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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
To City's Interest to Retain
Trained Men, Declares
SenatOr-EleCt
Is GUEST OF HONOR
AT REPUBLICAN CLUB
Tanner Wants People to
Pass on Question of
Direct Primaries

William VI. Calder. Senator-elect,
the guest of the Republican Club, at a
dinner in his honor, intimated last
night that he was in favor of fusion
in the municipal campaign.
'ln the recent election" he said, IL
was my good fortune as the Republi-
can candidate for United States SEN
ator, without any other party nomna-
ton, to carry greater New York by a
majority of approximately 10000.
Some few Republicans in this city be
lieve that because Of this fact We
should this year place before the peo-
pie city and borough tickets composed
entirely OF members OF our party. |
am not so sure, however, that we
should do this.
at is to the interest of the city that
we should retain trained men in its
service. No private corporation would
think Of doing otherwise. Municipal
government should be established on
the same bases Of efficiency as private
business. II is the constant changing
of officials which accounts in a consid-
cradle part for the backwardness OF
city government in the past.
Encourage Men of Worth
"If a man is of value TO the com
munity in his public capacity, then our
party believes he should be encouraged
to stay in the public service. What
ever we do to promote experience IN
public Office and continuity in municl,,
pal policy advances the cause Of good
government. That this will be our pol
icy in the important municipal cleo
ton soon TO take place ] do not doubt.
Mr.. Calder heard men prominent in
the Republican party sing his praises.
Several speakers spoke of the strife
between the Progressives and the Re
publicans and urged prompt coopera
tion of the two wings of the party.
Former Governor 0dell evoked "a
much enthusiasm from the diners as
did the guest OF honor when he said
that he was "standpatter," believed
in the old methods and had little faith
in the so-caled reformers. He said he
might be getting old and critical. but
he was compelled 20 admit that the Re
publican party during the last cam
paign was one Of negation and crit
cIsm.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
IDA Won CLAUSSEN FLEES
Dodges Detectives Who Were TO Take
Her To Asylum

Philadelphia, Jan. 10 Mrs. Ida Won
Claussen Dona. who was this week or
dered recommitted 20 the Middletown
(N.Y.) State Hospital is in this city
having avoided. she said to-day. New
York detectives who were about TO
carry out the directions Of the court.
She is staying at a hotel, and said her
husband will join her later
Mrs. Dona said she saw detectives
approaching her home in New. York
City Just after she had left II, but
managed to escape. She remained IN
seclusion in New York, she said, until
Wednesday. when she came here.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
Jimmie Glass" Found Again

Sandusky. Ohio. Jan. ls.-The police
to-day found a boy about six years OF
noe who is said 20 answer to the de
scription Of Jimmie Glass, kidnapped
al Jersey City on May ~. 1915. A
man who was with the boy is held by
the police pending investigation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20

BELOW lATH STREET.
The Gotham Shop. 40 Nassau -
Greater y. s. rhOuO co.. so Grand 81
International iu0lO co.. lol Essex -.
Columbia GRAPHIC. co.. s. Chambers 81
Tle0. Lohr $50 Grand -
singer Bros. So B0wery Hester 81
Umpire PL0u0. Co.. 40 Bo"e1 tstan-
l4TH TO $50 STREET. -
Columbia Commercial Co.. - =. lfLl
Co-t SaIe, Co.. $40 SIKH Az 2Ist ST.
We,e- Bros. l1l w. sd ~
A. ". Hathaway. IS b. 2s-h 81.
figg-tts. 8th - and BroaiHsy.
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res.s Piano Co.. d., W 42d s.
TIyg,ff's Grand central station.
A3o TO s6TH STREET.
GhunL.u SOD 20 Az. l1Utn 81.
B1aGt Music House. lac. 9lj sh Az
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
Philadelphia Papers Going UP

Philadelphia, Jan. 19.-Philadelphia
newspapers now selling at one cent
will increase their price 70 two cents
beginning January 90. The high cos,
Of newsprint paper and other materials
is given as the cause for the increase.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
Tanner Would Sound Voters

