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DAY, DEC. 20, 1915
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' Manager’s Residence-—
Residence—890.
ONIc DIRECTORY
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III Communication of Old
MIC. No..108, F. t A. M., will
at its rooms, Dec. 2131:, 1915
. k p. m. Election of officers.
, malty yours,
”LVESTER P. DECKER, w. M.
HT M. WILCOX.
3 Secretary
chapter, No. 38, R. A. M.
. I11 Masonic Building, South
street, 2nd and 41h Tuesdays
M month—July and August ex-
8 o'clock. All Royal Arch
1.: cordially Invited. Charles
it, ‘H. P.. F. S. Lyon, Sec.
‘1:
annual report ‘of the secretary
navy. he complains that a cer-
which in the past has receiv-
bulk of the 'goverinncnt's ord-
W.explosives refused to bid on
_. moat contracts last summer, al-
urged to do so. The reason
‘ the firm had plenty of war
‘ ‘ keep it busy. and preferred
Illness as more profitable
secretary might properly have
Miter. and given the name of
wltlcli- puts pioiits
tied much from gmernment otd-.
in the past came forward and of-
to make the necessary ammuni-
Il the usual 'price. even while
5mm have so‘ld'their product
‘more Iproflta'b'ly'f But it should
poonlble tor the government. In
"finiteness. to [be left In the
private munitlon Iii-ms.
ornment factory, which Is
>00 the secretary's recom-
' will cut but I smll figure
3 the huge quantites of am-
needed to go Into the busi-
‘liigscale. But as long as tho
tdopend on private manu-
urely there ought to ble-
mado so that; the govern
me of need. can commandeer
- of any munition plant.
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MAN. PRECEDEN-T- eon
GREECE.
cage Tribune, delving into
1 history, brings up a remind-
we'd better bc careful about
.1 Greece for refusing to help
[Serbia when thel atter was
Once, it appears, the United
"ed a military aliance, and
‘t as signally to fulfill its
, . , \
alliance wasentercd Into with
after our_revolutlonary war.
Franklin :was one of the A1111-
resentativeswho formulated
trusty pledged that the U153.
France In case or. war Ibo-
Inca and Great Britain. It
We, an'expresslon oi the
that Americans felt to
help In winning their indo-
Ifterward Great Britain at:-
" And in that crisis the unit-
who-obligation Is lat
hum Mr W
Smith. when Ittackod to
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they remained Inlnst
There‘s a pretty custom in
users, of putting one tall, white wax
properly
course from curtains,
candle, safe—guarded,
ei- tire dangers, in a window on Christ-
”lighi the
coming down to earth."
the night to
mes is not all getting and giving of
11855
learn.
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THE NEW APPORTIONMENT.
posed by
Committee adopted In December, 1913,
cast not less than 7.500 Republican
lion. In effect, this will reduce the
1,078 to 985.
changes in detail are as follows: Alo-
bama loses 8 delegates, Arkansas
vention Ii'om
sisslppi 8
North (‘arolnu 3, South Carolina
Tennessee 3, Texas 14, Virginia
Hawaii 0. Philippine 2 and Porto iti-
co 2, inakng a total reduction of 93.-
With ll. convention consisting or 1133
delegates, 494 votes will of coma l
'be necessary to' nominate.
Wfl _
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
risen up to protest against the Im ‘
memorial ".B. & 0." joke, Insistlng
that it has spent “00,000,000 In Ink-
that
were the original chime of so muth
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ing out the thumps and curves
.ihead 0:1 And the 11.10 0 might just an we]
‘1. much republic. Inc nos
.11, ot the United. aims to. 3-
hench West indie pow‘
m of the 204 cities estimated to have
to. 000 inhabitants or more 11! 11116. ~
. M cities are scattered throughout- '
‘ - were so Irritated by our
uncomplitncntnry jostlng. Hint It‘s no
use. gill l1 traditions go on forev.er
the countiy's perverted.
'done.
