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The evening world., 1920-01-02
NEW PRESIDENTS
SIT FIRST TIME ON
ESTIMATE BOARD
La Guardia and Curran Hear
School Building Row-SS,-
100000 More Appropriated.

Aldermanic President F.. II. La
Guardia and Manhattan Borough
President Henry II. Cu-ran sat for
the first time to-day as members OF
tho Estimate Board. They toGk no
active part in the discussion. but
found It interesting. They heard. for
ono thing, Comptroller Craig tell
Aiming $. Pran, President Of the
Board OF Education, ito his face that
the Board Of Superfntcndonts runs
tho public schools of Now York. and
that all the Board OF Education does
rs to make "A show Of itself"
President Pral and Education
Commissioner Joseph Il. Ycska were
before the Board TO speal on the
school building programme. Tho
Board passed an appropriation Of
$4,000 900 for schools, which Is to be
, added to the 100000 appropriated
last Tuesday La Guardia and Cur
ran voted for the amount without
committing themselves on school
| sites.
Commissioner Yeslia argued FOR
the erection OF IA new Julia hickman
High School. lie said while hc be-
| ievos in building more elementary
schools ne regards additional high
schools imperative.
"Our first duty" said the Mayor,
lis to reduce the part time in the
clUgentary schools"
Comptroller Craig declared, in sup
port OF his criticism of the Board OF
Education, that the Board OF Super
| intendents had submitted plan for
a teachers trimming school which for
sizo would make the Metropolitan
Opera House look like thirty cents
1T Is claimed all along ny the
school authorities that the elementary
schools are ovcrcrowded everywhere"
| he said when, as a matter Of fact,
in a great many schools the seating
capacity far exceeds the actual at
! tendance"
Commissioner YeSlla partly ad-
united the truth of this by stating
IA good many mothers will not send
their children to certain schools
President Prall was asked why
there are not schools in existence To
represent tho $lO,OOO,OOO appropriated
| for that purpose year ago. lie said
the city was not able to get the labor,
and that there was a serious short
age OF dra ttsmcn. He said there were
Instances in. which the Estimate
Board opposed wage increases.
Il think the main source OF your
trouble Is attributable to the action
Of your school officials" said the
! Comptroller. Some one ought TO
prefer charges against these persons
and put them outside where they'd
feel the icy cold of the winter. | lay
the entire blame for conditions in our
schools at the door of the state Com
missioner OF Education"
The evening world., 1920-01-02
MYSTERY
IS NEAR SOLUTION,
SAYS CONAN DOYLE

LONDON. Jan. 2---"I believe an
other generation will not have passed
before the age-long mystery Of death
will have been solved and the cI-
istcnce and communion Of the spirit
people universally acknowledged and
approved" said Sir A. Conan Doyle
in "A New Years message,
The noted English author OF de-
tectivc stories and more recently ad-
vocate Of Spiritualism said the hope
CT Spiritualists Is for progress to-
ward national enlightenment.
The substance Of au article that is
to appear in the next issue of the
HILBERT Journal leading philosoph-
zeal quarterly, from the pen ot sir
Oliver Lodge also was disclosed to-
day. In it Sir oliver calls on the
Church to east off its hard shell
" doctrine" and investigate "splrItu-
alistic phenomena
The Church, he says, already mas
discarded MS old beliefs in the "hHity
VI CleTlAl iaJe NJ death or IN two eT-
treme regions In the hereafter" but
has not yet constituted for itself Il
new creed of equal strength.
II will be the miracle " this gen-
eration," he asserts. ITO find that by
the kindly help OF living persons who
possess certain faculties, we may
communicate with the dead"
-.
by little traits" he says. Special
"reminiscences give striking proofs of
identity OF the spirits" lie says his
son Raymond. who was killed in tho
war, maintains close touch with hts
family.
The evening world., 1920-01-02
793 AUTO TOLL HERE IN 1919
Small Increase over 1918 in New
York city Motor Deaths.