Frederick c. Tanner, the former Re
publican state chairman, urged that an
opportunity be given TO the people TO
decide whether or not they still cared
for the direct primary plan OF procur-
ing their candidates. He said;
81 certainly am in favor of the spirit
of the direct primary and the referen-
DUN so far as it holds that the cleo
torate shall pass upon the issue them
selves with the least possible interior
ence where simple and clear cut IS.
sue is presented. deny the right OF
any man TO speak for the people when
under the limitations have suggested
they can speak for themselves. The
control of affairs in both parties should
be liberalized. A good place to begin
is TO put the question squarely to the
people By what method they wish to
nominate their candidates"
The other speakers were Henry /
Stimson and Herbert Parsons. James
r. Sheffield, president of the Republi-
can Club, acted as POSTMASTER Others
at the dinner were Frederick +. Crane
Samuel s. Koenig, j. Van Nechten Oh
colt. Martin SAKE, Louis Stern, Isaac
y. Seligman. Frank l.. Frugone, Will
lam Henkel. T. A. G.. Ellis, William $.
Bennett. Michael j. Dady, James Ii.
Finday. William ". Cocks and John
T. Curtis.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-01-20
coufessed Oliver Osborne
Called a Professional
Plant by Slade
MARSHALL FACES
RETURN TO TOMBS
Witness Must Answer or
Be Adjudged in Con
tempt, Court Holds

-ro witnesses who testified that they
Charles II. Wax. tho Oliver Os-
- Of Rae Tanzer's romance, in
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31

tenant Paget gathered from his RAM
bling words that he had lost his ship,
and had returned, the sole survivor,
in one of the ships boats, which he
had rowed for several hundred miles
across the stormy waters of the North
Atlantic.
"But I brought my specimen home
with me, lad ~ he exclaimed, clutching
at his companions arm. Think OF
that. lad! She didn't want to eat.
They don't eat after they're mature,
Donald. That simplified matters con-
siderable. And so / brought her, and
got her safe to my home. Donald"
The old mans voice failed him. he
began muttering to himself absently
again. No doubt his terrible expert
ence had unhinged his brain. Lieu
tenant Paget had always known Mas
terman to be a natural eccentric, but
never before had he talked like this
about the safety of humanity, and
some awful and imminent danger
which only he could avert. The lieu
tenant could see that the old mans
cheeks were sunken; his eyes were
wild. and under his long coat the
faded blue uniform was shrunken ana
stained with sea water.
Lieutenant Paget felt well disposed
toward the whole world just then. He
had been summoned home from sery-
ice with the Atlantic fleet to receive
his commission as commander of the
F55. And Miss Ida Kennedy, the
daughter of the American consul gen.
eral in London, whom he had met
there the year before, had written him
that she was sailing in company with
her aunt by the Beotia for New York.
At such a time, when his profess
sional and personal interests were be-
ing served so well by fortune, Paget
felt that fate had played a wretched
trick upon Masterman. whose ifework
had utterly failed of recognition owing
to his defects of temperament. Though
he was sure that the old sea captain
was crazed, he admired him as dar-
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31
Captain Masterman explains
to Lieutenant Paget his theory
of the existence of strange
race, the existence of whose
species, he asserts, menaces the
human family.
Gro BE CONTINUED
Testing the Eye.

Lecturing on the Effect on the Eye
of Varying Degrees of Brightness and
Contrast before the Illuminating En-
cheering society recently, DR.. James
Kerr of the public health department
of the London county council, referred
to some effects which may be surpris-
ing. Having to examine long lists OF
figures in black type, he tried to IA
cilitate his task by drawing vertical
and horizontal lines in red ink, but
the different focusing of the black and
red strained his eye and gave him a
headache, which did not trouble him
when all the figures and lines were
either black or red. Doctor Kerr quess
tons whether target is more distinct
when a brilliantly Illuminated disk ap-
pears on a jet black background than
when the surroundings were diffusely
Illuminated.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31

