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The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
KY.'S STANDARDS
FOR NORMAL CHILD
State Health Boards Bureau of
Child Hygiene Announces
Nine Essential Require
mentS.

Louisville, April 29.-The Bureau OF
Child Hygiene of the State Board of
Health. which is being organized by
DIR. Edith B. Lowry of the United
States Public Health Service, has fix
ed for 1921 definite health standard
for the school children of the State,
Dr. Lowry said here this week in an
address delivered before the public
health session of the convention OF
the Kentucky Educational Associa-
ton. The session, in the nature of a
symposium on the work that is be-
ing done in the schools of Kentucky
under the new physical training law,
was participated in by seven public
health workers.
Children in the schools of the State
to be adjudged normal. DR.. Lowry
said, must conform to the following
requirements:
/. They must have normal vision
or any defects must be corrected by
glasses. There may not be any evil
dence OF disease or inflammation.
,. Their hearing must be normal
Here likewise there may not be any
evidence of disease of inflammation.
3 Their noses must be clear OF
adenoids or other distractions
4 They may not have diseased nor
enlarged tonsils and there may not
be any inflammation of the throat.
5. Their gums must be healthy
their teeth must show evidence of
daily care. and they may have no
untitled cavities in their teeth.
G. They must have a clean scalp,
without vermin, and their skin must
be free of any eruption.
Z. They must have a chest expan-
sion of at least two inches and there
may be no evidence of diseased lungs.
8. They must have a good vac
cination scar or a certificate showing
recent vaccination
9. They must be free from hook
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
SPRAYING PROGRAM ADVISED FOR
FRUIT AFFECTED BY RECENT FREEZE
NOTICE IN BANKRUPTCY
In The District Court of The United
States For The Western Dis
trict OF Kentucky.

In the Matter of Crave Leslie,
Bankrupt, In Bankruptcy.
To the Creditors of Crave Leslie
of Nook, in the County of Breckin-
ridge and district aforesaid, bankrupt
Notice is hereby given that on the
10th day of April, A. d. 1921, the said
Leslie was duly adjudicated bankrupt,
and that the first meeting of creditors
will be held at the law office of Allen
r. Kincheloe in Hardinsburg. Ken
eucky, an the 18th, day OF May A. D..
1921, at p. NJ, at which time the
said creditors may attend, prove their
claims, appoint trustee, examine
the Bankrupt and transact such other
business as may properly come before
said meeting.
Petition filed April 18th, 1921.
J. A. DEAN
Refree in Bankruptcy.
Owensboro, Ky, April Goth, 1921.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
NINE FARMERS MEM
BERS OF CONGRESS
Out Of the Whole Lot of ABS; Lawyers
In Majority.

Relative to the new members of
Congress, the Shorthorn World mag
azine gives some interesting facts:
Out of 435 members of the new
house OF representatives at Washing
ton 261 are lawyers. Several states
sent solid delegations of lawyers, for
instance Texas 1s. Alabama 10 and
Arkansas I. Iowa sends out Of H.,
Illinois IL out of %, Indiana 10 out
of Is. Georgia out of ~, Kentucky
10 out of II, and so on About one
fifth of the membership is made up Of
politicians, mainly the kind that fig
ures the public owes them soft
living. There are few newspaper
men, quite sprinkling of bankers, a
few doctors and just few education
al people. Out of the whole lot of
435 there are only 9 farmers. Now
there is nothing against lawyers as
lawyers, but the average lawyer, like
the average politician. knows or cares
no more about the greatest basic in
dustry of the country than a razor
back known about its grandmother.
The average law-making lawyer is
either sent or backed by railroads,
tiiS anu COIllD1ld-
tions or local bosses who regard a
public Office purely as a private snap.
During the last campaign the agri-
cultural papers were filled with cost
ly page advertisements, showing the
past disadvantages of farmers and
promising great things for the future
The very first steps taken to get the
country back to "normalcy" was pres
sure through the Federal Reserve
Bank that fell hardest and more sud-
denly on farmers than upon any other
class of our people The Shorthorn
World would not be in favor of 261
farmers out of ABS instead of that
many lawyers, but we are in favor of
better representation and above all
an awakening at Washington to the
realization that this country cannot
prosper or make the progress IT
should if the interests of the most
important element of our population
are not given fairer consideration.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
EARTH is LONG SHOT
IN RACE WITH COMET
Only Chance to Win Is to Trip Up
Rival.

