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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
Did Not Use Police

SO it was that they succeeded in uniting
with the Republican Organization for the
defeat Of the candidate for District At.
torney and the nomination of their own
candidate; and this was brought about in
one Of the rottenest political conventions
ever held in this or in any other city--a
convention that was opened with prayer
and ended with purchasing delegates to
vote on the floor of the convention; and
the whitewash ng committee that was APP
pointed to investigate even recommended
the prosecution Of some of the men who
were caught red-handed in this effort.
Charges were made Of my using the police.
I want to say now most solemnly that I
had taken the police out of pOltics-or, as
I said at the time, l had removed politics
from the police / could have nominated
Mr. Shoyer for District Attorney by the
use of the police, but / absolutely declined
to let the police be used in any way, shape
or form; and | said to a ward leader on
the morning Of the convention, who had
asked me TO remove a police lieutenant from
a district and put some one else there, and
If l did so he would throw the delegates
Of two wards to Mr. Shoyer-I said to him
that if Mr.. Shoyer's nomination depended
on the moving of a single police officer
he would not be nominated.
Mr., Shoyer was not the Mayors candi-
date for District Attorney. He was his
own candidate. He had the very laudable
ambition to fill that high office. He had re-
signed his position as Director of Supplies
In order to make a canvass. He informed
me that he had the promise of two-thirds
Of the delegates in that convention to vote
for him. I had made him my special assistant
district attorney and my director of supplies
because of his honorable dealing in the
matter of the widow and daughters of his
own preceptor and a contract that was a
most unrighteous one that he lived up to TO
the letter. Ny Shoyer was defeated-Mr
Gibboney was nominated in a convention
that have already stigmatized. and will do
so again. and could tell who were respon-
sible for the conditions there
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

Indeed, the wicked always seem to die
harder in Pennsylvania than in most
other States. Maybe our glorious climate
has something to do with it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
Reduced Tax Rate

You then speak of the disappointment Of
the people during my first two years In the
Mayors office and that il was only in 1905
that the break came and that this was the
result of my friends urging. Surely the
people know that reduced the tax rate in
1903 from S1.S5 to S1.5O (and by the wsv.
there was never any necessity for increas-
ing it, and l said so at the time). which
incurred the bitter hostility Of all the or
ganization leaders; my breaking the mo-
nopoly Of the street-paving contractors and
reducing the cost Of street paving. both
asphalt and brick, 81 per yard, which in
Cured the hostility Of John NJ. Mack and
the other leaders; my stopping Of supple-
mental and extensions of contracts r,ade
the hostility Of the Organization leaders
complete. They succeeded in diyorcing
every one of their followers IN Councils and
all of the petty ofiicehoders whose allie
glance they held from the Mayor. This
continued for two years and the Mavor
then decided himself. without any urging
from his friends (and he had TO do II IN
the depth of his own conscience ana bIs
own heart), that he would have a fgbt
with the Organization, and II ne was de-
feated he would resign from office; but he
would try to give the people an opport,,nit,,
to be self-g0verned.
This decision was taken IN the fall NJ
1904, and some of the Organization Ieadors
knew Of It. for they had a bin prepared in
a law office in Philadelphia and nresentaS
to the then Governor that tore out the en-.
tire city government and established a
dictatorship as was done in Pittsburgb 49,
years before. Governor Pennypacker ,vo,,iS
not approve IT, and II was changed ana
changed and changed until he fnoIi,, ar
proved a Dill that took away from the
Mayor the power to appoint and dismiss az
rectors, but he insisted on the introdi,ot,a,
OF a provision that this should not ta1'. Ns
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

The Literary Editor busted off a chair
for the lady.
II have called" she said, "to thank
you for the notice you gave my His
tory Of Woman Suffrage but you had
one curious typographical error" "Yes?'
Yes, you speak of me as a new h-l-s-
t-e-r-i-c-a-l writer" That's so. Hys.
terical should be spelled with a "
shouldn't it?"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03