floor. and by championing the cause
of the sea serpent.
mat was the end of Captain Mas
lermanS activities so far as the gov
eminent was concerned. In a final in
terview the secretary of the navy had
said to him:
personally / believe In you, Mas
terman. But it isn't the discoveries
tnat count, It's getting the scientific
world to believe in them. / believe in
the sea serpent, myself, because I've
seen three of them; but / wouldn't
dare to admit it, even in my club
smoking room, and we can't get you
another subsidy.
The secretary's confession duly ap-
peared in newspaper article, and the
cartoonist illustrated it with a draw
ing showing him as a sea serpent with
three heads. In the course of his ex-
PLANTATION, Masterman consigned the
entire staff of the navy department to
that place where birthstone is unmolli-
fed with molasses.
That ended the secretarys career,
and it would have ended Masterman's
If his had not been ended already
After that the old man became
known as bore who buttonholed pub
lie men and tried TO induce them to
subscribe to the fitting out of a new
deep-sea exploration expedition. For
years he haunted the Hobbies of the
capitol and the clubs, growing more
logged and obstinate and vituperative
as he met with disappointment after
disappointment.
Then, when his case seemed hope
less, he had succeeded in interesting
an American millionaire, with whose
aid he had fitted out an expedition to
the Shetlands and Faroes, from which
he had apparently just returned. Lieu
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31
WOMEN SUFFERERS
NEED SWAMP-ROOT

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney and bladder trouble and
never suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney or bladder disease.
If the kidneys sre not in a healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer a great deal with pain
in the back, headache, loss of ambition,
nervousness and may be respondent and
irritable.
Don't delay starting treatment. DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, a physicians pre-
scription, obtained at any drug store, re-
stores health to the kidneys and is just
the remedy needed to overcome such con-
ditions.
Get medium or large bottle immedi-
ately from any drug store.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for
sample bottle. When writing be sure
and mention this paper. Adv.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31
Ii Surely LIS.

"He was rejected by the army doc
tors for physical reasons"
"Well, that's better than being
thrown out for not being able to pass
the mental tests"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31

a weird of
of eccentric American
the soundness his
a
ing is one of the
Wilt nd i a gripping
EDITOR
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31

An industrious person seldom has a
busy tongue.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1917-10-31

The best brand of resolutions will
shrink if the occasion demands.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30
CAN GIRLS PLAY BALL!

To all who r skeptical' upon this
point, The American Athletic Girls
will be here on Tuesday, July Bird, to
demonstrate that it can be did"
When we stop to consider, that there
is scarcely one out Of a thousand girls
who AN throw a baseball ten feet &C.
curately, then the n who by practice
and perser erance has accomplished the
art Of throwing, catching and fielding
a baseball in actual competition with
her athletic brothers in a manner that
makes them sit up and take notice, is
surely in a class by herself, and the gio
gantic undertaking Of training and
fitting herself for a professional ball
player can readily be appreciated.
Never in our National History has
this branch of athletic sport for wom-
en- played so prominent a part, as dur
ing the present period of physical de-
mand Of expression. Nearly all our
Colleges for Women have added Base
Ball to their Athletic programme.
It is the Sport of Sports for all
round physical development, and The
American Athletic Girls must be seen
in action to be appreciated.
Ladies and children especially in
vited. Don't forget the date.
Greenwood, Tuesday, July 3rd. Adj
mission 35c, children 15c.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30
NOTICE TO


Bids will be received at the regular
July meeting of the Council of the
City of Greenwood for the paving with
Asphaltic Concrete, and curbing and
guttering and grading of the following
Streets or portions thereof Of the City
of Greenwood, to witt
Carrollton Avenue or street extend
ed from Howard Street to Fulton
Street; Fulton Street from Market
Street to Washington Street; Dewey
Street from Washington Street to
Henry Street; Henry Street from
Dewey to South Boulevardj South
Boulevard from Henry Street to Ala
bama Street.
Said paving, Curbing, Guttering and
grading to be done according to the
plans and specifications now on file in
the City Clerks Office. Each bidder
shall file his proposal in manner and
form required by City Engineer, and
shall be filed by 8 o'clock P. M. July
the 3rd, 1917, with the City Clerk.
Each bidder must accompany his bid
with certified check for $4,000. .... 80.
The Council reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Witness my signature this the 25th
day of June, 1917.
S. H. MONTGOMERY
City Clerk.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30
,esvs,s II tks sanssunn.

