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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
BurlesOn Urges Congress
to Put All Under Civil
Service
PLANS EXPERIMENT
WITH AERO CARRIAGE
Wants All Surplus Used
for Better Facilities and
Lower Rates
Prom The Tribune Bureau

Washington, Dec. S.-The postmas-
terships at New York, Chicago, Phila-
delphia and all other cities. will be re-
moved from politics and placed under
civil service if the recommendations
made 20 Congress to-day by Po.tmas-
ter General Burleson in his annual re-
port are favorably acted upon.
Mr.. Burleson recommends that all
postmasters be appointed from the
civil service list. that no person six
ty-ive years old shall receive original
appointment to any of these Offices, and
that when postmasters reach seventy
they be required TO retire.
The Postmaster General recommends
that as the department is now self-sus-
tanning, all surplus postal revenues
should be used for the enlargement OF
the service, the increase of postal eff
ficiency, and, when justified, a reduc-
ton of rates Of postage.
Wants Aero Experiments
Congress is asked to appropriate
$4,000 for experiments in aerial mail
service and 100000 10 acquire tele-
graph and telephone utilities OF Alaska,
Porto Rico and Hawaii. Mr.. Burleson
renews his recommendation that the
government take over the telegraph
and telephone systems OF the country.
II is recommended that the depart
ment be authorized 10 bond its own
employees through a guaranty fund de-
rived from assessments collected from
such employees, in lieu OF the present
plan of securing bonds from CONNER
cial bonding houses.
Mr.. Burleson also asks Congress 70
equalize the pay of rural carriers oy
fixing salaries on the basis of the num-
Der of pieces and weight OF mail trans
ported, length of routes and time re-
ouired to serve them, instead OF solely
on basis of length of routes, as at pres
ent. -,
The Postoffice Department will rec
ommend to the Interstate commerce
Commission on January / next re-
duction in the rates paid TO the rail-
WAYS for carrying the mails. Ihis rec
concentration will be embodied IN a
comprehensive plan of service to be
filed with the commission on mat date'
Parcel Post Heavy
The parcel post, ~hlch oIeio VI 81
exchange between the producer and the
consumer, has already tended to re-
duce the cost of living. says Mr.. Bur
Lesson. He points out that the number
of parcel post packages oa banded . mas
A gain of 1883 in the number OF
depositors and 500, 335,l7! in the amount
OF deposits is shown in the records
of the postal savings system. This gain
brings the total number OF depositors
to approximately $4,000, with ss8,Ol9,-
1856 to their credit. 40
The Postmaster Genera! asks SAP
100000 for the rural mail service. A.
though this is si,O0O,O0O less than the
snpropriation for the current year, the
depart department plans to establish at least
one thousand new routes; Mr.. Burleson
says this reduction is brought about
through an equalization OF hours and
the elimination of duplication of travel.
One-cent postage for drop letters Is
urged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
MEASURE TO MAKE
WASHINGTON DRY
EXPECTED TOPASS
Vets Lose on Senate lest
Little Trouble Likely in
the House
Hmm The T1ihuns Bar,Au

