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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-02

DR.. Emerson in speaking of the
control of infantile paralysis in
New York recently said, "The
b est disinfectant is sunshine
mixed with soap and water"
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-08-02
Pertinent Remarks At The
Parent Teachers' Meeting

Where children are associated
in school parents should not fear
contact.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14
MIDDLEBROOK.

:
There will be preaching at the
chapel next Sunday.
Leonard Greer was the guest of
Ernest McEwen Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester Allen spent
Sunday with the family of d. w.
Holland.
Mrs. L. B. McEwen and Mrs. B
A. Cowell visited Mrs. Josie Deaton
Tuesday.
Mrs. Ida Holland was guest Of
Mrs. Delana Lynch the first Of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Jones and
Ivan McIver and family spent last
Sunday with the family of L. B.
McEwen.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14
LUTERTON.

Hoody and WHY Balyew visited
near Way last Sunday.
Will eagle Of Cedar Grove dis
located an arm Sunday.
J.W. Belyew is making extensive
repairs on his dwelling.
Rev. Mr.. Mcdaniel filed his reg
ular appointment here Sunday.
Recent rains and cold weather
have delayed farm work in this
community.
D. D. Holland, who has been
working in Henry County, is at
home this week.
John Holland and Raymond and
Earl Belyew went to Camden on
business Monday.
Misses Kate and Alta Moody Of
Cedar Grove attended the sabbath
school here Sunday.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14
PALESTINE.

w. p. Oxford visited Ell. j. Brown
the first of the week.
Pete Barnett is spending the
week END in Camden.
PA. Yatesof Shiloh spent the
weekend in Holiday.
Henry Brown spent last sabbath
in the Shiloh community.
Mrs. III. "A. Oxford and children
visited her mother last week.
Scott Harris visited friends at
Sulphur Springs one day last week.
John Hill spent the week end
with his sister, Mrs. James Arnold.
/, Mrs. j. "A. Smith and son, Reuel,
spent Tuesday with the family Of
E. HI. Harris.
John Barnett, Fred Hyatt and
Vallie carp spent Saturday with
Henry Brown.
Clarence and Floyd Harris and
Miss Estelle Harris were guests Of
Mrs. FL. j. Brown Tuesday.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14

The Camden Produce Go. and
j. W. Woody & Go. will pay the
following prices cash per pound
for poultry delivered at the poultry
car April IA and Is:
Hens and ducks, Ii cents.
Old roosters, 6 cents.
Turkeys, 123 cents.
Geese, full-feathered, 7 cents.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14
BUSINESS ANNOUNCEM ENT.

The subscription price OF THE CHRONICLE is
eiO0 per year; SO cents for SIX months; rs cents
for three months. winch positively must be PAID
In advance. All subscriptions VIII be promptly
stopped at expiration Of time paid for.
Obituary and similar notices viii be charged for
at the rate OF ~ cents per line. We will furnish
rates for display and local advertising on applica
tl0n M a
News communicated and articles on questions
OF public interest are solicited. but we assume no
responsibility for the expressions contained In all
such communications and articles published.
Remttances can be made in various ways that
are perfectly safe, but all remttances sent are at
risk OF the sender.
All remittances and business Communications
should be sent to
J. v. TRAVIS y SON, Publishers,
Camden, Tenn.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14
FRIDAY, APRIL IA, 1916.
ECHO OF MASS MEETING