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The average salary or
ministers In Ohio Is given as $1,254 a
year. or a trifle over $24 a week. Tlmt3
In nothing to get excited about. from
u tempouil and materal point 0! view,
but it's a luxurious Income as minis =
terlal stipends go. Titoavertitge sal-
ary of ministers 11 New York and
many other states is said to be about?
equivalent to the wages of a competent
street sweeper.
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The redeeming feature, from
American viewpoinb about Yuan Slit
Kai's assumption 0! the imperial
crown of 01111111. Is that Japan didn't
want him to. We can't htlp suspect-3
ing that anything Japan doesn’t want
China to do must be for China‘s inter-
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Mayor Thompson of Chicago In-
nounces that he‘s for preparedness. In
case of national need, maybe he'll:
rush into the breach with those 25,000
citizen policemen that Chicago rais-
ed over night.
M...“
Justices Hughes seems determined
to acquire immortal fame as the only
Republican who ever rot-used a presi.
dentlal nomination. 3
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Germany Is getting so mad because
thoAlllers wOn’t sue for peace that
the first thing they know she may
start in Ind lick them all over again.
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(Con: noted from iii-It page)
The Commotion Form of Govern—
The commission 51mm or“. governx
inent now permits, in no lower than
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parts of the country which seems 103
have come down from the French [110-
of ‘
drafts and 0th 3
mas Eve, letting it burn all through?
Christchild 3,
This helps:
the children to remember that Christ-j
material presents~it’s the birthday of .
one who loved them, one whose sweet- ‘3
of spirit they may well try to,
The new apportionment plan3 pro-E
resolution Of the National:
since approved by the Republican 01-;
ganization of twenty-two States and:
now made 1111111 by action of the com-3
mittee, provides in efiect for two dole
gates for each Senator and one tor3
each Representative in Congrss. and.
in addition thereto for one delegate,
for each Congressional district whichi
voles either in the 1903 or 1914 eiec.»E
delegates in the next National Con?
The
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3 New Mexico 2, New York 3, ‘
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3.11m: 460,000,
1 204 cities.
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soldier artists it is. exhibited at
It is entitled:
t."il\'tn 110111 the Germans," and
3i|nulontu tit flit war.
V 't'ounty action in the matter is Cam
1111 Museum Of lrcncli 1.1;,
l lag Of tin. 8151 Rogimtnt l\t
(ltlllclh out of the must st'uring
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Methods of Regulating Liquor
Traffic.
Prohibition by State law prevails in
.17 cities of 00.000 and over -—4 each in
lGeorgia and Tennessee, 3 in Kansas.
2 each in Oklahoma and West Vir
giiiia, and 1 each in Maine and North
Carloniu. Municipal prohibition is ill
eflect in 15 citicsvb in Massachusetts
2 each in Illinois and California. and
1 each in Pennsylvania, Iowa, and
Washington. County prohibition hat.‘
closed the saloons in 2 Michigan;
,3citicts and parish prohibition has
'ciosed them in 1 Louisiana city. There
litre thus in) cities in which total pro
hibition prevails. in addition, there
are 2—4 in Ohio, 2 in Colorado, and 1
each in Pennsylvania and illinois—in
whit-Ii pnitiul prohibition is in effect
thiough the operation of what
known as the "district" system, under
which certain districts or sections or
the cityunay, by popular vote,abolish
their saloons, while other sections re
tain them.
The largest city which has adopted
prohibition independently of state or
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dEbritige, Minis, whose poputatlon is es
tlmuwl at between 110, 000 and 111,-
i000. The longest tity In which the
lsaloons have been (‘10th by state
enactment is Atlanta, Ga, with ap—
ipioximalely 180,000 inhabitants.