There's siwayss y stiehy.Angered ID
11vidtalJ who somehow always 6ndS
Ms wy into . Newspaper once. Hin
pscAliafity 40 that hs takes things
chat can bs Of no earthly use to him.
Just now no has gone away with III
he exchanges. including the para,
6faphie matsrial- NASHVILLE Tshaee
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30
N N
THE DEADLY "RAIN.MAKER"

AS an offensive weapon in the war the ma
chine gun is acquiring greater use constantly.
Once considered merely an instrument for direct
defensive fire, the machine gun is now used in in
fire, which means pointing its barrel sky
and thus permitting the loaded pellets to drop
from the sky, penetrating trenches from above.
The machine gun is also being used in other
capacities never before deemed probable. One
of the favorite tricks of the armies is to train the
gun indirectly upon a communicating road or
trench in the day time, keep the gun fastened at
the requisite angle until night, and then fire it at
regular ~intervale all night. In this way supplies
and reinforcements are prevented from being
brought from the rear at night.
Warfare nowadays is not what it was even two
years ago. At the beginning of the present con-
fict the machine gun was an auxiliary weapon;
now it is the most offensive, next to the artillery.
1t is said the entire German defensive system
depends upon the use of the machine gun in ways
not dreamed Of two years ago. The French and
British armies have likewise developed the rain
maker" to extraordinary use. The Entente just
now are attackers, however, and have no reason to
rely upon the machine gun to the extent of the
Germans, who are on the defensive and will stay
on it. With the kaiser the machine gun is the
only weapon left, his artillery and air supremacy
having vanished since the beginning of the Sc
cond year Of war, or by the time the British got
their second wind. !.
n - n 7si.
~ In contemplating the suffering in France, we
are apt to overlook the tragedy in Armenia, where
fully one-third Of the Armenian race has been
either massacred or died is not certain, but it is
known to be far in EXCESS Of a million. Never in
the history Of the world has such a disaster &C.
Cured to a peaceful nation not at war. But
Armenia is far away and we have really known
comparatively little Of them, which might account
for much Of the apparent apathy toward these
people. And because Armenia is a Turkish pro-
vince, it is likewise difficult to aid them.
t@.& e . m.
Billy Sunday claims to have saved New York,
but is trying to duck an engagement to rave
Washington next winter, he says because ~ wants
y siys ~ ~ time y saving sN|Id'erg ~. ].
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

Paris says th8t American fashions
are immodest. Paris Is evidently get
ting Jealous.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

This world needs to grow two blades
Of wheat where only n grew be.
tore. ,
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

The man who doesn't know when he
ID making O. fool Of himself Is Some
tool. F..
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

Cider Is taklng the place Of wine In
Paris, and this, to u notion, Is an
improvement. .*H ~
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

ta,e with 80 out Of 100 CeOple 10 Just
one movie after another.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

And when the children's epidemic
Is over will we know any more about
It than we did before
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30
WANTED.

We are in the market for ScraF
Iron. Rass. Rubber and al kinds Of
Metals; Also all kinds Of Hides, Wool,
etc. WE PAY CASH FOR EVERY.
THING. IS
TELEPHONE $40
GREENWOOD IRON & METAL co.
Carrollton Ave. Greenwood, Miss.
Next to StOner Gin Co.
Branches at Itta Bena, Schlater and
Moorhead, Miss.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

