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New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
McAllister Again Flees
From Dannemora Prison
Convict Regarded as One of
Most Desperate; Escapes
With Guards Revolver

general police alarm was sent
broadcast last night for the arrest of
Joseph McAllister, twenty-four years
old, termed one of the most desperate
inmates of Dannemora Prison at Gin
ton, n. Y, who escaped from that in
stitution shortly before midnight last
night. This is McAllister's second
escape.
While serving term in Sing Sing
Prison last year he escaped in Novem-
ber after placing dummy, made of
dough, in his cell bed. A month later
he was captured by Detectives McCar-
ton, Ryan and Dolan, of the Morrisania
station, after he had fired several shots
at them.
For this offense he was sentenced to
life Imprisonment by Judge Gibbs in the
Bronx County Court on the ground of
being habtual criminal. AS he was
being led away he said: II will escape
within three months, and when ] do
there will be some one dead in the
Bronx
Although specially watched at Danne
mora Prison, he succeeded in making his
getaway last night, armed with one of
the guards revolvers.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Florida Negro
Women Voters
'TOBe Arrested
Election Officials Obtain
$40 Warrants Charging
Perjury in Affidavits
Made in Registration
One Already in Custody
Nineteen Year-Old Girl Ex.
plains She Was Told to
Swear That She Was 2l


JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Oct. e.-The
hrst arrest since negro women began
nood'ng registration Offices to take ad-
vantage of woman suffrage took place
IN Jacksonville yesterday when Juanita
Allen, colored, was taken into custody
upon the complaint of Frank NJ. Iron
monger, Supervisor of Registration.
The charge placed against the woman
was perjury. Registration officials
said 800 warrants had been sworn out
Tor negro women. who. it is charged,
have made false affidavits as to their
age Or residence in the county and
state, and that they will be served on
Election Day.
According to Mr.. ironmonger, the
Allen woman swore that she was TWEEN
ty-one years old. Under close ques-
tionlng she admitted that she was
born April u, 1902, and later said she
was only nineteen years old When
asked her reason for trying to regis
ter when under age, the defendant re-
pied that number of negroes had
threatened to kill her unless she req
istered.
Julian Hartridge, an attorney, in an
address before the County Board of
commissioners, told of plans of negro
Republicans to rush the voting booths
on the day Of election. Their plan was
TO crowd the booths early in the morning
and to prevent the entrance of white
voters until all negro women who were
enfranchised with the passage of the
Anthony amendment had cast their
ballots
In order to frustrate the plans of the
negroes and to provide means for the
voting Of all persons the board decided
to provide four separate booths at
every voting place, one for white
women, another for white men, one for
negro women and another for negro
men.
The four entrances will be entirely
separate, and persons going in at one
entrance will not come into contact
with persons in one Of the other en-
frances except when the ballots are
handed over to election officers to be
placed in the ballot boxes.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
KimonO i'm Elwell Case
Brings 1923 at Auction

Interest was added yesterday to the
sale of the effects of Joseph Bovine
Elwell, the whist expert, at the auction
rooms Of Darling e. Co., 242 Fifth
Avenue, by the disposal of the
ping silk kimono which attracted so
much attention at the time Mr.. Elwell
was shot, and the sale of a life sized
painting of a beautiful woman. The
kimono was sold for S423 so to n man
who said he was R. Foster, of Newark
N. j, The painting, which is said to
be the picture Of "the woman in gray
another element of mystery connected
with the Elwell case, was purchased
by A. j. Fleming, of Fort Worth, Tex.
for 1896.
At the time Of the murder of the
whist king" in June, detectives cen
tered their attention on finding the
owner of the kimono, which. accord
Ing to Mr.. Elwell's housekeeper, wa.
the property of a woman who made
occasional visits to the Elwell house.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
New Tax Rate
2.85, Increase
OF 81 Points
Continued from page ons)