Berkeley, Cal, April 27.-For a
month this summer the earth will en-
gage in race with the periodic
comet. Pons-Winnecke, and because
it will have no chance to win, It will
endeavor, through astral influences to
"trip up" its gaseous rival, according
to a report made public today by the
observatory of the University of Cal
ifornia. The earth will not get into
the race until the comet has lead of
between twelve million and twenty
million miles, but then it will put
everything it has" into its test with
the comet.
The comet, at last calculation was
approximately 37,OOO,OOO miles from
the earth Its nearest approach will
be 1872 of an astronomical unit, of
100000 miles, on June z, and soon
thereafter the race will begin.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04

worm and must be of normal weight
or not more than 10 per cent over
weight.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
MISS THELMA BRASHEAR,
OF WEST POINT, TO MARRY

Mrs. c. B. Biggs, of West Point
was hostess at linen shower given
Wednesday afternoon in honor of
Miss Thelma Brashear. whose engage
ment to Lieut. Robert Kunnicke, of
Camp Lewis. Washington, has been
announced Miss Brashear is daugh-
.er of Mrs ]. G.. Observation-Disclosures
t11yn News
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04

der consideration was not indicated,
although in some quarters it has been
said that the civil service require
ments for appointment might be con-
tinued with provision that selections
could be made from the first three
or four in the list, so allowing some
latitude in making nominations.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
COMMON CAUSES OF FIRE.

Defective hues and chimneys.
Defective wiring.
Throwing lighted matches in waste
Lighting matches near gasoline.
Children playing with matches.
Careless smokers.
Building fire with coal oil.
Over-heated stoves and furnaces.
Spontaneous combustion.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
ALWAYS THE SAME.

"How old are your" asked the Judge
of a woman witness.
Thirty" she replied.
Thirty exclaimed the judge. "I've
heard you give that same age in this
court for three years"
"Yes," returned the witness, 81 am
not one of those persons who says
one thing today and another thing
tomorrow. Globe
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
ODD ITEMS
FROM EVERYWHERE.

Political prohteering has been
smashed by the recent election in
Hoopeston, ILL., John A. Heaton was
reelected Mayor on a platform that
the Aldermen should eadh receive
25 cents year and he so cents. Hea-
ton defeated the profteering combine
who wanted the Mayor to have $40
a year and the Alderman SIS.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1921-05-04
MOST IMPORTANT TO HIM

Have you solved any OF the great
problems of the timer
"Only one, SO far" replied Senator
Sorghum. by great industry and
study | managed to get myself reel
ected. Washington Star
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
K. of G.. Plans Record
Correspondence School
Largest Institute of Kind in
World to Aid Former
Service Men
Special Dspotch to The Tribune

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-Decision
to establish the largest correspondence
school in the United States was reached
at the opening session of the Knights
of Columbus here to-day. Supreme
Knight James A. Flaherty, of Phila-
delphia, urged this step to bring the
benefits Of education to former service
men living in remote parts of the
country.
The system will have its headquarters
in the new building the knights of
Columbus are erecting in New Haven,
Conn. 1t will cost approximately
$1,000,O00 to establish and will call for
a first year enrolment of 100000 stu
dents. No limit will be placed upon the
number of former service men seeking
enrolment in this correspondence
school, and no limit will be set upon
practical subjects in the curriculum. 1t
is planned to begin the first courses
by September 1.
Supreme Knight Flaherty, reviewing
the 1921 work Of the Knights of Column
bus, reported that approximately
$4,000,000 had been expended by the
Knights of Columbus on educational
work for former service men. He de-
clared that the Knights of Columbus
would devote the entire balance of the
war fund of $5,000,000 to educational
and capitalization work for war vete-
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
Frederick C. Riegelmann
Dies at Bailey Island
Deputy Commissioner of Plant
and Structures Had Gone
There for Vacation