, III 124 of the 109 cities within so
‘ioons are licensed,tl1ey are limited
ins to number, and in 91 as to location;
and in 28 cities, 16 of whith ate in
Pennsylvania there are no restiic-
tions as to either number or lutation
in some titles the limitation as to
inulnbtr Is ucfiniteiy eluted; in others
111 takes tut iorni of n proiision to the
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ll‘l‘ Pldu‘k‘ “45 Pillm‘d “1 H“ ”“19"“ ll} ”“1“ Band ”0“ (‘fiIKl that the nuinbei oi saloons shall
“034"” “I‘ll other l’all‘tlllls" b} lnot exceed 1 to every 250, 500. 750.!
l1.000, or 3.0110 11111111111113 'lhe 2 o
lnilinbilzint limit is employed In the 5
1'Wisconiiin cities of Milwaukee Ila-
cine. Superior, Oshkosh. and he
states. 9 In the Pacific toast states, cities—are. 11110101111111.1011, Pa.where Crusse' and the 50001nhabitant 1mm
and 24 in the South.
The largest city at prisent opera
ing under the commission form of
government Is New Orleans.
population is estinmtcd It about 366,-
:patrolmen are ungraded a“ receive
$756 per unnum.
‘ The longtsi term of service necos
found in Savannah, G11. in this city
prevails in Chicago and Danville. III.
| The limitation as to letution takes
a variety of forms, among (Men the
whose sury to attain the highest grade Islmost common is the provision that no
:suioon shall be allowed within I cor
000; but Buffalo. with 11 population of’the patrolman serves live years at‘taln distance, usually 200. 300. or 400
Inaugurute this sy stem on January 1,
931020. and thereafter receives 01 080
«1016. Next in order are Whalilngton.'ln Torre Route, Ind, and Charleston. ari. Passnlc,
l 1) C., with nearly 350, 000 lnhabliante.ls C.. the maximum rates or pay— :Thllsdelphiu, Wilkcs~BIrre. Allentown
has recently voted to;1900. live ill. 3960. and five more ut‘feet, of a church or school.
There are lu~citics~llobokem New
and Paterson, N. J.;
Portland, 0r98.. “with about 260 .000 [$1. 080 and 81, 020, newcctively—wre and York, P114 New Orleans, and Mih
Mimi ‘It is gratifying to learn, yield gracefully to the inevitable and and Denver with about 250 000
other companies, which had "otlcapllnlilu
«once of humor, as Henry Ford has
In these cities the commissions
rungs In size from tlnce
members. Those In St.
Omaha have seven members
Worth, 'l‘ex., six each;
Huntington, W. VIL. tour All the
other commissions are composed of
eithei three or five members. the
tgrcat majority having five. The solar
lea paid municipal commissioners
range from 8500 a your In Jackson.
[reached after 10 years of service.
Among cities of 100,000 or mine.
to attain the higheut grade is found
receives $1.200 per annum.
shift or "tour" Is eight hours, but In
of 12 hours each
The most common length ~01 daliy3
some cities it Is considerably grout-ix:
In 12 cities there are two daily tours'
in all but 9 ol thol
waukce—In which the bar rooms are
open during the entire 24 hours 01 the
to seven the longest term of service necessary day.
Paul until
eachztin Washington, I). C.. whom after ion malt liquors only 115 practiced in
Methodist. 11110110 in San lllego. Cal. 11nd i‘ofllthree years 01 service at $900 and live 315 cities—Boston, New Orleans, 5
and Ihal lnlinora at :1. 080, the patrolman finally cities In Connecticnhuid Sin Texas——
The licensing of certain saloons to
In which the aggregate number of so
Icons thus licensed is 87.
1 Municipal Water-Supply Systems.
Of the 204 cities of over 30,000. 153
have municipaliy owned water supply
systems, the total estimated value 01
MIch., and Springfield, Ohio, to $7 OOOEcItIes the night force Is equal to orlwhlch is 31071000007) Municipalowu.
ll y'etu in Birmingham. Ala. and their
terms of oIIice vary from one to four
years. ~
Dayton. Ohio. has a commmsion of
five members. which decides matters
Iof general policy. and a “city unin-
ager," appointed by the commission.
who looks after the administrative
work. The presiding officer of the
commission receives $1,800 per an-
num, the other members $1,200. and
lthc city manager $12,500.