We have at last secured u copy
of the resolutions adopted by the
Democratic mass meeting here last
week, which are as follows:
Whereas, we, the Democrats of
Benton County, Tenn, in mass
convention duly assembled at Cam
den on this, the Ord day Of April,
1916, pursuant to call of the Dem
ocratic executive committee for the
county, regularly made and pub
lished, realize that the Democratic
party, both nationally and in the
State, is being tested and weighed
in the balance and that the success
OF the party at the polls in the next
regular election depends upon it's
standing the test, making good and
in its allegiance to the principals
of good government, as enunciated
and handed down to us by our
forefathers and reaffirmed by the
party in it's last national and State
platforms; therefore, be it resolved
by the Democrats of Benton Coun-
ty, that
First We unqualifedly endorse
the principals Of the party as adopt
ed in the last national platform; the
course of President Woodrow Will
son in his strict adherence to those
principals, to the enforcement Of
the law, and especially do we en-
dorse his efforts to prevent the
United States being entangled and
dragged into the war now destroy
ing the other great nations of the
earth, and we pledge ourselves to
his support for reelection.
Second We most heartily en-
dorse the principles Of the party in
the State, as proclaimed in the last
State platform, and the strict adj
herence to the principles and the
pledges Of the party to the people,
by that beloved son Of old Benton,
the Hon. Tome. Rye. We com
mend him for the faithful perform
ance Of his duties as Governor, and
his courageous efforts to enforce
the law and carry out the pledges
Of the Democratic platform.
We stand by the last Democratic
platform, are in favor Of no back
ward step and we hereby instruct
our delegates to the State conven-
tion to vote for no member for the
committee on platform and resolu-
tioDs who is not in perfect har-
mony with the principles for which
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14

man, g. B. Holiday.
For senatorial committeeman,
r. IT, Stockard-
For foterial committeeman, Q.
p. Lashlee.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14

our Governor stands; and said DEL
egates are hereby instructed to cast
Benton County's vote as unit,
first, last and all the time for Tom
G. Rye.
Third We endorse the admins
tration Of Hon. B. A. Enloe as
chairman Of the Railroad Commits
sion for the State Of Tennessee, and
hereby instruct our delegates in
said convention to cast Benton
County's vote as a unit for him for
Railroad Commissioner first, last
aud all the time.
Fourth That we hereby endorse
the administration of Hon. Porter
Dunlap as Treasurer Of the State,
of Hon. John B. Thomson as
Comptroller of the Treasury, and
Hon. r. r. Sneed as Secretary of
State; Mr.. Sneed not being a can
didate for reelection, we endorse
the candidacy Of Hon. w. ID.
Scruggs for Secretary of State,
Hon. Porter Dunlap for Treasurer
and Hon. John B. Thomson for
Comptroller.
Fifth We most heartily endorse
the candidacy Of the Hon. D. B.
Thomas, our fellow countyman,
for Congress from this, the Eighth
Congressional District, and we sub
NIT his claims to the voters of said
district for their favorable consid-
GRAFTON, assuring them that their
interest will not suffer in his hands.
Sixth That the delegates to the
State convention be instructed to
vote as a unit upon all questions.
Seventh-That the delegates be
and they are instructed to cast the
solid vote of the county for w. T.
Morris, State Committeeman from
the Eighth Congressional District,
for such committee.
S. Il. PEELER,
JOE F. ODLE,
J. Fl. HARRIS,
FL. B. PAFEoRD.
Committee.
The following is list of the
new County Democratic Executive
Committee:
First district. w. Byrd and
w. I. Henry.
Second d. B. Gossett and I. @.
McAuley.
Third. d. Brown and j. W..
johnson.
Fourth w. T. Hicks and A. L.
Kee.
Fifth-D. r. Goodman and G.
M. Leslie.
Sixth T. J. Floyd and J. L.
Wright.
Seventh IA. A. Melton and W.
M. Blanks.
Eighth. G. Herrin and G.
w. Baker.
Ninth g. Clement and John
Askew.
Tenth u. G. Hollingsworth and
e. G. Summers.
Eleventh Thomas Smith aud
G.. w. Stokes.
Twelfth Glen Ballard and G.
G. Hollingsworth.
Thirteenth-J. J. Wesson and
Fl. j. Odle.
FourteenthL. r. Nunnery and
M. Il. Harris.
Fifteenth-W.. M. Pafford and
w. r. Summers.
Sixteenth e. G.. Hall and G. Fl.
Wheatley.
For Congressional committee
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1916-04-14
The Benton County
Realty Co.

If you have real estate to sell,
list it with us. We have several
prospective buyers and can proba-
bly, make it to your advantage.
Call on or address the Benton
County Realty Co., Camden, Tenn.
N. j. Cuff, Secretary.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
WOMAN WRITER STRUCK
BY AUTO IS NEAR DEATH
Miss Phelps Is in Knickerbocker
Hospital With Fractured Skull
Conscious Only at Intervals.