Washington, Dec. S.-Passase by
Congress of a bill making Washington
drv beginning November l, 1917,
seemed highly probable when the SEN
ate adjourned this afternoon. A viva
voce vote so overwhelming that the
onponents Of prohibition did not have
+be heart 10 ask for a rollcall brought
the measure before the Senate to-day
Senator Sheppard, of Texas, leading
the dry forces, moved TO take up the
bill Little real opposition developed
in the brief debate, thong h senator
Hughes, of New Jersey, forced the
reading Of its more than forty. pages
No set speeches were mnde, tae SEN
ate getting right down 10 the considc
Grafton OF amendments, several OF
which were adopted. One Of these
fixed the day on which II VIII go into
effect, If passed.
As il now stands, the, bill prohibits
the manufacture or sale Of alcoholic
drinks in the District OF COLUMBIA, or
their importation for sale. IL per
mits. however, Importation for private
consumption. and does not limit the
quantities which may be so imported,
After careful count, leaders OF
the dry hight shnouhctui 20.
thew could pass the bill without trou-
G DIFF IN y"S in the House. There they
will have the powerful support Of
Chairman Henry of the Rules Com
mittee and Chairman Webb OF the
Judiciary Committee.
There has been considerable in
crease in the dry strength since last
session, as at the last election four
states went dry, thus influencing at
least part Of the Representatives OF
Il is understood that putting. the
District of Columbia in the dry column
will satisfy the drys this session, and
that they will not force the night Tor
the prohibition amendment to the Fed,
eral Constitution. 1t is not beheved
that this could be won at this session,
because it would require two-thlrds
vote in each house. whereas the Dis
trict bill ca be passed by majority
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
Ohio's Champion Corn Growers
Get Here, See City, Then Flee
What's 1t All Aboutp" Dewey f1anes, States Leader
Asks After Delegation of 900 to Songstresss
Sweet Tune End Brief Visit

how TO make Jams and everything.
The three champions and their papas
and mammaS, and so forths. saw every
thing there was TO see IN New YORK
Yesterday. They landed at the Penn
sylvania Station at s o'clock IN the
morning, and from then on life Tor
them was Just one parade and sight,
seeing trip after another.
start for Breakfast
They started out by parading to the
Hotel Aston for breakfast, marvelling
en- route that everybody in New York
seemed to be on the streets. And after
breakfast they visited the Museum OK
Natural History; after that they pa
raded to the Battery and boarded the
municipal ferrybost Brooklyn and went
around Manhattan Island.
On the way down town the corn RAJ $
ers stopped at the City Hall. where
Mayor Mitchell said a few words OF
welcome. After the ferry ride the sight
seers disembarked at the West Forty
second Street ferry and went TO the
Hotel Aston, where they had dinner, and
last night they marched to the Hippo
drome. saw THE Big Show" and at II
o'clock boarded train for home.
New Workers who talked to the Ohio
youngsters were almost Frustrated by
the shock of hearing the farmer lads
talk about the big town.
The boys weren't SO awfully keen
about il. and were not bit backward
about saying so. OF course, they liked
the queer fishes they saw in the Aqua
rum, and the stuffed beasts of the
Museum, and some of the girls said
that Mayor Mitchell was just too lovely
for anything, but mostly the boys said
they'd rather guide their hoes down n
corn patch than try to navigate New
fork's busy streets.
Wouldn't Live Here
81 wouldn't live here" said Andy
Moreland, OF Hamilton County. people
are always humping into me every
where ! go. And in lots of these
streets We marched through to-day the
buildings are so big we couldn't see
the sun. can always see the sun out
in my little old corn patch"
And some one asked Dewey Hanes
what he thought of New York, and
Dewey-he is something of a phloso-
pher, as we'll as the best corn grower
in 0hio-said:
"What is it all about"
But then Dewey is nineteen years
old. It's time he was asking questions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
GIRLS RAISE s5l FOR BABIES
Youngsters Hold BAZAAR TO Aid IMAM
tile Paralysis Victims

James II. Perkins, treasurer OF tht
fund being raised for the cure and care
of victims of the infsntile paralysis
epidemic. received d contribution OF col
Yesterday, which four little girls
twelve and thirteen years old, hac
raised by holding miniature bazaar
in a room of an apartment house, sell
ing articles they had made themselves
by three months work.
The girls were Louise Michelbacher
Dorothy F'rankel, Wilma Koelsch and
Gertrude Howell. all Of 652 Riverside
Drive. The girls distributed sdver-
tisements of their bazaar in two apart
ment houses, telling in verse OF the
cause for which they were working.
The committee on appeal OF the New
York committee on after care OF in
fAntile paralysis cases announced yes
,trday that the fund had reached 1884,
1895
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
Festival for Stage Children

