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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
GREAT PURSE
To THE WINNER
De Palma Drives Gar at 100 Mnes an
Hour in Indianapolis Trial Sprint.

INDIANAPOLIS. May 3n.-The stage
was set tonight for the eighth renewal
Of the 500 mile automobile race al me
indianapolis speedway tomorrow, when
speed stars OF four nations will match
their skill for racing supremacy anu
lions share Of SIS. 900. the richest purse
in the history OF automobile racing
Twenty-Five drivers are scheduled TO
face the starter.
After final elimination trials here this
afternoon. the gates of the TWO and one
half mile course were closed 10 the puo-
lie and the drivers worked over their
motors to have them as mechanically
perfect as skilled hands could make
them. Elimination trials during the
week developed astonishing speed. ana
the record of S9.S4 miles per hour eS-
tablished by Ralph De Palma when ne
won the event In 1915. is expected TO be
Dc Palms's Great Sprint.
De Palma In his speed trials for 70.
morrow's great race drove his car AZ
the rate OF 1906 miles per hour which
earned him the coveted pole position
for the getaway.
Gossip OF the race crowds shows De
Palma 70 be strong fav"rltc' althouRn
Rene Thomas. Howard Wilcox and
Jules GOuX. the French driver, who have
competed in former races here. are
counted upon as dangerous contenderS;
The Chevrolet brothers. Louis ana
Gaston--Tommy Milton. Eddie Hearne.
JIG boyer. ralph MuIlnTU anu W ~,
Veterans also arc regarded as dark
horses
Tho winner 81 tho race will receive
$50 600. and he also has n chance NJ Inc
lap prize of 100000 ofrired by tho bust
ness mon Of Indianapolis. \ prize Will
he awarded to tho winner OF each COM
pletc circuit Of the track. ana u IL
possible for n driver to take and retain
the lead. thus assuring him OF total
OF $4,000
Enormous Crowd.
Weather Indications tomorrow are TOT
warm, bright day. and the speedway
management is ACQUIRING on crowd OF
between 100. OnO and l25.oon. The influx
Of visitors began early this morning
and hotels are iammed IN double capar-
fly. Cots brought as much az SlS' ~hile
thousands Of visitors were nccommo-
datsd in private homes at IS n person
With tho killing Of three persons In
tho race last year fresh In memory. the
CGErIals Of the speedway have taken
every .rrecauiion TO safeguard the drip-
crs and spectators. But the hot wave
which descended on indianapolis pre-.
sRges sizzling course. which means
danger, and the fans are anticipating
series OF spills and thrills.
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THOS. Y. SALISBURY
Continued From Page one.)