Automobiles caused the death Of l.27U
persons in New York State IN 1919. ac-
cording to the annual report OF the Ma
tional Highway Protective Society In
New York City 1888 persons lost their
lives through automobile accidents, AZ
compared with 74s in 1918
The report shows that 227 persons
were killed in motor accidents in New
Jersey In 1919. as compared with on the
preceding year More than half of the
fatalities occurred in Newark Ninety
two persons We're killed On railroad
prodc crossings In New York state I'm
1919 and forty eight I'm sew Jersey
Fatalities caused by AUTOMOBILES i'm
New lorN city last month uuusD.ryd
siNty-uyc, as compared with lOrty
seven ia December 1915
The evening world., 1920-01-02
MAURICE MAETERLlNCk

Through the folding doors fitted
Henry Russell. The stop watch was
hidden in his pocket, but / knew II
had just bitten Off the interview.
only one thing more" / urged
and that's a New Years message
FROM NJ. Maeterlinck to us"
The American people," the poet
and dramatist said in rapid French
are the most prosperous people in
the world, and will have the greatest
position. They sit in the box In the
centre OF the worlds theaArc Theirs
will be the greatest happiness
whether l wish 1t to them or not. But
l do wish IL, for their New Year,"
The evening world., 1920-01-02
In Irons, MutInv Chnrrcd.

Emanuel Lopez. a Spanish fireman on
the British steamship City Of Puebla
which arrived yesterday from Man
chester. was in irons charged with mu-
tiny and assault on the high seas. lie
vase turned over to the immigration
authorities on Ellis Island. According
to Capt. Thomas .. Rainier OF the YES
Ces Lopez two weeks ago assaulted
Third Assistant Engineer Robert Nc
Eachern, stabhng him twice in the
arm. McEachern was taken to Belle
vue Hospital
The evening world., 1920-01-02

Author of "The Life of the
Bee" Likens Metropolis to a
Great Bee Hive, the Most
Beautiful and Absorbing He
Has Ever Seen, and the
American Woman Is Its
Cherished Queen-She "IIas
Natural Beauty, the Charm
of Health, Simplicity, Clean
ness"
The evening world., 1920-01-02

tories OF the dead. In our hearts
and lives they who died nobly and
heroically live again. We must make
for them "A happier and better world,
Their greatness, their strength OF sac
rificc, working in us and through u.s.
will shape new laws Of justice and
ruth"
And you think there will he no
more wars"
GCT AN no prophet" Maetcrlinck
shrugged. 1T might sfhave
been better peace. Tho most
and any one can say is that we hope
there Will not be another war"
The evening world., 1920-01-02
WILLS $4,000 TO SISTERS.
Miss Anna II. Van SnntVOOrd Left
G5OO,OOO Estate.

BY the viii of Miss Anna Townsend
Van Santvoord, who left an estate OF
approximately 100000 the residuary
estate OF $4,000 is divided equally be-
tween her two sisters. Katherine Van
Santvoord Olcott OF No. s22 West 18th
Street. and Zaidee Van Santvoord
Merle smith OF No. 500 Park Avenue
Rev. Wilton MerleSmith receives
$4,000.
The testator also made bequests rang
ing from $4,000 to 500 900 to a number
OF relatives. 100000 to the Women's
Union Missionary Society. and $50, 900
to the Woman'S Board OF Foreign Mis-
sions Her viii was prohated to-day in
the Surrogate's Court
The evening world., 1920-01-02

Mrs, MaFy CnrroU, OF Inwood, I" |,
through her attorney John +. Maloney
has begun a fight in the Supreme Court
10 obtain n judicial award Of the Gus
aged G. and James aged Q. Her hus-
band James r. Carroll, stage manager
of Scandal" asks that her application
for modification Of the final di-
vorce decree, granted Feb "a. 1913,
by Justice Deiehanty, awarding him the
custody Of James be refused The
case was referred to Justice Mu,'an,
who In 1918 granted an interlocutO!y
decree.
The evening world., 1920-01-02
Fire in Perth Amboy Power Plant.