The condition Of Miss Grace Phelps.
special newspaper writer on wonen's
clubs and child welfare work.. who
was run down by an automobile on
Riverside Drive. was to-day said. at
the knickerbocker Hospital, to bo
critical. Her skull is fractured and
she was conscious during the night
only at intervals.
Miss Phelps was on her way to her
home yesterday, with Miss Virginia
Toby. Her head vas bent low as
she buffeted a stifY wind and at One
Hundred and Nineteenth Street and
the Drive she walked In front OF a
rapidly moving automobile driven by
Charles A. Arnold OF No. 525 West
One Hundred and Thirty fourth
Street.
Arnold stopped the car and, aided
by Policeman Knobluch, put her into
the machine and took her to the hos
pital. MISS fneips. In one OF her
conscious intervals. insisted she was
altogether to blame for the accident.
In Philadelphia and in this city
Miss Phelps has been active In ar
ranging classes for defective children.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
WOMAN |SFO|LED
IN SCORE Of SUITS
AIMING At MILLIONS
Tried to Cloud Titles of Fifth
Avenue Land Occupied by
Carnegie and Others.
60 CASES ARE DISMISSED.
Said to Have Vanished When
Called Upon to Produce
Marriage Certificate.
90 CASES ARE DISMISSED.

The attempt OF a woman to win n
fortune OF millions by clouding the
title to the sites of the homes OF An
drew Carnegie, Mrs. Henry c. Phipps
and more than twenty OF their wealthy
neighbors owning $lO,OOO.O0O worth OF
property on Fifth. Madison and Lex
ington Avenues by using an alleged
forged marriage certificate, failed to-
day In the Supreme Court. More than
sixty suits instigated by her were dis
continued at the behest Of Joseph p,
coughlin Of Albany, an attorney.
The woman Is Mrs. Hortense Pine
Tracy Adams. wife of George Wash
ington Adams. Attorneys said that
they have been unable to locate her
for more than month.
She calimcd in the many suits filed
one of which she won with a $4,000
iudgment-that she was the widow OF
Edward Tracy, of the firm OF Tracy &
Russell. brewers. in New York City
from 1860 to 1895. He became rich in
that business and invested much of
his fortune in the choices property In
Fifth Avenue. later selling It, No one
with whom he dad dealings suspected
a marriage and doubted II when Mrs.
Tracy Adams put forth her efforts.
claiming she had been cheated out OF
her dover by Tracy's representations
when he sold the property as n bach
elor.
The failure Of the suits is directly
due TO Mrs Tracy -Adams's refusal
20 produce the marriage certificate.
According TO afiidavits on file, the
ev. Norman Cook Stoughton. who
was supposed to have performed the
ceremony in the Episcopal Church in
Athens, y. V. had been deposed as
an Episcopal clergyman in 1853, nine
teen years before Mrs. Tracy
Adams's alleged marriage To the
brewer. This particular minister,
after his deposition from the Epis-
copal Church. became an employee
Of Edward Tracy.
The woman's maiden name was
Hortense Pine, daughter OF car
penter. She alleged in her complaint
that on Sept. 30. 1872. when but six
teen years old she appeared at the
ONCE OF Tracy in Lansingburg, y. V,
wac taken to the Athens church and
married by the regular minister
twhose name was signed G. f. and
not y. {. Stoughton and that the
only witness was her sister Viola.
then ten years old.
Tracy. who was then hfty-five years
old, continued to live as a bachelor.
He died in 1897. The greater part of
his fortune went to his sister Sara.
who died In 1901. leaving $1,000, 900 to
Archbishop Donohue to build and
maintain an orphan home.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
BROOKL yNITES PREFER
SUBWAYS TO BRIDGE
Marked Increase in Fares for the
Former and Decrease for
the Latter.