festival for stage children will take
nlse, Al the Lyceum Theatre on the
evening of Sunday, December "a. Miss
Bijou Fernandez Mrs. Anna V. Nor
rison and william Harris, IT.. the com
mittee in charge, announce that q feat
ure Of the entertainment will be the
presentation Of 4 scene from a current
New York production. 20 be given BY
children not over eight years old.
Three Christmas trees will be dediest.
ed, and donstions are being received 's
ing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
PINNED HALF HOUR BY auto
Chauffeur's Car Hits Phone Pole
Machine Rolls Into Ditch

William J. Wegebauer, chauffeur
drove his car into a telephone pole on
Rockaway Road. near Beaufort Street,
Woodhaven, last night The pole. two
feet thick, snapped short. The motor
a wreck. rolled into a ditch, pinning
Wegebauer beneath IT,
IL wa. half An hour before reserves,
summoned from the Richmond Hill
poljce station, could extricats him. His
neck was broken, his skull fractured
and his left wrist broken. He lives at
"a Lincoln Avenue, jamaica.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Francis Wilson to Return
to Stage in Laughter
of Fools"

Francis Wilson is to return to the
stage. For the last few years Mr.. Will
son has been combining his activities TO
lecturing at universities and sitting in
the audience at benefit performances,
his most recent appearance as an actor
having been in "The Bachelors Baby"
Now, however, he is to appear in a
comedy by II. F. Maltby entitled "The
Laughter of Fools" which will be pre-
scented by the Charles Frohman Com
pany and, in part, David Belasco. No
announcement is made concerning the
date of the opening.
During his career as lecturer Mr.
Wilson has talked about Joseph Jeffer-
son, Eugene Fields and Mark Twain.
He also has discoursed on "The Humor-
Gus Side of an Actors Life" which, it
is assumed, is lecturing.
Frank A. Conner will appear in Sarah
Bernhardt's support on Monday even
ing, when "Le Faux Modele" ("The
Sham Model") will be played. The oc-
casion will mark Nine. Bernhardt's
first appearance in New York in an
English speaking role, as well as the
first time that an English speaking
actor has appeared with her.
Encouraged by the fall of Bucharest,
the Shuberts are preparing a produce
ION in German of "Das Dreimadel-
haus," musical play in three acts. 1t
is founded on the life OF Franz Schu-
bert, the composer, and contains many
of his melodies. Also IL has been
hugely successful in Vienna, Berlin and
Budapest, but the Shuberts declare
that they are not superstitious.
Not Joan of Arc" but Joan the
Woman" will be the title of the Farrar
photoplsy coming to the Forty-fourth
Street Theatre. The number of detec-
tives guarding the picture has conse-
quently been doubled.
A bullish market in motion pictures
Yesterday resulted in still another big
deal, this time involving S22, 100000, in
round numbers. By the new arrange
ment control of the Paramount Corpo-
ration, distributors, is acquired by the
Famous Plsyers-Lasky Corporation.
A complete list of the plays that
have appeared at the Princess Theatre
this season, attractively bound and de-
signed for holiday use, will be late
December publication. u. >. Il.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
BERNHARDT RECEIVES TOKEN
John Drew Presents Statuette on
Behalf Of ACTRESSES Friends

Sarah Bernhardt's appearance IN her
third programme of plays at the En-
pire Theatre yesterday afternoon was
marked by the presentation of a statu-
elite by John Drew, who made the git
on behalf of Nine. Bernhardts pro-
fessional friends in America. The he'
ure represented the actress as the
queen in "Ruy Bias" modelled about
twenty-five years ago by kitson Many
well known actors and actresses were
in the audience. -,
In her new programme, which Will
be repeated twice to-day, Mae. Bern
hardt is seen in the last act OF "a
mile" in "Hecuba," classic playlet'
and as the dying soldier in Prom the
Stage to the Field Of Honor"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
INDIA HOUSE CELEBRATES
Committee Appointed on Tariff TO Aid
Foreign Trade Of United States

