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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
BRAZIL'S ENVOY PLANS VISIT.
VIII Join Nine. Da Cana at Long
branch.
Special Despatch to THE Sun.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-The Brazilian
Ambassador. Domicio Da CANA. will GO
to New York on Friday to Join Nine
Da Cana at their summer place. Heron
Hall. at Long Branch.
Secretary of War Baker will return
to Washington tomorrow from Cleve-
land.
The Minister from Greece. Georges
Roussos, returned to Washington last
week from New York. where he went to
meet a special mission from Greece
Their visit is social. not official.
NJ. Jean l.. Gignoux. secretary of the
Swiss Legation In Japan. will leave here
tomorrow for his post in Toxic.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
MRS. M. ANNIE McKERNAN.

Mrs NJ. Annie McKernan, widow Of
Lieut. John F. McKernan. L. S. N. died
Monday evening in her home. 155 Wood
ruff avenue. Flatbush. Brooklyn.
Mrs. McKernan. who Is survived by
three sons-Thomas. John and Archi-
bald-was a native Of St. Johns. New
foundland. and was well known not only
in this city but also In Boston and Phil
adelphla
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
ART HOSTESSEs CHOSEN.
I arrangements Made for Exhibit At
stockbfidge Casino.

LENox. Mass, Aug. 2s.-Mrs Carl
A. deGersdorff. Mrs. Loyal Osborne
and Miss Mabel Choate will be hostesses
for vanishing day at the opening OF
the Art Exhibition in the Casino in
Stockbridge Friday afternoon.
The annual tournament OF allied
golf clubs of Berkshire county will be
played at the Country Club court. Pitts
field, Friday.
Miss Caroline r Lawrence has been
entertaining Major and Mrs. Percy D.
Haughton OF Boston.
Mrs Porter Norton OF Buffalo Is
visiting Miss Gertrude Watson In Pitts
field.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncey NJ. Depew
will go to Briarcliffe Lodge tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
JOHN J. McGRATH.

John ]. McGrath. 81, race track
caretaker. familiar on nearly all the
tracks in this country. died in his home,
215 West Eighty eighth street. Wednes-
day night. He leaves two daughters.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed. McGrath is said to have
made a fortune out Of catering to
wealthy patrons
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
To show French War Films.

War Aims taken by French army
photographers will be shown tonight at
the Waldorf at lecture by Enrique
Deschamps, diplomat and writer from
Santo Domingo. under the auspices OF the
hero American Association. The Aims
will show the Importance Of animals in
the war and scenes OF Paris under bonn
bardment
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
A. II. Smiths House Burns.

The residence OF A. II Smith. regional
director Of railroads for the East, at
Bedford and Chappaqua roads, Mount
kisco. burned to the ground yesterday.
The loss IL estimated at more than
sl50,00o. Four other buildings and
bungalow were destroyed.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
Coal for Homes Head. Prior,tie..

WASHINGTON. Aug. 2s--Fuel for the
heating of homes will head the new
priorities list being prepared by the War
II dustries Board Chairman Baruch an
nounced to-day. The list WI be divided
into four basic groups for the order in
which they will receive preferential
treatment.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
Nash-Simo nsOn,

Miss Mary Hyde simonson. daughter
Of the late William II. Simonson, as
West Eighty-hfth street. was married
to Caleb Rowland Nash Of the Hotel
San Reno Tuesday afternoon In st.
Matthews Episcopal Church by the Rev.
Albert ]. z. Wilson.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29

In December. 1887. After that he played
many parts on the English stage and
was on tour In this country In 1901 and
again In 1904.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29
ARTHUR WYNDHAM PLAYFAIR.

LONDON, Aug. 2S.-Arthur Wyndham
Playfair. the actor, died to-day at Brigh-
ton.
Mr.. Playfair was born In 1869 at
Ellchpoor, India, and was the youngest
son OF the late MsJor-Gcn. A. l.. Play
fair of the British army, He married
Miss Laurie Stevens In 1919, His first
appearance on the stage in London was
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-08-29

Senator James was bern In Crittenden
county, Ky, July 81. 1871, and It has
been sald OF him that he early mani
tested a gift of oratory, one of the
levers that was to lift him to n high
place In the councils OF his party: but
whether developed In school or after
admittance to :he bar It figured largely
In his public and political career and
may have been the invisible bond that
bound him to the great spellbinder,
William Jennings Bryan. and later to
Champ Clark.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
Improvement in Educational
Facilities Keynote of In
augural Address.
LENGTHEN SCHOOL TERI
Increased Pay for Teachers
and County Superintendents
Also Will BE Recommended
BY the New Governor.