There were 100000 more passen-
gers carried by the Brooklyn Rapid
Transit lines during February Of this
year than In the same month last
year.
The Centre street loop. which for
a time was operated at "A loss. has
picked up considerably In traffic.
There were 3,G4l.4O4 passengers this
February as AGAINST l.7s2,s74 for Feb
ruary Of last year.
The Chambers Street station, which
Is the terminal OF tho new Fourth
Avenue and Sea Beach Line. recorded
i3i. .79f passengers last February. This
February the total was l.i69,933.
Brooklyn Bridge shows a decrease
At PARK Row from 2.0700lS to 1874,
o'S fares. The nearby subways are
held responsible.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
SHOTS HALT AUTO:
SCREAMING WOMAN
DROPPED IN FLIGHT
Moore's Wild Dash Through
Central Park Ends When
Bullet Pierces Cars Tank.

The good luck that kept William
NJ. Moore. n contractor. living at
University Avenue and One Hundred
and Ninctieth Street, the Bronx. from
being killed or seriously injured when
he fought with his wife while driving
his car up Central Park West early
o-day and preserved him from harm
during a wild police chase that fol-
lowed remained with him when he
was arraigned before Magistrate Ten
Eyck In the West Side Court.
In the press OF court business the
Magistrate failed TO inquire as to the
manner OF Moore's arrest. and he
merely fined him one dollar for fall
ing to stop at a policeman's signal.
MY wife and had been to dinner
downtown" Moore explained after he
paid the fine. "and there was a quar-
rel on the way up. She tried to take
the steering wheel from mo and then
she started to scream. When I saw
the policeman following me dropped
her on"
Policeman George Sherman was at
Seventy-second Street and Central
Park West at 1 A. NJ. when he heard
the woman's screams. lie comman-
deered an automobile from in front
OF the Hotel Majestic and went after
the auto. He fired a shot that went
wild and soon after lost sight OF
Moore's car.
When Sherman located tho car a
few minutes later and saw that the
woman was not in II. a chase through
the winding roads OF the park. In
which two other autos Joined Sher-
mans followed and at Seventy
fourth Street and the West Drive
sherman fred again. piercing the
gas tank OF Moore's car and forcing
him to stop.
Moore at first refused to give any
information as to his companion who
disappeared. and while he was being
questioned 1t was reported to the
police that a woman. bleeding about
the face. had climbed over the park
voi uhu o'aitsu opso"H u tEOtltN
car. Later 1t was reported she was
at Roosevelt Hospital for u ,tment
and detectives were sont to a. her
to come to the police station. 4 ero
Moore admitted she was his wife and
told Of the quarrel.
The police gave Mrs. Moore two
bank books and 3+00 which had been
found In the car and she asked about
a diamond lavalliere she had left on
the seat. The automobile had been
left standing In the park and q de-
tcctive hurried over with Mrs. moore
and found her lavalliere under the
seat cushions. 1t was diamond stud
ded and worth several hundred doll
lars.
When Moore was arraigned MaGis.
trate Ten Eyck asked him II he was
guilty or not guilty. He said he was
guilty and promptly paid the one
dollar fine. Not a word Of the chase.
the fight or the shooting came to the
attention OF the Court.
Sherman explained that he could
not charge Moore with speeding be-
cause he had no speedometer in the
car In which he chased him. He was
not nsked the details of the case by
tho Magistrate.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
WHEN WILL CITY
TAKE MONSTROS|TY
FROM PARK ROW?
Thompson Committee Asks
the Question of Bridge Com
missioner kracke.
TO PROBE WlRETAPPlNG.
Senator Summons Secretary of
Company and Police Com
missioner Woods.