| S8,500,000 for the Board of Education
up to July 1 next, under the present
requirements of the law, and would be
likely to greatly increase this initial
sum for the last six months of next
year.
The 40 mills educational tax for the
coming year is computed on the as
sessed valuations for TINS year by the
Board of Education itself according to
the Comptroller, which are considerably
less than the total assessment figures
of $4,000, 100000 fixed by the Tax De-
partment for next year Otherwise the
tax would amount TO SAC 900 900 for
1921 instead Of $43,720,880.
No Other Way Out, Says Mayor
The Board of Education budget was
the last request considered by the
budget committee and was quickly dis
posed of by the method proposed.
Mayor Hylan, as we'll as the Comptrol-
ler and other members of the Board Of
Estimate, which slts as a whole on the
budget committee, declared that their
disposition was not to limit the Board
of Education any more than was neces-
sary, and expressed the nope that there
would be something more Forthcoming
from the city when the final budget
was finished.
But | don't see any other way out
of it," said the Mayor.
before the agreement was closed, how
ever, the members Of the committee
insisted on getting a full explanation
OF the situation from the COMPTROLLER.
lie further called attention to the fact
mat an amendment to the constitution
was pending before the Legislature and
would be considered at the next ses
SION. This change would place all
moneys to be raised for educational
purposes outside of the present con-
stltutlonal limit of the citv's taxing
power of per cent on the assessed
property valuations. 1t would afford
considerably more latitude to the citv
budget for purely city departmental
purposes, outside Of education. and
place the responsibility squarely upon
inc Legislature as to the future policy
OF handling educational matters. AS
thls would require an amendment TO
the constitution, however, it wa
pointed out that it could not become
operative before January 1, 1922.
The budget limit for 1921 is figured
as follows:
Two per cent on assessed
property valuations of
SlO,o0O,000,OO ......... 5000 900 900
Genera' iund .;........... 62,O00,000
Debt service Gnterest on
outstanding city obliga-
= tions) ............... 63,162, Goa
Dlrecc state tax. 22,O41,1S3
1otal .................. $347, ,203, SIT
The tax rate is figured on one-tenth
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

Of per cent of the total assessed prop
erty valuations, minus the general fund
which is used for the reduction Of
taxes, and is not counted within the {
per cent constitutional limitation on the
taxing power of the city This would
leave 1885 100000, which can be raised
by taxation. The rate is one point tc
every million dollars, which would make
the tax $2.85.
Many Clashes in Committee
There were many sharp clashes be.
tween members Of the budget commit
tee yesterday. Aldermanic President La
Guardia at one time referred to Comp
troller Craig as "Charlie Murphy's dog
robber," which translated from army
slang means an orderly who caters to
the wants Of the officers The Comp
troller characterized Major La Guar
dia's objections to the disallowance of
certain items in the Board Of Health
budget as political bunk. Both com
batants became highly excited and the
Comptroller shouted:
Send for some ammonia for the Al
dermanic President"
Quick, get some quicklime for the
Comptroller" retorted La Guardia.
The Mayor calmed them BY ad-
tee not to get personal. The commit
tee cut and slashed at the departmental
requests all day, with the result that
the Health Department, Department Of
Corrections, Department of Public VEL
fare, Department of Plant an6 Struc-
lures, Department of Docks, Bellevue
and Allied Hospitals and other estf-
mates were cut to the bone. A few
items in the various departments were
left open for further consideration this
week.
The work of assembling the figures
for the tentative budget for the printer
will be done to-day by the examiners
Of the Board Of Estimate. 1t must be
in the printers hands by October 10,
according to law No one on the
budget committee last night, however,
was able to tell what the tentative fig
ures would be. The committee will
meet again Tuesday. Public hearings
will be held on the tentative budget
this week.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Police and Firemen Plan
Women's Theater Party

Members of the newly organized
Ladies' Auxiliary Of the Patrolmen's
Benevolent Association and the Uni.
formed Firemen's Association will be
the guests at theater party next Fri
day evening at the Winter Garden. The
ASSOCIATIONS have bought out the house
1t will be the first time Broadwa,
theater has been taken over by an or
ganization and admission granted only
by invitation. Not a ticket for the
function is to be sold and the commit.
tee in charge of the distribution is try
ing TO solve the problem of paying {
war tax TO the government.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

lice strike In Boston and was the
occasion Of the adoption of resolutions
pledging the loyalty Of New York Are
men to the city.
More than 700 officers of the de-
partment of the rank of lieutenant or
higher attended tho dinner, and there
were about 800 guests. A reception
preceded the dinner. Besides the
Mayor, the speakers were Fire Com
missioner Thomas brennan. Comptrol-
ler Charles L. Craig, William E. Kelly,
James W. Gerard, Police Commissioner
Richard E. Enright, Charles Pope Cald-
well, Rabbi Joseph Silverman, State
Senator Charles c. Lockwood, the Rev.
Richard j. Hamilton. chaplain of the
Fire Department, and Leo Levy.
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
BergdoII Auto Found