IF YOUR eyesight's fair and your mem
ory will serve you the next time you pass
through City Hall courtyard, take look
at the south wall, just as you pas under
the archway leading into Broad street,
and you'll see something strange It's a
block of marble-or maybe it's granite
painted white.
Just above the easternmost corner of
the arch, about on a level with the second
floor, the stone looks out upon the court
yard. The paint is bit worn, as well it
may be. for it probably hasn't been re.
newed since it was first applied thirty
years ago. 1t was about 1887 that some
sharp-eyed fellow, with an imagination,
noticed i'm that block Of marble a curious
accidental arrangement OF the black veins
in the white stone which presented the
likeness Of a circus lady swinging upon a
trapeze. He pointed it out TO others and
they in turn passed it along to their
neighbors. Folks came on pilgrimages to
see 1t, the newspapers mentioned 1t, and
the crowds grew and grew. In timo they
really got to be a nuisance, and one day
the Administration applied the whitewash
brush to that interesting spot in the City
Hall and blotted the lady away. But
she's there yet, under her paint.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-11-03
The .Gas-Lease Fight

/ awaited my opportunity until tba 90.
sion Of the Legislature in 1905 bad "a
journed. and then the Organization intro.
dueed the gas lease. which was the o.
thing above all others that 1 should ho,,e
desired, because Il put the people back of
me- when otherwise II would have hee, =
fight between the Organization ana -
Mayor. with the possibility Of the naonio
applauding the winner whoever thnt ~ ~
pened 20 be- But the people win not forr',
that The acheopIe made BY the Orennisa fIon
Of the ipiqu'fona leeoers during The ~
they would extend thp Fea lease. they Noa|l
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

Ladies' storm overshoes, $l.l5 values
for zoe. Tilden Shoe store.
c. f. II. Jones returned last night from
Hardwick, where he has been passing
a week with friends.
Friends in the city will be pleased to
learn of the marriage of Miss Frances A.
Cragg, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
A. Cragg of st. Peters, Pa, formerly of
Barre, to Erwin J. Urch of Chicago, Dec.
80, Mr.. and Mrs. Urch viii reside in
Chicago, where Mr. Urch is assistant to
the pastor of the Tabernacle Baptist
church.
The mission study class of the Church
of the Good Shepherd will meet at the
home of Mrs. S. n. Parker, Spsulding
street, Saturday evening, Jan. 9, at 1880
o'clock. Deaconess Stewart will give a
talk on her missionary work. All Ia
dies of the parish are cordially invited.
On Monday at l0:30 a. m, the Minis
ters' Monday club will hold its monthly
meeting in the parlor of the NJ. L.
church at Barre. A paper ON Fixed Fac
tors How Modified by Grace" will be
read by Rev. L. o. Sherburne and one on
"The Minister and the Legislature" by
Rev. J. b. Reardon. Discussion follows.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
Misses and Ladies' Evening Party Dresses

Party unusually
realize that for the months the demand will be than
this
nento Of mod a popular prices.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

The young ladies of the Sodality OF
the Blessed Virgin will receive holy
communion in body at the 9 O'Clock
mass at st. Monica's church Sunday, Jan
IL.
Albert Creamer and A. NJ. Flanders re-
turned yesterday from Groton pond
where they have been in camp for a
week. Fishing through the ice, the camp
ers took fine lot OF pickerel, pike and
perch from the pond.
There will be a special meeting of the
Meadow Brook Golf club in the Worth
en- hall Monday, Jan. s, at p M; bust
ness, report of social club committee.
Per order, A. w. Prize, president, and D..
+. Mcleod, secretary.
Ladies. when attending the usual mid
winter slaughter sale Of coats, suits, furs,
etc, permit us to bid against the field
for your cash or near cash trade mems
and boys outer apparel included. Sad
lier, 10 Keith avenue.
The hospital drill will be displayed by
the Lady Maccabees at the City hall,
Montpelier, Jan. 10, also musical pro-
gram, with music by the Montpelier
Military orchestra. Admission, 25c;
dancing, SOC per couple.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

See those special suit values at Alb
bolts.
California soft-shelled walnuts in pack
ages, only zoe. Eastman Bros.
Efforts to secure accommodations for
upward of $50 sheriffs, high and deputy
and municipal policemen who had
planned to come to Barre for their an
nual meeting having failed, the executive
committee has decided to transfer the
convention to Burlington, where the sher-
ifs will convene for two days stay on
the morning of Jan. 20. A local COM
mittee which canvassed the rooming
house field ascertained that enough
rooms could not be reserved without as
signing some of the visitors to private
dwellings and as there were other OBJ
stacles to be overcome within short
time, it was decided to abandon the
plan of entertaining the strong arm OF
the law in Barre. A committee consist
ing of Chief Sinclair of this city, Chief
Russell of Burlington, Chief Mahoney OF
st. Adams and Deputy Sheriff John
Plunkett of Mortified is to make ar
rangements for a summer outing, which
may be held at Caledonia park.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