The larger cities. still cllng3t3o the
older form of government by mayor
and council. In all 123 cities of over
00,000. including all having more than
1400.000 inhabitants, are governed In
this manner The mayors' salaries
range from $100 per nnnum in Flint.
Mich. to $15. 000 in New York city.
and their terms oi omce front one to
four years.
Police Dvpartmnu.
Aiotal of 51.045 police officials, pa.-
lrolnien, detectives, and civilian em
ployees are engaged In the work of
maintaining peace and order in tho
Of this total. 5,580" its
officers exclusive of detectives. 34. 320
are patrolman, 3,303 are detectives,
and 3,015 are civilian employees. or
the patrolman. 31. 294 are unmounted
and 1,804 are mounted on horses. 708
on motorcycles. 111111514 on Well!)-
Park policemen number 248,1md po-
licemen detailed at municipal build
Inga and courts. 390. '
New York has 526 mounted police
“muons 485. Iiitl Chem
108:.“ No other city has as many Is
100.111 New York City 135 of the
mounted police ride W. hit out:
‘ coup: and Philadelphia rely entirely
upon: the horse and the motorcycle.
Washington, 13.0., has 61 bicycle po-
linemen-Jar, more thun any other
greater than the day force. In 19
the day In which no patrolman are
on duty. in several cases these gaps
between tours are two hours In
length. and In one‘ CMWIHC)’,
Mass—there are no patrolman on
their boat: or posts betWeen 4 I. in.
and 8:45 I. m.
In the 204 cities to which the re-
port relatcs. the equipment 111 the po.
licc departments Includes 685 station
houses; 14.071 algnIlboxes; 893 vehi-
cles or use or 1111111111111, nearly three
fourths at which (217) are motor driv-
en; 559 patrol wagons, two-thirds of
which (3731 are mommivai; 711 am-
bulances; two-thirds .of MN“)
are motor driven; 2,500 burnout, 806
motorcycles;1.007 bicycles; Ind 04
boats. In 131 cities no bicycles are
in use, in 88 cities :10 horses, in 7-1
.I cities neither horses nor bicycles, and
in 10 cities neither bicycles, horses,
nor motorcycles.
mm of Appointment and Re.
‘ tlrsinent. i, ‘ .
Public interest in 1110 adiaiilhci o":
police departments 15 doubtless re
sponsible for the. tact thht no fewer
11111111122 of the stitching of 31.000
Ind‘over, including all those of more
than 300,000. apply civil-service regu
lesions to the appointment iii: police
men, 135 provide some form of retire
ment and pension system, 11nd 11.111111
larger number. prescribe age. height;
and'woight limits. «11193 cities retired
displayed: receive half the natal-inlay
wow drawn: It the mango! retire—
meat- A number of other: .éoltles pay
I. liked compensation amounting to as
him or more than this. while still
others employ I sliding scale based
on length It carries.
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Poll Women 3 .ing the year I total 01 1.326 ,028,000 ‘
Police won: on now w 111.11 of water—enough to com
33 3. woodcut to I depth ol_
,3 M 3 , mu. dictum—was annulled to a
will 5: [rest t '
cities there are short periods during,
crshlp in this field has been in force
3111 Philadelphia, which built Its plant
in 1801 and has operated it contlnu
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.ously since that 111110.101. a longer
lperiod than in any other city.