Frederick c.. Riegelmann, Deputy
Commission of Plant and Structures
died yesterday morning at Bailey
Island, Me-, it was learned here las,
night, where he had gone for his vaca-
ton. Mr.. Riegelmann left the CITY last
saturday and apparently was in the best
OF health. The cause of his death has
not been announced.
Mr.. Rlegelmann was ifty-nine years
old, native of New York City and the
oldest Of five children. When he was
twelve years old his father died and it
became necessary for him to help sup
port his younger brothers and sisters.
He entered printing shop and was for
many years actively engaged in the
printing business.
He was appointed secretary of the
Department of Plant and Structures at
the beginning of the present city ad
mlnistration. He was later appointed
Acting Deputy Commissioner, and at
the time of his death was in charge of
Terry. and bus operation. He was ac-
tive IN the establishment of many mu-
nicipal ferries in and about the greater
city. One of his last tasks was planning
the new bus lines on Staten Island.
He is survived by his wife. two
daughters and brother, Edward
Riegelmann, President of the Borough
of BROOKLYN. ' -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
Hylan Drops Merit
Plan to Appoint
Keeper for Morgue
Old Tammany Strategy Re-
vived to Give Friend Of
Coler a Handicap Against
LOO on Civil Service List

The Hylan administration has re.
vlved the "non-competitive' civil serv.
ice examination system, it developed
yesterday, when it became known tina
such an examination would be held fol
the post of superintendent of the cite
mortuary.
The "non-competitive" examination
is an old political trick inaugurated BY
the late Pat McCarren, when he was
the Democratic leader of Brooklyn, In
conjunction with the late Tim Sui
livan, boss of the Bowery, The scheme
works this way:
Tammany is indebted to some one
for political assistance. To reciprocate
the leaders wish to give the Valuable
man an appointive job. The leaders
using Albany influence, grease the ma
chnery, and in short time the Legis.
lature passes bill putting the partic,t.
lar job in the classified civil service
class.
The law thus passed makes 1t manda-
tory upon the Civil Service Commission
to make the examination nome compel
tive, in SO far as it applies to the i'll
cumbent Therefore, while an outsider
may get 100 per cent in the examina-
ton, the incumbent, if he passed with o
percentage of 10, will retain his job
When Mayor Mitchell was elected, he
disregarded the McCarren-Sulivan
law and made appointments according
to the standing on the eligible list
furnished by the Municipal Civil Serv-
ice Commission.
The Tribune learned yesterday that
Mayor Hylan has discarded the late
Mayor Mitchell's order and gone back
to the old system of political spoils
in ordering anon-competitive examina-
ton, soon to occur, for keeper of the
morgue."
Here is the story:
There are about 100 men who have
signified willingness to take the ex-
animation for the superintendency OF
the morgue. The only two men quail.
fed to be promoted recently retired
Upon the creation of the vacancy
the Hylan administration transferred
to the position Lawrence Miller, who
was designated as Steward" of the
Municipal Lodging House. He is said
to be a friend of Bird S. Coler, now
Hylan's Commissioner of Public We'll
fare, in charge of all city-supported
charitable institutions, including the
morgue. He was named as temporary
superintendent.
The attention of the Civil Service
Commission was called yesterday to
the vacancy. The commission repre-
sentative said that it would be pro-
motion examination.
Does that mean it will be non
competitive 2" he was asked
When he replied that the man hold
ing the position would be retained if
he passed the examination by the min
imum percentage he was asked why
the 100 men who were willing to take
the examination weren't to be given
an equal chance.
ooh, we'll, that's another story" he
replied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
$780, 900 Art to Museum

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art will
receive a collection of Spanish laces
and works of art valued at $500, 600
under the will of Mrs. Josephine Van
derwater Smith, widow of r. Hopkin-
son Smith, novelist. The will of Mrs
Smith, who died on July rs at South
ampton, L. l., was filed in the Surro-
gates Court yesterday. Her estate is
valued at 100000.
Mrs. Smith bequeathed one-half of
her residuary estate to her daughter,
Mrs. Marion Goodhart, wife of the
British Consul at Lausanne, Switzer-
land, the other half of the residue
being placed in trust for Francis Berk-
ley Smith, son, living in Paris, upon
whose death the principal Of this half
of the residuary estate is to pass to
the issue Of Mr.. Smith. Mrs. Smith
left $1,000 each to grandchildren and a
similar amount to her son-in-law, Her
man Goodhart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
$50 War Veterans
Sail Tomorrow for
French Ceremony
Legion Head to Accompany
Men VITO VIII Attend
Dedication Of Monument
Given 10 American Heroes