PEMBINA, n. D., Oct. Am au.o.
mobile abandoned in 81. Vincent Mimi
early this spring, is the car rsad l..
Grover Bergdol. Philsaclphis 49,.
evader, IN escaping into Canad. 81.
cordlng TO Federal officials working ~, ~
the case here. VI
Beredoll, according 10 belief b.-.
went to Winnipeg from St. Vincent sr2'
there obtained passport from a ~ -.
turned soldier which enabled him -
cross 20 Holland "
Four pistols and two bottles %
whisky were found in the car. wb,cs
has been shipped to Philadclahia. '
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10
Henry S. Morgan Nominated
For Harvard Class President

Special Dispatch to The Tribune.
BOSTON, Oct. 9.-Henry S. Morgan.
son Of J. P. Morgan, is one of the two
Harvard sopAomores nominated for the
class presidency. He was captain Of
last years freshman crew. Charles c..
Buell., of Hartford, captain of last wears
freshman football team, is the other
nominee.
Nominees for other sophomore class
offices are John L. Kennedy, Of Jamaica
New-York tribune., 1920-10-10

Plain, Mass, captain Of the 1922 ..
team. and Duncan f. Thaver Ianc.1.ANeAS .'AeS
captain of the 1923 baseball '''as. 40.
Robert J. Hooker. Of San Mate CO. CO
IS nominee for vice-pres dem F6~. a.,
S. Webster jr., Of Chestnut Hi "a a
nominee for secretary. .reasrrer IT, .
election viii take place October 10
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
KNOW LITTLE ABOUT EARTH
DweIIers on This Globe Have Shown
No Curiosity Concerning Possible
Wonders Of Its interior.


The earth's crust is compared to
the skin of an apple by the writer OF
a leading article in the Scientific
American Monthly. Our knowledge of
the globe on which we live, he says,
is not even skin deep; for an apple
as large as the earth would have a
skin twenty miles thick; and no one
has been much more than a mile in
to the crust, or has bored into it with
tools more than mile and half. 1t
is rather humiliating to think that
we know more about the sun, ninety
millions of miles away, than we do
of the solid earth under our feet. We
think nothing of dispatching exploring
expeditions to unknown regions thou
sands of miles away; how about a
little expedition to points only a few
miles distant-vertically downward!
Such explorations have been proposed,
although the boldest explorer has not
dared to. suggest going further than
twelve miles-a trip that would take
him on the surface of the earth only
from one end of Manhattan island
to the other.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
BROUGHT BACK SAD MEMORY
Lite Wonder That Comedian Could
Not Look on Buns With Any
Degree Of Affection.

II never eat buns" the comedian
said sadly, they remind me of hor.
rible experience had once"
The listeners drew near, thrilled by
the tenseness of his tones.
Il was on a ship in midocean," went
on the comedian dramatically. Her
cargo was self-raising -four and cur
rants, and touring theatrical party.
Suddenly, in the dead Of night, we ran
into an iceberg.
"There were no boats, so things look
ed very desperate for us. The huge
waves dashed over the sides and down
the hatchways.
'"Then we heard curious noise. The
water had got to the self-raising -four
and presently it began to ooze up in
large blobs, like buns, with the cur
rants mixed up in 1t.
"As the great Jumps of dough floated
on the water the heat of the sun baked
them hard. | got on top Of one of the
biggest and floated away from the
sinking ship.
"But, alas! the ocean thereabouts
was full of sharks and they seemed to
like my bun. Anyway, they nibbled
and nibbled at it, and daily it grew
less, until l had hardly room to hang
on. got washed ashore just when
there were only two bites Of bun left
for them.
Ever since then" he ended, with a
sigh, II haven't been able to look at
a bun without shivering"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
A CENTURY OF ANTHRACITE
First Ton Of Hard Coal Reached the
City Of Philadelphia Just One
Hundred Years Ago.