India House, composed Of ship own
ers, manufacturers, bankers and others
interested in foreign trade. celebrated
its second anniversary yesterday in its
clubhouse on Hanover Square. There
was q dinner in the evening.
L. A. S. Clark, president Of the Lack
awsnna Steel Company, was tosstmss-
ter. Among the speakers were Henry
P. Dawson, James A. Farrell and John
Ford
A committee Of FIVE was appointed, to
report on the second Monday IN Febru'
airy. rs 20 equipping the tarih system
with adequate resources for the en-
coursgement Of the foreign trade oi the
United states and its protection from
undue discrimination in the markets Of
- warld"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09

IN Oilu HcAQH anu hlbCncnh
We have reached and won the goal.
We're the winners in the contest,
We are on the honor roll.
And we won our splendid victory
With the hoe and mixing bowl
While Ohio marches on.
Miss Vida Bell, proud songstress of
Millersburg, Ohio, wrote this stirring
bsttlesong of the corn-fed and cham
pion corn-raising boys and girls Of the
Buckeye State. Then, not having time
to write music for il, and being only a
poet, she borrowed the air of "The Bat
tie Hymn of the Republic" and called
the whole thing "The Prize Corn and
Home Makers Song"
New York heard il yesterday, sung
Justify by Dewey Hanes, of Arcanum,
Ohio; Miss Rhodapesrl Bsyhs, of Clear
mont, Ohio, and Miss Loretta Potter,
of Rugsles Centre, Ohio. OF course,
they had a little help in singing, be-
cause besides them there were A4s dis
trict champion corn raisers AID 42S
proud papas and mammas and big
bfotncIS anu SlSttrS anu wv HOHtSN-ko~
goodness bridal couples.
The delegation had come from Ohio
TO see the big city, and, incidentally,
gave the big city an opportunity TO SEQ
a few of the backbones of the nation
regular farmer boys and girls.
Acre Gave 1871 Bushels
But the others do not count for so
much when one considers the exploits
of Dewey Hanes and Miss Rhodapesrl
Bsyhs and Miss Loretta Potter.
Dewey Hsnes, who looks about as
much like the popular Manhattan con-
ception of chick" as the Woolwortb
Building looks like a subway excava-
ton. cosXed 1877 bushels Of corn out of
one acre of ground; Miss Rhodspesrl
Bayha induced one acre to yield 12l
bushels. and Miss Loretta Potter put
on her gingham apron, went into her
mas kitchen and made such appetizing
jams and jellies and cakes and pies
that she received the title of Cham
pion Girl Cooker OF Ohio"
So out in Ohio the world Just natu-
rally revolyes around Dewey and Miss
Rhodapearl and Miss Loretta, and
they've had their names in all the
papers and their pictures in the farm
journals, and they've told their pspas
how 10 raise corn and their mammas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
METROPOLITAN 2 2Gfsh

Telephone Bryant--i0o3l -loOSs.
To-day al = FIdelio. Kurt. Mason: sembseh
Braun. Goru. Well. Relss Cond.. Bodan.Ay
perni. Caruso De I.uca SegrirolA Bsda. C0nd .Pspl
rHIs SUN. Eve.i Richard Wagner Coaesr
at 80 SOC to $50 Marie RappoIt; iaeaua urus
Entire Orchestra Conductor Hsssmas.
NsIt Msn, Al s.l5. ipnIsenls. kuTt sundelius
s.mblch. We'll Braun, Cond BodanIC.
Wsd, Al SIS Pearl Fishers. Bempel; Csru,o.
DE Lica Rothsr Cold.. Polaceo
Thur. at 1a45. lbheasnn. Rappold, ober; urlus.
Braun, Corfu. Lombard Cond-. Bodan1ky.
P,hni: Botta Ds LucA Folfd by Paslaeci.
Nuzio: Caruso Amato. Cond.. Pspl.
Sat a. 3 B0heme Aida Mason Martineli,
ocotti, pidur. Scsur0la. Cond. Pap.
8ai Ey,.-BrooSbn Aesdsmy Of ku,ie. At 49,
Lshsasna. Rsppold. Homer; urius Wil. Ruysdssl,
LSonhagdt Cond., Bodsn1sy.
HARDMAN PIANO USED.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
NEEDS DRUGS; GRABS PURSE
Man. Crazed by Lack Of Narcotics,
Tries to Rob Woman