Tho $IOOOOOO power house ~ tUe
Public Service Corporation at Eer.h
Amboy, N j.. was put out Of business
this morning by a $50, 900 fire caused
by crossed wires IA burned an hour
before hremcn got II under control
Tho. plant furnished light for Perth
Amboy, Woodbridge, Railway, Mctu-
chen and New Brunswick some of
these places will h. supplied tonight
from the Elizabeth power house.
The evening world., 1920-01-02

Tho cornell University Glce, Man
dSlin and Ranjo Clubs will give the
last concert OF their Christmas holi-
day tour at the W8ldorf-Astoria to-
morrow night Every member was in
service in the war, One has the u.
: G. and two the French War Cross.
Thf proceeds are TO be added 10 the
university endowment fund.
The evening world., 1920-01-02
Edward Ricker struck by rrnck.

Edward Kicker. a guest at the Prince
George Hotel was struck by motor
truck to-day while crossing Firth Ave-
nue. at 2Sth street, and suffered frac-
tured ankle and severe bruises. Mr..
Kicker is President Of the Poland Spring
Water Company at Poland Spr ng, Me,
and has offices Mt No. 1850 Broadway.
The truck was driven by Louis MinkOH,
No. 1874 Lorimer Street. Brooklyn lie
WIS not arrested.
The evening world., 1920-01-02
vanderbilt Gets MOnteneErin Deco

Frank a. VANDERBILT. banker. and
william f. Dix. Consul-General Of
Montenegro have been awarded the
grand cross o. the order Of Danllo l.,
tho highest Montencgrin Decoration,
Mr. Nanderlips honor is in recognition
OF financial advice given % King Niaho-
las At Paris a few months ago and that
OF Mr.. Dix for his services % Monte
negro here during the war.
The evening world., 1920-01-02
Discuss Plans for Zionist Drive.

The zio9lFt Organization Of Amer
ica is about to start its campaign toI
raise $lO,OOO,OOO for the Palestine
Restoration Fund. New Yorks quota.
Is $3,OO0,OO0. Plans for collecting New
luncheon of the rabbs to-day at the
City club. On Monday there will be
a banquet at the Hotel Astor for /, 200
workers, and on Tuesday a luncheon
will be given to 800 Christian clergy
The evening world., 1920-01-02
Grnde of Leicester HtI WIN lie
Reduced.

New York motorists who have
found it necessary or desirable to use
the highway to Boston, will rejoice
IN the news that Leicester Hi, which
is about five miles west Of Worcester
Mass. will be reduced. The state leg
islature has appropriated $il0O0 to
cut down tho grade. Leicester Hin is
the stecpcst grade between New York
and Boston. In'0r cars are constant
I z being stalled thcrc
The evening world., 1920-01-02

Edward Blake. twenty-five years old,
No, lOl West 5th Street. was held in
49, 900 bail for examination Jan. 2 by
Magistrate KOenig in Centre street
larceny. II Is alleged that he stole S25.
00O in Liberty bonds on Sept, ~.
The evening world., 1920-01-02

NEW HAVEN. Conn, Jan. Nor
man j. Lee. former General Passenger
Agent Of the New York. New Haven and
Hartford Railroad. died at his home
here last night after an illness OF sew.
eral month";,
The evening world., 1920-01-02
Found Dying, Gas Tube in Mouth

A man, believed TO be S Proweler
thirty, was taken from a rooming house
at No, so West ll7tn Street to-day and
rushed to the Harlem Hospital He was
found with a gas tube N his mouth
and the gas turned on He had rented
the room yesterday
The evening world., 1920-01-02
Anada's Premier Thanks Rockefeller.