! IN the capacity OF department Co"'i''""
! der many years ago. ~
, Al the last encampment held week be-
fore last at Sistcrsvillc. he was appoint.
ed by W. S. Grafton. ne" uepans, I'M
commander to he assistant quartcrmas-
ter general andea ssistant adJutant gen
eral Of the Department OF West VIZ
ginia. ~ -, ,ha
/ National Grand Army cncampmen's our
| I'M, the mast half century. and every ono
! Of the state encampments III thsl Time
Active Labor Man
Captain Salisbury WAS carpenter bY
trade, and his death removes one OF inc
local Union No. ,. For several years
Ne vas treasurer of the Ohio Valley
! Trades and Labor Assembly,. ne Mas
| a member Of the assembly arpltIatiuTi'
| hoard, and held a number OF reSponsloI,e
committee appointments in the orSanl-
| za3Ion, In recent years he had heen GUS
/ totlian Of tho Trades Assembly hall.
lie was also member Of the FOURTH
! street Methodist Episcopa church' anu
earlier in life yas aciireiy SssG Q! re-
campment and knights OF fNthlaS. ne
coming presiding officer OF all three or
0'''' was Legislative Candidate
Tn the Republican primary last week,
Canaan Salisbury was candidate tor
the nomination for the House OF Deic-
Gates from Ohio county. Although nc
! did not enter the race until tho eleventh
| bour Az a labor candidate. he received
| n very complimentary vote and lackeu
",ly n small number OF votes or coming
Within the successful four. Due 10 his
| illness, he missed his first vote IN tues
days primary.
Can,ain Salisbury leaves host OF
| rclatiyes and friends TO mourn ms
death. Surviving are the WIDOW. Mrs.
Frances Cecilia Taylor ShilshurH' lour
| sons, Charles G.. OF Detr"Iii Harry a
' az WellshurE: Francis G.. or huHalo' y
! Y. and Russell r. Of Wheeling; one
I daughter. Mrs. Mayme :. Hayes OF
Wheeling: one brother, Edward j., OF
| Minneapolis and one sister. MISS Llnnle
NJ. salisbury. Of Pittsburgh; There are
| also Ten grand children living.
! Flag at Half Mast
| " w Rogers commander Of ]. w.
uol,dsy pos, No. L.. Grand Army or
| Tho Republic last night directed maj inc
a. q, the Soldiers and Sailors Monu-
! ment on the Court House lawn De M
h.lf mast today as trihut" 10 tho
! n,emory Of the post's latest addition 10
! me roll of honorcd dead.
Captain Salisbury will he sadly miss
| ed from the ranks of the Grand army ~
| today's p. i'll \a"'e VI '''''''
Numerous friends recalled last night
,hr. CAPTAIN Salisbury had often ex-
| nrcssed the wish that when his time
| came to die. his spirit should pass OUT
| at the close of a Memorial Day.
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THE PRIMARY RESULT


Republican
information concerning the
that accepted without further
question
enough from p70onsa'n
p,ry procedures
inside Of the porin
Of rreSuariy in the pr
the 1900 precincts q" the
nacion
partially
officials
will gained
e.r+nln be ugly
o
no them
TO. %
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31
GEORGE |DAH[
DIES SUDDENLY
KIRRwooD HEIGHTS MAN Seized
| WITH FATAI, ATTACK OF ACUTE
INDI0EsTIoN LAST NIGHT
! was 90 Years Of Are and Held Regpon-
| sible Position with y. o. and
| Peunsy Railroads at BellRire

George c. IdahI OF Kirkwood Heights
died suddenly at 1880 o'clock This morn
ing. due to an attack Of acute indi ges-
tion which he suffered at 9:3O O'CLOCK
last night.
He was twenty-ntne years Of age ana
was ticker agent for the Baltimore and
Ohio and Pennsylvania railroads at Bel
lairc
He leaves a wife and one son. Junior.
end his parcnts Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Idahl, Of Twentieth street. Wheeling.
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CEMETERIES ARE
VISITED BY MANY
Many Flowers Are Placed on 0ravss-
American Flags Placed on Graves
Of Soldiers.

Thousands Of persons visited the com
cteries Of the Wheeling district y'sier-
day and throughout IN" entire day nun
drsds Of automobiles wendell their way
into the various burial places
cd. placed there by relatives and friends
and today many more will be placed
The graves Of soldiers including those
who fought in the various wars from
the time Of the rebellion UP 10 tnat 4'
the World war, arc dotted with Ameri-
can faEs and IL there ar: any that have
been missed they will he taken care OF
nv calling the local post OF the C.. \. X.
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WORD FROM PENROSE
Continued from Page Ono