Don't fail to visit the big shoe sale
at Shea's Shoe Store.
Friends of j. Nelson Gldden, formerly
of Barre, but now a resident of Mont
| pelier, will be interested TO learn that he
has gone to Pittsford, where he will en-
ter the state sanatorium for treatment.
On Sunday evening at the Congrega-
tional church, the pastor viii begin a
series of sermons on Great Questions
that the Bile Asks The question for
this week is where Art Thou?" Every
body is cordially invited.
Weekend offerings in the choicest con.
fectionery delicacies produced by our
home processes of candy making. Fancy
stuffed creamed dates, old-fashioned mo-
lasses candy and creamed caramels at
10 cents a pound. Form the habit this
year OF getting your confectionery at
Laws candy store.
A precious can of Scent milk figured
in tactical oblatio on the soil of Gran
lite street this morning, when horse at
tached to A. Martinettis milk cart be-
came frightened at the screeching of
many stoneshed whistles in the vicinity
of the spot where its master had teth-
cred it to a small tree. When the whis
tie chorus broke in on the morning still
ness, the milkman's horse, with its nose
buried in canvas bag, was munching
its portion of breakfast oats. Neither
the drivers knotted halter nor the sap
ling to which one end was secured suf-
feed to stay the unseemly flight of the
horse. Near the railroad crossing, the
sleds swung up against a pole and a can
of milk spilling over the highway,
away the profits of forenoon's
house o-house canvass, Straight ahead
to Main street the horse darted and had |
it not been for deep snow in Mrs. c.
J. Bolster's yard, the finish would not |
have come so quickly. There the horse
was laundering helplessly enough when |
Mr.. Martinetti caught up with the rig. |
Horse and sleds were taken to black |
smith shop, where the smith and a neigh |
boring harness member were asked to re-
pair minor damage resulting from the
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

Twenty per cent discount on felt shoe:
and slippers. Tilden Shoe Co.
Notice, Jumpers, boxers and derrick.
men: All cards are requested turned in
to compare with books on or before Sat
urday, Jan. 6, to S. i. Perry or at sec
rotary and treasurer's office, Scampini
block. Per order auditing committee.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
IF You Are Out Of Work OIL
Wish to Better Your
Position, Here Is Your
Opportunity

We want an unlimited number
of men at once to work outside
of state. Carfare paid; at least
30c per hour to start; 8 hours
per day, work overtime if. you
wish; no labor trouble; this job
is good for your life time. We
want good, bright men, Is years
old and up. Apply at once.
THE J. ]. DAsIINER & SON EMPLOYMENT
AGENCY
Rowland Building Barre, Vermont
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
TALK OF THE TOWN

Special values in waists at Abbott's.
Andes ranges and heaters; repairs for
all kinds of ranges fire clay and stove
boards. +. A. Prindle. Depot square.
Sleighing parties accommodated at
Bancroft inn. Plainfield; supper served
at reasonable price; free use of dance
hall to parties, w. H. Snow, proprietor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
Ladies' Separate Skirts

Ladies' Separate Skirts
This is Separate Skirt
al the time We have line
making special during this saving
proposition Skirt values and STYLES
Ladies' White Waists
We putting this sale lot in
two of kind of sizes and
in qualities from S0o $3.50 These 79c
We also have few odd silk variety styles
we putting special cleanup prices to close before invoicing
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06

Meter accounts for the quarter ending
Dec. 81, 1916, are now due and payable
at the water Office. Ten per cent win BE-
added il not paid on or before Jan. IS,
1917. Office hours; to u a. m; 1850
to p. M; Mondays and Saturdays. to
2 ?. m. p. o. Lee, Supt
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06


unusually large line Silk
received within the last These will regular
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
Ladies' Wool and Silk Dresses

This has been one of the. largest and
best seasons we ever had ON Ladies'
Dresses. We have had large stock,
so we could please all; and then, we
have had new models coming in all
the time, thus keeping the stock fresh
all the time. In going over the stock,
we find we have a few odd Dresses
that we are making special prices on
to clean up the stock and make the
sale interesting. They are Dresses
we cannot duplicate and are in Woods
and Silks.
We have few Silk Dresses in
qualities that sold at from $1,000 to
Sl400. These are in dark colors and
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-01-06
A. P. ABBOTT & co.
A. P. ABBOTT & co.
A. p. ABBOTT & co.
A. P. ABBOTT & co.
Only 6 More Days of Our
January Clearance Sale