Nothing seems impossible to modern
warfare, except horse sense.
The daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Leflore Co., Miss.) 1916-1919, 1917-06-30

yM
Entered at Greenwood ~postohhce as second-class mattel
GREENWOOD. MISS JUN 80, 1911.
Retire all kings to previously prepared posi-
lions.
nAAAAAAA
Lock up the undesirables" may become . pub
lie demand.
AAHAAAA
No official order to mobilize Teddy has vel
been issued.
anAAAAA
Don't dig your grave with your teeth-it's
too expensive.
AAAAAAH
Hoover, Hoover! We seem to have heard that
name somewhere.
o
Though not yet spotted, it's certain there are
U-boat liars at work.
nnAAAAA
"Men for jobs" has succeeded "jobs for men
as an industrial slogan.
N
American army will be the finest the world has
ever seen. That's U. S.
Uncle Sam is a millionaire, and ready to blow
every dollar of it if need be to win.
No girl is quite patriotic enough to be willing
for her best fellow to work every night in, the
week.
Caution to landladies: Conservation of food
is a good thing, but if overdone may drive boarders
way.
AAAAnnA
In their desire to become martyrs those White
House pickets have been playing pretty close to
treason.
Goethals says he is trying to saw wood, but
would doubtless admit that the saw is dull and
the knots plentiful.
Though too old to shoulder guns, Abe Martin
and Mutt and jeff will do their bit by lvening up
he cantonments.
AAAAAAA
With the consent of the government, some Of
our automobile magnates will very likely turn into
airplane magnates.
AAAAAAA
Hey, you fellows ten years over and three
years under the drafting age, didn't you hear the
President call you.
With a monthly rake-off of $50,0oO,oOO, the
grub-gamblers can afford to pay high for Congress
sional delay on the food bill.
A
Admiral Sims didn't have to cut cables, like
Dewey, to get a free hand-it was given him be-
fore he left for European waters.
Housewives may economic as much as they
please in their own kitchens, but wise ones won't
try to do it in those Of neighbors.
AAAAAhAA
A pump just installed in Massachusetts, moves
a river of $4,000 gallons of wster a minute, which
is more proof that the nation is going dry.
The ambitious amateur gardener who watch
es' for the garden insects doesn't require much
patience. He is kept busy, angry and peevish.
Big guns and air crafts may win the war, as
some are saying, but we have a bunch that SOL
diers and warships will do some Of the winning.
Even in Europe nobody's afraid of the men on
horseback" in these enlightened days, but the air.
craft man who drops bombs is another propo-
sition.
What the average man can't understand is why
it was Japan's business if we didn't first consult
the mikado before writing a friendly and encour-
aging note to China.
AAhAAAn
AS near as we can ascertain, the Senate FL
nance committee spends one day imposing war
taxes and the next in reconsidering them, in its
anxiety to meet expectations.
4AAAAAAA
Secretary Daniels probably made another
knocker when he sent the governor Of Rhode Is
land proof Of shocking immortality at Newport,
after he had declared the town alright. 4
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-07-20
THE HONOR ROLL

Here's the honor roll of the
first twelve states filling their
quota of volunteer recruits for
the regular army: Idaho, Illinois,
Indiana, Michigan, Montana, Ne
braska, Nevada, 0regotf, Penn
sylvania, Utah, WyoRaing and
California. A-s-24 ,
Only four of these twelve, it
will be noticed, are east of the
Mississippi river. Only one,
Pennsylvania, is in the section
generally referred to as ''the
East" The South is conspicu-
Gus by its absence. The West
shines.
And they used to say the West
and Middle West were hopelessly
apathetic about the war!-Wal-
lace Press-Times.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1917-07-20

Occasionally an item may ap-
pear in this paper that does not
meet with the approval of some
reader. If so, bring in your pa
per and we will cut out the Of
Tending item and return the rest
of the paper. We have been in
the newspaper business long
enough to know that it is i'm
possible to please everyone and
gave up trying it years ago. We
occasionally see things in print
that do not meet with our par
ticular views but that does not
mean that the paper printing
them is wrong in everything.
The man who tries to mold ev-
erything in this world to his own
particular view has cut out a
hopeless job for himself and
when he passes hence will find
his views amount to less than
nothing in the world to come,
for there is no record in either
sacred or profane history show
ing where the opinion of mortal
man has caused any change in
the way affairs are governed be-
yond the grave. In the mean
time, so long as we continue at
the helm of this paper we re-
serve the right to express our
views on issues of the day as we
see them-right or wrong. We
hope to be right but may occasi-
onally be wrong. When we can
not do so Wen hand the job over
to someone else.