The bulk oi’ the water supply for
mo’st citi=: comes, of course, from
hikes and streams, but there are 3,-
634 wells in operation In 47 cities. 01
these. 1.367 are In New York City
alone. I
Five processes of purification am
employed, namely, sedimentation;
ecsgulatiou, slow sand filtration, me-
;chanical filtration. and chemical sterh
lization. In the 155 cities of over 30,-
000 which have municipal ownership
of watensupply systems, there are in
operation 87 sedimentation reservoirs,
in which are-treated 958,600,000 gal:
Ions a. day; 54 coagulation plants.
sand filters, which treat 598,700,000
gallons a day; and 42? mechanical
tillers with. an output of 468,200,000
900.000 gallons 1.11.1.1 port or this
88588
thus. ”Ohio in the form“ city .the
'chemlcal sterlllnntlon W .11 not!
exclusively, while in the latter both
~Insomnia! ”moon and dental
storiuaauon are employ“ Ill-16 cities
the cost or treatment is less thIn 31
use: 1.000.000 gallons and: 11 :8 it is
”more thin: 85. ~
in these 156 cities with municipally
owned. m mums than no 38.
930 miles or water mains, 330,593 fire
hydrants, and 1.787.448 motors. Dun
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gallons daily. The amount. or water '_
chemically sterilized averages 1,972,~‘
water Is also treated by other proc~
The cost or treatment. per 1.000,.‘1
000 gallons covers a wide range. from ,-
4 cents 111 Chicago «1811346111 octane}
_ water supply is meet-ed with those
ll] dues does it exceed 100 gallons. 1n
:0 match. Special for set .................... $2.98 3.
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Is, Pint- quality china, variety of pretty decorations, our 0:.
9:0 large Bowl and (1 small Dishes: vzilut $1.50 per set 3’
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:: Beautiful designs frog and girdle. Special :3:
. - $2.49. $2.98. $3.49 ,3.
9:0 FANCY PILLOW CASES. 3
:. Scalloped and hCIllSlllCl‘lt’Il embroidered l’illuw .:
.. Cases. put up in Xmas boxes. Special 3.
.3: 98¢. $1.25. $1.49 .2
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II licmstitchcd and embroidered, lace trimmed: values 0'
I up to $1.00. Special. tacit .. . . . ................ 59¢ ‘:0
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. Only a few dozen lace tr'nntncd, drawn work (unit-r ..
.3. Pieces, round or square. Special .............. 49¢ 9:.
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FLEXIBLE FLYER SLED NO. I. ..
For boys and girls, impro
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50 COMB. BRUSH AND
silver mounting, all new
per set .............. .. .
OPTICIAN
Haviland china shape Chocolate Pots and Six Cups to
bar and front railsythc only sled that will steer on
snow Or ice ; the sa‘fest made.
1,000 CALENDARS that usualy sell at 10c upto 25c
500 MEN‘S AND WOMEN’
covering, large variety of handles, case and tassel;
value $1.50 and $1.75 'each
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MIRROR SETS sterling
fresh goods value $200
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. 75 BEACON BATH nouns, best Beacon, full ’3’
. size. all colors, cord and tassel: value $3.50 each :g
3. $2.49
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verything in the Optical Line
city 8 per cent. of the water to me-
etched and In the latter 98 per cent.
The tendency of meters to curtail
greatly the use of water In strikingly
chm by I comparisdn'of the figures
for the 26 cities In which the entire
for the 26 cities In which not with
than 25 per cent. Is metered. In the
roaster group the average daily coir
«Inflation par lnhnbilsnt ranges from
gallons In Brookton. Mum, to 179
gallon 111 Columbia, 3. 0., and in only
bouncer coup it. variant drum 431 III-
Min SIvInnah. 0a., to 430 gallons
Eyes Examined Free
NEW HAVEN HA3 MANY HORSES
Wimnmas.
cattle Commissioner Jamey 0.
Phelps Issued (statement yesterday;
rcgdaring the‘provalenc'o of glands!!!
In Connecticut horses in which Hart.
tordldsoohtdbefrt'ictrom thodhv
one and dim Haven to have more
than hill of the totnl number; He
Intends to take up the prevalence o:
the diam-I111, Newmvcn wiltthd.
war or thatcity. A part of; the"
statement toilows i’ Cases reported-111
ItIte since the banning of om. ‘
08; outs. in Newsflash In! Mulls.
in: 11m modulation for mm
W the stats, 14. horas com
Milli M no», 88.
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