Odell or barnes. or eyc' that weakest
last of the dynasty. Whitman. and you
could get something to dig your teeth
into: could assure yourself where that
solid eighty-eight delegates from New
York would stand when the last often
came.
Rut now New York has no such leader
left. New York politically Is no longer
an emplre--it Is seven grand du"nlcS
ssysn uttls HlrgaInoa and Esthonlas. pre-
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to the Oregon Democrats indicates that
the President has lost much OF his In
fiuence in that section of the country.
II Mr.. Sullivan is right. there will no
little division between the political par
ties on tho League OF Nations. II Is
doubtful indeed II the League could be
made vital issue In the national cam
paign this year. The people have a
way OF making issues for themselves.
and while there arc differences OF opin-
ion among the American people as TO
tho League OF Nations. those differences
are not so acute that the question will
be brought TO the front by any large
number OF voters. The people today
are thinking more seriously OF domesSfc
Problems: OF the difficulties OF recon-
struction; Of the establishment OF
the railroads on fair basis; Of the
high cost Of living and the failures Of
the administrative campaign against It.:
OF the waste and the extravaganza Of
the national administration; Of the eN-
cessive taxes and the possibility OF
their reduction. These are subjects
that will he talked about more than the
League OF Nations. They come to all
OF US. closer than any question OF our
International relations. and these sub
Jects will occupy the public mind re-
CARELESS to a great degree, Of all other
questions
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-31

On Tuesday evening the famous Col.
Dan Morgan Smith. commander Of the
"Battla!on OF Death" at st. Mihiel will
deliver his lecture on The Worlds
War and the Fields OF France" at
Fourth Street NJ. F.. church. under the
auspices OF tho Anti-Salcnu leagID
The lecture will commence Al eight
o'clock and Is free to the public.
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POLICE SERGEANT RESIGNS.

Isadore Fulton. night desk sergeant at
police headquarters, has rendered his
resignation to Chief Of Police Fred Fra
zi,e, effective this morning. Dislike Tor
constant night duty is the reason as
signed by Sergeant Fulton for resign
ing.
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RIVER rEIEaRAMs

DAVIS ISLAND DAM-S4 feet. fall
ing. Clear.
WARREN-8 feet. Clear.
STEU BENVILLE 80 feet. station
airy. Clear.
OIL CITY-l.4 feet. stationary. Clear.
MORO feet. stationary.
Clear.
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8A1x11s RTo11o.

The BARRIERS holiday will be held on
June 17th. and . jolly good time Is an an;
t,cipated BY the members. There VIII
be no general picnic. but all OF the ooys
ar. to get together for a good time.
All shops will be closed TO-DAY ING
Memorial day will be observed " 'nsln
in q quiet way.
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BUY WAR SAVINGS STAMPS
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BUY WAR SAVINGS sTAxPs-
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sided over by seven little local leaders
,,.no.e security Of tenure has. been, as
Wiz 't shaken as authority everywhere
Sas been in the general disruption OF &C
Evening journal., 1920-11-09
The RaillUay Radicals
(From ihe Boston News Bureaul

tween class and government. One
must capitulate and The other con
uuer compromise is impossible. Under
that. hidden at very bottom, IS World
issue between the existing order ana
the Marx-Lenlne brand.
The railwaymen talk OF sympathy.
What they mean is reinforcement
OF intimidation by brute force, added
10 what the coal miners have already
exertcd. The coal controversy was
swaihed in fogs OF figures. Here the
dispute is stark open. The secretary
of the transport workers-the third
OF the threat trinity-call 1t a feud
.belween the government and the
working classes" He Is correct save
for the big reservation of all me
other working classes who are made
the victims Of this oligarchy;
The British railwaymen nave no
real grievance Of their own, save as
Ike the miners, they cry national
ization." A British writer currently
observes that "Outside OF railwaymen
and socialists, IL would be difficult To-
DAY to find an enthusiast for national
izatiOn." The railwaymen in ihell
latest wage raise got f24,3OO,OOO more
They should have still the memory
Of their own recent defeat. Yet theN
tempt fate again.
For government and the rest OF th'
people there is only one recourse. 1
| Is 10 the primal law of self-defense-
II they would not lose all their ex
| isling laws.
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ANCIENT P0MP AT
LORD MAYOR SHOW