I OTTAWA, Jan. Sir Robert
'Rorden hes written 10 John u. Rookie
'rFer. Pyp~ns inc h's deep apprcc,a-
Non for Alr Rocktfcncr's Eiit OF So
900 to promote medical education
~ Canada.
New Britain herald., 1920-01-23
SECURE OPALS
 FROM SOME TREES
Process oI Mctamorphosis shown at the American Museum in
 New York.

New York. Jan. 23,--Opals that grow on trees--nr trees that turn into opals-torm ono of the latest and most interesting exhibits of the Am eriCau Museum of Natural History The opal, as a gem, was compara tive 1y little used at one time, but it has been growing in. popularity during the last fifteen or twenty years. There arc not so many people who now hes itatc to wear it because it has been considered unluclly.
 It is the birth stone of October lucky for any one born in that month For tho October baby they say: Lay an opal on her breast and it. will sooth her cares to rest. The joy of owning one of the beautiful stones has driven away dull care from many people not of October birth Now the museum is showing the opal in tree masses and it is so beautiful that it's popularity will be further increased.
 It cannot be exactly said that opais grow on trees and one cannot recon mend growing q forest of opal trees with q view 10 opening a jcwelry store. Actually the opalS arc the trees W hich have become opal fossils. Ii ID u SlbN pAoAS"S' O 'i4s7 Sf"@A1 this way and could not be recom- mended to the ordinary horticulturlst or mincrologist. The museum tree opa1S were grown in Hum noldL County. Nevada, d good many thou sand wears ago. in the days when the great ma stodon and the savage sabre toothed tiger wandered through for cStS. Then there came a great earth quake and physical upheaVinSs which uprooted mammoth trees and turned rocky mountains into SNampS. That was when the opals got their start.
 The trees. many feet below the water. became watcr-logSe Sed Snags. This swamp water had been changed by volcanic action and was heavily changed the nature of the wood soak ing in it while preserving the struc- turc and changed it not to the ordl- nary fossil but into wonderful opals. Somc are only scmi-opals. but others arc the most beautiful of gems, won dcrful ill brilliancN and beauty. The museum shows tho opal in its pro cess Of development up to it's com p1etion. in great sheets of opal, lakes of it. flashing brilliant tones of red. orange, blue and green. with dark specimens carrying what look 10 be volcanic fires in growing OranGe-rcds
New Britain herald., 1920-01-23
Buy Flour Now

NI IHESU PRICES EOE NEWT WEEK DELIV- ITiN AND SAVE MONEY:
 oSAtDf-NI-'Bk". IN COTTON ..... St1.1O pANti-L ~ NEhSIbk-lN COTTON .....,. St7.iO
 FOX NBoN F. IN 1-S BEL. BAGS ....... S2 20 COLD MLDAI-Bbir, IN COTTON ....... S16,6O ANGELA N-BBi.. IN COTTON ........... Sf6.6O ANIEIt $-i~S BBL- BAG ,.............. S2. 10 1iothEtS HESl-BBI. COTTON ....... St5.tO &tNo' h1h9 btSl-i-S bbiI. BAG ........ S1.aJ ffthiESS taSuSl I-s BBL. BAG Sl. .o 'Lb ANit'oS LA" Fl EAT ............. Sc Tn. FRESH rOhh SHOULD FRS -........... 3OC iiI IofNN l'olN ANU i'' ROAST :tSt lb NoLLED LEAN fOI ItO AST ............ BOG II, HiotbDtii SIf-Ak ,,.. ................. 2Sc Ib 'hofFED Mi"N ...... .............. BOG lI> HOME MADE SAUSAGE (kcIIy's Famous)
 Meat or Ltnk ................ i0t. itI ib MP tOitNfD BEEf ................... 3SV IF, HOME DRESSED CHIC kENS, FOWL. AND
 VEAL. CALVES, LIVER CAtI.I-
 FLOWER. LETTU CE, YELLOW AND
 WHITE TuRNIPS. SWEET POTATOES HAM SHANkS S................... t5r and 200. Ib
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-14
DULL AND SHARP
SHOOTING PAINS
hgichigan Lady Suffered Such Pains
In Back and Head, But Says
Cardui.Stopped These
Bad Spells.