An even hundred years have elapsed
since one William Wurts, Philadel-
phia merchant, drove his team of
mules with the first ton of anthracite
through the spring freshets and bog
land to the banks of the Delaware
river and fl0ated the new fuel down
the river to Philadelphia on a pine
log raft.
But he experienced no little diff
Guilty in that first anthracite year of
1920 in overcoming the popular objec-
ton that the coal was extremely slow
of lighting" Pine log RATS floated
only 1855 tons of anthracite that year,
But it fetched price of $12 ton
and could be delivered freight on-raft
Philadelphia at $3-a fact that was
freely advertised to attract additional
capital, for, of course, there was no
profteering in those days.
Spring freshets and bog land and
slow inflammability no longer worry
operators. Silk shirts for miners are
a bigger nuisance But production in
a hundred years has jumped to 49,
100000 tons, and could this year sur
pass the 100 milli0n-ton mark, which
was almost reached in 1917.
Reading, Wilkesbarre, Lehigh.
Mauch Chunk-these names are
spoken one thousand times hourly in
the industrial world today, simply be-
cause there lay up in the hills of Penn
sylvania hard. black substance, one
ton of which sly old William Wurts
steered on a raft down the Delaware
to Philadelphia, just one hundred
years ago.-Wall Street Journal.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
Success Through Optimism.

At one time while building the Pana-
ma canal there were eight thousand
men engaged in the Culebra cut alone.
Every night as much soil slid into the
cut as could be taken out during the
day. But there was not sign of dis
couragement-the men enjoyed the
fight. Colonel Goethals walked
through the cut one morning just after
an extensive slide. The foreman had
been on the job since midnight.
swell, how is everything this morn
ing, Mr.. Hogan?" asked Goethals. :
"Fine, Colonel, fine. 1t buried that
steam shovel over there and tipped
over two batteries Of drills and Gov
cred all the tracks through the cut
but one, but everything's fine, sir.
We're diggin'."-H. H. Moore in The
Youth of Nation.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06

IUuHlY OF Blngham.-Ss.
We, the Board of County Commits
sloners of Bingham county, Idaho
hereby, certify that we have examined
audited and approved the foregoing
CLAIMS against the current expense
fund OF Bingham county and hereby
authorize and direct the county audi,
tor to draw warrants against said
fund beginning No. 1853 and closing No
sS5' amounting to the sum of s11.956.-
~ "a. r: G: BILLS, Chairman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
Assyrian "Ambassadress,W

The Lady Surma OMAR Shimum has
arrived in London as the official am
bassador from the Assyrians in the
Kurdistan mountains, says the Argo-
naut.
Very handsome, not unlike the
queen of Montenegro In profile, very
bright, lively and animated, Lady
Surma OMAR Shlmum is only little
more than 80 years of age. OF fine
physique, she is also highly cultured
woman, so cultured that the arch
bishop Of Canterbury closed a re-
cent interview with the Ambassador"
with the remark: 1T is extraordinary
to find so much civilization where one
could naturally have expected bar
barism."
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
The Atlantic Patrol.

After the wreck of the Titanic, II
Of the leading nations of Europe
Joined with the United States and
Canada to provide service for the
observation and patrol of Ice along the
north Atlantic steamship lanes. These
nations contribute in different proper
lions to the expense Of this service,
but the work is done by the United
States coast guard cutters Seneca
and Tampa who cruise back and forth
during the warmer months when the
icebergs come south and send out to
all vessels wireless reports of the To-
cation and movements Of the ice
Boys Life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
Had No Experience.

An artist was showing young wom-
an over his studio. After she had
critically examined all the pictures,
she remarked:
Il notice several sunsets among
your works but not single sunrise.
How's that?"
The artist, who was rather noted
for his bohemian habits, blushed a
little at the questions and then STAN
mered:
"YOu see, It's this way. To tell the
truth, the reason I've never painted a
sunrise is because I'm never up at
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06

been very much the same sort Of school
boy a. the hero of the story, but In
fact George, his brother, was the origi-
nal Of Tom, rs Dean Stanley was the
original Of Arthur.
Thomas Hughes followed In his ia
there footsteps Mt Oriel3 he was later
called to the bar, and eventually was
appointed county court Judge.
His life was one of true service to
humanity, Frederick Maurice was the
great influence that worked upon him,
and he was Of the group, along with
Charles Kingsley, who devoted them
selves to the cause of the Working
mems College. He sat in parliament,
always . devoted friend Of HIS friends,
the w0rkinEmen, he tried his hand ut
N idealistic colony, called Rugby, In
Tennessee; he was . frequent visitor
to America, and was great friend and
admlrer Of James Russell Lowell,
whose influence over him II shown In
the frequent quotations In His books.
His other volumes included sequel
to "TOm Brown ut Oxford" sRellgi0
Laici," and his "Memoir Of q Brother."
But he will always be remembered ms
the sane and great-hearted author who
has understood something Of the soul
of schOOlbOy, and who has written
the greatest book In English Of the
schOOlboy's life.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06