Columbia, S. c.. Dec. 3O.-Im
proVement in educational facilities
minimum school term of seven
months and increased pay for teach
ers and county superintendents CT
education. with adequate appropria-
lions for education. will be the key
note of the inaugural address of
Robert A. Cooper. governor-elect of
South Carolina, who will be inducted
into office on January 21, unless
sickness or some other unforeseel
cause prevents.
The governor-elect, bearing out
the principles enunciated in his va
rious campaigns, desires to make his
administration stand out as the ed
ucational administration in the his
tory of the state
Mr.. Cooper believes, and he VIII
so announce his belief in his inaugu-
raj address, that the future prosperi-
ty and progress of South Carolina
depend on an improved education2
system. He will contend for a state
wide compulsory attendance law
without the present local option fea
lures. to affect children between the
ages OF and IA years with proper
machinery for enforcement He will
urge more efficient school organ
Zation for the 10 counties. increased
pay for the low-salaried teachers and
county superintendent, and ade
quate facilities for the education OF
adult illiterates. either by night
schools or other organizations.
The governor-elect will stress in
his inaugural address a revision OF
the tax laws OF the state, bysthe sub.
stitution OF a budget system and the
elimination of the present state levy
The revenue for the state govern
ment and institutions. under his
theory. should be apportioned among
| the counties by state bulge
| board.
Mr.. Cooper believes in co-opera
ton with the other coordinate
branches Of the government and
with the heads Of the various state
| departments. II is his idea TO hold
frequent "cabinet' meetings with
! the other state officials and at suJf
conferences the needs and wants Of
the government and the problems
encountered by all the departments
/ liGr1GEnI
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
FLOUR TO BE CHEAPER
TO CONSUMER PREDICTED


Washington, Dec. 3O.-Cancella
ton of all iiCur milling regulations
including fair price schedules and
the price of quantity restrictions on
the sale Of wheat -four by millers
which officials expect will result il
cheaper flour, was formally an
nounced by the food administration.
Notification of the action was tele
graphed to all zone agents of the
food administration grain corpora
tion and there was a sharp rise in
the price of wheat bran and other
mill feeds on the Minneapolis mar
kets. which officials expect to be fol
lowed by drop in -four prices.
General regulations OF the foo,
administration prohibiting profiteer
ing boarding and unfair practices
would be strictly enforced, official
said.
The prediction OF cheaper -four to
the consumer, it was stated at the
food administration, is based on the
immediate rise today in the price
of mill feeds, amounting to severa,
dollars ton.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
WANTS A LAW TO CURB
THE SALE OF EXTRACTS
Health Officer Says Crime Occurs by
Reason of Greed of Druggists in
Selling Disguised IntoNiCants.

Columbia. S. c.. Dec. 3O.-That
laws should be enacted to nrevent
the sale OF alcohol as an intoxicant
disguised under the name of some
patent medicine. or Jamaica ginge
or lemon extract is the opinion :,
DR.. James A. Hayne. state health Of
ficer, who calls the attention Of the
general assembly TO this matter in
his annual report.
There has heen an enormous cola
OF various extracts and socalled ton
les containing alcohol during tho
past year. and much drunkenness is
traceahe 10 this source. Emptv bot
ties bearing extract labels can he
seen by the scores i'm locations where
waste accumulatcs. and il goes with
ont saying that not all of the con
tents of the bottles went IN the
flavorinc of cakes and swor, meats
An excerpt from DR.. HAYNES or-
nual report under the heading
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
ClamorOuS Greeting Given the
President When He Appears
at Kings Palace.
DAY FILLED WITH EVENTS
Never Such a Greeting Ever
Given a Guest of E' gland
Events Constituted Historic
Tribute.

