I've found out
how the Government advises that the
pest be combatted, and I'm going to
get a supply of these bulletins and put
the proposition up to the farmers in
this community" said Parson Brown.
So during the next week, he spent
much Of his time talking Hessian Fly
to the farmers, and the indications are
that his work is going to mean more
and better wheat per acre in that
county.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26

One Of the first reforms proposed by
the Women's War Economy League
Of London is to induce the people to
try to get along without sweetmeats
Other needed economies relate to the
$35,OOO,O 900 spent annually in motor
cars, motor cycles and cycles and
$4,000 900 in imported gasoline. Brit
ain spends also $15,OOO,OOO on skins
and furs, $7,5OO,OOO on ornamental
feathers, $S5,OOO,OO on silks, s25.0OO,.
600 on wines and spirits and nearly
s4O,OOO.OoO on tobacco.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
CROP ROTATION F.

The federal bureau Of fisheries has
issued bulletin describing the oyster
as a food product that has not in.
creased in cost for twenty years. II
the demand for oysters is not proper
tionately as great as it used to be
perhaps the reason is that so much
variety is offered to consumers OF
canned foods at the present day. There
was time when oysters had the field
almost entirely to themselves.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26
Applying Fertilizers On
Wheat

/. Apply all the fertilizer
through the fertilizer attachment
Of the grain drill at seeding
time,
3. If you have no drill with
fertiliEer attachment apply all
through broadcast lime and fer
tilizer distributor.
Be sure to work the fertilizer
into the soil thoroughly before
sowing wheat.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26

Ifyou wish to dispose of
your farm 10 the best ad-
vantage Writ Today to ].
Waters Russell, Real Estate
Broker, Chestert0wn, Md.
| handle farms particularly
in Kent, Cecil, and the
upper Maryland and Della
ware l1liIll.
Middletown transcript., 1916-08-26

Summers the time when an
extra pair of trousers comes
in handy, so I bought a very
large line 10 allow you an
ample selection to choose
from, 81 Is to $500
The Detroit times., 1916-01-18
CAMPAIGN
ISRESUMED
State Univ ersity
Alumni Are Out for
Union Fund

With $4,000 needed to ooma.c'"
Dptrou', quota ,f S-aYuou for rlr
MICHIGAN Union buIa.nr fund the
-, Co.. +,
.""n"'s' |'''I O. respite 'i"'' .'''
work during The HOLIDAYS
Several large rout-.hua.ns. which
an sver tho D.t-,r. r,rf rr..rr,
have heen t.p,ar,.., .rom...d and
tho cou-rf,r., atr..r. ..r o..
The Detroit times., 1916-01-18
SIGNATURES ON
PETITION FORGED

The council committee on streets.
Monday. voted 20 confirm the
contract OF r. j. Powelson for
paving the alley between First Soc
ond, state and Boglcy. although 10
was admitted that some of the
names on the petition for the alley
paving were forged Porter Murphy
secretary of Tho department of pub
lie works, said that the names were
compared with the names OF the
property owners appearing ON Tho
assessment rolls and found 10 be
correct
That's as far ~ our department
ean 60 In confirming rolls he said
Chairman Koating suggested that b.
might be well 10 make the person
nilng such petitions IN the future
swear 10 tho authenticity Of tho Gig
hatures
The Detroit times., 1916-01-18

Prinuur-thc VIuiu urTt binH-air.
IL riEht-Timr~ Jph Ucut.-1lu.u i-s
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-06
WEAVERPAYS
BEAUTIFUL
7 Ri B j 7 {
OLD SOUTH-EVERY VALLEY A
SHRINE; EVERY HILL A SEPUL.
CHER; EVERY MOUNTAIN A
GOLGATHA.