Crazed temporarily by the lack Of
drugs to which he had become sd-
dicted, Philip Cali, Of 1884 Lexington
Avenue. snatched purse from Mrs.
Catherine Louisa, of 3l9 East 10Th
Street. Yesterday, at ll5th Street and
Fist Avenue. and ran. He was cap
tured by Patrolman Claus. ,,a
~ can't do without drugs, and | had
no money" Cali told Magistrate Hroeh.
in Harlem court. He was held Tor the
grand jury.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09
AIDA AT THE METROPOLITAN
Large Audience Hears Martinelli and
Nine. Rappold

Aida" Was sung Last night ct the
Metropolitan, and large audience was,
Of course. present, even though Mr..
Csruso did not sing. The Rhsdsmes
was Mr.. Martinslli. the Rids Nine. Rap
pold, and others IN the cast were Mrs.
Homer. Mr.. Amsto and Mr.. Didur. Mr..
Po,acco conducted.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09

must sec clearly that success cannot
come through compromise or through
barter, but that success can come
through unfaltering loyalty to Progres.
sive principle and through undaunted
courage in fighting those who oppose
these principles"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09

Bowling Alley. Billiard q Pool
1 Table Mite. Repairs. -
supplies Mar bros -
20 Union Square ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-12-09

"hen anybody trles to
|sl US any wooden that ISM
|W1c aIl-wool, we never
ESTATE to lay the law down
pad and proper.
VI course, it isn't often
a We have tour stand
FS are too we'll known.
But We take no chances.
oeiore It goes to our manu-
"u''ng department. we test
sample piece of every de-
WY Of every wooden to
|alake sure there S not even a
ace &c Of cotton.
] that's one of the reasons
lay We Can safely say your
saey back any old time if
r. want it. "
everything men and boys
%crRs PEEr COMPANY
icy Broadway
0I The at 34th 81.
-Four
! way Corners" Fifth Ave.
"en at 4lst ST.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-03
CLEAN UP NOTICE

BE Il resolved by the common coun-
Gil of the city of Viroqua that ii is
the sense of this body that such steps
be taken to clean the streets and
alleys of said city as may be neCes-
sary to make Viroqua a clean city.
And to that end every property own
er's attention be. and the same here
by is, called 20 ordinance No. Is. of
said city, which is as follows;
Section l. Every owner or occu-
pant of any dwelling house, store,
shop, tenement house, or building OF
anv kind or description, or of any lot
or part of a lot in the city of Niro-
qua. fronting on ant street or streets.
or AUDITING on any alley, snail keep
clean the sidewalks and cutters and
the alleys TO the center thereof; and
also Oue-half of the width OF the street
in front of such building, lot or part
of lot, by scraping up and carrying
away to such place As the Strt ct Com
missioner shall designate. all the rub
bish, clubs, stones, filth of every kind
found on such sidewalk, street OF
alley: and such owners shall also keep
in good repair the sidewalks ad joining
such lot, or part OF a lot.
In case the owner or occupant of
any lot Or building, as aforesaid, shall
neglect or refuse 10 comply with the
requirements of this section, he shall,
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-03