London, Dec. 3O.-The greas
moment of President Wilson's first
day in England was when he stood
with the king and queen and Mrs.
Wilson in the balcony of Bucking-
ham palace Thursday. facing a null
titude which stretched down the
Mall to the admiralty, half a milo
distant, and overflowed st. James,
park on one side and Green park on
the other.
Only corporal's guard could
hear the Presidents brief speech. but
the people. who had demanded that
he show himself, gave him a greeting
more clamorous than any other
guest of the nation has commanded
within the memory of the oldest
Londoners
The days events constitute tri-
butte 10 the President and the United
States which will be historic. The
official ccremonials a reception by
tn" Dovcr corporation and the navy,
the welcome at the station by the
'''"' i"'''l'N -~-'uh 'll' 'l'''i OultldlS
OF the emr =, and the state progress
through the heart OF London-were
colored with touches of medieval
pageantry even to the crimson-
coated beef eaters from the tower.
bearing halberds, which the British
people cherish. That the central
figure of the royal procession IN
quaint state carriages, attended by
military escort and household Of
ficials, should be a civilian wearing
black coat and silk hat gave a
flavor of novelty to the scene.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
HOOVER WILL NOT TALK
TO A PAIR OF GERMANS


Washington. Dec. 30-Food Al
ministrator Hoover. in Europe. ar
ranging relief for the peoples OF the
war-devastated territories, has re
fused in emphatic terms to discus
German food conditions with Baron
Won der Lancken and DR. Rieth who
sought a meeting with the food ad
ministrator
A message from Paris said these
two German officials. who were
prominent in the German admins.
tratiOn of Belgium. wired from Ber
lin to Walter Lyman Brown, director
of the commission for relief in Bel
eium that they had been appointed
by the German government to nego-
tiate with Mr.. Hoover for food sup
plies. In answer TO the reqpest for
conference, Mr.. Hoover sent this
message:
you can describe two and n half
years OF arrogance toward ourselves
and cruelty TO the Belgians in any
LANGUAGE you may select. and tell IN
pair personally to 20 TO hell with ~
compliments. II ] do have 10 dca
with Germans. it will not be with
that pair"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
SOLDIER SMOKED UP HIS
ENGLISH PAPER MONEY
He and His Comrades Thought 10
Shilling Tissue Paper Notes
Were Cigarette Wrappers.

Lo"drn. Dec. 30.-Returr tt
Americ2 for the American soldiers
who have camped in England fol
half year without ever seeing the
French front means return to q
land whore paper money looks like
their idea of money. One disconso
late private was accosted at Eagl
Hut. London. the big Y. NJ C. A
center:
whats the matter. SOM" asked
Red Triangle secretary
Il was just thinking I'd like some
OF those pancakes. SIR" the private
answered mournfully
And you're broke, heh?" the Red
Triangle man guessed from long eX
perience.
Yes. sir"
Been long time since pay day'
mo, sir, we were paid last Sat.
urday.'
Lost your money?"
We'll, you might call il that"
"Stolen?"
mo, sir. You see, sir, there was
some Of us walking home last night
and | pulled out my cigarettes an.
p"ssed them around. thought they
tasted bit funny. at the time. And
then this morning I discovered that
I'd burned up all my money. II
WrS those blom IittIa tom cbiuipo
notes, made out of tissue paper"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
GERMAN DEMOCRATS ASK
FOR A UNITED GERMANY


Coblcn2 Dec. 30 Appeals for the
union of all liberal parties which de-
sire a Yepubli" and do not wish tro
row Germany to fail into the hands
either of reactionaries or socialist
wer" made az meeting SUNDAY cf
the German democratic party. which
9s'"wh'"d in Cohlenz to adopt q
platform
The party desires a united Ger
many, including German Austria:
equality before the law OF citizens
Of all classes, male and female: free
dom Of thought and religion; a free
press and free speech, but no arbi-
trary attacks on the rights Of the
church Families with many chill
dren il is declared should be pro
tccted from excessive taxation
SO that the burdens may be borne,
strong industry and healthy trad
are necessary as well as freedom OF
trade from the fetters Of war indus
tries The abolition of war indus
tries is desired
The party advocates the living cG
free peasants ON free soil Omc'al
must he insured livelihood. i'm or
de- 10 insure good service. There
must he sympathetic care for tho
war wounded and for the dcrn~lonts
of the fallen soldiers. which would
be mad" a point of honor i'm The new
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
ONLY -FOUR PAGES TODAY.

The News regrets its inability
to produce the standard size pa
per today, but illness has reduced
the mechanical force to one man
the linotype operator. Mr..
Long, his wife and several of his
children are confined to their
home and the business of maxine
up pages and printing them has
fallen to the linotype operator and
the editor. We hope 10y Friday to
get back to normal conditions.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

Dance Thursday Might
Tho Lancaster cotillion club will
give New Years dance in the
Mackey opera house Thursday night.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

Sam Johnson, colored. was con-
victed at York yesterday of crinina
assault upon a white girl near Fort
Mill and was sentenced TO death by
electrocution January 10.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31
Eminent Surgeon and Physi-
Dian, Proprietor Magde-
lene Hospital.
THE END CAME FRIDAY
Pneumonia and Influenza Claims
as Victim Noted Surgeon
Well Known in South Caro-
lima.