+. J. II. Kracke. Commissioner OF
Bridges. testified this afternoon be
fore the Thompson Committee.
How long Is that monstrosity in
Park Row opposite Tho World Build
Ing going to remain In existencey'
asked Counsel Frank Moss. II refer
TO tho extension OF tho Brooklyn
Bridge to City Hall Park"
"As soon M the Centre Street Loop
Is put in operation" replied Mr..
Kracke, "the train shed uhe mon
strosity) can be taken down"
How soon." Mr.. Moss inquired, rs
that likely to happen?"
Much depends" said Mr.. Krackc.
upon tho railroad company's meeting
the demands OF the city. The city
built tho Loop"
Q. Tho Centre Street loop was orig
inally intended to connect the Will
iamsburg. Manhattan and Brooklyn
Bridges. was II not7 A. Yes.
q. And tho original plan was 70
make the Brooklyn Bridge way
station and not a terminal? A. II
was.
!! q. And trains were to run from the
loop out on the Brooklyn Bridge? q?
A. Yes.
The Thompson Committee will try
to fnd out Just how far the practice
OF tapping" telephone wires has been
carried in this city. Secretary Ford
Huntington OF the Now York Teie-
phone Company has been subpoenaed
and tho committee has asked Police
Commissioner Woods to tell all he
can rs to the practice which first
aroused interest In tho late charities
investigation. 1t was proved that de-
tectives had listened in" on the pri-
vate telephone wires OF the Rev. Will
liam Il. Farrell. DIR. Daniel G. Potter
and his son, Dean Potter.
ut seems to me-" says Senator
Thompson. that the police have tho
same right TO tap your wire that they
have to enter your home. Tho law
says a mans house Is his castle and
the police can't enter without war
rant or to prevent crime. To Judge
by the letters that have poured In on
us. half the people IN New York have
been made the victims Of wiretap.
pers."
Senator Thompson declared that
tho point raised by De Lancsy Nicoli
yesterday will not save any witness
who tries to dodge the committee.
"Mr. Nicoll's contention that we
have no power because the Legisla-
ture Is not sitting is without founda-
ton In fact" he added. He handed
up a brief yesterday. but 1t was on a
case In Illinois. The question has
never been raised in this State: but
II there were any virtue In Mr.. Me-
oils theory It would have been tried
out long ago. The Mazet, the Arm
strong and many other investigating
committees went right on while the
Legislature was not sitting. All the
witnesses we call must answer. As
The World points out In its editorial
to-day. the Legislature Is merely risen.
not dead. The Legislature is limited
only by the Constitution. Mr.. Nicoll
can't get his point before the Court
OF Appeals In less than u year, and
meantime we shall 20 right ahead"
The evening world., 1916-05-10
BLAZE STARTS PANIC
IN SWEATER FACTORY
Woman Ran TO Roof, Forgetting
Two Children Locked
in a Room.

a panic followed the discovery Of
a fire in the sweater factory Of Rubin
Pechdnek AT No. - Columbia Street,
this morning. Mrs. Gussie Schecter
was on the roof with her baby when
she thought of her sons, Harry, aged
six. and Rubin, aged three. She had
hurried from her fiat at the cry of
fire and locked them in.
Patrolman Harrington of the Union
Market station heard the woman's
cries and went to the roof. She told
him of her children and he tried 10
cross an airshaft from an adjoining
house to reach them. He was twice
driven back by smoke, but finally.
with wet bandage about his face,
he reached the children
Two men were overcome and fell in
the hallway. Before the arrival of the
iiremen Patrolman Michaelis carrie /
them TO safety.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
AUTO AND COTTAGE REASONS
WHY HE'LL FALL.

Mr.. Conlin--the senior who likes
mullins and pep" and balloon skirts
and white spats, was the only one OF
the ten Galahads-you remember
about Galahad whose strength was
as the strength of ten because his
heart was pure-who held out any
hope OF ultimate reform" But MIR.
Conlin has an automobile, also n cot
tage at Lake Hopatcong, so he in
formed me. and he says that when be
gets back to Westficld, his home In
New Jersey, this summer. he will
meet all trains with his car in the
hope that some sensible Venus who
wears white spats, is full OF pep" is
good Suffragist. will and can make
mullins. Will alight there.
Il believe in preparedness. Mr.
Conlin informed me. Hitherto. when
ever I have felt that I was in danger
OF being kissed I have hoped into INV
car and run away. Still suppose Ri
be overhauled some time, don't yo, ="
There was a hopeful Tilt in .he
young mans voice as he made this
inquiry, so, OF course. ! assured him
that some day the Girl with the Waite
Spats will appear and make him hets
And ! had not the heart to remind
him that the fate of vestals who
break their vows and are kissed IL 10
be buried alive-maybe In Westf,eld.
n. j.. for all 7 know.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
WON'T TRYFLACC
AGAIN, BUT Stafford
MUST FACE JURY
U. S. Attorneys Aide .Blames
Reversal in Brokers Case
on Predecessor,