The United States Mail liner George
Washington Will sail FOR Rrcuen to-
morrow via Plymouth and Chcr6ourg,
carrying $50 members Of the American
Legion, accompanied by their nat onal
commander, John G. Emery, whose flag
Will fly from her masthead. The vessel
will be decorated frem Stem to stem
with flags of the Allied nations. She
will carry 375 first cabin. 425 second
cabin and 900 Storage passengers
The members ef the Legion are
going to France to attend the 4. edica-
ton of the French monument t. the
American Expeditiona.y Force The
monument is the gift to the United
States of the inhabitants Of Flirey and
liberated Lorraine.
Two United States dcstroyers, the
Schenck and the Herbar-, under COM
mand of Lieutenant Commander Jacob,
and several airplanes will escort the ship
bark at Cherbourg and proceed to
Paris, where they will be welcomed by
President Millerand, Premier BRAND,
Marshal Foch and the min sters of War
and Marine. There viii be ceremonies
IN many French cities and towns, in
cluCIng Blois, Bordeaux, Toulouse and
Pau. At Flirey the visitors win be met
by Ambassador Herrick and Major Cen
eral Henry I. Allen, commanding the
American forces on the Rhine.
New Workers in the party are: Ber-
nard E. Flood, l.. Edward Dupuy, Robert
G. Booth, Rev. William P. Little, Rev
James j. Halligali, Mr.. and Mrs Adolph
Helwig, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward L. Sim
mons, Misses Aline and Irene Simmons,
Miss Helen Netteson, Mr.. and Mrs
Horace r. Mahr and Richard B. O'Con-
nor, of New York City; Mr. and Mrs.
L. Delaney Kountze, Southampton;
Robert C. Booth, Plattsburg; Aubrey
w. Lawton, Hudson Falls; c. w. A.
Cannon, Richmond Hill, and Marquis
James, Pleasantville.
Other passengers will be Mrs Robert
Bacon, widow of the former Secretary
of State, and her sister, Mrs. Henry
Marquand, who intend to tour Europe;
Delaney Kountze, banker and vice
president of the American Legion. and
Mrs. Kountze; Andrew w. Preston,
president of the United Fruit Com
rany; Cecil B. Taylor and Captain Asa
Dawson, also connected with the United
Fruit Company; P. D. Fender, an Off
cial of the United States Shipping
Board; Nathaniel P. Davies, recently
appointed vice consul at Berlin; Mr.
and Mrs. Howard Osterhout, honey
mooners, who are prominent socially
and who will occupy one of the bridal
suites; Adolph Helwig, an engineer of
Paris, who is returning home; Mrs
Helwig, and a large number of others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
Change i'm Night Traffic
Rule ON Broadway Urged
Downtown League Urges One.
Way Restriction Be Lifted
North From 52d to 5Qfh

Representatives of the Downtown
League and of the Police Department
Traffic Division met yesterday to confer
with Broadway merchants north of
Fifty-second Street with regard to res
toration of normal night traffic in
Broadway.
The following letter was sent to Po-
lice Commissioner Harriss in an effort to
compromise the difficulty:
"Sir: Following protest in behalf
of business men on Broadway between
Forty-second Street and Fifty-ninth
Street as to one-way traffic regulations
at night, I have conferred with many
who are affected and have decided to ask
your consideration of the following sug-
gestion: AS there is nothing in the way
of amusement houses north of Fifty
second Street on Broadway, and since
there is a north and south bound oper-
alton of streetcars, we think the prob
lem could be solved by permitting both
north and south bound traffic between
Fiftysecond Street and Fifty-ninth
Street. This would permit patrons TO
make their stops at shops along Broad
way in the latter territory. Most of
the trade along this section is from eft
erneon until IL p. m.
"If you will give this consideration
and permit a trial of the plan for thirty
days we feel sure it will afford general
satisfaction"
The communication is signed by David
Robinson, president of the Downtown
League
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
Society Folk
To Sail To-day
On Adriatic
Among Those Leaving for
Europe Are Anne Sands
and Rear Admiral and
Mrs. Willard Brownson
Will Deliver Address i'm
Interest of the Woman's
Foundation To- morrow