Terrell, Texas, Oct. 5.-ln an ad-
dress before the annual meeting of
the Confederate veterans of Texas
here today, Claude Weaver, postmas-
ter of Oklahoma City, and former
congressman from Oklahoma honored
President Wilson who has preserved
peace for his country through these
dark days" Mr.. Weaver congCatu-
lated the members of the state con
federacy on being present at today's
meeting and to be alive to "see the
full meridian of the prosperity We
adore"
"Our country is today the one great
nation on the earth where the dove
with the olive leaf can find rest on
the sole of her foot" he said "All
honor to the patient, wise, firm. just
and humane man who has preserved
peace for his country through these
dark days all honor to Woodrow VIII
SON he added
You have lived long enough to
see this fortunate, this auspicious
day" he told the veterans, "and TO
see your country once torn by civil
feuds and drenched with brothers
blood, welded into an indissolvable
union of indestructable states
Mr.. Weayer's speech in part, fol.
lows.
1--WE have met here today to pay
tribute to our mother country; the
Old South-dead and gone but not
forgotten and ever glorious, conse-
Grated by the prayers and cradle
songs of southern mothers and bap-
tized in the blood of earth's bravest
till its every valley is shine, every
hilltop sepucher, every mountain
Golgotha.
"Have you estimated the contri.
button of the south to Liberty's cause
in the revolt against Great Britain
But for the sward and spirit of the
suth there would have been no revo-
luton, there would have been no
new nation. In proportion to popu-
lation, statistics show that the south
ern colonies contributed more than
the number of soldiers contributed
by the northern colonies to the con
tinental armies"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-06
HOW To REDUCE:
YOUR WEIGHT.
A SIMPLE, SAFE, RELIABLE WAY

People who are over-burdened with
superfluous fat, know only too well
the discomfort and ridicule trat over
stout people have to bear.
If you are carrying around five or
ten pounds of unhealthy fat you are
unnecessarily weakening your vital
organs and are carrying a burden
which destroys the beauty Of your
figure.
There is no need OF anyone suffer
ing from superfluous fat If you
want to reduce your weight in a
simple, safe and reliable way, with
out starvation diet or tiresome ex-
ercise, here is a test worth trying
Spend as much time as you can in
the open air, breathe deeply and get
from the City Drug Store or any
good druggist a box Of oil Of korein
capsules; take one after each meal
and one before retiring at night.
Weigh yourself once a week so as
TO know just how fast you are losing
weight, and don't leave off the treat
ment or even skip a single dose until
you are down to normal.
Oil of korein is absolutely harm
less. is pleasant to take, and helps
digestion. Even a few days treat
ment has been reported TO show a
noticeable reduction in weight, foot
steps become lighter. your work
seems easier and a lighter and more
buoyant feeling takes possession of
your whole being.
Every person who suffers from
superfuous fat should give this treat
ment a trial.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-06

Indians believe that Crater lake,
n the Cascade mountains. one of the
most beautiful spots in America, was
he home OF "a great spirit whom they
allied Lao. The blue waters tecmed
With giant crawtish, his servants,
omc of them SO large that they could
each great claws to the top Of the
lifts and seize vcnturcsome visitors.
Another great spirit chieftain, whom
hey called Skell, was supposed to live
n the Klamath marsh near by and to
AVE many servants who could take
It will the forms of eagles and ante
OpeS.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-10-06

be taken. The tendency of silk to
generate static electricity is well
known and when it is rubbed violently
this is increased. The discharge of
this electricity may take the form of
an invisible spark but that spark is
hot enough to ignite the gasoline va
por.
There is no excuse -or keeping gas
oline in the house in anything except
one of the modern safety cans. These
cans are so ingeniously contrived that
it is impossible for a spark to enter
the can. The mouth of the can is
protected by a fine mesh screen,
which, on the principle of the miners
lamp, prevents the entrance of fire.
Under no circumstances should gas
olne be stored in the house. If it is
necessary to keep on hand a gallon
or more, it should be kept as far from
the house as possible. Where it is
stored in larger quantities, it should
be contained in an underground tank
and raised by a tank. The further
away from the house that tank is kept
the better.
These rules, which apply to the use
of gasoline, should be followed in
handling kerosene, benzine and the
other highly volatile oils.
1t is not so many years ago that the
starting of a fire in the stove with
kerosene oil was one of the standard
jokes of the comic papers. 1t was no
joke, however, to the person who tried
1t once too often.
Recent experiments have shown
that static electricity frequently is
generated by pouring gasoline into an
insulated metal container. This is
the cause undoubtedly Of many fires
in garages. The gasoline is allowed
to fall into pail with a wooden han
die, which hangs from the spout of
the container. When the gasoline be-
comes overcharged, the resulting
spark starts a fire.