Palmyra, Mich.--Mrs. Chas. T. Full.
Ter, Of this place. writes: I'm 1911
got rundown, and I suffered great
pain. with both dull and sharp
shooting pains. also back and head
] was weak and could only drag
around, and should have been in bed.
for I really wasn't able to be up. At
times l. would have spells that would
begso bad Ia have to 70 to bed. and
suffered intensely. ll4,.
II decided to try Cardui. and saw y
great improvement in less than q
months time. I used Z OF 8 bottles
and was stronger. II got so much
better that my strength returned and
my work was easy for me. Cardui did
me q world of good. It built me up In
health and strength. haven't had one
OF those bad spells since. I haven't
had to take aay more medicine since
or have any doctors either and have
been able 10 do my work right along
...I recommend II to other women
highly as the best medicine + know
Of for women who suffer from female
trouble" R9lT af2e&ts 'ts5a
II you suffer from female troubles,
follow this advice. Get Q bottle Of
Cardui today and give It . thorough
trial. II should help you. ~ It has
helred thousands OF other women IN
the past 40 years ~ all drugEists. .
fal 3y R Z EB-ll
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-14

No friend on earth like her we'll find;
God called her home, it was His will,
But in our hearts she fingers still.
For all of US she did her best,
God grant her eternal rest.
Two long years have passed since that
sad day,
When God, alone, who knew the best,
Called you to that home of eternal
rest.
AS time goes on, miss you more,
Your loving smile, your loving face;
None can fill your vacant place.
Mother, you are gone from US two long
years,
Two years filled with sorrow and pain,
We listen still your voice to hear.
1t seems you must come back again.
Mother, rest in peace, thy cares are
ended,
Rest in peace, thy work is done,
Thou art gone where those who love
you
Will soon be coming.
Sadly missed by daughter,
MRS. GEO. DAVIS.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-14
PRESERVED EGGS REDUCE THE
HIGH COST OF LIVING

The disastrous slump in egg prices
caused by the railroad strike affords
an excellent opportunity to reduce the
high cost of living by preserving
enough eggs to serve the family dur
ing the months of high egg prices.
Reports from the farms entered in the
Missouri Farm Flock Contest show
that the average farm family ate Is
dozen eggs during March. There is
no more wholesome and nutritious
food than eggs, and family Of FIVE
might well use thirteen dozen eggs
each month in the year il prices were
not prohibitive.
By preserving eggs in water-glass
during April and May, cheap eggs may
be eaten throughout the year, says T.
S. Townsley of the University of
Missouri College of Agriculture.
Housewives have long recognized the
wisdom of canning fruits and vegeta-
bles, but there is good deal of pre-
judice against eggs that have been
packed or stored. The principle in
volved in preserving eggs is the same
as that used in canning. The product
is sealed up so that the air may be
kept out, thus preserving the food
Preserving eggs is much easier than
canning fruits and is just as success
full. Where the work is properly done,
eggs preserved in May cannot be dis
tinguished from fresh eggs by either
taste or appearance when served in
February.
The only materials needed for pre-
serving infertile eggs are earthern-
ware jars for holding them, and a
supply of water-glass to be mixed
with boiled rain water to form the
preservation solution. Water-glass
can be bought from most drug stores
at reasonable price. A five-gallon
jar is convenient unit for preserv-
ing eggs. This will hold about Is
dozen. One quart of water-glass,
which should cost not more than 35 or
40 cents, will preserve Is dozen eggs.
Place the fresh infertile eggs in the
jar and pour over them the presefN-
ing solution made by mixing one
quart of water-glass with nine quarts
of rain water which has been boiled
and cooled before the water-g glass is
added The preserved eggs should be
stored in cool place and the jar
should be covered with oil cloth or
waXed paper to prevent evaporation of
the water.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-14
FARM LIGHTING SYSTEMS