LONDON UNITED Press). Nov. o.
With cenuries-old civic pomp and
pageantry, Alderman James Roll was
today inauguraied Lord Mayor Of Lon
don for the ensuing year. The pie-
.uresQue Lord Mayors ShOw"-a
two-mile procession which annually
dislocates traflc in the heart of the
most congested districts Of the city
of London-attraoted the usual masses
of sightseers, although il is the Gus
tomary thing for Londoners TO shrug
their shoulders and profess to regard
10 as a tiresome anachrOnism, not
worth going to see, my boy" How
ever, no Lord Mayor has yet been
bold enough TO cut out this expen-
sive pageant, and IL is certain that all
true cOckneys would protest loudly
If the ancient ritual was dropped.
Lord Mayor Roll is an insurance
company magnate, having been man
aging director Of the Pearl Insurance
Company. with which concern he
was connected for fifty years. The
son Of a Norfolk farmer. he came to
London as a boy of a. and-as he
puts It himself-"By hard work and
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An. issue already omlnously clear
has been made utterly unmistakable
N England. Tee railway men have
by their radical action. left no shred
OF doubt as to motive behind the Brit
lsh strike movements. IL is defiance
OF government and dsdain Of the rest
or society. Its engineers call it "a
lightning sympathy walkout." Quick
ly VIII roll back In resentment the
thunderous grOwl Of the British gov
ernment and all citiZens not enmeshed
IN the reddish coils OF the Triple Al
lance.
The deplorable strategy OF the i'm
mediate situation is plain enough.
The rank and flle-mostly the hot
heads OF youth, whose last five years
OF development have been among such
abnormal economic environments are
not out OF hand. headers" fanatic
ally busy In conferrings, pleadlngs
and warnings couldn't restrain them.
But II was that same insolvent lead
ership which created the psychology
| ical reaction. Their propaganda Of
political activity, GLASS appeal. direct
action, ceaseless demands. dcmagOgic
/ treatment OF economic issues, and,
above all, their lnsldous flirting with
Continental Reds. have worked Just
as inevitably as do exploding chem
icals.
But the far moro serious national
issue is that exposed by the reaction
OF this initial recklessness and even
tual heedlessness. II us the clash be
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PRICE AND HIS CAPTURE.

nOLICE in Birmingham Alabama, have captured a
II Negro who says he is Lemue Price condemned and
fugitive murderer Of Patrolman Thomas l.. Zebey OF
this city.
We trust that what this prisoner says Is true and that
he will returned to the New Castle County Workhouse
from which ne made such sensational escape last De-
cember TO pay the penalty for the brutal crime which he
committed against the law and OF its uniformed rep
resentatyes
He was tried convicted and sentenced last December
to be hanged. On the OF his execution he escaped
from the Workhouse Since then he has been a fugitive
from justice sough for by thousands Of police officials
and millions OF civilians
His escape however served emlnenlly useful pur
pose. II led TO investigation OF the Workhouse
asoment the uncoyerng OF divers defects the upseltng
OF The old system and administration and the substitution
OF something infinitely better including the honor system
for dealing with prisoners.
on December 30 last the day after Price had escaped
printed the following editorial leader:
Nothing should be permitted to stand in the way OF
an INVESTIGATION which will FIX definitely the response
by for the escape az Lemue Price convicted murderer
OF Pairolman Thomas l. zehley from the New Castle
County Workhouse at Greenbsnk, yesterday.
price will be recapturedi
TO work his way through the farreachng net that the
police officials Of this and other States lave funy about
him.
Everything is against him-publc sentiment. brains.
money, communication and transportation. Millions OF
eyes are watching Tor him; millions Of tongues are
Quivering to sound the alarm, and millions OF hands are
tensed 10 make a seizure.
'Fis reoapture may not come today or tomorrow hut
II will come The handicap against the bloody minded
fugitive too great him 10 t 10 Is thing
that will work its way out just as viii the matter OF
his legal status should he still be at large on the day
sci for his execution
What the public wants TO know is what there Is In
the system AZ the Workhouse which permits convicted
murderer 10 have such freedom Of movement that ne
can walk past guards and through seecad doors almost
as freely as though he departing visitor.
Somebody responsible for such condition. That
responsibility should nSed and the free and easy sys-
tenn should be changed without days delay
Those suggestions have been acted upon and those pre-
dlctions have been verified provided, OF course the
Negro captured in Birmlnsham really Price the mur-
derer OF Zebley.
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1T Is OPEN TO EVERYONE.