Chester, Dec. 30.-Dr. Stewart w
Pryor died here Friday morning of
pneumonia, superinduced by innu
enZa.
DR.. Pryor was native OF Spartan
burg county and was born on jan
uary 20. 1864. His parents wer
Stewart Love Pryor and Susal
Catherin (Haynes) Pryor. DR.
Pryor spent his boyhood days upon
the farm, taking every advantage Of
fered by the rural schools. He left
the farm in 1881 to accept employ
ment in mercantile establishment
at Gaffney. In 1882 he pursued a
course at a well known business col
lege at well known business col
lege at Baltimore, Md. Returning to
Gafney he was employed as a book
keeper from 1SS3-S5 Resigning mis-
bookkeeping position. DR. Pryor at
tended the Atlanta. Ga. Medical co.
lege, where he was graduated with
high honors in 1887. He also pur
sued 10 postgraduate courses, one
annually for > years at the New
York Polytechnic. Frequently from
time to time he took special advanced
couses in surgery at Mayo Brothers.
at Rochester, Mimi, where he was
held in the highest esteem both pro
fessionally and personally by these
eminent surgeons.
DR.. Pryor following graduation at
Atlanta practiced medicine at
Cherokee Springs. soon afterwards
moving to Lowryville, in Chester
county, where he stayed several
months. He then came to Chester.
where he was destined to become a
foremost surgeon. From the start
in Chester his ability. skill and re-
sourcefulness as a physician and
surgeon were quickly recognizel
and he speedily built up large and
lucrative practice. After few
years practice in this city DR.. Pryors
skill in surgery and other branches
Of medicine began TO attract patients
from all sections of the Carolinas
and he built combined hospital
and residence in order IN caro- 70,
them. Soon this hnsnitoI bacomo
inadennate and in 1903 he erected .
large bosnita, with o,,orv do
equipment on Saluda street which hc
ramed Magdalene In March 1o16
this hospital was DESTROYED nv fire.
In about six months following tbe
destruction of the bosnitaI n, prvo,
had rushed throupb m comnIatior
n magnificent hosnital on yorp
! street said TO he comnIeta in evor,
| respect. II represents an expendi
| ture Of approximateiv $3.50 600 III
| charity work alone at his bospita
mounted into the thousands or dol
lars.
Or. PRYOR several wears ooo wa
| highly comnlimerted bv heinz e,act
ed TO membership in the America
! College OF Surgeons. Before this
distinguished body Dr. Pryor ha
read notable papers.
He has been one of the LEADING
surgeons of the Seaboard Air Line
Railway for many years. and has
been surgeon-in-chief Of the Care.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-12-31

CONTINUED on Page 81
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
Turkish Government.

The Turkish government is her
editary monarchy, Of which the sultan
is both temporal and spiritual head
The succession to the throne or sui
tanship, goes in the senior male de-
scendant of the house of Osman, Of
which the present sultan, Mohammet
", is the seth sovereign in succession
and 10Th since the taking of Constan'
tinople. Under the constitution Of
Turkey the sultan does not marry
but all children born in the harem
whether of free or slave women, are
counted legitimate and Of equal line
age, the oldest male child always sue
ceeding to the throne without regard
to the status Of the mother or the
question Of marriage, which really
does not figure in the case at all.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
William C. Shields, his heirs and

To William C. Shields, his heirs and
assigns:
You are hereby notified that in ac-
cordance with the provisions of Section
1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the acts amenda-
tory thereof and supplemental thereto
requiring annual labor on mining
claims, /, your co-owner, have ex-
pended in labor and improvements on
the Daisy lode mining claim, situated
in Summit mining district, Shoshone
county, Idaho, for the years 1914, 1915,
and 1916, the sum Of 500 for each
year, the total expenditure aggregating
$500; and if within ninety (90) days
after the expiration of this notice by
publication you fail or refuse to pay
your proportion of such expenditure,
namely, three -eights. and amounting to
$112.50, together with the cost of pub
fishing this notice, your interest in
said mining claim will become the
property Of the undersigned, your
co-owner, - provided by law.
W. s. LANDES,
J3-A4-14t
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
Cossacks.
(RrooklYn Eaglel