One of the most important farm
home conveniences is good lighting
system, a system which will do away
with the dirty, ill-smelling kerosene
lamp, which is constant source Of
danger, is inconvenient, inefficient
and a care to the busy housewife
says E. w. Lehman of the University
of Missouri College of Agriculture.
Conditions change from year tt
year and what were considered lux
uries a few years ago are now con.
sidered necessities. This is particu.
larly true with reference to conditions
on the farm. Things are no longer
"all right because our fathers got
along with them" The up-to-date
farmer must have his home equipped
with all modern conveniences not on.
ly because they add to the pleasure Of
living but also because they make
him more efficient in his farm work.
Several efficient lighting systems
are described in Extension Circular
80, which may be had free on request
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-14
OBITUARY

Doctor William A. Swearingen, for
merly of st. Francois county, died at
Dawson Springs, KY, on May A, 1920,
after an illness lasting fourteen
months.
He was a member Of prominent
family of this county, and his death
was the second within a week, in the
same family. The father, Thomas V.
Swearingen, died Saturday, May LIST.
The body was shipped to Flat River,
the present home of the family, and
! funeral services were conducted at the
residence on Thursday afternoon by
the Rev. Del Longgrear, pastor of the
Methodist church. After the cere-
mony the procession came to Park
view cemetery, where the Masonic
Order took charge and conducted it's
burial service.
William Ashburn Swearingen, son
of Thomas and Mary Frances (Turley)
Swearingen, was born in Ste. Gene
We've, Mo-, on Nov. 26, 1872. After
several years of his young manhood
had been spent in teaching in the pub
lie schools of this section, he entered
the Barnes Medical College, St. Louis,
and graduated with high honors III
1900. He first located at Knob Lick,
in this county, and later moved to
Steele, in Pemiscot county, where he
made many fast friends and had soon
built up profitable practice.
He disposed of his business at
Steele and moved to Caruthersvirle in
the same county, where he bought a
drug store, which he operated with
profit until his failing health caused
him to retire from business fourteen
months ago. He then went to Daw-
son Springs in an effort to regain his
health. a.
On Christmas day, 1896, DR.. Swear
ingen was married to Miss Georgia
Edwards, scion of prominent Ste.
Genevieve county family, and this
proved to be happy marriage. Mrs.
Swearingen survives him.
The Doctor was converted several
months ago, and united with the
Methodist church, and his last days
were a continual happy Christian ex-
perience, and the testimony is that he
"died the death Of brave and tri-
umphant Christian" I,
He had long been valuable mem
Der of the Masonic order, and his
lodge at Steele sent representatives to
the funeral.
There is left in his immediate FAM
lily, besides his wife, the mother, Mrs.
Mary Swearingen, a sister, Mrs. F. M.
Horton, Of Flat River, and brother,
Zeno Swearingen, of st. Louis.
DEL LONGGREAR.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1920-05-14
Food smuggling in Germany.

Illicit trade In food. with it's attend
ant evils of smuggling and usury, ia
on the increase throughout Germany,
according to newspaper accounts.
The rationing system has never
been abandoned even In the occupied
AREAS of the lthineland. and some of
the newspapers contend that the aver
age individual can not subsist on the
amount of food issued. The authori.
ties nre making every effort TO check
the illegal traffic in foods Of all kinds,
and the courts are crowded day after
day.
Smuggling of potatoes is being car
ried on this winter In all parts of Ger
many on u scale greater than In war
time. Germany produced an excel
lent potnto crop this year. and the au-
fhorities are trying to save u from
falling into the hands Of the specula.
tors. H"