Many we'll known members of society
will sail for Europe to-day on the
Adriatic to pass the remainder of the
summer abroad. Among them are
Miss Anne A. Sands, who was at New
port for the early season; Mr.. and
Mrs. John NJ. Dickinson, Rear Admiral
and Mrs. Willard II. Brownson, the
Rev. DR.. Leighton Parks, rector of st.
Bartholomew's Church, and Miss Ellen
S. Parks, Count Otto Salm, Egerton L.
Winthrop, Francis r. Appleton ir., S.
Stanwood Menken and Mr.. and Mrs.
John D. Little.
Mrs Clarence Crittenden Calhoun.
of Washington. will address meeting
tomorrow at the nome of Mrs. F. Bur-
rail- Hoffman, at Southampton, Long
Island, in the interests of the Woman's
National Foundation, of which she ia
president and for which she is now
conducting q membership campaign.
She will address meetings later in the
season at Newport, Bar Harbor and
Saranac.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph w. Burden and
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Talmage returned
from Europe on Monday on the Cedric.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
MRS. ]. I. HAYEMEYER

NEW LONDON, Conn, Aug. 2.-Mrs.
J. |. Havemeyer, society woman of
Hartford, died at O'Clock this morn
ing at her summer home at Eastern
Point after long illness.
Mrs. Havemeyer formerly was Miss
Julia Loomis, daughter of the late
FRANCOIS Bodies Loomis, Of Saybrook,
Conn, and daughter-in-law of former
Mayor W. F. Havemeyer of New York
City. Her father was Lieutenant Gov
ernor of the State of Connecticut and
president of the First National Bank.
Mrs. Havemeyer is survived by a
daughter, Miss Julia Havemeyer, of
Hartford, who was with her at the
time OF her death, and son. LOOMS
Havemeyer, registrar of the Sheffield
Scientific School. Yale University, New
Haven. Funeral services will be held
at the Eastern Point house Thursday
afternoon at ESQ O'Clock
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
City Will Purchase None
But American Machinery
Estimate Board Goes On Rec.
ord After Report Germans
Planned to Make Low Bids

only American manufacturers are to
be considered hereafter in the pur-
chase by the city of freight-handling
machinery, the Board of Estimate de-
cided yesterday. 1t voted that bids
for cranes, elevators and electric power
transmission plants on Piers 12 and 10,
in Stapleton, s. l., which are to cost
about $911,0Oo, shall specify that the
machinery be Of American manufac-
ture.
Complaints have been made to the
board that German interests were en-
deavoring to bid for the work. 1t was
commended that a German firm with an
American name had sent engineers to
New York with n view of competing
for the Staten Island work and of
creating an opening for further ex
portation to this country of cheap
machinery. 1t was said that with the
low exchange rate and cheap German
labor the German firm, after paving
high tariff, could Jar underbid Amer
lean manufacturers. Another obiec-
ton to German machinery, it was
contended, was that if the machinery
needed repair after several years new
parts would have to be imported from
Germany.
The Shepard Electric Crane e. Hoist
Company, of Montour Falls, N. Y,
made IA; s q plea that the bidding be re-
F. H. La Guardia, president of the
Board of Aldermen, asserted that as
the United States was the leader in
machinery manufacture it would not be
proper for the city to start a rush
OF cheap German machinery to this
country.
The vote to favor American manu-
facturers was unanimous.
The board also appointed the en-
cheering staff for the proposed Brook
Ign to Staten Island freight and pass
enger tunnel Jesse B. Snow. of For
est Hills, was made tunnel engineer
at 6 salary of $4,000 and William J.
Wilgus, of Manhattan, was selected as
consulting engineer at a salary of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-03
Dancing Masters Taboo Toddle
And FroaUn Doavn Syncopatio,a
Blue Law Spirit Rustles Wings at Convention and
Return of the Old-Fashoned Glide Waltz Is
Forecast, Though Fox Trot Is Still the Favorite

The rhythmic figures. of the dance are
slowing up. They are increasing in
intricacy and falling off in tempo I'M
der the guidance of the dancing mas
tiers now assembled in the Hotel Aston
for their thirty-eighth annual conven-
ton. If the three hundred instructors
who have come from all parts of the
country to plan the program for next
years dances had their way, the min
uet, schottische and old-fashioned glid-
ing waltz would prevail in every ball
room. The toddle and all forms of
syncopated dancing would be banned.
:. The blue law spirit is family rust
ling its wings at the convention.
Teachers of professional dancing ex-
pressed amazement yesterday at the
forms of dancing prevalent in New
York. Each year they turn a critical
eye on the favored dances of the
broadway cabaret. Last year it was
the shimmy. Now the toddle, which
they designate as the most "ungraceful