After successful feel that
that we clean what we have OF odd stock its lowest
bic The values offering
much advanced prices a merchandise
and
duplicate
good who good or Suit
We
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-02-01

A. Dodson and John +. Bell. comrnis
sioners, T. ~ Lawson Clerk.
Following is list of those elected
and the precincts in which they wer,
elected:
Tucumcari No. &c. +. Hunter Jus.
tice of the peace; Chas. Brown. consta.
BILE.
Revuelto No. 2--No election.
Endee No. 3---Roy II. Smith justice;
p. NJ. Turpin constable.
Puerto No. Al. NJ. Hodges. jus.
tice; Fred Walther constable.
Quay No. 81. NJ. Davis justice OF
the peace; Earl Wayne constable.
Montoya No. 6--Clemente Ortega
justice; II. l.. Thurman constable.
Nara Visa No. Homer Y. Hooter
justice; J. P. Airhcart constable.
Logan No. 81. r. Walden justice
Paul Mares constable.
Rama No. 9-J. f. Moore and r. W.
Lackey tied for justice; ]. II. Franks
was elected constable.
Obar No. l0--A. l.. Hackerott, jus.
tice; r. r. Hackerott constable.
Hudson No. lib. F. Conger and
l.. II. Mitchell tied for justice; J. II.
Bartlett elected constable.
San Jon No. &c. u. wernet jus.
tice; p. c. Williams constable.
Lloyd No. l3--No election.
Hanley No. IA. +. Billingsley,
justice; a. F. Curry constable.
West No. l5-No election.
Ina No. l6-D. c. Beattie justice;
W. II. Law constable.
McAlister No. III. T. Newton
justice; w. c. Lee constable.
Curry No. lS-p. A. Stefiian ius-
tice; l.. w. Turner constable.
Forrest No. i9--J. J. Avant justice;
f. +. Darby constable.
House No. 20--C. W. Hewitt JUS
tice; c. F.. Kemper constable.
Prairie View No. ?l--No lection.
Allen No. 22--Fred Nixon Justice:
Ollie Smith constable.
Jordan No. 23.-J. A. Woodland JUS
tice: W. W. Winningham constable.
Pleano No. 24--No election.
Orton No. 25-D. p. Wilburn ,us.
tice; Morgan Grisson constable.
Norton No. 26--J. B. Thurston jus.
tice; j. W. Sachse constable.
Porter No. Ell. NJ. Snapp justice;
J. B. Gates constable.
The Board appointed the following
judges of election for Precinct No. 9
and Precinct No. II:
Precinct No. 9-W. p. Hill, N. J.
Frost and ". Il. Small.
Precinct No. lis. D. Witt. r. A..
Carroll and j. II. Bartlett.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-02-01

sick all over. II takes time and money
to make good band. Those who be-
long to the band must devote much
time to practice il they would make
good" Then. it takes money to buy
good instruments. Tucumcari is pro-
crossing without putting forth much
effort. No town can stand still. 1t
must go forward or backward, but
there is no telling what Tucumcari
could have been il we had always been
able to "strike the iron while /, was
hot"
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-02-01
TUCUMCARI NEEDS A BAND

While the citizens Of Tucumcari are
shouting themselves hoarse for the
Ozark Trails. Good Roads, Fiber Fac-
tory. Roundup. Y. NJ. c. A. Building,
and scores Of other things, they are
passing up the best asset any town
could boast of-a good brass band.
II we had band il would not be nee
essary fer us to cry ourselves hoarse
in order to create demonstration.
Many times this summer, and per-
haps long before summer, we will need
a good band. one made up from the
musicians around Tucumcari. There
is plenty of material TO make a good
band, but the boys do not feel like
putting up the money with which to
buy instruments, and then get out and
blow their heads off unless some of the
rest Of us show some appreciation of
their efforts. II would be like the
base ball team paying the expenses Of
a visiting club and then charging no
admission fee.
Next Friday, Feb. 0, there is some
talk of giving reception to the E. p.
& S. W. railway officials, who will pay
a visit to our city. A good band would
make this reception easy. A few au-
tomobiles and band traversing our
city, showing these eastern gentlemen
what a nice little city we have and
tnen showing them our depot and how
the railroad companies appreciate
our efforts to make a nice town and
thereby bringing more inhabitants to
increase the railroads business and
their income upon costly investment,
it might mean real union depot for
Tucumcari. The f. p. & s. W. officials
are live wires and have plenty Of coin
to do whatever they desire, so II they
would see fit to go in with the Rock
Island, the depot and other needed i'm.
provements would be Forthcoming.
When the Ozark Trails officials ar
rive here in June to choose this route
as their route, a little band music
would not be amiss. Every time we
are called upon to do little enter
taining the first thing we think of is
How will we entertain?" a move
ment will be made to bring a few Of
the conventions to Tucumcari that are
now meeting in other cities. The W.
q. W. lodge officials will perhaps be
here this year to look for suitable
location for a sanitarium. A commit
tee from this city will go to Dallas
when the national lodge holds its an
nual convention and ask the commit
tee appointed for that purposes, to
come here and look over n suitable
ltal II. Il. Il. 4
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-02-01
UNCLE SAM AS A PAY.MAsTER