(BrooKlyn Eagle)
The Cossacks are a warlike people
of very mixed origin inhabiting the
confines Of Poland, Russia and Turkey,
first heard of in the tenth century.
They distinguished themselves in the
wars against the Turks and Tartars,
and were known as a powerful mill
tary organization as early as the fiji
teenth century. They were formed
into a regular army by Stephen Ba-
tori in 1875 to defend the frontier of
Russia from the attacks of the Tar
tars. During the wars of 1S12-14 be-
tween France and Russia the Cossacks
fought with great fury. They have
consisted in the past Of two branches
the Little Russian, or Ukraine, and
the Don Cossacks. They are consid-
cred expert swordsmen, marksmen,
and horsemen.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
BUYING ZINC.
Penal and Premiums
Adopted by Shelters.
Usually

Penalties and Premiums Usually
Adopted by Shelters.
Buyers of zinc concentrates for the
smelling companies, as stated by HI.
G. George. in contribution to the A.
l. M. E., purchase on a base of 60 per
cent metallic zinc in the concentrates.
They penalize 81 per unit of zinc be-
low so per cent and they pay a pre-
MUM of 81 per unit of zinc above GO
per cent. Iron is penalized at the rate
of 81 per unit over l per cent, lime is
penalized SO cents per unit over 2 per
cent, and lead is penalized 81 per unit
over / per cent. This scale of penal
ties and premiums usually applies to
concentrates containing from so to SO
per cent metallic zinc. For ores of a
lower grade different scale is used
Some ores are purchased on con-
tract deducting fixed smelling
charge from the value of the metallic
zinc content of the concentrates
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
NOTICE OF ASSESSMENT.

Office Of the Idora Mining Company
Limited, Spokane, Washington, Jam
uary Z, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors of
the Idora Mining Company, Limited,
held ION the 18th day of January, 1918,
an assessment of five CO. mills per
share was levied on the outstanding
capital stock of the corporation, pay
able on or before the 18th day of Feb
ruary, 1918. to C. e. Mallette, COS jam
ieson Building. Spokane, Washington.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment remains unpaid on the 7th day of
February, 1918, will be delinquent and
advertised for sale at public auction,
and unless payment is made before,
will be sold on the 7th day of March,
1918, at 10000 O'Clock a. m. of said day.
at the office of James f. Howarth
Company, COS Cedar Street, Wallace,
Idaho, to pay the delinquent assess
ment thereon, together with the cost
of advertising and expenses Of sale.
IDORA MINING COMPANY, LTD,
C. e. MALLETTE,
J10-F7-5t Secretary and Treasurer.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
NEGLIGENT HoiSTMAN.
Mining Company Is Held Responsible
for His Careless Act.

A Utah miner having taken hoist
ing cage at the 500-foot level for the
purpose of descending to the 600-foot
level, in the mine in which he was
employed, was injured through the
carelessness Of the hosting engineer,
who released both brake and clutch,
thereby permitting the cage to fall
suddenly and violently 10 feet. The
miner sued the employing company
and the supreme court Of Utah has
affirmed judgment in his favor. hold
ing that the engineer must be regard
ed as the employers alter ego for the
purpose of providing plaintiff with
reasonably safe means of going about
his work. and not as a fellow servant
of the injured man, in the sense that
an employer Is not liable for injury
to an employee caused by negligence
of fellow servant. (Farnon VS.. Sill
yer King Coalition Mines Co., 1877 Pa
cifc Reporter, 675).
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1918-02-07
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOckHOLDERS.

Office of the Slavonion Mining Com
pany, Clyde & Taylor Bldg, Wall
lace, Idaho, January Is, 1918.
Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the stockholders of
the Slavonion Mining Company, a cor
poration organized under the laws of
the State of Idaho, will be held at the
office of the Company, Clyde & Taylor
Bldg, Wallace, Idaho, County of Sho-
shone, State of Idaho, on Saturday,
February 16. 1918, at 1880 P. M.
This meeting is held instead Of and
takes the place of the regular annual
meeting of stockholders, which was
not held for want of proper notice,
and is for the purpose of electing a
board of directors for the ensuing
year, and for the transaction of such
other business as may legally come
before a regular annual meeting of
the stockholders
G.. W. DOUGHERTY,
J17-F14-5t Secretary treasurer.