TVNHERE is one thing that the public should bear in
Il mind with respect 10 the reception that win be
held In honor OF Bishop Cook Of the Episcopal Diocese
Of Delaware. in the Hotel dupont tomorrow.
It win be open everyone regardless Of church anil
alton. The purpose underlying the function to give to
Delawareans opportunity to meet and TO greet the
head OF the diocese and TO pave the way for closer
acquaintance
The reception viii begin at o'clock tomorrow evening
cpd when the line Of Deawareans and others is
haustsd. Everyone who possibly can attend It shond
do So for the bishop is a man well worth meeting and
knowing. He must recognize The truth underlying me
saying III you would lave friends you be friend
y" because he is friendly to a charming degree and
wonderfully human and informal in manner.
Those who meet him will like him, and that liking viii
grow with the lapse Of time The thing OF tho momsnt
however is for everyone TO attend the reception and to
convince the bishop by handclasp nttng word
that he is not a stranger in strange land but true
friend among line friends whose friendship knows no
geographical boundaries religious limitations
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With the PdrdgraDherS

Tue fundamental idea Of our American eivii,zo,,o,
this Any man who has the stun In him can bv his own
energy, hru industry and courage rise 10 anv heights
ne may choose. His only limit is his own weakness
There is no other class here This Is the greatest ex
pertinent made by man. II is a new idea nt 10 be de-
Dr. On aries Aubrey Eaton, in Leslies
Almost exactly year ago practically the entire Boston
police force went out strike and delivered ihe ,it
INTO the hands or hoodums for day and two nights
they struck for the night 10 their union ahead OF
their community; they never permitted TO return
to their posts What became OF these men has been
matter OF some discussion Undoubtedly great many OF
those without some trade drfted into the private police
tories ETC. but the recent traction disturbance in New
York has brought many OF them 10 lght Il has been
discovered that large number Of The Boston policemen
who suspended for unionizng are now WORKING as
slrkebreakers the Brooklyn Rapid Transit; they seem
to have lost their faith in unions-Wa Street Journal
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RICHARDSON PARK
HONOR PUPILS

Eighty-one children attending the
Richardson Park school were perfect
in attendance during October Those
who had honor marks for attendance
were.
First Grade-Audrey King. Apolonia
.Tryoinska. Thelma Shirey, Nerna
Shlrey. Gladys Halliday. Katherine
Walker, Harold Reed, John Aldman,
Malcolm Smith. James Rudolph, Car
roll Ware. Samuel Solnek and Henry
Madey.
Second Grade-Ella Timm, Tessle
Symanski, Hazel Justison. Helen Justl-
son, Grace Solnek, Margaret Mckinley,
Anna Crozier, Blanche Falinc, Louise
Walker, Leona Marshall, Armon Del
sem. Galen Nansant and Ernest IIor-
ner
Third Grade-Ruby Veil, Charles
Sbirey Sara Matthews, Evelyn George,
Jeanette Clark Margaret Walker, Le-
ona Sewer. Robert Gordon and Ed
ward Myers.
Fourth Grade-Grace Walker, Lor-
raine HolcOmb, Helen Smith, EnT--5
SOba, Emma Hanson, Doris Matthcs,
Phoebe Speer. Lillian Downs. William
Workman, William Cornet, Allen
Raker, George llorner and Eugene
Madey.
Fifth Grade-losephlne Berger, Phil
ip Thompson, Dora Leverng Kathryn
Wilson, Emma lluggins, Lillian Burk
and Edwin COrnet
Sixth Grade-EleanOr Brinton, Al
fred Downs, Clayton George, Marcella
Hoagland. Gertrude Levering, Oscar
Matthes. George Myers. John Walker
and Cecilia Madey.
Seventh Grade-Mildred Matthes,
Florence Stats. Nina Hopkins, Wal
ter Lyman. Grantley Maddox, and
Corwin Nansant.
Eighth Grade-Annl Walker. Lillian
Nansant Reia Gordon, Irene Ganlert,
Myrtle Simpler, Luella Horner, Emma
Skotnlck, Dorothy Fell. Sara Gallagher
George Clarke, James Chase and Byard
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TOWNSFND'S DEPUTIES