The reversals Of the convictions OF
Frank ID. Sanford. in the Rae Tanner
"Olivcr Osborne" case. OF Jared Fiagg
for using the malls In n brokerage
scheme. and Of Charles I. stager, a
customs examiner found guilty Of
completely in a conspiracy to defra nd
the Government, hdve set the United
States Attorneys ofiice thinking hard
to-day. There Ii little likelihood that
tIags will ever be tried again. but
there II every probability that SAT-.
ford and stsger will be brought to
the bar for another. trial as soon as
possible.
II was pointed out to- day that not
one OF the three cases was OF groat
expense to the Government, tho
Flagg case costing something less
than $4,000 tho Stafford case not more
than $500 and the Stagcr case in the
neighborhood OF S<00.
VI tho Flagg case. Assistant United
states Attorney Roger u. Wood said
o-day: 'N
That case was handed down TO US
there IL very iittIe proba hii,iv H., y,
will ever be tried again n vn. No, ~
reversed on account Of Tho iproconce
OF tho defendant. but on account NJ
the act OF seixins papers In FlaEs's
offfce. After tho arrest and seizure
case In kahsas was similarly de.
cided, 80 the FlagR action will nroh.
ably be dropped''F
"tn the Stafford case" he .a,d
James W. Osborne was permI,,ed a.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
THERE'S DANGER THIS ONE
WILL BAcKsLipE.

ALAN BRUCE CONIlN or west
field. n. J.-present address Hartley
Hall. Columbia College-retiring
managing editor OF The Spectator.
and by class vote the most good
natured OF the seniors. Mr.. Conlin is
OF medium height. is well built. has
light brown hair and blue eyes.
On the subject Of kissing Mr.. Con-
lin is open to conviction-shall ] say
conviction OF sin?
rs there sensible girl in New
York City?" Mr.. Conlin asked me
plaintively yesterday. III so lead me
to her and I'll kiss her. No kidding
What do | mean by a sensible girl'
why, a girl who can make mullins
and has plenty Of pep (the girl not
the mullins. Mr.. Conlin meanD; and,
let me see. she must wear white
spats. And II she wears short skirts,
| don't care how short they are so
long as the spats reach to the top.
"She must be feet 4 or ) inches
high. blonde or brunette--it doesn't
matter-and she must wear these
nice bunchy skirts that stick out like
a balloon Uhe leader Of the unkissed
has been an observer OF fashion. you
see). and she must not say to a fell
low. 1 could DIE dancing: couldn't
you? ! don't mind her dancing. you
know, but she simply must not use
the expression. DO you get me?
Can she be Suifragette? Well, I
should say she CAN! She's got to
be. said she had to have sense,
didn't ]? Now, remember. il you
know such girl or can put me in
the way OF meeting her III break my
vow-yes. there's nothing half heart
eu aDout me-lll kiss her IL she in.
The evening world., 1916-05-10
LAURA BIGGAR LOSES.
Must ray aSS. nm 20 Mrs. Hendrick for
AiieaatinG Husbands Affectious.

verdict for $4,000 damages
against Laura Biggar. the actress.
was brought in this afternoon by a
jury in the Supreme Court. Brooklyn.
In favor OF Mrs. Agnes NJ HendrIck
in her suit for 100000 for the allen
alton of the affections of her hus-
band. DIR. Charles Hcndrick
Morgan i. Donnelly. counsel for
Miss Biggar. who did not appear al
any time during the trial, moved for
stay OF execution Of judgment, and
Justice Manning replied:
Inles you can give me your word
OF honor that the dcefndant IL rc-
sponsiblc tor the judgment I shall
deny your motion"
As Mr.. Donnelly did not reply the
motion was denied