I on conviction thereof, be fined d sum
not less than s. nor more than $50
and the costs OF prosecution.
BE it further resolved that the
marshal and street commissioner
of said city he and they hereby are
requested and instructed 10 see that
said ordinance is strictly enforced.
Be it further resolved. that May 9th
he. and the same hereby is fixed a. i
day to be known as Street Cleaning
Day and that all property owners
are requested to see that the above
ordinance Is complied with on or be
fore that day.
That the city OF Niroqua furnish ali
teams necessary on May 18th At : o.
clock a. N, to cart away AN rubbish
gathered in piles Dy the property OWL
ers In the streets. but not from back
yards
BE il further resolved tbat the
property owners lac. aud hereby are,
ordered TO ran their back yards
from all filth and rubbish, and the
city health officer and marshal bt.
and they hereby are, requested and
instructed 10 see that an ordinance
relative to health reeulatins be strict
IL enforced.
ii, +. ROGERS, SR., Alderman
WIN. +. GARRETT, Mayor.
j. NJ BENNETT, Clerk.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-03
The Wonderful American Achieve
ments

The electrification of 440 miles Of the
main inc of the Chicago. Milwaukee &
ST.. Paul Railway, betW cen Hs:iowtown,
Mont. and Avery. Idaho across the
Great Continental Divide, and the Gig
ging OF the Panama Cana. stsn9 linked
as the greatest engineering achieve
meats Of this generations.
The Canal Gshers IN a pew era il
ocean trsgeI--the "MiiW aukee" cleo
trifcatlon be<alds new ers n trans
continental raiirosding, mastering for
ever fhe stupendoUs obstacle OF the
m90nt5ins. carrying Jrsfiie over the
m massive barriers with case and with d
pronounced saving in cost, decidedly
impl owing train operation, practically
eliminating all trouble from cold and
snow; making mountain travel clean
and mountain vistss ciesE, and by pro-
ducing power from mountain waterfalls
instead of from coal, taking Z definite
step 70 conserve the worlds resources
The Milwaukee" Is ever to the fore
in increasing travel comforts and pleas
ures. The accomplishment of the first
extensive main line identification ir
the world is but another item in the
loug list of its pioneering achievements.
0o your next trip to the Pacific North
Coast, take the '0lHmpian" or Go,
lumbar" and enjoy the travel sRprem.
scy of the Milwaukee" road.
For literature and full information,
apply TO local agent of this railway.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-03

Don't forget to use formsldehyde
for smut in oats. barley, etc. 40 cents
pint al o. E. Davis
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1916-05-03
First publication MAY s. 1916. -.
PROBATE NOTICE.

Order Limiting Time and Notice
VERNON COUNTY COURT IN PROBATE
In the matter ofthe estate of Thost Thompson.
deceased.
On the application of A. Heinz admin
istrator of the estate of Taost Thompson. late of
Vernon county deceased, no having required
e appointment of commissioners said
estate:
II is ordered. that all creditors are required to
present their Claims and demands against the said
Thost Thompson. deceased. for examination and
allowance, on or before the first Tuesday of
September A. .. 1916. which time is hereby allowed
snd limited for that purp0Ce.
Ii il further ordered. that all claims and de-
1anns of all persons against the said ThOst
Thompson. deceased. will be received. examined
and adjusted before this court. at its court room
Ia the court house in the city Of yiroqua IN SAID
county. at regular term thereof, appointed 70 be
held on the FIRST Tuesday ofsSeptemher 1916. and
all creditors are hereby notified thereof.
II Is further ordered. that notice of the time and
place at which said claims and demands Will be
received. examined and adjusted as aforesaid and
Of the time hereby limited for creditors 20 present
their claims. be given by publishing a copy of This
order and notice for four weeks successfully once
IN each week. in the VERNON COUNTY CENSOR. q
newspaper published r tho city of Niroqua. in said
solpty. the 81 publication TO be within ten days
from the date sreuf.
Dated this 2nG day of May. 1916.
By the Court ID. o. AAHONEY County Judge.