Quite a contest is raging in Con-
gress, over the salaries which Uncle
Sam pays to the Government clerks.
The salaries which they are now draw
ing wer6 fixed more than 80 years ago.
when one dollar would buy ten or
twelve pounds of bacon, or four pound
Of good butter, and seven or eight
pounds of beef steak. Today the gov
ernment clerk is drawing u very small
salary with which TO meet his needs.
Each dollar will only buy today, four
pounds Of bacon. or two pounds Of but
ter or about three pounds of beef, so
congress is having quite struggle
over this matter, and il is believed
that ten per cent increase will be CIV
en- the unskilled help, and about five
per cent increase to those who are re-
ceiving $1,000 per annum or more.
Even this increase while it will help
some, will come very near leaving the
government clerk what he is now be-
ing called a government pauper."
Uncle Sam can certainly afford TO
pay his employees a decent living sal
AIRY, and the above increase should not
only 20 through but should be doubled
II necessary. to meet the enormously
increased cost of living.
The railway mail clerks are having
the time of their lives in the struggle
with Postmaster-General Burleson, who
has not only shown indifferent concern
for his capable and efficient railway
mail clerks who have to work all kinds
of hours, in the night and in the day
and who must eat at irregular times,
but he has actually reduced their pay.
This is the most shameful act that
the u. s. Government has ever perpe.
trated on its employees. While every
big organization in the country is in
creasing the pay of its help in order
to enable ttam TO meet the nigh cost
Of living II has remained for Post
master-General Burleson to move in
the opposite direction and reduce their
salaries in many instances thereby
treating the railway mail clerk. par
ticularly but little better than a slave.
II is believed that congress will over
rule Mr.. Burleson in this matter, and
restore the salaries that were reduced
besides. The railway mail clerks are
subjected to greater hardships than
many others in being forced to eat
their meals at all sorts of irregular
hours and to respond to the "call Of
Uncle Sam" at any hour in the day or
night
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-02-01
NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In the District Court, County of
Quay, April Term. A. D., 1917.
J. +. Johnson. Administrator of the
Estate of John H. Moore, deceased,
VS.. No. 1916
The Unknown heirs. executors, dev
sees and administrators OF John II
Moore. deceased.
The said defendants above named
are hereby notified mat assuit in euul-
ty has been commenced against them
nthe District Court for the County OF
Quay, State of New Mexico. by said
plaintiff. as administrator Of the es
tate of John n. Moore, deceased. pray
ing for judgment To sell the following
described real estate, TO satisfy the in. D..
debtedness Of said estate to-wit:
Lot one and Eis ~ SEh and SEL
Of Me-. section 9. twonship l2 north
Of range "a East \. NJ. p. NJ. Quay
county, New Mexico. and asking tina,
said Administrator be allowed to sell
same at private or public sale which
ever in his opinion will best protec,
the estate Of said deceased.
That unless they enter or cause Ia
be entered their appearance in said
suit on or before the 3rd day of March
A. D.. 1917, decree PRO CONFESSO
therein will be rendered against you.
(SeaD T. y. Lawson. Clerk.
j. d. Cutlip, Tucumcari, y. NJ,
Attorney for Plaintiff ia,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times., 1917-02-01
INSTANT ACTION SUR.
PRISES MANY HERE

This grocer's story surprises local
people: IL had bad stomach trouble
All food seemed to sour and form gas
Was always constipated. Nothing
helped until ! tried buckthorn bark,
glycerine. etc, as mixed in Adel-i-ka.
ONE SPOONFUL astonished me with
it's INSTANT action" Because Ad-
ler-i-ka flushes the ENTIRE alimen-
tary tract it relieves ANY CASE con-
stipation, sour stomach or gas and
prevents appendicitis. II has QUICK
EST action of anything we every sold.
Sands Dorsey Drug Co.