Thomas Hughes
was born Oct. 20,
1922, Mt Ellington,
Berks. In 1884 his
father sent Tom to
Rugby to be under
the charge Of DR..
Arnold, the doctor
and the father lad
been fellow stu
dents at Oriel COLI
lege, Oxford. Both
school and master
were made world
X n o W n by the
b o 0 X, ct Q m
Browns 8 ch o o l
ID q y D." r o m
Hughes must have
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-06
Her inclination.

''How about your poem, VanessaY
''The editor returned 1t with re
grets."
"Regrets?"
"Yes; with so many regrets that !
feel tempted to send it to him again."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-17
A DEFEAT FOR THE SENATE.

The Third Missouri Congressional
District went Democratic on Saturday in a
special election to fill the vacancy caused
by Joshua W. Alexander's elevation to the
Secretaryship of Commerce.
This fact is not IN itself of peculiar
significance. The district has been going
Democratic from time immemorlal Since
the last apportionment the Democratic
plurality has ranged from about 1000
TO 5000. In 1918 Mr.. Alexander won by
I,790 in the general slump over the coun-
try which brought control of the House
TO the Republicans. To succeed him the
Democrats put up Capt. J. l.. Milhgan,
veteran of the great war, who advo-
Gated the League of Nations in his cam
pasgn, and he appears TO have a plurality
nearly equal to that of Alexander in 1918
Effort is being made TO show that the
Republicans might have won but for the
fact that influenza was raging in the three
counties they had claimed. This is hardly
to be accepted. Democrats in the same
places and at the same time are commonly
supposed to be as subject 10 influenza as
Republicans. IL their vote was not re-
duced from this cause as well as the Re-
publican vote, then do they prove how
much greater and more heroic is their
devotion TO party principles and public
duty, which triumphs even over the rava-
ges of disease.
The fact only remains that in a square
contest on the League of Nations the
majority in the United States Senate has
been defeated--New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-17
PITY THE MIDDLE CLASS.

If Sir III. Rider Haggard is to be trusted,
the term middle class is now misnomer.
He believes that the middle class is on
the road to ruin" He thinks that the
cost of living is so high that the birth rate
of the middle class must necessarily decline
to such point that its very existence
viii be threatened. He sees labor and
capital astride the corpse Of the middle
class and chuckling over its death.
The picture that Sir Rider paints is
dire and black, indeed. Yet, in forgetting
his sense of humor he seems to have for
gotten another consideration which is of
prime Importance; that is, that for many
generations the great constructive energy
of mankind has been chiefly drawn from
this .moribund" middle class. This
mighty middle class is not to be blown out
like the light of a candle. True, owing
to its miscellaneous composition and its
inability to organize itself, it is now at
something of a disadvantage as against
either capital or labor. But while its
present plight Is, economically, less adj
vantageous than it has been for many
years, there is no reason to despair of its
existence or of its historic mission. The
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-02-17
PROHIBITION IN CANADA.

Prohibition is rapi ly becoming dis.
credited II the eight provinces of Canada
which are supposed 90 be dry. The ninth
province, Quebec, is presumed 10 be limit
ed TO beer and wine. Ut many subter-
fug,s may be and are adopted TO secure
hard liquors. Ontario folk who voted for
prohibition ought to be disguised with il.
lt is just six weeks since the order-in-coun-
ell against inter-pr 3vincial shipments was
lifted. There doubtless are many times as
much liquor in, for instance, Fort Erie,
as there was in the palmiest ays o. open
bars. Every hamlet and city in the prov
Inces is inundated in manner that must
be straining Gel a and bank accounts.
Strange to relate. the vocIferous pro-
hibition forces that wiped out the bars
seem not to be excited over conditions
which are certain to bring about worse
drinking evils than existed In the period
of the excellent licensing law of the Whit
ney government. The drys are perfecting
their plans IN leisurely fashion. They are
undecided ? 5yet as to their course On
tario folk v ant TO give trial to real pro-
hibition or they want none. The middle
course which is making bonded ware
house Of five out nit homes is not
desirable from the viewpoint Of either the
drys or the wets.-BUffalo Express.