EORNlFA JUDGE SYLVESTER D. TOWNSEND. JR. At
n tomey-General-elect has appointed Deputy Judge
Aaron Finger, Of the Municipal Court chief Deputy At
torneyGenera to succeed Percy Warren Green and Car
ence A. Switzerland Deputy Attorney General for New
Castle county, TO succeed Frank L. speakman
Even those who recognize the good work that has
been done by Mr. Green and Mr. speakman in their re-
speeuVe onces admit frankly that in their opinion that
Mr. Finger and Mr. Switzerland viii he worthy succoor
to the Offices Both are popular with the bench the
bar and the public
They VIII assume their new duties with the good
wishes OF everyone BY the same token Mr. Green and
Mr. speakman will relinquish those duties with the
knowledge that the public appreciates their faithful ef
forts in its behalf
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some day the hat IN The ring may be Paris model
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Domestic problems. long neglected by Congress while
It was engaged in defending the country from the foren
league menace, will now the attention tbev de-
serve Internal reconstruction which should have heen
started Immediately after the armlsce more than two
years ago may now he taken up to the exclusion OF
external affairs in which we have but minor interest
Although two year delayed Republican co-oneratlon bo
tween executive and legislative branches OF The govern
ment stll has an opportunity to retrieve much OF the
disaster brought by war
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Gems of Thought

As society" is constituted today it is just as we'll that
1t is exclusive.
=.--.
When seeks good he has not far TO 90; It is al
ready within himself
.==:-.
From affinity to nnnity OF aninities Is but mat
ter Of so many steps.
-.
Courage is the doing OF what you fear 70 do or dread
TO DO but know that you must
:=.--.
Love for your fellow man has but little value II YOU
do not work at 10 all the time.
-.--:
Even bad deplores the particular evil he sees in
otherss sometimes he oven hates his own
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little luck he worked himself up
from the humblest position. lie is a
typical Englishman of the Dickenslan
style, rather like the late King Ed
ward In mapners and appearance. He
Is passionately fond of horses and
coaching, and despite his seventv-two
years Is still a famous whip.
Evening journal., 1920-11-09
PROTEST. OR Apology

TF the Wilmington Institute Free Library is 10 con-
tnue its extension service through branch libraries
must be supplied with the funds needed carry the
service.
Because OF lack OF funds the Vandyer avenue branch
was closed recently Arthur L. Bailey, the librarian, Is
receiving from that section Of The city many protests
against that action.
Those protests are all very well and in general sense
well founded In a practical sense however, they are
unsound' because lack Of funds and that Only has
caused the shutdown.
Let each protestant. man or women boy or girl. who
resents the action ask himself or herself the question:
What have ldone in the way OF money contribution,
toward defraying the OF manisnns in our sec
ton Of the city. this great educational and recreahonal
agent?"
The answer, self-given, viii reveal TO the protestant
whether he or she should protest or apoogzel
Evening journal., 1920-11-09

The Office Of Lord Mayor is no sine
cure. Nor is It a profitable one, for.
although there is a salary OF ten
thousand pounds for the year, the oc-
cupant Of the Mansion House gener-
ally has to spend four TO five times
that amount as official host" for the
city Of London.